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THE
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CUMULATION
MARCH 1946 TO FEBRUARY 1947 INCLUSIVE
WITH CUMULATED INDEX, 1942-1946
EDITED BY
MERTICE M. JAMES
AND
DOROTHY BROWN
MANAGING EDITOR
GLADYS M. DUNN
NEW YORK
THE H W. WILSON COMPANY
1947
Published 1947
Printed in the United States of America
PREFACE
The forty-second annual volume of the Book Review
Digest contains information on approximately 3500 books,
published during 1,945 and 1946 in the United States, with
a few published in England and Canada.
No books of 1947 imprint are included here, but reviews
from January and February periodicals have been used
when available. The volume also contains the cumulated
subject and title index to books entered in the Book Review
Digest from March 1942 thru February 1947.
This year The San Francisco Chronicle has been added
to the list of publications from which reviews are clipped.
Owing to a newspaper strike in Springfield, Massachusetts,
no numbers of the Springfield Republican have been received
since September, but numbers for the earlier months of the
year are entered.
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Jersey, Library, joined the staff of the Book Review Digest
as managing editor.
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Publishers' Directory will be found at the end of this number.
Book Review Digest
Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature
Cumulation of monthly numbers March 1946 — February 1947
ABAYA, HERNANDO J. Betrayal in the
Philippines; with an in trod, by Harold L.
Ickes. 272p $3 Wyn
991.4 Philippine islands— Politics and gov-
ernment 46-8075
"A native journalist lifts the 'iron curtain*
that has obscured the political scene in the
Philippines since the warTe end. In a strongly-
worded document author accuses President
Roxas and his associates of imposing- a dic-
tatorial regime on the Philippine people. Cen-
tral theme of book is the struggle between
peasant resistance movement (The Hukbala-
hap) and the Roxas government. The peasant
party's radical request for far-reaching agrari-
an and social reforms is bitterly opposed by
'strong1 man* Roxas, who, author claims, is
backed by General MacArthur and American
industrial interests." (Library J) No index.
"As a book this important volume is poorly
written and wretchedly edited. The author's
style is obscure and diffuse, and chapter after
chapter consists of poorly co-ordinated quo-
tations from official documents and newspaper
articles and editorials. If the sensational
charges contained in this volume can be sub-
stantiated it will prove to be a tragedy that
the facts of the case have been so inexpertly
presented." Hallett Abend
— Book Week p!4 D 1 '46 470w
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ja 15
'47 360w
Kirkus 14:632 O 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by R. H. McDonough
Library J 71:1460 O 15 '46 HOw
"It must be stated in all fairness that the
book is in spots not well written, particularly
in the earlier chapters. Some of the material
is not well organized; there are some minor
inaccuracies of date. . . Mr. Abaya has been
a newspaperman for a number of years. He
served the late President Quezon as confiden-
tial secretary before the war. He was a mem-
ber of the Free Philippines guerrilla organiza-
tion during the Japanese occupation. The
picture he has presented I know to be a true
and factual one. His book should be read by
all Americans who are not aware of the exist-
ence of this American imperialist 'iron curtain*
in the Philippines or of what lies behind it.
For those Americans who are less naive, or
better informed, 'Betrayal in the Philippines'
is aa excellent and absorbing sourcebook, in
fact the only sourcebook/' R. F. Millon
-| Nation 163:732 D 21 '46 850w
''Betrayal in the Philippines would have
benefited from compression and rearrangement,
for it is badly organized. But in a book or
this sort, written oy an earnest eye-witness,
the story is more Important than the trim-
mings. Abaya has written a forceful, angry
account of Philippine conditions which de-
serves a wide reading and should have the
effect of making many Americans sit up and
take notice of our own activities in the colonial
D 9 '46 «OW
"Due to the time-lag between writing and
publishing, much of Mr. Abaya's material is
already outdated. Thus the repeated charges
that President Roxas collaborated with the
enemy are made absurd by General of the
Army Douglas MacArthur's revelation that
Roxas was engaged in espionage work for
the United States Army. And since Mac-
Arthur didn't issue the statement until after
Roxas had been elected President, the au-
thor's contention that MacArthur threw his
weight behind Roxas in the election becomes
untenable. . . 'Betrayal in the Philippines'
is special pleading of the first order. Anyone
who reads it without that fact clearly in mind
will get a badly distorted picture of condi-
tions in the Philippines." F. S. Marquardt
— NY Times p31 D 15 '46 1200w
"A sober and even depressing book."
New Yorker 22:143 N 30 '46 HOw
"All that the reviewer knows, directly and
by analogy, forces him to accept 'Betrayal in
the Philippines' as essentially accurate, es-
sentially just. It is an alarming, a deeply de-
pressing realization. . . The situation is not
irredeemable, and the United States is not
done with the Philippines. Abaya's book not
only is painful reading; it is difficult reading
because its torrent of facts roars too in-
sistently; there is too much angry passion in
it. But the book is 'must' reading, because
the Philippines are with us yet." John Collier
•f Sat R of Lit 30:15 Ja 11 '47 800w
Reviewed by W. W. Fertig
— Sat R of Lit 30:15 Ja 11 '47 1550W
"Manuel Acuna Roxas today is President
of the Philippine Republic, and it is of dubious
value to expound on his alleged collaborationist
activities. In this, Mr. Abaya's book is late.
However, if it focuses public attention on the
pending trials of indicted officials of the Japa-
nese puppet government and helps secure their
determined prosecution, it will serve a purpose.
Author Hernando Abaya will have earned a
*well done* for his reporting. . . It is the first
comprehensive summary of collaboration ism in
the Philippines, with its political and eco-
nomic ramifications noted, to reach American
readers. As such it deserves attention." M.
R. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p7 N 17 '46 900w
ABBOT, CHARLES QREELEY. Earth and the
stars, [rev ed] 288p il $3.75 Van Nostrand
520 Astronomy 46-7477
"Dr. Charles O. Abbot was director of the
astrophysics! observatory of the Smithsonian
Institution from 1907 to 1944 and is best known
for his researches on the sun. In the twenty-
one years since the first edition of this book
[Book Review Digest, 1926] astronomy has
grown and changed. Since his retirement Dr.
Abbot has rewritten it to bring it up to date."
(Weekly Book Review) The book is for non-
technical readers, and not for the professional
astronomer. Glossary of commonly used astro-
nomical terms. Index.
Subject and title Index at end of alphabet
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ABBOT, C. G.— Continued
"A well- written informative introduction
to many problems that still beset the pro-
fessional astronomer. It isn't light reading, by
any means, but the author takes care to ex-
rn technical terminology as he goes along."
B. Nichols
~f- Christian Science Monitor p!5 O 19 '46
600w
"It is a well illustrated and authoritative
textbook for the general public, with no
effort at entertainment or embellishment, but
packed with sound information on the uni-
verse and the researches which revealed its
details."
-f Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 90w
ABBOTT, CHARLES CORTE2. Management
of the federal debt. 194p $2.50 McGraw
336.34 Debts, Public— U.S. 46-6120
"This book is devoted principally to the
meaning and significance of the debt, and at-
tempts to tell the effects of the debt, the re-
lation of debt management to other fiscal
policy, and the importance of finding the cor-
rect solution. It reviews U.S. Treasury plans
and other proposals, but does not put forth
any over-all program." U S Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by Hugo Sonnenschein
Book Week p7 D 15 '46 240w
"Although the author raises many questions
he leaves unanswered, the book is perhaps the
most complete analysis of the problem yet
published, and points out why the solution of
debt management problems is important to
the citizen as well as to the Treasury, banks,
insurance companies, and other businesses."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:296 D '46 200w
ABBOTT, LEONARD DALTON, ed. Master-
works of economics; digests of 10 great clas-
sics. (Masterworks ser) 754p $4 Doubleday
330.8 Economics 46-34S4
Condensations of ten significant books on
political economy. Contents: England's treasure
by foreign trade, by Thomas Mun; Reflections
on the formation and distribution of wealth,
by A. R. J. Turgot; The wealth of nations, by
Adam Smith; An essay on the principle of
population, by T. R. Mai thus; Principles of
political economy and taxation, by David Ri-
cardo; A new view of society, by Robert Owen;
Principles of political economy, by J. S. Mill;
Capital, by Karl Marx; Progress and poverty,
by Henry George; The theory of the leisure
class, by Thorstein Veblen. Biographical notes.
Booklist 42:311 Je 1 '46
"An exceedingly valuable collection of the
classics of the literature of economics."
+ Kirkus 14:29 Ja 15 '46 210w
"Will probably be of Interest mostly to neo-
phytes and casual readers. People more seri-
ously concerned with economic doctrine are apt
to be impatient with the book's catholicity."
New Yorker 22:98 My 11 '46 80w
"A volume which throws light on a hitherto
unexplored field." P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p22 O 6 '46 180w
ABEND, HALLETT. Reconquest: its results
and responsibilities. 305p $2.75 Doubleday
940.53144 World war, 1939-1945. Reconstruc-
tion (1939- ) 46-5711
"In mid-1945 Hallett Abend was a member
of a party of writers invited by the War De-
partment to make an aerial tour of reconquered
territories and rear areas scattered over
North Africa, Asia and Europe. On the whole
the party, which included both men and
women, was of serious disposition and honestly
determined to turn the publicity stunt to good
account. . . A very competent and likable pilot
flew the ship safely to Casablanca, Karachi,
Kunming and many other way-points, then
back westward to complete a vast loop of
32,000 miles. . . Having had a full year to
arrange his impressions, Mr. Abend tells the
inside story of this super- Junket." N Y Times
Reviewed by P. S. Marquardt
Book Week p6 Ag 25 '46 500w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 44:532 S 13 '46 650w
Foreign Affairs 25:347 Ja '47 60w
"This isn't tops for Abend, but it is provoca-
tive and revealing reportage — with definite
news value. . . Good reading."
+ Kirkus 14:270 Je 1 '46 340w
"Mr. Abend is 'an old China hand,' as they
say, and very much up to the mark. The
staccato paragraphs move along as easily as a
dog wags his tail. So long, too, as Mr. Abend
sticks close to the trip itself, to things actually
experienced, he is completely absorbing. . .
But when Mr. Abend branches out, and branch
out unfortunately he does, as for instance into
synopses of Japanese and Chinese history, he
suddenly reads like the World Almanac." E.
B. Garside
^ NY Times p3 Ag 25 '46 800w
"This is a disillusioned and not very cheer-
ful book, but a compelling one."
New Yorker 22:91 Ag 17 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p32 D 1 '46
150w
"It is an excellent account: best when the
writer, a former New York Times correspond-
ent in the Far East, and an old China hand,
is writing about the Orient. Whisked around
the world by the Air Transport Command, he
pays his respects to that extraordinary organi-
zation. . . I hope this book will be read by
our occupation armies overseas, and some of
their fellow Americans at home. It might be
helpful in closing the disastrous gulf between
our brilliant technical competence and our al-
most incredible political ineptitude. But I
despair of it." D. L». Cohn
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 O 12 '46 800w
"An expert piece of journalism, clear, ex-
planatory, shot with despair. It is not a
pleasant book, for Mr. Abend refuses to ladle
out soothing syrup." P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p6 S 1 '46 950w
ABBOJT, NABIA. Two queens of Baghdad.
277p $3.50 Univ. of Chicago press
B or 92 Khaizuran. Zubaidah
A46-3799
The two queens studied in this scholarly vol-
ume, are Khaizuran, the mother of "the most
renowned of the caliphs of Baghdad," H&rttn
al-Rashld, and Zubaidah, his wife. Index.
Am J Soc 52:379 Ja '47 lOw
"Miss Abbott writes with full appreciation
of the personalities of Khaizuran and Zubaidah
and of the drama of their lives. Though her
first purpose is to provide a sound and schol-
arly history, the lay reader will find in her
'Two Queens of Baghdad* illumination of what
is to most of us an unknown field of history,
and not a little entertainment as well." J. T.
Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 B50w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p39 D 1 '46
170w
ABRAHAM, GERALD ERNEST HEAL, ed.
Music of Tchaikovsky [Bng title: Tchaikov-
sky: a symposium]. 277p $3.75 Norton [9s 6d
Drummond]
780.92 Tchaikovsky. Peter Ilyitch 46-11837
"This is a musical book planned on novel
lines; it consists of chapters on various as-
pects of Tchaikovsky's music contributed by
well-known critics. . . The volume has been
planned to cover the whole of the composer's
output, or at any rate all of it that matters,
and the omission of a long biographical
section has made possible a much more
thorough and detailed discussion of the music
than would otherwise be possible in a book
of this size." (Pref) Contents: Tchaikovsky
the man, by Edward Lockspeiser; The sym-
phonies, by Martin Cooper; Works for solo
instrument and orchestra, by Eric B lorn: Mis-
cellaneous orchestral works, by R. W. Wood;
The chamber music, by Colin Mason; The
piano music, by A. E. F. Dickinson; Operas and
Incidental music, by Gerald Abraham; The
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ballets, by Edwin Evans; The songs, by A.
Alshvang; Religious and other choral music,
by Gerald Abraham. Chronology. Bibliography
Reviewed by Viola Wahler
Book Week p22 D 8 '46 450w
Booklist 43:116 D 15 '46
"The writing as a rule, reflects broad scholar-
ship and an approach marked by some per-
spective. Helpful and suggestive, at times
penetrating, and almost always couched in
language of literary merit, this book meets
the high standard of British criticism set by
writers such as Sir Donald Tovey." C. K.
Miller
-f- Library J 71:1623 N 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Desmond Sha we -Taylor
New Statesman & Nation 32:304 O 26
'46 440w
"I have never seen a book, supposedly de-
voted to the exposition of an artist's work,
which contains so much drastically unfavorable
comment, nor any book in this field which adds
up to so little. Only the editor's article on the
operas tells you anything worth knowing. The
whole is about as perfect an example of
scholarly stupidity as the literature on music
affords." Alfred Frankenstein
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
230w
"The only important aspect of Tchaikovsky's
work that seems to be neglected is its place
in the history of music in general. There are
occasional references to the influence upon
Tchaikovsky of some of his predecessors and to
his musical relations with some of his con-
temporaries but as a rule his music is treated
as a more or less isolated phenomenon. A dis-
cussion of its effect upon his Russian suc-
cessor and such composers as Sibelius would
have been welcome. Taken as a whole the
book should prove to be of great value to
anyone interested in Tchaikovsky's music."
Nathan Broder
H Sat R of Lit 30:38 Ja 25 '47 700w
"The book is valuable for making available
serious and thorough criticism of Tchaikovsky's
whole large output, but Tchaikovsky hardly
seems the best candidate for treatment on the
method of the symposium. As a symposium it
is as successful as one can expect considering
the difficulties inherent in the form, for a
symposium is nobody's child."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p93 F 28 '46
600w
Times [London} Lit Sup p234 My 18 '46
lOOOw
"The sad truth is that eight of the nine
contributors to this book (including the editor
himself) dislike Tchaikovsky the man and have
an intolerably superior attitude toward his
music. Expression of this attitude takes famil-
iar forms: Tchaikovsky is praised in a tone
of surprise, castigated because he was Russian
and not German. His crime was his departure
from the formal methods by which the great
German composers, from Bach to Brahms, had
produced their music. The resulting book is
reactionary in point of view, moralistic in
tone. Its ten chapters (two are by the editor)
establish no internal reason why Tchaikovsky's
music should be discussed in detail at all. . .
The best chapter in the book is 'Songs,' by the
Soviet musicologist A. Alshvang. It is non-
political, and it eschews the party line as
faithfully as it eschews reactionary pro-German
criticism. Alshvang has been content to dis-
cuss Tchaikovsky's songs as songs. He has
illuminating and truly critical things to say
of each and of them all. As a totality, then,
'The music of Tchaikovsky' is a disheart-
ening book." Herbert Weinstock
h Weekly Book Review p32 N 24 '46
900w
ABRAHAMS, DORIS CAROLINE (CARYL
BRAHMS, pseud), and SKIDELSKY, SIMON
JASHA. (S. J. SIMON, pseud). Six curtains
for Natasha [Bng title: Six curtains for
Stroganoval. 266p $2.50 Llppincott [8s 6d
Joseph, Mj
40-6866
Story of the ballet in St Petersburg in 1910.
The central characters are a young impresario
and his ballerina wife. Some of the famous
members of the Russian ballet world appear
as characters in the novel.
Booklist 43:16 S '46
Kirkus 14:257 Je 1 '46 250w
Manchester Guardian p3 D 14 '45 lOOw
"This book is a lot of fun — a spoof at ballet,
but (as in every well-known satire) the ele-
ments of truth are there as well as real knowl-
edge and understanding. 'Six Curtains for
Natasha' has humor and pace and mixes truth
and fiction with a delightful abandon." Andrea
Parke
-f N Y Times plO Ag 18 '46 500w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
350w
"A good deal funnier than some of the
recent productions of these authors. The
fantastic inconsequence which has gained them
many admirers is apt to pall; but here there
is more continuity and consequently more op-
portunity for genuine humour of character,
with less whimsy of the sort that is well
enough in small doses but becomes irritating
in a full-length book. This is not to say
that there is any lack of absurdity, but it is a
consistent absurdity in which each ridiculous
character is allowed to develop along its own
lines."
_j Times [London] Lit Sup p593 D 15 '45
280w
"It is the interplay of character, the battles
and back-biting of ballerinas and their ma-
moushkas, the animosities between ballet di-
rectors and. best of all, the sparkling, mad
dialogue, which give this book its heady
quality." Rose Feld
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 18 '46
600w
ABRAHAMSEN, DAVID. Men, mind, and pow-
er. 155p $2 Columbia univ. press
914.3 National characteristics, German. Ger-
many— Nazi movement A46-263
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Abrahamsen seeks to explain how the Ger-
mans and the quislings became so aggressive
and inhuman. His explanation is drawn less
from what he observed and more from the
theories of psychiatry. For this reason, the
reader feels that he la getting one man's opin-
ion rather than a statement of facts and im-
plications that must be taken into account.
The best chapter is that on Vidkun Quisling,
about whom the author knows things that the
reader usually will not know." A. M. Rose
Am J Soc 61:490 Mr '46 400w
"A single chapter in any of the works of
Fromm and Heiden. Cantril and Silone, con-
tributes more to the understanding of Nazi
psychology than the author's entire badly writ-
ten and poorly organized book. His lack of
logic and of sound psychological insight goes
hand in hand with an amazing absence of gen-
eral education." O. K. Flechtheim
— Am Pol Sci R 40:399 Ap '46 280w
"Reading the little book leaves one with a
reinforced conviction that psychiatry and poli-
tics admit of a fruitful alliance. Perhaps it is
still greater praise to say that the author has
managed to conceal his learning under a most
becoming cloak of popular writing — a rare feat
indeed. . . As an engaging reconnaissance into
the Jungle of political motivation, the book has
considerable merit. It is much less satisfactory
as a demonstration in methodology. The range
of utilized data is quite limited, and often con-
jecture substitutes for fact. . . Moreover. Dr.
Abrahamsen appears both too quick ana too
sure in his conclusions." F. M. Marx
-) Ann Am Acad 243:166 Ja '46 400w
"It seems a superficial job, not up to the
author's usual work and there is little in the
way of thought or deduction that is new."
— Current Hist 10:352 Ap '46 60w
Reviewed by E. B. Garside
N Y Times p!4 F 10 '46 650w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ABRAHAMSEN, DAVID— Conttnwwf
"The author's analyses of Nazi personalities
like Hitler, Qoebbels and Qoering are not too
convincing, and reveal nothing new. His por-
trayals of Quisling and Laval are far more
striking." Harry Daum
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d D 9 '45 550w
"Perhaps the most important chapter of the
book as far as the future is concerned is the
last on remolding the minds of the Germans.
This should be carefully studied by all those
who are in any way working on the problem
of Germany or Japan." A. L. Brush
Survey Q 35:58 F '46 lOOOw
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:54 Mr '46 240w
"Central thesis of the book is unfortunate.
It is based on the unproved asumption that
nations, like individuals, can be neurotic, or
'maladjusted,' and that the Germans, both
masses and leaders, are mostly maladjusted."
Gregory Zilboorg
h Weekly Book Review p28 Mr 31 '46
300w
ABRAHAMSEN, DAVID. Mind and death of a
genius. 228p il $3 Columbia univ. press
B or 92 Weininger, Otto A46-6073
A long psychological case study of the life
and character of Otto Weininger, a young
Viennese, who in 1903 at the age of twenty-
two published his Sex and Character, and,
a few weeks later committed suicide. The
author is a member of the Department of
psychiatry at Columbia university.
"Over the years 'Sex and Character* has
frequently interested both philosophers and
psychologists, and Dr. Abrahamsen, with great
thoroughness, has undertaken to re-create the
picture of Weininger as he could reconstruct it
from available records and from questioning
members of Otto's family. This study of the
morbid mind of a man who has been called
a genius is primarily for the special student."
Book Week pS N 17 '46 120w
Current Hist 12:62 Ja '47 40w
"This is a portrait of an abnormal per-
sonality rather than an unusual mind, in con-
stant conflict from childhood on. An inter-
pretation of a life believed significant in the
history of mental disease, but only for a pro-
fessional market and within limitations at
that."
KIrkus 14:573 N 1 '46 90w
"One deplores in this otherwise valuable
study a certain negligence in the use of terms,
some of them being used on one page in the
strictly scientific sense, on another in the
popular sense." Alfred Werner
N Y Times p20 Ja 12 '47 750w
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 '46
70w
ABRAMOWITZ, ISIDORE, ed. Great prisoners.
879p $4.95 Dutton
808.8 Literature — Collections. Prisons
46-2336
An anthology of literature written while the
writers were in prison, on trial, or under sen-
tence of death. Bach selection is prefaced by
an explanatory headnote about the writer and
the occasion for the writing. Selections range
from Socrates to Sacco and Vanzetti, from
James I of Scotland to Francois Villon. Fif-
teen of the sixty-odd men and women included
were of the twentieth century. Index.
" "The Great Prisoners' illustrates the fallacy
that an anthology, to be good, must be widely
Inclusive. There is good reading in the book,
but one has to hunt for it. I think AbramowiU
mad an absorbing Idea but I think he has
muffed the execution of it." H. M. Jones
+ — Book Week p3 Mr 31 '46 «00w
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor plO Ap 30
'46 600w
"Extraordinary for range of interest and high
level of readability. The editorial contribution
while valuable seems at times over- intellectual -
ized, and may limit the market to a rather
highbrow audience."
, H KIrkus 14:16 Ja '46 150w
"Unusual and even unique collection, useful
for many purposes." J. 0. Shipman
4- Library J 71:482 Ap 1 r46 140w
Reviewed by Alan Vrooman
N Y Times p!4 Ap 14 '46 600w
"An interesting and even valuable book, be*
cause of what has been chosen for it and be-
cause of the editor's brief introduction to each
entry."
•f New Yorker 22:112 Ap 6 '46 120w
"In more than 170 pages of dispassionate,
scholarly, but unacademic assertions and com-
ment, the editor of this anthological experi-
ment displays a refined taste, discerning judg-
ment, a catholic knowledge of his subject
colored with a salty sense of humor, and an
unfaltering pessimism as regards human toler-
ance." Kurt Weinberg
+ Sat R of Lit 29:25 Ap 13 '46 lOOOw
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 480w
"This anthology is physically heavy and hard
to handle. It is not a book to be read straight
through by the unfettered and the comfortable.
Its excerpts are to be read and pondered.
Crime in one age may become leadership in the
next; and vice versa. The word and the spirit
can confound chains and contempt, design the
future, endure forever." Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 21 '46 1350w
WIs Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
ABZUQ, MARTIN. Spearhead. 272p $2.50 Dial
press
46-6950
Short novel about an American artillery bat-
tery, covering the few days during the Battle
of the Bulge when the men were retreating
on account of the German break- thru. The
chief characters are Captain Hollis, a weakling
transformed into a killer, and Lieutenant
Knupfer, a regular army man.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p2 O 6 '46 330w
Reviewed by J. E. Cross
Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 lOOw
" 'Spearhead' is a well -paced novel, clean-
ly written. But dramatically, it fails to achieve
its purpose. . . Mr. Abzug makes his captain
talk sensibly but act like a fool, while his
lieutenant acts sensibly and talks like a fool.
The reader will be more than a little con-
fused trying to keep up with them." D. D.
N Y Time* p34 S 29 '46 340w
"Unfortunately, the novel does not do well
by its theme, although it contains many good
scenes and all the realistic detail one could
wish." George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 3 '46
120w
"Mr. Abzug has written an honest, unpreten-
tious, sometimes moving novel whose sober
worth well merits recognition. It would be a
great pity if the current prejudice against war
books were to deny this promising young writer
the encouragement he deserves. . . The story is
lean and alive, stripped of everything but life-
in-the-instant." John Barkham
+ Sat R of Lit 29:32 O 5 '46 280w
"In showing how they act in a crisis, and
how the men under them react, Mr. Abzug
makes a grim and graphic contribution to war
fiction." Lisle Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46 lOOw
ACCENT (periodical). Accent anthology; se-
lections rrom Accent, a quarterly of new
literature, 1940-1945; ed. by Kerker Quinn
and Charles Shattuck. 687p $4 Harcotirt
810.8 American literature— Collections
, 46-8520
A selection of the best poems, critical prose,
and stories which have appeared in the literary
magazine Accent, during its first five years
of publication. Brief notes on contributors.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p22 D 1 '46 340w
Christian Century 63:1473 D 4 '46 80w
KIrkus 14:674 N 1 '46 120w
''There is irony here, and small reward.
For the occasional brilliant and honest pieces
it publishes, and for its indisputable part in
the 'resistance* against commercialism, the
magazine Accent has its ration d'etre, as an
anthology it has very little." Harvey Breit
N Y Time* p7 D 29 '46 860w
"As it happens, the stories by the unknowns
who were discovered by the magazine's edi-
tors are more impressive than those of the
celebrated contributors — probably a healthy
sign."
-4- New Yorker 22:126 N 9 '46 90w
"One of the year's most outstanding volumes
In any field." Arthur Foff
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
300w
"The poetry is on an unusually high level
of Quality; the critical articles are competent
or better; the story section would have gained
by pruning. As a whole the volume seems
somewhat less interesting to this reviewer
than the recent and similar anthology of se-
lections from the 'Partisan Review'; less in-
teresting because less experimental and more
in the middle of the literary road." R. N.
Linscott
H Weekly Book Review p!5 Ja 5 '47 400w
"A fascinating study of three great per-
sonalities—Churchill and Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt — written with such feeling and sus-
pense that the reader forgets most of the time
how short the dinner was and how little, in
fact, anybody said. . . It is too bad that Louis
Adamic's ardent and generous feelings, which
make his portraiture so vivid, should also
make his political thinking so sentimental."
A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
+ — N Y Times p7 S 15 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:110 S 14 '46 160w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 AS 27 '46
lOOOw
"Adamic has written a book which is pood
theatre but bad history. When he departs from
the melodrama with which he invests his one
meal, his book is sounder if less arresting. His
liberalism is clear, informed, sharply expressed.
His fears that democratic hopes may be nearly
lost deserve respectful attention. Most of his
feelings seem to me sound. It is, I think,
throughout an honestly intentioned book and &
useful and vivid one. And if one meal is
magnified almost to the proportions of one
world, that seems an honest man's mistake."
Jonathan Daniels
Sat R of Lit 29:20 N 30 '46 560w
Time 48:94 S 2 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by H. S. Commoner
Weekly Book Review p2 S 8 '46 1650w
ADAMIC, LOUIS. Dinner at the White House.
276p $2.50 Harper
973.917 World war, 1939-1945— Diplomatic
history. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer 46-6421
"Repercussions from the author's Two Way
Passage [Book Review Digest, 1941] which ad-
vocated using national groups in the U.S. to
propagate democracy in postwar Europe.
Adamic reports on an intimate White House
dinner in 1942 and the impact of his idea on
the guests, including Churchill. In the book's
second section, he muses on power politics,
then and now, and in the third he restates
the principles of 'One World' for a suspicious
world." Library J
"It is the book of a generous, intelligent,
warmhearted man, and it is filled with tidbits
of detail concerning the great. Yet it is in
dubious taste, often unreasonably bitter, and
frequently naive." D. L. Conn
+ — Atlantic 178:171 N '46 270w
Reviewed by Harold Zyskind
Book Week p3 S 1 '46 500w
Booklist 43:51 O 15 '46
Reviewed by E. D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor pl6 S 18 '46
500w
"This is a very attractive little capsule-his-
tory of the United States Navy. . . It should
serve as a convenient book of Quick reference
about ships and men, especially as memories
begin once more, as they always do, to grow
dim." M. S. Bnslin
-f Crozer Q 23:393 O '46 230w
KIrkus 14:336 Jl 15 '46 HQw
"Recommended." Scott Adams
-f Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 120w
"The book will be of some interest to those
individuals engaged in observing the Ineptitude
of the modern mind when confronted with mod-
ern experience." D. T. Bazelon
Nation 163:386 O 5 '46 500w
"The real merit of this book is not its
impassioned plea for One World but its
dramatic picture of three great actors:
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill. Louis Adamic has cap-
tured the spirit and personality of Roosevelt,
the most controversial of the three, aa well as,
If not better than anyone else I have read.
It la far from the final picture, but it comes
as close to the truth, I believe, as any yet
drawn." CarroU Kiipatrick
-H New Rftpub 116:381 8 16 '46 600w
ADAMS, CLIFFORD ROSE, and PACKARD,
VANCE OAKLEY. How to pick a mate; the
guide to a happy marriage. 215p $2.75 Dut-
ton
392.5 Marriage 46-4967
"Director of Marriage Counseling Service at
Pennsylvania State College and a staff writer
for The American Magazine collaborate on a
popular presentation of facts and opinion on
sex, mate selection, love, marriage and divorce.
Illustrations are drawn from the marriage
clinic records." Library J
Reviewed by R. E. Danielson
Atlantic 178:144 S '46 850w
"Presented in a way that anyone with a
high school education should be able to com-
prehend. A good part of the book is given
over to questionnaires in which interested per-
sons can gauge their probable ratings as mar-
riage candidates and can do the same for
their actual or prospective mates."
+ Book Week p6 Jl 28 '46 90w
Kirkus 14:288 Je 15 '46 190w
"Written simply and brightly, from a mental
hygiene viewpoint, the book provides whole-
some orientation for young people. Experts
may question the validity of some end-of-
chapter 'tests' and the more experienced reader
may find treatment of some subjects rather
superficial and be in disagreement with some
of the authors' opinions and conclusions." A.
I. Bryan
-\ Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
"Every person contemplating marriage or
already married would be well advised to read
carefully this unique and authoritative book.
He will understand all marriages much better
aa a result."
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 3 '46
300w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Jl 30 '46 240w
Weekly Book Review p33 S 29 '46 350w
ADAMS, MRS FAY (GREENE). Educating
America's children: elementary school cur*
riculum and methods. 490p 11 $3.76 Ronald
372 Education of children. Teaching. Educa-
tion—Aims and objectives 46-4540
"Presents an elementary-school curriculum
and methods aimed at clarifying objectives,
materials, and procedures of education on thla
level. Indexed." School & Society
School A Society 63:897 Je 1 '41 Khr
Social Studlt* 27:288 O '46 20w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ADAMS. MRS HELEN (SIMMONS) (NANCY
BARNES, pseud). The wonderful year; 11. by
Kate Seredy. 18Bp $2.60 Messner
46-6103
The year Ellen was eleven her father had to
KO to Colorado to regain his health. There on a
fruit-farming ranch Ellen learned to forget her
sorrow at leaving her Eastern friends, and to
find excitement in a new kind of life. For
grades four to seven.
"It's a story of growing up, well and under-
standingly done, with no dull moments and
with really delightful humor." Jane Cobb
+ Atlantic 178:166 D '46 40w
Book Week p24 N 10 '46 200w
"Written with real perceptlvenesa and nat-
ural humor, this story gives every evidence of
coming out of the author's own experiences
and has a timeless, enduring quality."
+ Booklist 43:19 S '46
"Fresh, natural and entertaining." A. T.
Eaton
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 31 '46
240w
"Fresh and spontaneous story." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:465 N '46 12 Ow
"Its a book that eleven years and up to
maturity will enjoy. Illustrated sympathetically
and gaily by Elate Seredy."
-h Kirkus 14:254 Je 1 '46 170w
"Ellen's problems, though having their back-
ground picturesquely in the ranching coun-
try of Colorado, are the problems of most
young girls approaching their teens. Her par-
ents are likable flesh-and -blood people, and the
boy Ronnie is sufficiently masculine and non-
chalant to whet young feminine appetites. Feel-
ing and atmosphere are especially good." S. J.
Johnson
-f- Library J 71:1211 S 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Florence Crowther
N Y Times p!8 Ag 18 '46 370w
"A warm and satisfying story." K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22:142 D 7 '46 70w
"To us, the outstanding quality in this
delightful story is its humor. All of the
characters, including the animals, possess an
underlying humor that never becomes strained
or obvious. Ellen herself, with her self-con-
sciousness, her small problems and frustrations,
her innate good sense, is both funny and
pathetic. Kate Seredy 's expressive drawings
confirm the character's attractions." M. Q. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 230w
"Rarely does a child's book present with
such simple, unsentimentalized truth the sort
of boy- and -girl companionship that may and
sometimes does lead to happy marriage, but
that will be remembered even If it goes no
further, always with tenderness and gratitude."
M. L. Becker
-{- Weekly Book Review p6 S 15 '46 350w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
ADAMS, JAMES DONALD, ed. Treasure chest;
an anthology of contemplative prose. 402p
$2.50 Dutton
808.8 Literature—Collections 46-25014
An anthology of brief selections from con-
templative prose in English. The book is the
first of a new group of books to be known as
the Dutton companions. The arrangement is
roughly chronological by author, beginning with
excerpts from the King James version of the
Bible, and coming down to current writers.
Author index.
"Generally speaking, "The Treasure Chest*
Is an excellent antidote for the tribal frenzies,
religious bigotries, class snarling and Quarrel-
ing which make this year of 'peace' so par-
ticularly hideous to the contemplative mind/'
Sterling North
+ Book Week p2 Ja 13 '46 500w
Booklist 42:181 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 Mr '46
"Philosophical, reflective, these extracts were
drawn from the editor's wide reading in many
fields. . . Adams pores over English and
American literature with selective hand and
discerning eye, and offers veritable jewels of
thought, the lofty reflections of some of the
greatest minds of all time."
+ Cath World 163:381 Jl '46 220w
"Mr. Adams's selections are largely on the
didactic stress. 'An Anthology of Contempla-
tive Prose' is his subtitle, and the contempla-
tion implied is mostly pretty serious, in 'Hora
Novissima* mood, medieval, and here and there
oppressive. Puritanic, however, it is not, nor
chilly. More than half the book is drawn from
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and,
if the wisdom of it seems as a rule rather
quaint, it must be because the form, fashion,
and content of wisdom are, after all, valuables
that come down." W. P. T.
-j Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ja 19 '46
300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:551 D 15 '45 190w
"There are those who like to read contempla-
tive prose and for them there is a treasure of
silver and gold and precious stones, to which
time may add but which time cannot destroy. . .
Mr. Adams' taste is excellent, with the possible
exception of an item on Page 325. His book
is a good companion, to go on a journey with,
or to have by one's bedside." R. L. Duff us
-f N Y Times p6 Ja 6 '46 900w
New Yorker 21:76 Ja 5 '46 130w
"Of the older material, there is nothing that
should prove unfamiliar to a well-read person;
but there is also very little that does not merit
being read again and again. And in the selec-
tions from contemporaries there are happy sur-
prises. . . Less comprehensive and less elabo-
rately organized than 'The Practical Cogitator,'
this anthology is a fine well for dipping. But
when you dip, be sure to remember Locke on
reading or your dipping will prove to be vanity.
And the publishers would be well advised to
have proof read carefully for a second edition.
As it stands, the volume is speckled with typo-
graphical errors." B. R. Redman
4- — Sat R of Lit 29:12 P 9 '46 1300w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 F 21 '46 240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW, ed. Album of
American history: v3, 1853-1893. 435p il mapa
$7.50 Scribner
973 U.S.— Social life and customs. U.S.—
History— 1865- (44-706)
The third volume in this pictorial history of
the United States covers the years 1853 to
1893. For earlier volumes see Book Review
Digest 1944 and 1945.
Book Week p9 N 3 '46 120w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
"This volume is open to the same general
criticisms as its predecessors. The arrangement
of illustrations is often illogical, the captions
are mediocre, and the mechanical aspects leave
much to be desired. These criticisms, however
should not be allowed to overshadow the
outstanding- value which is in the pictures
themselves. To Americans who do not have
access to, or who seldom visit, our great
collections of pictorial history these volumes
will be priceless treasures, depicting, in a
fascinating variety, the road we Americans
have traveled down to the present." R. A.
Brown
4. — Christian Science Monitor p!5 O 23 '46
450w
to the pages and an over-all grayness. And a
few maps should have been included. Even with
these deficiencies the book is a work- of prime
value, useful to the student and fascinating to
the more casual reader, who will find himself
engrossed in its many-faceted presentation of
American life." C. B. Palmer
4, — N Y Times p23 D 15 '46 800w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 25 '46
550w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
4 'This is a fascinating album, and anyone
who goes through it can gain a vivid impres-
sion of the richly divergent life— also the
chaotic and discordant life— of a vigorous and
colorful American generation." Dumas Malone
4- Sat R of Lit 29:56 D 7 '46 650w
"Like its predecessors this volume still
lacks something essential to history. Pictures
are after all only illustrations and pictorial
history must, of necessity, be more or less
static. Relationships are hard to show and
contrasts are more appealing- than likenesses.
There is, moreover, a constant temptation to
present the unusual and to bring in the com-
monplace as a kind of afterthought. No way-
has yet been found to depict things intellectual.
Interest and direct appeal are, as a result,
the Album's great virtue." Avery Craven
H Weekly Book Review p6 O 20 '46 600w
ADAMS, JOHN, and ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.
Selected writings of John and John Quincy
Adams; ed. and with an introd. by Adrlenne
Koch and William Peden. 413p $4.50 Knopf
308.2 U.S. — Politics and government — 1783-
1865 46-6270
Selections from the diaries, autobiographies,
public papers, and letters of John Adams and
his son John Quincy Adams. There is a long
introduction by the editors which comprises
a biographical study of the famous father and
son, and an interpretation of their place in
American history. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 O 20 '46 360w
Booklist 43:128 Ja 1 '47
"The Selected Writings of two of America's
early presidents are in themselves not only
interesting to the historian but even inspiring
to the Christian. This excellent edition, well
edited and well printed, gives us a thorough
picture of the minds and views of the
Adamses." B. V. Kuehnelt-Lreddihn
-4- Cath World 164:372 Ja '47 400w
"In spite of the quantity and importance of
the Adams manuscripts, no extensive collection
of John Adams' papers has appeared for nearly
a century, while no adequate collection of his
son's writings has ever been made. Thus the
appearance of The Selected Writings is assured
of a hopefully eager audience. The editors
are admirably qualified for their task, Mi0s
Koch being a specialist in eighteenth-century
philosophy, while Mr. Peden is a recognized
scholar in the literature of the same period."
R. A. Brown
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 11
•46 600w
Reviewed by Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 45:282 D 27 '46 23 Ow
"Introduced by a sympathetic biographical
sketch of the Adams, father and son, these
selections are sufficiently varied to show the
broad interests and qualifications of the cele-
brated pair. Some or the extracts are from
diaries, correspondence and political statements
and some from other sources. Above all, they
are closely tied to the politics and statecraft
of the day, making an important volume for
the student."
-f Current Hist 11:509 D '46 lOOw
"Public libraries and college libraries
chiefly."
Klrkus 14:472 S 15 '46 170w
"In this volume of selections, the documents
are well chosen to tell the story even though
their variety and the brevity of most of them
give an unavoidably choppy effect. The
slightly facetious tone of the introduction fails
to supply the needed sense of importance and
unity in the Adams line. The volume is there-
fore slightly disappointing, even though it per-
forms Its self-appointed task. Perhaps this is
the only way it could have been done; at all
events, we are the richer for it." R. E.
Spiller
-f — New Repub 115:700 N 25 '46 600w
"Miss Koch and Mr. Peden set themselves no
mean task in trying to choose from the
voluminous writings ox the Adamses those pas-
sages which most clearly illustrate the progres-
sion of their ideas through more than three-
quarters of a century. They have been highly
successful. Every reader will be grateful to
the editors for their scrupulous care in prepar-
ing this tempting invitation to read more
widely in the original writings. At a moment
when we are deeply anxious because of our
inability to find the social institutions which
will most surely bring us happiness, it is
heartening to have a convenient guide to the
thought of two Americans who understood so
well that the promotion of the public welfare
is a slow and arduous task." J. A. Krout
4- N Y Times p4 O 20 '46 850w
"An excellent volume. . . The book provides
a valuable firsthand contact with two of the
ablest American minds, whose writings, so
voluminous and occupied so much with ancient
political matters, most people are not likely
actually to harve explored. Here the explora-
tion has all been done for you, and the sittings
are of lively interest and easily assimilable."
-f New Yorker 22:132 N 16 '46 120w
"Selections from the writings of eminent
men, brought within the compass of a handy
volume, serve an exceedingly useful purpose
when carefully chosen and well edited. This
book meets those tests admirably and is most
welcome." Dumas Malone
4- Sat R of Lit 29:15 O 26 '46 850w
Reviewed by S. P. Bemis
Weekly Book Review p4 D 8 '46 1350w
ADAMS, JOHN PAUL. Milton Can iff: Rem-
brandt of the comic- strip. 64p il $2 McKay
B or 92 Caniff, Milton Arthur. Comic strips
46-26194
Sketch of the life of a well-known American
comic artist, illustrated with photographs
and samples of his cartoons. Contains sugges-
tions on how to become a comic artist.
"This well-written little book reveals a lot
of hitherto unknown information about one of
the most popular comic artists of our time."
' -f Book Week p5 My 26 '46 130w
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"Here is the pictorial biography of a car-
toonist, distinctly laudatory and certainly in-
teresting for the information it presents to
young comic artists with ideas or hopes — or
both/'
+ Weekly Book Review plO Ji 14 '46 130w
ADAMS, PHILIP RHYS. Auguste Rodin. See
Rodin, A.
ADAMSON, HANS CHRISTIAN. Eddie Rick-
enbacker. 309p il $2.76 Macmillan
B or 92 Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon
46-657
A biography of the famous auto-racer, and
ace of World war I, which stresses his early
years, and ends with his return to the United
States after his harrowing experiences on a
raft in the Pacific ocean. The author has
known Eddie Rickenbacker for many years.
He says he ' 'loved Rick for a quarter of a cen-
tury but hated him for twenty-four days" — the
days when they both were afloat on that raft.
Book Week plO Mr 17 '46 70w
"The Adamson book gives a satisfying pic-
ture of an interesting personality of the times."
M. W. Bayley
+ Christian Science Monitor p20 F 21 '46
420w
"Good material made unexciting either as
biography or writing."
-\ Klrkus 13:564 D 15 '45 150w
"Rickenbacker has been a controversial sub-
ject, but here he has a convincing champion.
Recommended." Barbara Overton
+ Library 4 71:279 F 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Frederick Graham
N Y Times P22 Mr 5 '46 400w
School A Society 68:198 Mr 16 '46 49w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ADAMSON, H. C. — Continued
"A life story that definitely adds to the Rick-
enbacker build-up. . . Notwithstanding: the
fact that it is somewhat overwritten, and pos-
sibly a shade too worshipful, this biography of
Rickenbacker is excellent reading. Air-minded
American youth should eat it up. From first
to last Rick has lived dangerously, with a
debonair defiance of death. And he has always
come through, often as by a miracle." Stanley
Walker
^ Weekly Book Review p!4 F 24 '46 800w
WIs Lib Buf 42:73 My '46
ADDISON, HERBERT. Treatise on applied hy-
draulics. 3d ed rev & enl 614p il $6.60 Wiley
[32s Chapman]
627 Hydraulic engineering. Hydraulic ma-
chinery. Pumping machinery [45-4060]
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
"New material gives the book greater clarity
and practical utility, as it explains and inter-
polates many unduly compressed passages of
previous editions."
+ Eng N 136:112 Mr 7 '46
N Y New Tech Bks 30:57 O '45
ADELSON. LEONE. Blowaway hat; pictures
by Dorothy Wagstaff. [32p] $1.50 Reynal
46-7969
The hat was new and covered with flower*
and belonged to David's mother. On a wind)
day the hat flew off Mother's head, and David
flew after it. The chase and the final capture
are described in prose and pictures for age*
three to five.
"The illustrations are breezy and bright as
the tale itself. It's a made- to- order story for
those who love fun and fancy."
-f Book Week p6 N 10 '46 lOOw
Booklist 43:173 F 1 '47
"Charming word patterns, gay absurdities,
and an original idea make this book fun."
+ Kirku* 14:383 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Just enough plot and a nice balance between
fact and fancy to satisfy the nursery through
kindergarten age." F. W. Butler
-f Library J 71:1807 D 15 '46 70w
"For a text rather on the nursery-school
pattern Miss Wagstaff has made Pictures in
two colors that have real humor and vitality."
+ Sat R Of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 BOw
ADELSON, LEONE. Who blew that whistle?
pictures by Oscar Fabres. 45p $1.25 Scott,
46-11900
Fleture-story book for six-to-seven-year-olds,
describing the adventures of a traffic policeman
who got uppity, and what happened when his
whistle decided to do a little whistling on its
own.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 180w
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"Humorous and original yarn for city ehil-
* -t- Klrkus 14:455 8 15 '46 lOOw
"A fairly engaging little story for beginning
readers about a nonconforming police whistle.
Amusing drawings, plenty of action and (old-
fashioned note) a pretty obvious moral.'* S. J.
Johnson Ubpj|ry ^ n:146e o 16 »4e 70w
"City children from 4 to 8 will find all this
confusion very funny indeed, while they will
unconsciously absorb the lesson in cooperation
which the little whistle learned/' Lois Palmer
WBJ + N Y Times p38 O IS '46 140w
Reviewed by Florence Little
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
90w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 40w
"I chuckled all the way through this book
and if I had been six or seven years old— the
age for which it is written— I would have kept
laughing out loud." M. L, Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 200w
AINSWORTH, EDWARD MADDIN. Eagles fly
west. 447p $3 Macmillan
46-6775
Novel based on the founding of the state of
California. The central character is Lieutenant
Shane Malone, who started out as a newspaper-
man on James Gordon Bennett's old Herald in
1846.
Reviewed by B. B. Leisy
Book Week p9 D 1 '46 230w
Booklist 43:53 O 15 '46
Kirkus 14:282 Je 16 '46 230w
"Real taste and flavor of old California with
its Spanish-Mexican heritage. Well recom-
mended." L. R. Etzkorn
4- Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 70w
"The real protagonist of the story is Cali-
fornia, and the real plot is history. Mr. Ains-
worth, a writer on The Los Angeles Times, is,
aside from being the popularizer of the alleg-
edly chronological swallows of Capistrano, an
ardent student of California and national his-
tory. The romantic elements in his tale are
frankly superimposed and occasionally tenuous.
But he has a knack of being able to unfold his-
tory from a fresh, on-the-spot viewpoint rather
than in pat retrospect. 'Eagles Fly West' does
the general reader a refreshing service in lift-
ing the California legend' out of the mis-
sion -and- Qold-Rush rut and throwing the «pot-
light on the notable facts of the pioneer story
often brushed aside by the formal historians/'
aiadwin Hill
4- N Y Times p4 O 13 '46 490w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 11 '46
350w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 230w
AISTROP. JACK CHARLES RICHARD. Back-
stage with Joe. 168p $2.50 Roy pubs. [6s Dob-
sonj
[46-19681]
A novel about the war, showing what effect
it had upon a group of ordinary people—
soldiers, A. T. S. privates, a munitions worker,
a music-hall artist, an allied airman, and an
American nurse. The scene is England.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p7 D 15 '46 90w
"In terse, condensed narrative, stripped ac-
tion, all linked in a flashing montage effect,
this is experimental styling for the variegated
disasters of wartime living, sometimes effec-
tive, sometimes confused."
+ — Klrkus 14:360 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Recommended war story." B. F. Kelly
-f Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by H. I* A. Faussett
Manchester Guardian pS Jl 26 '46 40w
"Mr. Aistrop has dedicated this unorthodox
and, at times, quite brilliant little book to
General Patton. But if the general were alive
to read it. I think he would find it quite
baffling. Unlike his own dashing — and fre-
quently unprintable — prose, Mr. Ai strop's is
spare and soldierly and dehydrated, suitable
to the wartime England about which he
writes. . . Mr. Aistrop writes with a kind of
detached indignation. His prose is as un-
clothed as his dancer— which is to say it is
rather a thing of beauty— and stirs the com-
passion rather than the libido. If he has writ*
ten but the synopsis of a novel, instead of the
finished product, he has nevertheless given us
something closer to the mood and times of his
people than many a more ambitious project.'
David Dempsey
N Y Time* plO N 3 '46 860w
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 '46
lOOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
"It is pieced, kaleidoscopic, quite vivid in a
glittery way; but I believe that on the whole
Mr. Aistrop loses as much as he gains.. He
gains the quick, running1, all-over surface view,
a bird's-eye view if you like. He loses every-
thing under that. He has stripped his writing
clean of all rumination and development; no
probing here. But development and probing
are the ways to reveal differences and mean-
ings." N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:95 D 7 '46 360w
"Though too many of the characters are no
more than names submerged in one of the
many violent happenings in the book, when
Mr. Aistrop writes more fully, as of Blackie
and Eileen, he is sensitive and sincere."
Times [London] Lit Sup p377 Ag 10
'46 llOw
"Apparently Mr. Aistrop did hope to give
a broad picture of the shattering effects of war
on the English people, in uniform and out — and
particularly on the people of London's working-
class districts. But he has rationed his own
prose too closely to achieve panoramic effects."
Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p20 N 17 '46 600w
AKELEY, MRS MARY LEE (JOBE). Rumble
of a distant drum; a true story of the African
hinterland; Jl. by Arthur August Jansson.
364p $2.75 Dodd
916.76 Africa, East— Description and travel
46-11841
"The true story of the high adventure of ten
year old Mihigo, native Watusi of royal blood,
who traveled with [the author] across half the
African continent while [she] was completing
the expedition for the Akeley African Hall of
the American Museum of Natural History."
Foreword
Booklist 43:137 Ja 1 '47
"It is not so much the adventures, though
they are thrilling, as the careful details of
people and background that give the book its
value. The reader who demands swift action
can get it by some cutting of his own as he
reads; but the reader of almost any age with
a taste for the exotic and a curiosity about
distant lands and peoples will find it all fas-
cinating. The illustrations are of strong design
and feeling." F. S.
+ N Y Times p4 N 10 '46 150w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p26 D 1 '46
210w
AKHILANANDA, SWAMI. Hindu psychology;
its meaning for the West; introd. by Gordon
W. Allport; foreword by Edgar Sheffield
Brightman. 241p $2.50 Harper
150 Psychology. Philosophy, Hindu 46-7759
"An interpretation of Oriental philosophy,
with discussions of Occidental values and be-
liefs, for the student of psychology and search-
ers in the occult." Current Hist
"This lucidly written volume will be perused
with deep interest even by the skeptical reader.
It gives a welcome glimpse into the mental
world of a great Asiatic nation." Alfred Werner
4. _ Christian Century 63:1343 N 6 '46 700w
Current Hist 11:611 D '46 30w
ALAN, MARJORIE. Rue the day [Eng title:
Murder in November], 248p $2 Mill [8s 6d
Hale, R]
Detective story.
46-8527
"Tea-table style, but not too strong- a dish
of English tea."
Kirkus 14:438 S 1 '46 90w
"Each character is drawn with sure, deft
strokes. The plotting, too, is superbly done."
Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p32 N 24 '46 180w
"Pleasant, literate and undistinguished, this
is good run-of-the-mill." L. G. Offord
-I San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 1 '46
60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 22 '46 180w
ALB RAND, MARTHA. Remembered anger.
(Atlantic monthly press bk) 178p $2 Little
46-25045
A young American officer who had attempted
to join the French Maquis was captured by the
Nazis, but managed to escape. The time is
1945, and the officer has returned to Paris
under an assumed name to seek his betrayer.
There are complications, and then romance
and a happy ending.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 140w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
"Miss Albrand is adept at turning out quickly
moving, smoothly wrought stories of this kind,
distinguished by a European background that
she knows first-hand from her cosmopolitan
heritage and experience — Switzerland, the
Netherlands, Italy, or France, as the case may
be. This is not the best of her stories, for it
seems to lack genuine emotion and the char-
acters are over-simphfled; but it can be recom-
mended to readers who enjoy following the
solution of a mystery the more if it is de-
scribed with grace and clarity." W. K. R.
H Christian Science Monitor pl4 F 15 '46
420w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
Kirkus 13:533 D 1 '45 150w
" 'Remembered Anger' is a shoddy Job. . .
The book would hardly be worth mentioning
if Miss Albrand did not have what it takes to
produce Grade-A entries in the field. Next time,
let us hope, she will work with fresher lum-
ber." C. V. Terry
— NY Times p22 Mr 3 '46 500w
"It's all right, if you don't mind writers like
Miss Albrand weaving their rather sleazy fabric
out of such heroic material."
New Yorker 21:97 P 9 '46 90w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46
150w
"The narrative has the easy command of
background and minor incident which this
novelist displays, whether the setting is the
Netherlands, Italy or elsewhere on the conti-
nent. But she glides over a few details of the
plot a bit too casually." George Conrad
H Weekly Book Review plO F 10 '46 600w
ALBRIGHT, HORACE MARDEN, and TAY-
LOR, FRANK J. Oh, ranger! a book about
the national parks; 11. by Ruth Taylor. 299p
$3 Dodd
719 National parks and reserves — U.S. U.S.
National park service. Nature study
46-5148
A revised edition of a book for those in-
terested in travel thru our national parks.
"A naturally large part of this volume is de-
voted to the great parks of the Far West, but
there are succinct notes on the national me-
morials and historic sites in all parts of the
country. The revision brings the volume up
to date, with endpaper maps showing the lo-
cation of twenty- four national parks and a
useful index to the whole contents of the
work." (Weekly Book Review) For first edi-
tion see Book Review Digest, 1928.
Booklist 42:368 Jl 15 '46
"The revised edition of 'Oh, Ranger!' which
was printed eight times between 1934 and 1941,
but has had no reprinting since 1941, will be
useful for tourists who, with gasoline once
more in their cars, can visit the national parks
and monuments which have rapidly increased
in number and importance since the National
Park Service was created in 1916, and since
both scenic and historic reserves were brought
under one department in 1933. . . The text has
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ALBRIGHT, H. M.— Continued
a way of being somewhat chatty for my taste,
but the Information Is likely to be precise
and sound."
H Weekly Book Review p!7 Jl 14 '46 180w
ALDINGTON, RICHARD, ed. Portable Oscar
Wilde. See Wilde, O.
ALDINGTON, RICHARD. Romance of Casa-
nova. 344p $3 Duell
Casanova de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo—
Fiction 46-5236
The story of the one true love of Casanova,
the adventurer and great lover of eighteenth
century Venice.
"I confess to finding the book overlong.
uneven, and often dull."
— Kirkus 14:182 Je 1 '46 160w
"The book Is too long, and Mr. Aldington's
Ingenuity often tedious, but it is intelligent
comedy, and the complicated, almost Jonsonian,
plot contrasts with the simplicity of the hero
and sets the sophisticated tone of the tour de
force." John Farrelly
-j New Repub 114:908 Je 24 '46 200w
"Mr. Aldington has accomplished the seem-
ingly impossible. He has cast the prince of
seducers in the role of a sincere lover, yet
has done so without once compromising the
true Casanovian essence. . . Mr. Aldington's
accomplishment is one requiring very con-
siderable psychological dexterity, but It is
carried off with almost complete success." T. C.
Chubb
-f N Y Times p5 Jl 7 '46 950w
"Richard Aldington has read the 'Memoirs'
of Casanova thoroughly and well, digested their
substance, made sure of their flavor, and then
used them skilfully for his own purpose; that
purpose being the production of a lively, en-
tertaining novel which combines the best fea-
tures of the old cloak-and-sword romance with
those of the up-to-date tale of espionage and
international Intriprue. It even combines another
and potent ingredient: at least a fraction of
the sexual frankness now permitted serious
and not-so-serious story-tellers." B. R. Redman
•f Sat R of Lit 29:16 Je 15 '46 1200w
"Aldington obviously meant it to be ham-
mock reading, and no more. But except for
a few writing tricks, and a display of erudition,
no summer reader would recognize it as the
work of the man who wrote World War I's
bitter Death of a Hero, or that first-rate biog-
raphy of Wellington, The Duke."
Time 47:108 Je 17 '46 250w
Reviewed by Ix»rine Pruette
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 23 '46
lOOOw
ALDINGTON, RICHARD. Wreath for San
Gemignano; with 11. by Netta Aldington. 30p
$2 Duell
914.5 San Gemlgnano. Folgore da San
Gimignano 46-1037
Hearing that a well-loved Italian town had
been destroyed during the war, the English
poet has prepared this small memorial volume.
It contains a brief essay on the town and its
ancient beauties, and prose translations of a
sonnet sequence: A Garland of Months, by a
thirteenth century Italian poet, Polgore da
San Gimignano.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p9 Ja 20 '46 400w
"Whether or not this Khayyamesque garland
la a fitting wreath for the rubble of San Gemig-
nano — and the point is debatable — Mr. Alding-
ton's translations are pleasant, and convey the
literal meaning of the original. To perceive the
advantages of the prose rendering over an
attempt to use the sonnet form in translation,
one might compare the present work with Ros*
settl's labored reconstructions of the same
poems in his 'Early Italian Poets.' To see how
much is lost, any comparison with the original
will serve." G. R.
H Commonweal 43:436 P 8 '46 300w
Now Yorker 22:91 F 23 '46 70w
"As a memorial, the Wreath Is classifiable
with the more perishable souvenirs: the glass-
ware brjcabrac from Mallorca, the fragile
petate from Taxco, all the useless graceful
trinkets that adorn the library side- tables for
a season and then are relegated to the attic
or the dustbin. Whether San Gemignano de-
serves more than this toy-homage, I do not
know; but it seems clear that Aldington has ex-
tracted as much from Folgore as was there
to extract." Dudley Fitts
Poetry 68:293 Ag '46 SOOw
"The little book is a charming one, agreeably
illustrated with black-and-white wash draw-
ings, but the reader wonders why the trans-
lator should have chosen to render these poems
in prose, or, indeed, why he felt that a fresh
version was desirable, in view of the admirable
English renderings in the sonnet form of the
original done long ago by Rossetti." Babette
Deutsch
-j Weekly Book Review plO F 3 '46 250w
ALDRIDGE, JAMES, Of many men. 307p $2.50
Little £8s 6d Joseph, M.]
46-1869
A correspondent's story as he wanders thru
warring Europe on many fronts: Finland, Nor-
way, Greece. North Africa, the Near East, and
France. The episodes in Wolfe's career are
tragic, humorous, or amorous; sometimes raw
and hard. The central theme seems to be
that the war started in Spain and will not be
over until the situation in Spain is cleared up.
"The dialogue, upon which the author relies
mainly for narrating his story, is sparse in the
manner of Hemingway and well done. Aldridge
has produced an excellent kaleidoscope of the
war's incidents, but I do not feel he has
plumbed the depths of character and emotion to
the degree incumbent upon him as a novelist."
N. R.
H Book Week pll Mr 10 '46 180w
"The final impression is of a sprawling, dis-
associated pattern, thinly plotted, superficially
characterized, scattered and choppy in style.
Again there are vivid and isolated bits — spar-
kling highlights, but the whole is disappoint-
ing.'
h Kirkus 14:5 Ja 1 '46 90w
"The most stoical of readers will be moved
by episodes in Norway, Egypt, outside Stal-
ingrad, near the Oder, and on an old British
cruiser covering an American landing. But
why drag in that dreadful woman?" Harold
Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 25 '46 120w
"The pity is that even when we have had
the overwhelming courtesy to accept Mr.
Aid ridge's style as a means of communica-
tion, he appears to have nothing to communi-
cate beyond his central statement; the scenes
we visit as we fly from one battle-front to
another are stupefyingiy machine-made. And
though none will doubt the truth of his epi-
graph, and few will doubt its application to
Spain, it is a pretty bald gag to write a book
about." Henry Reed
— New Statesman 6, Nation 31:90 F 2 '46
420w
"Not since Hemingway has the raw material
of war been lifted so faithfully and completely
onto the level of art. 'Of Many Men' Is unques-
tionably one of the really good novels of the
war; possibly it is the best." David Dempsey
+ N Y Times pi Mr 10 '46 HOOw
"Mr. Aldridge casts a fresh but not entirely
adult glance at the recent fighting in Europe,
Asia, and Africa, and the result is an Inter-
esting travelogue which he half-heartedly tries
to disguise as a novel, There are, however,
certain qualities of imagination and a bitter
humor that set the book somewhat above the
ordinary Job of reporting. The forces of democ-
racy come in for some ironic observation, but
In the end the author decides that men, if not
governments, know what they are fighting for."
-4 New Yorker 22:102 Mr 9 '46 80w
Reviewed by Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:19 Mr 16 '46 850w
"Mr. Aldridge writes flatly and monotonously
in a style derived from Mr. Hemingway: he
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
11
seems not to have heard of the complex sen-
tence. At its best Hemingway's prose is ef-
fective and even beautiful, the vehicle of a
vision of life, as in such stories as 'The Unde-
feated.' Mr. Aldridge has no such vision of
life, and his style therefore appears unnatural,
a pretentious mannerism."
— Spec 176:100 Ja 25 '46 ISOw
"Mr. Aldridge describes various small scenes
and incidents of war, but does not seem able
to lend them much significance in the narra-
tive form he has chosen to adopt He can do
much better than this."
Times [London] Lit Sup p41 Ja 26 f46
300w
"As a correspondent for the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Mr. Aldridge, an Aus-
tralian, has covered Innumerable battles. His
first two novels dealt with the British in
Greece. 'Signed With Their Honour* was one
of the few good war books we had; 'The Sea
Eagle* was one of the many mediocre ones.
Unfortunately, 'Of Many Men' is a good deal
closer to the latter." Herbert Kupferberg
1_ Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 10 '46
400w
ALEICHEM, SHALOM, pseud. See Rabinowitz,
S.
ALEXANDER, FRANZ, and others. Psycho-
analytic therapy; principles and application.
353p $5 Ronald
131.34 Psychoanalysis. Psychotherapy
SG46-116
" 'The work set forth in this volume is a
logical continuation of a trend in psycho-
therapy which began with Freud's discovery of
the phenomenon of transference as the dynamic
agent of the curative process.' The conclu-
sion is reached that, 'in order to be relieved
of his neurotic ways of feeling and acting,
the patient must undergo new emotional ex-
periences suited to undo the morbid effects
of the emotional experiences of his earlier
life. Other therapeutic factors — such as in-
tellectual insight, abstraction, recollection of
the past, etc. — are all subordinated to this
central therapeutic principle.' This point of
view is illustrated by numerous case his-
tories of deviate personalities, the psycho-
analytic treatment used on each and accom-
panying' interpretations." (Am Soc R) Selected
reading list. Index.
Reviewed by Scudder Mekeel
Am J Soc 52:277 N '46 550w
Am Soc R 11:376 Je '46 lOOw
"The book represents a most important con-
tribution and advance In psychiatry. It will
be read and discussed by all interested in the
field." A. L. Brush
-f Survey 82:274 O '46 550w
"Alexander's and French's lucid presenta-
tion of basic therapeutic principles appears in
the first part of the book, which contains a
description of the dynamics involved in varying
the therapeutic technique and manipulating
the transference phenomenon. . . Psycho-
therapists will find it stimulating and challeng-
ing. It marks one of the high points in the
maturation of psychotherapy."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:243 S '46 400w
ALQER, JOSEPH. Get in there and paint; 11.
by Alfred S. Piane and Norman Tate. 59p
$1.50 Crowell
751.4 Painting— Technique 46-4838
Informal study on learning to paint in oils.
It is written for the amateur who wants to
paint for the fun of it.
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
"Good hobby book, making painting a chal-
lenge anyone would like to take."
-f- Klrkua 14:210 My 1 '46 250w
Weekly Book Review pi 7 Ag 25 '46
270w
WIs Lib Bui 42:147 N '46
ALINSKY, SAUL DAVID. Reveille for radicals.
228p $2.50 Univ. of Chicago press
323.35 Radicals and radicalism. Democ-
racy. Community life A46-2
"The message of this book is that the Amer-
ican Dream is real and achievable. Mr. Alin-
sky is a passionate believer in democracy. The
thesis of the book is that the implementation
of American democratic ideals can be achieved
by People's Organizations, built from among
the people themselves and so built because
'the masses are the substance of society.' To
Mr. Alinsky the real radical works at the
business of democracy, with and not for the
people. . . But this book is no mere fervid,
futile plea for a revival of democracy. He pro-
poses a device, the People's Organization, by
which we can rebuild a functioning democracy.
It is to be based on the agencies and leaders
indigenous in each locality. These organiza-
tions use the well-known fact that no matter
how disadvantaged an area, there are per-
sons living within it to whom from 20 to 40
families look for advice, leadership, often
help. . . The book ends with a suggested By-
Laws for a People's Organization, but, as the
author himself says, democracy is not Just
form and structure, 'real democracy is as
disorderly as life itself. It grows, expands,
changes to meet the needs of the people/
Therefore two- thirds of the book is given to
discussing the building of people's organiza-
tions, their programs, native leadership, their
tactics, and their educational activities." N Y
Times
"Reveille for Radicals is really two books:
one, an essay on the 'radical' and his place
in American life, the other, a discussion of
people's organizations, 'the democratic organi-
zation of our people for democracy.' In spite
of the author's efforts to show the place of the
radical in people's organizations, Reveille for
Radicals remains a presentation of two topics
rather than an integrated whole. . . While
the techniques of mass organization are not
systematically outlined, there is much that
can be learned by inference from Alinsky's ex-
amples. The sociologist who has ever actively
participated in the life of a community or who
ever expects to do so would do well to read
this book." Ethel Shanas
Am J Soc 52.163 S '46 300w
"This is an honest book, and it should be
widely read, even though its excited analysis
of Liberalism ignores the basic qualities of
its nature, history, procedures, and accom-
plishments." David Fellman
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:398 Ap '46 470w
Reviewed by A. M. Lee
Am Soc R 11:370 Je '46 1050w
"Mr. Alinsky minces no words or spares no
feelings. At times his deep understanding of
mankind is almost brutal, but the brutality is
tempered with a nobility of purpose and a pro-
found compassion for humanity. The recount-
ing of actual organizational experiences have
gripping interest and you are never allowed to
forget that these stories concern living, breath-
ing people, fighting against the dehumanizing
atmosphere of man-made slums. Many of his
tales will be told and retold and referred to
for guidance by the people this book has been
written to aid. . . There have been many books
written in the past decade glorifying the demo-
cratic ideal: good, great and soul -stirring books.
But if I were to be asked to choose the one
I would like most to have written, I would un-
hesitatingly choose 'Reveille for Radicals.' "
B. J. Shell
+ Book Week pi Ja 13 '46 1800w
Booklist 42:177 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:4 My '46
"This book is of no value to anyone in-
terested in the spiritual concept of society and
the religious principle. It is merely another
contribution to the Age of Secularism, portray-
ing the purely selfish and materialistic motives
which activate a people's movement for better
local conditions." H. C. McGinnis
— Cath World 164:89 O '46 400w
"One finds here a sense of urgency, a flow
of language and emotional tone, and a con-
sciousness of world emergency. There is also
a finality and absoluteness of expression. The
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ALINSKY, S. D. — Continued _
frankness is amazing. The sense of leadership
and responsibility has a deeply religious flavor.
. . This volume has great implications for social
settlements, neighborhood houses and all sim-
ilar institutions financed outside the commu-
nity in which they work." S. C. Kincheloe
Christian Century 63:719 Je 6 '46 1250w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 43:359 Ja 18 '46 1760w
Current Hist 10:350 Ap '46 80w
"Normally one dismisses books as unrealistic
as this; for they constitute their own indict-
ment when sober reflection has set in. This
one, however, is written with a bravado of
spirit, a swagger of style, and a presumptu-
ousness of deprecation which will make (has
made) strange appeal to men and women dis-
couraged with what is on the lookout for some
hand-me-down perfection. If romantic expecta-
tion of salvation through organization is a
danger (and I hold it to be the danger of mod-
ern "democracy), then this book constitutes a
menace. It is a romance right out of the horse's
mouth — the Trojan Horse's mouth." T. V.
Smith
— Ethics 57:69 O '46 1800w
Reviewed by Scott Adams
Library J 71:119 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Mr. Alinsky Is a sincere democrat. His love
for people, indeed, overflows in the most ad-
jectival manner. But I will say frankly, I fear
that in the absence of a hard program his
organization would be easily captured by dema-
gogues, and worse. Doubtless he means to re-
generate democracy, but the result might be
something very different. To be candid, in some
parts of the world fascism has made use of
exactly this sort of 'radical' talk." Ralph Bates
Nation 162:481 Ap 20 '46 360w
"Mr. Alinsky certainly states the question of
our time. But, having stated it, he is uncon-
vincing in his concrete proposal as to how
Seople are to be organized for and by the
ream of the future. . . The writing is undis-
tinguished and at times lacking In restraint. . .
The book is important not because, as the pub-
lisher's blurb states, it is a 'blow-by-blow ac-
count of an orderly revolution already under
way/ but because it expresses a point of view
which runs the risk of developing away from
the democracy that the author speaks of with
such fervor." H. R. Cay ton
— New Repub 114:97 Ja 21 '46 1500w
"There is an excellent chapter on the psy-
chology of mass organization. The generaliza-
tions are keen, often stinging. Never do they
depart from the basic philosophy of a rugged,
courageous, achieving democracy. . . Mr. Alin-
sky's strictures on many labor leaders, taken
out of their context, would delight a Pegler.
They, like all liberals, 'are unable to see be-
yond their own bailiwick.' . . But democracy is
at work on the farms beyond the other side
of the tracks. . . The rural situation is simpler
than the urban, but these rural groups have
been longer at work. If this book were wholly
devoted to an account of the People's Organi-
zations, this omission could be overlooked. But
the experience of these organizations is pre-
sented as a way of salvation for America. This
being so, it is important to recognize that the
necessary structural forms to accomplish this
end may vary considerably. . . What la im-
portant is that such democratically motivated
groups should cooperate. This problem is not
mentioned." E. De S. Brunner
H NY Times p4 Ja 13 '46 1600w
"Having damned In advance anyone who
might be disturbed by the age-old business of
using the ends to Justify the means, Mr. Alin-
sky devotes the major portion of his work to
demonstrating to his organizers the ways of
building people's organizations. Some of us
who like to think we subscribe to liberal prin-
ciples will feel a faint nausea at the tricks
advocated for winning friends and influencing
people. Dale Carnegie is still the same old boy,
even when he chooses to speak in the phrases
of Tom Paine. But the author has taken care
of that criticism in advance by placing in that
very convenient ivory tower all those who 're-
lax in luxurious security* and criticize the tac-
tics and weapons he endorses. Rhetoric and
name calling has never yet really met an argu-
ment. . . Reveille for Radicals' urges a good
cause. Its trumpeter is on the side of the
angels, a side with skirmishes already won.
Finicky listeners are going to wish some of
the notes were clearer." W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ja 19 '46 900w
Reviewed by R. A, Brown
Social Educ 10:238 My '46 300w
Reviewed by A. E. Fink
Social Forces 25:107 O '46 340w
"His book is divided into two parts. The
flrst section, entitled 'Call Me Rebel,' is as
fanciful a bit of hard-hitting, stinging, vitriolic
prose as one would wish to read on the sub-
ject. And Mr Alinsky knows his subject well.
In many ways his sincerity will remind the
reader of the pleadings of Thomas Paine, al-
though no suggestion is made of comparing the
two men. In the second section of his book,
entitled 'The Building of People's Organiza-
tions,' Mr Alinsky proposes ways to put his
theories into practice. Some will disapprove of
his opportunistic methods but many who read
this book will come away from its pages with
the feeling that here is a man whose zeal for
America and its people cuts through the pa-
triotic chauvinism of flag waving to the heart
and core of those principles underlying the
democratic impulse of free men everywhere."
Emanuel Slotnick
Springf'd Republican p4 D 27 '45 4SOw
"An interesting, valuable, and convincing
book might be written of people's organiza-
tions and their activities. Mr. AHnsky's effort,
due to his impatience and over-zealousness,
falls short of the standard that might have
been achieved." Joel Seidman
Survey Q 35:174 My '46 650w
Time 47:98 F 25 '46 600w
Reviewed by J. R. Walsh
Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 20 '46 1350w
"Alinsky has written not only a most stir-
ring and thought-provoking book, but one
which also is truly a pleasure to read." J. J.
O'Leary
-j- Yale R n s 35:553 spring '46 280w
ALLAN, DENNIS. Dead to rights. 213p $2 Mill
46-21054
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 90w
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 180w
"Good story idea, not helped by flat writing
and some Just-barely-legitimate tricks of de-
ception." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
50w
"Begins well enough but soon explodes into
chaotic hash of hoary mystery-yarn cliches.
Debonair, lady-chasing European sleuth com-
plete dope."
Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!9 S 15 '46 70w
ALLAN, DOUQ. Gamblers with fate. 306p |3
McBride
910.4 Adventure and adventures 45-10061
Sequel to the author's Lightning Strikes Once
(Book Review Digest, 1944). These are further
tales of adventure which the author has
rounded up for his radio program: Thrills and
chills from everywhere.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p!3 N 4 '45 300w
Kirkus 13:389 S 1 '46 HOw
N Y Times p26 F 24 '46 180w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
13
ALLAN, DOUG. How to write for television.
244p 11 $2.75 Dutton
791.4 Television programs 46-1753
This volume begins with a report on televi-
sion today, discusses its future field, and pro-
vides several sample scripts and a dramatized
commercial. The author is the producer of the
television program: "Thrills and chills with
Doug Allan." Partial contents: Why write for
television; Types of programs; Writing the
commercial; Programming; Films in television;
Studio procedure; Television scenery; Color in
costumes and makeup; Writing to fit the tele-
vision stage. Glossary of terms used in studio.
Book Week p6 Mr 17 '46 70w
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
"For the many to whom television opens up
a whole new field of creative and technical and
executive and administrative opportunity, this
book will be a bonanza. . . The author is prob-
ably the most successful television script writer
at present, and has boundless faith in its fu-
ture."
-f Kirkus 14:116 Mr 1 '46 170w
"This volume will undoubtedly answer many
questions for the busy librarian, but it is rec-
ommended with distinct reservations until
something better comes along." George Freed-
ley
Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 140w
Springf'd Republican p6 F 25 '46 150w
"Suffers from the author's exposure to a
limited variety of programs and stations. Yet,
while the book is not a major work in its field,
it does contain much of use to the writer, par-
ticularly the many sample scripts (comprising
nearly half of the book) which give the reader
some indication of the visual material to ac-
company dialog. Even in these, the visual cues
are often adumbrated by technical terms and
abbreviations which may prove of limited value
to the lay reader." A. W. Bernsohn
Theatre Arts 30:368 Je '46 80w
ALLAN, GLENN. Boysi himself. 267p $2.50
Curl
46-2894
Boysi, a Negro houseboy, who cooks superbly
and gets into all manner of difficulties on the
side, is the hero of these stories, some of
which have appeared in the Saturday Evening
Post.
"Allan's fun is amiable and persuasive. He
should appeal to that large group of house-
holders— male or female — who have not yet
forgotten the exigencies of wartime living."
A. J. Hiken
-f- Book Week p!7 Ap 7 '46 150w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
Kirkus 13:528 D 1 '45 150w
"Some of these family sketches verge on
caricature, but they are redeemed by the
warmth and wit of Boysi himself." Lisle Bell
-| Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 26 '46
lOOw
only of British and comparative government,
but also of our own, since the problems are
universal." J. M. Gaus
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:502 Je '46 1300w
Foreign Affairs 24:359 Ja '46 60w
"Dr. Allen has produced a book which the
specialist cannot ignore and the general reader
can peruse with interest. Much of his informa-
tion, however, is paper information, not modi-
fied by any of the results of that practical ex-
perience which is of such great assistance in
estimating the social value of any branch of
law." K. A. Eastwood
_| Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 4 '45 480w
"Law and Orders is an able and scholarly
book, and Dr. Allen takes great pains to be
as fair as he can It contains little which is
new, except the many recent examples, drawn
mainly from wartime experience, with which
the author illustrates arid enlivens his theme.
But the book suffers from more serious defects
than lack of originality. In the first place, it
is a purely horizontal study of executive action
based, not on the ends which are sought to
be attained but on the means which are em-
ployed. . . A second defect in the book is the
author's apparent lack of an adequate social
or political philosophy by which to interpret
the trends of which he complains "
-i New Statesman & Nation 30-21) Jl 14
'45 700w
Reviewed by K. L. Schuyler
Pol Sci Q 61-285 Je '46 1600w
"The most valuable part of a book which is
always stimulating and provocative is the au-
thor's consideration of practical means by
which administrative regulations can be sim-
plified and more closely supervised by Parlia-
ment. . . Appearing, as it has, at a moment
when public attention has been focused on the
question of controls, this authoritative work
may do something: towards getting them
adopted. It will be none too soon for the
good health of our constitution." David Thom-
son
4- Spec 175.88 Jl 27 '45 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p349 Jl 28 '46
3250w
ALLEN, EDITH LOUISE. Rugmaking craft.
96p il $2 Manual arts
746.7 Rugs 46-956
"Simple directions for making rugs of various
kinds: braided, crocheted, knitted; rugs made
by sewing surface materials on base; hooked,
embroidered, and loom-woven rugs. Explana-
tory diagrams." Booklist
Book Week p6 Ag 11 '46 70w
Booklist 42-209 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7.8 My '46
"The instructions are clear, and the lists of
tools and materials complete and suggestive.
It should be very helpful to anyone contem-
plating making rugs by hand." Bess Steele
-f J Home Econ 38-606 N '46 50w
ALLEN, CARLETON KEMP. Law and orders;
an inquiry into the nature and scope of dele-
gated legislation and executive powers in
England. 385p 15s Stevens [English publica-
tion]
343.42 Delegation of powers. Executive
power 45-7809
"In this scholarly study Dr. Allen, who
holds to the Liberal view of the state, wrestles
with the problem of how a proper balance
between the legislative and executive powers
in Britain's government can be restored and
maintained." Foreign Affairs
"On the larger issues of political theory, and
of the substantive problems out of which these
procedural and organizational problems arise,
[the author] has little in this book to give us.
But he does present most usefully an account
of the procedural developments, the problems
they raise, and some practical suggestions for
reform. The book is valuable for students not
ALLEN, GAY WILSON. Walt Whitman hand-
book. 560p $3 Packard & co
811 Whitman, Walt 46-1617
"In connection with every American author
of major importance there has come into being
a formidable shelf of biographies, special stud-
ies and critical discussions, much of It ob-
scurely published abroad or in periodicals of
limited circulation. This mass of material clear-
ly demands a guide if it is to be made avail-
able in the formation of a coherent body of
opinion. Professor Allen's 'Walt Whitman
Handbook' is an attempt to organize every-
thing of importance that has been written
about a much- discussed poet. In compiling it he
has followed Whitman criticism into little
known languages. He has also discovered a
number of problems incident to an undertak-
ing of this kind, and has demonstrated success-
fully how some of them may be solved."
(Weekly Book Review) Chronology. Selected
bibliographies. Index.
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ALLEN, Q. W. — Continued
"This volume by Gay Allen does not possess
the weakness which is often found in hand-
books; it is not a miscellany but a well-in-
tegrated review of everything significant that
has been written about Whitman, set in logical
order and supplemented by the results of the
author's own investigation. Only tremendous
industry could have collected this rich mass of
material, and only a well-disciplined mind could
have organized it into an intelligible whole.
Neither is it a volume marred by the prejudice,
pro and con, which is the weakness of many
treatises on Whitman." Tremaine McDowell
4- Am Hist R 51:765 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!5 Ap 28 '46 160w
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
Reviewed by Malcolm Cowley
N Y Times p36 P 24 '46 320w
"The 'Walt Whitman Handbook' is 'neces-
sary to be had' — If not in families (who should
first buy the Works) — then certainly by any-
one who wishes to know why and how the
idea of Modern Man, as Whitman conceived
him, was embodied in the work of one poet
and carried to the far corners of the earth."
Willard Thorp
+ Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ag 17 '46 1250w
"Students of American literature will refer
to the Handbook chiefly for its summaries of
a large number of writings about Whitman.
Readers of Leaves of Grass will find that the
Handbook offers some of the pleasure which
derives from a better understanding of a clas-
sic, but will not find satisfaction for their
curiosity about what kind of person Whitman
was and how he came to write his poems."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:169 S '46 280w
"In the chapters summarizing Whitman's
philosophy, so called, and his social outlook
the critic finds himself in a difficult position.
Professor Allen's actual conviction, apparently,
is that Whitman's opinions were too undulant
and fluid to be successfully reduced to sys-
tem. . . The review of Whitman's social and
political attitudes is somewhat more definite,
but is handicapped by the fact that Whitman
only occasionally committed himself to any
particular implementation of his dream of a
spiritual democracy. . . The final section of
the book breaks much new ground in exploring
Whitman's reputation in England. France,
Germany and other countries and his effect on
subsequent writers." G. P. Whicher
•i Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 17 '46
850w
ALLEN, MERRITT PARMELEE. Red heritage;
decorations by Ralph Ray. 314p $2.25 Long-
mans
46-6030
Story for young readers, about young Cobus
Derrick, who at seventeen joined the forces
of General Herkimer in the battle of Oriskany
and fought thru the remainder of the American
Revolution.
"The pace of the book will appeal to some
adolescents. In many places the description
and interpretation are sound, from the his-
torical standpoint. On the other hand there are
places where the history is distorted and in-
accurate; the characterization is sometimes
weak and inconsistent, and the development
of the plot is too often dependent on the im-
probable." R. A. Brown
-| NY Times p30 O 20 '46 230w
"This is classed as a story. Fundamentally
it is history. It is well worth reading to those
who are mature enough to understand its sig-
nificance." M. G. D.
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:70 N 9 '46 180w
School &. Society 64:120 Ag 17 '46 20w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
ALLEN, RAYMOND BERNARD. Medical edu-
cation and the changing order. (N.Y. acad.
of medicine. Com. on medicine and the chang-
ing order. Studies) 142p $1.50 Commonwealth
fund [8s 6d Oxford]
610.711 Medicine—Study and teaching
SG46-252
"In this monograph, one of a series, contem-
porary medicine is treated as a product of
evolution. The method is not strictly chrono-
logical, but is designed to show the reciprocal
effects of medicine and the technical, social,
economic, and political changes which have
taken place in American life. . . Opening with
a chapter on The Challenge to Medical Edu-
cation, the monograph turns to the Historical
Background, and proceeds to a discussion of
various aspects of medical education. It ends
with a chapter on American Medicine and To-
morrow's World." U S Quarterly Bkl
School & Society 64:16 Jl 6 '46 20w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:333 D '46 160w
ALLEN, W. GORE. Renaissance in the north.
143p il $2.50 (10s 6d) Sheed
839.509 Scandinavian literature — History
and criticism [46-20424]
The material in this book was the basis of
ten lectures delivered for the Workers' educa-
tional association, an English organization. In
tracing the revival of Scandinavian literature
the author divides his material into the fol-
lowing: the background; the Catholic; the
Protestants; the Agnostic; the Nationalists; the
influence of music. The persons studied are
Sigrid Undset; S6ren Kierkegaard; Selma
Lagerlttf; J. P. Jacobsen; Verner von Heiden-
stam; Knut Hamsun; Grieg and Sibelius. Index.
"There are few historical novels deserving
the adjective 'great,' but 'Red Heritage' meas-
ures up to all that the word implies. Although
written for teenagers, it will be read enthusi-
astically by their parents." A. N.
4- Book Week p20 N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 16 '47
260w
Horn Bk 22:357 S '46 lOOw
"Allen has long experience in writing for
boys; this is one of his best books."
-f Klrkus 14:299 Ji 1 '46 160w
"This exciting tale of the Revolution is Quite
real, its characters live and their fight as
described here, bloody and horrible, is no
doubt a true picture of the times. Not a book
for the squeamish but for those who need more
historical fiction. . . Recommended for acres
11-14." Sonja Wennerblad
+ Library J 71:1211 3 16 '46 70w
"Those readers who may have formed their
opinions of the Scandinavian people largely
from the dramas of Ibsen, the agnostic, and
the plays and novels of Strindberg, the cynic,
will find this series of essays most heartening,
since in them, W. Gore Allen defends very
ably his main thesis that the philosophical lib-
eralism of these men does not represent the
true spirit of their people." M. M. Pay
+ Cath World 164:281 D '46 450w
"In some respects it is an interesting book. . .
However, it cannot be said that as an account
of modern Scandinavian literature it is at all
adequate. Mr. Gore Allen spends so much time
expatiating on his ethico- religious views, with
sketchy allusions to a few books by the va-
rious authors which are apparently taken as
read, that there is little room for literature as
such."
Times [London] Lit Sup p368 As 3 '46
320w
"All this comment Is very well informed, so
that if you follow it you have no difficulty see-
&* *£?*< Mr« ^Jten has read carefully and
thought Judiciously. Then, to be sure, he will
come up with a bundle of generalizations in
one paragraph, leaving himself and you quite
breathless. But when the stream of his critical
thinking runs clear he is an excellent sailor
with an eye on the water as well as on the
horizon." G. N. Shuster
H Weakly Book Review p!8 O 18 '40 760w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
15
ALLEN. WALTER ERNEST. Rogue elephant.
310p $2.50 Morrow [10s 6d Joseph, M.]
46-7346
A pretentious young man Is Invited for a
visit by an ex-schoolmaster. Henry regarded
himself as a rogue elephant, and as soon as he
arrived at his destination he began his machi-
nations. But the family secret he uncovered
was too much even for Henry, the rogue ele-
phant. He ran away to his noisome London
surroundings, glad to be free of his pretentions
and entanglements.
Reviewed by Alice Kogan
Book Week p26 D 1 '46 230w
"Tenuous story, thinly spun, though original
enough — too wordy and discursive for the
average taste."
H Klrkus 14:398 Ag 15 '46 150w
"It is all Just a little unlikely, but Mr. Allen
carries it off, always amusingly and with a
nice artistic integrity." J. D. Beresford
-f Manchester Guardian p3 S 13 '46 160w
"For my taste, there is too much grimace in
the book. It did not grow, but was put to-
gether. Ashley is a satirical portrait, but a
portrait of more than one man. He has
altogether too many bad qualities. Elsewhere,
too, the adhesive cracks. . . I think Ashley
too powerful a catalyst for the experiment
groposed The skeleton in the cupboard at
withlns was already on its way to being ex-
posed. The plot would have unfolded quite
well without Ashley. Once on the stage, he
stands nrmly in the limelight and makes It
difficult for the other characters to put their
lines across." Rayner Heppenstall
— New Statesman & Nation 32:232 S 28
'46 210w
N Y Times p42 D 1 '46 270w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
170w
Reviewed by Kate O'Brien
Spec 177:272 S 13 '46 550w
"Mr. Walter Allen, a literary critic of acute
and lively judgment, makes a carefully con-
sidered effort to Interest the reader in the
workings of Henry's mind and temperament.
There are shrewd passages in the novel, which
is well written in its way and is at its most
telling in an artful vein of mingled introspec-
tion and the grotesque. But the imaginative
execution lags a long way behind the Idea of
the book, which seems to be that even the
shallowest form of egotism may not rule out a
trick of singular penetration in personal mat-
ters."
-f — Times [London] Lit Sup p413 Ag 31
" 'Rogue Elephant' is a gay novel — sardoni-
cally gay. It is unfailingly interesting and,
in its own premises, sound. And it is a smart
novel, too — as smart as a whip in the hands
of an expert ringmaster. And quite as sting-
ing." F. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p2 N 10 '46 800w
ALLIED FORCES. Supreme headquarters.
Eisenhower's own story of the war. See
Eisenhower, D. D.
ALLISON, SAMUEL DUDLESTON. and
others. VD manual for teachers. 149p $2
Emerson
614.647 Venereal diseases SG46-108
"A manual for teachers of students of high
school age, having to do with education in
regard to venereal disease." Christian Century
"The volume is well organized and covers the
field adequately. The question arises whether
It can be used in many of our secondary
schools because of the limited time usually as-
signed to teaching the communicable diseases."
J. A. Goldberg
Am J Pub Health 36:667 Je '46 180w
Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46 30w
"The book is concise and psychologically
sound. The presentation is evidence of the broad
educational background of the authors. Teach-
era will benefit by reading and adopting the
principles to their particular situation." Kath-
arine Roy
+ J Home Econ 38:604 N '46 90w
"Through the combination of authors, there
is assured accuracy of content as well as ap-
propriateness of educational methods. . . Al-
though the manual deals only with VD educa-
tion, it is hoped that those who use it will
not be encouraged to separate instruction on
this subject from other health problems." May-
hew Derryberry
-f Survey 82:244 S '46 370w
ALLSTON, ROBERT FRANCIS WITHERS.
The South Carolina rice plantation, as re-
vealed in [his] papers; ed. by J. H. Easter-
by. (Am hist. assn. publication) 478p $5 Univ.
of Chicago press
975.7 Rice and rice culture. Plantation life.
South Carolina — Social life and customs.
Allston family A45-4597
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This volume furnishes the best picture of
the problems and practices of antebellum rice
planting that has been put into print." J. G.
de R. Hamilton
4- Am Hist R 51:516 Ap '46 600w
"The book is a rich mine for historians, and
holds much interest for the general reader."
J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 O 14 '45 70w
"The book is one prepared and published
under the direction of the American Historical
Association from the income of the Albert J.
Beveridge Memorial Fund, and the choice does
credit to that fund. . . This collection is certain
to be one of the standard source books in its
field." C. McD. Puckette
-f N Y Times p28 Ap 28 '46 550w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:44 Mr '46 240w
ALSOP, STEWART JOHONNOT OLIVER, and
BRADEN, THOMAS. Sub rosa; the 6.S.S.
and American espionage. 237p $2.50 Reynal
940.5485 Secret service— U.S. U.S. Office
of strategic services. World war, 1939-1945
— Secret service 46-1621
"Stories of parachute drops behind enemy
lines, dramatic exploits in discovering and or-
ganizing resistance movements make this
sketchy account of the Operations Branch of
the Office of Strategic Services exciting jour-
nalism. Authors, parachutists themselves, limit
their reporting to the semi-military activities
of O.S.S., and omit the staff activities of the
equally important Research and Analysis
Branch." Library J
"Politically uninformed readers are warned
against the passionate defense of Robert Mur-
phy's activities in North Africa to be found
in 'Sub Rosa.' Alsop, never noted for his lib-
eralism, runs true to form in defending Mur-
phv. But, taken as a whole, the Alsop-Braden
book accomplishes its purpose and furnishes
one of the most exciting evenings of vicarious
adventure to find its way between covers in
many a moon." Sterling North
H Book Weefc p2 Mr 3 '46 750w
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 30w
Klrkus 14:13 Ja '46 150w
"Recommended as good reading, but not to
be mistaken for a complete history." Scott
Adams
•4- Library J 71:279 F 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by A. J. Goldberg
Nation 162:349 Mr 23 '46 700w
"The most remarkable fact about 'Sub Rosa'
is that it Is one of the very few books about
the war in which the authors have been dazzled
by what they saw without being blinded. In
no sense a criticism of the OSS, it still reveals
many of its faults." David Dempsey
-f N Y Times p4 F 24 '46 430w
New Yorker 22:104 Mr 9 '46 140w
Reviewed by Donald Armstrong
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Mr 16 '46 850w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:212 S '46 280w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Weekly Book Review pi F 24 '46
750w
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ALTIERI, VETO JOSEPH. Gas analysis &
testing of gaseous material. 567p il $7.50; to
members $5 Am. gas assn
545.7 Gases— Analysis 45-9946
"This work is intended to supersede the gas
analysis portion of the Gas chemists' handbook
(1929), and a small amount of material that
appeared in that work has been included. The
present work is intended for use by pas chem-
ists as a guide to standard procedures of ana-
lyzing1 and testing-. Specific directions for ap-
paratus procedure and interpretation of tests
are given. There are many illustrations of
apparatus. The appendix contains about forty
pages of useful reference data, and there is
an extensive bibliography." N Y New Tech
Bks
"This book is a 'must' for every gas labora-
tory and for every general laboratory." R. S.
McBride
•f Chem & Met Eng 53:293 Ap '46 250w
Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
Guide to colleges, universities, and profes-
sional schools in the United States; comp.
under the direction of Carter V. Good. 681p
$5 The council
378.73 Colleges and universities — U.S. Pro-
fessional education 46-188
"In addition to data on location, kind of
school, size, entrance requirements, curricu-
lum, degree, and tuition, there are a number
of special items of concern to the veteran:
credit for work taken in the armed services,
physical education requirements for veterans,
housing: available for married students, op-
portunities for part-time employment and local
rates of pay, campus regulations on drinking,
smoking, dancing, automobiles, chapel attend-
ance, etc. The guide covers approximately
3,400 college administrative units in some 1,700
institutions of collegiate level, both accredited
and unaccredited. The information is pre-
sented in tabular form." Library Q
Booklist 42:178 F 1 '46
"This bulky volume will be an invaluable
reference tool for librarians called on to fur-
nish information to returning veterans who
wish to take advantage of the educational
provisions of the G.I. Bill of Rights."
-I- Library Q 16:184 Ap '46 llOw
"To a reader without a specific interest in
the field of higher education this book would
provide about as thrilling reading as a volume
of logarithmic tables, but to a prospective col-
lege student, especially a veteran, or to one
interested in the problems of higher education
in the United States it contains an amazing
wealth of factual material that will be found
useful in countless ways for guidance purposes
or as basic data for analytical studies." E. S.
Rvenden
-f- School & Society 64:101 Ag 10 '46 1450w
"The book consists entirely of tables, so in-
geniously devised that a vast amount of infor-
mation, much of it never before assembled, can
be gathered at a glance. Besides the ordinary
topics, enlarged where veterans are concerned,
there are items like housing facilities, and rules
about church attendance, intoxicants, smoking
and dancing."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:72 Mr '46 220w
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
Hawaiian schools, a curriculum survey, 1944-
45; conducted for the 1943 House holdover
committee of the Hawaiian legislature by the
[Council] Edgar M. Draper, director of sur-
vey Cassisted by] Alice H. Hayden. 176p il
$2 The council
379.969 Education— Hawaiian islands 46-7425
"This report represents the fourth in a series
of surveys in Hawaii. . . The survey com-
mittee spent a month in the territory and
collected the data on which the present re-
port, encompassing all types and all levels
of public schools in Hawaii, is based. . . The
report deals principally with a study of the
existing curriculum and with an examination
of the procedures and methods now used in
curriculum improvement. All the suggestions
presented are set in terms of administrative
and supervisory reorganization of the Com-
missioners of Public Instruction, the Depart-
ment of Public Instruction, and the school
districts " El School J
"The volume represents a well-planned pro-
gram for facilitating curriculum improvement
in the territory. Because of the emphasis
placed on the administrative and supervisory
phases of curriculum improvement, the report
will probably be of greater use to administra-
tors than to teachers." O. T. Froe
-f- El School J 47:115 O '46 900w
School & Society 64:392 N 30 '46 20w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:307 D '46 280w
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. Com-
mission on teacher education. Helping teach-
ers understand children, by the staff of the
Division on child development and teacher
personnel. 468p $3.50 The council
136.7 Child study. School management
45-9188
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:241 Ap 1 '46
"The procedures used in this study are sim-
ple and practical enough to appeal to any
teacher." Dorothy Patnales
4- J Home Econ 38:302 My '46 200w
Reviewed by H. R Becker
School & Society 63:266 Ap 13 '46 1850w
"It is one of the most needed of books for
teachers who can cut away from self- defending,
academically established presuppositions and
face the realities of their profession. It will be
for them nothing less than a book of revela-
tions." E. R. Groves
-f Social Forces 25:101 O '46 120w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:39 Mr '46 200w
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
Commission on teacher education. Improve-
ment of teacher education; a final report.
283p $2 The council
370 73 Teachers, Training of 46-5252
"The report summarizes the methods, the
experiences of the various units, and the con-
clusions of the Commission which functioned
from 1938 to 1944. For education rather than
general libraries " Booklist
Booklist 43:5 S '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:208 S '46 320w
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
Commission on teacher education. State
programs for the improvement of teacher
education. See Prall, C. E.
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
Veterans information directory. 131p pa $2
The council
355.115 Veterans 46-25077
" 'A guide to national, state, and local
agencies through which ex-servicemen can ob-
tain government benefits and private aid in
the fields of business, employment, education,
agriculture, social service, rehabilitation, etc.'
— Subtitle. Directory only, with no descrip-
tion or appraisal of the work of the agencies.
When possible the name of the director or
chairman is given." Booklist
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
Reviewed by L>. A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 30w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION.
Commission on the function of philosophy in
liberal education. Philosophy in American
education: its tasks and opportunities, by
Brand Blanshard [and others], 306p $3 Harper
107 Philosophy—Study and teaching 45-8954
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"For one not a professional metaphysician,
this book presents a difficulty. The difficulty
arises from the fact that the writers, consti-
tuting- a committee of the American Philo-
sophical Association, were set a problem every
generous spirit in education wants solved; and
yet, at the conclusion of its crowded pages,
despite many useful suggestions for strength-
ening this or that course in college or univer-
sity, the problem is not solved. Indeed, in some
sense it is, to the nonprofessional reader,
passed over rather than confronted." H. M.
Jones
— Ann Am Acad 244:224 Mr '46 700w
"The American Philosophical Association is
to be highly commended on the publication of
this volume, and the several authors likewise.
In a day when scientism, instrumentalism, em-
piricism, and other modern versions of Comte's
positivism are proclaiming their respective
methods as the only approach to knowledge, it
is well to know that we have qualified scholars
to challenge that claim and to defend the pri-
macy of philosophy. . . We cannot agree with
the expressed or implied opinion of the authors
of this volume that philosophy will take the
place of religious faith . . . neither can we ap-
prove of the cavalier disdain with which the
whole question of the supernatural is dis-
missed; but this does not prevent our com-
mending their symposium to the careful at-
tention of Catholic educators." E. B. Jordan
-| Cath World 163-278 Je '46 600w
Current Hist 10:59 Ja '46 70w
"This book will not be condemned as ideal-
istic and impractical. Its thesis is grounded in
realism, and its motivation is functional and
down to earth. If a thousand professors of phi-
losophy and education should read it with an
open mind, the resulting changes in our pur-
poses and procedures will have made the entire
venture profitable." C. D. Champlin
+ El School J 47:52 S '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by George E. Barton.
Ethics 56:220 Ap '46 SOOOw
Reviewed by Marten ten Hoor
J Philos 43:95 P 14 '46 4300w
"This volume is a notable achievement, par-
ticularly in view of the conditions under which
it was produced. It was written by five men who
disagreed among themselves in some important
respects; they attempted to take into account
the still more diverse opinions of hundreds of
professional and lay philosophies throughout the
country; and they set themselves the task of
discussing a highly controversial subject, i e.,
the nature of philosophy and its role in Amer-
ican education. Nevertheless, the volume is
well written, interesting, forthright, construc-
tive and most illuminating." T. M. Greene
-i J Religion 26:298 O '46 550w
"A well-written and cogent defense of the
place of philosophy in the curriculum of the
liberal-arts college." Sidney Hook
H Nation 162:375 Mr 30 '46 2400w
"Practically everything is said about the
ways in which philosophy can be taught. Why
is it, then, that the book leaves at least one
professional teacher of philosophy (and I sus-
pect will leave many general readers) with a
sense of something missing? I think the pro-
fessional reader will feel that he has heard it
all before, and perhaps feel a little wearied by
so much regurgitation of pedagogical methods
and the shapes of courses to come. Perhaps
he will feel that there is almost too much
consideration of philosophy in education, and
that philosophizing itself gets lost in the proc-
ess of considering the teaching of philosophy
courses. The volume is a mixture of sermon,
survey and sermon. Certainly for the laymen
it will be disheartening to flnd that profession-
als themselves agree that philosophers do not
agree on what philosophy is." Irwin Edman
N Y Times p6 P 3 '46 1160w
School A Society 62:192 S 22 '45 30w
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METALS. A.S.M.
review of metal literature; an annotated sur-
vey of articles and technical papers appear-
ing in the engineering, scientific and indus-
trial journals and books here and abroad.
(V 1) 700p $15 The society
016.669 Metals— Bibliography (46-2054)
"The classified, annotated abstracts that ap-
peared in The Metals Review from February,
1944, through January, 1945, under the title
4A. S. M. Review of Current Metal Literature,'
have been collected in this volume to form a
comprehensive guide to the metallurgical liter-
ature of 1944. Author and subject indexes have
been added Also included is an unannotated
'Bibliography of Quality Evaluation,' compiled
by John W. W. Sullivan." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 42 360 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:10 Ja '46
AMISS, JOHN M., and SHERMAN, ESTHER.
New careers in industry; 11. by Sidney W.
Seeley. (Whittlesey house publication) 227p
$2.50 McGraw
371.425 Job analysis. U.S. — Occupations
46-2801
"The authors, director and staff member,
respectively, of industrial education for the
Chrysler Corp , have compiled their material
from their experience in the auto industry, as
well as from research in other lines. The
book outlines for the prospective seeker of
employment the qualifications, duties, working
conditions and wages of the complete range
of employes in industry from production work-
er to specialist." Springf'd Republican
"Informative and practical book."
-f- Book Week p6 Ap 21 '46 80w
Booklist 42:275 My 1 '46
Reviewed by R. B. Seymour
Chem & Eng N 24:1135 Ap 25 '46 450w
"Excellent book on vocations for high and
vocational schools "
4- Library J 71:587 Ap 15 f46 70w
"Written in highly readable style, 'Careers
in Industry' should fill a place in the guidance
material for young people seeking career In-
formation." J. S. K.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4 Mr 30 '46
180w
Reviewed by E. M. Herrick
Weekly Book Review p!4 My 12 '46
320w
AMSDEN, JOHN PAGE. Physical chemistry
for prernedical students. 298p $3.50 McGraw
541 Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
46-2740
"In the 'International Chemical Series.'
Text covers fundamentals of elementary
physical chemistry which will be of value to
students in later professional work. Gives
simple derivations of the important equations,
has illustrated problems, discussion of the
Donnan equilibrium and uses the Bnonsted
concept of acids and bases throughout the
text. Based on Professor Amsden's lecture
notes used in Dartmouth during: the past 12
years." (Library J) Index.
"As this book is used, the instructor un-
doubtedly will wish to supplement the ma-
terial by making references to applications in
the theory and practice of medicine and by
giving on occasion more exact physical-chem-
ical information. There appears to be small
reason for an enthusiastic recommendation of
the book in its present form."
Chem & Eng N 24:1970 Jl 25 '46 500w
"We feel we must vigorously criticize the
oversimplified derivations given for many of
the important relationships in this text. . .
To teachers who feel that our viewpoint is too
meticulous, and who agree with Prof. Amsden
that oversimplification is justified in persuading
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AMSDEN, J. P.-— Continued
premedical students that they know something
of physical chemistry, his book should be worthy
of consideration." 3. L. Crawford
J Phys Chem 50:492 N '46 600w
Library J 71:182 F 1 '48 90w
ANDERSON, JOHN ANSEL, ed. Enzymes and
their role in wheat technology. 371p il $4.50
Interscience
641.631 Enzymes. Flour 46-11839
"This volume, the first in a projected series
of monographs sponsored by the American
Association of Cereal Chemists, consists of
eleven papers by sixteen contributors. Ex-
cept for the first paper which deals with the
chemistry of enzymes In general, only those
enzymes of greatest interest to cereal chemists
have been treated: the amylases, esterases,
oxidases, proteases, and the fermentation
enzymes. Two papers are devoted to each
class of enzyme; one reviews the present
knowledge of both the plant and animal
enzyme, the other discusses the role of that
enzyme in milling and baking. There are
separate author and subject indexes, and ex-
tensive bibliographies are appended to each
paper. The fact that the titles of the jour-
nal articles are included as part of the bib-
liographical references, rarely the case in
chemical bibliographies, deserves special men-
tion." N Y New Tech Bks
"This volume Is an important contribution
to enzymology. I highly recommend it to those
interested in enzymes." Henry Tauber
-f Chem & Eng N 24:2284 Ag 25 '46 360w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:40 Jl '46
ANDERSON, L. M., and MARY CATHERINE,
SISTER (S. M. C.). The flight and the
song; a tale of old Devon. 175p $2 Longmans
416-4956
Combination of legend and story about
Devon in the time of the dissolution of the
monasteries. The central figure is a beautiful
boy, born late to his pious parents. Robin,
who was more at home among the animals
than among humans, never grew up in mind.
He wandered about Devon, singing; his lovely,
original songs, at first welcomed for the good
luck he supposedly brought to the people of
the moors. When misfortune befell them,
Robin's end was tragic.
"In the English of Chaucer such a tale Is
woven of pixies and yeth-hounds, of hermit
and scrivener, of goodman Richard and sturdy
Lizz Brown rigg, of despoiled monasteries,
king's messengers and a dozen other matters
with so light a hand and so sure a touch as
to make it delectable reading, indeed."
+ Cath World 163:379 Jl '46 200w
Reviewed by E. V. R. Wyatt
Commonweal 44:438 Ag 16 '46 200w
"There is both reverence and fancy in 'A Tale
of Old Devon' which is an interesting and a well
told tale."
+ Kirkus 14:196 Ap 15 '46 240w
"Historical novel in that it has a background
of the dissolution of the monasteries under
Henry VIII. More important is its charm,
poetical feeling for nature and the spiritual
side of life. Will be read only by the dis-
criminating and mature reader of senior high
school age and by the same type of adult
reader." Elizabeth Burr
-f Library J 71:985 Jl '46 90w
"Robin's story la both sad and glad. In his
oneness with nature he was a sort of St.
Francis; in his other-worldliness, a misfit in
the practical life of the Devon farms— an un-
happy example of how much more speedily
runs evil propaganda than good. . . It may be
read for its message or for its simple and
poetic picture of Devon life in the sixteenth
century." Beatrice Sherman
+ N Y Times p8 Je 80 '46 350w
Reviewed by E. H. Dexter
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 300w
"It is the product of a youthful mind and
the by-product of scholarly gleanings among
sixteenth-century lore. It is written with love
but without the deft hand for drama. This
kind of brief book needs a concise shapeliness,
a swift and sure telling1, which here are lack-
ing. Prevailing speech and mind of this great
and difficult moment of change are set forth
with informational value, but no compact and
memorable fiction is evolved. The nun has
woven pieces of tapestries truly and thickly
patterned with the creatures of that world, but
neither she nor her co-writer has known how
to cut and tailor them to fit a story." L*. T.
Nicholl
H Weekly Book Review pll Jl 7 '46 430w
Wis Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
ANDERSON, WILLIAM KETCHAM. ed. Chris-
tian world mission. 275p $2; pa $1 Methodist
church. Comm. on ministerial training, 810
Broadway, Nashville 2, Tenn.
266 Missions 46-7858
"The missionary enterprise in the world of
tomorrow is going1 to be radically different, and
the Methodist Church at least is aware of this
fact. In thirty brief chapters, the contributors
to this volume discuss the background of mis-
sions, the conditions in various missionary
areas, and the modern way of doing things.
Throughout the volume, there is an emphasis
on the need for an interdenominational ap-
proach, for the stimulating of indigenous leader-
ship, and for recognition of the new world situ-
ation. The approach is not peculiarly Methodist
(there are chapters on Roman Catholicism and
Lutheranism), and men of various denomina-
tions have contributed to ... [these] essays."
(Churchman) Biographical notes of contribu-
tors. No index.
"As an authentic brief survey of its subject,
The Christian World Mission leaves little to be
desired. One omission, however, is worth not-
ing1. Strangely enough, no chapter appears on
Christian missions in relation to non -Christian
faiths, a subject much discussed at great
ecumenical gatherings of recent years. Cer-
tainly the problem has not disappeared. In the
years ahead all vital faiths will surely strive
to relate themselves to world affairs, requiring
of the Christian community even greater wis-
dom of method and objective as it conducts its
mission in a common world environment. But
regardless of this omission, the volume is
timely and arresting. Prepared first of all for
ministers, its vision, shaped in the thought
of some of the church's ablest leaders, de-
serves mediation to every contemporary Chris-
tian as the wider frame of reference for his
own forward living." C. H. Hamilton
-j Christian Century 63:1183 O 2 '46 lOOOw
"Fine group of stock-taking- essays." R. C.
Miller
-f. Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 140w
ANDRADE, JORGE CARRERA. See Carrera
Andrade, J.
ANDREWS, NED. Cowdog. 222p $2 Morrow
Dogs— Legends and stories 46-18719
Western story for older boys. It includes all
the excitement of murder, arson, cattle rustling
and kidnapping-. Cowboy Tom Stearns and his
one-man dog are the central characters, but
the young son of a nearby rancher plays an
important part.
"This top-notch Western . . . has real char-
acter because everything is woven around a
very real pup, part mutt and part hound dog,
and an easy-going cowpoke. . . Careful han-
dling of detail and Andrews' observation of
character traits produce an authentic story
about the range and make for fine reading/'
' '+ Book Week p20 N 10 '46 80w
Kirkus 14:276 Je 15 '46 90w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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"Good is good and bad la horrid, with no
shadings, in this book of the Arizona range
written with all the trappings of the old Bill
Hart movies. Doubtless Lone Ranger fans
from 9 to 11 will love it." Lavinia Davis
N Y Times p38 O 13 '46 180w
"A book that will appeal to the older boys
and girls who like a fast-moving tale — and
dogs."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:63 N 9 '46 50w
ANDREWS, WAYNE. Battle for Chicago. 358p
il $3.75 Harcourt
977.311 Chicago — History 46-11934
"Primarily a story of Chicago's money
peerage. It is a series of tales of the men
who created a new aristocracy for themselves
and families out of their success at building
railroads, making farm machinery, killing cows
and pigs; at buying low and selling high,
whether real estate, electric light plants or
ladies' piece goods. It tells briefly how these
men made their fortunes and how their for-
tunes affected them; how their families
struggled among themselves for power and
position; how they, or their heirs, sought to
Justify their accumulations in philanthropy. . .
In their times and deeds they cover every
period and important episode of Chicago's
story." (N Y Times) Bibliography. Index.
"Not much that is told here is new, but it
is told with verve. It is lively social gossip
and not social and economic history in a
serious sense." B. L. Pierce
Book Week p27 N 10 '46 550w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1408 N 20 '46
HOw
Reviewed by Barry Byrne
Commonweal 45:257 D 20 '46 650w
"Good reading."
+ Kirkus 14:531 O 15 '46 170w
"Personal history of financial titans is always
fascinating. Wayne Andrews has written an ab-
sorbing book about the titans of Chicago." Rob-
ert Lasch
New Repub 115:738 D 2 '46 550w
Reviewed by Turner Catledge
N Y Times p4 N 3 '46 900w
"Mr. Andrews has oversimplified [the book]
at times and overloaded It with detail at
times; he obviously did a lot of research, but
he appears to have skimped in spots. The re-
sult is that aome of the most important chap-
ters sound sketchy. This Journalistic com-
promise between a long article and a thorough
history is not wholly a failure, but it is not
wholly satisfactory either."
New Yorker 22:126 N 2 '46 120w
"Andrews' study of Chicago's 19th century
barons is one of the most intelligent treatments
of the business mind of that century that has
been written. Less Judgmental than those of the
Myers- Josephson school, from which it does
not differ radically, it is nevertheless more mod-
erate, better poised and based on at least as
full a study of the subject at hand. . . On ques-
tions closer to home in point of time, Andrews
displays considerably more bias." Ruth Teiser
H- — San Francisco Chronicle p33 D 1 '46
500w
"In' writing this book, Mr. Andrews gave a
great deal of time and patient effort to the
Job of thoroughly immersing himself in the
facts of a century in a city's life. His access
to private documents and the care with which
he interviewed survivors give it added fresh-
ness and accuracy." A. M. Lee
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 N 23 '46 850w
"While the book is to be recommended to
readers who are interested in the characters
portrayed and In their locale, it Is a one-
sided account of the 'Battle for Chicago.' Mr.
Andrews's characters are silhouettes. Prin-
cipally they were engaged in a mad scramble
for gold. . . There is much that Mr. Andrews
could have written on the social and political
phases of Chicago's history that would not
only have been interesting and informative
but which might have influenced the 'Battle
for Chicago,' which is continuing despite a
present lull." H. L. Ickes
Weekly Book Review p3 N 17 '46
1800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
ANGLE, PAUL MCCLELLAND, ed. The
great Chicago fire. 85p il pa $3 Chicago his-
torical society; for sale by Newman- Valen-
tine, 16 N. Michigan av, Chicago 2
977.311 Chicago— Fire. 1871
"This booklet contains seven contemporary
letters by men and women who were present
in Chicago on the tragic night of Oct. 8, 1871,
when the fire began that turned pretty much
all of the city into rubble and ashes. Many
illustrations from the society's collections and
decorations in two colors by Joseph Traut-
wein, add much to the text." Weekly Book
Review
Reviewed by J. W. Rogers
Book Week pi O 6 '46 HOOw
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
"In his otherwise excellent introduction Mr.
Angle states that the holocaust was 'the most
destructive fire in American history.' This is
erroneous. On the same night, at almost the
same hour, there began in northern Wisconsin
a fire that took six times as many lives as did
the Chicago disaster and destroyed as much
and probably more real property value." S. H.
Holbrook
Weekly Book Review p53 N 24 '46 140w
ANGLE, PAUL MCCLELLAND. A shelf of
Lincoln books; [pub] in association with the
Abraham Lincoln assn. of Springfield, Illinois.
142p $3 Rutgers univ. press
012 Lincoln, Abraham — Bibliography
46-25256
A selective and critical bibliography of Lin-
colniana, prepared by a specialist on Lin-
coln. Bibliography. Index.
"The book is conveniently arranged and has
the great merit of supplying adequate ap-
praisals of the 81 titles included. . . In the
author's style there is a lightness of touch,
an ease of approach, and a sustained attrac-
tiveness rarely found among bibliographies.
Through it all one glimpses Angle's own en-
joyment of history for its perspective, its con-
tribution to straight thinking and its en-
richment of life. For even a small Lincoln
collection the book is indispensable." J. Q.
Randall
•f Book Week p2 Jl 14 '46 600w
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 O 5 '46
lOOw
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 40w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Ag 11 '46
150w
"No praise could be too high for the Quality
of Mr. Angle's selections, criticisms, and ap-
preciations. All are characterized by a vast and
detailed knowledge of the subject, a sound and
discriminating Judgment, and a lucid and well-
phrased exposition. Here, in eighty-one articles,
is all that one knows or needs to know about
Lincoln, and abundant matter for a lifetime
of profitable reading. It is not too much to as-
sert that Mr. Angle's Shelf may stand as a
model for selective annotated bibliographies in
the field of the humanities, and deserves imi-
tation for other men and other topics of well-
defined scope."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:350 D '46 200w
ANTHONY, NORMAN. How to grow old dis-
gracefully; 11. by the author. 247p $2.75 Duell
B or 92 46-3562
Autobiography of a commercial artist and
gag writer, one-time editor of Judge and of
Life in its first form, editor and originator of
Ballyhoo. He later took a hand at theatrical
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ANTHONY, NORMAN— Continued
production, without much success. His per-
sonal impressions include some jspicy com-
ments on New York life in speak-easy days.
" 'How to Grow Old Disgracefully* is a self-
portrait with the warts left in, for the editor's
follies, failures and near- misses are chronicled
in the same tone of voice as his successes.
The book should be received with interest by
all the considerable company who remember
the magazines named [Life. Judge, and Bally-
hoo], and by that far larger legion who are
interested in their fellowman's foibles, for
Norman Anthony's autobiography is an in-
tensely human story." W. F. Morse
+ Book Week p8 Ap 14 '46 550w
"The riotous life rewritten; Fitzgerald did
it much better."
Kirkus 14:171 Ap 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
"Judged by his own standards, Anthony had
a lot of fun while a high-salaried editor. Read-
ing his autobiography, one marvels at his
amazing ability to blend alcohol, art and com-
merce. Never was he so busy that he couldn't
recess for a binge or a survey of the speak-
easies. A good half of his memoir is con-
cerned with escapades involving him and his
cronies when foxed with the grape. While
most of these antics were probably hilarious
to the participants, like most rum-inspired
capers they wane in type. Such jinks should
be seen rather than heard." Richard Maney
N Y Times p5 Ap 21 '46 700w
New Yorker 22:107 Ap 20 '46 90w
"Although [his career] seems to have been
intensely funny to the author and participant
you won't really have to worry about the strain
to your stomach muscles The nicest thing
about it is the collection of cartoons from old
copies of 'Ballyhoo.' "
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
100 w
"The admiring stories of the speak easies
and other prohibition era devilishness give
parts of the book the air of a period piece.
Some of the adventures of the author and his
friends seem not so hilarious now as they
doubtless seemed at the time. . . In places the
humor seems tired and forced, and it is always
about as subtle as a neon light. But it is hu-
mor. 'How To Grow Old Disgracefully, or An-
thony's Adversities' is advertised as a hilarious
autobiography. It is amusing, entertaining, a
humorous book that is humorous and that tells
its own story and the many smaller stories
within it,s pages with contagious gaiety." J. P.
Wood
H Sat R of Lit 29:19 My 11 '46 650w
"There is much of magazine history in these
chapters, and the author's sketches of some
of his contemporaries scrape the skin without
any follow-up lotion. If he pays off a few
scores, it's just one of the privileges you enjoy
when you decide to tell the story of your own
life, from your own viewpoint." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
320w
APPLEBAUM, STELLA B. Baby, a mother's
manual; with introds. by Be"la Schick, and
Margaret B. Fries. 114p il $2.50 Ziff-Davis
649.1 Infants— Care and hygiene SG46-235
Manual for prospective or inexperienced
mothers, lavishly illustrated with photographs
Bibliography of recommended books. Index.
Book Week pll S 8 '46 60w
"The usefulness of this manual, like many
others of its kind, would be enhanced if more
attention had been given to the substantial data
on the normal but less engaging features of
infant development." F. M. Dwyer
J Home Econ 39 '43 Ja '47 lOOw
Kirkus 14:272 Je 1 '46 90w
"In many well- chosen photographs and a min-
imum of text, Mrs. Applebaum skillfully con-
veys the rock-bottom information on preparing
for and bringing up a baby. Graphically, with
a sure touch, she combines practical advice
on physical care with the new emphasis on the
baby's need to be wanted, loved, and enjoyed
as one of the family." Catherine MacKenzie
-f N Y Times p58 N 10 '46 230w
"The advice, based on accepted medical
practices, runs from the prenatal period
through tne toddling age, and is given in
brief paragraphs; besides photographs of the
children themselves, all sorts of nursery equip-
ment and environment are also represented."
-f- Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 30 '46
lOOw
APTHEKER, HERBERT. Essays in the history
of the American Negro. 216p $2 Int. pubs.
325.26 Negroes 45-9454
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"In spite of exaggeration, bitterness, and
some mistakes in quoted fact, Mr. Aptheker
has written an interesting, stimulating, and
worth-while book." W. W. Davis
-j Am Hist R 51*519 Ap '46 1050w
"[The book] is written in a lucid and inter-
esting style and should satisfy the demand for
a short, popular work on this phase of Amer-
ican history. It would serve admirably as an
adlunctive history textbook for high schools,
for it helps to portray the role of the Negro
in this particular epoch of the Nation's past.
Its value is enhanced through the inclusion of
a. chronology of known slave revolts and an
authoritative briefly annotated bibliography."
H H Smythe
-f Ann Am Acad 244-188 Mr '46 400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. Ara-
bian nights; collected and ed. by Andrew
Lang:; il by Vera Bock; with a foreword by
Marv Gould Davis, new ed 303p $2 Longmans
46-3909
"A new and revised edition with new draw-
ings and readable type A few of the less pop-
ular tales have been omitted and two stories
from The Blue F'airy Book have been added "
Booklist
"Vera Bock is a perfect choice as illustrator
and her black and white drawing's and decora-
tions give the book that beauty of design which
'Arabian Nights' surely deserves." P. A Whit-
ney
+ Book Week pll Je 2 '46 150w
Booklist 42:334 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO S 24
'46 60w
Kirkus 14-67 F 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by K. H. McAlarney
Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29.45 Je 15 '46 20w
School & Society 63:351 My 11 '46 30w
' Social Studies 37:336 N '46 lOw
"It is late in the day to review either 'The
Arabian Nights' or Andrew Lang, but this
beautiful new edition must be pointed out to
parents not only for its appreciative foreword,
but for two striking features: size of type and
appropriateness of pictures. 4The Arabian
Nights' enthralls young readers: they go on
and on, regardless of fading daylight — and
many editions put in too much with type far
too small to stand the eye-strain, This edi-
tion has lucid type, broadly spaced. The
pictures are just Oriental enough; exotic but
not lush: designs rather than realistic treat-
ments." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review pg My 5 '46
5 lOw
A R AGON, LOUIS. Aragron, poet of the French
resistance; ed. by Hannah Joaephson and
Malcolm Cowley. 167p $2 Duell
841 World war, 1939-1945— -Poetry. World
war, 1939-1945 — France 46-275
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:9 Mr '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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"In Ar agon's poems there are all sorts of
memories of his country's past and, in his
country's mind and in his own, they must have
been dead for years—ever since his school years
when he learnt about them in books — but now
in his own and in his country's distress, they
are present once again, they live again, they
are the past recaptured, they are as real to
him as his love for his wife. He speaks about
them as simply as he does about his wife."
C. G. Paulding
•f Commonweal 43:432 F 8 '46 1700w
Reviewed by Rene" Blanc-Roos
Nation 163:76 Jl 20 '46 1800w
Reviewed by Louise Bogran
New Yorker 21:95 F 9 '46 300w
"This translation of a brilliant though facile
poet will not rank with the masterpieces of its
kind: great translations are probably only those
of texts which we cannot read in the original,
and have therefore seldom been done from
languages like French which are too familiar
to the English-speaking reader. Nevertheless,
it is a timely book, a work of circumstance,
as Aragon's poems also were, but one which
affords valuable insight into the French moods
of the last few years, and probably of tomor-
row." Henri Peyre
-\ Yale R n s 36:563 spring '46 900w
ARCHER, JOHN CLARK. The Sikhs In rela-
tion to Hindus, Moslems, Christians, and
Ahmadiyyas; a study in comparative reli-
gion. 353p il |3.75 Princeton univ. press
294.553 Sikhs A46-819
"India's 6,000,000 Sikhs are differentiated
from other Indians primarily by their religious
faith, and Professor Archer's book carries the
subtitle, 'A Study in Comparative Religion.'
Sikhism originated some five centuries ago
as an earnest attempt to reconcile the faiths
of Moslem and Hindu. In itself it well repays
the careful consideration which Professor
Archer's book makes possible. One of the
most interesting chapters is that in which
Professor Archer presents translations of a
number of the psalms contained in the sacred
literature of the Sikhs." Book Week
"Professor Archer has given us a readable
and competent account of the Sikh people. . .
While the book lacks a map, which would have
been helpful, its glossary and index are first-
rate, and the Princoton University Press is to
be congratulated for an unusually attractive
format " D. G Mandelbaum
-f Am Hist R 51:716 Jl '46 650w
Reviewed by M. W. Smith
Ann Am Acad 248:301 N '46 360w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p3 Mr 24 '46 140w
"The attempt to do in one book what the
author does, namely, give a scholarly account
of the Sikh movement, and at the same time
consider the missionary angle, may cause
some to question the objectivity of the au-
thor's approach to his problem. But it seems
to the reviewer that the scholarly work Is
competently handled and that the missionary
corollaries which come from it are rather the
result of the study than a factor affecting: the
author's handling of his material." C. S.
Braden
4- Christian Century 63:431 Ap 3 '46 750w
"This is a praiseworthy and painstaking*,
but somewhat pedantic book." Anne Fre-
mantle
Commonweal 43:628 Ap 5 '46 330w
"The consideration of the interrelations of the
British and the Sikhs, the contact of Sikhism
with western culture, relations of the Sikhs
with Gandhi, the role of the Sikhs in govern-
ment, and the development of educational poli-
cies make this book, which is important for
all those interested in the history of religions,
have an important contemporary relevance,"
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:90 Je '46 200w
ARCINIEGAS, GERMAN. Caribbean: sea of the
New World; tr. from the Spanish by Harriet
de Onls. 464p il map $3.75 Knopf
972.9 Caribbean sea. West Indies — History
46-3862
Detailed history of the whole area of the
Caribbean sea, which the author considers as
one of America's frontier zones. The book be-
gins with Columbus' first sight of the isle of
San Salvator, and goes to and thru the period
of the building of the Panama canal. Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
Reviewed by F. N. Litten
Book Week p!2 My 26 '46 320w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
Christian Science Monitor plO D 21 '46
90w
"Arciniegas has written a most informative
and entertaining book and, whereas its pri-
mary aim is merely to present a fast-moving
panorama, nevertheless, as in any good his-
tory, the student of political and social morals
will find in it much to ponder." J. M. Byrne
Commonweal 44:292 Jl 5 '46 800w
Kirkus 14:187 Ap 15 '46 170w
"A valuable contribution to the personages
of history and of .Spanish America." G. O.
Kelley
-f Library J 71:754 My 15 '46 HOw
Nation 163:49 Jl 13 '46 600w
"Senor Arciniegas has a flair for bits of color-
ful detail and the kind of gossip which makes
history come alive. Not the least of the book's
virtues are a series of thumbnail biographies
of such figures as Amerigo Vespucci, Raleigh,
Toussaint, Miranda, Lafitte, William Walker
and de Lessep."
New Repub 115:22 Jl 8 '46 150w
"Sometimes mocking, sometimes deeply
stirred, our poet-historian has told a colorful
and troubled story, but the last creature
to come out of his Caribbean Pandora's box
of troubles is a winged hope." B. D. Wolfe
N Y Times p25 Ag 11 '46 1350w
"North Americans, who far too often take it
for granted that the history of the New World
begins with Raleigh's Virginia Colony or Ply-
mouth Rock, should read 'Caribbean.' So, for
that matter should other North Americans, even
though they may know better, for a book which
can paint as gigantic a panorama as this and
at the same time tell such a whacking good
story is a rarity not to be missed." J. H. Jack-
son
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 11 '46
800w
"The success of this book and its ultimate
justification is that it ties the tale of the
Caribbean so well together and, at the same
time, holds the interest of the reader with a
breezy, informal style. The author does not,
like too many historians, think that one must
speak in hushed tones of people and deeds of
the past. In his pages the rugged adventurers
of our tropic sea live again with all their brav-
ery, their lust, their sins, and their faith. The
faults lie, as is often the case with summary
histories compiled largely from secondary
sources, in many inaccuracies and mistakes in
emphasis." Albert Harkness
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Jl 6 '46 1200w
"A colorful and lively account. . . Mr Ar-
ciniegas, who is known to this country through
his editorship of 'The Green Continent' and
other writings, is a native of Bogota, Colom-
bia, and is now minister of national education
in Colombia. At least one of his other books
was marred by unsympathetic translation from
the Spanish, but the present translation, by
Harriet de Onis, is excellent throughout and
loses none of the verve and pageantry that Mr
Arciniegas found in one of the most romantic
and violent of the world's areas." R. F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 360w
"It is a 'rambling tale/ but the description
carries no reproach. German Arciniegas is an
excellent rambler, and only a rambler could
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ARCINIEGAS, GERMAN— Continued
report with insight and fidelity on this area
in which confusion has always ruled." Hubert
Herring
4- Weekly Book Review p3 My 26 '46
1660w
ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE. The unsus-
pected. 216p $2.60 Coward -McCann
46-1108
Story of suspense and murder In which a
diabolically clever murderer is unmasked by
an amateur.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO Ja 27 '46 260w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Klrkus 13:480 N 1 '45 120w
"Swift and exciting entertainment."
-f New Repub 114:102 Ja 21 '46 80w
"The mystery element Is completely lacking*,
but there is suspense enough and to spare."
Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Ja 20 '46 180w
"Our old friend the suspense formula, so
expertly handled that one tends to disregard
the staggering improbabilities on which it is
based."
^ New Yorker 21:80 Ja 19 '46 80w
"It's a honey!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:^9 Ja 19 '46 40w
tSpringf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
OOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 20 '46
300w
ARMSTRONG, EDWARD FRANKLAND, and
MIALL, LAURENCE MACKENZIE. Raw
materials from the sea. 164p il $3.75 Chem-
ical pub. co. [16s Constructive publications,
ltd, 213 London rd, Leicester, England]
551.46 Ocean. Sea water. Commercial prod-
ucts [46-25061]
Study of the chemicals and other raw mate-
rial obtained from the oceans. Includes chap-
ters on salt, bromine, magnesium, iodine, and
potassium salts, and describes the methods of
extracting them. Discusses also the processes
used to obtain fresh water from the sea. Index.
Reviewed by A. C. Redfleld
Am Chem Soc J 68:1679 Ag '46 400w
Booklist 42:222 Mr 15 '46
"The style in which the book is written is
such as to make it easily readable and of in-
terest to both layman and scientist. For the
latter, if he wishes to go into detail, the text
is thoroughly documented with references to
the original sources in the technical and sci-
entific literature on which the contents of the
book are based." L. C. Stewart
+ Chem & Eng N 24:1132 Ap 25 '46 350w
Chem & Met Eng 53:273 Mr '46 200w
"Within its small compass the book is com-
prehensive, and space is found to refer to
the expedition (unsuccessful) which Professor
Haber fitted out to extract gold from sea water
in order to pay off the last German war debt. . .
The book bears some marks of war-time pub-
lishing but Is an excellent Introduction to the
subject for any reader and Is provided with
references for further adventuring." C. J. T. C.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 30 '46 240w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:47 Jl '46
ARMYTAGE, FLORA. Sebastian. 246p $2.50
Doubleday
46-6624
Elizabeth Aldrich, who accompanied her
father on a diplomatic mission to a Latin-
American country, is the heroine. Sebastian
Kron, a mysterious, arrogant young man com-
pletely fascinated Elizabeth and she became
engaged to him, after promising never to ques-
tion his activities. When she discovered that
her fiance had used her as an instrument in
a coup d'etat, the fascination ended.
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
"The atmosphere is sustained, the back-
ground solid in national probabilities, and the
story— even at its thinnest — has plausibility."
-f Kirkus 14:304 Jl 1 '46 180w
"The politics are simply a sidelight on the
love story. . . The redeeming factor of the
book, and what lends it its veracity, is the
wonderful way the heroine's own words reveal
her own devastating simpleness." B. V. W.
N Y Times p22 S 15 '446 330w
— San Francisco Chronicle p23 O 20 '46
80w
"Flora Armytage does not succeed in making
[Sebastian] quite as fascinating as he appeared
to his [fiance]. The lady is the long-suffering
type, but the pose is a trifle self-conscious."
Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 lOOw
ARNALLp ELLIS GIBBS. Shore dimly seen.
312p $3 Lippincott
973 917 U.S.— Social conditions. U.S.— Eco-
nomic conditions. Georgia — Politics and
government 46-7247
The governor of Georgia, who claims he is a
democrat with a small d, here restates his
philosophy of democracy, and describes how he
put it into practice in Georgia. He also ex-
presses his views on education, race problems,
conservation, southern industrialism, etc., and
during the course of his book gives some auto-
biographical data.
"This Is a frank testament of a good Ameri-
can still dreaming of the simple frontier of his
fathers, often in classic phrase and poetic
rhythm, yet grappling as a good democrat with
the tough" issues of 1946." E. R. Embree
-f- Book Week p3 N 17 '46 650w
Booklist 43:82 N 15 '46
"Anyone interested in politics, and especially
in Ellis Arnall, who is one of the leading Junior
members of the liberal wing of the Democratic
Party, will find 'The Shore Dimly Seen' infor-
mative reading." E. R. L.
Christian Science Monitor p22 D 5 '46
470w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 45:168 N 29 '46 ISOOw
Klrkus 14:448 S 1 '46 120w
"A stirring constructive philosophy of
democracy. . . Pungently expressed, with a
touch of satire, balanced by a sense of hu-
mor. . . An important book." R. W. Hender-
son
-f- Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 lOOw
"No honest man should think it any easy
assignment to review the writing of another
man he likes and admires as much as I like
and admire Ellis Arnall of Georgia: inevitably
what critical faculty he possesses finds itself
at painful strife with his affections. So let me
say right off that the Governor's book is not
perfectly organized and at spots is consciously
'literary,' and that with a microscope you can
turn up an occasional — but Inconsequential —
misquotation. And then I can proceed to clap
hands heartily." Jennings Perry
H Nation 163:620 N 50 '46 650w
Reviewed by Walton Hamilton
-f New Repub 115:631 N 11 '46 1450w
" 'The Shore Dimly Seen' forms a document
of first importance. It is a profession of faith
by an American that will hearten all liberals—
a record of accomplishment by a young states-
man which awakens pride — and an open bid by
an able politician for a wider influence In na-
tional politics. . . The very appearance from
the hand of a political leader of a memoir and
manifesto of the quality of 'The Shore Dimly
Seen* is a wholesome event. The book has its
faults. The loose strings fairly hang out of it
by which the economists can tug at his pro-
gram. It contains some loud reticences, ft Is
repetitious. On foreign affairs it ventures re-
marks that are both naive and contradictory. . •
None the less, the Governor's testament is a
superior book. It is a significant, hopeful,
enlightened work." W. B. Hamilton
+ _ N Y Times pi N 17 '40 ISOOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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New Yorker 22:142 N 30 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Louis Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ja 5 '47
380w
"Here is a book which transcends the re-
gionalism from which it arises, and becomes
the essence of what we iike to think of as
the American spirit: hopetul, fighting-mad at
injustice (and ail injustice in and to the South
is not racial), buoyant, experimental, and free.
It is not a biography, though enough of Ellis
Arnall's smalltown Georgia life, his personality,
and political accomplishments break through
to make you believe you know him and want
to know him better. . . Before I began read-
ing, I had misgivings. . . But the first three
pages ended such misgivings. And, although
this comment may be minor, being a literary
one, 'The Shore Dimly Seen' is written with
passionate clarity, a poetic sensitivity for
meanings, and a disregard for the intellectual
snobbishness which bars admission of intel-
lectual inspiration." Hodding Carter
+ Sat R of Lit 29.13 N 9 '46 1300w
"There are those who will profess to find in
the book the influence of Franklin Roosevelt
and Henry Wallace, for both of whom Gov-
ernor Arnall admits great admiration. But the
young Georgian is gayly original; at times, it
appears, indiscriminately and purposefully
so. . . He temporizes a bit on the labor ques-
tion; and, although he would hotly deny it,
there seem to be a few uncertain spots in his
generally enlightened discussion of the Negro
question. It is true his proposed principles
for a foreign policy were something like those
defended by Mr. Wallace, but they were
written well in advance of the latter's em-
battled versions. And besides all this, Arnall
is set apart from Wallace by his very zest
for direct, audacious and measurable action,
his sure instinct for politics as it is played
rather than as practiced, synthesized or shoved
around at the end of a ten-foot pole. By
the substance of this book, one should not
apologize for measuring him against any figure
active in his party today." Tarleton Collier
H Weekly Book Review pi N 17 '46
1600w
ARTHUR, PHYLLIS. Paying guest. 256p $2
Curl
45-9578
"No particular crisis but just the unrest and
monotony stored up in eighteen years of mar-
riage were causing Increasing friction between
Elise Holt and her husband, affecting the chil-
dren and creating domestic tension. Into this
situation stepped a handsome Southerner of
thirty-nine, a paying guest unaware of his
potential influence in several directions En-
suing complications are highly dramatic and
the climax is reached with humor and logic."
Weekly Book Review
Booklist 42:184 P I '46
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 Ja 20 '46
90w
ASCH, SHALOM. East river; a novel; tr.
by A. H. Gross. 438p $3 Putnam
46-7365
Life on the East Side of New Tork in a
poor Jewish neighborhood in the early 1900's
is the background of this novel. The cen-
tral characters are a saintly Jewish storekeeper
and his two sons: one a sensitive, scholarly
invalid; the other a man given to sharp
practices.
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p3 O 27 '46 600w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
"Unlike some other Jewish writers, [Mr
Asch] seems to be completely out of his depth
when he deals with Catholic beliefs and Catho-
lic practices. . . Those who know Catholics
and their ways, will not easily discover an
excuse for classifying this story as even artisti-
cally presentable." Joseph McSorley
— Cath World 164:375 Ja '47 560w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Klrkus 14:554 N 1 '46 220w
"Historical background though accurate is
too detailed. Characters, at times flesh and
blood, too often used as vehicles to express
out-of-character political and religious theo-
ries. Novel, despite a weak plot, is an im-
portant philosophical and social study and
often achieves the majesty of The Nazarene.
Recommended." E H. Kennedy
-f Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 70w
"This is no novel of the Jews; it is a novel
of the American spirit. . . It is also the story
of the lives of Mary McCarthy, the Roman
Catholic, and of her Catholic family. . . it is
the story of the Italians who on Sundays long
for the old countryside and the human hap-
piness which the poor streets and the confined
spirit now deny to them. . . 'East River* is a
mirror in which we may look to rediscover our
innocence, our energy, our faith, and how
splendid we have looked to the humble and
good people of a troubled world. It is a
glass in which we may have again a sight of
that purpose which alone makes living an
experience of dignity and delight." Lawrence
Lee
-f N Y Times pi O 20 '46 1350w
"Mr. Asch fills the book with a solemn and
sometimes affecting multitude of complexities
— labor troubles, bigotry, a highly improbable
reformation of the unscrupulous brother, re-
ligious observances, death, and a lot more
besides The result is a work of integrity,
completely sincere and heavy as lead."
-| New Yorker 22:124 N 2 '46 160w
"There are two strong elements in the work
of Shalom Asch. Either of them, fully ex-
pressed, would suffice to establish the talents
of any lesser man, and it is because he is
possessor and master of both, because they
run through his work like twin roots, that
Asch is one of the greatest of contemporary
writers. One element, the earlier and the
simpler, is the lusty earthiness of the Jewish
folk tale, salted alike by tears and irrepres-
sible, uproarious laughter. . . The other ele-
ment derives from that part of the Jewish
spirit which is monastic and consecrated in
tone, from the scholastic Idealism which lifts
its eyes to a vision of absolute ethics quite
beyond sect and schism, and is blinded by
what it beholds. . . Asch has worked in
both of his vineyards with equal potency. . .
His latest novel seems to me such a grafting,
the Jewish folk humor and the stark, soaring
Jewish messianic fervor, run together. It is
a big, ambitious novel, striving greatly, achiev-
ing much less than it grasps at, yet rich in
the beauty and vigor of its thrust." N. L.
Rothrnan
-h Sat R of Lit 29:18 O 19 '46 lOOOw
" 'East River' is an ambidextrous job. With
his right hand Mr. Asch has drawn a tender
and persuasive portrait of a good Jew. . .
It is a noble portrait, finely and convincingly
drawn. The other intent of 'East River' is
not so perfectly fulfilled. Through Mosche
Wolf's two sons, Irving and Nat, Mr. Asch
undertakes to show how the orthodox Jewish
faith has been adequate to deal with the prob-
lems that modern industrial processes have
laid on the shoulders of the workers. . . Mr.
Asch seems to have no knack at all for creat-
ing convincing women, but all of his men
characters are either fully alive or, at the
least, credible." F. H. Bullock
4^ — Weekly Book Review p5 O 27 '46 HOOw
"The vitality and energy of East River in-
sure that it is continuously readable. And its
swarming panorama of all the sights and
sounds and smells of tenement life, of social
and religious customs, and all the abuses and
cut-throat practices of the dress business keeps
East River interesting. But, in spite of these
virtues, this is a slowly-paced, humorless work.
It is stiffly written; its plot creaks and
stumbles awkwardly." Orville Prescott
4- _ Yale R n s 36:383 winter '47 600w
ASHBROOK, HARRIETTS (SUSANNAH
SHANE, pseud). Diamonds in the dumplings.
282p $2 iSoubleday
Detective etory.
24
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ASHBROOK, HARRIETTE— Continued
"A complex tale, but it will hold your in-
terest throughout." Elizabeth Bullock
-f Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 llOw
"Satisfactory."
+ Kirkus 14:262 Je 1 '46 40w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!8 Ag 4 '46 180w
" 'Diamonds in the Dumplings' is intricate in
plot but Miss Shane never permits the action
to bog down." M. L. H.
-f Springf d Republican p4d 8 15 '46 190w
"Millionaires, crooks, at least one murderer
and then some take part in this engaging
thriller, geared to the taste of most fans — a
splendid pick-me-up for hot spells." Will
Cuppy
-1- Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 28 '46 270w
ASHLEY-MONTAGU, MONTAGUE FRANCIS.
Introduction to physical anthropology. 325p
11 $4 Thomas. C. C.
573 Somatology 46-566
"A college text for elementary or survey
courses in the social sciences. [The author]
includes two major themes: (1) primatology,
including primate paleontology; and (2) human
biology, including paleoanthropology. The
book is, therefore, a summary of primate and
human evolution, together with a considera-
tion of the present differentiation and deploy-
ment of primates and man." Ann Am Acad
Reviewed by W. M. Krogman
Ann Am Acad 244:228 Mr '46 450w
"In spite of some shortcomings, which un-
doubtedly will be removed in subsequent edi-
tions, the book is a stimulating introduction
to the interesting and complex field of physical
anthropology. It has the advantage of being
brief and readable. It is a book that will be
read with interest by social scientists, biol-
ogists, physicians, and general readers. It
should stimulate in them a curiosity about the
place of man as a biological entity." G. W.
Lasker
H Social Forces 25:224 D '46 850w
"The volume has many pages of technicali-
ties to dismay the layman. With the tech-
nicalities omitted, however, it is still worth-
while for the general reader. The book
impresses the reviewer as the possible nucleus
for a larger and more philosophical work.
There is an excellent bibliography." J. F.
Santee
H Social Studies 37:189 Ap '46 1450w
ASSOCIATED press news annual: 1945;
[compj by Russell Landstrom. (VI) 565p $4
Rinehart
909.82 Yearbooks (statistical, historical, etc)
(46-25211)
"The story of a year, in word and picture,
compiled and written from the dispatches and
pictures of Associated press correspondents and
photographers around the world." (Subtitle)
Arrangement is chronological, with the war
and international events given first considera-
tion, and a day -by-day summary at end of
each month. Index.
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
"This is a newspaperseye view; and as such
it is worth the money, eminently entertain-
ing, thrilling— and disturbing." C. M.
-f Canadian Forum 26:95 Jl '46 SOOw
Current Hist 11:228 S '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:336 Ja '47 40w
Kirkus 14:141 Mr 16 '46 120w
Reviewed by F. S. Adams
N Y Times p7 Je 23 '46 250w
Reviewed by Dixon Wecter
Sat R of Lit 29:12 Je 22 '46 llOOw
"If the present volume is a fair sample of
the annual product, the Associated Press can
be credited with another scoop, for while there
have been other books of the type none has
covered with such detail the year under study.
Every major detail in the news of 1945 has
been covered, in words and pictures, and the
result is invaluable both as a reference book
and as source material for future historians."
Tt 1? TT
'+ Springf'd Republican p4 Je 22 '46 350w
Reviewed by Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 23 '46
420w
ASTON, WALTER H. Nor iron bars a cage.
218p $2.75 (10s 6d) Macmillan
940.548 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, English [A46-3753]
"The adventures of three British prisoners
of war, 1940-1942." (Subtitle) "When the Ger-
mans bombed a French munition train in May,
1940. Aston, clerk in a British depot at Rennes,
lost part of a leg and suffered facial injuries.
He was being expertly treated in Pans at a
Centre Maxillo-Facial as the Germans took
over France. Eventually Aston, a captain of
the Fifty-first Highland Division and a British
Army driver decided to try for an escape to
Spain. Slipping from Paris with the right
clothes, papers and a stock of stories to fill in
the gaps, becoming French Canadians, French,
British and even German deserters as the occa-
sion demanded, they entered the unoccupied
zone. From Lyon they worked to the Spanish
frontier, with the last moves taking them over
the Pyrenees on mule and foot." (N Y Times)
Book Week pll My 12 '46 90w
"The book is interesting for two reasons — it
g-ives a vivid picture of defeated and divided
France, and it is a vigorous story of adventure,
reflecting credit on these Englishmen, who, se-
verely wounded as they were, carried out the
roundabout 800- mile journey to the Spanish
frontier." T. P.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 29 '46 120w
"Here is an amiable, 218-page bread-and-but-
ter note acknowledging nearly two years of
excellent medical care and five months of back-
door hospitality that helped three Britons to
freedom from Occupied France. Sgt. Aston re-
marks that his is a mild story as narratives of
escape go, lacking bloodhounds, shooting, and
burrowing under fences. The interest comes
rather from the account of sympathetic treat-
ment and help received from the French. As
Aston tells it, theirs was a system short on
mystery, long on friends, francs, patience and
good luck." A. S.
-f N Y Times p38 My 5 '46 270w
ASTROV, MRS MARGOT LUISE THERESE
(KROGER), ed. Winged serpent; an anthol-
ogy of American Indian prose and poetry.
366p $3.50 Day
897 Indians— Literature 46-11836
Anthology of songs, prayers, and stories
of the Indians of the United States, Mexico,
Central America, and Peru, with some Eskimo
songs and stories. Bibliography. Index.
"The lisping fragments of these translated
lines in this anthology have very little Indian
in them. They seem to me to present, rather,
the vestigial remnants of pure being in the
anthropologists themselves rather than the
abundant, warm and generous Indian vision.
This is pitiful and very touching and must be
respected as any soul stirring, no matter how
faint, should be. My personal conviction is
unshakable. There is no Indian life beating in
the thin lines of 'The Winged Serpent' but
only the wishful interpretation of what might
be." M. D. Luhan
— Book Week p29 N 10 '46 700w
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
ATHANASIUS, SAINT, patriarch of ALEX-
A NOR I A. Incarnation of the Word of God;
being [his] treatise De incarnatione Verbi
Dei, newly tr. into English by a religious
of C.S.M.V., S.Th. with an introd. by C. S.
Lewis. 95p $1.50 Macmillan [5s Bles]
232.1 Incarnation j 46-1105
A new translation of St. Athanasius' treatise
De Incarnatione Verbi Del, originally written
in Greek. The treatise sets forth the positive
content of the Christian faith.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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"Athanaslus is worth reading, and this is
a good translation."
-f Christian Century 63:273 F 27 '46 210w
"It has a characteristic introduction by C.
S. Lewis. . . It is in readable English, though
here and there it might have been improved
by more modern equivalents for certain words.
'Aforetime,' for example, is scarcely present-
day English. But this defect, if it is a defect,
leaves the book deserving of Mr. Lewis' com-
mendation." F. J. Moore
-f Churchman 160-17 Ap 1 '46 120w
"An interesting and accurate translation. . .
C. S. Lewis's Introduction is a welcome adjunct
to this little work of Saint Anthanasius."
-f- Commonweal 44:294 Jl 5 '46 70w
"This is a very useful little book, and we
need more like it." M. S. Enslin
-f Crozer Quarterly 23:300 Jl '46 300w
ATHERTON. RALPH. Principles of radio for
operators. 344p il $3.75 Macmillan
621.384 Radio 45-9352
"This book is based on material originally
used in Navy training courses. It treats elec-
trical theory, and electrical and radio appara-
tus from the viewpoint of the person studying
to be a practical operator. The discussion is
compact and much ground is covered in a short
book, but by relating theory directly to common
apparatus and practice, the author has pre-
pared a text that is eminently suitable for
beginners with little or no background in the
subject. A useful table of tube characteristics
with diagrams of socket connections is pro-
vided in the appendix." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 70:1134 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:61 O '45
ATHERTON, MRS GERTRUDE FRANKLIN
(HORN). My San Francisco, a wayward
biography. 334p il $3.50 Bobbs
979.461 San Francisco— History 46-11936
A history of the author's beloved city, San
Francisco, which is also a partial autobiogra-
phy of Mrs Atherton. Some of the chapters
are: Romantic backgrounds; San Francisco
bookstores; A few of our illustrious dead;
Our literati; Clubdom; California labor school;
Historic banks of San Francisco; Yes, we have
slums. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
.Book Week plO N 17 '46 130w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
"This reviewer finds it impossible to avoid
this conclusion: that a little more effort to
make the jewel-like city intelligible to those
whose riches have not included a visit would
pay uncommon dividends. Just a simple map
of hill and street would help. . . Naturally,
this approach and treatment have great value,
but they would require other help to discern
the San Francisco of the future." R. K. S.
Christian Science Monitor pl6 N 22 '46
480w
"A distinctive picture of San Francisco.
Polished prattle, but knowing."
+ Kirkus 14:374 Ag 1 '46 120w
"The kindness of her spirit gets the better
of her, perhaps, in her catalogue of the cur-
rent literati of San Francisco, 'Some of Our
Best Citizens,' the accomplishments of San
Francisco women, the charms of San Francis-
co bookstores. It is not that one would wish
her to be unkind toward the persons concerned.
It is merely that in listing them she gets too
close to the guide-book level. Yet when she
has a point to make she makes it. . . Her
mind is keen, her sympathies alive, the en-
ergies that produced so many books still pres-
ent." R. L». Duff us
4- N Y Times p4 N 3 '46 700w
"Old San Franciscans, many of them, will
be interested, perhaps irritated, certainly
amused. For Mrs. Atherton has a talent for
remembering — as you'll know if you've read
her autobiography, 'Adventures of a Novel-
ist/ . . Like many another, Mrs. Atherton
finds herself deploring, just a little bit, the
suddenness with which San Francisco has
jumped nearly 50 per cent in population, the
crowding that has ensued, the inevitable
change in the city's once-leisurely life. But,
unlike some, she does not waste time lament-
ing the 'good old days.' It is her view that
no matter what San Francisco becomes it will
always be San Francisco." J. H. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle plO O 18 '46
900w
"The book will be read with nostalgic emo-
tions by all ex-San Franciscans, avidly by
fellow citizens and with amused though per-
haps a more remote interest by those un-
fortunates who do not know this most omni-
form of cities," Mary Parton
_j Weekly Book Review p!4 D 15 '46
HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
ATKINSON, ARTHUR D. S. Fluorescent light-
ing. 144p il $3.50 Chemical pub. co. [12s 6d
Newnes]
621.327 Electric lighting, Fluorescent 46-7432
"Information of interest to illumination engi-
neers, factory managers and other persons
concerned with the design and installation of
fluorescent lighting is offered in this book.
The author has devoted two preliminary
chapters to discussions of light, fluorescence,
and ultra-violet radiation. The remaining five
chapters deal more specifically with fluorescent
lamps and their accessories. Perhaps the most
useful chapter is the final one in which the
application of fluorescent lighting to factories,
stores, store windows, schools, offices, and
homes is treated at some length. The book
appeared first in Great Britain, and it is
pointed out in the preface to this edition that
the British terminology has not been changed."
N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:42 Jl '46
ATKINSON, MARGARET F. Care for your kit-
ten [il. by the author]. [56p] $1.50 Greenberg
636.8 Cats—Juvenile literature
Practical book for children on the care and
training of kittens. Copiously illustrated. For
third and fourth grades.
"A useful book for any child who has a kit-
ten." P. A. Whitney
-f- Book Week pll My 5 '46 140w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
AUDEMARS, PIERRE. Hercule and the gods
[Eng title: Temptations of Hercule]. 302p
$2.50 Rinehart [7s 6d Pilot]
46-4932
In a first person narrative the author tells
the story of a French railroad worker who
attempts to outwit the machinations of a vil-
lainous pair of underworld characters and
thereby brings a tragedy into his own life.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p4 Jl 21 '46 200w
"An odd stray bit, which might have appeal
to those hunting the unusual in entertain-
ment."
Kirkus 14:230 My 15 '46 210w
"A few readers will find it very funny. Take
or leave." G. W. Hill
Library J 71:977 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Florence Crowther
N Y Times p4 Jl 21 '46 500w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
150w
"Wonderful, lively, Gallic story — the best
example of disarming gasconade since Daudet
gave us 'Tartarin.' " R. E. Roberts
+ Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ag 3 '46 800w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
AUDEMARS, PIERRE— Continued
"We must demand of Mr. Audemars's future
summer evenings a little more zest, a little
more style, a little more economy — and not
even a moment's incursion of a serious winter's
mood." Anatole Bergeret
Weekly Book Review p6 AS 11 '46 500w
AUGUR, HELEN. Passage to glory; John
Ledyard's America. 310p 11 $3 Doubleday
B or 92 Ledyard, John. Voyages and
travels 46-376
The life story of an American adventurer
of good family. John Ledyard went to Dart-
mouth in the years when Dr Wheelock was
trying to educate the Indians. Letter he
ran off to sea and became the only American
on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of
the Northwest Passage and the North Pole.
Ledyard learned to love the Pacific and was
the pioneer believer in America's destiny
there, but died before he could transmit his
passion to the rest of his countrymen. Bib-
liography. Index.
Reviewed by Alan Browne
Book Week plO F 17 '46 650w
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 My '46
"Helen Augur uses the trained skill of a
professional biographer to weave from widely
scattered threads a remarkable story of a
comparatively little-known man with a con-
suming ambition. . . Miss Augur embellishes
the main theme of her book with interesting
contemporary history, but she fails to offer
an explanation for Ledyard's failure to attain
his goal." F. L. O.
-\ Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 16 '46
eoow
"The book is overwritten at points and some-
times quite unjust but it has an extraordinary
timeliness. Though so different on the sur-
face, the problem of today is the same as John
Ledyard's." Edna Lonigan
H Commonweal 43:413 F 1 '46 420w
"Interpretative high-lighting, at times a
shade too much guide- posting, this neverthe-
less contributes a striking picture of a wan-
derer whose life brought him the data — but
not the acclaim — he wished."
-| Klrkus 13:485 N 1 '45 210w
Reviewed by R. A. Brown
Nation 162:323 Mr 16 '46 lOOw
"Helen Augur, with a mountain of scholarly
research behind her, has written Ledyard's
story with tenderness and warmth. It moves
swiftly, the underlying sadness sweetened by
the quenchless zest of a gay and gallant spirit.
The result is a noble and a memorable book."
N. B. Baker
-f N Y Times p!5 F 10 '46 400w
"It makes a good story, but Miss Augur, in
her enthusiasm for the hero, occasionally
borders on incoherence. There are some good
illustrations, including portraits of Ledyard's
friends Thomas Jefferson and John Paul
Jones."
_j New Yorker 21:78 Ja 19 '46 120w
"The full-bodied narrative of this biography
is excellent. The accounts of Cook's death in
Hawaii; of Ledyard's friendly association with
Thomas Jefferson, who admired him and under-
stood his Pacific dreams; his abortive partner-
ship with John Paul Jones; his journey across
Russia from St. Petersburg to Yakutsk; his
final adventure into Africa make vivid and
sometimes exciting reading. Miss Augur tells
her tale of the hardy, lone explorer . . . and
tells It well. 'Passage to Glory' is less suc-
cessful in other aspects. The character of
John Ledyard, painted as flamboyant and in-
tuitive, does not emerge too clearly from the
mass of supporting historical detail. The au-
thor's efforts to make Ledyard a man of
greater import than he actually was are often
clumsy and occasionally unconvincing," J. P.
-{ Sat R of Lit 29:36 Ja 19 '46 700w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 F '46 480w
"His biographer does full justice to the
meaning of Ledyard's vain passage to glory,
as he called it. The book is sound and care-
ful work. Scholars will regret that the not very
extensive Ledyard letters and Journal are not
included complete, prefering them to the au-
thor's somewhat emotional interpretation of
them. The general reader will find the book
overwritten, perhaps, but interesting." Alan
Browne
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:94 Je '46 260w
"Miss Augur tells the story of [Ledyard's]
brilliant, strange and tragic failure. She tells
it well, more as a psychological biography than
as an adventure story or a history, and
breathes more life into Ledyard than any one
before her. But she tends to claim too much
for him." Bernard De Voto
4- — Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 13 '46
1050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
AULAIRE, INQRI (MORTENSON) D', and
AULAIRE, EDGAR PARIN D'. Pocahontas.
[44p] $2.50 Doubleday
Pocahontas — Juvenile literature 46-11835
Picture-story book showing, the life of Poca-
hontas from her girlhood in the Virginia for-
ests, to her presentation at the English court.
For ages six to ten.
Book Week p3 N 10 '46 230w
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
"In 'Pocahontaa' the end papers are ex-
ceptionally lovely in color and quite enchanting
in the details of the Indian village set within
the circular stockade and ringed by a frieze
of woodland animals. But in some of the
pictures the Indians seem straight out of
Peter Pan, not the Virginia wilderness, and
the soft color that comes from drawing direct-
ly on the stone itself adds to the dreamlike
quality." F. C. Darling
-{ Christian Science Monitor pll N 12
'46 120w
"Whenever the d'Aulaires choose an Ameri-
can subject, I feel a distinct sense of disap-
pointment. This is no exception. They have
taken a hackneyed theme and done almost
nothing to make it come to life. . . But the
d'Aulaires have a market, so don't overlook
the book."
h Klrkus 14:541 N 1 '46 90w
"Recommended." Marian Webb
H- Library J 71:1717 D 1 '46 70w
"The pictures are serious and formal In
tone, correct in detail, and many of them are
colored in poetic pastel shades. The story
is presented rather flatly, with inverted sen-
tences and little drama; in fact, it sounds
like a translation from another language, done
with more respect than knowledge of the pos-
sibilities of English. Yet small children should
enjoy the pictures and can certainly take the
story in their stride." Marjorie Fischer
4. _ N Y Times p3 N 10 '46 70w
"Young children will look again and again
at these big pictures, so interesting in detail,
so subtle in color. Older ones may be able
to detect their unusual blend of the authentic
Indian and the modern, individual d'Aulalre
styles of art." K. S. White
New Yorker 22:134 D 7 '46 80w
"I am myself a witness that whatever we
were told about Pocahontas, it always began
with her being an Indian princess who saved
the life of John Smith, and as princesses were
fairly grown up to fairy-tale readers, we did
not think of her, whatever we were told, as
a little child — the merry, strong, active, up and
coming little favorite of her father that she
was when she welcomed the big Englishman
as a sort of marvelous new uncle. Here she
is, to the life, a real little girl, red-skinned,
muscular, quick as a wink, yet with some-
thing about her pictures and something about
the turn of the words as her story is told, that
puts it into the beautiful borderland where
mythology and history get along so well to-
gether." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 N 10 '46 380w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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AUSTIN, RUTH ERMA. Elementary costume
illustration; il. by the author. 170p $2.25
McQraw
743 Art. Commercial. Clothing: and dress
46-616
"Planned primarily for the student without
extensive art training, who wants to learn how
to express simple ideas pertaining to clothing,
this text provides approximately 300 line draw-
ings which include the simple fashion figure,
stick figures, scribble figures, costume details,
and media suitable for costume Illustration.
Emphasis is placed upon costume details, which
are presented as simply as possible, with the
idea that they may be combined or used in
many styles." Publisher's note
"This book offers a simple and concise treat-
ment of a rather complicated subject and will
be most useful to anyone trying to put ideas
about clothes on paper." S. C. Brooks
-j- J Home Econ 38:302 My '46 250w
-j- Theatre Arts 30:495 Ag '46 40w
AVERILL, ESTHER. Daniel Boone; il. by Feo-
dor Rojankovsky. new & enl ed 56p $1.50
Harper
B or 92 Boone, Daniel— Juvenile literature
46-1265
"Fourteen years ago 'Daniel Boone,' with a
brief French text to accompany the brilliant
and beautiful lithographs of a young Russian
artist, was published In Paris by the Domino
Press. Those who remember this edition and
the thin folio volume brought out in this coun-
try soon after by the Horn Book, with the
text in English, will be happy to have this book
again available. . . The reduction of the book
to a more practical size has not interfered with
the effectiveness of the pictures which have
the same jewel-like brilliancy of the original
edition." N Y Times
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 28 '46 140w
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
"Excellent introduction to a famous Amer-
ican hero tale— should be popular with schools
and libraries."
+ Klrkus 14:104 F 15 '46 150w
"All of the brilliantly colored pictures by
Feodor Rojankovsky are included, though ar-
ranged differently to fit a smaller page. Miss
Averill has expanded the text making it into
a very readable story." M. F. Cox
+ Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 90w
"The balance of pattern and design is a joy;
details are authentic and admirably selected.
The text has been enriched by Miss Averill; it
is now a well-rounded account of Boone's
life. . . Understanding what interests voung
readers. Miss Averill quotes freely from Boone's
own words. Her book has drama and strength."
A. T. Eaton
-f N Y Times p8 N 11 '45 270w
"Here is a book as colorful, vigorous, and
exciting as early American history itself. It
is no wonder that It won instant recognition In
both Europe and America when it was first
published by the Domino Press in Paris in 1931.
Published in both French and English texts,
it was an excellent introduction to our heritage
whether the reader was born in Europe or was
a descendant of American pioneers. The story
itself is swift and exciting, and remarkably
complete for so concise and brief a telling/'
R. A. Hill
4- Sat R of Lit 29:42 Mr 9 '46 180w
"The story is well told and shows careful
research and skill in the selection of incident.
The expansion of text and the re-arrangement
of the illustrations and decorations combined
with the use of a very poor quality of paper,
unfortunately result In a far less distinguished
looking book than the original presentation of
Mr. Rojankovsky's lithographs in a picture
book which has held a unique place in chil-
dren's libraries and art collections." A. C. M.
H Weekly Book Review p6 Mr a '46 230w
Wit Lib Bui 42:61 Ap '46
AYDELOTTE, FRANK. American Rhodes
scholarships; a review of the first forty years.
208p $2 Princeton univ. press
378.34 Rhodes scholarships A46-4271
"An historical record of the first plan for in-
ternational scholarships developed in this
century, including a directory of all the
Americans who received Rhodes Scholarships
up to the time of publication; a handbook for
American university students Intending to ap-
ply for Rhodes Scholarships." School & Society
Reviewed by Stanley Pargellis
Book Week pO O 13 '46 500w
Christian Century 63:893 Jl 17 '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 30w
"Dr. Aydelotte, the American Secretary to
the Rhodes Trustees, has written something
more than a review of the American Rhodes
Scholarships. In this concise and exciting book,
he describes the development of Rhodes's idea
through the seven drafts of his will, the meth-
ods used by the American trustees for putting
the idea into effect and the influence on Amer-
ican life of the American Rhodes scholars dur-
ing the last forty years. In so doing, he chal-
lenges the reader to rethink the philosophy of
Anglo-American relations. I hope that the paper
shortage will not prevent an early publication
of this book in Britain." R. H. S. Grossman
-f- New Statesman & Nation 32:102 Ag
10 '46 1400w
"Today's Rhodes Scholar-elect, if he reads
Dr. Aydelotte's clear exposition of the dream
of Cecil Rhodes and the Scholar's relation to
it, of the methods of Scholar selection, of what
an American gets from life and the study at
Oxford and gives upon return to America, may
know in general what to expect and what will
be expected of him. The book is admirably de-
signed to get the right men to compete for the
Scholarships and the Scholar-elect to prepare
himself intelligently for the Oxford years. An
appendix lists all the American Scholars and
their occupations. The book, moreover, has
values for general readers who are interested
in education and in world peace, for on the
basis of forty- two years of operations its au-
thor estimates the present success of the
Scholarship plan." H. G. Merrlam
4- N Y Times p22 Ag 4 '46 450w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p4 Ag 16 '46
170w
School A Society 63:463 Je 29 '46 90w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:388 N 30 '46 450w
"The most pleasing chapter of the book,
•What the American Rhodes Scholar Gets from
Oxford/ is an essay in itself of tolerance and
urbanity, and the truly humane spirit, which
the charm of Oxford can inculcate. But these
very attributes are capable of being a snare
in themselves — urbanity can grow Into con-
descension and snobbishness, tolerance to in-
difference. Unfortunately, a flavor of these
qualities touches some of the pages of this
book. Still, for those who have seen Oxford,
or for those who hope to know more of Rhodes
scholarships, or for anyone with an interest in
educational foundations, this will be a source
of pleasure and a model of an attractive edu-
cational balance sheet." H. L. Varley
-i Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '4$
600w
Times [London] Lit Sup p599 D 7 '46
HOOw
"The book should be of value to prospective
Rhodes Scholars, and to students of compara-
tive education. It will also be encouraging to
those who seek to further international under-
standing through education."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:209 S '46 SOOw
"Dr. Aydelotte Is himself a Rhodes schol-
ar. . . His book is more than a brief progress
report and manual for American students who
may be interested in applying for the scholar-
ships. It conveys something of the donor's vi-
sion and may. perhaps, inspire some unknown
American Rhodes to adapt the formula to mid-
century realities, bringing to this country's
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AYDELOTTE, FRANK— Continued
Oxfords more young- men from abroad who will
'esteem the performance of public duties as
their highest aim.' " W. A. Avirett
+ Weekly Book Review p!8 Ag 25 '46
320w
AYMAR, BRANDT. Complete cruiser. 272p il
maps $3.50 Greenberg
797.14 Yachts and yachting. Navigation
46-25134
"[Book] on motor yachting by a small-boat
man of considerable experience. The author
reduces the intricacies of celestial navigation
to the level of the snap course taught in Navy
classrooms during the war and offers sound
tips on coastal piloting and on the avoidance
of both the common and uncommon problems of
cruising. Diagrams and photographs." New
Yorker
"A brilliantly thought out and unconventional
analysis. . . The title might induce a Morgan
partner to buy the book, but it's very un-
likely that he would enjoy it much."
-f- New Yorker 22:118 S 21 '46 60w
"The reader who is interested in dissection
of economic terms will find plenty of revela-
tion about venture capital, free private enter-
, prise, savings, the interest rate, the multi-
plier, debt, 'Say's Law' and Hayek. And he
will get this understanding almost painlessly,
for Mr. Ayres is sententious; there is more
aphorism per running linear foot than in any
economic volume of recent print. The book
is intellectual fun, frolic and adventure." Leon
Henderson
-f- Weekly Book Review p2 S 15 '46 1050w
Reviewed by J. B. Metzenberg
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 360w
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '40
"A good, simple book."
-f- New Yorker 22:99 My 11 '46 80w
AYRES, CLARENCE EDWIN. The divine
right of capital 214p $3 Houghton
330.1 Income. Business cycles. Economic
policy 46-5936
An analysis of the capitalist system as it
exists today, to which is added a program sug-
gesting how capitalism can be rescued from
the capitalists. The author is professor of
economics at the University of Texas. Index.
Reviewed by Hugo Sonnenschein
Book Week p8 S 8 '46 550w
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
"Lack of understanding or disregard of eco-
nomic facts characterize this book." Henry
Bund
— Commonweal 45:285 D 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 11:398 N '46 700w
"Anyone who has been exposed to the
perhaps justifiably tired philosophy of European
liberals like Hayek, and to the inadequacies of
some of the replies which The Road to Serf-
dom drew forth, will find relief in this book.
It is in a spirit of simple faith in the
democratic process that Mr. Ayres attacks our
most pressing economic problem — how to avoid
a prolonged period of economic prostration as
soon as the immediate effects of the war are
over. . . In his earlier Theory of Economic
Progress, Mr. Ayres attempted unsuccessfully
to cast his thesis in everyday language. This
time he has achieved his goal completely, for
The Divine Right of Capital Is written with a
self-restraint which makes it a masterpiece of
literary simplicity and a rarity among works
of its scope."
-f Harvard Law R 59:1347 O '46 650w
Kirkus 14:334 Jl 15 '46 200w
"As a controverting book it is interesting,
though he sometimes seems to be knocking
down straw men Recommended for popular
reading." Walter Hausdorfer
-f Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 lOOw
"C. EJ. Ayres has written this acute and
lively book as a sequel to his more highbrow
'The Theory of Economic Progress.' It should
have a wide appeal: it is clear, its chapters
are short, and it deals with the assumptions
of orthodox economists with refreshing ir-
reverence. Furthermore, it is completely de-
void of charts, diagrams, and statistics. One
wishes that more philosophers like Mr. Ayres —
or Adam Smith — would look at economics." O.
R. Walker
-f Nation 163:560 N 16 '46 750w
"In spite of [some] technical defects, Mr.
Ayres' s main argument is wholesome and de-
serves more attention than it has received. He
is at his best in setting the broad framework
of the problem. He is incautious only in sup-
posing that a particular device will assure
full employment." George Soule
H New Repufr 115:332 S 16 '46 950w
AYSCOUGH, FLORENCE (WHEELOCK)
(MRS H. F. MACNAIR), and LOWELL,
AMY. Correspondence of a friendship; ed.
with a pref. by Harley Farnsworth MacNair.
288p il $3.75 Univ. of Chicago press
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. Chinese poetry A46-4
Letters written between the years 1917 and
1926, when Amy Lowell died. They are con-
cerned almost entirely with the collaboration
of these two friends on the Chinese poems,
Fir-flower Tablets. Contains also introductory
chapters by Florence Ayscough; Amy Lowell's
description of her Brookline home, and selec-
tions from her correspondence with Harriet
Monroe.
"Whoever reads the Lowell- Ayscough letters
for their intrinsic appeal as letters will hardly
escape the feeling that Amy Lowell is work-
ing her translator professionally, as a spiritual-
ist works a medium. There is little of the per-
sonal rapport that inspires the correspondence
of an Emerson and a Carlyle. So, in the ab-
sence of a colorful interchange of personality
and intellect, the letters are significant for the
light they throw on Amy Lowell and her poems
from the Chinese. As a primary source, much
of Mr. MacNair's volume will be indispensable
for studying the literary achievement of Fir-
Flower Tablets. . . But students will find the
lack of any index, and of most of Florence
Ayscough's translations from which Fir-Flower
Tablets was composed, more provoking than
provocative." L. S. Hall
_j Atlantic 177:174 Ap '46 300w
"Mrs. Ayscough, who later wrote 'Fire-
cracker Land* and other books, emerges in
these letters as a person generous and loyal,
of great strength of spirit. Amy Lowell is
more likable and understandable in these let-
ters than in any other record or expression that
I have seen. In their relation these two friends
maintained the great virtue of frankness, and
Miss Lowell seems to have valued it in Mrs.
Ayscough as much as she took pride in it her-
self. Also, it makes at times for lively read-
ing. The editing has been done very ade-
quately and most unobtrusively." J. T. Fred-
erick
4- Book Week p2 F 24 '46 350w
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
"Apart from the academic and literary in-
terest of these letters, which should be ex-
tremely helpful to students as well as to young:
poets, the correspondence is refreshing for its
revelation of the inner workings of a friend-
ship— a truly feminine friendship, but one un-
marred by malice or Jealousy, held together
rather by the importance of a grand job to be
done. These two possessed a 'high seriousness*
of which writers today appear to have no con-
ception." Dorothy Livesay
4- Canadian Forum 26:45 My '46 500w
Christian Century 63:179 F 6 '46 160w
Christian Science Monitor pl2 Mr 30
'46 550w
Reviewed by J. Q. E. Hopkins
Commonweal 44:77 My 3 '46 260w
Current Hist 10:445 My '46 70w
"The whole thing, spontaneous and vivid
as it is, adds nothing to our knowledge of
Amy Lowell and nothing to our appreciation
of Chinese poetry. As a matter of fact, this
book is neither the story of a friendship nor
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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an enlightening guide to one of the most
elusive forms of human fancy. . . Nevertheless,
the book will be of supreme interest to those
with a taste for and a knowledge of American
verse: Amy Lowell lives in its crowded pages
with her fascinating personality, and this is
something." Jean Catel
h Mod Phllol 44:132 N '46 800w
"The part played by Oriental modes of tech-
nique and imagery in the poetic revival of
1912-25 was an important if limited one; these
letters show the linguistic scholarship (Mrs
Ayscough's) and imaginative sympathy (Miss
Lowell's) exacted and not always received by
the Chinese masters from their interpreters.
The book will thus have its value for students
of Chinese poetic art, of its influence on mod-
ern literature, and of the translator's prob-
lems at their most difficult. For the rest, it is
a memoir of two spirited women, a series of
personal footnotes to contemporary literature,
but chiefly an act of homage to Amy Lowell."
M O Eabel
H Nation 162:441 Ap 13 '46 420w
N Y Times p27 Je 23 '46 220w
"The letters, which are of rather special in-
terest, may appeal to amateurs of Miss Lowell's
poetry, but there is altogether too much of the
painstaking 'in spite of the poor connection it
was nice to hear your voice last night' kind
of thing."
New Yorker 21-100 F 9 '46 80w
Reviewed by Inez Boulton
Poetry 69:54 O '46 600w
"At first glance, because of my long preoc-
cupation with translating Chinese poetry into
English I felt that John Gould Fletcher and
I — Eunice Tietjens and Arthur Ficke having
died — might be the only two persons in Amer-
ica who would read every paragraph of it with
close interest. . . On careful rereading of the
book, I could but hope that there might be a
considerable audience led through these letters
to realize the infinite pains that go into such
translation. Industry, industry!" Witter Bynner
Sat R of Lit 29:42 Mr 30 '46 2000w
"The sub-title of this book is a little mis-
leading, for although the writers were old
friends and the background to their letters is
one of affection without sentimentality, the
correspondence is almost exclusively concerned
with an unusual literary collaboration, and
will mainly interest those who are interested
in its subject — the translation of Chinese clas-
sic poetry into English."
Times [London] Lit Sup p392 Ag 17
'46 480w
"Amy Lowell's real genius lay in communi-
cating that excitement to other people; while
she lived, poetry in America was front-page
news. For a reader who was young in the
1920s, these pages recreate some of the excite-
ment of those heady times. They also bring-
back to life Amy Lowell's terrifying energy
and industry, and her artistic and intellectual
integrity. She was American poetry's Fighting
Lady; there was never a dull moment while
she was around." DeLancey Ferguson
H- Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 7 '46 450w
AZCARATE Y FLOREZ, PABLO DE. League
of nations and national minorities; an ex-
periment; tr. from the Spanish by Eileen E.
Brooke. (Carnegie endowment for int. peace.
Division of int. law. Studies in the adm. of
int. law and organization) 216p $2 Carnegie
endowment; Columbia univ. press
323.1 League of nations. Minorities [45-7989]
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
"An authoritative account of the treatment
given to minority problems between the two
World Wars." N. L. Hill
4- Am Pol Scl R 40:170 F '46 350w
Reviewed by S. M. Strong
Am Soc R 11:371 Je '46 650w
"Nobody was better qualified to write this
book than the distinguished Spanish scholar
and diplomat who during: most of the existence
of the League of Nations directed its Minori-
ties Section, Raining" general recognition for
his fair objectivity and personal kindness. The
whole concise volume is based on a personal
experience which ought to be taken into con-
sideration by all who will deal with the minori-
ties problem in the present situation." Oscar
Halecki
4- Ann Am Acad 244:204 Mr '46 450w
"Concise and informative work. . . This
record becomes a valuable guide for diplomatic
and administrative officers and also for un-
official moulders of public opinion concerned
with the effective development of the United
Nations. Christian ministers way well draw
upon its facts and outlook for use in sermons
and other public addresses." Earl Cranston
Crozer Q 23:295 Jl '46 700w
Foreign Affairs 24:348 Ja '46 30w
"Bias against minorities, ill-founded indul-
gence of minorities states, go parallel with an
unfair evaluation of the various organs of the
League of Nations. All attention is concen-
trated on the two behind-the-scenes bodies (the
Committees of Three, the Minorities Section
of the Secretariat); the Council is mentioned
only en passant; the Assembly, the town-hall
of a great part of the world, completely un-
mentioned. But most revealing is the author's
attitude toward the World Court. . . With all
this misinformation, misjudgment and bias, the
book of Azcarate is a revealing and self-prov-
ing indictment of the Minorities Section of the
Secretariat, which succeeded to a certain ex-
tent in distorting the protection of minorities
from governments into the protection of gov-
ernments from minorities. If any conclusion
can at all be drawn from this book, it would
be that different qualifications are necessary
for membership in the International Secretariat
dealing with minorities problems." Jacob Rob-
inson
h Harvard Law R 59:472 F '46 2450w
"This is a useful book, instructive rather
than provocative or original. . . No one will
doubt Professor Azcarate' s bona fides and good
intentions. He tries his best to be 'dispassion-
ate' and impartial. But, with very few excep-
tions, he arises time and again as a strong
supporter of the practice of the League of
Nations. . . In some cases the author is greatly
mistaken in his statements and unjust in his
judgment." Mark Vishniak
_| Pol Sci Q 61-317 Je '46 700w
B
B. B., pseud. See Watkms-Pitchford, D. J.
BACH, JULIAN SEBASTIAN. America's Ger-
many; an account of the occupation. 310p $3
Random house
943.086 Germany — History — Allied occupa-
tion, 1945-. World war, 1939-1945 — Germany
46-25091
"Bach spent twenty-nine months as corre-
spondent for Army Talks, mostly in Germany
where he covered the occupation. Book gives
vivid and detailed picture of U. S. Zone, in-
cluding physical condition of cities, living con-
ditions, education, fraternization, de-naziflca-
tion, economic problems and political attitudes.
Last section describes G. I. attitude toward
German people and their reaction to their pres-
ent plight. Author makes points by illustra-
tive examples, which make book engrossing
reading." (Library J) Map on end papers. No
index.
"This is a timely and illuminating book by
a thoughtful, intelligent correspondent." Clif-
ford Kirkpatrick
-f Am Soc R 11:648 O '46 250w
"Very comprehensive and intelligent book."
Ernest Von Hartz
+ Book Week p5 Mr 31 f46 400w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
"The value of Mr. Bach's information lies
primarily in the facts, which he presents pun-
gently and well. There are fundamental aspects
of occupational policy which no presentation
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BACH, J. 8. — Continued
of facts can elucidate — only a long-range under-
standing by the four occupying Powers." H.
J. S.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!6 My 16
'46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"If the eager author had cut out the preach-
ing, or even kept it within reasonable bounds,
the reporting could have attained more ade-
quate dimensions and given still more solid
interest and benefit than it does as is. The
reporting part is good, much of it very good
indeed compared with the dream material most
correspondents in Germany have sent home. . .
Mr. Bach's volume (at length) is a full and
almost over-stimulating one. So far, there is
probably not another on the market more
suited to developing needed quarrels among
citizens who, in spite of their apparent tastes,
have more responsibility than they recognize.'*
Philip Burnham
-j Commonweal 44:49 Ap 26 '46 900w
Foreign Affairs 25:343 Ja '47 50w
"Interesting and timely."
-f Klrkus 14:87 P 15 '46 170w
"Thoroughly recommended as significant and
timely." Thelma Brackett
-f Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Hermann Ebeling
Nation 162:547 My 4 '46 900w
Reviewed by P. M. Sweezy
New Repub 114:586 Ap 22 '46 1250w
"For this reviewer — like Mr. Bach, only re*
cently returned from Germany — three-quarters
of this book makes more sense than most of
the material published about that country.
Discount some of the smart-alecky statements,
the news-magazine striving for effect. There
remains a solid reportorial and analytical job,
with only a few points of issue." Shepard Stone
j NY Times p7 Mr 24 '46 1650w
New Yorker 22:94 Mr 30 '46 lOOw
" 'America's Germany* ought to be required
reading for America's America." Baukhage
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 My 4 '46 lOOOw
"This little book . . . performs a most valu-
able service by giving straightforward, com-
mon-sense answers to many questions that are
constantly being asked about this country's
policy in Germany." V. M. Dean
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 7 '46 lOOOw
BACH, MARCUS LOUIS. They have found a
faith. 300p $3 Bobbs
289 Sects. U.S.— Religion 46-7535
Comments and analyses based on personal
investigation of eight n on -traditional religious
groups in the United States. The groups are:
Jehovah's witnesses; The Foursquare gospel;
Spiritualism; Oxford group— MRA; The King-
doms of Father Divine; The Baha'i faith;
Unity; Psychiana. No index.
Booklist 43:112 D 15 '46
"This book should rank high among best
sellers for it is a clever combination of schol-
arly research into what Dr. Bach calls the
•little-known' religions in America and the
integration of these into the great stream of
faith. Add to this the fact that the author can
avoid the ludicrous with a kind of tender
humor and human sympathy."
-f- Klrkus 14:494 O 1 '46 130w
"Respect and sincerity are the secrets of Dr.
Bach's success in his explorations. Wherever
he went he came not as a chilly critic, but as
a friendly student and observer. In consequence
he was made welcome in all the citadels of
those new faiths, each one of which claims
to have found the secret of life and worth-
while living on earth. More than 15,000,000 per-
sons are absorbed in those beliefs, live by them
and, almost literally, breathe by them. It is
time we knew something about them." H. J.
Forman
+ N Y Times p60 D 1 '46 1150w
"A fascinating: glimpse into the state of mind
of millions of Americans who, living in a world
(and particularly a country) in which very
little attention la paid to anything which has
not strictly material results, find themselves in
need of balance for the spirit and try to find
this balance in so many different ways." J. H.
Jackson
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 8 '46
SOOw
BACHMANN, LAWRENCE PAUL. Kiss Of
death. 275p $2.50 Knopf
46-5867
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p6 Ag 26 '46 70w
Kirkus 14:285 Je 15 '46 80w
"This reviewer is not a psychologist. Perhaps
that is why he is not impressed." Isaac Ander-
son
N Y Times p!8 Ag 4 '46 140W
"Lots of medical jargon, which may or may
not make the story seem more authentic."
New Yorker 22:72 Ag 3 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
80w
"Good!"
4- Sat R of Lit 29:35 S 28 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review plO Ag 18 '46 80w
BAETJER, ANNA MEDORA. Women in in-
dustry; their health and efficiency; prepared
in the Army industrial hygiene laboratory
[issued under the auspices of the Division
of medical sciences and the Division of en-
gineering and industrial research of the
National research council]. 344p $4 Saunders
331.4 Woman — Employment. Diseases, In-
dustrial 46-5417
"Information is given on the utilization of
women in industry, based on both American
and British studies, including several made
during World War II. . . When women are
employed in large numbers, certain problems
arise concerning: their health and efficiency
in relation to their employment. Many tables
and graphs are included, with excellent criti-
cal discussion and evaluation of these." Chem
& Eng N
"It is most unfortunate that this book
was not written before the recent war instead
of after, since it contains the answers to
Sractically all of the questions faced by in-
us trial physicians, personnel directors, and
others in whose plants women were being
employed in production work for the first
time." L. J. Goldwater
+ Am J Pub Health 36:1173 O '46 180w
Am J Soc 52:379 Ja '47 70w
"The material is excellently arranged and
clearly presented throughout. 9f C. T. Snell
-f Chem A Eng N 24:2705 O 10 '46 400w
"Full documentation, drawn largely from
wartime experience, makes this an excellent
source book on how women differ from men
as industrial employees."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:323 D '46 280w
BAG BY, GEORGE A. pseud. Dead on arrival.
205p $2 Doubleday 46-1248
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Mr 8 '46 140w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
"The story is amusing, but the motive for
murder seems a trifle inadequate." Isaac
Anderson^ y TlmM ,,35 Ja 27 '46 180w
"Ix>ts of excellent atmosphere and three fan-
tastically engrossing characters—but finish is
unconvincing and tale gets rather tiresome.
Disappointing."
h Sat R of Lit 29:28 F 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Ja 27 '46
350W
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
31
BAG BY, GEORGE A., pseud. Original car-
case. 221p $2 Doubleday
46~ 7388
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 50w
"Cleverly contrived homicide."
-H Kirkus 14:401 Ag 15 '46 60w
"This is one of the liveliest and most in-
genious of the Inspector Schmidt stories."
Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 150w
"Recommended to novices for study, and to
all for pleasure." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '46
80w
' 'Satisfactory. ' '
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 50w
"Not so funny as some of Mr. Bagby's offer-
ings, but sound and well worth reading on
all the main counts." Will Cuppy
-f — - Weekly Book Review p20 O 20 '46
180w
BAGGER. HOPE SABIN. See here, private
enterprise! a birdseye book clarifying current
controversies. 152p 11 $2.60; pa $1.50 Island
workshop
338.91 U.S.— Economic policy 45-10209
"The theme of this popularly written little
book: Large corporations 'just growed* in this
country, without adequate government control.
Now they and their relatives, international car-
tels, determine production quotas and prices
of all too many necessities and comforts. This
economic power must have democratic govern-
ment regulation if we are to have national and
international well-being and peace." J Home
Econ
Reviewed by L». R. Ward
Book Week plO O 28 '45 360w
"The author is so eager to write snappily
in this critique of capitalism and private in-
dustry as they have been and are that the
affirmative program is somewhat obscured."
Christian Century 62:1449 D 26 '45 90w
Commonweal 44:174 My 31 '46 60w
"The book is better at diagnosing ills than
prescribing remedies, but for persons needing
a stimulant to substituting thoughtful consid-
eration for acceptance of catchwords this type
of reading may be a first step toward more
informed citizenship." Day Monroe
J Home Econ 38:44 Ja '46 200w
"A book like this might well be used by
secondary school students if the teacher takes
account of their immaturity of thought and
limited experiences. They should study the
opposing points of view and defer their con-
clusions until they have sufficient evidence to
make sound judgments. Otherwise their state-
ments may take the form of name- calling and
unfounded accusations."
Social Studies 37:282 O '46 550w
BAGNALL, STEPHEN. Crater's edge. 154p $2
Morrow [6s Hamilton, H]
46-5572
A young Englishman reviews his four loves
as he lies in a shell-crater, possibly dying. As
the pain increases the pictures of his boyhood
and' youth vanish, and he turns to prayer.
44 'The Crater's Edge' lacks artifice, and it
is not really unfair to outline it as an essay.
The author has something to say, more indeed
and sounder things and more sensitive than are
often found in novels. But in this first book he
is not a story teller and not a creator of char-
acters. The argument is not freed from the
restrictions of personal exposition and given
the independence and authority and warmth
of art." Philip Burnham
-\ Commonweal 44:578 S 27 '46 600w
"There's an expectancy, a mysticism, a pre-
Raphaelite romanticism here which gives the
book a certain quality — and a certain imma-
turity which will limit its appeal."
H Kirkus 14:284 Je 16 '46 130w
"Brief novelette, beautifully written; more
successful, I think, in its poignant narrative
than in its philosophy, but or much interest
and promise." G. w. Wakefleld
-f Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 140w
"Thoughts are, no doubt, too orderly and ex-
pression in this circumstance too literary, even
for a writer of love sonnets, but the device
by which Mr. Bagnall avoids autobiographical
form enables him also to avoid realistic recol-
lection. This short book achieves large meas-
ure of tragic beauty." Harold Brlghouse
-4 Manchester Guardian p3 D 28 '45 150w
"His theme is one of those old, well-tried
ones, which were never any good even when
new. . . Not even vivid interludes can remove
the distrust one has for a story whose end Is
also its beginning; and Mr. Bagnall's story
has no vivid interludes. . . With its juicy, self-
admiring prose, its purple passages, its reck-
lessly misrelated participles and its lengthy
commonplaces about the major problems of
life, it is not an easy book to read." Henry
Reed
— New Statesman & Nation 31:90 F 2 '46
160w
"Mr. Bagnall remembers the texture and
mood of moments and knows how to set
down their meaning. His writing is at its
best in imaginative flights: at its worst in the
religious passages which detract from the
artistic whole of the story." J. V.
4- — San Francisco Chronicle p30 D 1 '46
270w
"This distinguished first novel, if novel it is,
has few close relations among the many books
that have come out of the war. The closest
that I can call to mind is Robert Henrique's
'The Voice of the Trumpet,' but even between
these two are distance and difference. How-
ever, they are alike in that each concerns Itself
with the mental and spiritual aspects of -war,
rather than with the military aspects, and they
are alike, too, in that they are the work of
poets, neither of whom is afraid of lyric prose."
B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 O 12 '46 950w
"His style is highly self-conscious, so that
one is embarrassed as in a theatre when an
actor is listening with too much approval to
his own voice. The Crater's Edge may appeal
to admirers of Mr. Charles Morgan." Walter
Allen
Spec 176:48 Ja 11 '46 300w
"Artificial to some extent and restricted in
scope though a novel constructed on these
lines can scarcely fail to be. there is no reason
why it should not be well written and illuminat-
ing. At his best Mr. Bagnall writes with a
deliberate gravity that provokes expectation;
he is, to say the least, very much in earnest.
Unfortunately, he is also given to exaggerated
emotional phrases and to a conventional show
of sophistication. The fact is that his material
is thin and he resorts to rather ornate em-
broidery."
— Times [London] Lit Sup p617 D 29 '45
350w
"It happens to be extremely well written.
The clarity and simplicity, the strength and
eloquence of its prose remind us. as most cur-
rent writing doesn't, that English is a noble
tongue. Except for a few lapses which purists
may discover for themselves, this is a graceful,
muscular style; not a surface ornament but an
Integral part of the book's structure." Dan
Wickenden
H Weekly Book Review p6 S 1 '46 550w
BAGSTER- COLLINS, JEREMY FELIX. George
Colman the younger, 1762-1836. 367p $3 King's
crown press
B or 92 Colman. George A46-3780
Biography of the English playwright and
producer whose first play was produced at the
Haymarket in June, 1784, and who continued
to dominate the British theater for some thirty
years, first as playwright and manager of the
Haymarket, then as censor and mentor. Bib-
liography. Index.
"The book is an honest, straightforward,
factual account of the life of a. Colman Jr.,
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BAGSTER-COLLINS, J. P.— Continued
as it fits into the history of English drama.
The volume is well documented and has a bib-
liography and index." W. E. Parker
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Ag 18 '46
650w
"Students of the theatre will be grateful for
this volume, not because it presents any dis-
coveries, but because it assembles a great deal
of scattered material. The book is valuable,
in the first place, for its many brief records of
behaviour in the theatre. . . In the second
place, the book is interesting1 for certain wider
(though not new) considerations; for instance,
the tracing of the roots of melodrama to the
early works of Colman, and an estimation of
his work and behaviour as Examiner of
Plays. . . Mr. Bagster-Collins has made good
notes and references and an excellent bib-
liography, and on one or two points of fact
he has been able to correct earlier historians;
but he would have made a better book of it
if he had been a little less painstaking. He
is too ready to quote anyone (however in-
significant) who has written anything (however
flat) on the subject of Colman — which is a
manifestation not of scholarship but of indus-
try. Jt would have been far more acceptable
if he had expended some of his zeal on the
making of an adequate index." V. C. Clinton-
Baddeley
H Spec 177:650 D 13 '46 800w
Theatre Arts 30:494 Ag '46 40w
"Mr. Bagster-Collins has proved his worth
not only as a biographer but as a stage his-
torian at the same time. Few actors' 'lives'
have had so accurately informative a back-
ground."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p593 N 30 '46
950w
"Poor Colman probably did his best, but his
best in the theater was so infinitely less than
the second best of the poets in literature that
it cries for explanation. Mr. Bagster-Collins's
full and well documented life of Colman does
little or nothing to clear up this mystery. Prob-
ably he didn't consider that part of his Job."
Weekly Book Review p24 O 13 '46 230w
BAILARD, VIRGINIA, and MCKOWN,
HARRY CHARLES. So you were elected!
drawings by Margaret Conrad. (Whittlesey
house publication) 264p $2.50 McGraw
367 Clubs. Leadership 46-11937
"Addressed directly to students and written
informally we have in this book an answer
to a 'long felt need.' The beginning chapter
of sound advice on the essentials of leadership
followed by one on parliamentary procedures
make up part I. The activities of club work
with specific suggestions for carnivals, the an-
nual football banquet and other types of
parties relevant to school life comprise part II.
Illustrated with line drawings and photo-
graphs." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:88 N 15 '46
"This is a valuable handbook dealing with the
problems of youthful holders of office, — whether
in club or camp or class."
+ Kirkus 14:544 N 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by M. F. Cox
Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 80w
School <& Society 64:318 N 2 '46 20w
"Teachers of English and speech may find
uses for this book in their classroom activities.
Guidance officers and administrators will cer-
tainly want to have a copy available for occa-
sional reference. No teacher who sponsors an
extra-curriculum organization or social activity
should be without it. Its main value, however,
will be for students themselves; for it has a
wholesome and energetic approach to leader-
ship which young leaders will appreciate and
understand." R. H. Anderson
-f School FT 55:57 Ja '47 850w
Social Studies 38:47 Ja '47 20w
"There are many manuals of parliamentary
law and not a few guides for the conduct of
meetings in school or clubs, but this handbook
covers more than any other one publication
that I have seen among those intended for
high-school age or for use in the upper grades."
M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 19 '47 230w
BAILEY, CAROLYN SHERWIN (MRS EBEN
S. HILL). Miss Hickory; with lithographs
by Ruth Gannett. 123p $2.50 Viking
46-7275
Miss Hickory was a personable doll, born
and bred in New Hampshire. Her head was
a hickory nut, and her body was an apple-
wood twig. When the family moved to Boston
for the winter and Chipmunk stole her im-
maculate little house, Miss Hickory with the
aid of Crow, moved into a nest and passed
a happy winter. In spring a misfortune befell
her, but she found a way to be more useful
than ever.
"A skillful blending of fact, fantasy, and
woodsy detail — told in prose as clear and del-
icate as an etching. The ending is original and
entirely unexpected." Jane Cobb
4- Atlantic 178:162 D '46 lOOw
"One of the loveliest small stories in the book
tells what happened on Christmas Eve at mid-
night. Ruth Gannett's wonderful picture of all
the animals going to the barn on that night
to see the miraculous event seems to have
caught some of the radiance of the Christmas
Star itself." Martha King
-f Book Week plO N 3 '46 230w
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"As a child I should have loved the idea
of Miss Hickory. . . I should have been en-
chanted by the lovely lithographs in which
Ruth Gannett shows flowers and animals and
Miss Hickory herself, complete and real with
her sharp-nosed face of a hickory nut, her
stiff twig-like legs and leafy frocks. And Just
because of my belief in her and my pleasure
in her wintry life, 1 should have had a horrid
shock at the end of the story when Squirrel
finally has his desire and Miss Hickory sur-
prisingly enough comes to life in a new way
as part of the apple tree. Even now it dis-
turbs me. Yet I look at the pictures and
realize Miss Gannett must have taken pleasure
in the story or she could not have drawn them
so lovingly." F. C. Darling
H Christian Science Monitor pll N 12 '46
250w
"Fascinating and harmonious lithographs
adorn this imaginative and delightful story."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:465 N '46 130w
"Frankly, we found it long-winded and dull
with an air of preciousness throughout. The
author is better in recreating old customs than
in telling an original story."
— Kirkus 14:387 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
"Very good portrayal of old New England
customs. Illustrated with lithographs by Ruth
Gannett. Will appeal especially to girls of 8-
12." V. W. Schott
-f Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 70w
"Imaginative children of 8 to 11 will
thoroughly enjoy the inventive details, per-
fectly proportioned, of her life in the or-
chard. . . They will like her stout apple-
wood heart and her brisk practicality, which
seemed to soften as winter lengthened into
spring. The end of her tale, so nearly
catastrophic, so unexpectedly right, adds a
final touch of poetry to an unusual fantasy.
Its charm is heightened by Ruth Gannett's
lithographs, sympathetic in mood and very
decorative." E. L. B.
-f N Y Times p4 N 10 '46 200w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:141 D 7 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Quail Hawkins
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 N 10 '46
120w
"Miss Hickory is one of the most interest-
ing personalities to emerge from the books of
1946. She affects one as a glass of tangy
wine made from grapes ripened in the au-
tumn sun. . . It may seem sad that Squirrel
got extremely hungry and ate Miss Hickory's
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head. But the thing that happens to her
afterward is so satisfying that there is no
room for sadness. With her we share the
lovely sequence of autumn, winter, and spring
in the New England countryside. All the tiny
details of wood and meadow as they loom up
in her little world are ours." M. G. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:46 N 9 '46 270w
"A better fairy tale than this has not come
out of New England since Beechnut told one
to Malleville. . . A story that could do without
illustrations can be immeasurably helped by
the right ones and ruined by the wrong. These
are right. They preserve the delicate balance
between actual fauna and flora and the mys-
terious uses to which fancy puts them. . .
These are animals completely in character, as
you know they would act under the conditions
and I do not see how the delicate beauty of
the climax could have had better pictorial
treatment than in the last ten pages." M. L.
Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 O 6 '46 400w
BAILEY, HENRY CHRISTOPHER. Life sen-
tence. 250p $2 Doubleday
46-7186
Detective story.
"The Life Sentence, unlike its immediate
predecessors, has a blessedly uncluttered plot,
quiet but firm suspense and the delicately
sketched relationships that are H. C. Bailey's
special capacity." James Sandoe
-f Book Week p9 O 27 '46 370w
"The medical detective at his British best "
4- Kirkus 14:401 Ag 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 27 '46 180w
"If you admire Dr. Fortune, you ought to
find this one of his more satisfactory cases."
New Yorker 22:136 O 19 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
80w
Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 40w
"This is a major Bailey item, full of all
you'd expect and not to be missed." Will
Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p20 O 20 '46 270w
BAILEY, HI LEA, pseud. See Marling, R. L.
BAILEY, PAUL DAYTON. Deliver me from
Eva. 237p $2 Murray & Gee
Horror story of a young California lawyer
who meets a beautiful, mysterious young wom-
an on a train trip, marries in haste, and is
drawn into her father's ghastly doings on a
great California estate.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p22 Mr 17 '46 90w
"Silly."
— Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 30 '46 40w
BAILLIE, JOHN. What is Christian civiliza-
tion? 59p $1 Scribner
261 Civilization, Christian 45-10791
"Dr. Baillie begins with a summary of the
historical relations between Christianity and
civilization. He then considers the modern
world where the Christian church, whether
it likes it or not, has to face the common
acceptance by churchgoer and non-churchgoer
alike of an autonomy of politics, economics,
art and learning that Thomas Aquinas and
John Calvin equally would have found shock-
ing. Dr. Baillie' s historical analysis has fur-
nished him with a view of the relation be-
tween the church and the world that is rele-
vant to the task the church sets for itself at
any stage of its history." Christian Century
Reviewed by A. S. Nash §JA oen
Christian Century 63:48 Ja 9 '46 850w
"The small number of pages of this pub-
lication might wrongly suggest that it is a
mere pamphlet. Compactly printed, it con-
tains the Riddle Memorial Lectures (Univer-
sity of Durham), which followed closely the
author's Hoyt Lectures and others given 'to
ministers in Pittsburgh, Princeton and Chi-
cag9 in June and July.' This is mentioned
to indicate the nature of the volume and to
draw the attention of those who may have
heard the lectures. They may agree with me
that this is a book to read and reread and
will want to possess it. The publishers de-
serve commendation for offering it at a price
conducive to its wide circulation. . . The chief
defect of the book, a serious one because it
is fundamental for his subject, is that Dr.
Baillie does not make clear what he fully
means by the term 'Christian/ " A. G. Wid-
gery
H Crozcr Q 23:178 Ap '46 lOOOw
"The argument is closely knit, to be fol-
lowed only by the attentive reader familiar
with his church history and philosophy of re-
ligion. . . This is a book for clergymen, the-
ologians and others striving for a working phi-
losophy for the world of today."
•f Kirkus 13:507 N 15 '45 190w
BAINBRIDGE, JOHN. Little wonder; or. The
Reader's digest and how it grew. 177p $2
Reynal
051 Reader's digest. Wallace, DeWitt
46-4584
An expansion of an article which first ap-
peared in the New Yorker 111 1945. In it the
author gives a picture of the magazine, The
Reader's Digest; and the people who make it,
especially the editor, DeWitt Wallace.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p4 Je 2 '46 550w
Booklist 42:343 Jl 1 '46
"A lovely, lethal job, this is annihilation at
its most amusing, and in spite of its rather
special angle, may very well catch on."
-I- Kirkus 14:144 Mr 15 '46 210w
"If the reader is not interested in The Read-
er's Digest as such, he may read this short
sketch for its value as the keenest analysis
that has ben made of a current trend' Kvery
library should buy The Little Wonder." K. T.
Willis
-f Library J 71:754 My 15 '46 120w
"Bainbridere has provided a high-class re-
port, written with the sophisticated touch we
have come to expect of The New Yorker, of
one of the little wonders of our age, whose
phenomenal growth, if we want to understand
it, would require a sociological or social-psy-
chological analysis of major proportions." Had-
ley Cantnl
+ N Y Times p5 Je 2 '46 1750w
"After two years of pretty exhaustive in-
vestigation, Mr. Bainbridge reports that three
out of five Digest articles now originate in its
own offices. . . One finds it rather hard to
share Mr. Bainbridge's shocked feeling that
this trend, developing over the past ten years,
is somehow perfidious and sinister. . . The
large space here devoted to this subject, along
with personal irrelevancies like the decor and
the food of the Wallaces' house in Suburbia,
give a detached reader the steady impression
that this is a grudge book. It is clear that
Mr Bainbridge takes The Digest rather more
seriously than do most readers, sometimes con-
fuses gossip with research, and ends by being
a trifle tedious." Dixon Wecter
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Je 15 '46 1050w
"Mr. Bainbridge seems at times genuinely
disturbed over the influence on American
thought he credits to the Digest, but much of
his lifting of hands in horror over the Digest's
unorthodox editorial customs seems just a little
theatrical. The Digest 'think pieces' he believes
to be unduly Influential are rarely as much
talked about as its articles on sex, science,
children, birth control and women, and the
Digest from that standpoint isn't much worse
than the average daily newspaper, which tries
to have something for everybody." R. F. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 410w
"Mr. Bainbridge's observations are not always
the most complimentary, but they are logical,
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BAINBRIDGE, JOHN — Continued
are backed by a storehouse of facts, and are
usually amusing. Underneath the brilliance and
wit of the analysis is, however, a profound crit-
icism—that the Digest channelizes thinking so
that 'people everywhere will think alike.' But
whether one agrees or disagrees with this con-
clusion, few will not agree that the study is
a model for writing in modern journalism."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:175 S '46 270w
"This Is clever, keen, penetrating, highly
amusing and, of course, quite useless, except
as an evening's mild diversion." Q. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p!7 Ag 4 '46 700w
BAIRD, ALBERT CRAIG, ed. Representative
American speeches: 1945-46. (Reference shelf)
287p $1.25 Wilson, H.W.
815 Speeches, addresses, etc. (38-27962)
"International policies, Atomic energy, Eco-
nomic controls, the relations of Labor and Man-
agement, National attitudes and ideals, are re-
flected in this selection of public speeches. Opens
with McArthur's speech from the battleship
Missouri; ends with Robert Hutchins on Edu-
cation." Wis Lib Bui
"Here is collateral reading and documentation
on the most important phases of contemporary
history."
+ Christian Century 63:1568 D 25 '46 30w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
BAKER, CHARLES HENRY. Blood of the
Lamb. 275p $2.50 Rinehart
46-2021
Story of the Florida cracker country and
of an unctuous minister, whose lascivious ways
result in the driving from the region of an
old woman and her two pretty daughters.
"The novel as a whole is more or less aim-
less, and Baker's over- literary style and rarely
compassionate irony are somewhat obtrusive,
but his detailed background of Crackerland
folklore and mores and his over-sized charac-
terizations are effective in themselves and
offer unusually robust entertainment." Jex
Martin
H Book Week p5 Ap 21 '46 360w
Reviewed by L. D. Milan!
Canadian Forum 26:69 Je '46 420w
"We do not question the authenticity of
scalawag Preacher Love Qudger in this book.
Preacher Qudger stands out as a particularly
venal 'prophet' of the Word in a backward
Deep South area, and we know from our own
experiences that his kind is ever with us. . .
[But] nowhere in this story do the citizens of
Merrimac, Florida, come to life, take on flesh
and bone and go through the ordinarily com-
mon decencies of their small lives. . . Blood
of the Lamb is [therefore] an inadequate and
generally misleading picture of the Southern
Holiness folk." Harold Preece and Celia Kraft
— Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 180w
Kirkus 14:23 Ja 15 '46 IBOw
"Description and dialect undoubtedly authen-
tic, but characters border on caricatures.
Plenty of humor, mostly of the barnyard vari-
ety. A first novel that shows power and skill
in dramatization, but is definitely not for con-
servative readers." Q. W. Hill
Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Here is a rich gallery of cracker portraits,
done with a loose, sure brush; a regional novel,
written from the inside out, with a fine eye
for the sad yet garish color of the Florida
scrub, a fine ear for its heat-drugged speech,
a fine understanding of the pellagra-ridden
folk who inhabit it.'r William Du Bols
-f N Y Times p6 Ap 23 '46 SOOw
"Blood of the Lamb is not much of a novel,
but it is long on local color, loud piety, snuff,
'stump liquor and local talk."
Time 47:108 Ap 22 '46 240w
"What Jesse Stuart has done for rural Ken-
tuckians, Mr. Baker has attempted for their
Florldian counterparts. If you enjoyed 'Tapa
for Private Tussle,' you will certainly feel at
home with 'Blood of the Lamb.' But the lat-
ter is more than good natured farce; there Is
a certain pathos and tragedy underlying the
humor and ribaldry, and between chuckles the
reader will flnd himself face to face with the
elemental In life, frequently no matter for
laughter." David Tilden
-f Weekly Book Review plS Ap 28 '46
650w
BAKER, FRANK. Embers; a winter tale. 213p
$2.50 Coward-McCann
46-2684
A strange, evanescent tale about an elderly
Englishman living in a cricket pavilion adja-
cent to an English country house. For com-
pany Embers had his five cats, and two friends
always rallied round. But the old man's real
company was his dream of the woman whom
he had loved and lost.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p2 Mr 17 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:136 Mr 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Nona Balakian
N Y Times p6 Mr 17 '46 400w
"Somebody should tell [Mr Baker] to give
up his ineffectual tinkering with metaphysics
and go back to saying what he means, as he
did quite successfully a while ago in a pleas-
ing novel called 'Full Score* [Book Review
Digest, 1942]."
— New Yorker 22:101 Mr 16 '46 80w
" 'Embers' is a provocative, moving, beauti-
fully written story, a 'Winter's Tale,' delicate
and macabre. But it is also like music ending
on an unresolved chord, leaving the hearer
still in air, vaguely unsatisfied." S. H. Hay
+ Sat R of Lit 29:57 Mr 30 '46 650w
"I do not know all that Mr. Baker is driv-
ing at in 'Embers'; I did not know all that he
was driving at in 'Miss Hargr eaves.' But this
lack of complete knowledge is made acceptable
by one's recognition of Mr. Baker as a flrst-
class writer who may not even himself be
fully aware whither his talent is leading; cer-
tainly it is to no already charted territory.
His main pitfall is whimsy, which has once
or twice engulfed him in earlier books; but
in this latest one it merely bogs him down
here and there." James Hilton
Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 10 '46 600w
BAKER, GEORGE. The new Sad Sack (11. by
the author]. 167p $2 Simon & Schuster
940.5497 World war, 1939-1945— Humor, car-
icatures, etc. 46-5069
Cartoons about the depressed little soldier,
for whom nothing ever came out right. For The
Sad Sack, see Book Review Digest, 1944.
Booklist 43:12 S '46
Reviewed by David Dempsey
N Y Times p7 Jl 21 '46 550w
"[The book] is a sequel to 'The Sad Sack*
and every bit as entertaining. If there is an
ounce of sadism In you, you probably will flnd
it funny."
New Yorker 22:102 S 7 '46 50 w
"It Is a good thing that this book appears
now, after the fighting Is over. For If Mauldin
was the supreme portrayer of the dirty, grimy,
combat soldier, then certainly Baker excels in
depicting the tribulations of garrison life and
the deadly routine of the Army. . . Once again
Baker rises to champion the bewildered soldier
sweating out his duties in the United States."
A. C. Fields
-f Sat R of Lit 29:7 Jl 6 '46 550w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Je 27 '46 320w
"The incidents are often humorous, but the
fun is not exactly undiluted. Like a capsule
that spills its contents on the tongue, it leaves
a bitter after taste."
Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 14 '46 I30w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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BAKER, HELEN, and DAHL, DOROTHY.
Group health Insurance and sickness benefit
plans in collective bargaining. 89p pa $1.50
Princeton univ. Industrial relations section
331.25442 Insurance, Health. Collective bar-
gaining 46-285
"This 'survey of the impact of collective
bargaining on provisions for sickness benefits
for industrial employees . . . was restricted
to programs which provide, as a central core,
weekly cash benefits for temporary disability.'
Information was obtained about 'more than 44
sick benefit programs established through
agreements with employer associations, and
more than 230 included in agreements with
individual companies.' The authors outline
in considerable detail plans developed through
collective bargaining and the major policies and
problems involved. The viewpoints of unions,
employers, and insurance carriers are quoted,
and the advantages and disadvantages of union
and employer administration of benefits are
pointed out." Am J Pub Health
"Everyone interested in health insurance
plans will find the first hand information con-
tained in this report of value for the light
it throws upon an important social experi-
ment." M. L. Plumley
+ Am J Pub Health 36:556 My '46 230w
"Timely information on the values and weak-
nesses of private health insurance plans."
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 13 '46
llOw
BAKER, JOHN CALHOUN. Directors and
their functions; a preliminary study. 145p
$2.50 Harvard univ. Graduate school of busi-
ness administration. Division of research,
Soldiers Field, Boston 63
658.151 Corporations A45-4846
Discusses the duties of company directors
and their management functions. The author
stresses the need for strong, able directors
who can adequately meet their responsibilities,
and gives in detail the experiences of four
specific companies. Contents: Directors and
their environment; Directors and their prob-
lems; Specific directorates: a case approach;
The American Tobacco Company; Climax
Molybdenum Company- General Foods Corpo-
ration; Standard Oil Company (New Jersey);
Comparisons; The Board Chairman: a chal-
lenge; Findings and interpretations. Index.
"While this is useful as a preliminary study,
let us hope that the final work carries the
analysis to a more fundamental and significant
level." B. B. Gardner
Am J Soc 52:169 S '46 450w
"As would be expected from the author, the
research and writing have been done in a
scholarly fashion, and there can be no doubt
that we know more about the subject as a
result of this book. It is hoped that subse-
quent publications of this series dealing with
directors will be forthcoming in the near fu-
ture." E. F. Donaldson
-f- Ann Am Acad 243:174 Ja '46 700w
"Mr. Baker has raised many questions of
contemporary importance. If his book is widely
read, it will do much to mobilize business and
legal intelligence on problems of social and
economic control which should not be impos-
sible for solution in accordance with American
traditions." John Hanna
- + Columbia Law R 45:974 N '45 1250w
"Refreshing, because it is an objective con-
sideration of a rather controversial topic: in-
formative, because the facts presented are de-
rived from first-hand contact with directors
and representative industrial corporations."
A. A. jBaUantine ^^ R ^^ N ^ ^^^
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:103 Je '46 360w
BAKER, LOUIS HENRY. Do you know your
football? 99p $1.50 Barnes. A.S.
796.33 Football 46-11938
In question and answer form this book con-
taina over 500 facts concerning the game of
football arranged under the headings: All- Amer-
icans; Bowl games; Coaches; Firsts on football;
History of football; Players; Rules; Technique.
Book Week p5 O 27 '46 60w
Booklist 43:88 N 15 '46
BAKER, LOUIS HENRY. Football: facts and
figures; with a foreword by Grantland Rice.
732p il $5 Rinehart
796.33 Football 45-11350
"This is a book to end all books on football,
until more records are made and more coaches
rise to fame. It begins with the history of
the game and there would seem to be answers
here to any question that a real fan might
ask. However, for a mere reference librarian
the index might be fuller. Photographs of
famous coaches and players." Booklist
Booklist 42:160 Ja 15 '46
"Old timers will get a thrill out of digging
into the ancient records that go back to foot-
ball's infancy. The moderns will enjoy the
outstanding records of players and games and
colleges from all parts of the country. . . Foot-
ball fans now have their encyclopedia."
-f Kirkus 13:415 S 15 '45 llOw
"Although it contains a fair portion of nar-
ration the volume's chief virtue for the foot-
ball enthusiast is its many tables of informa-
tion. Records of teams all over the country,
from the very start of the sport, are to be
found. A general index, a personal index, a
bibliography, a history of professional football,
a list of the nation's largest stadia, all are in
this monumental work." J. C. Nichols
-|- N Y Times p26 Ag 11 '46 270w
"The perfect barroom and clubhouse com-
panion and argument settler. Names, dates,
places, scores, the history of the sport, of its
rules, and of its great players and coaches, plus
four or five hundred thousand other absorbing
facts. Where has it been all these years?"
+ New Yorker 21:80 F 2 '46 40w
BAKER, MRS LOUISE (MAXWELL). Out
on a limb. (Whittlesey house publication)
213p $2 McGraw
B or 92 46-7133
Autobiography of the author of Party Line
(Book Review Digest 1945). In it she de-
scribes the accident which left her handi-
capped by the loss of a leg, and recounts how
she overcame the handicap and has lived a
healthy, hearty life.
"Mrs. Baker is a delightful person and an
entertaining writer. In dozens of instances
that might have been tragic, she sees humor
and her story as well as being the gay chroni-
cle of how a highly individual person grew
to adulthood, has the inspirational quality of
showing how fully a life can be lived under
circumstances which a less gallant and ven-
turesome person might have found dreadfully
strangling. Incidentally, she tells of her hus-
bands. This book could never have been writ-
ten if Mrs. Baker had not lost her leg, but
what is important is not what was lost but
what was left of Mrs. Baker when the leg
was gone." J. W. R.
+ Book Week p4 O 13 '46 360w
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
"This is a humorous and good humored ap-
proach to a loss which was only physically
crippling. The book should have much to
hearten amputees."
4- Kirkus 14:407 Ag 15 '46 IBOw
"It is an autobiography that might have
been morbid and pathetic. Instead, because
of Mrs. Baker's highly developed sense of
humor about herself, it becomes a lively,
graceful story." Lucy Greenbaum
-f- N Y Times p28 N 10 '46 1050w
"This autobiography might well have been
entitled, like one of Its chapters, 'The Leg
and I.' Indeed it is even possible that Louise
Baker's leg may some day catch up with
Betty MacDon aid's egg. Both books tell un-
usual personal stories with breezy forthright-
ness; both authors wisecrack their way through
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BAKER, LOUISE— Continued
adverse circumstances. . . The chronicler of
the egg has advantages both in background
and foreground over the chronicler of the leg
— she is also funnier — but each of them pro-
vides novel and blithe entertainment of an
unpretentious variety." Grace Frank
4- Sat R of Lit 29:41 N 2 '46 700w
"Her humorous and serious comments on
orthopedic pros and cons and expedients will
have particular interest to other 'unipeds.'
The central interest in this lively book, how-
ever, is not Louise Baker's lack of a leg
but Louise Baker herself. She remarks at the
end that she can't see what in Heaven's name
there would have been to put in her auto-
biography if she had had two feet. But the
reader who has laughed at her jokes, shared
in her adventures and enjoyed her friendli-
ness will disagree." Mary Ross
H- Weekly Book Review p24 N 17 '46
480w
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
BAKER, MRS NINA (BROWN). Sun Yat-
sen; il. by Jeanyee Wong. 247p $2 50 Van-
guard
B or 92 Sun Yat-sen 46-11903
Biography of the Chinese leader who de-
voted the best part of his life to the estab-
lishment or a republic in China. The book is
simply written so that it can be used with
the teen -aged reader. Index.
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
"Competent biography in a romanticized,
too little known area of conflict."
4- Kirkus 14:491 O 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Claire Nolte
Library J 71:1810 D 15 '46 70w
"Mrs Baker writes in an appealing fashion
for the 'teen-age reader, presenting the Chin-
ese way of life so that it is easy for the
Westerner to understand. To read her book
is to absorb painlessly the history of some of
China's most turbulent and significant years."
Helena Kuo
4- N Y Times p2 N 10 '46 180w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:147 D 7 '46 70w
Reviewed by Eleanor Breed
San Francisco Chronicle p2 N 10 '46
HOw
"In these days of pessimism about the
prospects for international peace and world
organization it becomes increasingly important
that we help young people to increase their
knowledge and understanding of other nations.
Biography can, by providing us with the life
stories of the great men and women of other
lands, play an important role in this deeper
understanding. Thus, this book, about the
founder of modern China, assumes a greater
value. . . Mrs. Baker has written an excel-
lent book. Best of all, it is a book that
needed to be written. Reading it, thousands
of young- Americans will receive lasting
values." R. A. B.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:67 N 9 '46 230w
Weekly Book Review p30 N 10 '46
450w
BAKER, RACHEL (MININBERG). Dr Mor-
ton, pioneer in the use of ether; 11. by Law-
rence Dresser. 224p $2.50 Messner
Morton, William Thomas Green— Fiction
SQ46-115
Fictionized biography of William T. G. Mor-
ton, the Massachusetts farm boy, who was
the first to use ether in operations. For older
boys and girls. Bibliography. Index.
encourage budding scientists, or to create so-
cial-minded workers. A rather strange choice
for a subject of a junior biography."
h Kirkus 14:73 F 1 '46 HOw
"Recommended for junior and senior high
schools." Elizabeth Burr
-f Library J 71:669 My 1 '46 70w
"An inspiring, exciting biography, told in
interesting fictional form." H. B. Lent
•f N Y Times p36 Ap 14 '46 90w
"Mrs. Baker has produced a fine book that
will appeal to children as well as adults. It
is spontaneous and lively writing, but it car-
ries the earmarks of careful, painstaking re-
search."
-h Scientific Bk Club R p4 Ap '46 270w
"It is an interesting, well done book, but
rather light In content chiefly owing to the
fact that Dr Morton was far from being a
major figure despite his great service to man-
kind." R. F. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 480w
"It is not in itself a pleasant story, but it
is strong and stimulating, told with fire, with
respect and with admiration." M. L*. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 14 '46 210w
BALCHIN, NIGEL. Mine own executioner. 33Cp
$2 50 Houghton [8s Gd Collins]
46-11904
"Short no\ el about an unlicensed psycho-
analyst, his rather unsatisfaotoiy relations with
his wife, and his imaginative handling of a
likable but murderous young man." New
Yorker
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll My 5 '46 220w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:211 My '46 80w
"A depressing: history of a sensitive youth. . .
A sad document, sympathetically written, his-
torically of Interest. But hardly a book to
"The novel is notable for occasional bril-
liances; but instances might be multiplied al-
most indefinitely. And the sum of the novel
seems to me seriously considerable. Balchin
is a novelist worth reading now and one whose
future novels are an uncommonly rich pros-
pect because of this accuracy of ear, because
of the honesty of his subjects, because of the
abounding vitality of his characters. He is cus-
tomarily bitter or sardonic, but not senti-
mentally so. He is still writing toward his
finest novel, but he has written already with
uncommon distinction." James Sandoe
4- Book Week p5 S 15 '46 700w
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
"This is psychiatry as intelligent as It has
been practised in print, it is also a holding
story, not without irony and with little il-
lusion, but perhaps a little too civilized for
the wider public."
Kirkus 14:256 Je 1 '46 180w
4 'Book lacks smoothness in style and ap-
pears to have been written in a hurry. Char-
acterizations not true to life. Conversation Is
stilted." W. A. Kalenich
— Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 80w
"Even if Balchin were a better writer, it is
doubtful if this would have been a successful
book. In the first place, a psychiatrist in his
professional role must be too impersonal to
furnish the protagonist for a novel, and in the
second, the case histories of his patients re-
main stories within stories, unassimilated to
the structure of the plot. It may be hoped, inci-
dentally, that this book doesn't help to break
the ice for a flood of novels about psychiatry
similar to the flood of doctor-hospital fiction."
John Farrelly
New Repub 115:741 D 2 '46 230w
"A literate, fast- paced, skillfully managed
story that belongs to an Increasingly popular
type — psychological (or more accurately) the
psychopathic thriller." D. S. Norton
-f N Y Times p20 S 15 '46 700w
"Considering the recent crop of forced or
fancy fiction, most of which might have been
written by earnest children, Mr. Balchin's adult
approach to a subtle theme is a welcome bit
of refreshment."
+ New Yorker 22:108 S 14 '46 80w
"Mr. Balchin has a cool, light touch, but he
Is a very serious man just the same. I am not
certain Just where he is going, but it is a
downright exciting thing to watch him while
he's on his way." R. L. North
Sat R of Lit 29:31 O 5 '46 600w
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"The immature approach to love and mar-
riage on the part of a man in whose maturity
we are so eager to believe, since the value of
his work as an analyst depends on it, detracts
from the stature of the novel. Unfairly per-
haps, it even rouses the reader's doubts as to
the authenticity of the climax of the book. . .
Despite the occasional doubts prompted by
Felix Milne's behavior, however, 'Mine Own
Executioner' presents a balanced, unpreten-
tious, and at times absorbing picture of the
treatment of human personality as practiced
in our day." Virgilia Peterson
H Weekly Book Review plO S 15 '46 700w
BALDWIN, FAITH. Woman on her way. 309p
$2.50 Rinehart
46-4733
Character sketch of Meg" Lewis, born of poor
parents and married to a charming but un-
stable husband. For years Meg was forced to
support her three children by dressmaking:,
until a wealthy client helped her to establish
her own dress designing house in New York.
The story of Meg's success and her second
marriage late in life covers a period of over
forty years — the first years of the present cen-
tury.
"Faith Baldwin can write when she takes
the trouble, and she took considerable care
with this novel." Olive Carruthers
-f Book Week p6 O 6 '46 160w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
Kirkus 14:283 Je 15 '46 150w
"All this is strictly in a pattern of Baldwin
opera — and all of it is played in tempo, true
to the beat of the director's metronome. . .
Yet there's much more to delight the author's
faithful readers, who will follow eagerly Meg's
heartaches and triumphs up to the present
time. There are, of course, all the usual
touches' easy dialogue, swift pace, colorful
period details and the numerous twists of co-
incidence serving as salt and pepper to the
meat of the plot." A. P
H NY Times p28 Ag 25 '46 280w
BALL, 2ACHARY. Pull down to New Or-
leans. 292p $2.50 Crown
46-7569
Novel of romance and intrigue set against
the background of the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers in 1802.
"Slight, written practically like a scenario,
this one reads much as if it were lifted bodily
from the pages of a slick- paper woman's
magazine. It is, too, more of an elongated
short story, or perhaps a novelette, than a
novel. But it has some of the merits as well
as the drawbacks of readymade, ready-to-wear
fiction; it does move at a quick clip." H. T.
Kane
Book Week p8 N 3 '46 230w
Reviewed by Richard Match
N Y Times p!6 N 10 '46 320w
"Rowdy historical romance is Zachary Hall's
specialty, and this Mississippi melee is right up
his valley." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46 llOw
BALLARD, W. T. Murder can't stop. 207p $2
McKay
Detective story.
"Unlikely motivation and frequent cliches
mar a fast-paced and generally enjoyable
meller." Anthony Boucher
-i San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
50w
"Hard-boiled."
Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 23 '46 50w
BALLINQER, WILLIS JEROME. By vote of
the people. SSlp $3 Scribner
321 Democracy. Capitalism. U.S. — Economic
policy 46-7464
"Mr. Ballinger, an exponent of small busi-
ness, laissez-faire economics and critic of grow-
ing government authority presents an economic
interpretation of decline of 'free government,'
tracing collapse of 'democratic* governments
through the centuries from ancient Greece to
20th century Italy and Germany. Last half of
book is concerned with this 'historical crisis
in America.' Mr. Ballinger's thesis rests on
growth of monopoly and increasing dependence
of citizens on government." (Library J) Bib-
liography. Index.
"The book is interesting and thought-provok-
ing. But neither the choice 9f the cases of
collapsing capitalism nor the author's analysis
of them is altogether convincing. Also, some of
the suggested cures seem rather platitudinous,
though platitudes are often basic and vital
truths. The picture which the author paints
is one-sided: his appraisal is not free from
bias. . . But, if his grim and lurid panorama
helps awaken America to a real and pressing
problem, it will have performed a useful serv-
ice " R. H. M.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 24 '46
750w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by G. G. Higgins
Commonweal 45:209 D 6 '46 750w
Klrkus 14:466 S 1 '46 170\v
"A paradoxical, controversal book.
Author's recommendations and interpretations
are disputable " John Korthol
Library J 71:1327 O 1 '46 140w
"In order to support his argument, Ballinger
has to uphold a number of dubious theses
One is that all the civilizations in question
were sufficiently democratic arid sufficiently
capitalist in the modern sense so that their
experience is relevant Another is that in
each case the decline of democracy arose from
monopolistic practices. The third is ,that un-
employment crises would not have occurred
without monopoly. He agrees with Hayek and
with John Chamberlain, who writes the in-
troduction, that without competitive capitalism
democracy is impossible Finally he assumes
that police action by government can break
up monopoly and that nothing more is neces-
sary to distribute wealth equitably and avoid
serious unemployment. To state this argument
is enough to raise doubts about its validity."
George Soule
New Repub 115:524 O 21 '46 500w
Reviewed by J. J. Friedman
N Y Times p!2 O 27 '46 lOOOw
"For twenty-ftve cents the reader may get
historic metaphors apart, all that this re-
viewer found valuable in the book, and may
get it more solidly reasoned in Henry Simon's
unimpassioned pamphlet 'A Positive Program
for Lais.scz Faire' (also not listed in Mr.
Ballinger' b bibliography)." T. V. Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 9 '46 850w
Reviewed by C. B. Ayres
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 29 '46 1050w
BAM BRICK, WINIFRED. Keller's continental
revue [Erig title: Continental revuej. 462p il
$2.75 Hough ton [9s 6d Faber]
46-11834
"Novel about the impact* of war on a great
cosmopolitan extravaganza which for twenty
years had dazzled and thrilled pleasure -seek-
ers in Europe, the British Isles, the Far and
Near East. The personnel of the revue was as
varied and polyglot as the U. N. O. In its
company of three hundred were to be found
Germans, English, Chinese, Arabs, French,
Irish, Austrians, Italians, Dutch, Indians,
Spaniards, Hawaiians, even a Brazilian and a
Negro. Yet so great was their esprit de corps,
so deep their devotion to the tenet, 'the show
must go on,' that it wasn't until passport
difficulties limited the professional activities of
its members that the show shriveled and col-
lapsed. . . [The author] uses for her plot the
romance of a young English scene designer
and an Austrian ballet dancer. This romance
survived all obstacles until Hitler menaced
mankind." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
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BAMBRICK, WINIFRED — Continued
Reviewed by Paul Bloomfleld ft^
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 3 '47 240w
"A harmless, pleasant little novel." Patricia
Blake
N Y Times p!2 N 17 '46 500w
"Somehow the protagonists never step out
of the electricians technicolor spotlights into
the reality of daylight, and the off-stage lives
of those interesting people never seem as fas-
cinating as their professional activities. Miss
Bambrick has given an accurate, well -observed,
and always entertaining account of what goes
on backstage of a big revue, from rehearsal
to the final curtain on opening night, and she
has understanding for the ambitions, jealousies,
and little joys and pains of her three-hundred
performers." Joseph Wechsberg
H Sat R of Lit 30:23 Ja 18 '47 600w
"There's a fine frenzy about the descriptions
of performances and touring life, but the au-
thor is unable to create character, and be-
neath the frenzy one glimpses the pinched and
tiny skeleton of a servant-girl's novelette."
Walter Allen
Spec 178:58 Ja 10 '47 130w
"Few novels of theatrical life succeed In
representing show folk as real people; the
temptation to write at concert pitch proves too
strong. Continental Revue is at its best when
the show is pushed into the background by the
grim reality of history in the making. The
picture of the arrival of Neville Chamberlain
in Germany is as vivid as a 'news-reel.' "
H Times [London] Lit Sup p641 D 28 '46
180w
Reviewed by Richard Maney
Weekly Book Review plO D 22 '46
800w
BANNON, LAURA. Red mittens; pictures by
[the author], [30p] $1.50 Houghton
Picture-story book about little Joe who
loved his red mittens so much that he even
wore them in summer, tied around his neck
on a string. One day he lost them, and story
and pictures show how his animal friends
located them.
"A distinctive and satisfying little picture
book for children from 4 to 8."
-f Book Week p!5 Je 2 *46 180w
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl2 My '46
"Children of nursery age will like to hear
what animals helped Joe look for the mittens
and which one helped him find them. They
will like the merry pictures in black and white,
too." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:203 My '46 80w
"An engagingly written, charmingly illus-
trated . . . story."
•f Kirkus 14:148 Mr 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by Miriam Snow
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 70w
"Little Joe, alas! is not nearly so handsome
as his animal helpers, but 4-to-7-year-oids
will enjoy the tale of his quest and the Joke
at the end, related in crisp sentences." E. L.
Buell
+ N Y Time* p7 Mr 17 '46 90w
"A picture book with a humorous surprise
ending, but perhaps Miss Bannon should not
have tried to project the humor into her black
and white illustrations, for it detracts from
their charm and makes the animals appear
ludicrous." P. H. S.
H Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
120w
"This is an engaging little book from first
to last; pictures and story are one." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
BARBER, MRS ELSIE MARION (OAKE8).
The wall between. 356p $2.76 Macmiilan
46-6324
"Prom a typical materialistic young modern
Christy Gardner grows into truly Christian
woman through her great love for Mark, her
minister husband, and through sharing his
everyday experiences with his parishioners.
When he leaves for war she plunges into war
work to forget loneliness — finding solace and
her way to faith in her growing ability to
help those in distress." Library J
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
Reviewed by L. E. Cannon
Christian Century 63:1344 N 6 '46 230w
"A first novel that should appeal to a
feminine audience. There's a sincere feel to
the questions young Christy cannot solve."
-f Kirkus 14:282 Je 15 '46 170w
"Characters not convincing. A first novel.
Will be popular in public libraries because of
wholesome point of view." H. R. Forbes
H Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
"Miss Barber has arranged the material of
her flrst novel with care. But Christy reminds
this reader of conversations with friends who
have been psychoanalyzed. No matter how
heart-warming and welcome the improvements,
the details generally lack buoyancy." E. S.
Holsaert
N Y Times p34 S 22 '46 300w
"The author is thoroughly acquainted with
her theme and sympathetic with her heroine's
problem — as well as the husband's headaches.
'The Wall Between' is a thoughtful novel, but
the human slant is uppermost." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
BARBER, MARSHALL ALBERT. Malariologist
in many lands; with a foreword by Paul F.
Russell. 158p 11 $2.50 Univ. of Kan.
614.53 Malaria SG46-242
An American scientist, a member of the staffs
of the International health division of the
Rockefeller foundation and other public health
agencies, who has studied and fought malaria
in many countries, here describes his travels
and his work. Index.
"For the experienced malariologist this should
prove enjoyable reading recalling various im-
portant facts of malaria control. To the lay-
man in malaria control it should serve as gen-
eral introduction to the study of malariology or
a background of information concerning the
basic factors involved in malaria control." F. B.
Elder
-f- Am J Pub Health 36:933 Ag '46 320w
"I>r. Barber has exceptional ability to present
technical matters in language that the general
reader can understand. He writes with dry hu-
mor, most often directed toward himself, and
with a real sense of dramatic and human
values in the exciting stories he has to tell. In
every country in which he worked, moreover,
he observed keenly and sympathetically the
lives and problems of the common people; and
he shares his observations, frankly and con-
cisely." J. T. Frederick
-f- Book Week p2 Jl 21 '46 150w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"This straightforward narrative of Dr. Bar-
ber's is the interestingly human and scientific
account of the good doctor's travels throughout
the world."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Je '46 360w
"The book should prove of great interest to
the physician, to those engaged in the field
of public health, and to the informed layman."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:329 D '46 180w
BARBOUR, THOMAS. A naturalist's scrap
book. 218p il $3 Harvard univ. press
B or 92 Naturalists— Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. Natural history museums
A46-8
"A miscellany of reminiscences on the au-
thor's experiences in museum keeping, his natu-
ralist acquaintances, and personal adventures
in collecting." Booklist
Atlantic 178:160 'Jl '46 1300w
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39
"The book abounds in good stories like that
of the stolen whale — surely a parallel In real
life to Mark Twain's notional 'Stolen White
Elephant.1 Even If one Isn't especially inter-
ested in natural history, he is In delightful and
stimulating company in every page of Thomas
Barbour." J. T. Frederick
-h Book Week p2 Ap 7 '46 220w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor plO Ja 11
'47 lOOw
Reviewed by B. W. Kunkel
New Eng Q 19:261 Je '46 650w
"Good shop talk, the spontaneous enthusiasm
of a man for his work, is always Interesting.
This volume is filled with it. . . 'A Naturalist's
Scrapbook' is not to be compared with Dr. Bar-
bour's earlier volumes like 'Naturalist At
Large.' As its title suggests, it is a collection of
somewhat incidental and fragmentary sketches
which are none the less alive with good talk
and genuine enthusiasm, and are filled with
curious oddments of learning about the world
of nature at large and the lesser world of na-
ture within the walls of a museum." R. T.
Bond
-f N Y Times p31 My 12 '46 600w
'Thomas Barbour was one of the last of the
great 'Naturalists.' His knowledge was ency-
clopedic and his interests were even wider.
Although he will probably be recorded in the
roster of science as a herpetologist, his activi-
ties were, throughout his life, much more
varied and were forever slopping over into
the kampongs of his associates. 'A Naturalist's
Scrapbook' is the ultimate expression of this
irrepressible versatility." I. K. Sanderson
-f Sat R of Lit 29:67 Je 8 '46 700w
Scientific Bk Club R p4 Ap '46 260w
"Thomas Barbour's endless enthusiasm for
museum work and for the Joys of what he
describes as 'a pack rat, a frank and un-
ashamed pack rat' is not feigned. Possessing
independent means, he could have retired from
his place as director of the three institutions
he headed at any time he desired. Instead, he
served without salary. And he continued to
serve until the time of his death. His enthu-
siasm is as contagious as it is genuine. It is
very likely that a whole new generation of mu-
seum men will have an initial interest stirred by
reading the books of Thomas Barbour just as
a whole generation of explorers half a century
ago was inspired by the books of Alfred Russel
Wallace." E. W. Teale
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 28 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
BARCLAY, R. E. Ducktown back in Rant's
time. 286p il maps $5 Univ of N.C. press
976.8875 Polk county, Tennessee. Copper
mines and mining. Raht, Julius Eckhardt
46-5802
"This is a history about an area in Tennessee
that is familiar to engineers and chemists who
have been employed at some time or other in
their lives at Ducktown or Copperhill. This
author covers the era from back in the 1830's
to 1890. It is the era often referred to as
'back to Rant's time' for during those years
Captain J. E. Raht was the outstanding figure
in the district. Bound up in this imperishable
phrase are history, legend, and stories of
early settlers, speculators, miners, mining com-
panies', merchants, mail carriers, roads, schools,
and churches — each of which played a leading
role at Ducktown in the years preceding the
present era." (Chem Eng) Index.
"This history is not merely a detailed story
of mining operation. On the contrary, it does
not miss a single phase of early life in the
region — the Indians, transportation, schools,
social life, religion. Of particular interest is the
story of the Civil War in its relation to the
mines and the people. To those who have lived
in the region, the detailed account of names
and places in the first few chapters will no
doubt loose the springs of memory afresh — to
those unfamiliar with the region this monotony
will be dispelled by faster movements of events
in later chapters." W. H. Shearon
4- Chem 6, Eng N 24:2978 N 10 '46 350w
Chem Eng 53:297 O '46 llOw
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 28 '46
90w
"Although the volume obviously represents
a worthy and ambitious piece of historical re-
search, resulting in a valuable documentary
record of nineteenth -century social and in-
dustrial development in an American indus-
trial community, it is too locally restricted to
be of wide interest. The author has been con-
tent to present facts, documents, and statis-
tics with little effort to make an exciting or
readable story. It does form, however, a sig-
nificant chapter in American mining history,
and as such Mr. Barclay's book will be use-
ful for future historians dealing with the sub-
ject more broadly."
U S Quarterly Bk 2:313 D '46 260w
BARDIN, JOHN FRANKLIN. Deadly perche-
ron. 212p $2 Dodd
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Je 2 '46 140w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
New Repub 115:86 Jl 22 '46 40w
"It is a story of murder and mayhem and
hideous torture — one which will hold your at-
tention to the last, even though you cannot
possibly believe that such things could happen
here in little old New York." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Je 2 '46 lOOw
New Yorker 22:96 My 25 '46 70w
"Here's a real phantasmagoria! Midgets,
horses, hibiscus-wearing gentlemen, lovely la-
dies and copious action. Spotty — but hard to
put down."
Sat R of Lit 29:37 Je 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 2 '46 200w
BARE A, ARTURO. Forging of a rebel; tr. from
the Spanish by lisa Barea [Eng titles: The
forge; The track; The clash]. 739p $5 Reynal
[3v vl-2 ea 10s 6d; v3 12s 6d FaberJ
B or 92 46-8536
"This long, detailed and highly personal au-
tobiography of a Spanish liberal covers the
span from 1896 to 1939. Barea's experiences —
related in a very subjective manner — include
his education in a religious school (which made
him strongly anticlerical); military service in
Morocco; and a successful business career. Dur-
ing the siege of Madrid he served as a Director
of Censorship for the Republican government."
(Library J) The book was published in Eng-
land in three parts called: The Forge; The
Track; and The Clash. No index.
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p3 D 15 '46 360w
"An autobiography that is so full of magnifi-
cent bits that It is unfortunate that its length
will discourage many readers. Considered as
a panorama of Spain during the authors life-
time it gives a many faceted picture of that
tragic land, diseased economically, socially, po-
litically."
+ Kirkus 14:513 O 1 '46 150w
"Well -written, and containing many colorful
descriptions of Spanish people and places, it
will be best appreciated by those readers who
already possess a basic knowledge of modern
Spain and its people." R. H. McDonough
-f Library J 71:1623 N 15 '46 120w
Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 27 '46 270w
(Review of The Clash)
''Barea's is an uncompromising book. His life
afforded him the opportunity for melodrama,
but he has avoided the extravagances of such
other European odysseys as The Story of San
Michele, Out of the Night or Kaputt. He has
been as rigorous with himself as he was with
his prose (admirably translated by his wife,
lisa J?area>: • • The result is one of the great
autobiographies of the twentieth century."
ree+ NaweiRepub 115:881 D 23 '46 800w
40
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BAREA, ARTURO— Continued
Reviewed by Anthony West
New Statesman & Nation 31:363 My IS
'46 850w (Review of The Clash)
"Barea's account of the issues involved in
the civil war should be required reading for
those who excuse our 'non-intervention* policy
with the claim that the choice was between
Franco and communism. . . Perhaps because
of his scientific training, perhaps because, as
these pages demonstrate, he is by nature a man
with a passion for truth, Barea has remained
uncannily objective. . . His account of 'The
Track' — he was helping to lay out a military
road that was required for the effort to carve
out a new empire to replace the one lost to
the United States-— is one of the most valuable
parts of his book." T. J. Hamilton
4- N Y Times p4 D 8 '46 1300w
New Yorker 22:145 D 14 '46 lOOw
" 'The Forging of a Rebel' is not fiction, but,
as far as one can check it, fact. Yet It belongs
to the small company of books which reveal the
essential shape and meaning of a public series
of events with a density of impact and richness
of connotation usually reserved to poets. . .
Shall I say of this book, also, that it is full of
color and excitement, of sharply etched char-
acter and incident, alive with humor, and re-
lieved here and there by moments of idyllic
beauty? Or that it is translated into English
equal to its demands? All these things are true,
but, in a really important book, they are rela-
tively unimportant." Garrett Mattingly
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 D 28 '46 750w
Reviewed by Walter Allen
Spec 176:406 Ap 19 '46 750w (Review of
The Clash)
Time 48:88 D 30 '46 1250w
"Passionate sincerity is the keynote of this
book and renders it one of the most valuable
literary products of the Civil War. Both as a
human document and as social history it makes
absorbing reading. It achieves that rare qual-
ity, partisanship without intellectual dishonesty
or the distortion of truth. The translation, like
that of its predecessors, is of outstanding qual-
ity."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p!36 Mr 23 '46
900w (Review of The Clash)
"This is the book of a man who can write.
So sensitive is his spirit, so intense his powers
of recall, that we can see the cracks in his
mother's reddened laundress hands as sharply
as the smiles around her eyes. . . We can
feel as intensely the greed that surrounds him
like a fog when his uncle's will is read to the
assembled family as the familiar loyalty that
sustains him in hours of need. Thus, the book
has all the impact of a powerful novel, and a
range of adventure, historical and personal,
such as few novelists would venture to attempt.
In it is exhibited with unique completeness
and articulateness the soul of a contemporary
Spaniard." B. D. Wolfe
4- Weekly Book Review p3 D 22 '46 1250w
BARKER, ELLIOTT SPEER. When the dogs
bark treed; a year on the trail of the long-
tails. 209p il $3 Univ. of N.Mex. press
799.2 Hunting— New Mexico 46-8138
"Although Mr. Barker insists in the preface
that it is merely the record of one year as a
professional hunter, he has woven into this
record many of the experiences and stratagems
of a lifetime of hunting in the Southwest. . .
The story has for its locale the famous Ver-
rnejo Club of northern New Mexico, whose
360,000 acres have not been affected by the en-
circlement of civilization. There, where the elk
and mule deer share forage with half -wild
cattle, Barker and his dogs sought out and
killed the mountain lions, coyotes and bobcats
that were preying on cattle and game." N Y
Times
"A thoroughly delightful volume for those
who have to do their big game hunting and
enjoy outdoor life vicariously." E. S. Watson
+ Book Week p38 D 1 '46 290w
Kirkus 14:538 O 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by R. R. Camp
N Y Times p!4 N 3 '46 500w
"Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the
type of hunting at which Mr. Barker excels is
the team co-operation of dogs, horses and man
to run down the quarry. The author makes
this abundantly clear, describing the tempera-
ments and characteristics of his teammates in
far greater detail and with more interest than
he does those of the occasional humans with
whom he worked. When the Dogs Bark Treed is
a beautifully made up book, expressive in its
type form and photographic arrangements of
the wide open life of which the author writes."
-\- San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 '46
170w
BARKER, SIR ERNEST. Essays on govern-
ment. 269p $4.25 (15s) Oxford
342.04 Political science [46-4810]
"These eight essays, written mostly for the
general reader during the war, are by-products
of the same rich and mellow system of thought
that Sir Ernest expounded in more academic
form in his recent volume of political theory
'Reflections on Government.' He treats of the
monarchy; . . of British statesmen, among
whom he characteristically finds that the great-
est names range themselves almost eaually in
the progressive and conservative camps; of the
Parliamentary system, on which he addresses
himself with admirable lucidity largely to
French readers; on the Third Republic, the
constitution and practice of which are ex-
plained with equally luminous power to his
own countrymen; on Blackstone, on Burke,
and on the relation of the community (by
which he does not mean the State) and the
Church." Times [London] Lit Sup
"The essays are marked by well-reasoned
analysis, tolerance, and lack of dogmatism."
J. A. Pairlie
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:790 Ag '46 400w
"The essays have all the ripeness and
maturity of the author's advanced years. They
suggest a distillation of wisdom accumulated
through many decades of study and observa-
tion." C. B. Swisher
4- Ann Am Acad 246:154 Jl '46 500w
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 30w
"Though the author in his Preface claims for
the essays 'some unity of view, of subject
matter and style', they still seem somewhat
miscellaneous to this reviewer. While they
are not 'lesser works', their merit has not
been auginented by collective publication. . .
They do not add to the great stature of Ernest
Barker but they are distinguished as a matter
of course by his fine writing and meticulous
standards of historical research and political
science." M. D. Irish
Pol Sci Q 61:616 D '46 750w
"Sir Ernest Barker needs no commendation
from scholars; but this volume of essays, his
own estimation of the best of his recent shorter
writings, will equally delight the student of
politics and the general reader." S. Gordon
-f. Spec 175:548 D 7 '45 700w
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p!6 Ja 12 '46
850w
"This volume from the gifted pen of a great
English scholar recalls and revives the British
tradition of brilliant essay writing. The syste-
matic thoroughness of the German and the
logic of the French are not here, but intimate
insight and charm of style are seen in abun-
dant measure." C. E. Merriam
-f Weekly Book Review p24 My 26 '46
1200w
Nicholas. 86p $2 Knopf
BARKSDALE, LENA. Daring riders, and other
tales of young America; 11. by Frank
$2 Knopf
46-7274
Short stories of some of the "little" people
who helped build America: a Pony Express
rider, a Civil war soldier, Johnny Appleseed,
the Wright brothers, and others. For ages nine
to twelve.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
41
"Good beginning reference material for school
classroom libraries, especially."
-f Kfrkus 14:493 O 1 '46 lOOw
"Recommended if you need supplementary
material of this sort. Decorative illustrations
by Frank Nicholas." D. M. MacDonald
+ Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29.69 N 9 '46 40w
BARLOW, NORA (DARWIN) ctl. See Darwin,
C.R. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the
Beagle.
BARN A, TIBOR. Redistribution of incomes
through public finance in 1937. 289p $5 (18s)
Oxford
336 Finance — Great Britain. Income — Great
Britain. Taxation—Great Britain A46-685
"This book represents a systematic attempt
to estimate the actual change in the distribu-
tion of incomes brought about by the activities
of the Government, by public expenditure as
well as taxation. An estimate is made of the
amount of income transferred in 1937 by re-
distribution from the rich to the poor. In the
course of the analysis a new estimate of the
distribution of incomes and the distribution of
capital in the United Kingdom is given; a
new estimate of the national income, na-
tional expenditure, and national output; a novel
method of setting out the Government ac-
counts is demonstrated; and a detailed analysis
is made of public expenditure according to its
objects, and of the incidence of the various
kinds of taxes and expenditures." (Publisher's
note) Index.
"The author is evidently at home among
the official accounts, soundly equipped with
the essential economic techniques, and for the
most part conversant with the pertinent litera-
ture. The book was evidently written for the
trained specialists; it is not for the popular
reader. Even the elect will find much of the
road pretty hard going. In the end, whatever
they may think of the author's ideal of equal
distribution, they will consider the effort worth
while." F. R. Fairchild
4- Ann Am Acad 246:155 Jl '46 650w
"A scholarly essay of great social impor-
tance." J. J.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 O 12 '45 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p548 N 17 '45
850w
BARNE, KITTY (MRS ERIC STREATFEILD).
Listening to the orchestra. 299p il $2.75
Bobbs [7s 6d Dent]
780.9 Music — History and criticism. Or-
chestras. Musicians 46-3005
After an introductory chapter on the various
instruments composing the modern orchestra,
the book is made up of a brief study of the
history of music; biographical sketches of
some famous musicians; and a chapter on
some later composers; one on the American
School, and one on We, the audience. Index.
Reviewed by Felix Borowski
Book Week p20 Ap 14 '46 230w
Bookmark 7:8 My '46
"A thoughtful, perceptive and not too deep
study of the background of music."
'-f Kirkua 14:72 F 1 '46 150w
"The information, when there is any, is not
too often inaccurate, although the whole book
is a hodgepodge carelessly compiled from the
obvious sources in the worst 'popular' style.
It is not really a book of biography, nor a
book of 'appreciation', nor certainly, a book
about orchestra listening. Not recommended
for any library that already has a book about
music." Leonard Burkat
— Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 lOOw
"There have been many books for the benefit
of audiences at symphony concerts since Kreh-
biel's pioneer work on 'How to Listen to Music,'
but none has approached the subject in a man-
ner more likely than this one to attract the
reader, or arrange the material in a way so
sure to keep him steadily interested to the end.
Through the book are scattered full-page photo-
graphs of players of various instruments, but
the work itself is not restricted to their tone-
color, history and place in the general effect;
the instruments are taken as part of the or-
chestra, and that as part of music itself. It is
music, its appreciation and the knowledge that
heightens this appreciation, with which this
interpreter is concerned."
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 30 '46 270w
BARNES. CARMAN DEE (MRS HAMILTON
FISH ARMSTRONG) Time lay asleep. 243p
$2 50 Harper
46-7495
Portrait of a lady, Grandmother Wickham
to the narrator. Grandmother brought culture
to the Tennesse "mill town" of Ross's
Landing, and love, excitement and tyranny to
her children and grandchildren. No matter how
hard they tried, grandmother's four daughters
never quite escaped their mother's domination,
and her fascination descended to her grand-
children and to all who came in contact with
her. The period of the story is from the last
years of the nineteenth century to the early
years of the twentieth.
"In construction, 'Time Lay Asleep' lacks
oneness and continuity for yesterday, today
and tomorrow flow together in a continuous
and not wholly comprehensible stream. The
book is fine in its atmosphere, which is per-
vaded by psychic and ominous overtones. But
it is in its characters that it excels. For here
are women, just women, viperous, venomous,
beautiful, spongy, rotten and scheming, making
'Time Lay Asleep' a veritable den of 'Little
foxes.' "A E. Gasaway
Book Week p!4 D 8 '46 400w
Kirkus 14.306 Jl 1 '46 160w
"Nothing is spared us. The novelist's energy
and sweep are useful and appropriate in the
early attempt to describe the physical and
social development of a region (the Tennessee
Valley) through machinery and power. But in
dealing with the personal relationships that
mainly concern her, the style seems extrav-
agant and wasteful. There are pages on which
a half dozen subjects are begun and ended.
The act of remembering seems in itself suffi-
cient for Miss Barnes, but it has not produced
an integrated piece of fiction." I K.
— NY Times p22 O 20 '46 650w
"Obviously, much of the volume is auto-
biographical and obviously, too, Miss Barnes
in good Southern fashion enjoyed writing these
reminiscences about her kinsfolk. Unfor-
tunately, her ambition to recreate a large
family and a long period, to give a sense of
time, place, and of many diverse individuals,
must bo regarded as more laudable than suc-
cessful The sum of the good things in this
book does not add up to a really good novel."
Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:66 D 7 '46 330w
"The author has not jazzed up the past, nor
exploited its quamtness, but seeks earnestly to
show whole these passionate glowing people
who made themselves an exotic and rather
absurd little world, desperately important to
themselves, in Magnolia Street. Her picture of
them has warmth and tenderness and color.
With somewhat the slow-moving quality of a
dream it makes an unusual and distinctive
novel " Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p4 O 13 '46 050w
BARNES, MARGARET CAMPBELL. My Lady
of Cleves. 351p $2.75 Macrae Smith co.
Anne, of Cleves, consort of Henry VIII,
king of England—Fiction 46-25028
Novel based on the life of Anne of Cleves,
the fourth wife of Henry the Eighth of Eng-
land. It pictures her as a woman of character
and understanding, who won the respect and
confidence of the English people and even of
the king himself.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week plO Mr 3 '46 550w
42
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BARNES, M. C. — Continued
Booklist 42:200 P 15 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
Klrkus 14:5 Ja '46 190w
"Although the pace of the novel is at times
slowed down by the grand tableaux, the rich
brocade and the courtly protocol, the narrative
manages to move at an exciting speed. Once
Anne steps on English soil and the malicious
plotting of Lady Rochfort gets under way,
things happen and happen fast." Charles
Duffy
N Y Times p8 Mr 10 '46 180w
"The author pecks away industriously at
her material, but she never succeeds in mak-
ing what Anne thought and what Henry said
sound like anything more than rather dull
guesses."
~ New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 80w
"The important and the chief thing is that
these historical characters of hers do come
alive in a succession of memorable scenes:
not only Anne, but Henry and Holbein and
Cranmer and Tom Culpepper and Thomas
Seymour and the rest. This is a real achieve-
ment in a difficult kind of writing. And the
whole of 'My Lady of Cleves' is as good as
its parts." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 Ap 27 '46 750w
"The portrait reflects discernment and sym-
pathy, and readers with a taste for biography
garnished with the decorations of a novel will
enjoy it. The Tudors are displayed in all their
fiery clashes of temperament and ambition as
they might have appeared to an onlooker both
detached and involved, an onlooker charac-
terized by the author as 'an unusual woman
— so incalculably uncomplicated.' " Lisle Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46 180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:59 Ap '46
BARNES, NANCY, pseud. See Adams, H. S.
BARR, ALFRED H. Picasso: fifty years of his
art. See Picasso, P.
BARRETT, MONTE. Tempered blade. 317p
12.75 Bobbs
Bowie, James — Fiction 46-2714
Fictionized biography of James Bowie, in-
ventor of the Bowie knife, who died a heroic
death at the Alamo. The story is based on
all that is known of his life in the southwest,
from 1815 to 1836.
"Colorful as was the Jim Bowie of history
and legend, he never seems really to 'come
alive* In this book. The same is true of the
other historical figures, including his wife,
Ursula. Barrett does somewhat better with
his fictitious characters, but none of them is
likely to linger in the memory of the reader
long after the book is read. Some of the his-
torical incidents, notably the famous 'Sandbar
Duel' near Natchez and the heroic defense of
the Alamo, have been told many times, but
other chroniclers tell these stories much bet-
ter than does the author of 'Tempered
Blade.' " E. S. Watson
— + Book Week p!8 Ap 7 '46 360w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
"Colorful border and pioneer history, that
traverses much traveled ground, from a new
direction, in adequate presentation."
-f Kirkus 14:24 Ja 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Thelma Purtell
N Y Times p!6 My 12 '46 180w
"The story seems to be historically authen-
tic as far as the high spots are concerned, but
that Is of secondary importance — it is a first-
rate novel and better than that." Phil Stong
4- Sat R of Lit 24:18 Ap 20 '46 700w
"The author's corruption of history to his
own devices somehow falls short of success."
William Manchester
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
280w
"Mr. Barrett has recreated, with skill and
understanding, the violent pageant of Texas
In turmoil. The conditions that led to the
break with Mexico, the men who, for one rea-
son or another, supported the future republic,
and the panorama of the daily life of the great
southwest frontier, have been vividly presented
as an exciting backdrop to the life of an ex-
citing man." W. M. Kanstler
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 31 '46
450w
BAR RON, HARRY. Modern plastics. 680p II
$7.50 Wiley [42s Chapman]
668 4 Plastics. Plastics industry [45-7272]
"This work presents a general survey of
plastic materials and processes. The author
has aimed his treatment at persons with some
scientific or technical education but who are
not specialists in the field. Thus the book Is
especially useful for such persons as design
engineers who may be concerned with the use
of plastics in manufacturing. The chemistry,
raw materials, classifications, properties, test-
ing and fabrication of plastic materials are
competently discussed, and references are given
to pertinent literature, including patents."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Indexes.
"After reading this volume, the reviewer con-
cluded that the plastics industry is still growing
too fast to allow a definitive treatise to be
written." W. K. Gloor
Chem & Eng N 24:982 Ap 10 '46 320w
" 'Modern Plastics' is neither an elementary
text nor a handbook; it occupies an inter-
mediate position and as such should have good
acceptance among chemists and engineers con-
cerned with the manufacture and application of
plastics. . . As is the case with all books in
extremely fast-growing- and fast-moving fields,
coverage cannot be complete nor strictly up-to-
date, since important progress takes place in a
matter of months. Nevertheless, Dr. Barren
has handled the subject well. The book has a
practical flavor yet is sound theoretically."
Chaplin Tyler
Chem & Met Eng 53:275 Je '46 250w
Library J 70:1089 N 15 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:60 O '45
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
120w
BARRY, JOE, pseud. See Lake, J. B.
BARSCHAK, ERNA. My American adventure.
248p il $2.75 Washburn
B or 92 U.S —Social life and customs. Na-
tional characteristics, American 45-37882
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Bookmark 7:13 Mr '46
"This amusing pointed book is an interesting
addition to the volumes written about America
by foreigners. . . Her praise of America — Its
democracy, its well-groomed women, Its un-
restrained younger generation — far outweighs
any criticism she offers. America, she says,
has been good to her. She has been good to
it, too, in the final analysis." Lucy Greenbaum
H- N Y Times p26 Ja 27 '46 300w
"Despite the feeling that, at times, Miss
Barschak may be writing with her tongue In
her cheek in order to popularize and assure
a wider reading for her American adventure,
she snows, for the most part, an understand-
ing and an appreciation of America and Ameri-
cans." Katharine Jocher
-J Social Forces 25:237 D '46 330w
" 'My American Adventure' might have been
such a fascinating book that one regrets it Is
so often dull and Irritating. The author Is
painstakingly factual in reporting her experi-
ences and her outlook on the world seems
rather humorlessly Teutonic. Dr. Barschak
never discloses why she left Germany In
1933. . . The book's last chapter Is more
generous in reporting that the author has
come to regard the United States as home,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
43
but the overall tone of 'My American Adven-
ture' is too smug. This may be due more to
awkwardness than ungraciousness, but it is
nevertheless an unsympathetic attitude."
Marion Sturges-Jones
h Weekly Book Review p20 Ja 27 '46
650w
BARTLETT, ROLAND WILLEY. Milk indus-
try; a comprehensive survey of production,
distribution, and economic importance. 282p
11 $4.50 Ronald
338.1771 Milk supply 46-993
"The theme of this book is largely econom-
ics, although the health fleld is touched in a
discussion of the effect of unessential health
regulations in setting up trade barriers. The
discussion is based upon the author's twenty
years of general study of the marketing of
dairy products and an independent nation-wide
study during the past two years." Am J Pub
Health
Reviewed by W. D. Tiedeman
Am J Pub Health 36:606 Je '46 260w
"This book contains a great deal of interest-
ing information about the milk industry." W. C.
Waite
+ Ann Am Acad 248:292 N '46 420w
Reviewed by Meyer Parodneck
Survey 82:306 N '46 700w
BARTMAN, MARK. Yank In France; il. by
Diana Thome. 30p $1.25 Whitman, A.
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-3776
Third title in this series about the American
war dog, Yank, and his master Sergeant Fred.
This time Yank participates in the invasion
of Normandy and the liberation of Paris.
must study it with cold objectivity, as labor-
atory technicians study smears and specimens
for evidences of disease." Varian Fry
4- Sat R of Lit 29:14 O 19 '46 700w
"The- third part of the book, 'Cures for Preju-
dice,' lacks the deflniteness and specificity of
the earlier parts, though it contains an inter-
esting test the reader can administer to him-
self to discover how far he is prejudiced. Dr.
Baruch concludes with a detailed and helpful
appendix which gives a good picture of what
is being done to handle the problem of preju-
dice and contains a bibliography and other
materials that would make the book an ex-
cellent textbook for high schools or Junior col-
leges. And for readers on the more mature
level, Dr. Baruch's obviously wide experience
will be instructive and helpful." Margaret
Halsey
_jl _ weekly Book Review p7 O 20 '46 550w
BARUCH, MRS DOROTHY (WALTER), and
TRAVIS, LEE EDWARD. You're out of the
service now; the veteran's guide to civilian
life. 238p $2 50 Apple ton-Century
355.115 Veterans 46-4601
A guide for veterans who need help in mak-
ing the mental and emotional readjustments to
civilian life. Partial contents: A thousand
gripes; Sex — Q.I. variety; The girl you left
behind; Mother, father and son; Back to school;
What job will you have?; You can find help.
Index.
Klrkus 13:368 Ag 15 '45 90w
"Will appeal to third- and fourth-graders and
retarded readers, but not a necessity. Diana
Thome's illustrations in color are a definite
contribution to the appeal of the book." Mar-
garet Miller
4- Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 70w
Sprlngf d Republican p4d Je 30 '46 lOOw
BARUCH, MRS DOROTHY (WALTER). Glass
house of prejudice. 205p $2 50 Morrow
325.73 U.S.— Race question. Minorities
46-7050
Study of the causes and results of prejudice
against minority groups in the United States.
Includes a section on cures for prejudice. The
writer is a lecturer and author and served for
a time as special consultant on the West
coast regional war manpower commission. The
book lists supplementary materials but has no
index.
"There is not a single idea, thesis, or fact
here that is novel, and many researches already
accomplished in the fleld are not noted here. . .
If the purpose of Miss Baruch was to emo-
tionalize the problem of prejudice, the study will
serve for those who want information presented
to them in a diffuse and somewhat undigested
form." J. S. Roucek
— Ann Am Acad 248:299 N '46 240w
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
"A valuable book for High Schools, PTA
groups, and other civic organizations."
-h Klrkus 14:372 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Most constructive book in this area and
one which no library can do without. Con-
cludes with a series of questions which reader
can use to test his own prejudices. Contains
excellent bibliographical survey." R. E. Klng-
ery
4- Library J 71:1327 O 1 '46 140w
"This is that rare and valuable thing, a book
on race prejudice which is wholly free of indig-
nation. Such a book is valuable because indig-
nation gets us nowhere. Instead of helping, it
hinders. If race prejudice is to be reduced and
Its worst consequences avoided, we must under-
stand its deepest causes. That means that we
Book Week p4 Agr 11 '46 60w
Booklist 43:6 S '46
"There is a great deal here that should prove
of constructive value."
4- Kirkus 14:264 Je 1 '46 200w
"This is specific, blunt and tough-minded and
may need a bit of introducing to some readers.
A must book for librarians though." R. E.
Kmgery
4- Library J 71:917 Je 15 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 14 '46
70 w
BASCOM, FREDERICK GEORGE, ed. Letters
of a Ticonderoga farmer; selections from the
correspondence of William H. Cook and his
wife with their son, Joseph Cook, 1851-1885.
134p $2 Cornell univ. press
920 Cook, William Henry. Cook, Joseph
46-4949
During the latter part of the nineteenth cen-
tury an American lecturer, Joseph Cook, was
famous for his Monday lectures in Boston's Tre-
mont Temple. These letters from his father
and mother show in outline the rise of this
New York state farmer's son to his particular
point of fame.
Am Hist R 52:198 O '46 240w
Reviewed by L». A. Collins
N Y Times p36 O 6 '46 450w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p20 S 15 '46 320w
BASSETT, SARA WARE. The beacon. 223p
$2 Doubleday
46-4933
Jessie Gale, a meek little Cape Cod orphan,
was left alone at the death of her domineering
grandfather. The rest of the family met to
decide Jessie's fate, but found to their sur-
prise that Jessie and the family lawyer had
other ideas. With a paid Job. some new gowns,
and a bit of unsuspected backbone, Jessie did
very well for herself.
Book Week p6 Jl 28 '46 90w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:203 My 1 '46 190w
"The story is full of familiar crusty Cape
Cod characters, to delight the Bassett fan.
But Jessie is a changeling among them. . .
To watch Jessie emerge from her chrysalis
is amusing and butterfly-light entertainment."
Barbara Bond
4- N Y Times p!4 Je 30 '46 200w
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BASSETT, S. W. — Continued
Springf'd Republican p4d Ji 7 '46 240w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 21 '46 llOw
BAST, HERBERT. New essentials of uphol-
stery. 301p il $2.75 Bruce pub.
684 Upholstery 46-2137
"This is a new, enlarged edition of Essen-
tials of Upholstery [1928]. . . Well -illustrated
directions, useful in homes or workshops."
Booklist
Booklist 42:301 My 15 '46
"The author of this little book is an up-
holstery instructor in the Sheboygan (Wiscon-
sin) Vocational School. Subject matter is well
organized; photographs and drawings are clear
and easy to understand." E. W. Akin
J Home Econ 38'366 Je '46 lOOw
"An excellent practical text for school and
general use." L. A. Eales
+ Library J 71:760 My 15 '4G 40w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
BATE, WALTER JACKSON. Stylistic develop-
ment of Keats. 214p $3 Modern lang. assn.
[14s Oxford]
821 Keats, John 46-1098
"This study is twofold in its purpose: it
seeks to give a precise description of the unfold-
ing and development of a great poet's stylistic
craftmanship, and it also attempts to ally this
technical progression with the changing bents
of mind which gave it rise and direction. In
accordance with these aims, the metrical sec-
tions of this analysis are written with the hope
of throwing additional light upon Keats's general
stylistic development rather than of making any
specific contribution to the science of English
metrics per se." (In trod) Index.
"Mr. Bate's work on the stylistic develop-
ment of Keats shows not only deep scholarship
and impeccable taste but also a delight in
tracing details of craftsmanship indicative of
Keats's growth. . . The analyses of the content
of the poems are comprehensive; the micros-
copic examination of the prosody is without
parallel. I cannot imagine that any further
commentary on Keats will be able to ignore this
book " Robert Hillyer
•f Sat R of Lit 29:30 Mr 23 '46 180w
"Although the highly technical nature and
handling of the subject are not likely to secure
for this book an abundance of readers except
among advanced students of prosody, Mr. Bate,
whose Harvard Honors thesis some years ago
was a study of Keats's doctrine of negative
capability, might justly claim to have done up
an even more difficult problem extremely brown.
The title, while not misleading, only summarizes
in a general term the very particularized treat-
ment of rhetorical, prosodic, and other phonetic
and material devices employed by Keats in a
career which, despite its brevity, provides strong
evidence of his technical virtuosity."
..) US Quarterly Bkl 2:170 S '48 360w
BATTLE stations! your navy in action; a
photographic epic of the naval operations
of World war II, told by the great admirals
who sailed the fleet from Norfolk to Nor-
mandy and from the Golden Gate to the In-
land sea. 402p maps $3.95-$4.96 Wise
940.545973 World war, 1939-1945— Naval
operations. World war, 1939-1945 — Pictorial
works. U.S. Navy 46-4372
"This is the most elaborate attempt yet made
to tell with photographs and brief description
the story of the United States Navy's part In
World War II. It goes even beyond that,
although somewhat sketchily, to show the
growth of the United States Navy from the days
of John Paul Jones and the Bon Homme Richard
to William P. Halsey and the battleship Mis-
souri. To set the stage for our own naval part
in the struggle lately ended, it touches briefly
on the beginning of the war in Europe— with
photograph and cut line — from the invasion of
Poland through the London blitz, the Norwegian
campaign and the advance into the Balkans."
N Y Times
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 20w
Reviewed by R. E. King-cry
Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 70w
"Those who expect to find here, in the signed
accounts of the naval campaigns by the ad-
mirals who headed them, the true and complete
story of the great engagements, are going to
be disappointed. This is not to say that it is
not an interesting book — only that 'Battle Sta-
tions' is not the definitive inside story of the
United States war at sea. It is rather what it
probably was intended to be, a popular photo-
graphic book prepared for a mass market."
Foster Hailey
N Y Times p3 My 26 '46 360w
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 21 '46
140w
Reviewed by Ronald Schiller
— Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 3 '46 650w
"The text is negligible, for the contributors,
able as they may be in fighting and writing,
are restricted to a scanty page or two, which
is hardly sufficient for adequate narrative. But
the collection of photographs is as comprehen-
sive as one could wish."
Weekly Book Review pl3 Ag 18 '46
230w
BAUM, VICKI. Mortgage on life. 277p $2.50
Doubleday
46-7454
"The daughter of a Brooklyn boarding-house
keeper — nimble of mind but plain of face and
lacking in sex appeal — resolves to promote the
career and the romantic prospects of another
girl who has, in some degree, what it takes.
Plain Bess Poker (everybody called her 'Poker-
face') thus hopes to know the taste of success
and the intoxication of Broadway fame at sec-
ond hand — as a glamour builder-upper. . . Vicki
Baum develops the narrative in reverse, for
on the first page Bess has punctured her prod-
uct with a revolver." Weekly Book Review
Kirkus 14:394 Ag 15 '46 140w
"Miss Baum. as always, manages to take in
a great deal of territory in this junket — and all
of it is planned as carefully as a fashion lay-
out, to pull you on for the next chapter. . .
The present reviewer felt sure that it would
all collapse in a twinkling, if Miss Baum slack-
ened her tempo or relaxed her iron grip. But
of course Miss Baum is too handy a virtuoso to
court such disaster." C. V. Terrv
N Y Times p28 O 13 '46 *400w
"It is an ingenious and expertly executed
novel, but it hinges on a concept of feminine
psychology not intended for too close scrutiny."
Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 150w
BAUME, FREDERICK EHRENFRIED. I'll
always be with you. 251p $2.50 Dodd
46-6291
The love affairs of a beautiful and magnetic
English woman, who could not stay in love with
the same man for very long.
Book Week p24 N 24 '46 lOOw
— NY Times p20 S 8 '46 370w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review pl8 S 15 '46 140w
BAUR, BETTY. This is goodbye. 325p $2.50
Lippincott
46-3588
Story of three women from very different
types of homes, all working in the Eagle Air-
craft plant. The three meet while working on
the night shift and take an apartment together.
Their growth in friendship, understanding, and
mutual tolerance, completes the novel.
Kirkus 14:131 Mr 15 '46 170w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
45
lt Scarcely a novel, rather a series of minor
climaxes, well told. . . Recommended." J. E.
Cross
4- Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 130w
"Though her idea is a good one, 'This Is
Goodbye1 lacks depth and warmth, and the
characters, shadowy and half -realized, are pro-
jected through a series of contrived, artificial
situations." Catherine Maher
N Y Times p20 My 12 '46 90w
"Miss Baur's novel is not exactly a document;
it is too sentimentalized and much too con-
trived a fiction for that. But it is told with
great earnestness, out of a store of plainly au-
thentic detail, and it manages to fill in a life-
size portrait of the wartime woman from her
enlistment, out of the warmth of home, to her
close intimacy with fatigue, frustration, and
fVar." N. I A Kothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:43 O 19 '46 600w
"Another of those simple, honest war-time
novels skillfully aimed at keeping the record
straight. . . Miss Baur functions better as a
fact-flnder than as a novelist. This is Goodbye
is pleasantly encyclopedic rather than narra-
tive and its parts, summed up, are greater than
the whole. But this is how it was." F. W.
Bullock
Weekly Book Review p24 My 5 '46 550w
BAXTER, JAMES PHINNEY. Scientists
against time. (Atlantic monthly press bk)
473p il maps $5 little
507.2 U S Scientific research and develop-
ment, Office of. World war, 1939-1945 — Sci-
ence. Scientists 46-7204
"This is the official history of what scientists,
organized in the Office of Scientific Research
and Development, did to help win the war and
to transform all warfare. In it President Bax-
ter of Williams College recounts all the stages
of organization, the obstacles overcome, the
weapons developed and their final success in
combat." (Weekly Book Review) Index.
" 'Scientists Against Time' is a monumental
record of the organization, the money, the men,
the co-operation and opposition of brass, in the
greatest scientific and engineering undertaking
of all time. Treating with a remarkably objec-
tive eye the work of the enemy as well as
ourselves, and disclosing many facts until now
kept secret, Dr. Baxter's volume is an invalu-
able, as well as entertaining, source of infor-
mation " Rufus Oldenburger
-f Book Week p2 N 17 '46 550w
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Reviewed by R. B. Seymour
Chem & Eng N 25:52 Ja 6 '47 350w
"It is a book such as could be written only
by a professional historian actually on the
scene of the events. It covers everything of
moment that could be crammed into 473 pages,
including that fateful June day of 1940 when
the President, his Cabinet, the chiefs of the
armed services, and a small knot of research
men anxiously took stock of American de-
fenses to find the United States at least two
years behind the Germans in a race for new
weapons of war." H. B. N.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 1 '46
500w
"Done in vivid and interesting terms."
4- Kirkus 14:477 S 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by L*. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 70w
"If the book were only a historical record of
war research and a clear description of our
newer war implements, it would serve a useful
purpose. But ft is more. Every page raises the
obvious question, why should the demonstrated
advantages of cottperative planning in science
not be utilized during peace? As they return
to the problems put aside during the war, will
the scientists forget the fruitfulness of co-
Operative effort and the personal satisfactions
to be derived from the use of science for
society? At present, only they have the an-
swer." Milton Mazer
-J- New Repub 115:700 N 25 '46 660w
"Mr. Baxter's history of the OSRD is a flne
book, obviously one of the most important
documents written so far about the war. The
author, a historian by training, has a reticent,
clear style admirably suited to pin down his
refractory material. He has mastered the es-
sentials of an awesome array of subjects, rang-
ing from the physics of radar to the chemistry
of blood substitutes. This is Mr. Baxter's main
triumph — the translation of a huge block of
diverse scientific experience into a reasonably
popular idiom." E. B. Garside
-f N Y Times p8 N 10 '46 1050w
"The author of this fabulous narrative is the
president of Williams College. He writes not for
the technically educated, but for the technically
interested. His field is so immense that, some-
times, he is forced to a mere listing of minor
achievements. But the inside story of the major
scientific events of the war is well and clearly
covered. And the book has two qualities of a
particularly dramatic nature — one emphasized,
the other as often implied as stated. The first
is historical suspense. . . The second dramatic
quality is the bitter, ceaseless fight that sci-
entists had to wage with our own military
leaders and those of our allies." Philip Wylie
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:13 N 23 '46 lOOOw
"An able historian's record of the first
great, planned intrusion into world history of
the ancient and oft- forgotten power of science.
As such it is one of the most important docu-
ments of our time. Its lessons are vital to any
future conflict, to international relations and
the United Nations, to national policy in
peace time — to say nothing of its importance
to education and to science itself. These
facts and these forces will shape the future
years so that no thoughtful citizen can afford
to ignore them." Gerald Wendt
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 3 '46 1200W
BAYKOV, ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH.
Development of the Soviet economic system;
an essay on the experience of planning in
the U.S.S.R. (Nat. inst. of economic and so-
cial research. Economic and social studies)
514p $6.50 Macmillan [30s Cambridge]
330.947 Russia — Economic policy. Russia-
Economic conditions 46-6158
"The present study is an attempt at an
historical introduction to the contemporary
economic system of the U.S.S.R., i.e. the sys-
tem in force in the later pre-war years. It
does not profess to be a history of the devel-
opment of the national economy or of the eco-
nomic system of the U.S.S.R., because such
a history would run into thousands of pages;
it is only an historical introduction to the
description of the present-day system in its
principal aspects and problems. Hence, only
those facts in the development of the economy
and the system will be mentioned which, in
my opinion, must be known in order to under-
stand and rightly appreciate the present-day
system and its problems." (Pref) Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
"This volume should prove a very useful
reference work for scholars in the Russian
field. The joint efforts of the author, his
translator and editors have not produced a
very readable book, but the study should have
a place in the growing number of courses of-
fered in this country on the Soviet system."
Abram Bergson
H Am Econ R 36:157 Mr '46 950w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 25:168 O '46 50w
"The collection of Russian sources which
[the author] has absorbed is most impressive
and his rendering1 of it shows him thoroughly
at home among the events of his abandoned
native country. He is a scholar throughout,
and though perhaps more concerned with Blue-
books than with the life behind them, he is
never a mere compiler of documents. At any
rate, the documents are so clearly and fully
compiled that on that account alone the book
merits a permanent position. In the years to
come in which the study of Soviet affairs will
be one of the main hopes for finding a path
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BAYKOV, A. A.— Continued
of reconciliation between East and West this
book will be In constant use. It will become a
standard work of reference." Michael Pol any!
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 21 '46
"As books on Russia go, this is a good, if not
a brilliant performance, written with a solid
factual basis from original sources. All serious
students of the subject will find it valuable.
Like all books on Russia, it leaves a great many
questions unanswered: the reader who lives and
moves in the atmosphere of the Western world
finds it difficult to penetrate beyond the ab-
stractions and organizations to the real people
who presumably live underneath them." Ken-
neth Boulding
H -- Nation 163:102 Jl 27 '46 lOOOw
"In this book, Mr. Baykov has set himself
the task of reviewing systematically the 'gen-
eral course of development of the entire national
economy* from the Revolution to the outbreak
of the war. The result, I believe, is at once
the most objective and the most authoritative
work yet to appear in English on the subject.
It must be admitted that The Development of
the Soviet Economic System is not easy read-
ing; not only is it crammed full of facts and
figures — drawn, incidentally, entirely from first-
hand sources — but also the organization and
presentation are pedantic and uninspired. More-
over, Mr. Baykov is not given to generalization,
preferring to hope that 'the material presented
will enable the reader to draw his own con-
clusions and generalizations.' For these reasons,
added to the absurdly high price for which the
volume sells, the work is unlikely to be widely
read outside of a small group of specialists;
and even in the case of economists and his-
torians who have a keen interest in Soviet
developments, it will probably be regarded
primarily as a valuable reference work to be
consulted on need but not to be studied from
beginning to end." P. M. Sweezy
^ -- ^cw Repub 114:937 Jl 1 '46 1500w
Reviewed by Maurice Dobb
New Statesman A Nation 31:214 Mr
23 '46 950w
"Dr. Alexander Baykov has written a com-
pletely impersonal, unprejudiced book on Soviet
Russia. His 475-page, fact-packed 'essay,' as
he calls it, is devoid of any bias on the part
of the author. But I hasten to add that it is
for patient, plodding economic experts only. . .
But the whole book is disembodied because it
divorces the economic workings of the Soviet
system from politics. . . To ignore politics,
leaders, and people In a study of any phase of
Soviet life is to overlook the substance for the
paper wrapping. The truth about Russia can-
not be found in published official reports on
the mechanics of industrial management."
Louis Fischer
-- h Sat R of Lit 29:27 Je 8 '46 460w
Reviewed by Walter Taplln
Spec 176:200 F 15 '46 750w
"A much deeper and far more critical inves-
tigation will have to be made If our Justified
curiosity about the Soviet economic system is
to be satisfied. But this does not reduce the
value of the work done by Mr. Baykov where
he deals with the purely administrative aspects
of the planning machinery; his historical nar-
rative in that respect is most explicit and fully
documented."
Times [London] Lit Sup p380 Ag 10 '46
850w
BAYNES, DOROTHY JULIA (DORMER ORES-
TON, pseud). In search of two characters;
some intimate aspects of Napoleon and his
son. 402p 11 $5 Scribner [18s Macmlllan]
B or 92 Napole'on I, emperor of the French.
Bonaparte, Francois Charles Joseph, herzog
von Reichstadt, known as NapolSon II
[45-10407]
A study of Napoleon, the man aside from
his military and political life, and of his son,
the King of Rome. In the course of her por-
trayal of Napoleon and his son the author
brings out some new angles on the characters
of Marie-Louise, and Napoleon's Jailer at St
Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe. Index.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 8 '46
700w
"Miss Creston's narrative is absorbing. She
makes great use of the memoirs of those about
Napoleon, especially of the women, of Hor-
tense de Beauharnais, the Duchesse D'Abrantea,
and Madame de Remusat; but her book is far
from being an affair of scissors and paste, for
her own shrewd comment is always there to
illuminate the pages. The result is one of
extraordinary intimacy with the past: not only
Napoleon himself, but the whole domestic back-
ground at LA Malmaison." Eric Forbes-Boyd
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 24 '45
700w
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 50w
Manchester Guardian p3 O 19 '45 240w
"A work that deserves to be popular. Miss
Creston is on occasion licentious in her syntax
. . . and she can be too 'poetical' — at least, for
my taste. Otherwise, her writing is uncom-
monly pleasant. I notice one odd inaccuracy:
Miss Creston has confused the Princess Lieven
with the Duchesse de Dino. I am greatly struck
by Miss Creston's shrewdness in assessing char-
acter. . . Miss Creston's book goes to support
the view that women are usually better Judges
of character than men, for within the limits
she has chosen I know of no more acute mod-
ern estimate of Napoleon's character." Ray-
mond Mortimer
4 New Statesman & Nation 30:232 O 6 '45
1300w
"Of reading books about Napoleon there is
apparently no end. This latest one, by an Eng-
lishwoman, has the merit of clarity and un-
pretentlousness. It aims at no original interpre-
tation; it wisely eschews sentimental details
on the King of Rome, the dramatic episodes of
Napoleon's loves, oft-told tales of the warrior's
campaigns. It adds little to our knowledge of
Napoleon, but provides smooth and pleasant
reading." Henri Peyre
-| NY Times p4 S 15 '46 600w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle pG D 1 '46
250 w
"A description mainly in adjectives of a man
who expressed himself in nouns and verbs.
This continual dodging of everything universal
or adamantine or magnificent in Napoleon's
career is extremely tiresome, and the more so
because Miss Creston's style Is too luscious,
and her translations of Napoleon's talk into
English have a 'ho, prithee* effect which is
most disconcerting. The story of the Duke of
Reichstadt is more within Miss Creston's range,
though even here too much attention is given
to the stage scenery. In fact, the general im-
pression left by the book is rather Tike that of
the late Sir Beerbohm Tree's productions of
Shakespeare."
h Spec 175:346 O 12 '45 180w
"The style Is brilliant In a manner which is
perhaps somewhat less popular than it was a
few years ago. It is in general good of its kind,
but writers of this school are apt to become so
fascinated with ornament that they put on too
much, like a woman who grows reckless about
cosmetics."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p20 Ja 12 '46
850w
Reviewed by Felizta Seyd
Weekly Book Review p8 S 8 '46 700w
BEACH, REX ELLINGWOOD. World In his
arms. 214p $2 Putnam
46-5471
A fur poacher from Boston is the hero; a
beautiful Russian countess, fleeing from an
elderly suitor, is the heroine. The scene is
San Francisco and Russian Alaska in the 1860's.
Book Week p8 O 13 '46 70w
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
"The ramifications of the fur trade and its
part In opening up northern frontiers, with well
preserved romantic trimmings."
-h Klrkus 14:258 Je 1 *46 130w
"A completely satisfying piece of romance,
intrigue and adventure which, while using a
large amount of historical free-wheeling does
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
47
give a substantial picture of fur sealing: and the
opening up of Alaska in the 1850s. Has makings
of a good class B movie with plenty of mascu-
line appeal." R. B. Kingery
-h Library J 71:977 Jl '46 120w
"This is Rex Beach's first novel in nearly
seven years, and Beach enthusiasts will be
delighted to learn that his talent has not
noticeably matured. They will find the Rex
Beach world of gorgeous gals and muscular
men just about as perfect as it always has
been." R. M.
N Y Times plO Ag 25 '46 300w
"As the story was written primarily for the
movies, the love scenes are typically Hollywood,
sometimes more ridiculous than sublime." P. H.
Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 240w
BEARD, CHARLES AUSTIN. American for-
eign policy in the making, 1932-1940; a study
in responsibilities. 336p $4 Yale univ. press
327.73 U.S.— Foreign relations. U.S.— For-
eign policy. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
A46-19
"What Mr. Beard examines is the process
leading to the participation of the United
States in the second World War. He calls It
'a study in responsibilities.' What do we learn
about these responsibilities from this book? It
is an account of programs, pronouncements
and measures of foreign policy, and particular-
ly of the words and deeds of President Roose-
velt." (N Y Times) Index.
Reviewed by J. M. Mathews
Am Pol Scl R 40:1189 D '46 1050w
Reviewed by Willard Shelton
Book Week p6 Ag 18 '46 700w
Booklist 43:12 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 44:505 S 6 '46 1350w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 11:325 O '46 lOOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 lOOw
"The book is not easy reading. It is largely
a book for the record. It is primarily a book
for those who want an historian and a scholar
to substantiate their convictions with line and
verse. For Mr. Beard's conclusions seem to
be these. . . Every point made, considered,
argued he has supported by direct quotation.
Would it not be possible for those who inter-
pret Mr. Roosevelt's leadership differently to
find as telling quotations backing the other
view of the subject?"
Klrkus 14:313 Jl 1 '46 280w
"Recommended as a good 'study In respon-
sibilities.' " Walter Hausdorfer
-f Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 130w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Nation 163:244 Ag 31 '46 1900w
"The work itself is disappointing because
Beard the historian has not plumbed the mat-
ter as deeply as available information would
permit, and because Beard the commentator,
who in the past did not hesitate to state forth-
rightly his isolationist views, does not offer
conclusions that make clear his purpose in
writing the book." Blair Bolles
New Repub 115:268 S 2 '46 1550w
"The account is factual and well documented.
It might seem as though Mr. Beard were let-
ting the facts speak for themselves. But Mr.
Beard knows well enough that the facts never
speak for themselves. They are never given,
but always selected, and in the selection there
is always construction. They speak according
to the vision of the historian. And among
those who, like this reviewer, hold a high re-
gard for Mr. Beard and for his achievements,
there will be many who will reluctantly con-
clude that in this work the vision is narrowed."
R. M. Maclver
N Y Times p4 Ag 18 "46 IGOOw
"The author carefully keeps his own opin-
ions out of his book. He deals solely with the
public statements of public men on foreign
policy, showing how these men's statements
(though perhaps not their opinions) changed
with the exigencies of the times. It is prob-
ably one of the meanest things a man could do
to his fellow-men, and one that should be
done more often. All of this satisfies Mr.
Beard (and seemingly that is why he wrote
the book) that neither the isolationists nor the
American people as a whole were 'responsible*
for the war."
New Yorker 22:71 Ag 24 '46 160w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
170w
"Usually there is no doubt what Charles A.
Beard thinks on any subject he writes about.
This book is an exception. One puts it down
with the sense that Mr. Beard has something
in mind which he regards as very important
but that he is not quite ready to say it in
clear and understandable terms." T. K, Fin-
letter
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ag 17 '46 1150w
"Whether one does or does not agree with
Dr. Beard's conclusions regarding the author-
ship of American foreign policy, one cannot
but admire the degree of documentation and
mass of data which, marshalled in support of
his thesis, he places before the reader. . .
Unfortunately, Dr. Beard has chosen for illus-
trative purposes a decade of personalities — men
like Wendell Willkie, Cordell Hull, and Frank-
lin Roosevelt — whose living influence, still
strongly felt, is a barrier to the complete ob-
jectivity of the reader, and sometimes obscures
the point which the author seeks to make."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:318 D '46 280w
Reviewed b> Crane Brinton
Weekly Book Review p3 S 1 '46 1260w
Wis Lib Bui 42:146 N '46
Reviewed by G. A. Craig
Yale R n s 36:369 winter '47 900w
BEARD, MARY (RITTER) (MRS CHARLES
AUSTIN BEARD). Woman as force In his-
tory; a study in traditions and realities. 369p
$3.50 Macmillan
396 Woman — History and condition 46-1638
"Begins with Women's Rights movement,
aroused by misconception of Blackstone's Com-
mentaries. Common law, equity and legisla-
tive statutes discussed as actually affecting
woman's legal status, followed by section citing
failure of professional historians In even men-
tioning women who were outstanding leaders
in their eras. Last half devoted to women as
forceful influences In civilization from ethnic
groups to modern times. Fascinating portraits
of great and near great, long needed for reality
in recorded history. Legal introduction may
deter many who would find text most valuable
and be captivated by vivid background history
of women philosophers of Greece, chatelaines
of the Middle Ages and brilliant hostesses of
18th Century salons of France. Extensive
well-organized bibliographies." (Library J) In-
dex.
Reviewed by B. D. Ellis
Am Pol Sci R 40-614 Je '46 450w
Reviewed by J. P. Nichols
Ann Am Acad 248:300 N '46 600w
Reviewed by Margaret Mead
Book Week p6 Mr 24 '46 650w
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:4 My '46
"This is a scholarly book, well organized
and well written. In places, the weight of the
argument becomes a trifle oppressive, yet it
is a book which thoughtful people will enjoy.
Its significance lies in the influence which it
may be expected to have on historical thought
and organization. It would seem reasonable
to prophesy that no sound historian of the
future will neglect the role of women, as was
done in the past." R, A. Brown
+ Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 17
'46 400 w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"This book is as scholarly as you would
expect any work of Dr. Mary Beard's to be.
It is also, unfortunately, ponderous In content."
L. V. Vila
-f — Commonweal 44:53 Ap 26 '46 210w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BEARD, MARY — Continued
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 20w
"A book primarily for historians and sociol-
ogists— scarcely for the general lay public."
Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 180w
"Recommended." D. F. Lucas
•4- Library J 71:279 F 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Mildred Adams
Nation 162:603 My 18 '46 550w
Reviewed by Albert Gue"rard
New Repub 114:514 Ap 15 '46 1150w
Reviewed by J. H. Hexter
N Y Times p5 Mr 17 '46 1050w
"A bright and learned treatise that is only
occasionally tiresome and talky."
H New Yorker 22:93 Mr 30 '46 140w
"Mrs. Beard touches on many phases of
woman's activity and suggests matters which
can be more fully developed. This should have
an especial appeal to the social historian of
whatever period. Women's economic, social,
educational and intellectual activities in the
Middle Ages are treated with considerable de-
tail. An expansion of the section on western
social philosophy should prove particularly in-
teresting. At moments the listing of individual
women and their achievements suggests a cata-
logue overmuch but these data may be needed
to show the fullness of women's role in periods
under discussion." M. S. Benson
+ Pol Sci Q 61-299 Je '46 750w
Reviewed by Ella Winter
Sat R of Lit 29:20 Mr 30 '46 900w
Reviewed by C. K. Bausman
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 550w
"In some places, such as in the discussion of
the views of Sir William Blackstone (the vil-
lain of this book) on the Common Law, and in
the examination of the property rights of Eng-
lish women during medieval times, the weight
of the argument becomes rather oppressive. In
general, however, it is a timely, significant, and
scholarly volume which will appeal to many
thoughtful people; and a book which may well
influence both our present thinking and our
reinterpretation of the past." R. A. Brown
H Survey G 35:331 S '46 400w
"When Mary Beard starts after you you'd
better give up. This indomitable and delightful
scholar and propagandist, wife of Charles Beard
and co-author with him of various important
historical works, has a way with her when she
gets on her favorite subject: woman through
the ages, as historical fact, and evolving myth.
In this latest work Mrs. Beard is intent on
setting forth the facts and destroying the
myths. She beguiles you with humor and be-
labors you with detail until you feel you may
as well cry 'uncle' — or 'aunt' — and admit that
she has made her points, or most of them. . .
Her splendid, admirably documented work
should be a milestone in our knowledge of
women through the ages." Lorine Pruette
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 17 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
BEATTIE, EDWARD WILLIAM. Diary of a
kriegie. 31 2p 11 $3 Crowell
940.547243 World war, 1939-1945— Prisoners
and prisons, German. World war, 1939-
1945 — Personal narratives, American
46-2286
The author, an Internationally known Amer-
ican newspaper correspondent, was captured
at Chaumont-sur-Marne in September, 1944.
He thought he was about to witness the Nazi
collapse, so his capture was something of a
surprise. He was sent to Limburg, Berlin,
and Luckenwalde. before his final release.
His diary of his prison experiences is illus-
trated with his own sketches.
Reviewed by O. J. Hale
Ann Am Acad 248:304 N '46 250w
Reviewed by Joe Fromm
Book Week p4 Ap 14 '46 450w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
Foreign Affairs 24:747 Jl '46 20w
"A diary written from secretly kept note*
... by a UP correspondent captured between
the lines in the American sweep through
France. . . Here is human interest, careful,
intelligent observation."
-f- Kirkus 14'57 F 1 f46 150w
"In spots it is a fill-in on German pre-col-
lapse conditions and thought; the rest of the
time it is one man's Interesting and frequently
humorous story, done with words and pencil
sketches." Austin Stevens
4- N Y Times p7 Mr 24 '46 650w
"His diary is interesting much of the time;
if on occasion it gets monotonous, he can
hardly be blamed. Unskilled but amusing
drawings by the author, done behind barbed
wire."
New Yorker 22:94 Mr 30 '46 130w
" 'Diary of a Kriegie' makes very interesting-
reading now because it contains a great deal
of valuable information about the moral and
military disintegration within the Third Reich
before the Nazi collapse. And it has suspense,
action, and humor. Mr. Beattie, however,
rarely searches deeper than most reporters
who are mainly interested in the who, what,
where, and when of a story." H. B. Kranz
-j Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 18 '46 400w
"Though marred by an excessive number of
typographical errors, the book is a good source
for details of prison camp life in Germany.
But its primary value lies in the information it
contains about Germany during the darkest
days of the Third Reich." R. K. Welsh
Survey G 35.332 S '46 360w
"Because he knew Germans and because he
is a good reporter, Beattie' s diary is more
than a recital of things seen and of hardships
endured. It delves into the things that Hitler
and war did to the German people. This
'kriegie' Is also a cartoonist of no mean abil-
ity. He has enriched his book with forty-six
full-page drawings, done with humor and ex-
pressiveness." Louis Azrael
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 31 '46
HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
BEATTY, JOHN. Memoirs of a volunteer, 1861-
1863; ed. by Harvey S. Ford; introd. by Lloyd
Lewis; il. by Howard W. Willard. 317p $3.50
Norton
973.781 U.S.— History— Civil war— Personal
narratives
This diary by a Northern soldier was orig-
inally published in Ohio in 1879. "It is here
reproduced just as it was first published, with
the addition of explanatory footnotes, some
corrections in the spelling of proper names,
and some slight changes in organization."
(Pref)
Reviewed by R. B. Nye
Book Week p4 D 22 '46 500w
"One of the few authentic, unromanticized
records of a much romanticized war, records
with candor, simplicity and realism the expe-
riences in Volunteer Infantry."
-f Kirkus 14:534 O 15 '46 90w
"Harvey S. Ford, a veteran artilleryman
himself, has edited this new edition of Gen-
eral Beatty's book skilfully. His explanatory
footnotes are well -mustered and succinct. The
biographical notes at the back of the book
include a rich detail of figures varying from
Carl Schurz, the German revolutionary, through
General Grant and Joe Wheeler." J. S. Pennell
-f- N Y Times p3 D 22 '46 750w
"The diary is well edited and Lloyd Lewis
has written a rather too extravagant introduc-
tion. He believes that the diary 'belongs to all
time' and is modern enough 'to find kinsmen in
plenty* among present-day readers. Whether
that is correct or not, no one can deny that
here is one of the most pleasing diaries pro-
duced by the Civil War — one that combines
much of humor with more of common-sense
observation." Avery Craven
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 5 '47 1150w
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49
BEATY, JOHN YOCUM. Ocean book, 240p il
$1.35 Beckley-Cardy
551.46 Ocean— Juvenile literature 46-5446
Two boys and their uncle explore the oceans
of the world, to learn about the animal, plant,
and bird life, and the tides and volcanoes in the
ocean. Photographs. For grades five to eight.
Index.
School & Society 64:31 Jl 13 '46 20w
Wis Lib Bui 42:152 N '4G
BEAUMONT, HENRY. Psychology of person-
nel. 306p $2.75 Longmans
658.3 Employment management 45-8818
"Basic principles of personnel problems, the
contribution psychology is making in production
and stresses such topics as reconversion prob-
lems of personnel, disabled war veterans in
industry, occupational adjustments and music
in industry." (Library J) Indexes.
Library J 71:182 F 1 f46 lOOw
School & Society 62:223 O 6 '45 20w
BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. William Beaumont's
formative years; two early notebooks, 1811-
1821; with annotations and an introductory
essay by Genevieve Miller. 87p il $6 Schuman's
B or 92
"While stationed at an outpost in Michigan,
William Beaumont, 1785-1853, seized upon the
opportunity of studying the process of diges-
tion in Alexis St. Martin, the victim of an ab-
dominal gunshot wound. Through the report
on his findings, the young military surgeon
established himself as the leader and pioneer
of experimental physiology in America. . . The
present volume makes available two of Beau-
mont's notebooks generally known only through
such extracts as are found in Jesse S. Meyer's
Life and Letters of Dr. William Beaumont,
1912." U S Quarterly Bkl
BECK, FREDERICK K. Second carrot from the
end; foreword by H. Allen Smith; il. by
Emax. 160p $2 Morrow
817 Los Angeles. Farmers market 46-1202
Articles, mostly humorous, about the Farm-
ers Market in Los Angeles, the things which
are sold there, the things people take home
from there, and the people themselves. The
author writes a daily column for The Los
Angeles Times.
Reviewed by Dale Harrison
Book Week p!2 Mr 3 '46 360w
Booklist 42-207 Mr 1 '46
"The biography of a beautiful business — and
very entertaining."
-f Klrkus 13:540 D 1 '45 200w
" 'Second Carrot From the End' Is full of
major and minor implausibilities, all of them
unquestionably true and set down in Mr.
Beck's best freehand style, which is genial,
humorous, sly and eminently suited to chron-
icling the history of a farmer's market in a
city of Hollywood slickers." F. S. Nugent
4- N Y Times p30 F 24 '46 750w
"The author is a newcomer to the Smith-
Wilson-Thompson school of fast and free de-
livery. . . You're never quite sure when he's
being factual and when he's just being a dar-
ling old comic."
New Yorker 22:87 Mr 2 '46 80w
"Mr. Beck's writing reflects a sound diges-
tion and a genuine appreciation of Hollywood's
flap-doodle and nature's bounty. He could
probably get blood out of a turnip." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 10 '46
320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:56 Ap '46
BECKER, CARL LOTUS. Freedom and re-
sponsibility in the American way of life;
five lectures delivered on the William W.
Cook foundation at the Univ. of Mich, Dec.
1944; with an introd. essay by George H.
Sabme. 122p $2.50 Knopf
323 44 U.S.— Civilization 45-9854
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The slim volume tells eloquently a story
which is of considerable importance in the his-
tory of medicine, and also provides material
on the early struggle of the United States and
the War of 1812."
-I- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:333 D '46 200w
"Miss Miller, of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, supplies a graceful introduction to and
also the complete text, unconnected, of the two
notebooks kept by young Beaumont during his
formative and early professional years." S. H.
Holbrook
+ Weekly Book Review p!4 O 13 '46 400w
BEAVEN, ROBERT HADDOW. In Him is life
188p $1.50 Abingdon-Cokesbury
230 Christianity 46-342
"Subtitled 'A Fresh Approach to the Chris-
tian Faith,' this little book of 188 pages by
the president of the Baptist Missionary Train-
ing School of Chicago is an earnest attempt to
present a Christian theology freed from both
the impossibilities (to the modern mind) of
traditional orthodoxy and the too easy possibil-
ities of modernism." Christian Century
Reviewed by H. F. Reissig
Christian Century 63:966 Ag 7 '46 500w
"The author reveals an unusual capacity for
reflection. He has a dialectical mind; frequently
his motif is thesis-antithesis-synthesis. He has
a good style, an aptness in illustration, and
has many penetrating and valuable things to
say. Had he not begun as a defender of a par-
ticular dogma, had the first chapter been
dropped and the rest modified accordingly, his
book would have been less ingenious and might
have approached brilliance." Rowland Gray-
Smith
H Crozer Q 23:291 Jl '46 700w
"In a long introduction to this, the last of
Becker's slender books, Professor Sabine at-
tempts an analysis of the philosophic assump-
tions of a historian who exerted a marked and
even revolutionary influence on the younger
generation in the profession. A sympathetic
analysis, based upon long association with
Becker and corrected by the opinions of col-
leagues, it is also harsh. Becker would have
approved it, because it would have helped him
on his endless quest of understanding the in-
tellectual climate of America and his own lim-
itations as a necessary sharer in that climate."
Stanley Pargellis
Am Hist R 51:721 Jl '46 850w
"Carl Becker had one of the most urbane,
yet penetrating, minds of our time. He had
massive common sense and a style of rare
felicity. He was not especially original in
his views on politics, but he illumined what-
ever he discussed by placing it in historical
perspective, by the wit and irony with which
he wrote, and by happy turns of expression.
It was often the exquisite detail upon which
one came so frequently rather than the main
structure of his argument that delighted and
rewarded the reader. And so it is with this
book." T. P. Peardon
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:138 F '46 550w
Reviewed by C. C. Maxey
Ann Am Acad 244:192 Mr '46 400w
Booklist 42:207 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:4 Mr '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pi Ja '46
Reviewed by C. B. Merriam
Pol Scl Q 61:120 Mr '46 1200w
"The book represents the final testament of
a statesmanlike scholar, a man who for decades
had been noted for the lucidity of his thinking
and writing1, the objectivity of his conclusions,
and for not taking things for granted. Though
it may not be Mr. Becker's greatest work,
so
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BECKER, C. I Continued
this reviewer believes that in terms of con-
temporary dangers and problems it ia his
most significant and timely book/' R. A.
Brown
+ Survey Q 35:132 Ap '46 650w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:125 Je '46 200w
"Becker spoke and wrote in a delightfully
supple American Laconic which could bite
like a spring-trap when he chose, for example,
•Freedom of speech is for those who are for it.'
These final University of Michigan lectures are
the old Becker, in part literally as well as
figuratively. He took his listeners along his
own Intellectual pilgrimage from the Declara-
tion of Independence to the Murray-Kilgore
Pull Employment Bill, drawing explicit atten-
tion to the obstacles along the way, but
proffering the route which he had worked out
through or over (not around) them." J. B.
Brebner
-f Yale R n a 35:555 spring '46 700w
BECKER, MRS MAY (LAMBERTON). Adven-
tures in reading, new ed 250p $2 Llpplncott
028 Books and reading 46-7303
"The new edition of this 'best' book on read-
ing, addressed to teen-age readers, brings the
book lists up to date and has a new chapter
'The books we discover.' " (Wis Lib Bui) For
first edition see Book Review Digest, 1927.
Booklist 43:87 N 15 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
BEEBE, CATHERINE (MRS ROBB BEEBE).
Pet show; pictures by Robb Beebe. 46p $1.50
Oxford
46-6987
"Billy, Jane Marie and their three friends
have fun at the pet show where each one wins
a blue ribbon. A story for 2d and 3d graders to
read themselves." Wis Lib Bui
Klrkus 14:422 S 1 '46 50w
"It makes a happy easy reading story for
beginning readers.' Elizabeth Burr
+ Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:152 N '46
SEEDING, FRANCIS, pseud, of JOHN LESLIE
PALMER and HILARY AIDAN ST GEORGE
SAUNDERS. There are thirteen. 275p $2
Harper
46-2153
Story of the British intelligence service in
occupied France, in 1942. General Granby and
his able assistant, John Oliver, assume guar-
dianship of an escaped French airman, who
lands in England carrying valuable information.
From there on, it is one long series of narrow
escapes for Oliver.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 90w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Kirkus 14:8 Ja '46 90w
"A representative sample of the work of this
author, who has gone quietly along for some
time turning out good, brisk spy stuff with no
psychological nonsense about it."
-I- New Yorker 22:107 Mr 9 '46 lOOw
"Good spy-stuff."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton -Baddeley
Spec 176:516 My 17 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46
270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
BEERBOHM, MAX, and others. G. B. S. 90.
c>ee Ur« B* S. 90
BEERS, HOWARD WAYLAND, ed. Kentucky,
designs for her future. 323p il maps $1.36; pa
|1 ifniv. of Ky.
917.69 Kentucky 45-5468
"This book is presented in thirteen chapters,
plus selected readings, and an index. Three
chapters are by Doctor Beers; the others,
judging by their quality, are by carefully se-
lected persons, assisted by many citizens, agen-
cies, and state departments. These chapters
tell about Kentucky history, people, agriculture
and forestry, rocks and streams, wild life, in-
dustrial resources, commerce, government, ed-
ucation, health and welfare, and goals for
Kentucky. Each chapter presents in a concise
and readable manner the subject at hand. It
reviews the situation as it now exists, and
offers many constructive suggestions. Each
chapter is an inventory and a chart for the
future. While there are supporting data
throughout the book, statistics are kept to a
minimum." Am Soc R
"This book will rank high among similar vol-
umes to come from other states. It could well
be adopted as a pattern for state planning
elsewhere, and certainly Kentuckians should
read it and profit by adopting it as a guide for
the future. The pictures alone are worth the
price of the book." S H. Hobbs
-f Am Soc R 10:808 D '45 350w
"Thoughtful and sympathetic." Nell Whaley
-f Survey 82:27 Ja '46 450w
BEHAN, JOHN M. Dogs of war. [118p] il $3.50
Scribner
356.424 Dogs, War use of 46-1676
"With the aid of numerous photographs and
some dispatches written by marine combat cor-
respondents, Mr. Behan explains how household
pets and show dogs were converted into
weapons and how the weapons were used. . .
All the dogs volunteered by proxy through
their owners and both photographs and text
indicate that the volunteer spirit prevailed
among them. Even in Italian mud and South
Sea jungles the animals seem to have been kept
well groomed and every picture shows them
well fed. in fine condition. Some were used as
auxiliary sentries, some as scouts, some as
messengers, some to hunt out wounded men,
some to lay wire and some to drag sledges."
Weekly Book Review
Book Week plO Mr 3 '46 180w
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 My '46
Kirkus 14:64 F 1 '46 80w
"Mr. Behan is well equipped for his task
for he trained men and dogs for war purposes
for three years. The price will prohibit pur-
chase for small book collections, but its sub-
ject appeals to young and old." Margaret Miller
+ Library J 71:409 Mr 15 '46 90w
"The most interesting and worth-while part
of the book is the collection of photographs
which is the pictorial record of the dogs' train-
Ing and battle service. Few, if any, of these
photographs are new to people who followed
the newspapers, but the assembly of so many
tells the story as it has not been told before.
It is a good story — and a story no dog-lover
should miss." H. I. Brock
-|- N Y Times pl8 Mr 3 f46 400w
"The book will enlighten many who assume
that the war dog was used mainly to attack
the enemy. Mr Behan shows that this was
but one type of work demanded of the canine
soldiers. In addition to the sentry-attack dog
are featured the scout dog, the messenger dog,
the casualty dog, the wire-laying dog, the
pack dog and the sledge dog." Charlena Kibbe
-f Springf'd Republican p8 F 27 '46 400w
Reviewed by R. B. Peck
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 F 10 '46 550w
BEHRMAN, SAMUEL NATHANIEL. Dun-
nigan's daughter; a comedy. 184p $2 Random
house
812 46-18158
Play in which Feme, "Dunnlgan'a daughter,"
discovers the dangerous power-loving nature of
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51
her husband, Clay Rainier, through the efforts
of Jim Balrd, a state department employee and
Miguel Riachi, a Mexican artist.
* 'Mostly watered-down Behrman but still
necessary for all American drama collections."
George Preedley
Library J 71:979 Jl f46 lOw
"Just what Mr. Behrman is trying to prove
in this brittle triangle of a sadistic tycoon,
his back-to-fundamentals wife, and a pantheis-
tic painter is probably a puzzle to everyone,
including Mr. Behrman. The muddle of the
liberal whose heart is obviously in the right
place, but whose head aches with too much
thinking, has seldom found a more perfect ex-
ample. The present reviewer closed the slim
volume feeling sorry for no one but the play-
wright." C. V. Terry
N Y Times p8 Jl 21 '46 140w
"It has always been Mr. Behrman 's method
to mask a large general idea behind his suave
dialogue and comedy of individuals. In this
play the idea is evident, but the masking
dialogue is tenuous and the story a bit on the
dull side." W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p21 8 15 '46 90w
BEIM, JERROLD, and CRICHLOW, ERNEST.
Twelve o'clock whistle. [61p] 11 $2 Morrow
46-20646
A little boy whose father worked In an
automobile factory went to visit one day. be-
cause his father had forgotten his lunch box.
Mitch was escorted around the plant and dis-
covered to his chagrin that Dad did not make
automobiles all by himself. But while Dad
and Mitch ate the contents of the lunch box
the little boy learned a valuable lesson. For
second and third graders.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
Kirkus 14:382 Ag 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. P. Cox
Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
HOw
"A good, realistic story."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
"Nobody needs to show little children the
point of this: Mitch got it at once, and they
will." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 O 6 '46 230w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
BEIM, LORRAINE (LEVEY). Triumph clear.
200p $2 Harcourt
46-3638
A young girl, confidently planning on college
and a dramatic career, is stricken with infan-
tile paralysis This is the story of her long
struggle against discouragement, and back to
health and contentment. The scene is the
Georgia Warm Springs foundation. For older
girls.
Book Week pl6 Je 2 '46 360w
Booklist 42:319 Je 1 '46
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 60w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
Kirkus 14:199 Ap 15 '46 130w
"Borders on the sentimental but will be en-
Joyed by the teen-age Rlrl." A. M. Wetherell
Library J 71:764 My 16 '46 80w
"A somewhat sentimentally written book,
with a happy ending sure to be popular with
many 12 to 14 year old girls." M. C. Scoggin
^ NY Timea p30 My 5 '46 120w
Sat R of Lit 29:31 Ag 10 '46 240w
"The book has an interesting plot and an ab-
sorbing element of suspense that makes it read
like a short story: also it acquaints the reader
with the methods and progress of the foun-
dation." J. B. English
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 26 '46 240w
"This is a spirited story, with real and en-
gaging youn? folks. It builds up a lifelike Ira-
is broader than as a study of getting over in-
fantile paralysis. Sooner or later any one may
have to face the fact that 'the thing that
couldn't happen has occurred,' and something
taken for granted as essential would not be
there any more. In such a crisis the strong man
changes his step and goes on; the weak smoth-
ers the rest of his life in the mire of self-pity.
Marsh is a girl who can change the step."
M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46 340w
BEKESSY, EMERY, and HEMBERGER, AN-
DREAS. Barabbas; a novel of the time of
Jesus; tr. from the German by Richard and
Clara Winston. 324p $2.75 Prentice-Hall
Jesus Christ—Fiction 46-7817
Novel of the time of Christ. The central char-
acter is Barabbas, the robber who was released
by Pilate in place of Jesus. Thruout the book
Barabbas is shown as the prototype of hate, as
Christ is typical of peace and love. The book
ends just after the crucifixion.
Reviewed by Kay Harper
Book Week pl4 N 17 '46 320w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
"The background is well handled, especially
the oppression of the Jews under the Romans,
but there's a great deal more imagination and
color used in portraying the minor characters*
than in building Barabbas himself."
Kirkus 14:436 S 1 '46 ISOw
"This should take its place among the best
of the recent religious novels. Recommended
for high school and public libraries." R. J. Hur-
ley
-f Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 lOOw
"The story moves bumpily across impediments
toward the Inevitable climax of the trial of
Christ — and it meets that climax magnificently.
Mr. Bekessy rises to the occasion with a scene
of agony and terror the reader won't soon for-
get. Richard Match
-f N Y Times p26 N 24 '46 750w
"A vivid, evocative novel." Lorine Pruette
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 D 8 '46 700w
BELL, ERIC TEMPLE (JOHN TAINE, pseud).
Development of mathematics. 2d ed 637p $5
McGraw
510.9 Mathematics— History 46-10599
"Second edition contains revision of older
matter with new material on modern mathe-
matics. A much fuller discussion than in any
history of mathematics. Purpose of the book
is to show how living mathematics arrived at
its present state." (Library J) For first edi-
tion see Book Review Digest, 1940.
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
Library J 70:750 S 1 '45 50w
ELL, ERIC TEMPLE (JOHN TAINE, pseud).
Magic of numbers. (Whittlesey house pub-
lication) 418p $3.50 McGraw
610.1 Numbers, Theory of. Mathematics-
History. Mathematics— Philosophy 46-8012
"Professor Bell's book is a historical ac-
count of the great mathematicians and phi-
losophers who, like Pythagoras and Plato, be-
lieved that mathematical truth only needed
to be discovered. The contrary process, as
the author tells us, is that of invention, ac-
cording to which new mathematical ideas are
generated as a direct result of new scientific
observations or experiments. To a Platonlst,
however, a mind sufficiently powerful could
deduce all mathematics — and conceivably all
basic laws of the physical world — by reasoning
alone, unaided by the senses. In the final
chapter we find a modern renewal of this
ancient dispute." (Weekly Book Review) No
index.
Current Hist 12:60 Ja *47 50w
"Replete with incident and bits of human
interest, the book should come to life, but it
never does. It is arch, talky, and pretentiously
learned In spots, so that the reader will find
presslon of life at Warm Springs. But its value the job of extracting the substance too much of
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BELL, E. T. — Continued
a chore. An interesting subject but the au-
thor has muffed it by trying too hard."
h Kirkus 14:404 Ag 15 '46 HOw
"It is a non-technical account, clearly writ-
ten and easy to follow even for those who have
an understanding of only the simplest arith-
metic." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71-1331 O 1 '46 60w
"A distinguished interpreter of mathematics
for the layman, Dr. Bell has here produced
a book in his usual stimulating style that is
sure to arouse much discussion." James Stok-
ley
+ Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 230w
"A wide circle of amateur mathematicians
will welcome a new book for popular consump-
tion by the author of 'Men of Mathematics.' "
D. D. Miller
+ Weekly Book Review p36 D 8 '46
lOOOw
BELL, HAROLD SILL. American petroleum
refining. 3d ed 619p il $7.50 Van Nostrand
665.5 Petroleum refining 45-10607
For earlier editions of this textbook see
Book Review Digest, 1923, 1931. "This edi-
tion has been prepared to provide a concise
summary of the art of petroleum refining in
its many and varied phases. During the past
decade and between the appearance of the
second and this edition, technique has pro-
gressed at the most rapid rate in the history
of the industry. . . The purpose of this volume
is to combine this information and to make
it readily available to the executive, engineer,
or employee seeking up-to-date facts. The
previous text has been carefully edited in
order to eliminate non-essentials in the light
of present day practice, yet certain historical
and developmental threads have been retained
for purposes of record." (Pref to third edi-
tion)
"The refining of petroleum has developed
over the years into such a vast array of
operations and processes, utilizing so many
different types of mechanical equipment, that
no single volume can hope to cover all phases
of the subject adequately or in an authori-
tative manner. The present volume suffers
much from Just such an attempt, and it is
the reviewer's opinion that a much more ac-
ceptable book would have resulted if the space
given to the description of processes and to
the chemistry of petroleum had been utilized
to expand the information given on the more
conventional and standardized pieces of me-
chanical equipment employed in refining."
Whitney Weinrich
Chem & Eng N 24:414 F 10 '46 500w
"With a good blend of theory and basic prin-
ciples, design and process conditions, the over-
due third edition of Bell's book becomes one
of the best general references of its kind. Be-
cause of the breadth of the subject matter
covered, the text on any one topic is neces-
sarily brief and elementary. . . Well illustrated
with photographic reproductions, flow dia-
grams, drawings and charts, this book con-
tains as much information as any one volume,
non -encyclopedic reference that takes an en-
tire industry, and a very complex one, as its
domain."
-f Chem & Met Eng 53:283 F '46 300w
Reviewed by L*. A. Bales
Library J 70:1135 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:60 O '45
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:68 Mr '46 320w
BELL, JANET. Sunday in the park; pictures
by Aline Appel. [28pJ 85c McBride
Picture-story book showing what a small
city boy does on his Sunday in the park.
"Bright colorful pictures by Aline Appel will
appeal to preschool children and the text : i"
aCiaRted »Jor those of second grade reading
ability. Poor binding for library use." AT M!
Wetherell
Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 90w
"The pictures are lively and simple, with
touches of green and red; they look young and
active." M. I*. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 14 '46
200w
BELL, THOMAS. There comes a time. 288p
$2 50 Little
46-5408
"An urbane, realistic, sociological novel with
organized labor background. . . Joel Pane
(Panec), married, middle-aged, bank teller
feels that he is growing old without knowing
life and his relationship to it. He finds this
meaning and significance in working for a
union of bank employees, taking part in poli-
tics and thinking about American democracy.'
Library J
"Primarily this is a piece of propaganda in
a good cause, too obviously contrived to be as
convincing as one could wish."
Christian Century 63:1065 S 4 '46 HOw
Kirkus 14:229 My 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by H A. Wooster
Library J 71:977 Jl '46 70w
"A novel that is always dramatic, down-to-
earth and brimming with bitter wisdom. . .
Thomas Bell has proved more than once that
he can write a fine, stinging case history of
the underpaid, with no punches pulled. In
'There Comes a Time' the underpaid are be-
ginning to question the status quo — and some
of them are actually demanding their rightful
share." James MacBride
N Y Times p4 Jl 21 '46 500w
"When Mr. Bell is writing about everyday
people, he is perceptive and entertaining, but
when he takes up the C.I.O., he is just weari-
some."
+ New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 120w
"As he did in 'All Brides Are Beautiful,'
Mr. Bell handles the husband-wife relationship
delightfully. . . Its too bad, it seems to me,
that Mr. Bell couldn't have kept this novel
moving on this same plane throughout. His
theme makes good sense. His handling of
Joel's middle-road approach to the day's prob-
lem is good. But it seems to me that his
desire for verisimilitude when it comes to the
details of union organization simply ran away
with him." J. H. Jackson
h San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Jl 30 '46
300w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
360w
"In its construction, 'There Comes a Time'
is a bit confusing, in that the author first
shows what manner of a man Joel is In his
personal life and relationships, then flashes
back in time to tell the whole union story. The
cumulative effect, however, is a memorable
picture not only of Individuals but of the life of
groups of people who are so much a part of
the functioning of a metropolis that one takes
them for granted. In its insight and vigor, as
well as its warmth and sincerity, this is an
outstanding novel." Mary Ross
H Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 28 '46 700w
BELLAH, JAMES WARNER. Ward twenty.
160p $2 Doubleday
46-409
"Twenty- four crowded hours in an Army
hospital ward for permanently disabled vet-
erans. There is a death, an attempted suicide,
an attempted seduction, a marital reconcilia-
tion, a spiritual regeneration, and a deal of
casual drinking and sex." New Yorker
"This is it. Vivid, poignant, beautiful. And
so timely that it is almost timeless. 'Ward 20'
should have reached you eight months ago,
under another imprint. But the mysterious
they or he responsible for final decisions in the
firm which originally received the manuscript
decided against it after it had already been
set in type and advance copies distributed.
And now Doubleday does the honorable thing
by this fine novel from the pen of a writer
qualified, by military experience and sympa-
thetic intensity, for the task. Well they might,
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53
Just out of business gumption. Because there's
hardly a book in the fiction of World War II
that you can mention in the same breath. E.
D. Branch
4- Book Week pi Ja 6 '46 1650w
"It is not an easy book to read. Neither is
theirs an easy life to live. But — be that as it
may — booksellers and librarians are daily facing
the problem of a large percentage of readers
who don't want war books — who don't want
unpleasantness. A vast number of people are
going to have to live with the aftermath of
war; this is a book that might help other
people realize what it means in human terms."
Kirkus 13.477 N 1 '45 250w
"Intense with accumulated emotions, crude
passions, questings of the soul, this novel of
twenty-four hours in an Army hospital will
teach reticent readers to accept battle-scarred
veterans with wiser understanding. Tough,
sometimes ruthless because the brutalities of
war have developed hitherto dormant In-
stincts, these men grope for spiritual, mental
and physical aids to strengthen them for their
coveted civilian life in which they may learn
how to 'belong' again. Recommended for
adults." H. S. Taylor
-f Library J 70:1180 D 15 '45 90w
"For all its impact, this is not a Grade-A
novel When you have put it aside and thought
it over, you will remember that the author has
also spent a profitable lifetime as a slick paper
serialist. A too-facile style is constantly on
tap, compromising his realism in favor of
standard melodrama. Yet Mr. Bellah (a vet-
eran of the first World War, an Air Force col-
onel in the second) is writing from the heart
out. His book is a grim reminder of the price
American youth has paid — and must go on pay-
ing— for today's fumble at a decent world."
James MacHride
_| NY Times p6 Ja 13 '46 850w
"Mr Bellah is a competent storyteller with a
swift, at times almost too swift, pace, but he
knows his subject. This book should be of
special interest to civilians seeking to alleviate
the bitterness of men like these."
New Yorker 21:89 Ja 12 '46 80w
"If this is a shocking book, it is because it
admits frankly the facts that most of us would
avoid facing: that hospitals are sex- charged
places full of the pressures of unfulfilled and
unfulfillable yearnings, that the blind do de-
velop remarkably acute tactile senses, that
even the most carefully paragraphed edicts
of military and medical martinets cannot keep
all the paths to backrooms and dark lawns
patrolled by MP's. There are many who will
gag at Bellah' s frank and unexpurgated capture
of the language of Ward Twenty. There are
those who will want to close their eyes to these,
as to other, facts of life. And there are some
who will read this book furtively, looking for
the lurid passages. . . But there are many,
I hope, who will see far more in this book than
a dozen intertwined tales of lust among the
limbless. . . If only a few of us learn that
rehabilitation — stupid word — is not some special
form of social work to be carried on by our
deputies, Jim Bellah will have done much in-
deed for all veterans and for the consciences
of all the rest of us " A. Q. Maisel
Sat R of Lit 29:11 F 9 '46 1050w
"Mr Bellah's prose is uneven He strives
too hard for crude realism in his GI dialog, sel-
dom achieves it. He can turn a sparkling
phrase. . . And he can spoil an effect by over-
doing . . 'Ward 20* crowds too many lives
into its brief and static framework. There is
such a profusion of faces that few have depth
and substance. The absence of a central char-
actor only exaggerates the absence of plot."
Harry Daum
h Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 550w
"For those heavily laden with anxiety about
sex, the frank exposition of passion may prove
discomforting. For those who have understand-
ing to give In the service of the blind, the dis-
membered, the disillusioned and weary, this
book cannot help but add objective sympathy
and constructive understanding."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:179 S '46 280w
" 'Ward Twenty* reflects a strange fellow-
ship of mockery and genuine, intensely mascu-
line sympathy. In the act of making fun of
one another, they are trying to bolster their
group morale, pretending not to show their
joy in the little gains of strength, the minor
triumphs of handicapped and broken bodies.
The room in which they live so intimately takes
on the atmosphere of a recreation hall or a club;
sometimes the members can forget that it is
also a place of suffering. Mr. Bellah conveys
this only indirectly, but with all the greater elo-
quence because of that. . . 'Ward Twenty' is
a grim story with which to greet the year, but
it honestly and inescapably faces up to the
facts as fiction is entitled to present them."
George Conrad
-h Weekly Book Review p2 Ja 13 '46 300w
BELLAIRS, GEORGE. Death in the night
watches. 223p $2 Macmillan [7s 6d Gifford]
46-8057
Detective story.
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
Kirkus 14:361 Ag 1 '46 90w
"The sleuthing is anything but brilliant, and
the same may be said of the writing." Isaac
Anderson
N Y Times p48 D 8 '46 140w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 1 '46
70w
"Careful clue-by-clue detecting enlivened by
maundering of elephantine herd of country con-
stables. Cleverly framed solution has sardonic
terminal twist."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 50w
"If you happen to pick the right fiend too
early in the game, you still dorrt know how
or why. Story closes with a hunk of meldo-
drama for lovers of action. The rest is an im-
pressive lot of deducing in easy- to- read form,
a treat among the imported puzzles." Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p48 N 24 '46
230w
BELLINI, GIOVANNI. [Paintings and draw-
ings] by Philip Hendy and Ludwig Gold-
scheider. (Phaidon press bk) 34p il 122pl $6.50
Oxford
759.5 Paintings, Italian. Drawings A46-15
Contains about a hundred and twenty plates,
five of them in color, showing the works of
the best-known of the three Bellinis. There
is a critical estimate of his life and work by
Philip Hendy, and an index of collections in
Europe and America.
Booklist 42-368 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by David Burnham
Commonweal 45:73 N 1 '4fi 850w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 11 '46
60w
"This book seems as thorough a survey of
his work as could be made, and the text, while
a little awkward, is illuminating and authori-
tative."
-f New Yorker 22:80 Je 29 '46 60w
BELLOC, HILAIRE. The servile state; with
an introd. by Christian Gauss. Am ed 189p
$2.50 Holt
330.1 Collectivism. Capitalism. Great Brit-
ain— Economic policy 46-6995
This is the first American edition of a work
published in England in 1912. It contains "a
review of capitalism and socialism or collec-
tivism with the purpose of showing that both
lead to a servile state. Belloc maintains that
in both systems the bulk of the people do not
control the 'means of production,' thus creating
what he calls the servile state. By servile
he implies that most of the people must sell
their labor or starve. Although the two sys-
tems do not strive for the same ends they
nevertheless bring about a similar condition be-
cause the mass of the people do not have con-
trol in either case." Library J
"No student of political science was un-
familiar with the English edition. It has at-
tained the position of a classic work in the
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BELLOC, HI LAI RE— Continued
field. It is both the strength and the weakness
of Belloc that he is able to simplify causes
and effects in history. The strength lies In his
noting causes very often overlooked or for-
gotten; the weakness In his exaggeration of
both the causes and the effects. His reasoning
is always clear and logical and his presenta-
tion forceful, almost defiant." J. G. Kerwin
-I Book Week p!2 O 20 '46 360w
Booklist 43:82 N 15 '46
Commonweal 45:98 N 8 '46 40w
"A valuable, thought-provoking document."
+ Klrkus 14:517 O 1 '46 210w
"An appraisal gives insufficient space to do
this book Justice. Recommended for general
purchase," Wayne Kalemch
-f- Library J 71:1327 O 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Dwight MacDonald
Nation 163:664 D 7 '46 1350w
Reviewed by R. L. Duffus
N Y Times plO N 24 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by C. E. Ayres
Weekly Book Review p20 N 3 '46 1150w
BELPRE, PURA. The tiger and the rabbit,
and other tales; il. by Kay Peterson Parker.
119p $1.75 Hough ton
398 Folklore— Puerto Rico 46-25072
A collection of gay nonsense tales from
Puerto Rico, retold by a native of that coun-
try. For ages nine to eleven.
Booklist 42:249 Ap 1 '46
"While the stories are not all wholly new
in theme, they are attractively presented and
have an authentic Latin- American flavor."
A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:133 Mr '46 70w
"Adult folk material enthusiasts will find
them fresh and interesting, with authentic
notes."
+ Klrkus 14:104 F 15 '46 90w
"A good collection for the storyteller and for
the children's own reading." J. D. LIndquist
4- Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 40w
"The stories are fresh and unusual and Miss
Belpre" has set them down in a dramatic, ani-
mated form. Boys and girls from nine to
twelve will take delight in this compact little
volume and story tellers will welcome it grate-
fully."
4- N Y Times p!4 Mr 24 '46 90w
"In spite of the paper, which is poor in
quality and color, this is an attractive little
boo*t. The drawings, printed in red and green,
are amusing and lively and good in their
characterization. This is a book for story-
tellers to share with boys and girls every-
where. There is no time limit to its value
It is a new record of old tales that are filled
with drama and beauty and laughter." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:65 Ap 20 '46 600w
Sprlnof'd Republican p4d My 5 '46
120w
"As in all folklore, the customs of the peo-
ple, the climate, the food, the ways of living,
the measure of wit, the very philosophy of life
are all a fascinating part of the stories. Some
of the stories, such as the one which gives the
book its title, share a common heritage with
Uncle Remus, with Grimm, and other familiar
sources. . . The stories come easily to the
tongue for telling, and have the feeling of
having been written down as they were heard.
The book would be much improved by better
proofreading and the poor quality of the paper
upon which it is printed robs the illustrations
of much of their effectiveness." F. C. Sayers
H Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 24 '46 350w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. Hotel Bemelmans.
380p il $3 Viking
818 Hotels, taverns, etc. 46-6964
Thirty-six stories of life in a big hotel, in-
cluding all the stories from two of the au-
thor's earlier books: Life Class, and Hotel
Splendide (Book Review Digest 1938 and 1941).
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:154 N '46 330w
" 'Hotel Bemelmans' is not a book to be read
straight through. Like the afterdinner mint
that tops oft a satisfying meal, or the steam-
ing cup of coffee that lifts sagging spirits at
the end of a day, each tale is a separate
treat." June Johnston
-f- Book Week p6 S 8 '46 SOOw
Booklist 43:134 Ja 1 '47
Kirkus 14:305 Jl 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Robert Warshow
Nation 163:629 N 9 '46 llOOw
"Being a satirical and rather sardonic ro-
manticist, Mr. Bemelmans is able to make his
hotel and its staff both real and dramatically
colorful, hilarious and sagely human; the
stories themselves are sympathetic, ironic, hu-
morously detached, yet with a fine strangeness
in their proportions. There can be no doubt by
now that his is one of the original talents of
current American letters." Richard Watts
4- N Y Times p5 S 8 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 16 '46
SOOw
"Anybody who carps at a new Bemelmans
book is no friend of mine, but 'Hotel Bemei-
mans' isn't exactly new. It consists of 33 old
stories and three new ones. . . They are, of
course, very good stories, but they are already
in perfectly satisfactory book form, all pub-
lished since 1938, which is a little recent for
exhumation. The three new stories are good,
too, but they make a pretty shaky peg on
which to hang a whole new book." Jack lams
Sat R of Lit 29:17 S 28 '46 360w
Time 48:114 S 30 '46 60w
"His style, to borrow one of his own similes,
is as light as a souffle, fluffy and warm. Lots
of funny things happen in hotels. Mr. Bemel-
mans recalls some of these incidents with the
delight of a piquant raconteur. Through his
pages slip good waiters and surly, clumsy
ones, nice guests and naughty ones. There are
broken commandments as well as broken
dishes. A gay insight is given into both the
tricks and tribulations of the hotel trade, from
the plumbers shop deep in the fourth base-
ment to the house florists' conservatory up on
the roof." Edward Angly nnn
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 S 8 '46 lOOOw
BENEDEK, THERESE (FRIEDMANN). In-
sight and personality adjustment: a study of
the psychological effects of war. 307p $4 Ron-
ald
355.115 War — Psychological aspects 46-6681
"Written as guide for nonmedicai counselors.
Covers some of the basic problems and con-
cepts of psychiatry as well as the particular
problems of the soldier while in the army, of
his family at home without him, and of the
return to family life." (Am J Soc) Index
Am J Soc 52:379 Ja '47 50w
"This is a mature and timely work, and
should be of value to students in a wide va-
riety of fields as well as to the 'psychological
counsellors' to whom it is primarilv dtrerfed."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:322 D '46 280w
BENEDICT, MRS RUTH (FULTON). Chrys-
anthemum and the sword; patterns of Japa-
nese culture. 324p $3 Houghton
915,2 Japan— Civilization. National char-
acteristics, Japanese 46-11843
Study of Japanese culture and behavior by
an American anthropologist, who during World
war II worked for the office of war informa-
tion. "Dr. Benedict examines every aspect
of Japanese life and thought— the rigidly
codified concepts of proper station in the so-
cial system, the national piety, the rituals of
social intercourse, and so on—and presents a
mass of new material. Her book should help
to explain, though without justifying* some of
the attitudes which we encountered as an
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enemy of Japan and which we must contend
with during the occupation." (New Yorker)
Glossary. Index.
Reviewed by S. I. Hayakawa
Book Week pi D 8 '46 1150w
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
"This meticulous anthropological study of
Japanese character sulfers from one grave
drawback: the author has never been to Japan.
As a result, it has a bookish quality that puts
it at a long remove from the realities ot pres-
ent-day Japan. This obvious limitation escapes
Dr. Benedict's supposedly trained eye. In the
last chapter, she writes an unhesitating paean
of praise to American occupation policy. . .
One must regretfully record of Dr. Benedict,
for all the carefulness of her work, that, hav-
ing seen all, she has seen nothing." Robert
Peel
Christian Science Monitor p!6 D 16 '46
360w
"A student of cultural patterns has given us,
in this provocative and unusual book, the first
sociological interpretation of the Japanese
which gives us insight into their conduct of
life, their attitudes and behaviours — factors
which make the Japanese what they are — in
terms the layman can understand. . . An il-
luminating interpretation — of immediate im-
port and permanent value."
-h Kirkus 14.474 S 15 '46 250w
"Libraries that found author's Race, Science
and Politics a valuable addition will riot be
disappointed in this scholarly but simple and
illuminating study for the general reader. Rec-
ommended." K. T. Willis
+ Library J 71:1460 O 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Bont6 Duran
New Repub 116:38 Ja 6 '47 1500W
"Miss Benedict, accustomed to dealing with
primitive peoples, had to project the behavior
patterns of a civilized people in a form simple
enough to be intelligible. She had to circum-
vent the arrogant, racist altitude that no for-
eigner can understand things Japanese. She
had to discount the subjective bias of oc-
cidental observers, whether they were ro-
mantic travelers, acquisitive traders, or Old
Japan Hands whose integrity had been cor-
rupted by the ease of oriental living And
she had to rely heavily on American-born
Japanese. The resulting picture is not the
one to be seen in Japanese homes and streets
and villages today; it is the picture of which
one still catches a glimpse in the traditional
kabuki plays and of which Japanese intellectuals
sometimes talk nostalgically. . . This list of
discrepancies could be greatly extended . .
But for the present, because it pictures a Japan
that exists more in tradition than in reality,
Miss Benedict's book must be considered to be
primarily of historical interest." Harold
Strauss
N Y Times p4 N 24 '46 1050w
"A scholarly and fascinating study."
-f New Yorker 22:126 N 23 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Mark Starr
-f Sat R of Lit 29-11 D 14 '46 SOOw
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 lOw
"This is a book of the utmost significance
and one that could herald a new approach
to international relations." Krna Fergusson
+ Weekly Book Review p3 D 1 '46 2150w
BEN ESC H, OTTO. Art of the renaissance in
northern Europe; its relation to the contem-
porary spiritual and intellectual movements.
174p il $7.50 Harvard univ. press
709.4 Art, Renaissance. Art — Europe. Ren-
' aissance A46-301
"A series of eight lectures delivered in 1944
by Otto Benesch at the Lowell Institute in
Boston. Based on studies of the late Max
Dvofak and the author's own discoveries, it is
an account of the main stylistic developments
of the sixteenth-century painting of Germany,
Holland, Flanders, and France. It is a discus-
sion of a basic dualism brought about by the
struggles of individuals like Dttrer to under-
stand and practice the Renaissance art of Italy,
and the inevitable reactions, through medieval
survivals and revivals." U S Quarterly Bkl
"The real achievement of Dr. Benesch' s boofc
seems to me to be that it makes available an
amazing variety of material out of which in-
sight into basic attitudes can be built. The
book is a beautiful integration of previous in-
vestigations and full of stimulating suggestions
and fresh nuances of thought and expression.
For the historian, it will have special value not
only because it deals with art so that it can
be understood in relation to contemporary de-
velopments but also because it makes available
the conceptions of a school of German thought
all too little known in this country." Dayton
Phillips
+ Am Hist R 52:111 O '46 llOOw
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
"An informative and provocative book."
Dorothy Ad low
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ap 27
'46 270w
"The illustrations are excellent, but it is
regrettable that there are not nearly enough
of them to enable the reader to follow in de-
tail all of Dr. Benesch's conclusions."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:1 Mr '46 360w
BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT. Last circle;
.stories and poems [introd. by Rosemary
Ben-gt]. 309p $3 Farrar
46-11844
A volume of prose and poetry; some fifteen
short stories arid almost as many poems, none
of which have appeared in the author's volumes
of collected works. Most of them were written
during- the last years of his life.
"Such posthumous omnium- gatherums rarely
add measurably to an author's reputation and
'The Last Circle* is no exception. But there
are pieces in this final volume which not only
bring; forcefully to mind the memorable tales
that Benet had done earlier but also suggest
the direction and shape of one of the most
original minds in contemporary American let-
ters " J. T. Flanagan
H Book Week pi N 17 '46 1150w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
Reviewed by Pearl Strachan
Christian Science Monitor pl2 D 30 '46
500w
"The stories, while uneven in interest, are
brilliant and so varied that there's something
for everyone's taste."
• -f Kirkus 14.465 S 15 '46 160w
"There is no single piece in this posthumous
collection which will stand up with the best
of Stephen Vincent BcrnH's work; but running
all through these stories and poems are sug-
gestions of the spirit and intention, even the
manner, of the author's whole, large achieve-
ment. The characteristic warmth is here, and
the good, ardent appreciation of people as
people Like reafurmations of notes sounded
earlier, one finds here again the dexterous
craftsmanship, the recurrent fantasy and the
abiding concern — usually joyous, sometimes
grave, occasionally overstressed, but always
honest — about everything American, past, pres-
ent and to come " Richard Sullivan
-f N Y Times p7 D 8 '46 850w
"If there is nothing here to compare with
the classic stature of 'The Devil and Daniel
Webster,' 'Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer,'
'The King of the Cats,' or 'Too Early Spring,'
nevertheless the stories all have the stamp of
the serious and expert craftsman who has
something to say. . . They are all worth read-
ing. The few brief poems seem to me some-
what undistinguished, with the exception of
•If This Should Change' and 'Little Testa-
ment.' These show depth of prophetic feeling
as well as Ben-6t's gift for making his own
thought and experience poetically valid to
the reader. In summary, then, 'The Last
Circle' is a collection of its writer's minor
work, but a collection which echoes the strong
affection for humanity that is the dominant
note in all his writings." Robeson Bailey
+ Sat R of Lit 30:16 Ja 4 '47 SOOw
"For Stephen Vincent Benet's devoted read-
ers— and they are many — this present collec-
tion of new material should be more than they
could have hoped for." Kenneth Fearing
4- Weekly Book Review p6 D 15 '46 SOOw
56
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BENGE, EUGENE JACKSON. You— trium-
phant! a guide to effective personal living:.
294p $3 Harper
100 Psychology, Applied 46-5774
A personnel consultant writes this self-help
book for business or industrial workers. The
work is divided into a series of ten lessons,
dealing- with such matters as health, human
behavior, memory, habit formation, etc. Index.
Booklist 43:5 S '40
Kirkus 14.119 Mr 1 '40 90vv
"The person ol compulsive temperament who
takes pride in having the 'will power' to force
himself to do things he dislikes to do will find
this manual rich in opportunities for gratifying
this particular form of self-conceit; and the
discouraged soul absorbed in self-accusatory
brooding will, if he takes the instructions
seriously, soon be too busy with trivial as-
signments to worry about his troubles. Busi-
ness executives and other busy people are
advised to read the didactic and explanatory
material thoughtfully, but the exercises with
tongue in cheek." M. F. Martin
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 400w
BEN HAM, HERBERT E. Aerial navigation; il.
by Benson Parish. 344p $4 Wiley
629.1325 Navigation (aeronautics) 46-10403
"This excellent introductory text, suitable
for self-instruction as well as classroom use,
provides the fundamentals in mapping-, dead
reckoning, and tactical, radio, and astro- navi-
gation that will enable the student to perform
basic computations of a flight including the
reduction of celestial observations to a flx.
There are problems (with answers) after each
chapter and also a general review at the end
of the book. The author is Director of Ground
Trainfcig, Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Library J 70:530 Je 1 '45 20w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:59 O '45
" 'Aerial Navigation,' written by the direc-
tor of ground training for Pan American-
Grace Airways, is notable for its practical
approach." James Stokley
4- Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
lOOw
BENIANS, ERNEST ALFRED. Race and na-
tion in the United States; a historical sketch
of the intermingling of the peoples in the
making of the American nation. 48p pa 75c
Macmillan [pa 2s 6d Cambridge]
325.73 U.S.— Nationality. U.S.—Race ques-
tion [46-17262]
"Mr. Benians's little book is a reprint of a
lecture given to the students of Bedford Col-
lege when that institution was still exiled from
Regent's Park to the pleasant isolation of
Cambridge. . . The theme of the Master of
St. John's is a great one; the making of a
reality of the American national motto, e
pluribus unum." Times [London] Lit Sup
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 90w
"It supplies a succinct, well-proportioned,
and scholarly record of the gradual develop-
ment of the ideals of American democracy and
American unity. In particular one could not
find anywhere in such short compass so excel-
lent an account of the successive waves of
immigration into the New World and their
contribution to the national expansion." H.
W. H.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 26 '46 180w
Social Studies 37:286 O '46 20w
"It contains less than flfty pages, but every
page is full of wisdom and of the telling illus-
trative detail that is the fruit of living learn-
ing."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p226 My 11
'46 550w
BENJAMIN, MARY A. Autographs: a key to
collecting. 305p pi $6 Bowker
091.5 Autographs 46-3103
Presents the history of autograph collecting,
with many anecdotes about those who collect.
It is the author's contention that autograph
collecting is based on man's desire to gather
anything which has been written into libraries
or private collections. Index.
"One need not read very far before discover-
ing that the author's chief interest is Amer-
ican history, and hence it is not surprising to
find that most of her illustrative material is
drawn from that field. If she occasionally tends
to digress too elaborately, she is none the less
interesting and readable. But it is to be re-
gretted that the book's emphasis is so ex-
clusively historical " T. A. Kirby
4- — Am Hist R 52:101 O '46 800w
"Whether or not you are a collector, you
will enjoy this book. It contains far more
than sound advice to collectors on how to buy,
what to buy, and how to preserve what they
have bought; it will appeal to all people who
read and are interested in the cultural proc-
esses which produce manuscripts and books."
Otto Eisenschiml
-f- Book Week p!4 Ap 14 '46 270w
Booklist 42:275 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:3 N '46
"Addressed to the beginner as well as to the
seasoned collector, these three hundred pages
of factual information, erudite comment, and
diverting anecdote amply warrant the well-
chosen title. Those who have already learned
much through trial and error will be grateful
for clear answers to the deeper problems of
their chosen field, while the use of the Key
will spare the tyro many painful experiences
and add to the joys of his new pursuit." Kath-
erine Maynard
4- Cath World 163:279 Je '46 600w
"The value of Miss Benjamin's book is in
what it teaches . . [Her] book is designed for
the serious collector who is not too much lim-
ited by a slim purse: but equally valuable to
the specialized collector, the so-called 'little
man,' who is the average American collector."
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 15 '46
320w
"This special guide book is so full of inter-
esting anecdotes, especially in connection with
Americana, that it would interest almost any
reader."
4- Commonweal 43:657 Ap 13 '46 40w
"Most librarians think twice before they buy
a $6 book, especially when its title implies that
it is designed for a rather small circle of read-
ers. But the librarian who passes up Mary A
Benjamin's Autographs: A Key to Collecting
either on account of its price or because it
appears to be too highly specialized will miss
one of the biggest book bargains of recent
years. Why a bargain? Because it contains
much useful information not to be found any-
where else, and because, to almost any sizable
library, it will mean a saving in money of
many times its cost." P. M. Angle
4- Library J 71:751 My 15 '46 850w
"Written in an easy style, which occasion-
ally produces a digressive effect, it is on the
whole pleasant reading. Most of the illustra-
tions are drawn from historical as distinguished
from literary manuscripts: history, especially
American history, is Miss Benjamin's particular
forte. But the book is no mere collection of
anecdotes. It is a detailed examination of the
problems that confront anyone concerned with
manuscript material whether as collector,
dealer or librarian." J. D. Gordan
4- N Y Times p29 Je 2 '46 600w
Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 28 '46 180w
BENJAMIN, NORA (GOTTHEIL) (MRS LAW-
RENCE SCHLESINQER KUBIE). Make way
for a sailor! il. by Harv6 Stein. 161p $2
Reynal
A city boy with no love of the sea goes to
live in a seaside town, where all the boys are
born sailors. Beverly has his ups and downs.
but he has determination too, and in a twelve-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
57
hour bout with the sea he comes out victori-
ous, and a sailor at last.
"There is no stereotyped villain, no flawless
hero; and all of it well written. The plot doesn't
give you a minute to gret your breath, and the
few grownups in the story are kept sensibly
in the background. It ought to be a relief to
any child. The book is listed as being for ages
eight to twelve, but younger children will en-
joy it too." Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:162 N '46 280w
Book Week p!8 Je 2 '46 230w
"The focus on wartime problems seems a
bit dated, but the juvenile relationships and
the conquest of boat problems are lively and
convincingly done, with a vitality enhanced
by the Harve Stein illustrations."
•f Kirkus 14:127 Mr 1 '46 70w
"Clear type and excellent format." E. M.
Gordon
Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Alden Hatch
N Y Times p30 My 5 '46 130w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 40w
"There is lively talk such as kids use, amus-
ing clashes with grown-ups, and earnest and
finally successful efforts of a little boy to grow
up."
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 My 19 '46
450w
BENNETT, DOROTHY AGNES. Golden ency-
clopedia; il by Cornelius De Witt. 125p maps
$2.50 Simon & Schuster
031 Encyclopedias and dictionaries — Juvenile
46-11939
"Many colored pictures illustrate the 2,000
topics alphabeted here; from Africa to Zoo,
subjects of interest to children are described
in simple language. Essential material is in-
dexed; cross references at the end of many
articles will lead a child to further study "
N Y Times
Ue\ ie\ved by Martha King1
Book Week p26 N 24 '/1 6 60w
Booklist 43.105 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 10 '46
lOOw
"Cornelius DeWitt, who has enlivened so
many regions of America with his colorful
pictures, has provided a veritable gold mine
of all kinds of pictorial information in the
Golden Encyclopedia for which Dorothy Ben-
nett has written a clear and reliable text. The
smallest figures and objects stand out on
these colorful pages with a sharpness of out-
line and a freshness of detail that will be
highly appreciated by picture reading children
from five to ten years old." A. C. Moore
-f- Horn Bk 22:456 N '46 80w
"There are several hundred topics, most of
them illustrated, a good many jn full color,
but the author, m attempting to cover so
much in 125 pages, has of necessity skimped
her treatment to the point of inevitable glib-
ness. Some topics are treated m a scant para-
graph, others m brief articles. The selection
seems sometimes open to question. De Witt's
uniformly beautiful illustrations, too, suffer
from overcrowding. . . Nevertheless, there Is
so much fascinating material, that this. . . is a
useful adjunct — and wonderful value."
_| Kirkus 14:525 O 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by J. E. Lynch
Library J 71:1807 D 15 '46 120w
"While it seems at times that the topics
are too general to be of much value, the book
will undoubtedly do what the author wants it
to do: 'stimulate and encourage the curiosity
of children about their world.' It will not
take the place of other encyclopedias, but it
will make the use of a regular one easier."
Phyllis Fenner
N Y Times p46 N 10 '46 120w
"The book seems to be aimed at fairly
young readers, and they will find It interesting
and fun to read casually but difficult to consult
for information, because the subject head-
ings are beyond their grasp. The De Witt pic-
tures are good-looking but too inexact for an
encyclopedia." K. S. White
New Yorker 22-148 D 7 '46 200w
"Here is a treasure- trove to help answer the
whats, whys, hows and wheres of children. The
author, formerly assistant curator at the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, is well equip-
ped for a task of this kind." Paythe Elliott
-f San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
120w
"The effect of the work in general is stimulat-
ing to an unusual degree. Each item is really
the first chapter of a continued story; a child
who is sufficiently interested will be likely to go
on with it anywhere, but if he goes no further
than this book with its myriad of fascinating
little colored pictures, he will have taken in the
spirit of the quotation from Kenneth Grahame,
with which the foreword begins: 'The most
priceless possession of the human race is the
wonder of the world.' "
-f- Weekly Book Review p!2 N 10 '46 600w
BENNETT, JOHN. Doctor to the dead; gro-
tesque legends and folk tales of old Charles-
ton. 260p $2.50 Rinehart
398.2 Legends — Charleston, South Carolina.
Folklore — Charleston, South Carolina
46-2913
Collection of macabre legends and folk tales
discovered by the author during the past fifty
years in Charleston, South Carolina. They were
told to him by people in many walks of life,
mainly fishermen, washerwomen, and servants.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p8 My 26 '46 310w
Booklist 42:343 Jl 1 '46
"Interesting material, never pedantic, of re-
gional and racial tradition and lore."
-f Kirkus 14:30 Ja 15 '46 130w
"Some are presented in the literary style of
'fine writing' of the last century but a few
achieve the more authentic rhythms of old
tales often repeated in times past. Recom-
mended as a minor contribution to the litera-
ture of Southern folklore." G. D. McDonald
Library J 71:754 My 15 '46 80w
"The more of the supernatural in Mr. Ben-
nett's stories the better: it is, I think, the
quality he has most deeply appreciated in these
legends. The temptation to feature the regional
flavor of this material must have been strong.
Yet only three stories in the Gullah dialect
have been included; perhaps Mr. Bennett de-
cided that the difficulties of that fascinating
speech were too great for the average reader.
It is good, though, that he did include these
three tales as related by native narrators,
whether merely to give us samples of their
kind, or to cast a coloring upon the standard
English of the other stories." Robert Molloy
-f N Y Times p7 Je 2 f46 700w
"These stories, macabre and always gro-
tesque, are highly poetic and imaginative in
an innocent sort of way; they have a variety
and inventiveness not found in the Paul Bun-
yan kind of story, and they tell you something
about the people who made them up."
-f New Yorker 22:94 My 25 '46 60w
"Three generations that have enjoyed 'Master
Skylark* and his other novels will find here
again his ability to tell a good story in dis-
tinguished, sensitive, and poetic prose. Those
who delighted in the silhouettes of 'Ah Lee
Ben Lou' will recognize his artistic fantasy in
another medium. Students who remember his
pioneer work with, and in, the Gullah dialect
will recognize a masterly use of it. Lovers of
Charleston have another book for their shelves
and so do historians of the American social
scene." S. G. Stoney
-f Sat R of Lit 29:39 My 25 '46 700w
"John Bennett minces no words, however well
he arranges them. His legends have, in conse-
quence, a feeling of solidity, almost of fact,
generally lacking in tales of the supernatural.
Moreover, he has something to say." B. S.
Ravenel
-f Weekly Book Review p22 My 26 '46
750w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BENNETT, M ARGOT. Time to change haU.
282p $2 Doubleday [8s 6d Nicholson]
46-3951
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 19 '46 200w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
"With cerebral rather than physical proper-
ties, this is slow but sure."
Kirkus 14:137 Mr 15 '46 90w
New Repub 114:846 Je 10 '46 70w
"Time to Change Hats is uproarious fun,
super-imposed on a neat detective plot. Miss
Margot Bennett will be a valuable recruit to
detection, if she can go on inventing plots to
sustain her comic effects." Ralph Partridge
+ New Statesman & Nation 30:217 S 29
'45 120w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 160w
"Good material, nicely developed by a new
writer, who might well have saved up a few
of the young man's jokes for her next mys-
tery< 4. New Yorker 22:100 My 11 '46 lOOw
"Quite the merriest murder yarn in moons.
So merry indeed it's hard to take in one gulp.
But it's worth trying."
H Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 25 '46 40w
"Unusually entertaining." John Hampson
-f Spec 175:138 Ag 10 '45 180w
Times [London] Lit Sup p35S Jl 28 '45
lOOw
"Billed correctly as 'humor and homicide,'
this could also be tagged as a 'character and
atmosphere* mystery. It has everything you
need if you seek light but meaty reading."
Will Cuppy
-f- Weekly Book Review p46 My 19 '46
240w
BENNETT, RUSSELL H. Compleat rancher;
with drawings by Ross Santee. 246p $2.75
Rinehart
630.1 Ranch life Agr46-190
"A vocational book for the would-be rancher,
giving practical suggestions and guidance in
the operation of a modern small or medium-
sized ranch. It has a more limited appeal for a
secondary audience, those readers who will
listen to Mr. Bennett's siren song of a home
on the range while safely tied to their city
desks. A bibliography for further study is
included." Library J
Book Week p8 My 5 '46 150w
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
"A book that might have some 'veteran ap-
peal.' "
Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 lOOw
"For a somewhat restricted circle of readers
it is recommended." Q. D. McDonald
-f Library J 71:583 Ap 15 '46 70w
"This is a good book. An excellent book.
What's more, it's the first book of its kind
ever written. The bibliography of the Far West
is immense." Struthers Burl
-f N Y Times p6 My 12 '46 850w
"Here is a book on ranching which strikes
a refreshing balance between the technical
publications of the cattle trade and the too
highly romanticized accounts which are less
informative than stimulating."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:240 S '46 200w
"Mr. Bennett has the authentic feel of the
new West. He loves the life, admitting all the
prices that one must pay; and he looks ahead
with confidence. He writes as if he were a
happy man. His message is at once practical
and sensitive." Stanley Walker
-f Weekly Book Review p26 My 26 '46
1250w
BENOIT-LEVY, JEAN ALBERT. Art of the
<S?tU5n«?i,?ntu4'e; ll!i ?y Theodore R. Jaeckel.
263p 11 $3.60 Coward -McCann
791.4 Moving pictures. Moving pictures In
education 46-6566
The author is the director of films and visual
information for the U.K.. and has served as
a motion picture expert for various depart-
ments of the French government. His book is
divided into two sections: the motion picture
in education; and the motion picture in the
art of entertainment. In each of these sections
he "offers to the American educator an ap-
proach to the French contribution to the edu-
cational film." (Pref.) Index.
Booklist 43:31 Ol '46
"Remarkably complete and well-balanced
presentation. Approaching the subject primari-
ly as a European, author's point of view may
not necessarily be ours, but nonetheless it is
one which we will appreciate studying. . . Rec-
ommended." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:975 Jl '46 120w
"In his section on entertainment — and par-
ticularly on dramatic films — M. Benoit-Levy
offers wisdom that the Hollywood people
would do well to heed. . . A sane intellectual
viewpoint is taken by the author, too, on such
anomalies of film business as double-features
and code censorship. It is regrettable that his
speculations on the possible corrections of such
ills are not more searching and impressive than
the wishful suggestions he makes. . . M. Benoit-
Levy has written a most timely rationale of
film art which should greatly illuminate all
thinking about the screen's potentials in this
atom age." Bosley Crowther
-f- N Y Times p7 S 1 '46 1550w
"M Benoit-L,evy, who directed such memor-
able films as 'La Maternelle' and 'Ballerina.'
is interesting but not very stimulating, and
from his style you can easily see that the
cinema is his medium. But there is not
enough serious writing on this important sub-
ject to permit anyone to dismiss this work for
its imperfections."
New Yorker 22:111 S 14 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 '46
90w
"My one quarrel with Mr. Benoit-Levy's
valuable book is his somewhat superficial treat-
ment of the strict censorship, political as well
as moral, which has deprived Hollywood films
of so much of their potential vitality and sig-
nificance. . . But this is a minor flaw in the
work of a great film artist who, in this chal-
lenging and stimulating book, preaches his
faith in the great mission of the motion pic-
ture to which he has given a lifetime of dis-
tinguished practice." Budd Schulberg
^ Sat R of Lit 29:16 Ag 31 '46 lOOOw
Survey Q 35:329 S '46 1750W
"[This] is nrt so much an aesthetic of the
motion picture (as the title would have you
believe) as it is a rather loosely assembled col-
lection of notes and anecdotes drawn from his
own long experience. Many of [the author's]
observations are important; many of his con-
clusions are just; and many of his accounts,
such as those about his early work with
medical films and his wisely conceived tech-
niques for handling child actors, are pro-
foundly revealing of the ways of the craftsman.
For these reasons, his is not a book to be
ignored by those who profess an interest in
films; but neither is it a definitive statement
on 'the art of the moving pictures.' "
Theatre Arts 30:741 D '46 320w
BENTLEY, ERIC RUSSELL. The playwright
as thinker; a study of drama in modern
times. 382p $3 Reynal
809.2 Drama — History and criticism
46-4867
Study of contemporary drama and its play-
wrights, which arraigns both Broadway and
Hollywood severely. It is the author's thesis
that no great work in the theater has been
done since Ibsen and Shaw. With that as
background he studies the works of such
nineteenth and twentieth century dramatists
as Shaw, Strlndberg, Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, Piran-
dello, Cocteau, and Sartre. Index.
Reviewed by H. T, Murdock
Book Week p4 Jl 7 '46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Reviewed by Theodore Bolton
Commonweal 44:562 8 20 '46 1060w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
59
"Controversially written, this volume is
thought -provoking1 whether you agree with
BentTey's conclusions or not. This should be
in all drama and theatre collections. Recom-
mended." George Freedley
+ Library J 71:764 My 15 '46 70w
"[This book] is clear, straight-forward, and
written with enthusiasm. More important, it
is not doctrinaire, save in its willingness to
consider seriously and genuinely modern devel-
opment in dramatic art. Mr. Bentley does not
resist attempts to break with the well-made
play, nor does he believe that any form which
makes such an attempt is necessarily an
improvement. But 'The Playwright as Thinker'
is not as dispassionate as its title and its wil-
lingness to see both the good and bad in every
playwright, might lead you to expect. For Mr.
Bentley is following the quest of the modern
writer to express In dramatic terms the at-
titude of his time. It has been a quest as full
of blood, sweat, and tears, as ever the life of
a tragic hero could be, and that it is not yet
ended Mr. Bentley indicates by enclosing his
study in the ironical parenthesis of a con-
sideration of the recent offerings of Broadway
and the deficiencies of the college and little
theaters." Alan Downer
4- Nation 163:274 S 7 '46 1400w
"This is an excellent book, to be read by
people who want to read it. . . My last report
on this volume — a really notable young vol-
ume in a minor way — is that it talks about
art without ever being inside It. A real artist
of the theatre would never feel that Mr. Bent-
ley quite knew what he was talking about.
The comments on Eugene O'Neill prove that:
the deep feeling in his best scenes Mr. Bentley
shows no knowledge of; he has no sense
of passion's cost; he is glib and right where
real artists lose their way. He is a busy student
outside an art." Stark Young
h New Repub 114:904 Je 24 '46 1200w
"Reviews of critics' books by other critics
may at times be amusing but rarely, whatever
their essential intelligence, above suspicion.
For the opinions of Eric Bentley I have the
very highest respect and regard when they are
of a piece with my own, which frequently
and fortunately for today's purposes they seem
to be. . . Of Ibsen, Strindberg, Wagner, Shaw,
Wilde and Pirandello, the author has some
valuable things to say. Of the lesser names
noted, he has some interesting but less valu-
able. . . I am not re-writing his book for him
and hence abstain from a disquisition pointing
out that his criticism of the Broadway theatre
is apparently predicated on an all too meager
acquaintance with it, and that, if it produces
such inferior stuff as he quite correctly says
it does, it also, miraculously if you will, oc-
casionally does rather well by itself." G. J.
Nathan
4. __ N Y Times p3 Je 16 '46 1200w
"The whole book is as lively, literate, and
dogmatic as can be."
New Yorker 22:79 Je 29 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle plS 8 8 '46
120w
"In 'The Playwright as Thinker' Eric Bentley
ushers in a new era of dramatic criticism by
producing a work of bold originality and un-
impeachable excellence. The tremendous bulk
of information contained in this book is made
relishable by the fresh mustard of Eric Bent-
ley's writing; his scholarship is vast but he
rides it handily. And his critical aperQus, though
fashioned at the traditional academic forge,
have a piercing edge and a furled energy that
send them quivering deeply into the vitals of
his material. ' H. M. Robinson
4- Sat R of Lit 29:29 Je 22 '46 850w
"His devastating criticism of the proudest
achievements of Broadway should not make
readers stop at the end of his foreword even
if they find its vehement statements ail-too
sweeping. Neither should tbe fact that the
young author is a scholar, an historian and a
theorist serve as a pretext to ban his criticism
as not valid for the practice of the theatre.
He seems not to be aware of the creative
forces of acting and directing which can on
occasion produce unforgettable theatre out of
weak or even trivial texts. He concentrates
all of his attention on the rarest guest on our
stage, the dramatic poet, the playwright who is
an original thinker, a man of ideas." Berthold
Viertel
Theatre Arts 30:678 N '46 850w
•f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:170 S '46 360w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 1550w
BENTLEY, PHYLLIS ELEANOR. Rise of
Henry Morcar. 416p $3 Macmillan [10s 6d
Gollancz]
46-8522
"The tale of two lives: the life of a man
and the life of a nation. It covers the period
1890-1945. The man is Henry Morcar, a West
Riding manufacturer of cloth; the nation, bat-
tered but resurgent Britain. Henry Morcar
was born on the day the McKinley Tariff
came into force, with grievous results for his
forefathers' business. But he was born with
intelligence, patience and courage, and an in-
fallible sense for cloth and its making.
Reckoned in terms of the world's goods his is
a success story throughout; the sections of
his life called 'Defeat' and 'Fall1 are concerned
rather with his unhappy marriage, and his
nadir is marked by a skilful business ma-
noeuvre in which he conserves his own in-
terests at the expense of an old customer
and benefactor." Times [London] Lit Sup
Reviewed by Marie Seton
Book Week p3 D 29 '46 500w
Booklist 43:155 Ja 15 '47
"It is not exciting reading—but a pleasant
and solid bit of England."
Kirkus 14:354 Ag 1 '46 170w
"For a few readers who like the traditional
English novel." K. T. Willis
Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 My 17 '46 GOw
"Miss Bentley is at her best in the early
scenes in the West Riding Mills, where she
has been completely at home since childhood.
Here is a solidity of engrossing detail as the
reader follows Henry from weighing room to
pattern room and sees the wonder and in-
tricacy of weaving through a magnifying glass.
The episodes of the recent war — and Miss
Bentley has suffered through them all from
blitzed London to a submarine-dogged voyage
to America — have not been assimilated so well.
As a lover, Henry Morcar is stilted; as a
patriot, he sounds as if his sentiments had
been strained through the British Ministry of
Information." Mary McGrory
H NY Times p!4 D 15 '46 600w
"A novel that is almost certain to be labelled
'conscientious' — perhaps as civil a way as any
of saying that it is intelligent and painstaking
and more than a little dull."
New Yorker 22:65 D 28 '46 130w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 31 '46
700w
"Phyllis Bentley. like all the rest of us, is
at her best when she is in love; and she is
truly and with all her heart in love with the
Yorkshire country. Also, because she has a
wide, deep, and expert and almost congenital
knowledge of the Yorkshire textile trade (her
father was a skilled cloth manufacturer, as was
her mother's father), she writes about it with
a craftsman's love and lucidity. Miss Bentley
makes it seem a fine, creative, and wholly
satisfying thing to make good cloth." John
Woodburn
H- Sat R of Lit 29:17 D 21 '46 1250w
"It is a pleasure to read a novel put together
with such honesty and skill. There is an
admirably sustained human interest, the nar-
rative is conducted with the steadiness and
force readers expect in Miss Bentley's York-
shire family histories, and everything is made
credible. In the second half of the novel
we feel at times a rather sudden change of
emphasis as between Morcar's private affairs
and those vast deployments of misery and
grandeur characteristic of the years of en-
durance and victory; but this is inherent In
the twofold purpose of the story."
•f Times [London] Lit Sup p245 My 25
'46 500w
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BENTLEY, P. E.-— Continued
" 'The Rise of Henry Mo rear' has great In-
terest as a segment of history in which, willy-
nilly, we have shared. Like Miss Bentley's
earlier novels, this is a solidly constructed and
thoughtful book. It holds attention both be-
cause of the individuals with whom it deals
and the West Riding setting, and because of its
concern, through these individuals, with the
more general questions of a man's relationship
to his fellowmen, his country, and what for
him represents faith." Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p4 D 22 '46 1150w
BERESFORD-HOWE, CONSTANCE. The un-
reasoning- heart. 236p $2.50 Dodd
46-2866
A sixteen -year-old orphan, Abbey Bain, is
adopted by a Montreal family. Abbey brings
both peace and unrest into the family which
is dominated by Fran Archer, who can be
both benevolent and tyrannical. But gradual-
ly shy, inarticulate Abbey becomes the center
of the family.
Reviewed by A. J. Hiken
Book Week p5 Ap 21 '46 240w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
Reviewed by Anne Wilkinson
Canadian Forum 26:68 Je '46 210w
"Miss Beresford-Howe has not quite plumbed
the depths of her material or got out of it quite
all she might, but she shows a notable gift
for narration, and the ability to put unfailing
vitality into her characters, their actions and
words." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 22 '16
410w
Commonweal 43:655 Ap 12 '46 40w
"Recalls Sedgwick's Little French Girl in
treatment of character Excellent entertain-
ment. Recommended for public libraries."
Emily Garnett
-f Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Constance Beresford-Howe's first novel
shows a charming talent for story- telling, a
quick sympathy for people of widely different
kinds, and a keen interest in their doings
which only a curmudgeon could resist." Bea-
trice Sherman
-f N Y Times p!4 Ap 7 '46 270w
"This book was the winner of the Inter-
collegiate Literary Fellowship Award— and you
could probably account for that by saying
that the author is, after all, quite a young
writer, that she is dealing (no matter how
naively) with several profound problems in
human relationship, and that she has turned
out a novel which, if it is sentimental and
often unoriginal, is, nevertheless, well inte-
grated and holds the interest." Nancy Gro-
berg
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:16 My 11 '46 700w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46
180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
BERG, ROLAND H. Challenge of polio; the
crusade against infantile paralysis; introd.
by Basil CrConnor. 208p $2.60 Dial press
616.83 Infantile paralysis SG46-6
"For the layman. Based on scientific facts,
this is an impartial study of the battle against
infantile paralysis, the dreaded uncontrolled,
unconquered disease, told by the publicity
director of Warm Springs Foundation. Chap-
ter on remarkable triumph of FDR 4who met
the challenge of polio and remained uncon-
quered.' Nurse Kenny's treatment evaluated in
light of the spur it gave to medical research
and need for future continued research to study
preventJon and find a cure for polio." (Li-
brary J) Index.
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 90w
"This is a well written, honest book on the
crusade against infantile paralysis."
-f New Repub 115:357 S 23 '46 180w
"Some day poliomyelitis will be conquered,
even if nothing better than the grant-in-aid
system is devised. But that day is apparently
still far off. Nevertheless, it is well to have
Mr. Berg's admirable and complete record. It
may inspire philanthropists to examine re-
search critically and cause them to abandon
the piece-meal, prima donna method of deal-
ing with the viruses." W. K.
N Y Times p!8 Ag 25 '46 800w
"Although popular in tone, the treatment of
the subject is accurate and comprehensive.
The book should be interesting- to professional
men as well as to the general reader."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:330 D '46 140w
Weekly Book Review p!8 N 3 '46 290w
BERGE, WENDELL. Economic freedom for the
West. 168p $2 Univ. of Neb.
330.978 West— Economic conditions 46-5191
"A populist by temperament and training,
Mr. Berge affirms that the American West
has become the 'proving-ground of free enter-
prise.' He is afraid, however, that during the
next decade its economic development will be
thwarted by Eastern interests that would rather
keep it in a condition of economic servitude
than let it use its war-born facilities to issue
a declaration of economic independence from
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Pitts-
burgh, chief centers of control over our bank-
ing, manufacture, and transportation." Sat R
of Lit
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p3 Je 2 '46 400w
Booklist 43:7 S '46
Current Hist 11:329 O '46 80w
"An important issue, in clear presentation,
of considerable general as well as regional in-
terest."
-f Kirkus 14:210 My 1 '46 150w
"This lucid, challenging and readable book
on a problem of significance for all Americans
makes eminently good sense." A. D. Gayer
-f N Y Times p31 S 22 '46 1050w
"In 'Economic Freedom for the West,' Mr.
Berge gives a clear and vigorous analysis of
the opportunities that the war brought to this
section of the United States, and a call to
the people to seize those opportunities." Ruth
Teiser
-f San Francisco Chronicle p22 JI 28 '46
200w
"While one can have complete sympathy with
Mr. Berge' s aims, one has to question whether
or not he can attain them or even approximate
them. He makes two assumptions which are
distinctly debatable. The first is that the gov-
ernment, by virtue of anti-trust prosecutions,
can enforce competition in the face of big
business's determination to peg its own prices,
to engross patents and processes, and to ex-
tinguish rivalry as soon as it rears its ugly
parvenu head. The second is whether or not
the trends debasing the free enterprise system
into private collectivism can be reversed to
prevent the onset of public collectivism, in one
form or another. At times, indeed, Mr. Berge —
like Calhoun — seems to be fighting brilliantly,
and even a little desperately, for a cause al-
ready lost." Herbert Harris
Sat R of Lit 29:39 Je 8 '46 950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:297 D '46 210w
BERGER, JOSEF (JEREMIAH DIGGES,
pseud). Counterspy Jim; with il. by Jack
Coggins. (Atlantic monthly press bk) 308p $2
Little
46-5655
Lieutenant (j.g.) Jim Ellis went as a counter-
spy on a freighter from which messages were
apparently being sent to U-boat packs. Practi-
cally everything happened to him from being
torpedoed twice to being held prisoner on a
Nazi U-boat, but Jim lived thru it and made
his report to headquarters. For older boys.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
61
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!3 N 21 '46
240w
"His risks as a spy, combined with his often
desperate plight during- disasters at sea, make
a thrilling- story. Mr. Berger not only writes
well but has at his command a basis of sound
knowledge of the actual adventures of many
men in the United States Navy and the
Merchant Marine. He tells only what has really
happened to some of them."
-f Horn Bk 22:356 S '46 130w
"Characterization is good and plot well sus-
tained and not too improbable. The foreword,
setting the background, is a powerful piece of
writing. Recommended." Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 120w
"The book contains an immense amount of
technical detail and plenty of action." Alden
Hatch
4- N Y Times pll S 1 '46 140w
"As realistic and as exciting as Swordfisher-
riian Jim and Subchaser Jim is this latest
yarn of Josef Berger's. Boys of high school
age will avidly read the spine-tingling adven-
tures of Jim Ellis as he carries out a hazardous
assignment for the Office of Naval Intelligence
during the great battle against German U-boats
in the North Atlantic." Margaret Goodloe
-f San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46
lOOw
BERGSON, HENRI LOUIS. Creative mind; tr.
by Mabclle L. Andison. 307p $3.75 Philosoph-
ical lib.
194 Philosophy 46-2618
A volume of more or less related essays by a
famous French philosopher, who died in 1941.
In his preface the author wrote: "This col-
lection comprises first of all, two introductory
essays written especially for it, and conse-
quently heretofore unpublished. They make up
a third of the volume. The rest are articles
or lectures, mostly out of print, which appeared
in France or in other countries. Taken as a
whole, they date from the period between 1903
and 1923. They bear mainly upon the method
I believe should be recommended to the phi-
losopher. To go back to the origin of this
method, to trace the direction it impresses upon
research, is the particular object of the two
essays which make up the introduction."
Reviewed by J. P. Spiegel
Book Week p!9 P 17 '46 750w
Booklist 42:275 My 1 '46
"For Bergson's matured ideas of the fruits
of his method of intuition as applied to
metaphysics and to morals and religion, one
must read his Creative Evolution and The
Two Sources of Morality and Religion. No
one who appreciates his viewpoint and feli-
citous writing will neglect either. They are
his most rewarding contributions. In The
Creatiye Mind there is not the same broad
canvas. But some of the essays (such as
those on 'Philosophical Intuition' and 'The
Perception of Change') are a real delight.
Here is our author's statement of the case
for the method which he believes to be es-
sential to true and lasting thinking; and
several of his main ideas are very effectively
presented " H. T. Houf
-f- Christian Century 63:305 Mr 6 '46 700w
"Although billed as 'the last of Bergson's
works to be published,' this collection contains
only two introductory articles, comprising about
one- third of its length, which have not appeared
previously in French. . . In translations which
are pedestrian at best, we find Bergson as ever
the alluring but elusive philosophical artist,
sketching the riches which are always just
around the corner of his next metaphor." H.
A. Larrabee
Ethics 56:233 Ap '46 250w
"Bergson does not have the intellectual
vigor of the great philosophic builders or
analysts, but he does have modesty, poetry,
and integrity, and so he may not fall short
after all." Ben-Ami Scharfstein
J Philos 43:278 My 9 '46 300w
New YorKer ?J:67 P W '46 130w
"In spite of diverse origins, the collection is
a well-knit unit, dealing essentially with the
author's method of approach to philosophical
problems and the task of research as he has
seen it. In a very real sense, the book is a
sequel to L'Energie Spirituelle, published in
1919, and dealing with some of the results of
Bergson's work. The first two sections, espe-
cially, have an autobiographical flavor."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Ja '46 550w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p22 Je 23 '46
750w
BERNANOS, GEORGES. Joy; tr. by Louise
Varese. 2%p ,$2.75 Pantheon bks
46-6983
The second volume in the author's trilogy
of the spiritual life, the first of which was
The Star of Satan (Book RevieAv Digest 1940)
and the third The Diary of a Country Priest
(Book Review Digest 1937) Joy was published
in 1929, and this is its first appearance in
TCngrlish. In this book the* central charactei
is the saintly young- girl, Chantal de Clergerie,
who becomes "the favorite daughter of Samte
Thereso "
" 'Joy' has been described by Fiench critics
as Bernanos' most powerful novel. It is cer-
tainly one of the most convincing modern
novels dealing with mystical experience, and
the passages dealing with Chantal's ecstatic
union approach the exaltation of the great
Spanish and Flemish mystics " Jex Martin
-j- Book Week p2 O 6 '46 550w
Reviewed by Kathorme Bregy
Cath World 164-183 N '46 400w
"Probably no other living writer could with
such delicacy and insight render the transition
from vision and ecstasy back to noinial sight
and thought. Perhaps no other living writer
could write such a book Dense and often
difficult to follow as it is (although the trans-
lator, Louise Varese. writes assorted and limpid
Hriglish) to even an American (Catholic this
book is a light and a revelation For Bernanos
speaks to us with no voice we have heard from
anyone of our time Is there one, just one
religious in this country who writes or speaks
as does Bernanos v Could it be possible that
Bernanos, the French layman long in voluntary
exile in Brazil with his six children, is speak-
ing to us with a voice which the clergy and
dedicated religions once knew how to utter but
now have apparently forgot >>lf Harry Sylvester
-f Commonweal 45.52 O 25 '46 HOOw
+ Kirkus 14.550 N 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by Wallace Fowlie
New Repub 115.523 O 21 '46 750w
"Bernanos is perhaps the only modern author
who can succeed in translating the mystical
experience of exalted religious vinions into the
language of literary art, because his force
of expression is sustained by the fervor of his
ardent faith. Even the most critical and skepti-
cal reader will find in Bernanos the same con-
vincing authenticity of the inner life as in the
writings of medieval mystics who — like Sainte
Th^rese — happened to be at the same time
great writers " Franz Schoenberner
-f N Y Times p3 S 22 '46 1250w
"Bernanos is interested in 'Joy,' as in most of
his other novels, in the presentation of states
of grace; in the conflict between primitive emo-
tions and ideas. His work consequently lacks
character development and dramatic interest.
It has, however, a fascination of its own."
Arthur Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p35 D 1 '46
700w
"If you wish an exalted tale, brilliant
dialogue, and fervent description of mystical
ecstasies, then 'Joy' is the right kind of book
for you. If you don't, even a magnificent
literary craftsmanship and an extraordinary
power of language will not compensate you for
the lack of contact with the author's emotions
and thoughts." F. C. Weiskopf
-f Sat R of Lit 29-38 N 30 '46 270w
Time 48:106 O 14 '46 600w
"It is a strong, compact, vigorous book; the
writing is all sinew, the imagery masterful.
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BERN AN OS, GEORGES — Continued
The characterization is swift and sure, the
conversations and descriptions full of move-
ment. Yet almost nothing happens in the story
except the climax. Readers who enjoy physical
action will be disappointed; those who have no
interest in spiritual life will be bored. . .
Louise Varese's translation is excellent in
every way, particularly so in the difficult pas-
sages describing Chantal's inner life and in
the descriptions of Abbe* CSnabre's despair."
Thomas Sugrue
4. __ Weekly Book Review p7 S 29 '46 lOOOw
BERNSTEIN, MRS ALINE (FRANKAU).
Martha Washington doll book; story and
costumes by [the author], unp $1 Ho we 11,
Soskin
"This brief account of the life at Mount
Vernon as Martha Washington lived it, illus-
trated with attractive sketches of household
objects and costume details, will give little
girls a special Interest in the two paper dolls
and their ten costumes of that period which
come ready for cutting out. Some of the
gowns are copies of Martha Washington's own;
she would have been equally proud to wear
the others." N Y Times
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!9 Ap 7 '46 HOw
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO S 24 '46
90w
Klrkut 13:525 D 1 '45 150w
N Y Times plO D 23 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 F 3 '46 90w
BERRY, ARTHUR JOHN. Modern chemistry;
some sketches of its historical development.
240p $2.50 Macmillan [10s 6d Cambridge]
640.9 Chemistry — History. Chemistry, Phys-
ical and theoretical [46-4696]
"This is a summary account of modern chem-
istry and of the principal events of the period,
somewhat more than a century long, during
which it grew to its present stature. . . It
ranges from the time when 'natural philosophy*
flourished, when single individuals contributed
to several sciences, through the time when
chemistry and physics were drifting apart,
when structures were being established and
chemistry itself was sub-dividing into special
branches, through that of the rise of physical
chemistry and the study of dilute solutions,
down to the present period, already 30 or 40
years old, during which chemistry and physics
have worked together and the borderlands be-
tween their branches have proved to be most
fruitful fields of study." Chem & Eng N
"The book IB recommended for thoughtful
reading. It will be an extraordinarily well-in-
formed chemist who will not find something new
and interesting in it and a completely unin-
spired researcher who will fail to be provoked
by it to turn over his problem and to examine
it from some fresh point of view." T. L.
Davis
+ Chem A Eng N 24:1970 Jl 25 '46 370w
41 'Modern Chemistry' is a very misleading
title. The author stops short of 'modern chem-
istry' by about ten to twenty years. His little
book is not written with inspiration and some
parts make decidedly dull reading. Yet there is
nothing that would fill the existing gap, and
Mr. Berry's sketches appear to be no more or
less than a temporary and not quite sufficient
ersatz article." F. C. Nachod
Chem Eng 53:257 S '46 300w
Reviewed by S. C. Lind
J Phys Chem 50:489 N '46 220w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 72:78 Ja 1 '47 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:37 Jl '46
"Mr. Berry's book can be thoroughly recom-
mended to all students and teachers Interested
in the recent past of the science of chem-
istry."
Hh Times [London] Lit Sup p!90 Ap 20 '46
'
BERRY, FREDERIC AROYCE, and others, eds.
Handbook of meteorology. 1068p il maps $7.60
McGraw
561.5 Meteorology 45-10426
"Compiled by a group of specialists. Com-
plete compendium on meteorology covering the
entire field with information and theory neces-
sary for the student, forecaster, and interpreter
of weather and for the practicing meteorolo-
gist. Each technique described by example
and all practical forecasting rules and methods
illustrated by examples selected from nature.
Illustrated with photographs, maps, sketches
and line drawings." (Library J) Index
Booklist 42:208 Mr 1 '46
Library J 70:750 S 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:59 O '45
"For the student, the book will not take the
place of a text which furnishes a logical devel-
opment of the science, but it will aid him as a
reference. To the professional meteorologist
it will be useful as a compact and handy
compilation. The book lacks a complete bibliog-
raphy and glossary, although short sectional
bibliographies and an index mitigate this defi-
ciency."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:159 Je '46 160w
BETTMAN, ALFRED. City and regional plan-
ning papers; ed. by Arthur C. Comey; with
a foreword by John Lord O' Brian. 294p $4.50
Harvard unlv. press [25s 6d Oxford]
711 City planning. Regional planning
A46-30
"The late Alfred Bettman of Cincinnati was
a distinguished philosopher of city planning,
and his papers have been collected under the
editorship of Arthur C. Comey for publica-
tion as No. 13 of the Harvard City Planning
Studies. Most of them were written as treat-
ments of particular problems in the develop-
ment of planning, but they hang together as
the expression of an acute mind which com-
bined legal insight with both practical and
theoretical aptitude in planning." Book Week
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p5 N 17 '46 270w
"Lawyers should find in this book an in-
introductlon, simply and modestly written, to
the background and major issues of the prob-
lem. They may emerge, also, with a concep-
tion of ways in which the law may contribute
to a solution more constructively than it has
yet done."
4- Harvard Law R 60:170 N '46 200w
"Although composed of pleading and exposi-
tory statements published over a thirty-year
period for immediate practical purposes — such
as his brief amid curiae in the leading Euclid
Village zoning case of 1926 — the book has
coherence and present significance. It is a prac-
tical man's argument for research and plan-
ning: in public life these do not just happen,
he says, but must be built into government
structure,"
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:324 D '46 240w
BETTS, EMMETT ALBERT. Foundations of
reading instruction; with emphasis on dif-
ferentiated guidance. 757p 11 $4.50 Am. bk.
372.4 Reading 46-2598
"This comprehensive and practical book con-
tains actual case examples and histories illus-
trating the various problems on reading which
arise from kindergarten to college." School &
Society
Booklist 43:6 S '46
"Whether the reader persists to the end or
reads the book piecemeal, whether his re*
ward for reading be great or small, he will be-
lieve in the author's point of view and the
sincerity with which it is developed. But he
will also regret that the author did not con-
fine himself to a narrower reading audience;
that he did not write the book to a blueprint
instead of blueprinting it afterwards; that he
did not delete what he knew would be repeti-
tious and feared would bo 'excess baggage.' . .
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63
But regrets are futile things. Let us be grate-
ful for the parts." B. B. Leary
-j El School J 46:593 Je '46 1450w
School & Society 63:232 Mr 30 '46 40w
"Based chiefly on official files. Finely or-
ganized, clear and concise." A. B. Lindsay
-f- Library J 71:1204 S 16 '46 140w
Reviewed by T. P. Peardon
Social Educ 11:45 Ja '47 400w
BETZ, BETTY. Your manners are showing;
the handbook of teen-age know-how; with
verses by Anne Clark [11. by the author].
95p $2 Grosset
395 Etiquet 46-11833
An etiquet book for the teen aged, made up
of illustrations, pointed verses on what to do,
and brief chats on manners.
Booklist 43:119 D 15 '46
"Sprightly text, colorful, cartoon -type pic-
tures, pointed, humorous verse and a general
tone of friendly, helpful warmth without undue
criticism makes this unusual book a sure suc-
cess with the high school crowd."
4- Kirkus 14:544 N 1 '46 120w
"The touch is light but the comments sound;
emphasis is upon being sensible, considerate,
generous and natural. Every teen-ager will
reach for this; boys and girls can look at the
pictures, read the verses, take the advice — en-
tertainment with profit. Betty Betz is already
widely known to young people for her articles
and drawings in many magazines." M. C.
Scoggin
4- N Y Times p!8 Ja 5 '47 140w
"Miss Betz who has been out of her teens
just long enough to gain perspective on the
group's typical problems, approaches her sub-
ject with a serious intent and a light touch.
Fortunately, she avoids the excesses of 'jive'
talk that often set the younger readers' teeth
on edge. Hers is a casual, readable style. . .
'Your Manners Are Showing1 should prove of
value to those who find the etiquette advice
of the Mesdames Emily Post and Oliver Harri-
man a little removed from their everyday
[life]." Marjorie McCabe
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ja 12 '47
370w
BEUKEMA, HERMAN, and others. Contempo-
rary foreign governments. 362p $3.50 Rine-
hart
354 Political science 46-1711
Textbook on the political institutions of six
major foreign powers: Great Britain; France;
Italy; Germany; the Soviet union; and Japan.
This is a revised edition of The Governments
of the Major Foreign Powers, originally issued
in 1938. Bibliography. Index.
"The analysis has been limited in scope, the
authors tell us, by curriculum considerations
at the United States Military Academy, for
which institution the book was especially de-
signed. This is unfortunate, for the result is
a work so brief as barely to exceed in many
places the proportions of an outline. Only four
pages, for example, are allowed to the political
parties of Great Britain; only two to the party
system of the Third Republic. Brevity may
partly account, too, for the fact that the work
tends, like so many others in the same field,
to be formal and structural in its approach."
Herbert McClosky
Ann Am Acad 246:151 Jl '46 360w
"This recent work on comparative govern-
ment is a West Point product, more of an out-
line than a book. But it is a clear, sound out-
line, good for a beginning student's introduc-
tion, useful for quick review. For more serious
scholars, there would need to be flesh and
blood put on this rather diffident skeleton."
R. D. MacCann
-|- _ Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 19 '46
550w
Current Hist 11:229 S '46 70w
"The authors have made an honest effort to
keep reasonably an courant by discussing such
topics as the Vichy regime, Mussolini's 'Social
Republic' and the military occupation govern-
ments in Germany and Japan."
+ Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 40w
Klrkut 14:337 Jl 15 '46 llOw
BEVINGTON, HELEN (MRS MERLE MOW*
BRAY BEVINGTON). Dr. Johnson's water-
fall, and other poems. 164p $2 Houghton
$11 46-8235
"Light verse. . . Her subjects are literary
personalities, the foibles of people and observa-
tions of human kind." Cleveland Open Shelf
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Witty, smart and entertaining."
-f Kirkus 14:616 O 1 '46 120w
"A collection by one of the better practi-
tioners of light- and semi-light verse."
-f New Yorker 22:147 D 14 '46 70w
"Major poets may die young, but the human
race will have a better chance of survival if
it can also produce minor ones like this." M. S.
-f Poetry 69:234 Ja '47 240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
BIANCHI, VITALI. Tale of the fly; il. by Y.
Vassnetsov; tr. by N. OrlofC. £19p] $1 Colonial
house
47-492
Russian folktale about a persistent fly that
wanted a tail, and got what he didn't expect.
Kirkus 14:521 O 15 '46 60w
"Amusing Russian folk tale. . . Not a first
purchase necessity but an interesting addition
to the fairy tale collection." J. D. Lindquist
-f Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 40w
Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 20w
BIANCHI, VITALI. Tales of an old Siberian
trapper; il. by Y. Vassnetsov [tr. by N.
Orloltj. [30p] $1.50 Colonial house
47-261
Collection of five folktales about the birds
and beasts which live in the Siberian woods.
Illustrated in color.
Kirkus 14:521 O 15 '46 30w
"Good as an addition to a large fairy tale
collection, not a first purchase necessity for a
small one." J. D. Lindquist
Library J 71:1807 D 15 '46 50w
"Each one of the five short folk tales in this
collection is fresh and individual. . . The il-
lustrations, mostly in color, match the stories
in simplicity and strength." Florence Marr
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
lOOw
Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 20w
BIBLE. WHOLE. SELECTIONS. Bible for the
liberal, ed. by Dago be rt D. Runes, with a
foreword by Lin Yutang. 368p $3.50 Philo-
sophical lib.
220.52 46-5639
"Dr. Runes's anthology is his effort to stim-
ulate liberals to examine a book they have ne-
glected to their own detriment. It seeks 'to
help those with prejudicial eyes to get a view
of the majestic panorama which unfolds itself
in the writings of the great Hebrew men of
God, some of whom are known to us as Mes-
sianists, or Christians.' . . Dr. Runes proposes
to delete from his anthology every chapter and
verse of the Bible that cannot be read profitably
and solely for example of life and instruction
of manners. He Is not concerned with doctrine.
No genealogies, no dogma or doctrine, no wars
or wanderings of the Jewish people — only what
contributes to a better understanding of the
meaning of life will be found in his pages."
Sat R of Lit
Christian Century 63:722 Je 6 '40 250w
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BIBLE. WHOLE— Continued
"Frankly I am not favorably impressed by
this book. It appears to me to evidence a dis-
tinctly arrogant and supercilious attitude — the
air is fine up here, how is it down there? The
title itself is in questionable taste." M. S.
Enslin
— Crozer Q 23-301 Jl '46 450w
"Mr. Runes avoids the paraphernalia of the
traditional Bible that interferes with the pleas-
ure of reading*. He uses the King: James trans-
lation, although his selections from Job and the
Apocrypha would perhaps have been more read-
ily understood in the Revised Version. His book
is an interesting experiment that effectively
bridges the gap between the fundamental,
ethical principles of Judaism and Christianity."
Donald Armstrong
+ Sat R of Lit 29:18 Je 22 '46 650w
Reviewed by J. Z. Nichols
Springf'd Republican pC Je 20 '46 360w
and Edgar J. Goodspeed, both of whom have
made modern Biblical translations of their
own, and of such accomplished writers and
preachers as Walter Russell Bowie and Luther
A. Weigle. These men have made the ancient
text live again. Little changes have made
great differences. . . But it is the accomplish-
ment of a style, in contrast to a literal word-
for-word translation, difficult always for a
group of men to compass, which stamps this
revision with character. The miracle wrought
by the King James translation is not here re-
peated, but it is at least suggested." J. H.
Holmes
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 F 24 '46
lOOOw
BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT. SELECTIONS.
Little child. See Jones, J. M. O. comp.
BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT. The New Cove-
nant, commonly called the New Testament of
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; rev stand-
ard version. 553p $2 Nelson
225,52 46-12740
"An authorized revision of the American
Standard Version of 1901 and the King James
Version of 1611. The work of the American
Standard Bible Committee, appointed in 1929,
by the International Council of Religious Edu-
cation, representing 40 Protestant denomina-
tions in the United States and Canada. An ef-
fort has been made to clarify the meaning, by
light of further knowledge of the New Testa-
ment Greek, arid to substitute words now in
use for those which have become archaic. The
scholarly committee also tried to preserve the
grace and beauty of the 1611 Bible, which they
felt the 1901 Version had sacrificed." Christian
Science Monitor
Booklist 42:261 Ap 15 '46
"Altogether this new version of such im-
portant new writing is most satisfying. The
book is most attractively put out into the
bargain. We may well hope that the work on
the Old Testament will be as fine: 1950 is
forecast as the date of the completion of this
whole new setting of the Hebrew-Christian
scriptures in the language of and for 'the
homely needs of humble people.' Also worthy
of mention here is the excellent 72-page book-
let accompanying and introducing the new
translation. It is chock-full of interesting in-
formation on the New Testament and its
English-language translations, produced by
various eminent scholars and presented in a
fascinating way." J. F. Davidson
-j- Canadian Forum 26:70 Je '46 500w
Christian Science Monitor p!5 F 9 '46
150w
"Let it be said unqualifiedly: This is a mag-
nificent piece of work. The publishers are well
within the facts in printing on the jacket, 'The
most important publication of 1946.' " M. S.
Enslin
-f Crozer Q 23:271 Jl '46 ITOOw
"Probably most important American religious
publication of this year. Complete Bible is
planned for 1950." R. P. Morris
-f- Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 90w
"This new version is a translation, not a
mere rendering of the sense, and it is a trans-
lation meant primarily to be used in public
reading at various sorts of worship. It may
well be that, at first, congregations who hear
the Synoptic Gospels read will wonder if they
are not listening to a strange new book, so
different is the impression made. And yet the
new is superbly beautiful and quick to move."
D. F. Forrester
-f N Y Times p5 F 10 '46 1250w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:185 S '46 270w
"It may be said at once that this new and
revised edition is a great improvement, from
the literary point of view, over the original
American Standard Version. It reads more
easily throughout, and in places more beauti-
fully. One feels everywhere the influence of
two members of the committee, James Moffatt
BIEGELEISEN, JACOB ISRAEL. Poster de-
sign. lOOp pi $3.50 Greenberg
741.67 Posters 46-202
Guide to poster designing as an art and as a
career. Partial contents: Poster designing as a
career; How it all began; The mystery of color;
Making a poster; What every poster artist
should know about printing; You meet the
client and the competition; What makes a post-
er 'click'? Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42-222 Mr 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
BIENFANG, RALPH DAVID. The subtle sense.
157p $2 Univ. of Okla press
152.3 Smell 46-3605
"The range of Dr. Bienfang's book covers
the physiology of odor or how we smell, odor
in society, in literature, in war, in animal life,
the use of odor as a warning in the protection
of life, and the use of 'the subtle sense* in med-
ical therapy. His all- too-short remarks on the
sharpening of the sense of smell among the
blind is practically pioneer work in a challeng-
ing field of study." Chem & Eng N
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 240w
"The author of this book is a professor of
pharmacy at the University of Oklahoma, and
his book is published by his university press;
yet it is light, entertaining and readable, highly
anecdotal, with the pedantic influence markedly
absent. . . The book is factually correct, but
occasionally one comes across generalities that
are unjustifiable. . . Despite minor imperfec-
tions and shortcomings, here is a book which
will interest chemists who wish to understand
the sense of smell. It is attractively printed
and bound, and is well worth the reading."
Edward Sagarin
H . Chem <& Eng N 24:1447 My 25 '46 350w
"The author's list of aromatic oils derivative
from llowers and herbs could pass as imagist
poetry There is Proustian exactitude in his
definitions of place odors — the smell of railway
stations, pickle factories, drug stores. Tom
Wolfe, surely, would have burst had he read
Mr. Bienfang's musings on food fragrance. His
inventory of literary illusions to smell Is a gold
mine." E. B. G.
+ N Y Times p36 S 29 '46 380w
Reviewed by Leonard Bacon
Sat R of Lit 29:21 Je 8 '46 900w
"Urbane, amusing and most enlightening
little volume." IA S. Munn
-f Springf'd Republican p6 My 4 '46 360w
BIGHAM, TRUMAN CICERO. Transportation;
principles and problems. 626p maps $5 Mc-
Graw
385 Transportation— U.S. 46-6309
"This analysis of the economics of trans-
portation in the United States offers several
suggestions for improving transport regula-
tions. The discussion is concerned primarily
with intercity carriers; railroads, busses and
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
65
trucks, pipe lines, inland and coastwise water-
ways, and airways. It touches only incidentally
upon street railways and overseas shipping.
The first third of the book deals with the his-
tory, routes, relative costs of each type of
carrier, and state and federal legislation af-
fecting it. Nine chapters are then devoted
to rate making, followed by seven chapters
on service, security issuance, combination, la-
bor, public aid, government ownership, and
future regulatory and promotional policy. The
study is documented with extensive footnotes
and also references at the end of each chap-
ter. It is intended for use in college classes."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by Eliot Jones
Ann Am Acad 248:290 N '46 380w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:49 Jl '46
BIKLEN, PAUL F., and BRETH, ROBERT D.
The successful employee publication. 179p
il $2 McGraw
070.486 Employees' magazines 45-9397
"The organization, printing, layout, special
features, contributions and other problems
connected with the publishing of a successful
house organ are treated specifically." Cleve-
land Open Shelf
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
Library J 70:890 O 1 '45 HOw
BILL. ALFRED HOYT. Beleaguered city;
Richmond, 1861-1865. 313p il maps $3 Knopf
975.5451 Richmond, Virginia 45-10869
"Richmond during the siege years, 1861-1865,
or more minutiae on what will probably be the
most documented war in history. This repeti-
tious but interesting job tells you all you need
to know about the black market of those days
(ours is pale gray in comparison), about the
loose life on the home front, the rumor monger-
ing, the discontent as well as the bravery and
selflessness, virtues that seem to have been
confined to the female civilians. There is also
a good account of the war as seen from the
Southern capital." (New Yorker) Bibliography.
Index.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week plO Ja 27 '46 600w
Booklist 42:181 F 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor plG Ja 31
'46 300w
"In this very interesting book, based upon
wide reading and research, the author has
presented an unforgettable picture of war-time
devastation, in all its horrible ramifications."
Paul Kiniery
4- Commonweal 43:436 F 8 '46 420w
Kirkus 13:486 N 1 '45 170w
"Skillful weaving of innumerable facts into
a memorable picture of Confederate life com-
petently if not brilliantly done. Author is a
Northerner, but tends toward revisionist school
of writing the history of the Civil War. Rec-
ommended for college and public libraries."
G. W. Wakefield
-f Library J 71:119 Ja 15 '46 120w
"Mr. Bill writes clearly and uses effectively
the standard, published authorities. He has
had access, also, to a file of The Richmond Ex-
aminer, the vehement anti-Administration
paper. All that can be done by a man to
understand the elusive spirit of a city with
traditions not his own, Mr. Bill has done with
scholarly care." D. S. Freeman
-f N Y Times p4 Ja 20 '46 800w
New Yorker 21:79 Ja 19 '46 120w
"Romance and tragedy are present, but they
are subdued by the author's sober and factual
style; and the story rises to drama and poig-
nancy only when hope is at long last dead and
the blue squadrons of Federal cavalry gallop
through the burning city. It may occur to the
reader that this story, the old tale of gallantry
and defeat on which many changes have been
movingly wrung, suffers for want of a hero.
... It seems strange that an intelligent and
serious writer should be able to close his eyes
to the fact that his 'people of quality* were a
privileged handful, influential enough to per-
suade the lackeys and sweepings and specimens
to fight on their behalf a war to maintain a
feudal system in whose benefits the under-
privileged had no hope of sharing. This blind
adherence to an outmoded ideal of caste makes
queer reading in the year of 1946." Margaret
Leech
Sat R of Lit 29:10 F 9 '46 1150w
Time 47:103 F 18 '46 400w
"Well written and vivid account. . . The
chief criticism to be made of the book revolves
about the blistermgly unfavorable judgments
which Mr. Bill delivers concerning the entire
Confederate Cabinet, and to a lesser degree of
President Davis. He has an obvious sympathy
for the high-strung, sensitive, albeit sometimes
tactless and obstinate Executive, especially
after his little five-year-old son, 'Joe,' fell
from the porch of the Confederate White House
and was killed. But Mr. Bill seems to regard
the Cabinet as packed with blunderers and
fools. He utters many harsh words concern-
ing Judah P. Benjamin, the almost incredibly
talented holder of three different portfolios, who
was Davis's principal reliance." Virginius
Dabney
H Weekly Book Review pi Ja 20 '46 1900w
"As a panorama the book is excellently ex-
ecuted Based on careful research and written
with considerable aptness of phrase, it recreates
the sights, sounds, and smells of Confederate
Richmond." D. M. Potter
-f Yale R n s 35:735 summer '46 280w
BINGAY, MALCOLM WALLACE. Detroit Is
my own home town. 360p il $3.75 Bobbs
977.434 Detroit. Journalists — Correspond-
ence, reminiscences, etc. 46-3032
"A voluminous and enthusiastic account of
the automobile capital of the world by a news-
paperman who has grown up with the city
since the days when it was almost literally
a one-horse town. Known to sports enthu-
siasts as 'Iffy the Dopester,' Mr Bingay in-
cludes in his entertaining book a generous
selection of Iffy's baseball stories, and devotes
most of the rest of his space to the saga of
the auto industry and sketches of some of
Detroit's 'fabulous fellows.' " Springf'd Re-
publican
" 'Detroit Is My Own Home Town,' seems
to have been written entirely in the Detroit
Athletic Club, where the auto moguls gather
to play high finance like poker." Ralph Peter-
son
— Book Week p!2 Ap 21 '46 390w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 2 '46
50 w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
" 'Detroit Is My Own Home Town' combines
the same gentle humor, newsmen's 'inside dope'
and pithy writing that have given Mr. Bingay
his local popularity as a journalist. . . The
book is not a history of Detroit or a panorama
of Detroit. As the title itself infers, it is Mr.
Bingay's Detroit that is under examination. It
is a small segment of the whole, but a colorful
and interesting one. Even outlanders to whom
such names as Henry Ford, Charles E. Cough -
lin and Ty Cobb are household words, may en-
joy reading about the good old days in the
industrial capital of our nation." L«. J. Trese
-f Commonweal 44:266 Je 28 '46 320w
"A labor of love which catches the spirit of
the city; reactionary politically; anecdotal;
light reading."
-f Kirkus 14:59 F 1 '46 170w
" 'Detroit Is My Own Home Town' races
along in a style as breezy as Detroit itself.
Here, within the space of a half century, the
graciousness of living for all was moved ahead
by four or five generations — and the tools
with which this nation defended its liberty in
two wars were, in large part, made. Malcolm
Bingay's story of his city's evolution is an
outstanding contribution to folklore, fact and
fantasy." W. W. Ruch
4- N Y Times p8 My 26 '46 460w
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BINQAY, M. W.— Continued
Reviewed by Earl Brown
Sat R of Lit 29:32 Ap 27 '46 750w
"Mr Bingray leaves the forma! history to
others, knowing full well that dates and boun-
daries belong in almanacs and not In a picture
of an American city filled with people who
knew what they wanted to do and did it by
hook or crook. He presents plenty of good
readable yarns about the immortals in the
auto world — Ford, Durant, Sloan, Couzens and
Knudsen — and much intriguing out-of-school
talk about the days when the 'auto game* was
considered the proper territory of the sports
department. Unfortunately for those who like
to sense the personality of a city, however.
Mr Bingay's Detroit seems to be equipped
with a carburetor instead of a soul." R. P. H.
-| -- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
330w
"An eminently readable, breezy and anec-
dotal study of his home town. The story of
Detroit, as seen by Bingray, is simply reeking
with drama." Stanley Walker
Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 28 '46
BIRD, DOROTHY MAYWOOD. Mystery at
Laughing Water; 11. by Gertrude Howe. 203p
,2 Macmnian
Camping story for older girls, with a well-
developed mystery.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 N '46 40w
"Really good mystery stories for older girls
are rare, so Dorothy Maywood Bird may take
a special bow for this one. Not only is this a
grand camping story about very real modern
girls, but the author is the only one I know
who can make descriptions of food suspenseful
reading."
4- Book Week p!2 Je 2 '46 190w
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
"This good camp story stresses the attribute
of getting along with fellow campers, makes
one aware of the beauties of this lake country,
and at the same time furnishes us with a swift-
moving and satisfactory mystery." H. F.
Qriswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 29 '46
240w
Klrkus 14:127 Mr 1 '46 HOw
"This well -written story has for its scene
a girls' summer camp on Lake Superior, near
Copper Bay, Michigan. It is up to date, full of
action, natural, wholesome and involves a mys-
tery." E. E. Frank
-f- Library J 71:488 Ap 1 '46 70w
"A very busy summer and a very busy story;
compactness would have improved it, but the
mystery will attract young girls." M. C. S.
H -- NY Times p33 Je 16 '46 lOOw
"A good camp story for girls is always wel-
come, and this one is good enough to hold its
own, Just as a story about camping, against the
mystery implied in its title." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46 230w
BIRNBAUM, MARTIN. Jacovleff and other
artists. 235p pi $7; de luxe ed $15 Paul A.
Struck, publisher. 415 Lexington av, N.Y. 17
927 Artists 46-7340
Group of essays on modern artists, centered
around collections and treasures to which the
author has had access. Contents: Alexandre
Jacovleff; William Blake and other illustrators
of Dante; Thomas Rowlandson; Aubrey Vincent
Beardsley; Marcus Behmer; Arthur Rackham;
Hermann Struck; Anne Qoldthwaite.
"A beautiful piece of book making. . . The
biographical notes are graphically handled, and
add, materially to the value of a lovely book."
-f Klrkus 14:415 Ag 15 '46 60w
His personal connections with men like
JacovlefC. Behmer and Struck lend intimacy to
his stories. One could wish, however, that his
writing might have been more direct, lass
precious. Mr. Btrnbaum also seems to cling
to a world gone by when he tells us, for ex-
ample, that Botticelli's Sketches for Dante
are being kept in the 'Royal Museum of Ber-
lin* which changed its name after the downfall
of the Kaiser's Reich, in 1918. 'Jacovleff and
Other Artists' is a very personal book and
might be profitably enjoyed as such." Karl Kup
H Publisher's Weekly 150:3140 D 7 '46
420W
Reviewed by W. E. Parker
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 13 '46
370w
BISCH, LOUIS EDWARD. Your nerves, how
to release emotional tensions. 310p $2.50
Funk, W.
616.85 Neuroses. Psychology, Applied. Per-
sonality, Disorders of 8045-173
This book gives in popular form advice "for
those who suffer from 'nerves,' who can't
sleep, are self-conscious, or who are victims
of various minor frustrations or phobias. Au-
thor is a specialist in neuropsychiatry in New
York City." (Wis Lib Bui)
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:81 F 15 '45 150w
Wis Lib Bui 41:65 Je '45
BISHOP, CURTIS KENT. Sunset rim. 200p $2
Macmillan
46-3762
Western murder mystery.
Kirkus 14:82 P 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p44 My 19 '46 80w
Wis Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
BISHOP, ELIZABETH. North and South. 54p
$2 Houghton
811 46-6185
A first volume of poems, winner of a $1000
award from Houghton Mifflin company. The
poems fall into two classes: fantasies, and
straight descriptive verse, some of it based
on the author's experiences in Florida.
"In spite of the well-turned lines, the descrip-
tive phrases which are sharply effective and
the metrical skill, I cannot find much satisfac-
tion in this verse. What confounds me is the
author's difficulty in finishing what she begins
so well. In poems like 'Wading at Well fleet'
or 'The Colder the Air,' she does not follow
up her brilliant beginning. She can picture a
nightmare, as in 'Sleeping Standing Up,' she
has a clear eye for the look of the world, as in
'Florida' and 'Roosters,' but, in sum, it seems
to me that she is afraid to risk pure lyricism,
and is rather shy of ideas."
Atlantic 178:148 Ag '46 180w
"Only persons interested, probably profes-
sionally, in the output of American poetry will
find interest in this collection."
Kirkus 14:380 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"At last we have a prize book that has no
creditable mannerisms. At last we have some-
one who knows, who is not didactic." Marianne
Moore
+ Nation 163:354 S 28 '46 850w
"Elizabeth Bishop is the deserving winner
of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award for which
almost 800 poets contended. [She has] unques-
tionable talent. . . She has, however, possibly
overeducated herself in what is, or rather was,
going on in the best circles, and hasn't trusted
enough in her own psyche. She has listened
every once in a while to certain cliques which
are trying to palm off academic composition as
poetic perception." Oscar Williams
H New Repub 115:525 O 21 '46 700w
Reviewed by Selden Rodman
,N Y Times p!8 O 27 '46 450w
"It Is a hopeful sign when judges unani-
mously and with enthusiasm make an award to
a young, fresh book of verse instead of to an
old, stale one. . . Miss Bishop's poems are not
in the least showy. They strike no attitudes
and have not an ounce of superfluous emotional
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weight, and they combine an unforced ironic
humor with a naturalist's accuracy of observa-
tion." Louise Bogan
-f New Yorker 22:121 O 6 '46 360w
"It is this ability to hold her art and her
experience in a fast and yet living1 relation-
ship, to be never in doubt where she stands
with regard to the one or the other, that is the
sign of Miss Bishop's almost perfect artistic
acumen. I find it hard to make any other gen-
eralization than this about the poems in North
and South." Barbara Gibbs
4- Poetry 69:228 Ja '47 900w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
150w
"For once a prize committee has chosen well.
The publication of Elizabeth Bishop's 'North
& South' is a distinct literary event." Lloyd
Frankenberg
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 O 12 '46 380w
BISHOP, KAY. Chris; pictures by Martha
Powell Setchell. [32p] $1 Oxford
46-3132
A small dachshund decided living- in an
apartment was too confining-, and ran away.
But even freedom had its drawbacks, and Chris
was glad when a small boy found him and re-
turned him to his own home.
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
Kirkus 14:174 Ap 1 '46 90w
"Recommended for six to eight-year-olds."
Olive Brain
-f Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 70w
BISSON, THOMAS ARTHUR. Japan's war
economy. (Inst. of Pacific relations. Int.
secretariat publication) 267p $3.60 Mac mil Ian
330.952 Japan — Economic policy. World war,
1939-1945 — Japan. Industrial mobilization
(for war) 46-228
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
Current Hist 10:58 Ja '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:562 Ap '46 40w
"A valuable addition has been made to the
books published . by the Institute of Pacific
Relations. Mr. 'Bisson has done something *
which it is not always easy to get a scholar
of his distinction to undertake. He has put
together incomplete material, frankly called
attention to its incompleteness, so as to give
not a final account but the best estimate that
can be given today of the internal political
conflicts which conditioned the Industrial side
of the Japanese war effort. Until more
material is available it will be very rash for
anyone to discuss the future of Japan without
reading this book." H. F. Angus
4- Pacific Affairs 19:113 Mr '46 700w
"Mr. Bisson describes clearly and concisely
the strength and weaknesses of the govern-
ment and its legislation. Students of Japan's
economy will find that this book presents such
factual material as will enable them better
to understand the probable causes of her sur-
render, and the real dangers to the United
States unless remedial measures with respect
to the business oligarchy are adopted." Donald
Armstrong
H- Sat R of Lit 29:51 Mr 23 '46 450w
Reviewed by Frederick Reinstein
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 600w
BIXLER, JULIUS SEELYE. Conversations
with an unrepentant liberal. 113p $2 Yale
univ. press
104 Philosophy. Imaginary conversations.
Liberalism A46-2938
"Based upon the twenty-second series of
lectures delivered at Yale University on the
Foundation established by the late Dwight
Harrington Terry for the delivery and publica-
tion of 'Lectures on Religion In the Light of
Science and Philosophy.' Imaginary philosophic
conversations between two ancient Greek phi-
losophers, Simmlas and Cebes in a modern set-
ting of the year, 1945, as they traveled from
Harvard to Yale." Library J
"Perhaps the highest virtue of this unpre-
tentious little book lies in Its genuinely clear
and emphatic statement of the fundamental
distinction between imposed conduct and rea-
soned conduct as human ends." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 I80w
"This small volume is an important one. Its
defense of liberalism is worthy of careful study.
The critic will be challenged by it, the defender
encouraged." I. B. Lunger
+ Christian Century 63:840 Jl 3 '46 400w
Reviewed by W. L. Caswell
Churchman 160:16 S 1 '46 360w
Reviewed by E. C. Herrick
Crozer Q 23:377 O '46 700w
"The conversation is fresh and pointed,
studded with humor and apt illustration. Bixler
seems as well posted on human beings as he is
on John Dewey, and also on current affairs."
-f- Current Hist 10:129 Ag '46 200w
"The subject of their discourse Is the place of
philosophic liberalism in modern thought and
life. Defense and attack are well planned and
clearly reasoned. But the conversations them-
selves lack the sparkle that this kind of literary
effort demands."
+ — Kirkus 14:121 Mr 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by L. R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 70w
"These conversations are far more interesting,
I think, than those of Cebes and Simmias in
the 'Phaedo.' It is, however, puzzling to try
to guess what particular influences caused the
young men to take their present positions in
the argument. (Perhaps environmental changes
unknown to us in the intervening centuries
made them what they are.) At any rate, here
is a good antidote for authoritarianism, al-
though the liberal without firm principles will
find no comfort for his too frequent escape
from responsibility and action." G. R. Stephen-
son
-j NY Times p28 Ag 11 '46 800w
School & Society 63:351 My 11 '46 40w
"The material of these essays is not for the
casual reader, obviously, but for a more seri-
ously minded thinker they have a charm of their
own, not only in the ideas, but equally in the
reflection that this presentation gives of a
serene, witty and intelligent mind moving; freely
among the ideas it so clearly loves well." H.
L. Varley
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 500w
Times [London] Lit Sup pll Ja 4 '47
650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:185 S '46 280w
BLACK, HAROLD GARNET. The true Wood-
row Wilson, crusader for democracy; with
an Introd. by Franklin D. Roosevelt. 270p $3
Revell
B or 92 Wilson, Woodrow 46-2006
"The present volume is a personal and
political history. It aims to present a narra-
tive that is . . . full of factual material on
the basis of which each reader may form his
own independent judgment regarding Woodrow
Wilson and his place in world history. It de-
scribes with considerable fullness the main
events of his earlier life as well as of his pro-
fessional career, before his political star rose
above the horizon. It gives a detailed account
of the great world drama which was enacted
during his later years and in which he was so
important and so distinguished an actor, and
also indicates clearly the part that the United
States played in that colossal struggle. In
addition, it relates the story of the partial
realization of Woodrow Wilson's long -cherished
hope, the establishment of the League of Na-
tions, and explains the failure of the United
States to participate in that effort." (Pref)
Index.
"No new material is used. But it Is an
excellent biography, generally Judicious though
leaning somewhat heavily to the aide of ad-
miration, sketching the political backgrounds
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BLACK, H. G.— Continued
rather briefly, and stressing the personal traits
and character of the man."
4- Christian Century 63:400 Mr 27 '46
80w
Reviewed by T. F. Opie
Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 30w
"A straightforward story, with a minimum of
anaiytical or philosophical digressions — the work
of a thorough and painstaking reporter rather
than of a scholarly historian. But its very
limitations give it value. The facts of Wilson's
career, from his early childhood to his death
are set forth clearly in all essential detail."
-f Springf'd Republican p6 S 2 '46 180w
"The adjective in the title of this book is
enough to stir1 the suspicion of any student of
Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of great
intellectual power and wide-ranging interests,
which is to say he was not simple. He lived
in times of unusual complexity and obscurity,
times which the ablest historians in America
do not understand any too clearly. Hence
a biographer who could produce a picture that
was incontestably the 'true* Woodrow Wilson
would be a very great biographer indeed. Mr.
Black has not achieved this triumph. . . The
mystery of this book is why Franklin D.
Roosevelt wrote its introduction. True, it is
a very cagy introduction; he asserts that any
one who would write the whole story of Wil-
son would perform a great public service, but
nowhere does he say that this book is the
whole story. Yet his name on the Jacket will
sell a good many copies." G. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 21 '46
500w
BLACK, MRS IRMA (SIMONTON). Barbara's
birthday; il. by Nicholas Takis. 44p $1.35
46-7943
On Barabara's fifth birthday her mother
started to make a birthday cake arid found she
had no eggs. So Barbara went to the store for
the first time alone, and this is the story of that
trip.
Book Week p25 N 10 '46 90w
"A cute little story, marred by disappointing
pictures by Nicholas Takis, for Barbara is
so out of drawing that she is grotesque."
-I -- Kirkus 14:455 S 15 '46 lOOw
"The gay red and black pictures by Nicholas
Takis beautifully supplement the text." M. F.
Cox
4- Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 70w
BLACK, MRS IRMA (SIMONTON). Off to a
good start. 256p il $2.50 Harcourt
649.1 Children — Management. Child study
46-6352
A simply written, non- technical "handbook
for modern parents" which emphasizes normal
behavior but also points out that "normality"
may have many and varied aspects. The book,
in five parts, develops the idea of the widen-
ing circle of the child's interests and activities,
beginning with himself and his family and
branching out into his relations with other
people and the outside world.
"Written with sincerity and a purposeful
desire to help, this book makes accessible,
especially to exhausted parents, easy-to-read
suggestions." G. H.
~h Book Week p47 D 1 '46 120w
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"Based on progressive school formulae and
experience, these suggestions are bound to be
helpful to the would-be-helpful parents, anxious
not only to do right but to do what is best for
their offspring."
-f Kirkus 14:404 Ag 15 '46 150w
"A worth-while contribution to the literature
in this field." A. I. Bryan
-f Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 lOOw
"The book contains no new ideas! as Such*
but its simple style and its logical approach
make it safe to follow. Especially interesting is
the last section, which deals with new experi-
ences, nursery and progressive schools and cre-
ative play."
+ New Repub 115:301 S 9 '46 70w
Reviewed by Catherine MacKenzie
N Y Times p58 N 10 '46 230w
Sat R of Lit 30:30 Ja 18 '47 140w
"Irma Black has based her book about the
care and training of pre- school children on the
refreshing premise that it is perfectly possible
for a wonderful child to be the product of a
quite ordinary American home. As a start, this
will be encouraging to young parents, for too
many similar books reek with the attitude that
all babies are perfect at birth and that the
defects in their adult personalities are entirely
the fault of their parents." Margaret Bevans
4- Weekly Book Review p21 O 13 '46 410w
Wis Lib Bui 42:146 N '46
BLACK, JOHN. Release the lark; verse. 48p
$2 Fine editions
811
"A volume consisting mainly of sonnets con-
cerned with love, war and beauty." Springf'd
Republican
"A determined vigor carries the poems in
this little volume to fruition. The mood of some
of them is strongly reminiscent of Walt Whit-
man, though the breadth of his vision is lack-
ing. 'John Black reports for duty,' the author
announces and claims, accurately enough, to
be 'strong, eager, alert, and wilful to the
dream.' While these qualities are apparent in
his verse, they are not alone enough to lift it
above the level of minor poetry." Pearl
Strachan
Christian Science Monitor p!5 Ap 6 '46
360w
"An attractive little volume. . . Written by
a former newspaper and magazine editor, these
poems are carefully executed and their lyric
power is enhanced by an intensity of feeling
which holds the reader even when some lines
become too rhapsodic." C. M. Sauer
H Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 8 '46 300w
BLACK, NELMS HENRY. How to organize
and manage a small business. 367p $3 Univ.
of Okla. press
658 Business 46-7986
"This is a general introduction to small
business fields that emphasizes careful pre-
liminary analyses and study, and constant
studies and surveys after the business is
established. Bibliography, p.351-360, lists books
for specific businesses." Booklist
Booklist 43.113 1) 15 '46
"The learning that the author passes along
covers a range so wide that the subject-matter
becomes diffuse at times. It would have been
better to avoid topics confusing to the neo-
phyte. Public relations are important, for in-
stance, but scarcely enough to warrant a chap-
ter for the beginner. It might have been com-
bined with the chapter on advertising to better
effect. Mr. Black seems determined to start off
his small business man with a black picture
of price chiselers and price cutting. What he
proposes in a lengthy argument is a state of
static price bliss, a business Utopia which,
unless business progress stops, is never to be
realized. The established small business man,
will perhaps, find more of practical value in
this book than will the beginner " C. F.
Hughes
N Y Times p52 D 8 '46 430w
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 1 '46
60w
BLACK, THOMAS B. 3-13 murders. 215p $2
Reynal
46-7656
Detective story.
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Reviewed by James San doe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:401 Ag 15 '46 70w
N Y Times p24 N 3 '46 140w
"Good dialogue, credible toughness, solid
plotting and plentiful excitement mark a far
above average hardboiled novel." Anthony
Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pi 6 N 17 '46
60w
"Smoothly written. . . Competent thriller."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 50w
Re\ iewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p2() 1) 15 '46 140w
BLACK, THOMAS B. Whitebird murders. 201p
$2 Reynal
46-3064
Detective story.
"The story is just the thing for those who
like hard-boiled detectives and bloodshed ga-
lore." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p22 Mr 17 '46 lOOw
"Toughest of the season."
Sat R of Lit 29:59 Mr 23 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
170w
BLACKBURN, WILLIAM MAXWELL, ed. One
and twenty: Duke narrative and verse 1924-
1945; designed and il. by pupils of Clare
Lcighton. 297p $3 Duke univ. press
810.8 College verse and prose 46-1036
A collection of prose and verse selected from
work written by students at Duke university
from 1924 to 1945. Contains brief biographical
notes on contributors and an index.
"Considering its limited source, 'One and
Twenty' maintains a remarkably high literary
standard: there must be something in the air
of Duke that is favorable to writing." B. R
Redman
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:13 F 9 '46 350w
"A worth-while effort, a creditable (if not
striking) product of the book designer's art,
profusely and attractively illustrated by Clare
Leighton's undergraduate engraving students.
Its literary level is best described by one of
the contributors, as quoted in Professor Black-
burn's foreword- 'respectable, though not as
great as Chaucer.' " Richard Mfetch
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 F 3 '46 600w
BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON. The doll, and one
other. 138p $1.50 Arkham house
46-17840
Two stories of the supernatural: The Doll,
and The Trod. The first is the story of a
strange image delivered to an English colonel
who had seen service in India, and of the
terror it brought to the household. The Trod
is about a little-known corner of England,
where everyone protected their persons and
houses against the "gay people."
"There is little in either of the tales — even
in their manner — which suggests at all the
spell which Blackwood cast so skillfully in his
early work." James Sandoe
— Book Week p!5 Ap 7 '46 180w
"Slim volume may be read in one gulp and
two shudders. Admirable writing- and spooky
atmosphere make it worthy item."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:88 Ap 13 '46 40w
Time 47:104 My 6 '46 700w
BLAIR, GLENN MYERS. Diagnostic and
remedial teaching in secondary schools. 422p
il $3.25 Macmillan
373 Education, Secondary. Teaching 46-1961
"In this book the author has endeavored to
'supply teachers, principals, supervisors, and
superintendents with concrete and practical
suggestions for carrying out remedial pro-
grams in their schools/ Well indexed." School
& Society
Booklist 43:6 S '46
School & Society 63:231 Mr 30 '46 30w
"It is not probable that the remedial special-
ists or clinicians, accustomed to dealing in-
tensively with individual cases, will find in this
book much that is new to them. In the opinion
of the reviewer, however, all teachers and
counselors in junior and senior high schools
would benefit from reading the book and could
profitably keep it at hand for reference to the
wealth of practical information it contains on
one of the most important functions of pres-
ent-day high schools." A. K. Traxler
-f School R 54-431 S '46 600w
BLAKE, WILLIAM. The portable Blake; se-
lected and arranged, with an introd. by Al-
fred Kazin. (Viking portable lib) 713p $2
Viking
821 46-7886
This selection from the works of Blake con-
tains much of his best poetry, and selections
from his prose and drawings. Index of titles
and first linos of poems.
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 40\v
Booklist 43:134 Ja 1 '47
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"This work is good value indeed. It is in the
most delightful, chunky, format, comfortable
to hold, and beautifully printed. It contains
much of Blake that is often missed — great,
satisfying extracts from the Prophetic books,
ample selections from the letters, the whole
vision of the Last Judgment, the Everlasting
Gospel, and admirable selections from 4A De-
scriptive Catalogue,' 21 reproductions of the
Job engravings, and Crabb Robinson's recol-
lections. But Mr. Kazin has, it would seem,
misplaced his 55-page introduction. It is con-
fusing to start the reader off with a compari-
son between Blake and Beethoven, who, ex-
cept for the first initial of their names, and
the fact that they were both 'piebian Euro-
peans of supreme originality, who died in the
same year,' seem to have had absolutely noth-
ing in common." Anne Fremantle
_| Commonweal 45:306 Ja 3 '47 650w
"A brilliant and searching study, introducing
a generous selection of verse and prose, letters
and essays, of the young Blake and the old
151 ake. All the familiar material is here, and
much with which I was wholly unfamiliar."
-f- Kirkus 14-410 Ag 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by Northrop Frye
Poetry 69:226 Ja '47 420w
"Blake, so simple at his best, is difficult to
edit. . . This volume successfully indicates the
difficulties while at the same time revealing the
whole of Blake with unusual clarity. To read
Blake is a little like looking at the sun, but
what a sun!"
4- Weekly Book Review p21 Ja 12 '47
180w
BLAKEY, ROY GILLISPIE, and BLAKEY,
MRS GLADYS MCALPINE (CAMPBELL).
Sales taxes and other excises. 216p maps
$3.75; pa $3 Public administration service,
1313 E 60th st, Chicago 37
336.2713 Sales tax. Internal revenue 46-992
"Professor and Mrs. Blakey present a care-
ful factual treatment and a concise evaluation
of state sales and use taxes, gasoline and
other motor fuel taxes, alcoholic beverage
taxes, cigarette and other tobacco taxes, and
chain store taxation. The method followed in
their study is to describe the types of taxes
found in each of the several categories, and
with respect to each to analyze methods, costs,
and problems of administration; to show yields
and to explain their disposition or distribu-
tion; to point out trends; to summarize rela-
tive merits; to comment on shifting:, incidence,
and other economic effects. The monograph
deservedly pays considerable attention through-
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B LA KEY, R. G— Continued
out and in special chapters to the impact,
either actual or probable, of the federal con-
stitution and the federal government on the
field of general and special sales taxation."
Am Pol Sci R
"Professor and Mrs. Blakey give us an ex-
ceedingly well-balanced, carefully organized,
and realistic presentation of highly complex
material. The truly scientific spirit which per-
vades the work greatly enhances the value of
their observations and conclusions. Since gen-
eral and special sales taxes now constitute
the majo'* source of state revenue, students
of government and taxation as well as tax
administrators will find invaluable this up-
to-date volume." M. L. Faust
4- Am Pol Sci R 40:380 Ap '46 550w
"It is unfortunate that such an excellent
factual and statistical study of this kind must
soon become outdated as a consequence of the
constant changes in legislation, administra-
tion, and tax yields. Nevertheless, a most use-
ful service has been performed in the collec-
tion and summarization of the vast amount
of detailed information involved in the varie-
gated experience with and extensive develop-
ment of sales and excise taxation in this
country in the past two decades." D. C. Cline
+ Ann Am Acad 245:202 My '46 450w
"Professor and Mrs. Blakey have created a
compilation of facts and figures about the
sales and related excise taxes that should be
a useful reference for those doing research
in this field. The authors do not pretend to
give a thorough, analytical and stimulating
study of all the possible problems that might
and do arise. They have instead undertaken
to show the more important features in the
historical development of sales taxes in this
country, and have pointed out and briefly dis-
cussed the more prominent characteristics of
such taxes and the problems arising there-
under. In doing this, not only do the authors
include references to other materials which
deal more thoroughly with the particular prob-
lems, but they have also included many illus-
trative tables and figures which should be of
great aid to anyone interested in research in
this field."
+ Harvard Law R 59:319 D '45 320w
Reviewed by N. H. Jacoby
J Pol Econ 54:573 D '46 HOOw
BLANKFORT, MICHAEL. Widow-makers.
249p $2.50 Simon & Schuster
46-8185
A suspense novel in which three children,
aged six, nine, and twelve play important parts.
The three were in Portugal with their father,
when he disappeared. They came home to live
with an aunt in New York, carrying in their
luggage the evidence of a future war, for which
their father had given his life. When the
children discovered the paper they used all
their courage and intelligence to hide it, be-
cause it had belonged to their father. They suc-
ceeded where adults might have failed.
"[The children] are distinct, Tirza and James
and Maggie, and their precocity is believable
and touchingly imperfect, Just as their deci-
sions are an agonizing and truthful medley
of fear and selfishness and love. They are so
real, indeed, that the plot in which they have
been set seems, especially at the last, an in-
adequate framework. But 'The Widow-Makers'
is a rare and exciting novel and a very wel-
come addition to the small company of adult
novels about children." James Sandoe
H -- Book Week p25 N 24 '46 150w
rCTheJ? 9hil<Jren, while not the quiz kids of
?5LgJ?i1Ciei8 *?om? s^eet Homicide with which
?uI5ar2i11?1 is, Inev*table, are very appealing in
their determination and vulnerability, give this
£«?£nti+meJ£tal rather than a smarty touch.
WOUId b* dls-
+ KIrkus 14:359 Ag 1 '46 170w
New Repub 115:774 D 9 '46 30w
fthe mai* Plot is concerned, this is
*.,st£ry 7lt]5 toternational intrigue.
takes it out of that class is the skill
with which the author has portrayed Tirza,
Jarnesy and Maggie. They are delightfully hu-
man youngsters whose unconventional up-
bringing has made them wise beyond their
years, and the story is told almost entirely
from their viewpoint." I. A.
H- N Y Times p59 N 17 '46 180w
"Admirable situation, filled with suspense
in early chapters, works out to a disappoint-
ingly soft conclusion." L. G. Offord
H San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 24 '46
60w
"Good espionage-intrigue yarn made even
better by three most cnarming fictional chil-
dren since 'Home Sweet Homicide.' "
+ Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p48 N 24 '46 270w
BLANSHARD, BRAND, and others. Philosophy
in American education. See American
philosophical association. Commission on the
runction of philosophy in liberal education
BLEECKER, MARY NOEL, comp. Big music;
or, Twenty merry tales to tell, 11. by Louie S.
Glanzman. 256p $2.50 Viking
398 Fairy tales. Folklore 46-1912
Collection of twenty traditional tales from
many lands. The keynote of each is humor,
and the stories are well-adapted for story tell-
ing hours. Grades four to seven.
Booklist 42:249 Ap 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"The book is sure of a warm welcome from
story-tellers trying to meet the perennial de-
mand for a funny story. Louis Glanzmann's
line drawings fit the mood of the stories ad-
mirably." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:205 My '46 lOOw
"This is an exceptionally interesting and
worthwhile collection of folk tales, with plenty
of humor, a good folk quality not too broad,
and an awareness of basic values throughout."
•f Kirkus 14:35 Ja 15 '46 90w
"A fine collection." J. D. Lindquist
-f Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 70w
"The line drawings of Louis Glanzman have
enormous gusto and a lively humor, A book
to delight boys and girls from 9 to 12 and a
valuable aid to the story teller."
-f N Y Times p!4 Mr 24 '46 80w
4- Sat R of Lit 29:56 Ap 20 '46 230w
"In a time when the old folk tales are being
'discovered' by the enemies, and thus stand in
danger of being vulgarized and mangled, this
book makes an important contribution. Story
tellers will find that this collection gives new
impetus to their art. and the children will dis-
cover here some stories they have never read
before." F. C. Sayers
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 24 '46 450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
BLESH. RUDI. Shining trumpets; a history of
jazz. 365p il $5 Knopf
780.973 Jazz music 46-7252
"Concerned primarily with the subject of
improvisation in Jazz style by Negro musicians,
the history of which is traced out of Africa,
via New Orleans and Chicago (this latter some-
what grudgingly), to New York. The historical
account is interrupted by program-note-like
descriptions of specific phonograph records."
(Library J) Index
Reviewed by P. B. Miller
Book Week pll N 3 '46 150w
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
"A sincere study intolerant of all imitation,
which is also valuable documentary of the
evolution of this type of music. For devotees."
-f- KIrkus 14:474 S 15 '46 210w
"Especially interesting for those who are not
jazz fiends is the tracing of the African heri-
tage of American Negro music. The 'com-
mercialized' playing of 'swing' by 'name bands'
is not considered." Leonard Burkat
Library J 71:1460 O 16 '46 130w
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"Unfortunately, Mr. Blesh . . . has a system.
Thus, having set the old New Orleans heroes
up as his criteria, he declares, in effect, that
anything outside the New Orleans style is not
'real jazz.' There are many of us who feel
that the lively and various art of music will
always mock such pigeon holing. . . Mr. Blesh
often gives the impression of paying more at-
tention to his system than to specific musical
performances. . . Mr. Blesh has not only a
system. He also has a purpose. . . He will not
rest with jazz as a musical language which may
be used intensely and poetically; he must have
it conquer all. And like most critics who are
not content to illumine an art, but must also
pound the drum for it, his stylo is sometimes
deafening." Wilder Hobson
Nation 163:761 D 28 '46 1200w
"Rudl Blesh has produced a work of carefully
documented synthesis. The most that one can
find fault with, it seems to me, is that he often
goes farther than it would seem logical to go;
for example, when one starts talking about
race memory and the survival of Africanisms
among American Negroes, the ice gets a little
thin. I have a feeling, also, that he has over-
looked some sociological implications in the
birth and growth of jazz which are even more
important than the hereditary ones to which he
gives such weight. Yet the fact remains that in
spite of these rather arbitrary criticisms, Shin-
ing Trumpets is by far the best critical work
on jazz which has thus far appeared, and if it
is not the definitive one, it is at least a long
step in the right direction. Moreover, it is
written with charm, -wit and spirit." Buckiin
Moon
-\ New Repub 115:603 N 4 '46 600w
"A lifetime of study and research could
easily go into the preparation of such a
vast work, but as written, 'Shining Trumpets'
does not quite come up to the cosmic enthus-
iasm and assertions or its author. Its organ-
ization is essentially sound. . . The work is
fully equipped with scholarly impedimenta; it
contains numerous footnotes, nine appendices."
Frederic Ramsey
~j NY Times p42 D 8 '46 700w
San Francisco Chronicle p32 D 1 '46
90w
"Mr. Blesh takes the reader, by means of
narrative, well-constructed charts, and pic-
tures, as well as samples of jazz scores, from
the early days to modern times. On the
whole, he is accurate; his information seems
to have been checked and re-checked, and his
book is one that should stand as a rich source
of material for historians for some time to
come. There are also a warmth and a quality
of admiration about the book which make it a
pleasure to read. Yet one cannot help feel in K
Mr. Blesh and Mr. Sargeant have attempted
panoramic portraits of a subject too broad
even for the widest lens." R. B. Gehmen
H Sat R of Lit 29:94 D 7 '46 150w
"Under the flag of the championship of 'pure'
Jazz, Mr. Blesh either ignores, or takes a
swing at many successful Negro and white
exponents of popular music whom he accuses
of hybridizing 'true' Jazz. . . In spite of dis-
agreements with Mr. Blesh I find 'Shining
Trumpets' a valuable contribution to American
music. The author has painstakingly as-
sembled an Imposing mass of records and
analyzed them for the reader. His accounts
of jazz-making and Jazz-makers from 1870 on
makes extreftiely interesting reading. Without
the belaboring which Mr. Blesh gives the point,
the intelligent reader can discern in the history
of jazz a comforting social achievement." Z.
N. Hurston
H Weekly Book Review p8 D 22 '46 1500w
BLICHER, STEEN STEENSEN. Twelve sto-
ries; tr. by Hanna Astrup Larsen; [pub.] for
the American-Scandinavian foundation. 312p
$3 Princeton univ. press
46-871
"Steen Blicher, a poor country parson who
lived from 1782 to 1848 in the part of Denmark
known as Jutland, became one of the best-loved
writers of his country. Sigrid Undset, whose
mother was Danish, says In her introduction
. . . that his position among his countrymen
might be compared to that of Jane Austen
among the British. . . It helps to place Blicher
if it is recalled that his British contemporaries
were Miss Edgeworth, the 'romantic' novelists
like Ann Radchffe and M. O. Lewis, and, above
all, Scott and Miss Austen. In America, his
contemporaries were Irving and Cooper. In the
12 stories included in this volume, there can
be detected certain similarities to the work
of these writers of his time in the English-
speaking world." Christian Science Monitor
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 31 '46 210w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
Reviewed by L,. E. Cannon
Christian Century 63:304 Mr 6 '46 550w
"Sigrid Undset's introduction, which is really
a biography and an appraisal of Blicher run-
ning to 48 pages, is possibly the most interest-
ing part of the book; for, with affection and
with the skill she always commands, she has
told a moving tale of a tragic yet ultimately
rewarding life. Besides that, she has set him
against the physical, social, and intellectual
background of early nineteenth-century Den-
mark, a background that is new to most Amer-
ican readers." W. K. R.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 23 '46
650w
"Up to now few Americans, I daresay, have
ever heard of the Danish author of these fasci-
nating tales, although his name is a byword
in Scandinavia. His short stories are so good
that I wonder what other national favorites
there are in smaller countries whose works, if
translated, would enrich the lives of English-
speaking peoples." Edward Skillin
4- Commonweal 43-437 F 8 '46 450w
Reviewed by Graham Rawson
New Statesman & Nation 31:436 Je 15
'46 750w
"The gratitude one feels toward the Amer-
ican-Scandinavian Foundation for making Kier-
kegaard available in English might also be
expressed to them for this excellent transla-
tion of Steen Steensen Blicher. He may not
be as Important or influential outside of Den-
mark as his more famous compatriot, but stu-
dents of European literature will surely wel-
come the occasion to read his work, and read-
ers at large who have more than a little specu-
lative interest in writers, and philosophize as
they read, will enjoy making Blicher's ac-
quaintance." Isaac Rosenfeld
4- N Y Times plO Ap 14 '46 650w
Reviewed by N. L». Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:19 F 16 '46 750w
"Encountering his work for the first time
in a translation which does not seem quite
easy, or simple enough, it is difficult to accept
so high a valuation of him. His stories cer-
tainly have a broad, easy sweep, and he con-
veys in wide, unfussy strokes a large variety
of character and human conduct; and his gen-
eral mood is a good mixture of pessimism and
benevolence. But his themes are monotonous,
he tends to be long-winded, and although he
is never cheap or untrue, he does not get close
up into the secret mind or soul of any char-
acter, but is content with broad, sympathetic
impressions of human logic and human errors."
Kate O'Brien
h Spec 176:488 My 10 '46 450w
"There is an atmosphere of grim tragedy in
some of Blioher's tales that is all his own. . .
All these tales illustrate the humours and trag-
edies of stark and poverty-stricken life in a
sturdy and freedom-loving community; and
though we cannot appreciate in translation
those most intimate qualities of expression that
have endeared them to the Danish people, there
Is a good deal of enjoyment to be found in
thern.^
Times [London] Lit Sup p257 Je 1 '46
550w
"The twelve stories are set in Jutland, where
Blicher had his roots, and many of them he
had heard as a child from his own grandfather.
Though a bright thread of merry-making
gleams here ana there in the book, and youth
struts across its pages dancing, hunting, court*
ing and stealing kisses, the prevailing color
IB dark and harsh, fitted to the uncompromising
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BLICHER, S. S.— Continued
northern temper and the stubborn northern
heart." Virgrilia Peterson
4- Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 24 '46
950w
BLIZARD, MARIE. Late lamented lady. 256p
$2 Curl
46-5409
Detective story.
"A moderately paced, moderately well-writ-
ten story that will serve adequately to while
away a humid afternoon." Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p5 Jl 21 '46 120w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 130w
"Agreeable enough, up to a pretty uneven
solution." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '40
50w
"Well enough plotted and logically solved,
but strangely lacking in action and impact."
.} Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 20 '46 30w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!6 Jl 21 '46
130w
BLOCH, MARIE HALUN. Danny Doffer; pic-
tures by Jessie Robinson. 103p $1.76 Harper
46-7806
Danny lived in Pennsylvania, made em-
broidered name tapes for a living, and chased
butterflies as an avocation. The story is about
what happened when a machine, invented to
embroider tapes, went wild and printed hun-
dreds of tapes too many.
"Nonsense tales which five to seven year
olds will enjoy, but which they could not read
to themselves. Eight and nine year olds —
good readers — could read them with pleasure."
-f Kirkus 14:454 S 16 '46 140w
"Good humor. Could be used for story hours.
Well illustrated by Jessie Robinson. Recom-
mended." Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library J 71:1717 D 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46 240w
BLOCK, LIBBIE. Wild calendar. 366p $2.75
Kn°Pf 45-10646
"Maud, daughter of a Denver candy manu-
facturer, endeavors to achieve happiness by
trying to have events and people in her life
conform to her romantic dream of what con-
stitutes happiness. During this search, which
ultimately proves her ideas wrong, she mar-
ries a millionaire at seventeen, divorces him
and marries a man without a job. Good picture
of middle-class life, 1928 to 1942, especially
description of flapper era." Library J
Booklist 42:226 Mr 15 '46
"A convincing, credible job, not always ap-
pealing, but a story of a woman for women."
-f- Kirkus 13:532 D 1 '45 170w
"Frank writing of sex relations without over-
emphasis. Story is interesting." M. P. McKay
-f Library J 71:181 F 1 ^46 90w
Reviewed by Caroline Gordon
N Y Times p!2 F 17 '46 320w
"In an unpretentious but subtle and very
entertaining fashion, Miss Block, whose first
novel this Is, has managed a shrewd presenta-
tion of the average American woman and her
inalienable Right to Happiness. The blurb on
the dust Jacket, with one eye cocked nervously
toward the patrons of the lending libraries,
hastens to explain that this unflattering pic-
ture of glorious American womanhood applies,
of course, only to the pre-Pearl Harbor era.
Hmm."
New Yorker 22:95 F 16 '46 140w
"Miss Block has written a dramatic and an
engrossing book. . . If at the end the book
seems a little too slick and contrived, it makes
up for it by its really profound, sympathetic,
incisive first two-thirds, its picture of a young
girl and a young woman who will be recognized
and remembered. It is interesting and provoca-
tive." S. H. Hay
H Sat R of Lit 29:16 Mr 16 '46 550w
" 'Wild Calendar' will be remembered for
Maud and for the pertinent comment it has to
make on the prevalence of materialism in our
latter-day thinking. And if some readers find
its revelations coming uncomfortably close
home, they are not likely to put it down on that
account. It is much too entertaining." Jen-
nings Rice
Weekly Book Review p6 F 17 '46 750w
BLOOM, RAYMOND R. Principles of tool en-
gineering. 234p il $2.40 McGraw
621.9 Machine tools 46-6872
"The purpose of this elementary text for men
in industry is to enable them to design tools,
fixtures and gauges as the need arises in manu-
facturing. The book presupposes an under-
standing of the practical application of tools
and also of machine drawing. It describes
basic operations on milling and drilling ma-
chines, tool layouts for turret lathes, dimen-
sioning with tolerances for interchangeability,
locating and clamping work, the use of gauges,
and the purpose of inspection. The author is
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at
Pennsylvania State College." N Y New Tech
Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:42 Jl '46
BLOUGH, GLENN O. The monkey with a no-
tion; il. by John F. De Cuir. 88p $2 Holt
Monkeys — Legends and stories 46-7095
Miss Peasley kept a pet shop and one of her
special pets was a clever monkey. When the
monkey began to have fun opening the animals'
fages at night after Miss Peasley had gone
home, things be#an to happen At first there
was quite a bit of misunderstanding, but in the
end the shop did a tremendous business.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:162 D '46 40w
"The De Cuir drawings are full of action and
fun. The book will be fascinating to 8 to 11
years olds."
+ Book Week pS N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:89 N 15 '46
"An impressive looking book with very tak-
ing illustrations."
-f Kirkus 14:493 O 1 '46 90w
"Not indispensable but quiet good fun." M. B.
Snow
Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 90w
"The 5-to-8-year-olds will enjoy this very
well -written and gaily illustrated book." R. A.
Gordon
-f N Y Times p48 N 10 '46 120w
"All this is funny and exciting. . . The
illustrations are as much fun as the story."
M.GD
-f- Sat R of Lit 29-60 N 9 '46 200w
"The naturalness of the details make the
fantastic nature of the story seem natural,
which also is quite right for this time of life.
There are lots of animal pictures."
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 N 10 '46 400w
BLUM, LEON. For all mankind; tr. by W.
Pickles. 186p $2.50 Viking
944.08 France — Politics and government.
Reconstruction (1939- ) — France. Socialism
46-26241
In this book, written while he was a prisoner
of the Nazis, France's one-time Socialist
premier reviews his country's immediate past,
trying to place the blame for disaster and to
point out the way for recovery.
"The lucidity, the moderation, the subtlety,
and the power of this little book are equaled
by the generosity and breadth of its author's
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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vision, and by a profound political sagacity
which foresaw, half a decade before they arose,
the difficulties which now beset the peace-
makers." J. H. Powers
4- Atlantic 178:163 O '46 480w
Booklist 43:12 8 '46
Reviewed by T. O. Sloane
Commonweal 44:578 S 27 '46 390w
Foreign Affairs 25:342 Ja '47 30w
Klrkus 14:291 Je 15 '46 210w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 120w
Reviewed by C. A. Micaud
Nation 163:507 N 2 '46 500w
"I can endorse every principle, even every
detail of this practical and generous little book.
Yet I feel I must end with what Blum him-
self left out: To what extent was Blum to
blame? I am not alluding to minor inefficiencies
which could have been redeemed. Was there a
deeper flaw? I believe there was." Albert
Gue>ard
-j New Repub 115:332 S 16 '46 lOOOw
"The book is therefore heavily dated, whether
as a historical or a personal document. That
fact gives it a good deal of its interest and
value. It attempts an analysis of the social
and political causes which produced the col-
lapse of France, the military defeat and still
more the moral defeat embodied In Vichy
and collaboration. It is, of course, much more
than an anlysis, for it looks before and after. . .
What he says about it is all true, but it leaves
the reader unsatisfied. The analysis does not
go deep enough, and because it does not, he
does not give one the foundation upon which
one might share with him his optimism about
the future." Leonard Woolf
H New Statesman & Nation 32:270 O 12
'46 650w
"Despite all the bitter betrayals, frustrations
and defeats he suffered at the hands of the
ambitious little men who tinkered with the fate
of France and the world in the days leading
to Munich, Blum withstands as few before him
have withstood the urge to turn away re-
sponsibility for a great failure by personal
recriminations. He presents not a single reve-
lation of the role of Laval, Pe"tain, Flandin,
Deat; not one inside story of the machinations
of the Banque de France or the Comite" des
forges. His reflections on the fall of France are
given in sweeping strokes with little concern
for detail." Alan Cranston
4- N Y Times p3 S 1 '46 1250w
"This is a high-minded book, and an old-
fashioned one too, maybe, and it comes like
a breath of fresh air "
4- New Yorker 22:71 Ag 24 '46 120w
Reviewed by Marvin Sargent
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 N 17 '46
300w
" 4A 1'Echelle Humaine,' of which this is
a careful and sympathetic translation, was
written in the Vic-ny prisons of Bourrasol
and Fort du Pourtalet during 1941 and com-
pleted in December of that year. It bears not
only the impress of M Blum's lofty and
courageous mind but all the signs of the
time, the circumstances and the emotional
temper of nascent French hope and resistance.
A declaration of personal faith, reasoned and
eloquent, it is addressed to all in France, more
particularly the younger generation, who had
not succumbed to the propaganda of Vichy.
As such the book consists in the first place,
and necessarily so, of a defence of the dem-
ocratic idea."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p350 Jl 27
'46 550w
''Being in prison gives an intelligent man
time to think. Leon Blum is a flrst-rate in-
tellect. Both Petain and Hitler afforded him
the opportunity to employ it in solitude. His
reflections upon the world that was, the one
that might nave been, and the one he hoped
to see brought into being after the inevitable
downfall of the Axis tyranny, were put on
paper in the prison at Bourrasol and in the
frigid fortress of Pourtalet, where he finished
writing these 'scrupulous meditations' in
December, 1941. Keeping that date in mind,
the reader of this book will add to his ad-
miration for the lucidity of Leoi. Slum's think-
ing, the moral integrity and fine humanism of
the man, an amazement at his limpid pre-
science." Edward Angly
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 25 '46
1500w
BLUNT, ANTHONY. French drawings in the
collection of his majesty the king, at Wind-
sor castle. (Phaidon press bk) 166p il $6.50
Oxford [25s Allen, G]
741.944 Drawings 46-5127
Presents reproductions and a catalog of
French drawings at Windsor castle. Bib-
liography. Index.
"This is a necessary reference work in any
scholarly art library and an invaluable source
for student and painter." Dorothy Odenheimer
4- Book Week p9 My 19 '46 490w
Booklist 42:368 Jl 15 '46
"The Poussins are famous and magnificent,
the Claudes impressive and varied. Mr. Blunt
has rightly focused the main light of his
scholarship on a detailed discussion of the
former."
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Je 13 '46
150w
Reviewed by Howard Devree
N Y Times p25 Jl 21 '46 410w
"The examples represented in this book are
somewhat arbitrarily chosen, with a fair share
of the pompous and dull mixed in with the
good. There are some fine Poussins and
Claudes, however, as well as some flrst-rate
Callots. The reproduction of the book's hun-
dred and twenty-seven plates is uniformly
good."
^ New Yorker 22:96 Je 1 '46 80w
Times [London] Lit Sup p261 Je 1 '46
650w
BLYTON, ENID. Castle of adventure; with
il. by Stuart Tresilian. 251p $2 (7s 6d) Mac-
millan
46-18356
Four English children spending their holidays
in a country cottage decide to explore the
ruins of a nearby deserted castle and find ex-
citing adventure.
"A tale crammed with quite improbable ad-
venture which is fun to read. The children
seem slightly more real than in Mystery Is-
land, and Kiki, Jack's parrot, though her re-
marks are incredibly appropriate, is amusing."
A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 31 '46
180w
"There is not a dull moment in this story
of a summer spent by four English children
as neighbors to a strange deserted castle on
the summit of a hill. . . The children are nat-
ural and well drawn with humor and under-
standing."
4- Horn Bk 22:353 S '46 120w ^
Kirkus 14:326 Jl 15 '46 130w *
"Good reading for boys and girls 8-12." H.
M. Brogan
4- Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 70w
"A good tale and a good chance for boys
and girls of 9 to 12 to meet characters
thoroughly English, drawn with individuality
and humor. Illustrations by Stuart Tresilian are
keyed to the mood." Frances Smith
4- N Y Times p41 S 15 '46 140w
"There isn't an extra character or a 'stage
prop' in this story. From the first page to the
last everything that happens is cleverly inte-
grated into an exciting mystery tale. Indeed,
the economy of description and directness of
action suggest that Miss Blyton might have
equal success if she turned to the writing of
plays." M. K.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:43 S 28 '46 230w
Weekly Book Review p36 N 10 '46
450w
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BOAS, FRANZ. Race and democratic society.
219p $2.50 Augustin
804 Social problems. Race problems
45-10440
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by L.. A. White
Am J Soc 52:371 Ja '47 1800w
Booklist 42:208 Mr 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 50w
Reviewed by R. L». Duffus
N Y Times p5 F 10 '46 1250w
"The general reader will find here an authori-
tative and readable statement of the present
level of scientific knowledge about race. Anthro-
pologists and sociologists as well will find in
the last two sections the thinking of one of the
great scholars of our times, which, while based
on his scientific studies, represents also his
political and intellectual convictions."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:30 Mr '46 240w
"Franz Boas was among the 'intellectuals'
who never betrayed their trust. He was no
propagandist, but a lover of truth; and he
believed that the truth, alone, can make us
free. So to his dying day he worked fearlessly
against the prejudices that breed hatred and
cruelty. He was truly among the children of
light. In this book are collected many of his
addresses, articles, papers, all rigorously sci-
entific in spirit, yet accessible to the lay
reader. Although composed for many and very
different occasions, these essays have the or-
ganic unity of his own mind. Well selected,
they are arranged according to an intelligible
scheme. They form a breviary of scientific
democracy." Albert Guerard
+ Weekly Book Review p32 Ap 14 '46
600w
BOAS, FREDERICK SAMUEL. Introduction to
Stuart drama. 452p $4 (15s) Oxford
822.09 English drama — History and criti-
cism
"Dr. Boas does not seriously raise the ques-
tion of the worth of Stuart Drama, he is con-
tent to assume it and to write an historical
introduction to this prolific period. He ad-
dresses his book 'to those who are interested
in Stuart drama without being professed
scholars,' and for them he provides a useful
map of this bewildering country by sketching
the history of the theatres and their providers
from 1603 to 1613; from 1613 to 1625 and from
1625 to 1642, with Sir William Davenant bridg-
ing the gap between the closing of the thea-
tres and their reopening at the Restoration."
New Statesman & Nation
BODENHEIM, MAXWELL. Selected poems.
193p $3.50 Ackerman
811 46-5318
"Containing poems from nine books of verse
published throughout the years 1914-1944, as
well as additional new material hitherto unpub-
lished. The arrangement is in chronological
order." Subtitle
Manchester Guardian p3 F 22 '46 270w
"The detached acceptance of the plays as
they are, without judging them or measur-
ing them against the real masterpieces of trag-
edy is a limitation of this book; but it does
not prevent it from being a valuable introduc-
tion to the subject. The most serious defect of
the book as an introduction is the inade-
quacy of its bibliographical material." Joan
Bennett
-| N6W statesman & Nation 31:475 Je 29
'46 1050w
"Dr. Boas has once more succeeded in his
very difficult task of presenting to the un-
initiated general reader a literature which is
by no means easy to grasp for those unaccus-
tomed to the form and idiom. . . The
method Dr. Boas has chosen is that of de-
scribing the plots of the plays, with copious
illustrative extracts to support the argument
and whet the appetite. It is a difficult meth-
od, under which plays are strangely prone to
die. But Dr. Boas has kept their spirit alive,
so that each play remains a lively story, and
the implication of the emotional climax is al-
ways indicated." Bonamy Dobree
+ Spec 176:302 Mr 22 '46 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p!16 Mr 9
'46 500w
Weekly Book Review p24 O 13 '46 120w
Reviewed by Pearl Strachan
Christian Science Monitor p!7 S 14 '46
450w
"This collection is a good deal more re-
presentative than selective. There is so much
reprinted without judicious culling, from his
nine published volumes, that what is genuinely
original and sharply characteristic of Boden-
heim at his best is unfortunately all but lost.
Too much of Bodenheim's verse is sheer
imitation of the successive 'fashions' during
the last three decades: the romanticists, the
imagists, the 'Jazz-rhythm' crowd, the realists,
the social poets. The patchwork effect of this
Joseph's coat is further confused by the fact
that subject and form are so often mlsmated,"
Ruth Lechlitner
Weekly Book Review p24 O 27 '46 360w
BODLEY, RONALD VICTOR COURTENAY.
The messenger; the life of Mohammed. 368p
$3 Doubleday
B or 92 Mohammed 46-2458
A biography of Mohammed, written for the
layman. The author says "This book has been
written more for people who want to know
something about Mohammed and Islam than
for oriental scholars or students of theology.
This does not mean that liberties have been
taken with the subject or that any details of
Mohammed's life and teachings have been
omitted. On the contrary, the material in
these pages is perhaps wealthier in particulars
than in many of Mohammed's biographies."
(Introd) Glossary. Brief bibliograhy. Index.
"This biography treats Mohammed as if he
were a contemporary Arab. Mohammed's con-
tinual admonitions to his faithful to the effect
that he was a man as other men is the leit-
motiv of the book." D. M. Weil
Book Week p!4 Mr 31 '46 800w
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
"This is incomparably the best life of Moham-
med that has yet appeared in English. . .
Colonel Bodley has written a first rate biog-
raphy, in admirable style, racy and readable,
without constant reference to a New Testament
at his elbow." Anno Fremantle
-f- Commonweal 44-314 Jl 12 '46 lOOOw
"There is singularly little material available
— in biographical form — on the subject of Mo-
hammed, and Bodley, whose Wind in the Sa-
hara last season recorded his own life among
the Arabs, in this new book gives us a lively
informative life story of 'the messenger.' "
+ Kirkus 13:552 D 15 '45 340w
"Mr. Bodley Is eminently fair to Mohammed
and his achievement in formulating and estab-
lishing, in his own lifetime and over a great
area, a new religion — or, at least, a blend of
religions suitable to the time and place. He is,
perhaps, a little more than fair. Some of his
generalizations seem questionable, some of his
analogies infelicitous." N. K. Burger
^ NY Times p24 My 5 '46 800w
"Colonel Bodloy, as anyone who read his
excellent 'Wind in the Sahara' knows, lived
for years with the Arabs in the desert, and
he Is so intensely sympathetic toward them
and their great prophet that he sometimes
goes much too far in defending the more for-
bidding aspects of their religion. Although,
as he says, there is plenty of data on Moham-
med's life, in contrast to the paucity of in-
formation on other founders of religions, much
of this book reads like fiction and some of It
must be, especially the passages describing
the prophet's more intimate moments."
H New Yorker 22:111 Ap 6 '46 140w
"This volume comes to hand recommended
by the author's recognized versatility as writer
and his living contact with Mohammedanism.
It would, at any rate, merit more than passing
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
75
notice if only because of the Prophet's cen-
trality in the religion of some three hundred
millions today. . . As a record of the ^reat
Arabian's life this book perhaps offers delight-
ful reading to some, but it leaves much to be
desired. The vitality of the Moslem faith, and
the immense spiritual potentialities ordinarily
associated with it, remain in partial eclipse
throughout." E. J. Jurji
-| Sat R of Lit 29:21 My 11 '46 1150w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 12 '46
240w
"The story of the Messenger is endlessly
fascinating, and R. V. C. Bodley tells it with
a flair for the right things. He is aware of
the almost total ignorance of the Occident
with regard to Islam and its founder. . . It
is a heart-thumping, heart-warming story.
Mr. Bodley has told it well, aiming it at the
Western reader, correcting misinformation,
pointing out misunderstandings. Few books
nave so much information, so much excite-
ment and perform so needed a service. Allah
will be grateful. Every one should read it."
Thomas Sugrue
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 10 '46
1600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:56 Ap '46
BOGAN, SAMUEL D. Let the coyotes howl:
a story of Philmont scout ranch. 159p il $2.50
Putnam
369.43 Boy scouts. New Mexico— Antiqui-
ties 46-25037
The author, a Scoutmaster from New Haven,
Connecticut, recounts the day-by-day adv^n-
tures of a group of Boy scouts in the South-
west. The headquarters for the troupe was the
Boy Scout Ranch at Philmont, New Mexico;
the objective of their trip was archaeological
exploration plus the intangible values of work-
ing, traveling and studying together.
Booklist 42-211 Mr 1 '46
"The tale of what the Scouts did is fre-
quently obscured by the author's discursive
style. Scoutmasters may find some helpful sug-
gestions in the book, but few boys will wade
through this complicated, slow- moving narra-
tive." A. T. Eaton
N Y Times p22 Mr 10 '46 120w
"It is, all in all, an inspiring work and one
that does scouting credit." M. L. Becker
-|- Weekly Book Review p6 My 26 '46
300w
BOG ART, WILLIAM. Queen City murder case.
(Mystery house publication) 256p $2 Curl
46-18492
Detective story.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 My 12 '46 140w
"Blackmail, vengeance of escaped lifer and
various odorous family skeletons all play part
in rather slap-dash yarn."
Sat R of Lit 29:42 My 11 '46 40w
Reviewed by E. H. Dexter
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
270w
"Mr. Bogart introduces you to a little gallery
of people you might want to meet if you're an
underworld type. Style to match." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Je 23 '46 120w
BOQGS, SAMUEL WHITTEMORE, and
LEWIS, DOROTHY (CORNWELL). Classi-
fication and cataloging of maps and atlases,
rev & enl ed 175p il maps $8.75; to members
$4.50 Special Libraries assn.
025.3 Cataloging — Maps. Classification —
Maps 45-9786
"This manual is the outcome of fifteen years
of study and practical experience in catalog-
ing and classifying the maps in the Office of
the Geographer of the U. S. Department of
State. It combines the viewpoints of a geog-
rapher and of a librarian and is the first com-
prehensive work of its kind in any language.
Expansive schedules for classifying maps and
atlases both by area and subject are presented
in great detail; the all-inclusive rules for cat-
aloging maps are illustrated by numerous ex-
amples. Sections are devoted to definitions of
terms used in map cataloging, simple means
of identifying map projections, prime meridians
other than Greenwich, and other technical data.
A natural scale indicator is laid in. No phase
of the work attendant upon the preparation of
a separate map catalog has been omitted, even
to combining it with a general library cata-
log." U S Quarterly Bkl
"It Is unfortunate, since the authors were
handicapped by pressure of wartime duties,
that a more careful job of proofreading was not
possible on the part of the publisher. The man-
ual is full of typographical errors, and users of
it should therefore first ascertain, from the
errata and revision sheets prepared after publi-
cation, where corrections have been made. . .
The inferior printing and binding of the man-
ual hardly justify the high price. Furthermore,
for a work of this type, which must expect
hard usage, it is regrettable that nothing better
than a half-cloth binding could have been pro-
vided. However, despite these defects of print-
ing and format, map librarians will be grateful
to Mr. Boggs and Mrs. Lewis for presenting
this workable classification for maps and
atlases at a time when the need for such a
manual is so urgent " W. W. Ristow
H Geog R 36:347 Ap '46 950w
"Map librarians, and general reference librar-
ians as well, will be grateful to the authors
and publishers for making this practical man-
ual available at this time." O. C. Anderson
4- Library J 71:113 Ja 15 '46 600w
"Notwithstanding differences of opinion on
various scores, the fact remains that this vol-
ume is of great significance in the library world
because it has definitely dispelled the myth that
maps are peculiar and are not subject to li-
brary procedures. Boggs and Lewis have shown
that maps can be classified and catalogued suc-
cessfully in a special library, and they have
done much that will be of great value to the
more general library. The authors have pio-
neered in a very important field, and in time
every map library will be in debt to them for
the tremendous amount of work and study that
has gone into the preparation of this volume."
Agnes Whitmarsh
H Library Q 16 '274 Jl '46 1350w
U S Quarterly Bkl 1:67 D '45 140w
BOGOMOLETZ, ALEXANDER ALEXANDRO-
VITCH. Prolongation of life; tr. by Peter V.
Karpovioh and Sonia Bleeker. 98p $1.50 Es-
sential bks.
612.68 Longevity 46-5608
"A brief discussion of longevity by a Soviet
scientist who thinks we should assume that
man's normal life span is around a hundred
and fifty years and that something is wrong
when 'middle-aged' men and women die at
ninety. Dr. Bogomolets tells of ACS, his
serum for prolonging life, and gives his
precepts for living a long time." (New
Yorker) Index
Reviewed by A. J. Carlson
Book Week p2 Jl 21 '46 410w
"Dr. Bogomolets . . . has awakened the world
to the realization that something can be done
— and must be done — to prolong the life." ES. S.
Cowles
Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
"Dr. Bogomolets is no De Kruif — but that
perhaps will give this greater credence in
medical circles where It will be of primary
interest."
+ Kirkus 14:212 My 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Benjamin Harrow
Nation 163:106 Jl 27 '46 160w
"The major portion of the book consists of
a superficial review of the factors involved in
human longevity, and is almost entirely un-
documented, often dogmatic in tone and oc-
casionally erroneous. . . As a recipe for slow-
ing the aging process the book is also dis-
appointing
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BOQOMOLETZ, A. A. — Continued
"Bogomolets* book should do something- to
counteract the rhapsodies which have been
published on his results. He turns out to be
a sincere scientist who has introduced into
medical practice a serum which is now being
tested in this country on hundreds of patients
who are afflicted with the more common dis-
eases. Something: of importance is bound to
come out of this critical American evaluation."
Waldemar Kaempffert
-f- N Y Time* p7 Je 16 '46 1200w
"His book should be read by those who are
interested in the problem of longevity, if for
no other reason than that he tells about all
that is to be found on the subject in the lit-
erature." Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Times p23 Jl 14 '46 170w
New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Martin Gumpert
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Je 22 '46 llOOw
BOH MAN, NILS. Jim, Jock and Jumbo; 11. by
Einar Norelius. $1 Dutton
"Jim is a Hon with a bushy red mane, Jock
is a sleepy hippopotamus, and Jumbo is a
sky blue elephant with pink velvet ears. They
nave all sorts of gay adventures and meet
many other jungle denizens, all of them good
natured and helpful." Springf'd Republican
Kirkus 14:323 Jl 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by E. W. Turpin
Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 lOOw
"The pictures, with exotic colors and fan-
tastic humor, are outstanding and should be
hailed with delight by American kids who may
see in Mr Norelius at least a spiritual kin of
their own Walt Disney." R F. H.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
120w
"With these jovial pictures a Swedish Il-
lustrator, well known in his own country but
new to us, makes his first appeal to the af-
fections of American little folks. . . These ani-
mals have personality, as different from those
of Disney, Tenggren and Rojankovski as these
are from one another, but they get along
nicely in the same chromatic zoo." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 220w
BOK, CURTIS. I too, Nicodemus. 349p $3.50
Knopf
340 Lawyers — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. Trials 46-5880
Describes in fiction form the life of a trial
judge, in his home and on the bench. Long
narratives of some of the Judge's cases make
up a part of the book. For the author's earlier
volume, Backbone of the Herring, see Book
Review Digest, 1941.
" 'I Too, Nicodemus' is that rarity, a book
that can be recommended to thoughtful readers
without reservations. Completely off the beaten
path, it is a book of which Pulitzer Prize
winner Edward Bok would have been proud."
Ben Kartman
-f Book Week p2 S 15 '46 370w
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 23 '46
360w
Reviewed by E. L Keyes
Commonweal 44:555 S 20 '46 550w
"Neither lawyer nor layman will set this
book aside without deeper realization of the
significance of law, or without having been
enriched by a sympathy which is not senti-
mentality, and by a wisdom which is more
than erudition."
-f Harvard Law R 59:1346 O '46 320w
"Fine gift of observation and subtle sense
of humor make book easy reading in spite of
occasional wordiness. It is doubtful whether
the few civil and criminal cases described
(with footnotes to explain legal terms) really
convey 'spirit of the law,' and not merely au-
thor's individual experiences. Recommended
for public and educational libraries." H. H.
A. Bernt
-J- Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 lOOw
"Here is a beautifully wrought book, and one
of inestimable value for all who care to com-
prehend the significance, the needless short-
comings, the inherent all-too-human imper-
fections, and the potentialities of court house
government. It will appeal to diverse kinds
of readers: those who relish distinguished
writing and first-rate fiction, psychologists,
lawyers and law students, laymen desirous of
hearing much that is seldom told about our
courts. Here they will see life from the angle
of a profoundly wise judge who is also a
sensitive soul and a gifted artist." Jerome
Frank
-f N Y Times p4 S 22 '46 lOOOw
"Judge Bok has a sure instinct for the dra-
matic; his tales, whether they deal with the
criminal or the civil side of court, are profes-
sional in their artistry. The subtlety of his
insights, his characterizations, his observations
on human behavior are in the best tradition
of our novelists. In the father-and-child re-
lationship of Judge Ulen and Julia one finds
mystical overtones and intuitions comparable
to those in Virginia Woolf. He can be satirical
of pomposity of bench and bar; hilariously
funny in his lampoon of rival pettifogger;
tender, and caustic, and at all times incisive.
This book, even in its more leisurely, specula-
tive passages is free from the superfluous
word." Melville Cane
-f Sat R of Lit 29:52 D 7 '46 750w
Reviewed by J. N. Frank
Survey Q 35:417 N '46 450w
"If one is content to accept this curious book
as pure fantasy, bearing the same relation to
real life that the adventures of Sinbad do, one
may find in it not only an extraordinary charm
but a genuine lift of the spirit. The author is
himself a Judge, and his book is a passionate
protest of a sensitive and perceptive man
against the fate that summons a judge to act
like God with only human faculties. . . Al-
together the book is an extraordinary piece of
work, even if it sails now and then dangerously
close to the shoals of sentimentality." G. W.
Johnson
4- Weekly Book Review pi S 15 '46 850w
BOLEY, JEAN. The restless. 251p ?2 50 Dut-
ton
46-4955
"Psychological study of a self-centered
American woman, living in the Argentine, who,
after fifteen years of marriage, realizes that
she hates her husband (quite understandably)
and finds life in general unsatisfactory. An
affair with a middle-aged archaeologist does
nothing to help her out of her impasse and she
finally decides that mankind's everlasting
fumbling toward happiness is not only useless
but wrong." New Yorker
"You will find 'The Restless' an entertaining
novel, smartly written, knowing, yet scarcely
wise. Its materials are fresh and attractively
enough surveyed to make Miss Boley's maiden
effort well worth an hour or two of your less
serious reading time." P. H. Bullock
H Book Week p3 Ag 18 "46 550w
"An emotional profile of a woman at a time
of crisis, which provides better class — though
not high class — women's reading."
4- Kirkus 14:279 Je 15 '46 130w
"This first novel is overcrowded with futile
words and the characters are unconvincing.
Not recommended." M. A. Johnson
— Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 70w
"Where the novel has most life is not in the
heroine's cogitations but in certain vivid so-
cial scenes, such as the shipboard farewell
of the Westchester matrons. Here the author
shows a facility for lancing pretensions, etch-
ing character with sharp brevity, reproduc-
ing conversation, and pointing up with boldness
the vacuity and triviality of a segment of
American society." Barbara Herman
N Y Times pl6 S 8 '46 360w
"A capable new novelist gives us a rather
overemphatic psychological study. . . In spite
of a certain immaturity of outlook, this is a
continuously readable, and occasionally pene-
trating, first novel, written with an un-
ashamed but fairly effective intensity."
-j New Yorker 22:89 Ag 17 '46 120w
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"If circumstances had compelled Emily to
expend some of her energy on the kitchen
linoleum, and more of her thought on her
growing son and daughter, she would have had
less time for day-dreams about a delirium of
love which she has missed in marriage, or to
foster vague notions of writing a book. Jean
Boley has described the type with notable
precision in a novel of delicate wit and sharp
perception. 'The Restless' is the author's first
venture in adult fiction, and it is adult fiction,
assured and dramatic. If she defends Emily
Hollin with a fervor which some of her readers
will decline to share, that is the novelist's
privilege." George Conrad
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
500w
BOLTE. CHARLES GUY. The new veteran.
212p $2 Reynal
355.115 Veterans 45-37881
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
Bookmark 7:4 Mr '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p2 Ja '46
"Mr. Bolte has written a most significant
book. It is a challenge to every veteran and to
every citizen." R. A. Brown
4- Survey G 35:56 P '46 350w
"The book speaks for the veteran as an in-
tellectual, and provokes consideration of the
veteran as an intellectual. Perhaps the major
contribution of tho book is that it treats the
veteran positively, and considers how his attri-
butes may benefit the nation and the world."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:54 Mr '46 200w
Reviewed by J. F. Mathias
Yale R n s 35:566 spring '46 700w
BOLTON, ISABEL. Do I wake or bleep. 202p
$2.50 Scribner
The action all takes place in twenty- four
hours; the .time is 1939; and there are three
characters: two women and one man. The
three discuss life in general, New York high
life in particular, and one of the women is
caught up in the web of foreign affairs because
she has an abnormal child in Nazi Austria
The novel is written in a modified stream of
consciousness form.
"Miss Bolton has obviously a deep love for
New York (its skyscrapers, at least) and a
very real concern for suffering, misguided
humanity She has managed to portray fairly
well the tensions under which we live, but
the story as a whole doesn't quite come off."
Dorothy Sparks
H Book Week p7 D 1 '46 330w
Christian Science Monitor p!3 N 2 '46
650w
"Reality passes through these three unreal
people; they are as unmoved by, and as un-
related to it as the bird that has swallowed
a haw, through whom passes hidden the
whole life and splendor of the rose. Miss Bol-
ton writes exceedingly weU; but she needs
people to write about." Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:259 D 20 '46 450w
Kirkus 14.430 S 1 '46 90w
"Quite the best novel that has come my way
in the four years I have been reviewing new
fiction for this magazine. Small, entirely
anonymous in the welter of current books, it
might very well have escaped my notice had
Edmund Wilson not called special attention
to it in the New Yorker: the possibility of
such an oversight will now become my review-
er's nightmare. Mr. Wilson's high praise pre-
pared me, however, only for work of exception-
al talent. It did not prepare me — nothing but
reading the book could — for the extraordinary
process of revelation that Miss Bolton's novel
turned out to be." Diana Trilling
-f- Nation 163:625 N 30 '46 1700w
Reviewed by Nancy Ladd
— NY Times p24 O 27 '46 500w
"Miss Bolton has learned from Henry James,
and from the school of Henry James, the device
of the sensitive observer who stands at the
center of the action and through the filter of
whose consciousness alone the happenings
of the story reach us . . And her language,
too, here and there, has an echo of Henry
James. But in general the style of 'Do I Wake
or Sleep' seems to have been influenced most
by the poetic impressionism of Virginia Woolf;
and it is somehow, in certain passages, a
little uncomfortable-making1 because it sounds
at once so very much like and so very much
unlike its original. . . The story has life and
moves; it immediately creates suspense with-
out our understanding how or why; it carries
us to an unexpected climax; and it subsides
through two final chapters that show, on the
part of the author, a remarkable technical
skill in font inning to create interest and con-
tributing essential values through incidents not
exciting in themselves." Edmund Wilson
-f — New Yorker 22:113 O 26 '46 1400w
"With a sensitive, perspicacious, and satirical
eye Mi.ss Bolton has seen the multicolored
pre-war scene, and with an adept and relent-
less pen recorded it . . Miss Bolton is not
always as clear as she should be, and there
are times when the persistence of her method
seems excessive; but she thinks on unusual
planes She is just sharp enough, just soft
enough And her little novel leaves no doubt
that she has, as she says, 'thought deeply
and worked hard.' " N. G. Chaikin
-f- Sat R of Lit 20.28 N 9 '46 400w
"Miss Bolton's talent is clear in her portrayal
of Millicent, the woman who is the victim
of her own confusion. Perceptive, sensitive,
analytical, she is 'perpetually hungry —
searching for perfection, and turning after
every disappointment \vith fiercer hungor, in-
tenser vision toward that perfectibility — for
beauty, which she somehow, and without much
warrant in experience, continued to believe was
accessible.' It is through her mind, her
memories, her sense of personal inadequacy
that the incidents and the characters of the
book are filtered She is completely sympa-
thetic, holding deep claim to kinship with
every individual who has been torn by self-
criticism and self-doubts " Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p2 O 20 '46 650w
BOND, NELSON S. Mr Mergenthwirker's lob-
blies, arid other fantastic tales. 243p $2.76
Coward-McCann
46-7639
A collection of fantastic stories. The title
story which first appeared in 1937 in Soribner's
Magazine is about the mild little Mr M. and
his two familiars, the lobblies Henry and
Japheth. The other stories are in similar vein.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 60w
Booklist 43-102 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:304 Jl 1 '46 llOw
"Up to the end of 'Union in Gehenna,' one
feels that it may turn out to be the prize of
the collection. . . But the end is a let-down
which unfortunately points up the fact that
the original joke has been carried a little too
far. As a matter of fact, all of Mr. Bond's
stories tend to go a little too far. There's
generally one idea per story and that's made
to do, along with some rather snappy repartee
and sensible editing." B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p20 O 13 '46 350w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 O 20 '46
SOOw
"There is too much use of the time-dimen-
sion variants but it isn't necessary to read all
the stories at once. Egbert Haw neatly com-
bines all of the talking-horse chestnuts now
mercifully passed from our suffering brows —
but with a neat twist. Not Saki or John Col-
lier, but very good fantasy." Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:16 O 19 '46 180w
BONIFACE, MARJORIE. Wings of death. 208p
$2 McBride
Mystery story.
"Inept."
— Kirkus 14:82 F 15 '46 90w
46-3691
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BONIFACE, MARJORIE-— Continued
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 Ap 28 '46 UOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
200w
"Soft-boiled, harmless offering." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 14 '46
lOOw
BONINO, LOUISE. Cozy little farm; il. by
Angela. (Wonder bks) [42p] 50c Random
house
46-22122
Picture- story book for three to ftve year olds.
It describes the little farm which Johnny and
his father and mother lived on, and the grad-
ual addition of animals to the farm as some
new need arose.
Kirkus 14:540 N 1 '46 30w
"A gay but uninspired book." M. F, Cox
Library J 71:1717 D 1 '46 60w
"Three-to-flve-year-olds will love the gay
colors of the attractive illustrations and the
simple text." R. A. G.
-f N Y Times p42 N 10 '46 80w
BONNER, CHARLES. Ambition. 278p $2.75
Coward - McCann
46-7562
Novel of life in Brooklyn and the south side
of Long Island, not so long ago. It is the story
of Jonkip Hoyt and his domineering father
who had great ambitions for his son. But
Jonkip did not do well in the family banking
business, and did not marry wealth, and he
did want to be a writer. The crash of 1929
finally brought him to a firmer resolution.
"Tho flashes of irony and psychological
shrewdness, and such good parts of the book
aa the descriptions of summer boarding-house
life on Long Island and Wall Street on the
day of the crash, seem to have been slipped
in almost surreptitiously. Bonner makes amends
for such diversions by winding up every in-
cident with some platitude that is altogether
in character: for instance, the vivid and ex-
cellent description of a young heiress makes
you sit up and take notice, but your interest
is immediately allayed on learning that her
color is 'nature's own cosmetic/ " George
Dillon
h Book Week p!8 N 17 '46 300w
"Through most of the book, Jonny is too
namby pamby to win sympathy, ana at the
close, his self pity and blindness to what is
happening is very tiresome."
— Kirkus 14:308 Jl 1 '46 120w
"Small public libraries will be glad to have
this around." F. A. Boyle
4- Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 70w
"Obviously the author has abjured considera-
tion of the complications inherent in the
father-son theme. The intention must have been
a novel of fast, intriguing narrative; but It Js
not achieved." Frederick Brantley
N Y Times p61 N 10 '46 320w
"There is pathos, if not tragedy, in the elder
Hoyt's ambitions for his son. And a fine family
affection Illuminates the whole book. Mr. Bonner
has recaptured a small portion of our past, a
simpler and quieter way of life in the memory
of many of us, when he did not sit down at
breakfast, lunch and dinner with the atom
bomb. He writes with sympathy and under-
standing of that other world." Dorothy Van
Doren
-r- Weekly Book Review plO O 20 '46 600w
BONNER, MARGERIE (MRS MALCOLM
LOWRY). Last twist of the knife. 190p $2
Scribner
46-5942
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p4 Jl 28 '46 70w
N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 140w
"Readable."
-J- Sat R of Lit 29:38 Jl 27 '46 30w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy „, ..„
Weekly Book Review p!5 Jl 14 '46
150w
BONNER, MARQERIE (MRS MALCOLM
LOWRY). Shapes that creep. 202p $2 Scribner
46-1550
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO F 10 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:8 Ja '46 80w
"This can scarcely be considered a first- rate
detective story, but it is definitely amusing."
Isaac Anderson
^ NY Times p26 F 3 '46 180w
"All right if you can take it. Infuriating, if
you can't."
— Sat R of Lit 29:28 F 2 '46 40w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 70w
"You'll find lots of action in this tale of triple
murder on a small island off Vancouver, even
if Miss Bonner's characters do seem a little
naive at times." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 20 '46 150w
BONNER, MARY GRAHAM. Something always
happens; il. by Avery Johnson 137p $2 Knopf
46-6623
Billy was nine and the kind of boy about
whom people said, "Something always seems
to happen when you're around." This is the
story of everyday pleasures which Billy enjoyed
in his small town home. For grades three and
four.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 D '46 30w
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
"Vivid, comfortable family story."
-f Kirkus 14:325 Jl 15 '46 90w
"Large print, simple vocabulary and sentence
structure make it easy for nine- and ten-year-
olds with reading difficulties." M. B. Snow
+ Library J 71:)130 S 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. E. Hawk
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
lOOw
BONSAL, STEPHEN. Suitors and suppliants;
the little nations at Versailles; introd. by
Arthur Krock. 301p $3.50 Prentice-Hall
940.3141 Peace conference, 1919. European
war, 1914-1918 — Territorial questions 46-3680
The behind-the-scenes story of the Paris
Peace conference of 1918-1919, as the author
set it down in his secret diary, which he kept
at the request of President Wilson and Colonel
House. The suitors and suppliants were the
lesser nations of Europe and the Near East,
who brought claims to the conference. Index.
Reviewed by C. E. Black
Am Hist R 52:103 O '46 550w
"Mr. Bonsai has made available a valuable
and interesting amount of source material
which will enable the reader better to evaluate
present issues at the Peace Conference. Al-
though the diary method of narrative has its
disadvantages, in this book it is used to per-
fection." J. B. McConaughy
-f- Am Pol Sci R 40:1224 D '46 380w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 44:267 Je '46 270w
Current Hist 11:48 Jl '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:159 O '46 70w
Kirkus 14:144 Mr 15 '46 190w
"Authentic and important source material.
Essential for larger libraries." G. W. Hill
-f Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 UOw
Reviewed by Rustem Vambery
Nation 163:562 N 16 '46 600w
"The interesting and lively book which Mr.
Bonsai presents us out of his rich memory will
leave its readers with a thoughtful understand-
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79
ing* of the difficulties of peacemaking- then and
now." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p4 Je 30 '46 1250w
New Yorker 22:95 Je 15 '46 90w
"Suitors and Suppliants will henceforth be
among- the historic documents to be studied
for the better understanding of peacemaking.
Yet it fails to provide a signpost to the way
to real peace; for the nationalist issues strug-
gled over at Paris in 1919, and again in 1946,
are not of the essence of peace. Unfinished
Business, Bonsai's earlier volume, dealt with
the pertinent matter: world organization. It
must be added that Bonsai's good humor on
the most dismal days, and particularly his
readiness to sacrifice his reputation as a diplo-
mat in order to tell a fascinating inside story,
make his book far more interesting and real
than the usual diplomatic memoir." Alan
Cranston
-f Pol Scl Q 61:614 D '46 700w
Reviewed by Edgar Sisson
Sat R of Lit 29:12 Je 1 '46 1750w
"Although the historian will not find any
startling disclosures in the book, he will find
in it a wealth of personal anecdotes and
thumbnail sketches of the figures who strode
across that memorable stage For the general
reader, the book has a peculiar timeliness be-
cause of the striking parallelism between the
situation of that time and the present Paris
Conference. Then, as now, minor events were
frequently to prove of greater future signifi-
cance than was realized at the time. It is to
be hoped that the present conference will pro-
duce as fascinating a portrayal of its leading
personalities as is to be found in these two
volumes."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:213 S '46 200w
"It may as well be admitted at once that
this book is what Stephen Bonsai had left over
after publishing his really startling volume,
'Unfinished Business.' It does not follow, how-
ever, that because it consists of left-overs it
lacks either interest or importance. It does
not come home so closely to our 'business and
bosoms' as the earlier volume, but the situa-
tion it describes is more closely paralleled
today than is the other situation, Wilson's
battle for League of Nations." Q. W. Johnson
-f- Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 16 '46
550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
"The importance of Colonel Bonsai's latest
contribution to the forgotten history of the day
before yesterday is obvious No one else could
have made that contribution, which is perfectly
timed to enlighten an understanding of inter-
national problems in a period of crisis. . . His
volume is a source-book for the strategy and
tactics of handling the problems of the smaller
nations." Charles Seymour
-f Yale R n s 36:145 autumn '46 1300w
BOOTH, EDWARD TOWNSEND. God made
the country. 350p $2.75 Knopf
809 Country life in literature. Authors
Agr46-3
A volume of essays dealing with the Influence
of country life and farming on the works of
great writers from Hesiod and Horace to Mel-
ville and Tolstoy.
Booklist 42:208 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:6 My '46
"The author leads us along: paths of thought
at once pleasant and profitable, as he distin-
guishes genuine pastoral poetry from its vacu-
ous imitation, discusses the proper relation of
writing to farming, and delves into the prob-
lem of the artist's retreat from society. Mr.
Booth knows whereof he speaks being himself
both farmer and writer, and evidently proficient
in both arts. His book is to be commended for
its mellow scholarship, its fascinating notes,
and its good bibliography and index."
+ Cath World 163:285 Je '46 180w
"Something of the strength and plainness of
the farmer's life is reflected in Mr. Booth's
fresh, strong style of writing." S. C. C.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 16 '46
550w
Reviewed by Emerson Hynes
Commonweal 44:100 My 10 '46 650w
Klrkua 13:503 N 15 '45 130w
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 162:322 Mr 16 '46 180w
"It is a charming book, written with erudi-
tion and distinction, and it is delightful read-
ing for almost anyone — whether he be a true
dirt-farmer like Hesiod, who lived in the
eighth century B.C., or like Pope, who sought
to formalize and even to ornament nature. It
touches that instinct for nature which exists
in all but the most calloused city dwellers. It
is, indeed, a book for very nearly everybody."
Louis Bromfteld
+ N Y Times p5 Mr 3 '46 1400w
"A stimulating and thoughtful book."
-h New Yorker 22:88 P 23 '46 150w
"The book was written 'in defense of old
fashioned virtue' and against the triteness and
falseness of urban sophistication and cynicism.
For the most part, the great writers here as-
sembled admirably reinforce that defense. Some,
to be sure, replaced one kind of false sophistica-
tion with an equally false kind; but of this
Mr. Booth is aware, and thereby adds to the
vigor and charm a balance and proportion
which give the essays effectiveness and convic-
tion."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:87 Je '46 280w
"Mr. Booth writes a vivid and penetrating
prose. He has his notions of what's the mat-
ter with the world today and his expositions
indicate him a man of sound faith, not to be
lured from his course by the easy shibboleths
of our throaty iconoclasts. His is the sort of
book all writing farmers dream of getting
around to some day. It is the ideal compound
of scholarship, history, literary criticism and
brilliant personal assertion that makes it per-
fect to read contentedly by open fireplaces or
in snug beds amid the rural silence." Richard-
son Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p4 F 17 '46 900*
BORCHARD, EDWIN MONTEFIORE. Ameri-
can foreign policy. 77p $1 Nat. foundation
press, 46th st. & Sunset av, Indianapolis 7
327.73 U.S.— Foreign policy 46-3403
"This brief volume presents the sequence of
American foreign policy from its inception in
1776 to the preparation of the United Nations
Charter and also considerations involved in
the dilemmas which will be faced in the future.
The problems inherent in American foreign
policy, its history, and the basic principles in-
volved should be known to every citizen. . .
This summary is written for the average citi-
zen who wants to know what American foreign
policy has been in order to be better informed
and qualified to discuss and evaluate the cur-
rent problems of international relations." (Pref)
The author is Justus S. Hotchkiss professor of
law at Yale university.
Reviewed by C. E. Martin
Am Pol Sci R 40:591 Je '46 320w
Reviewed by T. K. Finletter
Sat R of Lit 29:17 Je 29 '46 800w
"Professor Borchard has written a provoca-
tive book, and his volume might serve for an
exercise in critical analysis by an advanced
group studying recent American foreign policy.
Both as to historical and contemporary inter-
pretation, the book seems to the reviewer to
possess grave faults. The book does not pre-
sent an objective and scholarly discussion of
the origins and nature of American foreign
policies. It presents the viewpoints of one of
the more distinguished of the n on -intervention-
ists." C. C. Qualey
Social Educ 10:232 My '46 400w
Springfd Republican p6 Mr 16 '46
360w
BORDEN, MARY (LADY SPEARS). Journey
down a blind alley. 364p $3.75 Harper
940.5476344 World war, 1939-194&— Personal
narratives, English. World war, 1939-1945 —
Medical and sanitary affairs 46-6919
An account of the author's own mobile hos-
pital unit in France, Syria. Tobruk, Cairo, and
80
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BORDEN, MARY— Continued
the Middle East during World war II. It was
her husband, Sir Edward Spears, who took
General de Gaulle to England, and she inter-
prets de Gaulle's attitude toward France, Eng-
land, and the world in general, as it appeared
to her.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week plO S 15 '46 550w
Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 10 '46
750w
Kirkus 14:268 Je 1 '46 170w
"A personal, inside story well worth reading
and guaranteed to hold the reader's attention
all the way to its surprising end. Recom-
mended for public and college libraries." H.
R. Forbes
-f Library J 71:975 Jl '46 120w
Reviewed by Mary Mian
N Y Times p28 N 3 '46 700w
"Miss P.orden givt'S a vivid and skillfully
written account of her war, and contributes
an intimate, if not flattering, portrait of Gen-
eral de Gaulle."
-f- New Yorker 22:118 S 21 '46 80w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ja 5 '47
250w
"This book is too long by half. Lady Spears
has much in her memory and is loyal to her
friends; she has let down the drawbridge and
they have come trooping across to overcrowd
the book. . . Where on$ is able to check Lady
Spears' accuracy, it is not always unimpeach-
able— a fact which undermines one's confi-
dence when she is leading us across strange
ground. . . Their story was well worth telling;
and here it is." Bernard Fergusson
Spec 177:486 N 8 '46 600w
Reviewed by S. M. Neal
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 950w
Time 48:112 S 30 '46 410w
Times [London] Lit Sup p639 D 28 '46
800w
"The mass of the book consists in anecdotes,
some humorous and some tragic, all singularly
feminine in the kind of detail included, about
the personnel of the unit and their difficulties
with each other, the clashes with authorities,
and, of course, the main task of life-saving
so bravely done." Virgilia Peterson
4- Weekly Book Review p5 S 22 '46 950w
BORDEN, WILLIAM LISCUM. There will be
no time; the revolution in strategy. 225p
$2.50 Macmillan
355.4 U S. — Defenses. International coopera-
tion. Military art and science 46-8052
"The combination of atomic bombs and con-
tinent spanning rockets has completely altered
the strategy of future wars which will be so
devastating as to defy imagination. Cities and
industries will be of no use in defense once
the battle starts; only weapons stored before
the catastrophe will be of retaliatory value.
Science is the terrible master; the classic con-
cepts of war were blasted to bits at Hiroshima.
A vigilant, alert, prepared America can help
keep a long armistice, only other alternative
is a separate supergovernment which would
settle all international problems through law
or by force if necessary." (Library J) The
author spent three years in the army as pilot
of a B-24 Liberator. He is now studying law
at Yale.
"This is a panic book if there ever was one.
Not that there isn't plenty to be panicky about,
if one considers the world's political instability
and the potentially world-wide distribution of
atomic bombs and rocket vehicles to carry
them. But the problems of military strategy
and of statesmanship which are posed by these
facts require a more mature wisdom than is
exhibited in this discussion. . . If America is
vigilant, 'there is promise of a long armistice.'
Still, there is need of a world government.
How that is possible, in such a trigger-happy
situation., is not made clear."
— Christian Century 63-1535 D 18 '46
320w
"This little volume may provoke a revolution
In your thinking about war and peace. Its
greatest importance lies in its grimly realistic
attitude toward life in the atomic age. . . [It]
is neither an alarmist's book nor a pessimist's
wailing; it does contain a great many unpleas-
ant problems that must be faced and solved."
W. P. Sears
-f- Churchman 161:16 Ja 15 '47 270w
"A book that may precipitate controversy,
but that is written in such a sober, undramatic
way that it may not catch the public imagina-
tion."
Kirkus 14:509 O 1 '46 340w
"Recommended." H. G. Kelley
4- Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 140w
BORLAND, HAROLD G. An American year;
country life and landscapes through the sea-
sons. 200p il $3.50 Simon & Schuster
814 Country life 46-5320
Leisurely essays on the seasons and nature
in the American scene, illustrated with wood-
cuts by well-known contemporary artists.
Some of the essays have appeared in the
editorial pages of the New York Times.
"For people who care for pictures, or people
who care for the gentle spell of the country
caught into the pages of a book as compellingly
as the passing fragrance of a field of new
mown hay, Hal Borland's An American Year
is a double delight."
4- Book Week p5 Jl 28 '46 70w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
"Gift book appeal."
Kirkus 14:122 Mr 1 '46 HOw
"The essays will appeal to all nature and
country lovers." L. M. Kinloch
4- Library J 71:975 Jl '46 70w
" 'An American Year' is illustrated, but these
bucolics need no marginal decoration. Readers
of the editorial page of this newspaper will
be glad to know that they have been gathered
into one volume. It is a good book to have in
this parlous century — a book that yields truth,
beauty and sustenance, no matter where you
open it." "William Du Bois
-f- N Y Times p5 Jl 21 '46 600w
"A good anodyne for these troubled days."
4- New Yorker 22:67 Jl 27 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 S 1 '46
lOOw
" 'An American Year' is more than charming:
nature writing. It blends description, experi-
ence, folklore, and fact to catch the real earthy
quality of rural America. . . The book's beauty
and charm is greatly enhanced by 50 illustra-
tions— etchings, woodcuts, lithographs by lead-
ing American artists — that fit nicely into the
mood and tempo of the essays. If ever a book
was written from the heart it is this one. It
is a book to be read and cherished; not be-
cause it Is great, but because it has the en-
during qualities of country things." Henry
Christman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ag 3 '46 410w
" 'American Year* makes no pretense at be-
ing a day-to-day record; each month has its
quota of essayettes, and since these are of
such a high order and of such wide variety,
[Mr Borland's] measure of beauty and pene-
trating observation is pressed down and run-
ning over. His book is ideal for bed-reading
at any season of the year, the sort that makes
you interrupt the most breathlessly en-
tranced mystery- story partner with 'Listen to
this.' The drawings with which it is illustrated
are well selected and especially apropos."
Richardson Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p2 Jl 28 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:147 N '46
BOSTON, ORLAN WILLIAM. Bibliography on
cutting of metals, 1864-1943. pts 1-3 in Iv
547p $6.50 Am. soc. of mechanical eng.
016.62193 Metal cutting—Bibliography
45-35153
"The 4124 items in this bibliography review
and extend the previous volumes on this sub-
ject published by the author in 1930 and 1935.
References are grouped according1 to date of
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publication; references within each group are
listed in alphabetical order. The subject mat-
ter of each item is indicated briefly, unless the
title is self-explanatory. An author and classi-
fied subject index add to the usefulness of the
book." U S Quarterly Bkl
Library J 70 7750 S 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:58 O '45
U S Quarterly Bkl 1.59 S '45 80w
BOTH WELL, JEAN. River boy of Kashmir; 11.
by Margaret Ayer. 246p $2 Morrow
46-25242
Continues the story of life in India begun in
Little Boat Boy (Book Review Digest 1945).
In this book Haflz comes to the River school
where his brother had been before him, and
learns many things. Along with his school life,
his worries over family matters, especially the
harsh money lender, are narrated.
Book Week p3 N 10 '46 160w
Booklist 43:19 S '46
"Miss Bothwell happily sustains the reality
of her characters and the flavor of oriental life
throughout, as in her earlier books. The draw-
ings are sympathetic."
-H Horn Bk 22:350 S '46 160w
Kirkus 14:346 Ag 1 '46 120w
"A quiet story with distinction and a real
charm. Characters and background particular-
ly well done. Situations varied enough to
hold the young reader's interest." Claire Nolte
+ Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 70w
"Haflz' adventures are small, everyday ones,
but to him they are supremely dramatic The
author gets inside his earnest mind so success-
fully that we live his school days with him,
sharing his devotion to Teacherji, his accept-
ance of British-style education. His is a
warm, safe and friendly world, where every-
one is kind except the villainous money-lender,
who himself responds to kindness in the end
It is a pleasant world for a little boy to grow
up in, and a pleasant one for any child of 8 to
12 to share vicariously." N. B B.
-f N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 HOw
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:141 D 7 '46 COw
"The story is not as closely knit or as ab-
sorbing as 'Uttle Boat Boy,' but it gives a
good picture of school life in modern India.
The characters are quite as real and engaging
as in the earlier book. Both show the kinship
of children everywhere." R. A H
4- Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 ISOvv
"Well sustained story interest, combined with
picturesque details ot schoolboy life in India,
bring that country close to an American school
boy by the very differences between this River
School and that in which he spends his days
at eight years of age." M. L,. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 400w
Wis Lib Bui 42-134 O '46
BOTHWELL, JEAN. The thirteenth stone; a
story of Rajputana; il. by Margaret Ayer.
225p $2 Harcourt
46-25121
A present-day Hindu boy is the hero of this
story. Jivan Singh lives in a mud hut with his
guardian, Babban. All he knows about himself
Is that he belongs to an aristocratic warrior
caste. The story follows Jivan's adventures as
he solves the mystery of his own birth.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 21 '46 230w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 30w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
"Miss Bothwell knows and loves India as
her first book, Little Boat Boy, so convincingly
proved. She writes here vividly of its sights
and sounds and of another boy whose adven-
tures hold absorbed attention. Margaret Ayer's
drawings carry out the spirit of this brave,
colorful story.'1 A. M. Jordan
•f Horn Bk 22:205 My '46 120w
Kirkus 14:198 Ap 15 '46 90 w
"Thirteen -year-old Jivan's skill with the
black stallion at the Pushkar Fair, a slight
mystery and a little more vigor than the con-
ventional place picture usually has may give
a wider appeal to this romantic, almost senti-
mental story of India." E. W. Turpin
4- Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 60w
"Although nothing can be more remote than
this from the experience of American children,
it is Miss Bothwell's peculiar gift to make these
Oriental youngsters as real as the boys in the
next block. . . It is a pity that the format is
too young for the text. The book will be hard
reading for the third-graders who might be at-
tracted by the big print and charming drawings
— the very features that may repel older read-
ers who would most appreciate Miss Bothwell's
distinguished writing." N. B. Baker
N Y Times p!4 Ap 21 '46 270w
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Jl 13 '46 320w
Sprmgf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
150vv
"Unusual richness of characterization in a
story of life in the Orient for our own twelve-
year-olds, marks this in its class." M. L.
Becker
-f- Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42.116 Jl '46
BOTKIN, BENJAMIN ALBERT, ed. Lay my
burden down; a folk history of slavery. 285p
il $3.50 Univ. of Chicago press [20s Cam-
bridge]
326.973 Slavery in the U.S. Folklore, Negro
A45-6576
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by Olive Westbrooke
Am J Soc 52:70 Jl '46 480w
"In spite of the distortions Inherent in mul-
tiple collecting and editing, Mr. Botkin has
done a remarkably good job of allowing: the
ex-slave to speak his own mind." N. N. Puckett
H Ann Am Acad 245:219 My '46 420w
Booklist 42:158 Ja 15 '46
Bookmark 7:4 Mr '46
"It would be difficult to imagine a reader
who could turn the pages of this book with-
out finding something of interest."
-f Cath World 162:477 F '46 200w
Commonweal 43:412 F 1 '46 240w
"Though many inaccuracies must occur be-
cause the ex-slaves relied on memory, one gets
the fueling that the narratives are essentially
true and that an adequate picture of what
slavery was like is recorded here. Many things,
well-known and things not generally known,
are brought to the fore. . . Though the book
gets monotonous at times, it is interesting
reading and the public is indebted to the
Federal Project Writers and to Mr. Botkin for
giving the world this insight into slavery and
its horrors from tho.se who experienced it and
know it best. The testimonies show that in
the main Negroes hated slavery and were riot
happy in it as many people would have us
believe." B. E. Mays
_1 Crozer Q 23 '296 Jl '46 1250w
Current Hist 10:257 Mr '46 80w
"The editor of this fascinating compilation
had the excellent idea of securing from the
survivors of the slavery system testimony to
its realities. Of course such 'folksay,' as the
editor calls it, is of very uncertain value in
detail, but the tone is significant and the ac-
cumulation of detail makes some cross-check-
ing possible. . . This is a notable record of
a great victory of liberty." D. W. Brogan
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 Je 7 '46 320w
"It is salty, pungent folksay, beside which
Joel Chandler Harris and Paul Laurence Dun-
bar seem too sweet and arch. Together with
the fine photographs — the one on the jacket
evokes the tragic reality of slavery as much
as any picture can — the speech helps to restore
human dignity to people whose history was
nearly ruined by sentimentality and condescen-
sion and downright lying." S. A. Brown
H- Nation 162:574 My 11 '46 1300W
Reviewed by Gamel Woolsey
New Statesman & Nation 33:16 Ja 4
'47 600w
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BOTKIN, B. A.— Continued
" 'Lay My Burden Down' IB that rarity In
the modern world, a book that is to be
savored best when read aloud." Lloyd Lewis
-f N Y Times p4 Ja 6 '46 1500w
"Lay My Burden Down will stand as the
definitive collection of American slave nar-
ratives. In a decade or so the last of the ex-
slaves will have passed away, and we shall be
increasingly grateful for this treasure -store
of their recollections. . . This work is a wel-
come addition to folklore and literature, and
it is a valuable supplement to the history of
slavery. It is illustrated and it contains a list
of informants and interviewers." G. B. John-
son
-f Social Forces 24:477 My '46 280w
"This book is of great significance from va-
rious points of view. It Is important as a
record of folk ways, folk superstitions, folk so-
ciety. It is important as a source of social his-
tory, as a picture of a way of life which is
past. It is important as a treasury of idiom
and linguistic usage. It is important as lit-
erature— that is, as a human record. The great-
est importance is as a human record."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:10 Mr '46 240w
"Both good narrative and good material for
the study ot American culture. It is a timely
rescue. It won't be long now before the last
American who has known what it was to be
a slave will be dead." Horace Reynolds
-f Yale R n s 35:736 summer '46 800w
BOTSFORD, HARRY. Valley of oil. 278p $3
Hastings house
622.338 Petroleum— Pennsylvania 46-7854
"Reworking of rich vein of Americana
developing out of first decade (1860-1870) of oil
welling in Pennsylvania in terms of men who
did it— Edwin L. Drake, John Wilkes Booth,
Francis Brewer, Johnny Steele and many others
— the Wells they worked, the methods they used,
and towns they developed. Oil City, Titus ville
and Pi thole City." Library J
Book Week p5 O 27 '46 40w
"A robust and colorful drama, which en-
compasses most of the experimental years,
the trailblazing — the trial and error methods
by which oil was mastered. Uneven in style,
often repetitious, the book still has a certain
glamour of a dramatic period and story."
_| Kirkus 14:537 O 15 '46 190w
"Suffers from insufficient editorial attention
but does capture colorful legends and exciting
facts. Note masculine and local appeal. Recom-
mended general purchase." R. E. Kmgery
H Library J 71:917 Je 15 '46 HOw
"The author has presented the oil business
In its cradle days, without attempting to delve
into the corporate machinations that brought
the industry to maturity. However, in reverting
mostly to magazine style after the first chapter,
he has sacrificed much of the dramatic value
inherent in that period." Murray Schumach
N Y Times p36 N 3 '46 420w
"Mr. Botsford brings out little that will be
new even to casual students of the industry,
but he does know what he is talking about and
his book is authentic if not inspired." S. H.
Holbrook
Weekly Book Review p38 N 24 '46 270w
BOTTOME, PHYLLIS (MRS ERNAN FORBES-
DENNIS). Life line. 352p $2.50 Little
46-2117
A prim young Eton master, with a sincere
love of all things Austrian, is persuaded to
undertake to operate as an English runner,
under the very noses of the Gestapo. In order
to conceal his identity he becomes an inmate
of a mental hospital, in the vicinity of Inns-
bruck. With a Jesuit priest, an artist, and a
woman doctor as his co-workers, Mark Chal-
mers does successful work, but in the end falls
into Nazi hands. His broken body is rescued,
but for months his mind will not heal, until
the woman doctor cures him by her under-
standing and love.
"It is too bad that the book wasn't written
two years ago. One is troubled by the author's
hindsight, and by the fact that many such
novels have already been forgotten. However,
the characters are fresh, especially Ida, and
the set is handsome." Dorothy Hillyer
+ — Atlantic 177:172 Ap '46 360w
Reviewed by D. M. Weil
Book Week p!4 Mr 10 '46 660w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 My '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"This is definitely not in the groove of
Underground adventure — it is a good yarn,
with an unusual setting, a substantial per-
centage of fresh material in the plot, and
characters that are three dimensional."
-f- Kirkus 14:1 Ja '46 350w
"One of Miss Bottome's most deft blends
of melodrama and psychiatry. An immensely
readable melange of rapid action, picturesque
scenery, passion, lunatics, wild bulls, Spanish
dancing horses and lycanthropy. Interspersed
is really thoughtful and penetrating study of
Nazi psychology. Will make splendid A-minus
picture and pile up many library reserves.
Recommended; why not." E. P. Walbridge
Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by H. I'A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 My 24 '46
150w
"This story is excellently done — in spots.
Miss Bottome has always been a novelist with
a strong sense of stage- craft, capable of tell-
ing a tale of sound and fury often signifying
much more than nothing. But in 'The Life
Line' melodrama and melodramatic revelation
prove too strong a lure. Background figures
that might have slipped closer to the fore-
ground— German artists ignored by the New
Order; Praulein hardened to faithlessness — are
left where they are. The sound and the fury
increase; but the significance dwindles." Wil-
liam Kehoo
^ NY Times p34 Mr 24 '46 360w
"Miss Bottome, of course, knows all there
is to know about her Austrian background; she
also knows a little too much about manipulat-
ing her plots."
New Yorker 22:101 Mr 9 '46 120w
" 'The Life Line' is a tense and sombre
narration of events past; it reveals the destruc-
tion, disintegration, and dismay that were the
Nazi gifts to Middle Europe. The course of
events is familiar, and hardly less familiar are
the joyless purpose of the German people, the
sullen endurance of the subjugated nations, and
the dark little rivers of resistance that ran
underground in the occupied countries. But
'The Life Line' is so tightly and articulately
written, so steadily mounting in its tensions,
that it has no less compulsion. On that score
it is a brilliant and irresistible book." Walter
Havighurst
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:31 Mr 23 '46 750w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton -Baddeley
Spec 176:516 My 17 '46 160w
"In this novel small matters give more
pleasure than great ones. The Spanish dancing
horses, for instance, spirited out of Vienna and
put through their paces in a barn attached to a
private lunatic asylum — these seem livelier than
the tormented persons of the story."
Times [London] Lit Sup p257 Je 1 '46
230w
"After getting off to a slightly ragged start,
'The Life Line' catches the best beat and
moves forward as a dramatic story. . . Indeed,
it is something more than this, for the author
is not satisfied merely to present action and
romance for their own sake, but seeks to dis-
cover the spiritual source — or perhaps one
should say the source in the spirit — from which
Nazism sprang. She has set her story against
a background of towering peaks, tiny mountain
farms and the once charming city of Innsbruck,
all of which she describes lovingly from what
must be intimate personal knowledge." Jen-
nings Rice
-f — Weekly Book Review plO Mr 10 '46
800w
Wl» Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
83
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET. See White,
M. B.
BOUTELL, CLARENCE BURLEY. Fat baron:
pictures by Frank Lieberman. [44p] $2
HOU8ht°n 46-7096
Cautionary tale about a very fat baron who
was besieged in his own castle by another
knight. When the meat gave out the fat baron
and his retainers took to eating vegetables,
and grew thinner and thinner, while the be-
siegers grew fat on a meat diet. The result
was that the siege was won, by the no-longer
fat baron.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p!7 N 17 '46 230w
*A story full of flavor and fun, with enough
feel for authentic detail to give it quite an
air."
Kirkus 14:324 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Recommended for ages 8-10." D. M. Mac-
Donald
4- Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 70w
"Five to 8-year-olds will chuckle over the
immense absurdities of the Baron, which are
ably depicted by Frank Lieberman. Just how
long-, however, distracted parents can use this
tale as an incentive to eating vegetables de-
pends on how soon small realists will recognize
the fact that its principles of nutrition aren't
strictly scientific." E. L. Buell
N Y Times p31 Ja 19 '47 180w
Weekly Book Review p40 N 10 '46
360w
BOWDEN, ABERDEEN ORLANDO, and
others. Day before yesterday In America; 11.
by Lorence Bjorkland. 283p $1.44 Macmillan
970.1 Indians — Juvenile literature. Eskimos
— Juvenile literature 46-1886
Supplementary material on the Eskimos and
on the Indian tribes of North and South Amer-
ica, of long- ago. Contains a word list and an
index. For grades four to five.
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
School & Society 63:366 My 18 '46 80w
BOWEN, EDMUND JOHN. Chemical aspects
of light. 2d ed rev 300p $5 (15s) Oxford
535 Light. Spectrum analysis. Radiation
[47-267]
"The second edition of this book has the
same aim as the first [Book Review Digest,
1943] to present modern ideas of matter and
light as far as possible in a non- mathematical
form. Much of the text has been rewritten,
partly to correct errors, but chiefly to replace
the particle concept of electrons in atoms by
the wave concept. Wave-mechanics is a diffi-
cult subject which cannot by its intrinsic na-
ture be conveyed in a pictorial form, yet such
a theoretically unsound task is what is at-
tempted here. So long as the resulting limita-
tions are kept in mind it is better to have a
useful but imperfect tool adapted to the chem-
ist's purposes than the pure truth in an un-
usable form. The treatment is deliberately
extensive rather than intensive, and is in-
tended to supplement rather than to replace
existing text-books and articles." (Pref) Index.
"The author states that his treatment of
the subject is deliberately extensive rather
than intensive and is intended to supplement
rather than replace existing textbooks and
articles. In this way it becomes a most valu-
able addition to the literature in the fields
of spectrochemistry, photochemistry, and the
chemistry of luminescence. . . Divested of
the necessity of dealing with a large amount
of experimental material and of an excessively
mathematical treatment the author has pre-
sented the various subjects in a comprehen-
sible form that will attract and instruct both
students and research workers." S. C. Lind
H- J Phys Chem 50:490 N '46 220w
"In this, the second edition, extensive revi-
sion has been made. This brings it into ac-
cord with modern ideas of the atomic elec-
trons, whose shifts are responsible for light
emission. Once thought of as particles, these
electrons are now considered from the point
of view of waves. That is the approach of
the author, who has here produced a valuable
summary of these important concepts." James
Stokley
-f- Weekly Book Review p38 O 27 '46
180w
BOWEN, ELIZABETH (MRS ALAN CAM-
ERON). Ivy gripped the steps, and other
stories [Eng title: Demon lover, and other
stories]. 233p $2.50 Knopf [7s 6d Cape, J]
46-3134
Contents: In the square; Sunday afternoon;
The inherited clock; The cheery soul; Songs
my father sang me; The demon lover; Careless
talk; The happy autumn fields; Ivy gripped
the steps; Pink May; Green holly; Mysterious
KOr.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p3 Ap 14 '46 360w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
"One has learned to expect only the best
from Miss Bowen. Every passage bespeaks
the utmost attention to style. It is a thorough-
ly modern style, not lavish, 'poetic,' smelling
of the lamp. As style should in fiction, it
draws no adventitious attention to itself."
D. S.
-+- Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ap 20
'46 450w
Reviewed by Kappo Phelan
Commonweal 44:311 Jl 12 '46 1200w
"The very particular qualities associated
with Elizabeth Bowen, the fine fastidiousness,
the refinement of intelligence, again displayed
to happy advantage in a selection of twelve
short stories. . . Hers is a very special talent;
a subtlety, occasionally carried to an excess
where substance is dissipated; an immaculacy
which, within its self-imposed limits, reaches
artistic perfection."
H Kirkus 14:108 Mr 1 '46 170w
"For all readers who appreciate delicacy of
perception and poignancy of expression and
for those who care for cultivated and Intelli-
gent English and Irish people." K. T. Willis
+ Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 N 2 '45 60w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:484 Ap 20 '46 24 Ow
"There's little doubt that Ivy Gripped the
Steps is one of the most important contribu-
tions to 'home-front' literature. It is the only
work of fiction I've read that deals with the
psychological states, or what Miss Bowen calls
the 'overcharged subconsciousness,' of civil-
ians in a besieged and bombarded country."
James Stern
+ New Repub 114:628 Ap 29 '46 1350w
"Her short stories possess the qualities of
her novels, but inevitably the atmosphere in
her short stories is richer and more concen-
trated. The more elaborate of them suggest
the climaxes or the elements of novels, but
in a necessarily muted or diminished form; it
is their atmosphere which moulds them, and
which at times perhaps even brings them into
existence." Henry Reed
+ New Statesman <& Nation 30:302 N 3
'45 lOOOw
"Elizabeth Bowen has been writing fiction
for over twenty years and has enjoyed the
appreciation of an ever enlarging audience.
But hitherto her deserved praise has general-
ly been qualified by some comparison to
Katherine Mansfield or Virginia Woolf, pre-
sumably because there is an inevitable affinity
among all upper-middle-class English women
of sensibility and intelligence who are serious-
ly interested in writing. Actually, she was
never much like either of them, but by now.
in her new book, she deals with original prob-
lems in such complete control of her art that
she is herself a standard figure in contem-
porary fiction to whom others may henceforth
be referred, for all the truth there's likely to
be in the comparison." John Farrelly
+ N Y Times pi Ap 7 '46 1250w
84
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BOWEN, ELIZABETH— Continued
"Although these twelve beautifully written
stories are by no means the most notable of
Miss Bowen's works, they are a completely
successful explanation of what war did to the
mind and spirit of the English people."
-f- New Yorker 22:105 Ap 20 '46 200w
"These are deeply charged, intensely sub-
jective stories, compactly and beautifully writ-
ten. Much has been written about the actual
physical violence of war; in these stories the
physical violence is present chiefly by infer-
ence, but there is an atmosphere of terror and
savagery which by its very underplaying is
the more pervasive and compelling. Miss
Bowen gives us an emotional landscape
through which the senses go, alert, bare-
nerved, watchful. Her place among contem-
porary writers is already assured; this collec-
tion only further emphasizes the brilliance
and distinction of her talent." S. H. Hay
-f Sat R of Lit 29:70 Ap 13 '46 750w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Spec 175:444 N 9 '45 210w
Time 47:104 Ap 15 '46 440w
Times [London] Lit Sup p521 N 3 '45
850w
"Nothing quite like these stories has ap-
peared before. Although much has been writ-
ten, and written brilliantly, about the spirit,
tenacity, humor and heroism of the English
people under fire, Miss Bowen's oblique, half-
hidaen revelations give a completely fresh in-
sight on a people at bay. . . The play of Miss
Bowen's mind across her war-darkened world
is like the play of the searchlights on the sky
above an embattled city. As the shafts cross
and recross, probing for one point at a time
in their endless search, yet suffusing the whole
horizon with their glow, so her imagination,
sharp and yet fitful, sheds on the strange
night of these stories a special light." Vir-
gilia Peterson
-}- Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 7 '46 llOOw
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 35:766 summer '46 400w
BOWEN, MRS LOUISE HADDUCK (DE
KOVEN). Open windows; stories of people
and places. 272p $2.50 Seymour
B or 92 Addams, Jane 46-18939
"Reminiscences of girlhood days, world
travels, and welfare work at Hull House with
Jane Addams, covering a space of eighty-seven
years." Social Studies
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p4 Jl 7 '46 140w
Reviewed by E. E. Perkins
N Y Times p70 O 6 '46 230w
Social Studies 37.286 O '46 30w
BOWEN, ROBERT SIDNEY. Make mine
murder. 252p $2 Crown
46-6949
Detective story.
"This is a rough-and-tumble yarn both in the
action involved and in the telling of it."
N Y Times p24 N 3 '46 130w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '4f>
40w
"Tuff and torrid."
Sat R of Lit 29:47 O 19 '4.6 50w
BOWER, MRS BARBARA EUPHAN (TOOD).
Miss Ranskill comes home. 247p $2.75 Putnam
[8s 6d Chapman]
46-6174
Miss Ranskill, a gently reared English spin-
ster, fell overboard while on a cruise In 1938.
She found refuge on an island, whose sole in-
habitant was a marooned ship's carpenter. For
four years the two lived there and then the
carpenter died and Miss Ranskill embarked on
the boat which they had built. After her rescue
by a ship in a convoy Miss Ranskill was set
down in England at war, an England she had
never known. There follows the account of her
disillusionment and her readjustment.
"I found this not-at-all-usual desert island
story a small treasure. It is sensitively written,
with deftness and restraint and not a little
beauty. Miss Ranskill's viewpoint of civilization
is stimulating in a way similar to Gulliver's.
I should think returning servicemen might
share her impatience, feminine though it is,
with the meaningless trappings of our lives.
There are necessarily improbabilities, but the
reader certainly will not take sides with the
dull and incredulous to whom Miss Ranskill has
such difficulty explaining her freakish situa-
tion." Elizabeth Stewart
-f- Book Week p5 Jl 28 '46 360w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
"In spite of the prefab structure on which
the story is based, there are moments of tell-
ing sentiment and warm characterization, of
clearcut contrasts in values, of quizzical ques-
tioning of spurious all-out-for-victory activi-
ties. . . A definite popular appeal in this, with
its capable narration and characterization."
H Kirkus 14:258 Je 1 '46 250w
"A witty first novel that besides being con-
tinuously entertaining displays a fine apprecia-
tion of life's values. . . There are some de-
lightful pieces of portraiture in the course of
the story; indeed, every person in the book
comes to life under Miss Bower's inspired
hand." J. D. Beresford
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 12 '46 140w
Reviewed by Anne Richards
N Y Times plO Ag 18 '46 320w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 O 20 '46
300w
"Miss Bower's novel is a variation on the
theme of human behavior. It is somber, satiric,
often bitter, a mixture of realism and roman-
ticism. The book approaches a modern morality
play; it is an idea, an allegory in a way,
in which fantasy is blended with fact for the
purpose of the whole. . . What Miss Bower
intended to do, she has done. Her book is a
subtle, and an unsparing, criticism of our
times, written with great skill, charm and
originality." S. II. Hay
-f Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ag 3 '46 900w
Times [London] Lit Sup p341 Jl 20 '46
480w
"In 'Miss Ranskill Comes Home,' Miss Bar-
bara Bower, a young English writer, loads a
well worn literary vehicle with as nice a pay-
load of pungently satirical social criticism as
has been seen driving along these roads for
many a day. A Model T plot piloted by a very
skilful driver can out-carry and out-maneuver,
it seems, the sturdiest of newfangled jeeps. . .
'Miss Ranskill Comes Home' is probing and
witty and at the same time gentle and hu-
mane. It makes us feel anew how much nicer
it would be to live a sweeter, honester, less
trivial life in a sweeter, honester, less trivial
world." F. H. Bullock
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Jl 28 '46 850w
BOWKER, BENJAMIN GUSHING. Out of uni-
form. 259p ii maps $2.75 Norton
355.115 Soldiers. Veterans. World war, 1939-
15)45— U.S. 46-8182
"An author, who became a lieutenant colonel
and saw foreign service in some 18 countries
in both Europe and the Pacific, and who at
present is chief foreign correspondent of the
New York Evening Post, has undertaken to
give a comprehensive survey of the American
soldier and sailor in World War II. He has
combined in his pages statistics from the War
Department together with his own observations
and general investigation and he has attempted
to give a concrete idea of what both men and
women in the armed forces 'thought, were
taught, and did in the service, and what they
expect out of uniform.' " (Book Week) Index,
Book Week p2 D 1 '46 lOOw
4,^:128 Ja I '47
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
85
"This is probably the fullest, frankest and
most objective study of the effects of military
service on the manners, morals, attitudes, opin-
ions and vocabulary of the men who were en-
gaged in it. Here is an immense amount of
factual information, some of it statistical, to-
gether with opinions and generalizations."
-f Christian Century 64:18 Ja 1 '47 120W
"There has been — to my knowledge — no other
book of this type; the evidence it offers holds
fascination as well as a sociological import.
The timing, however, and the many other vet-
eran books, make its market questionable."
^ _ Kirkus 14:370 Agr 1 '46 IDOw
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
BOWLES, CHESTER. Tomorrow without fear.
88p il $2.50; pa $1 Simon & Schuster
338.973 U.S. — Economic policy. Reconstruc-
tion (1939- )— U.S. 46-26199
"By 1960, says the champion of the O.P.A.
. . . this country can have an annual income
of four hundred billions and a higher stand-
ard of living for everybody. . . The author
explains how this pleasant state of affairs can
be achieved. Mr. Bowies' flrst requisite is, of
course, keeping the lid on prices, and his
argument for the O.P.A. is considerably more
explicit and lucid than the stuff you have been
reading during the battle of the newspaper ad-
vertisements." (New Yorker) No Index.
Booklist 42:324 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:4 N '46
Christian Science Monitor p!8 My 29
'46 420w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"Mr. Bowles must be aware of all the muck
and chaos in our national life, but out of it he
sees the possible blossoming of the pond lily
of an almost perfect state. Mr. Bowies' Ameri-
ca, if his advice is followed, will be as good as
anything that Plato, Sir Thomas More, Bacon,
Campanella, William Morris or H. G. Wells
over imagined. It will be better, or at least
more to the American taste, than the Mus-
covite Utopia which is so perfect that practi-
cally no one from the outside world can be
permitted to look at it. Yet it is merely a
projection of the best tendencies we have, and
the adverse criticism that will be made of it
is that it overlooks our worst tendencies. . .
Economically sound or not, Mr. Bowles is
psychologically wholesome. In this country
we don't have to be poor. We have proved
that we can produce beyond the dreams of
avarice. If we can forget our jealousies and
work together there is really nothing to be
scared of." R. L. Duffus
N Y Times p3 My 26 '46 1800w
"Possibly the most sanguine book of the
year."
New Yorker 22:95 Je 1 '46 lOOw
"As Chester Bowles states in the foreword to
his book, he is not a professional economist, and
the facts and ideas which he has gathered and
presented in his book are not startlingly new.
His thesis as to why we have depressions, how
they can be overcome, and what the future can
hold in store for America is not essentially dis-
tinctive or radical, nor is it developed in any
blueprint detail. Yet this book rates a top
must on the reading list of every thoughtful
American. It is the clearest and most per-
suasive book yet written in support of the only
kind of economic program which can assure
sustained prosperity without compromising' the
basic principles of our economic system." R. R.
Nathan
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:8 Jl 6 '46 1200w
"As a successful advertising man now in the
public service, Mr Bowies writes in a vividly
appealing style and in the manner of heart-to-
heart talk well calculated to get his thesis
across to the layman in political economy. His
exposition is augmented with charts and picto-
graphs by Howard Sparber, which sum up his
points in lucid picture language." B. A. P.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
700w
"The value of this book lies to a considerable
extent in the clarity with which the argument
is presented. Important factors in our econ-
omy, historic and contemporary, are highlighted
in a remarkable way, and the graphic illustra-
tions are both attention-getting and enlighten-
ing." Persia Campbell
-f Survey 82:196 Jl '46 600w
"The book is a very good example of the
popular exposition and affirmation of a thesis.
Its statements are easy to understand, its
argument lucid. The theme is illustrated by
much statistical material attractively pre-
sented. Graphs and charts show not only the
total, or national, significance of figures, but
also what they mean for individuals at various
points in the American economy, by such com-
municative devices as family budgets."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:198 3 '46 330w
" 'Tomorrow Without Fear* is an excellent
vehicle for political purposes. Moreover, the
ideas expressed are appealing and challenging,
a tonic for the mood of angry frustration which
seems to have gripped the country. But it has
the defects of its qualities. Simplicity, com-
pactness and vigor are fine in themselves, but
when used by a writer (who confesses he is
not a 'practicing economist') in dealing with
complex economic factors, they are likely to
leave a good many serious questions un-
answered." H. W. Baehr
^ Weekly Book Review p4 Je 2 '46 750w
BOWRA, CECIL MAURICE. From Virgil to
Milton. 24Cp $4 (15s) Macmillan
808.13 Epic poetry. Virgil (Publius Vergil -
ius Maro). Cam5es, Luiz de. Tasso, Tor-
quato. Milton, John [46-6069]
A study of the literary epic as exemplified in
Virgil's Aeneid, Camoes' Os Lusiados, Tasso's
Gerusalemme hberata, and Milton's Paradise
lost. The studies of the individual poems fol-
low an introductory essay on the characteris-
tics of literary epics.
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
"Few living critics could have written a vol-
ume with such a range, and all who value the
art of poetry or the interpretation of human life
will find themselves in Mr. Bowra's debt." B.
I. E.
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 My 18 '45
300w
"Dr. Bowra's versatile learning is impressive:
he seems equally at home with Greek, L*atin,
Symbolism, Russian verse and the epics of
four countries. As one would expect, he has
written on his four chosen epics an extremely
interesting book. . . There is not space to do
justice to the scope and accomplishment of this
book. To read it straight through (it should
be thus read) is to be shown by a revealing
interpreter a pageant of great poetry and great
issues, decorated all the way with the superb,
fantastic beauties and richness of men's minds.
The imaginative analysis of each of the four
great poems clarifies and enhances them, even
where it may provoke argument; their juxta-
position links them into a magnificent syn-
thesis." Rose Macaulay
4- New Statesman & Nation 29:340 My 26
'45 950w
"It is pleasant to report that in spite of Mr.
Bowra's rather terrifying learning he is as
enthusiastic as a boy who, suddenly feeling the
excitement of the Iliad, begins to spell his way
faster among the hexameters. This quiet verve
is appealing and so is the reverent modesty
with which he approaches the great poems of
great poets. In short Mr. Bowra does not re-
semble at all those critics who regard noble
writers as so many opportunities to exhibit
what simulates wit or passes for penetration."
Leonard Bacon
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 F 16 '46 1400w
"No doubt here and there in this work,
which is at the same time scholarly and pop-
ular— a distinction we now to our shame accept
without flinching — every reader will find some
little bone or other to pick agreeably with Mr.
Bowra. This will perhaps occur more espe-
cially with Milton. . . This, however, is ir-
relevant to the issues of the book, which makes
one desire yet another one, very soon, from so
happy and discursive a pen." Bonamy Dobree
-f Spec 174:480 My 35 '45 IQOOw
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BOWRA, C. M.— Continued
"Into this close and select company Mr.
Bowra introduces us with great skill and
knowledge, wasting no words. It is a survey
which covers some 1,600 and more years in
time, yet there is B, unity which binds these
our Wf? fi^jf i££'ndon] Lit Sup plgg Ap 28 '45
2600w
"This volume Is remarkable for critical acu-
men, breadth of scholarship, and grace of
style." S. C. C.
4- Weekly Book Review p22 My 12 '46
450w
BOYD, ELIZABETH FRENCH. Byron's Don
Juan; a critical study. 193p $3.50 Rutgers
unlv. press
821 Byron, George Gordon Noe"! Byron, 6th
baron — Don Juan 45-6838
A scholarly study of the background, compo-
sition and philosophy of Byron's Don Juan.
"Miss French is impelled to inquire, 'Why did
Byron not complete this poem?' Her own an-
swer, in part, is this: 'He had carried Juan's
story as far as he could on the basis of his
present positive knowledge and belief. The in-
troduction of the supernatural was a brake on
his creative momentum, for it brought him up
sharply against his inhibiting skepticism.'
Where so many motives are observable in the
inception of such a work as 'Don Juan' it is
difficult to agree on the most important of
them; but the apparently casual ending, the
bursting of a bubble, taken in connexion with
Byron's last days and valiant death, suggests
that the chief motive had ceased to matter."
(Times [London] Lit Sup)
"Rarely has a single literary work of the
romantic period been discussed with such
breadth of interest and sympathy in so agree-
able a style and with so much good sense. Miss
Boyd's study of Byron's reading is especially
fresh and fruitful." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Jl 29 '45 40w
Time* [London] Lit Sup p414 S 1 '45
2750w
BOYERS, BETTINA. White mazurka. 191p $2
Doubleday
46-4934
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:185 Ap 15 '46 60w
"The background and the people of the
story give it a curious old-world flavor and do
not detract in the least from its merit as a
mystery." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p26 Je 23 '46 130w
"A novel of curious atmospheric charm and
psychological subtlety." Anthony Boucher
-f oan Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '46
60w
"Odd— but good."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 29 '46 30w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Je 30 '46
270w
BOYLE, KAY. A Frenchman must die. 213p
$2.50 Simon & Schuster
46-1435
A young American engineer, whose mother
was French, is the central character. He
escaped from a German prison. Joined the
Maquis, and after the liberation is still en*
gaged in hunting spies. His pursuit of one
elusive collaborationist and his entanglement
with this man's beautiful secretary is the
story. A shorter version was serialized in the
Saturday Evening Post.
"Kay Boyle is rightly considered a gifted
writer. But this novel is a far cry from the
general excellence of her earlier performances.
The writing is spotty and not in the best
Boyle tradition, while the content is both tri-
vial and tawdry. . . The characters are irritat-
ingly cut-and-dried. The heroine looks at the
hero with a 'cool and mocking glance.' The
hero gets all confused when he gazes at our
heroine. The book is replete with similar
banalities and thus becomes just another
tedious novel." David Karno
— Book Week p6 Mr 31 '46 270w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
"Accomplished adventure, with Just the right
• flush of ardor and idealism."
+ Kirkus 13:534 D 1 '45 130w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 N 29 '46 SOw
"By abandoning [the] singleness of effect
Kay Boyle destroys the integrity of 'A French-
man Must Die.' The novel begins as a man-
hunt. . . This would have been enough. . . But
Miss Boyle has added diversions. There is
a girl to be kissed. There are the stream-of-
consciousness aberrations of the central char-
acter. There are the cliches of personality
delineation, such as that of the young Texas
flier. These so flaw the surface of hard valid-
ity that the whole stone crumbles at last in
the mind. Those who admire Miss Boyle are
comforted only by remembering that she has
also written recently such stories as 'Winter
Night.' " Lawrence Lee
h N Y Times p43 Ap 7 '46 370w
"For short stretches, Miss Boyle's fine writ-
ing makes you forget that you are reading
what, if intended as such or not, is plain melo-
drama. Her descriptive passages are concise,
well focused, and sometimes quite beautiful.
Her characters are clear and speak to the
point." Robert Pick
H Sat R of Lit 29:16 Ap 20 '46 650w
Reviewed by Waiter Allen
— Spec 177:622 D 6 '46 lOOw
"Miss Boyle knows her France; and the
incidental detail and descriptions in her novel,
the maquis, the urban members of the resist-
ance, the police of Laval's malice still plotting
under ground, the Savoy landscape and the
city bistro are convincing. Considered as what
it claims to be. 'a story of love and intrigue/
the book may be unreservedly recommended."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p589 N 30 '46
480w
"With the cold beauty of language that is
her special gift, Miss Boyle tells the story of
Guy Mitchie's hunt of Charles Pliny. . . The
story of Mitchie and Danielle, which gives the
novel its romantic theme, is the least satis-
factory in the book. Compared to the rest of
the material, it Is a little pat and slick. It is
in the description of French character that
Miss Boyle excels. Pliny, effectively disguised
as a priest, talking to Mitchie in the gentle
accents of a man who abhors war, is a splen-
did portrait of a French collaborationist." Rose
Feld
_i Weekly Book Review plO Mr 31 '46
700w
BOYLE, KAY. Thirty stories. 362p $3.50
Simon & Schuster
46-11845
Selection from the author's short stories
published during the last twenty years. They
are divided into the following groups: Early
group: 1927-1934; Austrian group: 1933-1938;
English group: 1935-1936; French group: 1939-
1942; American group: 1942-1946.
Book Week p42 D 1 '46 90w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
Kirkus 14:465 S 15 '46 160w
"The final emphasis in the collection is not
one that has to do with men's failings. What
the stories push home is the high-heartedness
and faith and daring, the relationship, thicker
than blood, of those of all countries whose
ideals are more precious to them than their
safety. It is itself a high-hearted book." E.
R. Mirrielees
-f- N Y Times p9 D 1 '46 lOOOw
"Three qualities stand out in these stories
written over a period of 20 years. They have
none of the earmarks of feminine fiction, they
never strive for the neat ending and the emo-
tion always has a genuine ring, although often
it is an emotion that you can not name, that
you only feel. . . These stories show how Kay
Boyle has experimented and how she has de-
veloped her 'art of the short story.' She has
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not been afraid of the untrodden path or of
unfamiliar horizons." J. V.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p32 D 1 '46
250w
"Miss Boyle Is a storyteller, a superb one; by
and large, the best in this country, and one of
the best now living. This somewhat belated
point of view concerning her work emerges
clearly, it seems to me, in this present volume
of her collected tales, especially as they have
been arranged chronologically and according to
background; according, that is, to the country
in which they are laid." Struthers Burt
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 N 30 '46 llOOw
"It is a welcome event to have the pick of
Miss Boyle's stories available again in book
form, and particularly in so careful and repre-
sentative a selection. . . At her best, as James
Gray has observed, Kay Boyle is an 'economi-
cal housewife of the short-story technique.' Her
writing is always controlled and seldom con-
trived. Her mature talent is a thing of beauty
for readers and writers alike." Richard Match
-f Weekly Book Review p6 D 1 '46 650w
BOYLSTON, MRS HELEN (DORE). Carol on
tour; 11. by Major Felten. (Atlantic monthly
press bk) 205p $2 Little
46-7094
The fourth in this series about Carol Page and
her stage career. It takes her from a part in a
successful Broadway play to a season "on tour."
For older girls.
Kirkus 14:326 S 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by E. E. Frank
Library J 71:1810 D 15 '46 90w
"An excellent new addition to the Carol Page
series about life behind the footlights. . .
Carol's experiences on the road will interest
every young person who likes the theatre."
Rosejeanne Slifer
-f N Y Times p4 N 10 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by K. Dombaugh
San Francisco Chronicle pi N 10 '46
250w
"The most valuable feature of this excellent
story of a stage career is that it is the fourth
of a series in which Carol has already appeared
as high-school amateur, in summer stock and
in bit parts on Broadway. For once serial type
of publication has been amply justified. For a
career story of this profession must not be
rushed."
4- Weekly Book Review p38 N 10 '46 360w
BRACE, ERNEST. Buried stream. 290p $2.50
Harcourt
46-3590
Character study of a middle-aged man, a
success in the business world, who suddenly
realizes that his life has been a failure. He
delves into his past in an attempt to discover
where he took the wrong turn, and in his ef-
forts to discover the secret, the story is told.
" 'Buried Stream* is a novel about the
treacherous cross-currents and eddies that
swirl beneath the seemingly placid surface of
American middle-class life. Aimed at a lit-
erate audience, the narrative is intelligently
conceived and quietly written. It misses being
literature simply because the author lacks the
magic catalyst of art; but he has some next-
best things, including acute perception and
mature judgment." Martin Savela
H- Book Week p!3 Ap 21 '46 320w
Christian Century 63:724 Je 5 '46 140w
Reviewed by Francis Downing
Commonweal 44:124 My 17 '46 600w
Kirkus 14:184 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Scott Adams
Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 70w
" 'Buried Stream' is a very talky book and
does not compensate in profundity for what
it lacks In pace." Alfred Butterfleld
N Y Time* p28 Ap 21 '46 240w
"Mr. Brace does a difficult thing very well-
he makes the spiritual awakening of a middle-
aged, extroverted businessman credible and
moving, and even takes him with dignity
through a brief affair with a very young fflrl.
Slow and too cautious at first, the novel, with-
out ever becoming intense or profound, pre-
sents a thoughtful, intelligent tale about an
honest man who starts thinking thingrs out
late in life."
4- New Yorker 22:106 Ap 20 '46 90w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:35 My 18 '46 650w
"As literature, this book may live, for it is
well written and it portrays a mood that over-
takes large numbers of people in times of social
transition. The average reader, however, may
find it tiresome, for though there is some action,
especially toward the end, the great bulk con-
sists of subtle psychological analysis of un-
expressed thoughts and inhibited feelings. Even
when the characters converse, what they say is
less important than what they leave unsaid."
M. F. Martin
H Sprmgf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46 550w
" 'Buried Stream' is an absorbing novel of
ideas. Mr. Brace holds up the mirror of dis-
content to every intelligent person, and the
reflection bears disturbing outlines. His por-
trayal of a man who lived with compromise
and sought to escape in dreams of lost worlds
is deeply moving. He is equally effective with
the other characters of the book. All of them
have the stature and stamp of individuals."
Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 21 '46
lOOOw
BRADFORD, MARGARET, com p. Keep sing-
ing, keep humming; a collection of play and
story songs; accompaniments by Barbara
Woodruff; 11. by Lucienne Bloch. 66p $2
Scott, W.R:
784 Children's songs 46-3004
Thirty- seven songs, with music, for ages
four to seven. They are in two groups, one
called play songs, and the other story songs.
Some are recorded from songs made up oy
small children themselves; others are tradi-
tional.
Booklist 42:303 My 16 '46
"The music is fitted to young voices, the pic-
tures are bright and childlike and the printing
is good. Such a book will be much enjoyed in
schools and homes." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22*204 My '46 140w
"The material has freshness and appeal, and
deals with things of special interest to chil-
dren from four to seven. The accompaniments
are blessedly simple for parents who have
only basic essentials of musical competence,
and who are inexperienced in watching chil-
dren and music at one and the same time.
The tempo marks are in English, the music
unpretentious but melodic."
-f Kirkus 14:103 F 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by E. M. Gordon
Library J 71:982 Jl '46 70w
N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 90w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 lOw
"The best songbook for children of four to
seven years to be brought out in many a day."
L. S. Bechtel
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Mr SI '46
230w
BRADLEY, CHARLES B. Design in the indus-
trial arts. 254p 11 $3 Manual arts
745.43 Design, Industrial 46-1069
Study of the problems of art and design as
applied to modern handicrafts and the selec-
tion of manufactured articles for daily use.
Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
N Y New Tech Bks 31:23 Ap '46
School A Society 63:463 Je 29 '46 20W
88
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BRADLEY, CLIFF. Building the small boat;
11. by [the author]. 222p $1.95 Macmillan
623.S23 Boat building 46-3544
Practical handbook for the amateur, describ-
ing- the layout and building of small boats.
Includes line drawings and blueprints. Index.
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
"Good for camps, school libraries, etc."
+ Kirkus 14:73 F 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by L». A. Kales
Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
BRAHMS, CARYL, pseud. See Abrahams, D. C.
BRAMELD, THEODORE BURGHARD HURT.
Minority problems in the public schools; a
study of administrative policies and prac-
tices in seven school systems. 264p $2.50
Harper
371.9 Intercultural education. Educational
surveys. School administration and organi-
zation 46-25180
"Dr. Brameld attempts to find out what ad-
ministrative practices in schools help or hinder
the development of good human relations. His
book surveys with some considerable detail the
policies of seven school systems in cities rang-
ing in population from 80,000 to one million.
Demographic and occupational patterns are
analyzed as well as such lac tors as community
relations, administrative machinery, educa-
tional organization, activity programs and
parent -teacher cooperation. The guiding phil-
osophies in these school systems were mixed:
both clear-cut progressivfsm and the more
usual acceptance of traditional values were
evident. Nor was there a marked trend toward
decentralization or greater staff participation In
policy-making. Intercultural programs were
consequently varied; only a few of the school
systems made deliberate efforts to meet the
minority problem/' (New Repub) Index.
Booklist 42:324 Je 15 '46
New Repub 115:20 Jl 8 '46 200w
School & Society 63:397 Je 1 '46 20w
"This book should be of interest and value
to any administrator, superintendent, or prin-
cipal who wishes to know whether his present
practices in dealing with minority problems
are in accordance with the generally accepted
definition of democracy in education. The book
is objective and realistic." A. P. O'Hearn
-f- School R 54:618 D '46 850w
"Candid, realistic evaluations and specific
recommendations conclude the survey of each
city system. The standards of judgment thus
established can be used by any administrator
to assess the effectiveness of his own intercul-
tural effort and to improve thereon." P. W.
Coons
-f- Social Educ 10:382 D '46 500w
Social Studies 37:286 O '46 20w
"The study is of course indeterminate, but
interesting as dealing with a problem that ail
America is thinking about." H. W. Marr
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:308 D '46 220w
BRAMSON. ROY T. Highlights in the history
of American mass production; 11. from the
Carl W. Drepperd collection. 144p $2 Bram-
son pub. co, 2842 W. Grand blvd, Detroit
609 Industrial arts— History. U.S.— Indus-
tries and resources— History 46-311
"The editor of Production Engineering and
Management has assembled the highlights of
America's mass production. Beginning with
the new type of scythe invented and ham-
mered out by water power in Massachusetts
5a7 ,9olon^r he traces development in some
fifty lines of production. Copiously illustrated."
Library J
Reviewed by U A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican pft Ja 17 '46 240w
BRAND, CHRISTIANNA, pseud. See Lewis, M.
C.
BRANDT, HEIDI. Doing things [11. by the au-
thor]. 56p 50c World pub.
46-22077
"Simply told, this book is intended for the
child who is just beginning to express an in-
terest in books. The story is of two children,
and the things they do from waking in the
morning until they go to sleep again at night."
San Francisco Chronicle
"A good idea, rather dully executed."
Kirkus 14:621 O 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 71:1544 N 1 '46 50w
"Because the things the children do in the
story would be familiar to almost any 2 to
4- year old, this book should be popular with
the very young reader. The print is large and
the illustrations are attractive and in keeping
with the story." Dorothy Peterson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 10 '46
80w
"These pictures are rapidly but carefully
made; outlines are simple, color lifelike. Be-
tween getting up and going to bed, it would be
hard to miss, with all these recorded enter-
prises, something on which a happy little four-
year-old will not bring down a finger with
'That's me!' " M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 5 '47 220w
BRANSON, CLIVE. British soldier in India;
letters. 124p $1.25 Int. pubs. [5s .Central bks]
915.4 India. British in India [44-40357]
"Clive Branson, a troop sergeant in the Royal
Armoured Corps, was killed in action on the
Arakan front in February [1944]. This book
consists of extracts from his letters to his wife,
written from May, 1942, when he arrived in
India, up to a few days before his death. In
these letters he has set down simply what many
British soldiers less articulate have felt and
are feeling about what they see in India."
Manchester Guardian
"Branson was often angry at what he saw,
but he did not allow anger to cloud either his
understanding or his sympathy. The descrip-
tions in his letters are a valuable commentary
on events in Indian during the period they
cover " J R L. A.
-h Manchester Guardian p3 O 18 '45 200w
"Clive Branson, who wrote these letters from
India, was a most unusual person. He was an
artist who had the talent and courage to see.
. . He saw the poverty of the Indian masses
and the incompetence of our rule with a vivid-
ness and an anger that give this book a unique
value. His letters were written in haste with
no thought of publication. They are not a
study of the Indian problem and leave un-
touched many of the complications on which
Journalists like to dwell. None the less, by
the sureness of their vision and their skill in
rendering things seen and felt, they convey
more of the essential truth about India than
a dozen of the pretentious volumes the experts
write." H. N. Brailsford
4- New Statesman A Nation 28:356 N 25
'45 700w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 21 '46 240w
BRANT, IRVING. The new Poland. 116p $1.50
Int. univs. press
943.8 Poland — History. Reconstruction
(1939- )— Poland 46-3920
"A conscientious attempt to get the Polish
scene in focus and to straighten out some of the
distortions made both by overeager apologists
for Soviet Russia and by a part of the Ameri-
can press. Mr. Brant believes, after an extended
stay in Poland, that the new government is not
a Russian stooge, that the Communist Party is
unpopular (even though some able Party mem-
bers are in the Beirut Cabinet) and not very
large, and that the leaders' first objective is to
gut their paralyzed nation on its feet. He ends
y asking us all to wait and see what happens
before getting shrill about things." (New
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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Yorker) The articles which make up the book
were first published in The Chicago Sun and
The New Republic and have been re-edited
and expanded.
"I do not hesitate to call 'The New Poland*
mandatory reading." J. T. Frederick
-f- Book Week p2 My 12 '46 170w
Reviewed by O. Halecki
— Cath World 163:372 Jl '46 480w
New Repub 114:940 Jl 1 '46 160w
New Yorker 22:118 Ap 13 '46 120w
School & Society 63:320 Ap 27 '46 90w
BRAYMER, DANIEL HARVEY, and ROE, AR-
THUR CECIL. Repair-shop diagrams and
connecting tables for lap- wound induction
motors; practical step-by-step information
and instructions for connecting all types of
windings for two-phase and three-phase mo-
tors of 2 to 24 poles. 2d ed 387p il $3.50 Mc-
Graw
621.31364 Klectric motors, Induction 46-1190
"A standard book for vocational students,
electrical maintenance men, and motor winders
This edition has been extensively revised, and
a large amount of new text and illustrative
matter added. The emphasis of the book is now
on the three-phase motor. Accordingly, some
of the more detailed material on the two-phase
motor that appeared in the first edition (1927)
has been deleted, but the basic data has been
retained, and there is even some new matter on
this type of motor. The useful Finding index
for connecting diagrams has been retained."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index
Library J 70 890 O 1 '45 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
BRAZEAL, BRAILSFORD REESE. Brother-
hood of sleeping car porters, its origin and
development; foreword by Leo Wolman. 258p
il $3 Harper
331.88156 Brotherhood of sleeping car por-
ters 46-2727
"Dr. Brazeal, Professor of Economics at
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., has traced
the history of the Pullman porter from the
creation of the sleeping-car industry by George
Pullman down to the present day, when the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is an
accredited union in the American Federation
of Labor and a factor for the well-being of
the Negro worker." (N Y Times) Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
Reviewed by Daniel Bell
Am J Soc 52:280 N '46 600w
"The entire book is the result of clear think-
ing and painstaking research. It is recom-
mended to students of both race relations and
industrial relations." H. R. Northrup
4- Ann Am Acad 246:161 Jl '46 360w
Booklist 42:261 Ap 15 '46
"This record of their brotherhood's history
is documentary evidence of the Negro's capa-
city to handle his labor problems with discre-
tion and competence when given a chance."
+ Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '46
llOw
Klrkus 13:540 D 1 '45 130w
Reviewed by George Streator
N Y Time* p32 Ap 7 '46 430w
Reviewed by G. S. Mitchell
Social Forces 25:228 D '46 330w
"A scholarly, well -documented record of a
highly interesting phase of trade unionism.
Mr Brazeal has provided a well-balanced, au-
thenticated record of one of the least pub-
licized of the railroad brotherhoods." J. s7 K.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
370w
"Persons Interested in the labor movement,
and especially in the racial aspects of it, will
find the detailed account of this all-Negro
labor union not only interesting, but often
heavy with suggestions on the ways things
might best be done. The author qualified him-
self to tell the story by extensive interviews
with members and leaders of the Brotherhood,
as well as by reading the voluminous records
of the organization and related materials."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:233 S '46 220w
Reviewed by E. M. Herrick
Weekly Book Review p26 Ap 28 '46
400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
BREBNER, JOHN BARTLET. North Atlantic
triangle; the interplay of Canada, the United
States and Great Britain. (Carnegie endow-
ment for int. peace. Division of economics
and history. Relations of Canada and the
United States) 385p maps $4 Yale unlv. press
327.73 U.S. — Foreign relations — Great Brit-
ain. Great Britain — Foreign relations — U.S.
U.S. — Foreign relations — Canada. Canada —
Foreign relations— U.S. A45-1978
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This volume is a masterpiece of interpre-
tation and synthesis It reveals a remarkable
grasp of the details of the history of three
nations. Its emphases are correct, and the
author has written in a spirit of tolerance and
understanding, and with a modesty that real-
izes that not all the conclusions drawn from
the present maelstrom can be expected to be
completely valid twenty-five years after tne
war. The maps and bibliography are excellent.
The book should be required reading in Canada
and the United States." Carl Wittke
+ Am Hist R 51:286 Ja '46 550w
"One of the pleasant features of this read-
able study is the author's fondness for histor-
ical parallels and inclination to summarize his-
torical trends in epigrammatic fashion. . . The
value of this 'work is heightened by its ample
supply of maps, many reprinted from earlier
volumes in the series, and its excellent biblio-
graphical notes. In a future edition the author
might avoid the use of the inaccurate phrase
'Dominion of Canada.' " F. H Soward
-f Canadian Hist R 27:58 Mr '46 1600w
Foreign Affairs 24:349 Ja '46 50w
"This book has been brewing for more than
a decade, but the result is well worth the
waiting. . . That study has already led to the
publication of a score of scholarly volume?, and
Mr. Brebner, whose insight set the scheme in
motion, has now presented in this volume the
final flower of a splendid effort." F. C. James
-|- Survey G 35:56 F '46 HOOw
BRECHT, ARNOLD. Federalism and regional-
ism in Germany; the division of Prussia. 202p
maps $2 50 Oxford
943 Germany — Politics and government.
Prussia 45-11294
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by H. C. Deutsch
Am Hist R 62:118 O '46 400w
Reviewed by C. J. Friedrich
Am Pol Scl R 40:364 Ap '46 280w
"The book may be likened to a little parcel,
tightly packed. The intricacies of the historical
background, the particulars of diverse solutions
proposed and tried, and the details of pains-
taking documentation allow of no easy read-
ing. But there may be compensation, for some
readers at least, in the unquestionable popu-
larity of the author's obiter dictum that 'Prus-
sia must be eliminated as a single unit.' "
Johannes Mattern
Ann Am Acad 244:214 Mr '46 450w
Foreign Affairs 24:557 Ap '46 40w
"Dr. Brecht writes with precision and de-
tachment in the tradition of the great Amer-
ican and English lawyers. His book should be
pondered by all those who are now called upon
to lay the foundations of a new federal Ger-
many.^ ^^ statesman & Nation 32:213 S 21
'46 150w
Reviewed by J. H. Wuorinen
Pol Scl Q 61:138 Mr '46 450w
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BRECHT, ARNOLD— Continued
Reviewed by Qoronwy Rees
Spec 177:372 O 11 '46 450w
Times [London] Lit Sup p3 Ja 4 '47
SOOw
"At flrst glance this book migrht seem de-
signed for experts on constitutional history
and comparative government only. But who-
ever takes the trouble to examine the slender
volume carefully will find it a gold mine of in-
formation on pressing problems of our time."
F. E. Hirsch
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 31 '46
600w
BRENNAN, DAN. Never so young again. 273p
$2.50 Rinehart [Ss 6d Allen, G]
46-1518
"Mack Norton, American gunner In the RAP,
is one of the many young men who set off to
war to find themselves and returned after
experiencing much, but 'never so young again/
A story of young fliers at war — on missions
over Germany or seeking relaxation on leave,
or in the neighboring town. Mack is one of
them, scared, proud, exultant, downcast, happy.
Flying talk and description of missions pre-
dominate [in] the story.' Library J
Kirkus 13:547 D 15 '45 170w
"The story has little plot, but good char-
acterization. Recommended." M. P. McKay
-f- Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
"Though it reveals some skill in characterisa-
tion and contains some exciting incidents its
chief interest lies in the telling glimpses it
gives of the conditions of Service training.
As a novel it is somewhat shapeless and in-
coherent." Wilfrid Gibson
-j Manchester Guardian p3 My 6 '44 50w
"The chief trouble with 'Never So Young
Again' is that it is not quite old enough. Its
author . . . experienced the boredom, cynicism
and promise of war, all of which he has
earnestly included in his novel. If he had
been content to stop there, his book would
have been better than it is. But he has
thrown in a rather conventional and unconvinc-
ing love story, numerous flashbacks to his
hero's past, and a great deal of youthful phi-
losophizing. On the whole, it is an inordinately
self-conscious piece of work." David Dempsey
h N Y Times p20 Mr 17 '46 500w
"What distinguishes the narrative from a
dozen like it la the author's convincing exposi-
tion of the sort of creeping spiritual paralysis
that overcomes the men who nave aged under
the terror of continued bombing assignments.
Mr. Brennan may develop into a more expert
writer, but he can hardly become more un-
compromisingly honest."
-f New Yorker 22:97 Mr 23 '46 120w
Reviewed by A. O. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Ap 20 '46 SOOw
"His book has numerous weaknesses; one can
pick holes in his technique; jib at his plot; regret
that he has read Mr. Ernest Hemingway not
wisely but too well; sneer at his lack of objec-
tivity and balance. And yet when his work is
compared with that of such expert and prac-
tised writers of fiction as Miss Vicki Baum
and Mr. John Brophy, it is the fumbling be-
ginner, with all his clumsiness, who makes the
deepest impression." John Hampson
Spec 172:600 Je 30 '44 SOOw
"The author is evidently anxious to reproduce
the strain and tension which the night-bomber
crews feel, but he writes with so little in hand
that he tends to make them all merely egocen-
tric in a way that obscures the war itself and
indeed everything except the beer and kisses
between the intervals of flying."
Times [London] Lit Sup p221 My 6 '44
360w
"Mr. Brennan's narrative is loaded with
action, but his staccato style tends to become
monotonous. Profanity is too pointlessly
transcribed, and reiteration of the name of the
Deity— which appears as often as eight times
in one short paragraph — serves no useful pur-
pose." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 24 '46 230w
BRENNAN. ELLEN ELIZABETH. Plural
office-holding in Massachusetts, 1760-1780; its
relation to the "separation" of Departments
of government. 227p $3 Univ. of N.C. press
[18s 6d Oxford]
342.7449 Massachusetts— Politics and gov-
ernment— Colonial period 45-6802
"It has been assumed that the principle of
separation of powers in American government
was derived from colonial experience and Jus-
tified by Montesquieu's theory of balancing
power to prevent tyranny. Now Ellen B. Bren-
nan demonstrates . . . that the obnoxious cus-
tom of prominent officials occupying several
important offices at the same time was the pri-
mary cause of the separation of legislative,
executive, and judicial departments in the first
state government of Massachusetts. After men-
tioning some of the prevalent assumptions con-
cerning the origin of the separation-of- powers
idea, she proceeds to expound her thesis by
means of logical conclusions from historical
evidence, that the separation of personnel in
the three branches was designed to prevent
executive supremacy." (Am Pol Sci R) Bib-
liography. Index.
Reviewed by C. F. Mullett
Am Hist R 61:390 Ja '46 320w
"From this interesting, well -written, and
fully documented history of two decades, it
appears that the arguments against oligarchy
were based upon English common law and
colonial experience, not upon abstract concepts
of balanced power. Functions were shared, but
offices were separated so that a government of
laws instead of men might prevail. The book
is a valuable contribution to American political
theory." J. E. Briggs
-f Am Pol Sci R 39:1234 D '45 240w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ag 19 '45 40w
"This is a useful study. With diligent
scholarship the author has contributed to the
reappraisal of a cardinal constitutional tenet."
D. G. Morgan
-f New Eng Q 19:273 Je '46 650w
Reviewed by R. B. Morris
Pol Sci Q 61:157 Mr '46 650w
BRENT, HARRISON. Pauline Bonaparte; a
woman of affairs. 279p $3.50 Rinehart
B or 92 Borghese, Maria Paolina (Bona-
parte) principessa
Biography of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's
beautiful, but empty-headed youngest sister.
"Author shows great restraint in placing no
undue emphasis on the more scandalous aspects
of her career, and conveys a clear picture of her
devotion to her brother. Customs, manners and
dress of the period are so fully described that
this book should be read both for pleasure and
information." (Library J) Bibliography. Index.
Kirkus 14:409 Ag 15 '46 180w
"Excellent account of life and activities of
Napoleon's favorite sister, which vividly por-
trays her colorful personality, capricious ten-
dencies, and love of extravagance. . . Good bib-
liography. Highly recommended." R. P. Tubby
+ Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 lOOw
New Yorker 22:126 N 23 '46 120w
"The story as such is very well told. Harrison
Brent has wit and great fluency of style. He
provides a wealth of detail. One could wish,
however, that he had dared to dramatize more,
dissolving here a letter into dialogue, expand-
ing there a vital interview into a full-fledged
scene. His book might have gained intensity of
life without seeming less true." Felizia Seyd
•f Weekly Book Review p41 N 24 '46 600w
BRENTANO, LOWELL. Ways to better hear-
ing; diagrams by Ralph Graeter. 95p $2.50; pa
$1 Watts. F.
617.8 Hearing. Deaf, The SG46-156
"Tells how the hard of hearing can meet
their handicap, what mechanical aids will do,
and what was done for deaf servicemen. In-
cludes chapters on lip reading and speech
training, addresses of local chapters of the
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American society for the hard of hearing, lists
hearing aids approved by the American medi-
cal association, and gives directions for their
care." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 F 8 '46 240w
BRERETON. LEWIS HYDE. The Brereton
diaries. 450p $4 Morrow
940.544973 World war, 1939-1945— Aerial
operations. World war, 1939-1945 — Personal
narratives, American 46-6836
The personal record of World war II of
General Brereton, a graduate of Annapolis, who
served in every principal theater of the war.
His diary covers the period from October 3,
1941 to May 8, 1945. "He started the war with
MacArthur and ended it with Eisenhower; in
between he served in Java, Australia, India,
Egypt, North Africa, England and France."
(N Y Times) Index.
Reviewed by W. A. S. Douglas
Book Week p!9 N 17 '46 600w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 19 '46
550w
" 'Louey' Brereton pulls no punches; he is
aggressive and quick in sizing up a tactical and
strategic situation and he can be frank to the
point of tactlessness. From such a man one
might expect, therefore, war diaries of start-
ling impact. Yet the reader will find little that
is exciting and not too much that is new in
the present volume. Neither in content nor in
style do they reflect the same reckless, rest-
less vigor that personifies the author." H. W.
Baldwin
N Y Times p6 O 13 '46 1300w
"There is a lot of information about the war
in the air, some of it new, but it is not very
imaginatively presented. Many of the entries
are straight communique's and others are so
heavily loaded with technical and military
data that only readers who are up on such
matters will get much out of them."
New Yorker 22:134 O 19 '46 120w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle plO O 27 '46
220w
"Brereton says in the beginning that he has
not tried to write a history but has concen-
trated on giving a record of events as seen
from his position. But this is not correct.
The main fault in his book is that he has
tried to write too much history into it, and
has done it very inaccurately, and that he has
failed signally to deal with those matters
which seen clearly and reported fully at his
own level would nourish alike the interest of
those who are making an intense study of war
and the reader seeking only entertainment.
However, the latter is likely to find the Diaries
refreshing. They are well though lively writ-
ten." S. LJ. A. Marshall
Sat R of Lit 29:15 N 9 '46 850w
"Intended for readers of all types, the book
must be considered an integral part of the
semiofficial literature of World War II. In so
far as it discusses the formation and use of
airborne troops in corps and army units, it
contributes to the knowledge of what has
come to be a most vital part of any nation's
armed forces. . . It is in this phase that the
volume is most interesting and most valuable."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:287 D '46 210w
"There is much here of compelling interest
and of lasting value, but little that is sensa-
tional, little, indeed, that is entirely new. While
this diary may require a modification of many
of the details of the history of the war, it does
not force any change in the larger picture.
And some of General Brereton's conclusions,
based as they inevitably were on insufficient
evidence, clearly demand modification." H. S.
Commager
Weekly Book Review pi S 29 '46 ISOOw
BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, CLEVELAND. Brick structures.
See Stoddard, R. P., ed.
BRIDGE, ANN, pseud. Singing waters. 343p
$2.75 Macmillan
46-4610
An unhappy young woman, half English, half
American, wandering around Europe in the
1930's, is taken in hand by a philanthropic
Norwegian. Nils opens Gloire's eyes to the
beauties of simple living, citing Albania as
the country in which the true values of life can
be found. Once in Albania, Gloire falls in with
the right people who add to Nils' teachings,
and a transformation occurs.
"The narrative in Singing Waters moves
slowly; it pauses to observe the birds, the land-
scape, the flowers of Albania; and it halts for
long exchanges of dialogue which, as they
verge on preachments, may dry up an Ameri-
can's interest. As a partisan of Old Europe,
Miss Bridge has allowed herself to become both
tart and didactic, and when her characters
condemn the United States, our Justice, our
big business, our education, our scholarship,
our classless society, or when they sing praises
of Europe's peasantry and handwork, the au-
thor behind them is speaking with a condescen-
sion and a snobbery which are more than her
people can bear. I am sorry that thesis has
discolored what might otherwise have been a
picturesque if tenuous story." Edward Weeks
h Atlantic 178:144 Jl '46 280w
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
Christian Century 63:1132 S 25 '46 200w
_j Commonweal 44-337 Jl 19 '46 460w
"Interesting solely for the introduction of the
reader to a stalwart, magnetic people and a
dramatic country; as a novel it is insignificant
and superficial. "
Kirkus 14:179 Ap 15 .'46 190w
"The author stresses the value of a respon-
sible aristocracy. There is little plot but much
quiet charm." J. L. Ross
-f Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Generally we look confidently to Ann Bridge
for good story- telling entertainment: familiar
characterizations among exotic settings, intel-
ligent travelogue, snatches of political chatter
— and a dash of romance to take away any
suggestion of educational sting. 'Singing
Waters' at first promises more of the same,
although the book- jacket speaks mysteriously
of a strikingly provocative theme. This turns
out to be a species of bee-in-the-bonnet which
sometimes attacks lady globe-trotters when
they have tired of the romance of travel and
begun to ponder on its vast significance. . . At
no point has the author allowed the dignity
and splendor of Albanian life to sink into
Gloire's consciousness or ours. We have seen
Albania over the shoulder of some very fine
speakers — that is all." Isabelle Mallet
h N Y Times p5 Je 23 '46 800w
"Delightful travelogue, cunningly disguised
as a novel. Miss Bridge has obviously a
thorough admiration for the Albanian charac-
ter and way of life, and she uses the artless
questions of her heroine, who is really terribly
dumb, to present some very Interesting facts
and opinions in favor of a non-mechanized
civilization "
-f New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Sprinf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 600w
" 'Singing Waters' stirs no deep emotions,
but provides a lot of engaging information
attractively deployed. Its essential theme,
however, is concern over how modern mechani-
zation— which all eastern Europe, including Al-
bania, hungers to adopt — can be integrated into
a good life. Miss Bridge hopes for Albania
that she may retain her simple village ways,
and with a little help from the capitalistic
Western world may use her vast potential
hydro-electric resources to develop small indus-
tries everywhere. The theme and action of
'Singing Waters' everywhere suggests that it
Is just such a simple, natural method of living
such as Gloire learned to love that must be
resorted to all over the modern world if man
is to keep in touch with the sources of his
strength." F. H. Bullock
-I- Weekly Book R*Yl«w Pl6 Je 23 '46
800w
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BRIDGES. CLARK D. Job placement of the
physically handicapped. 329p il $3.50 McGraw
331.86 Disabled— Rehabilitation, etc. Voca-
tional guidance 46-3394
"This book as the author states has been
written for the layman whose duties include
responsibility for the effective use of workers.
As such it is intended for the employer, the
supervisor, the personnel manager, the safety
engineer, and others who hire, select, place,
and supervise man power. A practical guide
to constructive action in the rehabilitation and
employment of disabled and handicapped work-
ers is also presented by the author. The first
part of the book is devoted to a presentation
of the most recent development in matching1
the worker with the job; the second part of
the book contains a discussion in nontechnical
language of the more common disabilities and
a description of the restrictions imposed upon
the worker by each disability." (Am J Pub
Health) Bibliography. Index.
"If this book were read by both the indus-
trial placement officer and the physician, each
would have a better understanding of the
other's problems, procedures, and terminology.
Valuable reference material Is included
throughout the text, as well as in the appen-
dix." Louis Long
-f Am J Pub Health 36:929 Ag '46 370w
Booklist 43:6 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 70w
"The book is a very helpful compendium
which the Jay placement officer and the ex-
amining physician will do well to add to their
reference shelves."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:324 D '46 140w
"A highly instructive and interesting narra-
tive. The opinions are [the author's], nat-
urally, but for a quick once-over of our civil-
ization during those centuries it offers much
that is sound appraisal."
4- Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 24:742 Jl '46 40w
"Learned, coldly analytical, comprehensive."
Klrkus 14:30 Ja 15 '46 130w
"Mr. Brier succeeds in doing exactly what
he intended. He gives comfort, the metaphys-
ical comfort of seeing the cosmos whole. Once
in a while his argument becomes rather obvi-
ously sleight-of-hand, and the rabbit's ears
stick out from his coat-tails. But presently
there is the sensation of looking down on man-
kind moving en masse, teeming and swarming,
over a flashing plain far below. Mr. Brier, you
will have gathered, is a very good man at his
work." E. B. G.
4- N Y Times plO My 19 '46 500w
"Fascinating: reading."
-f New Yorker 22:95 Mr 30 '46 80w
"His 'study of the forces shaping our time*
is a gross travesty of what it deals with. Not
only is the book studded with incautiously
worded generalities . . . but the author's mis-
taken will-to- teach makes him rattle around
without force or direction inside the bounds
of ignorance, pompous naive t6, and jargon."
Jacques Barzun
— Sat R of Lit 29-9 Ap 27 '46 320w
"A fascinating essay, this, bright and witty
on matters profound, fair and balanced, yet
stated with deep conviction. An unaccustomed
kind of analysis, it warms the heart and
stretches the mind." J. R. Walsh
-f Weekly Book Review plO Mr 24 '46
700w
BRIER, HOWARD M. Skyblazer; il. by Dwight
Logan. 265p $2 Random house
46-4662
A story of postwar commercial aviation for
boys of junior high school age. In it Barry
Martin, the young test pilot for Starwing,
in spite of warnings, takes oft* for South
America in Standings' new stratosphere trans-
port A trip thru the stratosphere at 400 miles
an hour, to save the life of a little South
American girl, ends in success for all.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor pl2 Ja 16
'46 210w
Kirkus 14:127 Mr 1 '46 60w
"Author has been at considerable pains to
make technical background authentic. . . Full
of action, mystery and realistic conversation.
Better than most aviation stories available.
Recommended " Maude Adams
-4- Library J 71:984 Jl '46 90w
Reviewed by Frederick Graham
IM Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 60w
"The author's technical accuracy, coupled
with his ability to write the type of spirited
narrative that boys demand, will make this
book a favorite." Margaret Goodloe
4- San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46
90w
Sat R of Lit 29:65 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 7 '46 400w
BRIGGS, BARBARA. Tobias. [24p] $1.60 Knopf
46-7563
Picture-story book about a very little tiger
cub who ran away to try his luck in the jungle.
There he was badly frightened and was glad
to be rescued by his father. For the very young.
Kirkus 14:489 O 1 '46 40w
"One of the most engaging picture books of
the season. The drawings by the author are
adorably kitten-like — Tobias is a baby tiger;
and the text has the lasting flavor of such
nursery classics [as] Little Black Sambo, Mil-
lions of Cats and Peter Rabbit. Recommended."
S. J. Johnson
-f Library J 71:1717 D 1 '46 40w
"Everyone will fall in love with this lively
yellow-and-black tiger which Barbara Briggs
has drawn. They will be amused when he is
feeling brave and sorrowful when he sits for-
lorn and homesick in the Jungle. The design
of the book is unusually attractive." Lois
Palmer
-f- N Y Times p2 N 10 '46 130w
Reviewed by Winifred Snedden
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 10 '46
lOOw
"The funny little story is so handsomely pro-
duced, with large print, large pages and lots
of room for cubs, that its effect is pleasant
throughout." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 O 20 '46 180w
BRIER, ROYCE. Western world; a study of
the forces shaping our time. 272p $2.50
Doubleday
901 Civilization, Occidental 46-3057
Study of the forces back of the rise of west-
ern civilization during the last six hundred
years. In his foreword the author says: "In
this book I have endeavored exclusively to
show that our time, which I will call the
Period of the Germanic Wars, grew and
flowered naturally from the deep ana Intricate
roots of the past; that, given those roots, such
a plant must Inevitably grow." No Index.
Booklist 42:279 My I '46
BRIGGS, CHARLES WILLERS. Metallurgy of
steel casting's. 633p il $6.50 McGraw
669.1 Metallurgy. Steel castings 46-3928
"A comprehensive survey of the technology
of the manufacture of steel castings. It covers
the production of steel for castings in open-
hearth furnaces, electric furnaces and con-
verters, the molding of steel, the cleaning and
rough-grinding of castings, heat treatment and
metallography of steel castings, and the In-
spection of the finished product. Subjects
such as the management of heats, the con-
trol of porosity and other casting defects, and
molding sands are discussed in detail. The
book Is written from the viewpoint of techni-
cal men and operating men In the industry,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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Extensive lists of references are Included/
N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43:8 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:55 Ja 1 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:21 Ap '46
"This comprehensive assemblage of informa-
tion will be valuable to professionals and ama-
teurs in related fields as well as to those in
the steel casting- industry."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:255 S '46 240w
BRIGHT, ROBERT. The intruders. 306p $2.50
Doubleday
46-25071
Novel based on the intricacies of racial dis-
crimination. The scene is a private clinic in
a southwestern town. The clinic is run by an
aristocratic southern gentleman and his not
so gentlemanly nephew. The surgeon is a bril-
liant "white" Negro, and the internist a refugee
from Hitler's Europe. The Negro doctor and
the internist's half-Jewish daughter fall in
love, and when a former lover of the doctor's
Joins the clinic, the stage is set for tragedy.
mitted to the metaphysics of personalism, in-
cluding personalistic theism. But the book,
since it is simply a reiteration of old argu-
ments pretty badly shaken by new ones that
are here ignored, will be unconvincing to the
reader who previously knew the personalist
tradition and was unmoved by it." V. C.
Aldrich
— Christian Century 63:175 F 6 '46 650w
"The most important factor in this book is
that in a world of naturalism and irrational-
ism, there is a Christian rationalist and em-
piricist who gives us a reasonable universe
with a living God." R. C. Miller
4- Churchman 160:15 F 15 f46 240w
"Whether one can accept this philosophy in
its totality or not, the argument is a searching
critique of the superficialities of much con-
temporary philosophizing that claims for its
conclusions the certainty associated with the
reason ing of exact science. Many aspects of
his solution have validity quite apart from their
personalistic matrix. Throughout the book, the
exposition is marked by generosity of spirit,
exact scholarship, and clarity of expression."
J. H. Howson
H Crozer Q 23 '381 O '46 500w
Reviewed by G. S. Spinks
Hibbert J 44-284 Ap '46 800w
Reviewed by Lin Buck
Book Week p8 Mr 24 '46 450w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
Kirkus 14:5 Ja '46 170w
"Wrappings of subtle analysis swathe the
action, at times impeding its forward motion.
There is a good deal of agony, sensuality and
highly intensified self-awareness. One feels at
moments that the material of the book is some-
how private, somehow restricted to the ex-
perience of this particular odd group. . . . Read-
ers of Robert Bright's earlier novel, 'The Life
and Death of Little Jo,' will not find here the
lovely charm which distinguished that book.
But they may recognize in the delicate texture
and the often brilliant phrasing of 'The Intrud-
ers' the author's unquestionable — but here
somewhat tormented — talent." R. S.
h N Y Times p!6 Ap 7 '46 380w
"A bitter, moving book, quite lacking, how-
ever, in the subtlety of the author's earlier
work."
New Yorker 22:100 Mr 16 '46 80w
"It would take an extremely able writer to
make people such as these seem wholly con-
vincing or alive on any except their own par-
ticular plane of hopped-up emotionalism. It is
a compliment to Mr. Bright to say that he
almost brings off the trick. The writing is very
good, and the tautness of plot, the compact
construction, and the macabre atmosphere com-
bine to render the book stimulating and at
times moving." T. M. Purdy
H Sat R of Lit 29:16 Mr 30 '46 480w
"It is difficult to believe, save for the sim-
plicity of their style, that the violent and
sensational 'Intruders' and the innocently dis-
arming 'Little Joe' are from the same hand.
They are bound together, however, by the close
kinship of a common purpose." P. H. Bullock
Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 3 '46 600w
BRIGHTMAN, EDGAR SHEFFIELD. Nature
and values. 171p $1.50 Abingrdon-Cokesbury
141 Personalism 46-278
"Dr. Brightman, In this volume of Fondren
lectures, sets his sights on the 'naturalists'
with all the tools of his personalistic ideal-
ism. . . The conclusion toward which Bright-
man moves throughout his lectures is that in
a philosophy of personalism we can have a
type of unity which will lead to 'one world.'
The principles of personalism are respect for
personality, nature as a revelation of Divine
Personality, and spiritual liberty." Church-
man
BRILL, ABRAHAM ARDEN. Lectures on psy-
choanalytic psychiatry 292p $3 Knopf
131.34 Psychoanalysis. Psychology, Patho-
logical SG46-253
"Dr. Brill, who is credited with introducing
psychoanalysis to this country, presents a
course of 10 lectures given by him to psychia-
trists over a period of 15 years. In them he
attempts to describe the development of
Preud's concepts from 1893 to 1939." (New
Repub) "Psychoanalytic methodology as in
free association and interpretation; the proc-
esses of repression and suppression, of symp-
tom formation and secondary gain from illness;
the libido theory, phases of psychosexual de-
velopment; and metapsychology are only hints
as to the range of topics discussed and illus-
trated in the lectures." (U S Quarterly Bkl)
Index.
"Though not popularized in any sense, much
of this material makes fascinating: reading. . .
Although accessible to the informed layman,
this will be largely of interest to the practi-
tioner."
-f Kirkus 14:265 Je 1 '46 170w
"The lectures make easy reading": they are
illumined by excerpts from case studies and
enlivened by the personal experience of the
lecturer. They do not, however, give a rounded
picture of the development of psychoanalysis."
_j New Repub 115:301 S 9 '46 ISOw
"The author's examples are pellucid, his
reminiscences purposeful, his zeal infectious.
The lectures have broad relevance for physi-
cians, educators, and social scientists; in gen-
eral, for those interested in the dynamics of
human relations "
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:334 D '46 280w
BRILL, ETHEL CLAIRE. Madeleine takes
command: il. by Bruce Adams. (Whittlesey
house publication) 204p $2 McGraw
Verchores, Marie Madeleine de — Juvenile
literature
In 1692 a fourteen -year-old girl, Madeleine
de Vercheres, in the absence of ner father and
mother, bravely defended the home fort
against an Indian attack. This is the story
of that gallant struggle. The scene is the
St Lawrence river above Montreal. For ages
ten to fifteen. Bibliography.
"This book is, according to an estimate
printed on the dust-Jacket, 'a brilliant answer
to present-day naturalism.' This will be the
judgment of the reader who is already com-
"The book fills a definite need for there are
few stories about early Canada/' A. N.
4- Book Week p!7 N 17 '46 120w
Booklist 43:89 N 15 '46
"A true and exciting story." A. M. Jordan
-r- Horn Bk 22:469 N '46 80w
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"A good story with a quaint foreign flavor;
exceptional background material for school
libraries."
4- Kirkus 14:298 Jl 1 '46 90w
"The well-handled material makes an en-
grossing story for girls 11 to 14. . . Recom-
mended." Isabel McLaughlin
-f Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 90w
"Miss Brill makes those days of terror,
fatigue and gallantry seem almost uncom-
fortably real for readers of 10 to 15." E. L. B.
+ N Y Times p38 O 13 '46 160w
Reviewed by Faythe Elliott
San Francisco Chronicle p9 N 10 '46
now
Sat R of Lit 29:69 N 9 '46 20w
"Only the fact that Madeleine was a real
girl with a statue to her honor and a known
record of a later, happy marriage, keeps even
an older person's blood pressure normal as sus-
pense goes up and down. I haven't so held
my breath over an Indian story for years, and
it leaves a good taste in the mind. For it is
a story of actual children, who live up to a
sudden, desperate responsibility, acting in re-
sponse to something deep in the tradition of
their upbringing."
-f- Weekly Book Review p38 N 10 '46
f 500w
| BRILLOUIN, LEON. Wave propagation in peri-
odic structures; electric filters and crystal lat-
tices. 247p $4 (20s) McGraw
537.5 Electric waves. Electric filters 46-6703
"Some of the chapter titles in this brief but
important book are: Elastic waves in a one-
dimensional lattice of point masses: Early work
and introduction; Mathematical treatment of a
one-dimensional lattice of identical particles;
Energy velocity, energy flow, and characteristic
impedance; Two-dimensional lattices; Three-
dimensional lattices; Mathieu's equation and re-
lated problems; Continuous electric lines. The
author shows that all periodic structures behave
like band-pass filters. His treatment of the
subject is mathematical. The book is of inter-
est to engineers in many fields from acoustics to
u. h. f. radio." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:49 Jl '46
BRIMBLE, LIONEL JOHN FARNHAM. Trees
in Britain; wild, ornamental and economic,
and some relatives in other lands. 352p 11
col pi $4.50 (15s) Macmillan
582.16 Trees— Great Britain 46-18105
"This volume is useful outside its country
of origin. . . The author, a distinguished
botanist, is as much interested in the influence
of trees and flowers upon literature of the
English-speaking world as in their identifica-
tion, quoting so freely and wisely that the
book is as much an illustrated anthology as a
work of science. Trees have a great part in
history; while the British passion for acclima-
tizing foreign species has gone on so long that
the book is a sort of world arboretum in photo-
graphs and color plates." Weekly Book Review
"A volume that, in virtue of its Instructional
nature and the immense amount of information
it contains, has every right to be called a
textbook. But let no reader imagine that the
use of this term implies some pedagogic
treatise. . . It certainly gives, or one is pre-
pared to believe that it does, all the facts about
trees in Britain; but it does so with lucidity
that makes light of the roughest going. Its
charm, however, is far from ending there; for
Mr. Brimble has interpreted his brief with a
delightful latitude." Eric Forbes-Boyd
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 11 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
+ Weekly Book Review p29 S 29 '46 140w
BRINTON, CLARENCE CRANE. The United
States and Britain; maps prepared under the
cartographic direction of Arthur H. Robinson.
305p 12.50 Harvard univ. press
327.73 Great Britain— Foreign relations—
U.S. U.S.— Foreign relations—Great Brit-
am. Great Britain— Relations (general) with
U.S. U.S.— Relations (general) with Great
Britain A45-5302
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by R. G. Usher
Am Hist R 51:693 Jl '46 650w
"The book is felicitous in style and the or-
ganization is admirable." G. L. Kirk
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:990 O '46 600w
"This is a wise book by a competent his-
torian, that is all the better because the Amer-
ican walked the Home Counties and lived
closely with the British when they had millions
of Americans on their Isles and minds. It is
a meaty, not a souvenir, book; but the pub-
lishers may rejoice to find that it is the book
that many observant but less articulate soldiers
wanted to write because they wanted some-
thing like it to read." R. H. Heindel
-f Ann Am Acad 244:194 Mr '46 450w
Bookmark 7:4 Mr '46
"The information he gives is pertinent and
accurate; his tone is reasonable; and the sug-
gested reading is sufficiently comprehensive."
-f Cath World 163:189 My '46 200w
Foreign Affairs 24:352 Ja '46 70 w
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
Nation 162:696 Je 8 '46 120w
Reviewed by P. M. Sweezy
New Repub 115:53 Jl 15 '46 750w
Reviewed by John Morton
New Statesman & Nation 32:404 N 30
'46 650w
"While his book has conspicuous merits as
current debate, it has somewhat less organic
quality than might have been expected of a
historian. The author pretty well settles the
dilemma between analysis and genesis by
plumping for the former. . . By the frequently
used device of stating polar opposites and com-
mending courses between them, Mr. Brinton
maintains a reasonable line of his own which
tends on the whole toward a conservative kind
of practicality. The device permits him some
notably blunt speaking about extremists and it
spares him some embarrassments from the
effect of the course of events on a semi-pro-
phetic text which was written during the sum-
mer of 1945." J. B. Brebner
Pol Sci Q 61:277 Je '46 650w
Reviewed by E. F. Goldman
Social Educ 10:285 O '46 600w
"For an explanation of Britain's present
position, and 01 the problems of Anglo-Ameri-
can adjustment, this is an invaluable book.
Incidentally, but of no less importance, it will
help many Americans to a better understanding
of their own country." R. A. Brown
-f Survey Q 35:178 My '46 600w
Times [London] Lit Sup p459 S 28 '46
1300w
"As a discussion of current problems, the
book suffers somewhat because it was written
during the war, from a wartime perspective,
but it is a valuable study in a field of major
interest and importance."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:42 Mr '46 240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:42 Mr '46
"Mr. Brinton is equal to his talk. His long
familiarity with Britain, culminating in two
years there on a war mission, has given him
a better basis than most Americans for eval-
uating the changes wrought by the last five
years; his description of those changes, es-
pecially in Chapter V, is one of the most inter-
esting parts of the book. He ia both a keen
and a tolerant observer. He criticises the Brit-
ish often and frankly, as he does us, but a
flavoring of humor makes his criticisms edible.
His humor is not extraneous; it springs from
a quality invaluable in an observer, the aware-
ness and acceptance of human il logic." W. B.
Willcox
4- Yale R n s 35:553 spring '46 HOOw
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ish council
BROBECK, FLORENCE RICHARDS. The
lunch box, and every kind of sandwich. 266p
$2 Barrows
641.5 Cookery. Sandwiches 46-2646
"What to put in the lunch box, especially for
the worker and the school child, is the subject
of a useful book by the author of Serve It Buf-
fet [Book Review Digest, 1945]. The suggestions
are accompanied by recipes and range from hot
soups, cooked dishes, salads to relishes, sweet-
eners, beverages. Sandwiches, with a great va-
riety of filling mixtures, are an important fea-
ture of the text, while brief chapters are de-
voted to the picnic lunch and baskets for the
sick. Tables of measurements and equivalents.
Index." Bookmark
Bookmark 7:7 My '46
J Home Econ 38:238 Ap '46 50w
BROCK. EMMA LILLIAN. Birds' Christmas
tree; il. by [the author] [62p] $1.25 Knopf
46-6853
Pictures and brief text describe the effects
of the wind and the snow upon the birds
which stay in the North during the winter,
and show what kinds of food are welcome to
them.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
"In children and bird lovers alike this pic-
ture book will waken sunny memories of the
outdoor world." A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:458 N '46 80w
Klrkus 14:420 S 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
-f Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 70w
"Children to 5 to 8 will like this cheerful
Christmas story with its gay binding and at-
tractive illustrations." E. H.
-f N Y Times pll D 22 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 29:29 D 14 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:152 N '46
BRODIE, BERNARD, ed. The absolute weapon:
atomic power and world order; by Frederick
S. Dunn [and others]. 214p $2 Harcourt
623.45 Atomic bomb 46-4538
A conservative discussion of the use and
abuse of the atom bomb, written for the general
reader, by five members of the Yale institute
of international studies. Contents: The common
problem, by P. S. Dunn,* War in the atomic
age, by Bernard Brodie; Implications for mili-
tary policy, by Bernard Brodie; The atomic
bomb in Soviet-American relations, by Arnold
Wolfers; Effect on international organization,
by P. E. Corbett; International control of
atomic weapons, by W. T. R. Fox. Index.
"This volume is the best study yet made of
the impact of atomic weapons upon war and
international politics. Analytical, restrained,
and judicial, it offers no easy panaceas or
categorical imperatives. Although it will dis-
appoint enthusiasts for world government, it is
on the whole optimistic concerning the feasibil-
ity of international controls of atomic energy by
measures short of immediate and universal
federalism. It is highly commended to students
of politics and to the physical scientists whose
interest in international affairs has been stirred
so dramatically during the past year." E. M.
Earle
4- Am Pol Scl R 40:789 Ag '46 lOOOw
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:5 N '46
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:989 Ag 14 '46
1350w
"Those who expect to find here a carefully
thought-through discussion of ways and means
for preventing an atomic holocaust will be dis-
appointed. The chapters are confused, am-
biguous and sometimes redundant. They con-
tain many salutary awakeners — regarding what
isn't likely to work in devising world controls.
But the reader is likely to finish with the dis-
couraged conclusion that probably nothing can
be done." W. H. S.
— Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 8 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
Reviewed by K. F. Herzfeld
Commonweal 44:530 S 13 '46 GOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 50w
Klrkus 14:233 My 15 '46 130w
"Sane scholarly nontechnical discussions by
authorities — men from Yale Institute of Inter-
national Relations — on effects of the atomic
bomb on international politics and methods of
world control." L,. A. Bales
Library J 71:979 Jl '46 120w
"Avoiding panaceas and catchwords, the five
collaborating scholars have prepared a serious
analysis of the problem, studying the probable
effects of the bomb upon the existing structure
of international politics and exploring the prac-
ticable approaches to a solution. Their con-
clusions— to this reviewer, at least — seem sound,
and the book deserves the widest possible read-
ing by thoughtful men of good-will. Its great-
est merit probably lies in the fact that it will
be bitterly denounced by extremists of all
categories." Grayson Kirk
-f Nation 163:104 Jl 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by George Soule
-f New Repub 114:877 Je 17 '46 380w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:19 Ap '46
"This book, in which five distinguished schol-
ars take part, is confused and contradictory
in its thinking, and unimaginative and defeat-
ist in its conclusions." R. M. Hutchins
N Y Times p6 Je 9 '46 2450w
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Times p6 Jl 14 '46 330w
"This book is* not a cheerful one because it
refuses to be swept along in the contagious
enthusiasm for superhuman and supranational
solutions which fire the emotions by circum-
venting or ignoring stubborn facts. But if it
is not cheerful, neither is it pessimistic because
its authors suggest lines of action which are
within the realm of the possible and which give
promise of being effective." I*. H. Chamberlain
Pol Scl Q 61:443 S '46 1200w
Reviewed by Louis Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Jl 7 '46
850w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:227 S '46 300w
"This book is the most comprehensive, as
well as the sanest, analysis which has thus
far been published on the subject of the atomic
bomb. Unlike the Smyth report, it is written in
non- technical language easily grasped by the
layman. Unlike 'One World or None* it does
not present categorical imperatives. It is a
scholarly performance, a product of the well
proved intellectual techniques of cross-fertili-
zation and critical evaluation evolved by Pro-
fessor Frederick S. Dunn and his colleagues
of the Yale Institute of International Relations.
Although it is a collaborative work, it suffers
from none of the usual shortcomings of a sym-
posium." E. M. Earle
4- Weekly Book Review pi Je 9 '46 1500w
" 'The Absolute Weapon' provides no neatly
ribboned solution of our problem. Neither is it
likely to be the last word on the subject. But
it is an attempt to explore the means by which
catastrophe can be held back until we can
adjust to the new conditions of international
life. We are given certain materials to work
with, like it or not. The authors demonstrate a
firm grip on them. This inadequate summation
is presented as an invitation to the reader to
enrich his thinking by following their explora-
tions." R. C. Snyder
Yale R n s 36:162 autumn '46 1350w
BRODY, SAMUEL. Bioenergretics and growth.
1023p il $10 Reinhold [51s Chapman]
636.084 Metabolism. Growth Agr45-358
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"It is refreshing- to encounter a book in
which the literature in a rather broad field
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BRODY, SAMUEL— Continued
of endeavor is thoroughly reviewed and the
available data completely integrated, inter-
preted and evaluated. . . There are a few small
errors. . . But the errors are remarkably few
when one considers the large amount of tab-
ular matter." C. A. Elvehjem
H Am Chem Soc J 68:157 Ja '46 360w
*'Brody seems to have packed into his book
a record of everything he and his co-workers
have done and read. The book is proof of
the author's great capacity to collect data and
ideas. Brody is less successful in classifying
and organizing the collection, and he
seems rather deficient in the ability to weed
out unimportant or dubious material. . . De-
spite its defects, Brody's book is a great
compilation of data and ideas and a valuable
key to a vast amount of literature. I am glad
to have this encyclopedic account of Brody's
life work within easy reach on my shelf." Max
Kleiber
H Chem & Eng N 24:1132 Ap 25 '46 350w
N V New Tech Bks 30:53 O '45
BROEG, BOB, and BURRILL, BOB. Don't
bring that up! skeletons in the sports closet;
11. by Vic Donahue. 262p $2.50 Barnes, A.S.
796 Sports
True stories of sports boners and mistakes
which have caused loss of games or contests
Roy Riegels' wrong way run in the Rose bowl
in 1929 is perhaps the most famous of the
stories.
Book Week p7 Ag 18 '46 260w
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:143 Mr 15 '46 HOw
"These cases, well known to all sports fans,
are faithfully recorded. But there are not
enough of them to provide the stuff for a com-
plete book, with the result that the col-
laborators often depart from their appointed
course to rehash many another type of old tale.
In so doing they try to point out the 'goat/
or even a number of groats, but their efforts
are necessarily strained." J. C. Nichols
N Y Times p20 S 22 '46 500w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
150w
Weekly Book Review p27 O 20 '46 150w
BROMFIELD, LOUIS. A few brass tacks. 303p
$2.75 Harper
330.973 U.S.— Economic policy 46-4576
A successful writer of fiction propounds his
ideas on some phases of American economics.
He considers that agriculture should have first
place in our economy, since it is in our natural
resources that our wealth lies, rather than in
money. He then takes issue with large indus-
trial cities, and urges decentralization of in-
dustries, and concludes with a study of Rus-
sia's potentialities. Index.
Booklist 42:343 Jl~l '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Kirkus 14:208 My 1 '46 550w
"The author monotonously drives [his] thesis
home in verbose, repetitive manner — and thus
we have a book instead of an essay. I^acks the
appeal of Pleasant Valley." H. G. Kelley
— Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 lOOw
New Repub 115:20 Jl 8 '46 320w
"Mr. Bromfleld is an agrarian by choice,
not by necessity. We cannot take what he says
as a message from the American farmer. It
is a message from an individual named Louis
Bromfield. It is an indignant message, and
in spite of some professions of humility, an
Intolerant one. Mr. Bromfleld has a panacea
of his own, but he is scornful of other
people's. . . No, Mr. Bromfleld in this book is
neither humble nor tolerant. He is an angry
gentleman farmer, striding up and down nis
sitting room and front parlor and, one would
say, dictating and not revising. The result is
a crop of words, full of the weeds of repetition,
often downright clumsy in their arrangement,
that will estrange many of those who are on
many points inclined to agree with him. This
is a campaign document and not in any way
or degree a work of art." R. L. Duff us
— NY Times p5 Je 9 '46 1400w
"Probably the only reason this book was
published is that the author is one of Amer-
ica's top-flight novelists. There is certainly
nothing new or startling in the contents. The
few fundamentals that the author states with
sometimes wearisome repetition have been
more clearly set forth by others. It is some
advantage to have them repeated, if Mr. Brom-
fleld's name prompts any of his fiction clientele
to read the book. . . This is not to say that
there are not valuable sections in the book.
The analysis of the artificial and harmful pol-
icy with respect to cotton forced on the United
States by the southern Congressional contin-
gent, and its cost to the nation and the South,
is very well done. So are the emphasis upon,
and description of, the measures and needs
of Soil Conservation. It is unfortunate that
some of the other illustrations Mr. Bromfleld
uses are not as well used. Indeed on one, the
functioning of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act, he does not even state the facts correct-
ly." E. de S. Brunner
Pol Scl Q 61:615 D '46 650w
"He does his own thinking in his own way.
Some of it, as I read it, fails to connect. . .
1 am glad, however, that in that pursuit of
his declared effort to stimulate 'discussion and
abuse' Bromfield so heartily dedicates this
book to Chester Davis and Hugh Bennett.
That should help moderate the moans of those
who see in him only an irresponsible anarchist,
invariably ag'in the Government and all Gov-
ernment men. Louis Bromfleld, I have noticed,
may bypass explicit facts at times but arrives
at the right and penetrating answer, and
generally as to persons he is uncannily right."
Russell Lord
H Sat R of Lit 29:17 Je 22 '46 850w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 26 '46 280w
"Informally written, and not without errors
of fact, the book will perhaps have its chief
appeal for those concerned over the interna-
tional situation, and eager to explore any fresh
approach to the elucidation of its difficulties "
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:324 D '46 290w
Reviewed by P. M. Wagner
Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 7 '46 1150w
BRONSON, BERTRAND HARRIS. Johnson
Agomstes, and other essays. 156p $2.50 Mac-
millan [8s 6d Cambridge]
B or 92 Johnson, Samuel. Boswell, James
"[This volume] consists of three essays. The
first, which gives the title to the book, shows
how Johnson's conservatism was always at war
with his violent and unruly temperament. It is
marked by sound sense and some admirable
quotations. The second is a brilliant study of
Boswell which naturally owes most of its bril-
liance to the quotations from Boswell's private
papers, including a delicious description of a
meeting with Rousseau. The third is a scholar's
essay on Johnson's 'Irene,' which tries to prove
more than is necessary to Justify what was
obviously an enjoyable piece or research."
Manchester Guardian
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 S 15 '46 180w
"There is so much fresh and significant
criticism in this small volume that it deserves
every attention." Eric Forbes-Boyd
-f- Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 31
•46 650w
"If none of the essays is a masterpiece all
are interesting and readable, and for the
English student they create a dangerous crav-
ing for the Malahide Papers." J. M. D. P.
_! Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 10 '46
180w
Reviewed by Douglas Hubble
New Statesman & Nation 32:485 D 28
'46 1800w
San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '46
HOw
Times [London] Lit Sup p297 Je 22
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"Mr. Bronson is one of the ablest of the
young- American Johnsonians and his three
essays are substantial as well as important — at
least to that doubtless not too numerous com-
pany which delights to examine exhaustively
questions concerning either Johnson or the
members of his circle." J. W. Krutch
+ Weekly Book Review p20 8 29 '46
600w
BRONSON, WILFRID SWANCOURT. Coyotes
(ki'yotes or ki-yo'tays) II. by the author.
[63p] $1.75 Harcourt
591.6 Coyotes 46-6355
Description of the appearance, habits, and
behavior of the coyote. Based on scientific
research. For grades two to five.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb and H. D. Boy] s ton
-f Atlantic 178:162 N '46 60w
Booklist 43:19 S '46
"Not all writers are as sympathetic toward
the coyote as Wilfrid Bronson, so it is pleas-
ant to learn in simple language what are some
of the good points about the sharp-nosed dog
who does not want to be tame." A. M. Jordan
4* Horn Bk 22:463 N '46 80w
"Companion volume to Turtles, and a much
better book. The text material is better or-
ganized; the vocabulary is simple enough for
third grade readers and advanced second
graders; the combination of pictures, comic
strip continuities and text is more cleancut
than in the earlier volume of this natural
science series."
-f Kirkus 14:384 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Large 24 point type with numerous asides
in smaller type and a profusion of illustra-
tions make a somewhat cluttered page, but the
information is excellent." M. B Snow
H Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 70w
"Based on scientific facts. The material is
presented with so much enthusiasm that [it]
reads more like [a story] than an educational
book." Lois Palmer
-f N Y Times pll S 1 '46 90w
"A natural-science book for young children
that is ingenious, lively, and authoritative. . .
The large primer type looks really too babyish
for the content, though." K. S. White
_j New Yorker 22:143 D 7 '46 60w
Sat R of Lit 20:62 N 9 '46 30 w
" 'Coyotes' is the life story of this wild,
freedom-loving American animal with whom
the children will be delighted to become better
acquainted." B. H. D.
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
BROOKES, VINCENT J., and ALYEA, HU-
BERT NEWCOMBE. Poisons, their proper-
ties, chemical identification, symptoms, and
emergency treatments. 209p il $3 Van No-
strand
615.9 Poisons. First aid in illness and in-
jury SG46-144
"The first author of this work ia a police
officer, and it is probable that the book orig-
inated in a desire to furnish a manual for
police use. However, only the first two chap-
ters, which deal with poisons from the view-
point of the police investigator, are limited in
application. The remainder of the book gives
compact information of more general interest.
The principal poisonous substances are ar-
ranged alphabetically and brief information is
given on their chemical properties, physiological
effects, fatal doses, identification, symptoms,
and emergency treatment. In addition to com-
pounds commonly thought of as poisons, haz-
ardous industrial chemicals are treated too;
and there is some information on food poison-
ing, snakebites and poisonous plants." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Glossary. Index.
"This book contains useful Information pre-
sented in a systematic manner which should
prove to be valuable to police and peace officers,
particularly, and also to food and drug in-
spectors, industrial hygienists, pharmacists,
nurses, and physicians. Some chemists may
also find the book useful. It has an appendix
which includes a glossary and several practical
tables of measurement. A very few typographi-
cal errors noticed show care in proof reading
and the large bold type used for captions for
the poisons discussed should prove helpful in
finding a reference. This text is a good book
to have around." M. B. Jacobs
-f- Am J Pub Health 36:1174 O *4C 320w
"The book is easy to read and is supple-
mented by a glossary of terms used in the text.
The chemical identification tests are relatively
simple and can be performed rapidly at the
scene with a minimum of equipment. . . Al-
though intended primarily for use by the police
and associated investigators, this book should
have potential 'life saving value' in the hands
of any intelligent person." C. W. Mushett
+ Chem & Eng N 24:1972 Ji 25 '46 350w
Reviewed by M. B. Jacobs
-f Chem Eng 53.273 Ag '46 250w
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:12 Ja '46
" 'Poisons' is an excellent handbook for home
or office, hospital or police headquarters."
Thomas Sugrue
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 Ap 27 '46 1500w
BROOKS, B. MARIAN, and BROWN. HARRY
ALVIN. Music education in the elementary
school. 376p $3.50 Am. bk.
372 878 School music. Education, Elemen-
tary 46-1611
"A textbook, employing the 'dynamic con-
cepts of the new education as applied to music
education in the elementary school,' that should
prove especially useful in teacher-education
institutions, colleges, universities, colleges of
music, and all other institutions in which
courses in this field are offered. A thorough
and comprehensive study of the principles of
the 'new music education,' with a brief his-
torical study of the progress of music teaching
and excellent suggestions for the future of
music in helping to bring about a better world.
Well indexed, with a well-selected bibliog-
raphy." School & Society
"The announced intention of Brooks and
Brown to weld modern educative theory and
elementary-school music into a new organic
whole has been largely realized in this vol-
ume. The design that emerges is not always
clearly drawn or, at least, is not apparent
without a careful re-reading of the whole book
and the collating of parts to one another. The
work's usefulness as a textbook would have
been enhanced by the inclusion of thought
questions and of problems relating to the
closely wrought content of each chapter. It is
too optimistic to expect that teachers and
students will assimilate all that the book offers
without such study aids." V. H. Talley
-\ El School J 47:114 O '46 lOOOw
"This book should prove valuable to teach-
ers of music everywhere."
-f School & Society 63:381 My 25 '46
180W
BROOKS, WALTER ROLL1N. Freddy, the
Pied piper; il. by Kurt Wiese. 253p $2 Knopf
46-7367
Another nonsense story about Freddy, the
clever pig from Mr Bean's farm. This time
Freddy tries his hand at ridding Centerboro of
mice, and aids a bankrupt circus.
4- Kirkus 14:490 O 1 '46 lOOw
"Less interesting than others in this long
series." E. M. Gordon
Library J 71:1717 D 1 '46 70w
"If parents who have been forced to read
the other twelve books aloud are a bit weary
of Freddy's adventures, the children are cer-
tainly not. Before this one is cold they'll be
wondering about the next book. The illustra-
tions, as usual, are drolly appealing." Phyllis
Fonner
N Y Times p38 O 13 '46 120w
Reviewed by Forence I^ittle
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
60w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BROPHY, JOHN. The human face. 250p 11
$3.50 Prentice-Hall [15s Harrap]
138 Face. Physiognomy 46-8450
"Mr. Brophy has attempted a survey or
map of faces, mingling speculations psychologi-
cal, ethnological, phrenological, with portraits
of persons sharply defined; as with auto-
biographical references, a self -portrait, and
even a history of his own moustache. The
result is a miscellany of facial facts, combined
with fancies; hardly scientific, but very sug-
gestive: the first treatise, Mr. Brophy claims,
after fifteen years' preparation for it, to sum-
marise the history of the human face." (New
Statesman & Nation) Index.
"With classical allu.sion and reference, with
a certain formality of presentation, this is a
specialist's specialty, with only slight general
interest."
Kirkus 14:509 O 1 '46 140w
"Mr Brophy is In love with life; he looks
forward with hope; thus he has easily pre-
served a wholesome sanity in his long exam-
ination of human faces, through all ages and
races. Some of his readers, less courageous
than he, may close this book with a certain
sense of fear, mingled with relief. They will
be glad to escape from the obsession of human
noses, eyes, mouths and cheekbones. They will
turn, in this Springtime, to the contemplation
of flocks and herds." Richard Jennings
_| New Statesman & Nation 31:399 Je 1
•40 900w
"[The book] is intensely personal in its
approach and rises at times to a curious
poetry; his study of 'The Grotesque* opens up
many alluring avenues. . . There is not much
logical development in the book. Rather is
each chapter a separate essay. When we put
down the volume we feel that we have been
entertained as well as instructed and that if we
have not clarified our minds very much on the
subject at issue, we have at least learned a
good deal about Mr. Brophy and made contact
with a cultivated and curious mind."
Times [London] Lit Sup p32 Ja 19 '46
750w
BROTH ERTON, M. Capacitors; their use in
electronic circuits. 107p $3 Van Nostrand
537.24 Condensers (electricity) 46-6932
"Electrical and physical properties of ca-
pacitors are here described so that designers
of electrical circuits can know what type to
use under each operating condition. Organic
and atmospheric, as well as electrical and me-
chanical, factors affecting the life of capacitors
are enumerated. Emphasis is on the capacitor
properties themselves, not on their physical
causes. Although all types of capacitors are
considered, the fixed, solid dielectric capacitors
are given the greatest attention," (U S Quar-
terly Bkl) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 UOw
U S Quarterly Bki 2:346 D '46 lOOw
BROWN, CLIFFORD ADAMS. Forty years of
silence. 80p $2 Jones, Marshall
B or 92 Deaf 46-20045
Autobiographical reminiscences of a shy farm
boy who became deaf at the age of ten, but
whose life became happy and useful after he
attended the Clarke school for the hard of
hearing at Northampton, Massachusetts.
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
"The charm of this book lies in its ingenuous
simplicity and the feeling of triumph the
reader shares with the author at his having
successfully overcome a grave handicap to
arrive at a full and varied life. Because of a
childhood Illness which left him deaf and
physically delicate, life was almost a torment
to the shy boy. . . There is little that is pre-
tentious about this book, nor is it a sermon,
although there is much pleasant philosophizing;
but rather it's like a leisurely winter's night
conversation with an old and mellowed friend."
H. L. Varley
H- Sprfngf'd Republican p6 S 17 '46 320w
BROWN, DOROTHY FOSTER. Orlmm death.
227p $2 Barnes, A.S.
46-3692
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:160 Ap 1 '46 80w
"The story is much too slow and not com-
pletely plausible."
— NY Times p32 Ap 21 '46 140w
"We would be kindly disposed toward another
mystery tale from Worcester's Dorothy Poster
Brown, but with a little tightening and polish-
ing of her style; she could make her point
without so much rambling." R. H. R.
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
150w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review
160w
p22 My 5 '46
BROWN, ELEANOR. Golden Lady; the story of
an American show horse; il. by Pers Crowell.
252p $2.60 Howell, Soskin
Horses — Legends and stories
The life of an American show horse, told in
story form for ages ten to fourteen.
Kirkus 14:348 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"Has something of the same absorbing inter-
est in detail that attracts children to Black
Beauty, but without its sentimentality." Maude
Adams
Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Dorothy Hamilton
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
70w
BROWN, FRANCIS JAMES. Educational op-
portunities for veterans. 142p pa $2 Am.
council on public affairs
355.115 Veterans — Education 46-6416
"A book limited to the education and train-
ing of veterans, but making no claim to being
all-inclusive in its description of the pertinent
activities of colleges, schools, industries, gov-
ernment agencies, or veterans' organizations.
Published as a help to the veteran in choosing
'the education and training that best serves
his purpose . . . and suggesting to institutions
further development of their educational pro-
grams.' " School & Society
Am J Soc 52:379 Ja '47 20w
Booklist 43:6 S '46
School & Society 64:71 Jl 27 '46 90w
Social Studies 37:380 D '46 20w
BROWN, HARRISON SCOTT. Must destruc-
tion be our destiny? a scientist speaks as
a citizen. 158p $2 Simon & Schuster
623.45 Atomic bomb. International coopera-
tion 46-5748
The author, an American scientist who
worked on the Manhattan project, "tells us
something about elementary atomic physics,
but his chief concern is the control of atomic
energy and the abolition of war. As a socially
minded physicist he is worried by the po-
tentialities of atomic fission and by the char-
acter of another war. His statement of the
problem Is not new; neither is his solution.
To prepare the ground for his analysis. Dr.
Brown paints a picture of what happened in
Japan and what may happen if another war
is waged." (N Y Times) No index.
"This Is certainly one of the 'must' books of
the times." David Karno
4- Book Week p2 Jl 28 '46 660w
Booklist 43:8 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
"Simply presented and well argued."
-{- Kirkus 14:236 My 15 '46 UOw
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Times plO Jl 28 '46 330w
"This book is an extraordinarily forceful
one. . , Mr. Brown has written this book to
wake people up. It is mostly a restatement,
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yes, but it is done with new simplicity and
undeniable authority, and by a young- man.
When a young* man can speak with this kind
of background, well, he's doubly worth listen-
ing- to, it seems to me." J. E. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 31 '46
550w
Reviewed by T. K. Pmletter
Sat R of Lit 2919 Ag 24 '46 1650w
Reviewed by H. M. Davis
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 13 '46 300w
"It is a typical scientist's book, objective,
logical, convincing to the mind, yet written
without grace and with no emotion but fear.
It will probably fail of its purpose, as all
previous arguments have failed, precisely be-
cause it is so sensible and instills no great
emotional appeal to replace that of patriotism.
It is the best that the scientist can do. And
so we face sure destruction." Gerald Wendt
4. __ weekly Book Review p8 Jl 21 '46 600w
BROWN, HARRY PETER M'NAB. A sound
of huntmg; a play in three acts; Introd. by
John Mason Brown. 176p $2.50 Knopf
812 World war, 1939-1945— Drama 46-5048
A play about a group of American soldiers
in Cassino, returning from a scouting trip to
the vicinity of the enemy lines, and their at-
tempt to rescue a comrade who did not return.
"In 4A Sound of Hunting' Brown hasn't made
his characters sufficiently complex to hold the
attention of the audience. We suffer for them
en masse, but we are never aware that under
the persiflage each of these trapped, haunted
and possibly doomed American boys was as
much the victim of fate as Hamlet or Oedipus
Rex." Sterling- North
Book Week p2 Jl 21 '46 ?00w
Booklist 43-11 S '46
"An excellent one-act idea extended to a full
length drama. Superb dialogue and extremely
playable. Good for all amateur groups. Recom-
mended." George Frcedley
4- Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 70w
"Makes dreary and pointless reading: it is
hard to believe that the author of that ex-
cellent war novel 'A Walk in the Sun' could
have believed he was writing a play when he
dumped his squad of GI's into a Cassino cellar
and had them quarrel for three interminable
acts over the rescue of a beleaguered comrade
who is never even seen." C. V. Terry
— NY Times p8 Jl 21 '46 HOw
"This is GI humor, bitterness, futility, com-
radeship, doubt and distrust with something
like photographic clarity and strength." Paul
PeeS San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 2 '46
150w
"Moves sluggishly to its point." W P. Eaton
— Weekly Book Review p21 S 15 '46 I30w
BROWN. HILTON. Rudyard Kipling; a new
appreciation; with a foreword by Frank Swin-
nerton. 237p 11 $3 Harper [10s 6d Hamilton, H]
B or 92 Kipling, Rudyard 46-354
A biography of Kipling with extended critical
appraisal of his works and his place in Eng-
lish literature.
"I have only praise for this sincere, modest,
and persuasive interpretation of Kipling. Its
unpretentious presentation does not obscure its
oblique but searching criticism and its Just
appraisal of Kipling's proper place as a great
man t>f letters. Mr. Brown's sympathy with
his subject is evident but it never obscures
his canaor."
-f Atlantic 177:162 Ap §46 1700w
Reviewed by Bergen Evans
Book Week p8 Ja 20 '46 550w
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
"One feels that the case for Kipling has not
been presented with quite the force that it de-
serves. Moreover, Mr. Brown shows a ten-
dency to defend Kipling against criticism that
is entirely unworthy or this honor. . . Only
half the book is given to Kipling's work. The
other half is a biography, and here Mr. Brown
has done invaluable service. His study goes
a long way to making a complex and contra-
dictory nature understandable. No one inter-
ested in the subject can afford to miss this
book." Eric Forbes- Boyd
H Christian Science Monitor p!8 N 10 '45
850w
Kirkus 13:501 N 15 '45 160w
"Mr. Brown gives us an assembly of facts
which will be useful, and Kipling's admirers
can await serenely the verdict of posterity on
his literary genius. Recommended for larger
libraries." A. R. Eaton
4- Library J 71:119 Ja 15 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Hilton Brown has done an exceedingly
full and interesting Job. He is equipped for
it by knowledge as well as enthusiasm.1' G. P.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 O 19 '45 300w
New Repub 114:422 Mr 25 '46 180w
Reviewed by Alexander Cowie
N Y Times p7 Ja 20 '46 500w
"Mr. Hilton Brown's 'Rudyard Kipling' hardly
pretends to be a work of criticism, nor does it
make any very serious attempt to analyze Kip-
ling's personality. It is, however, biograph-
ically interesting, if you happen to be interested
in Kipling. It embodies some new information
obtained from Kipling's sister, Mrs. Fleming,
and contains what must be so far the most
complete account of Kipling's early life." Ed-
mund Wilson
4- New Yorker 21:76 F 2 '46 360w
Reviewed by Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Ja 19 '46 1500w
"It is a singular fact that Kipling has fared
worse at the hands of his friends and admirers
than of his enemies and detractors. . . The
late John Palmer, who might have been ex-
pected to write the best book on him, wrote
easily the worst. Mr. Hilton Brown's 'appre-
ciation' is little better." St. John Ervine
— Spec 175:269 S 21 '45 1350w
Reviewed by H. L. Varley
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46 600w
"It is a pity that Mr. Hilton Brown writes
so allusively; much of the book will be intel-
ligible only to those who know their Kipling
pretty well."
Times [London] Lit Sup p464 S 29 '45
900w
"Mr. Brown's book is a solidly written Job,
perhaps a shade over-Judicial in places, as if
the author were at pains to stop readers from
thinking he admires Kipling too much. His
summing up, however, is well argued, and cer-
tainly does belated Justice to a writer who,
when all is said and done, possessed that rare
quality, genius. . . For myself, Mr. Brown's
book did what I hope it will do to others — it
sent me back to Kipling- himself, whom I had
not read much for years, and whom I found
I enjoyed more than formerly and disagreed
with no less." James Hilton
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 37 '46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
Reviewed by E. K. Brown
Yale R n s 35:740 summer '46 900w
BROWN, MRS JEANETTE (PERKINS), ed.
Little book of singing: graces; pictures by
Lloyd Dotterer. [28p] 50c Abingdon-Cokesbury
784 Children's songs. Grace (at meals)
Nine rhymed prayers of thanksgiving, set to
music for little children.
Book Week p6 D 8 '46 20w
"The music is one line, simple, tried melo-
dies."
4- Kirkus 14:344 Ag 1 '46 50w
"Useful book for kindergarten and Sunday
school teachers. Not essential for small col-
lections." G. E. Joline
Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 50w
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
30w
"These little graces have rhythm and brev-
ity."
-f Weekly Book Review p24 N 10 '46
180w
100
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BROWN, JOHN MASON. Seeing things.
(Whittlesey House publication) 341p $3 Mc-
Graw
814 46-6335
Essays on the theater, personalities, and life
in general by the one-time dramatic critic of
the World -Telegram, who is at present an as-
sociate editor of the Saturday Keview of Lit-
erature. Index.
"Mr. Brown would rather like than criticize,
and it is very pleasant to bask and chuckle
in the sunny Southern hospitality of his praise.
I hope I am not being unfriendly if I sug-
gest that Seeing Things would have been a
better book had its editor pointed out certain
obvious repetitions and those conversational
excesses in which the author overreaches him-
self. For it is a pity to mar the spontaneity
of a very spontaneous man." Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:154 N '46 420w
"With his growth as a critic of drama, John
Mason Brown's concern with life has also
strikingly deepened. It is because of his wise
understanding of what being alive really
means, that these delightful essays — for the
most part reports of a passing pageant — so
bravely meet the somewhat acid test of being
gathered into a book." J. W. Rogers
-f- Book Week pi S 15 '46 1500w
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 5 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
"He offers a sophistication balanced with a
real effort of evaluation, a charm of style that
is often brightened by a precise humor.
Rather for his definite public than the general
reader. ' '
-f- Kirkus 14:368 Ag 1 '46 150w
Manchester Guardian p3 O 25 '46 150w
"The new 'Seeing Things' is crowded with
people, with Mr. Brown as the amused and
affable reporter. He knows when to be a
scholar — and in the old days that scholarship
sent contemporaries scurrying to drama refer-
ence books — and when to be a father. Mr.
Brown wields a schizophrenic thunderbolt,
which can kick Broadway in the stomach or
pat the head of a child." Lewis Nichols
-f N Y Times p6 S 15 '46 1900w
"The point about Brown — and this is what
makes his book so much more than just a col-
lection of reviews — is that any review he does,
of a book or a play or anything else, becomes
under his shrewd handling something else as
well. If it were not for the fact that our schools
and colleges, by poor teaching and poor texts,
have succeeded too often in making the word
'essay' suggest all sorts of dreariness, I should
be happy In calling Brown's pieces examples of
[the] familiar essay at its best." J. H. Jack-
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 12 '40
600w
"Mr. Brown's book is a sort of philosophical
running commentary, a philosophy of life in
these various aspects of it which impinge on
Mr. Brown's lively and delicate sensibilities
when he meets an engaging play, personality,
or book, when his ranging and generous mind
is challenged by the gravest issues of our time,
as when he is making an address to the young
students at the University of Montana. Oh,
yes, there are one or two things I cavil at.
There is almost too much alliteration, a shade
too many epigrams and for, my taste, too un-
bridled enthusiasm for Alexander Woollcott and
Noel Coward. But otherwise, as Mr. Brown
himself might allow himself to say, you couldn't
get into a nicer Brown study." Irwin Edman
_| sat R of Lit 29:22 S 21 '46 llOOw
"Although the book includes some essays on
the war, the Brown heirs and other subjects
which have taken the critic's attention since
1942, the theatre remains Brown's great love
and he writes about it with eloquence and
charm, in spite of a tendency to trick out his
observations in self-conscious figures of
speech."
-f Theatre Arts 30:621 O '46 200w
Times [London] Lit Sup p522 O 26 '46
800w
14 'Seeing Things' is gay, witty and informa-
tive, required reading for both friends of the
theater and humanity." Richard Maney
+ Weekly Book Review p4 S 15 '46 1050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
BROWN, MARC I A. Little carousel; il. by [the
author.] 32p $1.50 Scnbner
Picture-story about a lonely little boy who
lived in Sullivan street in New York city. On
a day when he was feeling very sad a gay
little carousel Invaded the street, but Anthony
had no money. And then, while he was looking
longingly at the other children riding the
animals, a miracle happened. He earned a
ride all by himseli.
Booklist 43:138 Ja 1 '47
"A delightful picture book, especially for
city children. The pictures are fresh and en-
tertaining but there is too little text."
H Cath World 164:382 Ja '47 20w
"The crisp drawings and clear bright colors
make a festive picture book for Christmas." A.
C. Moore
-f Horn Bk 22:456 N '46 lOOw
"An attractive little story and a gay picture
book "
-f Kirkus 14:521 O 15 '46 80w
Library J 72:82 Ja 1 '47 70w
"Marcia Brown has drawn, in words and
gaily colored pictures, the part of New York
in which she lives, Sullivan Street, below
Washington Square, with a real feeling for the
noise and color of the neighborhood. The 5-
to-7 year olds will ask for more." R. A. Gor-
don
-f N Y Times p27 D 15 '46 150w
"These delightful pictures are printed in
four colors. The red jacket with a little
carousel standing out against it makes this
a gay book for Christmas and birthday cele-
brations. We expect to see it in bookstores
and in public libraries. We hope to see many
copies of it in the hands of the children."
M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 9 '46 270w
"We have had carousels here on the grand
scale — from the Prater, from the Gay Nineties,
high, wide and handsome. This one is very
little; one horse to draw it, one man to turn
the crank, just a little while on the block — but
even if you are grown up, if you ever lived in
a city, you're going to love this gay, kind
little carousel for five-year-olds." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 N 10 '46 300w
BROWN, MARGARET WISE. Little fur fam-
ily; pictures by Garth Williams. $1.50 Harper
Tiny book bound in real fur which describes
the life of a small wood's animal of unnamed
variety. For ages four to six.
"Most original gift book of the year. Real
fur cover. Exquisite miniatures. Pleasing story."
+ Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 40w
"Both pictures and text — tiny type — will
strain the child's vision — and the rather af-
fected story of the wild wood adventures of
the little fur child seems pointless "
— Kirkus 14:489 O 1 '46 120w
"The narrative is a bit skimpy for children
who have progressed enough from the large
pictures of their first books to be able to enjoy
the miniature charm of Garth Williams' jewel -
toned illiustrations of the fur family, but 4,
5, and 6-year-olds will undoubtedly love this
book for its visual and tactile appeal and for
its engaging smallness." E. L. Buell
N Y Times p30 O 20 '46 140w
Reviewed by Florence Little
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
170W
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O 20 '46 290w
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BROWN, MARGARET WISE (GOLDEN MAC-
DONALD, pseud). Little island; with 11. by
Leonard Weiagard. [40p] $2.50 Doubleday
46-7383
A picture-story book about a little island
in the sea, showing the season's effect upon it.
The text is in rhythmic prose. For ages six to
eight.
"Superbly beautiful pictures fill 20 full pages,
their rich color flowing off the page to make them
seem as unhampered as sky. This is a book
to sharpen the senses and expand one's person-
al horizons. If the simple, poetic text seems to
break when a cat comes by boat to the Island,
it is probably because the cat's smug apprecia-
tion of his own importance annoys the Island."
-f- Book Week p3 N 10 '46 210w
Booklist 43:89 N 15 '46
"An imaginative, charming book, with a bit
of unnecessary preciousness. Weisgard's illus-
trations are completely out of key— plush and
with more than oriental lavishness."
Kirkus 14:522 O 15 '46 80w
"Recommended." K. H. McAlarney
+ Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 90w
"Though the text eventually edges over into
silliness and the pictures are sometimes too
melodramatic, the book will give a young child
some of the feeling of a small, ocean-bound is-
land, its seasons, and its weather." K. S. White
-f- New Yorker 22:134 D 7 '46 90w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '48
HOw
"Like last year's beautiful 'Little Lost Lamb'
of the same author and artist; there is more
in this than you need expect very little chil-
dren to get; some of them will, even more
quickly than grown-ups, but for most six year
olds this will be just a series of lovely pictures
full of things they love to look at. Later, when
the cornics are faded and forgotten, something
may bring to mind this book and as it comes
back it will open."
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46 300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
BROWN, PAUL. Merrylegs, the rocking pony
[il. by the author]. [64p] $1.50 Scribner
46-1630
Picture-story book about a life-sized rocking
horse and the little boy who rode him. Ages six
to nine.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p23 Ap 14 '46 200w
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '45
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO N 26 '46
lOOw
"A pleasing story with lively illustrations
for small horse-lovers six to nine years old."
E. M. Gordon
-f Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 70w
"Six to 8-year-olds will be charmed by the
variety of things to do which the two think of,
all depicted In realistic style." B. L. B.
-r- N Y Times p24 F 3 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 My 12 '46
180w
BROWN, RALPH MORSE. The singing voice.
167p $2.50 Macmillan
784.93 Singing and voice culture 46-5262
Discussions of the problems encountered by
the serious student of singing, and suggestions
of the ways in which difficulties may be met
and overcome. Partial contents: Posture and
breath control; Resonance, or "placement";
Phonetics; Every singer an actor; Volume;
Confidence and self-assurance; The ears; Artic-
ulation; Keeping well; Teachers. No index.
Booklist 43:10 S '46
"This little book is a compendium of fine
practical advice to both singers and teachers
of singing. With sound observation and ma-
ture reason, the author insists on the absolute-
ly automatic nature of the singing mecha-
nism. . . The weaknesses of the book are
found in Mr. Brown's lack of knowledge, or
disregard, of recent scientific investigations
concerning the workings of the voice mecha-
nism." B. P. Wise
H Christian Century 63:841 Jl 3 '46 210w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
"Constructive analysis of singing attributes,
techniques, voice production and training, that
should be a good guidepost for the serious
student as well as the teacher in training."
-j- Kirkus 14:29 Ja 15 '46 llOw
"A practical book for those who actually
sing or wish to do so."
-f Weekly Book Review pl6 Ag 11 '46
140w
BROWN, ROSE (JOHNSTON) (MRS ROBERT
CARLTON BROWN). Land and people of
Brazil. (Portraits of the nations ser) 120p
il $2.25 Lippincott
918.1 Brazil — Description and travel Brazil
— Social life and customs 46-7554
A study of the history, geography, and man-
ners and customs of the people of Brazil. For
older boys and girls. Illustrated with photo-
graphs. Index.
Booklist 43:105 D 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor pi 2 Ja 16
'47 260w
Kirkus 14:389 Ag 15 '46 90w
"An excellent presentation. . . A good ad-
dition to any South American collection."
Elizabeth Johnson
+ Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 60w
Sat R of Lit 29:70 N 9 '46 40w
"Rose Brown writes better in this book,
according to this reviewer's idea, than in her
other book for children about Brazil; or per-
haps it is because the facts about Brazil are
in themselves more interesting than stories
about thorn for the same time of life are
likely to be. . . Forty-five well reproduced
photographs, so chosen as to sweep the coun-
try, are placed in a section by themselves mid-
way of the narrative."
-f Weekly Book Review p22 N 10 '46 320w
BROWN, WARREN. Chicago Cubs. 248p il $2.75
Putnam
796.357 Chicago. Baseball club (National
league) 46-6340
A detailed history of the Chicago baseball
team from its beginnings in the 1870s to the
present.
Reviewed by Lloyd Lewis
Book Week pi Ag 18 '46 1500w
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Kirkus 14:316 Jl 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 80w
"Here is a rollicking chronology not only of
an amazingly interesting ball club but of an
entire major league as well and involving most
of that circuit's outstanding figures over a
span of seventy years." John Drebinger
-f N Y Times p35 S 22 '46 700w
"Mr. Brown has larded his story with anec-
dotes picked up all around the circuit that are
well and amusingly told." Irving Marsh
-f Weekly Book Review p20 S 15 '46 270w
BROWN, WENZELL. Dynamite on our door-
step; Puerto Rican paradox [il. by Jack
Crane). SOlp $2.75 Greenberg
917.295 Puerto Rico 45-10329
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by E. B. Reuter
Am Soc R 11:373 Je '48 200w
"Dynamite on Our Doorstep is the fantastic
name of Wenzell Brown's book on Puerto
Rico. The author allegedly presents to the
United States a picture of the social, political,
and economic conditions of the island. The
work, instead of presenting a true picture,
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results in a grotesque caricature/' T. S. de
Muftoz
— Ann Am Acad 244:190 Mr '46 450w
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46
"An unglamorous picture of life in Puerto
Rico, painted in with much personal detail."
Foreign Affairs 24:757 Jl '46 20w
"Mr. Wenzell Brown is a Dlckensian char-
acter. But the book he has written about
Puerto Kico illustrates, I think, the truism
that characters, Dickensian or otherwise, ought
to stay in books rather than write them. . .
Mr. Brown caught the human, the fugitive,
the superficial dislike of foreigners which exists
In Puerto Rico, as indeed it does to a degree
everywhere, and made it the theme of a iiotous
book. But he failed to penetrate to Puerto
Rican instincts and deep wisdoms. Down there
it is known that Puerto Rico stands to gain
from more, not less, unity in this newly
dangerous world." R. G. Tugwell
New Repub 114:509 Ap 15 '46 2500w
Reviewed by L. N. Ridenour
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Je 22 '46 1300w
BROWN, WILLIAM ADAMS. Toward a united
church; three decades of ecumenical Chris-
tianity. 264p $2.50 Scribner
280 Church unity
"This is one of the two books that Profes-
sor Brown left completed but unpublished at
the time of his death nearly three years ago.
Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert has done the neces-
sary editing and has added an epilogue. The
work is both a history and an interpretation
of the ecumenical movement from the Edin-
burgh conference of 1910 (with one chapter
going back of that) to the organization of the
World Council of Churches." Christian Century
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p29 N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:150 Ja 15 '47
"This will be one of the indispensable hand-
books for students and promoters of Chris-
tian unity."
-f Christian Century 63:1281 O 23 '46
120w
"It is a book which church historians will
find invaluable and which the increasing num-
ber of churchmen who are interested in the
world-wide union of Christian churches will
find helpful for reference and inspiration."
-f Kirkus 14:551 N 1 '46 170w
Wis Lib Bui 42:162 D '46
BROWN, ZENITH (JONES) (LESLIE FORD,
DAVID FROME, pseuds). Honolulu story.
252p $2 Scribner
46-25200
Detective etory.
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
Kirkus 14:206 My 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Je 2 '46 150w
"The pattern of the story will be familiar
to the author's admirers, but this time it does
have some handsome tropical scenery."
4- New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 150w
"Ford fans won't be disappointed." L. G. O.
-h San Francisco Chronicle pl2 S 1 '46
€0w
"Top stratum."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 3 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. F. Martin
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 300w
"The devil to pay in an unusual setting,
done to a turn. This was serialized as 'Man
From Japan.' " Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 9 '46 280w
BROWNE, WALDO RALPH, ed. Leviathan
in crisis; an international symposium on the
state, its past, present, and future, by fifty-
four twentieth century writers. 430p $3.75
Viking
320.8 State, The 46-8354
Symposium composed of fifty- four essays by
philosophers, anthropologists, social scientists
and legal theorists, representing nine countries.
The theme of their discussions is the sovereign
State, its past, present, and probable future.
Biographical notes. No index.
"The reader will find this collection thought
provoking, although lacking somewhat the
unity which one might reasonably expect.
Notable for their excellence are the excerpts
from the writings of John Dewey, Bertrand
Russell, Lewis Lorwin and Alfred Cobban. For
the novitiate, this will serve as a useful in-
troduction to recent political thought, to be
supplemented, however, by readings on the
social backgrounds and methods of the con-
tributors." L. G. Seligman
-f Book Week p!6 N 24 '46 360w
Current Hist 12; 60 Ja '47 60w
"Few will read the book through; many will
find it valuable in reference, seeking support
on this particular subject. Stimulating—chal-
lenging— a book for Public Library reference
shelves rather than over the counter sales."
-f Kirkus 14:448 S 1 '46 190w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 30w
"The book is a powerful weapon of criticism
in the hands of the layman who cannot pos-
sibly read the many long and often highly
technical treatises on the subject."
4- New Repub 115:701 N 25 '46 80w
BRUES, CHARLES THOMAS. Insect dietary;
an account of the food habits of insects.
466p il $5 Harvard univ. press [21s Oxford]
595.7 Insects A46-913
"One of the outstanding authorities on in-
sects here summarizes the knowledge derived
from a lifetime of personal observations, com-
bined with an exhaustive acauaintance with
the exceedingly voluminous literature on the
subject. The book covers the entire complex
field of the food habits of insects, with an
introductory chapter on their abundance and
diversity, and a concluding chapter on insects
as food for man and other organisms, includ-
ing plants. The bibliography, of about 2,900
titles, is divided into sections which follow
the several chapters." U S Quarterly Bkl
"Mr. Brues gives clear and unburdened in-
formation to the layman. He refers to dozens
of specialists in many phases of insect life,
as all scientific writers must do, but he has
woven the findings of these scientists into his
own special studies to make an intensely in-
teresting story about the relations of insects
to their environment. His story is dramatic,
at times fantastic." J. J. Mathews
-f Sat R of Lit 29:66 Je 8 '46 800w
"This book is of equal interest to the lay-
man interested in insects and to the profes-
sional entomologist."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:150 Je '46 200w
BRUFF, NANCY (MRS E. T. CLARKE). My
talon in your heart. 60p $2 Button
811 46-2108
A volume of brief poems, the author's first
published book of verse. Some of the poems
were written years ago, and some are recent.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!3 Mr 24 '46 140w
"It is a slim volume, of so-called verse, full
of sound and fury but signifying little. Com-
pletely devoid of technical skill are these 'free
verse' jottings of an apparently emotional and
over- wrought nature; for the most part any
kernel of thought is lacking."
— Kirkus 14:84 F 15 ?46 80w
Reviewed by W. R. Benet
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 60w
"An ineffectual exposition of her conceptions
of deism and frustration. Written in very free
verse, this first attempt at terse Imagery, a
different approach to the problem of man's re-
lationship to Nature and to his own world of
urbanity, falls somewhat short of success.
Perhaps if she had spent less time attempting
to create the startling, original image ana
more developing her fundamental sense of
rhythm her work would have been more gen-
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uine. . . The trouble IB her message isn't Im-
portant, and she delivers it weakly." William
Manchester
— Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 21 '46 240w
BRUNINI, JOHN GILLAND. Whereon to
stand; with an Introd. by Francis Cardinal
Spellman. 302p $3 Harper
230.2 Roman Catholic church — Doctrinal and
controversial works 46-7226
"In this book (its title derives from Archi-
medes' 'Give me a place whereon to stand
and I will move the earth') John Gilland
Brunini, layman, poet, editor of Spirit and
executive director of the Catholic Poetry So-
ciety of America, retells the facts of the Ro-
man Catholic Church and clears up many popu-
lar misconceptions regarding its doctrine, prac-
tice, history and organization. His aim is
simple exposition; his book is intended for
those who seriously desire integrated informa-
tion about the church." N Y Times
Reviewed by John Moody
Cath World 164:184 N '46 450w
"For a particular Catholic, 'Whereon to
Stand' may seem to dwell too little for his sub-
jective interest on one or another mystery or
aspect of our religion: on the liturgy and
prayer, perhaps; on mysticism in all; on
analysis of emotion in will, in prayer, in love;
on the social aspects of Justice, and the re-
lation of Justice to charity; or on Catholic
philosophies. Mr. Brunmi's book holds care-
fully to its particular, objective Job and com-
pletes it excellently. One of its high qualities
Js presenting definitions and mysteries and
truths and their 'meshing' which call for more
and more studying and musing and specula-
tion." Philip Burnham
-f Commonweal 45:98 N 8 '46 950w
"One feels that it could have been done in
fewer words, with less elaboration. . . For
Catholics almost wholly. And for reference
primarily."
Kirkus 14:495 O 1 '46 lOOw
"Complete, usefully indexed, this book is
the answer to all who would begin to under-
stand the center around which the life of the
Catholic revolves." Elda Tanasso
-f N Y Times p26 O 20 '46 500w
BRUNNER, HEINRICH EMIL. Justice and the
social order; tr. by Mary Hottinger. 304p $3
Harper [15s Lutterworth press]
323.4 Justice 46-707
A treatise on the idea of "Justice," its origins
in classical philosophy and the Christian faith,
the causes of its dissolution in modern times,
and the possibility of denning it and applying
it to the social order on the basis of Protestant
theology.
Reviewed by J. A. C. Grant
Am Pol Sci R 40:585 Je '46 850w
Booklist 42:275 My 1 '46
"To many Americans, the author of this book
will come as a new Brunner. The Swiss theo-
logian is here thinking in a realm where they
feel at home; the vocabulary and the line of
argument will not be unfamiliar. The book
makes good reading and rapid reading; those
who have found Brunner a struggle in times
past will be surprised to discover how seldom
they have to back up and take a second start
at the meaning of any paragraph. There will
be less debate between the author and many
of his American readers over the first than over
the second part of the book, but on no page
will the reader get the feeling that he is dealing
with matters of less than immediate moment."
Paul Hutchinson
-f Christian Century 63:304 Mr 6 '46
1050W
"In discussing international Justice [the au-
thor], a native of Switzerland, makes wise ob-
servations about the place and rights of small
nations. Yet throughout one has the feeling
of distance from real life situations. It's all
true, but it will have to be restated a couple
of times before it is going to affect the actions
of good Protestant bankers, employers, workers
and statesmen." Emerson Hymes
H Commonweal 43:625 Ap 5 '46 650w
"The book is very clear, even in translation
(thanks to the fine work of Miss Mary Hot-
tinger), and should interest all who care about
a deep-rooted Christian social message, or about
the present status of law. . . The careful dis-
cussions of the nature of inequality, the relation
of Justice to love, the meaning of law will re-
ward the reader who is willing to tackle a
profound and extremely stimulating, as well as
timely, book." E. E. Aubrey
-f Crozer Q 23:282 Jl '46 1300w
Reviewed by T. V. Smith
— Ethics 66:229 Ap '46 1400w
Foreran Affairs 25:162 O '46 30w
"This is solid reading, but theologians, stu-
dents of Christian ethics, clergymen and other
thoughtful Christians should be directed to this
book as a 'must.' "
-f Kirkus 14:96 F 15 '46 170w
"No book has all the answers, and this one
is written by a man far too earnest and mod-
est to suppose that he possesses all of them.
But it states a great thesis so clearly and
effectively that it may well mark a new date
in man's deliberation about the fate he holds
in his own hands.'" O. N. Shuster
Sat R of Lit 29:21 Mr 30 '46 950w
Reviewed by E. C. Lindeman
Survey 82:305 N '46 800w
"Dr. Brunner' s ideal society will be planned
in the sense that it will be purposeful and co-
operative, but its purposes are of a kind realiz-
able only in the individual lives of those who
compose it, and its cooperation must so far as
possible be free, and must always be based on
the independence of small social groups form-
ing a series of links between the individual and
society. This is the specifically Christian al-
ternative both to anarchic individualism and
totalitarian collectivism. Dr. Brunner presents
it with a clarity and conviction which must
produce a deep impression on any reader who
is capable of approaching with tolerance and
Justice a critical examination of fashionable
assumptions."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p484 O 13 '45
1950W
BRUUN, GEOFFREY. Europe in evolution,
1415-1815. 533p il maps $3.50 Houghton
940.2 Europe— History 45-7141
"This text aspires to survey the unfolding
drama of European history, act by act, through
four critical centuries. It seeks to character-
ize each century for the reader so that he will
identify periods by their basic problems, their
limitations, discoveries, and prevailing moods —
so that he will, in other words, 'know his cen-
turies.' Finally, it attempts to trace those
dynamic forces within European society which
have transformed that society so amazingly,
and have enabled Europeans to transmit the
impact of Western civilization to all parts of
the globe." Pref
"Here is a fresh, vigorous introduction to the
evolution of modern Europe. The transition
from medieval to modern civilization is pre-
sented with particular skill, avoiding the sterile
cliches anent the Middle Ages and the patroniz-
ing condescension which vitiate so many mod-
ern characterizations of medieval life." JL*. B.
Packard
4- Am Hist R 51:351 Ja '46 320w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
-f Weekly Book Review p20 S 23 *45 270w
BRYN- JONES, DAVID. Toward a democratic
new order. 288p $3.50; text ed $2.75 Univ.
of Minn. [16s Oxford]
321.8 Democracy A45-4663
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Professor Bryn- Jones brings to the task
theoretical acumen balanced by practical in-
sight, a fund of good sense, a careful avoid-
ance of preaching, and an unusual capacity to
recognize, without under — or over-estimating,
both the difficulties and the factors favoring
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democratic society. He writes well and inter-
estingly, and his scholarship Is used to illu-
minate rather than oppress. T. I. Cook
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:353 Ap '46 HOOw
"This book deserves a wide reading. Not
since Leonard Woolf's brilliant essays have
I seen such a penetrating or illuminating
analysis of democracy as a living faith. Pro-
fessor Bryn-Jones revives the historical foun-
dations of democratic theory and practice.
There is nothing new or startling in his de-
scription of the nature and meaning of major-
ity rule, natural law, equality, fraternity, and
the rights of man. But his restatement is
clear, succinct, and in spots brilliant. The
chapters dealing with 'Social Democracy' and
'Industry' are free of the ideological exegesis
that obscures so much that is written in this
field. The author is neither dogmatic nor
vacuous. He is objective in presenting his
data, but not indifferent to the moral and
ethical issues involved Moreover, there is a
clear recognition of the hazardous mission
democracy has to fulfill in this world of nuclear
explosives and explosive political nuclei. The
reader will find not only sound good sense in
the chapters dealing with international affairs,
but a note of hope." P. H. Odegard
~f~ Ann Am Acad 248:271 N '46 420w
Booklist 42-208 Mr 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
+ Foreign Affairs 24:550 Ap '46 20w
"A clear and well-documented analysis of
the development of democratic thought. The
historical section of his book, though it con-
tains nothing new, is a useful and compendious
summary of the works of previous writers and
includes a particularly valuable comparison be-
tween democracy and dictatorship from the
point of view of administrative efficiency."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p!34 Mr 23
'46 300w
BRYNES, ASHER. Government against the
people. 265p $3 Dodd
351.74 Police. Political science 46-2728
"The argument goes like this: You can
Judge how much sovereignty people have by
observing the character of their domestic po-
lice systems. Where people are free, the
police force Is decentralized, limited in scope,
and non -political. And where people are free,
they will vote against war. Therefore the
United States, to ensure peace, should throw
her weight on the side of nations whose po-
lice forces are decentralized, limited etc."
(New Yorker) No index.
"It is seldom that one finds a book so com-
pletely at variance with the expressed intention
of the author as is the volume by Asher Brynes,
called Government Against the People. The
author's first statement, which occurs in a 'note
on footnotes,' is that the book is intended for
the general reader. Since its chief contents
are two long and very dull essays seeking to
interpret certain historical developments in
Russfa and England respectively, the style is
ponderous despite brilliant sentences, and the
argument loose and quite unrelated to much of
the material intended to support it, the general
reader can hardly be expected to derive much
nourishment from this meager feast of reason."
M. R. Oatman
— Am Pol Sci R 40:791 Ag '46 750w
Reviewed by Albert Parry
Book Week p6 Ap 14 '46 450w
"Brynes's book is in many respects very im-
perfect, it suiters from a lack of clarity, as well
as from an insufficient development of sociologi-
cal analysis; the historian will raise his eye-
brows at some passages, but nevertheless, it is
a most stimulating work, full of suggestions and
implications." Waldemar Gurian
-j Commonweal 44:266 Je 28 '46 600w
Current Hist 10:129 Ag '46 50w
"A careful historical study in the theory of
government. However, a difficult style and
awkward presentation will limit interest in
the book to specialists. Distinctly not for the
general reader." Margaret Owen
Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 140w
"The author has discovered that there is a
connection between the nature of police sys-
tems within states and the propensity and
ability of those states for war. Upon that
partial truth he has built his book, as curious
an example of plausible rhetoric and confused
ingenuity as I have read since inquiring into
bimetallism." Ralph Bates
— Nation 162:787 Je 29 '46 500w
"Among recent books on the international
situation, this is one of the most stimulating,
both for the novelty of its approach and the
lucidity of its analysis." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p31 Ag 11 '46 400w
"The chapters on the police systems in Eng-
land, Russia, and the United States are a
good deal more stimulating1 than the thesis
itself."
New Yorker 22:94 Mr 30 '46 120w
"Mr. Brynes's book is written on a founda-
tion of sound scholarship, in a tone of modera-
tion and reasonableness, in a style which has
the imprint of personality. It will interest
and win the respect of the general reader as
well as of the expert in political science, the
specialist in police and judicial administration,
and the student of international affairs." M.
R. Konvitz
-h Sat R of Lit 29:46 Ap 13 '46 1600w
"This unusual book approaches the broad
problem of political organization at home and
relations abroad from a fresh and highly inter-
esting angle. It is a scholarly and well writ-
ten study of the growth and development of
the police systems in Russia, Great Britain
and the United States as illustrative of a basic
factor making for war or peace in the modern
world." F. R. Dulles
4- Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 28 '46
700w
BRYSON, GLADYS EUGENIA. Man and so-
ciety; the Scottish inquiry of the eighteenth
century. 300p $3 Princeton univ. press
301 Sociology. Philosophers, Scottish
A45-5326
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This book is a contribution of a high order
to historical sociology, both in its wide learning
and sound scholarship, and also in the intelli-
gence and insight which the author exhibits in
interpreting the materials assembled." H. E.
Barnes
-f Am Hist R 51:496 Ap '46 650w
"Man and Society is a most useful and unique
addition to the literature of the history of social
thought." J. O. Hertzler
-f Am J Soc 52:83 Jl '46 900w
"At times she writes with an enthusiasm
that leads the reader to suspect that the moral
philosophers, in her opinion, had something
really important to say about human nature
and society; but, on other occasions, her man-
ner is so condescendingly tolerant that the
reader is forced to revise his first judgment.
It seems to this reviewer that the author
would have made a much greater contribution
to the actual clarification of the dilemma in
which the modern social sciences find them-
selves if she had approached the moral phi-
losophy of the eighteenth century without the
preconceptions that spring from a deep and
abiding loyalty to John Dewey." J. H. Hallowell
Am Pol Sci R 40:171 F '46 550w
"The book appears to have been produced by
competent, painstaking scholarship. It is pro-
vided with adequate notes, bibliography, and an
index." F. N. House
-f Am Soc R 11:373 Je '46 650w
Reviewed by G. R. Negley
Ann Am Acad 245:217 My '46 600w
J Philos 43:361 Je 20 '46 1050w
"Miss Bryson's approach is sound and com-
petent. But one must notice various inade-
quacies— all related to her work as a study in
the history of ideas. First, some minor inade-
quacies. . . She overemphasizes (p. 79) 'nos-
talgia' as a force in the Scots' historical writ-
ings; for, whatever might have been their
personal idiosyncrasies, they were constrained
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to demonstrate the inevitability of social de-
velopment and to rationalize 'nostalgia* out of
existence. Indeed, her whole chapter on the
Scottish view of 'Man's Past* is disappoint-
ing. . . Furtheimore, as a study in the his-
tory of ideas ('a chapter of another kind')
Man and Society exhibits certain major struc-
tural inadequacies. One would like, as support
for a necessarily idea-by-idea analysis, a brief
chronological sketch of the writers and writ-
ings involved; perhaps an appended outline
would do." R. H. Pearce
H Pol Sci Q 61:282 Je '46 750w
Reviewed by M. H. Williams
Social Forces 25:106 O '46 550w
"The method of the book is to summarize
the contributions of each of the Scottish phi-
losophers to the subjects of the various chap-
ters. Readers familiar with the source ma-
terial may find the summaries and selected
passages too full; they would prefer a bolder
synthesis. Those unfamiliar with the original
documents will find here much digested in-
formation concerning them. Full chapter notes
serve in lieu of bibliography, and there is an
index."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:17 Mr '46 200w
BUCHANAN, DONALD W., ed. Canadian
painters, from Paul Kane to the Group of
seven (Phaidon press art bk) 25p 87pl $6.50
Oxford [25s Allen, G]
759.11 Paintings, Canadian 46-7473
Brief biographical sketches of some recent
Canadian artists, a sketch of Canadian paint-
ing thru the 19th and early 20th century, with
four color plates and eighty-seven black and
white reproductions showing the scope of the
work of the principal artists. Index of artists
and collections.
Book Week p2 O 13 '46 70w
Booklist 43:87 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 N 16 '46
150w
"The plates are generous in size and well
chosen, and Mr. Donald Buchanan has per-
formed his task as editor with admirable
understanding and brevity. His introduction
and biographical notes could not be improved
upon, and the four colour plates give an
adequate indication of the brave and often
violent colour harmonies that characterise the
'Group of Seven.' "
-h Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 31 '46 140w
Reviewed by W. E. Parker
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 13 '46
270w
BUCHANAN, NORMAN SHARPE. Interna-
tional investment and domestic welfare; some
aspects of international borrowing and lend-
ing in the post-war period. 249p $3.75; stu-
dent ed $2.75 Holt
332 67 Investments, Foreign. Economic pol-
icy. Reconstruction (1939- ) 45-7652
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The reviewer shares the author's concern
over the view, rather freely advanced, that
extensive foreign investment can achieve a
commensurate degree of good will and higher
living standards. He believes, however, that
Professor Buchanan assumes a postwar world
economy less dynamic than that which a pros-
perous America might conceivably galvanize
into being under the stimulus of a carefully
planned international investment program and
international agreement assuring the removal
of all forms of restrictive trade devices." A. E.
•f — Ann Am Acad 243:169 Ja '46 600w
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 70w
"A solid and significant monograph."
4- Foreign Affairs 24:350 Ja '46 20w
"Remarkably unbiased work of lasting value*
might be too specialized for majority of read-
ers, but highly recommended for large public
educational and special libraries." H. Iff. A
Bernt *
-f Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by A. D. Gayer
-f- N Y Times p20 Ag 18 '46 130QW
"Timely and important book. . . As the book
was completed shortly before the fighting end-
ed, the picture is inevitably out of date in
some particulars; but it is fully adequate as
a background for the discussion of the real
investment, domestic as well as international,
which is necessary for the restoration of the
capital stock of the countries affected." Ragnar
Nurkse
-I- Pol Sci Q 61:254 Je '46 1950w
"The author's style of writing is clear and
forceful. Excellent organization of material,
assisted by introductory statements, well
chosen footnotes, capitalized headings, and
frequent summaries ease the task of reading
the rather heavy content. The study is well
documented. Statistics and tables are well ar-
ranged and contain considerable data not older
than the war itself." F. W. Moore
-f Social Educ 10:328 N '46 1050w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:32 Mr '46 280w
BUCHANAN, ROSEMARY. House of friend-
ship; decorations by Margaret Ayer. 165p $2
Longmans
46-3806
Based on the author's own experiences in her
brother's parish in New Mexico. It is the
story of the girls in a parochial high school,
who form a girl scout troop with the help of
the people in their community.
Cath World 163:285 Je '46 HOw
"A good story of a parochial school would be
welcome — but this is the kind of story that will
do more harm than good. It Is deadly dull,
smug, self-satisfied, and almost wholly lack-
ing in story interest."
— KIrkus 14:70 F 1 '46 170w
"This tells of their activities during one
year. Because their projects are of more im-
portance than the plot, the story is a little
slow and will be of interest only to Catholic
girls or to Girl Scouts who could get ideas
for their own troops. Recommended only for
that purpose, not for its story value." Eliza-
beth Johnson
Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 70w
BUCK, FRANK, and FRASER, FERRIN L.
Jungle animals; il. by Roger Vernam. 55p
$1.50 Random house
590 Zoology — Juvenile literature 46-133
Descriptions of some of the animals, birds,
and reptiles of the Jungle, which the author
has come in contact with in his years of travel
around the world. Grades five to eight.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll My 5 '46 200w
Booklist 42:201 P 15 '46
"Large and beautifully illustrated by Roger
Vernam, this book is authoritative and fasci-
nating. . . Best for the pre-high school age,
but would interest all." M. L. Goodwin
-f Library J 71:185 F 1 '46 50w
Sat R of Lit 29-45 My 18 '46 70w
Reviewed by Lr. S. Bechtel
Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 31 '46 230w
BUCK, PEARL (SYDENSTRICKER) (MRS
RICHARD JOHN WALSH). Pavilion of
women. 316p $3 Day
46-8001
On her fortieth birthday Madame Wu, a
beautiful upper-class Chinese woman, volun-
tarily retires from married life. It is her
plan to select a concubine for her husband
and live a freer life as chief arbitrater of the
house of Wu. The difficulties which ensued
changed all the life within this "pavilion of
women."
"As a review of the manners and customs
of one of China's old families, the book Is rich
and appealing in detail. . . As a treatise on
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BUCK, PEARL— Continued
the salvation of Madame Wu's soul, it is im-
pressive but less successful." Mary Pinchot
H -- Atlantic 179:111 Ja '47 280w
Reviewed by S. K. Workman
Book Week p3 N 24 "46 600w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
"One puts down 'Pavilion of Women' with
a small sigh that it is hardly Mrs. Buck at
her supreme best." Margaret Williamson
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 17 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"As a character piece, the book seems static,
surface. One is never convinced of reality.
The figures never take on the emotional values
that made her Good Earth so poignantly mov-
ing But as a beautiful stage set, with suc-
cessive pictures of Chinese life, the novel
leaves a vivid impression on the mind. The
story moves along, paced by the slow tempo of
her characteristically studied style."
_j -- Kirkus 14.553 N 1 '46 260w
"Highly recommended." H. R. Forbes
4- Library J 71:1625 N 15 '46 80w
"A slight pallor, emanating from the dispas-
sionate heroine, pervades the book. Yet it is
a searching, adult study of woiflen written
with high seriousness and sympathy, which
should find a multitude of women readers.
Mrs. Buck's grave, unaccented prose is well
suited to the delicate matters at hand." Mary
McGrory^ ^ T|me8 p6 N 24 '46 1050w
"It is the first novel in which the author has
concerned herself with Chinese of wealth, and
when she is illuminating one detail after
another in the panorama of upper-class life
. the book is vivid and extremely interest-
ing. When, however, she is telling the story
of the aging wife and her sublimated passion
for a dead foreign priest, she loses her grip
on reality, even Oriental reality, and becomes
Yorker 22:122 N 23 '46 160w
"Some of the minor characters in the story
are excellently done. We cannot vouch for
their truth to Chinese life but they are true
to human life, especially Madame Kang who
laughs and weeps at the least provocation and
Madame Wu's greedy, old mother-m-law. . .
Many of Pearl Buck's readers will feel that in
this book she missed an opportunity. 'Pavilion
of Women' is centered around a vital theme
which deals with one of the essential prob-
lems of being, the struggle of the human spirit
to free itself. But Pearl Buck has combed her
subject to shreds and writes this time with
what amounts to the plain assumption that
her readers' I.Q.s are very low-level affairs in-
deed." Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p5 D 1 '46
350w
" 'Pavilion of Women* is Miss Buck at her
best, the dedicated storyteller. Beneath the
deceptive simplicity of the narrative flows the
clear, swift tide of human life — the small com-
monplaces of daily living, the clashes of per-
sonality, the episodes mean and magnificent."
of Lit 29:11 N 23 '46 850w
"Pavilion is likely to be a popular novel,
especially with women, but its popularity will
be due not to its literary or philosophical
qualities but to its precise and colorful descrip-
tions of women's lives and customs at the
other end of the world."
Time 48:110 N 25 '46 440w
"The book is written in the somewhat
Eurasian English Miss Buck reserves for her
novels of Chinese life. That has been proved
advantageous in communicating atmosphere
and a sense of remoteness, but it does not seem
to be the happiest vehicle for philosophic
discourse. As I have already said, I feel sure
that I am in the minority when I find myself
regretting the breaking up of a very readable
and pleasant story of life in a wealthy Chi-
nese family by the intrusion of Brother Andr6
and his mysticism. T do not doubt that
'Pavilion of Women' will be hailed as a moving
and profound love story by the many thousand
readers it is certain to have." J. J. Espey
-| -- Weekly Book Review p6 N 24 '46
1500w
BUCKINGHAM, NASH. Game bag: tales of
shooting and fishing; 11. by H. P. A. M.
Hoecker. 185p $2.50 Putnam
799 Hunting. Pishing Agr46-152
Short stories and sketches about hunting and
fishing, by a well-known American sportsman.
Illustrated with photographs and line drawings.
Reviewed by George Applegren
Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 200w
Booklist 43:10 S '46
"Should be of great interest to sportsmen."
+ New Yorker 22:100 Mr 23 '46 60w
"A new collection of colorful, well told tales
of days afield, drawn from the memory of one
of America's best known outdoor writers, who
also is a crack wing shot, field trial judge,
ardent conservationist, sportsman and capable
raconteur. Mr. Buckingham has been a pro-
fessional football player, and an amateur
heavyweight boxing champion and has written
five books regarded as authoritative." Leo
Marceau
-f- Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 22 '46 200w
"Nash Buckingham has done more in this
volume than write thrilling tales of the out-
doors from an era of plenty to the threshold
of an often not too wise conservation policy.
He has contributed a thought-provoking chap-
ter on artificial propagation of game birds and
its effect, often so disastrous to wild instincts
that even a self-respecting bird dog is reluc-
tant to work on the product."
+ Weekly Book Review p23 My 26 '46
300w
BUFF, MRS MARY (MARSH), and BUFF,
CONRAD. Big tree [il. by the authors]. 80p
$3 Viking
582 Sequoia 46-7347
"Beautiful drawings in duotone illustrate
the storv of Wawona, one of the great Sequoia
trees Beginning1 before history began it car-
ries the story through the centuries, ending
with the* establishment of The National Park.
Birds and beasts and men come and go and
'Wawona. giant of giants, grew more noble
with the passing years.' " Sat R of Lit
"Without undue personalization the Buffs
have made their account of a giant sequoia
and its centuries of life not only interesting,
but very dramatic. The illustrations are beau-
tiful " Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:166 D '46 40w
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"Though the text is perhaps for ten upwards,
the illustrations 111 duotone, shadowy drawings
of the great tree, lovely sketches of the ani-
mals that live m the woods — owls and skunks,
deer and bears — will hold a true appeal for
much younger children Their sensitive im-
aginations will bo quickened by the pictures
even though the story itself is a bit beyond
them. . As story, too, the book is satisfying
and many are the adventures that happen as
Wawona, the Big Tree, lives through the cen-
turies " F. C Darling
-f Christian Science Monitor pll N 12
'46 240w
"A distinguished book for older children and
adults." A. C. Moore
-f- Horn Bk 22:457 N '46 90w
"A moving and dramatic interpretation of
five thousand years of earth history . . Most
impressive are the beautiful illustrations, bring-
ing out in the pattern of the forest the sem-
blance of a mighty cathedral." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22-464 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:526 O 15 '46 120w
"The author-illustrators of this beautifully
designed book communicate to the reader a
sense of wonder at the grandeur and antiquity
of the Sequoias and a deep need to preserve
them for all time. The story of a special se-
quoia, Wawona, symbolizes the growth of
1 these magnificent trees. A distinguished book
for a limited group of readers ten and older
who are sensitive to the beauties of nature "
Dorotha Dawson
4- Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 70w
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Reviewed by Elizabeth Hodges
N Y Times p4 N 10 T46 200w
Reviewed by J. H. Cole
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
150w
Sat R of Lit 29:60 N 9 '46 60w
"This is in every sense a family book, a
tature-loving child will love it, but his elders,
vJty-locked, will find in it that spaciousness of
the illimitable forest and the poet, tired of time,
will be refreshed by the hushed timelessness of
5,000 growing years."
-f Weekly Book Review p9 N 10 '46 500w
BUQBEE. EMMA. Peggy goes overseas. 276p
$2 Dodd
45-10645
"Older girls who have followed the 'Peggy
Foster' series of journalistic career stories will
be interested in Peggy's overseas assignment.
As a war correspondent for the New York Star,
her day-by-day experiences are told during 1944
and 1945 as she follows our Army to Paris after
D-Day." Library J
"Story, although fictional, is parallel to some
extent to the experiences of Mrs. Klizabeth
May Craig, Washington correspondent." V. W.
Schott
-f- Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 D 16 '45 360w
BULLA, CLYDE ROBERT. The donkey cart;
drawings by Lois Lenski. 89p $2 Crowell
46-6089
Tale of two children who receive a belated
Christmas present in the summer. It is a
donkey and cart, and each of the stories of
the children and their present on their uncle's
farm is introduced by a little song. For sec-
ond-graders.
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
"Solid bookmaking and ever-popular Lois
Lenski pictures, plus a gay little song at the
beginning of each chapter make this a nice
book for good little boys and girls."
-f- Kirkus 14:592 D 1 '46 80w
"Format and vocabulary are just right for
second-graders ready for their first book-length
story." N. L. Rathbun
+ Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 70w
"With attractive looking pages in large type,
nice spacing, and written in simple sentences,
this quiet little 'every-day' story will be an
addition to the home and library for the child
who is beginning to read and needs a book
that looks easy and is easy." P. F.
-f- N Y Times p21 Ag 25 '46 160w
BULLARD, FREDERIC LAURISTON. Abra-
ham Lincoln and the widow Bixby. 154p $3
Rutgers univ. press
B or 92 Lincoln, Abraham. Bixby, Mrs
Lydia (Parker)
The famous letter which President Lincoln
wrote to a mother who was reported to have
lost five sons in the war, has been the subject
of much controversy: Did Lincoln actually
write the letter — and was the Widow Bixby
worthy of it? Mr. Bullard here reviews all the
evidence pro and con.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p5 D 29 '46 180w
"Mildly interesting as a minor footnote to
history and a picture of complications in estab-
lishing the authenticity of records. Its relation
to a heart warming episode gives it some value.
For limited library purchase." M. C. Manley
Library J 71:1204 S 16 '46 50w
"Another notable piece of detection on the
Lincoln story."
+ New Yorker 22:126 N 9 '46 80w
"This book is history, but it has the pace
and interest of a detective novel." Alfred Kay
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 17 '44
500w
BULLITT, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN. The great
globe itself; a preface to world affairs. 310p
$2.75 Scribner
909.82 International relations. World poli-
tics. Russia — Foreign relations 46-5554
A discussion of world politics and interna-
tional relationships especially from the point of
view of the United States and the other West-
ern democracies, and as they are affected by
the policies of Soviet Russia. The author was
American ambassador to Russia from 1933 to
1936. Index.
Reviewed by W. L. Godshall
Am Pol Sci R 40:1024 O '46 450w
Booklist 43:12 S '46
"This book has an indisputable claim on
every intelligent man whatever his nation,
whatever his political creed; for only the In-
corrigible believer in fairy tales will be able
to brush aside these strictly logical deductions
from undeniable facts. It must be added that
although a very useful, it is also a very annoy-
ing book — most annoying to those who find it
most useful. For in order to get the full value
of its pages, the reader must create for him-
self whatever he needs in the way of table of
contents, section titles, chapter headings. All
these helpful features have been omitted from
the volume, despite an ancient rule for the
extending of such courtesies to the public."
Joseph McSorley
H Cath World 164:181 N '46 700w
"[This] is a significant addition to the ex-
panding shelf of new books probing Russia's
every action. It aims to help the United States
make its decision— by warning that Russian and
American aims are incompatible. Considering
the magnitude of its topic, the book is sur-
prisingly brief. This at times results in a lack
of documentation and oven explanation on mat-
ters which, in the absence of fuller treatment,
leaves the reader less than convinced by Mr.
Bu Hi It's argument. Yet there is this advantage;
the author wastes no time 111 stating his thesis.
'We fear the Soviet Union,' he charges bluntly
on Pago 4, discussing the advent of the atomic
bomb and averring that there is but one nation
in the world that may one clay use it against
the United States." H. S. Hayward
Christian Science Monitor p!2 S 10 '46
750w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"The book clearly and almost recklessly
sketches out a program for American govern-
mental action toward Russia and the world. . .
The Bulhtt policy is all written in a challeng-
iugly flat manner, and aimed directly against
the Soviet Union." Philip Burnham
Commonweal 44:404 Ag 9 '46 I950w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 11.226 S '46 1050w
Foreign Affairs 25 '334 Ja '47 HOw
Reviewed by W. J. Gold
Nation 163-413 O 12 '46 650w
"The experience of William C. Bullitt as
Ambassador to Russia (1933-1936), after six-
teen years of non-recognition, and to France
(1936-1940) entitles his book to consideration,
even if his sharp swing from early enthusiasm
for the Russian revolution to increasingly bit-
ter hostility toward the Soviet regime (which
he does not undertake to explain) inspires
caution in appraising his conclusions. . . Mr.
Bullitt presents a vigorous case against Russia;
but he does not give equally vigorous presenta-
tion of his own convictions in favor of policies
which, if followed by the United States before
1939, might have averted or at least mitigated
our present dilemma." V. M. Dean
New Repub 115:180 Ag 12 '46 1600w
Reviewed by Michael Karpovich
N Y Times pi Jl 21 '46 1300w
"The book is provocative and will stir read-
ers to sharp criticism or lusty praise. It is
something of a popular call to arms." J. N.
Hazard
Pol Sci Q 61:599 D '46 1400w
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BULLITT, W. C.— Continued
"Should interest all those who would like to
see the United Nations function genuinely for
peace and not as just one more demonstration
of how cleverly diplomats can manipulate prac-
tically anything." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 26 '46
650w
"A year ago most liberals would have de-
nounced a book like this, no matter what the
authorities adduced. Today the actions of Rus-
sia and her relations with the Western world
have given all liberals to pause. . . Bullitt, who
knows the score, says: Stop Stalin before it
is too late. 'The most legitimate use of force
on earth is to gain time to permit the growth
of moral ideas.' With that view this reviewer,
for one, has no quarrel." John Barkham
-f Sat R of Lit 29:9 Jl 13 '46 1150w
Time 48:100 Jl 22 '46 600w
"To any reasonable American present-day
Russian policies seem unfortunate in inspiration
and bad in effect. I am not undertaking to
defend them. But I think it importam, at
least to seek to understand them. Mr. Bullitt
does not even make the effort. On the contrary*
so gross are the distortions, so fallacious the
arguments, so blatant the omissions, so im-
moral the proposals of this book that it can
only serve to promote misunderstanding. 'The
Great Globe Itself— the phrase is taken from
•The Tempest'— might well be called 'Hysteria,
Unlimited.' " H. S. Commager
— Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 14 '46 1650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
Reviewed by W. T. R. Fox
Yale R n s 36:164 autumn '46 350w
BULLOT, IVAN. Air travel guide to Latin
America. 369p maps $5 Watts, F.
918 Latin America— Description and travel.
Aeronautics, Commercial 46-6235
"In Part 1 full information is given on air
travel in general, including names of air lines
serving Latin America, rates, routes and re-
quirements. Part 2 suggests itineraries and
Part 3 is an alphabetical, descriptive summary
of each of the Latin American countries. Im-
partial hints on hotels, stores, history, climate,
language, currency, sports, holidays and the
proper clothing for the different regions, make
this a completely useful handbook for business
travelers as well as tourists. Contains maps."
Library J
Book Week p4 O 13 '46 BOw
Foreign Affairs 25:349 Ja '47 lOw
Kirkus 14:317 Jl 1 '46 90w
"Highly recommended." Barbara Overton
+ Library J 71:1046 AS '46 90w
BULOSAN, CARLOS. America is in the heart;
a personal history. 326p $3 Harcourt
B or 92 46-25065
These autobiographical reminiscences of the
Filipino poet, cover his boyhood in his native
village, his coming to America, and the years
of hardship and bitterness here during the
thirties. The book ends with Pearl Harbor
just as the author is beginning to achieve some
success as a writer.
Reviewed by John Norcross
Book Week p4 Mr 10 '46 500w
Booklist 42:225 Mr 15 '46
"To most Americans, the conditions that the
author describes must seem incredible. But,
after his appealing and beautifully written ac-
count of life on Luzon, he certainly persuades
his reader that he is a sincere and truthful
witness of the terrible events he portrays."
H. J. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 14
'46 550w
"The first part of the book which recalls
his childhood is the best. Here is poetry,
emotion recollected in tranquillity* in language
memorable and pathetic. . . The second part
of the book is a terrible record of the kind
of democracy that many good people in Alaska
and California, Washington and Oregon think
to be good enough for the strangers who 'don't
speak their language* but who do their dirty
work dirt cheap. . . America owes much to
Bulosan because he has such a great love of
her and because he is most literate in that
love. Better than anyone else, men like this
man know that the soul of America is sound,
that America is democracy, that the spirit
is more than the meat, that this land of ours
is the heart's home of freedom." John Mon-
aghan
+ Commonweal 44:149 My 24 '46 420w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 lOw
Kirkus 14:84 F 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 140w
"With no education to speak of, Bulosan
made himself a writer of some charm in an
alien language. He tells all this quietly, almost
shyly, and the impact is not up to the possi-
bilities of the material. But I hope it is read
by all the people who have a lot to learn about
the Philippines and America." Max Gissen
4- New Repub 114:421 Mr 25 '46 300w
"A book that is bitter and beautiful, that will
be abused and praised and misused by many
kinds of people and toward many ends." C. P.
Romulo
-f N Y Times p7 Mr 10 '46 1250w
"People interested in driving from America
the scourge of intolerance should read Mr.
Bulosan's autobiography. They should read it
that they may draw from the anger it will
arouse in them the determination to bring to
an end the vicious nonsense of racism. They
will not flnd it difficult to read. The author
writes simply and well. He makes no effort to
spare the reader's nerves; he recounts his in-
cidents shamelessly and realistically, be they
love, murder, or brutality. But he never shrieks
with the stridency of many of our other prole-
tarian authors who confuse comradeship with
shrillness and who solve all problems by calling
the other fellow a Fascist." W. S. Lynch
-H Sat R of Lit 29:7 Mr 9 '46 1350w
"Although addressed to the general reader,
this autobiography is also the kind of 'life his-
tory document' which provides the flesh for the
bones of social theory."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:96 Je '46 280w
Reviewed by J. J. Espey
Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 10 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
BUNCE, WILLIAM HARVEY. Dragon prows
westward; il. by Lorence Bjorklund. 199p $2
Harcourt
46-6297
Erik, a Viking lad, on his flrst visit to Vine-
land, is captured by an Iioquois tribe. He
makes his escape and Joins an Algonkin fam-
ily and with the aid of the Viking ship helps
the Algonkins in their war against the Iroquois.
For older boys.
Kirkus 14:388 Ag 15 '46 160w
"'This is a fast moving adventure story full
of Indian and Viking customs. Recommended
for older boys." Elizabeth Burr
-f- Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 70w
"The spirited illustrations, by Lorence Bjork-
lund, add clarity to a thrilling story." N. B.
Baker
-f N Y Times p41 S 15 '46 200w
"An interesting, fast-moving story, well il-
lustrated."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 50w
BUNN, CHARLES WILLIAM. Chemical crys-
tallography; an introduction to optical and
X-ray methods. 422p il $7.50 (25s) Oxford
541 Crystallography. Stereochemistry
[A46-4278]
"The ultimate purpose of this book is to in-
struct research chemists in the use of crystal-
lographic methods for the identification of
substances. As would be expected, a large pro-
portion of the work is concerned with the In-
terpretation of the results of X-ray and optical
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109
tests; but throughout, the author's aim of
making- crystallographic methods a practical
tool in chemical laboratories has been kept
firmly in mind. Although the book is called an
Introduction, the treatment is comparatively
full; and, for most topics, it is adequate for
the average research chemist's use. Literature
references indicate the location of fuller treat-
ment of specific topics." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
"The author has an especially clear style in
explaining the elementary principles involved,
and has illustrated them with many excellent
drawings and half-tone reproductions. . . The
printing and binding have been well done.
Thus, from all angles, the book is one which
the reviewer can heartily recommend." H. P.
Uff 4- J phys Chem 50:490 N '46 400w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:22 Ap '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 70w
BURBANK, ADDISON, and NEWCOMB,
COVELLE. Narizona' s holiday; drawings by
Addison Burbank. 155p $2 Longmans
46-7723
Narizona is a Mexican coati, an animal "like
monkeys and squirrels and bears and kittens
and puppies all rolled into one." Worn out
with her work in a circus, Narizona is rescued
by a little Mexican boy, who loves her and
cares for her even after she is banished be-
cause of her mischievous propensities.
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
"The entertaining story, with drawings by an
adept artist, brings reality and fun into the
Mexican scene."
-(- Horn Bk 22:350 S '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:385 Ag 16 '46 80w
"Frequent use of Spanish terms may tend to
limit the reading of the story." A. H. Mc-
Ginity
Library J 72:82 Ja 1 '47 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:31 D 14 '46 140w
"The story moves swiftly, with sustained
interest, and gives much of the Mexican scene
and people. Many Mexican words arid expres-
sions are woven into the story. It is a whole-
some story that children will like."
4- Social Studies 38:45 Ja '47 180w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review plO D 8 '46 600w
BURGESS, ERNEST WATSON, and LOCKE,
HARVEY JAMES. The family, from institu-
tion to companionship. 800p maps $4.25 Am.
bk.
392 Family 46-204
"The thesis of the book is that the family
is in transition from an institution where the
unifying factors were authority and tradition
to a companionship where unity inheres in the
mutual affection and comradeship of its mem-
bers. Materials have been drawn from a wide
variety of sources to document and to analyze
this fundamental trend in family organization.
Use of personal documents to introduce the
problems discussed makes the volume very
readable." J Home Econ
"This book is more than a text for classes
in sociology. The student who is in a class
where this book is used as the basis of dis-
cussion should come out at the end of the
semester a more understanding member of a
family, a more promising potential parent."
C. G. Woodhouse
-f Am J Soc 52:274 N '46 600w
"The book contains a wealth of case-history
material which gives reality and vividness to
the factual analysis." Clifford Kirkpatrick
-f Ann Am Acad 245:218 My '46 600w
"When so many books on the family are
merely new arrangements of old material, it
is a stimulating experience to find the new
conceptions, new ways of treating materials,
and reports on new research found here. To
me the book is a 'must' as research material
for those of us who are teaching in the field
of marriage and family living." M. I. Morgan
-f- J Home Econ 38:237 Ap '46 360w
"The authors paint a vivid and realistic pic-
ture of the family as a unity of interacting
personalities. This emphasis, together with the
abundant use of case materials, infusing real
life blood into the conceptual framework,
causes the reviewer to recommend this book
most enthusiastically." Orden Smucker
-f- Social Educ 10'238 My '46 550w
"If we assume that a textbook should be a
guide for the student who is seeking knowledge
and insight in a special area of study, this
volume on the family by Burgess and Locke is
eminently qualified to fulfill its purpose. It is
difficult to see how a student could come away
from a serious study of its pages without a
greatly increased knowledge of the nature, func-
tions, and problems of the family, and an ap-
preciation of its place in contemporary Ameri-
can life." D. S. Klaiss
-f Social Forces 24:480 My *46 1050w
BURCH, GLADYS. Famous violinists for young
people. 232p il $2.50 Barnes, A.S,
927.8 Violinists— Juvenile literature 46-4939
Following a short history of the violin and its
makers are brief biographies of fourteen fa-
mous violinists. They are: Arcangelo Corelll,
Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Tartini, Giovanni
Battista Viottf, Niccolo Paganini, Louis Spohr,
Ole Borneman Bull, Joseph Joachim, Henri
Wieniawski, Pablo De Sarasate, Leopold Auer
& his pupils, Eugene Ysa^e, Fritz Kreisler, Al-
bert Spalding. Index.
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
"Advanced violin students, music teachers
and libraries will find much valuable material
in Gladys Burch's book." H. F. Griswold
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 16 '47
90w
"Music school and library material primarily."
-f Kirkus 14:242 My 15 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 30w
"The idea of this book is valid but Miss
Burch has tried to record every fact, date and
name (interspersed with a multitude of ex-
clamation points, italics and dashes) and has
ended with a jumble which sends the confused
adult running to Groves for consolation and
leaves the young utterly lost."
— Theatre Arts 30:744 D '46 60w
BURG IN, Ml RON. Economic aspects of Argen-
tine federalism, 1820-1852. 304p $4 Harvard
univ. press
330 982 Argentina — Economic conditions.
Argentina — Politics and government
A46-3762
"The opening chapter sets forth the ways
in which the mercantilist and protectionist char-
acter of the Spanish colonial system contri-
buted to the economic prosperity of the prov-
inces of the interior and militated against such
development in the province of Buenos Aires.
The remainder of the book explains why the
economic development of post-revolutionary
Argentina was characterized by a shift of the
economic center of gravity from the interior
to the sea-coast, leaving Argentine politics a
contest between Buenos Aires and the in-
terior." Am Pol Sci R
"A valuable contribution to the all too Inade-
quate literature in English on Latin American
political science." W. M. Gibson
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1021 O '46 230w
Reviewed by Walter Hausdorfer
Library J 70:1189 D 15 '45 90w
"Emphasis in this book is placed on eco-
nomic and financial developments in Buenos
Aires; more needs to be done with respect to
the other Argentine provinces."
U S Quarterly Bk! 2:298 D '46 220w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BURKE, KENNETH. Grammar of motives.
530p $6 Prentice-Hall
191.9 Reasoning. Knowledge* Theory of.
Thought and thinking. Semantic* 45-10249
"First volume of a projected three- volume
work (Grammar, Rhetoric, Symbolic) intended
to foster linguistic skepticism and linguistic ap-
preciation. Burke, a literary critic, here ana-
lyzes materials from metaphysics, theology and
political writing which illustrate interpretations
of human motives. Major section examines
vocabularies of Aristotle, Hobbes, Spinoza,
Berkeley. Kant, Marx and Santayana in rela-
tion to the author's suggested terminology:
Act, Agent, Scene, Agency, Purpose." Library J
Reviewed by 8. I. Hayakawa
Book Week p4 F 17 '46 950w
"His snug fitting of the world's philosophies
into his pentad is brilliantly done, and as
delightful as a child's game: the red bricks
into the red box, the blue into the blue. . .
Luckily, Mr. Burke falls under his own defini-
tion of a tyro: he has a great deal to say
about something." Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 44:120 My 17 '46 1950w
Current Hist 10:267 Mr '46 80w
Kirkus 13:483 N 1 '45 170w
"A difficult work, technical, abstract, Incon-
clusive; but likely to reward those who will
follow this agile and quizzical mind." H. W.
Hart
Library J 70:1134 D 1 '45 140w
"Kenneth Burke' s 'A Grammar of Motives'
is the first work of a trilogy, to be followed by
'Rhetoric of Motives' and 'Symbolic of Motives.'
The series may be regarded as a detailed min-
ing of the territory staked out in the earlier
'Permanence and Change.' It is the same
Burke with the same quest and the same
strategy, as baffling, as inconclusive, as pene-
trating, as rewarding as ever, working on the
largest and most important Job of criticism
that is being done among us." Charles Morris
-f- Nation 163:106 Jl 27 '46 950w
Reviewed by J. C. Ransom
New Repub 114:257 F 18 '46 1800w
" 'A Grammar of Motives' is difficult reading.
Burke seems fearful of talking down to his
readers with simplified style and vocabulary.
This reader, for one, confesses to bogging down
in several parts of the sections called 'Ways
of Placement' and 'On Dialect.' Integrating
summaries at the ends of major sections would
help. But It is a profound and provocative
book, with many flashing insights. It will prove
most rewarding to persons keenly interested in
Philosophy, linguistics and literary criticism.'
. S. Sargent
N Y Times p23 Ag 4 '46 850w
Reviewed by F. C. Qolfflng
Poetry 67:338 Mr '46 850w
"This work, the first of a projected trilogy
on human relations, is an original contribu-
tion in a field whose limits are hard to define.
It will, however, appeal only to the reader
who i* prepared to follow much closely rea-
soned philosophical argument."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:4 Mr '46 320w
"The whole essay is an attack, at the same
time massive and subtle, against crude logic,
unchallenged 'eternal verities,' single keys to
the problems of the universe, ultimate motiva-
tions, or 'God- words.' This grammar must be
considered as an elaborate warning, not as a
guide. Perhaps the other two volumes will give
us Kenneth Burke' a 'God-words/ " Albert
Guerard
-f Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 10 '46
BURKE, RICHARD. The fourth star; a Quinny
Kite mystery. 265p $2 Curl
46-6625
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 S 8 '46 140w
"Quinny is, as always, a Runyonesaue de-
light; but his latest exploit seems to have been
written and edited with careless haste,"
Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 S 15 '46
50w
BURKE, RICHARD. Reluctant hussy, 336p
$2.75 Curl
46-4852
California in 1904 is the scene of this novel.
The heroine, Just out of high school, decides
she will save her father's mine for him by
posing as a dangerous woman. She is both
tactful and successful.
Kirkus 14:226 My 15 '46 170w
"The innocent worldliness of the era is re-
flected in the author's winking asides and vio-
lent double-takes. His prose style, designed
only to keep the plot boiling on the fires of
misunderstanding, is wordily facetious. And
while the characterization may not be subtle,
it has been thoughtfully designed to afford fat
type parts to every star on the MGM lot from
Lionel Barrymore to Judy Garland." Mary
McGrory
N Y Times plO Je 16 '46 270w
"It's a fine kettle of flsh that spills all over
the stove. Mr. Burke gets the flsh back in the
pan and does them up brown in this 'light-
hearted tale of San Francisco.' " J. V.
San Francisco Chronicle pl7 Ag 11 '46
150w
BURLINGAME, ROGER. Of making many
books; a hundred years of reading, writing
and publishing. 347p $3.75 Scribner
655.4747 Authors and publishers. Publishers
and publishing1. Scribner, flrm, publishers.
New York 46-8389
In celebration of the hundredth anniversary
of the publishing: house of Charles Scribner's
Sons, the author has dipped into the firm's
almost complete flies of correspondence with its
authors and presents here a picture of a great
publishing house. "This is his book, based on
his personal knowledge and on material gleaned
from the files. Since this was to be a picture
of the past, it was agreed that the use of
letters should be limited to those of authors
who were no longer living. In the few cases
where living authors are mentioned or Quoted,
the subject under discussion would have been
inadequately treated without their inclusion."
(Publisher's note) Index.
"This is the story of Scribner's bookmaking
for one hundred years, a story which Roger
Burlingame, with access to a fascinating cor-
respondence, has told so congenially and so
fairly that I would wish the book in the hands
of every beginning writer and as a source In
our schools of journalism." Edward Weeks
4- Atlantic 178:146 D '46 200w
Booklist 43:151 Ja 15 '47
"For the general reader, it is perhaps as
well that Mr. Buriingame has made his book
what it is — chatty and personal. The student
of bookmaking can, after all, find the more
recondite material elsewhere." D. S.
Christian Science Monitor plS N 23 '46
650w
"One finishes reading what Mr. Burlingame
has written with a feeling of gratitude. Any
business which has had a history of a hundred
years inevitably must have made mistakes,
and Mr. Burlingame does not try to conceal
this — he tells with some wit, for instance, how
the house missed its chance to publish Emily
Dickinson. But no matter how many mistakes
may have been made, no matter how much
stuffiness may have been shown, one comes
away with a feeling that one has been reading
about four generations of honorable people
honestly seeking to make a contribution to
something more than their own pocketbooks."
H. L. Blnsse
-f Commonweal 45:232 D 13 '46 HOOw
"I think it is not arguable to say that Mr.
Burlingame's volume is one of the more realistic
approaches to the vexed problem of merchandis-
ing genius. I wish other leading publishing
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houses would follow the lead of Scribner. If we
had access to more data of this kind, our
understanding: of literary history would be
better, our training of authors would be more
responsible, and our notions of the way art is
channelized to the public would be vastly Im-
proved." H. M. Jones
+ N Y Times p4 O 27 '46 2700w
Reviewed by Arthur Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p20 D I '46
300w
Reviewed by P. B. Adams
Sat R of Lit 29:20 N 30 '46 650w
"The fascination of this book lies in scores
of quotations from correspondence between
Scribner's and its authors, proving how inti-
mately their fortunes are allied. The Scribner
sun was surrounded by a constellation of bright
stars, and what attracts the admiration of a
publisher is the fixity of that sun and the
regularity of the orbit of its planets. . . Best-
sellers leave a hot scent behind them and if you
are a hound for sales, you can pick up the trail
in a dozen places as you turn the pages of Mr.
Burlingame's pleasant book." Ellery Sedgwick
-f Weekly Book Review p7 N 3 '46 ISOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
BURN- MURDOCH, HECTOR. Church, continu-
ity and unity. 196p $3.50 Macmillan [15s Cam-
bridge]
260 Church unity. Church history [45-10017]
"The author presents the argument for the
Episcopal view of a necessity of a continuity
of orders in order to achieve unity of the
church. He holds that 'the fact of succession*
was never in doubt in the early years, though
there is no evidence that any Importance waa
attached to it. He would infer, of course, that
it was important, even though it remained for
later generations to discover how essential it
was to the 'organic* life, and consequently to
the unity, of the church. The conclusion is that
'a unanimous and loyal acceptance of the
ancient outward organism of the church [i.e.,
episcopal continuity and ordination] is possible
without requiring it to be an article of doctrinal
belief,' and that unity is possible only by such
acceptance. In other words, it is not essential
that there should be general belief that epis-
copal continuity is essential; it is only es-
sential that it shall exist." (Christian Century)
Index.
"The publisher's note tells us that this 'is a
new approach and a new contribution to the
still unresolved problem of Christian disunity.'
Actually it is but another presentation of the
Via Media of Newman without its depth, power,
or logical consistency." E. M. Burke
Cath World 162:281 D '45 500w
Christian Century 62:1385 D 12 '45 140w
"The book is extremely well -written, and
merits the attention of historical scholars." F.
J. Moore »
-f Churchman 160:15 Mr 15 '46 360w
Reviewed by M. M. Deems
J Religion 28:223 Jl '46 600w
Times [London] Lit Sup p601 O 20 '45
550w
BURNET, FRANK MACFARLANE. Virus as
organism; evolutionary and ecological aspects
of some human virus diseases. 134p $2 Har-
vard univ. press
616.01 Virus diseases. Infection and infec-
tious diseases A45-4844
"Deliberately eschewing the physico-chemical
approach . . . the author of this small volume
considers virus from a strictly biological view-
point. Regarding viruses as degenerate organ*
isms, probably from bacteria, and simplified in
extreme cases practically to single molecules,
he traces virus evolution and relationships.
Variation is interpreted in terms of mutation
and survival power of the different strains in
varying ecological conditions. A penetrating
analysis of host-parasite relationship leads to
an understanding: of the virulence of virus, of
occasional flare-ups, of the epidemiological
character of virus disease, of the age and other
factors affecting incidence in man and animals,
and of some future changes which may be
anticipated in particular virus diseases. Sepa-
rate chapters are devoted to herpes simplex,
poliomyelitis, the psittacosis group, the small-
pox group, yellow fever, and influenza." U S
Quarterly Bkl
"The book is provocative, since the author
has frankly permitted himself the privilege of
indulging freely In theory; for this reason the
reader must guard against factual acceptance
of all the ideas expressed. It serves, however,
an important function in seeking to concentrate
attention upon the broad concepts of epidemic
disease in terms of the agent involved rather
than in minutiae which at present are difficult
to interpret. It is highly recommended reading."
Thomas Francis
+ Am J Pub Health 36:188 P '46 320w
"While considerable fact and evidence is
presented, the author paints an overall picture
intelligible to all biologists and physicians."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 1:56 D '45 200w
BURNETT, WILLIAM RILEY. Romelle. 253p
46-6627
Roma Smith, known as Romelle La Rue, the
singer, to the habitues of a cheap cafe", meets
and falls in love with a mysterious young man
who claims to be a member of a fine old South-
ern family. After their marriage Romelle learns
little by little the truth about her husband's
past but when she is given a chance to save
herself from the disaster that overtakes him,
she chooses to remain at his side.
Kirkus 14:353 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"The Bluebeard pattern, as such, is an ac-
ceptable vehicle for melodrama; it demands
only that the terror lurking just outside be
real — and that it will seem worth waiting for
when it actually appears. Mr. Burnett's diffi-
culty lies in the fact that his audience gets too
many peeps through the cracks in his d4cor,
too many telegraphed punches, and far too
much supine writhing on the part of his
heroine. The audience has guessed the nature
of her husband's racket long before Romelle;
from that point on, the an tl -climax is as con-
stant as the fog that always comes drifting
in on cue from the barren California scenery.
James MacBride
— NY Times p22 S 15 '46 500w
"Admirers of Mr. Burnett's fast-paced, tough
stories will be grieved to learn that this one
is neither fast nor particularly tough."
New Yorker 22:109 S 14 '46 W)w
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 O 20 '46
80w
"It's one of those narratives of contrived ten-
sion and fear, clarified by confession. The
climax, it must be admitted, lets you down."
George Conrad
Weekly Book Review plO S 15 '46 3SOw
BURNEY, CHRISTOPHER. Dungeon democ-
racy. 164p $2 Duell [6s Heinemann]
940.54724S Concentration camps. World war,
1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, German
46-4664
A description of the organization and daily
life of the notorious Buchenwald concentra-
tion camp, by an English officer who was in-
terned there for fifteen months. In an appen-
dix he discusses the social destiny of Europe
as foreseen in this horrible backwater. No
index.
"The author's conclusions suffer from the
fact that he bases them on the great English
assumption, namely, that England and Amer-
ica must carry 'the white man's burden.* But
as a reminder of the extent to which the war
has poisoned the wellsprings of human good-
ness, this book should be read." Emmett
Dedmon
•f — Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 270w
"There is neither charity nor tolerance here.
Why publish such a book? It seems neither
creditable nor warranted."
— Kirkus 14:87 F 15 '46 150w
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BURNEY, CHRISTOPHER-— Continued
"The individual is rare who can write of
such experience with clarity and objectivity.
Dungeon Democracy is second-rate reporting
and third- rate writing." Scott Adams
— Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 130w
" 'The Dung-eon Democracy* is an attempt to
analyze the illness of our time. The result is
one of the most remarkable books of the year."
Shepard Stone
N Y Times p6 S 8 '46 1550w
4 'This is a painful tale, one that has been
only hinted at in other books. The author
shows that victims of the Komsentrationslager
system, by intent, were crippled morally as
well as physically, so that in their agony they
turned on each other and sank to the level of
their tormentors. An unpretty book, but one
that should certainly be read."
New Yorker 22:90 Ap 27 '46 120w
"This book is poorly written. It shows many
signs of incomplete information, historical and
otherwise. Surely some readers will also be
annoyed by what they are not unlikely to call
the British condescension of its author. Yet
'The Dungeon Democracy' — a book 'at once
wise and ignorant,' as Rebecca "West has
called it — is one of the most important, if one
of the most saddening, post-Hitler publica-
tions. . . The bulk of 'The Dungeon Democ-
racy* deals with an aspect of Buchenwald's
domestic affairs which has thus far been un-
known. It all but destroys the myth of any-
thing resembling a comradely spirit prevailing
among concentration camp inmates." Robert
Pick
H Sat R of Lit 24:25 Ap 20 '46 1350w
" 'The Dungeon Democracy' is not a horror
book. [The author] has been anxious not to
seem to pander to the love of morbid sensation,
and in any case he knows that the foulest
abominations at Buchenwald were perpetrated
in the earliest years of its existence, from 1936
onwards. . . Mr. Burney is determined to avoid
any show of passion in himself, since passion
distorts. If, in spite of that determination, he
exhibits something of vehemence at the start,
if some of his first words are not quite so well
chosen as they might be, the reasons are
only too intelligible. Buchenwald, it is beyond
doubt, has left an ineffaceable mark upon his
view of men and society."
Times [London] Lit Sup p580 D 8 '45
650w
"Mr. Burney is a poor reporter; he indulges
in generalities, he gives opinions where one
should present facts; and when he gives facts,
they are often wide of the mark. Yet, his re-
port on Buchenwald gives an interesting insight
into an English officer's reaction to Nazi bar-
barism." Stefan Lorant
— -f Weekly Book Review p8 Agr 18 '46
1260w
BURNS, ARTHUR FRANK, and MITCHELL,
WESLEY CLAIR. Measuring business cycles.
560p $5 Nat. bur. of economic research
338.54 Business cycles 46-6004
"The present volume is the long-promised
sequel to Wesley C. Mitchell's Business Cycles:
The Problem and Its Setting, 1927. An inte-
gral part of the comprehensive studies of busi-
ness cycles by the National Bureau of Eco-
nomic Research, Measuring Business Cycles
prepares the way for more detailed and more
specialized monographs to be published later.
It can, however, be read profitably without
reference to the other related works." U S
Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 70w
"Students of business cycles will find here
valuable materials relating to turning points
of cycles, the duration of the various phases
of cycles, the amplitudes of cyclical fluctua-
tions, and the behavior of individual series
during the various phases of cycles. The value
of the work is much enhanced by numerous
tables and charts."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:299 D '46 260w
BURPEE, LAWRENCE JOHNSTONE. Discov-
ery of Canada; drawn end papers by James
Sim. 280p $3 (12s 6d) Macmillan
971.011 Canada— History [45-7479]
Brief, popular sketches of the men who dis-
covered and explored Canada from the days of
Leif Ericson to Amundsen and Stefansson. The
materials are grouped under four heads (1) The
valley of the St Lawrence, (2) Hudson Bay and
the plains, (3) The Pacific slope, and (4) The
far north. Partial contents: Leif Ericson; John
Cabot; Samuel Champlain: Henry Hudson; Da-
vid Thompson; James Cook; George Vancouver;
Alexander Mackenzie; Samuel Hearne; Explor-
ing the Arctic; Robert Campbell; The Arctic
Islands.
Bookmark 7:12 Mr '46
"The method Dr. Burpee has adopted has, of
course, its drawbacks. It means that he has to
side-step deliberately nearly all of the most in-
teresting- problems that the story of Canadian
exploration presents — such as the location of
Vinland, the place of Cabot's landfall, the
course of Raaisson's explorations, and the
identity of the sons of La Verendrye, to men-
tion only a few. But he makes up for these
omissions by printing at the back of his book
an admirable oibliography, for those who wish
to go into any phase of the subject more thor-
oughly; and he prints also as a sort of appendix
a useful series of 'biographical notes,' giving a
brief account of the lives of the chief explor-
ers mentioned in the book. There is an excel-
lent map illustrating the exploration of Canada,
printed on the end papers; and there is a full
and satisfactory index." W. S. Wallace
+ Canadian Hist R 27:62 Mr '46 270w
"Lawrence J. Burpee for several active dec-
ades has been one of the most eminent leaders
in the study of Canadian history and geog-
raphy, and he remembered that in his own
school days what proved to be his great
interests had seemed distinctly uninteresting.
This present volume is written to rehabilitate
first Canadian history and present the story
again for general knowledge and spontaneous
attraction. . . The reader can be glad indeed
to have the material so well and straight-
forwardly given to him." Philip Burnham
-f- Commonweal 44:100 My 10 '46 600w
"The style is simple and straightforward, the
type large, the subject picturesque. Though
addressed to adult readers, it is also a very
suitable book for a school library. There is a
useful collection of short biographies in an
appendix. The maps are hardly adequate."
Times [London] Lit Sup p411 Ag 31 '46
800w
"Discovery and exploration is a fascinating
subject, and Mr. Burpee has made an interest-
ing, competent and authoritative book, includ-
ing many biographical sketches and an im-
mense bibliography." S. H. Hoi brook
+ Weekly Book Review p26 F 24 '46 320w
Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
BURROUGHS, BETTY, ed. Vasari's Lives of
the artists. See Vasari, G.
BURTON, ELI FRANKLIN, and KOHL, WAL-
TER HEINRICH. Electron microscope; an
introduction to its fundamental principles and
applications; drawings by Dorothy Stone. 2d
ed 325p il $5 Reinhold
578.1 Electron microscope 46-2069
'The present edition contains nearly one hun-
dred pages more material than the 1942 edition
[Book Review Digest, 1942]. Besides extensive
textual revision, many excellent reproductions
of micro-photographs nave been added. Also in-
cluded is a noteworthy bibliography of some
five hundred twenty entries on electron mi-
croscopy, which, minus a few recently added
references, first appeared in the August, 1944,
issue of the Journal of applied physics. The
work is introductory, as its title indicates. It
is useful chiefly to lay readers with some
background in science, and to scientists inter-
ested in the uses and manipulation of the
electronic microscope but who are not special-
ists in electron optics." N Y New Tech Bks
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
113
"The book is written much like a general
science book for college freshmen, but since
it is directed toward a specialized subject, it
probably will not find much use as a text. In-
deed, the reviewer wonders if any substantial
group of people, including those particularly
interested in the electron microscope, can make
effective use of the book." F. T. "Wall
Chem & Eng N 24:1444 My 25 '46 450w
Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 llOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
" 'The Electron Microscope,' a new edition
of a book flrst published in 1942. is a consider-
able improvement over its earlier incarnation.
The material has been considerably rearranged
and some of the topics covered before have
been omitted as of insufficient general interest
for an introductory work." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
150w
BURTON, MRS KATHERINE (KURZ). Ac-
cording to the pattern; the story of Dr.
Agnes McLaren and the Society of Catholic
medical missionaries. 252p $2.50 Longmans
B or 92 McLaren, Agnes. Society of Cath-
olic medical missionaries. Dengel, Anna
46-989
The life story of Agnes McLaren, born a
Scotch Presbyterian in 1837, who became a
doctor in her forties, was converted to Roman
Catholicism at sixty, and dreamed of the estab-
lishment of an order of nuns to minister as
medical missionaries to the women of India.
She died in 1913, but another woman, Anna
Dengel, took up Dr McLaren's dream, and
made it come true. Bibliography. Index.
"Perhaps because of the bleak style in which
the story is told, it makes more horrifying
reading than did 'Mother India' some years
ago." Eddie Doherty
Book Week p3 F 24 '46 SOOw
"Mrs. Burton writes with her usual facility
of style and her book makes interesting and
inspiring reading." B. L. Conway
•f Cath World 163:89 Ap '46 430w
"At first I found 'According to the Pattern'
disappointing. The figures moved through the
pages stiffly — even such a colorful figure as
Dr. McLaren. It was only as the idea itself
began to take shape that human personalities
appeared in their true importance, or unim-
portance. Instead of circumstances moulding
the individual, here the individuals were them-
selves the circumstances; it was the idea which
took on color and vibrant life; which grew
and flexed until the very canon law of the
Church could no longer check its headlong
strength. . . Katherine Burton already is well
known for her biographies of Catholic contem-
poraries. In 'According to the Pattern* she
has written well. Quietly, with emphasis by
understatement, she has let her subject speak
for itself. This is a book that anyone will
enjoy, and profit by enjoying." L. J. Trese
-f Commonweal 43:606 Mr 29 '46 350w
"A well- told account of an unusual woman,
all too little known."
-f Kirkus 14:98 F 15 '46 260w
Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 10 '46
200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
BURTON, MILES. Accidents do happen [Eng
title: Early morning murder]. 223p $2 Double-
day- [8s 6d Collins]
46-306
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 llOw
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
Kirkus 13:499 N 15 '45 60w
"The plot is ingenious and quite unusual."
Isaac Anderson
•f N Y Times p35 Ja 27 '46 200w
— Sat R of Lit 29:28 F 2 '46 40w
"It's honest detection without any synthetic
science. Desmond Merrion, late of Admiralty
Intelligence, answers all questions after mighty
sleuthing and some talk about coincidences in
real life. He's one of the better thinkers."
Will Cuppy
+ We
eekly Book Review p24 Ja 27 '46
350w
BURTON, RUTH GUTHRIE (THOMSON)
HARDING (MRS RICHARD BURTON).
Three parts Scotch; an informal autobiog-
raphy. 288p $2.50 Bobbs
B or 92 46-6186
An "informal autobiography" of an American
poetess, lecturer and writer on poetics, the
widow of the late Professor Richard Burton.
The memoirs cover the whole span of life from
a childhood in a small Pennsylvania town in
the 1880s to the present. Included are many
anecdotes of the great and near great Mrs
Burton has known, Sinclair Lewis, Ambrose
Bierce, William Gillette, and others.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p4 Ag 11 '46 340w
Kirkus 14:314 Jl 1 '46 150w
"It is as a whole refreshing and entertaining
reading, although a little slow in getting under
way. The early reminiscences of childhood
might well have been omitted." R. M. Morgan
_| Sprlngf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 240w
"To produce an eminently readable auto-
biography one need not be personally eminent.
Mrs. Richard Burton, born Ruth Guthrie
Thomson in Tunkhannock, Pa., provides people
who have reached the status of memoir-read-
ers with a book to bring out those sudden hoots
of joy that mean something will be read aloud.
Nothing told is of transcendent importance. . ,
But every one in the book, from Ambrose
Bierce, who comes in at full length In action,
to the least Hungarian cook, enters at a mo-
ment when he is grand good company." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 S 22 '46 400w
BUSCH, NIVEN. Day of the conquerors. 276p
$2.50 Harper
46-4660
A Pacific news correspondent, Mark Gregory,
returns to San Francisco on V-J day. He has
suspected his wife of unfaithfulness, and when
he cannot locate her he tortures himself with
jealousy. Finally the truth of her perversion
dawns on him, and Mark meets the situation
sensibly and goes on to care for their small
son. But during the course of the hours of
torture and confusion, the day of victory has
been pictured as it affected a number of
people.
"A feeling for contrasts, for complex in-
dividual problems, for types of civilians and
military, gives this a sophisticated approach
to what might have been sensational material.
Swift, dramatic, sure flre renter."
-f Kirkus 14:154 Ap 1 '46 200w
"Vitriolic and disturbing. Suggestive of John
O'Hara in content and treatment. Cautious
purchase after careful examination indicated."
R. B. Kingery
Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 90w
"As a journalist Mr. Busch is interested in
public events, their reportage and interpreta-
tion. As a journalist-novelist his aim is to
record the 'private meeting of public events,'
but he sees his characters as manifestations
rather than individuals and his action as facts
rather than motivated drama. In combina-
tion, these skills manufacture a rough sketch
of a story interpolated with editorial comments
which bear the relation to the narrative of the
caption to the photograph. This convertible
hybrid, designed for immediate publication and
eventual screening, we call', at the moment,
for lack of a better word or a better product,
the novel." John Farrelly
N Y Times p!4 Je 2 '46 700w
"A discerning, if not profound, picture of
Americans at an important moment of history,
by a writer with a lucid style and a nice satiric
touch."
New Yorker 22:93 Je 1 '46 80w
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BUSCH, NIVEN — Continued
" 'Day of the Conquerors' has one good story
and contains excellent reporting: of scenes of
celebration and violence In the streets and
parks of San Francisco but, though it makes
gestures In that direction, it carries no full
realization of V-J Day and its possible signi-
ficances/' J. P. Wood
h Sat R of Lit 29:17 Je 15 '46 850w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46
300w
Time 47:108 Je 3 '46 480w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!3 Jl 14 '46 400w
BUSH, MRS MARGARET, ed. Gilbert and Sulli-
van songs for young people. See Gilbert. W.
S.
BUSH, VANNEVAR. Endless horizons; Introd.
by Prank B. Jewett. 182p $2.50 Am. council on
public affairs
604 Science. Technology 46-1568
"Papers, reports, and speeches by the emi-
nent engineer and scientist who headed the
Office of Scientific Research and Development
during the war and has been one of the fore-
most advisers to the administration on atomic
matters. Dr. Bush ranges from war on disease
to control of atomic energy." New Yorker
Reviewed by H. S. Harned
Ann Am Acad 246:172 Jl '46 450w
Reviewed by Rufus Oldenburger
Book Week p!6 Mr 31 '46 600w
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Reviewed by S. G. Cole
Christian Century 63:1470 D 4 '46
lOOOw
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 27
•46 90w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Reviewed by K. F. Her zf eld
Commonweal 44:556 S 20 '46 400w
Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
New Repub 114:454 Ap 1 '46 240w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:12 Ja '46
"The student who is interested in what is
called 'the social impact of science' will find
good stuff in this collection of articles. He may
not agree with Dr. Bush's social point of view,
but he will be provided with fine material for
his own cogitations." Waldemar Kaernpffert
H NY Times p26 Mr 17 '46 900w
"If Dr. Bush does not always dig very deeply
(after all, some of the most important of these
reports were made to congressmen), he states
his position very plainly: that a free and peace-
ful world can be maintained only If there is
free international exchange of scientific knowl-
edge and ideas."
-j- New Yorker 22:102 Mr 16 '46 120w
School & Society 63:175 Mr 9 '46 30w
"The publication in book form of otherwise
scattered articles makes this extremely valu-
able material readily available in relatively
permanent form."
+ Scientific Bk Club R p3 Ap '46 400w
Social Studies 37:240 My '46 40w
Reviewed by B. C. Gruenberg
Survey G 36:229 Je '46 700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:155 Je '46 200w
Reviewed by Gerald Wendt
Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 24 '46
"Now that Congress is wrestling with the
mighty problem of Just what part government
should play in furthering the beneficent and
checking the baneful results of scientific re-
search, 'Endless Horizons' is a particularly
timely publication. With its sound and long-
range suggestions on both ends and means, it
is a valuable document for politician and lay-
man alike." J. H. Bradley
•f Yale R n a 35:729 summer '46 850w
BUSS, TRUMAN C. Simplified architectural
drawing, with examples and graded prob-
lems. 268p 11 $4.76 Am. tech. soc.
744.42 Architectural drawing 46-2276
"Written to fill a gap between instruction in
mechanical drawing and that in architectural
design. Principles and methods Involved In
architectural practice. General scope of book
is techniques involving equipment, supplies,
lettering and graphic procedures; working
drawings and construction including specifica-
tions, etc. and excellent chart on symbols of
materials. Display drawings and problems. For
text or general study. Supplementary reading.
Well illustrated." (Library J) Index
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:6 Ja '46
BUTCHER, HARRY CECIL. My three years
with Eisenhower; the personal diary of [the
author] naval aide to General Eisenhower,
1942 to 1945. 911p il maps $5 Simon & Schuster
940.542 World war, 1939-1945. World war,
1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American.
Eisenhower, Dwight David 46-3000
"The day -by -day diary of things both per-
sonal and military by the Naval aide and friend
of General Ike. It begins with Eisenhower's as-
signment in 1942 as commander of the U.S.
forces in the European theatre of operations
and ends with his triumphal journey home after
V-E day. This warm and friendly portrait of
a great man in a world crisis, balances Inger-
soll's critical view in Top Secret." (Booklist)
Index.
"An unconscionably long book which lacks a
sense of proportion, is slipshod in reporting the
vitally important, and exasperatingly detailed
in reporting the trivial. A historian using this
book will do a good deal of intellectual placer
mining, sorting an enormous amount of sand
for a relatively few nuggets. . . On the other
hand, the volume will have to be used with the
utmost caution. To begin with, it is not a true
diary. There were a good many consecutive
days when no entries were made; an attempt
was made later to supply some of the missing
entries from memory, from correspondence, and
from documentary records. These ex post facto
entries are of doubtful value and authenticity. . .
The diary itself is a curious combination of
Pepys, Boswell, and Walter Winchell. Caveat
emptor." E. M. Earle
~ Am Hist R 51:689 Jl '46 1300w
"Mr. Butcher would not have been the au-
thor of this book had he not been a great
admirer, almost an idolater, of Eisenhower;
but the fact that he was these things limits
the book's usefulness as history, however en-
tertaining It may be as a diary. You will come
away from these pages with a genuine affec-
tion for both the Supreme Commander and
Mr. Butcher, but you will not know the full
story of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expedi-
tionary Forces (SHAEF)." E. M. Earle
Atlantic 177:162 Je '46 1500w
"The charm of the diary lies in its infor-
mality. The brass hats will think that the
book will do Gen. Eisenhower no good be-
cause it shows him in his relaxed moments
with his dignity forgotten. Such critics don't
know us Americans very well. . . 'My Three
Years with Eisenhower' is worth $5 of any-
body's money." Quentin Reynolds
-f Book Week pi Ap 28 '46 HOOw
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
"The whole book bears witness to Captain
Butcher's fine powers of observation, to his
organizing ability, to his discretion. Of Its 900
pages, not one is uninteresting; and as a source
of supplementary information about the political
and military history of World War II, it pos-
sesses permanent unique value." Joseph Mc-
Sorley
-f Cath World 163:371 Jl '46 560w
"Few readers will have sufficient inside in-
formation to remain unimpressed with this
frank, unpretentious, faithful chronicle of both
momentous and trivial events in the topmost
echelon of the Allied military and diplomatic
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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hierarchy. But. primarily, this is a book about
a simple, smiling-faced man who was raised
in Kansas and did not expect to lead the war
against the Axis — but who proved eminently
gifted for the Job. . . All in all, the reader gets
the impression that the man Eisenhower was
more than a good general — even more than a
good general and diplomat." H. S. Hayward
-h Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 25
'46 700w
"Captain Butcher's narrative is generously
weighted all along the line with international
wartime bric-a-brac, and there is considerable
information on that relatively new dimension
in history known as public relations. The Cap-
tain and General Eisenhower are keen students
of the public relations facts of life and became
very adept at glancing: back to see how the
war was being relayed to the public through
their unanointed ministers of the press and
radio. There has been an excellent choice of
photographs for the book and a useful monthly
summary of the progress of the war In both
theaters has been included. The only thing that
annoyed me at all was Captain Butcher's occa-
sional tendency toward cuteness, rather sur-
prising in a full grown naval reserve officer."
John Broderick
-| Commonweal 44:144 My 24 '46 2000w
Klrkus 14:83 P 15 '46 320w
"Full running account, colorful, gripping,
thrilling — mostly crescendos. . . Consciously
written for posterity." A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:583 Ap 15 '46 140w
"Butcher's record corrects the melodramatic
oversimplifications of the Ingersoll book. It
demonstrates amply that SHAEP had other
functions than providing expensive settings
for brass; it gives quite a different and cer-
tainly more authentic picture of the relations
between Eisenhower and Bradley; and it makes
abundantly clear that Ingersoll's sketch of
Eisenhower as a British stooge is hardly Just.
Eisenhower, though the central figure, never
quite emerges as a person from Butcher's
muzzy pages. Yet any light on the man who
is going to be so important in this country
for the next few years is of absorbing in-
terest." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
H Nation 162:629 My 25 '46 1550w
Reviewed by W. H. Hale
New Repub 114:664 My 6 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by R. H. S. Grossman
New Statesman & Nation 32:250 O 5
'46 1600w
" 'My Three Years With Eisenhower* is the
first major book about the European phase of
the war by one of the higher-echelon partici-
pants. It is not Eisenhower's book; from him —
when he gets time to write it — we can expect
more of the stuff of history, more of the stra-
tegical and tactical, than this book contains.
This volume's chief value lies in the light It
throws upon Eisenhower the man, in good
humor and in bad, under stress and strain
and in periods of calm, rubbing shoulders with
GI's and royalty. . . Despite its faults 'My
Three Years With Eisenhower' is the raw ma-
terial, particularly the 4human interest' raw
material, of a great epoch in history." H. W.
Baldwin
-| NY Times pi Ap 28 '46 ISOOw
Reviewed by C. J. Liebling
New Yorker 22:80 Ap 27 '46 2200w
"This book is not a military biography in the
tradition of Henderson and Freeman. It is not
a history of our greatest campaign. It is just
what its title says, and no more: the diary
of a man who spent three years in close asso-
ciation with America's greatest captain of
armies during the time when he established his
right to that proud preeminence. As such, it is
invaluable to the further biographer and his-
torian who will, in the fullness of time, produce
the careful, patient, reflective works which will
record General Eisenhower's life and victories.
And as such it is likewise Invaluable to the
reader of today as a faithful picture of the
man to whom we all owe so much. As we read
it, we will be grateful that it was written by
a first-class reporter, and that such a reporter
had the unique opportunities afforded to Cap-
tain Butcher." G. P. Eltot
4- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ap 27 '46 HOOw
"The. Supreme Commander's theory, if not
always effective in practice, came very near to
achievement, and largely as a result of his own
example. Captain Butcher seems to have been
a brilliant pupil; for, although full of the
frankest opinions on matters of the day, written
originally without thought of subsequent pub-
lication, his diary is remarkably fair to the
British and Russians and only slightly less so
to the French. . . When all is said, there are
many things of interest and historical value
hidden away in this book among the gossip
and trivialities, which are themselves some-
times entertaining." G. P. Griggs
H Spec 177:318 S 27 '46 700w
"The document is incomparable as a source
for formal historians, presenting any amount
of first-hand information and on-the-spot facts
to which no one else could have had access.
While there's a sense of tension, of waiting for
momentous events with unpredictable results,
the reader is always conscious of Capt Butch-
er's own blithe spirit and unfailing sense of hu-
mor— the light touch, the offhand manner,
though the style is Jerky and disjointed and
you have to get used to a sort of code lan-
full of special words and names." D.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46
900w
"My Three Years is good-natured, modest,
knowledgeable reporting. . . Ike Eisenhower
can be grateful to his old friend & aide
for an assignment well done."
+ Time 47:102 My 6 '46 650w
Times [London] Lit Sup p460 S 28 '46
1350w
"There is about this diary a frankness and
informality which Is refreshing, but there Is
reflected at the same time a lack of awareness
of basic issues. It would have been interesting
had the author seen fit to illuminate the con-
siderations that were involved in arriving at
vital and fatal decisions, rather than to devote
so much space to the comings and goings of
V. I. P.'s, the playing of poker and the con-
sumption of alcohol. These were understandable
and enjoyable forms of relaxation, but it may
be doubted that they contributed materially to
the conduct of the war. The diary contains a
considerable amount of unpublished material.
There are many revealing glimpses of Allied
commanders. The boldness and tne bombast of
Patton is there. So, too, is the whimsical, civil-
ized humor of Tedder. Captain Butcher reveals
that Eisenhower was, from the beginning, op-
posed to unconditional surrender. Butcher's re-
porting of the friction between Montgomery and
Elsenhower is impeccable, and even the British
are unlikely to object. . . The diary also con-
tains a great deal of trivia which is interesting
and amusing to those of us who were occa-
sionally admitted behind the scenes." B. R.
Murrow
-| Weekly Book Review pi Ap 28 '46
1700w
"A thoroughly attractive, very human, ador-
ing rather than critical portrait of the Supreme
Commander at work and play. Although this
is enough to give the book a certain modest
stature in the memorabilia of the war, it is
difficult to credit it with anything more. As the
story and the author made the loag Journey
from a London apartment to the red school
house at Rheims, the reader senses something
of the atmosphere of that unique High Com-
mand, SHAEF, and something of the incred-
ible variety of problems, faced by the Supreme
Commander. But Butcher was of necessity
always 'in the background', and lacked direct
or constant contact with the greater part of the
work being done. Thus the narrative, while It
contains an occasional revelation on the genesis
of the North African policy or the ill-fated
Anzio diversion remains too sketchy to be any-
thing more than an informal portrait of a great
general and his headquarters." T. C. Menden-
H Yale R n s 35:743 summer '46 lOOOw
BUTLER, QEORQK PAUL. ed. Best sermons.
1946 [covering Easter 1944 to Sept. 1945].
<V2) 324p $2.75 Harper
252 Sermons (44-51581)
Out of 5,674 manuscripts submitted, the edi-
tor and his advisory committees chose these
52 sermons, by Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
116
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BUTLER, Q. P.— Continued
preachers, representing eighteen denominations.
Contains brief biographical sketches of each
of the clergymen represented. Index.
"This is a collection of excellent examples of
contemporary preaching by preachers of eight-
een denominations and five nations."
-f Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 70w
"Many a person will find here nuggets of
wisdom and sources of inspiration for his own
pulpit work, and as for the lay reader, I can
only say 'tolle, lege!' " K. M. Chworowsky
-f Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 180w
"Admittedly the selection gives permanency
to a good deal of distinguished preaching. And
though each will have his favorites, there is
at least enough to go around for every type
of taste, with something more to spare. It need
not be said that the theology of the volume
varies with the preacher. What the dogmatic
Christian will note in several of the sermons
is the absence of a clear cut creedal basis: their
theme is theistic rather than specifically
Christian. Of the discourses herein contained,
three set forth a Jewish and nine a Catholic
view; of these latter, five mirror the mind of
the universities and three that of the episco-
pate; so that in the main the Catholic parochial
pulpit passes without representation." H. G. J.
Beck
-f — Commonweal 44:270 Je 28 '46 150w
Reviewed by R. E. Keighton
Crozer Q 23:383 O '46 1200w
"The volume will be of interest to preachers
as giving examples of the pulpit art at its
contemporaneous best, indicating what the
pulpit has been saying to the church-going
people of America during those times. Though
sermons should be heard, not read, not many
of us can hear the great preachers, and all of
us can read these sermons."
4- Kirkus 14:496 O 1 '46 170w
N Y Times p33 Je 9 '46 270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:126 O '46
BUTLER, GERALD. Kiss the blood off my
hands. 216p $2.50 Rinehart [7s 6d Nicholson]
46-1627
"In this novel, first published in England in
1940, Gerald Butler comes just about as close
as an Englishman can to writing like James
M. Cain. 'Kiss the Blood Off My Hands' lives
up to its garish title from beginning to end.
It contains four murders (committed with
varying degrees of intent) one flogging, one
attempted rape, one case of blackmail, count-
less robberies and sluggings and more minor
infractions of the law than you can shake a
nightstick at. Naturally, the basic theme of
any such book has to be that of pursuit, or,
will the murderer get away with it?" Weekly
Book Review
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p3 Mr 10 '46 370w
"A tight narrative of recklessness, ruthless-
ness, which in its way is holding."
Kirkus 14:8 Ja '46 170w
"Mr. Butler has written three other novels,
one of which, 'Dark Rainbow,' was published
here last year and had some success. They're
both gutty books, well written, somewhat
vague in setting and character, and not char-
acteristically British. Compared with Graham
Greene, Mr. Butler's work is rather uninventive
and drab. A showdown with an American
expert like James Cain, whom Butler resem-
bles far more than he resembles Greene in
both plot -structure and intent, gives Cain a
considerable edge in pure violence. But But-
ler's books do have a style all their own."
B. V. Winebaum
-I NY Times p!4 Mr 10 '46 650w
"The book is overcrowded, and it is further
marred by a contrived ending, which, while
it might conceivably happen, sounds prepos-
terous in fiction. A very good thriller, all the
same, which just misses being a very good
-f- '—• New Yorker 22:97 Mr 23 '46 lOOw
"The writing is tight and tense, and since,
fortunately, it is a short novel, no one would
or could lay it aside until he had finished the
last sentence. Naturally, the book has not an
ounce of literary merit, and the ending is
unbelievably anticlimactic. . . But those of us
who unashamedly, never miss a Hitchcock
movie, who read mysteries for the pure enjoy-
ment of them (never apologizing that they
'relax' us), and who would honestly rather
see a new novel by Cain than one by, say,
William Faulkner, will be thankful for even
so small a favor as this." Merle Miller
Sat R of Lit 29:83 Ap 13 '46 450w
Time 47:104 Mr 4 '46 270w
"Tae .story is all recounted at such a furious
pace that the reader never notices until after-
ward the implausibility of the whole business.
The narration is too exciting, the suspense too
keen for anybody to worry much about the
verisimilitude of Mr. Butler's story while he
is reading it. It is rough, tough and unin-
hibited. Not every one will like it, but every
one will finish it." Herbert Kupferberg
-j Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 17 '46 450w
BUTLER, GERALD. Mad with much heart.
244p $2.50 Rinehart [7s 6d Jarrolds]
46-18820
A psychological thriller which involves an
idiot boy as the murderer, his blind sister who
tries to protect him, and the Scotland Yard
detective who pursues the boy thru a blinding
snowstorm and falls in love with the sister
when he reaches the lonely farmhouse where
the two live.
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p2 S 1 '46 270w
"Butler's sure touch gives to this genre of
psychopathic thriller a very direct intensity."
-f Kirkus 14:283 Je 15 '46 HOw
"Not recommended." J. M. Brittan
— Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 90w
"In describing the over-long chase sequence
that precedes the f ailing- in-love, and the over-
extended climax that comes later, when the
murderer is cornered on the snowy moor, Mr.
Butler's pen stutters like a faulty victrola
needle in its effort to out-do the familiar Hem-
ingway devices of terseness, iteration and side-
of-the-mouth philosophy. The result, to this
reader's mind, only proves once again that the
Hemingway manner is not for export." C. V.
Terry
N Y Times p!2 Ag 25 '46 500w
"Unfortunately, Mr. Butler does not make
the best of his props and the story peters out
to a sadly foolish end."
h New Yorker 22:100 S 7 '46 60w
"Many critics praise Mr. Butler's simplicity
and compassion; this minority report finds him
synthetic in both style and emotion." An-
thony Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle p!7 S 8 '46
70w
"[A] bare and sketchy outline of the plot
cannot capture the breathless black magic Mr.
Butler has breathed into his spare prose, any
more than a summary of Edgar Allan Poe's
'The Pit and the Pendulum' could let the read-
er know what a magnificent and frightening
few minutes he would forever miss unless he
read that classic short story for himself. And
there is a tenderness in Mr. Butler's story
that Poe never had, although he had greatness,
which Butler does not. . . 'Mad with Much
Heart* is heartily recommended for all those
who like almost every movie ever directed by
Alfred Hitchcock and who unashamedly have
cold chills when they listen, in the proper
atmosphere, to 'Lights Out' on the radio."
Merle Miller
4- Sat R of Lit 29:36 S 21 '46 600w
"Written in a swift, laconic style, with good
dialog and atmosphere, 'Mad With Much Heart'
is more than good horror fiction; it is a strong
love story with a deep conflict shaped about
sharply drawn characters." J. E, English
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
260w
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117
"Better than his plot and character por-
trayal is Mr. Butler's description of a man
hunt through a blinding snowstorm. It is his
ability to write clean, crisp prose which makes
the sentimental, soul-searching passages even
less palatable." Rose Feld
h Weekly Book Review p!5 S 8 '46 360w
SUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY. World today;
essays and addresses. 225p $2.50 Scrlbner
814 46-5611
With one exception these essays and ad-
dresses are of recent date. The first address,
entitled The Age in Which We Live, was de-
livered by the author in 1875, when he was
thirteen, and was graduating from high school.
The other addresses, by the president emeritus
of Columbia university, were made between
1942 and 1946, and deal in the main with pre-
sent day problems. Index.
"It is encouraging to find in this book ... a
pervading atmosphere of optimism and faith in
a better future for all the world." Emmett
Dedmon
-f Book Week p3 Jl 28 '46 140w
Booklist 43:6 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"Last year this veteran Republican delivered
a moving memorial address after the death of
President Roosevelt. He is a man who could
grow, intellectually and emotionally, after
fourscore years. These speeches are neither
tedious nor platitudinous. They reveal a cour-
ageous man laboring for the public weal as
he sees it, long after the normal age of retire-
ment." R. L. DufCus
+ N Y Times p!6 Ag 25 '46 900w
"Dr Butler's book is a characteristic and
scholarly work filled with many revealing
reminiscences that should serve as important
sidelights upon modern history, especially in
the educational field." E. A. F.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 480w
Reviewed by W. M. Houghton
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 Ag 11 '46
900w
BUTLER, PIERCE, ed. Books and libraries in
wartime. 159p $1.50 Univ. of Chicago press
940.531802 Libraries. World war, 1939-1945—
Literature and the war A46-541
Collection of lectures by authorities, all con-
sidering the "cost of war's cultural destruc-
tion." Contents: War in library history, by
Pierce Butler; New rivals of the press: film
and radio, by H. D. Lasswell; BOOKS and the
soldier, by R. L. Trautman; War and Journal-
ism, by P. S. Mowrer; War and the book trade,
by J. A. Brandt; War and the reading public,
by Leon Carnovsky; War and the academic
library, by R. A. Beals; The library and the
nation, by Archibald MacLeish. Index.
Reviewed by Arnold Rose
Am J Soc 52:87 Jl '46 800w
Reviewed by J. T Frederick
Book Week p2 F 24 '46 60w
"The reader of these stimulating chapters
wonders why they are introduced with some
note of apology. They have good reason for
being." Esther Johnston
4- Library J 71:400 Mr 15 '46 1200w
Reviewed by F. G. Melcher
Library Q 16:172 Ap '46 700w
School A Society 62:440 D 29 '45 40w
Special Libraries 37:52 F '46
Weekly Book Review p!2 My 5 '46
200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:126 O '46
BUTSCH, RUSSELL LEWIS CARL. How to
read statistics. 196p il $2.50 Bruce pub.
311.2 Statistics 46-5145
"The primary purpose of this book is to as-
sist those workers in the fields of education,
social science, and psychology, who do not have
a thorough knowledge of statistical techniques.
The book carries the reader through a non-
technical interpretation of statistical treatment
and terminology without going into computa-
tional details." Am J Pub Health
"While the section on the frequency distribu-
tion and graphical methods makes interest-
ing reading, the long section devoted to the
various correlation coefficients is rather poorly
done and certainly of no interest to the public
health worker. The section on chance variation
is likewise of limited utility and appears to be
very ill-balanced." J. W. Fertig
Am J Pub Health 36:1169 O '46 150w
"The material of this volume is well organ-
ized and clearly presented. It is difficult for
a person who is acquainted with statistical
terms to evaluate the book from the stand-
point of one without this type of background.
Nevertheless, the book ought to serve its pur-
pose admirably for any reader willing to learn
the statistical language which is used, and it
could also well be used as a means of motiva-
tion for students of statistical method. One
is more likely to desire the answer to 'How
is it obtained?' if he first has the answers to
'Why is it done?' and 'What does it mean?' "
Frances Swineford
-f El School J 47:175 N '46 900w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 70w
School & Society 63:447 Je 22 '46 20w
BUTTERS, JOHN KEITH, and LINTNER,
JOHN VIRGIL. Effect of federal taxes on
growing enterprises. 226p $3 Harvard univ.
Division of research
658.1712 Corporations — Taxation A45-4847
"This study presents the final results of a
pioneer research project which has been carried
on for the past eighteen months at the Har-
vard Business School. . . Although the study
is primarily concerned with the effect of fed-
eral taxation on new and growing enterprises,
it also contributes to a better understanding
of the problems of a particularly significant
type of small business by illustrating through
its case records some of the conditions which
are encountered in starting and developing a
new business." (Publisher's note) Index.
Reviewed by A. G. Buehler
Ann Am Acad 244:218 Mr '46 600w
"Messrs. Butters and Lintner have written a
book which should appeal to a wide range
of readers, both because of its content and its
style. Taxation and investment in new and
growing enterprises are matters of concern to
all who are interested in the structure and
functioning of the economy. The presentation
of materials on business management and fi-
nance, accounting records, and general eco-
nomics is clear and often sprightly, but the
authors have made few if any sacrifices of
accuracy and objectivity to achieve it. . . The
book is weakest in its consideration of the
hard question of choice among alternative tax
policies." Richard Goode
H Harvard Law R 59:470 P '46 1350w
"The book is interesting for more than its
immediate subject. In chapters vii and viii
a variety of materials illumine the inadequacy
of our institutional provisions for channeling
savings into productive undertakings. . . The
five detailed case studies are live-business his-
tories which will interest many students of
business finance. Apart from the technical
competence with which the study has been
executed and the clarity and vigor of the
presentation, this reviewer was favorably im-
pressed by the breadth of view and the dis-
cernment of the authors, who, in studying the
effects of high taxes on small business, did
not forget that these taxes are only a part of
a whole tax structure, and the whole tax
structure only a part of a broader economic
environment." L. H. Seltzer
-f- J Pol Econ 54:459 O '46 1600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:104 Je '46 270w
BUTTRICK, GEORGE ARTHUR. Christ and
man's dilemma. 224p $2 Abingdon-Cokesbury
248 Christianity 46-2856
"Dr. Buttrlck's book was written at white
heat in the thirty days following the dropping
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BUTTRICK, G. A.— Continued
of the atomic bomb. 'This apocalyptic event*
revealed in one dread Instant how 'our ignor-
ance, badness and mortality' have ruined us
beyond any power of our own to save ourselves,
and that Christ alone can bring us help. 4The
real Christ' — by which the author means 'the
Incarnate God.' Moving; narrowlv within the
confines of traditional Christian orthodoxy, Dr.
Buttrick applies the basic doctrines of atone-
ment and redemption to the modern dilemmas of
business, education and the machine, with war
and its horrors ever in the background. Christ
has 'what it takes' to save the world, but must
wait upon man's acceptance and use of His
divine gospel." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 42:311 Je 1 '46
"For people who have tended to make light of
sin and salvation, whether for the individual or
for man's institutions, whether in education,
business, politics or economics, this book will
cause a rethinking of the whole matter of this
dilemma which man faces: Christ or chaos?"
Erdmann Smith
Christian Century 63:964 Ag 7 '46 500w
"The atomic bomb, Dr. Buttrick tells us, pro-
duced this book in thirty days! The spiritual
heat of it is thus explained; but the stuff of it
was not born so hurriedly, and if the style is
rather fast-paced, the thought is solid and cool
enough. . . Clergy and laity alike will find this
book both stimulating and provocative; and to
the former it offers excellent material for ser-
mon-making." P. J. Moore
+ Churchman 160:14 My 15 '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"A great deal of study and thought and time
He behind this volume. . . Dr. Buttrick's
preaching is better than his writing, but
this represents the best thought and deepest
insight of contemporaneous Protestantism. It
should command a wide reading among minis-
ters and thoughtful laymen."
-f Kirkus 14:193 Ap 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by J, H. Holmes
Weekly Book Review p!8 My 12 '46
190w
"Lady Byng, in these entertaining recollec-
tions of a fairly long life, and one that, partly,
perhaps, because of her courage and saving1
sense of humour, seems to have had fewer dull
moments that moat of us have to endure, has
something to say about her life and travels and
the people she has known in many parts of
the world. . . Perhaps the most worthwhile
aspect of these reminiscences is the intimate
glimpses they give of the man who commanded
the Canadian Army in the First Great War
and represented the King in Canada for five
years. A wife may not write an impartial
biography of her husband, but she can give
her readers impressions of his character that
no one else is in a position to offer." L. J.
Burpee
-f Canadian Hist R 27:73 Mr '46 550w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Manchester Guardian p3 My 3 '46 300w
"There was an idea that John Buchan before
he became Lord Tweedsmuir might have col-
laborated with Lady Byng in a life of her
husband, the redoubtable 'Bungo,' who com-
manded the Canadian force at Vimy Ridge,
became Governor-General of the Dominion and
ended a picturesque career as chief of Lon-
don's police. For that ordered biography, as
it would have been, this delightful indiscretion
by the lady herself is a welcome substitute."
P. W. Wilson
-f- N Y Times p6 F 24 '46 400w
"It is a book which makes no pretence to
belong to high literature but at the same
time one which will give pleasure to readers
of the most diverse tastes "
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p!84 Ap 20
'46 900w
"The value of the book, not as entertainment
but as record, lies in the odd juxtaposition of
times, classes and places. There is something
disarming in Lady Byng's corrupted vocabulary,
as she uses Canadian and American slang em-
bedded in an often stilted early Victorian para-
graph. What she was and what she is, after
so full and varied a life, is all oddly pieced to-
gether." Ernestine Evans
^ Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 17 f46
2000w
BUXTON, MRS BESSIE (RAYMOND). Bego-
nias and how to grow them. 163p il $2.25 Ox-
ford
635.933468 Begonias Agr46-151
This volume, Issued under the auspices of
the Massachusetts Horticultural society. Is by
an expert on growing begonias. The handbook
is comprehensive and illustrated with photo-
graphs and diagrams. It contains material on
the growing of begonias for the beginner, but
also is authoritative enough for the expert
grower. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 60w
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
"The volume is a useful addition to practical
garden and house-plant books on specific
flowers." Millicent Taylor
-4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 F 23 '46
140w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 F 7 '46 240w
"Begonia fans, both present^ and future, will
welcome this small but thorough volume by a
leading authority on the genus. . . With her
book as a guide one goes as far with these
varied and often extremely handsome plants
as inclination, time and facilities permit."
4- Weekly Book Review p20 Ap 7 '46 160w
BYNG, MARIA EVELYN (MORETON) vis-
countess. Up the stream of time. 274p il $2.75
(123 6d) Macmillan
B or 92 [46-16423]
Autobiography of the wife of an English
soldier and statesman, Viscount Byng, who led
the Canadian Army in France in the first
World war, and later was Governor-General
of Canada, 1921-1926.
BYTNIEWSKA, MME JAN. See Orska, I.
CABELL, JAMES BRANCH. There were two
pirates; a comedy of division; decorations by
John O'Hara Cosgrave II. 121p $3 Farrar,
Straus
Gaspar, Jose" — Fiction 46-6145
Purports to be the true story of the Spanish
pirate, Jos6 Gasparilla, who is said to haunt
the streets of St Augustine, Florida. The real
Gasparilla died in 1821, but the author refuses
to believe it. He says it was 1828. And so
he tells the story of Jose" and his Isabel, in
this world, and in the land of no shadow.
" 'There Were Two Pirates' makes very
pleasant reading for an evening. The highly
imaginative plot is a relief from modern novels,
which, whatever their merits, lack inventive
power. It is a relief, too, from the terribly
serious novels which afflict us with their heavy
solemnity; because Cabell still can make one
chuckle, every page or two, with some of his
wittily turned sentences. This latest book
won't, perhaps, give readers as much delight
as Cabell's comedies of the 1920s did, nor will
it win such fame. Nevertheless, it is pleasant
and highly readable — well worth the price."
Walter Blair
4- Book Week pi Ag 11 '46 1250w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 3 '46
"Shy on plot but entertaining and delight-
ful."
Current Hist 11:512 D '46 40w
Kfrku* 14:259 Je 1 '46 HOw
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"A graceful variation on a theme from leg--
end, but a slight addition to the Cabell shelf."
H. W. Hart
Library J 71:1049 AS '46 90w
"If, as is undeniable, 'There Were Two
Pirates' is paler and less lusty than the better
known novels of the Poictesme cycle, it is
likewise less mockingly cynical and bitter, less
obtrusively priapic. And there are, as one
would expect, flashes of the old magic— the wit,
the urbanity, the playfully bookish but
superbly cadenced style, the literary gusto,
the ability to create images of compelling love-
liness— which during the Twenties called forth
so much deserved praise along with so much
that was immoderate. Mr. Cosgrave's decora-
tions are effective and apt." A. C. Gordon
.4 N Y Times p5 Ag 11 '46 1450w
"The best summer reading of the year, and
a gentle exposition of an excellent way of writ-
ing historical novels."
-f- New Yorker 22:89 Ag 17 '46 120w
"Read it as you please. You'll still find in
it whatever you choose. Because that is Mr.
Cabell, who has written comedies of division
before this. Over and above this you will have
the pleasure of enjoying once more the subtle
flavor of Mr. Cabell' s admirable ironies, his
humor — often broad but always disguised suffi-
ciently to seem indirect when it's most direct —
his firmly controlled style, his classic view of
life as well as letters." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 16 '46
GOOw
"The history flows smoothly, exciting ^a con-
stant interest, and the darting lights of Cabel-
lian irony are everywhere, on the surface and
beneath it. . . The second portion of the nar-
rative is a little less simple than the first por-
tion. Suffice it to say, here, that it involves
a bit of the magic of which Mr. Cabell has
always been fond, and a journey into the land
without shadow, which is a land of which he
has also been fond, for it is there that one
returns to the contentment of boyhood and
the felicity of first love." B. R. Redman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ag 10 '46 1350w
Theatre Arts 31:71 Ja '47 40w
Reviewed by Jan Valtm
Time 48:102 Ag 19 '46
"It is the ancient, basic myth of the soul's
journey through the lower regions, told . . .
by Mr. Cabell in a probe as faultless as a
Spanish hidalgo's manners. Like the hidalgo's
manners, however, it has a rigidity which be-
comes, inevitably, monotonous. There should
be modulations in a gentleman's bow to a lady,
his compliment, and his invitation to a rival to
go duelling; not all women can live up to such
high jinks. An author, too, should have room
in his style lor a fool, a trollop, or an idiot.
But Mr. Cabell, with whom the style is the
man and the man is adamant, is concerned
with dreams and romance and magic and the
Inner life which articulates itself without a
stutter or a stripped verb." Thomas Sugrue
Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 11 '46 950w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36.189 autumn '46 320w
CABLE, EMMETT JAMES, and others. Sci-
ence in a changing world, rev ed 622p $5
Prentice-Hall
600 Science 46-3062
"Many new advances have been made in the
field of the physical sciences since the first
edition [with title: The Physical Sciences, Book
Review Digest, 1941] . . . The chapters on
Our Atmosphere, Winds and Weather, and
Weather Forecasting have been rewritten. The
Bohr theory of atomic structure has been given
prominence over the Lewis -Langmuir theory.
A chapter on Weights and Measures has been
added, and that on the history of astronomy
has been incorporated into other chapters. The
bibliographies have been revised and consoli-
dated. Throughout the book many sections
have been rewritten in the light of new in-
formation. Certain illustrations have been re-
placed by more appropriate ones, and a num-
ber of new ones have been added." (Pref)
Index. Also published in a textbook edition
with the title: Physical Sciences, (684p $5
Prentice-Hall).
"Although rockets are overlooked and the
atomic bomb receives scanty mention, 'Science
in a Changing World' is a veritable encyclo-
pedia of the physical sciences. The topics are
well chosen, brilliantly presented and cleverly
applied to current phenomena. The contents of
this book should be familiar to everyone, not
only for a better understanding of our world,
but for the intelligent evaluation of new dis-
coveries which constantly impinge upon our
lives." Rufus Oldenburger
-f Book Week p4 Ap 14 '46 300w
Booklist 42:368 Jl 15 '46
"Hero is an amazing amount of information
presented in a clear and interesting manner."
J. M. Wright
-f Chem & Eng N 24:1854 Jl 10 '46 300w
"Nonmathcmatical in scope and written in
pleasing style. Bibliographies revised." L. A.
Kales
-f Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:12 Ja '46
CADY, FRANK WILLIAM, ed. See Shake-
speare, W. Shakespeare arranged for modern
(j reading
ADY, WALTER GUYTON. Piezoelectricity;
an mtrod. to the theory and applications of
electromechanical pheonomena in crystals.
806p il $9 McGraw
537.2 Pyro- and piezoelectricity 46-4782
"This work is a comprehensive treatise
rather than an introduction as the subtitle in-
dicate.x It provides the fullest treatment yet
published of piezoelectric phenomena, and the
principles of their application. The entire field
of piezoelectricity is surveyed, and allied sub-
jects such as pyroelectricity and piezo-optics
are treated. Although a large proportion of the
book is devoted to quartz crystals, Rochelle
salt and other crystals are also discussed at
some length. The treatment is on the level of
graduate students in physics and physicists
engaged in piezo-electrfc work in laboratories
and industries. The main bibliography contains
six hundred and two numbered items to which
statements and formulas in the text are keyed.
In addition to the main bibliography, supple-
mentary lists of references appear at the ends
of several of the chapters." N Y New Tech
Bks
Booklist 43-8 S '46
Reviewed by L,. A. Eales
Library J 70-1135 D 1 '45 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:28 Ap '46
"In an orderly arrangement, this book brings
together for the first time most of the funda-
mental information and theory required for a
thorough general understanding of piezoelec-
tricity. It is well suited for use as a textbook
on the subject for an advanced or graduate
college course, and as a reference work for the
research worker. Although many of the topics
require considerable knowledge of physics and
mathematics to be intelligible, each chapter
proceeds from a simple elementary explanation,
so that much information is made available
for those not especially trained in these sub-
jects."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:254 S '46 260w
"Dr. Cady's book comprehensively covers the
entire field from fundamentals through all the
theoretical aspects and the principal uses. It
will be a valuable reference in many branches
of physics and engineering." James Stokley
4- Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 150w
CAESAR, IRVING. Sing a song of friendship
[musical arrangements by Leo Russotto; if.
by Albert Barbelle; songs have been tr. or
adapted into the following languages: Ger-
man, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese,
Japanese]. 64p $1.95 The author, 1619 Broad-
way, N.Y. 19
784 Children's songs 46-8325
"In ballad form, these songs explain why the
nations of the world must unite. Proud Ameri-
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can traditions are the subject of some songs.
Other songs of amity are calculated to en-
courage thinking, feeling and singing about one
peaceful world with dignity for all. Parents
and children will flnd the songs easy to sing,
with swinging choruses for group participa-
tion. Fairly simple accompaniments should
give them a wide appeal." N Y Times
Booklist 43:138 Ja 1 '47
Reviewed by H. T. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 14 '46
180w
N Y Times p46 N 10 '46 140w
CAIN, JAMES M ALLAH AN. Past all dishonor.
232p $2 Knopf
46-3855
Melodrama of Virginia City in Civil war
days. The hero is a handsome Confederate
spy; the heroine, a prostitute with whom the
spy falls in love. Shootings, fights, frontier
life, and a train robbery are part of the back-
ground.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p6 My 26 '46 500w
"Again a savage, sensual pursuit of passion,
this time toned down by familiarity — or maybe
it's just fatigue. Anyway, it does not rank
with his best.
— Kirkus 14:181 Ap 15 '46 150w
"A violent and explosive story in the hard-
boiled tradition, written with gusto and skill
accompanied by some perfunctory moralizing.
Shows careful research into ways of making a
living — and of staying alive — in the early
West." H. W. Hart
Library J 71:767 My 15 '46 90w
4 'All the research necessary for this work
could have been gathered in an afternoon at
a third-rate movie house. For the rest, the
cliches of speech and the line of sentiment
operative here don't antedate the prohibition
era, and, as the story is told in the first per-
son of the hero, these absurdities are ines-
capable. If Mr. Cain intended a little study
in antiquity, he has achieved a major blunder
in anachronism." John Farrelly
— New Repub 114:909 Je 24 '46 3BOw
"Horse opera plus, to put it mildly. Zane
Grey must be whirling in his grave — and not
from envy. . . It's all there: the Technicolor
prism with its dime-store moral, the raging
action, the camera angles suggested neatly.
An old -fashioned, on-the-cuff director could
build a dp^'s shooting with no more than this
to guide him. But why should any literate
lover of novels waste his time reading the
notes on a director's cuff?" C. V. Terry
— NY Times p28 My 26 '46 900w
"A shocker about the period of the Civil
War. . . The characters talk straight post-
Hemingway, full of phrases unknown in 1861,
with occasional ladlings-in of the language of
'Huckleberry Finn' when the author remem-
bers his period. I laughed more times in the
wrong places than I usually do with Cain.
Yet I could not help feeling depressed as I
rapidly flipped the last pages, in which the
lovers derail a train in order to accomplish
a robbery. I had liked James M. Cain's early
novels, which have so much more surprise and
point than most of this kind of fiction. I
studied the blurb on the jacket. 'Here is Cain
at his peak,' it said. Poor fellow, he is at his
nadir. The worst is that he seems utterly
unconscious of it." Edmund Wilson
— New Yorker 22:90 My 25 '46 400w
"Cain is a superb story-teller: his pages
breathe excitement rather than life, but, for
a pleasurable evening, that's enough. Perhaps
his writing tools have been somewhat dulled
by his years in Hollywood; his hero seemed
too beautifully blond, his heroine too darkly
Handsome, but, while the cautious men who
operate the studios are spending months,
maybe years, trying to make Roger and Morina
more chemically pure, a great many of us will
have spent a few exhilarating weeks in that
unbelievably noisy And pushing town, Virginia
City." Jay Adams
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Je 1 '46 950w
Springfd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 350w
"A well-told tale whose deadpan savagery
suggests that it was written with the tip of an
icicle, it features enough lust and mayhem per
page to shame a pulp novel."
Time 47:102 My 27 '46 360w
"Mr. Cain is a master at describing this sort
of thing: he generally has the reader breath-
less from trying merely to keep up with the
conniving that goes on. Still, in 'Past AH Dis-
honor,' he is somewhat less adroit in the telling
than in some of his earlier books. Roger Duval's
machinations become so involved that at times
they confuse as well as astonish the reader.
The book is better in its components than it
is as a whole. There are plenty of scenes to
satisfy readers who like their novels fast and
raw — gun battles in saloons and gambling
joints, wild rides on stage coaches and rail-
roads, passion in brothels, shacks and aban-
doned mines. The postman sometimes rings
thrice." Herbert Kupferberg
h Weekly Book Review p!4 My 26 '46
500w
CAIRNS, WILLIAM T. Religion of Dr John-
son, and other studies. 137p $2.50 (7s 6d)
Oxford
824 Johnson, Samuel
This volume contains a number of essays
by Dr Cairns, an Edinburgh minister who died
in li)44. In addition to the essay on John-
son, there are essays on Alexander (Jupiter)
Carlylfc, Andrew Melville, and John Newton,
and one on "The constituents of a good hymn."
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 S 15 '46 180w
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 30 '46 300w
Reviewed by S. C. Roberts
Spec 177:70 Jl 19 '46 600w
Reviewed by J. W. Krutch
Weekly Book Review p20 S 29 '46 140w
CALAHAN, HAROLD AUGUSTIN. Geography
for grown-ups; il. by Stephen J. Voorhies;
diagrams by the author. 351p $3.50 Harper
910 Geography 46-8263
"From a science of speculation geography
has become a science of observation and rec-
ord; a 'fuzzy-edged' science, and by way of
orientation the author takes broad excursions
into the sister sciences of geology and astron-
omy. His exposition of natural formations
and manifestations is highly competent. As
a navy man and an author of books on sailing,
he makes much of the development and prac-
tices ot navigation by water, and takes nat-
urally to the air in 'great circle routes.1 He
clarifies our picture of the earth, damns the
•Geopolitikers,' but seems to favor a new Geo-
politik- American model." (Library J) No index.
Reviewed by Rufus Oldenburger
Book Week p3 D 15 '46 460w
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
"This is really amazingly interesting."
-h Kirkus 14:444 S 1 '46 lOOw
"Interesting and effective in operation and
record, fuzzy in speculation. Recommended
with reservations." J. E. Cross
4- — Library J 71:1460 O 15 '46 150w
"Naturally, he has slighted the facts here
and there. Most of his errors arise from a
tendency to prefer the vivid theory as well as
the vivid way of expressing a theory. In
general, however, he has been accurate and
circumspect, considering the immense variety
of his information and the simplicity of his
prose. . . By choosing a subject we all need to
know more about, organizing it imaginatively
and writing" it up with charm and clarity, Mr.
Calahan has set three examples for the
popularizers of science." Donald Ban*
4. __ N Y Times p4 D 29 '46 800w
"The purpose and plan are excellent. But
when we examine the execution we are in-
clined to say let the sailor stick to his mast.
For In spite of much that is accurate in this
work, it is hopelessly infected by an excessive
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sprinkling of error in fact and expression. For
example, after an introductory section of maps
and charts (in many ways excellent), Mr.
Calahan essays to tell us how the Mercator
projection is constructed. What he describes
and diagrams is not Mercator at all, but the
central cylindrical projection, a particularly
useless one. It seems to me that this boner
nullifies the author's good description of the
properties and uses of the projection. There
are also many minor but irritating inac-
curacies in the section on other projections."
R. E. Harrison
h Weekly Book Review plO Ja 5 '47
1050w
CALDWELL, CYRIL CASSIDY. Speak the sin
softly. 332p $2.75 Messner
46-18715
A young Italian priest, who had traveled
halfway around the world to his first parish in
Ecuador, is the hero. Father Nicotera was very
sincere and naive when he entered this ex-
plosive land, and most of his parishioners were
simple people too. But there were evil mem-
bers of the community also, and in time Father
Nicotera was drawn into contact with them.
The course of the priest's life, his conquering
of temptation, and his rise to almost legendary
fame, makes up the story.
"Diffuse action and an occasionally obtrusive
anticlerical note are compensated by Caldwell's
highly competent narrative style, his gentle
humor, and the obviously sincere affection he
has for his characters. In his characterization
of Padre Salvatore he seems at times to con-
fuse sentimentalism with the theological vir-
tues, but on the whole the padre is convincing
and appealing, and compares favorably with
such recent fictional clerics as Fathers
Chisholm, Smith and O'Malley." Jex Martin
H Book Week p8 D 8 "46 650w
Kirkus 14:45 F 1 '46 170w
"Cy Caldwell has had a colorful career and
reveals a gusto for life that is reflected in his
book. He writes with sly satire, and attacks
human frailties with a biting thrust. Without
attempting to evaluate any controversial or
clerical issues, and judging it solely on its
ability to hold the reader's interest, this story
of Padre Nicotera cuts out a place of its own."
Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times p!6 Jl 28 '46 500w
"The novel has warmth and color, and
several memorable characters. . . Another in-
teresting aspect is the fine, although incidental,
descriptions of the customs and living condi-
tions of the Indians of Ecuador." W. E.
Parker
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 5 '46
430w
"A successful mixture of exotic setting, color-
ful character study, and philosophic comment.
Caldwell has something to say and says it
well." W. S. Lynch
+ Sat R of Lit 29:17 S 28 '46 450w
" 'Speak the Sin Softly* mingles humor and
sex with mayhem and mob, and the combina-
tion is highly successful." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 4 '46 360w
CALDWELL, MRS ELSIE (NOBLE), Alaska
trail dogs. 160p il $2.50 Smith, Richard R.
636.73 Dogs — Legends and stories Agr46-l
"Seven stories of Alaskan trail dogs: Gold-
fang, winner of All Alaska sweepstake race.
Blossom, who carried medical supplies to Point
Barrow, Arctic the hunter. Hurricane, Lasco,
Pickpocket, and Rowdy. Dogs any boy would
be glad to know." Booklist
of new desires among those they had lorded
over, accentuated by bad social and economic
conditions. The principal character, Grady Dun-
bar, finally pulls down his house of cards,
bringing unhapplness to his young wife and an
evil end to his own life.
Booklist 42:159 Ja 15 '46
Springf'd Republican p4 D
'45 240w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 900w
Reviewed by L. D. Milanl
Canadian Forum 26:189 N '46 260w
Reviewed by W. P. Sears
Churchman 160:14 My 15 '46 180w
Commonweal 44:390 Ag 2 '46 200w
Kirkus 14:79 F 15 '46 210w
"Vintage Caldwell, this expanded anecdote
is unwontedly moderate in language, written
with great competence, and bristles with life-
like dialogue. Whether or not worth doing,
novel could hardly be better done. For tolerant
readers." E. F. Walbridge
Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 120w
"Caldwell 's best work is literally porno-
graphic, but it gives us the complex satisfac-
tion of feeling shocked, charmed, amused and
sociological all at once. In 'A House in the
Uplands' the formula has significantly changed.
. . It is good for writers to change their formu-
las. But art is an irreducible complex of inter-
dependent forces. If one element is changed,
all must be changed. Erskine Caldwell could
write a book like 'A House in the Uplands' only
because he does not think about his art. Ap-
parently he still writes with the arrogant, un-
critical dependence on impulse that he de-
scribes in his preface to the Modern Library
Edition of 'God's Little Acre.' That remark-
able document of the creative life shows how
such a novel as 'A House in the Uplands' can
come to be. It also suggests at least one of
the things that are wrong with American let-
ters." R. G. Davis
N Y Times p6 Ap 28 '46 1200w
"The most disastrous piece of feeble preten-
tiousness I have ever read by an author of pre-
sumably serious intentions." Hamilton Basso
-— New Yorker 22:89 My 11 '46 750w
Reviewed by Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:8 My 18 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by S. L. Jarkson
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
240w
"The slightness of the story and its failure to
find the middle ground of reality upon which
fine novels (including several by Mr. Caldwell)
are built indicate strongly enough that Mr.
Caldwell's private mine of folklore is pretty
much played out. The total impression left by
A House in the Uplands is that things in Mr.
Caldwell's backwoods Georgia are pretty bad
and nothing much can be done about it. Her-
bert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 28 '46
600w
CALDWELL, JAMES RALSTON. John Keatc'
fancy; the effect on Keats of the psychology
of his day. 206p $2 Cornell univ. press [9s
Oxford]
821 Keats, John 46-1425
The author's purpose in this volume of schol-
arly criticism is to show the effects of eight-
eenth and nineteenth century psychological the-
ories of association on Keats' theory and prac-
tice of poetic composition.
CALDWELL, ERSKINE. House in the uplands.
238p $2.50 Duell
46-3952
A tragic story of a decadent family of south-
ern aristocrats caught between their own in-
competent, tyrannical natures and the stirrings
"[Professor Caldwell's] study from the Hart-
leian angle of certain of Keats 's poems and let-
ters throws new light on the complex mystery
which he acknowledges the creative process to
be and on the distinctive quality of Keats's
experience." H. I* A. P.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Je 26 '46 200w
"Mr. Caldwell' s book is highly original, yet
it is restrained within the bounds of assured
learning." Robert Hillyer
4- Sat R of Lit 29:30 Mr 23 '46 270w
"Professor Caldwell has written a baffling
book: from first to last it begs the question
whether poetry is written in accordance with
psychological theory or whether the latter is a
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CALDWELL. J. R. — Continued
rational explanation, after the event, of the
working of a poet's mind. . . Thoughtful argu-
ment and close analysis are in this study, which
may, as the author hopes, lead some readers to
a better appreciation of Keats; but to others it
must still appear that the poet himself makes
easier reading."
Times [London] Lit Sup p380 Ag 10
'46 650w
"Professor Caldwell does not claim that he
has found the one infallible key to Keats. He
merely suggests that the value of much of the
poet's early writing is enriched when it is
understood as conscious experimentation stimu-
lated by what was then accepted as valid de-
scription of the mind's operations. This is a
modest claim. The book, which is lucid, witty,
and at times profound, shows how a scholar
may be erudite to good purpose and still keep
a sense of proportion and a light touch." G. F.
Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review p37 Ap 28 '46
600w
CALDWELL, JANET TAYLOR (MRS MAR-
CUS REBACK) (MAX REINER, pseud). This
side of innocence. 499p $3 Scribner
46-25092
"History of a town and a family. In 1868, the
Lindseys of up -state New York were a peace-
ful, contented group until beautiful Amalie
Maxwell decided to marry Alfred, the adopted
son, for his money — and promptly fell in love
with his dashing brother. The household soon
seethed with passion, bitterness and hatred, a
situation which was not resolved for twenty
years. Yet, because of it, agrarian Riversend
grew Jnto an industrial Utopia." Library J
"If you hunger for a 200. 000 -word period
piece on the '7(rs and '80's with not too much
significance, but an excess of emotion, this is
it/' Edith Roberts
Book Week p5 Ap 7 '46 600w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
"She has a gift of story telling which is all
too rare. Too bad she has no gift of style to
go with it."
h Kirkus 14:74 F 15 '46 210w
Reviewed by H. Q. Kelly
Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Miss Caldwell takes a quarter-million words
to tell this one. . . For all that, it's a safe bet
that she'll remain a Womrath wonder, and,
perhaps, a book club's darling to boot. This
reader, for one, is still wondering why." James
MacBride
N Y Times p42 Ap 7 '46 500w
"Miss Caldwell still misuses everyday words
in her Amos 'n' Andy fashion and her pages
are still crowded with 'vile scoundrels,' but she
or someone else has been using a large blue
pencil on her customary exuberance. Anyway,
she is not nearly as much fun as she used to
be."
New Yorker 22:116 Ap 13 '46 160w
"Faithful readers of Taylor Caldwell — and
they are legion — will be grateful that she has
only a modest cast of characters, and not the
bewildering regiments of Bouchards who march
through the pages of the horrifying trilogy of
the munitions family. This novel gains in in-
tensity by the simplification and also from
the skilful, Ibsenish manner in which the
characters work out their destinies without
resort to outside aid or deus ex machina."
R. A. Cordell
4- Sat R Lit 29:36 My 11 '46 550w
Reviewed by Jennings Rice
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 7 '46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:75 My '46
CALDWELL, TAYLOR. See Caldwell, J. T.
CALHOON, RICHARD P. Moving ahead on
your Job. 295p $2.76 McGraw
174 Success. Business 46-708
Chapters on analysis of the personal charac-
teristics which make for success in any Job.
The work Is based on the author's own experi-
ence in industrial personnel work. Index.
Book Week p4 F 3 '46 60w
Booklist 42:293 My 15 '46
"Practical, written for those who wish to
improve their ability and handle Jobs." L. A.
Eales
-f Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 60w
CALHOUN, DONALD QILMORE. The little
president [il. by the author]. [32p] $1.50
Crowell
817 Satire 46-3683
Satire for adults. It is the story of one
Michael Calhoun, aged five, who became presi-
dent on his "Peace — no shooting," platform.
Things went well for a time, and then Michael
discovered power. That was a mistake and the
end of the little president.
Kirkus 14:237 My 16 '46 60w
"Michael will revel in the delightful draw-
ings as he grows up, but grown-ups will ask,
•Save for Michael, why the book?' It may be
a left-handed treatise on Truman and his pen-
chant for outdoing Nicholas Murray Butler
in honorary degrees, or on Truman's treat-
ment of domestic and international problems,
or maybe I'm unduly suspicious and it has
nothing to do with realities at all, but I'm still
in a daze. For exactly what age was the book
written, and why?" Harold Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:24 Je 22 '46 250w
Sprinflf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 lOOw
CALKINS, EARNEST ELMO. And hearing
not—. 387p il $3.75 Scribner
B or 92 Deaf
A well-known American advertising exec-
utive, who has been deaf since childhood,
writes his autobiography and describes therein
his efforts to find a place for himself, despite
his handicap. Index.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!8 N 17 '46 360w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 '46
Reviewed by John Brubaker
Commonweal 46:357 Ja 17 '47 320w
"The style at this point is disconcerting,
with a rather self-conscious cuteness. But
when he gets to the printing and advertising
experiences, he gets into his stride and turns
out a sound and convincing picture of the
men who have made advertising what it is
today."
^ Kirkus 14:446 S 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by Fern McQrath
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 24 '46
llOw
<4Mr. Calkins's book [is] one of the literary
legacies of a troubled time. Like ail men
whose accomplishments are real and lasting,
Mr. Calkins is a human being of mind and
heart so large that it is inevitable that readers
of his book must fall in love with him. Once
that emotional state is reached, how can any-
one pretend to be doing an objective and dis-
passionate critique or commentary? The
writer makes no pretense of such human
flawlessness. . . Not only is 'And Hearing
Not — ' a highly inspirational book; it is a
magnificently informative book — informative
about publishing and advertising, informative
about living and learning, and especially in-
formative about the things outside your work
that can enrich each day of your lire." J. R.
Cominsky
-4- Sat R of Lit 30:12 Ja 4 '47 650w
"Mr. Calkins's story swings back and forth
from the Main Streets of small towns to that
of the metropolis, with an occasional view
overseas. Its discussion of people, places,
events and ideas, and its record of the life
of an ad man and a deaf man, hold, as an
ad man's story should, eager interest for many
different kinds of people. >r Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review plO O 27 '46 960w
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CALLAHAN. QENEVIEVE A. California cook
book, for indoor and outdoor eating; decora-
tions by Philip Little. 381p $2.50 Barrows
641.5 Cookery 46-4109
Partial contents: California ways with salads;
Soups and chowders that are really different;
Best ways to cook meats on range or garden
grill; Hearty dishes with little or no meat;
Favorite desserts for all occasions; Beverages
and accompaniments as served by Calif ornians;
Planning and serving meals the California way;
Additional menus for special occasions. Index.
"Informality and imagination have replaced
elaboration and fussiness in this collection. . .
It is international too, but, mainly, it is devoted
to California ideas and recipes that are equally
at home in New York and New Mexico."
Elizabeth Rannells
-f Book Week p7 S 1 '46 80w
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
"The material is interestingly organized and
clearly presented. . . If the collection has a
fault, for universal use, it is perhaps the multi-
plicity of recipes using wines. In conclusion
there is an excellent chapter on patterns for
meal planning and serving — the California way."
Madge Miller
-f J Home Econ 38:606 N '46 lOOw
"Here is a regional cookbook with a distinctly
regional flavor. There is less done with citrus
fruits than I would have expected, but there's
a different 'feel' to the section on flsh — there's
an opening chapter on salads (and where else
are salads a first course?) — there's a great
deal of space given to outdoor cooking, barbe-
cues and grills."
-f- Kirkus 14:237 My 15 '46 80w
CALVIN, ROSS. River of the sun; stories of
the storied Gila. 153p il $3.50 Univ. of N. Mex.
press
978.9 Gila valley. Southwest 46-3275
"Ross Calvin's chosen river, the Gila, seema
to deserve the title because the region it waters
is the sunniest in the United States. Dr.
Calvin's authority is not 'some super sales-
man, but the Federal weather bureau,' which
finds that along the Gila 80 per cent of the days
are sunny. The Gila is little known, though its
legends are legion and it is important, as
Dr. Calvin well shows, not only in the history
of its own watershed but in that of the United
States." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week p!4 Ap 14 '46 500w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
"Dr. Calvin, an Episcopal minister in New
Mexico, has a Harvard Ph.D. in English phi-
lology. (The southwest is full of little sur-
prises like that.) He knows the region from
books and on the hoof. His earlier book. Sky
Determines [Book Review Digest, 1934], is one
of the best books ever written about New Mex-
ico, and this one is of the same quality."
•f Christian Century 63:563 My 1 '46 280w
"A biography of the Southwest' s river Gila,
which is more sober, more scientific in ap-
proach than the Rinehart series, with greater
historical — than human — interest, but offering
one of the finest pieces of bookmaking of the
year."
4- Kirkus 14:172 Ap 1 '46 90w
"With his facts and fables [Dr. Calvin]
makes the Gila, at first glance only a muddy
stream, one of the great rivers — at least his-
torically—of the world." John Weld
-f N Y Times p8 Je 23 '46 360w
"Mr. Calvin has given ua a scholarly and
readable account of this old and storied land,
describing the course of the river from its
high pine forests and snow peaks through the
sunniest region in North America, where eight
days out of ten there is scarcely a cloud in the
sky. He presents a dramatic pageant of hu-
man history." Stanley Vestal
-f Sat R of Lit 29:24 Je 8 '46 600w
"Altogether this is an authentic book, valu-
able as an introduction to a region of strange
beauty and as an exposition of some little
understood aspects of our history. One of the
book's greatest beauties is in the ten full-page
photographs, many of them taken by the au-
thor." Erna Fergusson
-f Weekly Book Review p2 My 5 '46
650w
CAMERON, DONALD CLOUQH. Dig another
grave. 288p $2 Curl
Detective story.
"A pretty good detective story." Isaac Ander-
son
4- N Y Times p34 My 12 '46 90w
"Entertaining."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 My 11 '46 40w
" 'Dig Another Grave' is rather dull fare —
half-a-dozen undistinguished suspects, a
threadbare plot and a dragging-slow pace to
a conventional solution." J. S. K.
— Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
180w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 My 26 '46
lOOw
CAMERON, OWEN. The antagonists. 328p
$2.75 Doubleday
46-6908
The antagonists were Ed Robey, whose whole
life revolved around his wife and their two
sons, and Cram, a white man who spent much
of his time with the Indians in the Western
river valley where they lived. Cram was a
man with a message: the Indians regarded
him as a healer, but the white people were
divided. Some regarded him as a saint; others
thought him a quack. The conflict came when
Ed's wife Joined the ranks of Cram's adorers.
Kirkus 14:302 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Robey' s impiety may disturb some readers.
The secular majority will find it hard to work
up a lather over Mr, Cameron's war of reli-
gion." R. M.
N Y Times p!4 S 22 '46 420w
" 'The Antagonists' is somewhat sprawling
in form, and slow-paced in reaching its climax,
but it possesses undeniable force. In the con-
flict between the bewildered farmer and the
disturbing hermit, Mr. Cameron has evolved
real drama." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review plO S 22 '46 230w
CAMMAERTS. EMILE. The peace that is
left [Eng title: Peace that was left]. 150p
$2 Harper [6s Cresset]
261 Peace. Christianity and politics 46-3833
"Written before V-E Day, this book is a
series of somewhat unsystematic though pro-
found meditations upon peace and the spirit-
ual conditions of peace as seen through the
smoke of war. Each chapter begins with a
text and ends with a prayer, but the purpose
is not merely to stimulate 'devotion' but to
quicken Christian thought and action. The
divisions of the church weaken it in a crisis
when it needs all its spiritual strength."
Christian Century
" 'The Reformation was no doubt caused by
the abuses of Rome, but these abuses might
have been corrected from within, without an
open schism, if the religious movement had not
been exploited by rival states. ' Well, John
Hus tried it, and what happened to him? But
this point is marginal as concerns this book
except as it indicates a slant. It is a sincere
and thoughtful book."
H Christian Century 63:722 Je 5 '46 160w
"The book is reflective and devotional in
character, combining a thoroughly realistic ap-
praisal of things as they are with a positive
confidence that God's purposes for man cannot
be defeated, although they may be delayed."
M. C. Westphal
Crozer Q 23:391 O '46 160w
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 lOw
Times [London] Lit Sup p561 N 24 '45
360w
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CAMPBELL. ALFRED STUART, and CAMP-
BELL, MRS HELEN MONTEITH. Applejack
for breakfast; 11. by Alice Harvey. 191p |2.50
Scrlbner
630.1 Country life 46-1728
Describes the experiences of a youngr New
Jersey couple who bought a farm near Lam-
bertville, and made a go of it. The house
needed practically everything, and the place
was unstocked for farming, but they went at it
with zest and a sense of humor, and conquered.
"The story is told alternately, with Helen
writing a couple of chapters and then Alfred.
Both have the gift of humor and tolerance.
Alfred Campbell can make the description of
a woodchuck exciting while his wife tosses
words and phrases around with charm and
gaiety. 'Applejack for Breakfast' is meant to
entertain and is a vast success. But it is also
informative for those soulful city folk who
yearn to get back to the soil and warns them
that farming is far from an unmitigated joy
without work." David Karno
-f Book Week p2 F 24 '46 250w
"A gay, cheerful view of farm life but with
a realistic attitude toward its traps for the
city-gone-rustic gentleman farmer. Light read-
ing, but with practical hints for the would-be-
farmer."
-f Kirkus 14:55 F 1 '46 90w
"A commendable feature is that the authors
avoid the pitfalls to which so many succumb
who have written in this field. They don't
preach; they don't try to convert the reader;
they don't include information that one can
get in more useful form from a Government
bulletin." H. S. Pearson
-f- N Y Times p28 Ap 7 '46 120w
"The book has the flavor and informality of
letters you might receive from a congenial
couple who find life amusing even when it is
beset with faulty plumbing and broody hens.
It is the fruit of hard work and it is fun to
read," Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 F 17 '46 150w
CAMPBELL, MRS ALICE (ORMOND). With
bated breath. 309p $2 Random house
46-5234
Detective story.
"Effective mystery atmosphere, with in-
tricate multiple plot."
Kirkus 14:206 My 1 '46 150w
"An ingenious baffler with well maintained
suspense."
-f- New Repub 114:941 Jl 1 '46 120w
"The solution of this crime puzzle is logical
enough, but a certain fogginess in the narra-
tive makes for rather difficult reading." Isaac
Anderson
-j NY Times p20 Jl 7 '46 180w
"Fairly hair-raising, if you're not too skep-
tical."
4. __ New Yorker 22:80 Je 29 '46 HOw
"Readable puzzle." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review pl4 Jl 7 '46 260w
CAMPBELL, BRUCE D. Where the high winds
blow; 11. by Philip Bear. 215p $2.75 Scribner
B or 92 Arctic regions. Eskimos 46-6517
From 1934 to 1937 the author was an em-
ployee of the Hudson's Bay company in the
eastern Arctic. During the war his bomber was
shot down over Germany, and for nearly four
years he was a prisoner of war. This book of
his experiences in the north was written while
he was a prisoner, and illustrated by another
prisoner, who had spent two summers aboard
a whaler in polar regions.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p7 Ap 28 '46 400w
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
"Graphic description of life among the
Eskimos. Valuable contribution to the literature
of the far north and his portrayal of his fel-
low employees and the 'mounties' is vivid and
appealing. Recommended for both adults and
young people." H. P. Bolman
4- Lfbrary J 71:583 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"Bear'a chapter-head drawings illustrate the
book and add greatly to it. They are jolly and
fresh, and rather more original than the text.
For it must be noted that Mr. Campbell does
not write very well, and that his observations
on the curious and fascinating ways of Eski-
mos . . . are all observations made years ago
and with greater profundity by Peary, Stefans-
son, Rasmussen, de Poncins and many another.
Nevertheless, there is charm in the book,
charm that comes almost inadvertently from
the growing picture of a young apprentice
being made strong and wise and enduring by
the power and beauty of northern life." Elliott
Merrick
.{ NY Times plO Je 9 '46 1060w
"Campbell writes with warm affection about
these simple people who dwell at the top of
our continent. One feels his admiration and
friendship for the Eskimos, even though he
fails to make the most of many episodes." R.
L. Neuberger
Sat R of Lit 29:16 Je 22 '46 550w
Time 47:20 My 20 '46 390w
"The book was purely an effort of memory,
without notes or references. But it was and
is far more than that; the unique nature of
this creation has brought out qualities that
might never have gone into the book had it
been written in normal surroundings. Sitting
in a prison camp in the midst of a world war,
with death and destruction all around, think-
ing intensively of a past experience, the great-
est in his life, the true relations of things came
to Campbell's mind with a force and clarity
that are reflected in strong and simple writing
on every page." Lincoln Colcord
-f Weekly Book Review p4 My 19 '46
1200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
CAMPBELL, CAMILLA. Star mountain, and
other legends of Mexico; 11. by Ena McKin-
ney. (Whittlesey house publication) 82p $2.50
McGraw
398.2 Legends — Mexico 46-6481
Stories and legends of the saints, nature sub-
jects, and even street names of Mexico. Glos-
sary. For young readers.
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22.462 N '46 120w
-|- Kirkus 14 296 Jl 1 '46 90w
"Interesting and full of the atmosphere of
the country. A [few of the legends] would be
suitable for storytelling. Will be useful in
connection with the study of Mexico. Good
print and make-up, colorful illustrations by
Kaa McKinney." M. A. Herr
4- Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 90w
"That these tales are simply told is good.
On the whole this collection is an interesting
addition to our store of Mexican folklore."
P. F.
-f N Y Times pll S 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Dagney Juell
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 10 '46
70w
Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 40w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
120w
"Mexico has seldom come so pleasantly and
persuasively to her young neighbors in the
North as in this book. Its looks make one
ready to like what it says. The pictures use the
clear yellows, scarlets and greens we have
come to expect, with strong black outlines;
they have a right romantic touch rather than
the grotesque element often emphasized in il-
lustrating Mexican legends." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
CAMPBELL, HARRIETTS (RUSSELL) lady.
Crime in crystal. 232p $2 Harper
46-813
Detective story.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
125
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO F 10 '46 130w
Kirkus 13:499 N 15 "45 40w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 F 3 '46 180w
"Enigmatic girl suspect most interesting per-
son in highly emotional blend of crime, clair-
voyance, and canny deduction. Adequate."
Sat R of Lit 29:39 Ja 19 '46 40\v
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 20 '46
250w
CAMPBELL, MRS HELEN JONES. Diary of
a Williamsburg hostess; drawings by Alison
Mason Kingsbury. 177p $3 Putnam
975.5425 Williamsburg, Virginia— Historic
houses, etc. 46-3816
"Which recites the every day events of
life in the restored capital of colonial Virginia
as seen and recoided by a lady of that city
in an entirely fictitious manner." Subtitle
"Mrs. Campbell's Hostess will appeal to
feminine readers who like their gossip tart,
with humor and taste tempering its malice."
Marion Strobel
+ Book Week plO My 5 '46 550w
Booklist 43:12 S '46
Kirkus 14:139 Mr 15 '46 130w
"A highly refreshing treat Written, as the
title makes obvious, in the form of a diary
and, as the author avows, 'an entirely fictitious
manner,' the book records in light vein a
'reasonable facsimile' of 12 months in the life
of a native of the restored capital of colonial
Virginia who decides to 'go a-hostessing.' "
E. A. F.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 My 16 '46 3UOw
"Helen Campbell's 'Diary' provides a behind-
the-scenes tour of Williamsburg's restored
buildings, as well as many interesting and
agreeable glimpses of life In Colonial America.
The shadow of the two old wars falls almost
tenderly over it, the old wars that seem al-
most gentle wars today, although of course
they were not. History becomes an intimate
thing, as the Hostesses lead the crowds along.
The 'Diary,' brisk, evocative and engaging,
must add to the zest and swell the numbers
of this year's invasion of interesting people
and visitors to the restored Colonial capital."
Lorine Pruette
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 9 '46 750w
CAMPBELL, LEVIN HICKS. Industry-ord-
nance team. (Whittlesey house publication)
46 Ip il $5 McGraw
338.476234 U.S Army Ordnance and ord-
nance stores U.S. — Industries and re-
sources. World war, 1939-1945 — Economic
aspects 46-6744
"Popular chronicle of achievement of mass
production in American industry and the Ord-
nance Department of the Army in production of
battle weapons and ammunition for our armed
forces and our allies. 40 billion dollar ord-
nance program included the design, production,
storage, packaging, shipment and overseas
distribution and maintenance of 2000 major
pieces of fighting equipment and 700,000 dif-
ferent kinds of spare parts to keep this equip-
ment, ranging from bicycles to 40-ton tanks,
in combat condition. Illustrated with pho-
tographs and charts." (Library J) Index.
and ends with General Campbell's program for
the postwar Ordnance Department."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:300 D '46 320w
CAMPBELL, MARIE. Folks do get born; il.
by Clare Leighton. 245p $3 Rinehart
618.2 Negro midwives. Public health-
Georgia SG46-176
Describes the lives and activities of the
Negro granny- midwives of a community in
rural Georgia, where about one-fourth of all
the babies, black and white, are attended by
these midwives. The first part of the book
is an account of old and new customs; the
second part contains stories told by and about
the midwives.
Kirkus 14:317 Jl 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 lOOw
"General Campbell pays tribute to American
scientific research, skill in mass production,
and manpower utilization. Writing from his
point of view it is natural, perhaps, that he
has little to say of the alleged waste and ex-
travagance now being criticized. In discussing
the relationship between the Ordnance Depart-
ment and the War Production Board he also
puts his best foot forward. The book is well
illustrated with photographs and charts. It
discusses many different types of equipment
"The book is delightfully written, beautifully
illustrated with Clare Leigh ton's woodcuts. It
is just the kind of warm, human, accurate
record ot that American institution — the
hereditary granny midwife — that needed to be
written. For every nurse, for everyone who
lives or works with Negroes — and that means
all of us — there is inspiration as well as in-
formation and entertainment in this book."
Hazel Corbin
-f Am J Pub Health 36:1442 D '46 360w
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week pll My 19 '46 300w
Booklist 42.312 Je 1 '46
Kirkus 14:90 F 15 '46 170w
"The book makes a contribution to the lit-
erature on maternal and infant welfare by
telling realistically how basic training is given
to a group of illiterate, superstitious midwives.
It presents incidentally, especially in the second
part, considerable folklore The material
should be valuable to public health and wel-
fare officials a«? well as to the general reader."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:330 D '46 280w
"Clare Leigh ton's illustrations add to Marie
Campbell's unassuming- and warm-hearted nar-
rative in making a little book that commemo-
rates a tradition worthy of honor and re-
membrance." Mary Ross
-\- Weekly Book Review p6 My 19 '46 700w
CAMPBELL, WALTER STANLEY (STANLEY
VESTAL, pseud). Jim Bridger, mountain
man; a biography. 333p $3.50 Morrow
B or 92 Bridger, James. Frontier and
pioneer life 46-7051
Biography of one of the most famous of
American fur-trappers and explorers of the
West. Bridger served as guide on many gov-
ernment and military expeditions in the West
during the years from 1822 to 1868. He was
also the discoverer of Great Salt Lake, Yellow-
stone Park, and South Pass. Index.
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week p!3 N 3 '46 290w
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
"Mr Vestal's book is a bit choppy in con-
struction and style, and in the early pages
particularly he invents dialogue and thought
in what is to many of us the unfortunate man-
ner of nctionized biography. He also drops
into dialect, some of which has a synthetic
ring. . . Mr. Vestal also italicizes important
sentences, a practice likely to irritate the
reader who feels competent to judge emphasis
for himself. On the other hand, he has pre-
sented new material; he documents his book
well. He presents us with what is probably
the fairest portrait of Jim Bridger in exist-
ence." Horace Reynolds
H Christian Science Monitor p!2 O 26
'46 850w
"Accurate biography, vivid historical back-
ground, and forceful frontier fare in good com-
bination."
+ Kirkus 14:373 Ag 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by L.. R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 lOOw
"[The author] has done a painstaking job
of research among the usual Bridger sources
and among some others which have been neg-
lected, and the excellent notes and bibliog-
raphy add much to the book's value. On the
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CAMPBELL, W. S.— Continued
whole he has adequately set the scene for his
hero's adventures and has honestly appraised
the great gruide's historical stature." J. K.
Howard
4- N Y Times p6 O 20 '46 850w
"A new work on Bridger for some years
has been a pressing: want, and Stanley Vestal
has attempted to supply it. Our painful con-
clusion, however, must be that we are still as
badly in need of that new book as ever. What
Mr. Vestal has given us is not the penetrating
new study of Old Gabe we had every right to
expect, but a pretentious popularization of
Alter's biography. As a contribution to West-
ern Americana, Mr. Vestal's book has an al-
most exclusively literary interest; the serious
student will find in it nothing of much value
except some investigations in Indian philos-
ophy and an incomplete tabulation, from the
National Archives, of the dates of Bridger's
employment as a government scout at various
times between 1858 and 1868." D. L. Morgan
Sat R of Lit 29:37 O 26 '46 900w
"It is true that there still remains a need
for a scholarly biography of this important
figure in the early West. But it is also true
that for the history teacher who seeks inter-
esting and essentially truthful material with
which to interest his students, this book is a
bonanza." R. A. Brown
H Social Studies 38:44 Ja '47 360w
"Mr. Vestal knows a great deal about the
early West, and he always writes engaging-
ly. . . He is tolerably vague about the decline
of the mountain trade and seems to me to
miss the principal point in Bridger's relations
with the Mormons. Also, there are at least
two Mormon sources which put Jim's famous
offer of a thousand dollars for a bushel of
corn grown in Salt Lake Valley in so clear
a light that no one should misunderstand it,
as Mr. Vestal In part does. The last third of
the book, which deals with Bridger's career as
a wet nurse to army officers, is fresher and
better stuff. The material has been worked
over less and Mr. Vestal seems more interested
in it. Even here, however, his treatment is
sketchy and In the main based on earlier
biographies." Bernard De Voto
-j Weekly Book Review p6 O 6 '46 750w
CAMUS, ALBERT. The stranger; tr. from the
French by Stuart Gilbert [Eng title: The out-
sider]. 154p $2 Knopf [6s Hamilton, H]
46-3068
An ordinary little clerk living in Algiers is
the subject of this novel by one of the leading
writers of the French resistance, who is the
editor of Combat. The little man lives quietly
and for the most part unemotionally until he
becomes involved in another man's folly. He
shoots an Arab, is tried for murder, and con-
demned to die. As he contemplates his fate he
does seem on the verge of a bit of human
emotion.
" 'The Stranger* is required reading for those
who want first-hand evidence of the most cu-
rious literary manifestation of the last decade,
and casual readers, whether or not they accept
Camus' moral messages, will be rewarded by a
well -developed psychological narrative, told In
conventional, effective prose." Jex Martin
Book Week p21 Ap 14 '46 360w
"A strange interlude, in the first person,
in which a young man, nameless and emotion-
less, tells of the circumstances which led iron-
ically, implacably to his death. . . For all its
impervious detachment, this has a certain odd
fascination, though its market will be limited."
KIrkus 14:109 Mr 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by H. I' A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 28 '46 120w
Reviewed by Nicola Chiaromonte
New Repub 114:630 Ap 29 '46 1900w
"The Outsider is disappointing. It will be
read as a partial expression of the total mind-
stuft of a serious, too widely engaged artist."
Rayner Heppenstall
— New Statesman & Nation 31:474 Je 29
'46 480w
"An entertaining little story. It is well
written and well told. But I can't auite see it
as a 'conte philosophique,' a piece of literature
with profound implications, as Camus's admir-
ers do. . . I am sorry that I have not been
able to get hold of the French text of 'The
Stranger/ I have been told that the process
of translation has sometimes made too down-
right and definite passages that were inten-
tionally ambiguous and that put the psychology
of the hero in a slightly different light, and I
hope that this has not led me to miss anything
of the author's Intention. But, for the rest,
Stuart Gilbert's translation seems an absolutely
splendid Job." Edmund Wilson
4- — New Yorker 22:113 Ap 13 '46 lOOOw
"This is an excellent piece of short fiction,
in the classic French tradition. Like many
French novelists before him, Camus excells
in delineating the narrowness of French pro-
vincial life. The handling of the shooting on
the beach would almost serve as a model to
many American writers of the tough school.
The trial itself is reported with a detached
irony which makes the underlying horror only
the more noticeable. Stuart Gilbert's transla-
tion merits unreserved praise. Camus emerges
as a master craftsman who never wastes a
word." Richard Plant
4- Sat R of Lit 29:10 My 18 '46 600w
Time 47:92 My 20 '46 400w
Times [London] Lit Sup p293 Je 22
'46 550w
"It always takes courage to introduce a new
foreign writer. What goes in his own country
may not appeal here. Just now the French
have more reason than ever for prizing pes-
simism and lucidity. But Albert Camus does
not write for the moment. His message will
have a universal appeal to some minds, to
those who like Kafka and Dostoievsky, who
know why they like Gide and Malraux. And
like the best writers of his nation, this young
man writes with an assurance, a mastery that
are apparent in the excellent translation by
Stuart Gilbert." Justin O'Brien
4- Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 14 '46
lOOOw
CANER, GEORGE COLKET. It's how you take
it. 152p $2 Coward-McCann
150.13 Psychology, Applied. Mental hygiene.
Conduct of life SG46-178
A psychology for young people, written by an
American neuropsychiatrist. "The purpose of
this book is to bring together common sense
and useful information which every person
over sixteen should have about the use of the
mind and the effect of emotion, and about types
of reaction to various circumstances that
everyone meets both in school and in later
life. Attitudes toward work, authority, other
people, and toward misfortunes and difficulties
are discussed with the purpose of making clear
which attitudes will foster good adjustments
and emotional stability, and how these at-
titudes may be cultivated." (Pref) No index.
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
San Francisco Chronicle pi 7 S 8 '46
60w
Reviewed by J. B. English
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 13 '46 240w
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ag 4 '46 140w
CANNON, MARIAN. Twins at our house; pic-
tures by [the author]. $1 Lothrop
Picture book for very little children all about
the twins Kathy and Stephen, aged two, and
what they did each day.
"A first-grader will love to read the large-
print text. Should be prebound for library
use. Recommended." S. J. Johnson
4- Library J 71:122 Ja 15 '46 70w
"The author's own two-year-old twins were
the models for these two, BO they're remarkably
natural in their activities." W. H. H.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d D 9 '45 60w
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CANT, GILBERT. Great Pacific victory; from
the Solomons to Tokyo; with maps and battle
diagrams. 422p $3.50 Day
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Pacific ocean
46-147
A sequel to the author's America's Navy in
World War II (Book Review Digest, 1943). It
covers the American offensive in the Pacific
from Guadalcanal to the Japanese surrender,
and considers the exploits of the Army, the
Navy, and the Marines, as parts of a single
force. Index.
objectivity. This is interim history — sober, de-
tailed and clear, but doubtless too close to
the events to Judge strategic conception and
performance with complete justice to all con-
cerned."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:116 Je '46 240w
" 'The Great Pacific Victory' is an excep-
tionally fine book, excellently written, compre-
hensive. No other work this reviewer has seen
provides as clear an account of the entire
Pacific campaign." P. J. Searles
4- Weekly Book Review p3 F 3 '46 1400w
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p5 F 17 '46 750w
Booklist 42:181 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 My '46
"One criticism should not go unanswered.
He describes the Guam censorship as 'niggling,
bumbling, and unintelligent' during the Okin-
awa campaign. . . But most correspondents
accredited to Admiral Nimitz' headquarters ap-
peared to those on the ground to feel that the
censorship there, while as bad from a news
standpoint as any censorship inevitably must
be, generally was ably handled, and reasonable;
and that so were the policies guiding it. But
this is a minor point. Mr. Cant has done an
excellent job of surveying the whole Pacific
war, including a wealth of detail, without be-
ing burdensome." DeWitt John
H Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 15
'46 600w
"This well -articulated, reliable and readable
story of the campaign in the Pacific from
Guadalcanal to final virtory is one of the
better books on the war."
-f Foreign Affairs 25:163 O '46 30w
Kirkus 13:538 D 1 '45 250w
"Great care is given to the details of the
landings on each island and no commander's
name is omitted. Much of the material giving
exact information about men, ships and equip-
ment could not have been published during
the war. Illuminating chapters are devoted to
Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance and Mitscher. Rec-
ommended." R. P. Tubby
-f- Library J 71:119 Ja 15 '46 HOw
"Occasionally the reader encounters state-
ments about which some questions might be
raised. . . The book as a whole, however, seems
certain to find general acceptance and ap-
proval." H. S. Ford
H Nation 162:321 Mr 16 '46 550w
Reviewed by Louis Falstein
New Repub 114:356 Mr 11 '46 700w
"Mr. Cant's book unavoidably has many
blanks, and the writing, while clear and logical.
Is not distinguished. Nevertheless, it is prob-
ably the best general account yet published of
the Navy's great offensive in the Pacific." H.
W. Baldwin
H NY Times p3 F 24 '46 650w
"Considering the difficulties of compressing so
much material into one normal-size volume,
this is a fine job, well written, exciting, and
authentic."
4- New Yorker 21:78 F 2 '46 lOOw
"Next to actually seeing the Pacific war — and
Europe was enough for most of us — reading
'The Great Pacific Victory' gives a precise
enough picture of what it was like out there."
Joseph Hirsh
4- Sat R of Lft 29:33 F 23 '46 660w
Social Studies 37:240 My '46 40w
"This Is not definitive history — that may wait
for fifty years to be written; perhaps it will
never be written, for the scale of operations
was so tremendous and the interplay of forces
so great — but it is excellent contemporary ap-
praisal. The book has a number of excellent
charts and diagrams and is throughout, highly
readable and entertaining." R. A. Brown
+ Social Studies 37:377 D '46 BBOw
"It will probably be some time before there
is a better history of the last 2% years of the
naval war in the Pacific than 'The Great Pacific
Victory.' " R. H.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 1560w
Time 47:104 F 11 '46 SOOw
"It was a bloody and costly advance to
victory that Mr. Cant reports with skill and
CARFRAE, ELIZABETH. Penny wise. 238p
$2.60 Putnam
46-236
A story of a girl in war time England who
wanted both love and security, and found them,
too, though not at first, with the same man.
Book Week p4 F 24 '46 180w
Kirkus 13:533 D 1 '45 80w
N Y Time* p!4 F 24 '46 230w
"The novelist keeps turning the situation
round and round, viewing it from all angles,
wrapping every fact in yards of sterile verbiage.
The emotions in 'Penny Wise' are not deep,
but they certainly are carefully bandaged."
Lisle Bell
— Weekly Book Review p22 F 17 '46
180w
CARLISLE, MRS KATHLEEN (SMITH). Ram-
pant refugee. 251p $2.75 Dutton
B or 92 45-11298
"The amazing story of how one 'screw-ball*
American girl used her exceptional sense of
humor to make life bearable in a Jap concentra-
tion camp. Mrs Carlisle was born in Canada,
married an Englishman, is a citizen of the
United States and has spent most of her life
in China. . . At the age of 17, she married
Sidney Carlisle, a British official in the Inspec-
torate General of Chinese customs. Her stay
in China was interrupted by a flying trip to
England and the United States but she returned
to Shanghai despite the Chinese-Japanese
war. . . When the threat of Jap occupation
of Shanghai reared its ugly head, Mrs Carlisle
and her small daughter departed for Manila.
Soon afterward Manila was declared an open
city and the Japs made their entrance. . .
Then followed months of constant questioning
before she and Ginka were allowed to rejoin
her husband in Shanghai. One by one, friends
of the Carlisles were taken to the concentration
camp at Lungwha, she reports. Then came the
day when the Japs called on the three Carlisles
and took them too." Springf'd Republican
Reviewed by Marion Strobel
Book Week p4 Ja 27 '46 650w
"Ludicrous but real."
Kirkus 13:537 D 1 '45 130w
"Has Emily Hahn set an unfortunate example?
Rampant refugees may have an unbounding
sense of humor, but they may be nuisances.
Mrs. Carlisle admits that she is 'screwball.'
but she insists that she feels the tragedy of
Shanghai and Lungwha Concentration Camp.
Most readers will agree with her first admis-
sion; they will hope that she is honest in her
self analysis. For libraries with unlimited book
funds — and all sorts of readers." K. T. Willis
Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 80w
" 'The Rampant Refugee' is a brightly enter-
taining narrative, which takes some of the
sting out of recent events by the manner In
which they are treated. It is the author's
frank and sometimes feverish fascination with
her own engaging but hardly remarkable per-
sonality that many readers will find trying."
J. P. Wood
N Y Times p8 F 3 '46 450w
New Yorker 21:88 Ja 26 '46 120w
"Her story, under Its veneer of outrageous
facetlousness, is one of real courage, resource-
fulness, and genuine gallantry, of adaptability
and cheerfulness in the face of catastrophe and
heartbreak, and one wants to shake Mrs.
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CARLISLE, KATHLEEN*— Continued
Carlisle for her determined effort to picture
herself as an irresponsible scatterbrain. She
was nothing of the sort. . . She emerges from
the pages of her book, in spite of her efforts
to the contrary, as a thoroughly likable and
admirable young woman. And her story is a
lively, engrossing, and moving chronicle." S. H.
Hay
-f Sat R of Lit 29:62 P 16 '46 850w
"Despite her gay, breezy, laughing manner,
Mrs Carlisle is able to give the reader a feel-
ing of the hardships and deprivations endured
at camp in a much more personal and intimate
way than in some more serious accounts one
reads. . . In keeping with the old English
proverb, 'A fool will laugh even when he is
drowning,' Mrs Carlisle has written a fascinat-
ing and thoroughly enjoyable book." E. R.
Weltman
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 20 '46 700w
"The author is firmly resolved to describe
with chronic hilarity everything that happened
to her, her English husband, their three-year-
old daughter and a host of minor characters.
As a technique of autobiography, this is con-
fusing because there is no line between truth
and clowning, and as a picture of war — to ap-
praise it gently — it has little more reality than
a collection of anecdotes."
— Weekly Book Review p!4 F 10 '46 140w
CARLISLE, NORMAN V. Modern wonder book
of trains and railroading. 289p il $2.50 Win-
ston
386 Railroads 46-5226
History of railroading and story of some of
the colorful personalities connected with it.
Includes famous rides, speed records, unusual
and little-known trains, and the part played
by railroads in the development of the nation.
There is a chapter on the "langauge of the
rails" meaning the jargon used by railroad
men. Index.
Booklist 43:19 S '46
Horn Bk 22:359 S '46 120w
"A well illustrated volume which should be
popular in adult and juvenile collections alike.
Reference librarian will welcome its detailed
index; boys will delight in the table for
Identifying locomotives and in the chapter on
model sets. Recommended." Eileen Riols
-f- Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 70w
"Mr. Carlisle's book will win the heart of
everyone for whom trains hold a fascination. . .
Both in its subject matter and the skill with
which it is presented, this is one of the finest
books on trains ever published " H. B. Lent
-f N Y Times p!9 Ag 4 '46 lOOw
Sat R of Lit 29:G5 N 9 '46 30w
"Railfans and general readers, young- and old,
will welcome this excellent general account of
the American railroads. . . The pictures are
numerous, and well processed, though small,
and altogether the book sets a high standard
of accomplishment for a popular series to deal
with modern, highly technical forms of trans-
portation. More than a juvenile, the book will
especially appeal to boys. '
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:256 S '46 140w
CARLSON, JOHN ROY. See Derounian, A.
CARLSON, OLIVER, and BLAKE, ALDRICH.
How to get into politics; the art of winning
elections. 210p $2.50 Essential bks.
329 Politics, Practical 46-8047
" 'How to win friends and influence people*
politically with detailed specific information
not so much on how to get into politics as to
'get in' office. Assumes that most political cam-
paigns are haphazardly planned and run. Offers
counsel on budget and campaign funds, pre-
cinct organization, publicity, political 'bibles,'
speech making, etc. Some attention to the
ethics of political activity including considera-
tion of patronage and pressure groups." Li-
brary J.
Booklist 43:150 Ja 15 '47
"Here is the lowdown in an excellent intro-
duction to what is variously a crusade, a game,
or a racket. This book is not as cynical as
it could be, but by the time you have followed
its advice you will have enough experiences to
make you cynical. . . No high school or college
library should be without this book and every
citizen should know what is inside it." C. G.
Hamilton
-f Churchman 161:16 Ja 15 '47 lOOw
"It makes unpalatable reading."
— Kirkus 14:475 S 15 '46 120w
"Good on the grand strategy of winning an
election. Without entering into discussion of
the larger moral issues book is recommended
as accomplishing what it sets out to do." R. E.
Kingery
+ Library J 71:1461 O 15 '46 130w
"The politically uninitiated will derive more
good from this book if they treat it as a com-
mentary on practical politics rather than as
a sure-fire guide to getting into politics and
winning elections. Accepted in this light, the
volume should be helpful to the candidate em-
barking upon a first campaign, for it poses and
seeks to answer many basic problems. . . As a
whole, however, the book should prove infor-
mative and interesting both to the casual
reader and to the individual eyeing politics
longingly. Neither should be tempted into be-
lieving it offers any pat formula for success."
Clayton Knowles
.{ NY Times p29 D 15 '46 320w
Reviewed by W. A. P. White
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 D 16 '46
650w
Weekly Book Review p!5 D 29 '46
14Uw
CARMER, CARL LAMSON. The Jesse James
of the Java sea. 119p $1.50 Rinehart
940.5451373 World war 1939-1945— Naval
operations — Submarine. Sturgeon (subma-
rine) 46-87
A partially fictionized account of the adven-
tures of the U.S. Submarine Sturgeon in the
China and Java Seas in the months following
the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Reviewed by B. D. Branch
— Book Week p4 Ja 13 '46 400w
Booklist 42:182 F 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl5 Ja 26 '46
160w
"The story fails to rise above the story teller's
tendency to repetition and lack of dramatic
build-up."
Kirkus 13:465 O 15 '45 170w
"Just another war book, but its story form
and brevity may encourage readers. Recom-
mended." G. W. Hill
-f Library J 70:1189 D 15 '45 140w
Reviewed by R. G. Martin
N Y Times p5 Ja 6 '46 430w
"The narrative, accented by eight successful
encounters with Jap shipping, is vivid and
engrossing up to a point, but, as the men on
the submarine often remark, there is a monot-
ony about undersea warfare, and this monotony,
in spite of Mr. Carmer's expert work, finally
begins to tell."
New Yorker 21:74 Ja 6 '46 120w
"This was one of the lost submarine books
and the text bears the marks of censorship.
Of course, the publishers could have restored
the censored passages after the war ended, but
apparently they found it not worth the trouble
for some reason or other. This book accord-
ingly has a faintly passe1 air; it reads as though
it were produced in a hurry and out of insuffi-
cient information. Or perhaps it is Just that
Mr. Carmer's style is not exactly the best in
the world for handling tales of derring-do and
bloodshed." Fletcher Pratt
— Sat R of Lit 29:38 Ja 19 '46 270w
"Carl Carmer's book about submarine war-
fare in the Pacific is short, disconnected, filled
with dozens of exciting and amusing incidents,
and a lot of fun to read." P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 6 '46 600w
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129
CARMICHAEL., JOHN PETER, ed. My great-
est day In baseball; forty-seven dramatic
stories by forty-seven stars. 243p II $2.50
Barnes, A.S.
796.357 Baseball 45-10462
These articles were first published In the
Chicago Daily News and include stories of Babe
Ruth. Dizzy Dean, Ty Cobb, Hans Wagner,
Johnny Evers, Hank Gowdy, Johnny Vander
Meer, Christy Mathewson, Connie Mack, Wal-
ter Johnson, Morton Cooper, and others.
Booklist 42:144 Ja 1 '46
N Y Times p33 Mr 17 '46 320w
New Repub 113:813 D 10 '45 80w
CARMICHAEL, LEONARD, ed Manual of child
psychology; contributors: John E Anderson
[and others]. 1068p il $6 Wiley
136.7 Child study 46-3832
"An advanced textbook consisting? of 19
chapters, each by a recognized authority on
some of the most important aspects of research
in the scientific psychology of human develop-
ment. The extensive bibliographies for each
chapter include many periodical references.
Partial contents: Physical growth, by Helen
Thompson; The ontogenesis of infant behavior,
by Arnold Gesell; Language development in
children, by Dorothea McCarthy; Environmental
influences on mental development, by H. E.
Jones; Research on primitive children, by
Margaret Mead; Psychological sex differences,
by L,. M Terman." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:5 S '46
"This book is addressed to the advanced
student in psychology. As such, it is a reference
book rather than a classroom text for the
beginning student in child psychology. The bib-
liographies are very extensive. The period since
1933 is especially stressed by most of the
authors Understandably, very little has been
included beyond 1944, although the book carries
a January 1946 date line."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2'232 S '46 320w
CARPENTER, FRANCES (MRS W. C. HUNT-
INGTON). Canada and her northern neigh-
bors. 438p il maps $1.40 Am. bk.
917.1 Canada — Description and travel. Alas-
ka— Description and travel. Greenland —
Description and travel. Newfoundland — De-
scription and travel 46-1028
"Following an overview of the dominion
through an imaginary airplane flight over
Canada, and a section on Canada's history, the
author describes, with emphasis on the people
and their habits of living and working, each
of the provinces and territories and Alaska,
Greenland, and Newfoundland. Pictorial facts
about the dominion appear as an appendix.
Rather irritating semi -narrative style but will
be useful as supplementary material. Many
good photographs. Grades 6-8." Booklist
Booklist 42.319 Je 1 "46
"The material is well organized . . The style
of writing and the vocabulary are well adapted
to the age group for which the book is intended.
Illustrations and maps are plentiful. The former
are, on the whole, attractive and useful. The
latter, though of adequate size, are too detailed
and cluttered for easy reading. Ten pagres of
charts show the relative importance of leading
industries and the distribution of population.
The book is of value chiefly as a reference
rather than as a textbook — study helps, supple-
mentary reading lists, topics for individual in-
vestigation are lacking — and its merit rests on
the basis of the organization and content of
the third unit." Aileen Ross
H Social Educ 10:333 N '46 650w
CARPENTER, IRIS. No woman's world. 338p
$3 Hougrhton
940.548142 World war, 1939-1945— -Personal
narratives, English 46-6726
The author was a British Journalist and war
correspondent, and is now married to an Amer-
ican army officer. Her book tells the story of
her experiences in France and Germany from
the invasion to the end of the war.
44 'No Woman's World' is of special interest
as a good reporter's war report on one section
of the latest war. It is of further interest as
a social document on the position of the female
war correspondent in our day and the reaction
of a woman to what she saw and heard."
Elizabeth Hawes
-f Book Week p3 S 15 '46 490w
Booklist 43 51 O 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 20w
"A good reporter, she writes of both military
strategy and actual battles with a tough
masculine competence, combined with a wom-
an's flair for dramatic and poignant detail."
4- Klrkus 14:335 Jl 15 '46 170w
"Her book is significant as a woman's first-
hand account of the war. Her views, even
where they only echo and corroborate those
of the male contingent, would seem essential
to a rounded record of our vast effort in inter-
national stabilization. The book presents ample
Justification for the scope reluctantly permitted
to women correspondents — the good ones — and
may rejuvenate some of the War Department's
gray hairs " Glad win Hill
-r- N Y Times p8 S 15 '46 550w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
20w
Reviewed by John Barkharn
Sat R of Lit 29:49 O 12 '46 600w
"Much of No Woman's World reads about
as a woman's war report might be expected
to read: human-interest stories, hard-boiled
anecdotes, Perils-ot-Paullne asides."
Time 48:112 S 9 '46 330w
"The suffering and the stupidities of war-
making, the agonies and the bravery of the
western European peoples who had to endure
so many years of German dominance, poison
and terror, the ghastly, pathetic mass of 'dis-
placed persons,' who were victory's first legacy
to the bewildered Allies— of these things Iris
saw much and has written with accuracy and
understanding. . . It would have been enough
for her to have confined herself to all that,
for no lady can be an Ernie Pyle, an Ingersoll,
a Butcher and a Bedell Smith all rolled into
one. Her war story, still worth the while of
any civilian reader who isn't squeamish, is
somewhat spoiled in spots by her sallies into
the strategy and tactics of the campaign."
Edward Angly
-I Weekly Book Review p9 S 1 '46 1200w
CARPENTER, RHYS. Folk tale, fiction and
saga in the Homeric epics. 198p $2.50 Univ.
of Calif.
883 1 Homer. Folklore A46-4752
"Examines the Homeric poems from a view-
point completely outside of Greece and apart
from all things specifically Homeric, in order
to put them into their proper perspective as
popular oral literature. It utilizes the archaeo-
logically established strata of cultural se-
quences in pre-Hellemc, proto-Hellenic, and
Early Classical Greece, in order to fit the
poems correctly into their chronological set-
ting. And it reduces these intricate findings
to a readable and coherent account available
to every intelligently interested layman."
(Publisher's note) Index.
"It is my strong personal conviction that
renewed interest in Greek literature and in
the classics generally is all to the good for
contemporary writers, writing and thought in
general. Such a book as Prof. Carpenter's
will do much to stimulate, direct and reward
such interest." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p4 O 6 '46 700w
"The union of lively speculations with fresh
interpretation of familiar facts should make
this volume interesting to all students of pop-
ular literature."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:273 O '46 260w
"Though this book involves a marshaling of
highly technical knowledge, it can be enjoyed
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CARPENTER, RHYS— Continued
by any interested reader. . . It is eaay to be-
lieve Mr. Carpenter when he declares that this
book was a stimulation to write and a diversion
to read in public. He has constructed a
literary detective story of the first water."
Q, P. Whicher
4- Weekly Book Review p25 O 13 '46
650w
CARR, JOHN DICKSON (CARTER DICKSON,
pseud). He who whispers. 250p $2 Harper
46-2640
Detective story.
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Klrkus 14:25 Ja 15 '46 80w
New Rcpub 114:48 Ap 8 '46 80w
"Anyone who can read the first chapter of
this book without continuing to the end is no
true mystery fan." I. A.
H- N Y Times p32 Mr 31 '46 150w
"Fell's explanation of these baffling matters
is of the tricky variety which always delights
his followers. It Isn't, however, nearly as un-
nerving as it is intended to be."
^ New Yorker 22:96 Mr 30 '46 HOw
"Required reading."
•4- Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 30 '46 40w
"Here's more proof that Mr. Carr yields
to no man or woman in the art of mystery
trickery, the great desideratum of most mys-
tery fans. . . Grade A of its kind, with such
a display of mystery jugglery as you'll hardly
find elsewhere." Will Cuppy
-f- Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 7 '46 230w
CARR, JOHN DICKSON (CARTER DICKSON,
pseud). My late wives. 282p $2.50 Morrow
46-7348
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 80w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
"Top notch intellectual cat-and-mousing,
manipulation of large deceits and misdirec-
tions."
-f Klrkus 14:437 S 1 '46 lOOw
New Repub 105:638 N 11 '46 20w
"It is a fantastic picture at best, with drama
and real JIfe so intermingled that it is difficult
to say where one ends and the other begins.
Sir Henry is, of course, the god out of the
machine, and what a god he is and what a
machine!" Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p24 N 3 '46 140w
"The plot Is above average, but you may have
difficulty downing the heavy doses of Sir
Henry's ogreiflh whimsy."
H New Yorker 22:128 N 2 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
90w
"Good!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 9 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 N 3 '46 270w
CARRE, MEYRICK HEATH. Realists and
nominalists. 128p $2.75 (8s 6d) Oxford
189 Philosophers, Medieval. Reason A47-1
"The author is lecturer in philosophy at the
University of Bristol, England. His purpose is
to give an exposition of some of the questions
relating to knowledge which occupied the
medieval schools, and the way Jn which they
were discussed by representative thinkers. . .
The four thinkers whose views are outlined
are St. Augustine, Peter Abelard, Thomas
Aquinas and William of Occam." Christian
Century
Reviewed by H. T. Houf
Christian Century 63:1182 O 2 '46 360w
"In his Preface Mr. Carr6 observes that
'students of philosophy are still apt to flit from
the theories of classical Greece to the scientific
assumptions of the seventeenth century with-
out bestowing more than a hasty glance at the
intervening eras of speculation. To say the
least, this is an unhistorical procedure. The
bond which unites the ancient outlook with
the new is the persistence of Greek principles
within the context of Christian doctrine. And
the new conceptions, despite their loud rejec-
tion of Scholasticism, were deeply indebted to
the mediaeval methods, and are inexplicable
without them/ The book is to be welcomed
in general as a contribution to a more historical
view, and in particular as illustrating the
method and quality of 'scholastic' argument."
S. H. Mellone
-f Hlbbert J 45:89 O '46 1550w
"This book remains a welcome addition to
our small shelf of English studies of medieval
thought."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p262 Je 1 '46
1400w
CARRERA ANDRADE, JORGE. Secret coun-
try; poems; tr. by Muna Lee; introd. by
John Peale Bishop. 77p $2.60 Macmillan
861 46-5202
A selection from the work of an Ecuadorian
poet, including The Perfect Life, written when
he was eighteen. The Spanish originals are
included.
Booklist 43:152 Ja 15 '47
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
Kirkus 14:89 F 15 '46 90w
"His work is lyrical by nature, he has hu-
mane interests, and he is an Innovator In the
manner of Lorca, by reason of his brilliant
and provocative metaphors, which break up
the languid flow of Spanish verse."
-f New Yorker 2:102 S 7 '46 80w
"A rich document, interestingly presented."
George Snell
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!5 Ag 11 '46
HOw
"This is a volume of graceful and beautiful
poetry which will hold one's excited interest.
It should not be missed." C. M. Sauer
-f Springf'd Republican p6 S 24 '46 420w
"Muna Lee provides an excellent English text
facing the original Spanish. Even where she
has departed slightly from the actual words
used she has rendered the text with fidelity
and poetry." Eugene Davidson
-f- Yale R n s 36:150 autumn '46 200w
CARRINGTON, HEREWARD. Invisible world.
190p $2.50 Beechhurst press
133.072 Psychical research 46-5442
The director of the American Psychical in-
stitute discusses his views on spirit messages,
haunted houses, and other psychic phenomena,
based upon his own experiences during his
forty- five years in this field.
Reviewed by E. J. Garret t
Book Week p44 D 1 '46 450w
"In connection with Mr Carrington's medi-
ums, it is obvious that because one is a fake
not all are necessarily dishonest, but it is
curious that a scientific investigator should be
willing to accept one part of a medium's work
when another part was proved to be bogus."
T> TJ* TT
' Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 300w
CARROLL, MRS RUTH (ROBINSON), and
CARROLL, LATROBE. The flying house [11.
by Ruth Carroll]. 127p $2 Macmillan
46-8401
The adventures of Mr Bing, as a soap sales-
man, and his family in their helicopter house
which was very useful In rescuing people and
animals stranded during a flood.
"This may seem too much a flight of sheer
fancy to adults critical of mixing scientific dis-
coveries already made with conjecture. . . Ten-
and eleven-year-olds will find absorbing the
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details of the gadgets the family uses in their
everyday life. Ana who knows what conven-
iences sky traffic holds for the people of to-
morrow?" M. B. Snow
Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 70w
"This is a very gay and amusing story, and
the illustrations are even better than those
in 'School in the Sky.' " M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 30:30 Ja 18 '47 70w
"The book is for small children who will not
be fussy about facts. The soap salesman's
career sounds more like radio than reality, and
the book is evidently meant to amuse rather
than to convince. The end papers show a fear-
some sight: the blue sky teeming with adver-
tising aircraft, each in the shape of the thing
it advertises, from fresh flsh to ice-cream
cones." M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 5 '47 310w
CARRUTHERS, OLIVE. Lincoln's other Mary;
appendix by R. Gerald McMurtry. 229p $2.60
Ziff-Davis
B or 92 Lincoln, Abraham. Vineyard, Mary
S. (Owens) 46-6097
"A new approach to the love affair of
Lincoln and Mary Owens. Olive Carruthers
has gathered scattered records and with some
poetic license has woven them into a story.
To this R. Gerald McMurtry has appendixed
biographical matter, letters and other source
material, thus appealing to the casual reader
and exacting students who may be interested
in this phase of Lincoln's life and develop-
ment." Library J
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
"The author has written with insight and
feminine intuition. There are many touches
which few if any men would have found hid-
den between the lines of the documents. Miss
Carruthers has managed to orient herself in
Sangamon County and the New Salem of a
century ago. She strives with a good deal of
success to make her characters talk as 'folks'
did in that faraway time." F. L. B.
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 13
'46 450w
"Generally recommended, although not an
important book." Jacqueline Overton
4- Library J 71:767 My 15 '46 90w
"The reader who wants a story told him in
pleasing narrative form is satisfied, while the
reader who wants the historical facts gets
his money's worth, too. . . With a good bit
of skill and sensitiveness, Miss Carruthers has
recreated the background of the affair and
given Miss Owens and Mr. Lincoln character,
dimension and life, setting each in colorful
atmospheric perspective as to the place and
period." Lloyd Lewis
4- N Y Times p4 Jl 7 '46 950w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
HOw
Time 48:102 Jl 8 '46 700w
Reviewed by W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 30 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
CARSE, ROBERT. Deep six. 311p $2.50 Mor-
46-25193
Adventure story about one phase of World
war II. An American vessel is sunk off the
African coast, and the survivors are marched
into the desert by a German -commanded band
of Vichy French. The novel describes their
terrible experiences, a bit of the past lives
of the prisoners, and the experiences of the
group which escaped.
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46
Kirkus 14:181 Ap 16 '46 150w
"From its deep water start to its mountain
top end, it is adventure in the best flight
and pursuit manner. Probably not since John
Buchan crowded the thrills into his last man-
hunt has so much happened to one set of
characters between one set of covers. . . An
ending that trails off weakly doesn't matter.
It was a good fight. Perhaps the author in-
tended that his running lecture on the issues
of the war — which reveals a burning hate for
those who tolerate a Vichy, then or now — be
taken more seriously. I doubt it. Mr. Carse
was really writing a hefty tale of the uphill
fight of the underdog who only incidentally
has right on his side." Austin Stevens
H NY Times p4 Je 23 '46 600w
"What you get in the end is part straight
adventure yarn, written with wide knowledge
of seamen and what they're like, and part
psychological study, the latter done never
profoundly but always sensibly. The combina-
tion is a sound one and here furnishes above-
average reading." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 10 '46
950w
"Few writers know merchant seamen as
well as Mr. Carse does. He served in the mari-
time service himself during the war, rising
from able seaman to lieutenant. In his new
African novel he is extremely effective when
he describes the gruelling trek of his little
band of seamen across the desert, and much
less so when he pries into his characters' past
lives and tries to make them rationalize the
war. The main narrative itself is related with
rare skill. . . Throughout the book Mr. Carse's
straight account of how the men react to the
perils of their Journey illumines their char-
acters much more brilliantly than do his flash-
backs of their past life." Herbert Kupferberg
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Je 16 '46 600w
CARSON, MRS JULIA MARGARET (HICKS).
Home away from home; the story of the
USO. 221p il $2.50 Harper
940.5477 United service organizations, in-
corporated. World war, 1939-1945 — War
work 46-6743
"Little of the evolution of the USO will
appear on the surface of this book though it
is implicit in its substructure. This book is, as
the title indicates, the story of the USO, not
a history, not an analytical account. It is
written in terms of people, as the work itself
was done. The people are fictitious characters
who might have helped in the USO. The story
told is true, however, chiseled as closely as
possible to the spirit of the undertaking?."
Introd.
Booklist 43:51 O 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1094 S 11 '46 70w
"The book is an uncritical appreciation, not
a true 'story of the U. S. O.' . . Mrs. Carson
has adopted a narrative method of presenta-
tion which succeeds in holding the reader's
attention and introducing poignant elements
of human interest. The anecdotal sketches
at the end of each chapter are gems of humor
and pathos. Only when the style falls
into passages of excessively saccharine senti-
mentality does the author lose her audience.
A minor fault is that some attempts to re-
produce soldier dialogue have little recognizable
G. I. flavor." W. R. F.
^ Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 7 '46
600w
Kirkus 14:293 Je 15 '46 170w
"The astonishing range of these anecdotes
shows better than a series of graphs how much
was attempted and accomplished by the United
Service Organizations. This reviewer felt two
inches taller for the reading. Important pur-
chase for small public libraries." F. A. Boyle
-r- Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 lOOw
Reviewed by F. McGrath
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 13 '46
300w
Reviewed by A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:37 N 9 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p6 S S '46 300w
+ Survey 82:336 D '46 lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
CARSON, WILLIAM GLASGOW BRUCE, ed.
See Kean, C. J. Letters of Mr and Mrs
Charles Kean relating to their American
tours
132
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CARTER, JEAN (MRS JESSE OQDEN), and
OGDEN, JESSE. Small communities in ac-
tion; stories of citizen programs at work;
foreword by George Baskerville Zehmer. 244p
$3 Harper
323.35 Community life 46-7898
"The authors, who work out of the Univer-
sity of Virginia as promoters of adult educa-
tion throughout the south, tell of the practical
achievements of many small communities in
public health, improvement of schools, organi-
zation of libraries and museums, agricultural
and industrial experiments, and many other
projects looking to cultural and economic better-
ment and to the building of public-spirited citi-
zenship." Christian Century
"The spirit of this book is admirable. The
writers don't think they know it all, and they
are neither doctrinaire nor patronizing. Instead,
their book is marked by that wise humility,
that genuine objectiveness, so notable in Gran-
ville Hicks' 'Small Town:' qualities which make
that eminently readable book so much worth
while." J T. Frederick
-f Book Week pC D 15 '46 90w
Booklist 43:150 Ja 15 '47
Christian Century 63:1441 N 27 '46 80w
"The authors have made a practical contri-
bution, not only in telling these success stories,
but in analyzing the effective devices for letting
people know, and stimulating action "
+ Kirkus 14:411 Ag 15 '46 170w
Wis Lib Bui 42:162 D '46
CARTMELL, VAN H., and CERF, BENNETT
ALFRED, comps. Famous plays of crime and
detection; from Sherlock Holmes to Angel
Street; introd. by John Chapman. 910p $3.75
Blakiston
808.82 Dramas—Collections 46-6655
Contents: Sherlock Holmes, by William Gil-
lette; Within the law, by Bayard Veiller; Seven
keys to Baldpate. by G. M. Cohan; On trial, by
Elmer Rice; Under cover, by R. C. Megrue;
The thirteenth chair, by Bayard Veiller; The
cat and the canary, by John Willard; The bat,
by M. R. Rinehart and Avery Hopwood; Broad-
way, by Philip Dunning and George Abbott;
Payment deferred, by Jeffrey Dell; Kind lady,
by Edward Chodorov; Night must fall, by
Emlyn Williams; Angel street, by Patrick Ham-
ilton.
Book Week p5 S 15 '46 70w
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plS S '46
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 lOOw
"Had the compilers chosen to break the
thirteen curse they might well have added 'Ar-
senic and Old Lace,' even though it does not,
strictly speaking, belong in this category.
Otherwise it is difficult to imagine how the
collection could have been improved either by
addition or by subtraction." Isaac Anderson
-f- N Y Times p!3 S 1 '46 140w
"A very satisfactory collection."
4- New Yorker 22:104 S 7 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 550w
CARVER, GEORGE. Alms for oblivion; books,
men and biography. (Science and culture ser)
325p $3 Bruce pub.
920 Biography (as a literary form). Eng-
lish literature — History and criticism
46-4762
"Part history, part handbook and part gram-
mar this is an interesting account of bio-
graphical writing in England. Dr Carver a
Professor of English at the University of Pitts-
burgh, has traced life-writing through the
works of its finest practitioners from Adamnan
to Lytton Strachey and has shown how it
changed from panegyric to the all-inclusive
vehicle it has become today, with tycoon and
racketeer in the niche once reserved for saint
and noble." (N Y Times) Bibliography. Index.
"One is grateful to Dr. Carver for rescuing
these stately shades from oblivion. . . Dr.
Carver denies the biographer's right to re-
place truth with fiction. Always just, always
urbane, he handles the Duchess of Newcastle's
delusion of a strategist and a genius in her
easy-going husband more gently than the
malicious distortions of a superb stylist like
Jtrachey, for it deserves more delicate treat-
ment. But he decries both methods, whatever
the motive, lest there be said about biography
what Oscar Wilde once wittily remarked,
'Whenever now an eminent man dies, there
enter those with the undertaker who forget
they came to serve as mutes.' " M. F. Lindsley
-f Cath World 164:378 Ja '47 450w
"The book is marred by unnecessary asides
and by typographical errors; but a large num-
ber of quotations serve as a pithy and run-
ning commentary on the art whereby men
have saved themselves and often their subjects
from oblivion." T. L».
-I NY Times p29 Ag 11 '46 230w
"Professor Carver's method does not make
for sharp definition or lead to striking con-
clusions. In fact, his book is so little incisive
that readers may be forgiven if they fail to
find in it any leading idea or thesis. Perhaps
by way of compensation for this lack the
general editor of the series in which the book
appears calls our attention to an injustice in
the scheme of things — the vast discrepancy be-
tween the small number of men whose memory
has been preserved by the work of human
biographers and the countless multitudes whose
lives are recorded nowhere but 'in the Book of
Life, the only and final Who's Wrho of all
the ages.' The force of this indictment is
weakened by the fact that nothing much can
be done about it " G. F. Whicher
Weekly Book Review p50 D 1 '46 500w
CASE, ARTHUR ELLICOTT. Four essays on
Gulliver's travels. 133p $2 Princeton univ.
press
827 Swift, Jonathan — Gulliver's travels
A46-568
"These essays are extended discussions of
new and important ideas first advanced by Pro-
fessor Case in 1935 in his edition of Swift's
Gulliver's Travels. The first two essays deal
with problems that any editor of the book must
face: establishing a text and explaining the
inconsistencies, both real and apparent, in the
chronology and the geography of the four
voyages. The third essay proposes some new
interpretations of Swift's political satire. . .
The last essay reinterprets the entire book as
a politico-sociological treatise with satirical
passages rather than as a misanthropic attack
on human nature." U S Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ja 27 '46 250w
"Students of Swift will find much that is
valuable and suggestive in these essays: but
something of the greatness of the book is lost
in this interpretation. Gulliver's Travels is all
that Mr. Case says it is — but it is more."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:5 Mr '46 280w
"In this compact volume — the last of Profes-
sor Case's works to be published before his
death — the author has chiefly addressed him-
self to reconciling obviously inconsistent de-
tails in 'Gulliver's Travels.' . . The first
essay concerns the text of the 'Travels,' and is
perhaps the most detailed study yet made of
the many textual problems of 'Gulliver.' Case
discounts ably, but not completely, the merits
of the text of 1735, and prefers as basic that
of 1726. Here as elsewhere the volume will
provoke argument. One can only hope that the
arguments will proceed as graciously and
equably as one finds them urged in this valu-
able book. Here as in whatever else he wrote
Professor Case always combined incisive
scholarship with an amiable and ingratiating
manner." George Sherburn
-f- Yale R n s 35:760 summer '46 700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
CASE, JOSEPHINE (YOUNG). Freedom's farm
[poems; woodcuts by Clare Leigh ton]. 73p $2
Houghton
811 46-5624
A collection of lyrics and longer narrative
poems by the author of the dramatic At Mid-
night on the 31st of March (Book Review Di-
gest 1938).
Cleveland Open Shelf pl8 S '46
"Add this slim volume of verse to the grow-
ing mass of tender and sincere poetry about
New England. There is something about the
Maine coast, the Connecticut hills, the Massa-
chusetts meadows, their farms and woodlands,
that creates deep love, loyalty and a sense of
the eternal verities in this torn world."
-f Kirkus 14:265 Je 1 '46 90w
"Mrs. Case's book is not good enough be-
cause of a lack of poetic skill." John Holmes
— NY Times p22 S 29 '46 330w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
40w
"Admirers of the succinct, bucolic flavor of
Josephine Young Case's verse are sure to be
delighted with her latest offering. . . Occa-
sionally her efforts show the results of a strain
for the original, and her thought, though never
banal, never trite, is not always poetic." Wil-
liam Manchester
-f Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
"Some of the lyrics, characteristic of the
verse familiar to readers of 'Harpers' and 'The
Atlantic Monthly,' are traditional in form, feel-
ing, diction-neatly-packaged themes to be
grasped in a casual reading. . . But some of
the poems written during the war years are
deft and memorable. . . However, as she so
ably demonstrated in 'At Midnight on the 31st
of March,' Mrs. Case is at her best in the longer
narrative poems in which her shrewd under-
standing of character and event are allowed
full scope for development. She is particularly
skilled at investing a contemporary setting or
occurrence with a legendary timeless quality."
Ruth Lechhtner
H Weekly Book Review p8 Ag 11 '46 650w
CASEY, LEE TAYLOR, ed. Denver murders.
(Regional murder ser) 217p $2.75 Duell
364 Murder 46-4177
Narratives of eight murder cases, all of
which were perpetrated in Denver. They are:
The Gordon cat>e, by W. M. Raine; The man
from Rome, by W. E. Barrett; Gertrude Gibson
Patterson, by Frances Wayne; Murder at the
Brown palace, by Brett Halliday; The United
States vs. Tse-no-gat, by Forbes Parkhill, The
Sunday gun mystery, by C. B. Davis; The Pearl
O'L.oushlin case, by Ray Humphreys; The
spider man, by Gene Lowall
"Does not rank with its predecessor in this
series, Chicago Murders, [Book Review Digest,
1945] in either case history interest or chron-
icling, but this collects a new series of mur-
ders which reflect the city from her disorderly
frontier days to the present. These are stories
of murder, rather than mystery. . . Open sea-
son in a wide open city, with Clyde Brion
Davis, William MacLeod Raine, and Forbes
Parkhill providing robust recitals."
^ Kirkus 14:219 My 1 '46 130w
"All in all. this collection is notable both for
the unusual circumstances of the crimes here
recorded and for the excellent reporting." I. A.
4- N Y Times p26 My 5 '46 290w
"Mr. Parkhill's account of the trial of Tse-
ne-gat, a Ute Indian who almost started a
war in 1915, has a good deal of historical
interest, and Mr. Davis's reminiscences about
the Rodgers shooting in 1920 are very funny
indeed. On the whole, though, Denver's mur-
ders lack the finesse which most admirers of
this school of writing consider indispensable."
New Yorker 22:92 Ap 27 '46 120w
"Good."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 4 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p33 Ap 28 '46
320w
CASEY. ROBERT PIERCE. Religion in Russia.
198p $2 Harper
274.7 Russia — Church history. Orthodox
Eastern church, Russian 46-3423
Study of the changes in the religious ideas
in Russia from the time of Peter the Great
to Stalin. "There are interesting chapters on
the early Soviet attempts to supplant orthodox
religion by a kind of national -cultural religion
and on the anti-God propaganda of the swad-
dling clothes era of Bolshevism. The author
believes that the present revival of Christianity
in Russia is part of the revival of patriotism
caused by the war and not an effort to appease
Russia's Western allies." (New Yorker) Index.
"It is a well- written, sometimes even fasci-
nating, book by a well-informed author. It gives
the American reader many a new detail and
revealing illustration concerning enigmatic
Russia." G. Fedotov
-f Am Hist R 52-184 O '46 400w
Booklist 42.311 Je 1 '46
"Professor Casey writes with 'a private
enthusiasm* for building a cooperative world
with Russia. He has given his readers new
insights to understand this essential task, even
though he has not analyzed some of Russia's
social policies — in which there may be as much
of the spirit of Christianity as in her new na-
tionalistic church." H. A. Jack
-f Christian Century 63:720 Je 5 '46 900w
"The author combines the objective spirit of
the practised historian with the practical good-
will of the Anglican priest who wishes to in-
terpret the Orthodox mind and further any pos-
sible rapprochement with Orthodoxy. The re-
sult is an uneven but exceedingly useful book."
W. IT. Melish
-i Churchman 160:15 Je 1 '46 250w
"The author of this small book undertook an
ambitious project: nothing less than the story
of Russian Christianity from its beginnings
after Vladimir's reign to our day. The re-
markable thing about it is that he has suc-
ceeded quite well in his project. The story
is a mere sketch, particularly that prior to
Peter the Great; there are, necessarily, many
omissions But what it includes rests on com-
petent knowledge of the whole field which is
evident throughout. One feels that the au-
thor's knowledge of the subject is like an ice-
berg; only a small part of it is in sight; the
bulk is below the surface Beside the feat of
telling the story of the Russian church suc-
cinctly, the author managed, In the short space
at his disposal, to insert a surprising amount
of germane (and sometimes not germane) ma-
terial which is not often found even in
ponderous tomes devoted to the same subject.
Most of it is freshly minted bullion from the
mines of widely dispersed source materials."
Matthew Spinka
-f Crozer Q 23.298 Jl '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 25:169 O '46 50w
J Religion 26:306 O '46 250w
"Those who are interested in familiarizing
themselves" with the history of the Church
under the Czars, with the anti-religious cam-
paign of the Bolsheviks and with the role of
the Church in Russia's battle against Germany
will find this helpful and illuminating."
-f Kirkus 14:195 Ap 15 '46 190w
"A long time and a large subject to be
covered in 200 pages! But this objective his-
torian has done It successfully. Excellent book
for general purchase since it may be valuable
for reference in small libraries and an indis-
pensable addition to large collections." K. T.
Willis
4- Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 130w
Nation 162:602 My 18 '46 140w
"Probably as good a history of this delicate
subject as exists in English.'"
-f New Yorker 22:118 Ap 13 '46 140w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:186 S '46 200w
"Here is an honest and scholarly book on
Soviet Russia. Honest, because Professor Casey
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CASEY, R. P. — Continued
neither denies nor dodges facts, nor degrades
them to the uses of propaganda. Scholarly, be-
cause the author has exhausted and ordered
his material." J. H. Holmes
-f- Weekly Book Review p22 Ja 26 '47 600w
WIs Lib Bui 42:126 O '46
CASPARY, VERA. Stranger than truth. 319p
$2.50 Random house
46-11808
"John Ansell, who edits one of those real-
crime periodicals, is annoyed when his superiors
refuse to let him publish an account of a
recent, and unsolved, murder. After some
digging around, Ansell finds that the clues to
the case lead to his own office, and, with the
help of friends on the New York police force,
he uncovers a highly unsavory situation."
New Yorker
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week pig D 8 '46 90w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
"Again a decorative, devious study in crime
and punishment which continues the very ef-
fective entertainment standards of Laura,
Bedelia, [and] offers much originality in its
own right."
4- Klrkus 14:359 Ag 1 '46 170w
"To this reader's mind, Miss Caspary has
bitten off a great deal more than she can
chew. Save for a few expertly contrived se-
quences . . . the novel falls, with a muted
crash, between two well-known stools. . .
Her love story, hemmed in by bogus Freud,
is foreordained as a Van Johnson rigadoon,
from the moment boy and girl waltz to Muzak.
Her plot, which jumps frantically from mind to
mind in an effort to cover the emptiness of
her theme, is simply too exasperating to re-
quire comment here. A loyal Caspary fan
can only hope that she'll narrow her field
next time. Tycoons (of any stripe) are boome-
rangs when served up as a major threat."
James MacBride
f- N Y Times p24 D 1 '46 600w
"A good idea, handled rather more pre-
tentiously than the material would seem to
warrant."
New Yorker 22:130 N 23 '46 90w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 D 1 '46
60w
"The author of 'Laura' and 'Bedelia' dis-
plays a remarkable knowledge of the pulp and
advertising fields and exercises what amounts
to compassion or at least an easy tolerance in
portraying the inhabitants thereof. . . The
main show for most readers will be the who-
dunit puzzle containing an additional murder
and smart detecting by Captain Riordan, the
whole adding up to plenty of guessing. As
for technique, Graham Greene testifies, 'I am
filled with admiration for the devilish cunning
with which she has constructed it.' " Will
Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p42 D 8 '46 250w
CASSIRER, ERNST. Language and myth; tr.
by Susanne K. Langer. 103p $2 Harper
401 Language and languages. Mythology
46-1035
"A book which, according to the translator,
'changes our whole picture of human mental-
ity,' showing how language enables man to
develop from the myth -making stage to that
of logical thought." (School & Society) Index.
Reviewed by Gustav Ichheiser
Am J Soc 52:161 S '46 550w
Reviewed by I. J. Lee
Book Week p4 Mr 3 '46 500w
Current Hist 10:257 Mr '46 30w
J PhUos 43:682 O 10 '46 750w
Klrkus 13:486 N 1 '45 llOw
School & Society 63:15 Ja 5 '46 40w
Reviewed by H, S. Ficke
School <5L Society 64:262 O 12 '46 600w
"A tiny volume of only 99 pages, but it is
full of close philosophical reasoning and deduc-
tions on the relation between the two title
subjects." H. W. Marr
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
420w
CASSIRER, ERNST. Myth of the state. 303p
$3.75 Yale univ. press
320.1 State, The A46-5936
"One of the outstanding philosophers (Ham-
burg, Oxford, Yale, Columbia), late leader of
New-Kantian school, explores in part I, 'What
Is Myth,' concept of myth in language, psy-
chology and social life. In part II the struggle
against myth in the history of political theory
is traced from earliest Greek philosophers to
Enlightenment and Romanticism. Part III fol-
lows development of concept of myth through
Carlyle, Gobineau, Hegel to our times." Li-
brary J
Reviewed by J. G. Kerwin
Book Week p7 D 1 '46 400w
"Any one, wishing to follow the tortuous
course of political thought, from the divine
Plato to the most modern and Monstrous Moloch
worship or Devil-worships of 'Leaders,' 'Super-
men,' and 'Superior Races,' will find a fascinat-
ing and illuminating guide in Cassirer. His
scholarship is thorough, his insight unerring,
and his style free from that heaviness and ob-
scurity traditionally associated with German
philosophers." J. A. Leigh ton
-f- Churchman 160:19 D 15 '46 360w
Current Hist 11:509 D '46 30w
"Fur sound students of political theory — not
the ordinary public."
-f- Kirkus 14:338 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Too difficult for average reader, this
scholarly work by a truly great spirit should
be read by every trained mind in search of
deeper understanding of the world. One of the
rare 'grand' books." H. H. A. Bernt
-f Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Kenneth Burke
Nation 163:666 D 7 '46 lOOOw
"This posthumous volume, the text of which
was completed by Ernst Cassirer just before
his death in April, 1945, constitutes in a true
sense his philosophic last will and testament.
It is, indeed, a testament of wisdom. To its
writing Cassirer devoted a double legacy — his
rich store of historical learning and the dis-
tinctive insight developed years ago in his
philosophy of symbolic forms. The philosophi-
cal vision which he had applied, in a series
of notable works, to problems of language, sci-
ence, art and religion he finally directed to the
crucial question of political ideology in our
day." James Gutmann
-f N Y Times p8 N 10 '46 900w
"Professor Cassirer, who died last year in
New York and whose reputation in his adopted
country (he was born in Germany) is not yet
what it should be, was a brilliant historical
philosopher, and his analyses of vogues in
political alchemy, from Machiavelli through
Carlyle and his 'hero-archy' to Gobineau,
Spengler, are savagely forthright. The fact
that many countries would have been glad to
shoot the author of this book for his remarks
about patriotism, national leaders, race, and
allied matters only points up the urgency of
his discussion of them."
4- New Yorker 22:117 O 26 '46 160w
CASTIGLIONI, ARTURO. Adventures of the
mind: tr. from the Italian by V. Gianturco.
428p 11 $4.50 Knopf
133.4 Magic. Occult sciences. Medicine,
Magic, mystic and spagiric 46-3026
"What Dr. Castiglioni set out to do, few but
himself have the equipment to attempt. Trained
in the medical sciences, at home in a dozen lit-
eratures, possessing an immense historical
knowledge, he has also ranged widely in an-
thropology—too much, perhaps, in the often ob-
solete writings of the early Nineteen Hun-
dreds— and in psychoanalysis. Drawing upon
fifty years of scholarship, he seeks the psycho-
logical constants in collective 'adventure* of
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the mind' by exploring the history of magic,
ritual, mass suggestion and other efforts to
control man or nature through the use of non-
ratlonal techniques from primordial times to
the present day." N Y Times
Reviewed by Ethel Shanas
Am J Soc 52:160 S '46 360w
Reviewed by S. I. Hayakawa
Book Week plO My 19 '46 600w
Booklist 42:360 Jl 15 '46
— Kirkus 14:118 Mr 1 '46 90w
"Dr. Castiglioni, a distinguished medical his-
torian now at Yale, has written a fascinating
history of magic and its use by both primitive
and modern man."
4- New Repub 114:708 My 13 '46 180w
"Those who know Dr. Castiglioni's widely ac-
claimed 'History of Medicine' will not need to
be told of his gift for consolidating a thousand
details into a creative synthesis, without sac-
rifice of the salient facts. It Is pleasant to
report that his lucid and dramatic style has
again survived a translation, and we are In-
debted to Mr. Gianturco for having so faith-
fully preserved the atmosphere of the original."
R. K. Merton
-I- N Y Times p6 Ap 21 '46 1500w
"This is a fascinating and at the same time
somewhat disappointing book. It is fascinating
because it presents within the space of some
four hundred pages a really remarkable array
of facts bearing upon that dark hinterland of
the human mind. . . If, on the other hand, the
book is disappointing, it is so not only on
account of its turgid style, which makes for a
certain difficulty of reading, but because it
somehow seems, at least to the present re-
viewer, to fail to live up to the alluringness of
its title." H. A. Hunker
H Sat R of Lit 29:28 My 25 '46 950w
"This is a challenging theme, but the book
does not do Justice to the author's thesis. It
is a series of discursive lectures. It is rhetori-
cal rather than, in the words of the jacket,
'a scientific analysis ' It is neither a collection
of vivid instances like Frazer's 'Golden Bough,'
nor yet a serious attempt to corne to grips with
the human hustory of unreason. . . The book
is badly translated and some of the factual
errors are distressing. . . The chapters on
medieval rnatnc are the best and there are far
too few of thorn. The forty or so plates in the
book are delightful and informative, but they
are not mentioned in the text." Ruth Benedict
h Weekly Book Review p20 S 8 '46 700w
CASTLE, MRS MARIAN (JOHNSON). De-
borah. 372p $2.75 Morrow
46-3685
Character study of a dominating woman who
wanted her children to have all the "culture"
which was denied her in her youth on a Dakota
farm. The story follows three generations of
the family, from the Dakota farm in the nine-
ties, thru the twenties in Chicago, and back
to the old Dakota farm during the depression
years.
"Underlying this animated and excellent
story of a woman's life from the 1890s to 1946
is the half-secret surge of one of the strong
directive impulses in American history — the
escape from 'crudity,' the great neo-pioneer
flight from the word 'ain't.' " George Dillon
4- Book Week pi My 19 '46 1600w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
Kirkus 13:547 D 15 '45 150w
"Recommended." Barbara Over ton
+ Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 80w
"As a panorama of American life, 'Deborah,'
for all its naive romanticism, is curiously color-
ful, with a profusion of well-absorbed histori-
cal details that don't get In the way of unac-
countable happenings. With a lot more humor
and Irony, Deborah might have been an Amer-
ican Becky Sharp: but, then, she couldn't have
been a heroine in the best American tradition
of radio and the women's magazines." Nona
Balakian
_j NY Times pl4 Je 9 '46 550w
"Miss Castle's story scarcely cuts into life's
quick tissues, but it tries to put over, and not
unsuccessfully, what one woman learns from
life." J. V.
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 S 1 '46
lOOw
"Mrs Castle's book reveals no more promis-
ing talent than the ability to skip swiftly and
sentimentally through the high spots in the
intellectual history of the United States which
most of us remember from college. Her book
fails not only in evaluation, but in statement."
Nancy Groberg
— Sat R of Lit 29:43 Je 22 '46 550w
"Mrs. Castle tells Deborah's story solidly
arid well. Sometimes, as in most of the mate-
rial of the '20s, she becomes merely the good
reporter with a delightfully accurate, anti-
quarian knowledge of her period; but through-
out most of the novel she goes far deeper than
that to tell this tale of a well endowed Ameri-
can woman moving with lively reality against
the background of her times." F. H. Bullock
4- Weekly Book Review p2 My 19 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
CASTLE, MOLLY. New winds are blowing.
282p $2.50 Crowell
46-6622
"Peg, an English girl and Steve, her Ameri-
can husband who met while both were suc-
cessfully employed In movie production in Eng-
land, find their marriage affected not only by
the personal adjustments which all working
couples face, but by problems of war-time
living which brought strain to everyone. Ac-
tion takes place in England, Hollywood, and
New York." Library J
"A perceptive, aware job, which may shock
the ultraconservatives but which will find
many appreciative readers."
+ Kirkus 14:281 Je 15 '46 170w
"Writing is uneven. Characterization is well
done. Will appeal to women readers." M. A.
Johnson
Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
"A crisis which is supposed to be the
dramatic highspot of the book somehow doesn't
come off. The pages that hold tension are
those of the first third of the story which
describe Peg's life as she grows up in Eng-
land." Lucy Greenbaum
N Y Times p8 S 22 '46 450w
"In tracing Peg's spectacular rise to the
peaks of romance and equally spectacular skid
into the bleak valley of lost allure 'New Winds
Are Blowing' boxes the compass in sex rela-
tions, and says some very wise things vigorous-
ly and entertainingly. But there are so many
cross currents that you grow uncertain and
confused. The author has assurance and nar-
rative skill and knows her own mind, but
emotionally she leaves the reader feeling wind-
blown." Lisle Bell
J Weekly Book Review p9 Ag 18 '46
280w
CATLIN, MARY, and CATLIN. GEORGE.
Building your new house. 267p il $2.75 Cur-
rent bks.
728 Architecture, Domestic. Building. Dwell-
ings 46-5125
"The authors' experience derived from build-
ing eight houses of their own has gone into
this book of practical pointers on materials,
general arrangement of rooms, special con-
siderations for particular rooms, financing, and
real and false economies. The book is for the
budget- conscious planners who want a sub-
stantial but not costly house. The only floor
plans are those of the authors' houses, used
for illustration." Booklist
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl7 S '46
"Here Is a thoroughly down-to-earth, prac-
tical handbook, for the prospective builder."
-I- Kirkus 14:220 My 1 '46 130w
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Reviewed by L. E. Cooper
N Y Times p27 S 8 '46 550w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
CAUGHEY, JOHN WALTON. Hubert Howe
Bancroft, historian of the West. 422p $5 Univ.
of Calif. [27s 6d Cambridge]
B or 92 Bancroft, Hubert Howe
"This is the first comprehensive biography
of an unusual man with an unusual mind.
Hubert Howe Bancroft (not to be confused
with his contemporary George, the New Eng-
lander) in his 85 years was businessman, pub-
lisher, collector, essayist, philosopher and
writer of history. He made his mark as all
six, but most of all he is known as the
chronicler of western America. While Dr.
Caughey's biography treats Bancroft in ail his
mutations, it dwells quite properly upon Ban-
croft the historian, though certainly other
facets of his many-sided personality as they
appear in this study are no less interesting."
Book Week
Reviewed by R. B. Nye
Book Week p2 O 27 '46 450w
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
Reviewed by Kenneth MacGowan
N Y Times p34 N 3 '46 900w
"Hubert Howe Bancroft has long deserved a
biography, Mr. Caughey's book should have a
wide reading." Oscar Lewis
-f- San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
1200w
"Mr. Caughey's study turns out to be an
admirable critical biography of an American
who deserves to be far better known. His
book has two unfortunate weaknesses as a
piece of publishing. Excellently designed, well
printed and bound, its index is weak, and the
dust-jacket gives it the aspect of a strictly
amateur production " J. H. Jackson
-f- Weekly Book Review p2 O 27 '46
2000w
CAVANAH, FRANCES. Benjy of Boston: il
by Pauline Jackson. 31p $1 McKay
46-1316
Story of ten-year-old Benjy who was spend-
ing "the duration" with his great-aunt in
Boston, while his father was at war. Great-
aunt Prue was very stately, like her Beacon
Hill mansion, but Benjy met a little Italian-
American who made him understand the city
of his forefathers.
"Chicago writer Frances Cavanah manages
a magic combination In these books about
historic American cities. She captures the
flavor of the city, the feeling its people have
toward it, much of its historical background,
and does it all through the solid method of
telling a really good story." P. A. Whitney
~\- Book Week p!5 Mr 24 '46 130w
"Not particularly penetrating — but useful."
Kirkus 14:105 P 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by Elizabeth Burr
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
"Slight but agreeable." E. L. Buell
-f N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46 270w
ful illustrations in soft colors add greatly in
creating atmosphere. Should be effective in
arousing an interest in United States history
and lead to further reading." R. M. Davis
-f Library J 71:185 F 1 '46 70w
CAVANAH. FRANCES. Sandy of San Fran-
cisco; il. by Pauline Jackson. 30p $1 McKay
46-131?
Short story about an American boy, a refugee
from Hawaii, who lands In San Francisco In
the midst of the Chinese New Year celebration.
Because his uncle failed to meet him, and he
had no other friend than a Chinese boy, Sandy
stayed the night in Chinatown and helped to
celebrate New Year's.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 Mar 24 '46 SOw
Kirkus 14:105 F 15 '46 40w
"Profusely illustrated In soft, pleasing col-
ors." M. F. Cox
-f Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 70w
"There is more color than substance to this
story but the lively pictures will titillate any
child's imagination." E. L,. Buell
-f N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 SOw
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review pfi Je 30 '4G lOOw
CAVANAH, FRANCES, and WEIR, RUTH
CROMER. Private Pepper comes home; il.
by Diana Thorne and A. G. Peck. 30p $1.25
Whitman, A.
Dogs — Legends and stories
Seauel to Private Pepper of Dogs for Defense
(Book Review Digest, 1944). In this story Pri-
vate Pepper returns from the Pacific war,
wounded. He is rehabilitated for civilian living
and returns to his beloved master, Keith..
Kirkus 13:472 O 15 '45 90w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 70:1137 D 1 '45 50w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 SOw
CAVANNA, BETTY. Going on sixteen. 220p
il $2 Presbyterian bd.
46-2683
Understanding story of a shy teen-age girl,
who gradually manages to overcome her self-
absorption, and to become a part of the activi-
ties of home and school. For junior and senior
high school ages.
Book Week plO Je 2 '46 230w
Booklist 42:319 Je 1 '46
"Good story telling — sound characterization —
contemporary. ' '
+ Kirkus 14:223 My 1 '46 HOw
"The author's best to date." M. M. Clark
-f Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 lOOw
"This is a warm, convincing story of a girl's
growing up." M C. Scoggin
4- N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 HOw
"Mark this down for any library which teen-
age girls frequent: seldom one finds a story
so well within their own world. High- school
stories of today are hard to write." M. L».
Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 My 5 '46 400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
CAVANAH. FRANCES. Our country's story;
pictures by Janice Holland. 71p $2.60 Rand
973 U.S.— History—Juvenile literature 46-73
TiA* ^fusely illustrated story-history of the
United States from the days of the early ex-
schotars to the 1940's. For primary grade
Book Week p!6 N 11 '45 90w
Booklist 42:201 F 15 '46
"Clearly written text is entertaining and
simple enough for third-graders. Many beauti-
CECIL, LORD DAVID. Hardy, the novelist; ar
essay in criticism. 235p $2.50 Bobbs [7s 6d
Constable]
823 Hardy, Thomas 46-6152
Critical analysis of the writings of Thomas
Hardy, based on lectures delivered by the au-
thor at Cambridge. Contents: His scope; His
power; His art; His weakness; Style and sum-
ming up. Index.
"It is high time that so rare and delightful
a book as this should be made known to Amer-
ican readers. For David Cecil's book is a
delight. It is genial without being flippant; it
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is wise without being ponderous. As a critical
thinker Lord Cecil shows himself to be percep-
tive, discriminating, and scholarly; as a writer
he is gracious m attitude and graceful in
utterance In short, this is one of the most
enjoyable books that have appeared in a long
time." C J. Weber
+ Atlantic 178-160 O '46 400w
Reviewed by Bergen Evans
Book Week p6 S 15 '46 350w
Booklist 43 32 O 1 '46
" 'Hardy the Novelist' is not only an il-
luminating guide to its subject; by virtue of
its urbanity, its discrimination and its sound
commingling of all the literary elements, it is
also a model of critical exposition " F X
Connolly
4- Commonweal 44 625 O 11 '46 700w
"Most of what Lord Cecil has to say is plaus-
ible, but much of it is also unoriginal. Written
to be presented as the Clark Lectures at Trin-
ity College (Cambridge), his book has ease and
urbanity; and it provides a pleasant renewal
of one's association with Hardy. Yet Lord Cecil
brings to his task no special insights, and the
work as a whole lacks grip and power Perhaps,
as the presence of a few slips in syntax would
suggest, it was written in too short a time.
At all events it does not come up to the stand-
ard set by the author in 'The Stricken Deer'
and 'The Young Melbourne.' " Alexander Cowie
N Y Times p36 S 15 '46 450w
"A delightful essay on Thomas Hardy. . .
In the chapter on Hardy's shortcomings, the
author almost demolishes his man altogether
and, incidentally, writes one of the funniest
pieces of literary criticism in a long time."
4- New Yorker 22.109 S 14 '46 80w
Reviewed by A. Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 3 '46
120w
"One could not anticipate whether Lord
David Cecil, whose experience of life and its
tragic necessities and compromises must have
been fundamentally different from Hardy's,
would approach the task of criticizing the
Wesscx novels with proper sympathy That
he does so is clear from his first chapter on
Hardy's scope, and his book is a lucid and
gratifymgly intuitive commentary Kvery
reader familiar at least with Hardy's major
novels will find Cecil's insights a welcome
addition to Ins own " K H Adams
4- Sat R of Lit 29 10 S 28 '46 B50w
Time 48-108 S 9 '46 1050w
"The sound sense and humor that marked
Cecil's 'Early Victorian Novelists' are every-
where apparent in his book on Hardy. The in-
sight and sympathy that suffused his recent
biography of William Cowper, 'The Stricken
Deer.' are agnin finely manifest when at the
conclusion of his brilliant analysis of Hardy's
merits and defects he puts aside his critical
tools and speaks with honest affection for the
writer as one might speak of a willful and
unhappy child who had endeared himself by
his ingenuousness and sensibility." G. F.
Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review p5 S 1 '46 HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
"The analysis of Hardy's style is penetrating,
and the estimates of most of the novels are
excellent Only in regard to 'The Well -Beloved'
does Cecil seem to me to go wide of the mark.
To dismiss this as 'the same sort of book as
"Two on a Tower," and not so good,' is to miss
the ironic comedy which is the dominant note
of the story. Indeed, the least satisfactory part
of Cecil's criticism is the scanty and inade-
quate treatment of Hardy's irony. But with
fun allowance for this defect, the book is a
vividly painted and subtle portrait of a great
artist in fiction." H E Woodbridge
H Yale R n s 36:376 winter '47 750w
CERF, BENNETT ALFRED, ed. Anything for
a laugh; a collection of jokes and anecdotes
that you, too, can tell and probably have; 11.
by O'Connor Barrett. 217p $1 Qrosset
817.08 Humor. Anecdotes [46-8518]
Collection of jokes and brief funny stories,
some old, some new, similar to the editor's
earlier collections, Try and Stop Me, and
Laughing Stock (Book Review Digest 1944 and
1945).
Booklist 43-115 D 15 '46
"It's as fresh as possible, with a sprinkling
of old friends refurbished or dry-cleaned,
equipped — as the editor says in his foreword —
with tins year's license plates."
~| Weekly Book Review p!6 D 8 '46 llOw
CESBRON, GILBERT. Innocents of Paris; tr.
from the French by Marguerite Waldman.
21 2p $2 50 Houghton [7s 6d Collins]
46-5000
Imaginative, fictional adventures of six half-
grown boys, played out against the backdrop
of the city of Pai is. Then hangout is an old
hut just bo>ond the citv fortifications, and
one of their great friends is a customs official
whom they call Mr Widower.
Reviewed by Felix Mendelsohn
Book Week p2 Jl 14 '46 330w
" 'The Innocents of Paris' never quite comes
off It has moments of vitality and percep-
tion, but its moods are sustained only briefly,
and the high points are followed by abrupt
sagging in style, plot and characterization
How mm h of this is due to the translation is
difficult to judge. 1 do know that the first
chapter, which seemed to me badly over- writ-
ten, got the book off to a very bad start with
one reader . However, the book's mam
trouble is not language. It is that the char-
acters do not come to life, except fitfully "
Ivermit Roosevelt
— Commonweal 44-838 Jl 19 '46 420w
"Mischief and mishaps in a blend of quiet
affection and amusement, for a limited mar-
ket "
4 Kirkus 14-227 My 15 '46 150w
"A new and pleasant flavour in stories
about children is contained in The Innocents
of Paris . M. Cesbron, who has been well
translated by Marguerite Waldman, has a re-
markable gift for effective similes, as when he
describes the sky before storm as swelling up
like an angry cat, leaving the houses stiff with
fright " Charles Marriott
-} Manchester Guardian p3 My 3 '46
270w
"The adventures are told with a reasonable
facsimile of the wonder and suspense of child-
hood, but as most of the narrative is presented
through the consciousness of children, there
are awkward moments when, to account for
the progiess of the story, a child is made to
think what he would never think, or to think
explicit Iv what he might be aware of but
obscurely This peep show was designed
strictly 'for adults who care to join the author
in his orgy of infatuated indulgence " John
Far re 11 y
— New Repub 115-108 Jl 29 '46 160w
"Although there is little doubt that 'The In-
nocents of Paris' is a book with an unusual
and individual style and manner, there is a
curiously unsatisfying air about it, too Its
perversity should have made it so much more
striking Perhaps the translation, which has
the boys saying 'hullo, old thing/ and 'oh
fudge,' and then switching to 'who's the old
phony?' and 'slow on the uptake,' is partly
to blame " Richard Watts
_} NY Times p5 Je 23 '46 900w
"Occasionally one comes across a novel which
is filled with good intentions, is written with
a flair for style, and has an original way of
telling a story and imagination. Yet, when
the book is finished, it leaves the reader with
a curiously cold feeling, a sense that nothing
that has been said actually matters much.
'The Innocents of Paris' is such a volume "
Jay Adams
Sat R of Lit 29:44 Jl 27 '46 410w
"The discovery of a royal coach in a disused
railway tunnel, a drive round Paris with the
police during a raid, a children's battle in the
Pare Monceau — all these things are beyond the
experience of a normal childhood, but Gilbert
Cesbron has written with such humour and
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CESBRON, GILBERT— Confined
gravity, [that one] accepts everything. The
scenes may be exceptional, but the quality of
the laughter, the fear, the excitement, and the
tragedy (for there is tragedy) is irreproach-
able." V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
-f Spec 176:410 Ap 19 '46 360w
"M. Cesbron writes of poor children in Paris
with great charm and imagination. For their
adventures here are far better than childish
adventures ever are. Those are dreamed, these
happen. M. Cesbron takes the liberty of a
gifted man and adds to the odds and ends of
memory a lively and original fancy. He
depicts the most enviable of childhoods. His
little company live on the border between ter-
ror and delight. No child could ask more
though adults might. "
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!61 Ap 6
'46 500w
"M. Cesbron's novel is perhaps not tightly
enough conceived; nor, from the craftsman's
viewpoint, well enough integrated. But be-
cause of the way in which he has wed young
dreams to an old city, and especially because
of the way he has written about Paris — which
no power on earth can uproot from its place at
the core of our civilization — he has turned 'The
Innocents of Paris' into a moving book." Vir-
gilia Peterson
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 Je 30 '46
lOOOw
CHADWICK, HECTOR MUNRO. Nationalities
of Europe and the growth of national
ideologies. 209p $4 Macmillan [12s 6d Cam-
bridge]
320.15 Nationalism and nationality. Lan-
guage and languages [46-2962]
"The purpose of Professor Chadwick's book,
as stated in his introduction, is to stimulate the
desire for knowledge of foreign peoples — 'to
call attention to the need for more knowledge
not only of national movements — their char-
acteristics and causes, and the ideologies as-
sociated with them — but also and more es-
pecially for more knowledge of the na-
tionalities themselves.' The author undertakes
to fulfill this purpose, first, by a brief survey
of the development of nationalities in Europe
and, second, by a series of concrete educa-
tional proposals for the future. The survey
occupies the bulk of the book and is composed
of a series of connected essays on nationality
and language, the evolution of the linguistic
map of Europe, and the development of its
political divisions." (Sat R of Lit) Index.
"The author had a praiseworthy purpose in
writing this book, but he failed to achieve
sufficient structural unity of the parts to
render the work useful. . . In the reviewer's
opinion, the title of the book is misleading
and betrays the author's confusion of thought.
The reader will discover that the work offers
nothing of consequence about the 'Nationalities
of Europe' except linguistic facts, and will be
entirely disappointed with the author's meager
conception of the 'Growth of National Ide-
ologies.' " E. N. Anderson
— Am Hist R 51:740 Jl '46 320w
Reviewed by Otto Wirth
Am J Soc 52:159 S '46 1400w
"The book represents a considerable amount
of research. Unfortunately, one is aware of
a haphazard and at times slipshod employment
of the elements, which do not mix or merge,
and often coexist in a clumsy Independence of
one another." J. S. Roucek
Ann Am Acad 248:280 N '46 260w
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 30w
"In spite of a one-sided approach and of
some errors, the author has made a valuable
contribution to the better understanding of a
troublesome question." Rustem Vambery
Nation 163:275 S 7 '46 220w
"A well-known authority in the field of
comparative literature, Professor Chadwick
makes a real contribution, in these essays, to
our knowledge of the early history of the
nationalities question. It is to be regretted,
however, that, especially in hia discussion of
the development of national ideologies, the
author has restricted himself almost entirely
to a consideration of the linguistic factor,
which is—as he himself would admit — only
one of the factors involved." G. A. Craig
H Sat R of Lit 29:28 Je 8 '46 900w
"Professor Chadwick's book supplies a full
and accurate survey and an expert classifica-
tion of the nationalities of Europe, and thus
complies with the first and major phrase in
its title. It is remarkable for the breadth and
wealth of its information. . . Less satisfactory
is the part of the book on 4the growth of na-
tional ideologies': replete with historical in-
formation of a rather elementary kind, it fails
to attempt a systematic analysis of the charac-
ter and spiritual development — or d£gringolade
— of those national movements, although it con-
tains shrewd observations which might have
served ^as starting-points for searching in-
s^ Tjmes [London] Llt Sup p63 F 9 »4fi
650w
CHAFFEE, LETITIA. Can you'' pictures by
Marian Throck Morton. [28p] 50c Fell
Tom and Trudle, small brother and sister,
play a happy game all day long, beginning with
the robin's early song. "I can sing like a
robin," says Trudie, "and I can button my
clothes; can you?" and Tom answers "I can
button my clothes, and I can lace my shoes;
can you?" and so it goes thruout the small
duties and pleasures of the day to bedtime.
Reviewed by Miriam Snow
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 70w
"The game suggests all sorts of personal
additions and the colored pictures are un-
commonly taking." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46 90w
CHAGALL, BELLA (MRS MARC CHAGALL).
Burning lights; 36 drawings by Marc Chagall
[tr. by Norbert Guterman]. 268p $3 Schocken
bks, inc. 342 Madison av, N.Y. 17
B or 92 Jews — Social life and customs
46-8515
Portrayal of life in a middle-class Jewish
home in Hussia at the beginning of the cen-
tury. The author was the late wife of the
artist Marc Chagall.
"Autobiographical, well written, by the wife
of the painter Marc Chagall, with thirty-six
interesting drawings by the artist. Of limited
appeal for the general public." Rudolph Hirsch
Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 70w
"Tears and laughter fill the memoirs which
[Mrs Chagall] wrote in a slow- moving, rather
playful style. What the book lacks in persua-
siveness and vigor is balanced by Marc
Chagall's masterly illustrations, expressing a
wealth of emotion through a few bold lines,
depending upon swift suggestion rather than
upon precise definition." Alfred Werner
N Y Times p9 D 22 '46 550w
Reviewed by Alfred Kay
San Francisco Chronicle plO N 3 '46
220w
"The most delightful thing about all of these
memories of Bashke is the absence of retro-
active arrangement. They seem a matter al-
most of total recall, as if the mystical intensity
of the Hassidlc rites had precipitated them
into permanent, unspoiled form. They are pure
pleasure to read, evocative, wistful and full of
a peace long gone in the world. Marc Chagall
has given them drawings to suit their spirit,
lights to burn for the candles that have gone
out. Jew or non-Jew, there is none who will
not love this little book." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review p6 D 15 '46 850w
CHAIKOVSKII, PETR IL'ICH. See Tchaikov-
ski, P. I,
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CHALMERS, AUDREY. Kitten's tale; il. by
[the author]. [45p] $1.50 Viking
46-11814
Picture-story book about a kitten with a
hopeful tail and disposition, who spent a whole
day looking for a home, and finally succeeded
in her quest. Ages four to seven.
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
"Children and indeed cat lovers of any age
will follow with eager sympathy the hopeful
kitten's story which is so engagingly told by
Mrs. Chalmers' inimitable full-page drawings
and a text which is brief and full of gentle
humour." A. T. Eaton
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 I) 17
'4G 150w
Kirkus 14:592 D 1 '46 50w
"This is the best of this author's work, so
far. Pictures especially are delightfully ap-
pealing. Recommended " D. M. MacDonald
•f Library J 71:1807 D 15 '46 50w
"In sensitive text and pictures this story
speaks for all lost things in terms which 4 to
6 year olds will understand, and, as a reward
to the hopeful, ends with a sigh of con-
tentment " K. I,. B.
-f N Y Times p30 Ja 12 '47 140w
Reviewed by M I./. Booker
Weekly Book Review p9 D 29 '46 150w
CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE AGNEW. Scudda-
hoo! scudda-hay! 208p $2.50 Bobbs
46-1251
The story of a New Jersey farm boy whose
most prized possessions were a pair of mules
who would work for no one but him. With
their aid Snug was able to get back the farm
his father had left him, but which his step-
mother had claimed. The mules were even
a help to him in winning the girl he loved.
The title is an old mule-drivers' cry.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p6 F 10 '46 300w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
Kirkus 14-2 Ja '46 HOw
N Y Times p26 P 17 '46 270w
"This is a moving story that holds the in-
terest and is suited for all ages. It takes rank
with the better animal books " C. T. D.
-f Sprlngf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 120w
"Any reader who doesn't enjoy this story is.
In our opinion, more stubborn than a you-
know-what." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p22 F 17 '46 200w
adulthood is almost identical with the process
of demobilization." Hampton Adams
4- Christian Century 62:1257 N 14 '45 420w
Reviewed by W. F. Thompson
Churchman 160:15 F 1 '46 lOOw
CHAMBERS, DANA, pseud. See Leffingwell,
A.
CHAMBERS, MRS MARIA CRISTINA
(MEN A). Three kings; il. by Janice Hol-
land. 38p $1.50 Oxford
47-180
A little Spanish boy, disturbed because the
Three Kings had not come to his little village
in five years, set out to make way for these
bearers of gifts, and met with great success.
"This is a perfect story to cap the Christmas
season."
-f Book Week p6 Ja 5 '47 270w
Booklist 43:173 F 1 '47
"An attractive little book, with pictures by
Janice Holland, that is filled with the spirit
of Christmas. Recommended." D. M. Mac-
Donald
-f Library J 72:82 Ja 1 '47 50w
"Eight to 10-year-olds will get an excellent
picture of village life in Spain at fiesta time."
R. A. Gordon
-f N Y Times pll D 22 '46 140w
"It is a life-like little story, full of Christ-
mas spirit." M. L,. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p9 D 22 '46 130w
CHANCE, JOHN NEWTON. Death stalks the
cobbled square [Eng title: Screaming fog].
312p $2 McBride [8s 6d Macdonald & co]
46-4291
Mystery story.
Kirkus 14:82 F 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 My 12 '46 140w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
120w
Times [London] Lit Sup p437 S 9 '44
40w
"There's treachery in a cellar, underground
rescue and goodbye to the cobbled square, with
enough fog to hide a thousand murders." Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 My 5 '46 HOw
CHAMBERLIN, JOHN GORDON. Church and
demobilization. 117p $1 Abingdon-Cokesbury
259 Church work witft veterans 45-9083
"What is the church doing about the re-
turning veteran? How is it helping- him solve
the problems of his demobilization, reemploy-
ment and reintegration as a normal member of
society? Can we rescue him from the exploita-
tion of the racketeer in business and politics?
These are immediate questions which Mr.
Chamberlin discusses in this book." (Church-
man) The author is Chairman of the committee
on demobilization of the International council
of religious education.
"This is not a book on the psychiatric treat-
ment of the returned service man. In fact,
there is surprisingly little about the individual
in these chapters. This is not a weakness.
The author is satisfied with other books that
deal with the personal problems of returnees,
and he lists several of these His purpose is
to help churches see the whole range or prob-
lems which are related to demobilization, and
comprehend their task in relation to the work
of other agencies. . . One section of this book
is timeless and will continue to stimulate those
who read it after the demobilization crisis is
past. This part is entitled, 'The Church's
Growing Edge/ It deals with young adults
in the church. Suggestions are made here on
the arresting premise that the process of young
CHANDLER, ALBERT RICHARD. Rosen-
berg's Nazi myth. 146p $1.75 Cornell umv.
press [8s Oxford]
901 Civilization, Modern. Race. Germany —
Civilization. Rosenberg, Alfred 45-9183
"The writings of the 'philosopher' of Nazism,
Alfred Rosenberg, are known only at third
hand in this country. Rosenberg's principal
work, Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts, first
published in Munich in 1930, ranked only sec-
ond in importance to Hitler's Mein Kampf in
the Third Reich. It was made required reading
in all educational institutions, and any criti-
cism of it was made a punishable offense.
Copies of this work are still rare in the United
States; for this reason, among others, Pro-
fessor Chandler's exposition and criticism of
the main features of Rosenberg's doctrine as
expounded in Der Mythus is to be welcomed.
As was to be expected, there can be little doubt
left after reading the present volume . . . that
from beginning to end, Rosenberg's book is
nothing but a tissue of vicious rubbish." (Ann
Am Acad) Index.
"An analysis and interpretation of the Myth
would be a most desirable contribution to the
understanding of contemporary political move-
ments. Whether Professor Chandler's book
will fill this gap may be doubted. The reasons
for the inadequacy of a well-intentioned effort
lie in the author's approach. He considers
the Myth a body of doctrine, fallacious In
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CHANDLER, A. R.~~ Continued
principles and inaccurate in detail; and he in-
tends to 'expound and criticize' the main fea-
tures of the doctrine. I am afraid that this
is not the proper method to deal with a work
which purports to evoke and to elaborate a
myth. Such exposition and criticism can only
result, as it does, 111 informing the reader about
the painfully obvious. . . Still, the English
reader who is unacquainted with Rosenberg's
Myth may derive some introductory informa-
tion from the book as well as a few biblio-
graphical references." Erich Voegelin
Am J Soc 52.161 S '46 360w
Reviewed by E. C. Helmreich
Am Pol Sci R 40:175 F '4G 380w
Reviewed by M. F. Ashley-Montagu
Ann Am Acad 243:166 Ja '46 550w
"Mr. Chandler somewhat regretfully remarks
in the introduction to his work that the Nazi
philosopher's masterpiece has never been trans-
lated into English. The omission seems rather
pardonable. . . . Now, with Professor Chandler's
comprehensive discussion available of Rosen-
berg's principal ideas, there will be less reason
than ever to waste time on a study of the
original. Mr. Chandler not only has covered
the ground thoroughly, but he also has brought
order in the amateurish confusion of Rosen-
berg's hodgepodge. In the end, there remains
nothing to disguise the absurdity of a system
built on a nonexistent race and crowned with
the caricatures of honor and freedom." E. S. P.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 17 '45
480w
Foreign Affairs 24:557 Ap '46 30w
"The egotistic Ro&enberg is rather easy prey
and the author has good sport with him. His
treatment of Rosenberg's racial dogmas and
prejudices is particularly effective The au-
thor presents his material simply and straight-
forwardly, m a semi-journalistic style. . . It
is to be hoped that readers will not be tempted
by the author's easy exposure of the philo-
sophical pretensions and absurdities of Rosen-
berg to refuse serious consideration ot the
basic doctrines ot the philosophy of national
socialism, as developed, for example, by Ernst
Kneck and Franz Bohm, and to the disturb-
ing realities which their philosophy seeks to
explain " Marten ten Hoor
J Philos 43:530 S 12 '46 300w
CHANDLER, ALFRED NOBLIT. Land title
origins; a tale of force and fraud. 550p $3
Robert Schalkcnbach Foundation, Iric, 50 E
69th st, N.Y. 21
333.3 Land titles— U S. 46-902
From the earliest days of discovery and
colonization the author traces the story of the
obtaining and use of lands in the United
States — AS royal grants to court favorites,
thru the days of "buying" from the Indians,
to the days of grants to railroads and individ-
uals in the nineteenth century. Bibliography.
Index.
"Even a cursory examination would show
that Mr. Chandler has done a thorough piece
of work. Not attempting the almost impossible
task of going to the multitudinous sources, he
has made use of all the more important sec-
ondary authorities, and the extensive bib-
liography shows with what discrimination he
has selected his references. . . There is a
comprehensive and usable Index, and an
excellent table of contents " B. W. Bond
4- Am Hist R 52:148 O '46 700w
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
"Mr Chandler, traveler and economist, has
been active in public affairs for more than 50
years. In his home State of New Jersey, he
Is known for his activities in matters concern-
ing land reform. His book represents 13 years
of labor, 10 for research and three for writing.
It ought to have a far wider reception than,
by its long and documentary content, it is
likely to have. It presents a dark chapter of
American history on one of the most funda-
mental issues before us: the future disposition
of the ever-growing populations in a world
where there J<» no more unexplored land mass.
Mr. Chandler's work will be invaluable as a
source book for tomorrow's reformers." R. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!8 Mr 23
'46 320w
"The book is well documented, but could
have been improved in emphasis and coherence
by condensation."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:126 Je '46 200w
CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Red wind. 253p 49c
World pub.
46-4721
"Murder, mayhem, blackmail, and other less
easily classified forms of unpleasantness, dealt
with in five long short stories which seem to
take place chiefly in West Coast hotels and
night clubs." New Yorker
"Not since the advent of Dashiell Hammett
have we encountered a tougher crew of men
and women, and it is arguable whether Ham-
mett ever has packed more violence into a
single book than is pictured here or has done
it more skillfully." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p40 My 5 '46 lOOw
"Very satisfactory tough stuff."
4- New Yorker 22:112 My 4 '46 80w
"Interesting fare for Chandler fans and for
readers who like their killing's gory, frequent,
and explosive "
Sat R of Lit 29 38 Jl 27 '46 50w
CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Spanish blood; a
collection of short stories 221p 49c World
pub
46-G327
"Collection of five 'long-shorts' wiitten m
late 1930' s Mainly Western locale. Variety of
sleuths " Sat R of l^it
"Back in the days when Raymond Chandler
wrote for the pulps he was even tougher than
he is now, and here are tlve stories to prove
it. They were originally published in the
magazine^ 'Black Mask' and 'Dime Detective.'
All the characters in them are hard-boiled, de-
tectives as well a.s criminals, women as well
as Di en." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 S 8 '46 140w
New Yorker 22:103 S 7 '4G 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle plG Ag 4 '46
20w
"Good and tough."
-f> Sat R of Lit 29-32 Ag 10 '46 40w
CHAN DOS, DANE. Abbie. 245p $2.75 Putnam
818 46-25226
Aunt Abbie was a character. The wealthy
wife of a British M.P., Abbie saved money
with the avidity of *a miser. She had blue
hair, along with a large collection of other
oddities, and her story is told by her half-
American nephew, who was often taken on
Aunt Abbie's penny-pinching jaunts.
Reviewed by Alice Kogan
Book Week p4 Jl 7 '46 250w
Booklist 42.365 Jl 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
"Highly affectionate, amusing anecdotage."
4- Klrkus 14:215 My 1 '46 170w
"One hilarious incident follows another, but
author never overworks his material. . . Rec-
ommended." E. H. Kennedy
-f Library J 71.917 Je 15 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Chandos's 'Abbie' is described as 'the
wickedly witty portrait of an appalling and
delightful female.' Myself I found it more
grisly than amusing, and not (I hope) as
authentic a recollection as it purports to be."
Diana Trilling
Nation 163.23 Jl 6 '46 210w
"Whether she is learning to milk a cow,
selling poppies on Armistice Day, or blowing
her whistle for quick service, Abbie never
stops being a 'character.' And perhaps that's
unfortunate, for 'characters' can become a
bore after a while. Especially if they have
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admjring nephews who can't distinguish be-
tween idiosyncrasies and recognizable human
foibles. Perhaps it takes real 'living' with
Auntie to find out." Nona Balakian
N Y Times p5 Jl 14 '46 650w
"Two hundred and forty-five pages of Aunt
Abbie's spontaneity and irrelevance are, per-
haps, a bit too much, but the book is very
funny when read skippingly."
New Yorker 22*59 Jl 6 '46 70w
"It is a composite of feminine foibles, done
with wit and sometimes without mercy. There
are moments when the humor bears a sur-
prising resemblance to a vaudeville routine,
but that doesn't make it any the less funny.
Ohandos reaches for a laugh, but he usually
gets it." Paul Speegle
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 2 '46
450w
"Abbie's letters and her nephew's commen-
taries make savory reading. Her knowledge
and incidental advice on anything from laxa-
tives to governesses, all of whom she scorned
indiscriminately, are refreshingly entertaining.
Abbie is a truly droadiul woman, and yet for
all her irritating and insular qualities — quali-
ties epitomizing everything that Americans are
inclined to regret 111 the British — there is no
doubt that she is a charmer. . . Her story is
one of humor, irritation, and delight well told.
But Abbie has two faults She stretches your
credulity almost lo tiic breaking point and
there is too much of hor lor one long dose.
In small quantities she is excellent tonic fare.
In one draught the effect is inclined to be toxic.
Nonetheless there is no one liko her and hor
activities make excellent casual reading " J.
G. Dietz
H Sat R of Lit 29 25 Ag 24 '46 700w
"Dane Chandos presents his aunt almost
wholly through letters she wrote over what
must have been some twenty years and from
a list of places tint dips into both hemispheres
and a wide stretch ot the globe Disagree as
you may with her prides, prejudices and stric-
tures (the last leveled at Americans only
slightly less than at the Hun), you cannot but
find her likable, even lovable, and her story
lively and amusing reading " Mary Ross
-|- Weekly Book Review plO Jl 14 '46
550w
CHANDRASEKHAR, SRIPATI. India's popula-
tion; fact and policy; with an introd. by
Warren S Thompson. 117p $2 Day
312 8 India — Population 46-5750
Study of India's population problem which
attempts to answer the question* Ts India over-
populated and is it neccssaiy for India to have
her periodic great famines9 In his Introduc-
tion Dr Thompson, director of the Scripps
foundation for population research, says "It
should do much to help Americans understand
how India's future and perhaps the world's
is being determined by her population growth
today. It should also add much to our under-
standing of what it means in terms of human
welfare to have a crowded land with a people
growing in numbers almost as fast as what
Mai thus called 'the means of subsistence ' "
Bibliography. Index.
Am J Soc 52-379 Ja '17 in\v
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p2 O 20 '46 ISOw
"The book would have been better if the au-
thor had been more careful to give others
credit for facts he retails and if the author,
who has had unfortunately little opportunity
to gain sobering experience in the land of his
birth and youth, had restrained his impulse
to crowd the little book with a host of recom-
mendations for alleged reforms." M D Lyons
Commonweal 44:604 O 4 '46 320w
Foreign Affairs 25.316 Ja '47 20w
"The facts gathered together in this short
book tell a cruel story, and for that reason
are useful not only to the student of colonialism
but also to impress Americans with the real
need to assist India in attaining her in-
dependence so that she may build a new and
better life. On the other hand, the reader
should not expect to find here any profound
analysis of India's population problem. It is
unfortunate that this book lacks a solid
theoretic framework which would provide it
with fruitful inferences and avoid confusion."
John Bicknell
-| NY Times p39 S 16 '46 750w
"This is a small book, and it does not have
room to analyze thoroughly the handicaps
under which India struggles. But the argu-
ment is clear and convincing, and should be
considered by those who make Indian policy."
Marvin Sargent
-f.San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 15 '46
270w
CHAPEL, CHARLES EDWARD. Aircraft elec-
tricity for the mechanic. 477p il $5 Coward-
McCann
629.1354 Airplanes — Electric equipment. Air-
planes— Maintenance and repair 46-1864
"Written in simple language, giving funda-
mentals of electricity with specific problems
which electrical workers in the aviation in-
dustry must meet. Book stresses the most
frequent troubles encountered in operation,
with solutions." (Library J) Index.
"Well illustrated with charts and diagrams
and has typical examination questions with
answers. Useful for C.A.A. and other promo-
tional examinations. Practical book for home
study and applicable as a text in secondary
and vocational schools." L». A. Eales
-j- Library J 71 345 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:3 Ja '46
"A good introduction to fundamental prin-
ciples and their applications. . . His book will
be useful to a group even larger than its title
implies." James Stokley
4- Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 46
60w
CHAPMAN, HESTER W. I will be good. 476p
$2 50 Houghton [10s 6d Seeker & Warburg]
46-1519
This novel, written in the fashion of sixty
years ago, tells the story of how an English
lady novelist, acting as a companion to a
wealthy young French girl, so manipulated
the lives of those around her as to bring about
a tragedy.
Reviewed by Susan Randolph
Book Week p7 Mr 17 '46 310w
Booklist 42:226 Mr 15 '46
"The skjll of the author of I Will Be Good
lies in her control of her own material, her
gradual unwinding of the stream of conse-
quences, her ability to convince the reader of
Blanche's honest self-delusion. After its slow
Btart, the story takes hold of the reader as he
comes to appreciate the author's satiric pur-
pose, and, finally, he is roused to a real in-
terest in the people who would have been
better off if they had been spared Miss Peve-
rence's kind offices." W. K. R.
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!4 P 18 '46
550w
"A double-framed, Gothic-turned romance of
bizarre qualities "
Kirkus 13:530 D 1 '45 190w
"An interesting conception. Execution is
fairly successful; a bit on the slow side. Doubt
any great popularity." Margaret Owen
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 My 25 '45
180w
"It is part of the great cleverness of the
book that one is made to conjecture for one-
self— arid accurately, one believes — how the
characters would have behaved if left to their
real life. One knows, every time a wrong
turning is taken, what the right alternative
would have been. Between the amusing open-
ing chapters and the beginning of the mischief
there is an hiatus where one is out of step
with the author's intention; as soon as this
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CHAPMAN, H. W.— Continued
intention is clear the book is completely enter-
taining:." Henry Reed
4- — New Statesman & Nation 29:409 Je 23
'45 210w
"While 'I Will Be Good' inevitably points up
the unreal, often melodramatic nature of the
Victorian lady novelist's world, Miss Chapman
does not seem to be writing a satire of Vic-
torianism or of the Victorian novel. Her story
is written perfectly straight; the rich, ornate
details are heavily laid on, but not too heavily
for the type. Better writing, a more knowing-
re-creation of the period, and intensive rather
than extensive treatment of character and
setting distinguish this book from run-of-the
mill costume fiction. The result is a tour de
force and flrie entertainment." N. K. Burger
-f N Y Times p6 F 10 '46 500w
"A long, intricate narrative, Victorian in
setting, viewpoint, and even style. . . Nice for
those who like tears and chocolates with their
literature."
New Yorker 22:96 P 16 '46 130w
Reviewed bv Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29-55 Mr 16 '46 320w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
— Spec 174:484 My 25 '45 180w
Times [London] Lit Sup p281 Je 16
'45 550w
"The atmosphere of the story, particularly in
the early scenes, is handled with noteworthy
skill. Hester Chapman has a sure touch with
detail — colors and costume and cluttered rooms
— and you will relish the verbal fireworks which
illuminate the perdurable chasm between
French and English thinking and standards of
value." Lisle Bell
H Weekly Book Review p8 F 24 '46 600w
"With all the leisurely pace and elaborate
backgrounds of her models Miss Chapman has
produced an engaging and an exotic story."
Orville Prescott
-f Yale R n s 35:576 spring '46 230w
CHARITINA, SISTER MARY. Adventures of
the Redcrosse knight. See Spenser. E.
the Saint during his sojourn in our midst.
Something like Hollywood, maybe." Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p39 N 17 '46 300w
CHASE, ESTHER H. (ANNEKE DE LANGE,
pseud). Anna Luhanna. 281p $2 50 Greenberg
The scene of this story is the Canadian
border country, peopled by descendants of
Swedish immigrants and half-breeds. The
chief character, Anna Luhanna, is the daughter
of the strange, brutal, domineering mother of
a large brood of children. Anna and her twin
brother Ivan are the primary objects of their
mother's hate and cruelty. Anna finally es-
capes but not before tragedy has touched her.
"Anna's story is told with sincerity and
frankness in a narrative which has a certain
pace. But the scenes are outlined rather than
presented in full, and the people are never ade-
quately realized." J. T, Flanagan
Book Week p6 Mr 10 '46 290w
New Yorker 22:102 Mr 9 '46 80w
" 'Anna Luhanna' is written with economy
and sincerity. One hopes it will be followed
by other works of fiction in which the same
attributes are manifest in an environment not
quite so grim." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 10 '46
310w
CHASE, GILBERT, ed. Music in radio broad-
casting; contributors: Samuel Chotzmoff
land othersl. (NC-Columbia univ broad-
casting ser) 152p $1.75 (9s) McGraw
780.13 Radio and music 46-6785
Ten American musicians, experienced in radio
work explain the various aspects of music in
radio. They cover building and producing a
musical prog rain, composing, conducting, and
arranging for radio, the music library, and
opera in television. For students interested
in radio broadcasting. Index.
Booklist 43 97 D 1 '46
Reviewed by Leonard Burkat
Library J 71:917 Jc 15 '46 lOOw
CHARLES, JOAN, pseud. Sec Underwood, C.
CHARTERIS, LESLIE. Saint sees it through.
223p $2 Doubleday
46-7995
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!8 D 8 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:437 S 1 '46 50w
"Never a dull moment." Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 140w
"The plot and action are well thought out,
but the Saint's apparent inability to converse
in anything except painful witticisms may
bother you "
-j New Yorker 22:136 N 16 '46 lOOw
"Can you imagine The Saint seriously in
love and uninterested in Boodle ? Or his crea-
tor writing as frequently like Hemingway as
like Charteris? It's all a little disconcerting,
but highly readable and, as a change, wel-
come." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 17 '46
90w
"Beautiful singer and resourceful Saint dash
through typically Templar adventures to grisly
climax in which luv and justice triumph."
Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 23 '46 50w
"There's no use pretending that Simon
Templar, alias the Saint, is the man he used
to be when he was sliding around London in
his lowslung car with Patricia Holm, function-
ing as a modern Robin Hood and playing hide
and seek with Inspector Claud Eustace Teal,
of Scotland Yard, all very smooth and deb-
onair. . . The climax is of the brutal and
painful sort employed by almost any hard
author, with special reference to Raymond
Chandler. Yessir, something has happened to
CHASE, ILKA. I love Miss Tilli Bean. 400p
$2.50 Doubleday
46-2118
When gay, lusty Giovanni Rechetti, a travel-
ing salesman for Italian pasta and olive oil,
visited the quiet village of Lanesboro, Penn-
sylvania, he changed the whole course of the
lives of Miss Tilli Bean (eight years old) and
her Quaker-bred mother. Tilli grew up in Italy,
became a beauty and a celebrity in the world of
fashion but finally returned to America to find
her true happiness.
Reviewed by Susan Randolph
Book Week p8 F 24 '46 230w
Kirkus 14:19 Ja 15 '46 150w
"There used to be a legend about the dreamy,
romantical girls who stayed at home and wrote
impossible romances about the great world out-
side, of which they naturally knew nothing.
(Sometimes, with genius, these girls succeeded,
as in the case of the Bronte's.) Here is the
opposite: a novel by a polished, worldly wise
lady, which fails to show any trace of what
the ordinary adult recognizes as life. Margaret
Kennedy might have made us believe it; Miss
Chase doesn't," Robert Molloy
— NY Times plO F 24 '46 550w
"The author writes with an engaging cheer-
fulness that could probably pass for wit, and
her behind-the-scenes pictures of a great Paris
dressmaking house in those faraway days are
interesting and unquestionably authentic."
New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 130w
"Much of the book is dull. Most of It is silly.
And the publishers, having blurbed it 'a Quaker
Constant Nymph/ hope that most readers will
swarm to it like crabs to gamy bait."
— Time 47:98 Mr 18 '46 400w
"Frankly, this triple spectacle of Venus tri-
umphant is quite a lot of fun. Conceivably it
may have been written tongue in cheek: but
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It is Just enough of an exaggeration, Just
enough a satire, to surmount its almost total
lack of humor, its load of throbs, its reckless
abundance and vulgarity. Tillie Bean belongs
to a monstrous regiment of man-eating women,
but it is considerably entertaining to follow
her conquering footsteps and most instructive,
if a trifle alarming, to learn so much about the
tricks of the female dressmaking and general
allure trade." Iris Barry
Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 3 '46 650w
CHASE, ILKA. A lady's pleasure See Lady's
pleasure
CHASE, STUART. For this we fought; guide
lines to America's future as reported to the
Twentieth century fund. (When the war
ends) 123p $1 Twentieth century fund
330.973 U.S. — Economic policy. Reconstruc-
tion (1939- )-U.S. 46-25284
"Sixth and final report on postwar questions.
Survey of many polls indicates veterans and
civilians alike seek full employment and
security at home and peace abroad. Former can
be achieved by a middle-of-the-road controlled
capitalism designed to make possible a high-
wage, low-profit, mass- consumption economy;
the latter by adoption of Lilenthal Committee's
recommendations on international control of
atomic energy." Library J
Reviewed by A. H. Hobbs
Ann Am Acad 248:289 N '46 400w
"This is a book for the general reader, not
for the student. It is written in Chase's athletic
and attractive style and is worthy of atten-
tion." P H. Douglas
Book Week p3 D 8 '46 350w
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
Reviewed by B. A. Beder
— Canadian Forum 26.236 Ja '47 310w
"The volume is clearly written, and contains
facts and figures the total conclusions of which
can hardly be refuted. It deserves the atten-
tion of those who are already aware of the
'now or never' crisis of our civilization and
intend to do something- about it. In fact, it
should be read by everyone who considers him-
self a citizen, for it contains elements to in-
spire more recruits for today's grand crusade
to save mankind from itself " D. O. Myatt
-f- Chem & Eng N 25 51 Ja 6 '47 450w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 21 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Current Hist 12:59 Ja '47 70w
"Rather inadequate, but suitable for discus-
sion groups." R. W. Henderson
Library J 71:1327 O 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by H. D. Davis
Nation 163 625 N 30 '46 450w
"Stuart Chase has written an annoying book.
He will not be applauded by economists be-
cause he has dared to state his convictions and
present his facts in simple, readable English.
He will be condemned by the orthodox of both
political extremes because he happens to think
that neither Adam Smith nor Karl Marx has
anything particularly significant to say about
our contemporary problems. Mr. Chase has
charted a lonely course; in these days of
fanatic extremists he will find it difficult to
convince anyone of this thesis, except, possibly,
the people of the United States." Merle Miller
Sat R of Lit 29:19 O 5 '46 900w
- Wis Lib Bui 42:146 N '46
CHASE, STUART. Tomorrow's trade; problems
of our foreign commerce; guide lines to
America's future as reported to the Twentieth
century fund. 156p $1 Twentieth century fund
382 U.S.— Commercial policy 45-10372
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This book explains international trade in
such terms that all should be able to under-
stand it." J. B. McConaughy
-f- Am Pol Sol R 40:396 Ap '46 240w
"This book should be welcomed by every
citizen who is looking for a simple and straight-
forward story of the mechanism of foreign
trade and of the relationship between the do-
mestic prosperity and the export and import
trade of the United States. The author has writ-
ten a layman's guide to a set of interrelated
postwar problems which we must approach
with clear head and unbiased understanding if
we are to avoid the mistakes of the Nineteen
Twenties." A. E. Taylor
-f- Ann Am Acad 244-221 Mr '46 600w
"Chase's book is a quick gallop around the
course of international trade but it cannot be
said that Mr. Chase takes the hurdles in fine
style; rather he seems to run out at the jumps.
. . Despite all his years of research and study
and the innumerable pamphlets, articles and
books he has produced, Mr. Chase has not yet
learned that a highly developed capitalist na-
tion, like the United States, cannot exist in a
condition of balanced trade relationship with
other countries." E. A. Beder
— Canadian Forum 25:291 Mr '46 280w
"It is clear, informative, succinct and good
reading — in fact everything that a populariza-
tion ou^ht to be."
-f Commonweal 43 461 F 15 '46 140w
Current Hist 10:156 F '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 24:556 Ap '46 20w
Reviewed by L. A Eales
Library J 71-345 Mr 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by A. D. Gayer
N Y Times p26 My 5 '46 700w
"Here is a book which will bring teachers
and students quickly abreast of the problems
of the hour in international trade and which
will supply the raw materials for important
discussions. The best high school seniors might
rise to its challenge, and in colleg-cs it might
well serve as an auxiliary textbook." E L B.
Curtis
-f Social Educ 10.184 Ap '46 850w
Reviewed by Ordway Tead
Survey G 35'131 Ap '46 500w
"The argument presented in this volume is
not new, but the problem will bear re-examina-
tion and repetition because of the position the
United States has come to occupy in world
economy. In the limited space at his disposal,
Mr. Chase has had to disregard a number of
corrolary problems, some of them of impor-
tance. The oversimplification and loss of exacti-
tude contribute, however, to clarifying the
central issue of foreign trade and foreign trade
policies."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:32 Mr '46 200w
Wis Lib Bui 42-17 Ja '46
CHASE, THOMAS G. Story of Lithuania; with
a foreword by William Henry Chamberlin.
392p maps $3.50 Stratford house, inc, 52 Van-
derbilt av, N.Y. 17
947.4 Lithuania — History 46-6730
A history of this small Baltic country from
earliest times (before the eleventh century)
down to the present postwar period and re-
newed domination by Russia. Bibliography. In-
dex.
"The book is more a compilation than a nar-
rative and is written without much heat or
bitterness. It shows no way out of the present
catastrophe. But it shows that conscientious
democrats, respecting themselves and loving
freedom, cannot be satisfied with a world order
that makes Lithuanian men and women the
helpless pawns of empires." R. H M.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 S 12 '46
480w
"This little volume is the best Lithuanian
history available in English, although it has
some glaring weaknesses." J. S. Roucek
H Commonweal 44:534 S 13 '46 200w
CHAVEZ, ANGELICO. Eleven Lady-lyrics, and
other poems. 96p $1.25 St Anthony guild
811 46-435
A volume of verse by a young Franciscan
poet of the American Southwest,
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CHAVEZ, ANGELICO— Continued
"Eleven Lady Lyrics is a tribute to the three
loves of a real poet, love of God and Our Lady,
of men, and of the beauty that can be wrought
in language. It is difficult to recall any book
of lyric poems published in recent years which
contains as much present fulfillment and future
promise as does this volume of Father Chavez."
F. X. Connolly
-f Cath World 163:90 Ap '46 270w
Commonweal 43:657 Ap 12 '46 20w
cerity and ability for such an undertaking."
J. G. Hitrec
Sat R of Lit 29-16 Jl 27 '46 lOOOw
"This is neither a definitive nor a satisfy -
ingly complete study of its subject, but it is
a valuable, timely and readable contribution
to the understanding of a matter vital to Amer-
icans, the revolutionary course of modern
China." Richard Watts
H Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 14 '46 1650W
Wis Lib Bui 42.150 N '46
CHEN, STEPHEN, and PAYNE, PIERRE
STEPHEN ROBERT. Sun Yat-sen, a por-
trait. (Asia press bk) 242p il $4 Day
B or 92 Sun Yat-sen 46-25215
A biography of the "father of the Chinese
Republic," In the preface the authors explain
that during the war certain documents in-
dispensable to a fully documented "life" were
lost but that the help of members of the
family and the government of China made this
"portrait" possible. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p3 Jl 28 '46 500w
Booklist 42-364 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7.13 N '46
Canadian Forum 26:186 N '46 230w
"There is somewhat more in this book about
the man himself than in former books on Sun
Yat-sen; and what little fresh information the
authors are able to give is so well presented
in Robert Payne's eloquent English prose that
there are at least some glimpses of the living
human being behind the legendary figure. The
historical background, too, is vividly drawn, at
least until the early 1920's." Guenthcr Stein
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!6 Jl 11 '46
450w
Current Hist 11:327 O '46 30w
"Friendly, well- informed and quite readable "
-f Foreign Affairs 25.172 O '46 20w
Kirkus 14 214 My 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by A. R. Katon
-f- Library J 71:917 Je 15 '46 70w
"That a well-written biography of Sun Yat-
sen, the great Chinese revolutionary democrat,
which show-* him as the Chinese millions see
him, is essential reading for Americans, goes
without saying. But every informed person
will be justly skeptical of any book 'written
with the help of Kuommtang Party metubcis '. .
With some exceptions, this book is nevertheless
an excellent chronology ot hibtoncal events
through which the tenacious, self -effacing, and
tragic figure of Sun Yat-sen moved " Agnes
Smedley
h Nation 163.187 Ag 17 '16 lOOOw
"Robert Payne, best known tor his 'Forever
China,' is Professor of English in Lienta Uni-
versity in Kunming. Of Stephen Chen, even
the publisher professes to know nothing. But
the two authors see so closely eye to eye and
their collaboration is so harmonious that it
would take a very good style and thought de-
tective indeed to determine who first conceived
which thought or sentence. They call their biog-
raphy a 'portrait,' an apt term which gives
the key both to its virtues and its defects."
B. D. Wolfe
-\ NY Times p7 Jl 14 '46 1300w
"I should like Messrs. Chen and Payne to for-
get about the Japanese bomb that fell on the
documents of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and look upon
the present work as an exploration of their
subject and a test of their qualifications, and
then, if they still feel disposed, to endeavor
to get hold of the personality behind the photo-
montage. They themselves admit that the
chances of a biography are likely to diminish
with the lapse of time; surely something ought
to be done about it while the people who have
known Sun Yat Sen are still alive. It would be
regrettable if so prominent an Asiatic as he
were to pass into limbo with nothing more sat-
isfactory to his name than a legend. A specu-
lative but definitive interpretation of his life
would most certainly be better than no in-
terpretation at all. The authors have the sin-
CHENAULT, RICHARD S. Advertising lay-
out; the projection of an idea. %p il $5 Heck-
Cattell pub co, me, 33 W 42d st, N.Y. 18
659.1323 Advertising. Art, Commercial
46-3184
"A comprehensive manual written primarily
for the student of advertising layout Widely
experienced as an art director and instructor
in advert ibiner, Chenault looks upon layout as
a 'truly creative art ' His simply written text
is well -illustrated with original rough layouts
and finished advertisements, many of them
from famous advertising campaigns." Book
Week
Book Week p!2 Ap 21 '46 50w
"The advertising profession will welcome this
modern point of view and comprehensive treat-
ment. . . Its easy-to-read style will appeal to
beginners and students and its coverage [will
be] appreciated by professionals. Generous
amount of illustrations for poster and bill-
board to magazine, newspaper and direct mail."
L A. Eales
-f Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 70w
CHEVALLEY, CLAUDE. Theory of Lie groups,
1. 22 Ip $3 Princeton univ. press [20s Oxford)
510 Groups, Continuous (A46-2152)
"The Lie groups are named by SophiUS Lie,
1842-1899, famous Norwegian mathematician,
who invented the concept ot continuous groups.
The present woi k is designed to state and
prove the main basic principles of Lie groups.
In the present volume, the treatment is de-
veloped under the following chapter titles. The
classical linear groups; Topological groups;
Manifolds; Analytic groups-Lie groups; The dif-
ferential calculus of Cart an; Compact Lie groups
and their representations. The second volume of
the work will deal with scmisimple Lie groups.
The work is of interest to graduate students of
mathematics and to mathematicians." N Y New
Tech Bks
N Y New Tech Bks 31 2G Ap '46
"It gives a thorough and rigorous treatment
of abstract continuous groups (so-called Lie
groups) in the large. . . The style is technical,
the book is intended primarily for advanced
graduate students and research workers."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2 344 D '46 140w
CHEVIGNY, HECTOR. My eyes have a cold
nose. 273p $3 Yale univ. press
B or 92 Blind A46-32
In middle life the author, a writer of radio
scripts living in Los Angeles, was unexpectedly
stricken with blindness Thus autobiographical
volume relates how he met his trial and sets
forth his philosophy The final chapters tell
how he acquired his Seeing Eye dog and what
Wiz means to him.
"For many readers the book will explode
myths and dispel prejudices. To all readers
it should remove the basis for regarding any
blind persons known to them as tragic figures
upon whom to heap wasted gobs of pity and
senseless overdoses of unscientific generosity.
Banishing sentimentality both as to the hu-
man and the guide dog, Chevigny makes an
honest effort to tell his public what he ex-
perienced when he went blind and how the
Soemg Bye, Jnc , of Morristown, N.J , served
him well in perfecting the adjustment indis-
pensable to the resumption of his creative
writing." H. F. Geisler
4- Book Week p4 N 17 '46 450w
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Booklist 43-100 D 1 '4G
Cath World 164-286 D '46 200w
Christian Century 63:1345 N 6 '46 140w
"The material about the Seeing Eye, the
doctrine of independence and the rejection of
tragedy, (he training of man and dog, is un-
failingly fascinating. An aware, astringent ac-
count, which stomachs neither sentiment nor
evasion, and should serve immeasureably for
the blinded of the war, and those in contact
with them "
-f Kirkus 14.408 Ag 15 '46 210w
Reviewed by R E Kingery
-f Library J 71:1461 O 15 '46 140w
"Mr Chevigny would deny that in 'My Eyes
Have a Cold Nose' lie has written an 'inspira-
tional' book 13ut in the truest sense of that
much-abused word, he lias. The majority of
the many readers who will go through its
swift-paced pages cannot fail to gam courage
and, yes, 'inspiration' from the example of this
man — who refused to let his handicap become
a stumbling block, but turned it, instead, into
a stepping-stone." P F Bond
-f- N Y Times plO O 27 '46 HOOw
"Because Chevigny is a trained writer his
book is first-rate rending just as a narrative.
At the sumo time it will awake many a reader
to new ideas having to do \\itli all handicapped
people " J Tl Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 14 '46
900 vv
Reviewed by Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 N 24 '46 800w
CHEYNEY, PETER. Dark hero 21 6p $2 Dodd
18s 6d Collins]
46-7097
Spy story of World war II in which an ex-
Chicago gunman turned Allied intelligence
agent, uses his old tactics on the Nazis.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
— Book Week p8 O 13 '46 GOw
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 O 13 '46 200w
New Yorker 22 103 S 28 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:35 S 28 '46 50w
" 'Dark Hero' is full of action, but that
doesn't prevent Rene from philosophizing quite
a bit; he keeps .saying that life is funny, which
it probably is lie's better at shooting people
and knocking out teeth The story has body
and weight, whether or not you care for the
awful inhabitants " Will Puppy
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 150w
CHEYNEY, PETER. I'll say she does' 225p
$2 Dodd [8s Od Collins]
46-1882
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
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"The plot is managed with the author's usual
skill, so that puzzleis can carry on, grammar
or no grammar. . . In the cause of right, justice
and fair play, this department swears that it
took an aspirin and plowed right through the
whole thing, and we weren't nearly as bored
as we had expected to be. Could have been
the medicine " Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
270w
CHIANG, KAI-SHEK. Collected wartime mes-
sages, 1937-1945; comp by Chinese ministry of
information [ed. by George Kao]. 2v $7.50 Day
951.0425 China— History. World war, 1939-
1945—China 46-7008
Collection of the speeches made during the
eight years that China was at war. Contains
a chronology, a glossary of terms, and indexes.
"Throughout, these two volumes show Chiang
Kai-shek's efforts to strengthen the spirit of his
people in their unequal fight. Though they
represent selection both of the speeches to be
translated for the English-reading public and
of passages to be translated, they form an im-
portant historical record of their period. They
are likely to be read, however, more by future
students of China's history than by con-
temporary readers."
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 O 20 '46
200w
Reviewed by Owen Lattimore
Weekly Book Review p5 O 20 '46 1350w
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS. My greatest day in
baseball. See Carmichael, J. P.
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Great
Chicago fire See Angle, P. M., ed.
CHICAGO. UNIVERSITY. Graduate library
school. Library institute. Personnel adminis-
tration in libraries; ed and with an introd.
by Lowell Martin (Chicago. Univ. Studies in
hb. science) 168p $3 Univ. of Chicago press
023 04 Library administration. Employment
management A46-4879
Papers presented before the Library institute
at the University of Chicago, August 27 to
September 1, 1945. They discuss such problems
as the selection and classification of library
employees, staif morale, staff organization, civil
service, and necessary training for library
personnel in diilerent types of libraries. Index.
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
"As a whole, the book presents much of the
knowledge required for sound modern personnel
administration. It is an important contribution
to the library literature " R. R. Shaw
-h Library J 71 1458 O 15 '46 950w
School & Society 64.175 S 7 '46 40w
CHIDESTER, ANN. The long- year. 360p $2.75
Scribner
46-3407
A small Minnesota town during the depres-
sion year of 1933 is the scene. A wealthy,
thrice married, world traveled woman returns
to her early home to take over the manage-
ment of the family factory. The ensuing dif-
ficulties are due to her ruthless misunder-
standing of other people's point of view.
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 20w
"Once in a while Miss Chidester lets her
earthy style get out of hand but for the most
part she writes with enthusiasm, authority and
a simplicity that is only occasionally self-con-
scious." A J. Hiken
_j Book Week p3 Mr 24 '46 230w
"Miss Chidester writes about a commonplace
American town notably well. . . Particularly,
the author excells in reproducing the ambitions
and confusions of young people, their thoughts
and their speech. She succeeds, because she
likes young people and is honest about them.
She is zestful, humorous at times, and she is
fundamentally hopeful. The Kay Hasswella do
not reign forever " W. K. R.
-h Christian Science Monitor pl4 Ap 9 '46
450w
Kirkus 14:45 P 1 '46 180w
"Ann Chidester has a pulsing, fierce and
fine understanding of the particular depression
problems of youngsters of high-school age —
and a flair for reproducing their talk — tender
or tough — and for showing their vague aspira-
tions and uncertainties. She has a tender and
restrained hand in dealing with their young
loves. With less emphasis, but still effec-
tively, she pictures the older people and the
disintegrating effect on them of the factory's
closing. . . The book makes vivid, fresh read-
ing, with a far surer touch than Miss Chi-
dester's first novel." Barbara Bond
-f N Y Times plO Mr 24 '46 290w
"The plot is not Important; it is the author'*
compassionate understanding of her characters
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CHIDESTER, ANN— Continued
and her ability to make their dilemmas real
and urgent that give her work distinction.
An unusually mature novel by one of our most
gifted young writers."
H- New Yorker 22:94 Mr 23 '46 80w
"A warm, clear-sighted, and sensitive novel."
Nancy Groberg
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 Mr 30 '46 900w
" 'The Long Year* presents a significant seg-
ment of pre-war American life. As she has
already demonstrated in earlier novels, Ann
Chidester is no mere reporter. She lets her
imagination play over her material, illuminat-
ing and interpreting it. Telling here the event-
packed tale of what happened in one small
town m the course of a year, she has filled
her story with drama, tragedy and, above all,
the aspirations, dreams and faiths of youth
every wheie. If she has not plowed new ground
she has plowed deeply and with a human
touch." Jennings Rice
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 24 '46 7BOw
percentages of profit, window and floor displays,
how to borrow money, how to attract customers,
etc. in a definite and common-sense manner
which offers real information. Included also
is an appendix on available benefits for vet-
erans, with a list of U.S. Civil Service offices.
Social Security Boards, and U.S. Employment
Service offices." Book Week
"Returning servicemen and 'displaced* war
workers should welcome this practical guide
on merchandising."
-f Book Week p8 F 10 '46 lOOw
"This book has a lot of commonsense sug-
gestions to make and techniques to teach, and
there is no doubt that anyone going into the
retail business would be well advised to study
its contents. It won't solve all the difficulties
but it can help." E. A. B.
-f Canadian Forum 25:294 Mr '46 130w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl2 My '46
Kirkus 13:330 Ag 1 '45 llOw
Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 12 '46 360w
CHIDSEY, DONALD BARR. Panama passage.
558p $3 Doubleday
46-1870
Adventure story with the building of the
Panama canal as backdrop. Altho Colonel
Gorgas and other historical characters ap-
pear, a young sanitation engineer, his wife, and
the woman he really loves are the chief actors.
"An historical novel with an unusual set-
ting— and a good story as well."
-f Kirkus 13.546 D 15 '45 270w
Reviewed by William Kehoe
N Y Times p26 F 24 '46 340w
"The author of 'Panama Passage' evidently
has done considerable research, and he mar-
shals an impressive array of facts. But it
requires a skillful hand to combine history
and fiction without weakening either, and in
presenting the bulk of his background material
imperfectly disguised as dialogue he bogs down
his story and at the same time spreads his
factual barrage too thinly. . . In the process
of tricking out his product Mr. Chidsey has
hidden the garments so to speak, under the
embroidery. There is too much of almost
everything — of period detail, of local color, of
extraneous conversation, of incidental charac-
ters and episodes — of everything, in short, ex-
cept clear-cut story line, of which there is a
deficiency. Mr. Chidsey persistently tells all,
leaving nothing for the reader's imagination
to contribute." Jennings Rice
h Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 10 '46
550w
CHILD, PHILIP. Day of wrath. 274p $3.75
Humphries [15s Faber]
"Nazi Germany at the height of Hitler's
power when the Germans were winning the
war. Simon and Anna, simple, honest, and in
love, represent thousands of Jews who never
had a chance against the Gestapo persecutions.
A grim novel with a limited appeal." Booklist
Booklist 42:226 Mr 15 '46
"The story is simply told and is grim from
beginning to end. . . This sombre book is a
serious and careiul piece of work which holds
the attention if it does not reach the heights
or depths of a great human story. It sufters,
perhaps, from competition with the spoken
word, the reports in the daily press, but it may
survive when more brilliant and dramatic tales
of the war have been lost."
H Times [London] Lit Sup pl!3 Mr 9 '46
360w
CHISHOLM, ROBERT F. Your own store and
how to run it; il. by Bernard Owen. 89p pa
$1 Crowell
658.87 Retail trade 46-2450
"The book tells how, with limited capital,
any man can realize his dream of owning his
own retail business, being his own boss. The
author discusses the various types of retailing
which offer the best opportunity, bookkeeping,
CHORLEY, EDWARD CLOWES. Men and
movements in the American Episcopal church.
501p $4 Scribner
283.73 Protestant Episcopal church In the
U.S.A. 46-3383
"Dr. Chorley has provided a fully documented
and absorbing account of the personalities who
have been leaders of various movements within
the Protestant Episcopal Church from the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century until about
1875. . . Dr. Chorley has limited himself to
discussing the personalities and movements
within the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
therefore there is nothing about the relation
of this church to other denominations except
where it has been controversial. . . There are
an extensive bibliography (33 pages) and a full
index." Christian Century
Reviewed by N. W. Rightmyer
Am Hist R 52-192 O '46 260w
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p!2 My 12 '46 250w
"The gap between 1875 and today is not filled,
and it leaves the reader yearning for this
link in the story. Another 100 pages would have
been justified." R. C. Miller
j Christian Century 63:561 My 1 '46
1300W
"This volume will no doubt fill an important
place in the sections of libraries dealing with
American church history. It is not likely, how-
ever, to find its way to the library shelves of
many laymen even those of the Episcopalian
communion."
_jl _ Kirkus 14:101 F 15 '46 190w
"A highly readable source history of the
church," G. R. Stephenson
-f- N Y Times p33 Ji 14 '46 300w
"The book is accurate, well planned, and well
written; the last chapter, dealing with the pres-
ent situation and the probable future is, of
course, speculative."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:284 D '46 220w
CHRIST-JANER, ALBERT WILLIAM. Board-
man Robinson; with chapters by Arnold
Blanch and Adolf Dehn. 132p 126pl $15 Univ.
of Chicago press
B or 92 Robinson, Boardman A46-5906
The artist-subject of this biography, a native
of Nova Scotia, was not an American citizen
until he was grown. The book is illustrated with
more than a hundred reproductions of his work.
No index.
Book Week p3 N 3 '46 230w
Booklist 43:101 D 1 '46
"Mr. Christ- Janer's narrative is at once dig-
nified and sympathetic and he has blended suc-
cessfully the scholarly and the anecdotic meth-
ods in setting before the reader a lively char-
acter of a lay figure. Robinson's acquaintance
has been as wide as his sympathies, and the
author has taken full advantage of the criss-
crossing of events and personalities to build up
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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an illuminating picture of the art world in
America during the last forty years as a back-
ground for his colorful subject." Howard Devree
4- N Y Times p9 D 29 '46 650w
"With the best intentions in the world, the
authors nearly smother their subject with
praise. But if the text is almost embarrassing-
ly adulatory, the pictures preserve a proper
balance. Robinson is a fine draftsman and a
conscientious observer, and the more than a
hundred illustrations (a dozen of them in color)
provide an admirable survey of his accomplish-
ment."
New Yorker 22:118 O 26 '46 80w
"Physically the book is worthy of the sub-
ject, beautifully designed and printed, with
superb illustrations in color and in black and
white, a catalogue of the artist's work, and
tributes by two of his old pupils, Arnold Blanch
and Adolf Dchn. I have only one complaint to
register: there are no reproductions of Robin-
son's drawings for 'The Morning Telegraph' or
the old 'Masses.' " Thomas Craven
+ Weekly Book Review p4 D 1 '46 1450w
CHRISTENSEN, ASHER NORMAN, and KIRK-
PATRICK, EVRON MAURICE, eds. Running
the country. lOOlp $4.75 Holt
342.73 U S. — Politics and government
46-7280
"A new edition of the book formerly called
'The People, Politics, and the Politician.' It is
'an anthology of American politics in action,'
compiled from the work of many writers on
all phases of the multitudinous subject."
(Wockly Book Review) Biographical notes. No
index.
"Contributions to this mighty 1,000-page
volume are astutely selected and organized into
chapter headings on all possible phases of the
operation of goverment. . . The central theme,
which (Irmly threads its way through various
contributions and gives it purpose, is criticism
of our democracy in action The authors chorus
the refrain that there is room for much im-
provement and are critical of the gushing view
that ours is the best of all possible worlds."
David Karno
-f- Book Week p6 N 3 '46 550w
"This does not claim to be a source book, yet
it contains an infinite number of arresting con-
tributions by leading authorities which, brought
together in one place, are of source value. If
carefully studied, it would be, of itself, almost
the equivalent of a thorough course in political
history and political action in America."
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 23 '46
180w
"An excellent anthology of American poli-
tics."
+ Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Current Hist 11:402 N '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 20w
"It is, frankly, a cumbersome tool to handle.
To the specialist it will be elementary, while
the average citizen it could well confound by
its vast scope and wealth of details. Although
it is not a dry-as-dust treatise of politics — one
of its sections is written in the vernacular- -
neither is it a book that can be tossed off in
a night's reading. It was designed for study,
and study is what it needs." R. D. Dinsmore
-f N Y Times p28 D 8 '46 500w
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 '46
170w
Weekly Book Review p20 S 22 '46 50w
Wis Lib Bui 42:162 D '46
you
CHRISTIE, AGATHA (MILLER) (MRS M E
L. MALLOWAN). Come, tell me how yoi
live. 225p $3 Dodd
915.69 Syria — Social life and customs. Ex-
cavations (archeology) 46-11957
Memories of the author's experiences on
various expeditions to Syria, where she went
with her archeologist husband, in the years
just before the war. Christie fans will dis-
cover here some clues to the origin of matters
in the author's mystery stories.
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
"[This] is the lightest and gayest account
imaginable, and yet at the same time it
presents the life and the people with the
greatest clarity. We chuckle incessantly at
the diverting characters. Who can possibly
forget the postman whose superlative courtesy
led him to press other people's loiters on the
Mallowans! But each is richly and un-
mistakably alive; and, when we close the
book, we have laughed our way to an under-
standing of the East that is quite bevond what
is to be gained from the ordinary travel
book. . Mrs. Mallowan accepted the discom-
forts with a rueful but tolerant grimace,
laughed at herself and everyone else, and en-
joyed herself hugely So do we, of course —
and \ve learn mueh, too, about the job of an
archaeologist." Eric Forbes-Boyd
4- Christian Science Monitor plG N 29
'46 450w
Manchester Guardian p3 N 22 '46 240w
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
130w
4- Time 48:113 O 28 '46 280w
"The book is reminiscent of the 'letters from
dear Uncle William' type of literature — excellent
for reading aloud by those, and to those, who
know Uncle William, but a shade tedious to
persons outside the family circle."
Times [London] Lit Sup p644 D 28 '46
230w
"A witty, chuckling book. . . Mrs. Mallowan
(the name seems like an alias for Agatha
Christie) has a knack of sharp and vivid
etching . . Only a person with irrepressible
bounce could have stood it all and turned up
with such an entertaining book " P. ,T Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p34 N 17 '46 GOOw
CHRISTIE, AGATHA (MILLER) (MRS M. E.
L. MALLOWAN). The Hollow. 279p $2.50
Dodd
46-7098
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p8 O 13 '46 llOw
Booklist 43 71 N 1 '46
"Hercule Poirot returns in fine form in
Agatha Christie's The Hollow."
-}- New Repub 115*566 O 28 '46 50w
Reviewed by Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 32:468 D 21
'46 260w
"This is Agatha Christie at her best." Isaac
Anderson
4- N Y Times p28 S 29 '46 170w
"Admirers of Mrs Christie's mysteries ought
to like this one because it is more fairly plotted
than most."
-f New Yorker 22 127 O 5 '46 lOOw
"A Grade- A plot combined with a much
solider novel than usual makes this the best
Christie in years." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 O 6 '46
70w
"Good."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:37 O 5 '46 40w
"There's no possible doubt whatever that
'The Hollow' is a splendid mystery bet for fans
of almost any grade, including those of loftiest
brow." Will Cuppy
H- Weekly Book Review p28 S 29 '46 230w
CHUDSON, WALTER ALEXANDER. Pattern
of corporate financial structure; a cross-sec-
tion view of manufacturing, mining, trade,
and construction, 1937. (Financial research
program Studies in business financing) 148p
$2 Nat. bur. of economic research
658.14 Corporations — Finance 45-7055
"The study is almost entirely of 1937 data,
although occasional reference is made to
other years, chiefly 1931. The figures are for
'industrial' corporations as reported to the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, which the Bureau
uses in its Statistics of Income, but are from
detailed unpublished tabulations. . . These 'in-
dustrials' include manufacturing, mining, trade*
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CHUDSON, W. ^.—Continued
and construction, and exclude the service,
utility and finance industries. By 'pattern of
corporate financial structure,' Chudson means
the ratios of the various major asset and lia-
bility items to total assets and to sales. Some
other ratios, such as the current ratio, the
interrelation of certain working" capital items,
and the ratio of invested capital to capital
assets, are also included." Am TCcon R
Reviewed by H G. Guthmann
Am Econ R 36:173 Mr '46 850w
"Throughout the work Chudson is careful
to assert his findings in terms of a static
analysis. What might be true for the 1937
array of ratios might be quite diflerent from
what existed the year before or from what
may be exhibited in the succeeding year.
Furthermore, he realizes that thore are certain
defects in his material, such as unconsohdatod
balance sheets and the changing value of the
dollar. The frank recognition of these limita-
tions enhances the scientific status of the
study, and all credit men as well as devotees
of 'rule-of-thumb' methods of judgment in
corporate financial matters, of whom there are
far too many, would profit by a careful and
searching analysis of the contents of this
book." F. W. Mueller
H J Po5 Econ 54:373 Ag '46 900w
CHURCH, RICHARD. A squirrel called Rufus;
11. by John Skeaping. 196p $2 Winston [7s 6d
Dent]
Squirrels — Legends and stories 46-17064
A tale of a fierce war waged between the
native red squirrels of England and the in-
vading hordes of grey squirrels. The hero is
a young squirrel called Rufus who, after
many adventures, meets and kills Grey Gleam,
and thereby becomes the acknowledged leader
of the red squirrels.
"The characters are well drawn, the story
has real suspense and the spirit of the Eng-
lish forest breathes over all." A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:269 Jl '46 90w
"Here's a book for the whole family — in
the same sense as is Wind in the Willows."
-f Kirkus 14:253 Je 1 '46 150w
"It is hard to give the flavor of this book
about the courageous war of the out-numbered
red squirrels of the English forests against the
hated grey squirrels who for years have been
overflowing into their domain. Allegory and
adventure are mixed with shrewd observa-
tions on conduct, character and ideals. Writ-
ing is good and make-up excellent. . . Rec-
ommended for ages 10-12." Gertrude Andrus
-f Library J 71:982 Jl '46 70w
"There are dignity and fineness in the writ-
ing, which suggest 'Bambi.' The likeness to a
war Just paet is a little too obvious at times,
and often, probably, meanings are read into it
that are not intended. Nature lovers will find
beauty In it, and children loving action will
be absorbed in the struggle." P. F.
-f N Y Times p28 Ji 14 '46 180w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
lOOw
"It is a book for boys and girls who are old
enough to understand war and its implica-
tions. The background is excellent and there
is good characterization. The illustrations
would be more effective if the flat red color
had been omitted."
H- Sat R of Lit 29:62 N 9 '46 lOOw
"A story hard to classify because it Is good
in more than one field. Taken as the story of
young Rufus, his friend Red Warden and the
army gathered around them against Grey
Gleam and his invaders, It is fantasy In that
the animals are not animals only. The squir-
rels, Murry the Mouse, who is neutral . . .
Russet the Fox, whose side Is his own side;
all the creatures, indeed, talk like us and
rather better than most of us. But in mat-
ters of pure nature the book is sound; the
animals are in their general conduct true to
life, and the forest is absolutely convincing."
M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 2 '46 320w
CHURCHILL, FRANK EDWIN. Children's
music box; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster:
music by Frank E. Churchill; il. by Wolo.
40p $2.50 Morrow
784 Children's songs 46-14784
Twenty new ?ongs for children, with music.
The writer of the lyrics is also the author of
the popular songs from two Disney pictures:
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, and Heigh-
ho, Heigh-ho. Illustrated in color.
"The songs are far more melodious than most
and have the sort of lilt that keeps you hum-
ming long after you've heard them. Paul
Webster's lyrics have a wit and informality
that make them fun to sing." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week p!2 Ja 13 '46 140w
"The man who composed the music for many
of the Disney pictures has written more lilting
tunes for fast, sometimes sugary verses, and
gay pictures in a charming gut music book
with that Hollywood touch "
4- Kirkus 13-470 O 15 '45 150w
"Simple tunes, lively and pleasing. . „ Brief
lyrics by Paul Webster are light, amusing and
definitely modern. Typical droll illustrations in
Wolo's gay manner. Inconsequential for public
library music collections " E M. Gordon
Library J 71 122 Ja 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 7 '46 270w
CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPEN-
CER. Secret session speeches; oomp and
with inrrod notos by Charles Eade. 114p $2
Simon & Schuster [6s Cas.se] 1J
9105312 World war, 1939-1015— Great Brit-
ain 46-6015
The typescript notes of one and the text of
four speeches made by Winston Churchill in
the early years of (he war a,t secret .sessions
of the House of Commons.
"A valuable contribution to history, the
speeches make exciting reading — even for a
people like ourselves who do not want to hear
about the war any more." T>. L, Cohn
-f Atlantic 178 172 N '46 180w
Booklist 43 67 N 1 '46
Current Hist 11 400 N '46 40w
Kirkus 14-219 My 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by Albert Gueiard
Nation 163.623 N 30 '46 550w
Reviewed bv Raymond Daniel!
N Y Times p26 Ag 25 '46 330w
"They arc full of fine Churchillian shots of
humor 'and invective and are indispensable for
a full understanding of England's part in the
war "
-f New Yorker 22-100 S 7 '46 120w
"That Winston Churchill could reveal his
secret and innermost thoughts, aspirations and
plans to his Parliament during England's most
difficult hour is a tribute to the greatness of
the man . . It is refreshing to road these
speeches and vicariously feel the courage and
faith in the right that is so much a part of
him." B A. Holthausen
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p6 S 6 '46 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p459 S 28 '46
HOOw
"There is not much that IH new in these
speeches, nor are thpy characterized by the
eloquence and rhetoric we commonly associate
with Mr. Churchill's public addresses. Yet, it
is well to have them and to ponder them.
They serve to remind us of what many of us
are already forgetting— the immeasurable debt
we owe to Britain and to that indomitable
leader who brought them, in the phrase he
himself quoted, 'thro' the Jaws of Death,
back from the mouth of Hell, while all the
world wonder'd/ " H S Commager
Weekly Book Review p5 S 1 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Charles Poore
Yale R n s 36:360 winter '47 650w
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPEN-
CER. Victory; war speeches; comp. by
Charles Eade. 307p $3 50 Little [12s 6d Cas-
sell]
940 5342 World war, 1930-1945— Great Britain
46-5285
This sixth volume of Mr Churchill's speeches
covers his public utterances from January, 1945,
thru the review of the war delivered on Au-
gust 16, 1945, the day after Japan's surrender.
The editor introduces many of the speeches
with chronologies of events leading1 up to them.
Book Week p5 AS 18 '46 50w
Booklist 43.67 N 1 '46
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 50w
Kirkus 14 270 Je 1 '46 180w
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 5 '46 80w
"It is not encouraging" for the future to
have presented to us out of context the por-
trait of a woi Id statesman tinned local poli-
tician. That, unfortunately, is the effect
created by 'Victory,' a collection of speeches,
statements, messages to friends and supporters
in the hour of tiiumph for the cause he led
so nobly when it was all but lost It is some-
what disheartening to be reminded by the
record that the Prime Minister, who exhorted
his people to face their trial so that in a
thousand years history would say 'this was
their finest hour,' had to apologize to them in
the end for his compromises with principle
and had to exhort them to re-elect him and
his pai ty lest the freedom they had fought to
defend vanish from their island home " Ray-
mond Daniel
N Y Times p3 Ag 25 '46 1200w
"It includes his major speeches of 1945 — the
long 'Review of the War' is one, and the fine
address to Commons after President Roose-
velt's death is another — which added to Mr.
Churchill's stature as a man and statesman;
also included are electioneering talks and a
speech delivered in Athens which did not add
to his stature a bit "
^ New Yorker 22 100 S 7 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 18 '46
IGOw
"The speeches in this collection were made
as the certainty of early Axis defeat grew
stronger. They are nevertheless orations that
have few peers in any age. They merely lack
some of the dramatic intensity of the 1940 and
1941 addresses, but they are masterpieces of
deft expression and brilliant narrative." Donald
Armstrong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:8 S 21 '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p352 Jl 27 '46
750w
"Mr. Charles Eade has done the same com-
petent job of arrangement, interspersing the
speeches and messages with a chronology, that
he did in the other volumes, making the whole
set one of the great historical documents of
our time . . With all his greatness, Winston
Churchill is a little weak on the esthetic side.
The event proved that his latest campaign was
bad politics, but it was more than that — it was
an anti-climax and an anti-climax is always
bad art. When the coalition broke up and a
general election became inevitable, Churchill
should have become a duke and retired to the
House of Lords. Then the collection of his
addresses would not have been marred by a
series of weak campaign speeches." G. W.
Johnson
Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 11 '46
1200w
CHUTE, GEORGE M. Electronics in Industry.
461p il $5 McGraw
621.38 Electronics. Electric switchgear
46-4777
"Describes and explains a wide variety of
electronic equipment used in industry, for the
man with little technical training. Explains
vacuum tubes, complete tubes working in
proven circuits, and, revealing the 'magic* of
electronics, shows how each part of the cir-
cuit acts during the split second. Circuits are
traced in terms of electron flow instead of the
conventional current flow, and new standard-
ized symbols are followed. With dozens of
examples of increasing complexity the book
shows how tubes and tube-operated circuits
work in many kinds of industry and shows cir-
cuit fundamentals in action." (Publisher's
note) Index.
Booklist 43-8 S '46
Library J 71:182 P 1 ?46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31.24 Ap '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p38 O 27 '46 70w
CHUTE, MARCHETTE GAYLORD. Geoffrey
Chaucer of England; decorated by [the au-
thor]. 346p $3 75 Dutton
B or 92 Chaucer, Geoffrey 46-1426
Biography of Chaucer, incorporating all the
known facts of his life It also probes into
the reasons why he wrote in English, altho
he was attached to the court, and French was
the language oi the court Includes critical
analysis of his writings. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Bergen Evans
Book Week plO Mr 24 '46 650w
Booklist 42 225 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7 13 My '46
"To Chaucer and his England, Miss Chute's
book is a most readable introduction. Miss
Chute writes with authority and interest of
the social and political history of the time, but
she never loses sight of the man in his back-
§ round . . Miss Chute has done a good Job.
he is so in love with Chaucer's responsiveness
to the various joys of life that she tells us far
too many times that Chaucer loved life and was
interested in men and women. And she some-
times says something pretty obvious with the
same air she says something pretty good. But
she knows her man and his period, and she
writes of both simply and directly. Here, cer-
tainly, is a most readable introduction to one
of the world's great storytellers." Horace Reyn-
olds
-1 • Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 23 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"The book is sheer joy to read."
-f- Kirkus 14.86 F 15 '46 240w
"Miss Chute has analyzed Chaucer's writings
with understanding. Small libraries will find
this book valuable for both scholar and general
reader. Obviously, it belongs in large collec-
tions. Drawings by the author lend the 'affable
imbecility' of 14th century decoration and
charm to the book." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:313 Mr 1 '46 140w
"This book is neither a typical popular biog-
raphy nor an addition to Chaucerian schol-
arship Miss Chute has written instead an in-
formal, witty survey of Chaucer for literate
adults who do not happen to be Chaucerians.
She is at her best in the chapters where she
is not discussing the literature. The facts
about Chaucer are pleasantly presented against
a series of well painted fourteenth-century
backdrops. No sober medievalist, she does not
walk in Chaucer's England as on hallowed
ground." W. W. Watt
4- New Repub 314:810 Je 3 '46 480w
"Marchette Chute has written a highly read-
able book about Chaucer. Though by no means
without learning, it is not addressed to the
learned; nor is it more than incidentally con-
cerned with giving pleasure or instruction to
those who already share the author's opinion
that 'there are few writers so well worth know-
ing' as Chaucer. It is a book for the uninitiated
and so declares itself in the Foreword." R. D.
French
-f N Y Times p20 Ap 28 '46 500w
"This book, which is popular writing at its
best, is a fine introduction to the man and his
time. The analyses of his major works, partic-
ularly of 'The Canterbury Tales/ are a pleasure
in themselves."
-f New Yorker 22:98 Mr 23 '46 120w
"The first chapters are particularly good
reading, really first-rate biography of the, new
150
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CHUTE, M. G. — Continued
kind, made possible by a full half-century of
research in the archives, and fully digested so
as to be genuinely interesting even to the
general reader. Miss Chute is perhaps more con-
servative than I like in rejecting the sugges-
tion of Margaret Galway that Joan of Kent
was Chaucer's chief patron in the art of court
poetry, the Alcestis of his dream. She is also
too sceptical, I think, of some of Manly's iden-
tifications. . . But the book is valuable not so
much for its literary Judgments, or its summa-
tion of the poems — though these are in the
main adequate, they have been better done —
but as a most pleasant and thoroughly readable
•companion* to Chaucer's own text." H. N.
MacCracken
-j sat R of Lit 29:44 Ap 13 '46 700w
"As satisfying a biography as this reviewer
has had the pleasure of reading. From rather
meager facts known of the poet, Miss Chute
has, with the aid of an excellent picture of
14th century England, been able to make the
reader see Chaucer going about his daily af-
fairs at court or on the wool wharf." C. K.
Bausman
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
600w
"For those who know their Chaucer this
book will recall many a passage of witty obser-
vation or sly humor or profound insight into
the depths and vagaries of our human nature.
For those who do not know him — and to such
readers the book appears to be directed — Miss
Chute will serve as an initiator and guide.
This is well worth while, for as she says, 'there
are few writers who are so well worth know-
ing.' " S. C. Chew
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 21 '46
700w
Wis Lib Bui 42-59 Ap '46
"lively, pleasant account of Chaucer, the
London and England he knew, his public
career, his associates, and his literary achieve-
ment. . . The poetry of Chaucer is the
ultimate reason for this book, and over half
its pages are devoted to his reading and
writing. Miss Chute's unpretentious passages
of paraphrase, interpretation, and criticism,
interspersed throughout the biographical nar-
rative are usually stimulating, even when read-
ers may differ in opinion . . Despite difficulties
with certain obstacles, the writer has run her
course well, for one who works only with
secondary materials, the book is a remark-
able achievement. Most important of all, its
readers will be eager to read Chaucer." R. A.
Pratt
-f Yale R n s 35:763 summer '46 800w
CHUTE, MARCHETTE GAYLORD. Rhymes
about the city; il. by [the author]. 57p $1.25
Macmillan
46-5741
Brief rhymes about things familiar to most
city children, altho the city in this book is
New York. Illustrated with silhouettes. For
the very young.
"It is a volume to set beside Stevenson and
Milne and it's a good thing it is well bound
because it is certainly going to become well
worn." P. A. Whitney
-f- Book Week p7 Ag 4 '46 120w
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p8 Ja 14 '47
150w
"The rhymes are lively and childlike and will
please children in other cities than New York
which makes the background of the verses."
4- Horn Bk 22-348 S '46 60w
Kirkus 14:345 Ag 1 '46 40w
"A charming collection of verse for very
small children, illustrated by the author in
perky and amusing silhouettes." G. M. Wil-
liams
-f Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 70w
"Miss Chute has caught children's matter-of-
fact way of thinking and speaking so exactly
that they will be pleased that she has put
their ideas into a book for them. Silhouettes
picture the thought or action of each poem.
These are done in the same simple, uncluttered
manner as the rhymes and will be quickly ap-
preciated by boys and girls of 5 to 9." Lois
Palmer
-f- N Y Times p!8 Ag 18 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 30w
"These pointed poemlets about New York as
it impresses a little child are worth keeping;
many have tried to get this complete natural-
ness but few have been chosen to attain it. . .
You will enjoy this book if you find little chil-
dren interesting and little children will not
need to have a single syllable explained to
them. The pictures are lively silhouettes with
an unusually decorative effect." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review plO D 8 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
CHUTE, VERNE. Flight of an angel. 246p $2
Morrow
46-1253
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!7 F 24 '46 140w
Kirkus 13:549 D 15 '45 90w
"Exciting but unreal." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 130w
"Tough, fast, and also fairly silly."
New Yorker 22:108 Mr 9 '46 80w
"Quite a dish."
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
"This depicts the seamier side of California
life and may have a bearing on modern youth
problems. But, Mr. Chute, such language!" Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46
120w
CIANO, GALEAZZO, conte. Ciano diaries, 1939-
1943 [his] complete, unabridged diaries; ed.
by Hugh Gibson; in trod, by Sumner Welles.
584p $4 Doubleday
940.5345 World war, 1939-1945— Italy. Italy-
Foreign relations 46-328
"The author, being Mussolini's son-in-law and
Foreign Minister, saw most of the main bouts
in Italy's diplomatic career from 1939 to 1943,
and he faithfully recorded his impressions in
his diary, herewith presented 'complete, un-
abridged,' and 584 pages long." (New Yorker)
Maps on end papers, a chronology of events as
they appear in the diaries, and an alphabetical
list of persons mentioned in the diaries.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ja 13 '46 900w
Booklist 42:183 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 My '46
Reviewed by Joseph McSorley
Cath World 162:565 Mr '46 HOOw
"Perhaps the most valuable contribution of
the book is the evidence it gives that the Italian
people never wanted war, were strongly and
irrevocably anti-German and had grown heart-
ily weary of Fascism. In making this clear,
Ciano has perhaps done for Italy what he was
never able to do as Foreign Minister." J. G.
Harrison
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 18 '46
600w
"The reader will ask 'Are we then to sus-
pect that this diary is a forgery?' Certainly the
entire work could not be a forgery, for there
are too many details on which a fabricator
would be sure to trip up. However, but for
the assurance given us in the introduction by
Mr. Sumner Welles, who presumably has had
the opportunity to examine the photographs of
the original, that 'there Is no question of its
authenticity,' it seems to me one would have
good grounds to suspect that this version of
the diary, although undoubtedly based on the
original, rather than the 'complete and un-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
151
abridged* version as advertised on the Jacket,
is an incomplete and 'doctored' one." J. M.
Byrne
Commonweal 43*527 Mr 8 '46 2650w
Current Hist 10:255 Mr '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:751 Jl '4C 260w
"A book that informed readers will find
absorbingly interesting:, but that the general
public will find difficult to read without fuller
annotations."
Kirkus 13:485 N 1 '45 170w
Reviewed by Paolo Milano
New Repub 114:162 F 4 '46 1150w
" 'The Ciano Diaries' are many things, In-
cluding 'one of the most valuable historical
documents of our times,' as Sumner Welles
calls them in a brilliant introduction. But they
are also an indictment of Benito Mussolini as
damning as anything that history is going to
record. . . The self-righteousness of Ciano is
a little hard to take. Knowing as we do the
nefarious roles he played in the intervention in
Spain, the seizure of Albania, the outrageous
and catastrophic invasion of Greece and the
creation of a puppet Croatian kingdom with
the help of the regicide Pavelitch, it is quite
impossible to accept the diarist at his own
evaluation. This is a document with a special
purpose or series of purposes, we must remem-
ber. And one of them is to present II Duce as
a stupid and contemptible creature — which he
certainly was, among other things." H. L.
Matthews
N Y Times pi Ja 13 '46 1900w
"The Count was such an unimaginative re-
porter that his journal will probably not fasci-
nate the casual reader, however valuable it
may be to historians, but those with patience
will find rewards — a dossier of the painful in-
sults Mussolini took from his Nazi collaborators,
many instances of the vast contempt in which
II Duce held his people, and Hashes of pleasur-
able dramatic irony (since you know how things
are going to turn out, you can't help enjoying
the pictures of the confused Mussolini piling
one stubborn blunder on top of another)."
New Yorker 21:79 Ja 19 '46 160w
"The document reaches us now in a transla-
tion which appears to have been the work of
Mr. Al Capone's secretaries, abounding in ex-
pressions like 'pass the buck' and 'big shot' and
'kick in the pants,' but perhaps, when all is
said, this is the nearest equivalent to be found
in our language for the idiom of the Palazzo
Chigi and the Palazzo Venezia, those dream-
palaces in which the Roman gangsters strutted
their brief hour. The story is wondrous and
terrible, with a Sophoclean foreboding to warn
us, from the very start, that it will end In dis-
aster. The most remarkable thing of all Is
that this tragedy is not marred by the triviality
of its protagonist. Ciano was born, lived, and
died a pipsqueak, and If he had not kept this
diary he would have remained a pipsqueak in the
historic drama to the end of time. But some-
how the magnitude of the events that are here
recorded, their shape in destiny, their echo
down the caverns of the future, confer a part
of their own significance upon the wretched
little man who wrote them down." Vincent
Sheean
h Sat R of Lit 29:5 Ja 12 '46 3600w
"In a fitting foreword, Mr. Sumner "Welles
describes these diaries as 'one of the most
valuable historical documents of our times.' He
might have added that they are also one of the
most Incisive, Indiscreet, and revealing com-
mentaries ever left by the foreign minister of
a great power. When the archives are opened
biographers may be able to clarify Ciano's
character and motives, but that day Is still In
the future. Present critics must hazard their
own guesses why he compiled this Indictment of
the Duce and the Nazi leaders, an Indictment
so savage in some passages that It might have
been prepared for the Ntlrnberg trials. Skep-
tics, aware how completely Mussolini dom-
inated his ministers, may doubt that Ciano
would have dared to keep such a record, but its
authenticity is attested in advance." Geoffrey
Bruun
Weekly Book Review pi Ja 18 '46 2000w
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
Yale R n s 35:542 spring '46 900w
CLAPPER, OLIVE (EWINQ) (MRS RAY-
MOND CLAPPER). Washington tapestry.
(Whittlesey house publication) 303p $2.75 Mc-
975 3 Washington, D.C.— Social life and cus-
toms. U.S. — Politics and government — 20th
century 46-453
The widow of Raymond Clapper, newspaper-
man and radio commentator who was killed
in a plane crash in the Marshall Islands, has
based her book on personal recollections and
notes kept by her husband. It is a description
of events in Washington, covering a period of
some twenty-five years, during the presidencies
of Wilson, Hoover, Coolldge, and Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
" 'Washington Tapestry,' a delightfully told
story of the political scene of the last two dec-
ades, provides not only a wealth of informa-
tion but many a chuckle at the expense of the
'greats' and 'near greats,' as well." M. P. Akers
-f- Book Week p2 F 3 '46 300w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7.10 My '46
"The book is best when Mrs. Clapper lets
herself go, and describes social or journalistic
incidents. It is least interesting when she
analyzes public affairs and repeats familiar
events." E. D. C.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 5 '46
180w
Foreign Affairs 24 750 Jl '4G 20w
"Olive Clapper's advantageous position as
wife of an important newspaperman afforded
her the opportunity to observe closely events
and to meet socially many important politicians
and diplomats. Human interest enlivens the
book and increases its appeal. Recommended
for high school and adult readers." H. P. Bol-
man
+ Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 140w
"Mrs. Clapper races through the important
episodes of the Thirties and early Forties with
breath- taking speed. She manages, however, to
say something intimate and interesting about a
lot of people who strode across the Washington
stage in those years. . . A reviewer for another
publication has beaten me to the point that the
book is beft when gossipy and feminine. Mrs.
Clapper's occasional excursions into political
philosophy are valuable principally in that they
enable her better to fit the other material to-
gether She resorts to no keyhole peeping.
Bravo, Olive! Furthermore, the volume is strik-
ingly lacking in cynicism." Turner Catledge
-f N Y Times p4 F 10 '46 900w
"Mrs. Clapper hasn't, of course, the technical
skill of her husband, but she has turned out an
interesting, if somewhat distracted, account of
life in Washington, full of gossip and of anec-
dotes about the more luminous personalities."
-\ New Yorker 21:98 F 9 '46 120w
Reviewed by E. K. P. Stokes
Sat R of Lit 29.11 Mr 2 '46 1050w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 360w
"There Is in this book, as there must be in
every conscientious account of that period, be-
hind the pettifogging politics, behind the frivo-
lous social life, behind the spite and malice, a
sense of vast and majestic movement. It was
an era of gigantic things. . . For this reason
Mrs. Clapper's book assumes a stature that
perhaps the author herself did not realize. It
Is not the whole tapestry of Washington; it
is only a minute corner of it. Nevertheless, It
has its place in the pattern, and the pattern
itself is one so immense and so intricate that
generations of historians may have to labor at
it throughout their lives before the world can
perceive its true significance or, possibly, its
real magnificence." G. W. Johnson
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 27 '46
1450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
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CLARK, ELEANOR. Bitter box. 280p $2.50
Doubleday
46-5407
A mild little bank teller, overcome with
spring fever, walked out of his bank cage one
day, and into what for him was adventure. He
became a member of a political group where he
was used as a stooge, falsified accounts at the
bank to help his party, and came in the end
to disillusion and disgrace.
"There is good satire in 'The Bitter Box.'
Mr. Temple, in his hunt for the true life, gets
into trouble in a certain political party. His
eyes could hardly be opened more painfully.
Many will like this phase of the book the best
of all And there may be some gnashing of
teeth. Gnash away, gentlemen, a very fine
new writer has taken her firm place in our
literary scene and nothing that you howl will
stop her. Usher, put another chair on the plat-
form there beside Kudora Welty, Carson McCul-
lers and Jean Stafford. The name is Eleanor
Clark." James Laughlm
-f Book Week p!6 Ap 14 '4G 500w
"If Eleanor Clark were not known for her
short fiction published in the moie advanced
American magazines, the opening chapters of
her first novel, The Bitter Box, would tempt
readers to believe that this is an English
novel, by an English wntei, so much does it
have of the characteristic understatement, the
emphasis oil fine detail, and the subdued
comedy which some English AVI iters employ lor
the portrayal of beiuuis, even portentious
situations. . . Miss Clark's novel is not for
everybody. Some will find its significance dif-
ficult to get at, in t-pite of the clarity of each
phrase, and some conceivably will not approve
of lU significance. Those who enjoy it will
have some justification for legardmg that fact
as a f oat her in their caps " W. K K.
-f- Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 24
'46 550w
" "The Bitter Box' is a very talented first
novel, as you might expect it to be from Miss
Clark's short stories. She has a gift of
sophistication and gaiety. Landscapes, dia-
logue and characters are at her finger tips
and she has little difliculty in moving them
to her purposes. . . 'The Bitter Box,' with
all its effectiveness, is still as detached as its
method. You become too conscious of tricks
and whimsicalities. You begin to think the
author is being at once ironical and indulgent
toward her characters, and leaving them to
prove their own purposes. The book has the
petals of a flower without its corolla, the rays
of a light without its center. The failure is
a failure of identity, which goes deeper per-
haps than the problem of whether Mr. Temple
exists and whom he symbolizes." John Hay
-j- — Commonweal 44 99 My 10 '46 550w
"A story, thin spun, of an inoffensive con-
servative translated into questing radical; bet-
ter as an idea than as an accomplished fact.
The writing is frequently superior to the sub-
ject matter. And the humor . . . seems to us
wholly incidental and in no sense a dominant
factor or even a noticeable factor in the book."
h Kirkus 14:108 Mr 1 '46 230w
" 'The Bitter Box* is a serious, funny, and
truthful picture of Communist doings in this
country, arid therefore a work of courage,
but one could wish that it had carried its dar-
ing to the point of actually naming its parties,
newspapers, and magazines, instead of clouding
them in anonymity or pseudonymity. Miss
Clark's novel is also — I should say at once —
a work of unquestionable moral-political
taste." Diana Trilling
Nation 162:514 Ap 27 '46 IGOOw
"What makes Miss Clark's book outstanding
are her X-ray descriptions of the implements
of modern civilization, of escalators, undressed
manikins , subways, skyscrapers, and party
offices She relentlessly pursues these insti-
tutions, and after she has dissected them, they
seem to reassemble themselves and reappear,
like surrealist settings for a ballet whose deeper
significance can only vaguely be grasped. The
dancers in this ballet of life are being moved
by invisible, menacing strings and the sym-
bolism of their costumes can be variously
interpreted. I wonder how many readers will
find the key to The Bitter Box " Richard
Plant
-f New Repub 115:51 Jl 15 '46 270w
"Miss Clark tells this story with considerable
artistry. Her novel has definite form; its lan-
guage is rich and varied, without being florid.
The simple narrative is often impeded by too
much description and too little dialogue, and
her characters' emotions seldom break out of
the cage of her style. But 'The Bitter Box'
is, for all that, a very competent beginning."
William Kehoe
-f N Y Times p!4 Ap 28 '46 180w
"Miss Clark is a skillful and ironic writer,
but parts of her story seem too deliberately
willful, and occasionally even tedious. To mis-
interpret the novel's symbolism would be
perilously easy; perhaps you had better figure
it out for yourself."
New Yorker 22.89 Ap 27 '46 80w
."There is small doubt that Eleanor Clark,
author of 'The Bitter Box,' will be hailed as a
'find' in the literary world. Her writing has an
almost polished beauty, a poetic absorption
with the inner meaning of the outward symbol.
There are passages in this novel which are
gems of description and characterization. And
yet, the book, as a whole, leaves one strangely
restless and baflled. . . This is not a book for
a person who reads for story alone But for
those who take pleasure in good writing, it will
be the introduction to a highly sensitive and
original talent." Rose Fcld
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 14 '46 800w
CLARK, GLENN. The way, the truth and the
life. 178p $1 50 Harper
248 Jesus Christ— Teachings 46-2459
Devotional reading made up of the author's
interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount,
the parables, and aspects of the life of Jesus.
Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46 40w
"It may bo suspected that the reviewer is
doubtful about tiiere being any real \alue in
this book. If one desires confirmation ot such
a suspicion, let it be found in the fiank state-
ment that The Way, The Truth and The T>ife
is a dangerous menace to sane and sensible
prayer Its exegesis is wholly unsound, its
charat terization of the New Testament and
Jesus is the most insidious temptation to return
to the outmoded allegory and cryptography of
earlier days, and as for being a help to our
praying, that is adniissable only if one wishes
to reduce prayer to the use of a talismamc
formula and to the doubtful practice ol on-
joying a personal secret that has waited .ill
these centuries before being revealed to simple
souls The author hns become fascinated by
his o\vn cleverness and, thereby, verily he
has his reward." II 10 Keighton
— Crozer Q 23 293 Jl '46 IGOOw
"There are some who do not like Glenn
Clark's approach to the religious life. There
arc others who may be made uncomfortable by
his directness. But many more would find
their spiritual life quickened by exposure to
his unusual personality."
Kirkufc 14:97 F 15 '46 170
Wis Lib Bui 42-70 My '46
CLARK, SYDNEY AYLMER. All the best in
Central America. 288p 11 maps $3 Dodd
917.28 Central America — Description and
travel 46-1800
Popular guidebook for a two-weeks' plane
trip thru Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Informa-
tion is given on what to see, some historical
background about Mayan civilization, and costs.
No index.
"This book is for the actual rover, not the
armchair variety. It is amazing what complete
information Clark can pack between the end
papers of a book." R. T. Campbell
-f- Book Week p!5 Ap 28 '46 400w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
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153
"Reader misses small incident and brief notes
which have heretofore given his books so much
warmth . . Recommended for libraries which
may have patrons contemplating trips to the
sections described, or which have an already
lively interest in Central America." Julia
Sabine
H Library J 71:280 P 15 '46 140w
"All of which, no doubt, la as it should be
in a popular travel book by one who is de-
termined to get you on the plane, help you
settle into your seat and then tell you what to
look for and how to see. 'All the Best in Cen-
tral America' is noc recommended to those
who have already made up their minds to
spend the summer in Connecticut or the winter
in Florida. Mr. Clark may upset their plans."
B. D. Wolfe
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 21 '46
450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:73 My "46
CLARK, SYDNEY AYLMER. All the best in
Cuba 235p il $3 Dodd
917 291 Cuba — Description and travel
46-11942
Handbook for tourists which includes up-to-
date information on night spots, amusements,
and natural beauties. Maps on end papers,
index.
Booklist 43-99 D 1 '46
"This volume is informal, informative and
pood for an armchair change of scene, in case
no other transportation is within your reach"
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 N 24 '46 130w
CLARK, THOMAS CURTIS, comp. 300 favorite
poems. 124p $1 Willett
821 08 English poetry — Collections. Ameri-
can poetry — Collections 45-11214
"This compilation Jt> designed to supply poe-
try in small, easy- to- take doses for persons
who approach poetry not in the mood of the
literary critic but with the plain man's ap-
petite for cheering1, upliiting, guiding- or amus-
ing- ideas in lyric form. In these indulgent
pages Shakespeare and Shelley stand shoulder
to shoulder with minor poets arid contemporary
bards whose verse has tound previous publica-
tion only in the Chicago Tribune's Line o' Type
column, to which Mr Clark is himself a chionic
contributor " Christian Century
"Such an anthology supports the plea that
poetry should be not the exclusive possession
of an esthetic cult but the daily food of ordi-
nary folks "
Christian Century 62-1416 D 19 '45 160w
"This volume is 4a baker's dozen' of good
things which should be savored at leisure, not
taken in large doses " C M Sauer
4- Sprmgf'd Republican p6 My 6 '46 250w
CLARK, WILLIAM HORACE. Farms and
farmers, the story of American agriculture.
(American cavalcade ser) 346p II $3.75 Page
630.973 Agriculture— U.S. Agr46-168
"What has happened to the farms and the
farmers of America during the past three hun-
dred years" is related in this one-volume his-
tory. Composed "both of human drama and eco-
nomic development," the chronicle describes
the English background and ultimate prosper-
ing of colonial agriculture, the westward mi-
gration and expansion of the frontier, govern-
ment response to the farmer's discontent and
eclipse, the future of farming and the need
for science in multiplying effort and increasing
efficiency. Photographs in sepia, including
reproductions of old prints. An agricultural
chronology in appendix, bibliography, index.
(Adapted from Bookmark)
Am Soc R 11 376 Je '46 130w
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 Mr '46
Library J 71:182 P 1 '46 lOOw
"This is a book that should be judged more
from the point of view of the purpose of the
author than from its contribution to knowledge.
The subtitle is suited to the contents. It is
a story — not a history — and 'a story' would suit
better than 'the story'. As- such it surely
will supersede Sanford's Story of Agriculture
in the United States, in whose category it
falls, if for no other reason because it is a
generation more up to date. The scholar or the
serious student of agricultural history will
find little use for it." F. A. Shannon
New Eng Q 19:264 Je '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
CLARK, W|LLIAM SMITH, ed. Chief patterns
of world drama. 1152p $5.50 KOughton
808.82 Dramas— Collections 46-3705
Anthology of some of the world's greatest
dramas, Irom the Prometheus Bound, of
Aeschylus, to Mary of Scotland, by Maxwell
Anderson. Each play is prefaced by a historical
study. Index.
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 140w
Theatre Arts 30:495 AS '46 80w
CLARKE, ISABEL CONSTANCE. Subject to
authority. 287p $2.50 Longmans [10s 6d
Hutchinson]
Story of an English Catholic family and their
relations with a neighboring family who are
not Catholics altho one of the sons becomes
a convert.
Reviewed by R. J. Hurley
Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 120w
"It is impossible to question Miss Clarke's
sincerity, but she has allowed her attitude to
obliterate her imagination, limiting herself to
the use of blacks and whites, pros and cons,
and therefore (though she intended a novel)
to the making of a parable." Paul Griffith
h N Y Times p!4 My 19 '46 180w
Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46
140w
CLARKE, ROSAN. Wings for Ruth. 183p 11
$1.75 Wilde
46-3131
"Woven around the close friendship of two
handicapped children in a New England village,
this gentle stoiy tells how the opportunities
which came to Ruth through Perkins Insti-
tution for the Blind gave her mind a chance
to travel far beyond her eyesight. The com-
panionship of school life in the country and in
the Institution brings interest to this story of
girls of ten years old." Horn Bk
Churchman 160.3 N 15 '46 30w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:133 Mr '46 60w
CLAUD EL, PAUL. Three plays: The hostage,
Crusts, The humiliation of the father; tr.
by John, Heard. 223p $5 JLuce, J.W.
842 45-11125
Translations of three French plays which
cover the period between the French revolution
and the Franco- Prussian war. They present
a chronicle* of France and also picture the
Roman Catholic faith in France during those
years.
"The plots of the plays seem to this reader
lacking in plausibility, but it is evident that
they were designed by the mystic, Claudel. to
bring out his central theme, the profoundly
Christian one of sacrifice and expiation. . .
Some of the artistic values in the French are
inevitably lost in translation. The English texts
worked out by the translator of this edition
are remarkably faithful to the original, how-
ever, and much of its poetic beauty has been
retained. One is therefore surprised to find an
occasional rendering which strikes a false
note." M. M. Fay
H Cath World 162:92 Ap '46 600w
154
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CLAUDEL, PAU L— Continued
"The plots are somewhat conventional, at
times even banal, but this is not the primary
concern of Claudel. He is driven by a desire
to make Catholicism the mother of man's rich-
est life. Not that he argues this point, mysti-
cism either assumes or ignores dogma. Rather
he writes dramas of character and ideas, dis-
cussing1 at length the subtle shades of experi-
ence, and keeps always to the purpose of mak-
ing real the strength that is in the gentle, but
inexorable, power of spiritual truth. Thus, the
apparent victory of the expedient and the
temporal is seen to be a hollow conquest; God,
the church, and truth are ultimately supreme
and invincible. Each play promotes one great
truth, a truth revealed not by the light of
reason, but by the incomprehensible response
of one's being. If this truth becomes identified
with Catholicism, it is because Claudel both
believes and feels it to be so." R. E. Keighton
Crozer Q 23:205 Ap '46 400w
"Recommended for drama collections In large
libraries." George Freedley
4- Library J 71:122 Ja 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Paul d'Estournelles
Theatre Arts 30:301 My '46 2800w
CLAWSON, JOSEPH. Psychology in action.
289p il $4 Macmlllan
150.13 Psychology, Applied 46-7533
"Some genuine advances have been made
through the amassing* of detailed observations
of behavior but no coordinating principles
similar to those of physics, chemistry, or the
other advanced departments of science have as
yet emerged. The present book attempts to
provide these principles and link tog-other the
known facts in an understandable whole. It
has four principal distinguishing features:
First, the book consists primarily of thumb-
nail case studies embodying what is known
about and what has been done with human
psychology so far. . . Second, the cases and
successful appeals are arranged according to
the principles they have in common, and these
common elements are umflod in a new theory
of psychology — the theory of 'value-situations.'
Third, it is pointed out how to recombine the
elements and apply them to daily problems
which arise in the contacts of individuals and
groups. Fourth, an elastic, practical formula
unites these principles of behavior in a com-
plete, interlocking system of psychology. The
formula embraces all the phenomena and
brushes aside none.' (Pref) Index.
"Not on either a scientific or a strictly lay
level, it's hard to tab a market for this."
Kirkus 14:91 F 15 '46 150w
"Book contains many naive statements as
well as doubtful assumptions. Not recom-
mended." A. I. Bryan
— Library J 71:1461 O 15 '46 140w
"If you've already heard this 'how to in-
fluence people' line perhaps you had best pass
by this book. Better pass it by anyway."
— San Francisco Chronicle plO D 8 '46
lOOw
CLEETON, GLEN URIEL, and MASON,
CHARLES WILKINS. Executive ability; its
discovery and development, new ed 540p $4.50
Antioch press
658 3124 Executive ability 47-233
"Analysis of executive functions. Extensive
presentation of methods used to test for
executive qualities and for predicting execu-
tive success, with some talk of the need of
executives in society." (Am J Soc) For first
edition see Book Review Digest, 1935.
CLELAND, ROBERT GLASS. California pag-
eant; the story of four centuries; 11 by
Raymond Lufkin. 257p $2.50 Knopf
979.4 California— History 46-224
Presents four centuries of California history,
from the days of the explorers to the present.
The author is a historian and has written other
books on California. Chronology of important
dates. Index. For senior and Junior high
schools.
Am J Soc 52:379 Ja '47 30w
Reviewed by H. J. Owens
Book Week p4 N 3 '46 210w
CLELAND, MABEL ROSS (MRS K. DE W.
WIDDEMER). See Widdemer, M. C.
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
"A list of important dates and an index make
this an excellent book for reading or for ref-
erence, one with authority behind it." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:208 My '46 90w
"The book is remarkable for the richness and
variety of its content and the clarity of its
statement. Firsthand sources have been used
with skill and a sense of drama in connection
with persons and places." A. C. Moore
+ Horn Bk 22:214 My '46 120w
"A compact, attractive book, written In di-
rect, economical style."
-f Klrkus 14:37 Ja 15 '46 HOw
"Recommended for junior and senior high
school age." Elizabeth Burr
-f Library J 71:488 Ap 1 '46 HOw
"The illustrations lead me to phrase a ques-
tion which has often bothered me. Why does a
publisher, having used a good historian to
write a book, thereupon intrust its illustrations
to someone who works upon decorative, not
historical principles? Mr. Luf kin's drawings
seem to me to have rather little relation to
what the State actually looks like, and his map
on Page 234 mislocates towns and sends rail-
roads running around where they simply don't
run. The book is written in straightforward
and simple English, which should give no
trouble to younger readers. It should serve as
a good introduction to the history of a highly
colorful State." G. R. Stewart
-| NY Times p!4 Mr 24 '46 500w
"Here is an excellent presentation of the
colorful, tumultuous, romantic history of Cali-
fornia." R. A. Hill
-f Sat R of Lit 29:56 Ap 20 '46 450w
"The skill with which significant events
have been sifted out and related to each other,
the adherence to source material, the use made
of diaries and contemporary accounts from the
early days, the swift moving narrative writing
all show the mark of a gifted historian who
is writing con amore of a region he knows as
his own. But in addition there Is an inclusive
awareness of the forces that influence events:
climate, geography, changing economic pres-
sures, as well as the influence of personalities
upon their time." P. C. Sayers
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 24 '46 400w
CLEMENS, CYRIL. Man from Limehouse:
Clement Richard Attlee; foreword [by] Lord
Strabolgi; introd. by Ellen Wilkinson. 159p 11
$3 Int. Mark Twain soc; for sale by Didier
B or 92 Attlee, Clement Richard 46-6573
A biography of Great Britain's Labour prime
minister, written by the author of The Man
from Missouri: Harry S. Truman; The Literary
Education of F. D. Roosevelt, etc.
Christian Science Monitor p!7 D 7 '46
120W
— Foreign Affairs 25:345 Ja '47 lOw
"Superficial, very much 'strung together,'
disappointing, poorly written, even errors in
spelling. Not recommended." A. B. Lindsay
— Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 70w
School and Society 64:103 Ag 10 '46 90w
CLEMENSr SAMUEL LANGHORNE (MARK
TWAIN, pseud). Letters of Quintus Curtius
Snodgrass [by] Mark Twain; ed. toy Ernest
E. Leisy. 76p $2 Univ. press In Dallas
817
"Almost 20 years ago the Mark Twain canon
was extended by the discovery and publica-
tion of three letters by 'Thomas Jefferson
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
155
Snodgrass,' which had appeared in the Keokuk
Saturday Post in 1856 and 1857. Since that
time other 'Snodgrass' letters have turned up;
four of them in the New Orleans Daily
Crescent for 1861, discovered in 1934. Since
then Mr. Thomas Dabney and Mr. Ernest E.
Leisy have found six more in the Crescent
which they believe to be the work of Mark
Twain. These, with the four found in 1934,
are signed 'Quintus Curtius Snodgrass,' and
all 10 are now published in [this] small
book." San Francisco Chronicle
"Even without the Mark Twain authorship
these New Orleans letters would repay reading.
Most of them deal with the local Confederate
militia for which Snodgrass, the High Old Pri-
vate of the Louisiana Guard, supplies elaborate
but burlesque instructions for drilling, choosing
equipment, securing provender and judiciously
avoiding injury in battle. . . In their broad
satire, their sly classical allusions, their hyper-
bole and their candor the letters have more
than a little in common with such better known
works as the jumping frog story and the blue
jay yarn." J. T Flanagan
+ Book Week p!8 N 24 '46 330w
"Finding the new 'Snodgrass' letters was a
good job. Publishing them, with the four earlier
discoveries, is worth while — at any rate for the
Twain enthusiast. It is unfortunate that the
'Notes' had to be written by someone who
thinks it necessary to explain to his readers
that 'mounseers' is to be understood as signify-
ing 'French gentleman ' " J H. Jackson
H • San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 13 '46
700w
CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (MARK
TWAIN, pseud). Mark Twain, business man;
ed. by Samuel Charles Webster. (Atlantic
monthly press bk) 409p il $4 Little
B or 92 Webster, Charles L. 46-585
"The son of Mark Twain's partner in the
publishing house of Charles L. Webster & Co.
sets out to refute some of the accusations
which Mark Twain, in his garrulous and debt-
ridden old age, made against Mr. Webster,
Sr., and which appeared in Bernard De Veto's
'Mark Twain in Eruption.' The defense of the
elder Webster's business behavior, documented
largely by Mark Twain's own letters, is well
presented and convincing, and is done with
good humor. It furnishes, by the way, some val-
uable additions to the Mark Twain story." New
Yorker
Reviewed by F. J. Meine
Book Week pi F 3 '46 1500w
Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 2 '46
550w
Kirkus 13:539 D 1 '45 120w
"The editor has withheld little— if anything—
so the collection is a definite help in interpret-
ing Mark Twain's amazing personality. Aside
from its special interest Mark Twain, Business
Man will appeal to all who enjoy humorous
family history. It may be generally purchased."
K. T. Willis
+ Library J 71:181 F 1 '46 HOw
"For most readers, of course, the book will
be interesting not for what it can tell of
Charles L. Webster but for what it can tell
of Mark Twain. It tells much that is of high
interest. It would have been a better book
had Mr. Webster not undertaken to write in
the vein of his uncle's humor, directing his
sallies (which honestly, and doggedly, try to
be good-natured) against the uncle himself.
Then, although we cannot but be grateful for
the new material about Mark Twain and the
Clemens family that Mr. Webster takes this oc-
casion to print, the book would have been
more shapely without It, and would not have
had, what it now does have, the appearance
of a scrappy, untidy biography of Mark Twain
in which the climax of that eventful life was
the relationship with Charles L. Webster. Yet
these faults do not diminish the intrinsic inter-
est of the book." Lionel Trilling
-f — N Y Time* pi P 3 '46 2000w
4- New Yorker 21:99 F 9 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. P. Wood
Sat R of Lit 29:16 Mr 2 '46 1750w
Time 47:100 F 11 '46 HOOw
"At his first glance the general reader will
feel that the book has the dullness of many
compilations of business letters, but before long
ho will probably be caught up by Twain's en-
ergy and tragedy, and the fantastic situations.
The literary student interested in biography
will find much about Twain that is entirely
new, and drawn from one of the few relatively
untapped tources of Twain materials."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:195 S '46 350w
"The book 1$ a valuable addition to Mark
Twain literature, vastly amusing to £he gen-
eral reader and indispensable to students."
Bernard De Voto
-f Weekly Book Review p3 F 10 '46 2000w
Wis Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
"In spite of its casual, even irritating
methods of presenting its material, this volume
of letters, with its obbligato of commentary
by the grandson of Mark Twain's sister Pamela,
is likely to become at once a source-book for
our study of the groat humorist; it will enter
the useful category ol books about him by his
family and intimates." S. T. Williams
-\ Yale R n s 35:758 summer '46 420w
CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (MARK
TWAIN, pseud). Portable Mark Twain; ed.
by Bernard DeVoto. 78Gp $2 Viking
817 46-6686
Collection from the works of Mark Twain
which includes selections from: A tramp
abroad; Old times on the Mississippi; A Con-
necticut Yankee in King Arthur's court;
Pudd'nhead Wilson; Following the equator;
Mark Twain in eruption; Europe and else-
where; Mark Twain's autobiography Also
included are. Notorious jumping frog of
Calaveras county; Private history of a cam-
paign that failed; Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn; Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses; The
mysterious stranger, and twenty-eight letters.
Booklist 43:54 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
"llt'io la a handsome return on a two dollar
investment. Mr. De Voto's introduction is
searching, intelligent and remarkable for free-
dom from flub-dub. It is honest in praise and
gives as well a candid appraisal of Mark
Twain's faults and failures . . . Several of the
letters included in the present selection aie
printed for the first time. All the letters are
amusing and by their suggestion of a vivid,
untamed personality make admirable contrast
with the stories and sketches written for the
public." J. G E Hopkins
4- Commonweal 44:484 Ag 30 '46 330w
Kirkus 14:230 My 15 '46 170w
"The introduction to this volume in the
admirable Viking Portable Library [is] a
rounded and balanced estimate of Mark Twain,
his America and his work. The selections,
including Huckleberry Finn and the Mysterious
Stranger complete, and generous passages from
his other writings, provide the reader with
a large part of the Mark Twain that is still
worth reading."
-f New Repub 115:301 S 9 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Lionel Trilling
N Y Times p4 Jl 28 '46 HOOw
"Excellent, and a pleasant surprise. The
name of Mark Twain, in the past, has always,
for Mr. De Voto, been a stimulus to hair-
tearing polemics, with an emphasis that, in
my opinion, has falsified the picture of Mark
Twain a great deal more than it had ever
been distorted by the writings of Van Wyck
Brooks and others, whom Mr. De Voto has
been so frantic to correct. But in his selec-
tion from Mark Twain for this 'portable,' he
has exhibited, it seems to me, a really im-
peccable discrimination." Edmund Wilson
+ New Yorker 22:65 Jl 27 '46 400w
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
250w
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CLEMENS, S. L.— Continued
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
480w
"I do not know how anybody could have
got more of the truest and best Mark Twain
into 786 pages There is a solid introduction
by Mr. De Voto and erudite, unobtrusive
notes."
-f Weekly Book Review p!3 Jl 28 '46
180w
CLEVELAND, REGINALD MCINTOSH, and
LATHAM, FRANK B. Jobs ahead! in collab-
oration with Vocational guidance research.
259p $2.50 Appleton- Century
371.425 Occupations. Vocational guidance
46-1906
"A general discussion of employment oppor-
tunity in industrial fields such as electronics,
especially radio and television, the automobile
industry, building and allied trades, distribu-
tion and transportation. Educational and phys-
ical requirements, hours of work, and starting
salaries are given. More for reading than for
ready reference." (Booklist) Bibliography.
Index.
" 'Jobs Ahead' proceeds on the assumption
that the nation will solve its economic prob-
lems and move on to full employment. It takes
for granted, for example, that soil erosion will
be checked because it is right that it should
be. Objection may also be made that the book
overlooks the future profession of politics on
which it might be conceded that quite a bit
hinges. There are other omissions also, but
within its scope 'Jobs Ahead' is an important
postwar guide to postwar jobs." Ruth Moore
H Book Week p3 Ap 7 '46 320w
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
"Adequate."
Klrkus 14:146 Mr 15 '46 90w
CLEVELAND, ROBERT (CAPPY DICK,
pseud). Pastime book for boys and girls.
211p ii $2 Greenberg
680 Handicraft. Games 46-4396
Ideas for things to make, games, hobbies,
jokes and riddles, similar to the author's Fun
For Boys and Girls (Book Review Digest 1942).
For grades four to eight.
"Gappy Dick is here again and I am sure the
children will be out in full force to welcome
his new book. As in 'Fun for Boys and Girls'
and the 4Stay-at-Home Book,' this volume is
crammed with wonderful things to make, to
do, to play."
-f Book Week p22 Je 2 '46 140w
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
"The author has succeeded in his aim to
propose articles that are interesting to make
without being too difficult, so that the young
workmen can feel the satisfaction of accom-
plishment. A book that offers a wealth of
fun and entertainment for homes, schools,
play centers, camps and clubs Illustrated by
many small but clear diagrams " A. T. Eaton
-f- Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 15 '46
160w
"A home book, also useful in many library
collections." E. A. Groves
4- Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 70w
"Has little to recommend it. It haphazardly
includes suggestions for youngsters from 6 to
14, with no regard for age level or comparative
difficulty." Nina Schneider
— NY Times p20 Je 9 '46 90w
CLEWES, HOWARD. Dead ground. 211p $2.50
Dutton [7s 6d Lane]
46-6548
Story of an English ship rotting In an Eng-
lish harbor while she waits for a possible
German invasion. In that case she was to be
sunk across the mouth of the harbor to obstruct
entrance But in the meantime her captain
divides his time between the village tavern
and his ship; the army officer in charge fumes
and the natives go on fishing in their re-
stricted waters. And then one night the ship
weighed anchor and quietly went out to sea.
"A short but competent novel. . . No pre-
tense, no shoddy cleverness, no pandering,
but a well-rounded story, expertly handled in
every phase." Louis Zara
-I- Book Week p5 O 20 '46 600w
"There is moralization here, and allegory,
with perhaps the characters sacrificed to the
lesson taught. Its harsh integrity limits its
popular market, gives its appeal lor the ma-
ture, perceptive reader."
+ Kirkus 14.359 Ag 1 '4G 120w
"Mr Olewes has a real talent It is start-
ling, therefore, that he has failed in precision
and care for his book His vivid, atmospheric
language, utilizing many details, is quite fre-
quently unpunctuated His lark of care for the
shape of his novel, whore people and events
jostle each other, losing the proper effect of
their brilliance through careless timing, clouds
the sharpness of his characterization . . With
more tune and thought, Mr Olewes might have
written not only an unusual and delightful tale;
he also might have employed his strange, bright
imagination carefully and expertly, which
Stevenson, for instance, was begrudgmgly
willing to do " Paul Griffith
N Y Times p22 N 3 '46 GOOw
"A promising novel by a youn^ English war
veteran . . 'Dead Ground' at times becomes
an hilarious stoiy. There is something Jovian
about Captain Thwaite as he stands alone
on the deck of his ship, now anchored fifty
yards or so out in tlie harbor, hurling empty
bottles and insults at hi.s impotent enemy
land-bound on the wharf . Uut the book is
much more than this. Mr. Olcwos combines
with a gift of keen observation the ability
to interpret imaginatively the things he ob-
serves There is compassion bore, indignation
and loaded irony, plus a narrative of events
that never loses its tension from the opening
to the closing1 page " Jennings Hice
4- Weekly Book Review p4 O 13 '46 650w
CLEWES, WINSTON. Sweet river in the
morning 227p $2 50 Appleton-Century
46-6431
An English boy with a bad record takes to
burglary rather than defend his country. On
the night of an air raid the boy breaks into
an apparently deserted house, and there re-
lives the life of the old mansion. A direct hit
on the house may be the cause of the boy's
regeneration.
"To tell this story Clewes employs the swift,
short strokes of the dramatist. His setting is
a small community in war-torn England, but
his people and his appeal are universal. Some
of his postulates may be debatable, but never
boring. It is a short book, but not one to be
skimmed through carelessly. There's hardly
a single paragraph in it which is not essential
to the whole. Of such is good writing." William
Lipscomb
-f- Book Week p!2 S 15 '46 350w
Booklist 43:53 O 15 '46
Reviewed by John Broderick
Commonweal 45:76 N 1 '46 330w
"The writing is ardent and word- wise, but
without the concentration of story interest and
with an almost unduly depressing character
portrayal which will limit its popularity."
Klrkus 14:328 Jl 15 '46 160w
"Deeply sensitive portrayal of a young crimi-
nal." L,. R. Miller
4- Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 O 11 '46 240w
Reviewed by Rayner Heppenstall
New Statesman & Nation 32:289 O 19
'46 120w
"With a vivid and unsentimental pen, the
author dissects the elements that have made
a criminal out of a miserable boy. . . Within
the boundaries of this particular novel form,
'Sweet River in the Morning' is as illuminating
a glance into the causes of juvenile delinquency
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157
as can be expected. The author's use of
fantasy, however, seems especially out of
place and weakens the effectiveness of his
story. In his effort to utilize this panoramic
technique, his story development is made so
erratic that he is compelled to preface his
book with a chronological table of events,
intended to guide the reader through the
novel's maze of incidents." Kdwin Fadiman
_j NY Times p!2 S 22 '46 450w
"A special kind of ghost story, sensitively
conceived and effectively told "
-f- New Yorker 22:108 S 14 '46 60w
"The novel is dramatic and essentially
humane, but the sweet river that might have
represented Charlie in his earliest days Js
never presented to the reader." Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:30 S 28 '46 850w
"This is an ingenious way of making a novel.
The criticism is that it is too ingenious, for
what the author gams in ingenuity he loses
in authenticity. Charlie's story as remembered
by himself is excellent. It is markedly in the
style of Liza of Lambeth, but it has a
strength of its own. The second story, though
equally well told, is unacceptable in comparison
with the first. The fantasy fights with the
realism, and the reader resents the spooks
cutting across a story which was already good
without them Besides they tempt Mr. Clewes
to sin against logic. How could Charlie come
to know scenes that happened long ago out-
side the house, away down by the river?" V. C.
Clmton-Baddeley
H Spec 177-348 O 4 '46 450w
Sprmgf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 500w
"How a lad so illiterate could understand
the speech much less the lives of the Glad-
stones is left unexplained; and the end of the
tale, dramatic as it is, is completely arbitrary.
But the novel is interesting and evocative, and
one is left in no possible doubt of the author's
powers of mind and style He is among the
most promising of our young novelists "
H Times [London] Lit Sup p477 O 5 '46
600w
"I found myself at first pleasantly confused,
then enchanted, by the novel method Mr.
Clewes employs in telling the story of Charlie
The clarity of his style and the brilliance and
warm sympathy with which he limns the
various swiftly shifting scenes produce an
effect both exquisite and exotic And under-
neath the delicate pattern of his work runs
steadily and sweetly a joy in life — in the life
of even so bewildered and badgered and cul-
turally undernourished a youth as Ins Charlie
—that Is both refreshing and compelling " F.
4-' Weekly Book Review p5 S 15 '46 900w
CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDOM. Common
sense of the exact sciences; ed. and with a
pref. by Karl Pearson; newly ed. and with an
introd. by James R Newman; pref by Ber-
trand Russell. 249p $4 Knopf
510.1 Mathematics— Philosophy 46-4306
A revision of a book first published in 18S5
The author was an English mathematician
who died in 1879, at the age of thirty-five. The
book is an attempt to explain modern sci-
entific and mathematical thought to the lay-
man, and has become a classic. The present
edition contains a long biographical and
critical preface, and a bibliography of Clifford's
writings.
"Ranking with some of the great books of
the Adler, Hutchins, and Barr school, Clifford's
work shows a remarkable clarity and depth of
thought. . . Edited and footnoted by Newman,
this new printing of 'The Common Sense of
the Exact Sciences' is worthy of a good recep-
tion by the enlightened public." Rufus Olden-
burger
-f- Book Week p8 My 26 '46 430w
Kirkus 14:188 Ap 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by L A. Kales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
"A warmly appreciative preface by Bertrand
Russell and an excellent account of Clifford's
general philosophy, together with some notes
on the text, by James R. Newman, the editor
of the present reissue, add further value to a
valuable book." TSrne;%t Nagel
-f Nation 163 19 Jl 6 '46 1350w
N Y New Tech Bks 31.43 Jl '46
"The first two chapters of this book, the
work of one of the great Victorians, should be
required reading for algebra and geometry
classes Any student or ex-student who is
capable of hoping that there might be truth in
Clavius's statement that algebra is 'easy withal,
and full of delight' should find here all the
evidence he needs to convince him that there
is. . . The two prefaces and the introduction
are an extra treat. Seldom does one have a
chance to read such sincere and disinterested
panegyiic." K. S. A.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
150w
CLOSE, PAUL DUNHAM. Building insulation;
a treatise on the pnnciplos and application
of heat and sound insulation for buildings
3d oil 372p il $4.50 Am. tech soc.
691.9 Insulation (heat). Soundproofing
46-4553
"This comprehensive text is of practical
value riot only to the architect, engineer, and
insulation salesman, but al.so to the prospective
home owner who \\ants to know what kind of
insulation is best adapted to his requirements.
The book treats of the various types of com-
meioial insulating materials now in use, gives
trade names, descriptive data, and names of
manufacturers; and discusses the methods of
application, the theory of heat insulation and
calculation of heat losses; fuel saving, pipe and
duct insulations and the prevention of con-
densation Other topics are the relationship of
heat insulation to human comfort, and sound
insulation. Compared with the previous edition
(1945), this one has an additional chapter on
insulating farm structures, and there are addi-
tional minor revisions The author is Technical
Secretary of the Insulation Board Institute."
N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43 54 O 15 '46
N Y New Tech Bks 31 25 Ap '46
CLOUGH, SHEPARD BANCROFT. Century of
American life insurance 402p il $1.50 Colum-
bia univ. press [30s Oxford]
368 3 Mutual life insurance company of New
York A46-2039
"A history of the Mutual life insurance com-
pany of New York, 1843-1943." (Subtitle) In-
dex.
"Without doubt, the book is to be highly rec-
ommended to both the insured and the insur-
ance officials. It delineates m an excellent way
the important role life insurance plays in our
Nation more than anywhere else in the world.
Let up hope that scholars, also, will not fail to
study this work. Then, perhaps, it will help to
overcome the traditional mistreatment of in-
surance by many of our economists who often
regard it as being only business " Alfred Manes
-}- Ann Am Acad 218:291 N '46 420w
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p!4 Ja 4 '47
480w
"This scholarly history makes many limited
but important contributions to the understand-
ing of American enterprise. The text is clear,
and there are excellent tables and charts; one
does not need to know insurance in order to
understand the analysis."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:198 S '46 240w
COATES, ROBERT MYRON. Bitter season.
ISOp $2.50 Harcourt
46-6957
A novel which traces the emotional life of
an ordinary American during the darkest hours
of World war II, an American who Is not in th*
fighting.
158
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COATES, R, M. — Continued
Reviewed by William Lipscomb
Book Week p22 N 24 '46 450w
"Mr. Coates is at his best when he is de-
scribing the spirit of wartime New York. In a
manner not unlike that of Thomas Wolfe, he
creates a number of memorable and realistic
vignettes. One remembers, after he has laid
down the book, his worried patrons at coffee-
pot counters, the brooding taxi drivers, and the
unhappy civilians standing shoulder to shoulder
with men in uniform in crowded bar rooms.
Many readers will probably find the author's
fugitive characters and his descriptions of
the New York scene more interesting than
the lucubrations of his frustrated hero." M. J.
Commonweal 45:77 N 1 '46 300w
"Introspective, intellectualizing, this by the
New Yorker short story writer and critic
contains some effective writing — but is above
a general audience."
4- Kirkus 14:504 O 1 '46 lOOw
"The failure of 'The Bitter Season' to be
equal to its intention is chiefly due, I think, to
the confusion of its method; and this in turn
seems to me to be due to Mr. Coates's lack of
confidence in the power of a fictional inci-
dent to communicate more than it may super-
ficially appear to. Thus Mr. Coates's personal
narrative not only follows no time sequence
but is constantly interrupted for philosophical
asides and for quick sketches of war-time hab-
its and manners. And even these contemporary
social observations are so crowded and handled
so fancily that their import is lost." Diana
Trilling
Nation 163:702 D 14 '46 490w
"It is a book imperfect surely — a little lean,
a little inconclusive, but it is also work lofty
in conception, expert in design and altogether
worthy of profound respect." Richard Sullivan
H -- NY Times p!4 N 10 '46 760w
New Yorker 22:113 O 12 '46 60w
Reviewed by Donald Hough
— Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 2 '46 1050w
"A fine and sensitive novel. . . Other parts
of Mr. Coates's novel may not be perfectly
executed, but New York after dark is his
natural milieu, and the midnight city stamps
an unforgettable impress on 'The Bitter Sea-
son.' Mr. Coates knows the streets of night
better than any man since Thomas Wolfe."
Richard Match
^ -- Weekly Book Review p4 O 6 '46 750w
COAT8WORTH, ELIZABETH JANE (MRS
HENRY BESTON). The wonderful day; pic-
tures by Helen Sewell. 126p $2.25 Macmlllan
46-3639
Another story about Sally, the author's well-
loved heroine of stories of life in America in
early post-Revolution days. In this story Sally
and Andy help to save Five Bushel Farm, meet
again Pierre, the French refugee lad, and at
the end of "the wonderful day" have an inti-
mation of future happiness.
Book Week p!8 Je 2 '46 230w
Booklist 42:319 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:206 My '46 120w
"Another in the series of 'Sally' books, and
to adults it seems that this excellent writer
could turn to other characters for these seem
fairly wrung dry."
Kirkus 14:126 Mr 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by F. W. Butler
Library J 71:489 Ap 1 '46 120w
"Clarity of writing and a poet's delight in
the New England countryside give charm to
Elizabeth Coatsworth's tale — though it must be
added that the book, despite its feel for local
color, is without body and sometimes weak
in characterization." H. M.
H NY Times p31 My 26 '46 150w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:142 D 7 '46 60w
"Those of us who look for the poems between
the chapters of Miss Coatsworth's stories find
here some of the most satisfying. There is one
about a little red hen in a storm that would
make an enchanting text for a picture book. . .
Obviously great care has been given to the
making of this book. Miss Sewell's New Eng-
land end-papers are printed in emerald green
and the cloth binding is the clear yellow of a
ripe lemon. One cannot say that this is the
best of the books about Sally. It is a complete-
ly satisfying link in her story. It needs no
further comparison." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:31 Ag 10 '46 360w
"This is a poet's book deserving the poetic
quality of Helen Sewell's decorations and the
serenity of these broad- margined pages.
Though the tale is complete in itself, ten-year-
olds who meet Sally here for the first time will
look up her previous appearances." M. L».
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 My 6 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
COATSWORTH, ELIZABETH JANE (MRS
HENRY BESTON). The kitten stand; 11. by
Katherine Keeler. [28p] 50c Grosset
46-2193
Story for girls from seven to ten. It began
when somebody gave Kate a cat named Jumpy.
Jumpy was guaranteed to be masculine, but
the guarantee was all wrong, and when there
were six kittens, something had to be done
about it. Kate had an original way of solv-
ing the difficulty.
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:130 Mr '46 50w
"There's nice balance of character and plot,
and illustrations In pastel colors by Katherine
Keeler make it an attractive and appealing
°° * + Kirkus 14:67 F 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. F. Cox
Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 70w
-f N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 70w
"Slight as this story is. It has humor and
character. The illustrations are pleasing, and
the book is attractive In size, type, and bind-
ing." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:43 Mr 9 '46 220w
"I'd like to see Trudy when she grows up.
I bet she'll be something pretty special. The
Illustrations are Just right." Phyllis Fenner
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 10 '46 90w
COBB, MABEL. Old Phoebe; the story of an
elephant; il. by Claude Allen Lewis. 128p
$2.50 Beechhurst press, inc, 116 E 19th st,
N.Y. 3
46-18490
Old Phoebe is a beloved circus elephant. In
this story for children the old elephant recalls
the events of her life in the jungles of India,
her training, tiger-hunting with a rajah, state
processions, and then her circus career.
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
60w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 3 22 '46 lOOw
COBLENTZ, CATHERINE (CATE) (MRS W.
W. COBLENTZ), Scatter, the chipmunk; 11.
by Berta Schwartz. [25] p $1 Childrens press
Chipmunks— Legends and stories 46-3913
Picture story book about a little chipmunk
and a thoughtful little girl who befriended him
and protected him from a grey cat.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 7 '46 150w
Kirkus 14:251 Je 1 '46 90w
"Charmingly illustrated by Berta Schwartz
with lifelike pictures. Recommended." D. M.
MacDonald
+ Library J 71:1064 Ag '46 70w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
159
COBLENTZ, CATHERINE (GATE) (MRS
W. W. COBLENTZ). Sequoya; decorations by
Ralph Ray, Jr. 199p $2.50 Longmans
B or 92 Guess, George (Sequoya) (Cherokee
Indian)— Juvenile literature 46-11831
"The story of the lame Indian, half Indian,
half white, who made the Cherokee alphabet
and taught his people to write messages to one
another at the time of the westward expansion
of the white settlers." Sat R of Lit
"This is such a genuinely thrilling book that
anything beyond holding your breath with
excitement and handing it to your best friend
to read seems anticlimatic."
-f Book Week p!4 N 10 '46 270w
Booklist 43:119 D 15 '46
.Christian Century 63:1440 N 27 '46
70w
"Excellent reference material."
4- Klrkus 14:391 Ag 15 '46 HOw
"Author has used the most consistent of the
folklore about Sequoya and definite informa-
tion gathered by authorities on the Cherokees.
Recommended for junior high school age." Eliz-
abeth Burr
+ Library J 71:1810 D 15 '46 lOOw
"A good story well told." N. B. Brown
-f N Y Times pll D 29 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 29:69 N 9 '46 40w
School & Society 64:303 O 20 '46 20w
Social Studies 37:380 D '46 20w
4- Weekly Book Review p!8 N 10 '46
380w
COBLENTZ, STANTON ARTHUR, comp. The
music makers; an anthology of recent Amer-
ican poetry. 275p $3.75 Ackerman
811.08 American poetry — Collections 46-158
An anthology of contemporary American
lyric poetry intended for the "average educated
reader." No index, but the arrangement is
alphabetically by author. Each poet has a very
brief biographical note.
"Mr. Coblentz is a good poet, as readers of
this paper should know; he is also a good
judge of poetry. He has due regard for poets
who have become famous, but evidently it is
their quality rather than their reputations that
moves him, for he is appreciative also of much
poetry that has not (or not yet) brought its
authors renown. This anthology, covering the
last two decades, may be considered as, in a
general way, bringing Untermeyer down to
date."
+ Christian Century 63:240 F 20 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Macha Rosenthal
Poetry 68:112 My '46 480w
"An excellent anthology." C. M. Sauer
-+- Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 13 '46
420w
COCKRELL, MRS MARIAN (BROWN). Some-
thing between. 261p $2.50 Harper
46-4172
Small town life and its feuds and romances
is the background for this novel. There was a
twelve-foot-high hedge between the Towles'
place and that of vindictive Mrs Moon. But
when there was murder done it was not laid to
any of the Towles, until late in the day. And
by that time young Austin, aged fifteen, had
set the trap which caught the murderer.
Reviewed by Edith Roberts
Book Week p6 My 12 '46 300w
Klrkus 14:80 F 15 '46 150w
"The breezy dialogue is more competent than
the rare reflective passages. In her musings
the author is too apt to translate emotion by
dashes and to insist on needless repetition to
make her obvious points; but she handles with
skill the verbose Austin's mixture of eager
slang and solemn rhetoric, the casual chatter
of modern lovers and the everyday talk of the
town folk. When the author comes to small-
town manners she is on surer realistic ground."
Aline Benjamin
N Y Times p!8 My 19 '46 220w
" 'Something Between' fails as straight fiction
and fails as crime fiction. The first half of the
book is a light, implausible novel and the last
half is a slight crime-and-detection yarn. The
fusion is inept." Betty Smith
h Sat R of Lit 29:38 Je 22 r46 750w
"The best parts of this novel are the skirm-
ishes in the early scenes, Mrs. Cockrell being
not quite at ease with violence. To prolong
the suspense, she points a finger of suspicion
at several characters whose innocence you don't
for a moment doubt. But the boy's blundering
detectlvism is highly entertaining, and he has
every reason to be gratified with its often un-
expected fruitfulness. As for your sympathies,
they are naturally and rightfully always on one
side of the herbaceous border of hate." George
Conrad
_j Weekly Book Review p8 My 26 '46
370w
COE, DOUGLAS, pseud. See Epstein, S., and
Williams, B.
COE, LLOYD. Charcoal; 11. by [the author].
[32]p $1.50 Crowell
46-3214
Picture story book about a little black sheep
who lived up to his name, but was sorry about
it. He took measures, but still he was a black
sheep. And then the tide turned, when he did
a good deed, and he was no longer an outcast.
"I wish all books for younger children were
as wise and as entertaining as this one."
4-. Book Week p!4 Je 2 '46 320w
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
"The illustrations are not, and are not meant
to be, wholly realistic, but they have a fresh
springlike quality." A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:203 My '46 40w
"Ages four to eight will enjoy this book."
V. W. Schott
4- Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 70w
"Story and drawings are simple and ex-
pressive." L». M. P.
N Y Times p36 Ap 14 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L«. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 f46 140w
COFFIN, HENRY SLOANE. Public worship of
God; a source book. 208p $2 Presbyterian bd.
264 Public worship 46-5948
"This book has been prepared for the guid-
ance and aid of ministers, choirmasters, stu-
dents of divinity and of sacred music, office-
bearers in the Church, and others to whom is
entrusted the high and arduous task of leading
in common worship. It has been written par-
ticularly for those in the tradition of the Re-
formed Churches. That tradition is both Catho-
lic and Evangelical. It embraces the worship
of the Early Church, East and West, and that
of the Medieval Church to the Reformation,
when the effort was made to cleanse it from
corruptions by submitting it to the Word of
God." (Foreword) Partial contents: What is
Christian worship; Theological bases of wor-
ship; The art of public worship — ritual; The art
of public worship — ceremonial; The composition
of public prayers; Worship through the sacra-
ments; Children and public worship; Public
worship and church union. Selected bibliog-
raphy. Index.
"Dr. Coffin's book is strong in its sense of
historical background and also in its carefully
maintained sensitivity to the needs of the con-
temporary congregation. As over against Lu-
theran and Episcopal liturgical tradition and
practice, it exemplifies what is best in our
Puritan ideals of worship. It is not Just a
Presbyterian book but is equally applicable to
Baptist, Congregational and Disciple churches,
and even to Methodists, for are we not all
spiritual heirs of Puritanism?" A. W. Palmer
-f Christian Century 64:17 Ja 1 '47 500w
Reviewed by T. F. Opie
Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 90w
160
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
COFFIN, JOSEPH. Coins of the popes. 169p pi
$3.50 Coward-McCann
737.47 Coins, Papal 46-3783
A guide to Papal coins from earliest Chris-
tian times to the present. It includes a gen-
eral survey of papal coinage, with notes on
mints and engravers, an alphabetical list of
inscriptions appearing on coins, and an index
to the plates.
"This book, the first of its type in English,
is written chiefly for collectors. But it is of
interest also to students of history for whom
there can be no more pleasant and profitable
occupation than to contemplate the ancient
monuments. . . A number of misprints and
errata have escaped the proofreader's eye."
-i Oath World 164:93 O '46 200w
"The seventeen plates which accompany the
text are well chosen and indexed, while the
appendix adds a practical touch in showing
current prices for the coins. Unfortunately,
Mr. Coffin's list of popes is not at all definitive;
it contains 267 names (of which one is a re-
duplication and six are those of antipopes) and
assigns regnal years that can frequently be
questioned." H. G. J. Beck
H Commonweal 44.195 Je 7 '46 80w
COFFIN, ROBERT PETER TRISTRAM. People
behave like ballads. lOOp $2.25 Macmillan
811 46-7320
A new collection of poems about the people
and folklore of New England, by this New
England poet who is now a professor of Eng-
lish at Bowdoin college.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 140w
Klrkus 14 415 Ag 15 '46 130w
"Mr. Coffin is successful when he reins
in his fantasy and writes of the real New
Englanders he knows — and they, too, are most
convincing when they behave like people and
not like ballads," M C.
N Y Times p46 D 1 »46 500w
"Everything in this new book is as neat
and spry as you please, but Mr. Coffin at
times falls into an unconscious kind of self-
parody that is bothersome."
New Yorker 22:119 O 26 MG 70w
"Maine's most popular poet since Long-
fellow has turned out a fresh batch of those
crispy, crunchy ballads of his, complete with
salt-water tang and well starched local color.
They are, as a group, lively, swinging pieces —
always vivid and simple, often happily phrased,
and never by any chance imbued with the
gloom of lonely days and spoiled lives that
Robert Frost has sometimes read into similar
material. Yet, despite occasional coyness and
garrulity . . . their humor is shrewd arid
vigorous, their serious notes effective and un-
pretentious." M. L. Rosenthal
-f — Weekly Book Review p30 N 17 '46
400w
COFFMAN, RAMON PEYTON, and GOOD-
MAN, NATHAN QERSON. Famous pioneers
for young people. 12!)p il $2.50 Barnes, A.S.
920 Pioneers 46-25015
Short biographical sketches of famous Ameri-
can pioneers, written for upper grade and high
school age. Those included are: Daniel Boone,
Simon Kenton, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston,
John Marsh, Brigham Young, Marcus Whit-
man, John Augustus Sutter, James Bridger,
James Capen Adams, Kit Carson, Charles Ed-
ward Pancoast, Isaac Jones Wistar, James
Butler, William Frederick Cody, Wyatt Earp.
Index.
COHEN, JULIUS HENRY. They builded better
than they knew. 376p $3.75 Messner
B or 92 Lawyers — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-8251
"Reminiscences of a New York lawyer cov-
ering the last half century, with special em-
phasis on municipal reforms, legal ethics, indus-
trial arbitration in the needle trades, and the
work of the Port of New York Authority of
which he was chief counsel for twenty five
years. Pen sketches of lawyer contemporaries
and of Felix Adler, Al Smith, Frank Damrosch,
Theodore Roosevelt, Morris Hillquit, Belle
Moskowitz, and Alexander J. Shamberg. Dis-
cussion of new applications and expansion of
legal precedents to meet changing conditions in
business and industry." (Library J) Index.
Kirkus 14:320 Jl 1 '46 120w
"Legal, biographical, New York city and
state interest. Intimate but undistinguished
literary style." H. A. Wooster
-f Library J 71-1125 S 1 '46 140w
"If Mr. Cohen's book should be of special
interest to lawyers, it should be of eaual
interest to those concerned with labor settle-
ments, for it was he who, representing the
original 'Big Four' manufacturers in the cloak
and suit industry in conjunction with the
union's lawyer, Meyer London, worked out the
famous protocol which ended the bitter strike of
1910. . . Julius Cohen has had a lot of fun in
his useful life, and he writes an eminently
readable book. It is full of nice pictures of the
New York of the '80s and '90s. Its author
emerges as a kindly, tolerant, thoroughly likable
human being." Frances Witherspoon
-j- Weekly Book Review p50 D 1 '46 800w
COHEN, MORRIS RAPHAEL. Faith of a
liberal. 497p $3.75 Holt
191.9 Liberalism 46-1222
Selections from the writings of an American
liberal philosopher, who for more than a
quarter of a century was professor of phi-
losophy at the College of the City of New
York. The papers include essays, reviews,
polemical articles, addresses to fellow phi-
losophers, and chapters from other works.
Some date back to 1915; some are very recent.
Index.
Booklist 42:201 F 15 '46
"Unfortunately, presented in a manner just a
little livelier than McGuffey's Readers (but not
much), these frontiersmen dwindle to some-
thing less than life-size. M
N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 90w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ja 18 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. R. Pennock
Ann Am Acad 246:169 Jl '46 450w
"Prof. Cohen amply demonstrates his right
to the title of liberal. He has that combina-
tion of learning and ethical earnestness and
sweetness of temper that Matthew Arnold
called 'urbanity.' His essays are the product
of a thoroughly civilized and informed in-
telligence." S. I. Hayakawa
-f Book Week p7 Mr 17 '46 650w
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week p6 My 12 '46 70w
Booklist 42:241 Ap 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 30w
"In a series of papers that are made up of
short notes, reviews, and lengthy articles,
Cohen displays the acumen and polemical verve
for which he is well remembered as both teacher
and writer." M. K. Munitz
4~ Nation 163.163 Ag 10 '46 500w
Reviewed by Heinz Kulau
New Repub 114.584 Ap 22 '46 340w
"Students left his classroom irritated, be-
wildered or exhilarated according to the degree
of progress they had made along this un-
carpeted and unroyal road to learning. Now
they can renew their contact with this evoca-
tive and provocative mind at its ripest, while
those who missed the bitter-sweet pleasure of
being jolted out of complacency and cocksure-
ness, beaten out of the bushes of confusion and
harried into Joining and enjoying the intel-
lectual chase, can get all that his students got
plus what was denied to them. . . The least
systematic and most eminently readable of
Professor Cohen's books, it is not for that
any less unified and consistent in its essential
approach and underlying thought." B. D.
Wolf% N Y Times p6 P 24 '46 1650w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
161
Reviewed by O. N. Shuster
Sat R of Lit 29:31 Mr 30 '46 750w
"Here in this book there is a lot of 'human
reason' still alive and full of vigor. It is a
book to help liberals grow strong:." H. A.
Overstreet
4- Survey G 35:169 My '46 800w
"There is a sweet reasonableness about every-
thing Professor Cohen says; extremism, whether
religious, political, or literary is rebuked "
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:88 Je '4C> 120w
Reviewed by Irwin Edman
Weekly Book Review pi Ap 14 '46
1500w
Wis Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
COHEN, OCTAVUS ROY. Dangerous lady. 239p
$2.50 Macmillan
Detective story.
Kirkus 14-332 Jl 15 '46 40w
"Up to the concluding chapter the plot of the
story is so incredibly complicated that it is
difficult to believe that there can be a logical
solution. There is one, however, and Henderson
is the man who finds it." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p32 N 24 '46 140w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 1 '46
50w
"Trivial."
Sat R of Lit 29-80 D 7 '46 40w
Reviewed bv Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p48 N 24 '46 HOw
COHEN, OCTAVUS ROY. Love has no alibi.
209p $2 Macmillan
Detective story.
"Synthetic but smart."
Kirkus 13:534 D 1 '45 60w
"Told in Mr. Cohen's customary breezy style,
the story has more mystery and excitement
than plausibility." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p32 F 24 '46 180w
"Diverting-."
+ Sat R of Lit 29.56 F 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 17 '46 ISOw
COHN, ALFRED EINSTEIN. Minerva's prog-
ress; tradition and dissent in American cul-
ture. lOlp $2 Harcourt
378.73 Colleges and universities — U S.
U.S.— Intellectual life 46-2307
"A provocative book (at least, it should
provoke a lot of people in important places)
of dissenting opinions on American culture,
paying special attention to the state of higher
education in the United States." New Yorker
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p!4 Ap 7 '46 270w
"[This book] is written in a terse, pungent,
often epigrammatic style. Moreover, its urbane,
balanced, and objective approach reflects the
culture and wide reading of its author. And
yet. Dr. Cohn poses rather than solves prob-
lems, and shows so great a misunderstanding
in his few references to things Catholic that the
conclusion is inescapable that we have here but
one more expression of the fundamental con-
fusion of the liberal mind." Walter Gouch
h Cath World 164:86 O '46 400w
Christian Century 63.498 Ap 17 '46
HOw
"In his tract Dr. Cohn observes America
with hopes, doubts and fears. He writes easily
in a distinguished stylo. He challenges com-
plaisant thought in quotable sentences; yet he
will Jolt or exhilarate his reader only in so far
as that worthy accepts tradition and resents
dissent or worships dissent and detests tradi-
tion. Every reader must be his own reviewer,
ready to agree or dispute, but at least to
think." R. J. Purcell
Commonweal 44:74 My 3 '46 750w
Kirkus 14:123 Mr 1 '46 160w
"This is a very enjoyable chat, on learned
but vital subjects, with a very wise man, and,
although he pulls no punches, a very kindly
man. Old port and this little book: a sure
recipe for a luxurious evening. But will the
Doctor approve of port?" Albert Guerard
Nation 162:666 Je 1 '46 360w
Reviewed by H. J. Laski
New Repub 115:145 AS 5 '46 1500w
"His book contains a maximum of thought-
ful and judicious analysis and appraisal, and
a minimum of prescription. It is simply and
effectively written, with a genuine sense of
style. . . To Dr. Cohn's book can be applied
the remark he makes on an address of Max
Radm: It can be commended to those who de-
light in skillful argument and the play of a
well-stocked mind." J. H. Randall
-f N Y Times p4 Mr 10 '46 2250w
"Dr. Cohn, a physician and a member emeri-
tus of Rockefeller Institute, has a most
civilized style, and what he has written is a
useful contribution to that body of American
literature which could, and perhaps should, be
made into a symposium on what would consti-
tute the ideal university."
-f New Yorker 22:99 Mr 23 '46 lOOw
"Long resigned to wordy debates done in the
turgid Portugese from which the reticular dia-
lectics of Mr. Hutchms and the companions of
his cult give the surcease only of counter-
irritants, 1 find in Dr. Cohn's little book both
easement and strengthening I find myself
wishing that I could write like that, on this
theme. Not because I entirely agree with Dr.
Cohn, though he elicits a very large measure
of assent; but because his 101 brief pages im-
press me as an eloquent, clear, simple, charm-
ing and often epigrammatic configuration of a
great mass of reading checked by observation
and shaped to insight and beauty by reflec-
tion." H M Kallen
4- Sat R of Lit 29-9 S 14 '46 2350w
School & Society 63:431 Je 15 '46 20w
"Perhaps it will render Dr. Cohn extremely
indignant to have any sort of philosophical
label attached to his deceptively slender book
— it weighs, by actual test, just eight and one-
quarter ounces, avoirdupois, but try to carry
it all in your head and you will find it heavier
than Astur's sword, 'the brand that none but
he could wield.' Nevertheless, outrageous or
not, here goes: it is a pleasure to announce
to the nobility and gentry the first genuine
Erasmian we have produced in this country in
a long time." G W. Johnson
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 28 '46
600w
COKER, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, ed. Studies
in science. 375p il $3 Univ. of N.C. press
504 Science 46-27191
"It was in 1883 that the Klisha Mitchell
Scientific Society was organized in North Caro-
lina, and since then its annual journal has been
a valuable record of the scientillc work done
in that and neighboring states. As part of
the srsquicentennial observance of the Univer-
sitv of North Carolina a special volume was
issued containing papers representative of the
work of the various scientific departments of
the institution. This is now reprinted as a
separate book, 'Studies in Science,' which
forms part of the Sesquicentennial Publications
of the university." Weekly Book Review
School & Society 63-381 My 25 '46 40w
"Each paper, of course, is a technical one,
addressed to other workers in the same field
but with such variety there is certain to be
something of interest to any scientist. The
entire publication is enlightening: in showing:
what an important research center Chapel Hifi
really is." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46
ISOw
162
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
COLBERT, EDWIN HARRIS. Dinosaur book;
the ruling reptiles and their relatives; 11. by
John C. Germann, with additional 11, previ-
ously pub. by Charles R. Knight and others.
(Man and nature publications) 156p $2.50 Am.
museum of natural hist, Columbus Av & 77th
St, N.Y. 24
568.19 Dinosauria. Reptiles, Fossil 46-1284
4 'Written especially for the interested lay-
man, this popular guidebook with its many
fine photographs and drawings is an excellent
Introduction to the ruling reptiles of the past
and many of their relatives. The charts show-
ing evolutionary progress and the .synoptic
tables will also prove of real value to the more
serious student of paleontology. In addition,
the book contains much interesting informa-
tion about the fossil-hunters who have un-
earthed the secrets of geologic life develop-
ments, and how they have gone about their
task." (IT S Quarterly Bkl) Combined index,
glossary, and guide to pronunciation.
Bookmark 7:5 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
N Y New Tech Bks 31:23 Ap '46
"The ancient reptiles and amphibians are
vividly portrayed by the restorations of their
inferred appearance, drawn by Charles R.
Knight and John C. Germann. The accom-
panying text by Mr. Colbert is adroitly designed
to convey much technical knowledge in an at-
tractive and palatable manner. The book will
answer most of the questions which naturally
arise in the mind of the average visitor to any
of the great museums where the fossil bones
of the strange creatures of the past are on
disolay."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:66 Mr '46 240w
Reviewed by H. M. Parshley
Weekly Book Review p29 My 26 '46
450w
COLBY, STODDARD BEN HAM. Scholar and
the sprout; 11. by Dorothy McKay. (Whittle-
Bey house publication) 195p $2.50 McGraw
46-4510
"tfncle Roger's story, and that of his part-
ner Aunt Erne, is told by the son of the late
Frank Moore Colby, who intimates that Uncle
Roger is a composite photograph of his father,
himself, his wife and his wife's mother. You
may make room somewhere in the picture for
the 'absent-minded professor' with whose vaga-
ries our national humor has been well pro-
vided. But Uncle Roger is real and, because he
is exhibited by the small boy who went round
with him as Chela, keeper and shock-absorber,
his outlines are softened by the tenderness, ad-
miration and instinctive understanding with
which the boy regarded him." Weekly Book
Review
"Thia slight and amusing tale is told in the
first person by a young 'sprout' who inadvert-
ently becomes the guardian of an uncle whose
brilliance as an encyclopedist is matched by
a complete unawareness of the practical prob-
lems of everyday living."
+ Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 90w
-f Klrkus 14:269 Je 1 '46 190w
"One in the line of books consisting of the
embalming of an eccentric relative — and it Just
doesn't come off. Not recommended." J. E.
Cross
— Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 70w
San Francisco Chronicle p23 O 20 '46
70w
"If you pick up the book at intervals closely
spaced, and let the family meet you afresh
each time, life with them will have a wild
charm that soothes and stimulates. It is well
young Ranny the Sprout did not keep all this
to himself." M. U Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 S 8 '46 500w
C9Wk.J;UE4KLA WINIFRED (MRS R. H.
KOWIJ?)' Elementary school subjects. 465p
$3.25 Rinehart
372 Education of children 46-2062
"A textbook for students of elementary edu-
cation, which supersedes the author's Psychol-
ogy of Elementary School Subjects. It* three
sections deal respectively with reading, writ-
ing, and arithmetic, and include motivation
methods of teaching materials, pupil readiness,
and remedial work. Case studies are used to
illustrate the principles discussed. An appendix
presents a brief explanation of educational
tests and their uses." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:6 S '46
"There are still many teachers who cannot
turn to experts for the solution of their daily
problems in teaching the three R'a. Many
school districts fail to provide curriculum, psy-
chological, and medical assistance to aid the
teacher in identifying and treating pupils' ab-
normalities. The author's detailed descriptions
and analyses of the processes involved and of
the difficulties that are likely to be encoun-
tered will prove especially helpful to teachers
who must rely on their own resources for the
solution of the intricate task of instruction.
This is a book by a teacher, for the teacher."
E. B. McCue
-f- El School J 47:53 S '46 700w
School & Society 63:198 Mr 16 '46 50w
"The author has given teachers a splendid
book on the elementary school subjects. Her
presentation of the many problems involved in
teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic is
comprehensive and adequate. No attempt has
been made to set forth a definite pattern of
teaching in these three areas. Rather, she has
brought together the best thinking and writing
on these tool subjects. She has given us a
practical, readable volume for college students,
busy teachers, and school administrators." J.
M. Lacey
4- Social Educ 10:379 D '46 500w
COLE, MARGARET ISABEL (POSTQATE)
(MRS GEORGE DOUGLAS HOWARD COLE).
Beatrice Webb. 229p il $3 Harcourt [10s 6d
Longmans]
B or 92 Webb, Beatrice (Potter) (Mrs Sid-
ney Webb) 46-3961
Biography of the English economist, written
by a close friend and fellow-Fabian. It gives a
brief sketch of her background, then describes
her youth, her marriage, her strenuous middle
years, and those years when she and her hus-
band became known as leaders of British non-
revolutionary socialism. Index.
"Mrs. Cole's tribute to one of the greatest
women of our generation, remarkable for her
practical as well as for her intellectual courage,
indirectly stresses the vital need for the dedi-
cation of both British and American social sci-
entists to the search for truth, and it supplies
insight into the demands placed upon the re-
searcher of time, energy and money — demands
which are only partly met by endowments and
grants in the two countries. The recital of
Beatrice Webb's personal triumphs in her study
of abstruse materials to the end of improving
man's way of life remains an inspiration for all
individuals who advance and clarify the tenets
of Social science." M. E. Murphy
-f Am Econ R 36:155 Mr '46 850w
"Mrs. Cole's book leaves many questions un-
answered, chief among them how the Webbs
could have accepted the Soviet system so
whole-heartedly. Moreover, it is not long
enough to reveal the full significance of Bea-
trice Webb's life, which can really be under-
stood only against the background of the so-
cial, economic, and political history of Eng-
land during her lifetime. Americans, lacking
adequate knowledge of that background, will
regret the enforced brevity of this biography."
Elizabeth Brandeis
Am Pol Sci R 40:822 Ag '46 380w
"The volume at hand, while not providing a
definitive study of the unique partnership
which greatly influenced social and political
thought and action of two generations of Eng-
lish life, does offer an intimate record of Sid-
ney and Beatrice Webb. It reveals, perhaps
more clearly than any other book, how Mrs.
Webb's effect on a steadily growing intellectual
circle has borne fruit in our times in a variety
of state and private papers, including the
Beveridge Report and the Keynes Monetary
Scheme/' M. E. Murphy
Ann Am Aca0 247:198 3 '46 700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
163
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 My 19 '46 700w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 N '46
"There are occasional bits of gossip that
somewhat enliven this biography but one gets
the impression that long association with these
social statisticians was not conducive to a
sprightly literary style. Beatrice's own thoughts
and experiences, as related in her Autobiog-
raphy, have undoubtedly influenced scores of
serious-minded social workers. The influences
of her less personal writings were strong upon
her contemporaries and will continue for
awhile, but it is very questionable that she
will later be called 'one of the greatest women
of our generation.' as the author thinks, or
that this biography will tend to make people
consider her so." J. H. Fichter
h Cath World 163:474 Ag '46 500w
"Margaret Cole's biography is not a great
book, but it is a good book about a great
woman." G. G. Higgins
4- — Commonweal 44:195 Je 7 '46 490w
Kirkus 14:209 My 1 '46 210w
Reviewed by K. T. Willis
Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 120w
"Mrs. Cole has been able to enrich this book
with a wealth of personal knowledge. Written
with affection, respect, but not, thank heaven,
undue reverence, it is a modest but worthy
tribute to a notable woman and a still more
notable marriage." Keith Hutchison
-f Nation 163-74 Jl 20 '46 1550w
Reviewed by Eric Bentley
New Repub 114:736 My 20 '46 1250w
"Mrs. Cole writes admiringly of her late
colleague, but with honesty and an under-
standing of her friend's shortcomings and limi-
tations, of which she apparently had a full
share."
-f New Yorker 22:110 My 18 '46 120w
"This widely noticed biography of Beatrice
Webb — claimed by George Bernard Shaw to be
'the most interesting and important English
life story of the year' — now appears in the
United States where the Fabians, Beatrice and
Sidney Webb, were not as well known as their
Irish colleague. Margaret Cole has given us
something better than a definitive, documented,
bulky volume in this very human portrait
sketch of one great woman by a pupil who ran
her intellectual errands for many years." Mark
Starr
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 My 18 '46 1050w
"This is a small book but it is an important
one. Any person interested in social history
and in current social legislation will enjoy it.
But there are certain people who should be
urged to read it — for example, the intellectual
liberals who have some contempt for the 'prac-
tical politician,' some scorn for anyone who
will accept a social gain short of the ideal
goal, who regard such partial legislative vic-
tories not as steps in a social evolutionary proc-
ess but as 'compromise,' or 'surrender to the
interests.' I hope, too, it may be read by the
more leftist liberals who insist upon Marx,
who see no other form of collectivism or social-
ism." C. G. Woodhouse
+ Survey G 35:410 N '46 850w
"This is not a definitive biography of a re-
markable woman, but it is the best, so far. It has
much of the relish of the great family novels. . .
The book is exciting. Do not say that the pas-
sion for work does not yield as many climaxes
and tragedies and farces as ever sex furnished
to literature." Ernestine Evans
-f Weekly Book Review p3 My 19 '46
1450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
Reviewed by Wallace Notestein
Yale R n s 36:350 winter '47 750w
COLEMAN, MRS SATIS NARRONA (BAR-
TON). Volcanoes, new and old. 222p il maps
$3.75 Day
551.21 Volcanoes 46-3335
"The widespread publicity accorded the birth
and subsequent behavior of the Mexican vol-
cano, El Paricutin, during the last three years,
has stimulated much interest in volcanoes in
general. Inspired by her visit to Paricutin, the
author of this lavishly illustrated book has
assembled a vast amount of interesting ma-
terial concerning some four- score volcanic
eruptions of the last few thousand years. . .
The central theme of the book is descriptive
and historical, but three of its chapters are
analytical — one dealing with the causes of vol-
canic activity, another with volcanic materials,
and the third with the geographic distribution
of volcanoes. The descriptions of historical
eruptions are appropriately grouped on a geo-
graphic basis." (Scientific Bk Club R) Index.
"I will venture a prediction that people who
may be laboring under the impression that
volcanologv is dull stuff will be pleasantly sur-
prised with 'Volcanoes New and Old.' " David
Karno
4- Book Week p8 Ap 28 '46 250w
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 17 '46
140w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:210 My '46 80w
"A very special subject, interestingly pre-
sented."
-f Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 160w
"The style is narrative and extremely read-
able. Fills an important gap in the files of
scientific books for the layman. One of the
most interesting features is a report on what
modern engineering can do to control these
greatest of natural destructive forces. Recom-
mended." Barbara Over ton
4- Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:31 Ap '46
"Mrs. Coleman has an exciting story to tell
and her book may well 'stimulate some reader
to explore . . . more deeply into scientific mat-
ters.' The reader will be further stimulated
by the large number of striking photographs
which accompany the text." Ernst Behrendt
4- Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 1 '46 llOOw
"The result is an informative and intriguing
text and a collection of beautiful and awe-in-
spiring photographs that together will appeal
to a high percentage of the reading public."
-h Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 My '46 240w
"There is nothing in geologic processes more
dramatic than the volcano. With a fine en-
thusiasm Mrs. Coleman has collected their
stories. The book has ninety-seven well se-
lected photographs. It does not claim to be a
geology but a storybook, and is indeed an
interesting one." Roderick Peattie
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 23 '46 550w
COLES, MANNING, pseud, of ADELAIDE
FRANCES OKE MANNING, and CYRIL
HENRY COLES. Fifth man. 256p |2 Double-
day
46-805
A British counter-espionage agent, with
Tommy Hambledon, intelligence chief, together
lead a German espionage gang to their ruin.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 Ja 13 '46 90w
Booklist 42:214 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:16 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:499 N 15 '45 80w
"Not a bad show, but slightly redolent of
moth balls."
New Repub 114:294 F 25 '46 120w
"This is a top-notch spy story — just what
we have learned to expect from Manning
Coles." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p26 F 3 '46 180w
"Somewhat dated by this time, but probably
fine for Hambledon fans, who apparently con-
sider secret -service work a sort of large-scale
rugger match."
New Yorker 21:80 Ja 19 '46 60w
"A-l Spy thriller."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:39 Ja 19 '46 40 w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Ja 13 '46
150w
164
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
COLLING WOOD, ROBIN GEORGE. The idea of
history; ed. by T. M. Knox. 339p $6 (20s) Ox-
ford
901 History — Philosophy. History — Histori-
ography [47-113]
"Professor Collingwood traces the 'idea of
history' from the time of Herodotus to the
present day. His treatment is elaborate and
severely technical but his conclusion may, per-
haps, be shortly summarized. History for him
is not the past at all: it is the past as reborn
in the consciousness of the historian. 'For his-
tory is not contained in books and documents;
it lives only as a present interest and pursuit, in
the mind of the historian when he criticizes and
interprets those documents, and by so doing
relives for himself the states of mind into which
he inquires.' " Times [London] Lit Sup
"A significant contribution to historiography."
R. B. Nye
-f Book Week p!2 D 1 '46 500w
Reviewed by C. C. J. Webb
Hibbert J 45:83 O '46 3000w
"With the death of R. G. Collingwood in 1943
British philosophy lost one of its most distin-
guished minds. . . His most original work grew
out of his reflections on the special characteris-
tics of historical thinking. The Idea of History,
edited by his literary executor Professor T. M.
Knox, is all we shall now have of the great
book he might have written on the philosophy of
history. . . It can be read with profit, and grat-
itude to Professor Knox, by philosophers and
historians alike." D. M. E.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 7 '46 160w
"The book is full of controversial points. Its
style is not altogether pleasing. Collingwood
wrote clearly and with force, but he did not
possess that persuasive, overpowering quality of
a really great writer. This does not prevent
The Idea of History from being a work of un-
usual distinction." Anthony Powell
-f Spec 177:172 Ag 16 '46 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p385 Ag 17 '46
1200W
COLLINS, JEREMY FELIX BAGSTER-. See
Bagster-Collins, J. F.
COLMAN, ELIZABETH. Chinatown, U.S.A;
photographs by [the author], 31,88p $3.50
Day
325.251073 Chinese in the U.S. 46-5345
"A century of life among the Chinese in
the United States is viewed through this in-
formative text and the many excellent photo-
graphs of Chinatowns in several large Amer-
ican cities. After a brief historical background
— the story of discrimination — the author de-
scribes these crowded districts and the thou-
sands of flne Chinese-Americans who live
there." Library J
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl9 S '46
"This is primarily a photographic book, but,
for me at least, the excellent foreword, with
its analysis of the Chinese in this country, gives
it more significance than it would have if only
the very appealing pictures were concerned."
-f Kirkus 14.264 Je 1 '46 130w
"Recommended for all libraries." Anne
Whitmore
-r- Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 lOOw
"To cope succinctly with her ambitious proj-
ect the author has perforce glossed over the
colorful and characteristic details of the lives
of these 80,000 Chinese and Chinese-Americans.
t The average policeman working in the China-
towns of San Francisco and New York could
supply, for example, many instances of the
diligence and honesty of these self-effacing
people. . . However, Miss Colman has stressed,
and properly, the ease with which American-
born Chinese adapt themselves to American
ways. . . The photographs, however, show
little that is not visible to the casual China-
town tourist and many of the pictures are
obviously posed." Murray Schumach
N Y Times p6 S 1 '46 550w
"Most of the pictures are good, though some
are pretty ordinary, especially when Miss Col-
man is eager to prove a point. . . By and
large, however, the pictures and text are in-
formative and nicely enough strung together.
Certainly the author's intent is laudable, and
her moral is sufficiently simple for, say, a 10-
year-old to understand. It would have been
a better book, though, if someone with more
intensive training in documentary presentation
had done the job. Entirely aside from tech-
nical excellence in the photographs, the Ansel
Adams presentation of the story of the Nisei
Japanese in relocation centers (to select a
sample of what I mean), was so much better
done." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Air 6 '46
600w
Weekly Book Review p!2 O 20 '46 230w
COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM. Radio
alphabet [a glossary of radio terms; ed. by
Paul Kesten and others]. 85p il $1.50 Hast-
ings house
621.384193 Radio— Dictionaries. Radio broad-
casting. English language — Slang
46-5508
This compilation of radio terms and phrases
covers more or less fully the fields ot produc-
tion, research, "commercials," engineering, tel-
evision, electrical transcriptions, and organiza-
tion. "This collection doesn't pretend to include
everything, nor intend to haggle. Complex
definitions have been left to the textbooks
where they belong. Terms popular in radio's
intancy which have since withered will not be
defined here, two such are crystal set and
cat's whisker. . . The terms are lifted al-
phabetically At the end of each definition
a letter inside ( ) is a clue to the sense and
the branch of broadcasting in which the term
is usually used." (Iiitrod) A final section con-
tains red and black drawings depicting the
"sign language" used in radio.
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
50w
"It is a highly useful and entertaining little
volume designed and printed in spritely, mod-
ern format and illustrated with cartoons that
are perhaps more amusing than necessary,
though one feels the pages would be much less
appealing indeed if the gay little sketches \vere
missing." F. P.
-h Sprmgf'd Republican p6 Jl 6 '46 160w
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Committee on
plans. A college program in action, a review
of working principles at Columbia college
led. by Harry James Carman]. 175p $2 Co-
lumbia univ. press
378 Columbia university. Columbia college
A46-2947
"The following pages describe the actual
functioning of a modern college long since
dedicated to general education. This account
is presented in the form of detailed self-
criticism, the occasion for which was the com-
mon one of readjustment after wartime dislo-
cation. Accordingly, here will be found dis-
cussed, in addition to curriculum, every sort
of collegiate question from admissions policy
to the degree with hono'rs, and from faculty
promotions to student extracurricular activ-
ities." Pref
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 28 '46 450w
Reviewed by Benjamin Fine
N Y Times p26 Je 16 '46 410w
Reviewed by M. R. Konvitz
Sat R of Lit 29:12 S 14 '46 2200w
School & Society 63:381 My 25 '46 BOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:209 S '46 260w
"Members of many other college faculties
will, 1 imagine, regard the Columbia report
as presenting an altogether exceptional picture
of the degree to which professors can be in-
duced to work together as a team. It speaks
well for the intellectual leadership of the place
that able young men have been willing to
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hazard their chances of professional advance-
ment in order to engage in academic experi-
ments and to combine with others in trying
out unrecognized methods." Q. F. Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 14 '46
850w
"The study is important to all concerned with
fighting inflation and depression. The facts
presented, their analysis, and recommendations
made, are worthy of serious consideration."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:200 S '46 260w
COMFORT, MILDRED HOUGHTON. Search
through Pirate's alley; 11. by Anne Fleur.
200p $2 Morrow
45-9809
Mystery story for young readers.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 Ap 21 '46 180w
Booklist 42:185 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 Ag '46
"The plot, though entertaining, furnishes only
a small part of the pleasure one receives from
reading the book. There is the flavor of [New
Orleans] with its French quarter, its associa-
tion with Gulf pirates, its distinctive observ-
ances of Christmas and Mardi Gras. There is
the fascination of a Pastry Shop, with de-
scriptions of delectable things to eat, the
prominence of a Praline Man, which makes
one's mouth water. And the excellent depiction
of unusual characters makes the circle sur-
rounding Pierre and Colette, vivid and capti-
vating." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:42 Ja '46 120w
Kirkus 13:473 O 15 '45 130w
"New Orleans in 1900 is a colorful back-
ground for an exciting mystery story. Well
written, with an interesting setting. For boys
and girls nine to twelve. Recommended." D.
M. MacDonald
-f Library J 71:123 Ja 15 '46 60w
"Boys and girls will probably like this be-
cause it has a mystery m it and there is a
good deal of action." M. G. D.
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:46 Ja 19 '46 400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:61 Ap '46
COMMISSION ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Peoples speaking to peoples. See White, L.,
and Leigh, R. D.
COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT. Jobs and markets; how to prevent
inflation and depression m the transition, by
Melvin G. de Chazeau [and others]. 143p
$1.60 McGraw
338.973 Reconstruction (1939- ). Inflation
(finance). U.S. — Economic policy 46-2730
"The CED, organized in 1942 for the pur-
pose ot planning: postwar economy, has made
a unique contribution to American business.
Its field development division, operating
through local autonomous committees, provides
expert advice to small employers in their
peacetime production and employment prob-
lems. It conducted a two-year study of the
estimated postwar demand, publishing its mar-
ket analysis, 'American Industry Looks Ahead,'
in August, 1945. To develop and define national
economic policies, the CED research division
has published monographs on the special areas
of our transitional economy. 'Jobs and Mar-
kets' is the llth of these research reports. The
program advanced to achieve the goals of high
employment, stable prices and free markets
is three-fold: (1) the limited extension of price
control; (2) the postponement of further tax
reductions; Cf) the use of fiscal and monetary
powers by the government to regulate demand.
The - authors recognize a major difficulty in
executing this program." (Springf'd Republi-
can) Index.
Reviewed by J. V. Burkhead
Ann Am Acad 246:158 Jl '46 lOOOw
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 70w
"This is a source which cannot be charged
either with official propaganda or with a de-
sire to wreck our economy."
New Repub 114:845 Je 10 '46 130w
Reviewed by Harry Daum
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
600w
COMMITTEE ON POSTWAR TAX POLICY.
Tax program for a solvent America, by Fred
R. Fairchild [and others] Harley L». L.utz,
director of research. 278p $3 Ronald
336.2 Taxation— U.S. [46-227]
"Report of a group of leading economists.
Outline of tax policies on structure of a tax
system and suggested revenue proposals for
the postwar fiscal needs of our government.
Among the topics are a balanced budget, sound
tax program, consistent plans for payment of
the national debt, encouraged investment, sim-
plified individual and business tax forms and
a return of estates, gifts and gasoline taxes
to the states." (Library J) Index
"The report is well written and ably rea-
soned. On the assumptions that the economic
problems we now face are substantially the
same as those confronting us after World
War I, and that nothing new of consequence
has been added during the thirties, the major
tenets of the report would be acceptable as
sound advice. These are, however, large as-
sumptions— assumptions which the reviewer is
unable to accept." H. M. Groves
-j Am Pol Sci R 40:140 F '46 600w
"The chief value of this study is in the
most precise, clear, and convincing exposition
of all the pro and con arguments concerning
the various tax measures, their economic con-
sequences and fiscal results. Nevertheless, some
of the proposed tax measures may be ques-
tioned. . . The fundamental principles of the
post-war tax policy recommended by this com-
mittee are presented m such a way that this
book should be considered as a 'must reading'
for all connected with tax problems, whether
experts or laymen." Paul Haensel
-| Ann Am Acad 244:219 Mr '46 650w
"Taxation is an exceedingly controversial
matter and therefore opinions will differ as to
the soundness of the various proposals, but
certainly many of them are eminently to be
desired. However, the value of the study does
not lie so much in the validity of the particular
proposals, as in their presentation as parts of
a general integrated program. The reader's
attention is thus focused upon some of the
great choices of policy which must be made in
the critical times ahead. The book is well writ-
ten with a simplicity which is difficult to at-
tain in such an intricate field." P. W. Bruton
+ Columbia Law R 46:330 Mr '46 750w
Reviewed by P. D. Bradley
Harvard Law R 59:142 N '45 1600w
"The report is solid enough in most of its
parts to make it required reading for the pub-
lic finance specialist but too narrow in its
viewpoint and too deficient in economic analysis
to be of more than very limited aid in shaping
public policy." Carl Shoup
J Pol Econ 54:459 O '46 600w
Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by D. B. Marsh
Pol Scl Q 60:614 D '45 1500w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-33 Mr '46 440w
CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY
AND RELIGION IN THEIR RELATION TO
THE DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE. 5th.
NEW YORK, 1945. Approaches to national
unity; fifth symposium; ed. by Lyman Bryson
[and others]. 1037p $5 Harper
301.152 Groups (sociology). Toleration. Na-
tionalism and nationality. Education
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945,
"No intellectual synthesis of the varied con-
tributions of the sixty-four participants rep-
resented is possible. Many have helped to
make of the volume a considerable storehouse
of information, no less so than its predecessor
of the year before. Some of the papers cover
practical, or In a narrowed sense scientific.
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CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE [etc] — Cent.
rather than philosophical, ground. Some pro-
ceed upon a high level of Insight and convic-
tion, while elsewhere one meets with extended
emissions of the author's well-known views — or
in some cases not well known — in either event
with no close relevance to the principal quest.
One or two members of the Conference itself
have suggested, in the opinion of the reviewer
wisely, that it might be better to include fewer
topics and, presumably, a more highly selected
personnel — though many of the contributors
are of first rank." Walter Sandelius
-| Am Pol Sci R 39:1205 D '45 lOOOw
"If, as Leasing said, 'a big book is a big
evil/ this is one of the most vicious books
of the season from the standpoint of the re-
viewer's art; for its sixty- two chapters by two
hundred and eleven authors and discussants
spread over a thousand pages defy either sum-
marization or characterization. But if one
is looking for a comprehensive treatment of
the tragic loss of the sense of community re-
sulting from modern science and technology,
and for a treatment of the resulting group ten-
sions on the national and international scale,
this is one of the most rewarding books of
the season for reading, rereading, and reflec-
tion." H. E. Jensen
+ Ann Am Acad 243:153 Ja '46 650w
Bookmark 7:5 Mr '46
"Though highly stimulating, this discussion
cannot be said to have led to any universally
accepted conclusions."
Foreign Affairs 24:353 Ja '46 50w
"There is a kind of unity achieved by bring-
ing men together at a meeting and printing
their papers in one volume. Beyond that, this
volume fails to achieve unity of theme or
purpose. Most of the papers are worth reading
for their own sakes, and the general level is
equal to that of any similar academic con-
clave."
-j US Quarterly Bkl 2:18 Mr '46 320w
CONFERENCE ON THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT
AND THE DEMOCRATIC FAITH. 3d, NEW
YORK, 1946. Science for democracy; ed. with
an introd. by Jerome Nathanson. 170p $2.50
King's crown press
500 Science
Papers presented at the third annual Con-
ference on the problem of harnessing science
to democracy. Partial contents: Science and
human welfare, by P. B. Sears; The gentle-
men talk of science, by R. S. Lynd; Freedom
and abundance, by K. P. Mather; Psychiatry
comes of age, by J. A. P. Millet; Does private
industry threaten freedom of scientific re-
search ?
"The arguments reported in 'Science for
Democracy' are immensely stimulating and
suggestive even if inconclusive." J. T. Frede-
rick
Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 360w
Booklist 42:343 Jl \ '46
Reviewed by William Agar
Commonweal 44:335 Jl 19 '46 1200w
"There has been too much talk of late to
the effect that scientists ought to be in con-
trol of things. Actually, no course of action
can be wholly scientific. The function of de-
ciding policy is an executive function, per-
formed under democratic safeguards. The in-
dispensable role of the scientist, as this brief
but rich volume suggests, should be limited to
helping the executive in the process of narrow-
ing down the range of choice." H. M. Johnson
Nation 162:788 Je 29 '46 600w
"To talk about the 'dignity of man,' without
telling us how that dignity is to be preserved;
to dwell on the beauties of psychoanalysis and
psychiatry (as Jerome Frank and John A. P.
Millet do); to defend the patent system no
matter how it may be abused by monopolies;
to flounder in a fog of metaphysics and talk
of 'indicative and normal uses of Intelligence'
(as the philosophers do)— this leads us nowhere.
A new world and a new culture are in the
making, and we need the guidance of the
best minds to understand what is happening.
But this volume is no guide." Waldemar
Kaempffert
N Y Times p25 Je 30 '46 750w
"The third publication of the Conference
on the Scientific Spirit and Democratic Faith
is both stimulating and disappointing. Like col-
lege bull-sessions on such topics. It presents
the conflicting ideas of men of good will and
good minds. But, like them, it suffers from
the failure, recognized by the chairman, to
define the underlying principles of the argu-
ment, and from the tendency to leave the main
track of a discussion for the sake of a minor
point on which several of the participants hold
strong opinions. In spite of this, it is power-
fully conducive to thought on the various con-
troversial issues involved in the relations of
science, industry and politics." B. S. A.
H San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ag 18 '46
120w
School & Society 63:381 My 25 '46 90w
-f- Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Jl '46 420w
Social Studies 37:286 O '46 40w
CONGDON, HERBERT WHEATON. The cov-
ered bridge; an old American landmark whose
romance, stability, and craftsmanship are
typified by the structures remaining in Ver-
mont; II. by Edmund Homer Royce. 151p
$3.75 Knopf
624.62 Bridges— Vermont
New issue of a book first published In 1941
[Book Review Digest 1941]. Gives an account
of the building construction, history, and use
of covered bridges in the state of Vermont.
Contains many new photographs, which are
listed in the front of the book by county.
Index.
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
"Here are history, lore, construction details,
with no sentiment that isn't larded, New Eng-
land style, with hard-headed facts about costs,
advantages and relative importance to those
new-fangled steel things. Reissued after five
years, with new photographs added, to an ex-
cellent gallery, this is a covered investment as
sound as seasoned spruce." Austin Stevens
+ N Y Times p!2 Je 9 '46 360w
CONGDON, HERBERT WHEATON. Old Ver-
mont houses; il. by the author, sel. from the
Wilbur lib. collection, new ed rev & enl 192p
$5 Knopf
720.9743 Architecture — Vermont. Vermont —
Historic houses, etc. 46-6203
A revised edition of a book first published in
1940 (Book Review Digest, 1940). In It a
Vermont architect discusses and illustrates old
Vermont houses and churches, and their deco-
rative details. List of definitions of some archi-
tectural terms. Index.
Booklist 43:55 O 15 '46
"As delightful as ever and still more useful.
Mr. Congdon, who is both architect and
photographer, began his present study under
the sponsorship of the University of Vermont,
surveying the whole state with systematic
attention to 'buildings erected before 1850 that
had not been noticeably altered.' . . His book
is rich in historical detail and local legend,
expertly arranged and narrated."
4- Weekly Book Review p20 S 22 '46
140w
CONGER, ELIZABETH MALLETT. Ships of
the fleet. 178p il $2 Holt
623.825 U.S. Navy. Ships 46-704
"Picture of our Navy includes descriptions
of all types of ships from battlewagons to PT
boats, with an account of how their crews live
and work, and especially how they fought in
World War II. There are chapters also on the
Marines, the Coast Guard, the Seabees and the
Navy Air Force." N Y Times
Booklist 42:201 F 15 '46
"Ships of the Fleet presents an interesting-
study of how a layman attempts to handle an
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intricate professional subject. In a few in-
stances, the results border on the ludicrous,
but in most cases the subject matter is excel-
lently treated. Mrs. Conger sets herself the
task of presenting the text in language suit-
able for both young and adult readers, with
the result that there are occasional lapses into
over-simplification. . . There is an excellent
re*sum6 of the method followed in naming
United States men-of-war, supplemented by an
explanation of the seldom described and spme-
what cabalistic system of letters and numbers
used to designate American naval vessels. . .
The book is profusely illustrated by well-
selected photographs, many of which depict
various types of ships in action." P. L. O.
Jj Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 14 '46
560w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:136 Mr '46 80w
"Simple factual material for boys who like
ships — presented in such a way that it should
appeal to some boys who are not particularly
concerned."
-f Kirkus 14:37 Ja 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by E. D. Briggs
Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 lOOw
"Highly readable." E. L. B.
4- N Y Times p22 Ja 20 '46 60w
"It will be found to serve its purpose reason-
ably well. Yet one is inclined to question
whether the author would not have been wiser
to recognize that the younger generation is
today more mechanically minded — this of ne-
cessity in a mechanical age — than any genera-
tion before it and that in consequence a more
detailed account of the fascinating machinery
of many kinds on which a modern fleet de-
pends would have been worth while because,
if properly presented, it would have been well
understood and appreciated." R. H.
4. — Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
lOOw
"The book is simply and entertainingly writ-
ten and is beautifully illustrated. While it is
intended for younger readers I suspect that
fathers will try to grab it first." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46
150w
CON KLIN, GROFF. ed. Best of science fiction;
pref. by John W. Campbell, jr. 816p $3
Crown
Short stories — Collections
46-561
"The anthology consists of 40 stories grouped
under six headings. First, of course, is 'the
atom' and first under that heading is Anson
MacDonald's story of the 'death dust' produced
by nuclear fission, a story that was widely
read and earnestly discussed by many of the
•workers involved in the Manhattan Project.
Then follow stories dealing with *the wonders
of the earth* and 'the superscience of man.'
In the latter group one finds the names of
Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G.
Wells, and Julian Huxley among the authors.
Subsequent groupings are described as
'dangerous inventions,' 'adventures in dimen-
sion' and 'from outer space.* " Scientific Bk
Club R
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p6 F 17 '46 650w
Booklist 42:226 Mr 15 '46
"Considering the extent to which writers in
this field are entitled to indulge in fantasy,
they remained well on the conservative side.
The chief function of the stories is entertain-
ment, and in seeking this goal they have at-
tained a high order of efficiency. Their literary
quality is much higher than the new reader
in this field would expect, and introduction and
Sreface are as interesting as the stories." J. J.
'Neill
-r- Chem & Eng N 24:1974 Jl 25 '46 350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"Here is a collection of what is undoubtedly
the best science fiction of the last hundred
years, most of it written within the last two
decades. Its stories should not be rejected as
pseudo-science, but should be read aa fiction,
pure and simple. 'Science fiction iff no more
pseudo-science than fiction is pseudo-truth.'
But 'a reasonably quick-minded reader of sci-
ence fiction can readily pick up an astonish-
ing fund of scientific fact from reading the
stories,' just as an intelligent reader may learn
a lot about human nature from reading a mod-
ern novel."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 F '46 550w
CONKLING. WALLACE EDMONDS, bp.
Priesthood in action. 196p $2.50 Morehouse
250 Pastoral work 45-22091
"The Episcopal Bishop of Chicago gives ex-
pert instruction and advice upon the parish
ministry, including the administration of the
sacraments, the conduct of worship and the
pastoral and administrative duties of the
clergyman." Christian Century
"Since it is clearly indicated by the bishop
that the book is to be considered a professional
manual it would not be fair to attempt an
evaluation of this work in terms of universal
social vision. Yet within its specialized realm
the book still contains several violent jolts for
the average unsuspecting layman of any or no
creed. . . A chapter on the burial of the dead
will shock some laymen particularly when the
bishop objects to mourners leaving the side of
a grave before the casket is lowered. . . These
objections are, of course, minor and only from
the standpoint of a layman. To the clergy-
man of the Episcopal or similar liturgical
faiths Bishop Conkling's book should have in-
estimable value." J. O. Supple
H Book Week p7 D 16 '45 320w
Christian Century 63:82 Ja 16 '46 40w
"With apparently no cognizance of what
modern religious education really means the
author finds the answer to the Church School
in the weekly Holy Eucharist. Sacramental
confession,, holy unction, the reserved sacra-
ment— all these items and many more of the
sacerdotal Roman variety are here for those
to read who approve of this sort of thing in
a world eager for real spirituality. It is, to
this reviewer, an embarrassing volume; in the
words of the old lady, 'A label on our sect.' "
J. H. Titus
— Churchman 160:15 F 15 '46 300w
CONNOLLY, CYRIL. The condemned play-
ground; essays; 1927-1944. 287p $2.75 Macmil-
lan [10s 6d Routledge]
820.4 English literature — History and criti-
cism. Books — Reviews 46-604C
A volume of essays, book reviews, parodies
and travel sketches, by an English Hterarj
critic. Partial contents: The position of Joyce;
New Swift letters; A. E. Housman: a contro-
versy; Thomas Mann; French and English cul-
tural relations; Ninety years of novel-review-
ing; Reviewers; Told in Gath; England not mj
England; The fate of an Elizabethan; Writer*
and society, 1940-3.
Reviewed by Kenneth Rockwell
Book Week p5 Jl 14 '46 550w
Booklist 43:11 S/46
"[Mr Connolly] has that rather smart brit-
tleness which often marks the modern English-
mode and which was lacking in the old master*
of English prose. A little of it goes a long way,
like Tabasco sauce But for all the 'old school
tie' cultural cut-ups in which Mr. Connolly
indulges he remains a fine critic and provokes
interest and thought whatever his subject. . ,
He is very good on Thomas Mann, Lord Ches-
terfield, Gide, Modern Novels, Maugham anc
Forster; excellent on the literary figures ol
1843; not so successful in one or two attempts
at political irony and rather a bore when,
infrequently, he becomes really stilted. . . Mr
Connolly has read extensively, traveled widely,
looked on life and literature with a fresh anc
inquiring eye and developed an alert critica
sense. As with so many moderns his tactics
on the field of criticism are much superior tc
his strategy because of lack of basic prin-
ciple." B. M. O'Reiily
-f — Oath WorlcJ 163:569 S '46 4QQw
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Current Hist 11:328 O '46 40w
Manchester Guardian p3 D 19 '45 180w
"In this collection the early criticisms of
Joyce and Gide, and even those of Rimbaud
and Mann written in the 'decadent* thirties, are
talented; the parodies on the novel are ebul-
lient; and in the controversy over Housman's
poetry Connolly comes off very well Indeed. His
taste for the French and Romans always sets
him a cosmopolitan standard. But even under
a concession of frivolity he did not need to
exhume mannerisms like his journal for 1927,
when he was 'just twenty-four and dangrerously
happy' and 'had a perfect moment as the boat
moved out' for Dunkirk." Wylie Sypher
-| Nation 163:130 Ag 3 '46 1500w
"Mr. Connolly's position among critics is com-
parable to Mr. Forster's among novelists —
gracefully diffident, self-consciously civilized
and disappointingly slight. Perhaps it is ap-
propriate that a civilization traditionally ad-
dicted to understatement, in a time of more
than usual hesitation, should have such plain-
tive and peripheral spokesmen. Mr. Connolly
seems well fitted, by precept and example, to
preside as arbiter elegantiarum over the cul-
tural disintegration of the Empire. His work
serves more or less authoritative notice that
England, long declining into a second-class
power, has begun her decline into a second-
class culture." Harry Levin
New Repub 115:49 Jl 15 '46 2050w
Reviewed by Brian Howard
New Statesman & Nation 30:443 D 29
•45 650w
"This book pays off. amply as social history,
as esthetic autobiography, and as adult, pene-
trating literary criticism. It shows again that
the English, even when they are Irish, do not
lose their heads in war; and that between the
wars they do not lose their heads irretrievably.
And if for no other reason, it is worth its salt
for its defense of the artist's way of life — 'the
path of what James called "the lonely old art-
ist man," who is so easily destroyed and so
quite irreplaceable/ " D. A. Stauffer
-f N Y Times p6 Jl 28 '46 1750w
"In matters of literature, Mr. Connolly is not
precisely a flrst-rate critic . . . but he is in cer-
tain ways more to the point than many heavier
writers on such subjects, who try to explore
them sociologically, aesthetically, or philosophi-
cally. He has a genuine classical taste, he is
not often influenced by fads, and he reads, and
writes about what he reads, because he honest-
ly enjoys doing so. Literature is for him not
a pretext for an impressive article but a strong
taste which he cannot help indulging and likes
to talk about." Edmund Wilson
-f- New Yorker 22 81 Jl 13 '46 550w
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 Ag 4 '46
450w
"There is no space to do more than praise the
brilliance, the wit, and the frequent insight
of many of these essays and parodies. Only
two general observations on Mr. Connolly as a
critic must be made. He is not a Matthew
Arnold — he is at once too gullible and too im-
pulsive; but he continues Arnold's tradition by
his enthusiasm for France and French art.
That he is sometimes a little over enthusiastic,
and unfair to British artists, is of small im-
portance." R. E, Roberts
-f Sat R of Lit 29:7 Jl 13 '46 1650w
"However morosely these essays may be
judged by the invited references to the stand-
ards of Saint-Beuve, they will give pleasure in
many different ways; at the very least they are
brilliant journalism, and they survive reprint-
ing. They defend intellectual pleasures against
the steady siege of the puritan, the Philistine
and the hack, and the defence proceeds by
aortie in satire and derision. Outstanding are
the appreciations of Gide and Forster, a re-
capitulation of the achievements of 1843, and
an imaginative and not easily forgotten essay,
'The Ant-Lion.' " Stuart Hampshire
•f Spec 175:572 D 14 '45 lOOOw
"The straightforward reviews are apt to be
most interesting, for even though the books
reviewed are not of current interest, the
causes of excellence are still measuring devices
for all books and there is a real clarity in
Mr Connolly's explanation of exactly why a
book is good or bad. . . Mr Connolly is no
novice to the literary scene but he has re-
tained his inclsiveness and enthusiasm, and
thereby is eminently readable even when one
disagrees with his final estimates." H. L.
Varley
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
700 w
Time 48:95 Jl 29 '46 600w
"Mr. Connolly writes interestingly about
books and authors, less interestingly about Art
and Literature. He has a narrowly fashionable
range of appreciation, but within that range
he is lively, alert, refined in sensation and
pleasantly free from the ordinary romantic
usages of criticism."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p573 D 1 '45
450w
"It is one of the peculiarities of that part
of the literary world which is conscious of
being the literary world that it must have at
every moment some one who is regarded as the
acceptable spokesman for that moment and
there are signs that Mr. Connolly, if not quite
elected to the post, is at least a very promising
candidate. This fact alone would be sufficient,
even if he were not, as he obviously is, a writ-
er of considerable gifts, to make one curious to
know just what kind of man he is and just
what attitudes he takes?. A collection like the
present gives a good deal of help in the at-
tempt to answer the question and part of the
answer seems to be one which ought to prove
reassuring to those who, since the early '20s,
have regarded every new literary tendency with
alarm." J. W. Krutch
Weekly Book Review pi Jl 14 '46 1350w
CONNOLLY, CYRIL, comp. Horizon stories.
See Horizon (periodical).
CONSTANTINO, SAMUEL AUGUST. Tale of
the twain. 295p $2.50 Harper
46-7368
Story of the war with Japan. The heroine is
a beautiful Eurasian girl, Tana-ko, who received
part of her education in California, part in
Japan. The hero is Stuart Crane, an American
photographer, who went to California to get
pictures for a magazine story on the Nisei prob-
lem, and there met Tana-ko. Later when
Crane was a prisoner in Japan he again met
Tana-ko, but by then her love was for Japan.
Reviewed by Kay Harper
Book Week p29 N 10 '46 230w
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
Reviewed by R. B. Farley
Cath World 164:187 N '46 350w
Reviewed by F. X. Connolly
Commonweal 44 602 O 4 '46 550w
"The viewpoints of several groups on both
sides of the conflict are presented dispas-
sionately but with insight and seeming: au-
thenticity. However, the apparent use of the
tale as a background for a plan of Japanese
re-education misses fire and the ending seems
inconclusive. Characterizations are realistic.
Recommended for large libraries." Q. H.
Thompson
H Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
"A sincere and earnest appeal for tolerance
and good-will between nations and races. [The
author! is an industrious and persistent plead-
er, but not a very moving one." Beatrice Sher-
man
-f N Y Times p!8 S 15 '46 360w
"Every now and then, in this business, you
come across a book you'd really like to like —
a book whose sentiments you approve, a book
you wish you could recommend wholeheartedly
but can't quite. Such a book is Tale of the
Twain. . . But Mr. Constantino just hasn't
made his story into a good enough novel.
His contrasts are so emphasized, his message
(which in itself is admirable), is so badly put
forward, his whole picture is so oversimplified
that most readers will feel they are being lec-
tured, preached at, and on the kindergarten
level at that." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 8 4 '46
550w
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169
COOK, MRS FANNIE (FRANK). Mrs Palmer's
Honey. 280p $2.50 Doubleday
The evolution of a St Louis Negro grirl from
a faithful but inarticulate "perfect servant"
into a class conscious leader among her people.
Honey Hoop might have remained Mrs Palm-
er's Honey to the end of her days if it had
not been for the war. When a handsome
Negro lieutenant returned to St Louis to fight
the battle for democracy with the labor unions,
and when Honey's favorite brother became a
CIO organizer, Honey joined the ranks.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p5 F 17 '46 550w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 My '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 26
'46 550w
"I would have liked to give the first George
Washington Carver Award a warmer welcome,
but Miss Cook's propaganda is so enthusiastic
that it stifles the story. It leaves me feeling
that the whites who draw 'Big Mama' for a
neighbor are not undeserving of sympathy."
E. V. R. Wyatt
Commonweal 44:21 Ap 19 '46 490w
-f Klrkus 13:545 D 15 '45 300w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:290 Mr 9 '46 600w
"This [is an] uneven, but engrossing
novel. . . Some of Mrs. Cook's views will
frighten the average white reader, but there
is no denying the fact that she has chapter and
verse for every point she makes." C. V. Terry
_j NY Times p5 F 17 '46 600w
"Two- thirds of this warm, perceptive book
is a quietly understanding study of a very
lovable Negro girl. . . Then the author abruptly
turns what has begun as a serious rowan d
thtse into a sort of labor tract with charac-
er+ — New Yorker 21:96 F 9 '46 80w
"The weakness of the book, it seems to me,
is that the picture is too sharply black and
white. Mrs. Cook has too obviously stacked
the cards. Those white people who are not
either CIO workers or labor organizers are
stupid, unscrupulous 'nigger-haters.' . . Mrs.
Cook falls short somewhere m her effort to
make Honey a memorable character. It is be-
cause, I think, too many issues are brought
in and the interweaving elements of the plot
are sometimes difficult to follow. . . For all
the essential poignance of Honey's own story,
we lose sight of her as a person. The book
remains primarily a propaganda document."
S. H. Hay
Sat R of Lit 29:8 Mr 2 '46 600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:88 Je '46 360w
"This book has won the first George Wash-
ington Carver novel award, and it is a worthy
choice. Written by a white woman, the book
has none of the unrelenting violence of many
books written by both races on this subject.
No lynchings, beatings or abject poverty are
used to illustrate the gulf between Negro and
White. Rather this is a mature story of the
growth of human dignity within an in-
dividual. . . The writing is sharp and fresh and
true, and from the first page the reader knows
that what he has started to read is good.
Nothing false or dull in the whole book mars
that first impression." Barbara Klaw
-f Weekly Book Review p4 F 10 '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42.60 Ap '46
"Although Mrs. Cook knows a great deal
about the Negro problem and cares pas-
sionately about it, she writes from the outside
looking in. Her characters are only shadows
representing various degrees of race prejudice
and various reactions to it." Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 35:574 spring '46 250w
COOK, MARION BELDEN, comp. Children of
the U.S.A. 3v 284;287;319p il maps ea $1-40
Silver
46-812
A collection of stories for children represent-
ing1 every state in the union written by authors
chosen because they are native to or closely
associated with the states they write about.
Contents: Book 1, Stories from the East and
North; Book 2, Stories from the South; Book 3,
Stories from the West.
"The stories are interesting, well told, and
informative, and they should have a wide ap-
peal. The value of the series, however, could
have been greatly enhanced by the inclusion of
writings which promote understanding of the
various culture groups in the United States."
Evangeline Colburn
-\ -El School J 46:530 My '46 650w
"Miss Cook's long-range undertaking . . .
has been conducted with care and thoroughly
good sense, and the result is one that calls for
congratulation."
+ Weekly Book Review pi 8 My 19 '46
280w
Wis Lib Bui 42:22 Ja '46 (Review of v 1)
Wis Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
COOK, WILLIAM HENRY. Letters of a
Ticonderoga farmer, ed. by F. G. Bascom.
See Bascom, F. G.
COOKE, DAVID COXE, ed. Best detective
stories of the year [1945]. 316p $2.50 Dutton
Short stories— Collections (46-5872)
Anthology of murder mysteries selected from
magazines such as Cosmopolitan. Collier's, The
Saturday Evening Post, etc. Contents: Mar-
ried to murder, by G. T. Fleming-Roberts;
Slick trick, by Royce Howes; Don't come back
alive! by R. C. Dennis; White carnations, by
Q. Patrick, Prelude to murder, by W. C.
Brown; The man who lost his head, by Bruno
Fischer; Body in the barn, by Margaret Man-
ners; Press agent for murder, by A. B. Cor-
rell; The case of the sobbing girl, by Day
Keene; Just a minute, Dr. Marlowe, by M. B.
Ray, Carnie kill, by Julius Long; Wish you
were dead, by C. W. Harrison; The booby
trap, by Henry Norton; Slightly perfect, by
N. A. Daniels.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p9 O 27 '46 140w
"The stories relying on shock, surprise tech-
niques, do not meet stricter sleuthing qualifi-
cations, are readable rather than reliable, and
what with the boom business this year Jn
anthologies of this order — you can find better."
Kirkus 14 332 Jl 15 '46 120w
N Y Times p!4 D 22 '46 HOw
"Agreeable anthology."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 N 3 '46 230w
COOKE, DAVID COXE, ed. Guide to model
aircraft. 287p il $3 McBride
629.13334 Airplane models 46-536
"This guide is intended for those who do
model airplane building as a hobby. Informa-
tion is nontechnical and in such form that
the reader who models for the sport of it can
easily understand its contents. Includes a
chapter on 'Engine Theory and Construction.' "
(Library J) Glossary of miniature gas engine
terms. No index.
Book Week p4 P 17 '46 HOw
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
Kirkus 14:71 F 1 '46 90w
Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 50w
"Profusely illustrated with photographs and
drawings. Author, editor of The Aircraft An-
nual, is known to be accurate and nontech-
nical. This book is both." Nelle Me Call a
-f Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:27 Ap '46
"There are other model -building books, some
of which cover a wider field in more detail,
but what this book sets out to do it does
very well, indeed." Frederick Graham
•f N Y Tlmw pl6 F 10 '46 9Qw
170
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
COOKE, NELSON MAGOR, and MARKUS,
JOHN. Electronics dictionary. 433p $5 Mc-
Graw
621.3803 Electronics— Dictionaries 45-9692
"First comprehensive dictionary of the sub-
ject. Well-illustrated glossary of clear ac-
curate definitions of 6500 terms in common
use in radio, television, photoelectric control,
medical electronics, electronic heating and
welding, electronic motor control safety de-
vices, and intrusion-detection devices of all
types. Many abbreviations based on the
A.S.A. policy and extended to cover others
and a consistent policy of hyphenation of
words." Library J
"It is primarily a glossary for radio, tele-
vision, sound recording1 and other electronic
engineers, but chemical engineers concerned
with tubes and circuits, either by necessity or
by avocation, will find it useful."
-f- Chem & Met Eng 53:288 Ja '46 150w
Library J 70:686 Ag '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30.55 O '45
"The definitions are not encyclopedic, but
are precise and contain adequate information
for students and engineers seeking to identify
terms, and for reference library use. Alto-
gether the work is a highly useful addition to
the literature of electronics, which up to now
has lacked a competently done, comprehensive
dictionary."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:72 Mr '46 160w
COOKE, MRS SARAH HAMMOND (PAL-
FREY). Winning tennis and how to play it;
phot, by George Adams. 247p $3 Doubleday
796.34 Tennis 46-5983
The Women's national tennis champion
describes the steps in the art of playing tennis.
The book is illustrated with action photographs.
Index.
Booklist 43:10 S '46
"A good job, with personal illustration to
lighten the practical."
-f Kirkus 14:189 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"Mrs Cooke's book is on the whole the best
yet produced on the art of tennis, in the
broadest sense, by a woman. That is in itself
high praise for the literature of tennis, al-
though not as extensive as that of golf, has
grown to considerable proportions. One is
strongly tempted to go even farther, for in
some respects it is a clearer and better written
tonnis text-book than any other regardless of
sex in authorship." R. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46
370w
COOLIDGE, JULIAN LOWELL. History of the
conic sections and quadric surfaces. 214p 86
(21s) Oxford
513 Conic sections. Quadrics A46-4782
"This historical treatment of conic sections
and quadric surfaces is developed in terms of
the contributions of the mathematicians who
studied the subject. . . The treatment is pri-
marily for graduate mathematicians. There are
an author index with bibliographical references
and a subject index." N Y New Tech bks
N Y New Tech Bks 31:43 Jl '46
"The book, while hardly one for a person un-
familiar with mathematical expression, will
offer a fascinating story to one who has that
background." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46
140w
COOPER, CHARLES WILLIAM. Preface to
poetry, by [the author], m consultation with
John Holmes. 73 7p $3 Harcourt
808.1 Poetry. Poetry— Collections 46-3563
"This discussion is designed to encourage
the reading and enjoyment of poetry. Selec-
tions throughout the book illustrate the pleas-
ures of poetry." Cleveland Open Shelf
"The 'Open Letter to the Instructor' makes
it evident that this is primarily a textbook
for classes studying poetry. It is also a good
book for anyone who wants to read poetry
intelligently or write it acceptably. Not that
it professes to teach one how to write poetry.
There is (wisely) no chapter on that subject.
Rut in learning how to appreciate and to
judge the poetry of others, one may learn
something about judging one's own."
-f Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 170w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
COOPER, DAN. Inside your home; il. with
phot; drawings by Teresa Kilham. 127p $3.95
Farrar, Straus
717 House decoration 46-5913
"How to have the kind of home you want,
regardless of your income. The author em-
phasizes suitability, cheerfulness and ease of
cleaning." (Cleveland Open Shelf) No index.
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 40w
Booklist 43:10 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
"The illustrations show more what Dan
Cooper has done — and what his ideas put into
practice produce, than they offer the prospec-
tive home decorator practical advice. . . The
time is ripe for any books on building and
decorating, however, so this may sell."
Kirkus 14:235 My 15 '46 180w
COOPER, HERBERT JOHN, ed. Scientific in-
struments. 305p il $6 Chemical pub. co. [25s
Hutchinson]
507.8 Scientific apparatus and instruments
46-6642
"Not an exhaustive treatise on design of sci-
entific instruments but a contribution of 15
British specialists and others covering labora-
tory instruments and those used in the field, in
industry and commerce. Descriptions aimed to
give a working knowledge of these instruments,
principles involved in manufacture, and meth-
ods of measurement. Classes discussed are op-
tical, and measuring instruments, navigational
and surveying instruments, viscosity measure-
ments and others such as calculating machines,
vacuum tubes, etc." Library J
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:47 Jl '46
COOPER, KENT. Anna Zenger: mother of free-
dom. 345p $3.75 Farrar, Straus
Zenger, Anna Catherine (Maulin) — Fiction.
Zenger, John Peter— Fiction 46-7863
Fictiomzed biography of the wife of John
Peter Zenger, whose battle for freedom of the
press in colonial New York led to a Jail
sentence. It is the author's theme that the
beautiful Anna Zenger was the real writer of
the offending articles in The New York Weekly
Journal, which led to her husband's imprison-
ment.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p3 D 29 '46 380w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
"Biography and fiction can be Joined suc-
cessfully. . . But that has not been achieved
here. Aimed at the 'serious' market, the his-
torical facts seem too flimsily backed up."
— Kirkus 14:413 Ag 15 '46 170w
"Picture of New York under the British
governors is well drawn. Has merit for all
libraries " M. C. Manley
-f Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 70w
"In 'Anna Zenger' Kent Cooper, executive
director of The Associated Press, has opened a
rich and neglected cache, although, to be sure,
the contemporary data on his protagonist are
slight. . . In terms of imaginative literature
it can be subjected to a good deal of criticism.
But its high point—the brilliant defense of
Zenger by the colonists' great early lawyer,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
171
Andrew Hamilton— is an exciting one, and else-
where the book contains much interesting data
on a momentous phase in the history of un-
fettered journalism." Harvey Breit
-f N Y Times p5 N 17 '46 700w
"As a novel 'Anna Zenger' leaves a good deal
to be desired; it is written in a clumsy, old-
fashioned style, and with the exception of
Anna, its characters are poorly realized. It is
too bad that its author did not write a straight-
forward biography. For the material is absorb-
ing, the subject matter of first importance, and
Anna Zenger, whom Mr. Cooper calls the
'mother of freedom,' richly deserves a solid
memorial." G. S.
[- San Francisco Chronicle pll D 15 '46
550w
"The good points of the novel and the raison
d'etre of the form of the discussion are that
it reaches out to gather in the general pub-
lic, a public that may never have heard of
Zenger and hardly knows the difference be-
tween a government- con trolled and a privately
owned press. The form also allows dramatic
presentation of factual report, permitting
motives and implications and accelerating the
shifts in the equilibrium of social forces.
Scenes in the novel disclose various aspects of
the whole colonial story, the ways of voting
and suppressing the results of a poll for in-
stance. However, the interesting political
types painted here are often lost in the effort
also to tell a story of Harrison, a wolf in
colonial times, and to me the account of an
Anna who does so much thinking almost alone,
and is in love with a pamphlet about the role
of the printing press in leading the world out
of medievalism, is not quite credible." Ernes-
tine Evans
Weekly Book Review p30 D 1 '46 800w
COOPER, PAGE, ed. Great horse stories;
drawings by Paul Brown. 366p $3.50 Double-
day
Horses — Legends and stories. Short stories
—Collections 46-4128
Collection consisting of twenty-one stories
and four poems, all about horses. Some of
the stories are true, as for instance The Be-
gats, by Phil Stong, which is about the Mor-
gan horse. All are by modern writers.
Booklist 42.348 Jl 1 '46
"A varied selection, in sound taste, which
will also attract a young audience."
-f Kirkus 14:132 Mr 15 '46 130w
"Though orthodox stories of man and horse
are in the lot as well, and the Irish hunting
field, Aintree, and the Kentucky Derby get
into the picture, the 'tame' horses that most
horsemen love are somewhat neglected. And
that is bound to disappoint many readers. To
put it plainly, this is not a gay book keyed
to the rnood of the rider in scarlet or rat-
catcher. It is a dour book, and this reader,
for one, found many of the stones much too
long and some of them mighty heavy gx>ing.
Fortunately, there are drawings by Paul Brown
— eighty- two of them." H. I Brock
N Y Times plO Je 2 '46 360w
"Lovers of good horses will appreciate this
collection more than lovers of good stories.
The book-Jacket to the contrary, these are not
'good tales well told.' Some of them are not
stories at all but bits and pieces of writing
about horseflesh, often of very little general
interest. Only a very few of the selections
will appeal to the average reader of short
stories." M. S.
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 18 '46
- lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:169 D '46
Guinea, from the Philippines to Ireland. The
book Is written In anecdotal, informal style in
terms of the young women who actually ex-
perienced the adventures and the monotonous
hardships.
Book Week p8 P 10 '46 50w
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46 .
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"A good composite picture of this service."
4- Kirkus 13.551 D 15 '45 llOw
"Heartily recommended for all libraries." S.
B. Sherman
4- Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Lucy Greenbaum
N Y Times plO Mr 17 '46 320w
Reviewed by Mary Ross
Weekly Book Review p!8 F 17 '46
600w
COPELAND, LEWIS, ed. Handy encyclopedia
of useful information; research eds, Robert
Rahtz [and others], (New home lib) 438p
$1 Blakiston
031 Encyclopedias and dictionaries 46-25049
"For names and dates and geographical in-
formation, for lists of facts in literature and
the sciences, for data about banking and first
aid and calories, for almost anything you
might think of that you can't remember off-
hand, here is a handy volume for your home
or office. It doesn't pretend to be technical or
omniscient, but it is intelligently arranged,
diversified and up to date." Weekly Book Re-
view
Booklist 42:228 Mr 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 S 28 '46
90w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 30w
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 10 '46
90w
COPLAND, DOUGLAS BERRY. Road to high
employment; administrative controls in a
free economy. 137p $1.75 Harvard univ. press
[9s Oxford]
338 91 Economic policy. Unemployment
A45-5006
Essays on the function of "administrative
controls in a free economy" delivered as the
1944-1945 Godkin Lectures at Harvard. The
author is Australia's leading economic ad-
ministrator. Bibliographical footnotes.
Foreign Affairs 24-552 Ap '46 20w
"This is sound economic and political wis-
dom; but what a pity that, while our illus-
trious extremists, both on the left and right,
are available on the railway bookstalls for
shillings and sixpences, this voice of reason
and common sense cannot be heard for less
than half a sovereign!" J R. Hicks
-f .Manchester Guardian p3 My 24 '46
370w
"It is rather a carefully considered argument
for a full-employment policy, by a trained
economist who writes against the background
of experience in his own country, Australia.
The author naturally lays special stress on the
international implications of the subject."
George Soule
New Repub 114:163 F 4 '46 90w
"The book is well written and will be useful
as a further contribution to a still unsettled
approach to economic policy."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p292 Je 22
'46 270w
COOPER, PAGE. Navy nurse. (Whittlesey
house publication) 226p H $2.50 McGraw
940.5475 U.S. Navy. Nurse corps. World
war, 1939-1945 — Medical and sanitary af-
fairs 46-1210
An account of the life, training and achieve-
ments of Navy nurses in the varied theatres
of war from the Aleutian islands to New
COPPARD, ALFRED EDGAR. Fearful pleas-
ures. 301p $3 Arkham house
46-22778
Collection of short stories, many of them with
a touch of the supernatural, from the published
works of this English author. Partial contents:
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me; The bogie man;
Grotty Shinkwin; Ahoy, sailor boy!; The fair
172
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
COPPARD, A. G.— Continued
young willowy tree; Father Raven; The home-
less one; The Klsstruck bogie; The gruesome
fit.
"A collection of the exceptionally perceptive,
humorous and still virile stories of A. E. Cop-
pard." James Sandoe
-f Book Week p7 D 29 '46 50w
"Mr. Coppard's collection is called 'Fearful
Pleasures/ and not too aptly, either, for to-
gether they add up to something more airy-
fairy than macabre. However, his great pro-
pensity for capturing with lucidity the folk
speech of the British Isles permeates the book,
and if there aren't the expected number of
shivers, there is more than enough poetry of
language. His is the rare, musical style which
almost demands reading aloud." H. B. Parker
4- N Y Times p20 D 15 '46 230w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 8 '46 50w
CORBETT, ELIZABETH FRANCES. Lady
with parasol. 279p $2.50 Doubleday
46-8002
Three old ladies, with the middle-aged
spinster daughter of one of them, made up the
Martin household. Everything ran smoothly
and according to schedule until a beautiful
young relative, fresh from her graduation at
the University of Wisconsin, came to visit.
The young woman, trying to help her middle-
aged cousin, brought happiness to both of
them.
"It would take a consummate artist to make
a real character out of a Victorian spinster
In a dull Midwestern town in the dull '30s, so
Elizabeth Corbett must be one of these." O. C.
-f Book Week p!8 D 1 '46 120w
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
Kirkus 14:464 S 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
N Y Times p!2 D 15 '46 200w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p36 N 17 '46
140w
CORBETT, JAMES EDWARD. Man-eaters of
Kumaon; with an introd. by Sir Maurice
Hallett, and a pref. by Lord Linlithgow.
235p il $2 Oxford
799.27 Tigers 46-1731
Accounts of the author's adventures hunting
man-killing tigers and leopards In India.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ap 7 '46 700w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:8 My '46
"Strange to say, to one reviewer at least, this
book is an enormous relief after a diet of
modern novels. The tales unfold with a sim-
plicity of treatment, with a freshness and
novelty, with a true unselfishness of action.
They come like a strong, clean wind blowing
across high places." Margaret Williamson
-f Christian Science Monitor p20 Ap 4 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
"Good armchair adventure — not Just for hunt-
ing enthusiasts, but for men and women — boys
and girls — who like straight adventure, even
though it's a bit gory at times."
4- Kirkus 14:54 F 1 '46 170w
"Jim Corbett's stories will appeal to all who
loved Kipling's Jungle Stories, and young and
old will read them for their picture of jungle
ways and the literary quality that makes them
distinctive." K. T. Willis
4- Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by J. W. Krutch
Nation 162:576 My 11 '46 350w
"Here, without question, is one book every
American hunter and lover of adventure will
enjoy, even though he may be resigned to the
knowledge that all his own tiger-hunting will
be confined to the pages of a book. Relentless
as he is on the trail of a man-eater. Corbett
describes the tiger as a 'gentleman,' and force-
fully warns that, unless changes are made in
the Indian game code, one of the finest game
animals in the world is threatened with near
extinction. Here is a book for sportsmen, by a
sportsman." R. R. Camp
-f- N Y Times p5 Ap 14 '46 1200w
New Yorker 22:107 Ap 20 '46 130w
"In every way it is an amazing and satisfying
book, instructive as much as it is entertaining.
In this changing world it is difficult to con-
ceive that another like it can ever be written,
for the old India foothill country will inevitably
become more and more civilized, and I can
imagine only one man of the extraordinary
calibre of Jim Corbett." J. W. Lippincott
4- Sat R of Lit 29:12 Ap 6 '46 HOOw
"Incidentally, one learns much of the hill
tribes of India and of their relation to the
government in Jim Corbett's story. These men
who so trusted and admired him proved them-
selves excellent soldiers in two world wars.
Reading- this honest account of them, free as
it is of any political implication, one wonders
about the future. It is a revealing book and
a very exciting one. It is well bound and
printed with a stunning cover-Jacket. The
photographs are admirable." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 18 '46 550w
"The thrilling- tales of action and adventure
are told in a simple, straight -forward manner
and have every earmark of truth. There is
much in the book for the nature lover, but
more for the sportsman in search of big and
dangerous game. First published in India in
1944, this American edition, Just off the press,
will undoubtedly be widely acclaimed for its
engrossing account of facts that are more
blood-curdling than any fiction."
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Je '46 150w
"This book will appeal strongly to all lovers
of nature, for he has not only an eye for the
flora and fauna of the country he has hunted,
but a real gift of concise and telling de-
scription." W. J. Turner
+ Spec 177:122 Ag 2 '46 750w
"It is inevitable that 'Man-Eaters of
Kumaon' should be compared to Kipling's
'Jungle Book,' and it merits the distinction.
Indeed it surpasses 'Jungle Book' in realism
and excitement. Kipling was lyrical and his
jungle tales were filled with an ecstasy which
is out of this world, while Corbett is a practical
man. If he were not practical he would not
be here to tell it." G. W. Bragdon
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
550w
Time 47:104 Ap 8 '46 380w
Times [London] Lit Sup p380 Ag 10 '46
850w
"It would be a fair guess that 'Man-Eaters of
Kumaon' is the most beguiling- book about big-
game hunting ever written, if only because it
reveals a hunter who combines the skill of a
matador with the motives of a Galahad." James
Hilton
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 7 '46 800w
CORBETT, PERCY ELLWOOD. Britain: part-
ner for peace. (Yale univ. Inst. of int.
studies. Publications) 177p $2 Harcourt
327.42 Great Britain— Foreign relations.
World politics 46-2230
"Mr. Corbett presents the thesis that al-
though the United States and Russia are the
leading powers in the world today they still
need the partnership of Great Britain in keep-
ing the peace as they needed her help in win-
ning the war. He gives Britain's relationship
to the commonwealth as well as her relation-
ship to the rest of the world. Writing in a
scholarly style he backs up his arguments with
logic." (Booklist) Index.
"It is open to grave doubt whether the study
at hand offers convincing proof that Anglo-
American partnership will lead to peace, what-
ever the implications of the title or the telling
arguments advanced for United States self-
interest in supporting Britain. . . There can
be no quarrel with the wish to strengthen
the more limited United States -British ties;
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but Professor Corbett's guidance falls short,
for he doea not exhaust every possible step
for reaching agreement between Russia and
the Western powers. In this sense, his book
does not sufficiently relate the facts about
Anglo-American relations to the major prob-
lem of the day." G. S. McClellan
— Am Pol Scl R 40:806 Ag '46 800w
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
Ann Am Acad 246:144 Jl '46 550w
"This book is another of a series emanating
from the Yale University Institute of Inter-
national Studies and forms a nucleus for a
study of international relations based on
thorough research and scholarship. The simple
and direct style makes the book pleasurable
reading and should give added impetus to the
development of international-mindedness in
America." H. W. Malm
-f Book Week p4 Ap 21 '46 260w
Booklist 42:261 Ap 15 '46
Reviewed by Albert Viton
Christian Century 63:942 Jl 31 '46 850w
"Here is a book as timely as Winston Church-
ill's recent speeches. Almost any English-
speaking person who has been stimulated by Mr.
Churchill into thinking more concretely about
British-American relations can find food for
further thought in Britain: Partner for Peace. . .
Mr. Corbett is helpful and lucid in explaining
why the wartime hopes of establishing effective
world government havfe not been attained; and.
by inference, he supports the strengthening of
UNO, particularly for the policing of atomic
weapons " D. M R.
-f Christian Science Monitor pl4 Mr 22 '46
650w
"A realistic, temperate evaluation of the
present position of Great Britain as a Great
Power."
+ Foreign Affairs 25:170 O '46 50w
"An important, timely picture, which ex-
plains— but does not explain awav."
+ Kirkus 14:172 Ap 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
Nation 162.696 Je 8 '46 120w
"A closely packed and highly competent
little book." R. M. Maclver
+ N Y Times p7 My 5 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by T. P. Peardon
Pol Sci Q 61.638 D '46 350w
"A very good and a very well timed book."
Norman Angell
4- Sat R of Lit 29:39 Ap 27 '46 1950w
SpringPd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
240w
"Although the reader may occasionally feel
that the author demands American support
of Britain on the ground of admiration for
what she has done in the past instead of on a
calculation of the advantages the United States
may get in the future, the greater part of this
study is nevertheless objective as well as in-
formative."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:227 S '46 270w
"The ground Mr. Corbett covers is much less
carefully described, especially as to economic
and political matters, than in recent books like
those of Mr. George Soule and Mr. Keith
Hutchison. Indeed, Mr. Corbett writes for the
already informed an essay on the limitations
and possibilities of Britain in international re-
lations under U. N. It is a crisp and lively
essay, and one that should stimulate profitable
discussion." Crane Brinton
4- Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 21 '46 900w
W!s Lib Bui 42:83 Je '46
"If [the book] is not convincing at all
points, the reason is that Mr. Corbett's purpose
is too broad for the limits which he has set
himself. . . Mr. Corbett, however, has a singular
gift for terseness. He strikes to the core of
a problem in less time than most authors would
need to introduce it; the highlights of the book
are points made in a page or two apiece. The
Indian question, to cite one of many examples.
Is treated in a few paragraphs, yet so deftly
that its importance to the United States is
brought home with full force. This is critical
analysis at its best and most succinct." W. B.
Willcox
-j Yale R n s 36:174 autumn '46 760w
CORES. LUCY MICHAELLA. Let's kill George.
251p $2.50 Duell
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 lOOw
"Clever."
-J- Kirkus 14:232 My 15 '46 90w
New Repub 115:86 Jl 22 '46 70w
"Lucy Cores has done an excellent Job of
character drawing and mystification." Isaac
Anderson
+ N Y Times p26 Je 2 '46 200w
"Nicely planned, and just right if you like
your mysteries sharp and acid."
-f New Yorker 22:112 My 18 '46 lOOw
"Admirable."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:38 My 18 '46 80w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p46 My 19 '46
270w
COREY, PAUL. Acres of Antaeus. 388p $2.75
Holt «
46-6849
"Iowa, during the depression years, is the
setting for this story of the hatred and despair
that grew up among small farmers as mortgages
were foreclosed and big business seized the land
for an agricultural empire." Library J
Booklist 43:86 N 15 '46
"No basic problem was solved and the whole
narrative seems tame and pale. As a story of
men and women, the novel is not very gripping
and, as an exposition of a social problem, it
is inadequate. Jim is wishy-washy, Emily is
futile, the big company remains, the farmers
continue to be poor, and the reader feels he's
found neither edification nor amusement in
sufficient amounts. The author attempts to
spice up his story with a bit of 'realism' here
and there, without very good results." R, H. M.
— Christian Science Monitor p20 8 19 '46
430w
"It seems a bit of bad luck that so impor-
tant and, on the whole, so wellhandled a theme
has to be marred with occasional vulgarities
which add nothing except limitation to the size
of the audience for which the novel can be
recommended. In addition Mr. Corey has a
very difficult time with his principal characters
. . One good spanking anywhere along the
line would have helped a lot. And it isn't be-
cause Mr. Corey cannot develop people to fit
the theme. Most of the minor characters are
solid and true. Wise-cracking young Charley
with his bold front of optimism toward a bar-
ren future is a memorable figure, depicted with
understanding. All in all Mr. Corey is an artist
at conveying the excitement, humor, depth and
tragedy of farm life. Just excuse me from
Jim and Emily." Emerson Hynes
H Commonweal 45:171 N 29 '46 500w
"Fairly flat farming fiction, though valid in
thesis."
Kirkus 14:306 Jl 1 '46 HOw
"All the elements of popularity are here —
fast-moving ploU believable characterizations,
and interesting subject matter, with a tinge
of sex, vulgarity and social significance. Al-
though this is no classic, it is highly readable
fiction. Recommended for all libraries." Anne
Whitmore
+ Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 70w
"An honest and solid work of story-telling
Mr. Corey was born in the State and his under-
standing and feeling for the land and the people
go deep." Andrea Parke
•f N Y Times p!6 S 15 '46 550w
"Perhaps a novelist with broader talent and
an equally good heart may one day write the
fine novel on this theme that it could well
Justify But 'Acres of Antaeus' isn't that
novel." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 18 '46
600w
"If the reader will do his share as he pro-
s'* *1 S?d^ 1JLak?« som£ effort to read between
and behind the lines, he will be rewarded. Both
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COREY, PAUL— Continued
of the leading characters are good people, con-
fused by the limitations of their past experi-
ence, and more so by the confusion about them.
Within the corporation is a picture of intrigue
and counterplot that is realistic, if not edify-
ing/' P. B^ Sears ^ ^^ g ^ ^ ^^
"The whole novel, 'Acres of Antaeus,' adds
up to a forthright and interesting report of
some things that happened — or might have hap-
pened— out on the Iowa farmlands, not so long
ago." F. H. Bullock
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 8 8 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:151 N '46
"For a story that makes you want to go
out and create something through the work of
your head and hands, this is hard to surpass."
Marian King
+ Sat R of Lit 29:44 O 19 '46 290w
"The best part of the book, not only from
the viewpoint of enlightenment but because it
keeps the interest keen, is the constant inter-
ference of nature and other obstacles with their
plans, let alone their time-tables. Another life-
like feature is the vital necessity for keeping
within a small steady income and of keeping
the Job on which that income depends." M. L.
e!j- Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 18 '46 360w
Wis Lib But 42:154 N '46
COREY, PAUL. Buiid a home; 11. with line
drawings. 234p $2.50 Dial press
690 Building. Dwellings 46-4776
Discusses the possibility of owning your own
home, even on a moderate salary, provided you
do your own building. The author, who actu-
ally did build his own home, shows how it can
be done. Includes diagrams, some cost esti-
mates, and an index.
"He has several good chapters on how to
design your home and eliminate many costly
features which he says are merely habits of
building due to a lack of imagination on the
part of architects and builders. . . The author,
who built his present home in Putnam County,
New York, explains many of the mechanical
processes of building in words of one syllable
accompanied by drawings that rid construction
of much of the mystery it holds for the un-
initiated. He is frank, too, about the mistakes
he made in building his own stone house. . .
The tough belligerence of Corey's writing style
is certain to irk some of his readers, but he
mixes quite a bit of sound information and
advice with his sermon."
4 Book Week p!4 My 12 '46 330w
"There's lots of sound information here — and
the style is colloquial, almost slangy, fresh,
but will appeal to the unbook-minded public."
-f Kirkus 14:237 My 15 '46 170w
"Mr. Corey has written this breezy book
about his experiences and his labors ostensibly
as a guide for those pioneering families which
may decide to embark on the same sort of
venture. But in his overzealous effort to con-
vert others to the idea of doing their own
building work, he has left one reader a little
cool and unconvinced." L. E. Cooper
— NY Times p20 S 22 '46 500w
New Yorker 22:111 My 18 '46 120w
"Anyone who wants to build his house by
himself, and can stand the brash, smart-guy
talk of Paul Corey, is likely to get some good
ideas and inspiration from Corey's latest
book. . . A beginner will have some trouble
understanding a few of his technical terms,
and may be confused by his devil-may-care
attitude toward fundamentals."
-(- — San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
150w
"A gusty book, infectious and full of wis-
dom." Richardson Wright
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 50w
COREY, PAUL. Five Acre hill; il. by James
MacDonald. 273p $2.50 Morrow
46-18718
A city family of four clear a small place in
the country, build a house, and plant their
own vegetable garden. Each step In the de-
velopment of the building of their home la taken
into account in the story. For older boys and
girls.
"A good story — sound values."
+ Kirkus 14:276 Je 15 '46 90w
"A wholesome story although obviously writ-
ten to stress pulling together, neighborllness
and elimination of class and racial prejudice.
In no way controversial. Style is mediocre, but
the simple, everyday events will hold the in-
terest of girls over twelve." K. H. McAlamey
4- — Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 120w
COREY, PAUL. Little jeep; il. by Jack Zander.
51p 50c World pub.
46-22073
"The little jeep comes back from the war to
And that there is no place for him in the post-
war world. After many adventures he finds
a farmer who is glad to use him to draw his
plow." Sat R of Lit
Kirkus 14:524 O 16 '46 120w
Reviewed by E. W. Turpin
Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 70w
"This is a very satisfactory story, well-
illustrated, for the child who is interested in
machinery." D. P.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
60w
"Spirited, amusing drawings by a war vet-
eran."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
CORLE, EDWIN. Listen, Bright Angel. 312p
979.1 Grand canyon. Colorado river
46-6417
A combination of guidebook, history, and
geology of the Grand Canyon. It includes fact
and legend, some new material, some old. In-
cludes a partial translation of Father Esca-
lante's diary, written in 1777, when this Span-
ish priest was part of the de Miera expedition.
Index.
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week p5 S 15 '46 450w
Booklist 43:14 S '46
"It will be many years before a more attrac-
tive book about the Grand Canyon will be
offered to the so-called general reader." J. C.
Altrocchi
+ Cath World 164:186 N '46 400w
"Edwin Corle might have talked down to his
readers, but he couldn't have told the geologi-
cal, biological, historical, living tale of Grand
Canyon more fascinatingly for average readers
than he has and still kept faith with natural
scientists who insist upon strict reportorial
accuracy. There's no doubt from the very
first page that he knows desert country, the
mile-deep Grand Canyon particularly, and loves
'-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 14
"A vigorous, highly interpretative report."
-f Kirkus 14:266 Je 1 '46 170w
"Fine descriptions of unrivaled scenic region
without attempts at painting word pictures.
Mr. Corle, writer of books on western deserts,
loves this country and with profound knowledge
and charming humor inspires readers' en-
thusiasm. Recommended." D. F. Lucas
-f Library J 71:975 Jl '46 120w
"A dramatic narrative in a book that also
is a thoroughly practical guide for anyone
contemplating a trip there." J. K. Howard
-f- N Y Times p6 Ag 4 '46 HOOw
"As he has shown before ('Burro Alley,'
'Desert Country'), Mr. Corle is one of the
brighter spirits of the Southwest — a man
whose books give some meaning to that vague-
ly irritating phrase 'regional writing/ . . [This
book] is written lightly, but after you nave
finished it, you find that you know a lot about
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one of the most fascinating- parts of the
country."
•f New Yorker 22:91 Ag 17 '46 80w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 8 '46
430w
"This book deserves a more understandable
title, for it is a superior book and should go
far and long endure. Mr. Corle has studied
his sources well, chosen his material with
discrimination and originality; he has traveled
many of the trails he describes and has known
the living authorities he quotes. Better than
most writers he presents historical characters
in a way to put life even into a sixteenth-
century soldier, an eighteenth-century monk
and nineteenth-century mountain men seeking
furs." Erna Fergusson
-4- Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 18 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
CORMACK, MARI BELLE, and BYTOVETZ-
SKI, PAVEL L. Underground retreat; 11. by
Margaret Ayer. 24 Ip $2.50 Reynal
46-6546
A story of the Chinese struggle against Japa-
nese aggression in 1937. An American girl,
whose father is on a political mission, stays
with Chinese friends in Nanking. During her
stay she experiences all the terrors of the in-
vasion, and learns the secrets of the resistance
movement. For older boys and girls.
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
"Though a great deal of recent history and
many conflicting ideas are crowded into the
small space of this novel, it will give young
people substance for a thoughtful considera-
tion of some modern problems."
-f Horn Bk 22:356 S '46 150w
"Excellent background of wartorn China,
good story and straight thinking — a combina-
tion with rewards for the readers."
-f Kirkus 14:128 Mr 1 '46 170w
"The book is a praiseworthy attempt to
make the confused Chinese political scene
comprehensible to American minds. If it falls
pretty short of its goal, the same may be said
for plenty of far more pretentious works."
N. B. Baker
N Y Times p!8 Ag 18 '46 120w
"While the characterization lacks subtlety
and the early chapters show the strain of try-
ing to picture the background through the
words of the characters themselves, once the
action gets under way it moves swiftly and
with never a dull moment. There is every
device for suspense, including secret doors and
hidden vaults. The historical background is
accurate and is dramatic enough to carry the
plot." R. A. H.
H Sat R of Lit 29:54 N 9 '46 180w
Weekly Book Review p30 N 10 '46 360w
COTE, PHYLLIS N. People upstairs; 11. by
the author. 214p $2 Doubleday
46-6848
-The MacDonalds lived in the downstairs apart-
ment of their grandfather's two family house.
It was Judy's idea that the nicest people for
the upstairs apartment were the Asnleys, but
it took some management to get the rest of
her family to agree. This gay story of present-
day family life is for ages nine to twelve.
Booklist 43:105 D 1 '46
"Girls from eight to twelve will enjoy the
pleasant, everyday doings of a happy-go-lucky
family in a small town in 'The People Up-
stairs'." F. C. Darling
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 10
'46 llOw
"This everyday story for the middle-age
group has a pleasant homelike quality and a
number of well- drawn characters." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:465 N '46 80w
"Pleasant family story. . . The author has
a nice feeling for the happy intenaitx at her
small heroine."
-f- Kirkua 14:4231 S 1 '46 llOw
'One of the best stones, of family life today,
that has been printed in a long time. The
children are real and so are the adults in
this happy-go-lucky family. . . Recommended."
D. M. MacDonald
-f- Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 70w
"Natural, friendly story."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
COTHREN, MRS MARION (BENEDICT). This
is the moon; II. by Kurt Wiese. 85p $2
Coward-McCann
523.3 Moon — Juvenile literature 46-8169
Legends, facts and possibilities about the
moon and a projected trip to the moon by
rocket ship, written for grades six and higher.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p26 N 24 '46 90w
"Suitable for children from 6th grade up "
Nelle McCalla
-f Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 70w
"About as soon as a child can listen to
reading he is likely to listen with special
eagerness to this entertaining work, which will
last through the earlier years of his own read-
ing. There are many brisk drawings." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p9 D 29 '46 190w
COTT, TED. How to audition for radio; a
handbook for actors, a workbook for students
[foreword by Arch ObolerJ. 142p $2.50 Green-
berg
792 Radio broadcasting 46-25155
Brief discussion of the qualifications for radio
acting, how to pet an audition, and how to
prepare for it. Contains a dictionary of radio
terms and description of signals used during
a broadcast. Includes some actual broadcasts
for the amateur to practice on.
Book Week p!4 My 19 '46 70w
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
50w
COUPLAND, SIR REGINALD. India: a restate-
ment. 311p $4.50 (12s 6d) Oxford
954 India — Politics and government. Brit-
ish in India
"The author explains in his preface that this
book is an attempt to restate the main facts
of India's connection with Britain. It repro-
duces in a summary form the Report which
he submitted to the Nuffield College in 1942-3.
Here the growth of Indian self-government is
again the dominant theme, but the historical
background is sketched in, and more attention
is paid to other than constitutional questions.
The narrative is brought down to September,
1945." Spec
"This book is adequately documented, firm
and straightforward in temper, broadly infor-
mative. With India's problems in the head-
lines daily, this book has immediate and posi-
tive significance." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 Jl 7 '46 120w
Reviewed by John Bicknell
N Y Times p32 O 20 '46 360w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
lOOw
"Would be hard to find a more reliable guide
for the ordinary reader through the tortuous
maze of Indian politics." H. O. Rawlinson
4- Spec 176:304 Mr 22 '46 750w
"The differences in the audiences, to which
Professor Coupland's three-volume report and
his present book are respectively addressed, no
doubt serve to account for certain differences
of balance which will be observed by the at-
tentive reader. It is perhaps permissible to
say that the book at present under examina-
tion is slightly less detached and designedly
more constructive than Its predecessor. For
while Professor Coupland continues to exhibit
the understanding friendship for the Indian-
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COUPLAND. SIR REGINALD — Continued
people which was a notable characteristic of
his Nuffleld report, the interval between the
two works appears to have assisted him to
express this friendship in conclusions of the
highest political value." „„„ „, -,. ,,-
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!23 Mr 16 '46
lOOOw
"Books about India— whether well written or
not — usually have one fault in common: they
appeal to our emotions rather than to our
intelligence. In fact, some of the authors seem
to assume that we lack even the most simple
form of common sense. Hence, it is pleasant
to find in Professor Coupland an author who
believes that we are quite capable of thinking
for ourselves if we possess enough facts ana
who presents them to us in a simple straight-
forward manner with enough background in-
formation to bring out their significance." H.
M. Spitzer ^k|y ^^ Review p28 O 6 '46 800w
COUSINS, NORMAN. Modern man is obsolete.
59p $1 Viking
172.4 Atomic power. Peace. International
cooperation. Civilization 45-9803
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by J. A. Perkins
Am Pol Scl R 40:174 F '46 400w
Bookmark 7:3 My '46
"This book gives very impressive arguments
why world government is a necessity in the
atomic age. It gives strong arguments against
the 'easy way out' of the 'conservatives', such
as the suggestion to keep the atomic bomb a
secret, the contention that to every weapon
there is a counter weapon, the plan to put
our cities under ground, and the hope that
wars will cease just because they are too hor-
rible. Cousins demonstrates that effective
super-national control is the only solution and
that there is 'no control without power, no
power without law, no law without govern-
ment.' In all these opinions, the author is in
agreement with the overwhelming majority of
the scientists." H. A. Bethe
-f Chem & Eng N 24:849 Mr 25 '46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p2 Ja '46
Foreign Affairs 24:143 Jl '46 20w
"The urgency of the international situation
and the impelling need for a practical forceful
solution of the present deadlock of interna-
tional aspirations entangled with national
ambitions, requires that we examine every
reasonable statement in the fleld and salvage
every possible crumb of constructive think-
ing. Modern Man is Obsolete offers several
not insignificant crumbs." D. W. Robinson
Social Studies 37:91 F '46 650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:16 Ja '46
COVARRUBIAS. MIGUEL. Mexico south: the
isthmus of Tehuantepec; paintings and draw-
ings by the author; phot, by Rose Covarru-
bias, the author, and others. 427p $7.50 Knopf
917.27 Tehuantepec, Isthmus of 46-8111
History and exposition of the life in the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrow strip of
land separating Mexico's four lower provinces
from the rest of the country. The author de-
cribes the people, their religion, government,
art, folklore and traditional culture. Copiously
illustrated with reproductions of paintings and
with photographs. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:99 D 1 '46
"The least the work will achieve is recogni-
tion as the standard reference on the art
forms of its chosen area. A study of its il-
lustrations would repay any lay reader. It is
improbable, however, that it is organized with
enough general appeal to satisfy most of the
reading public. The book is what could be
expected of an artist with a social conscience.
He well used his advantages of Mexican birth
and of finance by a Guggenheim fund. Had
he organized the book as an epic treatment,
he would have had a best-seller, for he has
included all the necessary ingredients save co-
ordination." R. K. S.
Christian Science Monitor plG N 14
'46 420w
Current Hist 11:510 D '46 70w
"The story has often been told, and Covar-
rubias contributes little that is tangibly new,
but because of his own Mexican roots, he has
been able to link ail phases of Mexican civili-
zation into a cohesive whole. . . There is a
charm and beauty in his book that will de-
light those who love Mexico."
4- Kirkus 14:509 O 1 '46 240w
"A sound scientific work of anthropological
value written with sympathetic understanding
— a real contribution to knowledge of this re-
gion. Beautifully illustrated with the author's
paintings, drawings and photographs which
include several by Rose Covarrubias. Hand-
some to look at and fascinating to read."
Anne Whitmore
4- Library J 71:1461 O 15 '46 140w
"A fascinating, illuminating, and, above all,
a beautiful book. . . The politics and history
make up only a small part of an otherwise
uniformly excellent work. For those who are
interested in Mexican art and archaeology,
folkways and ethnology, Covarrubias has pro-
duced a book that is at once beautiful, com-
prehensive and trustworthy." B. D. Wolfe
-}- N Y Times p7 O 27 '46 1250w
"Mr. Covarrubias has done a magnificent
job. . . A good-looking book, full of maps,
paintings in color, drawings, and photographs."
4- New Yorker 22:125 N 2 '46 120w
"This [is a] magnificent volume." J. H.
Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO N 3 '46
HOOw
Reviewed by Duncan Aikman
Sat R of Lit 30:9 Ja 18 '47 1200w
Reviewed by E. J. R. Isaacs
Theatre Arts 30:738 D '46 lOOOw
"Here is a book of sheer delight, filled and
overflowing with drawings in black and white,
paintings in fine color. . . If any reader is
tempted to quarrel with the House of Knopf
for putting a price of $7.50 on the book, he
will wind up with abject apologies and wonder
that so much could be given for so little.
Altogether it is the sort of book which should
leave the author, the publisher and the for-
tunate buyer happy indeed." Hubert Herring
4- Weekly Book Review p5 N 3 '46 HOOw
COX, JAMES MIDDLETON. Journey through
my years. 463p $4.50 Simon & Schuster
B or 92 U.S. — Politics and government —
20th century 47-58
"A distinguished American's minutely de-
tailed autobiographical reminiscences of na-
tional and international personalities of im-
portance. Reared on a farm, Cox became a
printer, country school teacher, news reporter,
editor and newspaper owner. He was three
times governor of Ohio and twice congressional
member. In 1920 Harding defeated him for the
presidency when Cox carried the stricken Wil-
son's banner." (Library J) Index.
"Neither informative nor entertaining, It is
written in a dull, bromidic style as uninspired
as are his memories. Early in the book, he
says that he owes much to McQuffey's read-
ers, and it is easy to credit this statement. . .
When he does mention familiar names, such as
Champ Clark, Joe Cannon, and down through
Franklin Roosevelt, it is to add nothing new or
interesting. I can't imagine anyone wanting
to read the book, with the possible exception
of Mr. Cox's relatives and a few old political
cronies, and even they will be neither angered
nor delighted, so mediocre is the whole tone
and content."
— Kirkus 14:379 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Disappointingly pedestrian in style and need-
ing better editing, the book nevertheless records
events during those highly significant years
from which evolve our present-day American
world. Lacks reader interest, but will be useful
for supplementary reference." H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:1712 D 1 '46 140w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
177
"A pleasantly old-fashioned volume of politi-
cal reminiscence." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Nation 163:763 D 28 '46 350w
"Cox's book is written in a discursive, anec-
dotal, businessman's style. He makes little
effort to recapture, in the mellow aftergrow of
the septuagenarian, the mood of the mighty
drama of the past, save in eloquent contem-
porary inserts. He ends in a chatty grab bag of
incidents and personalities. But much of the
material is historically exciting and through it
all runs the shrewd, fair-minded estimate of in-
cidents and people, of the breach between Wil-
son and Colonel House, of the Farley-Roosevelt
relationship, and the like." R. L. Strout
-f — New Repub 115:883 D 23 '46 850w
"An interesting and, in many respects, his-
torically important book. . . The most interest-
Ing part of this book, of course, is Mr. Cox's
account of 1920, which is fresh, lively and his-
torically important." Karl Schriftgiesser
-f N Y Times pi D 8 '46 2000w
"Mr. Cox Is that very unusual combination, a
distinguished public servant who is also an
astute observer and a skilful reporter of what
he has observed. . . In this full volume he
gives us something far superior to the ordinary
casual book of political recollections. It is a
carefully planned review of fifty years of Amer-
ican history, full of shrewd insights and ripe
wisdom. . . Mr. Cox has given us one of the
best books of political reminiscences in many
years; a book valuable for its inside story of
important transactions, its many anecdotes and
sketches of people, and its personal record —
but most of all, valuable for its animating
spirit." Allan Nevins
-f Sat R of Lit 30:11 Ja 4 '47 HOOw
"James M. Cox had the opportunity in his
autobiography to write a detailed and important
account of the struggle for internationalism and
progressivism in this country, the two major
movements with which he was closely associ-
ated during his distinguished public career. In-
stead he has written a book which contains
much valuable material, many sidelights on
movements and men, but which is marred by
a lack of organization, by too many irrelevant
anecdotes and by a drab and undistinguished
style. Despite these defects the book is valuable
for students and has an interest for those who
wish to trace the blunders we made in world
affairs and the accomplishments we attained in
domestic affairs before the New Deal." M. R.
Werner
H . Weekly Book Review p7 D 22 '46 1200w
COXE, GEORGE HARMON. Dangerous legacy.
231p $2 Knopf
46-6141
Detective story.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
"Good."
-f Klrkus 14-331 Jl 15 '46 40w
"An exciting story in the true Coxe manner."
Isaac Anderson
H- N Y Times p25 Ag 25 '46 180w
"A good background but fairly routine
plotting."
-j New Yorker 22:72 Ag 24 '46 80w
"Strong melodrama; Philippine color and
good characterizations make one of Coxe's
best." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46
50w
"Grade A— of its kind."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:41 8 21 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 S 1 '46 140w
COXE, KATHLEEN BUDDINGTON. Murder
most foul. 256p $2 Phoenix
47-15518
Detective story.
"Blithe little opus about campus scandals,
gossipy gals, long-delayed romance etc. Sleuth-
ing is adequate but of serni-pro. stature."
Sat R of Lit 29.36 N 16 '46 40w
COXERE, EDWARD. Adventures by sea; a
relation of [his] several adventures by sea;
foreword by H. M. Tomlmson; ed. by E. H.
W. Meyerstein. 190p $2.50 (7s 6d) Oxford
910.4 Adventure and adventurers 47-167
"A seventeenth -century merchant sailor's
account of his life at sea, printed for the
first time. It is an absorbing tale of press
gangs, piracy, service under three flags, and
enslavement by the Turks, told in unromantic
fashion, since Coxere became a sailor only to
make a living and the things that happened
to him m his thirty-seven years of knocking
about were all in a hard day's work." New
Yorker
"The editor has mercifully fixed up Coxere's
untutored, archaic prose, but he has preserved
his humor and his unusual turns of phrase.
Several drawings that the author made at sea
are reproduced from his manuscript."
New Yorker 22:96 D 21 '46 120w
"Adventures by Sea is more curio than
classic, but it has the natural charm of a
genuine, if unimportant, antique."
4- Time 48:86 D 30 '46 550w
COXHEAD, MRS NONA. The heart has rea-
sons. 287p $2.75 Scribner
46-5904
Novel about divorce. A young New York
city newspaper woman goes to Nevada to get
a divorce, quietly. Instead she falls in love
with another man, and when the situation be-
comes too tense, departs for New York and
her first husband, again.
"Lightweight readability might be agreeable
(if coyly cloying) if the characters weren't
such stock cardboard, from the spinster gossip
to the blackface comics." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
50w
"Feminine fiction which is direct, discerning,
and in better taste."
-f Kirkus 14:153 Ap 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by K. S. Holsaert
N Y Times pl4 Je 30 '46 230w
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 14 '46
80w
"Many of the psychological problems are real
and treated with insight; so are the pictures
of Golden City and of some of its repulsive
'six-weekers.' But too often the chief charac-
ters and their behavior toward one another
strain both patience and credulity, too often the
supernumeraries represent, not persons, but
abstract arguments for divorce." Grace Frank
h Sat R of Lit 29:27 Ag 17 '46 180w
"The author's use of Knglish idiom would be
blue penciled in a freshman course. The
major fault of the book, however, is its failure
ever to come to grips with the problem it
sets itself: the causes and effects of divorce.
Though Miss Coxhead repeatedly summons up
a didactic manner, the characters, being life-
less, do not suggest their motives by their
motions."
— Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 30 '46
140w
COYNE ELECTRICAL SCHOOL, CHICAGO.
Coyne radioman's handbook. 35bp $3.25 The
school
621.384 Radio — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
"Handy pocket manual, compiled and pre-
pared by the technical staff of the Coyne
Electrical School for radio workers, contains
practical information, formulas, methods,
charts, tables, rules, diagrams, circuits, laws,
specifications, tests, emergency repair data,
definitions and design and other radio and
electrical facts for the radio repair man." Li-
brary J
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1626 N 15 '46 70w
178
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
CRABB, ALFRED L.EUAND. Lodging at the
Saint Cloud; a tale of occupied Nashville. 266p
46-27X7
Continues the saga of Nashville in the Civil
war period, of which the earlier volumes were
Dinner at Belmont, Supper at the Maxwell
House, and Breakfast at the Hermitage (Book
Review Digest, 1942, 1943, and 1945). This
novel is concerned with the penetration of Con-
federate spies, and the threat of Bedford For-
rest's support to the Confederates. Mrs. Polk,
widow or President Polk, is among the char-
acters.
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
Kirkus 14:49 F 1 '46 160w
"Among historical novels, these Nashville
stories of Dr. Crabb are pleasant but minor
accomplishments. In the realm of costume-
notion they are also something of a novelty
these days, with all their heroes acting like
gentlemen, and all their heroines young ladies.
There's no lechery in Nashville with Dr. Crabb
in control." N. K. Burger
-f N Y Times p26 Ap 21 '46 440w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
240w
"Mr. Crabb' s adventure story moves with a
lively pace and makes pleasant reading; it is
more exciting than his last book, 'Breakfast
at the Hermitage', and somewhat less be-
guiling than the earlier 'Dinner at Belmont',
and 'Supper at the Maxwell House'." Lorine
Pruette
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 21 '46 TOOvv
CRAIG. SAMUEL G. Christianity rightly so
called. 270p $2 Presbyterian & Reformed
pub.
261 Christianity 46-5056
"The aim of this book is to distinguish be-
tween Christianity and its counterfeits in a
manner understandable by the man in the
pew as well as the man in the pulpit. Its pur-
pose is exposition, not defense, and exposi-
tion only in as far as needed to make clear
what Christianity rightly so called is in dis-
tinction from what is wrongly so called. '
(Foreword) No index.
Reviewed by J. H. Titus
Churchman 160:16 S 1 '46 190w
"For the student of theology the book will
be of value chiefly as a disclosure of how a
mind enamored with what was for centuries
the sole world view of Christians functions in
the modern world." G. W. Davis
Crozer Q 23:390 O '46 500w
CRAMPTON, GERTRUDE. Tootle; il. by Tibor
Gergely. unp 25c Simon & Schuster
"Six and 7 year olds will enjoy the flighty
young locomotive— which couldn't resist leaving
the tracks during his practice sessions and
Engineers." N Y Times
"Now here is sound value— sure merchandise
and lively illustrations for a spirited text of
the little locomotive that had such difficulty
learning to stay on the tracks."
-f Kirkus 13:469 O 15 '45 40w
Reviewed by Marian Webb
Library J 70:1092 N 15 *45 60w
"A lively inventiveness of detail in text and
pictures gives a special zest to this amusing
and devote her life to her son. The results are
a wrecked life for the son and an unhappy
existence for the mother.
Reviewed by R. J. Bender
Book Week p4 Mr 3 '46 650w
Kirkus 14:2 Ja '46 150w
"Filled with atmosphere of 1912. Not an
essential book." E. F. Kelly
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 70w
"It seems to me that Mr. Crane has not
escaped the difficulties which face any modern
novelist who has read his handbook of psy-
chology. In his dry, lucid study of a woman's
neurotic love for her son he has created char-
acters and situations that are intensely
credible and interesting. But he has written
in such a way that the reader merely under-
stands without real seeing, feeling or partici-
pation. . . This story of how a middle-aged
widov turns down a banker, a professor and
an artist for the sake of her son is excellently
told. But it is violently distressing." Paul
Griffith
N Y Times p5 F 3 '46 350w
"A meticulous study of the upper-middle
class, but not especially penetrating."
New Yorker 21:84 Ja 26 '46 lOOw
"As a study of the fears and ecstasies, the
revulsions and jealousies of a conventional
woman entangled in an illicit love affair, the
book has its compelling moments. . . But for
some reason the author wanted to connect this
central theme with another, namely the con-
ception of maternal love as a possessive and
destructive force, capable of undermining a
son's stamina, capable also of pervading even
the relation between a mistress and her lover.
This second theme, awkwardly adumbrated
here and there in the tale . . . emerges openly
only in the prologue-epilogue. However, it
actually belongs in another novel, and the
effort to bring it into this one is a failure.
Indeed the whole story lacks focus and integra-
tion.*' Grace Frank
— Sat R of Lit 29:36 F 16 '46 400w
"With no gift for story- telling, no ability
to create scenes or character, no psychological
insight, no feeling for human speech, Mr.
Crane has managed to produce a stale book
that constantly approaches parody." William
Maxwell
— Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 27 '46
400w
CRANE, MRS FRANCES (KIRKWOOD). Cin-
namon murder. 244p $2 Random house
_ . . 46-6328
Detective story.
CRANE, CLARKSON. Mother and son. 244p
12.60 Harcourt
46-1591
Character study of young widow, left with an
only son. She has three chances to marry and
lead a normal life, but decides to give them up
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:263 Je 1 '46 80w
New Repub 115:302 S 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 S 8 '46 200w
"A great improvement, technically speaking,
over the earlier mysteries in this series, and
additionally entertaining for its to-hell-with-
the-expense atmosphere."
-h New Yorker 22:103 S 7 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46
50w
Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 60w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 240w
"A splendid offering that you mustn't miss.
Miss Crane is a wonder at stepping up the
pressure without endangering the grace of
her smooth -as -silk narrative." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p!9 Ag 25 '46
CRANE. MRS FRANCES (KIRKWOOD).
Shocking pink hat. 251p $2 Random house
46-1074
Detective story.
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
Kirkus 13:499 N 15 '45 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
179
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!6 F 10 '46 140w
"Fine for those who don't mind a narrative
choked up with rhetorical questions, and
probably also for lovers of San Francisco's
spectacular scenery."
New Yorker 22:99 F 16 '46 120w
"Good."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:66 F 16 '46 40w
"You get plenty of love, connubial and
otherwise, surprises distributed with skill, a
few nice scares and more tog than usual — it's
always splendid for murder. This adds up to
another Grade-A Crane opus. Three down,
not counting the slayer." will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p21 F 3 '46
270w
CRANSTON, ALAN MACQREGOR. Killing of
the peace. 304p $2.50 Viking
973.913 League of nations. U.S. — Foreign
relations. Versailles, Treaty of, 1919
45-7480
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by L». M. Goodrich
Am Hist R 51:288 Ja '46 650w
"Mr. Cranston can hardly be called dispas-
sionate; yet the record he has here pieced
together provides a powerful answer to recent
attempts to whitewash Lodge by detracting
from the reputation of Woodrow Wilson."
Foreign Affairs 24:555 Ap '46 60w
"This volume was Judged by the book review
editor of the New York Times to be one of
the five best non-fiction titles of 1945. The
author, who is himself a Journalist without
the conventional historical training, has been
widely praised by fellow untrained Journalists
as having produced an historical treatise to
end historical treatises on the American fiasco
of 1919. Beyond a doubt he has written a
breathlessly readable book, with all the drama
and suspense of a 'whodunit.' " T. A. Bailey
— Pol Scl Q 61:136 Mr '46 lOOOw
"The story emphasizes the difficulty of find-
ing political leaders equally adept in policy
making and political strategy. For specialized
students the book may present few facts that
are new, but for scholar and layman alike
there will be interest in a pattern ingeniously
woven out of both the new and the familiar."
H- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:42 Mr '46 200w
CRANSTON, MRS RUTH. Story of Woodrow
Wilson. 478p il $3.50 Simon & Schuster
B or 92 Wilson, Woodrow 45-10064
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by C. M. Thompson
Am Hist R 51:736 Jl '46 360w
"A highly controversial figure in his lifetime,
a rejected prophet now coming into his own,
Woodrow Wilson will certainly be the subject
of many future biographies. Some of them
will be critical, scholarly appraisals of a chal-
lenging figure in American politics, of a world
statesman. Others will be efforts to under-
stand and assay the personality and character
of the man, and to make that understanding
available to all. In either case, the authors
will need to consider Mrs. Cranston's very real
contribution to both an understanding of the
man and an appraisal of his place in history."
R. A. Brown
-f Ann Am Acad 245:209 My '46 500w
- Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pi Ja '46
"The story of Woodrow Wilson by Ruth
Cranston is an interesting and in some re-
spects an important addition to the list of
biographies which have been published about
him." S. N. Warren
•f Commonweal 43:604 Mr 29 '46 360w
"Despite its oft-discussed subject, it makes
an interesting running story* with emphasis
on the personal side, too often one-sided. She
is eulogistic of Wilson, but critical of other
figures; she presents Colonel House as a suave,
self-confident but ignorant adviser. The book
suffers from inclusion of trivialities of the
Wilson household."
^ Current Hist 10:256 Mr '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 HOw
"While Mrs. Cranston is frequently persua-
sive, she is too much the champion. Her book
is such a passionate paean of praise of Wil-
son, the warm-hearted man, the constant
liberal, the great war President, the world
statesman, that it has the effect of rendering
its subject a disservice." Henry David
— Nation 162:293 Mr 9 '46 360w
"This keen and careful woman wins a place
for herself as a historian by putting into a
single interesting book a story that is direct,
human, and complete. She has given any
Wilson collection a book that cannot be
spared." Edgar Sisson
4- Sat R of Lit 29:44 Mr 16 '46 2500w
"This book is one of the finest biographies
of Woodrow Wilson that will be written. It
may not be the 'definitive* one. There may be
later some heavier volume which will fix de-
tails of Wilson's life and work which are not
revealed in this book. Yet the imperishable
story is here." D. F. Fleming
-f- Social Educ 10:332 N '46 500w
CREAMER, JOSEPH, and HOFFMAN, WIL-
LIAM B. Radio sound effects. 61p il $1.50
Ziff-Davis
621.384193 Radio broadcasting — Sound ef-
fects 45-10509
"A manual for broadcasting stations, sound
effects technicians, students and all others
who use, or are interested in, modern sound
effects technique. Features 'assignment ques-
tions' at the end of each chapter." Theatre
Arts
Library J 70:1090 N 15 '45 30w
Theatre Arts 30:432 Jl '46 40w
CREOLE, ELLIS. Johnny and his mule; phot.
by Charles Townsend. [44p] $1.50 Oxford
46-7072
Story laid in the Smoky mountains about
Johnny who bought a balky mule for five
cents and then did not know what to do about
it. When he finally got him home, instead of
the expected whipping Johnny's father was
delighted. He knew how to cure a balky mule.
Illustrated with photographs.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
Kirkus 14:420 S 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 40w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
CREEKMORE, HUBERT. Fingers of night.
208p $2.75 Appleton-Century
46-3767
The story of "an unknowing, inexperienced
Mississippi farm girl whose father's fear of God
is so intense that he looks upon the Almighty
as being something like a rattlesnake. It is
one of his tenets that sexual intercourse, even
the wedded kind, is the deadliest of all sins
and that children, the offspring of this sin, are
even more evil. He has two daughters, Bett
and Tessie, who constantly remind him of his
own traffic with the Devil, and in a savage
desire to save them from a similarly terrible
fate, he ruins their lives. Bett's is ruined rather
quietly: her father remakes her in his own
Image. Tessie doesn't come off so lightly."
(New Yorker)
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p!3 My 19 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:180 Ap 15 '46 170w
"Well -written first novel. Recommended,"
D. R. Homer
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Richard Plant
New Repub 115:51 Jl 15 '46 170w
180
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
CREEKMORE, HUBERT — Continued
"Mr. Creekmore deserves to have his first
novel Judged solely on merit rather than poten-
tiality. His story of northern Mississippi, where
he grew up, has no haunting generations, nor
are characters and environment twisted into
one horror of abnormality, guilt and fear. . .
Even during lulls of his deceptively simple
story, he builds toward crises. By establishing
the interplay of motivation and symbolism, a
compression impossible to straight naturalism
is secured." W. B. C. Watkins
N Y Times p5 My 19 '46 650w
"This plot, I suspect, is one that Mr. Cald-
well would have been very happy to think of.
Judging by his more recent performances, how-
ever, especially his newest book, the chances
are that he would have made a mess of it. . .
Although Mr. Creekmore doesn't go in for this
sort of thing, he doesn't blink at any of the
ugly places, and the impression we get from
his book is one of complete honesty and sin-
cerity. What makes it more than ordinarily
worth while is that he sees his characters not
as monsters, degenerates, or sex-maddened
savages but as human beings." Hamilton Basso
4- New Yorker 22:93 My 11 '46 BOOw
Reviewed by Jonathan Daniels
Sat R of Lit 29:22 Ag 10 '46 360w
Reviewed by W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review pl3 Jl 14 '46 650w
CREEKMORE, RAYMOND. Lokoshi learns to
hunt seals; il. by [the author]. [48p] $1.75
46-8620
Illustrated story about the first hunting trip
of a young Eskimo boy. Shows how igloos are
built, and how seals are killed.
Booklist 43:157 Ja 15 '47
"It is a very simple story of dog teams, of
building an ice house, of a seal hunt and seeing
the aurora boreal is. The type is good and the
appearance attractive."
-f Horn Bk 22:348 S '46 60w
Kirkus 14:383 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by N. L,. Rathbun
Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 60w
"The artless story is told in the first person
as flatly as a child might write a composition
called 'A Winter Experience,' but this is a pic-
ture book, and a small child will follow the
story through the fine lithographs which il-
lustrate it. Lokoshi and his family and friends
have a simple, amiable and authentic look to
them, and the snowscapes are particularly
successful, with a fine use of white space to
suggest the white reaches of the Far North."
Marjorie Fischer
+ -N Y Times p31 Ja 19 '47 180w
"Beautiful lithographs made on stone illus-
trate fully an interesting story about Lokoshi's
people."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 "46 50w
"The lithographs of Mr. Creekmore accom-
pany his story so successfully that one scarcely
realizes which is leading its action. This makes
the book ideal for children interested in child
life in far countries but as yet unable to read
about it; the full -page lithographs in action
chain his attention while some one reads the
accompanying text. „ . I have seldom seen a
picture book that brings the Arctic and its
people so near to us." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 D 15 '46 180w
CRESPI, PACH1TA. Gift of the earth. [32p]
il $1.25 Scribner
46-6398
Story of three little Costa Rican girls whose
father dug up a red clay doll which the chil-
dren immediately adopted. When the doll was
found to be very valuable, it was sent to the
United States as a museum exhibit and three
modern dolls dispatched from the States came
to Clauaia, Margara, and Teresa.
"Costa Rican customs and antiquities are re-
vealed in both illustrations and text of thii
friendly story." A. M. Jordan
-h Horn Bk 22:459 N '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:421 S 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by D. M. MacDonald
Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:30 D 14 '46 I50w
"First Christmas story for the year, this
brilliantly colored little book is a year-round
affair. . . The pictures are droll and bright
and the little book is pretty as a picture."
M. L. Becker
-4- Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 180w
CRESSON, WILLIAM PENN. James Monroe.
577p il $5 Univ. of N.C. press
B or 92 Monroe, James
This biography of "the last of the Virginians,"
was left incomplete at the time of its author's
death in 1932, and has passed thru several
hands in its various stages of preparation for
publishing. The full course of Monroe's life is
traced, including his poverty-stricken years in
New York, where he died in 1831. Bibliogra-
phy. Index.
"This study by the late Prof. Cresson con-
stitutes a rediscovery that needed to be done, a
revaluation of a significant personage in our
past. It is thorough, scholarly, readable though
huge, and clearly the definitive biography of
Monroe to date." R. B. Nye
•4- Book Week p5 N '24 '46 550w
Reviewed by Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 45:282 D 27 '46 140w
"The style is clear and unaffected, making in-
structive reading."
+ Current Hist 11:509 D '46 lOOw
"A sympathetic, well-balanced and interesting
study, which is also a valuable account of the
stirring years of American history in which
President Monroe participated. . . Recommended
for American history collections and for general
reading." E. P. Walbridge
4- Library J 71:1623 N 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Coleman Rosenberger
New Repub 115:928 D 30 '46 400w
"Cresson is ample but along thoroughly old-
fashioned lines. The result is a long, plodding
biography, sincere and competent, but without
much spark or insight It does not add a great
deal to Morgan's earlier biography, and, for
all its generally laudatory tone, it is not likely
to cause any upward revision in the current es-
timate of Monroe's place in American history."
A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 23 '46 500w
Reviewed by Dumas Malone
Weekly Book Review p2 Ja 19 '47
1750w
CRESTON, DORMER, pseud. See Baynes, D.
CRIPPS, SIR STAFFORD. Towards Christian
democracy. lOlp $2 Philosophical lib. [5s
Allen, G]
261 Sociology, Christian. Christianity
47-170
"Sir Stafford Cripps, Great Britain's Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, and one of the
outstanding liberal statesmen of our time, sums
up in this small volume, what he considers
the only straight path left to an atom-en-
dangered world. In Sir Stafford's opinion,
this war has revealed the heights of nobility
which men and women can achieve, their will
to combine in a common ideal in order to
fight against evil reactionary forces. Sir
Stafford contends that we may well bring this
spirit into our peace-time life; instead of
returning to our pre-war scramble and enmity,
let us strengthen ourselves with the same
common object, the same common ideal of
Christian democracy." Publisher's note
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181
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p8 N 3 '46 360w
Reviewed by Carlyle King:
Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 140w
"The volume stands about where the social
gospel in America did twenty years ago, enun-
ciating general principles but giving little help
for their implementation." E. E Aubrey
Crozer Q 24:90 Ja '47 HOw
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 20w
Manchester Guardian p3 D 6 '45 250w
Reviewed by Sidney Dark
New Statesman & Nation 31:31 Ja 12
'46 300w
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 1 '46
170w
"There are not so many books on personal
religion by Cabinet Ministers that we can
afford to disregard one when it comes. For it
is personal religion pure and simple that is the
central theme of this arresting little volume."
H. W. H.
-f Spec 175.414 N 2 '45 550w
"Sir Stafford is not to be blamed for assert-
ing truths which, however old, are still im-
portant, yet his great intellectual qualities
might have been more profitably applied to
elucidating the fundamentals of Christian so-
cial teaching rather than to summarizing its
content. A more serious defect is that the
particular virtues which Sir Stafford commends
are not those of which his readers are likely
to be most in need."
Times [London] Lit Sup p584 D 8 '45
550w
"This book, by a prominent member of
Great Britain's Labor Cabinet, is a very
ordinary piece of work. One seeks in vain for
a new idea, or a fresh statement of an old
one. The book is repetitious. It is awkwardly
put together and it is badly written. Yet it is
strangely impressive." J. H. Holmes
f- Weekly Book Review p50 D 1 '46 360w
CRISPIN, EDMUND, pseud. See Montgomery,
H. B.
CROCKER, JOAN. Singing cart; il. by [the
author]. 86p $2 Morrow
45-10471
Story about two Sicilian children, Angela
and her brother Nicolo, who acquired a little
painted cart and a most individual little don-
key to draw it. When the question of the
donkey's maintenance loomed large the chil-
dren went on a tour, with the owner of a
marionette show, and everyone was happy.
For ages nine to eleven.
Booklist 42:185 F 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22.133 Mr '46 80w
"Though occasionally sentimental it Is in
general a successful story, interesting: back-
ground."
-j Kirkus 13:472 O 15 '45 80w
"Background is not very realistic and char-
acters are wooden. Colorful and appropriate
illustrations by the author." J. B. Lynch
Library J 71:123 Ja 15 '46 70w
N Y Times p!6 F 10 '46 HOw
"A charming story. . . The author-artist
shows In both text and pictures her humor
and her appreciation of Taormina and its back-
ground. Her quaint characters and the local
color will appeal to adults as well as to chil-
dren." M. C. Dodd
+ Sat R of Lit 29:45 Ja 19 '46 300w
WIs Lib Bui 42:61 Ap '46
CROCKETT, JAMES. Lullaby with lugers. 250p
$2 Crown
46-8581
Mystery story.
little fresher than run-of-the-slaughterhouse
thrillers." James Sandoe
Book Week p4 D 22 '46 40w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 8 '46
30w
Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 21 '46 50w
"A good-natured item, ribald in spots." Will
Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review pl6 Ja 26 '47
120w
CROFT, TERRELL WILLIAMS, ed. Steam
power plant auxiliaries and accessories; rev.
by D. J. Duffln. 2d ed 583p il $5 (25s) Mc-
Graw
621.197 Steam plants 46-5732
"Compared with the first edition [Book Re-
view Digest, 1922 J, the text has been exten-
sively enlarged and revised to conform with
current practice, particularly on pumping ma-
chinery, boiler feeding apparatus, economizers,
feed-water heaters, steam traps, and steam
power plant piping. New material treats of
such topics as evaporators, deaerators, air
preheaters, piping maintenance, and cavita-
tion. An appendix of tables and data has been
added, including a table of motor applications
for boiler-feed pumps. Each of the twelve sec-
tions of the text is followed by questions and
problems, with detailed solutions of the latter
given at the end of the book." N Y New
Tech Bks
Booklist 43.55 O 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:45 Jl '46
C RON IN, JOHN FRANCIS. Economic analysis
and problems. 623p $3.75 Am. bk.
330 Economics 45-9978
"[This volume] is designed to give the stu-
dent a comprehensive introduction to modern
economic life. It not only tells how the eco-
nomic system works; it explains why it behaves
in a given manner. Extensive reading lists
follow each chapter, and in the Appendix
suggestions are given as to further source
material." Special Libraries
"Its materials have been gathered and ec-
lectically but its assortment of violence is a
"Undergraduate students will find this text-
book for the introductory economics course
interesting and thought-provoking because it
does not confront them with mere arid eco-
nomic theory. The author, professor of eco-
nomics at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore,
has fused theory with description most effec-
tively. . . The treatment of communism and
fascism shows a regrettable lack of the ob-
jectivity and balance which are present in the
remainder of the book." J. P. Goldberg
H Ann Am Acad 244:223 Mr '46 600w
"Father Cronm on more than one occasion
points out in discussing current economic prob-
lems that what is socially desirable must be
limited by that which is socially feasible. It
would, however, have added to the comprehen-
siveness of the text if he had indicated to a
larger degree in how far these programs, in his
estimation, might be both desirable and
feasible today. The natural expectation of the
reader is not met. He is left largely to draw
his own conclusions. To have called attention
to those features of the work which seem
capable of improvement should not detract
from its genuine merits. Father Cronin brings
Into constant play his wide knowledge of eco-
nomics and its related fields. He presents in a
spirit of detachment and caution the divergent
points of view on principles, problems, and
policies. He provides an abundant bibliography
to guide further study. He presents his mes-
sage in attractive literary form." J. B. Kenkel
H Cath World 163:185 My '46 550w
"The instructor and the student will find
this book teachable and readable, interpretive
of the main body of American economic
thought, but not especially profound nor pro-
vocative." B. Z. Palmer
H Social Studies 87:186 Ap '46 480w
Special Libraries 37:53 F '46
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
CROOK, GEORGE. General George Crook; his
autobiography; edited and annotated by
Martin F. Schmltt. 326p 11 maps $3 Univ.
of Okla. press
B or 92 Indians of North America — Wars
46-2005
"The Crook autobiography, which was writ-
ten between 1885 and 1890, covers the period
from 1852, when George Crook graduated from
West Point, to June 18, 1876, the day after
the Battle of the Rosebud. Here the story
breaks off abruptly; the sudden death of the
General in 1890 prevented completion. This
'rugged biography' is here presented as General
Crook wrote it. The flavor of the West is strong
in it; certain words and expressions charac-
terize the writer more than long descriptions.
Changes in grammar or corrections of phrase
would have damaged one of the greatest assets
of the original. They have, therefore, not been
made. Even the names of individual Indians
have been preserved as Crook wrote them."
(Pref) Bibliography. Index.
"The autobiography is well edited, and the
account of the remainder of his life is written
better than Crook wrote his autobiography. The
autobiography, unknown to historians until
rediscovered by the editor in the library of the
Army War College in Washington in 1942, adds
relatively little to the history of our Indian
wars It certainly does not add to the re-
nown of the United States Army. Only infre-
quently is there praise of any man or any
thing. Crook found fault with most frontier
civilians, with his troops, with his fellow
officers, and with his superiors. He did occa-
sionally put in a kind word for the Indians
and often worked fearlessly in their behalf.
Indian agents he held in contempt and charged
that they, together with Indian traders, pro-
voked nearly all Indian wars. The book contains
four good maps and sixteen interesting illus-
trations." R. N. Richardson
H Am Hist R 52:146 O '46 400w
"No great shakes as an intellectual, Crook
has left no especially interesting comments
on the strenuous scenes he saw. To him the
enemy was merely the enemy, be he red savage
or Virginia cavalier. . . Crook's narrative of
the Indian Wars is far more important to
history than his words on the Civil War."
Lloyd Lewis
Book Week p!2 Mr 31 '46 270w
"It has taken more than half a century for
the autobiography of Gen. George Crook to
come to light, but now that it is here no
student of the Civil War or of the West can
afford to ignore it." Freeman Cleaves
-f N Y Times p5 Mr 31 '46 1200w
"Although this book contains passages that
make good reading, Its chief value remains its
presentation of source material hitherto not
readily available. No clear picture of Crook
or his career emerges. Being an autobiogra-
phy, it is only partly revelatory; as Clarence
Day «?aid, most men wear masks. Sergeant
Srhmitt's footnotes, illuminating though they
often are, and his additions and appendices fail
to redeem a blurred impression." Fairfax
Downey
-J Sat R of Lit 29:41 Je 8 '46 750w
Reviewed by E. G. Eastman
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
800w
"Thorough annotation reveals surprisingly
few errors in recollection. The book, therefore,
has much of the freshness and reliability of a
journal rather than the dubious and musty
special pleading of the average memoir. It is
Jndispensible to the student of the Indian wars
of the West and of the 'old army,' useful on
the Civil War in the Appalachian section, and
provides an enjoyable evening or two for the
general reader."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:188 S '46 350w
"The autobiography is meticulously edited.
Careful research has rounded it out where more
information is needed. The maps are adequate
and the whole work is presented in such a
way as to make It a valuable item in one
phase of Western history." Avery Craven
-H Weekly Book Review p3S Ap 14 '46
900w
CROSBY, ELISHA OSCAR. Memoirs; reminis-
cences of California and Guatemala from 1849
to 1864; ed. by C. A. Barker. 119p il $2.75
Huntington lib.
979.4 California — Description and travel.
California—History. Guatemala 45-8788
"Elisha Crosby, a New Yorker in early Call-
fornia, was an important figure in mining, law,
and the creation of the first state constitution.
His Memoirs, here published for the first time,
illuminate the issues of that day, especially
those connected with the Monterey Convention
of 1849, and the admission of California into
the Union. . . After twelve years in northern
California, Crosby returned east to attend the
inauguration of Lincoln, and to see the excite-
ment attending the secession. Since he main-
tained his New York law connections, some of
which were on behalf of firms doing business
with Central America, he was appointed by
Lincoln as Minister to Guatemala in 1861.
U S Quarterly Bkl
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:22 Mr f46 280w
"The memoirs were written after old age and
failing eyesight had slowed down Crosby's ac-
tive and varied career. They suffer from the
defects usual in such retrospective narratives:
bad proportion and misplaced emphasis, occa-
sional inaccuracies due to faulty memory or a
failure to check with known authorities, chiefly
to a deplorable lack of completeness and con-
tinuity. Most of the narrative's gaps, however,
the editor has bridged in his admirable intro-
duction, and as it stands the little book is a
welcome addition to Californiana, often salty
and amusing, always readable." Oscar Lewis
-J Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 13 '46
750w
CROSBY, KATHARINE. Blue- water men and
other Cape Codders. 288p il $3.50 Macmillan
974.49 Cape Cod 46-5174
Articles about Cape Cod, its old roads and
houses, and the people who make it a place
apart. The author, a descendant of the early
Cape Codders, has spent much time wandering
about the Cape, and some of her material first
appeared in the Cape Cod magazine and the
Boston Transcript. Illustrated with photo-
graphs. Map on end papers.
" 'Blue- Water Men and other Cape Codders'
will make diverting stay-at-home summertime
reading — or, if you're traveling to Cape Cod
this season, it will serve you as an invaluable
guide-book." P. H. Bullock
-f- Book Week p3 Jl 21 '46 500w
Booklist 43:12 S '46
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 JI 26 '46
500w
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 30w
"Not a guide book but atmosphere provoking,
curiosity rousing. At times the enthusiasm
becomes a bit over lyrical, the general effect
is that of holiday-sharing."
Kirkus 14:266 Je 1 '46 HOw
"Her discerning sense has resulted in a col-
lection of stories that have the special range
and flavor of that satisfying land." M. C.
Manley
4- Library J 71:975 Jl '46 140w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 15 '46
350w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46 480w
"An excellent and charming addition to the
long list of books about Cape Cod. The author
has the 'feeling' of the Cape very strongly
and this gives ner work added authenticity.*'
Lincoln Colcord
41 Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 4 '46 1400w
CROSS, JOHN KEIR. The angry planet. 239p
$2 Coward- McCann [8s 6d Lunn]
46-7564
A fantastic adventure story described in the
subtitle as: "An authentic first-hand account
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183
of a Journey to Mars in the space-ship Alba-
tross, compiled from notes and records by
various members of the expedition."
"The Angry Planet . . . really had us going.
We were spellbound. . . What happened on the
peculiar planet . . . has us convinced that
either Mr. Cross has one of the most inventive
minds of this generation, or else he has been
there himself. Head it and see; you can give it
to the children afterward." Jane Cobb
+ Atlantic 178:166 D '46 90w
Book Week p3 N 10 '4G 220w
Booklist 43:172 F 1 '47
"A fascinating but nightmarish pseudo-sci-
entific adventure that might keep young chil-
dren awake but will thrill the junior and
senior high school readers for whom it is
meant. Clever illustrations in black and white
by Robin Jacques supplement the text." A. M.
Wetherell
Library J 71.1546 N 1 '46 70w
"Mr. Cross succeeds wonderfully in making
everything sound not only possible, but ab-
solutely true. He never descends to the
statistic-and-formulae talk of the popularized
science magazines: he simply states flatly that
Dr. McGillivary has a fuel which will take
his rocket to Mars, and that is that." Creigh-
ton Feet
4- N Y Times p2 N 10 '46 230w
"Inevitably, this book will be compared to
Jules Verne. It is more convincing because we
live today in a different world. The method of
revealing the details is clever and curiously
interesting. This reviewer could not put the
book down until the record was finished. Il-
lustrations as strange and unfamiliar as the
Martian record add to the book's effectiveness."
M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 320w
Weekly Book Review p36 N 10 '46 550w
CROSS, JOHN KEIR. The other passenger.
320p $2 75 Lippmcott [12s Gd Westhouse]
46-5287
Collection of eighteen horror 01 terror stories
by a Scottish writer. The stories are divided
into so-called portraits and mysteries.
"Here are 18 tales of the Rrotesciue and
terrible (with a ghost or two) by a Scottish
writer whose capacity to conceive a shocking
situation is generally a good deal greater than
his capacity to realize it. Sometimes as in his
title story, the conception itself is misty, and
this fragmentary account of a double man is
more irritating- than frightening1. . . Cross often
builds slowly to a conclusion the reader can
foresee. And as his talcs, in spite of some
pungent and touching incidental observation,
are nearly all pieces which lean upon a surprise
at the close, this vitiates tlieii effectiveness
even on a first reader." James Sandoe
h Book Week p7 Jl 28 '46 23()w
Kirkus 14*257 Je 1 '46 130w
"This collection of tales is written by a
master of characterization, an author who
selects with unerring discrimination M.he emo-
tions, incidents and inevitabilities calculated
to produce enjoyment for his readers — of whom
there will be many. Recommended for general
purchase " H. S. Taylor
+ Library J 71:977 Jl '46 140w
"[This] is an aggravating- book: Mr. Cross
has so much ability it's hard to understand
why so many of these tales miss fire. However,
'Couleur de Rose' is a knockout." E. H
h New Repub 115:302 S 9 '46 40w
"The ghost stories, quiet and remote, give
the effect of frustration. The horror tales
generally end in violence, leaving small choice
Between murder and suicide. At his best
ghosting, as in a story like 'Esmeralda,' the
author mixes understandable frustration with
bloody horror, creates a ghostish character
who is ephemeral enough, together with being
convincingly evil, to provoke the disastrous
collapse of the sinning mortal of the story.*'
B. VT Winebaum
N Y Times p!6 Jl 28 '46 500w
"Many of the plots are worthy of John
Collier; and if Keir Cross' style is a bit wordy
and explicit for full ironic impact, he can still
be welcomed gladly to the macabre field in
which he has so lamentably few competitors."
Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 22 '46
60w
"We may put this book down as a collection
of stabs at one of the most elusive targets
in literature: the easy suspension of disbeliefs;
and I think the reader will find the swordsman-
ship everywhere interesting, even when the
touch is not palpably made." N. L». Hothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:22 Ag 10 '46 550w
"The author occasionally wanders off his lit-
erary track. 'Absence of Mind' and 'Cyclamen
Brown' are two stories in which the elements
of horror and of the uncanny are lacking.
These pieces seem to be strangely out of
place in a collection of Gothic writing. . . Most
of the stories leave you strangely disturbed,
slightly at odds with normality. Like the
hero of 'The Other Passenger,' one of the
most effective pieces in the book,' you suddenly
feel beyond the yellow circle of your reading
lamp there's something waiting, waiting to
pounce. The bristles on the back of your neck
rise up, a shiver runs down your spine and
the author has achieved his purpose." Edwin
Fadiman, jr.
-\ Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 18 '46 450w
CROUCH, WINSTON WINFORD, and MC-
HENRY, DEAN EUGENE. California gov-
ernment; politics and administration. 344p
$3 Univ. of Calif.
353.9794 California — Politics and government
A45-4531
"The book was prepared as a text or manual
of government and administration. As such,
it carries the conventional chapters on the
state constitution, elections, the three depart-
ments of government, forms of local govern-
ment, finance, personnel administration, and
seven chapters describing administrative serv-
ices and functions in the state. Included in
these chapters, together with the details of
organization and operation, are some refer-
ences to the historical development of prin-
ciples and slight comparisons with practices in
other states. . . Chapter IV, 'Polities' Califor-
nia Model,' is interestingly written and carries
local color. On the other hand, the chapter,
'The Initiative, Referendum, Recall,' is a fac-
tual and detailed account of attempts at pop-
ular control. The problem of legislative ap-
portionment, the split-session, the selection of
judicial officers, the administrative functions
of the judicial council, etc. — features of the
government which are generally regarded by
outsiders as no less typically CaUfornian than
the Redwoods or Death Valley — are quietly but
adequately presented." (Am Pol Sci R) Index.
"A splendid contribution to the newer stock
of studies in state and local government. . .
The reader who anticipates more than a clear,
complete, and instructive description of govern-
ment and politics will be disappointed. The
book is not, nor was it intended to be, an
analytical or critical study of institutions and
practices. The out-of-state student who has
been told of the distinctive features of Cali-
fornia government will likewise be disap-
pointed. . . All in all, the book is a well-
organized, well-balanced, and substantial text."
H. M. Dorr
-f Am Pol Sci R 40'160 F '46 380w
"[The book] should accomplish quite satisfac-
torily its avowed objective of serving both col-
lege students and citizens. . . Should attract
both professional and casual readers who are
not Calif ornians." J. M. Pflffner
4- Ann Am Acad 244:201 Mr '46 310w
"[This book is] a skeleton of facts about
the nature and workings of one state's gov-
ernment, the unfinished raw material for a
book of wider application and value which
would criticize and evaluate the functioning
of various features of that government in
terms applicable to studies of state govern-
ment in general. Even its usefulness as a
source of factual material is lessened by spotty
184
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CROUCH, W. W.— Continued
documentation and by chapter bibliographies
which contain a large percentage of unpublished
papers not readily accessible. On the whole,
however, the publisher's recommendation of
the book as a textbook, reference manual, or
citizen's handbook is amply justified; and books
of this type concerning the governments of
individual states are needed before compre-
hensive works dealing with state government
throughout the nation are feasible. The book
is valuable in its present form, but it is to
be regretted that its potentialities were not
more nearly realized."
-| Harvard Law R 59:1022 Jl '46 550w
"Although this work was completed in 1945,
the Preface informs the reader that it was
•planned and most of it written* before the
war, and was brought to date and published
when the authors were separated; the result
is that statistics (including those basically
unaffected by war) are not current and that
text illustrations after 1941 are few. It is
somewhat disappointing that the authors ap-
parently feft that a short conclusion regarding
trends, evaluations, comparisons with other
states was unessential. Nevertheless as the
first work of its kind in and on California it
is highly commendable both as a textbook
and as a reference item. The style is clear and
readable, the book is instructive, and the major
contributions of the state to politics and ad-
ministration are ably presented. Of special
value are the well-chosen 'Select Bibliographies'
at the end of each chapter, secondary entries
of which are largely from the University of
California's Bureau of Public Administration
(Berkeley) and Bureau of Governmental Re-
search (Los Angeles) and from unpublished
masters' and doctors' theses from both." R.
W. Binkley
-| Pol Sci Q 61:479 S '46 650w
"California has had an interesting and some-
times spectacular political development. Its
people have tried many governmental and ad-
ministrative experiments. The authors do full
justice to these experiments, and present a
picture of a virile community that has en-
deavored in unorthodox ways to improve
democracy and make it work."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:50 Mr '46 240w
CROUSE, WILLIAM HARRY. Everyday auto-
mobile repairs. 296p ii $3 McGraw
629.287 Automobiles—Repairing 46-6241
"This book is divided into two parts. The
first part describes the manner in which the
various components of the automobile operate.
The second part outlines in detail the various
troubles that may occur and how these
troubles may be diagnosed to locate their
causes. The second part also explains how to
correct troubles and describes the servicing
procedures required on the various components
of the automobile. Many of these servicing
procedures can be carried out by any intelli-
gent person equipped with a few ordinary
tools." Index.
progress of Latin American civilization from
the time of the Mayas, Incas and Aztecs, to
the present day. Bibliography of references.
Index.
Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 50w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1135 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
Reviewed by R. S. Lemmon
+ Weekly Book Review p9 S 1 '46 120w
CROW, JOHN ARMSTRONG. Epic of Latin
America. 756p maps $5 Doubleday
980 Latin America—History. Latin America
— Civilization 46-4591
"Dr. Crow has set out to explain what makes
life, politics, economics, the social institutions
and customs, and the psychological outlooks
of the 135,000,000 people below the Rio Grande
what they are today— and, incidentally, why
they differ so from their 'opposite numbers'
in the British- tinctured civilization of the
United States." (Sat R of Lit) He has given
in the process a history of the origin and
Reviewed by J. M. Klotsche
Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 900w
Booklist 43:12 S '46
"Whether dealing with the Mayas, Incas,
Aztecs, or conquistadores, the author is under
an obvious strain in trying to make the story-
telling motif predominate. Adopting the tech-
nique of some modern novelists, John A. Crow,
who is on the staff of the University of Cali-
fornia at Los Angeles, injects fairly liberal
doses of sex, whenever the going is rough. No
doubt Mr. Crow believes he has humanized and
romanticized the story of our Good Neighbors,
although he has managed, in accord with his
own predilections, to glorify the pagan ele-
ments, pre-Christian and anti-Christian, in his
compilation. . . The Epic of Latin America,
top-heavy and one-sided, is a blow at the
Good Neighbor policy." J. P. Thorning
— Cath World 164:87 O '46 500w
"The book reflects the mountain of research
which went into it. But it is stamped a refer-
ence book by the author's quotation of de-
scriptions of available ruins and contemporary
literature Personal knowledge ought to be
indispensable for the record of such a con-
tinuing1 epic. In many cases the quotations
are offered uncritically. In addition to the
undoubtedly competent research, which borders
on good scholarship, there is good organization
of the material by chapters. Certainly every-
thing in the volume is valuable for an under-
standing of the subject. Further, the author's
comments on the Mexican revolution and Peru's
Aprista movement are more progressive than
most newspapers would use." R. K. S.
-h Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 29 '46
250w
Foreign Affairs 25:349 Ja '47 20w
"A rich canvas, enlivened with vigorous nar-
rative, revealing biography, objective weighing
of the factors that have made for trouble in
inter-American relations, emphasis on our
mutual contributions, combine to make this
an important book — today and tomorrow."
-f Kirkus 14:235 My 15 '46 260w
"Readers of a book like this ought to be en-
couraged by a well-arranged bibliography to
follow through what it offers; for the same
reason there ought to be more maps, and more
detailed maps. On the other hand, the book is
easy to read, and broad in its conception of
the subject matter of history. If the author is
weakest in cultural matters, where his depend-
ence on published opinion leaves him occa-
sionally ambiguous and arbitrary, he is strong
in his sympathy. Furthermore, the general at-
titude toward the differences and the parallels
between our history and theirs is usually just,
and it is particularly on this score that one
recommends the book to the common reader."
Elizabeth Wilder
_} Nation 163:530 N 9 '46 700w
"Mr. Crow . . . fails to give any satisfactory
sense of the shapes and meanings of the
modern Latin-American states. However, his
book should help many a reader to understand
the historical and emotional background of the
twenty Latin -American republics." Hubert
Herring
N Y Times p3 Ag 11 '46 1850w
"A brilliant and broad-scale ethnic, cultural,
economic, and political history of the coun-
tries to the south. Unlike so many North
Americans writing about South America, Mr.
Crow is not trying to prove any pet proposi-
tions. He gives you a good Idea of why
'Colossus of the North' is not a term of
endearment when used by Latin Americans,
and he thinks that much of their dislike is
caused by our arrogance about and ignorance
of Latin -American problems. Books like this,
given a big enough public, might help remedy
that situation."
-f New Yorker 22:68 Ag 10 '46 120w
"[Mr Crow's] book is an achievement in both
narrative and organization. . . Particularly ad-
mirable is his approach, which takes care of
dates, names and events but is much more
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concerned with broad growth, economic, po-
litical, social and cultural development. . . Mr
Crow has an active mind, a notable talent for
making the past come alive, and exceptional
ability to write. This book of his is not a
'popular' book and is not intended to be. But
it is one of the clearest and most readable
solid histories I've come across in a long time.'*
J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 12 '46
600w
"It would be hard to think of any book which
even in 755 pages offers so much soundly or-
ganized and vividly interpreted information
about the civilization of the peoples who share
the American continents with us. . . It calls,
to be sure, for patient, even studious, read-
Ing. . . But the net result of this proper respect
for inherent complexities is that a pageant of
men, of customs and times and races, of
stirring: events and of the exotic arts and the
piquancies of a strange and fascinating culture
passes boforo us " Duncan Aikman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:23 Jl 27 '46 lOOOw
"The history of the origin and development
of Latin American civilization from the time
of the Mayas, the Incas, and the Aztecs up to
recent times Is presented and Interpreted in
this book in great detail in a well -organized,
original, and readable manner. . . Although
Latin America's epic is still going on, the au-
thor portrays present-day Latin America only
in very general terms."
H U S Quarterly Bkl 2-313 D '46 160w
"The book is uneven and sketchy in spots
as so large an undertaking in a single volume
is bound to be, but the story as a whole is
well told, uniformly interesting to read and
sufficiently representative in its selection of
high points to make it a first rate introduction
to what Mr. Crow has not improperly termed
'The Epic of Latin America.' " B. D. Wolfe
-| Weekly Book Review p5 S 22 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
CROW, LESTER DONALD, and CROW,
ALICE (VON BAUER). Our teen-age boys
and girls; suggestions for parents, teachers,
and other youth leaders. 366p $3 McGraw
136.7354 Adolescence. Juvenile delinquency
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The authors present a functional treatment
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and supported by statements of eminent au-
thorities.
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CROWELL, PERS. Beau Dare, American
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-f Book Week p!2 My 12 '46 50w
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-f New Yorker 22:143 D 7 '46 70w
"The most outstanding illustrated and factual
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"It is hard to say whether this handsome
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and it may as well go on record as belonging
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-f- Weekly Book Review p6 My 26 '46
300w
CRUICKSHANK, C. G. Elizabeth's army. 156p
$2 75 (10s) Oxford
355 Great Britain. Army — History
"A study of the military forces raised be-
tween 1585 and 1603 for expeditions abroad and
the suppression of revolt in Ireland. . . The
subject of this work is organization and ad-
ministration; the chapters are concerned with
the levy, the journey to the theatre of war,
rations, equipment, pay, discipline and the
like." Times (London) Lit Sup
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the English military establishment of its period
and in most matters is reasonably adequate.
The chapter on arms, however, ignores the long-
bow, a standard weapon until almost the end
of Elizabeth's reign and not wholly obsolete
until years later. Some discussion of Sir John
Smythe's eloquent and almost convincing argu-
ment in its favor seems called for. Moreover,
there is no mention of drill or tactics. . . The
text shows every sign of careful research and
its literary style allows it to be read with pleas-
ure as well as profit." T. M. Spaulding
_j Am Hist R 52:170 O '46 240w
"Mr. Cruickshank has covered a consider-
able amount of new ground in his study. . .
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the doctorial thesis. If that sounds un-
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'46 900w
"Though not aiming to be picturesque or
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C. Chew
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 9 '46 650w
CULBERTSON, ELY. Must we fight Russia?
62p pa $1 Winston
341.1 World politics. United nations
46-3671
"Mr. Culbertson says that we are drifting
into a war with Russia that w'll black out
the world and that our leaders, mumbling about
charters and vetoes, are doing nothing to stop
the drift. He recommends ... an international
organization, modelled on the one he proposed
in 'Total Peace,' which would control the atomic
bomb. It would be a global authority, ruled
by majority vote and having at its command
a strong, impartial police force to enforce its
decisions. Mr. Culbertson believes that this
could be achieved by amending the U.N. char-
ter, and tells how." New Yorker
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p6 Ap 28 '46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 44:171 My 31 §46 650w
Foreign Affairs 25:164 O '46 60w
Kirkus 14:220 My 1 '46 120w
"In fifteen pages of the first four chapters
of the book Mr. Culbertaon gives us a clearer
picture of the present situation and of the
reasons why we are afraid of Russia, and why
Russia is afraid of us, than many more elab-
orate discussions provide. He has the gift of
seeing dispassionately what is happening and
of expressing cogently, clearly, the American
attitude in face of recent events. His book is
addressed to the average reader, and to local
leaders of public opinion. To this reviewer, his
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practical suggestions present some of the wisest
amendments so far suggested to make the
United Nations strong and efficient enough to
maintain order in the world. The wide circula-
tion of this book should render a distinct serv-
ice in the cause of peace." Hans Kohn
+ N Y Times p25 S 8 '46 550w
New Yorker 22:91 Ap 27 '46 120w
"The title of this book is misleading. It is
not an analysis of our relations with Russia;
it is a violent attack on the political organi-
zation of the world, followed by detailed sug-
gestions for a new international order. . . The
value of this book is in the early violent pages
where Mr. Oulbertson states his hatred for the
idiocy of a world of international anarchy and
for the wars which nation-state politics will
inevitably produce." Thomas Finletter
Sat R of Lit 29:9 My 4 '46 1300w
CUMBERLAND, MARTEN. Dilemma for Dax.
280p $2 Doubleday
46-6298
Detective story.
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 60w
"It requires all the patience and ingenuity at
Dax's command to piece the clues together so
that they make sense. The two or three sto-
ries in which Saturnin Dax has appeared es-
tablish him definitely as a detective to be
reckoned with." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!3 S 1 '46 180w
"The crime is fairly improbable in both mo-
tive and means, but the mystery is interesting
for its detailed picture of Parisian police meth-
ods."
H New Yorker 22:103 S 7 '46 120w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 S 8 '46
40w
"Background, 'atmosphere,' detecting and
people are well done. But it drags so terribly."
4. — sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 40w
"Commissaire Saturnin Dax [is] a whiz at
police work and his new adventure abounds
in readable surprises." Will Cuppy
-f- Weekly Book Review p!2 S 1 '46 90w
CUMMINGS, EDWARD ESTLIN. Santa Glaus;
a morality. 18p $1.50; ltd autog ed $5 Holt
812 Miracle, morality and mystery plays
47-850
A morality play in which Death and Santa
Glaus exchange masks. Santa Glaus as Science
gets into trouble with the Mob, and is saved by
a Child and a Woman from disgrace and anni-
hilation.
"Contains some moving passages but seems
on the whole one of the author's less happy ef-
forts." Rolfe Humphries
Nation 164:78 Ja 18 '47 90w
New Yorker 22:87 Ja 11 '47 40w
"As a morality play it is in the pure, tradi-
tional form, and as the work of E. E. Gummings
it is clear, lyric and colloquial. It has also
the anger and comprehension which he brought
in freshness to his earlier writing, and which
he has never allowed to work for anyone but
himself. At eight and one-third cents a page,
the book is a seductive, unbelievable bargain,
a bargain of which, I bitterly predict, a very
large number of people will not avail them-
selves." John Woodburn
+ Sat R of Lit 30:16 Ja 4 '47 550w
Time 48:91 D 23 '46 220w
CUMMINS, CEDRIC CLISTEN. Indiana public
opinion and the World war, 1914-1917 292p
pi $2 Historical bureau of the library &
historical department of the state of Indiana,
408 State lib. & hist, bldg, Indianapolis 4
301.154 Public opinion — Indiana. European
war, 1914-1918-— Indiana 46-27016
"Several characteristics of the middle west-
erners were clearly revealed under the strain
of the years 1914-1917. Their love of peace
and their nationalism, which have generally
been recognized, were again made clear. Their
unpreparedness to think about international
events, the extent to which their racial, re-
ligious, economic, and political connections de-
termined their thinking, and the wide influence
which prosperity rather unconsciously had upon
their decisions, have not been so readily noted.
These, as well as the failure of German
propaganda, the small effect of the Bryce
report about Belgium, and the clerical Justi-
fication of war, are some of the points brought
out in this study." Am Hist R
"This small volume is the initial work of a
young scholar. Its virtues are many, its faults
few. Among the latter are the failures to
point out its relation to other works in the
field and the differences between the picture
here presented and that already advanced in
other studies. The author is well informed
about the people of Indiana and the events
of the period. He writes well, thoughtfully,
even philosophically." J. D. Barnhart
-jL — Am Hist R 51:562 Ap '46 250w
"Interesting1 and well documented study."
-f- Christian Century 62:1386 D 12 '45 lOw
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 lOw
CUNNINGHAM, ALBERT BENJAMIN. Death
rides a sorrel horse. 222p $2 Dutton
Detective story.
"Painstaking."
Kirkus 14:82 F 15 '46 80w
"It does not take Roden long to determine
that Camille's death was not an accident, but
it takes a bit longer to discover how and by
whom she was murdered. The Sheriff has lost
none of his skill in reading signs that might
mean nothing to a city detective." Isaac Ander-
son
-f N Y Times p40 Ap 14 '46 lOOw
"Roden follows up all the clues In his easy-
going way and conies to conclusions which are
sound, if unexciting. That backwoods atmos-
phere of Cunningham's is still excellent, how-
ever."
.{ New Yorker 22:112 Ap 6 '46 80w
"Pretty well up to high Roden standard."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ap 6 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 14 '46
270w
CUNNINGHAM, ALBERT BENJAMIN. One
man must die. 223p $2.50 Dutton
46-7069
Detective story.
"Sheriff Roden, away from his dogs and the
woods and fretful about his income tax has
lost all of the quality that made him refresh-
ing." James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 200w
Kirkus 14:468 S 15 '46 80w
"As a conventional detective Jess Roden has
lost something of the picturesque individuality
that gave the earlier stories about him a charm
of their own." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L». G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 24 '46
GOw
"Plentiful local color, diverting characters
and timely central problem make up for what-
ever small detective failings it may have."
H Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 9 '46 60w
"Professor Cunningham makes out well
enough with his plot and generally delivers the
picturesque article for which he is famous, even
if the finish does seem a little too easy. He
keeps one guessing about plenty of minor prob-
lems and reasonably agog over his humble
characters. As for Sheriff Jess, he's a man
most mystery ites wouldn't want to miss." Will
Cuppy
-i Weekly Book Week p24 N 3 '46 210w
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CUNNINGHAM, ALBERT BENJAMIN (GARTH
HALE, pseud). Strait is the grate. 316p $2.60
46-785
Triangle story, the scene of which is a small
farm in the hill country of the South. Curt
Moden spends some time away from home,
working at his carpenter's trade. His small
son realizes there is something wrong because
a neighbor visits his beautiful mother when his
father is away. The situation becomes dan-
gerous, but does not end until tragedy closes
one chapter of the Modens' life.
of 1922, possibly that famous writer's one ex-
cursion into grim humor. The ftction selections
are somewhat less happy, although Dorothy
Sayers, John Collier, Agatha Christie, Isak
Dinesen, Stewart Palmer and Dashiell Hammett
are included. Unfortunately for the avid col-
lector, many of the cadavers Mr Cuppy thinks
were described with rare charm already have
won wide acclaim, but the bonanza of 28 old
English slaughterings more than makes up for
any home library duplications." R. F. H.
-f — Springf'd Republican p4d Ji 14 '46 360W
Reviewed by R. J. Bender
Book Week p!4 F 17 '46 400W
Booklist 42:200 F 15 '46
"A simple dignity and well -developed char-
acterization add much to this story of Ken-
tucky hill people."
-f Kfrkus 14:2 Ja '46 170w
"Far from being the usual triangle novel,
this is a book you will find hard to forget,
thanks to the fine way Garth Hale has depicted
his three central characters. . . And while Lute
Hay, the third side of the triangle, is seldom
seen, he too is a very real person. Even the
minor actors in the story are full of vitality."
M. W. Gibbons
-f N Y Times p38 F 24 '46 310w
"The atmosphere in this sombre narrative of
a struggling family in the impoverished South
is so thick and so unrelieved that it often
obscures the human figures in the story. . .
The climax is no more real than nightmare,
and the gleam of hope on the final page comes
too late for the reader to accept It, or even
welcome it." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p6 F 17 '46 310w
CURRAN, CHARLES HOWARD. Insects of
the Pacific world. (Pacific world ser) 317p
il $3.75 Macmillan
595.7 Insects 45-10465
"This book is one of a series describing the
natural history and peoples of the Pacific
Ocean and of its innumerable islands, large
and small. . . More than 120,000 different
known species of insects and their relatives
live within the Pacific area and, as is the
case in most other parts of the earth, many
new species await discovery and identifica-
tion. . . [That] the author [has decided] to
focus his descriptions on those orders of in-
sects which either have an importance to hu-
man welfare or popularity with the general
public is indeed a happy and satisfactory solu-
tion to the problem with which he was con-
fronted." (Foreword) Index.
Booklist 42:142 Ja 1 '46
Bookmark 7:7 My '46
Kirkus 13:451 O 1 '45 150w
Scientific Bk Club R 16:4 D '45 300w
CUPPY, WILLIAM JACOB, ed. Murder with-
out tears; an anthology of crime. 561p $3
Sheridan
364 Murder. Short stories — Collections
46-4901
An anthology of crime which consists of
reports of ten modern murders; some twenty-
eight cases from the Newgate calendar; and
fourteen ftction selections. The stories are: De
mortuis, by John Collier: The sailor-boy's tale,
by Isak Dinesen; An introduction to Eric, by
Ellis St Joseph; The turn of the tide, by C.
S. Forester; An attempt at murder, by Karel
Capek; The sins of Prince Saradine, by G. K.
Chesterton; The Gioconda smile, by Aldous
Huxley; A Jury of her peers, by Susan Glas-
pell; Accident, by Agatha Christie; In the
teeth of the evidence, by D. L. Sayers; Green
ice, by Stuart Palmer; The curate of Churn-
side, by Grant Allen; They can only hang you
once, by Dashiell Hammett; Maddened by
mystery, or the defective detective, by Stephen
Leacock.
"This is a very special collection you should
on no account miss." Elizabeth Bullock
+ Book Wftek p5 Jl 21 '46 230w
-f Kirkus 14:232 My 15 '46 80w
"Many of the stories will be unfamiliar to
all but the most diligent readers of short
detective fiction. Those that are not are still
worth rereading." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p!8 Jl 14 '46 230w
"The only thing that keeps me from an un-
qualified rave is Uncle Wilrs coy introduction,
which set my teeth so firmly on edge that I
didn't recover until Grant Allen's superbly
subacid 'Curate of Churnside* on p. 505." An-
thony Boucher
H~ — San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '46
lOOw
"Proves that mirth and murder can mix."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:38 Jl 27 '46 90w
"Mr Cuppy has . . . done the murder addict a
superior service in offering 38 'murders with
morals' from the Newgate Calendar of the
early 1700s. For true crime he turns perforce to
Pearson, Roughead and Holbrook, happily in-
cludes a selection from 'Famous New England
Murders' by Richard Dempewolff, and presents
James Thurber's account of the Hall-Mills case
CURRAN, FRANCIS X. Major trends in Amer-
ican church history. 198p $2.50 Am. press, 70
E. 45th st, N.Y. 17
277.3 U.S.— Church history 46-3025
This treatise deals with both Protestant and
Catholic church history in the United States,
from a Roman Catholic point of view. Contents:
Origin and types of Protestantism; The colonial
background; Freedom and organization; The
frontier; No popery; The problem of the Negro;
The increase of unbelief; The transition to the
20th century; The end of Protestant creeds;
The Catholic church in 20th century America.
List of books cited. Index.
"This brief history of American religion, the
first from the pen of a Catholic scholar, is a
sound and stimulating work." R. A, Billington
-f Am Hist R 52:190 O '46 240w
"A vast number of useful facts and valuable
references will be found between the covers
of this book."
-f Cath World 163:476 Ag *46 200w.
Christian Century 63:991 Ag 14 '46 70w
Reviewed by R. J. Purcell
Commonweal 44:242 Je 21 '46 550w
CURTI, MERLE EUGENE. Roots of Amer-
ican loyalty. 267p $3 Columbia univ. press
[20s Oxford]
973 Patriotism. U.S.— History A46-2131
"An examination of the forces, personalities,
symbols and events which have formed the
many historic expressions of American patriot-
ism. The author's wide acquaintance with the
lesser-known literature of American social his-
tory supplies him liberally with material for
documenting this history, but its underorgant-
zation may discourage the common reader.
Since the material reflects every facet of po-
litical, economic and religious opinion, Amer-
ican patriotism emerges as an individualistic
and self -contradictory expression of loyalty."
(Library J) Index.
"Professor Curti's book, the first systematic
study of the development of American patriot-
ism, is a valuable contribution to the still young
but rapidly growing body of historical literature
concerned with understanding the social pat-
terns of ideas and emotions. . . Avoiding the
temptation to facile generalization, Mr. CurU
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has approached this theme with painstaking
scholarship. Though placing principal emphasis
upon the formative perio4 — the first hundred
years of American nationality — and presenting
the more recent history in much less detail,
he has utilized a vast body of primary sources,
of which those chiefly used, the Fourth of July
sermon, the academic address, and the occa-
sional sermon, have been hitherto neglected.
The copiously cited materials have an intrinsic
interest, dramatic, picturesque, and at times
humorous." A. K. Weinberg-
-4- Am Hist R 52:138 O '46 950w
Reviewed by H. A. Bloch
Am J Soc 52:157 S '46 650w
"The organization of the book, though it
stays within a rough chronological framework,
keeps the structure and tone of a series of
experimental essays along topical lines. The
Roots of American Loyalty is by far the most
freely speculative of any of Mr. Curti's major
writings, and readers will be delighted by the
supple wisdom he lavishes on patriots whether
they are Jefferson or jingoes." E. F. Goldman
-f- Am Pol Sci R 40:793 Ag '46 750w
"Prof. Curti has written a pioneering work.
Filling in the gaps becomes much easier when
one has produced the general frame, and for
that general frame, and for the years of con-
sidered work that has gone into it, Prof. Curti
deserves the highest praise. His book is a fine
and readable one, and a rewarding experience."
Howard Fast
-f Book Week pi My 12 '46 1350w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 60w
"This book is proof that competent historians
do not need to sacrifice accuracy in order to
write well, and that interest can be built on
a firmer foundation than an elaboration of the
trivial." R. A. B.
4- Christian Science Monitor pl4 Jl 10 '46
300w
"Professor Curti is well qualified to discuss
the subject. His The Growth of American
Thought won the Pulitzer Award in 1943, and
his present volume is in the same clear- thinking
and equally lucid style." Roy Hillbrook
4- Current Hist 10:535 Je '46 900w
Foreign Affairs 25.341 Ja '47 20w
"Recommended for all larger libraries." Scott
Adams
-f. Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Richard Hofstadter
New Repub 114:779 My 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by John Morton
New Statesman & Nation 32:488 D 28
'46 150w
Reviewed by J. H. Hexter
. N Y Times p!6 Je 23 '46 1150w
"Serious but not very incisive inquiry into
the sources of our own concept of ourselves.
This country's regional prejudices and shiftmgs
of sentiment during periods of crisis have given
American nationalism a complexity that Pro-
fessor Curti has not simplified by his choice
of an ambling, discursive method."
New Yorker 22:111 My 18 '46 120w
Reviewed by Louis Filler
Pol Sci Q 61:620 D '46 1250w
"Certainly the subject of this new book is
timely and important, but one feels that too
little attention is given to what Is obviously
the pressing question now concerning national
loyalty. What is to be its future when world
events and interest, world necessity even, make
many consider internationalism perhaps the
most highly developed form of patriotism? Pro-
fessor Curti indicates full awareness of this
tension and leaves no doubt as to where his
sympathies lie, but discusses the situation
meagerly and ends only by posing the already
apparent problem. . . The reader finishes 'The
Roots of American Loyalty' with a sense of
frustration and the belief, possibly unjustified
in view of the book's title, that any such
thorough study of the subject should have
gone somewhat farther, should have more that
is immediately pertinent to offer." J. p. Wood
— Sat R of Lit 29:11 Jl 6 '46 lOOOw
"Professor Curti's book affords us an excel-
lent opportunity to scan the past for bearings
on the future." R. A. Brown
+ School & Society 64:405 D 7 '46 1250w
"Some years ago Professor Curti called for
an historical study of American patriotism.
Fortunately, in the course of events he an-
swered his own call. Only one so well versed
in the cross currents of American intellectual
history, so well aware of the tangles in the
web of social ideas, could sensibly undertake
the project. This is not Curti's best book, but
the fact that he had written a greater one
qualified him to make this good. The author
applies a rigid self-discipline to pursue an
objective course through materials of super-
charged emotional content. The work is his-
tory, not pamphleteering." R. W. Crary
+ Social Educ 10:329 N '46 800w
"This book, because of the mass of material
which is crowded into its 250-odd pages, does
not show the author's style to best advantage.
But the information contained in it is of con-
siderable interest, although it really neither
adds to nor detracts from our understanding
of American history. As a source-book of what
patriots, genuine and less than genuine, have
said and felt, the work is highly valuable. It
could, and no doubt will, supply the texts for
countless other declamations and utterances of
the type Mr. Curti has found so common in the
country's past." Donald Derby
-| Springf d Republican p4d Je 23 '46 800w
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey G 35.228 Je '46 1550w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2 213 S '46 280w
"[Curti] has repeated himself a little too
often for best effect and has piled up so many
details that sometimes his narrative runs a
bit sluggish. He has made a good case, but
sometimes he seems to do too well. . . The
main weakness in Curti's book is the over-
simplification and the over-ordering of a highly
complex and confused set of emotional pat-
terns." Avcry Craven
Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 7 '46 1400w
"Professor Curti traces the various types
of patriotic sentiments from the first glimmer-
ings in colonial days down to the First World
War. Scholarly and thorough, his recital is
based on extensive source material and
crammed with examples from newspapers,
speeches and fugitive writings. No aspect is
ignored; all the multitudinous roots of loyalty
to America are laid bare. But such thorough
classification and documentation carries with
it inevitable weaknesses for so short a book as
this. Occasionally, the author seems to be
merely listing the varied forms of patriotic
sentiment, and to be treating all as of equal
significance. Seldom does he take time to
analyze the more important, or to draw out
the implications." John Lydenberg
Yale R n s 36:177 autumn '46 600w
CURTIS, MRS EDITH ROELKER. Lady Sarah
Lennox; an irrepressible Stuart, 1745-1826.
346p $3 Putnam
B or 92 Napier, Lady Sarah (Lennox) Bun-
bury 46-1475
Biography of a noted English beauty, Lady
Sarah Lennox, the great-granddaughter of
Charles II and his French mistress, Louise
de Querouaille, who was made Duchess of
Portsmouth. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by A. J. Hiken
Book Week p3 Mr 3 '46 270w
Christian Science Monitor plO Mr 30
'46 400w
Reviewed by Richard Match
N Y Times p!2 My 19 '46 300w
"If you're interested in stale scandals and
long-forgotten love affairs, this is your book.
The author feels that, in spite of their ques-
tionable conduct, aristocrats like Lady Sarah
were an asset to society, but she doesn't make
a strong case. The book is written in the
vein of well-bred irony so fashionable with
contemporary historians."
New Yorker 22:86 Mr 2 '46 120w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
189
"Mrs. Curtis's book is rather a drab account
of so vivid and spirited a creature, but it is
carefully written and well documented." R. B.
Roberts
H Sat R of Lit 29:79 Ap 13 '46 850w
"The author has succeeded in presenting a
very readable story of one of the lesser-known
Stuarts of English history." H. L. Mitchell
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 18 '46
270w
41 'Lady Sarah Lennox' is a fascinating biog-
raphy with many kinds of excellence besides
its excellence 4de scandale.' It is social and
human comedy of a high order. Dealing pri-
marily with the personal relations of its her-
oine, it presents a host of subsidiary person-
alities effectively portrayed with humor and
perceptive humanity. . . Historic events are
treated with great skill in so far as they affect
the life of the main character. . . These rich
and diverse elements are moulded with author-
ity and wit into the warm human chronicle of
a fascinating woman's strangely patterned life.
The result is an outstanding biography of dis-
tinction and absorbing interest." C. G. Stillman
4- Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 10 '46 1300w
CUSSET, FRANCIS. English-French and
French-English technical dictionary; metal-
lurgy, mining, electricity, chemistry, me-
chanics, sciences. 591 $5 Chemical pub. co.
603 Technology — Dictionaries 46-5564
"Dictionary compiled to help the technical
man in reading French technical texts. Gives
expressions in metallurgy, mining, electricity,
chemistiy, mechanics and science in English-
French and French-English." Library J
Reviewed by M. G Callaham
Chem Eng 53:297 O '46 150w
"This handy little dictionary will be of
great help to engineers who wish to keep
in touch with developments in France through
the medium of French technical journals and
books but who find most non-technical dic-
tionaries deficient in engineering terms."
-f Eng N 137:128 D 12 '46 80w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 40w
"Although a fairly large number of words
and terms is translated in this dictionary, it
falls far short of completeness. . . The book
is of handy size; and beyond a doubt it will
be useful, but it supplements rather than
supersedes previously published dictionaries."
N Y New Tech Bks 31:38 Jl '46
CUTHRELL, FAITH (BALDWIN). See Bald-
win, F.
"It is all meant to be gay and frivolous and
exciting. The hats may be; but hats have a
certain solidity. The words are flat, naive, and
sometimes a little suffocating." Barbara Her-
man
N Y Times p!8 Je 23 '46 410w
"This story of Mme. Dacha" ... is all very
glamorous and breathlessly mad, but it doesn't
quite explain that big building on Fifty-sixth
Street or the x-million-dollar corporation that
Is the House of Dache". The book might have
been of more interest if it had not been written
in a way that simply invites parody."
New Yorker 22:94 My 25 '46 90w
Reviewed by H. D. Smythe
Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 29 '46 1450w
"Not pretending in any sense to be an impor-
tant book, indeed it is quite an insubstantial
and sometimes repetitive one, this autobio-
graphical account of the hat-queen's rise to
fame has charm." Iris Barry
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 My 26 '46
600w
DAHL, FRANCIS WELLINGTON. Dahl's Bos-
ton; cartoons; text by Charles W. Morton.
(Atlantic monthly press bk) 157p $2.50 Little
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons. Boston —
Social life and customs 46-7967
Collection of cartoons reprinted from the
Boston Herald, portraying the humorous side of
life in Boston — including life with the squirrels
and pigeons on the Common.
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
40w
"Dahl's comedy is unforced and full of char-
acter. It springs naturally from a people who
cling to old habits and institutions and who —
unlike so much of the country — ape neither
New York nor Hollywood. Their individuality
has been skilfully itemized by Charles W.
Morton (once of Omaha and now like myself
a foreigner on Arlington Street) in a running
comment which is the perfect complement to
Dahl's cartoons." Edward Weeks
+ Sat R of Lit 29:32 D 7 '46 750w
"Mr. Morton does not try to explain Dahl
but tries his hand at some of the durable mys-
teries and paradoxes of Boston and makes very
amusing work of it. . . He tells some stories
that you won't believe but I assure you they
are everyday stuff here, even that one about
the horse, even that one about the Watch and
Ward. He is superb about the twigs and the
hat and the summer place. In fact, let's just
say he tells you about Boston." Bernard De Voto
+ Weekly Book Review p4 N 24 '46 800w
WIs Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
D
D.f H. See Doolittle, H.
DACHE, LILLY (MRS JEAN DESPRES).
Talking through my hats; ed. by Dorothy Roe
Lewis. 265p $2.75 Coward-McCann
B or 92 46-25178
The life story of the famous French milliner,
Lilly Dache". She describes in her own idiom
how she left her home in France and came to
America, to make a success in this glamorous
country. At first the dreamed-of glamor was
not apparent, but Lilly persisted, and her per-
sistence spelled a definite success.
Reviewed by Sylvia Crosby
Book Week plO Jl 14 '46 320w
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"Will appeal to both adult and high school
readers and will be a worthwhile addition to
the collections of large and small libraries."
*-h°LJbrary J 71:756 My 15 '46 130w
DAHL, ROALD. Over to you; 10 stories of
flyers and flying. 182p $2.50 Reynal
46-894
Ten short stories all concerned in some way
with flying during the war.
"One of the stories is called, 'Death of an
Old Old Man.'. . In this striking vignette the
author has briefly mastered his material, no
mean feat when the subject is that of flight
in general, aerial combat in particular. . . In
the other stories the author has not equaled
his material. He Just goes along with events,
recording them in his facile, ironic way, which
almost always makes for pleasant reading, so
that even without being definitive in a larger
sense, the stories are worthy contributions to
the literature of flight." Martin Savela
H Book Week p3 P 3 '46 560w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
"Some very swell stuff for straight reading
pleasure, where popular appeal and careful
writing combine for enjoyment."
+ Kirkus 13:405 S 15 '45 150w
"Mr. Dahl occasionally overworks his end-
ings in an effort to make his point felt, but
aside from this technical weakness, one
senses the touch of the craftsman who weighs
the effects of his words and his phrasing. He
has, what is essential, an acute awareness of
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DAHL, ROALD— Continued
the narrow margin separating shadow and sub-
stance. He has not been afraid to venture
into the realm of vision, where not only grem-
lins are born, but the very stuff of literature."
Nona Balakian
^ NY Times p6 P 10 '46 700w
"An original turn of mind and considerable
perceptiveness help Mr. Dahl. . . He would,
though, perhaps be pained to hear that the
most successful stories of the collection are
not those in which he has essayed an espe-
cially literary prose but two that are salted
with some good low comedy."
New Yorker 21:77 F 2 (46 lOOw
"Sometimes he comes perilously close to ex-
changing content for dramatic effect; yet Dahl
is an author of great promise and he has
written a fine and memorable book in 'Over to
You.' " Michael Straight
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:13 Mr 9 '46 800w
"The stories are, in one way or another,
about flyers, but such is their universality that
most of them might just as well have dealt
with foot soldiers or sailors or any of the other
men who wage war. . . The striking thing
about these stories — aside from the obvious
fact that they are written with fine craftsman-
ship— Is their ability to reduce war's heroism
and terror to personal equations." Herbert
up erf_e^eek,y Book RevJcw p3 F 10 »46 550w
"Mr. Dahl's stories are simple, lucid, and
unpretentious. But they are wonderfully adept
in capturing atmosphere, often in beautiful
prose. War experience has not often been
transformed so well into superior fiction."
Orville Prescott
-f Yale R n s 35:575 spring '46 180w
DAKERS, ELAINE (KIDNER) (MRS ANDREW
DAKERS) (JANE LANE, pseud). Madame
Geneva [Eng title: Gin and bitters]. 376p $3
Rinehart [10s 6d Dakers]
46-6299
London in the early eighteenth century is the
locale of this novel about Michael Montague, a
Jacobite of good Kentish family. Under an as-
sumed name Michael worked for a London
master brewer, but worked in secret, when
possible, for the Stuart restoration. The burst-
ing of the South Sea bubble brought all
Michael's plans to ruin, and he went to his
death. Along with his story is that of the
effect on the poor of the importation of the
cheap poisonous gin, called Madame Geneva.
a background that is drawn so skilfully and
with such care."
H -- Times [London] Lit Sup p413 S 1 '45
300w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!6 N 17 '46 380w
DALE, VIRGINIA. Honeyfogling time. 262p
Harper
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week pB O 27 '46 320w
"The story almost obliterated by monumental
historical research, this is stolid in pace and
progress."
Kirkus 14:358 Ag 1 '46 170w
"An interesting picture of a time seldom
treated in historical novels." J. L. Ross
-f- Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by H. I' A. Pausset
Manchester Guardian p3 S 7 '45 120w
"Hogarth and English history have drawn
the pictures around which Jane Lane builds her
new novel. Hogarth's baleful 'Gin Lane' broods
over the book like a debauched ancestral por-
trait. . . Miss Lane states her case forcefully,
but she sacrifices her human material in the
process. These poor folk, the Quantity of whose
misfortunes so far outweighs the quality of
their characterization, can survive only as
types." Isabelle Mallet
-f — N Y Times p5 O 13 '46 750w
"Miss Lane has studied her period with care;
she paints a vivid picture of the City and the
citizens of London; and her bankers, brewers
and apprentices, her ladies of easy virtue and
the poor gin -sodden victims of a widespread
and criminal cupidity, are all of them lively and
well drawn. Only the two principal characters.
Michael himself and the duty- ridden daughter
of his kindly host, have a strange stiffness,
almost as if their author had decided to sacri-
fice their personalities to the theme that she
develops with such passionate sincerity and to
An old-fashioned story of a young girl grow-
ing up in a midwestern town in the eighteen-
eighties. Rose was in love with "that wild Vine
boy," and because he once kept her out until
nine o'clock, Rose was supposed to be com-
promised. But Rose and her Pierre bided their
time, and presently the town understood,
Reviewed by Edith Roberts
Book Week p4 Mr 17 *46 500w
Bookmark 7:15 My '46
Kirkus 14:6 Ja '46 180w
"Most of the characters of this conflict be-
tween age and youth are as dated as the fur-
niture, but once in a while there is a glimpse
of genuine individuality, apart from all the
paraphernalia of the too obvious period piece.
Miss Dale has been careful in ascertaining ex-
actly what her period was like — perhaps she
has been too careful and has, therefore, missed
the deeper implications of an imaginative art.
None the leas, one may find here the most
amusing information as to life in general at
that period." Marguerite Young
^ -- N Y Times p36 Mr 24 '46 550w
New Yorker 22:100 Mr 16 '46 80w
"The story is fabricated of homely stuff,
honestly woven. Like the period and com-
munity it chronicles, it achieves no bold or
glamorous pattern. The novel consists for the
most part of well -realized details and small
happenings which seem more likely to interest
feminine than masculine readers." Grace Frank
+ Sat R of Lit 29:89 Ap 13 '46 410w
"What gives the story its special charm is
the manner of its telling. Miss Dale knows her
period and setting intimately, and stipples her
canvas with a wealth of evocative detail. Her
humor, often penetrating, is never malicious,
and her characters come alive under the
warmth of her touch. 'Honeyfogling Time* re-
creates 'the good old days,' and no middle-aged
person who grew up in a family, especially in
a small town, will be able to read it without
living over again in some measure his own
youth." Jennings Rice
•f Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 17 '46 650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
D'ALELIO, QAETANO FRANCIS. Experi-
mental plastics and synthetic resins. 185p
$3 Wiley
668.4 Plastics. Gums and resins, Synthetic
46-6475
"This book provides directions for a series
of laboratory experiments that demonstrate
the chemical reactions used in the preparation
of plastic materials. The book is an ex-
pansion of the author's Laboratory Manual of
Plastics and Synthetic Resins, published in
1943. Although it was designed for a col-
lege laboratory course, it has had a good deal
of use in industry. Nine additional experi-
ments are given in this revision, and in some
cases new alternate methods of preparation
are included." N Y New Tech Bks
"This book is a praiseworthy piece of work
that achieves the author's purpose and is high-
ly recommended." A. R. Kemp
+ Chem & Eng N 22:3102 N 25 '46 500w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:45 Jl '46
DALGLIESH, ALICE. Along: Janet's road; dec-
orations by Katherine Milhous. 208p |2.50
Scribner
46-8956
Continues the story of Janet Laidlaw begun
in The Silver Pencil (Book Review Digest,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
191
1944). "It takes Janet from her teaching at
Columbia university to her new occupation In
a publishing house as editor of children's books.
Her labors in her new position are Interesting-,
but more absorbing is the domestic life of the
three girls, Janet. Cherry and Margaret, who
keep house together." (Springf'd Republican)
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll Je 2 '46 180w
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by H. P. Griswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 19 '46
160w
"These later adventures of Janet provide
a sequel that falls a little flat after so fine
a book as The Silver Pencil and hurts rather
than helps the earlier book." A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:269 Jl '46 80w
"As a story of budding maturity, it hasn't
quite the note of authenticity that The Silver
Pencil had — or perhaps It Just isn't quite as
fresh and novel a story. But the publishing
background has much to offer the many young
people whose private star is set in that particu-
lar sky. A good addition to career bookshelves."
_j Kirkus 14:242 My 15 '46 170w
"Character of Janet is not as pulsating as it
was in the earlier book, but the story will ap-
peal to older boys and girls." E. A. Groves
H Library J 71:020 Je IB '46 lOOw
"There is a satisfying quality about this
sequel to 'The Silver Pencil.' It can be read for
Itself alone, but it has greater value as a record
of Janet Laidlaw's development — as a writer
and editor and as a woman." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:43 Je 15 '46 500w
"It is a little too full of young girls' talk for
the mature reader, but the three girls are real
people, each with a decided personality of her
own. Two young children, David and Patsy,
furnish some tender and sometimes enlivening
moments for the girls. It is not a story with a
climax and a denouement, but is filled with in-
cidents, with lively comments, with everyday
living. Some readers will ilnd it a delightful
narrative." M. M. Dickey
H Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
150w
"The author's racial reticence — not for noth-
ing does Miss Dalgliesh have a Scottish name —
talent for friendship and respect for the work
of others have kept a book which centers in
her own work from being self -centered, and
the easily recognizable facts it involves gave
It authority beyond that of most career fiction."
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 My 19 '46
3GOw
DALGLIESH, ALICE. Reuben and his red
wheelbarrow; with pictures by Use Bischoff.
[28p] 50c Grosset
46-2192
Picture-story book about Reuben and his
family on Reuben's fourth birthday, sometime
in the '60s or '70s. The little red wheelbarrow
which his fnther gave him figured prominently
in the celebration.
Re viewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO O 15
'46 140w
"This pleasantly told Mid- Victorian story is
Just long enough for reading aloud to the pic-
ture-book age who will love it and the pic-
tures." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:130 Mr '46 90w
"The general impression the book leaves Is
of a rather trivial story presented in attractive
but mannered style."
h Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 90w
"Recommended as good, inexpensive material
for the third and fourth grader." Olive Brain
-f Library J 71:408 Mr 16 '46 70w
Reviewed by B. L. Buell
N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 90w
"This is a Story Parade book illustrated In
color, very well reproduced, with a wide page,
clear type, and nice end-papers. . . Use Biscn-
oft'fl drawings are charming. They look like
the ladles and children of Godey's Lady's
Book." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:43 Mr 9 '46 220w
"A good buy for your money. . . The pictures
are superb." Phyllis Fenner
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 10 '46 140w
DALY, ELIZABETH. Somewhere in the house.
(Murray hill mystery) 213p |2 Rlrxehart
46-1249
Detective story.
"The tale is in Miss Daly's deft and gracious
manner, but It employs a pattern with which
she has already made us familiar. Although
characteristically preoccupying, her story is
less satisfying than some of her earlier chron-
icles of Mr. Gamadge." J. S.
H Book Week p8 Mr 3 '46 180w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
"A pleasing performance. In modest, modu-
lated manner."
+ Kirkus 13:549 D 15 '45 90w
New Repub 114:358 Mr 11 '46 70w
"Expertly plotted story, written with the skill
for which Elizabeth Daly Is so well known."
Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p30 Mr 10 '46 180w
"Sleek, nicely plotted, and occasionally quite
funny."
-f New Yorker 22:108 Mr 9 '46 120w
"Admirable."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
"Gamadge behaves with his usual skill In
this smooth whodunit, and has the happiness
of finding an important clew in an old book
in the form of a solander, if you know what
that is. 'Somewhere in the House' is the tenth
mystery in which he has appeared and his
future looks rosy. In a brief biography of
Gamadge got up by Miss Daly, she says his
hobbies are bridge, golf, music and the conser-
vation of the transitive verb. He's a bit bookish,
but always a pleasure to meet." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46
300w
DALY, ELIZABETH. Wrong way down. 211p
$2.50 Rinehart
46-6839
Detective story.
"Elizabeth Daly's latest chronicle of Mr.
Henry Gamadge ... is possessed of the graces
one expects from her and the welcome If less
characteristic quality of active pursuit and
escape. Mr. Gamadge* s solution is a staggerer
but so beautifully supported that it wins be-
lief roundly." James Sandoe
4- Book Week p!8 D 8 '46 130w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
Kirkus 14:361 Ag 1 '46 80w
"Another of Miss Daly's skillful and exciting
jobs, topped off by a typically tricky solution."
4- New Repub 115:566 O 28 '46 60w
"The case proves to be a real puzzler, and
much patient sleuthing has to be done before
Gamadge comes up with the correct solution.
The story has far more thrills than the vcom-
paratively mild beginning would lead one to
suspect." Isaac Anderson
+ N Y Times p36 O 27 '46 160w
"Gamadge's urbane methods will probably
come as a pleasant change from those of his
hard-bitten colleagues, but his solution, as
usual, may put considerable strain on your
credulity."
New Yorker 22:116 O 12 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
40w
"Pleasant."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 50w
"Miss Daly scores her mystery points quietly
and impressively, wins you completely with
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DALY, ELIZABETH — Continued
her polite moods and finally springs one of
those knockout surprises, the kind you can be-
lieve." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p23 O 13 '46 180w
DALY, SHEILA JOHN. Personality plus! 11.
by Gertrude Howe. 139p $2 Dodd
395 Personality. Conduct of life 46-6459
"Informal advice in the current vernacular
on behavior for high school boys and girls,
with gentle kidding which will be more effec-
tive than most books on conduct. Author is
college girl, age seventeen, sister of Maureen
Daly and editor of column 'On the Solid Side'
in Chicago Tribune." Library J
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
Cath World 164:189 N '46 llOw
"Disarmingly casual and confidence-inspiring.
Recommended for all collections." Maude
Adams
4- Library J 71:1211 S 15 '46 120w
"Done in young people's own lingo, about
their own most immediate problems, by an
author who is herself just out of high school,
these articles from Sheila John Daly's news-
paper column may lack the objectivity and
perspective of an older mind, but they have
the zest of youth telling youth how to be a
good date and a good friend. Aimed at high
school students in general, but a life-line
really for boys and girls facing the first social
plunge." M. C. Scoggin
+ N Y Times p!4 S 29 '46 140w
Reviewed by Marjorie Ford
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
150w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
350w
DALY, THOMAS AUGUSTINE. Late lark sing-
ing. 61p $2 Harcourt
811 46-25097
Collection of short poems by the author of
The McAroni Ballads (Book Review Digest,
1919). A few of these poems are intended for
children.
"Chipper doggerel bound to please his many
admirers. . . Best of the book are nine new
"Little Polly's Pomes' which can be read to
children, much to their delight and edification."
L. K.
+ Book Week p5 Ap 7 '46 180w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Cath Worid 163:478 Ag '46 lOOw
Christian Century 63:593 My 8 '46 40w
" 'Late Lark Singing,' characteristic, witty,
mostly light, is welcome, though it makes me
melancholy. The title (a line from W. E.
Henley's poem about death) and the Proem,
in which he says that the subtitle might be
'Last Lay of the Minstrel,' do not accord
with the cheerful spirit of the contents. Yet
one knows that the poet himself is neither
downcast nor sentimental when he proclaims
this as his valedictory volume. For his is not
only an old-fashioned Muse, but an old-
fashioned Paith. He Is not one to shed tears
over the prospect of retiring from his labors."
Ted Robinson
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 23 '46 360w
"Hemingway enthusiasts will resent innuen-
does in the 'Filth Column' selection, and admir-
ers of realistic, virile literature will regard the
Question verse as banal, trite, smug and re-
actionary. This is Journalistic verse but def-
initely not poetry." William Manchester
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 16 '46 240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
DANA, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFEL-
LOW, ed. Seven Soviet plays, by Vladimir
Solovyov [and others] with introductions.
620p $4 Macmillan
891.7208 Russian drama— Collections 45-11218
"The seven plays in the present collection
are Leonov's 'Orchards of Polovchansk' (1938),
portraying a rural Soviet family reunion; Solov-
yov's 'Field Marshall KutuzoV (1939), glorify-
ing the 'hero of retreat' in the Napoleonic in-
vasion; Aflnogenov's 'On the Eve' (1941), pic-
turing a family on the eve of war and then
engaged in war; 'Smoke of the Fatherland*
(1942), by the Tur brothers in collaboration
with Sheinin, dealing with guerrilla fighters and
fifth columnists in an invaded village; Rokk's
'Engineer Sergey ev' (1941), in which the en-
gineer hero has to outwit collaborationists in
order to blow up the great hydroelectric dam;
Simonov's 'The Russian People' (1942), again
guerrillas and collaborationists in an invaded
town; and Korneichuk's 'The Front' (1942), a
critical attack upon the 'old guard' of Soviet
officers." N Y Times
"Excepting 'The Orchards of Polovchansk'
and, in lesser degree, 'The Front' (where the
criticism of ignorant but assured authority is
as persistingly valid as it is in, say, C. S.
Forester's novel, 'The General'), the plays
themselves are negligible. And only from these
two are we likely to learn anything of weight
about the Russian people or the promise of the
Russian theater." James Sandoe
Book Week p6 Ja 13 '46 500w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
"Because of the great number of plays con-
tinually appearing on the Russian stage, the
choice is difficult among them; no wonder that
the volume presented by Professor Dana fails
to give us a complete picture of Soviet dra-
matic production. However, this collection does
give well chosen 'samples' of different types
of plays which attained exceptional success on
the USSR stage. . . However interesting the
'samples' arc, the collection has appeared in
English at a time when the moods and aspira-
tions expressed in them have faded away,
for they deal with the years which in Russia
were marked either by expectation of war and
preparation for it or by war itself. Today, these
dramatic productions can have only a retro-
spective value, while the Soviet Union has
moved on to post-war problems." Helen Is-
wolsky
Commonweal 44:483 Ag 30 '46 900w
Kirkus 13:636 D 1 '45 150w
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by E. J. Simmons
New Repub 114:625 Ap 29 '46 1750w
"Of the seven, only 'Orchards of Polovchansk'
has no relation to war, although Professor
Dana, who edits the volume, seeks to tie it up
with the theme of the other plays by calling it
'an optimistic picture of a whole Russian family
before the war.' It is hard to understand why
it was included in a series dealing with Russian
defense, especially when its inclusion has meant
the omission of what is probably the greatest of
the war plays, 'Invasion,* by the same au-
thor. . . But we cannot be ungrateful to Profes-
sor Dana, for war or no war the 'Orchards
of Polovchansk' is the one first-rate drama in
the book and stands out as one of the most
poetic, profound and satisfying plays that the
post- revolutionary theatre has produced." B.
D. Wolfe
N Y Times plO Ja 27 '46 850w
New Yorker 21:92 Ja 12 '46 120w
Reviewed by C. K. Bausman
Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 650w
Theatre Arts 30:369 Je '46 900w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p!6 Mr 10 '46
270w
Wis Lib Buf 42:84 Je '46
DANIEL. HOWARD, and BELLE, MINNIE.
Australia, the new customer; a commercial
and economic guide for American business
men; with a foreword by A. C. Moore. 369p
maps $4.60 Ronald
338 Australia— Commerce. Australia— Indus-
tries and resources 46-2571
An analysis of Australia as a potential mar-
ket for American goods. The book contains
information about foreign trade, Australian
industries, utilities, communications, market
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
193
data of principal cities, physical factors, cli-
mate, transportation, and government policies.
Bibliographical note. Index.
Book Week p!8 Mr 31 '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 24:754 Jl '46 20w
Reviewed by L*. A. Eales
Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 70w
"The two authors represent a very good
combination. The one, an Australian with
world-wide experiences, the other an American
with special knowledge of international eco-
nomic relations, both former members of the
staff of the Commonwealth of Australia War
Supplies Procurement in Washington for three
years. The book should be read not only by
American business men, to whom it is ad-
dressed especially. Even many a scholar will
be glad to discover facts and problems not too
familiar to him from an objective viewpoint."
Alfred Manes
4- Social Forces 25:226 D '46 650w
"The large number of statistics makes this
volume valuable as a reference or source book.
Among educators, it is the teacher of economic
geography who is most likely to find this book
of value in his classroom teaching." Leo
7+ Social Studies 37:332 N '46 320w
DANIELS, JONATHAN. Frontier on the Poto-
mac. 262p $2.75 Macmillan
973.917 U.S. — Politics and government —
20th century. Washington, D.C. 46-11943
Sketches of the Washington scene during
World war II years. The author, son of Josephus
Daniels, Wilson's Navy Secretary in World war
I, became a member of the Roosevelt adminis-
tration in 1942, serving in various capacities but
principally as the President's press secretary.
Reviewed by Wilbur Schramm
Book Week pi O 27 '46 1150w
Booklist 43-82 N 15 '46
"Few chroniclers have Jonathan Daniel's
entree. Few have his sharp eyes. Few have his
detachment along with his romantic emotion.
And so it will be a long time before as good a
book as this is written about a contemporary
period in American history-" E. D. Canham
4- Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 31 '46
650w
Reviewed by J. M. Hayes
Commonweal 45:204 D 6 '46 550w
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 60w
"Many small touches, a view of the signi-
ficance of the healthy heresies he has found,
this series of 'profiles' of governmental function-
ing is knowing, intimate, and interesting in its
personal appraisal."
-{- Klrkus 14:339 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Although no political scientist, Mr. Daniels
discusses amiably and sometimes ably, political
procedures and personalities of current and
future importance. His perspicacity derives from
a varied Washington background, including that
of press secretary to President Roosevelt, which
lent special insight into government affairs.
Recommended for purchase." H. S. Taylor
4- Library J 71:1461 O 16 '46 140w
"Some chapters show a slight tendency to
padding and fine writing. But I know of no
better explanation of the ideological differences
between Justices Black and Frankfurter (with
fairness to both), or of the place of lobbyists
in the Washington scene, with accent on ac-
cordion-playing Tommy Corcoran, always 'in-
sistently young beyond forty,' or of the in-
stitution of the presidency, where some dele-
gated powers stay delegated, but others 'come
roaring back through the anteroom to the
President's desk.' Daniels, like Adams, has
a gift for the phrase. . . It is a vivid piece
of subjective literary photography with oc-
casional anecdotes of great interest." R. L.
Strout
4- New Repub 115:698 N 25 '46 480w
" 'Frontier on the Potomac' is a book for
Washington afflcianados, for those who can
forgive Washington its climate, its rootlessness
ana its institutionalized pomposity and love it
for its beauty, its human diversity and its
never- failing challenge to the mind and the
imagination. For it is here, in the seat of
Government, that America's frontier now lies.
Whoever would know that frontier, in its
human rather than its academic form, will
have to read this book." Cabell Phillips
+ N Y Times p3 O 27 '46 950w
"A sometimes diverting and not always lucid
essay on the capital."
New Yorker 22:125 N 2 '46 120w
"Mr. Daniels has previously and with skill
discovered the South and New England for
his readers. This time he writes of the wild
frontier of Washington, mainly in wartime,
but it cannot be said that, for all his fluency
and all his rich opportunities to explore White
House and Congress, courts and armed serv-
ices, departments and bureaus and Fourth
Estate, he really discovers this time a great
deal that is surprising to the well-informed
reader. . . There are a good many times when
the wincing reader will find the subject matter
to be surprisingly trivial, by comparison with
the importance of the period of which Mr.
Daniels is writing and the immensity of the
tasks allotted to the public figures with whom
he deals." M. S. Watson
Sat R of Lit 29:11 O 26 '46 1150w
Reviewed by G. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p5 O 27 '46
1150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
DANIELS, JOSEPHUS. Wilson era, years of
war and after, 1917-1923. 654p il $4 Univ. of
N.C. press
B or 92 U S — Politics and government — 20th
century. Wilson, Woodrow. European war,
1914-1918— U S League of nations 46-25158
The fourth volume of the memoirs of Jo-
sephus Daniels, covering his years as Secretary
of the navy under Woodrow Wilson. The book
is filled with anecdotes about his friends and
the limes, especially about the Peace confer-
ence. For the third installment: The Wilson
Era, Years of Peace, 1910-1917, see Book Review
Digest, 1944, 1945. Index.
"Lansing, House, Page, Sims, McAdoo are
all bitterly assailed. But if Mr. Daniels hates
the enemies he makes, he loves his friends.
He is the soul of loyalty, and his devotion to
the great memory of Woodrow Wilson is mag-
nificent. . . Mr. Daniels's book is a substantial
contribution to history. It is ill-constructed and
written in the tradition of the reporter of a
local newspaper. . . But The Wilson Era re-
mains an interesting and important book.
Amusingly childish when he recalls the simple
dignity of a God-fearing American walking
with kings on no unequal terms, Mr. Daniels
saw a vast deal of history and in his shrewd
up-country way has set down a history which
cannot be neglected. To say that every de-
serving Democrat should read it is not enough.
Many who disagree should ponder it and re-
flect, with greater candor than before, that to
every question there are two sides." Ellery
Sedgwick
.f _ Atlantic 178:160 O '46 600w
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week p5 My 26 '46 550w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by J. F. Cunningham
Cath World 164-278 D '46 600w
"This is essentially memoirs, rather than
history. As such, it is an interesting and val-
uable contribution to knowledge of the period."
-f Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 60w
Christian Science Monitor pl6 Je 20 '46
420w
"This volume has all the virtues and all the
faults of an old man's book. Mr. Daniels still
has a reverence for Wilson that at times def-
initely interferes with calm appraisal. . . Apart
from this irritating worship, the book has con-
siderable merit,"
H Commonweal 44:240 Je 21 '46 330w
"This is the second volume o£ the former
Navy Secretary's memoirs, and takes up the
story where the flrst volume left off, alter
194
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DANIELS, JOSEPHUS — Continued
the Versailles pact. If anything, this is better
than the first part, possibly because of the
more exciting- events. Daniels still lauds his
personal heroes and spanks those he disliked
— Hoover and House among- them. His style
is anything but literary; despite such handicaps
his recollections are interesting, being the 'in-
side story/ and there is a permanent value in
the record."
H Current Hist 11:228 S '46 lOOw
"Unorganized, diffuse, disconnected and sty-
listically deficient, it may interest those libra-
ries which have the earlier Daniels volumes, but
its intemperate Judgments diminish its value
as a historical source." Scott Adams
— Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Nation 163:78 Jl 20 '46 700w
"To the story of the League of Nations fight
Mr. Daniels contributes interesting sidelights
and a highly quotable paraphrase of 'Who
Killed Cock Robin?' In this matter and in all
others of any importance he is wholeheartedly
and unreservedly for Wilson. Whether or not
he adds any cubits to the towering stature of
the War President, he adds here some pleasing
touches to the portrait of the man. In this con-
nection he reports numerous sallies of wit and
some of the best of his stories." Dumas Malone
N Y Times p7 Je 9 '46 1500w
New Yorker 22:94 My 25 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Basil Rauch
Pol Sci Q 61:628 D '46 600w
"Out of the rich store of his memories, the
Secretary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson
has produced another bulging volume of be-
hind-the-scenes disclosures, anecdotes, and
trivia. As before, Mr. Daniels is as charming
as he is loquacious. He worships President Wil-
son, of course, and admits no possibility that
his hero could be wrong in act or judgment.
But Mr. Daniels never pretended to anything
else. Historians of the Wilson years, knowing
this, will walk carefully through his pages. .
Mr. Daniels's book is discursive, badly ar-
ranged, opinionated, without documentation—
and thoroughly entertaining." H. P. Pringle
H Sat R of Lit 29:7 My 25 '46 1450w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46 900w
"All told, the volumes make a wonderfully
cranky, talky, valuable record, as honest as
daylight. . . The latest installment is probably
the crankiest and talkiest of the lot: a huge
collection of clips, quotes, yarns, letters, anec-
dotes, poor jokes, explanations and refutations."
Time 47:102 Je 3 '46 600w
"Except for excerpts from Mr. Daniels' diary
and occasional quotations from papers of the
period, the book appears to have been written
from a rich store of memories. It makes good
reading for the layman; and the historian,
while he will wish to check the facts at many
points, will do well not to neglect Mr. Daniels'
sidelights upon the events in which he himself
played a part."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:214 S '46 350w
"We must not look here for any critical eval-
uation of Wilson, of his friends or of his oppo-
nents. To those who stuck with Wilson, through
thick and thin, Mr. Daniels accords virtue. To
those who opposed Wilson he is inclined to
ascribe not only short-sightedness but malice.
Nor, quite aside from the question of personal-
ities, Is there much here that illuminates the
politics of the period. Mr. Daniels kept a diary,
but the quotations which he vouchsafes us
from it are singularly unilluminating. . . Of
all this we can say that it is entertaining but
not important. There is reason to believe that
the publication of Mr. Daniels's correspondence
and Diary might be more valuable." H. S. Com-
mager
Weekly Book Review p4 My 26 '46
1500w
DANK, MICHAEL CARLTON. Creative crafts
in wood. 200p il $3 Manual arts
745.51 Woodwork. Handicraft 45-9360
Cover* coping saw woodworking, wood-stipple
craft, and wood-chipping craft. Kor each dis-
cusses materials, tools and techniques aa well
as designs and uses. Many illustrations in-
clude photographs, drawings and diagrams.
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT. Charles Dar-
win and the voyage of the Beagle [unpub-
lished letters and notebooks] ed. with an
in trod, by Nora Barlow. 279p il maps $3.75
Philosophical lib. [15s Pilot]
574 Beagle expedition, 1831-1836 46-5607
"The series of 36 letters written by Darwin
to his family during the famous five-year voy-
age, are here published in their entirety for
the first time. The small notebooks which
he carried on his inland journeys have been
examined closely for further significant ma-
terial. . . [The editor] Lady Barlow is Charles
Darwin's granddaughter and a notable Darwin
scholar." Publisher's note
Reviewed by F. E. L. Priestley
Canadian Forum 26:237 Ja '47 460w
Reviewed by H. A. Wooster
Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by H. J. Fleurc
Manchester Guardian p3 F 13 '46 420w
Reviewed by Arthur Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 8 '46
150w
"To most readers, the letters will make a
greater appeal than the note -books. The first
six cover the period of agonising uncertainty
and hectic preparation before setting sail on
December 27th, 1831. . . Thirty of the remain-
ing letters were written on the voyage itself.
It is not to bo expected that these should
throw any new light on the scientific results of
the journey, especially as they were written
to Darwin's family, but as a record of his
changing moods and reactions during the voy-
age they are fascinating1. . . The note-books
themselves are rich in good things for those
with the patience and knowledge fully to ap-
preciate them, but Darwin's vivid descriptive
phrases scattered through his geological notes
will make an immediate appeal to all." John
Gilrnour
-h Spec 176:276 Mr 15 '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p!26 Mr 16
'46 2500W
D'AULAIRE, INGRI (MORTENSON). See
Aulairc, I. M. d'.
DAUMIER, HONORS VICTOR1N. Honor<5
Daumier; 240 lithographs [selected by Wil-
helm Wartrnann; mtrod. by Bernard Le-
mann]. 240p $12.50 Reynal [42s Nicholson]
763 Lithographs. Caricatures and cartoons
47-193
"Collection of Daumier's lithographs. . .
There are two hundred and forty full-page re-
productions, covering the entire range of
Daumier's work, and nearly all of them, with
only a slight change in their captions, would
be Just as applicable to our own place and
time as to the world of Louis Philippe and
Louis Napoleon. Bernard Lemann has con-
tributed an excellent introduction, and there
are notes that place each drawing- in its his-
torical context." New Yorker
Booklist 43:136 Ja 1 '47
"Two hundred and forty of his finest
lithographs, out of a possible total of nearly
4,000 have been selected for reproduction by
Mr. Wartmann . . . the English translations
are at times confused and uncertain; but the
greatest care has been taken to preserve the
quality of the original lithographs. . . In some
respects, Daumier's lithographs provide the
richest material in existence for a history of
Paris in the nineteenth century." Benedict
Nicolson
H New Statesman & Nation 32:487 D 28
'46 650w
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195
"The plates were printed in Switzerland on
a special cellulose paper, to bring out the
original lovely soft grays. I have checked
these with original pages from La Caricature
and Charivari, and while they do not cover
the variations of ink and paper texture, they
are eminently satisfying. The accompanying
text was printed in this country, with a long
and discerning introduction by Bernard Le-
mann, who is an eminent Daumier student.
Dr. Lemann and the publishers have produced
one of those rarely satisfying books on art
that have the quality of the original docu-
ments." W. G. Dooley
~f N Y Times p7 D 15 '46 1150w
"Those who feel, as I do, that the camera's
eye is a rather limited instrument of vision,
ought to have a wonderful time with the
handsome collection of Daumier's lithographs."
Hamilton Basso
4- New Yorker 22:96 D 21 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. H. Middleton
+ Spec 177:684 D 20 '46 50w
Reviewed by Marvin Lowenthal
Weekly Book Review p3 D 15 '46 1400w
DAVENPORT, MRS GWEN (LEYS). Return
engagement. 256p $2.50 Bobbs
46-5570
In her old age Sophie van Eyck, world fa-
mous actress, came back to the Maine coast
town where she was born. She bought a fine
old house and planned to spend some peace-
ful summers there But her entourage was un-
conventional and unacceptable to the natives,
and when Sophie's beloved granddaughter fell
in love with the boy next door life was far
from peaceful. In an inspired moment Sophie
put on her final best act to salvage young
love.
Reviewed by J. R. Cook
Book Week p4 Ag 18 '46 220w
Booklist 43.53 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Courtly comedy which combines a certain
charm with humor."
4- Kirkus 14:303 Jl 1 '46 HOw
"The author has given an amusing and
knowledgeable picture of the bombasts and
frailties of actors in general. The writing, how-
ever, and the tone are too homespun for an
idea that, bordering always on the farcical,
needs the brilliant touch and acid wit of a
Noel Coward." Anne Richards
-| N Y Times p!2 Ag 25 '46 280w
"Bright dialog and amusing situations."
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
HOw
" 'Return Engagement* is amusing in stage
talk and staged comedy, but artifice steals
most of the big scenes and reality has a minor
role." I,isle Bell
Weekly Book Review plS S 15 '46 230w
DAVID, HANS THEODORE, and MENDEL,
ARTHUR, eds. Bach reader; a life of Johann
Sebastian Bach in letters and documents.
431p il $6 Norton
B or 92 Bach, Johann Sebastian 45-9905
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Sloper
Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 2 '46
50w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
4- Manchester Guardian p3 S 20 '46 200w
"Among the important documents included
in later sections of the book are Bach's own
genealogy of his family, with additions by his
son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and others; the
informative obituary by the same son and
J. F. Agricola, and eighteenth-century ap-
praisals of Bach's music, including the end-
less controversy initiated by Johann Adolph
Scheibe in his periodical, Der Krittsche Musi-
kus. Where good contemparary translations of
these documents exist they have been used with
only slight corrections. Many of the docu-
ments have not been previously available in
English. . . The weakest part of the book is
the opening essay, 'J. S. Bach, a Portrait in
Outline,' which attempts to coordinate the
material of the other sections. . . Of especial
usefulness to students is the careful bib-
liography of source materials in the original
tongue and a substantial cross index." Ed-
ward Downes
_j NY Times p30 F 3 '46 HOOw
"By collecting and translating all the avail-
able Bach documents and letters, Hans David
and Arthur Mendel, both of them able and
devoted Bach scholars, have succeeded in
clearing the air in the consideration of Bach,
the historical figure. As the arrangers of the
mid-nineteenth century were inclined to modify
the music texts to conform to prevailing
fashion, the writers of today, particularly
those of the interpretive school, have been
tempted to spin out biographical fancies that
are highly subjective and often inaccurate.
From now on the Bach lover will be amply
protected. Here at his elbow in clear and
convincing arrangement is the fruit of years
of scholarly research." Douglas Moore
-f Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ja 26 '46 850w
"The book is admirably organized. From its
historical pages the great composer stands
forth as an intensely human person, quarrel-
some at times, fighting against injustice, ob-
sequious to the nobility, yet unswervingly
pursuing the ideals of his art and his religion.
Using such varied documents, the editors have
not attempted to create a sustained narrative,
but they have produced a portrait which for
accuracy and historicity is well nigh unique."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:81 Je '46 190w
"Perhaps the reader who knows nothing
about Bach might prefer the usual discursive
biographical method which gives not the
sources but the biographer's interpretation of
them. But those who already have some ac-
quaintance with the subject will surely thank
Messrs. David and Mendel for bringing to-
gether, with only the minimum comment, all
those passages with which any account of
Bach must reckon and which are scattered
through innumerable works. This book con-
centrates for our convenience the essence of
a whole Bach library." John Erskine
-f- Weekly Book Review p!8 F 10 '46
600w
"The book is enriched by excellent plates,
including fascinating seventeenth-century en-
gravings of Eisenach, Arnstadt, MUhlhausen,
and other places connected with Bach. Several
portraits of Bach and of his sons are repro-
duced, with an interesting discussion of their
authenticity. Throughout the entire volume the
discriminating care of the editors is manifest.
One has nothing but praise for their methods,
but it might be remembered that their pro-
cedure might hardly be as successful with later
composers, most of whom are less prolific than
Bach, but more garrulous about their own
achievements." Bruce Simonds
-f Yale R n s 35:731 summer '46 1200w
D AVI DOFF, HENRY, ed. World treasury of
proverbs from twenty- five languages. 626p
$3' Random house
398.9 Proverbs. Quotations 46-25214
A compilation of some 15,000 proverbs de-
rived from twenty-five languages, arranged al-
phabetically by subject. Language or author
sources are given for each proverb, except when
they are taken from English and American folk-
lore. Indexes of subjects and authors.
Booklist 42:360 Jl 15 '46
Commonweal 44:315 Jl 12 '46 20w
"This is rich harvest for the addict of such
books as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and
Stevenson's Home Book of Quotations/*
•f Kirkus 14:122 Mr 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
N Y Time* p32 Ag 11 '46 750w
196
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DAVIDSON, DONALD. The Tennessee; y. 1.
The old river, frontier to secession; 11. by
Theresa Sherrer Davidson. (Rivers of Ameri-
ca) 342p $3 Rinehart
917.68 Tennessee river. Tennessee valley
This addition to the River of America series,
divides the story of the Tennessee river into
two parts and two volumes. In this first vol-
ume the author deals with what he calls the
"old river" whose recorded history covers
nearly four centuries, from 1541 to 1933. Vol-
ume two will tell the story of TVA, the "new
Tennessee," offspring- and conqueror of the
"wild river" of earlier days.
"This is certainly one of the best of the
Rivers of America books — in itself a high dis-
tinction— and in all the rich new literature of
American social history, a work notably de-
serving of the attention of readers throughout
the nation " J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 O 20 '46 600w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!8 N 20 '46
600w
"A tremendous quantity of material that is
well organized and handled, and a narrative
that continues the capable reportage of The
Rivers of America Series."
4- Klrkus 14:412 Ag 16 '46 200w
"A scholarly book which lacks popular ap-
peal, it is important for collections of Ameri-
can description, travel and regional history.
Recommended." H. B. Bolman
-|- Library J 71:1461 O 15 '46 140w
"One reads 'The Tennessee' with a nostalgic
reluctance to reach the end. Donald Davidson
has done a difficult thing well — to combine the
exact researcher with the poet, and weave a
spell with a simple, strong prose. The only dis-
appointment is that one must wait until he
writes & second volume, which will complete
the story of the Tennessee. Illustrations in the
manner of woodcuts by his wife make a notable
contribution." H. H. Kroll
-f- N Y Times p26 D 8 '46 900w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p8 D 1 '46 220w
"Not content to end his story with the river
itself, Davidson adds a chapter on life in ante-
bellum Tennessee that is something of a
masterpiece. Nowhere else can one find a
more keen and penetrating analysis of the
basic features of Southern life than in this
chapter. Rudely brushing aside old stereotypes,
he reveals the people of all classes as they
were — how they lived, what they valued, the
folk songs they produced, the ways in which
they amused themselves, and the assumptions
on which they built their personal relation-
ships. He ends his story with a promise that
there will be a second volume dealing with
that more docile river which men have tamed
and placed above the old Tennessee." Avery
Craven
4- Weekly Book Review p4 O 27 '46
lOOOw
DAVIES, ARTHUR POWELL. Faith of an un-
repentant liberal. 122p $1.25 Beacon press
252 Sermons 46-4738
Ten sermons by a Washington (D.C.) Uni-
tarian minister. Contents: The faith of an un-
repentant liberal; Religion and nostalgia; What
is a good character today?; A prayer for un-
forgiveness; 'Am I my brother's keeper?'; The
gift of laughter; The stutter of Demosthenes;
A sword and a pair of crutches; Of Joy and
sorrow; The soul in its loneliness.
and their occasional passionate eloquence/' J.
H. Holmes
+ Weekly Book Review p28 O 6 '46 150w
DAVIES, RAYMOND ARTHUR. Odyssey
through hell. 235p $2.50 Fischer, L».B.
940.54056 World war, 1939-1945— Atrocities.
World war, 1939-1945— Jews. World war,
1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
46-6694
A Canadian-born world traveler and corre-
spondent, who has spent the last two years
covering Eastern Europe and Poland in par-
ticular, describes what happened to the Jews
of Poland, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and the parts
of Russia which the Germans overran. No
index.
Book Week p2 S 29 '46 60w
"Mr. Davies has written his story well and
convincingly. Too many readers are likely to
be frightened away by his subject-matter and
others may be antagonized by his enthusiasm
for Russia and Russian policy toward the
Jews." Daniel Schwarz
-f N Y Times p6 S 8 '46 400w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
70w
"Apart from ideological Questions, Mr.
Davies's book will be marred for some readers
by its emotional style, and by its Implicit ap-
peal for funds from America. Both qualities
no doubt are Justifiable, but sometimes the
grim facts, presented cold, carry even greater
punch." Marcus Dufneld
Weekly Book Review p26 O 13 '46
500w
DAVIES, RHYS. Black Venus. 325p $2.75 How-
ell, Soskln [8s 6d Heinemann]
[A45-2741]
The Welsh village of Ayron was stirred by
the trial of its most beautiful daughter, Olwen
Powell, heiress of Ty Rhosyn. She had ad-
vanced ideas on the rights of women, altho it
was early in the twentieth century, and she had
over-indulged in the local custom of caru yn y
g-iyely, namely courting in bed. Olwen main-
tained there was no harm in the ancient cus-
tom; village mothers of marriageable daughters
maintained there was. And so the trial and
its aftermath form the core of this novel.
"Brilliant, unconventional and ethically
urgent sermons on aspects of liberal religion."
-f Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 40w
Reviewed by K. M. Chworowsky
+ Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 200w
Klrkiu 14:494 O 1 '46 170w
"These sermons are remarkable for their
clarity, their deep sincerity, their utter free-
dom, their sweep of thought on high levels
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 Mr 3 '46 400w
"An amusing bit of folkways in action— origi-
nal in matter and manner. But too odd to be
surely popular."
H Kirkus 14:20 Ja 15 '46 150w
" 'The Black Venus' is an unusual and al-
together delightful tour de force, drenched in
the color of Its background, ornamented with
many a philosophical whirligig — and written
in a fine, poetic prose that reads, at times, like
music in a minor key. . . [It is] a melody
that, for all its rustic motif, is also urbane,
gay, and even profound. A true exotic, this
novel deserves to be read aloud, and savored
to the end." William Du Bols
-f- N Y Times p8 P 24 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:102 Mr 9 '46 80w
"Rhys Davies has the gift of tongues — and
along with it he has an appreciative insight
into the particular genius of the Welsh people.
. . More sociologist than antiquarian and more
of a poet than either, Mr. Davies manages to
indicate In his account of life in a retarded
Welsh village in the early 1900s that in funda-
mentals a man's way with a woman is unchang-
ing. . . Binding together his wisdom about the
human race is his knowledge of the soil and
of animals, which gives background to 'Black
Venus' and makes of it a deep rooted, poetic
whole." F. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p6 F 17 '46 800w
DAVIES. RHYS. Trip to London: short stories.
214p $2.50 Howell, Soskin [6s Heinemann]
46-7210
Contents: The benefit concert; A dangerous
remedy; The last struggle; Price of a wedding
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ring; The trip to London; Gents only; The
public-house; River, flow gently; Spectre de
La Rose; Death of a canary; Orestes.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 O 13 '46 230w
Reviewed by H. I' A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Porter
New Repub 115:699 N 25 '46 240w
"Mr. Rhys Davies is so completely a master
of the short story that one has little to say
of him, except to express wonder at his sus-
tained vis comica, his superb gift of complete
characterisation in the smallest conceivable
space, and his consistently felicitous inventive-
ness." Henry Reed
+ New Statesman & Nation 31:160 Mr 2
'46 180w
"Mr Davies is concerned with a single
theme- the relation of the sexes. His women
are one kind of woman, and his men are one
kind of man. The relation is simply that of
the predatory creature to its victim. . . Mr.
Davies' prose is threadbare and inert. . . The
stories, however, obtain a kind of force from
their morbid insistence of theme. But Mr.
Davies works against their direction by stress-
ing the whimsical aspects of his characters,
as though he were describing a crew of mere
village eccentrics." John Farrelly
N Y Times p34 S 29 '46 470w
"Mr. Davies is convincing, thoughtful, and
entertaining."
-f New Yorker 22:100 S 28 '46 llOw
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 N 24 '46
70w
"Mr. Davies is rather satisfying — a keen and
compassionate observer, a poet and a lover.
He will be snowed under, no doubt, by ponder-
ous novels of Civil War families, by verbose
and seductive histories of remaikable women,
by slick self-satisfied reports of domestic up-
heaval and financial success, which will sell
like mad. But somehow, under the pile of soft
coal, his modest little gem ought to get a ray
or two through to hungry, careful eyes." N. G.
Chaikin
-f Sat R of Lit 29.66 D 7 '46 420w
"Accuracy, light-flngered and gentle, and
drawing form and feeling together into a
single, unaffected statement, is Mr. Rhys
Davies's great gift, and he gets beautiful re-
sults from it here in six or seven of these
eleven new stories " Kate O'Brien
-f Spec 176:228 Mr 1 '46 400w
"The humour, the liveliness, the truth to na-
ture of Mr. Rhys Davies's short stories make
him as pleasurable to read as any contempo-
rary short-story writer. His touch is surest
when he keeps to a native Welsh setting, for
nothing of Welsh life and habit comes amiss
to him. . . Of the eleven short stories in this
new collection two or three are well below
the level of the best he can do. In general,
those which have nothing to do with Wales
are most serious in purpose — and are least
satisfying."
-j_ — Times [London] Lit Sup p89 F 23 '46
650w
"Using the singsong speech of the Welsh and
his own delicately modulated rhythms, Mr.
Davies has produced in 'The Trip to London*
a quite unimportant, thoroughly delightful
group of short stories that any one with an
ear attuned to the fine art of speech and a
sense of humor is bound to enjoy." F. H. Bul-
lock
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 O 6 *46 380w
DAVIS, BETTY ELISE. Scotchtown tale; 11.
by Margaret Ayer. 144p $2 Nelson
Madison, Dorothy (Payne) Todd — Juvenile
literature 46-7093
Scotchtown was the beautiful Virginia plan-
tation where lived Dorothea Payne, the little
Quaker who became Dolly Madison. This story
of her girlhood closes with her fourteenth year.
"Betty Elise Davis has done a difficult thing
successfully, when she tells with charm and
authentic detail the early life of Dolly Madi-
son who has gone down in history as the most
charming Mistress of the White House." A.
T. Eaton
-f- Christian Science Monitor plO N 26 '46
180w
"A very good segment of the young America,
a vivid picture of eventful life on a planta-
tion in those days, bits of side issues during
the two wars, as the story ends with Dolly
waiting in Washington to make sure a famous
portrait of George Washington is in safe hands
as the British approached the new capitol.
True story — with an authentic feel."
-f Kirkus 14:457 S 15 '46 90w
"Author has based the story on authentic
details thoughtfully selected." Margaret Miller
4- Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 llOw
"A good [story] for those boys and girls of
8 to 12 whose fairy-tale heroes are gradually
being supplanted by characters from their
history books. By a skillful blending of his-
torical incidents and plausible invention the
author gives a true picture of a Quaker house-
hold at the time of the Revolution . . A smooth
narrative style, a generous use of conversation
and numerous black and white illustrations add
to the book's appeal " Elizabeth Hodges
-h N Y Times p26 N 17 '46 200w
DAVIS, CLYDE BRION. Stars incline. 280p
$2.75 Rinehart
45-10692
Portrait of a newspaper man, who starts his
career on a Denver paper; later works in New
York; and goes from there to Spain, and to
the Normandy invasion. An ambitious, worth-
less woman Joins her life to his, and then when
he needs her most, leaves him. As the book
closes the man seems to be headed back to the
west and a more worthwhile woman.
"It's stuff for an idle hour, and so skillful is
this man Davis that he has you half believing
such things could happen, but you know the
book isn't much of anything special." Leo
Kennedy
Book Week p8 Ja 27 '46 300w
Booklist 42:184 F 1 '46
Kirkus 13:497 N 15 '45 270w
"Well- written, introspective novel. . . Inter-
esting sideline developed in regard to telepathy
and, through careful assimilation of facts and
reflection on them, to ability to forecast
events." M. H. McElfresh
-f Library J 71:121- Ja 15 '46 llOw
"If [the author] had not written better books
than this, you would say that her-a was a writer
fumbling with the basic elements of his craft,
who had still to learn the difference between
realistic effect and pedestrian photography.
There are flashes of the earlier Davis — a sharp
descriptive phrase, an incisive characterization
— but they are only Hashes; which is not enough
to ask of a writer so experienced and so well
established." James Fuller
h N Y Times p20 F 3 '46 550w
"This [is a] listless, rather tcommonplace
story. . . Several of the early chapters, which
deal with the young man's beginnings as a
reporter and rewrite man on the Denver Post,
have considerable authenticity and charm, but
the author, as he must be aware, has done
all that more effectively before. A readable but
generally perfunctory performance."
h New Yorker 21:82 Ja 26 '46 lOOw
"Maybe the day will come when Clyde Brion
Davis will run out of interesting things to say
about newspapermen, but happily there is no
evidence of its approach in 'The Stars Incline.'
Here again he is writing of the profession with
freshness and insight and, now and then, with
something of the intuitive understanding that
Barney Morgan, his hero, felt a good reporter
ought to combine with his other Qualifica-
tions." Jennings Rice
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ja 27 '46 800w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
DAVIS, PEERING, and others. Alexandria
houses, 1760-1830. 128p il maps $5 Architec-
tural bk.
975.5296 Alexandria, Virginia— Historic
houses, etc. Architecture, Domestic 46-3342
"The beauty, dignity and timeless serenity of
Alexandrian architecture of the pre-Revolution-
ary and Early Republic periods passes before
the eye in this handsome book through a series
of large views, exterior and interior. . . There
is a brief history of this near neighbor of the
nation's capital, a survey of its architectural
styles, a chapter on its old maps, and at the
end a list of structures erected before 1830 and
still extant. All the rest is given to full-page
plates and descriptions of such landmarks as
Gadsby's Tavern, the Dick and Fairchild houses
in Prince Street, Mount Airy and Washington's
town house, with a special section on near-by
Mount Vernon." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
-f Weekly Book Review p20 My 26
'46
to the shades that haunt the storied city's old
streets and mountain rim. . . All in all, not
a book to put into the hands of little children,
but first rate for grownups who would under-
stand the spirit of the people of the valley of
Mexico as revealed in the gay and sometimes
terrifying products of their romantic and sar-
donic fantasy." B. D. Wolfe
-4 Weekly Book Review p4 S 29 '46 850w
DAVIS, FREMONT, and VAN DE WATER,
MARJORIE. Knots and rope [phototold in
195 pictures]. 92p $2 Infantry journal
677.7 Knots and splices
One hundred and ninety-five photographs
showing the different types of knots and splices
in the making and in use, with descriptive text.
Booklist 43*113 D 15 '46
"A special book, expensive, but useful for
scout age as well as interested adults." G. L.
Landon
Library J 71:1211 S 15 '46 80w
DAVIS, EDWIN ADAMS. Of the night wind's
telling; legends from the valley of Mexico;
with drawings by Dorothy Kirk. 276p $3 Univ.
of Okla. press
398.2 Legends— Mexico 46-5901
A volume of legends of old Mexico, collected
and retold by the author, who spent several
months in Mexico City listening to the story
tellers and checking the printed and manu-
script sources in the libraries. Some of the
legends deal with Indian mythology, and pre-
Conquest times, others with Spanish colonial
days, only one with modern times. Bibliog-
raphy.
Booklist 43.95 D 1 '46
"Legends of Mexico are layered like the de-
tritus around the pyramids of the sun and
the moon. . . All these layers have yielded
shards and artifacts to the earnest stick of E.
Adams Davis, Professor of History at Louis-
iana State University. . . Professor Davis is
no Washington Irving giving a conquered
people new life, but neither does he load his
work with the usual professorial straitjacket
of footnotes and citations. He writes with the
air of a professor on vacation, loving the tale
for its own sake. And if at times he becomes
a bit coy he can be forgiven, because he ob-
viously loves Mexico as it is, with no desire
for reform, and because his enthusiasm il-
lumines his pages." Mildred Adams
H NY Times p!6 Ag 11 '46 500w
"What I liked best about the collection is
Mr. Davis' balance. Some of his tales are of
the supernatural, some are of ghosts and spec-
ters, many are of death, which has never been
regarded by the Mexican in quite the light we
are accustomed to regard it. But there are also
sly tales of simple folk-spinning, humorous
tales, purely picturesque and beautiful ones.
As a collection, the book has proportion, which
is the difficult thing to attain in any anthology.
Mr. Davis knows his subject and his talent
for putting a book together is notable." J. H.
Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 29 '46
600w *
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
360w
"Mr. Davis, a professional folklorist on a
Mexican holiday, has gathered from oral tra-
dition and from the published volumes of tale-
tellers like Gonzalez Obregon a representative
collection of stories old and new, and has told
them with the zest, and occasionally something
too much of the archness, of a folklorist on
a busman's holiday. He is unduly proud of
having resisted his publishers' request for a
few notes on the sources of each tale, although
the volume would have gained in usefulness
and lost nothing in charm thereby. Neverthe-
less, he is so patently having a good time, so
thoroughly enjoys the tales he relates and se-
lects so well from the available excess of
abundance that 'Of the Night Wind's Telling*
is a very engaging- and pleasant introduction
DAVIS, FREMONT, and VAN DE WATER.
MARJORIE. Use of tools; phototold in 420
pictures. 238p $3.50 Infantry journal
621.9 Tools 47-239
Over four hundred photographs and diagrams
showing various types of tools and how they
are used. Brief explanatory text accompanies
the photographs. The work was designed as a
text for servicemen but is suitable also for the
home craftsman.
"A useful book for a children's room, young
people's department or high school library. . .
Should be required reading for all manual
training classes." S. J. Johnson
4- Library J 71:1211 S 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 20w
N Y New Tech Bks 31-49 Jl '46
"The photographs are excellent, the text sim-
ple and clear; both were done by staff members
of Science Service." R. T.
+ San Francisco Chronicle p21 O 20 '46
140w
Weekly Book Review p30 S 29 '46 llOw
DAVIS, JEROME. Behind Soviet power; Stalin
and the Russians. 120p il $2.75; pa $1 Reader's
press
947.084 Russia — Politics and government.
Stalin, losif. Communism — Russia 46-6825
"A well informed observer, many times visi-
tor to Russia, deprecates the view that Russia
is a peril to the world's peace. He sees no
spirit of aggression, believes that Stalin's dic-
tatorship is waning, and thinks we can co-
operate in friendly fashion." Christian Cen-
tury
"[This] small book, a third of which is
devoted to giving a picture of Stalin, cannot
be said to add very much to the already avail-
able knowledge of Russia. What is of interest
is not so much the subject matter, but the
spirit in which the book is written. Dr. Davis
expresses warm sympathy for the achievements
of the Russian people during the grim quarter
of a century devoted to 'building socialism in
one country.' He is not altogether uncritical,
but critics of Russia will consider some of his
statements unduly mild; for example, speaking
of the purges, he writes: 'Fanaticism, hysteria,
and bureaucracy inevitably caused some injus-
tice— but the guilty were tried.' In answering
some of the questions most frequently asked
about Russia, he is refreshingly forthright."
V. M. Dean
Atlantic 178:180 D '46 420w
Christian Century 63:1249 O 16 '46 50w
"Any book that attempts to bridge the pro-
found gulf between these two worlds, deserves
a thoughtful and receptive hearing. Behind
Soviet Power, for this reason, is an inviting
book. The author's opportunities have been
unusual. Ever since the last days of the
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czars, he has traveled and studied extensively
in Russia and Siberia. He has interviewed
many Communist leaders, including: Stalin, and
studied Soviet institutions. He is a former
professor of sociology and social ethics at Yale
University Divinity School. Because of his
scholastic credentials and firsthand knowledge,
his background for such a book seems im-
pressive. It is disappointing, therefore, that
certain fundamental weaknesses appear greatly
to impair the value of his book. Literally
from the first page, an unmistakable lack of
objectivity becomes evident " D. H. John
h Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 30 '46
750w
Foreign Affairs 25*344 Ja '47 lOw
"An interesting book that is frankly designed
to counteract the flood of uninformed and often
highly prejudiced comment on Russia, which
today is rapidly falling into the pattern of
the an ti -Soviet propaganda of the Twenties.
Tt would be a mistake to dismiss his book as
an uncritical apologia of Russian policies by an
acknowledged Soviet sympathizer There are,
it is true, many points at which Mr. Davis
lays himself open to the charge of glossing
over too casually the less pleasing aspects of
the Russian scene He may appear at times
even na!ve in his eagerness to give the Soviets
the benefit of every doubt. Nonetheless, on a
purely factual basis what he has to say is
important for the American public." F. R.
Dulles
-| NY Tfmes p35 S 29 '46 700w
"It is distinctly a pro-Russian work, but
nevertheless valuable as record and analysis
by a competent and informed reporter "
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 22 '46 350w
DAVIS, JOHN MERLE. New buildings on old
foundations; a handbook on stabilizing the
younger churches in their environment. 320p
$1.75 Int. missionary council
266 Missions 46-3829
"For the writing of this book the author has
had an extraordinary preparation in his years
of missionary work in Japan, his sociological
studies and surveys, his five years as general
secretary of the Institute of Pacific Relations,
and his travels and missionary researches in
many parts of the world." Christian Century
"This work will be a foundation book In the
study of the wider aspects of Christian recon-
struction."
-f- Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46 70w
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 23 '46 200w
DAVIS, KENNETH SYDNEY. Soldier of
democracy: a biographv of Dwight Eisen-
hower. 566p maps $3.50 Doubleday
B or 92 Eisenhower, Dwight David
45-37893
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Bookmark 7:13 Mr '46
Cath World 162-477 F '46 200w
"The first good biography of General Eisen-
hower, by an admirer who has dug up a lot
of interesting things about his early life."
-f Foreign Affairs 24:556 Ap '46 20w
"The author's admiration for his subject is
tempered by judicious recognition of his short-
comings; there Is no suggestion of uncritical
hero-worship, no needless effort to dramatize
the great events of which General Eisenhower
was a prime mover. The style is everywhere
masculine and gracious."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:22 Mr '46 280w
DAVIS, MRS LAVINIA (RIKER). Barren her-
itage. 208p $2 Doubleday
46-2156
Mystery story.
Booklist 42:349 JI 1 '46
"Inoffensive and certainly Innocuous."
Kirkyt 13:5.49 P 16 '45 90w
"Besides being a better- than -average detec-
tive story this book might be described as a
cogent argument for true democracy." Isaac
Anderson
4- N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 180w
"A routine story with a good, grim back-
ground."
New Yorker 22:92 F 23 '46 80w
"Enjoyable."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
"You may giggle at the murder methods —
but it worked, didn't it!" Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46
150w
DAVIS, MARY GOULD. Randolph Caldecott,
1846-1 8SG; an appreciation. 47p il $1.75 Lippin-
cott
T! or 92 Caldecott, Randolph 46-11806
A bnof sketch of the life of this famous
lOnglish illustrator, with an appreciation of
his seventeen picture books for children The
book is written in celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Booklist 43.105 D 1 '46
"Not very much is known about his youth,
but Miss Davis has written a lively account
of that little which will be of peculiar value
to librarians and teachers who want some
background for presenting his books to young-
sters in story hours. The illustrations through-
out the book are Caldecott's own pictures, and
in discussing them and the books he illustrated,
Miss Davia review^ some of the first — and
often faltering — steps in the history of juve-
nile liteiaturc."
-f. Kirkus 14:540 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Mary Strang
Library J 72'87 Ja 1 '47 90w
"Miss Davis writes of Caldecott's picture
books as one who knows them well and has
shared them with children, and black and white
drawings from them are reproduced on every
page." A. T. T3aton
-f N Y Times p52 N 10 '46 150w
"Not making any pretense at wishing to be
a definitive contribution on the man and his
work. Miss Davis has given us the sort of
appreciation one would expect from her. It is
an appraisal of Caldecott's imagination and love
of life, his never-ceasing good humor and his
sense of detail in drawing." Karl Kup
4 Publisher's Weekly 150:3138 D 7 '46
ISOw
Reviewed by Hannah Hinsdale
San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 10 '46
70w
"Randolph Caldecott was one of the best and
most important illustrators of children's books,
and it was for him that our Caldecott Medal
was named and is awarded each year for the
best picture book. And so, it is fitting that in
this centennial year of his birth a book should
be written in appreciation of his work. And it is
fitting, too, that it should be written by Miss
Davis who has woik^d so long with children
and who knows their appreciation of this great
illustrator. , . This book will be welcomed by
librarians as an addition to their Caldecott
collections" Phyllis Fennor
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 N 10 '46
250w
DAVIS, MAXINE (MRS J. M. MCHUGH).
Through the stratosphere; the human factor
in aviation. 253p $2.75 Macmlllan
629.13256 Aeronautics — Medical aspects
46-4776
"This book is the story of aviation medicine.
Actually, the story is only incidentally a med-
ical narrative, and therefore the label, 'aviation
medicine' is a misnomer. It is a reporter's rec-
ord of the evolution and use of a vast number
of devices evolved by the air forces for keep-
ing fliers healthy, happy, and in the air." Introd
Book Week p2 Jl 28 '46 90w
Booklist 43:113 D 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1015 AS 21 '46 6Qw
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DAVIS, MAXINE— Continued
"The subject is of great interest and no
doubt a good, deal of time was spent in gath-
ering material for the book. The main fault is
that it is not too well-written. Large portions
are choppy in style and occasionally the reader
may be confused." W. A. Kalenlch
Library J 71:917 Je 16 '46 140w
"Answers to ... questions about human
survival aloft are [given] clearly and compe-
tently." H. M. Davis
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
600w
Reviewed by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Weekly Book Review p34 O 27 '46 130w
DAVISON, ARCHIBALD THOMPSON, and
APEL, WILLI. Historical anthology of
music; oriental, medieval and renaissance
music. 258p il $7.50 Harvard univ. press
780.9 Music— Collections. Music— History
and criticism (A46-6323)
"Volume 1 (to 1600) of a planned two volume
collection of music (to 1800) not published by
the trade. Designed to accompany a projected
history of music and collection of recorded
works which parallel it. . . In modern notation
— for the most part in close score with few
leger lines — with a minimum of editorial emen-
dations (e.g. musica flcta, indications of medi-
um of performance, etc.) and highly readable.
One hundred and eighty-one works, nondoctri-
naire as to choice, representative of their peri-
ods and supplemented by text translations and
notes on source and style." Library J
"The book shows remarkable Judgment for
the material selected and for a commonsense
method of presentation. Besides that, it is both
handsome and readable as press work. Efforts
of the sort seldom come to daylight in so
practicable a shape. Praiseworthily, the nota-
tion is modernized: and somehow the illusion of
the past stays. . . The 'Anthology' is by no
means a mere garden of posies Rather, it is
a mine to be worked." W. P. T.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!9 O 12 '46
410w
"Highly recommended." C. K. Miller
+ Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 140w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2.271 D '46 280w
DAVISON, FRANK DALBY. Dusty. 211p $2.50
Coward-McCann
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-6300
The story of an Australian sheep dog, Dusty,
born of a dingo mother, and an Australian
sheep dog. Dusty was captured when a puppy
and trained to be a sheep dog, and easily car-
ried off prizes at field trials. Then the wild
half of his heritage claimed him, and he
killed a sheep. With his first taste of blood
Dusty became an outlaw. The book pictures
life on the Australian plains, as well as the
life of Dusty.
"An enthralling and very flne story." Dorothy
Sparks
-f Book Week p3 Ag 4 '46 270w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
"The story lends itself easily to symbolic in-
terpretation, but it is doubtful that the author
intended one. The tale's the thing; and it is a
good one. The manners of the Australian coun-
tryside and the techniques of sheep raising need
considerable explanation to people of the anti-
podes. The result is an occasional sluggishness
in the narrative. But there is, for all that,
enough vigor to hold interest up to the some-
what unfortunately contrived ending." D. S.
-i. __ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 22 '46
410w
"Authentic natural history, which retains
story values without recourse to sentiment."
-f Klrkus 14:256 Je 1 '46 170w
"Mr. Davison's straightf9rward style and his
ability to avoid the sentimental passages so
often found in dog stories are something to be
grateful for." Marian Gibbons
-f- N Y Times p!4 Jl 28 '46 270w
"Slow moving, the book is definitely not light
reading, but the hero emerges from the descrip-
tive detail of thoughts and setting with a dis-
tinct personality that makes him outstanding
both in the service of man and in the wila
life he makes his own."
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
120w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ag 4 '46 500w
DAY, MRS LILLIAN (ABRAMS). Grieg; il. by
Alida Vreeland. (Hyperion music ser) 40p
$1.75 Duel!
B or 92 Grieg, Edvard Hagerup — Juvenile
literature 46-4938
Story of the Norwegian musician, written for
ages eight to fourteen. The whole period of
his life is covered in brief chapters, with il-
lustrations in color.
"Pleasantly written biography." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:274 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:253 Je 1 '46 40w
"Written for younger children, this gaily il-
lustrated brief biography of the Scandinavian
composer is sketchy in its presentation but
will be useful in arousing interest in reading
about composers and music No examples of
Grieg's music are included. Recommended only
for large collections." G. E. Joline
Library J 71-1054 Ag '46 70w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 50w
Reviewed by Grace Stevens
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
120w
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 7 '46 60w
DAY, MRS LILLIAN (ABRAMS). Paganini; il.
by Andre Dugo. (Hyperion music aer) 40p
$1.75 Duell
B or 92 Paganini, Niccold — Juvenile litera-
ture 46-4937
Brief story of the life of this Italian musician,
who trom poverty-stricken youth, rose to be a
world-famous violinist. For ages eight to
fourteen.
"A stimulating addition to the earlier books
in the Musio Series for young children." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22'274 Jl '46 80w
Klrkus 14:253 Je 1 '46 40w
"A pleasant introduction for girls and boys
of nine years and up." Elizabeth Gordon
-f Library J 71-982 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Ix>is Palmer
N Y Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 50w
"An excellent sketch of that controversial
genius of the violin." Grace Stevens
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
60w
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 2 '46 60w
DEAN, ABNER. It's a long way to heaven.
131p $3.60 Rinehart
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons 46-201
Cartoons satirizing man and his attendant
female — a kind of psychoanalysis of the human
race in pictures.
Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 lOOw
"The sixty- five drawings which Abner Dean
gives us in 'It's a Long Way to Heaven' con-
stitute a for-goodness-sake book. As such it is
very good — excellent. A for-goodness-sake
book? Well, it's the kind of book that you see
in the house of a friend — in the guest room,
usually, or carelessly displayed on an oc-
casional table; you open it and exclaim mildly,
'For goodness' sake!' You may or may not
thereafter go through the book, and if you do
you may or may not like it. The for-goodness-
sake reaction, however, is universal." Russell
Maloney
N Y Times p4 Ja 6 '46 4&0w
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201
"Humanity is very much like any other ani-
mal; it licks its wounds, hunts for salt, and
digs for roots in the winter. . . Half-drunk
on what it deems to be wisdom, it has stag-
gered to the edge of an abyss and fallen fiat
on its face. At this point a young man named
Abner Dean has come along and, for the good
of history, sketched the somnambulist, putting
in all the details. Guard his book well; regard
it long; remember that it is a portrait of
yourself." Thomas Sugrue
-f Sat R of Lit 29:16 F 2 '46 750w
DEAN, AMBER. Call me Pandora. 220p $2
Doubleday
46-1628
Detective story.
Kirkus 13:535 D 1 '45 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Mr 10 '46 lOOw
"Another, and not unpleasing, variation on
time-honored theme. Posh atmosphere, some
gaiety, sufficient action and unobtrusive de-
tective. Adequate."
•f Sat R of Lit 29.56 F 16 '46 40w
"Miss Dean is out to amuse rather than to
horrify unduly. Abbie all but turns cartwheels
to this end, her sister Maggie picks threads
off people's clothing, and oldish Dr. Custom, a
sort of double beau, is always holding his sides
at this or that. Says Abbie, 'I hope he laughs
himself to death some day.' We'd let him off
with a warning." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 10 '46 180w
DEAN, AMBER. Wrap it up. 222p $2 Doubleday
46-20640
Detective story.
Kirkus 14-332 Jl 15 '46 80w
"The summer resort background affords an
incongruously pleasing setting for a story of
sordid crime and clever detection." Isaac An-
derson
N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 140w
"Adequately worked out, and probably fine
for those who like lemonade and gossip rather
than rye and monosyllables with their murder."
+ New Yorker 22:119 S 21 '46 lOOw
"Miss Dean's books have their weaknesses,
in this case including the year's most trans-
parent plot; but they have also a fresh simple
likability which is disarming." Anthony
Boucher
-| San Francisco Chronicle p!9 S 22 '46
60w
"Soft-boiled, good-natured, readable and
harmless, what with the Johnsons and their
four kiddies, Grampie, Sister Maggie and a vil-
lain who won't scare you too much." Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review pi 8 S 8 '46 140w
DEAN. JOHN PEEBLES, and BREINES, SI-
MON. Book of houses; 150 photographs, 100
plans. 143p $2 Crown
728.6 Architecture, Domestic — Designs and
plans 46-1332
A large part of this book is given over to the
illustrations, floor plans and criticisms of one
hundred houses costing from $5,000 to $10,000
(1941). In addition there are chapters on choos-
ing a home site, financing a house building pro-
gram, remodelling, etc.
"An excellent and authoritative book on
housing."
-f Book Week p8 F 3 '46 180w
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
"Mr. Dean, a housing economist, and Mr.
Breines, a New York architect, have joined
hands to produce a well-ordered summary of
helpful hints and warnings to home buyers and
builders, designed primarily as a guide for
those who must be satisfied with living quar-
ters in the price range between $5,000 and
$10,000." L. E. Cooper
-f N Y Times p!4 Jl 14 '46 450w
"It is a good, lively book and makes interest-
ing reading." Sydney Maslen
4- Survey 82:337 D '46 550w
"Messrs. Dean and Breines not only use
photographs throughout — there are also 100
plans — but widen the story to include the re-
lation of the individual house to community
planning, remodeling and helpful advice about
buying- houses. Two other important sections
discuss and picture the basic house and the
prefabricated. A sound book this. Where the
design calls for criticism or invidious compari-
sons of styles the authors pull no punches."
Richardson Wright
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 90w
DEAN, LEON W. Guns over Champlain. 245p
$2 Rinehart
46-2716
"A mysterious knocking1 awakened Asa Bar-
num in the middle of a cold, wet night in 1813.
The succeeding months brought this teen-age
Vermonter excitement, danger, suspense and
action. Traitors and ruthless enemies were
overcome. Enlisting in the Navy, under Lieu-
tenant Macdonough, he was captured in his
first engagement. With his friend, Carter
Wayne, he escaped from a prison ship, spent
long, eventful months in winter quarters and
fought with distinction in the final American
victory at Cumberland Head." N Y Times
"Good, swift-moving historical novel." H. F.
Griswold
-|- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 16 '47
21 Ow
"This is a good yarn."
-f Kirkus 14. 3G Ja 15 '46 HOw
"The background is solid, the plot and char-
acterization convincing Fathers, as well as
their adolescent sons, will enjoy this novel of
the War of 1812." R. A. Brown
-f N Y Times p30 My 5 '46 140w
"Asa Barnum's experience is probably nearer
to what really happened at this time than that
found in some boys' books about this period,
and its excitements are not synthetic." M. L.
Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46 320W
DEAN, MRS VERA (MICHELES). Four cor-
nerstones of peace. (Whittlesey house pub-
lication) 267p $2.50 McGraw
341.1 Washington, D. C. Conversations on
international organization, 1944. Crimea
conference, 1945. Inter-American conference
on problems of war and peace, Mexico,
1945. United nations conference on inter-
national organization, San Francisco. 1945
46-229
A record and study of the "four cornerstones
of peace," the United Nations conferences at
Dumbarton Oaks, Yalta, Mexico City and San
Francisco. The author is research director
of the Foreign policy association. Index.
"The volume shows some evidences of hay-
ing been put together in haste, but it is solid
and reliable and thought-inspiring, as Mrs.
Dean's work usually is. The most significant
issues and characteristic features of the new
system are presented, although it has proved
a little confusing to students to list 'the ten'
key points — no more and no less." Clyde Eagle-
ton
Am Pol Sci R 40:828 Ag '46 230w
Reviewed by Willard Shelton
Book Week p6 F 24 '46 280w
Booklist 42:182 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 Mr '46
Reviewed by F. J. Van Antwerpen
Chem A Eng N 24:1732 Je 25 '46 400w
"This book is no profound and exhaustive
study of the problem of peace. It only
touches briefly upon the ways in which the
United Nations may be turned into an in-
strumentality capable of coping with atomic
force. It doesn't compare with Emery Reeves's
'The Anatomy of Peace/ But it is a thorough-
ly sound and understandable summary of the
202
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DEAN, V. M.— Continued
present situation embodied in existing agree-
ments. And, in general terms, It look* ahead."
E. D. C.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 25
•46 350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
Current Hist 10:349 Ap '46 60w
"A lucid and systematic analysis of the
progress toward the organization of world
peace."
-f Foreign Affairs 24:742 Jl '46 60w
"Almost required reading for every American
voter." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 70:1086 N 15 '45 70w
" 'The Four Cornerstones of Peace* is not
merely competent but distinguished in thought
and style. This is an ideal compendium for
the citizen — not necessarily a student of world
politics — interested In security and justice."
Albert Guerard
-f Nation 162:267 Mr 2 '46 360w
New Repub 114:326 Mr 4 '46 120w
Reviewed by R. L. Duffus
N Y Times pi Ja 27 '46 1500w
New Yorker 21:87 Ja 26 '46 90w
"We need this book badly. It does not try
to answer all our questions or to lift the veil
of the future. But it provides an objective in-
terpretation of the international agreements
upon which the feeble edifice of peace rests
today. It asks the questions which loom so
threateningly between the lines of the docu-
ments and it answers them with clarity, so
far as the turmoil of our day permits final
answers." H. W. Weigert
+ Sat R of Lit 29:38 F 16 '46 650w
"This is no dull and pedantic history. It is
a lively, informative, and scholarly account of
a most critical period in our civilization. The
book should be read by everyone who desires
to understand the problems and difficulties of
building the better world that we all hope
can arise from the ashes of the most devastat-
ing of all wars." C. B. Mahon
+ Survey Q 35:170 My '46 600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:126 Je '46 130w
"This is carefully pondered contemporary
history without fanfare or froth. The outstand-
ing merit of the study, more valuable even
than its logic and lucidity, is the honesty of
the judgments. From the realistic preface, *A
Job To Be Done,' to the closing quotation it
presents the aims, the efforts and the odds
that face humanity in Its fight for security."
Geoffrey Bruun
-f- Weekly Book Review p5 F 3 '46 700w
DE ANGELI, MRS MARGUERITE (LOFFT).
Bright April [11. by the author]. 86p $2.50
46-6341
Story of a bright little Negro girl, whose
home life was so happy that her first knowl-
edge of racial intolerance came on her tenth
birthday, when a little white girl refused to
sit beside her at a Brownie party. Her in-
telligent parents help her to make the needed
adjustment.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178.170 D '46 20w
Reviewed by Phyllis Whitney
Book Week p4 N 10 '46 270w
Booklist 43:19 S '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO S 10 '46
180W
"Amid the tumult and tensions of racial
strain, Mrs. de Angeli's story of April stands
out with refreshing serenity and wisdom. . .
Once again, in this story of Germantown, Mrs.
de Angeli presents a special cultural group with
sincerity and kindly appreciation and more of
her colorful pictures." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:267 Ji '46 90w
"In a warm and friendly family story, against
a Pennsylvania setting, she touches lightly, and
with integrity, on the Negro problem as it af-
fects little April."
+ Kirkus 14:222 My 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by E. E. Frank
Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 150w
"To point at a thing directly sometimes
makes it seem less important. Marguerite de
Angeli has aimed her finger straight, and said,
'Look!' The little black and white drawings
in the book are lovely, but on the whole, the
pictures like the story, lack reality and vital-
ity." P. F.
— -f N Y Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 170w
"The lesson the story teaches is admirable,
but it would be more effective— even for read-
ers of from eight to ten — if there were less
propaganda ana less prettiness in both text
and pictures." K. S. White
-4 New Yorker 22:141 D 7 '46 70w
"April's activities are those of any normal
child of her age. They are told with a sim-
plicity and charm that make them absorbing
reading for little girls. . . The illustrations
have Marguerite de Angeli's usual charm." R.
A. Hill
-h Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 10 '46 500w
"It is a study in citizenship and good neigh -
borhness, carrying its message gently to little
girls under ten. The lovely pictures in color
show scenes in and around Germantown and
groups of children at play and in Scout work,
with the disarming tenderness always found in
this artist's pictures."
•f Weekly Book Review p9 My 19 '46
410w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
DE BOTH, JESSIE MARIE. Modern household
encyclopedia. 347p il $3 J. G. Ferguson
640.3 Home economics 46-4111
Alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of
household hints, from Absorbents to Zucchini,
see squash. There are over 8000 hints, and 200
illustrations, making this a handy reference
tool for the inexperienced housekeeper.
Book Week p!3 My 19 '46 90w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times p30 Ag 11 '46 270w
Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 23 '46 90w
DE CHAZEAU, MELVIN GARDNER. Jobs and
markets. See Committee for economic devel-
opment
DEDMON, EMMETT. Duty to live. 271p $2.50
Houghton
46-1614
A composite picture of the lives of a bomber's
crew, ending with the last fatal run over the
German target.
Reviewed by Martin Savela
Book Week p3 Mr 3 '46 230w
Kirkus 14:20 Ja 15 '46 120w
"If this novel had appeared toward the be-
ginning instead of after the end of the war,
it would probably have been well received, in
the style of films like 'Air Force* and of many
radio programs dealing with the armed serv-
ices. Its writing is clear and concise. Its story
of the crew of a Flying Fortress on a mission
over Germany is neatly pointed, and the flash-
backs into the lives of the men seem real. . .
But the time for neat, propagandist pointing is
over." William Kehoe
N Y Times plO Ap 21 '46 280w
— New Yorker 22:104 Mr 9 '46 120w
"When the bomber goes down and all fates
are closed together what has been achieved?
What is the point of integration? There does
not seem to be any. The book is no more than
a set of arresting character sketches of the
kind of men who fought the war, and they
have no common denominator except the fact
that the war wrenched them away from some-
thing that they would prefer to be doing."
Fletcher Pratt
h Sat R of Lit 29:17 Mr 16 '46 750w
" 'Duty to Live' is a book written and re-
written five times in a German prison camp
after ita author, a Flying Fortress navigator.
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haul parachuted into captivity from a blazing
bomber over Hanover, Germany. Perhaps it
was this captivity with its attendant retro-
spection and the fact that the author confined
himself to writing about entirely familiar topics
and people that give 'Duty to Live' its depth
and understanding." W. M. Kunstler
4- Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 3 '46 600w
DEEPING, WARWICK. Impudence of youth.
284p $2.50 Dial press [9s 6d Cassell]
46-7183
"Tells the story of John James Pope, of his
struggles in the Victorian world of the Eight-
een Nineties, of his love for a pretty shop
assistant who adored him, his efforts to win
a practice as a physician, and, finally, of the
lucky turn which pushed him almost overnight
into a position of enormous wealth as a patent
medicine king." N Y Times
Reviewed by Kay Harper
Book Week p9 N 3 '46 230w
"The author characterizes Pope as a 'bit of
genius' and a puckish fellow. For all that he
isn't a sympathetic character. He's a self-
centered individual who takes honors and good
fortune as his due and hard luck as a personal
affront. His worldly success is due far more
to chance than to brilliance or hard work, and
his use of his wealth is scarcely original or
g-enerous enough to bear the mark of genius.
H. S.
N Y Times p!6 S 22 '46 150w
"Warwick Deeping can be counted upon —
sometimes as often as three times a year —
to give his readers a nice story about interest-
ing-"people topped off with proper sentiments
and a happy ending, and this, his sixty-sec-
ond volume, conforms to type." Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:51 O 12 '46 400w
DEERING, FERDIE. USDA, manager of
American agriculture. 213p il $2.50 Univ. of
Okla. press
630.6173 U.S. Agriculture, Department of
Agr45-370
For descriptive note see Annual tor 1945.
agricultural conditions in the United States,
and yet, to judge by the columns of the politi-
cal weeklies, there is hardly a subject about
which the average liberal or Socialist knows
less. Particularly is he unaware of the
enormous extent to which government is an
actual partner in agriculture. For this reason
I found 'USDA' a most useful book." Ralph
Bates
4- Nation 162:293 Mr 9 '46 240w
Reviewed by S. H. Hobbs
Social Forces 24:473 My '46 800w
DE FOREST, JOHN WILLIAM. A volunteer's
adventures; a Union captain's record of the
Civil war; ed. with notes by James H. Crou-
shore; with an introd. by Stanley T. Wil-
liams. 237p il $3 Yale univ. press
973.781 U.S.— History—Civil war— Personal
narratives A46-3486
"The story begins with the expedition against
New Orleans in March and April of 1862, and
ends with the battle of Cedar Creek in the
Shenandoah Valley on October 19, 1864. There
is a gap in the action from January to June,
1864, six months during which De Forest's
regiment returned to Connecticut on furlough.
The six chapters of the book that deal chiefly
with camp life are composed of letters De For-
est wrote to his wife at the time. The narrative
descriptions of battles and forced marches were
written in the field immediately after the event
or were prepared later from notes made then."
(Editor's pref) Index.
"There can be no doubt that the Department
of Agriculture, as well as some other depart-
ments of the federal government, has many
deficiencies. . . However, Mr. Deering's book
adds but little to our ability to deal with these
deficiencies. Instead of following through with
an independent and thoughtful analysis of the
large amount of material which he has so in-
dustriously gathered, he largely confines him-
self to repeating a lot of generalized criti-
cisms, most of them of the familiar anti-bu-
reaucratic variety. The whole book abounds
in statements that one would like to rebut or
at least tone down. . . In attempting to under-
stand and appraise operations of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and to produce a brief
and readable book, Mr. Deering undertook a
most formidable and commendable task. It is
regrettable that the readable book which he
has written contributes so little toward either
an understanding or a solution of the problems
to which he addressed himself, particularly in
view of the fact that he is in a position to
reach and influence a large number of farm
people who have a vital stake in the success-
ful operation of the USDA." J. P. Cavin
— Am Econ R 36:450 Je '46 1050w
Reviewed by C. S. Ascher
Ann Am Acad 244:199 Mr '46 GOOw
"I hope that this book will focus national
attention on the improvement of the organiza-
tion and administration of USDA which is
necessary if it is to meet the needs of Ameri-
can farmers in the years just ahead. At the
same time it offers the general reader a highly
interesting and informative account of an
Xncy about which most of us know little and
need to know more." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 Ja 20 '46 450w
"It would be hard to find a more important
matter for long-range political thought than
Reviewed by O. J. Hale
Ann Am Acad 248:304 N '46 250w
Booklist 43:13 S '46
"This story, with reference to the Civil War,
has not been better told. In many superficial
respects, war is different now, but at bottom it
is the same; it is a situation in which one set
of men get shot at while shooting at another
set of men. Weapons change, but the issue
of life or death is unaltered. That fact gives
such a book as this a contemporary as well as
a historical quality."
4- Christian Century 63:1280 O 23 '46 280w
"Honestly and unemotionally the grim story
of the war is recounted. William Dean
Ho we 11s considered De Forest as one of the
best writers of the post-war period; this clear
and intelligible account of the campaigns wit-
nessed by the latter tends to justify such an
appraisal." Paul Kiniery
4- Commonweal 44:342 Jl 19 '46 90w
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 30w
Klrkus 14:170 Ap 1 '46 170w
"Recommended for mature young adults of
sixteen years and over, for thoughtful readers
and those interested in history." Q. B. Cart-
mell
4- Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 80w
"DeForest was neither a Butcher nor an
Ingersoll, and his book deals but incidentally
with the military personalities of the time
and the over-all strategy of the campaigns;
the historian looking for new information' will
not find it here. What is most valuable is
the book's honest, almost pedestrian, realism;
it should dispel any lingering beliefs that the
Civil War was more 'gallantly' fought than
its successors." David Dempsey
4- N Y Times p7 Jl 28 '46 1200w
"What is surprising is the fullness and pre-
cision with which De Forest is always able
to write to his wife, in privation, disease,
or disaster, about everything that is going on.
He is as impassive in noting the phases of
his own thoughts and sensations in battle as
he is in his account of the punishments which,
in the course of his court-martial duty, he
is obliged to impose on soldiers who have
violated discipline, and he sets down his
personal impressions of General Butler, Sheri-
dan, Grant, and the rest in the same imper-
turbable way. What dignifies and elevates his
writing is his confidence in himself and his
unostentatious pride in his principles, his abil-
ities, and his stamina." Edmund Wilson
-f- New Yorker 22:66 Ag 10 '46 1850w
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DE FOREST, J. W.— Continued
Reviewed by Alfred Kay
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 28 '46
750w
Time 48:99 Jl 22 '46 750w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:189 3 '46 280w
"DeForest rarely indulges in fine writing or
in philosophising-, but all his pages are alive
with excitement." H. S. Commager
•4- Weekly Book Review pi Jl 7 '46 1600w
"DePorest, already a skilled professional
writer before he became a soldier, recorded his
experiences with remarkable vigor, freshness,
and sharpness of perception. His accounts of
a forced march, of sensations in going under
fire, and of the ways of soldiers, rank with
the best participants' reporting in any war.
Tt is questionable whether any soldier of the
Civil War left a record quite equal in quality
to this one which has lain forgotten for eighty
years. Mr. Croushore had performed an im-
portant service in unearthing it." D. M. Potter
4- Yale R n s 35:735 summer '46 350w
DEGAS, HILAIRE GERMAIN EDGAR. Edgar
Degas, by Camille Mauclair; adapted by Lil-
lian Day. [48p] il $3 Duell
759.4 Paintings, French 45-10515
Selections of the work of the French artist,
Edgar Degas. The volume contains sixteen
reproductions in full color, and forty in black
and white, with a brief account of the artist's
life and accomplishments. The catalog notes
give title of picture, its size, place, and usual-
ly its date. A large edition, issued in 1941, con-
tained also "a brief history of Degas' s criti-
cal reputation, a series of extracts from his
letters and an index to the illustrations."
(Weekly Book Review)
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!6 F 24 '46 200w
Booklist 42-331 Je 15 '46
"Mr. Mauclair 's text is pleasant and
vivacious, but as in all such volumes what
matters is the illustrative material, which is
admirably reproduced, much of it in full color."
H. L. Binsse
4- Commonweal 43:293 D 28 '45 30w
Reviewed by Carter White
N Y Times p41 My 6 '46 40w
Theatre Arts 30:126 F '46 130w
Reviewed by Huntington Cairns
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 6 '46
200w
DEGERING, EDWARD FRANKLIN, and
others. Outline of organic nitrogen com-
pounds, rev ed 752p il $7 50 Purdue univ.
547,8 Nitrogen compounds 46-136
"This book is the outgrowth of 14 years'
experience teaching a graduate course at Pur-
due University in the chemistry of organic
nitrogen compounds. Previous editions appeared
in 1938, 1940, and 1942 [Book Review Digest
1942], but the present volume is essentially
a new book with respect to content of mate-
rial, organization, and workmanship. There
are 45 chapters, a number of which appear
for the first time, and most of those in the
1942 edition have been rewritten and enlarged."
Chem & Eng; N
"The 'Outline' will unquestionably be use-
ful as a reference book; it contains a wealth
of material which will be welcomed by the
research chemist. We cannot agree with the
author that it would be useful as a textbook;
the bewildering mass of factual material and
the lack of critical evaluation of the greater
part of it will militate against the choice of
the 'Outline' as a text." N. L. Drake
H Am Chem Soc J 68:727 Ap '46 400w
Reviewed by J. H. Toe
Chem &. Eng N 24:414 F 10 '46 500w
"In the field of the chemistry of organic
nitrogen compounds, the need of an up-to-date
comprehensive and readable treatise is great.
The reviewers cannot and do not recommend
this rather high-priced outline to those who
desire more than a very general survey of
the classes of compounds discussed." R. C.
Krug and F. C. Nachod
Chem & Met Eng 53:299 My '46 500w
DE GROOT, JOHN HENRY. The Shakespeares
and the old faith. 258p |3 King's Crown press
[15s Oxford]
822.33 Shakespeare, John. Shakespeare,
William— Religion and ethics A46-998
The author states that his "purpose in Part
I is to review the various arguments presented
by critics to prove that John Shakespeare was
Puritan, Protestant, or Catholic and to show
how these arguments counterbalance one an-
other to leave the issue in a state of doubt.
Part II discusses the Spiritual Last Will and
Testament by reviewing the accounts of the
discovery of the document, tracing the history
of its reception among critics, presenting the
facts which have newly come to light, and re-
lating those facts to the authenticity and the
evidential value of the document. Part III is
devoted to an examination of the influences
likely to have contributed to the religious train-
ing of William Shakespeare during his youth in
Stratford. . . Part IV seeks to show how this
lingering esteem manifested itself in the writ-
ings of the dramatist." (Introd) Index.
"This is a noteworthy and important con-
tribution to the question of Shakespeare and
Catholicism. It reflects a wide range of reading,
an intimate familiarity with pertinent litera-
ture, and a considerable insight into the sub-
ject and its issues." W. J Tucker
-f Cath World 163:378 Jl '46 550w
"There are no specific facts about William's
religious education, and the excellent chapter on
that subject has to be limited to an account of
popular religion and the influences which must
have played upon a youth in the period. Still
more interesting is the exploration of the plays
and sonnets for Catholic ideas and phraseology.
Mr. de Groot succeeds in his argument because
he does not try to prove too much."
-f Christian Century 63:563 My 1 '46 240w
"Mr. de Groot has sifted with such meticu-
lous thoroughness all the known facts about
Shakespeare's parents, schoolmasters and the
traces of ' theological bias in his poetry that,
until new evidence be unearthed, his study
should be definitive." K. V. R.^Wyatt
-f Commonweal 44:171 My 31 '46 490w
N Y Times p29 My 12 '46 300w
" 'The Shakespeares and The Old Faith' is
a scholarly and detailed study, though how
much the author accomplishes is not clear."
C. M. Sauer
-i Springf d Republican p4d Je 2 '46
300w
Reviewed by S. C. Chew
Weekly Book Review p26 My 19 '46
400w
DE GRUCHY, CLARE. Creative old age; fore-
word by Raymond G. Kuhlen. 143p il $2.75
Old age counselling center, Shreve oldg, San
Francisco 8
612.67 Old age 46-20759
Brief sketches of the work of the Old Age
counselling service, instituted by Dr Lillien J
Martin. In it are told the stories of a variety
of old people who were helped to become ad-
justed to the difficulties of old age in a modern
society.
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 7 46
130w
School & Society 64-408 D 7 '46 20w
DE HUFF, MRS ELIZABETH (WILLIS).
Little-Boy-Dance; pictures by Gisella Loeff-
ler. 42p $1 Wilcox & Follett
46-5784
"A small boy from Taos dances so well that
he earns the name of 'Little-Boy-Dance.'
With sleigh bells on his shoulder, a war bonnet
on his head, and hoops in his hand, he would
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stamp his feet in the dust and dance to his
uncle's chanting. Then one day he took his bow
and arrows and went far away from the
pueblo, and the long story tells of his wander-
ings, his losing himself, and his joyful return
home." Book Week
Book Week p22 N 10 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L.. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
140w
DE HUSZAR, GEORGE BERNARD. See Hus-
zar, G. B. de
DE JONG, ADRIANUS MICHAEL. See Jong,
A. M. de
DEJONG, DAVID CORNELL. Snow-on-the-
mountain, and other stories. 217p $2.50 Key-
nal
46-7690
Eighteen short stories, selected from the
author's output during the last twelve years.
All of the stories have been previously pub-
lished in magazines; several of them have
appeared in anthologies Contents: Snow-on-
the-mountam; Seven boys take a hill; Sitting
in the sun; Beneath a still sky; Home-coming;
Doves on steeples; A trough of low pressure;
So tall the corn; Wedding in Holland; Calves,
Little old lady; When it thundered; Hanging
on a nail; In a mirror; Calling in the night;
Pretty as a gooseberry; The terrible secret;
At the grave.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p22 D 1 '46 60w
"For the top drawer short story market."
-f Kirkus 14.393 Ag 15 '46 120w
"The collection is on the whole rather
grim. After reading the book straight through
one cannot help but observe that the author
seems to feel that people get less lovable,
generous and creative as they grow older,
and that adolescence is man's most spiritual
period. He has two brilliant stoiies about very
old people who are fc>aved from being carping
and obsessive only because they are essen-
tially satirical." M. S Holsaert
4. _ N Y Times p35 O 27 '46 450w
"Some of the tales are written with a
pleasing, grave simplicity, but the collection
as a whole does not increase Mr. De Jong's
literary stature much."
..] New Yorker 22:115 O 26 '46 60w
"Perhaps Mr. DeJong is at his best when
he writes of the customs and habits of his
native Netherlands. 'Wedding in Holland,' 'Ter-
rible Secret,' and 'When It Thundered' reach
almost a Van Paassen intensity as they de-
scribe the strangeness and the loneliness of the
people of the dikes, a strangeness that suc-
cumbs to imagination and a loneliness that re-
solves itself in religion and God. Unfortunately,
however, 'Snow-on- the-mountain' often has the
reader wishing for more definite resolutions,
it has him demanding a clearer statement of
some of the plots, and it has him lost in his
search for the motives for manv of the more
nebulous characters." A C. Fields
-\ Weekly Book Review pl2 N 17 '46
350w
DE JONG, DOLA (MRS JAN HOOWIJ). Pic-
ture story of Holland; pictures by Gerard
Hordyk. [34p] $2 Reynal
914.92 Netherlands — Juvenile literature
Both the author and illustrator of this story
of Holland for children were born in Holland.
It is the story of Holland's waterways, dikes,
tulips, confections, fairs, buildings, and modern
industrialism. Illustrated with gay pictures in
color.
"This is a story to be read and loved. It
is a story to stir hope and a desire to help
keep the world bright and fresh."
+ Book Week p!7 N 10 '46 90w
Booklist 43:157 Ja 15 '47
"To read Miss de Jong's brief, clear and
charming text, with its accompaniment of
lively drawings by Gerald Hordyk, is like sitting
down beside a sympathetic friend who under-
stands boys and girls, while she talks about her
own country with the vividness and warmth of
afflectionate memories." A. T. Eaton
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 17 '46
210w
"Gerard Hordyk' s illustrations are charming
and distinguished. A Hollander himself, his
work is authentic and sound in detail and gay
and spirited in color. An attractive book. Too
bad the large format imposes a long line diff-
icult to read."
H -- Kirkus 14:388 Ag 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by Elizabeth Burr
Library J 71:1807 D 15 '46 80w
" The author is a native of the country and
imparts her affection and sense of reality to the
young readers. The illustrations by Gerard
Hordyk, a prominent Dutch painter, are color-
ful, imaginative and tender. Though they are
somewhat on the sophisticated side, the total
effect is fanciful and gay." N. S.
•f N Y Times p48 N 10 '46 140w
"The facts given about Holland, whether
historical or contemporary, are just the sort of
ones a child of grade- school age wants to
know." K S. White
4- New Yorker 22 145 D 7 '46 50w
"There is a freshness of approach and deep
feeling in this story of Holland and its people."
M. G. D.
.
Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 120w
DE JONG, DOLA (MRS JAN HOOWIJ). Sand
for the sandmen; pictures by Natalie Norton.
87p $1.75 Scribner
46-4801
"The Sandmen — tiny chaps whose nightly
duty is to scatter in little folks' eyes the dust
that sends them off to dreams — are playing
parlor games when their king sets them on
their journey, each with his little bag of sand.
It is a very little bag; the sandmen themselves
are no taller than mice and use centipedes for
horses Hence with so many children to serve,
the loss of a bag is important, and as one by
one all are lost there is bustle about getting
more sand. At last they discover the seashore
arid future supply is assured " Weekly Book
Review
"A delightfully good-humored story which
will appeal to imaginative children."
-f Kirkus 14:275 Je 15 '46 90w
"To a prosaic adult it seems on the whole
rather dull and pointless in spite of occasional
bits of humor. It might be fun to read aloud
to an imaginative child, but limited library
use is predicted." Miriam Snow
Library J 71:982 Jl '46 50w
"This book has the feel of childhood about
it. The sandmen (who love ice cream and
birthdays, play marbles, fight and read fairy
tales) seem like children, not odd creatures.
Perhaps, after all, they are." Phyllis Fenner
-f N Y Times p!6 Je 30 '46 140w
"For this amusing tale there are equally
amusing drawings in black and red." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29f41 S 28 '46 270w
"The type of this uncommonly pretty book
is easy on the eyes of older people who will
read it to four, five or even six year olds,
and that is a good thing, for they will quite
likely have to read it more than once. . . The
pictures are jolly and just fantastic enough."
M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 23 '46 230w
DE JONG, MEINDERT. Billy and the un-
happy bull; il. by Marc Simont. 206p $2
Harper
Bulls — Legends and stories 46-8064
Story of Billy, a little city boy and his
mother, who were trapped in their country
house during a blizzard. The boy's love of
animals had made him a friend of a gentle old
bull, and it in this friendship which saves the
day when Billy's mother broke her ankle
and had to get to a hospital.
206
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DE JONG, MEINDERT— Continued
Booklist 43:167 Ja 15 '47
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"There are excitement and humor and a
truthful picture of family life in Marc Simont's
Illustrations as well as in the story." A. M.
Jordan
•f Horn Bk 22:465 N '46 80w
"Sustained story with exciting bits."
4- Kirkus 14:524 O 15 '46 120w
"Marc Simont's attractive full -page pictures
reflect the drama of the narrative. Story is,
perhaps, too long and closely knit for the
average child interested in the adventures of a
seven- or eight-year-old." Bertha Handlan
Library J 72:83 Ja 1 '47 90 w
"Now that we are, and will be for some
time, talking so much about food in America
this story brings our children what may be
for some of them their first actual sense of
hunger, first in a patient, beloved animal, then
in one's own person. It does not keep up long
enough to be wearing to the reader, but it is
so real it stimulates the vital imagination that
makes us part of the world "
Weekly Book Review p42 N 10 '46 550w
DE KERILLIS, HENRI. See Kerillis, H. de.
DEKOBRA, MAURICE. Shanghai honeymoon.
316p $3 Philosophical lib.
46-6886
"The French widow of an American business
man in Saigon came to Shanghai and passed
her daughter off as a baroness so she could
land a rich husband. Mother was a shrewd
woman and eighteen -year-old Claudette was
as clever as she was beautiful. Two of the
wealthiest men in this international paradise of
scoundrels — a Russian and an Italian — fell out
as crooked business partners in the scramble
for Claudette, and their mistresses joined the
fray. The battle might still be raging if the
Japanese had stayed where they belonged."
Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by William Lipscomb
Book Week p26 D 1 '46 400w
"To this reviewer, it all adds up to an anemic
zero, despite its purposeful praise of Venus."
Plorett Robinson
— NY Times p!6 O 20 '46 160w
"Maurice Dekobra knows all the Shanghai
gestures, native and foreign, boudoir and
brothel, cunning, cruel and sinister. This Is a
crowded, uninhibited and fantastically exag-
gerated story, but the racy material and racing
speed create a certain spell. Mr. Dekobra's
characters are seldom real, but they are never
dull." Lisle Bell
h Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 180w
DE LA BEDOYERE, MICHAEL, count. No
dreamers weak. 180p $2 Bruce pub. [9s 6d
261 Christianity. War and religion
^VThe.,author twho is3 * Catholic editor, sub-
titles his book, 'A Study of Christian Realism
against Visionary Utopianism in avoiding an-
other Great War and making a Real Peace/
He rejects the pacifist position that war is
the worst of all possible evils, and holds that
when war is inevitable Christians must partici-
pate. But his chief attention is given to the
Problem of making and preserving peace."
Christian Century
"I don't believe that De La Bedoyere, with all
the merits of his book, has attained the proper
di^?£ssin,? organization and spiritual
, srua
<%>arage the former in the
*,*118 latter? Both are neces-
i.<roii cr.t!J£1',, mildly' at least, of those
of his fellow Catholics who are supporters of
organized reform. But one wonders if these
latter are not more in keeping with the mind
of their Church than those, like himself, who
tend to advocate an exclusively spiritual a»-
proach. As a matter of fact, De la Bedoyer!?s
book suffers by comparison with recent papal
pronouncements." P. E. McMahon
H Book Week p62 D 2 '45 550w
"This unpretentious, honest, bold examina-
tion of the relationship between Christianity
and our twentieth-century world is one of the
most profound and enlightening discussions of
the present peace-war problem thus far pub-
lished. Already of high repute, the author, by
virtue of this book, makes doubly secure his
title to be regarded as one of the sanest and
most constructive thinkers of the present gen-
eration."
f Cath World 163:94 Ap *46 180w
"The thesis is that Christian principles are
the only ones that make sense in the political
and social field, even for those who have lost
the Christian faith, and that the Christian ap-
proach is the practical way of solving the prob-
lem of war and peace. There is strong and
sound argument to this effect. Unfortunately,
this atgument is so entangled with propaganda
for the Roman Catholic Church that its per-
suasiveness for non-Catholics is greatly weak-
ened. . . Apart from this feature, the book con-
tains much clear, cogent and constructive
thinking."
-f- — Christian Century 63:113 Ja 23 '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf p3 My '46
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 20w
Kirkus 13:508 N 15 '45 210w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 360w
DELACOUR, JEAN THEODORE, and MAYR,
ERNST. Birds of the Philippines; with line
drawings by Earl L. Poole and Alexander
Seidel. (Pacific world ser) 309p $3.75 Mac-
millan
598.2 Birds— Philippine islands 46-6443
Handbook giving the characteristics, distribu-
tion, habitat, and behavior of 450 species of
birds found in the Philippines. Contains a list
of generic synonyms, a glossary, and an index.
Current Hist 11:402 N '46 40w
Kirkus 14:375 Ag 1 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46 30w
"The book contains about seventy black and
white illustrations, is well indexed, and should
prove a useful guide to Philippine ornithology,
especially to the man in the field."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:341 D '46 180w
"This book has vitality. Every word of the
introductory chapters is worth reading and the
descriptive material and keys throughout have
been carefully considered. . . A few color plates
showing common, distinctly Philippine birds
which any visitor might see during a brief
sojourn in Manila would have helped this fine
volume immensely. Good half-tones of important
bird habitats would have helped too, not alone
in making certain parts of the text clearer, but
in giving the work as a whole more character."
G. M. Button
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 O 13 '46 700w
DELAFIELD, MRS CLELIA (BENJAMIN).
Mrs Mallard's ducklings; pictures by .Leonard
Weisgard. [24p] $2 Lothrop
46-25264
Picture-story book for young readers, illus-
trated in color. It tells the story of a family
of Mallard ducks from the building of the
nest until the trip South in the fall.
Reviewed by Martha King
-f Book Week pll O 13 '46 50w
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
"It is not a humorous book but one which
tells realistically something about bird life The
brilliant plumage of these distinguished birds
affords good opportunity for Leonard Weisgard's
skilful hand and brush." A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:461 N '46 80w
Kirkus 14:420 S 1 '46 80w
"Handsomely illustrated in color by Leonard
Weisgard, this story about the growth of a
family of wild mallard ducks will delight flve-
to nine-year-olds. The sligrht incident of Mr.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
207
Mallard's concern about naming the fourteen
ducklings seems rather dangling and out of
place in an otherwise lovely nature picture
book." Ruth Hadlow
H Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 70w
"Children will be touched by the story's
lovely quality and with the fine pictures in
color. They will at the same time learn a great
deal." Phyllis Fenner
-f N Y Times p41 S 15 '46 150w
"The stunning pictures are enough to recom-
mend this book. . . Leonard Weisgard Is an
illustrator for whom this reviewer has an
enormous respect. His work is refreshing,
original and beautiful and completely lacking in
the monotony which frequently overtakes the
work of such a prolific illustrator." Leone
Garvey
+ San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
120w
"An excellent first nature story book for
children, preschool through the fourth grade."
E. H. Franzen
+ San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
50w
"A book not only for the children, but for
the whole family." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:44 O 19 '46 150w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 S 22 '46 90w
DE LA MARE, WALTER JOHN, ed. Love.
822p $5 Morrow
808.8 Literature — Collections Love poetry
47-103
"An anthology of bits of prose and poetry,
ancient and modern and all concerned with
some aspect of love — love betrayed, love un-
requited, love requited, erotic love, love of
things and nature, love after death, and so on."
(New Yorker) Indexes.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p21 D 8 '46 290w
"A book of permanent value and assuredly
long life."
4- Kirkus 14:533 O 15 '46 200w
"Mr. de la Mare's collection is a rich,
sthenic syllabub on an extremely personal and
complex theme . . . While the anthology itself
is unusually adequate, it is Mr. de la Mare's
wide-ranging introduction that most distin-
guishes it. Here in an arch, persuasive style
he writes of human affections and human emo-
tions with simplicity and idealism. There arc
few aspects of love, few interpretations of its
meaning from St. John the Divine to Sig-
mund Freud that Mr. de la Mare overlooks.
This fact, indeed, makes the introduction, in
spite of its length, seem somewhat over-
packed." N. K. Burger
-} NY Times p20 D 8 '46 360w
"Mr. de la Mare, as he has proved in earlier
anthologies, uses more than a pair of scissors
and a pass to the public domain. He has put
his material together with taste and skill
and has produced another delightful book."
-f New Yorker 22:134 N 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 13 '46
450w
"Skilfully, De la Mare makes obscure aspects
of the passion understandable. At one mo-
ment he centers on the petty and the personal
only to swerve suddenly and justifiably to the
abstract and the universal. . . Somewhat un-
even, however, is his treatment of specialists
in love like Pascal, Maurois, and Chateau-
briand. . . As a whole, the introduction is in-
formative, outspoken, and comprehensive, but
not exhaustive, for certain cults and concepts
which have had an important influence on lit-
erature receive no consideration. . . Though
De la Mare states that his selections are
'wanting both in method and consistency,' the
poet-novelist's procedure is unquestionably
systematic, establishing the worth of the
volume as a scientific study, fresh, provocative
and profound." Bernard Sobel
H Sat R of Lit 29:16 D 14 '46 1200w
"In this anthology the pieces are so arranged
they seem to be the continuous an<* uni-
fied work of a single great mind and not the
work of many writing on the same subject.
The whole is a remarkable and indeed un-
precedented performance, very English, very
revealing of qualities in the English race that
have had but little common attention. It is
actually one of the great anthologies of the
world, but It is proper to state it is essentially
one for well read people. It is possible that
by hunting through complex indexes to these
709 pieces one can find the names of the
authors of the less recognizable pieces which
will provide an educational indoor occupation."
M. M. Col urn
4 Weekly Book Review p7 N 24 '46 1150w
DE LANQE, ANNEKE, pseud. See Chase,
E. H.
DE LA ROCHE, MAZO. Return to Jalna. (At-
lantic monthly press bk) Whiteoak ed 462p
46-7090
The tenth in the series about the Whiteoaks
of Jalna begins during World war II, shows the
brothers coming home from the war and settling
down again at home, with their children grow-
ing up around them.
"Although the Jalna books have never been
strong in plot, 'Return to Jalna' is more superfi-
cial than most of the earlier ones. . . Also after
four generations of turbulence, the Whiteoaks
blood is running thin. The younger Whiteoaks
lack the vigor, spice, color and irascibility of
Old Adeline. They even lack the dilettante ec-
centricities of the aged uncles, still alive in
Jalna. Only young Adeline, daughter of Renny
and Alayne, gives promise of embodying the
vitality and wicked fascination of the old matri-
arch." A. E. Gasaway
Book Week p!2 O 27 '46 550w
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 26 '46
400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Familiar scenes and familiar characters, for
readers who are Jalna fans and like to spend
an entertaining enough weekend in the Jalna
household "
Kirkus 14:395 Ag 15 '46 240w
"There comes a time in any family chronicle
when it begins to sag of its own weight. Miss
de la Roche's has reached that point. . . The
book moves along entertainingly. One episode
follows fast on the heels of the last. But the
necessity of covering all the family branches
requires cutting oft one thread of narrative —
just as you are becoming absorbed in it — to
pick up another." Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times p50 N 17 '46 360w
New Yorker 22:132 O 19 '46 80w
"There are no jarring notes in the return of
the Whiteoaks. Miss de la Roche has sustained
the characters as we know them and they
behave true to form. This is one of the best of
the Jalna books." Jane Voiles
-f San Francisco Chronicle p30 D 1 '46
200w
"As the list of the Jalna novels has
lengthened, Mazo de la Roche's gifts as a
storyteller have lost no whit of their freshness
and vigor In this tenth, as in the first, the
individuality of the characters and the suspence
of the telling rivet one's interest to the page.
To that is added, for the confirmed reader of
the Jalna saga, the pleasure in again meeting
old friends and watching what the years are
doing to people whom one has known for a
long time, I cannot recall any other instance
in which a novelist has spent a professional
life with one family: happily the size and
forcefulness and diversity of the Whiteoaks
clan and the march of events over generations
have given the author almost endless scope for
variety within the saga." Mary Ross
+ Weekly Book Review p22 O 27 '46 500w
Wi> LID Bui 42:151 N '46
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DE LA TORRE- BUENO, LILLIAN (MRS Q.
S. MCCUE). Dr Sam: Johnson, detector.
257p $2.75 Knopf
Johnson, Samuel—Fiction 46-6547
Nine mystery stories, all of them supposedly
solved by Doctor Samuel Johnson, and written
in the eighteenth -century idiom of James Bos-
well.
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:363 Ag 1 '46 160w
"Lillian de la Torre has done a mighty im-
pudent thing in writing 'Dr. Sam: Johnson,
Detector.' She not only has turned the literary
dictator into a detective, but she has also bor-
rowed the pen of James Boswell and added nine
imaginary stories to his 'Life.' All this, of
course, she has done lightheartedly, but at
first thought it hardly seems a project that one
could be light-hearted about." D. S. Norton
N Y Times p6 S 22 '46 lOOOw
"Dr. Johnson makes a good detective and
comes off very nicely as a notional character,
as well he might; he has always seemed to be
something of a fictional character, anyway."
4- New Yorker 22:119 S 21 '46 80w
"If de la Torre is new to you, I envy you
as you discover these magical eighteenth cen-
tury pastiches, conceived and written with an
ideal blend of scholarly precision and the de-
lightful will to entertain." Anthony Boucher
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!5 S 15 '46
120w
"The author has managed to make a detec-
tive of the great Doctor, and a Watson of
Bozzy, without in any way transgressing the
reasonable probabilities. As I've noted — and as
she freely admits in her notes at the end of
the book — Miss de la Torre does take an oc-
casional liberty with time and background.
But it is never more than the fiction writer
is entitled to take. Dr. Johnson as a 'detector
of cheats' will most certainly do. And the au-
thor's hand with a plot will most certainly do
also." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 4 '46
GOOw
"Taken in Judicious doses this admirably
turned out book is good hunting and good fun.
At one sitting it may be cloying."
H Sat R of Lit 29.40 N 30 '46 50w
"Lillian de la Torre is comfortably at home
in the eighteenth century and very good at
atmosphere and conversation, though if the
truth must be told, the detection is hardly good
enough to enable the tales to stand on their
own feet in competition with Agatha Christie
or Carter Dixon.'r J. W. Krutch
H Weekly Book Review p20 S 29 '46 360w
DE LAVIGNE, JEANNE. Ghost stories of
old New Orleans; il. by Charles Richards.
374p $3.50 Rinehart
Legends — New Orleans 46-7188
Collection of ghost stories of many types,
but all stemming from old New Orleans. The
author was born in New Orleans and has lived
there most of her life.
"Miss De Lavigne has shown industry and
imagination; and none can deny that it's an
awesome collection of screeching things that
she's conjured up. Charles Richards is re-
sponsible for a series of drawings — twisting
bodies, ghostly faces — that provide the proper
mood for the text." H. T. Kane
Book Week plO N 24 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:478 S 15 '46 120w
"Miss deLavigne's book is not one to be
read all at once, but in pleasant, blood-chilling
doses. She has worked earnestly and well.
Charles Richards' pictures are amusing and
imaginative. He knows his French Quarter
and, too, one would guess, his hants." H. T.
Kane
4- N Y Times p24 N 3 '46 500w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 D S '46
70w
* "InJ,.spite^ of *!iss deLavigne's occasional
flaccidity, the enthusiasts of the weird will
find 'Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans' rich
in distinctively American imagination, and the
individual stories free from the artificiality
of the modern Gothic tale." Edwin Fadiman
_j Weekly Book Review p!8 N 17 '46
600w
DE LEEUW, ADELE LOUISE. Nobody's doll;
il. by Anne Vaughan. 85p $1.75 Little
46-3568
Susan Arammta was an old-fashioned doll,
left on the curb for the trash man to pick up.
But the scot tie, Mr MacHugh, found her and
adopted her, and from that moment her adven-
tures began, until at last she found the little
owner she had been looking for, and was no
longer "Nobody's doll." Ages seven to ten.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178.162 N '46 40w
Book Week p!2 Je 2 '46 270w
Booklist 42-319 Je 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"Children who like dolls and dogs will ap-
preciate both pictures and story." A. M. Jordan
-}- Horn Bk 22:268 Jl '46 80w
Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46
"The author hasn't been entirely successful
in fusing fantasy with everyday life, but little
girls who have a proper affection for dolls will
follow with breathless interest this one's en-
counters with a burglar, a tramp and a collec-
tor of antiques — not to mention that dour but
helpful Scottie, Mister MacHugh." E. B.
H NY Times p31 My 26 '46 80w
"When a child is ready to move on from the
usual early short stories to full-length tales
this book will nil the need in a satisfying way.
Indeed, although it is a slim little volume, it
has in it all the desired elements — characters
who are original and interesting, a good plot,
adventures and narrow escapes and — important
to most children — pets who share their fortunes
in real companionship." M. C. Dodd
4- Sat R of Lit 29:44 Je 15 '46 150w
"There are not so many doll stories as there
used to be; we can always use a good one, and
this is thoroughly good in substance, feeling
and looks. I haven't read one since 'Hitty'
that stands out so well. . . The pictures are
large and in color, beautiful as decorations and
really illustrating."
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 '46
400w
Wis Lib Bui 12:116 Jl '46
DELEHANTY, ELIZABETH (MRS LIAM
O'CONNOR). Year one. 215p $2.50 Dutton
46-2485
The scene is a military hospital; the chief
characters are a small group of patients, two
doctors with opposing views, and a pretty
nurse. A series of sudden deaths sets off the
action.
"[An] excellent novel." Ralph Peterson
+ Book Week p4 My 12 '46 500w
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
" 'Year One* is a war book in appearance
only. In truth it is an absorbing tale of the
spirit of man off center and striving to gain
hold on some small patch of comfort and Joy."
J. N. Vaughan
-f Commonweal 44:241 Je 21 '46 BOOw
"Effective in its tension, [and] its compas*
sion."
Kirkus 14:132 Mr 15 '46 180w
"Despite author's excellent style and psycho-
logical insight, there is a lack of suspense that
causes the novel to taper off too soon towards
its pat moral conclusion." H. G. Kelley
H Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 70w
"More interesting than the artificially de-
veloping plot, to this reader at least, is the
humane viewpoint which Miss Delehanty sus-
tains in the contrast between two rival psy-
chiatrists: Dr. Mosley, who is only interested
in getting quick results, regardless of whether
the cure sticks, and Dr. Thorne, wise, under-
standing, taking each soldier as an individual
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in trying to discover the source of the unknown
conflict in them. Unfortunately, though Miss
Delehanty writes with sympathy and from
close observation, she doesn't take a hint from
Dr. Thorne: her soldiers are not seen as in-
dividuals, but rather vaguely as 'veterans'
who, because of her smooth writing, make the
most of the melodrama in which she has
plunged them." Nona Balakian
N Y Times plG My 26 '46 500w
"Miss Delehanty should have been able to
produce an interesting book. Certainly, if
nothing else, 'Year One' could have been im-
portant as v both sociological and psychiatric
study. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Perhaps it is the age-old problem of an
abundance, rather than a lack, of material to
work from; but whatever it was, a serious
study in mental treatment is rudely and quite
unnecessarily turned into a crude murder-
mystery-love formula." A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:31 My 18 '46 650w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 280w
"Elizabeth Delehanty's novel measures up
to its possibilities without flinching." Lisle
Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 My 12 '46
140w
DELETAILLE, ALBERTINE. At the top of the
house. [27pl $1 Harcourt
46-6399
Picture story book by a Dutch-Belgian artist.
It is about a cheese, a mouse, and a cat, all
three of which got mixed up in an attic. For
very young children.
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22 461 N '46 30w
Kirkus 14-382 Ag 15 '46 90w
"The author's technique, both in words and
drawings, is spasmodically fresh and effective,
but the book seems short- weight on the whole."
Dorothy Waugh
N Y Times p!8 S 8 '46 60w
Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 50w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 120w
"These animal pictures are gay and decisive,
and the tiny story, to be read to the littlest,
is set down like the pictures, in scarlet and
black." M. Li. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 120w
DE MARIGNY, ALFRED. More devil than
saint. (Beechhurst press publication) 256p il
$3 Ackerman
B or 92 Trials 46-4415
Autobiography of the man who was accused,
tried and acquitted of the murder of his father-
in-law, Sir Harry Oakes, in 1943.
"The prissy to hypocritical autobiography of
a dandy who wove his way precariously
through cosmopolitan circles until he was
floored by the murder of his father-in-law, Sir
Harry Oakes."
— Kirkus 14:141 Mr 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:585 Ap 15 '46 130w
"By his own pen the Count remains a super-
ficial person. He shows little awareness of
those whom he met in his whirl through high
society in three continents. Although he men-
tions kyowing various celebrities like Ernest
Hemingway, Madeleine Carroll and Brenda
Frazier, they are only puppet people when he
tells of them." Lucy Greenbaum
N Y Times p37 My 5 '46 360w
New Yorker 22:111 My 4 '46 120w
Reviewed by R. H. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '45
600w
DE MENT. JACK ANDREW. Fluorochemistry.
796p il $14.50 Chemical pub. co.
541.35 Radiation and luminescence 45-10598
"Subtitled: 'a Comprehensive Study Em-
bracing' the Theory and Application of
Luminescence and Radiation in Physico-
chemical Science/ Technical exposition of
fluorochemistry, a physlcochemical science still
in experimental stage. Sections cover fluoro-
chemistry in theory. 'homogeneous' and
'heterogeneous' luminescent systems, ultra-
luminescence and infraluminescence, fluoro-
chemistry and fluorobiology. The book is the
result of author's own investigations. Bib-
liographies, glossary, nomenclature, symbols,
abbreviations, notations, tables and illustra-
tions." Library J
"The reviewer believes that those desiring-
an introduction to the subject of luminescence
would be better satisfied with the books by
Riehl, Pringsheim or Hirschlaff. The reviewer
cannot recommend the present book as an au-
thoritative text on any of the diversity of
subjects discussed in it." Q. R. Fonda
Am Chem Soc J 68:347 F '46 350w
"The chapters of greatest value are those
descriptive of fluorescent organic compounds
and dyestuffs, natural and synthetic phosphors,
and what the author terms ultraluminescent
and infraluminescent effects. Useful listings
and tables summarize the luminous colors pro-
duced when various sources are used to ir-
radiate fluorescent and phosphorescent sub-
stances. The treatment of the physical as-
pects of luminescence Is sciolistic and in-
sufficiently integrated. . . The printing and
paper are well above average, although several
of the figures are somewhat crudely drawn;
the glossary appears to be adequate and au-
thor and subject indexes are included. Only a
few and minor errors were noted in sampling
the 2.000 items comprising the bibliography and
references; the latter appear to be reasonably
complete through about 1942." E. N. Harvey
-j Chem & Eng N 24:264 Ja 25 '46 400w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1135 D 1 '45 llOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:56 O '45
DEMETRIADES. PHOKION. Shadow over
Athens. 155p il $3 Rinehart
741.91 World war, 1939-1945— Greece. World
war, 1939-1945— Pictorial works 46-2537
This volume contains 77 drawings by a Greek
artist, depicting that "shadow over Athens"
that was the German occupation. Brief cap-
tions and a short introduction.
"You won't easily forget some of these draw-
ings. Although they may not be great art.
they are very effective graphic Journalism.'*
Dorothy Odenheimer
+ Book Week p!4 Ap 21 '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 25:345 Ja '47 40w
"To anyone looking for the mordancy and
vigor of Goya, the drawings in 'Shadow over
Athens' will at first glance seem tame and
over-restrained. But look at them again and
Sou will find a hatred as corrosive as that of
oya, and in addition a burning delight in re-
taliation by good men." W. S. Lynch
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 18 '46 600w
"Demetriades, in his chronicle of the reign
of terror — the floggings, killings and concentra-
tion camps — manages always to make the
heroic valor of his countrymen shine out glori-
ously. His drawings are not particularly dis-
tinguished in draughtsmanship but they are
informed by great nobility of spirit, a tender-
ness toward his people and a sympathy with
children that are extremely effective and touch-
ing." Thomas Craven
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 28 '46 320w
DENEKE, HELENA. Grace Hadow. 234p 11 $3
(10s 6d) Oxford
B or 92 Hadow, Grace Eleanor [A47-135]
"Grace Hadow was born in a vicarage and
grew up in a rural English village. Educa-
tional opportunity exceptional for a woman in
her day she obtained through her own ability
and the help of an older brother. She became
a leader in the field of education for women
in England, influential especially in the de-
velopment of colleges for women at Oxford.
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DEN EKE, HELENA— Continued
She pioneered in adult rural education, or-
ganizing rural libraries and classes for women.
She taught for a year at Bryn Mawr, early in
her career, and lectured in the United States
and Canada, in 1918 and again in 1938." Book
Week
''Her book is a genuinely appealing portrayal
of a person it is good to know." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 S 1 '46 200w
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 10 '46 300w
"This book is a conscientious attempt to
provide an orderly account of a distinguished
life, and will no doubt be welcomed by all who
remember Miss Hadow with affection. But for
the general public the most attractive portions
will be Miss Hadow' s own writings (particularly
her letters), which give an impression of gaiety,
complete lack of 'side' and a love of adventure
It Is a pity that the least pleasant portrait of
her forms the frontispiece."
^ Spec 177:494 N 8 '46 300w
Times [London] Lit Sup p!71 \p 13 '46
850w
DENGEL, ANNA. Mission for Samaritans; a
survey of achievements and opportunities in
the field of Catholic medical missions; with a
foreword by John M. Cooper. 126p II $1.75
Bruce pub.
266.2 Missions, Medical. Roman Catholic
church — Missions 46-2120
"The author founded the order of Medical
Mission Sisters in 1925. She gives a general
survey of Catholic medical missions, not the
work of her own order only, in many countries.
A short section is devoted to a comprehensive
and appreciative account of Protestant medical
missions, with not a hint that they are other
than valued participants in the same benefi-
cent enterprise." Christian Century
Cath World 163:188 My '46 150w
Christian century 63:369 Mr 20 '46 80w
DENNIS, MORGAN. Dog book (with some
special cats) [11. by the author]. [64p] $3
Viking
636.7 Dogs — Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Cats— Pictures, illustrations, etc. Agr46-18
"The young artist and the lover of dogs will
enjoy this charming sketch book. Facing a
portrait of the mature dog is a brief comment on
the breed, accompanied by small informal
drawings of the puppies in playful and serious
poses. The artist succeeds very well in catching
the exact expressions of the animals. A few
cats and kittens are included." Booklist
Booklist 43-119 D 15 '46
"Children will enjoy the book although its
appeal will be mainly to adults. Recom-
mended." D M. MaoDonald
-f Library J 71:1811 D 15 '46 70w
"Morgan Dennis is an artist whose popular-
ity is due as much to his love for animals as
for his facility in expressing it I have never
seen a Dennis dog in or out of this book that
is represented as other than somebody's be-
loved— or at least as one that should be some-
body's beloved. . . The expression of these
dog's faces is often human." M. L Becker
-J- Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46
200w
DENT, LESTER. Dead at the take-off. 223p
$2 Doubleday
™ * 46-3139
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week pl5 My 26 '46 150w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
"Sustained interest, superior suspense."
4- Kirkus 14:112 Mr 1 '46 130w
"The story is spotty in the beginning, but
it gains coherence as it proceeds toward a
startling climax." Isaac Anderson
H NY Times p40 Ap 14 '46 80w
"Exciting, though, in a curious way."
New Yorker 22:119 Ap 13 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 7 '46 llOw
DENT, LESTER. Lady to kill. 192p $2 Double-
day
46-7666
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 70w
"A fairly exact, expert job "
4- Kirkus 14:402 Ag 15 '46 40w
"Fast, medium hard, and highly readable."
Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
50w
"Diverting."
Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 40w
DENVER, DRAKE C. pseud. See Nye, N. C.
DE POLNAY, PETER. Two mirrors. 312p $2.75
Creat'Ve age 46-2490
Argentina, and Patagonia particularly, forms
the background for this story of two half-
brothers: Derek, who owns a ranch in Patago-
nia; and William, who has nothing and comes
to South America when he is cast upon the
world by the death of a beautiful older sister.
The story is mainly of William's readjustment
to life, after the loss of his mainstay, Mary.
Kirkus 14:111 Mr 1 '46 180w
"Characters are unusual and not ones to be
admired. A number of life stories of many in-
dividuals are woven in with the main charac-
ters, but none are appealing. Despite its hard-
ness and uncouthness of backgrounds and per-
sonalities, the book holds one's interest." R. B.
Rankin
H Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 140w
"The author has done what he could to save
his hero's soul, and perhaps he's successful,
but it's at the expense of the novel. What is
created is not convincing drama but rather the
diagram of a situation from a psychiatrist's
handbook." John Farrelly
N Y Times p5 Mr 24 '46 400w
"Wit and style are commodities rarely
offered us these days, and when they turn up
together in a novel, there is a strong tempta-
tion to throw caution, as they say, to the
winds. Let's admit, then, that this story of a
neurotic, frustrated intellectual ... is, despite
some very weak spots, a subtly ironic, beauti-
fully written novel. When Mr. de Polnay is
telling about the Argentine highlands ... he
is brilliant and effective. When he is trying
to make the hero's childhood escape psychosis
seem real, or when he uses a clumsy device
for disentangling the young man from his
intricate neuroses, he is just pretentious."
_| New Yorker 22:109 Ap 6 '46 180w
" 'Two Mirrors' is a work of distinction and
fascinating novelty, vigorous and fluent in
style, arresting as a study of strange relation-
ships. In its contrast of the highly civilized and
starkly primitive, it achieves an artistic bal-
ance between states of emotion and outbreaks
of action. . . 'Two Mirrors' is spacious and
rich, its pages glow with color and zest." David
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 24. '46 320w
DE PURY, ROLAND. See Pury, R. de
DE QUINCEY, A. Little giant; 11. by Jon Niel-
sen [Eng title: Little half-giant]. 199o $2.50
Howell, Soskin [7s 6d Hamilton, H.]
46-7879
The adventures of a young giant, who was
small for his age, being only some ten feet
high, in the land of men. Even with magic at
his command the Little Giant had some rather
unfortunate encounters, and was glad to get
back to his own country.
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"Told with charm and humor."
4- Kirkus 14:346 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"Humorous and pleasant read -aloud book
for the six- to twelve-year-olds. However,
the humor may be a bit adult for many chil-
dren to read to themselves." Margaret Miller
-j- — - Library J 71:1808 D 15 '46 lOOw
"This is a book which succeeds in giving the
giants a place in our world and in making very
clear their own magnificent natural habitat,
with its great forests, its snow-capped moun-
tains, and its gleaming lakes filled with salmon.
There is humor and some irony in the story,
which as a whole, rings true." II. A. Hill
+ Sat R of Lit 29:46 N 9 '46 220w
"Mr. de Quincey exploits his promising theme
well, and develops a very convincing fairy-story
atmosphere, Russian, perhaps, rather than
Grimm." J. A. Smith
4- Spec 176:670 Je 28 '46 40w
Weekly Book Review pl8 N 10 '46 550w
DERLETH, AUGUST WILLIAM, ed. Who
knocks; twenty masterpieces of the spectral
for the connoisseur; with a foreword; II. by
Lee Brown Coye. 391p $2.50 Rinehart
Short stories—Collections 46-2409
Collection of ghost stories, some of them
taken from magazines, some from books. The
editor implies that all are now out of print.
Contents: The shadows on the wall, by M. E.
Wilkins-Freeman; Running wolf, by Algernon
Blackwood; Old Martin, by A. E. Coppard;
Alannah, by Stephen Grendon; The shunned
house, by H P. Lovecraft; The lake, by Ray
Bradbury; The seventeenth hole at Duncaster,
by H. R. Wakefleld; The Ankardyne pew, by
W, P. Harvey; It, by Theodore Sturgeon; The
phantom farmhouse, by Seabury Quinn; Squire
Toby's will, by J. S Le Fanu; Negotium peram-
bulans, by E. P. Benson; The intercessor, by
May Sinclair; The dear departed, by Alice- Mary
Schnirring; The house of the nightmare, by E.
L. White; A reversion to type, by E. L. Hamp-
ton; The follower, by Cynthia Asquith; The
Ravel Pavane, by H. S. Whitehead; The ghosts
of Steamboat coulee, by A. J. Burks; The
woman at Seven Brothers, by W. D. Steele.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week pi 2 Ap 21 '46 490w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
Kirkus 14:8 Ja '46 150w
"The term ghost stories of course is a con-
venient but loose one. . . The dreadful things
that took place on 'The Seventeenth Hole at
Doncaster,' of which H. R. Wakefleld told us,
were explained by its having been a place of
druid sacrifices, but surely it is not the druids
who returned to claim those victims . . And
the swamp- horn creature that Theodore
Sturgeon calls simply 'It' . . . certainly is no
revenant, no returner. This is not intended to
cavil at Mr. Derleth's inclusions, but merely
to recognize the difficulties of definition and
the deficiencies of our phraseology. . . If you
are one of those who would respond to the
Fat Boy's 'I wants to make your flesh creep!'
with a hearty, 'How delightful!' here is a fine
collection." Basil Davenport
-i Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 4 '46 700w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 My 5 '46
320w
DERLETH, AUGUST WILLIAM. Writing fic-
tion. 201p $2.50 Writer
808.3 Fiction— Technique 46-25122
A prolific writer of American fiction here
gives some helpful suggestions to those who
would become writers. He divides his stories
into three types: the realistic story; the ro-
mantic story: and the imaginative story, for
purposes of discussion, and lists examples. The
last section contains brief notes on such
things as: taking issue with editors; autobiog-
raphy as fiction; book reviews, and their effect;
etc. index.
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
Reviewed by James MacBrlde
N Y Times p37 Je 16 '46 200w
"This book is a pretty solid analysis of the
fields of popular fiction and the attitudes
which should be maintained in writing it in
order to make a saleable piece of goods. Mr.
Derleth doesn't, however, give much advice
as to the actual process of writing the stuff,
confining himself to discussing the types and
their restrictions. Categories such as, 'The
Realistic Story' (which he curiously divides
into hard boiled, regional and elliptic types),
seem arbitrary, without the logic of real cuti-
cism or the practicality of actual procedure
methods." C. McKay
San Francisco Chronicle pi 8 D 1 '16
150w
Weekly Book Review p!8 O 6 '46 160w
DEROUNIAN, ARTHUR (JOHN ROY CARL-
SON, pseud). The plotters. 408p $3.50 Dut-
ton
351.74 Fascism— U.S. Veterans. U.S.—
Politics and government 46-11944
"Report by the author of Under Cover on
his investigation of organizations attempting
to influence veterans of World War II. Chiefly
an expo»6 of obscure individuals and groups
preaching hatred of minorities, it also dis-
cusses an ti- democratic elements in better
known areas." (Library J) Index,
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 179:106 Ja '47 140\v
"The author might well have omitted some
of the last pages in the book which deal not
with undercover groups and individuals but
which analyze, for instance, the differences
between such veteran groups as the American
Legion, the Arnvets, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the American Veterans Committee.
Disregarding this nonessential material, how-
ever, 'The Plotters' contains real dynamite
and offers the reading public invaluable in-
formation as to the various undemocratic ac-
tivities in our society. The fine index to the
book makes it an extremely useful reference
work on the enemy boring from within."
Walter Johnson
H Book Week p3 N 24 '46 500w
Booklist 43:82 N 15 '46
"There's the same breathless sense of per-
sonal adventure as in Under Cover; it isn't
quite such an individual smeer campaign; but
it turns out in the pitiless daylight many of
the hate spreading organizations. A sure
seller, with the impetus of the earlier book "
-h Kirkus 14-440 S 1 '46 170w
"Carlson is a zealous prosecutor, and his
book is a sensational and highly controversial
document. It is also, for librarians, a useful
source of information about the origins of many
questionable pamphlets and newspapers." H.
W. Hart
Library J 71:1623 N 15 '46 lOOw
"As in Under Cover, Carlson cites first-hand
information gleaned through contact with them,
to damn the patriots of the extreme Right.
His case against the Communists, who he be-
lieves are also out to capture The Veteran, is
sincere but not so effectively documented.
Carlson takes a fast run through the veterans'
organizations, and is generally nice, innocuous
or mildly critical in sizing up the regular
groups " Sam Stavisky
New Repub 115:770 D 9 '46 600w
Reviewed by C. G. Bolte
N Y Times p3 N 17 '46 1200w
"Even the most indulgent reader will find it
nearly impossible to avoid bogging down in the
names, dates, facsimile letters, hate pamphlets,
and other data that the author, with more
enthusiasm than artistry, has crammed into
00 New Yorker 22:128 N 23 '46 lUOw
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 46
lOOw
Time 48:113 N 25 '46 550w
"Like 'Under Cover,' 'The Plotters' Is badly
organized and badly written; but its very lack
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DEROUNIAN. ARTHUR— Continued
of technical slickness Increases the sense of the
stubborn honesty of the author. The book pro-
vides an invaluable check list of organizations
appealing to veterans. It supplies an unforget-
table picture of the minds and operations of
those diseased persons who would like to trans-
form the United States into something on the
model of Nazi Germany. Above all. it is ani-
mated by a generous and courageous spirit in
the most militant tradition of American democ-
racy. It deserves to be read as widely as its
best-selling predecessor." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
-j Weekly Book Review p7 N 17 '46 1250w
DE SHERBININ, BETTY. Challenged land.
241p $2.60 Morrow
45-11150
Novel of civil war and counter revolution in
an unnamed South American country, sup-
posedly Argentina. Eduardo Castells, the
country's leading engineer is the protagonist.
Castells is no politician, but he conceives of a
way to appeal to the people. He fails the
first time, but he has hopes for the future.
"In this novel, Betty de Sherbinin proves to
be a writer of undeniable talent. . . There is a
hard, uncompromising quality to her prose,
which is devoid of rolling phrases and 'inspired'
verbiage. Her characterizations are full-
bodied, human. She writes with great
restraint, which is all the more praiseworthy
because one can detect her bitter hatred of
Fascism. This latent and never-obvious
hatred gives the work an intensity that com-
pels the reader to finish it in one sitting."
David Karno
-f Book Week p4 Ja 13 '46 400w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
Klrkus 13:477 N 1 '45 160w
"An average book which missed an op-
portunity to provide American readers with a
searching study of South American politics.
Unimportant." H. A. Carpenter
Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Mildred Adams
N Y Times p!2 Ja 20 '46 400w
"Though brisk and purposeful, it is not much
more than a standard anti-Fascist novel,
stocked with the usual assortment of represen-
tative characters and sentiments."
New Yorker 21:84 Ja 26 '46 90w
"The whole novel is a righteous tract, over-
laid with Anglo-Saxon rather than Latin senti-
mentality. But it is also a study in utter
futility. . . Whether the author intended to
point her tale up so explicitly I do not know,
for her political sermons are on the teen-age
level, and the tempest in the tea-pot which
she has described and which resulted in con-
siderable unnecessary tragedy largely takes
place in a vacuum of ideas and of organiza-
tion? it is merely a plot of little schemers on
the boy-scout level, individual schemers with-
out parties, without real principles, ignorant
of past history, and with an incomprehensible
absence of techniques since the leader has
been a practical engineer." Carleton Deals
— Sat R of Lit 29:20 Ja 19 '46 1150w
r '"S!?6. Principal value of 'The Challenged
Land' is the feeling it gives the reader of being
taken behind the scenes, the third dimension it
adds to newspaper accounts of revolution and
counter-revolution. It is better journalism
than it is a novel because the events it de-
scribes are more memorable than the char-
acters who partake in them; but its tenseness
and turbulence are skillfully combined into a
striking picture of South America today."
Herbert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 6 '46 450w
DESMOND, ALICE (CURTIS). Glamorous
Dolly Madieon. 274p il $2.75 Dodd
B or 92 Madison, Dorothy (Payne) Todd—
Juvenile literature 46-3153
,"A full-length biography, covering the com-
plete life span. She shows us a shy Quaker girl,
awed by her stern father, dutifully accepting
the husband of his choice. In her widowhood
she meet* the fascinating Aaron Burr, falls
hopelessly in love with him, and marries his
friend Madison out of pity. The story carries
on through her years of social triumphs,
through poverty-stricken old age, to her death
at 80." (N Y Times) For older girls.
Booklist 42:319 Je 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:274 Jl '46 80w
"Well documented, extensive historical back-
grounds. Good school and library material."
-f Kirkus 14:106 F 15 '46 90w
"This thoroughly satisfying rags -to- riches
biography will find a wide audience. . . Recom-
mended for ages 13 and up." Sonja Wenner-
blad
-f Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 50w
Reviewed by N. B. Baker
N Y Times p27 My 12 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:69 N 9 '46 40w
"It makes uncommonly pleasant reading,
drawing along with it the social life of the new
republic in its formative years. There are many
well chosen photographs, chiefly of contempo-
rary paintings, and as practically every one of
national importance was in her circle these
make a portrait gallery of our great."
4- Weekly Book Review p!4 My 19 '46
GOOw
DESTLER, CHESTER MCARTHUR. Ameri-
can radicalism, 1865-1901; essays and docu-
ments 276p il $350; pa $250 Conn, college
bkshop
973 8 U.S. — Politics and government — 1865-
46-6081
"An account of the mam reform movements
of the period with copious reference to con-
temporary documents. Many quotations and
cartoons from the press." Am J Soc
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47 30w
Reviewed by J D. I^ewis
Am Pol Sci R 40:1180 D '46 700w
Reviewed by R. E. Noble
Ann Am Acad 248:274 N '46 450w
DE TOLNAY, CHARLES. The Sistine ceiling.
(Michelangelo, 2) 297p il $17.50 Princeton
univ. press
B or 92 Michelangelo Buonarrati A46-647
"Every conceivable aspect of the Sistine
murals; every problem connected with the
paintings and the life of their creator, is
analyzed and discussed with reference to the
ceiling as a whole: and the accumulated
scholarship of past authorities, far from being
unheeded, is considered, supplemented by fresh
investigations and postulates, and extended in
many directions, particularly in the field of
fundamental meanings." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Benedict Nicolson
New Statesman & Nation 32:269 O 12
'46 360w
"Mr. de Tolnay, in this second of his five
projected volumes on Michelangelo, offers a
piece of critical writing which is well worthy
of the mighty Florentine and of his master-
piece. . . As a study of the great man and his
most important work it is so complete, so well
documented (and a large part of the docu-
ments are actually reproduced), so illuminated,
and so illuminating, that it virtually makes un-
necessary further research on these years of his
life. Unless it is to tell the story in un technical
language for less patient readers, no one need
write about Michelangelo's Sistine phase
again." T. C. Chubb
-f N Y Times p5 D 30 '45 1050w
"The book is written primarily for students
of Renaissance painting. Because of the great
spiritual content of the material treated, how-
ever, and the unique cultural and historical
significance of the Sistine Chapel, the book
may be much more widely read."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:2 Mr '46 280w
"It would be difficult to exaggerate the value
of the present volume, or even, in a short re-
view, to enumerate its outstanding virtues. . .
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For the depth and freshness of Mr. de Tolnay'd
scholarship, I have the highest admiration; for
his total lack of pedantry in the innermost
technicalities of philosophical criticism, I am
duly grateful; but I cannot follow him when
he includes in the appendix thirty pages of
letters and documents all in the original Ital-
ian! Nor can I follow him in his adherence
to the old Italian combination, Michelangelo,
while adopting, quite properly, the Anglicized
form, Raphael, instead of the Italian Raffaello."
Thomas Craven
-f Weekly Book Review plO Mr 17 '46
750w
DETTE, — Adventures of Olle; il. by [the
author]. [24Jp $1 Duell
Picture story book about a little three-year-
old who traveled far and wide in his little
birthday automobile — in a dream.
Kirkus 14-344 Ag 1 '46 80w
"Interesting pictures and good format." M.
A. Webb
4- Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 50w
"A real international flavor is brought to
the library of the very young reader with this
story. . . This version has a nice mixture
of reality and magic with amusing pictures
in color." Lois Palmer
-f N Y Times p41 S 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
30w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 140w
DEUCHER, SYBIL. Edvard Grieg, boy of the
Northland; il. by Mary Greenwalt. 165p $2.50
Dutton
B or 92 Grieg, Kdvard Hagerup — Juvenile
literature 46-6784
Musical biography for grades four to six.
It presents the life story of Edvard Grieg, de-
scribes the writing of some of his best-known
compositions, and includes simple musical ar-
rangements of some of these.
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"Grieg had an exceptionally happy life, both
musically and emotionally. Nevertheless, this
book's tone of unfailing sweetness and light
is apt to give children the impression that
nothing is easier than to hear, for example,
the song of a bird and promptly to compose
a masterpiece entitled 'Little Bird.' It is writ-
ten in the uncomplicated style which the au-
thor has successfully employed in previous
musical biographies, and trie black and white
illustrations sympathetically convey the Nor-
wegian atmosphere which inspired the com-
poser. The musical selections are excellent."
S. L. Goldsmith
-j NY Times p28 O 27 '46 150w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 60w
"Sybil Deucher, endeavoring to make music
and art a living experience for children, com-
bines anecdotes with actual music in a way
that should have especial appeal for young
musicians." Eleanor Breed
4- San Francisco Chronicle p2 N 10 '46
80w
"All easily and simply told, [the book]
creates a rounded impression of the man. The
music shows familiar but never banal little
pieces for the young and honest simplification
of larger works."
-f- Weekly Book Review p!6 N 10 '46
320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:163 N '46
DEUTSCH, BABETTE (MRS AVRAHM YAR-
MOLINSKY). The reader's Shakespeare. 510p
il $4 Messner
822.33 Shakespeare, William— Stories, para-
phrases, etc. 47-444
A reworking of fifteen of Shakespeare's plays,
relating them in straight narrative form. Con-
tents: Romeo and Juliet; King Richard II; The
Merchant of Venice; King Henry IV; A Mid-
summer Night's Dream; Julius Caesar; Hamlet;
Twelfth Night; Othello; Macbeth; King Lear;
Antony and Cleopatra; Coriolanus; The Winter's
Tale; The Tempest.
Book Week plO D 8 '46 90w
Booklist 43:166 F 1 '47
"Miss Deutsch succeeds especially in merg-
ing Shakespeare's phrasing almost impercep-
tibly with her own sensitive style and in quot-
ing the poet directly and tastefully. She main-
tains clearly both the order of the dramatist's
story and the atmosphere of the poet's lines,
with something of the fidelity and glow of a
reduced photograph in color." R. B
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 4 '47
450w
"I confess to approaching this with reluctance
and disapproval, and to not changing my mind.
Perhaps this method of briefing Shakespeare's
plays, presenting them in libretto form, has its
value, for theatre goers rather than for play
readers. . . But for an introduction to reading
the play itself (and that seems the author's
main intent), I should feel that the cream was
off the jug, and the xest destroyed. There is
no quality, no style to the text."
— -f Kirkus 14:565 N 1 '46 170w
"Recommended for individual purchasers, but
not to libraries." George Freed! ey
-i Library J 71:1714 D 1 '4G 70w
"Her book of stories based on [some of]
'the great plays' is something of another and
more ambitious Lambs' 'Tales From Shakes-
peare.' Like Charles and Mary Lamb, Miss
Deutsch renders the plays into stories. Like
them, she uses the poet's own words whenever
it seems possible to bring them in. . . The
chief difference between the old book and the
new is one of objectives and methods. The
Lambs were concerned with enthralling children,
to whotn they addressed themselves: their meth-
od was simply to tell their tales as tales. Miss
Deutsch is addressing herself to grown -ups, and
concerned with enlightening them, albeit as
painlessly and pleasantly as she is able." A. S.
Morris
-f N Y Times p6 D 15 '46 950w
"Unfortunately, her revisions, written in a
sparse style and in the present tense, read not
like stories but like unconscionably long pro-
gram notes."
New Yorker 22:145 D 14 '46 80w
"Miss Deutsch's work, unlike that of Charles
and Mary Lamb, her predecessors in the art
of boiling down the bard, is not designed in the
first instance for children's reading. Conse-
quently, where the Lambs contented themselves
with mere simplified narrative slightly embroi-
dered with moralizing-, Miss Deutsch has deftly
introduced a minimum of interpretation and ex-
planation. Occasionally she supplies back-
ground information that helps to clarify the
motives of the characters or the social forces
implicit in the action. . . In the technical work
of abridgment and rearrangement of material
Miss Deutsoh has displayed an admirable tact."
G. F. Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review plO D 15 '46 800w
DEUTSCH, HELENE. Psychology of women;
a psychoanalytic interpretation; foreword by
Stanley Cobb. v2 480p $5 Grune
396 Woman (44-5287)
"The present volume, which is the second
of a two volume study on the psychology of
women by Dr. Deutsch ... is a comprehensive,
detailed, and very rich study of the psycholog-
ical aspects of motherhood, by an experienced,
observant, and sympathetic woman. The ap-
proach is largely clinical and is everywhere
colored by the author's work as a psychoana-
lyst." (Am J Pub Health) For first volume see
Book Review Digest, 1944.
Reviewed by A. S. Damm
Am J Psychol 59:311 Ap '46 1800w
"It is not quite clear for what group of read-
ers the book is primarily intended. Consequent-
ly one misses a certain clarity of focusing and
organization. This is, however, a minor defect
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DEUTSCH, HELENE— Continued
in a valuable presentation. It is a presenta-
tion which possibly foreshadows and paves the
way for more precise understanding1 of emo-
tional-sexual functioning which may be
achieved through the comoined efforts of gyne-
cologists and psychiatrists — two groups who
are as yet much too far apart." Phyllis Green-
acre
-j Am J Pub Health 36:663 Je '46 330w
"The author, in this second volume on the
psychology of women, gives a perfunctory nod
of recognition to environment, to social and
cultural factors, but in general she still follows
the strict Freudian line. We meet the familiar
traumas and guilt feelings, the usual fondness
for portentous terms to describe very simple
human matters." Margaret Nordfeldt, M.D.
Survey 82 '27 Ja '46 320w
DEVLIN, DENIS. Lough Derg, and other
poems. 79p $2 Reynal
821 46-4649
"[This] is the first book of poems to be pub-
lished in this country by the young Irish poet.
His poems, however, have already gained ap-
preciation through publication in leading liter-
ary journals, both in England and America. . .
The poems in 'Lough Derg' are steeped in
many traditions — myths, rituals, histories, re-
ligions, oracles, wars, martyrdoms, sensualities.
They are romantic and highly discursive, tap-
estries of many colors, many moods, unified not
so much by the abstraction of intellectual argu-
ment as by the all- encompassing ego which
believes itself to be the unifying principle."
N Y Times
"All the long poems here, and many of the
short ones too, are as good as anything we
have had in a long time. The danger for Dev-
lin would be the occasionalness of his poetry.
It is nine years since 'Intercessions,' yet seven
of these poems — three of them long ones — are
reprinted from that volume. However, poetry
as good as this is worth waiting for." Arthur
Mizener
Nation 163:160 Ag 10 '46 500w
Reviewed by Selden Rodman
4- New Repub 115:106 Jl 29 '46 700w
"A distinguished volume." Marguerite Young
-h N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 230w
"Mr. Devlin's classically constructed style re-
inforces his complex thought, and he has
power over imagery, a wide range of interests,
and a fresh approach to ideas. No exploitation
of Celtic charm here, but a good deal of Celtic
intellect, boldness, and uncommon sense."
4- New Yorker 22:75 Jl 20 '46 60w
"Mr. Devlin, inheritor of the Irish poetic
tradition, brings to his work its feeling for
rhythm and cadence, Celtic mother wit and
rich religious background. But he adds mod-
ern youth's re-examination of the past and
awareness of the significant part that science
now plays in man's universal orientation.
Using greater economy of language than most
of his Celtic forebears, he attains a strength
of structure sometimes lacking in even the
greatest of them. The bone structure of a
philosophy is here more clearly defined than
in other Irish poets, beneath that metaphorical
process which Is the flesh of all poetry." Inez
Boulton
-f Poetry 69:169 D '46 480w
"Denis Devlin's small collection represents
a mode of intellectual poetry which will interest
serious students of verse. Mr. Devlin is a
young Irishman who has studied his Yeats
and Perse, but his own lines show evidence
of a mature individuality." George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46 50w
"Although he combines a fine perceptlveness
with an understanding of contemporary tech-
niques, Mr. Devlin is a learned rather than an
accomplished craftsman. His Inversions, for ex-
ample, are not always effective, nor are his
cadences sufficiently compelling. Among the
most moving pieces are the love poems toward
the end of the volume." Babette Deutsch
•f — Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 28 '46 900w
DE WEESE, FRED C. Transmission lines; de-
sign, construction and performance. 297p il
$3.50 McGraw
621.3192 Electric lines ' 45-10103
"This volume is aimed both at engineers
charged with the design of transmission lines
and at construction men engaged in building
them. In the parts dealing with construction,
the expected practical information is given.
The chapters dealing with design range from
the design of short lines to the design of long
high voltage lines, and the mathematics neces-
sary for comprehension of the author's discus-
sion varies with the complexity of the subject.
New methods for the calculation of sag in long:
spans, and for finding the economical size of
a.c.s.r. and copper- weld -copper cables are
given. Unfortunately no bibliography has been
included." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Library J 70.751 S 1 '45 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:55 O '45
\pEWEY, JOHN. Problems of men. 424p $5
Philosophical lib.
191.9 Philosophy. Education 46-25157
"A collection of essays covering a half cen-
tury, reproduced from periodicals and bearing
the dates on which they first appeared. One,
written more than 50 years ago, had not been
published earlier. A summation of Dr. Dowey's
philosophy of education. Well indexed." School
& Society
Reviewed by R. \V. Sellars
Am Soc R 11-645 O '46 600w
Booklist 42:311 Jc 1 *4G
Reviewed by Glenn Negley
Ethics 57:73 O '46 450w
Reviewed by G. O. Kelley
Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 120w
"This is a collection of thirty-two essays,
most of them gathered from Dewey's writings
during the past ten years. The exceptions are
the introductory chapter, written expressly for
this volume, and one essay which dates back
to the end of the last century. The selection
is excellent and offers a consistent picture of
Dewey's philosophy." Hannah Arendt
-f Nation 163:447 O 19 '46 1250w
Reviewed by Jerome Nathanson
New Repub 115:562 O 28 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Alvin Johnson
N Y Times p7 Je 9 '46 1150w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 18 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by Ordway Tead
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Jl 20 '46 1200w
School & Society 63:366 My 18 '46 40w
"The most amazing feature of the latest
Dewey volume is the freshness and spontaneity
of expression. Greater earnestness has never
been found in a book dealing with such pro-
found subjects of discussion. To new readers
of John Dewey will come a full understanding
of the significance of this name in the literature
of psychology, education, politics, sociology,
and philosophy. To old readers there will be
discernible a provocativeness stronger than
ever. The numerous allusions to history and to
the struggle of man to make the most out of
science and religion will be welcomed by both
the disciples of our great laboratory innovators
and tho advocates of a more extensive ap-
plication of religious principles to efficient so-
cial living. Despite his nearly ninety years of
effortful living, the Dewey intellect is still
sharp and penetrating. John Dewey proves he
is still competent to handle technical topics
of high controversial potential, refuting cleverly
the profoundest thrusts of his ideological rivals.
No less than his most capable contemporaries,
he displays a delicious sense of humor and
attitudes of tolerance, reconciliation, and sym-
pathy. He is the best living example of the
philosophy of education that has long been
associated with his name. His reverence for
and understanding of, the problems of child-
hood and the classroom will help to win a
large audience of patrons for his latest book,
in which we see better than ever before what
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
215
the author wants us to accept as the meaning,
purpose, and value of philosophy." C. D.
Champlin
+ School R 54:493 O '46 750w
"Although the book lacks something of the
coherence it would have if it had been worked
out as a unified book, the articles which make
up the chapters have been very well selected
and fit together into a plan much better than
would be expected in a synthetic volume.
Bringing these articles together in this man-
ner has been an excellent service, because
they would not otherwise be readily accessible."
Charles Peters
H Social Studies 37:327 N '46 750w
"Dr. Dewey has produced a philosophical
work that has a broad appeal. Part 3, which
is made up largely of previously published ar-
ticles replying to critics of his views, seems
designed rather more for professional than lay
reading, but the rest of the book provides
stimulating material for a wide range of seri-
ous-minded readers." E. A. F.
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 550w
"This review is not an attempt to explain
John Dewey or to take issue with his points of
view. Its primary object is to suggest the vital-
ity and freshness of these papers by an octo-
genarian, and their relation to the main cur-
rents of our time." Harry Hansen.
-f Survey G 35:166 My '46 2050w
Reviewed by J. H. Randall
Weekly Book Review plO S 1 '46 1050w
Reviewed by Raphael Demos
Yale R n s 36:156 autumn '46 1400w
DEWEY, THOMAS B. As good as dead. (Jef-
ferson house publication) 218p $2 Morrow
46-7182
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:360 Ag 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 N 10 '46 150w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '46
50w
Sat R of Lit 29-37 O 5 '46 60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46 70w
"The characters of the tale are well-drawn
and the final unmasking is sufficiently unsus-
pected." J. E. English
Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 4 '46 90w
DIARY of a public man; and, A page of polit-
ical correspondence, Stanton to Buchanan;
foreword by Carl Sandburg; prefatory notes
by F. Lauriston Bullard. 137p il $3 Rutgers
univ. press
973.71 U.S. — Politics and government — 1783-
1865. Secession
"This day- by- day record of public life cover-
ing activities in Washington for the period
December 1860 to March 1861 first appeared in
the North American Review in 1879. The au-
thorship of the diary has mystified historians
since that time. The preface contains an ex-
planation of the importance of the work and
the opinions that have been expressed about
it. It has never before been available to the
general reading public and will be desirable
for collections of Lincolniana or for special
American history collections." (Booklist) This,
published in 1945 by the Abraham Lincoln
bookshop, Chicago, was entered in Book Re-
view Digest, 1945.
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46
Current Hist 12:62 Ja '47 70w
"Large and medium sized libraries." G. W.
Hill
Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Jay Monaghan
N Y Times p38 N 10 '46 470w
"Obviously, the writer knew his way around
the Washington drawing-rooms and was a good
man on details and a story. How true a picture
of the capitol and its executive he presents,
it is hard to say for it is one man's opinion,
and a biased man, at that. Taking everything
in the book as gospel would be like Judging
the Roosevelt administration by a series of,
say, Pegler or Winchell articles; but still it
remains of no little interest to the Lincoln
scholar or to the general reading public."
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 17 '46
260w
"The diary is rich reading, and it is good
that it is now available in book form." G. F.
Milton
-f Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 23 '46 170w
DE WITT, JOHANNA. Littlest reindeer; pic-
tures of Phoebe Erickson. [28p] $1 Childrens
press
46-1788
The littlest reindeer had no antlers and there-
fore he wept with shame and refused to go
south with the herd. When his tears froze he
rushed off southward where he could cry in
comfort. And then when spring came he had
his reward. For beginning readers.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
4- Atlantic 178:162 N '46 270w
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!9 Mr 31 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:125 Mr 1 '46 80w
"Pictures by Phoebe Erickson are an attrac-
tive, important part of the book. Recommended
for pre-school as well as beginning readers."
Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 120w
DIAMOND, FRANK. Murder rides a rocket.
, 336p $2 Curl
46-18488
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p6 Ag 18 '46 40w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p23 Jl 28 '46 HOw
"Nonsense, if you're gding to be stuffy about
it; but to my taste highly agreeable nonsense,
with a fantastic absurdity not unlike some of
the brighter moments of the Saint saga."
San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
70w
DIAT, LOUIS. Home cookbook; French cook-
ing for Americans (la cuisine de ma mere)
foreword by Monty Woolley. 309p $2.50 Lip-
pincott
641.5 Cookery, French 46-2645
Some 600 recipes by the chef of New York's
Ritz-Carlton, Altho based on French recipes
they are possible for the American housewife,
in most cases. The arrangement of the recipes
is alphabetical under the larger main headings,
such as soups, sauces, flsh, salads, etc. Con-
tains a chapter on French eating customs, a
glossary, and index.
"There is a special delight in reading cook-
books. This pleasure is Intensified when the
book offers something extra in the way of
amusing writing. . . For the charm with which
Louis Diat presents his early cooking adven-
tures and the economical good sense with which
he generally introduces his recipe groups, his
Home Cookbook deserves to stand beside Miss
Fisher's and Mr. Wright's volumes."
+ Atlantic 178:156 Jl '46 240w
"The simple, delicious cookery to be found
in a typical gallic home has been captured
with spice."
4- Book Week p7 S 1 '46 50w
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
"You will find this book clearly and concisely
written, making it possible to follow any recipe
without difficulty." E. L. Taylor
-f J Home Econ 38:530 O '46 lOOw
"The housewife may pick up here and there
a dish that appeals to her imagination, but in
the main It is not a book to provide the aver-
age cook with a basic cookbook. The intimate
glimpses of his mother's kitchen, scattered
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DIAT, LOUIS — Continued
through the text make it a very personal sort
of cookbook, and the coverage is wide — though
not complete."
H Kirkus 14:55 F 1 '46 170w
"The recipes take care and time in amounts
seldom expended. Nevertheless he has provided
fine guidance for those ready to follow and he
has an inspiring approach for those who don't
know their own possibilities." Lois Palmer
-f N Y Times p24 My 12 '46 230w
DICK, ALEXANDRA, pseud. See Ericson, S. A.
DICK, CAPPY, pseud. See Cleveland, R.
DICK. MRS ISABEL. Country heart. 376p
46-2359
"About the return of Charlotte Acton to the
serene valley of her sheltered childhood after
years abroad. . . Her return is an escape from
a mother endowed with more ambition than
understanding1, from the prospect of marriage
to an older man whose merits left her cold,
from all the forces that threatened the only
happiness she could imagine — the open spaces,
the quiet, the closeness to the soil that had
enriched her childhood. She was to discover,
of course, that Tasmania would offer certain
romantic possibilities unguessod in her care-
free youth." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Edith Roberts
Book Week plO Mr 31 '46 330w
Booklist 42:2G5 Ap 15 '46
"It all makes a pleasant, well-bred novel.
easy but not unusual in style, and one that
can be recommended to readers who have no
liking for realism or sophistication." W. K. R.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!5 Ap 13
'46 600w
Kirkus 14:76 F 15 '46 I80w
"The style is on the prim conventional side,
made refreshing with the author's love for the
productive, living land." Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times plO Mr 24 '46 200w
"Mrs. Dick's ancestors migrated from Eng-
land to what was then called Van Diemen's
Land more than a century ago, and one sus-
pects that her book Is in some degree a distilla-
tion of family records. Her familiarity with
the valley's human relationships leads her to
introduce too many characters without clarify-
ing the links. Her narrative would have bene-
fited if sho had given more attention to the
fact that the reader has never visited her
pleasant valley before." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 24 '46
360w
Wis Lib Bui 42:75 Mv '46
DICKEY, GEORGE D., and BRYDEN,
CHARLES LAZARUS. Theory and practice of
filtration. 346p il $6 Reinhold
660.284 Filters and filtration 46-4330
"Beginning with the history of filtration the
chapters cover theory and principles of filtra-
tion applied to the separation of solids from
liquids by use of porous media. One chapter
on gas and light filters. Practical book on va-
rious types of filters and auxiliary apparatus,
testing and selection o* equipment, installation
and operation. Special chapters on vacuum fil-
ters, oil filters, extractors and expellers, pres-
sure filters, water filtration, hydraulic presses,
sewage clarification and sludge dewatering."
Library J
"This is probably the most comprehensive
book that has been published on the subject
of filtration. . . The book should be of great
value not only to specialists in the filtration
fields, but also to students, process engineers,
and laboratory technicians." J F D' Antonio
-f Chem & Eng N 24:2108 Ag 10 '46 350w
"On the whole, the book presents a com-
prehensive review of the subject of filtration
and is a book that can be used to practical ad-
vantage by engineers."
-h Chem Eng 53:313 N '46 400w
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 HOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:24 Ap '46
DICKINSON, JONATHAN. Journal; or, God's
protective providence; being the narrative of
a Journey from Port Royal in Jamaica to
Philadelphia between Aug. 23, 1696 and Apr.
1, 1697; ed. by Evangeline Walker Andrews
and Charles McLean Andrews. 252p il maps
$3 Yale univ. press [15s Oxford]
917.59 Florida. Shipwrecks. Indians of
North America— Florida A45-4821
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Scholars will greet with pleasure this new
edition of Dickinson's Journal, one of the out-
standing seventeenth century narratives of In-
dian captivities. Replete with dramatic in-
cident, this tale of shipwreck and misery on
the coast of Florida and of final deliverance
from the Indians by the compassion of the
Spanish governor at St. Augustine, gives a
vivid picture of the perils encountered by the
hapless travelers." D. B. Goebel
-f Am Hist R 51:550 Ap '46 400w
Atlantic 177:153 F '4G 2400w
"Its present editors, recognizing it as a fine
piece of prose, a unique account of the seven-
teenth century Florida Indians, and a histori-
cal document deeply rooted in the stories of
American colonization and Quaker beginnings,
have lavished upon it a remarkable effort of
scholarly rescue work They annotate in great
detail the course of this terrible journey and
fill in the naval and historical background of
the voyage from which it sprang. . . Jonathan
Dickinson clothes the gaunt skeleton of his
story with a plain homespun of prose so strong
and seemly that it is not likely to wear out."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!65 Ap 6 '46
850w
"No more competent editor could have been
found in the world than the historian, Charles
McLean Andrews, who unfortunately did not
live to see the work completed. His wife has
splendidly brought the book to its finished
stage. The Introduction, written by Kvangelme
Walker Andrews, is an admirable piece of
work. There are 133 pages of illuminative ap-
pendices and seven coast line maps. It is
difficult to conceive how Jonathan Dickinson
could have produced such a vivid and detailed
narrative under the perilous and strenuous
conditions of travel. But here it is." R. M.
Jones
-f Yale R n s 35.561 spring '46 800w
DICKINSON, ROBERT ERIC. Regions of Ger-
many. (Int. lib. of sociology and social recon-
struction) 175p maps $3.50 Oxford [10s 6d
Routledge]
914 3 Administrative and political divisions
— Germany [45-5605]
"Dr. Dickinson's purpose is 'to give a picture
of the regions in Germany which have a large
measure of unity in their history, present ac-
tivities and organization, regions which should
be adopted as provinces of the Reich.' He
hastens to add: 'We are not concerned with
the political aspects of the problem.' " Times
[London] Lit Sup
"Dickinson's book was put together somewhat
hastily while its author was occupied with
wartime government service. As an authority
on problems of regionalism and on the Ger-
man area in particular, however, he is thor-
oughly familiar with his material. His volume
offers an admirable summary not only of the
geographic but of the historical, social, and
economic factors that have operated to de-
velop 'natural groupings' of German terri-
tories." H. C. Deutsch
~h Am Hist R 52:118 O '46 400w
"How much of such a program can be
realized under the Four-Power condominium
which has been imposed upon Germany — now
divided into four zones which cut across all
historical and economic boundaries — Brecht
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217
does not pretend to discuss. But political sci-
entists who are interested in realistically
analyzing this unprecedented experiment in
undemocratic government of a modern indus-
trial nation as it unfolds its weird pattern
will find much that will help them in the de-
tached and well-informed study which Brecht
has given us." C. J. Friedrich
•f Am Pol SCI R 40:364 Ap '46 760w
"A convenient book which, not pretending
to cover everything, outlines the physical na-
ture of Germany, tells where the Germans
live and how they made their living, and por-
trays the geographic background of the prob-
lems involved. This volume is not for those
who wish to learn all about the German prob-
lem at one sitting. It should, however, be on
the book shelves of those who must make deci-
sions as to the future of Germany." O. P.
Starkey
4- Ann Am Acad 245:187 My '46 460w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ja 6 '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 24:557 Ap '46 40w
Reviewed by C. D. Harris
Qcog R 36:336 Ap '46 1150w
"The book may be useful for the Allied ad-
ministrator who wants to have quick and re-
liable information about the economical and
geographical set-up of the region in which he
has to work, but Dr. Dickinson offers only
vague generalisations with regard to the po-
litical and social problems which the Allied
administrator has to face."
New Statesman & Nation 29:326 My 19
'45 180w
Reviewed by J. H. Wuorinen
-f Pol Sci Q 61:138 Mr '46 450w
"As always with 'geopolitics,' even of the
honest and democratic kind, it is difficult to
keep a satisfactory balance between geography
and politics; and between geography and his-
tory. Dr. Dickinson's work would be of even
greater value if he were to give his readers
more frequently and more consistently the
warning: that what follows is a political (or
historical) judgment; that here are the views
and contributions of a geography expert."
Times [London] Lit Sup p230 My 19 '45
700w
DICKS, RUSSELL LESLIE. Thy health shall
spring forth; readings in religion and health.
61p $1.25 Macmillan
242 Sick, The. Prayers 45-8953
"No one has studied more thoughtfully and
helpfully than Dr. Dicks the religious and
mental problems of the sick and the salutary
effects of right thinking. He exploits no dubi-
ous theories of faith cure. In this little volume
there is an alternation of counsels and inter-
pretations, which may be used as guides by
those who minister to the sick (or by the pa-
tients themselves in many cases), with prayers,
poems and reflections which may be read to or
by the sufferers." Christian Century
"A sane and sanifying little book."
-f- Christian Century 62:1385 D 12 '45 70w
"The book is doubly worthy in that it in-
spires and instructs without resort to argu-
ment or insistence upon superior wisdom."
I. M. Rose
-f Crozer Q 23:205 Ap '46 200w
Kirkus 13:365 Ag 15 '45 HOw
DICKSON, CARTER, pseud. See Carr, J. D.
DICKSON, HELEN (MRS HELEN [CAMP-
BELL] DICKSON REYNOLDS) (DfCKSON
REYNOLDS, pseud). Gold in Mosquito creek;
11. by Grattan Condon. 192p $2 Nelson
46-7209
Three teen-aged boys on a fishing trip in the
Pacific northwest accidentally discover gold,
and have an exciting time of it with gangsters
and other complications. For ages eleven to
fifteen.
Kirkus 14:458 S 15 '46 90w
"Value of the book lies in its definite atmos-
phere and appreciation of the West with its
marvelous outdoor life. . . Recommended for
ages 11-15. " Sonja Wennerblad
+ Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"With the goldmining country of the North-
west as a colorful background and plenty of ad-
venture with which to fill in, this could have
been an outstanding and exciting story. It is
apparent that the author thoroughly knows his
mining locale. However, his style of writing is
too uneven, the dialogue drags, and the charac-
ters are, for the most part, unconvincing. The
result is a flimsy story letting down a good
plot, a story which should fail to interest the
least discerning young readers." Margaret
Goodloe
}- San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46 80w
DIEBOLD, MRS JANET OLINE (HART).
Mandrake root. 227p $2.50 Holt
46-6541
Joanna Geyer, an American girl just out of
college, goes to Denmark to study the folk high
school movement. There she is invited to Join
an exclusive seminar, whose head is a dis-
tinguished ex-ambassador. The story is of
Joanna's experiences on the ambassador's beau-
tiful estate, of the sinister element which enters
into the picture, and of her escape.
"A little on the romantic side, this first
novel shows considerable talent in the use of
background material and the manipulation of
personalities. . . Readers who seek the unusual
will find this book entertaining." O. C.
-f Book Week p5 S 29 '46 HOw
"The news that Janet Diebold had written
a story having to do with Bishop Grundtvig
and the Danish folk schools led to a brief
flicker of hope that a competent co-op novel
in English had appeared at last. But no. It
is not that Miss Diebold isn't a pretty good
writer; rather that she manifests little knowl-
edge as to what the schools are up to and
cares less." Edward Skillin
Commonweal 44:626 O 11 '46 170w
Kirkus 14:280 Je 15 '46 170w
"The Count who conducts the seminar and
awes the country people nearby has strange
delusions of grandure, while the young Amer-
ican heroine is too naive and emotional to be
entirely convincing. The climax is melodra-
matic and leaves the reader dissatisfied with
the whole story. Not highly recommended." R.
P. Tubby
Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 120w
"Miss Diebold can occasionally write con-
vincingly, and with humor. Her account of the
fashionable Copenhagen ball . . . might be
clipped from the binding and filed under Generic
Descriptions: Charity Affairs. In general, how-
ever, she has created people and situations that
are beyond her as a writer. Young girls with
purity complexes and sinister seducers with
hypnotic talents are best left to authors who
can handle them." Patricia Blake
— -h N Y Times p!4 S 8 '46 600w
"A very pleasing background of a conven-
tional Danish upper-class milieu gives the book
a certain distinction it might have lacked had
the setting been more familiar."
New Yorker 22:109 S 14 '46 70w
"Mrs. Diebold writes very well indeed. She
writes with restraint, with delicacy, and with
a kind of grave dignity which seems almost
to belong to another time, but which satisfies
one as belonging to another, and which gives
its own intrinsic satisfaction, as well. Despite
its relative brevity, the story does move slowly.
The thunder rumbles in the far distance, the
lightning flickers at sometimes lagging inter-
vals. One gets at times, even within this
brief compass, a feeling of impatience, and
cannot always see the relevance of certain de-
tailed scenes. But however retarding to the
pace of the actual story, however seemingly
inconsequential, there is no scene that is not
vivid in itself. . . 'Mandrake Root* is worth
reading, and Janet Diebold worth watching."
R. P. Harnden
Weekly Book Review p4 S 16 '46 500w
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DIFFIE, BAILEY WALLYS. Latin-American
civilization: colonial period; with the as-
sistance of Justine Whitfleld Diffie. 812p il
maps $4.50 Stackpole sons
980 Latin America — Civilization. Latin
America— History 46-399
"The centra! thesis of the book is that Latin
America is the product of a fusion into which
three cultures have merged and are still
merged; that without understanding- of the
contribution of the Indian, of the European and
of the Negro to the resulting synthesis, there
can be no true appraisal of modern Latin
America. Mr. Diffie then proceeds with his
analysis of the colonial experience, taking up
stage by stage the economic development, the
arts, the social patterns, religion and govern-
ment; seeking in each case to uncover the in-
fluence of Indian and European and Negro."
Weekly Book Review
"The book is a sound piece of scholarship
and can be safely recommended as a text, its
strength lying mainly in the skilful and well-
thought-out organization of the material. A
goodly number of attractive illustrations add
a note of pleasure and enhanced enjoyment."
William Kbenstein
-t- Am Pol Scl R 40:825 Agf '46 220w
"The book obviously represents a vast
amount of reading and study. Professor Diffle
has made use of the works of a great num-
ber of Latin American and European as well
as North American authors, and his footnotes,
by themselves, will be useful to students as
a guide to the best books which have been
written in the field." D. G. Munro
-f Ann Am Acad 245:193 My '46 550w
"All in all it is a notable achievement in both
analysis and synthesis." Bertram Wolfe
4- N Y Times p!2 Ap 21 '46 500w
"Should prove a valuable source of reference.
Well documented arid carefully indexed."
4- School & Society 63:87 F 2 '46 30w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:116 Je '46 210w
"This is no book to be undertaken unadvised-
ly or lightly. It is heavy going:. It is loaded
down with figures, footnotes, quotations — not
with the self-consciousness of the aspiring
scholar who blankets himself with footnotes lest
ill-mannered fellows think him unclothed — and
thev are excellently useful. It would be a better
book had Mr. Diffle more of the gift of words.
But it leaves all delvers into Latin America
very much in his debt." Hubert Herring
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 Mr 10 '46
lOOOw
Dl MAGGIO, JOSEPH PAUL. Lucky to be a
Yankee; in trod, by James A. Farley; fore-
word by Grantland Rice. 210p il $2; pa $1
Greenberg
B or 92 Baseball 46-25209
The Yankee Clipper describes his life in base-
ball from the sandlots of San Francisco to his
big league games with the Yankees.
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
"Because of Di Maggie's great popularity,
this biography will be hailed by baseball fans;
others will find it difficult reading. . . For older
boys." M. F. Cox
Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 80w
"Copiously illustrated and told with modesty,
humor and such professional agility that one
suspects some anonymous sports writer rates
an assist. In any case, anybody who likes base-
ball will like this book, and that includes a lot
of people."
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Ag 18 '46
DIMOCK, MARSHALL EDWARD. Executive
in action. 27 6p $3 Harper
658 Executives 45-9886
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by James Hart
Am Pol Sci R 40:140 F '46 480w
"It is not till one hundred pages have gone
by that a significant example is adduced From
business management. The central story is
how Marshall E. Dimock, starting from
scratch, organized and administered the Re-
cruitment and Manning Organization for the
War Shipping Administration. As a lifelong
student of administration, Dimock is able to
recount this story with a self-conscious
sophistication that many executives lack. But
the movement back and forth between specific
episodes in the wartime story of R.M.O. and
principles of executive action is difficult to
maintain, and halfway through the book
Dimock pretty well abandons it, so that the
approach becomes that of the textbook, after
all." C. S. Ascher
Ann Am Acad 243:173 Ja '46 760w
Current Hist 10:352 Ap '46 150w
"The greatest merit of this book is its
demonstration of the organic, as contrasted
with mechanical, nature of organizations and
of the evolutionary process of adaptation as
the dominant aspect of executive behavior. It
is this, as Dimock points out (p. 216), that
makes most executives inarticulate about what
they are really doing. It explains why man-
agement and administration are so obscure to
people without experience in this field. Pro-
fessor Dimock has performed a needed service
in making this so clear." C. I. Barnard
-f- Pol Sci Q 61:134 Mr '46 700w
Special Libraries 37:51 F '46
"He has shrewd insights. He sees, for ex-
ample, the dangers to the whole delicate net-
work of relationships in an organization of
insecurity on the part of the executive and
the baleful effects of professionalism. . . His
book does not sustain his expressed purpose to
'answer in detail the question: What does
the operating oflicial do?' The reader in search
of general principles will not find the details
of the operation of RMO of enough interest,
because it appears at many points to be a
special case — as indeed it must be, because
the administrator was a special person. His
general statements would stand better alone
or fortified by a wider range of examples—
which his experience and observations equip
him to provide." C. S. Ascher
H Survey G 35:88 Mr '46 300w
DISNEY, DORIS MILES. Dark road. 219p $2
Doubleday
46-811
Murder story.
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
"Grim and mighty interesting." B. H.
-f New Repub 114:166 F 4 '46 60w
"This is an unusually fine example of the
detective story in reverse." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p22 Ja 13 '46 lOOw
New Yorker 21:88 Ja 26 '46 60w
"Effective, convincing, and compelling tale
about batch of people not even most doting
mother could love. Sleuthing is especially well
handled."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:39 Ja 19 '46 40\v
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Ja 13 '46 60w
DISNEY, DORIS MILES. Who rides a tiger.
254p $2 Doubleday
46-7654
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 90w
"Romantic mystery with art and substance."
-f Klrkus 14:402 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Solution takes a bit of believing, but most
of the book is warm, full-bodied, well-written
reconstruction of the past." Anthony Boucher
4 San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
60w
Sat R of Lit 29:32 D 14 '46 40w
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219
DOANE, PELAQIE, il. Animals here and there;
11. by [the author], [48p] 60c Garden City
pub. co.
590 Zoology—Juvenile literature 46-182
"Little children's picture book generously il-
lustrated in color and black and white. Animals
are introduced first in composite picture's show-
ing them in their natural environment. They
are then presented separately accompanied by
brief notes regarding their habits. They ap-
pear for the third time, each group on a single
sheet with the name of each animal directly
pear for the third time, each group on a single
sheet with the name ' * «—----
below it." Library J
Reviewed by P. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO O 15 '46
150w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:39 Ja '46 50w
"An animal picture book with more informa-
tion than the average book in its class."
+ Kirkus 13:523 D 1 '45 HOw
"Sturdily bound, heavy cardboard cover. Very
satisfactory, especially for the price." Claire
Nolte
+ Library J 71:123 Ja 15 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:21 Ja '46
DOANE, PELAGIE. Small child's Bible. 142p
col il $3 Oxford
220.95 Bible stories 47-520
Brief stories from the Old and New Testa-
ments retold for small children. Bach story is
complete on a page with a colored illustration
facing it. Available also with an imprimatur,
for Catholic children
"This is an admirable choice for any age.
The text is simple and close to the original,
and Pelagie Doane's color drawings, one for
each story, are beautiful and distinguished."
+ Cath World 164.381 Ja '47 50w
"The stories are well retold and the illus-
trations are very fine indeed. I most heartily
tooornmend it."
-f Commonweal 45.119 N 15 '46 50w
Kirkus 14.593 D 1 '46 50w
"Welcome addition to the Bible stories for
younger children However we wish the Bible
text might have been used more frequently."
INT A. Webb
-f Library J 71 1808 D 15 '46 50w
'The stories lack the simplicity and the
poetic rhythm that they should have to carry
their inspiration lo thf minds of even the
youngest children Tho intricacies ot family
and lime relationships in the Old Testament
are not thoroughly simplified and much of
the story value is lost The New Testament
stories which follow Jesus throughout as the
central figure are better handled. . . Taken
as a whole, however, the book is a beautiful
one for a child to own and read if he has al-
ready been introduced to these old and fas-
cinating stories." Virginia Matthews
H NY Times pll D 22 '46 350w
DOBBS, ROSE. Discontented village; il. by
Beatrice Tobias. [Sip] $1.50 Coward-McCann
46-7068
Fantasy about the people of a little village
who were so discontented that a fog came
between them and the sun. Then along came a
stranger with an idea about getting rid of
troubles, and before long the sun was shining
again. For young children.
Book Week p!2 N 10 '46 lOOw
Booklist 43:173 P 1 '47
Reviewed by F. W. Butler
Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 90w
"Miss Dobbs* serenely humorous philosophy
is expressed in clear and musical language,
and the lithographs by Beatrice Tobias form
an apt and gentle comment on the story. Eight -
year- olds and upwards will enjoy it; the older
ones will see deeper into it." Mary Mian
4- N Y Time* p41 S 15 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 2D;46 N 9 '46 70w
"A child young enough to read large print
will understand the scene that takes place
when the bags are grabbed, and the longer
they live the more cheerfully they will agree
that the story tells the exact truth."
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 N 10 '46
240w
DOBSON, RICHARD PORTWAY. China cycle.
217p il $2.75 (12s 6d) Macmillan
915.1 China — Description and travel
A46-2637
"In the relatively calm days before Marco
Polo Bridge, Richard Dobson, aged 22, went
from England to China to begin a career with
a tobacco company. His work required ex-
tended travel across the Central and Southern
parts of that country, with journeys by rail,
when there was any, by bus and auto, when
there were roads, and, when there weren't,
by rickshaw, wheelbarrow, chair and foot..
Dobson proved to be not only an able cigarette
merchant but an able observer and writer as
well He describes with humor and perspec-
tive the griefs, the boredom, the surprises and
the disappointments of the businessman
struggling to understand the Chinese." San
Francisco Chronicle
Reviewed by H. F. MacNair
Book Week p9 S 8 '46 290w
"As a reporter, Mr. Dobson is first-class at
presenting us with the facts in a readable way.
As a travel-writer, he is no less good at paint-
ing a landscape and conveying an atmosphere;
but he is not nearly so skillful at depicting
human beings." Eric Forbes-Boyd
-j Christian Science Monitor p!7 Mr 16
'46 650w
Manchester Guardian p3 F 20 '46 180w
Reviewed by Dorothy Woodman
New'statesman & Nation 31:342 My 11
'46 150w
"This is an enjoyable book with its quota
of amusing incidents and picaresque charac-
ters, but I do not think I would recommend
it to the serious-minded student of the Wis-
dom of the East " J. G. Hitrec
_| NY Times p36 O 6 '46 600w
Reviewed by Eleanor Breed
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 6 '46
450w
"Here is a pleasant surprise — a modest and
unpretentious little book of China reminis-
cences that has warmth, unstudied charm, and
a remarkable amount of sympathetic insight."
Richard Watts
-f Sat R of Lit 29*9 S 28 '46 750w
Reviewed by E M Gull
Spec 176:148 F 8 '46 700w
"The early section is the freshest and the
most fascinating part of the book. It is full
of good description, of sharp little character
sketches, and of almost incredible stories of
the Chinese genius for cut prices, tax evasion,
the inclination to 'squeeze' and the invariable
bonhomie of everybody."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p57 F 2 '46
750w
DODGE, MRS CONSTANCE (WOODBURY).
In Adam's fall. 494p $2.75 Macrae Smith co.
46-7122
A story of Salem m the last years of the
seventeenth century. Damaris Horn, the
heroine, is one of the "afflicted children" who
were instrumental in bringing on the witch
hunt which blackened Salem's history.
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
"If the book seemed overloaded with fore-
bodings and disasters, with brimstone lakes
and clashing tongues of slander, the nature
of those times must be recalled: the fact that
witchcraft stood on the pages of English law
as a mortal crime, and that years of theocratic
repression had made New England like a pot,
boiling violently under a fast-clamped lid. It
is a witness to the writer's ability that ail
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DODGE, CONSTANCE— Continued
this becomes so graphic, but it is only in the
full remembrance of those frenzied times that
her characters can become credible. W. K. R.
•f Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 9 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Kirkus 14:397 Ag 15 '46 220w
"Mrs. Dodge's version is simplified for her
purposes, and the sadism of the proceedings
may be tidied up a bit. Otherwise, her treat-
ment of the Puritan village background is
excellent It is naturally and skillfully com-
bined with a sound plot — and a climax that
couldn't have occurred anywhere else — into a
dramatic novel." Catharine Brody
-f N Y Times p26 O 27 '46 650w
"The black, indelible blot on New England
history— the Salem Village witch hunt— is the
theme of Mrs. Dodge's story. . The author
has studied the grim records assiduously, and
the picture is no doubt authentic. If you find
the novel depressing reading, the fault is not
here, but the reflection of human frailtv and
frightfulness " Lrisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p22 O 20 '46 90w
DODGE, PEGGY POLSKY. Little dog under
the wagon; [il. by the author]. [28]p $1
Messner
Dogs— Legends and stories 46-21748
Story in verse about the little dog who dis-
obeyed orders and followed the farmer to mar-
ket instead of staying home. But when he
saved the farmer from a robber he was for-
given for leaving the farm unguarded.
"A silly little story in rhyme. . . The line
drawings reproduced in brown have a certain
gaiety and humor, but aren't good enough to
redeem the book, which is our candidate for
the least book at the most price this season."
— Kirkus 14:520 O 15 '46 50w
"A delightful tale in verse." Marian Webb
-f Library J 71.1718 D 1 '46 70w
N Y Times p44 N 30 '46 120\v
— slave songs, blues. It is clear from the bulk
of his poetry that he can, if he will, outgrow
this." John Holmes
-{ NY Times p22 S 29 '46 350w
"The book has a note of complete sincerity
and lack of pose, accomplished chiefly by
freedom of pattern and absence of inhibition."
J. N. North
-f Poetry 69:175 D '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '46
120w
DOGBOLT, BARNABY, pseud. Eve's second
apple. 318p $2.75 Dutton
46-5410
"The plot swirls around the adventures of
Dr Willie Clipyard and Prof S. Potatow of a
Kentucky medical college, who are in love
with southern belles, and more particularly
with Willie's experiments with Dr Kirsten's
Bomb of Gilead, a beverage which is similar
in its benefits to another famed fictional drink,
Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo of P. G. Wodehouse's
stories. Willie also experiments with some
girls named Delia, Rouge, Stania and Kitty,
and has an interesting business connection
with Arnie Gresco, manager of an eating es-
tablishment known as a Cholereteria which
seeks to stimulate bile by having everything
green." Springf'd Republican
Reviewed by Norman Hoefeld
Book Week p8 S 8 '46 250w
— Kirkus 14:301 Jl 1 '46 70w
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ja 5 '47
250w
"A novel of slapstick hurndr, satire and sex
which seems to have no relation to its title
or for that matter, to anything else." R. F. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
300w
"In this somewhat ribald romp the author
is agile if not graceful, fast but not subtle. He
has fun with glands and patent medicines,
Southern aristocrats and sex. It may remind
you of magazine articles for the housewife —
what to do with leftovers." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p9 Ag 18 '46 250w
DODSON, OWEN. Powerful long ladder. 103p
$2.50 Farrar, Straus
811 46-6372
A first volume of poems by an American
Negro poet. Some of the poems are purely
personal; others of more general interest are
In the form of sonnet, song, or verse drama.
"Owen Dodson' s utterance as a poet shows
search and growth in these pages, but nothing
of empty experimentation. Poems, dramatic
in form, occupy a third of the book, and it is
clear that print can convey to the reader only
a fraction of the effect they would have if the
lines were spoken. Dodson has little interest
in mere verbal melody, and uses it most spar-
ingly, but his rhythmical patterns are strong
and consistent." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 S 8 '46 400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
"These poems, except for an occasionally
brilliant and scorching line, show more emo-
tion and zeal than skill. The author feels
deeply the plight of his people and expresses
his emotions strongly. Most of the verse has
more the tenor of propaganda than of pure
poetry. Yet they have a certain rugged Qual-
ity."
Kirkus 14:380 Ag 1 '46 90w
"With the friendliest intentions, I'll risk
saying that Mr. Dodson makes too much of an
Issue of his race and color. It obtrudes, and
that is bad art in any language. There is
good poetry in his book, best when least self-
conscious. . . Passages from longer works also
indicate his power and promise. But he ap-
pears to be in some danger of falling Into cer-
tain patterns somewhat expected of poets who
are Negroes. Dodson uses language and
rhythm in a way that I think is book-learned
DOLBIER, MAURICE. The Magic shop; il. by
Fritz Eichenberg. 75p $1.75 Random house
46-5290
A modern fairy tale. Dick and Denise went
shopping for a magic wand for their father's
birthday present. With them went their dog
Woofle. In a magic shop they met a delightful
old dealer in white magic, J. Wellington
Oberon, and Puck, his apprentice. The magic
wand was procured, and thereby hangs the
tale. The scene is supposedly present-day New
York.
'46 230w
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 28
Booklist 43:19 3 '46
"Fritz KJichenberg's pictures are delightful
in their humorous and spirited appreciation of
this fresh and lively story."
-f Horn Bk 22:350 S '46 120w
Reviewed by A C. Moore
Horn Bk 22:456 N '46 80w
"A medley of magic spoofing, with a Faustian
villain, Shakespearean Oberon and Puck, a
magic carpet, and a perfectly plain family
of modern New Yorkers. . . Makes gay reading
aloud, with a pleasant sulphurous tinge for
more adult readers."
-f Kirkua 14:324 Jl 15 '46 llOw
"This modern fairy tale is rather sophisti-
cated with adult touches, but it does have
humor and originality. Will appeal to boys and
girls of nine to twelve. Blue-and-white illus-
trations by Fritz Eichenberg add distinction and
humor." J. E. Lynch
-f- Library J 71:1046 Ag '46 90w
" 'The Magic Shop' is an unconventional
fairy tale with most of the attributes of the
classic fairy tale — the folk wit, wisdom and
touches of childlike, cold-hearted common
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sense. . . Fritz Eichenberg's Jolly and bril-
liant illustrations are an Integral part of the
story, and the book itself, designed by Fritz
Eichenbergr and Andor Braun, is a beautiful
object to hold and to possess, as well as to
read. For 6 to 9 year olds." Marjorie Fischer
-f N Y Times p!9 Ag 4 '46 230w
"Once in a long1 time there conies a book
about which a story teller exclaims, 'Won't
it be fun to tell?' This is one of those times.
The hook is a natural. The fun, the dramatic
quality, the action and the dialogue all make
it so." E. B. Schilpp
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 10 '46
llOw
"There is humor and imagination in this
story, and it is nicely balanced between the
real and the unreal. It would be a grand story
to read aloud. Then the book should be given
to the children, because Fritz EJichenberg's
drawings are a pure delight." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 S 28 '46 320w
"The appearance of the book is what it
should be— tidy, graceful and with its little
pictures right on the pages where they belong.
There are no more loose ends about it than
about magic — which must, to convince a child,
have unbreakable logic all its own. All you
must take for granted is that there is such a
thing; after this, it must proceed without
caprice." M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 21 '46 450w
DOLIVET, LOUIS. The United nations; a
handbook on the new world organization;
pref. by Trygve Lie. 162p $1.75 Farrar,
Straus
341.1 United nations (organization) 46-25244
"A handbook on the New World Organization
with a definitive introduction by Trygve Lie,
secretary-general of the United Nations. An
objective, non-political study of the structure,
powers, aims, and limitations of the United
Nations is presented as well as the text of the
Charter and Statutes of the International Court.
Key personnel and self-explanatory charts are
also listed." School & Society
"Here is an important and tnnelv handbook.
It is important because it provides for the
first time a concise over-all picture of the
infant organization known as the United Na-
tions It is timely because in giving the basic
facts concerning the U.N in an objective and
simple and informal interpretation of aims,
methods and component parts, it provides a
frame of reference by which to understand and
follow the ofttimes confusing axe-wielding of
this youngster feeling out his strength " Claire
Danzigor
-f Book Week p9 O 27 '46 270w
Booklist 43:7 S '46
Reviewed by H. S. Hayward
Christian Science Monitor p!2 O 22 '46
660w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Commonweal 45:150 N 22 '46 40w
Current Hist 11:511 D '46 lOOw
Foreign Affair* 25:334 Ja '47 60w
"The United Nations is a timely book in spite
of its publication date. . . It is the great merit
of Doh vet's book that it substitutes a real and
working United Nations, with living personnel
and actual tasks, for the experimental abstrac-
tion and that it reaffirms in specific and con-
vincing language both the ideal and the prac-
tical character of the enterprise. . . It is be-
cause he attacks the whole question from that
point of view — from the point of view of the
United Nations in action— that Dolivet's book
is so valuable. It will certainly be widely used.
It is comprehensive, exact and readable." Archi-
bald MacLeish
-f New Repub 115:597 N 4 '46 HOOw
"Mr. Dolivet's handbook could not have been
better timed. . . The author ranges himself
definitely on the side of the angels, as may
be gathered from the fact that his book has
been endorsed, not only by Secretary General
Lie, but by the American, Australian, British,
Chinese, French and Soviet delegates to the
United Nations. . . Nevertheless, he is by no
means an official apologist for the present order
of things." T. J. Hamilton
-f N Y Times p30 O 13 '46 800w
School & Society 64:208 S 21 '46 40w
Reviewed by Frances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p!6 O 20 '46 550w
DOLSON, HILDEQARDE. We shook the fam-
ily tree [11. by Robert Day], 199p $2.50
Random house
818 46-3971
Memories of the author's youth, when she
and her family lived in a small Pennsylvania
town. The last chapters describe her ex-
periences in her first Jobs in New York.
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
"Anecdotal, with much of it stock childhood
and adolescent experience — but written in the
zippy, humorous, light-hearted manner of Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay."
Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 140w
"Should be popular except with readers who
may be surfeited by the school which has pro-
vided Life with Father, My Sister Eileen and
the rest of the family histories. Recommended
for public libraries." Barbara Overton
Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 50w
"Unmitigated cheerfulness is the hallmark of
this tidy little accumulation of Dear-Family
items. So now that you're forewarned, don't
blame anyone but yourself if it tends to pall."
B. V. W.
N Y Times p!9 Jl 14 '46 270w
Reviewed by George Panetta
Sat R of Lit 29:38 Je 29 '46 900w
"On the road to reminiscence, overflowing
with traffic like all other highways, the elderly
and even the middle-aged no longer have the
right of way. What was once a winding,
shaded turnpike for those who had the literary
urge to jog backward in memory has now
become an express highway along which the
younger generation rolls blithely, catching im-
pressions of its past in a rear-vision mirror.
Hildegarde Dolson is a happy example of this
ambidextrous facility; her book is autobiogra-
phy on wheels. . . The final chapters relate
her adventures in New York, and although
they are diverting and engagingly enthusiastic,
they have a whiff of artifice." Lisle Bell
H Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 2 '46 350w
Wis Lib Bui 42-128 O '46
DONER, MARY FRANCES (MRS C. L. PAY-
ZANT). Blue river. 274p $2.50 Doubleday
46-4734
The scene of this novel is northern Michigan;
the time the 1920's. The heroine is a talented
musician, tied to a once-brilliant father, who
had tried to drown the tragedy of his life with
too much drink. The man she married was
a wealthy automobile manufacturer, and the
course of their happy life was disrupted for a
time by a particularly venomous sister-in-law.
Reviewed by J. A. Cook
Book Week p7 Jl 7 '46 230w
Kirkus 14:157 Ap 1 '46 140w
"Plot is commonplace. Average novel which
will appeal to readers of light fiction who de-
mand a happy ending." H. P. Bolman
Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 80w
"Mary Frances Doner, wisely enough, is
never stingy about plot. . . Her latest book is
no exception. . . A tale of 'tangled destinies'
handled somewhat in the manner of the radio
soap operas, it tells the story of a brave little
girl in a world full of obstacles." Anne
Richards
N Y Times p!5 Jl 7 '46 270w
Reviewed by Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:24 Ag 24 '46 230w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springfd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
360w
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DONER, MARY FRANCES-— Continued
"The story takes place in the Great Lakes
country and is told with a smoothness and
ease that seem like a reproach to the stutter-
ing prose of so many contemporaries. Miss
Doner is especially deft in her handling of
scenes of personal frustration and unhappiness,
and at times she makes the wife's plight poig-
nantly moving." Stephen Stepanchev
-f Weekly Book Review plO Je 16 '46
350w
DONN, WILLIAM L. Meteorology, with marine
applications. 465p il maps $4.50 McGraw
551.5 Meteorology 46-4783
"In a simple and readable style this text pre-
sents a general study of weather changes and
their causes, and relates such information to
the problems of seamanship and navigation. The
purpose of the book is to provide meteorological
training for the merchant marine officer. It
includes such material as will enable him to
take accurate weather observations, code and
transmit the data to the Weather Bureau, and
make for himself local short-period weather
predictions. . . The author was formerly Head
of the Meteorology section at the U. S. Mer-
chant Marine Academy." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:27 Ap '46
"More than most of us, the mariner is de-
pendent on weather, and it is as a textbook
for deck officers that 'Meteorology With Ma-
rine Applications' is primarily intended. How-
ever, the basic facts are similar whether on
land or sea, and the book will serve any one
seriously interested as a fine introduction to
modern concepts and the way they help to
understand the weather." James Stokley
-f- Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 50w
DONOHUE, JAMES JOHN. Exile in the stars;
a book of hours for the first Sunday in Ad-
vent. 56p $1.50 Macmillan
811 45-10292
"A group of lyrics paraphrasing and in-
terpreting poetically the Divine Office for the
First Sunday of Advent. Its matter concerns
the creation, the fall and the promise of re-
demption, and ... its various parts are lyr-
ically developed in the form of sonnets, hymns
and the versification of prayers." Cath World
"The book as a whole forms a dramatic unity
rising to a climax beautifully sustained from
sexte through compline." F. x. Connolly
-f- Cath World 163:90 Ap '46 400w
"This is an unusual type of book to be pub-
lished with ecclesiastical sanction, and one
full of beauty and suggestion."
H- Christian Century 63:82 Ja 16 '46 70w
"Father Donohue's work is a remarkable
achievement in literature. Its conception, de-
velopment, and conclusion are unified and
strengthened by the haunting refrains of the
antiphons, versicles, and responses." Sr. M.
Marguerite, R.S.M.
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:24 Jl 13 '46 500w
DONOVAN, FRANK PIERCE, and HENRY.
ROBERT SELPH, eds. Headlights and*
markers; an anthology of railroad stories.
406p $2.75 Creative age
Short stories — Collections 46-806
Contents: The yellow mall story, by F. H.
Spearman; The roadmaster's story, by F H.
Spearman; A little action, by Harold Titus;
The stolen railroad train, by Marquis James;
An engineer's Christmas story, by J A, Hill'
Run to seed, by T. N. Page; The night oper-
ator, by F. L. Packard; A ghost train illusion,
by Cy Warman; The angel of Canyon pass, by
C. W. Tyler; Huey. the engineer, by Jesse
Stuart; The berth of hope, by O. R. Cohen;
Mrs. Union Station, by Doug Welch; Remarks:
none, by W. W. Raines; Wide-open throttle,
by A. W. Somerville; Counterbalance, by A. W.
Somerville; Smart boomer, by Harry Bed well;
Priority special, by Harry Bedwell.
Reviewed by R. E. M. Whitaker
Book Week p4 F 17 '46 650w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
"Readers of 'Headlights and Markers' will
agree that the editors have been successful.
The stories are packed with action, adventure,
and heroism. . . Some of the stories are incred-
ible, of course, but they make good reading
for any evening. While railroad jargon is used
freely, it is not necessary to understand it to
go along with the theme of the stories." L.
F. M.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!8 F 1 '46
300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
DOOLEY, ROGER BURKE. LCJS than the
angels. 261p $2.75 Bruce pub.
46-7726
Story of a Catholic family, dominated by the
mother, Caroline Straubmeyer Murray, who
tries to satisfy her social ambitions by forcing
her reluctant husband into local politics.
Book Week p4 D 1 '46 140w
Kirkus 14:547 N 1 '46 170w
N Y Times p22 N 17 '46 230w
DOOLITTLE, HILDA (H. D.) Flowering of
the rod. 50p pa $2 (3s 6d) Oxford
811 47-591
The third poem of a trilogy, the earlier parts
of which were The Wall* Do Not Fall, and
Tribute to the Angels. In this is recounted the
dream of Kaspar, who brought the offering
of myrrh to the Christ child. "It is a legend
of resurrection and regeneration, which takes
the fragrant, flowering rod as its symbol of
hope and survival." (N Y Times)
"Her delicate skill in the precise, Ilelenic
presentation of image is strikingly displayed
throughout this Ions: symbolic work, and after
the visual clarity, the psychological insight and
the subtle rhythms of the parts the transcen-
dental quality of the sum is all the more
potent." I. H.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 23 '46 70w
"The telling is simple, colloquial and stac-
cato, but rich in suggestion withal." Milton
Crane
-f N Y Times p46 D 1 '46 290w
New Yorker 22:147 D 14 '46 40w
"Almost the whole poem is written in
couplets. It is very uneven; sometimes so
vague that the reader cannot find the drift
of the thought among: the words; sometimes
so simply and straightforwardly prosaic that
the short lines cut across the sense. It seems
as if H D. is too rigidly conforming to her
own style to express everything, instead of
allowing the form to change with her mood.
But the reader is always aware of the
writer's intense emotion, though not always
able to share it "
Times [London] Lit Sup p357 Jl 27 '46
400w
DORFMAN. JOSEPH. Economic mind in Amer-
ican civilization, 1606-1865. 2v $7.50 Viking
330.973 U.S. — Economic conditions. U.S. —
Economic policy 45-11318
"A monumental study of economic thinking
and writing in the United States from 1606 to
1865. Many of our pioneer economists were eru-
dite and urbane men of affairs who tossed off
theories in their spare time. With a few notable
exceptions, their thinking was dominated by
their working-hour interest In world commerce.
They signed their pamphlets 'Workingman'
and 'Mechanic* and the like, but they confined
their arguments to matters within the cozy
bounds of mercantilism. This scholarly index
shows how their ideas developed and how more
valid notions about economic problems came
into favor." (New Yorker) Bibliographical
notes. Index.
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Reviewed by C. A. Barker
Am Hist R 52:140 O '46 950w
"The Economic Mind in American Civiliza-
tion provides political scientists for the first
time with a thoroughgoing review of economic
thought in many of the areas with which they
are most concerned in contemporary govern-
mental organization and policy. More than
fifty- five pages of bibliography and twenty-
five pages of index attest the range and quality
of Mr. Dorfman's scholarship. They will long
remain a major source for further exploration.
The only major criticism of this unusually
scholarly work has to do with the nature of its
presentation. Although there are several bril-
liant and incisive summary chapters, in which
Mr. Dorfman appraises the context of the
ideas he presents from the sources, the very
wealth of materials he includes sometimes ob-
structs the flow of the narrative, even of the
record itself. There is less synthesis by the
author than one would wish to have; it would
have been interesting to have more of the
author's own estimates of the value and validity
of the ideas he traces. This reticence does
not detract from the substantial debt we owe
Mr. Dorfman for his definitive study; its com-
pletion will be eagerly awaited." Phillips Brad-
ley
Am Pol Sci R 40:794 Ag '46 850w
"Professor Dorfman's volumes will prove a
mine to students for many years. . . [He]
deserves the thanks of all social scientists for
the fruitful results of his long labors." A. H.
Cole
4- Ann Am Acad 245:207 My '46 1300w
"This brilliant study underscores again
America's greatest wonder — that somehow de-
mocracy has been able to push through the
mercantile and industrial mold to establish it-
self in a land which was founded apparently on
the cupidity of adventurers, dedicated to the
exploitation of the Indians and reared on the
gutting of a continent. No more frightful story
has ever been told than this recital of the aims
and desires of the founding fathers. Dorfman
writes in no muckraking mood. Indeed the
book is urbane in tone, as brilliant in style as
a compendium of economic thought can be, as
understanding of the motives of the entrepre-
neurs as could be wished. But it is a sordid tale
nevertheless, dealing in the main with the but-
tery justifications of the well-fed over the evils
that befall the ill -fed." Harvey O'Connor
-f- Book Week p9 P 3 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by L. J. Gordon
Christian Century 63:918 Jl 24 '46 lOOOw
"From the standpoint of scope and scholar-
ship, the Columbia professor of economics has
produced a work that rivals Parrington's and
Beard's studies in this field. These volumes, it
is suggested, may serve as an antidote to those
earlier writers who have come to be regarded
generally as the leading proponents of a school
which interprets American history primarily in
terms of economic motives. Dr. Dorfman's
study follows a narrower path. It lacks the
fine literary sweep which characterized Parring-
ton's readable brand of economic determination.
Rather, Dr. Dorfman's research in the realm
of America's economic mind is valuable for its
impartiality." Harlan Trott
-h Christian Science Monitor pl6 Ja 24 '46
650w
"Scholarly circles will welcome this definitive
monumental work on our national history as
seen through the pattern of economic thought."
•f Kirkus 13:484 N 1 '45 270w
Reviewed by Oscar Handlin
New Eng Q 19:251 Je '46 850w
"Joseph Dorfman's monumental new work
can hardly be evaluated in detail, since it is
improbable that any student other than its
author has so thorough a knowledge of the
sources from which it was compiled. Nor is
anyone else likely to duplicate his achievement,
because the need for a summary of American
economic thinking through the Civil War is
here abundantly satisfied. To say this is to
say that here is a book which henceforth will
have a unique place in libraries of American
history and economics. . . A few comments
should be made about the plan of Mr. Dorf-
man's book. It Is confined rather exclusively
to abstracts of what people wrote; it is not a
political or an economic history, but essentially
a bibliography. Therefore the bearing of much
of its contents does not clearly appear without
prior knowledge of what was actually happen-
ing. . . This is scarcely a criticism, since if
the author had fully described the politcal
and economic setting of his material, his book
would have been far more bulky even than
it is. Yet one wonders whether it is possible to
write a readable history of economic thought,
as one might write a history of the physical
sciences or philosophy, without far more inter-
pretation and more classification according to
school and subject than Mr. Dorfman has em-
ployed." George Soule
-1 New Repub 114:352 Mr 11 '46 1800w
"Not the least of Mr. Dorfman's contribu-
tions to American history is his rescue from
oblivion of a number of men of varying talents.
Of these the most important is Jacob Newton
Cardozo, self-taught editor of Charleston, S.C.,
and ancestor of the distinguished jurist of the
same name. Mr. Dorfman gives new emphases
to his presentation of many familiar figures. . .
The volumes blaze a new trail. They make
available a vast amount of material pertinent
to an understanding of American civilization.
They are riot easy reading. There are times
when the multiplicity of pros and cons and
the turns and twists of the arguments concern-
ing a great economic issue threaten to bog
down the reader. But these defects spring
more from the materials than from lack of
skill on the part of the author. Mr. Dorfman
dedicates his volumes 'To the Pioneering Spirit
of Thorstein Veblen.' Veblen would have liked
this book." R. H. Gabriel
-h N Y Times p3 Ja 13 '46 2500w
"An important addition to the shelves of
economic literature, and comforting proof that
economists have made a lot of progress in the
last couple of centuries."
-f New Yorker 21:86 Ja 26 '46 130w
Reviewed by P. M. O'Leary
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Mr 9 '46 1200w
Sat R of Lit 29:6 My 11 '46 1500w
"Mr. Dorfman has produced an invaluable
record of the continuing pre-occupation of
American writers with economic questions,
which must supplement any economic history,
but he has neglected to give us an interpreta-
tion such as we find in Parrington and Beard.
By summarizing books individually, he has
left it to us to trace a vital idea through the
years. If in his later volumes he should
present his own independent reflections, it
would give greater value to a distinguished
effort in economic history." Harry Hansen
H Survey G 35:87 Mr '46 1350w
"Once in a decade or so. there appears a
work which not only illumines its terrain but
stimulates new directions of inquiry and new
appraisals of events. Such a work is The
Economic Mind in American Civilization."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:105 Je '46 310w
"Mr. Dorfman is already at work on [the]
later story, and his publishers promise an early
printing of subsequent volumes. When finished,
his history will be one of the truly impressive
works of American learning. The breadth and
the depth of these first two volumes clearly
prove Mr. Dorfman's claim to our serious at-
tention as an economics scholar and a social
philosopher." L. M. Hacker
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Ja 20 '46 2250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
"A thoughtful and provocative analysis of
materials which should lead to more searching
histories, and a better understanding of the
process of making public policy in the United
States." E. V. Rostow
-f Yale R n s 36:159 autumn '46 1400w
DORSON, RICHARD MERCER. Jonathan
draws the long bow. 274p $4.50 Harvard univ.
press
398.2 Folklore— New England A46-4126
"Much has been done to collect folk song in
New England but surprisingly little effort has
been made to collect the New England folk
tale. Richard M. Dorson is now here both to
call our attention to the omission and in part
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DORSON, R. M. — Continued
to remedy it. From the riches of New Eng-
land's printed sources, from her newspapers,
magazines, almanacs, and town histories, Mr.
Dorson has made a rich haul. He begins with
a chapter on New England storytelling, de-
scribing the conditions that bred this chimney
corner pastime into an art. Then he proceeds
to give us samples of supernatural stories,
Yankee yarns, tall tales, and local legends."
Christian Science Monitor
"This is a proliferative book which deserves
a better typographical form than the Harvard
University Press has given it. Students of
the American language and literature may
read it with profit. Mr. Dorson has apparently
searched the fields in thoroughgoing fashion,
he has ideas, but he writes a craggy style:
some of his sentences are crooked and hard to
read. As he deals only with the folk tale in
print, he leaves open, both for himself and
others, the whole field of collection of New
England folk tale from oral sources." Horace
Reynolds
_L __ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 25 '46
500w
"Recommended for large libraries and wher-
ever interest in folklore warrants." E. L.
Lewis
Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
Reviewed by Donald Moffat
4- N Y Times p7 Ag 4 '46 950w
Reviewed bv Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 29 '46
300w
Sprmgf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
250w
"Jonathan Draws The Long Bow should make
a useful reference tool in the field of regional
American folklore."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:280 D '46 260w
"Mr. Dorson has made a bang-up and most
readable job of what, in more academic hands,
might well have resulted in a dreary exercise
in citations and professorial humorous asides."
S. H. Holbrook
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 4 '46
lOOOw
DOS PASSOS, JOHN RODERIGO. Tour of
duty; decorations by Howard Baer. 336p $3
Houghton
940.548173 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American 46-5929
"Wanderings of Dos Passos among men who
listened to the call of Mars. His portrayal of
scenes in various theaters of war is a con-
nected recital, but the book is a series of short
graphic cameos covering the period from late
December 1944 to December 1945." Library J
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 900w
Booklist 43:13 S '46
Cath World 164:188 N '46 200w
" 'Tour of Duty' is among the better books
recording scenes of war from on-the-spot van-
tage points. But, like yesterday's news, it is
largely out-of-date. . . Part three, his report
on Americans as administrators in Germany,
is more abreast of today's problems. The sit-
uation may not be as grim in Germany as Mr.
Dos Passos' scenes imply. But his report coin-
cides with other criticisms of Americans abroad
since the days of victory." R. S.
-j Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ag 31
'46 480w
"A good deal of the fire has gone out of
him. And yet, as he reveals himself in his
latest book, he is still a first-rate craftsman
and a remarkably honest, humble and appeal-
ing figure. He may have been slowed up by
time and the multiple quicksands of success,
but there is little wrong with either his head
or his heart." J. C. Cort
4- Commonweal 44:556 8 20 '46 700w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 40w
Kirkus 14:289 Je 15 '46 180w
"While this is another reporter's description
of the war, it does have the redeeming feature
of good style. With prose that borders on fic-
tion at times, Dos Passos holds the reader's
attention to the very last." W. A. Kalenich
+ Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
Reviewed by McAlister Coleman
Nation 164-80 Ja 18 '47 280w
"The blurb writer insists that the author 'is
not presenting a personal point of view' in
this account of his wartime travels and that
'he preaches no sermons/ In the chapters
dealing with the Pacific bases and the Philip-
pines, this is entirely correct. . . John Dos
Passos is a keen and sensitive observer and
there has been no finer account of the wartime
spirit of a citizen soldiery than that offered
by these two parts of his report. Once the
traveler has moved on to Europe, though, the
entire atmosphere changes. . . Dos Passos
writes just as sensitively, just as eloquently
as he did when contemplating combat in the
Pacific, and the air of disillusioned sadness
adds a new and moving quality to what he has
to say. His reporting, too, remains as skillful
as ever, and in this respect all his work stands
high. . . Nevertheless, something new and
chilling has been added. The Russians have
arrived." Richard Watts
4! _ New Repub 115:267 S 2 '46 900w
"One may question the hastiness of Dos
Passos' impressions, the absence of any sort
of documentation, but his focus is sharp and
the meaning plain: our two wars have not yet
created one world." David Dempsey
^ NY Times p7 Ag 25 '46 1550w
"It is true often of the most vivid reporting
that it is at the same time over-dramatized
and critically superficial. 'Tour of Duty* is
neither. Never pitched in a high key, It un-
reels a varied panorama with a readiness of
literary expression and a gift for taking in at
once all the elements of the passing picture
that are amazing in a journalistic survey of
the kind that is likely to involve hasty writing
and perfunctory description. Dos Passes' han-
dling, for example, of that new order of sensa-
tions and perceptions . . . seems to me more
brilliant than anything else that I have yet
seen attempted in this line; and his chronicle
of precipitous happenings . . . has been set
down with fullness and coolness that one would
expect to find only in a novel that had been
pieced together at leisure." Edmund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:66 Ag 24 '46 700w
Reviewed by J. H Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 22 '46
650w
"Mr. Dos Passos's book is a sum more
significant than all the flights, voyages, or
train trips he made, more important even
than his vivid descriptions of any of the
places he visited or any of the people he
chanced to see. It seems certain that his tour
must have been shaped by the same sort of
plans and chances which patterned the travels
of other correspondents who went out to report
the war. . . Yet his report seems not merely
one man's diary but a whole vivid and pene-
trating picture of the human meaning of the
war " Jonathan Daniels
-f Sat R of Lit 29:6 Ag 3 '46 950w
Reviewed by Cord Meyer
Weekly Book Review p2 S 1 '46 1350w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
DOUGLAS, ROBERT LANQTON. Piero di
Cosimo. 142p 87pl $5 Univ. of Chicago press
[27s 6d Cambridge]
B or 92 Piero di Cosimo A46-1189
"In this study of the life and works of Piero
di Cosimo the author attempts to amend crit-
ical opinion of the Florentine renaissance
painter. He recognizes the artist's copyings
from other painters but attributes to him
genuine contributions and innovations in tech-
nique and composition. For large or special
libraries. Bibliography: p.131-136." Booklist
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
"This brilliant monograph by the author of
Leonardo da Vinci: His Life and His Pictures,
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is a revelation of the power of creative criti-
cism to evoke an artist from his tomb and
restore to him the validity and value of his
work, as well as the high honors of his life-
time. Mr. Douglas's thorough scholarship com-
bined with his aesthetic intuition places the
singular genius of Piero di Cosimo in a novel
perspective — that of a highly original and not
a derivative artist." A. M. Sholl
+ Cath World 164:91 O '46 650w
Reviewed by Christopher Fremantle
-f Commonweal 44:364 Jl 26 '46 200w
"Piero di Cosimo deserves a full and thought-
ful study, and this Mr. Douglas has given him.
In the realm of criticism and analysis, in the
field of identification and appraisal, this is a
work not lightly to be challenged, nor could the
eighty-seven plates with which it is illus-
trated be well improved upon except by adding
one or two in color. But Piero di Cosimo wants
another kind of treatment also, and this is
lacking. Still wanted is a modern Walter Pater,
who will not stop to prove that the Florentine
artist did this painting or could not possibly
have done that other one, but will write of
him in a glowing spiritual comprehension in a
prose that is the equal of his oils." T. C.
Chubb
N Y Times p26 Ag 11 '46 500w
Times [London] Lit Sup p592 N 30 '46
850w
"The author has not spared himself for
thoroughness and he brings to his subject a
seasoned familiarity with the history of the
times. . . The chapters have the air of sepa-
rate essays arranged in sequence; the method
requires reiteration, from which the author
does not shrink in his determination to be
complete. . . It must now be remarked that
Mr. Douglas asks more for charity than he
gives. . . In dealing with a man of genius
there is no last word, and to reach for it at
the risk of heavy-handedness is a mistake."
Frederick Wight
Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 7 '46
900w
DOUGLAS- IRVINE, HELEN. Torchlight pro-
cession. 217p $2.50 Doubleday [8s 6d Long-
mans]
46-3289
Chronicle of a titled Scottish family in the
middle of the last century. The stage is set at
a rather dull dinner, given on the night of the
traditional torchlight procession at St Andrew's
school. The story is of two of the middle-aged
guests, who long ago had been engaged. Their
broken engagement gave rise to other events.
The night of the torchlight procession all the
scattered events are traced to their conclusions.
— Book Week p4 Ap 14 f46 140w
"This has a quiet awareness and attraction,
a certain faint fragility, which will recommend
it to discerning readers."
-f Kirkus 14:130 Mr 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 D 14 '45 60w
"Simon Hepburn — who, in r6sum£, sounds
like a crude worshiper of Success — is actually
a complex and. in many respects, admirable
human being. Despite some theatrical rattling
of Hepburn family skeletons, the author's ex-
amination of the shattering effect of one 'small'
incident on a half-dozen lives is done with re-
straint and compact, cameo-like perfection.
Here, classically restated, is the age-old vio-
lation of the Romantic ideal. It happens every
generation, in Edinburgh as in Eden." Richard
•f N Y Times p41 Ap 7 '46 270w
"Miss Irvine fills in her background with ease
and assurance— the Edinburgh of claret and
legral dinner-parties, the Review and the New
Town — but she does not obtrude her knowledge,
and attention is always focused on the char-
acters for whom these things are the conditions
of their daily life and not historical colour.
And by enclosing the novel in a Prologue and
Epilogue, which shows the characters thirty
years after, Miss Irvine has added pathos and
depth to a quiet, attractive story."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p617 P 29 '45
270w
"This engaging story is told against a back-
ground of the 1840s in Scotland, and it is
greatly to Miss Irvine's credit that she does
not bog down in a superfluity of historical ref-
erence. Carefully eliminating all but relevant
historical data, retaining just enough to give
her readers a flavor of the time she describes,
she concentrates on the human and universal
essentials of Simon Hepburn's flawed success
story." Stephen Stephanchev
4. _ Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 14 '46
500w
DOUKAS, KIMON APOSTOLUS. French rail-
roads and the state. 287p $3.50 Columbia univ.
press
385 Railroads — France A46-786
"In [this work] an attempt is made to pre-
sent the story of the relationship of the French
railroads to the state. This central theme
touches, while it can hardly exhaust, many
aspects of railroads: how they were built and
how they were managed; what contribution
they made to the national economy of France
and what part they played in her national de-
fense; to what extent private capital kept them
running and how often treasury funds came to
their rescue; what public controls were applied
to supervise the privately owned and operated
lines and what functional devices were in-
vented to administer those owned by the state;
and, finally, what compelling factors brought
about their so-called 'nationalization/ "
(Introd) Bibliography. Index.
"It seems to the reviewer largely a summary
in English of French governmental policies, de-
crees, and regulations, and of railroad account-
ing. All this is of interest to legal historians,
and, possibly, to economists and political sci-
entists, but hardly to economic historians. So
many details, mostly legal and financial, are
given that the reader cannot find the synthesis
announced in the introduction." A. L. Dunham
Am Hist R 51:754 Jl '46 240w
"While Doukas' courageous attempt may be
admired, and while he has given us the first
treatise in English on the general subject,
the work is scarcely definitive — even though
the assistance of almost a round dozen of
Columbia professors is mentioned gratefully
in the 'Acknowledgements.' Perhaps the study
can bo labeled 'exploratory.1 Perhaps it can
more appropriately be labeled 'narrative,' for
it falls more easily into the latter category
than into that of a penetrative analytical in-
vestigation under its own title. A person whom
the reviewer would consider not unreasonable
might suggest that 122 years of French rail-
roads and the state is a subject much too com-
plicated for treatment in 272 pages of text.
Doukas has staked out a claim in a subject
of comparative government toward which the
brethren of our profession are singularly shy.
But he has not yet 'come up with the gold.' "
J. G. Heinberg-
Am Pol Scl R 40-823 Ag '46 280w
"The author has handled an extremely com-
plex subject very capably. . . The chief fault
of the book is possibly a merit — namely, that a
mass of statistical information is interspersed
throughout the study, which, while necessary
for accurate reporting, presents a very formid-
able obstacle to all except the few who may
have a very special interest in the subject. . .
The study is well documented and contains a
bibliography, which, however, omits some
French sources available in this country as
well as several articles on the subject which
have appeared in American journals." H. E.
Dougall
H Ann Am Acad 246:164 Jl '46 320w
Current Hist -10:351 Ap '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:750 Jl '46 20w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 120w
"The work is unique in its presentation of a
vast field in such a compact form in English.
It should be highly useful to the student of
economic history and of modern France." *
+ U $ Quarterly Bkl 2:200 S '46 120w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
DOWDEY, CLIFFORD. Experiment in rebel-
lion. 455p $3.75 Doubleday
•973.7 Confederate States of America. Davis.
Jefferson 46-8113
History of the fall of the Confederacy, which
begins just before secession, and describes the
period up to the fall of Richmond. The city
itself is the heroine of the account, and Davis
and the other Southern leaders are studied
exhaustively. The author is a native of Vir-
ginia, and has written several historical novels
Bibliography. Index.
"This unusual book is highly readable,
thoughtful, speculative, and always vivid. Many
will wish that Mr. Dowdey had expanded it to
the multi-volumed scope of Freeman's Lee's
Lieutenants — and this reviewer is among those
many " Bruce Lancaster
+ Atlantic 179:110 Ja '47 480w
"Open to question are Dowdey's interpreta-
tions of various battles In addition, to say
that the prewar North deluged the South with
incendiary literature urging the slave to mur-
derous insurrection is to repeat an old untrue
piece of propaganda. 'Experiment in Rebellion'
is a book to be read judiciously. It will please
unreservedly the nostalgic and unreconstructed,
but it might well be balanced for other read-
ers by Lewis, Bills, Freeman, Henry, Thoma-
son, Pratt, Hendrick and others." R. B.
Nye
H Book Week p3 D 29 '46 450w
Booklist 43:152 Ja 15 '47
"Colorfully written, full of vivid and incisive
portraits, romanticized perhaps in spots,
seemingly well -documented, this is primarily
a book for students of the period, for li-
braries, for serious readers."
4- Kirkus 14:477 S 15 '46 170w
"Mr. Dowdey exhibits a capacity for com-
prehending, digesting, and even facing what
might be called revisionist Interpretations, and
has thus been enabled to write a popular sum-
mary of this scholarship that can safely be
recommended to that coddled creature, the
general reader. . . Disproportion is a fault of
this book: it is difficult to say Just what it is
designed to be. In spite of its breadth, it is
not a history of the Confederacy (her States
and people, for example), for it scarcely gets
out of Richmond; and the Congress receives
scant attention. . . Perhaps the lack of a clear
purpose can be blamed partly for the faults of
style which mar this book. There are all the
signs of hasty writing, without enough planning
or revision." W. B Hamilton
_) NY Times p4 D 1 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by S. L. A. Marshall
Sat R of Lit 29:42 D 7 '46 800w
"The good lady who wanted an 'unbiased'
history of the Civil War 'from the Southern
point of view* has had her wish granted.
Clifford Dowdey has written just such a book.
And be it said right in the beginning that he
has done an excellent job. The good lady,
however, will not be pleased. The work is far
too unbiased for her taste. Nor will the
orthodox historians like it any better. It is
written entirely too much from the Southern
point of view. . . The real significance of
Dowdey's book lies in the fact that he under-
stands that there are, necessarily and rightly,
two points of view in dealing with a civil
war. . . A fair picture requires an understand-
ing of both points of view by a united nation
which contains the once warring parts. In
presenting an 'unbiased* story from the South-
ern point of view Clifford Dowdey has rendered
a real service " A very Craven
+ Weekly Book Review p5 D 1 '46 IGOOw
"The great devotion of the clever mule for
his courageous packmaster and their hair-
raising experiences will provide interesting
reading for all boys and girls who love adven-
ture." Helen Brogan
-f Library J 71:123 Ja 15 '46 80w
"A lively, entertaining story."
H- N Y Times p!8 Ja 13 '46 60w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 17 '46 150w
DRAKE, ROLLEN H. Aircraft woodwork. 197p
il $3.50 Macmillan
629.1341 Airplanes — Design and construc-
tion. Woodwork 46-7739
"It can be expected that many of the small
private planes that will be built within the
next few years will be constructed of wood.
This book is an elementary text on woods used
in aircraft, woodworking operations in the
manufacture of aircraft, and repairs to aircraft
woodwork. Its chief use will probably be as
a text in vocational training courses, but it
contains information of value to aircraft me-
chanics, and also, to workers in wood-using
industries other than aircraft. Considerable
information of an elementary nature is
presented on the molding of plywood. There is
a six-page glossary of terms pertaining to air-
craft woodwork." N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31.35 Jl '46
DRAKE, ST CLAIR, and CAYTON, HORACE
R. Black metropolis; a study of Negro life
in a northern city; with an introd. by Richard
Wright. 809p maps $5 Harcourt
325 26 Negroes— Chicago 45-9257
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Both as a community study and as a con-
tribution to the study of the Negro problem
this is an excellent book." A. M. Rose
-f Am J Soc 51:569 My '46 1150w
"Black Metropolis is a vigorous and defini-
tive delineation of Negro life in a northern
city." E. R. Moses
-f Ann Am Acad 244:186 Mr '46 500w
"It is a contribution to the scientific study
of Negro-white relations and to a mature under-
standing of the pattern of life in a Negro urban
community. Its wider meaning is equally un-
mistakable* it mercilessly poses the American
dilemma — the contrast between the principles
of democracy and the existence of the color-
line." Benjamin Quarles
-f Social Educ 10:332 N '46 550w
Reviewed by E. F. Frazier
Social Forces 24:360 Mr '46 HOOw
"Especially informative is the pioneer study
of urban class stratification among Negroes;
here are chapters of vital importance to so-
cial workers who need to understand Negro
attitudes as well as Negro situations, and need
further to learn to regard them as changing
and subject primarily to environmental factors.
Negroes, likewise, need to understand them-
selves more modernly and more objectively:
to that, also, the volume can and should be
contributory. In last analysis, however, such
compendious evidence of growing maladjust-
ment and mounting social and economic self-
contradiction should provoke not further studies
but explicit programs of reform and remedy."
Alain Locke
H Survey Q 35:26 Ja '46 500w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:55 Mr '46 400w
DOWNEY, FAIRFAX DAVIS. Army mule; II.
by Paul Brown. 192p $2 Dodd
45-10641
Tale of adventure, the scene of which is
Arizona in the 1870's. The real hero is an
intelligent army mule, leader of one of the
pack-trains which carried ammunition and
food to the United States troops during- the
campaign against the Apaches.
Booklist 42:185 F 1 '46
DRAPER, EDGAR MARIAN. Hawaiian schools.
See American council on education
DRAPER, MRS MABEL (HOBSON). Though
long the trail. 313p $3 Rinehart
B or 92 Hobson, Mary (Quinn). Frontier and
pioneer life 46-5173
Account of pioneer life in the American west,
Covering the years from 1865 to about 1883. The
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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story is that of the author's mother, who went
with her family, over the Oregon trail from Il-
linois to California in the 1860's. A four-month's
stop-over among the Mormons in Utah, on
the way out is Included. A return to the mid-
west, life in rough mining towns, and home-
steading in Kansas and New Mexico is part
of the story.
"The theme of this book inevitably suggests
comparison with two similar volumes, pub-
lished in recent years — 'No Life for a Lady'
and 'The Bride Goes West.' In my opinion,
'Though Long the Trail' suffers by such com-
parison, both in literary quality and historical
value as authentic pioneer woman narratives."
E. S. Watson
Book Week p7 Jl 21 '46 270w
Booklist 43:14 S '46
"Waim-hearted is the word for this book
from beginning to end, from the kindly, gen-
erous, quick-acting Irish father to the pretty
baby Elsie who grows up to marry a farmer,
but determines never to go near a cow. The
father comes to life in his quick decisions, his
generosity, and his love of change." Horace
Reynolds
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 19 '46
480w
"Natural in speech and thought, this graphic
recital is sometimes touching, sometimes gay.
always honest. Good Americana."
-f- Kirkus 14-235 My 15 '46 170w
"Beauty of the book lies in its simple, in-
tense style and in the courage and warm hu-
man relationships displayed. Recommended."
G. O. Kelley
-f- Library J 71-976 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Hoffman Birney
N Y Times p!4 Ag 18 '46 360w
"Mrs Draper, having always heard her
mother's story in the first person, passes it
on that way, with the homely words and
phrases that Mary might have used at the
time of the experience and with her sparkle.
The simplicity of the telling brings It home.
You become a part of this valiant, warm-
hearted and fun-loving- clan. . . 'Though Long
the Trail' is a spirited and endearing book, a
home-spun epic that will be cherished and
reread " Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 21 '46 1300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
DRAPER, THEODORE. The 84th infantry
division in the battle of Germany, Nov. 1944-
Mny 1945; maps and drawings by "Walter H.
Chapman; foreword by A. R. Boiling1. 260p
$5 Viking
940 542 World war, 1939-1945— Campaigns
and battles. U.S. Army. 84th infantry di-
vision 46-19598
This minutely detailed account of the lives
and achievements of the men of the 84th Di-
vision from November 1944 to May 1945, is
based not only on official records but also on
personal interviews with the men themselves,
for the most part taken down within a few
hours after their return from the front, some-
times during the actual course of fighting. II-
iphs. some
and small
lustrations include many photographs, some
drawings in color, and both large and
maps.
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 30w
Kirkus 14.94 F 15 '4G HOw
''While written primarily for the men who
made the story, the book is couched in good,
simple English, devoid of military jargon.
Topographically perfect, adequately mapped,
splendidly illustrated, The Battle of Germany
stands in the forefront of war books pub-
lished to date." R. E. Dupuy
•f New Repub 115-298 S 9 '46 500w
"After a time one loses — in these pages —
most of the feel of battle; the reader is
anesthetized by repetition and comes to re-
gard the regiments, the battalions, the com-
panies and the platoons too much like puppets
moving in an ordered death march across the
same tiai row stage. Despite these virtually
unavoidable defects, Lieutenant Draper has
written an account which will serve as a
model for divisional histories." H W. Baldwin
-| NY Times p7 Jl 28 '46 1300w
"The narrative is considerably helped by good
photographs and drawings. This account of
the fighting is very different from those of
single-handed and personal exploits, for a
whole division is the hero and the reader
gets a comprehensive picture of the actions."
-f- New Yorker 22:75 Jl 20 '46 80w
"The 84th Infantry Division in the Battle
of Germany will make fascinating reading for
anyone who wants the vast scope and confusion
of battle broken down into a common
denominator — a division of 14,000 infantrymen
and its supporting units . . As always, there
is the one complaint. Although Draper never
lets you forget the price the division paid in
casualties, and the hardships it suffered,
nowhere dues his record show that the division
made any major mistakes. If this is true, the
84th was indeed unique. A true history of an
outfit shows the mistakes as well as the
honors." Jack Foisie
-f — San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 28 '46
850\v
"The story of the Railsplittters, as the men
of the 84th called themselves, has been so well
and judiciously told by Lieutenant Theodore
Draper, who was delegated to the task before
the outfit got its first whiff of cordite, that
the general reader who has never known shot
or shell, will find it an excellent guide to
the 'fed' of war — the fright and the fumbles
when the going is tough and bitter and the
danger is constant, the exhilaration when the
enemy is on the run. Though he has had to
burden his running account with frequent
mention of units, this platoon, that company,
this battalion, that regiment, Lieutenant
Draper, even admiring a tree, still keeps the
forest in view . . This story of the Railsplitters
has maps that are adequate and easy to under-
stand The color reproductions of paintings by
Army artists add genuine flavor to the book,
and the photograpns, all the work of G. I.
cameramen are excellent." Edward Angly
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 11 '46
1200w
DREIFUSS, JEROME. Furlough from heaven.
254p $2.50 Crown
46-810
"Heaven had been running smoothly for a
considerable span of eternity without benefit
of fact-finding panels, special surveys or de-
partments of research. . . Finally, in the year
1941, celestial top executives decided that a sur-
vey of the state of civilization on earth might
come in handy, and the assignment was in-
trusted to Leonardo da Vinci and one Ernie
Corbett, who was with the marines until he
was shot down in Nicaragua in 1926. 'Furlough
From Heaven' is an account of their adven-
tures, a fantasy studded with some bitter
truths coated In humor." Weekly Book Review
"Jerry Dreifuss has discovered a pleasing de-
vice for analyzing the paradoxical 'progress' of
the past half millennium while telling a touch-
ing story of heart-warming simplicity. But his
advice would have been even more effective if
the author had known more about two things:
(1) Leonardo and his interests; and (2) the
modern world and its technology." Sterling
North
Book Week p2 F 17 '46 600w
"The attempt to illuminate some current
evils through the sudden descent of Leonardo
is not carried out with the deftness and origi-
nality demanded by the theme. While the
approach to the heavenly sphere is pleasantly
suggestive, the earthbound sequences lose con-
viction as Leonardo becomes entangled in a
series of routine misunderstandings, the usual
solution of which seems to be the abundance of
cash provided by his celestial guardians.
Ernie's nostalgic visit to an old flame is the
book's most effective episode; but it is a side
excursion, incidental to the primary theme."
F. W. Leary
N Y Times p!4 F 24 '46 300w
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DREIFUSS, JEROME— Continued
"A heavy-handed little fantasy, from which
none of the obvious reactions of Leonardo are
omitted."
— New Yorker 22:97 P 16 '46 60w
Reviewed by George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p!2 F 10 '46 360w
DREIKURS, RUDOLF. Challenge of marriage.
271p $3 Duell
392.5 Marriage 46-8048
"A sane treatment emphasizing the psy-
chological values involved and using the
studies of Jung and Freud to sustain the
theories expounded at length. Covers children
as a factor in the relationship between husband
and wife as thoroughly as any other feature.
Emphasizes cooperation as a basis for har-
mony." (Library J) The author is professor
of psychiatry at the Chicago Medical school.
No index.
Kirkus 14:413 Ag 15 '46 200w
"Excellent as an all around treatment, and
better as an introduction than many of the
other texts on the same general topic. Good
for all but the smallest libraries." M. C.
an °Hh Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 lOOw
New Repub 115:701 N 25 '46 240w
Reviewed by Fern McGrath
San Francisco Chronicle p34 D 1 '46
70w
DREISER, THEODORE. The bulwark. 337p
$2.75 Doubleday
46-25076
This is the story of Solon Barnes, who was
a stanch member of the Society of Friends and
"a bulwark of the faith." It is also the story
of his devoted wife, Benecia, and of his chil-
dren, some of whom went their turbulent way
in spite of their father's stern Quaker super-
vision of their lives, and eventually brought
their parents to grief.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week pi Mr 24 '46 1400w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
"The book is largely lifeless; its drama un-
developed. It carries no conviction, for Dreiser
was better at depicting revolt than affirmation.
This is a book about Quakerism, but a far
better picture of that faith emerges from
Jessamyn West's far less pretentious and more
eloquent book, 'The Friendly Persuasion.'
Either the subject or the unfinished character
of the book is responsible for an unanticipated
variation from Dreiser's wonted elephantine
prose. 'The Bulwark's1 simplicity is the great-
est strength of a weak book." Mason Wade
h Commonweal 44:220 Je 14 '46 260w
"Without the prestige of the Dreiser name,
this would be labelled a slow, stolid portrait
of a man's life, set against the materialism of
the modern world. As such it is worthwhile in
its fidelity, its realism— but it seems a little
dated."
Kirkus 14:21 Ja 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:466 Ap 20 '46 3500w
Reviewed by George Mayberry
New Repub 114:449 Ap 1 '46 600w
"As it stands, 'The Bulwark' is a whole cycle
of taste away from 'Sister Carrie.' That book
was virtually suppressed by its publisher be-
cause of its shock to conventional morality.
This new novel, if it had been by an unknown
writer instead of by Dreiser, might conceivably
not have found a publisher at all. That is not a
reflection on its value, but on its lack of accord
with current formulas. It also breaks with
Dreiser's previous work in being a religious
novel. We have had currently a recrudescence
of best-selling novels of religiosity, embellished
by slick and sentimental handling. But 'The
Bulwark' is as bare as a parable." F. O.
Matthiessen
+ N Y Times pi Mr 24 '46 2250w
"As you read 'The Bulwark* you go through
all the familiar experience of first groaning*
over the commonplace characters and the
shoddy cliches of the style, then gradually find-
ing yourself won by the candor and humanity
of the author, then finally being moved by a
powerful dramatic pathos which Dreiser has
somehow built up. The people of 'The Bul-
wark,' when we start it, seem to be among
the least promising that Dreiser has ever tack-
led. . . Yet, even in its earlier and duller
stretches, this is not one of Dreiser's most
tedious books. He seems, by the time he wrote
it, to have learned to cover ground more quick-
ly. The language, too, is somewhat less oafish
than it is in the worst of his work, and, here
as elsewhere, the personal voice, the rhythm,
carries off the vague and fumbling vocabulary."
Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:88 Mr 23 '46 1250w
" 'The Bulwark' is a major novel, a substan-
tial piece of work, well conceived and carefully
executed, representing its author in his full
creative power. If it may also be taken as a
last will and testament, it presents an interest-
ing biographical problem, for here is an answer
in faith to the spiritual doubt of his best
work. . . The sacrifice of full character develop-
ment is more than repaid in firmness of tex-
ture, a quality not so certain in Dreiser's work.
This is the most solidly built of all his novels,
in plot and ideology. The long pages of minu-
tiae which stretch out the slim plots of his
other works are here severely cut to essentials,
and he is able to tell a much longer and more
involved story than is usual with him, in half
the space. And the uncertainty of direction
which spoiled 'The Genius' is no longer pres-
ent." R. E. Spiller
-f Sat R of Lit 29:23 Mr 23 '46 1050w
Time 47:102 Mr 25 '46 700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-89 Je '46 210w
"Dreiser's 'The Bulwark' lacks the energy
and force that we associate with the writing
of his Cowperwood novels and 'Sister Carrie';
but the book carries with it a lyrical overtone
and unexpected charm that is inspired by the
quotations from John Woolman's 'Journals.'
And even the most critical (as well as the
most thoughtless) reader of 'The Bulwark'
cannot fail to be moved by the pathos of the
scenes m which Solon Barnes faces his failure
to live by the ethics of his faith. Here, as
in his earlier novels, Dreiser Is the great and
critical biographer of that figure that was once
called 'the American business man.' " Horace
Gregory
-f- Weekly Book Review pi Mr 24 '46
1900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
"Sincere, inept, mediocre, and superficial, The
Bulwark has been sadly over-praised by those
who are bemused by Dreiser's place in literary
history as a pioneer of blunt realism. But
judged solely on its own merits this book is
much inferior to scores of current novels which
are not seriously reviewed." Orville Prescott
— Yale R n s 35:767 summer '46 180w
DREPPERD, CARL WILLIAM. First reader for
antique collectors. 274p il $3 Doubleday
749 Antiques 46-5627
A collector of much experience describes for
the layman how to recognize antiques, or how
to distinguish the genuine from the spurious.
Includes not only furniture, but also pottery,
glass, silverware, paintings and engravings, and
children's toys. Glossary and index.
Booklist 43:50 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Kirkus 14:61 F 1 '46 190w
"A good book is due on [the nineteenth cen-
tury's] collectible artifacts, but you will not
find it in Mr. Drepperd's 'First Reader.' You
will find instead a deal of first-rate material,
borrowed with proper credits, and rewritten;
you will find many illustrations, amusing or
helpful; misinformation interlarded with cap-
tious opinions cast about glibly. . . We are told
that in preparing the book ... a staff of re-
searchers were used, and scientific sampling
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and analysis. . . In one section this approach
has been most helpful to the antiques collector
who wishes to know what stocks are available
in the country's shops, and in what percentages
items are to be found. This is an ingenious way
of reconstructing the culture of a century by
picking up scattered pieces and forming a
general index of design thereon. It has been
listed with care and praiseworthy thorough-
ness." W. G. Dooley
f- N Y Times p22 Ag 11 '46 700w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 8 '46
200w
"Expressly for the layman, but the expert
also will find informative this logical guide-
book on a fascinating business. . . The author
writes, not without a touch of humor, for
owners of old pieces as well as for dealers and
fanciers, pointing out that by no means are
all relics antiques." D B. B.
+ Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 19 '46 240w
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ag 25 '46
140w
Wis Lib Bui 42 128 O '46
DRESSER, DAVIS (DON* DAVIS, BRETT
HALLIDAY, pseuds). Blood on Biscayne
bay. 213p $2.50 Ziff-Davis
46-22596
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:504 O 1 '46 40w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p32 N 24 '46 120w
"The action is fast, but the solution is only
so-so."
New Yorker 22:128 N 9 '46 80w
"Possibly the best of the fast-paced Shayne
novels." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
50W
Sat R of Lit 29-36 N 16 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 22 '46
150w
first book, Kansas Irish (Book Review Digest
1943) told about the author's father. This
book carries the family fortunes up to the
author's twentieth year.
DREWRY, JOHN ELDRIDQE. Book reviewing.
231p $2.50 Writer
028.1 Books — Reviews. Literary criticism
46-247
Information for book reviewers. The book be-
gins with a chapter on fundamentals, continues
with two chapters entitled Background for re-
viewing, and The technique of reviewing. Then
the author considers the various types of
books to be reviewed: biography, history, con-
temporary thought, travel and adventure, fic-
tion, and poetry, and gives samples of the work
of some well-known book reviewers.
"Reader or reviewer, you should have this
volume. It is first aid to an appreciation and
evaluation of the writing art." P. N. Litten
+ Book Week p3 Ja 20 '46 300w
Booklist 42:177 F 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
"His book is logically arranged, clearly pre-
sented, but offers little that is not already ob-
vious to book review readers. . . The effect
of this extended comment on writing about
writing is about what the average book-re-
viewer would expect — harmless enough, but not
very conclusive." N. K. B.
H NY Times p38 Ap 14 '46 lOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
300w
Weekly Book Review p34 My 19 '46
60w
DRISCOLL, CHARLES BENEDICT. Country
Jake. 256p $3 Macmlllan
B or 92 Irish in the U.S. 46-8481
The second in the author's trilogy about
his early life on a farm near Wichita, The
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p4 Ja 5 '47 250w
"As a whole 'Country Jake' flows along
with apparent spontaneity and naturalness.
An attractive book."
-f Commonweal 45:308 Ja 3 '47 lOOw
"The book is best when dealing with homey
details or the boys' determination to escape;
it is weakened by some rather pointless
mystical interpolations, intended as commen-
taries on religion and philosophy. Except as
a heartening story of two ambitious kids — and
some comments on rural education — it is pretty
dull going "
Kirkus 14:478 S 15 '46 120w '
"Rural Kansas of the 90s, with its revival
meetings, illiterate school boards and ignorant
teachers holds little attraction for author.
Yet book does not lack warmth and many
readers will enjoy these people among whom
Charlie Driscoll grew up " J. C. Shipman
Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Mari Sandoz
N Y Times plO D 29 '46 550w
"The reader is left with the feeling that
the author's Gaelic temperament never lets
facts stand in the way of telling a good story."
Paul Corey
Weekly Book Review p22 N 24 '46
700w
DRUCKER, PETER FERDINAND. Concept of
the corporation. 297p $3 Day
338.74 Corporations. General motors cor-
poration 46-3477
"As consultant for General Motors, author
prepared this book on big business, the funda-
mentals of industrial society and social and
political problems involved. He says, 'Mass
production is not a technique, but a basic con-
cept of industrial organization.' He tells the
growth, organization and policies of General
Motors, advocating decentralization. One chap-
ter is on 'Small Business Partners,' the prob-
lems of the automobile dealer. He believes
that free enterprise, to succeed, must have full
employment and this will contribute more than
anything else to world peace." (Library J)
Index.
Reviewed by E. A. Beder
Canadian Forum 26:117 Ag '46 600w
Harvard Law R 60:171 N '46 320w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 130w
"The book is valuable for its exposition of
some of the ways in which a corporation like
General Motors goes at its problems. It will
be acceptable to the prejudices of those who
think that profits ought to be bigger, that
unions have been making extravagant demands
and that governmental planning for full em-
ployment is undesirable. While the author cor-
rectly identifies some of the more important ob-
stacles to stability and expansion in a modern
system of private enterprise, his remarks about
these problems are chiefly in the realm of plat-
itude. There is no marshaling of fact and little
keen analysis. Mr. Drucker's thesis may con-
ceivably be true, but he has done little to prove
' [- New Repub 114:844 Je 10 '46 180w
"The book is a highly suggestive study of the
corporation and, as it treats that institution in
terms of politics and sociology rather than
economics and law, merits consideration as one
of the first efforts of its kind."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:200 S '46 270w
"Mr. Drucker, It must be apparent, has not
found the answers; but he has raised the prob-
lems and, because of this, we are in his debt.
He has written a thoughtful book, with many
brilliant flashes of insight, about one of our
fundamental modern concerns." L. M. Hacker
4- — Weekly Book Review pG Jl 7 '46 1900w
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DU BOIS, JOHN HARRY, and PRIBBLE,
WAYNE I. Plastics mold engineering. 494p
il $7 Am. tech. soc.
668.4 Molds (for plastics) 46-1193
"Most complete book to date on the sub-
ject of plastics molding. Includes design of
important types of moms and their use, con-
struction methods and procedures, and specific
molding processes. Raw materials are dis-
cussed, also equipment used in making the
mold, finishing methods, mold sampling,
maintenance and repair of molds and other
techniques. Chapter on design and drafting
practices. Many engineers contributed sug-
gestions and data for use in preparation of
the book. Tables, abbreviations and symbols.
Many drawings and photographs." Library J
Booklist 42:222 Mr 15 '46
Chem & Eng N 24.2287 Ag 25 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 140w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:11 Ja '46
"The book obviously should be valuable to
students of plastics manufacture and to those
in the business. Also, it should prove enter-
taining and informative to those with a passing
or philosophical interest in materials and me-
chanical processes."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:256 S '46 180w
DU BOIS, MRS THEODORA (MCCORMICK}.
Murder strikes an atomic unit. 223p $2
Doubleday
46-3138
Detective story.
Booklist 42.300 My 15 M6
"Adequate — but not up to her best."
Klrkus 14-50 F 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Ap 7 '46 lOOw
"A deplorable plot which might well have
been hatched by a subnormal child of ten. All
very hasty indeed."
— New Yorker 22:96 Mr 30 '46 150w
"Rather helter-skelter affair "
Sat R of Lit 29:88 Ap 13 '46 40w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
280w
"Anne tells the story smoothly enough while
functioning as a member of the science group
after her experience with a villain." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p33 Mr 31 '46
270w
DUGGAN, ANNE SCHLEY, and others. Condi-
tioning exercises for girls and women. 116p
il $2.50 Barnes, A.S.
371.73 Exercise. Woman— Health and hy-
giene 45-7524
"Exercises with illustrations, lesson plans,
and suggestions for teachers. Music scores for
15 piano accompaniments. For use by instruc-
tors and groups rather than individuals." Book-
list
Booklist 42:90 N 15 '45
WIs Lib Bui 42:17 Ja '46
DU JARDIN, MRS ROSAMOND (NEAL). To-
morrow will be fair. 253p $2 Macrae Smith co.
46-6025
Love story of a poor little rich girl who has
longings for simpler ways of life, and finally
succeeds In proving it to the right man.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:281 Je 16 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 lOOw
DULL, RAYMOND WILLIAM. Mathematical
aids for engineers. 346p $4.50 McGraw
510 Mathematics. Motion 46-7658
"Book gives engineers basic mathematical
tools and shows their application in many engi-
neering fields. Covers every phase of mathe-
matics from simple numeric computations
through integration and summation. New equa-
tions for construction of types of alignment
charts. Prominence is given to vector analysis
and new methods to simplify solution or
somewhat difficult engineering problems. Li-
brary J
Reviewed by L.. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 80w
"Others than engineers may also find it use-
ful, either to gam acquaintance with these
methods for the flrst time, or to refresh their
memory of subjects partially forgotten." James
Stoklev
-t- Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 80w
DULLES, CHARLES AVERY. Testimonial to
grace. 121p $1.50 Sheed
B or 92 Roman Catholic church—Converts
46-8634
The author of this little book, the son of
John Foster Dulles, became a Catholic in 1940
and entered the Jesuit novitiate of St Andrews
on-the-Hudson after the war. This narrative
account of the strips which led to his conver-
sion "falls" he says, "chronologically, into two
sections, devoted respectively to the search
for sound philosophic values and to the scrutiny
of religious doctrines."
Reviewed by Joseph McSorley
Cath World 164:277 D '46 470w
" 'A Testimonial to Grace' has the ring of
sincerity which is characteristic of such ac-
counts. The style is a bit pedestrian, due per-
haps to the author's evident shyness in dis-
cussing publicly what touches him deeply."
L. J. Trese
-h Commonweal 45:100 N 8 '46 260w
"A brilliant son of a brilliant father, Avery
Dulles, now a student for the priesthood, has
given us a beautifully written and a soul-
stirring account of his spiritual pilgrimage. . .
For the America of today, this is a far more
significant book than Newman's Apologia, for
the reason that many more of our younger
preneration must start where Dulles started,
from a bland and superficial materialistic
atheism. For Catholic readers this book should
be balm to the soul. But the book should be
read widely by Protestants too, for it is a
revelation of the sort of spiritual product
which is coming out of many of our 'better'
private schools and colleges which the Prot-
estant Churches founded and now have
abandoned to secularism."
-f Kirkus 14:552 N 1 '46 260w
DULLES, FOSTER RHEA. China and America;
the story of their relations since 1784 277p
$2.75 Princeton univ. press
327.73 U.S.— Foreign relations— China. China
— Foreign relations — U.S. Eastern question
(Far East) A46-14
History of Chinese-American relations from
1784, when the flrst Yankee trader entered the
harbor at Canton, to the end of World war II.
The author contends that the key to our entire
Far Eastern policy Is our attitude toward Chi-
nese affairs. Bibliography. Tndex.
"The study makes it abundantly clear that
something more than good will is required if
aggressive nations are to be kept under control.
Our romantic views of China and the Chinese
are rudely shocked by the present crisis In
China, and the lack of understanding makes
settlement the more difficult. By clarifying the
situation, Mr. Dulles has put us all in his debt."
A. E. Nuquist
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1223 D '46 500w
"Professor Dulles has produced what now be-
comes the best available book for introducing
the general reader and the Undergraduate stu-
dent to the subject it treats." R. A. Norem
•4- Ann Am Acad 248:283 N '46 360w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 7 '46 450w
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
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Reviewed by W. K. Garrison
Christian Century 63:1407 N 20 '46 490w
"An excellent history of Sino- American rela-
tions. Foster Rhea Dulles writes with the
knowledge of a scholar and with a journalist's
talent for telling a story. His achievement is
not surprising, in view of his earlier works
(notably 'The Road to Teheran') and in view
of the fact that he literally is both a scholar
and a journalist. Years ago he was a foreign
correspondent in Peiping and currently he is a
professor of history at Ohio State University."
Floyd Taylor
4- Christian Science Monitor p26 Je 7 '46
600w
"Lucid, intelligent and readable."
-f Foreign Affairs 25:164 O '46 40w
"It is a scholarly and competent Job — but, to
be frank, it is not very lively reading."
_j Klrkus 14:93 F 15 '46 140w
"An excellent bibliography is appended.
Scholarly in approach, but readable." H. S.
Taylor
-f- Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 115'52 Jl 15 '46 850w
"Mr. Dulles makes his points without bom-
barding his reader with detail from State De-
partment archives, material that Is the kiss of
death for so many books of this sort. Most
important, his writing has a pleasing timbre,
a tone that suggests a sure instinct for justice."
E. B. Garside
-j- N Y Times p29 Je 9 '46 500w
"China and America is addressed not to the
specialist but to a much wider public. The
style is bright and the nontechnical reader will
be reassured by the absence of footnotes In
reality this lack of documentation is regrettable
since the study deserves a wide and serious
reading by college and university students
whose attention should be constantly directed
to sources. The very brief bibliography, so far
as it goes, is excellent, but it omits many
significant titles." P H. Clyde
_j Pol Sci Q 61:G27 D '46 400w
Times [London] Lit Sup p558 N 16 '46
950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-214 S '46 220w
" 'China and America' has the same attrac-
tive qualities that distinguished 'The Road
to Teheran.' Professor Dulles has a most un-
usual gift for brief, telling references to the
significant things that were going on in China,
in America and in other countries in order
to explain the significant things that were going
on between China and America. He does this
with such skill that the main story is never
slowed down . . There are, of course, a few
points on which Professor Dulles is open to
challenge as to the accuracy of a statement
or the validity of an opinion. To take only one
example, I think it is a serious misreading of
the situation at the time of the Marco Polo
Bridge incident in 1937." Owen Lattimore
_| Weekly Book Review p5 Je 2 '46 900w
DULLES, FOSTER RHEA. Twentieth century
America. 682p $3.75 Reynal
973.91 U.S. —History— 20th century
45-8081
"This breezy text, punctuated with pungent
quotations, catch phrases, popular jingles, re-
frains from popular songs, extracts from ad-
vertisements, and touches of irony, is indica-
tive of what is happening to American college
education. The author wastes no time before
plunging into the mad stream of the twen-
tieth century. Three brief chapters summarize
salient developments and events prior to 1900:
social and economic conditions, the trust prob-
lem, the Spanish-American war and its re-
sults, the elections of 1896 and 1900, and the
like. The story then continues on to the death
of Franklin D. Roosevelt." (Am Hist R) Bibli-
ography. Index.
"The author is successful in evaluating per-
sonalities; but the sectional aspects of legisla-
tion and foreign policy are slighted; at least
they deserve more emphasis. The author does
not pull his punches and does not attempt to
ride two or more horses; he is on the side of
liberalism and does not conceal his admiration
for the New Deal and its author, to whose ad-
ministration he allots more than two hundred
pages." O. M. Stephenson
H Am Hist R 51:387 Ja '46 280w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"Mr. Dulles' book satisfies most of the re-
quirements of both the general reader and the
teacher in search of a textbook for the history
of the United States since 1900. It is both read-
able and teachable. That it is written by one of
the abler craftsmen in the historical profes-
sion lends added distinction to the volume.
For the teacher the book has more merits than
demerits. The organization, chronology, and
emphasis follow the conventional pattern of
the more recent general textbooks that cover
the same period. A comparison of treatment
reveals a richer coverage of social history and
a more detailed discussion of other topics." C
C. Qualey
-f Social Educ 10:181 Ap '46 450w
"This book is likely to be most useful in
high school and college classes concerned with
recent American history and civilization. It
will also appeal to libraries and organizations
as a general reference work. Unfortunately,
the highly selective bibliography is rather
spotty, but on the other hand the index is
helpfully detailed."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:43 Mr '46 260w
DUMAS, ALEXANDER GEORGE, and KEEN,
MRS GRACE (GRAHAM). Psychiatric primer
for the veteran's family and friends. 214p il $2
Univ. of Minn.
355.115 Veterans. Disabled — Rehabilitation,
etc. Personality, Disorders of A46-567
Portrays the problems, both personal and oc-
cupational, of the returning service men. It
takes up the normal, the physically disabled,
the psychotic, and the neurotic, and gives ad-
vice and tells where help can be obtained. Sug-
gestions for reading. Index.
"A most readable and helpful discussion of
the ways we can aid in the necessary adjust-
ment to civilian life of returning servicemen."
J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 30w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
"This practical book is written interestingly
and well in language that can be easily under-
stood by the veteran's family and friends. De-
scriptions of the various neuropsychiatric ill-
nesses, while necessarily brief, are quite clear.
. . [It] can be recommended not only to families
of veterans but also to others who have men-
tally ill relatives." Morris Kleinerman
-f- J Home Econ 38.529 O '46 250w
"Sound common sense and not too psychi-
atric."
-f Kirkus 13:416 S 15 '45 150w
"It is clear, instructive, and very elementary
— perhaps too elementary in regard to psychi-
atric concepts. However, it truthfully declares
itself a primer." B. L. Lewin
+ Sat R of Lit 24:49 Ap 20 '46 70w
"An especially good point is made of a more
enlightened attitude of Industry toward the
handicapped than has been prevalent in the
past: that industry's obligation toward the han-
dicapped should be to use his assets to the
fullest extent, to compensate him accordingly,
and not to provide him with charity. It should
be strictly a business proposition. There are
few spots in this book that warrant specific
criticism There is some question as to whether
the government is or should be as free, as is
implied, in telling employers or any one else the
diagnoses of veterans without the consent of
the veteran himself." G. S. Stevenson, M.D.
H Survey 82:123 Ap '46 550w
DU MAURIER, ANGELA. Lawrence Vane.
274p $2 50 Doubleday
46-3290
Lawrence Vane, the heroine of this novel, is a
celebrated concert pianist when, at the height
of her career, an automobile accident paralyzes
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her fight hand and makes her blind. In this
extremity a man whom she has known only
thru correspondence, begun with a "fan" letter,
offers her marriage and a home on a South Sea
island where he and his forefathers have lived
for generations. How and why this marriage
was nearly wrecked is told in the story.
Klrkus 14:109 Mr 1 '46 170w
"Miss du Maurier has worked very hard,
but not always successfully to make the story
convincing." J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 12 '46 120w
"Angela Du Maurier has written a novel of
burning love and fantastic melodrama. She
tells it in the coolest way in the world. Plat
British restraint doesn't whip up ardent sym-
pathy for the lovers. What keeps the reader
tense is watching for the next bombshell of
melodrama to explode." Barbara Bond
N Y Times p!2 My 5 '46 230w
"Miss du Maurier is a resourceful writer and
a fluent one; she manages a complicated tangle
of relationships with undeniable adroitness, but
there is more than a trace of the mawkish in
the composition. After a time your faith in the
figures she has created begins to crumble; you
look behind the fiction, suspecting a frame-up."
Lisle Bell
h Weekly Book Review p!8 Ap 21 '46
360w
DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (MRS F. A. M.
BROWNING). King's general. 371p $2.75
Doubleday
46-25004
Historical novel of Cornwall in the days of
the parliamentary wars. The hero is Sir Rich-
ard Grenville; the heroine Honor Harris, who
tells the story many years after the events
took place. As a girl Honor was in love with
the blustering Sir Richard, when an accident
crippled her for life, only a few days before
their marriage. The rest of the story is told
as it seemed to the still beautiful cripple.
"The posturing, the hidden passages, the
cold steel of jealous lovers are the old familiar
effects of melodrama; yet here in The King's
General the blend of fact and fiction is to me
more brooding and plausible than in French-
man's Creek; it is written pensively and ac-
companied by that feeling of loss which must
today have been sharpened in any sensitive
Englishwoman who surveys the present and
remembers the past." Edward weeks
Atlantic 177:151 F '46 650w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ja 6 '46 750w
Booklist 42:165 Ja 15 '46
Cath World 163:94 Ap '46 200w
"Somebody has blundered with regard to the
King's General and it could have been the au-
thor. For this is primarily a motion picture,
and only secondly a novel. Miss du Maurier
seems to have sent it forth with her gaze firm-
ly fixed upon Hollywood. It will be a gorgeous
motion picture — all bright paper and shining
tinsel, not too skillfully joined together in a
sorry attempt to make literature. It is sensa-
tional and rather lurid; it is repetitious and
none too convincing. Maybe some of the Royal-
ist houses, like Menabilly, were twice sacked
by the Parliamentary forces; but it need not
happen twice between the covers of a book. In
short, this book will not add to the reputation
of the author of 'Rebecca.' It is, quite shame-
lessly, designed for the screen." Margaret Wil-
liamson
— Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ja 5 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"Daphne du Maurier's formula of romantic
melodrama in the cloak and sword tradition,
spiced to the modern taste with hard boiled
Hemingway characters serving aa foils for her
genteel if foolhardy heroines, remains the
same. There is no doubt that the formula is to
the popular taste, but repetition is making
It somewhat wearisome, despite the gorgeous
settings and trappings which positively de-
mand technicolor. It is a pity that Miss du
Maurier's real talents for the telling of tales,
the creation of character, and the evocation of
the colorful past of her beloved Cornwall should
be devoted to essentially cheap and vulgar en-
tertainments." Mason Wade
— Commonweal 43:460 F 15 '46 200w
"I liked this better than any novel Daphne
Du Maurier has done — yes, I think even better
than Rebecca though it is not likely to be as
widely popular. Fascinating historical romance,
•et in the period of England's Civil Wars."
-f Klrkus 13:476 N 1 '45 300w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 5 '46
20w
"Though much of its melodrama is strangely
muted, and though its protagonist seldom
seems worthy of the attention he receives, it
is a generally satisfactory portrait of that bit-
ter twilight of feudalism known to history as
the English civil war. . . Some of her history
comes brilliantly alive; all of it told with the
practiced tempo of an old hand. But 'The
King's General' is still, in essence, the story
of a rather -too -perfect heroine who happens
to be in love with a curiously Juvenile sadist.
Grenville may have been the product of his
times, but Miss du Maurier has presented him
in surface terms: his blustering egomania gets
really windy before the reader can go the
distance." C. V. Terry
_| NY Times p6 Ja 6 '46 700w
"I am no authority on the contemporary his-
torical novel, I am happy to say, but I think
that Miss du Maurier has more talent and feel-
ing for it than any of her competitors I have
read. She has a sharp sense of character . . .
and she has the ability, despite her slipshod
writing, to get the feel and temper of old
houses, gardens, and rooms. Why, then, is
nearly everything in her new book so wrong
and exasperating? The wrongness. I think, is
the same wrongness I have found in practically
every modern historical novel that has come
my way — the old, fallacious theory that the
first duty of an author is to be interesting."
Hamilton Basso
h New Yorker 21:85 Ja 12 '46 1850w
"Essentially a piece of escapism, it is as
carefully thought out and as neatly calculated
to suit the post-war mood as anything on the
market at the moment. By virtue of Miss du
Maurier's patent enthusiasm for the antiquities
of Cornwall, which often communicates itself
to her writing, it even approaches a literary
quality now and again. Always it is far more
convincing and atmospheric than the other
cloak-and-sword romances which have headed
the best-seller lists of the past year. While it
is never as tense and suspenseful as 'Rebecca,'
it is likely to rank as the author's best book
since that great success. . . Excellent as the
author's performance Is in this book, one can-
not read it without a certain sense of regret. . .
Her people are alive only in a vivid fourth di-
mensional unreality of their own." Theodore
+*— Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ja 12 '46 800w
"It is a story for the teen-age, or at least it
is the sort of story that the teen-age liked
to read long ago when I was in my teens. I
do not know whether it will appeal to the
fourteen-year-olds of nowadays, but it is car-
ried along in fluent, swashbuckling style and
has that ring of conviction that marks Miss
du Maurier's work." Kate O'Brien
Spec 176:384 Ap 12 '46 90w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 20 '46
480w
Time 47:98 Ja 14 '46 550w
"The conventions of Miss du Maurier's tale
have their undoubted uses, but her figures are
pasteboard and in thought, sentiment and lan-
guage represent little of the England of the
Civil War."
Times [London] Lit Sup p!61 Ap 6 '46
480w
"The first-person technique, one that Miss
du Maurier has used before, is highly effective
in setting the nostalgic mood of the tale. For
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233
those who like their romances laced with blood-
shed, jealousies, secret chambers and love
beyond reason, 'The King's General* should
make stirring reading." Rose Peld
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 6 '46 800w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 35:576 spring '46 140w
DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (MRS F. A. M.
BROWNING). Years between; a play in two
acts. 113p $2 Doubleday [3s 6d uollancz]
822 [46-1371]
Text of a play first produced in England
in 1944. It is based on the Enoch Arden
theme, and the hero is a member of Parlia-
ment, supposedly lost in an airplane crash
during the war. He returns to find his wife
taking his seat in Parliament and there is
also another man.
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
Kirkus 14:271 Je 1 '46 120w
" 'The Years Between' is smoothly written,
craftily balanced, and equipped with two good,
old-fashioned tableau curtains. We still in-
sist that it would prove no more stimulating
to an American audience than the tea that's
poured by stout old Nanny." C. V. Terry
N Y Times pl4 Ag 18 '46 650w
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D 1 '46
200w
"The play might be a comedy, were it not
so concerned with the mental plight of re-
turned soldiers at this moment of history.
The solution is rather less satisfactory than
the body of the play." W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46 180w
DUMBAULD, EDWARD. Thomas Jefferson,
American tourist. 266p il $3 Univ. of Okla.
press
B or 92 Jefferson, Thomas. Voyages and
travels 46-5538
"Being an account of his journeys m the
United States of America, England, France,
Italy, the Low countries and Germany." (Sub-
title) The author, now a special assistant to
the Attorney General of the United States, dur-
ing his student days in Europe attempted to
follow Jefferson's travels. Feeling the lack of
a specialized guide to these journeyings, he
conceived the idea of writing this book.
"Dumbauld's study of Jefferson's peregrina-
tions both in the United States and abroad
has, besides a personal and an antiquarian
interest, quite relevant historical value. . . Ap-
pended to the volume is a chronological itin-
erary of Jefferson's tours and a useful bibliog-
raphy. The illustrations add interest, and the
University of Oklahoma Press does its usual
competent Job of bookmaking." R. B. Nye
Book Week p2 O 6 '46 700w
Booklist 43:14 S '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 S 14 '46
360w
"Mr. Dumbauld has done a thorough and in-
telligent Job of tracing Jefferson's peregrina-
tions throughout a long life time, disclosing
what he learned from his travels, and present-
ing what may be called his philosophy of
traveling." H. S. Commager
+ N Y Times p6 Ag 18 '46 1350w
"Because many of Jefferson's political
opinions and prejudices were molded by what
he saw in Europe, his travels are undoubtedly
important to the student of Jefferson. But it's
all fairly familiar stuff."
New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 8 '46
lOOw
Springfd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
480w
Reviewed by Dumas Malone
Weekly Book Review p!2 3 22 '46 IQOOw
DUNCAN, DAVID. Shade of time. 244p $2
Random house
46-7496
Detective story.
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
Kirkus 14:438 S 1 '46 80w
"Few real people talk like these characters;
but then, few plots are as fresh and well con-
structed as this one." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
60w
"Skip its higher- mathematical trappings if
you wish. Beneath are expert plotting, inter-
esting people, good talk and practically last-
page enlightenment."
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p40 O 27 '46 270w
DUN LAP, ORRIN ELMER. Radar; what radar
is and how it works. 208p il $2.50 Harper
621.38 Radar 46-1698
"Mr. Dunlap's aim has been to give a popu-
lar version without equations or technical
language, so that the lay reader may gain an
appreciation of the nature and significance of
radar and may realize the tremendous im-
portance of science in the destiny of nations.
He has confined himself to statements made
public as news and to scientific bulletins,
passed by wartime censorship. Some of the
devices and techniques of radar, or other
processes more or less akin to it, are still
locked in military secrecy, but enough has
been released to make a thrilling story." Sci-
entific Bk Club R
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:7 My '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 120w
Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:12 Ja '46
Reviewed by D. G. Fink
N Y Times p43 Ap 14 '46 360w
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Times p23 Jl 14 '46 40w
"The story is told in part by quotations
from news bulletins and radio announcements.
Some of these are repetitious, and consequently
the book lacks the careful organization and
smooth sequence that might be desired. It
is nevertheless a dramatic and accurate pres-
entation of one of the most thrilling chapters
in all the annals of science."
H Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 F '46 300w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
DUNN, FREDERICK SHERWOOD, and others.
Absolute weapon. See Brodie, B., ed.
DUNPHY, JACK. John Fury; a novel in four
parts. 269p $2.50 Harper
46-7497
The story of an Irish immigrant in Philadel-
phia in the early years of this century. John
Fury marries first the gentle, loving Mamie,
but when she dies, he finds it necessary for
his children's sake to marry again. His mar-
riage to Bridget is unhappy, his life becomes
more and more sordid, and finally he dies in
disgrace.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy *
Book Week p8 D 8 '46 420w
"As in McSorley's Our Own Kind, here again
is the clannish Irish in all their hopeless bel-
ligerence, warm kindliness, abject surrender to
the conditions of living. The formalization of
the prose, and the sustained pitch of the story
give this a distinctive quality that emphasizes
its social consciousness, but which has little
of the tender, wide appeal of the McSorley,"
-| Kirkus 14:259 Je I '46 l?0w
234
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DUNPHY, JACK — Continued
"Written with rawness that smacks of the
Farrell style, It somehow doesn't ring true.
Not recommended." M. H. Zipprich
— Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 70w
"It is not a reviewer's place to make predic-
tions or recommendations, particularly after an
unusually strong first novel, but I think if Jack
Dunphy is hesitant about writing that diffi-
cult second novel, he should try his hand at
short stories. They demand all the gifts of
compassion he has shown to such splendid
advantage in John Fury." Richard Plant
4- New Repub 115-832 D 16 '46 650w
"Mr. Dunphy indicates that his novel was
inspired by a reading of Gertrude Stein/ s
'Making of Americans' and his sparsely punctu-
ated style echoes her primer-like simplicity,
although not her unintelligibility. He writes
starkly in vivid, suggestive images, indulging
only rarely in extraneous, non-stop, pseudo-
lyric flights, using repetition for effect, but
sparingly. Divided into four self-sufficent epi-
sodes dealing with different members of the
family, the novel's unifying theme is Fury's
crescendo of wrath. It adds up to a remarkable
first novel, warm and strong, its unflinching
realism saved from brutality by the author's
compassion and restraint." Mary McGrory
•f ISI Y Times p5 O 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by J. T. Farrell
Sat R of Lit 29:31 N 9 '46 600w
"John Fury is finished, but John Dunphy,
his creator, is just begun. He can write; he
has a feeling for people and language; but he
needs a plot." Thomas Sugrue
Weekly Book Review p!8 N 17 '46 550w
mended for large public libraries and college li-
braries." H. R. Forbes
Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 30w
"In telling the full story. Mrs. Duran-Reynals
has performed a work of significant and lively
scholarship." Richard Match
4- N Y Times p22 Je 9 '46 500w
"An admirably handled piece of popular
scholarship."
4- New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 40w
"An exciting and swiftly moving tale. It
reads like fiction but has the importance of his-
tory and of the social implications of malaria
left unchecked in various parts of the world."
K. F. Mather and others
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Je '46 1150w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 26 '46 120w
"The book provides a convenient review of
its subject, and should appeal not only to those
whose interest is in medical subjects, but to
the general reader as well."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2.245 S '46 120w
"Mrs. Duran-Reynals's book is not on malaria
as such nor on its treatment. It is a fascinating
history of human stumbling and stupidity. . .
The story deserves to become a classic for it
is here told in attractive form and is a remark-
able tale of fumbling, prejudice and pride for
which millions of human beings throughout the
centuries paid with their lives. Most startling
is the powerful and persistent efforts to main-
tain a monopoly on the quinine supply." Gerald
Wendt
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Je 9 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
DUPUY, JUDY. Television show business; a
handbook of television programming and pro-
duction. 246p il $2.50 General electric co, 1
River rd, Schenectady, N.Y.
792 Television broadcasting 46-3337
"First television production textbook tells
what future television producers will want
to know about this new industry. Author
spent some time at the General Electric Tele-
vision Studio, Schenectady, studying television
programming and this book is the result.
It is nontechnical in scope and has many
practical details. Part one deals with the pro-
auction and telecasting of programs at WRGB
and second part concerns the engineering and
production aspects from backstage." Library
J
Reviewed by tt. A. Bales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 lOOw
"Will be a valuable guide to future tele-
casters, who will go on the air as equipment
becomes available." James Stokley
4- Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 '46
140w
DURAN-REYNALS, MARIE LOUISE (DE
AY ALA). The fever bark tree; the pageant
of quinine. 275p $2.75 Doubleday
615.75 Quinine. Cinchona. Malaria SG46-213
History of man's battle with malaria, from
the death of Alexander the Great of this dread
disease in 323 B.C., to World war II when it
caused more than half the total casualties. The
story of quinine, the great malaria cure, is
treated from its first appearance to the present.
Index.
Atlantic 178:156 Ag '46 500w
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by B. L. Conway
Cath World 163:568 S '46 350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"Mrs. Duran-Reynals has told a wonderfully
good story with great charm and readability."
H. L. Binsse
4- Commonweal 44:460 Ag 23 '46 260w
Foreign Affairs 25:377 Ja '47 30w
Kirkus 14:169 Ap 1 '46 150w
"Not treated in a popular enough style to
be of interest to the layman. It can be recom-
DURANT, JOHN, and RICE, EDWARD. Come
out fighting. [248p] il $3 Essential bks.
796.83 Boxing— History 46-25213
Pictorial history of prize-fighting, made up
of over 200 prints and photographs supple-
mented by some 30,000 words of text and cap-
tions. No index.
Booklist 42-362 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by James Puller
N Y Times p8 Ji 7 '46 290w
"Just about the most lively book ever pub-
lished about the manly art." Herbert Kupfer-
berg
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 14 '46 700w
DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1st
earl of. Durham report; an abr. version with
an introd. and notes by Sir Reginald Coup-
land. 186p $2.75 (8s 6d) Oxford
971 Canada — Politics and government. Great
Britain — Colonies, dominions, etc.
"Durham sailed for Canada as High Com-
missioner and Governor-General in April,
1838. . . He resigned in October and was back
in England in December. The Durham Report
which refashioned the British Empire was de-
bated in Parliament on February 11, 1839. After
completing his report, Durham took little part
in public life." (Times [London] Lit Sup) r'Sir
Reginald Coupland suggests that the length of
this 'greatest state document in British im-
perial history' has stood in the way of its being
more widely read. In preparing this abridgment
he has emphasized the constitutional issue in
the British North American colonies and
French Canadian nationalism. Where passages
have been cut out, summaries of their con-
tents are given. The Introduction presents the
historical setting of the Report and contains
brief comment on some of its statements and
recommendations." (Pol Sci Q)
"Publication of an abridged veision of The
Durham Report will probably serve a useful
purpose in making Lord Durham's more im-
portant observations and recommendations on
Canadian government familiar to students of
British colonial history. The Report has bo-
come a classic more often referred to than
read. Professor Coupland has done a skillful
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235
job in cutting out the leas significant parts and
bringing the whole together in a compact little
volume of 186 pages." S. D. Clark
-h Ann Am Acad 248:277 N '46 360w
Reviewed by R. L. Schuyler
Pol Sci Q 61:475 S '46 140w
"It is to be hoped that many readers may be
tempted by the appearance of this edition to
peruse the 'Durham Report' and Professor
Coupland's illuminating commentary. They will
learn there the advisability of taking long
views in politics. What once seemed the optim-
ism of an unbalanced egotist has proved to
hold a great truth."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p49 F 2 '46
2000w
DURLACHER, ED. Play party book; singing
games for children; 11. by Arnold Edwin
Bare; music arranged by Ken Macdonald.
[90p] $2.50 Devin-Adair
793.3 Singing games 46-25035
"Ed Durlacher, authority on square dances
and singing games, presents in this book thirty-
seven singing games handed down to us from
frontier frolics and from centuries of children's
play. Directions are given with explicit sim-
plicity and further illumined by Arnold Hare's
diagrams, and Ken MacDonald has thought-
fully arranged the music for non- professional
pianists." N Y Times
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
"These games are all traditional, having been
commonplace in homes and nurseries two or
three generations ago. They still possess great
charm and can prove a God-send to mothers
of large broods, directors of nursery schools,
persons in charge of playgrounds and or-
ganizers of birthday parties." H. L». Binsse
4- Commonweal 43:122 N 16 '45 70w
"The book will be a real boon to teachers
and mothers. They will find in it such favorite
folk games as Mulberry Bush, Frog Goes Walk-
ing, Muffln Man, Farmer in the Dell, and be
well prepared for the next children's party or
playtime. The children themselves will turn to
it to learn the way a game should be played
and sung." A. M. Jordan '
+ Horn Bk 22:131 Mr '46 80w
"An attractive book of singing games for
children of kindergarten age, which presents
37 popular music games that will be useful
for adults with groups to handle. The music
is simplified for easy reading. The directions
are clear. The illustrations are in the tradi-
tion of The Singing L<ady game books formerly
so popular."
4- Kirkus 14:128 Mr 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by E. L. Buell
4- N Y Times p26 D 9 '45 lOOw
"A book for small children, easily taught
and full of fun."
+ School & Society 63:15 Ja 5 '46 lOw
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 27 '46 200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:61 Ap '46
D'USSEAU, ARNAUD, and GOW, JAMES.
Deep are the roots. 205p $2.50 Scribner
812 46-1288
A play based on the postwar experiences of
a Negro lieutenant who returns to his home
In the South and the white family in whose
house he had been raised. With the exception
of one young daughter of the family, who
wants to marry him, they all turn against him.
"This is a hard-hitting, honest, splendidly
devised drama which pulls no punches and
asks no quarter. It gives thoughtful people
new hope in the American theater." Sterling
North
4- Book Week p2 F 10 '46 700w
Booklist 42:244 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 My '46
"The play is conscientiously done and (per-
haps for that reason) it leaves the whole prob-
lem unsolved and apparently Insoluble."
Christian Century 63:240 F 20 '46 160w
"One is tempted immediately to compare this
play with Paul Green's powerful drama In
Abraham's Bosom. Unfortunately Deep Are
the Roots comes off rather badly in this com-
parison. The deep and potent conflict which
the authors conceive is resolved in what might
be termed a melodramatic fashion. External
aids are utilized, including the faked theft of
a watch, rather than the more basic psy-
chological disintegrations bound to affect Brett
Charles and those involved in his problems.
The roots of prejudice and tradition are deep
indeed, both below and above the Mason-Dixon
line. One can wonder whether this play does
very much to disturb these roots, let alone
pull some of them from the strange soil that
harbors them." W. P. Sears
Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Kirkus 14:64 F 1 '46 50w
"Recommended for drama and Negro collec-
tions." George Freedley
4- Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by Lewis Nichols
N Y Times p3 F 3 '46 450w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p24 My 19 '46
250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
DUVALL, MRS EVELYN RUTH (WILLIS),
and HILL, REUBEN LORENZO. When you
marry. 450p il $3 Assn. press; educ ed 464p
$2.40 Heath
392.5 Marriage 45-10371
A serious study of family life, with emphasis
on the preparation for, and adjustment to,
marriage. The book is in four parts: Anticipat-
ing marriage; What it means to be married;
The making of a family; Family life yester-
day, today, and tomorrow. Index.
"This volume, in the opinion of the reviewer,
represents the best of its class and marks a
new achievement in what may be called sex
hygiene in its most inclusive sense." R. M.
Atwater
4- Am J Pub Health 36:291 Mr '46 400w
"This is a valuable book, which, though it
contains many misconceptions and unwarranted
generalizations, is nevertheless, one of the
most outstanding and usable in the field." L. G.
Brown
-| Am J Soc 52:77 Jl "46 800w
"This book can be heartily recommended to
all persons looking forward to marriage. It
contains a great deal of helpful material, or-
ganized in an interesting and readable way.
Each chapter is streamlined with a 'kickoff
cartoon' which serves to introduce the subject,
and is supported by well-selected bibliographi-
cal references at the end. The volume should
be serviceable equally for the general reader
and for classroom purposes." J. H. S. Bossard
4- Ann Am Acad 244:226 Mr '46 450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"The book's interesting and lively style will
attract young people even though they may
not have access to a course for which it serves
as text. It covers an exceptionally wide range
of interrelated fields which are both valuable
and interesting." R. F. Hamilton
+ J Home Econ 38:172 Mr '46 240w
"This is not an ordinary textbook. Its style
and approach are quite at variance with the
volumes one usually finds on the shelves of
the college bookstore. Whether this makes it
a better book than others, or a poorer, is a
question for debate. . . When You Marry pro-
vides, what seems to me to be, a very adequate
coverage of the essentials of the subject. The
criteria of value fo** a book with the purposes
of this one are not so much the originality of
data and hypotheses as inclusiveness, logic of
arrangement and presentation, and readability.
When You Marry rates high on each of these
counts. Its primary sources are authoritative
and contemporary."
Social Forces 26:108 O '46 350w
"The book is as readable as it is valuable."
W. H. H.
4- Sprinflf'd Republican p4 N 17 '45 240w
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DUVALL, E. R.— Continued
"This book is an attractively presented man-
ual of information for married couples and
young people contemplating: marriage. It is
vividly and clearly written and the point of
view is at the same time sympathetic and ob-
jective." Eleanor Clifton
4- Survey 82:94 Mr '46 220w
DWOSKIN, CHARLES. Shadow over the land.
285p $2.75 Beechhurst press
46-20994
"Charles Dwoskin's novel is an attack on the
insidious and destructive technique of organi-
zations which line the pockets of their pro-
moters and foster race and color prejudice
under the banner of patriotism. By feeding the
discouraged veteran and the discontented work-
er with slogans and rabble-rousing oratory,
they manage to feather their own nests while
fouling the community's." Weekly Book Re-
view
Reviewed by Clinton Text or
Book Week p!3 N 3 '46 150w
"The astute perception of the otherwise not-
quile-bright Harold, plus his activities with a
group fighting Patriots United, seems quite
false and unconvincing. The relationship be-
tween Dan and Tom (with all its implica-
tions) emerges merely as psychoneurotic bait
with Freudian overtones. But when the author
tells the story of Paul, when he exposes the
inner workings of Patriots United, he writes
a shrewd, hard-hitting story. His descriptions
and dialogue show that in his just twenty-
four years his eyes and ears haven't missed
much." Andrea Parke
1_ N Y Times p!8 O 13 '46 360w
"With all its youthful shortcomings, 'Shadow
Over the Land' must be called a promising
first novel." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 30-23 Ja 4 '47 360w
"The theme is familiar, but the author has
given it a certain freshness and focus by trac-
ing the consequences in an average family —
one In which there is a returned soldier son
and a daughter grieving for a soldier who
will never return." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 HOw
They will be recognized by any one who has
seen himself in a concave mirror — and laughed."
M. L. Becker
•f Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 14 '46 600w
DYKSTRA, GERALD OSCAR, and DYKSTRA,
LILLIAN GREEN. Business law of aviation.
623p $5 McGraw
387.7 Aeronautics — Laws and regulations.
Commercial law 46-3434
"A study of some two hundred legal cases
directly concerned with or arising out of avia-
tion. The cases are arranged in groups, each
covering a specific application of the law to a
particular issue. These include questions in-
volving Federal control; state police authority
and tax measures; the power or municipal cor-
porations to operate airports; charges of tres-
pass, nuisance, or negligence; common carrier
responsibilities; insurance and workmen's com-
pensation; contracts and bailments; criminal
proceedings; and international agreements in
air law. Problems for discussion are given at
the end of each chapter." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
Eng N 136:112 Ag 8 '46 80w
"Written in simple language. Of interest
for pilots, transport passengers, aviation manu-
facturers, airport managers, salesmen, those
engaged in air transport, insurance and other
aviation businesses and related interests." L.
A. Bales
-1- Library J 71-825 Je 1 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:19 Ap '46
"The authors have relied primarily on the
case method of presentation, but they have
accompanied the excorpts from leading court
decisions with lucid and concise summaries and
explanations ot the principles involved, thereby
imparting to the book the characteristics and
readability of a treatise rather than a law
school casebook Because of this treatment,
the book also should have an appeal to persons
outside the legal profession who have a general
interest in aviation problems "
|- U S Quarterly, Bkl 2:228 S '46 240w
DYER, CAROLINE. Three famous ugly sisters;
pictures by Donald McKay. (Whittlesey house
publication) [52p] $1.76 McGraw
46-2893
Nonsense story about three ugly sisters who
lived in a castle overlooking a village where
they were much in demand, for they could
scare the wolf from the door, the ferrets from
the fields, the bats from the belfries. What
happens when the sisters get too old to do any
scaring makes the story.
"A most entertaining story, to which Donald
McKay's many pictures add a great deal of
fun." P. A. Whitney
4- Book Week p23 Ap 14 '46 230w
"Moderately funny story with colorful pic-
tures on every page."
Kirkus 14:126 Mr 1 '46 80w
"It seems to me unnecessarily involved for
the fourth- and fifth -graders who are always
demanding more fairy tales. However, it has
enough good points so that I shall try it out
with the children before making final judg-
ment on it." J. D. Lindquist
H Library J 71:688 Ap 16 '46 70w
"This story is full of juicy puns, and has the
sound of a modern folk tale. The lively colored
illustrations by Donald McKay add to the fun.
For children 6 to 10." Marjorle Fischer
+ N Y Times p26 Ap 7 '46 90w
Reviewed by Sylvia Cowett
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
160w
"The Three Famous Ugly Sisters, who look
just like their names, will damage the nerves
of no child who has felt the thrill of being
chased, in the course of such a game, by one
of his own comrades temporarily disguised.
EASTON, WILLIAM BURNET. Faith of a
Protestant. 76p $1.50 Macmillan
230 Protestantism 46-1418
"It is the intention of this book to present
some of the major beliefs of the Christian Faith
in simple, non-technical language which lay
men and women who are untrained in philo-
sophical and theological terminology can under-
stand." (Pref) The author is religious director
and assistant professor of religion at Massa-
chusetts State college. No index.
"Should be on the required reading list of
those who are interested in contemporary reli-
gious trends since this is a book that attempts
to blend the orthodoxy of Protestant positivism
with liberal social action. . . The Unitarian
theologians will disagree with much of this
book and Roman Catholics will find that Dr.
Eas ton's theology, which is part of the growing
'Christus Victor' movement, is similar to their
own. The Catholic, however, will be quite sur-
prised at Easton's own summaries of Catholic
theology, whether Roman or Anglican. Here
Dr. Easton oversimplifies to the point of error.
The book is nevertheless a stimulating, worthy
exposition of a challenging theme." J. O. Supple
_| Book Week p4 Mr 24 '46 180w
"Small but highly valuable book. . . The
book merits high commendation and wide use."
-f Christian Century 63:498 Ap 17 '46 300w
"It is refreshing to read a book on Prot-
estantism which does not mention Roman
Catholicism until it is necessary in its chapter
on the church." W. L. Caswell
4- Churchman 160:16 Je 1 '46 160w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
237
"This is a useful, plain, and nontechnical
book which undertakes to set forth exactly
what its title describes." P. C. Grant
Crozer Q 23:298 Jl '46 SOOw
"This is no polemic, as the title might sug-
gest. It is rather the simple, straight- forward
confession of faith of a Protestant minister
trained in the liberal school and yet alive to
the weaknesses of liberal Protestantism. It
is a plea for a return from the materialism and
secularism of our time to a vital faith together
with a simple statement of the essentials of
such a faith from the Protestant standpoint."
Klrkus 14:99 F 15 '46 60w
EASTWICK, IVY O. Fairies and suchlike; II.
by Decie Merwin. 63p $1.60 Dutton
821 Children's poetry 46-5907
Collection of delicate verses for children.
Some of the verse has appeared in magazines
in England and in this country, and some is
being printed for the first time.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
"It echoes no other collection but breathes
its own sincerity and a single-minded wish to
please children. The line drawings by Decie
Merwin are delightful " A M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22-474 N '46 40w
"Imported from England, but it scarcely
seems worth the trip."
— Kirkus 14:419 S 1 '46 50w
"Attractively and appropriately illustrated
with delicate drawings by Decie Merwin."
Claire Nolte
-f Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by Phyllis Fenner
N Y Times pll S 1 '46 90w
"A series of short verses by an English poet
that bring into harmony the English country-
side, with its flowers and birds and little ani-
mals, and the fairies who are in sympathy
with these things. . . The drawings by Decie
Merwin illustrate effectively the illusive quality
in the poems." M G D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29-G3 N 9 '46 130w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 60w
EASTWOOD, LA VERNE WINFIELD. Gas in
light alloys. 99p il $2.50 Wiley [15s Chap-
man]
669.7 Aluminum. Porosity 46-3717
"Handbook for men in the shop concerned
with the practical problem of melting light
alloys. Simply written." Library J
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 20w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:19 Ap '46
EATON, ANNE THAXTER. Treasure for the
taking; a book list for boys and girls. 248p
028.5 Children's literature — Bibliography
46-25087
"To supplement her Reading with chil-
dren [Book Review Digest, 1940], the author,
reviewer and critic, and librarian of the Lin-
coln school of Teachers college, Columbia uni-
versity, has compiled a list of books, old and
new, for boys and girls from two to 15, to aid
parents and other adults in the selection of
books for children. The selection is a personal
one, the annotations excellent; both reflect the
author's wealth of experience in the field of
children's literature. Grouped under subject,
each entry gives author, title, publisher, date
of publication, and tentative age range."
(Booklist) Index.
Book Week p25 N 10 '46 90w
Booklist 42:241 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:3 Ag '46
Cath World 163:188 My '46 150w
"Most of the annotations are very good and
ve an adequate idea of the nature of the
k. The categories listed in the Table of
Contents, seventy in all, are those under which
children are most likely to seek books. . . This
book list should be useful to adults wishing
to survey the field of Juvenile literature ana
to those who purchase books for children."
Evangeline Colburn
+ El School J 46:595 Je '46 360w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:213 My '46 160w
"A valuable booklist for parents and librar-
ies. Favorites of the past are in this as well
as a good selection of moderns and there is ex-
cellent classification according to subject and
age level. A brief resume" of each book is in-
valuable in aiding parents, teachers and librar-
ians to make adequate selection of reading ma-
terial. The organization is very thorough, cov-
ering, among many others, picture books, folk-
tales, historical works, science, animal sto-
ries, and career books."
4- Klrkus 14:178 Ap 1 '46 llOw
"Here is that welcome rarity, a creative
book list, with Miss Eaton's enthusiasm for
books and knowledge of young readers' inter-
ests apparent on every page." M. C. Scoggin
-f- Library J 71:973 Jl '46 160w
"Here is a working book collection which
caters to individual reading tastes, and builds
up good readers by many roads and varied ap-
proaches. Mass production, book club choices,
prizes and publicity have little to do with the
results. Here is a library which really does
defend the children, the authors and artists,
the whole pro-book, anti-materialist world."
L. S. Bechtel
-f> N Y Times p8 Ap 14 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:148 D 7 '46 80w
"Here is everything that boys and girls need,
that they can grow on. One feels that the
experience that produced this book was
satisfying and rewarding, although like all
experience it probably had its ups and downs.
It is not a book to stand on the shelves, to
be taken down only when there is a definite
need. It is a book to live with, to keep close
at hand. Its format and printing are simple
and dignified. This reviewer's copy will be
well worn before another spring rolls around."
M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:56 Ap 20 '46 400w
Reviewed by R. A. Brown
Social Studies 38:44 Ja '47 250w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:260 S *4G 150w
"If you know Miss Eaton's 'Reading With
Children,' the name of this book and the state-
ment that it is in effect a supplement to that
valuable companion will turn you toward a
bookshop in search of it. But for the benefit
of beginners it should be pointed out that this
is more than a supplement; as a basic book
list it has life, interest and usefulness all its
own. . . It is an admirable source for family,
school or library book-equipment." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 7 '46 360w
WIs Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
EBERHART, MRS MIQNON (GOOD). Five
passengers from Lisbon. 242p $2 Random
house
46-25202
Detective story.
giv
boo
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
"The master touch for murders with superior
entertainment value."
-f Klrkus 14:51 F 1 '46 80w
"Hospital environment is nothing new to Mrs.
Eberhart, as those can testify who remember
•The Patient in Room 18.' In this story of a
hospital at sea she has equaled if not surpassed
her early Nurse Keete stories." Isaac Anderson
+ N Y Times p32 Je 9 '46 150w
"Eberhart fashion, which is both sleek and
efficient."
New Yorker 22:96 Je 15 '46 lOOw
"Standard brand."
Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 40w
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EBERHART, M. Q.— Continued
"Time is just at the close of the war, so you
can excuse all concerned for acting strangely
through it all It's a highly entertaining Eber-
hart opus with a lovely heroine who ought to be
more careful about her men." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p30 My 26 '46
250w
"The theme is of course religious, but it is
presented without stickiness, and the account
reads like a story of contemporary life." O. C.
4- Book Week p48 D 1 r46 50w
"Those who like their biblical stories re-
told in the novel form may find this wholly
unsubtle example pleasantly entertaining." H.
J. Porman
N Y Times p25 O 27 '46 230w
EBERHART, MRS MIQNON (GOOD). White
dress. 307p $2 Random house
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 O 20 '46 180w
Booklist 43.103 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:333 Jl 16 '46 50w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 20 '46 IDOw
"Miss Sanderson's predicament will un-
doubtedly appeal to Eberhart fans, who will
find it just as sleekly presented as all its
predecessors."
New Yorker 22:115 O 12 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '46
60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 S 22 '46 240w
EBERHART, RICHARD, and RODMAN, SEL-
DEN, eds. War and the poet; an anthology
of poetry expressing man's attitudes to war
from ancient times to the present. 240p $3
Devin-Adair
808.81 War poetry. Poetry — Collections
46-754
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The tracing of the various themes that
have emerged with time is, in general, ex-
cellent. The evaluation of Cummings and
Rosenberg as two of the best voices of World
War I has been delayed long enough, and it
is proper and good to find it made here. But
it is difficult to escape the feeling that the
editors fumble on the one-yard line after a
flne long run. There are some surprising omis-
sions in the section of World War II poets,
among them John Pudney. And Randall Jar-
rell, who has written some of the best poetry
of the last few years, is inadequately repre-
sented by one short poem." John Ciardi
-I Atlantic 177:176 Ap '46 300w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
Reviewed by Randall Jarrell
Nation 162:238 F 23 '46 550w
New Yorker 21:95 F 9 '46 650w
"This is a compact, readable anthology "
George Dillon
4- Poetry 69:46 O '46 900w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-184 S '46 240\v
"At this writing the Second World War is
not over officially. Nor is it over in fact.
Fighting is in progress on more than one con-
tinent and on the islands, and where the con-
flict is not a bloody one, there are ugly rumors
of wars. Poetry may perhaps be regarded as
the opposite of warfare, because it involves
the delight in life, the awareness, the respon-
sibility, that the soldier resigns. The present
volume is valuable because it represents both
these fields of human activity, and because it
shows the one in terms of the other." Babette
Deutsch
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 F 17 '46 750w
EBERLE, GERTRUDE. Charioteer; a story
of old Egypt in the days of Joseph. 296p
$2.50 Eerdmans
46-20993
"The romance of old Egypt lives in this
colorful account of the life of Joseph and a
bondslave, Raanah, who wanted to be a
charioteer." Book Week
EBERLE, IRMENGARDE (PHYLLIS ANN
CARTER, pseud). Basketful; the story of our
foods; il. by Marion R. Kohs. 256p $2 Crowell
630 Food— Juvenile literature Agr46-203
"Informative, simply told story of food-
raising the world over, written for children
under twelve. It opens with wheat, telling the
story of Mark Carlton's struggle against rust,
working back to the origin and adaptations of
the wheat plant. . . Rice brings in the Far East
and our own South. The cow country's meat,
the teeming ocean's food, fruits from near and
far: the fats, milk and cheese; the sweets and
the various nuts round out the work." Weekly
Book Review
"This story of our foods should be of particu-
lar value in schools and libraries. Except to the
young person who is an earnest seeker after in-
formation, it may prove a bit slow-going as
straight reading."
Book Week p!7 Je 2 '46 140w
Booklist 42-319 Je 1 '46
"An attractive page with good type and
inviting headings here calls attention to the
sources of our food supply, now seeming more
important than ever before. . . Such a book
will be both useful and entertaining in school
and at home." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:273 Jl '46 160w
"A well written, succinct and lively account.
. . Some historical items on inventions, and on
agricultural science add to the value of this
book for libraries and schools."
-f Kirkus 14:174 Ap 1 '46 90w
"Valuable, attractively arranged and well-
written book on the complete food picture "
V W. Schott
-f- Library J 7T982 Jl '46 70w
"This attractive fact book, of special inter-
est to schools and libraries, is spiced with col-
orful bits of scientific information, interesting
items of human interest and history, and gay
spot drawings." Nina Schneider
-f N Y Times p27 My 12 '46 lOOw
"Coming at exactly the right moment, this
is an entertaining record of the foods that the
people of America eat. . . It covers practically
the whole world. It is amazing to realize how
far we go to get the things we take for
Kranted."
•f Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 60w
Weekly Book Review p20 My 19 '46
320w
EBERLE, IRMENGARDE (PHYLLIS ANN
CARTER, pseud). Visiting Jimpsons; il. by
Ruth Kreps. 188p $2 Reynal
46-7720
The Jimpsons were three orphans who had
been passed around from one relative to an-
other for years. They were rather mild in all
but one particular: they refused to be sep-
arated. The story is of their visit to an elderly
great-aunt living in a small town, and what
happened when it became known that this
time they must be separated.
"Good values, fresh story line, lively char-
acters, and Miss Eberle's competent writing
to hold it all together. Sprightly line draw-
ings."
-f Kirkus 14:386 Ag 15 '46 90w
"A natural story of children in a pleasant
little town. Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
-f Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
"A pleasant, realistic story." R. A. H,
-f Sat R of Lit 30:31 Ja 18 '47 140w
"It is a good book for nine-year-olds, it gives
them an unusual inside view of others of that
middle age." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46 340w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
239
EBY, LOIS, and FLEMING, JOHN C. Blood
runs cold. 224p $2 Dutton
46-4806
Detective story.
"The preceding novel by this mystery writ-
ing- team — 'The Case of the Malevolent Twin'
— was much better than the present book."
Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 S 15 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:261 Je 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!8 Jl 14 '46 140w
"The wildness of the action and the bright-
ness of the humor may overpower you a bit."
San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
50w
"Choice collection of movie luminaries,
refugees, and minor figures give story plenty
of color and zest, although solution doesn't
quite jell."
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 3 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 7 '46 180w
EBY, LOIS, and FLEMING, JOHN C. Caje
of the malevolent twin. 256p $2 Dutton
46-403
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!9 P 17 '46 90w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Kirkus 13:548 D 15 45 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p35 Ja 27 '46 200w
"All very confusing."
— Sat R of Lit 29:38 F 9 '46 40w
"How 'The Case of the Malevolent Twin' is
solved will provide entertainment for a rainy
night." H. O. A.
Sprmgf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46 120w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Ja 27 '46
230w
ECKENRODE, HAMILTON JAMES. The
Randolphs; the story of a Virginia family.
310p il $3.50 Bobbs
920 Randolph family 46-6799
Collective biography of the Randolphs of
Virginia, from William Randolph of Warwick-
shire who came to Virginia about 1669, and
founded the family, to George Wythe Randolph,
who became Secretary of War in the Con-
federacy. Includes a chapter on Thomas Jeffer-
son, whose mother was a Randolph. Index.
"Dr. Eckenrode's volume is a solid, thorough
study of a tradition as well as of a family.
We cannot minimize the Randolphs, for they
represent too much of American history, and
to understand certain chapters of it we must
know them." R. B. Nye
-f Book Week p5 O 20 '46 350w
Booklist 43.100 D 1 '46
"The whole book lacks freshness of inter-
pretation and attitude. Mr. Eckenrode repeats
much well-known history in a style that is
commonplace and platitudinous. The result is
an undistinguished book on a distinguished
family." Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 2
'46 480w
/'One could wish that Mr. Eckenrode had dis-
covered the semblance of a theme to unify
his book." Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 45:281 D 27 '46 350w
Kirkus 14:316 Jl 1 '46 130w
"Dr. Eckenrode's presentation of the Ran-
dolph history is entertaining and useful, not
only for the individual portraits which it
sympathetically presents but for the back-
ground against which they are projected. It
is not scholars' history, manifestly, which is
disappointing in an author of Dr. Eckenrode's
standing; it is sketchy, inexhaustive, besides
being based entirely on secondary sources
whicb do not always appear to have been
weighed carefully. But as an introduction to a
picturesque and fascinating group of people
too little known today, 'The Randolphs' should
prove appealing and popular. If it is running
history, it is interesting history — and well
worth reading." A. C. Gordon
-4- N Y Times p34 N 24 '46 600w
"Mr. Eckenrode's presentation of the Vir-
ginia milieu is somewhat on the pedestrian
side, but he has succeeded very well, indeed,
in showing the contrasts and purposes of this
family and in evaluating their social and
political contributions to State and Nation."
J.V.
San Francisco Chronicle p21 N 10 '46
130w
Reviewed by A very Craven
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 19 '47
1400w
ECKMAN, DONALD P. Principles of indus-
trial process control. 237p $3.50 Wiley
620.78 Control equipment 45-8690
"Thorough, comprehensive treatment of prin-
ciples governing automatic control. Among
contents are measuring characteristics of con-
trollers, the effect of process load changes,
effect of valve characteristics and correlated
or multiple control systems." (Library J) Glos-
sary. Index.
Booklist 42:179 F 1 '46
"This book should meet the needs of anyone
interested in automatic control, especially in
the process industries. Executives, chemists,
engineers, and maintenance men should all find
it valuable. It might well be used for a text
for an instrumentation course, either for college
classes or for industrial classes." R. H. Munch
4- Chem & Eng N 24:264 Ja 25 '46 500w
"All in all, the author has accomplished his
task and has laid down a useful foundation of
both theory and practice of automatic process
control. The fundamental simplicity and clar-
ity of this book should make it valuable to any-
one interested in the design and operation of
the process industries." R. W. Porter
+ Chem & Met Eng 53:287 Ja '46 400w
Library J 70:307 Ap 1 '45 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:62 O '45
ECONOMIC RESEARCH GROUP. Economic
development in S. E. Europe; with an introd.
by David Mitrany [pub. by] PEP (Political
and economic planning). 165p $3 (10s 6d) Ox-
ford
330.94 Central Europe — Economic condi-
tions. Balkan states 45-5170
"A sympathetic survey prepared for PEP
(Political and Economic Planning) and cover-
ing Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary
and the Balkans." Foreign Affairs
Reviewed by Emil Lengyel
Ann Am Acad 243:159 Ja '46 360w
"There is no short or easy solution indicated,
but the book gives hope that, with wise plan-
ning, co-operation and hard work, great prog-
ress can be made step by step. Indeed, much
progress has been made." R. H. M.
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!3 Ag 9 '45
330w
Foreign Affairs 24:167 O '45 20w
Reviewed by Antonin Basch
J Pol Econ 54:561 D '46 900w
Nation 161:528 N 17 '45 120w
Reviewed by Oscar Jaszi
-f New Repub 113:806 D 10 '45 1800w
"It is impossible to discuss at length in a
book- review the problem whether it is really
possible — as the book" attempts — to avoid poli-
tics when discussing the economic problems of
any area. It seems to me that the 'functional
approach' of Professor Mitrany is certainly use-
ful but has its strict limitations. . . However,
Professor Mitrany may be justified in retort-
ing that his 'a-politicar attitude is for the out-
side neutral observer the only fair approach.
The book gives one of the best expositions of
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH QROUP— Continued
the economic structure of the discussed coun-
tries on the basis of the available pre-war data,
and very useful suggestions for their economic
development." Alfred Drucker
H -- Spec 174:436 My 11 '45 600w
"Beyond its general recommendations the
book does not put forward a concrete plan,
and leaves the political problem untouched.
If these omissions and the use throughout of
pre-war statistical data appear to give the
whole work an air of unreality, it must be al-
lowed that the group had no other data on
which to work, and the only alternative would
have been to use no figures at all. With so
much uncertainty overhanging so many of the
issues involved, it would have been dangerous
to go farther than Dr. Mitrany and his col-
leagues decided to go. The study constitutes a
more constructive programme for the rebuild-
ing of this sorely tried region than any yet
[London] Lit Sup p231 My 19 '45
lOOOw
EDDY, WILLIAM CRAWFORD. Television;
the eyes of tomorrow. 330p il $3.75 Prentice-
Hall
021.388 Television 45-10404
"Nontechnical survey. Brief history and de-
velopment of television, precedes discussion of
mechanics of the television camera, transmis-
sion, networks, control rooms, lighting, color
television, motion pictures in television, make-
up, acting, studio design, visual effects, stag-
ing production and economic aspects of tele-
vision and television commercials." Library J
Kirkus 13:391 S 1 '45 HOw
Library J 70:1090 N 15 '45 70w
"On the whole this is the most exhaustive
consideration of television which has thus far
been presented for the general public. It is
well worth the attention of anyone who is
curious about the subject." Waldemar Kaempf-
fert
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 F 16 '46 850w
"Even so worthy an effort suffers from
Captain Bill's far-flung embrace. In touching
upon the mosaic of subjects that total to tele-
vision, he has brushed over some so lightly
as virtually to neglect them. . . Developments
in television's fast-changing structure have
further curbed some of the book's value. More
sensitive cameras, released since the book was
written, permit greater flexibility in lighting,
and new concepts of net-works have already
outdated some of the book's basic information,
to cite but two examples. Nevertheless, as of
manuscript delivery date, the volume gives
good basic information about how television
works technically, practically and program-
matically. You have a sense of sharing knowl-
edge and experience with a practical expert
in television." A. W. Bernsohn
.] Theatre Arts 30:368 Je '46 SOOw
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 '46
230w
EDELSTADT, VERA (MRS MICHAEL
KRAUS). Oceans in the sky; il. by Louis
Bunin. [63p] $1.76 Knopf
551.5 Water. Geology — Juvenile literature.
Meteorology — Juvenile literature 46-3243
The story of the part water has played In
the history of the earth and its inhabitants.
The text is printed in short lines giving the
effect of free verse and there are wash draw-
ings on every page. At the end of the volume
an appendix gives in straight prose further in-
formation on some points.
Reviewed by A. C. Moore
Horn Bk 22:214 My '46 240w
Kirkus 14:149 Mr 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by K. H. McAlarney
Library J 71:588 Ap 15 T46 90w
"Despite the many sensitive black-and-white
illustrations, the unusual lyrical free -verse
style, and the attractive format, this book will
appeal largely to adults and to the precocious,
literary child. The more science-minded reader
will find that, despite the fortification of an
excellent appendix, the book touches on too
many fundamental concepts in its sixty brief
pages to achieve meaning in terms of the
child's experience." Nina Schneider
N Y Times p32 Ap 28 '46 140 w
"This [first] section of the book, although
it is in straightforward prose, is printed as
verse with striking and imaginative illustra-
tions. A child who is perhaps too young for
the text will be fascinated by these dramatic
drawings of the swirling creative forms of sea
and sky, sun and earth, with primitive animals
and primitive man appearing among them.
The second section, which is not illustrated, is
more simple in its presentation. Young people
will find it clear and interesting long before
they are ready to read technical geology."
M. C. Dodd
4- Sat R of Lit 29:57 Ap 20 '46 270w
EDGINTON, MAY (MRS F. E. BAILY). Winds
of desire [Eng title: Captain's house]. 400p
$2.50 Macrae Smith co. [8s 6d Macdonald &
CO]
46-4359
"Just before World War II, Clover Jones
married Henry Brann, scion of the first family
of Eastminster in England. She married for
a home and money, and hadn't a notion of
how much undercover viciousness she would
find in her dreadful husband and her two
brothers-in-law — almost enough to match her
own young ruthlessness." Library J
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll My 5 '46 230w
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
"Fine pictures make the dramatic story
even more arresting." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:210 My '46 80w
Kirkus 14:78 P 15 '46 190w
"Taylor Caldwell's public will relish this one.
Recommended for small libraries." F. A.
Boyle
-f Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 80w
"It is skilfully done but often oppressively
sentimental." H. I'A. Fausct
-| Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 3 '45 40w
Reviewed by Catharine Brody
N Y Times p!6 Je 9 '46 360w
" 'Winds of Desire* is unhurried and
precisely detailed, an interesting study of an
English family clinging to its traditions and
its capital, but a little faded in dignity, a
little impoverished in spirit." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 16 '46
150w
Wia Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
EDGLEY, LESLIE. Fear no more. 202p $2
Simon & Schuster
46-6855
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p8 O 18 '46 90w
"Leslie Edgley Is a new name in detective
fiction and one which cannot be ignored."
Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 HOw
"Well organized, if not exactly original."
^ New Yorker 22:104 S 28 '46 140w
"For macabre tension and quietly satisfac-
tory writing, it's one of the best yet, within
a formula which constantly threatens to prove
exhausted." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!5 S 15 '46
50w
"If the tale seems overwrought at times,
that's all right with the self-scaring trade
and others may well interest themselves in
the puzzle." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!9 3 15 '46 90w
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EDMONDS, MRS HELEN (WOODS) (ANNA
KAVAN, pseud). Asylum piece. 3l2p $2.60
Doubleday
46-6090
Volume of short stories or sketches in which
the author attempts to portray the patients in
a Swiss mental hospital.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 600w
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:279 Je IB '46 170w
"The interest is usually sustained and often
acute, but it is the impersonal interest of the
nurse for the patient, compounded of anxiety
and curiosity and occasional annoyance. But
in the best of these stories, Miss Kavan has
created with poetic devices those states of mind
between reality and illusion in which contradic-
tories hold each other in a terrified embrace.
This is the hell of souls lost within themselves,
and she has charted the territory of loneliness
they inhabit and has registered the persistent
single voice that forms their silence." John
Farrelly
-) New Repub 115:355 S 23 '46 950w
Reviewed by Isa Kapp
N Y Times p5 Ag 11 '46 700w
"Miss Kavan writes with much sensitiveness
and imagination and, in some of the more sub-
jective stories, with considerable subtlety."
4- New Yorker 22:90 Ag 17 '46 40w
"Miss Kavan is almost inhumanely successful
in communicating an interior impresson of
mental sickness. But her contribution is a
fragile one, for although it is intellectual it Is
essentially subjective. And the subjective when
quite divorced from action, when dedicated al-
most exclusively to emotions, ideas, and experi-
ments in craftsmanship, communicates only to
those prepared to decode the message. . .
What you get out of 'Asylum Piece* depends
on how hard you are willing to work. It's not
Joyce, but it is intentionally difficult to read.
Anna Kavan is definitely a most important
new writer." Leo Lerman
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ag 10 '46 HOOw
Time 48:96 S 2 '46 460w
"It is clear from her book that Anna Kavan,
the author, is a person of cultivation and back-
ground. Her prose is highly sensitive; at times,
movingly poetic, but the undertow of aberration
continually draws her work away from the
shores of the understandable and normal. With
the exception of two or three sketches, the
material leaves one with a sense of depression
and horror. It is the outpouring of a mind
pursued by fear and insecurity, that seems
lucid and objective in spots and then wanders
off into paths that are difficult to follow. Un-
like 'The Snake Pit,' the book has no direc-
tion or unity, no humor to relieve the tension
of intimacy with an appalling illness." Rose
Feld
Weekly Book Review p8 3 1 '46 600w
EDMUNDS, MURRELL. Time's laughter in
their ears. (Beechhurst press publication)
220p $2.60 Ackerman
46-3955
"A short, tense novel concerning the Negro
problem in the South In which an 'educated
nigger' tries to organize laborers into a union
and meets underhanded and violent opposi-
tion." Springf'd Republican
"Edmunds pictures his characters with little
subtlety of shading, even though they are seen
-obliquely most of the time from Bobby's naive
viewpoint. Nevertheless, the writing is com-
petent enough and the novel on a whole is en-
joyable and even stirring in spots." Jack
Conroy
H Book Week p4 My 26 '46 270w
"The incidents are seen through the eyes of
a 12-year-old boy, which effectively hightens
the drama but sometimes stretches credulity
as to the conversational nuances to which a
young ear can be considered attuned. The
plot is simple, the action restrained, and the
characters very well done, although the un-
dercurrent of scandal and tragedy in the chief
white family in the story sometimes seems in
danger of taking the spotlight away from the
Negro family the author presumably is
desirous of featuring." R. P. H.
-I Springf'd Republican p6 My 23 '46
180w
"This story derives its dramatic effect by
mirroring the action through the eyes of a
twelve-year-old boy. . . The child only half
understands the angry forces that are being
unleashed, and his bewilderment is conveyed
with notable skill. Most of the grown-up char-
acters are one-dimensional; they advance the
thesis but do not have the creative touch."
Lisle Bell
4 Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 21 '46
HOw
EDWARDS, ALLEN LOUIS. Statistical analy-
sis for students in psychology and education.
360p $3.50 Rinehart
311.2 Statistics. Education— Statistics
46-7412
Statistics for non-mathematically trained
students of psychology and education, de-
signed to show them the uses to which statisti-
cal techniques can be put. Bibliography, tables,
and index.
"The author claims two distinctive features
for this text: it demands almost no mathemati-
cal training beyond arithmetic, and it em-
phasizes small-sample techniques (pp. vi, vii).
If it is advisable to teach modern statistical
methods to persons unable to follow the sim-
plest algebraic proof, at least we should make
sure that the basic concepts and the limitations
of statistical analysis are clear. In my Judg-
ment, the book fails to do either adequately."
J. J. Williams
^ Am J Soc 52:286 N '46 600w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:48 Jl '46
School & Society 63:463 Je 29 '46 30w
EDWARDS, COR WIN D., ed. Cartel policy for
the United nations, by Corwin D. Edwards
[and others]. 124p $1.50 Columbia univ. press
338.883 Trusts, Industrial — International
trusts. U.S. — Commercial policy A46-268
Five papers originally presented as lectures
at Columbia university which "seek to summar-
ize the bearing of international cartels upon
economic prosperity and political security, to
appraise the efforts which have been made
separately by various countries to cope with
the cartel problem, and to indicate the possi-
bilities for curbing cartels which are implicit
in the defeat of Germany and in the plans for
Joint development of post-war commercial poli-
cies by the governments of the United Na-
tions." Foreword
"All five studies are lucid, stimulating,
thought-provoking, and, above all, most
timely. . . The volume is a useful step in the
direction of enlightenment and sound policy
determination. Even those who do not agree
with all of the book's propositions will read
the volume with interest and profit." Ervin
Hexner
-h Am Econ R 36:420 Je '46 1950w
"It is impossible to offer an adequate review
of the particular studies in a brief space.
Even those who do not agree in all details
with the authors of these very instructive
papers will read them with interest and profit.
They contain much new material and new
reasoning, along with the presentation of tra-
ditional cartel opinions. The volume is well
organized, clearly written, and deserves to be
read widely by experts and laymen alike."
Ervin Hexner
-f Ann Am Acad 245:197 My '46 850w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 50w
Booklist 42:178 F 1 '46
Reviewed by Samuel Klaus
Columbia Law R 46:682 Jl '46 750w
Current Hl«t 10:350 AD f46 40w
Foreign Affairs 24:552 Ap '46 lOw
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EDWARDS, C. D.-— Continued
Harvard Law R 59:477 F '46 480w
Special Libraries 37:52 F '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:34 Mr '46 160w
EGLOFF, GUSTAV. Physical constants of hy-
drocarbons; v3, Mononuclear aromatic hydro-
carbons. (Am chem. soc. monograph ser) 661p
11 $15 Reinhold
547.2 Hydrocarbons (39-7977)
"This reference book provides a tabulation
of data found in a comprehensive survey of
published literature and accessible unpublished
data. The information given varies according
to what was found in the literature search, but
for most compounds it includes the name and
important variations, a diagram of the molec-
ular structure, the reported values for the melt-
ing point, boiling point, specific gravity, and
indices of refraction. Certain other constants
such as critical temperature, critical pressure
and sublimation points are given less frequent-
ly The reported values are tabulated and the
source of each is cited. Where a number of
differing values have been reported, the most
probable value has been calculated. Volume
I of the work, covering the paraffins, olefins,
acetylenes and other aliphatic hydrocarbons
was published in 1939; and Volume II, cover-
ing the cyclanes, cyclenes, cyclynes and other
alicyclic hydrocarbons, was published in 1940
[Book Review Digest, 1939, 1940]." N Y New
Tech Bks
"The reviewer feels that every technical li-
brary .should have a copy of this book." F. D
H- Chem &. Eng N 24:2109 Ag 10 '46 750w
Reviewed by B. L. Crawford
J Phys Chem 50-491 N '46 300w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:8 Ja '46
EICHLER, ALFRED. Death at the mike. 248p
$2 Lantern press, inc. 257 4th av, N.Y. 10
46-2152
Detective story.
"The radio industry and its people are de-
scribed in most unattractive colors oy one who
should know whereof he writes." Isaac Ander-
son
N Y Times p30 Mr 10 '46 130w
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
"Strictly for the horror trade and radio mys-
tery listeners." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46
HOw
EINSTEIN, LEWIS DAVID. Historical change.
(Current problems ser) 132p $1.25 Macmillan
[3a 6d Cambridge]
901 History— Philosophy. Change A46-3408
"A sketch of the meaning of change as it
affects history. Illustrations have been taken
from history almost at random in order to
show some of the aspects of change that can
be found in history. They are mainly familiar
and of recent interest, many having been found
in the practices of the dictators. Power is the
instrument of change and history its record;
but power has many and complicated origins,
and its outcome is not to be foretold. Among
other aspects Mr Einstein examines the Role
of Leadership and of Ideas in Historical
Change, interpretations of Power, the Greek
view of Change, the relations of Faith, and
of Civilization, and of Life to the principle of
Change." Publisher's note
Current Hist 11:48 Jl '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 25'159 O '46 30w
"Mr. Einstein's essay is interesting to read
but difficult to review. The essay is interesting
to read — and to read more than once — because
it covers a very wide range, asks questions of
the highest importance, and comments acutely
upon any subject which it touches." E L
Woodward
-f Spec 176:278 Mr 1C '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup pll8 Mr 0
'46 480w
EISENHOWER, DWIQHT DAVID. Eisen-
hower's own story of the war. 122p 11 maps
$2.50: pa $1 Arco
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Campaigns
and battles 46-25240
"The complete report by the supreme com-
mander on the war in Europe from the day
of invasion to the day of victory." Subtitle
Booklist 43:12 8 '46
"While not purporting to be a full or final
history, it is nevertheless an important and
interesting historical document, written in the
concise and simple language for which our
Chief of Staff is famous. J. F. Waldie
Cath World 163:566 S '46 750w
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 60w
Reviewed by R. E. Dupuy
New Repub 115:296 S 9 '46 1550w
"This report's great value, and it is a lasting
one, is its view of the war through the eyes of
the Supreme Commander. It is a historical
document of permanent worth." H. W. Bald-
4- N Y Times p6 Jl 21 '46 900w
"A clear, concise, historical report of the war
in Europe." V. M. S.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
850w
"[This] is straightforward, coherent, objec-
tive, and factual, a model presentation of the
intricate chessplay of modern battle as seen
and directed on the highest echelons."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:314 D '46 2GOw
"In the category of official reports, it rates
high. It has the balance, moderation and gen-
erosity with which Eisenhower has always
been associated. Its temper is excellent and its
moments of apologia are muted. But when,
for example, the report states, 'In the matter
of command, it can be said here that all re-
lationships between American and British
forces were smooth and effective,' this is to be
taken as courtesy, or statesmanship, or cam-
paign oratory — but surely not, in the words of
one paper, 'as the completely honest record
of the man who was there and who was in
charge.' "A. M. Schlesinger, Jr
H Weekly Book Review p8 Ag 11 '46 750w
EISENSCHIML, OTTO. Story of Shiloh; pub.
under the auspices of the Civil war round
table; and decorated by Joseph Trautwein.
89p 11 maps pa $5 Abraham Lincoln bk. shop
973.732 Shiloh, Battle of, 1862
Story of one of the bloodiest battles of the
Civil war, as told by an acknowledged scholar.
Bibliography.
"Shiloh has been a controversial subject dur-
ing all of the generations since it was fought.
The surviving generals debated about it
acrimoniously. Their fuglemen swung mighty
axes. Partisans still roar and reel. Dr. Eisen-
schiml has his own prejudices; but they have
not prevented him from writing the best story
of Shiloh." Elmer Gertz
+ Book Week p!2 My 19 '46 650w
"The author, a careful student of the Civil
War, offers a smooth, concise account of the
entire action, supplemented by excellent maps,
as well as a narrative of his personal experi-
ences on a memorable visit."
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 23 '46
230w
EISLER, QERHART; NORDEN. ALBERT,
and SCHREINER, ALBERT. The lesson of
Germany; a guide to her history. 222p $2.50
Int. pubs.
943 Germany — History. Germany — Nazi
movement 46-295
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The authors make no attempt at writing
responsible, pragmatic history, but offer a
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selection of facts, editorialized to suit the
principles. Since a political writer usually
has a sharp eye for the iniquities of the enemy,
the reader will occasionally find a choice tid-
bit of Pan-German imperial dreams that
hitherto was not known to him. These little
items, however, lose much of their value be-
cause the authors do not give exact references.
On the whole, we may say that to the faithful
this type of history will be greatly edifying,
while to the scholar it is a farce and to the
reviewer a pest." Eric Voegelin
— Am Pol Sci R 40:385 Ap '46 400w
"The authors of this volume attempt to ex-
plain the German tragedy, as it unfolded from
Luther to Hitler, with the irrevocable logic of
a Greek tragedy. Being orthodox Marxists,
they are unwilling to analyze the morphology
of the German mind objectively. Instead, they
use the yardstick of historical materialism to
interpret German history. Their main refer-
ence sources are Marx, Engels, and Lenin.
As a result, their book shows an appalling
ignorance of the ideological, political, and so-
cial forces which shaped German destiny."
K. L. London
— Ann Am Acad 214-213 Mr '46 750w
Christian Science Monitor p!3 Mr 2
'46 lOOw
"This is a Communist interpretation of mod-
ern German history. The authors devote only
a score of pafrcs to the period before 3848,
presumably on the theory that what took place
before the promulgation of Marx's 'Communist
Manifesto' is pre-history."
Foreign Affairs 24-751 Jl '46 SOw
"The book abounds with street-corner ora-
tory, futile generalizations, and outright fabri-
cations It quotes almost no sources or liter-
ature, but in the early parts relies extensively
on Mehring's biased historical concoctions and.
for recent de^ elopments (1914-45), on the official
Moscow version with a few explicit references
to that source of information." Melchior Palyi
— J Pol Econ 54 558 D »4G 700w
"The volume under review is interesting even
to one who disagrees with the authors' slant
and cannot accept many of their interpreta-
tions The first five chapters of the book arc
least well done. They try unsuccessfully to
cover the four centuries of German develop-
ment from 1517 to 1914 in sixty pages. There is
much oversimplification and distorted empha-
sis. . The authors, however, do much better
in discussing the aims, methods and motives
of the Hitlerites and in describing the guilt of
'the great mass of the German people,' "
W. C. Langsam
H Pol Sci Q 61:308 Je '46 700w
Reviewed bv Hans Kohn
Sat R of Lit 29:28 F 2 '46 200w
EISNER, HELEN GELLER. The little boy who
did not know whv; pictures by Marian Can-
non [35p] $1 Lothrop
46-7369
Picture storybook about a very small boy
and a black dog who lived across the street.
For a long time the little boy tried to make
friends, but without success. Finally he
learned the little dog's name and that made
everything different.
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"Good primer material in interest and read-
ing level for first year readers."
-f- Klrkus 14:422 S 1 '46 50w
"Text and pictures by Marian Cannon are
full of everyday experiences to interest the
preschool child. Board binding seems too
•fragile for many library circulations." N. L.
Rathbun
Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 N 3 '46 180w
EKVALL, ROBERT BRAINERD. Tibetan
voices [poems] drawings by Jean Hammond.
63p $1.50 Harper
811 46-4193
"In a series of fairly long poems, of free
and irregular form, a missionary long resident
in that country (and more recently a major
in the U.S. army in Burma and China) causes
various people of Tibet to express their re-
sponses to Christianity as it relates itself to
their ideas and experiences." Christian Cen-
tury
"This is such an unusual piece of missionary
writing that it invites attention first as pure
literature, and as such it merits high praise.
To crack the shell of a Tibetan, see how he
thinks and feels, and put the findings into
excellent and imaginative English, is an
achievement both in Christian understanding
and in good writing."
-f Christian Century 63.807 Jo 26 '46 70w
"Deep insights into Oriental character and
the impact of Christianity on it are revealed
in the poems." C. K. Batten
-f Crozer Q 23-302 Jl '46 lOOw
"It is fortunate, perhaps, that as a poet Mr.
TCkvall does not make a good missionary. His
characters are always credible, speaking with
no false pretensions to a faith they understand
only dimly. In fact, his most successful mono-
logues are those in which cynicism or naivete"
negates the new faith. Mr. Ekvall's interest
is foremost in people and their reactions. He
has set them forth effectively in artfully simple
verse that reflects a sophisticated and recep-
tive mind " Nona Balakian
4- N Y Times p!4 Je 23 '46 450w
ELDRIDQE, FRED. Wrath in Burma; the un-
censored story of General Stilwell and inter-
national maneuvers in the Far East. 320p il
$3 Doubleday
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Burma. Stil-
well, Joseph Warren 46-3622
Story of General Stilwell's China-Burma-
India campaign, told by an American corre-
spondent who during the war was "Uncle Joe"
Stilwell's public relations officer. The author
gives a very sympathetic picture of Stilwell,
describing in detail the obstacles put in his
way, and his trouble with Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek.
Reviewed by R. K Damelson
Atlantic 178*146 Jl '46 300w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 My 12 '46 750w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
"This book is straightforward, and often
fascinating. Yet there are some grave faults
of which any reader should be aware before
he opens the volume. 'Wrath in Burma' is
candid, and apparently highly accurate in de-
tail, but it tells only a part of the story. It
is prejudiced and sometimes inconsistent in
its viewpoint. Events in London, Burma, India,
and China since VJ-Day indicate the failure
of the author to perceive some of the great
international trends which were in movement
long before the war. When, in the opening
pages, Mr. Eldridge surveys the background
of Far Eastern policy, he is also on uncertain
footing. The grand strategy of World War Two
is seen from an isolated viewpoint, and the
author reveals little understanding of it; like-
wise with the personal animosities' Stilwell and
Alexander, Hurley, Wedemeyer and Ckiang;
Chinese and British; British and Burmese —
all are seen from the position of one who al-
most worshipped 'Vinegar Joe/ and who dis-
liked anvone or anything that stood in Stilwell's
way. The result is a considerable lack of
balance." R A. Brown
-i Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 17
'46 800w
Foreign Affairs 25:164 O '46 80w
"A sharp, severe picture of a great general
and the war in the CBI theatre, this is the
story of 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell from his defeat
In Burma through the treachery of the allies,
to his recall in 1945 at the request of Chiang
Kai-Shek. . . Important In its expose, reveal-
ing."
Klrkus 14:142 Mr 15 '46 190w
"The book is likely to provoke the same
sort of controversy as Ralph Ingersoll's 'Top
Secret,' but for this reader it was particularly
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ELDRIDQE, FRED — Continued
enjoyable as an effective portrait of a man
who is both a great democrat and a remark-
able military leader." Andrew Roth
+ Nation 162:788 Je 29 '46 210w
"This is a denunciatory, sometimes almost a
sarcastic, book, unbalanced but honest, a Far
Eastern mixture of Ralph Ingersoll and Harry
Butcher. There is one hero— Stilwell— but there
are many villains, most of them British. . .
•Wrath in Burma' will never be accepted as
official history, but it provides considerable in-
formation that official histories will never pro-
vide; it courts, rather than avoids, controversy,
and it supplies in an informal, anecdotal man-
ner the background of action in one of the
war's most terrible campaigns. But its chief
value is the illumination it casts upon Stil-
well, the man and leader. . . 'Wrath in Burma*
is a good book and a candid one, but it would
have been a better book were it a more bal-
anced one." H. W. Baldwin
-j NY Times p3 My 12 '46 1650w
"The book is written in open-mouthed ad-
miration for its central character and is hardly
objective; nevertheless, it is worthy of serious
attention even if only half of the author's
charges of dirty dealings in the Far East are
true."
-| New Yorker 22:98 My 11 '46 160w
"Mr. Eld ridge tells his melancholy story
without literary flourishes and with consider-
able feeling. He is not at his most comfortable
in political analysis and is best when express-
ing the frank indignation of an impatient
American who wants to see a war won and is
outraged to find political considerations getting
in the way of victory. In his anger he is fre-
quently unfair to both the British and the Chi-
nese, he occasionally gives the unwitting im-
pression that he regards us as their moral su-
periors, and I still wonder if his familiar story
of the alleged Chinese practical Joke of pushing
a soldier from an airplane has any actual basis.
Such details do not keep 'Wrath in Burma*
from being a valuable document on the fan-
tastic difficulty of international cooperation,
even under stress of fighting a powerful foe."
Richard Watts
4. _ Weekly Book Review p5 My 12 *46
1500w
ELECTRONIC engineering master index; a
subject index to electronic engineering peri-
odicals, Jan, 1935 to June, 1945; ed. by
Frank A. Petraglia. 217p $6 Macmillan
016.62138 Electronics— Bibliography. Elec-
tronics— Periodicals — Indexes
"This work indexes selected technical ar-
ticles that appeared in sixty- five American
and foreign periodicals during the period 1935-
1945. Most of the indexed material is directly
in the field of electronics but some material
is included also from the fields of chemistry,
electricity, and general industry. The indexed
articles are arranged under commonly accepted
subject headings in electronics. Further to
facilitate the finding of material a detailed
cross index of subjects is furnished at the
back of the book. Another edition of the
book was published in 1945 under the imprint
of the Electronics Research Publishing Com-
pany." N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1628 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
ELECTRONICS (periodical). Electronics for
engineers; reference articles, charts and
graphs; ed. by John Markus and Vin Zeluff.
390p il $6 McGraw
621.38 Electronics 45-11369
"Valuable collection of articles and charts
taken from Electronics, covering design data
required by engineers engaged in designing
circuits, equipment and individual parts for
radio, electronics, television, facsimile, radar,
sound and related vacuum-tube appartus. Top-
ics are included which have been brought into
prominence by the acceleration of electronic
research during the war." (Library J) No in-
dex, but gives detailed list of articles in table
of contents.
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Library J 70:687 Ag '45 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
ELDRIDQE, PAUL. Men and women. (Beech-
hurst press publication) 224p $2.50 Ackerman
46-4293
Sixteen short stories all dealing with love in
some manifestation — conventional or otherwise.
"Bldridge writes carefully and honestly, so
that despite his startling combinations one
does not feel that his whole Intent is to shock.
Nevertheless in many of the stories (particular-
ly 'Porcelain Hens,' which describes an ordi-
nary conflict between a mother and her spinster
daughter) a stunning impact waits between
the quiet beginning and the quiet end. The
author is at his best when he writes about
France. Indeed even when he is not describ-
ing French people the stories have a tinge
which gives the reader the feeling that he Is
reading French in translation. Eldridge may
set a story in Oramercy Park, but he is not
writing about New Yorkers." A. J. Hiken
H Book Week pll Ap 28 *46 330w
"They seem to us deliberately derivative de
Maupassant and not good at that. . . French
backgrounds in the main fail to achieve for
these a continental condiment and their sensa-
tionalism proves to be quite dull."
— Kirkus 14:44 F 1 *46 HOw
"Most of the tales in the present volume
take sarcastic little jabs at sex, a few deal
with it seriously, some humorously, but none
of them is unpleasantly raw. Quite a few de-
pict the life of the Parisian boulevards and
show the influence of De Maupassant, a mas-
ter of this form of art. However, the author
is a facile, versatile writer and not restricted
to one theme or locale." P. H. Blckerton
-4- Springf'd Republican p4d My 6 '46
ELFENBEIN, HIRAM. Socialism from where
we are; with an introd. by Norman Thomas.
2 14p pa $1.50 Samson press, 112 E. 19th st,
N .IL, 3
335 Socialism. Capital levy 46-569
"The purpose is to point out the shortcomings
of the contemporary socialist movement and to
show the way for advancing the socialist move-
ment in the postwar era." (Social Studies)
Index.
Reviewed by J. F. Cronin
Ann Am Acad 245:207 My '46 650w
"This book is a peculiar mixture of reform-
ist nonsense and economic discernment. The
author is best in his understanding of the
nature of capitalist economy. . . It is a pity
that Mr. Elfenbein is so unseasoned in his
study of socialism. He has the economic in-
sight for better stuff." E. A. Beder
Canadian Forum 25:270 F '46 350w
Social Studies 37:144 Mr '46 30w
ELFENBEIN, JULIEN. Business journalism.
its function and future. 341p $4 Harper
070.486 Journalism. Trade Journals 45-8359
Manual on trade paper practice, written es-
pecially for editors, publishers, advertising:
agencies, teachers, writers, business leaders
and government officials. The book is in two
parts: the first gives the background of the
development of business journals, and the place
they have come to occupy. In the second part
the author analyzes the organization of the
business paper and its functions. Glossary*
Index.
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:345 Mr 1 '46 70w
"There are comparatively few books on busi-
ness journalism, despite the magnitude of the
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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field. Mr. Elfenbeln's book should prove valu-
able to those seeking- information on this sub-
ject. . . While a work on such a specialized
subject will be limited in its appeal, it will be
of interest to those teaching: or engaged in
business journalism, either on the editorial or
business side, and to those considering going
into business journalism. The person concerned
with the daily newspaper also will find some
things to interest him."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:9 Mr '46 160w
ELIOT, MRS ETHEL AUGUSTA (COOK).
Roses for Mexico. 119p $1.75 Macmillan
232.931 Guadalupe, Nostra senhora de
46-5638
In the year 1531 a vision appeared to the
Indian convert Juan Diego, as he was on his
way to Mass in Mexico City. The Blessed Vir-
gin, using Juan as her messenger, sent to
Bishop Juan de Zumarraga to tell him she
wanted a church built on the spot where she
appeared. Disbelief greeted Juan Diego until he
came bearing the Virgin's sign, Her likeness
imprinted on his cloak. This retelling of the
story is for adults, but could be used fof older
children.
Christian Century 63:1015 Ag 21 '46
40w
"Mrs. Eliot, whose husband is a member of
the faculty of Smith College, is so sincere in
her enthusiasm for Guadalupe that her story
acquires impetus in spite of a predetermined
naiv6te and the strangely collegiate vocabulary
she assigns to Juan Diego. Our Lady spoke
to her Indian in Aztec but the translation of
the old Spanish text to 'littlest and dearest'
has a painfully Fauntleroyish ring to it." E.
V. R. Wyatt
Commonweal 44:485 Ag 30 '46 400w
"A leg-end, of inspirational appeal, and with
a certain innocent charm."
-f- Kirkus 14:183 Ap 15 '46 130w
"Told with feeling and restraint. Well rec-
ommended." L. R. Etzkorn
-f Library J 71'917 Je 15 '46 140w
"Mrs. Eliot tells the story with the simplicity
of unquestioning faith. She tells it well; more-
over she tells it reverently. It is likely, I think,
that her retelling of the ancient legend will be-
come the classic one in English, at any rate
for the general reader. And anyone who has
seen the throngs at the Guadalupe shrine will
understand, reading Mrs. Eliot's story, a little
more about why the Virgin of Guadalupe has
become so significant a part of Mexico's life."
J. H. Jackson
-4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Jl 18 '46
600w
ELIOT, GEORGE FIELDING. Strength we
need. 261p $3 Viking
355.45 U.S. — Defenses. International coop-
eration 46-11946
In this book, presenting "a military program
for America pending peace," the military ex-
pert of the New York Herald Tribune ex-
plores the conditions in the world today when
the war is over but the peace has not yet been
achieved. It is his thesis that the United States
should not adopt a plan for national defense
but rather a plan for international strength so
that no nation will dare become aggressive
before international law can be made truly
dominant.
Reviewed by R. N. Schwartz
Book Week p46 D 1 '46 300w
Booklist 43:82 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl4 D 3 '46
600w
Kirkus 14:407 Ag 15 '46 170w
"This is a must book, far seeing, timely,
clear, complete." A. B. Lindsay
4- Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 140w
"Major Eliot's book is recommended as a
thorough and honest analysis of our need for
security and of the minimum requirements
for attaining that security." Donald Arm-
strong
-J- Sat R of Lit 29:12 O 19 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by H. A. De Weerd
Weekly Book Review p6 O 20 '46 1400w
ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
To the queen's taste. 606p $3 Little
Short stories — Collections 46-5985
Thirty-six short mystery and detective sto-
ries selected from those published in Ellery
Queen's Mystery magazine during the last four
years. Each story is prefaced by an editorial
comment.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 140w
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
"Here is a collection of 36 stories, some of
which are genuine detective discoveries, all
of which result from the 'patience, persistence
and passion' of the editors who have spent
many years in research and selection."
+ Kirkus 14.262 Je 1 '46 HOw
"A collection worthy of an honored place on
the shelves of any lover of short stories
dealing with mystery and crime." Isaac An-
derson
+ N Y Times p20 Ag 11 '46 170w
"All very nice, though perhaps not quite as
wonderful as the editorial comment would have
you think."
New Yorker 22:92 Ag 17 '46 80w
"The essential book of the year for all
permanent libraries of detection." Anthony
Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
80w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 430w
"I have been struck by the fact that the
American stories, while more experimental in
form, are on the whole inferior to the English
in style and, to my taste, in essential inter-
est. Too many of the American stories are
unconvincing. Nor do the Americans in gen-
eral write so well as the Englishmen."
Weekly Book Review p!7 Ag 11 '46
320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:152 N '46
ELLIOTT, STANLEY B. Alkaline-earth and
heavy-metal soaps. (Am. chemical soc. Mono-
graph ser) 342p 11 $7.50 Reinhold
668.1 Metallic soaps 46-6660
"Purpose of book is to acquaint research
chemists and technologists in the petroleum,
paint and lubricant industries with properties,
raw materials, constitution, manufacturing
methods and utility of the alkaline- earth and
heavy-metal soaps. Six appendices on patents,
specifications, applications, tables, etc. As
usual in this series, the book gives extended
references to the literature." (Library J) In-
dex.
"Recommended." A. W. Ralston
4- Chem & Eng N 24:2552 S 25 '46 400w
"Important and first complete book in Eng-
lish on metallic soaps." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:47 Jl '46
ELLIS, DAVID MALDWYN. Landlords and
farmers in the Hudson- Mohawk region, 1790-
1860. 347p maps $4 Cornell univ. press
333.53 Land tenure— New York (state).
Agriculture — New York (state). Anti-rent
troubles, New York, 1839-1846 46-5336
"The author has set before him certain major
tasks: to describe the process of settlement,
the growth of population, and the characteris-
tics of pioneer agriculture; to trace the rapid
shifts from grain culture to sheep raising and
dairying ... to contrast the forces leading
to rural decline with the beginning's of sci-
entific husbandry and agricultural education;
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ELLIS, D. M. — Continued
to evaluate the role of roads, canals, and rail-
roads; and to outline the land pattern and the
effect of the leasehold upon the agrarian de-
velopment of eastern New York." (Pref) Bib-
liography. Index.
"Although some may carp at Ellis' failure
to ascribe the worst possible motives to the
an ti- renters, and others may cavil at the
imputation of subconscious resentments to the
recipients of the Patroon's kindness or at a
few minor points of topography, nevertheless
this published doctoral dissertation ranks as
an important contribution to the farmer's his-
tory." Irving Mark
4- Pol Scl Q 61:636 D '46 390w
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:215 S '46 250w
ELLS. RALPH W. Salary and wage adminis-
tration. 120p |1.60 McGraw
331.2 Wages. Job analysis 45-9553
"Presents a sound workable wage and salary
plan applicable to all types of business. Dis-
cusses job normals, rate range schedules, job
classifications and job evaluation. Outlines a
program explaining why and when salaries
should be reviewed, methods to use and how
activities of the employment, training and Job
evaluation units should be correlated." (Li-
brary J) Index.
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
Reviewed by L». A. Bales
Library J 70:1135 D 1 '45 70w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:106 Je '46 290w
ELLSBERG, EDWARD. Under the Red Sea
sun. 500p |3.50 Dodd
* 040.548 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American. Salvage 46-11947
The day after Pearl Harbor the author, a
retired naval officer, applied for active service
in the Navy and got It. He was placed in
command of salvage work in Eritrea, and
under almost impossible conditions, hampered
by terrific heat, lack of materials, only a few
men, and quantities of red tape, he ac-
complished wonders. This is Commander Ells-
berg's story of that experience. Maps on end
papers.
Reviewed by William McFee
Atlantic 178:172 D '46 550w
"All in all, what the book lacks in occasional
logic, it more than makes up for in excitement,
while it may not be significant, it is read-
able— so readable that it is hard to lay it
down once you have started 'Under the Red
Sea Sun,' " David Karno
4- Book W«ek p8 N 17 '46 490w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
"The book leaves the reader with admiration
and inspiration. In it he meets many efficient,
devoted, noble men. One has confidence in
nations containing people who work so hard
for freedom, without asking for glory or seek-
ing rich rewards." R. H. M.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 15 '46
600w
"EHsberar did things and writes about them
in a slam -bang way that should appeal to con-
struction men. . . The reader will have to wade
through a good deal of pointing with pride at
Ellsberg, but will have to admit the accom-
plishments and admire them, as well as the
author's devotion to duty, and his courage. . .
Ellsberg has the ability to write, and in 'Under
the Red Sea Sun' has turned out a rousing if
sometimes intemperate story of American ac-
complishment in the early days of tht> war."
H Eng N 137:127 D 12 '46 800w
"A detailed account of a superb war achieve-
ment. Commander Ellsberg, the marine sal-
vage expert, is also a skillful writer. . . I
have not heard or read before about any single
war project that required so much 'beating
the system' as the one tackled by Commander
Ellsberg when he attempted to restore, with
virtually no backing, the shambles of a former
Italian port— Massawa in Eritrea." Austin
Stevens
•f N Y Times p5 N 3 '46 900w
"The author describes complicated operations
in simple, untechnical language, and his ac-
count of this struggle of man against inert
machines is often stirring."
-f New Yorker 22:65 D 28 '46 160w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 12 '46
760w
"A war book with the urgencies of war
constantly in the background, but a peculiar
sort of war book, in which the essence of the
story is not the release and employment of
destructive energies, but of construction — con-
struction in its most difficult form, of turning
ruins, both physical and psychological, into
smoothly operating machinery. The appeal it
makes is by no means hampered by Captain
Eilsberg's manner of telling his tale. He has
written a good many tales of adventure since
his account of the S-51 job and has learned
how to build up to and bring off a climax. . .
All in all, this is a good book, a story of
achievement that lifts the heart, for which
the captain may take a double bow." Fletcher
Pratt
-f Sat R of Lit 29:14 N 16 '46 700w
"If ever a ship salvage expert did a mag-
nificent job and wrote a whacking good book
about it, that man is Commander Edward
Ellsberg. . . Technical discussions are usually
not easy reading for the layman, but the author
explains and describes so lucidly and so ab-
sorbingly that the operations become clear
and take hold of the imagination. Not even
in any of his previous fascinating books of the
sea are there passages to compare with those
telling exactly how ships are raised and the
hourly dangers confronting divers and surface
workers. 'Under the Red Sea Sun' can be as
technical as a textbook and as exciting as an
adventure story because it is written by an
expert who knows how to use words." P. J.
Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p4 N 10 '46 1250w
ELMER, ROBERT POTTER. Target archery;
with a history of the sport in America. 524p
il $5 Knopf
799.32 Archery 46-6217
"In the latter part of the year 1943 the book
called Archery, by the author of this volume,
became sold out. It was first published in 1926,
was revised and extended in 1933. . . Inasmuch
as the technical portions largely represented
the opinions of a former era, the author per-
suaded the publishers not to print it over again
but to replace it with one or two entirely new
books. Target Archery is therefore in no
sense a revision of Archery, but is a fresh
volume covering a limited field much more
minutely." (Pref) Part I is a history of
archery In America. Part n contains nine
chapters covering such subjects as bow-woods,
wooden and steel bows, arrows, strings, ac-
cessories, how to shoot, and arrow fiight.
Booklist 43:50 O 15 '46
Klrkus 14:315 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Seldom has any book on any sport been so
complete as 'Target Archery.' " R. R. C.
-h N Y Time* plO O 13 '46 400w
ELTING, MARY. Trucks at work; pictures
by Ursula Koering. [48p] 50c Garden City
pub. co.
629.2 Automobiles — Juvenile literature
46-7830
Text and pictures describe and illustrate
different kinds of trucks, their drivers, and
their uses. Written for mechanically minded
small boys.
"A bright book with a fresh approach, in-
troducing all kinds of trucks and truck drivers,
and the ordinary and curious and important
jobs they do."
+ Klrkus 14:523 O 16 '46 160w
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"Recommended." M. M. Smith
-4- Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
"Very attractively designed and illustrated,
this book falls between two age groups. In
appearance if is a lively gay book for the 6 to 8
year-old, while in actual text content it is
written for 10 year-olds or older. . . While
full of interesting information the book lacks
drama in its too evenly paced writing." R. A.
Gordon
H NY Times p30 O 20 '46 160w
"Most small boys who are mechanically
minded will find it interesting."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:65 N 9 '46 40w
"Its size and shape is that of a picture book
and it is jam-full of pictures in color, all along
its margins, but because it is also a fact book
and for so many small boys trucks are facts
more fascinating than fiction, you will soon
see that this absorbing work need not be given
only to four-year-olds. Indeed, I read it my-
self with unabashed absorption. It told me
a lot about trucks that I was glad to find out."
4- Weekly Book Review p30 N 10 '46
210w
ELTON, GODFREY ELTON, 1st baron. Im-
perial commonwealth; foreword by Allan
Nevms. 544p il $5 Reynal
942 Great Britain— History. Great Britain-
Colonies 46-5424
History of the British Empire from the
Tudor period to the present. "Lord Elton has
three basic points to make ... (1) that the
British Empire grew, it was not purposefully
planned or conquered. (2) The successes won
by British rule depended upon the character
of the British and their institutions and not
upon special formulas or tactics. (3) The British
Commonwealth of Nations is the noblest ex-
periment in international government that the
world can show." (Weekly Book Review)
Index.
Reviewed by Preston Slosson
Ann Am Acad 248:276 N '46 450w
Reviewed by Ellery Sedgwick
Atlantic 178:148 S '46 650w
Reviewed by George Probst
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 430w
"Reliable if not too readable."
Foreign Affairs 25:170 O '46 20w
"Here, in one volume, is a much-needed his-
tory of the British commonwealth. . . The in-
tegration and paralleling of factual material is
valuable; one could wish Lord Elton might
have been objectively critical, less naively con-
vinced that the Empire has 'spread organized
political freedom across the world.' "
H Kirkus 14:210 My 1 '46 130w
"Most of the facts are here, from the first
voyage of the Cabots at the end of the fifteenth
century to the Cripps mission to India. Yet,
on the whole, the facts do not, and cannot on
a one-volume scale, have the comforting savor
of reality. People, even Chatham, Livingstone,
Rhodes, do not quite come alive. Places from
the rock of Gibraltar to the continent of Aus-
tralia, do not quite seem of this earth. There
was simply too much to cover. . . For the
American reader, this book is not only an ade-
quate survey— perhaps as good a single-volume
survey as can be found— of the building of the
British Commonwealth and Empire; it is a
very useful indication of the temper of con-
temporary British minds as they approach the
problems of this Imperial Commonwealth. . .
Yet Lord Elton is not quite the right instructor
for the average American, and it is to be
doubted whether his book will in this country
do much more than preach to the already con-
verted Anglophile minority— as an abundant
literature already does. . . He will not grant
to Britain's Continental rivals in the expansion
of Europe, to the Spanish, the Portuguese,
the Dutch and the French, any virtues what-
ever as colonizing powers. Anglo-Saxons alone
have grown and acquired land fitly; they alone
have reconciled liberty with authority. The
others, from Charles V and Philip II to Napo-
!e<2n,,an<? Hitler' were agents of despotism and
totalitarianism." Crane Brinton
h N Y Timei p3 Ag 4 '46 1800w
"Often fascinating and always interesting."
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 29 '46
lOOw
"Godfrey Elton writes in the tradition of
Froude and Seely, and a little in that of Rud-
yard Kipling and Noel Coward. . . Most Amer-
icans will find facts new to them about a
fascinating and important series of experi-
ments in colonial self-government and free in-
ternational association. But the trouble with
this kind of historical writing, as reading for
us lesser breeds without the law, is that the
spectacle of God's Englishman bowing in aston-
ished awe before the image of his own tran-
scendent moral superiority is likely to move us
to responses unhelpful to international good
feeling. So if you have any latent Anglophobic
tendencies, choose some account of the British
Empire which will strain your patience less."
Garrett Mattingly
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Jl 20 '46 1060w
"It is a superb pageant, popular history in
the best sense, readable, informative and
thought -provoking." Geoffrey Bruun
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46
1150w
ELWOOD, MURIEL. Deeper the heritage.
344p |2.75 Scribner
A romantic novel of life in Montreal and
eastern Canada in the 1700s. Some of the
characters of Heritage of the River (Book
Review Digest, 1945) reappear in this book.
"Marred by some rather childish writing,
this nevertheless has a comfortable feeling of
French pioneer life, of the farming, the fur
trade, the regional customs."
-f — Kirkus 14:434 S 1 '46 160w
"As part of a French-Canadian family saga,
'Deeper the Heritage' can only offer wooden
characters hard to distinguish or remember,
whose Frenchness does not go beyond the
most superficial traits." C. B.
N Y Times p62 D 1 '46 600w
" 'Deeper the Heritage' is a sprightly story,
peopled with pleasant, believable characters
and compounded of all the elements that make
for good romance " Jennings Rice
4- Weekly Book Review p!4 D 8 '46 750w
EMANUEL, CEDRIC. Southwest Pacific
sketchbook. [56p] $3.50 Prentice-Hall
741.91 World war, 1939-1945— Pictorial
works. Islands of the Pacific 45-10140
Sketches of life behind the lines in Papua,
Port Moresby, etc., by an Australian air de-
fense officer. He shows ground crews servicing
the planes, the life of the natives (called
boongs by the Australians), the cook tents and
washlines. and the scenery of that outpost
of the Pacific war.
"Mr. Emanuel's sketches provide an excellent
record of life there. He was greatly attracted
by the natives, as well as by the towering
Owen Stanley Mountains, which the Japanese
tried vainly to cross, but most Americans will
be more interested in his sketches of camp
life." T. J. Hamilton
-h N Y Times p24 Ja 27 '46 150w
"This brief collection of drawings provides
one of the few Aussie views of the South-
west Pacific war which so far have reached
an American audience. Emanuel introduces
his hearty informal countrymen in the angu-
lar postures, unconcerned about dignity, which
he observed among them aboard the troopship
Katoomba." Barrett McGurn
Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 13 '46 650w
EMERSON, CAROLINE DWIQHT. The little
green car; il. by Paul Galdone. (Story parade
picture bk) [28p] 50c Grosset
46-7349
A little green country car, unused to city
ways, was badly damaged by a rambunctious
taxi. For months the little car languished in
a garage, until two boys, California bound,
fixed it up. And on the way* the little car had
its revenge. For ages six to eight.
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EMERSON, C. D. — Continued
Kirkus 14:490 O 1 '46 90w
"Pleasant, inconsequential Story Parade
Book, delightfully illustrated by Galdone."
Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by B. L. Buell
N Y Times p26 N 3 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
60w
EMERSON, CAROLINE DWIGHT. Mr Nip and
Mr Tuck in the air; 11. by W. C. Nims. 160p
$2 Button
46-17780
"More absurd adventures of the mouselike
Nip who had a fishhook in his tail and Tuck
who was a cross between a teddy bear and a
cat. This time they leave Sandy Cove by air
and their adventures take place in the desert
of the southwest." Library J
"Nice writing, good storytelling, sympathetic
characterization, and hand-in -glove Illustra-
tions by W. C. Nims."
-|- Kirkus 14:323 Jl 15 '46 HOw
"The humor and talking animals will appeal
to boys and girls from six to ten. Not a
necessary book for a small library." Elizabeth
Burr
Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 70w
"Generously illustrated by W. C. Nims, the
story makes gay reading for the 7 to 10
readers." Florence Crowther
-f N Y Times p!9 Ag 4 '46 180w
"The initial feeling of boredom which might
possibly strike the average parent as he begins
to read this book aloud to his children is dis-
pelled as the story progresses. For the most
part the narrative moves quickly and has funny
situations enough to please small boys and
girls." Marian King
Sat R of Lit 29:40 S 28 '46 230w
EMERSON, MRS ELIZABETH (HOLADAY)
Good crop; decorations by Joseph W. Hop-
kins. 297p $2.50 Longmans
46-7970
A chronicle of a Quaker family living in
eastern Illinois during the middle decades of
the nineteenth century. The story follows the
course of the lives of William Rees and his
eleven children from the days of William's
childhood back in Tennessee, to his death. In
a brief foreword the author explains that tho
the work is imaginative and fictional In form
"the main characters . . . travel under their
own good names ... in accordance with
Quaker devotion to truth."
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p5 D 29 '46 120w
Booklist 43:137 Ja 1 '47
"A well written, honest and heart- warming
story."
-f Christian Century 64:48 Ja 8 '47 60w
Kirkus 14:349 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Interesting picture of Quaker home life in
Illinois, but novel lacks sustaining quality.
Effect is group of loosely knit sketches rather
than a connected story." E. P. Nichols
Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 70w
"Along with this gentle account of family
life, Mrs. Emerson has managed to include
much of the early history of the Quakers as
well as a picture of our country at the time
when Abe Lincoln rode his horse around the
dirt roads of Illinois." Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times p64 D 1 '46 350w
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
11 'The Good Crop' is a quiet book, but like
the steadfast couple in whose home It is cen-
tered, with its full measure of imagination
and fun. It is a substantial and illuminating
witness both to the Quaker faith and tradi-
tions and to family life on the homesteads that
grew up in the wake of the pioneers." Mary
Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 D 8 '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
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S CTMC
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Portable Emer-
son; selected and arranged with an introduc-
tion and notes by Mark Van Doren. (Viking
portable lib) 664p $2 Viking
818 • 46-11849
Collection of prose and verse from the works
of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The selections in-
clude: essays chosen from all his books; ad-
dresses and lectures; selections from his jour-
nals; poems; and some of the letters. There
are editorial notes on the different sections,
and an introduction which Is a tribute to
Emerson.
'46
Booklist 43:134 Ja 1 '47
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Kirkus 14:341 Jl 16 '46 120w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 N 17
230w
"As nearly pure gold as representative selec-
tions from a miscellaneous writer can be. This
volume wastes no pages on the thin
transcendentalism of such too-often reprinted
essays as Compensation and The Over-Soul,
but instead finds room for such too-often
neglected essays as Farming, Memory, Quota-
tion and Originality, and the magnificent pub-
lic letter To Martin Van Buren, President of
the United States."
4- Weekly Book Review p44 N 17 '46
360w
EMERY, ANNE. Tradition; drawings by Ruth
King. 250p $2.50 Vanguard 47-30021
"A high school story of two young Japanese-
Americans in a stuffy small-town school, and
of their struggle to win acceptance by their
contemporaries." Atlantic
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:170 D '46 30w
Booklist 43:156 Ja 15 '47
"High school activities and sports and the
general bustle of high school life are made
vivid and exciting, and the students are real
and alive."
•f Kirkus 14:491 O 1 '46 120w
"This is a thoughtful story, very much needed
now." E. L. Buell
-f N Y Times p33 N 24 '46 220w
" 'Tradition* is an entertaining story for teen
age that deals well with a situation involving
racial minorities." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 5 '47 470w
EMMET, DOROTHY MARY. Nature of meta-
physical thinking. 238p $3 (10s 6d) Macmillan
110 Metaphysics [45-4209]
"The general view [put forward] in this book
is that metaphysics starts from the articula-
tion of relationships, which are judged to be
constitutive of an experience or experiences in
a significant way. . . A conceptual expression
of such a relationship is then extended
analogically as a co-ordinating idea, in terms
of which further ranges of experience may be
interpreted." (Pref) The author is Reader in
philosophy in the University of Manchester.
Index.
"In an age of transition the danger Is that
we seek the salvation In a synthesis and that
we try to synthesise elements which are In-
compatible. It Is the great value of this book,
that it represents the meeting, and the con-
flict, of extremes in contemporary metaphysical
thought, and that it makes a most serious at-
tempt to pave the way for a real metaphysics."
F. H. Heinemann
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"The greatest weakness of this work is Its
failure to discuss in an adequate fashion the
relation of analogy to either scientific or meta-
physical truth. To be sure, analogy has been
used effectively in scientific inquiry, but sci-
entific truth is its objective. The validity of
a scientific theory does not seem to reside In
the analogy from which the theory wa«
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derived. The claim that metaphysics uses
analogy in its thinking1 about the world has
been pretty generally admitted. The critical
question is how metaphysics, by the use of
analogy, attains theories which are true." J.
G.
J Philos 43:669 N 21 '46 750w
ENCYCLOPEDIA Americana [ed. by A. H. Mc-
Dannald]. 1946 ed 30v |150-$164.50 Americana
corp
031 Encyclopedias and dictionaries 45-4707
"The principal editors of the Encyclopedia
Americana remain unchanged from the 1941
edition. . . The Americana has called upon a
distinguished list of contributors and Is main-
taining its previous standard in the new edi-
tion. However, it still clings to the policy of
including only a partial list of contributors in
the preface of each volume. . . The 1945 Amer-
icana is advertised as containing 502 entirely
new articles and an additional 811 thoroughly
revised, with 271 new half-tone plates repre-
senting 982 new pictures. Examination of the
1945 edition shows important revisions in the
following articles: Labor Movement in America,
Labor Legislation, Immigration, Social Reform
Programs and Movements, Atlantic Charter,
South America, Canada, China, United States
Diplomatic Relations with Egypt, Geopolitics,
Astronomy, Cartel, Colloid Chemistry, and Mu-
sic. . . Articles revised in 1943 included Plas-
tics, Mexico, Sulfa-Drugs. Articles on cities,
towns and states in the United States have
been quite consistently and thoroughly revised
since 1941, and also those on many other coun-
tries. . . Biographies of most of the outstanding
figures in the present war picture, such as De
Gaulle, Eisenhower, Admiral King, Franco, Os-
mefta have been added, although some among
them, for example Rudolph Hess and J. Edgar
Hoover, are missing. . . Census figures for 1940
are used in material on cities and states in the
United States, both in general articles and in
those on individual places." Subscription Bks
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nical fields. Many of the basic articles on scien-
tific subjects are still valuable, but new devel-
opments and revised bibliographies need to be
added. . . Alphabetizing is sometimes incon-
sistent and occasionally incorrect. There are
also some mistakes in cross references. An-
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institutional entries. . . Again the 1945 Encyclo-
pedia Americana is recommended for purchase
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA Britannica; a new survey
of universal knowledge [Walter Yust. editor].
1946 printing 24v il pi maps $219-$249 En-
cyclopaedia Britannica
032 Encyclopedias and dictionaries 46-1901
"This review covers the 1945 'U' printing of
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. . . The contribu-
tors are authorities in their fields and the high
standard of Encyclopaedia Britannica has long
been recognized. Walter Yust continues as edi-
tor and the contributors whose names are listed
in each volume are authorities in their fields.
The percentage of deceased contributors is not
- readily apparent, however. Out of over 400
names listed in Volume I death is indicated in
only 17 cases by the adjective 'late', although
several had died many years ago. . . A page by
page comparison with the 1941 printing snows
that in 450 pages of Volume 17, 12 articles have
been rewritten, 8 have been revised in some
measure, 5 new articles have been added, 2
have been dropped and new illustrations have
been added to 5 articles. If the revision of
Volume 17 is considered representative for the
set, the number of new or revised articles in
the 24 volumes would amount to only about
1900, and the new Illustrations to about 400. . .
Population figures appear to have been care-
fully revised, although there are exceptions. . .
Statistics are out of date in many instances. . .
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to date, for example, Europe, Japan, and the
Pacific Islands. . . The 1945 printing of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica is recommended for
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is to be replaced. Libraries having printings
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ENGELMANN. SUSANNE CHARLOTTE. Ger-
man education and re-education: with an
introd. by Lewis M. Terman. 147p $2 Int.
univs. press
370.943 Education-— German 46-118
"To prevent the renascence of a martial,
aggressive Germany, Miss Engelmann says,
its people must undergo an educational revo-
lution. The 'drill school' principle must be
eliminated and the people made to realize that
they have been the victims of 4a gigantic self-
deception caused by an inferiority complex of
long standing.' Miss Engelmann believes that
this can be done only by restricting education
until a new and trustworthy generation of
teachers can be trained." New Yorker
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 50w
"Her approach to the problem is intelligent,
realistic, and on the whole convincing."
+ New Yorker 21:67 D 29 '45 120w
"It discusses with competence and good
Judgment the educational methods in the Ger-
man Empire, in the Weimar Republic, and
under Hitler's regime. It should be read by
all those who wish to discuss the problems of
German education, and who so often do It
without any knowledge of the educational de-
velopment of modern Germany. . . The au-
thor's trust in the German churches might be
too great, but on the whole her sane little
book can be recommended as a serious ap-
proach to a serious and difficult problem."
Hans Kohn
-f Sat R of Lit 29:29 F 2 '46 300w
ENGLE, NATHANAEL HOWARD, ed. Market-
ing in the West; sponsored by Pacific adver-
tising association. 263p $3.50 Ronald
658.8 Marketing. West — Commerce 46-4674
"Each of the 22 chapters of this symposium
was written by a different author in an at-
tempt to give a regional marketing picture of
present and postwar business in the 11 west-
ern states. Virtually every industry which
markets goods is discussed, with two chapters
devoted to the over-all picture. Composed of
new and old statistics, and some forecasting,
the book might be of help to the western
manufacturer, both actual and potential, as
well as to market researchers in various exist-
ing industries." Chem Eng
Reviewed by J. F. Cosgrave
Chem Eng 53:273 D '46 80w
Library J 71:1052 AS '46 70w
ENRIGHT, ELIZABETH (MRS ROBERT
QILLHAM). Borrowed summer, and other
stories. 275p $2.50 Rinehart
46-5232
Thirteen stories of varying lengths by a
writer of children's books, who here offers her
first book for grown-ups. Contents: Borrowed
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EN RIGHT, ELIZABETH— Continued
summer; These yellow sands; Pastoral; The
shores of Triple-E; A message from Delphi;
Song: in a high voice; A ton of pitchblende;
Sugar for the old horse; Home to grandma's;
Dancing lesson; Bureau of lost and found;
Those big silk moths; The maple tree.
Book Week p49 D 1 '46 90w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
"Many of them, like the title story, reveal
the hidden longings or stifled ambitions of
ordinary middle-aged persons. This is done
with sympathy and imagination. . . Miss En-
right has a special gift for dealing with
manifestations of nature, whether they be
flowers, moths, trees, or, above all, wind and
rain." W. K. R.
+ Christian Science Monitor pi 6 N 30
'46 450w
"Not the quality in writing of say New Yorker
level, but in theme and tenor, distinctly su-
perior to the run-of-the-mill ladies' magazines."
Kirkus 14:396 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Some stories have a wry gaiety like her
'Pastoral* which tells of the spiritual adven-
ture that a handkerchief-size garden can be to
a New York couple. Others have a stern
grandeur like her moving and tender 'Home to
Grandma,' which inches a sensitive colored child
into an awareness of racial discrimination. Some
are deft enough to put one in mind of Dorothy
Parker, while others are so relaxed and leisurely
that the reader does not realize how deeply
involved he has become." E. S. Holsaert
-f N Y Times p!4 N 17 '46 270w
"Taken one at a time, each story has a flavor
of its own, some sharply seasoned and others
more tenuous to the tongue. As a collection,
however, the stories display a prime preoccupa-
tion with the contrast between the sweetness
of man's longing and his sour fate. . . A few
of the stories are told through the untutored,
but perceptive eyes of children and Miss En-
right's children, neither cute nor quaint nor
unduly sensitive, come very much alive. But the
sharpest of the stories are seen through the dis-
abused eyes of women." Virgilia Peterson
Weekly Book Review p4 O 20 '46 800w
EPSTEIN, ALVIN. How to draw animated car-
toons. 64p 11 $2.50 Greenberg
741.58 Moving picture cartoons. Caricatures
and cartoons 45-9676
"Principles and elementary techniques of
drawing for the effect of animating figures, ani-
mals, and objects. Simple text with adequate
illustration." Booklist
without machinery, and cost the lives of thou-
sands of Chinese laborers. For older boys.
Booklist 42:160 Ja 15 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Grlswold
Christian Science Monitor pl4 Ap IS
'46 70w
EPSTEIN, SAMUEL (CHARLES STRONG,
pseud). Stranger at the inlet; a Roger Bax-
ter mystery 216p il $2 Messner
46-25170
Mystery story for grades five to eight.
Booklist 42:334 Je 15 '46
Kirkus 14:37 Ja 15 '46 90w
"Boys interested in science and mystery will
find this an exciting tale." A. H. McGinity
-f Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"This is an exciting story, with a convincing
plot and solution, and the characters have an
honest warmth, life and wit." Marjorie Fischer
-h N Y Times p28 Jl 14 '46 120w
EPSTEIN, SAMUEL, and WILLIAMS, BERYL
(ADAM ALLEN, DOUGLAS COE, pseuds).
Burma road; il. by Winfleld Scott Hoskins.
192p $2.50 Messner
€25.7 Burma road 46-5738
Descriptive record of the building of the
Burma road, which was made almost wholly
Booklist 43:19 S '46
Horn Bk 22:369 S '46 120w
"The style is concise, clearcut, and rightfully
subordinated to the facts which are of interest
to teen agers and adults."
-f Kirkus 14:38 Ja 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by M. A. Webb
Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 60w
"The saga of the Burma Road, related in
this book with skill, sympathy and a painstak-
ing regard for fact, is a story that will live
long in the memory of man." H. B. Lent
-f N Y Times p28 Jl 14 '46 260w
''Replete with the detail and colorful back-
ground which appeal to young people, copiously
illustrated with effective drawings, it is a
book that should interest older boys and girls."
R. A. Brown
Sat R of Lit 29:42 S 28 '46 360w
"It must be a dull boy who could find this
book about the Burma Road anything but ab-
sorbing. Roads make history, but seldom has
one made so much in so short a time, under
conditions so appealing." M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 11 '46
360w
Wis Lib Buf 42.116 Jl '46
EPSTEIN, SAMUEL, and WILLIAMS, BERYL
(ADAM ALLEN, DOUGLAS COE, pseuds).
Miracles from microbes; the road to strep-
tomycin; with an introd. by Norman T. Kirk.
155p $2 Rutgers univ. press
615.329241 Antibiotic substances
History of microbiology from days of the
sixth century B.C. to the recent discovery of
the "miracle drug" streptomycin. Written for
the layman. No index.
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 30w
"Told in nontechnical style." L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Waldernar Kaempffert
N Y Times p23 Jl 14 '46 50w
"The book is honest, fair, sensible, and a
long-needed antidote to some of the recent
bilge in the public prints which has un-
fortunately given the idea that these drugs
will cure anything. The authors have care-
fully weighed the evidence on the medical
value of these new agents, considered that on
the one hand most of them haven't been
studied long enough and that on the other
they have given some mighty startling results
in a few patients, and come out with a rea-
sonable attitude of 'we'll have to wait and
see, but oh, brother!' " Milton Silverman
-f San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
350w
"A popular book which is a model of its
kind." Waldemar Kaempffert
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 S 28 '46 380w
-f- Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Ag '46 1450w
"The book is written in nontechnical terms
for popular reading. It explains that many
phases of the problem discussed are still to be
solved." E. A. F.
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 30 '46 300w
"Streptomycin has been greeted with so
much spectacular ballyhoo in the press that
this authoritative little book, with its unusual
restraint and its careful story of the long,
slow process of research, is very welcome. Its
step-by-step account of the mixture of genius
and hard work that eventually led to success
is in striking contrast with the title of the
book. There is no miracle between its covers.
But there is a thrilling record of how such
medical results are obtained. It is an ex-
cellent example of the anti-miracle school of
scientific writing." Gerald Wendt
4- Weekly Book Review p24 S 29 '46
360w
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ERCILLA Y ZUNIGA, ALONSO DE. Arau-
caniad; a version in English poetry of [his]
La Araucana [by Charles Maxwell Lancaster
and Paul Thomas Manchester] pub. for Scar-
rltt college, Peabody college and Vanderbilt
university. 326p $4.50 Vanderbilt univ. press
861 45-9396
"This is the flrst complete English verse
translation of a work universally recognized
as the national epic of Chile and the greatest
epic poem produced by the Renaissance clas-
sical tradition in the Spanish tongue. Its au-
thor was a soldier who went to Chile in 1556
at the age of twenty-two to aid in the taming
of the untamable Araucan Indians. . . The
poem thus begun in the midst of the rigors of
the campaign was worked upon for nearly a
quarter century, being published in three parts
in 1569, 1578 and 1589. So stirring was this
poetic report on the bloodiest and least suc-
cessful or the campaigns of conquest that it
begot a whole series of imitations, answers
and continuations; but among them all, it
stands unique as a work of art, a truthful
chronicle, and a glorification of the indomitable
Araucans." Weekly Book Review
"As a poem, it is one of those great sprawling
awkward national monuments — every language
has them: the kind of thing- that you must read
if you are a scholar, that you feel you must
read if you are a patriot, but that only the
itching of pedantry or the enthusiasm of
patriotism could ever mistake for poetry. Its
chief characteristics are rodomontade and
gore." Dudley Fitts
— Sat R of Lit 29:20 Mr 23 '46 450w
"In making 'The Araucaniad' available in a
complete verse translation, Messrs. Lancaster
and Manchester have performed an important
and somewhat prodigious service. . . Un-
fortunately, the success of their venture is
somewhat marred by certain errors of ap-
proach to the always difficult problem of poetic
translation." B. D. Wolfe
_L _ weekly Book Review p22 Ja 13 '46
600w
ERICKSON, CLIFFORD ERIC, and HARP,
MARION CROSLEY. Guidance practices at
work 325p $3 25 McGraw
371.42 Personnel service in education
46-3837
"Schools of many types have contributed
descriptions of school guidance procedures that
they have found effective. These descriptions
offer a cross section of actual practice in the
U.S. and cover organization of a program,
classroom activities, co-curricular activities,
and vocational guidance " (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:7 S '46
School & Society 64-120 Ag 17 '46 40w
ERICSON, SIBYL ALEXANDRA (ALEXAN-
DRA DICK, pseud). Curate's crime (Mystery
house publication) 336p $2 Curl [8s 6d Hurst]
[45-10702]
Detective story.
"The very title of this book is misleading,
for the curate commits no crime. Further than
that, we are given a completely distorted im-
pression of the characters of the persons in-
volved. And to make matters worse, the story
Is too long and too dull." Isaac Anderson
— NY Tlmea p30 Ap 7 '46 90w
'"Striving much too hard to pull off a literary
feat, Miss Ericson certainly succeeds in con-
fusing the reader but fails to give him a sport-
ing chance toward working out the solution."
M L. H.
— Sprlngf'd Republican ^4d My 5 '46 180w
Times [London] Lit Sup p425 S 8 '45
60w
ERIKSON, SIBYL ALEXANDRA. See Eric-
son, S. A.
ERNENWEIN, LESLIE CHARLES. Rio rene-
gade. 221p $2 McBride
46-3220
Western story.
Klrkus 13:549 D 15 '45 80w
"A good literate Western laid in Arizona ter-
ritory, with plenty of hard riding, gun play,
desperate men and hairbreadth escapes." P. H.
Bickerton
-4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
160w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p33 Mr 31 '46 80w
ERNST, MORRIS LEOPOLD. The first free-
dom. 316p $3 Macmillan
325.443 Liberty of speech. Liberty of the
press. Radio broadcasting. Moving picture
industry 46-1639
"It is Mr. Ernst's belief that, having taken
the trouble to fight a long, hard war to protect
our press and radio and movies from CSerman
and Japanese control, we might sensibly go a
few steps further and protect them from
American control. His book is loaded with
facts and figures to support this theme, and
it is written with the intensity and the courage
of a citizen who has had long acquaintance
with the rules and conditions of freedom,
through battling its restraints. . . 'The First
Freedom' begins with a description of the
vanishing market place of thought. It then
takes up, in turn, the press, the radio, and
the movies. It names names, gives bills of
particulars, marshals quantities of disturbing
figures, and ends with specific recommenda-
tions for correcting the illness — through laws
designed to make life possible and profitable
for small operators." (New Yorker) Index.
Reviewed by W. H. Yeager
Ann Am Acad 246 153 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by Paul Bixler
Book Week pi Mr 17 '46 1500w
Booklist 42:220 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:5 My '46
Reviewed by Fergus Glenn
Canadian Forum 26:67 Je '46 480w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Foreign Affairs 24.745 Jl '46 30w
"Unfortunately Mr. Ernst has cheapened his
subject by his headlong, dictaphonic style. It
has much of the tastelessness of which he
complains in the Hollywood monopolists; when
he speaks of the 'idea businesses' and 'media
of brain nourishment,' one has the uneasy feel-
ing that the prostitution of the First Freedom
has gone farther than even Mr. Ernst realizes.
Such tawdry comments as that 'love-making,
marriage, wealth, gangsterdom are the vitamins
of the silver screen* do not improve the chances
of the volume's 'readership/ as Mr. Ernst
would call it, among persons who demand more
of an author than fervor and good will." M.
De W. Howe
— Harvard Law R 59:1016 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 140w
"We can readily concede the correctness of
Mr. Ernst's indictment and the timeliness of
his warnings without accepting in full either
his assumptions or his conclusions, or even his
interpretation of the facts which he pre-
sents." H. S. Commager
Nation 162:723 Je 15 '46 2100w
Reviewed by Heinz Eulau
New Repub 114:419 Mr 25 '46 800w
"Mr. Ernst believes that we in the United
States are losing our flrst freedom, the freedom
of expression. Government is not the agency
of repression. 'Concentrated economic power*
in the press, movies and radio, 'monopolies of
the mind* which 'have entered our folkways'
are the destroyers of our freedom. . . The
sincere, consistent service of Mr. Ernst in the
battles he believes to be decisive ones in the
fight for democracy are acknowledged. But
the sweeping statements quoted above, and his
promise to prove them by 'detailed factual
analysis' will bear analysis by persons who
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ERNST, M. L. — Continued
think that they, too, are on the side of
democracy and do not agree with Mr. Ernst. . .
Mr. Ernst uses magnifying glasses to size up
the hobgoblins he sees. They are not nearly
so big as he makes out." C. McD. Puckette
N Y Times p4 Mr 17 '46 1750w
"It seems to me an exceptionally valuable
and exciting* book. Because it baits giants,
the book will be greeted in some circles with
a deafening silence. In others its facts and
figures will, quite properly, be disputed. The
phenomenon of evaporation is not perfectly
clear-cut and has many modifying factors.
Publishers and producers will have no trouble
challenging Mr. Ernst's interpretation of the
facts of monopolistic life. . . But I believe that
Mr. Ernst is essentially right, fundamentally
sound, and that he proves his case." E. B.
White
-f New Yorker 22:97 Mr 16 '46 1400w
"Morris Ernst has won his right to write
this volume by his lifelong enthusiasm for the
cause of civil liberty and by his constant
struggle against giantism in various political
and economic fields. . . As a cry of alarm,
this monograph is most successful. The con-
structive side of it will be found too rhetorical
and abstract for most readers. It does not get
far enough away from the writing-letters- to-
Congress stage. Moreover, Mr. Ernst's faith in
the value of the educational programs and the
discussion forums of the air will seem a little
touching to anyone who has listened to the
ones we are getting over the radio today."
W. S. Lynch
H Sat R of Lit 29:29 Mr 23 '46 850w
Reviewed by H. L. Cross
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
800w
Reviewed by Leon Whipple
Survey Q 35:167 My '46 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p543 N 9 '46
1200w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:127 Je '46 160w
"Mr. Ernst is sincerely concerned about the
effect of mass production of expression on the
thinking and education of the public. His book
is the most objective and most persuasive
presentation of the problem of competitive ex-
pression of ideas which I have yet read."
Thurman Arnold
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 14 '46
HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
"[Mr. Ernst] has written here with care,
competence, and restrained indignation his fear
that in the name of free enterprise our free
press is fast becoming not the safeguard of
the many but the monopoly of a few." Jon-
athan Daniels
-f Yale R n s 35:726 summer '46 700w
ERSKINE, DOROTHY. Crystal boat. 216p $2.60
Fischer, L.B.
46-3406
Romantic tale of thirteenth century Scotland.
The heroine fell in love with an unfrocked
monk; later became mistress of King Alex-
ander III, whose child she bore; was Im-
prisoned by the jealous queen; but escaped
and went to England with the monk who had
rescued her.
"This brief tale of medieval lust and vio-
lence recalls, in its subject matter, Sigrid
Undset's 'Gunnar's Daughter/ Unfortunately
Mrs. Erskine lacks Undset's sobriety of taste.
The theme demands a narrative style of
simple strength; instead the author has lav-
ished upon it a thousand irritating tricks and
manners— tortured grammatical structure, ar-
chaic and dialect words and phrases, a kind
of false and breathless lyricism, which to-
gether effectually smother whatever creative
talent she may possess." Arthur Meeker
— Book Week pig Mr 31 '46 600w
"This book only just misses. The story holds;
atmpsphere and background are scholarly and
masterly; the language is haunting, and some
scenes are poignantly alive— the baby's death.
Guibert's death. But the final impact is plain
dull. Perhaps it should have been written in
French— it is not unlike Be"dier's Tristan, or
Pe"ugy's Joan of Arc, or any Claudel. The
sameness of the metre, the length of the para-
graphs, the monotony of agglomerating irrele-
vant detail around each person in order to
center them, tire mind and eye." Anne Fre-
m an tie
h Commonweal 44:218 Je 14 '46 800w
"A modest enough story against a rich and
breathless decor, a drawing, overwhelming
spate of 13th century legend, lore, history,
customs, apparel, religion, superstitions, that
is not only background, but part of the story."
Klrkus 14:48 F 1 '46 150w
"The language, full of ancient usage, be-
comes most monotonous. Not recommended."
R. P. Tubby
— Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 90w
New Repub 114:742 My 20 '46 120w
"Miss Erskine has unmistakably echoed the
style and language of medieval romance; but
that is as far as the imitation goes. Recreat-
ing with a precise historical perspective, she
presents not a 'lovesome' tale of courtly love,
but a realistic picture of Scotland with all the
sophisticated, hard-headed, cynical aspects of
the age which medieval romance glossed over.
But though there is more than a hint of Chau-
cerian humor and insight here, Miss Erskine
remains chiefly a historian. She has lost the
essential mood of the genre, its Glottoesque
disconcern with literal reality." Nona Bala-
kian
N Y Times p22 Ap 14 '46 400w
"Miss Erskine knows her medieval Scotland
well and uses her somewhat conventional
though occasionally spirited plot as a string
upon which to bead information about the life
and legends of the period. . . That Miss
Erskine can see her characters in the round,
make them act effectively, and arouse among
her readers an interest in their fate, all this
becomes evident in the second half of her
book. Before that point has been reached,
however, she has expended too much time and
effort on details which decorate but do not
integrate her tale. For the most part her
characters are types, not people. Moreover,
by eschewing all dialogue and by imitating the
vocabulary and formless prose of medieval
narratives, she unnecessarily slows up her
pace." Grace Frank
— -f Sat R of Lit 29:35 Ap 27 '46 400w
"A remarkable interest in and familiarity
with life, talk and legendry of the Middle
Ages, together with a happy knack of re-
producing conversation in indirect discourse,
promises much for this author when she has
more to tell; her first novel, slight as it is,
makes uncommonly lively reading." M. L.
.{ Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46
270w
ERSKINE, DOROTHY. Russia's story; U. by
Bob Smith. 154p $2.50 Crowell
947 Russia—Juvenile literature 46-4296
The geography, history, government, and so-
cial life and customs of four sections of Russia:
the Arctic, the Steppes, a farm, and Moscow.
The book is intended for sixth to eighth
graders, and is illustrated in black and wnite.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
"The book is clearly and agreeably written
and well illustrated. It should be a help to
better understanding of the Soviet Republics."
A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:271 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:105 F 15 '46 80w
"Recommended for 6th to 8th graders." Eliza-
beth Burr
4- Library J 71:489 Ap 1 '46 HOw
"This is a perplexing book. For slightly half
its length—the first seven chapters— it is a
clear, direct exposition of Russian life in terms
of geography and history. The workings of the
Soviet State, political and economic, are ex-
plained objectively and with an illuminating
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simplicity that this reviewer has not seen sur-
passed anywhere. This section of the book
might be read with profit by teachers and par-
ents. It is exactly what thoughtful Junior high
school students are seeking. On Page 85, inex-
plicably, the book breaks in two. From there
on we have a commonplace series of sentimen-
tal, prettified descriptions of child life in the
U.S.S.R., written in a fourth-grade vocabu-
lary for the first-grade intelligence level." N.
B. Baker
^ NY Times p23 Je 2 '46 160w
"To compress so much into 150 pages indi-
cates great skill of omission, the result of
which Is a highly satisfactory story, clear and
informative, of contemporary Russians and
what made them the way they are." E. B.
4- San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
lOOw
"After reading this very simple and sys-
tematic survey by Dorothy Erskine the children
will probably know more about the U.S.S.R.
than their parents, whom they might well in-
terest in reading- through at least the first
nine chapters. Mrs. Erskine shows herself to
be thoroughly familiar with the subject. For
in writing a little one has to know much."
Dola de Jong
-|- Sat R of Lit 29:30 Jl 13 '46 360w
'• 'Russia's Story' is told with freshness and
imagination. It is also interpreted with rare
sympathy and understanding that are at the
same time wholly free of propaganda. . . The
book is delightfully illustrated with charts,
maps, and drawings that are both amusing
and enlightening. . . Unfortunately, the book
calls for various grades of reading ability.
While it is recommended for the ten-to-four-
teen -year age group, a few of the charts and
parts of the text are a little too complicated
for the ten -year-olds and some teen-agers
may scorn the simplicity of the stories. It is
to be hoped that many teachers and parents
will want to read the story aloud, not only for
the entertainment and instruction of their
young listeners but also because they them-
selves will learn things about the Soviet Union
which few people take the trouble to investi-
gate. Miss Erskine has made a very real con-
tribution to a wider understanding between
the peoples of the USA and the USSR." B. W.
Burhoe
H Survey G 35:372 O '46 360w
"Simply told, with friendly admiration but
without too much bias." M. L. Becker
-4- Weekly Book Review p6 Je 9 '46 150w
ESSAYS on the eighteenth century; presented
to David Nlchol Smith in honour of his sev-
entieth birthday. 320p $6.50 (21s) Oxford
820.4 English literature—History and criti-
cism. Eighteenth century. Smith, David
Nichol
"In this volume eighteen British and Amer-
ican scholars have written of the major and
minor literary figures of the period between
Anne and George III. . . Great figures are con-
sidered in single aspect, the lesser ones some-
times in entirety. Steele and Defoe are missing.
Wordsworth and Burns, although they point
to the next century, are included." N Y Times
"The most outstanding worth of the book-
apart from its human testimony of scholars to
their master— is the article which lists Nichol
Smith's own bibliography. Next, the plain evi-
dence that though Nichol Smith has consis-
tently put scholarship first he has not in-
hibited the impulse of most of his scholars
from the exercise of their human right and
duty to pass Judgment on the matter of their
scholarship. They are expert in the technique
of determining fact; but they venture, as in
his modesty their teacher so seldom ventured,
to record their sense of the fact's value." H.
B. Charlton
-f Manchester Guardian p3 D 28 '45 550w
"Few birth tributes can have been more
highly appreciated than this delightful vol-
ume." E. E. Kellett
-f New Statesman & Nation 30:321 N 10
Reviewed by Thomas L*ask
N Y Times p22 My 19 '46 400w
"This admirable volume is a symposium of
extraordinary value, for it shows the trends,
the habits — and, I may venture to say, the
fashions — of modern academic thought in rela-
tion to the writers of this particular period.
With one exception the essays are purely liter-
ary, and although many features of eighteenth -
century literature and many of Its most char-
acteristic representatives are omitted, it is
upon the whole an excellent survey." C. E.
Vulliamy
-f- Spec 175:364 O 19 '45 lOOOw
Times [London] Lit Sup p558 N 24 '45
2300w
"[This] volume is not, and does not claim
to be, a survey of the entire literary achieve-
ment of that age, but it offers an abundance
of intellectual recreation for alert minds. The
contributions vary greatly in length, subject
and method of treatment, but the quality is
uniform and satisfyingly high. Only two or
three of them — Mr. Harold Williams's discus-
sion of the comparative unreliability of two
editors of Swift: Professor Garrod on the evi-
dence for dating Gray's Elegy; Mr. R. C.
Chapman on the formal openings and closings
of Dr. Johnson's letters — are technical and dry-
as-dusty. Various other subjects, had they
fallen into the wrong hands, might have been
touched with excessive academic austerity.
Fortunately they have fallen into the right
hands." S. C. Chew
4. — Weekly Book Review p20 Ag 25 '46
1250w
EURIPIDES. Medea. See Jeff era, R.
EUSTIS, HELEN. Horizontal man. 231p $2.50
Harper
46-2671
Psychological thriller, the scene of which Is
a New England college for women.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week pll Ap 28 '46 140w
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
"For a flrst novel, this shows capable writ-
ing."
-f Kirkus 14:23 Ja 15 '46 150w
"The excellent characterization and back-
ground make this psychological thriller a con-
tinuously interesting Job." E. H.
+ New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 60w
"Miss Eustis writes with witty sophistica-
tion when she handles her lighter charac-
ters. . . It Is a tribute to Miss Eustis' talent
that she is able to weld together the various
elements in her novel and maintain an excel-
lent tension. She has written a splendid flrst
book — and one hopes she will not succumb to
a formula, as so many have done, but will
continue to experiment and develop. Inciden-
tally 'The Horizontal Man,' in the hands of a
good director and uncensored, would make a
swell movie." H. R. Hays
-f N Y Times p7 Mr 31 '46 650w
"[The] solution has obviously been lifted
straight out of a textbook on abnormal psy-
chology. A very interesting flrst try, however,
by an author who has a keen eye for char-
acter and who will do much better when she
has tossed out some of those textbooks."
H New Yorker 22:96 Mr 30 '46 120w
"By all means read it!"
4- Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 30 '46 40w
"A better- than -average mystery novel." R.
F. H.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46
130w
"First main fact about this psychological
thriller is that it contains more psychiatric
ideas and terminology than any of its prede-
cessors in its currently fashionable bracket
and thus deserves its billing better than most,
if you go by actual measurements. . . Aside
from her researching abilities, Miss Eustis
proves a likable hand in lighter passages. She
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EUSTIS, HELEN— Continued
might not care if more knowing customers
grin a little at her text-bookishness." Will
f- Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 7 '46
SlOw
EVANS, BERGEN. Natural history of non-
sense. 276p $3 Knopf
133.7 Errors, Popular. Errors, Scientific
46-11905
Essays on some of mankind's superstitions
and delusions on subjects as diversified as race
psychology, sex, religion, and hygiene. The
author is a professor of English at Northwest-
ern university. Index.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:142 S '46 240w
<4In the true spirit of skepticism, I feel it
necessary to comment that there is occasionally
almost too glib an approach to certain aspects
of fallacious thinking. The blunt dismissal of
some investigations of clairvoyance and so-
called para- psychology is unwarranted, al-
though highly m the spirit of the entire volume.
Certain omissions — particularly a discussion of
lycanthropy and exorcism — are noticeable. . .
But any adverse comment about this book
seems heresy. . . Alone for its brilliant and
unbelievably mordant writing 'The Natural His-
tory of Nonsense' should circulate well." Hugo
Sonnenschein Jr.
4- Book Week p3 S 29 '46 750w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
Reviewed by W U Caswell
Churchman 160:15 D 1 '46 420w
"Bergen Evans has done us a service in dis-
proving the more popular misconceptions which
spring from old wives' tales, taboos, and folk
legends of childhood or race. Where he has
failed, however, is in trying to entertain and
edify us at the same time. He has compressed
entirely too much material into one volume."
Richard McLaughlin
Commonweal 45:75 N 1 '46 650w
"A witty, discursive book, an arsenal for
skeptics, but, in the author's phrases, aimed
at fortifying and entertaining the 'trained
mind* rather than at instiucting the 'popular
mind.' " H. W. Hart
4- Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 lOOw
"This volume is likely to amuse and in-
struct as well as disturb. Citing chapter and
verse, Evans successfully destroys many of the
shibboleths that have become so dear to hu-
manity. In accomplishing his task he manages
never to become ponderous about his anatomiz-
ing of credulities engendered by man's will to
subscribe to the incongruous, because he finds
that life devoid of the miraculous is intolerably
dull. He punctures, deflates and ridicules with
a zest and wit that make his book wholly de-
lightful." A. V. A. Van Duym
-f New Repub 115:460 O 7 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
N Y Times p4 O 27 '46 750w
Reviewed by John Lardner
New Yorker 22:109 O 12 '46 1450w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 O 1 '46
850w
"The book is highly entertaining; many of
the fantastic ideas cited would be funny by
themselves, and they become much mere so
through Mr. Evans's gift for raging ridicule.
For Mr. Evans is infuriated by human folly;
an erroneous belief to him is like a red rag to
a bull (only that's a fallacy, too). As a matter
of fact, he so enjoys working up a good fury
that he swings at a few beliefs which nobody
believes. . . It must be confessed that Mr.
Evans is at times a little brash. Skepticism
can itself become a dogma." Basil Davenport
Sat R of Lit 29:26 N 2 '46 750w
Time 48:114 O 7 '46 480w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Book Review p7 O 6 '46 800w
EVANS, JOHN. Halo in blood. 245p $2 Bobbs
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 150w
"Tough to tougher, and a little preposter-
ous."
— Kirkus 14:185 Ap 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p35 My 26 '46 120w
"As good as most mysteries involving the
brass-knuckles set."
New Yorker 22.95 My 25 '46 90w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Jl 7 '46
60w
"Super- toughie."
Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 25 '46 40w
"If you like a funeral with 12 ministers for
a starter and bang-bang-socko at intervals,
this one is for you, perhaps. It is a bit too
wholesale, but otherwise not unacceptable as
an ante-siesta prescription." N. S.
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
130w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 9 '46 HOw
EVANS, JOHN JOSEPH. Program for per-
sonnel administration. lOOp $1.60 McGfraw
658.3 Employment management 45-11269
"Philosophy prerequisites to successful re-
sults, scope of field to be covered, basis for
organizing qualifications necessary in a person-
nel man are some subjects in this book de-
signed to help the personnel executive in his
duties with management." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 42:222 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 70w
EVANS, LUTHER HARRIS. The Virgin Is-
lands from naval base to new deal. 365p $3.50
Edwards bros.
342.7297 Virgin Islands of the United States
— Politics and government 45-35012
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This scholarly and well-documented book is
likely for some years to be the standard refer-
ence work to 1936 on America's administration
of the Virgin Islands. The author, who Is
now Librarian of Congress, examined most of,
if not all. the public and private papers about
the islands and vitalized his knowledge by
visits to the islands and interviews with
natives and officials. It is to be hoped that, as
the dependency progresses in responsible liv-
ing, Mr. Evans will give us critical appraisals
of its development subsequent to 1935." F. W.
Pitman
+ Am Hist R 51:346 Ja '46 400w
Reviewed by C. P. Higby
Ann Am Acad 243:156 Ja '46 400w
"A scholarly history of the American Is-
lands."
-f Foreign Affairs 24:354 Ja '46 20w
EVANS, TREVOR. Bevin of Britain. 282p $3
Norton
B or 92 Bevin, Ernest 46-6729
Biography of the English labor leader, who
has risen from poverty and obscurity to be-
come the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain.
The author is an English newspaperman who
has been chief labor editor of the London Daily
Express. Chronology. Index.
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p2 O 27 '46 450w
Booklist 43:52 O 16 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!7 D 7 '46
490w
Kirkus 14:371 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
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"Mr. Trevor Evans is to be congratulated on
an excellent book. It is no small achievement
to collect so many fresh details of Mr. Bevin's
career and to state them so arrestingly."
-f Manchester Guardian p3 S 27 '46 340w
"If I have any criticism of Evans' work, it
is that the prose itself is too crisp, too matter-
of-fact, too much like good newspaper prose.
In any book on a great man, some of the char-
acter's genius usually drams, by a kind of
literary osmosis, into the peri of the biographer.
This has not, unfortunately, happened in the
case of the present book. The result is that,
while Evans gives you every fact in Bevin's
life that you could possibly want to know, he
has never quite managed to present a com-
pelling picture of a man." Denis Plimmer
_| New Repub 115.490 O 14 '46 800w
"Despite the care with which the author has
gathered his material, the book is somewhat
disappointing, although it must be said that
Mr. Evans succeeds rather better in telling
the contemporary story of Mr. Bevin's work
as wartime Minister of Labor than in the other
parts of his biography of a man and a move-
ment. In general, however, the book is
parochial in outlook and one-dimensional in
scope." Raymond Daiiiell
N Y Times pi S 15 '46 1400w
"Until a more sober or more objective study
of this very important figure appears, this book
will serve."
New Yorker 22:127 O 5 '46 80w
"Mr. Evans is a talented industrial corre-
spondent on a popular daily newspaper, and
his book is written primarily for the American
market, so that all the pounds have to be
translated into dollars and familiar institu-
tions simply explained. It is, what one would
expect in the circumstances, lively, full of
quotations and stories, running along the sur-
face of events without pausing for more than
an instant to sum up or estimate achievements,
often perhaps giving a good anecdote without
pedantic scrutiny, but within its limits good
and honest journalism. . . This book does not
explain Mr. Bevin, but it is a stimulating re-
minder of how necessary, and how difficult,
it is to do so."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p488 O 12 '46
1300w
"The book is excellently timed. For this is
surely a turning point in Bevin's career and
in the destiny of the labor movement he has
helped to lead." Joseph Barnes
+ Weekly Book Review p3 S 15 '46 2000w
EVATTr MRS HARRIET. Mystery of the
creaking windmill; 11. by the author. 243p $2
Bobbs
46-7649
Mystery story for young readers.
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
"Charm and tender humor pervade this
sweet but somehow credible story of a little
French-Canadian boy and his blind delivery
horse, Tinette."
•f Kirkus 13:336 Ag 1 '45
Reviewed by Margaret Miller
Library J 71:123 Ja 16 '46 70w
"This is more than a mystery story. It is
also a story of little Jacques and his blind
horse, Tinette; of his loving family, and life
In French Canada. Urged on by the need for
money to have Tinette's eyes fixed, Jacques
follows clue after clue until the mystery is
solved. If it moves a bit slowly for a mystery,
one does not mind too much, for there Is
warmth in it. Children up to 10 will like this
one." P. F.
-f N Y Times p!4 N 11 '46 lOOw
EVERS. HELEN, and EVERS, ALF. Monkey-
face [11. by the authors]. 60c Rand McNally
"Monkeyface, newest addition to the Evers'
fabulous menagerie for nursery and primary
grades is a small simian with a highly varied
talent for making faces. Naturally, when he
makes the most horrendous one of all he gets
his come-uppance from his long-suffering
jungle companions." N Y Times
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 My 12 '46 150w
"We think this fails to measure up to the
level of child interest and enjoyment that the
earlier books have had. Perhaps it is time for
a new pattern, with a bit more zip."
— Kirkus 14:103 F 15 '46 90w
"Generally speaking, Monkeyface, as pic-
tured isn't quite as comic as he might be, but
he will surely jog small funnybones and pro-
vide parents of young facemakers with a suit-
able warning." E. L. Buell
-f N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 90w
EWEN, DAVID, comp. Listen to the mocking
words. 160p il $2 Arco
780.883 Music— Anecdotes, facetiae, satire,
etc. 45-10436
"This volume is a collection of jokes ana
anecdotes about singers, instrumental virtuosi,
conductors and composers. Some ol them are
of considerable antiquity, but many are un-
familiar and amusing." Book Week
Reviewed by Felix Borowski
Book Week p22 D 9 '45 180w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:503 N 15 '45 50w
EYRE, KATHERINE WIQMORE. Star in the
willows; pictures by Gertrude Howe. 174p $2
Oxford
46-25206
The two chief characters in this story for
grades four to six are a ten -year-old Mexican
girl, and the young daughter of the California
ranch-owner for whom the Mexican family
works. Nita loved the ranch, and was instru-
mental in saving it for her American friend.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 15
'46 180w
"A warm-hearted story. . . Of interest to
girls from eight to ten." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:267 Jl '46 80w
"The author has a quiet understanding of
children that makes her handling of their
pains and pleasures of real concern to her read-
ers. Endearing family story, good values and
good story pace."
4- Kirkus 14:253 Je 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:982 Jl '46 80w
Reviewed by Florence Crowther
N Y Times p!6 Je 30 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 30w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Je 16 '46
270w
EZICKSON, AARON JACOB, ed. Roosevelt
album; the highlights in the life and work
of the 32nd president of the United States,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [96p] il |1
Knickerbocker pub. co, 120 Greenwich st,
N.Y. 6
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 45-8234
"Unforgettable moments in the nation's his-
tory are portrayed here in 200 photographs,
letters, speeches and documents — the high-
lights in the life and work of the thirty-second
President of the United States. The album
pictures Franklin D. Roosevelt from his first
visit to the White House (when he was a
small boy and Grover Cleveland, wearied by
the trials of office said to him, 'I hope, little
man, you may never become President of the
United States') to the day before he died."
N Y Times
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 lOw
Reviewed by Lucy Qreenbaum
N Y Times p!2 D 9 '46 270w
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FABRICANT, NOAH DANIEL, and WERNER,
HEINZ, comps. Treasury of doctor stories,
by the world's great authors. 507p $3 Fell
Short stories — Collections 46-8107
Collection of thirty-five stories, essays, or
excerpts from novels, all dealing: with some
aspect of medicine or the medical profession.
Partial contents: Doc Mellhorn and the pearly
grates, by S. V. Benet; The nurse, by B. A.
Williams; The enemy, by Pearl Buck; Zone
of quiet, by R. W. Lardner; A work of art,
by Anton Chekhov; Dr. Mahony, by H. H.
Richardson; Indian camp, by Ernest Heming-
way; The district doctor, by Ivan Turgeniev;
The witch doctor of Rosy ridge, by Mackinlay
Kantor; Father is firm with his ailments, by
Clarence Day; A Negro doctor in the South,
by Walter White; Martha's vacation, by Vardis
Fisher; The scarlet plague, by Jack London;
"Speaking of operations — ", by I. S. Cobb; Al-
lergies and the man-eating carp, by H. V.
O'Brien; The country doctor, by Ivan Beede;
The bedchamber mystery, by C. S. Forester;
A day's wait, by Ernest Hemingway.
"[The editors] have chosen well. They have
produced an anthology that makes sense in an
unusual and significant way, in that the arts
of healing and of literature are peculiarly and
effectively compounded. . . I hope thousands
and thousands of people discover this book.
They'll enjoy it no end." Wendell Johnson
-f Book Week p2 O 6 '46 420w
Klrkus 14:204 My 1 '46 130w
"The 'Treasury's' non-fiction might well
have been strengthened by the addition of one
or two medical memoirs and correspondents'
reports of wartime medical heroism. As a
comprehensive medical anthology, it has ob-
vious gaps. As a bed -table standby, however,
it offers variety, readability, and a glimpse of
the human heart at each end of the stetho-
scope." Richard Match
-f N Y Times p8 S 22 '46 600w
"After several years of anthologies devoted
to war and early death this collection comes
along as an oblique refresher with its stories
of men who are concerned with healing and
the preservation of life." A. F.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p21 O 20 '46
120w
Wis Lfb Bu! 42:169 D '46
FABRICIUS, JOHAN WIGMORE. Night over
Java. 168p $2 Greenberg [7s 6d Heinemann]
46-1S68
Guerrilla warfare in Java is the theme of
this novel. In it a force of Europeans, Eura-
sians, and Javanese establish a base of opera-
tions on the south coast of the island, and
lead a successful attack against the Japs. Then
there are terrible reprisals.
Reviewed by Joe Fromm
Book Week pl9 F 17 '46 650w
Reviewed by Thomas Haynes
N Y Times p24 Mr 10 '46 400w
"The novel is set apart from the usual run
of stories about this kind of fighting by the
extremely vivid background which Mr. Fabrl-
cius, himself born and raised In those parts,
has supplied."
-f New Yorker 22:96 F 16 '46 70w
"Structurally 'Night over Java' is an excel-
lent, skillfully fabricated novelette: the exotic
setting Is adequately and economically pictured;
the few characters are expertly sketched; sus-
pense is created without tricks; the central
incident of the story is never lost sight of, and
its unexpected consequences bring the tale to
a poignant, significant close. . . Those who
relish good writing will welcome 'Night over
Java' and will be Inclined to blame the trans-
lator for such flabby, hackneyed expressions
as 'sighed with relief/ 'untiring in their ef-
forts/ 'filled with righteous indignation,' etc..
which seem particularly banal in prose other-
wise firm, uncluttered, and forcible." B. A.
H Sat R of Lit 29:18 Mr 2 '46 450w
"The author was born and educated in the
East Indies, and his story is a tribute to the
faith that cements men of alien blood and be-
lief when a common danger threatens. Apart
from the action, there are interesting side
lights on native customs and ceremonies." Lisle
Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 3 '46 90w
FAIR, A. A. Crows can't count. 281p $2 Mor-
46-2891
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week pll Ap 28 '46 90w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
44Nimble."
Klrkus 14:51 P 1 '46 60w
"The story will interest those who like
Donald Lam and are able to bear with the
tantrums of Bertha Cool."
4- N Y Time* p32 Ap 21 '46 80w
New Yorker 22:120 Ap 13 '46 70w
~+ Sat R of Lit 24:59 Ap 20 '46 40w
"Chief interest is the puzzle." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 14 r46
210w
FAIR, JAMES R. Give him to the angels. 184p
$2.50 Barnes, A.S.
B or 92 Greb, Harry 46-6053
Life story of the American prize fighter,
Harry Greb, who at one time held the world
middleweight and American light heavyweight
championships. He died in 1926, in his early
thirties.
Klrkus 14:213 My 1 '46 HOw
"For those who like their prize ring: litera-
ture smothered with large gobs of realism here
is their dish. I don't think Mr. Pair's virile
yarn would have lost any of its flavor, how-
ever, if he had been more sparing with the
four letter words and left some of Harry's
amorous antics to the imagination." Dan
Parker
N Y Times p8 Jl 7 '46 1150w
Springf'd Republican p5 Ag 6 '46 180w
"There are a thousand good Greb stories.
Mr. Fair tells as many of them as he has
room for, and because Greb was really, in
more than just the boxing sense, one of our
great Americans, the book is engaging as
well as sloppily written, and dramatic as well
as poorly planned and arranged. . . The au-
thor is too much occupied with sideline 'char-
acters,' including himself. Greb is a flgure who
deserves full attention and full biographical
treatment. You do not get that here, but Greb
was so good that anything written about him,
if reasonably true, is worth reading." John
Lardner
_j Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 7 '46 550w
FAIRCHILD, FRED ROGERS. Tax program
for a solvent America. See Committee on
postwar tax policy
FAIRMAN, SEIBERT. and CUTSHALL, CHES-
TER SHERMAN. Engineering mechanics. 2d
ed 267p $3 Wiley
620.1 Mechanics, Applied 46-18985
"This volume is intended as a textbook for
a basic course for students well-prepared in
physics and mathematics. This new edition fol-
lows the same arrangement as that of 1938
[Book Review Digest, 1939] except that the
chapter, Moment of inertia, has been separated
into two chapters and a new chapter, Product
of inertia of area, and many new problems have
been added. Pan I, Statics, discusses, in
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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separate chapters, equilibrium of coplanar
forces, stresses in simple structure, equilibrium
of force In space, friction, centroids and center
of gravity, moment of inertia, product of inertia
of area, moment of inertia of mass. Part II,
Kinetics, includes chapters on rectilinear mo-
tion, curvilinear motion and rotation, work and
energy, dynamics of rotating bodies, plane mo-
tion, impulse, momentum and impact." N Y
New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 30w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
FANG HER, ALBERT. A business of your own.
(New home lib) 338p $1 Blakiston
371.425 Vocational guidance 46-25153
Surveys various types of small businesses,
describes briefly the type of work in each, and
the kind of person best suited to take up each.
Partial contents: A mail order business; A
photography business; Schools for youngsters;
A bookstore: A beauty shop; A farming busi-
ness; A food business; The clothing field. Bib-
liography. No index.
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
"Result of careful co-operation on the part
of well chosen experts, it gives a general idea
of what must be faced in such enterprises as
running a mail order, photography or housing
business, an eating place, a service business,
beauty shop, tourist accommodations, filling
station, bookshop and several other types.
Latest of a number of such books, it has im-
proved on most of them."
+ Weekly Book Review p28 My 19 '46
lOOw
FANNING, LEONARD M., ed. Our oil re-
sources. 331p il maps $4 McQraw
553.28 Petroleum— U.S. 46-79
"Papers by authorities on the American oil
industry, oil and gas resources, conservation,
oil technology, oil reserves, capital and role
of private enterprise in development of oil re-
sources." Library J
Reviewed by W. R. Maddox
Am Pol Sci R 40:820 Ag '46 250w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
"The book gathers together a wealth of
information in compact form which the re-
viewer believes will be most useful to any
engineer or executive in the oil industry or
in related fields. It suffers somewhat from
repetition or from similar presentation of the
same subject matter by more than one con-
tributor, but this is not a serious drawback
and would have been difficult to avoid." W. C.
Schroeder
-I Chem & Eng N 24:2844 O 25 '46 300w
"This book is probably the most exhaustive
study on our oil resources that has been at-
tempted in recent years by highly qualified au-
thorities— sixteen of them, to be exact. It is
the story of the petroleum industry in the
United States, what has made it great and
why it will remain a dynamic force for peace
for many decades to come. With facts and
logic, the authors reaffirm our faith in the
future virility of the American oil industry,
for petroleum is a product of freedom, initia-
tive and enterprise, and technological democ-
racy."
+ Chem & Met Eng 53:299 My '46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl '46 30w
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 40w
"The text includes fifty- five tables and thirty
figures. In addition, there is appended a list
of motion pictures available from the oil in-
dustry."
•f U 9 Quarterly Bkl 2:107 Je '46 HOw
FARADAY, JOSEPH ESCOTT, comp. Encyclo-
pedia of hydrocarbon compounds; v. 1, Ci to
Co. $15 Chemical pub. co. [£6 5s; annual
suppl 15s Chem-index]
547.03 Hydrocarbons (46-3242)
"Looseleaf form, to be kept up to date by
annual supplements. This first volume includes
hydrocarbon compounds with one to five car-
bon atoms. Gives formulas, names, occur-
rence, methods of preparation, and constants,
with bibliographic references. It is an index
to the literature, rather than an encyclopedia."
Library J
"This work would be of greater value if the
author had also indicated the best methods
of preparation and had summarized some of
the most important reactions of the hydrocar-
bons listed. The references to the physical
properties are poor, and in many cases com-
mon physical properties such as refractive in-
dex are not even listed. It would be desirable
to have accurate values for the common
physical properties in a work of this sort.
The general plan and arrangement of the book
is good. . . This is the first encyclopedia of this
type to be published in English and undoubted-
ly improvements will be forthcoming in sub-
sequent issues. It is a handy reference volume
for all of those working in any phases of pe-
troleum or in hydrocarbon chemistry." M. R.
Fenske
H Chem & Eng N 24:2702 O 10 '46 750w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
FARMER, FANNIE MERRITT. Boston cook-
ing-school cook book; completely rev. by
Wilma Lord Perkins; drawings by Martha
Powell Sctchell. 8th ed rev 879p $2.75 Little
641.5 Cookery
"This standard cookbook, now in its fiftieth
year, appears in a newly revised edition, with
additional material and new drawings." (Book-
list) Index.
Booklist 43:135 Ja 1 '47
"You are aware of no prose at all when you
read any one of her thousands of recipes.
They are uttered rather than written. Her
simple clarity is phenomenal. She was both
lecturer and demonstrator. Fragile though she
was — in her later years she moved about on
her lecture platform in a wheelchair — she had
to make every word and movement count. She
had a passion for improving recipes, and for
making them clearer. . . Vitamins, pressure-
cookers, and wider use of wine, new comes-
tibles, and frozen foods have come in since
Miss Farmer wrote. They are here in this
revision, brought to date by her niece, treated
of in the same clear style." Idwal Jones
-f N Y Times p24 Ja 12 '47 650w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 28 '46
600w
Weekly Book Review p21 Ja 12 '47 50w
FARNHAM, RICHARD BAYLES, and ING-
HAM. VAN WIE, eds. Grounds for living. 335p
il $2.60 Rutgers univ. press
635.9 Landscape gardening Agr46-10
"The home dweller's com pleat guide to his
lawns, trees, & gardens." (Subtitle) Partial
contents: Your shade trees, by P. P. Pirone;
Your hobby crop, by O. W. Davidson; Your
best fruits, by J. H. Clark; Outdoor construc-
tion, by W. C. Krueger.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 200w
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
"Book of sound and practical advice and in-
formation on how to plant things and make
them grow outside the house, for couples with
time and inclination and space in which to
operate. There are some 150 sketches by way
of illustration." D. B. B.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 19 '46
240w
Weekly Book Review p20 S 8 '46 180w
258
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FARRAR, CLARISSA PALMER, and EVANS,
AUSTIN PATTERSON. Bibliography of Eng-
lish translations from medieval sources. 534p
$7.50 Columbia univ. press
016.8 Literature, Medieval— Bibliography
A46-1541
Bibliography composed of nearly four thou-
sand English translations of medieval litera-
ture. "In the words of the preface, 'the aim
has been to include English translations of
important literary sources produced during the
period from Constantino the Great to the year
1500 within an area roughly inclusive of Europe,
northern Africa, and western Asia.' Thus,
translations of material of a purely documen-
tary nature, most of which are well covered
in existing bibliographies, are excluded. Nor
has it been deemed advisable always to list
all editions of the numerous translations of
such popular books as The Imitation of Christ
or the Rubaiyat, especially where, as with
these two books, excellent bibliographies can
be cited. As an example of inclusiveness,
modernizations of Old English and Middle
English works are treated." (U S Quarterly
Bkl)
"The bibliography fllls a critical need at a
critical time: it reflects scholarship of the
highest sort, and on every page shows the in-
dustry, patience, and skill of all who aided
in its production. Miss Farrar and Professor
Evans, and Miss Judith Bernstein who con-
tributed so much during the early stages of
work on the volume, can take personal and
professional pride in this tangible evidence of
their scholarship. Students and scholars can
rejoice in the possession of a work on which
they will all lean heavily, and librarians should
consider themselves thrice blest to have such
an aid at hand " G. C Boyce
-f Am Hist R 52:108 O '46 750w
"Pills a great need and will prove an in-
valuable tool for all students of the medieval
period. . . An excellent Index, over seventy
pages in length, and adequate cross reference
will please the many future users."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:260 S '46 270w
FARRELL, JAMES THOMAS. Bernard Clare.
367p $2.75 Vanguard
46-3585
Story of a young man from Chicago who
came to New York in 1927, intending to be-
come a successful writer. He took up residence
in a cheap hotel, and got a job. Lonely, unap-
preciated, and frustrated, he had an affair
with a young married woman, and went to
pieces when the husband discovered It and put
a stop to their meeting. The book closes as
Bernard is about to return to Chicago.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p!2 My 12 '46 450w
"This might be defined as a minor Studs
Lonigan, with the same socio-Journalistic ap-
proach, but without the powerful compulsion of
revealing internal conflicts."
Klrkus 14:78 F 15 '46 170w
"Uninteresting and familiar Farrell." H. G.
Kelley
— Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:668 Je 1 '46 1250w
Reviewed by Isaac Rosenfeld
New Repub 114:774 My 27 '46 15t)0w
"[The author's] word-sense, despite his long
and painstaking practice, is still very dull.
Despite his admiration for the great Irishman
[Yeats], his prose, though doggedly honest, is
without variety or resilience. . . A more serious
d«? ci is ,in the novel's structure. . . Farrell is
still deeply concerned with social change, and
his mind is disciplined to understand it. He
knows that great fiction creates 'the conscious-
ness of an epoch.* He can give us such fiction
?™y* ? the degree that he gets away from the
too detailed obsessions of a Bernard Clare into
other lives in the city surrounding him/' F. O
Matthiessen
N Y Times pi My 12 '46 1500w
New Yorker 22:91 My 25 '46 160w
"That Mr. Farrell has successfully done the
difficult thing he purposed to do, I now have
little doubt, whether or not he chooses to con-
tinue the history of Bernard Clare, he haj al-
ready created in him a character that is at
once an individual and a type; a character in
which life has been breathed, who need only
be known not to be forgotten. If it turns out
that Mr. Farr ell's creation does not give im-
mediate pleasure to many readers, it will not
mean that the creator has failed. 'Bernard
Clare' (in retrospect, mind you) is a novel
that could have been written only by a novelist
of substantial talent and assimilated experi-
ence." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:7 My 18 '46 1500w
Time 47:94 My 20 '46 800w
"Mr. Farrell is a writer who needs room:
what others accomplish by deftness and agility
he accomplishes by sheer weight. And one has
to admit that he does it effectively: at the end
of a Farrell novel or series of novels you have
seen clearly and closely whatever Mr. Farrell
wanted you to see. This portrait of Bernard
Clare is a solid addition to the Farrell gallery;
it even has touches of tenderness and humor
lacking in the others. As a novel it is probably
Mr. Farrell's best since 'Studs Lonigan.' But
there remains the persistent question — How
good is his best0" Hubert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p5 My 12 '46
650w
"Mr. Farrell has made Bernard a completely
believable representative of the young writer —
callow, rebellious, ambitious, youthfully cyni-
cal. But he has not endowed him with an
individualized personality. And the other per-
sons who populate this book are only satirical
glimpses of common types. This is an honest
but a tedious book. Its central love affair is
messy rather than significant; its insistence
on vulgar biological details of all varieties is
tasteless and unnecessary." Orville Prescott
h Yale R n s 35:767 summer '46 320 w
FARRELL, JAMES THOMAS. When boyhood
dreams come true. 313p $2.75 Vanguard
47-418
"Short stories, sketches, essays and a full-
length play to the number of twelve items,
comprise this latest collection by James T.
Farrell. Frustration is the general theme, and
most of the inclusions are aptly described under
the heavily ironic title 'When Boybood Dreams
Come True' — sometimes in reverse, sometimes
with a vengeance. The plav was written in col-
laboration with Hortense FWrell." Weekly Book
Review
Reviewed by Marie Seton
Book Week p2 D 8 '46 800w
Kirkus 14:355 Ag 1 '46 160w
"Needed where the newest Farrell will be
read. Otherwise unnecessary." R. B. Kingery
Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 lOOw
"As for [the play] 'The Mowbray Family' It is
more surprising that Farrell has written a
comedy than that he has written a play. If
producers have been offered this work, they
have refused it, and the reader can see some
of their reasons. The people are less important
than the politics, and there is more talk than
action. . . The short stories are the chief meas-
ure of this collection. As a stylist Farrell builds
solidly, shoving and hauling his words into
position. The result often has strength but
seldom has grace. Sometimes his writing is
simply careless. . . Fortunately, however, there
Is one place and one society that Farrell knows
by heart. Neither style nor theory can blunt his
sharp sense of truth when he writes about lower
middle class Irish-Americans of Chicago. He
knows them with a fullness of detail and a
depth of understanding which always touch
them with life." D. S. Norton
N Y Times p9 D 1 '46 1400w
"Less effective than the author's previous
works, probably because everybody by this time
knows Mr. Farrell's drunks, schoolboys, old
harridans, and priests as well as Mr. Farrell
does. . . Two stories of adolescence — 'Tourna-
ment Star* and 'Two Brothers' — are exceeding-
ly moving. Of the twelfth item of the collection.
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259
a play in three acts, which Mr. Farrell wrote
in collaboration with his wife, the less said the
better."
f- New Yorker 22:140 N 30 '46 130w
Reviewed by Arthur Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 10 '46
600w
"I should like to see Mr. Farrell hold up a
while, and think out his own destination, before
he publishes again. Whatever it should be, he
will sound and read more like the vigorous
writer we have known, when he cuts away from
this retelling: of his beads, and moves in an
affirmative direction." N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:20 N 9 '46 700w
"The volume shows all of Farrell's long-
familiar characteristics; if readers who do not
like his bill -of -fare complain that it never im-
proves, admirers can say with equal truth that
neither does it deteriorate. The material of the
present book is as somber, plotless and emotion-
ally intense as that of his earliest works; there
is no dilution of Farrell's original purpose and
vision." Kenneth Fearing
Weekly Book Review p4 N 17 '46 650w
FARRINGTON, FIELDEN. The big noise. 301p
$2.50 Crown
46-17070
Story of the rise of a first-class heel to a
high place in radio. Anson Grogan's rise was
part bluff, part cunning plus judicious double-
crossing, but it brought him unhappiness as
well as some success.
"Mr. Farrington tells the story very much
as it might be serialized in a 'soap-opera* pro-
gram if the radio's moral code would permit
lurid details. There is a good deal of authen-
ticity in the scenes describing radio studios
and personalities, but I am not sure that Mr.
Farrington can claim an equal degree of au-
thenticity when he strays afleld." John Des-
mond
N Y Times plO Je 30 '46 210w
"It is unfortunate that this novel appears at
the moment that another story ('The Huck-
sters') has just been published treating of the
very same themes. . . 'The Hucksters' will
probably be the better known. . . 'The Big
Noise* will probably not make any big noise at
all. Yet the book is well written; the action is
fast; the tempo is high-pitched and exciting;
the characters are real arid the dialogue keeps
the reader alert. There are continuity and
style and suspense — all the ingredients of good
story-writing — and yet the reader is let down
toward the end, strangely enough because in
dealing with a failure, the story deals with
vapid, superficial qualities." Harold Fields
-j Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 6 '46 750w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 300w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 16 '46 300w
FARRINGTON, SELWYN KIP. Railroading
from the rear end. 430p il $5 Coward -McCann
656 Railroads— U.S. 47-238
Series of essays on special aspects of rail-
roading, illustrated with groups of photographs.
They deal with such features as the Santa Fe's
communication system, the New York Cen-
tral's modern milk trains, the Southern Pacif-
ic's fast overnight freight, the Boston & Maine
railroad, the new Diesel- electric locomotives,
etc. Index.
"The book has much new material in its
thorough discussions of centralized train con-
trol, inductive train communication, mainte-
nance of way and the problems of handling
specialized commodities. These topics have not
been elaborated to any extent in popular form.
The text is fortified by an extremely well
chosen group of photographs. . . The extremely
poor organization of the book is a cause of
regret. The reader is forced to endure sudden
transitions in subject only to return to the
same topic considered from only a slightly
different viewpoint. The style of the book is
almost conversational but comparisons with
Farrington's earlier works will show a de-
terioration of his powers of description. A
minimum of thoughtful editing would have im-
proved it immensely." B. L. DeGolyer
-| Book Week p5 D 8 '46 270w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 72:79 Ja 1 '47 80w
"Aside from a few encyclopedic dry patches,
specifically 'The Story of the Potato' and
'Milwaukee Business Car,' the book is a well-
told saga of present-day railroad operation, ac-
curate, entertaining and highly informative."
F. H. Hubbard
H NY Times p32 Ja 12 '47 550w
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 19 '46
200w
"This book in the main deals with modern
railroading as developed just before and since
World War II, and it is written in a simple,
chatty, folksy style. There is an index and
more than one hundred photographs, many
very good, of which almost one-third were
taken on the Santa Fe, apparently a most
photogenic line." Stewart Holbrook
-\- Weekly Book Review p!4 Ja 12 '47
850w
FAST, HOWARD MELVIN. The American; a
middle western legend. 337p $3 Duell
Altgeld, John Peter— Fiction 46-25220
Biographical novel, based on the life of John
Peter Altgeld, who was a midwestern politician,
governor of Illinois from 1893-1897, a friend of
the working man, and a lawyer and judge. The
book begins with his poverty-stricken youth,
describes his painful rise, his successes and
failures, and his death.
"In his effort to pose Altgeld as a latter-
day Lincoln of the Labor Movement, the au-
thor has become too distracted by his thesis,
with the result that the figure on the pedestal
has neither the magnetism nor the plausibility
which the reader expects." Edward Weeks
— Atlantic 178.144 S '46 300w
Reviewed by M. P. Akers
Book Week pi Jl 21 '46 1850w
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
"Fast tells Altgeld's story in a simple and
powerful style, the style best suited to the
man he portrays. His book has captured much
of the spirit and drive of an interesting
period of American history when Altgeld was
only one of the many fabulous figures to be
seen on the streets of Chicago. Perhaps that
is why this novel is like a cleansing wind
sweeping through the listless literary forest of
present day America." Edward Nugent
-f Cath World 163:473 Ag '46 300w
"Mr. Fast's presentation of the case is not
the first defense Altgeld has had, but It is one
of the most effective. Mr. Fast is quite frankly
an impassioned partisan. A historian, for ex-
ample, would give Cleveland and McKinley the
credit due them. Here, they are seen through
Altgeld's eyes, and he invariably looked on
them with something less than affection." M.
W. S.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 16 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl6 Jl '46
Reviewed by Paul Kiniery
Commonweal 44:338 Jl 19 '46 390w
"I think this is Fast's best book — and I've
liked most of his earlier books immensely, so
that means a good deal."
-f Klrkus 14:107 Mr 1 '46 400w
"Well- written, good character analysis but of
limited interest." L. R. Etzkorn
4- Library J 71:998 Jl '46 70w
"Mr. Fast ... is all too obviously in the
business, not of understanding, but of influ-
encing. Altgeld is to be impressed upon us as
the symbol of a militant liberalism, even at the
cost of being lost to us as a man, and even
though his liberalism was the crown rather than
a continuing ideal of his life." Diana Trilling
— Nation 163:134 Ag 3 '46 1050w
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FAST, H. M.— Continued
"For all Its vivid writing and effective char-
acterization, The American is not a grood novel.
Fast would have produced a much better book
if he had not been so inexplicably slipshod
with his material." C. A. Madison
h New Repub 115:354 S 23 '46 800w
"The fact is that, despite his gifts of warmth,
intensity and narrative verve, Mr. Fast has
written a bad book. He has surrendered to a
conventionalized pseudo- radical concept of Alt-
geld and his times which fits his own train of
political thought, but which constitutes a dis-
tortion of history." Allan Nevins
h N Y Times p4 Jl 21 '46 1200w
"Told with distinction and with barely enough
fictional trimmings to justify calling it a nov-
el."
-f- New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 130w
"L»ike Fast's other books, this is eloquently
written, admirably constructed. That Mr. Fast
is plainly an extravagant admirer of Altgeld
does not, in this case, detract from the novel's
quality. It may be a piece of special pleading;
is, in fact, just that. But it is an enormously
readable book just as a novel." J. H. Jack-
son
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Jl 21 '46
1200w
"Within the limiting framework of a fiction -
ized biography of an important but not well
enough known American political figure, How-
ard Fast has produced another extremely sat-
isfactory study. Bringing to it his own liberal
partisanship, he shows us not a knight in
shining armor, but a less romantic figure who
has left us a legend typically American and
fine. His portrait of a man who could meet the
politicians on their own ground, whether in a
hotel room or around a beer keg, who was con-
ditioned to play their game and yet could be
awakened to the call of conscience and social
responsibility, is as admirable for its vivid drama
as it is for its choice of subject." W. S.
Lynch
-1- Sat R of Lit 29:6 Jl 20 '46 1050w
"To some extent the rise of Altgeld to leg-
endary status has paralleled the growth of
labor unions to a dominant position, but his
heroism transcends any clash of ideologies. His
is the truly American story, the man who dares
to battle against overwhelming odds for what
he knows is the truth. Mr Fast has caught at
one time the majesty of Altgeld the hero and
the tragedy of Altgeld the common man, and
not again will a poet have to ask, 'Where is
Altgeld, brave as the truth, whose name the
few still say with tears?' " R. F. H.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46 500w
Time 48:92 Jl 29 '46 550w
"In the early chapters of this book, by the
far the best, Mr. Fast succeeds in imaginatively
creating the boyhood and youth of Altgeld:
the hardships, the poverty, the bewilderment,
the hopes and ambitions of the awkward boy.
Where, that is, he depends upon his imagina-
tion he is most successful. It is where he at-
tempts a more literal transcription of history
that his unfamiliarity with his material betrays
him. Unfortunately, he nowhere confides in his
readers which is which." H. S. Commager
h Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 28 '46 2000w
"Mr. Fast has interpreted American history,
politics, and labor- industrial relations solely
as a struggle between virtuous and down-
trodden proletarians and wicked, dirty capi-
talists. It is a crude and unjustified distortion
of facts, made all the more dangerous to the
unwary by Mr. Fast's undoubted skill." Orville
Prescott
— Yale R n s 36:190 autumn '46 230w
FAST, JULIUS. Bright face of danger. 220p $2
Rinehart
46-6396
Mystery story.
Klrkus 14:333 Jl 15 '46 80w
"A story replete with terror and suspense."
Isaac Anderson
-f- N Y Times p28 S 29 '46 140w
"A hasty and not particularly striking addi-
tion to the already sizable group of mysteries
built on the same framework."
New Yorker 22:104 S 28 '46 90w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 O 6 '46
50w
"Nice going."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p28 S 29 '46 90w
FAULKNER, EDWARD HUBERT. Uneasy
money. 114p $1.50 Univ. of Okla. press
338.91 U.S.— Economic policy. Agriculture-
Economic aspects 46-846
"As in his Plowman's folly, Mr. Faulkner
again raises a controversial issue. This time
he offers a solution to our economic ills by sug-
gesting that farm prices be reduced by the use
of more efficient agricultural methods. This he
hopes would scale down wages and prices.
Though they probably will not agree, the one
tenth of the population who grow our food
should be especially interested in this book.
It will also disturb a great many of the other
nine tenths who eat the food." Booklist
Reviewed by Arthur Moore
Atlantic 177:174 Je '46 300w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 10 '46 550w
Booklist 42:220 Mr 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Reviewed by C. E. Noyes
Nation 162:378 Mr 30 '46 330w
"This new book, 'Uneasy Money,' is framed
as another shocker, but it lacks the angry bite
of a prophet long despised, and I am afraid that
on the whole it misses fire. The present Faulk-
ner is more urbane, less sharply taunting, al-
most mellow. His basic argument is sound, and
sufficiently startling." Russell Lord
H Sat R of Lit 29:23 Mr 16 "46 lOOOw
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Portable Faulkner;
ed. by Malcolm Cowley. (Viking portable lib)
756p $2 Viking
46-25133
"The various volumes of Faulkner's fiction
combine to make the Balzaclan history of an
imaginary Mississippi county, in which a group
of Southern families are shown in their suc-
cessive phases and in their relations with one
another between 1820 and 1945. Mr. Cowley
has unscrambled this chronicle, a complicated
and elusive one, and illustrated it, period by
period, by an arrangement of certain short
stories with a few episodes from Faulkner's
novels, and he has prefaced it with an interest-
ing essay on the criticism of Southern history
implied by Faulkner's account." New Yorker
Klrkus 14:49 F 1 '46 80w
"Malcolm Cowley's editing of The Portable
Faulkner is remarkable on two counts. First,
the selection from Faulkner's work is made not
merely to give a cross section or a group of
good examples but to demonstrate one of the
principles of integration in the work. Second,
the introductory essay is one of the few things
ever written on Faulkner which is not hag-
ridden by prejudice or preconception and which
really sheds some light on the subject." R. P.
Warren
-f New Repub 115:176 Ag 12 '46 3750w
"Cowley's book, for its intelligence, sensi-
tivity and sobriety in the Introduction, and for
the ingenuity and Judgment exhibited in the
selections, would be valuable at any time.
But it is especially valuable at this time.
Perhaps it can mark a turning point in Faulk-
ner's reputation." R. P. Warren
+ New Repub 115:234 Ag 26 '46 3700w
Reviewed by Caroline Gordon
N Y Time* pi My 5 '46 2400w
"The book is a real contribution to the study
of Faulkner's work." Edmund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:65 Jl 27 '46 120w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
261
FAURE, RAOUL C. The spear in the sand.
280p $2.50 Harper
46-7211
Highly imaginative story in which an in-
telligent young man is marooned on a Pacific
island, without hope of rescue. His intel-
lectual resources keep him thru several years
of contentment. But there is a gradual process
of letting go as he grows older. At the end
of thirty years he has reached the stage
where he waits indifferently for the ultimate.
"Exquisitely written, poetic In its sensuous
descriptions of the endless variety of color,
light, sound, and animal life on the island and
in its waters, and in its pitiless portrayal of
man's inability to comprehend perfection."
Dorothy Sparks
-f. Book Week p7 S 29 '46 500w
Booklist 43:86 N 15 '46
" 'The Spear in the Sand' Is a composite
work of imagination in which the natural world
is at the same time approached with sci-
entific understanding, esthetic sensibility, and
primitive emotions of repulsion, terror, joy,
and self-surrender. The magnificent descrip-
tions of tropical life on sea and land are highly
articulated, and necessarily make use of an
appropriate vocabulary." R. G. Davis
-4- N Y Times p5 O 13 '46 llOOw
"A remarkably vivid story. . . Mr. Faure
makes it all almost frighteningly believable."
New Yorker 22-99 S 28 '46 150w
"Mr. Fauro writes this unusual story in a
warm, richly textured, poetic prose. His
understanding of nature in its various aspects
is uncanny; his ability to express this under-
standing and to relate it to his character,
Sausal, is extraordinary. Put this together
with his success in relating Sausal to the
reader — a relationship which no intelligent
reader can miss — and to life, and you have here
one of the most remarkable novels in years."
J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 25 '46
850w
"This Is an extraordinary book, one of the
most extraordinary that have come to me for
review during the past twenty-five years.
That I found it less enjoyable than remarkable
is probably due to failure on my part. That
I found it exhausting because of its author's
almost fabulous and completely tireless powers
of description, that I put it down for a week
or so after completing its first half, may
prove that I am growing short of wind. But
I am not sure. I suspect that even the hardiest
reader will find his feet lagging as he tries to
follow Mr. Faure through the many years that
he describes. Yet, even while one wearies, one
can still admire, for it is all admirable." B.
R' +ef!n8?t R of Lit 29:34 N 2 '46 1250w
"Mr Faure is definitely a literary discovery.
He can write, he can think, he can dream.
In 'The Spear in the Sand' he does all three
very well." Thomas Suprue
-f Weekly Book Review p7 O 27 '46
1350w
FEARING, KENNETH. The big clock. 175p
$2.50 Harcourt
A murder story in reverse. Among the in-
gredients are a huge New York magazine com-
bine, the head of that firm, his mistress, one
of the combines' editors, a murder, and an
unusual pursuit of the murderer.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 O 20 '46 150w
"The author, who is one of our minor
poets, uses in this narrative the same Ameri-
can vernacular of advertising, radio and the
newspaper which appears in much of his
poetry and which is likely to irritate anyone
who prefers standard English." L». B. Cannon
— Christian Century 64:17 Ja 1 '47 280w
"Better than average plus."
-f Klrkua 14:467 S 15 '46 140w
"The conclusion of Mr. Fearlng's novel is
as fortuitous as the arrival of the marines in
an old movie thriller. But we cannot have
everything, even in books whose only purpose
is entertainment, and despite the letdown of
its ending, 'The Big Clock' is one of the
pleasantest suspense stories to appear in a
long time." Diana Trilling
H Nation 163:479 O 26 '46 280w
"If you enjoy top-drawer detective fiction
(with overtones dusted expertly through the
pattern) we can recommend this one with no
reservations whatsoever." C. V Terry
-f N Y Times p6 S 22 '46 750w
"One of the most original and gripping en-
tertainments in a long time." E. H.
-f New Repub 115:462 O 7 '46 90w
"I have never developed the habit of read-
Ing thrillers, but I have read enough of them
to know that from now on Mr. Fearing is my
man. . . Mr. Fearing' s hero acts and sounds
as though his name appeared in one of the
upper brackets of the masthead of Time. I
don't think, though, that even the most case-
hardened citizen of Mr. Luce's throbbing king-
dom has ever had to face the sort of excite-
ment that Mr. Fearing" has cooked up."
Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:116 S 21 '46 200w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 S 22 '46
50w
"It would seem axiomatic that an author who
essays the novel of plot undertakes the obliga-
tion to make factual sense to his readers if
nothing else. This Mr. Fearing has failed to
do in his headlong denouement, and an other-
wise brilliant and exciting tale suffers in
consequence. The pseudo-philosophical pas-
sages about Life which give the novel its title
would not be missed by one reader. Apart
from these, Mr. Fearing' s prose is lean,
vernacular, and effective." Howard Hay craft
^ Sat R of Lit 29:50 O 12 '46 400w
"Kenneth Fearing' s fiction has never had the
kick of his verse; his first murder mystery,
The Big Clock, has it— the deadpan, make-
believe sinister quality, and the terse, prepos-
terous fancy. It is, besides, a thriller with
a unique plot."
+ Time 48:116 O 7 '46 170w
"Mr. Fearing's little classic of cardiac con-
striction has already appeared as a condensa-
tion in 'The American Magazine,' under the
title 'The Judas Picture.' Although the pres-
ent change of title seems unfortunate, the
story should now have an even larger audience,
which it richly merits. It will be some time
before chill-hungry clients meet again so rare
a compound of irony, satire, and icy- fingered
narrative. 'The Big Clock' is at once a psycho-
thriller you won't put down and a devastating
eyeful of the hucksters who deal in pontiflca-
tion-with-pictures " Richard Match
-f Weekly Book Review p4 S 22 '46 800w
FECHNER, GUSTAV THEODOR. Religion of
a scientist; selections; ed. & tr. by Walter
Lowrie. 281p $3.50 Pantheon bks.
193.9 Religion— Philosophy 46-4428
Translations from the works of Gustav
Fechner, a German physicist, two of whose
students were Wilhelm Wundt and William
James. A long introductory essay by the edi-
tor gives a biographical sketch of Fechner
and explains some of his theories. Index.
"Walter Lowrie has superbly translated and
edited the most eloquent expressions of
[Fechner's] faith in 'Religion of a Scientist'
with such sensibility as to make it an offering
of the deepest piety. His warm, richly dis-
tilled wisdom courses throughout the com-
mentary. Lowrie almost steals the show with
a burial service over the now 'universally dis-
carded' carcass of Darwinism. His text, tak-
ing off from Fechner's objections, was ap-
parently so sensational that 'the publication of
this book has been delayed for two years be-
cause no university press could be found which
would assume responsibility for the introduc-
tory chapter.' Good Darwinians shouldn t
'J pll My 19 '46 420w
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FECHNER, Q. T. — Continued
Reviewed by F. J. Moore
Churchman 160:17 S 16 '46 200w
"Dr. Lowrie had an almost hopeless task in
attempting to distil the essence out of Fech-
ner's fifty-one published works, which range
from minute discussions of plant mores to
poetic rhapsodies and pseudo-medical lampoons
on such subjects as A Proof That the Moon
Is Made of Iodine. The book leaves you un-
satisfled — and a little bewildered — which is
what the editor seemed to intend. I found
his commentary lively and interesting." R.
W Flint
'H Nation 163:478 O 26 '46 550w
"This book quite obviously owes its existence
to the editor's and translator's zeal. His
judicious selections and his editorial notes,
filling in the lacunae in the anthology of
Fechner's religious writings, combine to pro-
duce a most readable volume. Walter Lowrie,
the editor, has already placed American re-
ligious life greatly in his debt by his labor
in translations and supervising the translation
of most of Kierkegaard's major works. Hav-
ing accomplished this momumental task, his
thirst for this sort of activity appears un-
sated." Reinhold Niebuhr
-f N Y Times p7 Je 2 '46 1200w
"A combination of biography, appreciative
survey of the entire writings of Dr. Fechner,
and a few condensed and well -chosen essays.
Almost one-third of the book is history of and
introduction to the writings that follow and
these opening remarks are meaty and well
worth reading diligently if one wishes to gather
the real flavor from the writings themselves. . .
Dr. Lowrie has managed to whet the appetite
for Dr. Fechner's theories in his opening pages
and then satisfied it by a splendid choice of
material on 'The Motives of Life,' 4The In-
visible World' and 'Immorality.' " J. Z.
°S-f Sprfngf'd Republican p4 Ag 7 '46
360w
FEIBLEMAN, JAMES KERN. Theory of hu-
man culture. 361p $5; text ed $3.75 Duell
301 Culture 46-7988
"Important contributions to the literature on
man and his world. Beginning with a general
theory of culture, author proceeds to cite ex-
amples, dealing with two cultures in some
detail. He then suggests methods for improve-
ment and advancement of culture. Mr. Feible-
man believes that man by himself, taken in re-
lation to human culture, is meaningless. Hu-
man culture may be said to be the result of
the response which is made by members of a
social group to certain necessities or drives."
(Library J) Index
"Price and content limit this to the intense
student and/or savant, upper classes in philo-
sophical, theoretical studies."
Kirkus 14.342 Jl 15 '46 170w
"Scholarly treatment of subject not for gen-
eral reader. Recommended for large public,
college and university libraries." O. G. Lawson
-f Library J 71:1327 O 1 '46 llOw
"The reviewer believes the author has mis-
taken the temper of our time. The study of
culture is no longer an academic subject; it
is every man's highly personal business. There
is a great hunger for new information on
human culture which this book offers little
to satisfy. What is needed is not new theories
about what was known a generation ago but
new data, new techniques, and new types of
demonstration that are empirical, not authori-
tarian." Abram Kardiner
— Nation 163:668 D 7 '46 700w
"Feibleman's vocabulary, for which he is
only partly responsible, is questionable; but
his intent and his achievement are clear. He
stands for an honest, realistic, generous ap-
proach to social problems. In chapter after
chapter, even though we differ, I am impressed
by his lucidity and vigor. This is not a new
departure, but something more valuable today:
a return to the grand tradition. He belongs
with the Children of Light." Albert Guerard
-I Weekly Book Review p30 D 8 '46
1200w
FEININGER, ANDREAS. New York; photo-
graphs; with an introd. by John Erskine; pic-
ture text by Jacquelyn Judge. 103p $5 Ziff-
Davis
917,471 New York (city)— Views. Photo-
graphic books 45-10514
Collection of 96 large-size photographs of New
York city, from many angles and in many
moods, with an introductory essay by John
Erskine, and a chapter by the author describ-
ing how he took the pictures. Index.
Book Week p4 F 17 '46 llOw
Kirkus 13:642 D 1 '45 90w
"Mr. Feininger has studied his subject in-
tensely and intelligently and has come up with
a book of fine photographs, lovingly printed
and introduced by a native, John Erskine, in a
proud monograph." R. F. Crandell
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Ja 6 '46 230w
FEIRER, JOHN L. Modern metalcraft. 288p
il $3.50 Manual arts
745.56 Metal work 46-4910
"The author has designed this book for
three types of student: vocational high school
students, adults studying handicrafts in or-
ganized classes, and amateur craftsmen work-
ing at home. It should prove very helpful to
beginners in the latter two groups. The ma-
terial is organized into thirty-three projects,
each of which teaches an operation in metal -
working, such as cutting with a hack saw,
cleaning with chemicals, Baring, chasing, etch-
ing and soldering. Each project includes
detailed directions for making a metal object,
using the technique illustrated by the partic-
ular project. Among the articles for which
directions are given are lamps, flower boxes,
metal dishes, trays, and book ends." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Index.
Booklist 43:97 D 1 '46
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31*27 Ap '46
"The use of tools is carefully described, as
well as many processes, which include clean-
ing-, working, and finishing' the metal. These
instructions are accompanied by photographs
of the actual steps."
-f School Arts 46'lla D '46 150w
FELDKAMP, FRED. ed. Mixture for men.
239p il $2.50 Doubleday
810.8 American literature — Collections
46-6650
Collection of twenty- three stories about
sports, crime, reporting, history, exploration,
or humor. All are written by men and for men.
Partial contents: Daguerreotype of a spy, by
James Thurber; Ladies' night, by Robert
Benchley; You woudn't believe it, by MacKin-
lay Kan tor; The Boston tar baby, by A. J.
Liebling; The dodo, by Will Cuppy; Timber
titan, by Stewart Holbrook; I hate dogs, by
Stanley Walker; I like dogs, by James Thurber;
Femme fatale, legion style, by Georges Surdez;
Murder a la mode, by John Kobler; Wine,
women, and Broun, by Heywood Broun; The
English — they are a funny race, by John
O'Hara; Cirrhosis on the copy desk, by Stan-
ley Walker; Turning the tip, by Carlton Brown.
"A general appeal here makes this easy en-
tertainment for most males; good gift for your
week-end host."
-f Kirkus 14:290 Je 15 '46 130w
"Not all the entries are up to par: a few
pages from Heywood Broun are unashamed
shadow-boxing, and John O'Hara's feeble
chuckles over an English newspaper don't be-
long between book covers. But the percentage
of superior writing is high. High enough, in
fact, to earn this slim volume a place on any
male (or co-ed) bedside table — even if you
must toss off a few more ponderous tomes to
make room." C. V. Terry
+ N Y Times p8 S 15 '46 400w
"Most of these short pieces garnered from a
magazine catering to the masculine taste re-
tain their flavor and potency, adding up to a
lively mixture that doesn't strive to be a blend.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
263
The range of material, the diversity of mood
and the expertness of the writing assure an
evening — or several evenings — of relaxed and
refreshing armchair entertainment, without a
hangover." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p26 O 6 '46 230w
FELLIG, ARTHUR (WEEGEE, pseud). Wee-
gee's people, il $4 Essential bks.
917.471 New York (city)— Social life and
customs. Photographic books 46-8265
Another book of photographic studies of
people by the photographer who made Naked
City (Book Review Digest 1945). All the pic-
tures were taken in New York city.
"The pictures are technically and artistically
of a high order, but they concentrate almost
wholly on the scabrous side of metropolitan life
and give a very distorted idea of the city.
In fact, the book's preoccupation with the
poor and the unfortunate may even amount
to a kind of snobbery."
h New Yorker 22:134 N 16 '46 80w
"It is to be regretted that the quality of the
reproductions is so poor that much of the de-
tail of the photographs is lost. . . As a pic-
torial satirist of society, both high and low,
he has used the same technique by which
he recorded more sordid subjects, bringing his
camera close and photographing instantan-
eously with the brilliant, searching, and piti-
less light of a single flashbulb. . . When he
satirizes, it is in the spirit of social criticism.
For although he put on a tuxedo and became
a society photographer for a fashion maga-
zine, he still carries with him the memories
of what he saw as a news photographer, and
he still remembers how New York looked to a
kid from the East Side." Beaumont Newhall
Sat R of Lit 29:15 D 28 '46 750w
"It is a fitting successor to 'Naked City,'
lacking some of the on-the-spot rawness of
that work, but on the whole better. . . Grad-
ually Weegee (now a fashion and society pho-
tographer as well as magazine consultant) has
worked his way uptown. There is still no
starch in his shirt (he includes a photograph
of himself, unfiatteringly snoozing on a Wash-
ington Square bench) yet this reviewer feels
that he has about worked out his beloved
people of lower Manhattan. Brief forays into
Central Park and Harlem will not do it. He
should set his focus for a peak in Yonkers
or Darien, Conn., for fresh subjects." R. F.
Crandell
4- Weekly Book Review p!4 D 8 '46 400w
FENICHEL, OTTO. Psychoanalytic theory of
neurosis. 703p $7.50 Norton
131.34 Psychoanalysis. Neuroses SG46-165
"Dr. Fenichel has taught psychoanalysis for
nearly twenty years, both in Europe and Amer-
ica, and has already published, in translation,
'Outline of Clinical Psychoanalysis' [Book Re-
view Digest, 1934]. This present textbook not
only embodies the subject matter of that vol-
ume, concerned nminly with the characteristic
features of the individual neuroses, in a more
systematic and up-to-date form, but presents
also the question of the more general theory
as well. It summarizes psychoanalytic doc-
trines in a comprehensive manner and thus
provides 'teaching aids for psychoanalytic
training.' " (Scientific Bk Club R) Bibliography.
Index.
"Dr. Fenichel's book is not written ex-
pressly for laymen, but it is not formidably
difficult. Its system and integration are ad-
mirable; repetition and 'persuasive' argument
are avoided It does not aim to convince, but
to expound. The few lengthy case histories
In it are frankly labeled digressions. I was
more than satisfied by its precision of state-
ment and impressed by the author's signaling
of points that remain obscure or in debate
within the profession." Ralph Bates
-f- Nation 162:440 Ap 13 '46 280w
"An excellent compendium of psycho-
analysis which summarizes a great deal of
psychoanalytic literature. Such a serious book
on theory is welcome in a field where em-
piricism is so prevalent. It represents a
horizontal cross section of psychoanalytic
knowledge and at the same time, by virtue
of its very full bibliography, traces the line
of development of psychoanalysis." Frederic
Wertham
^ New Repub 114:780 My 27 '46 900w
"It has a most impressive bibliography and
is written lucidly ana with great detail."
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 F '46 120w
"While terminology and specialized definition
have proved the weakest aspect of communica-
tion in the field, this work is, broadly speak-
ing, an adequate presentation of the psycho-
analytic theory of neurosis."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:148 Je '46 160w
FENISONG, RUTH. Desperate cure. 216p $2
Doubleday
46-5906
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 S 15 '46 90w
Klrkus 14:285 Je 15 '46 80w
New Repub 115:302 S 9 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p20 Ag 11 '46 130w
"Excellently plotted, and written for the
reader who adores the emotional problems
confronting an apparently successful young
professional woman.
+ New Yorker 22:92 Ag 17 '46 120w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
70w
"Interesting emotional and psychological
study, although certain parts are rather trans-
parently overplayed. Suspense holds well to
end."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ag 17 '46 70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review plO Ag 18 '46
180w
FENNER, PHYLLIS REID, ed. Demons and
dervishes; tales with more-than-oriental
splendor; il. by Henry C. Pitz. 183p $2 Knopf
398.2 Fairy tales 46-7371
Contents: Sir Buzz (India); Woman's wit
(Orient); The phantom cats (Japan); The story
of the seven Simons (Hungary); Three Fridays
(Turkey) ; The turquoise princess (Tibet) ;
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp (Persia);
Valiant Vicky, the brave weaver (India); The
dragon's strength (Jugoslavia); Story of Ali
Baba and the forty thieves (Persia); Shen of
the sea (China); The boy who stole the night-
ingale that was called Gizari (Albania). For
grades five to seven.
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"It is a well-rounded collection for many
moods and ages, good family reading aloud,
good story telling source material."
--h Kirkus 14:490 O 1 '46 80w
"Like the other Fenner anthologies, this is
a well selected addition to the fairy tale
shelves." J. D. Lindquist
-f Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by Mary Mian
N Y Times p26 N 17 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 30w
FENTON, FRANK. What way my Journey lies.
243p $2.50 Duell
46-3636
"Here is another story of the readjustment
of the combat soldier to the post-war world.
The protagonist is a young man who has been
through the mill and, owing to a severe wound,
has been mustered out early. Having few ties of
family or sentiment, he sets out to discover, in
the light of his experiences, a meaning for life.
Starting in mental confusion at the California
beach cottage of a slain comrade, he moves to
a boarding house, where he meets some bizarre
characters who eventually help him obtain his
answer." N Y Times
264
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FENTON, FRANK— Continued
"Stylised, spare, subjective writing for a
somewhat holding — if reminiscent — job."
Klrkus 14:78 F 15 '46 160w
"Though sometimes fumbling and not com-
pletely resolved, this is satisfying, intelligent
fiction for adults who read Undertow." R. E.
Kingery
-f — Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 90w
"While the problems debated are significant,
the dialogue becomes labored when burdened
with ideas. And while Mr. Fenton raises some
very legitimate questions concerning the values
of our civilization, the anthropocentric conclu-
sion which his hero accepts is surely too sim-
ple." Alan Vrooman
N Y Times p8 Ap 28 '46 320w
"This Is a very readable book. Despite its
lack of humor it is one of the best of its
genre. There is the story of an old landlady's
death in it which shows Mr. Fenton as a
writer of genuine warmth, obvious sincerity,
and disciplined talent." Pierce Roberts
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:38 My 4 '46 600w
"Mr. Fen ton's approach to the philosophical
problem inherent in his story is elementary. He
has very carefully presented two extremes, a
middle-of-the-road course, and a final answer,
which is based on a rather ordinary and irri-
tating optimism. The reader cannot fail to
enjoy 'What Way My Journey Lies' because
it is easy and interesting reading, but many
will lament the rudimentary nature of the au-
thor's underlying philosophy." W. M. Kunstler
-f Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46 380w
FERGUSON, CLARENCE JOSEPH. Mink,
Mary and me; the story of a wilderness trap-
line. 248p il $3.50 Mill
917.12 Trapping. Mackenzie territory
46-11802
In 1928 the author, after failing to make a
living- at photography, left his bride in Mon-
tana and went to northern Canada to estab-
lish himself as a trapper. Some thirteen
months later his wife joined him, and altho
totally without experience was able to learn
the ways of living in that cold climate in a
short time. This account is of their struggles
with cold, Indians, animals, floods, and other
aspects of northern living for some seventeen
or eighteen years.
"Recommended for jaded readers seeking a
story of adventure based on genuine fact and
genuine readability. . . 'Mink, Mary and Me'
may not be 'great' literature, but it certainly
is excellent reading:." David Karno
-f Book Week p5 N 24 '46 340w
Booklist 43:99 D 1 '46
"A book like this is likely to send people
into the Canadian North Woods in search of
adventure (and furs). . . It is tops in read-
ing."
4- Kirkus 14:411 Ag 15 '46 150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
FERGUSSON, ERNA. Cuba. 308p il $3.76 Knopf
917.291 Cuba— Description and travel
46-11828
Study of Cuba by a seasoned travel -writer.
History, description of the country, and man-
ners and customs in all classes are discussed.
The book can be used by tourists or students
of Latin -American affairs. Index.
, It is pleasing for a Cuban to read a book
Sn?^^1* c?untlT and find the author sym-
pathetic and willing to understand the real
life of the country: economic forces at play, in-
tellectual movements, social evolution and revo-
™ £'« Only in, some aspect*, like her chapter
on the price of sugar, is her approach on the
naive side. . . This book should not be missed
by those contemplating a trip to Cuba, and it
certainly is a must for those Americans who
have Cuban friends." Lorenzo Medrano
-f Book Week p49 D 1 '46 270w
Booklist 43:116 D J5 '46
"Miss Fergusson is delightfully and decep-
tively natural, approaching Cuba as a tourist,
and going over the ground as most tourists
would. She realizes that tourists comprise
possibly the best medium for understanding
Cuba. . . Nowhere does the travelogue bog
down. Yet she weaves uncrudely a woof 01
all the arts. Furthermore, Communism, cleri-
calism, politics, graft, economics, hospitality,
voodoo — all emerge concisely with the distinct
Cuban stamp." R. K. S.
+ Christian Science Monitor p20 D 13
'46 360w
Kirkus 14:478 S 15 '46 140w
"Erna Fergusson has managed to cram in a
little of everything without confusion or sur-
feit— not too much sugar or scenery, not too
much history or too many personalities, not
too many native customs or American diver-
gences, not too much of graft, gambling or
culture. Her well-proportioned book brings
the reader up to date on Machado and Batista,
and prepares him for President Grau San Mar-
tin. In the same tone of cheerful realism she
uncovers the tale of how the famous message
to Garcia really got there, and what it was
that put Hobson in peril of the kisses of Ameri-
can women for a generation after he got
back. Neither seems to have been exactly as
advertised at the time, or in the school books
since." Mildred Adams
-f N Y Times p5 D 8 '46 800w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 29 '46
700w
"It would not have been presumptuous or
inappropriate of Miss Fergusson to have named
this book 'The Intelligent Traveler's Guide to
Cuba.' . . She is a zestful and determined
traveler, a serious if not a profound thinker,
a candid and clear-eyed observer, eagerly shar-
ing with a growing number of readers all her
discoveries and experiences and thoughts con-
cerning lands she has visited. She gives the
impression of always having a good time,
physical and spiritual, but never forgetting to
keep her notebook close at hand to Jot down
everything large and small." B. D. Wolfe
-f- Weekly Book Review p7 N 24 '46 800w
RERM, VERQILIUS TURE ANSELM. ed. En-
cyclopedia of religion. 844p $10 Philosophical
lib.
203 Religion — Encyclopedias and dictionaries
46-3249
"The editor states In his preface that this
one-volume desk- reference Encyclopedia of Re-
ligion is intended to be 'useful to both scholars
and students and, at the same time, intelligible
to cultured laymen,' that it includes 'the theol-
ogies of the major religions, denominations and
cults with special attention to Biblical litera-
ture and Christian theology, ecclesiastical his-
tory and polity, the usual divisions of cultural
and academic interests as these relate to reli-
gion, viz., philosophy, psychology, ethics, so-
ciology, history, comparative religion, art and
architecture, musicology and liturgy, important
controversial disputes, missionary enterprises,
religious education, and the like, together with
the masters and leaders of classical religious
thought*. The articles are signed. . . A broad
interpretation of the word 'religion' permits the
inclusion of such topics as Labor Movements,
Negro Education, Penology, Juvenile Protection,
Culture, Insanity, Horoscope. . . Entries are ar-
ranged alphabetically with topical headings at
the top of each page to facilitate the finding of
articles." Subscription Bks Bui
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 62:1217 O 31 '46 900w
"My general criticism of the volume is that
the editorial organization was not adequately
developed, so that categories of topics were not
fully explored before assignments were made.
But it is a useful work." E. E. Aubrey
H Crozer Q 23:104 Ja '46 600w
"That the paper and printing are of Inferior
quality is no doubt due to wartime conditions,
but it is unfortunate that the price will limit
the sale of this volume; lor Jt is a book wfclch
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all libraries should have and most students
of religion would like to be able to buy." W.
A. Christian
+ J Religion 26:220 Jl '46 600w
"This encyclopedia of religion deserves a
warm welcome. It is published at what, in view
of its bulk and contents, must be regarded as a
most modest price. In smaller but clear print
it embraces tens of thousands of articles in
which are compressed Just those precise es-
sentials that laymen and, indeed, scholars
themselves wish to verify." P. W. Wilson
-h N Y Times p!5 F 10 '46 650w
"The many biographical sketches are a useful
feature of the book. Many persons are included
who are not well known and whose names
probably would be difficult to find elsewhere. . .
The volume is heavy and cumbersome. The
paper is poor in quality and the print is small
and light. The Encyclopedia of Religion is rec-
ommended for libraries having a considerable
demand for material in this field, as there is an
advantage in having the data assembled in one
place for quick reference."
H Subscription Bks Bui 17:3 Ja '46 420w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:160 Je '46 230w
FERN, QEORQE HENRY. Training for super-
vision in industry. 188p $2 McGraw
658.3124 Foremen. Factory management
45-6938
"Outlines a proper method for training of
supervisors, but can also be used by supervisors
themselves to improve their methods of han-
dling men. . . Mr. Fern writes about the prob-
lems a supervisor encounters from the starting
of a worker on a new job to the training of
other supervisors by the conference method,
which Mr. Fern recommends as the best method
of instruction. As the author analyzes the vari-
ous situations that a supervisor must face, the
book becomes a psychological text, instructing
the supervisor in the best methods of handling
the workers to secure the greatest cooperation
from them. Among others, topics of 'Mental
Health in Industry,' 'Safety and Accident Pre-
vention,' 'Women in Industry,' 'Supervisors and
Job Relations,' and 'How to Lead Conferences,'
are discussed. Through a series of tables, the
author breaks down the problems of industry
into their causes, results, and remedies."
(Chem & Met Eng) Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42:179 F 1 '46
"For many years the author has trained
supervisors, and his book is the result of his
experiences. . . Mr. Fern writes in a clear, sim-
ple style, treats his subject in minute detail,
and has incorporated into his book material
valuable to anyone who is involved in human
relationships." B. K. McKee
-f Chem & Met Eng 53:287 Ja P46 420w
FERN, QEORQE HENRY, and ROBBINS, EL-
DON B. Teaching with films, il 146p $1.75
Bruce pub.
371.33523 Moving pictures in education
46-25046
"With special application to industrial arts
and vocational education, all the practical tech-
niques required for using this important teach-
ing aid are presented. Contains bibliography
and index." School & Society
Booklist 42:220 Mr 15 '46
School 6, Society 63:159 Mr 2 '46 90w
"The volume is entertainingly written, is
spiced with pungent similes, and may prove
interesting to the potential visual educator new
to the field. Because of technical errors and
numerous contradictions, this reviewer, much
as he regrets the necessity, cautions the ac-
ceptance of all the information included as
fact."
-f School R 54:307 My '46 650w
"This is one of those rare publications, a
book which does simply and well the Job it as-
signs itself."
-1- Theatre Arts 30:622 O '46 180w
FERRARS, ELIZABETH. Cheat the hangman.
249p $2 Doubleday
46-4357
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:185 Ap 15 '46 60w
"Praise the Lord for a detective story that
concentrates on why rather than how the mur-
der was committed."
-f- New Repub 114:846 Je 10 '46 60w
"As a mystery story this book is very good
indeed. As a novel of tangled human relations
in wartime London it is even better than
that." Isaac Anderson
-|- N Y Times p35 My 26 '46 150w
"The discovery she arrives at is very in-
genious indeed and worthy of a less static
plot. Nicely written, though."
-| New Yorker 22:95 My 25 '46 90w
Reviewed by L G. Offord
-H San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
50w
"Brittle atmosphere of London art and lit-
erary circles during war ably portrayed. People
are interesting and plot has unexpected out-
come."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:37 Je 1 '46 40w
"Miss Ferrars doesn't try to hide the fact
that one of the characters would make an ideal
killer; but then, the main idea in this story
is not so much mere surprise as a polite going
over of the people in a sort of non-mystery
way. A pleasing change from formula who-
dunits." Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 9 '46 270w
FERRE, NELS FREDERICK SOLOMON. Faith
and reason. (Reason and the Christian faith,
v 1) 251p $2.50 Harper
230 Faith. Reason. Religion and science.
Philosophy and religion 46-4350
"Functional relationship between religion and
reason discussed by Professor of Christian
Theologv at Andover Newton Theological
School. He analyzes and defines these terms
and demonstrates their agreements and dis-
agreements with each other. His examination
of methods of science, philosophy, and religion
reveals the proper sphere of each. The Circle
of Religion he maintains is out beyond science
and philosophy. Dr Ferr6 challenges people
'to be deeply enough religious to become
vigorously and creatively intellectual.' " (Li-
brary J) Index.
"It seems to me that Professor Ferry's
definition of religion is beset by a certain
ambiguity. It is Christian and yet it is not.
I am sure that he means to write as a Chris-
tian theologian. If this is the case, he could
tone up his definition of religion and of God
particularly by making use of the doctrines of
creation and salvation. According to my im-
pression, his present discussion of religion is
subject to the suspicion that it is too phil-
osophical and as such too indefinite, even sub-
Jectivistic." Wilhelm Pauck
Christian Century 63:963 Ag 7 '46 750w
"Believing that 'American theology has been
weak in method, in basic principles/ Dr. Ferre"
begins here with the basic problem of the re-
lation between faith and reason. And he does a
thoroughly good piece of work on it." F. J.
Moore
-f Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 120w
"Though Ferre" treats of methodology at
length, he apparently fails to present an ade-
quate statement of his essential psychology,
epistemology, and metaphysics. Without these
the reader is likely to find the discussion trun-
cated in its argument and even confused.
Existentialists, we may say, are not excused
from saying 'epistemological grace.' There-
fore, despite the profound learning and re-
ligiosity of the author and the deep and mov-
ing concern for spiritual reality which he
conveys, his existential confession lacks tech-
nical perfection and final persuasion. . . De-
spite its difficulties Faith and Reason is an
important t>ook. It rides the storm and cross
currents of contemporary theology with a
magnificent spirit of courage, enquiry, concern,
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FERRE, N. F. S. — Continued
and positive affirmation. It reflects the enor-
mous vitality of its author's religious experi-
ence." W. Q. Muelder
Crozer Q 23:373 O '48 3100W
"Recommended for theological and public li-
braries." O. Q. Lawson
-f Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by G. R. Stephenson
4- N Y Times p32 S 15 '46 600w
FERRIL, THOMAS HORNSBY. I hate Thurs-
day; decorations by Anne Ferril Folsom.
233p $2.50 Harper
814 46-7455
A collection of pieces first published in the
Rocky Mountain Herald, Denver's oldest weekly
paper. Chronologically arranged from April,
1939 to April, 1946, the sketches cover a variety
of subjects from small boys and limericks,
college athletics and pack rats, to war and
peace.
Book Week p27 N 24 '46 140w
"There's a gentle humor here but also a
very quiet seriousness; there's a level point
of view, whether aimed at personal, local, or
international questions; a tolerance as well as a
thoughtful ness, a simplicity which makes for
the apt point rather than the neat phrase.
For his following, which is largely western."
-f Kirkus 14:373 Ag 1 '46 120w
"[These essays] deserve a wider audience,
for Ferril (a poet of good reputation) writes
strikingly individual prose — playful and ironic
about small matters, vigorous and oblique
(Thoreau is most often quoted) about large
matters." H. W. Hart
-f Library J 71:1328 O 1 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Ferril writes with the neat touches of
paradoxical humor that distinguish the good
light essay. This is a book to be tasted, not
swallowed. It's a condensed milk type of book
that needs to be diluted with time. It won't
set the Hudson on fire — or even the Colorado—
and it doesn't prove anything, but it will
please those who admire the well-turned phrase
and the individual idea." Daniel Sohwarz
-f- N Y Times p42 O 20 '46 500w
" 'I Hate Thursday' is one of the most en-
tertaining volumes of miscellaneous comment
to turn up in many a long day, just the thing
for that tired moment before dinner, or that
satiate moment after dinner." D. L. Morgan
•f Sat R of Lit 29:62 D 7 '46 400w
"Actually, Ferril's lounging prose works as
productively for him as that of any man now
writing English. Like Joe DiMaggio's fielding,
it looks easy; and that, in baseball or rhetoric,
is the mark of the major leaguer. A rookie
writer could do worse than study these mile-
high musings from Denver." Richard Match
-f Weekly Book Review p4 O 20 '46 750w
FERRIS, BERT R. Restless road. 180p $2.50
Houghton
46-6986
Story of a discharged veteran who comes
back to his home town in Nebraska, but can-
not seem to adjust himself to civilian life. He
drifts first into a hobo existence, and Anally
enlists in the Merchant marine.
Kirkus 14:281 Je 15 '46 170w
"Stark realism of first half is contrasted and
weakened by hero's escape into an idealistic
hobo world. . . Colorful, easy- flowing style
carries novel along to swift conclusion. Lan-
guage rather raw. Mr. Ferris speaks eloquent-
ly for all GIs. Book should be read." B. H.
Kennedy
•4 Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
"If Mr. Ferris were a Sinclair Lewis he
might have made his Blakesville the mean
little town—and his veteran the misunderstood
young man— which a story of this type needs.
But his thesis is too transparent. His veterans
never have a chance. . . Furthermore, his vet-
erans are such a salty bunch that *he reader
will be more inclined to want to scrape the
l>arnacles off their chests tljan to sympathise.
Mr. Ferris hasn't written much of a novel,
but he has turned out a good recruiting pam-
phlet for the Army." D. D.
— NY Time* p!2 S 29 '46 450w
"This book might better have been entitled
'The Veteran's Revenge,' because the author
misses no opportunity to damn the civilian pop-
ulation, the Veterans Administration, the Amer-
ican Legion and any and all groups or In-
dividuals with whom the returning service man
comes into contact. . . It is also highly unlike-
ly that the normal veteran has, as the author
intimates, been totally emasculated in so far
as his initiative, adaptability and ambition are
concerned." W. M. Kunstler
— Weekly Book Review p!4 S 29 '46
800w
FEUILLET, OCTAVE. Punch: his life and ad-
ventures; tr. from the French by Paul Mc-
Pharlin, with the original illustrations by
Bertall and a few words on making puppets
by the translator. 128p $2.50 Didier pubs.
46.5941
"Under the title 'La Vie de Polichinelle et
sea Nombreuses A ventures,' this is a chil-
dren's classic in France. It was written in
1840 by Octave Feuillet. . . The first transla-
tions in English of Feuillet's book appeared
in Victorian days, and were sugar-coated to
the taste of the times. This new one by Paul
McPharlin is engagingly done in the modern
idiom, and it should enable American children
to give Punch his due place in the gallery of
merry manikins, beside his grandchildren,
Pinocchio and Mickey Mouse." N Y Times
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 19 '46
lOOw
"Paul McPharlin has added a chapter on how
Feuillet came to write the book and one on
the making of a puppet theatre. These with a
short bibliography give the book special value
to puppeteers. Children who chuckle over
Pinocchio will find a kindred hero in Punch."
-f Horn Bk 22:349 S '46 160w
"There are sly, humorous episodes, impos-
sible adventures, bold stratagems and lots of
fooling which makes this good reading for ten
and eleven year olds — and family reading aloud
for younger children."
-f Kirkus 14:275 Je 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by J. D. Lindquist
Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 70w
"Punch lives, disenchanted, in a world whose
follies and foibles he sees with clear eyes, and
learns to sharpen his wits in order to make
his hard way among them. There is a tonic
quality to this book, along with its healthy
slapstick, good for both children and adults.
The original illustrations by Bertall recall
those of Thackeray for 'The Rose and the
Ring,' which appeared fifteen years later. Mr.
McPharlin appends a valuable brief article on
how to make a Punch and a puppet theatre
of your own." Mary Mian
-f N Y Times p!6 Jl 21 '46 700w
Reviewed by Florence Little
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
80w
"The translation is fresh and idiomatic, and
the story is lively and amusing. There is a
gay cover- Jacket, but one could wish that the
drawings had better reproduction." M. G. D.
-) Sat R of Lit 29:42 S 28 '46 160w
"The book, said to be the same size as the
original, is as gay and fresh as if it had been
written last week, and the Bertall illustrations
are perfect. This is a splendid book for chil-
dren jaded with the gyrations of Superman
and his uranium-blooded contemporaries, and
will amuse their parents too." R. F. H.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46
360w
"A collectors item for any one interested
in marionettes, this K&y little volume will be
bought by older people to give to some child
in the family and retain for their own pleasure.
Let's hope they get two copies for it will
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the child who receives it. . . Mr. McPharlin's
new version is lively, light and Just sufficiently
mocking1 to match the meaning: the original
illustrations by Bertall are used — no others
would really fit — though the formality that we
have come to attach to woodcuts is lightened
by printing many of them in red. It makes a
period piece that will please many." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 11 '46 270w
FIGHTER, JOSEPH HENRY. Christianity. 267p
$2 50 Herder
230.2 Theology. Roman Catholic church —
Doctrinal and controversial works 46-5089
"Subtitled, 'An Outline of Dogmatic The-
ology for Laymen,' [this book] ... is con-
cerned with the great verities of faith — God,
Man, Jesus Christ, the Church and the Sacra-
ments— in the light of what God has chosen
to reveal of Himself.*' Commonweal
"For those Catholics who desire a clear-cut,
mature, and organized expression of their faith
this book Is extremely good For instructors
it furnishes an excellent frame of reference.
Perhaps its real value for the inquirer lies
in the fact that it will enable him to see the
whole, and then ask not only the right but the
essential questions, thus coining to a real ap-
preciation of the cogency of the proof and the
exposition." E. M Burke
+ Cath World 164:377 Ja '47 450w
Reviewed by L. J. Trese
Commonweal 44:412 Ag 9 '46 330w
FIELD, BEN. Piper Tompkins. 259p $2.60
Doubleday
46-1G29
Piper Tompkins, a young Connecticut farm
boy, leaves the farm and goes into a defense
factory. When Piper made the change he was
a rugged individualist, intolerant and anti-
social, but gradually the life in the factory
changed his nature and he became an ardent
unionist and friend of his fellow workers.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p2 F 10 '46 600w
"A very disappointing novel, described by
the publishers as a labor novel, and neither
good on that score nor holding on any other."
— Klrkus 13:531 D 1 '45 190w
"It is an old story, and, as Ben Field tells
It, a ballad in which good and evil are never
to be confused. But Ben Field has also made
It an intense and human story, credible and
frequently vivid. In spite of his moral attitude,
Mr. Field is a naturalist who insists upon sharp
detail: the landscape and life of the farm; the
tools and machines in the factory; the sights
and sounds of Hartford boarding houses." Paul
Griffith
-f N Y Times p5 F 17 '46 350w
New Yorker 21:97 F 9 '46 lOOw
"Piper Tompkins Is a strange character to
be carrying the weight of a novel. He has no
apparent virtues except honesty, and honesty
all by itself, unaccompanied by intelligence or
charm or plain intuitive goodness, as demon-
strated by Piper, is far from attractive. . .
Mr. Field has sacrificed a great deal to his
single-minded demonstration, for the book,
like its central character, has little else to
offer but its one dominant idea. It is a
laconic description of a personal awakening
in a land of strife, not even partially softened
by Piper's gestures at love." N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:16 Mr 16 '46 400w
"The book is crammed with robust, living,
breathing: people whom you might confidently
expect to meet in the Nutmeg State. Mr.
Field's language is rich and strong-. Occasional-
ly his writing is gummed up with the January-
molasses thickness of Thomas Wolfe and some-
times his similes are strained and inexact. But
this novel is as American as Whitman, Stephen
Crane and Steinbeck, and deserves a place
with other genuine American works." Paul
Corey
+ _ weekly Book Review p5 F 10 '46 600w
FIELD, GUY CROMWELL. Pacifism and con-
scientious objection. (Current problems ser)
122p $1.25 Macmillan [3s 6d Cambridge]
355.22 Conscientious objectors. Peace
A45-4076
"The treatment of conscientious objectors
in war-time is an important and singularly
difficult problem, which has, on the whole,
been handled much more wisely in this war
than in the last. Prof. Field approaches the
question with unusual qualifications. He holds
the chair of Philosophy in the University of
Bristol, and as member of a tribunal he has
had in the last few years to listen to and
discuss the representations of some thousands
of conscientious objectors of all types, from
the most reasonable to the most non -co-op-
erative." Spec
"The book is an excellent demonstration of
the conflict between value systems and between
such systems and the social order in which
their adherents attempt to realize them. Field's
hope that the book will contribute to a settled
public opinion with regard to the pacifist is
hardly tenable." H. O. Dahlke
Am J Soc 51:348 Ja '46 300w
"By and large, the reason which pervades
these pages reflects the attitude which Britain
has taken toward conscientious objectors with
even more consideration than has our own
country. It would be hard to find a better
mark than this of what the- war was for, as
contrasted with what it was fought against."
Walter Sandelius
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:174 F '46 300w
Foreign Affairs 24:350 Ja '46 40w
"This is a most valuable contribution to the
discussion of a problem to which few contri-
butions at once dispassionate and compre-
hending have so far been made."
-h Spec 174:346 Ap 13 '46 270w
"Professor Field's is an interesting and well-
written book on a subject too often debated
in passion." ^ mfm
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p261 Je 2 '45
420w
FIELD, PETER, pseud. Powder Valley show-
down. (Jefferson house publication) 186p $2
M°rrOW 46-11147
Western story.
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Klrkus 13:479 N 1 '45 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 20 '46
lOOw
FIELD AND STREAM (periodical). Reader; by
a host of contributors from the magazine's
beginning to the present. 434p $3 Doubleday
799 Fishing1. Hunting. Short stories— Col-
lections Agr46-233
Collection of outdoor stories selected from the
sportsman's magazine Field and Stream. There
are forty-four of the stories and they deal with
subjects as widely separated as bagging walrus
in the Arctic; shooting quail in Maryland; fish-
ing in Australia; and hunting gorillas in Africa.
Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 140w
Cleveland Open* Shelf p23 N '46
Klrkus 14:267 Je 1 '46 150w
"There is lots and lots of reading here,
in great variety, reflecting in some degree
the broad coverage the magazine gives to
field sports and topics related thereto. Only
in some degree, however. The nameless edi-
tors have, In this reviewer's opinion, loaded
the collection with a disproportionate number
of articles on hunting and shooting, at the
expense of fishing. And they've done less
than justice to their magazine by omitting
altogether their excellent departmental ma-
terial. But they were probably aiming at a
dipping-and-browsing- sort of book, for sports-
men's enjoyment on long winter evenings.
And, with the exception above noted, theyrve
achieved just that.'r J. R. de la Torre Bueno
-| NY Times p!8 As 26 '46 750w
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PI ELD AND STREAM— Continued
"The compiler offers the sort of thing that
sportsmen, and possibly plenty of laymen,
too, will enjoy."
4- New Yorker 22:92 Ag 17 '46 80w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:147 N '46
FIELDING, ANN MARY. Mayfair squatters.
264p $2.50 Doubleday [8s 6d Heinemann]
46-2915
During the blitz four young people find
shelter in a London house, deserted by its
owners. At the first inkling of danger Mr
Jenks-Scrutton had left for America, with his
family. But his Mayfair mansion with its
elegant furnishings was only empty a few
months. The story is of the loves and lives of
these charming young squatters, and of the
tragedy which overtook some of them.
"Ann Mary Fielding, a direct descendant of
Henry Fielding, the distinguished English nov-
elist, shows in this unpretentious first novel
a gift for characterization. Her irresponsible
Mayfair squatters are all appealing and alive."
Marion Strobel
-f Book Week plO Ap 14 '46 400w
"Miss Fielding's publishers inform her read-
ers that she is a direct descendant of Henry
Fielding. In a daintier way she has a little
of her famous eighteenth-century progenitor's
taste for characters who are a law unto them-
selves." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 13 '46
550w
"A mixture of fantasy, tragedy and farce,
not too well blended, but there are moments
of high entertainment and ingenuous pleasure."
Kirkus 14:108 Mr 1 '46 190w
"This is a strange, dreamy, evocative little
novel, which somehow hints at more meaning
than it actually discloses. There is an almost
suspenseful quality in its withholding, as if,
after some deliberate retardation, the story
had been calculated to explode suddenly in
general illumination. But despite much easy,
pleasant writing, and a set of engaging char-
acters, and a very promising situation, the
book never fully lights up." Richard Sullivan
-f> N Y Times p!8 Ap 14 '46 400w
"Brilliant and bizarre are the two adjectives
which come first to mind in defining the effect
of 'The Mayfair Squatters.' . . The police
sergeant who comes in Just before the curtain
says, 4It doesn't make sense to me,' but
that's a constabulary point of view. The novel
makes sense, but not conventionally, even
when Its characters are engaged in a harle-
quin charade." Lisle Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46
380w
FINE, BENJAMIN. Admission to American
colleges; a study of current policy and prac-
tice. 225p $2.50 Harper
371.214 Colleges and universities — Entrance
requirements 46-6749
"A study of the policies and practices of ad-
mission into American colleges [covering such
questions as:] Who goes to college? who is
permitted to enter? Who is told to stay out?
Do we, by existing procedures, secure the best
possible type of boy and girl for the campus?
Are present standards for testing and exam-
ining potential students efficient and satisfac-
tory? Can they be improved or modified to
meet changing needs of post-war America?"
Pref
Booklist 43:128 Ja 1 '47
Current Hist 11:401 N '46 40w
Kirkus 14:268 Je 1 '46 140w
N Y Times p38 S 15 '46 320w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 28 '46
850w
"The book is frank and clear in its presen-
tation. The author's sound and constructive
recommendations, the specific references he
makes to the admission requirements of the
different, colleges and universities, the overall
picture of the situation throughout the coun-
try today, make this a most timely and help-
ful volume." Harold Fields
4- Sat R of Lit 29:35 O 5 '46 500w
School & Society 64:159 Ag 31 '46 30w
"In quoting from the registrars and admis-
sion office's reports, and he seems painstak-
ingly to quote from each institution that an-
swered his questionnaire, Mr. Fine unfor-
tunately gives a strange impression of the
college as a whole. This is no book to go to
find out about one or two specific institutions.
There are, of course, other books to meet this
need. For the professional educator, for the
disheartened high school senior, this is an ex-
cellent review of the intricacy of getting into
college. But in being technical, it is too repe-
titiously complete to be any more engrossing
than college catalogues generally are." H. L.
Varley
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 440w
FINE, BENJAMIN. Democratic education.
251p $2.50 Crowell
378 Colleges and universities — U.S. Educa-
tion, Higher 46-1412
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This book presents the educational philos-
ophy of Dr. Fine, who is education editor of
The New York Times, and it is likely that it
will stimulate vigorous discussion. Many of
its implications run counter to firmly en-
trenched thinking with respect to higher edu-
cation and will undoubtedly engender charges
that the doctrines enunciated can in the end
only lead to an undermining of educational
standards generally. . . Fundamentally Dr.
Fine poses the problem of what functions col-
leges should perform in modern society. In
doing so he is forced to state his conception
of liberal education and its relation to voca-
tions and the earning of a living. From all
of this there will be dissent, but not from
those who, like this reviewer, are associated
with public institutions and have seen them
function in relation to the ambitions and needs
of thousands of young men and women." M.
M. Willey
Ann Am Acad 244:225 Mr '46 550w
Booklist 42:221 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by Samuel Roddan
Canadian Forum 26:92 Jl '46 650w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 10:152 F '46 1250w
"I find Democratic Education disappointing
because it seems to me to confuse the issue
at a very critical moment. For the first time
in our history young men — if they have worn
our uniform — will have a chance at the kind
of education which will be of use to them and
to their country, and to have all they need of
it. But it will do them no good, and it will
do the cause of democratic education harm,
to define 'higher* education simply as that
which goes on in a place called a college; and
then to ask that the colleges, understaffed
and underequipped as they now are, should try
to teach everything under the sun. Indoctrina-
tion in double-entry bookkeeping does not re-
quire the use of a cyclotron and the mysteries
of ice-cream making are not clarified by walk-
ing the stacks of the Widener Library/' Wil-
lard Thorp
New Repub 114:131 Ja 28 '46 1500w
Special Libraries 37:21 Ja '46
Reviewed by Q. H. Henry
Survey Q 35:332 S '46 270w
"In connection with the thesis, the volume
surveys American colleges of all types, de-
scribes the accommodations everywhere being
made for veterans, and reports on inquiries
made among parents and students showing
what the public wants, or thinks it wants,
higher education to be like. The book is per-
haps the fullest account which has yet ap-
peared of the present situation in its transi-
tional confusion and its underlying trends."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:40 Mr '46 320w
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269
"With Mr. Fine's ideal there can be little
quarrel. No promising student should be
denied a college education for financial rea-
sons. 'The campus belongs to all who can
profit' from it. But there is still some ques-
tion as to who can profit from it and how
they can profit most." C. W. Cole
Weekly Book Review pG F 3 '46 700w
Reviewed by David Worcester
Yale R n s 35:757 summer '46 700w
FINEGAN, JACK. Light from the ancient past;
the archeological background of the Hebrew-
Christian religion. 600p H maps $5 Princeton
univ. press
220.93 Bible. Whole— Antiquities. Christian
antiquities A46-820
"In this lavishly illustrated volume, Mr.
Finegan, director of religious activities at Iowa
State College, gives a well-organized account
of the archeological background of the Hebrew-
Christian religion. He has visited many of the
sites from which the records have been secured,
and he has studied many of the archeological
objects in the museums of both the Old and
the New World. His knowledge of the litera-
ture of the subject is extensive, and his well-
phrased text makes the ancient world come
vividly alive." Scientific Bk Club R
"Princeton University Press should be
praised for the fine piece of bookrnaking that
it has accomplished in the production of this
volume. A difficult text has been organized
most handily and printed most legibly. The
plates are marvels of clear illustration and are
grouped just where they can be most con-
veniently consulted. It is a pleasure to work
with this volume." H. R. Willoughby
+ Am Hist R 51:700 Jl '46 HOOw
"Jack Finegan is director of religious activ-
ities at Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa. His
book will be indispensable to ministers and to
students in courses in Biblical history and
literature. It will also be enormously stimulat-
ing and helpful to thousands of general readers,
whose reading of the Bible it will make more
enjoyable and more fruitful. More than 200
admirably chosen illustrations are integral parts
of the book." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 450w
Booklist 42-296 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 My '46
Reviewed by T. C. Petersen
Cath World 163:184 My '46 650w
"The first part of the volume is based not on
first-hand control of the sources but on ac-
curate and intelligent use of secondary sources.
In this sketch Finegan generally follows the
best and most recent literature, regardless of
its origin, since he shows admirable control of
modern European languages. A very good
feature of this part of the volume — and indeed
of the work as a whole — is the extensive use
made of excavators' reports and of discussions
of the material by critical scholars. Finegan
here shows himself far superior to the usual
author of books on archeology and the Bible. . .
The author's tone is throughout reverent and
moderately conservative. It is an unusual
pleasure to read a book which does not gratu-
itously offend the religious feelings of Roman
Catholics. Greek Orthodox or conservative
Protestants." W. E. Albright
-f Christian Century 63:462 Ap 10 '46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
"A long and intensely concentrated work, but
it is not forbidding. . . Archeology has great
' fascination, and well written, well illustrated
books about archeology have a special charm.
They are in a way unexciting, in a way even
dull, a normally impatient reader might say,
but at the same time they can be envelopingly
interesting. Mr. Finegan's is a good example,
an excellent presentation, without extrinsic
jazzing up by proving the inherent interest of
the subject treated Astral ght' and seriously."
Philip Burnham
+ Commonweal 43:658 Ap 12 '46 850w
"This book serves a useful purpose. It is a
Baedeker of Near Eastern archaeology, packed
with interesting detail, as well as with a wealth
of bibliographical material on many subjects.
No one will read it without learning from it.
The two hundred well-chosen illustrations and
the ten maps and plans are worth the modest
price of the book. On the whole this is an
admirable introduction to the archaeological
wealth of the ancient past for the minister,
the student, and the interested layman. Pro-
fessor Finegan is to be congratulated that he
has had the courage to undertake such a large
task and that he has been able to maintain
such balanced proportions when confronted with
.such a wealth of material." J. B. Pritchard
f Crozer Q 23-279 Jl '46 1200w
"The student" of Hebrew-Christian archeology
will find this volume a treasury of information
culled from ancient resources, but the general
reader, who has an interest in religions or
simply ancient civilization, will find a con-
tinuous story of the Mesopotamian beginnings,
the role of Egypt, the Hebrew era and the
period leading up to the rise of Rome and the
early Christian world. . . It is a book to be
read leisurely."
H- Current Hist 10:446 My '46 lOOw
"Those interested in archeology, in history,
as well as Hebrew and Christian scholars will
find this an invaluable reference book."
-f- Kirkus 13:514 N 15 '45 190w
"The earlier part of the book is of interest
to all archeologists and in fact to the general
reader with a scientific bent and curiosity con-
cerning the rise of civilization. The latter part
is more specifically intended for the student of
biblical sources and of the roots of Judaism
and Christianity."
-f Scientific Bk Club R p3 Ap '46 480w
"The book is written in a simple, non-
technical style for the general reader, contains
an admirable selection and reproduction of
204 illustrations, and an up-to-date bibliog-
raphy."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:92 Je '46 120w
"The author has produced an eminently
scholarly and readable volume on the Near
East, one of the few which successfully syn-
thesizes what is known of more than five mil-
lenia in history. Other books have dealt com-
petently with certain areas (Breasted's 'History
of Egypt,' for example), but few writers have
attempted to cover so wide a field and done it
so well." P. J. Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Mr 17 '46
1050w
"On its own informative level, through syn-
thesis of widely scattered facts, Finegan's book
has given us much which is new — for instance
the first up-to-date account in English of the
catacombs and their art. Archaeologists, who
are not themselves pursuing research in the
Near Eastern field, will rejoice to have this
excellent survey in one volume; teachers will
find it a most suitable handbook for courses
on archaeology and the Scriptures; and every
minister or layman interested in the material
aspects of the environment in which the
prophets and apostles lived, will find clear and
precise answers to his questions. The 'Light
from the Ancient Past' may not be dazzling;
but it is a good and steady light." G. M. A.
Hanfmann
H- Yale R n s 35.761 summer '46 850w
FINER, HERMAN. Road to reaction. 228p $2
Little
338.91 Hayek, Friedrich August von. Eco-
nomic policy. Totalitarianism 45-9861
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"All in all, the work of Finer is a vigorous
and effective type of political polemic. I do
not recall so complete a work of demolition
since Henry George wrote his Perplexed Phi-
losopher in reply to the befuddled Herbert
Spencer." C. E. Merriam
4- Am Pol Sci R 40:134 F '46 900w
"Finer's views on planning are often sound,
sometimes sketchy, and sometimes not quite
in keeping with American ideas. . . Unfor-
tunately, no sooner do we find something to
agree with than we meet a fresh barrier. He
lists the evils of big business: thuggery, con-
spiracies, lockouts, etc. These must be
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FINER, HERMAN — Continued
acknowledged; but he has no condemnation
for equivalent practices of some labor unions.
Haven't both sides played the same game, ac-
cording to their strength and the times?" Roy
Hi 11 brook
Current Hist 10:56 Ja '46 1050w
"Finer devotes the latter portion of his book
to suggestions for a democratic program and
for reforms in the machinery of American
government. This is the least satisfying sec-
tion of the work. While his ideas are sug-
gestive, they are inadequately developed and
the book stands on its critique of the Hayek
school and of the operations of Inonopoly capi-
talism. That is enough for any book. I hope
ways can be found to give it as wide a circula-
tion as our great corporations were able to
obtain for The Road to Serfdom." J. D. King-
New Repub 114:130 Ja 28 '46 HOOw
"An inadequate notion of confutation and a
slipshod method of argument make this book.
as an answer to The Road to Serfdom, incon-
sequential. It has, however, an interest of its
own, as exhibiting the creed of a moderate
socialist: capitalism is a failure and cannot be
made to work; planning can be moderate; the
character of planning depends on who plans
and how; the manipulation of ration values
and the supply of capital to government cor-
porations are substitutes for competitive pric-
ing. Unfortunately in supporting his own
theses, Dr. Finer uses modes of proof fully
as fallacious as those which he employs
against Hayek. When his errors of simple
inspection, observation, generalization, ratioc-
ination and confusion have been discounted,
little is left but a string of assertions which
may, or may not, be true — the reader must
supply his own proof or disproof." Lucius
Wilmerding
— Pol Sci Q 61:128 Mr '46 1750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:43 Mr '46
Reviewed by J. J. O'Leary
Yale R n s 35:550 spring '46 650w
FINER, HERMAN. United nations economic
and social council. (America looks ahead)
121p 50c; pa 25c World peace
330.611 United nations (organization). Eco-
nomic and social council 46-2948
•'Long association with the International
Labor Office especially qualifies this author to
discuss the provisions in the United Nations
Charter for World economic and social wel-
fare. Dr. Finer analyzes with much informa-
tive detail the 'specialized agencies' either al-
ready set up or to be established through in-
ternational agreements, together with the 'roof
organization which is to co-ordinate their ac-
tivities, the Economic and Social Council."
(Weekly Book Review) Brief bibliography. No
index.
"The entire study is worthy of its important
subject." J. W. Robinson
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:826 Ag '46 300w
"Dr. Finer's book, students of international
relations will flnd, is a closely reasoned, well
documented and rewarding study." R. N.
Schwartz
-|- Book Week p21 Ap 14 '46 200w
Reviewed by E. A. Beder
Canadian Forum 26:67 Je '46 240w
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 24:744 Jl *46 30w
Reviewed by J. L. Kunz
Harvard Law R 59:1183 8 '46 400 w
Reviewed by R. C. Snyder
Pol Sci Q 61:472 S '46 380w
Reviewed by G. V. Price
Social Educ 10:235 My '46 270w
"Dr Finer has taken the sections of the
charter dealing with the council, analyzing
them to set forth their functions, methods of
procedure, and their relationship to the present
group of international agencies. The result is
a well -organized, logically arranged, clearly
stated series of facts about the council and
its work which will give the reader a clear
picture of this all -important organization." H.
W. Cross
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
800w
"An excellent background study on which
to Judge daily developments." J. d'E. De Con-
stant
-f Survey Q 35:299 Ag '46 400w
Reviewed by Prances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p31 Ap 28 '46
550w
FINK, ZERA SILVER. Classical republicans;
an essay in the recovery of a pattern of
thought in seventeenth century England. 225p
$4 Northwestern univ.
320.942 Political science— History. Democ-
racy A45-4212
"Seventeenth century England has much to
offer to historians of political thought because
then as in almost no other period, the funda-
mental nature of democracy and its political
expression was explored and set down. . .
[This work] makes a useful contribution by
focussing on one important element; the in-
fluence of the classical idea of 'mixed govern-
ment* on some of the leading writers of the
period. Beginning with Aristotle, the idea of
mixed government represents a search for
stability by the combination of monarchic, aris-
tocratic, and democratic elements In a state so
as to get the benefits of each and avoid the
inherent weaknesses of all. The works of Har-
rington, Milton, Nevill, and Sydney receive
extended treatment after a review of their
sources." U S Quarterly Bkl
"Miss Fink's study does not attempt too
much, but it traces a theme through several
centuries. It is modest in its claims, yet leaves
no doubt as to the importance of the subject.
It shows evidence of wide reading and proves
its points beyond question. The plan is clear
and unified, but many promising byways of
further investigation are indicated." Hardin
Craig
+ Am Hist R 61:296 Ja '46 650w
"The volume is well written and painstak-
ingly documented, but it involves considerable
repetition and is designed for readers trained
primarily in English literature. The political
scientist will flnd much of the background
tedious, yet many allusions to literary person-
ages, especially Milton, bafflingly incomplete."
Margaret Spahr
A Am Pol Sci R 40:173 F '46 450w
"The documentation of this history is thor-
ough and accurate, and the treatment is
scholarly." G. H. Sabine
Class Philol 41:191 Jl '46 400w
"It is refreshing to flnd a wealth of material
on Machiavelli's role as a purveyor of demo-
cratic ideas. The volume has also interesting
information on such vehicles of ideas as trans-
lations, particular editions of books, and the
like. Hardly intended for the general reader,
the book's summaries of seventeenth century
works are sometimes overlong for those familiar
with the field. Not distinguished in style, the
book nevertheless throws much light on a num-
ber of interesting problems and helps in round-
ing out a view of the period."
H US Quarterly Bkl 1:36 D '45 280w
Times [London] Lit Sup p80 F 16 '46
650w
FINLETTER, MRS QRETCHEN (DAM-
ROSCH). From the top of the stairs. (At-
lantic monthly press bk) 252p $2.60 Little
B or 92 Musicians — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. Damrosch, Walter Johannes
46-25263
Reminiscences of her childhood in the early
1900s by one of Walter Damrosch' s four daugh-
ters.
Booklist 43:34 O 1 '46
"This is not just another striving for pungent
personalities in parents, but gentle, plausible
humor of real age of innocence,"
-h Klrkut 14:404 Ag 15 '46 200w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
271
Reviewed by Q. E. Chamberlain
Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 lOOw
"A vastly amusing book." Brooks Atkinson
4- N Y Times p6 8 15 '46 lOOOw
"These are rich, satisfying* memories, un-
fogged by emotion and recorded with a warm-
ing humor." Jane Voiles
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 8 '46
200w
"Best of all the book shows a family where
children obeyed their parents without feeling
down-trodden, where there was sophistication
without decadence, and civilization without
vulgarity, and great affection without jealousy
or over-possessiveness, and sentiment without
sentimentality. Mr. and Mrs. Damrosch evi-
dently liked their daughters and were good
friends with them and the daughters recipro-
cated wonderfully." Sophie Kerr
4- Sat R of Lit 29:10 D 21 '46 600w
"Mrs. Finletter writes well and accurately
with just that touch of distortion, that narrow
frame, that makes a minor work of art. The
very young will never believe life was so old-
fashioned; the getting- to-be-old will be de-
lighted that the slate is not wiped clean. This
is definitely a week-end book and a bedside
book, and a springboard to conversation of
how these same times looked to all of us,
though the Damrosches were louder (being
musical) and wittier (maybe) and handsomely
numerous." Ernestine Evans
4- Weekly Book Review p5 S 15 '46 1250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
FINNEQAN, ROBERT. Lying ladies. 247p |2
Simon & Schuster
46-1879
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 150w
"Bright and bawdy touches make this enter-
taining."
Kirkus 14:9 Ja '46 60w
4 'Americana at 'its least appetizing makes a
realistic background for this fast, tough yarn."
E. H.
New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 90w
"This is a first novel and a lively one."
Isaac Anderson
N Y Times pSO Ap 7 '46 90w
"A plot complicated enough to confuse all
but the most meticulous readers. Promising
tough stuff, just the same."
New Yorker 22:103 Mr 16 '46 80w
"Convincing and cataclysmic tale of murders,
blackmail and general villainy. . . Good stuff
—even if author does overplay his hand."
H Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 16 '46 40w
"A nice start in the whodunit business."
Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46
200w
FIRTH, RAYMOND WILLIAM. Malay fisher-
men; their peasant economy. (Int. lib. of
sociology and social reconstruction) 354p il
$4.50 Inst. of Pacific relations [25s Routledge]
338.372 Fishermen. Pishing— Malay penin-
sula. Peasantry— Malay peninsula [46-5465]
"This book is a study of some Far Eastern
peasant problems based mainly on field re-
search carried out on the East Coast of Malaya
in 1939-1940. It gives for the first time a sur-
vey of the fishing industry of that important
region, followed by a detailed analysis of the
economy of a community of peasant fishermen
in a sample area on the coast of Kelantan."
Publisher's note
there are many references to Malay customs
and beliefs, which cannot fail to be of interest
to anyone desirous of increasing his knowledge
of the Malay peasantry." A. a Beckett Terrell
Spec 176:512 My 17 '46 800w
FISCHER, BRUNO. Pigskin bag. 249p $2.50
Ziff-Davis
46-23136
A novel of suspense in which Adam Breen,
an auto salesman, comes into possession of a
mysterious pigskin bag and finds himself in
serious difficulties.
Current Hist 11:232 S '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 20w
"The author's painstaking inquiries should
be of the greatest use in the future regulation
of the industry, but the very qualities which
enhance its value to the administrator render
it rather indigestible to the general reader.
Apart, however, from tfce technical details,
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p7 Ja 5 '47 190w
"This is an unusually good example of the
novel of fear and suspense." Isaac Anderson
-f- N Y Times p!4 D 22 '46 140w
"Excellent first half of domestic suspense,
falling off into more routine, if still effective,
gangster melodrama." Anthony Boucher
-\ San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ja 5 '47
70w
"Good thriller."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!5 D 29 '46 180w
FISCHER, BRUNO. Spider Lily. 251p $2 Mc-
Kay
46-6086
Mystery story.
"Here is a well -told tale, with enough
pace and enough suspense to carry you along."
Elizabeth Bullock
•4- Book Week p6 S 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 18 '46 200w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
50w
"Average."
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ag 17 '46 70w
"Banking on his skill at poker, chess and
mathematics in general, Alec Linn finally re-
duces the problem to a formula you may or
may not find easy to follow. 'What does this
gibberish mean?' inquires one of the charac-
ters; but it worked, didn't it?" Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review plS S 8 '46 90w
FISCHER, LOUIS. Great challenge. 346p $4
Duell
940.531 World politics. Russia—Foreign re-
lations. World war, 1939-1945— Diplomatic
history 46-11925
An American journalist summarizes his ob-
servations of world politics during the last
two decades. He considers that present Rus-
sian policies embody a challenge to Western
democracy that must be met by Improvement
of social and economic conditions, and by the
renunciation of imperialism.
"This book is a good remedy for the fuzzy
political thinking cluttering our obsolete brains
in Year I of the atomic age." Sterling North
-f Book Week p5 S 29 '46 60 Ow
Booklist 43:13 S '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 14 '46
400w
"Objectively this book takes its place in that
wide range of periodical and other literature
which leads away from Soviet-American co-
operation rather than toward it." Robert
Norton
Churchman 160:19 D 15 '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"Measured by the highest standards, Fis-
cher's book is very unsatisfactory. As an ac-
cumulation of factual information it has some
value." Waldemar Gurian
h Commonweal 45:50 O 25 '46 1150w
"For a better understanding of present world
relations The Great Challenge offers some
lucid, sane thinking."
-t- Current HUt U;399 N '46 lOOw
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"This is an important book because it is a
wise and objective book. . . At times one dis-
agrees— at times agrees — always one is stimu-
lated. It is a book to make us study our prej-
udices and inform our opinions."
4- Kirkus 14:366 Ag 1 '46 SOOw
"This Is a highly intelligent, personal and
argumentative book. , . Recommended." J. E.
Cross
-f Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
Nation 163:658 D 7 '46 1200w
Reviewed by H. J. Bresler
New Repub 115:419 S 30 '46 850w
"Louis Fischer's ideas, phrased in staccato,
dramatic fashion, with many memorable and
quotable aphorisms, would have been more
effective if he had chosen to express them in
the form of an essay rather than a cross be-
tween a journalistic diary (too often inter-
spersed with personal allusions and references
to previous writings) and a brilliant, mature
and convincing analysis of contemporary
events." V. M. Dean
_| NY Times p3 S 15 '46 1350w
"Louis Fischer is one of the very few of the
innumerable American writers on foreign poli-
tics who understand thoroughly what they are
talking about. Everything he says makes
sense. It is a delight to be able to agree with
him. It is instructive to find oneself in dis-
agreement." E. A. Mowrer
+ Sat R of Lit 29:27 O 12 '46 1400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2.277 D '46 220w
Reviewed by F. R. Dulles
Weekly Book Review p5 S 29 '46
1950w
FISH, HAMILTON. Challenge of world com-
munism. 224p $2.50 Bruce pub.
335.4 Communism 46-5335
A factual exposition of world communism
written by a former congressman. In his
preface the author says "It should be clearly
understood that this book seeks to arouse
all Americans whether they be Protestant,
Catholic, or Jew to the menace of interna-
tional and revolutionary Communism." No in-
dex.
FISHER, MRS AILEEN LUCIA. That's why;
with silhouettes by the author. 96p $1.50
Nelson
811 Children's poetry 46-16159
Collection of amusing verses for ages seven
to ten.
"This book is not a Red-baiting blast. On
the contrary, it is a conscientiously-written
and well documented presentation of Com-
munist machinations in Europe, Asia, Latin-
America and the United States. To insure
his efforts to produce an accurate, logical,
well-rounded presentation of facts, the author
asked the help of recognized authorities on
Communism's threats to moral civilization. . .
One must understand a wily foe's strategy,
if he expects to win. Hence this book is must
reading for every person of good will who
will join a united front to defend God and
country." H. C. McGinnis
4- Cath World 163:470 Ag '46 500w
Reviewed by F. S. Adams
N Y Times p25 S 8 '46 430w
"The general tone of [this] book is about
what you would expect, but its technical com-
petence is somewhat lower than one might
reasonably look for in a man of his demon-
strated ability. It is not merely that Mr.
Fish constantly contradicts himself; his po-
litical philosophy is in the very nature of
things a self-contradiction. It is that in this
book he does it so crudely that its absurdity
is patent." G. W. Johnson
— Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 28 '46 900w
FISHBEIN, MORRIS. Popular medical encyclo-
pedia; the standard guide on health and dis-
ease. 540p 11 $4.95 Doubleday
616.02 Medicine, Popular SG46-182
Definitions and short articles, arranged al-
phabetically, on the human body, its functions
and disturbances. Contains some treatments,
but dosages of medicine are not given. For
the layman.
Book Week p4 My 19 '46 80w
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46
"There are too few competent books of
verse about everyday things for small children,
and this one fllls a real need."
-f Kirkus 14:222 My 1 '46 80w
"Here and there a poem is really lovely;
mostly they are cute. Will answer many calls
for 'little recitations.' Not a must, but decidedly
worth having. Teachers and librarians stress-
ing poetry writing by children should find the
childlike images appealing and helpful to
youthful creators." S. J. Johnson
+ Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 70w
"In this collection of verses children will
be surprised that a grown-up has caught so
accurately their impressions of the world they
are exploring." L. P.
-H N Y Times p31 My 26 '46 70w
FISHER, ALLAN QEORQE BARNARD. Eco-
nomic progress and social security. 362p $5
(18s) Macmillan
330.1 Economics. Progress [45-10309]
"Allan Q. B. Fisher, well known New Zealand
economist and professor at the Royal Institute
of International Affairs in London, has set him-
self the difficult task of exploring the double
impact of economic change and of the quest
for security upon economic policy, national as
well as international. . . After a general analy-
sis of problems involved in progress and in
change, Mr. Fisher discusses the consequences
of cyclical fluctuations of business activity and
of the dislocations brought about by the war.
He then outlines at some length a positive
program of domestic policies aiming at an in-
crease of economic flexibility, in the interest of
both progress and security. Thus he shows
that stability can be achieved amidst change
and security without loss of freedom, but the
stability as well as the security he offers are
relative rather than absolute. He discards the
security of slavery as well as the stability of
immobility. In a few polemic chapters he dis-
cusses and discards 'blind alley' policies and
'third-rate solutions,' as he calls them."
(Weekly Book Review) Index.
"This book does much to clarify the eco-
nomic r61e of government in the mid- twentieth
century." W. H. Wickwar
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:829 Ag '46 300w
Reviewed by F. H. Knight
Ethics 67:68 O '46 1800w
Reviewed by O. H. Brownlee
J Pol Econ 54:555 D '46 SOOw
"With a cool, detached, and beautifully lucid
mind Professor Fisher ranges over the whole
economic scene: distilling from popular eco-
nomic phraseology its meaning, its ambiguities,
and its inconsistencies; tenaciously adhering to
his main theme as he steps aside to dispose of
the many economic fallacies cluttering his path;
dispassionately displaying the choices we must
eventually make if we are to win the high
stakes in the desperate struggle for economic
sanity. A polished and mature effort in the
art of political economy." John Jewkes
~f- Manchester Guardian p3 O 24 '45 370w
"His target is anyone, left or right, who at-
tempts to preserve a status quo, and his
incisive criticisms of many currently popular
economic proposals make his book required
reading. . . Despite its many virtues. Pro-
fessor Fisher's book is almost a counsel of
despair, since he fails to convince the reader
that there is any real possibility of establishing
free competitive enterprise throughout the
world. And in his long last chapter he holds
that the free market system should be world
wide to have a fair chance of success/' C. E.
Noyes
H Nation 162:439 Ap 13 '46 600w
"Professor Fisher is sometimes apt to erect
Aunt Sallies and then knock them down —
choosing for attack the weaker rather than the
stronger among his opponents; and this leads
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to a somewhat wearisome iteration of plati-
tudes. He is also not very helpful about what
is to be done if the solutions which he knocks
down one after another are rejected. Nor is it
very clear to whom he is talking. He writes
sometimes as if he were arguing with his fel-
low-professionals, and sometimes as if he were
simplifying for the man in the street. In the
end, he conveys rather a negative impression,
having- failed to convert his very true general
thesis into anything in the nature of a prac-
ticable programme."
f- New Statesman A Nation 30:377 D 1 '45
240w
"The book is a neat and significant addition
to the literature of international economics;
it breaks new ground in sound political think-
ing." Ervin Hexiier
-f Social Forces 25:105 O '46 440w
"The critic's task is greatly facilitated if his
author can be assigned to a 'school.' Professor
Fisher is in this respect singularly disobliging.
He does, however, partially redeem this fault
(if fault it be) by a lucid and lively style. The
intelligent layman, who is fully able to follow
the straightforward common sense of Professor
Fisher's argument, may fail to appreciate a
number of serious flaws, and may even be led
by its apparently inexorable logic to accept one
or two exceedingly paradoxical conclusions. But
since his errors are not the fashionable ones
of to-day the book may safely be recommended
for its more numerous virtues."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p562 N 24 '45
850w
"Mr. Fisher has written one of the most
important books that have come to the present
reviewer's attention in the last few years."
M. A. Heilperin
-f Weekly Book Review p29 My 26 '46
700w
FISHER, MRS ANNE (BENSON). No more a
stranger. 265p il $3 Stanford univ. press
B or 92 Stevenson, Robert Louis A46-11
The story of the four months in 1879 when
Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Monterey,
California, drawn there by his love for Fanny
Osbourne. At the beginning of her "notes,"
the author says: "the story is true. It is all
based on fact. No character is imaginary— not
even the horses. Incidents happened as de-
scribed, and anecdotes related were those ac-
tually told. The only fictional episodes which
enter into the story are some conversations
which had to be filled in to retain the contin-
uity."
"This book has great value to the Stevenson
enthusiast, and much interest for the general
reader. Mrs. Fisher's method may well suggest
comparable treatments of decisive periods in
other lives. I hope the method will always be
used as worthily as it is in 'No More a Strang-
er.' " J. T. Frederick
•f Book Week p2 Mr 31 '46 160w
Booklist 42-281 My 1 '46
"The exalted, depressed, impractical, per-
severing, fascinating, heedless creature that
was R. L. S. appears more plainly in this
modest book than in some more voluminous
biographies. Mrs. Fisher's honest determination
to include as much as possible of the data ac-
cumulated by conversation with survivors of
1879 or their descendants and by reading old
letters has made her style disconnected, but
something has been added to Stevenson lore."
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 20
'46 850w
Current Hist 11:48 .Jl '46 lOOw
"Scholarly, well-documented, but delightful
reading."
-f Kirkus 14:138 Mr 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by J. H. Berthel
Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 lOOw
"It is a book primarily for the enthusiast
about Stevenson or about the local color of
California in the Seventies." G. R. Stewart
N Y Times p41 Ap 7 '46 450w
"While 'No More a Stranger* is not a pene-
trating character study, it Is eminently satis-
factory as regional literature and as a factual
narrative of Stevenson's little-known life In
Monterey. At a time when all of us are looking
backward to our roots for strength and guidance
in our present politically difficult day, the
Stanford University Press should be compli-
mented on the publication of such a book.
Minuscule though it is, Mrs. Fisher in her use
of background does give us a slice of Ameri-
cana." J. C. S. Wilson
H Sat R of Lit 29:33 Je 8 '46 800w
"The student of Stevenson, particularly of his
California period, will recognize that the author
here has stuck to fact for her basis, and that
her interpretation, even through her semi-
fiction method, is both sensible and sensitive.
She does incline to romanticize a man who
must have been rather a nuisance sometimes
even to his friends, but this is her privilege in
this sort of book. I shouldn't be surprised,
however, if many will find the most Interesting
part of the book in the bibliographical notes
and the dozen or so reproductions of old photo-
graphs relating to the place and the man."
J. H. Jackson
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 31 '46
600W
FLSHER, CYRUS, pseud. See Teilhet, D, L.
X/FIS
FISHER, GEORGE JAMES BURNS. Incendiary
warfare. 125p $3 McGraw
623.45431 Projectiles, Incendiary 46-7762
"Cotonel Fisher of the Chemical Warfare
Service tells the technique of producing fire
with military projectiles, ground and air. He
cites development of these weapons, through
the fire arrow to the bombing of Tokyo, show-
ing comparative uses of high explosives and
incendiary bombs, the results of bombing Japan
and Germany and includes the future of in-
cendiary warfare in the atomic age." (Library
J) Index.
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 80w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 HOw
FISHER, HAROLD HENRY. America and
Russia in the world community; foreword
by Frederick Hard. 175p $2.50 Claremont col-
leges
327.73 U.S —Foreign relations— Russia. Rus-
sia— Foreign relations — U.S World politics
46-5149
"Dr. Fisher is a professor of history at
Stanford University and director of the Hoover
Institute and Library. For twenty-five years
he has been a student of Russian history and
institutions and he has traveled widely in
Russia. In this series of lectures he gives a
favorable estimate of the possibilities of
friendly cooperation between the two countries
in a peaceful world society. There is no ques-
tion of greater present importance." Christian
Century
Reviewed by F. L Schuman
Am Pol Sci R 40:988 O '46 600w
Christian Century 63:870 Jl 10 '46 70w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
Foreign Affairs 25:164 O '46 30w
"As an excellent example of an educated*
liberal mind wrestling with the unpalatable
facts of totalitarian politics this level-headed
and comprehensive, if brief, discussion is well
worth reading." M. B.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 S 4 '46 300w
"America and Russia in the World Com-
munity stands out as one of the most illuminat-
ing discussions of the relations between the
two great Powers of the post-war world which
has yet appeared. Professor Fisher had ably
summarized the past history of Russian- Ameri-
can diplomacy, carefully analyzed the present
status of the two nations in the world com-
munity, and outlined with cogency and acumen
what he considers to be the possibilities of
future Russian-American collaboration in sup-
port of international peace. He writes with
a sure sense of historical perspective in dealing
6OOK REVIfeW DIGEST 1946
FISHER, H. Hi—Continued
with the pa,st and reasoned objectivity in
treating of the present. He has succeeded with-
in the brief compass of some 175 pages in
giving us as clear and comprehensive an ac-
count of Russian-American relations as might
well be expected in a book many times this
length." P. R. Dulles
+ Pol Scl Q 61:464 S '46 500w
School & Society 63:431 Je 15 '46 20w
FISHER, M. F. K., pseud. See Parrish, M. P.
1C.
FISHER. STEPHEN GOULD. Winter kill.
208p $2.50 Dodd
46-1884
"In a shabby, lower Fifth Avenue office
building five men shared one dingy room and
one telephone, each in a down-at-heel busi-
ness that barely justified the flO-a-month
desk space rental. They were a private de-
tective, a skip-tracer of bad debts, a retailer
of toy novelties, a literary agent (reading fee,
$1) and a dress designer. Mr. Fisher exhibits
these tawdry, struggling, hounded souls with
savage realism flecked with humor. Their love
affairs, their domestic troubles, their harried
finances are no secrets from one another."
Weekly Book Review
"Steve Fisher has been writing for Holly-
wood for several years. There is little shading
in his characterization, but he has developed a
rough, fast-moving style, well suited to the
material he deals with and his feeling for
atmosphere and situation produces some Grand
Guignol scenes which have a very primitive
freshness and vigor." Jex Martin
-f Book Week p6 Mr 17 '46 270w
N Y Times p!4 Mr 31 '46 70w
"The action of the story keeps it alive, but
the essence is in the hopefully hopeless little
men at the desks, who are united by failure.
They cling to immoderate prospects but know
that nothing good will happen to them — and in
that they are finally mistaken in a climax
which is incredibly coincidental till it is ex-
plained. This is an amusing story, but
smoothed and expanded it is a play rather
than a novel." Phil Stong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:86 Mr 30 '46 320w
"If you like your fiction tough and hard-
hitting, this is it." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 3 '46
120w
FISHER. VARDIS. Intimations of Eve. 331p
$2.75 Vanguard
46-2410
This is the third volume in the author's
series of novels dealing with mankind's slow
climb up from savagery. In this tale the inter-
est lies chiefly in the place of woman in one era
of primitive life, an era when men were re-
garded as of little use except as hunters —
women planted and harvested the crops, built
the huts, worked the magic that brought fer-
tility to the earth and its inhabitants. Raven,
the "hero," has rebellious moments but for the
most part, he lives under the rule of the old
"grandmother" and her deity, the Moon
Woman.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p6 Ap 21 '46 400w
Klrkusl4:4 Ja'46150w
"There is an odd and bothersome change of
viewpoint running through It all. For long
periods we are inside the mind of the primitive
row then abruptly we are standing to one aide
and Mr. Fisher is saying sententiously. 'Little
did he realize he was discovering so and so/
There is also, for a book whose intent seems to
be a tracing of man's mental and spiritual
struggles upward, a great deal of emphasis on
th?i~phy8i!al"~ea.tin* fcablU. Physiological re-
ft?1?11?, !?*!£*>** ck' cllnlc«2 details of many
kinds." C. B. Palmer
•f — N Y Times pia Mr 31 '40 600w
"Only an anthropologist can say how much of
this charting of our early ancestors' mental and
spiritual growth is based on scientific truth
and how much is just reasoned conjecture. The
subject is of course an absorbing one, and
Mr, Fisher's treatment of it is nearly always
extremely interesting. It is not his fault that
life in man's remote past Inched along too de-
liberately to make perfect fiction."
+ — New Yorker 22:115 Ap 13 '46 140w
"One weakness of Mr. Fisher's history, it
seems to me, is his centering of man's develop-
ment In the one man, Raven. . . Another weak-
ness, less fundamental, is the presence here
and there of what may be called the interpo-
lated comment. . . It is a fascinating project.
Inevitably his interpretations — as indicated in
this volume — are going to be conjectural and
debatable. They are also, by the same token,
going to be philosophically suggestive, perhaps
diagnostic of the quality of modern man, and
certainly exciting reading." N. L». Rothman
+ — Sat R of Lit 24:45 Ap 20 '46 650w
Time 47:100 Ap 8 '46 650w
Reviewed by F. T. Marsh
Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 28 '46
HOOw
FISHMAN, NATHANIEL. Marriage, this
business of living together. 368p $3 Liveright
347.6 Marriage law. Marriage
"The anomalies, curiosities and facts about
marriage, divorce and separation in our 48
states." (Subtitle) The author is a member
of the New York Bar. Index.
Book Week p!6 D 8 '46 70w
"Subtitle sounds as though book would be
either scholarly or entertaining. Actually it
unsuccessfully tries to be both," U R. Miller
— Library J 71:1328 O 1 '46 70w
FISKE, EDWARD REYNOLDS. The veterans'
best opportunities; with basic business prin-
ciples and their application. 324p $2.50 Es-
sential bks.
371.425 Veterans— Employment Business.
Vocational guidance 46-25047
"The original intent of the author in prepar-
ing this work was to serve his fellow veterans
in an effort to provide a rule and guide which
would help them make the best possible de-
cision regarding their civilian pursuits. There-
fore, the terms Veteran and Serviceman will
be found throughout the book, but as it turns
out. business executives are of the opinion that
the book has long been needed by all who
must decide for what they are best fitted or
adapted in choosing their life's work." (Au-
thor's note) Partial contents: Big city vs. small
town; Store location and retailing; Sources of
information for study; Opportunities in other
than retailing and service businesses; Program
for the revitallzation of all small business;
Opportunities in foreign trade, by Arthur
Rocke. "Following Chapter 10 is a list of con-
cise articles especially prepared for this book
by leaders in many fields and industries who
are interested in the welfare of our returning
veterans and others who must find their place
in our postwar economy." (Note on table of
contents) No index.
Booklist 42:221 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:4 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl2 My '46
"Sound book on vocational guidance."
-f Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 120w
"I think that Commander Fiske's effort in
compiling the opinions of people who are close
to and have succeeded in the many types of
endeavor covered is extremely valuable. I
don't, however, feel that it is necessarily &
book for veterans, except in the sense that the
veterans' best opportunities lie in the general
welfare of the community." J. N. Feldman
-f Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 3 '46
320w
WIs Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
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FITCH, LYLE C., and TAYLOR. HORACE,
eds. Planning for jobs; proposals submitted
in the Pabst postwar employment awards.
463p $3.75 Blakiston
338.91 U.S.— Economic policy. Unemploy-
ment 46-495
"In 1943 and 1944 the Pabst Brewing- Co.
parlayed its interest in beer into an interest in
the nation's economic future by sponsoring a
prize contest for plans to achieve postwar full
employment. This book, by two members of
the department of economics at Columbia Uni-
versity, is the result of an expert analysis and
synthesis of the entries in that contest. Thus
it professes to be a cross -section of public
opinion on the problem of full employment. The
prize plans themselves having already been
published, this volume undertakes to sketch
the main lines of thought which turned up in
all the plans, winners and losers alike/'
Book Week
"A superficial evaluation of the causes of
economic crises and of possible measures for
their eradication. Most of the plans, at best,
are ameliorative, rather than preventive. Many
become seriously involved in self-contradiction,
and still others would lead to the perpetuation,
if not the aggravation, of the causes that make
for crises. . . The impression left in the mind
is not. however, a very satisfactory one. It
reminds one a little too much of the six blind
men of Indostan who went to 'see' an ele-
phant." J. M. Gillman
— Am Econ R 36:405 Je '46 1500w
"Some of the individual contributions are of
a high order, the search for technical means of
stabilizing economic expansion being admirably
illustrated with essays by Alvm Hansen, Frank
D. Graham, and Homer Hoyt; but contributions
such as these are so widely scattered amid so
much heterogeneous matter that they have to
be re- thought in the framework less of this
book than of economic theory before their
significance can become fully clear to the in-
expert student. What gives this book its value
lies not so much in the realm of theory as in
its reflection of the spirit of practical inven-
tiveness with which Americans are approaching
contemporary social problems." W. H. Wick-
war
Am Pol Scl R 40:400 Ap '46 400w
"In this very useful and interesting book,
the editors have successfully tackled an ex-
tremely difficult assignment. . . This book is
important reading for anyone who would sample
informed public opinion on one of the major
problems of our democracy." W. H. Stead
-f- Ann Am Acad 246:160 Jl '46 480w
Book Week p!8 F 17 '46 lOOw
"The glaring lack of interest in the problems
of agriculture among the Pabst contestants
really hurts an otherwise satisfying book."
Shaw Livermore
H Columbia Law R 46:508 My '46 1600w
"The book is stimulating reading, extremely
interesting, simple in style, and should have
an appeal to all looking for ideas to insure
'Jobs for all.' "
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:107 Je '46 160w
FITZGAY, JOHN, pseud. See Hunt, F.
FITZGERALD, ARTHUR EUGENE. Basic
electrical engineering; circuits, machines,
electronics. 443p 11 $3.76 McGraw
621.3 Electric engineering 45-10102
•"This textbook for engineering college stu-
dents who are not specializing in electrical
engineering is designed to give such students
an understanding of fundamental electrical
principles and an insight into the engineering
and scientific applications of electronics, elec-
trical measurements, and control. The space is
about equally divided among the three main
topics mentioned in the subtitle. Problems are
included. The author is Associate Professor of
Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology?' (N Y New Tech Bka)
Index.
Library J 70:751 S 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:55 O '45
FITZGERALD, BARBARA. We are besieged.
298p $2.75 Putnam [9s 6d Davies]
46-6364
Tale of family life in Ireland, chiefly Dublin,
between 1920 and 1930. The Adairs are a
Protestant, Unionist family, and the two
daughters of the family are aware that they
belong to the hated minority. The story fol-
lows the two girls childhood and up to the
early married life of each of them.
"Barbara Fitzgerald deserves a round of
applause for her good sense, quite as much
as for her good novel." Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week pll S 8 '46 350w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
"Sustained in pace, appealing in portraiture,
this is both good and popular reading."
-I- Kirkus 14:300 Jl 1 '46 130w
"Recommended." M. H. Zipprich
-f- Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 70w
"The story Is smoothly and convincingly told,
and the characters of the two so differently
minded sisters are very well developed. As a
first novel it deserves encouragement." J. D.
Beresford
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 12 '46 90w
"On the whole it is an interesting family
story smoothly and naturally told. Miss Fitz-
gerald's love for Ireland, town and country,
is reflected in her graphic descriptions, and
her interpretation of the Irish struggle for
freedom is marked by a sincere effort to pre-
sent both sides Justly." Barbara Bond
-f N Y Times plO S 8 '46 360w
" 'We Are Besieged' is a first novel, and has
much of the weakness of a first novel; but
there is real promise in the book. The story
is well-sustained, the characterization, if rather
typical, is simple and sound; and the de-
scriptive passages will make anyone who knows
Ireland anxious to take the first boat there
to see if the soft, green, wet land is as
beautiful as memory insists." R. E. Roberts
Sat R of Lit 29:48 O 12 '46 650w
"This story is a bit slow, but it is careful
and serious, and quite pleasantly written."
Kate O'Brien
H- — Spec 176:384 Ap 12 '46 120w
"This is undoubtedly a valid picture of a
group and a situation extant not in Ireland
alone. And the author has admirably described
them, at their most vicious and their most
weakly amiable. But it is puzzling to be
suddenly asked to admire them in a series
of chintz-draped happy endings where no one
gets permanently involved with any of the
Vrong' people, and every one smiles for the
camera in rigor status quo." R. P. Ham den
H Weekly Book Review p!4 S 8 '46 650w
FITZGERALD, WALTER. The new Europe;
an introduction to its political geography.
298p maps $2.75 Harper [14s Methuen)
940 Europe — Politics. Europe — Boundaries
46-4243
"The author is Professor of Geography, Vic-
toria University of Manchester, England. In
this volume, intended primarily for British
students, he describes present conditions in the
various areas of Europe to give an understand-
ing of environment, background and the nat-
ural advantages and disadvantages of each.
Each chapter has its own Selected Bibliog-
raphy." (Current Hist) Index.
"The importance o'f geography to an under-
standing of civilization is apt to be neglected
in time of peace and over-emphasized in time
of war. The present volume, originally pub-
lished in England shortly before the end of
the war, presents a remarkably well-balanced
summary of the salient facts of European
geography and their impact upon European
politics. The author, who is professor of ge-
ography in the Victoria University of Man-
chester, is to be commended not only for his
highly readable style, but for the admirable
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FITZGERALD, WALTER— Continued
way in which he has compressed so much
into a brief volume." A N. Dragnich
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:991 O '46 500w
Current Hist 10:132 Ag '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 30w
Reviewed by C. G. Haines
Pol Sci Q 61:610 D '46 650w
FITZSIMMONS, MRS MURIEL (SIMPSON),
and FITZSIMMONS, CORTLAND. You can
cook if you can read 364p $2.50 Viking
641.5 Cookery 46-25262
A cookbook designed for the beginner in the
art, assuming no previous knowledge except
the ability to read simple, clear directions for
preparing not-too-complicated dishes. The
book includes a long list of definitions, tables
of measurements, buying and cooking charts,
sections on cooking for one or two, and a
final section of "post-graduate recipes."
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46 50w
"Here's another book to cheer, for this is a
book to hearten the complete neophyte, even
the incompetent cook — if only she wants to
learn to cook. For nothing is taken for
granted. . . There are omissions — I'd like a
section on substitutes, on rectifying mistakes,
etc. But one can't have everything."
-f Kirkus 14:317 Jl 1 '46 160w
"It is a complete, well-wrought and pro-
gressive manual for the neophyte. Inept rooks
who can't read should be forcibly held while
it is read to them, it should be as mandatory
for young brides, or brides of any age, as a
wedding ring." Idwal Jones
-f N Y Times p57 N 17 '46 180w
"The book is a first-rate piece of work. I'd
call it, not the perfect cook book because I
don't suppose there is any such animal, but
an extremely well organized and thought out
book for its purpose, which is to give the be-
ginner something to start off with. I look to
see it become a minor classic in its field " J.
H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO S 2 '46
800w
"A new cookbook which is the answer to the
amateur cook's prayer." H. S. Neal
-f Springf'd Republican p4 S 14 '46 260w
FLACK, MARJORIE (MRS WILLIAM ROSE
BENET). Boats on the river; pictures by
Jay Hyde Barnum. 31p $2.50 Viking
46-11852
A large size picture book for ages six to
nine, showing the kinds of boats and ships on
the slightly idealized Hudson river and in
New York harbor. The pictures are In color
and the text is rhythmic.
FLAGG. JAMES MONTGOMERY. Hoses and
buckshot. 224p il $3.75 Putnam
B or 92 Artists — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. 46-6668
Autobiography of James Montgomery Flagg
in which the famous illustrator and amateur
actor writes very frankly of his own life and
that of some of his famous friends, especially
John Barrymore.
Booklist 43:138 Ja 1 '47
"Perhaps, more of a gift book than a library
item, but still a gorgeous book. Recom-
mended." M. A Webb
-f Library J 72:83 Ja 1 '47 70w
"It is unusual to find a book containing fac-
tual material which has so much texture of
beauty in both prose and illustration." H. A.
G.
4- N Y Times p22 D 8 '46 140w
"The artist's perspective brings the moun-
tains up the Hudson nearer, so that they, too.
seem to come down to the sea. It gives a very
lovely skyline to the pictures. . . This story
will be at its best when it is read aloud. But
boys and girls will want to own the book
because the pictures are so unusual. It will
make a grand Christmas present." M. Q. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:31 D 14 '46 210w
"With all the books about boats offered to
little children and with all their impassioned
interest in the subject, this is the first picture
book I have seen that spreads before them
the pageant of Hudson River craft; certainly
not in such brilliant colors and with a simple
narrative so flowing." M. L». Becker
-f- Weekly Book Review p9 D 22 '46 190w
"This is a chatty, amusing book, necessarily
no more profound and no more dignified than
the man who wrote it. Frankly, it is a little
cheap. But interesting." Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p4 N 3 '46 400w
Kirkus 14:321 Jl 1 '46 150w
"Autobiography of the famous artist —
vigorous, frank, often witty. . . Should have
general appeal." L. R. Btzkorn
Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 llOw
"In shocking bad taste — and the author would
be annoyed if both the fact and the intention
were not recognized — this autobiography of
James Montgomery Flagg reveals nevertheless
a gratifying capacity to admire some of the
most generally — and justly — admired of his
contemporaries, among them a number emi-
nently distinguished for good taste." H. I.
Brock
N Y Times p28 O 20 '46 650w
"Mr. Flagg writes about [his friends] in a
manner that is free from restraint to the point
of indiscretion, and his wit is often close to
mere malice and vulgarity. He was a mem-
ber of John Barrymore's circle of cut-ups and
his book contains quite a bit of Barrymoreana
that seems to have escaped Mr. Gene Fowler's
attention."
New Yorker 22:127 O 5 '46 llOw
San Francisco Chronicle p5 D 1 '46
300w
"This is a chesty, exasperating book; and
you keep on reading it. It is frankly written
by a man widely known as an illustrator. It is
full of honest-to-God opinions, not to speak
of tirades, and I hope I shall be as honest
as the author in reviewing it. . . The general
tone of this book a Britisher would call
'Breezy'; sometimes it unexpectedly blows a
gale. You can skip the gripes, though. Don't
ask more of it than it is. Take it as enter-
tainment." W. R. BenSt
Sat R of Lit 29:14 O 5 '46 950w
"Filled with zest and candid to the point
of indiscretion is the history of himself which
James Montgomery Flagg unfurls. He parades
a personality as crisp and vigorous as his art,
and the portrait of his pleasures and his
prejudices is as unblurred, as the drawings that
have been his nimble output since he sold the
first one half a century ago." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p20 O 13 '46 280w
FLESCH, RUDOLF FRANZ. Art of plain talk.
210p $2.50 Harper
808 English language — Composition and ex-
ercises. Authorship 46-1532
Two years ago the author published a Ph. D.
dissertation: The Marks of a Readable Style
(Book Review Digest, 1944) in which he pre-
sented a formula for estimating the compre-
hension difficulty of a given text. Because that
was a dissertation, he says, it wasn't very
readable itself, and in an attempt to rewrite
it for popular consumption, he has produced
this new book on "plain talk."
Booklist 42:244 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 My '46
Reviewed by E. H. McClelland
Chem & Eng N 24:1974 Jl 25 '46 350w
"The author of this book leans toward what
he calls the 'casual style,' but which another
might call the flip style. As to this, it may be
remarked that the writer who flaunts his in-
formal brightness is as odious as the one who
struts his vocabulary. Even so, this book is
good medicine for speakers and writers, in-
cluding editors."
+ Christian Century 63:208 F 13 '46 180w
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277
"A little book like this can do a large good.
It can't teach the pretentious or dull man to
write with simplicity and interest. Nothing can
do that. But it can improve the writing of
many to the profit and pleasure of all. He who
improves men's writing improves the relations
of man with man." Horace Reynolds
-f- Christian Science Monitor pi 2 F 16
•46 450w
Reviewed by W. L. Caswell
Churchman 160:17 Ap 15 '46 480w
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
"There is a lot of good sense and perhaps
a bit of nonsense in 'The Art of Plain Talk.'
People whose business or desire is to convey
ideas with the written word — and that includes
almost everybody — will obtain valuable hints
on effective presentation Just to browse
through the book will be an adventure in
reading1 some excellent writing1"
H Eng N 137:112 Jl 11 '46 280w
"A book to be recommended to anyone who
has to do any type of speaking and writing."
Velma Beam
+ J Home Econ 38:303 My '46 250w
"Incredibly poor literary taste — naive — super-
ficial— this is a demonstration that the author
practices what he preaches. He may find his
audience in the eighth grade."
Kirkus 13:487 N 1 '45 HOw
"Dr. Flesch's plea for a translation of much
valuable printed matter into language under-
standable to the literate but intelligence-
limited masses will impress librarians. Teach-
ers of boys and girls too, will see herein a
body of sound practice for their task of ex-
tending actual as contrasted with theoretical
literacy. Heretofore such help has come to
teachers almost solely from diagnostic studies.
The current contribution is at once more prac-
tical and more extensive." R M. Potterf
Library Q 16:271 Jl '46 1050w
Reviewed by E B. Garside
N Y Times p4 My 5 '46 440w
"Rudolf Flesch has done a book that tells
how to talk plain, and it's written in good
plain talk. If I had to recommend one golden
book on writing, for beginners as well as for
those who ought to know better, this would
be the one. There are only 210 pages, in-
cluding an index, but they're well peppered
with wit and salted down with good sense.
This man knows how to write, and he knows
how to teach." Aaron Sussman
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:9 F 23 '46 1250w
School & Society 63:87 F 2 '46 30w
"Mr. Flesch himself follows his formulas and
writes easily, delightfully, and with humor.
His examples, too, are proof that plain talk
makes good reading as well as good under-
standing " M. S. Routzahn
-f Survey 82:93 Mr '46 600w
"A textbook so lucid and so snappy it
doesn't sound like an English language text-
book at all. There are exercises after each
chapter, so it must be, but do not look for
textbook English. Fortunately, that is just
what Dr. Flesch has got everything else but."
M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p22 My 26 '46
450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Jc '46
FLETCHER, ALAN., and others. Index of
mathematical tables. 451p $16 McGraw [75s
Scientific computing]
510.83 Mathematics — Tables, formulae, etc.
—Indexes [47-949]
"Important index to all published and some
unpublished mathematical tables compiled by
three University of Liverpool professors, ex-
perts in the international field of mathematical
tables. Part I is an index according to func-
tions. Part II is an alphabetic author list of
2,000 entries referred to in Part I." Library J
"This is an important publication that will
aid many a computer and make his work
simpler. By indicating the gaps among present
tables it will help to fill them." James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 160w
FLETCHER, MRS INQLIS (CLARK). Toil of
the brave. 547p $3 Bobbs
46-11948
The fourth in a series of historical novels
set in the Albemarle district of North Carolina.
The time is 1779, and the southern campaign
of the Revolution is the background. The
hero is Captain Huntley, a liaison officer for
General Washington. The battle of King's
mountain brings the story to a close.
Booklist 43:8 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
"Once again Inglis Fletcher has written an
outstanding- novel, beautiful in conception, in-
teresting in its historical background." Otto
Eisenschiml
4- Book Week p3 N 17 '46 270w
Booklist 43:86 N 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"A sedate, well-upholstered historical ro-
mance."
Kirkus 14:430 S 1 '46 170w
"The mixture as before is rich: Mrs. Fletcher
has poured in the ingredients with a lavish
hand. There are attempted slave risings and
criss-cross love affairs, moonlight walks and
ambuscades, dueling on the green and whisper-
ing among the magnolias. There are also
lumps ot extraneous and complicated histori-
cal matters. That the book succeeds more as
a picture of a way of life than as historical
fiction can be laid to the author's diligent
documentation of every costume, coiffure and
bill-of-fare that comes along. . . Mrs. Fletcher's
admirers will doubtless forgive her lack of
focus in the light of compensatory pageantry,
color and high romance." Mary McGrory
H NY Times plO D 8 '46 500w
"Perhaps the love interest has a more
prominent part than in Miss Fletcher's other
books, but the story does not suffer. She
makes you forget documentation and carries
you along into the stir and heat of battle and
into the hearts and minds of her characters
If you believe that 'a small link of the past
to the present forges a strong future,' you will
like 'Toil of the Brave.' " Jane Voiles
-f San Francisco Chronicle p24 D 1 '46
320w
Reviewed by Jennings Rice
Weekly Book Review p!6 N 17 '46 750w
FLETCHER, JOHN GOULD. Burning moun-
tain. 96p $2 75 Dutton
811 46-4558
Collection of the poems of this well-known
American poet, written since the publication
of his Pulitzer-prize winner Selected Poems
(Book Review Digest 1938).
"One of the principles of the Imagists to
which Mr. Fletcher subscribed in 1917 was that
'we are not a school of painters, but we be-
lieve that poetry should render particulars
exactly and not deal in vague generalities,
however magnificent and sonorous.' The pre-
sent volume does not uphold the standards of
some of Mr. Fletcher's earlier work, largely
because he seems to have abandoned that
principle." Q. D. Lord
— Atlantic 178:156 S '46 400w
"On the whole, 'The Burning Mountain'
is not impressive. A few of the poems are
downright dull. . . In general, the lines on
snow and about Spain are the most satisfying,
more nourishing/ indicative of continuing
growth in expression and thought. To speak
of growth in a writer with 21 books behind
him may seem facetious, but it is a compli-
ment." Donald Fairchild
Book Week p5 Jl 7 '46 600w
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
"The poems are like a clear mirror, catching
and giving back, without confusion, the strange
scenery of the past eight years." P. P. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor pi? Jl 8 '4Q
410w
278
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FLETCHER, J. G.— Continued
"Mr, Fletcher in 'The Burning Mountain* is
curiously curates-eggish: sometimes very
lovesome, at other times he has something
intrinsic to say." Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
"These are thought-provoking poems, writ-
ten by an intelligent man of deep feeling.
Their technical skill does not always meet
the power and sincerity of the emotion. But
they should be enjoyed by Fletcher's already
appreciative audience and by those who think
profoundly about our native land."
j Klrkua 14:287 Je 15 '46 170w
"Mr. Fletcher, for all his talk about sym-
phonic forms and his division of his longer
poems into four movements, is no Mendelssohn,
let alone Mozart, of the written word." Rolfe
Humphries
— Nation 163:189 Ag 17 '46 140w
"In 'The Burning Mountain' John Gould
Fletcher assembles nis work of the last ten
years. The best poem in the volume is un-
doubtedly 'Journey Day,' a crown to his years
of writing. A powerful sense of the old space
and quiet of the Southwest, which is his home
place, and a mature realization of the vastness
of time, give this new book its strength." John
Holmes,
H- N Y Times p22 S 29 '46 270w
"Once again Mr. Fletcher exhibits those fe-
licities of phrase and cadence which have won
for him the wide audience he enjoys. He is
particularly good at capturing the mood of
landscape and recreating a sense of the Amer-
ican past. It is a loose easy verse that he
writes, but it has depth and a singing quality
so often absent from modern poetry." George
Snell
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!5 Ag 11 '46
70w
"John Gould Fletcher, author of 'Burning
Mountain' is, despite his strong use of poetic
license and his tendency toward melodrama,
a poet well worth reading." William Man-
chester
-\ Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 3 '46 180w
"The Americana of John Gould Fletcher bear
little resemblance to his early excursions with
Imagism as a new technique. Only the form —
or, rather, the skeleton of his original 'sym-
phonic' structure — remains. In the present col-
lection this consists usually of an opening sec-
tion of loosely rhymed descriptive comment,
continues with a lyric episode or two, and
winds up with a philosophical or downright
Victorian -moral conclusion. Upon this frame-
work, with amazing disregard for the exacting
demands of form and subject in good crafts-
manship, Mr. Fletcher hangs his insular, con-
servatively tailored, made-in-America habili-
ments." Ruth Lechlitner
Weekly Book Review pl6 S 16 '46 700w
FLEWELLINQ, RALPH TYLER. Things that
matter most; an approach to the problems
of human values. 530p $3.75 Ronald
121 Worth 46-22009
"This work, prepared as a textbook, is the
outgrowth of years of experience in the teach-
ing of a specific course at the University of
Southern California. . . What has Flewelling
tried to do here? He has made selections from
the world's literature of thought about the
fundamental values of life— 'the things that
matter most,' as he translates the 4ta timaio-
tata' of Plotinus, and has written friendly,
inviting and enlightening introductions to each
of the selections chosen. After preliminary
definitions of value, suggested by the writings
of men as diverse as Erasmus, Hawthorne
and Cabot, he takes up five world concepts
of human values; the Confucian, the Buddhist,
the Stoic, the Epicurean and the Judeo -Chris-
tian. He then centers on six proponents of
value: Socrates, Boethius, Dante, Rousseau,
Nietzsche (of whom he thinks little) and
Pasteur. In a brief concluding section he
develops the theory of self-realization as
value. ' Christian Century
"As Professor Flewelling has grown older,
his writing has improved. His style has become
more creative, his thought riper, his culture
richer and broader. In The Things That Matter
Most he has written a book worthy of reading
and rereading; good for browsing or systematic
study; for summer reading or winter research."
E. S. Brightman
-f Christian Century 64:14 Ja 1 '47 lOOOw
School & Society 64:303 O 26 '46 20w
FLEXNER, ABRAHAM. Daniel Coit Oilman,
creator of the American type of university.
173p il $2 Harcourt
B or 92 Gilman, Daniel Coit. Education,
Higher. Johns Hopkins university 46-7929
Not so much a biography of the first presi-
dent of Johns Hopkins as an attempt to assess
the value of his contributions to American edu-
cation.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p5 Ja 12 '47 HOw
Christian Century 63:1376 N 13 '46 20w
Reviewed by Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 45:282 D 27 '46 HOw
Kirkus 14:574 N 1 '46 120w
"No mere listing- of factors can do Justice
to Gilman's achievement or to Dr. Flexner's
penetrating analysis of that achievement. One
must read the book in order to appreciate the
interplay of Gilman's abilities and the condi-
tions in which they were exercised. And no
one can come away from reading it without
reflecting that the same vision, the same bold-
ness, and the same wisdom that gave Daniel
Coit Gilman the power to create the American
university of today will be needed in the execu-
tive who, even now, may be creating the Amer-
ican university of tomorrow." C. S. Joslyn
-f Sat R of Lit 29:24 D 28 '46 650w
School & Society 64:335 N 9 '46 40w
FLOHERTY, JOHN JOSEPH. Flowing gold;
the romance of oil. 255p il $2.50 L»ippincott
665.5 Petroleum industry and trade 45-9857
A factual study of the oil industry. Includes
processes of exploring and drilling for petro-
leum, the thrills of building pipelines, refining
oil for various uses, and marketing oil. For
Junior and senior high schools. No index.
Booklist 42:151 Ja 1 '48
"As in his other books, [the author] tells an
absorbing story of the great industry which he
has thoroughly studied over many months of
personal investigation. . . Young people will
share the adventure with many who are older.
The photographs are fine and clarify many
points in the text." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:136 Mr '46 90w
"Floherty has done a good Job in this ex-
tensive, lucid coverage of a vital subject."
+ Kirkus 13:371 Ag 15 '45 UOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:61 Ap '46
FLOHERTY, JOHN JOSEPH. Men against
crime. 255p il |2.50 Lippincott
353.2 U.S. Treasury department — Juvenile
literature. Crime and criminals — U.S. — Juve-
nile literature. Criminal investigation —
Juvenile literature 46-7419
"Mr. Floherty 's twentieth book for young
readers . . . tells how United States Treasury
Department operatives — the Secret Service,
Customs inspectors, Intelligence agents, Border
Patrol — catch smugglers, moonshiners, boot-
loggers, counterfeiters, drug peddlers. It tells
how they have guarded Presidents, living and
dead." N Y Times
Booklist 43:88 N 15 '46
"The inside story of the Treasury Depart-
ment's Secret Services is told with fascinating
detail and rich with dramatic incident taken
from actual records of crime."
-f Kirkus 14:544 N 1 '46 80w
"A good Job. . . Frequent anecdote gives
the volume lively pace. If someone hasn't
already done it, the work suggests an exciting
radio series. It has everything, most of all
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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tense, dramatic situations, for the gunshot
and lipcorner boys at the microphone. Mr.
Floherty's book seems to have one weakness.
Instead of sayingr, for example, that President
George Washington asked Alexander Hamilton
to organize the Treasury Department. Mr.
Floherty uses up a good two pages to put this
simple idea over." Meyer Berger
4. — N Y Times p26 N 3 '46 270w
Sat R of Lit 29:65 N 9 '46 40w
School & Society 64:318 N 2 '46 20w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 320w
FLORENCE, PHILIP SARQENT, ed. Only an
ocean between [Eng title: America and
Britain]. 3v in 1 il maps $3.50 Duell [18s
Harrapj
917.3 United States. Great Britain [46-8043]
Three volumes in one comparing England
and the United States as to their customs,
differences, size, achievements, etc. Contents:
Only an ocean between, by L. S. Florence;
Our private lives, by L. S. Florence; Our two
democracies at work, by K. B. SmelHe. The
authors are an American Journalist and a
British economist, and the material was pub-
lished in England during the war to further
mutual understanding.
Booklist 43:88 N 15 '46
"Book could well be used as a textbook or
for reference purposes, though unfortunately
it does not include a full index. Recom-
mended." R. P. Tubby
-f- Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 llOw
FLO RES, ANGEL, ed. Kafka problem [an
anthology of criticism about Franz Kafka
by Auden, and others]. 468p $5 New direc-
tions
B or 92 Kafka, Franz
"[The book] has been planned to give a
general view of the man and his works, to
present various attitudes toward recurrent
Kafkian themes, problems and influences. An
effort has been made to Include analyses of
the literary, philosophical and social factors
which left their mark on Kafka's work, as
well as the reasons for his continuing and
growing influence In the literature and thought
of today." (p.x) Bibliography. Notes on
contributors.
Reviewed by Eliseo Vivas
Book Week p9 N 3 '46 550w
Reviewed by William Barrett
Nation 164:23 Ja 4 '47 llOOw
"Though Mr. Flores in his introduction ex-
presses the hope that Kafka will not remain
a cult but become an organic part of contempo-
rary letters, there is not a single piece in this
anthology which alone would give the uniniti-
ated a key to Kafka. . . It is interesting how
often one essay which analyzes a single story,
perhaps Just because of the imposed restriction,
gives a much more penetrating interpretation
than those of a more general nature, which
reveal a remarkable talent for forcing the poet
into a metaphysical straight-Jacket and letting
him lie there. Richard Plant
N Y Times p6 D 8 '46 800w
"The revival of interest in the work of Franz
Kafka, over whom controversy has existed
since the death of this strange Czech writer
in 1924, has produced two excellent studies of
an artist who is described in 'The Kafka
Problem' as destined to rank with the great
figures of world literature. The editor supports
this prediction with the fact [that] this an-
thology of critical writing about Kafka pre-
sents studies translated from almost every
modern language. Kafka's genius, however,
remains an enigma." W. H.
-f San Francisco Chronicle pl9 O 20 '46
I50w
"Most of the studies are of high quality, and
may serve not only as an introduction to Kafka,
but also as a philosophical guide to our con-
temporary spiritual situation."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:274 D '46 160w
"In shying away from material circumstances
and stressing metaphysical implications, Mr.
Flores' s selection faithfully reflects a trend of
criticism. It ends by reducing Kafka to a state
of affairs much admired by the Existentialists:
absurdity." Harry Levin
Yale R n s 36:354 winter '47 1050w
FLYNN, ERROL. Showdown. 308p $2.60 Sheri-
dan
46-1162
The love story of a tramp steamer skipper,
in the South Seas, and a sultry Hollywood
actress.
Book Week p!2 F 24 '46 90w
Klrkus 14:41 F 1 '46 170w
" 'Showdown,' though it contains absurdities,
is not all absurd. As an adventure tale it
moves along at a good pace. The action scenes
are well Imagined and presented. Though
Shamus is stock Byronic and most of the other
chief characters are flat and unreal, the
gamin-like Cleo is well realized. Lesser people
in the tale are made distinct by grotesque-
ness. . . Like many another novel, 'Show-
down' is most successful where it is straight-
forward story; weakest where it is most pre-
tentious." J. P. Wood
H Sat R of Lit 29:20 Mr 16 '46 450w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46 180w
FOERSTER, NORMAN. Humanities and the
common man; the democratic role of the
state universities. 60p |1.50 Univ. of N.C.
press
378 Education, Humanistic 46-3535
"A brief discussion of higher education based
on the argument that the spirit of the hu-
manities should dominate the entire program of
a public university." (School & Society) This
essay "first appeared as the concluding chapter
of a volume entitled A State University Surveys
the Humanities [Book Review Digest, Mr, 1946],
which was issued as part of the sesquicenten-
nial celebration of ... the University of North
Carolina." (Pref)
"There is much that is valid in [Foerster's]
searching examination of current university
and college courses, teachers and administra-
tors, much that will abundantly reward the
thoughtful reading of all who are interested
in higher education." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 360w
Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46 140w
"Norman Foerster has again struck a blow
for a kind of liberal education in our country
that would be worthy of a civilized society. His
book is brief, cogent, spacious-minded, and
eloquent." Stringfellow Barr
-f Sat R of Lit 29:68 Je 8 '46 500w
School & Society 63:143 F 23 '46 90w
FOLDES, JOLAN. Golden earrings. 239p $2.50
Morrow [8s 6d Hale, R]
46-2890
Romantic novel about a reserved British
colonel, escaped from a Nazi prison camp, who
was making his way to freedom with difficulty
until he met the gypsy, Lydia. She offered him
the haven of her cart and her love. Together
they made the trek toward the French border,
the colonel losing his reserve by degrees as
they went.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p8 Ap 14 '46 270w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
"A light rendition of an Englishman's inter-
lude in the gypsy world. . . A quiet humor
here, a continental flavor, though it lacks the
pace and story interest that make Lady Eleanor
Smith's romantic gypsy stories best sellers."
4. — Klrkus 14:48 F 1 '46 170w
" 'Golden Earrings' is tame, disappointing
and just plain boring. The theme of tr ~
•ionate, richly wise child of nature who
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FOLDES, JOLAN— Continued
a worldling with a new faith la too hackneyed
to be endured calmly, as it is presented here."
Catherine Maher
— NY Times p20 My 5 '46 230w
"Miss Foldes has a certain talent for sturdy,
as opposed to subtly humorous, comedy."
New Yorker 22:115 Ap 13 '46 90w
"Here is another fantastic tale out of Nazi-
occupied Europe, written with little concern
for factual, or even credible, background mate-
rial, but written with some gaiety and with
so much gusto that one soon stops looking at
the characters involved as really connected
with the horrors of German tyranny and the
heroism of the fight against it." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:25 Jl 20 '46 420w
"Very shrewdly Yolanda Foldes has composed
a story that will appeal to the gypsy in you."
George Conrad
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 14 '46
400w
FOLEY, GEORGE F. Sinbad of the Coast
guard; 11. by George Gray. 157p $2.50 Dodd
636.78 Dogs— Legends and stories 46-419
The story of the famous dog mascot of the
U.S.S. George W. Campbell. Sinbad was for
eight years a part of the life on the Camp-
bell, and did his share in the war. His story
is told for boys and girls of nine to twelve.
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
•Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:213 My '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:68 F 1 '46 llOw
••Recommended." G. E. Joline
-f- Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Boys and girls of 9 to 12 probably won't
mind that some of the incidents are over-
written, because his story is also a vivid ac-
count of life on a Coast Guard cutter." E.
' ^.' _ N Y Times p24 F 3 '46 80w
"No country other than America could have
produced such a story. American boys and
girls wi
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 46
300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:62 Ap '46
FOLEY, MARTHA, ed. Best American short
stories, 1946, and the Yearbook of the Amer-
ican short story. 586p $3 Houghton
Short stories — Collections
Contents: Jerry, by Charles Angoff; Out of
line, by Warren Beck; The lovers, by John
Berryman; The big black and white game, by
Ray Bradbury; Bury your own dead, by Bessie
Breuer; The valley of the shadow, by T. K.
Brown; The ivory tower, by W. R. Burnett;
The wind and the snow of winter, by W. V. T.
Clark; Flesh and blood, by Laurence Critchell;
A sense of danger, by Mary Deasy; In military
manner, by Samuel Elkin; The norm, by Elaine
Gottlieb; The mysteries of Eleusis, by Eliza-
beth Hardwick; Story without end, by J. W.
Johnson; Old Bill bent to drink, by B. H.
Lampnnan; The caller, by Meyer Liben; Run,
run, run, run, by A. J. Liebling; The owl and
the bens, by W. O. Mitchell; Time an* ebb, by
Vladimir Nabokov; Like a winding sheet, by
Ann Petry; For a beautiful relationship, by
Wentzle Ruml; The king's daughter, by Gladys
Schmitt; The bridge, by Irwin Stark; The
woman who was loved, by James Stern; Mrs.
Razor, by James Still; The scout master, by
Peter Taylor; The other Margaret, by Lionel
Trilling; Love affair, by Henrietta Weigel; The
singing lesson, by Jessamyn West; Death in a
cathedral, by Glennyth Woods.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p2 D 15 '46 430w
Booklist 43:155 Ja 15 '47
"perhaps the most depressing thing about
the collection is the fear of life that courses
through its pages like a gray pulse. Too many
of the stories dally with that despair, without
really attempting to find the cause. Far too
many hide their heads in rhetoric, like modish
ostriches, when the chips are down." C. V.
Terry
N Y Times p!4 D 8 '46 900w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ja 5 '47
250w
"In her preface Miss Foley writes that there
has been a coming of age of the American
short story in this year and that the average
quality has been unusually high. Since 1946 has
already been labeled, with sufficient evidence,
as 'the most arid year' in American literature
since its renaissance thirty years ago, it would
be extraordinary if this were so. That these
thirty stories are admirable is true, though last
year's volume contained in our opinion as good
or better a crop. But in them you will search
vainly for a new rare talent or flash of power
that years ago first revealed a young Heming-
way or a Steinbeck." Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:16 D 28 '46 1050w
FOLGORE DA SAN GIMIGNANO. Garland of
months. See Aldington, R. Wreath for San
Gemignano
FOLLETT, MRS HELEN (THOMAS). Men
of the Sulu sea. 250p il $2.50 Scribner
919.14 Moros. Philippine islands— Social life
and customs 46-25022
"This historical, descriptive account of na-
tives of southern Philippines is of particular
interest today because of the loyalty of Moro
guerrillas to Americans during the war. De-
scribes in informal narrative style the histori-
cal background and present-day customs of
peoples of Sulu archipelago and shows how
establishment of a school for Moro boys under
the leadership of a fine and understanding
American convinced the people of American
friendship." Library J
"It Is to be regretted that a book which con-
tains so stirring and pertinent a story should
have much of the telling obscured by the dull,
informational style of the author. At times
Helen Follett writes chapters which are worthy
of her material, but a good part of this book
is slow reading."
-i Book Week p!4 N 11 '45 340w
Booklist 42:201 F 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:47 Ja '46 80w
"The Moros have played a vital part in the
war, and this book is packed with important
material on the brave fighters of the Sulu Sea.
One could wish that the author had let their
achievements speak for themselves, instead of
making the pirates sound like rebellious boy
scouts. And her excellent background material
loses dramatic value by her rather ponderous
style and slow sense of pace."
Kirkus 13:439 O 1 '45 90w
Reviewed by M. F. Cox
-f Library J 71:59 Ja 1 '46 130w
N Y Times p30 Ja 27 '46 60w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 F 17 '46 230w
FOLLIN, MAYNARD DAUCHY. Golden words
of Moses. 668p $2 Humphries
222.11 Bible. Old Testament. Genesis
46-1104
"The author begins this long commentary
upon the book of Genesis by stating certain
presuppositions: The usual approach of the
commentators is fruitless; the book is verbally
inspired by God; it contains hidden prophecies
of the future course of events; and the key
which will unlock these . . . secrets is a
knowledge of symbolism." Crozer Q
"Because of its highly technical treatment,
this is a book for a small audience. It re-
quires much more scholarship and Biblical
background than most readers possess." J O.
S.
Book Week p23 Ap 14 '46 90w
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"The book abounds in absurd interpretations
read into clear statements of the book of
Genesis. Its sole claim to a place of value
is that it is a compendium of curiosities."
J. B. Pritchard
— Crozer Q 23:206 Ap '46 350w
FOOTE. DOREEN. Modified activities in physi-
cal education. lOlp 11 $2 Inor
371.74 Games. Physical education and train-
ing. Disabled— Rehabilitation, etc. 46-666
"A handbook of games, procedures, classifica-
tion, and organization for pupils in Junior and
senior high school who cannot participate in
the regular physical education activities." Sub-
title
School & Society 62:407 D 22 '45 40w
"While this book is not an exhaustive treatise
on the subject of recreational and informal
physical activities, nor is it precisely definitive
in the explanation of the games listed, never-
theless it is a valuable contribution to the liter-
ature of this field. It stresses diversification
in planning, which creates excellent motivation
for pupil participation, and it presents the
needful physical and mental stimulation in
attractive activities that cannot fail to capture
the child's imagination and interest. Every
physical-education teacher may read this vol-
ume with profit, for the sake both of the theory
that is developed and of the practical activities
that are outlined for immediate inclusion in the
school program." C. P. Menge
-f School R 54:244 Ap '46 800w
FOOTE, JOHN TAINTOR. Dumb-Bel), and
others 309p $3 Appleton-Century
Dogs — ^Legends and stories 47-81
Collection of dog stories, all from the works
of one man. The stories were collected from
books, magazines, and some from new material.
Contents: Dumb-Bell of Brookfleld; Allegheny;
Pocono shot; Trub's diary; Jing; Dog upon
the waters.
"Somewhat sentimental, but written with
knowledge of dogs and the outdoors and of
interest to the insatiable readers of dog stories.
Recommended for young people's collections."
M. C. Scoggin
+ Library J 71:1811 D 15 '46 lOOw
"The more I read dog stories the more I
realize that 'A Dog of Flanders' is a good dog
story and that next to pigs (no kidding) a
dog is the most intelligent of our common ani-
mals." James Street
N Y Times p!4 O 20 '46 600w
Weekly Book Review p46 D 1 '46 120w
FORBES, ESTHER. America's Paul Revere;
pictures by Lrynd Ward. 46p $2.50 Houghton
B or 92 Revere, Paul — Juvenile literature
The biography of Paul Revere for ages eight
and over. The book is composed of dis-
tinguished text, and equally distingushed pic-
tures in black and white and full color.
"Paul Revere comes alive in this book.
There's a wealth of information with many
little-known facts included." Ann Nicholson
-H Book Week p!6 N 10 '46 130w
Booklist 43:89 N 15 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor pll N 12 '46
240w
"Here at last is a biography which is his-
torically sound and a pleasure to read in Its
well-chosen words and its superb pictures.
It is a rare piece of collaboration on the im-
aginative plane." A. C. Moore
+ Horn Bk 22:455 N '46 140w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:472 N '46 120w
Klrkus 14:527 O 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnson
Library J 71:1808 D 15 '46 70w
"Dramatic pictures, many reproduced in
glowing color, others strong In halftone, vividly
recreate the world of Paul Revere in this
picture biography. . . Miss Forbes, who prob-
ably knows more about Paul Revere than any-
one else alive, has wisely eschewed any flc-
tionizing of her subject." E. L. Buell
4- N Y Times p2 N 10 '46 210w
"Esther Forbes' distillation of the years of
the Revolution in Boston is clear, and her ab-
breviated story of Revere' s part in them is
effective. Lynd Ward's big, dramatic illustra-
tions (made from oil paintings on gesso board)
have unusual depth and brilliance of tone. A
few of his New England landscapes seem al-
most too dramatic for that quiet countryside,
but on the whole the pictures have distinc-
tion." K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22:146 D 7 '46 60w
"Using words pleasant to read and easy to
understand, Esther Forbes has integrated Paul
Revere's strong personality into the exciting
social, economic and political circumstances
surrounding him in colonial and revolutionary
Boston. The forceful simplicity and rich color-
ing of Lynd Ward's illustrations give valuable
emphasis to an expertly developed context
that reflects discriminating choice of authentic
historical source material." Edna Daniel
4- San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
80w
"This book is twice blessed. The word pic-
tures are drawn by a writer who is a rare
combination of scholarly historian and sen-
sitive storyteller. There are a generous number
of pictures, many of them in color from the
brush of a painstaking and yet imaginative
artist. They are as unusual as they are
realistic. There has been no more accurate,
interesting, and beautiful book for a long, long
time." R. A. B.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 240w
"This [is a] truly magnificent picture book. . .
It is an American book from start to finish.
The color scheme is rich and mellow, many
of the illustrations all but full page."
4- Weekly Book Review p9 N 10 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
FORBES, MURRAY. Hollow triumph. 339p
$2.75 Ziff -Davis
46-4663
"In which Henry Mueller, after six years
in prison for forgery and embezzlement, wins
a parole for good behavior, murders Dr. Victor
Bartok, a wealthy psychiatrist and Nobel
Prize winner who could pass as his identical
twin, and takes his place in life and science.
You can see how this would be no mean feat,
although Henry had studied psychology while
a convict. Called into the Army, the supposed
Bartok makes a hit with his narco-synthesis
treatment, but all this is sure to be a hollow
triumph." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 My 19 '46 280w
"The highly plotted, seasoned, and rather
badly written story of an egotist and his per-
fect crime. . . This makes possible an almost
impossible crime, has a certain curiosity ap-
peal, if on the cheap side."
h Kirkus 14:133 Mr 15 '46 180w
"In its writing the novel is uneven and
shows the effects of hasty composition." Fred-
erick Brantley
— NY Times p!4 Je 2 '46 330w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 16 '46
lOOw
FORBES, ROSITA (TORR) (MRS A. T. Me-
QRATH). Appointment with destiny. 303p il
$3.75 Dutton
B or 92 Voyages and travels 46-2415
An account of the author's cosmopolitan wan-
derings during the years 1935-1943. She in-
cludes notes of her adventures in India, South
Africa, Tunisia, Europe, the Bahamas, some
parts of North America, and Great Britain.
Index.
"Through the writing runs a sparkling
thread of personal charm and wit; always there
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FORBES, ROSITA— Continued
is evidence of a keen incisive mind. As ad-
venture stuff, political history, or as documen-
tary to the casus belli, 'Appointment with Des-
tiny,' is very much worth while." P. N. kitten
-f Book Week p!2 Ap 21 '46 320w
"This is all good reporting1, but no more.
The self isn't in it. Mrs. Forbes never brings
you up close to the places and people of which
she writes. Her reader gets the impression that
nothing she ever sees or does touches her
deeply. She never gives herself to the life she is
reporting. This detachment from the meaning
of things gives the writing a cool, detached
objective quality." Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!6 My 9 '46
420w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"This is the record of a hyper- active life,
that recounts encounters, meetings, and friend-
ships with the great and near-great, that
makes personal world happenings ... a some-
times entertaining, if windifled personal narra-
tive by one who has been (almost) everywhere
and tells all."
Kirkus 14:165 Ap 1 '46 140w
"Passable reading for an idle hour." M. C.
Manley
Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Miss Forbes* narrative ends with 1943. Her
war chapters are written clearly and feelingly.
Elsewhere the style is eccentric and obscure. . .
The emphasis on such trivia as the clothes,
beauty, divorces and genealogy of her friends
makes for dull reading, except perhaps for her
circle in London and Nassau. Apart from the
chapters on England at war, scarcely, if ever,
does the author portray with due sympathy or
skill the peoples or the lands she visited." M.
Li. Akeley
h N Y Times p34 Je 16 '46 550w
"The first third of the volume is strictly
travelogue stuff—competent, colorful, informa-
tive. The rest deals with the war years.
There is some good, vivid reporting about
blitzed London, but again over-class-angled —
too much emphasis on poor lady So-and-So,
who has been bombed out of her palace at the
height of the social season and now has to
stand in a queue. If everyone mentioned in
'Appointment with Destiny' buys a copy, the
book should have a wide sale." I. D. W. Tal-
madge
4. — Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 31 '46 600w
"It is generally assumed that a person who
shuns fiction written in the first person can
take an autobiography or travel book in his
stride. But without even a slight allergy toward
the first- person- si ngular, one might well balk
at Roaita Forbes' s latest, 'Appointment With
Destiny.' . . In a single typical sentence one
can count a 'me,' a 'my* and four 'I's.' " R. M.
Morgan
•— Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
SOOw
"The book Is, technically, well written; one
may overlook the artistry in the choice and
the arrangement of words through being fas-
cinated by the vision they call up."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p504 O 19 '46
850w
Weekly Book Review p29 My 12 '46
180w
WIs Lib Bui 42:86 Je '46
FORBES, WILLIAM CAMERON. Philippine Is-
lands, rev 1 v ed 412p 11 $5 Harvard univ.
press [21s Oxford]
991.4 Philippine islands— History. Philippine
islands — Politics and government A45-4967
"At the request of President Osmefia this
two-volume work on the Island by former Gov-
ernor-General Forbes has been condensed and
to a certain extent revised." (Foreign Affairs)
For earlier edition see Book Review Digest,
1929.
"The condensing has been well done; and
the brief sketch of early Philippine history and
of the life and customs of the Filipino people
provides an adequate framework for a well-
written account of developments under Amer-
lean rule. In certain other respects, however,
the revision has been less satisfactory, for the
reader who expects to find here any satisfac-
tory treatment of events since 1928 will be
thoroughly disappointed." G. N. Steiger
H Am Pol Sci R 40:824 Ag '46 360w
Reviewed by L, A. Mills
Ann Am Acad 245:194 My '46 480w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 24 '46 50 w
Foreign Affairs 24:562 Ap '46 30w
FORD, CLELLAN STEARNS. Comparative
study of human reproduction. Hip pa $1.50
' Yale univ. press
572 Reproduction. Society, Primitive
A46-966
"The aim of this study, begun in 1941 at
the Yale Institute of Human Relations, was
to obtain further Insight into the origin and
persistence of human customs in different cul-
tures. Are group habits purely arbitrary or do
they represent tested solutions to tangible life
problems? Customs surrounding the reproduc-
tive cycle were chosen as those best suited to
throw further light on this question. The
literature of 64 societies was selected on the
basis of location and fullness of information,
with some attention given to the principle of
random sampling. The culture of each group
as related to menstruation, coitus, conception,
pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood was
taken into account. The general conclusion is
reached that a person acquires drives and
values which are conducive to the social wel-
fare of the group in which he lives." Am Soc
R
"Ford has performed an exceedingly useful
service in focusing attention on the various
ways in which different cultures have solved
the common problems that arise in connection
with the human reproductive cycle. This is
the best sort of proof that man's responses
are learned." H. S. Mekeel
-f Am J Soc 52:78 Jl '46 850w
Am Soc R 11:376 Je '46 150w
"The study is carefully documented, and
there is an excellent bibliography."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:196 S '46 180w
FORD. COREY, and MACBAIN, ALASTAIR.
Cloak and dagger; the secret story of OSS.
21 6p $2.50 Random house
351.74 U.S. Office of strategic services.
World war, 1939-1945— Secret service
4o-loo i
A "now it can be told" story of the organiza-
tion of the OSS, headed by Major General Don-
ovan, including some of the experiences of its
members during World war EL
Reviewed by Quentin Reynolds
Book Week p3 Mr 10 '46 750w
Kirkus 14:27 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Authentic, graphic. Sure fire appeal to men
and boys. Recommended for all libraries." G.
W* Hl-f Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by A. J. Goldberg
Nation 162:348 Mr 23 '46 600w
"If the stories are told, at times, with melo-
dramatic flourishes and superfluous atmosphere,
they are nevertheless faithful to the events. . .
Unfortunately, 'Cloak and Dagger' freauently
blurs the distinction between achievements of
the OSS and underground groups with whom it
collaborated. Less dramatic but important theo-
retical activities carried on in Washington are
barely mentioned. The style of the book is
decidedly slick and appears to be, m many re-
spects, a make-ready for Hollywood." David
DempseyN y ^^ ^ y ^ ^ nQOw
"The book is written in slick- magazine style
(a good part of it ha» already appeared in
Collier's) and there in an unfortunate air of
superficiality about it; it is strange, too, to
find that the Messrs. Ford and MacBaln have
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become specialists in the client. They must
have been in & hell of a hurry."
New Yorker 22:88 Mr 2 '46 120w
44 'Cloak and Dagger,' the slick Job here
under review, utterly fails to do justice to the
real OSS. The facts seem to be correct; the
book is packed with exciting information served
up in the smoothest journalese imaginable. But
the feel of the OSS as we knew it is not
there." Courtlandt Canby
h Sat R of Lit 29:23 Je 15 '46 800w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Weekly Book Review pi F 24 T46 750w
FORD, COREY, and MACBAIN, ALASTAIR.
Last time I saw them; il. by William Von
Riegen. 244p $2.75 Scribner
940.544 World war, 1939-1945— Aerial oper-
ations. U.S. Army air forces 46-4007
"This random collection of the adventures,
commonplace and stirring, of the men who
served in the Army Air Forces catches well the
strange spirit of the men who fought the war
at hundreds of miles an hour, often flippant in
the teeth of death in the sky, often scared on
the ground at briefing time. Attached to Air
Force Intelligence, Lieut. Col. Corey Ford and
Maj. Alastair MacBain seem to have visited
practically every field where American planes
sat down, from the Aleutians to India, from
the Marianas to Greenland and back to home
base in the United States." N Y Times
Reviewed by Alan Cranston
N Y Times p7 My 19 '46 900 w
"When the book is good — as in the chapter
'War Below Zero/ which tells about the haz-
ards of flying in Greenland — it is very, very
good, but when it deals with the contrived and
overemotional 'human interest' stories which
make up the bulk of the material, it comes
close to being horrid."
.] New Yorker 22:110 My 18 '46 120w
"I should think that any man or woman
in the United States who cares or has cared
about any man in the Army Air Forces would
read this book as a living log of the conduct,
emotions and thoughts of the men who flew
or serviced war planes. For those who did not
know any such man this book is all the more
valuable. They will know ' him after reading
it." Edna Ferber
•f Weekly Book Review p2 My 26 '46
800w
FORD, EDWARD. David Rittenhouse, astron-
omer-patriot, 1732-1796. (Pennsylvania lives)
226p $2.50 Univ. of Pa. press [15s 6d Ox-
ford]
B or 92 Rittenhouse, David 46-5428
"A biography of an internationally famous
inventor and astronomer, and a civic and politi-
cal leader in Philadelphia during the American
Revolution." (Social Studies) Index.
School & Society" 63:463 Je 29 '46 lOw
Social Studies 37:288 O '46 20w
"To anyone who loves history, this brief,
readable volume is packed with refreshing de-
tail to add to one of the most fascinating pe-
riods in American history." Katharine Smed-
ley
+ Social Studies 38:42 Ja '47 950w
"Despite his prominence the only biography
of this great scientist and public servant has
been the rather unsatisfactory one by his
nephew, William Barton, published in 1813.
Now. at last, this gap has been filled. Mr.
Ford's volume, one or the University of Penn-
sylvania Press's admirable series of Penn-
sylvania Lives, gives an authentic picture of
Rittenhouse and the stirring times in which
he lived." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p36 O 27 '46 360w
FORD, EDWARD HASTINGS (SENATOR
FORD, pseud), and others, eomps. Can you
top this? 237p II $2.50 Didier pubs.
817.08 Humor 46-905
"The many radio listeners who tune in 'Can
You Top This?' on Wednesday and Saturday
evenings each week can now enjoy some of
the cream of the program's laugh crop in print.
At the same time they may become better ac-
quainted, through photographic reproductions
. . . with the three star gagsters of the pro
gram, 'Sen' Ford, Harry Hershfield, and Joe
Laurie, Jr. These 'knights of the clown table*
have chosen for publication more than 250 of
the yarns which, when they told them on the
air, were registered as tops — 1000, or close to
1000— on the electric 'laughmeter,' which re-
cords the volume of studio audience laughter.
In addition, they have included hundreds of
their snappy short 'warmup' jokes, or 'quick-
ies,' which never are scored on the laughmeter,
together with many witty samples of their
'clown-table discussions.' " Springf'd Republi-
can
"An easy book that's perfect for a train trip
or to have handy if you're figuring on spending
a vacation in Florida. It's even all right for
any time, if you like Joke books/' Dale Harrison
+ Book Week pll Ja 20 '46 300w
Kirkus 13:488 N 1 '45 80w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 300w
FORD, LESLIE, pseud. See Brown, Z. J.
FORD, SENATOR, pseud. See Ford, E. H.
FOREMAN, GRANT. Last trek of the Indians.
382p maps $4 Univ. of Chicago press
970.5 Indians of North America — Govern-
ment relations A46-1351
"Presents facts beginning with the first treaty
our government made with the Delaware In-
dians in 1778 and traces the history of the
removal of the northern Indians to Oklahoma,
Bibliography and index." School & Society
Reviewed by A. J. Lien
Am Pol Sci R 40:605 Je '46 400w
Am Soc R 11:377 Je '46 130w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 14 '46 180w
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
Reviewed by Kathleen Coburn
Canadian Forum 26:119 Ag '46 55 Ow
"Mr. Foreman's study is a model of careful
and thoroughgoing investigation. Generations
of students of the American scene will profit
from the information he has here made easily
and pleasantly available." Horace Reynolds
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 27
'46 600w
Current Hist 10:446 My '46 lOOw
Reviewed by E. G. Eastman
N Y Times p35 My 5 '46 750w
"Through twenty chapters, the whole pitiful
and sordid story of the uprooting of sixty
tribes is set forth — often in the language of
their contemporaries, and carefully docu-
mented. It is not a pretty picture of 'the win-
ning of the West', but it is healthy reading for
one who is inerested in the Indians of today,
or who is concerned with the survival of a
minority group, which is classed as inferior in
the thinking of an aggressive majority." W.
W. Beatty
Pol Sci Q 61:468 S '46 lOOOw
School & Society 63:199 Mr 16 '46 90w
"The book is a mass of carefully authen-
ticated and well arranged detail, whose greatest
value lies in the lesson it teaches— that of the
essential unity of the human race." E. G.
Eastman
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 20 '46 300w
"It may be regretted that the abundance of
factual information given in the text, and the
arrangement of material have prevented the
telling of a story which would Interest many
who are rightly curious about the last trek of
ten ans^ QuartcHy Bk| 2:117 Je ,46 160w
" 'The Last Trek of the Indians' is an in-
valuable work of reference. One wishes that
it could also achieve popular circulation. One
284
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FOREMAN. GRANT— Continued
can hope that this ordering of a hitherto con-
fusing and difficult phase of our history will
lead the writers of text books to include some
faintly adequate treatment of it. Even if the
treatment be only a few pages long, if it be an
honest summation it will offer school children
a mirror to one aspect of America's face — an
aspect which can act as a corrective to smug-
ness." Oliver La Farge
-f- Weekly Book Review p24 O 27 '46 700w
FORESTER, CECIL SCOTT. Lord Hornblower.
322p $2.50 Little [9s 6d Joseph, M.]
46-25176
Fifth in the author's series of novels dealing
with the life and adventures of a British
naval officer in the Napoleonic wars.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:148 O '46 700w
Reviewed by R. J. Bender
Book Week p3 S 29 '46 400w
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
Cath World 164:284 D '46 2uOw
"This novel shows considerable gain in speed,
at some cost of careful detail and the fascinat-
ing building up of background that were con-
spicuous merits of the earlier novels. Love
stories are never Mr. Forester's strong point.
He feels that he has to introduce the theme;
and, in this instance, he gives Hornblower an
interlude" with Marie, but one that lacks depth
and even plausibility. Ships and Hornblower
commanding them or solving a dilemma and
good history are what Mr. Forester's readers
really want, and they get a fair measure of
those elements here." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 S 26 '46
450w
* 'There is no news in the announcement that
this, the fifth and presumably the final chron-
icle of the adventures and loves of Horatio
Hornblower, is an exciting, well -written tale by
one of the few master craftsmen in the art
of fiction. . . No little of Forester's popularity
may be traced to his projection of a 'mod-
ern* hero into a romantic background. For, de-
spite his iron fortitude and his nautical talents,
Hornblower is essentially a sensitive, uncer-
tain, and complicated figure." F. X. Connolly
4- Commonweal 45:148 N 22 '46 700w
"Plenty of excitement — a warm and lovable
character — a tying up of some loose threads
— for the Hornblower fans and they are legion.
But not tops in the series."
Kirkus 14:179 Ap 15 '46 190w
"This 'final Hornblower novel' is worthy
of its predecessors." Scott Adams
4- Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 70w
"All of [the book] is in best Hornblower
tradition, although perhaps not the best of
Forester. It is inconceivable that readers could
tire of the Magnificent Horatio, but perhaps his
creator can. There is a suggestion that the
vein has run out." C. B. Palmer
N Y Times p4 S 29 '46 800w
New Yorker 22:125 O 5 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 30 '46
750w
Reviewed by Fletcher Pratt
Sat R of Lit 29:32 S 28 '46 1000 w
"Hornblower enthusiasts will welcome a new
story about their hero containing a sea battle,
the suppression of a meeting, the capture of
Le Havre, and a narrow escape from death.
Purists may be forgiven for thinking that
the fictions are rather too large for a sup-
posedly historical novel, but Mr. Forester
maintains his fine habit of telling an adven-
ture with the most careful attention to con-
vincing detail and without a shadow of false
excitement. The latter part of the story is
disappointing, for Hornblower on land is
nothing like as good as Hornblower at sea."
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
H Spec 176:618 Je 14 '46 180w
"This fifth and (according to the publishers)
last of the series i3 the poorest of the lot. It
involves too much dry-land maneuvering and
lush love-making on Hornblower's part, too
little Royal Navy salt and lore."
— Time 48:116 O 7 '46 280w
"It is a genuine pleasure to open another
Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester; the old
thrill begins to operate at once. And at once
it becomes apparent that the old touch is there
on every page: in fact one feels that parts, at
least, of this book are superior to any of the
Hornblower adventures we already know
about. The story opens with a zest and plunges
immediately into its plot; it opens, too, on a
sea note, which is a great advantage." Lincoln
Colcord
-f Weekly Book Review p4 S 29 '46
1500w
Wis Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
FORMAN, HARRY WILLARD. Rights of
trains; a complete analysis of single track
standard code rules; rev. by Peter Josserand.
3d ed 561p $3.50 Simmons-Boardman
656 Railroads — Trainmen's manuals
45-11372
"Third edition covering all the rules and reg-
ulations of train operation and protection based
on the Standard code of the Association of
American railroads. Obsolete material has
been deleted and some new material added."
(Booklist) Index.
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
N Y New Tech Bks 30:61 O '45
FORRESTER, GERTRUDE. Occupations; a
selected list of pamphlets. 240p $2.25 Wilson,
H.W.
016. 371425 Occupations — Bibliography
46-1905
"The author has selected from several thou-
sand pamphlets 1,000 titles of a nature that
will enable the applicant to select a suitable
position. The pamphlets are described, and
price, publisher, and date of publication are
given." (School & Society) Index.
Booklist 42:292 My 15 '46
School & Society 63:176 Mr 9 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
FORRESTER, JAMES DONALD. Principles of
field and mining geology. 647p il maps $7
Wiley
550 Mining. Geology, Economic. Geology —
Field work 46-5635
"The basic purpose of this book is to present
an analysis of geological field techniques which
will function as a working guide for the ap-
proach, pursuit, and solution of geological
problems, particularly those of mining geology.
It is the author's hope that not only will the
book acquaint students with proper field pro-
cedures, but that it also will afford a con-
venient reference for practicing geologists."
(Pref) The author is chairman, Department of
mining engineering, Missouri school of mines
and metallurgy. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
Library J 71:587 Ap 15 '46 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:41 Jl '46
FOSDICK, HARRY EMERSON. On being fit
to live with; sermons on post-war Chris-
tianity. 219p $2 Harper
252 Sermons 46-11853
Twenty- five sermons delivered by the au-
thor at Riverside Church, New York, during
the war years. Partial contents: On being fit
to live with; Science demands religion; What
the law cannot do; What does it really mean
to be great; Our difficulty in forgiving our
enemies; On worshiping things we manufac-
ture; The great hours of a man's life; Re-
sources for life's mastery.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
285
Reviewed by Preston Bradley
Book Week p3 D 22 '46 450w
Booklist 43:128 Ja 1 '47
4- Christian Century 63:1504 D 11 '46 70w
-f- Kirkue 14:563 N 1 '46 250w
"The persuasive value of these discourses for
the Christianly Illiterate, a group which in-
cludes many of our most highly self-esteemed
cognoscenti as well as vast numbers of less
clever victims of pragmatic and 'experiential'
education, is perhaps dubious. For these a
heavier hand and a more brutal tongue may
be required. One does not feel that Dr. Fos-
dick's sermons would be effective either from
a soapbox in Columbus Circle or in the faculty
club of many a university. He strikes the
pastoral note rather than the prophetic one.
But once this limitation is admitted, one re-
joices to see a job so effective in craftsman-
ship and so patently sincere." B. I. Bell
_| NY Times p5 Ja 12 '47 950w
FOSTER, ELIZABETH. Gigi in America; the
further adventures of a merry-go-round
horse; il. by Phyllis N. Cot<§. 123p $2 Hough-
ton
46-3686
Continues the story of the gay merry-go-
round horse who came from old Vienna. This
time Gigi goes to Old Orchard Beach on the
coast of Maine, and after many adventures,
finally comos to Central Park. From there he
goes to the home of his beloved Lili, and is
turned into a rocking horse for Lili's little girl.
For first book see Gigi (Book Review Digest,
1943).
Book Week p!8 Je 2 '46 220w
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO S 10 '46
120w
"Humor and a happy imagination give the
Merry-Go-Round Horse reality and character."
A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:133 Mr '46 160w
"Charming, fanciful and satisfying, with real
background and good characterization. Def-
initely above average level of story interest."
4- Kirkus 14:35 Ja 15 '46 llOw
"Recommended for boys and girls from seven
to twelve years of age." S. J. Johnson
-f Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 60w
"There is something alive and appealing
about Gigi. The story moves a bit too
leisurely in spots, but the tempo seems to
suit the children." Phyllis Fenner
4- N Y Times p23 Je 2 '46 150w
"Throughout the story the conversation be-
tween Gigi and Rat is very amusing. If this
book lacks the glamor of the scenes in Vienna
before the war, it shows how the war af-
fected us here in America, how even Gigi's ad-
ventures became a part of the war record. The
drawings by Phyllis Cot 6 are as attractive as
those in the first book about Gigi." M. G. D.
-j- Sat R of Lit 29-30 Ag 10 '46 320w
"Fanciful, entertaining story, beautifully il-
lustrated by Phyllis Cot6." E. H. Dexter
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Je 10 '46 180w
Weekly Book Review pi 8 My 19 '46
320w
FOSTER, ELIZABETH. The islanders; il. by
John O'Hara Cosgrave. 348p $3 Hough ton
818 Maine. Country life. Dickson, Frederick
Stoever 46-25005
Family chronicle centering around the build-
ing of a summer home on an island in Ran gel ey
Lake, Maine. The builder was the author's
grandfather, a Philadelphia lawyer, who de-
cided that six month's law and six months on a
Maine island were a perfect combination. For
over fifty years the house, which was almost
literally "carved out in the wilderness," was
the beloved summer home of four generations of
the family. In 1939 the house burned down, and
the chronicle stops there.
"As a very pretty by-product of this account
of a house and a family and a way of life
through the second and third generations to
the here and now, 'The Islanders' is, among
many other nice things, a daydreamer's para-
dise for fishermen, gardeners, ornithologists and
nature lovers in general, being full of authentic
lore of the woods. And when Miss Foster
writes finis to her excellent account of times
past — when ultimately the big house catches
fire and burns to the ground — she seems at the
same time to be writing finis to an era." F. H.
Bullock
4- Book Week p3 Ja 20 '46 750w
Booklist 42:181 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:12 Mr '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 2 '46
400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
"A return to a past, to memories and me-
mentoes of a leisurely life of simple satisfac-
tions and pleasurable people, for conservative
tastes and particularly for people who love that
part of Maine and that sort of life."
4- Kirkus 13:537 D 1 '45 170w
"Author has successfully captured the indi-
viduality of the house, the personalities in her
entertaining family, the atmosphere of north-
ern Maine (and other places), the enthusiasms
for fishing and gardening of 'the islanders.' "
Thelma Brackett
4- Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 90w
" 'The Islanders' is a good book, easy read-
ing, enjoyable." John Gould
4- N Y Times plO F 17 '46 550w
New Yorker 21:77 Ja 19 '46 120w
"It is a book to browse through leisurely, to
ease the reader from the complexities of gadget
households and above all to heighten one's
admiration of what the state of Maine can
offer." M. M. Dickey
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46 600w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p3 F 3 '46 HOOw
FOSTER, MICHAEL. House above the river.
358p $2.75 Little
46-6708
Against the background of the old South
is told the story of John Conway and the
slightly older Regan. Their love began when
they were children, when John lived in the
house above the river, and Regan in the nearby
parsonage. For several reasons Regan married
the wrong man, and it was not until she and
John were both in their forties that the way
for their marriage was cleared.
Reviewed by Clinton Textor
Book Week p6 O 27 '46 320w
" 'House above the River' is substantial and
weighty reading. It does not suffer from lean-
ness. It does, however, suffer from excessive
reflection, which intrudes into every episode.
It suffers also from cynicism. . . In spite of
a conclusion that borders closely on a futility
not wholly realized by John Conway, and in
spite of a wearying addiction to the fleshpots,
[the book] has many phases of descriptive
beauty and sensitivity. The major characters
are astonishingly real, and John Conway has
memories and present realizations that touch
the heart." T. O. Sloane
H Commonweal 45:20 O 18 '46 1050w
Kirkus 14:259 Je 1 '46 160w
"As a father-to-son document, as a piece of
solemn paternal counsel, the account may seem
to finicky readers a little artificial, a little
strange, a little incredible, as indeed any novel
is likely to seem when it is set into a too
elaborate frame: but if a device is ever needed,
as a kind of justification for story- telling, this
one is perhaps as good as any other." Richard
Sullivan
N Y Times p5 S 15 '46 1050w
"Though it is overlong on talk (no dialect)
and tends to show lesser characters only in
profile, the effect is mature and, in its way,
gratifying."
New Yorker 22:99 S 28 '46 90w
286
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FOSTER, MICHAEL — Continued
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 3 30 '46
850w
"If a man spends a whole book in pointing
out to his son a vanishing American dream,
and warning him of certain fearful develop-
ments, then the essence of the dream and the
essence of his fears are what count; they must
determine what meaning the book possesses. I
can add that there is a long love story spread
across the novel, between John Conway and
Regan Berkeley. He gets her, he loses her, he
gets her. It is not very credible. But what
John learns from his grandfather, and passes
on to his son, is. That is the story, clear-
ly written." N. L. Rothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 6 '46 700w
"Much of the book is unfortunate in its
style, which is luxuriant and excessively lit-
erary. Although Mr. Foster clearly intends this
as part of his characterization of Conway, its
ultimate effect is to muffle the impact of the
ideas, and to smother the characters in folds
of beautiful and sentimental language. The first
half of the novel develops at so leisurely a
pace and is so discursive that sometimes all
sense of forward movement is lost. There is,
too, a dismaying vagueness and unreality about
these earlier chapters. . . Michael Foster the
story-teller, except for brief passages, isn't
given a chance. Happily, though, he re-
emerges somewhere just past the middle of
'House Above the River,' takes things into his
own hands, and keeps a firm hold on them al-
most to the final page." Dan Wickenden
-] Weekly Book Review p4 S 15 '46 950w
FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS. Treasury of
Stephen Foster; foreword by Deems Taylor;
historical notes by John Tasker Howard;
arrangements by Ray Lev and Dorothy
Berliner Commins; 11. by William Sharp.
222p |3.95 Random house
784 Songs 46-7218
Words and music of fifty of Stephen Foster's
best songs, with an illustration for each.
There is a biographical essay and historical
notes by John Tasker Howard.
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 21 '46
210w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
Kirkus 14:517 O 1 '46 90w
"Not only do we get from this 'Treasury'
an impressive picture of Foster as the finest
and quite possibly the most authentic melodist
this country has yet produced, but. thanks to
John Tasker Howard's biographical article and
his historical notes to each song, we get a
full-length and moving portrait of the man."
M. C. Hastings
•f- N Y Times plO O 20 '46 500w
"This anthology has some rather bad fea-
tures: a set of dreadful illustrations, one for
each song and all full -page, and a plush trim-
ming of barbershop chords which I am advised
by a musical expert Stephen Foster could not
possibly have written. There is perhaps room
for scholarship here, too, in restoring the orig-
inal versions. But Mr. John Tasker Howard
has supplied a biographical introduction and
historical notes on all the songs, which are
both scholarly and illuminating, and there is
a foreword by Deems Taylor." Edmund Wil-
eon
New Yorker 22:138 D 14 '46 600w
Sprlngf d Republican p6 S 25 '46 360w
"In 'A Treasury of Stephen Foster,' a
beautifully compiled book of fifty Foster songs,
there is Deems Taylor's highly readable fore-
word. . . The book's greatest value, always
excepting the songs themselves, is the brief
story about each of the songs by that authority
on American music. John Tasker Howard/'
R. P. Adams
-f Weekly Book Review p2 N 10 '46 1200w
FOWLER, QENE. Solo in tom-toms. 390p $3
Viking
B or 92 Authors— Correspondence, remin-
iscences, etc. 46-25106
Autobiography of a Denver newspaper man
and Hollywood writer, friend of many pic-
turesque westerners, who tells the story of
Denver along with the story of his own life up
to 1920. He writes of his Denver boyhood, his
marriage, his regard for his stepfather, and his
later meeting with his own father. He includes
anecdotes of his friends and heroes, among
them Scout Wiggins who was with Kit Carson,
Ivy Baldwin, Judge Lindsey, Jack Dempsey,
and others.
"Not as deeply humorous as H. L. Mencken's
autobiographical 'Newspaper Days.' Fowler's
chapters about his early experiences as a re-
porter in Denver are amusing, shot through
with sentiment, and stand among the beat in
the field of journalistic memoirs. That 'A Solo
in Tom -Toms' will do well seems obvious. It is
bright, warm, companionable, and done with a
modesty that can be very influential in many a
rambunctious 'mountain man.' " Lloyd Lewis
-f Book Week p3 Ap 21 '46 600w
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
"Gene Fowler's love for people and his
ability to tell a story produce a pleasant
book. A constant stream of 'characters' and
plain folk move through its pages." R. S.
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 27
'46 360w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"This has as much regional interest as
Marquis James' Cherokee Strip and even more
color, personality, and vivid history — a flair for
intimate reporting, flashing humor, robust nar-
rative. There's occasional posturing — but even
that's entertaining."
-f Kirkus 14:90 F 16 '46 170w
"His narrative is rich in anecdotes and local
color. Recommended for larger libraries." A.
P. Eaton
+ Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by McAlister Coleman
Nation 163:162 Ag 10 '46 420w
"Mr. Fowler views his boyhood through a
golden haze, and sometimes you wish he would
temper the joy of it all, and the poignancy of it
all, and throw in a little ordinary unhappi-
ness."
— New Repub 114:940 Jl 1 '46 140w
"Mr. Fowler is a great man, and 'A Solo in
Tom -Tom s,' his bemused and amusing and
vivid glance at himself when young, is quite a
wonderful book. . . The method is anecdotal.
the style brisk, the mood gay, here as it was
in that other Fowler epic of Denver, 'Timber
Line.' " J. K. Hutchens
-f- N Y Times p5 Ap 21 '46 850w
"The chapters toward the end, about the
author's cub days on Denver papers, with a
standard collection of city-room antics,
crabbed editors, and brash, poker-playing,
whiskey- drinking reporters, are in a now well-
established tradition of newspaper reminis-
ence. They may seem less commonplace if
you reflect that Mr. Fowler had an important
part in establishing that tradition, that this
is one of the masters speaking."
New Yorker 22:110 My 4 '46 140w
"It is a story warmly and sincerely told. . .
Gene Fowler's account of his career is told
with a fine understatement." R. L. Neu-
Time 47:104 My 13 '46 750w
"It is wonderful. In several of his books Mr.
Fowler has inserted interludes which had to do
with his own youth in Denver; some of these
were only slightly disguised, and some were
factually true. Now the whole story comes out
in all its eloquence, its humor and poignancy.
It is an odd book, a rollicking' and tender book,
and the tale, like so many of the sagas con-
cocted by Mr. Fowler, runs off into marvelously
pleasant bypaths." Stanley Walker
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 21 '46
IBOOw
Wit Lib Bui 42:86 J6 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
287
FOWLIE, WALLACE. Rimbaud. 160p $2.50
New directions
841 Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur 46-5998
Three interpretations of the French sym-
bolist poet: biographical, critical, and philo-
sophical. Chronology. Selected bibliography.
"[Mr Fowlie] has written a thoroughly in-
teresting1 and valuable study of the miraculous
poet, although the employment of a Freudian
and post-Freudian mythos and vocabulary may
cause it to be rather hard going for the com-
mon reader." Cuthbert Wright
+ Commonweal 44:606 S 6 '46 700w
"Mr. Fowlie gets pretty fancy in his literary
psychoanalysis. . . But if you are concerned
with Rimbaud and his enormous influence on
latter-day poetry, you will probably be in-
terested."
New Yorker 22:75 Jl 20 '46 lOOw
"Wallace Fowlie, u frequent contributor to
the more serious 'little magazines,' the author
also of three volumes of poetry and four of
criticism, some of them in French, is obviously
well equipped to give us a scholarly estimate
of Rimbaud. In doing* so, however, he is twice
handicapped: first by the inevitable circum-
stance that he has been preceded in this task
by a number of discerning: critics and literary
historians. . . secondly, by the fact that being*
almost too serious in his approach, he shows an
aspiration for the profound that at times leads
him only to the pedantic." Q. P. Meyer
H Sat R of Lit 29:72 D 7 '46 800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p6 Ja 4 '47
360w
"The present volume would be of more as-
sistance in this task if the author had been
content to write more directly, avoiding" repeti-
tion and over-elaboration. . . If Mr. Fowlie
had taken the trouble to examine these
rhythms and images in more detail, with spe-
cial reference to their bearing on contemporary
work, he would have made a more notable
contribution than he has done by his breath-
less pilgrimage across the blistered landscape
of Rimbaud's inferno." Babette Deutsch
Weekly Book Review p30 O 27 '46
1050w
FOX, GRESHAM GEORGE. American Jew
speaks. 190p $2.50 Falcon press, 501 Plym-
outh court, Chicago 5
296 Jews — Political and social conditions.
Jews in the U.S. 46-4297
"A scholarly and highly respected Chicago
rabbi surveys the history of anti-Semitism, re-
views and explodes the ancient calumnies —
some of which, though often disproved, are still
kept in circulation by the vicious and the ig-
norant— and indicates some of the services that
Jews have rendered to America in peace and
war." Christian Century
Reviewed by Benjamin Weintroub
Book Week p4 Mr 31 '46 320w
Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 SOw
FOX, MONROE L. Blind adventure. 205p $2
Lippincott
940.648173 World war, 1939-1946— Personal
narratives, American. Blind 46-6108
The author was blinded in February, 1945,
when the ship he was on was struck by a Japa-
nese bomb. His story tells of his experiences
in the Navy hospital, his orientation programs
at Philadelphia and at the Seeing Bye Institute,
and later adjustments to life on his ranch in
New Mexico.
the newly blinded and informative to their
wives, parents and friends. . . Recommended
for second purchase." R. IS. Kingery
Library J 71:1047 Ag '46 130w
"The author has set down unemotionally, and
in a flat almost repetitious style, an amazing
document of memory. . . The very nalvet6 of the
narration enhances the poignancy of blindness
striking unexpectedly out of the night. Un-
fortunately that same naivete* becomes slightly
wearing before the book is finished." Baynard
Kendrick
N Y Times p6 S 1 '46 500w
School & Society 64:135 Ag 24 '46 90w
"Simple and sincere in the telling, 'Blind Ad-
venture' is a quietly heroic story. It should be
read by all those who have had near relatives
blinded in the service; for it will not only give
them a new insight into how the blind per-
son feels, but will renew their own courage by
destroying the false impression that to have
lost one's sight is to have been incapacitated
for a full life." Jennings Rice
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Ag 18 '46
lOOOw
FOX, PAUL HERVEY. Four men. 537p $3
Scribner
46-3948
Beginning in 1918, this novel covers the
years to 1944 in the lives of four very different
types of men. In 1918 they were together on a
submarine which sank accidentally in a Massa-
chusetts harbor. The four were among the few
survivors and when it came to parting they
agreed to meet in twenty- five years. The four
men were Alfred Zacharias, an East side New
York Jewish boy, who became a rich play-
producer; Julian Gamble, of a very wealthy
family, who went to Hollywood and became an
art director and a confirmed drunkard; Will
Giles, a potential doctor, who later went in for
Yoga; and Adam Mallory, from a middle class
home, who became a minister.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p4 S 16 '46 390w
Booklist 43:16 8 '46
Klrkus 14:267 Je 1 '46 160w
"Though youthful and sometimes naive, this
very human document will be encouraging to
"Fox's style is mature and unobtrusive and
his characters are interesting if not appealing.
Readers with a taste for the Russian novelists
may find moderate entertainment in this
somber theme and variations." Jex Martin
-f Book Week p4 My 12 '46 360w
Reviewed by E. F. Walbridge
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by R. G. Davis
N Y Times p4 My 12 '46 850w
"Mr. Fox is a vigorous writer, but he is also
a man of relentless memory who tries to tell
all he remembers. What he has to say Is in-
teresting, but there is enough of it for at least
two more novels."
+ _ New Yorker 22:106 My 18 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 24 '46
850w
"The structure of this novel is so arbitrary,
so synthetic, that if it is to be regarded as
Art, no magazine serial writer need ever blush
again. Its language is of that sort which, by
near misses in the attempt at fine phrase,
often makes the reader aware of the author's
effort. Yet the book is interesting and worth
attention." Philip Wylie
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:11 Je 1 '46 HOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
860w
" 'Four Men' is a significant piece of work,
not only for its imaginative sweep and the
richness and variety of its material, but for its
sure grasp of characters and situations. In the
case of the four young men, it accomplishes
that rather rare thing, true character develop-
ment. . . [It] is a book of revelations rather
than affirmations, and the picture it presents of
modern American civilization is on the gloomy
side. Even so, the colors are not entirely dark,
for at the end Adam Mallory, who has solved
his own personal problems, looks ahead with
tempered optimism. ' Jennings Rice
+ Weekly Book Review p8 My 12 '46 650w
288
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORE. Fragonard
drawings for Ariosto, with essays by Elizabeth
Mongan [and others] pub. for the National
gallery of art, Washington, D.C. [and! the
Harvard college library, Cambridge, Mass.
80p 137pl $18 Pantheon bks. [84s Routledge]
741.91 Ariosto, Lodovico — Orlando furioso
46-199
"A hundred and thirty- seven wash drawings
by the eighteenth-century French master of
the rococo, all done as illustrations for Ariosto's
'Orlando Furioso,' which have only recently
been brought together in their entirety and are
now for the first time reproduced. . . Introduc-
tory essays by Jeanne Seznec, Philip Hofer, and
Elizabeth Mongan." New Yorker
" 'Fragonard the Draughtsman,' by Elizabeth
Mongan of the Rosenwald collections, is out-
standing. Her essay blends sound art criti-
cism, a concise account of Fragonard's life,
and a brief but memorable glimpse of his
times. Technical experts rarely write read-
able prose; Elizabeth Mongan's prose is not
only readable: it has a distinctive style." Leo
Lerman
4- Atlantic 178:155 Jl '46 420w
"The three introductory essays — 'Fragonard
the Draughtsman.' by Elizabeth Mongan, 'Illus-
trated Editions of Orlando Furioso,' by Philip
Hofer, and 'Fragonard as an Interpreter of
Ariosto/ by Jean Seznec — are to me, at least,
pretty overwhelming in their learning, their
great labor in research and their most intelli-
gent deductions. This volume of theirs is such
a one as does not appear in every decade. In its
special way, it is monumental," Stark Young
-f New Repub 113:874 D 24 '45 900w
Reviewed by Benedict Nicolson
New Statesman & Nation 31:437 Je 15
'46 390w
"This is an important book, both historically
and artistically, for the drawings are lively and
spirited and the reproductions superb."
4- New Yorker 22:107 Mr 9 '46 80w
"Looking through the beautiful plates and
noting with Mr. Seznec, who is Associate Pro-
fessor of Romance Languages and Literature
at Harvard, their extraordinary faithfulness to
the indications of the text, one is immediately
struck by their immense vivacity and freedom
of movement and the ease with which they
portray every indication of the poet's in his
fabulous poem. . . One cannot say that Fra-
gonard added anything to the 'Orlando' which
was not there already, but his attunement to
the Italian is an amazing instance of one
artist being inspired by another."
•f Times [London] Lit Sup p273 Je 8 '46
HOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2'80 Je '46 240w
FRANCIS, DEVON EARL. Story of the heli-
copter. 182p il $3 Coward-McCann
629.13335 Helicopters 46-4614
"The fascinating story of rotary-wing air-
craft is unfolded from the Chinese top, Leon-
ardo da Vinci, Cayley, to progress of today,
engineering achievements made in face of
diversity and derision. Illustrated." (Library J)
Index.
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
Kirkus 14:139 Mr 16 '46 90w
"Recommended." L. A. Eales
+ Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 140w
"In 'The Story of the Helicopter' Devon
fcrancis has produced what is probably the
best of the recent books on rotary wing air-
craft. It is. so far as this reviewer knows,
Jue £n# book that Pulls the odds and ends of
the helicopter's story into shape so that the
layman can understand what it is all about."
Frederick Graham
-f N Y Times p37 O 27 '46 460w
"The book is addressed primarily to the gen-
eral reader but the broad, accurate, critical
(pf the subject will interest techni-
FRANK, BRUNO. The magician, and other
stories; with an in trod, by W. Somerset
Maugham. 271p $2.50 Viking
47-419
Nine short stories and a section of an un-
finished novel, written by a German refugee
author who died in Hollywood in 1946.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p22 D 1 '46 150w
"Quiet humor, a fine polish, and intelligence —
stories which all who enjoy this form will find
worth reading."
-f Kirkus 14:466 S 15 '46 120w
"Though none of the stories is dull a few
of them fall below the general high level. 'The
Concert' is, relatively, claptrap; and 'The Moon
Watch,' though genuinely pathetic, is hardly
complex enough to carry its own length. 'The
Magician' seems randomly chosen to be the
title piece of the book: it is a commonplace
version of the escape theme. The translations
of the stories are the work of several different
hands, of somewhat uneven sureness. Somer-
set Maugham's introduction is unworthy of
the quality of the book which is memorable
because of Bruno Frank's sensitiveness and
skill." C. T. Harrison
H NY Times p20 N 17 '46 600w
"None of the tales are at all startling, but
most of them are written with grace, a nice
irony, and an infectious pleasure in telling
a good story. Considering the quality of cur-
rent fiction, maybe these are startling quali-
ties, after all."
4- New Yorker 22:124 N 9 '46 60w
Reviewed by F. C. Weiskopf
Sat R of Lit 29:27 D 14 '46 600w
"What readers are most likely to see in all
these stories are qualities that make for
engaging reading rather than great writing: a
sure professional touch, quiet sophistication,
an easy way with the ways of the world — the
qualities of a Continental Somerset Maugham."
Time 48:112 N 18 '46 390w
Reviewed by F. T. Marsh
Weekly Book Review p4 N 17 '46 550w
FRANK, ERNEST. Pulsed linear networks.
267p $3 McGraw
621.319 Transients (electricity). Electric
circuits 45-9696
"This text, for electrical engineering stu-
dents and engineers, deals with the analysis
of transient linear networks through the use
of differential equations. The basic electrical
and mathematical concepts involved in this
method are briefly reviewed in the first two
chapters. The remainder of the volume de-
scribes the analysis of series and series-parallel
networks containing resistance and capac-
itance, resistance and inductance, or all three
elements. Except for the final chapter, which
discusses the applications of transient analysis
to electrical networks, the treatment is largely
theoretical. Problems are included." N Y New
Tech Bks
-h U S Quarterly Bkl 2:256 S '46 130w
Library J 70:687 Ag '45 140w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:55 O '45
FRANK, LEONHARD. Dream mates; tr by
Maxim Newmark. 245p $3 Philosophical* lib.
This study in contrasts concerns itself with
the love stories of two beautiful, neurotic
young women. One of them has had two
"wrong" marriages, and finally discovers the
right" man. The other has a terror of physical
love, and comes to a happy, but insane end.
Many of the scenes are in an insane asylum,
somewhere on the continent of Europe.
"Though the specialist may be interested in
the book as a pleasant example of recent Con-
tinental literary expressionism (the German
original was published in 1936) the common
reader is more likely to be bored with its
loose style, confused presentation, slight sub-
stance and over- delicate eroticism.'™ C C
Mlsh
Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 140w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
289
"A highly symbolic, intensely humorless fan-
tasia, partly out of a woman's mental and
emotional life, but mostly out of Dali." Cath-
arine Brody
N Y Times p24 O 13 '46 320w
"Flushed and somewhat foggy novel. . .
Neither [of the chief characters] is entirely
believable and neither is examined very deep-
ly, but followers of Mr. Frank's rather spe-
cialized interests will probably want to see him
through again."
— New Yorker 22:113 O 12 '46 lOOw
"The author of 'Karl and Anna' has thrown
almost everything into this casserole of sex and
hate— brutal husband, unfaithful wife, suicides,
maiden with mad moments, mental cases and
horror symbolism. It may have made sense in
the original, but the translation is jerky and
the meaning is murky." Lisle Bell
— Weekly Book Review p36 O 27 '46 50w
FRANK, PAT. Mr Adam. 252p $2.50 Lippincott
46-6543
Satirical novel about the atomic age. On a
certain day great nuclear fission plants ex-
plode with the result that all the world's males
are left completely sterile. An exception is
finally found in one Homer Adam, a geologist,
who had been in the depths of a lead mine at
the time of the explosion. The struggle for the
continuation of the human race begins.
"If procreation, treated from a purely phys-
ical standpoint, can be called good clean fun
'Mr. Adam' could be so designated. . . You will
get a good laugh with some sad truths beneath
the jesting, all done in snappy dialogue with
truthfully not a dull moment." D. 'K. Gottlieb
+ Book Week p4 S 29 '46 450w
Booklist 43:69 N 1 '46
"Contemporary comedy which carries beyond
idea novelty, this will entertain a selected,
superior audience."
-f Kirkus 14:329 Jl 15 '46 160w
"A lively and original novel, ingeniously con-
trived and laconically told. Its tone, however
is closer to Thorne Smith than to Wells or
Huxley." H. W. Hart
Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 lOOw
"From Mr. Frank's past experience with the
OWI and as a war correspondent it is obvious
that — along with several other writing fellows
— he has seen much to gripe about. But his
book goes far beyond sour satire. He has im-
portant things to say — and, in saying them,
proves once again that a laugh is worth 10,000
words." Florence Crowther
-f N Y Times p5 S 15 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
170w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:38 N 16 '46 400w
"Mr. Frank has not paused to consider more
than the superficial complications of a sterile
humanity. His plot is full of holes and his
humor is often horse- play. He has, however,
seized firmly the basic comedy of the idea and
caught it on the rise, dashing off a fast and
bouncy job. The result is entertaining with
some pleasant comedy, some excellent ribbing
of Washington, and some rather worn business
between the usual bright and understanding
wife and the usual steadfast and slow-witted
(though always triumphant) husband. Any-
thing that discusses the danger of the atom
and Is readable is velvet for the world these
'days." Thomas Sugrue
H Weekly Book Review pl6 O 6 '46 800w
FRANK, SEMEN LIUDVIGOVICH. God with
us; three meditations; tr. from the Russian
by Natalie Duddington. 296p $3 Yale univ.
press [12s 6d Cape, J]
201 Christianity— Philosophy A47-221
"Dr. Frank, professor of philosophy at Mos-
cow, was expelled from Russia, with about two
hundred leading representatives of Russian
thought, art and learning, in 1922. He settled
in Germany, where he was highly esteemed in
academic circles, till 1936, when Hitler expelled
him. Since then he has been living in France.
As a youngr man he was an enthusiastic Com-
munist, but gradually veered round to idealism,
and was one of a remarkable group, Berdyaeff,
Bulgakoff, Frank and Struve, who definitely
embraced the Christian cause. This is the first
of his books to be translated into English."
(Hibbert J) "It is an interpretation by a fine
mind of the experience, to quote his own words,
'of the immanence of God in the human soul
— the apprehension of the spiritual depths in
which man really enters into communion with
God. the Divine powers are poured into the
soul, and God Himself lives and acts in us.' "
"We owe gratitude to two persons besides
the author — to his son in England, who copied
out the whole book in a more legible script
for the translator, and to Natalie Duddington,
whose version does not read like a translation;
it is written in lucid and vigorous English."
W. R. Inge
-f- Hibbert J 44:279 Ap '46 1300w
"Even those who in these days may well
hesitate to call themselves Christians will find
in it a reading of life which conforms to the
deepest reality and which satisfies both heart
and mind." H. I' A. F.
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 S 6 '46 260w
"This is not a book that can be read and
understood in a week; those who are in the
habit of paying attention to religious experi-
ence will, I believe, find it a profound work
well worth translating. Professor Frank is a
serene mystic with a lucid intelligence and he
deals fairly with all levels of life." Robert
Waller
-f New Statesman & Nation 31:161 Mr 2
'46 600w
FRANK, WALDO DAVID. Island in the At-
lantic. 503p $3 Duell
46-6710
The island is Manhattan, and the time
covered by the novel is from the Civil war to
(he sinking of the SS Cosmopohs (Titanic)
in 1912. The principal characters are three
generations of the Hartt family, and three
generations of an old New York family, the
CJeeves.
"Waldo Frank's new novel, heroic in length
and concept, will fascinate students of social
revolution, exasperate readers of conventional
fiction and alternately please and annoy con-
noisseurs of prose." Sterling North
-f Book Week p2 S 15 '46 400w
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"In this novel covering three generations in
New York, there will be readers who will wish
Mr. Frank could have created more flesh and
blood individuals and not the waxwork, frozen
figures appearing in a charade against an ever-
changing panoramic background. Here we see
the major shortcomings of his novel. All the
more pity, since he shows less inclination to
hyperbole and empty rhetoric than usual, and
has laid on exciting incident and fascinating de-
tail. In fact, his admirable recapturing of old
New York often serves as too sharp and real-
istic a contrast to his static characters, Jon-
athan Hartt and Evan Cleeve, suitably gloomy
symbols of defeat, in the battle between the
flesh and the spirit." Richard McLaughlin
Commonweal 44:600 O 4 '46 850w
"Much of it is interesting, revealing; one
gets a sense of seeing inside the workings of
New York's political and social life, and it's
not a pretty view, but one could wish for
tighter construction, surer technique."
Kirkus 14:305 Jl 1 '46 200w
"This is one of Mr. Frank's best novels
though not different in type from the nine
which preceded it. Local interest, but not of
great importance." K. T, Willis
Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 lOOw
290
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FRANK, W. D. — Continued
"Perhaps one reason why Waldo Frank's
•Island in the Atlantic' seems such an old-
fashioned novel is because, compared to the
books of our new novelists, it is so far re-
moved from its author: Mr. Frank is very
much out of a narrative which unfolds entirely
through the thoughts and actions of its varied
characters. But unfortunately it Is far re-
moved from us too, and not merely because it
deals with the past but because it creates no
connecting chords with the present. . . One
suspects that if the people in Mr. Frank's
novel were more significant as individual hu-
man beings, that would constitute all the
bridge we need between their days and prob-
lems and ours." Diana Trilling
Nation 163:387 O 5 '46 270w
Reviewed by Lawrence Lee
N Y Times p4 S 8 '46 700w
"Mr. Frank attempts to demonstrate the
dangers of a national philosophy of material-
ism and also offers a number of naive sermons
on tolerance. The ideas are praiseworthy, but
the results are sterile and two-dimensional."
New Yorker 22:126 O 5 '46 80w
"Whatever the final verdict upon 'Island in
the Atlantic* may be, two things are certain.
It will not please admirers of facile Action, and
it deserves to be read with all the seriousness
with which it has been written." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 S 21 '46 960w
" 'Island in the Atlantic' is a novel on the
grand scale, rich in events, scenes, and char-
acters. Its central purpose, however, is not
merely to tell a tale but to examine, through
the lives of two men, the ethic of a man's
relationship to others and to himself. Not al-
ways too clear in the pursuit of this purpose,
the book nevertheless has warmth and imme-
diacy. Obviously it has been a long time in
the writing, and it bespeaks the thoughtful
collaboration of the reader, not merely a pass-
ing interest in the Manhattan of goat pas-
tures and gas lights. Rare among novels in
the extent of its preoccupation with men and
with problems that seem to have greater ur-
gency for men than for women, it is an honest
and thoughtful book." Mary Ross
_j Weekly Book Review p6 S 15 '46 1050w
FRANKEN, ROSE D. (LEWIN) (MRS WIL-
LIAM BROWN MELONEY). Soldier's wife;
a comedy in three acts. 167p il $2 French
812 45-7563
Sophisticated play based on a soldier's return
from the war, and his readjustment to his wife
and family.
Cleveland Open Shelf p3 Ja '46
"Will be popular with little theaters."
George Freedley
-I- Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
FRANKEN, ROSE D. (LEWIN) (MRS WIL-
LIAM BROWN MELONEY). Young Claudia,
279p $2.50 Rinehart
46-7213
In this fourth novel about Claudia, she
struggles with the children, the farm, her
young niece, and almost decides to go back to
the stage. David's return from the war makes
a high point in the story.
"Claudia is as real as hamburger with onions,
but there's a piquant sauce, too, that is Clau-
dia's own recipe — or Rose Franken's. Any-
how, she'll never go stale." O. C.
4- Book Week p!4 N 17 '46 120w
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Kirkus 14:435 S 1 '46 170w
"Those who already know the Naughtons
(Claudia, David, two small fry) will be caught
up afresh in her newfound happiness — David's
return from the war." Andrea Parke
-f- N Y Times p24 N 24 '46 120w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Book Review j>36 N 17 '46 *00w
FREEDMAN, SAMUEL. Two-way radio. 606p
35 Ziff -Davis
621.384 Radio telephone 46-1450
"This book provides a comprehensive survey
of the applications and potential uses of two-
way radio systems. Applications to railroads,
police, fire, forestry service, motor buses, motor
trucks, ships, airplanes, taxicabs, ambulances,
personal cars, and: farms are all discussed. . .
The book also treats the planning of two-way
systems, the principles of and equipment for
amplitude modulation and frequency modulation
systems, and systems for special conditions
such as carrier and induction systems. Main-
tenance of equipment is treated briefly, and
there is one chapter on licenses and regula-
tion. Although many technical problems are
discussed, the book will be of more interest to
persons concerned with exploring the uses of
two-way radio and planning communication
systems based on it, than to radio engineers
concerned with research in the field." N Y New
Tech Bks
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 HOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:29 Ap '46
FREEMAN, ALLEN WEIR. Five million
patients; the professional life of a health
officer. 299p $3 Scribner
B or 92 Physicians — Correspondence, re-
miniscences, etc.. Public health
Reminiscences of an American doctor who
has spent most of his professional life as a
public health officer and as a teacher of public
health at Johns Hopkins.
"Dr. Freeman's narrative has many interest-
ing facets. .. . I can recommend it if you are
in need of a tonic for Americanism." Peter
Williamson
-f Book Week p4 D 1 '46 400w
Booklist 43:168 F 1 '47
Reviewed by B. L. Keyes
Commonweal 45:150 N 22 '46 HOw
Kirkus 14:447 S 1 '46 170w
"This informal and unpretentious book ranks
well in the series of delightful books written
by doctors and enjoyed by laymen. Each
episode is a short chapterette (if one may
coin a word), often summed up in a pleasant
and perceptive sentence which one wants to
remember." Fern McGrath
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 24 '46
150w
FREEMAN, ELMER STONE. The Lord's sup-
per in Protestantism. 174p $1.75 Macmillan
265.3 Lord's supper 45-4581
"Mr. Freeman discusses Jesus' intention in
instituting the communion by examining the
New Testament accounts of the Last Sup-
per. . . He then shows how the Last Supper
as an event gradually solidified into the Lord's
Supper as a rite, using not only the New
Testament but the earliest patristic writings
with intelligence and reverent discrimination. . .
This necessary background takes the first third
of the book. The second third begins with
the Reformation. The contributions of Luther,
Zwingli and Calvin are carefully evaluated. . .
The final third of the book discusses the rela-
tion of the Lord's Supper to Christian re-
union." Christian Century
"This is the best historical study of the
Lord's Supper that has yet appeared in Eng-
lish. . . In the volume under review, the
minister of the First Congregational church in
Menasha, Wisconsin, has combined adequate
learning and a clear and simple style of writ-
ing with the working knowledge of a minister
of religion. The result is a book whose in-
sights should enrich the observance of the
Lord's Supper in every Protestant church in
the English-speaking world." H. E. Fey
-f Christian Century 63:144 Ja 30 '46 750w
"Besides his excellent academic qualifica-
tions, the author's experience in both Episco-
and CpngregatJpnaJ ministries bdftgi
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
291
him to hid study with unusually fine apprecia-
tion of the needs of his readers." G. M. Gib-
son
+ J Religion 26:306 O '46 330w
"It is a scholarly treatise, reaching into the
historic facts and boldly exploring religious
parallels in the pagan mysteries. . . There is
much carefully selected liturgical material and
instruction for celebration of the Lord's Supper
in extra church observance, which should be
useful to the Protestant minister."
4- Klrkus 13:61 F 1 '45 160w
FREEMAN, QRAYDON LAVERNE, and
STERN, MRS EDITH (MENDEL). Master-
ing your nerves: how to relax through action.
247p $2 Harper
131.32 Nervous system — Hygiene SG46-125
Designed for "normal" people, who have
nerves, and need cures for nervous tension. The
book contains specific suggestions about the
problem of outwitting the nerves. Glossary.
Index.
Book Week p8 Mr 3 '46 70w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 60w
"The basic idea behind this advice is sound
enough, viz., that stimuli produce tension if
there is insufficient outlet. But the therapy
inferred from this principle is far too diagram-
matic to be more than on the aspirin or daily
dozen level." B. D. Lewin
Sat R of Lit 29:59 Mr 30 '46 150w
FREEMAN, LARRY. See Freeman, G. U
FREEMAN, MRS MAE (BLACKER), and
FREEMAN, IRA MAXIMILIAN. Fun with
figures. 60p il $1.25 Random house
513.9 Mathematical recreations 46-6471
"In [these] pages you will become acquainted
with some of the facts and uses of geometry
by making drawings and cut-outs and by other
interesting activities. Besides being fun to do,
the projects will give you a real understanding
of one of the most important branches of
mathematics." (In trod) For grades seven to
nine.
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
Klrkus 14:390 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Stimulating to young people, ages 12-14."
Claire Nolte
+ Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 60w
FRENEAU, PHILIP MORIN. Last poems, ed.
by Lewis Leary. 149p $3.75 Rutgers univ.
press
811 46-5200
"In this volume Mr. Leary, who has already
given us incomparably the best biography of
Freneau, has assembled fifty poems which
appeared in various periodicals between 1815,
wnen the last collected edition of Freneau's
work was published, and 1832. the date of his
death. Much of Freneau's poetry in this volume
as in others is topical. . . Because he so fre-
quently took occasion to comment in verse on
the current events of his time, his writings
remain today unusually well fenestrated toward
the past. Among the fifty poems now assembled
are lines to a pioneer aeronaut, a celebration of
the Erie Canal then in process of construction,
a poem on the reopening of the Park Theater
in New York, an elegy on the wreck of the
packet ship Albion off the Irish coast, a lament
for the death of Robert Fulton." Weekly Book
Review
tion and of the liberal party after the Revolu-
tion was accomplished. But he was also the
bearer to us of the eighteenth century enlight-
enment, of its spirit of reason and released
emotion, of its characteristically American
blend of action and speculation. We today
should know Freneau better and cherish him
more fondly. The publication of these 'Last
Poems' will not help in our rediscovery except,
by their reprinting in book form, to remind
us that he wrote more and better poetry than
this." R. E. Spiller
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 30 '46 lOOOw
"Freneau's reputation as a literary artist will
not be enhanced by the rescue of these poems
of his old age, but neither are these writings
inferior to the general run of his previously
published work. They serve to fill out the
picture of a versatile and vigorous •writer whose
continued neglect would constitute a serious
reproach to American literary scholarship."
G. F. Whicher
Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 14 '46
550w
FREUCHEN, PETER. White man. 275p $2.50
Rinehart
46-6618
Historical novel based on life in Denmark
and the Danish colony in Greenland in the
time of Frederick the Fourth. In 1721 a
Christian mission and trading settlement was
established in Greenland. To it, among others,
came Peter Haseman and his wife Karen,
from a Danish prison. The clean stretches
of the new country and the Eskimos fascinated
Peter, and together he and Karen found a new
life.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!3 Mr 24 '46 180w
"Philip Freneau was the first poet of our
republic in the days when it was coming into
being. He was the poetic voice of our Revolu-
Reviewed by Stephen Elliston
Book Week p45 D 1 '46 270w
Booklist 43:155 Ja 15 '47
Kirkus 14:399 Ag 15 '46 200w
"Good historical novel with a grim picture
of the horrible prison life of the era and the
rough and adventurous life of the settlers.
Author is a well-known explorer. For larger
libraries." G. W. Hill
-f Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 80w
"The climactic ice foray, it must be ad-
mitted, is inadequate, being grueling in the
tradition of James Ramsey Ullman rather
than that of Peary or Byrd. But most of what
comes before is quite satisfactory. 'White
Man' is a lusty novel and, at the same time,
a novel without lust — even if that seems a
paradox. Flogging- and sex there are aplenty,
but the latter is handled discreetly enough to
soothe a Boston censor." Richard Match
N Y Times p25 O 27 '46 750w
"When the author gets to talking about
Eskimos (a people he knows very well indeed),
he is interesting, and even amusing. If he
had only had more to say about these natives
of Greenland and less about the brutality of
white men, this book might have been as
readable as his 'Arctic Adventure.' "
New Yorker 22:115 O 26 '46 120w
"The various love stories and minor plots —
they are all minor — in the book are completely
subsidiary to the anthropological studies, the
settings, and the brief examinations of psy-
chology. The book is written by a man who
is more an observer and analyst than a cun-
ning contriver of plots." Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 30:19 Ja 11 '47 360w
"Between the lines of this novel is Freuchen.
The old Greenlander pours what he himself
learned in the north about a simple way of
life and the essentials of* morality. It never
becomes a maudlin rejection of 'civilization'
but presents a view of necessity; a lesson in
adaptation, and a humorous catalogue of hu-
man frailties. And since this is an historical
novel, we get a long glance back to the days
of the Vikings, and the question is raised as
to what became of the lost adventurers and
whether they do not live in many a blue-
eyed descendant eating blubber." Ernestine
Evans
Weekly Book Review p20 O 27 '46
1050W
292
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FREUND, PHILIP. Edward Zoltan; a novel.
256p $2.50 Beechhurst press
46-20798
Another volume in the author's chronicle of
a wealthy Hungarian-American family. The
principal character here is Edward, son of Jan
Zoltan. Left to himself after the marriages of
his father and his sister, Edward becomes In-
terested in the artistic life of New York, falls
in love with a ballerina, becomes the financial
backer of a ballet school, but in the end is
disillusioned.
Kirkus 14:282 Je 15 '46 160w
"In his undogmatic, dignified way, Philip
Freund hints at a great many ponderable ideas.
His fault is so often to be the victim of un-
explorative thinking and formulation. As one
who uses Freudian terminology, for example,
he is guilty of explaining Edward's repressions
and aversions very superficially. What is
worse, as a creator of character, he has a
weakness for neat, naive dualisms: 'laughing
Laura' is actually hysterical, and desperate;
practical pushing Jacob is fundamentally 'ro-
mantic.' As a writer who wants to convey
a sense of his city, he is only structurally suc-
cessful." Isa Kapp
N Y Times p!8 O 6 '46 490w
"The writing is mannered and almost stilted,
but, except for the author's preoccupation with
reflecting surfaces, not unpleasing. . . On the
whole, though, Mr. Freund shows to better ad-
vantage in his short stories."
H New Yorker 22:117 S 21 '46 120w
Reviewed by L. S. Munn
Sprmgf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 440w
"Technically the book is flawed by the fact
that it appears to be a sequel to a previous
novel and the reader unfamiliar with that work
is repeatedly disturbed by the mention and
sometimes the intrusion of characters who have
no apparent relevance here. . . The style in-
clines to be somewhat stilted, either overly
flat or pretentious, with lapses into the pathe-
tic fallacy. Most of the characters are two-
dimensional, and the worlds in which they
move, though recognizable, are also without
depth. . . For all its suggestive talk about
morality, this is not, by the Jamesian defini-
tion, a work that is suffused with moral signifi-
cance, simply because not enough 'felt life'
went to the producing of it. And there is Just
enough evidence of Mr. Freund's acquaintance
with life on various planes and of his sensitive-
ness to it to make the reader the more im-
patient with him for his want of intensity."
Babette Deutsch
— Weekly Book Review p32 O 6 '46 1150w
FREY, MRS RUBY (FRAZIER). Red morning.
380p $3 Putnam
46-6088
Historical novel of the Ohio country in the
I750's. The heroine is Jane Bell, who goes
into the new territory when her first husband
dies, and survives all the terrors of the fron-
tier, including capture by the Indians. Her
second husband, the trader, John Frazier, is
based on a real frontier character, and Wash-
ington, Braddock, Franklin, and others appear
in the story.
"First novel by a new author of real prom*
ise. Recommended." R. P. Tubby
+ Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
"What makes this novel different from the
usual costume romance is that by limiting her-
self to events within Jane's immediate range,
the author has endowed another era with an
air of everyday familiarity. The teeming and
perilous life at the outpost is given vivid
credibility through insistence on small details
and faithful accounts of the endless comings
and goings at the blockhouse. . . In her first
novel, Mrs. Frey has managed splendidly the
integration of her historic and emotional
themes." Mary McGrory
-f N Y Times p!4 Jl 28 '46 550w
"The flavor of the lesser folk of the drama,
the scouts and hunters and farmers and par-
sons, is intimately real. . . And men, such as
Washington, Braddock, Ben Franklin, and
Governor Dinwiddle talk and act like human
beings in a situation they are creating right
there in that fresh moment of time, instead of
acting like characters in a historical tableau,
with careful posturing. The history seems,
I must confess, a little realer than the ro-
mance. But that is in itself a triumph, the
reward of Miss Frey's labor among the rec-
ords. Her novel is certainly going to have
several simultaneous kinds of appeal, and the
large audience she deserves." N. L. Rothman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:42 Jl 27 '46 410w
"The French and Indian wars furnish the
background for this vivid first novel, for which
Mrs. Frey has drawn extensively from family
records, as well as state papers and personal
journals of the time." D. B. B.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
360w
"Although the narrative was prolonged in
preparation, it hasn't withered on the vine.
Research has been pruned and the plot un-
folds in dramatic tempo." George Conrad
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 4 '46 360w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
FREYRE, GILBERTO. The masters and the
slaves; tr. from the Portuguese ... by Sam-
uel Putnam. 537p $7.50 Knopf
918.1 Brazil — Civilization. Slavery in Brazil.
Negroes in Brazil. Indians of South Amer-
ica 46-6716
Translation of the author's Casa Grande e
Senzala published in Brazil in 1933. "Its title,
literally 'The Big House and the Slave Hut,'
suggests the key to the secret of Brazil's for-
mation. On the one hand, there was the great
landholder in his plantation house, exercising
a power greater than royal captains or bishops;
in the shadow was the slave hut. The inter-
play between the two set the pattern for the
populati9n, its living and dying, its loving and
eating, its singing and play. Three chief ele-
ments are considered by Mr. Freyre — the Por-
tuguese conqueror, the aboriginal Indians, the
imported Negro." (N Y Times) Glossary.
Bibliography. Index.
" 'Red Morning' is long, and at times in-
congruously feminine in style, but it's careful-
ly and competently done and should sell brisk-
ly. It contains enough sex to satisfy the best-
seller reader, but Miss Frey, unlike many of
the lady literati, has not squirted it on with
a grease gun. In her battle scenes the author
should learn the great writers' trick of slowing
down high-speed action to the point where
the reader can live in the story." Clinton
Textor
H Book Week p4 S 15 '46 240w
Booklist 43:16 S '46
"Excellent as much of it is, there's too much
of it, and the story bogs down in repetitive
details and slow motion picture."
H Kirkus 14:278 Je 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by J. B. Watson
Book Week p4 N 24 '46 450w
Kirkus 14:405 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Freyre's analysis of Brazilian character has
a candor seldom found among Latin -American
writers. He credits the rough vigor of the
pioneers, uncowed by Crown or Church; he
sees democratic practice breaking through
feudal forms. . . A word of thanks is due for
the footnotes with which the book overflows;
footnotes which, far from impeding the ac-
count, illumine the recital. Thanks, too, go
to the translator, Samuel Putnam." Hubert
Herring
N Y Times p!6 O 6 '46 1300w
"Much has already been written concerning
Gilberto Freyre and this study. Most of it
has been glowing eulogy; and it is a great book,
one of the greatest to appear in Latin Amer-
ica during our century. Yet it does have
faults. Any specialist will find many points to
quibble over and places where Freyre has not
used sufficient criteria in his use of social theo-
ries." Charles Wagley
H Pol Scl Q 61:625 D '46 1050w
BQOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
293
"It is hard to convey to the American reader
the importance and. scope of this book, since
there is nothing quite like it in our own litera-
ture. Rumors of its significance have preceded
its translation for the last thirteen years, since
the day its original publication won for its
young author recognition as Brazil's leading
sociologist. But it would be a pity if its size
or its cost or its theme should limit its reading
circle to sociologists, anthropologists and Latin-
American specialists, for it is one of those rare
scholarly works that is at the same time of
general interest to any one who is concerned
with man's quest for self-knowledge and self-
understanding. And it throws the kind of light
on human life, and is written with the literary
skill, that is usually associated with the novel
rather than with the sociological treatise." B.
D. Wolfe
-4- Weekly Book Review p2 O 6 '46 1250w
"Particular mention should be made of the
magnificent job Samuel Putnam has done in
translating the work. Glancing through the
footnotes and the glossary, one is impressed
by the amount of research he himself has done
in presenting this masterpiece to an English-
speaking public." C. M. Batchelor
-f Yale R n s 36:362 winter '47 700w
FRIEDLANDER, MORT. Yellow leaf. 185p $2
A. A. Wyn, inc. 67 W 44th st, N.Y. 18
46-11906
Quietly told story of life in an old people's
home, where elderly men and women live out
the last chapter of their lives, waiting with
dignity for the inevitable.
"Some books are provocative and some are
merely provoking. 'The Yellow Leaf is un-
fortunately among the latter. Its subject
matter, life in an old folks' home, is rich in
possibilities, and it is provoking to contemplate
the penetrating, poignant story this might have
been as contrasted with the sentimental super-
ficial concoction it actually is." D. S.
— Book Week p7 O 13 '46 HOw
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"The whole book is a good deal more spright-
ly than one might expect from its subject-
matter. Inevitable moments of pathos are in
it, of course, but they are offset by surprising
interludes of wobbly gaiety that are pleasant to
remember. . . Without being saccharine or
whimsical, Mr. Friedlander makes one like and
enjoy his old people because he likes and en-
joys them himself." B. S. Holsaert
4- N Y Times plO S 29 '46 380w
"The prose is straightforward, the plot
credible, and the care provided by the home
well above the current fictional average for
such institutions, which should come as a
pleasant change."
-f- New Yorker 22:99 S 28 '46 70w
Reviewed by Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:21 N 9 '46 360w
"No one has yet reported on what takes place
beyond the limits of time, but this simple story,
whose shifting scenes reduce life to essentials,
shows what goes on in the waiting-room of
eternity." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p5 S 29 '46 360w
FRIEDMAN, MILTON, and KUZNETS, SIMON
SMITH. Income from independent profes-
sional practice. 599p il $4.50 Nat. bur. of
economic research
331.27 Fees, Professional. Income — U.S.
46-2729
"Five fields of endeavor — medicine, dentistry,
law, certified public accountancy, and con-
sulting engineering — are examined in this com-
prehensive survey of the forces which affect
professional incomes. The emphasis is upon the
determinants of income from independent pro-
fessional practice, and the volume explores the
influence of a number of diverse factors rang-
ing from the difficulty encountered in entering
a field, to the location of a man's practice, and
the degree of his specialization." U S Quarterly
Bkl
"The text is replete with apologies for the
incompleteness of the material and with as-
sumptions necessary to bridge over gaps in
the process. Data secured by questionnaire,
even when gained through the most expert
questioning, are proverbially inaccurate and
unreliable. . . But however critical the lay
reader may be of this work, as a whole, it
must be accepted as a forthright, painstaking
study in a sector calling for much study. The
layman may not derive much benefit from a
reading. The student of scientific research may
study it with admiration." R. W. Kelso
-f, — Ann Am Acad 247:202 S '46 440w
"The precise raison d'etre of this timeless
scholastic demonstration of virtuosity is not
clear. The authors in the role of pure econ-
omists explicitly shy off from many interesting
problems creditably raised by them, such as,
for example, that of the forces more or less
limiting recruitment of the professions to
something like a socio-economic stratification
of the population. That is understandable.
Their almost complete ignoring, however, of
the distinctly economic problem of gross in-
come (cost to the public), and the ratio of
gross to net (cost to the practitioner, or ef-
ficiency not only of the individual but of the
given institution), is surprising and unfor-
tunate. . . It is impossible in a brief review
to do justice to the book's excellent refine-
ments, qualifications, and speculative consid-
erations of numerous other facts and factors,
including specialization, comparison of regions,
large versus small communities, etc., — all more
or less abortive." Isidor Lazarus
H Columbia Law R 46:680 Jl '46 900w
"Particularly interesting and informative is
the attempt to assess in a quantitative manner
the reasons for the higher level of income
among professional personnel in comparison
with those engaged in other pursuits."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:107 Je '46 280w
FRIEND, OSCAR JEROME (OWEN FOX
JEROME, pseud). The corpse awaits. 256p
$2 Curl
46-17425
Detective story.
"It is a wacky story if you ever read one.
A fairly good guesser should be able to figure
most of it out after a few chapters." Isaac
Anderson
N Y Times p32 Je 9 '46 120 w
"A readily readable, if undistinguished
story." Anthony Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '46
30w
Sprinof'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46
180w
FRIER, WILLIAM T., and HOLLER, ALBERT
C. Introduction to industrial chemistry. 368p
il $3 McGraw
660 Chemistry, Technical 45-9860
"Authors are both industrial chemists. This
elementary textbook is written especially for
training classes in industry and for students
of limited scientific background. Fundamental
chemical principles with largest part of book
devoted to industrial applications." (Library J)
Selected list of motion pictures. Index.
"[The book] has no application and is not
intended by the authors for the more special-
ized and more thorough courses such as are
given in our universities and colleges. . . This
being the first edition, undoubtedly the authors
will make certain needful corrections in the
next edition. . . These criticisms should not
be held to detract from this very excellent book
which decidedly fills a need for the extension
and night courses. The book is well printed
with an adequate index and is bound nicely."
R. N. Shreve
-f Chem * Eng N 24:566 F 25 '46 450w
Library J 70:531 Je 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bk» 30:63 O '45
294
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
FRISKEY, MRS MARGARET (RICHARDS).
Adventure begins at home [pictures by chil-
dren]. 48p $2 Childrens press
46-11854
The pictures for this book were made by
children in the Chicago public schools, and
Margaret Friskey made up a story to go with
them. All royalties from the sale of the book
scholarship fund.
Book Week p3 N 10 '46 150w
Reviewed by Nelle McCalla
Library J 71:1808 D 15 '46 90w
"Around these pictures Margaret Friskey
has cleverly woven a story of a city boy who
brought home a lost horse and his adventures
in seeking its owner. There is a discrepancy
here, for though 7 to 10 year olds will like the
pictures for their brilliance and their subject
matter it seems only fair, since all but one of
the paintings were done by boys and girls in
their teens, that the artists' contemporaries
should have a text which would interest them
too. Nevertheless, this unusual collection
should spur children of all ages on to further
experimentation with the paint box." E. L.
Buell
N Y Times p27 D 15 '46 180w
"These full-color reproductions are of un-
usual fidelity; they seem painted on the page,
defying black-and-white to do them justice,
but in the book have the same effect as the
originals."
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 N 10 '46 330w
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
FRISKEY, MRS MARGARET (RICHARDS).
Chicken Little, count-to-ten; pictures by
Katherine Evans. [28p] $1 Childrens* press,
inc, Throop & Monroe sts, Chicago
46-1775
Picture story book about a little chicken who
forgot how to drink, and in his process of
learning, the child reader learns to count to
ten.
"Katherine Evans' pictures are done In lovely
deep tones of brown and gold and green, and
there is an amazing amount of information run-
ning through the story." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week p!9 Mr 31 '46 180w
"Children will enjoy the counting game, and
the gay simplicity of some of the pictures.
The six fat toads, and the seven redcapped
monkeys, have especial charm of design." F.
C. Darling
-f Christian Science Monitor plO 8 24 '46
180w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
Klrkus 14:125 Mr 1 '46 130w
"Recommended for purchase if funds are not
limited." K. H. McAlarney
-f- Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 80w
"A distinctive picture book varying a nursery
classic enough to make a new story."
+ Weekly Book Review p9 My 19 '46 400w
FRISKEY, MRS MARGARET (RICHARDS).
Johnny and the monarch; pictures by Kath-
erine Evans; ed. by Ilia Podendorf. [24p] $1
Childrens press
46-3968
Picture-story book about a small boy living
on a farm, and his pets, a dog and a duck.
They follow the life cycle of a butterfly among
their other adventures. For the very young.
"An entertaining introduction to natural sci-
ence."
4- Book Week p!4 Je 2 '46 120w
Klrkus 14:251 Je 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. M. Clark
Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 80w
it* <A? thisx *,n brj*ht hues, Just enough like
life to be taken for it by four-year-olds, and
decorative in general effect. Do you remember
f!l?™6I!1ifrgence °£ yrSF first Per»onal butterfly
J^nLt1* co?S?in? Th?r« waa a wonder worth
a book for little people." M. D. Becker
+ Weakly Book Review p7Je 16 '46 190w
FRISKEY, MRS MARGARET (RICHARDS).
Johnny Cottontail; pictures by Lucia Patton.
[32p] $1 McKay
46-3807
Picture-story book about a lonely rabbit who
adopted a family of four orphan bunnies and
made friends with a dog.
"The pictures are in pink and black and
white and Lucia Pattonrs bunnies are very
cunning." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week pll Je 2 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:240 My 15 '46 lOOw
"Unimportant but agreeable and fairly dur-
able for this kind of book. For the read-
aloud -age and seven- and eight-year-olds."
Gertrude Andrus
-f Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 30w
FROESCH, CHARLES, and PROKOSCH,
WALTHER. Airport planning. 250p il $7
Wiley
629.136 Airports 46-6509
An analysis of basic problems in airport plan-
ning and design, presented from a functional
viewpoint.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
"The great value of this book lies in the
fact that it is written by two men of wide
practical experience, the chief engineer and
the architect of Eastern Air Lines. They know
the type of information that is needed by any-
one planning an airport to meet specific con-
ditions and they present that information in
concise and understandable form."
-f Eng N 137:112 Jl 11 '46 120w
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
"The data which has been taken from vari-
ous sources is up-to-date, well chosen, and
clearly integrated to the text. The scant
treatment given to the phase of airport plan-
ning concerned with personal flying, however,
leaves incomplete the picture of an airport
system handling all types of air traffic. Ex-
cellent illustrations and the logical organiza-
tion make this book easy for the student and
engineer to use."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:257 S '46 200w
FROST, ELIZABETH (HOLLISTER) (MRS
W. D. BLAIR). Mary and the spinners. 191p
$2.50 Coward-McCann
Mary, Virgin— Fiction 46-11922
According to an old manuscript there were
five other maidens who were companions of
the Virgin Mary, who lived together as child
spinners at the Temple in Jerusalem. This
story follows those five girls as one by one
they grew to adulthood. At a moment in time
when a crisis appeared in each of their lives
they remembered the gentle Mary and called
on her for help. And at that moment the
Christ child was born.
"This beautifully imagined tale of what
might have happened to the girls who were
close to the Virgin Mary in her youth is based
on the writings of the Early Fathers, in which
the girls are mentioned by name and in which
it is also recorded that a catalepsy of nature
took place at the moment of Christ's birth.
Written with an almost Biblical lyricnesa,
'Mary and the Spinners' brings ancient Pales-
tine to life and gives to the birth of Christ a
sense of warm immediacy without in the least
distracting from its wonder and mystery — a
perfect book for Christmas reading." Dorothy
Sparks
+ Book Week p48 D 1 '46 460w
Cath World 164:380 Ja '47 160w
Reviewed by M. A. Johnson
Library J 71:1642 N 1 '46 80w
"A bright and moving portrait of the child
who became the Mother of our Lord." Mary
Ross
+ Weekly Book Review pl2 N 17 '46
760w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
295
FROST, FRANCES MARY. Mid-century. 99P
$2 Creative age
811 46-5106
Collection of short lyrics by an American
poet. Some of them deal with simple country
living; others with the war.
"In 'Mid-Century,' Frances Frost attempts
a synthesis of peaceful rural scenery with the
steel -pocked terror of war, but she fails. A
deeply thoughtful poet such as Herbert Read
or Richard Eberhardt does succeed, perhaps
because he relies more on the long range
of idea and less on the quick shorthand no-
tation of mood employed by Miss Frost. Her
attitudes seem, at times, both fatuous and
sentimental, as when she advises children to
be no more afraid of cockpits stuttering death
than of the aiming gulls/' Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 320w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 Ag 11 '46
30w
"For the reader who enjoys delicately lovely
poems . . . Frances Frost's 'Mid-Century'
will prove a most satisfying volume. The au-
thor will be recognized by many as a writer
of incidental poetry which has appeared in the
better known women's magazines. Her new
book merits attention, for she has something
to say and does so in an arresting manner.
'4-aSprlngf'd Republican p5 Ag 2 '46 300w
Reviewed by M. L. Rosen thai
Weekly Book Review p30 N 17 '46 300w
FROST, S. E., ed. Masterworks of philosophy;
digests of 11 great classics. (Masterworks
ser) 757p $4 Doubleday
108 Philosophy 46-6771
"The key writings of ancient and modern
philosophers are condensed in an attempt to
give the reader a firsthand knowledge of west-
ern philosophy. This is the first in a series of
condensations in various fields of interest. The
writers selected for this volume are: Plato,
Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza,
Locke, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, James,
and Bergson." Booklist
Booklist 43:5 S '46
"Excellent biographical introductions to about
a dozen philosophers make this book something
more than simply an anthology of their works.
But even so, its value is primarily for school
and college libraries and reference shelves."
-f Kirkus 14:216 My 1 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 15 '46
70w
+ Weekly Book Review p25 S 8 '46 lOOw
FUCHS, WALTER MAXMILIAN. When the
oil wells run dry. 447p il maps $3.76 Indus-
trial service
665.5 Petroleum. Petroleum industry and
trade 46-5568
"Timely and readable narrative of the dis-
covery and development of oil. An all over sur-
vey of the social, political and scientific facts
of petroleum and the relation of petroleum to
national and international affairs. ' Library J
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:1128 S 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:45 Jl '46
"The well -organized and lively text, com-
bined with the many interesting photographs
and diagrams, make this a most worthy vol-
ume. It will 'provide the chemist and tech-
nologist with historical and political informa-
tion, the businessman and economist with,
salient scientific and technological facts, and
the average citizen with a survey of all this.' "
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Jl '46 480w
"This volume covers the social, political, and
scientific aspects of the story of oil in an easily
readable and generally understandable manner,
and is a balanced presentation that serves a
broad audience. . . The many illustrations
throughout the book are excellent and unusual-
ly well chosen."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:346 D '46 200w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 90w
FULLER, BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD.
History of philosophy, rev ed 2v in 1 432;
560p $4.40 Holt; also in 2v v 1 $2.60; v2 $2.90
Holt
109 Philosophy— History 45-6003;45-6002
A revised edition of a one-volume textbook
first published in 1938 (Book Review Digest,
1938).
"It is hard to criticize a particular text-
book history of this sort. Such a book can be
well written, if at all, only by a scholar of
extremely wide and exact learning — and ob-
viously there are not nearly enough such
scholars in existence to go around among all
the textbook publishing-houses. Fuller's book
is probably no worse, if no better, than the
average." Marjorie Grene
Ethics 57:76 O '46 800w
"The popular one -volume edition of Puller's
History has been much improved in response
to suggestions and criticisms sent to the pub-
lishers. The changes are in the direction of
brevity and clarity of exposition, with the
arguments divided into more sections and an
informative caption provided for each. The
discussion of the pre-Socratics has been ex-
panded to advantage, giving a more adequate
preparation to the student for the ensuing
chapters on Plato and Aristotle." D. S. M.
4- J Philos 42:718 D 20 '45 600w
FULLER, EDMUND. Star pointed north. 361p
$2.75 Harper
Douglass, Frederick — Fiction 46-11801
Fictionized biography of Frederick Douglass,
who was born a slave, but escaped to the
North, and became a leader in the Aboli-
tionist movement both in the United States
and abroad.
"In a brilliant historical novel, Edmund
Fuller has written the life of the great aboli-
tionist, orator, and journalist, Frederick Doug-
lass, which promises to be a forerunner of
many books on unknown Negroes who have
contributed so much to U.S. history." Peter
Pollack
4- Book Week p2 N 24 '46 500w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
"The author . . . has written with certitude
and deep understanding of the aspirations and
ordeals of the first American Negro to become
a conspicuous leader of his peop'e." W. K. R.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 14 '46
550w
"A biographical novel about the famous
Negro abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, which
reads more like history than fiction, but a
pretty thrilling piece of history at that. The
most vivid and engrossing part of the book
deals with Douglass' life as a slave."
4- Kirkus 14:431 S 1 '46 120w
"This story follows facts closely and after
a jerky beginning becomes absorbing as the
author warms to his powerful theme. Highly
recommended." L. D. Reddick
4- Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 80w
"With his fast-moving, well- written, at times
beautiful historical novel based on the life of
Frederick Douglass, Edmund Fuller has per-
formed a double service. He has bridged an
aching gap in American history; and he has
done this in a thoroughly enjoyable book in
which a great man is handled with dignity
and warmth, in which a Negro hero Is treated
as the American hero that he was." Saul
Carson
4- N Y Times p7 N 3 '46 800w
"Mr. Fuller has done the Douglass story
straight. He has an honest regard for the
people and the period with which he deals,
and the result fs a warmly felt book, his-
torically satisfying. Which is not to say,
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however, that it is without fault as a novel.
The telling: of the story, especially in the
early portions, cannot be commended whole-
heartedly. The dialect, as so often happens
when one attempts to render it too literally,
comes out heavy and awkward. Douglass's
swift transformation from dazed slavery to an
alert public figure is likely to leave an unsolved
problem in the minds of some readers." Arna
Hon temps
-1 Weekly Book Review p!2 N 17 '46 800w
FULLER, MURIEL. Runaway shuttle train;
pictures by Dorathea Dana. [58p] $2 McKay
46-3137
Gay nonsense story about the traffic situa-
tion in the world's largest city. The building
of the shuttle was to solve difficulties, but be-
cause shuttle train no. 2 had its feelings hurt
there was more trouble. For small children.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!3 Ap 28 '46 300w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
"An entertaining explanation for the four
tracks in the Shuttle, with only three trains
running on them, that city children will enjoy,
and that will amuse those who are not familiar
with subways. The gay, free, full-color water-
colors of Dorathea Dana enhance the Jauntiness
of the story."
-f Kirkus 14:174 Ap 1 '46 150w
"Recommended for the picture book age and
third-grade readers." G. E. Jollne '
+ Library J 71:827 Je 1 '46 60w
"Both young and old who have ridden the
shuttle trains will enjoy the gay. humorous
story and its vigorous pictures." L. M. Palmer
-f N Y Times p36 Ap 14 '46 80w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:134 D 7 '46 40w
Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 50w
"These large pictures are in juicy colors that
cannot be represented by black and white; they
have New York atmosphere, whether of under-
ground, park or harbor; that is, the atmosphere
through which a young child sees New York.
The combination of text and illustrations make
it a good book to read aloud to a little child."
M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46 320w
FULOP- MILLER, RENE. Saints that moved
the world: Anthony, Augustine, Francis,
Ignatius, Theresa [tr. by Alexander Gode
and Brika Fulop-Miller]. 446p il $3.50 Crowell
922 Saints 45-10541
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
"The biographies of the five saints are ex-
ceedingly interesting, and also edifying if the
legendary elements are taken as such. The
author, following the pattern of the most pious
hagiography and even leas critical than
Jacobus da Voragine in his Golden Legend,
recites every legend as though it were well
documented history." W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:175 F 6 '46 1700w
"Given such materials as are furnished by
the lives of these highly dramatic characters
and the rich proliferation of legend by which
they are surrounded, it is impossible that a
writer of Fulop-Miller's admirable gifts should
not produce a book of great charm. The
factual and the imaginative elements are in
the subject matter, and the author makes ef-
fective use of both — not always distinguishing
between them very clearly. But it would be
an almost libelous belittling of his purpose to
say that he was chiefly concerned with writing
a delightful book, even though he is too good
a literary artist to be indifferent to that. Nor
was his primary objective the writing of ac-
curate and unbiased history. The purpose is,
indeed, evangelistic rather than aesthetic or
scientific." W. E. Garrison
-f J Religion 26:299 O '46 1250w
"The special contribution which 'The Saints
That Moved the World* makes to our under*
standing of five familiar and outstanding saints
is in presenting their lives and miracles no
whit watered down for a skeptical age, yet in
terms of the modern historian and psycho-
logist. The book should be of interest, then,
both to the religious and non -religious reader.
It is solid but not dull reading." N. K. Burger
4- N Y Times p20 Ap 28 '46 270w
"Francis of Assisi has often been discussed,
but seldom well. Mr. FUlOp- Miller's hundred-
odd pages not only make the Poverello come
alive but suggest his proper niche in Christian
history. The art of building a biography
around moments of inner decision has seldom
been more skilfully practised, but even more
important is one's constant sense that the au-
thor has lived with his subject and come to
love him. . . The other four saints . . . have
always been the favorites of artists, and Mr.
FtllSp- Miller sometimes caters excessively to
his knowledge of that fact. Nevertheless his
essay on St. Anthony, despite the excursions
into lore about Flaubert and Anatole France,
is a very competent bit of hagiobiography. . .
This book has unity in spite of its five sub-
jects. It is very readable, extremely well in-
formed, and commendable except for its title,
its cover, and its frontispiece. This triad of
faults should, however, dissuade no one from
enjoying the pleasure of the author's com-
pany." G. N, Shuster
H Sat R of Lit 29:30 F 23 '46 560w
"This work will be of interest to the general
reader and at the same time will prove useful
to historians, theologians, philosophers and
psychologists. Not the least of its merits is
the combination of scientific knowledge with
literary skill. The book closes with an excel-
lent bibliography and an index in which names
are well represented, ideas sparsely."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:18 Mr '46 280w
FULTON, ALBERT RONDTHALER. Drama
and theatre illustrated by seven modern
plays; drawings by Richard Smith. 556p $1.90
Holt
822.08 Dramas — Collections. English drama
— History and criticism. American drama —
History and criticism 46-5323
The texts of seven modern plays, illustrating
the transition from realism to comedy. Each
play has an introductory essay. Contents: The
second Mrs. Tanqueray, by A. W. Pinero; A
well-remembered voice, by J. M. Barrie; Be-
yond the horizon, by Eugene O'Neill; Roger
Bloomer, by J. H. Lawson; Street scene, by
Elmer Rice; Our town, by Thornton Wilder;
Blithe spirit, by Noel Coward. Glossary of
stage terms.
"Charmingly illustrated by Richard Smith,
this anthology is chiefly valuable for the brief
essays on types of drama by the author."
George Freedley
-f Library J 71:1208 S 15 '46 50w
"Though this volume is intended primarily
for the student, it will reward every theatre-
goer who enjoys reliving great Broadway even-
ings in his easy chair." C. V. Terry
-f N Y Times p8 Jl 21 '46 140w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p21 S 15 '46 50w
FULTON, JOHN FARQUHAR. Harvey Cush-
ing. 754p $5 Thomas, C.C.
B or 92 Cushing, Harvey Williams
Med46-151
"Biography of one of America's greatest
brain surgeons, covering all aspects of his life,
work, and personality. Dr. Fulton, a noted
physiologist himself, who worked with Cush-
ing at Yale, has drawn heavily on his subject's
correspondence and painstaking diaries for
his material." New Yorker
"The bibliophile, Charles Thomas of Spring-
field, 111., has published the biography of a
bibliophile surgeon. Harvey Cushing, a task
that must have given him much satisfaction
for it is a task well done." Peter Williamson
-f Book Week p!8 P 8 '46 400w
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"There is something in 'Harvey Gushing' for
everyone. For the doctor it is an absorbing
story of the growth of medical science through
half a century. For the scientist it is a glow-
ing tribute to the importance of 'pure' sci-
ence in medicine and the way medicine, 'the
mother of the sciences,' enriches all the rest.
And for the lay reader it should be the finest
of chronicles — the story of a great man and
his times, each as they influenced the other."
F. G. Slaughter
-f N Y Times p40 N 24 '46 800w
"A bulky, thorough, and readable biog-
raphy. . . The descriptions of some of Gush-
ing's celebrated operations on the brain and
spinal cord and of his discoveries in electro-
surgery are so clear that even the layman can
get an idea of the man's achievements. Photo-
graphs and many reproductions of little draw-
ings and portrait sketches by Gushing that are
surprisingly expert."
-f New Yorker 22:142 N 30 '46 120w
''Dr. John Fulton, a former student of Gush-
ing and now the distinguished physiologist and
medical historian of Yale University, has done
a more than creditable job in putting this
book together. The book breathes of the sub-
ject instead of the author — high tribute to the
skill of a biographer." Milton Silverman
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO D 8 '46
750w
FURMAN, ABRAHAM LOUIS, ed. Second
armchair companion. 351p $2.50 Lantern press
Short stories — Collections
"An anthology of recent fiction selected on
the basis of entertainment. Culled from such
divergent sources as Woman's Day, Collier's,
Esquire, New Masses, Good Housekeeping, the
Saturday Evening Post and Extension maga-
zine, it is naturally highly varied both in
subject matter and style." Springf'd Repub-
lican
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p45 D 1 '46 230w
"Since magazines of this class have dis-
covered what the public wants to read, or,
more probably, have established a prescribed
bill-of-fare for them, it is painful to see what
a bad showing this collection makes. Stripped
of their four-color illustrations, deprived of the
facing panegyrics of advertising copy, without
even the excuse of a dateline, these stories
are flat, clich4d, and imitative one of the
other. It is also painful to have to admit
that, though the better-known authors pro-
duce more literate sentences, their aggregate
meaning and message are no more perceptive
than those of their less talented and success-
ful anthology companions." B. V. Winebaum
f- N Y Times p!6 Jl 14 '46 400w
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '46
170w
" 'Second Armchair Companion,' like the
first volume, should not only please busy read-
ers in search of a few moments' relaxation but
should also be of interest to students as a
cross- section of modern short story writing."
"'+ 'Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 440w
FURNAS, MARTHEDITH (MRS S. E. STAUF-
FER). Serpent's tooth. 430p $2.75 Harper
46-2115
Picture of family life in a midwestern locale.
The family is large, and all its ramifications
' are included, but the central character is Vir-
ginia. Her life from childhood to maturity is
traced, showing the effect of an unloving
mother on the growing girl, and later the
woman.
"The book has a likeness to a family album
and the fascination of one. Several genera-
tions, a varied lot of individuals, are presented
with veracity and occasional humor against an
authentic, detailed background. As Americana
the book has high value even though one may
quarrel with some of its observations. But as
a whole it is not well organized nor well
thought out for the narrative struggles against
the family album." Dorsha Hayes
H Book Week p4 Mr 3 '46 360w
Kirkua 13:531 D 1 '45 180w
"Crowded with detail and shaped by a rather
startlingly urbane philosophy, 'A Serpent's
Tooth' creates its own genuine world." Paul
Griffith
N Y Times p8 Mr 31 '46 280w
"An original and interesting story. . . Despite
her occasional flights into an irritatingly man-
nered prose, Miss Furnas can write."
-1 New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 8dw
" 'A Serpent's Tooth,' though hardly pleasant
reading, is interesting and well thought out,
giving the complete insight into the character
of a family who, though they seemed ordinary
to the world, lived in reality a strange, unreal
and miserable life behind their elegant social
front. It's recommended as required reading
for all mothers who feel that children haven't
a right to a normal, happy childhood, and also
endorsed for those readers who are interested
in psychology of children in novel form. How-
ever, it is hardly exciting enough in action to
become a best seller, nor light enough reading
to be popular, and so is likely to have rather
limited appeal." H. L. Mitchell
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
290w
" 'A Serpent's Tooth* suffers from a plethora
of incidents used to prove one point, of char-
acters used to complete one picture, of con-
versations used to underline one kind of rela-
tionship. The anger, hot in the author's heart,
too often emerges in the book as waspish irri-
tation. Yet the anger itself is bona flde. Miss
Furnas hates injustice, meanness, all the cruel
abuses which people inflict upon each other
in their common living. So, although her novel
is neither a well proportioned nor particularly
moving piece of work, it is impressive for the
fervor with which she probes into sham and
the vigorous contempt in which she holds all
self-delusion." Virgilia Peterson
H Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 3 '46 900w
FYODROV, MICHAEL. Death my generation:
an autobiography. 301p $3 Roy pubs. [12s 6d
Jarrolds]
B or 92 46-7234
"A young cosmopolitan opportunist describes
his boyhood in Russia, California and New
York; his youth in Paris; and his unsuccessful
career as an author in England." Library J
"A very frank record of a restless, some-
times ruthless young man, at times oppor-
tunistic, at times parasitic, but now reformed."
Kirkus 14:339 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Sordid and unimportant. Not recom-
mended." Scott Adams
— Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Antony West
New Statesman & Nation 30:165 S 8
'45 700w
"Fyodrov has worked as an office boy, fac-
tory apprentice, mechanic, marine engineer,
advertising manager, teacher of French and
biology, salesman, Journalist. But this tidy
list of occupations does not add up to a full-
blooded autobiography at 35. Thus Fyodrov —
when his life story gets thin — pads out his
book with outlandish capsule essays on flap-
pers, communism, economics, international
politics, penology, and, of course, Sex." John
Richmond
— NY Time* p66 O 6 '46 550w
"There is stuff for quite a few books con-
densed into one slender volume, and more than
once the reader feels tempted to wish that
the author had understood the old Roman wis-
dom of 'less would have been more/ . . Still,
Justice requires us to acknowledge that Mr.
Fyodrov, while considering himself a true
product of a cynical lost generation, keeps in
the end the 'faith that within us are the seeds
of a better nature and better life.' " F. C.
Weiskopf
. h Sat R of Lit 29:38 N 2 '46 850w
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"The glimpses of so many different at-
mospheres which this book affords make it
more readable than most autobiographies."
Spec 175:446 N 9 '46 250w
"To what extent Mr. Fyodrov intended this
essay in autobiography to be as instructive,
indeed as revelatory, as in fact it is one can-
not be sure. It has its interest, which is not
always the interest he seems to have aimed
at providing, but leaves no very pleasant
mpress °«-met £London] ut Sup p465 S 29 '45
550w
"Once in a while in reading these pages you
get the feeling that no character in this book
(including the author) is intended to resemble
any actual person, living or dead, and any such
resemblance is purely accidental. But it
doesn't matter." Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p!4 8 22 '46
600w
Q. B. S. 90; aspects of Bernard Shaw's life
and work, by Max Beerbohm [and others]
ed. by S. Wlnsten. 271p $3 Dodd
B or 92 Shaw, George Bernard 46-5783
These tributes to Shaw on his ninetieth
birthday vary in length and substance from a
poem, two or three brief letters and greetings,
to full length critical essays. Partial contents:
Shaw's Irish boyhood, by M. J. MacManus;
G.B.S.— social critic, by J. B. Priestley; Shaw's
philosophy, by C. B. M. Joad; Shaw as dra-
matist (including a surrealist life of G.B.S.)
by James Bridie; Shaw the scientist, by J. D.
Bernal; Shaw as a theologian, by W. R. Inge;
Bernard Shaw and economics, by Maurice
Dobb; Shaw and education, by A. S. Neill;
Shaw as a wit, by J. C. Trewin.
Reviewed by Bergen Bvans
Book Week p5 Ag 4 '46 650w
Booklist 43:15 S '46
"This book does not add up to very much of
anything; judging the original by the tributes,
one would be inclined to wonder what all the
furor was about. Everybody takes a little
segment walks around it from the outside,
feels it and handles it, like the story of the
blind men and the elephant, and never gets
to the total reality: the book comes out more
fromage than homage." Rolfe Humphries
— Nation 163:356 S 28 '46 900w
Reviewed by Kingsley Martin
New Statesman & Nation 32:62 Jl 27
'46 850w
"This book published on his ninetieth birth-
day is certainly not monotonous. Some con-
tributors write better than others; two or three
are specialists in branches of knowledge be-
yond the scope of the ordinary reader; but
their combined efforts total up to an impressive
demonstration of the immense influence which
G< B. S. as a solitary dynamic force has exer-
cised on the history and ideas of the world
during his long and still active life." Michael
Sadleir
-f N Y Times p3 Jl 28 '46 2800w
"A birthday tribute from many hands, which
manages to be somewhat stimulating in spite
of the fact that the contents are not always
on a very high level." Edmund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:66 Ag 24 '46 440w
"It is likely that a collection like this has
not been published before, a book written to a
man of genius by his contemporaries, so filled
with honest admiration and adulation. There
are one or two sour notes, however, or cab-
bages among the wreaths of flowers. . . But
in the essays on most of the aspects of Shaw's
life and work from his boyhood to his scenario
writing, he emerges shining, like an aged
crusading knight of the Holy Grail. If he Is
still capable of it,- these encomiums should
bring a blush to his hollow cheeks. They are,
on the whole, amazingly well written, witty,
urbane, and filled with a kind of transmuted
ardor that seems to have been borrowed from
the flre that their subject has kindled in sixty
years of writing, pamphleteering, and speak-
ing." Harrison Smith
•f Sat R of Lit 29:11 Jl 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by Walter Allen
Spec 177:68 Jl 19 '46 lOOOw
Theatre Arts 30:622 O '46 60w
"Mr. Shaw's ninetieth birthday evokes a
work of tribute which is neither official nor
unduly reverent. Something of his own ex-
traordinary liveliness has spilled over to all
these friends and admirers wno, in spite of the
highly commemorative nature of the proceed-
ings, have succeeded in avoiding the note of
historic monumentality and have given, In-
stead, a few notes of truth." Vincent Sheean
+ Weekly Book Review pi Jl 28 '46 1500w
GABRIEL, GILBERT WOLF. Love from Lon-
don. 314p $2.50 Macmillan
46-5530
Story of three young American soldiers in
London, of their relationships with the cos-
mopolitan group that they find in a small
Hungarian restaurant in Adelaide Square, and
of their love for Dria, an evacuee from Gibral-
tar. The story is told chiefly from the view-
point of an elderly English actor, Reggie Light-
ly.
"One can only wish that this book had been
published a year ago, or two years ago, be-
fore the reading public, in a frenzy of ostrich
psychology, decided that it was tired of literary
war. For this novel is one of those rarities: a
civilized story about the least civilized mani-
festation of humanity and its effect upon over-
civilized people." OUve Carruthers
-f Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 360w
"Buzz-bombs provide occasional stimulus to
the action, and by the polyglot characters and
the frequent philosophical discussion of Amer-
ican democracy, Mr. Gabriel apparently in-
tended to give thematic weight to his tale.
None of it, however, survives the self-conscious
artificiality of the style and the essentially
factitious plot." D. S.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 7 '46
360w
"Verbal, sentimental, this is really quite
dull."
— Klrkus 14:111 Mr 1 '46 130w
"Author, former New York dramatic critic,
has an ornate and occasionally overripe style.
Plot interesting enough, however, and blitz
scenes have real descriptive power which car-
ries conviction." B. P. Wafbridge
-j Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
+ N Y Times p4 Ag 11 '46 550w
"Whether you care for this slight tale de-
pends upon whether you like sugar and cream
with your wartime stories or prefer them
straight."
New Yorker 22:71 Ag 3 '46 80w
"There was a charm in London, war and all,
now that you look back on it. Gilbert Gabriel,
has caught some of it — not enough, but a suf-
ficient amount to carry the reader through a
rather improbable love story. . . In part, Mr.
Gabriel has written pure melodrama; the scene,
for example, where a buzz bomb removes what
until then had seemed an insoluble conflict,
and his soldiers do not, unfortunately, quite
come off. . . If 'Love Prom London' has any
merit, and it has, it is in its slightly musty
and occasional Dickens! sh flavor, its gentle
attempt to retell what is surely the most
ancient plot in the world — and, strangely, make
it interesting, make it absorbing." Jay Adama
-} Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ag 3 '46 550w
"Through the very pleasant, almost nostalgic
pages of 'Love From London,' the young love
story of some American boys and a girl, even
the dimmest eyes can perceive a dream walk-
ing— Gilbert Gabriel's dream of and plea for an
America that he believes in and nopes still
may come fully into being — despite our waver-
ing course ana our bacHslldlngs from the best
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that we know or can imagine about democracy
at work. 'Love From London1 does a big
little Job worth doing, and does it enticingly
well." P. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 4 '46 lOOOw
GAINES, AUDREY. Omit flowers, please. 2 4 Dp
$2 Messner
46-21109
Detective story.
Klrkus 14:362 Ag 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 27 '46 180w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
30w
GALL, MORRIS. Judicial decision and prac-
tical judgment. 95p pa $1.60 King's crown
press
340 Judgment (logic). Appellate procedure
A46-3047
"A study concerned with the development of
practical Judgment which will be of aid to the
educator who desires the development of his
students' personal and social responsibilities."
(School & Society) Bibliography. Index.
"This book undertakes a praiseworthy task
— a study and evaluation of the process of ap-
pellate judicial decision with the objective
of deriving methods and procedures useful for
all types of practical Judgments. Its short-
coming is that the author never actually
tackles his problem."
Harvard Law R 59:1021 Jl '46 440w
School & Society 63:415 Je 8 '46 30w
GALLAGHER, BUELL GORDON. Color and
conscience: the irrepressible conflict. 244p
$2.50 Harper
325.26 U.S. — Race question. Negroes. Race
problems 46-6453
"Objective treatment of the race question
for white and nonwhite by the Professor of
Christian Ethics, Pacific School of Religion.
Controversial matters are handled without kid
gloves. Many surprises await the reader. Au-
thor believes that should we draw up accounts
and strike a balance, an unexpected deficit
would be revealed. Since the caste system
based on color is an established part of Amer-
ican culture — a source of confusion to the
Christian conscience — inclusive brotherhood
found in the Gospel remains a challenge to
Christians. Dr Gallagher presents and shows
how to meet this challenge." (Library J)
Index.
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47 20 w
"This prophetic book surveys the whole mo-
mentous issue with scholarship and unanswer-
able logic." A. W. Taylor
-f- Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Kirkus 14:218 My 1 '40 I30w
"A readable book which should be in all
libraries." O. G. Lawson
4- Library J 71:1047 Ag MG 140w
Reviewed by Alfred Werner
Nation 163:477 O 26 '46 700w
Reviewed by George Streator
N Y Times p24 S 29 '46 600w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle plG Ag 30 '46
950w
"An excellent primer for Protestants on the
race question." Carey Me Williams
+ Sat R of Lit 29:9 S 7 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Marshall Bragdon
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 850w
Reviewed by Lillian Smith
Weekly Book Review p!2 O 20 '46
HOOw
GALLICO, PAUL WILLIAM. Confessions of a
story writer. 576p J3.76 Knopf
40-6952
This book by an American writer who began
as a sports columnist on the New York Daily
News, contains twenty-four short stories and
excerpts from novels, together with something
about how they came to be written. Preceding
the stories is a short autobiography. Contents:
McKabe; 'Twas the night before Christmas;
Expense account; Tightwad; Flood: Flight;
Penntifer's plan; The Roman kid; Oh, them
golden mittens; Conneaut nights; Stopwatch;
Crisis in London; Sanctuary in Paris; Thief is
an ugly word; Did you see the coronation?;
The subdeb and the glamourpuss; The witch or
Woonsapucket; The great charity open; Testi-
mony; The adventure of Joe Smith, American;
The snow goose; The dowry; Verna; Welcome
home.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week pll N 3 '46 400w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
Reviewed by John Hay
Commonweal 45:125 N 15 '46 600w
Kirkus 14:501 O 1 '46 150w
"The manner is close to O. Henry, though
Galli co is always more a melodramatist than
humorist. The introductions (more than 50,000
words) constitute the autobiography and mar-
ket guide of a conscientious and successful
professional writer." H. W. Hart
Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 80w
"What makes 'Confessions of a Story Writer'
something other than just another collection
of short stories is Mr. Gallico's commentary.
This is interesting, human, detached and
warm." Lewis Nichols
+ N Y Times p46 D 8 '46 600w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p33 D 1 '46
800w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:19 O 26 '46 500w
"Mr. Gallico is a craftsman of high com-
petence. His work is tightly dramatic, adept
in dialogue, frankly constructed to entertain
the mass public seeking to be entertained."
Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review plO Ja 5 '47 450w
GALLOWAY, QEORQE BARNES. Congress at
the crossroads. 374p $3.50 Crowell
328.73 U.S. Congress 46-7851
"An urgent plea for Congressional reform,
replete with recommendations. Detailed anal-
ysis of the essential functions of Congress, his-
torically considered, with competent descrip-
tion of the complicated workings of our legis-
lative machinery. Shows how Congress today
is neither organized nor equipped to perform
effectively its main functions of determining
policy, authorizing administrative organization
and reviewing executive performance. Author
is co-founder of National Planning Commis-
sion and chairman of the American Political
Science Association's Standing Committee on
Congress." Library J
Reviewed by E. T. Douglas
Book Week p2 Ja 5 '47 650w
"Dr. Galloway's book is the first compre-
hensive explanation of what Congress has
done — and might still do. It suffers somewhat
from having been compiled Just before Con-
gress voted to reform itself." R. L. S trout
Christian Science Monitor p22 D 6 '46
480w
"A great deal of material here, much of
which has appeared in other books on Con-
gress, some of which is tedious for the general
reader to follow. The market will be restricted
to students and persons actively interested in
the history and practice of government."
Kirkus 14:373 Ag 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by R. W. Henderson
Library J 71:1462 O 16 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Maslow
New Repub 116:39 Ja 27 '47 470w
300
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GALLOWAY, G. B.— -Continued
"This book can stand a little streamlining.
It contains many repetitions of factual infor-
mation, some of them annoy ingly contradictory
— at one point the average size of a Congres-
sional constituency in 1940 is given as 300,000,
at another, as 190,000. But these are only
minor flaws in this trenchant study of a com-
pelling problem of American government." H.
J. Bresler
N Y Times p6 N 17 '46 900w
"This book is as good as an encyclopedia on
the American Congress. . . The book is written
by a man who knows Congress, respects Con-
gressmen, and has dedicated years to the study
and improvement of our national legislative
body." T. V. Smith
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 D 14 '46 1600w
Reviewed by D. C. Coyle
Survey G 35:414 N '46 800w
"The factual part of Mr. Galloway's book
is the more valuable. The book should be taken
as a text by teachers in high schools, colleges
and law schools." T. K. Finletter
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 D 29 '46
1500w
GALT, TOM. Volcano; pictures by Ralph Ray.
102p $2 Scribner
46-3355
An authentic story of the birth and develop-
ment of the Paricutin volcano in Mexico. It
is told as the experiences of Perico, a village
boy, who acted as guide to the tourists. For
grades five to eight.
Book Week p21 Je 2 '46 250w
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 17 '46
210w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:211 My '46 80w
"There is good background material as well
as dramatic story in this. A distinguished book-
making job."
+ Klrkus 14:198 Ap 15 '46 HOw
"Recommended for ages 12-16." Gertrude
Andrus
4- Library J 71:829 Je 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 50w
"Drawings in black and white give a good
sense of the Mexican background."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 40w
"The whole book, exciting as it is, is touch-
ing; fate has come down so heavily on these
helpless people. They are of course evacuated
to safe lands — but it is with deep sadness that
they realize that from henceforward when
people speak of Paricutin they will mean not a
village but a volcano. These pictures are both
dramatic and atmospheric; they have a wild
beauty and heighten the sense of the incredible
actually coming to pass. It certainly puts zip
into geography." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46
410w
GAMBS, JOHN SAKE. Beyond supply and
demand; a reappraisal of institutional eco-
nomics. lOBp $1.60 Columbia univ. press [10s
6d Oxford]
330.1 Economics, Veblen, Thorstein
A46-2666
The author "insists on the necessity of fac-
ing certain fundamental issues in economic
thought before economists can make a valid
contribution toward solving the dilemma of
modern society. To that end he offers in this
unpretentious book a 'reappraisal* of the eco-
nomic theories of Veblen and the 'neo-
Veblenites,' with especial attention to their
methodology and to modern psychology."
(Book Week) Bibliography. Index.
"He writes with the sureness and ease that
come from genuinely clear thinking. He uses
unostentatiously the results of exceptionally
broad and thorough study. The historical im-
portance of this little book I cannot predict;
but I can testify that for one reader it pro-
vides an exhilarating and fruitful intellectual
experience." J. T. Frederick
-f- Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 150w
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 30w
"An original and important book, clearly
and entertainingly written." Eugene Forsey
•f Nation 163:413 O 12 '46 420w
"Physically it is so short that it can be read
in an hour. Yet it is so condensed that one
can hardly read it with understanding unless
he is familiar not only with economic literature
at least from Veblen to Mitchell and Keynes,
but with Freud, the gestalt psychologists,
Hegelian dialectic, the literature of scientific
method and preferably much besides. . . Dr.
Gambs's work is on a level of thinking to
which few recent economic writers have at-
tained, and it should be read by all social sci-
entists as well as any others who have, or
can familiarize themselves with, the back-
ground required to know what he is talking
about." George Soule
-f New Repub 115:356 S 23 '46 950w
Reviewed by C. E. Ayres
Pol Scl Q 61:437 S '46 750w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:202 S '46 440w
GAMOW, GEORGE. Atomic energy in cosmic
and human life; fifty years of radioactivity.
161p $3 Macmillan
541 2 Atomic energy 46-4869
"Author of Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom,
clearly explains modern nuclear physics.
Physicist Gamow outlines fifty years' research
in radioactivity. The three parts of the book
compromise 'Modern Alchemy,' 'How the Stars
Use Atomic Energy' and 'How Can Man Use
Atomic Energy?' Author uses schematic draw-
ings to clarify various nuclear processes for the
roader. Two selections devoted to the atomic
bomb are based on the official Smyth report,
the administrative history of thf atomic bomb
project. Photographs of 'atomic explosions.'
Last pages of the book are devoted to 'peace-
ful uses of atomic power ' Background of high
school physics needed." Library J
Reviewed by Rufus Oldenburger
Book Week p5 Jl 21 '46 550w
Booklist 43:9 S '46
Bookmark 7:5 N '46
"The story of the wartime developments and
the problems of nuclear explosions as well as
the prognostications for peaceful applications
makes fascinating reading. The figures, by
the author, are an added attraction." M. E.
Rose
-f Chem & Eng N 24:2702 O 10 '46 450w
"If anyone could make this thing clear to
the ordinary reader, it would be Professor
Gamow. He has the knowledge, and he has
the gift. As to expertness, he is one of the
top men in nuclear physics. . . But whoever
approaches the present work in the spirit of
gaiety inspired by Mr. Tompkins Explores the
Atom and Mr Tompkins in Wonderland is in
for the same kind of disappointment that
Queen Victoria had when she asked for Lewis
Carroll's other books — and got them. In the
book now under consideration, Professor
Gamow lays aside the ingratiating mood, as-
sumes that the reader has a serious desire to
have his ignorance cured, and presents his pill
without sugar-coating." W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:869 Jl 10 '46
1160w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Current Hist 11:229 S '46 70w
Kirkus 14:287 Je 15 '46 210w
"Recommended." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Benjamin Harrow
Nation 163:163 Ag 10 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
"Professor Gamow, a distinguished physicist,
goes over much familiar ground in his pop-
ular book on atomic energy, and he does so
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301
with the ingenuity that he displayed in his
earlier discussions of relativity and quantum
mechanics. . . Unlike most of the physicists
who have written on atomic energy, Gamow
indulges in no moralizing. In fact he does no
more than hope that 'the best important
achievement of atomic energy will lie in
planetary exploration and not in human de-
struction.' " Waldemar Kaempffert
-f N Y Times plO Jl 28 '46 650w
"Here is a book in the best tradition of pop-
ular writing on science; it is meant for tne
interested and intelligent layman, and it is
written by a scientist who has himself made
highly important contributions to the field he is
describing. It is a book on atomic energy
which does not concern itself at all with 'the
problem of the atomic bomb,' and concerns
itself very little with the atomic bomb itself. . .
Haste in the preparation of this book for
publication is its only defect. Its proof errors
have already been remarked. There is also a
somewhat unconventional employment of hy-
phens and of articles, which might have been
avoided if the manuscript had been gone over
with such points in mind." L*. N. Ridenour
H Sat R of Lit 29:12 Jl 6 '46 800w
"In this slim volume, whimsically illustrated
by his own cartoons, Professor Gamow pre-
sents an excellent introduction to the subject
of atomic energy."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:345 D '46 130w
"A book of basic principles in the new sci-
ence of nucleonics, not written for entertain-
ment, but more thought-provoking than any 1
have read in years." Gerald Wendt
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 21 '46 750w
GANN, ERNEST KELLOGG. Blaze of noon.
298p $2.75 Holt
46-25261
The early days of airmail transportation
forms the background of this novel. It begins
with the four MacDonald brothers and their
stunt flying at county fairs, sometime after
World war I. Then it describes their breakover
into the business of flying the mail, their lives
In the air in those difficult flying days, the
deaths of two of the brothers, and the crippling
of the third. Only one of the flying MacDon-
ald's is left on his feet at the end.
"While lacking the subtlety and sustained
tactics of flrst-rate fiction, 'Blaze of Noon' is
ingeniously constructed, fluently deploying and
interrelating numerous persons and various
episodes. . . The high points of the book,
however, are concerned with crises in flying."
Warren Beck
-i Book Week p3 S 15 '46 380w
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
-f Kirkus 14:307 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Recommended." Mary Clark
-f Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 40w
"Mr. Gann is at his best in transporting you
through a cumulo-nimbus cloud, or landing
you at a fogged-in airport. When the youngest
MacDonald and the Girl 'meet cute,' however
. . . we know that the author has his eye
cocked on Hollywood. From there on he sets
his course somewhere between Buffalo, the air-
line terminus, and Southern California. The
results, fortunately, are not as bad as they
might be. Mr. Gann is too much of an old
pilot himself to let romance interfere with the
United States mail." David Dempsey
H NY Times p5 S 15 '46 360w
"Because he understands how to handle in-
cident and plot, Captain Gann makes this an
exciting story. And, of course, a yarn must
have suspense and action to carry it, as he well
knows. But for my money, at least, it's the
background that counts." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 S 10 '46
750w
"As long as his men are in the air [Mr.
Gann] makes them believable and admirable,
and, incidentally, his prose improves and is
sustained. It is when he attempts a landing
that the trouble comes. He invariably lands
in a field of corn." John Woodburn
-| Sat R of Lit 29:30 N 9 '46 850w
"A thoroughly readable story of men who
'lived with valor as with a mistress.' It will
serve, for the time, as a monument to the
heroic air era midway between the Wrights' s
flying machine and the B-20. Some day it will
be superseded by a great novel of the air."
Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p8 S 15 '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:151 N '46
CARD, ALEX. More ballet laughs [il. by the
author] with an introd. by Walter Terry.
[79p] $2.50 Scribner
792.8 Ballet. Dancers. Caricatures and car-
toons 46-5036
A revision, with some replacements and with
the addition of new caricatures, of the au-
thor's Ballet I,aughs, published 1941 (Book
Review Digest, 1941).
"It's a good book to have, especially if one
happens to be a balletomane, whom the artist
also considers in passing." L». M.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 22 '46 220w
"Both pertinent and funny, without being
actually malicious."
+ Theatre Arts 30:744 D '46 40w
CARD, ROBERT EDWARD. Johnny Chinook;
tall tales and true from the Canadian West;
il. by Walter Phillips. 360p $3.50 Longmans
917.123 Alberta. Legends— Alberta A46-3
"Anecdotes about old-timers, gold prospec-
tors, Indians, the mounted police, dead shots,
horses and memorable events in the short but
colorful history of southern Alberta. Some are
echoes of other frontier and tall tales, others
have a definite local flavor. Gathered largely
at firsthand from present-day inhabitants of
the country." Booklist
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p5 D 16 '45 600w
Booklist 42:198 F 15 '46
Kirkus 13:196 My 1 '45 130w
GARDINER, DOROTHY. Beer for Psyche.
255p $2 Doubleday
46-4935
Detective story.
"Exaggerated, from nomenclature to red her-
rings "
— Kirkus 14:205 My 1 '46 80w
"Aside from the expert plotting, this story
is notable for vivid characterization of an un-
harmomous family group." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 120w
New Yorker 22:80 Je 29 '46 70w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '46
50w
"Fantastically named and extra hard to kill
clan, provide plenty of acrid humor, thrills
and action in semi -believable but engaging
yarn. Different."
Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 29 '46 30w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46
170w
"One cannot honestly state that Miss Gard-
iner's offering is a gem of wit and humor, or
even that it is highly risible, but the author
goes through the motions with such confidence
and enthusiasm that it probably amounts to
the same thing for mystery readers. At any
rate, she doesn't annoy you with a lot of terror
that wouldn't scare a fly and such stuff. We,
therefore, recommend it for warm -weather
perusal." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p26 Je 23 '46
270w
GARDINER, GLENN LION. When foreman and
steward bargain. 194p $2 McGraw
658.3124 Foremen. Industrial relations
46-11268
"A book written to guide the foreman in
developing and maintaining successful relations
302
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GARDINER, Q. L,~ Continued
with union stewards — the most critical stage of
collective bargaining. The treatment is based
upon the latest developments in union rela-
tions, demonstrates to the foreman the impor-
tant part he plays in the management team,
and provides effective techniques and strategy
for use in his daily relations with stewards.
The book details the foreman's responsibility to
management and how he may best handle the
steward and the grievances which develop, em-
phasizing throughout the opportunities to de-
velop good human relations in a unionized
work- force through a constructive and cooper-
ative relationship between foreman and stew-
ard." (Publisher's note) Index.
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 70w
GARDINER, HAROLD CHARLES. Mysteries'
end; an investigation of the last days of the
medieval religious stage. 142p $3 Yale univ.
press
822.09 English drama. Religious drama. Mir-
acle, morality and mystery plays A46-1583
"Father Gardiner's purpose In this essay is to
treat fully of the reasons for the discontinuance
of the medieval religious plays, particularly in
England. In England, he asserts, the 'true and
practically sole cause' of this cessation was the
•Reformation distaste for the religious culture
of the past,' made operative by such figures as
Cromwell and Cranmer as early as the reign of
Henry VIII, and under Elizabeth completing
the eradication of the plays from English life. . .
This book is a work for specialists in the
history of the late medieval drama, and neces-
sarily omits the background which would make
it appealing to a wider public." (Commonweal)
Bibliography. Index.
"This is a valuable and scholarly addition
to the literature on the emergence of the
Elizabethan theater and its debt to the medie-
val religious stage. Everyone interested in this
field should welcome Father Gardiner's clear
and lucid summing up of a controversial sub-
ject. The book is a masterly resume" of an
appalling amount of material, old books, rec-
ords and archives. From these multitudinous
sources a unified, straightforward and plausible
story emerges — clearer and more satisfying
than any other book I have read on this theme."
M. C. Livingston
-f Cath World 163:280 Je '46 270w
Christian Century 63:1065 S 4 '46 240w
"Let this book be Immediately and warmly
commended as a fine piece of scholarship, and
a work of rich interest to those who are
familiar with the medieval religious drama,
or who are concerned with the historical back-
ground of the Shakespearean stage." Granger
Ryan
+ Commonweal 44:196 Je 7 '46 HOOw
GARDNER, ALBERT TEN EYCK. Yankee
stonecutters; the first American school of
sculpture, 1800-1850; pub. for the Metropoli-
tan museum of art. 80p pi $4 Columbia univ.
press [20s Oxford]
735.73 Sculpture, American. Sculptors
45-8846
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by Fiske Kimball
Am Hist R 61:551 Ap '46 400w
"This illustrated book contains many explana-
tory allusions which are certainly not con-
veniently available elsewhere. It is an anec-
dotal rather than a systematic treatise, but
contains much of the stuff from which such
more fundamental treatises are made. It la a
provocative essay on a period quite neglected
by art historians because the statues which It
produced do not have 'permanent' value. For
socio-historical purposes, however, they have
Just that." J. H. Mueller
-f Am Soc R 11:374 Je '46 450w
"This excellent volume consists of a group
of essays and a biographical dictionary of car-
vers of The First American School of Sculp-
ture, 1800-1850. It Is written with a critical
understanding of American life and American
taste. Poised and discerning is the commen-
tary on outstanding sculptors, their ideals,
their limitations, their economic motivation."
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 13
V46 140w
"This book is well documented, succinct and
competently organized. As befits the period,
it attempts no praise of the accomplishment.
But it does restore to us the men who fur-
nished many a gleaming page for Hawthorne's
memento to his Italian days." Jerome Mell-
quist
-f Commonweal 43:557 Mr 15 '46 400w
"As originally intended, this book was to be
merely a catalogue of such sculpture as the
Metropolitan Museum had of the period. For-
tunately, Mr. Gardner became so interested In
the whole picture — the setting as well as the
art — that a far more valuable publication re-
sulted. It is probably a compliment to his writ-
Ing to say that his readers will all of them
probably wish that there were more than Just
twenty-one illustrations, and that they were
tied somehow by reference numbers into the
text. Several listings, a Biographical Dictionary
of the School, and an index put the book on a
businesslike footing." R. H. Kettell
+ New Eng Q 19.120 Mr '46 850w
"A sympathetic and quite human account of
our initial gropings toward a native expression
in the medium." Howard Devree
-f- N Y Times p33 Mr 10 '46 320w
Times [London] Lit Sup p328 Jl 13 '46
850w
GARDNER, BURLEIGH BRADFORD. Human
relations in industry. 307p $4 Irwin
658.3 Employment management. Industry-
Organization, control, etc. Factory manage-
ment 45-6092
"Burleigh Gardner began his research career
by studying the structure of modern communi-
ties under the sponsorship of the Harvard
group. Five years as an employee relations re-
search director with the Western Electric Com-
pany gave him direct contact with industry at
all levels. Now, as assistant professor of in-
dustrial relations at Chicago, he has written
a book designed to guide the executive or
prospective executive through the human prob-
lems of management. The emphasis is upon
industrial relations activity as it actually works
itself out in a given organization." Am Soc R
"Executives and students of management, to
whom the book is primarily addressed on an
Introductory level, will get a better understand-
ing of the social structure of industry by read-
ing this book, and they will be impressed with
the complexity of the problems of getting coflp-
eration between groups and levels in the fac-
tory organization. But they are less likely to
understand clearly how to handle those prob-
lems effectively." C. A. Myers
4- Am Econ R 36:457 Je '46 900w
Reviewed by E. D. Chappie
Am J Soc 52:277 N '46 800w
"This book coupled with W. Lloyd Warner's
forthcoming The Social System of the Modern
Factory should prove to be landmarks in the
developing field of industrial sociology. . . The
book emerges as an excellent elementary text
for the training of executives. It should be
especially influential in making the business
man aware of the plant as a community w thin
which he and his fellow workers live." Delbert
Miller4. Am Soc R 11:129 F '46 950w
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Library J 70:1090 N 16 '46 70w
GARDNER, CURTI88 T. Bones don't lie. 254p
*2 MI" 46-2U3*
Detective story*
"Industrial Item, and uninspired."
— Ktrkus 14:361 Ag 1 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
303
"Flint is a novelty and the mechanical details
of steel manufacture are endlessly fascinating
— and deserving of a better story." Anthony
Boucher
-( San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '48
60w
"High grade."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 50w
GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. Case of the
backward mule. 250p $2 Morrow
46-18817
Detective story.
"Gardner's skill makes this fairly routine
yarn run smoothly." Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p6 Ag 18 '46 140w
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:262 Je I '46 80w
"It is not likely that Clane will ever sup-
plant Perry Mason in the affections of the
Gardner fans, but he is an interesting- char-
acter just the same." Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p20 Ag 11 '46 140w
-f New Yorker 22:72 Ag 3 '46 llOw
"Clane is an interesting try at a novel type
of detective, fusing Western and Eastern
civilizations; but I doubt if he will quite ap-
peal to followers of either Perry Mason or
Gerald Heard." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
70w
"Good."
-t- Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 3 '46 60w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 180w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ag 4 '46
200w
GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY, Case of the bor-
rowed brunette. 272p $2.50 Morrow
46-8195
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!8 D 8 '46 180w
Booklist 43:171 P 1 '47
Kirkus 14:438 S 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 D 8 '46 140w
"Good, standard Gardner, with lots of lively
court action."
+ New Yorker 22:136 N 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by L». G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 1 '46
50w
"Grade- A Gardner."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 50w
"No doubt about it, Perry Mason fans are going
to love this latest adventure of their hero, Just
as they have adored the other twenty-seven
stories about the great criminal lawyer." Will
Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p39 N 17 '46 230w
GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. D.A. breaks a
seal. 217p $2 Morrow
46-25070
Detective story.
.Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 80w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Kirkus 13:535 D 1 '45 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p31 F 17 '46 130w
"All airtight, and leas exasperating, on the
whole, than would be a similar chronicle de-
voted to Perry Mason."
New Yorker 22:99 F 16 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:82 Mr 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 17 '46 SOOw
GARDNER, HENRY ALFRED, and SWARD,
GEORGE G. Physical and chemical examina-
tion of paints, varnishes, lacquers and
colors. 10th ed 652p 11 $18.50 Henry A. Gard-
ner laboratory* inc. 4723 Elm st, Bethesda 14,
Md.
667.6 Paint. Varnish and varnishing. Lac-
quer and lacquering 46-6871
"Standard reference work, best book in ita
field for test methods in the paint industry re-
vised to cover the advances of the last six
years. . . Covers all the important test methods
in organic coating, both current and experi-
mental with detailed descriptions. 200 color
charts include the charts used by the army
and navy." Library J
"The tenth edition of this book is a very
welcome sight to the chemists, chemical en-
gineers, paint technicians, and other technical-
ly trained men of the organic coating indus-
try and all the other related industries. Be-
cause of the war emergency, It has been out
of print. The ninth edition has been used so
frequently by the technical workers in the lab-
oratories of the industries mentioned that it
has become worn by constant use." J. J. Mat-
tiello
+ Chem & Eng N 24:2288 Ag 25 '46 350w
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
-f Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 90w
GARDNER, MARY SEWALL. Katharine Kent.
298p $2.75 Macmillan
46-5164
In fictional form this is an account based on
the author's own career, of thirty years of
public health nursing in the United States.
"I believe public health nurses, health of-
ficers, and the 'lay' public concerned with
community health will enjoy and greatly profit
by reading this book, especially board and com-
mittee members. It is full of Miss Gardner's
own sound philosophy and high ideals, gleaned
from a very rich experience in public health
nursing, locally, nationally, and international-
ly. It 'interprets' very successfully. I am a
little doubtful whether student nurses — who
should read the book — will stay with the au-
thor at all points. Some of the discussions
dealing with organization are a little abstruse
for those without experience, but the human in-
terest in Katharine herself will carry all read-
ers to the end. Those nurses now faced with
the problem of help to the countries abroad
following a second world war will find Miss
Gardner's report of conditions overseas in 1921-
1922 especially pertinent and timely. Because
this book is excellent supplementary teaching
material, this reviewer mourns the author's
failure to 'name names.' " Dorothy Deming
Am J Pub Health 36:1170 O '46 600w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Christian Century 63:991 Ag 14 '46 70w
"Career story interesting to serious-minded
adolescent girls. Recommended." L. R. Miller
4- Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 70w
"Why the author elected to present this story
in the fictional form is difficult to decide; to
this reviewer it seems an unfortunate choice.
The facts presented lend themselves admirably
to a factual account of public health nursing,
through the experiences of one who was long
and intimately concerned with its growth. n
F. G. Slaughter
_| NY Times p24 Jl 28 '46 500w
"Though the personal developments of Kath-
arine Kent's life are an integral part of the
story, inevitably a historioal flavor predom-
inates in this novel of the profession in which
the author herself has played so active and
leading a part. The book will be prized the
more for that reason by the many nurses who,
valuing Miss Gardner's judgment, will find
here her way of interpreting and evaluating
the role and course of their profession. For
similar reasons, it should be read by the
many lay members of boards and committee*
which public health nursing: associations have
developed to help their work to function ap-
propriately in relation to the whole community.
304
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GARDNER, M. S.-— Continued
It should be exceedingly helpful in giving back-
ground and foreground to girls who are inter-
ested in nursing generally or in public health
nursing in particular. And for the general read-
er it offers not only information on many situ-
ations of wide interest and importance but
a smoothly told story." Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 11 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
GARRETT, MRS EILEEN JEANETTE (LYT-
TLE), and LAMARQUE, ABRIL. Man— the
maker; a pictorial record of man's inven-
tiveness. 116p $2.50 Creative age
609 Industrial arts. Science. Inventions
46-7590
An attempt to portray, pictorially, the
panorama of man's progress from the discovery
of flre to the atom bomb. Many of the pic-
tures are historical prints. The explanatory
text is brief.
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:473 N '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:415 Ag 15 '46 80w
School & Society 64:120 Ag 17 '46 90w
"The book has a beautiful format, with its
illustrations occupying the upper two- thirds of
every page and the captions forming a running
story. However, the text, although eloquently
written, does not quite carry out the evident
intention of the book. Perhaps it is too
eloquent. We are given some inspiring gen-
eralizations, but often the reader is left won-
dering about the content of the drawing or
photograph that fills most of the page." H. M.
4- — Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 29 '46 380w
Weekly Book Review p24 S 29 '46 150w
GARRISON, KARL CLAUDIUS. Psychology of
adolescence. 3d ed 355p il $4.65; to schools
$3.50 Prentice-Hall
136.7354 Adolescence 46-6757
"In his third revision of the text, first issued
in 1934 [Book Review Digest, 1934] and revised
in 1940, Professor Garrison has added fresh ma-
terial on the attitude, development and needs
of adolescents, on heterosexuality, and on
youth problems of today and tomorrow. The
volume has a new format and has been com-
pletely reset. Another welcome change is the
addition of a seven-page, concisely annotated
bibliography of novels and other types of pop-
ular literature dealing with adolescence/'
(School & Society) Index.
Reviewed by W. W Briokman
4- School <& Society 64:228 S 28 '46 200w
"This interesting and well-written book is
equipped with a subject and an author index."
R. T. Soils-Cohen
4- Social Studies 37:334 N '46 240w
GARRISON, WINFRED ERNEST. An Amer-
ican religious movement; a brief history of
the Disciples of Christ. 167p $1.25 Christian
bd.
286.6 Disciples of Christ 45-21135
"Fifteen years ago Dr. Garrison wrote a
more comprehensive history of the Disciples
under the title Religion Follows the Frontier.
The present volume, while briefer, is not a con-
densation of the earlier volume but has been
rewritten from a slightly different point of
view. In the first volume Dr. Garrison was con-
2^1 ^Lth ii1)16 in.fllience of the frontier on
shaping the life and thought of the Disciples;
SSfi6K ?uiST^QU4al,Iy £oncemed with the way In
W5it?h*the DiscU>tes have grown up and matured
with the country as a whole." J Religion
"This volume of 156 pages, plus 11 pages of
SfiSSJ18 ?a™yi ^e best little history of the
D™iiSit8 Of P?ri8$I ^e H?*6** reli*ious body of
American origin. It should have a good sale for
many reasons-^an important one being that
there is no other history of the DisciplesT large
or small, now in print/' A. T. DeGroot
•f Christian Century 62:1354 D 5 '45 700w
"This is a history of the Disciples for Dla-
ciples, but also for non-Disciples, a model of
what a brief denominational history should be,
written by one of the recognized authorities in
the field of American church history." B. T.
Thompson
+ J Religion 26:230 Jl '46 250w
GARST, DORIS SHANNON. Cowboy boots;
il. by Charles Hargens. 19 lp $2 Abingdon-
Cokesbury
46-25286
A pair of cowboy boots and a horse — those
were what Bob wanted most of anything in
the world, but Bob learned on his uncle's ranch
in California that a greater reward was to be
called "cowboy" by Montana, the top hand.
Book Week p22 N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
"This honestly written and readable story
contains many sound hints for boys who want
to know how a cowboy gains his skill."
-f Horn Bk 22:353 S '46 90w
Kirkus 14:384 Ag 15 '46 50w
"Excellent picture of ranch life and good
characterization. Middle-aged boys will feel
that they have really been with Bob. Illustra-
tions by Charles Hargens give added flavor and
spirit to the book." Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library %J 71:1466 O 15 '46 70w
"In the whole process Bob gets a lot of
character training, which doesn't detract at
all from the furi and entertainment of the
story." Frances Smith
-f N Y Times p28 O 27 '46 150w
"Shannon Garst, who knows her reading
audience as well as she knows ranch life,
has skillfully blended these constituents into
a lively story that will be exciting and in-
structive reading to any would-be cowboy be-
tween the ages of 11 and 13. Charles Hargen's
authentic illustrations lend further enjoyment
to the book." Margaret Goodloe
4- San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46
80w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
Rev tewed by M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 D 15 '4G 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
GARST, DORIS SHANNON. Scotty Allan,
king: of the dog-- team drivers; il, by Dan
Sweeney. 238p $2.50 Messner
B or 92 Allan, Allan Alexander — Juvenile
literature 46-2625
Fictionized biography of Scotty Allan, the
Scottish shepherd boy who came to America
in his youth, and became known as "the best
dogr musher of the North." Contains material
about Eskimo dogrs and gold rush days in
Alaska, and a chapter on the first K9 units.
For grades six to nine.
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
"Single incidents in the book are exciting and
well -told, but all in all, it is a patchy job,
carelessly written and poorly organized. And
yet the story of Scotty Allan la a fascinating
one. A little Scot, who at 19 brought a prize
Clydesdale stallion to South Dakota, and then
stayed there, he ultimately earned the title
of 'King of the Dog Team Drivers' in
Alaska. . . Swell material which deserved a
more finished presentation."
•f — Kirkus 14:71 F 1 *46 170w
"Recommended." G. E, Joline
+ Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"Since Scotty Allan's life was compounded
of the best elements of a dog story and an
adventure tale, it is a grand subject for a
biography for young people. Mr. Garst writes
briskly, vividly."
+ N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 90w
"His story as Shannon Garst tells it is an
American saga. This indomitable little Scots-
man belongs with the heroes of North
America." M. G. D.
Sat R of Lit 29:40 My 18 '46 400w
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305
GARST, DORIS SHANNON. Sitting Bull;
champion of his people; 11. by Elton C. Fax.
189p $2.50 Messner
970.2 Sitting Bull, Dakota chief— Juvenile
literature 46-7379
"This flctionized biography of Sitting Bull
is a moving- account of his adventurous boy-
hood, his growth to power among his people,
his growing uneasiness with the coming of In-
creasing numbers of white settlers, and his
valiant but futile fight for the rights of the
Indian. The way of life among the Sioux is
well portrayed and the injustices and indig-
nities to the Indians by the white man are
fairly presented. Grades 7-9." (Booklist) Bib-
liography. Index.
Booklist 43-89 N 15 '46
Kirkus 14 392 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Not as smooth writing as we have come
to expect in modern biographies In spite of
the fact that many parts read like a mere
chronicle of events, the subject is so intriguing
it will prove useful to many 9 to 12 year old
boys and a few girls. Good picture of the
white man's treatment of the Indian. . . Well-
documented " F. W. Butler
H Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 80w
"Mrs Garst tells the shameful story of our
Indian relations without heat, but she applies
no whitewash. The result is a moving tale
with the authentic ring of truth." N. B. Baker
-f N Y Times pll D 29 '46 180w
GEARON, JOHN. Velvet well. 197p $2 50 Duell
46-5163
Mystery story.
Kirkus 14:284 Je 15 '46 HOw
"A^ frenetic and improbable spy-cum-murder
New Repub 115:86 Jl 22 '46 20w
"The story has a nightmarish quality which
enhances the terror and suspense." Isaac
Anderson
N Y Times p28 Je 16 '46 150w
"Things get tense indeed, so much so that
even the hardiest reader may find himself
breathing heavily at the end. Well plotted,
too."
4- New Yorker 22:96 Je 15 '46 60w
"One of the most impressive novels of the
pursuit school to appear in years." Anthony
Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '46
70w
"Good!"
4- Sat R of Lit 29:52 Je 22 '46 20w
"If the narrator seems overwrought in spots,
even running to italics for a whole chapter,
well, that's in character. He's nervous." Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review pl8 Je 16 '46
230w
GEDDES, DONALD PORTER, ed. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; a memorial, rev ed 229p 11
$3 Dial press
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 45-10304
Six days after the death of President Roose-
velt a memorial volume, paperbound, was for
sale. The present volume is basically the same
book, In more durable form, with the addition
of many Roosevelt photographs, and an index.
"It is testimonial to Geddes* original work
that the new edition, seven months after the
event, still seems spontaneous, in excellent
taste, and surprisingly comprehensive." Willard
Shelton
+ Book Week p3 D 16 '45 450w
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
GEIRINGER, KARL, Haydn, a creative life in
music. 342p 11 $5 Norton
B or 92 Haydn, Franz Joseph
"This Haydn biography, the work of a de-
voted fellow-Viennese now living In America, is
the standard single-volume authority in any
language. Divided into two main parts — the Life
and the Works — provided with a full bibliogra-
phy and an admirable index, it is well-arranged
for quick reference." Library J
^ a memento as one could obtain of
the widely beloved late President."
+ Commonweal 42:101 My 11 '45 60w (Re-
view of paper ed)
School 6, Society 61:303 My 5 '46 lOw
(Review of paper ed)
"In many respects the most valuable section
of the book is the account of Haydn's work. As
a former curator of the archives and collec-
tions of the Vienna Qesellschaft der Musik-
freunde, Dr. Geiringer had invaluable opportuni-
ties for research there and in Austria generally,
including the collection of Haydn's manuscripts
in the library of the Princess Esterhazy at
Budapest." Felix Borowski
Book Week p4 N 24 '46 550w
"A monumental, learned piece of research
and a needed contribution to music literature
by the curator of the Society of Friends ol
Music in Vienna."
-h Kirkus 14:371 Ag 1 '46 120w
"In the lively section of the Life, the balance
is exceptionally well handled between the
setting . . . and the dramatic personae. Include*
excellent material on the early piano sonata,
string quartet and symphony." C. K. Miller
+ Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 HOw
"Its author, formerly curator of the Societj
of the Friends of Music in Vienna, has had
access to all the Haydn material which has beer
recently collected, and the result of his re-
searches is the first well-rounded, complete, anc
accurate biography of this composer so fai
offered the American public. It is charming^
written, very well documented, but avoids minu-
tiae of scholarship." A. V. F.
-j- San Francisco Chronicle plO D 22 '46
130w
"It would be unjust to judge Geiringer's book
from [its] shortcomings. This is the only up-
to-date biography of Haydn In the English
language, for which we must thank Mr.
Geiringer, one of the few scholars who have
devoted themselves almost exclusively to the
study of this great master. He has not only
collected all the new data that have cast light
on Haydn research, which has been in such
a jumbled state for so long; he has also con-
tributed many valuable observations and
ideas." Erich Hertzmann
H Sat R of Lit 30:33 Ja 25 '47 850w
"The biography is a service, if not an addi-
tion, to our personal knowledge of the little
man in the periwig who worked up from noth-
ing, always did what was expected of him and
in his old age found the pinnacle of his art
and his fame. The second half of the book (and
it is literally half) is a true contribution to the
knowledge of his music." J. N. Burk
-f- Weekly Book Review p34 N 24 '46 800w
GEIRINGER, KARL. Musical instruments;
their history in western culture from the
stone age to the present- tr. by Bernard
Miall. 278p il $4 Oxford [2&s Allen, G]
781.91 Musical instruments 45-10303
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Dr. Geiringer has approached the task of
discussing this subject from a new angle for,
instead of dealing with each instrument sepa-
rately, he has divided his book into chrono-
logical periods and gives the reader informa-
tion as to the standing or development of the
instrument at that particular time. The au-
thor, in pre-Hitler days, was the custodian of
the fine collection of the Society of Friends of
Music, Vienna, and now is professor of music
at Boston University. His qualifications for
creating such a book as that under review are
unquestionable." F. B.
Book Week p21 Ap 14 '46 140w
"Will be restricted in its appeal largely to
musicians. It traces the history of musical
instruments from pre-history and antiquity to
the present." L. A. Sloper
Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 2 '46
40w
306
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QEI RINGER, KARL — Continued
"I do not think this work has much to offer
in the way of originality, but it has the rather
negative and utilitarian merit of being more
limited in scope than Dr. Sachs's monumental
work. Dr. Qeiringer has limited himself to
the musical culture of the Western World,
whereas Dr. Sachs embraced Oriental cultures
also. This gives to the present work a certain
advantage of unity and conciseness. It is,
moreover, the work of an able and conscien-
tious musical scholar who has produced an
accurate and reliable manual. Particularly
commendable are the numerous and well-
chosen illustrations, and a clear and useful
introductory chapter on the acoustics of mu-
sical instruments." Gilbert Chase
4- — Sat R of Lit 29:19 Ja 26 '46 400w
GEISSMAR. BERTA. Two worlds of music.
[Eng. title: Baton and the jackboot]. 327p
il $3 Creative age [15s Hamilton, H.]
B or 92 Musicians — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. Music — Germany. Music —
England 46-7443
"Berta Geissmar' s two worlds of music are
prewar Europe and the Europe of Hitler, the
world of freedom and the world of regimenta-
tion. Born in Mannheim of a cultured Jewish
family. Dr. Geissmar has devoted her life
to music, as general secretary first to Wilhelm
Furtwangler and, after her forced departure
from Germany, to Sir Thomas Beecham. She
gives a vivid account of the contrast between
the two systems as it affected musical artists."
(Christian Science Monitor) Index.
"This book will undoubtedly add fuel to one
of the warmest controversies of the postwar
musical world, that over the war record of
Furtwangler. Dr. Geissmar, a keen admirer of
her chief, is not an unbiased witness. She
defends the conductor's course, insisting that
he remained in Hitler Germany because he
hoped by so doing to preserve a musical heri-
tage which otherwise might have been wiped
out." L. A. Sloper
Christian Science Monitor p23 N 9 '46
800w
"The book is full of ridiculous bewailings of
everyone's early blindness to the evils of the
Nazi — but only a few were blind, including
Doctors Geissmar and Furtwangler." Leonard
Burkat
— Library J 71:1204 S 15 '46 140w
"We are given a remarkably intimate account
of musical and social conditions in Germany
just before the war and in England during
the war. . . The only serious fault in this ex-
traordinary narrative is an occasional super-
abundance of detail. The essential material is
far too good to be clogged in any way." G. A.
' -\ Manchester Guardian p3 My 3 '44 300w
"Her story is fascinating to the amateur
of music; it is full of the sort of back-stage
international gossip about music and musical
personalities which austere persons deplore and
the rest of us eagerly devour. . . Considerable
as is the musical interest of Dr. Geissmar' s
book, however, it is outweighed by the po-
litical and the psychological. No sooner did
the Nazis come to power than they started
a long cat-and-mouse game with the Jewish
secretary of the Berlin Philharmonic; she es-
caped physical ill-treatment, but endured every
other kind of humiliation, and the confiscation,
over long periods, of her passport. All this she
relates in great detail and in good English;
but even more interesting than her own tribu-
lations is the portrait which she paints of
that unwilling 'collaborator,' Dr. Furtwangler."
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
+ New Statesman & Nation 27:424 Je 24
'44 1200w
Reviewed by Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 30:34 Ja 25 '47 900w
"An instructive and entertaining book. . . Dr
Geissmar relates with dignified resentment but
unfailing good humour and vivacity all the
penalties and injuries unscrupulously imposed
by the Nazis, and describes with great tact
and loyalty to him the difficult position of
Furtwangler, who struggled hard to remain
an artist as well as a German, but in the end
was overwhelmed by the difficulties of his
situation. . . Dr. Geissmar was lucky in finding
a similar position in England as secretary to
Sir Thomas Beecham, and the stories she
tells of her association with that brilliant and
erratic personality are among the most enter-
taining chapters in her book."
-f Spec 172:344 Ap 14 '44 270w
Times [London] .Lit Sup p!89 Ap 15
'44 850w
GEORGE, WILLIS DE VERE. Surreptitious
entry. 214p il $2.50 Apple ton -Century
351.74 Secret service— U.S. 46-11827
A government agent who has obtained proofs
of guilt of such criminals as narcotics smug-
glers, kidnappers, and enemy agents, describes
here some of his methods used on big cases.
During the war he was an undercover man
in Naval intelligence.
Booklist 43:112 D 15 '46
"A government agent tells his story of spe-
cialization in adventure and excitement in
which crime can be countered by authorized
but unrecognized crime. A unique career and
the secrets of the trade, which should appeal
to grown up Rover Boys."
Klrkus 14:537 O 15 '46 120w
"This is all first-rate spy stuff, fast moving
and with the extra thrill that comes from
knowing what you read is just the plain truth.
Mr. George ought to .do a sequel, really. It
doesn't seem possible that he has used up all
his material on this single volume." J. H.
Jackson
H- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 19 '46
550w
QER MAINE, INA MAY, ed. Desigm for decora-
tion. 163p il $4 McBride
747.88 House decoration 46-5078
"Articles on house decoration and furnishing
are contributed by various specialists with
copious illustrations. All rather on the over-
elaborate order; interesting to look at; hardly
to be followed in the average home." Wis Lib
Bui
"The standard is luxurious, with too many
nonessentials for people of modest means, but
the pictures show what can be done with
money and with good taste, either modern or
traditional. For those who desire no drastic
changes but who delight in the fresh effects
that may be obtained with a few pieces of
furniture or mere decorative accessories many
suggestions are offered. . . This attractice mag-
azine-size book contains a fund of advice that
is sound and comprehensive if rather high-
flown." D. B. B.
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Je 3 '46 70w
"As the record of a period from which the
best can be selected for the future, the book
amply justifies its existence." Richardson
r g 4. Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 26 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
OERMAINE, INA MAY. Handbook of color
and how to use it in your home. 108p $3
McBride
747 House decoration. Color 47-131
"Rules of color harmony simply stated and
applied directly to home decorating. Useful
color chart of 24 basic colors and their grayed
tones form the basis of complete color schemes.
Special instructions on mixing paints with
formulas and the most commonly used pig-
ments are listed together with 65 of their de-
rivative color tones. Chapters on painting
furniture and estimates for wallpaper and
paint." Library J
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Edith James
San Francisco Chronicle p26 D 1 '46
150w
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307
GERVASI, FRANK. To whom Palestine? 213p
|2.50 Appleton -Century
956.9 Palestine — Jewish- Arab problem. Zion-
ism 46-658
The author, an American Journalist who has
studied the Palestine question for several
years, here presents what he considers the
Rrincipal arguments for and against the estab-
shment of a Jewish national state in Pales-
tine. In a "personal" foreword he acknowledges
his lack of objectivity and impartiality and af-
firms his belief in the Justice of the Jewish
claim.
* 'Despite occasional poor organization of ma-
terial and some superficial analysis, Mr. Ger-
vasi's sincerity and Journalistic style should
make this little volume attractive as well as
informative to the general reader." A. P. Pern-
bach
H Am Pol Sci R 40:1025 O '46 380w
"The book, with its highly readable style,
attempts in too short a space to give all three
sides of the question — Jewish, Arab, and British
— and then to balance these three against one
another to see which emerges with the weight
of justice and morality on its side. Probably
Justifiably, the British come out a bad third;
but it is in the weighting of the Jewish and
Arab sides that the book shows its greatest
weakness." J. R. Randall
-| Ann Am Acad 248:279 N '46 400w
44 'To Whom Palestine?' is excellent pam-
phleteering. Whether its partisanship is an ad-
vantage or drawback is a question. In some
ways it is similar to Tom Palne's equally biased
document, 'Common Sense.' It has the force of
simple, convincing language and the power of
moral conviction. Whether It will open the eyes
of the world to the need for a Just solution of
the Palestine problem is another matter." Da-
vid Karno
+ Book Week p6 F 24 '46 950w
Reviewed by Jabir Shibli
— Cath World 163:89 Ap '46 450w
Christian Century 63:433 Ap 3 '46
"Mr. Gervasi does not pretend to be 'objec-
tive.' He openly denounces 'objectivity' in the
face of human suffering. Yet despite his emo-
tional attachment to one side in the five- cor-
nered struggle he succeeds in presenting a
comprehensive analysis. . . His study contains
much factual evidence and may be called one
of the most informative and thought-provoking
of all the more recent books on the Palestine
problem." B. S. P.
+ Christian Science Monitor pi 6 Mr 9 '46
600w
"Among the books written by non- Jewish
authors upon this theme, this one will oc-
cupy a place of distinction. It can be heartily
recommended as objective, as authoritative, and
as persuasive in its pleading for a magnificent-
ly humane cause." K. M. Chworowsky
+ Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 l&Ow
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Foreign Affairs 24:755 Jl '46 lOOw
"A highly informative but volatile vindica-
tion of Jewish claims, which is perhaps too
emotional to be objective. Controversial.'1
Klrkus 13:554 D 15 '45 250w
"The book is an ardent presentation of all the
arguments on his side, and a too easy refuta-
tion of all possible objections. For a soberer,
more restrained, and no less deeply felt state-
ment of the Zionist case, I should prefer the
late Abraham Revusky's 'Jews in Palestine.' "
B. D. Wolfe
N Y Times p33 Mr 10 '46 900w
New .Yorker 22:88 F 23 '46 80w
" 'To Whom Palestine?' is a disturbing and
challenging document written by an author who
combines with the flair of the newspaperman
intellectual integrity." Kurt Weinberg
+ Sat R of Lit 29:25 Mr 16 '46 950w
Reviewed by L. O. Kattsoff
Social Forces 25:231 D '46 950w
"Mr. Gervasi covers the whole ground, not
exhaustively but competently. Perhaps he takes
in a little too much territory; his discussion of
the international aspects of the Near Eastern
question is, in some respects, confusing rather
than convincing. But the author has accom-
plished his avowed purpose well. He has set
forth the Palestine issue in all its complexity,
and he has made an impressive presentation of
his central thesis." H. w. Baehr
H Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 3 '46 BOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
GESELL, ARNOLD LUCIUS, and others. The
child from five to ten. 475p $4.50 Harper
136.7 Child study 46-6211
Study of the important steps in the de-
velopment of the child's life, during the years
from five to ten. The distinctive traits of each
year are brought out. The volume supple-
ments an earlier one: Infant and Child in the
Culture of Today (Book Review Digest 1943).
For both parents and teachers. Bibliography.
Index.
Reviewed by Gerald Hill
Book Week p6 Ag IS '46 360w
Booklist 43:5 3 '46
Bookmark 7 3 N '1C
"Rewarding, for parents and teachers. .
This should prove a most welcome aid."
-f Kirkus 14:218 My 1 '46 130w
"Highly recommended." A. I. Bryan
-f Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Catherine MacKenzie
N Y Times p6 Ag 11 '46 1150w
New Yorker 22:101 S 7 '46 120w
"Though written for the student the authors
have managed to set down their findings in
fairly simple form. The intelligent layman, I
should say, can learn much from the book, and
I think a good many parents will." J. H.
Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Agr 13 '46
650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:162 D '46
GHISELIN, BREWSTER. Against the circle.
87p $2 Button
811 46-1761
Collection of poems by an American author
and painter, who is now assistant professor
of English at the University of Utah.
"Its too soon to say whether this young man
will join the cataleptic school of modern poets
who express what they have to say in spasms
and rigidity, often quite effective; or whether
his not inconsiderable lyric gift will determine
his later work. But he is someone to watch."
Kirkus 14:85 F 15 '46 80w
"Mr. Ghiselin is a painter, too, and this is
perhaps a clue to both his weakness and his
strength as a poet. He has a sensitive eye, and
most of the poems in this volume are careful
observations of sensuous detail expressed with
precision and taste. For he has a sensitive ear
as well, and he has encouraged it with an evi-
dent study of prosody. He lacks, however, the
passionate conviction that makes competent
poetry meaningful." Claude Fredericks
*^ NY Times p37 Mr 31 '46 320w
"The best in this book is a poetic achieve-
ment of no mean quality; the weaknesses I
am sure Mr. FQhiselin] will master or out-
grow. For all his experimenting, he is at heart
a traditionalist— and of the high tradition of
fine and enduring poetry." S. H. Hay
H Sat R of Lit 29:11 Mr 23 '46 400w
QIBBINGS, ROBERT. Blue angels and whales;
a record of personal experiences below and
above water; with il. by the author. 153p $3
Dutton [12s 6d Dent]
597 Fishes. Coral reefs and islands 46-11826
"The author of 'Sweet -Thames Run Softly,'
'Coming Down the Wye/ and 'Lovely Is the
Lee' now takes his drawing board underwater to
represent the weird, colorful life that builds and
inhabits the reefs of Tahiti, Bermuda and the
Red Sea. His personal observations through the
window of a diving helmet are interspersed with
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GIBBINGS, ROBERT— Continued
local anecdotes and quotations from profes-
sional naturalists. Many of the drawings were
made on sheets of celluloid-like xylonite on the
floor of the ocean; this technique unfortunately
precluded the use of color, which is so salient
a feature of tropical marine life." (Common-
weal) Bibliography
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p5 N 24 '46 400w
Booklist 43:113 D 15 '46
Reviewed by Eric Forbes- Boyd
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 11 '46
420w
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"Gibbings' approach is essentially that of the
amateur, seeking not so much to satisfy his
readers* curiosity as to stimulate interest in
a fascinating hobby; he does not, for example,
caption his graceful drawings of individual fish
and growths, although these can sometimes
be identified from the text." David Burnham
4- Commonweal 45:213 D 6 '46 200w
"Another lovely book — and a surely popular
gift book which his earlier readers will want."
+ Kirkus 14:532 O 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. C. Manley
Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 70w
"Gibbings has the art in him to make de-
lightful a variety of excursions, and some of
that art is evident here. But on the whole the
book is a hodge-podge, with notebook entries,
anecdotes which do not always have much
point, and quotation after quotation from books
and memoirs of those who went before him. . ,
Only occasionally are there flashes of the Gib-
bings who made so many friends with 'Lovely
Is the Lee/ As when he likens the ease and
grace of fish in the water to the grace of birds
in the air. . . The Gibbings illustrations are
all in black and white, and a good many of
them are rather conventional. One is reminded
of the vivid color in the pictures Chris Olsen
painted under water off Bermuda and off the
Florida Keys, but the present examples fail
to catch that mood. It's a bit like writing
a book on rainbows and gems and illustrating
it in black and white." Hal Borland
N Y Times p56 N 17 '46 450w
"Readers are entitled to expect luminous
prose from Robert Gibbings, and in this, as in
his other books, they will not search In vain.
The haunting sentence is to be found here
and there throughout the text; a paragraph or
two may comprise so terse and enchanting a
description that its spell expands, to tempt one
to turn back and to read the pages again. . .
Unfortunately, these high spots prove, in flint-
lock language, to be only flashes in the pan.
They are certainly not followed by any sus-
tained fire of musketry." R. C. Murphy
Weekly Book Review p32 D 8 '46
700w
WIs Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
GIBBONS, STELLA (MRS ALLAN BOURNE
WEBB). Gentle powers [Eng. title: West-
wood; or. The gentle powers]. 335p $2.76
Dodd [10s 6d Longmans]
46-7633
Margaret Steggles, a young English school
teacher held down by her mother, longs for a
fuller life. When she finds a ration book be-
longing to the wife of a famous artist, and
returns it, she is drawn into a different kind
2f JIfe which fills her with enchantment at
first. But disillusionment follows.
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Wjeek p3 N 17 '46 500w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
"Done with perception and irony it is a
tale of contemporary English life that has
warmth and charm plus a memorable style."
-f N Y Times p22 O 20 '46 270w
"It is a credible, and even Intelligent, pic-
ture of people who are more preoccupied with
ttfceir own concerns — love affairs, Jobs, and
housekeeping problems — than with the tragedy
of war."
New Yorker 22:115 O 26 '46 90w
" 'Cold Comfort Farm' devotees will be dis-
appointed. By now, Miss Gibbons must suffer
from this constant deprecating comparison, like
a mother with one unusual, precocious offspring
who continually overshadows the quiet, worthy
members of her brood. . . Since 'The Gentle
Powers' is quiet and competent, it is perhaps
ungrateful to expect more." R. C. Bene"t
Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 2 »46 650w
"The book is, an excellent study in growth.
Margaret, however, is Miss Gibbons' s one solid
character here: the rest are sketches, often
shrewd and generally amusing (though the
playwright comes near burlesque at times),
but conceived less as human being. s than as
necessary figures in a planned landscape. The
scene is London in war-time; the news, the
dangers and the discomforts are there, but
they are not allowed to dominate the story."
-f Times fLondonl Lit Sup p56t N 16
'4G 320w
" 'The Gentle Powers' is a lively and sensi-
tive novel, deceptively easier to read than to
interpret, full of neatly drawn portraits, wise
observations and an occasional fearless fac-
tualism. . . There is something both refreshing
and oddly disconcerting about these war-time
novels as, one after another, they come out
of post-war England. They do not exalt war;
still less do they debunk it as an earlier gen-
eration of novelists did after ten years of
waiting. Their attitude is at once less definite
and more damning; it is almost as if they
are at pains to snub the war, as part of the
only English recipe for making victory civ-
ilized." James Hilton
-f Weekly Book Review p3 O 13 '46 650w
GIBBS, LELAND EDWARD. Cold working of
brass; with special reference to cartridge
(70-30) brass. 104p 11 $2 Am. soc. for metals
673 Metal work. Brass 46-4613
"In part, this book covers a subject in which
the technical literature is deficient; the cold
working of copper alloys, the difficulties en-
countered, and remedial suggestions. One al-
loy only, 70% copper and 30% zinc. Is con-
sidered, but that alloy is widely used for deep
drawing purposes. The relationship between
cold working, heat treatment, and grain size is
adequately discussed, and the importance of the
latter in connection with further cold working
is emphasized. . . The manufacture of 20 mm.
cartridge cases is used as an example of deep
drawing, and the various stages of manufac-
ture including deep drawing1, annealing-, and
the microstructure at various locations in the
cartridge are discussed at length." TJ S Quar-
terly Bkl
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 70w
"The subject is well covered from a metal-
lurgical viewpoint. There is, however, little in-
formation on the mechanical processes or types
of machines or equipment used. Several pages
of color photomicrographs are included in the
book."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:156 Je '46 240w
GIBBS, SIR PHILIP HAMILTON. Through the
storm. 369p $2.75 Doubleday [10s 6d Hutch-
insonl
46-2641
Story of three New Englanders, the Hamble-
dons, all of whose lives are changed by the
war. One of the brothers who was In Paris be-
fore the fall of France, Joins the Maquis; the
pacifist brother joins the American army after
Fearl Harbor; and their sister Joins the Red
Cross.
"The book serves a good purpose in remind-
ing us that at no time during the war were
most Americans too sure of Just what it was
they were fighting for. It's diverting reading
for those who like a comfortable sprinkling
of current events in their fiction." E. D.
-f Book Week p!9 Mr 31 '46 140w
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309
Cath World 163:284 Je '46 200w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 23
'46 450w
"The characters are types — the plot is fa-
miliar formula, maintaining the dull realism of
previous opi."
— Kirkus 14:44 F 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p26 Ap 21 '46 120w
"It's a good old reliable record Sir Philip
has put on, and if the familiar tune sends
you into a mild doze, it will, on the other
hand, do you no harm."
New Yorker 22:89 Mr 30 '46 120w
Reviewed by John Hampson
Spec 175.92 Jl 27 '45 180w
f imes [London] Lit Sup p365 Ag 4 '45
360w
"Philip Gibbs has elected to place his story
against a chronologic background, from the
break-through of the Germans at Sedan to the
fighting around Aachen. That he had done
such a good job of it is a tribute at least to
his energy. 'Through the Storm* does not soar,
but it certainly travels. . . Too often on the
page, however, Mr. Gibbs' writing lies flat —
a virtue in toothpaste but not a merit in
print." George Conrad
_| Weekly Book Review plO Ap 21 '46
500w
GIBBS, WILLA. Tell your sons; a novel of the
Napoleonic era. 525p $3 Farrar, Straus
Napoleon I, emperor of the French — Fic-
tion 46-7450
T^ong historical novel based upon the times
of Napoleon, and taking as its central point
the personal hold which Napoleon had over
the men and women connected with him. A
young French lieutenant of good family, Paul
d'Aunay is the chief character. The story
traces Paul's career in love and war, as he
follows his revered leader, Napoleon
Reviewed by E. K. Leisy
Book Week p2 N 17 '46 360w
Booklist 43:86 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor plG N 16 '46
600W
"1 liked this as well as any novel of the
Napoleonic era that has come this way for
some time. One senses throughout the power-
ful hold of one man's personality — his danger-
ous fascination for those who served with
him. . . A good story — for Napoleon fans and
others."
-f Kirkus 14:306 Jl 1 '46 210w
"In her characterization of Napoleon Miss
Gibbs surprisingly drops all pulp fiction pro-
cedures, and emerges, if only briefly, as an
unexpectedly good writer; her vision is cer-
tainly genuine, sometimes almost profound.
However, praise should go to the author as an
honest researcher, rather than as a talented
creator. Once again in literature one finds a
man, a symbol, that expresses infinitely more
than the writer intended. Napoleon seems,
moreover, to have lent Miss Gibbs the
illusion of clarity and passion — which were
his gifts to those who knew him. All that
has value in this novel belongs to the Kmperor
of the French. What does not concern him is
lifeless and tiresome." Patricia Blake
4 NY Times p20 O 13 '46 500w
"The reader, making up his own mind, will
like one aspect or another of the novel, as
readers have always had the right to do. For
myself, however, it's the psychological side
' of 'Tell your Sons' that interested me most
and that seems to me the point where Miss
Gibbs most nearly attained her objective. Using
the curious, master-man relationships be-
tween Napoleon and d'Aunay to bring out
Napoleon himself in higher relief is a first-
rate idea. Miss Gibbs chose an excellent way
to present the contradictory puzzle that is any
great man." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 O 10 '46
800w
" 'Tell your Sons' is a novel in the roman-
tic manner, with the sweep of scene, episode
and adventure that is inherent in its theme.
It moves swiftly across most of the map of
Europe and years as fateful as our own.
Miss Gibbs is to be welcomed as a story-
teller. Moreover, her courage in attempting
a portrait of Napoleon through the eyes of
one who served him results in a fresh, if
romantic, picture of the enigmatic leader and
an interesting exploration of the hold of one
man over others." Mary Ross
4- Weekly Book Review plO O 20 '46
750w
GIBBS, WOLCOTT. Season in the sun, and
other pleasures. 358p $2.75 Random house
818 Dramatic criticism 46-8342
Selections from the author's contributions to
The New Yorker over a period of years, but
almost entirely from his second decade with
that periodical.
"As a social commentator he is perhaps with-
out the warm sympathy of E. B. White, but
he Is no less the wielder of the telling cut,
the mental wit, the champion of the civilized
simplicity and these articles, even if read be-
fore, have the power to create a complete en-
joyment for the reader."
4- Kirkus 14:378 Ag 1 '46 120w
"It is no secret by now that Mr. Gibbs has
one of the most formidable pens in the busi-
ness, and this new volume offers it at its
smooth and amusing best. As historian of the
theatre, where such things are usual, as well
as sometime contributor everywhere else in
the pages of The New Yorker, Mr. Gibbs has
met some very pretty bubbles. That few of
them remained bubbles afterward, becoming
blobs instead, is the result of an approach ana
style which are midway between a leer and
the deep wound of a stiletto." Lewis Nichols
4- N Y Times p3 N 24 '46 1200w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 3 '46
330w
"It takes a book like 'Season in the Sun1
to restore your faith in anthologies." Richard
Match
4- Weekfy Book Review p8 D 8 '46 700w
GIBSON, MRS JEWEL. Joshua Beene and God.
238p $2.50 Random house
46-7181
Character study of a Texas prophet, Jus-
tice of the peace, and president of the school
board, whose conferences with God usually
ended in triumph for Uncle Josh. Since Ije was
adept at gaining his own ends, Uncle Josh
held the village down to his own advantage
until the last moment when he put on a purple
robe and went away to meet God.
"The earthy talk of the characters has no
burlesque in it. Mrs. Gibson has skill in the
art of writing, above all she has that vitality
that makes the writing easy and delightful
reading." J. F. Dobie
4- Book Week p4 O 13 '46 320w
"It is more a character study than a novel,
'character' in the sense of the odd, the amus-
ing, the different."
Kirkus 14:309 Jl 1 '46 160w
"Humorous — but surprisingly reverent. Many
will like it." J. E. Cross
-f Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 140w
"Mrs Gibson's novel is full of false starts
and dead-end sub-plots, and never quite settles
down to a consistent vi«w of its prophet,
whether as religious bigot or lovable old cur-
mudgeon. The picture of Joshua Beene brow-
beating the Almighty, funny at first, rapidly
becomes grotesque. There is enough folk-
humor and poetry in this story to indicate that
Mrs Gibson could write an excellent novel of
Texas religion; but 'Joshua Beene' is not it."
Richard Match
N Y Times p20 O 6 '46 290w
"The book is not well written, but it is easily
read."
New Yorker 22:125 O 5 '46 lOOw
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GIBSON, JEWEL — Continued
"It is a good story, and gives insight into
the methods of prophets and the reasons why
they have always been such nuisances." Phil
Stong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:48 O 12 '46 490w
"This is Jewel Gibson's first novel and it is
an excellent one, a first-class piece of Ameri-
cana, a superb satire on the ultimate degenera-
tion of anthropomorphism." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review p6 O 13 '46 800 w
G I DOING, NELSON. End over end. 298p $2.50
46-6986
A young American flier, captured and thrown
into Jail by the Germans in Italy, relives inci-
dents of his past life while he speculates on
his present position and his possible future.
Kirkus 14:301 Jl 1 '46 160w
"Happy welding of direct writing technique
with a result not for the squeamish. Written
secretly during author's months in prison.
Recommended." R. E. Kingery
-|- Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
"Like his hero, Dale Stribling, Mr. Gidding
was himself a flier and a prisoner of war; cer-
tainly his account of Stribling' s prison experi-
ence has the ring of authenticity. But al-
though there is no doubt that a similar
autobiographical accuracy operates through
the rest of Mr. Gidding' s novel, it does not
give it a similar substance. Unlike the prison
scenes, the flashbacks to Stribltng's life before
the war swing no natural or contrived dra-
matic weight. Indeed, in their closeness to
their source in Mr. Gidding' s own experience
they seem only egotistical — an inflation, by
means of pretentious prose, of lamentably thin
material." Diana Trilling
— Nation 163:386 O 6 '46 SOOw
"The author writes with a very evident
talent which would be even more compulsive
if it were less frequently strained. The fresh-
ness, the sharpness, the genuine goodness of
much of the phrasing is not negated, but it is
somewhat blurred, by a tendency to be smart,
or daring, or flip." R. S.
.] NY Time* p24 S 15 '46 550w
"A vigorous and quite interesting chronicle."
•f New Yorker 22:109 3 14 '46 50w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 6 '46
SOOW
"Mr. Gidding's is simply another war book.
It says what they have all said and adds very
little that Is new. The only suggestion at
continuity is Dale's constant apprehension con-
cerning his fate. Perhaps to compensate for
its other weaknesses, the story ruthlessly
makes use of the weapons of realism: un-
pleasant shock, license of expression, telling
all merely because it happened." A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:8 S 7 '46 400w
"To put it simply and exactly, Nelson
Gidding is a novelist of unusual power and
skill, and 'End Over End' is as fine a first
novel as has been published in America in
several seasons. Mr. Gidding's range is re-
markable: he moves unerringly among the
dark and the violent, the fantastic and the
sentimental, from uninhibited farce to un-
sparing tragedy, and always with a vigor that
compels as it convinces." William Abrahams
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 8 '46 1200w
GIFFORD, WILLIAM ALVA. Story of the
faith; a survey of Christian history for the
undogmatic. 622p maps 16 Macmillan
270 Church history 46-6234
"The history of the Christian faith is out-
lined step by step beginning with Judaism,
and continuing through the life of Jesus, the
history of the early church, the development
of the Church of Rome, century by century;
the Reformation and its aftermath of religious
revolution, the effect of modern philosophy and
science, and the challenge of Communism and
Nazism." (Kirkus) The author is professor of
church history and of the history of religions
in the United Theological college, Montreal.
Index.
"This book is for the reader who wants a
rapidly moving narrative with a thoughtful
and consistent presentation from a single view-
point and only incidental allusions to differing
views. That is the reason why 'dogmatists1
and others who hold those views will not be
altogether happy about it. It suits me. And
even those readers who most vehemently dis-
sent from some of the judgments expressed
can scarcely withhold their admiration of the
compact, incisive and flowing style in which
the book is written. It is good reading," W.
E. Garrison
+ Christian Century 63:1311 O 30 '46
1200w
Reviewed by P. J. Moore
Churchman 160:15 D 1 '46 240w
"It is a well-written, consistent and compre-
hensive history of the church. The author
is an out-and-out liberal Protestant and his
point of view is reflected throughout. At the
end the author rejects Catholicism and funda-
mentalism as vital factors in the future of
Christian faith. Though the volume will elicit
sharp disagreement at many points and from
different sources, it is thought-provoking and
interesting."
H Kirkus 14:499 O 1 '46 170w
"A young lady read Kenan's 'Life of Jesus,'
breathlessly, 'to see how it would end.' I had
the same feeling with this volume. It started
with a magnificent promise: in the last chap-
ter. The Valley of Decision, would the author
bring us a definite message? Alas! The answer
is equivocal. Gifford destroys the faith of the
fundamentalists — who, by the way, are not all
millennialists. But he has no substitute, except
Rousseau's Confession of Faith of a Savoyard
Vicar, made a little more respectable with a
touch of Kantism. He spurns theology and ec-
clesiasticism; yet he concludes that the
churches are indispensable. Then let us seek
our guidance in the churches, not in undog-
matic religion." Albert Guerard
Nation 163:587 N 23 '46 750w
GILBERT, ANTHONY. See Malleson, K B.
GILBERT, GLEN ALEXANDER. Air traffic
control; 11. by John Sebastian. 274p $5 Ziff-
Davis
629.1366 Air traffic control 45-6413
"The purpose of air traffic control is to
prevent aircraft collisions and to secure safe
landings. An elaborately outlined, authorita-
tive survey, adequately illustrated, is here
presented of the procedures and methods of
control now followed in the United States by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Needed im-
provements in the system, based largely upon
air traffic predicted for 1950, are outlined in
some detail. The need of fundamental re-
search and development on ground-operated
automatic controls and on collision -warning
devices in the aircraft is indicated." U S
Quarterly Bkl
Booklist 42:159 Ja 15 '46
"The treatment is free of highly technical
details and can be readily followed by general
readers interested in the subject."
-f U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:68 Mr '46 170w
GILBERT, HELEN EARLE. Mr Plum and the
little green tree: pictures by Margaret Brad-
fleld. [32p] $1.75 Abingdon-Cokesbury
46-26272
Picture story book about a little green tree
which grew at the intersection of two busy
city streets, and of the old man who loved
the tree and saved it from being cut down.
For grades two and three.
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:461 N '46 80w
KlrkUi 14:883 Ag 15 '46 90w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
311
"Charming: story -telling- style and full -page
pictures In soft, pleasing colors by Margaret
Bradfield make it a worthwhile book for the
read-aloud age and for the second- and third-
graders to read for themselves." N. L. Rath-
bun
+ Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 70w
"Charmingly illustrated, this story should be
popular with 4-to-7 year old children." R. A.
Gordon
4- N Y Times p!4 S 29 '46 150w
Reviewed by Dorothy Peterson
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
80w
Weekly Book Review p9 N 10 '46 270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
GILBERT, JANE. Imps and angels; il. by
Nedda Walker. 179p $2 Dutton
46-6545
Lincoln, England, in the thirteenth century
is the scene of this story for eleven to thirteen
year olds. Hugh is the son and grandson of
stonecutters, and wants to aid in the building
of Lincoln cathedral. There is a mystery, too,
to keep the story moving.
"Eight to 12 year olds will read this book
with great interest." Martha King
-f Book Weak p9 O 6 '46 90w
Booklist 43:74 N 1 '46
"There is a slight mystery, faithful guard-
ing of a secret, Joy in beautiful figures carved
in stone, admiration of gorgeous color in glass
windows. All is seen through the eyes of two
mischievous boys about to make choice of their
life calling. A well-made, well-illustrated book."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:470 N '46 140w
"Exciting and well-written story. Through
the adventures of eleven-year-old Hugh and
his family and friends are unfolded many
fascinating details of medieval life. Although
the book is crowded with information, the
characters are alive and develop naturally;
plot moves swiftly and the mystery upon which
the story hinges is fairly plausible. Attrac-
tive make-up." M. A. Herr
4- Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 lOOw
"This is a religious book, breathing a simple
faith untouched by bigotry. It is also a vivid
picture of life in a medieval artisan family, a
close-knit, loving group whose members are
real and likable. Hugh is honest, inquisitive
and impulsive, as prone to get into scrapes as
any American Huck Finn. His adventures in
the half-built cathedral make a pleasant story
for readers of 10 to 14. Nedda Walker's draw-
ings are delightful." N. B. Baker
-}- N Y Times p22 S 22 '46 170w
Reviewed by E. B. Schilpp
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
lOOw
"The story is touched with a humor that
makes it seem contemporary. The black and
white illustrations are unusually good."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
3ILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK. Gil-
bert and Sullivan songs for young people;
selected and arranged by Margaret Bush;
introd. and notes by J. R. de la Torre Bueno,
jr; designed and il. by Erna M. Karolyi.
(Whittlesey house publication) 71p $2.75 Mc-
Graw
784 Songs
Words and music of nineteen ballads from
eleven of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, the
music arranged for quick reading. Each opera
is introduced by a brief synposis of the story.
For grades six to nine.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
"If you have not already discovered that
Gilbert's wit shines in rhymes and rhythms,
and that Sullivan's music has a bubbling
gayety, this volume is a good one for you to
use to play or sing from." H. F. Griswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 3 12 '46
140w
+ Kirkus 14:251 Je 1 '46 120w
"Brief introductory notes and lively, decora-
tive Illustrations by Erna Karolyi emphasize
the piquant fun and rhythm of these gay melo-
dies and should incite interest in the complete
operas." E. M. Gordon
-f- Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"The accompaniments are so simple that the
music sounds thin, but this is more than com-
pensated for by the fact that they are easy to
figure out. The songs are always charming, and
the words, written in Queen Victoria's glorious
days, achieve as ever the unusual feat of being
both gay and respectable." MarJorie Fischer
-f- N Y Times p33 Je 16 '46 180w
Reviewed by Reta Van Straaten
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
120w
"When this handsome book gets into the
family circle it will certainly suspend other
proceedings for as long as it takes to play
through and sing nineteen of the best beloved
songs from Gilbert and Sullivan ever-blooming
operas. The music is easy enough for any-
body to play who ever 'took piano.' . . Mr.
Bueno's comments are crisp and Gilbertian."
+ Weekly Book Review plO My 19 '46
180W
Wis Lib Bui 42:116 Jl '46
GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK. H. M.
S. Pinafore. See Wheeler, O.
GILKEY, JAMES GORDON. When, life gets
hard. 138p $1.50 Macmillan
248 Christian life 45-9947
"Reconversion from war to peace is essen-
tially a spiritual matter that concerns civilian
and service men alike. The book redirects those
whose personal lives are stymied by disillu-
sionment, uncertainty, frustration, faltering
faith, and grief. Twelve chapters deal with 12
critical personal problems in plain, homey,
heart-to-heart talks." Churchman
Booklist 42:177 F 1 '46
Christian Century 63:81 Ja 16 '46 70w
Reviewed by W. F. Thompson
Churchman 160:15 F 15 '46 60w
"The author's concern is that 'those who
read these chapters will remember that they
aim to be practical and helpful rather than
academic.' That they prove to be both prac-
tical and helpful is the result of the timeli-
ness of the issues and the great good sense
of the author. . . The language is clear and
devoid of a technical terminology; the reader
is adressed directly and informally; pertinent
illustrative material is used to advantage. The
greatest merit of the book is its genuine
practicality. Everywhere is evidence of a wis-
dom gained over long years of pastoral ex-
perience in dealing with personal problems
in all their variety and uniqueness. While
he says much that is capable of bringing both
inspiration and confidence, yet the realism and
directness of Dr. Gilkey's treatment prevent"
a 'pep- talk* approach: the dominant note
throughout is one of courage and hope. . .
While the treatment is strident in parts, yet
withal It is well balanced and open to imme-
diate application as a help to the multitudes
for whom life, in time of postwar adjustment
as in wartime itself, is indeed hard. R. M.
Murphy
_j Crozer Q 23:391 O .'46 500w
"Extremely practical and helpful sermons."
-f- Klrku« 13:513 N 16 '45 270w
"These chapters . . . are filled with practical
encouragement for times of tension, and in
stressing opportunities to the community the
author used local examples. 'When Life Gets
Hard' offers help and stimulation for ordinary
people in their every- day lives. Appended is an
index of references and acknowledgements."
D. B. B.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d D 2 '45 180w
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GILL, TOM. No place for women. 220p $2 Put-
nam
46-3065
Story of romance and adventure in the
rubber country in South America.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p6 Ap 28 '46 200w
Klrkus 14:160 Ap 1 '46 90w
4 'This is a light novel and a natural for the
movies, preferably In Technicolor." I. A.
N Y Times p!6 My 12 '46 90w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 28 '46
140w
GILLIGAN, EDMUND. I name thee Mara
429p $3 Scribner
"Tale of two pairs of brothers, their two
fishing schooners and the working out of then-
destinies in the Northwest Atlantic. The sea
provides a mirror which reflects both bright
and dark sides of the human spirit so that
this, like Moby Dick, is considerably more
than just a sea story." Labrary J
Book Week p6 O 27 '46 140p
Booklist 43.86 N 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Sea story to stand on the shelf alongside
of the best of Conrad and Melville . . Full
of suspense and action and told with such
beauty of expression as to make the reading
an unforgettable experience More than rec-
ommended!" R. F. Kingery
-f Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 llOw
"At times, Mr. Gilligan writes about his
incredible creatures with baffling compression,
at others, with an unusually watery Celtic
fancy. There are a few passages of clean,
strong descriptive prose, particularly in storm
scenes, but like the current slang and the
references to phonographs and flashlights and
the first World War, they come as something
of a shock amid the antiquated deeds, the
' 'Uses' and ' 'twases' and 'ayes.' " Donald
Barr
— NY Times p24 O 13 '46 700w
"Authorities on seafaring will have to pass
judgment on the extent of Mr. Gilligan's
nautical knowledge, but any layman who can
distinguish between a subject and a predicate
may reasonably complain of his strange and
highfalutin prose."
New Yorker 22:133 O 19 '46 90w
"It is all moving and dramatic and highly
charged; and one comes to feel that Mr. Gil-
ligan has crowded too much into his novel.
Too much symbolism, too many correspondences
of twentieth-century fishermen to too many
ancient myths. The result is murky and mag-
nificent. And credible Gloucester men become
shadows against cloud and water." Walter
Havighurst
^ Sat R of Lit 29:13 O 26 '46 G50w
"Written consistently in a high key of
romance and mystical unreality, this book's
sheer narrative power carries it through a
maze of psychological outbursts cast around
a slender plot and brings it forward to cer-
tain tragic and substantial conclusions. Jn
'I Name Thee Mara' the author of half a
dozen successful sea novels has gone Herman
Melville on us with a vengeance. . . And make
no mistake about it, this story is well told,
although it is based on a nautical impossibility;
it is enough to raise the hair on the reader's
head. . . The fact remains, however, that this
is a remarkable book. Something is churning
furiously in the author's mind, the Tightness
of human conduct, the ultimate truth of life,
and he puts it before us in a perfect turmoil
of words." Lincoln Colcord
_j Weekly Book Review p!4 N 17 '46
1200w
GILLIN, JOHN LEWIS. Criminology and
penology, 3d ed 61Bp $4.60 Appleton-Century
364 Crime and criminals. Prisons 45-9285
A new edition of a textbook first published
in 1926. and revised in 1935 (See Book Review
Digest 1926, 1935). "All material pertinent to
the present situation found in previous edi-
tions has been preserved in the present edi-
tion, although for the most part it has been
rewritten. The results of the author's studies
of the penal systems in other countries of the
world reported in the previous edition have
been retained with such modifications as have
occurred since. In addition, his more recent
studies of penology in Mexico and Guatemala
and the published reports of others in coun-
tries abroad have been drawn upon to com-
plete the picture." (Pref to third edition)
"The volume under review is a revision in
part of the author's original work, and an at-
tempt to clarify and modernize certain sections
by inclusion of new material. In this reviewer's
judgment, the author has not succeeded in
presenting either a coherent, systematic, con-
sistent, or up-to-date summary of contemporary
crimmological or penological, to say nothing of
police, knowledge." J. P. Shalloo
— Am Soc R 11:374 Je '46 650w
Christian Century 62:1217 O 31 '45 50w
"In large part the work has been rewritten
and reorganized with benefit to its clarity.
The use of charts, maps, and pictographs adds
to its effectiveness. Footnote references take
the place of a special bibliography. Students
will, no doubt, appreciate the reduced bulk of
the Third Edition and the generally improved
form. It is a good, sober, orthodox text."
Albert Morris
-f Social Forces 24:478 My '46 270w
GILLMORE, MARGALO, and COLLINGE,
PATRICIA. The B.O.W.S. 173p il $2.50 Har-
court
940.5477873 Soldiers—- Entertainment. World
war, 1939-1945— Personal narratives, Amer-
ican 45-35239
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Bookmark 7 -10 Ja '40
Christian Science Monitor p!5 Mr 9 '46
40w
"Mainly a light and pleasantly written ac-
count of the experiences of this extraordinary
group on a special mission; to make their un-
usual audiences forget themselves and their
troubles for a while at least." P. T. Hartung
-f Commonweal 44:76 My 3 '46 450w
"Since my guess is that the craze for calling
everything by initials has gone almost far
enough, I'm afraid I had a certain mild ad-
vance prejudice against this account of Katha-
rine Cornell's wartime European tour in 'The
Barretts of Wimpole Street' merely because it
is called 'The B.O.W.S.' In addition, it was
my impression that narratives by popular ac-
tors about their adventures in bringing enter-
tainment to embattled G.I.'s tend to be, no
matter how worthy the actor, a little coy and
embarrassing. On two scores, therefore, I owe
Margalo Gillmore and Patricia Collinge a deep
apology. Theirs is a warm, winning, and
thoroughly delightful book, modest, decently
sentimental, and honestly moving. In its un-
pretentious way, it is an endearing work, and
one of lasting value." Richard Watts
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 F 2 '46 1200w
"Delightful reading . . . set down in lively
fashion."
•f Theatre Arts 30:127 F '46 160w
Wis Lib Bui 42:19 Ja '46
QILPATRIC, GUY. Flying stories. 387p $2.50
Dutton
46-1436
Seventeen short stories, all of them connected
in some way with aviation.
"Gilpatric obviously is too skilled a crafts-
man in the magazine- fiction genre to turn out
a completely dull or unreadable story, but
none of this collection approaches the high
gloss and guff aw- producing power of his Incn-
cliffe Castle gems. Persons engaged in the
aviation industry, or of that fraternity of in-
terested outsiders who love to hang around
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airports, will enjoy this book more than that
semi-mythical character, the general reader."
W. F. Morse
Book Week p6 Mr 3 '46 230w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
"Commercial property but entertaining."
-f Kirkus 14:42 F 1 '46 170w
"The stories range from the tragic ('The
Wing Walker') through the humorous ('The
Goddess and Private Gallagher') to fantasy
('The Devil Headed South'). All have the
authentic note of the old flying man and the
skill of the born story-teller. If there are any
old wing walkers left, they'll get a real boot
out of the stories dealing with aviation in its
pinfeather days." Frederick Graham
-f N Y Times p!4 Mr 31 '46 270w
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ap 14 '46
140w
GIONO. JEAN. Blue boy; tr. from the French
by Katherine A. Clarke. 251p $2.75 Viking
46-2802
A novel, autobiographical in part, which
pictures the life of a small French community
before the first World war. The tragedies and
comedies, the hopes and fears and loves and
hates are revealed as they appear to the eyes
of a small boy, son of the village cobbler.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p5 Ap 21 '46 660w
Kirkus 14:32 Ja 15 '46 180w
"For several years before the recent war
the fame of Jean Giono grew consistently
within a certain snobbish clique. To the Pari-
sian sophisticates the primitive naturism of
this poet of nature was most appealing. A self-
educated man who had feasted on Homer dur-
ing his adolescence, Giono chose to live among
the peasants in the sunny foothills of the Alps.
His many novels idealizing that life are satu-
rated with a rich poetry compounded of pro-
tracted, often charming images, a childlike
naivete" and an intoxication with words." Justin
O'Brien
N Y Times p5 Mr 24 '46 500w
"A series of more or less interrelated stories
set in Provence, Mr. Giono's homeland, that
remind me greatly of Sherwood Anderson's
'Winesburg, Ohio.' The stories are told, as
in Anderson, obliquely rather than directly,
and there is the same deceptive simplicity. . .
The translation, by Katherine Allen Clarke, is
a well-turned job. Those who are fed up with
synthetic nightmares, as I am, ought to wel-
come Mr. Giono's excursion into the open air."
Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:108 Ap 6 '46 450w
"It is a novel of great charm and imagina-
tive force. It seems to distill by some magic
the odors of the earth, of animals and men,
and to bring forth the essential qualities and
nature of the village and country folk who live
passionately in its pages. Giono is a great
prose poet of nature, as pagan as a faun."
Harrison Smith
-f Sat R of Lit 29:17 Mr 30 '46 lOOOw
Time 47:104 Ap 1 '46 440w
"While Giono is a gifted writer, tantalizingly
aware of the pulse of the human heart, he
does not integrate his work. Implicit in the lack
of shape and ordered progress of this book is
the author's essential anarchy." Virgilia Peter-
son
Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 24 '46 750w
GIORDANI, IGINO. St Paul, apostle and
martyr; tr. from the Italian by Mother
Clelia Maranzana, and Mother Mary Paula
Williamson. 286p $2.50 Macmillan
225.92 Paul, Saint 46-1836
A life of St Paul, written by an Italian Jour-
nalist connected with the Vatican library. The
book has a Catholic point of view. Index.
Reviewed by B. L. Conway
+ Cath World 163:372 Jl '46 250w
"The book is written for the general reader.
The author's first aim is to present Paul as
apostle and martyr and to incite the modern
Christian to the fullness of the Christian life.
At the same time it is the work of a scholar.
The book is given largely to the retelling of
the career and to a paraphrase of the letters,
with concluding chapters on the man, his work
and his thought. The edifying aim is achieved,
often eloquently. But with few exceptions the
successive lives of Paul that are written have
a certain sameness about them, whether as
regards the story or the insights." A. N.
Wilder
4- — Christian Century 63:841 Jl 3 '46 700w
"As a life of St. Paul it is engagingly and
imaginatively written; but it has clear marks
of its Roman origin throughout, and for this
reason can scarcely be commended to non -Ro-
mans without caution " F. J. Moore
h Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 200w
"There are numerous little gems in the book
describing Paul the Apostle. . . The Epistles
of Saint Paul are handled extremely well. They
are fitted into their historical setting and
synopsized expertly. In this way they are
spread throughout the book. Only two chap-
ters have a preponderance of doctrinal and
moral material which is, the author advises
us, Saint Paul's and not his own. Accordingly
the book can be read with fruit by the house-
wife and the businessman as well as by the
student and the theologian. Each will
inevitably be inflamed by Paul's love of
Christ." H. L. Brozowski
-f Commonweal 44:244 Je 21 '46 1200w
"While distinctive Catholic doctrine is in-
troduced occasionally, on the whole the ap-
proach is historical and biographical rather
than dogmatic. It therefore should have a
wider reading public than a theological work."
-J- Kirkus 14:99 F 15 '46 llOw
GIPSON, FRED. Fabulous empire; Colonel
Zack Miller's story; with an introd. by Donald
Day. 4 lip $3 Hough ton
976.6 101 ranch, Oklahoma. Miller family.
Miller, Zachary Taylor 46-6960
An account of the rise and decline of the
101 Ranch in Oklahoma, and of the family,
George Washington Miller and his sons, who
built it up, and finally lost it.
"There is something of an epic quality to the
story of this product of the Old Frontier strug-
gling in a mesh of modern-day entanglements,
legal as well as financial, against which the old
law of the six-shooter, under which he grew
up, could not prevail. Gipson makes the most
of the opportunity which this theme affords."
R S. Watson
+ Book Week p3 O 6 '46 320w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:216 My 1 '46 160w
"Interesting account of ranch life and cattle
country. Written in down-to-earth style. Will
appeal to lovers of things western." L. R.
Etzkorn
Library J 71:1047 Ag '46 lOOw
"The tetory of the Millers suffers the split of
the centuries. Before 1900 it was their world;
after 1900 the landscape is less rich and the
adventure somehow touched by showmanship.
But it is a fine story." Ernest Haycox
-f N Y Times p26 S 29 '46 800w
"Fred Gipson, the author, is a Texan with
a vast fund of ranch country idiom and a flair
for anecdote; the book is rich in both. Best
of all, Mr. Gipson avoids literary flights and
tells the story as it should be told — as an old
cowman might tell it as he perched on the
corral fence and whittled a pine stick." A. R.
Bo.sworth
-H San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 22 '46
850w
"An exceedingly fast-moving, anecdote -
packed tale, possibly a bit self-consciously
salty, written in a rawhide style larded with
phrases out of the Southwest vernacular. Mr.
Gipson's prose has a world of zing; the dis-
criminating may wonder whether his frequent
use of 'like* as a conjunction is necessary for
verisimilitude, but, since such use is un-
doubtedly the custom In the speech of the
folks out in God's country, perhaps he is
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OIPSON, FRED— Continued
fully justified. . . Colonel Zack adds a few
new sidelights, and gives a slightly different
version to some old ones, but his fresh con-
tributions are of no great Importance." Stanley
^ Weekly Book Review p22 O 6 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
GIPSON, LAWRENCE HENRY. British empire
before the American revolution; v 6; The
great war for the Empire; the years of de-
feat, 1754-1767. 501p maps $7.60 Knopf
942.07 Great Britain—History-- 18th cen-
tury. Great Britain— Colonies. U.S.— History
— Colonial period. France — Colonies
(36-20870)
This sixth volume of the author's monu-
mental historical work is concerned with the
perilous situation of the English speaking
people in North America during the first three
years of the French and Indian war. For earlier
volumes see Book Review Digest, 1936, 1940,
1942.
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week p!5 Ap 7 '46 430w
"It is impossible, within the scope of a brief
review, to discuss all of the superior qualities
of Dr. Gipson's work. His description of the
Braddock campaign, in which he praises Brad-
dock's competence and places much of the
blame for the disastrous rout on the shoulders
of Colonel Gage, is an unusually capable job.
To perceive that the author Is equally compe-
tent on the sea, the reader needs only to turn
to the account of Admiral Boscawen s failure
to prevent French reinforcements from reach-
ing Canada in the summer of 1755. The ap-
praisal of Governor Shirley's leadership is clear,
forceful, and interesting." R. A. Brown
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 6
146 600w
"Professor Gipson's colleagues, from the pub-
lication of his first volume, have urged the
general public not to be alarmed by the scale
of his work, by its professional air and its
critical apparatus, by its lack of deliberate
literary embellishments. This injunction should
be repeated. Professor Gipson is not at all
hard reading-. His sixth volume is full of ma-
terial of the very greatest interest to a
thoughtful person today." Crane Brinton
-f N Y Times p7 Mr 3 '46 1700w
"Any volume on this period tends to arouse
comparison with that of Francis Parkman.
Gipson centers his interest on the British
colonies; Parkman on the French. Gipson has
the advantage of being able to examine the
result of sixty years more historical research
than was available to Parkman, but suffers
the real handicap of having more material to
compress into a coherent narrative. Unlike
Parkman, Gipson sometimes falls prey to the
eighteenth-century vice of unduly prolonging
a sentence. Nonetheless, Gipson's fundamental
clarity of organization, his careful analysis of
the major factors, and his sense of the drama-
tic enable him, like Parkman, to hold the
reader's attention and frequently to fire his
imagination." L. A. Harper
-j Pol Sci Q 61:466 S '46 550w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:117 Je '46 240w
Reviewed by Carl Bridenbaugh
Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 10 '46
1300w
"Gipson's theme, which emerges more clearly
in this sixth than in earlier volumes, is
nothing less than the reinterpretation of the
American Revolution from a Tory point of
view. . . Up to this point in its progress, the
execution of the work scarcely equals the
grandeur of its author's aim. He appears to
lack the ability to see the whole of a
situation as a clear-minded, unexcited, and
practical man of affairs." Stanley Pargellis
Yale R n s 36:186 autumn '46 700w
OIPSON, MORRELL. City country ABC; pic-
tures by Leonard Weisgard. (Picture ok)
[48p] 50c Garden City pub. co.
" 'A is for apple. In the city, Bobby finds
one on the fruit stand. In the country, Billy
picks one from a tree.' So runs this ABC. A
separate page for each letter for city and
country, pictured in poster style by Leonard
Weisgard." Library J
"An excellent ABC book with ingenious
contrast of city and country customs and with
spirited, humorous pictures."
-f Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 20w
Klrkus 14:520 O 15 '46 90w
"Although not a necessary item there is a
nice idea of contrast between city and rural
life." F. W. Butler
+ Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
GIRVAN, MRS HELEN (MASTERMAN). Light
in the mill; il. by Joseph Hopkins, Jr. 246p
$2 Rinehart
46-6428
Mystery story for older girls.
"A charming story with an exciting plot,
this book is extremely well written in an easy
flowing style." A. P. Bennett
-f- Book Week p25 N 10 '46 220w
-f- Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 20w
"This book has an ingenious plot, boldly
drawn characters and a satisfactory solution
of the mystery." H. F. Griswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!3 N 21 '46
180w
"Girls will like the twittery plot, the art and
romance, family feuds, and cats — all of which
evolve gently toward the happy ending."
Kirkus 14:349 Ag 1 '46 120w
"A rather mild but fairly well written mys-
tery story with a well sustained plot, set in
French Canada. The interchange of identities
stretches the readers' credulity, as does an
incident about a doll filled with diamonds. Sat-
isfactory if another mystery story for the teens
is needed." Claire Nolte
H Library J 71:1546 N 1 '46 80w
GLASSER, OTTO. Dr W. C. Rontgen. 169p il
$4.50 Thomas, C.C.
B or 92 Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad 46-1564
"An important life of RBntgen by Dr. Glasser
appeared in German in 1931. This was trans-
lated into English in 1933, with an American
edition in 1934. The present shorter study is
based upon the author's comprehensive work,
and upon subsequent material unearthed by the
repercussion of the original volume upon the
medical world. It is a fitting memorial to the
fiftieth anniversary of Rttntgen's discovery ol
the X-ray on November 8, 1896." U S Quarterly
Bkl
"Dr. Glasser has produced a most sym-
pathetic and penetrating story of the discoverer
of X-rays, one that will prove most satis-
factory to many readers."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Ja '46 360w
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:24 Mr '46 200w
GLASSTONE, SAMUEL. Elements of physic**!
chemistry. 695p il $4.50 Van Nostrand
541.2 Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
46-4116
"This is an introductory textbook designed
not only for college students intending to
specialize in chemistry, but also for those who
are interested in other branches of science and
technology and need only an elementary knowl-
edge of physical chemistry. There is approxi-
mately one-half as much textual matter as in
the author's Textbook of Physical Chemistry
(1940). However, this book is not a condensa-
tion of the earlier work, but is a fresh treat-
ment of the subject from a more elementary
viewpoint. In many cases, the new work will
be more satisfactory for library use and ref-
erence because the exposition of basic laws
and phenomena is clearer." (N Y New Tech
Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 50w
N Y New Tech Bfct 31:5 Ja '46
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QLASSTONE. SAMUEL. Textbook of physical
chemistry. 2d ed 1320p 11 |9; reference ed $12
Van Nostrand
541 Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
46-5700
"Second edition revised to date contains prin-
ciples of physical chemistry and their applica-
tions. College text for more complete courses.
Important developments in thermochemistry.
electrochemistry, properties of solids, liquids
and erases, solutions, phase equilibria, rates
of reaction, catalysis, surface phenomena and
colloids are treated. Detailed discussions of
atomic structure and atomic spectra and radio-
active isotypes, including- the major new dis-
coveries published. Diagrams, tables, and ref-
erences." Library J
"This revised edition is to be welcomed be-
cause it has afforded the opportunity to
strengthen the weak points of the original text
and to introduce new material of interest. . .
Without meaning to detract at all from Dr.
Gladstone's book, the reviewer nevertheless
feels that this book is no substitute for the
specialized texts and monographs in various
fields of physical chemistry. . . [However] this
new edition will make an already established
text even more valuable to various classes of
readers." K. S. Pitzer
Chem &. Eng N 24:2552 3 25 '46 400w
"Glasstone's book is an extremely useful
text and has already made many friends. The
second edition will no doubt widen the audi-
ence of Glasstone's readers." P. C. Nachod
-f Chem Eng 53:298 O '46 150w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:37 Jl '46
GLATZER, NAHUM NORBERT, ed. In time
and eternity; a Jewish reader [the greater
part rendered into English by Olga Marx].
255p $2.75 Schocken bks.
892.4 Jewish literature — Collections
"An anthology of Jewish literature from the
2nd century to the 19th— from Talmud and
Midrash, from rabbinical responaa and Hassidic
legends, and many more classes of writings.
This collection, for the most part in short
selections, gives a good view of the varieties
of post-biblical Jewish literature. A useful
appendix describes the sources and gives brief
data about the authors." Christian Century
Christian Century 63:1536 D 18 '46 70w
"Of course you will have your difficulties
reading the book, its whole way of thinking
being as different from ours as it is. This
Juxtaposition of profundity and triteness, of
majesty and scurrility, sincerity and ambiguity
is something unusual to our orderly and sys-
tematic modern mind. The promise of mystic
readings should not give us the idea that we
will find parallels to Saint Teresa or Eckhart
or even Angelus Sileslus. Even their approach
to martyrdom— self-inflicted martyrdom—is so
different from our modern approach that we
will feel in a strange world of thought. . .
There Is a kind of smartness, a cold wit, some-
thing grotesque and illogical in many of these
writings — the counterpoint to the tragic sad-
ness of Jewish history and the unending bloody
persecutions to which this noble and restless
race has been put by godless and religious,
pagan and Christian, ancient and modern men
from Egypt and Assur down to Germany and
Poland. Don't miss this strange book." H. A.
Reinhold
•f Commonweal 45:356 Ja 17 '47 550w
- "This is a rich anthology, and it is very
attractive as to printing: and binding."
-f Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46 70w
GLEIT, MARIA, pseud. See Gleitsmann, H.
mother grieved until she almost lost her mind.
Niko was sent by the Red Cross to Switzer-
land where his bitterness gradually wore itself
out due to the understanding of his hosts. For
ages ten to fourteen.
Booklist 43:173 F 1 '47
"The story is told through charming dramatic
incident, as he lives with a happy family, learns
to know a girl his own age, and turns towards
a happier future. Well- sustained to the very
last page."
+ Kirkus 14:526 O 15 '46 120w
"This story of a child suffering from the war
and its aftermath is introspective and self-
analytical throughout, but because of its un-
usual subject deserves a place in larger collec-
tions." M. M. Clark
Library J 72:83 Ja 1 '47 70w
•Sat R of Lit 29:60 N 9 '46 30w
"Seldom does a book for children under four-
teen face so squarely a world problem of today
and bring it home to a young reader's sym-
pathies and imagination. The problem affects
children the world over." M. L. Becker
-f- Weekly Book Review plO D 8 '46 400w
GLEMSER, BERNARD. Love for each other.
331p $2.75 Creative age
Story of a Ixmdon family: the father was a
Russian; the mother French, and there were
five children. Rebellion came natural to all
of them, and in three of the young Cranes it
took a normal turn. But Paul, the oldest, it
turned into a revolting type of fascist, and in
time the corruption spread to the youngest
brother also. The scene is London and Paris.
N, HERTHA (MRS WALTHER
VICTOR) (MARIA QLEIT, pteud). Niko'a
mountains; il. by Mimi Korach. 269p $2.50
Scribner
Niko was a French-Armenian boy whose
father disappeared during the war, and whose
"Entanglements of a quixotic quintette, toned
down by writing in quieter terms."
4- Kirkus 14:231 My 15 '46 HOw
"Modern setting. Well written but of
limited appeal." Mary Clark
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 70w
"Because of the author's far from competent
handling of the mechanics of style, the book
reads curiously, at times, like a lending li-
brary romance — somewhat thin, distant and
predestined. . . When it rises above its sur-
face of commonplaceness, the plot is lurid and
dramatically forced. . . It's not a very success-
ful book. . . But it is a thoughtful try and
a non- commercial one, a strange little sport
not so much worth your approval as your
attention." B. V. Winebaum
(- N Y Times p!2 Je 30 '46 500w
"Mr. Glemser writes felicitously. With a few
deft lines he can sketch in a character, and
with easy multiplicity of incident he can fill
In with lights and shades until the character
is full -dimensioned. If anything, he is
felicitous to a fault, so that we sometimes
wish for a more intense examination of the
roots of character." N. L/. Rothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:23 Jl 6 '46 400w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 18 '46 240w
"More impressive, perhaps, than his fine
gift for narrative and characterization is
Bernard Qlemser's persuasiveness as a story-
teller. . . The note of melodrama on which
the book ends is extravagant, but Mr. Glem-
ser's skill as a story-teller makes it accep-
table." Rose Feld
H Weekly Book Review p4 Je 16 '46
700w
GLIDDEIM, FREDERICK DILLEY (LUKE
SHORT, pseud). Coroner creek. 222p $2 Mac-
millan
Western story.
"Good".
-f Kirkus 14:206 My 1 '46 80w
"A typical Western yarn— complete with
despicable heavy, brave hero, roaring six-guns
—and romance to round out the story." I. A.
N Y Time* p22 Jl 7 '46 ODw
316
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GLIDDEN, F. D.— Continued
"There's no dearth of gun -fighting, Indians
and other phenomena of the good old days in
this superior open-space thriller by one of the
leaders in his field." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 7 '46 90w
GLIDDEN, HORACE K., and others. Airports;
design, construction and management. 683p 11
$7 McGraw
629.136 Airports 46-7827
"Airport design is treated in a novel manner
in this book. Less than half of the text is a
concise discussion of such matters as site selec-
tion, topographic and soil surveys, grading,
drainage, pavements, lighting, buildings, and
traffic control. The remainder of the oook is
made up of 31 appendixes, which are largely
reproductions of publications of the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration relating to the preced-
ing text matter." (Eng N) Index.
"All illustrations are grouped in the back of
the book, which may have simplified the pub-
lisher's problem but is a very inconvenient ar-
rangement from the user's viewpoint. As most
of the appendixes are CAA detailed specifica-
tions for the design and construction of various
types of airport paving, the book is the most
comprehensive text yet published on that major
aspect of airport design."
-i Eng N 137:127 N 14 '46 200w
"Recommended." L. A. Bales
-f Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 140w
CLOVER, TERROT REAVELEY. Springs of
Hellas, and other essays; with a memoir
by S. C. Roberts. 210p $2.75 Macmillan [12s
6d Cambridge]
824 Rome — Civilization. Greece — Civilization
46-3081
Contents: Springs of Hellas; Savages; The
exiles; The welding of mankind; A quip of
Quintillan's; Polybius at Rome; Cicero among
his books; Prince of digressors; The mind of
St Paul. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 7 '46 140w
Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46
210w
Current Hist 10:132 Ag '46 50w
Reviewed by Gilbert Murray
Manchester Guardian p3 S 14 '45 850w
Reviewed by John Day
N Y Times p36 My 12 '46 450w
"To enjoy it you will have to know something
of classical languages and literature and of
ancient history; among people who have that
knowledge, it will not appeal to the solemn
pedants whom the Greeks called brass -
boweled." Elmer Davis
+ Sat R of Lit 29:19 Je 8 '46 800w
"The book consists of nine essays, all
scholarly and whimsical and thoroughly de-
lightful." H. W. Marr
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
480w
"To his friends — and there were far more
of them than he knew — to his readers in all
the world, and to all lovers of sensitive and
wide-ranging scholarship a new last book by
Terrot Reaveley Glover will bring: a rare and
deep emotion. There are few men whose pass-
ing leaves the world so obviously the poorer;
few, perhaps in Britain at present none, who
have so fully combined knowledge with imag-
ination, the power to visualize and interpret
the past with adequate understanding: of its
memorials."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p486 O 13 '45
2100w
GLUECK, NELSON. The river Jordan; being
^ illu^ate^a^c°Jlnt of e*rth'« most storied
river. 268p $3.50 Presbyterian bd.
956.9 Jordan river. Palestine— Description
and travel. Bible. Whole— Geography
46-2845
"After a preliminary survey the reader ia
taken on * personally conducted tour down the
river from its sources in the snows of Le-
banon and Hermon to the point where it
merges with the Dead Sea, with excursions
backward into history, biblical and other, as
points with historical associations come into
view. . . There are 113 pictures, including a
great number of views from the air which give
a vivid portrayal of the physical geography
of the area." Christian Century
Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 70 w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
"Expert scholarship, a sensitive appreciation
of scenic beauty and religious significance.
food writing and superb photography, all com-
ine to make this a completely satisfying ac-
count of 'the world's most storied river.' " W.
B. Garrison
-f Christian Century 63:626 My 15 '46
700w
"Dr. Glueck brings to this study sound
scholarship and a sympathetic religious spirit.
He can toll a story well; sometimes his sense
of the dramatic result^ in overwriting, but
he makes his characters live " G. R Stephen-
son
N Y Times p32 O 6 '46 GOOw
Reviewed by Norman Bentwich
Spec 177:712 D 27 '46 550w
"The reader will flrid this not only a book
of splendid photographs of the Jordan, but
albo a well-written authoritative record." C.
M. Sauer
+ Springfield Republican p6 S 13 '46 140w
"Throughout the text full use is made of
literary and archaeological data; personal
reminiscences of the author's recent experience
in archaelogiral exploration in the region en-
liven the book at many points. The 114 full-
page illustrations, many of them air views, are
a valuable aid to the descriptions."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2-215 S '46 260w
QLUECK, SHELDON. Nuremberg trial and
aggressive war. 12 Ip $2 Knopf
341 3 War crimes— Trials 46-5474
"A polemic on the trial, by a man who did
a lot of the preliminary work for Justice
Jackson. Dr Glueck, an authority on criminal
law, debates the question of whether it is a
crime, in the strictly legal sense, to wage ag-
gressive war, and comes to the conclusion
that 'the waging of an aggressive war is not
only unlawful but also criminal' (i.e., bad).
The book is helpful in explaining the ethic,
at least from the Anglo-American point of
view, of the affair at Nuremberg." (New
Yorker) No index.
Reviewed by K. C. Cole
Am Pol Sci R 40:120G D '46 1700w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 450w
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:269 Je 1 '46 80w
"Recommended for law. public and other
libraries interested in international relations
and political science." H. H. A. Bernt
-f- Library J 71:1047 Ag '46 lOOw
Reviewed by A. H. Pekelis
New Repub 115:232 Ag 26 '46 1900w
"A brilliant, scholarly, easily understandable
book which should be read by every intelligent
American." Jerome Frank
-f N Y Times p4 Ag 4 '46 1150w
New Yorker 22:68 Ag 10 '46 lOOw
"This reviewer had the uncomfortable feel-
ing during the reading of this well- reasoned
and admirably expressed treatise that there
are too many 'experts' in high places to whom
a cold and technical construction of legal
forms and phrases is much more important
than the growing rights of man." Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 Ag 11 '46
320w
"This book by Sheldon Glueck is a valuable
addition to the growing literature concerned
with the Nuremberg trial. Professor Glueck,
who is professor of criminal law and criminol-
ogy at Harvard University, is well equipped
for such an undertaking." James Marshall
4- Sat R of Lit 29:9 S 21 '46 2050w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
317
"Professor Glueck's distinction as a criminol-
ogist in the private law fields adds importance
to his views, but his approach is not that of
a trained international lawyer. His theories
of the manner in which customary international
law has developed are not supportable and his
conclusions are thus invalidated from the point
of view of international law."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:319 D '46 220w
GOBLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Design of
democracy. 248p $2.75 Univ. of Okla. press
342.733 U.S.— Politics and government— 20th
century, industry and state 46-7675 .
"The purpose of this book, written by a
professor of law at the University of Illinois,
is to explain how democratic government works
in the United States. . . Mr. Goble divides
his discussion into four sections, which deal
respectively with individual liberty, with the
functioning of the government, with the re-
sponsibility to the people of those who hold
political power and with the responsibility to
labor and to the public of those who hold
economic power." weekly Book Review
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p6 D 15 '46 90w
"At first glance, the book seems platitudinous
and therefore superfluous, but it turns out to
be an invigorating presentation of vital truths.
In the midst of contemporary passions, with
some Americans shrieking for Soviet Russia and
others shouting against it, this calm, concise,
comprehensive description of the aims, frame-
work, and forces of democracy is refreshing.
It is not conservative, not radical. It depicts
the stream of progress, as made through con-
stant voluntary adjustment." R. H. M.
-j- Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 19 '46
550w
"The style is sufficiently simple and lucid
to be comprehensible to readers of all degrees
of literacy, while the point of view is liberal
and (in discussions of economic questions) sym-
pathetic to the New Deal." H. B. Parkes
Weekly Book Review p48 D 1 '46 380w
GODDARD, ROBERT HUTCHINGS. Rockets.
69p il $3.50 American rocket society, 50
Church st, N.Y.
629.13338 Atmosphere, Upper. Rockets
(aeronautics) 46-6733
"Collected works of the foremost authority
on rockets and jet propulsion Contains A
Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes and
Liquid Propellant Rocket Development and a
foreword by Dr. Goddard written shortly be-
fore his death, as well as a biography of the
physicist and many photographs." L/ibrary J
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 60w
"This is no book for the general reader,
but it is certainly a book that the historian
of rockets cannot ignore." Waldemar Kaempf-
fert
-f N Y Times p32 S 29 '46 420w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 190w
GODDEN, RUMER (MRS LAURENCE FOS-
TER). The river. 176p $2 Little
46-6854
Brief, quiet story of the lives of two adoles-
cent girls, the daughters of an Anglo-Indian
family living in Bengal. The death of their
young brother, due to the bite of a snake which
he was trying to charm, is the central episode.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 179:106 Ja '47 320w
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p3 O 20 '46 500w
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
"Readers of this book must needs bring to
it imagination, reverence, and a sense of the
intangibles underlying the commonplace. Miss
Godden might well be Harriet giown up; she
here proves herself master of a rare and
difficult art."
-f- Cath World 164:284 D '46 240w
"It is Harriet's book, Harriet, the most con-
vincingly natural child this reviewer can re-
member in recent literature. Harriet, who made
the discovery that the first Latin declension
and conjugation are concerned with love and
war: Bellum and Amo. Her discovery gives
the clue to this whole distinguished little book.
For Harriet discovered the first things, the
things with which we have all to contend. Har-
riet was thirteen and she found growing up dif-
ficult, and yet she was desperately and engross-
ingly engaged with the task. When everything
threatened to overwhelm her, she went out
and looked at the river. . . Miss Godden' s
readers end by accepting the fact that Har-
riet will in all naturalness become a writer."
Margaret Williamson
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 24 '46
450w ^
"A flawless account of two children on the
brink of girlhood, that must owe at least as
much to the author's present power of lis-
tening as to her remembrance of her own
past." Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 44:624 O 11 '46 850w
"Frail, fugitive, this may be too tenuous for
many tastes — even though she has a follow-
ing."
Kirkus 14:353 Ag 1 '46 150w
"The sixth book by this discriminating writ-
er is no disappointment and all libraries will
welcome it. . . A short penetrating story for
all who love the sensitive analysis of life." K.
T. Willis
-f Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 70w
"This is a story of the unfolding of young
natures, each on its own lines, and it is told
with unfailing sympathy." Charles Marriott
-|- Manchester Guardian p3 S 6 '46 140w
"The River is the work of a delicate sensi-
bility, nurtured on other delicate sensibilities,
which finds the innocent, unmtellectual, amor-
phous mind of a child adequately receptive
to Complex experience and an appropriate
medium for subtle impressions. Readers who
are not bored should be charmed." John
Farrelly
New Repub 115 7^p D 2 "46 1200w
"There are descriptive passages of exception-
al beauty, delicate observations of the ways
of children and a number of faintly exasperat-
ing tricks of style." Rayner Heppenstalf
H New Statesman & Nation 32:192 S 14
'46 90w
"In a story of this sort, where the interest
centers on delicate sentiments and feelings,
it is not a little startling to come upon such
elemental happenings as birth and death. Driv-
ing her point too hard, Miss Godden has got
both, with the result, I think, that she almost
spoils the essential simplicity of her theme.
Harriet has to learn too much in too short a
space. And because she becomes more like a
child prodigy than the very human child Miss
Godden started to create, 'The River* seems,
in the end, a little more pretentious than wise."
Nona Balakian
N Y Times p20 N 3 '46 650w
"A brief moment in the unfolding life of a
little girl growing up in India that catches,
because of the author's exquisite delicacy and
wisdom, the wavering, elusive lights of child-
hood. This beautifully written long short story
may not greatly increase the number of Miss
Godden' s readers, but it will certainly delight
the ones she has."
•f New Yorker 22:132 O 19 '46 80w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p5 D 1 '46 250w
"There is in 'The River,' if one cares to
look for it, a kind of unobstrusive symbolism.
The death of a child becomes the death of
childhood. There is a serpent, a cobra, which
some will say is surely the Serpent in the
Garden, the murderer of innocence. There is
Harriet's kite-flying, which may or may not
be the image of dreaming ambition. But these
are the things to ponder after reading, for I
assure you 'The River* is so intense, so qutetly
demanding: of attention, that at the time there
318
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GODDEN, RUMER— Continued
will be nothing- in your thoughts but a small
girl in India, and the people and the place that
were her world." John Woodburn
+ Sat R of Lit 29:16 O 19 '46 750w
"The River is little more than a hundred
pages long. Yet it would be difficult, and un-
profitable, to summarise it. The story flows
evenly along like the river beside the chil-
dren's home in India. It will not stay to be
analysed. The reviewer can only report that
it is a book with few faults." V. C. Clinton-
Baddeley
-f Spec 177:248 S 6 '46 210w
"There is the natural charm of childhood
about all these young persons, their con-
fidences, their uncertainties, their shifts of
mood from one hour to the next. Their problems
are the -problems known and partly solved by
wise parents everywhere; and truth to charac-
ter and situation is the real attraction of the
novel. , The novel is gently written and deftly
constructed."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p413 Ag 31 '46
400w
" 'The River' is written simply and with un-
hurrying leisure, its style characterized by en-
dearing, apparently natural artlessness that
conceals a high degree of art. Miss Godden's
touch, both of pen and heart, is light and
true." F. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p3 O 20 '46 560w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
"To my mind the most nearly flawless novel
of the year is The River by Rumer Godden.
And it is not surprising that it is, for with each
book she writes Miss Godden's position as one
of the finest of living English novelists becomes
more secure. The translucent purity and limpid
grace of her prose and the compassionate wis-
dom and serene understanding of her mind
stamp all Miss Godden's books with the imprint
of her own personality, with her own vision of
life." Orville Prescott
-f- Yale R n s 36:382 winter '47 360w
GODDEN, RUMER (MRS LAURENCE FOS-
TER). Thus far and no further; with draw-
ings by Tontyn Hopman. 196p $3 Little
915.42 India— Description and travel 46-3669
A collection of essays, recorded conversa-
tions, and reflections on life, written while the
author was living on a tea estate in India.
The plantation was in the high Himalayas,
and altho the author was accompanied by her
two small daughters, their governess, and a
host of servants, it was a rather solitary
existence. The peace of this existence has
crept into her book.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p8 My 12 '46 360w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
"Herein is set forth color, beauty, pathos,
philosophy, humor, the world of children and
of their elders. ,. It Is an odd and original
arrangement, but effective in its way. Though
it will not be In the least what is expected by
enthusiastic readers of Miss Godden's other
books, especially not of the clever novel, 'Take
Three Tenses.' f'
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 My S
*4& 420w
"There are lovely descriptions of making a
garden, of local birds, of divali, the feast of
lights, of the growing and harvesting of tea,
of the Himalayas, and their people, the lusty
goatherds, the Nepal ese women gathering in
brilliant colors for the Durga puja. But Miss
Godden's own self-conscious perfume pervades
all so strongly that the reader has no chance
even to sniff a whiff of the flowers or even
of the coolies, whose smell 'of sweat and
biris' Miss Godden at first hated 'then found
familiar, then — almost — even though it was
so strong—found friendly.' She should stick
to novels. This snippet of autobiography reeks."
— Commonweal 44:290 Jl 6 '46 650w
"Colorful, lively prose, with characteristic
cadences."
-f Klrkut 14:60 F 1 '4« 140w
"Recommended for readers who responded to
the exhilaration of the Black Narcissus at-
mosphere and who do not demand to have the
adventures of their minds limited by a plot."
H. S. Taylor
+ Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 ISOw
"A book of rare poetic descriptions and re-
flections. . . There is something of the Quality
of Chinese poetry in Miss Godden's deceptively
simple prose, not only in its delicate cadences
and unresolved codas, but in its subtle juxta-
position of the ethereal and the commonplace.
One moment she will be describing with
ecstatic delight the beauty of a flower. The
next moment she has centered all her atten-
tion on the intricacies of bamboo plumbing or
the process of manufacturing tea. She is
equally absorbed in the beautiful and prosaic,
which, placed in apposition, gain in vividness."
Nona Balakian
-f N Y Time* p6 My 5 '46 850w
"There is a serenity, a calm about her recol-
lections that is very refreshing in this troubled,
hectic world. . . Whether it is the little yellow
hand of the lama or Miss Godden's skill, 'Thus
Far and No Further' has its own spell, a
curious combination of vivid color and
serenity." R. C. Ben^t
•f Sat R of Lit 29:14 My 11 '46 700w
Reviewed by William Manchester
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
420w
"Against the somewhat novel Himalayan
background 'Thus Far and No Further* offers
a series of miniatures, sometimes quite ruthless
when they appear most delicate. The book
also contains illustrative drawings by Tontyn
Hopman. These have sentimental charm but
do not match a vividness which, in Miss God-
den's prose, is aimed at the inner eye of the
imagination." James Hilton
.j Weekly Book Review p4 My 6 '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
GOOSEY, TOWNSEND. Free lance photography.
24Gp il $4 Essential bks.
770 Photography, Commercial 46-8104
"Good survey of, and introduction to photog-
raphy. Gives opportunities and limitations of
free lance photography; equipment one should
have; what to photograph and how to do it for
best results. Treats of the preparation of nega-
tives and prints; how, to write cut lines; what
the editors demand and the ethics governing
photography. A flnal chapter tells about rights
and copyrights. Bibliography." (Library J)
Index.
"To the amateur photographer with a hope-
iul eye focused on a commercial career, this
book is an invaluable 'must.' " R. M. S.
4- Book Week p5 D 8 '46 130w
"Recommended." W. A. Kalenich
-f- Library J 71:1623 N 15 '46 80w
GOLDING, LOUIS. Glory of Elsie Silver. 390p
$2.75 Dial press [10s 6d Hutchinson]
46-25107
"If you read Mr. Golding's spacious family
chronicle, 'Five Silver Daughters,' [Book Re-
view Digest, 1934] you will remember Elsie
as one of the girls of Sam Silver, the Jewish
waterproof manufacturer of Doomington, Eng-
land. This latest installment of Silver family
history begins with Elsie travelling to Poland,
where she believes her husband, an important
general high up in the Nazi hierarchy, has
been wounded. It turns out that he has been
liquidated as the result of a feud with Himmler.
without her husband's protection. Elsie's own
life is in danger. She hides in the - Warsaw
ghetto and finally takes a magnificent part
m the month-long battle in which Jews and
underground forces from all over Europe held
off the Nazis." New Yorker
Reviewed by James Light
Book Week p8 Ap 21 '46 350w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
"Readers should not be frightened away
from this book by the title, nor be prevented
from finishing it by the flippant and tasteless
REVIEW DIGEST 1946
319
Irony that mars the earlier chapters: for it
rises to scenes of tremendous emotional power.
The finest of all is the scene in the council
chamber, where the elders have been assembled
to choose which areas of the Ghetto shall be
raided for people to be sent to Treblinka. Mr.
Goldlng's emotions were recollected in fury,
and he has scarcely pretended to deal ob-
jectively with many of his characters. The
book suffers in consequence. But few readers
will rise from it without an Impassioned reali-
zation of the Jews' suffering in Burope, with-
out a fiercer hatred of all tyranny, and without
a strengthened conviction of the duty to pre-
vent its ever happening again, anywhere."
D. S.
4- — Christian Science Monitor p20 Ap 18
'46 500w
Kirkus 14:160 Ap 1 '46 llOw
"It is all very exciting and horrible and told
with that unfailing verve and knowledgeable-
ness we should expect from Mr. Gold ing." J.
D, Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 D 21 '45 200w
"In piecing together the circumstances, the
details, the day-to-day processes of both the
Ghetto and the last uprising Mr. Golding is
more than convincing. The knowledge of each
has been fragmentary, and this book is, there-
fore, another attempt to penetrate one of those
impenetrable curtains of the war, to take an
imaginative X-ray of what never will be known,
a matter that will give up its secrets, if at
all, only to the imagination. With little to
judge by except credibility, one feels that Mr.
Golding has gotten the insane logic that ruled
Warsaw, its Nazis and its Ghetto at that par-
ticular time." Kenneth Fearing
-f N Y Times plO Ap 21 '46 400w
"Mr. Golding has two styles: the easygoing,
rambling one that made the Doomington novels
such satisfactory reading, and the subtle, almost
precious one of 'Miracle Boy' and 'No News
from Helen.' This latest book lacks the more
distinguished qualities of each of these very
different manners, but it is nevertheless an
extremely interesting novel, which succeeds
in making a ghetto into a real, physical place
and not just a vague synonym for horror."
-f New Yorker 22:88 Mr 30 '46 240w
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
200w
"Under what is probably the season's most
inept title, and diluted by a fictitious plot that
is distinctly second-rate, this book has never-
theless for bedrock a great and thrilling story."
N. L*. Rothman
H Sat R of Lit 24:16 Ap 20 f46 460w
"The author has told his story in a way which
is moving and absorbing in spite of a certain
theatrical quality. We have supp'd full with
horrors in these last years: but although emo-
tions may have become dulled, recent evidence
at the Nuremberg trials has shown that the
almost unspeakable events described in this
book under a thin veil of fiction are desperately
and ineffaceably true, and the mind can no
longer take refuge, as it used to do in child-
hood, in the comforting reflection that it is
'only a story/ ff
Times [London] Lit Sup p5 Ja 5 '46
240w
"Mr. Golding' s heroine is overdecorated and
overdrawn, but his depiction of brutality, suf-
fering and starvation is starkly realistic. Lisle
Bell
Weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46
200w
GOLDMAN, LAWRENCE. Tiger by the tail.
217p $2 McKay
46-4961
Mystery story.
"There's not a mention of fascism nor any
other word on politics in the book; but its
healthy attitude of defense of human rights
and its unstressed allegories on labor solidarity
and racial equality make it as sane and sen-
sible a political whodunit as has emerged in
some time. Quite aside from which, it rates
high honors as a fast, vigorous, hard-boiled
opus." Anthony Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '46
llOw
"Produce market background new and un-
usual, characters — mostly tough — well limned
action plentiful and pay-off satisfactory. O.K."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 29 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Je 30 '46 90w
GOLDSTONE, LAWRENCE ARTHUR (LAW-
RENCE TREAT, pseud). H as in hunted.
252p $2.50 Duell
46-6605
Mystery story.
"The details showing the workings of the
technical research laboratory are fascinating
and there's a fine, suspenseful plot to boot."
Elizabeth Bullock
-H Book Week p6 Ag 25 '46 140w
"Proceeding from more classical criminal de-
tection to the suspense specialty of the chase,
this offers some fine excitement."
•f Kirkus 14:360 Ag 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 25 '46 130w
"An excellent variation on the well-worn-
hide-and-seek theme."
+ New Yorker 22:72 Ag 24 '46 lOOw
"It's high time somebody up and said that
Lawrence Treat is in the very top flight of
American mystery writers; so I'm hereby
saying it. H as in Honey!" Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!9 Ag 25 '46
90w
GOLDTHWAITE, EATON KENNETH. Cat and
mouse. 217p $2.50 Duell
46-8192
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 30w
New Repub 115:638 N 11 '46 20w
"The story is so skillfully plotted that not
until the closing chapter does one become aware
that the cat and mouse of the title have a
double significance." L A.
-f- N Y Times p22 N 10 '46 120w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 24 '46
60w
"An interesting study in practical detecting;
also in frenzied amateur ditto. Characters
snared in emotional net do strange and sur-
prising things."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46 150w
GOLDWATER, ROBERT JOHN, and TREVES.
MARCO, eds. Artists on art; from the XTv
to the XX century. 497p 11 $4,60 Pantheon
bks.
704 Art. Artists 45-11131
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 Mr '46
"Ferreting out the material compiled in this
volume took years. The editors, Robert Gold-
water and Marco Treves, have done the Job
beautifully, made splendid selections and
fluent translations. They have added some
relevant notes and included portraits of every
artist." Dorothy Adlow
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 F 2 '46
360w
"A most valuable and unique book."
Clement Greenberg
-f Nation 162:481 Ap 20 '46 500w
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" 'I am anxious/ said Constable, 'that the
world should be inclined to look to painters
for information on painting.' Conceived in this
spirit and planned to facilitate easy access to
such authoritative points of view, 'Artists
on Art* is a unique anthology, fresh in con-
tent and fascinating in its unexpectedness of
subject. It is an encyclopedic compilation,
reaching from the fourteenth century to our
own day, of what great painters and sculptors
have said, both in writing and conversation,
relative to their own work and the work of
other artists." Ellis St. Joseph
4- N Y Times p38 My 6 '46 1200w
"Here is a new thing in the world of
anthologies which should prove a boon to
teachers of 'art* and esthetics in young ladies'
finishing schools as well as in institutions cf
the higher learning. . . There is reason to
believe that in the conventional academic class-
room such a tool will facilitate instruction
in 'art' more readily than any handbook of
esthetics could." H. M. Kallen
•f Sat R of Lit 29:48 Mr 16 '46 700w
"Although one might wish that a few more
Americans like Benton and Sargent had been
included, the selection is skillful. A large
number of classic utterances is balanced by
many keen observations by lesser known men.
The translations, many of them made by the
editors, read well. Biographical notes are
provided, and all the citations are identified in
a general bibliography. Some of the works
of art mentioned in the text are reproduced,
but because of the poor quality of the paper
most of the illustrations are unsatisfactory."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:3 Mr '46 320w
Reviewed by Thomas Craven
Weekly Book Review p20 Ja 27 '46
800w
GOLLANCZ, VICTOR. Our threatened values.
157p 5s Gollancz [English publication]
940.55 Reconstruction (1939- ). Civiliza-
tion [46-6732]
"Mr. Gollancz sees in Europe three special
dangers ('apart from the major question of
Communism and the Soviet Union') to our
civilisation — the violence and lawlessness learned
in the resistance movements, the intensification
of nationalism and racialism, and a reversion
to barbaric justice. . . The last pages contain
suggestions for dealing with the British zone
of Germany — abolish the muddle of divided con-
trol, give people enough food to be healthy on,
do not requisition the good houses for the use
of our army and their wives while the natives
live among ruins, respect civil liberties, en-
courage the Social Democrats, give democracy
a chance to compete with the Russian Com-
munist drive, revise the Potsdam agreements,
or declare that they will not be applied in the
British zone." Spec
Reviewed by G. Tatham
Canadian Forum 26:236 Ja '47 650w
"Mr. Victor Gollancz' s Our Threatened Values
is at once disturbing and heartening. It is dis-
turbing because it sets down so frankly some
of the causes of the disillusionment of our time
— the latent nationalism of British Socialism,
the blunting of the sense of international jus-
tice, the amorality of Communism with its
glorification of ruthlessness and expediency.
It is heartening because in the very vehemence
of his protest Mr. Gollancz is driven back to
the principles of liberal democracy, so often at
a discount among writers of the Left."
-f — Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 5 '46 180w
"Addressed to Englishmen, with very few
references to the United States, Our Threatened
Values is a liberal-socialist manifesto which
should find a wide and appreciative audience
in this country." Heinz Eulau
+ New Rcpub 115:105 Jl 29 '46 1750w
Reviewed by C. E. M. Joad
New Statesman & Nation 32:49 Jl 20
'46 2150w
"Mr. Gollancz believes that 'there are in
this country reserves of moral leadership that
can still save the world.' Even those who may
differ on points of detail from this book must
find it a very moving and stirring plea for hu-
manity, justice and common sense." Rose
Macaulay
+ Spec 177:16 Jl 5 '46 800w
"Mr. Victor Gollancz1 s thesis is that the
liberal civilization of the West is declining. . .
It is a familiar theme, but Mr. Gollancz develops
it with a passionate conviction and a degree of
detachment from the prejudices of his own
political sympathizers which make this book
one of the best contemporary examples of di-
dactic writing. It has, however, one signal de-
fect. Mr. Gollancz repeatedly asserts that his
book is an essay about morals and not a po-
litical pamphlet, and it is as an essay about
morals that it merits attention. Unhappily it
does not keep this character throughout."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p339 Jl 20 '46
1250w
GOLLOMB, JOSEPH. Tiger at City high. 213p
$2 Harcourt
46-6544
"Good school story, filled with suspense and
tension of conflicting ideologies. Phil, easy-
going and friendly, is forced to compete with
Mike, brilliantly resourceful and unprincipled.
Climax is exciting football game, but under-
lying the whole book is the idea of a democracy
that is working for One World." Library J
Book Week p21 N 10 '46 230w
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
-(- Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 17 '46
180w
Churchman HiO-3 N 15 '46 30w
"Integrity, warm human relationships, human
portraits of teachers, combine to make the
book attractive to older boys, who liked the
author's Up At City High."
-f Kirkus 14:425 S 1 '46 90w
"Boys may feel the presence of too much
moralizing, but the excitement of the story
should get it read. Recommended. For ages
12-16." Gertrude Andrus
H Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 70w
"The adult characters are all well drawn,
especially Mike and Phil's faculty advisor,
Mayer Gordon. The purpose behind the story
is, perhaps, a little obvious. It is, however,
a story that will set boys and girls thinking
along lines that are significant Just now." M.
G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:45 O 19 '46 270w
"Though there are types recognizable in any
large school, and though Mike, for all his
jungle ethics, keeps one's sympathy by his
ba/fled, almost innocent surprise when they
don't work; though the milling activities and
surging under currents of a New York City
school are faithfully reported, the problem
quality never gets out of sight. Chilton is not
above using school politics to support his own
plans, into which Mike is drawn against his
own father. Boys may find familiar scenes in
this turbulent narrative, which will interest
high schools of any large city. Viewed as
literature, however, a reviewer might enjoy it
more if he could lose the sense that somewhere
out of sight A and B are digging a cellar."
M. TJ Becker
H Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 400w
GOMME, ARNOLD WYCOMBE. Greece. (World
today) 131p il maps $1.25 (3s 6d) Oxford
914.^5 Greece, Modern A46-1791
A study of Greece as it was Just before the
beginning of the second World! war, with a
brief history of its last hundred years added.
The author is an historian of ancient Greece
and has traveled in modern Greece for the last
thirty years. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 7 '46 270w
Bookmark 7:10 My '46
Foreign Affairs 24:754 Jl '46 30w
"One may feel that [the author] is a little
too indulgent to General Metaxas and a little
too reconciled to the inevitable poverty of
Greece, but on the whole this forms an excel-
lent textbook which should encourage by its
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record of progress those who feel inclined to
despair of this gifted, wayward, but always
independent nation." J. M. D. P.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 18 '46 180w
"For scrupulous accuracy the book cannot
be faulted; only the recurrent present tense
(for which the author apologises) reads un-
comfortably every now and then. , . There are
omissions which are less easy to explain by the
date of writing. He deals with 'a considerable
amount of social legislation when Venizelos
was in office'; he does not mention (though he
is otherwise resolutely Just to General Metaxas)
the ambitious labour laws of the Metaxas dic-
tatorship. It is to be hoped that later editions
of Greece will admit at least one more chap-
ter." Kenneth Matthews
Spec 175:364 O 19 '45 700w
"Mr. Gomme's little book is to be widely rec-
ommended, for in it are to be found, simply
stated, the answers with which many readers
find themselves unprovided when questioned
about Greece."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p495 O 20 '45
800w
GOOCH, GEORGE PEABODY. Courts and cab-
inets. 372p $3.75 Knopf [12s 6d Longmans]
940.204 Courts and courtiers. Europe — Kings
and rulers 45-10968
"Critical essays, designed for the casual read-
er, on thirteen memoir writers of the monar-
chies and republics of Europe, from the time
of Louis XIII to that of Gambetta. The writers
include such gossips as Horace Wai pole; the
waspish Due de Saint-Simon, whose reminis-
cences of the courts of Louis XIV and the
Regency run to forty-one volumes; the melan-
choly and appealing Queen Hortense, step-
daughter of Napoleon; land Frederick the
Great's sister, Wilhelmina, whose diaries in-
dicate that the court of her father was in the
grand, frothing-at-the-mouth German tradition.
Dr. Gooch, whose historical baggage is immense
and to whom writing this book must have
been pie, let's his subjects speak for themselves
much of the time, while he compares notes and
checks up on them as he goes along." (New
Yorker) Index.
"In most memoirs, as Macaulay complained
of Saint Simon, the road from fountain to
fountain lies through a very dry desert Dr.
Gooch helps the reader lightly over the desert.
The fountains at which he lingers ought to
lead many a reader to turn to the original
mem Mrs and to study some of the criticisms
of them which he cites in his excellent bib-
liographies. The book is no doubt designed
for the general reader rather than the pro
fessional historian. Seven of the studies have
already appeared in the Contemporary Review
The historian would have been glad if Dr.
Gooch, with his mature historical scholarship,
had given a fuller critical appraisal of each
of the writers." S. B. Fay
Am Hist R 51:703 Jl '46 480w
"The writing of history so that the principal
characters who have molded the destiny of
mankind emerge not as demi-gods shrouded in
thick fog of legend but as living human beings
is an art reserved for the very few. Among
these few the distinguished British historian,
G. P. Gooch, deserved a place at the very top.
Gooch already is famed for his studies of Eu-
ropean history during the tense period from
1871 to 1914. . . In this, his latest work, he
accomplishes an amazing tour de force." David
Karno
-f- Book Week p4 F 3 '46 650w
Booklist 42:182 F 1 '46
Reviewed by R. P. Nichols
Christian Science Monitor pi 5 F 9 '46
700w
"Dr. Gooch's book Is highly selective, but
will be of the greatest interest and utility to
students of history who desire to have in their
own keep a series of original sources from
Mazarin to Gambetta. In such a collection,
many valuable and diverting items are neces-
sarily omitted — the Letters of Madame, mother
of the Regent, and Mme. de Lafayette's life of
the flrst 'Madame,' the charming Henrjette
of England. Incidentally, there is a short but
useful bibliography." Cuthbert Wright
-f Commonweal 43:578 Mr 22 '46 600w
Kirkus 13:536 D 1 '45 150w
"The book is frankly addressed rather to
those who have not read the memoirs them-
selves than to those who have, and it aims
successfully, to be interesting as well as in-
formative. . . Like the professor who is said
to have remarked that 'everybody knows a
little Sanskrit,' Professor Gooch occasionally
takes for granted a bit of knowledge which
every schoolboy does not really have." J. W.
Krutch
-f Nation 162:291 Mr 9 '46 280w
"Let others read the collection cautiously. I
read it with gusty relish, the privilege of those
who read for entertainment and for the mere
purpose of discovering what habits, manners,
appearances, virtues, vices and mentalities
were possessed by the great ones of the earth
who crowd these pages. Historians and other
lamp-bearers from the exterior of the past to
the corridors of the future will find new oil
and wicks herein. They will be better able
to illuminate the events they carry with them
for the inspection of posterity. But he whose
enjoyment of gossip columns and 'now- it-can-
be- told' dispatches is quite humanly enhanced
by the high names of the subjects and their
effects on their times will be content with the
rare facilities this book affords of listening at
the keyholes of palaces and inner cabinets and
salons where history was made." Arthur Krock
-f N Y Times p3 Ja 20 '46 1750w
"It's all very entertaining."
•f New Yorker 21:78 Ja 19 '46 160w
"Such a book leaves us like a novel, and
that the facts related were true facts, and
that the actors were personalities who truly did
live, only enhances the value of the narrative
in which truth is stronger than fiction. Though
nothing will be gained to an understanding of
our times, the insight into human nature will
be deepened, and the fascination of past times
which were not always 'the good old days' will
be recreated for the readers of today." Hans
Kohn
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 F 9 '46 350w
"It seems almost unnecessary to state that,
thanks to Dr. Gooch's skillful guidance, even
the casual reader would rise richer in informa-
tion and understanding from his introduction to
those exalted rulers and their ministers whose
names span two centuries of European affairs.
A less casual reader, on the other hand, might
ponder how deeply purveyors of episodes and
anecdotes can illuminate the processes of his-
torical development. . . The memoir writers of
yesterday and the gossip chroniclers and re-
corders of today are all of the lineage of Sue-
tonius and Tacitus; like their progenitors, and,
as Dr. Gooch wisely and repeatedly warns us,
they are valuable only if handled with care."
Leo Gershoy
+ Weekly Book Review pi Ja 20 '46 900w
"It is with the hope of stimulating a wider
interest in the reading of memoirs that Profes-
sor Gooch has written 'Courts and Cabinets '
Believing that few persons of their own accord
will turn to the great memoir writers, he has
taken upon himself the agreeable task of intro-
ducing thirteen different authors who range in
time from Mme. de Motteyille in the seventeenth
century to Mme. Adam in the nineteenth. One
of the most distinguished of living British his-
torians, Mr. Gooch has done an expert job,
and a thoroughly pleasant one, too. He ha«*
summarized the contents of each work, pointed
out its highlights, placed it in its historical
setting, evaluated it as an historical document,
and by well-chosen and generous quotations
transmitted the genuine flavor of the original."
Alexander Thomson
4- Yale R n s 35:742 summer '46 700w
GOOD, CARTER VICTOR, ed. Dictionary of
education; prepared under the auspices of
Phi Delta Kappa. 495p $4 McGraw
370.3 Education— Dictionaries 45-7172
" 'The Dictionary is concerned with technical
and professional terms and concepts in the
entire area of education. As general policy, it
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hag excluded names of persons, institutions,
school systems, organizations, places, and titles
of publications and journals, except where a
movement, method, or plan is represented. . .
An attempt has been made to select from such
related fields as psychology, sociology, and
philosophy those terms with significant educa-
tional connotations.' (Preface) The approxi-
mately 16,000 definitions and terms in the final
list are the work of 'coordinators' and their
•associates' and 'reviewers/ There is a twenty-
page list showing the assignment of these
specialists, most of whom are either connected
with colleges or universities or are active in
some other phase of education. The arrange-
ment is alphabetical by the first word or the
key word of a phrase. . . At the end of the
main dictionary are brief lists of educational
terms used in the following countries: Canada.
with over six pages; England, with about nine
pages; France, with over four pages; Germany,
with over five pages; and Italy, with slightly
over ten pages. The terms are given in the
language of the country with definitions in
English." Subscription Bks Bui
School & Society 62:128 Ag 25 '45 20w
"Definitions in general are brief but clear.
However the 75 entries under the key word
'course' show the need for a uniform under-
standing and usage of terms familiar but too
often not clearly understood. . . The format
and paper are good. The print is rather small,
but clear, comparable with Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary (3rd ed.), though the headings in
Webster's are darker and more easily distin-
guished from the definitions which follow than
in the Dictionary of Education. . . The Dic-
tionary of Education provides educational work-
ers and teachers with a scientific dictionary of
professional terms comparable with the tech-
nical dictionaries in fields such as medicine,
law, engineering, and psychology. It is recom-
mended both for use or laymen and educators."
-i Subscription Bks Bui 17:2 Ja '46 500w
"This authoritative volume will be useful to
the young teacher and scholar in acquainting
him with commonly accepted definitions, and
will enable the mature scholar to compare his
definitions of terms with those of others."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 1:69 D '45 170w
GOOD, CARTER VICTOR, comp. See American
council on education. Guide to colleges, uni-
versities, and professional schools in the
United States
GOODIN, PEGGY. Clementine. 246p $2.50 Dut-
t0" 46-4263
At the beginning of the story Clementine is
ten; at the end she is finishing her sophomore
year in high school. At first Clem's idea of
heaven is to be allowed to play on the boys
football team, but gradually her hoyden ways
change, and her ways of tackling a three let-
ter man and making him her own are Just as
effective, altho slightly more subtle. The
scene is a small Indiana town.
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46
"A gay and clever little story of adolescent
girlhood, written obviously by one whose memo-
ries are verdant, this novel won for its author
the Avery Hopwood Award. Clementine, a lively,
red-headed youngster in a midwest small town,
romps, talks and rollicks her way into the
reader's heart. Because she and her friends
seem like real people, and nice ones, it is nat-
ural to lament her extremely limited resources
as a Catholic."
H Cath World 164:94 O '46 lOOw
"Very pleasant, lightly subsurface tale of
adolescence, which sneaks up on you."
+ Kirkus 14:204 My 1 '46 210w
"Wholesome, generally sensitive but creak-
ing with inept handling of colloquialisms." J.
M. Brittan
+ — Ubrary J 71:9X9 Je 15 '46 70w
"Parents of 10-year-old daughters (who are
understandably terrified when they try to
think ahead) are urged to go to 'Clementine'
for enlightenment. Those who are not so for-
tunately bedeviled are advised to come along
for the ride. As a picture of a small Indiana
town in the Nineteen Thirties, 'Clementine'
merely skims the surface agreeably. . . Miss
Goodin's story is as pleasant to take as good
conversation: if the fun gets a little out of
hand at times, the emotion under it is sound.
William Du Bois
+ N Y Times p5 Je 30 '46 500w
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
Sat R of Lit 29:12 Je 29 '46 430w
"What goes on these days in the junior miss
department probably has Louisa May Alcott
turning in her grave. If Peggy Goodin's his-
tory of one uninhibited small town girl grow-
ing up in Indiana is typical of the crop, the
feminine adolescent isn't what she used to be.
Clementine's evolution from the age of ten to
sixteen is fast and curious." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review pll Jl 28 '46
230w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
GOOD IS, DAVID. Dark passage. 24 8p $2 Messner
46-7192
Mystery story.
"Intricate psychologizing, hot music take
the place of the usual sex and drink and give
this new directions in the hardhitting mystery
field."
Kirkus 14:362 Ag 1 '46 120w
New Repub 115:638 N 11 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 20 '46 200w
"Here is the most? notable writing talent to
emerge in the field in a long time. Mr. Goodis
has an originality of naturalism, a precise feel-
ing for petty lives, a creatively compelling vivid-
ness of detail that you might perhaps match
if you could combine top Woolrich with early
Odets. This is the goods." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '46
120w
"Reasonably effective blend of toughness,
sentiment, and speedy action. Innocent man's
sleuthing interesting. Altho slightly omnisci-
ent, retrospective passages decelerate tempo."
Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 22 '46 180w
GOODMAN, JACK, ed. While you were gone; a
report on wartime life in the United States,
by Allan Nevins [and others]. 625p S3. 50
Simon & Schuster
973.917 U.S.— Civilization. World war, 1939-
1945— U.S. 46-533
Collection of short essays on various phases
of civilian life in the United States, during
World war II, written especially for service
men. Partial contents: How we felt about the
war, by Allan Nevins; What we talked about,
by Paul Galileo; What happened to the younger
people, by A. W. M. Wolf and I. S. Black; What
we did about racial minorities, by Carey Mc-
Williams; The Presidency, by Jonathan Dan-
iels; The war agencies, by H. F. Pringle; What
labor did, by R. J. Thomas; What industry did,
by D. M. Nelson; What happened in agriculture,
by Russell Lord; What happened in science, by
Gerald Wendt; The women in the war, by Mar-
garet Mead; The world of sports, by Dan
Parker; The newspapers, by Lester Markel;
The radio, by Norman Corwin; The magazines,
by Eric Hodgins; Advertising, by Raymond
Rubicam; Books, by Lewis Gannett; The thea-
tre, by Wolcott Gibbs; The comics, by Milton
Caniff; The movies, by Bosley Crowther; How
we planned for the veterans' return, by Charles
Hurd and Charles Bolte"; How your Congress-
man voted. Index.
Reviewed by Ira Wolfert
Book Week pi F 17 '46 1800w
Booklist 42:198 F 15 '46
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"Non- veterans will enjoy the book; It is for
and away the likeliest candidate for the
servicemen's best seller."
-f Current Hist 10:445 My '46 ISOw
-f Kirkus 13:482 N 1 '45 360w
"This capsule recapitulation of civilian thought
and action is a well edited, refreshing: and lib-
eral picture of the United States under stress.
Recommended." H. Q. Kelly
4- Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 llOw
"The idea of 'While You Were Gone* is to
give returned service men what is apparently
now called a 4nil-in' on life in the United
States during1 the war. It is a good idea,
carried out here with no system or consistency,
but at its best with results both entertaining
and illuminating." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
H Nation 162:318 Mr 16 '46 800w
"A serviceable and in some respects excel-
lent report on life in the United States proper
from Pearl Harbor through V-J Day. Mr.
Goodman says that he undertook the Job at
the suggestion of a soldier friend who thought
it would be nice to have a book filling him
in on what happened at home while he was
away, and the book has been packaged for
the veteran trade. But good history is good
history, no matter for whom it is writen. For
all of the many limitations of scissors and
paste, this is a very superior representation of
the available facts, the observable moods and
the detectable changes in American life dur-
ing the war." R. H. Rovere
+ New Repub 114:289 F 26 '46 750w
" 'While You Were Gone' helps us under-
stand the somewhat confused views in Wash-
ington and in the country today. Since this
book is fodder for all, not only for the men
newly out of uniform, it may help us in the
days ahead to find the way to one another and
to work together as we did four years ago."
Shepard Stone
-f N Y Times p4 F 17 '46 2000w
"Whatever the book's value as a survey of
civilian America at war, most of the essays
are Informative and some of them very enter-
taining."
-f New Yorker 22:98 F 16 '46 160w
"It is probably best not to read this book at
that single sitting we are always hearing
about. To the reader who demands smooth
coherence the shift in mental gear from a
discussion on race relations to one on the
comics may be somewhat grinding. . . In
general the arts and sciences come off best
in this book — even though music and painting
are treated only incidentally." W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:7 Mr 16 '46 900w
"If you were overseas for an extended period
during the war, this book will probably prove
very absorbing. For it is a record of what
happened in the USA during the war years,
and it is a good and complete account. There
is much in it that is trivial and some that is
dull. It is aggravating in spots, and generally
speaking it is uncritical. Nevertheless, it
makes good reading, and it is a valuable his-
tory." Alden Stevens
H Survey Q 35:173 My '46 230w
Theatre Arts 30:431 Jl '46 40w
"It is amazing how much the authors man-
aged to pack into a little over 600 pages. . .
It is at times sparkling and at times dull; it is
occasionally important and occasionally frivo-
lous; it contains many things that you ought
to know. . . It is hilarious, boring, encouraging,
discouraging* stimulating and infuriating. Come
to think of it, the book is remarkably similar
to the republic and the cigarette; of all three
Jit may be said in the words of the adwriter.
'There's something about it you'll like.' " G.
W. Johnson
-f- — Weekly Book Review p2 F 17 '46 1200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
GOODMAN, PAUL. State of nature. 227p $2.50
Vanguard
46-5254
"Mr. Goodman calls his book a novel, but
I would describe it as a series of broken se-
quences of experimental writing in which Mr.
Goodman, examining some people beset by all
the ills that modern people can possibly fall
heir to, takes oft for the cosmic and comes
home with a bag of green cheese. It contains
much evidence of an original if pretentious
talent, as well as page -long quotations, in big
type, from Freud, Gide, and Marx; chapter
heads, in smaller type, made up of quotations
from Goethe, MallarmS, Kropotkin, and
others." New Yorker
Reviewed by James Laughlin
Book Week p5 Jl 28 '46 420w
"This is an amazing, often psychotic, crea-
tion, with little continuity or any norm in
character, milieu, or story to provide the read-
er with a secure footing."
— Kirkus 14:180 Ap 15 '46 130w
"Some of the satire is witty; at least one of
the characters, an old sage who dominates the
book, has a nightmare reality; there are numer-
ous aphorisms of the copybook variety; and
in one sequence of incidents (the reveries of
a dying soldier) Mr. Goodman displays his
real talent for nostalgia. But the fragments
are uneven, and the least successful parts and
the large plan of the book are exasperatingly
pretentious. Mr. Goodman appears to be say-
ing more than he really does by a kind of
automatic writing which makes sense if the
reader wants to contribute the meaning. 'But
anything he sees in the beguiling surface of
this pseudo-biblical baby talk is merely his
own reflection. Should he dive for the deeps
of significance he'll find his head stuck, Just
below the surface, in the mud of intellectual
obscurity." John Farrelly
h New Repub 115:108 Jl 29 '46 760w
Reviewed by Isa Kapp
N Y Times p5 Jl 14 '46 550w
Reviewed by Hamilton Basso
New Yorker 22:54 Jl 6 '46 240w
"Some of [Mr. Goodman's] ideas have sig-
nificance, others have none; sometimes the
symbols he uses to convey his meaning evoke
momentary responses of the sort he Intends,
more often they confuse and exasperate."
Grace Frank
h Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ag 10 '46 410w
"[This book] contains much good writing,
and frequently surprises the reader by unex-
pected events, insights and collocations, so
that he feels considerable pleasure at dealing
with so original a mind and so fresh a point
of view. The work's greatest weakness is
structural; it tends to fall into separate epi-
sodes rather than to shape into a single whole,
but Mr. Goodman's talent is well worth watch-
ing and this book is, so far, the best example
of it."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:280 D '46 120w
"Mr. Goodman's characters are sardonic
symbols — sometimes quite clear, often obscure.
As such they add nothing to the book in the
way of the entertainment or story values of
more conventional flction, and often they get
in the way, Mr. Goodman might have done
well to discard them altogether and make this
a straight philosophical essay. The Goodman
philosophy, be it noted, is not regulation mod-
ern Communism, which he calls 'Sociolatry,'
a mere collectivized form of factory society.
Mr. Goodman is, if nothing else, a man of
startling individuality. His book is always
provocative — the sort of writing that seems
acute even when you're not quite sure what
It means." Richard Match
Weekly Book Review pll Jl 7 '46 900w
GOODRICH, LELAND MATTHEW, and HAM-
BRO, EDVARD. Charter of the United na-
tions; commentary and documents. 400p $2,60
World peace
341.1 United nations (organization). Charter
46-2343
"The constitution of the United Nations Or-
ganization was written at the United Nations
Conference on International Organization,
which met at San Francisco from April 25 to
June 26. 1945. This book contains all the official
documents which entered into this Charter. It
also describes the process by which it evolved
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GOODRICH, U M.-~ Continued
at Dumbarton Oaks and at Yalta. The accom-
panying commentary analyzes the Charter,
article by article, in an attempt to describe the
nature of the obligations assumed by the fifty
nations which signed it. Over 100 pages are
taken up by documents, including the text of
the completed Charter." (Christian Century)
Bibliography. No index.
Am Hist R 61:744 Jl '46 30w
"There are a few gnats to strain at. On page
103, referring to the codification of international
law, the authors say: 'Thus, in a sense, these
socalled "codes" are little more than interna-
tional statutes.' This common-law snifttshness
about codes seems strange in a work devoted
to an international statute. . . Lastly, the whole
Charter is not really dealt with in the book,
since there is no commentary on the Statute
of the International Court of Justice. But the
reviewer is a little ashamed of himself for
mentioning these things — especially as he thinks
of how many years he will be likely to use
this book, of all the notes he is likely to enter
on the margins and on papers between the
leaves, and how grateful he is to Messrs. Good-
rich and Hambro and the World Peace Foun-
dation for services like this one. He hopes that,
year by year, the Foundation will give us sur-
veys of the work of the United Nations equal
in .accuracy and helpfulness to those previously
published on the work of the League." Llewellyn
Pfankuchen
_j Am Pol Scl R 40:987 O '46 COOw
"A careful and elaborate study of the United
Nations Charter as adopted at San Francisco."
O. M. A. Grube
-{- Canadian Forum 26:167 O '46 lOOw
"An excellent volume for general reference
purposes."
+ Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '46 150w
Foreign Affairs 24:742 Jl '46 30w
<fThe commentary is clear and, what is par-
ticularly worthy of praise, absolutely impartial
and objective." J. L. Kunz
-f Harvard Law R 59:1181 S '46 800w
"This is a technical book, really a reference
book; it cannot be read easily at one or two
sittings for general enlightenment. Laymen
can, however, consult it with profit. In the tor-
rent of material which will be upon us in due
time, this effort will more than hold its own."
R. C. Snyder
+ Pol Sci Q 61:320 Je '46 400w
"One of the most helpful single volumes on
the subject yet available. It should be useful
to a variety of persons and groups, from uni-
versity classes to adult education groups and
study clubs." Alzada Comstock
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 230w
GOODRICH, LLOYD. American watercolor and
Winslow Homer; an exhibition monograph
pub. by the Walker art center, Minneapolis,
in collaboration with the Detroit inst. of
arts and the Brooklyn museum. 109p il $2
Am. artists
751.42 Water color painting. Homer, Wins-
low 45-4794
"This is the first in a series of books on im-
portant exhibitions, which the American Artists
Group is publishing in order to make them
available to everybody and not just to the for-
tunate few who reside in or near the city
where they were originally held. In 1945 the
Walker Art Center in Minneapolis traced in
an exhibition the development of the natural-
istic tradition in American water color. Now
In book form, this material is liberally illus-
trated and clearly arranged and explained by
Lloyd Goodrich." Book Week
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!4 Mr 24 '46 360w
Klrkus 14:64 F 1 '46 40w
"The text furnishes a challenging, informa-
tive, deeply understanding outline of this im- "
portant part of AmericaTa coming of age in
art. and should prove of lasting value to artist,
student and the lay reader. It is a really not-
able contribution." Howard Devree
4- N Y Timet p46 Ap 7 '46 320w
"Mr. Goodrich, an authority in the field, out-
lines wisely and succinctly the course that
American watercolor has followed, from Homer
on down to such modern exponents as John
Marin, Charles Burchfleld, and Reginald
Marsh."
-f New Yorker 22:106 Mr 9 '46 90w
"With its excellent illustrations, the book is
a model of what a catalogue should be, and
can be." Thomas Craven
+ Weekly Book Review p!6 My 5 '46
700w
GOODSPEED, CHARLES ELIOT, comp. Treas-
ury of fishing stories; il. by JOverett Ward.
COOp $5 Barnes, A.S.
Short stories — Collections Agr47-l
Collection of fishing stories, poems, and de-
scriptions, ranging as to author from Saint
John, thru Walton, Cotton Mather, the
Brothers Grimm, Melville, Audubon, Thoreau,
to Philip Wylie and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Illustrated with drawings.
Reviewed by Kdward Weeks
Atlantic 179:108 Ja '47 260w
"Charles Goodspeed's 'Treasury' is physically
a huge, and textually, a wonderful, affair; for
those just discovering the world of fishing lit-
erature and editors, he is 'the' Goodspeed, the
Boston bookseller, in private life and an earn-
est and most literate angler." Leo Kennedy
~j- Book Week p2 D 15 '46 180w
Booklist 43:165 F 1 '47
"A good gift item for the sportsman."
-f Kirkus 14:534 O 15 '46 120w
"Any fisherman who found this excellent col-
lection in his Christmas stocking is going to
be a happy man indeed. It's not the first com-
pilation of fishing stories ever made, nor will
it be the last; but it is now, and is likely to
remain, the best. Its variety, its richness, and
the sustained high quality of its selections set
it quite apart from any similar work this read-
er has seen." J. R. de la Torre Bueno
-f N Y Times p30 Ja 19 '47 700w
New Yorker 22-66 D 28 '46 70w
GOODSPEED, EDGAR JOHNSON. How to
read the Bible. 244p $2.50 Winston
220 Bible. Whole
The purpose of this book is to "undertake
a literary and historical approach to [the
Bible], taking up the chief books in it as biog-
raphy, oratory, history, poetry, drama, fiction,
letters, and visions, in the light of the times
that produced them and the purposes of their
writers, thus combining literary and historical
interests, always remembering that Important
as they undoubtedly are for literature and his-
tory, their religious messages must be kept
uppermost. . . The book is intended not as a
summary of the Bible or as a substitute for it
but as a companion and guide to the reading
of it." (Pref)
Reviewed by J O. Supple
Book Week p5 D 8 '46 450w
Booklist 43:112 D 16 '46
"Professor Goodspeed furnishes a guide
which will be useful not only to those who
know little about the Bible but also to those
who know a good deal. His scholarship is
thorough and mature, a scholarship for which
all scholars in the field of biblical research have
profound respect. But he bears his scholarship
lightly. In this book, which is intended for use
by ordinary people who do not expect to be-
come great scholars, he does not clutter the
pages with the many minute details which are
of the essence of scholarly research." W. E.
Garrison
+ Christian Century 63:1440 N 27 '46 650w
"There have been many books intended to
guide the Christian in his reading of the Bible.
Few, however, have come from the pen of as
universally acknowledged an authority in his
field as is Dr. Goodspeed. And fewer still have
given the results of profound scholarship in
as simple and understandable form. This is
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a book which can have many uses. The in-
dividual student of the Bible will find that
it opens up anew the literary and spiritual
treasures of Holy Writ. The minister could
have no more valuable reference book. The
teacher of the Bible might well use it as a
text -book for young people or adults."
4- Kirkus 14:552 N 1 '46 130w
"There are questions, very puzzling to mod-
ern readers of the Bible, which Dr. Good-
speed does not tackle—the perplexing differ-
ences between our ways of thinking and the
thinking of the ancient biblical world about
such matters as cosmology, demonology,
miracles and in general the pre- scientific
wo rid -view as over against our present-day
ideas. Here, too, if one follows Dr. Good-
speed's suggestions through, one is likely to
need further help from other sources, and this
reviewer wishes that this book contained a
bibliography of such supplementary aids. What
Dr. Goodspeed undertakes to do, however, he
does very well, indeed." H. E. Fosdick
+ N Y Times p7 D 1 '46 900w
"A readable and stimulating introduction to
some of the world's greatest literature." A. F.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
140w
"This is the perfect 'reader's guide' to the
Bible. To be sure, I have some questions —
why, for example, the prophets, who were
preachers, are here so tangled up with poetry,
as though poetry and not the fate of Israel
were their prime concern? But such questions
are unimportant and intrusive. Nothing should
be allowed to take away from the sheer de-
light of his book, its precise and genial scholar-
ship, its feeling for human values, and its
love for the Bible as pure literature." J. H.
Holmes
-}- Weekly Book Review p22 D 8 '46 700w
GORDON, ALVIN J., and GORDON, MRS
DARLEY (FULLER). Our son, Pablo; in-
trod. by Kenneth Macgowan. (Whittlesey
house publication) 235p il $2.75 McGraw
970.3 Velasquez Gallardo, Pablo. Tarasco
Indians 46-25230
The authors went to Mexico to work on a
documentary film: Mexico Builds a Democracy.
While there they were adopted by a young
Mexican Indian, Pablo, whose zeal for an
education in the United States appealed to
them. Later Pablo came to California and
lived with the Gordons while he studied at
the University. This story describes Pablo's
efforts to adjust himself to American ways
of living, and the Gordon's visit to Pablo's
Mexican home after he left them.
"A warm, disarming story that captures the
Mexican spirit."
-f- Kirkus 14:166 Ap 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by L». R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:1047 Ag '48 90w
Reviewed by Nona Balakian
N Y Times p8 Ag 11 '46 650w
"Though the Gordons make no pretensions
to literary talent their sincerity and earnest-
ness come through the often amateurish con-
struction and writing their book shows. Their
experiment in human relations — it seems to
have been remarkably successful so far, too —
is the important thing, and the book is worth
reading for that reason," J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 14
'46 850w
"It is a moderately humorous but incon-
sequential little book, interesting because the
experiment was interesting, because Pablo
was a nice chap and the Gordons nice people.
Its message against racial and minority dis-
criminations makes it worthwhile." Elizabeth
Fagg
Sat R of Lit 29:19 Ag 31 '46 800w
Reviewed by Betty Kirk
Weekly Book Review pi Ag 11 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
GORDON, MRS ELIZABETH SOUTHALL
(CLARKE) GORDON BIDDLE. Days of now
and then. 260p $2 Dorrance
B or 92 ' 46-255
"Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon has known
a great many people and in 'Days of Now and
Then' she writes about them, and about her-
self. This is the biography of a southerner in
Baltimore, Philadelphia and continental society
and is dedicated to three men, two of whom
were her husbands. Born Elizabeth Clarke in
Henderson, N.C., Mrs Gordon soared high and
far in the social world of dinners, balls and
charitable affairs, and likes to tell who was
there and to whom they were married."
Springf'd Republican
Christian Century 63:145 Ja 30 '46 lOw
"The flatteries of those who have told her
she looked young or beautiful are by no means
omitted, and there is evidence of a strong sense
of humor. Her story lacks continuity, but
Mrs Gordon prepares the reader for that by
saying that 'its very nature is a record of inci-
dents not completely sequential.' It is filled
with anecdotes and personal reminiscences,
which she hopes 'will prove of wider interest
than at first visualized. " D. B. B.
H Springf'd Republican p6 Ja 22 '46 240w
"Right now, when humanitarian impulses
seem to have undergone a climacteric, this
true story can be recommended as a remark-
able pick-me-up. If you don't need a pre-
scription, just keep it in mind anyway. It is,
from beginning to end, first-rate entertain-
ment. . . It is all told, with photographs, in
the best anecdotal style — told so well that
this book must be classed as an anomaly and
an insult. Here are a couple of young motion
picture producers who have the tactlessness
to demonstrate, as few writers have done
recently, the still unrivaled charm of the
printed page." George Dillon
4- Book Week p3 Ag 11 '46 410w
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"The story of Pablo's adventures as the
Mexican lad reacts and adjusts to American
4ife and ways, could have made a light and
amusing tate, were it not for the unfortunate
effort to gwe it 'significance.' Cinema pro-
ducer Kenneth Macgowan's solemn assurance,
in his introduction to the book, that 'The
authors have drawn the reader Into an under-
standing of the greatest problem that lives be-
fore the nation and our world: the problem
of ... the minority groups,' is an injustice
to the book. If the reader can ignore the
taint of Hollywood's 'supercolossal,' there is
a goodly residue of humor and interest in
'Our Son Pablo.' " L. J. T.
h Commonweal 44:582 S 27 '46 200w
GORDON, MRS MARY C. (BIQGAR). Life of
George S. Gordon, 1881-1942; with an In trod,
by Lord Halifax. 171p $3 (10s 6d) Oxford
B or 92 Gordon, George Stuart A46-408
"The late president of Magdalen College and
vice-chancellor of Oxford University passed a
happy, active, fruitful but almost eventless life
as student and don successively at Glasgow,
Leeds, and Oxford. Save during the first world
war, when he served with distinction in the
British Army, his career was wholly academic.
. . Since the chancellorship of Oxford is an
honorary office, as vice-chancellor Gordon was
administrative head of the University; and
he carried the weight of his great responsibili-
ties during the difficult period of transition
and adjustment to war conditions between 1938
and 1942. . . The portrait which emerges from
this biographical sketch by Gordon's widow is
that of an attractive man of strong mind and
kindly heart; but we really learn more about
him from the volume of letters published in
1943." Weekly Book Review
"This biography Is too good to miss; whether
the name of George S. Gordon carries prior
associations or not, one lays down this little
book the richer for a very warm and human
view of a fine and memorable person." J. T.
Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 lOOw
"Mrs. Gordon's biography is pleasant and
informative; and it firmly sketches the main
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lines of Gordon's character. And, if it is more
uniformly genial in tone than some personal
narratives that have recently emerged from
the universities, few readers will quarrel with
it on that account." H. H. -«*»<»
-f Christian Science Monitor p!9 N 17
•45 400 w
"As a companion volume to his selected
letters published last year The Life of George
S. Gordon, with an introduction by Lord Hali-
fax, could hardly be bettered. His wife, with
sensitive self-effacement, has seen to it that so
far as possible her husband should be made to
tell his own story through his letters and
papers. But her skill in doing this owes much
to intimacy and to the recollections of some of
the many friends who delighted in so com-
panionable, shrewd, and racy a being. H. I A.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 S 14 '45 240w
"We have no desire to talk big about a
modest and unpretentious book, but Mrs. Gor-
don's life of her husband is one of those biog-
raphies that fill their frame. It shows (as Gor-
don would have wished) the man who could
be loved and laughed at, and persuades us that
he was one with the master of humane letters
and wise administrator."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p522 N 3 '45
2800w
Weekly Book Review p33 Ap 28 '46
360w
GORDON. MILDRED. Little man who wasn't
there. 224p $2 Doubleday
4o-358o
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 19 '46 ISOw
Booklist 42:349 JI 1 '46
Kirkut 14:136 Mr 16 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 Ap 28 '46 140w
"Western background, atmospheric charac-
ters and plentiful action partly make up for
incomplete opacity of puzzle."
Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 4 *46 40w
"This is a likable little anecdote with Arizona
scenery and a bit of fun to ease the shudders."
Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p22 My 6 '46 150w
GORDON, MRS PATRICIA. Rommany luck; II.
by Rafaello Busoni. 206p $2 Viking
46-11823
Tale of the English gipsies during the last
days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The
hero is the gipsy youth Orlando who goes to
the queen to seek pardon for his family and
gains her favor and pardon for all gipsies in
England. For grades five to eight.
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
"Interesting and holding reading. Good
colorful background of rural and urban Eng-
land adds to the interest. Some adults may
question the portrayal of gypsies as attractive
vagabonds with a penchant for being light-
fingered, and the author hastens to forestall
auch criticism by indicating that the folkways
and morals of 16th century England were none
too savory. Anyhow, it's good story telling."
-f Kirkus 14:424 S 1 '47 130w
"Theme is serious, yet the story is light,
swift-paced and very Interesting. Strongly
recommended." Ruth McEvoy
+ Library J 71:1808 D 16 '46 70w
+ N Y Times p31 Ja 19 '47 130w
"There are some exciting adventures, among
them a scene -with the queen surrounded by
her court. There are effective chapter-head-
ings in black and white." M. O. D.
Sat R of Lit 29:31 D 14 '46 120w
"Life on the road in old England, always a
fascinating subject, takes most of the narra-
tive, the brief scene with Elizabeth is lifelike,
and gypsy life, language and customs pervade
the book/' M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 12 '47
270w
GORE ALLEN, W. See Allen, W. G.
GORKY, MAXIM, pseud. (ALEXEI MAXIM-
OVICH PYESHKOFF). Orphan Paul; tr. by
Lily Turner and Mark O. Strever. (Pursuit
press bk) 270p $2.75 Boni & Gaer
A hitherto unpublished novel by the famous
Russian author. It is the tragic story of an
orphan, lonely and imaginative, and the hard-
ships and disillusionments which made up his
life. Includes also the essay "How I became
a writer."
Book Week p6 D 22 '46 140w
"The characterizations are excellent, the
story gloomily interesting, the portrayal of
Russia's poor, vivid. An appendix gives im-
portant dates in Gorky's life and a lUt of all
his writings. Recommended for all libraries."
Anne Whitmore
-H Library J 71:1625 N 15 '46 lOOw
"A story of the love of a foundling for a
prostitute, which manages to convey with
beauty and reality a situation which is trite
and usually treated with sentimentality. Per-
haps no one in the history of literature has
managed to describe squalor with such success
and such wit. 'Orphan Paul* is real Gorky."
M. R. Werner
+ N Y Times p7 D 29 '46 650w
" 'Orphan Paul,' it must be said, does not
represent Gorky at his best. Its climactic
murder scene springs from a rather bookish
and romantic conception of how a lover ought
to behave when he is greatly moved, and much
of the flrst half of the novel is cluttered with
grotesque, irrelevant detail that betrays an un-
sure taste. It is clearly a young man's work.
Nevertheless, many of Gorky's finest character-
istics are fully in evidence here, among them
his compelling emotional power, his genius for
character projection, and his brooding sense
of environment as doom." Stephen Stepanchev
H Weekly Book Review plO D 15 '46
550w
GORKY, MAXIM, pseud. (ALEXEI MAXIMO-
VICH PYESHKOFF). Reminiscences. 215p
$2.75 Dover
928 Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich, graf. Chekhov,
Anton Pavlovich. Andreev, Leonid Nikolae-
vich. Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
46-5503
"Maxim Gorky was one of the world's great-
est journalists, in the Plutarchian sense, and
this book contains some of his best work —
memories of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Andreyev, and
others, along with what appears to be the
whole of the Chekhov-Gorky correspondence."
New Yorker
"This is a welcome collection of Gorky's
reminiscences, which have hitherto, in English
at least, been available only in scattered vol-
umes, some of them out of print. . . The total
effect of the book is to give us a remarkable
view of Gorky, almost unaffected by the ne-
cessities of the political background. It is, of
course, true that he had keen political interests
throughout his life, but I think that most
critics will agree that he was at his literary
best when free from immediate consideration
of the political situation." G. V. Bobrinskoy
4- Book Week p4 Jl 14 '46 400w
Christian Science Monitor plO Ja 4 '47
120w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard .
Nation 163:560 N 16 '46 4*w
Reviewed by Perry Miller
N Y Times p3 Jl 21 '46 1200w
"Whenever Gorky thought a man's personal-
ity was worthy of his attention, he diet a thor-
ough Job on it, probing and worrying his sub-
ject until there was nothing left to learn. He
remembered everything and wrote it all down,
and it is our good fortune that most of the
men who interested him were of titan size."
+ New Yorker 22:78 Je 29 '46 80 w
Tim* 48:100 Jl 15 '46 B50w
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QORSKA, HALINA. Prince Godfrey, the knight
of the star of the nativity: introd. by Phyllis
Fenner; illuminated by Irene LK>rentowicz.
206p $3 Roy pubs.
398.2 Legends— Poland 46-7452
"Twelve wondrous stories of a Polish hero,
Prince Godfrey, Knight of the Star of the
Nativity, as told by the astrologer of his
father's court. Twelve strange prophecies were
made when the child was born. Twelve times
they came true and none who was oppressed or
in need of help ever failed to receive that help
from Prince Godfrey." Book Week
Book Week p3 N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:105 D 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:472 N '46 120w
4- Klrkus 14:387 Ag 15 '46 130w
"Similar in spirit to the King Arthur stories,
this hero tale of Polish extraction has both
dignity and charm." Claire Nolte
4- Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 70w
"Halina Go r ska writes with Slavic poetry and
flre, which is well conveyed by the translator,
and the spirit of the book is as Polish as that
of Hans Christian Andersen is Scandinavian.
As with him, we can recognize one of those
rare people who not only love children but can
think in their language. 'Prince Godfrey* will
appeal especially to children who love poetry,
fairy tales and legends." Mary Mian
-f N Y Times p48 N 10 '46 200w
"The stories, each forming a complete entity,
combine to comprise a whole that is a real
contribution to hero literature. The illustrations
and illuminations make it an exceptionally at-
tractive book." Yvette Schmitt
4- San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
HOw
"The translation is a bit 'flowery,' but it
has a touch of humor, and the word pictures
are often very beautiful. Irena Lorentowicz's
illustrations give the book great distinction. . .
It is a book whose value will remain constant
as the years go by. It will bring, this year,
beauty and dignity to the Christmas festival."
M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:29 D 14 '46 400w
"For centuries such heroes have been held in
the hearts of their people, heroes of romance,
Christian in feeling but retaining the pagan
principle of having magicians to fight. And if
the effect of this book, even on an older person,
is curiously soothing, restful and generally
satisfying-, it is because whether he believes it
in the strictest sense or not, he is basking in
something long believed."
-)- Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46 470w
Wis Lib Bui 42:153 N '46
GOTTSCHALK, FRUMA. The runaway soldier;
il. by Simon Ussim. 161p $2.50 Knopf
398 Folklore, Russian 46-25275
Sixteen folk tales of old Russia retold for
reading aloud to children, could be used by
storytellers. For grades three to five.
Book Week plO N 10 '46 HOw
Booklist 43:58 O 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:463 N '46 80w
Kirkus 14:420 S 1 '46 80 w
"Well told in a form that will be readily
accepted by storytellers as well as by the many
boys and girls who love fairy tales. For ages
8-12. Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
4- Library J 71:1334 O 1 '46 70w
"There are excellent stories for telling and
reading aloud in the collection. . . The stories
are told simply and clearly, but without the
genuine folk quality and jpeasant humor of
another Russian collection, 'Picture Tales From
the Russian,' by Valery Carrick. These qualities
are found abundantly, however, In the illus-
trations by Simon Lissim." Mary Mian
4- N Y Times pSO O 6 '46 230w
Reviewed by Dagney Juell
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 N 10 '46
60w
"This is a new version — and a good one. We
can think of no nicer Christmas present than
this gay, attractive book. It will be approved by
young and old and it looks like Christmas!" M.
G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:46 N 9 '46 HOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
GOTTSCHALK, LOUIS REICHENTHAL, and
others. Use of personal documents in history,
anthropology, and sociology; prepared for
the Committee on appraisal of research. 243p
$1.50 Social science research council
301.8 History — Historiography. Anthropology
— Methodology. Sociology — Methodology
45-2844
"This book deals with the use of human
and personal documents in history and also in
the two social studies of anthropology and
sociology. Such documents are the chief source
of historical information; but they are only
one source of many, and a minor source, in
the two latter studies. Therefore their use in
history is the most widely treated of the
three. A discussion of the use of personal
documents in history really requires a book
on historical method and that is what Profes-
sor Gottschalk has given us here. . . The ar-
ticle on the use or personal documents in
anthropology by Clyde Kluckhohn ought to
prove very helpful to teachers and writers
of history as well as to those who work in the
field of the most basic social study. . . The
third part of this book, dealing with the use
of personal documents in sociology, the most
inclusive of the social studies, is the work of
Robert Angell, sociologist, of the University of
Michigan. " Am Hist R
Reviewed by E. M. Hulme
Am Hist R 51:91 O '45 480w
Reviewed by R. T. LaPiere
Am J Soc 52:156 S '46 1250w
"The Social Science Research Council is to
be congratulated on presenting this valuable
collection of studies. It should be made avail-
able to students in the social sciences every-
where." W. E. Cal dwell
4- Social Forces 24:354 Mr '46 2650w
GOUDGE, ELIZABETH. Reader; cornp. and
ari^angred, with an introd. by Rose Dobbs.
498p $3 50 Coward-McCann
46-8278
"A collection of favorite short stories and
selections from all the famous novels from
4A City of Bells' to 'Green Dolphin Street.' "
(Note on title-page)
"This would be a happy choice for a bed-
dide or a guest-room book, for it is pleasant
reading- — very English, lyrical in its apprecia-
tion of the beauties of nature and warm with
a mystical religious faith. Miss Goudge's fa-
vorite settings — the English cathedral towns
and the stanch Channel Islands — are felicitous
background for her story-telling gift. Even
the fragments scissored from her novels make
bright bits that stand on their own." Beatrice
Sherman
4- N Y Times p22 D 15 '46 550w
Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46 40w
GOULD, JEAN ROSALIND. Miss Emily; il.
by Ursula Koering. 220p $2.50 Hough ton
Dickinson, Emily— Fiction 46-3353
Fictionized biography of Emily Dickinson,
written for young people.
"Seldom has an author succeeded so well
in making a character become our choice new
friend." H. F. Griswold
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 13
'46 360w
"Through a sensitively written story-biog-
raphy Jean Gould attempts to reveal the
baffling personality of Emily Dickinson to
young girls. . . Girls will naturally turn to
Emily Dickinson's poetry after reading this
book." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:311 My '46 UQw
328
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GOULD, J. R — Continued
"Historically, the author's statements seem
more positive than proved evidence warrants.
The poetry is inadequately represented with
a kind of raise emphasis on imagined incidents
which purport to bring meaning to the hack-
neyed verses. Any young person mature
enough to be interested in Emily Dickinson
beyond the few famous simple poems of an-
thologies, would do better to go for biograph-
ical material to the direct, lucid, distinguished
biographies written by members of the Dickin-
son family, contradictory as they are, or to
the sensitive volume by Genevieve Taggard,
The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson."
— Kirkus 14:72 F 1 '46 250w
"Style of writing is not outstanding but will
be acceptable to serious-minded readers of
high-school age." Dorotha Dawson
Library J 71:764 My 15 '46 90w
"The pedestrian character of this narrative,
its wealth of cliches, and its tone of immit-
igable gentility, alike suggest that the author
is impervious to the quality of the woman
about whom she has chosen to write. She treats
the psychopathology of Dickinsonian life with
a childlike innocence, but is unashamed in her
freedoms with the known facts of Miss Dickin-
son's history. . . Intended 'for boys and girls
who have read or will want to read Emily
Dickinson's poetry/ this highly fictionized biog-
raphy is calculated to dismay those in the
first group and to turn those in the second
group away from their poet." Babette Deutsch
— NY Times p32 Ap 28 '46 400w
"The beauty of Emily Dickinson's spirit and
her chosen way of life is not easily expressed
in prose. Miss Gould suggests it only briefly.
A few of the more obvious poems are quoted,
but not enough to give a real insight into the
productive years that were to follow. The illus-
trations are lifelike and attractive. They and
the text form a careful and an entertaining
introduction to the young Emily Dickinson."
R. A. Hill
H Sat R of Lit 29:42 S 28 '46 600w
"A biography of Emily Dickinson for young
people written with such charm and enthu-
siasm that the fame of Amherst and its shy
genius should for a while at least resound
above the sound of juke boxes. Probably it will
have the most appeal for girls, but there is no
reason why boys and even adults should not
get pleasure from this gay story of a girl and
her friends in Amherst a century ago." R.
P. H.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 27 '46 260w
"This, I suppose, must be as near as a book
for boys and girls can come to a book about
the life of Emily Dickinson. Why they should
be greatly interested in her life I do not know.
There are her poems instead, into which her
life withdrew. I do not find that most of this
book would greatly inspire me to read them."
M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 My 12 '46 360w
WIs Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
GOULD, KENNETH MILLER, and COYNE,
MRS JOAN, eds. Young voices; a quarter
century of high school student writing se-
lected from the Scholastic awards; foreword
by Dorothy Canfleld Fisher. 396p $3 Harper
810.8 School verse and prose 45-10354
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
Reviewed by W. R. Benet
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 90w
"Scores of the themes point unerringly to
the fact that the recognized objectives of Eng-
lish instruction in high schools are being at-
tained in a measure worthy of commendation.
It is significant also that the authors of these
selections are representative of all types of
secondary schools: technical and vocational as
well as academic and general, rural as well as
metropolitan, private and parochial as well as
S^fPM1™ £orrowu the evaluation of Dorothy
Canfleld Fisher, who wrote the Foreword: 'The
book gives us a bird's-eye view of young
hearts and young minds from Maine to Cali-
fornia.' " E. S. Lide
-f School R 54:121 F '46 600w
WIs Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
GOULD, RALPH ERNEST. Yankee storekeeper
[il. by Stephen J. Voorhiesl. (Whittlesey
house publication) 195p $2.50 McGraw
B or 92 46-3058
Reminiscences of a Maine storekeeper, who
later branched out to become the town under-
taker, and still later to sell gasoline. The breath
of life to him is a good trade, and the book is
full of stories of swapping.
Reviewed by Rosemary Taylor
Book Week p!8 Ap 14 '46 550w
Bookmark 7:7 My '46
"Some of his discussions — as of the cynical
economics of the undertaking business — get a
little strong. And his Grange meeting anec-
dotes are rather fatuously off -color. But it is
an authentic book, written out of a lifetime
of hard experience. It should delight any busi-
nessman, for it is filled with primitive lore
that appears to be as useful on Wall Street
or Fifth Avenue as it was in Harmony,
Maine." E. D. C.
-L — Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ap 27
'46 600w
"Readers with any nostalgia in their make-up
will savor reading the story just as much as
the self-dehydrated Mr. Gould clearly does the
writing. Part of the autobiography appeared in
the Saturday Evening Post, which would like
his super-hard-headed individualism, but which
has drawing room rules against some of his
more salty and peppery phrases and anecdotes
and irreverences. R. E. Gould is, of course, a
character — and he really is."
Commonweal 44:20 Ap 19 '46 130w
"Fascinating reading for anyone interested in
folk ways. Vigorous portrait of a tight-fisted
Down Easter."
-f Kirkus 14.60 F 1 '46 130w
"Told with shrewd Yankee wisdom and sly
humor, this book gives a vivid picture of the
old-fashioned country store when it was a
lively trading-center for goods, gossip and poli-
tics. . . Tribute to a grand old institution
gradually disappearing from American life
which should find its way to all public library
shelves with other Americana." S. E. Sher-
man
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 140w
"Not since 'David Harum' has a book ap-
peared with more horse sense and better horse
stories in its pages than this chronicle of a
Maine storekeeper. . . Every chapter has a
full measure of racy anecdote and every page
its flash of Yankee wit." R. T. Bond
-I- N Y Times p20 Ap 14 '46 650w
"The book is as authentic as the smells of
tea, kerosene, rubber boots, mouse cheese; the
jumble of harness, crackers, tobacco, work
clothes, fishing poles, and foodstuffs that is
any crossroads store you have ever known.
It is as authentically Maine as an L. L.. Bean
catalogue." J. P. Wood
-f- Sat R of Lit 24:26 Ap 20 '46 800w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
480w
"The essential of the book is its picture of
a way of life, not merely of business, a picture
that, despite its harshnesses, arouses nostalgia
and more than a little envy." Mary Ross
4. Weekly Book Review p30 Ap 14 '46
650w
GOULD, RANDALL CHASE. China in the
sun. 403p $3.50 Doubleday
951.04 China 46-317
The author "provides a comprehensive ac-
count, part personal, but most of it entirely
impersonal, of the background, present status
and future possibilities of the seemingly over-
whelming problems, political, social, economic
and spiritual, that face the Chinese giant as it
struggles so clumsily, so desperately, to its
feet, The long conflict of the Kuomintang
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
329
and the Communists, of course, figures largely
In Randall Gould's story, but he does not omit
the potential importance of the League
of Democratic Parties, which is neither
Kuomintang nor Communist, although closer
in immediate interest to the latter, and which
would be certain to play an interesting role
in any workable coalition rule in a unified
China. While these political sections of the
book are currently of the most immediate in-
terest, there are likewise valuable chapters on
the general quality of Chinese social life and
institutions." (Weekly Book Review) Index.
Reviewed by E. M. Gale
Am Pol Sci R 40:810 Ag '46 650w
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 My '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 7 '46
650w
Reviewed by W. F. Sands
Commonweal 43:532 Mr 8 '46 390w
Current Hist 10:351 Ap '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 24:755 Jl '46 lOOw
"An important book, but difficult for steady
reading, with multiplicity of names and as-
sumptions of knowledge. But don't overlook
' ^ Kirkus 13:501 N 15 '45 250w
"Mr. Gould refuses to see any connection
between the activities of the Chinese Com-
munists and the foreign policy of the Soviet
Union. And this is the greatest weakness of
his book, for it leads him to a grotesquely
over-optimistic conclusion. . . It is a great pity
that a book so admirable in so many respects
as 'China in the Sun' should be marred by
such a grievous fault. In the writing of con-
temporary history and the forecasting of the
future, ignorance of some of the relevant facts
can be quite as dangerous as their deliberate
suppression. . . 'China in the Sun' proves that
Mr. Gould knows a very great deal about
China, and that he tries conscientiously to be
fair. It does not prove that he knows much
about Communist Russia. Nor does it prove
that he is very worldly-wise." Varian Fry
H Sat R of Lit 29:10 Mr 2 '46 1250w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:118 Je '46 210w
"Since [an] unusual breadth of Interest and
sympathy is to be found throughout 'China In
the Sun' [it] becomes a report of high value
to the Increasing number of Americans who
realize the importance to all of us of what is
going on in the storm- tossed land of Cathay."
Richard Watts
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Ja 27 '46
1500w
Wis Lib Bui 42:73 My '46
GRAEFENBERG, ROSIE (QOLDSCHMIDT)
(COUNTESS WALDECK) (R. G.). Lustre in
the sky. 434p $2.75 Doubleday
46-3212
Novel based on the final phase of the Napo-
leonic era. Vienna, during the days of the Con-
gress of Vienna is the scene and the center of
this scene of brilliant pageantry is Talleyrand.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p3 My 5 '46 700w
Kirkus 14:110 Mr 1 '46 210w
"Countess Waldeck displays considerable
gusto in painting a pleasant picture of Ancien
Regime society. But nothing new is added
to the conventional, glamorized portraits of
Metternich, Czar Alexander, Talleyrand, the
' Duchess of Sagan and others. The main char-
acters, though drawn with a profusion of de-
tail, remain flat, and the description of their
passion is more eloquent than convincing."
F. C. Weiskopf
N Y Times p!8 Ap 28 '46 320w
" 'Lustre in the Sky* is one of those full-
blown novels of history wherein practically
every character bears a familiar name, where-
in bands play and soldiers march, wherein
elaborate foods and coiffures and gowns have
their importance, where scenes shift from
throne room to ballroom to bedroom in dizzy
succession, and where snowy bosoms are Just
as important in achieving decisions as eco-
nomic or national necessities. Such material
can be handled badly or it can be disciplined
into a convincing whole. Countess Waldeck
has made a success of it." Herbert Gorman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:8 Je 1 '46 1150w
"A descriptively colorful, but excessively
talkative, narrative in which practically every
character is a historic personage. . . 'Lustre in
the Sky' is not a true historical novel, since
It is so deliberately written with a modern per-
spective and in verbiage that is far too collo-
quial. It does not add veracity to the text to
speak glibly of Czar Alexander's brain trust,
nor to dress the Congress of Vienna in the
garments of Teheran and Yalta, and at no time
does the author succeed in completely immers-
ing her story in the drama of its own era,
with the result that the novel is entirely dom-
inated by an atmosphere of elaborate costume
charades." JU S. Munn
Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
480w
"Every one of consequence in the history of
the Congress troops through these pages. . .
But all other figures at the Congress pale, in
this account, before Talleyrand. . . Though the
style of the book is not distinguished (it stoops
to expressions such as 'took a dim view' and
'dreamed up') and there are doubtless histor-
ical distortions, 'Lustre in the Sky' is a read-
able account of the end of another war, of
another international gambling-table around
which a few people were gathered, as others
are today, while all over the earth the helpless
millions awaited the outcome of the game."
Virgilia Peterson
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 21 '46 800w
GRAF, MAX. Composer and critic; two hundred
years of musical criticism. 331p $3.75 Norton
780.072 Musical criticism 46-1344
The author, a music historian and critic who
began his career in Vienna in the 1890s, covers
two hundred years of the history of musical
criticism relating it to the cultural and intellec-
tual development of Europe of that time.
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
"Nobody loves the critic, least of all the
composer. Two hundred years of conflict
between them is recorded by Max Graf, him-
self a critic in Vienna from 1890 to 1938.
His book Is lively and sound. He plays fair
with his enemy, the composer, and advances
some interesting theories of his own." L. A.
Sloper
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 Je 8 '46
480w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
"It will disappoint many that 'Composer
and Critic' halts without discussion of living
American critics. It would be of great in-
terest to know, for one thing, Dr. Graf's
thoughts on Time's recent pronouncement that
Virgil Thompson's criticisms are superior to
Olin Downes's. But Dr. Graf's method is
necessarily one of charm, understanding, and
mature judgment. No doubt it would be
thankless to enter the arena of current, com-
petitive criticism, even with the unique equip-
ment Dr. Graf could offer. This work will
profit the music lover, the student and the
professional." John Brubaker
-f Commonweal 43:626 Ap 5 '46 650w
"Nothing more worthless and more vicious
could be offered in the name of authority to
the lay public that doesn't know and would
like to learn than the unreliable facts and judg-
ments, the distorted mis-learning, in this book."
C. B. Farrell
— Nation 163:328 S 21 '46 2000w
"Dr. Graf has written a charming, com-
prehensive, intelligent treatise on music
criticism, drawing generously on his own large
supply of knowledge and experience. . . The
only major issue on which I cannot reach
agreement with Dr. Graf is his manner. He is
much too polite. No subject in the world de-
serves more rudeness than music criticism."
M. A. Schubart
H NY Times p4l Ap 14 '46 750w
330
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GRAF, MAX — Continued
"In spite of its unique value in tracing the
historical course of music criticism as it wended
its devious way through various periods and
countries, 'Composer and Critic' emerges chiefly
as a human document, not only in the recount-
ing of a very great period of music in which
Graf was a participant as well as an interested
spectator, but because of his wise, profoundly
understanding appraisal of the critical forces of
other times than his own." Ashley Pettis
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:23 OU9 '46 800w
Reviewed by Frederick Morton
Theatre Arts 30:680 N '46 SlOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:82 Je '46 250w
" 'Composer and Critic* is the most humane
and enlightened, as well as comprehensive,
treatment of the subject this writer has yet
encountered." Virgil Thomson
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Mr 3 '46 1500w
GRAF, MAX. Legend of a musical city. 302p
II |3 Philosophical lib.
914.361 Vienna. Music— Vienna 46-26082
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
"It Is a pleasure to recommend this warm
and affectionate book about Vienna by Max
Graf. It was not written for scholars, who
might lift their eyebrows at Dr. Graf's un-
critical enthusiasms, at the same time finding
a mass of useful and interesting information
to hand. There may be, for the sophisticated,
too much of the sentimental aterbende
Maerchenstadt formula. This reviewer, how-
ever, sent the book to a few friends, hoping
that by an 'Operation Magic Carpet* in reverse,
they might find transportation in fancy If not
fact to a city in Europe we love only less
well than Paris." Chalmers Clifton
•f Sat R of Lit 29:40 Ja 26 '46 600w
Reviewed by Frederick Morton
Theatre Arts 30:680 N '46 310w
"The book is nostalgic and sentimental, and
the translation is heavy with unresolved Ger-
man idioms; but it offers a constant stream of
personal reminiscence regarding the great
figures of music that must interest every mus-
ical reader." H. M. Parshley
Weekly Book Review p29 O 6 '46 270w
GRAF. MAX. Modern music; composers and
music of our time Ctr. by Beatrice R. Maier].
320p $3 Philosophical lib.
780.9 Music— History and criticism. Musi-
cians 46-7085
This book of reminiscences of Mahler, Schoen-
berg, Hindemith, Stravinsky, and other mod-
ern musicians of the period from 1896 to the
present, gives also a picture of the develop-
ment of music during those years. Index.
Reviewed by Felix Borowski
Book Week p30 D 1 '46 300w
Booklist 43:97 D 1 '46
"Not much use to anyone with a serious in-
terest in the subject, as the author seems
almost incapable of referring to music except
in terms of metaphors and similes from other
arts; but It mentions a good many names and
contains a number of cultural pep- talks which
might provide some frame of reference to a
beginner in music 'appreciation.' whatever that
is. The general line of approach is Bruckner-
Mahler Viennese." N. F.
Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 lOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf pl9 8 '46
"His book is informative and stimulating."
-h San Francltco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
50w
GRAHAM, AU Timothy Turtle; pictures by
Tony Palazzo. [30p] $2 Robert Welch pub.
co, 465 Main at, Cambridge 42, Mass.
46-21131
Picture book with story in verse, describing
the Journey of Timothy Turtle up Took-a-
Look Hill, his experience with the falling rook,
and his welcome home.
"This is a book for 'exceptional' children
and all grownups who like to be quietly
amused. A sophisticated writer of light verse
and the art director of Coronet and Esquire
magazines have created a masterpiece of fun,
subtle comment and pleasant satire."
-f Book Week p5 N 10 '46 IBOw
Booklist 43:173 F 1 '47
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 10 '46
lOOw
"This large-size picture book, with its lively
story In verse, its delightful drawings and
exceptional printing, will bring Joy to the
most Jaded household on Christmas morning."
A. C. Moore
4- Horn Bk 22:455 N '46 170w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:461 N '46 90w
"Dramatically told with interesting choice of
words and a well sustained rhythm which
young children will like to hear." B. W. Tur-
ptn
-f- Library J 71:1629 N 15 '46 70w
"A merry book for the picture-book age
which should be read aloud for the whole
family." E. L. B.
4- N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 210w
GRAHAM, MRS ELINOR (MISH). Maine
charm string. 231p $2.50 Mac mil Ian
917.41 Maine — Social life and customs. But-
tons 46-4950
The original of charm string's were buttons:
999 of them, no two alike. In this series of
sketches the author describes her button col-
lecting hobby, and the Maine people with whom
she came in contact during her avid search
for buttons.
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 40w
"A humorous, pleasant adventure tale."
4- Kirkus 14:216 My 1 '46 150w
"Quite a bit of personal philosophy runs
through this amusing magpie-style book. Elinor
Graham realized that there were narrowness,
bigotry and evil in Maine people, but she
deliberately looked for generous and good
qualities, and found them in plenty." Barbara
Bond
-f N Y Times p!7 Jl 14 '46 500w
"The social and moral effects of button col-
lecting have many implications, you'll discover.
But aside from the buttons there are other
interests. Mrs. Graham writes about country
living in Maine somewhat in the vein that
Zephine Humphreys used to write about coun-
try living in Vermont. You get the meaning of
country hospitality which extends far beyond
threshold and board to the spirit," Jane Voiles
-f San Francisco Chronicle p8 Jl 6 '46
750w
"While buttons are discussed to a certain
extent, the charms on the string of this story
are the anecdotes of people and places Mrs.
Graham has come to know in pursuit of her
hobby. They make very good telling and they
make very good reading. The author retains
the sense of humor that made her first book
so delightful. She can still make fun of her-
self in a manner that tickles the ribs of the
reader. She still writes with enthusiasm and
simplicity. But she has gained, as we all
should gain with added years, in insight and
sympathy; and she has gained in skill with
words." L». D. Rich
4- Sat R of Lit 29:14 Ag 10 '46 410w
"Her story not only is filled with the thrill
of collecting, but is a delightful picture of
Maine and its people."
-f Sprtngf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 120w
"It is her description of the people she
knows and loves and their reactions to her
yearning for buttons that give her book Ha
quality of warmth and generosity. She laughs
at herself often, but never at others. Her
charm string, she discovered at the end, was
not made up of buttons, but of friendships
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
331
and relationships that grew out of her quest. . .
Mrs. Graham's book is rich with Maine charac-
ter and the feeling of Maine seasons. If she
stresses the beauty and goodness of the life
she knows, it is not through sentimentality."
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 7 '46 460w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
GRAHAM, LORENZ B. How God fix Jonah;
wood engravings by Letterio Calapai. 171p
$2.50 Reynal
398.21 Biblical stories. Folklore, African
46-8692
Biblical stories— of Jonah, the Prodigal Son,
David, Joshua, and others — set down in the
English vernacular of certain African coastal
tribes, and following the patterns of speech of
a modern West African boy.
Kirkus 14:379 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"Out of a period of work with a missionary
in Monrovia, Liberia, Lorenz Graham has
gathered twenty-one Bible stories as told in
the idiom of the West African native. As Mr.
Graham says, the stories must be spoken to
be appreciated fully — true of all folklore — but
some pleasure and a faint insight into the life
of a slightly known people can be got from
the printed page." Hubert Creekmore
+ N Y Times p34 D 8 '46 500w
"One feels a keen disappointment in the
fact that this West African teller-of- tales has
been so closely confined to the environs of the
missionary compound. One wonders with sad-
ness if Liberia and the West Coast have been
bleached of their native cultures. Where are
the tales of the Mandlngos, the Golahs and the
Krus? The feeling of Africa is lost to a great
extent through the omission of native material,
and the book suffers. But in this era of
clamors and frustration, 4How God Fix Jonah*
is nevertheless a very fine investment." Z. N.
Hurston
H Weekly Book Review p5 N 24 '46 600w
GRAHAM, SHIRLEY. Paul Robeson, citizen
of the world; foreword by Carl Van Doren.
264p $2.50 Messner
B or 92 Robeson, Paul — Juvenile literature
46-5096
Biography of the great Negro singer and
actor written for young readers. Shirley Gra-
ham is also co-author of a book about another
great Negro, Dr. George Washington Carver.
"Miss Graham errs, along with most writers
of Juvenile biographies, in praising her subject
too fulsomely. Robeson's life speaks for it-
self. It doesn't need double bowknots of
laurel." Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 D '46 80w
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 28 '46 220w
Booklist 43:19 S '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 12 '46
230w
"She makes it good reading and one even
forgives its being on the side of hero worship,
for the proportions of the hero are so large
that it would be difficult to write of him
otherwise."
-f- Kirkus 14:73 F 1 '46 150w
"Recommended for theater, music and Negro
. collections." George Freedley
4- Library J 71:482 Ap 1 '46 120w
"The author has given too little attention
to chronology if the book Is intended to portray
to youth the details of a great struggle upward
and the rhapsodic style fails to make the hero
lovable or understandable. It takes much more
than a procession of names greeting Paul in
world-famous places to complete the picture.
Much of the conversation created by the au-
thor is meaningless without a glossary of
double-talk." George Streator
— NY Times p!8 Ag 18 '46 270w
Sat R of Lit 29:68 N 9 '46 270w
Reviewed by E. J. R. Isaacs
Theatre Arts 30:619 O '46 480w
"The life of Paul Robeson is a highly dra-
matic one and Miss Graham brings to it the
quality of fictional suspense. She starts with
his singing at Barcelona, during the Spanish
War, and then goes back to retrace the steps
that brought him there. While he emerges as
a highly lovable and modest person who
achieved renown for his acting and singing,
his portrait lacks the third dimension of depth.
The book as a whole gives the impression of
a writer getting his material from a series
of portraits taken of the subject during vari-
ous stages of his career. One gets to know
the public, but not the private figure." Rose
Feld
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ag 4 '46 410w
GRANT, MRS DOROTHY (FREMONT). Night
of decision; a novel of colonial New York.
279p $2.76 Longmans 46-7816
Historical novel of colonial New York be-
tween 1683 and 1690. It depicts the circum-
stances attending the regime of Colonel Thomas
Dongan, the Catholic governor appointed by the
Stuarts. The heroine, gentle daughter of a
stern, irascible Protestant father, marries one
of Dongan' s Catholic supporters. The villain
is Jacob Leisler.
"Historically the novel has [much] to com-
mend it. Dongan, a much misunderstood and
neglected figure, was a colorful character and
one of the best of colonial administrators. . .
Mrs. Grant does him full Justice. In dealing
with Jacob Leisler, who Is the villain of the
piece, she is on less firm ground. There is
still difference of opinion as to the character
of the man and the government he established
after his successful revolt of 1689, and he may
not have been so blackhearted as this novel
paints him." R. B Nye
H Book Week p!4 N 17 '46 450w
"This historical novel of colonial New York,
at the time of Colonel Dongan's administra-
tion, toward the end of the seventeenth cen-
tury, is most engrossing. The author is a
capital story teller. The dialogue, sometimes
quaintly archaic, is well handled; from the
beginning there are abundant and thrilling
climaxes; and the character delineation is ex-
cellent." J. K. Sharp
-h Cath World 164:378 Ja '47 450w
"An informative novel with melodrama to
spare." Barbara Bond
N Y Times p26 N 24 '46 270w
Reviewed by Jennings Rice
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ja 12 '47
400w
GRANT, FREDERICK CLIFTON. Practice of
religion. 271p $2.50 Macmillan
248 Christian life » 46-915
"Valuable guide in understanding, and prac-
ticing the Christian religion in the complex
world of today. Defining the religious life as
one 'controlled by the consciousness of God,'
Dr. Grant discusses with spiritual understand-
ing and intellectual acumen the problems aris-
ing when the individual seeks this control and
this consciousness — the personal nature of all
religions, morality, prayer, sin, suffering.
mysticism, church doctrines, the social goal
and immortality." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 42:220 Mr 15 '46
"There is little that a reviewer can criticize
once the fundamental presuppositions have
been granted. The author is a liberal who
has not lost his touch with history; he is an
intellectual who has not lost the tire of con-
viction; he is a man who tempers vision with
realism. There are two possible objections:
(1) There is a feeling that some problems are
oversimplified, and that tension and depth have
been sacrificed for simplicity; but this is an
impression which Is difficult to classify. (2)
Dr. Grant's suspicion of metaphysics is not
well grounded." R. C. Miller
H Christian Century 63:430 Ap 3 '46 950w
332
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GRANT, F. C.— Continued
"Dr. Grant has . . . done two things at the
same time: he has provided an excellent book
for those who want to know what religion has
to say for itself, and an equally excellent
course of instruction for those — already Chris-
tian—who need to know more about religion
in practice. By all means put it In the hands
of questioning youth!" P. J. Moore
-I- Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 240w
Reviewed by I. G. Matthews
Crozer Q 23:186 Ap '46 700w
"There is much of philosophy, theology and
church history in this book, but it is solid
rather than heavy, more thought-provoking
than scholarly in the narrow sense. While no
book for the superficial man in the pew, it
should appeal to a wider public than academic
and theological circles."
-f- Kirkus 14:99 F 15 '46 180w
"Highly successful in achieving its aim, this
book should be of great interest and inspiration
to all thoughtful people seeking enlightenment
and aid in their spiritual life. Recommended
for all libraries purchasing any religious books
at ail." G. W. Wakefield
-f- Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 150w
WIs Lib Bui 42:56 Ap '46
GRAUMONT, RAOUL. Handbook of knots.
194p il $1.75; pa $1 Cornell maritime
677.7 Knots and splices 45-11362
Illustrates and describes 428 knots and ties,
most of them common types which will be
useful in many trades and industries. Glos-
sary. Index.
Booklist 42:222 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 Mr '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 70:1135 D 1 '45 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:57 O '45
"The clearly written text and an extensive
glossary and index help make 'Handbook of
Knots' attractive to beginner or expert and
Mr Graumont in his fourth book on the sub-
ject acknowledges the assistance of several
United States navy men." D. B. B.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 Ja 10 '46 180w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46 90w
GRAVES, ROBERT. King Jesus. 424p $3
Creative age
Jesus Christ— Fiction 46-7342
Historical novel based on the life of Jesus.
The central theme is that Christ was the son
of Mary's first husband, who was the son
of Herod. Assuming the truth of this state-
ment Christ would have been the grandson of
a king, therefore actually "King of the Jews."
"An unconventional and pre-eminently read-
able novel about Jesus Christ." Leo Kennedy
-r- Book Week pll O 6 '46 400W
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"If this book seems to most readers to be
a shocking, offensive and bizarre account of
the life and work of Jesus — and I promise that
it will — they must also credit it with being
seriously meant as the exposition and defense
of a hypothesis. To the support of his
audacious conjecture, the author brings his
own indisputable power as a writer . . . and
adduces a vast accumulation of data from
obscure sources bearing upon ancient religions
and cults in the dim borderland between re-
ligion and magic. . . Graves treats the mass
of data with which he buttresses and embel-
lishes his hypothesis as though all parts of it
were of equal credibility, though much of it
has no sound historical evidence and most of
it is irrelevant to anything in the recorded
life of Jesus, but the whole is wrought into
a mosaic of extraordinary brilliance." W. E.
Garrison
Christian Century 63:1184 O 2 '46 1600w
Reviewed by Milhcent Taylor
Christian Science Monitor pl5 O 15 '46
300w
"This is not reading for the easily shocked;
it definitely presents Jesus as a sage and a
poet, if not divine. It moves, as does all Mr.
Graves' writing, at a brilliant fast pace, and
with a tremendous style."
Kirkus 14:548 N 1 '46 130w
"Not another David the King but dramatic
and certainly unorthodox." R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 lOOw
"Mr Graves is a poet; both the knowledge
of a scholar and the imagination of a poet
are brought to bear upon Jesus as child, boy,
and man. The end is done with austere re-
straint. Each of us has his own Jesus; here,
at full length, is the Jesus of Mr. Graves. The
book is a bold speculative adventure " Harold
Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 D 13 '46 230w
"When the intelligence report is submerged
in the narrative, Mr. Graves writes with
suavity and beauty, and it is certainly true
that he has, as he says, great respect for Jesus.
But in [some] passages there is not only in-
accuracy but, as they multiply, a certain anti-
Christian pettishness or uneasiness that all Mr.
Graves's powers cannot quite dispel. It is, I
think, only a consciousness on his part that al-
though the Christ of the church simply won't
do for him, his Christ really won't do for any-
one Robert Fitzgerald
Nation 163:475 O 26 '46 2900w
Reviewed by B. E. Kellett
New Statesman & Nation 33-15 Ja 4
47 950w
"It will undoubtedly take a rather special
class of reader to cope with the rich and com-
plex imagery of 'King Jesus,' which not only
operates on several levels at once but fuses
traditional orthodox conceptions with the
imaginative musings of Mr. Graves. Most
readers will marvel at the care and learning
which Mr. Graves brings to his examination
of some of the roots of the Jewish and Chris-
tian religions. Many will also feel that the
author is more aware of the roots of the tree
than of its fruit." N. K. Burger
N Y Times p5 S 29 '46 900w
"Mr. Graves, in this, the most ambitious of
his fictional reconstructions of history, not only
retells, in his own way, the story of Jesus but
gives a brilliant, if fantastic, exposition of
the pagan religions which reached their fulfill-
ment in the person of the Nazarene. A great
many of the book's departures from accepted
legends are not likely to be noticed by the
layman, but the more drastic changes in the
life of Jesus and His Mother, which advance
neither the pious nor the realistic elements of
the story, may make the reader begin to
wonder what the purpose is and, if he does
not know that Mr. Graves is a serious and
dignified historian, suspect him of a very
erudite tour de force. The author will probably
be less criticized, though, for shuffling the
incidents of the story than for not making
it move along."
New Yorker 22:112 O 12 '46 190w
"Many devout Christians will doubtless be
shocked by this extraordinary life of Jesus.
Some readers will find the details of myth
and ritual of the pagan and Jewish faiths dif-
ficult reading that obstructs the story. Cer-
tainly Mr. Graves's solution of the nativity
problem will arouse violent controversy, as
will much else in the book, but the Jesus
of his story is undeniably a man of divine
character and purpose if not of divine na-
tivity." Donald Armstrong
Sat R of Lit 29:17 O 19 '46 850w
"That any writer, let alone a poet like
Robert Graves, should attempt to narrate [the
story of the Resurrection] in prose so deadly,
so pedestrian, so unlighted, passes my under-
standing." Kate O'Brien
— Spec 177:654 D 13 '46 150 w
"Most readers will have no doubt whatever
that their descendants will still be reading,
marking and inwardly digesting the Gospel
story long after such a literary curiosity as
King Jesus has gone the way of Ignatius
Donnelly."
Time 48:106 S 30 '46 1450w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Times [London] Lit Sup p601 D 7 '46
550w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p!6 N 3 '46 1150w
GRAVES, ROBERT. Poems, 1938-1945. 58p J2
Creative age [5s Cassell] ^^
Collection of poems from the work of this
English poet written between 1938 and 1945.
"Mr. Graves rightly has the esteem of poets;
if he were to take the harder course and
employ more of his poetic force and skill in
describing the excellence he loves than the
evil he satirizes, he might be a poet for every-
-j- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 1 '46
320w
"We have ceased to think of Robert Graves
as a poet of thirty years ago. He was then
simple, clear, and creative. He is now com-
plicated, obscure, and analytical. Then he
wrote for people in general. Now, he tells us,
he writes for poets and wits. People in gen-
ural will still acclaim him as a technician and
will receive wholeheartedly the romantic im-
agery of the seven-lined lyric 'She Tells Her
Jx)ve While Half Asleep.' But most of the
new poems will not get through to them. As
a technician he is brilliant. As a metaphysi-
cian he is cloudy and difficult." Charles Powell
f- Manchester Guardian p3 Je 5 '46 120w
Reviewed by G. W. Stonier
New Statesman & Nation 31:456 JP 22
'46 330w
Reviewed by Marguerite Young
N Y Times p23 Ag 18 '46 300w
Reviewed by Louise Bogan
New Yorker 22:57 Jl 6 '46 650\v
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 Ag 11 '46
50w
"The real interest and value of this book are
professional. Awareness of words and what can
be done with them; understanding of syntax
and what, within the bounds of lucidity, can be
done with it; knowledge and skill in the han-
dling of rhythm and metre — Mr. Graves has
them all." Sheila Shannon
-f Spec 176:330 Mr 29 '46 480w
"His scansion and his internal rhymes are
not always true, and his chief virtue most cer-
tainly is not clarity. Yet the freshness of his
metaphors — the brilliance of his form, and his
skillful use of assonance are such that 'Poems:
1938-1945' is likely to take its place among the
poetical events of the year." William Man-
chester
+ Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 3 '46 120w
"The crisp new poems show that Mr. Graves
will not allow himself to mellow into a quiet
and unshocking philosopher. These poems . . .
show the author unsentimental and determined
to attain some personal reality, and there is
an occasional tone of bitterness — but not
despair."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p69 P 9 '46
360w
GRAY, ALEXANDER. Socialist tradition;
Moses to Lenin. 523p $7.50 (21s) Longmans
335 Socialism 46-5261
"A scholarly treatise on the development
of Socialist thought, broadly interpreted, from
classical times down to Lenin." Foreign Af-
fairs
"It is idle to expect that this book by the
distinguished professor of political economy and
mercantile law at the University of Edinburgh
will find a large number of readers. The pages
are too many and the print too fine. Yet it
should at least repose upon the library shelves
of every institution of higher learning in the
country; for Professor Gray has made a unique
contribution, even to the already voluminous
literature about socialism and socialists. The
book does not, as the author himself hastens
to make clear in the prologue, 'aim at being
a history of socialist thought.' Still less is it
a history of the socialist movement. Rather,
it is a series of studies of the ideas of certain
individuals who stand high in the socialist
tradition. Students of the history of social and
political thought will be intrigued for two rea-
sons. The first is the inclusion in the book
of essays on the work of men who were not
without significance in the development of so-
cialist thought, yet who are seldom mentioned
in the conventional histories of social or polit-
ical thought. . . Secondly, students of socialist
thought will be interested by the fresh view-
point and the unquestionable depth of scholar-
ship which Professor Gray brings to his con-
sideration of even the familiar landmarks. His
erudition is almost incredible, and he writes
with grace and charm enlivened by frequent
splashes of wit." Hilden Gibson
H Am Pol Sci R 40:1008 O '46 650w
"With [certain] reservations, it has to be
admitted that, within its species, this is a
well-informed, witty, and evert entertaining
book. It will appeal to serious laymen and
is likely to find a wide use in colleges and uni-
versities The success which I foresee for it
is well deserved." John Lindberg
H Ann Am Acad 247:197 S '46 450w
"This is a book which should be read and
pondered by all people who think of themselves
as socialists. . . The main impression that any
reader of the book is bound to get is that there
is something queer about men who go in for
socialism. 'It ought to be possible to write
without assuming that all Socialists are funda-
mentally dishonest, and that Socialism attracts
exclusively the world's failures and incompe-
tents,' says Mr. Gray. I don't think he has
quite succeeded. But the book is good reading
throughout, for Mr. Gray is both learned and
sophisticated " F. H. Underbill
-) Canadian Forum 26:184 N '46 500w
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 20w
"Of the book as a whole, it is not possible
in this space to say more than it certainly
takes a place in the book list of any under-
graduate reading political theory, even if, as
I do, he differs strongly from some of Mr.
Gray's views of Socialism and his emphasis
upon certain of its protagonists. But whether
the material is valuable for the seminar or for
private reflection, it is seriously and provoca-
tively presented." Norman MacKenzie
4 New Statesman & Nation 31:364 My
18 '46 850w
Reviewed by Louis Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 Ag 11 '46
800w
"This is a scholarly work written with un-
usual freshness and candour. . . The author
makes no attempt to go behind the ideas to
their social background, but, perhaps somewhat
inconsistently, gives a good deal of attention to
biographical detail. It is questionable whether
the individual peculiarities of the thinkers he
discusses are more relevant to an interpretation
of Socialism than the analysis of social forces.
On the other hand, the book is greatly en-
livened by the biographical material which the
author has brought together, and he handles it
with shrewdness and good humour, making no
secret of his likes and dislikes." Morris Gins-
berg
•4- Spec 177:218 Ag 30 '46 750w
Ttmes [London] Lit Sup p501 O 19 '46
5500w
GRAY, GEORGE HERBERT. Housing and citi-
zenship; a study of low-cost housing. 254p il
$7.50 Reinhold
331.833 Housing. City planning 46-5297
"Scholarly review of forces working in the
housing movement here and abroad during the
past. Purpose of book is to present a sound
well-coordinated plan for future low-cost de-
velopment in the United States as seen by the
late author from his experiences as city plan-
ning consultant. He discusses housing, the so-
cial, economic and technological background in-
cluding population, costs, rents and design."
(Library J) Bibliography.
334
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
GRAY, Q. H.— Continued
"Major Gray* a volume IB largely derivative.
Thus much of the case history of New York
City is 'taken from "Slums and Housing," by
James Ford/ His statements about the work
of Federal agencies are largely taken from
summary articles in the Housing Yearbooks of
the National Association of Housing Officials.
This method of compilation is justified if the
author's purpose is to lay the base quickly for
critical or reflective comment, to erect an edi-
fice of theoretical conclusions or proposals. I
have unhappily to report that I do not find
that edifice in the book." C. S. Ascher
— Ann Am Acad 248:296 N '46 500w
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p7 S 29 '46 230w
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 lOOw
"Major Gray's discussion of America's low-
cost housing problem is unquestionably an im-
portant one and, in spite of a prolix style and
a somewhat disorganized arrangement of topics,
is interesting reading."
-| New Repub 115:269 S 2 '46 230w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:41 Jl '46
"If the reader will take the trouble to read
Major Gray's book — it is a solid package of in-
formation— he will be grateful for an introduc-
tion to a subject that concerns him more vitally
than he realizes." E. J. Kahn
-4- Sat R of Lit 29:18 O 5 '46 900w
GRAY, JAMES. On second thought. 264p $3
Univ. of Minn.
810.9 American literature — History and
criticism. Authors A46-5008
A collection of literary essays and book re-
views based on the author's daily column in
the St Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch. Mr
Gray is now book editor of the Chicago Daily
News. Among the contemporary writers dealt
with in these pages are Sinclair Lewis. Eugene
O'Neill, Pearl Buck, Arnold Bennett, George
Bernard Shaw, John Dos Passes, Ernest Hem-
ingway, Thomas Wolfe, William Saroyan,
Willa Gather, Ellen Glasgow, Aldous Huxley,
Dorothy Parker, Storm Jameson, Thomas
Mann, Arthur Koestler.
Reviewed by J. W. Rogers
Book Week p2 O 20 '46 330w
"Mr. Gray's judgments are always worth
hearing, but often the analyses leave one some-
what uncertain about the actual contents of
the books. He is clearer as critic than as
reviewer. One may also wish that his ap-
praisals would flower from roots deeper in the
past. , . All eager students of contemporary
literature, nevertheless, will flnd this volume
interesting, provocative, illuminating." Robert
Berkelman
-| -- Christian Science Monitor p20 N 21 '46
480w
"A literary re-assemblage and reappraisal
. . . which is sound, solid rather than in-
terpretative criticism, and serves as an
orientation to the present day scene."
-f Kirkus 14:473 S 15 '46 170w
"In this selection of literary essays, a vet-
eran in the fleld proves once again that re-
viewing at it* best can be both an art and
a pleasure. . . Some of his Judgments may
seem a shade too final to the confirmed novel -
reader: despite his long silence, it is hard to
believe that Hemingway's best work is behind
nimi te.,dlsmis/ Marquand's 'satiric detachment'
ft* r T and moager,' to tag Edna Perber
and Ixmis Bromfield with 'the catastrophe of
competence,' to consider the work of Somer-
vufham a? an obltuary for the human
fV5n 1 these examples the critic's
ind cuts ,strateht to the heart of
v u,ncovel:i'1* the lacuna that bans
privilege to salute a reviewer who has pub-
lished his considered opinions without fear or
favor over a score of years and who is still
going strong." G. P. Whicher
+ Weekly Book Review p!8 O 6 '46
600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
GRAYSON, CHARLES. Angel town. 248p $2.50
Doubleday
46-4765
A story of a group of young people — high
school and college boys and girls — told against
a setting of Los Angeles in both its historic
and modern aspects.
"A rather undistinguished story of three
youngsters. . . And certainly not for recom-
mendation to youngsters — in spite of the sub-
ject."
— Kirkus 14:158 Ap 1 '46 150w
"The account of adolescence, in high school
and college, with its young love, its country
club social structure, and its array of familiar
characters, has little more than an external
connection with the setting. Although ten-
sion is achieved in some scenes, there is never
any real coming to grips with problems which
though frequently ugly or complex, somehow
are smoothly turned aside. Major events, de-
feats, seductions, deaths seem to leave little
lasting impression on the characters — and less,
consequently, on the reader." Barbara Her-
man
h N Y Times p!8 Je 16 '46 210w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
— San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 8 '46
120w
"Dealing with campus life, teen-age petting,
social climbing, drinking, gambling and a dozen
other phases of life in this onetime village
'inundated and vanquished' by the swift rise
of a 'pseudo-metropolis,' it presents some vivid
insights into character, segments of sharply
observed college behaviorism and dialogue deft-
ly transcribed. But the novel is such a mixture
that the reader is uncertain as to its destina-
tion, and finally suspects that Mr. Grayson is
in the same high fog." Lisle Bell
h Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 16 '46 210w
GREAT BRITAIN. BRITISH COUNCIL. British
civilization and institutions; a book list. 4th
ed 75p pa $1 A.L.A.
016. 942 Great Britain—Civilization— Bib-
liography
"The list was originally prepared and dis-
tributed in Great Britain in 1936. This first
American edition, the British fourth edition,
is published in the U.S. by the A.L.A. in col-
laboration with the British information serv-
ices. It is a select, unannotated list of British
and American books on British history, de-
scription and travel, economics, social condi-
tions, art, literature, agriculture, political, so-
cial, and educational institutions, and a short
section on the dominions and colonies. No fic-
tion. Appendixes on ordering British books and
government publications." Booklist
-f N Y Times p36 D 8 '46 BOOw
novels an enlivening experience . .It is a
Booklist 42:241 Ap 1 '46
''The breadth of scope of the bibliography
offers a definite challenge to the selective
ability of any bibliographer— a challenge which
has been ably met within the defined inten-
tions of the list. . . Within the first group
there is little cause for disagreement, for the
selection is essentially sound, and other titles
which might be mentioned would be supple-
mentary rather than complementary. . . Part
VIII, dealing with the dominions and colonies,
is the weak section of the bibliography, for
here we flnd a list of titles relating to Canada,
South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
which is inadequate and incomplete as com-
pared with the earlier treatment. . . A similar
criticism may be leveled at the section on edu-
cation, for here again are isolated titles deal-
Ing with a particular aspect of colonial life —
a procedure which was not followed in the
preceding sections. However, these are minor
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
335
points, and, while the inclusion of these sec-
tions adds little to the value of the work as
a whole, it does not impair its merit as a
selective reading guide." J. E. Brown
H Library Q 16:263 Jl '46 850w
GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of war transport.
British merchant men at war. See Hodson,
J. L.
Kirkus 14:454 S 15 '46 120w
"Both story and pictures will stimulate
children to a greater interest in what they
eat." L. P.
4- N Y Times p42 N 10 '46 lOOw
"Amusing. delightful little book with
splendidly colored pictures."
-f- Weekly Book Review p40 N 10 '46
320w
GREBANIER, BERNARD D. N. Fauns, satyrs
and a few sages. 136p $3 Thomas Bird
Mosher. 81-87 Washington st, Boston
811 45-6418
Collection of brief poems, songs, and
epigrams. "Some of these pieces are free
adaptations of classic Greek lyrics; some owe
only a line or an idea to them; some have
no connection with a Greek poem at all. . .
Of translations the reader will find only six,
all from Greek Tragedy; The Lament of
Prometheus; Ion's greeting to the sun;
Creusa's accusation of Apollo; Antigone's la-
ment; Jocasta's death; and Electra, believing
Orestes dead, to the burial urn." (Note)
Reviewed by W. R. Benet
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 90w
"The poems show Prof. Grebanier's ability
to turn a graceful phrase, but they seem to
lack warmth and feeling. Possibly this is due
to a classic restraint, consciously or uncon-
sciously employed. It is obvious, however, both
from his poetry in general and 'Not Invited'
in particular that he is not to be counted as
a member of the modern school of poetry."
C. K. Bausman
Springf'd Republican p4d N 4 '45 450w
GREBANIER, BERNARD D. N. Mirrors of the
fire [poems]. 124p $3 ltd ed $5 Mosher
811 47-105
A second volume of poems by the author of
Fauns, Satyrs and a Few Sages. The author
is a professor of English at Brooklyn college.
"For a man well on m years, Professor Gre-
banior is still, curiously enough, the pastoral
adolescent apostrophizing or abjuring1 lady
loves of sundry shapes and ages. In subject
matter, style, and treatment, he is a pale echo
of the British bards he teaches in class. But
in imitating them he has mistakenly taken
their faults for virtues " Gustav Davidson
— Sat R of Lit 29:32 N 23 '46 550w
Reviewed by O. M. Sauer
— Springf'd Republican p66 Jl 29 '46 200w
GREEN, DAVID EZRA, ed. Currents in bio-
chemical research; thirty-one essays chart-
ing the present course of biochemical research
and considering the intimate relationship of
biochemistry to medicine, agriculture and so-
cial problems. 486p il $6 Interscience
574.19 Biological chemistry 46-5550
"This collection of 31 essays successfully pre-
sents condensed and up-to-date outlines of
some particular fields of biochemistry by ex-
perts in those fields, together with stimulating
speculations on possible paths of future prog-
ress." Chem & Eng N
GREEN, PAUL. Forever growing; some notes
on a credo for teachers. 42p $1.50 Univ. of
N.C. press
371.3 Teaching 45-10446
An American dramatist — and a teacher him-
self— here sets down some notes on the philos-
ophy and meaning of teaching.
Reviewed by F. P. Chtnard
+ Chem & Eng N 24:2412 S 10 '46 450w
Reviewed by Linus Pauling
Chem Eng 53:297 O '46 240w
Reviewed by L A. "Rales
Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:343 D '46 270w
GREEN, MARY MCBURNEY. Everybody eats;
pictures by Edward Glannon. [20]p $1.25
Scott, W.R.
Colored pictures and brief text describe the
eating habits of some well-known animals. On
the last page the child is asked what he likes
for dinner. For ages three to five.
"A series of thoughtful and positive little es-
says."
+ Theatre Arts 30:431 Jl '46 80w
Weekly Book Review p28 My 26 '46
160w
GREEN, PAUL. Salvation on a string, and
other tales of the South. 278p $2.50 Harper
46-6956
Twenty-one short stories about the people
of Little Bethel, a village and farming com-
munity in North Carolina. Some of the stories
are gay or humorous, others tragic or serious.
Contents: Salvation on a string; The corn-
shucking:; A tempered fellow; The devil's In-
strument; The humble ones; Love and a fiddle;
Lay this body down; Fare thee well; Roll on,
John; Doctor Hyde; The first death; The sixth
of June; Frizzle; Archie and Angus; Her
birthday; Austin Honey and the buzzards; The
lost Ford; The locket and the seal; Supper
for the dead; Saturday night; Fine wagon.
Reviewed by Henry Rago
Book Week p!6 N 24 '46 370w
Booklist 43:170 F 1 '47
"Paul Green, a prize winning dramatist, can
write — with a poignancy that does not descend
to the sentimental or the mawkish."
4- Kirkus 14:258 Je 1 '46 170w
"Recommended." G. D. McDonald
-f Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 80w
" 'Salvation on a String* is not a volume that
lends itself to derogation. The stories gathered
in it have been written over a period of more
than twenty years, have appeared in maga-
zines of widely different kinds; but they have
a tone and purpose as well as a locale that
bind them firmly together and give them force
and point." E. R. Mirrielees
-f N Y Times p!2 O 20 '46 650w
"Mr. Green is essentially a dramatist, and
many of these stories have the feeling of one-
act plays. With the exception of a few rather
sentimental lapses, 'Salvation on a String' is a
deeply moving collection, written with warm
tenderness and true understanding of a region
and a people." S. H. Hay
-f Sat R of Lit 29:31 D 7 '46 360w
Reviewed by Kenneth Fearing
Weekly Book Review p4 O 20 '46 550w
GREEN, VIVIAN HUBERT HOWARD. Bishop
Reginald Pecock; a study in ecclesiastical
history and thought. 262p $3 Macmillan [12s
6d Cambridge]
B or 92 Pecock, Reginald 45-10018
"Reginald Pecock lived from ca. 1390 to ca.
1460. He was educated at Oxford and in 1481
became rector of St. Michael Royal and master
of Whittington College. London. Thirteen
years later he was appointed to the bishopric
of St. Asaph, and subsequently he was trans-
lated to the see of Chichester. During his
episcopal career he devoted himself to produc-
ing books designed to controvert and convert
the Lollards. In 1457 he was charged with
heresy, convicted, and ordered to recant or be
burned. The recantation was a dramatic af-
fair. . . As to why Pecock was forced to
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recant, there has been a wide variety or
opinion. . . V. H. H. Green attempts to bring
some order out of this chaos of interpretation
and to present an 'integrated' study of Pecock s
thought." J Religion
"The author has done a workmanlike job,
and the volume constitutes a welcome addition
to the monographic literature on the cultural
history of fifteenth century England. . . It is
a book for the student, since neither the sub-
ject nor the treatment will be likely to attract
a large number of readers." A. P. Evans
Am Hist R 51:534 Ap '46 650w
Reviewed by W. S. Hudson
J Religion 26:302 O '46 600w
Spec 176:74 Ja 18 '46 270w
"Mr. Green deserves both praise and con-
gratulation for the research of his book and
for his perseverance amid formidable difficul-
ties in bringing it to publication."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p462 S 29 '45
2750w
GREENE, HARRY WASHINGTON. Holders of
doctorates among American Negroes; an edu-
cational and social study of Negroes who
have earned doctoral degrees in course, 1876-
1943. 275p $3 Meador
378.24 Negroes — Education. Degrees, Ara-
demic 46-5916
"This is the first comprehensive study of
American Negroes who earned doctoral degrees
during the years 1876-1943 Granted were 351
Doctors of Philosophy, and thirty more or less
'equivalent' doctorates. Degrees in medicine
were naturally omitted. The inquiry traces the
academic history of these 381 men and women,
their later scholarly and scientific activities,
their present occupations, with a general state-
ment about the salaries paid them. The study
thus gives a picture of the present situation,
and supplies a factual basis for 'educational
planning.' " US Quarterly Bkl
School & Society 64:103 Ag 10 '46 20w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:309 D '46 280w
GREENSLET. FERRIS. The Lowells and their
seven worlds. 442p ii $4 Houghton
920 Lowell family 46-25260
A composite biography, tracing the family
history of the Lowells of New England for
ten generations, beginning with old Percival
Lowle who came to Massachusetts from Eng-
land in 1639. The record is "not so much the
success story of a family as a chronicle play
of New England history for three centuries,
seen through the family's eyes and dramatized
in its actions." (Pref) Index.
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47
"You cannot warm to all of them. Yet they
cannot fail to have some importance for you,
kindled as they are by Mr. Greenslet's skill.
Lowell genealogy aside, the book is swift his-
tory of New England, even of the United
States. The Lowells are the book's backbone —
and what backbones they did have! — but the
flesh, the color and light, and anecdote are
Greenslet." Frances Woodward
4- Atlantic 178:165 O '46 600w
Booklist 43:34 O 1 '46
Bookmark 7:12 N '46
"Amy Lowell once said to the author, 'Fer-
ris, you are a good boy, but you don't know
a thing about biography.' For once, at any
rate, a Lowell was wrong, for Ferris Greenslet
has written The Lowells and Their Seven
Worlds with admirable perspective, sympathy,
and detachment." John Pick
4- Cath World 164:186 N *46 500w
"Fascinating family record. . . The reader
is guided skillfully through the tangled re-
lationships of the clan. A chart is an excellent
aid. An infusion of sly humor pervades the
pages." F. L. Bullock
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 S 17
'46 900w
Klrkus 14:291 Je 15 '46 170w
"The story of the Lowells is traced with
humor, affection and complete understanding
of what seven generations have contributed to
business, law, science, art and education in
America. The Lowells supplement the Adamses
and the Cabots! This book will be more pop-
ular than James Truslow Adams' The Adams
Family." K. T. Willis
4- Library J 71:1047 Ag '46 HOw
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 163:624 N 30 '46 32Dw
"The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds is
skillfully organized, informative, entertaining,
discreetly revealing and judicious." Willard
Thorp
4- New Repub 115:560 O 28 '46 lOOOw
"His judgment of James Russell is balanced
and sane; while it avoids the temptations of
adulation it never veers into what has now
become the easy fashion of discounting him
entirely. The chapter on Amy is sheer good
reading and does not overdo the cigar smok-
ing. On this as on all matters Mr. Greenslet
keeps his perspective. He writes with admira-
tion for his subjects and even with affection,
but also with admirable detachment." Perry
Miller
4- N Y Times pi S 22 '46 1200w
"It is easy to see that Mr. Greenslet knows
the family well. He writes in a spirited style
and keeps his obvious admiration for the
Lowells under control, but he has a way of
minimizing uncomfortable chapters in their
history, such as Lawrence's part in the Sacco-
Vanzetti affair. The reader ends this very en-
tertaining book with the feeling that the
Lowells of the past, for all their money, attain-
ments, and prestige, were more imposing than
inspiring, which is probably the way they
liked to be."
-f New Yorker 22-126 O 5 '46 120w
4- San Francisco Chronicle p22 D 1 '4(j
300w
"A Lowell nursery is a comfortable place
for a cradle to rest in. There is no doubt about
that, and if the theories of Epicurus had not
gone into the democratic discard, this excel-
lent book of Mr. Greenslet's would furnish
proof positive of their validity. The ten genera-
tions he paints with skill and fidelity are a
sturdy race enjoying comfort, despising luxury,
and finding their high satisfaction in advanc-
ing public welfare. What a privilege it is to
escape the dominion of Horatio Alger and be
assured that success does not invariably spring
from the thin soil of poverty!" Ellery Sedgwick
4- Sat R of Lit 29:5 S 21 '46 3050w
"Those who have repeated with such glee
the little ditty about the Lowells speaking
only to Cabots in the home of the bean and
the cod will find much to admire in Ferris
Greenslet's excellent family history. The author
has avoided one of the greatest pitfalls of
such a book in not including so much as to
weary the reader. The problem of selection
must have been great, and Mr Greenslet has
solved it well, including just enough corre-
spondence to give the book a flavor but not
enough to make it tedious. There is great
enjoyment in this fine multiple biography."
C. K. Bausman
4- Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 500w
Time 48:106 S 23 '46 150w
Reviewed by M. A. D. Howe
Weekly Book Review pi S 22 '46
2250W
Wis Lib Bui 42.150 N '46
Reviewed by G P. Whicher
Yale R n s 36-346 winter '47 700w
GREER, GENEVIEVE (MRS SERGIUS
KAGEN). The aristocrat. 236p $2.50 Van-
guard
46-5053
The scene of this story is laid somewhere in
the American Southwest; the time is the pres-
ent. The chief character is Dan Blake, a mid-
dle-aged rancher, a lonely, unhappy man, and
the story deals principally with his illness and
death and their effects on relatives and ac-
quaintances, and on one true friend, the old
Negro, Abe.
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"A sorry — to sordid — portrait, only dubiously
of general interest."
— Kirkus 14:77 F 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Alfred Butterfield
N Y Times p!8 Je 16 '46 250w
"The title of Genevieve Greer's novel 'The
Aristocrat* is, presumably satirical; but one
cannot be certain. Such qualities as the pro-
tagonist Dan Blake, possesses are, to be sure,
hardly those of aristocracy; but, compared to
the other half dozen dreary characters of the
novel, he has the small distinction of being
the noblest of the lot. None of the characters
is sufficiently well realized to encourage any
prolonged speculation as to the author's in-
tention. Miss Greer may be earnest in naming
her novel. She does not elsewhere display a
satirical temper." Coleman Rosenberger
Weekly Book Review ptO Jl 21 '46 700w
GREGORY, CHARLES OSCAR. Labor and the
law. 467p $5 Norton
331 Labor laws and legislation. Industrial
relations 46-7065
"From common law development in England,
with the right of combination, and the doctrine
of 'illegal purpose,' author proceeds to impor-
tant laws and cases in the United States. He
traces the questions of competition and tort lia-
bility, of various forms of concerted action, the
development of legislation — such as the Norris-
LaGuardia and National Labor Relations acts,
and ends with suggestions for the solution of
the problem of ruinous strikes. One is the use
of codes of fair employment. He presents also
Thurman Arnold's statement of five typical
union practices that might be prevented under
the Sherman Act. Final solution, however, lies
in a satisfactory answer to the problem of the
creation and distribution of wealth and in-
come." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by Hugo Sonnonschein
Book Week p5 O 27 '46 750w
Booklist 43:128 Ja 1 '47
Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 2 '46
280w
"Written clearly, simply, interestingly, this is
for the man concerned with unionism, collective
bargaining, picketing, labor injunctions, strikes,
etc., and is never too difficult for the layman to
read and understand."
+ Kirkus 14:371 Ag 1 '46 180w
"Recommended for students of labor prob-
lems." Walter Hausdorfer
+ Library J 71:1205 S 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by B B Seligman
Nation 163 762 D 28 '46 650w
"The great value of his book lies in its well-
organized and not too technical summary of
what has happened in the legal field where labor
is concerned. Those who wish to contribute in-
telligently to the formulation of future policy
will benefit from having it handy." A. H. Ras-
kin
+ N Y Times p45 O 13 '46 750w
"This is a good book because it will inform
and disturb both management and labor parti-
sans." Louis Burgess
+ San Francisco Chronicle p21 N 10 '46
250w
"Mr. Gregory is not only a distinguished
scholar but a flrst-rate teacher. In addition,
he has had a broad experience in the labor
field." L. K. Garrison
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 N 16 '46 2800w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-319 D '46 360w
"In an extraordinarily lucid book Charles O.
Gregory, professor of law at Chicago Univer-
sity, has attempted to clarify our understand-
ing of the laws and court decisions governing
organized labor today. This is a book on law
which can be readily comprehended by the
layman. . . The great weakness in Professor
Gregory's approach to much needed reforms is
his reliance upon increased government inter-
vention in the field of labor relations." E. M.
Herrick
-j Weekly Book Review p6 N 10 '46 2600w
GREGORY, HORACE, and ZATUREN6KA,
MARYA ALEXANDROVNA (MRS HOR-
ACE GREGORY). History of American
poetry, 1900-1940. 524p $4 Harcourt
811.09 American poetry — History and criti-
cism 46-11800
Historical survey of American poetry during
the first forty years of the present century.
The arrangement is strictly chronological; each
poet is discussed as to derivation of his work,
and as to critical judgment of his contem-
poraries Descriptive bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46
Reviewed by W P. Sears
Churchman 160-19 D 15 '46 200w
"Ample illustrations of the various poets'
work it, given and more than ample criticism
from sources other than the authors' opinions
is offered. In fact, in this respect the volume
is often a little cluttered, while at the same
time the super- illuminating remarks of some
of the most highly gifted critics of our times
often show up the paucity of insight of the
authors. Still as a handy reference book and
something considerably more, this should have
a wide sale. The true critical history of Amer-
ican poetry, in the last fascinating forty years,'
still remains to be written."
_| Kirkus 14:589 N 15 '46 250w
"A book more useful for topical reference
than for an overall view of the development
of American poetry." B. B. L/ibaire
Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 lOOw
"It is difficult to say how much is wrong
with this book because there is so much that
is wrong: and the wrongness is of so many
different kind;- Although it js a history, the
errors of fact are not as important as the
triviality of detail . . And to speak of the
wrongness of judgment is difficult too, since
this may be said to be merely a matter of
opinion. Nevertheless, it is the opinion of one
reader that the Gregorys indulge in a sys-
tematic wrongness of praise and dispraise.
Most of the important and famous poets of the
period consistently receive the damnation of
faint praise; and at the same time minor,
mediocre, and bad poets are equally damned
by being overpraised Most difficult of all to
make clear is the margin of inexactness in-
volved in the Giegorys* use of comparison "
Oelmore Schwaitz
— Nation 1G3 660 D 7 '46 2300 w
"This volume is the first of its kind. . . There
have been other, and in some respects more
discriminating, critical studies of a great part
of the period covered, and a number of an-
thologies have sought to give a picture of
twentieth-century American verse. But this
book is unique in offering a systematic record
of poetic events, with names and dates duly
set down, and a good deal of illustrative ma-
terial." Babette Deutsch
-f N Y Times p20 N 10 '46 1050w
"The book, which is not scrupulous enough
to be a scholarly study and not well enough
written to be entertaining, is chiefly remark-
able for the authors' personal judgments, which
waver between unmitigated praise when deal-
ing with certain established and respectable
reputations and a disturbing kind of originality
when dealing with immediate contemporaries/'
New Yorker 22-135 N 16 '46 160w
Reviewed by W. T. Scott
Poetry 69:210 Ja '47 3100w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p28 D 1 "46
60w
"Their estimates of one or two poets, notably
John Gould Fletcher, are horrifyingly kind, and
of one or two others, notably Laura Riding,
apparently insensible. But in the main, the
chapters of this book are civilized, clear, use-
fully illustrated and deeply meditated."
-|- Time 48:112 N 18 '46 420w
"This Is the sort of book that is recognized
as inevitable as soon as someone writes it.
Among all the anthologies of recent poetry
there was no comprehensive and systematic
history of poetic developments in twentieth-
century America. Of course there ought to be
one. It may be added that since Mr. Gregory
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GREGORY, HORACE — Continued
and Miss Zaturenska (Mrs Gregory) have done
the job and done it in superlative fashion, we
can now see that they were inevitably the
right authors to do it." G. F. Whicher
+ Weekly Book Review p8 D 8 '46 1250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
Reviewed by S. T. Williams
Yale R n s 36:374 winter '47 650w
GREGORY, JAMES STOTHERT, and SHAVE,
DONALD W. U.S.S.R; a geographical survey.
636p maps $4.25 Wiley L21s Harrap]
330.947 Russia — Economic conditions. Physi-
cal geography — Russia [45-1753]
"This study of the Soviet Union in relation
to its geographic background shows how the
Russia of today evolved from the pre- revolu-
tionary Russia. The volume is full of maps,
charts and tables, much of the material
gathered from works published in the U.S.S.R.
Both the authors have been associated with
Trinity County School, Middlesex, England."
Book Week
Book Week pl4 D 8 '46 60w
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 40w
GRENNAN, MARGARET ROSE. William Mor-
ris, medievalist and revolutionary. 173p $2.50
King's crown press [12s 6d Oxford]
B or 92 Morris, William A45-4643
"The hatred William Morris came to feel
for modern civilization was the inevitable
growth of his instinctive love of the Middle
Ages and his passionate sympathy for his
fellows. Other men moved by a like sym-
pathy had found in the Middle Ages what they
deemed an indictment of the slavery of the
workman in their generation and a program
for a brighter and perhaps Utopian future.
A 'medieval tradition' was in the making with
its sources in Cobbett's History of the Prot-
testant Reformation, Southey's Colloquies,
Book II. of Carlyle's Past and Present, Rus-
kin's "The Nature of Gothic,' from The Stones
of Venice, and Pugin's Contrasts, and it is
Dr. Grennan's concern to define and develop
the interrelations of Morris' medievalism and
his socialism and to indicate his place in the
•tradition.' " Cath World
"Unerring in its research, lucid in its pres-
entation of ideas and tendencies whether of
an individual or an epoch, and stylistically
distinguished, this book is an example of crea-
tive scholarship at its best." J. J. Reilly
+ Cath World 162:471 P '46 550w
Reviewed by R. E. E. Harkness
Crozer Q 23:187 Ap '46 1200w
"Mrs. Grennan's book is somewhat unneces-
sarily long, but it is worth reading. As be-
comes such a study, there are ample notes and
bibliography and index. It is heartening to see
Morris treated with clarity and enthusiasm as
well as with fairness and intelligence. The au-
thor has understood the profound basis of Mor-
ris's revolutionary tactic and, In addition,
writes sympathetically and shrewdly." C. P.
Rollins
+ 'Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 20 '46 450w
Times [London] Lit Sup p30 Ja 19 '46
HOOw
QRESHAM, WILLIAM LINDSAY. Nightmare
alley. 275p il |2.50 Rmehart
46-6411
"This is the story of Stan ton Carlisle, a
clever, personable and thoroughly unscrupulous
carnival man who, driven by a force generated
out of childhood frustration, sets out to achieve
riches and power by exploiting the things men
fear most: death and the creak of fortune's
wheel. With the help of three women, each
of whom he uses and mistreats, he rises from
carnival announcer to vaudeville mentalist and
finally becomes the wonder-working spiritual-
ist of New York's neurosis- ridden rich, who
give him fistfuls of money and offer him
prospects of more." Weekly Book Review
"This queer, tough, colorful novel combines
the biography of a scoundrel with the exposure
of half a dozen pseudomagical rackets. As a
study in psychotic villainy, it is lively but
not particularly impressive. As a source of
information on sleight of hand, mind reading,
mental telepathy, conversing with spirits,
raising the dead, and cleaning a chump, it
is invaluable. The book's weakness, in the
end, is the predominance of characters who
never can be honest and sane simultaneously."
P. L». Adams
H Atlantic 178:154 S '46 550w
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p8 O 20 '46 470w
"Unrelieved, realistic, this is able handling of
distasteful characters, emotions and situations
and is definitely out for conservatives — for
most P.L's."
Kirkus 14:467 S 15 '46 170w
"Extremely frank language and scenes may
be disgusting to some. Urge reading before
purchase. Not recommended." E. P. Kelly
— Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 70w
"If you enjoy hundred-proof evil — and a
cogent analysis of same with your nightcap
— then, in the words of the Ten-in-One barker,
hurry, hurry, hurry!" James MacBride
N Y Times p6 S 8 '46 900w
"This is not a 'nice* book. Its sex episodes
are almost brutally frank. Its psychological
probings are often shocking; its relentless ex-
posure of the hidden nightmare alley in one
human heart is a constant reminder to every
reader of whatever his or her own nightmare
alley may be, and this in itself is shocking,
too, in the proper sense of the term. Neverthe-
less, Mr. Gresham conducts it all in the spirit
of cold, almost scornful analysis, and where
sex is concerned, for instance, the total effect
is never salacious, merely surgical. And this is
equally true of his investigations into other
aspects of that curious mixture called a hu-
man being. The net of it is that Mr. Gresham
can write. It will be extremely interesting to
see what he does next."
-\ San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 17 '46
850w
Reviewed by P. K. Kelly
Sat R of Lit 29:32 S 21 '46 900w
"There is a refreshing contemporaneity about
the whole performance. The writing is skillful
and supple and at times vividly graphic; and
the sex scenes, which are as frank and adult
as you would want, are managed without a
trace of leer." Stephen Stepanchev
+ Weekly Book Review p!5 S 8 '46 450w
GRESHOFF, JAN, ed. Harvest of the Low-
lands. 626p $5 Querido
839.3108 Dutch literature 46-2204
An anthology of Dutch prose translated into
English. It includes only the work of authors
from 1880 to the present. There are brief
biographical notes on the authors, and an
author index.
Reviewed by J. J. De Boer
Book Week plS Mr 10 '46 400w
Booklist 42:244 Ap 1 '46
"There is no poor writing in this anthology.
A reader has only to look for a style or a
subject to please him. One of the useful things
that may come out of the book is the transla-
tion of novels by these writers, if these stories
find the audience they deserve. Mr. Greshoff's
introduction is a history of motifs in Nether-
lands literature, and even if the Dutch names
do not mean much, his intelligent scanning
of ideas and tendencies should." Isa Kapp
•f N Y Times p26 Mr 24 '46 600w
"Most Americans, who want their literature
to keep pace with their trains and automobiles,
probably will not cafe for what the Dutch
masters of literature have meticulously re-
corded for their countrymen, but their less
hurried compatriots will find much entertain-
ment and value in this generous volume of
samplings. Those adventurous enough to try a
literary exploration will find nothing that can
be called 'great' and little that is stirring:, but
they will be fully satisfied." R. P. H.
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Mr IS '46 SOOw
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339
GREW, DAVID. Wild dog of Edmonton; 11. by
Ellen Segrner. 198p $2 Reynal
Dwight, an orphan working on a Canadian
farm, adopts a dog, against the farmer's wish-
es. When the farmer threatens to kill the dog,
Dwight runs away with his pet and nearly
dies of exposure. The result of this adventure
is a better home for both dog and boy.
"The vivid portrayal of a dog's loyalty and
endurance is the best part of the story." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:269 Jl '46 160w
"The author writes with vigor and excite-
ment, and the illustrations by Ellen Segrner are
lively line drawings."
-f- Klrkus 14:127 Mr 1 '46 llOw
"Recommended." Elizabeth Johnson
H- Library J 71:1057 Ag §46 70w
Reviewed by Creighton Peet
N Y Times p31 My 26 '46 120w
"The introductory and the concluding chap-
ters are awkward and unconvincing. But the
main part of the story moves quickly and
with a well -sustained pace. Young people will
find the plucky trek of young Dwight and his
dog through the inhospitable Canadian forests
completely absorbing. Exceptionally well done
is the author's account of the adventures of
Whitepaw, Dwight's loyal dog, when he finds
himself alone in Edmonton." Marian King
r- Sat R of Lit 29:42 My 18 '46 180w
"This is a vivid study of self-preservation,
on the well known basis that only ten dinners
stand between an alderman and an anarchist.
The dog, not being a theorist, acts it out and
I am happy to say that the end is happy."
M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 14 '46 240w
GREY, 2ANE. Shadow on the trail. 278p $2.50
HarP6r 46-1626
Western story.
Book Week p!4 F 24 '46 90w
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
•'It's good Zane Grey! A better than average
story on the revolution to break the power
of the rustlers on the newly opened Arizona
ranges.- Kirkus 14:50 P 1 '46 180w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46 90w
GRIERSON, SIR HERBERT JOHN CLIFFORD,
and SMITH, JAMES CRUICKSHANK. Criti-
cal history of English poetry. 593p $5 Oxford
[21s Chatto]
821.09 English poetry— History and criticism
46-11822
A history of English poetry and evaluation
of the poets themselves from Anglo-Saxon
times to 1939. The twentieth century poets
are treated briefly, in about thirty- six pages.
The book is intended for the general reader.
Bibliography. Index.
"Oversimplification provoked by space re-
strictions is not too satisfactory. But this is
by the way. It is overall an excellent, helpful
popular history." Leo Kennedy
H Book Week p8 D 22 '46 350w
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
"It is not only a scholarly record of the
development of the various types of poetry
through succeeding generations, but is also
a critical history in the sense that each poet
is judged, in the last analysis, not by the
literary fashion and theory of his own day,
but by a definite and objective standard — the
poetic faith of Smith and Qrierson. To a
certain extent, therefore, your estimate of this
work will depend upon whether or not you
agree with the concept of poetry applied by
these critics. The reader, may wish that they
had denned this concept at the beginning of
the volume, but it is at once clear that for
them great poetry is that of the romantic
school — the poetry of Wordsworth, Spenser and
Shakespeare. . . However much you may dis-
agree with some of its judgments, this remains
a scholarly and useful book." A. P. Campbell
Hi Commonweal 45:211 D 6 '46 BOOw
Reviewed by John Berryman
Nation 163:733 D 21 '46 1700w
"A generous background both of history and
of the course of English intellect and imagina-
tion is provided, and some chapters — particu-
lady those on Shakespeare, Burns, Blake,
Crabbe, and Byron — are bright with informative
detail. The modern poets, from Eliot on, are
less successfully appraised, but these two
historians' admirable insight into the past
makes up for a certain shortsightedness about
the present."
_] New Yorker 22:135 N 16 '46 lOOw
"Professor Grierson and Professor Smith set
themselves a task at once fascinating and ap-
palling. There will, no doubt, be differences
of opinion as to the success of their enterprise,
but the reviewer thinks they come out well
from a tremendous test. And certainly they
were well equipped for it. Almost outrageously
well informed, they also have the sympathy and
charity without which there is no understand-
ing-. And practically nowhere do they fall into,
that odd heresy which compels some critics to
hate Pope because they see virtue in Keats. . .
However, I have found myself far more often
in agreement than at odds with two pleasant
and enlightened guides, who, uninhibited by
preconceptions and unimpressed by famous and
frequently shopworn criticism, have examined,
as if for the first time, every great poet, and
many a small one, who has used the great lan-
guage." Leonard Bacon
-f Sat R of Lit 29:70 D 7 '46 750w
"The volume should serve the student as a
scholarly and often illuminating work of ref-
erence, in more ways than one, for it not only
presents a compendious history of English
poetry, but also admirably illustrates the Vic-
torian point of view." Babette Deutsch
+ Weekly Book Review p46 D 1 '46 1150w
GRIGQS, GEORGE PHILIP. Days are spent
[Eng title: Readiness is all]. 314p $2.75 Cow-
ard-McCann [9s 6d Hamilton, H]
46-3947
A story of English naval officers during the
war. The first and third sections are concerned
with the actions of an MTB during two battles
with the Germans. The middle section relates
the amorous career ashore of the young cap-
tain, handsome, bearded, Rupert Illings worth.
"A first novel, English, with moments of
good writing, that tries to blend the actions at
sea with a 72 hour leave, in the story of Rupert,
the young officer of a motor torpedo boat. . .
Verbatim reporting does not give tangible
reality, and the romance is not equal to the
night scenes of small, but effective efforts
against the enemy— which leaves this strad-
dling, as neither a full action story nor yet en-
tirely wartime romance. It is saved, however,
by some nice writing."
-f — Klrkus 14:156 Ap 1 '46 ITOw
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 N 30 '45 lOOw
"Mr. Griggs gives individuality both to major
and minor characters, and he writes with
compassion without being sentimental. The
style, owing something to Hemingway, is vivid
and objective; but the novel as a whole, though
well done in individual scenes, lacks a solid,
total impact." John Bicknell
.j N Y Times p!4 My 12 '46 270w
" 'The Days Are Spent* contains elements of
a first-rate story, but Mr. Griggs has unhappily
not knitted them together. Individually and col-
lectively, they are not developed in scope,
depth, or perspective. His characters are
stereotypes in habits, in language, in perfor-
mance, even in their names." Joseph Hirsh
Sat R of Lit 29:37 My 25 '46 400w
"(The book] saga a little in the middle. But
it is a book which will be enjoyed because of
its straightforward and accurate description
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GRIGGS, G. P. — Continued
of work in the Navy. The boredom, the hard-
ship, the cold, the close quarters, the power
and the glory: it Is all here, neither minimised
nor accentuated, but set together in Just pro-
portion." V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
H Spec 175:602 D 21 '45 360w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
180w
Times [London] Lit Sup p581 D 8 '45
420w
"Mr. Griggs, who served eight years in the
Royal Navy (he is at present a student at
Oxford), is at his best when describing action
at sea. There is sustained drama and mounting
tension in these scenes; the writing is vivid
and evocative. The London episodes are less
effective. Here he tends to fall into a kind of
neo-Hemingway style, and there are long pas-
sages of repetitious dialogue during which the
story remains static. Despite all their talking
to and about each other, we never learn enough
concerning the backgrounds or inner lives of
the characters to give them much more than a
generic reality." Jennings Rice
~f- — Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 28 '46
400w
GRONOWICZ, ANTONI. The Piasts of Poland
[tr. by Joseph Vetter]. 199p il maps $2.50
Scribner
943.8 Poland—History 45-9938
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!3 Mr 2 '46
80w
"The Piast family is an old Polish family —
a typical group, picturesque, peasant, bearing
the, name of the 'first dynasty of kings of
Poland.' This is a charming story of their
life, written by a well-known Polish author,
translated for the English reader by Joseph
Vetter. delightfully illustrated with maps and
pictures and Jacket design by Frances Hch-
ten." T. F. Opie
-f Churchman 160:17 Ja 15 '46 120w
"This useful and informing book is written
by a liberal Pole who knows his country."
A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:47 Ja '46 90w
"Interesting to adults or adolescents. By a
liberal, informed historian; translated by
Joseph Vetter." Maude Adams
•f Library J 71:125 Ja 15 '46 130w
"Written from the viewpoint of liberal, this
is a lucid introduction for readers of high
school age to a complicated subject." E. L.
B.
-f N Y Times p24 F 3 '46 90w
GRONOWICZ, ANTONI. Sergei Rachmaninoff;
il. by Woodi Ishmael [tr. by Samuel Sorgen-
stein and Edna Ruth Johnson]. 153p $2.50
Button
B or 92 Rachmaninoff, Sergei — Juvenile lit-
erature 46-6700
A biography for young people about this
Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. It
begins with his childhood in Russia, describes
his early success, his contacts with famous
musicians of the day, his voluntary exile after
the revolution, and his later career in Europe
and America. List of works. Index.
Booklist 43:75 N 1 '46
"A very interesting and profound book. Es-
pecially recommended for ages 12-16." S. J.
Robinson
-f Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 40w
Reviewed by Spencer Barefoot
San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 10 '46
150w
"This is a translation from the Polish, and
it may well be that a poor translation U re-
sponsible for its static, almost awkward
quality."
Sat R of Lit 29:68 N 9 '46 60w
GROSS, MARTIN. Ace tan il id; a critical bib-
liographic review; with an in trod, by Howard
W. Haggard. (Inst. for the study of anal-
gesic and sedative drugs. Monograph 1) 155p
|3 Hillhouse press, 432 Temple st. New Haven
11, Conn.
615.78 Acetanihd SG46-290
"In 'Acetanilid' there is presented a critical
bibliographical survey of the history, physico-
chemical properties, metabolism, therapeutic
uses, pharmacology, toxicology and tolerance
of the drug. Because of the very extensive
use of acetanilid, especially as an ingredient
of a great variety of proprietary preparations,
unbiased opinion relative to its toxicity is of
paramount importance. This subject, as well
as the question of habituation or addiction, has
been given lengthy and careful consideration.
The bibliography and author index includes
seven hundred and sixty-three references." Am
Chem Soc J
"It seems to the writer that this monograph
is to be recommended to those interested in
the field because of the interesting and thor-
ough treatment of the subject." F. F. Biicke
4- Am Chem Soc J 68:2123 O '46 200w
"If the succeeding volumes are as carefully
planned and as succinctly edited as this one,
the series will be a valuable addition to the
scientific literature concerning useful drugs. . .
The printing, paper, and format are excellent.
The bibliography and author index is arranged
alphabetically under the author's name and
occupies about one fifth of the book. A val-
uable feature is the topical lists of reference
numbers appended to each chapter, which
makes it possible to consult original sources
on specific topics." T. E. Cone »
4- Chem & Eng N 24:2702 O 10 '46 250w
GROSS, RAPHAEL HENRY, ed Century of the
Catholic essay; with biographical notes. 352p
$3 50 Lippmcott
824 08 Roman Catholic literature — Collec-
tions 46-7396
Partial contents. The rhythm of life, by
Alice Meynell; Definition of a gentleman, by
J. H. Newman; Goodness and gayety, by Agnes
Repplier; On the delights of an incognito, by
L, I. Gumey; On lying-, by Hilaire Belloc; A
day in the bog, by Seumas MacManus; The
fourth order of humanity, by Francis Thomp-
son; On lying in bed, by G. K. Chesterton; Of
pleasant noises, by D. B. W. Lewis; Mr. Dooley;
on the education of the young, by F. P. Dunne;
Reading and education, by F. J. Sheed; The
unrecognised air, by Alfred Noyes; Art and
prudence, by Eric Gill; Imagination, by Coven-
try Patmore; Chaucer's nuns, by Sister M.
Madeleva; Hermann the cripple, by C. C.
Martmdale; Christian freedom, by Christopher
Dawson; Catholicism and the future, by R. H.
Benson.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p8 D 22 '46 400w
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46
"Certainly one of the most gratifying of
Catholic compilations is this present well
printed, well arranged and well chosen collec-
tion. Obviously the fruit not only of formal
but also of that informal education without
which lovers of literature are not made, it is
a testimony to unexceptionable literary taste
and Catholic instinct."
4- Cath World 164:285 D '46 230w
"Though not all the essays are on religious
themes, the propagandist purpose of the vol-
ume is evident. It contains much good writ*
ing."
-f Christian Century 63:1408 N 20 '46 80w
Reviewed by John Broderick
Commonweal 45:210 D 6 '46 460w
"Whatever the underlying purpose, the editor
of this anthology has brought together a rich
collection of essays and gives evidence to
support Newman's thesis that the Catholic
Church is entering upon a cultural resurrection,
a 'second Spring*. . . However, there are Just
enough essays embodying distinctive Catholic
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teaching to have to say that the anthology
will be more apt to find wide acceptance among
Catholic readers than any other group."
^ Klrkus 14:498 O 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by A. Font
San Francisco Chronicle p20 D 1 '46
50w
GROSSBERG, ELMER. Farewell, my son. 300p
$2.75 Messner
46-8059
Portrait of a pitiful bit of human flotsam,
a Greek immigrant and misfit, called Polk, as
seen thru the eyes of a fifteen -year-old boy
whom Polk had befriended.
Kirkus 14:560 N 1 '46 170w
"The book is diffuse, would have been much
better as a novelette. The story itself, such
as it is, barely moves, no matter how much the
writer prods it; and, worst of all, dat ole debbil
Saroyan gets into him once in a while with
unhappy results. Yet, as a study of character,
this novel is quite an achievement." Catherine
Brody
h N Y Times p!6 D 1 '46 360w
" 'Farewell, My Son,' a first novel by Elmer
Grossberg, must be judged on two levels.
Measured by the ordinary yardstick, it has
great deficiencies in structure and style; meas-
ured with the knowledge that it was written
by Mr. Grossberg when he was eighteen years
old, it is deeply arresting- in concept and
characterization On the second level it leaves
a deep impression of youth discovering the in-
justices of the world and taking upon his
shoulders the burden of its reform . . A
major weakness in the novel is Mr. Gross-
berg's technique of telling the greater part
of Polk's story in Polk's personal language.
His phonetic speech is difficult to follow, it is
almost like reading another tongue that re-
quires translation." Rose Feld
-\ Weekly Book Review plO D 29 '46 550w
GROSSMAN, JONATHAN PHILIP. William
Sylvis, pioneer of American labor; a study
of the labor movement during the era of the
Civil war. 302p $3.50 Columbia univ. press
B or 92 Sylvis, William H. Trade unions
A45-4563
"This study describes and evaluates the role
of William Sylvis in the labor movement. Al-
though active in the labor movement for less
than ten years (1859-69), he made an enduring
contribution to labor union organization and
administration. His early death at the age of
40 deprived contemporary currents of reform
of an important source of energy. Drawing
almost entirely on primary materials, the au-
thor presents a valuable record of the activities
of America's first great trade union leader,
and one which should Interest students of
American economic history." (Ann Am Acad)
Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Herbert Solow
Am Hist R 51:730 Jl '46 500w
Reviewed by M. L. Hoch
Ann Am Acad 244:194 Mr '46 450w
"The minister who is seeking inspirational
and educational material for a Labor Day
sermon could perhaps do no better than to read
and take notes on this book. Mr. Grossman
has accomplished a fine piece of work. It is
a contribution to American history and a fur-
ther understanding of the labor movement in
this country." R. H. Abrams
-H Crozer Q 23:185 Ap '46 700w
"Mr. Grossman has written of Sylvis with
full understanding of his relation to his times
and to preceding and subsequent labor history."
N. K. B.
-f N Y Times p20 N 18 '45 220w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:25 Mr '46 320w
GROSSMAN, VLADIMIR. Pan-Germanic web:
remaking Europe. 179p $2 Macmillan
327.43 Germany-»~Foreign relations. Pan-
germanism [45-5403]
"To Grossman all that has occurred in Ger-
many is the logical outcome of a century of
political chicanery. He relates her attempts at
expansion in all directions, and her philosophy
of false treaties in furtherance of her ambitions.
After reviewing the intrigues of the various suc-
cessive political leaders, he analyzes the present
situation and calls for the return of Germany
to her position in 1864, which means the dis-
solution of the Reich. He also suggests imme-
diate supervision by her close neighbors, the
greatest sufferers at her hands. The problem of
re-organizing Germany is only a part of the
greater task of reconstructing Europe." Current
Hist
Reviewed by F. E. Duddy
Am Hist R 52:180 O '46 120w
Current Hist 10:154 F '46 llOw
Foreign Affairs 25*167 O '46 20w
GROSZ, GEORGE. A little yes and a big no;
autobiography; il. by the author; tr. by Lola
Sachs Dorin. 343p $7.50 Dial press
B or 92 Artists — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 47-191
Memoirs of a modern artist, born in Ger-
many m 1893, who here tells the story of his
life in human as well as artistic terms. He
recounts his experiences in the Latin Quarter
and in Germany, and his flight to America,
where he has made his home for some years.
The book is copiously illustrated with repro-
ductions of the artist's work. No index
"Good painters have seldom proved good
writers. Mr. George Grosz, in his autobiog-
raphy, is no exception. For once this defect
is not of major importance, for however slop-
pily he may use words, for all his contradic-
tions, ambiguities and obscurities. Mr. Grosz
is anying but dull. His book is worth its price
for the satiric drawings of the people of his
native land alone. No artist dead or alive,
I believe, has revealed with such (seemingly
unconscious) penetration what lies within the
shaved bumpy cramums, inside the sinister
souls of the German bourgeoisie. But 'A Little
Yes and a Big No' is more than that. It is
the fascinating, maddeningly incomplete ac-
count of the life of a genial, sensual, compli-
cated and confused German Romantic." James
Stern
^ NY Times p5 Ja 12 '47 750w
"The hand that sketched the moral tatters,
the deliquescence of the bourgeoisie could
draw the distinct stems and twigs and fill in
the big sweep of the dunes; and the man who
directed the hand may be met in this autobiog-
raphy: a great German artist, we recognize,
who, in becoming an American citizen, has
given himself an international passport." Ed-
mund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:65 Ja 4 '47 1200w
"His literary method is much like his pic-
torial method — sharp, concentrated studies of
individuals — but his drawings remain his great-
est contribution to contemporary culture. For-
tunately there are hundreds — so it seems — of
these marvels of observation, caricature, and
delineation scattered through the volume. For
this alone it would be worth while." Alfred
Frankenstein
4- San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46
180w
Reviewed by H. W. Janson
Sat R of Lit 30:20 Ja 11 '47 1700w
"If the criterion of a successful autobiog-
raphy is the subconscious but inevitable growth
and emergence of a rewarding personality
from selected material, then this book is a
truly important and successful accomplishment.
In this instance the rewarding personality is
a highly sensitive artist, bruised by life, some-
times admittedly petty, occasionally even
shabby in small ways; explosively vital, honest
to a degree that hurts, disillusioned by success
as much as by suffering." George Biddle
4- Weekly Book Review p5 D 8 '46 1700w
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the advanced electrical engineering student and
to the electrical engineer." N Y Nei
GROUP, HAROLD E., ed. House-of-the-month
book of small houses. 138p 11 $2.50 Garden
City pub. co.
728 Architecture, Domestic— Designs and
plans 46-2921
Pictures, plans, and estimates for building
fifty-six houses, costing between $5,000 ana
$16,000. House-of- the- month glossary.
Book Week p!4 My 12 '46 220w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
New Yorker 22:108 Ap 20 '46 140w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 10 '46 160W
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 90w
Wit Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
GROVER, FREDERICK WARREN. Inductance
calculations; working formulas and tables.
286p $5.75 Van Nostrand
537.6 Inductance 46-5701
"The purpose of this work is to provide
a means for simplifying the routine calcula-
tions of mutual and self-inductances. The au-
thor provides for each case a single formula
which includes numerical constants that may
be interpolated from tables in which the shape
ratios are the arguments. Circuits composed
of straight filaments are first considered, then
coils and other circuits composed of circular
elements. Solutions of illustrative examples
accompany each case discussed. There Is a
bibliography of some one hundred seventy-
five publications, but no index. This lack is
partly made up for by an extensive table of
contents. The volume should prove useful to
g student and
Hew Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
GROVER, LA MOTTE, comp. Manual of de-
sign for arc welded steel structures. 281p 11
$2 Air reduction, 60 E. 42d st, N.Y. 22
691.7 Steel construction. Electric welding
46-6526
"Comparable with the manner in which steel
handbooks supply information on riveted con-
nections, data have been compiled to form a
manual pn the design of welded steel Joints.
"With diagrams and tables included to simplify
computations, the book Is divided into three
parts. Part I covers fundamentals of design,
typical details, data and diagrams for design
calculations, estimation of costs, and inspec-
tion: Part II. standardized welded connections
for simple framing, tables of allowable loads
on beams and piece marks for welded connec-
tions; and Part III, data for reference pur-
poses, such as definitions, symbols, acceptable
weld profiles and electrodes/' Eng N
Ena N 137:127 N 14 '46 120w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1715 D 1 '46 70w
GROVES, HAROLD MARTIN. Financing gov-
ernment, rev ed 653p $4 Holt
336.73 Finance— U.S. Taxation— -XJ.S. 45-9110
"This Is a revision of Professor Groves' highly
regarded text, the first edition of which ap-
peared in 1939 [Book Review Digest, 1939]. It
follows the general outline of its predecessor
directing the student into the field of taxation
before taking him into the less exciting areas
of public expenditures, borrowing, and fiscal
administration. The text is essentially a trea-
tise on taxation. Of its twenty-eight chapters,
twenty are devoted to that subject. Unlike
many authors, Professor Groves ha* taken the
opportunity presented by a new edition to re-
duce, rather than expand, the amount of ma-
terial presented. The statistical data as well
as the discussion have been cut considerably."
(Ann Am Acad) Chapter bibliographies. Index.
Reviewed by M. S. Kendrick
Am Econ R 36:417 Je '46 370w
"The work is well done and is an excellent
text." C. C. Zimmerman
+ Am Soc R 11:242 Ap '46 650w
"The new edition is an up-to-date text with
new material added to reflect recent thinking
and developments in public finance. It is clear-
ly and interestingly written, fair in its treat-
ment of controversial issues, and well adapted
to use in college classes in governmental fi-
nance. The general reader will also find the
text valuable for reading and reference." A, G.
Buehler
-h Ann Am Acad 244:199 Mr '46 360w
GROVES, HAROLD MARTIN. Postwar taxa-
tion and economic progress. (Com. for eco-
nomic development. Research study) 432p
$4.50 McGraw
336.295 Taxation— U.S. 46-2782
"A comprehensive coverage of the entire
tax structure is given, starting from the fed-
eral system and working down through the
state and municipal fields. Analysis is made
of corporate and personal taxes with special
emphasis placed on the important role of the
income tax. Other taxes studied include death,
excise, and sales taxes as well as forms of
incentive taxation. The objective of these
studies is to formulate specifications for a
permanent tax structure." (Chem & Eng N)
Index.
Reviewed by R. G. Blakey
Am Pol Scl R 40:1002 O '46 1800w
Ann Am Acad 247:202 S '46 480w
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
Reviewed by J. B. Irwin
Chem <& Eng N 24:2112 Ag 10 '46 350w
Reviewed by D. B. Marsh
Pol Sci Q 61:434 S '46 1800w
"Harold M. Groves, professor of economics
at the University of Wisconsin, deals with the
subject in his scholarly book ... in such a
clear, attractive fashion that any ordinarily
intelligent adult will not find it beyond him.
It is not oppressively academic. He writes as
one who has an intimate knowledge of his
field in a mature, able, thought-provoking
study which deserves a wide reading. It is
greatly to the credit of the committee for eco-
nomic development that they should have spon-
sored a work of such quality for in so doing
they are rendering service of a superior kind."
H. W. Cross
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 550w
"As a whole, this report is one of the major
contributions to the study of the problems of
taxation."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:202 S '46 240w
GRUNEBAUM, GUSTAVE EDMUND VON.
Medieval Islam; a study in cultural orienta-
tion. (Oriental1 institute essay) 365p $4 Univ.
of Chicago press
950 Mohammedanism. Civilization, Moham-
medan. Civilization, Medieval A46-5260
"This volume by a distinguished member of
the Department of Oriental Languages and
Literature at the University of Chicago pro-
poses 'to outline the cultural orientation of the
Muslim Middle Ages, with eastern Islam as
the center of attention. It attempts to char-
acterize the medieval Muslim's view of him-
self and his peculiarly defined universe, the
fundamental intellectual and emotional atti-
tudes that governed his works, and the mood
In which he lived his life/ At a time when
any light shed upon the world of Islam should
be welcome, especially light upon that period
when Mohammedanism rose to great heights
of power and for a time threatened to conquer
Europe, Dr. Grunebaum's scholarly efforts 'to
trace the temper and flavor of the Muslim
Middle Ages' should receive very special at-
tention." (Churchman) Index.
"The book is done with skill and erudition.
Its story of the advent of the great Arabian
prophet and of the rise to power of his mighty
movement is fascinating both to the reader
who reads for entertainment only and to him
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who would subject the contemporary bid for
power of Muslim peoples to the careful scrutiny
of the historian and sociologist/* K. M.
Chworowsky
+ Churchman 160:16 D 1 '46 300w
4 'It is not surprising- that his book on
medieval Islam should be a competent scholarly
work covering adequately the field to which
he has limited himself. . . The book will be a
disappointment to those interested in social
and cultural history although the elaborate dis-
cussion of religion and literature does shed
some light upon other fields as well." W. J.
Marx
H Commonweal 45:173 N 29 '46 600w
Current Hist 11:510 D '46 70w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:314 D '46 340w
"Medieval Islam sounds a dull and futile
subject for modern scholars, but when pre-
sented in easy language and with competence
as Dr. Grunebaum has done, it makes infor-
mative as well as interesting reading." P. J.
Searies
+ Weekly Book Review p50 N 10 '46
340w
QUERARD, ALBERT LEON. France: a short
history. 274p maps |3 Norton
944 France—History 46-981
"Here is the ideal book for the reader who
wants a brief history of France. Its 273 pages
document the author's interpretation of the
living French spirit with cultural and political
data from pre-history to 1945. Guerard's stand-
ing as historian and critic makes the book all
the more acceptable. Summary tables of sig-
nificant dates, maps, well annotated reading list
and index enhance its value for quick refer-
ence." (Library J) Suggestions for further
study. Index.
Reviewed by W. J. Pugh
Am Hist R 52:174 O '46 320w
Reviewed by Louis Gottschalk
Book Week plO Ap 14 '46 400w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 11
'46 140w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
"Those of us who have known and enjoyed
Mr. Guerard's previous studies in French civi-
lization, 'French Prophets of Yesterday/ for
example, or 'Reflections on the Napoleonic
Legend,' do not need to be told that, among
the numerous well-known and competent
scholars scattered through our universities at
the present moment, he is, probably the most
qualified to write a short history of France."
Cuthbert Wright
-f- Commonweal 44:18 Ap 19 '46 lOOOw
Current Hist 11:327 O '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 24:750 Jl '46 lOw
Reviewed by A. C. Moore
Horn Bk 22:215 My '46 300w
"This is necessarily sketchy history but an
interesting profile by a French scholar."
+ Klrkus 14:27 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Highly recommended." Scott Adams
-I- Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 120w
"Albert Guerard has succeeded admirably in
a most difficult task. His short history of
France is both stimulating and sound, dense
and leisurely, brilliantly written — the sprightly
narrative and thoughtful essay of the born his-
torian, of one who has spent a lifetime study-
ing his native land." C. A. Micaud
-f Nation 162:548 My 4 '46 650w
M 'This little book is my testament.' Mr. Gu4-
rard says in his Foreword. It Is a brilliant dis-
tillation of his years of thinking, teaching and
writing on the subject."
4- New Repub 114:422 Mr 25 '46 120w
"Albert Gue>ard has added brilliance to
American writing of this century. Among
university professors he has long been remark-
able for his independence of thought, his pun-
gent and vivid style. . . To a subtle irony
which some would term Gallic and to the
virtue which George Meredith admiringly called
'French sanity* Albert Gu6rard joins some of
the finest virtues of an American: a distrust
of national prejudices and European rivalries,
a lofty yet practical idealism, an invincible
faith in man and in the future of mankind. . .
The book is elegant in style and in its material
presentation, impeccably informed, precise and
clear; it has no axe to grind, no partisan
views to put forth or, which would be wise in
a historian, to conceal. It is objective, but
kindled with warmth because the author ad-
mires the qualities of the French, and radiating
with light because his trenchant intellect re-
fuses to be blunted by prejudices." Henri
Peyre
-f N Y Times p28 Je 9 '46 1500w
"Although Professor Gue>ard disclaims any
intention of introducing a thesis into this brief
document, a concise and intelligent piece of
writing which he says is his testament, it is
apparent that he had more in mind than just
a bit of fact collecting."
-f New Yorker 22:102 Mr 16 '46 120w
"In the reviewer's opinion the book fails to
substantiate the thesis or to realize a satis-
factory synthesis. . . Yet the text does throw
light upon human behavior as disclosed over
time by people in one geographical area. In
reading this account of French history, one
gets the impression that as far as France's-
domestic past is concerned the real story lies in
age-long struggles between those on top of the
heap and those less favored who were striving
to improve their lot — with the latter achieving
a modicum of success. . . The secondary thesis
of the book seems open to question. . . Al-
though I favor most heartily historical synthe-
sis, 1 am convinced that it has to be achieved
on a broader framework than employed here."
S. B. Clough
h Pol Sci Q 61:460 S '46 750w
"To write in brief compass the history of
the oldest and most influential nation in Europe
is a most difficult task. Professor Guerard has
accomplished it brilliantly. Abandoning tradi-
tional subdivisions of the subject, he skillfully
adopts novel chapter and section headings that
afford new perspectives and stimulating ideas.
Many a passage, like the one on the Gothic
cathedrals of France, is exquisite in ita
warmth, color and delicacy."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:118 Je '46 250w
"Those who are in some degree familiar with
France will find Professor GueYard's little book
a stimulus — sometimes, as is inevitable, a
stimulus to disagreement over specific Judg-
ments. Those who are beginning to learn
about France can hardly find a clearer, more
accurate and more interesting guide. And to
those Americans who have succumbed to the
ridiculous and dangerous notion that since 1940
France has 'ceased to count* it should be re-
quired reading." Crane Bnnton
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 81 '46
950w
GUGGENHEIM, MARGUERITE. Out of this
century; the Informal memoirs of Peggy
Guggenheim. 365p $3.75 Dial press
B or 92 Guggenheim, Marguerite 46-3983
Informal autobiography of a member of the
wealthy Guggenheim family. The author has
been interested in modern art for some years,
and is the founder and director of the New
York gallery called Art of This Century. Her
memoirs are highly colored with anecdotes
about members of both European and American
bohemian circles.
"One cannot help but wonder why books
of this nature are published during a paper
shortage. Carelessly edited (there are many
typographical errors). 'Out of This Century'
is the outpouring of a super- Bohemian; in
reality an old-fashioned type of exhibitionism
which might better be reserved for the private
office of a psychoanalyst." Katharine Kuh
— Book Week p!8 Mr 31 '46 450w
"Unblushing and unbowed reminiscences of
a career which for all its lack of decorum was
not too successful at that — and which, were
it not so shameless, might be a little sad."
Klrkus 14:171 Ap 1 '46 90w
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GUGGENHEIM, MARGUERITE — Continued
"At every turn it is the author's slumbering
mind and soul that shock the reader rather
than the amorous incidents she is so fond
of describing. In this cave-dweller's atmos-
phere it is not surprising that the few refer-
ences Miss Guggenheim makes to the grim
facts of this century— strikes, the war, the
plight of the Jews, the refugees on the roads
of Europe — should be quite blood-curdling in
their inadequacy. But perhaps the most de-
pressing thing in the book is that the author,
a not inconsiderable patron of art, seems to
be as hopelessly mute on painting as on other
subjects and must confine herself to epithets
like a 'marvelous Klee' and an 'incredible
Miro.' " Elizabeth Hardwick
— Nation 162:405 Ap 6 '46 500w
"Miss Guggenheim's generous contributions
to twentieth-century art and artists entitle
her essay in autobiography to an equally gen-
erous reception. But apart from some uncon-
sciously humorous passages and Jackson Pol-
lock's handsome jacket, this is a book to avoid
unless your taste runs to dull writing about
things that must have been exciting at times
and unless you are part of that constantly
growing audience that finds anything about
Europe in the twenties irresistible." E. H
New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p!2 My 26 '46 750w
Reviewed by Philip Wylie
— Sat R of Lit 29:14 My 4 '46 800w
"The psychoanalytical job which Miss Gug-
genheim has done on herself — which is as bor-
ing to unprofessional outsiders as most pro-
longed psychoanalytical revelations are — has
taught her something. . . At the end she says:
'But one lives and learns, or maybe one lives
too much to learn/ I think you have a nugget
there, Miss G.!" P. H. Bullock
— Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 28 '46
600w
GUINAGH, KEVIN. Search for glory; decora-
tions by Ben Kutcher. 220p $2.50 Longmans
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean Francois — Fiction
46-19672
"This novel tells the story of Pilatre de
Rozier, who came up to Paris from Metz
early in the reign of Louis XVI, and became
not merely an expert pharmacist, an attach^
at Versailles and director of the King's Mu-
seum but also, apparently, the first inventor
of the gas mask and one of the prime devel-
opers of the hot-air balloon." Cath World
Book Week p9 O 27 '46 120w
"One could wish, perhaps, for more vivid
personality in the characters portrayed, but
the background of France during those preg-
nant and ominous years is painted with a
painstaking fidelity which modern readers will
find both informative and challenging." Kath-
erine Bre"gy
Cath World 163:569 S '46 180w
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 20w
Horn Bk 22:358 S '46 160w
"Good library and school material."
-f Kirkus 14:299 Jl 1 '46 130w
"Well -written and very worthwhile book.
Recommended for the junior and senior high
school ages." A. M. Wetherell
-f Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 lOOw
"It is an interesting story, and the author
has told it with great charm, country life
before the Revolution, the life of the middle
class m the cities, the new interest in science,
the haughty indifference and callousness of the
nobility, the growing anger of the populace,
the food that was eaten and the clothes that
were worn-~aU of these receive interesting
treatment. This is certainly a valuable book
for the 'teen-age audience." R A B
4- N Y Times p52 N 10 '46 140w '
"Kevin Guinagh, linguist and aviation en-
thusiast, has written an excellent book— a book
which is noteworthy for several reasons As a
carefully written, often exciting, sometimes
dramatic story it will appeal to many young
people." R. A. B.
-|- Sat R of Lit 29:68 N 9 '46 240w
School & Society 64:88 Ag 3 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 8 1 '46 270w
GUNN, NEIL MILLER. Key of the chest.
285p $2.75 Stewart [8s 6d Faber]
46-19686
The setting is the western highlands of
Scotland. Young Charlie Maclan, a former
student, now living with his dour older brother,
saves the skipper of a wrecked Swedish vessel.
The wreck sets off a long string of events,
involving the pastor and his young daughter,
the village doctor, and others, besides the two
brothers.
"When Gunn is writing about less complex
people (less complex verbally, that is), he is
warm and discerning. The scenes in Smeo-
rach's cottage, for example, are first rate.
The author points a moral and adorns the
tale, however, with super- intellectual discus-
sions between a physician, the young master
of Ros Lodge, and Mr. Gwynn, 'a subtle analyst
of mental conditions.' Alas, the analyses of
the deep- browed three are none too subtle at
best, and become very boring after a while.
Moreover, their deductions do not blend artisti-
cally with the essential thread of the story."
Jack Conroy
H Book Week p3 Jl 14 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:43 F 1 '46 170w
"I must confess to a feeling of disappoint-
ment in finding that Mr. Gunn has abandoned,
it may be only temporarily, the beautiful lucidi-
ty of the manner that so greatly distinguished
his story of 'Young Art and Old Hector' in
favour of rather overwrought poetic metaphors
that produce no picture in the mind. Nor do
I feel that he has succeeded with his portraits
of such characters as the Doctor, the young
laird with his passion for photography, or the
metaphysically minded Mr. Gwynne, none of
whom really comes to life." J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 F 15 '46 240w
"Mr. Gunn's setting is the Highlands, but
his canvas sprawls and his sense of form is
unsure. What begins as a very promising
thriller loses itself in discussions on religion,
traditions. . . Mr. Gunn uses big scenes with
an almost reckless prodigality — storms, fog,
thwarted love, near-incest, "rescues in high
seas. Individually, all are good; but they do
not add up to a total effect. The Key or the
Chest suffers from too much of the sinister."
Walter Allen
h Spec 176:150 F 8 '46 llOw
"Mr Gunn's philosophical meanderings have
slowed down the pace of what might otherwise
have been a fairly readable suspense story."
R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46
180w
"Mr. Gunn's story has its excitements and
its intellectual stimulus, but does not compel
belief."
.] Times [London] Lit Sup p65 F 9 '46
600w
"To present the academic side of the Cruime
Jrama, Mr. Gunn uses his ultra-intellectual
characters to discuss . . . the whys and where-
forces of human behavior in the face of the
inarticulate struggle ragmg in the village.
This device results in too much static con-
versation, most of which is confused philosophy
that serves only to detract from an otherwise
excellent piece of work. These moot discus-
sions, whenever they occur, bring the novel to
a sudden stop and add nothing but an incentive
to the reader to thumb hurriedly through the
pages on which they appear in order to pick
up again the main thread of the story. The
author on the whole, however, has presented
a delicately drawn novel, relying freely upon
his vast store of knowledge about his fellow
countrymen to create an absorbing study of a
little known group of people." W. M. Kunstler
H Weekly Book Review plO Jl 7 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
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345
GURVITCH, QEORGII DAVIDOVICH. Bill of
social rights. 152p $2 Int. univs. press
323.4 Liberty. Social problems 46-2446
"An English edition of a book recently pub-
lished in French. . . [The author] reviews the
trend, shown in the constitutional provisions
of many countries, to extend jural guarantees
in social and economic fields. He is emphatic
in his belief that a bill of social rights must
supplement and reinforce a bill of political
rights. But he maintains that the provisions
of bills of social rights of the recent past carry
the danger of making the recipients of social
security passive beneficiaries rather than active
participants in an enlarged sphere of demo-
cratic action. . . The book contains a twenty-
page draft of a proposed bill of social rights
for workers, consumers, and 'the common
man.' " Am Pol Sci R
Reviewed by J. D. Lewis
Am Pol Sci R 40:614 Je '46 450w
"The book is excellent in all its negative as-
pects, painting the dangers of totalitarianism
arising out of socialism or the state ownership
of industry. The positive program contains,
certainly, everything that is desirable. How-
ever, the question of how economic planning is
compatible with liberty, including the right to
strike, remains unsolved. This is no argument
against the merit of the author, who is to be
congratulated for his courage in tackling one
of the most burning problems of our time." P;
J. Gumbel
4 Ann Am Acad 246:153 Jl '46 600w
GURVITCH, GEORGII DAVIDOVICH, and
MOORE, WILBERT ELLIS, eds. Twentieth
century sociology. 754p $6 Philosophical lib.
301 Sociology 46-3930
"A new sociology text edited by Georges
Gurvitch, lecturer in sociology at Harvard
University and Wilbert E. Moore, of the Office
of Population Research of Princeton University.
The contributors include such scholars as Tal-
cott Parsons, Jerome Hall, Roscoe Pound and
others. The book is divided into two sections:
Part I deals with sociological problems in
general, and Part II with the concepts devel-
oped in specific political or racial areas within
the present century. The chapters under such
headings as 'British Sociology,' 'Eastern Eu-
ropean Sociology,' etc., are written by author-
ities [on] those parts of the world." Book Week
"Teachers of sociology, those attempting to
make further significant contributions to the
literature, and graduate students should find
this book useful and stimulating. It has the
advantage over earlier works of somewhat
similar plan in that it is by several years more
recent than any of them; and some of the col-
laborators have rather skilfully incorporated in-
to their chapters the results of the latest
thought and research. The volume is marred
by numerous glaring typographical errata; and
it entirely lacks an index, which would have
been a valuable addition. Brief biographical
sketches of the several authors appear at the
close of their contributions." F. N. House
H Am J Soc 52:85 Jl '46 360w
Reviewed by E. L>. Monachesi
Am Soc R 11 775 D '46 500w
Book Week plO P 24 '46 120w
Harvard Law R 59:478 F '46 240w
Reviewed by J. E. Fleming
Social Forces 25:104 O '46 1050w
Social Studies 37:144 Mr '46 80w
"The authors of the various chapters differ
considerably in the effectiveness of their
presentations. But, in general, it may be said
that they are inclined to verbosity and some-
times to polysyllabic logomachy. The style is
heavy, even in articles by men who usually
express themselves fluently and clearly. . . This
ponderous tome will not add much to the
understanding of those who do not belong to
the profession. It will stimulate the thinking
of sociologists who find the time to wade
through its lengthy perorations. But the whole
job, one suspects, might better have been done
more briefly and more concretely This re-
viewer has found much of value in 'Twentieth
Century Sociology,' but at a great expenditure
of time and effort. Perhaps younger and more
vigorous minds will gather richer returns at
lower cost. But the prediction is here made
that very few persons will ever read this book,
and that — provided some other group does a
better job — it may not make a great deal of
difference." S. A. Queen
— Survey 82:244 S '46 650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:233 S '46 160w
GUTHRIE, DOUGLAS JAMES. History of
medicine; with an introd. by Samuel C.
Harvey 448p 72pl $6 Lippincott [30s Nelson]
610.9 Medicine—History SG46-203
History of the progress of the medical art
from prehistoric times to the present. This
author is an Kdmburgh physician. Many of
the illustrations are from rare plates Chapter
bibliographies Index.
"A gracious style and adroit use of the
material make for easy reading, but this by no
means implies that the book is superficial. On
the contrary, it simply means good craftsman-
ship and careful selection and much cutting."
Peter Williamson, M.D.
4- Book Week p8 Jl 14 '46 250w
Booklist 43:9 3 '46
"As an introduction and guide to the study
of medical evolution this book should prove
highly successful." G. F.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 N 21 '45 240w
"The book will interest, inform and entertain
any educated reader, medical or lay; and for
those who wish to study the subject or any
part of it more fully, help is given in the form
of footnotes on nearly every page and a classi-
fied bibliography of medical history as an ap-
pendix." Harry Roberts
-j- New Statesman &. Nation 30:444 D 29
'45 600w
"It is refreshing to open Dr Guthrie's new
'History of Medicine' and find it viewed not as
the dry bones of fact, but with the eye of a
writer who can transmute even a discussion of
primitive trephining tools into a fascinating
and readable tale. Other histories of medicine
have been more detailed, more exhaustive.
Few have managed to present the evolution of
medical thought (from the caperings of the
witch doctor to the age of superspecialism)
with quite so deft a touch and such obvious
relish for the task at hand. With its detailed
bibliography, this is an excellent survey of
medical growth — and of its place in our com-
plex society today." F. G. Slaughter
4- N Y Times p6 Jl 14 '46 lOOOw
"The writing is good, especially for so doc-
umented a treatment of such a vast subject,
and the book is abundantly illustrated with
rare and curious pictures."
4- New Yorker 22:59 Jl 6 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 14 '46
120w
"This good book is far more than a record
of sequences in medicine. It is a story of sci-
ence, of philosophy, of anthropology, and should
be read by those who are concerned with any
of those fields of thought. The last four pages,
dealing with the life and contributions of Wil-
liam Osier (and of his colleague William
Welch), reveals how truly Dr. Guthrie is an
artist as well as a physician, delineating the
foibles as well as the supreme achievements,
the skill as well as the charlatanry, of men
of medicine through the ages." E. H. Hume
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 Ag 3 '46 lOOOw
"To write a history of medicine that is at
once readable by the average layman and satis-
fying to the average doctor is no easy task. To
make it also commendable to the serious stu-
dent is even more difficult. But thanks to an
obviously immense amount of reading, a fine
sense of compression and selection, a straight-
forward, simple style, and full documentation,
excluded from the text, Dr. Guthrie has man-
aged to accomplish it with very great success.
The name of almost every contributor, in some
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GUTHRIE, D. J. — Continued
Important sense, to the art and science of med-
icine, the development of hospitals and public
health, medical literature and journalism has
received appropriate mention, if Dr. Outhrie
has been unable to provide detailed portraits,
this is because the nature and scope of his
task have forbidden it. But he has made ample
amends in his appendix of relative literature in
many languages." H. H. Bashford
+ Spec 175:368 O 19 '45 750w
"As a literary exercise, and as a reasonably
satisfactory compendium of the subject, this
book has merit, but it seems to this critic that
the author has not made a very grood case of
raison d'etre. The abundant illustrations are
interesting and helpful, however, and the bib-
liographic notes and appendix seem to prove
that he has gone into his subject exhaustively
and in a scholarly manner." I. W. Voorhees
_{ Weekly Book Review plO Jl 28 '46 650w
QYSIN, BRION. To master— a long goodnight;
the story of Uncle Tom, a historical narra-
tive. 276p $3 Creative age
B or 92 Henson, Joslah 46-7380
The true story of the man Jo si ah Henson,
who was the prototype of Harriet Beecher
Stowe's fictional Uncle Tom. Henson lived the
latter part of his life in Canada, where he
died in 1883. The author is a Canadian who
wrote much of the book while serving in the
U. S. and Canadian armies. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by E. E. Leisy
Book Week p2 N 3 '46 290w
"It is generally sound, readable and popular."
L. D. Reddick
4- Library J 71:1205 S 15 '46 90w
H
H. D. See Doolittle, H.
HAAS, WILLIAM 8. Iran. 273p il $3.50 Colum-
bia univ. press
955 Persia A46-962
Describes the development of Iran from
earliest times to the present. The author, who
is from the Iranian institute and school for
Asiatic studies, presents first hand information
on Iran's religion, government, culture, eco-
nomics, and its outlook for the future. Index.
Reviewed by A. C. Millspaugh
Am Hist R 51:712 Jl '46 550w
Reviewed by W. W. White
Am Pot Set R 40:609 Je '46 350w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 120w
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 My '46
"Mr. Haas is well qualified to discuss Iran. . .
In his book, he gives an all-round picture of
Persian history and development, placing the
main emphasis on events in the 20th century
and on the country's cultural, ethnological and
economic aspects. His excellent chapter on
pre-Islamlc and Islamic religion in Persia de-
serves special mention." E. S. P.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 2 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"Unfortunately the chapter on the role of
Iran in modern world politics Is written in
a more hasty way than those on Iran's old
culture; the story of the Anglo-Russian rival-
ries in the Middle East is very incomplete and
the presentation of present days' problems
neither deep nor very precise. The book is
supplemented by some excellent photos, eco-
nomical statistics, information on the irriga-
tion problem, the financial and budget situa-
tion, two diplomatic documents and a very
careful index. Strangely enough a sound bib-
liography is missing. Haas's book will prove
a disappointment to the student of contem-
porary affairs but useful as an elementary in-
troduction to Iran's history and civilization."
Max Fischer
Commonweal 44:77 My 3 '46 350w
Current Hist 10:348 Ap '46 900w
"This very superior book is one of the best
to appear on the Middle East in several years."
4- Foreign Affairs 24:561 Ap '46 60w
"Timely — and needed."
-f Kirkus 14:63 F 1 '46 150w
"All this most pertinent information is
particularly valuable at the present time.
Recommended." R. P. Tubby
•f Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Stewart Symes
New Statesman & Nation 32:12 Jl 6
'46 750w
"A competent, scholarly and streamlined
survey of Iran and its civilization, in a book
too brief to do justice to his fascinating sub-
ject— especially in view of the international
situation existing today." C. P. Grant
-| NY Times p4 Mr 24 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by Taraknath Das
Pol Sci Q 61:461 S '46 HOOw
Reviewed by W. H. Kindle
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Mr 2 '46 900w
+ Springf'd Republican p6 F 23 '46 270w
Reviewed by Ernest Jackh
Survey G 35:267 Jl '46 360w
"The best part of the book is the analysis
of the political and geographical factors which
have made the Persian people what they are
today. Mr. Haas brings to bear upon his prob-
lem a critical mind, a real interest in Persian
philosophy and a keen appreciation of the his-
torical causes which help to shape national
mentality. Within the compass of a short
book he has succeeded in collecting a great
mass of important information and he has set
it out with clarity and penetration."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p387 Ag 17
'46 600w
"Dr. Haas's treatise on Iran is Invaluable
in directing our attention to a potential vol-
cano, in making us acquainted with a strate-
gically located country and people, and the
difficulties confronting them." P. J. Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 Mr 24 '46
750w
HAGEDORN, HERMANN. Americans: a book
of lives; with portraits by Rafael Palacios
and others. 392p il $5 Day
920 U.S.— Biography 46-2626
Biographical sketches of seventeen Americans
who made outstanding contributions to Ameri-
can life during the twentieth century. The
sketches were originally written for foreign
reading. Those included are: Samuel Lang-
horne Clemens, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas
Alva Edison, Luther Burbank, Booker T. Wash-
ington, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,
Jane Addams, John Dewey, Louis Dembitz
Brandeis, George Washington Carver, Henry
Ford, Helen Keller, Will Rogers, Herbert
Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Wendell
Wilikie.
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p!2 Ap 28 '46 500w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
"Clear concise treatment of familiar material
from a fresh angle. Good adult education ma-
terial."
-f Klrkus 13:541 D 1 '45 150w
"The book was designed primarily to give
readers all over the globe an idea of American
achievement In other fields besides the bazooka
and the atomic bomb. But it deserves wide
reading at home." Thomas Lask
-f N Y Times p!2 Ap 21 '46 320w
"Presumably not as familiar with these
American figures as we are, the foreign read-
ers for whom 'Americans' is primarily intended
should find these somewhat idealized biogra-
phies entertaining and enlightening. Reader*
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here will find it a kindly, rather old-fashioned,
pleasant collection of biographical tributes."
J. P. Wood
+ Sat R of Lit 29:66 Ap 13 '46 650w
"It is puzzling, indeed inexplicable, that
apart from politics Mr. Hagedorn is a shrewd
and penetrating critic, accepting no shibboleths
that will not stand scrutiny in the light of
plain common sense. When he writes of artists,
scientists, inventors and business men he is
always good and frequently excellent. . . But
whenever he touches a politician Mr. Hage-
dorn's feet become entangled in the treacherous
coils of history and he trips badly." Q. W.
Johnson
-I Weekly Book Review p7 My 5 '46
1360w
HAGEDORN, HERMANN. The bomb that fell
on America. 57p pa $1.25 Pacific coast pub. co,
1022 State st, Santa Barbara, Calif.
811 46-6093
In fifty-odd pages of free verse, couched in
everyday, almost colloquial phraseology, the
poet attempts to express what the atomic
bomb which fell on Hiroshima should mean to
the people of America.
Christian Century 63:966 Ag 7 '46 70w
Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 14 '46
120w
"No matter what professional critics of
poetry have to say about the long, loose-
jointed Carl-Sandburgian quality of these ir-
regular trumpet -like lines, it is indeed the very
best in our America^ tradition in germ and
in seed, which speaks to us from this book.
It is the inner voice, deep within us all." D. C.
Fisher
-f N Y Times p!4 My 26 '46 800w
Reviewed by Alfred Kreymberg
Sat R of Lit 29:45 Jl 27 '46 320w
HAGGERTY, JAMES EDWARD. Guerrilla pa-
dre in Mindanao. 257p $2.75 Longmans
940.53914 World war. 1939-1945— Philippine
islands. World war, 1939-1945— Religious as-
pects. World war, 1939-1945 — Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-1131
Personal reminiscences of an American Cath-
olic priest who chose to stay on in the Philip-
pines after the fall of Bataan.
splendid, selfless admiration, but their telling
is not stepped up for the insensitive by an
operatic style, 'Guerrilla Padre in Mindanao* is
the literate, articulate, unsentimentalized jour-
nal of West Virginia-born Edward Haggerty,
some time rector of Ateneo Cagayan and, for
three years, co-ordinator, signal officer, com-
missary agent, paymaster and spiritual father
of the guerrilla forces whose grimly pursued
Job on Mindanao furnished the Allies with an-
other arm in their tight through the South
Pacific." Clare Godfrey
+ Weekly Book Review p37 Mr 10 '4$
800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
HAHN, EMILY. China A to Z; pictures by
Howard Baer. [28p] $1.50 Watts, F.
46-7905
Alphabet book illustrated with twenty- six
delicate water colors showing Chinese scenes.
The paintings are on pale yellow paper and
the book is bound so that it can lie flat on a
table. The text is in rhyme, and about things
Chinese.
Reviewed by Eddie Doherty
Book Week p!2 F 24 '46 180w
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
Cath World 163:94 Ap '46 25 Ow
Reviewed by J. N. Moody
Commonweal 43:629 Ap 5 '46 500w
"This is an absorbing war story. . . While
Catholics will, perhaps, be the more interested
than others, the book should have a wide ap-
peal to the general public, irrespective of reli-
gious affiliation."
+ KIrkus 14:99 F 15 '46 200w
Reviewed by M. P. McKay
Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 140w
"This reader must plead one disqualification
in appraising 'Guerrilla Padre.' It is impossible
to say to what extent even a brief experience
in the Philippines and acquaintance with the
Filipinos serves as a prerequisite to full author-
reader identification. It Is true that the image
of the smiling little people, always with sores
on their legs, yet often spotless above the 'high
mud mark' somewhere between shin and knee,
rose from the printed page. So it may be that
this book has especial meaning for those who
served under General MacArthur. In these
days of 'cooperative' Japs it has a vital and
vivid meaning for every American." B. F. Hall
+ N Y Times p7 Mr 10 '46 650w
Reviewed by T. S. Hanrabau
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 8 16 '46 360w
" 'Guerrilla Padre in Mindanao' Is not one of
those hot, on-the-spot, thrill -packed tales
dashed off in the quick flame of superficially
felt horror and admiration. The thrills are
there, the horror ia there, and there is much
"One of the most beautiful picture books of
the year. . . The Hahn doggerel seems out of
tune and time with the skillful pictures and
many 'world travelers' will wonder about the
fat Amah and the many un-Chinese faces,
but books on China are welcome, and this one
will find eager buyers."
H Book Week p!7 N 10 '46 HOw
"A picture book of the Chinese way of life,
with the alphabet aspects of secondary impor-
tance— and artistically one of the loveliest
books of the season."
-f Kirkus 14:421 S 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by Claire Nolte
Library J 71:1808 D 15 '46 90w
"The story is told in bouncing rhymes which
will please the 5- to- 8-year-old group. The il-
lustrations have caught the mood of the text
and show the children of China laughing and
playing." Lois Palmer
+ N Y Times pll D 29 '46 HOw
"The war is evidently over when we can get
as pretty a picture-book as this in so many
colors and with really as much information as
this for such a price. The reader is, I suppose,
really a listener, and the pages open so aa to
make a spread across the child's lap and that
of some older person. The Jingling poetry in
which it is expressed runs through salient points
noticed in China."
•f Weekly Book Review p20 N 10 '46 200w
HAHN, EMILY. Hong Kong holiday. 305p $2.75
Doubleday
B or 92 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-4653
Some twenty sketches about the author's life
in Hong Kong during the war, and before she
came home on the Gripsholm. The last chap-
ter is about life on the two ships which brought
her and her young daughter to the United
States. Most of the stories appeared first in
the New Yorker.
Booklist 42:364 Jl 15 '46
Cath World 164:189 N '46 150w
"Miss Hahn possesses an endless facility at
this sort of writing; those addicted to it wltt
ever clamor for more."
Commonweal 44:438 Ag 16 '46 130w
KIrkus 14:214 My 1 '46 170w
"Material has been chosen with more dis-
crimination than in Miss Hahn's previous
book." H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:917 Je 15 '46 120w
"It is far from irrelevant that this collection
originally appeared as a New Yorker series. . .
The editors have a pretty- good idea of what
should be written about any particular subject,
and it seems not unlikely that Emily Hahn
sent them the sort of pieces she knew they
wanted. Certainly this is the easiest way to ac-
count for the family resemblance among the
several dozen New Yorker series which have
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HAHN, EMILY— Continued
later been published as books. Theodore Pratt's
France, Ludwig Bemelmans* Ritz Hotel, Clar-
ence Day's old-time Madison Avenue — all these
have a quality shared by Emily Hahn's Hong
Kong. They are all two-dimensional backdrops
for a program of cheerful and inoffensive vau-
deville." Russell Maloney
N Y Times p5 Je 23 '46 650w
Reviewed by Philip Hamburger
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Je 29 '46 1050w
"As a whole, the book is an uneven and
often repetitious miscellany of impressions and
character studies. Some of the material, such
as the sketches about the gibbon apes and that
about Lieutenant MacBean are trivial and dull,
but in spite of its obvious failings, the book
gives a really vivid impression of an interna-
tional city dominated by the victorious Japa-
nese. Its virtue lies in Miss Hahn's first-hand
knowledge of the difficulty of living in a be-
leaguered city and her natural preoccupation
with the reactions of human beings under
stress." Rose Feld
-j Weekly Book Review p3 Je 23 '46 550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
HAHN, EMILY. Picture story of China; with
pictures by Kurt Wiese. [52p] $2.50 Reynal
915.1 China— Juvenile literature 46-8311
"The record of the daily life of a little Chi-
nese boy whose family keeps to the old faith
and traditions although the scene is modern
China. The pictures in color include a map
and a history of the events in China's de-
velopment in small 'strip' drawings. For
younger children." Sat R of Lit
Booklist 43:157 Ja 15 '47
"The little children are real, friendly and at-
tractive. But the book swerves sharply to an
older level when the author, in the last quarter
of the book, attempts a quick historical survey.
. . Kurt Wiese's illustrations are colorful and
charming."
-I Kirkus 14:388 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times pll D 29 '46 140w
"A child from seven to eleven can learn
from the colorful pictures and graceful text of
this charming book how a modern Chinese
child's daily life differs from his own." K. S.
White
•f New Yorker 22:145 D 7 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:70 N 9 '46 50w
"Miss Hahn has evolved an excellent scheme
for presenting China to children older than
those who IOOK at the pictures of her Chinese
alphabet but not yet old enough to settle down
to serious history. . . It is a lively way of
conveying information that is more than likely
to be well remembered."
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 N 10 '46 270w
HAHN, EMILY. Raffles of Singapore; a biog-
raphy. 587p $3.50 Doubleday
B or 92 Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford
46-7848
"Biography of Thomas Stamford Bingley Raf-
fles who was the British equivalent in the Far
East of Clive of India or Rhodes of South Africa.
Considerable attention is given to the operations
of the old East India Company and to the Brit-
ish colonial policy in the Orient." (Library J)
Map on end papers. Index.
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p3 D 8 '46 900w
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 »47
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 60w
"As this era of Occidental domination of the
Orient rushes dramatically to its conclusion,
it is particularly timely and provocative to
turn to the story of the days when it was Just
Krg,i ElngLanK lo?k *£ l}?e forces and men that
brought it about. Such a contemplation can
be particularly valuable if the study is neither
lyrically rhapsodic nor bitterly hostile, but
§£" * .¥,nderstand4me aj?d reasonably detached.
win£e &ese a/*e i,justv^the Dualities that Emily
Hahn brings to her biography of Sir Stamford
Raffles, 'Raffles of Singapore,' it is a pleasure
to welcome Miss Hahn on her at-least-tem-
porary emergence from recording her own ad-
ventures as mother and Japanese prisoner into
the ranks of the informal historians." Richard
Watts
-f N Y Times p3 D 15 '46 1050w
"Miss Hahn has a skittish way with biog-
raphy; she dominates the book, letting her
wit run loose, chiding other biographers, and
generally enjoying herself. She has made Sir
Stamford's story highly entertaining and in-
structive."
New Yorker 22:143 N 30 '46 90w
"As one of those ordinary persons for whom
Ptaiily Hahn wrote, I wish (1) that she had
done it in less than 544 pages of text, and (2)
that she would go back into the wings where
a biographer belongs, and not stand on the
stage nudging her hero out of the spotlight so
that she may have it herself." E. D. Breed
— San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 6 '46
700w
" 'Raffles of Singapore' is heavy, turgid read-
ing. Raffles never comes to life in the 570 pages
of the book, except when his own letters are
quoted, or when he is being described in the
exact words of his Indian clerk, Munshi Ab-
dullah. . . In an apology, Miss Hahn states
clearly the difficulty with 'Raffles of Singapore,'
when she applies the following- quote to her own
work, 'The volume is too cursory for the spe-
cialist and too detailed for others.' As Miss
Hahn realizes this, it is a pity that she made
no effort at its correction." Wenzell Brown
h Sat R of Lit 29:16 N 30 '46 700w
"In her books (China to Me, the Soong Sisters,
Hong Kong Holiday) impertinent, casual Emily
Hahn proved that she was the only living per-
son who could write about China as though it
slept under her pillow. Raffles of Singapore has
just the same chummy tone; few historical
figures have ever been apostrophized so chat-
tily, so personally — at times, Hero Raffles simply
gets lost in the Hahn handbag, like a lipstick.
Nonetheless, Raffles of Singapore is a lively,
unconventional biography, which is also as
formless as a conversation conducted by walkie-
talkie."
Time 48:106 N 18 '46 lOOOw
"Miss Hahn has written the most readable
biography of Raffles which has yet appeared.
Others may be more solemn (even, not so
clearly, more accurate), but none is quite so
enjoyable. Both the public and private lives
of Raffles are spread out for inspection. There
arc plenty of entertaining quotations from those
quaintly ponderous contemporaries whose elo-
quence seems to be amusingly old fashioned to
today's readers. And for good measure, Miss
Hahn devotes many pages to description of
India, Java, Sumatra, Malay and even England
of over a century ago. With pleasing infor-
mality she paints pictures as vivid and exotic,
in 1946, as Currier and Ives prints of early
America." P. J. Searles
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 N 24 '46 900w
HAIG GEORGE C. (DAN STILES, pseud).
High schools for tomorrow. 212p $2.50 Harper
373 Education, Secondary 46-2816
A discussion of the possibilities of change and
Improvement in the high school curriculum.
It is the author's suggestion that many of the
formalized, static subjects (but not all) might
be replaced by a program of practical experi-
ences in community living, involving running
a bank, a cafeteria, a model home, a juke Joint,
a chapel, etc.
"As the expression of a well-informed layman,
not hampered by academic tradition, it is pro-
vocative and stimulating." "
+ Booklist 43:7 3 '46
"A glib analysis of American schools, almost
stripped of the implications of the philosophy of
education. But there are provocative Ideas in-
cluded."
Kirkus 14:58 P 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by J. S. DiekhofC
— Sat R of Lit 29:28 S 14 '46 300w
"In spite of the idealistic nature of this book
it offers a challenge to school administrators to
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examine critically our present- day practices, to
inaugurate activities that will better meet the
needs of youth, and to help the pupils cope
with the problems of family and community life
more effectively. No high-school teacher, prin-
cipal, or superintendent should forgo the read-
ing of this stimulating publication." A. S. Wil-
son
School R 54:495 O '46 700w
HA1G, GEORGE C. (DAN STILES, pseud)
Land of enchantment; the Penobscot bay,
Mount Desert region of Maine; text and
phot, by Dan Stiles. 181p $2.76 Sugar ball
press. Concord, N.H.
917.41 Penobscot bay. Mount Desert island,
Maine 46-70
"A book about the Penobscot Bay — Mount
Desert region of Maine. . . There are general
chapters on the whole region and separate
chapters on Castine, Belfast, Camden, Rock-
land, Mount Desert, Deer Isle, Vinalhaven and
the lesser islands. . . The book is full of
chuckling anecdotes and the salty flavor of
the region." N Y Times
"Those who know this section will gain from
a reading of 'The Land of Enchantment'; new-
comers will find it a good introduction. The
title may be a bit on the hackneyed side, but
the subject matter is chosen with discrimina-
tion, and it is presented in honest prose."
H. S. Pearson
4- N Y Times p20 Mr 10 '46 230w
Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 28 '46
180w
HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK LANGMERE HAIG.
A river never sleeps; il. by Louis Darling.
352p $4 Morrow
799.1 Fishing Agr47-75
The author of Return to the River (Book
Review Digest 1941) describes his fishing ex-
periences thru one whole year, beginning with
searching for stcelhead in January. Sometimes
he writes of lake or salt water fishing, but
nearly always it is river fishing which he
describes.
"Roderick L Haig-Brown is an Englishman
who has fished in the United States and lives
in British Columbia; he is a fly fisherman who
bridges the gap between American and British
angling, and he writes like an angel. . . 'A
River Never Sleeps' is a thrilling experience
that happily can be relived m dirty weather."
Loo Kennedy
4- Book Week p2 D 15 '46 90w
"Fishermen, when they write at all, write
extraordinarily well. Haig-Brown is an out-
standing example."
4- Kirkus 14:451 S 1 '46 200w
"The writing has lots of charm and some
touches here and there of Thoreau "
4- New Yorker 22:87 Ja 11 '47 80w
"A surprisingly good job of bridging the gap
between the piscatorial pundit and the uniniti-
ated." Edith James
-f San Francisco Chronicle plO D 7 '46
450w
"It is a work of such excellence, such pene-
tration and sureness and knowledge coupled
with wisdom, that it stands very near the head
of its class. . . These suggestions, rich, wide
ranging, and expanded in English of precision
and beauty, give 'A River Never Sleeps' a broad
and lasting worth beyond the range of all but
the best anglers' writing:." J. R. De La Torre
Bueno
4- Weekly Book Review p4 D 15 '46 800w
HALE, GARTH, pseud. See Cunningham, A. B.
HALE, KATHLEEN. Orlando, the marmalade
cat: a trip abroad; il. by [the author]. 32p
$2.75 Transatlantic
"Bound for a seaside holiday, Orlando, that
unpredictable orange cat, sails for France in-
stead. With his usual British aplomb, he makes
the most of that mischance, accepting easily
the friendship of Albert, the sailor; the pleasing
oddities and gaieties of a French port, and the
return by parachute to Newhaven. N Y Times
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p6 D 8 '46 60w
"The picture-book public which has met Or-
lando before will rejoice to see him again, more
resplendent than ever in these truly distin-
guished color lithographs — and so will grown-
ups." E. L. Buell
+ N Y Times p30 O 6 '46 140w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:148 D 7 '46 60w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 N 3 '46 500w
HALL, CHENOWETH. Crow on the spruce.
201p $2.50 Houghton
46-1515
When Carl Alders was killed in a shooting
accident, no one in the small Maine village
mourned his passing — not his wife who hated
him, not the fishermen who brought in the flsh
for his factory, their wives who cleaned the
flsh, nor the young men who drove his trucks.
The story, made up of separate sketches and
anecdotes of the townspeople, relates what Mrs
Alders decided to do about the factory and
what effect Carl's death and her action had on
the lives of others.
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
Kirkus 14:19 Ja 15 '46 250w
"There is more to the writing of a novel than
accurate reporting, and 'The Crow on the
Spruce* is deficient in almost all the essential
qualities of fiction beyond those supplied by a
talent for acute observation of surfaces. Most
deplorable of all its faults is the absence of
any consistent direction in Miss Hall's book.
A novel does not have to have a purpose or a
solution or even a plot, but its people should be
developed by its events or its events should
be developed by its people. In Miss Hall's book
nothing develops." W. E. Wilson
h N Y Times p!2 Mr 17 '46 600w
"A quiet, unemphatic little book. . . The story
starts out with the obvious intention of being
a novel, but it presently loses its way and be-
comes a collection of nicely drawn sketches of
some pathetic people, their weaknesses, and
their strength."
New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 80w
"The book does not cohere completely and is
not always effective as storytelling, but it con-
tains a lot of good writing and a fine feeling
for the small-community spirit, the gossip and
legend and rivalries of village life. Promising
is inevitably the word for Miss Hall's book.n
T. M. Purdy
H Sat R of Lit 29:12 Mr 9 '46 400w
"Here is a novel about life on the Maine
coast which bears the happy distinction of
being no echo of some other novel of the Maine
coast. It has the clarity and composition of
an etching in which every stroke adds to the
effect, with none of the rustic or rheumatic
touches which often smudge delineation of
character in quest of the quaint. In this first
mature novel Miss Hall's style is compact
without being- clipped. It is writing- that erases
the impression or effort, flowing yet controlled,
a rhythm to which the inner ear as well as the
mind respond." George Conrad
-f weekly Book Review plO Mr 10 '46
550w
HALL, FREDERICK FAIRCHILD. Your faith
and your neighbor's. 142p $1 Wilde
290 Religions — Examinations, questions, etc.
46-5361
"In question and answer form [this book]
covers all of the leading religious faiths, in-
cluding Catholics, Protestants (Lutherans,
Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, etc.)
and the Friends, the Christian Scientists; and
also Judaism, Mohammedanism, Hinduism.
Buddhism, Jainlsm. Sikhism, Confucianism.
Taoism, Zoroastrianism, etc." Churchman
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HALL, F. F.— Continued
"The author modestly saya that his aim Is to
provide entertainment. Though pretty sketchy
as a presentation of facts about the world
religions and the Christian sects, the book does
more than entertain. Besides giving Informa-
tion, It Is slanted toward tolerance and brother-
hood."
H Christian Century 63:113 Ja 23 '46 lOOw
"One of the breeziest and most rewarding
little volumes on comparative religions that I
have even seen. . . It Is an invaluable reference
book for all who are interested in religion "
T. F. Opie
•f Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 120w
HALL. HENRY MARION. Full creel; 11. by
Ralph Ray, jr. 181p $3 Longmans
799.12 Fishing Agr46-204
Reminiscences of a sportsman, whose experi-
ences as a fly fisherman have taken him as far
as Greece and the Pyrenees.
"Fresh-water fishermen will rejoice in this
book." Leo Kennedy
4- Book Week p!4 My 19 '46 230w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
Klrkus 14:119 Mr 1 '46 llOw
"Belongs to the breathlessly excited school
of sporting writers, which will lead some of his
fellow-anglers to take him with a grain of salt,
if at all. That would be a pity, for he's a
pleasant- spirited fisherman and genuinely, If
not always accurately, informative. He Is
especially interesting on the fresh-water fish
of Cape Cod, and on trouting in the French
Pyrenees, of which most of us know virtually
nothing." J. R. de la Torre Bueno
.j NY Times p!2 Je 9 '46 lOOw
New Yorker 22:112 My 18 '46 60w
"Anyone who has flipped a fly or dunked
a night crawler and experienced the pleasures
of angling, who likes a good tale and good
writing, will enjoy 'A Full Creel.' Henry Marion
Hall Is well Qualified to write of fishing. For
many years he has written on fishing and
hunting and his articles have been read by
sportsmen as they appeared in leading sports
magazines as well as those dedicated to litera-
ture and travel." Leo Marceau
+ Springf'd Republican p6 My 21 '46 330w
"There is a good creel-full of fishing yarns
and reminiscences to be had in this thinnish
volume, but to get them the reader must first
scramble through a twenty-page thicket of
lushly literary sentiment. When Mr. Hall for-
gets that he is a writer and becomes a teller
of gentle, pleasant, thoroughly enjoyable sto-
ries, he makes the scramble well worth while."
Ed Zern
H Weekly Book Review p28 My 26 '46
400w
HALL. HENRY MARION. Ruffed grouse; 11. by
Ralph Ray. 91p $6.50 Oxford
799.24861 Grouse A*r46-S34
"An account, both poetic and scientific, of
how our native partridge lives, breeds, and
dies. Since the author is a man and not a bird,
a good part of his book is devoted to approved
methods of bagging this magnificent resident
of our uplands and forests. Illustrated with
drawings and color plates." New Yorker
Klrkus 14:414 Ag 15 '46 60w
New Yorker 22:147 D 14 '46 60w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46 lOOw
"The sheer beauty of this book— the careful
wording of its essays, the liveliness and authen-
ticity of its shooting stories, the woodsy char-
acter of its illustrations— all this imparts the
sort of exhilaration one sometimes feels on
entering a friendly room in which a bright
hearth fire furnishes the only heat and great
armfuls of autumn leaves and wild asters the
principal decoration. A well seasoned, gentle
quality pervades it all, a quality derived from
long experience afield; from deep love of the
grouse themselves, of dogs and of hunting com-
panions; from genuine concern over the future
of this fine North American bird." Q. M. Sutton
+ Weekly Book Review p38 D 1 '46 900w
HALL, VERNON. Renaissance literary criti-
cism; a study of its social content. 260p $3
Columbia univ. press [20s Oxford]
801 Literary criticism A45-4414
"After sketching the social background of
Renaissance Italy, France and England, Hall
studies the literary theories of these countries
in turn, showing in the case of each how social
and political convictions and prejudices affected
the contemporary views on language, genres,
decorum, the role of the poet and function of
poetry. . . To uphold these various interpreta-
tions, the author has assembled a weighty col-
lection of quotations in Italian, French, English
and Latin. Taken out of context, the initial
hypothesis of this work seems innocent enough:
'The thinking of the critics, based upon an
acceptance of the social hierarchy then exist-
ing, was dominated by the aristocratic view-
point.' From this start, Hall shows how social
thinking patterns lay behind not only such
fundamentals of Renaissance literary theory as
decorum, sublimity of style, word choice, ivory-
towerism and the humanistic Ideal of learning,
but even such elements normally devoid of
'social significance* as metrics, rhyme and
genres." N Y Times
"It is a pity that this book, so instructive,
so well written, so observant, and so reason-
able, should have adopted a wearisome plan. . .
It seems also unfortunate, again in the light of
the excellence of the author's ability and of
his workmanship, that the work, which is an
interesting and important piece of exposition,
should have been cast to such a degree in the
form of an argument. . . Those interesting
and significant things do not need to be
argued, for they are an obvious consequence
of the monarchical governments and societies
of the age, are legacies from ancient and
medieval times, and are perfectly expressive
of the current social thought of the Renais-
sance. There is no occasion for surprise or
controversy. What has been said may sound
ungracious but it is not so intended. Modern
students need to know the very things that are
presented in this book, which is certainly
learned, sagacious, and intelligent." Hardin
Craig
4? — Am Hist R 51:493 Ap '46 850w
"In publishing this work Columbia University
Press, which sponsored the pioneer studies of
Spin gam and Baldwin, continues to corner the
market on Renaissance criticism. This volume
compares favorably in scholarship and imagina-
tion with its two predecessors. It is rich In
challenging generalizations and hypotheses. The
author has read and culled widely from Plato
to Veblen. Some Aristarchs will charge that
this social interpretation emphasizes dispropor-
tionately one facet of Renaissance literary
thinking. The present reviewer, however, is
still too impressed by Dr. Hall's able documen-
tation to support that charge." R. J. Clements
-f N Y Times p!4 O 21 '45 750w
Times [London] Lit Sup pl!6 Mr 9 '46
480w
HALL, WALTER PHELPS. Iron out of Cal-
vary; an interpretative history of the second
World war. 389p maps S4; student's ed $3
Appleton-Century
940.53 World war, 1939-1945 46-6378
Brief history of World war II for the layman.
It details the events leading up to the war,
economic background, nationalism and its
satellites, and loss of faith in liberalism. Read-
ing list. Index.
"Prof. Hall deserves special credit for han-
dling the problems of political interpretations
so Judicially. These problems, which are in-
dispensable to an understanding both of the
origins and of the progress of the war, are
analyzed without passion or partisanship. The
accounts of Spain and of China in the '30s
are masterly. . . His analysis of such tricky
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subjects as the first Finnish-Russian war and
the fall of France are clear and balanced. The
viewpoint is liberal and internationalist but
hardly ever sentimental or doctrinaire." A. M.
Schlesinger, Jr.
-H Book Week p4 S 1 '46 500w
Bookmark 7:8 N '46
Current Hist 11:401 N '46 90w
"Highly instructive, entertaining and well
written. Hall is professor of history at Prince-
ton and author of several historical volumes."
L». R. Etzkorn
+ Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 140w
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
Nation 163:703 D 14 '46 600w
Reviewed by Russell Maloney
— NY Times p41 O 13 '46 500w
"We who have our own times to explain must
make the most of evidence now available, as
Mr. Hall has done in this concise, well-ordered
book. Inevitably a reflection of the intellectual
climate of the early postwar period, it is never-
theless the work of one of our most competent
historians and offers a valuable summary and
analysis of the past twenty years." P. H.
Beik
+ Sat R of Lit 29:15 N 23 '46 800w
Reviewed by W. G. Tyrrell
Social Educ 10:328 N '46 450w
Reviewed by J. S. Roucek
Social Studies 38:41 Ja '47 350w
"A forceful style keeps [the narrative] mov-
ing briskly, maintaining a good balance be-
tween diplomacy and war though covering only
the broadest aspects of military economics. As
a trained historian he properly distinguishes
between what is important and what is merely
colorful. . . Serviceable maps accompany the
text; there is an excellent, critical bibliography,
and a good index."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:315 D '46 280w
"The best short history of the war which
has appeared, either in America or in Britain.
Its virtues are judiciousnes, balance and
lucidity: its inadequacies are those imposed
by limitations of space or of available infor-
mation." H. S. Commager
_! Weekly Book Review p!4 S 15 '46
1250w
"The enormous, confused, and unruly ma-
terial has here been disciplined into a single
coherent narrative, which is not only manage-
ably brief but also surprisingly detailed in facts
and variegated in the many different aspects
of the great complex — political and economic as
well as strategic and operational — which are
brought under review. . . If one has a quarrel,
it is, perhaps, with the description 'interpre-
tative' in the subtitle. The author has worked
the surface too closely to get very far down
into the interpretation of the great underlying
trends and forces; one even misses that kind
of analysis of the major patterns of policy and
strategy which recent material is now making
possible." Walter Millis
H Yale R n s 36:348 winter '47 750w
HALL, WILLIAM NORMAN. Watch the kit-
ten grow [pictures by Ruth Carroll]. $1
Crowell
46-4170
Picture book for the very young. Pictures
are graduated in size from small to full page,
keeping pace with the kitten's growth.
"Both entertaining and instructive for the
very youngest." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 90w
' "The very young child gains a satisfying
sense of growth from pictures which reflect
the appealing moods of kittenhood."
-f N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 60w
HALL-QUEST, MRS OLGA (WILBOURNE).
How the Pilgrims came to Plymouth; 11. by
James MacDonald. 115p $2 Button
973.22 Pilgrim fathers — Juvenile literature
46-4157
Story of the Pilgrim fathers, from the time
they planned to leave England In 1607, thru
their stay in Holland, up to the establishment
of their settlement in Plymouth. For third
and fourth grades.
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
"The author writes simply with details that
are well-chosen to make the picture clear and
to answer the questions that readers from 8 to
11, are likely to ask. Unpretentious as the
narrative is, it succeeds in showing the amaz-
ing courage and endurance of this determined,
devoted group of men and women." A. T.
Eaton
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 31 '46
180w
Kirkus 14:324 Jl 15 '46 80w
"Recommended for supplementary school use
and for the young reader interested in early
American history." Elizabeth Burr
4- Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 70w
"This book contains much of interest and
value, but it lacks the detail and color which
appeal to most children of the middle years,
and it has less action and characterization than
would be expected by many adolescents. The
illustrations do not add to its worth." R. A.
Brown
^ NY Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 140w
Reviewed by K. S, White
New Yorker 22:146 D 7 '46 80w
Reviewed by M. W. Berry
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
70w
"Though, as the phrase goes, 'it reads like
a story,' it sticks closely to facts and brings
out a sense of the spirit of that memorable
enterprise. . . The voyage is convincingly real;
the book ends when explorers from the ship
have made the three expeditions and the main
body of settlers comes ashore to build and to
stay. The pictures bring out the chief in-
cidents." M. Li. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 S 8 '46 230w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
HALLERAN. EUGENE E. Shadow of the bad-
lands. 236p $2 Macrae Smith co.
Western story.
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Kirkus 13:479 N 1 '45 80w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46 80w
WIs Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
HALLIDAY, BRETT, pseud. See Dresser, D.
HALLIDAY, EVELYN GERTRUDE, and
NOBLE. ISABEL TILTON. Hows and whys
of cooking. 3d rev ed 328p il $3.50; text ed
$2.50 Univ. of Chicago press
641.5 Cookery A46-2063
Revised edition of a book first entered in
the Book Review Digest in 1933. "Not the
usual cookbook but an illustrated exposition
of the principles and technique of cooking
which should be helpful to the novice. Partly
rewritten, with some additional recipes/'
(Booklist) Includes chapter on meal planning.
Index.
Booklist 42:301 My 16 '46
"Everyone interested in good food — whether
teacher, research worker, or producer — will re-
joice that this fine book has been enlarged and
brought up to date. Much of the material of
the first edition is retained, evidence of the
soundness of that information. One point which
will be of concern to many, however, is the
relatively large amount of water used in cook-
ing some of the fresh and frozen vegetables."
O. B. Vail
+ J Home Econ 38:366 Je '46 300w
"Housewives who have learned cooking by
the trial and error method will find this book
of immeasureable value. They will find them-
selves using the recipes— or their old favorites
—with confidence and ease." Lola Palmer
+ N Y Time* p26 Je 16 '46 270w
352
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HALPERIN, SAMUEL WILLIAM. Germany
tried democracy; a political history of the
Reich from 1918 to 1933. 567p $3.75 Crowell
943.085 Germany— History 46-2655
"Author, associate professor of history at
University of Chicago, presents detached view
of Weimar republic, from its rise in 1918 to
its collapse in 1933. His scholarly work comes
as relief after so much propagandist^ trash
has been written on the subject. Book is
based on wide range of printed material; does
not contain exciting 'revelations.' Halperin is
less interested in cultural and social history
than in sequence of political developments
which he describes in lively fashion. Sup-
plements well books like Villard's German
Phoenix." (Library J) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Veit Valentin
Am Hist R 52:121 O '46 600w
"A timely and thought-provoking contribu-
tion." R. G. Neumann
4- Am Pol Sci R 40:803 Ag '46 750w
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p4 My 26 '46 180w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
"The straightforward and informative narra-
tive is mainly based on well-established facts.
In his evaluation of events, the author is not
always convincing." ES. S. P.
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 22
'46 190w
Current Hist 11:49 Jl '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25'342 Ja '47 50w
"Mr Halperin is an experienced teacher and
lecturer, and manages to bring clarity to a
highly complex subject and period, making a
great mass of material comprehensible to the
layman. The book has a great deal to offer,
but loses some of its effectiveness in the au-
thor's position on the Ruhr occupation, which
historians will feel he oversimplifies. There's
an uncomfortably close resemblance, in the
author's analysis of the results, to the Ger-
man apologist's explanation of the necessity of
extremism in the German military politics —
rather than seeing it as part of an existing,
extremist, militarist strength which took ad-
vantage of a situation that came to hand. In-
stead, the author charges outside causes with
that growth of strength, thus playing into the
hands of pro-German 'soft peace' advocates."
H Klrkus 14:59 F 1 '46 260w
"Recommended for college and larger public
libraries." P. B. Hirsch
+ Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 130w
*' 'Germany Tried Democracy' does not suf-
ficiently explain the reasons for the provisions
of the peace treaty nor the difficulties of
France, who felt abandoned by America and
Britain and threatened by Germany. . . Writ-
ing with great fairness and sympathy, Profes-
sor Halperin rightly has much praise for the
German Social Democrats. They sincerely
strove to root in the German soil the Western
Ideas of individual liberty, of tolerance and of
peace. . . But the Social Democrats were never
a majority in Germany, nor had they any real
power. Behind the democratic facade the old
spirit lived on. . . The spirit in the Reich after
1918 was not different from that which ani-
mated it before 1914. Germany never tried
democracy." Hans Kohn
N Y Times p5 My 5 '46 1150w
Reviewed by J. L.. Godfrey
Social Forces 25:232 D '46 450w
Social Studies 37:288 O '46 20w
"Mr Halperin writes clearly and to the
point. His book is an excellent guide through
the tangle of German history in the years from
1918 to 1933. He supplies an extensive bib-
liography, listing the chief works on the sub-
ject. It is a striking, if unfortunate, fact
that his footnote references are almost non-
existent. The permanent value of this work
would have been more assured had the author
cared to be more generous in his documenta-
tion." Donald Derby
H Sprtngf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:216 S '46 350w
HALSEY, QEORQE D. Supervising people.
233p $3 Harper
658.3124 Employment management. Foremen
46-325
"This book is intended primarily for super-
visors— foremen in shops and mills, section
heads in offices, assistant buyers and floor man-
agers in retail stores — the men and women
directly in charge of the workers and respon-
sible for whether or not each individual's work
is well done. It deals with the practical as-
pect of supervision — what have been the prob-
lems of many supervisors and tells how they
have solved these problems." Publisher's note
"This is a book written for supervisors and
foremen and is intended to be used as a text
for foreman-training or for individual study.
I suspect that it will not find wide acceptance
either by foremen or by industrial training-
people — not that there is anything so very bad
about it, but only that it is dull and uninspired,
so that reading it would be looked upon as a
duty by even the most ambitious foreman."
B. B. Gardner
— Am J Soc 52:281 N '46 150w
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
. Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"A textbook for supervisors, so comprehen-
sive that it should prove valuable, although
the approach offers little new."
+ Kirkus 13:538 D 1 '45 130w
Library J 71:183 P 1 '46 lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
HALSEY, MARGARET (MRS M. R. STERN).
Color blind; a white woman loeks at the Ne-
gro. 163p $2.50 Simon & Schuster
325 26 Negroes 46-6912
"Study of the color problem in America. Miss
Halsey's work in a wartime canteen set her to
thinking about the Negro's plight, and in her
book she has reasoned out an intelligent white
person's approach to the subject." New Yorker
Reviewed by J. C. Smith
Atlantic 178:176 D '46 330w
"Miss Halsey pursues a fast, readable and en-
tertaining course that bridges the gap between
science and popular myth. Her phrases, like
the sharp lines of a satiric cartoon, evoke pic-
tures that will help devastate the trite concepts
white America employs to quiet its conscience."
June Blythe
4- Book Week p3 O 6 '46 500w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
Reviewed by M. J. McLaughlin
Cath World 164:282 D '46 450w
"Certainly the most readable book ever writ-
ten about the 'color problem.' Margaret Halsey
is a humorist, but she does not try to be
funny about the color problem, which Is one of
the unfunniest things in the world. Being a
good humorist, however, qualifies one for seeing
through the fog of sentiment and illusion that
surrounds such a topic."
-{- Christian Century 63:1215 O 9 '46 90w
"We are indebted greatly to Margaret Halsey
that she has made a permanent record which
is wise, witty, and superbly sane of a success-
ful experiment in human and racial relations
which otherwise might be lost." Walter White
+ Christian Science Monitor p!8 D 9 '46
850w
"This little book, which can be read at one
sitting, and which many will find it impossible
to put down till they have finished it, is prob-
ably the most original, the most convincing, and
the most delightful book upon the Negro ques-
tion which has yet appeared." W. L. Caswell
-f Churchman 160:17 N 1 '46 950w
Reviewed by G. H Dunne
Commonweal 45:234 D 13 '46 450w
"A personal probe, which is also direct and
dispassionate, and which — with her name as
impetus — may reach a market where others
have failed."
4- Kirkus 14:372 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Miss Halsey has stated, not to say reiterated,
with insight, humor, and sincerity, the sound
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opinions of an enlightened and well-balanced
individual on the Negro question. Though she
can hardly be said to have shed any new light
on the subject, she has certainly illuminated
it with a bright one, and probably she has
brought the matter to the attention of a num-
ber of persons in whose minds the question
would have remained a vague, unformulated
annoyance. That the book can hardly be con-
sidered a very weighty contribution to the
solution of the problem is probably a small
price to pay for awakening a large number of
consciences." Anthony Bower
-f Nation 163:562 N 16 '46 480w
"The calm wisdom with which Miss Halsey
instructed her hostesses and dealt with the
bewilderment of some Negro servicemen and
the indignation of many white servicemen
makes an interesting and arresting book. To
those who have spent some time analyzing
and evaluating not only behavior in race rela-
tions but the various approaches 'which inter-
racial groups employ in attempts to alleviate
the problem, the book is challenging because
of its approach. There is nothing particularly
new about most of the material Miss Halsey
presents or the conclusions she arrives at.
What is new is the method of presentation
and the courage, good sense and humor of the
writer." St. Glair Drake and H. R. Cay ton
-f- New Repub 116:455 O 7 '46 1850w
"This is a straightforward, courageous and
delightful book about what Americans (any
American, but especially Northerners) can do
to expedite the absorption of our Negro Ameri-
can citizens into full membership in our
democracy." Margaret Mead
4- N Y Times p3 O 13 '46 1050w
"A clear- eyed, equably presented study. . .
It is cleverly written, although the cleverness
occasionally strikes a tinny note in this con-
text, and at times, too, the reasoning seems
strained, as when Miss Halsey advances the
theory that the white man is jealous of the
sexual powers of the Negro. The book is at
least easy to read, which is quite an asset
when you consider all the more profound but
lugubrious analyses of the same subject."
.] New Yorker 22:114 O 12 '46 120w
" 'Color Blind1 is a book well worth reading.
As to what the honestly democratic American
should do about the whole problem, Miss Hal-
sey has one excellent word of wisdom. You
don't accomplish anything by just thinking, all
by yourself, no matter how much you believe
in destroying racial discrimination. You only
accomplish something by working with others."
J. H. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 20 '46
750w
"This is a refreshingly brave book. Miss Hal-
sey has done a rare job of reporting an ex-
periment in human courtesy that many people
would have deemed impossible. . . Margaret
Halsey has done a grand job. She has turned
the record of a personal experience into a
profoundly revealing social document. Also, she
has done the rare thing of writing a book that
is not only scientifically accurate and soundly
practical but a delight to read." H. A. Over-
street
4- Sat R of Lit 29:14 O 19 '46 850w
"Miss Halsey 's alert little book is in part a
very realistic report of how social equality
between the races actually worked at the
Stage Door Canteen, and for the rest a state-
ment, based on experience, of her belief that
racial equality between whites and Negroes
can be made to work — and how. Some of Miss
Halsey' s ideas are extreme in their implica-
tions but plausible; many are immediately and
realistically practical. A few . . . are amusingly
pragmatic." P. H. Bullock
+• Weekly Book Review p3 O 6 '46 750w
HAMANN, FRED. Air words; a popular avia-
tion deflnitionary of the language flyers
speak. 61p il $1.50 Superior pub. co, 2603 3d
av, Seattle 1, Wash.
629.1303 Aeronautics — Encyclopedias and
dictionaries. English language — Slang
46-17649
A compilation of the slang used by fliers and
airplane workers, with four pages of abbrevia-
tions added. The compiler is in the publicity
department of the Boeing aircraft company.
"The infantry probably will not think much
of this book but for the wives and mothers
of fliers it will be a handy volume in helping
them to keep up with the conversation."
Book Week p4 My 12 '46 50w
"As a usual thing, dictionaries like cook-
books, almanacs and railroad timetables, are
not to be read from cover to cover in a single
sitting. This small, streamlined dictionary of
what Mr. Hamann calls 'the language fliers
speak' is a notable exception. From the first
definition (A. B.C. — a student flying permit) to
the last one (Zombie — a pilot who doesn't know
why he is, nor does anyone else) it is a matter
of only sixty-one rather small pages. And at
no place in that small compass is there the
slightest sign of the academician dragging his
scholarly feet." Frederick Graham
-f N Y Times p!2 Jl 14 '46 410w
HAMILTON, ELIZABETH. The C-circus; il.
by Michael Ladd. [32p] $1.50 Coward-McCann
46-22497
The author of The P-Zoo has made this new
word-play book about a circus, where every-
thing1 must begin with C. Even three kittens
who apply for entry are refused until they
grow into cats.
"Though not quite as much fun as its
predecessor — perhaps chiefly because all such
stunts lose something with repetition — little
children will enjoy the alliteration." K. S.
White
4- New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 60w
"Drawings that have a good deal of humor
show the animals, the food, Mrs. Smith, and
her three daughters. The type is large and
clear and cover and end-papers are in a cheer-
ful, Christmas-y red." M. G. D.
•f Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 160w
HAMILTON, KAY. Doctor on Elm street. 272p
$2 Macrae Smith co.
46-4288
A woman doctor buys the practice of a dis-
couraged young country doctor, and even
against prejudice makes a success of it.
Kirkus 14:154 Ap 1 '46 120w
"Kav Hamilton's case history is pleasant
but on the sedative side . . Miss Hamilton
assumes that there is still a strong prejudice
against women in the medical profession, which
is perhaps a somewhat dated idea." L,isle Bell
Weekly Book Review p25 Je 23 '46
180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:151 N '46
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR. Carousel; a musical
play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammer-
stein II. 178p il $2.50 Knopf
812 46-25086
Text of the successful Broadway musical,
which is based on Molnar's Liliom.
Book Week plO My 26 '46 140w
Booklist 42:244 Ap 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
Kirkus 14:85 F 15 '46 20w
Library J 71:760 My 15 '46 30w
14 'Carousel,' made into an operetta from
•Liliom,' by Oscar Hammers tein II, with mu-
sic by Richard Rodgers. is almost as great a
hit in the theater as 'Oklahoma', by the same
pair. But it lacks the happy inevitability of
that earlier work. The scene is shifted to Maine,
which gives it a synthetic quality at the very
start, and, while Mr. Hammerstein, who is both
deft and conscientious, has kept the story line
and woven his lyrics out of the situations,
neither his book nor Mr. Rodgers' music has
the requisite romantic lift combined with earthy
realism to justify the transfer of 'Liliom' into
operetta." W. P. Eaton
— 4- Weekly Book Review p20 Je 23 '46 HOw
354
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HAMMOND, WILLIAM GARDINER. Remem-
brance of Amherst; an undergraduate's diary,
1846-1848; ed. by George F. Whicher. 307p $3
Columbia unlv. press
B or 92 Amherst college A46-2203
William Gardiner Hammond was a Newport
boy who entered Amherst in 1846 as a sopho-
more. In later life he practiced law in Brooklyn
for a time, studied in Europe, and later went
west where he became one of the leading-
lights in law education. This volume contains
excerpts from his diary kept during five terms
at Amherst and gives an entertaining picture
of undergraduate life and activities a hundred
year ago.
"For the Amherst antiquarian there are many
sidelights on the village life with its lyceum
lectures, its cattle shows, its hospitable homes
and their gracious inhabitants. And to read
Hammond's appreciation of the qualities of his
classmate, Julius H. Seelye, warms the heart
of one who remembers that great college presi-
dent. . . The editor's notes at the end of the
volume, especially the detailed references to
obscure books and articles to which Hammond
alludes, are a source of particular interest to
a student of the period." M. T. Bingham
-f- Am Hist R 52:144 O '46 310w
Current Hist 11:232 S '46 90w
Reviewed by Ordway Tead
Sat R of Lit 29:26 S 14 '46 380w
"With the patient industry and bonanza in-
stinct of a veteran Forty-niner, George Which-
er, who has long been prospecting around the
Emily Dickinson lode, has turned up a rare
nugget. . . As a revelation of what American
undergraduates thought and did in the period
before the Civil War it is authentic and
unique." W. G. Avirett
+ Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 16 '46
350w
HANCOCK, RALPH. Opportunities in Latin
America. 278p maps $3 Essential bks.
330.98 Latin America — Industries and re-
sources. Latin America — Commerce 46-3645
An analysis of industrial and economic con-
ditions in the twenty Latin American republics,
picturing trade opportunities for foreign coun-
tries, especially the United States. Each
country is treated as to social welfare, trans-
portation and communication, industrial power,
agriculture, manufacturing, etc. No index.
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
"The book's style is lucid and simple, repre-
senting the best in good reporting. An innova-
tion in bookmaking is a section, immediately
up front, of symbol -studded maps of each na-
tion, its characteristics and resources. Unfortu-
nately lacking is an index. Political comment
is not absent. Rather, the book is better rounded
than most popularizing books on Latin America.
No other single book offered this reviewer more
enlightenment on the Good Neighborhood
today," R. K. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 17
'46 360w
Current Hist 11:230 S '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:349 Ja '47 40w
Kirkus 14:143 Mr 15 '46 180w
"Splendidly organized handbook." A. B. Lind-
say
-f Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 120w
"This book will have considerable value for
exporters and investors who are unfamiliar with
the South American field and can be stimulated
by a perusual of these categories into a further
and more detailed study of specific opportuni-
ties. Opportunities undoubtedly exist/' Charl-
ton Ogburn
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:21 Jl 13 '46 900w
"Mr. Hancock attempts to describe [the]
great Latin American bid for industrialization
and the economic background of it. But some-
?J?WK^t*u0fir^Kdow^ in hl2 statistics and fails
Iu™r6Ai i116 dl?ima ,of living reality into
them. Also, he ought to know better than take
some official pronouncements without the pro-
verbal grain of salt. . . 'Opportunities in
Latin America' will undoubtedly arouse the
reader's interest in those opportunities, while
not quite telling him what they are. But even
the arousing of interest may serve a useful
purpose." H. T. De Sa ., .,*
Weekly Book Review p30 My 19 '46
660w
HANLIN, TOM. Yesterday will return. 253p
46-7844
A young coal miner, with little training but
good instincts, conies to a small Scottish min-
ing town. He lodges with an elderly shop-
keeper and his handsome, widowed daughter.
Young Jamie falls in love with Mima, de-
spite her none-too-good reputation in the vil-
lage. Then a former lover of Mima's returns
to the village, and the rivalry of the two men
carries to the violent ending.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p!6 N 17 '46 320w
"Effective in its characterization, more pop-
ular in its plot, with the same poignant pic-
ture of a Scottish mining town— this is still
for a limited audience."
-j -- Kirkus 14:330 Jl 15 '46 210w
"There is much in Mr. Hanlin's novel which
falls below the subtle conception of a woman's
personality. Much of his book seems to have
been hurried. Its language is diffuse and
slangy. The plot is complicated to real confu-
sion, and, most disturbing, Mima's returned
lover (an opportunist of charming wickedness)
is permitted to dissolve in an inexplicable
dream of altruism. Certainly a novelist who can
conceive a Mima Frazer should not dodge the
necessity of writing as effectively and pre-
cisely of her life as he does of the details
of mining coal inside the earth." Paul Griffith
N Y Times p22 O 13 '46 380w
"The romance in this book is an ambiguous
thing at best. This is a harsh, male story of
contention in a bitter world, and women have
little to do with it." N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:26 N 9 '46 400w
Times [London] Lit Sup p575 N 23 '46
230w
"Before you reach the end of the violent
story, you begin to suspect that there isn't
much to Mima except the 'hard core,' a prize
of dubious value, scarcely worth such desperate
competition. . . Mr. Hanlin's novel sacrifices life
to give a performance." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!2 O 6 '46 560w
HANNA, ALFRED JACKSON. A prince in
their midst. 275p $3 Univ. of Okla. press
B or 92 Murat, Achille, prince 46-11821
A scholarly biography of Prince Achille
Murat, son of Napoleon's sister Caroline, and
Joachim Murat, who became King of Naples.
After his father's death before a firing squad,
the prince came to Florida, bought a large
estate, and applied for United States citizen-
ship. Emerson, who met the prince while in
Florida, described him as "an ardent lover of
truth," a "scholar," and a "noble" soul.
Bibliography.
Booklist 43:116 D 15 '46
"Biographer A. J. Hanna, professor of his-
tory at Rollins College, is handicapped by
generally skimpy sources, but gives tantalizing
glimpses of an ex-Crown Prince wearing home-
spun, of tea served in a log house with
Napoleonic gold spoons and damask napkins
bearing the royal Neapolitan crest."
Time 48:109 N 18 '46 360w
"After a flood of fictionalized biographies of
various members of Napoleon Bonaparte's
family, it is a rare pleasure to read a scholar's
biography of one of the less publicized of
Bonaparte's nephews. . . Mr. Hanna has writ-
ten a fascinating book that should appeal to
a wide variety of interests: to scholars, of
course, for Mr. Hanna and his wife, Kathryn
T. Abbey, are Florida's leading historians; to
biographers and even to many novelists who
could profit by the direct narrative style; to
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all readers who might be intrigued by a factual
story of a European prince pioneering in Amer-
ica. . . The illustrations by John Rae contain
as much magic as the book." M. K. Rawlings
+ Weekly Book Review p4 N 17 '46 950w
HANNA, MRS FRANCES (NICHOLS). Pos-
sess me not. 353p $2.75 Fell
46-17777
The story of Erik Norgard, successful Ameri-
can artist, and of his love for two women, his
mistress and his wife. Both women made the
same mistake, however, and showed Erik they
wanted to manage his life for him, and in the
end they both lose him as he escapes, first from
an insane asylum, and then out of the country
into Mexico.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p!3 My 26 '46 250w
Klrkus 14:80 F 15 '46 130w
"The bohemianism of the book is more than
a little dated. The hero comes up the hard way,
via Macdougal Alley, to a spectacular New
York success — but he is obsessed with the idea
that only failures make great artists. He is
finally reconciled to his success, but somehow
both artist and author seem a little uneasy with
their rationalization." Barbara Herman
N Y Times p20 My 26 '46 200w
"Miss Nichols, a Hollywood script writer, has
developed her characters with considerable
skill, though there is nothing particularly new
in her handling of a stock situation." P. H.
Bickerton
H Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
240w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 O 6 '46 90w
HANSON, JOSEPH MILLS. Conquest of the
Missouri; being the story of the life and ex-
ploits of Captain Grant Marsh. 458p il maps
$3.50 Rinehart
B or 92 Marsh, Grant Prince. Missouri
river. Northwest — History. Dakota Indians
46-5151
"How the Northwest was won, told indirectly
through the career of Captain Grant Marsh,
river pilot. This book, written nearly forty
years ago and long out of print, is practically
source material on the period, since most of
the story came straight from the chief char-
acter. The Captain . . . was among the first
to navigate the Missouri and the Yellowstone,
his wood-burning stern-wheeler supplied Cus-
ter's Seventh Cavalry . . . and he later took
part in the more successful campaigns against
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull." (New Yorker)
Bibliography. Index.
"The Conquest of the Missouri is not only
a must on the reading list of anyone who tries
to understand the controversial Custer's Last
Stand but it is also an important source book
for the history of this whole era in the an-
nals of the frontier." E. S. Watson
-f Book Week p4 Ag 11 '46 500w
"The Rivers of America series pointed the
way to many similar ventures by other pub-
lishers— all of which have made their con-
tribution to a more complete understanding of
our national heritage. Now the publishers of
the 'River' books have rendered another serv-
ice to all students of our history in the re-
publication, after a lapse of a third of a
century, of Joseph Mills Hanson's The Con-
quest of the Missouri." R. A. Brown
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 20 '46
360w
Current Hist 11:327 O '46 30w
"An Important and readable work. . . Recom-
mended." H. P. Bolman
-f Library J 71:976 Jl '46 90w
"Solicited as we are today by the slick,
importunate style, it is a relief to read Mr.
Hanson's quiet prose. He wrote this book at a
time when writers didn't try so hard. His
relaxed, easy writing shows how truly absorb-
ing can be a plain action plainly told. His
story has the Immediacy of a first-hand ac-
count, the unmistakable flavor of a time that
is past." Horace Reynolds
-f N Y Times p6 Ag 4 '46 800w
"The author's style is quaint, but that Just
adds flavor to the book."
New Yorker 22:71 Ag 3 '46 150w
"Brisk, colorful history."
-f Time 48:104 Ag 19 '46 SOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
HARDENBERGH, WILLIAM ANDREW.
Water supply and purification. 2d ed 488p il
$4.50 Int. textbook
628.1 Water supply engineering. Water —
Purification 46-1541
"This is an established textbook for engi-
neering college courses. It has a strong prac-
tical slant and is therefore used also by begin-
ning engineers and operators of water
plants. . . In this revision selected lists of
references have been added to most of the
chapters. There is a new, brief chapter on
water for industrial uses, and minor revisions
have been made elsewhere." (N Y New Tech
Bks) For first edition see Book Review Di-
gest, 1939.
Enfl N 136:96 My 16 '46 90w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 SOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:15 Ja '46
HARDY, MARTHA. Tatoosh; il. by Glen
Rounds. 239p $2.75 Macmillan
634.96 U.S. Agriculture, Department of.
Forest service 46-11952
In 1943 when there was a shortage of men
for the Forest service, the author, a Seattle
schoolteacher, volunteered for duty and was
assigned to Tatoosh in the Cascade mountains.
The book is her account of her experiences in
housekeeping and fire watching in a glass look-
out station on a lonely mountain peak.
"Her story is well worth reading, though
it is somewhat longer than it needed to be."
Dorothy Sparks
-f Book Week p7 D 22 '46 350w
Booklist 43:104 D 1 '46
"A slightly different angle to the usual life
in the wilds story, this should appeal to those
who have ever longed to get away from it
all."
+ Klrkus 14:376 Ag 1 '46 HOw
"Lookout Hardy has told her story well, for
the most part simply. She has an eye for the
grandeur of her world on the mountain, for
the magnificent skies given to lookouts, and
also for the savage fury of a thunderstorm
in those elevated parts. She explains well and
accurately the method by which she sighted
fires and reported them to her Ranger. She
makes the reader feel the excitement and
the danger that exists in that distant column
of pretty white smoke and the disaster that
impends if it is not located at once and handled
almost as quickly." S. H. Holbrook
+ Weekly Book Review p28 N 17 '46 650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
HARINQ, DOUGLAS GILBERT, ed. Japan's
prospect; contributors: Edward A. Acker-
man, and others. 474p maps $4 Harvard
univ. press
915.2 Japan A46-3061
"The nine authors of this extensive sum-
mary of the legends, economics, politics and
other facets of Japanese life were all involved
in the training, for the United States Army
and Navy, of military government officers for
the occupation. The book stems from their
labors to give the young AMG candidates the
background they needed. The greater part
of the book is concerned with the past. It
makes, however, a serious attempt to sketch
broadly the pattern the authors believe should
be followed in the re-education of Japan, which
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HA RING, D. Q. — Continued
everyone sees as the best hope of future peace
in the Pacific. It will do little good to occupy
Japan for fifty years if its people remain in
1991 as they were in 1941." N Y Times
"Here is a balanced, somewhat cautious,
semi-popular survey. If the officers of the forces
of occupation and a large section of the Amer-
ican public can assimilate and apply it, the out-
look for the success of the great American
testing in the Japanese Islands is not entirely
somber." K. S. Latourette
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:994 O '46 600w
"This is an admirable work which has been
produced by a group of men every one of whom
has made a real contribution to the understand-
ing by Westerners of Japan, past, present, and
future. . . Despite its preparation by several
authorities, the work Is well integrated." H. F.
MacNair
-f Ann Am Acad 247:187 S '46 650w
Book Week p3 Ag 25 '46 90\v
Booklist 43:14 8 '46
Bookmark 7.4 N '46
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 115:52 Jl 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by Max Bickerton
New Statesman & Nation 33.17 ,Ja 4
'47 OOOw
"It is intended, quite obviously, for the
serious student of Japan." Poster Hailey
N Y Times p!8 Je 30 '46 320w
"This book is not only stimulating because
of the wealth of knowledge displayed; it is
also a hopeful book because of its underlying
spirit. If our military administrators in Japan
accept this spirit and act accordingly, a new
type of Japanese democracy may win a de-
cisive victory in the Prussia of the East."
H. W. Weigert
-4- Sat R of Lit 29-10 Je 22 '46 HOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:217 S '46 280w
HARKINS, PHILIP. Lightning on ice. 215p $2
Morrow
46-25276
Story of ice hockey written for junior and
senior high schools. Its hero is Jack Taylor,
and the story follows him from his first scrub
game thru his career as member of Trent High's
crack hockey team.
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"Jack Taylor's rise from an awkward eighth
grader to triumphant captain of the hockey
team is a fine, straight sports story with good
values."
+ Kirkus 14.424 S 1 '46 160w
"Few boys will be disturbed by the somewhat
stereotyped situations and black and white
characterizations. And they — and their elders —
will be pleased by the pace of the book and
impressed by Jack's realization that a useful,
worthy career is more important than imme-
diate, easy glory." Bertha Handlan
-f Library J 71:1546 N 1 '46 90w
"An excellent story of ice hockey. The hero.
Jack Taylor, has all the qualities that young
people like in the keen competition of sport
and in his relationship with other people."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 40w
"The story moves fast and is well told. It
is perhaps not so exciting or fascinating as the
monumental works of Ralph Henry Barbour, but
indubitably the present generation of sports-
story lovers is a little more sophisticated. I
think they'll like it." I. T. Marsh
4- Weekly Book Review p22 N 10 '46 140w
HARLAN, AURELIA (BROOKS) (MRS J. LEE
HARLAN). Owen Meredith; a critical biog-
raphy of Robert, first earl of Lytton. 292p
$3.75 Columbia univ. press [18s Oxford]
B or 92 Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-
Lytton, 1st earl of (Owen Meredith, pseud)
A46-1412
Biography of the only son of Edward Bulwer
i&£55' fl °m hi? y?1™ Owen Meredith, which
Robert, first earl of Lytton, adopted as a pen
name, aspired to be a poet. But his father,
who was of a more material type, insisted that
he turn to diplomacy. Altho he was to become
viceroy of India, and was British ambassador
to France when he died, it was more impor-
tant to him that he was the author of Lucile.
Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 31 '46 270w
Current Hist 10:639 Je '46 80w
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 21 '46 180w
"What are the chances of a man who wants,
terribly, to write, yet has only enough talent
to succeed in writing terribly? Not too bad,
perhaps; Mrs. Marian's sympathetic and
scholarly study suggests that such a person,
given energy, luck, connections, and money,
can manage to do fairly well in the space of a
lifetime. The more the biographer quotes, to
be sure, the less she is able to interest the
reader in her hero's literary works. But, for
all that, the story is a fascinating one: what
a novel Henry James might have made of
it!" Rolfe Humphries
Nation 162:605 My 18 '46 550w
"Mrs. Harlan, giving us all we need to know
of Lytton the poet, has analyzed, with ample
quotations, each volume of his verse. Since he
divorced politics from poetry, she has purposely
slighted his diplomatic career, but she has
painstakingly followed, with frequent extracts
from his correspondence, the origin and de-
velopment of his literary ideas. Owing to this
emphasis upon one side of a dichotomy, Lytton
the man does not fully appear. His complicated
relations with his eccentric parents, his frus-
trated, sensitive nature, his brilliant external
career, which lay athwart great historical
events, might have offered a fitting subject for
a Lytton Strachey." Alan Vrooman
N Y Times p!8 Mr 17 '46 500w
44 'Owen Meredith* is a credit to American
scholarship, ranking with the best work of its
kind. It is true Mrs. Harlan has had special
advantages. Lord Lytton and Lady Balfour,
Owen Meredith's son and daughter, have given
her assistance and access to the unpublished
letters and documents at Knebworth. The
point is, however, that she has used these ad-
vantages with a skill and sympathy that are
not always commanded by the successful In-
vestigator into sources. Her book is lively,
well -arranged." R. E. Roberts
-f Sat R of Lit 29:20 Je 8 '46 1300w
Times [London] Lit Sup p366 Ag 3 '46
3300w
"This scholarly volume records in detail Lyt-
ton's friendship with the Brownings, John
Forster, Julian Fane; it clearly indicates his
poetical indebtedness to Tennyson and Brown-
ing, and his acute sensitivity to the literary
currents of the age. . . The book has been
written with scrupulous, almost wearisome, at-
tention to detail. The style is markedly aca-
demic, though not pedantic or ungracious. The
biography will be chiefly interesting to close
students of Victorian literature."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:83 Je '46 300w
Weekly Book Review plO Mr 24 '46
500w
HARLIN, AMOS R. For here is my fortune.
(Whittlesey house publication) 290p $2.50
McGraw
46-7191
The author is a native of the Ozark region
of which he writes. His subject is life in a small
Ozark town in the early 1900's, and his portrayal
of the people and their customs is apparently
partly autobiographical, altho it purports to be
the story of the Conway family.
44 'For Here Is My Fortune,' presented as a
series of anecdotes concerning the Conway clan,
has unmistakable autobiographical connotations.
This lends the narrative immediacy and
strength, In spite of the fact that the dialect
at times appears to be a bit thick or awkward.
One gets the impression that the exactitudes of
speech may have been muffled by distance, but
the situations and characters in general are
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recognizable. . . The serenity and plenty of
Harlin's Ozark village may seem incredible to
those in cities pent, but there is a large meas-
ure of truth in his picture, even though the
bright rather than the dark side of the coin is
consistently displayed." Jack Conroy
H Book Week plO O 27 '46 360w
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:354 Ag 1 '46 140w
"The story would gain strength if more
quietly written. However, it is pleasant read-
ing, and Mr. Harlin obviously knows his hill
people, in all their humorous kindliness and
calm intensity. He is on surer ground with
them in the fine finesse of the turkey hunt,
and the lusty fist fights than he is in their
heights of human drama. Nevertheless, the
book has a certain warmth of feeling, and it
is good story telling — with its weaving of the
growth of a people and a town true to the
time and place." A. P. Hannum
_| Weekly Book Review p22 N 24 ?46
430w
HARLOW, ALVIN FAY. Steelways of New
England. (Railroads of America ser) 461p il
$3.60 Creative age
385 Railroads— New England 46-175
History of New England railroads, stressing
the fact that New England was the originator
of several important aspects of railroading: the
first railroad in America, which was a horse-
operated line out of Quincy; the first design for
a sleeping car; the first vestibule train; and the
first serious Job of railroad tunneling. Partial
contents: The first railroad; The dawn of pri-
vate enterprise; The birth of the Boston &
Maine; The Fitchburg and the Great Bore; The
forty years' war in Vermont; Concord and dis-
cord in New Hampshire; Prom Kittery to
'Quoddy; New England, mother of railroads.
Bibliography. Index.
"Only incidentally does it discuss the social,
economic, and political consequences for the
region of the coming of the railroads. For this
the author can scarcely be blamed as it was
not within the scope of his work. More serious
from the standpoint of the reader is the com-
plete absence of maps which would have helped
even the native New Englander. On the other
hand, the book is admirably illustrated. Al-
though the study Is lacking in footnotes, an
extensive bibliography indicates thorough and
painstaking research." W. R. Waterman
Am Hist R 52:154 O '46 700w
Reviewed by R. E. M. Whitaker
Book Week p6 Ja 27 '46 700w
Booklist 42:195 F 15 '46
Nation 162:325 Mr 16 '46 90w
"Unquestionably the greatest lack of the
book is maps, for not a single map of any kind
appears. The reader should have an atlas at
his elbow unless he has an intimate acquaint-
ance with New England. The omission of maps
is particularly regrettable in a work which in
other ways is so excellent." R. E. Riegel
-I New Eng Q 19:255 Je '46 700w
"Mr. Harlow has painstakingly gathered to-
gether the facts of early railroading in New
England. His book will be of value to the
student of New England life. But his book
will, I think, make little appeal to the general
reader. New England history lacks the pag-
eantry, amplitude, the sense of risk and ex-
citement which mark the history of the South
and West. New England always plays it safe,
sometimes too safe for Its economic welfare,
as in the case of its failure to grab control
of 'the New York Central." Horace Reynolds
N Y Times p28 Ja 27 '46 B50w
"A thoughtful, well-documented, and gener-
ally skillful chronicle of the extraordinary com-
bination of public-spiritedness and chicanery
that attended the birth of the New England
railway systems."
4- New Yorker 22:99 F 16 '46 70w
"The book is the most scholarly achievement
so far of Mr. Harlow' s long and versatile ca-
reer. To the large body of real railroad en-
thusiasts, who make the study of origins a
hobby, Mr. Harlow' s book will probably be a
must. As a lure to the casual general reader
into the mystery and adventure of this phase
of the national history, it is not a complete
success, though there are enough excellent
and, in their way, fascinating illustrations to
tempt the outsider, at least into scanning and
selection, if not to a c*over-to-cover reading."
Roger Burlingame
-| Sat R of Lit 29:16 F 23 '46 1300w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:119 Je '46 190w
"There is more in this book of the genealogy
of railroads and about the brasshats than of
the men who operated the lines — I mean the
engine and train crews, the station agents,
baggage masters. I should have liked more
about these men; and in the chapters on the
dinkies I could not find the name of the Wood-
stock of Vermont, for fifty years the most
successful of all of the two-by-fours. But
Just about everything else is included in these
closely packed pages. Mr. Harlow has done a
book that kept one Yankee reading all night
with intense interest, and for this reviewer
that is good enough. The old pictures and
prints, and a few new ones, are excellent.
So is the extensive bibliography." S. H. Hoi-
brook
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Ja 27 '46
1200w
HARMON, NOLAN BAILEY. Famous case of
Myra Clark Games. 481p il $3.50 L,a. state
univ. press
B or 92 Gaines, Myra (Clark) Whitney.
Clark. Daniel 46-7076
A documented account of one of the most
famous lawsuits ever tried in the United States.
The author tells the story of Myra Clark Gaines
and her sixty-year lawsuit (1835-1895) to clear
her mother's name and win for herself a vast
New Orleans property. In telling the story of
Myra a great deal of early New Orleans history
is also recorded. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 S 1 '46 290w
Current Hist 11:327 O '46 70w
"The author is to be congratulated for his
exposition of various intricate legal points in
language understandable to the the non- legal
reader. This adeptness on the one hand, plus
an adequate documentation and bibliography on
the other, make the book acceptable to scholars,
lawyers, and the general reading public alike."
Harvard Law R 59:1022 Jl '46 240w
Kirkus 14:335 Jl 15 '46 170w
"Interestingly written, reads like a novel and
although fantastic is nevertheless a true ac-
count. Published as nonflction, limited appeal."
L. R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 140w
"This romantic tale is told in a romantic
way by Mr. Harmon, for the general reader;
it is no solemn recital for the historian or the
lawyer. It is an interesting tale and should
stimulate some readers to match their wits
against those of Myra and the best American
lawyers and judges of the nineteenth century."
W. B. H.
4- N Y Times p38 S 15 '46 450w
"The tracing of all this complicated litiga-
tion and legal manoeuvering should make 'The
Strange Case of Myra Clark Gaines' a dull
story. Parts of it are dull, but the unusual
interest of this story, which the author has
based carefully on records and earlier printed
accounts, survives. Attempts, especially in the
earlier parts of the book, to enliven the char-
acters by the fictional methods of retrospective
thought reading and surmising of incidents are
clumsy and unconvincing. Myra, however,
stands out forthright, determined, indomitable,
and even attractive in her chief role in what
is said the Supreme Court once dubbed 'the
most remarkable case in the records of our
country's courts.' " J. P. Wood
H Sat R of Lit 29:26 S 7 '46 700w
"From its very nature the book is doomed
to a regrettably limited audience, but it will
remain as a potential pleasure for those who
like to explore the fringes of their country's
history." R. F. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 700w
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HARMON. N. B.— Continued
"A fascinating account of a fabulous legend
of America's yesterday," Lorine Pruette
-f Weekly Book Review plO S 8 '46 llOOw
HARNAN, TERRY. Signal for danger. 192p $2
DOUbleda3r 46-4368
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Je 2 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:161 Ap 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p35 My 26 '46 lOOw
"Politically, this story of how Mark Regan
bought a small town paper and proceeded to
clean up corruption and murder is almost
naive, particularly in its oversimplified happy
ending. But the action along the way is lively
and interesting; and the theme of native hate
movements is always worth presenting in so
superficial a form." Anthony Boucher
_L — san Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 2 '46 130w
HARPER, FLOYD SPRAGUE. Mathematics of
finance. 327p $3.25 Int. textbook
511.8 Arithmetic. Commercial 46-8469
"This text explains the development and use
of over a hundred equations used in calculating
problems involving interest and discount rates,
annuities, insurance, bonds, depreciation, sink-
Ing funds, and amortization. There are worked-
out examples and over fifty sets of exercises
for developing skill in computation. The sub-
ject is so presented that anyone with a back-
ground of college algebra can use the book."
N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:43 Jl '46
"Sparkling local color, lively family relations
and some very sweet young girls round out this
pleasant story."
+ Kirkus 14:34$ Ag 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 120w
"Pennsylvania life of yesterday is so skilfully
presented in this novel that today's 'teen-age
girls will identify themselves with the generous,
lovable heroine and share her happiness in the
surprise ending." Rosejeanne Slifer
+ N Y Times p22 S 22 '46 190w
Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 90w
"Entertaining throughout, this story for girls
in the earlier teens should be read also by
people who wish to put family chronicles into
a form as interesting to children as to them-
selves." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 22 '46 190w
HARPER, WILHELMINA, comp. Where the
redbird flies; stories from the southeastern
states; 11. by George Avison. (Our states in
story) 277p $2.75 Dutton
46-2487
Regional anthology containing stories, some
historical, some modern, about Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. For
grades five to eight.
Book Week pl2 Je 2 '46 200w
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
"Good library, school and gift material."
•f Kirkus 14:149 Mr 16 '46 120w
"Good for reading aloud and to introduce
the stories from which these selections were
made. Recommended for 5th to 8th graders."
Elizabeth Burr
-f- Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Mrs C. F. Bolin
San Francisco Chronicle p9 N 10 '46
150w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 14 '46 280w
Wis Lib Bui 42:89 Je '46
HARPER, FRANK. Night climb; the story of
the skiing 10th. 216p $2.50 Longmans
46-8275
A novel based on fact. It is the story of
the Tenth mountain division, trained for moun-
tain climbing-, and their activities in the Italian
campaign when they broke the stalemate
which held the Allied troops from the Po valley.
Reviewed by Rufus Oldenburger
Book Week p6 Ja 5 '47 200w
Kirkus 14:476 S 15 '46 210w
"No special demand is anticipated but larger
libraries should have this." G. D. McDonald
Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 140w
" 'Night Climb' is the latest example of the
lucid writing of the talented skier Frank Har-
per. . . Throughout the novel our skiing com-
panion, Harper, makes the reader feel the
rigors and hardships of mountain training and
warfare." Frank El kins
-f N Y Times p20 Ja 5 '47 230w
HARPER, MARTHA REBECCA (BARNHART).
Red silk pantalettes; decorations by Betty
Morgan Bowen. 228p $2.25 Longmans
46-6029
Story of life in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,
in the 1850's, written for teen-age girls, and
based on stories of the author's grandmother.
The heroine is a fifteen -year- old girl, the oldest
of seven children, whose dream of some beau-
tiful red silk pantalettes for herself was based
on the costume of a circus rider who once
stayed at her father's hotel.
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 26 '46
170w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:468 N '46 lOOw
HARRIMAN, JOHN. The magnate. 448p $2.75
Random house
46-6027
Story about a financial wizard who set up a
vast public utilities empire, which his son
tried to increase. The time is the 1920's.
"Partly reminiscent of his latest book, The
Career of Philip Hazen (1941), this is again
a book about men and money, blunt, brazen
(with sometimes unnecessary amorous an-
notations), and overlong. (Public Library cau-
tion)."
Kirkus 14:183 Ap 15 '46 170w
"Needlessly scatological, much too long, in-
volved and often tedious novel." R. E. Kin-
gery
— Library J 71:978 Jl '46 90w
"It is as though the author had grimly
determined to omit nothing from his story of
those years; and, while this technique does
not destroy plausibility, it does take the edge
oft! the story of the individual characters. Nor
has the author been quite coherent in his ex-
position of the father-son feud that is the
basis of his plot. Yet the whole does give an
accurate and suspenseful picture of that haunt-
ing era." Kenneth Fearing
N Y Times p!2 S 8 '46 270w
"A well-organized, straightforward novel. . .
Mr. Harriman writes with an intelligence and
simplicity that give to his re-creation of an
era a clarity that complex social analyses often
lack. Even the Wall Street idiom, which
would probably bore you in real life, takes on
a certain historical interest."
-f New Yorker 22:70 Ag 24 '46 lOOw
"On the surface a novel with so many un-
sympathetic characters and a plot weighed
down with the machinery of financing a vast
utilities combine might seem too forbidding,
but Mr. Harriman is able to bring these crea-
tures to life and to give their dubious quest
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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for wealth a compelling: fascination." Harrison
Smith
+ Sat R of Lit 29:35 3 21 '46 400w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46 60w
"This is a first-rate and highly readable
story in the large American tradition, always
intelligent and credible, and. it seems to me,
essentially sound at the core for all its touches
of restlessness and Jumpiness in technique.
Mr. Harriman will put on weight with the
success (which I believe will come) of 'The
Magnate/ " F. T. Marsh
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
850w
HARRIMAN, PHILIP LAWRENCE, and others,
eds. Twentieth century psychology; recent
developments in psychology. 712p $6 Philo-
sophical lib.
150 Psychology 46-3195
"The method is to present sample articles
which represent the work of contemporary
American psychologists. A few of these ar-
ticles are reviews of the work done by many
scientists. Most of them are reports of par-
ticular research projects, or original essays in
theory. The great majority of the articles are
reprinted from the scientific journals; a few
appear here for the first time. For this reason,
the book will be of special interest to readers
who, lacking ready access to the psychological
journals of this country, wish to have at hand
a well-chosen sample of what is being done
by psychologists in the United States." U S
Quarterly Bkl
"This volume of collected papers is not in-
tended even for intelligent laymen but for
professional students of psychology. For them
it is of value that 39 articles from many jour-
nal^ are bound between the covers of a single
volume." R. R. Grinker, M D.
-f Book Week p!2 Mr 3 '46 180w
"The title of this volume is misleading.
There is here no survey of psychology every-
where throughout the twentieth century. There
is little attempt to survey anything but psy-
chology in the United States during the present
decade. Since the United States happens to
be at present the country most active in psy-
chological research, and since recent progress
has been great, the book is nonetheless of con-
siderable Interest. And within this more re-
stricted field, it has great merit."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:136 Je '46 240w
HARRIS, MRS BERNICE (KELLY). Janey
Jeems. 306p $2.50 Doubleday
46-5987
Records the story of a long and happy mar-
riage of two North Carolina mountaineers.
They were the upright, hard working Jeems
West, and his loving, intelligent, loyal Janey.
"It seems to me that there is as much kid-
ding and laughter in the South as anywhere
in the United States. Not a glimmer of it got
into this book." Helen Woodward
— Book Week p2 S 29 '46 380w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Reviewed by F. X. Connolly
Commonweal 44:628 O 11 '46 330w
"Bernice Harris can write; her characters,
her situations are real; she has a sense of
regionalism (the Carolina mountains and the
Negro hill people). Her handling of her story
is at no point a race tract— but straight story."
, -f Klrkus 14:279 Je 15 '46 140w
"Perhaps no writer has caught the idiom of
rural Carolina more exactly than Mrs. Harris.
Not only the dialogue but the narrative and
descriptive passages make use of It. The out-
sider will encounter words and phrases strange
to him, but all have a Tightness and Eliza-
bethan flavor that only increase the charm
of this novel." N. K. Burger
4- N Y Times p5 Ag 11 '46 900w
"Faulknerians had better be warned that
M£?i Harris's novels about Southern poor
whites have nothing to recommend them ex-
cept a clean, simple style, humor, warmth, and
humanity. . . What happens isn't either excit-
ing or important, but Mrs. Harris makes It
very moving."
-f New Yorker 22:67 Ag 10 '46 120w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p6 D 1 '46
200w
"The way of life depicted here is neither
softened nor brutalized; it is a realistic,
deepened folklore that actually happens. The
form of the novel, which is that of the South-
ern idyl without the evasion or the sentimen-
tality commonly accompanying the type, is a
refreshing departure from the manner of much
recent fiction."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:281 D '46 120w
"Mrs. Harris's novel is cut in its own
generous original pattern, straight out of life,
and its form is dictated by the materials she
uses. And if the novelty and poignancy of the
Jeems family story tapers off into quietness
as the years go by ... that is only the way
life is: made exciting in Its early and middle
years by incessant challenge from without;
turning reflective at the end, devoted to savor-
ing and assimilating what has gone before.
Mrs. Harris offers it all to you here in 'Janey
Jeems.' " P. H. Bullock
4- Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 11 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
HARRIS, LAURA. Heydays and holidays; 11.
by Grace Paull. [68p] $1 Garden City pub. co.
394.26 Holidays 46-1463
Simple text and colored pictures explain holi-
days, famous birthdays, and some church fes-
tivals for very young readers. Partial contents:
New Year's day, Lincoln's birthday, St Valen-
tine's day, Passover, May day, last day of
school, labor day, the first day of school, Co-
lumbus day, armistice day, etc.
"It is a book of fun as well as information."
4- Book Week p22 Je 2 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
70w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"A cheery, bright almanac of all the days
that call for special celebration."
-f Kirkus 14:197 Ap 15 '46 80w
"Because of a dearth of holiday material
suitable for younger readers, this gay almanac
will receive a hearty welcome. . . Grace Paull's
illustrations in color and black and white make
the book entertaining as well as informative.
Board covers. Will have to be rebound for
libraries." Margaret Miller
4- Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46 150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
HARRIS, MARK. Trumpet to the world. 242p
$2.50 Reynal
46-3135
Story of a young Negro, following him thru
his childhood and youth to manhood, his edu-
cation, his marriage to a white girl, his Army
service, to the time his book is published and
he is waiting for trial for having struck a white
man, an officer who had struck him first.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p4 Mr 31 '46 450w
Klrkus 14:24 Ja 15 '46 170w
"Veracious and depressing human document;
recommended but best handled with care."
E. F. Walbridge
Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 140w
"Just what Mr. Harris intends to prove by
all this is not clear. Certainly, he has made
no real attempt to explore the individual prob-
lem he has created. Eddie Mae's money in-
sulates her from consequences from start to
finish. . . Even [with Willie Jim] the insula-
tion plays a part: Willie Jim has only to send a
wire to New York, and money, or a lawyer,
appears on the next page to bail him out of
scrapes." C. V. Terry
N Y Times p30 Ap 14 '46 GOOw
360
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HARRIS, MARK — Continued
"Probably the most outstanding feature of
Mr. Harris's novel is his ability to Combine a
profound sympathy for the group and the
problems of the group with a genuine insight
into the individual mind and emotion, never
losing sight of either. As a result, there is an
excellent balance between the strong, carefully
examined characters and the more numerous,
almost anonymous ones who wander through his
story. Willie Jim is startling, is clear, is the
individual — his story alone is important — but at
the same time he la the chorus, pronouncing
and reiterating his hard-learned democratic
lesson." Nancy Qroberg
-f Sat R of Lit 24:13 Ap 20 '46 800w
"In the field of protest literature, Mr. Har-
ris's compact, sympathetic but essentially
shadowy tale is notable principally for its
easy, reportorially clear and restrained narra-
tion, with occasional didactic lapses, for its
inversion of the non-symptomatic 'Strange
Fruit' theme and for the absence of a single
lynching. Whether the burgeoning of true love
between a girl of one of South Carolina's
old families and a dark-skinned Negro occurs
more frequently in the South than do lynchmgs
(three, I believe, in 1945) is for statisticians
somehow to decide. But it is doubtful that, out-
side of literature, an increase in the one or a
further decrease to the vanishing point of the
other will presently contribute much to the
solution of the elemental problem." Hodding
Carter
^ Weekly Book Review plO Ap 14 '46
700w
HARRIS, SEYMOUR EDWIN. Inflation and the
American economy. 559p $5 McGraw
332.414 Inflation (finance). World war,
1939-1946— Economic aspects 45-11295
"Companion book to author's Price and Re-
lated Controls in the United States. Its many
tables and charts give a comprehensive sta-
tistical picture of our war and postwar econ-
omy. Book includes an examination of the in-
flationary gap in theory and application; a dis-
cussion of the validity of our index numbers
as a precise measurement of price change and
an examination of the contribution of rising
wages, profits and farm prices to rising wages
in general." Library J
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl '46 30w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 80w
"Professor Harris has turned out another in-
stalment in his impressive succession of eco-
nomic texts. The present volume combines a
competent recapitulation of price movements
during World War II, a skilful analysis of the
longer-run inflationary and deflationary ele-
ments in the American economy, and a some-
what less successful account of price tenden-
cies in the current reconversion period." Leo
Barnes
+ Nation 162:350 Mr 23 '46 750w
"A work from which both scholar and layman
can profit. It is in fact a major sourcebook on
war and postwar problems. With more than
200 tables and charts providing a statistical
framework, Professor Harris presents thorough-
going analyses of resources, manpower, money
and prices, taxes, wages and profits."
4- New Repub 114:102 Ja 21 '46 180w
"The author has brought together in con-
venient form a wealth of information concern-
ing America's wartime economic situation.
Perhaps the casual reader will find the array
?£ statistics somewhat confusing because of
their abundance, but the careful student will
appreciate the clear and comprehensive
analysis. The author's theories are indicative
of much of the current economic thinking.
They will be accepted by many and will be
attacked by others, but all will agree that Pro-
fessor Harris has made a significant contribu-
tion to the literature of inflation and that he
has performed a most valuable service In call-
r££v2«£vattenti£n«to ft6 neces»ity of powerful
preventive medicine if we are to halt the
cancerous growth of post-war Inflation?" A
Cjr. Buehler
•f Pol Scl Q 61:270 Je '46 900w
"It is perhaps the most comprehensive and
fully documented contribution yet published
on the price aspects of our war and post-war
economy. . . No subject such as this can be
read with ease, nor intelligent conclusions be
quickly arrived at; the book is, however,
quite readable, although no pretense is made
of reducing it to a popular style."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:34 Mr '46 260w
HARRISON, JOSEPH BARLOW; MANDER,
LINDEN A., and ENGLE, NATHANAEL
HOWARD, eds. If men want peace; the
mandates of world order. 292p $2.50 Mac-
millan
341.04 Peace. International cooperation.
World politics 46-2085
"Divided into four parts, the volume presents
first the problem of the maintenance of peace.
Here, the collapse of world order, the problem
of security, regional organization and the in-
ternational law of the future are discussed.
Secondly, political and human rights are con-
sidered. Under this broad topic several ex-
ceptional articles are found, including 'The
Problem of Dependencies,' 'National and Inter-
national Aspects of Race/ and 'An Anthropo-
logical View of Colonial and Race Questions.'
Part Three is concerned with economic and
social welfare and contains excellent chapters
on such subjects as monetary policies, cartels
and commodity control schemes, labor, and
the promotion of physical and social welfare.
Finally, under 'The Cultural Basis of World
Order very valuable essays are found that
consider, among other subjects, certain psy-
chological postulates for peace, education, the
arts and letters, science and ^technology, re-
ligion, nationalism, and the moral basis of
peace." Scientific Bk Club R
Reviewed by R. C. Snyder
Am Pol Sci R 40:807 Ag '46 650w
Reviewed by R. N. Schwartz
Book Week p!9 Mr 31 '46 360w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
"We must indeed, as every thoughtful per-
son knows, work today for one world, or we
shall be left with none at all. In that effort
this modest volume can play a useful part."
J. D. Squires
-t- Christian Century 63:560 My 1 '46 700w
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 lOw
"An inclusive, learned, well -written book —
comfortably free of the 'ifs'— looking at the
world as it Is and going on from there."
4- Kirkus 13:539 D 1 '45 180w
"Not intended as original research, but clear,
forthright presentation of sober progressive
thinking. Highly recommended for public and
educational libraries." H. H. A. Bernt
4- Library J 71:180 P 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Bernard Brodie
N Y Times p25 Jl 21 '46 1250w
Reviewed by L. M Goodrich
Pol Scl Q 61:302 Je '46 600w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 P '46 350w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
"This book is in itself proof of the wide
rally of scholars to the defense of civilization
For these twenty-four teachers who write on
peace, political organization, human rights,
economic policies and culture in a world order
constitute a 'branch' of the Universities Com-
mittee on Postwar International Problems be-
foB ?/ Rni?h %rtoll P?rry at Harvard in
1943, long before the atomic bomb fell. Though
the subjects they cover are many and some
P?ln aH^yiew,artfamiliar' that does not affect
the validity of what they have to say." Harry
riansen
+ Survey Q 35:130 Ap '46 900w
"The volume should be of value to the gen-
eral reader interested in problems of interna-
tional affairs as well as to college classes for
collateral reading. The book is not sufficiently
comprehensive or systematic to be of use as
a o&sic text.
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:127 Je '46 170w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
361
Reviewed by Prances Wltherspoon
Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 14 '46
800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:83 Je '46
HARRISON, SHELBY MILLARD, and AN-
DREWS, FRANK EMERSON. American
foundations for social welfare; includes a di-
rectory of 505 foundations. 249p $2 Russell
Sage
360 Foundations, Charitable and education-
al. Endowments 46-4626
"A study of the types of 'foundations' that
have been organized for the promotion of social
welfare in various directions, their financial and
administrative problems, and their present
trends. A descriptive directory of 505 founda-
tions and agencies is included/' (Christian Cen-
tury) Index.
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 60w
Current Hist 11:511 D '46 30w
School & Society 63:367 My 18 '46 lOw
Social Studies 37:286 O '46 40w
"This book will be welcomed by students of
foundations, especially by that large and vigor-
ous segment known as fund-raisers. . . One
word of caution. If you have a grudge against
foundations, possibly because they seem to be
more generous with polite declinations than
rude dollars, don't pick up this volume in the
hope of an emotional purge." D. P. Reed
H Survey 82:196 Jl '46 500w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2 350 D '46 160w
HARROLD, CHARLES FREDERICK. John
Henry Newman. 472p $3.50 Longmans
B or 92 Newman, John Henry, cardinal
45-9046
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"In general Mr. Harrold shows maturity and
breadth, grasps both the technical problems
and the wider issues, and sheds a steady light
on many different aspects of Newman's work.
I found him least complete on Newman's polit-
ical ideas; there are some interesting implica-
tions here he does not cover. On theological
question^ Mr. Harrold claims to be Just an
amateur, but actually in this field as in others
he proceeds with accuracy, ease, and sureness.
His book is thoughtful and solid, a valuable
contribution." W. O. Aydelotte
-| Am Hist R 51:498 Ap '46 280w
"The volume is not a biography of Newman
and avoids psychoanalysis, without the use of
which Newman cannot be understood. Hence,
the study 'is what it is'— a dramatic, intensely
interesting, occasionally exciting, often pro-
vocative description of Newman's career and
compositions, a good instance of the art of
balancing, very favorable to the celebrated
convert to Roman Catholicism but lapsing into
special pleading that is far from convincing to
the outsider. Newman remains an enigma."
C. H. Moehlman
j Christian Century 63:303 Mr 6 '46
1200w
Reviewed by F. J. Moore
Churchman 160:15 F 1 '46 360w
"In this study Harrold affectionately and in-
dustriously takes Newman's mind apart and
never quite succeeds in getting it back to-
gether. The fault is not altogether Harrold's.
An intellect like Newman's, which falls back
on the irrational when it desires, is certain to
suffer much if analyzed in detail. Newman's
mind, brilliant in its parts, capable of produc-
ing exquisite passages of highly logical prose,
lacked unity. Hence Harrold undertakes too
much when he attempts to convince us of New-
man's 'unfailing and relentless powers to ex-
pose inconsistent thinking' and to make out a
case for Newman's career as 'a proof of the
possibility, within that [Roman Catholic]
Church, of a combination of dauntless intellec-
tual inquiry with childlike claimlessness and
devoted faith.' " C. R. Sanders
-j J Religion 26:218 Jl '46 450w
"It is impossible not to be aware of how
painstaking, balanced, careful, and sound this
evaluation is; yet it is equally impossible not
to feel that it has the effect of leaving New-
man's thought inorganic and remote, and this
despite Professor Harrold's own insistence on
its vitality and relevance." Lionel Trilling
H Nation 162:132 F 2 '46 200w
Reviewed by George Simpson
Social Forces 24:363 Mr '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p26 Ja 11 '47
400w
"The world, which is perennially fascinated
by Cardinal Newman, ought to grant an un-
usual welcome to this peculiarly sensitive ap-
preciation of his work and personality. Like
him, it has many facets and hues, treating him
as a defender of the Faith, preacher, teacher,
historian, novelist, poet, literary stylist, master
of the art of controversy, and above all as
autobiographer . ' '
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:97 Je '46 200w
HARTLEY, EUGENE L. Problems in prejudice;
with a foreword by Gardner Murphy. 124p pa
$2 King's crown press [13s 6d Oxford]
301.1532 Toleration. Race problems. Minor-
ities A46-4357
"This small volume is, as expressed by Gard-
ner Murphy who writes the Foreword, 'char-
acteristic of the trend toward the experimental
and quantitative in the study of social psychol-
ogy'. The source material for the study was
students in several eastern colleges, including
one Negro institution, with the idea that 'life
histories and community studies may serve to
show where race friction reaches its maximum
and where it is inconsequential or altogether
lacking.' The economic factor is found influen-
tial but not all controlling. The inclusion
of psychological factors, utilized in the light
of modern psychiatry, goes more to the root of
prejudice." (Churchman) Bibliography. No in-
dex.
Reviewed by Louis Guttman
Am J Soc 52:283 N '46 900w
Reviewed by A. W. Taylor
Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 270w
School & Society 63:448 Je 22 '46 30w
HARTMAN, GERTRUDE. Builders of the old
world. (History on the march) 468p il maps
$1.80 Heath
909 History, Universal-^Juvenile literature
46-12789
Textbook for junior high schools covering
the history of mankind from prehistoric times
to the discovery of America.
Booklist 42:249 Ap 1 '46
"The shortcomings of a book, written and il-
lustrated as well as this one, may be found
less in the book itself than in the fact that
there is small need for such a book in the
emerging elementary-school curriculum. How-
ever, if the need for a true understanding
of the world beyond our borders and for an
understanding of our cultural roots which bind
us to it is to influence the curriculum more
than it has, we must include generous servings
of world history on the social-studies menu.
Whether or not this should take the form of a
survey course at the intermediate-grade level is
a matter for the careful consideration of our
curriculum experts. Those who decide affirma-
tively will find in Gertrude Hartman's book a
superlative example of the kind of textbook
which will be needed." R. H, Anderson
El School J 47:174 N '46 800w
"Gertrude Hartman's agreeable style is well
known and her scholarship is unquestioned.
Instead of using pictures from many different
sources the publishers have secured fresh il-
lustrations, all from the hand of Marjorie
Quennell, whose background and feeling for
history have been ably proved in her own
books. The maps, too, are well drawn and
adequate." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:208 My '46 160w
362
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HARTMAN, GERTRUDE— Continued
"The introduction by Allan Nevins would
stir even an adult to read on and vouches
for the standard of this series. Those who re-
member Miss Hartman's books, 'These United
States and How They Came To Be' and 'The
World We Live In,' know her ability and her
alert angle on history teaching1. Such a book
as this account of the 'Builders of the Old
"World* surely will lure many pupils to read
on." L. S. Bechtel
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 31 '46 320w
HARTWELL, MARJORIE. Animals of Friendly
farm. [il. by the author]. [30p] $1 Watts, P.
46-18714
Large sized picture book for preschool chil-
dren, made up of pictures of animals on a
farm with brief text describing their activities.
Reviewed by P. A. "Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 7 '46 lOOw
"A nice reliable farm book."
+ Kirkus 14:274 Je 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by M. F. Cox
Library J 71:1054 Ag '46 70w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle. p3 N 10 '46
80w
inal and creative leadership we are looking
for, are still to be found/* N. M. Pusey
H Library Q 16:162 Ap '46 2350w
Reviewed by E. R. Groves
Social Forces 25:219 D '46 3800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p525 O 26 '46
1850w
"The 'Harvard Report' is already exerting a
profound effect upon college curricula. All over
the country m6n and women are sitting on
other committees, some adopting the Harvard
scheme hook, line, and sinker, others im-
periously refusing to adopt any part of it
because It is a Harvard scheme, still others
attempting to make other schemes for general
education which will be like this one but will
sound as if they were not. For the beneflt
of American education, I suggest that each
of the dozen members of this distinguished
committee publish his own minority report,
expressing his sincere convictions, indicating
to what extent he as an individual takes ex-
ception to the report which he as a committee
member presented to the Harvard faculty and
to the world. The 'Harvard Report* has found
a wide audience, as it well deserves to do.
These twelve minority reports, I believe, would
find an even wider audience, and might well
bring about a true Renaissance in American
education." Marjorte Nicolson
Yale R n s 35:535 spring '46 2000w
HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Committee on the
objectives of a general education In a free
society. General education In a free society;
with an in trod, by James Bryant Conant.
267p $2 Harvard univ. press
370.973 Education — U.S. Education — Aims
and objectives A45-4180
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"President Conant in his introduction to this
volume suggests that it might well have been
entitled. 'A Study of American Education.'
Certainly, it is required reading for anyone
engaged in this field; and it can be read with
profit by a large portion of the thinking public.
Those who have been somewhat bewildered by
what has been going on in the schools and
the colleges for the past generation will find
some well-considered answers here. . . It is
a frank statement, but not hyper-critical; it
is logical, but with a minimum of special
pleading; and it is well written. It will grow
in stature with the passage of time." J. E.
Pomfret
Ann Am Acad 243:182 Ja '46 400w
Bookmark 7:5 Mr '46
"These suggestions are good approaches to
the complete concept of coherent education,
but they are after all mere approaches. The
authors make a passing bow to a position
which they dare not acknowledge as the full
and ultimate solution: the unified system of
the Roman Catholic colleges which hold 'the
conviction that Christianity gives meaning and
ultimate unity to all parts of the curriculum,
indeed to the whole life of the college. Yet
this solution is out of the question in publicly
supported colleges and is practically, if not
legally, impossible in most others.' The meas-
ure of the Report's failure is the distance be*
tween that quotation and the Committee's
solution. Certainly the common values to be
obtained from genera] or liberal education can
bind men together, but they must be true
values. Catholic colleges employ the practical
solution which this report fails to give: scho-
lastic philosophy and the Catholic religion give
that common body of truth and that sane out-
look which constitute the best education in
a free society." J. H. Ftchter
Cath World 163:85 Ap '46 850w
"In face of the present misgivings about
traditional educational practices and, more
deeply, about scientific humanism, it was to
have been hoped that the faculty members of
our oldest and most famous university could
have given us an inspired and enlightening
glimpse ahead. What they have supplied, how-
ever, is , largely a work of scholarship, a sum-
ming-up of what has already been thought
and done. They aimed at, and achieved, rea-
sonableness. But the fresh insight, the orig-
HARVILL, H. L., and JORDAN, PAUL ROE,
High-pressure die casting; a design guide for
engineers. 130p il $5 H. L. (Red) Harvill mfg.
co, 2223 E. 37th st, Vernon, Calif.
621.9 Dies (metal working) 45-5621
"Although this manufacturer's publication
deals chiefly with the cold chamber high pres-
sure process of die casting, particularly the
techniques developed around the Harvill die-
casting machine, there is a good deal of basic
Information and practical 'know-how' in it that
will Interest anyone concerned with die casting
or the design of parts to be die-cast. Alloys
suitable for die casting, the construction of
dies, design of parts for die casting, the ma-
chining, finishing and inspection of die cast-
ings are all treated. The book is thoroughly
illustrated, and there is a six-page glossary."
N Y New Tech Bks
Library J 70:891 O 1 '45 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:6 Ja '46
HATHAWAY, MRS KATHARINE (BUTLER).
Journals and letters of the little locksmith;
il. by the author. 395p $3.75 Coward-McCann
B or 92 46-8343
Chapters in the autobiography of the author
of The Little Locksmith (Book Review Digest
1943), with edited selections from her letters,
which together complete the picture of her
life begun in her first book. The author had
intended to write three autobiographical vol-
umes, but she died on Christmas eve, 1942,
Just before her first volume was published.
"Her reputation is considerably enhanced
by the publication of this record of a spiritual
odyssey. To me it is far more moving, more
honest and fresh, than the overburnished
'Little Locksmith.' The episodes in Paris and
the Haute Savoie have some of the qualities
of the best contemporary writing: the charac-
ters (she too) come alive; the sensual and emo-
tional perceptions glow with a warmth akin to
Katharine Mansfield's. The talent that pro-
duced a literary freak like 'The Little Lock-
smith' emerges here as a dynamic and creative
mind." Robert Halsband
+ Book Week pi D 22 '46 HOOw
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
"First thirteen chapters are as delightful as
The Little Locksmith, having been written in
the same delicate yet discerning style. Re-
mainder of the book comprises Journals and
letters set down apparently with no thought
of their publication. They are the rich sources
from which author fashioned her earlier
book. . . Recommended as a supplement to
her other book." H. R. Forbes
-f Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 120w
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"I think many readers will weary of the im-
mense amount of space taken up in these
pages with the record of highly personal emo-
tion and of the author's intense preoccupation
with It. One wants to cry: 'Oh, forget it, and
think about something else.' . . She was
certainly no more preoccupied with self than
was Marie Bashkirtsev, and she was probably
less morbid; yet I think she wearies the reader
more because she has hitched her wagon to a
smaller star. Of course, one does not mean
by this that there are not many penetrating
and sensitive observations in the book. And
it is only fair to add that one's objections grow
weaker toward the end, as one comes to feel
that Mrs. Hathaway is growing spiritually to
the time of her death." Edward Wagenknecht
h N Y times plO D 29 '46 650w
"Although Mrs. Hathaway was more than
normally thrust in upon herself and thus re-
duced to interpreting people, objects, and
events from a strictly personal viewpoint, there
are signs in these letters of her potential
capacity for objective writing. . . Despite her
small output, from her books there emerges
the bright, stark personality of a woman in-
tellectually and emotionally complete." Vir-
gilia Peterson
•f Weekly Book Review p7 D 15 '46 lOOOw
HATTSTROM. H. A. Golf after forty; photo-
graphic 11. by W. B. Baxter. 160p $2 Garden
City pub. co.
796.352 Golf 46-26059
Advice on the flatfoot manner of playing golf
for the older and stouter player. Photographs
illustrate each step of the instructions on put-
ting and driving. The author is pro at the Elm-
hurst (New York) country club.
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Springf'd Republican p4 F 4 '46 300w
MAUSER, PHILIP MORRIS, and LEONARD,
WILLIAM RAMSDELL, eds. Government
statistics for business use. 432p $5 Wiley
311.3973 Statistics. U.S —Statistics 46-4997
"An authoritative guide to the current sta-
tistical services and publications of the na-
tional government that are useful to business.
It contains fourteen chapters on specific fields
of governmental statistical activity such as
manufacturing, minerals, agriculture, interna-
tional trade and payments, prices, housing and
construction, Each chapter is the work of one
or more experts connected with a government
agency, usually the agency whose statistical
work is described in the chapter." (N Y New
Tech Bks) Bibliography. Index.
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:30 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:203 S '46 280w
HAUSMAN. LEON AUGUSTUS. Field book of
eastern birds; with six plates containing
ninety-four birds and bird heads in full color
and over four hundred drawings by Jacob
Bates Abbott. 659p $3.75 Putnam
598.2 Birds— U.S. 46-5123
"The book covers the territory east of the
Mississippi river and the west shore of Hud-
son bay. The first section is a field key
to bird families with cross reference to the
descriptions of each bird. Descriptive notes
are compact but adequate. Small black-and-
white drawings illustrate most of the de-
scriptions. Includes both land and water birds
and, for a field book, is comprehensive." Book-
list
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
Christian Science Monitor p23 N 9 '46
140w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"A standard book for use and reference."
-f Klrkus 14:145 Mr 16 '46 60w
"There is a great deal to praise in this lat-
est field guide to birds of the Eastern States
Its obvious advantage over predecessors is that
each species is allotted a separate page, thus
allowing written material of considerable de-
tail to be placed directly under a line-cut of
the bird in question. . . Another advance over
Peterson's guide — for it is Peterson's book to
which Mr. Hausman's will inevitably be com-
pared— is a systematic division of common birds
according to dominant colors appearing in the
forepart of the main text. . . The line- cuts
heading the pages are drawn so as to show the
relative size of each species within a family.
But however excellent the drawings may have
been in the original, in reproduction they are
so small that their usefulness is limited. . .
The written part of the text is fine, superior
because of its detail to Peterson's, if not quite
so thorough as Chapman's. The lengthier treat-
ment has necessarily caused the book to grow
to considerable size, yet even so it is much
lighter than Chapman's guide and can be car-
ried about with no trouble." E. B. Q.
-1 NY Times p!6 O 13 '46 320w
Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 10 '46 270w
"The sections on characteristic habits and
habitat are especially useful and well done.
That on field marks might well be shortened
to terse listing of the marks themselves. All
in all, it is to be hoped that further editions
of this work will be shorter, with illustrations
more or less to scale throughout, and with more
color- plates, especially of difficult immature
and winter plumages of wood warblers, shore-
birds, etc." G. M. Sutton
H Weekly Book Review p21 S 15 '46 450w
HAVIGHURST, WALTER. Land of promise:
the story of the Northwest territory. 384p $3
Macrnillan
977 Northwest, Old 47-30019
Historical panorama of the Old Northwest
Territory, which is approximately the states of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and part of Minnesota. This is not a formal
history, but rather a rediscovery of the land
and the men and women who settled it. Maps
on endpapers. Index.
Reviewed by S. K. Workman
Book Week p2 D 22 '46 360w
Booklist 43:153 Ja 15 '47
"The author has a real knack for story tell-
ing and the most vivid parts of the book are
the stories of the men and woman who opened
and settled this region. There should be con-
siderable regional interest in this book, but
mainly it's recommended for libraries, refer-
ence reading. ' '
-f- Kirkus 14:376 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Readers of the author's Long Ships Pass-
ing: the Story of the Great Lakes will find this
the natural and expected complement, in the
same tradition. Here again is rich understand-
ing and ability to portray, in broad effect yet
intimate illustrative detail, successive sweeps
of the opening of the region, and its human
lore. . . Highly recommended." J. E. Cross
-f Library J 71:1712 D 1 '46 HOw
"Walter Havighurst has already told the
story of the upper Mississippi and of the long
gray oreboats which convey such tremendous
cargoes of hematite and copper from Lake
Superior to Lake Erie. And his earlier books
reveal his characteristic blending of historical
and statistical data with fresh personal ob-
servation. That combination is even more ef-
fective in 'Land of Promise.' One can only
regret that the book did not appear in 1937
during the official commemoration of the pas-
sage 160 years before of the famous Ordinance
of 1787." J. T. Flanagan
-f N Y Times p8 D 29 '46 850w
"Mr. Havighurst has done well by his coun-
try. He has read much in its history, and he
has also been around, something oniy too few
historians trouble to do. Hence he tells us not
only the story of Sault Ste. Marie but also
how the Soo goes today, how it looks and
feels. . . The author had a tremendous prob-
lem of selection, for his is a story that could
occupy five volumes such as this and still
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HAVIQHURST, WALTER— c out mued
be inadequate. And for his framework he has
selected very well. . . I could have wished,
in such a good book, he had given less atten-
tion to Johnny Appleseed, an estimable man
who has been turned into a bore by constant
magazine pieces; and I think Harmony, Ind.,
both old and new, has worn pretty thin. . .
It is not fair, however, to quarrel over selec-
tion, especially in a book so well organized and
written as this one." S. H. Holbrook
_| Weekly Book Review p7 D 15 '46 1250w
HAWES, ELIZABETH. Hurry up, please, its
time. 245p $2.50 Reynal
331.88 Trade unions. Labor and laboring
classes— U.S. 46-8082
Records the author's experiences as a mem-
ber of the Education department of the United
automobile workers' union — which is generally
regarded as a "problem child" among C I.O.
unions.
"Liberals will be distressed and reactionaries
delighted with the picture of timidity and dis-
sension m the unions which she presents. Per-
haps the most arresting, and in some ways
disturbing, thing in her book is her descrip-
tion of Walter Reuther as a 'glib fence-
Htraddler,' a politician who 'works 365 days a
year for himself and seeks the good of the
union only so far as it conduces to his own. . .
Reactionaries will gain little comfort, however,
from her over-all view. There are brains in the
labor movement, there is religious devotion
and a full consciousness that the unions can
achieve their objectives only through political
action " Bergen Evans
Book Week p3 D 29 '46 320w
"This curious little work is perhaps best
treated as a unique type of mystery, in which
the reader's object is to discover the point of
the book. The title seems to present a clue, of
course, and after you Hurry Up and read the
volume you do discover that It's Time to fight
for socialism. But there is nothing about so-
cialism in the book except for a few remarks
at the end expressing the author's unqualified
and unanalysed indorsement. . . I do not pro-
fess to have discovered the point of the book,
but since all mysteries are supposed to have
a culprit, I pick Reynal and Hitchcock " Rob-
ert Bendiner
— Nation 164:50 Ja 11 '47 550w
"Elizabeth Hawes paints a striking picture
of industrial America, from the underside. It
is a very competent picture. . . Miss Hawes
has written an extremely good book. Some time
she will write a much better one, when she re-
jects the principle of speed-up in the work of
the mind as she has in the work of the
machine.'* Alvin Johnson
-f N Y Times p6 Ja 12 '47 1150w
"I approached this book with the liveliest
expectation that Miss Hawes would contribute
richly to our understanding of the trade
union movement. I had hoped that from her
lively account we could get a true understand-
ing of the social and economic nature of a
union, its methods of operation and its value
to society. Instead, it seems to me, she has
focused attention upon its most superficial and
meretricious aspects. Perhaps there are more
union representatives than I realize — or have
known — who conform to the types she describes.
But Miss Hawes apparently has run into a
surprisingly large number of strange charac-
ters, pre-occupied with sex, and concerned
with the trivial manifestations of the social
change that has been taking place." E. M,
Herrick
Weekly Book Review pi 4 D 29 '46
850w
HAWKINS, DEAN. Headsman's holiday. 256p
$2 Curl
46-17426
Detective story.
"Despite the gruesome details of the crimes,
there is a good bit of fun in the story." Isaac
Anderson
-f N Y Times p32 Je 9 '46 150w
" 'Headman's Holiday1 has a vivid and amus-
ing final sequence on a Florida Island, but up
to that point the details of a series of decap-
itations make pretty dull slogging." Anthony
Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '48
40w
"Fair "
Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 20w
"The reader who likes his murders gory and
exciting will thoroughly enjoy 'Headman's Holi-
day.'. . As always in a Dean Hawkins mystery
tale, 'Headman's Holiday' is well written and
will keep the armchair detective guessing to
the end of the last chapter." K. H. Dexter
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 200w
HAWKINS, GEORGE ANDREW. Thermody-
namics. 436p $4.50 Wiley
536.7 Thermodynamics 46-7270
"This textbook is intended for use in either
a two-semester, or, with certain omissions, a
one- semester course in engineering thermody-
namics. Besides the usual material on the laws
of thermodynamics, ideal gas laws, energy and
entropy, and combustion, there has been added
supplementary material designed to make the
subject clearer. . . Although heat transfer is
not considered part of thermodynamics, the
author includes an elementary introductory
chapter on this subject because he believes it
to be helpful information for the thermody-
namics engineer. There are problems at the
end of each chapter and a short list of refer-
ences after some chapters, for the benefit of
those who wish to go deeper into the subject."
N Y New Tech Bks
N Y New Tech Bks 31:49 Jl '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p38 O 27 '46 150w
HAWKINS, QUAIL. Too many dogs; il. by
Kurt Wiese. [57p] $1.50 Holiday
46-7276
Hank wanted a dog or a bicycle for his
birthday, and a dog it was. And soon there
were too many dogs, and some of them had
to be sold But that made the bicycle a pos-
sibility.
Booklist 43:105 D 1 '46
"A slight story, greatly enlivened by Kurt
Wiese's illustrations, but one that will fill a
need for books for eight- to ten -year-old boys "
Elizabeth Johnson
Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"Miss Hawkins* work shows definite progress;
her use of modern language without degenerat-
ing into an over-abundance of slang is to be
particularly commended. With jplot, action, hu-
mor and surprise, Too Many Dogs should be
popular with a wide variety of ages and help
fill that ever-present void for more 'dog*
stories." Constance Mitchell
-h San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46
200w
"To many voung readers this book will be
a series of delighted chuckles. Kurt Wiese has
done full justice to its contagious humor in his
illustrations." M. G. D.
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:47 O 19 '46 160w
Weekly Book Review p34 N 10 '46 450w
HAWKINS, REGINALD ROBERT, ed. Scien-
tific, medical, and technical books published
in the United States of America, 1930-1944. . .
prepared under the direction of the National
research council's Committee on bibliography.
1114p $20 Bowker
016.5 Science — Bibliography. Medicine — Bib-
liography. Technology — Bibliography 46-2936
"A selected list, prepared under the direction
of a committee of experts under the editorship
of the chief of the Science and technology divi-
sion of the New York public library. The first
printing has been made available by the De-
partment of State as an official document for
distribution in Central and South American
countries. Full bibliographical information,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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classified arrangement, followed by directories
of state agencies and publishers. Elementary
textbooks and books on social science are not
included." Booklist
Booklist 42:292 My 15 '46
"A must book for all large technical li-
braries." L. A. Eales
•f Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 140w
"No other work gives an equally comprehen-
sive cross-section of important recent tech-
nical literature, and no other goes so far in
appraisal of the books listed. . . One praise-
worthy feature is the consistently high char-
acter of the material included; almost every
book is of real technical value." E. H. McClel-
land
-f- Library Q 16:361 O '46 550w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:13 Ja '46
"This outsize volume will be welcomed by li-
brarians, scholars, teachers and technical work-
ers in the fields covered." T. L.
-f N Y Times p33 My 26 '46 250w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2-261 S '46 270w
HAWLEY, RALPH CHIPMAN. Practice of
silviculture. 5th ed 354p $4 Wiley
634.95 Forests and forestry Agr46-292
"A college text on the principles of forest
management for the continuous production of
timber crops. It deals both with the cutting
of a stand and the securing of natural and
artificial reproduction of the growth. The com-
parative merits of clearcutting, seed-tree,
shelterwood, and coppice methods of treatment
are discussed; and good procedures in thinning
and pruning, slash disposal, and the control
of cuttings to avoid logging waste are de-
scribed. Practical methods are clearly described
in considerable detail, hence the book should
be as useful to persons directly concerned with
the management of timber stands as it is to
forestry students. Advances in practice since
the previous edition (1937) have been in-
corporated in this revision and references at
the end of the chapters, brought up to date."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Booklist 43:135 Ja 1 '47
Reviewed by L. A Eales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:40 Jl '46
HAWTHORNE, HILDEGARDE (MRS J. M.
OSKISON). Westward the course; a story of
the Lewis and Clark expedition 280p $2 50
Longmans
Lewis and Claik expedition — Juvenile lit-
erature 46-6482
Fictionized account of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, giving a detailed account of this
hazardous journey of the early 1800's. The story
of the individuals of the expedition includes
the adventures of two young members, Harry
Whitcomb and George Shannon. For grades
seven to nine
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor pl2 N 14 '46
270w
"The story of Sacajawea, the Bird Woman,
can hardly be told too often and Hildegarde
Hawthorne tells it anew in this fine historical
story."
4- Horn Bk 22:354 S '46 200w
"Excellent background and reference book."
-f Kirkus 14:389 Ag 15 '46 90w
"The helpfulness of Sacajawea to the expedi-
tion and her courage and loyalty will make
the book appeal to girls. Recommended." Nelle
McCalla
-f Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Maude Adams
— Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. R. Hanna
San Francisco Chronicle p9 N 10 '46
230w
"One need have no hesitation in giving this,
one of the most significant records in the his-*
tory of the United States, to young people.
It is an authentic, swift-moving, interesting
story. Miss Hawthorne has taken it largely
from the diary and letters of William Clark,
He is the outstanding character. His vitality,
courage, and resourcefulness will have a strong
appeal to boys who like men who are equal to
the things that challenge them." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:45 O 19 '46 200w
School & Society 64:120 Ag 17 '46 30w
"Although written with clarity, a certain
amount ol vividness and an appreciation of
the subject, the book probably will appeal
more to the boy with an historical turn of mind
than to the average reader." E B. B.
-(- Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Short stories;
ed. and with an introd. by Newton Arvin.
422p $3 Knopf
46-3911
Contains twenty-nine of Hawthorne's short
stories, with a scholarly introduction by the
editor, in which he studies the genesis of the
tales, and the psychological peculiarities of the
author.
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p22 O 12 '46
180w
"A capable revival of the American origins of
short fiction, that has its place on all library
shelves."
-|- Kirkus 14:155 Ap 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Harry Levin
N Y Times pi Je 16 '46 1650w
"It is pleasant to find a book of this sort in
which the anthologizer is worthy of the anthol-
ogized. 'Hawthorne's Short Stories' contains an
interesting and attractive selection from a de-
partment of Hawthorne's work which, when
explored, sometimes proves disappointing:; and
a critical introduction which is absolutely a
triumph of Its kind." Edmund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:107 Je 8 '46 180w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Ag 18 '46
lOOw
"One good reason to welcome this collection
is that it is accompanied by Professor Arvin's
introductory essay on Hawthorne as moralist
and artist. In a dozen succinct and suggestive
pages he comments on Hawthorne's reading,
his language, his sensibility, his imagination,
his human insight." Walter Havighurst
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 Jl 6 '46 650w
"Contains the best of the somber New Eng-
lander's writing in this form." D. B. B.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 600w
"Glimpses are about all one can get of the
coy genius in these stories and sketches. But
they are as good an index as any to the color
and quality of his haunted mind."
Time 47:102 Je 17 '46 800w
HAYCOXr ERNEST. Long storm. 296p $2.50
Little
46-5157
Oregon and especially Portland in Civil war
days is the scene of this story. Portland then
had a population of five thousand, and a total
of fifty-five saloons. The copperhead organiza-
tion called Knights of the Golden Circle was
trying to dominate Portland with its gangster
methods. Captain Adam Musick, of the Daisy
McGovern, fighting for his rights on th* river,
is the leading character.
"What a book of action! Haycox retails
the blow-by-blow of a bar room brawl with
the loving care that Rex Beach lavished on
the climactic fight of 'The Spoilers'. And the
author's description of Adam Mustek's Daisy
would be a worthy appendix to that classic,
'Lloyd's Steamboat Disasters'. Haycox's steam-
boat race is somewhat milder than the Natchez
and Robert E. Lee stories; but it's as vivid
as anything this side of tri- dimensional tele-
vision can be. Ever and anon gore drips, men
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HAYCOX, ERNEST — Continued
drop on the board sidewalks or bubble away
under the slackwater. But this is the way it
was. . . There is no pasteboard in this novel.
If the lithographs are gaudy, it is because
the times are garish." B. D. Branch
+ Book Week p4 Ag 4 '46 450w
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
"Hay cox is providing solider fare with each
book and this continues his interest in the
Northwest.';^ ^^ Mr ^ .^ ^
"The romantic passages are characterized
by a great terseness of dialogue and a wariness
of approach. Mr. Haycox is at his competent
best, however, when tempers are rising and
flsts are closing, and once the first blow is
struck he wades in with some masterly graphic
description which should afford a satisfying
interlude for readers who are tired of the
temporizing in world affairs today." Mary
" 'Long Storm' is rough and realistic, with-
out the mock-heroics that too frequently inflate
adventure narratives." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 21 '46 IBOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
HAYCRAFT, HOWARD, ed. Art of the mys-
tery story. 545p $5 Simon & Schuster
809.3 Fiction— History and criticism. Detec-
tive stories (books about) 47-30017
A collection of critical essays, bibliographi-
cal notes, parodies, and miscellaneous items,
all about the methods, the materials, and the
significance of the mystery novel or the mys-
tery short story.
"An exceedingly valuable addition to the
literature about the detective story. . . From
a thousand arguments Haycraft has selected
a telling half hundred and presents them with
sound and temperate commentary. The conse-
quence is a document spacious, impressive and
fascinating, lively and happily self-conscious.
It is a collection enormously useful and cer-
tainly as indispensable to the library and the
scholar as it should be absorbing to the more
casual reader, fond or not fond of detective
stories. To the former it stands as a stimulat-
ingly self-critical battle of criteria. To the
latter it will serve as the apologia of a literary
form long held suspect as subliterary and
meretricious and still suffering, in spite of its
great popularity, from the snobbery of the
falsely refined." James Sandoe
4- Book Week p4 D 15 '46 600w
Booklist 43:152 Ja 15 '47
"There is no end to the variety of material
on detective fiction, which will— and should
be — welcomed by the vast audience of readers.
For there is not only unusual information, but
worthwhile comment and criticism, ana an
inclusive coverage of the high standards that
mystery fiction has and can, achieve. Excellent
compendium of crime lore."
-f Kirkus 14:379 Ag 1 '46 180w
"This is a good book for those who have
read so much detective fiction that they now
want to read about detective fiction. It con-
stantly reminds you of pleasures past and
suggests rereadings and mentions possible de-
lights one has missed. . . The book is bulky,
but well balanced; there was bound to be some
repetition. As an old believer I might also add
that a proper attitude toward Sherlock Holmes
implies a proper attitude toward the mystery
story as a whole. Because the fact is that
more than half of his short stories and all but
one of* his long fictions aren't very good. But
those that are have a kind of artificial elegance,
an almost wrong-headed manner, which an
unprejudiced reader will find irresistible. If
he is so bemused that he can't detect the
weakness of the rest of the 'canon,' he is fit
for Mr. Wilson's contempt. If he reads, but
uses discretion, he is the right reader for 'The
Art of the Mystery Story.' " Gilbert Seldea
4- N Y Time* pi D 22 '46 HOOw
"Haycraft is not only a meticulous collector
of material but also a notable editor. This
anthology is no hit-or-miss Job, but a care-
fully constructed whole which manages to
cover, in one essay or another, every aspect
of criminous fiction which might possibly in-
terest the scholar of the future or the casual
reader of the present." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 12 '46
700w
"Bigger, if not better than its predecessor,
containing much of the best and some of the
worst that has been said and thought on the
subject, 'The Art of the Mystery Story' will
tell you all you need to know, perhaps more
than you ought to know, concerning detective
and mystery tales. The strongest appeal of
the collection should be to those who care
deeply about the concoction of such items,
rules for same, yea, even the bibliography
thereof, as discussed by a wide variety of
experts in their special world. . . All told,
•The Art of the Mystery Story* is Just the
thing for whodunit fanciers of scholarly ten-
dencies, especially those of sober cast. Cer-
tain articles of comic intention do not come
off very well; one can never be sure of what
those tongue-in-cheek professors mean, if
anything." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p!3 D 29 '46
800w
HAYDOIM, JULIE. Every dog has its day; de-
signed and 11. by Fritz Willis. 120p $1-50 Rodd
636.78 Dogs — Legends and stories 46-1050
"In this little book of a day in one dog's life
Julie Haydon's pen Joyously and amusingly
follows her small wire-haired terrier through
just one routine day so vividly that one sees
little Maxim in all her gay puppy life and
vicariously revels in the companionship of
such an enticing bit of dog. As Maxim plays
her game of life, her mistress records with
veracity all the hits, strikes, »and even the
'errors/ so happily that the book is truly a
love letter to her dog." Springf'd Republican
"Only admirers of the saccharine, or sup-
porters of sentimentalized dog homes, will have
any truck with it." Peter Quinn
— Book Week p6 Ja 20 '46 150w
"Because of its trueness to life and the
affection stamped on every page, dog lovers
will enjoy Julie Haydon's 'love letter to her
dog'." E. H. Dexter
+ Springf'd Republican p4d D 23 '45 180w
HAYES, ALFRED. All thy conquests. 295p
$2.75 Howell, Soskin
46-7864
Novel of war-time Rome, in which an actual
happening is the focal point. It is the dramatic
rise of a petty Fascist hoodlum, who finally
became a S.S. lackey. When justice caught
up with him later the mob refused to let the
law take its course, and they lynched him.
Reviewed by Ben Kartman
Book Week p7 D 1 '46 230w
"Alfred Haves, gifted American poet who
served with the United States Army in Italy,
has written a penetrating, truthful and com-
passionate novel of that unhappy country. It
is a story without the superficialities of many
GI reports of skylarking in liberated and con-
quered lands. Mr. Hayes' Italians are real
Italians, not caricatures. I would guess that
sensitive Italians would agree that these por-
traits are honest and accurate, just as I know
that Italians have been outraged by other re-
cent portrayals of their people by Americans,
even when these portrayals were meant to be
sympathetic." Howard Taubman
-f N Y Times p5 N 17 '46 850w
"The author, in a beautifully written, ex-
pertly constructed novel, Illuminates with cruel
brilliance, through the behavior of half a
dozen characters — American and Italian — a few
months of the Allied occupation of 'liberated'
Rome. Mr. Hayes, unlike so many of today's
young novelists, does not try to ram any politi-
cal creed down your throat. He is content
to portray, with wit, eloquence, and innumer-
able pointllllst touches, a group of despairing,
revengeful, cynical Italians and some irrespon-
sible, lecherous, and homesick American
soldiers. An admirably unpretentious flnrt
novel that shows a sharp talent."
-f New Yorker 22:130 N 16 f46 120w
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"A truthful and compassionate Job of story-
telling." William Hogan
-f. San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 9 '46
800w
"This book fulfills the basic requirement of
a novel: it is good reading from cover to
cover. The scene is laid in liberated Rome,
about which the author is well qualified to
write, as he served in Italy with the American
army. But he has a much more important
qualification: he knows how to write." L. G.
Whit% sat R of Lit 29:17 D 28 '46 750w
"A ^brilliant first novel about war-time
4- Weekly Book Review p4 N 3 '46 1100W
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:381 winter '47 270w
HAYES, MRS FLORENCE (SOOY). Burro
tamer; il. by Manning deV. L/ee. 299p $2.25
Random house
Story of a burro and his young owner living
in New Mexico. Ricardo is a descendant of
the early Spaniards of the Southwest. The
boy is determined to surmount such irritations
as school and farm work, in order to train his
wild burro in time for the Santa F6 fiesta.
For grades five to eight.
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"This is spirited and tender and has fine
family and human values."
+ Kirkus 14:347 Ag 1 '46 90w
"Both boy and burro are humorists at heart,
though the burro seems more consciously so
than the boy. The Fiesta of Santa Fe has its
part in the story, as does the school life and
family life of the region. For boys from eight
to twelve." S. J. Johnson
+ Library J 71:1466 O 15 '46 lOOw
"The author displays humor, restraint and
lightness of touch. Every character has per-
sonality, including Panchito as he goes his
charming, rascally way, wrecking schoolroom
and garden and wearing the flowered hat of
Aunt Rosita. Ricardo himself readers of 10
to 34 will find as likable and human as the boy
next door." F. S.
-f N Y Times p52 N 10 '46 140w
Weekly Book Review p32 N 10 '46
300w
HAYES, JOHN EDWARD ROLLINS. Nature
of patentable invention, its attributes and
definition, 183p $5 Addison-Wesley
608 Inventions. Patent laws and legislation
46-506
"A revision of the author's Invention; Its
Attributes and Definition (1942). The work is
of interest to inventors who understand patent
claim terminology and to patent attorneys.
Much of the text of his third edition has been
rewritten and expanded, and many new cases
are cited in illustration. Some of the material
has been rearranged under new chapter head-
ings. A Table of Cases has been added, but
the book still lacks an index." N Y New
Tech Bks
"Of necessity there is heavy going for the
reader unfamiliar with the subject. However,
the reviewer, for one, gained an immeasurably
clearer conception of patents and their meaning
from this carefully considered and experienced
brief by an unquestioned authority. Examples
quoted from specific cases are particularly in-
teresting and clarifying. The book Is surely
to be recommended for study by anyone who
undertakes invention, for by this clear under-
standing much time, money, and grief will be
saved. Perhaps in the long run ft is an ex-
cellent investment, in the light of usual fees of
good patent attorneys." O. L. Clark
4- Chem & Eng N 24:1444 My 25 '46 450w
Reviewed by L. A. Bates
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:11 Ja '46
HAYNES, WILLIAMS. Southern horizons. 316p
$2.75 Van Nostrand
338.4766 South — Industries and resources.
Chemical industries. Chemurgy 46-1962
"Southern resources developed by Southern-
ers is the theme of the book. Southerners are
'reappraising their natural resources in terms
of chemical values.' Book describes the 'silk-
worm colony* in Texas, ramie, tung oil, naval
stores, the work of the Cotton Council and of
Government Southern Regional Laboratory.
Author describes and relates major raw mate-
rials, development and progress and sugges-
tions for use of TVA power in the South."
(Library J) Index.
"Curiously jumbled but readable volume."
VYillard Shelton
H Book Week p!2 Mr 24 '46 200w
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor plO Jl 27
'46 180w
Kirkus 13:557 D 15 '45 HOw
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:21 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:203 S '46 240w
HAYS, HOFFMAN REYNOLDS. Takers of
the city. 376p $2.75 Reynai
46-4248
Historical novel, the scene of which is
Mexico in the sixteenth century. The edict of
the king of Spain has freed the natives, but
the Conquistadors have continued in their at-
tempts to enslave them. Bartolom6 de laa
Casas, the Apostle of the Indies is the central
character.
"So much is in this abundant book, so many
threads spun in the first half to be interwoven
In the second half, that the author's dextrous
planning appears as much a triumph as his
incisive style. And it is difficult to speak
of 'minor' characters when each character is
etched so sharply." E. D. Branch
4- Book Week pi My 5 '46 ISOOw
Cath World 163:476 Ag '46 lOOw
"A fine exposition of the work and efforts
of Bishop Bartolomg de las Cases and of his
noble and devoted Dominican friars. . . Scenic
descriptions are excellent and one would almost
feel that the author had lived in the land as
it was then. The novel fails in the creation of
its central personages, Ricardo de la Fuente,
the young Spanish dandy who has to flee to
the Indies because of some love affair, and
Lucita, his Indian mistress who is of royal
blood. They do not seem to live and the read-
er is anxious to pick up again the threads of
the more serious historical narrative." L,. V.
Vila
H Commonweal 44:602 O 4 '*6 400w
"This is well handled history".
-f- Kirkus 14:81 F 15 '46 210w
"Only when [las Casas] comes upon the
scene does the story rise above a scenario in
technicolor. Author has more sympathy with
the Spanish missionaries than some older his-
torians, Prescott for example, yet he seldom
rises to the power that might be expected from
this intensely dramatic period of history.
Recommended for libraries with liberal funds
and historical novel clientele." Julia Sabine
Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by John Farrelly
New Repub 114:909 Je 24 '46 200w
Reviewed by James Pierce
N Y Times p6 Ap 28 '46 650w
"Mr. Hays knows his period so well and
brings in so much unfamiliar material that he
almost convinces you that his novel la a good
deal better than it is. Actually, in spite of
some unusual pages about a bishop who cham-
pions the rights of the Indians, this is just our
old friend the popular historical novel, with
scholarly touches."
New Yorker 22:110 My 4 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
300w
Time 47:102 My 18 '46 500w
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HAYS, H. R.~ Continued ^ ^
"The massive figure of Las Casas and his
siege of the city, woven of genuine historical
episodes more romantic and exciting than any
poet's or novelist's imaginings, completely over-
ehadow the fictional hero and his fictional con-
cerns. The author possesses the novelist's fer-
tility of invention necessary to bring the story
repeatedly to the point of tension and climax.
He is also a poet, which is fortunate, for with-
out a sense of poetry it is impossible to convey
the wonders of the New World Just stirring
the European imagination, or the quality of
the ancient Indian culture in which the rela-
tions between man and nature are all omen,
symbol and ritual drama." B. D. Wolfe
-f Weekly Book Review p3 My 19 '46 550w
HAYS, SUE BROWN. Go down, death. 198p
*2 Scribner 46-4803
Detective story.
"This is Mrs. Hays' first published novel.
She has succeeded admirably in creating an
atmosphere of terror and suspense." Isaac
Anderson^ ^ Tjmcg p26 Je 2 '46 140w
"Lively, if none too credible." L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
60w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 180w
"The author is a member of the foreboding
sodality and displays quite a knowledge of
mystery gadgets in general. For those who
crave news of the Old South every so often."
Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 2 '46 90w
HAY WARD, MORRIS L. Contractor's legal
problems. 176p $2.50 McGraw
692 Building— Contracts and specifications
46-7015
"Legal pitfalls in the construction business
are highlighted in this series of brief, col-
loquial sketches. Each incident portrays a
specific legal problem arising from strikes,
fires, theft, leases, mortgages, Insurance, bids,
options and the like. Each case is based on
an actual court ruling and concludes with a
short quotation giving the substance of the de-
cision. The author makes no pretensions of
having written a treatise on the legal aspects
of the contracting business. Rather the book
is a collection of case histories that will serve
to warn contractors of some of the legal tech-
nicalities that they must be on guardl against
in the conduct of their businesses." (N Y
New Tech Bks) No Index.
"Although the book is written for construc-
tion men, references to decisions are included
so that a lawyer can quickly find the legal
reports covering each case."
Eng N 137:127 N 14 '46 120w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:37 Jl '46
"If I had a teen-age boy or girl I would get
this book at once. . . Dr. Hayward's 'Young
People's Prayers' can be an invaluable aid to
pastors, teachers, and parents." W. P. Thomp-
son
4- Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
"The book could be well used both for young
people's church groups and for individuals in
their private prayer life. It also makes excel-
lent devotional reading, as each prayer with
its accompanying text forms a basis for
meditation as well as for prayer itself." D. J.
Campbell
-f- Springf'd Republican p6 P 1 '46 360w
HAYWOOD, CAROLYN. Penny and Peter; il
by [the author]. 160p $2 Harcourt
46-21128
A sequel to Here's a Penny (Book Review
Digest 1944). Penny is adopted and his parents
decide to adopt Peter, too. The story is of the
adventures and mishaps which follow the two
of them. For grades two to four.
Booklist 43-59 O 15 '46
Reviewed by P. C. Darling-
Christian Science Monitor p8 Ja 14 '47
180w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Simple, sood-natured, might-be-true ad-
ventures."
-f- Kirkus 14.492 O 1 '46 90w
"Recommended " M. M. Smith
-f Library J 71-1467 O 15 '46 70w
"The parents enjoy these happy mishaps
as much as the children do: it is a family
one is glad to find at the end of the book in
possession of a summer cabin." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 180w
Wis Lib Bui 42-154 N '46
HAZARD, JOSEPH T. Pacific crest trails from
Alaska to Cape Horn. 317p il $3 Superior pub.
917.9 Mountains — Pacific coast Mountaineer-
ing: 46-7246
"A bird's-eye view of hiking, climbing, and
ramping opportunities in west coast ranges the
length of the Americas. With information on
climates, terrain, and gear for each region, the
author combines historical and personal anec-
dotes. Will appeal to all hikers and climbers,
but especially to those looking for new fields.
No index." Booklist
Booklist 43:99 D 1 '46
"The historical, personal and geographic ap-
proaches in this book have resulted in a
happy mixture, a personalized guide book with
jonly two specific objections. The first is the
confusing use of different type sizes and differ-
ent margin spaces, often with no real justifica-
tion. The other is the lack of an appendix,
rather a surprising omission in view of the
practical use to which the book may well be
put." Stanleigh Arnold
H San Francisco Chronicle p14 D 20 '46
400w
HAYWARD, PERCY ROY. Youngr people's
prayers; religion at work in life; il. by Ches-
ter Bratten. 82p $1.50 Assn. press; Revell
264.1 Prayers. Youth— Religious life
46-760
"A collection of prayers on many subjects
of special interest and concern to young people.
For example, there are prayers for the new
year, for true friendship, for times of play,
to be saved from overattention to self; to be
saved from 'the blues,' on making the team,
for the first job, a dawning love, the first day
at college, for joining the church. These are
some sample subjects of the 78 prayers the
book contains, each with an appropriate Bible
text or reading." Springf'd Republican
"Unconventional prayers, with no straining
after unconventionally but written with
awareness of the actual needs and interests of
young people and in language neither cheap
nor stilted/'
-f Christian Century 63:19 Ja 2 '46 30w
HAZLITT, HENRY. Kconomics In one lesson.
222p $2 Harper
330.1 Economics 46-5937
"An introduction to economics based on the
conviction that the shortest and surest way to
an understanding of this science is through
analysis of the economic fallacies most popular
today, and particularly of the central error
from which they stem." (Publisher's note) No
index.
Booklist 43:7 S '46
"In spite of [some] shortcomings, the book
is very readable and can be well recom-
mended." F. J. Weiss
H Chem & Eng N 24:2412 S 10 '46 350w
"If one does not agree with all his judg-
ments, he probably will with most. The book
is brief, it is virtually two dozen editorials,
it is easy reading, and it renders a public
service by saying a lot of things that ought to
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be said that arc Just common sense " F. W.
C.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ag 20
'46 440w
Current Hist 11:329 O '46 70w
Eng N 137:112 S 5 '46 120w
Kirkus 14:269 Je 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 72:79 Ja 1 '47 70w
"The book is full of prejudiced Judgments. . .
Nobody could be more wholehearted than he in
describing- the evils of inflation. Yet In a
neighboring- chapter he denounces governmental
price control and rationing after a war. He
seems to detect no Inconsistency in these two
positions. . . At many points he is firm about
the desirability of increasing production, and
indicates that he knows it has increased In the
past and may increase in the future. Yet any
enlargement of the volume of purchasing power
at any time, whether by governmental borrow-
ing or credit expansion, seems to him 'in-
flationary.' . . Underlying every other defect
of Hazlltt's view is his misunderstanding of
human motivation." George Soule
New Repub 115.202 Ag 19 '46 2l50w
Reviewed by John Chamberlain
4- N Y Times p3 Ag 4 '46 1700w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 9 '46
750 w
"The recipe for this book is simple: exhume
Herbert Spencer's 'Social Statics/ written in
1892, disguise with a wash of Wicksteed's sci-
entific laissez-faire, adulterate freely with mod-
ern reactionary political prejudices a la von
Mises — and you have 'Economics in One Les-
son.' " T J. Kreps
— Sat R of Lit 29:15 S 28 '46 1400w
"Stimulating, thought provoking, and inter-
esting. The 'conservative' will be delighted
with this book; others, including those who
may be slightly contemptuous of it, will find
much to think about."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2.278 D '46 200w
HEADLEY, ELIZABETH. Date for Diane;
with il. by Janet Smalley. 264p $2 Macrae
Smith co.
46-21403
Diane is fourteen, and this is the story of
her sophomore year in a small town high
school. For teen-aged girls.
"A Date for Diane, gets first place as a
school story. It is written with skill, sympathy,
and an abundant humor which laughs with, but
never at, the fourteen-year-olds." Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:166 D '46 140w
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:297 Jl 1 '46 lOOw
"We can recommend this story for the light-
hearted perception with which it treats those
first suspenseful days of dates and dances."
K. L B.
4- N Y Times p!8 Ja 5 '47 240w
"A good story and an honest picture of a
girl's problems."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 50w
HEALY, RAYMOND J., and MCCOMAS, J.
FRANCIS, eds. Adventures in time and
space; an anthology of modern science-fiction
stories. 997p $2 95 Random house
Short stories— Collections 46-7121
Thirty-five stories in which the authors try
to visualize the world of the future, when
space ships made of rehyllium X go off into
space to visit planets with names like Prxl,
and nuclear fission is accepted as a matter
of course.
Booklist 43:102 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:183 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Paul Griffith
N Y Times p5 S 1 '46 450w
"This sort of thing, which of course derives
from Jules Verne, is known to the initiate as
science fiction. If you haven't been exposed
to it before, it will scare the daylights out of
you, or maybe just depress you."
New Yorker 22:104 S 7 '46 120w
"It's a fine, large collection of the best
fiction written on such matters as rocket
ships, nuclear fission and a lot of other mat-
ters which most people called 'superman stuff '
until it all began to come true." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 13 '46
80w
"This collection should appeal beyond the
circle of fans to any reader with curiosity and
imagination, who will find here prophecy
(sometimes already come true), fantasy, satire,
and (occasionally) fascinatingly off-beat psy-
chological and literary values." Anthony
Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 22 '46
120w
Reviewed by Fletcher Pratt
Sat R of Lit 29:30 N 23 '46 800w
"This well selected anthology will be a treas-
ure to the 300,000 monthly readers of the
science-fiction magazines and a revelation to
readers who find their usual escapes from
reality beginning to pail." Gerald Wendt
-f Weekly Book Review p45 N 24 '46 800w
HEAPS, LEO. Escape from Arnhem; a Cana-
dian among the lost paratroops 159p il $3
(12s Cd) Macmillan
940 542 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, Canadian. Arnhem, Battle of, 1944
[46-37801
The author wa^ one of the two Canadians
with the First British paratroop battalion which
spear-headed the Arnhem airborne expedition.
This account is of his part in the operation,
his capture by the Germans, and his escape.
"An important and graphic documentation
of one phase of the late war. Written in a
plain, factual, often jerky style, it sometimes
leaves the non-military reader bewildered by
the apparent confusion and aimlessness, the
disconnectedness, of military operations. But
that, no doubt, is exactly the impression the
actors themselves must have had at times "
C. M.
-f- Canadian Forum 26:238 Ja '47 170w
"This is a simple, unaffected story by a young
man who candidly admits that the Canadian
Army found him something of a problem child
while he was in training in the Dominion,
but who found an outlet for his natural talents
in this unconventional kind of war." F. S
Adams
-f N Y Times pl2 Ag 4 '46 600w
HEARD, GERALD. Eternal gospel. 234p $2
Harper
201 Religion— Philosophy. Christianity and
other religions 46-7575
"Gerald Heard, who belongs in the field of
pure religious research, here asks and answers
some of the questions facing the modern world.
The five interrogations are 'What Is Sex?1
'What Is Property?' 'What Is Force?' 'What Is
a Promise or One's Word?* and 'What Is
Death?' They are answered in three ways,
by the Decalogue, by the law of Equity and
by what Mr, Heard calls the Spiritual Law of
Love. Heard believes that we must return to
religion. But he also believes that it must be
a contemporary religion for our own age,
though it must be based on the true religion
which has always existed. He shows this by
careful research into the past." San Francisco
Chronicle
"Ever since Gerald Heard wrote The Emer-
gence of Man he has been occupied with the
inner life of man. In that earlier book he dis-
cussed the evolution of the race on the psy-
chological level, the rise of consciousness and
the exercise of spiritual faculties. In most of
his later books he has taken up aspects of
the psychosociological life and shown how man
has responded to, and explored, his spiritual
environment. The present work is a continua-
tion of that theme, albeit with renewed in-
sight. . . Although this book moves much in
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HEARD, GERALD — Continued
the realm of theory, its purpose IB practical."
J. D. Martin
+ Christian Century 63:1344 N 6 '46 700w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:238 D 13 '46 330w
"The first part of the book, after a definition
of the Eternal Gospel, is an absorbing and
fresh reconstruction of man's evolution in con-
sciousness since he lost the natural instinctive
balance of the animal. Some of this reconstruc-
tion, as he himself says, is from a bone here,
a skull there, but enough remains to build
the whole form with more than probable ac-
curacy. . . Mr. Heard* s section on money, his
thoughts on modern psychology, his analysis of
war, and his treatment of Sacramental ism are
all carefully reasoned and important." G. R. S.
4- N Y Times p34 S 15 '46 960w
Reviewed by M. D. Brown
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 O 20 '46
160w
HEATTER, BASIL. Dim view. 256p $2.50
Farrar, Straus
46-11812
A first novel, by the son of a well-known
radio commentator. The hero is a naval
lieutenant in command of a PT boat; the time,
the recent war. The story opens in a hospital
in Northern Australia, where Masters has been
sent to recover from a wound received in action
along the New Guinea coast. The story, told
partly in flashbacks, describes Masters' strug-
gles to get back into action, and his final battle
which puts him completely out of the war.
"Basil Heatter's 'The Dim View' is the best
novel to come out of the war so far. That's
a very flat statement, but it's that kind of a
book." Clinton Textor
-f Book Week p3 N 24 '46 420w
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
"It's a 'dim view' of life and the chances of
survival and war — but it is well done. Tough —
a man's book— the public libraries wont like
it. But Basil Heatter is a writer to watch."
H Kirkus 14:397 Ag 15 '46 180w
"Tough-minded, direct and often bitter, but
mature and moving." R. B. Kingery
Library J 71:1625 N 15 '46 90w
"Mr. Heatter's tale, stripped of the senti-
mental accretions introduced as a concession to
popularity, has been acted out countless times
in real life. It is an archetypal experience that
all but tells itself. Once the reader comes to
terms with Mr. Heatter's astonishingly short
sentences, so short that they suggest stammers
rather than complete thoughts, the inherent
force of the drama makes itself felt. Realizing
what a very good thing Mr. Heatter had to
work on, it is regrettable that he did not stick
to the less spectacular third person, according
to the memorable tradition of Tolstoy and Ar-
nold Zweig." E, B. Garside
-i NY Times p!6 N 17 '46 1050w
"Basil Heatter's 'The Dim View* is neither
a very great nor a very original novel. Basical-
ly, it is no more than a rewrite of what Hem-
ingway did much better when he told the story
of Frederic and Catherine. The hero is a rather
traditional, and slightly dull, young man. . .
The other characters are shadowy, most of
them more like carelessly drawn caricatures
than people. . . And yet, there is considerable
merit in Mr. Heatter's novel. No other piece of
writing that I know has so clearly and frankly
caught the talk of fighting men, Anglo-Saxon
filth and all; despite the overtones of Heming-
way, no other recent book has told so moving
and complete and satisfying a love story; no
novel about the Pacific war has explained quite
so well the fact that can now be admitted,
namely, that the war in Europe was a more
satisfactory war to fight." Merle Miller
•f — Sat R of Lit 29:17 D 14 '46 600w
*~V£im8:ed ^lth Bitterness and marred by some
fictitious gingerbread, 'The Dim View' is,
nevertheless, an intense and honest book. Its
author is another of the promising young nov-
elists who were too busy to write before V-J
££lwJ\?se war sto,™s are only now com-
froni the presses." Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p!2 N 17 '46 750w
HEBERDEN, MARY VIOLET (CHARLES L.
LEONARD, psoud). Murder cancels all debts.
218p $2 Doubleday
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 5 '46 130w
Kirkus 14:82 F 16 '46 60w
N Y Times p34 Mr 31 '46 120 w
"Miss Heberden can write good mysteries
without using Desmond Shannon, her popular
hard-boiled sleuth, as she proved some time
back with 'To What Dread End/ Desmond is
absent again, hia place taken by a satisfactory
fellow from Naval Intelligence, who shines in
a bunch of the horridest people ever assembled
;.'r Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p33 Mr 31 '46
under this author's tent.'
300w
HEBERDEN, MARY VIOLET (CHARLES L.
LEONARD, pseud). Pursuit in Peru. 254p
$2
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Jl 14 '46 150w
"No Kilgerrin story is ever wanting in ex-
citement and violent action, and this is no
exception." Isaac Anderson
-h N Y Times p26 Je 23 '46 180w
"Good thriller."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:52 Je 22 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 16 '46
140w
HEDLEY, GEORGE PERCY. Christian heri-
tage in America. 177p $2 Macmillan
280 Sects. U.S.— Religion 46-5546
Based on addresses delivered at Mills college.
It is a series of discourses on the major reli-
gious groups in America, explaining their dif-
ferences, history, and how each has contributed
to religion as a whole. Two studies have been
added to the original lectures: those dealing
with Eastern orthodoxy and American revival-
ism. The author says: "I have not attempted
to discuss the more decisive departures from
the general pattern, such as Mormon ism and
Christian Science. As yet they are derivatives
of, rather than contributory to, the main
stream of American Christianity; and their
stories are so complex as to require exhaustive
treatment if any." Index.
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47 lOw
"Scholars and students of church history will
find it superficial, but the book is not written
for them, but rather for the general religious
public in an attempt to explain how and why
the different religious groups came into being,
and what contribution each is making to the
religious life and thought of America."
4- Kirkus 14:100 F 15 '46 170w
"This book is dynamic and hortative and
deserves wide reading." J. B. Cross
•f Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 120w
"It's my guess that this little volume will
do as mucn to help forward the unity among
all Christians in America as it does to explain
the differences between Christian groups for
those who want to know." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 22 '46
650w
HEGARTY, EDWARD J. Building a sales
training plan. 198p $2 McQraw
658.8 Salesmanship 45-10506
"This book offers rules to follow In building
and operating a successful sales training pro-
gram. Based on a popular series of articles
appearing in Printers' Ink, the book not only
discusses basic sales training principles, but
gives specific suggestions drawn from wide
field experience for putting these principles
into practice. Covers all of the recent de-
velopments in the training field, such as new
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
371
methods for training military personnel, and
shows how these innovations may suggest to
the sales manager or training director fresh
angles for meeting his sales training prob-
lems." (Publisher's note) Index.
Booklist 42:222 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:56 Ja 1 '46 80w
indolent and no captain so flagrantly incom-
petent as those of the Reluctant. But after
due allowance for retrospective hyperbole, this
book still contains some of the truest and
funniest writing you are ever likely to see
about the wartime Navy of the greatest sea
power in history." Richard Match
-I Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 25 '46
950w
HEQGEN, THOMAS. Mist* Roberts; il. by
Samuel Hanks Bryant. 221p $2.50 Hough ton
46-25229
The scene is a cargo ship, which went the
rounds from island to island in the Pacific.
The deadly dull life the men lead is only en-
livened by two things: their common hatred
for the captain; and their adoration for the
cargo officer and first lieutenant who is called
Mister Roberts. The various episodes of the
story end with the death of Mister Roberts.
"This book is vivid, unimpeachable narra-
tive, with no holds barred. But elders with
a distaste for the frankness of the sea and
profanity should keep out." Edmund Weeks
Atlantic 178:148 Ag '46 360w
"The remarkable thing is that such an hon-
est, behind-the-scenes portrayal of the Navy
as it usually is — in dungarees rather than
dress blues — has never been attempted. Tom
Heggen, a 27-year-old ex-Navy-lieutenant, has
tackled the job with a skill and assurance
rarely found in first novels." Charles Roberts
H- Book Week p3 Ag 25 '46 450w
Booklist 42:365 Jl 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Funny, to rowdy, with an undercurrent of
pathos, this is straight masculine fare."
-f- Kirkus 14:256 Je 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by J. E. Cross
Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
New Repub 115:636 N 11 '46 60w
"All in all Mr. Heggen has written a little
classic. It invites reading aloud; it stirs vivid
memories of other captains, other ensigns. By
the chemistry of contrast, moreover, Mr. Heg-
gen's book may remind some readers that in
general, war-writing has arrived at a debunk-
ing phase." E. B. Q.
+ N Y Times p5 Ag 25 '46 900w
"The leisurely narrative is told in a very
few incidents, all centering about an admir-
able young lieutenant miserably defeated in
his desire to get into the fighting. A quiet,
credible story of the corroding effects of apathy
and boredom on men who, in battle, might
have been heroes."
New Yorker 22:70 Ag 24 '46 80w
"This book is an example of the postwar
writing we've been waiting for. Beneath the
free and easy language there are solid un-
derpinnings and a regenerative quality. In
'Mister Roberts' young Heggen, even as Sir
Philip Sidney and Keats and Thomas Wolfe
before him, catches at that promise made to
youth of bright and lovely imperishable things.
At the same time like his Mister Roberts,
Heggea is 'one hell of a nice guy' and we'll be
watching for his next book." Jane Voiles
4- San Francisco Chronicle p22 O 20 '46
340w
"The warfare against the captain gives 'Mr.
Roberts' its best subject and provides some
amusing bits. Obviously the men needed some-
one or something to blame for their unhappi-
. ness. Obviously the petty and weakly hard-
swearing captain had earned their contempt.
The pranks played on him as the only avail-
able means of retaliation against authority and
its clownish representative, his comic behavior
when once again he has been made ridiculous,
provide the best reading in an otherwise 'au-
thentic* but unexciting and not very perceptive
book." J. P. Wood
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:29 S 14 '46 600w
Time 48:100 S 2 '46 460w
"Caricature much of Mr. Heggen's story un-
doubtedly IB. Probably no officers could be so
HEISING, RAYMOND ALPHONSUS, ed.
Quartz crystals for electrical circuits; their
design and manufacture. 563p 11 $6.50 Van
Nostrand
537.2 Quartz. Pyro- and piezoelectricity
46-5120
"The book originated as lectures prepared to
explain the technique of quartz crystal design
and manufacture to engineers and other tech-
nical personnel of the Western Electric Com-
pany. The lectures have been revised and
expanded and one paper not in the original
series has been added. The result is an ex-
tensive presentation of theoretical and prac-
tical data on the applications, design and
manufacture of quartz crystal for the control
of electronic circuits. A few of the topics
treated are: applications of quartz crystals;
imperfections and inspection of raw quartz;
determination of crystal orientation; sawing,
grinding and lapping of quartz; fabrication and
mounting of crystal units; special cuts with
low temperature co-efficients. Specific details
of manufacturing processes together with il-
lustrations of machines and apparatus used in
manufacturing are given in several of the
chapters." (NY New Tech Bks) Index.
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:28 Ap '46
"Producers and designers of crystal resona-
tors for use in oscillators or filters will find the
entire volume authoritatively informative.
Users of crystals, especially transmitter and
receiver design engineers, will find the chapter
on oscillators a useful review of the literature.
The book suffers from a scarcity of references."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:257 S '46 230w
HEITLER, WALTER. Elementary wave me-
chanics. 136p $2.26 (7s 6d) Oxford
530.1 Wave mechanics
"Designed to give a brief introduction to that
part of quantum-mechanical theory concerned
with atomic and molecular energy levels, and
with the theory of chemical valency. It can
be recommended particularly to those chem-
ists and physicists who have been subjected
to the rusting effects of war work, and who
desire a convenient medium for reviewing
things forgotten, as well as an introduction to
the more complete discussions in this field.
The treatment is very compact, and since but
little mathematical sophistication is assumed
on the part of the reader, the arguments on
the whole are of a qualitative nature even
though stated in terms of the formulas of
wave mechanics. The last two chapters pro-
vide a clear discussion of that form of valency
theory In which molecular binding is traced
to the interactions of atomic energy states;
the companion theory of Mull i ken and Hund
in terms of molecular orbitals is largely
omitted." (J Phys Chem) Index.
Reviewed by E. L. Hill
J Phys Chem 50:386 Jl '46 200w
"Of course, the subject is a technical one,
and even this elementary treatment still re-
quires as a background for understanding a
good knowledge of classical physics and of
calculus." James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
140w
HEKTOEN, LUDVIG, comp. Bibliography ot
infantile paralysis. See National foundation
for infantile paralysis
372
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HELDMAN, JULIUS DAVID. Techniques of
glass manipulation in scientific research. 132p
11 $3.60 Prentice-Hall
542.2315 Glass blowing and working. Sci-
entific apparatus and instruments 46-3606
"This book is designed for the technician,
the chemist, the biologist, the physicist, and
all others who at some time find it desirable
to repair breaks in glass apparatus or to fabri-
cate not-too-complicated pieces of glass equip-
ment. . . It has been the author's observation
that the greatest hindrance to the successful
teaching of a technical subject is language
block — the use of terms familiar to the teacher
or writer but foreign to the student or read-
er. For this reason, a glossary of terms has
been included, so that the proper technical
terms used in the book may be at once re-
ferred to and understood. The fundamental
operations are given extra emphasis, for two
reasons: (1) They are the ones most often en-
countered, and (2) technicians who have really
mastered them are ready to try more extended
manipulations with less detailed description of
them. The basic principles of metal -to-glass
sealing are also heavily stressed, because any
book that is designed for self-instruction must
leave no fundamental hiatus, whereas an in-
complete textbook can be filled out by supple-
mental lectures and demonstrations," (Pref)
Index.
"Although intended as a self-instruction
guide for researchers who must do all or part
of their own glassworking, this little book
should serve as an excellent text for use in
an organized course, and even skilled profes-
sionals fehould find much information of in-
terest and value." J. L,. Sheldon
-f Chem A Eng N 24:1852 Jl 10 '46 300w
"[This book] is clearly written, concise, and
well illustrated and shows that the writer is
well acquainted with the techniques which he
describes. . . The book is heartily recom-
mended to all amateurs and scientific glass-
blowers." S. C. L,ind
4- J Phys Chem 50:489 N '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:25 Ap '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p2i Ag 25 '46
140w
HELDT, PETER MARTIN. Automotive chassis
(without powerplant). 583p il $6 The author,
Nyack 9, N.Y.
629.24 Automobiles — Designs and construc-
tion 45-10531
"Practical book for engineers and textbook
in engineering courses. Chapters on chassis
layout, power required for propulsion and vari-
ous parts of the chassis described with their
functions, materials and design. With few
exceptions production processes not included.
Rules for proportion of parts in most chapters.
Parts considered are frames, springs, axles,
wheels, tires, drives, steering gears, brakes,
universal Joints, differential gears and mis-
cellaneous parts." Library J
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 90w
"Excellent book. . . No bibliography is pro-
vided, although it would appear that the en-
gineers for whom the book is designed would
be interested in the related literature."
4- N Y New Tech Bks 31:3 Ja '46
HELM, MACKINLEY. Matter of love, and other
baroque tales of the provinces; decorations
by Federico Canttl. 251p $2.50 Harper
46-7373
Fourteen short tales about life, love and death
in an ancient Mexican town. The episodes are
told as they appeared to an American visitor.
Book Week p!3 N 17 '46 220w
Klrkus 14:357 Ag 1 '46 90w
"Expertly done. In spite of undercurrent of
violence, will appeal to readers looking for re-
lief from clamor of much current fiction." J.
C. Shipman
Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 120w
"If one loves Mexico, it is hard to write
about it badly. Those who surrender to its
curiously unresolved contradictions, its sweet-
ness and violence, its misery and charm, when
they come to set down what they have ab-
sorbed, seldom fail to produce a worth-while
book. Mackmley Helm is no exception. In
these tales of a provincial city of the north,
he has allowed the spirit of the land to guide
his pen." H. R. H»ys
-f- N Y Times p!6 N 10 '46 650w
"Mr. Helm chattily records amusing anec-
dotes and digs up some moderately racy
scandals, but he never seems to get under
the skin of his provincial Mexicans and what
he relates has only the flavor of second-hand
gossip,"
New Yorker 22.133 O 19 '46 60w
"The author calls them 'baroque tales'; they
could more accurately be termed 'rococo.' He
has not aimed high, but with the exception
of the historical and personal anecdotes al-
ready noted, has completely achieved his modest
aims. One of the stories is moving, a half
dozen or more are gay and entertaining, and
all but the historical narrative are done with
grace and skill." B. D. Wolfe
H Weekly Book Review p22 O 27 '46 650w
HELTON, ROY ADDISON. Come back to
earth; poems. 71p $2 Harper
811 46-2202
Poems on the simple beauties and joys of
the earth.
Kirkus 13:557 D 15 '45 f30w
"If quiet sincerity and unpretentious love
of good sense and nature were in themselves
enough to inake a poet, Helton's work would
be important. Unfortunately they are not. His
poems have many inadequacies, central to the
poetic process. For one thing", Helton has been
too easily pleased with the immediate verbal
offering's of his mind. He has failed to exercise
that strict self-criticism that eliminates the
commonplace or borrowed phrase. He seems
unaware of the fact that because of the long
history of the English language as a literary
medium the modern writer must be equipped
with an uncommon impatience if he is to
produce a fresh and meaningful idiom." Stephen
Stepanchev
If Poetry 68:163 Je '46 850w
"Unfortunately one feels that Mr. Helton
too often speaks with a rather glib and facile
sentimentality; his tone is inspirational rather
than inspired. There is too much a flavor of
uplift and moralizing, of consoling truisms, of
easy generalities. . . Because Mr. Helton in
his earlier work has shown himself capable
of much better poetry than is present in this
collection, one cannot help but feel impatient
with the lack of distinction, both in content
and expression, of 'Come Back to Earth.' "
S. H. Hay
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Mr 23 '46 410w
Wis Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
HEMKE, PAUL EMIL. Elementary applied
aerodynamics. 231p $3.25; to colleges $2 60
Prentice-Hall
629.1323 Aeronautics 46-3117
"This book by the Head of the Department
of aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute is intended for a semester
course offered to students who have a knowl-
edge of calculus, physics and mechanics. The
subjects treated include physical properties of
air, flow of an ideal fluid, flow around an air-
foil, viscosity effects, compressibility effect,
propellers, performance of a conventional air-
plane, and helicopters. There are numerous
problems and selected footnote references to
related literature " (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:3 Ja '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
373
HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD, ed. Pioneering- a
people's theatre. 104p il $2 Univ. of N.C.
press [9s Oxford]
792 Carolina playmakers, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 46-27022
"The story of the Carolina Playmakers and
their significant experiment in regional drama
is told from various viewpoints in [this
book]. . . It was in 1918 that the late Frederick
Henry Koch went to the University of North
Carolina, after 13 years of pioneering at the
University of North Etekota. The organization
he founded the following year, the Carolina
Playmakers, has been a major force both in the
development of regional literature and in the
drive toward an authentic and integrated
American theater. Some 450 plays have been
written and produced by its members, among
whom Thomas Wolfe, Paul Green, and many
others have attained national prominence."
Book Week
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 24 '46 lOOw
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by Kenneth MacGowan
Weekly Book Review p6 My 19 '46 500w
HENDERSON, DANIEL MACINTYRE. Yankee
ships in China seas; adventures of pioneer
Americans in the troubled Far East. 274p
il $3 Hastings house
951.03 China sea. Ships. U.S. — Commerce
—East (Far East) 46-1473
An account of the United States relations
with China — maritime, commercial and diplo-
matic— from the first legitimate trading trip
of the Empress of China in 1784 to the air
clippers of the 1930's. Maps on end papers.
Bibliography. Index.
"An enticing, well-written history. . . It
is specially recommended to the pipe-smoking
male, who likes to lounge by the fireplace—- or
radiator — and read of the South Seas where
a man could have 300 wives and — ah. wilder-
ness'" David Karno
4- Book Week p!5 F 17 '46 450w
Bookmark 7:5 My '46
Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46 70w
"Rarely has such a mass of information been
compressed between the covers of a non-
technical book as is to be found in this de-
scription of the China trade." F. L. O.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 23
'46 550w
•f Kirkus 14:55 F 1 '46 180w
"Recommended for small library purchase."
F. A. Boyle
-f Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 140w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:119 Je '46 170w
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
HENDERSON, DONALD LANDELS. Voice
like velvet; a crime novel [Eng title: The an-
nouncer]. 24Cp $2 Random house [8s 6d
Hurst]
46-1792
Ernest Bisham, who was one of the best-
liked BBC broadcasters was the man with "voice
like velvet." He was also head of a respectable
little suburban household. But on the side he
was a very clever crook — this last known only
to himself. At last, of course, he met his
match.
"This setup should have all the elements
for a superb suspense yarn, but somehow it
hasn't, quite. Endless personal history con-
cerned with Bisham and his family somehow
contrives to get between the reader and the
longed-for exploits in thievery — and the ending
you may or may not find wholly incredible.
While Henderson writes with charm and dis-
tinction and there are many excellent scenes,
I found myself feeling rueful indeed about the
book as a whole." Elizabeth Bullock
h Book Week p!8 Ap 7 '46 230w
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 13:480 N 1 '45 130w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 Mr 31 '46 180w
"A dismal experiment, on the whole, re-
deemed by some very lively inside stuff on
the workings of Broadcasting House in Lon-
don."
h New Yorker 22:107 Mr 9 '46 120w
"Adroit enough and reasonably well filled
with action — but quite some letdown after 'Mr
Bowling Buys a Newspaper.' "
Sat R of Lit 29:32 Mr 9 '46 40w
"Oh, well you can file Ernest Bisham, for
such is his name, in the Raffles group, a
category which never amused us much as we
don't care for thieves — some complex, prob-
ably." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 3 '46
170w
HENDERSON, GEORGE WYLIE. Jule. 234p
$2.50 Creative age
46-6709
"Jule's mother was the subject of Mr. Hen-
derson's earlier novel, 'Ollie Miss' [Book Re-
view Digest, 1935]. She brings up her son
in Alabama with the idea that he's 'got to be
somebody.' Jule learned to figure sums, to
hunt, to farm and to love Bertha Mae, who
worked in the home of his white boss, Boykiri
Keye. One day Jule got in a fight with Keye
and had to run away — to New York, where
he found work — dishwasher, bus boy, then
waiter — found friends and women who liked
him, including a college girl through whom
he meets a second white friend, who battles
to get him a union card so he can become a
printer After celebrating his union member-
ship, Jule learns that his mother is dead,
returns to Alabama and plans to bring Bertha
Mae back to New York." N Y Times
Reviewed by Paul Bixler
Book Week p3 O 27 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:503 O 1 '46 90w
"Mr. Henderson never goes into the thoughts,
impulses, emotions — in short, the workings —
of his characters, except to suggest them In
their speeches. You can believe their actions
are true and logical, but you can't care very
much because there are no evident desires,
ambitions, conflicts, suspicions or anything be-
low the surface. You just don't warm up to
people without some understanding and sym-
pathy." Hubert Creekmore
N Y Times p22 O 13 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle p21 O 20 '46
130w
"Mr. Henderson has, I imagine, tried to tell
his own story, and, once in a rare while, he
does it well But, over all, Mr. Henderson's
story, characters, dialogue, and plot are dis-
tressingly naive and unfortunately one-dimen-
sional. This novel cannot be compared for
example, with Richard Wright's 'Native Son.' "
Merle Miller
Sat R of Lit 29.56 O 12 '46 250w
"In the first third of the book the story of
Jule as a small boy in rural Alabama is told
convincingly and well Mr. Henderson's de-
liberate repetitiousness of style is admirably
suited to trie simplicities of events and honest
relationships between persons. . . Unfortunately
these virtues disappear as the novel goes on.
Scenes intended to be major are handled with
indifference and haste. The laconic dialogue,
now lacking overtones of vaster meanings or
the undertug of the story, comes identically
from the lips of sophisticates and unsophisti-
cates." Fannie Cook
-j Weekly Book Review plO O 20 '46 420w
HENDERSON, LE GRAND (LE GRAND,
pseud). Augustus hits the road; H by the
author. 136p $2 Bobbs
46-3857
This time Augustus and his family have a
mix-up with gipsies, trailer camps, and a
mystery involving a counterfeiter. For ages
eight to ten.
Reviewed by B. T. Dobbins
Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 70w
374
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HENDERSON, LE GRAND — Continued
"This Is not an outstanding story by any
means, and the author's illustrations are a bit
on the grotesque side." M. O. M.
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 80w
"An Augustan story as good as the earlier
numbers of this popular series." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Je 16 '46 220w
HENDERSON, LE GRAND (LE GRAND,
pseud). Cap'n Dow and the hole in the
doughnut. £48p] il $1 Abingdon-Cokesbury
46-21125
Picture -story book about the origin of the
hole In the doughnut. It is a story of "down
Maine" and the adventures of the brave Cap'n
Dow and his crew, and the logical solution of
a problem in equilibrium.
Book Week p!2 N 10 '46 60w
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
Kirkus 14:382 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Choice bit of Americana from the Maine
coast which suggests many uses: a picture
book for five to seven-year-olds, story book
for third- and fourth -graders and overage
slow readers and a novel short- short story for
telling, even to adult groups." M. M. Clark
4- Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 lOOw
"Lively pictures and a tersely effective prose
present a rollicking bit of American folklore
which 5-to-7-year olds and their elders will
enjoy." B. L. B.
-f N Y Times p28 O 27 '46 140w
Reviewed by Dorothy Peterson
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
70w
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 30w
"A» Jolly a picture-story-book for six-or-so
as I've seen this long time. The pictures have
the slam-bang technique of the Augustus
books; they feel like the open deck of a
schooner. . . There is a characteristic Le Grand
twist to the tale that makes it zip right along
to a loud, gay finish. It will appeal to little
boys and to people whose grandmothers let
them eat, as their special perquisite, the round
cushiony inside bits fresh from the smoking
kettle." M. L. Becker A _ ^ n
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 22 '46 270w
HENDRICK, BURTON JESSE. Lincoln's war
cabinet. 482p 11 $5 Little
973.71 U.S.— Politics and government — Civil
war. Lincoln, Abraham. Statesmen, Ameri-
can 46-7733
Introduces each member of Lincoln's cabinet
in turn and shows the part each played in
the important crises which arose during the
Civil war, thus making a collective biography.
Index.
Reviewed by T. H. Williams
Book Week p4 N 17 '46 400w
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
"Factual, clear, penetrating, and absorbing,
this volume makes the Civil War as close and
real to the reader as the events of World War
n. It is not dull and bookish; It is alive and
makes delightful reading." Paul Kiniery
-f- Cath World 164:376 Ja '47 500w
"This is a magnificent book. It has color,
drama, detail, and conflict. It is scholarly
without being either dull or pedantic. The
characterizations and descriptions are superb."
R. A. Brown
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 23 '46
750w
' " 'Lincoln's War Cabinet* is so superior to
most of the books on American history pub-
lished in 1946 that it might well be sold over
a special counter devoted only to works of
permanent importance." Wayne Andrews
4- Commonweal 45:282 D 27 '46 150w
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 50w
Kirkus 14:480 S 15 '46 120w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 30w
"Mr. Hendrick has concentrated on the crises:
the decision to relieve Fort Sumter, the Wilkes
affair, the titanic controversy over McClellan,
the Emancipation Proclamation, the war of the
Blairs on Chase, and others. It is all familiar
enough, yet told with freshness and insight and,
above all, Judiciousness. . . There is only one
criticism of the book that can legitimately be
made: it Is far too short. Important chapters
of Cabinet history are neglected, interesting
minor figures ignored, large areas of foreign
and domestic policy not only unsurveyed but
unglimpsed. A companion volume on Lincoln
and the politicians is called for." H. S. Com-
mager
-f N Y Times p6 N 17 '46 HOOw
"A distinguished book."
4- New Yorker 22:124 N 9 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 17 '46
220w
"Mr. Hendrick paints an unforgettable por-
trait of Lincoln's war cabinet. . . The author
writes with the perspective of the reflective
historian weighing the knowns, hunching the
unknowns, and shrewdly characterizing the
actors' personalities and motives in the struggle
for control. His scholarship is unobtrusive, his
style deceptively leisurely, due perhaps to the
detail with which he buttresses vital points,
derives imputations of motive from facts that
seem unrelated until put cheek by jowl, or
assesses moral responsibilities " G. P. Milton
-f Sat R of Lit 29:16 N 23 '46 1200w
"In this detailed and searching study of
Northern statecraft and Union political maneu-
vering, Mr. Hendrick has written a bigger and.
if possible, a better book than his 'Statesmen
of the Lost Cause.' . . Much has been written
about Lincoln's symbolic largeness of soul in
inviting his political rivals to come»ln with him
when he opened the White House door, but Mr.
Hendrick has built up for the first time the
full drama of this — portraying with full bio-
graphical palette the characters of these men
and the precise reasons for their selection and
their acceptances and their traits and ambitions,
which would make Mr. Lincoln's next four years
so like the career of a circus horseman 'riding
Roman.' " Lloyd Lewis
-f Weekly Book Review p3 N 10 '46 1700w
HENDRYX, JAMES BEARDSLEY. Skulldug-
gery on Halfaday creek. 271p $2 Doubleday
46-596
Western story.
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 13:535 D 1 '45 60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 17 '46 60w
HENRICH, MRS EDITH. Quiet center. 73p
$2.50 Sloane
811 46-23080
A first book of poems, composed of sonnets,
quatrains, and rural vignettes. The author is
an American, born in New Jersey, and now
living in California.
"In 'The Quiet Center' Edith Henrich's deli-
cate, and strong, sensibility has resourceful
expression. . . It is remarkable for a weather-
tight technique: her well -mortared verses will
hold together and up under the tear and wear
of years." Leo Kennedy
-f Book Week p20 D 8 '46 lOOw
"There is a delicately thoughtful and meta-
physical quality about her poems, most success-
fully represented in the three opening ones
'Morning', 'Noon', 'Evening', which are ex-
ceptionally fine. After these the quantity and
quality are scattered, but she has talent, and
all interested in new talent should note her."
+ Kirkus 14:576 N 1 '46 lOOw
"The breathtaking economy of expression and
the memorable wit that Mrs. Henrich brings
to her celebration of a long-dead race recalled
in a museum, of Sappho, of man 'that epic
animal,' come from not thinking too precisely
on the event. She stands at a remove from her
subjects, composing neither polemic nor elegy;
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it is perhaps only at such a 'quiet center' that
poetry of so profound yet deceptive a sim-
plicity can be conceived." Milton Crane
-f N Y Times p46 D 1 '46 220w
HENSON HERBERT HENSLEY, bp. Bisbop-
rlck papers. 368p $4.50 (16s) Oxford
283 Church of England 47-15589
"The Right Rev. Dr. Hensley Henson, some-
time Lord Bishop of Durham, has been for
half a century one of the most conspicuous
figures in the Church of England. . . During
his administration of the great see of Durham
a usual vehicle for conveying his opinions to
the clergy of his diocese was a journal called
'The Bishoprick.' . . Now thirty-two of [the
papers which he published therein] have been
gathered into this book, which is in some
measure supplementary to the Bishop's auto-
biography, 'Retrospect of an Unimportant
Life.' " Weekly Book Review
"It seems ungrateful to find any fault with
a book which brings the reader into touch with
a thinker so indubitably sincere and so con-
vincingly brilliant. But if it leaves his friends
slightly dissatisfied, this is because, like the
rest of his published writings, it tends to em-
phasize only one aspect of his rich personality.
It reveals the eager combatant, but it renews
a longing for a book by Dr. Henson in which
for once he would cease to declaim from a
platform, and chat and chuckle, as only he can,
from a fireside armchair." A. C. Deane
H Spec 176:6G6 Je 28 '46 800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p340 Jl 20 '46
950w
"Most of the papers are more or less con-
troversial; a tew are more serene and two of
these exhibit the author in the role of literary
critic, discussing Virgil and Sir Walter Scott.
But though these show that the Bishop can
enjoy well-earned scholarly repose, he is more
at home in the arena where his precise, hard-
hitting- style has been for so many years a
formidable weapon." S. C. Chew
+ Weekly Book Review p!4 O 20 '46 700w
HERMAN, STEWART WINFIELD. Rebirth of
the German church. 297p $2.50 Harper
274 3 Germany — Church history 46-6457
"Author's pastorate in American Church
Berlin concluded December 7, 1941. Acting
recently for World Council of Churches he
spent many months traveling all over prostrate
area. As a first essential he recognizes Ger-
man Church's repentance for its incomplete
victory over Nazism. Getting rid of ecclesias-
tical officers maintained in power by Nazi
State, administering relief, and many other
faith-challenging tasks courageously under-
taken, are symptoms of Church's rebirth. We
have yet to see whether it will live. Dr.
Herman lifts his subjects out of confining
straits of the 'German problem* onto higher
plane of ecumenical interest." (Library J)
Index.
"The story of 'the rebirth of the German
church' is not simply yesterday's church his-
tory written today and important to church-
men everywhere on that account. It affords
as well a most interesting and perhaps un-
conscious commentary upon the passing policies
of nations and upon war and re-education. It
may be questioned whether there has ap-
peared anywhere a more revealing story of
what happened in Germany last winter/' G.
W. Buckner
•f Christian Century 63:1181 O 2 '46 650w
"Mr, Herman is mainly engrossed in report-
ing the words and deeds of the persecuted,
in revealing the full details of the Nazi pro-
gram of breaking the hold of the church, and
in describing the hardships suffered by church-
men in the last agonizing stages of German
defeat. The rebirth motif is rather suggested
than developed. More will be written about
the valiant struggle for Protestant Germany,
but this well-documented account makes val-
uable reference material." H. J. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor pll Ja 18 '47
600w
"The author knows his Germany well, but his
judgment of religious conditions in post-war
Germany seems to have been colored by pre-
judices that may reasonably be related to the
'Teutonic* flavor of his name. . . This reviewer
admits that never has a book been written
with nobler intention or with finer purpose. . .
Much has been said by Dr. Herman, and much
more that should have been said has been left
unsaid. Martin Niemoeller's introduction is
painfully stuffy, deplorably pedantic, and quite
unnecessarily 'theological.' " K. M. Chworow-
sky
h Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 340w
Reviewed by C. H. Moehlman
Crozer Q 24:69 Ja '47 1600w
"A 'Must' book for all interest in the state
of religion in Europe, particularly for those
concerned in the post-war problems of Europe
and Germany in particular."
-f- Kirkus 14:496 O 1 '46 240w
Reviewed by O. G. Lawson
Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 140w
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 9 '47 300w
Reviewed by Gordon Rupp
Spec 178-50 Ja 10 '47 HOOw
"This book deserves all the high praise that
will be heaped upon it. In reality, it is not a
book in the usual sense. Rather, it is a col-
lection of documents painstakingly gathered,
accurately analyzed, and wisely Interpreted to
show what has happened to the German
Church. It is as keen and careful a discussion
of the subject as has yet appeared." J. R.
Sizoo
-f Survey G 35:416 N '46 270w
"No American visitor has returned from
vanquished Germany with a richer load of
pertinent information than Stewart W. Her-
man, who now presents the essence of his
first-hand observations to the public in an
enlightened little volume. It makes more
exciting reading and, in some respects, offers
deeper insights than the recent books of Saul
Padover and Julian Bach on 'America's Ger-
many,' because Herman knows more about the
cultural and religious background of the coun-
ry' 4. WeeklyrS°Book Review p25 O 13 '46
650w
HERRICK, ARNOLD, and ASKWITH, HER-
BERT, eds. This waV to unity; for the pro-
motion of good will and teamwork among
racial, religious and national groups. 462p il
$2 Oxford bk. co, inc. 222 4th av. N.Y. 3
325.73 U.S.-— Race question. U.S.— Foreign
population. Minorities 46-398
"An anthology for use as textbook or for
supplementary reading. Discussion questions,
reading lists, and projects are grouped together
in one section. The selections are for the most
part very readable stories, articles, speeches,
and poetry, most of them by modern writers,
civic leaders, and churchmen — Pearl Buck.
Wendell Willkie, Louis Adamic, Eric Johnston,
Archbishop Spellman." Booklist
BooklUt 42:261 Ap 15 '46
"There are enough questions and projects to
satisfy the most activistic. Likewise there are
enough 'big names' and 'great writers' to
satisfy discriminating literary taste." W. W.
School & Society 64:70 Jl 27 '46 180w
"In this excellent manual the authors have
created for themselves a debt of gratitude
owing from teachers at all instructional levels
who are concerned with education for inter-
group understanding. This Way to Unity is
at the same time inspirational and practical."
S. N. Barnett
4- Social Educ 10:192 Ap '46 450w
HERRICK, ARTHUR DONALD. New drugs;
with foreword by Austin E. Smith. 30Sp $4
Revere
614.35 Drugs— Laws and legislation
SG46-124
"Anyone who is interested in the many ram-
ifications of the new drug legislation — the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938 —
376
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HERRICK, A. D.— - Continued
will find it described here in great detail. The
data range from considerations of what de-
termines the status of a 'new' drug, how ap-
plication is made, the procedure adopted in
passing1 on the safety of drugs, and the methods
used in the application for a new drug, in-
cluding a statement of its components and
composition, to descriptions of labeling laws,
investigations necessary to determine the safety
of new drugs and the legal steps taken in re-
fusals to permit applications, their suspension
and appeals. Two long appendices are con-
cerned with the report of the Secretary of
Agriculture on deaths due to elixir Sulfanil-
amide and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metics Act and regulations. Two briefer ap-
pendices list state and city new drug legisla-
tion and the official rules of the Council on
Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American
Medical Association." (Scientific Bk Club R)
Index.
"It is extremely well written, clear and con-
cise, and it is a book that should be available
for consultation at all times by everyone con-
cerned with new drugs. It is the only book
of its kind published and it should receive
enthusiastic reception." C. S. Keefer
-f Am J Pub Health 36:1070 S '46 HOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 "46 40w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 F '46 210w
"The authenticity of the book is warranted
not only by the proved acquaintance of the
author with his subject, but furthermore by
the fact that he had his manuscript read by
various experts, and even 'upon behalf of the
Food and Drug Administration,' the agency
responsible for the law enforcement."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:128 Je '46 190w
HERRIMAN, GEORGE. Krazy Kat; with an
introd. by E. E. Cummings. [191p] $3.75 Holt
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons 46-6998
Collection of the best episodes in the careers
of Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, Offlssa Pupp, and
other inhabitants of that never-never land:
Coconino county. There the course of true love
never ran smoothly, but Krazy Kat continued
faithful. The book has an introduction by E. E.
Cummings.
"The book reveals again Hernman's peculiar
genius for mass entertainment with simple
graphic figures. He was a fantasist of top order
and did much to spread a love of the whimsical
throughout the country through his far-reach-
ing medium. It took no special culture to under
stand Krazy Kat and the brickheaving ex-
asperations of tough little Ignatz. George had
the common touch which needed no highbrow
interpretation. He made people laugh. Made
them think, too, without too much puzzlement
at his parodies and the ironies which carried
punch without being bitter." Walt Disney
4- Book Week p3 O 20 '46 750w
He-viewed by Jacob Bean
Commonweal 45:172 N 29 '46 2COw
Kirkus 14:517 O 1 '46 80w
"Krazy Kat towers above the mediocrity
of its genre and is recommended whole-
heartedly." G. D. McDonald
-f- Library J 71:1328 O 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 115:487 O 14 '46 550w
"The collecting, editing and publishing in
book form of cartoons that first appeared in
the daily papers and magazines ha« had an im-
mense and undeserved growth. Now here be-
tween covers is the one cartoon that, this
reviewer feels, has been most deserving of res-
cue from yellowing newspaper files. Here, in
a wonderful book, are the delightful doings of
Coconino County. Here is George Herriman's
Krazy Kat. . . As a daily newspaper feature,
the citizens of Coconino County are no longer
with us. With the passing of George Herriman,
the comic supplements were bereft of a cer-
tain greatness — a greatness deriving from a
mixture of Higgin's India ink, eggshell Bristol
board and George Herriman ... a mixture that
was a brew of the gentle gods." Frank Tashlin
4- N Y Times p6 N 3 '46 750w
"A collection of the drawings of a first-rate
American artist, which also manages to sur-
vive a pretentious introduction, this time by
E. E. Cummings. Mr. Cummings grips his
reader by the throat, bends him over back-
ward, and in no certain terms tells him what
the story of Krazy, Ignatz Mouse, and Oflftssa
Pupp is all about. . . But the drawings are
wonderful."
New Yorker 22-119 O 26 '46 80w
Reviewed by Paul Specgle
San Francisco Chronicle p2 D 1 '46
250w
"The first thing to be said is that they re-
capture instantly and completely the magic
spell which Herriman cast on his daily readers,
ror those who never knew Krazy, it may seem
strange to take up a book of strips, to follow
them consecutively (although, thank God, they
tell no continued, plotted story). They will,
however, be amply rewarded, by meeting a
character out of our latter-day mythology, to
me the most endearing, amusing, and capti-
vating of them all " Gilbert Seldes
-f Weekly Book Review p2 N 3 '46 1050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:103 D '46
HERSCH, VIRGINIA (DAVIS) (MRS LEE
HERSCH). Seven cities of gold. 243p $2.50
Duell
Vazquez de Ooronado, Francisco — Fiction
46-6850
Novel based on the second of Coronado's
expeditions in search of gold. The central
figure, Carlos, joins Coronado and makes the
trek from Mexico, north into what is now
Texas, and finally into the present state of
Kansas. The journey in search of "the seven
cities of gold," ended in flat failure, as far
as gold was concerned. But Carlos had dis-
covered something which compensated for that.
"Colorful, but without the display of action
and incident usually found in the genre, and
conjecturably more limited."
Kirkus 14:260 Je 1 '46 HOw
"Will be enjoyed for its history rather than
its style." Katharine Shorey
Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 70w
"This excellent historical novel gives a
dogged explorer his due. . . It makes a breath-
taking panorama, no less thrilling because the
royal hands which accepted Coronado's dis-
coveries were already too palsied to grasp their
true wealth." C. V. Terry
-f N Y Times p5 S 1 '46 450w
"Many of the historical details 9f country
and natives tend to overload the narrative,
and explanatory remarks slow the action.
Readers to whom the Coronado expedition is
news will find interest, however, in the factual
record The story is well colored, for Carlos,
the chronicler, has the gift of language com-
parable to that of Castafteda, the accepted
historian of the expedition." E. L. Sabin
Sat R of Lit 29:26 O 5 '46 700w
"A sprightly and entertaining romance,
despite the artificial quality of the plot."
Book Review p8 S 15 '46 450w
HERSEY, JOHN RICHARD. Hiroshima. 118p
$1.75 Knopf
940.544 World war, 1939-1945 — Japan.
Atomic bomb 46-11953
The entire August 31st issue of the New
Yorker was devoted to a story about the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as it affected
six people. They were a clerk in the East
Asia tin works; two physicians; an im-
poverished widow with three children; a Ger-
man missionary priest; and the pastor of a
Japanese Methodist church. The report is
here printed in book form.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 179:106 Ja '47 130w
Booklist 43:85 N 16 '46
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377
"This is not a treatise. It is a factual ac-
count, in straightforward reportorial style, of
what happened in Hiroshima on the morning
of August 6, 1945, and in the sad days that
followed. It is John Hersey at his best." R.
S. Hutchison
4- Christian Century 63:1151 S 25 '46 750w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
(Review of New Yorker account)
"Hersey has risen to the heights of im-
partial recording that makes this a human
document transcending propaganda."
4- Klrkus 14-471 S 15 r46 240w
Reviewed by Rudolph Hirsch
Library J 71:1539 N 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Ruth Benedict
Nation 163:656 D 7 '46 1700w
"Hersey's piece is certainly one of the great
classics of the war; if it is eligible for a
Pulitzer Prize and doesn't get it, the judges
should go and take a Rorschach." Bruce Bliven
+ New Repub 115:300 S 9 '46 800w (Re-
view of New Yorker account)
"Now that 'Hiroshima' has been published
in book form, it will go out to an ever widen-
ing circle of all — and that means all— of us
who may well 'take time to consider its ter-
rible implications.' Nothing that can be said
about the book can equal what the book has
to say. It speaks for itself, and in an un-
forgettable way, for humanity." Charles Poore
+ N Y Times p7 N 10 '46 2150w
"Hersey draws no explicit morals in 'Hiro-
shima'; he is concerned entirely with clear and
objective reporting. It seems to me impossible
for anyone to read 'Hiroshima' without draw-
ing morals for himself. I therefore here con-
clude the review of 'Hiroshima' with the re-
mark that everyone able to read should read
it, and go on to speak of the morals that I
feel should be drawn from this superb bit of
reporting." Louis Ridenour
-f Sat R of Lit 29:16 N 2 '46 900w
"Mr. Hersey's style is flat, deliberately, no
doubt, but it remains Hat. There are one or
two touches that must awe the most careless
reader, such as the account of the soldiers
whose eyes have melted away. But in general
the effect is too quiet. Mr. Hersey has scrupu-
lously left the facts to speak for themselves,
and they have not spoken loudly enough. If
the style accounts for part of the excessively
subdued effect, the method of narration counts
for more Mr. Hersey has made up his picture
bv following the fortunes of six inhabitants of
Hiroshima who survived. The inevitable result
is that those who did not perish occupy all
the foreground, and the mounds of dead are
only seen vaguely in the background."
Times [London] Lit Sup p605 D 7 '46
750w
"This is superb reporting, and its excellence
has been widely acknowledged." G. W, John-
son
-f Weekly Book Review p6 N 17 '46 300w
Wis Lib Bui 42 165 D '46
HERTZ, RICHARD. Man on a rock. 188p $3
Univ. of N.C. press
801.15 Civilization. Social psychology
46-3727
"An evaluation of man's present philosophical
Elace in the universe. The book takes its title
rom the poem 'Sal as y Gomez* by Chamisso,
in which a young man is shipwrecked on a
barren Pacific island and is faced with the
possibility of denying his existence by suicide
or madness, or of settling his place in the
universe. When, through renunciation of his
individuality, he arrives at a state of grace,
of oneness with the spirit of the universe, he
achieves the only salvation possible." Springf'd
Republican
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 360w
Reviewed by Percy Winner
Commonweal 44:99 My 10 '46 600w
"After this war even more than after the
last one, many thinkers are turning toward
mysticism as an alternative not only to the
existing world but to the revolutions or Utopias
which are suggested to improve it. Richard
Hertz has written a book which may be re-
garded as a good example of this tendency."
George Soule
-|- New Repub 115:146 Ag 5 '46 HOOw
"This book is a valuable critique of the
bourgeois culture which has exalted sophis-
tication. It is a desperate yet hopeful hand-
book for whose who would understand the
mystery of the German people (the author is a
nephew of the famous physicist, Heinrich
Hertz and a former member of the German
Foreign Office). It is a searching appraisal
of the spiritless Utopias of Veblen, Lenin and
Keynes. And it closes with a symphony in
praise of 'the people.' " G. R. Stephenson
-j NY Times p8 Je 2 '46 480w
"The book is rich in allusion and quotation
from Catholic and eclectic reading. The argu-
ment is put with force, and with the same force
the Utopias without spirit and the economic
philosophies based on mere things are swept
aside in favor of the hope that the common
man can be impregnated with a faith. This
faith is not necessarily Christian, but it is
spiritual." H. L. Varley
-4- Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
480w
"It is against the framework of Chamisso's
fable that Richard Hertz, nephew of the great
physicist, and now an American citizen and
professor at Dubuque. hurls his questions at
our times with brilliance, with poetry, and not
infrequently with a sort of Carlylean violence."
Frances Witherspoon
-f Weekly Book Review p20 Ap 14 '46
700w
HERZBERG, MAX JOHN, and MONES, LEON,
comps. Humor of America. 417p $1.60 Apple-
ton-Century
817.08 Humor 45-9289
This anthology of American humor in prose,
verse and cartoon, is intended and designed
for use as a textbook for high school students.
A short introductory section discusses Why
we laugh, The forms that humor takes. Humor
in pictures, and Women as humorists. A final
section contains "exercises." Name index.
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
"Teachers of American literature will flnd
many uses for Humor of America in their at-
tempts to develop among pupils appreciation
of the recreational values of reading and to
improve their pupils' understanding of the
cultural values of different forms of literary
production." E. S. Lide
+ School R 54:57 Ja '46 600w
HESSE, ERICH. Narcotics and drug addiction
[tr. by Frank Gaynor]. 219p $3.75 Philosophi-
cal lib.
613.8 Narcotics. Stimulants. Drug habit
SG46-255
Translation from the work of a German pro-
fessor of pharmacology and biology. "No cita-
tions later than 1937 are given and nearly
all of the references are to literature in Ger-
man. British publications receive scant men-
tion and American almost none. . . The text is
chiefly concerned with the history and produc-
tion and the pharmacological and therapeutic
effects of narcotic drugs and stimulants. Much
emphasis is placed on the demoralizing and
crime-inducing effects of narcotics on the in-
dividual, and the evils of intemperance,
whether in the use of the true narcotics or of
the alcoholic group, are conspicuously stressed.
Even tobacco is scored in a minor key. Some
tests for the identification of the principal
drugs are given but no quantitative methods."
(Chem & Eng N) Bibliography. Index.
"The book is of greater interest to the
physician and social worker than to the
chemist and law enforcement individuals. The
style is technical and uninteresting. Although
the author and translator have failed to pro-
duce a popular book, teachers, clergymen.
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HESSE, ERICH — Continued
jurists, and others interested in public wel-
fare could study it with profit." L. E. Warren
Chem & Eng N 24:2284 Ag 26 '46 300w
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 14 '46
60w
HEUVELMANS, MARTIN. Cargo deadweight
distribution. 86p il $1.60 Cornell maritime
666 Stowage 46-12081
"This book is an introduction to the funda-
mentals of planning cargo loading in the light
of weight distribution requirements. The pur-
pose has been to deal with matters of stowage*
trim and stability from the practical operational
viewpoint/* (In trod) Index.
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 20w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:13 Ja '46
HEWLETT. JOHN HENRY. Cross on the
moon, (whittlesey house publication) 316p
,2.76 McGraw ^^
Story of life in a rural community in Georgia,
which describes the narrow, bigoted religious
views of the people and the results of their
ignorance and intolerance.
"Some of this book is very funny, some of it
is pitiable and most of it is cruel. Only the three
streams don't fuse. They are often good short
stories In themselves, but they remain sep-
arate incidents. . . I'd like to suggest to the
author that he do another novel entirely in
the mood of the sardonic humor that is the
best part of this one. It might be a more suc-
cessful weapon than horror." Helen Woodward
Book Week pll S 8 '46 340w
Kirkus 14:302 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Although dealing with a familiar theme
John Hewlett approaches it with a freshness
and vitality which make absorbing and pro-
vocative reading. Characterization is excellent.
There is humor, much pathos, culminating in
an unforgetabie climax which lays bare the
hypocrisy of a civilization." E. H. Kennedy
-f Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 lOOw
" 'Cross on the Moon' is told in a slapdash,
slapstick, anecdotal style, and read as farce it
is often amusing. . . If [it] had stuck to its
satire and burlesque, it might have done better.
Mixed in with the cartooning is an element of
earnest sentiment regarding the struggles of
the boy Johnny Beane to live a normal adoles-
cence in the madhouse of Leafy Grove. The
two elements do not fuse." N. K. Burger
f- N Y Times p!8 S 16 '46 430w
"A book born of bitterness and a desire to
expose an unwholesome and potentially ex-
plosive situation to the ridicule and enlighten-
ment that can destroy it. The reader must be
prepared to be both angered and shocked. It
is a book that at first glance appears to em-
body a great deal of lusty, primitive humor
to soften its blows, but upon reflection it will
be found to be the humor or despair, engendered
by experiences epitomizing tragedy and social
miasma." W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p!4 S 8 '46 750w
HEXNER, ERVIN, and WALTERS, ADE-
LAIDE. International cartels. 555p $6 Univ. of
N. C. press
338.885 Trusts, Industrial 46-1953
"Should international cartels be prohibited or
socialized or subjected to controls through gov-
ernmental agreements? Professor Hexner, who
combines immense academic knowledge of the
subject with practical experience of cartel oper-
ations, does not attempt to answer this ques-
tion. Instead, believing that information should
precede policy, he provides a broad survey of
private International marketing arrangements
as they developed in the inter-war period.
Mi^[.e *£han a ,hundr«d c»«e studies, together
with the complete texts of a number of cartel
agreements, make this an invaluable source-
book." Nation
"Hexner has performed an important service
by demanding that views as to cartels be based,
not on slogans and prejudices, but on solid fac-
tual foundations. He rightly stresses the po-
tential uses of the cartel device of cooperation
among private entrepreneurs as an alternative
to complete government domination of foreign
trade. But many readers will take a somewhat
dimmer view than does the author as to the
past record of cartels and the future possibil-
ities of preventing their use for restriction of
production, price-fixing, and improper political
purposes." C. H. Pritchett
H Am Pol Sci R 40:374 Ap '46 750w
"This book carries a title that has been
particularly common in the literature of in-
ternational economics during the past two
decades. Dr. Hexner's contribution is, how-
ever, more than just another study in the
field of international business relationships.
Drawing on his earlier industrial experience in
Czechoslovakia and on the fruits of consider-
able research since coming to the United
States, the author has given us a compre-
hensive compendium of pertinent case ma-
terial supported by careful analysis." A. B.
Taylor
-f Ann Am Acad 245:198 My '46 550w
"Dr. Hexner has a very real respect for
words, and writes with extraordinary precision
and firmness." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 140w
"Once in every hundred-odd factual books
one finds a brilliant, scientific work from the
pen of a true scholar. Such a book is the work
of Dr. Hexner on 'International Cartels'. It
is so carefully and accurately written that
one must take pains to read it to follow the
thought and understand what is written. It
cannot be scanned with any satisfaction." C.
O. Brown »
H- Chem & Eng N 24:2108 Ag 10 '46 400w
"The book presents a clean-cut description
of the cartel concept, the structure and
policies of international cartels as weil as
their political repercussions. It should provide
interesting reading to the executive and tech-
nical personnel of our chemical and related
Industries. It gives data on metals, chemicals,
miscellaneous raw materials and manufactured
goods and is recommended to both the lay-
man and the student of chemical economics."
R. S. Aries
-f- Chem A Met Eng 53:300 My '46 300w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 20
•46 420w
Reviewed by Samuel Klaus
Columbia Law R 46:682 Jl '46 750w
"The extensive appendices give complete
texts of some important cartel documents,
which should be of value to legislators and
students. The language is notably lucid and
direct."
4- Current Hist 10:444 My '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:552 Ap '46 40w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 80w
Nation 162:325 Mr 16 '46 140w
Reviewed by B. B. Seligman
New Repub 114:292 F 25 '46 950w
Reviewed by A. D. Gayer
N Y Times p26 Je 30 '46 630w
"Professor Hexner deserves much praise for
attempting this much -needed survey of the
whole field of international cartel growth,
policy and controversy. The table of contents,
supplemented by over two hundred pages of
case studies and nearly a hundred and fifty
pages of valuable documentary material, seems
worthy of the task; and his belief, repeated
almost to the point of tedium, that judgment
of policies must await more careful considera-
tion of the facts is an earnest and necessary
invitation for the writing of a host of detailed
monographic studies on individual cartels or
lines of cartel policies. . . Much of the argu-
ment is fuzzy, some of the arrangement lacks
order, and both author and printer seem to
have been careless on detail. The book ap-
pears to be a hesitating case for cartels, pro-
tected to some degree at all points of refer-
ence by the citing of at least one defendant,
however objective or interested (they seem
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equally valid), of any accusation or defense
offered. This is not objective, but merely
pusillanimous. There are numerous technical
errors." R. A. Brady
— -f Pol Sci Q 61:264 Je '46 lOOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:108 Je '46 270w
HEYER, GEORGETTE (MRS G. R. ROU-
GIER). Friday's child. Slip $2.75 Putnam
[10s 6d Heinemann]
46-235
When Lord Sheringham stormed out of his
mother's presence, after his marriage offer
had been refused by a local beauty, he threat-
ened to marry the first woman he met. Luck-
ily she happened to be Miss Hero Wantage, a
charming girl who had always loved Sherry,
but who had never got to first base with his
lordship. The adventures of Sherry, and his
Kitten, as he renamed Hero, and three of his
boon companions in fashionable Regency Lon-
don are gray and amusing.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p!2 F 17 '46 360w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 My '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
KIrkus 13:533 D 1 '45 170w
"The situation, as one character remarks,
is the sort generally encountered in 'trashy
novels.' Happily, Georgette Heyer's story is
rescued from that category by several saving
graces. Miss Heyer is an old hand at creating
authentic Regency settings and flavoring them
with sardonic, elegantly turned eighteenth-
century prose." Richard Match
•f N Y Times p20 F 17 '46 400w
"If you have followed the graceless, lumbering
pace of current historical novels, this nimble,
light-hearted chronicle of high London society
in the time of the Regency will seem almost too
good to be true. . . It is the sort of cheerful
company in which you might find Bertie
Wooster or some of Mrs. Thirkell's decorous
county people on an unexpected bender.'*
-f- New Yorker 22:96 F 16 '46 lOOw
"It Is a relief to find a gay, light-hearted
historical novel for a change, that is amusing
to read, instead of the usual solemn, heavy-
handed approach." R. C. Bene"t
-f Sat R of Lit 29:39 F 23 '46 600w
"Some of Georgette Heyer's novels have been
adroit melodrama and some have been romantic
embellishments of history, but this is just an
overstuffed period piece, in which the author's
Euppets strike poses but never strike fire."
isle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46 180w
HIBBEN, FRANK CUMMINQS. Lost Ameri-
cans; 11. by John De Qrasse. 196p $2.50
Crowell
571 America — Antiquities. Man, Prehistoric
46-4064
"Fascinating story of scientific discoveries
of evidence of ancient man in America. These
primitive hunters left characteristic flint spear-
heads or points from Bering Strait to South
America which served as clues to hunting
grounds and camp sites. Trail of Folsom points
crossed that of Yuma points, finally leading
to discovery of Sandia cave where Folsom man
was placed In geologic time in the Ice Age
by rock strata superimposed on that of earlier
period containing flint points of more primitive
workmanship belonging to a more ancient
hunter, Sandia man. (Library J) No index.
"Mr. Hibben Is eminently fitted to write this
type of book because he visualizes the man
and the group, who hunted the game, beyond
the spear point, the ashes, and the charred ani-
mal bones. He clothes the archaeological sites
with the local color of human life in the midst
of abundant rains, lush vegetation, and the
great Pleistocene beasts. A tinge of romance
permits the reader to acquaint himself with the
essential facts of the earliest American history
in an entertaining manner." L. A. Wilford
•f Am Hist R 52:191 O '46 240w
Am Soc R 11:498 Ag '46 120w
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
•Christian Science Monitor plO Ja 11
'47 HOw
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"Specialized, but readable, and important in
the field."
4- Kirkus 14:145 Mr 15 '46 130w
"Rare example of scientific material pre-
sented in excellent popular narrative. Recom-
mended for readers enthusiastic about trail
of primitive man." D. F. Lucas
-f Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 130w
"This is an unfinished story, and in a sense
will remain forever unfinished, but this ac-
counting for all the clues gathered to date
and a fine fitting of them into a self-consistant
picture, is more exciting than the denouement
of any merely fictional detective story. The
author writes with clarity, with recognition of
large implications, and a gift for populariza-
tion. The publishers, seemingly not realizing
how well-written and significant a work they
were publishing, have gotten it out to look like
an adventure story for older boys, and there
are neither photographs nor an index. The
book can be read with profit and excitement
by older boys, but no less so by any layman
who wants a birdseye view of the methods
and findings of archaeology as they apply to
the story of the earliest human life in the
Americas." B. D. Wolfe
-4- N Y Times p!2 O 13 '46 600w
"It was time somebody wrote this book.
Discoveries of the last twenty years have
built up an entirely new picture of the first
human migrations to this continent. . . Yet only
the few who keep up with archeological Jour-
nals, or who have happened upon a lecture
by a specialist, have had a chance to hear
the story at all fully. It is a story that should
prove exciting to many more than that. For
two reasons Dr. Frank C. Hibben is one of
the best qualified to tell the world. In the
first place, he is an archeologist, specializing
in North America, and has himself taken part
in some of the exploration and discovery he
tells about. In the second place, he spins a
yarn that will interest even those who cannot
tell one chipped flint from another." B. G.
Burrows
-f Sat R of Lit 29:32 N 2 '46 HOOw
"An enthusiastic, clear, and folksy tale."
K. P. Mather & others
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 My '46 HOOw
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 500w
Reviewed by Ruth Benedict
Weekly Book Review p2 Je 23 '46
650w
HIBBEN, MRS SHEILA. American regional
cookery. 354p $2.50 Little
641.5 Cookery 46-6738
Following in the main the usual cook book
order and format, this volume contains recipes
from many parts of the United States for soups,
breads, meats, vegetables and desserts — spoon
bread from Alabama, Johnny cake from Ver-
mont and Rhode Island, turkey hash from South
Carolina, lamb hash from Idaho, rice pudding
from Philadelphia, and cocoanut pudding from
Florida. Indexes.
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
"I found lots of 'specialties* fleetingly ex-
perienced in travelling and visiting — and feel
that, while it is not a complete cookbook, it
will add materially— and imaginatively— to the
good cook's repertoire."
KIrkus 14:270 Je 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times p33 S 8 '46 300w
New Yorker 22:102 S 28 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 9 '46
650w
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HICKEY, JOHN HOSFORD, and BEACH,
PRI8CILLA ALDEN. Know your cat. 251p
II $2.50 Harper
636 8 Cats Agr46-6
Advice on the care of cats, and on the
choice and training of a kitten, and. on dif-
ferent breeds of cats shown in England and
the United States. Selected bibliography;
Murthy's cattage (a brief biographical diction-
ary of cats in literature) and index.
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Kirkus 14:86 F 15 '46 HOw
"Manners and habits are carefully considered,
along with accomplishments [and] general ad-
vice on food. The chapter on mother cats would
convince any one that these authors understand
their subject."
-f Weekly Book Review p24 My 26 '46
150w
Wis Lib Bui 42.112 Jl '46
HICKS, ALBERT C. Blood in the streets; the
life and rule of Trujillo; in trod, by Quentin
Reynolds. 230p $2.75 Creative age
B or 92 Trujillo Molina, Rafael Lednidas
46-25221
An account of the life of the dictator- presi-
dent of Santo Domingo, written by an American
newspaperman, who has worked on The World-
Journal of San Juan.
Booklist 42.364 Jl 15 '4(>
"Since it is admittedly propaganda, it must
be judged as propaganda, not as biography.
So judging, it would seem that Mr. Hick s book
suffers from two defects. First of all, in the
heat of his own righteous indignation, he over-
shoots his target. . . A second fault of the
book is lack of documentation. . . Incidentally,
the book is a good short-course in Latin-
American politics." L». J. Trese
1- Commonweal 44:244 Je 21 '46 370w
Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 25:173 O '46 40w
Kirkus 14:272 Je 1 '46 170w
"Every library that has the life of Trujillo,
presented to it by the Dominican Republic, will
want to purchase this life of the ruler of Santo
Domingo. The gift biography recommends that
Rafael Trujillo receive the Nobel Prize. This
account of the dictator- tyrant, written by a
newspaper man, presents quite a different rec-
ommendation. . . Not a pretty story, but one
that should be read by all who desire a free
world." M. P. McKay
Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by R. P. Alexander
Nation 163:18 Jl 6 "46 lOOOw
"Mr. Hicks, Chicago newspaperman, has
written a quick-pared account of the more
outrageous aspects of Trujillo's life. As a book
this is a curious achievement, half melo-
dramatic 'quickie,' half the testimony of an
indignant newspaperman who saw tyranny in
action not far away from his own front door
and wants something done about it. The
charges made are so serious, the implications
of cheap and violent dictatorship in his hemi-
sphere are so potentially dangerous, that one
wishes the volume had more substance and
authority to back up its loud sounding of
the alarm." Mildred Adams
H NY Times p28 Je 30 '46 410w
"Mr. Hicks has gathered His material with
great care, but he has presented it in a con-
fused manner. It seems plain, however, that
a great deal of dirty business has been going
on in the Dominican Republic."
-f — New Yorker 22:94 Je 1 '46 120w
"To all those who wish information to arm
themselves against the inroads of fascism in
the Americas, 'Blood in the Streets' is es-
sential reading." Wenzell Brown
-f Sat R of Lit 29:16 Je 1 '46 900w
"Mr. Hicks has done a good job in digging
up the facts, often difficult to ascertain, in
documenting them wherever documentation is
possible, and everywhere giving names, places,
dates, details, which should make it easy for
the Dominican dictator and his representatives
to refute, if they have the means of refuta-
tion. . . In its pages I noted only two short-
comings: the omission of any attempt to put
Trujillo into perspective in the long and varie-
gated history of Latin -American dictatorships
and the lack of a serious discussion of the
dilemma confronting the United States as a
result of Us original intervention and its pres-
ent pledge of non-intervention. The book de-
serves a wide reading so that Americans may
understand this neighbor/' B. D. Wolfe
H Weekly Book Review p4 Je 2 '46 750w
HICKS, CLIFTON. The little lion. 256p $2.50
Island workshop
46-4953
Historical novel of upper New York state
and Iowa, in the 1850's to 70' s. It is the story
of William and Sarah Taylor and their chil-
dren, but especially of Sam Taylor, who was
not as large as other men, but who conquered
his handicap.
"A stirring story."
-f Christian Century 63:991 Ag 14 '46 lOw
"Amateurish, dull story of frontier life."
— Kirkus 14:107 Mr 1 '46 80w
"Historical novel which is well off the beaten
track. Characters human and realistic; local
color and historical detail convincing and un-
obtrusive; story free from padding, . . Oc-
casional skimpiness of treatment and rather
abrupt conclusion suggest that a sequel might
be interesting and not unwelcome." E. F.
Walbridge
4- Library J 71:281 P 15 '46 70w
"Sam — the sensitive, rebellious child is rather
well done. But Sam the success at the State
university, with his courtly manners and ful-
some oratory ('Begone, thou foul flend'), comes
perilously close to Tom Thumb caricature."
Richard Match
N Y Times p!2 Je 30 '46 360w
HICKS, GRANVILLE. Small town. 276p $3 Mac-
millan
323.35 City and town life 46-8206
Granville Hicks, ex-Communist, writer, edi-
tor— an intellectual — here describes and ana-
lyses American small- town life as he has lived
it and observed it in a town he calls Rox-
borough, New York.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p2 D 8 '46 500w
Booklist 43.150 Ja 15 '47
Christian Science Monitor p20 D 11 '46
550w
Reviewed by Malcolm Cowley
New Repub 115:766 D 9 '46 1850w
"This is a perceptive and moving book, a
book not so much about a small town in upper
New York State, as about what a sensitive and
responsible intellectual was able to learn in
that small town through several years' partici-
pation as a citizen." Margaret Mead
-f N Y Times p4 D 15 '46 850w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Ja 5 '47
250w
Reviewed by R S. l>ynd
Sat R of Lit 30.14 Ja 18 '47 1050w
Time 48:98 D 23 '46 250w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p2 D 8 '46 HOOw
HICKS, JOHN RICHARD, and HART, AL-
BERT QAILORD. Social framework of the
American economy; an introduction to eco-
nomics. 261p $2.50 Oxford
330.1 Economics 45-9885
"This is an American edition, based on J. R.
Hicks' The Social Framework: an Introduction
to Economics, first published in 1942." (Note)
"In commissioning the preparation of this
American version, Professor Hicks described
the job as one of translation. In accordance
with his very broad construction, [Mr Hart
has] taken translation to include not merely
Americanizing spelling, idiom, and sentence
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structure, and replacing some illustrations, but
also bringing the book more or less into the
same relation to the American literature and
official statistics which the original edition has
to corresponding British materials. A partic-
ular effort has been made to create a bridge
between the discussion of the economic logic
of national income and the concrete materials
of the Department of Commerce." (Pref to
American edition; signed A. G. H.) Index.
Reviewed by Bruce Knight
Ann Am Acad 244:217 Mr '46 550w
"The book is readable, informative and con-
tains a particularly good exposition of the com-
ponents of national income and national out-
put, illustrated by United States statistics. But
the dilemma that the authors sought to avoid
is still existent. Now that he knows the compo-
nents of the national income, the student must
still have knowledge of a theory of value to di-
gest them. If, as the authors recognize, this
calls for another book, then what has been
gamed or saved? Obviously the trick is to give
theory and fact side by side." E. A. Beder
-j Canadian Forum 25:271 P '4G 210w
Reviewed by A. L Meyers
J Pol Econ 54:275 Je '46 460w
HIGGINBOTHAM, ROBERT EMMETT. Wine
for my brothers. 243p $2.50 Rinehart
46-4127
A novel with some implications of the al-
legorical. It is the story of the voyage of an
oil tanker from Texas to New York in January.
1942, the first trip of its crew under the black-
out. The captain is a sadistic man who sets
up a regime of terror on his own ship; his
opposite is an able seaman called Blackie, who
represents the best in the crew, and fights to
better their condition.
HIGHTOWER, JOHN. Pheasant hunting. 227p
il $4; de luxe ed $15 Knopf
799.24861 Pheasants Agr46-282
"Reminiscences of shooting, written in a
happy, unpretentious prose of the sort that
wild-fowlers seem to admire. The author, a
gunner of thirty years' experience on Eastern
and Middle Western uplands, also includes tips
on such matters as the proper length of gun
barrels, how to stalk a field, and the best breeds
of retrievers. Color plates and line drawings by
Lynn Bogue Hunt." New Yorker
Booklist 43-97 D 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"The novice will find a great deal to help
him in 'Pheasant Hunting,' the experienced
hunter will find his interest is adequately held,
and the biased grouse-hunter will, upon read-
ing this book, decide to spare a few days for
pheasant this fall." R. R. Camp
H- N Y Times p20 S 29 '46 450w
New Yorker 22-115 O 12 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '4G
210w
Wis Lib Bui 42-147 N '46
HILL, MABEL BETSY. Old house at Duck
Light Cove; pictures by [the author]. 125p
$1 75 Lippincott
46-5574
The girls and boys of Apple Market street
are interested in restoring an old colonial
house which had been deserted and the whole
village turns in and helps. There is a slight
mystery.
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
Canadian Forum 26-190 N '46 70w
"After rather unpromising start and some
decidedly incredible dialogue, story pulls itself
together and makes its points excellently, be-
sides developing atmosphere of dread, rage and
tension. Recommended for men readers and
boys of college age." E. F. Walbridge
H Library J 71.919 Je 15 '46 90w
" 'Wine for My Brothers' is fluent and con-
vincing. The author has been to sea. He
knows what he is talking about. And if his
Blaokie occasionally sounds like a combination
of George Santayana and the president of the
National Maritime Union, it is still a good
book." George Home
+ — N Y Times p!5 Jl 7 '46 400w
"The book as a whole is not exciting, and
the two major characters never come to life.
Mr. Higginbotham quite clearly sees in Blackie
Scott's fight against Bohn man's everlasting
battle for justice. If he had not based his
book on allegory, Mr. Higginbotham might
have written a more satisfying sea story. It
is only when the author describes the life of
the men of the forecastle (which he knows so
well himself) that he shows both an under-
standing of life at sea and the ability to write
about it in a manner that holds the reader's
undivided interest." R. L Allen
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:15 Jl 6 '46 400w .
"A vivid first novel." Norman Ogan
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46
180w
"It probably never really happened, but Mr.
Higginbotham, who has shipped on freighters
himself, writes so convincingly of ships and
seafarers that one is almost ready to accept
his story at face value. . . Although Mr. Hig-
ginbotham obviously intended his novel to be
more than Just a story of a ship's voyage,
much of its attractiveness lies in its faithful
depiction of the seamen themselves." Herbert
Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review pl2 Je 30 '46
600w
HIGHET, HELEN (MACINNES). See Mac-
Innes, H.
Kirkus 14:346 Ag 1 '46 80w
"Girls of eleven will enjoy this story of
minutely described day-by-day doings of boys
and girls their own age, and the discovery of
money and jewelry under a fireplace brick and
a secret room make it a 'mystery* for the
younger group of readers. Recommended."
K. II McAlarney
-4- Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 90w
"It is an interesting idea and the action
and continuity are smooth. The characters are
less convincing. Judy Jo herself is so very,
very good that she becomes a bit tiresome."
M. K.
H Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 lOOw
"Sincere and simple story of a New England
village that little girls particularly will like."
-h Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
HILL, ROBERT HENRY, comp. Jarrold's dic-
tionary of difficult words. 344p $2.50 Howell,
Soskin [2d ed 5s Jarrolds]
423 English language — Dictionaries 46-3009
Some fifteen thousand difficult words defined
in one volume. Foreign words and phrases are
included in the body of the book; only six pho-
netic symbols are used in addition to the
alphabet.
Book Week p8 Ap 7 '46 50w
"Of the many classes of persons to whom
this dictionary is said to be 'invaluable/ only
the 'Cross Word puzzle enthusiasts' are likely
to think their money well spent."
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 5 '46
550w
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 23 '46
240w
HILL, ROSCOE R., ed. National archives of
Latin America; ed. for the Joint committee
on Latin American studies of the National
research council, the American council of
learned societies, and the Social science re-
search council. 169p $1.50 Harvard univ. press
980 Archives — Latin America A46-1570
"There is presented here in fewer than one
hundred and fifty pages, exclusive of index and
introduction, the most recent information on
twenty archives to the South. Under each head-
ing are brief but thoroughly up-to-date his-
tories of each archive, structural details about
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HILL, R. R, — Continued
the building:, regulations, duties of employees,
classification of materials, lists of directors and
publications. If previous accounts about each
national archive have been published, refer-
ence is made to them. At least three Latin-
American archives were one hundred years old
when our National Archives was opened; of
these— Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico—very full ac-
counts are given, but no country is neglected/'
U S Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by W. S. Robertson
Am Hist R 61:781 Jl '46 320w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:160 Je '46 190w
HILLYER, ELINOR. Mademoiselle's home
planning scrapbook; il, by Frederick Chance.
(Tip $3.75 Macmillan
747 House decoration 46-1269
A series of large decorated envelopes into
which clippings about house plans, decoration
of various rooms, gardens, closets, etc. may be
kept. There are also "10 popular small-home
styles with a charting of their characteristics,
advantages, drawbacks, proper climate and ter-
rain. There are check lists to fill out which
will tell you what to seek and what to shun
in buying, building, renting. There is a full
description of how to draw a house plan and
get your ideas down on paper. There's a fine
chapter on style in furnishing, another on the
use of color, separate sections on lighting,
fireplaces, bedrooms, livingrooms, etc. . . Last
are scaled cutouts of standard furniture, and
graph-ruled blank paper on which to place it,
so that you can do layouts for your new
home." (Book Week)
"The book abounds in charming 'spot* il-
lustrations, as well as diagrams and picturings
of actual procedure."
+ Book Week p8 F 3 '46 230w
"Miss Hillyer's scrapbook is a magnificent
aid to the magpie habits of those who plan to
build, decorate or garden. . . It's the best idea
we've seen in a long time and is especially
recommended to brides who will probably live
long enough to find all the materials for decora-
tion and furnishing once more easily available."
150w
HINCKLEY, HELEN (MRS IVAN JONES).
Mountains are mine. 394p $2.75 Vanguard
46-7703
"This is the story of a Mormon girl named
Milly. It begins at her eleventh year when
she is about to enter Salt Lake City with a
wagon-train—probably around 1850-~and ends
when she is somewhere in her twenties and
Brigham Young frees her from the horrid
bonds of a polygamous marriage by pro-
nouncing simply: TYou are as free as the water
that flows.' " Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p24 D 1 '46 360w
"The emotional and practical problems of
polygamy treated with a sincere sympathy,
give substance to this regional novel/'
Klrkus 14:355 Ag 1 '46 180w
"The plot maintains interest, although the
end is snarled in confused motivation, failing
to uphold an otherwise excellent tale of early
American life and the Mormon religion. Rec-
ommended for all libraries." Anne Whitmore
4- — Library J 71:1206 8 15 '46 lOOw
M 'The Mountains Are Mine' is a novel of
Mormons, not of Mormonism, and the distinc-
tion is important. It is the story of the humble
Latter Day Saints who lived their religion,
and in my opinion it Is the beet book or its
sort whicn has yet appeared." Hoffman Blr-
ney
-f N Y Times p7 O 20 '46 500w
"Miss Hinckley's purpose seems to have been
to bring one woman through a furnace of ex-
perience toward wisdom, pointing out by the
way the triumph of faith. Actually her
heroine learns nothing." Virginia Sorensen
Weekly Book Review p!4 O 6 '46 850w
HIND, ROBERT RENTON. Spirits unbroken;
the story of three years in a civilian intern-
ment camp, under the Japanese, at Baguio
and at old Bilibid prison in the Philippines
from Dec, 1941 -Feb. 1945. 291p maps $3.50
John Howell, 434 Post st, San Francisco 2
940.547252 World war, 1939-1945— Prisoners
and prisons. World war, 1939-1945 — Personal
narratives, American 46-7697
"[This] is a record of civilian camp intern-
ment experience that rates at once as a per-
sonal narration and a historic study. It is
the story of how a group of nonmilitary
people stood it in the Philippines as prisoners
of the Japanese, from Pearl Harbor to the
MacArthur liberation." Christian Science Mon-
itor
Christian Science Monitor plB D 14
'46 300w
"The author is not a stylist but he writes
with humor and a painstaking desire to be
fair and truthful. This is by far the best ac-
count yet printed of what life really was in
a civilian internment camp in the Philippines,
and is free from the exaggeration that is evi-
dent in so many stories in the press and the
magazines." W. F. Boericke
•f Weekly Book Review p!6 S 8 '46 600w
MINES. DOROTHY PALMER (MRS E. S.
QUINTANO). No wind of healing. 260p $2.50
Doubleday
46-3946
The scene of this story is a sanatorium
located in a village in the Adirondacks. The
chief character is a young married woman,
Christina Ward, who has spent several years
here and is contemplating the time when, cured
at last, she must return to her husband and a
different kind of life.
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
"A first novel which is, in its theme, holding
— in its handling, moving."
+ Klrkus 14:154 Ap 1 '46 170w
"Since winning a short-story contest when
she herself was a patient at Saranac Lake,
Mrs. Hines has had many stories published.
This is her first novel, and it seems to me an
auspicious beginning." Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times p!2 My 12 '46 230w
"Miss Hines has set herself the assignment
of portraying emotional problems which can
beset any of us, sick or healthy. This ap-
proach should have made for a very rewarding
book. That it has not done so is due to the
fact that Miss Hines has been unfortunate
in her choice of main characters and has dealt
with their problems too superficially. Her
heroine is a very ordinary girl. However
faithfully drawn, she falls to hold your Interest.
Her husband, James, is a shadow. . . At times
the dialogue is distressingly poor. Her de-
scriptions of scenery, however, are beautiful.
The countryside and village come to life."
Catherine Hutter
— -f Sat R of Lit 29:37 Je 15 '46 800w
"Emerging from Mrs. Hines's graphic but
never too clinical study of tuberculosis and its
psychological symptoms are some interesting,
and I should Judge quite wise, suggestions for
a better handling of the disease on the person-
ality side." F. H. Bullock
+ Weekly Book Review p8 My 12 '46 700w
HINKLE, THOMAS CLARK.
ranch dog. 224p $2 Morrow
Blackjack, a
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-5739
Blackjack was a wild dog born on Clark
Preston's brother's ranch. Clark had trained
Blackjack himself, so he was a proud boy
when his dog was instrumental in breaking up
a pack of outlaw dogs, who were destroying
stock on all the nearby ranches. For older
boys.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
383
"I suppose it is too much to hope that the
man will ever learn to write— for his market
seems satisfied with his spinning: a good yarn."
H Klrkus 14:276 Je 15 'ft lOOw
"A usual Hinkle story — only fairly well writ-
ten. Probably will be liked by those who want
dog and western stories but is below average."
Ruth Hadlow
Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 70w
"Bog lovers from 9 up will follow keenly
the gentle crescendo of suspense through a
series of hunts, fights and escapes to an excit-
ing climax. If there is a certain lack of in-
ventiveness in style and characterization, there
is a compensating absence of any forced sensa-
tionalism in the simple, direct story." Prances
Smith
H NY Times pll S 1 '46 140w
HINKLEY, LAURA L. The Bronte's: Charlotte
and Emily. 376p $3.50 Hastings house
B or 92 Bronte", Charlotte. Bronte, Emily
Jane 46-697
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Water procurement and treatment, the dis-
tributing system, and control tests are dis-
cussed. A few practice problems are included,
and there are lists of books, documents and
8 IIterature fop further reading."
"Miss Hinkley's foreword contains a dismay-
ing list of the perils that beset the critical
biographer: the perils of the romantic appeal,
of the dramatic rearrangement of facts, of as-
suming a condition that did not exist, of trans-
ferring to the subject the writer's private
responses, of failing to test the assumptions
of previous writers, and of seeing all things
In relation to a pet theory. It is Miss Hink-
ley's great distinction that she has skillfully
avoided all these perils and has produced a
genetic study of Charlotte and Emily Bronte
full of penetrating insights into the workings
of the mind of genius." G. F. Whicher
-t- Atlantic 177:170 Ap '46 420w
"Laura Hinkley, author of 'Charlotte and
Emily/ is not out to make capital of their
bleak but somehow romantic lives. Instead
she wishes to 'trace and perhaps probe the
processes of genius,' to show 'how and why
the books came out of the lives.' It is a tough
assignment, never completely to be carried
out; but Miss Hinkley has a good go at it. . .
Hers is an honest and serious book. Interest-
ing and valuable in itself, it should have the
effect of sending readers back to the Bronte's."
Alexander Cowie
-f N Y Times p7 F 3 '46 750w
"Miss Hinkley is too prone to substitute
conjecture and psychiatric deduction for
knowledge. Even though her inferences are
labelled, they form so great a part of the text
that her book cannot be considered as any-
thing other than a personal concept of the
Bronte's* relations to one another, to their
work, and to the world of intellect and emo-
tion in which they lived." J. C. S. Wilson
Sat R of Lit 29:17 F 16 '46 1250w ,
"Miss Hinkley's full study of the Brontes
has three main centers of interest; the bio-
graphical record, the sources of the characters
and themes in the novels, and the quality of
the novels. Although the critical evaluation
of the works is at times acute, the author is
perhaps most effective in her treatment of the
first two subjects."
-t- U 3 Quarterly Bkl 2:25 Mr '46 280w
Wis Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
Reviewed by G. S. Haight
Yale R n s 35:546 spring '46 700w
HIRSCH, A. ADLER. Manual for water plant
. operators. 386p 11 $6.50 Chemical pub. co.
628.1 Water supply engineering. Water-
Purification 46-2552
"The author is an instructor in water purifi-
cation with the Sectional School on Water
Supply and Sewerage, maintained by the State
Department of Education of Louisiana; and this
book grew out of the need for a self-instruc-
tion text to supplement the class instruction of
that school. The result is a compact, up-to-
date survey of water-plant chemistry and tech-
niques that will be useful to many operators of
small and medium-sized water-supply systems.
"The author is to be commended for including
a great deal of information in a brief space,
in language readily understandable by the
average water plant operator. Clarity of dis-
cussion, however, is at times sacrificed for
brevity." F. W. Gilcreas
H Am J Pub Health 36:930 Ag '46 230w
"This manual is recommended for the libra-
ries of all water treatment plants and for
others interested in the practical phase of the
problem." S. T. Powell
-f Chem Eng 53:297 O '46 240w
"The 'Manual', intended as a ready reference
in anticipating and solving the operator's day-
by-day problems, is written in a clear concise
manner understandable by technical and non-
technical men alike. Detailed instructions on
procedures and descriptions of processes and
equipment make it particularly valuable to the
smaller waterworks official and operator."
-f Eng N 136:96 My 16 '46 lOOw
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bkt 31:15 Ja '46
HIRSCH, LEE. Murder steals the show. 299p
$2 Fell
46-2505
Detective story.
"The story is told in the ungrammattcal lan-
guage of Jack Keff, whose illiteracy gives the
narrative a pungency which It might otherwise
not have had."
N Y Times p34 Mr 31 '46 120w
"Rather confused affair with some reason-
ably interesting character work and a far-
flung plot. Pol ice -narrator is bluffly amusing."
-F — Sat R of Lit 29:59 Mr 23 '46 60w
HIRSCHMANN. IRA ARTHUR. Life line to a
promised land. 214p maps $2.75 Vanguard
940.53159 World war. 1939-1945— Refugees.
World war, 1939-1945— Civilian relief. U.S.
War refugee board 46-7847
The story of the author's work in saving ref-
ugees during World war II. As a special repre-
sentative of the United States State depart-
ment, he set up headquarters in neutral Tur-
key, and attempted to save Jewish and other
refugees in the Balkan countries, then occupied
by the Nazis. Index.
"This is no thriller in the Eric Ambler
sense, although there is enough intrigue to pad
out a dozen spy stories. It is the chronicle of a
mission and an organization of which every
American can well be proud." Victor La sky
-f Book Week p6 N 17 '46 250w
"Candid and lucidly written memoirs." Alfred
Werner
-f N Y Times p32 N 17 '46 650w
"The story of his success in rescuing tens of
thousands of trapped people is told wfth beau-
tiful modesty, with hardly an adjective in the
230 pages; with great attention to exact facts
and precise figures, and yet with undertones
of warmth and humanity." Robert St. John
-r- Sat R of Lit 29:14 N 23 '46 1050w
"This book has some of the flavor of an Eric
Ambler story of international intrigue, with
only one difference: this is true. . . This book,
of course, is only one chapter in the titanic
struggle. But it is an important one." B. C.
Crum
-f Weekly Book Review p7 O 27 '46 1300w
HITCHENS, MRS DOLORES (BIRK) (DOLAN
BIRKLEY, NOEL BURKE/ D. B. OLSEN.
pseuds). Cats don't need coffins. 220p $2
Doubleday
Detective story. 48-5573
Klrkut 14:262 Je 1 '48 80w
384
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HITCH ENS, D. B.— Continued
"It is all skillfully done, and the end result
is a tale that is almost as puzzling as it is
amusing." Isaac Anderson
+ N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 120w
"All right, if you're addicted to cats and/or
old ladies."
New Yorker 22:92 Ag 17 '46 80w
"Agreeable."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 20 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!6 Jl 21 '46
130w
HITREC. JOSEPH GEORGE. Rulers' morning,
and other stories; introd. by Christine Wes-
ton. 281p $2.60 Harper
46-2489
Collection of seventeen stories about India
today, written by a native of Yugoslavia who
went to India in 1932 on a vacation, and de-
cided to stay. His stories are of the Hindu,
the half-caste, and the European.
"The author deserves the warmest recogni-
tion for producing a book of 17 short stories
which possess a quality of daring, a restraint
and sensitive appreciation of a human dilemma
which challenges ordinary comprehension." Joe
Fromm
-f- Book Week p9 Mr 17 '46 450w
Current Hist 11:49 Jl '46 50w
"Though not a popular — or saleable — genre,
these stories have quality, a suggestive aware-
ness and acuteness which gives distinction."
Kirk-js 14:6 Ja '46 150w
"Hardly have the Bombay mutiny and the
bloody riots following upon that historic event
subsided into a temporary, troubled quiet when
this book of short stories about India comes
off the press. Although the author's business
with India is personal and conducted through
the medium of character rather than outward
event, his stories enrich our comprehension
of the ominously charged emotional atmos-
phere in which India today lives and strug-
gles." Adrienne Koch
4- N Y Times p6 Mr 17 '46 lOOOw
"For his individual characters, even when
they are behaving stupidly and with complete
selfishness, Mr. Hitrec preserves an under-
standing, if on occasion ironic, sympathy.
These characters include a great variety of
Indian, British and Eurasian types. Most of
them are exposed to the reader through the
revelation of their intimate thoughts and ac-
tions as they go about the business of their
lives, a method made effective by Mr. Hit-
rec's intensity of perception, his fresh, lively
use of English, and the way in which he in-
corporates the physical background of India
into the action of his stories." J. J. Espey
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 24 '46
700w
HIXON, ARTHUR T. Canol. 284p $2 Dorrance
46-17223
"Arthur Hixon, a former CanoL worker, has
evidently written this novel in defense of the
bold Canadian oil project, which required the
pushing of an Arctic pipe-line through six
hundred miles of frozen wilderness to White-
horse on the Alaska Highway. . . There are
four principal characters: Captain Porter
Ames, dashing West Pointer; his fiancee, Ann
Hubbard; geologist Flint Harper; and Judy
Cartwright." N Y Times
HOARE, W. E., and HEDGES, ERNEST
SYDNEY. Tinplate. 292p il $12 Longmans
[40s Arnold, E. & co]
671 Tin plate [46-873]
"Authors connected with the British Tin Re-
search Institute give the first over-all cover-
age of the tinplate industry, its history in
Europe and in the United States, manufacture,
uses, properties, testing methods and corrosion
resistance. Chapters cover hot and cold roll-
ing, pickling, annealing, tinning, structure of
tin coatings, testing, corrosion and electro-
plating. Fabrication not included. Some of
material appeared in 'Sheet Metal Industries/
1943. Extensive chapter bibliographies." Li-
brary J
Reviewed by H. S. Van Vleet
Chem & Eng N 24:1726 Je 25 '46 400w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:761 My 15 '46 70w
"It would be a pleasure to report that Mr.
Hixon has his fictional situations well in hand,
but such is not the case." Richard Match
N Y Times p32 Je 16 '46 180w
"Mr. Hixon is much more successful in de-
scribing the immense labor involved in the
project, carried out under severe conditions of
weather and terrain, than in manipulating his
main characters. These, a gallant West Point-
er and a handsome engineer, finally triumph
over Nazi and Japanese agents, win promotion
and decoration and walk off with the beautiful
heroines. This part of the novel is barely
credible." Norman Ogan
Sprinofd Republican p6 Je 21 '46 180w
HOBER, RUDOLF. Physical chemistry of cells
and tissues; with the collaboration of David
I. Hitchcock [and others]. 676p $9 Blakiston
[42s Churchill]
574.19 Physiological chemistry 45-10267
"This book can be regarded as a modified
and modernized version of Httber's classical
Physikalische Chemie der Xelle und Gewebe,
which between 1902 and 1926 went through six
editions. The present book, a cooperative effort
necessitated by the enormous increase in the
subject matter to be treated, makes use of
the specialized knowledge of several experts.
It represents the most elaborate and most
successful attempt ever made tg treat many
of the fundamental problems of general biology
from the physicochemical viewpoint." (J Phys
Chem) "According to the preface of this col-
lective work, 'The subject of the book is
physiology; not 'physiology from above', but
'physiology irom below'. . physiology as a
branch of physical chemical science dealing
with life as a physical, though exceedingly
complex system, that may be subjected to
scientific analysis like any other natural ob-
ject." (U S Quarterly Bkl) Index
"This is a book of remarkable interest and
value in many respects," J T. FMsall
-f Am Chem Soc J 68-1677 Ag '46 800w
"Completeness in such an undertaking can
never be achieved and was not attempted, as
clearly stated in the preface: '. . . we have
ignored or at least neglected in our text
several important lecent trends of physrico-
chernical investigation into physiology and
also older observations and conclusions, which
in the meantime have been turned over into
the stock of common knowledge. In this re-
spect the book cannot claim to offer a uni-
versal information in the field of physical
chemistry of cells and tissues. But it may
guide to new roads into the unknown.' This
goal the book achieves in an admirable way. . .
The book is certainly a must for anyone in-
terested in linking the biological sciences more
closely than has been done in the past to
physics, physical chemistry, and chemistry. It
also will represent a very valuable addition
to any physicochemical library; it will be
particularly appreciated by physical chemists
interested in the borderlands of physical chem-
istry and biology. It is a most valuable addi-
tion to the general scientific book literature."
Karl Sollner
-f J Phys Chem 50:386 Jl '46 1300w
"This summary account of the subject should
be of value to all students of fundamental
problems in physiology."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:249 S '46 320w
HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE. House on the
borderland, and other novels. 639p $6 Arkham
house
46-7118
Pour novels of the weird and fantastic writ-
ten in the first decade of the twentieth century
by an English author who was killed in the
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flrst World war. Contents: The boats of the
"Glen Car rig"; The house on the borderland;
The ghost pirates; The night land.
"My favorites are 'The Boats of the "Glen
Carrig" ' and 'The Ghost Pirate.' These two
are sea stories. Here too is horror, but pre-
sented squarely in relation to the mechanics
of ordinary life, and doubly effective in mak-
ing fast the points of terror." B. V. Winebaum
-f N Y Times p20 S 15 '46 290w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 22 '46
lOOw
"The author's quiet manner and skill in
straight narrative remove sensationalism and
let what is told produce authentic gooseflesh."
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 S 29 '46 230w
HODSON, JAMES LANSDALE. British
merchantmen at war, the official story of the
merchant navy: 1939-1944; prepared for the
Ministry of war transport by the Ministry of
information. 143p 11 maps $1.50 Ziff-Davis
940.545 World war, 1939-1945— Naval opera-
tions. Merchant marine — Great Britain
A46-1361
"The 'official story* of the duties performed
and the hardships suffered by the vessels and
men of the British Merchant Navy from 1939 to
1944." (Foreign Affairs) First published in 1944
under title: Merchantmen at War.
Foreign Affairs 24:746 Jl '46 20w
"Throughout the book are excellent pho-
tographs which show with unforgettable clarity
the hazards that lay at sea, and in many
respects these are better than the text itself.
The author, while striving to give an over-all
description of his subject, has scamped pretty
severely on major portions of his story. It is
to be regretted that while considering the
compilation of such a history the officials of
the Ministry of Information did not allow
more space and detail. For as it now stands
the really complete story of the Merchant Navy
still remains to be written." Robert Carse
4 Weekly Book Review p41 N 11 '45
800w
HOFFMAN, FREDERICK JOHN, and others.
Little magazine; a history and a bibliog-
raphy. 440p $3.75 Princeton univ. press
051 Periodicals A46-17
History of the little magazine in the United
States, with a wealth of anecdotal detail about
some of its originators. "By 'little* magazines
the authors do not mean the pocket-sized com-
mercial products which swarm on our news-
stands. They mean magazines which are (or
have been) little in circulation but big in lit-
erary, critical, personal, or political preten-
sions— and sometimes in achievement — such
non- commercial magazines as Poetry, The
Little Review, transition, Horizon, Broom, The
Dial, The Masses, Hound and Horn, The
Partisan Review. . . It also provides a volum-
inous index of magazines and personalities,
and a valuable check-list of more than flve
hundred little magazines which have been pub-
lished in the English language since Reedy's
St. Louis Mirror began in 1891." (Sat R of Lit)
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p3 Jl 7 '46 600w
Booklist 43-11 S '46
"Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Allen have dono a
thorough job of research. They not only give
the history of the more important and typical
little magazines, but oft'er a keen and just
evaluation of the entire movement. Their ac-
count is enlivened by anecdotes of the editors
and writers who made the magazines. Miss
Ulrich supplies an annotated bibliography
which takes up a third of the volume. This
is an important book now, and will prove
even more important as time passes."
+ Christian Century 63:1538 D 18 '46 210w
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 5 '46
750w
Current Hist 11:329 O '46 70w
Reviewed by Lawrence Heyl
Library J 71:1039 Ag '46 13l)0w
Reviewed by Weldon Kees
Nation 163:245 Ag 31 '46 HOOw
"Charts the course of the little magazines,
erratic as it was, with sound perception, and
— a rarity in books of this nature — the style
throughout is fluent enough to mask agreeably
the really exhaustive lesearch which must
have gone into its preparation. Closer students
of the period than I may discover omissions
and errors in emphasis; 1 find none of the first,
and of the second only such as come well
within the reasonable bounds of individual
Judgment There is an excellent chapter on
the interrelation of the little magazines with
the development of modern poetry, and the
effects, both good and bad, that resulted; and
a still better section, I think, on their role
in the rise of regional writing — a role which
is frequently overlooked. The authors deal
sensibly, too, with the latter-day problems of
their subjects, which began around the middle
Nineteen Thirties and were not lightened at all
by the advent of the war." R. M. Coates
-f- N Y Times p.3 Je 30 '46 1750w
"It is not likely that many readers will turn
to 'The Little Magazine' for light summer
reading, but I found it the most provocative
book, from a purely literary point of view,
since Henri Peyre's neglected 'Writers and
Their Critics,' which was published by the
Cornell University Press in 1944. Mr. Hoffman
and Mr. Allen, along with Miss Ulrich, have
written a book that is best described by their
title — a thorough, extremely painstaking history
of the little magazines." Hamilton Basso
-h New Yorker 22:52 Jl 6 '46 750w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 .11 21 '46
700w
"This book is good for many a laugh, many
a cheer, and many a snort of sheer disgust.
It is a history of literary megalomania at its
most sublime as well as at its most ridiculous.
And it is, for the most part, completely fas-
cinating reading. . This book is rich in
human and literary interest yarns. . . The
text appears to have been written by different
hands and is not always well blended together.
The descriptions of the little magazines them-
selves are witty and entertaining But the
discussions of 'regionalism,' 'imagism.' and a
few other topics are long-winded, pedantic,
and lumpy." Roger Butterfleld
4 Sat R of Lit 29:34 Je 29 '46 1700w
Time 68 98 Jl 1 '46 1650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:1 7fi S '46 240w
"This is an amiable and intelligent reference
work The authors have scoured every corner
of our recent literary history to write it, and
add an unprecedented bibliography of American
and British little magazines from 1891 to date.
But they are overly defensive and cautious."
Alfred Kazin
-1 Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 14 '46
2050w
Reviewed by Donald Wing
Yale R n s 36:169 autumn '46 800w
HOFFMANN, ELEANOR. Four friends; 11. by
Kurt Wiese. 105p $2 Macmillan
"A Jolly story of four animals who ran away
from their homes to escape being eaten for
Christmas dinner, at least two of them. It hap-
pened in Porto Rico in the beauty of a tropical
island where there is no twilight and the moon
is almost as bright as the sun. There in the
midst of Christmas Eve festivities when won-
ders happen, Pepe the pig, Bonito the parrot,
Esmeralda the hen, and Nina the dog borrowed
a shiny automobile and went on their travels
for a day." Horn Bk
Booklist 43:173 F 1 '47
"Eleanor Hoffmann has written a most amus-
ing story in a setting of color and enchantment.
Kurt Wiese's pictures are completely in the
spirit of the book."
4- Horn Bk 22:349 S '46 160w
"Many unusual adventures— all of them fun.
Kurt Wiese's pictures add to the gaiety."
4- Klrkus 14:422 S 1 '46 90w
386
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HOFFMANN, ELEANOR— Continued
Reviewed by S. J. Johnson
Library J 71:1808 D 16 '46 70w
"No one, of course, can draw a pig with
more personality than can Kurt Wiese and
his illustrations effectively repeat the sly hu-
mor with which the author has characterized
the four friends. Young readers will In-
cidentally gather considerable lore about a pic-
turesque country from this diverting yarn."
B. It. Buell
-f N Y Times pll D 22 '46 230w
Reviewed by K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:138 D 7 '46 90w
"Kurt Wiese's illustrations are as gay and
funny and lovable as the story." M. G. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:60 N 9 '46 230w
HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR AMADEUS.
Tales of Hoffmann; ed. by Christopher La-
zare; il. by Richard Lindner. 609p $7.50 Wyn
Ten tales by the best known of the German
Romanticists. "This is the first publication in
modern translation of Hoffmann's famous
tales/' (Introduction The ten are: Mademoiselle
De Scud^ry; Don Juan; Antonia's song; The
golden pot; The doubles; The vow; The
fermata; Berthold the madman; Salvator Rosa;
The legacy. Contains a biographical study of
Hoffmann.
HOGAN, INEZ (MRS RANDOLPH BOWERS).
Raccoon twins {11. by the author]. {49p] $1
Dutton
46-5255
Two little raccoons followed Peter and Patsy
home and one of the raccoons was captured
and made a pet of by the children. But the
two little animals had their ways of getting
in and out of the house and it was some time
before Peter and Patsy learned that they had
two pets. For ages four to seven.
Kirkus 14:601 O 1 '46 170w
"Putting together a sampler of Hoffmann la
no easy task, and on the whole both editor
and publisher are to be congratulated. In his
introduction Christopher Lazare re-creates with
remarkable insight the thwarted, egocentric
composer-painter-writer who, later on, could
work only under the influence of liquor. . . It
is a pity that 'The Flea* and 'The Nutcracker
and the Mouseking' couldn't be included. Also
a short commentary on each piece and a list of
Hoffmann's works might have been helpful. But
these are minor points. Since we haven't a
modern complete Hoffmann edition, this col-
lection presents the old conjuror in all his
majestic sorcery." R. P.
4- N Y Times p20 D 1 '46 1050w
"Richard Lindner's many fantastic, delicate
or gruesome designs are the book's chief dis-
tinction. . . There are those who will feel
that all these fantasies are now somewhat
overshadowed in interest by the 'biographical
note/ by Christopher Lazare, with which the
book begins. For this not only affords material
for a psychological study such as real life rarely
offers, but by including not only his literary
career but also his major works as a composer
indicates the close interweaving of the two
In his troubled, tragic life." M. L. Becker
H Weekly Book Review plO D 22 '46 650w
HOGAN, INEZ (MRS RANDOLPH BOWERS).
Nappy chooses a pet [11. by the author].
[48p] $1 Dutton
46-2189
Nappy and his sister visit their grandpar-
ents' farm and are allowed to choose some
pets. A pet show, a runaway colt, and a kit-
ten who traces the lost colt, are part of this
story for second and third grades.
Book Week p!4 Je 2 '46 120w
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
210w
Klrkut 14:148 Mr 15 '46 60w
"Not a necessary purchase." Isabel Mc-
Laughlln
Library J 71:488 Ap 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by M. C. Meehan
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
llOw
"The pictures give a little child a wide
choice In Identifying animals, and the text an
older person, reading It aloud, a chance to
shine in sound effects." M. L. Becker
.. Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46
140w
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
120w
Kirkus 14:323 Jl 16 '46 lOOw
"The simple pictures, clear wording and easy
story make it engrossing even to the adult
reader." G. M. Williams
4- Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"Miss Hogan writes and draws in a style
which brings quick response from children of
4 to 8." L. P.
-f N Y Times p!8 Ag 18 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 11 '46
140w
HOGBIN, HERBERT IAN PRIESTLEY. Peo-
ples of the southwest Pacific; a book of
photographs and introductory text. 26,[69p] $5
Day
919.5 New Guinea — Native races. Solomon
islands 46-7873
An anthropologist and colonial administrator,
who during the war served as a lieutenant-
colonel in the Australian army, has here col-
lected some 128 photographs of the peoples
of New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Buna, Lae, and
other Pacific islands. In a brief introduction
he describes the social organization, racial
characteristics, currency, religion, etc. of these
people.
"Most of the 128 excellent photographs ap-
pear as candid and not necessarily pictorial,
a realistic result the author definitely sought."
Christian Science Monitor pl2 D 21 '46
120w
Kirkus 14:370 Ag 1 '46 90w
"The book is expensive, but it does serve as
a useful introduction to an unfamiliar land
and people." Bertha Handlan
Library J 71:1547 N 1 '46 90w
"One weakness in the book is that there is
no statement concerning when these photo-
graphs were taken. Very few of them suggest
a war at all; there is one of 'the most de-
corated native in the Pacific,' Sergeant Major
Vuza of Guadalcanal, and there is an un-
identified New Guinea police boy who packs
a modern rifle. For the rest, they might have
been photographed before the war or after-
ward. It would have been a good idea, it seems
to me, to have included some statement on
this." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 13 '46
600w
"No matter how many pictures of Pacific
islanders you may have seen during the war,
and no matter if you actually lived or fought
among them, Dr. Hogbin's collection still has
the appeals of novelty and fidelity."
•f Weekly Book Review pl4 O 27 '46
140w
HOGEBOOM, AMY. Birds and how to draw
them. 39p 11 $1.25 Vanguard
743.6 Birds— Pictures, illustrations, etc.
A companion volume to Dogs and How to
Draw Them (Book Review Digest, 1944). There
are photographs of nine different birds with
short descriptions of each, and step-by-step
instructions on how to make drawings of them.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 My 12 '46 lOOw
Booklist 42:249 Ap 1 '46
Library J 70:952 O 15 '45 50w
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387
"Very useful book for all children who are
interested In drawing with the added attrac-
tion of giving simple information about nine
familiar birds. . . Recommended." A. M.
Wetherell
+ Library J 71:123 Ja 15 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 16 '46 20w
HOGEBOOM, AMY, comp. Boys' book of the
West; il. by Richard Bennett. 419p $2.50
Lothrop
46-22918
"A collection of stories covering: the whole
range and development of the western part
of our country from the time [of] the Spaniards
... up to the West as it is today." (Publisher's
note) Partial contents: The camp of the wild
horse, by Washington Irving; Wind wagon, by
Stanley Vestal; Enough gold to load a pack
horse, by J. P. Dobie; Kit Carson, by Vernon
Quinn; Sitting Bull and his chiefs, by Shannon
Garst; "Stick 'em up" by W. M. Raine; Jesse
James, by W. R. Benet; The bronc twister
steps up, by Will James; The two-gun man,
by S. E. White; A miserable Merry Christmas,
by Lincoln Steffens; The summer of the beau-
tiful white horse, by William Saroyan; The
leader of the people, by John Steinbeck.
Booklist 43:174 F 1 '47
"Good competition for the ubiquitous 'west-
erns/ "
Cath World 164:382 Ja '47 40w
"This reviewer cannot feel that 'The West
Today* is exemplified by Lincoln Steffens, Andy
Adams or William Saroyan. It would appear
that the thirty-five stories were shaken from a
hat and that a few cracking good yarns — such
as Stewart Edward White's 'The Two-Gun
Man1 — fell out." Hoffman Birney
N Y Times p26 N 17 '46 230w
"The general fascination of the book shows
once more that the nearer a 'Western* comes
to the facts the better use it can make of
them as literature. There are poems scattered
among the narratives, he-man verse that goes
with a swing. Older readers will undoubtedly
borrow this book." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review plO Ja 26 '47
240w
HOGEBOOM, AMY. Familiar animals and how
to draw them. 39p il $1.25 Vanguard
743.6 Animals— Pictures, illustrations, etc.
46-11810
A companion to the author's Birds and How
to Draw Them (Book Review Digest 1946). It
contains step-by-step instructions and line
drawings for nine domestic animals. For grades
three to five.
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 20w
"Children who like to draw, but who need a
little help will be fascinated by the pictures
of the horse, cow, hen, goat, pig, etc. and the
simple suggestive outlines showing the proc-
esses of drawing them." Isabel McLaughlin
H- Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 20w
HOGNER, DOROTHY (CHILDS) (MRS NILS
HOQNER). Winky, king of the garden: pic-
tures by Nils Hogner. [29p] $1 Oxford
Story of a timid scarecrow who was afraid
of crows, and who enlisted the aid of his little
animal friends to help him. In time the ani-
mals, plus the wind, made Winky the king of
the garden.
Book Week p!5 Je 2 '46 llOw
"Adequate but uninspired."
Klrkus 14:222 My 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by B. T. Dobbins
Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70 w
"Nils Hogner has drawn a very expressive
scarecrow and Dorothy Childs Hogner has
provided some good dialogue between Winky
and his friends.
+ N Y Tlmet p20 Je 9 '46 llOw
Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 7 '46 160w
HOKE, MRS HELEN L. Grocery kitty; pic-
tures by Harry Lees. [36p] $2 Reynal
46-3664
Story of a kitten, descended from a long line
of grocery cats, who could not seem to learn
how to be a good grocery kitten. Pictures and
story describe Sudsy 's adventures and disgrace,
until he finally caught a mouse.
Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 200w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"This is Helen Hoke's best story to date."
-f Kirkus 14:125 Mr 1 '46 90w
"A charming book for cat-lovers, young and
old." E. E. Frank
+ Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 70w
Reviewed by Latrobe Carroll
N Y Times p32 Ap 28 '46 60w
HOKE, MRS HELEN L. Mrs Silk; pictures by
Diana Thome. [24p] Jl Veritas
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-1656
Picture story book about a little dog and how
important she was in getting the family started
right in the morning.
Kirkus 13:469 O 15 '45 70w
"Beautiful, large colored drawings by Diana
Thome depict the story of Mrs. Silk and her
four small glossy puppies. Will be welcomed
by boys and girls from the picture-book age to
ten years." A. H. McGinlty
-f- Library J 71:185 P 1 '46 70w
"The pictures will delight all lovers of cocker
spaniels."
-f N Y Times p!8 Ja 13 '46 50w
HOKE, HENRY REED. It's a secret. 312p
|2.50 Reynal; 86p pa |1 Pamphlet press, 8 W.
40th st. N.Y. 18
351.74 Facism— U.S. Propaganda, German
46-839
"Early in 1946, Winchell ran a column 'Bureau
of Missing Investigations.' He 'wondered' what
had happened to many promised probes. That
idea gave me the lead to undertake the inves-
tigation which resulted in this book." (Ac-
knowledgments) The author then proceeds to
outline his discoveries about the facts behind
sedition trials, and shows how persons in high
places are involved in supporting fascism in
the United States. "Mr. Hoke recommends
among other things: that a campaign of edu-
cation to counteract intolerance be started; that
'all ministers should stay out of political pres-
sure groups as long as they elect to remain in
their profession'; that Congressional investiga-
tions be conducted in a 'democratic and non-
secretive fashion'; that a law of 'mass libel' be
enacted making it as illegal to lie about races
and groups as it is about individuals; that all
propaganda organizations be compelled to make
public their sources of income." (N T Times)
Booklist 42:198 F 16 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 13 '46
420w
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 40w
"Mr. Hoke doesn't succeed in turning up
much that is new. Nevertheless, he is to be
applauded for doing the job well — and for keep-
ing the home fires of anti-fascism burning."
Daniel Schwartz
N Y Times p7 Ja 20 '46 700w
New Yorker 21:78 F 2 '46 160w
"Despite shortcomings, 'It's a Secret* helps
realert Americans to the danger of post-war
'nationalism.' Mr. Hoke's book is a reminder
of the grim reality that while America won the
military war against Hitler, it has not won
Hitler's psychological war against democracy."
J R Carlson
-f Weekly Book Review plO F 24 '46 900w
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HOLAND, HJALMAR RUED. America, 1355-
1364; a new chapter in pre-Columbian his-
tory. 256p il maps $4 Duell
973.13 America — Discovery and exploration
46-6880
"Continuing his record of early Norse settlers
in America, begun in Westward from Vinland,
the author offers credible proof that the New-
port tower of Newport, R.I., was built by
Norsemen probably from Greenland. He also
elaborates on the theory that Norse explorers
traveling south from Hudson bay crossed Min-
nesota and attempted to reach Vinland from
there by traveling east." Booklist
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p3 S 29 '46 700w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
"Whatever the experts may decide in the
future, there can be no doubt now that Holand
has thus far done more than any other individ-
ual to dispel the fogs surrounding the early
explorations of America. Even if later his-
torians can prove that he is substantially
wrong, his book asserts a high claim to being
a masterly mosaic of fact, legend, and logic.
One of its chief virtues is that, despite its
scholarliness, it can be enjoyed by any intelli-
gent, historically curious American. If it turns
out to be mistaken history, it at the very
least stands now as one of the keenest, most
satisfying detective stories to be found." R.
G. Berkelman
-f Christian Science Monitor pl4 O 4 '46
600w
"Pure research on a highly specialized sub-
ject, this is scarcely designed for a general
audience." *
Kirkus 14:319 Jl 1 '46 120w
"Mr. Holand, who very plainly has strict no-
tions of scholarship, may not be too highly com-
plimented if his book is compared with a well-
written detective novel. All the same, the
comparison is to the point. His analysis is
tightly stitched and cross-stitched. The subject-
matter is inherently dramatic. Details are
handled with precision and economy." K. B.
Gar side
-f N Y Times p58 D 1 '46 800\v
Time 48:106 S 9 '46 llOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:316 D '46 240w
"Readers who seek intellectual adventure
will find in Mr. Holand's book a thrilling story,
well authenticated." Frederick Pohl
-f- Weekly Book Review p21 O 13 '46 490w
Wis Lib Bui 42.149 N '46
HOLBERG, LUDWIG, baron. Four plays: The
fussy man, The masked ladies, The weather-
cock, Masquerades; tr. from the Danish by
Henry Alexander; pub. for the Am-Scandi-
navian foundation. 21 2p $2.50 Princeton univ.
press
839.812
"The American-Scandinavian Foundation is-
sued translations of several of Holberg's plays
some years ago. They now issue four more,
translated by Harry Alexander, and with an
introduction by Professor Oscar Campbell, of
Columbia, who ranks Holberg as 'one of the
world's great writers of comedy/ When Hol-
berg wrote, the Italian impromptu comedy was
still flourishing, and Moliere was still a fresh
influence. He came back to Denmark and de-
vised his plays for an unsophisticated Danish
audience on these models, but leaning much
more heavily on the commedia dell' arte."
Weekly Book Review
"These comedies doubtless occupy a place of
some importance in a study of the history of
Scandinavian literature but, like many English
plays of the same period, they give the im-
pression of being third-rate imitations of Mo-
liere."
Christian Century 63:1441 N 27 '46 70w
"Highly recommended." George Freedley
-h Library J 71:1714 D 1 '46 40w
"Holberg was a brisk and cheerful writer,
with copious inventiveness for farcical situa-
tions, but so far as these translated plays dis-
close he did not reach anywhere near to the
significance of Moltere's best work, nor any-
where near to the style of English Restora-
tion comedy. Holberg's plays, one fears, are
chiefly interesting historically now, at any rate
outside of Denmark." W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p32 N 3 '46 180w
HOLBERG, MRS RUTH (LANQLAND). Cap-
tain John Smith: the lad from Lincolnshire;
il. by Ava Lisbeth Morgan. 181p $2 Crowell
B or 92 Smith, John — Juvenile literature
46-7875
Fictionized biography of Captain John Smith
which pictures him from his boyhood in Lin-
colnshire, England, to his death in 1031. For
ages eleven to fourteen
Booklist 43:138 Ja 1 '47
"This is unusual historical material which
schools, libraries and young boys will find in-
teresting, for the dramatic story includes glimp-
ses of English and continental life in the 16th
and early 17th centuries."
4- Klrkua 14:347 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"Recommended for ages 11-14. Illustrated in
black and white by Ava Morgan Should be
quite popular." Sonja Wennerblad
-f Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 30w
Sat R of Lit 29:G9 N 9 '46 2()w
HOLBROOK, STEWART HALL. Lost men of
American history. 370p il $3.50 Macmillari
920 U S —Biography. U.S —History
46-7135
An anecdotal and debunking study of some
historical events and personages in our history,
ranging from the introduction of log cabins
by the Swedes in 1638 (not the English) to a
few well -chosen facts about H. L Mencken
Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by W A. S Douglas
Book Week p2 N 3 '46 600w
"Brisk, arresting and amusingly written."
Lloyd Lewis
-f Book Week p4 D 29 '46 70w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 »4G
Reviewed by Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 45'282 D 27 '46 160\v
Current Hist 12:60 Ja '47 50w
"This is rapid fire, infectious collecting from
pleasant imbecilities and startling figures to
patterns of genius and unorthodox prophets.
Extensive extravaganza with plenty of fresh
and entertaining material."
-f Kirkus 14.339 Jl 15 '46 120w
"A fascinating book." Rudolf Hirsch
4- Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
"A wonderful book about several score
wonderful Americans."
-f New Repub 115-929 D 30 '46 200w
"Unabashed journalism is Mr. Holbrook's
style — perhaps usefully and happily so, since
a prodigious array of personalities from the-
early Pilgrims to a well-known vitriolic latter-
day saint, H. L. Mencken, crowd the pages of
this lively harangue." Adrienne Koch
4- N Y Times p7 O 27 '46 900w
"Mr. Holbrook has deviated from the familiar
beats, and his fascinating book might well start
a trend in historical writing, like the debunk-
ing movement of twenty years ago."
+ New Yorker 22:126 N 9 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 31 '46
950w
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
"This is Mr. Holbrook's best book so far,
which makes it a good bpok indeed." Bernard
De Voto
-h Weekly Book Review p3 O 27 '46 1650W
HOLDEN, RAYMOND PECKHAM. Selected
poems. 267p $3 Holt
811 46-6915
"Gathered from the writings of 30 years. . .
In forms orthodox, in practice a disciplinarian,
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the poet will delight those who are impatient
with the looser fashions of verse which are
cultivated by newcomers to this trade. Nature,
love, death and daily living are his themes,
and his poems tight, compact with no word out
of place." Book Week
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
-f Book Week p!4 N 3 '46 90w
Kirkus 14:453 S 1 '46 90w
"The progress Mr. Holden has made in tech-
nical skill by pruning, snipping, and balancing
each word and line has finally resulted in his
paring his art down to a flexible handicraft."
Richard McLaughlin
Nation 163:589 N 23 '46 210w
"Mr. Holden's poems, like those of Matthew
Arnold, are concerned chiefly with moral and
ethical issues and their complexity. His poems
recommend themselves to serious students of
poetry and of life, for their play with systems
of thought and such obstruse concepts as liberty
and necessity cannot but provide a rich ex-
perience." Marguerite Young
4- N Y Times p22 O 6 '46 550w
San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '46
lOOw
HOLDING, MRS ELISABETH (SANXAY). In-
nocent Mrs. Duff; a novel of suspense. 199p
$2 Simon & Schuster
46-1078
A story of suspense rather than detection, in
which the reader follows the course of events as
a bored and snobbish middle-aged husband
plans the murder of his beautiful young wife.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 F 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Kirkus 13:534 D 1 '45 170w
"As one who read Mrs. Holding's Invincible
Minnie in the twenties and still remembers it as
a hair-raising experience, I know she can do
better than this."
— New Repub 114:294 F 25 '46 90w
"The waiting for the inevitable retribution
constitutes the suspense element in this novel.
Its chief fault is that the other characters in
it are not so well integrated as is Jacob Duff,
or are their motives made sufficiently convinc-
ing." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 180w
New Yorker 22:92 F 23 '46 lOOw
"Swiftly accelerating downward course of lost
weekendish gent described in scenes packed
with hair-trigger action and hard-to-bear sus-
pense. A beautiful job!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 F 23 '46 40w
"Seems to us that Mrs. Holding, on past per-
formances as well as the present, thoroughly
deserves the fits her publishers are throwing
about 'The Innocent Mrs. Duff.' They call it a
'suspense novel,' further defining it as 'a novel
of crime and punishment rather than crime and
detection;' and we may add that there's a little
detection in it, too, or what about McGinness
and Levy? We hope, as they do, that it may
appeal to many readers besides the regular fans,
to whom it is our duty to report that they won't
find it so awfully different from Mrs. Holding's
other fine mysteries." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p22 F 24 '46 270w
HOLLAND MARTY. Glass heart. 192p $2
Messner
47-758
Mystery story
"As a detective story 'The Glass Heart' is
deplorably indifferent to the rule of fair-play;
the principal clue we are told, is a pattern of
sound, but that and all of the other evidence
is sprung on us with the accusation." James
Sandoe
— Book Week p4 D 22 '46 90w
"Neat and nasty business successfully shown
up."
-h Kirkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 90w
"This is not precisely a detective story, al-
though it deals with murder. Actually it is
the story of the reformation of a small-time
crook, and a very odd reformation it is. . .
The author has succeeded in making this
strange story both interesting and convincing."
Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p!8 D 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
40w
Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 21 '46 40w
"Miss Holland is successful in spots as she
follows a fairly tough routine about double
murder in a Hollywood house of horror, scorn-
ing the ladylike ways of most feminine bafflers,
as she did in her earlier 'Fallen Angel.' " Will
Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '4(> lOOw
HOLLAND, RAYMOND PRUNTY. Good shot!
a book of rod, gun, and camera [photographs]
by Bob and Dan Holland [text by] Ray Hol-
land. [314p] 150pl $6 Knopf
799.084 Fishing. Hunting. Photography of
animals Agr46-262
A collection of fishing and hunting snapshots
taken by Robert and Daniel Holland, with com-
mentary by their father, former editor of Field
and Stream, and author of a number of books
on shooting and game fishing.
Booklist 43-97 D 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
" 'Good Shot!' is one of the few volumes on
outdoor photography that this reviewer would
classify as 'great.' The Hollands, en famille,
had a grand time collecting the material, and
the American sportsman will lose no faith in
the hallmark." R. R. C.
f N Y Times p45 O 20 '46 400w
"As a former editor of Field and Stream
magazine, Ray Holland is eminently qualified
to put out a volume of this sort. It is the
kind of book which sportsmen envy until they
possess and cherish once they own. It will
make an excellent Christmas gift from one
hunter or fisherman to another — if the buyer
can manage to part with it." Stanleigh
Arnold
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p3 P 1 '46
200w
"This is by far the most interesting of all
books on hunting and fishing to have been pub-
lished for many a moon." Wilbur Forrest
-f Weekly Book Review p32 O 27 '46 230w
HOLLAND, RAYMOND PRUNTY. Now listen,
warden; il by Wesley Dennis. (Countryman
press bk) 130p $1.75 Barnes, A.S.
46-5158
Humorous tales collected by the author dur-
ing his experiences as a sportsman and game
warden.
Booklist 42.366 Jl 15 '46
"These sporting tales of law violations in
hunting and fishing are backgrounded by a
real appreciation of the sports themselves. . .
[Here is] humor and adventure in smooth going
narrative."
-f- Kirkus 14:211 My 1 '46 150w
"An outdoorman's book, an illustrated col-
lection of hunting and fishing stories, with a
rare combination of humor and punch bound
to bring a raft of chuckles from anyone who
ever knew a game warden." Leo Marceau
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 200w
HOLLIS, ERNEST VICTOR. Toward improv-
ing Ph.D. programs; prepared for the Com-
mission on teacher education. 204p $2.50 Am.
council on educ.
378.1553 Colleges and universities — Grad-
uate work. Degrees, Academic 45-9893
"Dr. Hollis, now principal specialist in higher
education in the U.S. Office of Education, was
occupied for four years in making, on behalf
of the Commission on Teacher Education, the
investigations which resulted in this book. Its
first chapter is [a] survey of the rise of grad-
uate work in American \miversities and the
390
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HOLLIS, E. V — Continued
natural history of the Ph.D. degree. The next
two chapters are statistical studies of the
degrees conferred and the occupations of their
holders in the decade 1930-40. . . Chapters 4-6
record the opinions of employers and grad-
uates. . . In the last chapter, the author
gives welt considered suggestions for the im-
provement of the Ph.D. program." Christian
Century
Christian Century 63:273 F 27 (46 370w
Reviewed by A. K. Banks
J Home Econ 38:603 N '46 210w
"This reviewer in two books and four articles
on the subject has been one of the most
frequent and caustic critics of the doctorate
as it now stands. He personally recommends
Dr. Hollis's book as an outstanding and in-
valuable study on a subject in which there
is a growing demand for a thoroughgoing re-
form." Carroll Atkinson
-f School & Society 64:207 S 21 '46 1450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:40 Mr '46 160w
HOLM AN, HUGH. Slay the murderer. 215p $2
46-803
Detective story.
Kirkus 13:635 D 1 '45 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p31 F 17 '46 140w
"An unpretentious but convincing job."
-f- New Yorker 22:99 P 16 '46 80w
"Good grade."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:42 F 23 '46 40w
"If Mr. Holman has a weakness, it's fancy
verbiage as employed in the opening pages
and thereafter in spots." "Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 F 24 '46 90w
HOLMAN, HUGH. Up this crooked way; a
Sheriff Macready detective story. 211p $2 Mill
46-8413
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:438 S 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p35 Ja 12 '47 140w
"Routine, but pleasantly unpretentious." L.
G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 N 24 '46
SOW
"Fair."
Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46
90w
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, 1841-1935.
Touched with fire; Civil war letters and
diary of [the author]; ed. by Mark DeWolfe
Howe. 158p $3 Harvard univ. press
B or 92 U.S.-— History— Civil war— Personal
narratives A47-364
"The letters in this book, all of them ad-
dressed to the author's family, were written
at the front between May, 1861, and July,
1864, when young Holmes decided that he had
had enough and done enough, and returned
to Boston, much against his father's wish.
Like most letters written during a war, these
are rather meagre, but they do convey some of
the character of the fighting and more of the
character of the future Supreme Court Justice."
New ^ Yorker
comment and with excellent annotations. The
letters . . . are brief and sketchy, but they
are terrifically in earnest, even when they are
most elaborately casual. They make a valuable,
a fascinating record, not only of a crucial
chapter in the life of Holmes but even more
of the mind of his generation and the impact
upon it of organized slaughter." Perry Miller
-f N Y Times p4 D 1 '46 HOOw
"An interesting little book."
-f- New Yorker 22:144 D 14 '46 140w
"No one who knows Justice Holmes' a
speeches can afford to miss this little volume.
In his preface Mark Howe, the editor, ex-
plains that in 1942 Justice Holmes' s literary
executor appointed him official biographer.
This wholly unofficial btographer here applauds,
officially, a scholarly job of editing. And
applauds even more the discovery and publi-
cation of what is indubitably for all Holm-
esians, one of the most exciting books of the
year to come." C. D. Bowen
-f Weekly Book Review pi D 29 '46 ISOOw
HOLT, STEPHEN. Wild palomino. 151p II $2
Longmans
Horses — Legends and stories 46-3969
Story of a boy and the horse which he cap-
tured and later won for his own at a rodeo.
For older boys and girls.
Booklist 43:168 F 1 '47
"Mr. Mark DeWolfe Howe, who is at work
on a biography of the Justice, discovered a
packet of letters and two diaries which Holmes
wrote during the three years of his active
service. Holmes had already sifted them out
and destroyed what he did not wish to survive.
Mr. Howe has edited* them with a minimum of
"There are breathless moments Just short of
disaster, there ia good western background and
there are some unusual characters in this grip-
ping story of a great horse and a gallant young
rider." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:270 Jl '46 90w
Kirkus 14:70 F 1 '46 80w
"A run-of-the-mill western which, nonethe-
less, will have an appeal for boys and girls
who like horses and the west." G. K. Joline
Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Dorothy Hamilton
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
80w
"A horse story with a difference, leading to
a satisfactory climax through successive thrills,
this tale of a beautiful silver-and-grold wild
stallion and the part it played in saving the
Twin Anchor Ranch should be given to boys
before they are caught by the stereotyped
excitement of the mass production Western.
What goes on here goes fast, but its thrills are
real."
4- Weekly Book Review pi 6 My 19 '46
410w
HOLTON, EDITH AUSTIN (ELIZABETH AL-
DEN HEATH, pseud). Time and the hour.
31 Op $2.75 Putnam
46-4904
Family chronicle which follows five genera-
tions of Cape Code Penningtons. Beginning with
Captain Asa Pennington who retired from the
China trade in the early 1800's to found a fam-
ily and look after the family fortunes, the
story ends five generations later with the best
of the later Penningtons returning to reclaim
her birthright.
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Kirkus 14:159 Ap 1 '46 190w
"As a study in Yankee fanaticism and
rigidity, 'Time and the Hour* is painstaking*
thorough and somewhat tedious. It is most con-
vincing as a picture of how insupportable life
can be in a family where the purse-strings
and the idees fixes are in the same hands."
Mary McQrory
^ NY Times p!4 Je 23 '46 500w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 28 '46
150w
"The old fashioned kind of novel that used
to be known as a 'nice clean story,' complete
with thwarted Penningtons, a loyal and priv-
ileged retainer (female) happy In spite of the
bar sinister* and assorted young love, star-
crossed or happy according to the necessary
plot specifications. The salt spray is oonsid-
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erably diluted but the atmosphere Is whole-
some and pleasant." L. S. Munn
H Springf'd Republican p4d Je SO '46
300w
Reviewed by George Conrad
Weekly Book Review plO Jl 7 '46 320w
HOMES, GEOFFREY, pseud. See Mainwar-
ing. D.
HONEY, WILLIAM BOWYER. Dresden china;
an introduction to the study of Meissen porce-
lain; with sixty-one plates illustrating 176
pieces, rev ed 223p $6 D. Rosenfeld, 403 Rice
bldg, Troy, N.Y.
738 Dresden pottery 46-6202
American edition of a work first published in
England in 1934 (Book Review Digest 1935).
"In this edition, Mr. Honey has revised the
text in some respects, particularly in connec-
tion with the Hausmalerei. Otherwise, the plates
and subject matter are substantially the same
as in the original work." (Prefatory note to
the American ed)
Booklist 43:55 O 15 '46
"This is a definitive work on the eighteenth
century Meissen Manufactory, an authoritative
history and critical evaluation of its art, artists
and productions. It is by a famous expert and
provides student collectors with a section on
marks. It is moreover eminently readable, some-
thing not always to be said of scholarly mono-
graphs."
-f Weekly Book Review p29 O 13 '46 270w
HONIG, PIETER, and VERDOORN, FRANS,
eds. Science and scientists in the Nether-
lands Indies; a review of research and ex-
ploration in the Netherlands Indies; prepared
under the auspices of the Board tor the
Netherlands Indies, Surinam and Curacao.
491p il $4 Chronica botanica
509.91 Scientific research. Netherlands In-
dies A46-1331
"This excellent book is made up of articles,
original or reprinted, by some seventy-five au-
thors on a wide variety of topics related to
the growth of science in the Netherlands In-
dies. The earliest of these is an excerpt from
The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wal-
lace, published in 1869, and the most recent
a collection of notes on the work of such
bodies as UNRRA, the Central Depository Li-
brary for the Netherlands in New York City
and the Institute of Pacific Relations. There
are articles on the history of rubber produc-
tion, cinchona cultivation and the chemistry
of tea as well as upon botanical gardens and
a discussion of paleontological research since
Dubois' discovery of Pithecanthropus ereotus.
Several travel accounts and impressions by
distinguished visitors broaden the scope of
the work from a purely technical field and
convey something of the color and charm of
the islands." Canadian Forum
"The volume is a frank attempt by the
Netherlands Government to publicize what
Malaysia owes to the science and culture
which their regime has fostered. . . Irrespec-
tive of any such Justification, it certainly can
be said that this volume affords a wealth of
Interesting information, presented in a con-
vincing and attractive form, about a part of
the world which merits our closest scrutiny."
A. B. Lamb
-f Am Chem Soc J 68:347 F '46 700w
"This book will appeal especially to the
scientific worker who intends to visit the Far
East but it will also be a valued possession
of the interested layman, because of its wealth
of information and the thoroughness and care
with which it has been prepared and edited.
It is well printed and generously illustrated
by early prints, photographs, maps and vig-
nettes. A supplement gives an impressive
list of the scientific institutions, societies and
research workers In the Netherlands Indies."
Alan Creighton
4- Canadian Forum 26:21 Ap '46 500w
"Although the editors deny any intention
of presenting an encyclopedia, they have very
nearly succeeded in doing so and have com*
piled a work of greatest value to everyone
interested in the products or the development
of the East Indies. It might even excite and
attract aa immigrants many of that keen-
minded sort who would delight in promoting
the development of resources now latent.
D. H. Kllleffer
-f Chem & Eng N 24:702 Mr 10 '46 300w
Foreign Affairs 24:756 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:30 Ap '46
HOOK, SIDNEY. Education for modern man.
237p $2.75 Dial press
370.1 Education 46-3574
"Mr. Hook approaches education from a
point of view represented most explicitly by
John Dewey but in general to be defined as
experimental, democratic, and secular. He
feels, and quite properly* that discussions of
liberal education have been of late too much
in terms of a dogmatic metaphysics and an
equal dogmatism as to required and elective
curricula. He thinks that education should
be reconsidered in terms of the discoverable
nature of man, not as defined a priori, but as
revealed by scientific inquiry and always with
reference to the needs of the society in which
we are actually living in the twentieth cen-
tury. Particularly the social assumptions re-
garding liberal education need to be re exam-
ined, as do the alleged finalities of the line
between vocational and liberal education which
many allegedly liberal educators take for
granted." (Nation) Index.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p5 Ap 21 '46
Booklist 42:293 My 15 '46
Current Hist 11:49 Jl '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. W. Gross
J Philos 43:629 N 7 '46 3300w
Klrkus 14:171 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
"For college libraries and those serving large
school systems." Thelma Brackett
Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 90w
"Mr. Hook has written a sensible little book
and a much-needed one in which he rescues
the discussion of education from the rarefied
and somewhat snobbish atmosphere in which
it has in certain quarters been carried on and
from the unrealistic isolation from society in
which the whole enterprise of learning and
teaching has been conceived. . . The reader is
recommended to Mr. Hook's excellent chapter
on The Good Teacher, where he permits himself
a little less dialectic and contioversy. a little
more enkindling eloquence, than generally marks
the book. Himself a notably good teacher, his
account of such a rarity is both exciting and
true talk." Irwm Edman
+ Nation 162:476 Ap 20 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by Jerome Nathanson
New Repub 114:840 Je 10 '46 1150w
"Mr. Hook has put his finger, it seems to me,
upon the profound fallacy of most of the cur-
rent attempts to 'reorganize* higher education.
All these attempts, whether at Chicago or in
the Harvard report, St. John* a College or
'courses in the humanities,' suffer from looking
backward too much. They suffer also from a
preoccupation with 'western Europe,' aa if
that continent, which haa wrecked itself, were
somehow the home of superior wisdom. Mr.
Hook insists that the present and the future
are, or ought to be. the primary concern of
education. I think the weakness of hia book
is that he doea not sufficiently allow for the
damage that technological education ia doing
to the concept of civic obligation, but I feel
that, if he ia not on the side of the angels, he
is at least on the aide of the United Nations.
I found hia book rather exciting reading." H.
M. Jones
H NY Tlmea p6 My 26 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:110 My 18 '46 lOOw
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HOOK, SIDNEY— Continued
"Those who enjoy the human individual will
like 'Education for Modern Man' all the more
for its crotchets and aggressions, its petulance
and its boyish earnestness. And even severe
impersonalists will have to admit that Mr.
Hook has the qualities of his defects/' Eric
Bentley
Sat R of Lit 29:22 Ap 20 '46 HOOw
School & Society 63:232 Mr 30 '46 20w
"Far-reaching in its implications, this book
is a contribution to the present controversy
over higher education in America."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:210 S '46 260w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review plO Ag It '46
1250w
HOOLE, WILLIAM STANLEY. Anti-bellum
Charleston theatre. 230p $3.50 Univ of Ala.
792 Theater — Charleston, South Carolina
46-27318
"Mr. Hoole's book on the ante-bellum
Charleston theatre takes the record from 1800
(where Eola Willis stopped) to 1861. In a
smaller way, it is like Udell's 'Annals of the
New York Stage,' because it is complete and
accurate, a work of painstaking and scholarly
research, and hence of real value to theatrical
historians." Weekly Book Review
"Hoole's book offers to the specialist in
theatrical history complete listings of the plays
presented in Charleston from 1800 to 1861 and
of the actors and playwrights. His work is
outstanding in this field however, for its con-
stant attention to other aspects of the life of
the city — business, journalism, etc — so that the
theater is seen in relation to its background
and holds real interest for the general reader."
J. T. Frederick
H- Book Week p2 Ag 11 '46 310w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
-f Weekly Book Review p40 N 17 '46 130w
HOOVER, CALVIN BRYCE. International
trade and domestic employment. (Committee
for economic development. Research study)
177p $1.75 McGraw
337 U.S.— Commercial policy 45-8573
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945
Foreign Affairs 24:349 Ja '46 11 Ow
Reviewed by D. B. Marsh
J Pol Econ 54:463 O '46 OOOw
"Since the treatment of the problem Is
couched in simple nontechnical language, the
layman need have no qualms about plung-
ing into these turbid waters. Under Dr.
Hoover's expert guidance he will emerge a
wiser citizen of his own country and the
world." A. D. Gayer
-f N Y Times p28 Je 23 '46 550w
"This concise book for the general reader,
one of the research studies of the Committee
for Economic Development, very ably and use-
fully outlines and evaluates the more impor-
tant international economic problems facing
the United States as they appeared in the
spring of 1945. The reviewer has little quarrel
with both analysis and recommendations." F
A. Southard
+ Pol Sci Q 61:133 Mr '46 750w
"This is the fifth in a series of research
studies prepared under the auspices of the
Committee for Economic Development. In
non-technical language, this brief volume
presents in clear and logical steps the proce-
dures believed necessary to enable the United
States to participate adequately In increased
world trade and the maintenance of world
peace."
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:35 Mr '46 240w
HOPE, BOB. So this is peace; pictures by Lew
Glanzman. 208p $2.50; 84p pa $1 Simon &
Schuster
817 46-8032
The author of I Never Left Rome here
gives us his words of wisdom and humor on
the subject of peace, in which he arrives at
the conclusion that thus far peace has not
succeeded.
"He is still king of low comedy, and at the
same time he manages never to slip into dis-
tasteful vulgarities nor petty meanness. Some-
how we don't think that the rise of Claghorn's
satire and Kaye's pantomine and double-talk
have cut Hope's audience materially."
-f Klrkus 14:441 S 1 '46 200w
" 'So This Is Peace,' at its best, is a gag-
strewn recital of his tours and his troubles
as a microphonic comedian. Gag follows gag
in soggy profusion. There are gags about
Wacs, gags about Bing Crosby, gags about
Hitler, gags about shortages, gags about Tru-
man. So endless and uninterrupted is this
.
succession that more than once the reader
would be relieved at the intrusion of a rhymed
commercial. Tricked out on the screen with
exotic digcor, handsome leading ladies and the
shred of a plot, Hope creates a great and
often amusing commotion, both in his vehicle
and at the box office. Even on the air, where
his ingratiating voice, his foils and his spon-
sors lend variety to his material, Hope is no
slouch by the rules of either Hooper or Gallup.
But in cold, unadorned type, he gets pretty
soporific." Richard Maney
N Y Times p22 N 10 '46 1800W
Reviewed by George Baker
Sat R of Lit 30:13 Ja 18 '47 600w
"This is the book we would take with us
on a desert island, because it opens so smoothly
in the middle that it could be used as a pil-
low, although it possesses no other soporific
virtues. And it would be a rare desert island
that hasn't been visited by Mr. Hope as a
wartime and post war entertainer. He has de-
livered his fast humor by fast plane to every
place on the globe that boasts a runway big
enough to land a laugh." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p30 N 24 '46
390w
HOPKIN & WILLIAMS, limited, London. Or-
ganic reagents for organic analysis. 175p
$3.75 Chemical pub. co.
543.8 Chemical tests and reagents. Chem-
istry, Organic 46-1049
"This work is similar in arrangement to the
same firm's Organic reagents for metals (4th
edition, 1943). A number of reagents found by
experience to be most useful in organic analy-
sis are presented and approximately the fol-
lowing information is given for each one:
Name, chemical formula, molecular weight,
analytical applications, properties, directions
for the preparation of derivatives, and litera-
ture references. Melting points of derivatives
are given in classified tables at the end of the
volume. In addition, the book contains a pre-
liminary discussion of analytical procedures for
the main classes of organic compounds." N Y
New Tech Bks
"Even though the experienced organic
analyst will be familiar with the general con-
tent, nevertheless, he will find useful informa-
tion here and there, and a helpful bibliography.
It is to be regretted that the authors did not
include one good method for the preparation
of each reagent. Many otherwise well stocked
laboratories will be found to lack many of
these compounds." W. F. Whitmore
H Chem & Eng N 24:2412 S 10 '46 600w
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:5 Ja '46
HOPLEY-WOOLRICH, CORNELL GEORGE.
See Woolrich, C.
HORAN, MRS KENNETH (O'DONNELL).
Papa went to Congress; il. by Susanne Suba.
206p $2 Doubleday
917.53 Washington, D.C.— - Social life and
customs. O'Donnell, James 46-331
Lively memoirs of a Michigan family in
Washington during the Cleveland administra-
tion. Papa was a handsome man, given to
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making speeches on the rural free delivery bill.
Mama who was pretty as a picture and had
the smallest waist in Michigan, prepared to
take Washington society by storm. Adding to
the excitement were two of Mama's sisters: the
pretty one whose chief claim to fame was her
ability to get rid of her current husband if
she saw someone she liked better; and the plain
one whose guiding ambition was woman suf-
frage. The author has built up these mem-
oirs from stories her mother told, and from
letters she wrote to "papa's" paper back in
Michigan
"The book is done in that gently facetious
style, at once omniscient and naive, which a
grownup may adopt when pretending to be
writing as a little girl, and Mrs. Horan has
indubitably struck one of those golden nos-
talgic notes bound to echo in American hearts
wherever they may beat." Edith Roberts
Book Week p7 Ja 20 '46 450w
Booklist 42:181 F 1 '46
"If not measuring up to the Clarence Day
tradition, it is at the same time clean in its
fun -making. . . One misses the tenderness
which made the Clarence Day volumes un-
forgettable, but, then, Kenneth Horan is evi-
dently more interested in the fantasy of ex-
aggeration than in a realistic and tender pic-
ture. The quaint pen-sketches by Susanne
Suba. by the way, are humorous and most
delightful." Millicent Taylor
4. — Christian Science Monitor plG Ja 21
•46 480w
Kirkus 13:485 N 1 '45 80w
"There may be readers who will enjoy this
slightly sentimental, slightly humorous, al-
together conventional account of life during
a mauve era In Washington. From the first
page to the last, however, the performance
does not quite ring true. The humor is of
the patented variety. The characters are en-
tirely stock characters, with no individual
traits and very little social significance. The
writing is not saturated with the color of life
itself." Marguerite Young
— NY Times plO Mr 3 '46 600w
"These little memoirs are hard to believe
at best, but this one has two strikes on it
before it begins. The story is told by Mrs.
Horan and her sister as they 'remembered'
those far-off days and gay times. But, as the
author states that neither she nor her sister
was born until ten years after Papa went to
Washington, it all becomes a little confusing.
Mrs. Horan calls the maneuver a 'bold literary
privilege,' and bold is certainly the word for
New Yorker 21:90 Ja 12 '46 130w
Reviewed by Mary Ross
Weekly Book Review p4 Ja 13 '46 65 Ow
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
HORIZON (periodical). Horizon stories; chosen
by Cyril Connolly. 289p $2.50 Vanguard [8s 6d
46-2867
Collection of twenty short stories reprinted
from the magazine Horizon. Partial contents:
In the square, by Elizabeth Bowen; The saint,
by V. S. Pritchett; The wages of love, by Rhys
Davles; Crossing the Atlantic, by Diana Gard-
ner; "Ivanhoe," by L. P. Smith; Interment of
a literary man, by Philip Toynbee. Fifteen of
the stories were contained in a volume with
the same title published in England in 1943.
"Most of the stories are marked by a high
degree of competence and some by a measure
of power, but all are rather thin -blooded and
remote in comparison with the contents of
those American magazines considered repre-
sentative of new trends in writing or of the
unorthodox and untrammeled in fiction." Jack
Conroy
H -- Book Week p!5 Ap 7 '46 320w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:266 Je 28 '46 520w
Kirkus 13:531 D 1 '45 150w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:483 Ap 20 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by James Stern
New Repub 114:629 Ap 29 '46 650w
"Though the average is highly impressive,
there is no absolutely great work here. Wil-
liam Sansom's strange, symbolic story, 'The
Long Sheet.' is the most powerful and intense
item; it has a strong, dry. meaningful poetry
in it. Edward Sheehy's 'Prothalamion' stands
out as a sharp and thorough study of hypocrisy.
Antonia White's 'The Moment of Truth' seems
both sturdy and subtle work." Richard Sulli-
van
H NY Times p3 Ap 7 '46 500w
"The English magazine Horizon provides a
collection of twenty stories, most of which are
pleasing, though not particularly memorable."
New Yorker 22:116 Ap 13 '46 120w
" 'Horizon Stories' do not number among
them any that will be long remembered for
their own sakes. They are a Little too well bred
for that. Yet they are not too well bred to
make excellent reading." Kenneth Fearing
-j Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 31 '46
700w
HORN, EDWARD NEWMAN. Faster, faster.
215p $2.50 Coward-McCann
46-2672
A fantasy and satire on modern life. In it
a young man named Harry Bachus returns
from the war in the Pacific with some strange
notions about life and love. He takes over a
roadhouse called The Hill, and the rest of the
story describes the impact of Harry's dionysian
philosophy on the town and the people in it.
Reviewed by R. J. Bender
Book Week plO Mr 17 '46 400w
"A story more than a little remindful of
'South Wind,' with its many characters who
are decidedly in favor of living, with its bishop
who suddenly sees that the Church might well
have some of this new vigor, and with its mo-
ments of extreme violence. Mr. Horn, in pay-
ing attention to his original plot, often over-
looks his characterization and the matter of his
readers' credulity. But because his approach
to his thesis is light and his writing often as
lively as Harry Bachus's exploits, 'Faster
Faster' also happens to be quite a lot of fun."
William Kehoe
^ NY Times p!2 Mr 10 '46 260w
"Probably much more fun to write than to
read."
New Yorker 22:100 Mr 16 '46 120w
"Like any fantasy, this tale of a soldier,
who had his moment before Valhalla, demands
that you enter into it, accepting an innocent-
eyed young Bacchus on the hard-surfaced high-
ways of the United States. If you do, in addi-
tion to the grace and sparkle of the writing,
you will find delicious nonsense and a good
deal that is not nonsense, though quite prob-
ably the American Legion would think other-
wise." Mary Ross
+ Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 10 '46
850w
HORNBERGER, THEODORE. Scientific thought
in the American colleges, 1638-1800. 108p $1.50;
pa $1 Univ. of Tex, Austin 12, Tex.
507 Science — Study and teaching. Colleges
and universities— U.S. A46-1632
"The extent and character of scientific stud-
ies in the college curriculum are an interesting
index to the place of scientific thought in the
culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies. The chief scientific study was 'natural
philosophy' (elementary physics), plus such
practical applications of science and mathe-
matics as surveying and navigation." Christian
Century
"Hornberger's book is singularly unpreten-
tious and sensible in its approach to its sub-
ject, well planned and most completely writ-
ten: an example of thorough scholarly study
which will well reward the attention of the
general reader." J. T. Frederick
-f- Book Week p2 Mr 17 '46 220w
"An interesting chapter in the history of
American education."
-f Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46 70w
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 30w
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HORNBERGER, THEODORE— Continued
"Only in the final chapter does the author
get anywhere close to a discussion of the
history of ideas, but ten pages are hardly
sufficient to do justice to the question of
scientific thought in the colonial college. All
of which suggests that Dr. Hornberger would
have done better had he entitled his book, 4THe
Attitude of the Colleges to Science,1 to use his
own phrasing (p. 4), or, better still, 'The
Teaching of Science in American Colleges up to
1800,' a more precise description of the con-
tent. There are copious notes, mostly chosen
from secondary sources, a fact which makes the
book more useful to the student than to the
specialist." W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:467 D 28 '46 450w
Springf'4 Republican p6 F 19 '46 420w
HORNEY, KAREN, ed. Are you considering
psychoanalysis? 262p $3 Norton
131.34 Psychoanalysis Med47-12
A symposium by six practicing psychoan-
alysts which answers such questions as What
is a neurosis? How long does analysis take?
What does it cost? How do you choose an
analyst? What does he do at analytical ses-
sions? Will analysis really help? etc. Index.
"A book which dissipates doubts, clarifies a
science still dark to many, and which should
be of particular value today."
-f- Klrkus 14:509 O 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by John Storck
N Y Times p25 D 15 '46 380w
"A well-written and well-planned book."
4- New Yorker 22:132 N 16 '46 80w
"In an age when neuroses seem to be no
less prevalent than the common cold, here is
a timely and valuable book." R. O'B.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
180w
HORNING, JOHN LANDES, and MCOINNIS.
GEORGE CRAWFORD. Open door to chem-
istry; il. by Helen Armstrong. 86p $2 Apple-
ton -Century
540 Chemistry — Juvenile literature 46-2148
Short discussion of some of the basic prin-
ciples of chemistry, with thirty-one simple
experiments which can be performed in a home
laboratory. For grades six to nine.
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
"Fathers and sons will vie with each other
to be the first to complete any one of the 30
experiments, and will learn muoh in the proc-
ess." H. F. Griswold
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 13 '46
lOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"Of interest to the young amateur chemist,
but the rather dull format and unglamorous
illustrations will not convert any readers not
already interested in the subject. Competent
handling for school and library uses."
+ — Klrkus 14:37 Ja 15 '46 llOw
"With simple equipment and this book, very
young children in the grades can make a lab-
oratory of their own for all these fascinating
experiments and have fun doing them. The
illustrations by Helen Armstrong are excel-
lent. A glossary of new words appears in the
back." Nelle McCalla
-f Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 90w
HOROWITZ, MRS CAROLINE. Boy's treasury
of things-to-do. 93p il $1.25 Hart
790 Amusements. Handicraft 46-25125
Describes how to make things out of safe
and inexpensive things found In most homes.
Contains easy to follow diagrams. Some of the
material was originally Included in A Child's
Treasury of Things-to-do (Book Review Digest.
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '46
Reviewed by B. K. Finn
J Home Econ 38:667 D '46 30w
"Librarians and parents will find it useful in
planning parties for children." M, M. Smith
+ Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Nina Schneider
N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 30w
HOROWITZ, MRS CAROLINE. Girl's treasury
of things-to-do. 93p il $1.25 Hart
790 Amusements. Handicraft 46-25126
Simple things for girls to make and do. The
materials used are all things found in the
ordinary home. Includes some games.
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '46
Reviewed by B. K. Finn
J Home Econ 38:667 D '46 30w
Reviewed by E. W. Turpin
Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by Nina Schneider
N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 30w
HOROWITZ, MRS CAROLINE. Little girl's
treasury of things-to-do. 93p 11 $1.25 Hart
790 Amusements. Handicraft 46-25127
"Collection of things to make with inexpen-
sive materials to be found in every home. The
diagrams are easy to follow, and the directions
clearly and simply written. The variety of
activities suggested should appeal to girls from
six to nine." Library J
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '4^
Reviewed by B. K. Finn
J Home Econ 38:667 D '46 30w
Reviewed by Dorotha Dawson
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 50w
Reviewed by Nina Schneider
N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 30w
HOROWITZ, MRS CAROLINE. Young boy's
treasury of things-to-do. 93p il $1.25 Hart
790 Amusements. Handicraft 46-25128
"Here are numerous suggestions of things
boys will enjoy making or doing. In every case
the materials to be used are Inexpensive and
are found in every home. They include games
for the individual child as well as for groups.
Some are especially designed for the invalid.
Well illustrated. For ages six to nine." Li-
brary J
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '46
Reviewed by B. K. Finn
J Home Econ 38:667 D '46 30w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 70w
"An especially good collection of things to do
with inexpensive, safe materials. Fresh ideas,
sturdy end-products, colorful clear diagrams,
and excellent type distinguish these books."
Nina Schneider
-f N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 30w
HORSFALL, JAMES GORDON. Fungicides and
their action; foreword by David Falrchild.
239p il $5 Chronica botanica
632.952 Fungicides 46-1063
"Many important phases of pest control,
some of which are often inadequately treated
or ignored by plant pathologists who write
articles or books aimed to give advice on what
to do and how to do it. are here surveyed.
Although such detailed procedures as spray
schedules, cook-book recipes, and the like are
omitted, the theories underlying them are
brought up to date and discussed. For example,
the treatment of the dosage curve is most
valuable to the modern plant pathologist, with
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the accompanying- discussion of such topics as
coverage, deposition, tenacity, drain -off, antag-
onisms and phytotoxicity. . , A bibliography
of about five hundred titles, authors, and gen-
eral indexes complete the work." U S Quarter-
ly Bkl
"This is the first attempt to bring together
many of the newer concepts on fungicides,
the mechanism of their action and philosophy
of evaluation, and the result has been on the
whole very successful. The typical informal
style and similes of the author may surprise
some, but are interesting. . . The book is
essential to all fundamentally concerned with
fungicides. It is an excellent source book and
perhaps best of all, by reason of the many
controversial issues raised will stimulate fur-
ther research on fungicides and their action.
S. B. A. McCallan
-f- Am Chem Soc J 68:728 Ap '46 260w
"The author has succeeded well in his novel
treatment of this field of inquiry, a field in
which he is thoroughly familiar by virtue of his
numerous original contributions and previous
general reviews. This book will be indis-
pensable to investigators of fungicides and also
of plant protectants in general, though it makes
no pretense of treating fungicides for several
important but special purposes such as wood
and textile preservation, and soil disinfection."
Freeman Weiss
H Chem & Eng N 24:100 Ja 10 '46 450w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 lOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:68 Mr '46 200w
HORSLEY, TERENCE. Soaring flight; with an
introd. and app. by Roel I. Wolfson. 326p II
$4 Current bks. [16s Eyre]
629.13333 Gliding and soaring 46-6891
British book on gliding technique, which con-
tains essential knowledge for skillful aviation,
and on glider clubs. Index.
Book Week p27 N 24 '46 120w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
"Well written and beautifully illustrated book
on soaring and gliding by an experienced glider
pilot." L. A. Bales
-f Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 20w
"The author manages an extremely read-
able exposition of the basic techniques of soar-
ing, which are, of course, the same the world
over. He intersperses this with accounts of
his own personal flight experiences and also
with quoted adventure-reports of other British
soaring pilots; and altogether he captures the
thrills of silent flight more vividly than any-
one else has yet done in the small literature
of the subject." Wolfgang Langewiesche
+ Weekly Book Review p34 O 27 '46
240w
HOSKINS, ROY GRAHAM. Biology of schizo-
phrenia. 191p $2.75 Norton
616.8982 Dementia SG46-212
"The first half of the book is 'concerned
primarily with the nature of normal man as
related to the schizophrenic psychosis and to
the over-all pattern of deviation from normal-
ity that constitutes the disorder as seen ob-
jectively and as reported subjectively.' The
latter half is devoted primarily to an account
of 'researches at the physiologic-metabolic
level,' prosecuted during the last eighteen
years at the Worcester State Hospital. . . Dr.
Hoskins is a research associate in the Harvard
Medical School and director of research of the
Memorial Foundation for Neuro- Endocrine Re-
search and of the Worcester State Hospital.
This latest contribution from his pen is based
upon the Salmon Memorial Lectures delivered
by him at the New York Academy of Medicine
in November, 1946." (Scientific Bk Club R)
Bibliography. Index.
"A most excellent summary of the past
studies and future problems involved in at*
tacking this devastating condition. . . 'The
Biology of Schizophrenia' is a far cry from the
mass of psychiatric writing that has recently
flooded the market. It requires concentrated
effort to digest the large amount of factual
data that is most ably presented. This book
should be of value to physicians and ancillary
workers in both the fields of psychiatry and
biology; and in addition it should aid the
thoughtful families of those suffering from the
distressing condition." H. A. Rusk
-f N Y Times p33 Ag 11 '46 800w
"Although the title of this book might sug-
gest that it is a highly specialized treatise in-
tended only for the limited number of profes-
sional workers in a single, narrow field, the
perspective of its author is so broad and the
abnormalities with which it deals are so com-
mon that it is in reality a book of quite gen-
eral significance and widespread interest. In
fact, the first chapter contains a presentation
of the fundamental concept of emergent evolu-
tion that has rarely been equaled for depth
and breadth of insight, clarity of diction, and
cogency of thought. On the other hand, it is
definitely not a 'popular book,' to be easily
read by the 'man in the street.' "
-f- Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Jl '46 480w
Reviewed by E. R. Groves
Social Forces 25:101 O '46 130w
HOSLETT, SCHUYLER DEAN, ed. Human
factors in management. 322p $4 Park college
' press, Parkville, Mo.
658 3 Employment management 46-6810
"This book . . . brings together carefully
selected studies which ordinarily would be un-
available to most executives. . . The book is
divided into three parts. Part I, 'The Executive
and the Organization,' is divided into two sec-
tions, namely, (A) The Nature and Conditions
of Leadership and (B) Training Leaders in
Human Relations. . . Part II is entitled 'The
Worker and the Organization.' It also is di-
vided into two sections, namely, (A) Studies
in Human Relations and (B) Facilitating Ad-
justments Through the Counselling Method.
Part III, 'Critiques,' contains articles on such
subjects as The Psychology of Participation,
Anthropological Engineering, Industry and the
Community, and Psychological Studies of Em-
ployee Morale." Ann Am Acad
"Considering the limitations of space under
which the editor worked, he has succeeded
in making generally excellent selections. No
one attempting to select the most significant
material from a rather broad field of knowl-
edge is likely to do so to the complete satisfac-
tion of all readers." Victor Karabasz
-f- Ann Am Acad 248:270 N '46 340w
Reviewed by H. J. Owens
Book Week p6 N 24 '46 400w
School & Society 65:32 Ja 11 '47 lOw
HOUGH, DONALD. Camelephamoose. 209p
$2.50 Dwell
46-6382
A farcical story about some returned soldiers
who try to make a living and reestablish com-
munications with their well-meaning but
apathetic friends and relatives. Their efforts
are sometimes hilarious, sometimes pathetic.
Book Week p5 8 15 '46 230w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Klrkus 14:260 Je 1 '46 230w
"Surprisingly successful, but not everybody's
meat." R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
"Sometimes the story slows down a little,
sometimes the humor skids into the slapstick,
even the juvenile (though the language never
does!); but, first to last, many a reader will
find here many a chuckle, many a thought to
ponder." N. K. B.
H NY Times plO Ag 11 '46 650w
"When Mr. Hough is not dragging In his
political beliefs, he is funny In an unpreten-
tious, easygoing way."
New Yorker 22:90 Ag 17 '46 70w
"Because he is a good technician, the author
tells his story entertainingly and well. But he
isn't writing his book Just for the sake of
396
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HOUGH, DONALD— Continued
tale- telling. He has something to say. He
uses the camelephamoose quite broadly ana
simply as a symbol. Here is something- new,
representing the struggle, the 'pattern of hope,
disappointment and effort' which is the pat-
tern of the life of the returned soldier, at
least for a while." J. H. Jackson „„ .,„
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 19 '46
500w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4 S 7 '46 230w
"The complications are bizarre, and the plot
becomes almost as hybrid as Bill's amal-
gamated mammal Mr. Hough's symbolism
has point to it, but animal cracker allegory
is hardly his metier." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 11 '46
390w
HOUGH, DONALD. Darling, I am home. 176p
$2.50 Norton
940.531817 World war, 1939-1945— Moral as-
pects. Civilization 46-6945
In an open letter addressed ostensibly to his
wife, but actually to his fellow citizens, the au-
thor of Captain Retread, Camelephamoose, etc.,
reviews his experiences in two world wars and
estimates the value of our victories to ourselves
and the world.
Reviewed by Clinton Textor
Book Week p!6 D 8 '46 230w
Kirkus 14.372 Ag 1 '46 140w
"An earnest plea for plain speaking and
honesty in domestic and international affairs.
Harsh words, but interesting and true, in this
time of sorely needed clear thinking." W. A.
Kalenich
Library J 71:1205 S 15 '46 90w
"Mr. Hough is a sincere man, one who calls
a spade and even an atomic bomb by their
right names and often in the same sentence.
A professional writer, he is reputed to have a
warm, friendly touch when dealing with mat-
ters like the Wyoming mountains ('Snow Above
Town,' 1943). But 'Darling, I Am Home,'
which he bills as an 'exposure of one man's
mind,' is a self-conscious piece of scrutiny
both of self and nearly everything else; it is
a rambling, fussy, confused tract which asks
everything from why do people attend baseball
games to why is Norman Corwin so young?"
Austin Stevens
N Y Times p!8 O 20 '46 500w
"Donald Hough is not a profound or con-
structive thinker, but he is an eloquent one,
and his conclusions in a time of confusion and
falsity have a very healthy ring." Niven
Busch
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 N 9 '46 650w
HOUGH, LYNN HAROLD. Meaning of human
experience. 367p $3 Abingdon-Cokesbury
121 Experience 46-12
A long, philosophical essay by the dean of
Drew Theological Seminary. "Dean Hough's
basic thought is that man achieves full stature
only by combining the humanistic tradition
with the teachings of the Gospel in a synthesis
that provides for the culture of both mind and
heart and that recognizes the Incarnate God
as the Supreme Arbiter of life." (Commonweal)
"Admirers of Dean Hough will find much
cause for gratification in this latest book.
It consists of many variations on the central
theme, announced on the first page of the
text, that 'the human is the significant/
Garnished with clever turns of phrase, illus-
trated in numerous thumbnail sketches of
pivotal persons in the human adventure, and
supported by not a few crisp insights of great
suggestiveness, the book itself embodies its
main contention, for it is both richly human
and assuredly significant." Roger Hazel ton
+ Christian Century 63:429 Ap 3 '46 850w
"With range, depth, and insight, Dean Hough
deals briefly and helpfully with many subjects.
Steeped as he is in both classical and Biblical
traditions, using a personal idealism as the
philosophical key to opening many doors, he
is able to identify partial truths and point to
a wholeness which many lesser men cannot
see. .. It is an evangelical humanism for which
Dean Hough stands, something very different
from most formulations of Christianity today,
something foreign to the approaches of a
Tillich or Niebuhr and lacking in the social
imperatives of a more community-minded
Christianity. It is a highly sophisticated per-
sonalized evangelicalism which will appeal to
civilized people." R. C. Miller
-f Churchman 160:15 F 1 '46 220w
"Impressive as are Dr. Hough's own erudi-
tion and evident devotion to our Lord, the
Catholic will experience difficulty with a num-
ber of the positions taken in the book. Thus
in the section on 'The Nature of the Real,' one
hesitates to accept that personal idealism which
is the solution of the author; in the treatment
of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, one
looks in vain for definite affirmation as to the
objectivity of God's inspiration." H. G. J. Beck
Commonweal 43:461 F 15 '46 260w
"This critic is happy to turn Dean Hough's
challenging work over to the reader with the
hope that he will give it the careful attention
it deserves, and attempt to find this reviewer
wrong on all the negative points. . . These
points involve, in the main, factors of literary
organization. Perhaps they are inevitable in
view of the evolution of the volume from a
series of university lectures. They limit, al-
though they by no means void, the significant
value of Dean Hough's contribution to modern
religious literature." B. V. Diller
Crozer Q 23:277 Jl '46 2000w
Reviewed by E. S. Brightman
J Religion 26:136 Ap '46 550w
HOUGHTON, WALTER EDWARDS. Art of
Newman's Apologia; pub. for Wellesley col-
lege. 116p $2.60 Yale univ. press
B or 92 Newman, John Henry, cardinal
A46-372
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Prof. Hough ton of Wellesley College has
given this work its first really searching
critical examination. His analysis is firm and
Just, his presentation incisive. This is a very
valuable addition to the literary study of
Newman." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 70w
"It is the chief virtue of Mr. Houghton's
essay that it marshals supporting evidence for
the long-standing conviction that the Apologia
is a masterpiece not only of self-revelation
but of conscious art. It is the chief fault of
his essay that in emphasizing Newman's art
he overstates his case and Newman's art seems
perilously like artifice." J. J. Reilly
H Cath World 163:182 My '46 550w
"As an analysis and appreciation of New-
man's prose style, this adds much to the
vague expressions of admiration which are so
frequently heard and goes far toward Justi-
fying them. In the last section, and especially
in the chapter, 'Did Newman Tell the Truth?'
the author is on more controversial ground and
has little to contribute to the inquiry into the
veracity of Newman's picture of his own
personality and mental processes, a theme
which others have investigated more crit-
ically."
H Christian Century 63:145 Ja 30 '46 90w
"The centenary of Newman's conversion to
Rome has produced several new books on the
great cardinal, but none more interesting and
valuable than this. . . This is a book of only
a hundred and twelve pages, and no one read*
ing the Apologia should be without it." F. J.
Moore
+ Churchman 160:15 Mr 16 '46 180w
Times [London] Lit Sup p26 Ja 11 '47
370w
HOURANI, ALBERT H. Syria and Lebanon;
a political essay [pub. for the Royal inst. of
int. affairs]. 412p maps $5 (18s) Oxford
956.9 Syria — Politics and government. Le-
banon— Politics and government
"The impact of Western civilisation on Arab
society is the motif of Mr. Hourani's book.
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Mr. Hourani sees these two countries, with
their Christian and Mediterranean associations,
as the natural links between East and West.
Coming from a Christian Lebanese background
himself he perhaps underestimates the gulf
between the Moslem masses of Syria and Eu-
ropean ideas, but that is not to grudge him
his hopeful conclusions. For the rest he pro-
vides the first compact history of Syria and
the Lebanon with much new material from
French archives." Manchester Guardian
"In this book the reader has a broadly help-
ful analysis of the political problems of one of
the critical areas in world affairs." J. T.
Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 220w
Foreign Affairs 25:347 Ja '47 90w
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 3 '46 140w
"Though Syria is only part of the Middle
East, the problems vary little from country
to country. Mr. Hourani's careful analysis
can serve as a guide to all of them. Less
gracious and personal in style, it is more sub-
stantial and objective than Miss Freya Stark's
'The Arab Island.' Together these two books
furnish the best informative material on the
recent changes in the Middle East which the
present war has produced." Hans Kohn
+ N Y Times p!8 S 22 '46 900w
Reviewed by R. H. S. Grossman
New Statesman & Nation 31:475 Je 29
'46 160w
"Mr. Hourani has his own convictions, but
alike in analysis and synthesis he displays an
absence of prejudice and a regard for the
other man's point of view. His is an acute,
yet a reflective, mind, which has tried to
empty itself of passion and can see serenely
the difficulties and even the defects of the
Arabs. That his account is accurate is pos-
sibly the least of its merits; what is more
notable is its stimulating quality." Kenneth
Williams
•f Spec 176.432 Ap 26 '46 700w
"Mr. Hourani has written a book which no
student and no statesman concerned with Mid-
dle Eastern affairs can afford to neglect. . .
The documentation is excellent, and both the
index and the maps leave nothing to be desired.
The only criticism which can be directed against
the book is its failure to cover the events of
the last twelve months."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p208 My 4 '46
900w
HOUSTON, NOEL. Great promise. 502p $3
Reynal
46-3136
"Until Sawyer Bolton attends the McKmley
Inaugural, she is the more or less frustrated
daughter of a North Carolina business man. . .
But from the moment Sawyer sets foot in
Washington things happen fast. . . She mar-
ries a tin-horn gambler, accompanies him to
the Oklahoma territory, sees him shot to death
by an irate 'sucker,' wins the most valuable
piece of land in the government lottery, be-
comes the unofficial queen of the newly created
town, falls into disrepute, and winds up with
the man she wanted all the time, as her 'fancy'
house goes up in flames." Weekly Book Re-
view
Reviewed by Bernard Malamud
Atlantic 178:158 S '46 240w
"If there are any ethics of the writing racket,
the author should be sued for depriving the
pulps of their hottest Item in yeara." Ralph
Peterson
Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 600w
"Cut out the bawdy scenes and obscene
dialogue and you'd have galloping motion pic-
ture material in melodrama genre. As a novel
it seems ridiculously overwritten, trite, banal
and boring."
— Kirkus 14:4 Ja '46 230w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 O 18 '46 90w
N Y Times p34 Ap 14 '46 180w
"Despite its undue length and overmeticulous
detail, however, this is surface story-telling.
We hear of the thoughts and feelings of the
heroine, her clothes and household furnishings,
we watch her in a large variety of activities,
but the massed minutiae of her existence never
add up to a whole. The sudden shifts in her
character, like the sudden shifts in her for-
tunes and her love affairs, seem to depend
wholly on blind chance and the author. How-
ever, as a picture of what happened when our
last frontier was opened up, when have-nots
and con men rushed in to build towns over-
night, the novel possesses validity. And it will
probably hold the interested attention of plenty
of tired business men on vacation." Frances
Gray
Sat R of Lit 29-39 Je 22 '46 410w
Reviewed by Kate O'Brien
Spec 177:494 N 8 '46 140w
Times [London] Lit Sup p517 O 26 '46
200w
"Noel Houston's 'The Great Promise' has its
virtues and its faults. On the credit side, it is
brimming with vitality, enthusiasm and a
healthy expansiveness. However, its tempestu-
ous story seems to have run away from the
author's ability to keep pace with it. . . In
spite of the express train speed of his story,
Mr. Houston has done a good Job with his
heroine. She never ceases to be a fairly under-
standable woman and the chief value of 'The
Great Promise' lies in her stature as a very .
human young lady." W. M. Kunstler
-4 Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 7 '46 360w
HOWARD, ELIZABETH METZGER. Before
the sun goes down. 378p $2.75 Doubleday
46-25021
Description of life in a small Pennsylvania
town in 1880. All sections of the town are
visited from the mansions of the Albrights and
the Sargents, to the huts of Mudtown where
the Negroes lived. Altho the story is told in
terms of the two leading families, the doctor
is the one thru whose eyes we see the lives
of these people. The doctor belongs to the
upper classes, but he is a tolerant man, and
all humanity passes before his understanding
eyes.
"Remarkably rich in warmly human content,
'Before the Sun Goes Down' is equally dis-
tinctive for its unusual structure. It is con-
structed very much like a movie scenario. . .
The suspicion is almost irresistible that Eliza-
beth Howard set out deliberately to design a
novel that would read like a motion picture —
even down to the detail of making Dr. Dan
Field talk and look and act for all the world
like Walter Pidgeon. But whether she did
it with one eye on the M-G-M award, or simply
from a passion for artistic creation, she
achieved a literary form that is likely to pre-
cipitate a bumper crop of imitations. She has
figured out a mighty effective way to tell a
story, not wholly original, of course, but the
polish she has given to an old idea makes a
difference that makes a difference. The book
is not without imperfections, and probably
there are more who will call it good than
there are who will call it great. While it con-
tains some of the finest writing to be found
in recent novels, it does contain, also, some un-
inspired lines, some type-worn phrases, and
a few characters sketched too lightly to be
well remembered." Wendell Johnson
H Book Week pi Ja 27 '46 1700w
Booklist 42:200 F 15 '46
Cath World 163:93 Ap '46 150w
"The author's heart is in the right place in
preaching tolerance and understanding; but
one wonders as she goes on and on in her
repetitive sentimental prose covering the lives
of these people (particularly their sex lives)
if she isn't emphasizing the scandal angle for
scandal's sake. There's great difference be-
tween her handling of small town secrets and
the handling of similar subjects in 'Wines-
burg, Ohio* and 'Our Town.' " P. T, Hartung
+ — Commonweal 44:221 Je 14 '46 450w
"It's not great literature — it is overwritten
and padded and labors the point at times. But
it is alive. And the people — for the most part
— breathe."
H Kirkus 13:496 N 15 '45 210w
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HOWARD. E. M. — Continued
••Toward the end the good doctor seems a
bit too much the deus ex machina. This is
the only major fault that can be found with
a very capable first novel, rich in story In-
terest and, I believe, destined for wide pop-
ular acceptance." N. B. Baker
-| NY Times p6 Ja 27 '46 760w
Reviewed by Nancy Groberg
Sat R of Lit 29:34 Mr 2 '46 700w
Time 47:95 P 4 '46 480w
"This is a thoroughly comfortable story in
its affirmation of the bad in the best of us,
good in the worst of us, and so on. Like the
description of the town by the Albright who
forsook it, it has the conventional brightness
and warmth of a chromo and the pleasant pre-
dictability of a snow-fall in a glass paper-
We e 4- Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 27 '46 700w
Wit Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
HOWARD, JOHN TASKER. Our American
music; three hundred years of it. 3d ed rev
& reset 841p il $5 Crowell
780.9 Music— History and criticism 46-5438
"In 1939, when Our American Music had been
in circulation for eight years, two supplemen-
tary chapters were added to tell briefly of the
developments and the many new composers
that had appeared in that comparatively short
time. And now, after six more years, it is
not only desirable, but necessary, to revise
the book completely, to adjust certain view-
points to changing conditions, to re-evaluate,
to add to the discussion of composers included
in the original volumes the many works they
have composed more recently, and also to in-
clude the several hundred composers who be-
came recognized after 1931." (Pref to 2d rev
ed) Bibliography. Index.
Christian Science Monitor pl6 S 14 '46
90w
'•This reset third edition is a little better but
not enough; -expanded but not always im-
proved. The historical, perspectiveless view of
the works of Billings for example, should have
been entirely replaced. Instead a few sentences
have been added at the end of the old material
which wasn't quite new in 1929. Later, the
book has been brought up to date somewhat
more satisfactorily. Not the best of all pos-
sible histories of American music but practi-
cally the only one. It should be in every
American Library." Leonard Burkat
Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 lOOw
HOWARD, JOSEPH KINSEY, ed. Montana
margins; a state anthology. 527p $4.50 Yale
univ. press
978.6 Montana. American literature — Col-
lections A46-6034
An anthology of poetry and prose, all about
the state of Montana, which covers the period
from Indian days to the present. Selections were
made from the works of novelists, poets, news-
papermen, soldiers, explorers, and even un-
tutored writers. The only criterion was that
the writer must know his subject. Chrono-
logical table. Index of authors and acknowledg-
ments.
"The production of regional books goes on
steadily, attaining new standards. To my mind,
'Montana Margins: A State Anthology* is the
best of the many regional anthologies recently
published: as the editor of two such books, I
may venture to speak with some conviction. . .
All in all, 'Montana Margins' is emphatically
a book to be read with delight in all parts
of the country, a book that will claim without
question a permanent place in every collection
of best books about American life." J. T. Fred-
erick
-f Book Week plO N 17 '46 700w
Current Hlat 12:62 Ja '47 30w
"Some of the writing is pretty bad; but all
of it has the breath of vitality, the call of the
"
"It is not all of Montana. Glaringly omitted
10 the dire effect on Montana's social, political
and educational life of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company, which in its time has run
the State by methods scarcely credible to an
outsider. One could have wished too for a
chapter on the fantastic feud between William
Andrews Clark and Marcus Daly, the copper
titans. And Montana's savage political wars,
as reflected in journalistic slugfests that gave
and asked no quarter, were surely worth a
glance. Still, the merits of 'Montana Margins'
so greatly outnumber its minor faults that
there is no point in quibbling. It will stir in
old Montanans a nostalgia for the great moun-
tains, the lonely plains, the magnetic, nervous
air of Butte. It should open the eyes of the
many others who somehow have never got
around to learning much about the third
largest and surely one of the most fascinating,
of the States." James Puller
H NY Times p5 D 15 '46 650w
"Montana has never before been so thorough-
ly represented in a single book; I doubt if
any Western state has been. It makes an ex-
cellent approach to the West as a whole. It
is a product of regional thinking at its best,
the effort to declare and interpret the truth
about the way people live and have lived in
a particular part of the country, as a result
of all the forces that shaped the region. And
also it contains a few specimens of the lower-
grade regionalism that impairs a good deal of
recent Western writing — a rapt, self-conscious
intensity, an arty effort to evoke the universal
from the exceedingly minute. I trust that Mr.
Howard has included them as a warning to
the little groups." Bernard De Voto
+ Weekly Book Review p2 D 22 '46 lOOOw
HOWARD, KENNETH SAMUEL. How to solve
chess problems; il. with one hundred twelve
modern problems by American composers.
171p $2.50 McKay
794.1 Chess 45-9218
"This book is intended primarily for the
average solver of chess problems; particularly
for the one who would like to learn some defin-
ite procedures which will enable him to solve
with greater certainty and rapidity. For those
who have never solved problems, or have done
so only occasionally, there is a preliminary ele-
mental section." (Pref) The second section of
the book has 112 illustrative chess problems,
selected from those either contributed to or
reproduced in American Chess bulletin from
1935 to 1945.
west."
Kirkut 14:450 S I '46 120w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 16 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p4 Ja '46
HOWARD, PETER. Ideas have legs. 184p
$2.50 Coward-McCann [7s 6d Muller]
248 Oxford group 46-7228
An English writer, a former member of
Parliament, who was at one time a brilliant
Fleet street journalist, describes his own change
of heart and outlook due to the Oxford move-
ment. "His message is that there can be no
panacea for world peace other than a universal
reafflrmation of Christian doctrine, a message
he expresses with a nice balance of intellectual
and emotional persuasion. His special targets
are all materialistic tenets of whatever deriva-
tion." (N Y Times)
Kirkus 14:268 Je 1 '46 120w
"Partially autobiographical, this book la per-
suasive crusading for moral rearmament." G.
W. Hill
Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by James Lyons
-f N Y Times p35 S 29 '46 470w
HOWARD, ROBERT ERVIN. Skull -face, and
others. 474p $5 Arkham house
46-7119
A collection of short stories, mainly re-
printed from the magazine Weird Tales, deal-
ing with the occult and supernatural, with
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fantasy and horror. The author was a Texan
who committed suicide in 1936 at the age of
thirty.
' 'The hero-literature 'of the pulps and the
comics is symptomatic of a profound contradic-
tion. On the one hand it is testimony to in-
security and apprehension, and on the other it
is a degraded echo of the epic. But the ancient
hero story was a glorification of significant ele-
ments in the culture that produced it. Mr.
Howard's heroes project the immature fantasy
of a split mind and logically pave the way to
schizophrenia." H. R. Hays
N Y Times p34 S 29 '46 600w
"In a minority among fans, I must confess
that Robert Howard seems to me the least
worthy of permanency of all the pulp writers
that Arkham House has enshrined between
covers (and a petulant little outburst against
reviewers in the editor's preface doesn't im-
prove my mood. If you care for subtlety or
artistry in your terror, Howard is not apt to
be your meat. But for rousing blood-and-
thunder action, he'll do very nicely; and the
memoirs by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman
Price present the author as almost as curious
a psychological study as Lovecraft himself."
Anthony Boucher
h San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 22 '46
80w
HOWARD, WALTER LAFAYETTE. Luther
Burbank, a victim of hero worship. 520p 11
pa $3.75 Chronica botanica
B or 92 Burbank, Luther 46-4033
"Not a conventional biography, but an at-
tempt to present certain aspects of Burbank's
character and his activities in horticulture and
in business without either the adulation of
earlier days or the derision of some scientists'
criticisms. Admitting the man's shortcomings,
the author still believes he was victimized by
others. A valuable feature of the book is a
listing and appraisal of Burbank's products.
This list is condensed from a bulletin of the
Agricultural experiment station, Berkeley, Cali-
fornia. For large or special libraries." Book-
list
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"Dr. Howard has performed a public serv-
ice in defending Burbank's fame while chop-
ping down the tall tales about him. Though
he has less literary skill than many who have
written about Burbank, his work, as a whole,
towers above that of all the others. It shows
that what biography needs is a few more pom-
ologists." Robert Simpson
-f- N Y Times p45 S 15 '46 950w
HOWE, CONSTANCE BERESFORD-. See
Beresford-Howe, C.
HOWE, HELEN HUNTINQTON. We happy
few. 345p $2.75 Simon & Schuster
46-17066
Picture of life among a small group of Har-
vard professors and their wives, before and
during World war II. An Idaho reformer, a
man of fine caliber, but not too polished, Is
introduced into the rarifled atmosphere, for
contrast.
Cleveland Open Shelf pl6 Jl '46
"A nicely styled, neatly scored portrait of the
intelligentsia, which takes oft and takes down
the exclusive circle of .enlightenment of Boston
and the Cambridge campus, and features the
best of the talent portrayed in the earlier, more
emotional The Whole Heart."
+ Klrkus 14:111 Mr 1 '46 210w
"Interesting story." J. L. Ross
+ Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 70w
"It is in the first half of her book, when Miss
Howe is concentrating on the embattled culture
of her small section of New England, before
she introduces her heroine to the enlarging ex-
perience of the great West, that she manages
not only to be most entertaining but also to
suggest the moat mature and universal mean-
ings. . . Miss Howe's novel falls apart in the
middle and the break, it seems to me, is the
result of a fault not so much of narrative
structure as of basic idea." Diana Trilling
H Nation 163:50 Jl 13 '46 1160w
New Repub 114:941 Jl 1 '46 50w
"[The author] portrays the inner circle of
the Harvard faculty with such skill at talk-
ing its special language, at playing its elusive
game of intellectual ping-pong, that the reader
can well understand how Dorothea, wife of a
distinguished member of the faculty, enjoys
her own proficiency and makes of the game
what is, to her, a full life. Miss Howe satirizes
the intellectual snobbery, the hot-house pre-
ciousness, the elaborate personalities of Doro-
thea and her friends. The sarcasm would not
be so telling did she not convey, expertly, the
snob -appeal of being exclusive." Frederica
Weeks
-f N Y Times p5 Jl 7 '46 650w
"The author's style is sharp rather than
witty, and her treatment of her subject is oc-
casionally penetrating and always moderately
diverting."
H- New Yorker 22:77 Je 29 '46 llOw
" 'We Happy Few' will remain a permanent
addition to the list of novels that skilfully and
with some cruelty dissect a woman's nature:
It is the second step of a career as promising
as any other woman writer's in this country.
Harrison Smith
+ -Sat R of Lit 29:9 Jl 20 '46 850w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 400w
Time 48:100 Jl 15 '46 450w
"Miss Howe is a better novelist here than
she was in 'The Whole Heart.' Though there
is less feeling in this book, its content is
harder and firmer and her skill has greatly
increased. She does not ask why academic life
— for what she complains of is not a Harvard
monopoly — erodes courage and integrity, but
she is excellent and sometimes magnificent in
rendering the surfaces of that erosion. She
has wit, malice, and dexterity in full measure,
and the first half of her novel, which is in her
proper medium, is as good as anything that has
come out of New England in two generations."
Bernard De Voto
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Je 30 '46 900w
"Miss Howe has produced an extremely
entertaining novel — one that should make any
reader examine his own soul with a prelimi-
nary shudder. But Miss Howe's loathsome hero-
ine reforms (after many trying tribulations, it
is true) and she fails to make one believe in
this ending." Orville Prescott
H Yale R n s 36:191 autumn '46 480w
HOWE, MARK ANTONY DE WOLFE. The
tale of Tangle wood; scene of the Berkshire
music festivals; with an introduction by Serge
Koussevitzky. lOlp il $2 Vanguard
785 Berkshire symphonic festivals 46-6037
The historian of the Boston Symphony or-
chestra here tells the story of the origin and
progress of the Berkshire Symphonic music
festivals, explaining Nathaniel Hawthorne's
early sojourn at Tanglewood. Illustrated with
photographs. Contains the programs of all the
Symphonic festivals. Index.
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pi 9 S '46
Kirkus 14:169 Ap 1 '46 llOw
"This little tribute will probably be a wel-
come souvenir to many people of rewarding
afternoons and evenings of great music and
fine vistas." Howard Taubman
-f N Y Times p27 Je 30 '46 650w
Theatre Arts 30:656 S '46 40w
Reviewed by Harriet Whicher
Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 16 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:147 N '46
HQWE, QVINCY. Yearn of wratfc. See I<ow,
400
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
HOWE, THOMAS CARR. Salt mines and
castles; the discovery and restitution of
looted European art. 334p il $3.50 Bobbs
940.53187 World war, 1939-1945— Art and the
war. Art— Europe 46-11820
An account of the author's work as a mem-
ber of the staff of art experts who searched
out and identified the European art treasures
stolen by the Nazis.
Reviewed by D. C. Rich
Book Week p2 D 1 '46 500w
Booklist 43:116 D 15 '46
"This is fascinating: material, and to anyone
informed and interested in the subject of the
recovery of the looted art treasures of Europe,
it will be fascinating reading. The average
reader, however, will find that the author — a
'museum man' before he is a writer — has
missed the dramatic values of the incredible
Klrkus 14:573 N 1 '46 HOw
"Almost a diary in treatment, this book is
effective as an eye-witness story." W. Q.
Dooley
-f- N Y Times p5 N 24 '46 700w
Reviewed by Alfred Frankenstein
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 24 '46
500w
Reviewed by F. H. Taylor
Weekly Book Review p6 D 22 '46 700w
"It is a singularly good piece of work, even
In a field of literature that has been blessed
with many fine apologias. Jane Howes s style
has a down-to-earth intimacy, and her ex-
amples have a pin-pQjnt acuteness that are
reminiscent of C. S. Lewis at his best— with-
out that gentleman's uncertainties."
4- Commonweal 44:605 O 4 '46 200w
HOWIE, EDITH. Band played murder. 243p
*2 MlU 46-21745
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week pl2 N 17 '46 50w
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
"Pretty thin fare, but good enough enter-
tainment. . . A reasonable enough solution."
Kirkus 14:437 S 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 lOOw
"Colorful, unassuming and pleasant." An-
thony Boucher
+ San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
50w
"Fair."
Sat R of Lit 29:32 D 14 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p40 O 27 '46 120w
HOWELL, VIRGINIA. Who likes the dark?
with pictures by Marjorie Thompson. $1.50
Howell, Soskin
A picture book for little children, designed
to counteract any fear of the dark a child
might have.
"So often small children go through a phase
of fearing the dark. 'Who Likes the Dark?'
is a friendly, charmingly written book which
will help dispel that fear. . . Marjorie Thomp-
son's lovely pictures add to the illusion so that
most anybody would begin to like the dark."
4- Book Week p8 N 11 '45 150w
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
70w
"A soothing book for the nursery age, telling
drowsily of resting and dreaming, of soft night
sounds and little animals which go abroad in
the country, of twinkling lights in the city."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:131 Mr '46 80w
"This is the most successful book in this
field that has come my way."
+ Kirkus 13:523 D 1 '45 HOw
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 70w
"A fine book to read aloud before bedtime,
a pleasing one to look at, this should cure
any small child's fear of the dark. . . A book
to sharpen a child's awareness of his world
and then send him content to bed." E. L. B.
•f N Y Times p24 P 3 '46 80w
"This is one of the so-called 'adjustment'
books, trying to adjust the very small child
to some condition that might be frightening.
It is a nice job, and not too obvious/' Phyllis
Fenner
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 10 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:47 Mr '46
HOWES, JANE. Slow dawning. 268p $3 Herder
230.2 Roman Catholic church— Doctrinal and
controversial works 46-6461
"Jane Howes gives us, in [this book], an
account of her nine-year pilgrimage to the
baptismal font. That she is a wife and mother,
with a university background, are the only bio-
graphical facts that emerge from her book. It
Is an Odyssey that takes us, hurdle by hurdle,
over the difficult course that stretches from
agnosticism to faith." Commonweal
Reviewed by B. L,. Con way
path World 164:283 D '46 400w
HOWIE, EDITH. No face to murder. 281p $2
Mill
46-872
Detective story. „
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Kirkus 13:480 N 1 '45 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p22 Ja 13 '46 150w
"Good."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ja 12 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review pl8 Ja 20 '46
150w
HOWSON, ROGER. His excellency, a trustee,
and some other Columbia pieces. 272p $2.50
Columbia univ. bkstore, 2960 Broadway, N.Y.
27
378 Columbia university 46-750
"This little book is a collection of one hun-
dred and thirteen sketches embodying as much
data and details as is humanly possible about
Columbia's past and present. Mr. Howson
seems to have left no stone unturned; he
covers practically every phase channelling the
origins of the university's various departments,
offices, services and societies in an exceedingly
neat and engaging manner." (Commonweal)
The selections are a by-product of a proposed
anniversary history of Columbia university and
were put together for publication in the Co-
lumbia Alumni news.
"The book is written with ease, concisely
and unpretentiously. His method is primarily
anecdotal often with a pleasing dash of hu-
mor. . . Because most of what he writes about
is handled so well one can only wish that Mr.
Howson had organized his book more as a
chronicled story of Columbia than as a series
of essays which are in no sense sequential.
This is technical, of course, but for me, it
destroyed a sense of continuity and balance
that the book might otherwise have possessed."
L. A. Collins
-| Commonweal 44:51 Ap 26 '46 490w
School A Society 63:87 F 2 '46 20w
HOYNINGEN-HUENE, GEORGE, il. Mexican
heritage; text by Alfonso Reyes. 136p $7.50
Augustin
917.2 Mexico— Views 46-5344
"Mr. Hoyningen-Huene, photographer who
has practiced successfully on Egypt and
Greece, now turns his camera, with intense
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selectivity, on the interiors and exteriors of
Mexican churches, peasant houses, and baroque
mansions, contrasting them with shots of
Aztec relics, jungle vistas, and so on. The
result brings out vividly the mixture of
savagery and religion, the barbarous and the
baroque, that is Mexico." New Yorker
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
New Yorker 22:60 Jl 6 '46 lOOw
"There has been no more knowing camera
in Mexico or more revealing photographic rec-
ord than this." B. D. Wolfe
4- Weekly Book Review p4 S 1 '46 450w
Huberman has not been more objective in his
treatment of the material. So often the friends
of labor weaken their good case by overselling
it. Persons who have followed closely the in-
creasingly full and objective reporting of labor
news by an important segment of the press
will regret the indiscriminate attacks upon the
press which run throughout the book. Mr.
Huberman' s argument for unionism is good,
but he detracts from it when he repeatedly
accuses the press of 'completely false and dis-
torted treatment of labor news.' " E. M. Her-
rick
4 Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 31 '46
850w
HUBER, EDDIE, and ROGERS, NORMAN G.
Complete ski manual; how to begin, how to
improve, how to excel. 137p il $3 Prentice-
Hall
796.93 Skis and ski running 46-11999
"Helpful suggestions for buying and caring
for skis in addition to skiing instructions for
beginners. Illustrated by photographs and
sketches Useful even to the expert skier be-
cause it contains good reference material on
the history of skiing." (Booklist) Glossary.
Booklist 43:104 D 1 '46
"Frank and to the point, and illustrated with
photographs."
+ Kirkus 14:337 Jl 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Prank Elkins
N Y Times p20 Ja 5 '47 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p8 D 1 '46 30w
HUBERMAN, LEO. Truth about unions. 87p
il pa $1 Pamphlet press
331.88 Trade unions 46-25069
"A clear account of the structure and func-
tions of unions, and of the opposition they face,
by a pro-union writer. Includes a directory of
unions and their approximate membership in
1944." Booklist
Reviewed by Justin McCarthy
Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 400\v
Booklist 42:221 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by J. L. Harrington
Canadian Forum 26:66 Je '46 550w
Reviewed by Harlan Trott
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 16
'46 240w
Reviewed by Francis Downing
Commonweal 44:290 Jl 5 '46 390w
"There is a fine chapter on strikes and their
causes. In the space allowed, the handling is
necessarily superficial, but the author has suc-
cessfully simplified the subject."
+ Klrku* 14:64 F 1 '46 270w
Reviewed by I. F. Stone
Nation 162:222 Mr 16 '46 210w
"Mr. Huberman writes very clearly and
simply — sometimes perhaps a little more simply
than he needs to, though that is hardly for a
professional economist to judge." P. M. Sweezy
H New Repub 114:452 Ap 1 '46 400w
"Mr. Huberman's book, an admirable piece
of popular writing, is admittedly pro-union, but
then it would seem to be an integral part of
his theory that a pro-union stand is the only
possible one for anybody who knows the whole
truth about unions."
-f New Yorker 22:86 Mr 2 '46 80w
"Leo Huberman, with labored yet necessary
simplicity, has written a well illustrated book
urgently needed to promote clear thinking
about trade unions. . . Those who have been
misinformed about the legal status of the
unions and cherish the illusion that unions
are too powerful, and those who shout for
punitive anti-union laws whenever their per-
sonal comfort and plans are interfered with by
strikes, would all be helped by this clearly
written exposition of the cases for unions/'
Mark Starr
Sat R of Lit 29:20 My 11 '46 1450w
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 9 '46 SOOw
t "With so much that is rood and valuable
in his book, this reviewer only regrets that Mr.
HUBLER, RICHARD GIBSON. I've got mine.
216p $2.50 Putnam
46-2498
Story of a party of marines landing on a
Pacific island during World war II. Three of
them are given the task of locating and re-
moving a French settler. The Japanese close
in and the party is rescued by Army Rangers.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 Mr 31 '46 320w
"On a par with the average 'western' thrill-
er." J. A. Sohon
Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Richard Hubler, captain, United States Ma-
rine Corps . . . has earned some kind of spe-
cial citation for being the first to introduce a
girl theme into this particular forsaken corner
of the war. In so doing, above and beyond the
call of his story, he has distinguished himself
for almost completely destroying a book that
appeared, for the first sixty pages at least,
to have been a sincere effort. If 'I've Got
Mine' be a trend in Pacific war stories, beware
of the fair things that will pop from the caves
of Iwo Jima to help the marines take Mount
Suribachi." Austin Stevens
t- N Y Times p20 Ap 7 '46 400w
"Captain Hubler's is not a pretty picture,
but unfortunately it is a true one — one that
had to be faced every day by our Pacific sol-
diers. It is a good thing that someone has
finally told the story." A. C. Fields
•f Sat R of Lit 29:35 My 4 '46 400w
" 'I've Got Mine,' written by a captain in
the marines, is an adventure story pure and
simple, but it has a truthful ring that is lack-
ing in many more pretentious war books."
Herbert Kupferberg
-4- Weekly Book Review p!8 Ap 7 '46
550w
HUDSON, WILLIAM HENRY. Tales of the
gauchos; stories; comp. and ed. by Elizabeth
Coatsworth; il. by Henry C. Pitz. 251p $3
Knopf
46-891
Stories selected from the works of W. H.
Hudson, which include extracts from Far Away
and Long Ago, A Little Boy Lost, The Purple
Land, Green Mansions, Idle Days in Patagonia,
and The Naturalist in La Plata. A brief intro-
duction by the editor gives the background of
Hudson's early life in Argentina.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 150w
"It is this reviewer's opinion that the stories
will for the most part, be of little interest
to children and that young people will prefer
reading the complete books. The format is
misleading both as to age and subject appeal.
Recommend examination before buying for
children's room."
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:212 My '46 240w
"Elizabeth Coatsworth has made the selec-
tion and edited the material for this volume,
but the stories seem uneven in appeal for this
age level. There are tales of drama, humor.
adventure, fantasy, observation; there's a good
deal of writing with the philosophical unreal
quality which is definitely more adult in ap-
peal. The illustrations by Henry C. Pit* are
402
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HUDSON, W. H.— Continued
stunning— it's a beautiful piece of book mak-
ing, though the action Quality in drawings and
jacket might be misleading and indicate this
as a collection of adventure stories primarily."
.j Kirkut 14:39 Ja 15 '46 180w
"A discriminating selection. . . The book
is well designed, but the illustrations are too
vivid to catch the spirit of the tales." Dorotha
Dawson
H Library J 71:409 Mr 15 '46 140w
"Among the many anthologies published for
young people these days it would be difficult to
find one more thoroughly Justifiable and more
completely desirable than this collection from
the writings of the naturalist, Hudson. . . It is
not a book for every young person, but thought-
ful boys and girls, alert to the wonders of the
natural world in which they live, will be en-
tranced." R. T. Bond
-f- N Y Times p26 Ap 7 '46 600w
"Elizabeth Coats worth has done a fine piece
of editing in her selection and arrangement
of these stories by the great English nat-
uralist. . . Her arrangement achieves a con-
tinuity that takes us straight into the spirit
and atmosphere of the Argentine and its birds
and beasts and people. Whether he writes as
a naturalist, a novelist, or a recorder of his
own memories, Hudson's clarity and beauty
are the same. One can read with the same
delight and absorption his 'meditation' on the
dragonfly and the swift action and mystery of
Nino Diablo." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 Mr 9 '46 700w
"Elizabeth Coatsworth has made a dis-
criminating selection which might well lead the
boy or girl lucky enough to flnd it straight
into the wonder and eerie charm of Hudson's
complete works." Margaret Scoggins
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 17 '46
320w
HUENE, GEORGE HOYNINGEN-. See Hoy-
ningen-Huene, G.
HUESTON, ETHEL (POWELSON) (MRS E. J.
BEST). Please, no paregoric! 23 9p $2.60
Bobbs
46-6105
Story dealing with the problem of the Re-
turned Soldier and how Wade Bradwell's fam-
ily and friends attempted to solve it, with and
without Wade's help.
Book Week p8 O 20 '46 90w
Booklist 43:53 O 15 '46
Kirku* 14:278 Je 15 '46 180w
"The family-style humor is strictly home-
spun, and the romance for Wade is of the
stereotyped variety. But the story is en-
gagingly good-natured and will probably be
heartily enjoyed by many families who have
restless ex-soldiers on their hands. Miss
Hues ton's implied lessons on how to handle
the unrehabilitated veteran should prove
salutary." B. S.
N Y Times p27 Ag 25 '46 320w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 180w
"Ethel Hueston has written a sane and
salutary novel. The touch iar light but the
theme is real. As an antidote for all the
colicky treatises which the public has
swallowed, 'Please, No Paregoric1 is good
medicine." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review pll S 1 '46
230w
HUFF, DARRELL. The dog that came true;
11. by Connie Moran and Diana Thome.
(Whittlesey house publication) 59p $1.25 Mc-
Graw
46-3163
A little boy dreams of a certain dog until
the dog seems alive to him. Eventually his
dream comes true.
Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 220w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
Kfrku* 14:126 Mr 1 '46 60w
"While some grown-ups may feel that Wil-
liam's imagination worked overtime, children
will understand. It was lucky for William that
his parents did." Phyllis Penner
.j -- NY Times p!4 Ap 21 '46 80w
"It's a good book for young children, and
may do a good turn to a number of dogs seek-
ing ho™«J^lngf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46 60w
"If ever you knew a boy who wanted a dog
so badly it was like an ache in the bones to
want him so; if ever you yourself wanted one
that way when you were little, and everybody
else thought you were ungrateful not to be
satisfied with what you had, the suspense, ten-
derness and final happiness of this little story
will strike you as completely true to life. It
might be as well not to give it to a little boy
like this, unless there is at least hope that he
will some day have a dog. As for a boy with
one, he will understand."
Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:89 Je '46
MUGGINS, ROY. Double take. 240p $2 Morrojv
45-1114$
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Ja 20 '46 140w
"A smart spoken toughie, almost too compli-
cated."
— Klrkus 13:480 N 1 '45 80w
"A shrewder detective might have arrived
at the result earlier and with less damage to
himself, but Bailey does the best he can with
the brains his author gave him." Isaac Ander-
son
N Y Times p30 Ja 20 '46 160w
"Scarcely distinguished, but well plotted
enough to satisfy admirers of this sort of
ng"-f. New Yorker 21:80 Ja 19 '46 60w
"High grade tough-'un."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ja 12 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review pi 8 Ja 20 '46 80w
HUGHES. MRS DOROTHY BELLE (FLANA-
GAN). Ride the pink horse. 248p $2.50 Duell
46-7903
A young crook known as Sailor arrives in
Santa Fe at fiesta time for the, purpose of
getting even with a man who had double-
crossed him in Chicago. Two people try to
turn Sailor from his meditated revenge, but
are unsuccessful and the result is disaster.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 280w
Kirkus 14:504 O 1 '46 90w
"In this excellent novel Dorothy Hughes
has given us a sympathetic study of the de-
velopment of a criminal." I. A.
•f N Y Times p34 O 27 '46 230w
"Mrs. Hughes has sensibly gone back to
mixing chills with excellent local color after
her recent unsuccessful experiment with a
straightforward mystery."
4- New Yorker 22:120 O 26 '46 80w
"Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast sus-
pense into such an uncanny spell, and she's
never done it better." L». O. Offord
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 24 '46
70w
"Rewarding terror- tale."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 60w
"All readable, picturesque and puzzling, with
the emphasis on toughness most of the time.
This might seem an odd thing for Miss Hughes
to be doing, but the results are more con-
vincing than most of the hard-boiled stuff by
her male rivals, maybe because she has
thought Sailor out instead of just dumping a
synthetic 'guy* into the hopper." Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p40 O 27 *46
SOOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
403
HUGHES, MRS LORA (WOOD). No time for
tears: decorations by Edwin Earle. (Life-in-
America ser) 305p $3 Houghton
B or 92 Nurses and nursing 46-1227
Life story of an American nurse, whose de-
termination to help suffering people began
when she was a child, living on the Kansas
prairies. Her work has called her to California,
Honolulu, Montana, and Alberta. At seventy
she planned to retire to own home in the Puget
Sound country, but she was summoned to be
supervisor of a Red Cross hospital unit, during
the war.
"Wonder and compassion have filled the life
of Lora Hughes. The collaboration of her
friend Nell Macgregor is sensitive without be-
ing literarily pretentious. This is no book for
those curious folk who would vicariously suffer
the plush ailments of society -fagged females.
The $64 -word 'allergy' doesn't appear in the
book. . . This modest, forthright and hu-
morous account of a grand American woman
and nurse is as refreshing as a cool summer
breeze from across her own beloved Puget
Sound." Robert Traver
4- Book Week plO Mr 17 '46 460w
Booklist 42:246 Ap 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Commonweal 43:656 Ap 12 '46 40w
"Told with a lively, warm appreciation of
people and situations. There is inspiration
here and testimony of a Job well done and a
crowded, rounded life."
-f Klrkus 14:15 Ja '46 200w
Reviewed by Lucy Greenbaum
N Y Times p26 Ap 14 '46 600w
"It will be surprising if this book is not as
well accepted as Dr. Reiser's 'Odyssey;' it has
the same warmth and simplicity and richness
of episode. It is a nurse's Odyssey. . . It is
full of American color, profound in the simple
manner — we'll say it is a good book and not
try to say how magnificently good it is." Phil
Stong
•4- Sat R of Lit 29:46 Mr 30 '46 700w
Reviewed by Mary Ross
•4- Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 17 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:59 Ap '46
HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD. Case against
the admirals; why we must have a unified
command. 2l6p $2.50 Button
359 U.S. Navy department. U.S. War de-
partment. Aeronautics, Military 46-2135
"A strong plea for the unification of our
armed forces. Author, who has written two
books on the Seabees and The Fight for Air
Power, presents quite an array of facts to
prove his thesis. He shows how both the Army
and Navy selfishly crippled the Air Corps so
that we had no air power at all when Hitler
began his try for world supremacy. He points
out many examples of wastefulness due to
lack of consolidation. And he directs our at-
tention to the struggle for command position
which still continues to the detriment of na-
tional security." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by P. S. Marquardt
Book Week p4 Ap 7 '46 650w
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
"A bitter denunciation of the old-line Magi-
not-minded admirals who have obstructed
progress in warfare and the trend toward a
united command in order to preserve Navy
prestige. . . Very controversial— often weak
in supporting his arguments — but probably
will create talk."
Klrkus 14:117 Mr 1 '46 190w
"Thoughtful, timely book." H. G. Kelley
Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Having warned the reader that he is a
crusader, Mr. Hule . . . quite obviously felt
no necessity to present a balanced report. . .
That is not to say that Mr. Huie does not make
a plausible case for his side, which is that
of unification and particularly is the side of
the Army Air Force. . . But the fault was not
all on one side by several fathoms. . . Many
mistakes were made in military matters in
the years between the two World Wars. Many
mistakes were made in the fighting of the
last one. . . The Navy is responsible for many
of them. But not all, by any means. . . But
a book such as 'The Case Against the Admirals'
does little to clarify the present issue of unifi-
cation. Because of its biased nature and its
many inaccuracies of fact and its implausible
deductions, It may even have the opposite
effect. Sincere advocates of unification would
do well to disavow such intemperate attacks."
Foster Hailey
N Y Times p3 Mr 31 '46 1400w
"The author has weakened his case by
strident italics and a great rattling of exclama-
tion points. His book, even before publication,
roused the Navy Department into distributing
to the reviewers a letter that answered a num-
ber of Mr. Huie's charges but not, it must
be said, his major indictments."
New Yorker 22:117 Ap 13 '46 200w
"Mr. Huie's main plea is for unification of
the armed forces. . . It is a point well taken,
as one Harry S. Truman has so recently testi-
fied, and the fact that the author has failed to
cross a few t's and dot a few i's and has mis-
spelled a few names here and there doesn't
invalidate the case. . . Although Mr. Huie could
have made his case more accurate and hence-'
airtight, the author nevertheless does make his
case." Robert Neville
H Sat R of Lit 29:8 Ap 27 '46 700w
"The question stands in less need for public
discussion than before the invention of the
atomic bomb rendered vast fleets of bombing
planes obsolescent, but there is room for con-
sideration of the whole question in an atmos-
phere of reason and empiricism. There is less
room for the discussion in the tone normally
adopted by such people as Seversky, and no
room at all to consider it in the manner of this
bad-tempered, unfair, and inaccurate book. . .
Mr. Huie makes very little contribution even
to his own side," Fletcher Pratt
— Sat R of Lit 29:8 Ap 27 '46 800w
"A difficult book to appraise fairly because,
in some ways, it is a bad presentation of a
good case. . . The navy department, possibly
with not the greatest wisdom on its part, has
reacted angrily to Mr Huie's criticisms and
has distributed statements calling attention to
his inaccuracies. This has proved powder for
Mr Huie's gun, for it has given valuable ad-
vertising to his book and to his counterblasts.
But without entering into the facts of this dis-
pute between navy department and author, it
may be pointed out as possibly significant
that there are other mistakes and inaccuracies
which the department has ignored." R. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
300w
"William Bradford Huie is on a rampage.
With stinging, verbal whips he lashes out
against Army and Navy practices and faults
which have angered him. One or two of his
targets are dead horses, but alive or dead they
receive his vehement contempt and condemna-
tion in a book which is certain to stir up in-
dignant controversy in high military circles. . .
'The Case Against the Admirals' is discursive,
somewhat rambling, now and then lacking in
proper emphasis. The Navy Department is al-
ready in arms against what it calls 'errors'
in the book. Nevertheless, the subjects dis-
cussed should be seriously considered because
American citizens and their representatives in
Congress must decide whether the Army and
Navy are to be modified, reformed or amal-
gamated In order to perform their functions
more effectively." P. J. Searles
Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 14 '46
lOOOw
HULL, HELEN ROSE. Hawk's flight. 280p
$2.50 Coward- McCann
46-25099
Study of four marriages, which treats of the
effects of the partners upon each other. All
four couples are neighbors, living on the Ridge
in Connecticut. The central figure is a career
woman, whose husband was a distinguished
psychiatrist, and who has herself owned and
operated a clinical laboratory.
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HULL, H. R.— Continued
Reviewed by P. H. Bullock
Book Week p5 Ap 7 '46 450w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
Cath World 163:475 Ag '46 200w
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 130w
"This Is that rare novel today, a character
study uncluttered by political or ideological
overtones. . . Helen Hull has drawn her char-
acters with skill and restraint. Her writing- is
cool and perceptive. Despite its intricate tech-
nique, the pace of the book is smooth. But this
is not a book in which pace — or even plot — is
the author's primary concern. Miss Hull's lei-
surely style gives her characters time and
space in which to develop, and their thoughts
and reasons for action, more than their actions,
are her interest. 'Hawk's Flight' is a well-
realized, sensitive, even distinguished novel."
Catherine Maher
-f- N Y Times p!2 Ap 14 '46 360w
"Miss Hull is a skilled hand at weaving the
relations of upper- middle -class American fam-
ilies, yet her characters are not only dull but
seem to have no meaning outside their own
small, socially correct circle."
New Yorker 22:116 Ap 13 '46 50w
"It would seem less a stacking of the cards
to support the contention that so few mar-
riages are successful if Miss Hull had let at
least one of these couples make the grade
without catastrophe. . . Miss Hull is an ac-
curate and perceptive observer of human be-
havior, particularly in American family life of
the higher than middle bracket, intellectually;
and economically. And she has handled her
complex plot with great dexterity and preci-
sion. For all its intricacy, there is no confu-
sion." S. H. Hay
H Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ap 27 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
300w
"Miss Hull's gift for actuality clothes the
story with the circumstances and every-day
events of the lives of people whom we ourselves
would accept as interesting and, all in all,
pleasant. . . 'Hawk's Flight' is an outstanding
novel in design because of the clarity and sus-
pense with which Miss Hull encompasses
twenty years or more and the interactions of
more than a dozen lives. It has the incisiveness
of her earlier books and greater warmth and
flexibility. It adds a distinguished story of
American family life to the considerable list
that already stands to her credit." Mary Ross
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 7 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
"Hawk's Flight is both clever and provoca-
tive." Orville Prescott
-f Yale R n s 35:767 summer '46 230w
Its great value is that it illustrates the process
of achieving understanding between the East-
ern and Western mind."
4- Christian Century 63:842 Jl 3 '46 280w
" 'Doctors East, Doctors West' breathes the
soul of poetry on its every page: a simple, un-
critical sympathy for the spirit and egotism
essential to man fumbling among unfamiliar
superstitions." E. L. Keyes
4- Commonweal 44:124 My 17 '46 260w
Foreign Affairs 25:172 O '46 30w
KlrkUs 14:93 F 15 '46 160w
Reviewed by Eleanor I^attimore
4- N Y Times p7 My 5 '46 1250w
" 'Doctors East, Doctors West' is not of much
historical or political importance, and its medi-
cal facts are intentionally exiguous, but it
will, I think, give vast pleasure and some
instruction to anyone who reads it. It is written
by a man who has nice literary manners. It
is extremely modest. It is, indeed, a simple
and exciting treatise upon the truth of its last
sentence: — 'Only those can enter effectively
into her life who approach China's citadel by
the way of friendship.' " George Dangerfleld
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:7 My 4 '46 1600w
"The comments on Chinese family, official,
and communal life are keen and sympathetic.
The anecdotes are amusing, pathetic, and
sometimes exciting. If there were enemies, the
friends outnumbered them: often the hostile
became stanch adherents. Dr. Hume muses on
some of his good friends — they came from every
walk of life and every economic stratum. By
his tact and his medical skill, he proved a
truer ambassador than many political figures."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 My '46 480w
Reviewed by Frederick Reinstein
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 420w
" 'Doctors East, Doctors West' will prove in-
valuable in giving an insight into Chinese cul-
ture, habits, and mentality, upon knowledge of
which depends any real comprehension of the
country." J. B. Grant, M.D.
4- Survey G 35:332 S '46 230w
Time 47:108 My 13 '46 400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:288 D '46 300w
"Unlike most laymen who have had some-
thing to say in print about Chinese medicine,
and who delight to tell of some of the absurd
or disgusting remedies that figure in the Chi-
nese pharmocopoeia. Dr. Hume's attitude was
characteristically friendly and sympathetic to-
ward his native colleagues of the old school;
and he was rewarded by the discovery that
they had known for centuries — milleniums even
— some things which he thought were the origi-
nal observations of his preceptors in college."
Rodney Gilbert
-f Weekly Book Review p3 My 5 '46 1600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
HUME, EDWARD HICKS. Doctors East, doc-
tors West; an American physician's life in
China. 278p il $3 Norton
B or 92 Physicians — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. Medicine — China SG46-2
"Far more than an American doctor's auto-
biography of his life In China, this engrossing
book is the epitome of an era. Its pages hold
the story of those years when 'westerners were
beginning to try to understand Chinese medical
thought and when China was beginning to rec-
ognize the need of the Western approach to
scientific medicine.' It is, moreover, the story
of the development at Changsa, in Hunan
Province, of Yale- in -China — or the 'Hsiangya
enterprise,' the name signifying the Joint, co-
operative venture of Chinese and Americans
to establish a university that would include
a properly equipped medical college, nurses'
school, and hospital." Scientific Bk Club R
Reviewed by I. Davidsohn
Book Week p6 My 5 '46 400w
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 N '46
"The narrative is full of interesting, and
sometimes exciting, incidents. It provides a re-
markable inside view of the Chinese revolution.
HUMPHREYS, JOHN R. Vandameer's road.
297p $2.75 Scribner
46-1795
This story is partly an account of the fan-
tastic imaginings of a nine-year old boy, partly
a realistic picture of life in a middle western
community where the boy's parents are looked
upon with dislike and suspicion. The reasons
for the suspicions of the neighbors are gradu-
ally unfolded in this story of the Hendersons,
queer bearded Showell, his half demented wife
Ruth, their eldest boy Vince, and the little
one, Jorg.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p8 Mr 17 '46 150w
Kirkus 14:42 F 1 '46 210w
"Unfortunately Mr. Humphreys is lacking in
the craftsmanship of fiction. He tells his story
awkwardly, and his prose fluctuates from the
pseudo-poetic to the banal. Jorg' a fantastic
adventures lose effectiveness because they are
not seen through the eyes of a child, but are
palpably the imaginings of an author striving
to be 'different.' Despite occasional bits of
accurate observation and flashes of insight into
character motivation, this is an unsuccessful
first novel." Alan Vrooman
— -I- N Y Times p!2 F 24 '46 270w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
405
"The denouement IB elaborate and satisfying.
The applique" of fantasy and romance on the
stern Michigan scene is most skillfully accom-
plished. The little boy's imaginings, partly
from conscious experience, partly from his
subconsciousness of realities, and partly from
the literary subconscious are amusing, pathet-
ic, and generally superb." Phil Stong
4- Sat R of Lit 29:19 Mr 2 '46 320w
Reviewed by Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p8 F 24 '46 700w
HUMPHREYS, ROBERT ARTHUR. Evolution
of modern Latin America. 176p maps $3 (7s
6d) Oxford
980 Latin America—History 46-8003
"This little book, which originally took the
form of lectures given at Cambridge in the
spring of 1945, is designed as an introduction
to the modern history of Latin America. . .
Its purpose is to examine the evolution of the
Latin American states since the achievement of
their independence, in the light of changing
political, social, and economic conditions, and
to interest the student of politics and history
in that evolution. The footnotes, and the brief
Note on Sources, are intended to serve as a
guide to further reading." (Pref) The author
is reader in American history in the Univer-
sity of London.
"It is possible to disagree with the em-
phasis that Mr. Humphreys has given to cer-
tain events or to their causes but, since he
is an able and honest historian, he makes no
claim that his interpretation is the only pos-
sible view of things. The result is a fascinat-
ing survey which should be of great value as
standard introduction to the subject. It also
contains a useful bibliographical guide."
-f New Statesman & Nation 32:345 N 9
'46 300w
"A timely and most valuable contribution
to the literature on Latin America." K. G.
Grubb
-f Spec 176:328 Mr 29 '46 700w
"Dr. Humphreys is to be congratulated on a
volume which does credit to British scholar-
ship. Not often is so much accurate and ju-
diciously selected information put into such
small compass and still less often is such com-
pression achieved without the sacrifice of grace
of style. This is a model text-book exactly
suited to the needs of a time when historical
teaching is called upon to broaden its scope,
but it Is also a penetrating study well worth
the attention of the general reader afraid of
losing his way amid the perplexities- of Latin-
American politics."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p!83 Ap 20
'46 850w
HUNQERFORD, EDWARD. Men of Erie; a
story of human effort. 346p il $3.75 Random
house
385 Erie railroad 47-231
Chronicle of the Erie railroad from its
earliest beginnings in 1829 to the present. It
is more an account of the construction and
operation of the road, and the men connected
with it. than of its financial difficulties. Il-
lustrated with old prints and maps. List of
presidents of the line, bibliography, and index.
"Railroad addicts — and there are many out-
side the operating field — will enjoy this new
Hunger ford book."
-f Kirkus 14:510 O 1 '46 120w
"Recommended." J. E. Cross
-f Library J 71:1624 N 15 '46 140w,
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 19 '46
250w
"Although Mr. Hungerford's book must of
necessity lean heavily on the work of Edward
H. Mott, to. whom he gives graceful credit, the
volume gains added authority because Mr.
Hungerford is himself an old Erie man, having
in 1905 founded an employees' magazine for the
road. . . Mr. Hungerford, who has written ex-
cellent, If none too critical, histories of the
Baltimore & Ohio, the New York Central and
other systems, has done right by Old Faithful,
telling its story in some detail and with loving
care. . . The volume contains many good prints
and photographs, old and new, and several
maps, the one of the Erie's entire territory
being far too crowded for easy reference."
Stewart Holbrook
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 5 '47 HOOw
HUNGERFORD, EDWARD. Pattern for a
railroad for tomorrow, 1960; with special
il. by James Carr [and others], ltd ed 323p
maps $5 Kalmbach pub. co. 1027 N 7th st,
Milwaukee 3
385 Railroads— U.S. 46-78
In fiction form this book tells the story of
an American industrial leader of the future,
one William Wiggins, who fathered the Ameri-
can railroad system known as the United States
Railroad. The story, covering the years from
the close of the Second World war to 1960, is
based on the past, and present — and possible
future — history and conditions of American
railroading.
" 'A Railroad for Tomorrow' is remarkably
inclusive and shows well the author's speaking
acquaintance with the railroads' major posers.
Whether or not it offers really adequate solv-
tions to specific problems remains to be seen.
Its main plan, a consolidated national railroad,
seems possible only in a book or under a State
controlled system. Mr. Hungerford protests
frequently that it is possible under free enter-
prise, given strong enough leadership. Work-
able details are not given, however, and there
is no point in quibbling over the practicality of
a Utopian ideal." Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 5 '46
750w
"To anybody interested in railroads and rail-
roading this is an informative book. It is
also a provoking book, because it is really
three volumes in one, and they are so com-
mingled that they leave the reader at times
breathlessly confused. . . [However] this is an
interesting if ill-arranged and none too well
digested book. The reader will have to sort
out the three parts, but each of them is worth
reading. No doubt by 1960 much of the book
will excite a smile, but some of it may be
regarded as authentic prophecy." Allan Nevins
^ Sat R of Lit 24:42 Ap 20 '46 1150w
HUNT, ALEXANDER. Wagner; il by Andre
Dugo. (Hyperion music ser) 48p $1.75 Duell
B or 92 Wagner, Richard — Juvenile litera-
ture 46-4936
A brief biography of Richard Wagner, writ-
ten for children from the ages of eight to
fourteen.
"A briefly summarized account of details
in Wagner's life most likely to interest younger
children is here related by an able music
critic." A. M. Jordan
•f Horn Bk 22:275 Jl '46 40w
Kirkus 14:253 Je 1 '46 40w
"Another delightful music biography in the
Hyperion Music Series. Author, an eminent
musician, has created a vivid and sympathetic
portrait of Wagner's amazing life and contribu-
tion to music." S. J. Robinson
-f- Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 50w
Reviewed by Grace Stevens
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 10 '46
80w
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 7 '46 60w
HUNT, BARBARA. Sea change. 270p $2.50
Rinenart
46-4799
An evil and possessive woman is the heroine
of this novel of New England in the 1820's.
Lucy Overby determined to marry Esteem
Mathias even though she had to buy the ship
he wanted to get him. When Esteem sailed
away to China she followed him In thought.
When he wrote of his love for other women
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Lucy took to witchcraft, and in her desire to
regain possession of him sunk to unbelievable
depths. The end is stark tragedy.
" 'Sea Change' is diverting horror, fantasy —
that refreshing catalyst that reading oc-
casionally requires. But it is not one of the
really superior supernatural tales." Elizabeth
Stewart
Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 410w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Kirkus 14:204 My 1 '46 180w
"Fascinating first novel of sinister, evil
woman reminiscent of Ellen in Leave Her to
Heaven. . . Recommended for readers inter-
ested in vampire tales." E. P. Kelly
-f Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
"At times 'Sea Change* comes close to being
a sort of handy handbook of 'Black Magic for
Beginners.' This may be because the author
takes her material too hard. . . This is too
bad, for Miss Hunt really has something on
the ball. She has a good story, and a lot of it
is agreeably hair-raising. She will do better
when she takes time out from ghost studies —
and pays more attention to the technicalities
of ghost stories." Jane Cobb
-f — N Y Times p!4 Ag 25 '46 600w
"Fascinating occult details (including a fine
description of a Sabbath) embedded in careless
scholarship." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl8 S 22 '46
50w
"There is enough irony and detachment in
Miss Hunt's recital of these extraordinary
events, set in 1820, to suggest, if you insist on
some factual basis for fiction, that Lucy's hal-
lucinations, and not occult powers, are
responsible for what happens. In any case, the
story is briskly told and with considerable
felicity of style. Especially remarkable are the
scenes in which Lucy makes her mystic travels
into space and time. This is reading paced to
hold your interest on the hottest, most list-
less day." Stephen Stepanchev
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 18 '46
360w
HUNT, FREDERICK (JOHN FITZGAY,
pseud). Royal twilight. 317p $3 Roy pubs.
[9s 6d Rich]
Carlos II, king of Spain — Fiction. Maria
Luisa de Orleans, consort of Carlos II,
king of Spain— Fiction [46-22553]
Historical novel of Spain in the seventeenth
century. It concerns the intrigues which re-
volved around the young wife of the idiot King
Carlos, intrigues in which the kings and
queens, princes and princesses of many coun-
tries played their parts.
Booklist 43:53 O 16 '46
Kirkus 14:309 Jl 1 '46 150w
"Perfect novel for the tired business man.
Recommended for small libraries." F. A.
Boyle
•f Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 lOOw
"At first glance this technicolor novel may
look like another 'Black Rose.' Actually it is
the work of a diligent historian steeped in the
intricacies of seventeenth-century politics. . .
Quite obviously the author has worked hard
to find a spot for every last bit of his de-
tailed knowledge in order to create what is
known as authentic atmosphere. In addition
to endowing the customs and manners of his
characters with scores of overwrought par-
ticulars, he tries to restore their seventeenth-
century speech, and even carries its style into
his own narrative." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:28 S 21 '46 300w
"You should not look here for a study of
the relationship between the intrigue- ridden
court and the starving populace at the palace
gates. The rioting commoners stay at the
gates, and that's- that. And if you dislike an
imitation seventeenth-century style you may
be Irritated by Mr. Fitzgay." Stephen Stepan-
chev
Weekly Book Review p!2 S 29 '46 450w
HUNT, GEORGE PINNEY. Coral comes high;
with a foreword by Alexander A. Vandegrift;
drawings by the author. 147p $2 Harper
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Pelew islands.
World war, 1939-1945— -Personal narratives.
American. U.S. Marine corps. 1st division
46-2844
An account of the part played by a rifle com-
pany under the author's command in the as-
sault on Peleliu during September, 1944. Out of
his company of 235 men only 78 were alive
forty-eight hours later. This is an almost blow-
by-blow account of the action.
"This thoroughly realistic and superlatively
readable book is the kind that might be writ-
ten by any number of Americans who waded
ashore under fire when storming Japanese-held
Pacific isles— if they had the gift of style com-
parable to Captain Hunt's . . . The book can
be recommended to anyone who is not squeam-
ish about blood and muck."
-{- Cath World 163:381 Jl '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja §47 30w
Kirkus 14:86 F 15 '46 90w
"Were it possible to recapture at once the
most perilous episode and the most imperish-
able memory in the histoYy of an infantry com-
pany, this, I imagine, is the kind of book that
would result. Captain Hunt is that rara avis
among military commanders, a man who sees
battle in the idiomatic terms of human experi-
ence. . . Having witnessed most of the battle
from his command post. Captain Hunt had the
sense of being: not only an observer but, as
commander of the company, a prime agent in
the drama. Almost nothing that happened es-
caped his notice; what he did net witness in
person he has carefully pieced together from
interviews with survivors. The result is a vivid
re-creation of a two-day nightmare." D. D.
-f N Y Times p7 Ap 7 '46 320w
"Captain Hunt has described the hell en-
dured by himself and his men on the Point
with simplicity and feeling-. . The strength
of the book lies in the ability of the author to
write with modesty and to give a factual re-
port of what occurred, without adding the
trimmings of the public relations people which
so often adorn a war story " R. A. Low
4- Sat R of Lit 29:46 Ap 20 '46 550w
Time 47:108 My 6 '46 220w
"Captain Hunt writes with vigor, intensity,
deep emotional feeling and understanding of
men who doggedly suffer and die without a
whimper. His is a truly fine narrative." P. J.
Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p3 My 5 '46 500w
HUNTER, RUTH. It fell upon a day. 242p
$2.75 Scribner
Character study of a girl who grew up in
New York and Chicago in the '20s. Her re-
lationship with her book-loving, ineffectual
father is the central point of the story.
Book Week p5 N 24 '46 90w
"This is slow-paced realism, softened by a
father-daughter attachment and sympathetic
characterization. A sociological novel lacking
the documentary harshness."
Kirkus 14:528 O 15 '46 140w
"Rachel, whose gushy philosophizing threat-
ens to make her a white-collar Pollyanna, is
rescued from that fate by her plausibility and
her good sense. And a story which is plotted
very thinly is saved from triviality by the
author's expert and exuberant use of local
color. Miss Hunter apparently is close to her
material; with sincere intent she has attempted
to show that life for the poor and the under-
privileged, while It may not be beautiful, need
never be dull." Mary McOrory
H NY Times p30 N 17 '46 480w
"Ruth Hunter writes of the drab side of
Chicago with fidelity, but not much flavor."
Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p44 D 8 '46 llOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
407
HURD, CHARLES. The veterans' program; *
complete guide to its benefits, rights and
options. (Whittlesey house publication) 267p
$2 McGraw
355.116 Veterans— Employment. Veterans-
Laws and legislation 46-631
"Explicit explanation of the veterans' rights
for bonus, Job preference, education both tech-
nical and liberal, hospitalization, general and
specific disability and problems relating to
readjustments in civilian life." (Library J)
Contains 355 questions and answers. Index to
questions.
Booklist 42:208 Mr 1 *46
Bookmark 7:5 My '46
"The most clean cut and comprehensive
handbook on every phase of the veteran pro-
gram— of utmost value to any veteran or vet-
eran counsellor."
-f Kirkus 13:554 D 15 '45 180w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 50w
"Once in a very great while it is a pleasure
to report of a book that it has an immediate
dollar-and-cents value for millions of readers.
This is a large order. Nevertheless, Mr. Kurd's
guide to the benefits, rights and options of the
veterans' program fills it pretty much to the
letter so well, indeed that It merits the widest
possible distribution. Not only will ex-service
men and women profit by its reading, but also
officials of high and low degree within the
Veterans Administration and those in the many
other bureaus active in some phase of the
program." E. B. G.
+ N Y Times p22 Je 23 '46 650w
"There is nothing in Mr. Kurd's book not
already available from various sources, but he
has achieved a great deal in his Job of as-
sembly, compilation, and summation into one
volume the answers to many of the headaches
and heartaches of today." G. B. Erskine
Survey 82:304 N '46 600w
"Mr. Kurd does not deal with any veterans'
problem as such, but has written an outline of
the rights and benefits provided for under
current Federal and state legislation. He has
attempted to simplify an extremely compli-
cated set of legislative and administrative
rules. He has oversimplified some of these
questions, however, and in doing so left gaps.
But his basic idea is good. . . The Veterans'
Program* is clear, concise and well organized.
Unfortunately the book is already dated. In
view of the recent amendments to the law, a
noted substantial portion of the information is
now inaccurate and untrue." J. N. Feldman
-| Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 3 '46
270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
HUROK, SOLOMON. Impresario; a memoir
[written] in collaboration with Ruth Goode.
291p il $3 Random house
B or 92 46-25185
Reminiscences of the Russian-American
opera, ballet, and theater manager. With the
assistance of a collaborator he describes his
experiences of the past thirty-odd years, dur-
ing which time he managed such famous
artists as: Pavlova, Chaliapin, Isadora Duncan,
Marian Anderson, Markova, Danilova, Lichina,
and Dolin. Illustrated with photographs. No
index.
Atlantic 178:156 Jl '46 270w
Reviewed by Bentley Stegner
Book Week p8 Je 2 '46 700w
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
+ Kirkus 14:63 F 1 '46 150w
"Chronicled without too much perception.
No story with such characters could be unin-
teresting, however. Recommended for theater,
music and dance collections." George Freedley
H Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 HOw
"This new book [was] written with the skill-
ful help of Ruth Goode. But. unfortunately,
Mr. Hurok hasn't told all; he hasn't even
begun to tell all. It is true that Mr. Hurok
takes you behind the scenes and tells a lot
about great names like Feodor Chaliapin, Anna
Pavlova and Isadora Duncan." Howard Taub-
man
H NY Times p7 My 26 '46 HOOw
"An autobiography of sorts, in which Mr.
Hurok generally lets his stars carry the burden.
It's Just as well, for Mr. Hurok is neither a
writer nor adept at picking someone to do
his writing for him. The book is really Just
a chain of anecdotes — some good, some so-so. . .
Many fine photographs."
New Yorker 22:95 Je 15 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 18 '46
370w
Reviewed by Bernard Sobel
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Ag 17 '46 lOOOw
Theatre Arts 30:556 S '46 40w
"A gay and gusty guide tor those who could
do with a few clews on how to cope with the
artistic temperament should they collide with
it. . . A good salty book is Hurok's 'Impre-
sario.' " Richard Maney
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Je 2 '46 800w
HUSE, HOWARD RUSSELL. Reading and
speaking foreign languages. 128p $2 Univ. of
N.C. press
407 Languages, Modern — Study and teach-
ing 45-10357
"In this book the author offers suggestions
for placing foreign-language instruction on a
scientific basis and for eliminating an enormous
waste of student time and effort." (School &
Society) Bibliography. Index.
"An excellent book on one of the liveliest
and most important fields of educational de-
bate today." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 70 w
School & Society 62:391 D 15 '45 40w
HUSZAR, GEORGE BERNARD DE, comp.
Anatomy of racial intolerance. (Reference
shelf) 283p $1.25 Wilson, H.W.
323.1 Race problems. U.S. — Race question
46-2984
Reprinted articles on various phases of race
prejudice, its causes and remedies. Does not
follow usual procedure of books in this series,
in that it has articles only on one side of the
question: it does not have articles favoring in-
tolerance. Bibliography.
Booklist 42:301 My 15 '46
"At last, a 'Reference Shelf book with argu-
ments on only one side of the question! No
voice is here raised in favor of intolerance, but
there is a varied and admirable collection of
materials helpful in the understanding and
eradication of it."
4- Christian Century 63:629 Ap 24 '46 70w
Wis Lib But 42:111 Jl '46
HUTCHINS, FRANK, and HUTCHINS, MRS
CORTELLE. Thomas Jefferson; decorations
by Janice Holland. 279p $2.50 Longmans
B or 92 Jefferson, Thomas 46-6236
Biography of Thomas Jefferson written for
older boys and girls. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:472 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:327 Jl 15 '46 80w
"A readable but scholarly biography of Jeffer-
son for young people. . . Recommended as must
reading for American history students." Nelle
McCalla
4- Library J 71:1719 D 1 '46 lOOw
"The reason for this biography's excellence
lies in a combination of factors. The authors
have read widely and deeply in the literature
of both man and period. They weave into the
story of Jefferson's life a wealth of accurate
and colorful information about his associates
and the conditions under which he lived and
worked. They see their subject as a warm,
human personality — not as a cold, emotionless
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HUTCHINS, FRANK— Continued
figure in history— and they succeed in passing
on to the 'teen-aged reader their own under-
standing and appreciation." R. A. Brown
-f N Y Times p2G N 3 '46 200w
Reviewed by Eleanor Breed
San Francisco Chronicle p2 N 10 '46
200w
"The authors of this biography have very
adequately covered the salient features of
Thomas Jefferson's life and work. Their book
gives evidence of sound scholarship and a good
sense of proportion." R. A. B.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:67 N 9 '46 400w
"Relates the story of Jefferson's life in an
interesting and lucid manner."
-f School & Society 64:120 Ag 17 '46 30w
Social Studies 37:336 N '46 lOw
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 120w
"The appearance of so good a full-length life
among books for older young people, is more
than welcome, and the fact that it is quite
good enough to serve as a stimulating intro-
ductory work for an intelligent adult, makes
that welcome stronger." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 8 '46 320w
HUTCH IN SON, PAUL. The new Leviathan.
233p $2 Willett
261.7 Church and state 46-3882
"Discussions on the relations of church and
state. The author, a Protestant editor, sees
a trend toward totalitarianism in the increas-
ing number of ways in which individuals look
to the state for security and protection, and
urges the Christian church to reassert the in-
fluence of Christianity as the basic philosophy
of Western democracy." Booklist
Booklist 42:324 Jo 15 '46
"It is a scholarly, Christian reporter's de-
scription of the contemporary world's search
for a pattern of life and society that will
give a measure of security and peace to man-
kind. The result is one of the most dis-
quieting books to be presented to our bedeviled
day. Better than any other effort, it points
out in simple and unmistakable terms where
we as a country and as Christian churches are
heading. . . Christian ministers and laymen will
want to make this book their constant com-
panion as they seek to find their way in the
turbulent world in which we must do our
thinking and our living." Harold Bosley
-f- Christian Century 63:752 Je 12 '46
950w
"Paul Hutchlnson is an excellent writer. Of
his several books this is, from a writer's stand-
point, his best." A. W. Taylor
-f Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 360w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
"A flrst-rate book about the most vital issue
of our time. In almost every sense this is a
book to be read by Catholics as well as by
Protestants, even though it would be truly
amazing if a Protestant editor said nothing
to offend Catholics. One can take exception
to his acceptance of Lehman's version of the
foreign policy of the Vatican, to his analysis
of the Spanish affair, and to his insistence
that public funds should never be diverted to
parochial schools. But all these matters cover
but a few pages and have little bearing on
the important thesis of the book." W. J.
Marx
H Commonweal 44:264 Je 28 '46 460w
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 20w
Reviewed by J, H. Nichols
J Religion 26:306 O '46 300w
"Pew will agree with all of Dr. Hutchinson's
arguments, many will violently disagree with
some of them, but all broad minded religionists
will find him stimulating."
Kirkus 14:196 Ap 15 '46 250w
"Here is the old issue of Church and State,
argued with fierce intensity, documented with
abundant first-hand material from the thought
and life of our time, adorned with relevant
historical facts." J. H. Holmes
4- Weekly Book Review p!4 Ag 11 '46
360W
HUTCHISON, KEITH. Rival partners: Amer-
ica and Britain in the postwar world. 262p
$2 Macmillan
382 U.S.— Commercial policy. Great Britain
— Commercial policy. U.S. — Economic con-
ditions. Great Britain — Economic conditions
46-710
A survey of economic and commercial poli-
cies of Great Britain and the United States
as they are influenced by and affect each other.
Author is an Englishman who has lived long
in the United States and is a contributor to
both the Nation and the New York Herald
Tribune.
"While the book is addressed principally to
a non- technical audience, it would repay read-
ing by many economists who have not made a
special study of the problems involved." Saul
Nelson
+ Am Econ R 36:428 Je '46 800w
Reviewed by G. L. Kirk
Am Pol Sci R 40:991 O '46 130w
Reviewed by R, H. Heindel
Ann Am Acad 245:182 My '46 550w
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p2 F 17 '46 450w
Booklist 42:221 Mr 15 '46
"Mr. Hutchison is one of the editors of the
New York Nation. Born and educated in Eng-
land, he worked for Clement Attlee and the
Labor movement before coming to the United
States in 1925. His book is a very illuminating
analysis of the economic relations of Britain
and the United States." F. H. Underbill
-f Canadian Forum 26:20 Ap '46 500w
Reviewed by Albert Viton
Christian Century 63:942 til 31 '46 400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Current Hist 10:444 My '46 lOOw
"This is a sound, quite unemotional examina-
tion of the economic relations between Britain
and the United States."
-f Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 lOOw
Harvard Law R 59:641 Ap '46 350w
Reviewed by Stuart Chase
Nation 162:264 Mr 2 '46 1050w
"This reader, who inclines to quail Just a
bit before the mysteries of international fi-
nance, found Rival Partners a generally ab-
sorbing and clarifying work. The book's major
weakness, which must be blamed on Father
Time rather than on the author, is that it
stops Just short of the arrival of the Keynes
mission in Washington." Denis Plimmer
-f New Repub 114:194 F 11 '46 900w
"Mr. Hutchison is admirably qualified to
discuss this subject, and, by virtue of his gift
for clear dispassionate analysis, he has pro-
duced in 'Rival Partners' a book which could
well serve as a model for the exposition of
politically overcharged economic problems."
Elizabeth Simon
-I- N Y Times p8 F 17 '46 1050w
"A thoroughly well-meaning book, obviously
written with thought and care by a man to
whom the problems were of more than purely
intellectual concern " I. deVegh
-f Pol Sci Q 61:316 Je '46 300w
"Of no other country in the world can It be
said with so much truth as of the United
States that the foundations of world peace
and plenty must be laid in our own backyard.
It is this thesis that Mr. Hutchison maintains
eloquently and persuasively. I commend it
especially to all those who are disposed to
listen to the balderdash of Bilbo or the ir-
responsible ranting of Rankin on the British
loan." P. H. Odegard
-f Survey Q 35:175 My '46 HOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:109 Je '46 280w
"It ia encouraging to note that Mr. Hutch! •
son is a moderate Leftist who wants to con-
vert ordinary Americans rather than browbeat
them. This book makes a good start on a
hard task." Crane Brlnton
4- Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 17 '46
900w
Wit Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
409
MUTTER, CATHERINE. On some fair morn-
Ing;. 403p *3 Dodd
46-7189
Story of the relations between Poland and
Germany during World war I and for some
time after it. The central character is the
broad-minded American born wife of a Ger-
man nobleman who owns a large estate in
Poland.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p!2 N 3 '46 360w
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"In spite of many slow and lengthy passages,
dramatic situations are not lacking and the
story forges along to a magnificent climax.
In any context Elsa would have been a mem-
orable heroine: patient, generous, democratic,
simple (in the best sense), fundamentally moral
(in her recognition of evil). It is only disap-
pointing to realize that her faith in the in-
dividual was as lacking in rational (i. e ,
Christian) foundation as the faith she abhorred
in the enslaved souls about her." M. E. Evans
H Cath World 164:278 D '46 360w
"Polish characters are sympathetically drawn;
Germans, with bitter intensity. Realistic, but
neither earthy nor crude. Heartily recom-
mended." L. R. Miller
-f Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
"The story is handsomely dressed with color-
ful costumes and picturesque settings. It flits
back and forth across oceans from one capital
to another before it finally settles down in
Middle Europe, and its political polemics are
no heavier to take than those a husband hands
out to his wife at the breakfast table. The
tale is spun as adroitly as a web; you sit fas-
cinated— watching the passing parade of yester-
day, Lincoln's Presidential campaign, a recep-
tion for the Prince of Wales at the Academy of
Music in New York, Albert Ballin's nurturing of
the fledgling Hapag, a chromoesque romance, a
girlhood in Staten Island, the yacht-studded
opening of the Kiel Canal, another romance
that makes you say, 'This is it!' and before you
know it the web has been spun." Florence
Crowther
N Y Times p!5 O 6 '46 800w
"If Miss Huttcr meant to recommend the
'American way' she should have been more
lucid. What we get is, essentially, a picture
of world turmoil as precipitated mainly by
German politics, and a characterization of the
German as an obsessed and relentless na-
tionalist, an incorrigible menace on the civ-
ilized scene. There are moments when Miss
Hutter's writing becomes extremely awkward,
when her people are not convincing, and the
chances are that without the highly significant
material and the special detail, she would not
hold her reader very long. . . As a piece of
fictional writing the book fails, and we are
left, essentially, with a detailed statement of
what is generally already known." N. G.
Chaikin
— Sat R of Lit 29:52 O 12 '46 700w
"Miss Hutter has produced a timely novel
and an admirable character in Elsa von
Zeiritz, a spirited, intelligent, and remarkably
level-headed American woman." Stephen Ste-
panchev
•+- Weekly Book Review plO S 29 '46 600 \v
MUTTON. BUD, and ROONEY, ANDREW A.
Story of the Stars and stripes. 240p $3 Rine-
hart
940.5305 Stars and stripes (periodical)
46-767
"Breezy account of the G. I. newspaper of
World War II which started in the London
Times building as a weekly and later, as a
daily, followed the troops to the various fronts.
The writers — co-authors of Air Gunner — are
mostly interested in the zany staff members
and the book is full of amusing anecdotes
about them. Despite the Front Page atmos-
phere, the serious side of this huge enterprise
is well covered: its organization and circula-
tion problems; its difficulties with censors.
Public Relations and Orientation officers; and
its ways of getting combat news." Library J
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:11 My '46
"Servicemen and newspapermen are almost
certain to enjoy 'The Story of the Stars and
Stripes' — and most civilians also will find
chuckles and interest in the history of 'Joe's
paper.' " H. S. H.
•f Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 20 '46
600w
Kirkus 13:541 D 1 '45 130w
Reviewed by H. G. Kelley
Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Charles Poore
N Y Times p4 F 17 '46 1300w
"The volume may contain Just a little too
much loving preoccupation with the tipsy antics
of the staff (after all, in or out of uniform, a
drunken newspaperman Is a drunken news-
paperman) but it is lively and informative and
ranks, like the same authors' 'Air Gunner,' as
one of the very good war books."
H New Yorker 22:97 F 16 '46 120w
"Some more careful historian may later at-
tempt to tell the complete story of all the
wonderfully exciting and successful editions of
The Stars and Stripes. Bud Hutton and Andy
Rooney have, meantime, written a short volume
filled with usually accurate tales of some of
those editions and of the mad young enlisted
newspaper men who proved that free journalism
is possible even in the tradition-ridden, disci-
pline-conscious U.S. Army." Merle Miller
-i- Sat R of Lit 29:14 F 23 '46 1050w
"Bud Hutton and Andy Rooney, staff mem-
bers, are perhaps still a little too close to the
paper to see it objectively, but they tell an
entertaining story studded with personalities
and anecdotes, and enough of the technical and
human difficulties involved, to make an ade-
quate record."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:176 S '46 120w
"In their natural excitement over the paper's
achievement, the authors give quite a lot of
time to telling now 'mad' and 'fabulous' their
staff was. It was no more so, fundamentally,
than any other newspaper staff, but the condi-
tions of publication were unusual, to say the
least; and you can forgive the boys their Hecht-
MacArthur complex — as well as the strangled
quality of some of their prose. I take it that
the book was done in a hurry. It is full of little
inaccuracies about matters beyond the eye-
witness knowledge of the authors, who do not
seem to feel as responsible to their readers here
as they were in war time." John Lardner
+ — Weekly Book Review p3 F 17 '46 850w
HUTTON, CLARKE. Picture history of Brit-
ain. 62p $2.50 Hough ton [8s 6d Oxford]
942 Great Britain — History — Juvenile litera-
ture 46-25151
Presents English history in colored pictures
and brief text, from the days of the cavemen to
World war II.
Book Week p!8 Je 2 '46 130w
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 15
'46 180w
"Stimulating introduction to more formal his-
tory." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:271 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:241 My 15 '46 160w
"Simple text and bright pictures will be wel-
comed by children and librarians as an in-
troduction to English history which has long
been needed. Was written for English chil-
dren and published in England a year ago."
Dorotha Dawson
-f Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 80w
"The succession of kings and queens —
hopelessly confusing in more serious histories
— is like a list of characters in a play, with the
part of each so distinctly labeled as to be
remembered vividly. Social changes such as
the Magna Carta, the Industrial Revolution,
the Free Trade Act are described in such
terms that young readers will exclaim 'Oh, that
is what they were* and older readers will say.
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HUTTON, CLARKE— Continued
'Well, I never understood that so clearly be-
fore.' . . This is a book which from 8 up has
no age limitations. Parents and teachers will
appreciate the understanding way it tells his-
tory to children." L. M. Palmer
•f N Y Times p28 My 19 '46 200w
"To all American children English history
should be an essential part of the story of
their own country, so closely are the two
related. This book has a very real signifi-
cance. . . The idea and the general plan of
this book are so good that it seems ungrateful
to offer any adverse comment. But will not
a little child need more than these brief cap-
tions can give? And will not an older boy or
girl want more?" M. C, Dodd
H Sat R of Lit 29:31 Jl 13 '46 240w
+ Weekly Book Review plO My 19 '46
300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:116 Jl '46
HUTTON, GRAHAM. Midwest at noon. 350p
$3.60 Univ. of Chicago press
917.7 Mississippi valley A46-1352
The author, an Englishman, came to the
American midwest in 1937, where he spent
the next five years as director of the Office
of British Information. His book embodies his
impressions of the life of our middle west, and
is a comparison of that life with life in other
parts of the United States, or Europe. Index.
-f- Am Hist R 51:776 Jl '46 260w
"His book is one of the most understanding
and appreciative analyses which the Midwest
has ever received from the hand of a foreigner.
. . 'Midwest at Noon' is neither as profound
an analysis of American political institutions
as Bryce's famous work nor is it as sprightly
and urbane a piece of writing as D. W. Bro-
gan's recent 'The American Character.' The
book is needlessly repetitious and about one
quarter too long. Nevertheless, Hutton's re-
marks are accurate, shrewd and penetrating."
J. T. Flanagan
-i Book Week p3 Ap 14 '46 700w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 28 '46 340w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
4- Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ap 13
'46 900w
"The book is a good one. Mr. Button's
claim for his work is very mild; merely a rec-
ord of personal impressions, he says, not writ-
ten to wound or annoy. Actually his book is
well above the average traveler's record and
he may feel quite certain that after reading it
his friends in the Midwest won't go away
mad. . . Because this is a good book (a better
one, for example, than Mr. Denis Brogan's
recent work about Americans), it is a shame
that some accidental things may keep it from
getting about as much as Mr. Hutton and his
publishers would like. The jacket and make-
up of the book give it the unfortunate air of
being a new public school textbook, a circum-
stance that can only arouse chilling memories
in people idling through bookstores. And the
more athletic reader who gets into the book
is sure to think Mr. HuttonYs prose slow going
in places." John Broderick
H Commonweal 44:76 My 3 '46 450w
Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 80w
"Thorough and penetrating study of Amer-
ica s great midwest region. . . Accurate and
dependable, a source book for the special read-
er or for reference. For larger libraries."
Li. R. JKtzkorn
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Nation 163:48 Jl 13 '46 650w
"to the course of discovering what the Mid-
west isn't, Mr. Hutton has given us a penetrat-
ing analysis of what it is. I think his book
will stand for a long time as a brilliant study
of America and Americans." Robert Laach
+ New Repub 114:811 Je 3 '46 llOOw
"One of the most interesting books on Amer-
ica that have appeared in the last ten years.
It is not the usual book on America by an
Englishman partly because Mr. Hutton is not
just a usual Englishman, but mostly because
his experience in America is unusual both in
its extent and its location." John Morton
-f New Statesman & Nation 32:488 D 28
'46 550w
"For all the serious scholarship, good taste
and good humor with which this Britisher
writes about the Middle West, he has had the
wisdom to flout the smug axiom, 'Comparisons
are odious.' What travel book was ever worth
publishing unless it compared its subject with
the rest of the world? . . Candid, honest, Hut-
ton has written a book that will be the text
for many an argument and many a college
course. He insists he was treated with great
courtesy while in the midlands, and he hopes
it will not be said of him. now that it is
spring and he [Is] back in, Britain, what
Senator Thomas Hart Benton said of De Toc-
queville, 'He must have kept bad company
when in the United States.' " Lloyd Lewis
4- N Y Times p4 Ap 14 '46 2500w
Reviewed by Eric Sevareid
Sat R of Lit 29:23 Je 8 '46 1650w
"This is a warm book, impregnated with
kindness; the book of a person who looks
back on a place where he has worked hard,
done a good job, won many friends and sees
it under a friendly glow. Mr. Hutton Is not
uncritical about the region where he spent
five of the last eight years, but there are
moments when one feels that if he had still
to go on living there, and was nevertheless
free to open his mind, the tone might not be
quite so genial. . . At the same time, he has,
indubitably striven hard to draw a balanced
picture, and it is one that deserves the most
attentive study, since ho knows, as do few
either outside or inside of the United States,
what he is talking about when he seeks to
anatomise the Middle West." M. A. Hamilton
-f Spec 177:618 X> 6 '46 860w
Reviewed by R. L. Parker
Survey Q 35:331 S '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p624 D 21 '46
1050w
"The result of his observations and study
is a book highly to be recommended for gen-
eral reading and for standard reference. It is
a basic primer of the subject, and reading of
it gives a broad background of information for
the study of more specialized books on the
region. An adequate but insufficiently de-
tailed index is provided."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:217 S '46 220w
"Mr. Graham Hutton comes close to miracle
with this book. 'Midwest at Noon' is a book
of analysis and generalization, grounded In
history and personal acquaintance, interpreta-
tive but supported by exhaustive factual
knowledge, sound, sympathetic, on the whole
too favorable in its judgments — in short a book
obviously impossible for a foreigner to write
and improbable for any one. If it is not the
best book ever written about the Middle West
that undertakes to be comprehensive, I cannot
name the one that is." Bernard I>e Voto
+ Weekly Book Review p3 My 12 '46
1700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
HUXLEY, ALDOUS LEONARD. Science,
liberty and peace. 86p $1 Harper; pa 60c Fel-
lowship of reconciliation (N T)
604 Technology. Science. Civilization
46-2123
A suggested solution of the problem of the
atomic bomb, and an analysis of the political
consequences of the wrong type of control
of applied science.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Mr 17 '46 600w
Booklist 42:294 My 15 '46
Reviewed by Leopold Infeld
— Canadian Forum 26:65 Je '46 900w
Reviewed by R. D. Potter
Chem & Eng N 22:3106 N 25 '46 250w
Reviewed by P. L. Strickland
Christian Century 63:839 Jl 3 '46 490w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
411
Reviewed by W. L. Caswell
Churchman 160:15 Mr 15 '46 420w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:197 Je 7 '46 550w
"This brilliantly written booklet outlines a
problem which is based upon a doubtful prem-
ise and then offers a solution which has con-
tradictory implications. It is a small epic of
confusion." Eugene Ay res
— Crozer Q 23:294 Jl '46 700w
Foreign Affairs 25:161 O '46 30w
"As a thinker, Huxley is never too thorough,
conclusive, or even persuasive; here the argu-
ment is overridden — with no practical counter-
balance."
— Kirkus 14:28 Ja 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by J. W. Krutch
Nation 162:402 Ap 6 '46 1850w
Reviewed by George Soule
New Repub 114:512 Ap 15 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:47 Jl '46
Reviewed by P. W. Bridgman
N Y Times p3 Mr 24 '46 2000w
"Some of this essay is a recapitulation of
the essential ideology of 'Ends and Means/ his
most clear-headed political book; some of it
rather mystically inveighs against such things
as the centralization of modern life, nationalist
thinking, and materialism. All of it is stimu-
lating."
-f New Yorker 22:101 Mr 16 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. N. Ridenour
Sat R of Lit 29:28 An. 20 '46 lOOOw
"Aldous Huxley is generally known as a
novelist and a philosopher, but he was nur-
tured in an atmosphere of science. Brother
of Julian Huxley and grandson of Thomas
Huxley, he could hardly escape the impact of
scientific habits of mind. Certainly in this
profoundly discerning essay he reveals himself
as a clear thinker, courageous enough to 'fol-
low the facts to whatever abyss they may lead
one.' " K. F. Mather & others
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Ap '46 320w
"This is not a hopeful book, for Mr Huxley
is well aware of the fact that it would not be
easy to change what has become our cultural
pattern — the will to power — nor to convince
man of his imminent danger to the extent of
taking any action. He has, however, presented
from a new angle a problem with which an
increasingly number of people are to-day con-
cerning themselves." C. K. Bausman
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
550w
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey Q 35:131 Ap '46 600w
"No scientist can read this fervent plea with-
out being moved. In the Federation of American
(atomic) Scientists it should be a call to prayer
and for a religion that makes science the
servant of humanity, not the master. In the
American Association of Scientific Workers it
will be a call to action. But the American As-
sociation for the Advancement of Science will,
no doubt, calmly proceed to advance science."
Gerald Wendt
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 17 '46 550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
HYDE, HARFORD MONTGOMERY. Mexican
empire; the history of Maximilian and Car-
lota of Mexico. 350p il $5 (18s) Macmillan
B or 92 Maximilian, emperor of Mexico.
Charlotte, consort of Maximilian, emperor
of Mexico [46-4646]
A retelling of the attempt of Napoleon III to
make a monarchy out of Mexico. The book is
essentially a biography of the instrument of
Napoleon's efforts: Maximilian, for a brief
period Emperor of Mexico, and of his pitiful
wife, Carlo ta. Index.
Reviewed by R. B. Nye
Book Week pi Jl 7 '46 1600w
"Colonel Hyde la never dull. He Is chiefly
anxious to arrive at the facts and to present
an objective record; but he is always alert to
the human angle. Thus Maximilian and Car-
lota, whose fate was no less tragic than her
husband's, stand clearly before us; and the
drama of their star-crossed lives needs only
to be told, as it is here, quietly and exactly,
to strike us as one of the most touching of
those 'sad stories of the death of kings.' "
Eric Forbes -Boyd
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 1 '46
600w
"It is written in a pedestrian way, without
attempt to delight the reader, but it is com-
petent and honest, sparing us the romantic
frills. . . This is a book without faults, though
also without outstanding virtues, and its pub-
lication would have been quite welcome in the
days of unlimited paper." A. J. P. T.
+ Manchester Guardian p3 My 1 '46 240w
"Mr. Hyde belongs to the impersonal school
of biography, to whom facts are more impor-
tant than opinions. He presents his accumula-
tion of knowledge in an orderly narrative with
the minimum of comment. . . Mexican Empire
is an admirably solid book for serious reading;
and there is plenty of stimulus to the imagina-
tion in some of the queer things Mr. Hyde has
unearthed." Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 32:12 Jl 6
'46 950w
New Yorker 22:83 Jl 13 '46 lOOw
"The story is well-balanced, with materials
wisely selected on the whole. The author
scrupulously refrains from fictionizing, never
stepping into his characters' shoes, or attribut-
ing thoughts or feelings. He quotes frequently
directly or indirectly, from the vast personal
and official correspondence of the couple, and
appears to have a documented source for nearly
every statement in his book. His restraint,
plus a slightly Victorian style, makes less
spirited reading- than in the lively (but often
factually erroneous) 'Phantom Crown.' " Eliza-
beth Fagg
4- Sat R of Lit 30:10 Ja 18 '47 lOOOw
"This is a readable book on one of the mad-
dest adventures of nineteenth-century Euro-
pean politics. . . The story is told with admir-
able industry, and a copious quotation of
original texts." Salvador de Madariaga
-f Spec 176:384 Ap 12 '46 500w
"Colonel Montgomery Hyde brings to the
story of Maximilian and Carlota a sober ap-
proach and scholarly method which it has not
always received at the hands of their biogra-
phers. He leaves it largely to the imperial
couple and their European contemporaries to
tell their own story. The consequence of this-
unobtrusive method is that the approach is
predominantly European. Apart from the limi-
tations which this imposes, the task could
scarcely be better done, and the author has
well deserved the centenary prize which the
publishers have awarded him."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p289 Je 22
•46 4000w
"The history of the Western Hemisphere
holds no stranger nor more tragic tale than
the Mexican interlude of Emperor Maximilian
and his empress, Carlota. . . It has remained
for the English historian H. Montgomery Hyde
to retell it on the basis of fresh study of the
sources, with a conciseness which sacrifices no
essential detail, with a sensitivity which makes
his book the most readable and satisfying that
has appeared/' Hubert Herring
4- Weekly Book Review p4 S 1 '46 1550w
IDELL, ALBERT EDWARD (PHILLIPS ROG-
ERS, pseud). Stag night. 230p $2.50 Prentice
Hall
46-4512
One night in every year the male members
of a country club put on a stag dinner and
entertainment. This book covers that evening
from kitchen to the banquet room, and from
the dressing room to the footlights.
Kirkus 18:548 D 15 '45 130w
412
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
I DELL, A. E. — Continued
"This book is trash. Its sensational subject
is legitimate material for any writer, but in
handling it 'Phillips Rogers' has seen no need
for intelligence or taste or the skill to make
it interesting. Not even the greatest female
curiosity could push half-way through its
monotonous cheapness." Paul Griffith
— NY Times p28 Mr 10 '46 200w
"The program is described in perspiring
prose that tries to be torrid, but — like the last
veil—it doesn't come off." Lisle Bell •
Weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46 90w
IKONNIKOV, ALEXEI A. Myaskovsky; his
life and work; tr. from the Russian. 162p
$2.75 Philosophical lib.
B or 92 Miaskovsky, Nicolai Yokovlevich
"Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, who will
bo sixty-six years old next April, is the out-
standing contemporary representative of the
conservative school of Russian music repre-
sented by many of the preachments of Rimsky-
Korsakov and by the music of such minor men
as Glazunov, Gliere and Rachmaninoff. . . The
present book is by way of being a trial balance.
It is straight Marxist criticism and gives
twenty- four pages to the composer's biography,
fifty-six to a listing and description of his
works, thirty-one to an analysis of his tech-
nique and ten to an exuberantly laudatory
summing up. Twenty-four pages of a some-
what disjointed appendix describe 'Myaskov-
sky's Music During the Great Patriotic War/
and there is a catalogue of his works through
1943 There is no index." Weekly Book Review
"The author draws on personal knowledge
of his subject and includes a good deal of
material available otherwise only in Russian."
C. K. Miller
Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Herbert Weinstock
Weekly Book Review p24 N 24 '46 280w
INGERSOLL, RALPH MCALLISTER. Top se-
cret. 373p maps $3 Harcourt
940.542 World war, 193*9-1945— -Campaigns
and battles. World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American 46-25096
"After service in Africa, described in The
Battle is the Payoff [Book Review Digest, 1943],
the author was assigned to the General staff
corps, assisted in the planning of D-day oper-
ations, and did liaison work between the staffs
of Bradley, Montgomery, and Eisenhower. This
is his story of the secret planning, the mili-
tary politics, the conflicts of personalities, and
the strategy of the invasion — a behind-the-
scenes view that does not minimize mistakes,
obstructionism, muddling, while testifying to
the skill and determination that brought off a
great invasion. The drive across France and
into Germany is covered in less detail. The
author, writing now as a civilian, is very crit-
ical of the British; his book is outspoken, well
written, and very readable. End-paper maps
and small maps." (Booklist) Index.
"The main faults of this book are those
inherent in a subjective analysis of events by
a participant whose viewpoint was necessarily
limited and prejudiced. The accounts of the
landing in Normandy and of the concentration
camps, however, are done with considerable
'reportorial skill." R. C. Loehr
Am Hist R 52:105 O '46 4SOw
"It is not quite enough to say that this
book illustrates the ancient adage that 'a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing.' It would be
better to say that it illustrates how very dan-
gerous a little knowledge may be when com-
bined with a pronounced bias." G. P. Eliot
— Ann Am Acad 247:191 S '46 600w
"Mr. Ingersoli is an old hand at viewing-
with-alarm, and this volume is in some re-
spects as strident and bilious as a PM edi-
torial. On the other hand, Ingersoli is a
superb reporter. In his earlier books, Report
on England and The Battle Is The Pay-Off,
he proved that he could handle the raw stuff
of which combat narratives are made. Top
Secret contains some of the most exciting mili-
tary journalism of the war." E. M. Earle
H Atlantic 177:162 Je '46 1500w
"No one will question Mr. Ingersoll's skill
as a reporter, and few will deny a substantial
element of truth behind his most controversial
assertions in Top Secret, but thoughtful read-
ers will question his scale of relative values
and the conclusions he reaches so confidently.
It is obvious that he can know only a part
of the relevant facts and that his opinions are
colored by prejudice." R. E. Danielson
h Atlantic 178:146 Jl '46 120w
"The first verdict to render on this new
book by Ralph Ingersoll is that it makes dra-
matic, irresistible reading. From beginning to
end it is geared to the urgency and speed of
the events it describes, and, since Ingersoli
is both a first-rate reporter and an experienced
editorialist, the result is a narrative which
most people will have a lot of trouble laying
down. . . But this is a book of strong words, of
highly flavored and colored opinions and of
intense personal convictions. Its author is not
the man to pull punches, even when there is
nobody else in the ring with him, and most
of the time there is a whole crowd in there.
It deserves a very wide reading, not alone
because it is exciting and fresh in its approach,
but also because it sounds as though its author
were right a good part of the time." William
Sloane
H Book Week pi Ap 21 '46 2050w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
Reviewed by Joseph McSorley
— Cath World 163:276 Je '46 700w
Reviewed by Paul Hutchinson
Christla'h Century 63:657 My 22 §46
800w
"Perhaps the best conclusion is that we are
really still in the reporting stage of the war.
But, of course, as the memoirs pile up we can
proceed to more definitive judgments. When
that time comes, 'Top Secret' will be a pro-
vocative gadfly, if not a source book." E. D.
Can ham
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ap 24
'46 700w
"This fascinating story of the preparation
for and finally the invasion of the European
continent is an excellent addition to a library
on World War II. Though always exciting
reading, it should not be swallowed whole."
B. A. Foster
H Churchman 160:14 My 15 '46 180w
"This reviewer is not qualified to compare
the technical competence of 'Top Secret' with
a classic like, say, Liddell Hart's military his-
tory of World War I. One predicts, however,
that if it is not made required reading for our
future generals at the 'Point,' it will at least
be read by generations of Plebes and/or First
Classmen, with much profit. Ingersoll makes
of military writing a fine art. The word for
it is virtuosity." H. J. Bresler
-f Commonweal 44:217 Je 14 '46 700w
Foreign Affairs 24:747 Jl '46 70w
"Sure to achieve controversy, this has, even
in its anti-British bias and corrosive criticism,
definite vitality and compelling readability."
Kirkus 14:164 Ap 1 '46 210w
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 140w
"Make no mistake about it: Mr. Ingersoll
has written one of the most brilliant and
provocative books about the war that has yet
appeared. It is unlikely that anything so
brutally frank and so violent will be published
in a long while. . . A reviewer's task does not
end with setting down and appraising an au-
thor's main thesis, however. The way in
which he argues it, his temper, the Judgment
he brings to the assessment of complex events,
is of the greatest importance. . . That Bradley,
the author's chief, was the most brilliant of
the Anglo-American leaders is hardly to be
doubted; that Montgomery is a very unpleasant
egotist and an overrated soldier is also true.
But the case against the British Is written
with such crackling, even sneering violence
and with such rash judgment in technical mat-
ters that the real force of the book is dimin-
ished, it is impossible not to believe that the
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413
drive in this book derives not only from his
perception of a cardinal fact but from less ra-
tional, emotional sources." Ralph Bates
H Nation 162:694 Je 8 '46 1450w
Reviewed by W. H. Hale
New Repub 114:664 My 6 '46 lOOOw
"Mr. Ingersoll writes in the 'Now It Can Be
Told* and 'Reputations Ten Years After' tradi-
tion, except that he has formed his judgments
in ten months. His book will make some people
angry, some thoughtful and sad. others Icono-
clastic. It will leave few readers indifferent,
for it is an exciting book with almost no dull
pages. There are passages which are vivid in
description, including some (such as those de-
scribing the backwash of war) which require a
strong stomach to digest. . . But in asserting
that after the Ardennes, Bradley virtually lost
confidence in General Eisenhower and in the
latter's headquarters, SHAEF, and ignored or
sabotaged the Supreme Commander's orders
and directives, he is making a serious charge
against both Bradley and Eisenhower which will
need more documentation than is to be found
in this book." E. M. Earle
H NY Times pi Ap 21 '46 2360w
"Of all the writers in the services, Ingersoll
was best situated to gather material for this
kind of book. . . There is enough in 'Top
Secret' to keep the military historians battling
for a long time. I hope that during this period
only historians will battle. Personally, I'm a
Bradley man, but I don't think Bradley is
nearly as sore as Ingersoll." A. J. Liebling
New Yorker 22:101 Ap 20 '46 2250w
"Mr. Ingersoll encourages us to see that the
Western Front campaign of 1944-5 was won
chiefly by General Omar Bradley's superb work
in the field That judgment will receive whole-
hearted support from a host of observers who
beheld Bradley's great achievements in the
planning and in the performance. So will the
author's praise of other American field com-
manders, such as Patton, Hodges, Simpson, and
Devers, whom Mr. Ingersoll particularly notes.
But a large part of this new study of the war
in the west, this time dealing for the first time
with the planning and administration of the
vast Overlord operation, dwells not merely on
the tender subject of who won this war but on
the still tenderer subject of who did not win it
(other than Hitler, that is). Mr. Ingersoll's
favorite candidate is Field Marshal Montgomery,
against whom he directs the severest criticisms
that have thus far come to public attention. . .
There is a great deal in 'Top Secret* which has
not been top secret, and that includes some of
the best passages. Yet it Is inescapable that
the reader who has for years been reading of
field operations, and never of staff considera-
tions which were not publicly discussed in
wartime, will chiefly peruse Mr. Ingersoll's
observations and appraisals of these mysteries.
He will perhaps ask if the author's observations
are sufficiently complete, and hence if the con-
clusions are in good perspective, or whether
there is too frequent and intense focussing
upon men and things Mr. Ingersoll dislikes."
M. S. Watson
Sat R of Lit 24:8 Ap 20 '46 2000w
"An exciting, cogent and powerful report by
the newspaper PM's war-going editor on the
invasion of Normandy and the battle for west-
ern Europe. Mr Ingersoll proved his worth as
an observer In 'The Battle Is the Pay-Otf/ a
splendid account of the contest for North Africa,
and while 'Top Secret' is war as seen from the
slightly higher elevation of the general staff
corps, it provides the best overall picture to
date of the campaign that destroyed the Ger-
man army in the west." R. F. H.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
700w
"Earnest, shrill World War n history as
interpreted by the editor of Manhattan's earn-
est, shrill daily tabloid PM. . . There ia some
straight history in the book, some of it of first
interest. But not since the days of Quincy
Howe's England Expects Every American To
Do His Duty has anyone tried to tie a fancier
assortment of knots in the British lion's tail.
Stalin and Molotov could hardly have made a
balder plea for the U.S. to ditch the British."
Time 47:102 Ap 22 '46 900w
"The description of the Allied invasion of
Normandy and the advance through France
and across the Rhine marks Top Secret as
excellent military history seldom equalled for
sustained interest and for sound emphasis on
the essential. Mr. Ingersoll has, however,
strong convictions about men and events, and
is not content to describe objectively one of
history's greatest military campaigns. He at-
tempts an interpretation and evaluation of
political and military strategy and personalities
for which the data are as yet entirely in-
adequate."
_| us Quarterly Bkl 2:218 S '46 210w
"It must first be remarked that this outpour-
ing is not based on irresponsible third-hand
information. Mr. Ingersoll, who worked in G-3
(Plans and Operations) for 12th Army Group,
had the opportunity to be well acquainted with
the issues and events he writes about. And
one's objection is not to his broad account of
events, but to his interpretation of them. . . I
would not quarrel with Mr. Ingersoll's picture
of Bradley. In fact, most British S. H. A. E. F.
officers I knew used to regard him as the ablest
strategist of them all (though I suppose Inger-
soll would dismiss this opinion as some tricky
British maneuver). . . As for Montgomery, the
best informed and most heartfelt denunciations
of the Field Marshal I have ever heard cane
from British officers (more maneuvers, per-
haps). Even Mr. Ingersoll admits that 'no man
was personally more distasteful to them than
Monty.' The more serious criticism has to do
with Mr. Ingersoll's conception of national
policy. . . If Mr. Ingersoll wanted to raise
these issues, he should not have batted them
down with a glibness of which even a 4PM'
editor might be ashamed." A. M. Schlesmger
Weekly Book Review pi Ap 21 '46
2150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
"Mr. Ingersoll is most convincing in spot
descriptions, particularly of the establishment
of the Normandy beachheads or the Ardennes
Bulge, where he was an eyewitness. It is news-
paper reporting, not history, and done with
a large broad stroke which either leaves out
or misrepresents some details. In contrast,
the other theme of the book— the high strategy
of the European campaign from 1943 to 1945
— is so badly handled that it is worse than
useless. Its first weakness is the scanty or
vague materials used to make the many judg-
ments in the book, as for example, the judg-
ments that Bradley was the great general
of the war and that the reputations of Eisen-
hower and Montgomery were undeserved. . .
Such a book as 'Top Secret' (which will have
many successors) complicates rather than helps
the basic search for what actually happened."
T. C. Mendenhall
\- Yale R n s 35:745 summer '46 350w
INGPEN, ROGER. One thousand poems for
children. See Scchrist, E. H.
INGRIM, ROBERT. After Hitler Stalin? (Sci-
ence and culture ser) 255p $3 Burce pub.
940.5 World politics. Nationalism and na
tionahty 46-7766
"Another alarm book about the intentions
of that man in the Kremlin, by a former
Austrian newspaperman who sees in Soviet
Communism an efficient and menacing ex-
tension of the concept of the nationalist state
which came into being in France with the
Revolution. He goes rather thoroughly into
nineteenth-century history to document this
belief and comes to the conclusion that the
present party-state in Russia in no way differs
from the recent party-state in Germany." (Ne^r
Yorker) Index.
"Mr. Ingrim's particular virtue is a very
happy synthesis of good journalism and schol-
arly knowledge, an art practically lost in our
generation. Although writing in a foreign
language he shows a remarkable ability in
finding le mot juste; thus his book makes not
only interesting but also smooth reading. As
a companion volume to a textbook in Modern
European History it should be owned by every
college if not by every college student." E. V,
Kuehnelt-Leddihn
-f Cath World 164:275 D '46 700w
New Yorker 22:135 O 19 '46 120w
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INNES, MICHAEL, pseud. See Stewart, J. L M.
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Jew-
Ish theological seminary of America. Civil-
ization ana group relationships. See Maclver,
R. M.
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES,
Jewish theological seminary of America.
World order. See Johnson. F. E.. ed.
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOG-
RAPHY. Who's important in medicine. See
Who's important in medicine
INTERNATIONAL, THIRD. Blueprint for
world conquest; as outlined by the Com-
munist International, with an introd. by
William Henry Chamberlin. 263p $3.50 Hu-
man events, inc. 608 S Dearborn st, Chicago
5
335.4 Communism 46-7178
"This handsomely printed and sensationally
titled book presents material well known to
students of communism: the theses and pro-
grams of the Second and Sixth World Con-
gresses of the Communist International which
were held m Moscow in 1920 and 1928. It lets
these official documents speak for themselves."
N Y Times
Cath World 164:285 D '46 250w
"This is the Communist Mein Kampf. It is
as clear a statement of principles and as
definite a declaration of war against every sys-
tem but its own as was Hitler's famous work,
which the world thought could not mean what
it said because it was so utterly frank. . .
Since the book itself is simply a reprint of
official documents, this presentation of it does
not need to be much more than the quotation
of significant passages without note or com-
ment. Sometimes it is possible to misrepresent
the general purport of a book by quoting ex-
tracts that are not typical and that are out-
weighed by the main argument. The reader
can either take the reviewer's word for it that
this is not true in this case, or he can read
the book and find it out for himself." W. B.
Garrison
Christian Century 63:1567 D 25 '46
700W
"The volume does not fill a very important
gap for the American reader. It does not give
a documentary survey of the forces shaping
Soviet policies. Chamberlin mentions correctly
that there is a difference in the tactics of
Trotsky and Stalin. And he correctly points out
that the reprinted documents are the expres-
sions of judgments by Bukharin and Zinoviev
as well as by Stalin, Manuilsky, etc. But why
were Bukharin and Zinoviev executed? There
were and there are not only personal, but
political conflicts among Soviet leaders. I
agree fully with W. H. Chamberlin in opposing
sentimental pro- Soviet explanations of Russian
policies as purely defensive, etc.. Just such an
attitude requires carefully prepared and edited
books. 'Blueprint For World Conquest* does not
reveal the sources of Soviet influence in the
present world. I regret that a man such as
W. H. Chamberlin lent the authority of his
name to this enterprise." Waldemar Gurian
— Commonweal 45:357 Ja 17 '47 420w
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
N Y Times p55 N 17 '46 800w
"William Henry Chamberlin, in a long in-
troduction, says that these papers must con-
vince democratic minds that the rulers of
Russia are determined to spread their doctrine
all over the earth at some future date. The
theory is worthy of note and so are some of
the specific tactical programs outlined in the
book, but none of it is really news."
New Yorker 22:134 O 19 '46 140w
INTERNATIONAL law of the future; postu-
lates, principles and proposals. (Carnegie en-
dowment for int. peace. Division of int. law.
Studies in the adm. of int. law and organ-
ization) 196p $2 Carnegie endowment; Colum-
bia umv press [12s Allen, G]
341 International law
"A book which offers in 167 pages the postu-
lates, principles, and proposals arrived at in
many meetings of American and Canadian
judges, lawyers, professors, and other men of
reputation, competence, and experience in in-
ternational affairs." (Nation) "The book is
primarily in terms of 'legal duties' which states
owe to each other and to the community of
states to promote world peace, collaboration
and welfare. The proposed community of
states parallels the United Nations, but pos-
sesses less comprehensive machinery for deal-
ing with international disputes and acts of ag-
gression; it is universal and would be opposed
to Churchill's Anglo-American Alliance. All
states — not alone those involved in a dispute —
would be equally and vitally concerned with
dissolving disputes and preserving peace."
(Columbia Law R)
Reviewed by George Jaffln
Columbia Law R 46:506 My '46 800w
"The principles and proposals set forth are
useful prolegomena to the happier age of man-
kind, but Jurists, no matter how eminent they
may be, are as little able to create the inter-
national law of the future as midwives to
create the babies which they help to bring into
the world." Rustem Vambery
Nation 162:406 Ap 6 '46 350w
IPAT'EV, VLADIMIR NIKOLAEVICH. Life of
a chemist [his] memoirs; ed. by Xenia
Joukoff Budin [and others] tr. by Vladimir
Haensel and Mrs Ralph H. Lusher. (Hoover
lib. on war, revolution, and peace, publica-
tion) 658p il $6 Stanford univ. press [33s
6d Oxford]
B or 92 A46-5547
"Historians will be indebted to Professor
Vladimir Ipatieft — pioneer in high pressure ca-
talysis— for pausing in the midst of a busy sci-
entific life to assemble this [account] ... of the
rise of Russian chemical industry from the
days of the Czar to the years of the Soviet.
No one is better qualified to do so than he.
As head of the Russian chemical warfare dur-
ing World War I, as director of the entire
chemical industry under the Soviet Govern-
ment until 1926, - and for three years there-
after liaison consultant to Germany, Mr.
Ipatieft writes with authority. His eminence
brought him into close contact with Imperial
and Soviet leaders, political and scientific; and
he relates in a familiar vein his meetings with
these historically great." (U S Quarterly Bkl)
The editor's notes, arranged alphabetically,
give information on persons, organizations
starred in the text. Index.
Book Week p31 N 10 '46 40w
Reviewed by T. L. Davis
Chem & Eng N 24:2844 O 25 '46 450w
"One marvels at his recollection of people,
places, and events as they follow through his
memoirs in swift chronological succession.
The record adds a new facet to Russian his-
tory that holds special interest for chemists
and chemical engineers." H. C. Parmelee
-f Chem Eng 53:274 D '46 300w
"Vivid, personal account. . . He reveals him-
self as a man of strong character and intense
feeling, denouncing in scathing terms political
blunders against science, paying tribute to his
scientific friends, and expressing bitter con-
tempt for incompetent chemists amongst his
fellow countrymen. His observations are those
of a trained, analytical, scientific mind, and the
document is by its nature unique."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:280 D '46 190w
IRISH, WILLIAM, pseud. See Woolrich, C.
IRVINE. HELEN DOUGLAS-. See Douglas-
Irvine, H.
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415
IRVING, ALEXANDER. Bitter ending. 216p
M D0<id 46-4462
Detective story.
New Repub 114:942 Jl 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Je 2 '46 140w
New Yorker 22:96 My 25 '46 HOw
"Very good."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 25 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 9 '46 140w
IRWIN, MRS INEZ (HAYNES). Women swore
revenge. 248p $2 Random house
46-7071
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:333 Jl 15 '46 80w
"Despite the sensational nature of the dis-
closures that are made before the mystery
is solved, the story comes nowhere near living1
up to the promise of that first paragraph."
Isaac Anderson
N Y Time* p40 O 13 '46 120w
Reviewed by I/. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '46
70w
"Worth reading-."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 90w
"Out to frighten you plenty Mrs. Irwin gives
you the complete works right up to the active
climax, which may be overfilled just the tini-
est bit. Her new story is meatier than most
puzzle tales, easy on the ear, complex but
lucid." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p28 S 29 '46 170w
ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER, Memorial;
portrait of a family. 294p $2.75 New direc-
tions [7s 6d Hogarth]
[32-14444]
"A reissue of this novel, out of print since
the thirties, about an ineffectual English county
family and some of their friends during the
unsettled years after the first war." New
Yorker
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p!2 D 8 '46 500w
"The fragmentary episodes, half -depicted
characters, unresolved situations all aim to
evoke a memory of the bewildering1 chaos of
the twenties. In this sense the book is an
appropriate memorial to that brecciated era.
The title refers specifically to the memorial
erected at Chapel Bridge to the dead of World
War 1, a scene which constitutes one of the
more distinctive passages in the book. . . No
review of this book should fail to mention
Chapter 1, section V, which relates the at-
tempted suicide of Edward Blake. In this
blood -spattered scene the author effects a
triumph of realism with economy and preci-
sion. You fell as if you had put a bullet
maladroitly through the roof of your mouth.
As writing: there is nothing else in the book
to equal it." Charles Duffy
Commonweal 45:284 D 27 '46 400w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:702 D 14 '46 30w
Reviewed by E. R, Mirrielees
N Y Tlmet p7 N 24 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:142 N SO '46 40w
"In the writing, and by that I mean both the
style and the information, of 'The Memorial,'
there was no disappointment for me, but I do
have a dispute with Mr. Isherwood over the
form, which la by way of saying that there
is almost no form whatsoever. I cannot believe
that he deliberately set out to confuse and ir-
ritate the reader by so shuffling his scenes and
his chronology as to make them bewildering,
but if not, he has achieved virtually the same
effect in innocence." John woodburn
Sat R of Lit 29:15 D 14 '46 1150w
Reviewed by Lloyd Morris
Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 5 '47 1160w
ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER, ed. Vedanta
for the western world; with an in trod, by
rthe editor]. 452p $3.75 Marcel Rodd co, 7621-
23 Sunset blvd, Hollywood 46, Calif.
181.4 Vedanta 46-25052
"The philosophy of the Vedas, the ancient
Indian religious scriptures, is explained and
discussed in a group of essays t>y contem-
porary English, American, and Indian writers.
The dominating note is a challenge to materi-
alism and an emphasis on the need for a spirit-
ual experiment. Among the English writers are
Aldous Huxley, Qerala Heard, John Van Dru-
ten, and the editor. The essays appeared orig-
inally in the periodical Vedanta and the West."
Booklist
"Regardless of what a reader may think of
Oriental mysticism "Vedanta for the Western
World' deserves considerable respect and care-
ful reading. Both its English and Indian writers
have something to say, something to believe in.
That in itself is something in a day when so
many authors know only capitalistic despair or
blind Marxian mysticism and have abandoned
the Judaeo-Christian ideals." J. O. Supple
-f Book Week p!4 F 24 '46 650w
Booklist 42:220 Mr 15 '46
Kirkus 13:500 N 15 '45 200w
"Mr. Isherwood is careful not to claim that
all the material in the book belongs to the
Vedantic tradition. The quality of the con-
tributions varies widely — from the clarity and
precision of Huxley's 'The Minimum Working
Hypothesis' and his essays that later appeared
as parts of 'Grey Eminence' and 'Time Must
Have a Stop' to casual musings whose only
connection with Vedanta lies in a vague mys-
ticism. It must be said, however, that the
proportion of good and informed writing is
very high. The book lives up to its title. For
the Western reader interested in the universal
aspects of Indian thought, from its highest to
its simplest expression, this is a lively and
well-balanced introduction." Denver Lindley
-f N Y Times p5 Ap 14 '46 900w
New Yorker 21:99 F 9 '46 120w
"This is indeed an admirable primer for all
who know that Yoga is something other than
the light-hearted practice of a few (possibly
reducing) exercises, yet who did not know with
which of the many books about it they should
begin." Anne Fremantle
4- Weekly Book Review pl6 My 12 '46
550w
ISHVANI (MRS EDWIN HAMILTON). Bro-
caded sari. 205p $2.75 Day
B or 92 India — Social life and customs
46-25231
Autobiography of the Indian dancer, Ishvani,
Picturing her childhood in a wealthy home in
Bombay, her short-lived marriage, and her
divorce. Her story closes as she departs for
Europe, accompanied by an adored older sister.
The account of her rise to fame as a dancer,
her later life in America, and her marriage to
an American, are not included.
Reviewed by Martha Read
Book Week p34 D 1 '46 280w
Booklist 43:15 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"In all its gentleness and simplicity, this Is
a revealing picture of Indian life, in one small
segment."
-f Kirkus 14:218 My 1 '46 170w
"Recommended." Katharine Shorey
-f- Library J 71:976 Jl '46 120w
"Ishvani writes with humor but also with a
real understanding of the differences between
cultures. Her book gives the most intimate
glimpses of life in a Muslim family, and
though she does not generalize, yet she con-
veys the impression of an entire civilization and
416
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I S H V A N I — Continued
its traditions as they affect the men and women
of contemporary India." Marguerite Young
-h N Y Times p7 S 29 '46 600w
Reviewed by Marvin Sargent
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 15 '46
200w
"This rambling book is not deep reading. As
an autobiography it is too vague, as a narra-
tive too inconsistent. Its twofold charm is the
author's regret for a life which, if she had let
it, might have stifled her, and the variegated
color which that life yields even from a dis-
tance. Only Miss Ishvani ought to have
remembered that writing, like her own art of
dancing, is performed according to rules."
J. G. Hitrec
Sat R of Lit 29:29 Ag 17 '46 700w
"Writing with humor and at times with
compelling insight, Ishvani makes the story of
her early years in India a most appealing one."
M. L. H.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
660w
"Ishvani gives beautiful portraits of both
her father and of Raschid, her husband, whom
she renounced. She succeeds in doing what
she set out to do, to convey her love and long-
ing for her native land, for her family, and
the childhood memories shared with them.
She makes us wiser and more sensitive, and
grateful for the lifting of her sari veil."
Ernestine Evans
-J~ Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 4 '46 900w
IVERSON, ANDRINA. Gifts of love 275p $2.50
Farrar, Straus
46-8000
Character study of a neurotic young woman,
whose inferiority complex kept her from be-
lieving in her husband's love for her. Her
struggle to believe in that love makes the cen-
tral theme of the book.
Book Week pi 2 N 24 '46 140w
"A family story well told, slow moving, not
likely to be in popular demand." Mary Clark
Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
"This book reads like the work of a
thoroughly serious but obviously not developed
writer. It leaves one with the feeling, indeed
the hope, that perhaps next time the author
may achieve more completely, more truly, and
more commendably her chosen purpose." Rich-
ard Sullivan
H- — N Y Times p22 D 1 '46 450w
"This [is a] tortuous novel. Miss Iverson has
talent and sincerity, but I found her confused
and anguished heroine more irritating than in-
teresting." S. H. Hay
Sat R of Lit 29:34 N 30 '46 500w
IVINS, WILLIAM MILLS. Art and geometry.
335p $3 Harvard univ. press
701.1 Art, Greek. Space perception. Geom-
etry. Perspective A46-5993
"Seen in perspective, art, science and philos-
ophy are expressions of the same basic in-
stitutions. Author bases this readable study of
space institutions on the antithesis between
Greek and Western conception of space and on
great advances in geometry and perspective
which have synchronized with great develop-
ments in art." Library J
"By using geometry as a foundation for his
theory, and by relating it to art in the particu-
lar as well as the general, a wholly readable
text results. The fact that this book is stimu-
lating, and packed with quotable and challeng-
ing statement, is a tribute to its author." R.
A. Florsheim
-f Book Week p6 N 24 '46 400w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1715 D 1 '46 70w
— San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
150w
JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR. See Zhabotlnskit.
V. E.
JACKSON, CHARLES REGINALD. Fall of
valor. 310p $2.75 Rinehart
46-6208
"John Grandin, university professor, and
his wife spend pre-summer school vacation
at Sconset, each hoping that it will bring
them together again. They meet Captain Hau-
man, epitome of the Marines, and from there
story develops with less facility, tightness and
sureness, but more terror than The Lost Week-
end and ends with Grandin, 'a valor-ruined
man* still in love with his wife but also with
the Captain." Library J
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
— Atlantic 178:150 D '46 240w
"Jackson, in writing this book, knew that
he was foregoing lucrative subsidiary earnings
from radio, movies, book clubs, serialization.
It has been said in some quarters that he
purposely chose a sensational therne in order
to cash in on the morbid interest in his work
stimulated by 'The Lost Weekend ' Not only
will he fail to cash in; 'The Fall of Valor,'
besides being one of the best books I've ever
read, is one of the least sensational." A. O.
Spectorsky
-h Book Week p3 O 6 '46 1300w
Booklist 43:53 O 15 '46
"The topic is one which might be discussed
to the profit of a good many readers, were the
treatment scientific and decent, but this book
is neither. It is not scientific because it con-
fuses the normal and the abnormal in a way
that can easily do irreparable damage to sensi-
tive minds by provoking unreasonable fears,
stimulating unanswerable questions, and leav-
ing personalities defenceless against no-
toriously destructive impulses . . He uses
language which not even the most hardened
reviewer would dare to quote in the pages
of a respectable magazine — the kind that civi-
lized people, even in our present outspoken era,
never employ. Perhaps the book will be a best
seller. The writer certainly has a gift for clever
dialogue He can sustain interest in an every
day conversation or a landscape. All the more
reason why he should be censured for having
done something which must be classed as
unprofitable to everyone concerned, except
himself and his publisher."
— Cath World 164:283 D '46 240w
Reviewed by Francis Downing
-f Commonweal 45:74 N 1 '46 800w
Kirkus 14:356 Ag 1 '46 220w
"Subject, and especially bluntness of presen-
tation, limit library use. Read before purchase."
R K. Kingery
Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 lOOw
"In writing a story of this kind Mr. Jackson
has set himself a task which is extremely dif-
ficult on two scores He has the initial problem
of making the evolution of Grandm's homo-
sexuality, and Ethel Grandin1 s reactions to it,
psychologically convincing. Then he has the
problem of making his study something more
meaningful than a case history. For, after all,
scientific literature is full of psychologically
sound records of the homosexual neurosis, and
if we are to read Mr. Jackson's novel rather
than a textbook, it must be because its study
of disease will tell us about more than disease,
enlarging beyond the usual limits of a case
*history our understanding of the world in which
illness exists. 4The Pall of Valor,' however,
seems to me to miss fire on both these counts."
Diana Trilling
Nation 163:450 O 19 '46 1600w
Reviewed by Frederic Wertham
New ReftUb 115:458 O 7 '46 1200w
" 'The Lost Weekend' explored the alcoholic
consciousness as it had never been explored
before. 'The Fall of Valor' must face stlffer
competition. Obviously, it will be widely read.
Such embarrassed discussion of an embarrass-
ing subject has an uncomfortable, reminiscent
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
417
fascination even for the psychologically sophis-
ticated. But such cases have been studied with
exhaustive particularity in the professional
journals. More to the point, a number of im-
portant imaginative writers have not only
shared John Grandin's peculiarity, but in re-
cent decades have dealt with it at great length
in literature. . . Charles Jackson, for his sec-
ond novel, has hit upon a subject that has been
treated by experts. Such an expert, in the pre-
cise sense of the word, Mr. Jackson quite
obviously is not happily for himself, and un-
happily for 'The Fall of Valor.' " R. Q. Davis
N Y Times p!4 O 6 '46 1850w
"What has been done here by Mr. Jackson
is. however, so far as I know, something which
has not been done before and something which
perhaps needed doing. He has made homo-
sexuality middle-class and thereby removed it
from the privileged level on which Gide and
Proust had set it. 'The Fall of Valor' thus
suffers from a handicap that 'The Lost Week-
end' did not have. But it does, like its prede-
cessor, create apprehension and suspense. One
used to feel about the characters of Heming-
way that their nerves were just about to give
way, that they were hanging on the edge of
a precipice. The characters in Charles Jack-
son's novels are already falling over the
precipice." Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:118 O 5 '46 lOOOw
"As for the novel and how it's done, Mr.
Jackson who is an enormously able writer has
handled his theme exceedingly well. Of necessity
he has written a 'slow' novel in comparison
with 'The Lost Weekend'; after all, the things
that happened to the hero of that first book
involved action, while what happens to Grandin,
with the exception of the final horrible scene,
happens inside him. But, given the theme, the
author has conducted his story with a good deal
more delicacy than you might expect. Further,
he seems to have taken pains to investigate the
psychological background of such matters. Some
psychiatrists might disagree with some details;
I don't know about that. But in the main,
authorities to whom I have talked about the
book say that his premise is sound enough, and
that Grandin's ruin might have come about
just that way." J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 3 '46
700w
"Lacking the suspense and the continued
excitement of 'The Lost Weekend,' Charles
Jackson's second novel is a finer and a more
skilful work than the first." Harrison Smith
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 O 5 '46 1350w
"Author Jackson has a plausible clinical grasp
of the excruciating predicament of these people,
and he prepared his revelation with conscien-
tious care. But the book is not remotely com-
parable to Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, a
calm, classic, immensely artful treatment of a
similar theme."
Time 48:108 O 7 '46 340w
"Mr. Jackson tells his story swiftly, cleanly,
humanely, without a word of psychoanalytic
jargon, making no explanations that are not
implicit in the action. The speculative reader,
however, may draw from the tale two conclu-
sions which the author himself does not draw.
The first is that the homosexual component
present in all men may have been aroused and
overdeveloped in John Grandin partly because
his marriage was a bore and a failure — rather
than the other way round. . . The second feeling
some readers are likely to have is that John
Grandin's disease is not a hateful aberration (as
our Victorian grandfathers — and contemporaries
— would have it) but is rather somehow con-
nected with a larger and more pervasive dis-
ease of our own time, a universal failure of
nerve." Clifton Fadiman
Weekly Book Review p7 O 6 '46 1200w
JACKSON, CHARLOTTE E. (COBDEN). Round
the afternoon; pictures by Leonard Weisgard.
[63p] $2 Dodd
46-8668
A little girl, left in charge of a "sitter," gets
bored when her guardian goes to sleep. She
goes out in the garden to visit her pet rabbit,
finds he has tunneled his way out of his cage,
&ncl follows ni*n into a nearby wopcl, After a
series of little adventures the two are glad to
go home. For ages four to seven.
"An exceptionally attractive book, lavishly
illustrated and set in large, clear type, this
slight story will please young children who
revel in the everyday doings of other children."
Elizabeth Hodges
-f N Y Times pll D 29 '46 160w
"The book has a quiet succession of pleasant
incidents that make it good bedtime reading,
and its pictures, in mild and soothing colors,
have the same quality." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 D 15 '46 150w
JACKSON, MRS KATHRYN, and JACKSON,
BYRON. Farm stories; with pictures by
Gustaf Tenggren. 91p $1.50 Simon & Schuster
46-25058
"Fifty original stories and poems, resplendent
with bright pictures, make a generous pano-
rama of barnyard, pasture and orchard for the
picture book age and beginning readers." N Y
Times
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!9 Ap 7 '46 180w
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
"A collection of 50 brand new stories, which
will be welcome substitutes for parents who
have gone stale on the true and tried favorites.
They aren't sparkling stories, but they are
competent and moderately good reading, and
the farm settings have a special appeal."
+ Kirkus 14:104 F 15 '46 180w
"Enchantingly and profusely illustrated on
every page. Stories are lively, amusing, and
varied, and the interspersed poems are gay
and pleasant but chief distinction of the book
lies in its illustrations." E. M. Gordon
-f Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 70w
"Even though some of the stories are really
only sketches they are all full of zest and fun,
and the lilting verses are especially good. The
arrangement of text is occasionally confusing
but the pictures are in Mr. Tenggren' s merriest
vein."
-f N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 90w
Reviewed by K. S. White
.New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 40w
Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 120w
"The style of the text might be boring if you
had to read it all at once, but you won't have
to. These authors know young, non- reading
children, and are full of invention that meets
their varied moods." L. S. Bechtel
^ Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 31 '46 370w
JACKSON, ROBERT HOUQHWOUT. Case
against the Nazi war criminals; opening
statement for the United States of America
by Robert H. Jackson, and other documents;
preface by Gordon Dean. 216p |2 Knopf
341.3 War crimes— Trials. World war, 1939-
1945— Atrocities 46-1627
"The long, passionate opening statement de-
livered by Justice Jackson at Nuremberg last
November, in which he arraigned the Nazi
head men before a newly created bar of world
Justice. . . The book is illustrated, and other
documents bearing on the case are appended."
New Yorker
Reviewed by Willard Shelton
Book Week p3 F 24 '46 700w
Booklist 42:221 Mr 16 '46
"As a result of the inevitable protractedness
of the NO rn berg- trial, not only has public in-
terest in the process waned perceptibly, but
there also is the real danger that its essential
feature will get lost from sight in the mass of
details. 'The Case Against the Nazi War
Criminals' is the best means by which to avert
this danger. The book puts the trial into proper
perspective as 'a practical effort to utilize In-
ternational Law to meet the greatest menace
of our times— aggressive war. May it please
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JACKSON, R, H. — Continued
the peoples— all the peoples — to throw their
weight behind this effort." E. S. P.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 1 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Foreign Affairs 24:751 Jl '46 30w
4 'In legal circles, this is a Must Book. The
layman who la profoundly interested in the
details of procedure — the charges made by
Justice Jackson for the American delegation
against the Nazi war criminals — will be inter-
ested in reading the complete text of which,
only PM I believe, published more than a di-
gest."
+ Klrkus 14:27 Ja 15 '46 180w
"Jackson's statement, which runs to a little
less than half of the book's 200-odd pages, does
not seek to gloss over the great issues of justice
and wisdom which underly the theory and the
actual conduct of the trial. He faces these Is-
sues candidly and tells the court and the world,
and the latter probably not just incidentally,
why the victors decided to proceed with this
kind of trial. He also makes clear a point of
perhaps some importance which seems to be
equally clear even to those who deprecate the
trial; namely, that these 20-odd defendants
have not had their individual life expectancies
shortened by so much as a day by reason of
being put on trial." J. S. Dickey
4- N Y Times p3 Mr 3 '46 1950w
New Yorker 22:106 Mr 9 '46 80w
"The publisher has performed a public serv-
ice in bringing out 'The Case Against the
Nazi War Criminals.' The opening statement
by the American prosecutor, Robert H. Jack-
son, the agreements that formed the legal basis
for these trials, and the text of the indictment
itself all form a part of a useful permanent
record." Lewis Mumford
+ Sat R of Lit 29:13 Mr 16 '46 1600w
"AH three of these papers are 'must' read-
Ing for the scholar. Justice Jackson's opening
statement should be 'must* reading for every
literate citizen. It is a document of majestic
force and inexorable conviction — and it is ex-
citing reading. . . It is regrettable that Mr.
Dean's enthusiasm should befog Justice Jack-
son's high accomplishment by claims of credit
for what was done before the Justice came into
the case." M. C. Bernays
H Survey G 35:172 My '46 700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:229 S '46 250w
Reviewed by Walter Uppmann
Weekly Book Review pi P 17 '46 1600w
JACOBSON, CARL ALFRED, ed. Encyclopedia
of chemical reactions. 5v v 1 804p $10 Reln-
hold
546 Chemical reactions. Chemistry, In-
organic (46-822)
"A monumental work has been undertaken.
It is proposed to publish a series of volumes
that will contain all, or nearly all, published
chemical reactions, described briefly and ex-
pressed in equation form. Volume I, now
available, contains the published reactions of
eight elements: Aluminum, antimony, arsenic,
barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron and
bromine. The entire system is alphabetically
arranged first as to formulas of reactants and
next as to reagents." Chem & Met Eng
Reviewed by G. S. Forbes
Am Chem Soc J 68:1678 Ag '46 350w
J^TJ?18 volume is unquestionably a valuable
addition to the reference literature of in-
organic chemistry. Subsequent volumes of the
-f- Chem A Eng N 24:1132 Ap 26 '46 300w
"Value of the finished encyclopedia is
obvious. Chemical engineers and chemists will
refer to it in conjunction with all sorts of In-
dustrial and theoretical research work."
-f Chem & Met Eng 53:283 P '46 150w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:4 Ja '46
V S Quarterly Bkl 2:161 Je '46 22Qw
JAQENDORF, MORITZ ADOLF, comp. 20 non-
royalty one-act ghost plays. 308p $3 Green-
berg
812.08 46-8626
Anthology of one-act ghost plays, all of which
may be given without payment of royalties.
Partial contents: The Dilly dehauntlng agency.
by M. A. Taylor; Your rooms are ready now,
by C. G. Greene; The happy ending of a grue-
some ghost, by Maurice Reonde; The headless
horseman, by M. Hunterton; The ghost of
Caesar's hair, by Eric Welff; Dark walkers, by
M. Bella; Ghost a la mode, by Irving Simon;
The vacant room, by Maria Moravsky; Two
ghosts are better than one, by Francis Rider;
Ghosts on strike, by Mabel Harmer; The re-
turn of Michael Con ley, by W. E. Cox.
"The plays offer all kinds of ghosts, serious,
weird, amusing, farcical."
-f- Book Week p48 D 1 '46 70w
Booklist 43:172 Fl '47
"Recommended for school and small public
libraries as well as drama collections." George
Freedley
4- Library J 71:1714 D 1 '46 30w
"A Pennsylvania Dutch play by Marion Wefer
has a slight charm. As for the other 19 — do you
remember high school assemblies?" A. B.
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
30w
JAMES, HENRY. The American scene, new ed
501p 11 $5 Scribner
917.3 U.S.— Description and travel
A reprinting of a book previously published in
1907. It is the result of Henry James' first visit
to his native country in many years, and
contains his impressions of the parts of Amer-
ica he knew best, or traveled thru at that time.
This edition also contains an introduction by
W. H. Auden; three excerpts from Portraits of
Places; and photographs of some of the places
visited.
Booklist 43:55 O 15 '46
"In addition to Mr. Auden's introduction, two
other features of this edition must be men-
tioned. By way of supplement, three sketches
are included from James's early book, 'Portraits
of Places.' They offer an interesting oppor-
tunity to compare his immature Pateresque
manner with his latest completely individualized
style. The other feature is the series of nearly
a score of delightful photographs of streets,
houses, squares, and monuments showing scenes
in the cities where James gathered his impres-
sions as they were when he knew them. In some
cases, the dates are only approximately correct:
Fifth Avenue, for instance, obviously shows a
phase about a decade before James's visit; but
generally they supplement the text in a charm-
ing fashion." S. C. C.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 12 '46
850w
Reviewed by Philip Burnham
Commonweal 45:36 O 25 '46 5000w
Reviewed by J. C. Ransom
Nation 163:650 D 7 '46 1450w
"W. H. Auden's preface adds distinction to
what is already a classic work of its kind. He
has interesting things to say about Henry
James and a good deal of interest to say about
himself. Not least, it is significant to find that
he has, if only half -consciously, penetrated
through the fiat surface of the America of
which he is aware down to the America that
James himself could not refrain from loving. . .
Rereading Henry James is to have all over
again the sense of his immense power of per-
suasive penetration." H. J. Laski
+ New Repub 115:599 N 4 '46 1050w
" 'The American Scene' is a brilliant and pro-
voking book and, except for a brilliant and pro-
voking introduction by W. H. Auden as well as
one or two minor differences, it is the same book
that appeared in 1907." Harvey Breit
4- N Y Tlmet p22 O 27 '46 1150w
" 'The American Scene' is one of the best
books about modern America. Scribner's and
Mr. Auden are much to be thanked for having
dug it up." Edmund Wilson
4- New Yorker 22:94 S 38 '46 1660w
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419
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 29 '46
SlOw
Time 48:110 S 16 '46 650w
JAMES, NEILL. Dust on my heart; petticoat
vagabond in Mexico. 310p $3 Scribner
917.2 Mexico — Description and travel
46-25228
The "petticoat vagabond" describes her four
years in Mexico, where she went intending
to stay six months to iearn about the Otomies,
who live on the Central Mexican plateau. Dur-
ing her residence there she investigated two
volcanoes and was injured twice, but without
spoiling her love for Mexico. Index.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 JI 28 '46 300w
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 21
•46 50w
"The charm of the book lies in the zest
and energy with which Its author relates the
smallest details of Mexican Indian life. She
went to the usual places, but she also went
to a lot of other places that regimented tourists
do not see. . . Her book will not tell you how
to get where, or what to carry to ward off
volcano ash or the common dysentery. In an
earlier era she would have delighted the Tues-
day sewing1 circle with her gay account of
intimate tribulations in their own village. Now
that modern life permits her the luxury of
wider horizons she makes possible for them
vicarious enjoyment of her travels in the same
spirit." Mildred Adams
4- N Y Times p!8 Jl 7 '46 600w
"Don't get the idea Neill James is just
another lady who has written a travel book
about Mexico. She has, and a nice, probing and
revealing one. But she is also a kind of tough
female Richard Halliburton, seeking peace in
the most peculiar fashion, and in spite of
elaborate precautions, getting into more jams
and having worse luck than any traveler since
Ulysses." William Hogan
•4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 8 '46
850w
"There is nothing frilly about her vigorous,
vivid descriptions of these encounters. If her
adventures make other Mexican vacations seem
pale, it must be remembered she goes to
lengths to which most folks won't go — even
people like herself who purposefully take trips
to write about them. . . 'When once the dust
of Mexico has settled upon your heart, you can-
not then find peace in any other land/ is the
proverb inspiring her title. Miss James man-
ages to shake a little of this dust which has
settled on her own heart onto the heart of the
reader." Elizabeth Fagg
Sat R of Lit 29:33 O 5 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46
550w
"Despite its excellence the book has minor
errors. The United States Embassy in Mexico
City was not our largest in any world capital
but was second to our London post. The Mexi-
cans get their fine teeth from the lime in their
tortillas, not from the corn as she claims.
And I believe that the Indian Institute would
correct her statement that the Otomies are
Mexico's poorest Indians for there are tribes
In the tropics that are even worse off. Yet if
you are an adventurer of either mind or heart
you will enjoy traveling in this book with Miss
James through Indian Mexico. And if you are
A tourist with ample time and enough curi-
osity to leave the highways, you may share
with her some of the 'foreign' quality that
she discovered there." Betty Kirk
H Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 7 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
JAMES, PRESTON EVERETT. Brazil. 262p
11 maps $2.75 Odyssey
918.1 Brazil 46-1264
"This book [is] a reprint of the sections on
Brazil from the authors Latin America [Book
Review Digest, 1942] with facts brought up to
date and new material added, [and] is both
comprehensive and contemporary. Forty- four
legible maps and many excellent photographs
supplement the text." Ann Am Acad
"Although one may not in every instance
agree with the author's conclusions, the layman
and the student of Brazilian affairs will find
James's analysis of Brazilian problems and po-
tential development both informative and pro-
vocative." C. F. Jones
-f Ann Am Acad 247:195 S '46 600w
Foreign Affairs 24:757 Jl '46 30w
"Because the style is so good, I could not help
wishing that the author would be a little less
reckless with geographical technical terms, as
if this otherwise popular book were addressed
only to fellow-geographers. We could do with a
little less of interfluves, escarpments, diabases,
xerophytic shrubs, introduced without defini-
tion or glossary. . . And because the book tells
so much about Brazil it is a pity the author's
aims did not go farther: more political history
(economic history there is aplenty) and more
of the formative ideas by which these men
live." B. D. Wolfe
-^ NY Times p22 Mr 31 '46 750w
JAMES, SELWYN. Man of Brittany. 326p
$2.50 Simon & Schuster
46-1080
A story of the resistance movement In Brit-
tany. The principal character is a middle-aged
peasant who in defense of his daughter kills a
German officer and becomes a hunted man.
Reviewed by Martin Savela
Book Week p5 F 17 '46 450w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 4 '46
550w
Reviewed by Mary Clark
Library J 71:181 F 1 '46 70w
"Mr. James is almost too careful a writer;
he pays so much attention to the particulars
of nis characters, to their reactions to one
another, that the climax of the book, though
well prepared, doesn't come off. The one mem-
orable figure is the 12-year-old Jacques, an
efficient knife-thrower, a fierce individualist
and a homesick, bewildered child."
-| New Repub 114:358 Mr 11 '46 140w
"Mr. James, a young English newspaper man
and radio reporter who is now a citizen of the
United States (and, in his publisher's words,
was 'a true citizen of the world' before that),
is obviously creating his Breton d6cor from
first-hand memories. But his characters, and
the perils they face so doggedly, are, just as
obviously, described at second-hand. Even if
Mr. James were a better craftsman that fact
would score heavily against him." C. V. Terry
— NY Times plO F 24 '46 500w
"There is plenty of action, the story holds
a neat lesson on the value of cooperation, and
Mr. James may well be, as the publishers pro-
claim him, 'a citizen of the world,' but read-
ers who know the men (and women) of Brit-
tany will probably feel that the author has
exaggerated their characteristics."
New Yorker 22:96 F 16 '46 80w
"Too much of the narrative is told in the
staccato thoughts of Louis Travadel, rendered
in a broken English which hinders rather than
helps the illusion that the man is not an Eng-
lishman. An unfortunate result of this kind of
jargon is that it influences at times Mr. James's
narrative style, which is otherwise simple and
rapid. He is particularly good in his descrip-
tions of hard and violent action, and the great
scene of the descent of Louis and his friends
to rescue Jeanne and Avic on the night when
the Royal Air Force bombs the fly ing- field is
excellent in its pace and tension." R. E. Rob-
erts
-| Sat R of Lit 29:18 Mr 2 '46 650w
" 'Man of Brittany' suffers from a few soft
spots. It seems incredible that the German
commander should not have made a more sus-
tained effort to capture Louis Travadel. Nor
is one • disposed to believe that the various
ideologically opposed groups in the French
underground worked in any such spirit of
friendly competition and mutual respect as is
420
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JAMES, SELWYN— Continued
suggested here. But these faults fade before
the book's positive merits. It deserves to be
ranked high among: novels dealing with the
underground resistance movement/' Jennings
Rice
-j Weekly Book Review p4 P 24 '46 850w
JAMESON, STORM (MRS QUY CHAPMAN).
The other side. 134p $1.75 (7s 6d) Macmillan
46-25088
"A French and an English officer in the
Armies of Occupation are billeted in the home
of an aristocratic and embittered German
family whose widowed daughter-in-law is a
young and attractive Frenchwoman. She falls
in love with one of the officers and. when she
becomes aware of an underground plot against
the Allies, is inevitably confronted by con-
flicting loyalties." New Yorker
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p!5 Mr 31 '46 310w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
"The story remains inconclusive and is by
no means one of its author's best."
Cath World 163:380 Jl '46 200w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 15
'46 600w
"Miss Jameson's prose is clean and generally
blameless but unexciting. People who have
spent any time occupying Germany since the
end of this war might find her notion of con-
temporary army atmosphere in Europe a bit
thin." John Broderick
Commonweal 43:627 Ap 5 '46 370w
"Somehow the story never comes to life;
the emotional conflicts, as first the English-
man, then the warped and crippled younger
Frenchman, fall in love with the young widow,
who has sacrificed herself to warn them of a
Nazi plot, seem never to cut below the sur-
face."
Kirkus 14:6 Ja '46 200w
"Well written and powerful in appeal. Rec-
ommended." S. E. Sherman
-f- Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 22 '46 lOOw
"Intellectually absorbing novel. Smoothly
written, with a largeness of understanding
rarely met in contemporary fiction of its kind,
it presents a credible study in contrast of
three European nations. Though the von
Leydes are not monsters, we know before Miss
Jameson is through with them that they could
only be Germans Like Steinbeck in 'The
Moon Is Down/ Miss Jameson relies too much
on the inherent tension of her situation fully to
develop the separate tragedies of her char-
acters. Perhaps she feels the time has not
come for writing in personal terms. There is
still so much to understand." Nona Balakian
H NY Times p34 Mr 24 '46 450w
"Here, obviously, is a situation with all
the ingredients of tragedy, but it is also one
which, if it is to be made to seem real, needs
a wider base, deeper exploration, and richer
detail than the author has given it in this
disappointing novelette."
New Yorker 22:97 Mr 23 '46 120w
"The swiftly-paced action of Miss Jameson's
st°ry »s gripping and exciting, but one could
wish for less involved and subjective charac-
terization. These people are not human beings
so much as they are mental processes. . Miss
Jameson's style drains the book of some qual-
Uy*<£ f168** <"*<* blood' warmth and emotion.
But it is this same very subjective, analytical,
highly cerebral style which has won for Miss
S??SHa special and devoted audience."
',+'•— Sat R of Ll* 29:13 Ap 20 '46 750w
"The story is brief, done with imoressive
economy, and in both theme and tSakmof
atmosphere recalls an earlier short novel by
Miss Jameson. 'The Fort.' This however IM?
more successful piece of work, todeed save*
in the closing pages, where the tension slacking
and an air of contrivance obtrudes 'The Other
Side' carries a remarkable force of inner
drama."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p!37 Mr 23
•4C 650w
"This moving and tender study of French
and German character is a fitting conclusion
to Miss Jameson's long chronicle of Europe
at war. More fully than any other English
writer she has made herself the unhappy
diagnostician of the sickness of Europe." H. S.
Commager
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 24 '46
800w
JANNEY, RUSSELL. Miracle of the bells. 497p
$3 Prentice-Hall
46-2712
First novel by the co-author and producer of
The Vagabond King. It is the story of a beau-
tiful Polish- American girl from a Pennsylvania
coal town who died just as she was about to
make a name in Hollywood. The man who
loved her, an ace publicity man, takes her
body back to her native town, and attempts
to carry out her last wishes for her funeral.
It is then that the miracle of the bells occurs.
"If you are a reader who responds to a good
sentimental glow and a very human atory
which is at once ingeniously appealing and
told with obvious joy on the part of the author
—a good part of this book will certainly hold
you. And what the movies can do with a
story like this, if it gets into the proper hands,
will be something to see." J. W. Rogers
-h Book Week p3 S 8 '46 lOOOw
Booklist 43:17 S '46 *
Reviewed by J. F. Davidson
Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 60w
"I would like to say something pleasant about
his book, but the only thing I can think of at
the moment ... is that he has written the
kind of novel about Catholics and Catholic ways
usually described as fit reading for the entire
family. No one will come down with sin after
reading this book, but quite a few people will
come down with nausea and spasms of derisive
laughter. I am not disappointed in 'The Miracle
of the Bells' because the author has not in-
cluded a few passages on, say, the heated side
of human love, but I am very sorry indeed that
he had added to that hapless pile of uninspired
fiction which, in spite of noble intentions,
brings annual sorrow and embarrassment to a
large section of the Catholic reading public."
John Broderick
— Commonweal 45:18 O 18 '46 850w
"An extravaganza, that has some catchy
qualities, on the theme of selfless good deeds
in a naughty world . . . though overlong by
much."
H Kirkus 14:158 Ap 1 '46 180w
"Just misses being something big. Its worth
lies less in the writing than in the basic idea
of the spreading influence of one person's ac-
tion on others. First quarter of the book rings
convincingly, the last of it less so. But the
idea is still refreshing and the book on the
whole, good reading." Thelma Brackett
H Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 70w
"Each page is constructed on the declama-
tory pattern, sown ankle-deep with exclama-
tion points and blocked into many a set speech
of the type that once made the rafters ring
when the theatre was not ashamed to be theat-
rical. But it cannot be said too often that the
author's evangelism is beyond reproach — or
that the story he tells will be enjoyed mightily
by many readers. Miracles do happen — even
nowadays, even in the unhappy heart of man.
Mr. Janney deserves an audience for that
earnest hope, and we've no doubt they'll come
in droves." William Du Bois
H NY Times p!2 S 8 '46 600w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 22 '46
450w
"That old cliche^ tour de force, supplies a
compact description for 'The Miracle of the
Bells.' For the author has so mastered the
art of capturing and holding attention that he
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practically coerces the reader into finishing his
lengthy novel. And this feat is noteworthy
because the plot, though based on a highly
ingenious idea, is nafve, incredible, and con-
tinuously obvious." Bernard Sobel
Sat R of Lit 29:31 S 14 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46
150w
"Janney's book [is] painfully funny at times
(unconsciously so), unbelievably sincere, but
puerile in its approach. Granted that religion
should be endowed with the common touch, all
this smacks too much of the evanescence of
revivalism and hysteria to be an honest ap-
proach to godliness, and you don't have to be
a cynic to disbelieve in the permanency of the
reforms of the various characters." L. S.
Munn
h Springf'd Republican p4d S 6 '46 650w
— Time 48:110 S 16 '46 760w
" 'The Miracle of the Bells' was planned as
a short story and grew to a quarter of a million
words — most of them every-day words, shrewd-
ly chosen for dramatic impact, which — in the
vernacular — means punchy dialogue and all the
characters done in primary colors. . . How-
ever you react to the inspirational content of
the novel, you will find much enlightenment
concerning- techniques in publicity. Mr. Janney's
build-up — from pure hoofer to unsullied star
to departed saint — overlooks none of the
angles." Lisle Boll
Weekly Book Review plO S 29 '46 4<)0w
WIs Lib Bui 42-151 N '46
JANOWSKY, OSCAR ISAIAH. Nationalities
and national minorities (with special refer-
ence to east-central Europe); with a fore-
word by James T. Shotwell. 232p map $2.75
Macmillan
323.1 Minorities. Nationalism and national-
ity 45-9655
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"While the study is still timely and of merit,
it is only of indirect interest to the sociologist.
An appendix of documents and a selected bib-
liography enhance the value of the book."
Ernst Manheim
-f Am J Soc 52:72 Jl '46 600w
"Professor Janowsky's efforts to distinguish
between the Soviet Union's cultural program
and its political and economic institutions un-
doubtedly spring from his desire to analyze
his particular problem more clearly. But his in-
sistence on this distinction also appears to
indicate his reluctance to recognize the leader-
ship now being exercised by local Communists
from the Balkans to the Baltic, lest he appear
critical of Russia's expansion in that area.
The result is a somewhat confused approach
to events in Eastern Europe in the wake of
the war. . . Professor Janowsky would have
made a more realistic appraisal of the type
of solution that is now being given to the
minorities question if he had been more candid
about the role of the Communist party in Rus-
sia and the Eastern European countries as the
centralizing force in culturally decentralized
nations." W. N. Hadsel
Am Pol Sci R 40:368 Ap '46 900w
"In spite of the fact that Janowsky presents
his facts ably and dispassionately, he has not
written a penetrating book. . . Part Threecom-
pletes the treatment with one chapter on the
?£?r™< of iH16 league of Nations to deal with
the minorities treaties and another one which
propounds Janowsky's idea of 'a genuine solu-
K?n' At tlle risk of appearing too critical
i™i,ffTlewe/ ^oulrd 1Ike ,to Point out th*t the
evolution of the League's failure in this re-
spect has been presented more capably and
systematically in several other studies, and
that Janowsky's 'solution' in terms of 'national
££?*£ a h?<Ubee1n fiven up by even Presi-
dent BeneS of Czechoslovakia. . . In fact, what
Impressed this reviewer was, on the one hand
the moralistic tone pervading this section and*
on the other, the resolute dodging of the multi-
tudinous problems involved in carrying out
Janowsky's scheme in actual practice All in
all, the book will serve until the advent of a
more satisfactory study of this most persistent
and burning problem of central- eastern Eu-
rope." J. S. Roucek
H Ann Am Acad 243:161 Ja '46 370w
Booklist 42:195 F 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:559 Ap '46 40w
Reviewed by H. J. Morgenthau
Harvard Law R 59:301 D '45 1450w
Reviewed by Rustem Vambery
Nation 163:275 S 7 '46 300w
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
N Y Times plO Je 2 '46 650w
"This is a timely, sincere and well-inten-
tioned book. It does not belong to that type
of research which ends only in an Increase fn
the footnote wealth of the country. It sees
the real problems and tries to find their solu-
tion in the interest of suffering and hard-hit
people." Oscar Jaszi
4- Pol Sci Q 61:304 Je '46 1150w
"Associate professor of history in the Col-
lege of the City of New York, Mr. Janowsky
has traveled extensively and has studied at
first hand the problems he discusses with so
much candor. No student of modern govern-
ment and world affairs can afford to miss his
interesting and timely study of national minori-
ties." M. B. Lissfelt
-f Social .Studies 37:186 Ap '46 400w
"Although Professor Janowsky is successful
in his aim of writing a 'reasonably readable'
book for the general reader, he sometimes
indulges in abstractions which give his work
an air of unreality. For example, he tells us
that 'national federalism' is a better term
than 'cultural pluralism' to describe his plan
because, among other things, it has the 'vir-
tue of suggesting unifying centripetal, rather
than disruptive and centrifugal tendencies.' A
certain amount of vagueness is inevitable in
so comprehensive a proposal, however; it does
not nullify the validity of the book's central
idea." Vernon McKay
H Survey G 35:57 F '46 400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:50 Mr '46 320w
JEFFERS, ROBINSON. Medea. 107p $2.50
Random house
812 46-25159
A free adaptation of the Medea of Euripides,
which Is intended for an acting version.
"Jeffers, who Is at his brooding best when
exploring such misanthropic themes, is con-
vincing both as poet and dramatist in this
play." Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week p!3 Ap 21 '46 80w
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
"Jeffers' name will carry this book out
amongst his following and poetry readers
generally, but it will fall short of wide general
appeal. . . At no point does he reach the
intensity of horror and pity that the famous
Greek poet achieves, even in translation. For
some reason, Jeffers' rendering does not prove
as effective as his pseudo-Greek tragedies set
in his California background."
Klrkua 14:56 F 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:760 My 15 f46 20w
Reviewed by Arthur Mizener
Nation 163:246 Ag 31 '46 700w
"The play might act well, for with proper
lighting and an ambitious actress it could ex-
plode uncompromising horror In the heart. But
it is neither a great tragedy nor a good poem.
It Is a melodrama that falls between two
styles. In the ancient, pottery colors of brick
and black and in the decorative motifs, the
handsome exterior of this volume evokes the
Greek more easily than what the volume con-
tains." D. A. Stauffer
N Y Times p7 Ap 21 '46 850w
Reviewed by Louise Bogan
New Yorker 22:94 My 11 '46 700w
Reviewed by G. P. Meyer
Sat R of Lit 29:20 Jl 13 '46 320w
422
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
JEFFERS, ROBINSON — Continued
"Mr. Jeff era does not call for modern
dress. . . Still less, praise be, does he lower
the terrible story to the level of surrealism and
Freudian fantasy, as Cocteau did with the
Oedipus legend. He seems chiefly to have
desired to make Buripides's drama flt the
frame of the modern theater and be reasonably
clear to a modern audience. Doubtless his
personal predilection for strong meat was amply
satisfied oy the original story. . . The blank
verse of the usual translation Jeffers has
abandoned for a much longer and free-
flowing line, which comes easily off the tongue
and is frequently lit with images not in
Euripides but vividly in keeping with the
barbaric tragedy. The reader of this version
will not sense the operatic nature of Greek
tragedy, but he will feel without question Its
tremendous dramatic impact." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!9 Ap 21 '46
600w
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, and GILMER, FRAN-
CIS WALKER. Correspondence, 1814-1826; ed.
with an introd. by Richard Beale Davis. 163p
il $2.50 Univ. of S.C. press, Columbia 19, S.C.
B or 92 46-1605
This correspondence between Jefferson and
a much younger man, tho covering the last
twelve years of both lives, is made up chiefly
of letters written during the period when Gil-
mer, acting as Jefferson's agent, was in Europe
on a mission to recruit faculty members for
the University of Virginia.
"In editing the correspondence between
Thomas Jefferson and Francis Walker Gilmer,
Dr. Richard Beale Davis has done a service
to the student and the historian. Too little
is known of Gilmer, his friendship with Jeffer-
son, and the important part he played in the
founding of the University of Virginia and the
selection of its faculty, of which he, had he
lived, would have been a member. It is the
more to be regretted therefore that Dr. Davis
has failed to make use of all the available
material and has completely neglected the
Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. . .
In all other respects. Dr. Davis' book is an
excellent one. A well -written introduction gives
the necessary background, assisted by portraits
of the two subjects; the material is well ar-
ranged, each letter beginning a new page,
with the source printed clearly at the top, and
the unobtrusive, yet extremely accurate and
helpful notes at the foot. Dr. Davis Is so
much to be congratulated on what he has
done that the omissions seem a greater pity."
B. M. Sowerby
-| Am Hist R 51:764 Jl '46 320w
"Mr, Davis's primary purpose apparently
Is to hitch Gilmer's wagon to Jefferson's star.
In this he has succeeded well. For this volume
is far more a book about Gilmer than one
about Jefferson. . . The editor's meticulous re-
production of all the writers' inconsistencies
In form, while not disturbing to the scholar —
indeed perhaps desirable — will distract the at-
tention of, if not annoy, the general reader,
who is not concerned with such close textual
accuracy." M. R. Adams
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Je 8 '46 900w
" The book is a very fine account of the
problems of founding a university in a new and
inadequately educated country."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:190 S '46 270w
"Bibliophiles and scholars will like the vol-
ume, but the flat truth is that it adds little
to our knowledge of either man. It is an ad-
mirable work of scholarship, but hardly an
item for the ordinary man's library."
Weekly Book Review p38 Ap 14 '46
230w
JENKINS, WILLIAM FITZGERALD. Murder
of the U.S.A. 172p |2 Crown
46-20792
"An ultramodern mystery story of the sci-
ence-fiction type, in which the 'whodunit' prob-
lem is to identify and destroy the murderous
enemy nation after a 40-minute surprise attack
from a secret rocket-launching base has wiped
out a third of the people of the United State*
and destroyed all the big cities of the country,
including Washington." Springf'd Republican
"A melodramatic tract for melodramatic
times, done in bold colors and in a tight, effec-
tive narrative (a little cluttered by romance).
And it is welcome in itself and even more be-
cause it may help to do what the sober speeches
of the scientists have not done to make us be-
lieve what the future holds for us." James
San doe
-f Book Week p4 O 6 '46 130w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 160w
"You'll remember the magnificently animate
descriptions of bombs and counter-bombs." An-
thony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 22 '46
90w
"Has its moments."
Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 50w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 360w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p40 O 27 '46 lOOw
JENNINGS, JOHN EDWARD. Salem frigate.
500p $3 Doubleday
46-6176
The frigate Essex, gift of Salem to the
United States in 1799, is the scene of much of
this novel. Two men, Dr Tisdall, ship's sur-
geon, and Ben Price, carpenter, sail on each
trip of the Essex, fight against the Barbary
pirates, are captured and return to Salem sev-
eral times until the day when Ben Price Is
killed in battle. Then the doptor returns to
Salem, and to the woman he really loves —
Ben's wife.
"The characters, major and minor, do not
stand out sharply, perhaps because of the
nature of the story. . . The continuous, almost
dizzying action ranges the seven seas. . . For
all this, Jennings uses bold, strong colors, and
sustains a swift pace that will please those
who relish hair-breadth escapes and explosive
events." Bruce Lancaster
Atlantic 178:167 O '46 300w
Reviewed by E. E. Leisy
Book Week p3 Ag 18 '46 320w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
"The plot does not matter. The story of the
Essex itself is exciting enough to make the
tangled affairs of Torn and Patience, Ben and
Selina, seem of small account." W. K. R.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 21 '46
650w
"There's adventure and romance and atmos-
phere a-plenty, but the reader's interest flags
in overlong passages remote from the story."
H Kirkus 14:280 Je 15 '46 260w
"Geographically, much of this stylish-stout
costume romance lies somewhere east of Suez.
Psychologically, it never gets east of East
Lynne." Richard Match
N Y Times plO Ag 25 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle p 11 S 29 '46
170w
"Mr. Jennings has a talent for imaginative
writing about the far away and long ago and
a high degree of narrative skill. That talent
carries the reader past even the most contrived
and wooden episodes in the main tale and
lends a positive fascination to the subsidiary
stories. But a good deal of this talent appears
to have been wasted on a rather deliberate
effort toward a fat sale to Hollywood." Flet-
cher Pratt
H Sat R of Lit 29:20 Ag 31 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 270w
Time 48:108 Ag 19 '46 200w
"Written in a style deliberately and success-
fully patterned after journals of those years,
the book provides a graphic and realistic pic-
ture of naval life afloat and ashore, mixed
with romance, human hatreds and a little
politics." P. J. Searles
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 11 '46
800w
WIs Lib Bui 42:161 N '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
423
JEROME, OWEN FOX, pseud. See Friend, O.
S.
JEWELL, EDWARD ALDEN. Georges Rou-
ault. See Rouault, G.
JEWETT, ELEANORE MYERS. Hidden treas-
ure of Glaston; 11. by Frederick T. Chapman.
307p $2.60 Viking
the American Committee of Jewish Writers,
Artists, and Scientists, and others, for sub-
mission to the juridical authorities of the
United Nations War Crimes Commission as
evidence of the crimes committed by the Nazis
against the Jewish people throughout Europe.
Its pages horrify the reader." (Sat R of Lit)
Index.
The setting of this historical mystery for
boys and girls is the abbey of Glastonbury; the
time the Middle Ages. Two boys discover a
secret underground vault and become involved
in locating treasures of King Arthur's day.
"The manners and customs of the time will
be absorbed happily and painlessly by young
readers of either sex." Jane Cobb
-f- Atlantic 178:166 D '46 90w
"All those who have loved the stories of King
Arthur and his Knights and their never ending
search for the Holy Grail, will read this tale
of Glaston's treasure with intense interest.
[It is] a skillful blend of historical truth and
persistent legend." Martha King
-f. Book Week pll O 13 '46 380w
Booklist 43:38 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"Around the outline of the story is woven a
rich fabric of authentic background involving
the underground chambers of a great Abbey,
the monastery life with its library and rever-
ence for old parchments, the retreat of a mad
hermit, the manor castle of the King. A veil
of mysticism rests upon the realistic adventures
and ties them closely to the splendid Arthurian
tradition. The illustrations by Frederick T.
Chapman happily combine the actual and the
visionary." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:471 N '46 170w
"Good story telling."
-f Kirkus 14:424 S 1 '46 lOOw
"Well-written, exciting story. . . Illustrations
by Frederick T. Chapman are in keeping with
the twelfth century setting. Attractive physical
make-up; good print and binding." A. M.
Wetherell
+ Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 lOOw
"This delightfully told story throws a warm,
human light on monastic life in twelfth-century
England. . . The book will have an especial
appeal for readers of the Catholic faith, but
there is nothing sectarian about it. The schol-
arly accuracy of the background, and the swift
exciting pace of the telling, make it satisfying
reading for young people of any creed." N. B.
Baker
+ N Y Times p30 O 20 '46 150w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:142 D 7 '46 60w
"Boys and girls will probably read this story
for excitement and adventure, and of these Miss
Jewett is generous. She makes the most of the
two boys' excursions underground, and the
figure of the crazed monk who guards the Sword
or King Arthur and is seeking desperately for
the Grail is well conceived and well executed.
Miss Jewett has a marked visual imagination.
The vividness of her picture of the abbey and
its services must be allowed to atone for her
occasional ignorance of twelfth-century cere-
monial. The black and white illustrations are
bold and decorative." R. B. Roberts
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 O 19 '46 390w
"Miss Jewett frames a story such as naturally
follows the fairy-tale age and will be most en-
joyed by young readers to whom, not so long
o, magic was taken for granted." M. L.
4- Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 320w
itecke
JEWISH BLACK BOOK COMMITTEE. The
Black book; the Nazi crime against the Jew-
ish people. 560p il $5 Duell
940.54056 World war, 1939-1945— Atrocities,
World war, 1939-1945 — Jews. Jews — Perse-
cutions. Germany — Politics and government
46-3917
"This is a stirring indictment, prepared un-
der the aegis of the World Jewish Congress.
Reviewed by A. C. Spectorsky
Book Week p4 My 19 '46 650w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by J. M. Oesterreicher
Cath World 163:472 Ag '46 550w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Reviewed by Alfred Werner
Nation 163:162 Ag 10 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:94 My 25 '46 40 w
"The book closes with a plea for Justice,
for the restoration of property from those who
now thrive on that property, for indictment of
those responsible for these crimes. It seeks
to offset the dread implication in the statement
made recently by Percy Knauth in his 'Ger-
many in Defeat* that 'the fact of Buchenwald
is all but forgotten in this overforgetful world.'
Those who were responsible for the prepara-
tion and documentation of this volume have
submitted a detailed and telling indictment."
Harold Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Je 1 '46 1250w
"The book is based primarily on press and
personal accounts, with frequent reference to
documents, many of which are photostatically
reproduced. The record of the Nuremberg
trials, when fully published, should be much
more complete, especially with respects to
official German documents. The present volume,
however, is a concise statement, and contains
much that may not be familiar, such as the
story of armed resistance of some of the Polish
ghettos. The book may serve as a useful ad-
dition to the record of Nazi scientific in-
humanity."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:229 S '46 250w
Reviewed by B. C. Crum
Weekly Book Review p3 Je 9 '46 lOOOw
JOECKEL, CARLETON BRUNS, ed. Library
extension; problems and solutions; papers
presented before the Library institute at the
University of Chicago, Aug. 21-26, 1944.
(Studies in lib. science) 260p $3 Univ. of
Chicago press
021.8 Library extension. Libraries and state
A46-6
"The delay in publishing this book was un-
fortunate, for it is important to the library
profession. The papers are by eight specialists
in various areas of public service and 10 li-
brarians, and the general conclusions favor
larger and fewer library service units, effec-
tive state library agencies with adequate state
aid, and nation-wide aid in the form of fed-
eral grants." (Booklist) Partial contents: Li-
brary extension today, by C. B. Joeckel; The
American pattern of local government, by J.
G. Kerwm; The optimum size of the public
library unit, by Lowell Martin; The rural com-
munity and county government, by J. H. Kolb;
The county library, by E. H. Morgan; The re-
gional library, by H. M. Harris; Governmental
co-ordination and consolidation in metropolitan
areas, by J. A. Vieg; Library co-ordination
and consolidation in metropolitan areas, by
Amy Winslow; State and federal aid to local
governments, by C. H. Chatters; State aid to
public libraries, by J. W. Merrill; Federal aid
to libraries, by C. H. Milam.
Booklist 42:207 Mr 1 '46
Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46
40w
"There is enough grist in this book to keep
the 'mills' in librarians' heads and hearts
grinding at all speeds and from coarse to fine,
for years ahead. It is one of the most im-
portant books in the library field in years, in
that it draws a clear, true picture of the 'great
unfinished task of American librarianship,' the
extension of library service to all the people/'
C. R. Zimmerman
•f Library J 71:1622 N 15 '46 1200w
424
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
JOECKEL, C. B.— Continued
"For all who are seriously concerned with
the nation-wide equalization of reading op-
portunity, this volume is both a challenge and
a practical guide. It is to be regretted that its
origin and sponsorship will doubtless limit its
audience largely to practicing librarians and
library-school students, for it has important
implications for educators, political scientists,
social workers, public health officials, legisla-
tors, agricultural extension workers, and local
community leaders— not to mention taxpayers
and good citizens everywhere. . . The greatest
single lack in the volume — and a feature that
might well have made it more meaningful to
the average reader— is a critical summary,
highlighting and more closely integrating the
contributions of the individual authors." B. B.
Stanford
H Library Q 16:254 Jl *46 1350w
School 6. Society 63:143 F 23 '46 40w
Wis Lib Bui 42:56 Ap '46
JOHNSEN, JULIA EMILY, comp. Palestine:
Jewish homeland? (Reference shelf) 342p $1.25
Wilson, H.W.
956.9 Palestine — Jewish- Arab problem
46-3310
Study of the Palestinian question, composed
of articles by well-known authors, grouped
under three headings: The background and
problem; Palestine as a Jewish homeland; and
The Arab claim to Palestine. Bibliography.
Booklist 42:301 My 15 '46
"Well balanced and objective study of the
Palestinian question."
-f Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 25:172 O '46 lOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
JOHNSON, ALVIN SAUNDERS. Clock of his-
tory. 253p $3 Norton
320.4 Political science. U.S.— Politics and
government. Education 46-3108
"The author of these choice and pithy essays
written out of the trend of events over a period
of fourteen years, is one of the world's fore-
most and wisest exponents of liberal democ-
racy. True progress is possible only through
the development of the individual, and toward
the attainment of this ideal he proceeds to
give new and richer meaning to such familiar
concepts as democracy, racial understanding,
human rights, adult education. Until recently
the author was director of The New School
for Social Research and in this connection
founded the University in Exile composed of
European scholars." (Library J) No index.
Reviewed by Jacques Barzun
Am Hist R 52:161 O '46 160w
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
"A thought- provoking volume."
-f Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by C. G. Hamilton
Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 180w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 8 '46
"Alvin Johnson's book deserves thoughtful
consideration by readers who would survey
America in a hopeful but critical light. They
may accept or refute in whole or in part as
they see fit without discomfiture for the au-
thor." R. J. Purcell
-f Commonweal 44:172 My 31 '46 750w
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 25:162 O '46 30w
"Recommended." G. O. Kelley
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Heinz Eulau
New Repub 114:583 Ap 22 '46 480w
"This is a good and helpful book. It will
put courage Into the hearts of those who need
It—and don't we all?" R. L. Duftus
-t- N Y Times p26 My 19 '46 950w
Reviewed by R. L. Schuyler
Pol Scl Q 61:639 D '46 180w
"In these essays the reader will find almost
continuous provocation to thought and encour-
agement to hope. Dr. Johnson's own abiding
hope as teacher and as individual, is in the
effectiveness of adult education." M. S. Watson
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:8 My 25 '46 900w
"The appearance of Dr. Johnson's quiet and
nontechnical wisdom, distilled into 'The Clock
of History' is an event of greater importance
than the mere publication of a volume. By
showing the method of a mature mind working
through the apparent difficulties, it reaffirms
faith that the human being will continue suc-
cessfully to cope with new problems." A. A.
Berle
-f Survey Q 35:229 Je '46 900w
Reviewed by Frances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p!6 Jl 14 '46
500w
JOHNSON, BURQES. Campus versus class-
room; a candid appraisal of the American
college. 305p $3 Washburn
378 Students. Colleges and universities
46-4283
Informally written, anecdotal chapters on
American higher education, by one who has
taught in American colleges for a quarter-
century.
Reviewed by J. J. De Boer
Book Week p!5 My 19 '46 270w
Booklist 43:7 S '46
Kirkus 14:123 Mr 1 '46 140w
"No pat answers, but a discerning analysis
of the author's findings along the years." J.
E. Cross
-f Library J 71:666 My 1 '46 90w
"It is always a pleasure and a satisfaction
to sit with a kindly, intelligent professor and
hear what he has to say. That is the feeling
one has in reading Professor Johnson's "Cam-
pus Versus Classroom.' Anecdotal, filled with
wisdom and friendly but devastating observa-
tions, the book is as pleasant as an evening's
visit with a favorite friend." Benjamin Fine
-f- N Y Times p26 Je 16 '46 600w
"In the author's words, these are 'chapters
filled with fragmentary experience mingled with
sundry philosophizings.' They make good, and
easy, reading, rewarding to anyone interested
in the American college." J. L. McConaughy
-f Sat R of Lit 29:38 S 14 '46 850w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
School <& Society 64:300 O 26 '46 900w
"This is a book that ought to be read by
every college teacher. It is the result of long
and wide experience." Stephen Duggan
-f- Survey G 35:417 N '46 500w
Reviewed by W. G. Avirett
Weekly Book Review p!5 Jl 7 '46 500w
Wis Lib Bui 42:111 Jl '46
JOHNSON, FREDERICK ERNEST, ed. World
order; its intellectual and cultural founda-
tions; a series of addresses. (Institute for
religious studies. Religion and civilization
ser) 247p $2 Harper
901 Civilization, Modern. International co-
operation. Reconstruction (1939- ) 46-242
"Addresses by leaders in religious and in-
tellectual life indicating how religious leader-
ship can contribute to a permanent world
order. One of the Religion and Civilization
Series, published by the Institute for Religious
Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America." (School & Society) Partial contents:
Toward a new concept of man, by Irwin Ed-
man; Human differences and world order, by
Margaret Mead; The psychological presupposi-
tions of world order, by H. D. Lass well; The
task of cultural rebuilding, by P. A. Sorokin;
A juristic framework of world order, by J.
P. Chamberlain; America's responsibility In the
postwar international field, by B. G. Nourse;
The Catholic church and world order, by John
LaParge; The Protestant churches and world
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
425
order, by J. C. Bennett; The Jewish contribu-
tion to a world order, by M. M. Kaplan; What
has the war taught the churches? by F. E.
Johnson. Index.
"This is manifestly an unsporting1 appraisal
of a religion-in-the-atomic-age house party,
which is patently inspired by intellectual and
cultural (in the non-anthropological sense) good
fellowship. The publishers in sending the book
to be reviewed here suggest possible sociolog-
ical utility in it. There is some. It is very
little." S. A. Chapman
— Am Soc R 11:775 D '46 650w
Reviewed by Benjamin Weintroub
Book Week p4 Ja 20 '46 450w
Bookmark 7:5 Mr §46
"World Order will reach only a small public
educated in the social sciences and religion. I
wish that the technical dialect of some of the
articles could be altered, without sacrificing
accuracy, in the direction of ordinary English,
so as to reach a wider, though still intelligent,
public. Writers on sociology and psychology, it
seems to me, are often unnecessarily forbid-
ding." R. H. Qoodale
4- — Christian Century 63:302 Mr 6 '46 800w
Reviewed by J. H. Hallowell
Crozer Q 23:190 Ap '46 HOOw
J Phllos 43:221 Ap 11 '46 480w
School & Society 62:391 D 15 '45 60w
"Social studies teachers may well read this
volume with profit The lectures are contribu-
tions by some of the best minds in America."
Joseph Kise
4- Social Educ 10:282 O '46 350w
Reviewed by J. P. Jones
Survey 82:244 S '46 300w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:93 Je '46 250w
JOHNSON, GERALD WHITE. Honorable
titan; a biographical study of Adolph S.
Ochs 313p $3.50 Harper
B or 92 Ochs, Adolph Simon 46-6092
Biography of Adolph Ochs, "the man who
built the New York Times," by the author of
Woodrow Wilson (Book Review Digest 1944).
Index.
Booklist 43-34 O 1 '46
"An Honorable Titan becomes the second
outstanding newspaper life to be published
this year. The other is, of course, William
Allen White's autobiography. In these two
books, we can study two totally different, but
equally significant, phases of American jour-
nalism. They are classics of newspaperdom."
E. P. Canham
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 22 '46
850w
"A success story, told with warmth and
understanding of its central figure."
-f Current Hist 11:509 D '46 70w
"A conscientious, competent portrait of a
career rather than the man — who inspires
little that is warm, or personal."
Kfrkus 14:190 Ap 15 '46 I70w
"This biography is interesting primarily be-
cause of the many intimate details which
it relates. At the same time it is somewhat
long winded and lacks the precision which
would seem necessary to do full justice to
Ochs and his enterprise." Rudolph Hirsch
Library J 71:1048 Agr '46 70w
Manchester Guardian p3 N 1 '46 -lOOw
Reviewed by McAHster Coleman
Nation 163:507 N 2 '46 500w
"I have spent a week-end reliving my own
memories of a character gone these eleven
years. And my own knowledge of Mr. Ochs
has been increased by a record compiled with
the help of those who knew him and who still
live richly in the heritage and environment
he created. Many of these will salute 'An
Honorable Titan.' That is the most sincere
compliment the author can receive Many
others would have enjoyed more of Mr. Ochs'
wisdom, more of his humor — \n short, more
of Ochs. Yet, for myself, I found so much
of importance in the record of his activities
and so much that brings to life the man I
knew that I forgive the author for his title."
Kent Cooper
-4- N Y Times pi Ag- 18 '46 3850w
"A biography composed in almost gaping
admiration for the man and his paper. Mr.
Johnson, who wrote 'American Heroes and
Hero-Worship' a few years back seems to have
become infected himself. . . His book, in-
teresting as many parts of it are, occasionally
makes one think of those biographies that are
commissioned by the heirs of distinguished
men."
New Yorker 22-91 Ag 17 '46 120w
Reviewed by X. I^arrabee
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 1 '46
600w
"His story of the conquest of Charles R.
Miller, editor of the Times, together with
his associates in ownership, and of financial
magnates beginning with the elder Morgan,
August Belmont, and Spencer Trask, is per-
haps the most astonishing and fascinating
in the biography of the age of Titans. Mr.
Johnson leaves no doubt that Ochs was utter-
ly honest in it all. . . I question Gerald
Johnson's insistence that the genius of Adolph
Ochs was a consummation of common sense. . .
The deepest source of his genius seemed in-
stinctive— call it subconscious divination if you
will. It was not mere common sense that
made his paper the fullest and most accurate
record of the events of this world." John
Corbin
H Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ag 17 '46 2000w
Discussion by J. R. Cominsky
Sat R of Lit 29:20 S 28 '46 1800w
"Gerald Johnson, in his life story of the man
who built 'The New York Times,' has, with his
customary skill, caught the Honorable Titan
he set out to draw, but it is a titan rather
than a man who comes from his pen. It is a
dramatic story, a highly readable story, cer-
tainly one that every newspaper man will want
to read, but it is not a colorful story because,
if Mr Johnson has portrayed him correctly,
Mr. Ochs was not a colorful man in the sense
that Pulitzer, Bennett, Dana, Greeley, Watter-
son and others were." M. F. Ethridge
-| Weekly Book Review pi Ag 18 '46
1450w
JOHNSON, JOSEPHINE WINSLOW. Wild-
wood. 162p $2 Harper
46-1199
Delicately written character study of Edith
Pierre, from her arrival at the cloistered home
of her elderly cousins, Matthew and Valerie
Pierre, when she was an introspective child
just entering her teens, until the death of the
old people some nine years later. During those
years Edith was so frustrated by lack of love
and understanding, so completely enslaved by
her surroundings, so withdrawn from actual
contact with life, that the passing of her guar-
dians left her totally unprepared to go out
and face the world.
"The book itself, in some respects as fault-
lessly and exquisitely neat as a tiny Swiss
watch, gives evidence of painstaking care—
a patient and not entirely unsuccessful effort
to extract the full potentiality from each char-
acter and situation. . . Miss Johnson, after
an excursion into the hard-boiled muscular
style of the social novel in 'Jordanstown,' has
returned to the lyric mood of her Pulitzer
Prize-winning 'Now in November.' Her prose
is delicate and sensuous, at rare intervals
verging on but never quite teaching mawkish-
ness. 'Wildwood' may appear to be pallid fare
for those with a taste for the robust or sensa-
tional, but it is a book likely to be quietly and
pleasantly remembered by most readers." Jack
Conroy
H Book Week p3 P 3 '46 600w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
Cath World 163:93 Ap '46 250w
"Readers for 'entertainment/ in the casual
sense of that word, or those who seek in fic-
tion an easy consolation for their own defeats
426
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JOHNSON. J. W.— Continued
must go elsewhere. Those who delifht in con-
scious mastery of prose will be glad of a book
that rifts the monotony of imperceptive literal-
ism." Denham Sutcliffe
H Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 3 '46
€00w
Kirkus 13:498 N 15 '45 150w
"Beautifully written psychological study. . .
Descriptions of the garden in all weathers and
[Edith's] very occasional outside encounters
are the only highlights of this cheerless tale."
R. £™Jbrary J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 80w
"[The author's] first novel, 'Now in Novem-
ber, was an urgent, lovely book which estab-
lished its author both as a highly gifted artist
in prose and as a writer intensely and passion-
ately concerned with human suffering. . . Now
in 'Wildwood' the concern with human suffer-
ing has become a morbid preoccupation. The
prose, though still frequently evocative, often
strains, sometimes breaks, and in places goes
askew. The bravery and the pride are gone;
there no longer seems to be courage to face
the mornings. And the total effect— perhaps
particularly upon one who recalls the author's
original affirmative talent — Is so profoundly dis-
appointing that it can be expressed only in
terms of personal regret." Richard Sullivan
N Y Times p5 F 3 '46 750w
"The theme, the defeat of innocence, Is
always a painful one, and Miss Johnson's own
emotional vulnerability sometimes impairs the
effectiveness of her very definite gift for writ-
nS' New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 80w
"For those who value sensitively concen-
trated studies' of human behavior without bene-
fit of hectic plot or dialogue, for those who
appreciate a poetic awareness of nature and
carefully wrought prose, here is heart warm-
ing gratification." Grace Frank
-f Sat R of Lit 29:8 F 23 '46 600w
Time 47:102 F 25 '46 500w
"Josephine Johnson belongs among the wom-
en novelists whose nerve ends lie so close be-
neath the thin-skinned surface of their im-
agination that every change of light upon the
landscape, every small indrawn breath of
emotion, every last ripple of an uneasy mind
sets them quivering. Such vulnerability often
narrows a writer's horizons, but it also deepens
the perceptions, and when, within the narrow
framework of a chosen story its depths are
truly plumbed, the impact upon the reader is
sharp and unforgettable. This is what Miss
Johnson has achieved In the brief, taut, lyrical
tale called 'Wildwood.' . . There can be no con-
tempt for the frail creature of 'Wildwood' in
the mind of the reader. For Miss Johnson, by
revealing so sharply what might have been her
power, reminds us to look well behind seem-
ing weakness for its hidden, potential
strength." Virgilia Sapieha
-f Weekly Book Review p2 F 3 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
"Wildwood has little connection with any
recognizably real world at all. In elaborate,
subtle, beautifully rhythmic and suggestive
prose it sings a mournful lament over the body
of a dead book. . . Lovely words weave airy
circles around her. but no living breath ani-
mates her body, no substance exists in her
kingdom of mists and shadows. The plight
of the over-sensitive, the timid, the introspec-
tive and unloved is genuine enough, but Wild-
wood leaves it an abstract state unrelated to
any individual of flesh and blood. It's too
bad, for Miss Johnson once wrote a splendid
book. Now in November." Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 35:576 spring '46 180w
JOHNSON, LAURA, and JOHNSON, JACK.
Leaky whale; pictures by Charles Darby.
30p $1.75 Houghton
Picture -story book about a large whale who
was accidently punctured by a swordflsh and
started to lose his best sperm oil. When a
storm came up the whale did a good turn for
a ship in danger, and in return the crew put
a patch on the leaky whale.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:170 D '46 10 w
"The flavor of folklore is all through this
tale, making it at once simple and sophisticated,
easy to understand yet packed with meaning.
It's classic in its appeal to young and old
admirers of the subtle truth."
-f Book Week p4 N 10 '46 140w
"Charles Darby drawings in this year's whale
book are humorous and clear as well as color-
ful, with water color and ink technique. They
jack up a not too important story into at-
tractive merchandise."
•f Kirkus 14:296 Jl 1 '46 80w
"When this book was read to ten 4-year-olds,
they wanted it 'again* and at the end of that
reading, 'again.' Grown-ups too will like this
sea yarn with its funny drawings." L. P.
-f N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 150w
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 50w
JOHNSON, MARGARET SWEET, and JOHN-
SON, MRS HELEN (LOSSINQ). Vicki, a
guide dog; II. by [the authors], 87p $2 Har-
court
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-3688
The story of how Vicki, a boxer, came to be
a Seeing Eye dog, and how finally she over-
came her one fear — of loud noises, especially
explosions and thunder. For young readers.
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO S 10 '46
150w
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 20w
"A well-handled, competent* story."
-f- Kirkus 14:198 Ap 16 '46 90w
"Large clear print and attractive illustra-
tions help make this a good dog story for
younger children." M. M. Smith
-f Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 70w
"The delicate pencil drawings of Vicki and
her friends and their background are beauti-
fully reproduced in this attractive volume."
M. G. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:43 My 18 '46 230w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 70w
Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 '46
380w
Wis Lib Bui 42:116 Jl '46
JOHNSON, MELV1N MAYNARD. and HAVEN.
CHARLES TOWER. Automatic weapons of
the world. 644p il $7.50 Morrow
623.4225 Firearms, Automatic 46-361
"This rewritten revision of the authors' Au-
tomatic Arms [Book Review Digest, 1942] is
larger by three hundred pages. A large amount
of new data has been added, the text has been
rearranged, and the Illustrative matter has
been revised and increased in quantity. All
types of automatic weapons including aircraft
and antiaircraft guns are now covered. About
one-half of the book deals with the history of
the subject, the remaining half deals with such
matters as classification, design, ammunition,
and employment in combat. Supplementary
matter includes a tabular summary of the
characteristics of various automatic weapons
used throughout the world, a collection of de-
tailed drawings of ammunition and weapons,
and a bibliography." N Y New Tech Bks
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 HOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:56 O '45
"The authors of this book have played an
important part in the development of automatic
weapons in the United States, and they can
speak authoritatively on the mechanics of
these military devices. The work may be
briefly characterized as a technical and com*
prehensive encyclopedia of automatic weapons,
well adapted for use as a reference book on
one of the most important groups of military
armament."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:157 Je '46 160w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
427
JOHNSON, SHERMAN ELLSWORTH, and
others. Managing a farm. 365p 11 $2.96 Van
Nostrand
631 Farm management Agr46-4
Practical guide for either full time or part-
time farmers. Contains information on select-
ing a farm, planning the layout, work programs,
record keeping, and finance. Index.
"On every side I hear of summer cottages
being remodeled for year- round use, of the
purchase of land by city people, of planning for
an ultimate move to the country. Most of these
actual or prospective migrants want to farm,
at least to some extent. Of many books de-
signed to help them. 'Managing a Farm' is the
best I have seen for a clear general picture of
what farming means and how a farm enterprise
is actually conducted. This book is remarkable
in its range." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p!5 Mr 31 '46 250w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Klrkus 14:16 Ja '46 150w
"Although the book is written by leading
farm economists it has been kept about as
clear and practical as the subject matter per-
mits. Taken thoughtfully, it could give a gen-
eral reader a satisfactory course in farm eco-
nomics."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:240 S '46 210w
JOHNSON, WENDELL. People in quandaries;
the semantics of personal adjustment. 632p
$4 Harper
412 Personality, Disorders of. Psychology,
Pathological. Semantics 46-6288
"A useful book for college classes in mental
health, psychology, abnormal psychology, and
speech pathology; should also prove helpful
to teachers of composition, Journalism, and
radio speech. Indexed." School & Society
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47 20w
"The book is clearly written and is easy
reading. The (first) part that explains what
General Semantics is about can be heartily rec-
ommended as an immunizing dose for all that
great number of workers who should' struggle
through Korzybski's writings. . . About twenty
closely written pages on suggested research
problems in the language structure of the in-
dividual present a sound method of approach.
The reader who would wish something more
'practical' must realize that this whole group
has a tremendous amount to offer to us in the
important area of communication — but that
much painstaking work in the area of pure
science must come first." J. S. Plant
+ Ann Am Acad 248:303 N '46 360w
Reviewed by S. I. Hayakawa
Book Week pi Jl 14 '46 ISOOw
"Mr. Johnson is an evangelist for semantics.
His enthusiasm leads him to understress many
non-semantic features of maladjustment such
as physiological and temperamental influences,
or the shattering impacts of traumatic epi-
sodes. Furthermore, he seems oversanguine
about getting people to change the errors of
their ways. . . In any event the positive value
of 'People in Quandaries' far outweighs its
defects. Dr. Johnson has presented, clearly
and interestingly, the case for a new kind of
clinical interpretation." S. S. Sargent
-j NY Times p30 S '46 DOOw
"It is an extraordinarily interesting book,
and simple enough for most laymen, though
not for those who can't concentrate on what
they read."
New Yorker 22:68 Jl 27 '46 90w
School «, Society 63:463 Je 29 '46 50w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Je '46 360w
JOHNSON, WILLIAM HARDING, and NEW-
KIRK, LOUIS VEST. General woodwork-
ing. 283p il $2.50; school ed $2 Macmillan
684 Woodwork 46-4220
"This volume is a pupil text in general
woodworking and gives basic introduction to
carpentry* cabinetmaking, patternmaking, and
carving." School & Society
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 40w
School & Society 63.381 My 25 '46 20w
JOHNSTON. EILEEN. Jamie and the tired
train; with pictures by Ora Brian Edwards.
[40p] $1 Harper
46-22649
Jamie was a little boy with a genius for fix-
ing things. In this story he fixed a little train
which would not run, and saved his uncle's
carnival, when it was about to go out of busi-
ness.
"Most mechanically minded small boys love
these Jamie stories, with their 'wish fulfilment'
characteristic."
+ Kirkus 14:642 N 1 '46 50w
"Recommended." K. H. McAlarney
-f Library J 71:1629 N 16 '46 70w
"I don't wonder five -year-olds like these
Jamie books; they are one size larger than the
Peter Rabbits and Just about that much 'older*
in appeal." M. L. Becker
•f Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 240w
JOINT COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICAN
STUDIES. National archives of Latin Amer-
ica. See Hill, R. R., ed.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICAN
STUDIES. Survey of the literature on
Brazil of sociological significance. See Pier-
son, D., ed.
JONES, ANNA MAY. Leisure time education;
a handbook of creative activities for teachers
and group leaders. 235p il $2.76 Harper
371.8 Student activities. Recreation. Lei-
sure 46-4704
"The object is to guide boys and girls in
making their out-of-school activities, whether
afternoon, week-end, or vacation, genuinely
entertaining and recreative and also culturally
valuable. It is not necessary to list the
activities discussed. Almost all possible and
desirable ones are here. The author is edu-
cational and vocational counselor for the New
York city public schools." (Christian Century)
Bibliography. Index.
Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 70w
"A handbook for teachers and group leaders
Interested in guiding individuals in an en-
joyable and satisfying use of leisure time."
-f Kirkus 14:119 Mr 1 '46 llOw
"This is a book to be used, not read. The
subtitle of the volume, 'A Handbook of Crea-
tive Activities for Teachers and Group Lead-
ers,' well defines its place in the literature of
education." L. H. Mahoney
-f School R 54:621 D '46 450w
"Miss Jones's little book consists of many
outlines for group leaders in various fields of
possible leisure occupation, such as hobbies,
collections, sports, scouting, crafts, travel, im-
proving community conditions, Nature study,
pets, reading with a purpose and music. These
outlines are practical and are supplemented by
bibliographies. The text elaborates the out-
lines." H. W. Marr
-f Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 3 '46 180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:128 O '46
JONES, MRS BARBARA (SLATTER) Ben-
nington college; the development of an edu-
cational idea. 239 p $2.60 Harper
376.8 Bennington college, Bennington, Ver-
mont 47-30081
History of the beginnings and growth of
Bennington college in southern Vermont, with
an analysis of the educational theories of the
controversial "Bennington idea." The author
was a professor on the original faculty of the
college, and is the wife of its president. Index.
428
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JONES, B. $.— Continued
"Should be useful as a reference book in
the education departments, and as an informa-
tion service in school libraries, where data on
various colleges, catalogues, etc., are in con-
stant demand."
-f Kirkus 14:534 O 15 '46 120w
School & Society 64:392 N 30 '46 30w
"Her analysis of what has happened to one
of the nation's 'thorough -go ing experiments'
in the higher education of women is frank, ob-
jective and conducive to a lively confidence in
Bennington's future." W. G. Avirett
+ Weekly Book Review p!5 D 29 '46 660w
JONES, DAVID BRYN-. See Bryn- Jones, D.
JONES, ERNEST. and BROWN, INNIS.
Swinging into golf. 162p il $2.50 Me Bride
796.352 Golf 46-25175
"Although the title page carries no indica-
tion of it, this is a revision of a book pub-
lished by another publisher in i937 LBook Re-
view Digest, 1937]. The author [Ernest Jones]
says he has incorporated in this edition the
results of his teaching experience." (Booklist)
No index.
Book Week pl2 My 26 '46 140w
Booklist 42:332 Je 15 '46
"Mr Jones gives little space to telling how
to play the various kinds of shots. The
stroke for ail is practically the same, he says,
however different it may appear. The fact
that no two players hit the ball exactly alike
is to him also merely incidental. Early in life
he studied many books on the game and how
to teach it, and the one that impressed him
most was written by Sir Walter Simpson, who
said, 'There is one categorical imperative — hit
the ball.' Mr Jones prefers 'Swing the club-
head,' and that's the theory he has taught
successfully for many years." D. B. B.
Springf'd Republican p6 My 14 '46
300w
"The collaboration of the Joneses has pro*
duced a most diverting tale with a beautiful
balance between realism and fantasy." G. G.
Bates
4- Sat R of Lit 24:14 Ap 20 '46 700w
"For selfish reasons you'd better slip 'Pea-
body's Mermaid' behind a cushion when you
have company. It's the sort of story people
pick up idly and walk off with rapidly on the
theory that their right to be amused — and most
wittily amused — is more urgent than your
rights of ownership, not to* mention your rage
if the book is borrowed before you have sav-
ored every bright page right down to the end."
Lisle Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 7 '46 400w
JONES, HOWARD MUMFORD. Education and
world tragedy; the Rushton lectures. 178p
$2.50 Harvard univ press
378 Education, Higher. Colleges and uni-
versities— Graduate work A47-78
"The Rushton lectures, in which the author
'calls for a major reorganization of educational
patterns, particularly at the graduate -school
level.' " School & Society
Reviewed by J. J. De Boer
Book Week p!6 D 8 '46 450w
Current Hist 12:58 Ja '47 lOOOw
Reviewed by Lyman Bryson
N Y Times p36 N 24 '46 800w
School & Society 64:318 N 2 '4G 20w
"He offers certain practical suggestions about
discrimination among various Ph.D. degrees,
one of which should remain a certificate of
training in research, while another ought to
be the proud badge of a promising teacher
who has really learned something to teach and
something about teaching it. These sections,
1 think, should be read by all deans of graduate
schools, by all graduate teachers who have
any sincere interest in their task, and by many
college presidents who are at present more
concerned with the trade-union label than with
the state of teaching in their colleges." Mar-
jorie Nicolson
Weekly Book Review p8 D 29 '46 1200w
JONES. GUY PEARCE, and JONES, CON-
STANCE BRIDGES. Peabody's mermaid.
242p $2.50 Random house
46-25079
"Mr. Arthur Peabody, prosaic shoe manu-
facturer of Boston, Massachusetts, while win-
tering on a British West Indian island, goes
fishing and catches a mermaid. How does his
wife react? What do the newspapers say? How
does a captive mermaid behave? The Joneses
tell us." Library J
"Literal-minded people will find the story
extremely silly. Psychologists may diagnose it
aa 'illusions of illness/ The average reader may
find it as pleasant as a very light wine after
too much straight whiskey." Olive Carruthers
Book Week p4 Ap 7 '46 230w
Booklist 42:247 Ap 1 '46
"In handling the business executive's adven-
ture into strange new territory, Mr and Mrs.
Jones show an understanding of middle age
and its approach to life that adds real literary
value to their story." H. J. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor plS Ap 6 '46
400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
Kirkus 13:530 D 1 '45 190w
"A pleasant little tale, moderately amusing."
J. L. Ross
-h Library J 70:1190 I> 15 '45 70w
"It's a sweet, sad, funny little story, for as
Mr. Jones admits, the satirical aspect faded aa
Min's haunting music drifted through the
pages. There's enough of an allegory in it to
fit anyone's lost dreams, and enough humor to
make everyone laugh. If all husbands and wives
could work together aa smoothly as Mr. and
Mrs. Jones, marriage would be aa successful
aa sunshine." Thomas Sugrue
•f N Y Times p28 Ap 14 '46 320w
JONES, JESSIE MAE (ORTON)., comp. Little
Child; the Christmas miracle told in Bible
verses chosen by Jessie Orton Jones; il.
by Elizabeth Orton Jones. 38p $2 Viking
232.92 Christmas stories. Jesus Christ— Na-
tivity 46-11908
Bible verses telling the story of the nativity,
with reverent pictures in red and black and
grey showing a group of small children acting
out the pageant for an auditorium full of small
people like themselves. The materials for cos-
tumes are easy to procure. A 16-page booklet
of directions and music for the production can
be had for fifty cents.
"A lovely Christmas book which will endear
itself to adults; for children the illusion created
on a stage by costumes made from everyday
household articles may be destroyed when
transferred to the pages of a book."
-f Booklist 43:76 N 1 '46
"Nativity story, arranged for possible use
as a kindergarten or school pageant, uses the
King James version. Apart from this, it is
recommended. "
Commonweal 45:119 N 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:459 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:523 O 15 '46 90w
•V?h?ir falt,h £nd absorbed awe contrasting
with the makeshift stage properties brings a
lump to the throat of the grown-up, but the
second grade to which the reviewer read the
b£{& was enraptured by the idea of seeing
children acting the parts. . . In spite of price
recommended highly." Gertrude Andrus
-f Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 90w
"To one who has watched children working
out their little dramas it is absolutely true,
catching the essence of the seriousness with
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which (hey work. From the first scene show-
ing the small actors, very appealing in their
homely innocence, to the final picture of them
marching out of the auditorium, it is perfec-
tion. Grownups and children alike will love it."
Phyllis Fenner
4- N Y Times p48 D 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
30w
"For reasons personal as well as professional,
I have for a long time kept track of the books
about Christmas published each year for Amer-
ican children, especially those little plays ap-
propriate to the season in which little children
themselves take all or most of the parts. It
is a long time since I have found a play of
this kind so good as this one. I have never
found a better. Indeed, I might even say that
I have not read one exactly like it."
f Weekly Book Review p9 N 10 '46 600w
JONES, MARION STURQES-. See Sturges-
Jones, M
JONES, MARY ALICE. Bible story of the crea-
tion; pictures by Janice Holland. 38p $1.25
Rand McNally
222.11 Bible stories 47-606
An explanation of the Biblical story of the
creation, written for children of six to ten.
Christian Century 63:1536 D 18 '46 lOw
Klrkus 14-593 D 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. B. Snow
Library J 72-83 Ja 1 '47 70w
"This inspiring story could have been pre-
sented with more distinction for children of
6 to 10. However, the actual verses from the
Bible on the creation are included so that they
can be read along with the explanation and.
perhaps, from the two combined a child would
get some idea of the great mystery as told in
the Bible. It is a pity that the illustrations are
so poor and badly suited to the subject
matter." Virginia Mathews
_j NY Times pll D 22 '46 140w
"This is something worth doing for the
benefit of little children, boys and girls some-
what older than those to whom her earlier
books were given: 'Tell Me About God,' 'Tell
Me About Jesus' and 'Tell Me About the
Bible.' . 1 do not see how it could disturb
any one's faith or fail to create a sense of
something on which faith is based " M. I>.
Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p9 D 22 '46 450w
JONES, NARD. Still to the West. 268p $2.75
Dodd
46-1885
A novel of the Pacific northwest, and of the
people who made the Grand Coulee dam. The
story centers around Ellen O'Malley, grand-
daughter of a sturdy pioneer, who marries a
man of her own class, and regrets it. L»ater she
falls in love with a man who shares her vision,
the vision instilled in her by her pioneer grand-
father.
"Mr. Jones manages a theme of sweep and
dimension without dwarfing the human warmth
of his story." L»lsle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46
180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:75 My '46
JONES, PARK J. Petroleum production; 5v;
v. 1, Mechanics of production: oil, conden-
sate, natural gas. 228p $4.50 Reinhold
665.5 Petroleum (46-1915)
"The physical principles of the recovery of
oil, condensate and natural gas from under-
ground reservoirs are treated in this work.
Scientific and engineering data are presented
on such topics as interstitial and free water,
properties of reservoir gases and liquids, dis-
placement of oil by water and gas, and reser-
voir invasion factors and patterns. The present
volume treats chiefly of production before dis-
placing water or gas breaks through into the
producing well, and the author's object is to
present information that will lead to maximum
production before this break-through occurs.
Most of the chapters include references to re-
lated literature." N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by E,* D. Branch
Book Week p!5 Mr 24 '46 270w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
"Nard Jones, known for his novels about the
Pacific Northwest, once more combines a nice
balance of yarn telling with background and
historical detail that are vivid and absorbing."
Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times plO Ap 21 '46 180w
"It is questionable if Mr. Jones's readers, of
which he has a great number, and staunch
ones, too, will consider this his best novel. It
is much lighter in content than his 'Swift
Flows the River.' It is less pungent than his
'Oregon Detour.' It is less scandalous than his
•Scarlet Petticoat.' What it is, it seems to me,
is a competent piece of fiction." Stewart Hoi-
brook
4- Sat R of Lit 29:55 Mr 30 '46 400w
"The book makes no attempt at an exhaus-
tive survey of published data but rather is
a compilation of the information contained
in a few articles by outstanding authorities,
to which reference is made. The author uses
his broad experience in the interpretation of
this information but does not present any new
data of his own . . One of the most valuable
features of the book is the inclusion of a sub-
stantial number of practical problems and their
solutions. These will not only be of aid to any-
one studying the subject for the first time,
but will also t>e useful as a means of orienta-
tion to those who go to the literature for
further information." Whitney Weinrich
+ Chem & Eng N 24:1132 Ap 25 '46 400w
Chem & Met Eng 53:299 My '46 lOOw
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:11 Ja '46
JONES, STEPHEN BARR. Boundary- making;
a handbook for statesmen, treaty editors and
boundary commissioners; with a foreword by
S. Whittemore Boggs. (Carnegie endowment
for int. peace. Division of int. law. Mono-
graph ser) 268p $3 Columbia univ. press
320.128 Boundaries 45-4928
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by A. K. Lobeck
Am Hist R 51:488 Ap '46 550w
"This scholarly, heavily documented book
makes a contribution deserving of critical
study by those who hope to raise boundary
making from the level of arbitrary haphazard
dictation to that of a fine art or, even above,
to the level of an exact science." M. J. Proud-
foot
4- Ann Am Acad 246:146 Jl '46 440w
"Dr. Jones is not concerned with advocating
any one theory, but rather tries to do Justice
to them all. His own view is that 'each boun-
dary is essentially a unique case,' and should
be decided on its individual merits rather than
after general principles. Accordingly, he has
drawn his examples from diverse regions, such
as the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and
the Far East, and illustrates the text with
numerous maps of specific problems. He has
documented the work very carefully, and
covered every aspect of the field. His style is
terse and readable, and should attract the
attention which this book undoubtedly de-
serves." J. W. Watson
-f Canadian Hist R 26:454 D '45 650w
"It is a book that must be in the equipment
of the officials who will meet in coming months
to negotiate the peace treaties in Europe and
Asia, and it should be in the baggage of the
technicians whose demarcating work will, pre-
sumably, begin after the Tdelimlters' have
finished their tasks. The general student of
political geography and international relations
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JONES, S. B.— Continued
should know the volume, to refer to it as occa-
sion may demand. The bibliography is espe-
cially helpful." W. G. Fletcher
4- Oeoa R 36:342 Ap '46 380w
"The book is well and interestingly written.
One of its virtues is its compactness and lack
of verbosity. It should be a real help in lead-
ing to a minimization of boundary difficulties
in the future."
-f Harvard Law R 59:642 Ap '46 400w
JONES, THELMA. Skinny angel. (Whittlesey
house publication) 334p $2.75 McGraw
818 46-2709
Reminiscences of the author's life with a Jolly
mother and a solemn Norwegian father, in a
series of fresh water colleges over the middle
west and west. Mother could always laugh, ex-
cept over her own too opulent curves, it was
her dearest wish to be "skinny" when she went
to heaven, hence the title.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p!7 Ap 7 '46 320w
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
"A family saga, revolving around Mother
whose determination to let nothing best her is
leavened with humor, wisdom and warmth."
4- Klrkus 14:12 Ja '46 250w
Reviewed by Thelma Purtell
N Y Times p36 Mr 24 '46 360w
" 'Skinny Angel' is pleasantly readable and
completely written. Perhaps neither of its
central characters becomes In the eyes of the
reader as distinctive and remarkable as each
must have seemed to the book's author, but
they do become people real enough to arouse
the reader's interest and sympathy." J. P.
Wood
4- Sat R of Lit 29:34 O 5 '46 800w
"This is an exceptionally human and amusing
first novel, though much of the material is
prenatal." D. B. B.
-4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
160w
" 'Skinny Angel' revolves around the engag-
ing personality of the woman for whom it is
named and the reserved but also lovable figure
of Father. As a sidelight, it gives a vivid if
sometimes disquieting picture of communities
and their struggling colleges in American small
towns and of people who had to meet ends
genteelly and could not be 'candidly poor' like
the day laborers who usually had an edge on
them financially. Like Mother, the book has
warmth and gayety and substance; it is good
reading." Mary Ross
•f Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 31 '46 800w
Wl« Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
JONG, ADRIANUS MICHAEL DE. The platter;
being a dramatic tale filled with wicked pas-
sions, weird complications and the triumph
of pleasure in the misfortunes of others; tr.
from the Dutch by Alfred van Ameyden van
Duym; il. by Gracia Stein. 160p $2.50 Querido
46-22835
, £ Polity tale by a Dutch writer who was
killed by Dutch Quislings in 1943. This story,
originally published in 1933, concerns a valuable
platter bought by a wandering peddler, and
the greed and quarrels which it evokes. The
scene is Brabant in southern Holland.
"In painting a miniature world picture in the
confines of this simple story, De Jong makes
an engrossing tale of human weaknesses,
sparked with down-to-earth humor. The pecu-
liar landscape of Holland's southeastern prov-
ince and the way of life of the people make a
fine background. To judge De Jong's import-
ance as a writer and sociologist it will be neces-
sary to read his last book finished shortly be-
fore his death which will soon be published
in this country." Emily Schossberger
-f Book Week p2 D 1 '46 220w
"The translation is too literal; unnecessary
four-letter words perhaps mar its value for
the young, while adults will find the brief and
obvious plot only mildly entertaining. Not rec-
ommended." Ann Whitmore
— Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 80w
"The story is told spiritedly and with ex-
emplary directness. It has all the winning
naivete and special magic of a folk tale. It
has, too, that close integration of insight and
fable which distinguishes the work of art. The
illumination is intrinsic rather than imposed
and doctrinaire. The translation is readable
and smooth, but unfortunately Alfred van
Ameyden van Duym in an attempt to represent
the colloquial nature of Brabant peasantry
speech has his peasants use [much] American
slang." Stephen Stepanchev
-I Weekly Book Review plO N 24 '46 330w
JONG, DOLA DE. See De Jong, D.
JORDAN, PHILIP DILLON. Singin' Yankees.
305p il $3.50 Univ. of Minn.
927.8 Hutchinson family. Singers A46-1631
In 1842 several members of a New Hamp-
shire farm family, the Hutchinsons. embarked
on a career of singing for pay. For almost
fifty years their name was popular in this
country. They also sang in England, met
many of the famous people of their day, and
finally settled the town of Hutchinson, Min-
nesota. The book is filled with their impres-
sions of those they met, and their experiences
all over the United States, and in lesser
degree in foreign countries. Words of many
of their sentimental ballads are given. Index.
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"Mr. Jordan has told the story pleasantly
and clearly. He dramatized the matter of
documents and thus conveys information with
interest. Swiftly he creates* various back-
grounds. His book echoes with songs sung by
the Hutchinsons, and these songs do much
to re-create the pathos-loving age of melo-
deons and Bloomer suits." Horace Reynolds
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 27 '46
700w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
"A most attractive bypath in Americana and
music. . . The inclusion of the songs they
sang (words only) forms a valuable treasury
of indigenous American song. . . Not specifical-
ly for music departments, but should be added
to their shelves. Good Americana as well."
-f Kirkus 14:238 My 15 '46 190w
"This is the lusty and carefully detailed
chronicle of this quintet of homespun vocalists
who combined business shrewdness with senti-
mentality and humanitarian sincerity with
showmanship. . . The most unusual feature
of the book, however, is the songs it de-
scribes and often quotes in full, ranging from
homely ballads and spirituals to lyric propa-
ganda of the worst sort. Many were hopelessly
banal in spirit and little better than doggerel
in form, but they were to a large degree the
songs that America was singing just before
and after the Civil War — the songs that
through the medium of these 'Singin' Yankees'
and similar troupes helped to make America
what it was in that formative era." R. T.
Bond
-f N Y Times p!6 Je 16 '46 550w
"The story of the Hutchinsons' tuneful
travels in this country and abroad makes fas-
cinating reading." E. J.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
150w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:169 S '46 160w
"Although they must have been smug and
frightful bores personally, the Hutchinsons are
rather fascinating characters in a book, a
compound of all the various yeasts that were
fermenting in the Republic. Mr. Jordan has
done an immense amount of work on them.
He has also told their story well and in detail.
He brings them to life. . . I could wish that
so able a historian as the author had not
thought it necessary to include, in what pur-
ports to be straight biography, many long
alleged conversations between the Hutchinsons.
They are not convincing, nor is the alleged
New Hampshire dialect like any that I, or
anybody else, heard Issue from the Old Granite
State. The other portions of the book are
sound and well done, and the background of
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events is carried along with the main narrative
to make a most engaging study of a phe-
nomenon that could have appeared nowhere
but in nineteenth-century America. The book
is illustrated and contains a number of the
most dreadful lyrics ever written or sung.
They are wonderful." Stewart Holbrook
_i Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 11 '46
1300w
JORDAN, RALPH BURDEN. Born to fight; the
life of Admiral Halsey. 208p il $2 McKay
B or 92 Halsey, William Frederick 46-4500
Biography of Admiral Halsey by a news serv-
ice correspondent who covered navy warfare
with Halsey and Nimitz thruout the war.
Illustrated with photographs. No index.
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Jl 3 '46
750w
"A livelier life of a war hero has not emerged
from the late war. Ralph Jordan, a newspaper
correspondent who has spent a long time with
Admiral Halsey 's commands, presents him
•tough in fibre, tough in thinking' and quite
as much so in language, but his admiration
and understanding of Halsey' s character bal-
ances his reports of what the admiral said on
various trying occasions."
+ Weekly Book Review p20 O 13 '46 230w
JORDAN, VIRGIL. Manifesto for the atomic
age. 70p $1.50 Rutgers univ. press
901 Civilization. Economics. Atomic energy
46-5246
"Brief essay on the various aspects of the
second industrial revolution, the atomic, or
chemical age. He says the question is not
philosophic, economic or moral, but biological
and spiritual, 'whether or not human nature
can assimilate and adapt itself to the age of
alchemy and its applications and man still sur-
vive, not merely as a species, but as a spirit.' "
Library J
simple reason that it crystallizes in a few pages
the social and economic philosophy of our
time." W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Mr 2 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by Francis Hackett
Sat R of Lit 29:5 My 11 '46 2000w
School & Society 63:120 F 16 '46 40w
" 'Manifesto for the Atomic Age' might better
be called a lamentation and a dirge. Mr Jordan
gazes at the swiftly vanishing past with nos-
talgia, and at the prospect of future comfort
and prosperity with terror. . . The world has
tremendous problems ahead. The unlimited
prosperity that Jordan foresees will not be
attained easily and automatically. It will be
attained by hard, constructive work and ra-
tional thinking, and not by those who become
panic-stricken at the very idea of its accom-
plishment." H. M. Davis
— Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 420w
Reviewed by J. H. Holmes
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 3 '46 750w
JORGENSON, THEODORE. Henrik Ibsen; a
study in art and personality. 650p $3.50
St Olaf college press, Northfleld, Minn.
839.822 Ibsen, Henrik 45-10339
Professor Jorgenson has been teaching the
drama of Ibsen at St Olaf college in Minnesota
for twenty years. He says this book is "a
cumulative result of studying the dramas per-
sonally and of using them educationally in my
classes." A separate chapter is assigned to
each of the major plays. Includes also a brief
"epitome" of Ibsen rs life and work. Index.
Reviewed by Willard Shelton
Book Week p3 F 10 '46 310w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 14 '46 550w
"This small and relatively expensive volume
presents a philosophy of gloom of the type
personified by the works of Spengler, Elliot,
and Pareto. It has little to do with nucleonics
or manifestoes. Dr. Jordan assumes that leis-
ure and abundance for the common people will
lead to decadence and a return to feudalism.
He would like to take us back to the early in-
dustrial period of the last century but does
not suggest the means by which such a trans-
formation could be achieved. Little faith is
shown in democratic processes for shaping our
future. . . The book is an example of the be-
wilderment shared by many people toward the
modern world. It is doubtful if Dr. Jordan's
small volume will alleviate that bewilderment
to any great extent." A. S. Newton
— Chem & Eng N 24:1731 Je 25 '46 250w
Current Hist 11:229 S '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 25:161 O '46 20w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 60w
"The book may be read in thirty minutes and
forgotten in half of that." Robert Bendiner
— Nation 162:577 My 11 '46 280w
Reviewed by George Soule
New Repub 114:512 Ap 15 '46 210w
"It seems to this reviewer that Dr. Jordan
should have written a longer and more careful
book, or no book. This one will make nervous
people more nervous, but that is about all." R.
L. Duffus »
N Y Times p6 F 17 '46 700w
New Yorker 22:98 F 16 '46 120w
"Thoughtful and provocative essay. But the
accomplishments of the atomic physicists are
only part of a trend which has been apparent
for a century. Jordan's manifesto deserves the
consideration of every business man for the
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ja 27 '46 90w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
"Professor Jorgenson's book is pretty stead-
ily grey and on the heavy side. But it is
thorough, sound and sensible in its analysis
of the significant core of all the plays and in
its story of Ibsen's development as artist In
relation to the politics and movements of his
day. All students of Ibsen — and nobody who
studies modern drama can escape him — will
find admirable guidance in this volume, and.
after the first chapter, no fog." W. P. Eaton
4- Weekly Book Review p4 F 10 '46 1050w
JOSEPH, DONALD. Straw in the south wind.
297p $2.50 Macmillan
46-2670
Novel of the south in the early years of the
twentieth century. The heroine is the young
wife of an older tradition-loving judge. Con-
stance's championship of the Negroes is the
forerunner of two suicides, but brings happi-
ness in the end.
"Joseph writes quietly and without rancor.
His style is somewhat mannered, but it has
a kind of flow, a paradoxical precision and
lushness. His indefatigable attention to small
detail has the effect of making the reader feel
he has read a much fuller account of the period
than is actually here." A. J^Hiken
+ Book Week p6 Ap 21 '46 320w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
Christian Century 63:658 My 22 '46 70w
Current Hist 11:49 Jl '46 50w
"A novel of the south at the turn of the
century which has warmth and spirit. . .
Romantic to humorous touches make this en-
tertainment— primarily popular — rather than
thematic problem reading."
4- Klrkus 14:79 F 16 '46 190w
"Not an important book, but should be in
collections attempting to include all such ma-
terial." D. R. Homer
Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 120w
"The book presents the anomaly of an over-
crowded canvas with the net effect of thinness.
We are offered a lynching, mob melodrama,
clandestine love affairs, two suicides and the
complete shattering and reorganization of an
established home. But sketchy treatment and
a, lack of inner progression keep the book from
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JOSEPH, DONALD— Continued
coming alive; as is so often the case, minor
characters have more reality than the prin-
cipals. A 6-year-old boy, Brett, in particular,
is a likable youngster whose childish irrele-
vancies inject a little sanity into the senti-
mental vagaries of his elders." Barbara Her-
man
h N Y Times p!8 My 5 '46 230w
"Pictorially the book is excellent. There is
the warmth of well-loved places and people re-
membered in the book as a sort of plantation
landscape-with-figurea of life in 1907. But when
Mr. Joseph moves his portraits into action as
people they become only soft- speaking puppets
serving a story in which Mr. Joseph sacrifices
everything to his own adoration for his own
heroine." Jonathan Daniels
-f- — Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 4 '46 450w
"Although it is strikingly uneven, and never
quite seems to succeed in what it is attempt-
ing, Mr. Joseph's book remains interesting,
provocative and sometimes stirring." H. T.
Kane
H Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 21 '46
900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:116 Jl '46
JOSEPHSON. MATTHEW. Stendhal; or, The
pursuit of happiness. 489p $4 Doubleday
B or 92 Beyle, Marie Henri (De Stendhal,
pseud) 46-7755
A long, full biography of an early nineteenth
century French writer, born Henri Beyle, but
best known to posterity by one of his many
pseudonyms, Stendhal.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 D 1 '46 lOOOw
Booklist 43:168 F 1 '47
"Mr. Josephson writes with erudition and
enthusiasm. He has covered the ground with
great thoroughness, and, in spite of his pre-
occupation with Freudian theory, his work
is authoritative as biography and as literary
criticism." L. A. S.
-f- Christian Science Monitor plO Ja 11 '47
650w
Kirkut 14:368 Ag 1 '46 200w
Reviewed by Harry Levin
New Repub 115:595 N 4 '46 1550w
Reviewed by W. M. Frohock
N Y TlmǤ p6 O 20 '46 HOOw
"Mr. Josephson tries so hard to picture
all sides of Stendhal simultaneously that his
book occasionally reads like a double expo-
sure. . . But 'Stendhal; A Biography' is a fine
book, despite everything, because it makes
available in English for the first time great
chunks of material delightful to read. It is to
be hoped that its publication will start a de-
mand for the translation of the whole body
of Stendhal's writing and of notable writing
about him." A. J. Liebling
.} New Yorker 22:126 O 19 '46 2400w
"Matthew Josephson has made a living por-
trait of Beyle and any reader acquainted with
his other splendid biographies will know at
once that here is a book they cannot afford
to be without." George Snell
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 1 '46
600w
"Lake most 'definitive* biographies, Matthew
Joseph son's Stendhal is heavily ballasted with
tinkling trifles. It lacks, for all its efforts, the
dazzling high spiritednesa that poured like a
flood out of Stendhal himself. Nonetheless, like
Josephson' s Victor Hugo it is the best and most
comprehensive English study of its subject, a
careful collection of material, skillfully assem-
bled and organized."
H Time 48:106 O 21 '46 800w
"Mr. Josephson tells a rounded, well propor-
tioned tale. He is skillful to the fine point of
making himself unobtrusive. The ground he
covers is so vast— the writings alone of Stend-
hal run to seventy-four volumes— that his errors
and even his misjudgments are comparatively
negligible. It is important that he has given
Stendhal every . chance to make a host of new
friends." Marvin Lowenthal
-f- Weekly Book Review p7 O 20 '46 J700w
JOSEPH Y, ALVIN M. The long and the short
and the tail; the story of a marine combat
unit in the Pacific; in trod, by A. A. Vande-
grift; phot, by Marine corps combat photog-
raphers. 221p $3 Knopf
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Pacific ocean.
U.S. Marine Corps. 3d division 46-2843
The author was a marine combat corre-
spondent attached to the 3rd Division, who was
to make recordings of actual invasions. He
covered Guadalcanal, Guam, and Iwo Jima,
and has reported the bravery and terrors of
Joe Blow, the marine equivalent of the army s
G.I. The appendix is a ''Transcript of the
eyewitness description of the landing on Guam,
July 21, 1944, made for radio broadcast in the
United States/'
"Alvin Josephy does not pose as a GI phi-
losopher or a military tactician; he has re-
corded what he saw and heard in two decisive
victories over the Japanese, and he gives it
to the reader straight without attempting to
be significant or to draw any conclusions. ...
Sergeant Josephy waded ashore on Guam in
one of the first waves of assault troops and
carried with him recording apparatus to make
a running commentary of what happened to
him and to the men close to him. A tran-
script of his unrehearsed remarks is included
in the appendix of his book and makes the
best reading of all. In the disjointed, often
explosive chatter of a green soldier facing
death knowingly and without hesitation, the
civilian home front can find a ready clue to
what the war was like for many of our Ameri-
can youth." E. L. Jones
-f Atlantic 178:152 Ji '46 420w
Reviewed by Harry Brown
Book Week p5 Ap 7 '46 550w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46"
"Good, straight reporting of the invasions
of Guam and Iwo Jima by a Marine combat
correspondent who was in both campaigns. . .
It is extraordinarily new, this material. Though
faithful to fact and swift-moving, it lacks the
bitter- tragic touch which a Tregaskis could
give It, but his eyewitness account recorded
while landing on the beach under Jap fire, has
the vividness and immediacy of Sherrod's
Tarawa [Book Review Digest, 1044], while the
balance of his text proves that man's deepest
experiences cannot be conveyed in on the spot
impressions, when words seem superficial and
muddled."
4- Kirkus 14:85 F 15 '46 130w
"This book contains some of the best war
reporting to date and is highly recommended."
H. G. Kelley
-f- Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 140w
"Josephy has captured as much of the ex-
perience of Iwo as anyone there. The battle,
in the last analysis, was not won by general-
ship or superiority of weapons, but by the
intrepid spirit of that anonymous worthy, Joe
Blow. 'The Long and the Short and Tall' is a
fine memorial to his achievement." David
Dempsey
-H N Y Times p5 Mr 31 '46 700w
"Some of this has been done before, though
seldom quite so well, which is to say that the
book is eye-witness journalism of a high grade
but a common type." Fletcher Pratt
+ Sat R of Lit 29:32 My 25 '46 lOOOw
"The appendix of Sergeant Josephy 's book
is alone worth the price of admission. . . Other
correspondents (and combat troops as well)
reworked and polished their phrases long after
the battle, while Josephy describes the fight-
ing as it is actually going on. It is crude,
rough, stuttering with excitement. It is au-
thentic, the real thing, the instantaneous flavor
of war." P. J. Searles
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 31 '46
700w
JOVINE, FRANCESCO. Seeds in the wind; tr.
by Adrienne Foulke. 306p $3 Roy pubs.
46-7691
A tale of Italy in the middle years of the
nineteenth century, a time of civil strife and
changing social conditions. The chief charac-
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ters are Pietro Veleno, a peasant lad, his boy-
hood sweetheart Antonietta who is above him
in station, and his friend Don Matteo, the parish
priest.
" 'Seeds in the Wind' may suggest comparison
with Silone's 'Fontamara' and 'Bread and Wine'
but, while Jovine avoids Silone's acerbity he
also lacks his directness, and the charm of his
leisurely perambulating style may quickly pall
for readers who require pace and form in their
fiction." Jex Martin
Book Week p5 O 20 '46 400w
"Authentic, sincere, there is perhaps too littla
story interest here to carry this to an American
audience."
Kirkus 14-358 As I '46 120w
"Well written, but dull." Mary Clark
Library J 71:1330 O 1 *46 70w
"Mr. Jovine is not the most polished and ac-
complished of story builders. His book, however,
which is warm, chaotic, and sympathetic, could
hardly, by any reader, be criticized for slick-
ness or dishonesty." B. V. Winebaum
_! N Y Times p20 O 20 '46 400w
New Yorker 22:133 O 19 '46 80w
"All his publishers tell us about this new
author is that he is an Italian, and that this
is his first novel. It would be a fine novel in
any case; as a beginner's offering it is a re-
markable book. It has the kind of measured
pace which does not hamper, or retard, the flow
of action, but lends it its proper weight. Its
style, rich and wiry at the same time, stands
out as distinguished in what seems to be a first-
rate translation " Robert Pick
4- Sat R of Lit 29:20 N 2 '46 450w
Reviewed by J D. Ross
Weekly Book Review p!4 N 3 '46 700w
JUDSON, CLARA (INGRAM) (MRS J. M. JUD-
SON). . . Michael's victory; il. by Elmer Wex-
ler. 192p $2 Houghton
46-7313
"The latest of Miss Judson's stories of chil-
dren of other countries who settled in America,
this tells of Irish Michael who came to Ohio
in the early 1850's. He is a typical Irish boy
and his championship of the new railroad brings
out his ready wit and his fighting courage."
(Sat R of Lit) At head of title: They came
from Ireland.
"Action paced by excellent dialogue moves
this story along at a good clip. Here's a fine
picture of the 1800s that the 9 to 12 year olds
are bound to enjoy." A. N.
4- Book Week p21 N 10 '46 90w
Booklist 43:89 N 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:467 N '46 120w
"An unusual background of the building of
the Toledo and Illinois, and a good story."
•f Kirkus 14:456 S 15 '46 90w
"Recommended for eight- to twelve-year-
olds." Margaret Miller
-f Library J 71:1809 D 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Edna Daniel
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 10 '46
70w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
JURJI, EDWARD JABRA, ed. Great religions
of the modern world. 394p $3.75 Princeton
univ. press
290 Religions
"A collection of 10 essays on major contem-
porary religious faiths, Confucianism, Taoism,
Hinduism, Islam, Shintoism, Judaism, Eastern
Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestant-
ism are the religions appraised. Lewis Hodous,
Gerald G. Walsh, and August Karl Reischauer
are among the nine well known contributors,"
Han Francisco Chronicle
Booklist 43:112 D 15 '46
"Since any intelligent reader can easily dis-
count its defects, 'The Great Religions of the
Modern World' is a thoroughly recommendable
book, for the reader of education and dis-
cernment who seeks profit in his reading. It
is a book that is broadening in the best sense
of the word, if only for its demonstration of
how the great basic and primitive truths of
God shine, even through distortion and errancy,
in the major faiths of man." L. J. Trese
-| Commonweal 45:208 D 6 '46 550w
Current Hist 12:62 Ja '47 50w
"Excellent background material for the
minister or layman or for anybody else seeking
information about great religions. Selected bib-
liography following each article will furnish
valuable guidance in further study. Heartily
recommended for all libraries." O. G. Lawson
-f Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by G R. Stephenson
N Y Times p!4 D 1 '46 500w
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D \ '46
60w
JUSTEMENT, LOUIS. New cities for old; city
building in terms of space, time, and money.
232p il $4.50 McGraw
711 City planning 46-844
"Although Louis Justement is an architect
practicing in Washington, D. C., his approach
to city planning is first of all financial. He
believes that the rebuilding of our cities could
be an immediate and a continuous task which
would be the best remedy against depressions.
In economics he is an intelligent conservative
who wants to preserve the capitalistic system
by saving it from its own excesses. Slum clear-
ance and the rehabilitation of blighted areas
cannot be achieved solely through the profit
motive. Like Henry Churchill, Justement be-
lieves that the city, condemning the land,
should retain title to it. and ultimately be-
come the sole landowner. This transformation
Justement proposes to realize through a new
federal agency, the Urban Reconstruction Cor-
poration, and, in each city, through a Munici-
pal Realty Corporation. . . Juatement is of the
opinion that — with rare exceptions — buildings
should be paid for, declared obsolete, and re-
built within fifty years. His outlook is neither
the immediate gain of the profiteers nor the
eternity of the traditional architects. He is
planning for organic, healthy renewal and
growth instead of the present 'method' of dis-
ease and surgery." Nation
"The book is altogether a reasonable, lucid,
helpful exposition, including some proposals
that may turn out to have bugs In them, but
warrant thoughtful consideration." C. S. Ascher
_|. —Ann Am Acad 248:294 N '46 400w
Eng N 136:96 My 16 '46 SOOw
"The book lacks flamboyancy: no apoca-
lypse like that of Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd
Wright. But it is eminently practical and
quietly daring. 'Above all, make no little
plans.' " Albert Guerard
-f Nation 162:291 Mr 9 '46 360w
Reviewed by N. J. Demerath
Social Forces 25:103 O '46 850w
JUSTUS. MAY. Fiddler's fair; il. by Christine
Chisholm. 30p $1.25 Whitman, A.
Story for fourth and fifth graders about a
feud between two Southern mountain families,
and how a small girl healed the breach.
"Good background material for schools and
libraries, colorfully illustrated."
+ Kirkus 13:472 O 15 '45 130w
"Brief, easy reading. . . Recommended." S. J.
Johnson
4- Library J 70:1138 D 1 '45 60w
Reviewed by M. C. Meehan
Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 180w
JUSTUS, MAY. Hurrah for Jerry Jake; il. by
Christine Chisholm. 62p $1.60 Whitman, A.
46-404
A mean man begins tearing down the log
schoolhouse in the Cumberland Mountain village
where Jerry Jake lived. The schoolhouse was
also the meeting house, and the village people
were all stirred up. Then Jerry Jake saved
the situation. For ages seven to ten.
434
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
JUSTUS, MAY— Continued
"Another of her delightful Kettle Creek sto-
ries—pood regional material with a thoroughly
readable story, of interest to seven to nine
year olds."
+ Klrkus 13:368 Ag 15 '45 120w
"Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
+ Library J 71:408 Mr 16 '46 80w
N Y Times p24 F 3 '46 50w
"Christine Chisholm's illustrations are charm-
ing and realistic, and the many local expres-
sions will please readers of the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades." M. C. Meehan
-h Sprlngf d Republican p4d F 3 '46 130w
JUSTUS, MAY. Sammy; il. by Christine Chis-
holm. 47p $2 Whitman, A.
46-5742
Story of a little mountain boy who wanted
new shoes very badly, and how he earned them
singing an old ballad.
"Pleasant family relations, Quaint speech and
customs plus many illustrations in color and
black and white by Christine Chisholm make
this an attractive and interesting book. The
important ballad is noted, music and verses."
4- Kirkus 14:388 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
"Unusual and interesting easy story. . Pic-
tures are bright and clear and the story is
told absorbingly." G. M. Williams
-4- Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 lOOw
"Authentic details of mountain life, an en-
gaging little boyr and colorful illustrations com-
pensate for lack of plot in this happy story
for 8 to 10 year olds." Elizabeth Hodges
-h N Y Times pll S 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O 20 '46 200w
KAFKA, FRANZ. Great wall of China; stories
and reflections [tr. by Willa and Edwin Muir].
316p $3 Schocken bks [7s 6d Seeker, Martin
46-8109
"Previously published in London, back in 1938,
'The Great Wall of China* gave rise to one of
the first 'Kafka waves' in the world of English
letters. This is the first American edition of the
book. . . The present volume comprises smaller
works of prose written in the last period of
Franz Kafka's life, between 1917 when he was
sick in cold, hungry, wartime Prague, and 1924,
when he was dying in an Austrian sanitorium.
There are four longer stories (all of them more
or les» fragmentary), fifteen short stories and
fables, a collection of aphorisms, and the 'Re-
flections on Sin, Pain, Hope, and the True Way/
The introduction by Edwin Muir who, together
with Willa Muir. signs as translator, was writ-
ten in 1933." Sat R of Lit
Reviewed by H. R. Forbes
Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Wylie Sypher
Nation 163:731 D 21 '46 1600w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
120w
Reviewed by F. C. Weiskopf
Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 16 '46 700w
F!?£NZ- Metamorphosis [drawings
«*e She™an; tr. by A. L. Lloyd], 98p
$2.75 Vanguard [3s 6d Parton press)
46-8182
t uJ* Publication in America of a story pub-
m82itl^»PeTma? ye.ars a*°- Tt i8 about the
metamorphosis of a traveling salesman into a
" ??o? and horro?
* Which
"Taken simply as the impassive narrative of
a bourgeois transformed into a cockroach It is
an affecting and a frightening narrative."
James Sandoe
Book Week p4 D 15 '46 90w
"A caustic small story with a wider signifi-
cance, of interest to Kafka's exclusive follow-
ing."
Kirkus 14:504 O 1 '46 90w
"Recommended for larger public and college
libraries." F. B. Hirsch
•f Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 lOOw
"This brief masterpiece is so direct, so like
a punch on the jaw, that there should be little
to say about it. But the introduction and the
illustrations of the first American edition are
so wrongheaded that they provide employ-
ment for a critic." William Empson
Nation 163:652 D 7 '46 1200w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
80w
KAFKA, FRANZ. Miscellany, ltd rev & enl
ed 120p $3.50 Twice a year press
838
"[This volume] contains fragments, medita-
tions, letters and selections from his diary
which throw light on Kafka's development as
an artist. Also there are excerpts from Max
Brod's biography of Kafka." San Francisco
Chronicle
Reviewed by Richard Plant
N Y Times p6 D 8 '46 360w
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 O 20 '46
30w
KAHLER, WOOD. Portrait in laughter. 205p
$2.50 Dutton
46-20546
"To Larry Wharton, who tells this story in
the first person, and his White Russian wife,
Vera, their friend Arcady Grigoroff, White
Russian -American artist, is in spirit a centaur.
Another of their friends calls upon the Whar-
tons to locate a husband for herself. They
decide Arcady is a natural for the job and,
after a good deal of temperamental backing
and filling, he is hired for $10,000. The novel,
laid in Florida and New York, is the story
of Arcady's marriage and his relations with
several other ladies who catch his eye." N Y
Times
Kirkus 14:429 S 1 '46 130w
"A redeeming feature of the novel are some
pertinent and penetrating comments about
Florida." Theodore Pratt
N Y Times p36 O 13 '46 250w
"What can happen to a trivial plot when it
is developed by a talented craftsman is fully
exemplified by Wood Kahler's new book, 'Por-
trait in daughter.' Boiled to essentials, it is
the story of a charming wastrel who marries
for money and finds that his heart is ensnared
by a girl who has none. One shudders to
think what could happen to this pat situation
in the hands of a sentimental novelist." Rose
Feld
Weekly Book Review plO O 6 '46 600w
KAHN, ALFRED EDWARD. Great Britain in
the world economy. 314p $4 Columbia univ
press
330.942 Great Britain — Economic policy.
Great Britain — Commerce A46-1225
"A comprehensive survey of the economic
processes and the material welfare of the
United Kingdom during the 20 years prior
to the Second World War. It is a volume
dealing, in large measure, with the decline of
British industrial supremacy and analyzes the
reasons for Britain's continuous loss of foreign
trade during that Period." (Christian Science
Monitor) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by N. L. Silverstein
Am Pol Sci R 40:610 Je '46 380w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
435
"Mr. Kahn'a study la valuable and com*
potent, even if he does sometimes seem to
contradict himself, and even though the em-
phasis might have been different. But then
the underlying theory has not yet received
its final formulation, and reality perhaps con-
tains contradictions which It would have been
bad to gloss over." W. F. Stolper
_| Ann Am Acad 244:215 Mr '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 70w
"This book is timely, but it is evident that
its preparation has been leisurely and thor-
ough. Its documentation is such as to make it
appropriate for class and discussion -group
study, an advantage enhanced by an excellent
bibliography and index." G. R. E.
-j- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ja 29 '46
480w
Current Hist 10:350 Ap '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 25:170 O '46 30w
Reviewed by A. I. Bloomfleld
J Pol Econ 54:559 D '46 95 Ow
"The book, as Mr. Kahn tells us in his
Preface, was originally a doctoral dissertation,
and though he has completely rewritten it,
it still bears some of the stigmata of its origin.
There is a certain cautious tone about every
statement, as if the author had had his read-
ing committee always in mind. . . And while
the book is primarily a study of the period
between 1919 and 1939, and therefore largely
historical, one cannot but regret that, with
the background so admirably filled in, Mr.
Kahn did not venture to analyze more fully
than he has the lessons most of the leading
economists of Britain drew from the economic
policies which obtained between wars and their
probable results in the years of readjustment
Just ahead." E. M. Thornbury
-f- — Nation 162:405 Ap 6 '46 600w
"It is certainly one of the best studies of
Britain's foreign- trade problem since 1919, for
it takes fully into account the changes in the
world economy and suggests what Britain may
do for survival. The quantitative material will
be of special value to serious students."
-f- New Repub 114:878 Je 17 '46 70w
"The book does not require a technical
understanding of the international payments
mechanism. . . The book poses many ques-
tions of current interest to businessman and
diplomat alike on both sides of the Atlantic.
The author ends on a note of hope; there is
a growing consciousness among Englishmen
of the gravity of their industrial position, and
a growing disposition to do something about
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:110 Je '46 240w
KAHN, ELY JACQUES, and MCLEMORE,
HENRY. Fighting divisions; from materials
provided by the Office of technical informa-
tion, Special information section, headquar-
ters Army ground forces. 218p il maps $2.60
Infantry Journal
940.541273 U.S. Army ground forces. World
war, 1939-1945— Regimental histories 46-29
Brief resume of the ninety combat divisions
of the American army which were active in
World war II. There were sixty-seven infantry
divisions, sixteen armored, five airborne, one
mountain, and one of mechanized cavalry.
They are listed here in numerical order, with
a brief sketch of each, including a drawing of
its shoulder patch, its mottoes and nicknames,
its origins, and a brief history of the part
played in the war.
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 30w
Kfrkus 13:558 D 15 '45 llOw
"This book was not conceived in terms of a
complete history, but rather as an historical
compendium. It achieves that aim. The ap-
pendices are extremely useful, comprising *
listing of divisional and higher echelon units
and their commanders in all theatres of oper-
ation, the battles and campaigns in which our
forces were engaged, eighteen simple maps of
operations ana campaigns, and eight color
pages of divisional insignia. This book is a
timely and handy reference work." Joseph
Hirsh
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 Ja 19 '46 600w
"The combat ground soldier lived in and of
his division; the civilian who now welcomes
him home is often in blank ignorance, as a
result of war-time censorship, of those cor-
porate personalities which were everything to
the veterans who composed them. This hand-
book should fill a gap which badly needs
filling." Walter Millis
+ Weekly Book Review plO F 3 '46 300w
KAHN, JOAN. Open house. 252p $2.50 Lippin-
cott
46-4002
Modern story of a few months in the lives of
two girls Just out of college. They have a New
York apartment, look for Jobs, and go out on
parties, and of course there are love affairs.
"The experiences of two young hopefuls
which are recognizable, reminiscent, and very
pleasantly done."
+ Kirkus 14:134 Mr 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by E. F. Kelly
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 50w
"The idea is not new, yet Miss Kahn brings
to it enough wit and tasteful ness to make Kate
and Chess an entirely believable pair who
aren't (happily) symbols of anything. They are
Just themselves — and pleasant to read about."
Thelma Pur tell
+ N Y Times p24 My 26 '46 80w
"An appealing novel. . . Clear and effective
in the simplicity of its style." P. H. Bickerton
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46
240w
"Miss Kahn' s book is gay, observant and
sympathetic." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p25 Je 23 '46
230w
KALIBALA, ERNEST BALINTUMA, and DA-
VIS, MARY GOULD. Wakaima and the clay
man, and other African folktales; 11. by
Avery Johnson. 145p $2 Longmans
398 Folklore, African. Animals, Legends and
stories of 46-3687
Humorous folk tales of the Baganda tribe of
Bast Africa. Wakaima, an African rabbit of
rather scandalous propensities, is the hero of
some of the tales.
Book Week p!2 Je 2 '46 240w
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
"The book is a 'juvenile,' but will interest
all devotees of folklore."
+ Christian Century 63:754 Je 12 '46 80w
'"Storytellers will find here counterparts of
some of the Uncle Remus stories. They are
full of fun, not told in dialect, and are well
adapted to group telling. The illustrations
show humor and appreciation of the back-
ground." A. M. Joraan
-f Horn Bk 22:266 Jl '46 160w
"Good story telling material for library use."
4- Kirkus 14:67 F 1 '46 80w
"Good for storytellers or children's own read-
ing." J. D. Lindquist
-f Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 80w
"Everyone, young and not so young, is bound
to like [Waikaima] and to be disappointed when
he disappears after only four outrageous ad-
ventures. However, the nine tales which follow
are woven around equally extraordinary gen-
tlemen of the African bush. . . Mary Gould
Davis has done her editorial work with a gentle,
loving hand. The illustrations have a pleasant
impudence and sly humor." Attilio Gatti
+ N Y Times p23 Je 2 f46 280w
"The arresting black and white illustrations
by Avery Johnson are a perfect interpretation
of the humor and strikingly dramatic elements
in the stories." R. A. Hill
+ Sat R Of Lit 29:41 S 28 '46 400w
School A Society 63:367 My 18 '46 20w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 150w
"An authentic, highly interesting contribu-
tion to our acquaintance with Bast African
436
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KALIBALA, E. B.-— Continued
folklore. . . The pictures are bold, primitive-
looking woodcuts and the typography very easy
on young eyes." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 My 26 '46 500w
KALIJARVI, THORSTEN, and others. Modern
world politics. 2d ed 852p maps $3.75 Crowell
341 World politics. International law and
relations 45-9636
A second edition of a textbook first published
in 1942 (Book Review Digest, 1942) now exten-
sively revised and rewritten. 4 'Several of the
original chapters have been omitted and an
equal number of new ones added. There are
four parts. The first deals with the fundamen-
tals of international relations, and includes
chapters on international law and organizations
for international government. The second ana-
lyzes the techniques and instruments of power
politics. . . The third part treats the problems
of the various regions into which the world is
divided, and the fourth poses the question,
•peace in our time?' " (Am Pol Sci R)
"A weakness of the book lies in the difficulty
of integrating the work of several authors into
a unified whole, although in this respect im-
provement is shown over the earlier edition
The wealth of material commends itself to wide
use as a text in introductory courses." R. A.
Norem
-| Am Pol Sci R 40:398 Ap '46 230w
Reviewed by W. L. Godshall
Ann Am Acad 244:202 Mr '46 340w
Reviewed by L. A. Mander
Social Educ 10:281 O '46 600w
KANE, HARNETT THOMAS. New Orleans
woman; a biographical novel of Myra Clark
Qaines. 344p $2.75 Doubleday
Gaines, Myra (Clark) Whitney — Fiction
46-7630
Novel based on the life, times, and lawsuits
of Myra Clark Gaines. "The story is that of a
lady who brought suit to establish her mother's
good name (this may remind you of 'Saratoga
Trunk') and her own right to about a third
of the city, and was opposed by all the forces
of authority in the state." (New Yorker)
"Harnett Kane is a native of Louisiana. For
15 years he has busied himself collecting and
studying the history of this remarkable woman.
. . He has approached the telling of Myra
Gaines' story plainly as a labor of love. With
meticulous care, he has set it down and, as
he did so, evoked the atmosphere which sur-
rounded her when she lived. His sympathies
lie with her, as apparently must the sympa-
thies of anyone who observed her courageous
determination. . . Kane has created a narra-
tive that in spite of the complex legal tangle
it must suggest as an accompaniment, is deeply
fascinating." J. W. Rogers
-f Book Week pi O 27 f46 1200w
Booklist 43*103 D 1 '46
"This makes fascinating reading, even to the
long passages of legal documentation, for
throughout the novel, Harnett Kane has kept
before the reader the vivid figure of the in-
domitable woman who fought for her rights,
and her children's security, though all New
Orleans* power and money fought against her."
-f Klrkut 14:428 S 1 '46 300w
"Myra Gaines is an American figure well
worthy of resurrection. It is a pity that she
should be dressed in such worn finery." John
Woodburn
N Y Times p!8 N 17 '46 800w
"It makes quite a situation, but long before
Mr. Kane has finished combing it out, it has
become as tedious as accounts of other people's
lawsuits usually are."
New Yorker 22:125 N 2 '46 lOOw
"The biographical novel is always handi-
capped. It must use the devices and conven-
tions of fiction but stay recognizably close to
the character and life story of its subject.
New Orleans Woman' effects the compromise
decently, mostly because Myra Clark Gaines
•yvas colorful and there was sufficient drama in
her career. 'New Orleans Woman' is not other-
wise a novel of marked quality." J. P. Wood
Sat R of Lit 29:64 D 7 '46 470w
"Harnett Kane handles the intricacies of the
litigation and the host of characters involved
in it with skill, and never lets other matters
interfere with his chief purpose, the delinea-
tion of the central figure. Mr. Kane knows his
Louisiana . . . and he has succeeded well in
recreating Myra and her milieu." Coieman
Rosenberger
+ Weekly Book Review p8 N 17 '46 lOOOw
KANE, HENRY BUGBEE. Tale of the wild
goose [11. by the author] (Wild world tales)
[48pJ $1.75 Knopf
598.41 Geese— Legends and stories 46-25237
Similar to other volumes in the author's Wild
world tales. Photographs, text, and pen draw-
ings describe the lives and dangers of a wild
goose and gander and their goslings, from the
time they chose the nest until the family took
oft for their winter home. For ages ten to
twelve.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p26 N 24 '46 90w
Booklist 43:20 S '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor pll N 12 '46
90w
"This remarkable set of photographs, showing
the life history of a, wild goose, is the result
of accurate firsthand information, an artist's
skill in composition and the infinite patience
of a naturalist It is a beautiful and informing:
book for all ages." A. M Jordan
-}- Horn Bk 22-464 N '46 40w
Kirkus 14:325 Jl 15 '46 90w*
"Photographs and small line drawings are
excellent and well suited to the simple text,
descriptive yet vivid in style." J. E. Lynch
-f- Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 lOOw
"The author's dignified and poetic style, his
superb photographs and his delicate line draw-
ings combine to make this a fascinating book
for nature lovers of all ages." Elizabeth
Hodges
H- N Y Times p!4 S 29 '46 160w
Reviewed by K. S White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 70w
Reviewed by E. H. Franaen
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
lOOw
"Exquisite photographs. . . Full of atmos-
phere, graceful in line and movement as are
the pen-and-ink sketches which appear on
many pages. The text, too, has beauty of
word and phrase. Nature-loving adults will
enjoy these pages as much as the children.
It is a lovely book to handle and to own."
M. C. Dodd
-f Sat R of Lit 29:40 S 28 '46 120w
KANE, HENRY BUGBEE. Thoreau's Walden,
a photographic register by Henry Bugbee
Kane; with an introd. by Brooks Atkinson.
169p $4 Knopf
818 Thoreau, Henry David— -Walden 46-6184
Photographs of the surroundings, flora, and
fauna of Walden pond, published to commemo-
rate the centenary year of Thoreau's famous
retreat to the woods. Each picture has a
brief excerpt from Walden as caption.
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 14 '46
70 w
4- Kirkus 14:292 Je 15 '46 80w
"The pictures are quite handsome. . . Yet
fine as they are, they don't seem to recapture
the pervasive mood of 'Walden.' One thinks
of wood engravings when reading 'Walden/
and slick, bright, clear photographs like these
seem too modern."
New Yorker 22:102 S 7 '46 120w
"This is one of those rare books so simple
in design, so perfectly executed, that not much
can be said of it except by way of description
and praise." H. S. Can by
+ Sat R Of Lit 29:15 N 23 '46 290w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
437
"Each picture is given full-page reproduction
and is accompanied by an appropriate selection
from the text of 'Walden.' Both the quota-
tions and the photographs catch the spirit and
mood of Thoreau's best writing:. . . Kane's
book, in one beautifully made volume, contains
the cream of what has taken him years to
produce. It reveals, as no previous volume has
done, the world of beauty and interest in
which Thoreau moved in those years when he
was living the book we know as 'Walden.' "
E. W. Teale
+ Weekly Book Review p8 S 22 '46 500w
KAN IN. QARSON. Born yesterday; a comedy.
141p $2 Viking
812
47-289
Text of a Broadway success. It is a farce-
comedy in which a junk magnate, his chorus
girl mistress, and a writer for the New Repub-
lic who falls in love with the girl, are the chief
actors.
Kirkus 14:380 Ag 1 '46 40w
"Highly recommended." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:1714 D 1 '46 30w
"Here is a playwright who can sustain a
first-rate conflict when he has set it in motion.
The printed play makes hilarious reading — but
there's also time to see how real these people
are, how fundamentally lonely, and how eager
to solve that loneliness." C. V. Terry
-f N Y Times p!6 N 3 '46 180w
"It is much nicer to see good plays than it
is to read them, you won't be amazed to learn;
but once in a long while one comes along that
reads almost as well as it plays 'Born Yes-
terday' is still packing them in on Broadway,
and you'll understand why after romping
through this bright, bouncey satire on the
Washington scene " P. S
•f San Francisco Chronicle pll N 24 '46
160w
"What makes 'Born Yesterday' more than
a rowdy farce is a certain satirical bite both
in the characters and the preposterous situa-
tion. What makes it a success in the theater,
probably, is the hilarious character exaggera-
tion, which affords the actor unlimited oppor-
tunities. You don't believe a word of it, any
more than you believe in the Fussy Man of
Holberg But these exaggerations are figures
blown up out of contemporary life, not out of
stock figures that date back to Menander."
W. P Eaton
-f Weekly Book Review p32 N 3 '46 90w
KAO, GEORGE, ed Chinese wit and humor;
introd. by JLin Yutang. 347p $3.75 Coward-
McCann
895.17 Humor 46-6653
Contains many short stories, anecdotes and
jokes as well as excerpts from novels. Mate-
rial is grouped under four main headings:
The humor of philosophy (ancient); The humor
of the picaresque (old) ; Humor — practical and
otherwise (all time); The humor of protest
(modern) Index
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p2 S 29 M6 320w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63.1407 N 20 '46 460w
"Mr. Kao points out in his preface that what
appears funniest to the Chinese often is out-
side the realm of the written word. He also
writes that what is funny to the Chinese may
not be translatable or may not be funny to
the westerner, even if it can be translated.
Despite all his difficulties, however, Mr. Kao
has found some fine examples of written
humor. His selection well illustrates some of
the basic differences — as well as basic simi-
larities— between Chinese and American hu-
mor." Floyd Taylor
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 16
'46 700 w
Kirkus 14-144 Mr 15 '46 160w
"Editor's prefatory notes to each selection
are brief, appreciative, popular. They supply
biographical and historical information and
make occasional piquant reference to western
analogies— Gulliver's Travels, Thurber, Abbott
and Costello. An enlightening and civilizing
book, as well as a very entertaining one." H.
W. Hart
-f Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 140w
"Here is an amiable and urbane book giving
an insight into the Chinese mind. It is an
important book, one of the best of its kind
yet published, a must for those who wish to
come to a better and deeper appreciation of
the Chinese, and a real treat for those who love
a sly bit of fun and enjoy a good Joke for its
own sake. Editor George Kao has selected
carefully and wisely." Carl Glick
4- N Y Times p6 S 1 '46 700w
— New Yorker 22:102 S 7 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 29 '46
160w
Reviewed by Rodney Gilbert
Weekly Book Review p!8 O 20 '46
lOOOw
KARASZ, MARISKA (MRS D. A. PETERSON).
Design and sew; drawings by Christine Eng-
ler. 112p $2 Uppincott
646.4 Dressmaking 46-7363
"Written with the school girl in mind, the
book starts with the fundamentals of a good
dress and by drawings and careful explanations
instructs the teen-age seamstress in the process
of designing, choosing colors, and sewing. The
beginner is encouraged to use simple article*.
such as dickies, for a start and progress grad-
ually to more complicated apparel. The author
explains the use of patterns very thoroughly
and also the techniques in making buttonholes,
seams, and decorative designs." Booklist
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:491 O 1 '46 60w
Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 O 27 '46 270w
KARIG, WALTER (KEATS PATRICK, pseud),
and others. Battle report: the Atlantic war;
prepared from official sources; pub. in co-
operation with the Council on books in war-
time. (V2) 558p il $3.50 Rinehart
940.545 World war, 1939-1945— Naval oper-
ations
An informal account of the Navy's role In
World war II in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and
the Mediterranean. This is the second volume
of the Battle report series. The first volume
(Book Review Digest, 1944) covered the six
months in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to
Coral sea; the present one covers actions from
the work of the Neutrality patrol to the cross-
ing of the Rhine. Index.
Reviewed by R. A. Brown
Ann Am Acad 245:192 My '46 450w
Reviewed by Sherman Miles
Atlantic 177:168 Ap '46 480w
Reviewed by Cecil Brown
Book Week p4 Mr 10 '46 650w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:11 My '46
"Like its predecessor, this is a beautiful
volume, with eighty pages of photographs and
combat paintings. . . While it is hardly, as a
Jacket blurb says, 'the record for the centuries/
it is an interesting and valuable book." R. A.
Brown
H- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 15
'46 550 w
Foreign Affairs 25:163 O '46 30w
Kirkus 13:502 N 15 '45 270w
"Stirring in Its reporting of courageous and
unceasing effort. Vivid through the frequent
references to individuals and incidents. A
'must' for any understanding of the terrific
odds against which the battle of the Atlantic
was waged and a proud record of the effort
that won the battle/' Marian Manley
4- Library J 70:1087 N 15 '45 lOOw
438
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KARIG, WALTER— Continued
"Has all the merits and demerits that, con-
sidering: its provenance, one might expect it
to have. . . The non-service reader is bound
to have mixed reactions to 'Battle Report/
At times it is choked with detail, much of
which seems to have been included merely to
satisfy naval tradition. The constant identifi-
cation of officers, the generous attention paid
to the action of minor units frequently destroy
any continuity; and the intention of the book,
to describe action within a valid framework
of strategic and tactical reference, is sometimes
frustrated by the sheer profusion of reports
that are in themselves excellent." Ralph Bates
Nation 162:513 Ap 27 '46 240w
"The 'Battle Report' series, of which there
are more, dealing with the Pacific, to come,
is sponsored by the Navy Department's Office
of Public Information; but it should be em-
phasized that neither of the books thus far
issued, and this is particularly true of the
second volume, presents even a faintly com-
prehensive picture, and certainly not a well-
balanced picture. Too much is withheld, too
much glossed over and 'The Atlantic War,*
compiled by three authors, reads like it. It
has too little tang of the sea or smell of
powder, and it is episodic and staccato. But
it is rather clear that the main faults of this
volume are not properly attributable to the
men whose names are on the cover. All of
the authors are in uniform, and their facts
have had to be presented regimented." H. W.
Baldwin
N Y Times p3 F 24 '46 1350w
"Despite a certain class -yearbook Quality
(the authors never miss a chance to include
name, rank, and title), it is an excellent story,
in its anecdotal fashion, of the heroic effort
that beat the U-boats."
-f — New Yorker 22:101 Mr 16 f46 120w
"A superb book. It is easily the best account
that has yet appeared of the Navy's war in the
Atlantic and its adjacent seas. It is not, how-
ever, to be accepted as a true and literal ac-
count of the battles and campaigns the Navy
fought. It is an 'official* history. This lends
great strength to its documentation, great
weakness to its point of view." Ron Schiller
H Sat R of Lit 29:27 Mr 23 '46 1200w
"Profusely illustrated and written in a
breezy, colloquial style, the book is readable
and entertaining. Its appendices, including a
complete list of decorations and citations
awarded to navy personnel in the Atlantic
theater of war, are especially useful as il-
lustrating the difficulties of the campaign
against the submarine. Its principal short-
coming is a lack of perceptive."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:120 Je '46 170w
"Frequently, the inclusion of more and more
detailed charts of combat operations would
have helped; but one cannot speak too highly
of the admirable photographic sections, com-
piled by Commander B. John Ixmg, U.S.N.R.
The eighty plates, including hundreds of sep-
arate photographs, are in themselves a record
of utmost value and vividness of the enormous
operations of the United States Navy in the
Atlantic part of its global war." Walter Millis
-f- weekly Book Review p4 Mr 3 '46 850w
KARK, LESLIE. Red rain. 254p $2.50 (8s 6d)
Macmillan
46-1076
One night, in June 1944 an English bomber
is shot down over Munich and only one man
of its crew of seven is able to bale out. This
novel tells the life stories of the seven men
and ends with the adventures of the lone sur-
vivor after his escape from Germany.
"The story is not lacking in the pathos ex-
pected from a war novel and it is handled
gracefully, the style fairly bristling with Brit-
ish understatement, but this does not prevent
some banal moments/' Martin Savela
-I Book Week p!2 F 17 '46 360w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
. "To a reader who has had some contact with
both the RAF and the settings, the characters,
events, fand settings, have a strong flavor of
reaJIam''chr'isflanCScience Monitor p!4 Mr 2 '46
330w
"A competent, composite portrayal, which
should have a little more for popularity."
+ Klrkus 13:529 D 1 '45 150w
"Well written but with limited appeal."
Hannah Severus
4- Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by H. I'A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 D 7 '45 lOOw
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
N Y Times p!4 F 17 '46 550w
Reviewed by Fletcher Pratt
Sat R of Lit 29:32 F 23 '46 650w
"Leslie Kark, who has published a good
collection of stories about life in the R.A.F.
called The Fire was Bright, is rather less
successful with his first novel, Red Rain. . .
Much of his material is first- rate, his charac-
ter studies are done with sympathetic skill.
But the plan of the book is too heavy, and
all the author's matter-of-fact technique fails
to wield it into a convincing and satisfactory
whole." John Hampson
.4 spec 175:578 D 14 '45 130w
"For all its honesty, humour and quiet com-
petence, this is a book of short stories, not
a novel."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p!7 Ja 12 '46
600w
Reviewed by Herbert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 3 '46
550w
KARLOFF, BORIS, ed. And the darkness falls;
with an introduction, and notes. 631p $2.75
World pub. »
Short stories— Collections 46-25174
An anthology of stories of the supernatural
and horror. There are about sixty stories with
a few poems added. Includes stories by Lafcadio
Hearn, Dorothy Sayers, Jonathan Swift, Mau-
passant, Conrad, Conan Doyle, Galsworthy, and
many others.
Book Week p9 My 12 '46 200w
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46
"The collection is broad enough for almost
any taste. There's enough guignol for the
addicts — and enough good writing for those
who insist on polish as well as punch. . . When
he is discussing the techniques of such writers
as Maugham and Galsworthy, Mr. Karloff
speaks with authority. On the other hand, when
he notes that 'the odd angle of the corpse's
head is provocative, to say the least,' one is
Just as positive that he knows whereof he
speaks." C. V. Terry
4- N Y Times p20 My 12 '46 230w
"A distinguished job, on the whole, and one
containing a remarkably small percentage of
those threadbare items that have been appear-
ing far too regularly in the recent horror an-
thologies."
4- New Yorker 22:99 My 11 '46 90w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:44 Jl 27 '46 320w
" 'Names' in this collection are far too nu-
merous to mention, and it's a fair guess that
none of them will equal the longevity record
of Jonathan Swift, represented with appalling
timeliness by his 'Modest Proposal' of 1729.
Tou'll find several frankly amusing pieces,
including entries by Turgenev, Ambrose Bierce
and John Collier; Mr. Collier's 'The Chaser'
might better be called profound. On the whole,
however, this bargain in a special kind of
thrills is of serious intent. As the sponsors
state, it 'probes the darkness of the human
mind.' It sure does." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p30 My 26 '46
260w
KARNEY, JACK. The ragged edge. 405p |2.75
Morrow
46-1681
Story of life In the tenement district of
lower Bast Side New York aa it affects the
members of the Slater family and their neigh-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
439
bora. The daughter marries a racketeer, but
returns to a more honest man after her first
husband is shot. One son becomes a prize fight-
er and a gangster. Then there is young Danny,
who Joins the tough boys on the East River
piers. It all adds up to a picture of life on the
ragged edge of poverty.
Reviewed by John Nor cross
Book Week p!6 Mr 31 '46 370w
"Tough, sometimes tender, and not Public
Library material."
Klrkus 14:7 Ja '46 120w
"Mr. Karney's clay-footed characters move
sluggishly in this book when he works clumsy
strings. They utter little obscenities at the
rate of from three to four on each page as
though the author had figured 'I'll drop a few
here' and 'Here's a spot for a gob of it/ The
jacket says smugly, 'Honesty can be shocking,'
but it is not nearly so shocking as dishonesty,
and this book is dishonest. It is not a portrait
of Manhattan's lower East Side. It is cruel
distortion, as something seen through a sticky
and dirty pane." Meyer Berger
— NY Times plO Ap 28 '46 500w
"You have read it all before, and it wasn't
terribly interesting even the first time."
— New Yorker 22:97 Mr 23 '46 120w
"Mr. Karney's style is forceful, and his dia-
logue free from labored corniness. He will write
many good scenes yet, and, perhaps, even a
first-rate novel some day." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:74 Ap 13 '46 650w
"A truthful and vigorous book, as eye-filling
as city life itself." Herbert Kupferberg
-f Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 24 '46
600w
KASPER, SYDNEY H., ed. Job guide; a hand-
book of official information about employment
opportunities in leading industries. 193p $2.60;
pa $2 Am. council on public affairs
371.425 Occupations 46-25008
"Lists 20 fields of employment, with evalua-
tion of opportunities, working conditions, loca-
tion of industries, and union affiliations. Air
transportation, aluminum and magnesium,
glass, meat packing, merchant marine, radio
and radar, street railway, and motor bus,
trucking, and textiles are some of the jobs
covered. Much of the information may become
dated with changing conditions." Booklist
Booklist 42:178 F 1 '46'
"The chief criticism made of books on voca-
tions is the lack of specific information of prac-
tical value to the reader. This criticism, how-
ever, cannot be levied against Job Guide. Pat-
terned somewhat after the excellent occupa-
tional summaries issued by the United States
Employment Service, this book analyzes some
twenty general occupational fields." Leo Litzky
+ Social Studies 37:235 My '46 480w
KATO, MASUO. The lost war; a Japanese re-
porter's inside story. 264p $2.75 Knopf
940.6352 World war, 1939-1945— Japan
46-6474
"The author, who received his university
education in the United States, has been a
prominent correspondent for Japanese news-
papers and press associations since 1924. In
the critical months leading up to Pearl Harbor,
Kato was Washington representative of Dome!,
the official news agency and an ill-disguised
g'opaganda medium of the Tokyo government,
is book recounts the important events, com-
-mencing chronologically with the peace mis-
sion of venerable Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura
in 1941 and culminating with General Douglas
Mac Arthur's studied descent from his plane at
Atsugi Airfield four years later." (Weekly
Book Review) No index.
Reviewed by John Ashmead
Atlantic 178:178 D '46 270w
Reviewed by P. S. Marquardt
Book Week p4 N 3 '46 650 w
Booklist 43:51 O 15 '46
"The book is imperturbable, bland and im-
peccably adapted to please Western ears. It is
also informative, objective, comprehensive, and
immensely readable. The one thing that it
completely fails to be is tragic. All the
material for tragedy is here; but Mr. Kato,
skillfully versed though he is in Western modes
of thought, is a true son of his native land
in his almost casual acceptance of disaster,
without that protestant energy of character
which turns it into moral purgation. There is
plenty of cool analysis here, but no troubled
soul-searching. This is, perhaps, only to say
that Mr. Kato is a journalist and not a
prophet, yet one could wish that the first voice
to come out of Japan after the war had struck
a deeper prophetic note as an omen of the
nation's moral rebirth." Robert Peel
-| Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 25
'46 400w
"It was looking at a familiar picture from
a different angle. The remembered outlines
were there, the vivid colors, the correlation
of objects. Only the line of vision was changed.
This was the experience in reading Masuo
Kato's 'The Lost War,' a volume every Pacific
veteran should buy, and all Americans could
profitably examine." J. N. Moody
Commonweal 45:204 D 6 '46 450w
Current Hist 11:512 D '46 80w
"A record, open to argument and bias,
that does however make real the men, women
and children, who really paid the cost of
Japan's dream of empire and world domination.
Neither placating nor abusive, this measures
a nation in terms of personalities, programs
and defeat."
Kirkus 14:405 Ag 15 '46 190w
New Repub 115:565 O 28 '46 240w
" 'The Lost War' is a remarkable book. For
many reasons. One reason is that it was
written and published at this early date, or
perhaps even written at all. . . Mr. Kato is so
temperate in his writing, so measured in his
judgments and so compelling in his reasoning
that 'The Lost War' might (if it is given wide
enough distribution in Japan) have a con-
siderable effect on the Japanese people. More
effect, at least, than books written by non-
Japanese. For here is one of their own people
pointing out the errors the Japanese and their
leaders have made — and not pointing them out
by hindsight, either, for Mr. Kato never was in
favor of the Pacific war. In recommending the
book for Japanese reading, one does not intend
to say that it is not good reading for Americans
tqo." Foster Hailey
4- N Y Times p6 O 13 '46 750w
New Yorker 22:135 O 19 '46 120w
"The long and short of it is that Kato's
book gives me the sharpest possible feeling
of a man writing one thing and thinking
another. There are just enough little slips,
it seems to me, to show this. But maybe
I'm quite wrong. I can't help wondering how
others will feel about the book." J. H. Jack-
son
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 23 '46
950w
"As the first Japanese version of the war
published in this country. 'The Lost War'
merits close scrutiny and careful considera-
tion. . . Most Japanese today, and Mr. Kato is
no exception, consider themselves to have been
'pro-American' right along. The book's jacket
blurb states that Mr. Kato's record will be in-
valuable to any one interested in what we now
face in Japan. That is true because he so
perfectly adheres to what has become a condi-
tioned attitude of Japanese intellectuals and
professional men about the war. If one com-
pletely accepted the author's interpretation of
the events which precipitated Pearl Harbor it
would appear that nobody in Japan (nor the
Japanese abroad) knew about the planned at-
tack on the United States. . . Mr. Kato, who
wrote straightforward dispatches from Wash-
ington which were misleading before the war
and then wrote misleading dispatches from
Tokyo during the war, feels no responsibility.
And neither do the mass of the Japanese
people." R. E. Lauterbach
Weekly Book Review p8 O 13 '46 950w
440
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KAUB, VERNE PAUL. Collectivism challenges
Christianity. 249p $2 Free Methodist publish-
ing house, Winona lake, Ind.
335.4 Communism and religion 46-20685
"Presents the conviction of the author that
'human freedom Is rooted in traditional Chris-
tianity' and his belief that 'totalitarian col-
lectivism is freedom's greatest contemporary
foe.' " School & Society
"The affirmation contained in the title is the
thesis of the book — that collectivism does chal-
lenge Christianity. . . The author is especially
critical of Christians who deem themselves
social and economic liberals and oppose capital-
ism— Christian socialists and people like Kirby
Page, to whom a good deal or attention is
given. He appears to regard the profit system
of enterprise as essential to a Christian order
and, conversely, the general acceptance of
Christianity as essential to the proper working
of the profit system."
Christian Century 63:1345 N 6 '46 130w
School & Society 64:279 O 19 '46 40w
Social Studies 37:380 D '46 lOw
WIs Lib Bui 42-146 N '46
KAUFFMAN, HENRY J. Pennsylvania Dutch
American folk art [ed. by C. G. Holme]. 136p
pi $5.75 Studio
745 Art, Pennsylvania-German. Folk art
46-4839
Discussion devoted to the folk art of the
Pennsylvania Dutch, as introduced into
America in the early eighteen hundreds. This
craftsmanship was strongly influenced by their
ancestral home craft, and developed into a
distinct type of work when transported to this
country. "The purpose of this book is to
bring together a representative collection of
illustrative material not only as a record of
the work of the Pennsylvania Dutch but also
as a further source of inspiration to present
day American design and decoration. The au-
thor is of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry and is
a craftsman and collector in his own right."
(Publisher's note)
Booklist 43:97 D 1 '46
"Proofreading has been too casual in this
book, and in one case the author commits
an error in ascribing Romanesque influences to
a biblical scene on a stovepipe. In his bib-
liography there are some second-rate sources,
but in every other aspect this is a serious,
worthy and helpful volume." W. G. Dooley
_] NY Times p!4 O 13 '46 420w
"The rage for Pennsylvania-German folk
art is at its height, and this excellent general
book with its hundred plates of more than
twice that number of photographs, its draw-
Ings of characteristic motifs, its several val-
uable color reproductions, its brief but read-
able popular text, may fan the flame still
higher, if that is possible."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:269 D '46 140w
"Of all the things that have fascinated me
in my long years of collecting of Dutch iana
I miss very few here. I have not found
decorated Easter eggs, Christmas-tree orna-
ments, such as matzebaume and putzes, cut-
outs, watch cabinets, musical instruments,
silverware, fox horns and whetstone holders,
funnel cake tins and cheese moulds. All the
main items of household art are, however,
pictured here. Read this book if you would
have a quick and faithful introduction to the
interior decoration of the Pennsylvania Dutch."
Cornelius Weygandt
•f Weekly Book Review plO Je 23 '46
650w
KAUFMAN, WOLFE. I hate blondes. 181p |2
Simon & Schuster
46-3140
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 My 12 '46 160w
Klrkut 14:51 F 1 '46 90w
"There is swift action and plenty of It in this
first novel." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 Ap 28 '46 140w
"Despite luscious ladies, considerable romp-
ing 'round N. Y. suburbs and plot mixture of
high finance and feelthy pictures it doesn't
quite come off."
Sat R of Lit 24:59 Ap 20 '46 40w
"This tough item, emanating from the special
cosmos created by Dashiell Hammett and kept
going by Raymond Chandler is herewith rec-
ommended to all and sundry except those who
simply cannot stand that sort of thing and no
use trying." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 14 '46
270w
KAUTSKY, KARL JOHANN. Social democracy
versus communism; ed. by David Shub and
ftr. by] Joseph Shaplen; with an introd. by
Sidney Hook. 142p $2 Rand school
335.09 Socialism. Communism 46-4279
"This volume, comprising selections from the
writings of Karl Kautsky published in German
from 1932 to 1937, a year before his death
at the age of eighty- four, may be regarded,
as Professor Sidney Hook says in his provoca-
tive introduction, as the author's political
testament. 'Penned in exile, shortly before
his death, with an undimmed faith in the
ideals of democratic Socialism, they are the
distillation of a lifetime of wisdom on a sub-
ject of crucial importance to our era — the dif-
ference between Socialism and Communism.' "
Sat R of Lit
Foreign Affairs 25-1G2 O '46 20w
San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by M. R. Konvitz »
Sat R of Lit 29.9 Mr 2 '46 850w
KAVAN, ANNA, pseud. See Edmonds, H. W.
KAYSER, RONAL (DALE CLARK, pseud).
Red rods. 245p $2 Mesnner
46-8601;
Detective story.
"Gentle understatement is to say it is brutal
and below the belt."
— Klrkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 80w
"The story doesn't make much sense, but it
has plenty of violent action." Isaac Anderson
NY Times p!4 D 22 '46 120w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 8 '46
50 w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p42 D 8 '46 lOOw
KEAN, CHARLES JOHN, and KEAN, ELLEN
(TREE). Letters of Mr and Mrs Charles
Kean relating to their American tours, by
William G. B. Carson. 181p $2.50 Wash, univ,
Skinker & Ltndell sts, St Louis
B or 92 Actors — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-9596
A hundred years ago Charles Kean and his
wife, Ellen, were famous theatrical figures both
in England and America. The letters here pre-
sented were written mainly about their trips
in America, and their business arrangements,
etc. Many of the letters are from manuscripts
selected from the editor's collection, or from
that of the Missouri Historical society. Index.
Theatre Arts 30:191 Mr '46 280w
"Whatever these letters lack in historical
value is made up for by their unconscious hu-
mour. The more the reader bears in mind
that the younger Keans were theatrical per-
sonages of undoubted importance the funnier
their Insistence on their dignity becomes. An-
ecdotes about them may be suspect, but here
they betray their finer feelings in their own
words."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p622 D 29 '45
420w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p!2 O 7 '45 600w
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441
KEELER, MRS KATHERINE (SOUTHWICK).
Spring comes to Meadow brook farm ill. by
the author]. 39p $1.75 Nelson
46-25004
Text and pictures tell the story of the arrival
of spring on Farmer Allen's farm, and how it
affects the animals, the ducks, the chickens,
etc. First of four seasonal books. Ages six
to nine.
Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 150w
"Unpretentious pictures that are somehow
very effective and satisfying."
•f Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
"There are far more attractive baby animal
books already on the market, but these pic-
tures and the story that goes with them are
pleasant if uninspired."
Klrkus 14:67 F 1 '46 130w
"Charming drawings by the author combine
knowledge of animals and a sense of humor."
-f- N Y Times p!6 F 10 '46 90w
"This lively, pretty book, stirring with spring,
recalls the first train trip one takes after a
winter in the city, to find that something has
completely changed the face of the landscape."
M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 My 5 '46 ITOw
KEEN, RAY A. She shall have music. (Story
press bk) 318p $2.50 Lippincott
46-3589
Novel based on the life of an American ballet
dancer. Zina's ambition is to become a great
ballerina and she trains with a once famous
Russian dancer. Financial difficulties prompt
her to take a Job in a large corps de ballet, but
she still clings to her early dream. The story
is of her gradual working back to her original
ambition.
"A well developed story of the life of a
dancer, and her world of ballet, as she solves
the problem of the artist versus economics,
and recovers from a series of setbacks to live
up to her ideals. . . Direct, simple, and quite
real."
+ Kirkus 14:130 Mr 15 '46 150w
"The plot itself is all commonplace and unin-
spired. But the picture of a ballerina in the
making, the study of a once great Russian
dancer who now teaches, the intimate glimpse
into the lives of the girls who make up a corps
de ballet — these things give interest to Miss
Keen's book." Andrea Parke
-j NY Times p!4 Ap 28 '46 140w
"Miss Keen's translation [of lifej although it
is filled with soul-searing experiences, lacks
quality; her prose, although it is frequently
frenetic, is devoid of style. Mannerism is not
style, enthusiasm and vigor are not genius or
even talent. . . Raya Keen does, however, have
a certain talent for the soap-opera facts of
middle-class life. . . The Kmpire City theatre
atmosphere is excellent, but nowhere do you
get a genuine whiff of greasepaint." Leo Ler-
man
h Sat R of Lit 29:23 Jl 13 '46 550w
"This novel breaks new ground. In a vigor-
ous refreshing fashion. The author, a ballerina
of Russian parentage born and professionally
trained in this country, deals with the life and
world of an American dancer. She commands a
thorough knowledge of her subject, and she
brings to it a genuine talent for fiction. The
result is a book which, like the paintings of
Edgar Degas, takes one backstage. . . It is an
excellent story, and Miss Keen tells it with
vividness and dramatic skill at a quick pace."
Lloyd Morris
-f Weekly Book Review p4 My 6 '46 700w
KEESING. FELIX MAXWELL. Native peoples
of the Pacific world. (Pacific world ser) 144p
il maps $3 (15s) Macmillan
919 Islands of the Pacific 45-4872
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
and balanced presentation that characterize
Keesing's other reports. It is unfortunate that,
prior to the book's publication, Keesing had
not had any firsthand acquaintance with or
access to reliable reports of the native popu-
lations during the war. In many sections his
observations on recent developments are based
on premises no longer true, and in others the
total significance of the social revolution and
upheaval taking place in the Pacific is missed."
John Useem
-1 Am J Soc 51:491 Mr f46 950w
"The author does a splendid Job within the
limits of his assignment. One may question,
though, the wisdom of trying to cover so
diverse an area in one short book. Inevitably
there is great condensation and some confusion
as the discussion shifts rapidly from area to
area. Somewhat greater attention is given to
the more primitive peoples of Oceania than to
the advanced cultures of Java and the Philip-
pines. Detailed information on Malaysia, how-
ever, is available in the recent publications of
Raymond Kennedy, Bruno Lasker and Fay-
Cooper Cole. Some of the War Background
Studies of the Smithsonian Institution cover
other island groups, but no other book briefly
surveys the entire area of the tropical Pacific.
P. F. Cressey
-| Am Soc R 11:131 F '46 250w
"A thoroughly sound and practical introduc-
tion by a recognized authority."
+ Foreign Affairs 24:361 Ja '46 40w
"Learning and understanding we had a right
to expect; for Dr. Keesing has been historian,
economist, sociologist and educationalist, and
his specialized field-work has been done in
areas as widely separated as New Zealand,
Samoa and the Philippines. But, with such
a wealth of material at his disposal, compres-
sion might easily have resulted in dullness.
Nowhere has it done so. He has been par-
ticularly successful, too, in making his descrip-
tion one of strictly contemporary conditions.
Native, and non-native, ideas, institutions and
techniques are described in so far as they are
of importance to those now living. Some of
the most vigorous and satisfactory parts of
the book are those dealing with the impact of
Western cultures upon the Pacific peoples — the
account, for example, of the rise of nationalist
movements and of native cults." J. W. David-
son
-f- Pacific Affairs 19:119 Mr '46 900w
KEESOM, W. H. Helium 494p il $10 Rlsevier
bk. co, 215 4th av, N.Y. 3
546.29 Helium
"An account of all that is known about
helium. . . The author was a colleague and is
the principal successor of H. Kamerlingh Onnes
in the study of the low temperature properties
of helium. Their collaboration in experimenta-
tion in this field began some forty years ago,
shortly before Kamerlingh Onnes succeeded in
liquefying helium: thus the author has either
been a participant in or a close observer of all
the investigations on helium at the Kamerlingh
Onnes Laboratory at Leiden, and he is
thoroughly familiar with nearly all the related
work done in the few other laboratories which
have the necessary low temperature facilities."
Am Chem Soc J
"A very outstanding work." W. F. Giauque
4- Am Chem Soc J 68:1140 Je '46 460w
Library J 71-1052 Ag '46 90w
KEHOE, KARON. City in the sun. 269p $2.50
Dodd
46-11861
Story of a family of Japanese- Americans,
confined at the Marlcopa relocation center, and
what happened to them in that dreary place of
heat, dust, and insects.
"In some ways this handbook is a conden-
sation of Keesing's monograph. The South Seas
in the Modern World, published in 1942. . .
There is here the same high quality of style
Reviewed by Kay Harper
Book Week p4 Ja 5 "47 340w
Booklist 43:132 Ja 1 '47
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Ja 5 '47
250w
442
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KEHOE, KARON— Continued
"This is the first novel of a young writer.
It is a sensitive and honest job. . . 'City in
the Sun' is a good book; but it is 'surface'
writing. The degeneration of a healthy boy into
a petty thief and liar is explained almost
entirely in externals. The author is perhaps too
young to dig down into the raw roots of
emotions. To the credit of her book, however,
let it be said: it is not slick; it deals with the
real world." Millard !Lampell
_| -- Weekly Book Review plO N 24 '46 380w
KEHOE, WILLIAM JOHN. Straw wife. 224p
46-7277
Portrays a woman of thirty -five who had
wanted all her life to express herself, but had
followed the rules laid down by her elders
instead. Her marriage turned out to be another
failure, because of her husband's dominating
sister. The story is told with a background
of small town life.
Book Week p47 D 1 '46 230w
"A little odd, often and, written in monotone
— this is certainly not for the general market."
Kirkus 14:465 S 15 '46 140w
"Mr. Kehoe has treated his inflammatory
theme with confusion and awkwardness. . .
What is particularly curious about 'Straw Wife*
is that Mr, Kehoe seems to have written it in
perfect seriousness. At first one suspects him
of trying to inaugurate a technique of ironic
symbolism. But it does not take long to dis-
cover that the stuttering odds and ends passed
off as language, the absurd situations, the
consistent vagueness, are simply that and
nothing more." P. B.
— NY Times p!6 D 8 '46 330w
"It all works out alright at the end, thanks
to Mr. Kehoe' s string pulling. While he has
a genuine gift for writing, a sensitive feeling
for child characterization, his book is a distinct
disappointment. Minna is not only unbeliev-
able, but also dull and ridiculous." Rose Feld
h Weekly Book Review p44 N 24 '46 600w
KELLAND, CLARENCE BUDINGTON. Land
of the Torreones. 274p $2.60 Harper
46-3130
Adventure story which takes place in the
wilda of Arizona. Two rival expeditions, search-
ing for molybdenum, get mixed up with a band
of escaped Nazi war prisoners, are captured,
and then reassert themselves.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
+ Book Week pll F 3 '46 400w
Booklist 42:31$ Je 1 '46
"A well paced story replete with intrigue
and rivalry, and refreshingly free of the morbid
psychology which seems to be absorbing so
many contemporary novelists. True, its de-
nouement is not exactly unexpected."
•f Cath World 163:187 My '46 140w
K!rku« 13:545 D 15 '45 180w
"There is nothing wrong with serial stories
as such. Tales of love and adventure can be
stirring tales about credible characters. 'Land
of the Torreones' is not a stirring tale. Despite
a few modern trimmings, it is as hackneyed as
it is shallow. Its characters are the paper-thin
devices — lovely heroine and strong hero—of
every 'Western' and every serial that ever was
concocted." J. P. Wood
— Sat R of Lit 29:33 Mr 9 '46 600w
"Once again Clarence Budington Kelland has
given his readers an unusual and thrilling ad-
venture." B. H. Dexter
+ Springf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 480w
"When it comes to romances in the night-
club realm, which Mr. Kelland turns out from
time to time for relaxation, we check a little
of our enthusiasm with our hat, but when he
writes of the open spaces we throw the hat
in the air. . . His novels of the Southwest, of
which this is the latest, may have the flavor
of the frontier or they may be (as thia is) of
these days, but you can count on them to yield
sap and excitement." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p22 F 17 '46 250w
KELLER, MARTHA (MRS EDMUND ROW-
LAND). Brady's bend, and other ballads; 11.
by Edward Shenton. 142p $2.60 Rutgers univ.
press
811 U.S.— History—Poetry
"These ballads, collected under the title of
the first poem in the volume, sing the story of
Americans from their first bold settlements
west of the Alleghenies to their equally desper-
ate and glorious days at Corregidor. As might
be expected, such men as Washington, George
Rogers Clark of 'the ragtag bobtail riflemen/
Jackson 'a man as hot as whisky/ and Lincoln
'common as dirt and as all -rewarding/ appear
among Martha Keller's verses; but the charac-
ters best remembered are the Indian Fighter;
Mary Ken dig-, 'short . . . stout . . . homely as
a hen -bird, the dispossessed farmer whose
lament is entitled 'Foreclosure/ These people
speak the language of plain heroes and hero-
ines." N Y Times
"Martha Keller is a learned poet, well-read
and accomplished. Much of the book is not
in the folk manner. The more conventional
lyrics are sometimes as good as the ballads. . .
The poems are not all on the same level. Miss
Keller can write badly. 'Drum Music' is very
poor. . . Sometimes she overdoes alliteration or
indulges a rather annoying trick of half-pun,
half-echo. . . Taken all in all, [however],
Brady's Bend is indubitably an important
book." Robert Hillyer
H Atlantic 177:175 Je '46 360w
"Boisterous, sentimental, rowdy, delicate,
romantic, tender and patriotic — these are some
of the adjectives that a reading of Martha
Keller's poems prompts." Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week plO Ap 28 '46 300w
"With unerring instinct for words and a
skill with meter, she has evoked the feeling
of a people who, in the last 300 years, have
made a nation. As in the best of the ancient
ballads, there are romance and humor, wistful-
ness and courage, triumph and dark tragedy*
following close on one another in these modern
examples." Pearl Strachan
•f Christian Science Monitor pl4 Je 8 '46
250w
"Comely and vigorous [are] these ballads. . ,
In her verses about events since the Civil War,
Martha Keller is not always so successful,
being sometimes too studied, sometimes even
obscure. But her account of the sinking of the
Graf Spee equals any ballad in the book and
deserves a place among fine narratives of the
sea in English verse. No comment on this
handsome volume would be complete without a
tribute to Mr. Shenton's excellent illustra-
tions." W. E. Wilson
-| NY Times p28 Je 2 '46 300w
"A pattern of rather inflated words suggest-
ing no deeper meaning than the surface — hard
and glossy as that is — no deeper feeling than
the feeling that American pioneers were better
than their latter-day descendants." J. G.
Fletcher
-— Poetry 69:171 D '46 600w
"Here is poetry that speaks to the heart,
to the mind, and, with its spirited melody and
beautifully balanced rhythms, to the ear as
well. Miss Keller's ballads are as fine as any I
have had the good fortune to read. She is a
-worthy candidate for the ranks of the Bene"ts,
Kipling, Chesterton, and those anonymous
masters of the ballad form whose folk songs
come from the mountains and plains of rural
America." S. H. Hay
4- Sat R of Lit 30:28 Ja 18 '47 400w
KELLY, FRED CHARTERS. David Ross, mod-
ern pioneer. 182p 11 |3 Knopf
B or 92 Ross, David Edward 46-109
Biography of the Hooaier farm boy who be-
came a famous inventor. After his graduation
from Purdue in 1893 David Ross went back to
his father's farm, took over Its management,
and some years later embarked on his career
as an inventor. He made a fortune with his
inventions, most of which he used in develop-
ing Purdue university. Index.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
443
"A pedestrian, uninspired biography of inter-
est primarily to Purdue alumni."
— Kirkus 13:537 D 1 '45 140w
"Mr. Kelly's biography is entirely eulogistic.
No faults of character or personality, no hu-
man failings even, appear in his portrait of
the man who did so much to make Purdue
University and the Purdue Research Founda-
tion the great institutions that they are. But,
by writing in an unadorned, colloquial style
befitting his subject, the author has brought
him to life none the less." W. B. Wilson
-f N Y Times p27 Jl 14 '46 450w
"If the book had appeared before the holi-
days college presidents might have found it
a stimulating gift for their boards of trustees.
Dave Ross was not only a generous donor but
a working trustee on whom President Edward
C. Elliott counted heavily. The appeal of the
book is not limited, however, to those con-
cerned with university administration or with
Indiana. It is a pleasant introduction to a
homespun Hoosier whom most of us would
like to meet." W. G. Avirett
4- Weekly Book Review p35 Mr 31 '46
230w
KELSEN, HANS. General theory of law and
state; tr. by Anders Wedberg. 516p $6 Har-
vard univ. press [33s 6d Oxford]
340.1 Law— Philosophy. State, The A45-4443
"This volume brings together several of Pro-
fessor Kelsen's most distinguished contributions
on the pure theory of law, his general theory
of the state, and his theory of international
law. The book has two main parts. The first
deals with the nature of law and Justice, and
the fundamental concepts of a static as well
as a dynamic theory of law. . . The second part
of the book, entitled The State, deals with the
law and the state, which are more or less in-
terchangeable, the elements of the state, the
so-called separation of powers, the forms of
government — democracy and autocracy, the
forms of organization, centralization and decen-
tralization, and, lastly, the important subject
of national and international law, which are
not two separate compartments but, in the
author's opinion, two branches of the same
law. The Appendix, translated by Wolfgang
Herbert Kraus, consists of an analysis of the
natural law doctrine as opposed to legal posi-
tivism." U 8 Quarterly Bkl
"This volume is indispensable to every teach-
er and student of legal and political theory.
By making Dr. Kelsen's systematic doctrines
available in English, the Harvard University
Press has done an important service to these
groups and to many other thoughtful readers."
M. E. Oatman
-}- Am Pol Scl R 40:131 F '46 750w
"Even in his narrowly limited objective, Kel-
sen is not wholly successful. If he is to enable
us to describe accurately any system of posi-
tive law, the Jurist must be rigidly consistent
in his own language, and must supply us with
an unambiguous terminology. This Kelsen fails
to do. . . This defect of expression, disappoint-
in* as it is, cannot obscure the magnificent
rigor of Kelsen'a thought. Few readers of the
international literature of Jurisprudence would
deny him the title of great Ju-ist. But this does
not mean that his pure science is a totally
satisfying approach, or even the most useful
approach, to law." P. E. Corbett
Ann Am Acad 244:202 Mr '46 460w
"Publication of [this book] makes available
in English, for the first time, an extended
and systematic formulation of Kelsen's vastly
influential 'pure theory of law/ The English
style makes rather heavy going for four
hundred and fifty tightly packed pages, but
it would doubtless be impossible to state the
essentials of Kelsen's uncompromisingly posi-
tivistic system in terms suitable for armchair
reading. . . In his 'pure theory of law' Kelsen
has beyond question provided a pattern of
critical analysis which can profitably be applied
to the doctrinal and institutional bases of any
legal order." H. W. Jones
+ Columbia Law R 46:685 Jl '46 1150w
Foreign Affair* 24:744 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by Paul Sayre
Harvard Law R 59:1184 S '46 3450w
"This book offers the most integrated and
best articulated theory of law produced in the
last fifty years in jurisprudence. It is a
systematic presentation of a point of view
developed over a lifetime of thinking and writ-
ing on the problems of Jurisprudence. For this
reason alone, apart from either agreement or
disagreement and apart from the many special
and valuable Insights of the author, the book
merits close attention from every student of
social philosophy." E. N. Garlan
-f J Philos 43:712 D 19 '46 4000w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 1:38 D '45 360w
KELSEY, VERA. Whisper murder! 255p $2
D°Ubl6day 46-2493
Detective story.
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
"Fast and furious, but a bit Jumpy."
Kirkus 14:9 Ja '46 90w
"The denouement and some of the events
leading up to it are, to say the least, highly
improbable." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p22 Mr 24 '46 180w
"Small -town background ably handled,
crimes capably solved, ample action and quit~
a few surprises."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46
140w
KELWAY, PHYLLIS. Otter book; II. by Arnrld
Johnston; phot, by the author. 144p $1.50 Col-
lins
Otters — Legends and stories
An English naturalist's story of her rescue
of an otter cub, and their friendship which
lasted over a year. The book is illustrated with
photographs, and black and white drawings.
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
"Charmingly written, sympathetic record of
the 'flickering fellowship* that exists between
animals and men. . . Beautiful full-page photo-
graphs of animals, taken by the author, and
black and white drawings by Arnrid Johnston."
+ Bookmark 7:7 My '46
KEMP, LYSANDER. Northern stranger
[poems] . 77p $2 Random house
811 46-5780
First book of poems by a young American,
written while he was on duty with the United
States army in Panama, Ecuador, and Puerto
Rico.
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
80w
"He is not In the least merely an army poet.
He is a sensitive writer with an almost pho-
tographic eye, and he gives us occasional
memorable lines. . . He brings nothing very
new in thought, by field or flood or foreign
clime, but he brings vivid pictures, and spare
honesty in such a poem as 'After.' This is a
good first book." W. R. Benet
-f Sat R of Lit 29:21 Ag 31 '46 200w
"This poetry has curious affinities with the
prose of Chekhov. It is equally straightfor-
ward. It presents things seen, generally with-
out comment, from the point of view of a wit-
ness who craves Justice, but who makes no
move to secure it beyond simple candor. It is
undramatic, and above all,- it breathes a hu-
manity, a sorrowful Indignation, that is warm,
deep and contagious." Babette Deutsch
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 21 '46 1200w
KENDALL, CAROL. Black seven. 276p $2
*"»* 46-15770
Detective story.
"Hard to swallow."
Klrkua 14:51 F 1 '46 70w
444
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KENDALL, CAROL— Continued
4 'This is Carol Kendall's first published book.
She shows a talent for amusing: ribaldry and
sound, though somewhat sketchy, mystery plot-
ting/' Isaac Anderson
-f __ N Y Times p34 Ap 28 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 24:69 Ap 20 '46 40w
"Strangely enough in a story obviously de-
signed for merriment, the author goes in for
offensive details and some expressions that
should have been blue-pencilled." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
140w
KENDALL, MESSMORE. Never let weather
interfere. 423p $3.75 Farrar, Straus
B or 92 46-8072
The story of his life by an American whose
varied career has included the practice of law,
development of copper mines, publishing books,
building a theater, helping in the reclamation
of a colonial church, and service in World war
I. The great and near- great have been his
friends, and anecdotes of his friendships fill his
pages. Index.
"The style of the book is that of pleasant
and cultivated after-dinner conversation. The
story benefits in the telling by the cir-
cumstance that it is addressed by the author
to his son, a circumstance conducive to a
delicate blending of discretion and frankness."
Wendell Johnson
+ Book Week p24 D 1 '46 450w
"Loquacious, lingering, this is the record of
a man who enjoyed what he did, and did what
he wanted, with a digit in many doings.
Friendly."
-|- Kirkus 14:337 Jl 15 '46 170w
" 'Never Let Weather Interfere' bubbles with
enthusiasm for living and it is not until the
end, when his cherished and self-built Wash-
ington Hall has been set down beside the
Nudist Village at the World's Fair, that his
humor deserts him. . . When a Joke is turned
against him, he tells it anyway, and when
situations amuse him, he tells about them in
friendly, anecdotal form. The brooding style
at the end is unfortunate, for the young man
who almost fell victim to a Montana snowstorm
never could permanently wear an Apleyesque
powdered wig. The weather will clear for the
sequel." Lewis Robbins
^ NY Times p48 N 24 '46 950w
Reviewed by Edith James
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 D 15 '46
250w
"A prodigy in his youth, invincible in his
maturity, Mr. Kendall is a dash smug and
stuffy when, in his seventies and entrenched
in George Washington's erstwhile headquarters
at Dobtrs Ferry, he sits down to reflect on his
coups and triumphs in law, finance, the
theater, Journalism, the publishing field. . . Mr.
Kendall's life reads like a succession of Bur-
ton Holmes' s travelogs, with overtones of
Horatio Alger, Johnny Appleseed and the late
Andrew Mellon, as we follow him over the
Andes, through a Montana blizzard, a Chicago
fire, the hafia of the Senate, the home of
Somerset Maugham, the Florida Keys, the Rue
Balzac, Coleman du Pont, two heirs of George
Washington and double magnums of Veuve
Cliquot." Richard Maney
— Weekly Book Review p30 N 24 '46
900w
KENDON, FRANK. The time piece; a poem.
Tip $1.75 Macmillan [5s Cambridge]
821 46-2142
A Journal In verse, describing this English
poet's year-round observations on country
scenes and the drama of the seasons.
Reviewed by G. W. Stonier
New Statesman 6. Nation 31:51 Ja 19
'46 180w
"Frank Kendon, of 'The Time Piece,' in his
love of earthly English things and his half-
lyrical narrative, could be called in a sense a
modern Wordsworth." W. R. Ben£t
+ Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 180w
"Mr. Kendon's muse only fires on one husky
cylinder. The trouble is that when for a mo-
ment you think he is going to rise above this
level, as in the description of a walk by moon-
light, he is too timid to give the full experi-
ence. I must confess that I find his version
of Nature too pleasant, beneficent and pretty
to be convincing." Sheila Shannon
Spec 176:330 Mr 29 '46 170w
Times [London] Lit Sup p620 D 29 '45
120w
KENNEDY, RAYMOND. Bibliography of In-
donesian peoples and cultures [ed. by
Cornelius Osgood and Irving Rouse] pub. for
the Dept. of anthropology, Yale university.
(Yale anthropological studies) 212p maps pa
$2.50 Yale univ. press [12s 6d Oxford]
016.672 Ethnology — East Indies — Bibliog-
raphy. Civilization, Indonesian — Bibliog-
raphy A46-691
"A lengthy listing of literature in the fields
of sociology, ethnography, archeology, linguis-
tics, geography, colonial administration, educa-
tion, economics and history dealing with the
peoples and cultures of Indonesia. Standard
references on geology, botany, zoology and
kindred subjects have also been listed because
of the bearing they have on the human and
cultural scene. The scheme of classification is
according to islands or island graups and with-
in these by tribes and tribal combinations."
Am Soc R
Those who enjoy sauntering through the
English countryside and the seasons of the
year will find in Mr. Kendon a sensitively ob-
servant companion. . . The note is lyrical and
reflective; seldom, if ever, impassioned." H.
I' A. Fausset
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 9 '46 120w
Am Soc R 11:377 Je '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:756 Jl '46 20w
KENNEDY, STETSON. Southern exposure.
372p il $3 Doubleday
975 South. U.S.— Race question 46-7842
"Stetson Kennedy, himself a Southerner, be-
lieves that predatory capitalism is the historic
and present cause of the South's racial
dilemma, its adherence to the doctrine of 'white
supremacy,' its economic beggary and its
political hollowness. In 'Southern Exposure/
after essaying to prove his thesis, he recom-
mends as cure a strong, bi -racial union move-
ment, an intensification of Federal legislative
concern with the South, and the discarding of
any leadership, Northern or Southern, which
does not advocate immediate and total racial
equality." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by E. R. Embree
Book Week p6 N 24 '46 400w
Kirkus 14:369 Ag 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by Ellis Arnall
New Repub 115:828 D 16 '46 500w
Reviewed by Jonathan Daniels
N Y Times p!6 N 24 '46 800w
"To anyone who has paid attention to what
is being said, written, and done by certain
Americans below the Mason and Dixon line,
there is little new information in the book,
but the quantity of ignorant hate, hypocrisy,
and violence Mr. Kennedy discovered is
staggering."
-f- New Yorker 22:127 N 2 '46 120w
"The middle of 'Southern Exposure' is its
best — the section dealing with the specific type
of violence and agent of violence with which
the South is infected. He obviously knows
whereof he writes; a terrible kind of convic-
tion gleams from his recitals of brutal murders
of Negroes, castrations of labor leaders, grim
mistreatment of Jews and others who fall vic-
tim to well-heeled, well -organized Southern
interest. . . Mr. Kennedy's first section, a
generalization of facts and history of the
'Squalid south,' is good enough, presented in
free-swinging, Journalistic style, with a few
too many statistics. The closing part, 'The
Road Ahead,' is provocative in another fashion.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
445
Though its conclusion can be regarded by some
liberals as rather moderate, in its presentation
it seems more doctrinaire than persuasive.
Often Mr. Kennedy over-simplifies; he works
upon the converted rather than the uncon-
verted. Southern liberals are certain to dis-
agree among themselves about it; and out of
that additional heat, too. may come a measure
of further enlightenment." H. T. Kane
Sat R of Lit 29:14 N 30 '46 800w
"By its very intensity, its failure to detect
suitable graduations between black and white
or to see any brighter colors in the dawn,
'Southern Exposure* will repel the growing
group of self -examining Southerners which it
should strive hardest to convince. Here is a
bitter, searching, though sometimes naive and
historically awry, survey of the South's ills,
containing much that could be read with the
most profit by Mr. Kennedy's own people. Yet
a majority of these will probably discard it
angrily." Hodding Carter
Weekly Book Review p6 O 27 '46
1400W
KEN YON REVIEW (periodical). Gerard Man-
ley Hopkins, by the Kenyon critics. (Makers
of modern literature) 144p $2 New directions
B or 92 Hopkins, Gerard Manley A46-2862
"All but two of the eight essays in this vol-
ume were first published in the Hopkins cen-
tennial number (1944) of the Kenyon Review.
A close scrutiny, by scholars and poets, of the
biographical and textual problems in Hopkins."
New Yorker
"As an introduction to the poetry of Hop-
kins this book cannot be too highly recom-
mended. It possesses the scholarship and in-
sight which recent biographical studies of the
poet have lacked." JU K.
-f Book Week p2 F 3 '46 220w
"A Kenyon critic, not included here, has
sagely written that the taproot of great poetry
is faith, that great belief has the power to
invigorate and beautify expression. This vol-
ume, in the main, informally expounds that
thesis " Margaret Meagher
-f Cath World 163:181 My '46 650w
Commonweal 44*20 Ap 19 '46 210w
Reviewed by Delmore Schwartz
Nation 162:347 Mr 23 '46 1900w
New Yorker 22:90 F 23 '46 50w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:171 S '46 210w
"Admirable as this book is in many ways,
it does little to dispel the general ignorance
about Hopkins, the Jesuit poet who worked in
painful obscurity toward the close of the last
century and found limited recognition only
some thirty years after his death. . . It Is
all the more unfortunate that practically every
book about him, including the one under re-
view, should be framed for readers who are
somewhat familiar with Hopkins already and
whose interest in him is that of poets and
scholars. If there is still need for a book that
will make this master available to his potential
audience, this little volume will prove stimulat-
ing to the specialist." Babette Deutsch
H Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 17 '46
1150w
"In the book before us, the newcomer to
Hopkins's work is going to find skilled assist-
ance in qualifying the uncritical enthusiasm
or revulsion which usually accompanies first
readings of this poet." Maynard Mack
•f Yale R n s 35:539 spring '46 1400w
KERILLIS, HENRI DE. I accuse De Gaulle;
tr. from the French by Harold Rosenberg.
270p $2.75 Harcourt
944.08 Gaulle, Charles Andre" Joseph Marie
de. France — Politics and government
46-2229
"Of what? Of the ambition to become a
dictator, of subordinating the Free French
military campaign to his political career, of
surrounding himself with Cagoulards (not the
first time this charge has been made), of
terror methods within the Free French move-
ment during the war. of trying to split the
Allies and create distrust of the United States,
of a great deal more. M. de Kerillis, in exile
here since 1940, was for some years a fervent
de Gaullist. He is a man of politics, but hi*
book hasn't the sound of irresponsible invec-
tive." (New Yorker) Index.
Reviewed by C. A. Micaud
Ann Am Acad 247:194 S '46 550w
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week pl2 Mr 24 '46 500w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
"His book is written primarily for French-
men, and it is up to them to answer it. Cer-
tainly, it cannot be all brushed aside. Some
of his charges at least are well-documented. . .
On the other hand, M. De Kerillis is a violent
as well as vigorous writer, and an impulsive
man, and certainly the very violence of his
accusations make him suspect, at least of ex-
aggeration. However, the true story of De
Gaulle and De Gaullism still has to be writ-
ten, and this book will certainly have to be
taken into account in the writing of it."
G. M. A. G.
Canadian Forum 26:141 S '46 280w
"M. de Kerillis is a trained journalist who
presents his case with persuasive clarity."
Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '46
130w
"Despite the serious evidence 'for the
prosecution,' quoted in M. de Kerillis's book,
judgment on de Gaulle's motives and actions
must be withheld until the General has had
a chance to reply." B. S. P.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 Mr 21
'46 700W
Current Hist 10:444 My '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 24:750 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:146 Mr 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by Albert Qu^rard
Nation 162:438 Ap 13 '46 1450w
New Yorker 22:98 Mr 23 '46 180w
"I Accuse de Gaulle is a necessary corrective
for the inspirational type of writing turned
out during the war. But, in its way, it is as
undiscrimmating in its choice of facts and as
prejudiced in its interpretation of them." Ellen
Hammer
Pol Sci Q 61:294 Je '46 850w
"The book has the bitterness of a man who
has accepted a leader and then found him
wanting, but its not merely an angry tirade
against De Gaulle. It is a carefully docu-
mented historical study, and throws much light
from hitherto unpublished documents on the
reasons for the attitude of Roosevelt and
Churchill toward the leader of the Free
French." H. W. Marr
4- Springf'd Republican pid Ap 21 '46
450w
"M. De Kerillis has not the elevation of
thought, feeling or style to execute the task he
has here set himself. Now that Charles de
Gaulle is sulking in his tent it may be thought
opportune to publish a translation of this book,
which has circulated clandestinely for some
time in France; but neither at this time nor
at any other moment will a work of the kind
carry conviction unless it is struck off in the
white heat of a passionate indignation based
upon irrefutable facts. . . This is a pity, be-
cause there is some serious historical evidence
brought forward in the book." Vincent Sheean
h Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 31 '46
1350w
Discussion by Vincent Sheean
Weekly Book Review p26 My 12 '46
900w
KERR, MRS LAURA (NOVAK). Doctor Eliza-
beth; 11. by Alice Carsey. 209p $2.50 Nelson
B or 92 Blackwell, Elizabeth — Juvenile
literature 46-1687
Biography of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910),
the first woman to enter the medical profes-
sion in modern times. For young readers.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book W$<5k p!9 Mr 31 '46 190w
446
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KERR, L. N.— Continued
Booklist 42:230 Mr 16 '46
"A stimulating biography for younger girls
than those reading Rachel Baker's The First
Woman Doctor." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:212 My '46 90w
Kirkus 14:73 F 1 '46 180w
"The author's trick of describing scenes and
conversations as though she had been behind
the door is trying, but she has made a good
choice of material, and the story of how Eliza-
beth Blackwell carried out her resolution to
become a practicing physician could hardly fail
to be inspiring." A. T. Baton
+ __ ft Y Times p!6 F 10 '46 HOw
"Slight and for younger readers than was
Rachel Baker's 'The First Woman Doctor/
published by Messner several years ago, this
may well serve as an introduction to more
substantial biographies of women doctors and
nurses." M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 17 '46
HOw
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 23 '46 320w
KERR, SOPHIE (MRS UNDERWOOD). Love
story incidental. 245p $2 Rinehart
46-3291
"Ann Ltinton goes to Hollywood for a reunion
with her movie-actor father, whom she hasn't
seen since she was 4. Ann s mother divorced
the charmer because he was allergic to work;
but when he skyrockets to fame. Ann writes
him and his invitation follows. Follows, too, her
disillusionment with papa and movieland. Her
morale lifter is nice David Stake, who helps
her understand a lot of things — including what
happens to her heart." N Y Times
"Flimsy, feminine fare."
— Kirkus 14:111 Mr 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Anne Richards
N Y Times p20 My 12 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p40 My 19 '46
ISOw
KERSH, GERALD. Night and the city; a novel.
372p $2.50 Simon & Schuster
46-2642
"This novel of the London underworld has
something of the realism of a Hogarth picture
and the satire of a Swift. Pimps, prostitutes,
panderers, petty crooks and odd characters
move about in low joints and night clubs,
fleecing and being fleeced by each other."
Library J
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p!6 Ap 7 '46 360w
"A story told in successive shots — vivid, au-
thentic— and almost unrelievedly unpleasant
but convincing realism."
Kirkus 14:24 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Good study of the types, but the almost un-
relieved sordidness of the background will
make the book a questionable purchase for
many libraries." G. W. Hill
Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Raynes Hoffanstall
New Statesman & Nation 32:424 D 7
'46 600w
"The city of Mr. Kersh's title is pre-war
London, and the people of his story are the
sorry little people who make up the underworld
of a big city — prostitutes, pimps, waiters and
bartenders in clip- joint*, gamblers, promoters,
peddlers and night-club hostesses. It is cer-
tainly the best novel of this kind since John T.
Mclntyre's magnificent 'Steps Going Down,'
which was about the underworld of Philadel-
phia. Philadelphia, London, or New York, how-
ever, the underworld is the underworld." Rus-
sell Maloney
-I- N Y Time* p3 Ap 7 '46 700w
"Although the author may not have intended
to Point a moral, you get the not entirely de-
moded idea that if death is not always the
wages of sin, it IB inevitably the price of being
in the wrong racket at the wrong time. Thi»
ugly but effective bit of low life was written
before Mr. Kersh's extremely interesting 'Ser-
geant Nelson of the Guards.' "
New Yorker 22:110 Ap 6 '46 120w
"One thing I have learned from this novel
is that Mr. Kersh is a good writer. This la
probably no news to those who have read his
work before — there have been three or four other
books. I believe— but Mr. Kersh is new to me.
and the Impact of his keen and crafty writing
is a gratifying experience. He has the gift of
words, for turning them into fresh arrange-
ments for their best use." N. L. Rothman
-f Sat R Of Lit 29:16 Mr 30 '46 650w
Reviewed by P. A. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46
180w
"When Mr. Kersh sticks to his sinners he
does astonishingly well: he describes them
with awful lucidity, dirt and everything, and
does an equally good job of delineating the
vices that enslave them. . . One has the definite
impression that this author thoroughly knows
the scene which he describes and that it appalls
him — as it does his readers." Iris Barry
-f Weekly Book Review pl2 Ap 14 '46
700w
KERSH. QERALD. Weak and the strong. 209p
$2.50 Simon & Schuster [7s 6d Heinemann]
46-7278
A group of people from a resort hotel, pre-
sumably somewhere in the Caribbean, go on
a trip into some volcanic caves. A sudden land-
slide closes the company into the cave. During
the hours while they are supposedly facing
death the true characters of the members of
the group are brought out. *
"The story moves along at a comfortable
pace, the characters are always amusing, and
the authentic bathos, which at its best has a
classic quality, gives a distinctive flavor to this
post-seasonal hammock reading." Jex Martin
4- Book Week p!3 O 27 '46 400w
"A bitter picture of sordid humanity at its
worst, done with Kersh's incredibly vivid
screen flash method."
Kirkus 14:310 Jl 1 '46 240w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 O 5 '46 150w
Reviewed by John Farrelly
New Repub 115:741 D 2 '46 300w
"The bare story situation is more exciting
than the actual telling. The characters are
pretty much stock, slick magazine jobs with
little of the breath of life in them. When Mr.
Kersh takes us off his mythical island and
tells of the naturalist's experience with a na-
tive tribe, it becomes for that section an en-
joyable and interesting tale. But he has not
on the whole realized the possibilities of the
usually reliable device of a conglomerate group
of people suddenly isolated and threatened
with death — and the total result, even as a
slick job, is disappointing." Theodore Pratt
_ 4. N Y Times p32 O 27 '46 230w
"A weak mixture of cynicism and senti-
mentality which fails to meet even the
standards of good melodrama." Arthur Foff
— San Francisco Chronicle pll D 8 '46
250w
"Mr. Kersh's 'Faces in a Dusty Picture'
belongs to the very first rank of World War
II writing. In this country his novel 'Night and
the City* has won him a considerable reputa-
tion. Admirers of his talent had a right to
expect even greater efforts. His present book
will come as a shocking disappointment to
them. It is not only a failure, but its plan and
what becomes visible of its design are so much
below the level of the author's earlier ac-
complishments that this reviewer for one is
still wondering whether the whole affair is not
intended as a satire on pseudo- philosophical
sentimental fiction writing." Robert Pitkin
— Sat R of Lit 29:60 D 7 '46 400w
"Author Kersh— who worked as baker,
bouncer, wrestler and Coldstream Guardsman
before he became known as a novelist— is at
his lively beat when be la wallowing in gore,
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at his worst when he tries to raise the level
of his thriller by expatiating on Man, Life and
The Eternal. Those who believe . . . that Au-
thor Kersh is 'one of England's foremost young
writers/ or even those who considered him a
man after Hemingway's heart, will find their
faith severely shaken by The Weak and the
Strong."
Time 48:116 N 4 '46 390w
"Some of the stories are imaginative, some
commonplace, but the effect of all is enhanced
by Mr. Kersh' s adroit handling. The drama of
the past is kept deftly in touch with that of
the present, there are some agreeable if tem-
porary changes of heart, and the author com-
mands at times an effective pathos."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p485 O 13 '46
360w
" 'The Weak and the Strong,' though not
exactly breath-taking, nevertheless sustains in-
terest and human curiosity." Kenneth Fearing
Weekly Book Review pl6 O 27 '46 660w
KESTEN, HERMANN, ed. Blue flower [best
stories of the romanticists] 11. by Z. Czer-
manski. 674p $5 Roy pubs.
Short stories— Collections 46-8191
The blue flower was the flower of fortune
and the symbol of the romantic period in mod-
ern literature. The short stories in this anthol-
ogy represent that period in eleven countries:
France, England, Austria, Switzerland, Russia,
Poland, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Spain,
America. Contains brief biographies of au-
thors.
her against a background of the civil wars
of her early childhood, the Inquisition, and
the discovery of America, and follows through
to her old age and death. Mr. Kesten is no
great admirer of his remarkable heroine; he
presents her as a strong-minded, implacably
good woman whose tireless Christian zeal re-
duced the earthly paradise of Spain to a desert,
ruined its industry, destroyed its commerce, and
exalted man's tyranny over man." New Yorker
"Entertaining omnibus. . . I expected to get
just a whiff of mothballs when I opened it,
but I am impressed, instead, with the fresh-
ness and vitality of most of these veterans,
both the characters themselves and the whole
illuminating1 complex of time and place in
which each conies to life: 'Worlds' that are
sometimes worlds apart, but all made part of
our bravely imagined one world by the power
of great writing." George Dillon
+ Book Week p5 D 22 '46 320w
"Many of the selections come from names —
and countries — whose literature we know too
little. The juxta- position of this fresh material
with familiar works gives the whole a special
significance for students. Brief biographies of
the authors appear at the end."
4- Kirkus 14:434 S 1 '46 230w
"Here again is the example of the superior
anthology as a pointer to what has been neg-
lected in one's reading, and particularly in
the British section, a reminder that one too
often studies the romantic poets at the expense
of the story-tellers. For the most one notices
how narrative, non -dramatic, and un tricky the
short story was at that period of its develop-
ment, how pleasant to muse over, how often
near the fairy tale and the intimate Journal."
E. V. Winebaum
-f N Y Times p42 D 1 '46 360w
"Mr. Kesten has shown taste and imagina-
tion in assembling a collection of tales that
were as familiar as daily bread to the literate
of half a century ago but are probably little
known to our generation."
•f New Yorker 22:142 N 30 '46 70w
Reviewed by A. Foff
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 1 '46
lOOw
"The forty- five stories he presents to you
in this collection are full of that deep and
lasting delight emanating from jewels out of
the treasure chest of world literature." P. C.
Weiskopf
•f Sat R of Lit 29:14 D 14 '46 650w
Weekly Book Review p60 D 1 '46 80w
KESTEN, I HERMANN. Ferdinand and Isabella;
a novel. 373p $3 Wyn
Ferdinand V, king of Spain— Fiction. Isa-
bel I, queen of Spain — Fiction 46-11819
"A [biographical novel] of Isabella (and,
rather incidentally, of her King) that presents
Reviewed by Paul Bixler
Book Week p2 N 17 '46 270w
Booklist 43:117 D 15 '46
"The author of The Twins of Nuremburg
meticulously recasts past history, omitting no
detail of religious, political, personal interpreta-
tion, in a lengthy nationalization. Historians
may quarrel with his interpretation; his de-
tails seem soundly based on scholarship."
Kirkus 14:399 Ag 15 '46 190w
"Arrangement of the material in episodes
lends itself to an irregularity of style and an
unfortunately weak climax but lovers of his-
tory will be much interested. Recommended."
Katharine Shorey
H Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 90w
"Seven years ago I reviewed in these columns
Hermann Kes ten's novel 'The Children of
Guernica,' the book with which that author
introduced himself to the American reading
public. 'Ferdinand and Isabella* testifies once
more to the freshness and originality of his
talent." Klaus Mann
-f- Nation 164:51 Ja 11 '47 500w
Reviewed by Franz Schoenberner
N Y Times p20 N 24 '46 900w
New Yorker 22:124 N 2 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Leo Lerman
Sat R of Lit 29:12 N 30 '46 HOOw
"A richly endowed but in some ways dis-
appointing- book. The blending of fact and
fancy is always a dangerous procedure, despite
its obvious fascination. When marshaled to
flt a thesis or win an argument, facts lose
their shape. When the great dead of history
are resurrected in a book and given imaginary
thought and feelings they lose the reality they
had in first-hand accounts and become, no
matter how interesting, the hybrid creatures
of one man's imagination. . . Mr. Kesten has
obviously studied European history with metic-
ulous care, and in the mass of detail with
which his story abounds he evokes an absorb-
ing parallel between the period of Isabella's
reign and our own, alike in their relentless
abuse of human rights and liberty. But the
book is neither warm with the breath of
creation nor cold from the steel of truth."
Virgilia Peterson
-f. _ weekly Book Review p!6 O 27 '46 850w
"Hermann Kesten is a distinguished German
literary exile. His Ferdinand and Isabella is
an impressive historical novel, imaginative and
dramatic, but serious and scholarly. It is ar-
resting1 as fiction, but it is also an interpreta-
tion of history. With the melancholy insight of
a German scholar who has observed and under-
stood contemporary history, Mr. Kesten has
made this book a commentary on certain
trends which appear in all history." Orville
Prescott
-f- Yale R n s 36:382 winter '47 230w
KESTEN, HERMANN. Twins of Nuremberg
[tr. from the German by A. St James and
E. B. Ash ton]. 616p $3 Fischer, L.B.
46-4717
A story of Germany and Europe from 1918
to 1945. The "twins of Nuremberg" are in
fact two sets of twins, first the sisters Primula
L,ust and Ultima (Aunt Uli), and later Pri-
mula's twin sons, Caesar and Alexander. In
each generation the twins are symbolic figures
of the good and evil in German history.
"A novel about Germany and Germans in
exile between the world wars, this is a strange,
neurotic and bitter book. It is compounded
almost maddeningly of the crassest realism
and the most arbitrary symbolism. The
448
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KESTEN. HERMANN— Continued
strange characters in spite of their strangeness
are only types. . . The plot is incredible." D.
M. Weil
— Book Week p5 My 26 '46 450w
Kirkus 14:20 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Novel contains many moving scenes, but
lacks somehow deeper reality. Recommended for
libraries with representative collections of Eu-
ropean fiction." P. E. Hirsch
Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Franz Schoenberner
New Repub 114:841 Je 10 '46 900w
"The author is more than a story-teller.
So artfully does he pit the Nazi against the
anti-Nazi that he makes the reader feel that
perhaps it is true that 'nature is mad.' It is
here that the plots of the book become pro-
found and reach far beyond the mere prob-
lem of Germany. Good and Evil seem inex-
tricably tied together, and we are on sadly
familiar ground when Mr. Kesten shows once
more how much blood had to be spilled in a
new attempt to separate the eternal Siamese
Twins." Konrad Heiden
^ NY Times p5 My 12 '46 700w
"A long, extremely interesting work, which
would have been more successful if Herr
Kesten had made up his mind at the outset
exactly what kind of novel he intended to
write."
H New Yorker 22:106 My 18 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 18 '46
400w
"Irony alternates with tenderness, and pathos
with glassy soberness. It is not always easy
reading, but the discriminating and thoughtful
reader will be richly rewarded." F. C. Weis-
kopf
-1- Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 11 '46 1150w
"If the novel as a whole moves erratically
through unhappiness into desperation over alle-
gorical seas, each of its twenty-four chapters,
taken by itself and in varying degree, displays
the equipment of a novelist of the first rank.
Wit and irony, humor and compassion lift the
story along its way. That which we call the
spirit still lives. Indeed, as the story goes, it is
of the order of the great picaresque novels, full
of journeys, of episodes, escapades, adventures,
of all sorts of characters, with the full comple-
ment of rogues and rascals and every girl in
her humor. And if it is sicker at heart than
the familiar classics of this order, perhaps they
too in their day were sicker at heart than we
realize — although certainly not as desperately
so as here." F. T. Marsh
Weekly Book Review p4 My 12 '46 800w
KESTEN, PAUL W.f and others, eds. Radio
alphabet. See Columbia broadcasting system
KHATCHATRIAN2, I. Armenian folk tales;
Russian version; tr. by N. W. Orloff; il. by
Martyros Saryan. 141p $2 Colonial house pubs,
1049 E. Chelton av, Philadelphia 38
398.2 Folklore, Armenian
Translations of sixteen Armenian folk tales
for ages eight to twelve. "The stories in this
volume are genuine folk tales. The geography,
place and personal names, the currency, eco-
nomic conditions, social values and customs,
domestic relations, general outlook and atti-
tudes, moral standards and religious beliefs
and practices in these stories all point to their
genuineness as Armenian folk tales." (In trod)
"Translated by N. Orloff, these 16 tales have
the lure of all authentic folk material and
the distinct flavor of Armenia imparted through
names, customs, currency, economic conditions,
manner of travel, and many personal and so-
cial values. . . The beautiful illustrations by
the 'dean of Soviet painters' give minute details
of costume and setting and catch all the
mystery, romance, and spirit of amazement
which cling to all folk tales."
-f Book Week p!7 N 10 '46 150w
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
Kirkus 14:521 O 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by K. H. McAlarney
Library J 71:1809 D 15 '46 70w
"A land rich in folklore, its stories of magic
and humor combine universal appeal with an
extravagant inventiveness that most nearly
suggests the folk tales of Ireland. . . A sublety
which children may miss is the general under-
tone of realism which smiles at men's gullibility
and belittles his sense of self-importance.
Though poorly reproduced, the pictures carry
out the imaginative quality of the text." Nona
Balakian
-j NY Times p3 N 10 '46 lOOw
"Apart from impacts, economics and literary
revivals, the stories are excellent entertain-
ment, though double translation has somewhat
interfered with their style." M. L. Becker
-I Weekly Book Review p]0 Ja 26 '47
200w
K I ELL AND, AXEL. Dangerous honeymoon; tr.
from the Swedish text and the original Nor-
wegian manuscript by Carolyn Hannay, 277p
$2.50 Little [8s 6d Collins]
46-3945
"Fast moving story of how an American girl,
destitute in bombed Berlin, meets an influen-
tial Swede who volunteers to take her out of
the country as his wife in name only. But Ann
attempts to smuggle out a code message and
adventures follow fast and furious." Library J
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
"The framework is definitely the worst part
of the story, whose main value lies in the
intriguingly impossible situations, and a slick
dialogue fast enough to keep almost anyone
going. We got tired toward the end. If you
like to escape into Hell and high water rising-
rapidly, this should do very well. But don't
expect anything more than 'escape.' " Fran
Pieman
Canadian Forum 26:189 N '46 280w
"High hearted and fairly harum scarum ad-
venture which starts off amusingly, ends up
improbably, but provides some entertainment
en route."
H Kirkus 14:133 Mr 15 '46 170w
"Improbable but entertaining and bouncey.
Not as good as author's Shape of Danger."
L. M. Kinloch
H Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 70w
"Not very thrilling." Lucy Greenbaum
N Y Times p!8 My 19 '46 200w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
70w
"Entertaining."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:37 Je 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46
180w
"The foreign air of 'Dangerous Honeymoon*
and its more restrained fun struck us as an im-
provement over the thin-man dialogue and
American 'sophistication' of this author's
'Shape of Danger,' a work to which we were
allergic but which many other readers pro-
nounced quite wonderful. The absence of that
debonair playboy and Gingernuts and the girl
called Fetter is alone worth the price of ad-
mission. Ann and Gosta are much nicer to
meet. Try this for light spy comedy." Will
Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 2 '46 270w
KIELY, MARY FRANCES, comp. New worlds
to live; a catalog of books for Catholic boys
and girls, new ed 152p il pa $1 Pro parvulis
bk. club, Empire state bldg, N.Y.
028.5 Children's literature — Bibliography.
Roman Catholic literature — Bibliography
"In arrangement and format it reminds one
of the superb lists issued by the National Coun-
cil of Teachers of English. The attractive cover,
many illustrations, handy size of 6x9 which
physically makes it a companion volume to
Miss Kiely's Traffic Lights, good paper and
fine Job of printing combine to provide a selec-
tion tool of which Catholic librarians can be
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449
proud. It is a logical grouping of reading Inter-
ests at various age levels, each section an al-
phabetic author arrangement with title, pub-
lisher, age level, price, annotations. A short
introduction sets the theme of each section.
Library J
Booklist 43:76 N 1 '46
"Not only fathers and mothers, uncles ana
aunts, librarians and teachers will welcome this
latest edition of Mary Kiely's selected and an-
notated list of books for Catholic boys and girls,
but also harassed book editors suddenly recalled
from the intricacies of editing and faced by the
query from one or other of the above men-
tioned: 'Please tell me some good book to give
to Johnny or Jenny'. . . Out of her wide knowl-
edge of the field, her instinctive religious sense
and her understanding of the young mind, Miss
Kiely has produced a constructive, highly cred-
itable and much needed piece of work."
-f Cath World 163:188 My '46 200w
"The third edition of this well-known guide
will receive a cordial welcome by parents, li-
brarians, booksellers and others. For years it
has been and still is the best Catholic list
obtainable. Its accent on the recreational aspect
of reading is both a strength and a weakness,
and its thousand titles will provide a point of
departure for the projected Catholic children's
catalog. . . The list, in our estimation, would
have been much more useful and stronger by
being strictly a Catholic list; such titles as
Arabian Nights, Matchlock Gun by Edmonds,
Struwwelpeter by Hoffman, Cave Twins by
Perkins and L,eeming's Fun with Clay are lower
case 'catholic.' . . The annotations vary widely
in quality, and some will disagree with the
grading assigned. The designating of Catholic
authors is always interesting, especially where
one finds evidence to the contrary." R. J. Hur-
ley
H Library J 71:479 Ap 1 '46 650w
School & Society 63:176 Mr 9 '46 40w
KILHAM, WALTER HARRINGTON. Boston
after Bulttnch; an account of its architec-
ture 1800-1900. 144p 32pl $3.50 Harvard univ.
press
720 9744 Architecture— Boston A46-3128
"Few of us think of Boston as having ever
been experimental, even architecturally, but
this handsome book gives a thorough account
of the enthusiasm and skill with which Boston
architects embraced the Greek Revival, Vic-
torian Gothic, Romanesque (thanks to Richard-
son, a worth-while flirtation), and even, in
George Apley's boyhood, the steel- framed
buildings of the Chicago school." New Yorker
"The text of 'Boston After Bulflnch' is lively,
the photographs are bright and sharp, and all
in all it is an ideal book to remember when
Christmas conies around." "Wayne Andrews
+ Commonweal 44:289 Jl 6 '46 200w
"This welcome remtroduction to forgotten
Boston landmarks serves to remind us that
not all the glories belong to antiquity or the
immediate present." W. G. Dooley
-f N Y Times pll S I '46 850w
New Yorker 22:84 Jl 13 '46 80w
"Primarily biographical and descriptive, this
tjssay is of value chiefly for its precise sum-
maries of the lives and work of more than
a score of nineteenth-century Boston archi-
tects. Of particular interest are the accounts
of the men of the great Greek Revival, Alex-
ander Parris, Solomon Willard, Ammi B.
Young, and Isaiah Rogers; also, those of the
less known architects of the mid-century such
as Edward C. Cabot, Gridley J. F. Bryant,
Arthur Oilman, and William Ware."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:167 S '46 220w
"A book which will give pleasure to Bos-
tonians and some enlightenment to those to
whom Boston is still an enigma. . . Boston is
a style. I should have liked Mr. Kilham's book
better if he had searched for that style; if he
had made it express and visible in the mind
of his readers. He is too detached, too much
the analyst and reporter, too much concerned
with surface phenomena. J wish that he were
at times more warm and more incisive in his
interpretations of such fine buildings as, for
example, the Quincy Market and a little more
offended by the stupid and vulgar mutilation
which it has suffered. A flash or two of anger
would have illumined his pages. His scholar-
ship would have cut deeper if it had had a
keener edge." Joseph Hudnut
H Weekly Book Review p21 Je 30 '46
550w
KIMBERLY, EMERSON EDWARD. Electrical
engineering. 2d ed 407p il $3.50 Int. textbook
621.3 Electric engineering 46-11915
"A comprehensive course of instruction in
the fundamentals of electricity and the more
common types of electrical apparatus and
power equipment. It is written for college stu-
dents who are majoring in mechanical, in-
dustrial, chemical, or civil engineering and who
need practical facility in the electrical field in
pursuance of their own specialization. To this
end the text, specifically functional in treatment,
contains many worked -out examples on the ap-
plication of electrical laws and formulas. Com-
pared with the first edition (1939), several
chapters have been expanded to cover develop-
ments in heating, lighting, electronic tubes,
and other advances, and a new chapter has
been added on electronic devices. Numerous
additional practical problems have also been
included " (NY New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71-1715 D 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
KIMBROUGH, EDWARD. Night fire. 343p $2.75
Rinehart
46-20739
A novel dealing with racial prejudice and
labor troubles in the South. The hero, a young
Southerner of good family, has always stood
aside from conflict until he learns the life of
an innocent Negro is endangered by mob spirit
roused by unscrupulous politicians. Ashby at-
tempts to help Temp escape and in the ensuing
adventures each learns his need of the other's
help.
Reviewed by William Lipscomb
Book Week p2 N 3 '46 650w
"An angry, though authentic, indictment of
primitive persecution in the south — but lacking
the direct personal appeal of Strange Fruit,
etc."
Kirkus 14:307 Jl 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by L. D. Reddick
Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 HOw
"Mr. Kirnbrough maintains a nice balance be-
tween physical action, love in bloom, and social
analysis. The style is rich, rhythmic, senti-
mental. Much of the story is told In flashback,
sometimes rather lengthy flashbacks intruding
into the narrative at crucial times. But there
is power in the sustained intensity of Ashby's
seeking, in the lushness of the writing, the thick
bouillabaisse of violence, wild humor, sentiment
and emotional extravagance. It is a manner ap-
propriate to the subject and the setting." N. K.
Burger
H NY Times p20 O 6 '46 550w
"If there is such a thing as a sociological
melodrama, this it it — and not a bad job,
either."
New Yorker 22:125 O 5 '46 HOw
San Francisco Chronicle p6 D 1 '46
HOw
" 'Night Fire' is a novel with a message, a
message which, being a novel and a pretty good
one at that, it expresses in terms of human
drama. . . Indeed, Mr. Kimbrough attempts to
pack in too much. He also tends occasionally to
lapse into pure melodrama and to exploit the
bizarre for its own sake. Even so, a deep sin-
cerity rings through the main lines of his story
and much that he has said cannot be said too
often — even though he may find himself persona
non grata with his neighbors for having said
it." Jennings Rice
H Weekly Book Review plO S 29 '46 700w
450
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KINO, MARY PAULA (MRS EDWIN P.
O'DONNELL). Those other people. 343p $2.50
Hough ton
46-886
The scene is a small section of the French
Quarter of New Orleans; the time, a hot June
day in the late nineteen thirties. During the
long: hours of a day and a night the author
traces the crossing paths of a group of people,
notably a middle-aged woman who has met
and then lost sight of a sailor; realizes she
wants to see him again and searches for him.
He in turn searches for her. And in the course
of that day the activities of all kinds of peo-
ple— black, white, and brown, are added to
the development of the story.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 F 3 '46 600w
Booklist 42:226 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 Mr '46
-f Cath World 163:187 My '46 200w
"We grow to love almost everyone of the
characters presented — and we learn to live
imaginatively in New Orleans — which is to say
that 'Those Other People' is an excellent book,
especially when contrasted with recent best-
sellers. One hopes though that Mrs. O'Bonnell,
will grow to recognize the intimate relationship
between the natural charity which she cele-
brates and the charity of Christ about which
she is obscure. For the only parts of her
lively narrative which do not bear the stamp
of sincere understanding are those which con-
cern the Church and the meaning of the
Church for Catholics." F. X. Connolly
-j Commonweal 43:531 Mr 8 '46 650w
Kirkus 13:529 D 1 '45 250w
"A saga of trivialities and their effect on
our lives. Recommended." J. E. Cross
-f Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 70w
"Mrs. O'Donnell writes with a consistent,
appraising sensitivity that we sometimes miss
in writers of greater emotional impact. If
there is anything to be skeptical of in 'Those
Other People,' it is the smooth, compact fas-
tidiousness of the framework. The story be-
gins and ends with the same sun-loving, plant-
like, absorptive old woman. This sonata form
is rigorously maintained and too pointedly off-
sets the scattered kaleidoscopic effect of the
material." Isa Kapp
H NY Times p5 F 3 '46 lOOOw
"Her story telling method is simply to get her
specimens out of bed in the morning (there
are some very early risers down South) and
follow them industriously around all day,
watching their paths cross, or almost cross,
and observing the consequences of these en-
counters. This sort of thing can, of course,
get tedious long before sundown, but Mrs.
O'Donnell manages to keep things moving with
no more than an occasional twitch of melo-
drama."
H New Yorker 21:84 Ja 26 '46 140w
"Throughout, the people are sufficiently
plausible and the bits of plot are so neatly
carpentered that it is easy to forgive the
book's lack of solid drive and power. Perhaps
any novel written to this particular formula is
bound to seem kaleidoscopic, and its character
ephemeral. Where Mrs. O'Donnell does excel,
however, is in evoking the atmosphere of New
Orleans— the visual, tactile, olfactory side of
the old city's life. Here the author has been
consistently successful, and a great many read-
ers will welcome her book for this and will let
Leah and her search go hang." T. M. Purdy
H Sat R of Lit 29:22 F 16 '46 400w
Sprtngf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 400w
"Many people have written of New Orleans'
fragrant, teeming, multi-hued French Quarter
--the realists, the 'name* story-tellers, hunting
the thing called color to splash over their
stock situations. But Mary O'Donnell has done
something fresh and genuine with the material.
It is difficult to think of any one who has
treated it with greater understanding or
greater artistry than she has done in this, her
second novel. . . Through the book runs a
fine sense of scene — the Quarter's worn, many-
shaded stucco waU«, the humid courtyards, tfce
smells that float beneath the Iron balconies."
H. T. Kane
-f Weekly Book Review pi Ja 27 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
"The constantly changing scene, the con-
stantly reappearing and disappearing charac-
ters, the kaleidoscope of local colors, all blend
into a lively impressionistic panorama of hu-
man living. Mrs. O'Donnell nas a sharp eye
for realistic details, a good ear for speech.
But she only introduces characters, never
develops them. She only provides incidents,
never a sustained narrative. Those Other
People is mildly diverting. It includes some
good satire at the expense of stuffed-shirts
and reactionary prejudice. But it only misses
dulness by a hair's breadth." Orville Prescott
-f — Yale R n s 35:575 spring '46 260w
KING, RUFUS. Museum piece no. 13. 220p $2
Doubleday
46-6603
Psychological mystery.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
"Unsubstantial but cultivated."
Kirkus 14:332 Jl 15 '46 90w
"Top marks for this one, and for its charming
and dellciously funny heroine. What a play it
would make!" B. H.
4- New Repub 115:357 S 23 '46 120w
"In telling this modern version of the Blue-
beard legend Rufus King has employed a curi-
ously involved style which focuses attention
upon itself to the detriment of the story of ter-
ror and suspense which it is intended to con-
vey." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 150w
"Without doubt, the oddest of this season's
mysteries, and certainly the least alarming."
New Yorker 22:120 S 21 '46 120w
"The oddest and possibly the best of Mr.
King's curious experiments in the slick-
macabre." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl9 S 22 '46
70w
"Weird affair."
Sat R of Lit 29:47 O 19 '46 50w
"An engaging novelty in the gooseflesh round,
suitable for all the better fans. A bit mannered
in the telling, more than a trifle fantastic, as
becomes a mystery rendition of the Bluebeard
story, and pleasingly short on detective routine,
it should induce all the shudders you need,
whether or not you agree that the climax packs
'almost unbearable tension,' whatever that is.
This was serialized as 'The Secret Beyond the
Door.' " Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p!8 S 8 '46 290w
KING- HALL. MAGDALEN. Life and death of
the wicked Lady Skelton. 269p $2.50 Rine-
hart [8s 6d Davies]
46-2310
"During the war an old English country house
was destroyed, and the country people did not
seem to mind for the house had been haunted
"for over two centuries. The novel describes the
life of the original of the ghost, beautiful Lady
Barbara Skelton, who was married in 1678, and
died a violent death seven years later.
"The tale is of the racy, fantastic genre
which marks it strictly for entertainment. In
fact, it has already been filmed in England,
under the title 'Wicked Lady.' " O. C.
Book Week p8 Ap 14 '46 180w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
Kirkus 14:22 Ja 15 '46 150w
"This being Miss King-Hall's ninth book she
handles all the requisite turns with a skill and
finesse that can come only with practice. . .
Miss King-Hall has a pat sense of color and
costume description — the sort that lends itself
prettily to inspiration of musical -comedy cos-
turners and Technicolor scenarists." B. V.
Winebaum
4- N Y Times p34 Ap 14 '46 260w
"Authorities upon the interior economy of
a seventeenth century estate may be able to
explain how it would be possible for a woman
to rifle put night after night in all sorts of
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weathers, return before dawn to leave a blown
or mired horse in the stables, and yet escape
detection by all but one person. However, this
is but one improbability among- many. The
tale is more euphonious and less painful than
some. It is an agreeable and harmless trifle,
hovering: upon but not too frequently over-
stepping: the verge of arrant nonsense," George
Dangerfleld
H Sat R of Lit 29:35 My 25 '46 350w
"Miss King-Hall has prepared the way for
the entrance of her beautiful and disastrous
heroine by devoting the first part of her color-
ful novel to an account of the several appari-
tions of the wraith of that exceedingly un-
scrupulous and wayward young person. This,
curiously enough, is really the best part of her
book and does indeed skillfully render a true
atmosphere of terror: one believes in her ghost.
The living seventeenth -century heroine is a
good deal less credible." Iris Barry
H Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 28 '46
500w
KINGSBURY, ALISON MASON. Adventures of
Phunsi [II. by the author]. 88p $2 Putnam
46-7279
"Phunsi is a young and rather troublesome
zebra who was captured with his mother in
Africa and brought to the Central Park Zoo
in New York. In Africa he was a famous run-
ner. . . In New York he practised jumping over
his mother's back until he could jump the high
fence in the Zoo and roam about the city at
his will. His adventures on Manhattan and
Long Island Include a short stay in a pet shop,
a disastrous invasion of the Paddy Market, an
encounter with a dissipated and rather cynical
alley cat . . . and an eventual return to the
Zoo and to his mother." Sat R of Lit
"The prose and verses that describe the baby
zebra's antics are a bit too long and too
whimsical, but the book has considerable fresh-
ness and should entertain six- and seven-year-
olds." K. S. White
-| New Yorker 22:138 D 7 '46 60w
"Every once in a while Miss Kingsbury 'drops
into verse.' Some of the verses have rhythm,
but it might have been wiser to have made it
all prose. All the characters, including the
alley cat, have humor and personality. The il-
lustrations in black and white are distinctive
and pleasing," M. G. D.
H Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 270w
KINGZETT, CHARLES THOMAS. Chemical
encyclopaedia; a digest of chemistry and its
industrial applications; rev. & ed. by Ralph
K. Strong-. 7th ed 1092p $16 Van Nostrand
[45s Bailliere]
540.3 Chemistry— Dictionaries [46-4623]
"Compared to the sixth edition (1940) the
changes in the seventh edition of this estab-
lished reference book are not extensive. The
principal changes and additions are noted in
the 'Editor's preface to the seventh edition.'
The entry under Penicillin is new. A number of
entries, such as Vitamins, have been revised.
The changes have increased the number of
pages by Four." N Y New Tech Bks
"Changes made between the sixth and
seventh editions hardly seem to justify the in-
crease [in price], especially when, with few
exceptions, the same type appears to have been
used for both. The new printing has four pages
more than its predecessor because the article on
vitamins has been rewritten and expanded. . .
The encyclopedia contains about three dozen ta-
bles of commodity import, export, consumption
or production data for the year 1936. Many of
these 10 -year-old statistics could have been
modernized a bit even if the war did intervene.
Other changes could have been made.'*
Chem & Met Eng 53:273 Jl '46 300w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:5 Ja '46
KINNAIRD, CLARK, ed. It happened in 1946.
464p il $3.50 Essential bks.
909.82 Current events 46-25227
"News stories and news flashes of the great-
est year in history chronologically through No-
vember 14. Among important events related
are legislation for veterans, the United Na-
tions Charter, end of Hitler, victory over Ger-
many, Japan's defeat, homecoming of heroes,
traitor trials, unity of China, etc. Scientific
stories are the atomic bomb and possible ef-
fects of atomic power, radar and the secret
weapon No. 2, radio operated fuse for projec-
tiles. Lighter events cover sports and photo-
graphs of the year and oddities in the news.
Kaleldoscopically presented, full of facts. In-
dex to year." (Library J) The volume "was
prepared with the co-operation of the edi-
tors ... of the International News Service,
King Features Syndicate, and International
News Photos." (Publisher's note)
Reviewed by T. A. Reynolds
Book Week p!2 My 26 '46 550w
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:335 Ja '47 20w
Kirkus 14:191 Ap 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by P. S. Adams
N Y Times p7 Je 23 '46 250w
"More happened in 1945 than In almost any
other year of world history, and we should
presumably be grateful for any substantial
book which adds to the record. But this vol-
ume is too frankly a distillation of journalism
to be given high marks. . . The pictures de-
serve a word. A few of them are magnificent;
the photograph of the first assaulting wave on
Iwo Jima, for example." Allan Nevms
Sat R of Lit 29:25 Jl 6 '46 400w
"The book abounds in news photographs,
ranging from the Russian Army entering Leip-
zig to Shirley Temple nuzzling her new hus-
band. Cartoons and maps are scattered hither
and yon. In fact, you are to find almost any-
thing from a little treatise on juvenile de-
linquency to a Parisian edict that American
women don't take enough baths. Whether you
will find what you are looking for is something
else again; but at least you will have a pleasant
time looking."
Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 21 '46 220w
KINNAIRD, CLARK, ed. The real F.D.R; with
an introd. by Philip S. Foner. 122p $2.60
Citadel
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 45-6516
"An intimate close-up in pictures and anec-
dotes, with a factual record of his life and
works." Subtitle
Cleveland Open Shelf pi Ja '46
"For a hastily assembled memorial volume,
this one is uncommonly well done, largely
because it does not try to do too much. . .
The book shows appreciation, sympathy and
dignity."
•f Weekly Book Review pl6 S 16 '45 180w
KINSLEY, PHILIP. Chicago tribune; its first
hundred years; v 2, 1865-1880. 349p il $3 Chi-
cago tribune, 1 S Dearborn st, Chicago
071.73 Chicago tribune (43-7191)
"This is Volume II of the history of the
Chicago Tribune. The first volume, published
in May of 1943 [Book Review Digest 1943] . . .
carried the Tribune's history through the Civil
War and into the period of its stability and
maturity as a newspaper. . . In the present
volume the story is continued from the death
of Lincoln to 1880." Pref
Reviewed by B. L. Pierce
Am Hitt R 52:147 O '46 700w
"It is unfortunate that the book is so lack-
ing in focus. The Tribune has been and still
is a powerful force in American life. Regard-
less of one's attitude toward its policies, it is
452
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KINSLEY, PHILIP — Continued
a newspaper that merits a far more profound
and penetrating: study and analysis than is
given in this volume." M. M. Willey
— Ann Am Acad 246:168 Jl '46 320w
Reviewed by Louis Filier
Nation 162:292 Mr 9 '46 210w
New Yorker 21:90 Ja 12 '46 200w
Reviewed by H. P. Stokes
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ap 20 '46 900w
Reviewed by F. L. Mott
Weekly Book Review p20 My 5 '46
1400w
KISHORE, PENINA. Towelina; drawings by
Roberta Paflin. [39p] $1.25 Greenberg
Pictures and story describe Trudy's making
of a doll out of an old Turkish towel, four
clothespins, some yarn and paint. For ages six
to nine.
"The story of 'Towelina' has that rare and
satisfying tug to the heartstrings which means
that while she was writing it Penina Kishore
remembered just how it feels to love a doll
very dearly." P. A. Whitney
4- Book Week p!5 Mr 10 '46 150w
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
KISSIN, RITA. Gramp's desert chick; pictures
by Sari. [32p] $2 Reynal
Picture story book about a gentle old man
who lived alone on the desert, and what hap-
pened to the egg he brought home from the
store. For ages four to seven.
"Rita Kissin's story is an endearing one and
carries considerable information about little-
known animals. The effective pictures by Sari
have a real desert flavor." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 230w
Reviewed by B. T. Dobbins
Library J 71:7058 Ag '46 80w
"Not recommended. Very flimsy binding."
K. H. McAlarney
— Library J 71:1058 Ag '46 70w
KIVER, MILTON S. Television simplified. 375p
$4.75 Van Nostrand
621.388 Television 46-1194
. "Companion volume to author's U.H.F. Radio
Simplified [Book Review Digest, 1945]. Prin-
ciples and practice of television. Handbook
explaining television receivers in simple lan-
guage, without mathematics. Directions for
trouble shooting and repairing television equip-
ment. Covers color television, frequency modu-
lation and related subjects." (Library J) Glos-
sary of television terms. Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:14 Ja '46
"Persons interested in the subject in more
than a general way will find 'Television Sim-
plified' of considerable value. Although the text
is not burdened with involved technical theory,
it does, necessarily, use to advantage mathe-
matics and diagrams in elucidating a subject
that must seem forbidding to many. Non-
technically trained readers seeking a simple
explanation of television will have to look else-
where. For radio servicemen, television work-
ers, set owners and others concerned with the
present and future of the field, however, Mr
Kiver's book is authoritative, clear and satis-
factory as a handbook." F. P.
-f- Springf'd Republican p6 F 6 '46 240w
"It is a useful and reliable basic volume for
the engineer or studio technician exploring
video broadcasting and it can be studied profit-
ably by the television executive seeking to
complement his general information with tech-
nical essentials." A. W. Bernsohn
-f- Theatre Arts 30:369 Je '46 50w
"Presents the principles of the art, and their
applications in television receivers, in a prac-
tical and interesting way. It is intended par-
ticularly to aid radio service men, already
familiar with sound receivers, in the under-
standing of television sets so that they may
take care of these as well." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 '46
lOOw
KIVIATf ESTHER. Paji; pictures by Harold
Price. (Whittlescy house publication) 56p $2
McGraw
46-3698
Paji was a young Ceylonese wood carver who
got so bored with carving1 elephants and noth-
ing else that he ran away. In the jungle tem-
ple, with only his bullock for company, Paji
carved such beautiful things that he won a
prize when he returned home. Grades four to
six.
"The pictures, done in wonderful tones of
brown and green, lend a jungle touch to the
book. A grand book to read, to look at, to
own."
•f Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 200w
"An appealing story greatly enhanced by un-
usual, fine illustrations in appropriate colors."
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:268 Jl '46 80w
"An exceedingly good juvenile ... as well
as fine background material for libraries and
schools."
-f Kirkus 14:149 Mr 15 '46 160w
"A real contribution to stories of children in
other lands, especially for eight- to ten-year-
old readers. Illustrations by Harold Price are
vivid in color and have a delightful touch of
humor." A. M. Wetherell
4- Library J 71:763 My l£ '46 80w
"If the story strains one's credulity a bit at
the end it is an appealing one, with its atmos-
phere of Ceylon and the feeling it gives of a
real little boy. The pictures are right and
lovely." Phyllis Fenner
4 NY Times p36 Ap 14 '46 130w
"An informative and entertaining story for
six to 10-year-olds, illustrated with attractive
drawings by Harold Price." P. P. R.
-h Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 180w
-f Weekly Book Review plO My 19 '46
300w
KLEEMAN, MRS RITA (SULZBACHER)
HALLE. Young Franklin Roosevelt; il by
Lawrence Dresser. 191p $2.25 Messner
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano —
Juvenile literature 46-6452
Story of the boyhood of Franklin Roosevelt,
with a few chapters on his later life. The
writer is the author of Gracious Lady (Book
Review Digest 1935) the biography of Franklin
Roosevelt's mother, and some of the stories in
the present book were told the author by the
elder Mrs Roosevelt. For boys and girls.
Kirkus 14:126 Mr 1 '46 40w
"Written by a friend of the Roosevelt family,
this biography of F. D. R. for the fourth and
fifth grades is good in its recital of small in-
cidents and background of the great President's
childhood. Much of the material is not available
elsewhere. However an inept style and a too
sweet tone make it difficult reading for children
who like a spark of devilry in their heroes."
Gweneira Williams
H Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 90w
"It gives an excellent picture of the broad
cultural and social background which he en-
joyed, and of the careful and wise training
which helped to mold his personality. . . Cer-
tain portions seem a trifle Parson Weemsish,
but in general it is a logical as well as inter-
esting account of the boyhood of a man
destined to greatness. The last few chapters,
which attempt to survey his adult life, are thin
and commonplace." R. A. Brown
-I NY Times pl8 S 8 '46 230w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:146 D 7 '46 90w
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Reviewed by Thomas Jefferson
San Francisco Chronicle p2 N 10 '46
lOOw
"This is an interesting book. It is, per-
haps, too informal to be called a biography.
It is a story, well informed and fully authenti-
cated, of the childhood, boyhood, and youth of
a great American. Young people, reading it,
will recognize well-known characteristics that
appeared early in his life." M. C. Dodd
+ Sat R of Lit 29:68 N 9 '46 180w
"That it does not spill over into senti-
mentality is to its credit; the book is one that
children will read and older people use for
background material." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p7 S 1 '46 270w
KLEIN, GAY T. Starting right with turkeys;
ed. by Ed Robinson. 129p il $2.60 Macmillan
636.592 Turkeys Agr46-7
Easy-to-follow instructions for the beginner
who wants to raise turkeys. Contains informa-
tion on breeding, feeding, diseases, killing,
dressing, and marketing. Illustrated with dia-
grams and photographs. Index.
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
"A much needed and very satisfactory book
on raising turkeys on a small scale."
+ Kirkus 14:89 F 15 '46 150w
"As turkeys have the reputation among many
farmers of being able and even determined to
die in more different ways than anything else
in feathers, this practical guide to keeping
them not only alive but robust makes a lively
opening volume for this firm's new 'Have More
Plan' Reference Library of country life."
4- Weekly Book Review p!3 Je 2 '46 lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
KLEIN, PAUL EUGENE, and MOFFITT,
RUTH EM I LIE. Counseling techniques in
adult education. 185p $2 McGraw
371.42 Personnel service in education. Edu-
cation of adults. Counseling 46-3801
"[This] is intended as guide and source book
for teachers, administrators, and counselors in
adult-education programs. While the major
emphasis is on the school situation, the sug-
gestions presented may be used by anyone
counseling adults— Y.M.C. A. and Y.W.C.A.
workers, church and social -agency staffs, coun-
selors of veterans, industrial workers, and the
like. For the student of adult education and
counseling, it should provide an introduction to
this field." (Pref) Index.
Booklist 42:360 Jl 15 '46
"Here is a handbook ready for immediate
and practical service in the field of counsel-
ing. It Is not too much to recommend it as a
source book and manual indispensable for those
who wish to employ the results of both experi-
mentation and experience in the realization of
their guidance objectives. The peculiar merit
of this volume is its pertinence in the difficult
area known as adult education." C. D. Champ-
lin
4- School R 54:620 D '46 1150w
School & Society 63:320 Ap 27 '46 40w
KLEMPNER, JOHN. Letter to five wives. 204p
$2.50 Scribner
46-1554
Addle Joss, a charming divorcee, sends a
note to a group of five women, her "friends"
and companions in the good works of the com-
munity, a note in which she taunts them with
the threat that the husband of one of them
is about to succumb to her wiles and eiope
with her. The story reveals why each of the
five believes she may be the one to be robbed.
suspense is well sustained and the total en-
tertaining." Barbara Bond
-f N Y Times p28 Mr 3 '46 140w
"The story is well conceived and finely
executed. Suspense mounts tensely for the
reader as well as for each wife, for it is
obvious that this polite comedy is to be real
tragedy for at least one of the five. John
Klempner's treatment of the unusual but
plausible situation proposed is surgical, in-
cisive, and clever." J. P. Wood
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 Mr 16 '46 550w
"Mr. Klempner delineates the characters of
the five wives with an almost feminine sharp-
ness. There is a touch of the Dorothy Parker
in him. His narrative is swiftly paced, his
dialogue witty and biting. All the action takes
place in the one afternoon. The ending is a
surprise one but entirely credible. It's a clever
and mature story, cleverly and maturely told."
Rose Feld
+ Weekly Book Review p2 F 17 '46 600 vv
KLENKE, WILLIAM WALTER. Candlemak-
ing. 80p il $2 Manual arts
665.1 Candles 46-6889
"Mr. Klenke introduces us to every aspect
of candle- making in the five divisions — start-
ing with how candles burn and including waxes
and formulas, scented candles, hand-dipped
candles, wax for coloring, candles in composi-
tion, and many other subjects — all made under-
standable through the 62 drawings and photo-
graphs of candles — plain and novel — in process
and completed." School arts
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Library J 71:1052 Ag '46 40w
"Right in tune with the approaching holiday
season comes this new book on candlemaking,
by William Klenke. Here's a chance for your
pupils to double their enjoyment of candle
decorations by making them — starting with
such simple equipment as kitchen gelatin molds
— building to the more complicated forms as
skills increase — as they're sure to do, for
this is a craft of ever- increasing fascination,
and when they see the many seasonal decora-
tions that they can create, candlemaking may
become a life-long hobby."
-f School Arts 46:1 O '46 150w
KLING, SAMUEL G. Your legal rights; a lay-
man's handbook of law. (New Home lib) 336p
69c Blakiston
347 Law— Compends 45-8483
"After some general advice on when and
how to choose a lawyer, with information as to
the fees usually charged, this book takes up
thirteen subjects on which knowledge of legal
matters may be called for: Marriage and di-
vorce, Parent and child relationships, Personal
property, Contracts, Agency, Sales, Insurance,
Criminal law, Landlord and tenant, Partner-
ship, Torts, and Wills. Under each of these,
following a brief introductory summary, the
question and answer method is followed." Wis
Lib Bui
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week p!8 F 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
Kirkus 14:41 F 1 '46 200w
"It is an interesting tour de force. exploit-
Ing feminine cattiness and masculine vulner-
ability. Though the finale is a little fiat, the
Booklist 42:130 D 15 '45
"Both the general reader and the practicing
lawyer will find much of interest here."
-f Springf'd Republican p6 S 4 '45 80w
Wis Lib Bui 42:43 Mr '46
KLUTCH, M. S. Mr. 2 of everything. [32p] il
$1.50 Coward- McCann
46-7312
"This is about a man who, when he bought
anything, always bought another just like it.
This was not only provision of a spare: he wore
two ties, two shirts and managed — even the
picture can't quite turn this trick — to wear two
pairs of shoes at once. His son, who disap-
proved of two houses to live in with two dogs
in front of each, tried a series of ingenious
tricks to convince him that this habit was, as
Artemus Ward expressed it, '2 mutch.' " Week-
ly Book Review
454
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
good to read with
tha King
KLUTCH. M. 8. — Continued
"A likable, laughable story, _
the 6 to 10-year olds." Martha
-f Book Week pll O 13 '46 lOOw
"Some children will think it good fun. I
think it Just silly."
Kirkus 14:295 Jl 1 '46 llOw
"Finding a new book with characters drawn
by Kurt Wiese is like meeting relatives of
old friends, for these have the same easy-
going, homey appearance that make his people
real and lovable. In his portrayal of Mr. 2 of
Everything and his family he shows once
again his skill in blending the apparently seri-
ous with the ridiculous." Lx>is Palmer
-h N Y Times p48 D 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 60w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
150w
"A good story enlivened by Kurt Wiese's
amusing drawings."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O 6 '46 llOw
KNAPP, SALLY ELIZABETH. New wings for
women. 179p il $2.50 Crowell
926.29 Women in aeronautics. Woman —
Biography 46-6736
Biographical sketches of thirteen women well-
known in aviation. Contents: Teddy Kenyon;
Pauline Gower; Lois Coots Tonkin; Nancy
Love; Maxine Miles; Ellen Church; Helen Har-
rison; Caroline Iverson; Ethel Colwell; Valen-
tina Grizodubova; Helen Montgomery; Phoebe
Omlie; Isabel Ebel. For girls in the twelve-
to-sixteen-year age group.
Booklist 43:104 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:595 D 1 '46 lOOw
"Not an overall history of women in aviation.
Readable, conversational style. Balanced atti-
tude concerning the future of women in avia-
tion with some vocational value since it shows
the types of Jobs women occupy in this field,"
Eleanor Kidder
-f- Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 80w
"The biographical sketches that make up
her book have the thrill of pioneering, and
they skillfully point the way for girls who
may themselves want aviation careers. Al-
though prejudices against women in aviation
have been battered, if not beaten, the author's
good -humored account of the struggle should
excite any reader who has an ounce of spirit,
whether she is air-minded or not." Mary Ellting
-f N Y Times p30 O 6 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:69 N 9 '46 60w
"Young girls whose distant dream is to take
an active part in aviation will regard this
book with impassioned interest. To those of
their elders who still think aviation has room
for women only on the the side-lines, it will be
a rapid eye-opener," M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review pg S 29 '46 470w
KNAUTH, PERCY. Germany in defeat. 233p
$2.75 Knopf
943.086 Germany — History — Allied occupa-
tion, 1945- 46-3063
"Life and Time foreign correspondent's re-
port on conditions in Germany immediately fol-
lowing Allied victory. . . [Contains] descriptions
of Buchenwald; destruction of Frankfurt, Nur-
emberg, Berlin; German armies on the march
(in reverse); Germans of high social sense cry-
ing democracy from so deeply imbedded Nazi
convictions that they themselves do not realize
their inconsistency; relationship of Hitler with
his people, his co-workers, with Eva Braun;
the bombing of July 20. 1944 and Hitler's
death." (Library J) No index.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p4 My 5 '46 500w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pi 6 Je 13
•46 550 w
Foreign Affairs 25:343 Ja '47 60w
Kirkus 14:140 Mr 15 '46 170w
"Highly articulate and forceful descriptions.
. . Recommended for all libraries." J. M. Brit-
tan
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 130w
"Percy Knauth ... is endowed with a keen
sense of the essentials of character, and gives
his sympathy freely where he feels sympathy
is deserved. His understanding of men, espe-
cially of those who suffer, is his strength as a
writer. . . The weak points of the book lie in
the drawing of general conclusions from con-
crete personal observation." Herman Ebeling
H Nation 163:78 Jl 20 '46 490w
" 'Germany in Defeat' is surely one of the
best books of its kind; it makes one see and
it makes one think; that is a hard combination
to beat." Theodore Draper
-f N Y Times p7 Ap 28 '46 1160w
"The book is earnestly written, but there's
not much in it that hasn't been said before."
New Yorker 22:90 Ap 27 '46 70w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
160w
"There was so much to see, hear, and learn
in newly liberated carnps that those of us who
entered Buchenwald. for instance, before any
of its wounds could be healed realize that one
person alone cannot tell the full story, and
some day a symposium of the reports of Amer-
ican eye-witnesses should be published. But
Percy Knauth's report on Buchenwald and its
implications is the most thorough and illu-
minating I have seen in any book since I re-
turned from duty overseas.'1 Sigrid Schultz
+ Sat R of Lit 29:34 Ap 27 '46 lOOOw
"Percy Knauth, who traveled up and down
Germany close on the heels of the invading
American armies, has given u% the best pic-
ture which has yet been published of the after-
math of defeat in that country. I recommend it
to all those who wish to get the atmosphere
of the Germany of those days. . . The book is
a judicious mixture of easy-going narrative and
penetrating analysis of political and social con-
ditions in Germany. It is based on real under-
standing of the German character and personal
acquaintance with Germans in various walks
of life. . . In addition to his keen observation
of the German people among their material and
spiritual ruins, there are many items of real
historical interest. He witnessed Kesselring's
surrender in the West and tells us as much as
is to be known today of what happened to the
Fuehrer in his underground shelter in the
Reich's Chancellery. A most important contri-
bution is made to the history of the last days
of the Third Reich in the detailed account of
what took place in Hitler's headquarters on
July 20, 1944, when the bomb was thrown."
A. W. Dulles
4- Survey G 35:168 My '46 750w
"In 'Germany In Defeat' [Knauth] shows
himself as a keener observer than many of
his colleagues. For it was not the physical
destruction of the towns and cities that at-
tracted his attention but the moral ruin of
the German people, who, unfortunately, he
says, learned few lessons during the war years.
As a story of what the German people were
thinking about as they looked at the ruins
about them. 'Germany in Defeat' is a fine con-
tribution to a story that Americans should
know and remember in the years to come. If
it is hastily told, it is carefully documented.
And the reader begins to understand the im-
portance of the problems of occupation against
a background of Buchenwald, Berchtesgaden
and Berlin, all of which Mr. Knauth saw last
spring and summer." Walter Kerr
+ Weekly Book Review p5 My 5 '46 650w
KNICKERBOCKER, WILLIAM SKINKLE, ed.
Twentieth century English. 460p $5 Philo-
sophical lib.
420.4 English language. Literature 46-6062
Symposium on modern writing, by over thirty
writers or instructors in English in colleges or
secondary schools. Partial contents: The crisis
in modern literature, by C. F. Strauch; Poetry
and science, by C. I. Glicksberg; The future of
poetry, by Louise Pound; The revolt against
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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positivism in recent European literary scholar-
ship, by Rend Wellek; The origin and nature
of speech, by L. A. White; Idle fears about
basic English, by I. A. Richards; Designations
for colored folk, by H. L. Mencken; Parents,
it's your fault, by N. B. Orchard; On Bokys for
to rede, by S. A. Nock; Seniors plan a basic
library for high-school graduates, by I. W.
Miles; You can't write writing1, by Wendell
Johnson; A note on the writer's craft, by John
Erskine; The word and the fact, by Archibald
MacL/eish; The five master terms, by Kenneth
Burke; Literary pattern as a graph of social
evolution, by Frederika Blankner; The meaning
of the 'new criticism,' by W. J. Ong; The new
criticism and scholarship, by Clean th Brooks;
Shakespeare, by W. S. Knickerbocker.
"Thirty-seven authors take part in the dis-
cussion . . . and the majority have some inter-
esting things to say."
New Yorker 22:79 Je 29 '46 40w
School A Society 63:44$ Je 22 '46 20w
"The chief value of the book is that it is a
collaborative effort; the editor, however, has
underscored the significance of each of the
essays by his arrangement and by his demon-
strated opinion that each is an essential part
of the larger picture."
+• U S Quarterly Bkl 2:177 S '46 210w
"A volume not easy to place. Not that the
book lacks interest or value. The point is that
its values are of varying order; that those
writing are working on such different levels of
seriousness and sophistication that one has
difficulty in forecasting its precise audience.
Many readers will react gratefully to Norris
B. Orchards' hints on how painlessly to steer
the American school child out of the Saturday
double- feature into at least a bowing ac-
quaintance with English letters and the Bible.
They will enjoy Walter Prichard Eaton's
pleasant comments on the falling reservoir of
material accessible to the modern dramatist,
and smile over John Erskine's witty 'A Note
on the Writer's Craft.' They will gain con-
siderable light from Francis P. Chisholm's dis-
cussion of semantics in the teaching of read-
ing. . . But the general reader, for whom the
volume is said to be intended along with teach-
ers and writers, may find himself in deep water
as he approaches the 'new criticism.' " Frances
Witherspoon
H Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 7 '46 500w
KNIGHT, CHARLES ROBERT. Life through
the ages; il. by [the author]. 66p $2 Knopf
660 Paleontology — Juvenile literature 46-262
Accurate pencil drawings and brief text de-
scribe prehistoric animal life and some present
day descendants. Junior and senior high
schools.
Booklist 42:230 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:211 My '46 80w
"A rather studied style in a kind of classic
museum catalogue manner uses vocabulary
beyond the 12 year level, while the picture
book shape and format suggests even younger
readers. The book's value will be largely for
the museum-wise youngster in a large city
where a natural history museum is a goal for
young visitors. Libraries and schools will find
the photographically accurate pictures valuable
for reference."
Klrkus 14:37 Ja 15 '46 180w
"Recommended for public and school libra-
ries." E. T. Dobbins
-f Library J 71:281 F 16 '46 70w
N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 70w
"The pictures with a graphic text for each
mi a slim book which will interest a little
child and satisfy older boys and girls. It is
another example of a book that shows how
well authors and artists have learned to take
advantage of the sources that science has put
at their disposal." M. C. Dodd
-f Sat R of Lit 29:45 My 18 '46 230w
Reviewed by M. IA Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 JI 21 '46 320w
KNIGHT, CLAYTON. Quest of the golden con-
dor; il. by [the author]. 346p $2.60 Knopf
46-2360
Two American boys and their father go to
Peru to secure the Golden Condor of the Incas
for a museum. They have many adventures,
including a plane crash, and an encounter with
thieves, but eventually they reach the ancient
Inca citadel, and are successful in their quest.
For older boys and girls.
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:270 Jl '46 80w
"An unusual setting in the Inca ruins of the
west coast of South America helps to make
this an interesting adventure story."
-f Kirkus 14:150 Mr 15 '46 140w
"Natural dialogue and plot well Integrated."
Gertrude Andrus
-f- Library J 71:689 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Knight writes uneasily at first, but
warms to his work; the final chapters are
packed with excitement and lighted by the
splendor of the high Andean scene." Alden
Hatch
^ NY Times p27 My 12 '46 180w
"This is an excellent, fast-moving adventure
story. The characters are alive and colorful,
and the background convincing. Mr. Knight
has made the most of his knowledge of Peru.
It is a bit disappointing not to learn what
happened to the great, kind Negro Jim, or to
know whether or not the appealing Juan
Calello ever recovered. The main plot, how-
ever, is resolved to the reader's entire satis-
faction." R. A. Hill
H Sat R of Lit 29:43 Je 15 '46 400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:116 Jl '46
KNIGHT, CLIFFORD. Affair of the corpse
escort. 217p $2 McKay
46-18353
Detective story.
"Confusing in its wanderings among tenses
and personal pronouns." Elizabeth Bullock
— Book Week p5 Ag 4 '46 140w
N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 70w
"With Knight's usual excellence at locale
and some amusing Hollywood gags, this is
one of his more entertaining books; but I've
yet to see that Rogers has any function as a
detective beyond sitting around for 70,000
words and then bluntly accusing a man who
kindly confesses." Anthony Boucher
4. — San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Jl 21 '46
50w
"Run-of-the-mill."
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 20 '46 20w
"With a plot like that, Mr. Knight probably
does all that is humanly possible to carry on.
His initial idea seems to have been a screwball
story based upon the apparent truth that any-
thing can happen in Hollywood, but he lets it
go after Professor Huntoon Rogers, learned
amateur, appears on the scene." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!6 Jl 21 '46 160w
KNIGHT, KATHLEEN MOORE. Trouble at
Turkey hill. 220p $2 Doubleday
46-3160
Detective story.
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
"This is more of a mystery- thriller than last
season's Stream Sinister [Book Review Digest,
1945], but once again Kathleen Knight spins
her yarn out of characters and setting. This
time it is a story of violent death on 'Pen-
berthy Island' (it might be Martha's Vineyard)
off New Bedford; a story of a clutter of sus-
pects, all with cause and opportunity; and of
an elderly school teacher and the local sheriff
playing Sherlock Holmes."
Kirkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Time* p40 Ap 14 '46 120w
456
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KNIGHT, K. M,— Continued
"Well worked out, but readers who have been
conditioned to Miss Knight's recent Latin-
American thrillers may have some trouble in
adjusting themselves to this return to her
earlier, or wal-I-swan, phase."
-f- New Yorker 22:119 Ap 13 '46 130w
"Readable."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 40w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
170w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 7 '46
140w
KNORR, KLAUS EUQEN. World rubber and
its regulation. 265p $3 Food research inst.
338.47678 Rubber industry and trade
A45-5353
"An expert monograph on the economics of
the rubber- producing industry primarily in its
international aspects. Attention is given to the
influence of the synthetic rubber industry and
to problems of American policy." (Foreign Af-
fairs) Annotated bibliography. Index.
"Dr. Knorr's book should be 'must' reading
for those who are in any way responsible for
formulating this country's rubber policy. He
has provided a back drop of the world rubber
problem of which this country's problem is but
a part, though an important one. He has
sketched the general direction in which we
must go if we are to live up to the Good
Neighbor policy without sacrificing our own
vital security needs. At a few points the book
is slightly repetitive and at times the style is a
bit heavy. But these are only minor defects in
a work that is otherwise thoroughly scholarly."
H. S. Piquet
H Am Econ R 36:181 Mr '46 2500w
Reviewed by J. W. Robinson
Am Pol Scl R 40:392 Ap '46 380w
"This book is a greatly needed and timely
contribution to worth-while rubber litera-
ture. . . Plenty of food for thought here — for
those whose recommendations will some day
be coldly appraised by other writers." E. G.
Holt
-4- Ann Am Acad 245:200 My '46 500w
"The author has included considerable infor-
mation on the growing and preparation of
natural rubber and on the chemicals and proc-
esses used for producing synthetic rubber. This
information serves as useful background. The
author, however, is far more adept and at home
in discussing questions in economics than
chemistry." H. L. Fisher
H Chem A Eng N 24:563 F 25 '46 600w
Foreign Affairs 24:653 Ap '46 40w
Reviewed by O. D. Hargis
Qeog R 37:171 Ja '47 900w
"Timely, scholarly book." L. A. Kales
-1- Library J 71:825 Je 1 '46 60w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:36 Mr '46 270w
KNOTTS, RAYMOND, pseud. See Volk, G.
KNOX, JOHN. Christ the Lord; the meaning
of Jesus in the early church. 146p $1.75
Willett
232 Jesus Christ — Person and offices
45-11302
The lectures given at Colgate-Rochester
Divinity school in April, 1944, on the Ayer
foundation. In them the author gives "the
character of the gospels and the major facts
of Jesus' career that survive criticism (lecture
1); Jesus' view of the kingdom of God and the
son of man (lecture 2); the character and con-
tent of his ethic (lecture 3); the earliest ex-
perience of the resurrection as an event
constitutive of the church and its faith in the
Lord (lecture 4); the developing formulations
of Christology and soteriology (lecture 5, 6)."
(Crozer Q) Bibliography. Index.
"This little book combines accurate scholar-
ship, which frankly accepts the conclusions of
such scholarship, with a genuine devotion to
the Lord and Saviour as revealed in the New
Testament and the life of the church." W. L.
Caswell
4- Churchman 160:15 Mr 15 '46 300w
"The style is everywhere clear and forceful;
the method faithfully follows the canons of
current scholarship; the conclusions are Judici-
ous and convincing. My chief disappointment
lies in the failure of the volume to fulfill the
promise of the subtitle, and to maintain the
perspective adopted in the introduction. . .
Only in the last chapter, in the discussion of
sin and salvation, does Professor Knox move
into the genuine milieu of apostolic experience.
And here he writes with penetration and
warmth. Elsewhere academic analysis dis-
places the existential concern that alone can
make the event (i.e., Jesus Christ) an intelligi-
ble and redemptive reality for us." P. S.
Minear
H Crozer Q 23:284 Jl '46 400w
KNOX, RONALD ARBUTHNOTT. God and the
atom. 166p $2 (7s 6d) Sheed
239 Religion and science. Atomic power
46-762
"What science has discovered must be
brought into fruitful relation with what religion
knows of God, Mr Knox submits in his pro-
found yet simple discussion. He fears that
man may come to feel he has taken his des-
tinies into his own hands, 'who knows with
what appalling results?' He feels that faith
now has readjustments to make at a greater
depth, with charity more obviously needed than
ever, if this terrifying new power is not to be
used for destruction of the world. Msgr Knox,
for the first time since he began a vast task
of translating scripture, has interrupted it to
write this book. Aside from* its destructive
qualities, he also wonders to what other uses
atomic energy may be put. Perhaps the great-
est danger of all, he fears, is that it 'may shoot
us back, unprepared, into the vortex of pros-
perity,' by manifesting the same capacities for
making people comfortable as it has for mak-
ing them uncomfortable. His appeal is to the
individual conscience." (Springf'd Republican)
No index.
"Most people probably would enjoy reading
this book. It is written by an unusually com-
petent craftsman of the language, and one
who is at once conversant and sympathetic
with the plight of the average man. The
translation of the New Testament from the
Greek, which the author made not so long ago,
won widespread acclaim. I have a suspicion
that this work is also going to get a warm
welcome." P. EJ. McMahon
4- Book Week p3 Ja 13 '46 600w
Cath World 163:281 Je '46 350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
"Anyone who has read, aloud, or to them-
selves, Monsignor Knox's splendid new trans-
lation of the New Testament, will have real-
ized that he is a great master of English prose.
Few living authors are such craftsmen, turn-
ing a sentence as though mind were lathe,
paring off the superfluous, adding the final,
slightly strange %iip that gives a tang, like
herb-mustard to meat. But his 'God and the
Atom' starts off. as higher journalism, goes on
to Belles-Lettres, and only towards the home
stretch breaks into a good gallop as polemics,
which unquestionably it should have been all
along." Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 43:602 Mr 29 '46 750w
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 50w
"It is a book which may well be recom-
mended to those of whatever faith whose con-
victions have been shaken by the catastrophic
ushering in of the atomic age."
+ Kirkus 14:102 F 15 '46 170w
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 2 '46 140w
Reviewed by C. E. M. Joad
New Statesman & Nation 31:50 Ja 19
'46 1150w
"The political significance of the atomic bomb
is being illumined, or at least fully discussed,
in every journal. The deeper problem of its
religious significance has not yet been dealt
witn very adequately. Monsignor Knox's lucid,
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simple and yet profound analysis is therefore
most welcome. It must have been written in
a hurry, but it reveals no signs of haste. The
author is evidently drawing upon some pro-
found thought on the meaning of human ex-
istence which he has been able to make rele-
vant to the immediate issue." Reinhold Niebuhr
-f N Y Times p4 P 3 '46 HOOw
"If on occasion his style ceases to be bril-
liant and becomes flrst bright and then jaunty;
if, and especially in the second chapter, his
historical data are defective and his argument
little better than special pleading; and if in
the last resort his book gives us instead of
a synthesis (or even a 'sublimation') an appeal
for saintliness; even so, it remains a fine and
timely and searching piece of work." C. E,
Raven
H Spec 175:598 D 21 '45 650w
Sprlngf d Republican p6 Ja 16 '46 250w
KOCHER, PAUL HAROLD. Christopher Mar-
lowe; a study of his thought, learning, and
character. 344p $3 50 Univ. of N C. press
B or 92 Marlowe, Christopher 46-25252
"An interpretation, based on 'all the bio-
graphical evidence of his thought,' of Marlowe
as a highly subjective playwright, with par-
ticular emphasis on religion as the core of his
thought and feeling." (Theatre Arts) Index.
Jewish, who gradually loses his sense of aloof-
ness and becomes deeply involved in the at-
tempts of his Jewish countrymen to resettle
Palestine.
"[This work] will enhance the reputation
which Dr. Keener has already made for him-
self as an authority on Marlowe. Parts of the
material here presented have appeared in one
or another of the scholarly journals, but they
are now so expertly welded into the context
that no rough joints are visible. The book is
a shapely whole." S. C. C
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 17 '46
420w
Reviewed by Kappo Phelan
Commonweal 44:462 Ag 23 '46 llOw
"This is a valuable book for the background
of Marlowe's thought; it is not concerned with
the baffling detective story of his life, and
does not I think recognize the influence of
that on his work " William Empson
Nation 163:444 O 19 '46 lOOOw
"The author seems to shun a showdown.
One respects him for his integrity, but one
believes that a man who has done so much
excellent research is entitled to make a few
inspired guesses without hedging 011 them.
Even so, his book should be highly valued
as a reservoir of information regarding the
intellectual milieu in which Marlowe lived."
Alexander Cowie
-H — N Y Times p29 S 8 '46 600w
Theatre Arts 30:495 Ag '46 50w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:172 S '46 270w
"Every future biographer of Marlowe must
take account of Dr. Kocher's researches and
of his aigument; and his study is, more
broadly, of significance for the historian of
the conflict between the medieval heritage
and the 'new' science in the period of the
Renaissance. As such, the book may be rec-
ommended not merely to students of our
old drama but to every one interested in
the history of ideas. It is written with vigor,
clarity and grace " S. C. Chew
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 O 6 '46 550w
"Professor Kocher has undertaken an am-
bitious task in attempting to probe the mind
and character of Christopher Marlowe, and
he has succeeded extraordinarily well in his
deep experiment." H. T. E. Perry
-f Yale R n s 36:175 autumn '46 llOOw
KOEHLER-BROMAN, MELA, 11. See Smith, I.
When grandma was a little girl.
KOESTLER, ARTHUR. Thieves in the night;
chronicle of an experiment. 357p $2.75 (lOa 6d)
Macmillan
46-7678
Novel depicting life in Palestine during the
years 1937 to 1939. The author has chosen as
his protagonist a young man half English, half
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p27 N 10 '46 950w
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
"The characters and events are pushed
around to fit a thesis. The element of fantasy,
which saved Arrival and Departure is absent.
Although the book is clever in exposition it
does not, moreover, introduce anything particu-
larly fresh into the discussion about Palestine."
John Garrett
1- Canadian Forum 26:234 Ja '47 800w
"The value of Koestler's book lies in his sin-
cere efforts towards impartiality and in his ex-
cellent character vignettes." E. V. Kuehnelt-
Leddihn
Cath World 164:375 Ja f47 700w
"Koestler cannot depict, project or traffic
in personalities and the things of personality.
His characters are very crude caricatures, or
names alluded to, or minds and voices think-
ing and speaking the author's thoughts. But
this is more or less irrelevant, for he has a
live and discerning mind, an eloquent voice, in-
tensity of feeling and adeptness at exposition;
he could not write a dull book. So never mind
his characters, never mind his novel — it was
produced at white heat in lieu of a series of
articles on Palestine." H. S. Tigner
.j Christian Century 63:1470 D 4 '46 800w
"The first part [of the novel], dealing with
the trials of the Jews in their pioneering, is
dramatic and forceful, carrying the reader into
the historical scene. The rest of the book is so
strongly Zionistic, despite the author's suspi-
cion of most of his characters' motives, that
it loses force as a novel and becomes a tract.'
^ Current Hist 11:512 D '46 lOOw
"Koestler has never been a popular author
in the popular sense; the theme here is itself
limiting; the market is therefore questionable.
Kirkus 14:355 Ag 1 '46 190w
"A book for all general libraries. It is
Koestler's incisive mind at its best." Thelma
Brackett
-f- Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 90w
"This is not a great novel, certainly not
Mr. Koestler's best, but it is marked through-
out by that acute analytical mind which makes
him the most brilliant of those modern writers
who try to diagnose the ills of our society.
And its moving study of the Jewish character
challenges the best in literature from Shylock
to Hyman Kaplan." J. M. D. P.
Manchester Guardian p3 O 25 '46 360w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:530 N 9 '46 1950w
"It is as a reporter that Koestler writes his
most effective passages on the marching, en-
raged, leaderless Jews of Jerusalem and Tel-
Aviv; but as a reporter with a £>ense of history,
its tragedy and shame. But once he has done
presenting the natural justification of violence
and, turning political theoretician, begins to
look for a higher justification, all sense and
principle desert him." Isaac Rosenfeld
^ New Repub 115:592 N 4 '46 1900w
"Thieves in the Night is not a well con-
structed novel, and its only plot is the intel-
lectual development of the hero. The charac-
ters are types — brilliantly sketched, but still
types; and the philosophic argument is illus-
trated in a series of static scenes. This
strengthens the impression that it is a piece
of reporting which can fairly be discussed on
its merits as a picture of Jewish life in Pal-
estine. On my second reading I barely resisted
the temptation to underline inaccuracies and
examples of one-sided reporting as though
Thieves in the Night were a newspaper story
or a propaganda pamphlet. . . As a work of
art Thieves in the Night fails because emotion
is recollected in agony, and doubt in self-
torture. But it is a magnificent failure, an im-
mensely exciting and an important book,
which is worth a dozen minor literary suc-
cesses." R. H. S. Grossman
_j New Statesman & Nation 32:321 N 2
1400w
458
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KOESTLER, ARTHUR— Continued
"While it lacks the straight dramatic impact
of either 'Darkness at Noon' or 'Arrival and
Departure/ it is an impressive and significant
performance, not so much as a novel as
through the heroic and terrible light it throws
on the tragedy of modern Palestine." Richard
Watts
+ N Y Times pi N 3 '46 1550w
"In its study of social groups and political
___anifestations, the book is full of the psy-
chological insights which are the only things
that make history intelligible and the writing
of it a humanistic art. 'Thieves in the Night1
is not, and it hardly pretends to be, a firstrate
contribution to literature, but it is one of the
most valuable reports that have been written
about the recent events of our bewildered and
appaling period." Edmund Wilson
-j New Yorker 22:125 N 15 '46 1500w
" 'Thieves in the Night' is a bewildering
book. It is a magnificent novel." Robert Pick
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 N 2 '46 HOOw
"Mr. Arthur Koestler's new and solid docu-
mentary novel, takes a deal of reading, is
shocking, bitter, painful, informed — and as a
work of art disappointing. But it comes pat to
widen our view of one of the world's present
most grievous troubles, the Jewish question in
Palestine; and therefore, did its author's great
fame not already ensure it general attention,
it will be read far and wide and, it is hoped,
with the care and afterthought which It
merits." Kate O'Brien
H Spec 177:590 N 29 '46 650w
"Whatever his stand on the political Issues,
no open-minded reader of this story can fail
to gain insight into the news that now comes
from Palestine. The contribution of this beauti-
ful and Quietly assured novel, however, lies
in its search into motives and strivings com-
mon to all humanity — deeper than any 'Jewish
question* (or Arab question or British Empire
question). Interest in the story and in the
picture of Palestine Mr. Koestler offers makes
this a hard book to put down; the depth and
breadth of its portraits of human beings will
make it equally hard to forget. It is spacious
and powerful, the book of an intelligent and
sensitive man looking out over wide hori-
zons." Mary Ross
+ Survey G 35:412 N '46 1050w
Time 48:110 N 4 '46 800w
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p517 O 26
'46 1150w
"The novel is more than a tale. Like 'The
Grapes of Wrath' and similar works, it pre-
sents a piece of current history and seeks to
persuade the reader to take a stand in the
solution of a vast, tragic problem. From the
days of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' such attempts
have usually failed as art to the extent they
have succeeded as persuasion. Whether Mr.
Koestler will persuade or not, his art has
suffered but little. For with rare skill he has
used the actual events of the last decade . . .
as the motivating forces, and not merely as
the background, in the development of the
plot. And with even rarer skill — a skill which
Dos Passes sometimes displays — these real
events play the part of an interpretative chorus
to the fictional drama, lighting up corridors
of past history and sounding dooms to come."
Marvin Lowenthal
4- Weekly Book Review p3 N 3 '46 2000w
"As vivid, dramatic, powerful reporting, this
novel is highly effective. . . But as a work of
creative writing Thieves in the Night Is as un-
successful as it is successful as a political pam-
phlet. Its characters are wooden puppets spout-
ing appropriate sentiments, never well-realized
Individuals." Orville Prescott
H Yal« R n s 36:380 winter '47 320w
KOHN, HANS. Prophets and peoples; studies
in nineteenth century nationalism. 213p $2.50
Macmillan
320.15 Nationalism and nationality 46-3346
"Looking back with scholarly interest on the
power of ideas expounded by powerful pro-
ponents, the author concludes that the age of
nationalism they helped to foster has made
division of mankind more pronounced. All the
prophets he presents: John Stuart Mill for Eng-
land, Michelet for France, Mazzini for Italy.
Treitschke for Germany, Dostoevskv for Russia,
passionately supported the ideal fatherland
peculiar to each nation, and all admitted war
might be necessary to attain that ideal. Ex-
tensively documented through notes, this book,
which follows his Idea of Nationalism, is a well-
condensed presentation of messages of national-
ism these outstanding advocates offered their
people." (Library J) Index.
"The right of national self-determination
needs ree'xami nation and redefinition. This
study, like so many others by Professor Kohn,
provides valuable background." W. T. R. Fox
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1181 D '46 600w
Reviewed by J. S. Roucek
Ann Am Acad 246:147 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by J. Q. Kerwin
Book Week p3 Ap 28 '46 450w
Booklist 42:293 My 15 '46
"This book, dealing with the roots of the im-
mediate past, is exceedingly timely. It is an
authoritative study; not 'popular' and yet dis-
tinctly easy to read if one is willing to read to
think rather than to kill time." B. M. O'Reilly
4- Cath World 163:374 Jl '46 550w
Christian Century 63:754 Je 12 '46 20w
Foreign Affairs 25:159 O '46 90w
"One of the true scholars of our time, Pro-
fessor Kohn makes a distinguished contribu-
tion to both background and perspective."
-f Kirkus 14:29 Ja 15 '46 190w
"Recommended." Walter Hausdorfer
-f Library J 71:404 Mr 15 '46 140w
"Hans Kohn's book, though limited in scope,
is a fine volume of sources for the student
of nationalism." Denis PHmmer
New Repub 114:939 Jl 1 '46 900w
"Dr. Kohn wisely refrains from devising: blue-
prints for a world which is more 'national' than
it was in Mill's time. His book defines the
problem with admirable clarity and broad
knowledge, thus taking1 the first and indispen-
sable step toward its solution." Robert Strausz-
Hupe
4- N Y Times p4 Ap 21 '46 1300w
"The author has adopted an interesting line
of thought, but the subject calls for a more
comprehensive treatment than he has given
New Yorker 22:111 My 18 '46 90w
"The plan of Professor Kohn's book is ex-
cellent. . . The author's material, moreover,
is anything but redundant. So much has been
written vaguely and abstractly about romantic
nationalism that it is refreshing to read some-
thing definite about the opinions held by
Michelet and his friend Quinet at various
times in their lives. . . In spite of these
merits, Prophets and Peoples is not the book
it could and should have been, given the
nature of the subject and the undoubted
capacities of its author. Its faults may be
explained in part by its self-imposed and
otherwise commendable brevity, yet this ex-
planation is hardly an excuse — as the reader
may come to feel if this reviewer lists his
chief objections." Jacques Barzun
-| pol Scl Q 61:449 S '46 800w
Reviewed by A. M. Lee
b*
Sat R of Lit 29:8 My 11 '46 900w
"Professor Kohn . . . writes as a scholar,
but these are not cold and formal academic
summaries of past history; they are open —
and also indirect — pleas for rationality, for
moderation, for liberty. And by liberty Pro-
fessor Kohn means the old and possibly out-
moded article, liberty according to Mill and
Tocqueville — not the liberty that consists in
the merging or sinking of the individual in
a mass movement, ifi the nation or, although
the point is not emphasized, in an international
movement which detests heretics and sup-
presses doubters."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p504 O 19
•46 1450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:230 S '46 160w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
459
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p24 My 19 '46
700w
KOLLWITZ, KAETHE (SCHMIDT). Kaethe
Kollwitz; introd. by Carl Zigrosser. 26p pi
|9 Buttner, H.
769.2 Engravings 46-21144
"Kaethe Kollwitz, who died last year in Ger-
many, was one of the world's great contempo-
rary masters of black-and-white. This book is
a kind of memorial volume. The seventy- two
illustrations, handsomely reproduced, range
from 1897 to 1945, but the emphasis is on her
four big cycles of lithographs — the Weavers,
War, Peasants, and Death." New Yorker
Book Week p23 D 8 '46 90w
"It is grim stuff, for it is drawn from the
depths of life's grimness. It is powerful, be-
cause she breathed into it her own compas-
sion and she was a master craftsman. It is fit-
ting that this new volume should contain an
introduction by Carl Zigrosser, curator of
prints at the Philadelphia Museum, an expert
in his field and one who previously as director
of the Weyhe Gallery had helped enthusiastical-
ly in bringing her work to the attention of
the American art world. His selection of her
work reproduced in the volume is admirable,
giving a clear picture of all her techniques and
her subject-matter and including many of her
most significant examples." Howard Devree
-f- N Y Times p7 D 15 '46 600w
"The text, by the Curator of Prints at the
Philadelphia Museum, is thoughtful and au-
thoritative."
-1- New Yorker 22:118 O 26 '46 90w
Reviewed by W. E. Parkes
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 5 '46
250w
KONEFSKY, SAMUEL J. Chief Justice Stone
and the Supreme court; with a prefatory
note by Charles A. Beard. 290p $3 Macmillan
347.99 U.S. Supreme court. Stone, Harlan
Fiske 45-9618
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by O P Field
Am Hist R 51:767 Jl '46 400w
"Professor Konef sky's book is well worth
reading, although subject to some criticism,
and it gives a striking illustration of the
scholarship of a blind young man who came
to this country at the age of eleven." W.
F. Dodd
-j Am Pol Scl R 40.581 Je '46 850w
Reviewed by C. A. M. Ewing
+ Ann Am Acad 245:211 My '46 450w
"Mr. Konef sky has written an interesting
book. It is hard to lay it down." Edwin
Borchard
+ Columbia Law R 46:334 Mr '46 1400w
"Mr. Konef sky is concerned with the role of
the constitutional judge. His purpose ia to
exemplify it in Mr. Chief Justice Stone, but
in this he is only partly successful. His Stone,
not entirely but for the most part, is visual-
ized in terms of the authorized version of the
Holmes-Brandeis hagiography. His book is
more valuable as a history of the last few
years than as a present prognosis. He give*
a descriptive analysis of the course of consti-
tutional development in the last twenty years.
In spite of the claim on the dust cover that
the book ia written in 'lucid non-technical lan-
guage' which will be 'welcomed by Intelligent
laymen,' lawyers can be grateful that Mr.
Konef sky has studied with Professor Dowling
in the Columbia Law School and writes within
the law school tradition with an accuracy, a
regard to the facts, and to the legal materials
thatfwill make his book useful to the profes-
Si0^LLHaI?varidffeLaw R 69:304 D '45 2160w
Reviewed by William Seagle
Nation 162:200 F 16 f46 660w
Reviewed by C. B. Swisher
New Eng Q 19:253 Je '46 700w
"Intensive knowledge of the court and its
work is shown by Dr. Konefsky who write*
in clear, nontechnical terms. .. . The writer's
thoughtful insight, philosophy and fidelity for
research are illustrated on almost every page.
Behind his painstaking work are two appealing
circumstances: Dr. Konefsky, instructor in
political science at Brooklyn College, is only
30 years old; in a foreword, he thanks Amer-
ican Red Cross workers for translating 'into
Braille for me materials not otherwise avail-
able.' " Lewis Wood
-f N Y Times p39 My 5 '46 HOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:51 Mr '46 240w
"Mr. Konef sky' s study does not pretend to
be a full-dress one. It is rather in the nature
of a preliminary analysis of Justice Stone's
role and of the constitutional issues to which
he has most effectively addressed himself. It
is clear, intelligent, critical, and Judicious. It
reveals a firm grasp of the essential problems
of judicial interpretation, a mastery of the
tools of scholarship and criticism, an incisive
critical acumen. It is one of the most valuable
and illuminating monographs in this Important
field of the study of the democratic processes
that has appeared for many years. H. S.
Commager
-f Weekly Book Review p5 F 24 '46
1950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
"Within the limits set by its pattern and
gurpose, this is an excellent job. It is not a
iography and will not furnish the basis for
future drama or motion picture. It is sober
scholarship by a deep student of the subject,
to be read and used in the main by others in
the fields of law, history, and politics. Still
it is to be hoped that the invitation on the
dust cover to the 'intelligent laymen' will be
accepted, because it is in truth written in
'lucid, nontechnical language,' and only the
depth of the subject matter will discourage the
reader." C. E. Clark
-f Yale R n s 35:564 spring '46 900w
KONVITZ, MILTON RIDVAS. On the nature
of value; the philosophy of Samuel Alexander.
119p $2 King's crown press
121 Worth. Alexander, Samuel A46-963
Summary and criticism of the theories of
value, of the late Samuel Alexander, a British
philosopher, who was born in Australia in 1859
and died in 1938. Brief bibliography. No in-
dex.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p!2 Ap 28 '46 240w
"Alexander was a master of clear and order-
ly expression. The same cannot be said of Dr.
Konvltz. His exposition of Alexander is in
detail, often obscure, mixed with reinterpre-
tation and even misinterpretation . . . some
comments are irrelevant, a few unintelligible.
Among these luxuriant tares it comes as a
surprise to find any wheat, bat it is there,
In the last chapters he does effectively bring
out the main features of Alexander's theory
of value, the only part of his philosophy dis-
cussed." A. D. R.
f- Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 7 '46 180w
"Mr. Konvitz's discussion of the points, as
originally settled by Alexander, cannot of
course be summarized here. I can only re-
affirm its limited merits and suggest how, once
again, a worthy interest in a subject seems
balked by a kind of un familiarity with it that
'technique' cannot cure. Mr. Konvitz has read
his sources and other things besides, so that
his work is a compound of strict technical
exposition and free criticism or illustration of
his own choosing." Jacques Barzun
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ap 27 '46 700w
KOOP, THEODORE FREDERIC. Weapon of
silence. 304p $3.50 Univ. of Chicago press
940.5405 World war, 1939-1945— Censorship.
U.S. Censorship, Office of A46-6173
Story of wartime civilian censorship during
World war II, told by the assistant director
of the Office of censorship. Index.
Current Hist 12:60 Ja '47 80w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 20w
460
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
KOOP, T. F. — Continued
Reviewed by Gladwin Hill
N Y Times p6 Ja 6 '47 700w
"It the tone is somewhat partisan and un-
critical (Director Byron Price and his staff
seem to have been unique among Washington
agencies in possessing- no weaknesses) and
the style less than enthralling the book is
nonetheless valuable source material, well
documented and indexed, on a highly success-
ful operation. The sections on the voluntary
censorship of press and radio are particularly
interesting." A. B.
4. — san Francisco Chronicle p!3 D 8 '46
130w
KOOS, EARL LOMON. Families in trouble;
with a pref. by Robert S. Lynd. 134p $2.25
King's crown press [11s 6d Oxford]
392 Social surveys New York (city) — Poor.
Family A46-2902
A study of sixty-two low income families liv-
ing in one block in New York city. "In this
study the effort has been to concentrate upon
all the troubles experienced by the family over
a period of time. This approach was chosen
because it appeared to offer the best oppor-
tunity for studying the family's experiences
in toto." (p.l) Dr Koos won the confidence
of both children and parents, in order to fur-
ther his study, and includes many quotations
and excerpts from interviews. No index.
"The author has utilized a research technique
as yet not very highly developed. He devotes
the entire first chapter to a detailed explana-
tion of the method and technique used. This
orients the reader to the entire study. The book
is well written and holds the reader's attention
from beginning to end. It should be read and
carefully studied by every student of social
problems and social work." T. E. Sullenger
-j- Social Studies 37-375 D '46 300w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:325 D '46 270w
KOOS, LEONARD VINCENT. Integrating
high school and college; the six-four-four
plan at work. 208p il $3 Harper
371 2 Junior colleges. Education, Second-
ary 46-4282
"A compilation of the opinions and attitudes
of administrators, instructors, and students
who have worked under the 6-4-4 plan, which
supplies a total evaluation of this movement."
(School & Society) Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ag 4 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. S. Diekhoff
Sat R of Lit 29:28 S 14 '46 550w
School & Society 63:351 My 11 '46 50w
Reviewed by H. W. Marr
Springf'd Republican pG Jl 9 '46 240w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:309 D '46 280w
KOPAL, ZDENEK. Introduction to the study
of eclipsing variables. 220p $4 Harvard univ.
press [22s 6d Oxford]
523.84 Stars, Double. Stars, Variable
A46-3043
"Pairs of stars, rotating around their com-
mon center of gravity, cause, under favorable
conditions, mutual eclipses which are revealed
to an observer by a periodic change in bright-
ness. These 'eclipsing binaries' are of great
importance for the determination of masses and
densities of stars. To this end their orbits must
be determined by means of the observed varia-
tions of their light curve. The present book is
an introduction to the mathematical theory of
this very intricate subject." U S Quarterly
Bkl
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1715 D 1 '46 40w
"This monograph will undoubtedly form an
important tool for the future study of this sub-
ject."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:254 S '46 170w
KOPMAN, HENRY HAZLITT. Wild acres; a
book of the Gulf Coast country; foreword by
John Kieran. 189p $3 Dutton
698.2 Birds — Louisiana. Birds — Mississippi
46-7203
Nature essays about the Mississippi delta
country, especially its bird life.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week plO N 17 '46 50w
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor pll D 21 '46
800w
"The seasonal changes, the migrations,
changes in weather and scene, in a tranquil,
picturesque country, recorded with appreciative
affection."
-f Kirkus 14:473 S 15 '46 120w
"As it stands, the book will have a place
in ornithological literature. It is valuable for
its information and for its picture of the
wild acres of a delta country. If its general
observations had been bolstered more often
with concrete examples and individual birds
shown, more often in sharp focus, the breadth
of its appeal would have been immensely
augmented." E. W. Teale
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 O 27 '46 550w
Wis Lib Bui 42*163 D '46
KORFF, SERGE ALEXANDER. Electron and
nuclear counters; theory and use. 212p $3
Van Nostrand
537.53 Electric discharges thru gases.
Geiger-Mliller counters * 46-4117
"This book is designed for physicists and
persons of similar scientific training who use
electron and nuclear counters in research work.
It discusses briefly the electrical phenomena
of counters, and then deals individually with
the principles and operating characteristics of
ionization chambers, proportional counters, and
Geiger counters. Practical and detailed direc-
tions are given for the construction of coun-
ters, and there is a long chapter on auxiliary
electronic circuits. The correction of errors in
counter results is discussed at some length.
Extensive lists of references and a short list
of manufacturers of counters and counter ele-
ments, are included." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
"Useful and timely book. . . The chapter on
electronic circuits is particularly well done. It
covers all the more important functions which
are required in nuclear work and gives exten-
sive reference to specific papers and special-
ized monographs. This book is highly recom-
mended to students and investigators in the
field of nuclear physics or its manifold applica-
tions in chemistry, biology, and medicine." R.
H. Muller
4- Chem & Eng N 24:2286 Ag 25 '46 450w
"This volume is a timely contribution for
workers in nuclear physics and radiology. It
gives an authoritative, simple, straightfor-
ward account of fundamental methods of
measuring ionizing radiation." G. F. Kinney
-f Chem Eng 53:298 O '46 220w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:24 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:258 S '46 240w
KOUES, HELEN (MRS S. LAWRENCE
BODINE). How to choose, plan, and build
your own house. 128p il pa $1.25 Tudor
728 Architecture, Domestic 46-25057
"Profusely illustrated book with suggestions
rather than details. No prices are given, but
most of the homes pictured are modest ones.
For each house exterior and interior photo-
graphs are given, with floor plans and short
notes on construction. Partial contents: The
modern trend in architecture; Vacation houses;
Pennsylvania, mid* South, and Florida types;
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
461
Ranch houses; Remodeling:; Suiting1 the house
to difficult sites; Attractive small houses."
Booklist
Booklist 42:223 Mr 15 '46
"Now that housing is prominent In the pub-
lic mind, there should be wide interest in this
practical book of plans, pictures and wise ad-
vice about home building."
+ Christian Century 63:369 Mr 20 '46 70w
"There's very superficial presentation — but
there are a good many facets of the subject
touched upon here that are usually omitted in
such books, — stairs, windows, doorways, shut-
ters, fences, etc."
Klrkus 14:123 Mr 1 '46 90w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Mr 6 '46 300w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 14 '46 lOOw
"A delectable book for the distracted parent
who wants to wean small sons from too con-
stant demand for the comics. Mischa Richter
of New Yorker fame catches the spirit of the
indomitable small boy in a big traffic- ridden
world."
-f Kirkus 14:490 O 1 '46 130w
"Children frustrated by size, and with im-
agination, will understand the story, and all
parents will get it. The pictures, rather con-
fusingly run together without benefit of mar-
gins, have the glorified and cockeyed reality
of Kichler's cartoons, and the text is free and
easy, a montage of radio and movie adventure
stories." M. F.
N Y Times p3 N 10 '46 90w
Reviewed by Florence Tattle
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
lOOw
KRAEMER, ELMER OTTO. Scientific progress
in the field of rubber and synthetic elastom-
ers; ed, by H. Mark and G. S. Whitby. (Ad-
vances in colloid science, v2) 453p il $7 Inter-
science
541.3452 Colloids. Rubber. Rubber, Artificial
(42-11751)
"Collection of contributions from outstanding
American and British specialists in the field
of rubber chemistry and high polymers pre-
sented in 9 sections by 13 authors. Introduc-
tion by Dr. Whitby, brief biography of the late
Dr. Kraemer and reviews of recent literature
on subjects by Dr. Mark. Section bibliog-
raphies." Library J
"All the authors are well qualified and have
made outstanding recent contributions to the
respective subjects they discuss. On the whole,
the reviews are comprehensive, clear, and
critical, and the result is very satisfactory."
J. H. Mathews and J. D. Ferry
4- Chem & Eng N 24:1970 Jl 25 '46 470w
Reviewed by L». A. Bales
Library J 71:980 Jl '46 70\v
"The book can be recommended unreservedly
to all those interested in the field of high
polymers." K. J. Meehan
-h J Phys Chem 50:491 N '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:22 Ap '46
"Several of the topics presented will be of
interest to the high polymer chemist arid
physicist who is not specifically concerned
with rubber. Throughout, fundamental aspects
of the subject arc stressed; extensive bibliog-
raphies are presented."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:251 S '46 320w
KRAMER, ANNE. It's fun to make a book!
pictures by Carlyle I^eech. 37p $1 Dutton
46-5504
A game book for ages six to eight. Two
stories with pictures, are started and a blank
space for the story's ending and pictures are
left. The real endings are included. Space is
also left for the child's own story.
Klrkus 14:346 Ag 1 '46 90w
"The two stories, telling of a farm visit
and of two mischievous boys, will interest 6
to 8 year olds. However, the task of spelling
out several pages of story calls for more skill
and patience than is possessed by the average
child of 8. For the exceptional child of 8 or
so, this is a new and interesting type of how-
to-do-it book." Nina Schneider
H NY Times p41 S 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O G '46 320w
KRAUSS, RUTH (MRS DAVID JOHNSON
LEISK). The great Duffy; pictures by Rich-
ter. [32p] $1.75 Harper
46-7447
Pictures and story tell about a small boy's
imaginary adventures between getting up in
the morning and getting down to breakfast.
They picture a very involved way of rescuing
the boy's puppy.
KRAVCHENKO, VICTOR ANDREEVICH. I
chose freedom; the personal and political life
of a Soviet official. 496p $3.50 Scribner
947.084 Russia — Politics and government.
Communism — Russia 46-2999
"About two months before D-Day on the
beaches ofNormandy, a frightened member of
the Soviet ^Purchasing Commission deserted his
post in Washington and placed himself under
the protection of the people of the United
States. He was Victor Kravchenko, long a
member of the Communist party, an engineer, a
factory director and for a time an official in the
Council of Peoples Commissars of the Russian
Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, by far the
largest of the republics constituting the
U. S S. R. Kravchenko was not frightened of
shellflre but of the long arm of Soviet law
dealing with a renegade. He escaped, however,
and in 'I Chose Freedom' he and his translator
have described his life in the Soviet Union, his
views of the Soviet regime and the events that
prompted him to desert." (Weekly Book Re-
view) Index.
"An honest biography could have thrown light
on the psychology of the new Soviet citizen, or
on the psychology of a deserter. This book
does neither. The psychological portrait is
completely lifeless, even though given in tedious
detail to the extent of 496 pages of close packed,
small print." William Card
— Book Week p!6 Ap 14 "46 350w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by Joseph McSorley
Cath World 163:279 Je '46 400w
"Kravchenko is equipped with a richly varied
experience of Russian lite and Soviet affairs,
a sensitive spirit, an orderly and discerning
mind, an eye for drama, and a gift of artic-
ulation. His story is such a remarkable pro-
duction that he cither is a natural-born
literary genius or had the ample aid of a
super-competent professional writer, or perhaps
both. He has rendered a quarter-million-word
report without a superfluous item, without
a dull sentence. Under ordinary circumstances
this book would be simply a first-class auto-
biography, but historical conditions have con-
spired to make it the most significant political
document since Hitler's Mem Kampf." H. S.
Tigner
-f Christian Century 63:840 Jl 3 '46 500w
"It is all rather overpowering. Undoubtedly,
much of what he says is true. And, as afore-
mentioned, there can be no question of Mr.
Kravchenko' s sincerity. And yet — one wonders.
Is the whole story told here? The suspicion
that attends apostasy dies hard." Homer Metz
Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 6 '46
600w
"Even in its present form, the memoirs of
Kravchenko contribute to the understanding
of the Soviet regime as a totalitarian regime,
imposing industrialization from above, oper-
ating with an inefficient and inexperienced per-
sonnel, trying to correct its mistakes by ruth-
lessness and terror, dominated by men so con-
vinced of the correctness of their political views
and beliefs that they are willing to sacrifice
everything to them. Particularly illuminating
are Kravchenko' s accounts of the brutal fights
and conflicts inside the party, on the activities
of the GPU against the specialists, even though
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KRAVCHENKO, V. A,— Continued
they might be party members/' Waldemar
Qurian
-f Commonweal 44:185 Je 7 '46 1600w
Current Hist 11:48, Jl '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:763 Jl '46 HOw
"Urgently recommended for every library."
E* F'+eL^)rary J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Reinhold Niebuhr
Nation 162:602 My 18 '46 550w
"The latest spicy dish from the Red-baiters'
kitchen purports to be the autobiography of
Victor Kravchenko, industrial engineer and
Red Army captain, who fled from a Soviet
Purchasing Commission in Washington on April
4. 1944, and at once publicly denounced the
Soviet government for tyranny and a 'double-
faced' foreign policy. Neither author nor pub-
lisher cares to disclose who translated the
manuscript and assisted in 'editing it from
an American vantage point.' But the book con-
forms in all respects to the prescribed for-
mula, including the melodramatic flights
of the author from the secret agents of the
NKVD bent upon his liquidation, the usual
array of slanders and the customary framing,
poisoning and butchering of all goo^ people by
the fiendish Stalin." F. L.. Schuman
— New Repub 114:667 My 6 '46 1400w
"Written in a cold, flat style, more reminis-
cent of scientific Journals than Russian novels,
this latest addition to the growing list of dis-
illusioned revelations of life in the U.S.S.R.
makes up in persuasive credibility what it lacks
In literary dash and color. It contains little
that is essentially new. little that can be dis-
missed as patently improbable and much that Is
important for Americans — particularly Ameri-
cans of good -will — to absorb and understand. . .
The most important question in evaluating such
a book as this, that of its accuracy, is impossi-
ble to answer finally." Elizabeth Simon
N Y Times p4 Ap 21 '46 1050W
Reviewed by Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:108 My 4 '46 650w
"It is, I believe, the most remarkable and
most revelatory report to have come out of
the Soviet Union from any source whatso-
ever. . . 4I Chose Freedom* reads like a novel,
not a political discourse. . . So factually docu-
mented a story as this, being difficult to an-
swer in fact, will certainly be attacked on the
ground that the translator or re- writer doctored
the manuscript of the author, who knows
hardly any English. Such gossip is already
being disseminated. But Mr. Kravchenko's fact-
trained mind led him to insist that the first
translation be re-translated by another trans-
lator into Russian, so that he could check
whether or not he was being exactly repre-
sented. He did the same with passages re-
written for smoother English from the original
translation. Mr. Maxwell Perkins, of Scribner's,
Is my authority for this, for I was unwilling
to review the book until I was certain that
it was exactly Mr. Kravchenko's and no
other's. . . The man who wrote this book loves
his people, is convinced that they can be
'trusted' with self-government, and passionately
believes that, given the chance to choose,
they, like he, and like us, would choose —
Freedom." Dorothy Thompson
4- Sat R of Lit 24:7 Ap 26 '46 2200w
"This is a bitter book; full of personal In-
cidents and sharply slanted opinions. It is a
diatribe against all the present Soviet regime
stands for. Because the telling comes from a
man who was very close to the Russian scene
through the dark days of the war, it must
command notice, but the dark overtones of hate
completely shadow any value the autobiography
may have had as an attempt at clear evaluation
of the greatest sociological revolution of our
time." W. H. Rudkin
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
480w
Time 48:102 Jl 8 '46 1550w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:190 S '46 220w
"Unquestionably it is the most bitter and
abusive account of Russia that has been pub-
lished in many years, written with all the
passion of violent hate. And It ends with an
astonishing appeal to the people of this coun-
try to contribute to the 'liberation' of the
Russian people from the Stalinist regime."
Wfi,lter 1C err
Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 28 '4$
1650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:86 Je '46
KREBS, RICHARD JULIUS HERMAN. See
Valtin, J.
KREYMBORG, ALFRED. Man and shadow;
an allegory [in verse}. 2B6p $5 Button
811 46-4194
"The plan encompasses a day's wandering in
Central Park, in the course of which the poet
encounters characters representative of the
whole range of modern life. Its texture runs
the gamut of dialog, chants, sonorous blank
verse periods and delicate lyrics." San Fran-
cisco Chronicle
" While Alfred Kreymborg has a certain skill
for crisp lyric and epigram, his rather flat dic-
tion does not lend itself successfully to blank
verse discourse of 250 pages. The recent poem,
announced on the jacket as an 'allegory,' would
probably receive scant attention had it been
written by an unknown author. Prom the pen
of a former president of the Poetry Society of
America and well-known writer and lecturer,
•Man and Shadow' draws a certain amount of
attention to itself." Pearl Strachan
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 16
'46 600w
"A good American, gifted with an almost
elfln-light touch and a sound sense of irony,
Kreymborg, an example of the good old-fash-
ioned German, here gives us a little work of
rich personal flavor and fine quality. It will,
I believe, attract a small but enthusiastic
group of readers."
4- Kirkus 14:264 Je 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 163:189 Ag 17 '46 HOw
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle plB Ag 11 '46
HOw
"This is a good book for Americans to read,
because it embodies much of what Americans
should be, of what they like to think they are
and so often are not. The real Kreymborg, of
course, jumps clean through his paper hoops at
the end and lands in a design for a ballet,
where he is superbly at home." W. R. Ben6t
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Jl 20 '46 750w
KROLL, HARRY HARRISON. Their ancient
grudge. 326p $2.75 Bobbs
46-6325
The story of the Hatfleld-McCoy feud told as
it affected six women, five McCoys and one
Hatfleld.
"Those who have been scrutinizing Restora-
tion history in novels peopled by willing
wenches and ready men ought to enjoy Kroll's
robustious mountaineers. Kroll's intention,
however, is more than mere entertainment.
Horror and grief and a bitter lament for use-
less bloodletting and violence are by no means
minor characteristics of his chronicle of the
Hat fields and the McCoys." Jack Conroy
Book Week p5 S 1 '46 360w
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:303 Jl 1 '46 170w
"The author has given the far-fetched story
the lavish setting of magnificent scenery and
lush passion that it cries out for. His record-
ing of the fiavorsome mountain speech is ad-
mirably authentic and more than makes up
for occasional moments of overwriting. 'Their
Ancient Grudge' is as gripping as a b'ar hug
and as terrifying as a mountain storm. Too
bad it could not have been as illuminating."
Mary McGrory
H NY Times p4 S 8 '46 650w
"After one attempt to write the novel from
the viewpoint of the men, Mr Kroll approached
it from the way the women saw the feud,
and has produced an excellent story of Its
kind. . . It would be a good exciting novel even
without its basis of fact, and with it makes *
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humanly understanding? memorial to one of
the most spectacular family dramas in Ameri-
can folk history." R. F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 32 Ow
"Mr. Kroll sees the mountain people as they
see themselves, without patronage and without
sentimentality. He catches the flavor and
cadence of their speech, its earthiness, its rude
humor, its not infrequent flashes of poetry. . .
Out of a true knowledge of the life he is por-
traying, he is able to present the feud, not as
a mere savage struggle between savages but
as an inevitable outgrowth of the fierce pride,
the deep if sometimes perverse loyalties, the
courage and curious sensitiveness of these
people who had been born and reared in ig-
norance and isolation." Jennings Rice
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 8 '46 750 w
KRONENBERGER, LOUIS, ed. Pleasure of
their company; an anthology of civilized writ-
ing; with an introduction. 653p $6 Knopf
808.8 Literature—Collections 46-6154
An anthology of selections of writings by au-
thors ancient and modern — Petronius and Lord
David Cecil, Virginia Woolf and Erasmus, Vol-
taire and Aldous Huxley, etc. in his Introduc-
tion the author explains: "What [is found]
here are examples of that large literature in-
spired by worldly experience, or the comic
sense of life, or the civilized point of view;
that literature in which urbanity, irony, ele-
gance, skepticism, sophistication, wit — or the
contemplation of those who possessed such
qualities— play a leading part. This is the lit-
erature of men and women who have noted
and understood, exposed or embellished, the
way of the world."
Reviewed by Bergen Kvans
Book Week p3 S 15 '46 500w
"This is a dull and depressing book."
— Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 lOOw
"This miscellany may be cordially recom-
mended to readers with a limited purse or
limited shelfroom, or both. A large amount of
'civilized' entertainment is comprised within its
650 pages. . . A few things seem trivial —
Mr. Forster's 'My Own Centenary,' for example,
and a few things dull, which is an unpardon-
able offense in this genre — Diderot's 'Rameau's
Nephew' palls upon the reader after a few
pages. One wonders at the inclusion of two
or three things; the letters which Henry
Adams wrote from Japan are neither interest-
ing nor remarkable in any way. But, on the
whole, the taste which dictated the selection
is excellent and the general level high and
the xevenness of tone what one would expect
from a group of writers scattered through the
centuries but resembling one another in tastes
and experience, in breeding, and in knowledge
of the way of the world." S. C C.
_| Christian Science Monitor plO S 28 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Current Hist 11:329 O '46 80w
Kirkus 14:315 Jl 1 '46 140w
"Kronenberger is under no illusions that even
the best of his 'civilized writing' is up to the
standard of the world's best literature. 'Any-
one at all capable of responding to the urbane,'
says he, 'has a right to be spared the ob-
vious.' . . However one may value Congreve's
'Way of the World,' Voltaire's 'Candide,' Saint-
Simon's memoirs or Gibbons autobiography,
there is, says the editor, nothing in them to
set against the 'dark, luminous, passionate,
multiform world of a Shakespeare or a Dos-
toevsky.' Yet the supreme virtue of civilized
writing is that 'if the deepest things in life
seem foreign to it, all but the deepest things
are flsh into its net.' " Carlos Baker
N Y Times p3 S 22 '46 1250w
"The selections have little in common except
that they are examples of good writing, as
opposed to 'fine writing.' The book is prefaced
by an urbane, substantial essay in Mr. Kronen-
berger's best manner."
New Yorker 22:119 S 21 '46 lOOw
"The merit of 'The Pleasure of Their Com-
pany' is that It contains nothing1 but flrst-
rate works, many of which are nowadays hard
to come by. It is a good book and, if it were
also handy and cheap, would have a wide
utility. What a pity to give it a bulky pre-
war format and price it at five dollars!" Eric
Bent ley
H Sat R of Lit 29:23 D 28 '46 300w
Theatre Arts 31:70 Ja '47 220w
"Excellent choices, in a finely printed vol-
ume."
-f Time 48:114 S 30 '46 70w
"Within its range, which is frankly stated,
'The Pleasure of Their Company' is marked by
almost perfect editorial taste, and it is printed
and bound with genuine distinction."
•f Weekly Book Review p20 3 22 '46 360w
KUBIE, NORA BENJAMIN. See Benjamin,
N. G.
KUCZYNSKI, JURGEN. Labour conditions in
Great Britain, 1750 to the present. 191p |2.50
Int. pubs.
331 Labor and laboring classes — Great Brit-
am 47-693
"[A] Marxist economist and statistician,
undertakes the development of a startling theory
that labor conditions under industrial capital-
ism have been steadily deteriorating. The de-
terioration is not only relative, but absolute,
Mr. Kuczynski maintains." (Springf'd Repub-
lican) Index.
Reviewed by Witt Bowden
Ann Am Acad 246:158 Ji '46 450w
Book Week pi 2 Ap 7 '46 230w
Reviewed by Mark Starr
Nation 162:665 Je 1 '46 750w
Reviewed by Paul Knaplund
Pol Sci Q 61:476 S '46 300w
"What Mr Kuczynski may succeed In proving
to the majority of his readers, unwilling to
reject the evidence of their memories, personal
experience and common sense, is the adaptabil-
ity of statistics for use in deriving any de-
sired interpretation." J. S. K.
Springf'd Republican p4 Ap 8 '46 240w
KUNHARDT, MRS DOROTHY (MESERVE),
Once there was a little boy; il. by Helen
Sewell. 66p $2.50 Viking
232.9 Jesus Christ — Juvenile literature
46-3462
Simple stories of daily life in Nazareth, in
the time of Christ. They are supposedly told
by Mary to her son, Jesus, on his birthday.
The book ends with the Christmas story. For
ages seven to ten.
Book Week p20 Je 2 '46 250w
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 80w
"Mothers, who want their young children to
think of Jesus as an intimate friend near their
own age, will find this tender and sensitive
book exactly suited to their wish. For its
illustration Helen Sewell has made the loveliest
of her color pictures, truthful in setting and
character and showing thoughtful study in-
spired with deep sympathy. 'T A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:203 My '46 160w
"A difficult book to place — the story level is
young, the vocabulary and typography would
do for third and fourth grade readers. The
educational value and story substance are
doubtful."
Kirkus 14:34 Ja 15 '46 150w
"[The stories] are told with such a luminous
simplicity that the young child who hears them
read aloud and the 7 to 10 year olds who read
them will have the sense of knowing Jesus
as a friend. . . Helen Sewell's pictures, crisp
in line, soft in color, heighten the vivid im-
pression of that life and time." E. L. Buell
-h N Y Times p7 Mr 17 '46 140w
"Many children want to visualize the Christ
Child and these illustrations depict Him with
exceptional feeling: and beauty." K. S. White
+ New Yorker 22:136 D 7 '46 80w
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KUNHARDT, D. M.— Continued
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
BOw
"This is a tender and moving book. Mrs.
Kvmhardt has caught the beauty that is com-
mon to childhood the world over and the
happiness and security that belong to children
who are surrounded with love and under-
standing. It is a loving interpretation of a
child and of his relationship with his mother."
R. A. Hill
* -f Sat R of Lft 29:54 Ap 20 '46 400w
"There Is no religious teaching, there are
no angels, no legends from the Apocrypha,
no mention of God. The adult will read much
between the lines; the listening child will
finish feeling that this was a very special
child and mother. The author's intention was
to make them real and lovable, and, in spite
of some sentimentality, she has succeeded."
L. S. Bechtel
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 31 '46
400w
Wis Lib But 42:89 Je '46
KURIHARA, KENNETH K. I^abor in the
Philippine economy; issued under the aus-
pices of American council, Institute of Pacific
relations. 97p il $2 Stanford univ. press [9s
Oxford]
331 Labor and laboring classes — Philippine
Islands A46-1060
"This discussion of the labor problem In the
Philippines is one of several studies initiated
by the Institute of Pacific Relations to explore
labor conditions and the state of social welfare
m Southeast Asia. The author was formerly
on the staff of the Department of Economics
of the University of the Philippines and more
recently has been a Research Economist for
the United States government. In this brief
report he seeks to present the basis for an
understanding of the problems of Philippine
labor within the uncertain national economy
of the Commonwealth Government and its
elaborately planned but war-interrupted pro-
gram of 'Social Justice.' The attempt is made
to deal in a descriptive and factual manner
with a story that often involves basic conflicts
and controversies in the organization of Philip-
pine life, both political and economic. The
picture presented deals primarily with pre-
Pearl Harbor days, with only general comment
on implications for the post-war economy."
(Am Soc K) Bibliography. Index.
"The problems of labor in the Philippines are
different from our own to make Dr. Kurihara's
monograph required reading for statesmen en-
gaged in remodeling our economic relations
with the Philippine Commonwealth. . . Bruno
Lasker's Foreword places this study in the
wider perspectives of southeast Asia. That an
American scholar of Japanese descent can pre-
sent an objective and balanced account of
Filipino labor problems at this time augurs
well for the future. The reviewer would like
to demur at ascribing the relatively high so-
cial status and freedom of Filipina women to
the remnants of 'matriarchal customary law';
they have rather earned it by their contribu-
tions to economic life." Fred Eggan
-f Am J Soc 52:71 Jl '46 420w
Am Soc R 11:377 Je '46 150w
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 30w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:137 Je '46 280w
KURNITZ, HARRY (MARCO PAGE, pseud).
Shadowy third. 228p $2.50 Dodd
46-8486
Detective story.
"The cast and dialogue are amusing." B. H.
4- New Repub 116:41 Ja 6 '47 70w
"The story is rather loosely put together,
and some details of the case are not ade-
quately explained." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 15 '46
130w
"Veracious orchestra and musical back-
ground, numerous piquant personalities, ample
action, and a resourceful detective."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 40w
"All is set down in good plain English, with
hard but not brittle moods, many bright cracks
and a general air of right reasons." Will Cuppy
-}• Weekly Book Review p54 D 1 '46 270w
KUTTNER, HENRY (LEWIS PADGETT,
pseud). Brass ring. 217p $2.50 Duell
46-7706
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 70w
"Ironic, laconic, this does very well for
harsher tastes."
Klrkus 14:469 S 15 '46 140w
New Repub 115:358 S 23 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 O 13 '46 180w
New Yorker 22:103 S 28 '46 70w
"An excellent psychology cum-action who-
dunit, plus some shrewd commentaries on other
husband-and-wife detecting- teams. Mr. Pad-
grett, currently top man in science fiction,
threatens in this debut to take over the mys-
tery field with equal success." Anthony
Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl2 O 6 '46
70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 lOOw
KVARACEUS, WILLIAM CLEMENT. Juvenile
delinquency and the school. 337p $2 World
bk.
364.36 Passaic, N.J. Children's bureau.
Juvenile delinquency 45-10169
"A report of the co-operative plan under
which the school system of Passaic, New Jer-
sey, assumes chief administrative responsibil-
ity for the scientific study and treatment of
active and prospective delinquents." El
School J
"This volume affords valuable guidance for
responsible leadership in other communities
where improved procedures in dealing with
delinquency are being sought. It will be use-
ful also to teachers in their efforts to deal
directly with problem cases in the schools. It
is a timely contribution to the literature of
school administration in that it points the way
to a clearer definition of the role of the school
in solving one of the baffling social problems
of community life." N. B. Henry
+ El School J 46:294 Ja '46 600w
Reviewed by J. A. Kinneman
Social Educ 10:142 Mr '46 600w
"An excellent analysis of the Passaic pro-
gram." E. A. Llssfelt
+ Social Studies 37:90 F '46 700w
Reviewed by W. D. Lane
Survey 82:123 Ap '46 650w
KYD, THOMAS. Blood is a beggar. 266p $2
Lippincott
46-3287
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 200w
Klrkus 14:137 Mr 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 My 5 '46 150w
"College faculty life gets beautiful dusting-
off in cleverly plotted, ironic and exciting yarn
with real surprise at finish."
-f- Sat R of Lit 24:46 Ap 27 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p33 Ap 28 '46
320w
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465
LABBERTON, JOHN MADISON, ed. Marine
engineers' handbook; prepared by a staff of
specialists; with the general engineering fun-
damentals reproduced from Mechanical en-
gineers' handbook (Lionel 8. Marks, ed-in-
chief). 2013p il $7.50 McGraw
621.12 Marine engineering 45-10269
"This handbook was planned as a successor
to Sterling's 'Marine Engineers' Handbook
(1920) and included in it is the section on
reciprocating engines that appeared in the
older book. This section has been reset but
not revised. The remaining parts that deal
with marine engineering topics (as distin-
guished from the sections on general engineer-
ing reproduced from Marks' Mechanical Engi-
neers' Handbook) are new. As in the older
book, the sections are by various authorities
and are signed. The work is designed mainly
for the use of students of marine engineering
and graduate engineers concerned with design
and construction." N Y New Tech Bks
thorough, practical knowledge of stability and
trim. The treatment is developed in chapters
entitled as follows: What is stability?;
Calculation of metacentric height; (GM); The
calculation of KM; The inclining experiment;
Stability at large angles of inclination; Free
surface; Damage stability; Stability and trim
computers and tables; Marine disasters due to
loss of transverse and stability." N Y New
Tech Bks
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
Library J 70:687 Ag '45 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:58 O '45
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:73 Mr '46 220w
L ACER DA, JOHN. The conqueror comes to
tea; Japan under MacArthur. 224p $2.75 Rut-
gers univ. press
952 Japan — History — Allied occupation, 1945-
A brief review of the Japanese occupation
under MacArthur, as reported by a war cor-
respondent who went to Japan with the oc-
cupation forces as a representative of the
Philadelphia Hvenmg Bulletin.
"Light reading, often amusing, without any
attempt to be profound. It bears out the
general American impression that the occupa-
tion of Japan is working fairly well — certainly
much better than the occupation of Germany."
F. S. Marquardt
-4- Book Week p2 N 24 '46 3COw
Reviewed by Robert Peel
Christian Science Monitor p!6 D 16 '46
260w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Current Hist 12'59 Ja '47 lOOw
Reviewed by Harold Strauss
N Y Times p31 D 15 '46 450w
"The book's principal virtues are its time-
liness and the author's lack of reticence in
discussing such revered matters as General
MacArthur's personality, the efficiency of our
occupying- personnel, and the Emperor. . . It's
thin reporting1, but it sounds authentic. Mr.
I^aCerda probably won't be returning to Japan
for some time "
H • New Yorker 22.126 N 23 '46 lOOw
"His book is a melange of odds and ends —
the kind of thing a wideawake reporter could
and would collect in the circumstances. As
such, it is not a very good piece of work. It's
reasonably entertaining, and it has the surface
sparkle of clever journalism, wherefore it
should be widely read. And this, I think, will
be a good thing. For the author, even though
he persistently shies away from being too
serious (when in my opinion his duty is to
be just as serious as he can manage to be)
cannot help some of what he feels coming
through between the lines." J. H. Jackson
4 San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 25 '46
850w
LA DAGE, JOHN, and VAN GEMERT, LEE.
Stability and trim for the ship's officer. 180p
il $3 Van Nostrand
623.81 Stability of ships. Trim (of ships)
46-5136
"This book is designed to give ship's officers
and candidates for Chief Officer's and Master's
licenses, rather than naval architects, a
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
"The book is compactly written and contains
considerably more information than its rela-
tively small number of pages would indicate."
4- N Y New Tech Bks 31:30 Ap '46
A LADY'S pleasure; the modern woman's
treasury of good reading, with an introduc-
tion by Ilka Chase. 602p $2.75 Penn
810.8 American literature — Collections. Eng-
lish literature— Collections 46-3974
A compilation of stories, poems, and articles,
ail designed to appeal especially to women.
Partial contents: The door that would not stay
closed, by M. R. Rinehart; Fraulein, by Edna
Ferber; A day in a woman's life, by Sheila
Kaye- Smith; Midsummer, by Nancy Hale;
Home, James, by Fannie Hurst; Mr. and Mrs.
Dove, by Katherine Mansfield; Tea, by "Saki"
(H. H. Munro); Permanent wave, by Edith
Wharton; Horsie, by Dorothy Parker; To the
not impossible him, by E. S. Millay; Apology
for husbands, by Phyllis McGinley; The look,
by Sara Teasdaie; Curl up and diet, by Ogden
Nash; I find out why women get married, by
M. C. Harriman; The Mrs. Astor I remember,
by Frank Crowninshield; Breaking the ice,
by C. O. Skinner.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p5 Je 2 '46 230w
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
"A cleverly compiled anthology. . . It is
all lively, reading."
4- Christian Century 63:724 Je 5 '46
90w
4- Kirkus 14:238 My 15 '46 130w
"Introducing this latest anthology, Ilka Chase
refers to it as 'a royal stew.' Actually the
book is more than just one dish. It is a whole
meal and an elegant repast at that, flavored
and spiced with many contemporary short-
story writers, poets and autobiographers — a
rich and digestible volume." Lucy Greenbaum
-f N Y Times p24 My 26 '46 320w
"Few reviewers are likely to part with this
anthology. It will divert too many of their
clients who, like birds in the nest, continuously
demand refreshment. Although obviously aimed
at the ladies, the volume is a perfect bed-
iime companion for guest and sick friends of
both genders " Grace Frank
4- Sat R of Lit 29:40 Je 22 '46 850w
"Actually, with the exception of a few of
the more aggressively feminine items dealing
with babies, country-style cooking and women's
clothes, the short stories, verse and nonflc-
tional pieces contained in the anthology should
have an equal appeal for both men and
women. For although all the material deals
with the subject of women, that subject can
hardly bo classified as one in which men have
only a half-hearted interest. And any collec-
tion of short pieces dealing with the distaff
side can hardly fail to include an abundance
of male characters." J. S. K.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
420w
LA FAROE, CHRISTOPHER. The sudden
guest. 250p $2.50 Coward-McCann
46-6673
This novel has three aspects: it is first a
story of how a New England spinster lived
thru two violent storms, the hurricane of 1938
and the lesser storm of 1944; secondly, it is a
character study of Carrel Leckton, a typical
product of her age and environment; and
finally, it is a parable for our times.
BOOK REVIEW DIGESf 1946
LA FAROE, CHRISTOPHER — Continued
"I value this novel for its fine fidelity to
New England and for its sure delineation of
the battered coast and the coast dwellers. I
value it for its skill in contrast: the contrast
of the demoniac force without and the human
sanctuary within; the contrast in effect of
the two great storms — the first, so unexpected,
so ruthless, the second, foreseen and doubly
dreaded; and above all, the contrast in these
New Englanders. these people of Negro, Jew-
ish, Italian, and Yankee blood whose impact
cracks the hard shell of Miss Leckton and re-
veals the heart of the story." Edward Weeks
+ Atlantic 178:148 O '46 650w
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p5 S 8 '46 750w
Booklist 43:35 O 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 N '46
Reviewed by Margaret Williamson
Christian Science Monitor pl4 O 12
'46 650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 3 '46
"What Mr. La Parge had done — has magni-
ficently done — is to pour into a single char-
acter, to distill over her, all the essential oils
of a time and a place in our human history
and geography. He has painted a portrait,
and his subject, very much one living person,
so sums up a host of generically like persons
we have known that we feel as we do with
some of Copley's best pictures, we have surely
some time, somewhere met and known Miss
Leckton very well."
-f Commonweal 44:527 S 13 '46 1600w
"An absorbing and compelling story."
-f Kirkus 14:256 Je 1 '46 170w
"The theme is less important than the
magnificent description of the storms, which
are sometimes one in the reader's mind. In
spite of this confusion, highly recommended."
L. M. Kinloch
H Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:387 O 5 '46 2GOw
"There are at least two impressive levels
of meaning in Christopher La Farge's beauti-
fully composed novel. 'The Sudden Quest* may
be taken as a penetrating study of character.
Or it may be taken as a kind of long parable —
one peculiarly appropriate to our time — dealing
with the responsibility of the single person to
the community which holds him, like it or not,
in non-cancellable membership. And of course
there is no incongruity in viewing the book as
both study and parable together. For, like
many other rightly written works, it achieves
its effects simultaneously and harmoniously.
Considered simply as a piece of narrative com-
position, it is greatly to be admired for its*
sound and expert, often brilliant, craft."
Richard Sullivan
-f N Y Times p3 S 8 '46 850w
"Mr. La Farge is educated, intelligent, and
perceptive, and he writes English like those
cultivated Englishmen who, whatever their
other limitations, seem to have an inbred
knowledge of how to use words. Despite these
advantages, he has written a book that is only
passable, at best. What tripped him up, I
believe, was his determination, as expressed
on the jacket of his book, to write on three
different levels." Hamilton Basso
New Yorker 22:116 S 21 '46 600w
"I do not mean to say that Mr. LaFarge
has written a sermon. As I've already said,
he is far too able a novelist merely to preach.
And the reader will make his own choice,
getting from 'The Sudden Guest' what he is
able to bring to it. Indeed, it Is because it
offers this choice, at the same time saying
what its author wants it to say, that 'The
Sudden Guest* is the fine novel it is. You will
miss one of the year's significant pieces of fic-
tion if you let this thoughtful, beautifully done
book get past you." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 5 '46
700w
"In the face of it, 'The Sudden Guest* is a
remarkably compelling story that has for Its
chief subject matter one woman and two hur-
ricanes, the woman being drawn with great
•kill, the hurricanes being described with ex-
traordinary vigor and vividness. What more
there is, behind the face of it, each reader must
decide for himself. But I doubt that anyone
will read this novel without being aware of
other winds than those which lashed the At-
lantic seaboard in 1938 and 1944; without his
thoughts going to other 'islands' than Miss
Leckton's." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:7 S 7 '46 1200w
"Poet Christopher La Farge spends 100,000
words pointing his moral. He might have made
it needle-sharp In 10,000."
Time 48:108 S 23 '46 290w
"Quite evidently Mr. La Farge meant this
as a parable for the times, but the narrow
world of Miss Leckton is somewhat too limited
to become a symbol of the great globe itself.
Even without this superimposed meaning, the
novel achieves admirable suspense and human
s gn cance-s Quarter|y Bk| 2.2gl D ,46 S5Qw
"I can think of no recent novel quite com-
parable to 'The Sudden Guest* except, per-
haps, Miss V. Sackville West's noble 'All
Passion Spent,' of a few years back. Though
Miss West's was the story of an aged woman
who had lived a full and out-giving life, the
innerness of the two novels and the fine dis-
passionate appreciation of human values makes
them the closest kin. And they have one
more invaluable characteristic in common: they
are written, both of them, with such de-
pendable delicacy of style, such naturalness
and ease, that to read either, lingeringly, para-
graph by paragraph, is to savor something
fine and rare." P. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 8 '46 750w
LA FARCE, HENRY ADAMS, ed. Lost treas-
ures of Europe. 39p 427il $5 Pantheon bks.
709 World war, 1939-1945— Art and the
war. World war, 1939-1945 — Architecture
and the war. Art treasures in war 47-30010
A survey, mainly in photographs, of the
great cultural monuments of Europe which
were destroyed or partially destroyed during
World war II. In a few cases photographs
of damage done are included, but In the main
the pictures are of the original intact. The
text is a descriptive list of the plates, giving
in each case brief history of the building and
the amount of destruction.
Booklist 43:152 Ja 15 '47
"The Editor earns our gratitude; that his
was no easy task even the unimaginative must
realize, but he has surmounted difficulties of
conflicting reports, baffling search, selection and
elimination, and has succeeded in his conscien-
tious effort to represent every major destroyed
monument or city in Europe and at the same
time to give every country its due. The finely
chosen, clear pictures are preceded by an
informative, concise Descriptive List of Plates."
-f- Cath World 164:380 Ja '47 200w
Reviewed by Dorothy Adlow
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 14 '46
800w
"A book with tremendous nostalgic value for
those who knew Europe well before the devas-
tation of the war."
-f Kirkus 14:575 N 1 '46 lOOw
"A well done book that may be something of
a monument in itself." S. Y.
-f- New Repub 115:774 D 9 '46 lOOw
"If, in appraising this book, I have an im-
portant stricture, it would only be that its
photographs of the architectural treasures of
Europe destroyed in this war might well be
presented in black borders as a mark of
mourning for beauty which now lives only in
human memory and in photographs such as Mr.
La Farge presents in this volume. In all, he
has selected 427. Most of them occupy a full
page and the offset process of reproduction
gives not only sharpness of detail but also
such a richness of shading that one often has
the illusion of full color. One can have no
quarrel with Mr. La Farge's choices in view
of the many difficulties which he has had to
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surmount; for sometimes not only have the
buildings disappeared but all photographs of
them as well." W. L. White
-h N Y Time* p5 N 24 '46 1200w
New Yorker 22:134 N 16 '46 lOOw
"The photographs are excellent in most
Instances, the only exception being some
panorama shots which are fuzzy in detail. The
photographs are grouped by country and
numbered with a descriptively annotated list
preceding the collection. The only obvious lack
in the book is an index. However, since the
book has only limited value as a reference
work, this is not a major omission." W. 33.
Parker
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 1 '46
250w
"Mr. La Farge has chosen well, and he has
apportioned fairly to the several countries the
losses which add up to such a dreadful sum.
One can hardly believe that these great build-
Ings and works of art are gone; they live so
vividly and so poignantly through his splendid
reproductions. A solemn spirit of requiem per-
vades the entire book — an air of having known
and loved personalities who are no more." P.
H. Taylor
H- Weekly Book Review p6 D 22 '46 700w
LAFITTE, FRANQOIS. Britain's way to social
security. (Target for tomorrow) HOp $2 Trans-
atlantic [6s Mot]
331.2544 Insurance, State and compulsory
[45-9864]
"For the greater part of his book Mr. Lafltte
limits himself to two tasks; to recount the
progress of social insurance and national assist-
ance since the great Indian summer of Liber-
alism before the last war and to establish the
practical issues which must be settled by the
new Minister of National Insurance in mak-
ing the programme of law and enforcement to
which all the parties are now committed both
effective and efficient." Times [London] Lit
Sup
Booklist 42:130 D 15 '45
Times [London] Lit Sup p404 Ag 25 '45
2000w
LAGER. MILDRED M. The useful soybean; a
plus factor in modern living. 295p $2.75 Mc-
Graw
641.35655 Cookery (soy bean). Soy bean
45-5989
"While the author's Interest is primarily in
the nutritional value of the soybean as evi-
denced by her collection of over three hundred
and fifty recipes for appetizers, entrees and
desserts which constitute the latter half of the
book, she has also contributed ten informative
chapters on the history of the culture of the
bean, the development of important production
in the United States, the extensive research
work of the soybean processors, and the numer-
ous industrial applications developed in the last
fifteen years." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Re
IGOw
cvlew p33 Mr 81
"The value of this book lies in its bringing
together all the stray bits of information on
this crop that have been passing about more or
less loosely during the past decade. . . The
book's emphasis, however, is on its nutritional
value."
+ Chem <& Met Eng 52:263 S '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:13 Ja '46
LAKE. JOE BARRY xv.
Triple cross. (Mystery
256p $2 Curl
Detective story.
(JOE BARRY, pseud)
ery house publication)
46-3011
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Ap 7 '46 l*0w
"Readable tough-un."
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ap 6 '46 40w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 11 '46
LAMB, HAROLD. Alexander of Macedon; the
journey to world's end. 402p $3.50 Doubleday
B or 92 Alexander the Great 46-4464
Biography of Alexander of Macedon, which
the author calls "an endeavor to re-create for
the reader today [the] Journey of the Mace-
donians, under Alexander." In his efforts to
gather material for this book the author fol-
lowed the course of Alexander's journeying for
two years, and covered all the territory "except
within northern India." Index.
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"It will be difficult to obtain an equally
comprehensive notion of the Great Alexander's
career in any other way half as pleasant aa
the reading of this book. . . On the whole
Alexander remains a remote figure rather than
a living personality; and probably it could
not be otherwise, unless the author were to
draw upon his imagination much more heavily
than he has chosen to do."
-f Cath World 163:477 Ag '46 160w
"The rivalry of one Macedonian lieutenant
with another, the Jealousies of the forthright
Macedonians, of the more highly civilized
Persians, are realized and set forth with skill.
In his effort to understand Alexander, Mr.
Lamb has undoubtedly been audacious: he has
used his imagination to create details of Alex-
ander's thinking and feeling. Undoubtedly,
some scholars of the period will have their
quarrels with those, but the general reader
will enjoy them as he enjoys Mr. Lamb's most
clear and readable accounts of the battles, no
one which Alexander over lost. The book is
a stunning portrait of a great symbolic hero."
Horace Reynolds
4- Christian Science Monitor plO Je 22
'46 1150w
Reviewed by Max Fischer
Commonweal 44:313 Jl 12 '46 700w
Current Hist 11:230 S '46 60w
Kirkus 14:117 Mr 1 '46 150w
"Mr. Lamb's biography is really a noble piece
of work, running clear as water." B. B. Gar-
side
-f- N Y Times p6 My 19 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:93 Je 1 '46 120w
"The fact is that Lamb has written what
resembles a romantic biography, which is
surely his privilege, but it is not fair to the
public not to say so. Everything seems cer-
tain; rarely is there a problem; dialogue goes
on for page after page, not a word of which
can be found in the Alexander-historians, yet
all the time we are building a picture of Alex-
ander that has little to do with reality. Some
of this makes good reading and I applaud
Lamb's desire not to be dull, out I suspect that
even that section of our population which cares
little for history has outgrown the presumed
naivete of the ancients." C. A. Robinson
Sat R of Lit 22:21 Je 1 '46 700w
" 'Alexander of Macedon' is authentic history
blended with imagination. Mr. Lamb invents
minor situations and conversations, arranges
material dramatically, employs the spotlight
effectively. At the same time he does not dis-
tort facts and is completely reliable on actual
events. Where a reader may occasionally dis-
agree is in Interpretation of character, and
even there the author makes out a persuasive
case based upon evidence. If he chooses to fol-
low Arrian rather than Plutarch, who can
dispute the choice? Other histories and biogra-
phies may contain more dates and statistics,
but none is more absorbing, satisfying and
readable. Mr. Lamb's portrait of Alexander is
as fine as anything in the field, an invaluable
addition to the gallery of great historical fig-
ures." P. J. Searles
4- Weekly Book Review p5 My 19 '46
1300w
WIs Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
468
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LAMBERT, JANET. Up goes the curtain. 189p
'2 DUtt°" 46-2484
Continues the story of Penny Parrish, who
appeared in earlier books: Dreams of Glory,
and Glory Be (Book Review Digest 1942 and
1943). In this story for older girls Penny has
her first part in a Broadway success, visits her
army post home, and aids in capturing a spy.
Kirkus 14:150 Mr 15 '46 80w
"Will be as popular with older girls as other
titles by this author." Ruth Bostwick
-f Library J 71:669 My 1 '46 70w
"The book is slightly starry-eyed, but deft,
and is written with a true understanding of
'teen-age girls." F. N, Chrystie
_j_ _ N Y Times p36 Ap 14 '46 90w
"Miss Lambert's characters are a bit too
sweet, but they are pleasant people to know,
and she writes with humor and considerable
insight. It's a good book for 'teen-agers." P. H.
Bickerton
4 Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
200w
"Penny's luck is too good to be true, but
her readers won't believe that for a moment,
and I hope they don't; Penny is so nice a girl
she deserves all she has. I am glad to see that
Miss Lambert leaves her hesitating between
two lovers; the series will evidently keep on
moving."
4- Weekly Book Review pl6 My 19 '46 160w
LAMBERT, LYDIA. Pushkin, poet and lover;
tr. from the French by Willard R. Trask.
276p $2.75 Doubleday
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergfeevich — Fiction
46-4822
Romantic, flctionized biography of this early
nineteenth century Russian poet.
"It is Strachey strained through Maurois to
emerge as the reductio ad absurdum of all
impressionistic, romanticized biographies. The
author goes to work in the approved fashion
to turn the poet Pushkin into a capricious
Casanova. Seizing upon a Joking remark
attributed to Pushkin that his wife was his
one hundred and thirteenth love, the author
digs up from fact, fiction, arid poetic allusions
the other hundred and twelve, and gallops
through these real and imaginary affairs at the
rate of about one to every two pages. . . If
only this book does not find its way to the
Soviet Union, where Pushkin is venerated as
the Russian Shakespeare, we may be spared
still another international scandal." B. J.
Simmons
— Atlantic 178:154 Ag '46 360w
"All his romantic, and somewhat pathetic,
love life is told without too much taste, and
little insight into the poetic and revolutionary
gifts which made Pushkin a great artist. But
the accent here on the sensual, the sensational,
may give this a certain popularity."
Kirkus 14:169 Ap 1 '46 150w
"Since the biography is of no value as liter -
ary criticism and the romantic adventures re-
lated without any distinction of style it is not
recommended." B. B. Libaire
— Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 90w
"Since Pushkin was a plant that flourished
only in the climate of love, Miss Lambert is
quite justified in emphasizing the erotic side
of his career. She also writes her original
in French, a language better equipped than
English to explore the nuances of love as a
cult. Her prose seems consciously allied to
painting. Everything is reduced to essential
forms. The images are concrete and alive
with fresh, gilty color. Much credit must be
given to Willard R. Trask, Miss Lambert's
translator, for preserving these deceptively
simple qualities." E. B. Garside
4- N Y Times p8 S 1 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 160w
"Miss Lambert, a young Frenchwoman,
writes with a pronounced Gallic flavor. She
tosses oft lightly and easily this marron glace
of a biography which should be taken as an
after-dinner sweet and not as a complete piece
de resistance." J. V.
San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 21 '46
220w
"The book should please the not inconsider-
able public that enjoys highly seasoned fare,
is titillated by extravagance, and requires vi-
carious passion, however presented. A more fas-
tidious audience will find it meretricious stuff."
Babette Deutsch
Weekly Book Review p24 Je 23 '46 550w
LAM KIN, NINA B. Health education in rural
schools and communities. 209p $2.50 Barnes,
A.S.
371.7 Hygiene— Study and teaching. Rural
schools SG46-239
"A crystallization of the author's wide ex-
perience and her fund of information into an
excellent book for teachers of health educa-
tion." School & Society
Reviewed by R. E. Grout
Am J Pub Health 36;1443 D '46 390w
"The book will be found a valuable guide
for administrators, teachers, doctors, nurses,
and others interested in taking to the people
in rural areas the latest scientific findings to
the end that life may become better and safer.
This will occur in proportion to the incorpora-
tion of these findings in their daily living.
Materials and methods used in this book will
make this work interesting and effective to
anyone engaged in promoting a similar health
education program." Bess Exton
-f J Home Econ 38:604 N '46 330w
4- School & Society 63:431 Je 15 '46 20w
"The author's traditional program is good as
far as it goes, but much more is needed." E. B.
McCue
School R 54:493 O '46 650w
LAMOND, HENRY GEORGE. Brindle Royal-
ist; a story of the Australian plains. 235p 11
$2.50 Morrow
46-1682
Biography of a brindle bull, born on an Aus-
tralian cattle station. Describes his life on the
range until he is finally captured and sub-
jugated to the rule of man. Includes a glos-
sary of expressions common in pastoral
Queensland.
"Lamond writes about animals with candor
and even brutality, but also with a consider-
able measure of sympathy and warmth. His
attitude toward the aboriginal 'boys' and 'gins'
(women) is the typical one of the British colo-
nial bound to assume the 'white man's burden'
on the theory that the natives are irresponsible
children who go to pot if they aren't restrained
by a firm white and British hand. If one dis-
counts this manifestation, which isn't a very
important part of the whole, 'Brindle Royalist'
is a rewarding experience." Jack Conroy
-\ Book Week p8 Mr 17 '46 360w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
Kirkus 14:7 Ja '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Robert Peck
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 24 '46
500w
LA MO NT, CORLISS. Peoples of the Soviet
Union. 229p 11 maps $3 Harcourt
572.947 Ethnology—Russia 46-25056
"Maps on end papers and scattered as needed
throughout book- are essential to understanding:
text. Author—identified with USSR for years,
as traveler, lecturer, teacher — maintains that,
politics aside, USSR is a successful ethnic de-
mocracy. Book defines term, and then goes into
detail about various racial sub-divisions of the
Soviet Union. Geographical location, brief his-
torical backgrounds, conditions before 1917, So-
viet objectives and accomplishments all are
covered." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by N. S. Timasheff
Am J Soc 52:70 Jl '46 550w
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Reviewed by Harrington Moore
Am Pol Sci R 40:385 Ap '46 450w
Am Soc R 11:377 Je '46 lOOw
Reviewed by D. P. White
Ann Am Acad 245:184 My '46 800w
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p3 Mr 17 '46 140w
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
Commonweal 43:661 Ap 12 '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 24:753 Jl '46 50w
Reviewed by C. D. Harris
Geog R 36:695 O '46 450w
"This is a clear, factual volume, provocative
and informative, but no attempt is made to
discuss the controversial issues of phases of de-
mocracy as applied to the U.S.S.R."
+ Kirkus 14:56 F 1 '46 210w
"Significant and fascinating: book. Recom-
mended both for reference and for general
reading." Thelma Brackett
4- Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by B. D. Wolfe
N Y Times p39 Ap 14 '46 650w
New Yorker 22:87 Mr 2 '46 70w
"I happened to be reading this book on a
recent train trip where I fell into conversation
with a G.I. Just mustered out. Noticing the
title, he observed significantly that he was now
keenly interested in Russia, for the reason
that, of all the serious subjects discussed by
the men in the service. Soviet Russia seemed
to be the one they talked about most. Dr.
Lament's work should be of interest and value
to the ever growing number of those giving se-
rious thought to the Soviet Union." John
Somerville
-f Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 9 '46 1150w
Reviewed by Walter Kerr
Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 17 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
LAMONT, THOMAS WILLIAM. My boyhood in
a parsonage; some brief sketches of American
life toward the close of the last century. 203p
il $2.50 Harper
B or 92 46-7176
These reminiscences cover the first fourteen
years of the author's life from 1870 to 1884, with
three supplementary chapters on prep school
days, college days at Harvard, and early Jour-
nalistic years in the 90s. The author, the son
of a Methodist minister, recalls his childhood
as one marked by "kindly, if not high, think-
ing, and plain living."
Reviewed by Ellery Sedgwick
Atlantic 178:166 N '46 480w
"These memoirs are uneven in quality and
occasionally verge upon the sentimental. But
they have much of the charm which made Clar-
ence Day's 'Life with Father' memorable. In
a season of almost unrelieved filth, perversion,
sadism, and overwritten melodrama, these quiet
pages from an earlier, more dignified, and in-
finitely more decent America should evoke nos-
talgia." Sterling North
-I- Book Week plO O 20 '46 360w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 '46
"With quiet humor and the casualness of a
friendly letter, Mr Lament pictures his child-
hood in the Hudson valley and his yeara at
Phillips Exeter and Harvard, ranging from 1870
to 1892. . . Memorable figures—President Eliot,
George Lyman Kittredge, William James, Wil-
liam Vaughn Moody, George Herbert Palmer,
Charles Eliot Norton — flit across the pages to
make one wish that the writer had done their
, portraits with penetrating detail. If he had, this
engaging book, so easily written and easily
read, might not be so easily forgotten." Robert
Berkelman
Christian Science Monitor pl4 O 11 '46
480w
Kirkus 14:318 Jl 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by G. O. Kelly
Library J 71:1205 S 15 '46 llOw
"As is true of life generally, in and out of
the parsonage, Mr. Lament as historian has his
good days and bad. Some of the sketches are
set down in the manner of family memorabilia,
and so may not hold great interest for the
general or casual reader. Others show the par-
sonage as a symbol of an age and time." Lewis
Nichols
-| NY Times p3 S 29 '46 800w
"The inspirational source of Mr. Lament's
little book on his boyhood in a Methodist par-
sonage is a nostalgic, yet an always humorous
and often beautiful memory of horse-and-buggy
living in the final decades of the nineteenth cen-
tury." John Corbin
-h Sat R of Lit 29:17 O 6 '46 800w
"In these brief chapters of happy childhood
and his early life, the author foretells his
future success story by all the implications
of zeal and character the simple chronicle re-
veals. A story of a fortunate life so well
begun deserves continuance. If written, it is
certain to fulfill the promise of these first
chapters." Henry Bru6re
-f Survey G 35:411 N '46 850w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p2 S 29 '46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
LAM PELL, MILLARD. The long way home;
pref. by William Rose Ben-fit; forewords by
Howard A. Rusk and Merle Armitage. 174p
$2 50 Messner
792 Radio plays. World war, 1939-1945 —
Drama 46-2334
Fourteen radio scripts first produced over
the Columbia network. Each script is about
the homecoming of our soldiers from World
war II, with their wounds — physical or spirit-
ual, with a brief flashback to show the origin
of the wound.
"To the average radio writer, champing
under sometimes indiscriminate commercial
restrictions, Lampell's plays will stand as a
symbol of the type of high-minded writing
that could be done for the air were the too
often stultifying taboos against honest expres-
sion lifted by those who monitor the mikes."
Herb Futran
-f- Book Week p!8 Ap 7 '46 400w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
"14 official AAF radio plays here available
in book form, and as poignant and challenging
to read as they were to hear. . . They picture
returning air force men (it could apply to any
casualties), the problems of adjustment they
face, and the way cases are handled in all
types of hospitals and in redistribution and
convalescent centers. Human documents which
approach the problems vigorously."
-f Kirkus 14:116 Mr 1 '46 80w
Library J 71:760 My 15 '46 40w
"Written to ease the burden of the home-
coming soldier, these crisp and probing scripts
dramatize both the need for aid and the
therapy used. The best of them are very good
indeed. Through many runs an undercurrent
of bitterness that will not please the 'let them
alone' school of thought." David Dempsey
^ NY Times p5 Ap 28 '46 550w
"Mr. Ben€t expresses a high regard for
these short plays, and, judged by the none too
subtle standards of radio, maybe they are as
good as he says; very possibly they may even
serve a useful purpose. If, however, you have
a queasy stomach for script writers exploring
the heart of a soldier, or if you just don't
have a low emotional boiling point, the col-
lection may not be for you."
New Yorker 22:90 Mr 30 '46 150w
"Considering the limitations imposed by
subject matter and plot, this collection of
plays is nothing short of a tour de force. The
book should, of course, be taken in small
doses. But even when read at ja. single sitting,
the plays are never repetitious; they never flag
in vigor or deftness of touch, or lose the
delicate balance that exists between grimness
and humor." Ron Schiller
-H Sat R of Lit 29:93 Ap 13 '46 700w
"When printed radio plays are read silently
and still manage to deeply impress a reader
who Is himself akin to the subjects of the
sketches, one can be certain the author has
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LAMPELL, MILLARD — Continued ^ 1A A
caught the true essence. It is difficult to
imagine more successful efforts in Play^*™*
for the new medium that is radio than 'The
Long Way Home.' " F. P. ... .„_
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 9 '46 420w
Theatre Arts 30:623 O '46 40w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:86 Je '46 240w
"The best of fifteen -minute radio plays seem
rather bare when stripped down to silent print.
This is particularly true of Lampell's experi-
ments with the folk-ballad effects he used so
successfully in 'The Lonesome Train* (although
his brief production notes outline the original
sound and musical backgrounds). A few of
the scripts, too, are, on the surface, dated.
But they all have a tough core of lasting truth
and integrity." Richard Match
4. _ Weekly Book Review p!2 Ap 28 '46
600w
LANCASTER, CHARLES MAXWELL, tr. See
Ercilla y ZtSfliga, A. de. Araucanfad
LANCASTER, HENRY CARRINQTON. ' Sun-
set; a history of Parisian drama in the last
years of Louis XIV, 1701-1715. 365p $5 Johns
Hopkins press [25s Oxford]
842.09 French drama A46-4816
"A sequel to Professor Lancaster's History of
French Dramatic Literature in the Seventeenth
Century, the present work carries on essen-
tially unchanged the purpose and pattern of his
earlier volumes. Its immediate aim is to pro-
vide succinctly a survey of all plays from 1701
to 1715 acted or published in or near Paris. . .
After an introductory chapter dealing with
political and social backgrounds and the history
of the Com4die Franchise, Professor Lancaster
considers in general fashion the nature and
aims of tragedy in the period, and follows this
with a thorough but compact account of the
work of the various writers of tragedy. A
similar pattern is pursued in dealing with
comedy. Subsequent chapters consider lost
comedies, comedies not acted at the^ Com^die
Franchise, and plays of the Foire." U S Quar-
terly Bkl
"Closely packed facts give Professor Lan-
caster's pages a forbidding air at first. They
have to be read slowly. Once the usual speed
of the eye has been checked for the mind to
separate names and dates and add a flavour to
them, this volume can be enjoyed as well as
used. It fills a gap on the shelves of stage
history and excites surprise that the gap has
been there so long. . . 'Sunset* is a very
valuable addition to the shelves of the play-
goer, and of others besides."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p269 Je 8 '46
lOOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:7 Mr '46 260w
LANDIS, PAUL HENRY. Adolescence and
youth; the process of maturing. 470p il $3.75
McGraw
136.7354 Adolescence. Youth 46-6
Study of the problems and influences which
affect the process of growing up in the present
day. The book recognizes the problems of
three adolescent-youth groups: town, village
and open country. Index.
Reviewed by Carson McGuire
-p — Am J Soc 52:275 N '46 950w
"If the book is to be used as a college text
it passes muster creditably. It is readable
and meets issues frankly. Students who plan
to teach in secondary schools shouldn't miss
reading it. If, on the other hand, the book
is meant as a treatise on the sociology of
adolescence in a field heretofore preempted by
psychologists, we would have been better
served by a more considered, less hurried,
less diffuse product. Shall we say, it is more
provocative than definitive!" Reuben Hill
Am Soc R 11:761 D '46 950w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
* Society 62:391 D 15 '45 20w
"In spite of the lack of a functional concept
of the Interaction between the Individual and
society and in spite of the depersonalized and
lifeless feeling of the book, ^andis has plated
much pertinent material and has strongly em-
phasized the need for more extensive considera-
tion of society's part in the socialization proc-
ess The book could be read with profit both
by the professional teacher %and by the intelli-
gent layman, either of whom would obtain
an increased awareness of the social demands
made on us all." W. E. Henrv
H School R 54:369 Je '46 1150w
LAN DRY, ROBERT JOHN. This fascinating
radio business. 343p il $3.75 Bobbs
621.384193 Radio broadcasting 46-7482
History of commercial radio broadcasting with
special reference to the mechanics of present
day broadcasting. Index.
"An interesting, thorough, and comprehensive
history of commercial radio broadcasting.
Ricker Van Metre
-f Book Week p20 N 24 '46 90w
Booklist 43:151 Ja 15 '47
Kirkus 14:341 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Mr. Landry's approach to these problems
is comprehensive, fair and stimulating. He
acknowledges (as do most responsible radio
officials) that there is much room for improve-
ment. He has, however, not paid sufficient at-
tention to those millions of listeners who agree
with him that radio has done a splendid job
but who think it can do even better." J. A. S.
Kenas
-} NY Times p46 N 17 '46 650w
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 *46
80w
"Mr. Landry has written this birdseye view
of radio with a sharpness and insight which
makes it valuable for even those cynical
characters who have been kicking around the
studios since the earphone and crystal -set
days. Mr. Landry's writing style has a cut-
ting edge of wry humor." Millard Lampell
+ Weekly Book Review p24 D 8 '46 650w
LANDRY, STUART OMER. Cult of equality;
a study of the race problem. 359p $3.50 Pel-
ican pub. co, 611 Gravier st, New Orleans 12
572 Race problems. Negroes 45-3331
"A presentation of the case for holding that
there are fundamental and inherent inequali-
ties among the races, and that the White is
superior to the Negro." Foreign Affairs
"The author is unaware of his own biases,
uncritical of any statement that conforms to
them, and unfamiliar with the nature of sci-
entific evidence. The book shows no under-
standing of racial realities and no insight into
the nature of race relations. The literary
craftsmanship is not distinguished. But to the
student of racial realities the book is very val-
uable. The author seems to embody and faith-
fully reflect racial beliefs and attitudes that
prevail in his social class and community. Va-
rious field studies have undertaken with more
or less success to report the folk attitudes in
isolated areas of the South and to show the
hiatus between modern knowledge and the folk
beliefs. Here it is all set out by a more or less
unsophisticated native who expounds the true
doctrine and refutes the errors and heresies of
the social scientists." E. B. Reuter
— Am J Soc 51:348 Ja '46 600w
Foreign Affairs 24:350 Ja '46 40w
LANDSBERGER, FRANZ. Rembrandt, the
Jews and the Bible; tr. by Felix N. Qerson.
189p il $3 Jewish pub.
759.9492 Rembrandt Hermanszoon van Rijn.
Jews in art. Bible. Whole—Pictorial illus-
tration 46-4153
"In the days of his prosperity Rembrandt
bought a large house in the Jewish quarter of
Amsterdam. Some biographers believe it was
not so much for Isolation and peace of mind
as for association with a group of people with
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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whom be was sympathetic. . . When poverty
came, he moved for the last time to an unfre-
Quented part of the Ghetto. The nature and the
extent of the Jewish influence upon Rembrandt's
etchings and paintings is the theme of J-»ands-
bergers book. There is first a conventional,
brief life of the artist covering eight pagjea.
The story of the coming of the Jew to Amster-
dam, Sephardim, and Ashkenazim, concludes
the first chapter. The other chapters are 'Rem-
brandt's Portraits of Jews,* 'Rembrandt's
Scenes of Jewish Daily Life/ and 'Rembrandt
and the Bible/ The representations of Jewish
men and women were not portraits, commis-
sioned by the sitters, but the result of Rem-
brandt's artistic impulses and for the pleasure
of art lovers. His models were the Jews he
knew so well, and Landsberger makes a some-
what detailed study of fourteen of these pic-
tures. Only three scenes from Jewish life are
examined, but there are thirty-four biblical
scenes. The works of other artists, reproduced
for comparison and study, complete the total
of sixty-six illustrations." (Crozer Q) Bibli-
ography. Index.
4 'To those who are students of Rembrandt
and to those concerned with the history of the
Jewish people this volume presents material
of interest. . . Although this book includes
well-documented notes and an extensive bib-
liography, the illustrations are poor and the
works reproduced are identified only as paint-
ings or etchings or drawings, with no indica-
tion of their present location or ownership. In
some cases their attribution to Rembrandt
must be Questionable. Nevertheless Dr. Lands-
berger's research will reveal that to a man as
great as Rembrandt all phases of human life
were enriching and he knew no narrow limits
of creed or country." Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p7 Ag 11 '46 250w
Booklist 43:66 N 1 *46
"A twofold appeal should win acceptance for
this expertly written and handsomely published
work. Jews, Christian friends of the Jews,
and all right-minded people who take satisfac-
tion in evidences of cultural sympathies which
ignore the barriers of race and religion, will be
interested in the record of friendly relations
between the greatest Dutch artist of his time
and his Jewish neighbors."
-f Christian Century 63:1312 O 30 '46 280w
"This is a beautiful collection of an unknown
Rembrandt and a fine sociological picture of
Dutch Jewry of his age. . . The only criticism
I can possibly make is that the author ap-
proaches the middle ages and their art with
a typical German bourgeois mentality and that
he is therefore slightly biased against Chris-
tianity. Like so many European Jews, he
views the dark ages through two glasses: the
Jewish one and a 'liberal* Protestant one. It
would help his book greatly if he corrected
some of his statements." H. A. Reinhold
H Commonweal 44:533 S IS '46 280w
"The average person looks at a picture
superficially, seeing very little of the character-
istics that make it a work of art. A study
such as this is extremely valuable apart from
its specialized Jewish interest, because it sug-
gests and illustrates what art really is and
how it may be understood and appreciated.
Landsberger is an interpreter and a guide, not
a propagandist, thereby producing a discrimi-
nating, sound presentation of a very important
phase of Rembrandt's art that is worthy of
serious study. Occasionally he seems to be
pressing for a meaning. Does the 'shadow
that falls upon the right cheek' give «a tinge
of sorrow* to *Bphraim Bonus'? The 'stooping*
of the taller figure in Illustration 25 (p. 79)
does not quite seem to be that he may hear
better. The lower level of the synagogue floor
may not be a genuine inference from the bent
knee of the entering figure in Illustration 28
(pp. 85, 87). . . But these are not serious mat-
ters; they are practically trivia in the light of
the serious work of an author who convincingly
and interestingly makes Rembrandt not an il-
lustrator but an important interpreter of the
Jews and the Bible." R. E. Keighton
+ — Crozer Q 23:389 O '46 500w
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 40w
LANDSTROM, RUSSELL, comp. See Associ-
ated news annual
LANE, JANE, pseud. See Dakers, E. K.
LANE, KENNETH WESTMACOTT (KEITH
WEST, pseud). Peony. 213p $2 Macmillan
[8s Cresset]
46-2895
"Chinese love story in four parts in which
old and new China are poetically interwoven.
The spirit of the heroine, Peony, is symbolic
of the girl of today against a background of
ancient philosophy and tradition. This will
appeal to the reader of Chinese stories and
especially to those familiar with the manners
and customs of the country who would under-
stand the sophistication of the Oriental."
Library J
"Keith West, an Englishman, has traveled
widely in South China and in this, as in
earlier novels, he presents Oriental culture
persuasively and with charm. The book will
appeal to sophisticated readers." Marion Stro-
bel
+ Book Week p6 Ap 14 '46 450w
"Keith West writes of China with a de-
lightful sagacity that gives his work the
flavor of an old tale, skillfully retold. The
moral concepts are not ours, yet the wit and
epigrammatic style have an inimitable charm."
4- Cath World 163:380 Jl '46 150w
Kirkus 13:530 D 1 '45 230w
"Not recommended for high school libraries."
Alice Haynes
Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 90w
"[Peony] is an attractive character whose
originality shines the more brightly in a cere-
monious setting. So does the humour and in-
sight with which Mr. West draws the other
characters, the tutor, the Governor and his
witty wife, Peony's parents and husband, and
even her cat. This is a mature book for
mature people." H. I' A. Fausset
+ Manchester Guardian p3 O 12 '45 150w
"Keith West's finely written story moves
with curious, beautiful circumlocution to its
more or less fated end, giving, by the way.
many vivid pictures of life on a Chinese tea
cup — a life which, however, seems merely
that, in the last analysis. The fabulosities of
that Chinese life as here depicted tend to
blot out the individual soul, leaving, in its
place, another conventional portrait." Mar-
guerite Young
^ NY Times p7 Ap 14 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:105 Ap 20 '46 80w
"This Is an intricate and sophisticated story,
told in such an extremely formalized and subtle
style that it is sometimes a little difficult to
know what is really going on. . . Mr. West's
book has charm and wit, but it is for those
who have a decided taste for its own special
flavor. Readers jaded with modern forth-
rightness and clipped dialogue will find the
long allusive speeches, the excessive classicism
and formality, the stylized, antique decorative
style, wholly delightful. Others, and I am
afraid I am one of them, may find it oc-
casionally over-elaborate and tedious/' S. H.
Hay
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:26 My 18 '46 600w
"Mr. West tells her story with wit and
charm. His characters have a pleasing individ-
uality, which contrast delightfully against the
formal background." John H amps on
+ Spec 175:368 O 19 '45 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p437 S 15 '45
300w
"The action of the novel is lively and Mr.
West puts a delightfully high gloss of wit
and ironic humor on its telling. His characters
speak in aphorisms and epigrams, but so ef-
fortlessly that the unwary reader may either
miss them altogether or fall into the error
of thinking that they are as simple as at first
they sound. Soon one begins to feel it the most
natural thing in the world to improvise a few
stanzas of verse in the course of a conversa-
tion, and it is this illusion of complete reality
that gives 'Peony* much of its charm and
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lifts it above the average run of its kind.
When you add to this sense of reality an adult
theme handled without pretentiousness and
a group of polished and witty performers, you
have a book that is very easy to take." J. J.
Espey
4- Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 21 '46 900w
LANE, KENNETH WESTMACOTT (KEITH
WEST, pseud). Three blossoms of Chang-
an. 2G8p $2.75 Macmillan
46-6869
The trials of a well-educated young Chinese
magistrate in old China, and the stories of
the three Chinese ladies who loved him.
The story -s supposed to be based on three
scrolls found m the young man's coffin, cen-
turies after his death.
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ag 15
'46 IGOOw
Kirkus 14.280 Je 15 '46 200w
"Recommended if this type fiction is
wanted." E. F. Kelly
4- Library J 71:1051 Ag '46 lOOw
"It is difficult to say whether Mr. West is
merely a primitive novelist or whether, if he
deserted his Arcadian subject matter, he might
emerge into modernity with a real grasp upon
the individual character and circumstance. As
it is, his writing is made up largely of a
sometimes palling interest in Chinese maxims,
traditions, conventions, tapestries, foot-gear.
All of this is very charming, but by this time
it wears a little thin. The escape is too easy,
like an endless sonnet sequence in which one
sonnet is differentiated very little from an-
other." Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!6 S 22 '46 400w
"Mr. West, who writes in a deliberately
elevated style, is a well-thought-of student of
Chinese life, but you will probably detect a
slightly synthetic flavor in this somewhat man-
nered novel."
New Yorker 22-90 Ag 17 '46 60w
San Francisco Chronicle p23 O 20 '46
80w
"The book reads as if it were written with
the constant aid of a collection of Chinese
sayings and quotations to make both the au-
thor himself and the readers believe that this
is historically Chinese. The result of such a
hodge-podge is that the characters are stiff
and bloodless, mouthing passages from the
ancient classics, and having nothing to say
for themselves. . . Mr. West writes sharply-
edged sentences, well tailored and trimmed.
If he could only pump a little warmth and
blood into his characters, his novel would be
more convincing." Helena Kuo
h Sat R of Lit 29:34 S 28 '46 360w
"[The] story is one of sharp contrasts, of
sophisticated refinement, coupled with prima-
tive justice and cold-blooded cruelty, told in
a scholarly but happy easy fashion, blending
gay epigrams and ironic wit." P. H. Bicker-
ton
4- Springf d Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
320w
"Mr. West handles [his characters] with
understanding and the tender irony that is the
most characteristic quality of his writing As
usual, he succeeds in making his highly col-
ored picture of imperial China a graceful
framework for a story of individual develop-
ment that is able not only to serve as pleasant
summer entertainment but also to stand up
under more exacting standards; for in his own
way Mr. West is always a gentle, urbane, and
thoroughly civilized moralist." J. J. Espey
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 18 '46 600w
LANE, MARGARET (COUNTESS OF HUNT-
INQDON). Tale of Beatrix Potter; a biogra-
phy. 162p il $3.60 (12s 6d) Warne
B or 92 Potter, Beatrix (Mrs William
Heelis) 46-11998
Biography of the author of a long line of
famous books for children, headed by The
Tale of Peter Rabbit. Beatrix Potter's life
was divided into two distinct periods: her
early years as the only daughter in a wealUiy
English home, when she was completely under
her parents' domination, and her happy mar-
ried life when she farmed and raised sheep
on her own lands in the Lake District. The
author has discovered as much detail as pos-
sible about both periods.
Reviewed by M. A. Ayres
4- Book Week p4 N 10 '46 200w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 D 7 '46
800w
"To this reviewer it is in the last chapter
of all, 'Mrs. Heelis of Sawrey,' that Margaret
Lane reaches the highest spot in her por-
trayal. . . Closing The Tale of Beatrix Potter
and thinking back over it, one is conscious
of the great debt we owe Margaret Lane, both
for her choice of material and her treatment
of it. It is a fully rounded picture she has
given us of an original personality, and there
is in it not one trace of the sentimentality
which would have so irked the creator of all
those salty little characters who live between
the covers of these twentieth century classics.
Their enduring charm and fidelity to the Eng-
lish countryside defy time and imitation."
Marcia Dalphin
4- Horn Bk 22:431 N '46 3200w
"It is as readable as it is important and
contains criticism of special value to writers
and artists and publishers in England as well
as in this country." A. C. Moore
4- Horn Bk 22:457 N '46 180w
Reviewed by G. E. Cartmcll
Library J 72:87 Ja 1 '47 70w
"Of a life so retiring and about one who
had no use for publicity Miss Lane has writ-
ten an excellent account, full* of understand-
ing of this very individual and English char-
acter." M. C.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 21 '46 300w
"Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Tiggy
Wiggy and Hunca Munca have been granted
a just apotheosis upon the children's Olympus,
and one approaches a biography of their
creator with proportionate good will. Then
one discovers that, even if Beatrix Potter did
not already interest us as a writer and il-
lustrator, she would command our attention by
the singularity of her character. And of this
excellent material Miss Margaret Lane has
made the best use. She writes crisply, per-
spicaciously and succinctly." Raymond Morti-
mer
4- New Statesman & Nation 32:84 Ag 3
'46 lOOOw
"The background and the indomitable char-
acter of the heroine alone would have made
this biography interesting, but Miss Lane's
skillful treatment has made it, in addition, a
really delightful book of an unusual sort."
-f New Yorker 22.126 N 2 '46 160w
Reviewed by Hannah Hinsdale
San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 10 '46
200w
"Miss Lane's book gives as full and methodi-
cal an account as possible of this 'modest and
unsensational' life. Occasionally, where facts
are thin, there are unfortunate 'descriptive'
passages in a pseudo Virginia Woolf style, but
on the whole a good sober piece of work is
done. The book is generously illustrated, with
photographs and examples of Miss Potter's
art; and there is information on her other
achievements — her farming ability and work
for the National Trust. The admirer will ad-
mire her more for some of the extracts from
letters at the end of her life." Gwendolen
Freeman
4 Spec 177:42 Jl 12 '46 900w
Time 48:106 N 11 '46 1350w
"It is perhaps her biographer's best achieve-
ment to have given us an entirely convincing
picture of that endearing, sturdy, formidable
person, so different from the thin solitary
girl of Bolton Gardens—Mrs. Heelis of Sawrey,
chairman of the Herdwick Sheep-Breeders5
Association and zealous protagonist of the Na-
tional Trust. The book, is attractively pro-
duced with twenty illustrations. There are
rather too many Victorian family photographs,
and it would have interested many people to
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see a reproduction, perhaps in colour, of one
of Miss Potter's landscapes, or a photograph
showing her Sawrey home in its Lakeland
setting. But no one would wish to part with
the picture done for Sir Henry Roscoe, the
chemist, of a scholarly band or mice experi-
menting scientifically with toasted cheese."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p369 Ag 3 '46
700w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 D 1 '46 800w
LANG, ANDREW. Arabian nights. See Arabian
nights entertainments
LANG, DON. Strawberry roan; with II. by
Gertrude Howe. 218p $2 Oxford
Horses — Legends and stories 46-11954
"Roscoe and Strawberry were friends of long
standing. When Roscoe wasn't allowed to sleep
in the stall with Strawberry the great trotting
horse lost his race. And when the Connecticut
River flooded the Mcadowbrook stables and an
injury forced Strawberry to leave the track,
naturally Roscoe went with him — to adven-
tures in farming, the grocery business and the
circus. . Only in the illustrations do we know
that Roscoe is a little Negro boy." N Y Times
with students is particularly vital." Scientific
Bk Club R
"Stories of love between a boy and a horse
have been told before, but seldom have the
characters been portrayed as well as are young
Roscoe and David Hal, champion trotter And
never has there been such a pi£ os Flora -
bella, or such a 'banty' rooster Don Lang is
a fine wntcr. You know it by the end of the
first paragraph which sets a style, a mood and
a promise of a rich story to come " Ben
Thomas
4- Book Week p20 N 10 '46 2SOw
Booklist 43.89 N 15 '46
"Line drawings and an effective wraparound
jacket in color make this good merchandise as
well as a surely popular story for libraries."
4- Kirkus 14.526 O 15 '46 90w
"Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
-f Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 70w
"For animal lovers, 11 to 14, here is a natural,
understanding story of a boy and his horse."
Frances Smith
-f N Y Times p4 N 10 '46 lOOw
"The distinction of this story lies in the
relationship between a great horse and a boy.
There is a sound knowledge of horses and boys,
humor and feeling in both characterizations.
The drawings of Roscoe and Strawberry are
satisfying." M. G D.
-{- Sat R of Lit 29:61 N 9 '46 250w
LANG, HARRY. Corpse on the hearth. 240p
$2 Macrae Smith co.
46-3215
Detective story.
— Kirkus 14:81 F 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 Ap 28 '46 140w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
180w
LANG, OLGA. Chinese family and society.
395p $4 Yale univ. press
392 Family. Sociology. China— Civilization
A46-4602
"A thoughtful analysis of Chinese family life
, and social structures, using information
gathered in that country during 1936 and
1937. . . The first part of the book presents
the various aspects of family life in Old China,
while the second, comprising the bulk of the
material, is concerned with the family in con-
temporary China. No facet has been neglected,
from the changes in thought and modes of liv-
ing of each member in village, town, and city
families to the effects wrought among certain
groups who work In factories and the various
degrees of change that occur because of money,
education, and religion. The section dealing
"The author would be the first to admit that
it is unfortunate that her study closed in
1937. The extent of the transformation which
the war has brought about is another large
field of research. We are indebted to Miss Lang
for this clarifying picture of the trends of
family life in modern China, spread before
us in a book which is probably the most care-
ful work In this field in the English language."
J. S. Burgess
_j Ann Am Acad 248:296 N '46 800w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 50w
Kirkus 14-91 F 15 '46 150w
"Important scholarly work. . . Copious notes
with bibliographical data. Recommended for
small library purchase." F. A. Boyle
4- Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Yang Kang
Nation 163:563 N 16 '46 460w
Reviewed by Eleanor Lattimore
N Y Times p42 S 15 '46 1150w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 15 '46
120w
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 My '46 200w
"Most illuminating are the reactions of
China's youth to the problems of love and mar-
riage, and parental authority — the new view
concerning filial piety and the classical tradi-
tion. Interesting, too, are the varying reactions
to nepotism which so long had a place in
Chinese life. Though excellent in all these
respects, one perceives a slight dogmatism
111 the author's approach, a lack of sympathy
for the Confucian and Taoist world-outlook,
and perhaps too little recognition of the
basically democratic structure of Chinese so-
ciety "
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:326 D '46 290w
Reviewed by Rodney Gilbert
Weekly Book Review pl6 S 22 '46 1750w
LANG, OTTO. Downhill skiing, with an introd
by Hannes Schneider, rev & enl ed 113p il
$2 Holt
796.93 Skis and ski running 46-25278
"Fine new photographs taken in America
and some revision in a book that first appeared
m 1936 Author is a European of the Arlberg
school " (Booklist) For first edition see Book
Review Digest 1937.
Booklist 43.55 O 15 '46
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle plO Ag 10 '46
50 w
LANGE, ANNEKE DE, pseud. See Chase,
E. H.
LANGLEY, EVE. Not yet the moon. 377p $2.75
46-2023
Picaresque novel about two sisters, Steve and
Blue, and their adventures as migratory work-
ers in Qippsland and the Australian Alps. The
poetic passionate Steve is the narrator.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p9 Ap 28 '46 450w
"There are parts of the book that etch un-
forgettable pictures. There is a revealing
awareness of the conditions that gave rise to
social problems. There is a sense of being an
intimate part of the scene — not outside look-
ing m. . . But the author — for me at least —
throws the whole book out of key by her flow-
ery style, her rambling 3 away from the point
of the story — if there is one. The central char-
acter is an unconvincing — and most unpre-
possessing character, a self-conscious prude,
driven by an abnormal sex urge which her sub-
conscious refutes. An odd and unpleasant
book."
-- h Kirkua 14:79 F 15 '46 170w
4?4
6OOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LANGLEY, EVE— Continued
"It makes an exciting: story, with its pica-
resque, fledgling impressions and grace of style.
The witty details etching this exotic geography,
the brusque asides, are refreshing, if romantic,
reading. . . The peculiar charm of this book
(it tells many sly stories not strictly within the
novel form) is the Puckish laugh and the rich,
earthy figures in which it exults." Harry Ros-
kolenko
+ N Y Times p8 Ap 28 '46 320w
"The amusing, and sometimes desperate, ex-
istence of the girls elicits humorous sympathy
and indulgent interest by turns. As a natural-
istic, simple story of adventure, 'Not Yet The
Moon* is invested with potentialities, some of
which are realized with humor, clarity, and
pathos by the author. Tet on the whole, there
is little grasp of the adolescent emotional cli-
mate evoked by the situation." Palmer Bovie
h Sat R of Lit 29:37 My 11 '46 550w
"It is full of poetry, much beauty and fun."
M. M. Dickey
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 360w
"Steve's story is told in the first person, with
herself as narrator, and in a style that is both
forceful and poetic. Scenes are brought to life
with vivid sensory images that produce an
unusual effect of immediacy. At times the con-
versation seems improbable because of the au-
thor's disregard of the conventional boundary
between fantasy and reality; but if you do not
insist on a book's trailing close on the heels
of fact, if you tolerate an occasional extension
of the realms of probability, you will like Miss
Langley's novel." Stephen Stepanchev
+ __ weekly Book Review p8 Ap 28 '46 450w
LANHAM, EDWIN MOULTRIE. Slug it slay.
234p $2 Harcourt
46-7804
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 80w
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
Klrkus 14:530 O 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 N 10 '46 150w
"Wild guesswork and feeble characteriza-
tions add up to a thoroughly second-rate book,
surprising on Harcourt Brace's small and
generally distinguished mystery list." Anthony
Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 17 '46
70w
"Newspapermen — and woman — who act, talk,
and think like real thing make this outstanding
— plus beautiful surprise ending."
-f Sat R of Lit 29.80 D 7 '46 40w
"Here's proof that it is possible to write a
newspaper mystery that is neither Juvenile
nor silly. . . Recommended for its occupational
color and earnest puzzling." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46
180w
scholars upon the works of the great masters.
The plan adopted required separate introduc-
tions (some of them of extreme length) to each
volume; and this plan has involved a good deal
of avoidable repetition, acceptable, however,
because it has made for an admirable clarity
of narrative and analysis." S. C. Chew
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ag 10
'46 1350w
"It is a gallant and heroic figure who emerges
from these volumes. Each generation will ad-
mire anew the fortitude with which he met
Illness and poverty, the consecrated devotion
to art, the lyrical sense of beauty, the deep
integrity, the gentleness and magnanimity of
the man. Yet in the last analysis Lanier' s
reputation must rest on his poems. Edmund
Goase found these 'never simple, never easy,
never in one single lyric natural and spon-
taneous for more than one stanza **' a grotes-
que violence to language and preposterous
storm of sound.* " H. S. Commager
-f N Y Times p6 O 20 '46 2200w
"It is a first-rate job of bookmaking and
editing. . . The kind of thing that is very
much needed to fill out the still incomplete pic-
ture of literary activity in the United States
during the latter part of the nineteenth century
but that is seldom undertaken without the
benevolence of a university press. This edition
contains a very great amount of hitherto un-
published material: drafts and notes for un-
finished poems, and nearly twelve hundred
letters, of which only two or three hundred
have ever been printed before." Edmund Wilson
-h New Yorker 22:134 D 14 '46 1350w
"The work as a whole should be an unparal-
leled quarry for future investigators who may
wish to reconstruct stages in the full -circum-
ference growth of Lanier's mind and art in
relation to his environment, his reading, and
his associates. Since the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity did so much to nourish and inspire
Lanier, it is highly fitting that that University
should have assembled with scientific care the
basic Lanier collections and published this
handsomely printed complete edition which
should serve as a landmark in scholarship."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:172 S '46 550w
Reviewed by G. P. Whicher
Weekly Book Review pi Ag 25 '46
2900w
"Although retarded three years by the war,
the handsome Centennial Edition symbolizes
the general acceptance of Sidney Lanier as an
American man of letters. Always provocative
to the poet, to the musician, to the Southerner
(somewhat as Thoreau is to the New Eng-
lander), Lanier now becomes required reading
for us all. The Centennial Edition, with its
many pages of criticism, is at once the cul-
mination of the Increased study of Lanier and
the commencement of our real evaluation of
him. What can be said of no other major
American writer can now be said of Lanier:
he is before us entire in the dress of modern
scholarship." S. T. Williams
-f Yale R n a 36:179 autumn '46 950w
LANIER, SIDNEY. Centennial edition of [his]
works [general ed. Charles R. Anderson], lOv
pi $30 Johns Hopkins press
811 A46-2793
"This collected edition of the poems and
prose writings of Sidney Lanier was originally
planned to appear (as its general title indi-
cates) in 1942, in celebration of the hundredth
anniversary of the poet's birth; the war neces-
sitated a postponement. Undertaken by Duke
University, the project was at an early stage
transferred to Johns Hopkins. The auspices
are appropriate, for in its very early day*
Lanier was a lecturer on English literature on
the staff of the new institution. Much of his
ripest and most thoughtful work was done in
Baltimore, the city of his mature manhood."
Christian Science Monitor
"The elaborate and meticulous studies de-
voted by Professor Anderson and his fellow-
editors to this large corpus of writings, the
pains taken to 'establish/ introduce, and com-
ment upon the texts, are comparable in extent
and minuteness to those expended by other
LANSING, MRS ELISABETH CARLETON
(HUBBARD) (MARTHA JOHNSON, pseud).
Nancy Naylor, captain of flight nurses. 241p
$2 Crowell
46-2361
Continues the story of the American nurse
Nancy Naylor. In this novel for older girls
Nancy does her share in evacuating the
wounded to England after D-day.
"Sustained dramatic interest, interesting
background, but inadequate, two-dimensional
characterization."
H Kirkus 14:38 Ja 15 '46 80w
"Recommended for junior high school girls."
Nelle McCalla
-f Library J 71:1058 Ag '46 70w
"Neither characterization nor writing are
good enough to compensate for the plot. Not
recommended." B. W. Turpin
— Library J 71:1068 Ag '46 BOw
Reviewed by P. N. Chrystie
N Y Times p!4 Ap 21 '46 70w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
475
LAO T'AI-T'AI. See NIng, Lao Tai-tfal
LAPRADE, MALCOLM. That man In the
kitchen; how to teach a woman to cook.
244p il $2.60 Houghton
641.5 Cookery 46-6924
An anecdotal discussion of cooking:, inter-
spersed with some recipes, by the travel tour
man, known on the radio for fifteen years as
The Man from Cooks. Index of recipes.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
"With all its tongue in cheek attitudinizing,
there's lots of good sound sense (and some of
us women may borrow a few hints)."
+ Klrkus 14:235 My 16 '46 170w
Reviewed by Idwal Jones
N Y Times p23 Ag 25 '46 600w
"Mr. LaPrade's got some good stuff in his
book . . . but his style is — well, he's the kind
of writer, for instance, who suggests with the
sherry only 'a few simple potato chips,' quite
as if there were some danger of serving a
complicated potato chip. . . He runs a bit to
the cute, too, with suggestions for 'that inti-
mate little dinner for two, when you feel in
good form for cooking.' " J. H. Jackson
H San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 15 '46
170w
Reviewed by H. S. Neol
Sprfngf'd Republican p6 Jl 20 '46 280w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p28 O 6 '46 290w
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
LARDNER, RING WILMER. Portable Ring
Lardner; ed. with an introd. by Gilbert Seldes.
(Viking portable lib) 756p $2 Viking
817 46-7398
Selections from the works of Ring Lardner,
including two novels. You Know Me Al, and
the Big Town, some newspaper columns, short
stories, parodies and plays. An introductory
essay by Gilbert Seldes contains critical ma-
terial.
Mr. Seldes could have done better. And his
'Introduction,' it should be said, is a good deal
more than just that. It is as neat a critical
essay on the art of Ring Lardner as anyone has
ever put into print." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pi 6 O 2 '46
550w
Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 320w
LARIAR, LAWRENCE, ed. Best cartoons of
the year, 1946. 128p $2 Crown
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons
Collection of cartoons, selected by the artists
themselves, from their work in Liberty, Col-
lier's, The Saturday Evening Post, This Week,
and other magazines.
"As Gilbert Seldes notes in an Incisive intro-
duction, Ring Lardner, even when writing about
left-handed pitchers and Tin Pan Alley dopes,
was writing about humanity at large. He did
it with a sharp knowledge of character and
with an ear for American language and dialogue
matched by few of his predecessors, contem-
poraries, or imitators. You're making a grave
error if you pass up this volume." Herman
Kogan
+ Book Week p6 O 13 '46 450w
Booklist 43:134 Ja 1 '47
"Well organized, well worthwhile."
-f Klrkus 14:310 Jl 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 115:487 O 14 '46 650w
"I can't agree with Mr. Seldes that even the
least of Lardner's stories had universal impli-
cations, or even that he was altogether the
legitimate descendant of Swift and Twain, but,
If I understand a rather nebulous and literary
term, he could 'project' all right, to the end of
life. His characters usually led appallingly
childish or vicious lives, but he wrote about
them with the mature, exact judgment of a
man whose comprehension of life clearly ex-
ceeded the limits imposed by his material. . .
The best things Lardner wrote, the ruthless,
hilarious, incomparable portraits of morons,
sadists, drunkards, and bores, ore all here, and
they make a wonderful Hogarth Jan gallery."
-f N Y Times p!3 O 6 '46 1200w
"A highly satisfactory collection, containing
some of the very best Lardner, some of the next
best, and only a few pieces—mostly stuff
written for newspapers— that don't quite stand
up today."
+ — New Yorker 22:118 O 26 '46 lOOw
It's a fine, inclusive winnowing of Lardner's
work, in which you have a chance to see Lard-
ner in almost all his mainfestations — as journal -
ist-in-general, as sports writer, as baseball
flctioneer, as parodist, playwright and short
story writer. . . Altogether it's hard to see how
"The laugh meter would — judging from un-
official tests at hand — show a low rating of
entertainment value."
— Kirkua 14:619 D 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
50w
"The job must be no snap, but the results
are harmony and laughter The cartoons have
been plucked from all the favorite sources,
and just so there will be no favoritism the
editor uses a few of his own." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p7 D 1 '46 70w
LAROM, HENRY V. Mountain pony; a story of
the Wyoming Rockies; il. by Ross Santee.
(Whittlesey house publication) 240p $2 Mc-
Graw
Horses — Legends and stories 46-7448
Western story for boys and girls. It de-
scribes a summer spent on a Wyoming ranch,
where Andy visits his uncle, and has all sorts
of exciting adventures, including trouble with
game rustlers.
"A splendid story of a boy in the Wyoming
Rockies, and believe it or not, the scene is
Wyoming today, with a new kind of rustler —
the game rustler — who carries his booty away
by airplane. Further more the local color is
not vaguely Western, but clearly and crisply
Wyoming." Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:166 D '46 60w
Booklist 43:120 D 15 '46
"Good, modern Western adventure with some
stock characters that do not try too hard."
4- Kirkus 14:326 Jl 15 '46 90w
"Well-made book with line drawings by Ross
Santee." A. M. Wetherell
4- Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 70w
"A rattling good old-fashioned Western with
modern angles." Alden Hatch
-j- N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 120w
Reviewed by Dorothy Hamilton
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
90w
"This is a story that, with its sage-brush
atmosphere, its real men, boys and horses, its
elemental nature, makes almost any one wish
that Wyoming would be his new home."
+ Weekly Book Review p34 N 10 '46 400w
LARSON, QUSTAV EDWARD, and others.
Selecting and operating a business of your
own. 364p $3 Prentice-Hall
371.425 Vocational guidance. Business
46-3487
"A guide for choosing and setting up a
small business enterprise." (Subtitle) Partial
contents: A sporting goods store; A retail
drug store; A general merchandise store; A
grocery store; A hardware store; An avia-
tion service business; A dry cleaning business;
A beauty shop; A restaurant; A small fac-
tory; An electrical appliance and radio shop;
A shoe repair shop; Farming as a small busi-
ness; Business and farming opportunities in
Alaska; How to find opportunities; Small busi-
ness checklist; Index.
Booklist 42:324 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by I* A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
476
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LARSON, QUSTAV EDWARD, and TELLER,
WALTER M AGNES, eds. What is farming?
410p maps $2.95 Van Nostrand
630 Agriculture Agr46-150
"Not primarily on farming technique, but a
broad account of the various aspects of agri-
culture in the U.S. Discusses the kinds of
farming found in all parts of the country; cli-
mate, soil, water, and plants as the base of
agriculture; and farming as a way of life. In
addition there is general information on farm
buildings and tools, planning and management,
and opportunities and methods of getting
started in agriculture." Booklist
Booklist 42:196 P 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Reviewed by P. M. Wagner
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 13 '46
750W
LARSSON, GOSTA. Ships in the river. (Whit-
tlesey house publication) 378p $2.75 McGraw
46-2673
The New York waterfront is the scene of
this strange love story of Jan, an upright
Bohemian stevedore, who was saving money
to go back to his home in Bohemia, until he
met the strange Norwegian beauty, Karen.
Karen's nephew tells the story of his aunt
in Norway, and then in New York with Jan.
Reviewed by Gordon Bercovici
Book Week p!7 Ap 7 '46 320w
"The author uses his first American setting,
and gives an impression of firsthand knowl-
edge of the background, the river, ships, docks,
bosses, unions, workers — and writes of human
beings in understanding terms. Good blend of
labor problems with human relations."
-f Klrkus 14:46 P 1 '46 190w
"Limited appeal. Recommended for public
libraries." H. A. Carpenter
-f- Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Mr. Larsson's thinking and writing are
simple, direct and honest. His episodic devices
frequently impart an annoying Jerkiness to his
tale, but he fails in no sense in rounding out
what might be considered his basic theme —
the atrocious racketeering inherent in the
New York waterfront system." George Home
-f N Y Times p!8 Ap 7 '46 400w
"The story in Mr. Larsson's novel is quite
simple and unambitious, about a longshore-
man and a girl, and how his love for her
regenerates her. Now there is a summary that
would seem to damn the book with its promise
of stateness, but the fact is that 'Ships in the
River' is level about its plot in charm and
freshness. This is entirely due to the sincerity
of its writing-." N. L. Rothman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:14 Jl 27 '46 320w
Reviewed by Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 7 '46 650w
LA SALLE, DOROTHY. Guidance of children
through physical education. 292p il $3
Barnes, A.S.
371.7322 Physical education and training.
Education of children 46-5310
"The education of elementary-school children
on the playflelds and in the gymnasiums is ad-
vanced which should prove of interest to all
teachers, especially those in the field of physical
education. Too frequently educators have looked
on children's play as a natural outlet for physi-
cal and emotional needs which will take care of
itself with little or no attention from the teach-
er. After a careful reading of this book, one is
convinced that physical education, as defined
therein, is the center around which education
revolves." El School J
"Prom the content, one may be inclined to
judge that this publication is a course of study
for physical- education teachers. However, it is
much more than that. It gives a broad educa-
tional philosophy which may be helpful to all
elementary- school teachers, and it shows
strength in its style, organization, and illustra-
tions. It does not overlook the essential element
in any good guidance program — evaluation. . .
Whether or not the reader agrees with the phi-
losophy of education and the inclusion of such
a program within the school curriculum, this
book will furnish him with a challenge and
cause him to be more critical of the type of
physical -education program now offered." P. E.
Brooks
-f El School J 47:55 S '46 700w
School & Society 63:431 Je 15 '46 20w
LASCH, ROBERT. Breaking the building
blockade. 316p $3 Univ. of Chicago press
331.833 Housing A46-9
An editorial writer for the Chicago Sun,
attacks the problem of America's housing
shortage. "The main outlines of policy by
which Mr. Lasch hopes to attain his objectives
can only be listed here. They include, besides
the loans and subsidies for low-rent housing
just mentioned, a continuous campaign of anti-
trust-law enforcement in the construction in-
dustry by the Department of Justice, especially
to break monopolistic labor practices; the
adoption of modernized building codes by local
governments; mass purchasing of basic house-
building materials under Government sponsor-
ship; the year-around stabilization of house-
building activity and the reform of the property
tax. Similarly, concrete proposals are advanced
for urban redevelopment." (N Y Times) Index.
Reviewed by C. S. Aseher
Ann Am Acad 248 295 N '46 380w
"This is 'must' reading for all persons in-
terested in supporting and developing a sound
housing program for families of all income
levels." E. E. Clarke
-+- Book Week p3 Ap 7 '46 800w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:4 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46 200w
Eng N 136:96 My 16 '46 200w
"Here is a plan, local, state and federal,
for low-rent housing and urban redevelopment
based on socio-moral-economic principles to
break the building blockade. Timely and valid."
-f Kfrkus 14:172 Ap 1 '46 150w
"The book is a clear exposition of the housing
problem. It is logical, sincere, and effective in
its argument. There will be disagreement with
its findings and conclusions, as there must be
about any book on what is today America's
No. 1 headache. One must criticize its failure
to recognize that the pent-up demand for the
housing of 60,000,000 people in the next ten
years presents us with the choice of rebuilding
America's cities or of stratifying the existing
obsolete patterns for generations ahead. The
author, however, seems not to have made up
his mind whether private or public enterprise
should have the main share of the job."
Charles Abrams
-jL. — Nation 162:511 Ap 27 '46 800w
Reviewed by B. B. Seligman
New Repub 114:706 My 13 '46 600w
"This is a book for everyone concerned
about the broader lines of America's post-war
contours. Written in clear, incisive style by an
experienced Journalist ... it paints a picture
that will shock many laymen, but it also sug-
gests a course of action that is eminently
realistic and level-headed. The problem badly
needs popular understanding." A. D. Gayer
4- N Y Times p6 Ap 14 '46 1650w
"Robert Lasch has written a good book, one
that is particularly opportune today. His work,
fortunately, is not cluttered up with charts and
technical detail that the average reader would
skim over. Lasch presents, in forceful language,
a thoughtful analysis of housing as it affects
the country as a whole." E. J. Kahn
-t- Sat R of Lit 29:38 Je 8 '46 1050w
Reviewed by N. J. Demerath
Social Forces 25:229 D '46 550w
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477
"The book makes two outstanding: contribu-
tions: It enumerates and analyzes the many
dissociated elements which combine to com-
plete a house, and it gives perspective to them
by a wealth of data, not coldly arrayed in
columns of figures but skillfully presented in
clear, concise language. . . The fault of the
book, a common one in this field, is its attempt
to carry weaker causes into popular favor on
the strong back of the housing movement."
Alfred Rheinstein
H Survey G 35:300 Ag '46 650w
"Though perhaps too visionary and idealistic
to be practical for immediate needs, Mr.
Lasch's study does attempt to break down
the obstacles which stand in the way of pro-
ducing homes for the one third of the popula-
tion which falls into the low-income bracket."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2.204 S '46 280w
"Mr. Lasch's forceful and documented criti-
cism of present principles and practices in re-
spect to housing is a valuable contribution
toward the formation of such a new attitude
— even if it should not be Mr. Lasch's own
attitude." H. W. Baehr
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 14 '46 600w
LASERSON, MAX M. Russia and the western
world; the place of the Soviet Union in the
comity of nations. 275p $2.50 Macmillan
327.47 Russia — Foreign relations. Russia —
History 45-10252
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by Michael Karpovich
Am Hist R 52:127 O '46 550w
"One of the very solid merits of this study by
Professor Laserson is that it keeps its head. . .
[He] has written a scholarly book which clari-
fies the position of the Soviet Union today by
setting it in the historical perspective of Rus-
sian political and social evolution. He com-
mands Russian sources and has used Soviet and
pre-Soviet periodicals and books to make avail-
able material on Soviet jurisprudence, histori-
ography, and federalism which has hitherto
been accessible only to those who read Russian.
It is regrettable that the somewhat turgid and
forbidding style of this volume may deny it the
audience which it otherwise deserves." Merle
Pain sod
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:367 Ap '46 600w
Reviewed by D. F. White
Ann Am Acad 245:183 My '46 400w
Reviewed by Harvey O'Connor
Book Week p6 Ja 20 '46 700w
Current Hist 10:253 Mr '46 1550w
Foreign Affairs 24:558 Ap '46 HOw
"When German aggression made allies of
Russia and the democracies, the place of the
Soviet Union in the comity of nations became
one of the foremost problems in practical ur-
gency and in theoretical fascination. Toward its
understanding Professor Laserson, who was
born and educated in the Russian Empire, has
made a valuable and scholarly contribution.
The reader need not share his optimism to
benefit from his dispassionate and well-
informed discussions; the facts, presented with
care and analyzed with penetration, may war-
rant different conclusions from those he
has drawn. But in the impressionistic literature
on Russia this book stands out as one that
does not remain on the surface but opens new
and truer perspectives." Hans Kohn
+ N Y Times p37 Ap 14 '46 950w
"The breadth of view and keen sympathetic
insight that characterized Laserson's work are
unfortunately marred by the fuzziness of many
passages, arising perhaps from undue haste in
the writing. Yet the book will well repay care-
ful scrutiny by the reader who wishes to see in
Perspective the ideological evolution of the
oviet regime in specific characteristic phases."
J. D. Clarkson
-| Pol Scl Q 61:142 Mr '46 1200w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:51 Mr '46 280w
Reviewed by George Vernadsky
Yale R n s 35:751 summer '46 490w
LASSWELL, HAROLD DWIGHT. World poli-
tics faces economics; with special reference
to the future relations of the United States
and Russia. 108p $1.25 McGraw
338.91 World politics. U.S.— Economic pol-
icy 46-283
"A publication of the Committee for Eco-
nomic Development Research Study, this is
principally a view of the economic relations be-
tween the United States and Russia, in which
the author shows some similarities (as he sees
them) between Russian policy of today and the
policy of the American founders. He also gives
sympathetic explanation to some Russian lines
of political thought." Current Hist
"The book is written in a rather unusual
form, consisting of a series of propositions with
explanatory comments and analysis. The ma-
terial is for the most part tightly packed to-
gether and repays close study and re-reading.
Not the least attractive aspect of the author's
recommendations is that they make good sense
even without taking account of the contribu-
tion they might make to better Russo-American
relations." Max Gideonse
-f Am Econ R 36'431 Je '46 1250w
Reviewed by Lawrence Pelletier
Am Pol Scl R 40:611 Je '46 350w
Reviewed by O C. Cox
Am Soc R 11:777 D '46 550w
"This work may be rated as good in execu-
tion and excellent in intention." S. S Harcave
-f Ann Am Acad 246:143 Jl '46 440w
Current Hl«t 10:350 Ap '46 90w
Foreign Affairs 24:742 Jl '46 90w
"A great merit of this little book lies in the
earnestness of the endeavor to attain a well-
balanced and rational view of a subject which
has been laden and overladen with emotions.
It is an admirably sincere effort to examine
several important obstacles to a peaceful
understanding with Russia. The result is an
enlightened and thought-provoking contribu-
tion. It does not solve any concrete problems.
But anyone concerned with these problems will
find Lasswell's study an illuminating guide "
Alexander Gersohenkron
H J Pol Econ 54:565 D '46 1050W
"Mr. Lasswell's major premise is not to be
denied. . . The political solutions which Mr.
Lasswell offers are unsatisfactory. He does
not recognize the revolutionary impact which
atomic weapons and the other developments
of modern applied science for destruction will
have on our political institutions. Indeed he
minimizes the new weapons to a point which
necessarily orients his political recommenda-
tions toward past practices. . . A word is nec-
essary about the form of this book. Its ninety-
one pages of text consist of a series of state-
ments, each of which is followed by a brief
comment. This style is appropriate to, say, the
American Law Instituted Restatements of
Law; but it is not suitable to a subject of such
general interest as this." T. K. Finletter
Sat R of Lit 29:60 Ap 13 '46 1250w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:129 Je '46 260w
Reviewed by W. T. R. Fox
Yale R n s 36:164 autumn '46 350w
LATHAM, BARBARA (MRS HOWARD COOK).
Perrito's pup; 11. by [the author]. [32p] $1.25
Knopf
46-20989
Picture-story book for ages three to seven.
It describes the antics of a frisky little pup,
who was never accepted as a real dog by the
old dog Perrito, until the day the pup fell into
the pond.
Kirkus 14:418 S 1 '46 70w
"Recommended for agres 3-7." S. J. Robinson
+ Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 40w
"The illustrations in black and white with
touches of rust and blue are quite charming-
and reveal a love and knowledge of dogs."
Leone Garvey
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
80w
478
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LATHROP. WEST. Black river captive; 11.
by Dwight Logan. 307p $2.50 Random house
46-6303
With only a knife made out of a French
sword and the memory of a wordless song his
mother had sung as a heritage, four teen -year-
old Jethro set out to find his kin. The time was
during the French and Indian wars, the place
New Hampshire. When he was captured by
Indians his hopes seemed slim, but eventually
it was that capture which led him to his
father. For older boys.
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"Excellent tale of Indian warfare in 1757."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:470 N '46 150w
"Good library and school material."
-f Kirkus 14:276 Je 15 '46 80w
"Thoroughly good story of French and
Indian War. . . Well written, excellently
plotted, with a hero that boys will long to
emulate. A book hard to put down and highly
recommended " Gertrude Andrus
-f Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 70w
"A good adventure tale for 10 to 14 year
olds." Frances Smith
-f N Y Times pl4 S 29 '46 140w
"This is an exciting story, with a carefully
developed plot and good characterzation. As
a story it is completely plausible. It all could
have happened at many places along the
frontier in the mid-eighteenth century. Un-
fortunately for this reviewer's peace of mind,
the setting of the tale is within a few miles
of his home. He knows that the maps, and
some of the descriptions, are not accurate and
that the story could not have happened when
and where it is supposed to have happened.
This will not trouble most readers; but it
is regrettable that the author's research was
not as sound as his storytelling ability." R.
A. Brown
H Sat R of Lit 29:54 N 9 '46 310w
LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT. Short
history of the Far East. 665p maps $6; text
ed $4.75 Macmillan
950 East (Far East)— History 46-2846
Comprehensive history of the Far East, in-
cluding India and southeast Asia from the days
of the earliest records to the defeat of Japan.
Bibliography at end of each chapter except two.
Index.
"Any weakness which this survey has is more
than balanced by the clarity of style with
which it is composed and the objectivity with
which the author has drawn his outlines and
his conclusions. The brief bibliographical ref-
erences at the chapter ends are carefully
chosen. The half-dozen outline maps at the
end are excellent, as is the volume as a whole."
H. F. MacNair
-4- Ann Am Acad 247:188 S '46 700w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1214 O 9 '46 300w
Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 3 '46
600w
Foreign Affairs 25:347 Ja '47 30w
"Clear maps and a full index add to the value
of the book which includes so much of current
importance in concise and readable form. Rec-
ommended." R. P. Tubby
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 130w
"A well organized, comprehensive and always
interesting history. . . As objective as he is,
however, it must be noted that the author is
essentially conservative in his inclinations,
which, while it certainly does not weigh heavily
upon his political judgment, makes it advisable
to check up on him when he is contemplating
such matters as the Chinese Communists and
the influence of the USSR."
H New Repub 114:813 Je 3 '46 17ftw
New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 80w
"College students, teachers who, at what-
ever level, are called on to deal with the Far
East, and in fact any American who is willing
to do solid reading about Asia in order to
acquire real knowledge, will flnd Latourette'a
A Short History of the Far East far and away
the best one-volume survey of Eastern Asia
obtainable." M. E. Cameron
+ Social Educ 10:377 D '46 550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT. The Unit-
ed States moves across the Pacific; the
A.B.C.'s of the Am. problem In the western
Pacific and the Far East. 174p $2 Harper
327.73 U.S.— Relations (general) with East
(Far East) 46-25100
"U.S. interest in the Pacific is seen as an
inevitable step in our westward expansion.
This study summarizes the development of
U.S. Pacific interest since the eighteenth cen-
tury, reviews policy and type of American
interest in various areas, and appraises prob-
lems today and the course that the U.S. can
take. The author is more suspicious of other
nation's interests, particularly Russia's, than
of ours, but he recognizes and warns against
the possibilities of American imperialism."
(Booklist) Index.
Reviewed by R. H. Heindel
Ann Am Acad 247:189 S '46 820w
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
"Even in as short a book as this. Dr. La-
tourette might helpfully have said much more
about that problem than he has. His closing
section, outlining a future Far Eastern policy
for the United States, is packed with wisdom.
He sees the danger of an American imperialism,
and warns against it. He sees the 'morass' we
are getting into in internal Chinese politics,
and warns against it. . . He offers no panaceas,
and he is free — thanks be! — from all cocksure-
ness. But it would be hard to compress into
equal space an anywhere nearly equal amount
of genuine, far-sighted statesmanship."
-f Christian Century 63:626 My 15 '46
350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by W. F. Sands
Commonweal 44:122 My 17 '46 600w
Reviewed by R. W. Battenhouse
Crozer Q 23:290 Jl '46 800w
Foreign Affairs 25:164 O '46 30w
Kirkus 14:172 Ap 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by J. K. Fairbank
Pol Scl Q 61:602 D '46 1250w
"Teachers of international relations will
find this book a useful guide to American
policies in all areas of the East, the author's
prognostications about possible future trends
being particularly suggestive. The writing is
admirably clear, but the short sentences, un-
relieved by semicolons, result in a staccato style
which in time becomes wearisome. More em-
phasis on the cultural, as well as the political
factors, would have been welcome."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:219 S '46 240w
"The younger generation is characteristically
unafraid, and the older generation character-
istically doubtful of the maxim 'nothing ven-
ture, nothing win.' . . It is a safe prediction
that many of the younger generation will feel
that Professor Latourette's caution tends to
be over-cautious. They will be taken aback by
his tendency to indorse liberal principles and
hopes, while at the same time recommending
minimum action in changing the status QUO.
Indeed, they will feel that when he recommends
programs of action at all, they are of a kind
likely to prolong the status quo. It is particu-
larly those who feel this way who should read
Professor Latourette. By measuring his pru-
dence and sobriety they can estimate the im-
portance of caution and reluctance to change,
In our society as factors in the relations be-
tween our country and other countries." Owen
Lattimore
+ Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 2 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:111 Jl '46
LATTIMORE, ELEANOR FRANCES. Bayou
boy; il. by [the author]. 127p $2 Morrow
46-25268
Louis was a little Negro boy, living near a
bayou in Louisiana. In this simple story of
everyday life Louis goes swimming, catches
REVIEW DIGEST 1946
turtle*, and watches Granny at her work. When
his father decided a house in New Orleans
would be nice, the whole family went to look
at the house, except Granny. At the end of a
long- day the family gave up the idea of New
Orleans; they were glad to get back to the
bayou and Granny.
Book Week p4 N 10 '46 150w
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
"Both In the pictures and the narrative Miss
Lattimore's warm feeling for childhood in its
natural human relationships is revealed against
a well studied background for younger chil-
dren."
-f Horn Bk 22:352 S '46 120w
"Good vocabulary — clear text — make this good
self-reading material, with enough story, alive
characters, and social values. Charming Illus-
trations by the author."
-f Kirkus 14:345 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Good, wholesome picture of a Negro family,
full of everyday adventures and fun." N. L.
Rathbun
+ Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 70w
"This simple story of a group of happy and
natural Negro boys and girls will do more
toward eliminating race prejudice than a dozen
books written to the theme of the oppressed
Negro. First-rate prose for beginning readers
and delightfully illustrated." K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:136 D 7 '46 90w
"This whole picture of Negro life along the
bayou will be fresh and new to many children.
The background is colorful and the two boys
lively youngsters." M. C. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 28 '46 230w
"The book has throughout the grace and
sweetness that have made 'Little Pear' [Book
Review Digest 1934] an American classic of the
nursery. Like that, it lavs the foundation of
an interracial understanding we'd better en-
courage if this world our children will inherit
is to be a healthy one for them to live in." M.
L». Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 O 13 '46
340w
WIs Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
LAU, MRS JOSEPHINE SANQER. Beggar
boy of Galilee; 11. by Frederick Hogg. 192p
$2 Abingdon-Cokesbury
46-7637
Story of the blind Bartimaeus and his son
Caleb who lived precariously by the Sea of
Galilee during the days of Christ's ministry.
For ages nine to eleven.
"Stands on its merits as a remarkable book,
regardless of its religious nature." Jane Cobb
4- Atlantic 178:166 N '46 130w
Book Week p6 D 8 '46 70w
"Mrs. Lau endows the boy and his father
with appealing personalities and has shown
skill in picturing the country and the time."
+ Horn Bk 22:356 S '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:385 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Details of everyday living are as vividly
portrayed as the actual contacts with the
crowds following Jesus and the glimpses of
the Master himself. It is a good 'period' book
for nine- ten- and eleven-year-olds." M. B.
Snow
-f- Library J 71:1467 O 15 '46 70w
"The main characters seem real and the
story is well told, but the book never quite
fulfills the promise of its opening chapters."
* + '_ N Y Times p46 N 10 '46 170w
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
70w
Wia Lib Bui 42:172 D '46
LAURENCE, WILLIAM LEONARD. Dawn
over zero; the story of the atomic bomb. 274p
il $3 Knopf
623.46 Atomic bomb. World war, 1939-1945
—Japan 46-6709
This volume contains the report of the New
York Times writer who was assigned to cover
all aspects of the atom bomb, its inception,
development, the secret trials, and the final
use on the cities of Japan.
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 30
'46 480w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Kirkus 14:327 Jl 15 '46 80w
"Mr. Laurence may make your flesh creep;
he will also hold you enthralled." E. F. Wai-
bridge
-f- Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Milton Mazer
New Repub 115:488 O 14 '46 700w
Reviewed by H. M. Jones
N Y Times p6 Ag 25 '46 1550w
"The author, as YOU probably are aware,
was the only newspaperman allowed to attend
the secret trial in New Mexico (the code
name of the area was Zero) and he knows
as much as any layman about the bomb, from
its genesis to its use in Japan. The first ex-
plosion of the atomic bomb knocked Mr. Lau-
rence breathless and, Judging by his style, he's
been breathless ever since. His explanations
of nuclear theory are well done, but you will
have to pay very close attention if you intend
to become a drawingroom authority on the
subject."
4 New Yorker 22:100 S 7 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p35 D 1 '46
lOOw
"To say that 'Dawn Over Zero' is exciting
is as banal as saying that life itself is exciting.
But the word will have to stand, for there Is
no other way to describe it. There is a sense
of horizon to the book, a sense of intellectual
and emotional expansion. There is no point in
exhorting those who are bored with the subject
of atomic energy to read it. There is no point
in threatening them. In this case, to be bored
is to be damned anyway." Norman Cousins
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ag 24 '46 1700w
"For those readers for whom the Smyth
report is too difficult, Dawn Over Zero is an
adequate substitute. For those who find the
Smyth report technically adequate but lacking
in those elements needed for a great human
document, William Laurence's book is an
admirable supplement.'.'
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:278 D '46 300w
"At last we have the book that should have
been available for the best- seller list imme-
diately after Hiroshima along with the Smyth
Report, which was almost unintelligible to the
non-scientist. It should have forestalled the
flood of hasty and half -informed books on the
atomic bomb that appeared in the succeeding
weeks and months. . . To be sure, much has
happened in the last year so that Laurence's
book is already dated. . . Tet 'Dawn Over Zero'
is, and will long remain, an original document
in the history of science, written in the blind-
ing light of one of its greatest moments."
Gerald Wendt
+ Weekly Book Review p6 S 8 '46 700w
LAU RENTS, ARTHUR. Home of the brave,
167p $2 Random house
812 46-5104
A play dealing with the problem of prejudice,
as seen by a young Jewish soldier, who had
been shell-shocked.
Cleveland Open Shelf pl8 S '46
"A brilliant play."
-t- Kirkus 14:210 My 1 '46 20w
"One of the most distinguished of the 1946-
46 crop of plays. The author has marked
ability. Recommended." George Freedley
-f- Library J 71:979 Jl '46 80w
"A maze of tough talk that gets nowhere."
C. V. Terry
— NY Time* p8 Jl 21 '46 70w
"The play is a problem play which dares to
be a play as well aa a poster, and it gains its
480
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LAURENTS, ARTHUR— Continued
end not by preaching, but by the human ap-
peal of the characters who move through it."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:277 D '46 160w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p21 S 15 '46 130\v
LAVENDER, DAVID SIEVERT. Andy Clay-
bourne. 370p $2.50 Doubleday
46-7803
"The wall was a 700-foot rampart of crim-
son sandstone which stood between the im-
poverished farmers of Salt Creek and their
wealthy neighbors of the cattle country. . .
The span of this novel of today's West is
some four years of Andy Claybourne's life —
from 1937, when he was 19, to 1941, when the
shadow of war was more menacing than that
of the Wall." N Y Times
"A slow-paced, ineffectual story."
— Klrkus 14:399 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Mr. Lavender has given us a well- written
novel with a wholly unlovable hero." Hoffman
Birney
.| NY Times p26 O 27 '46 500w
"David Lavender has created a genuine char-
acter in his hero, and the minor figures in
the story are alive and authentic. This novel
is real meat, not Western hash." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p36 O 27 '46 270w
LAVENDER, DAVID SIEVERT. Mike Maroney,
raider. 242p il $2 Presbyterian bd.
45-6199
Story for older boys based on an actual in-
cident of the Civil war — the capture of a loco-
motive in enemy territory by Union troops.
Kirkus 13:493 N 1 '45 80w
"Will be read as a railroad story, a fast-
moving adventure and supplementary material
for Civil War study. Recommended for seventh
to ninth grades." Elizabeth Burr
+ Library J 70:1139 D 1 '45 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:62 Ap '46
LAVIGNE, JEANNE DE. See De Lavigne, J.
LA VIOLETTE, FORREST EMMANUEL.
Americans of Japanese ancestry; a study of
assimilation in the American community.
185p $2.50 Canadian inst. of int. affairs, 230
Bloor st, W, Toronto 5
325.252 Japanese in the U.S. 46-3995
"This book is about the family and com-
munity life of Americans of Japanese ancestry.
It describes, in summary and through many
examples, some of the problems of these
people, problems resulting from a bi-racial, bi-
cultural milieu in which racial discrimination
is a compelling fact of life. . . Although it
deals with an American problem of assimila-
tion, this book owes its publication to two
Canadian bodies: the Canadian Social Science
Research Council, whose grant was an encour-
agement and assistance in the preparation of
the manuscript; and the Canadian Institute of
International Affairs which, through its Re-
search Committee, has sponsored the publica-
tion." Pref
"This study is a welcome addition to the
slender list of titles on Japanese-American
community life before 1942. . . Among the more
original contributions of the study are the
chapters on vocational and community prob-
lems. These include, for instance, a discussion
of job opportunities for Nisei, the problems
presented to a young man in a Japanese family
enterprise, the beginnings of interracial union-
ism in the canning industry, and a description
of the origin and functioning of the Japanese
American Citizens League." J. P. Kmbree
4- Am J Soc 52:285 N '46 950w
Reviewed by Edith Fowke
Canadian Forum 26:44 My '46 700w
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl f46 20w
LAVRIN, JANKO. Tolstoy; an approach. 166p
$2 Macmillan [7s 6d Methuen]
B or 92 Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich, graf
46-1937
"This book is not a biography, but an at-
tempt to interpret Tolstoy the man, the artist,
and the thinker in the light of some of our
present-day needs and problems. Although
based on one of [the author's] previous studies
of Tolstoy, this 'approach' contains a certain
amount of new material some of which became
available only fairly recently." Note
Current Hist 10:539 Je '46 lOOw
"A tedious and pedestrian study of Tolstoy's
beliefs and works. . . It adds little or nothing
to what almost any cursory reader already
knows of the great Russian writer."
— Klrkus 14:31 Ja 15 '46 90w
"Well written and no doubt an interesting
addition to the many books about Tolstoy.
Recommended for large libraries or for limited
purchase." Jacqueline Over ton
-f Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 70w
"Professor Lavrin expresses the highest ad-
miration for Tolstoy as an artistic genius. In
the light of this admiration it is surprising to
observe that he devotes two routine chapters to
a discussion of Tolstoy's art, and then dedicates
much more space to a formal and unhlstorical
refutation of Tolstoy's moral doctrines. One
wonders why he docs this. If Tolstoy is most
important to us for his art, then that should
be dealt with in greater detail; if Tolstoy was
the second or third rate thinker the Professor
believes him to be, then his moral rigidities
could have been polished oft more quickly and
concisely." J. T. Farrell
N Y Times p3 Mr 17 '46 1600w
"An intelligible 'approach'* to the Russian
master, in whom the author sees a creative
genius of the first class overtaken in mid-
career by his alter ego — a second-rate religious
prophet and seer."
-f New Yorker 22:95 Mr 30 '46 130w
Reviewed by E. J. Simmons
Sat R of Lit 29:56 Ap 13 '46 1450w
"What is there about this book that is so
unsatistying and why is one inclined to mis-
trust the simple emphasis of the conclusions?
Partly because the author of this study too
obviously and easily explains away the patently
sincere religious experience of an unmistakably
complex and profound nature . . . The problem
of the quarrel between the artist and the saint
in Tolstoy remains to be studied by a writer,
perhaps, who is not determined to prove at the
outset that the saint in Tolstoy was all foolish-
ness " Irwm Kdman
Weekly Book Review plO S 1 '46 750w
LAWRENCE, HILDA. Pavilion. 279p $2 Simon
& Schuster
46-743
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!5 Ja 13 '46 450w
Booklist 42:200 F 15 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
"Excellence in character and atmosphere de-
tail, in indirect, retrospective narration, in
cumulative suspense, make this a top per-
formance in the genre."
-J- Kirkus 13:480 N 1 '45 130w
"A fascinating and haunting story in which
Mrs. Lawrence more than fulfills the promise
of her two earlier books." E. H.
-f New Repub 114:102 Ja 21 '46 120w
"It is a somber tale with few of the trap-
pings of the ordinary whodunit. Almost un-
bearable suspense is the keynote of this superb
novel." Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p22 Ja 13 '46 180w
"Ably plotted, and with lots of that fine
eerie atmosphere for which this author has
been building herself quite a reputation lately."
-f New Yorker 21:92 Ja 12 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:39 Ja 19 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Ja 13 '46
180w
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481
LAWRENCE. ISABELLE. Gift of the golden
cup; a tale of Rome and pirates; 11. by
Charles V. John. 288p $2 Bobbs
46-3772
Atia, a twelve -year-old Roman girl, niece of
Julius Caesar, is captured by Mediterranean
pirates. The story of her life aboard the
pirate ship follows, as well as the story of her
rescue, her subsequent adventures in Athens,
and her betrothal when she finally returns to
her home in Rome. For older boys and girls.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll Je 2 '46 300w
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
"It is an intimate story of a family — with
excellent detail of the life and customs of the
time — and a lively sense of history."
4- Kirkus 14:69 VF 1 '46 210w
"Customs of the times are skilfully intro-
duced into a well planned if somewhat lengthy
§lot. Modern dialogue a bit overdone in spots,
tory should interest junior-high young peo-
ple." Claire Nolte
-f Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 40w
"Beginning Latin students will welcome the
book for its illumination of Roman life. Social
and religious customs are explained without
pedantry, and the long-dead scene comes vivid-
ly alive." N. B. Baker
-f N Y Times p31 My 26 '46 120w
"The narrative is simple enough for the book
to be listed as juvenile, but the historical set-
ting is so accurate and inclusive in its detail
that the book will be of interest to many older
readers. . . This is a vivid portrayal of life in
ancient Rome and Athens, and may be highly
recommended for boys and girls and also for
older readers." H. W. Marr
-f Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
SOOw
"A story of ancient Rome whose twelve-
year-old heroine casually speaks of Pompey
as 'such a friend of my Uncle Gaius Caesar*
should make teachers of second -year Latin
come to attention. There are none too many
good stories for twelve-year-olds on which to
draw for such background material, and this
good story covers much ground." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Je 9 '46 320w
LAWRENCE, JOSEPHINE. Double wedding
ring. 301p $2.75 Appleton-Century
46-6102
Character study of a woman in her fifties.
Her four children were grown-up and did not
want their mother's help in solving their prob-
lems; her husband had his business problems
and at times his eyes strayed to younger wom-
en. But Minnie was a wise woman after all;
she solved her own problems.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week plO O 27 '46 270w
Booklist 43.36 O 1 '46
"Written with Miss Lawrence's successful
blend of shrewd insight and pleasant home-
liness. . . Perhaps it is here and there a little
sketchy and scattered in its interest; but it is
serious in intent and at the same time lively
in style, honestly concerned with what makes
decent and happy living." W. K. R.
-|- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 27
'46 550w
Kirkus 14:260 Je 1 '46 HOw
"Recommended for small public library pur-
cjiase." F. A. Boyle
4- Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 120w
"Miss Lawrence's perceptions are acute, her
reporting accurate. Unfortunately — not for the
book but for Miss Lawrence herself — she has
a tidy mind, constantly struggling to put facts
into some sort of pattern. The temptation to
resolve her chaotic situations into order is al-
most irresistible. As there doesn't seem to be
much of a solution for many of her characters,
and she is too honest to offer phonies, it puts
her in rather a spot." Jane Cobb
.) NY Times p8 S 8 '46 600w
"The details are copious and photographic,
but like the plot, more real than substantial."
Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:24 S 28 '46 230w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 24 '46 200w
"Minnie, as portrayed by Miss Lawrence, is
an object of sympathy rather than pity. She
is real, she is warm, she is generous. The
essential integrity of character is hers. If
there is no spark and no style in Miss Law-
rence's writing to capture the imagination,
there is plenty of good common sense and
shrewd humor to give it substance and inter-
est." Rose Feld
.4 Weekly Book Review p8 Ag 25 '46
650w
LAWSON, MARIE (ABRAMS) (MRS ROBERT
LAWSON). Sea is blue; 11. by [the author].
126p $2 Viking
46-7800
Short novel for older girls. It is the record of
a sensitive Nantucket boy's thoughts and career
from the age of eight to twenty-one, when he
married Cissy.
"Don't be misled by the jacket blurb, er-
roneously announcing it to be 'a salty, breezy
story of Nantucket.' Although it is the story
of these sailing folk, it is delicate and haunt-
ing, elusive as the colors of the sea shimmer-
ing under a summer sun. . . The author's il-
lustrations are imaginative and highly decora-
tive. Their abstractness may be disappointing
to some But 'The Sea is Blue' tweaks the
imagination. Reading it is an adventure away
from the humdrum with a writer who believes
there's magic in simple things." A. N.
-f Book Week p23 N 10 '46 190w
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
"There are exquisite word pictures in this
imaginative tale. . . If you are imaginative and
like poetry and rainbows and the stuff that
dreams are made of, you will want to enter
this realm of imagination which the gifted
author-illustrator Marie A Lawson created
with words and beautiful pictures." H. F. Gris-
wold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 14 '46
180w
"There's great charm in this little story,
though it has, perhaps, slow motion for the
age for which it is designed."
4- Kirkus 14:457 S 16 '46 90w
Reviewed by A H. McGinity
Library J 72 83 Ja 1 '47 70w
"There is a haunting quality in this story.
The sound of the sea is in the wording. You
can smell the sea all through it. . It is
a beautiful book, and a story that one will
not forget." M. G. D.
-K Sat R of Lit 29:30 D 14 '46 320w
"This is one of the most beautifully produced
books of the year. The story is spread too
thin, the incidents are vague, but the illustra-
tions, in the blue of old china, the gray of
sea-mist and a deft use of white background,
carry the story better than its words do." M
L. Becker
-j Weekly Book Review plO Ja 26 '47
270w
LAXNESS, HALLDOR KILJAN. Independent
people; an epic; tr. from the Icelandic by
J. A. Thompson. 470p $3 Knopf
46-4757
Epic novel of Icelandic peasant life in a sec-
tion of the country where living is reduced
to its most elemental form. Yet in the midst
of the desperate struggle for life and independ-
ence, the peasant Bjartur. who sacrificed
everything to his desire for his own land,
would burst into poetry. It is a study in con-
trasts, which proves the Icelandic assertion,
"We are the independent people."
"Bitter and somber as the story is, there
is a rare beauty in its telling, a beauty as
surprising as the authentic strain of poetry
that lies In the shoving, battering Icelander,
the master of 'Summerhouses.' It is a Joy to
find that such a book has a translator worthy
482
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LAXNESS, H. K.— Continued
of it. J. A. Thompson draws rich chords and
harmonies as he renders the original Icelandic
into English." Bruce Lancaster
-f~ Atlantic 178:150 S '46 430w
"One of the finest novels in years, a book
which will be widely compared to Knut Ham-
sun's 'Growth of the Soil.' " Sterling North
+ Book Week p2 Jl 28 '46 600w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 N f46
"There is an almost unendurable pyramiding
of misery in the story. In spite of gleams of
sardonic humor, in spite of idyllic passages
about the rare beautiful moments of an Ice-
landic summer, and the grudging respect due
that implacable but honest man, Bjartur, and
the alleviating touches of the bardic in him,
the reader is certainly in no mood to be told by
Mr. Laxness finally that it is of no use, any-
how, that there is no hope for the small in-
dependent farmer, not even with government
grants and subsidies, for it is only the well-to-
do who can afford to accept generosity. The
author's vision of a socialistic State influences
his conclusions, but does not affect the fine
etching of his inexorable picture." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 9 '46
eoow
Reviewed by T. O. Sloane
Commonweal 44:482 Ag 30 '46 950w
"A sprawling, unselective, overlong folk
novel of the Icelandic crofters, of sombre and
superstition-ridden peoples, living from hand
to mouth and yet stubbornly independent, pre-
ferring to slay their own rather than take from
others. . . A bleak and bitter book, with
little to interest or attract the American read-
— Klrkus 14:130 Mr 15 '46 160w
"Well recommended." L. R. Etzkorn
-f Library J 71:978 Jl '46 lOOw
"As long- and monotonous as an Icelandic
winter, Independent People is without the
slightest innovation either of character or
theme. It is to define its excellences and limit
its pretensions simply to say that it is in
good taste."
New Repub 115:357 S 23 '46 180w
"The man Bjartur is a magnificent and com-
plex symbol of peasant Independence, and this
whole great novel might be considered a pro-
foundly imaginative projection of Hardy'S
poem, 'In Time of "The Breaking of Na-
tions" '. . . The author is a sociologist writing
in the naturalist tradition. . . He knows that
peasant individualism is not eternal, that it is
disappearing fast in Russia, and may in many
other parts of the world within this century.
But as many of our American social novelists
do not have, Laxness has also a poet's im-
agination and a poet's gift for phrase and
symbol. . . The variety and distinctiveness of
Laxness' prose has come through beautifully
in the natural English of J. A. Thompson's
apparently admirable translation." R. Q. Davis
-f N Y Times pi Jl 28 '46 1900w
"The author's saga, laid in Iceland, tells
about a man who struggles for eighteen years
to get hold of enough money to buy a sheep
farm and then has to struggle just as hard
to keep hold of it. Since such epical efforts
cannot be confined within the dimensions of the
ordinary novel, and since Mr. Laxness' s theme
is that of man against the universe, he lets
himself go for four hundred and seventy pages
of just about solid type. His book consequently
moves at the pace of one of the livelier gla-
ciers. I can't say that it is altogether enjoy-
able, particularly those long passages of some-
what murky philosophy that are as essential
to an epic as the theme of man against the
universe, but it's not altogether unreadable,
either. Mr. Laxness' s hero, it might be added,
is as disagreeable a character as ever an epic
was built around — hard, bigoted, and mean —
and there are times when, despite his motto,
"This land will not betray its flocks," he clear-
ly hates the hell out of everything. The book
has a certain impressiveness, but I can't get
rid of the notion that much of what looks like
impressiveness is simply bulk." Hamilton Bas-
so
*- -f- ISew Yorker 22:88 Ag 17 '46 280w
"The writer himself is strangely absent from
the book. His absence ia more than an artistic
and dispassionate detachment, such aa Hardy
achieved; it is marked -by the almost complete
lack of sympathetic characters. Only the chil-
dren are invested with warmth or compassion;
for the adults, Laxness seems to have only an
objective kind of irony. He talks about them
and they talk about each other, but never
once does he take you inside an adult char-
acter. This is one of the causes of the bleak
and chill atmosphere of the book, or, if you
are kindly disposed to sagas, of its 'heroic
proportions/ . . It may be that 'Independent
People* has suffered in the translation; Ice-
landic is 14th Century Norwegian, an archaic
and highly inflected language. It is quite pos-
sible that the sharp edges of characterization,
the harshly worded and awkward sentences
were mellow and smooth- flowing in the orig-
inal. Altogether, 'Independent People,' though
officially described as an 'epic,' is not genuinely
a great book. It is a mature piece of writing,
and a complex book, but it suffers from an
obscurely stated and self-contradictory phi-
losophy." Carol Levene
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 4 '46
1750w
"This is a hard but truly great novel, which
goes far to explain an entire nation. . . With
all its harshness and irony, 'Independent
People* is a tender and poetic book. Roger
Butterfteld
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 Jl 27 '46 lOOOw
"A half -sympathetic, half-scornful portrait
of the Icelandic peasant mind, done with broad
'epic' touches and special political intent. For
Author Halldo> Laxness uses his fine portrait,
which is drawn in almost Holbein-like detail,
as the text for a two-part sermon on the sins
of capitalistic Iceland and the promised bless-
ings of Marxism. . . The preaching becomes a
harangue only at the end. For the rest, there
is a long, slow-moving narrative, often vivid,
of daily life at Summerhouses farm."
Time 48:102 Ag 5 '46 650w
"I can imagine reading this book many
times and always being surprised by it, sur-
prised and moved. . . The book is bold and
forward-looking, melodramatic yet pensive, full
of wry statements and sneers, and the har-
mony is dependent on the discordance. It is a
story of today's struggles, and yet by destroy-
ing our narrow, journalistic sense of time, in
opening his play with scenes from dateless
history, reminder of that Iceland which was
before religions came from either the West or
East, we get double values." Ernestine ETvana
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 28 '46 1450w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:190 autumn '46 200w
LAYHEW, JANE. R for murder. 252p $2
Llppincott
46-6101
Detective story.
Klrkus 14:262 Je 1 '46 80w
"The story moves more slowly than neces-
sary, chiefly because of the constant inane
wise -cracking- of the two amateurs and the
lawyer who is assisting them." Isaac Anderson
— NY Times p25 Ag 18 '46 140w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46
50w
"Adequate."
Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 40w
LAZARSFELD, PAUL FELIX. People look at
radio. 158p $2.50 Univ. of N.C. press
791.4 Radio broadcasting:
"Report on a survey conducted by the Na-
tional Opinion Research Center, University of
Denver, Harry Field, Director, and interpreted
by the Bureau of Applied Social Research,
Columbia University, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Direc-
tor. Analysis of the United States public's
understanding of radio and the reactions,"
(Library J) Index,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
483
Reviewed by Ricker Van Metre
BooK Week p20 N 24 '46 270w
Booklist 43:151 Ja 15 '47
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1715 D 1 '46 70 w
"This book is remarkable on two counts: its
conclusions are based upon what is said to
be the first public opinion analysis of radio
along- sociological lines; and the survey was
commissioned by the National Association of
Broadcasters in the 'realization that its ...
[radio's] . . . service to the public is not be-
yond criticism/ . . The book's main value is
not in its statistically tabulated conclusions but
in its sober approach into the too-long-neg-
lected realm of radio sociology. The Questions it
raises must still await further evaluation if the
social institution of radio is to discharge its
full promise to the American community."
Peter Irving
H- N Y Times p46 N 17 '46 500w
"A possible fault of these polls is that very
few people reply critically to an offhand ques-
tion and that critical opinions, when they do
come, are formed on the basis of very little
knowledge of what possible alternatives there
are. The author seems to be aware of this,
and, therefore, ventures only the most tentative
conclusions." Millard Lam pell
Weekly Book Review p24 D 8 '46 140w
LEACH, HENRY GODDARD, ed. Pageant of
old Scandinavia. 350p $3.75 Princeton univ.
press for the American- Scandinavian founda-
tion
839.5 Scandinavian literature — Collections
46-6103
"An anthology of old Scandinavian literature
from the earliest times to the fourteenth cen-
tury. The selections, all translated by schol-
ars in the respective fields, are chiefly from
the Icelandic sagas and eddas, in which the
Norse literary genius reached its highest ex-
pression, but there are also runic inscriptions,
recipes, medical prescriptions and legal docu-
ments." Christian Century
LEACOCK, STEPHEN BUTLER. The boy I
left behind me. 184p $2 Doubleday
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-276
Brief autobiographical sketch of Stephen
Leacock, describing his early years, first in
England, and then in Canada. The story ends
as he departs from a teaching Job he disliked
to study for his degree.
"There will be a general agreement that
the selections are well made. The author has
used such translations as appeared to him
to be the most worthy. A brief but scholarly
survey of the beginnings and early sources
of Scandinavian literature precedes the selec-
tions. Typographically the volume leaves
nothing to be desired . . . One may confidently
express the hope that the volume may find
a generous reception by the reading public."
H. B. Qislason
-f Am Hist R 52:167 O '46 240w
"This is a truly fine anthology, a treasury
of exciting and illuminating literary experi-
ence. It is emphatically a book to round out
your library, for it is far better than any pre-
ceding work in this field." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Jl 14 '46 60w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
"The volume fulfills its purpose admirably—
to illustrate not only the literary virtues of
the old Scandinavians, but also their history,
customs and laws, religion, folk beliefs and
general attitude toward life. An introduction
by the editor orients the general reader, and
a bibliography is appended for those who would
pursue the subject further."
+ Christian Century 63.943 Jl 31 '46 90w
"There is charm and entertainment in the
collection."
4- Current Hist 11:230 S '46 lOOw
"As an introduction to a whole new field of
literature, the book is one of the best ever
produced, and anyone who can read it without
wishing to dig deeper into the literature must
be an Insensitive reader indeed." Fletcher
+ N Y Times p26 S 22 '46 660w
"Dr. Leach, who for several decades has
wisely and successfully guided the American-
Scandinavian Foundation, has compiled an
eminently readable, well documented volume."
Holger Lundbergh
-f Sat R of Lit 29:20 Ag 31 '46 390w
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p7 F 3 '46 250w
Bookmark 7:13 Mr '46
"Perhaps the best of this fragmentary ac-
count of -a rich life is Leacock's account of
how he first realized that human kindliness
must be the great element of humor. For
learning this lesson so early and so well we
are deeply in his debt." E. W. G.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 16
'46 300w
Kirkus 13:502 N 15 '45 150w
"This volume is filled with the kindly humor
that marked [Leacock's] essays for many
years. For general purchase and general read-
ing." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Richard Match
-f N Y Times p8 Mr 17 '46 360w
"A genial, pleasant, witty (occasionally
barbed), discursive account of his boyhood in
Victorian England and his life up to his twen-
tieth year." S. H. Hay
+ Sat R of Lit 29:17 F 23 '46 750w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:301 O 26 '46 500w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 26 '46 240w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Ja 27 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:59 Ap '46
LEACOCK, STEPHEN BUTLER. Leacock
roundabout; a treasury of [his] best works.
422p $3.50 Dodd
818 Humor
Omnibus volume composed of excerpts from
some of Leacock's best works, including selec-
tions from his nonsense novels, the satires,
burlesque memoirs and dramas, the hilarious
reports of his experiences as a lecturer, etc.
"This book is indeed a treasury of Leacock
thinking, gay, wry, shrewd and bland." Nancy
Ladd
-f N Y Times p24 D 15 '46 550w
"Some of the humor may seem dated, and
some of it may be a little broad for latter-
day tastes, but you should find something in
this book to make you laugh."
New Yorker 22-130 N 23 '46 90w
"This book Is Leacock in his humor as he
lived, alternately given to horse play and
to horse sense, and equally admirable in either.
You'll find your favorites here, from the his-
torical drama on Napoleon to the noble series
of parodies on the mystery novel. The ideal
book for the bedside table in the guest-room
— where you'll bed yourself down till you've
finished it." A. B.
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 D 1 '46
70w
"All of the writings in this anthology do
not lie exclusively in the realm of humor.
'Eddie the Bartender' is exemplary of Leacock's
simple, sympathetic treatment of the expansive
bartender who is unconsciously heading toward
a bucolic life through the advent of prohibi-
tion. The author's ironical treatment of life's
contradictory episodes ia also well illustrated
in the inclusion of 'Simple Stories of Success/
The anthology would not be complete, how-
ever, without one of Leacock's plays, and the
choice of 'Cast Up by the Sea' is excellent."
A. C. Fields
4- Sat R of Lit 29:17 D 28 '46 230w
Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46 50w
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LEADER. PAULINE (MRS MILLEN BRAND).
Room for the night; 11. by Garth Williams.
275p $2.60 Vanguard
818 46-3292
After the first World war the author's father
built a large three-story rooming house back
of the family home in a small Vermont town.
The roomers were returned veterans, mill work-
ers, some transients, and some permanent
boarders. The book is an account of the life
which went on in the Blocks, as the house was
called.
Reviewed by Rosemary Taylor
Book Week p8 My 5 '46 600w
Kirkus 14:13 Ja '46 130w
"A grood deal of noisy, fundamental living
seems to have gone on in the Blocks, and it is
unfortunate that Miss Leader is more con-
cerned with facts than characterization. She
catalogues pages of these facts, but, curiously
enough, you almost never have any idea what
these people are thinking or how they look.
Even her mother, whom she helped constant-
ly, keeping the drunks in order and cleaning
up, is a shadow. There is no plot. 4A Room
for the Night' is simply a series of reminis-
cences. Frequently a climax or conclusion giv-
ing some purpose to all this detail seems to be
just a few pages ahead — but it isn't." Creigh-
ton Peet
N Y Times plO Ap 28 '46 360w
Reviewed by Nancy Groberg
Sat R of Lit 29:44 Je 29 '46 450w
"A book that is just about as pleasurable and
warm-hearted as a book can be. . . There were
many people like these good-natured if care-
less, who moved through the Blocks, cherishing
their tattered hopes and waiting for a change
in fortune that seldom came." Herbert Kupfer-
berg
Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 21 '46 850w
LEAF, MUNRO. Flock of watchbirds [11. by
the author]. [44p] $1.50 Lippincott
170 Ethics—Juvenile literature 46-4844
Collection of watchbirds from three separate
books: Watchbirds; More Watchbirds; and
Fly Away, Watchbird. They portray in pic-
ture and brief descriptive text such pests as
the Thumb-Sucker, the Show-off, the Nail-
Biter, the Sulker, and others "that could be
removed to advantage from every home."
Kirkus 14:274 Je 15 '46 70w
"Opinions vary among teachers as to the
real value of Leaf's Watchbirds, as to whether
children's manners are improved by carica-
tures of Thumb-suckers, Show-offs, Nail-biters,
Squawkers, etc. At least, the pictures do
furnish entertainment." Miriam Snow
Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 70w
"Somehow Munro Leaf can point out faults
in children's behavior in the most uncom-
promising manner and yet retain not only
respect but affection of the far- from -faultless."
^'4. weekly Book Review p7 Jl 7 '46 lOOw
LEAF, MUNRO. How to behave and why [il.
by the author]. 65p $1.75 Lippincott
170 Ethics— Juvenile literature 46-8358
Illustrated book on manners and behavior
for very young readers, or even for those
who are too young to read.
"Another of his honest but rather forced
attempts at teaching basic rules of conduct.
It is not mere captious criticism to wish Mr.
Leaf would use simple, correct punctuation."
Cath World 164.382 Ja '47 50w
"Honesty, fairness, strength and wisdom are
the foundations of good behavior according
to the author, who has liberally illustrated
the text with his typical figures. Children will
flnd the pictures more appealing than the mes-
sage. More useful in the family reading circle
than in public and school libraries." M. M.
Smith
Library J 72:83 Ja 1 '47 70w
"A child old enough to read the book —
whose vocabulary is very simple— or listen to
it, laughs at the absurd drawings while at-
tending to the words, which boil down to four
things we have to be: honest, fair, strong
and wise. And the direct, forceful manner
in which these ideas are introduced into the
young mind is such that the chances are they
stay there." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 5 '47 260w
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Report on the work
of the League during the war; submitted to
the Assembly by the acting Secretary-
general. 167p pa 50c Columbia univ. press
[2s Allen, G]
341.1 International cooperation
"Report to the Assembly, including refer-
ences to the United Nations, problems of trans-
ferring assets, etc., to the new organization,
and activities during the war years." Current
Hist
Reviewed by J. B. McConaughy
Am Pol Sci R 40:825 Ag '46 480w
Current Hist 10:536 Je '46 50w
LEDOUX, EDWARD. Vapor adsorption; indus-
trial applications and competing processes;
with foreword by Donald F. Othmer. 360p
$8.50 Chemical pub. co.
533.1 Adsorption. Vapors. Air conditioning
45-10049
"This work is intended primarily for chemical
engineers, although the theoretical aspects of
the subject are treated at length in Parts I, II
and III, which deal respectively with static
adsorption, saturation of air, and dynamic ad-
sorption. Part IV discusses such industrial
applications of adsorption as the dehydration of
air, drying of hygroscopic material, dehydration
of compressed gases, and vapor recovery. There
are numerous reproductions of graphs and dia-
grams. Literature references are scattered
throughout the text, but there is no sys-
tematic bibliography." N Y New Tech Bks
"Although the book should appeal especially
to chemical and air conditioning engineers, it
should also be of value to industrial hygiene
engineers who are concerned with removal of
toxic, inflammable, or valuable gases from air
of industrial rooms." C. P. Yaglou
-f Am J Pub Health 36:410 Ap '46 220w
Reviewed by J. W. Hassler
Chem & Eng N 24:980 Ap 10 '46 450w
"A book of this nature cannot possibly con-
tain all of the known information on adsorp-
tion. The operating engineer will find no trade
secrets. However, the treatment offers an
avenue of approach to the subject for the stu-
dent exploring the field for the first time." E.
R. McLaughlin
Chem Eng 53:313 N '46 250w
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:51 O '45
LE DUG, THOMAS HAROLD ANDRE. Piety
and intellect at Amherst college, 1865-1912.
165p $2 Columbia univ. press
378 Amherst college A46-2753
This book, published for the 125th an-
niversary of Amherst college, is a study of the
ideas and ideals of the college during the
second half of the nineteenth century. Partial
contents: A college for training parsons;
Stearns and Civil war idealism; Reason and
righteousness; Julius H. Seelye; Ancient
classics; Science and the evangelicals; Societies
and fraternities; Hygiene and athletics; Dif-
fusiveness of romanticism. Bibliography. In-
dex.
Christian Century 63:1567 D 25 '46 70w
Reviewed by Ordway Tead
Sat R of Lit 29:26 S 14 '46 380w
School & Society 63:381 My 25 '46
50w
"All the apnurtenances of careful historical
scholarship are present in this first -rate vol-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
485
ume: footnotes, manuscript sources, contem-
porary periodicals. The bibliography is brief,
but well selected; the index, thorough and
analytical. The period between 1890 and 1912
is treated too briefly, but the author succeeds
in establishing that Amherst's reputation as a
trainer of men was deserved." W. W. Brick-
man
School & Society 64:466 D 28 '46 1450w
LEE, AS HER. German air force; foreword by
Carl Spaatz. 310p il $3.60 Harper
940.544943 Germany. Luftwaffe. World war,
1939-1946— Aerial operations 46-4374
Study of the Luftwaffe, describing in "a
somber record how Germany nearly achieved
world domination." It is the author's belief
that Hitler and GOring crippled the air force,
eventually, by forcing- its growth as a political
weapon, instead of a military one. No index.
Book Week p!3 My 26 '46 140w
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
"A flrst-rate, critical history of Hitler's air
force."
+ Foreign Affairs 25:343 Ja '47 30w
Kirkus 14:168 Ap 1 '46 170w
"There is nothing somber about exhilarating
style of book, which has clarity of diagram,
excitement of an Eric Ambler thriller, and fre-
quent rewarding bits of humor. . . Recom-
mended for all libraries, especially those with
war collections." E. F. Walbridge
4- Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 140w
Manchester Guardian p3 D 31 '46 30w
Reviewed by Lionel Hoald
New Statesman & Nation 33:56 Ja 18
'47 1200W
Reviewed by H W. Baldwin
N Y Times p4 Ag 4 '46 llOOw
"An interesting, non-technical study ... by
one of Britain's foremost experts on the sub-
ject."
-f New Yorker 22:94 My 25 '46 lOOw
LEE, CHARLES, ed. Twin bedside anthology.
2v 384;363p ea $3; set $5 Howell, Soskin
808.8 Literature—Collections 46-7222
A pair of anthologies designed to please both
masculine and feminine tastes. Included are
short stories, poetry, essays, and excerpts
from longer works, selected from the writings
of authors of the past and present. Partial
contents: v 1, The old demon, by Pearl Buck;
The luxury of conversation, by Agnes Rep-
plier; The adventure of the Clapham cook, by
Agatha Christie; In the garden, by Emily Dick-
inson; The feminine mind, by H. L. Mencken;
A packet of love letters; v2, Killers under the
sea, by J. D. Craig; Pious Celmda, by "William
Congreve; A coquette's heart, by Joseph Addi-
son; The fourth story: first day, by Giovanni
Boccaccio; All women may be won, by Ovid;
Advice on the choice of a mistress, by Ben-
jamin Franklin; Fire and ice, by Robert Frost;
Ulysses, by Alfred Tennyson.
"Good though it is, we didn't feel that 'her'
selections quite measured up to 'his.' Yet this
boxed duet will serve, until a better week-end
bread-and-butter present comes along. After
all, it's easy to poach on either side of a
twin-bedside night-table." James MacBride
N Y Times p32 O 27 '46 500w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl6 O 14 '46
500w
"For hostesses furnishing a room for guests
who can or may read, this anthology is rec-
ommended."
-f- Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46 180w
LEE, MILDRED. Invisible sun. 307p $2.50
Presbyterian bd.
46-4003
"Story of a courageous, intelligent and con-
secrated preacher in a small Southern com-
munity." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"Readers who enjoyed James Street's 'The
Gauntlet* — and their name is legion — should
like this first novel of Miss Lee's — right
through the climax of murder and manhunt.
Of course, brother Gregory talks down a sullen
lynch mob at the jailhouse steps and the story
ends all right and trite." Richard Match
N Y Times p20 My 26 '46 300w
"John Paul Gregory is a man of patience
and tact, and his battle against prejudice and
avarice will claim your full sympathy, par-
ticularly because he has the gift of humor as
well as the zeal of devotion. The author is a
minister's daughter and knows her back-
ground." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review pll Jl 28 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42.132 O '46
LEE, TINA. What to do now; designed by [the
author] pictures and charts by Manning Lee;
working models by the author. 96p $2 Double-
day
680 Toys. Handicraft 47-415
"An attractive book for younger children
that tells how to make things out of wood and
paper, how to design and make simple puppets,
valentines, and Christmas cards, etc. Pictures
in color, working models, and index." Sat R
of Lit
Book Week p5 Ja 12 '47 140w
Booklist 43.106 D 1 '46
"An excellent how-to-do-it book for the
young seven and eights, and for older boys
and girls to use on their own."
-f Kirkus 14.541 N 1 '46 90w
"Recommended for home, school and public
libraries." S. J. Johnson
-f Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 40w
Sat R of Lit 29.66 N 9 '46 40w
"What I like best about this book, and what
will make it, to my way of thinking, especial-
ly useful for children's purposes, is mat it
doesn't pretend to be useful for those of any
one else. . . A number of these ideas can and
will be used as Christmas presents for Mother
or Father. You can make a stocking box or a
periscope — who knows how soon Daddy might
need one? — a May basket. Aren't these useful
purposes? I have kept, as a grown-up, things
fragile as these, till they fell apart." M. L.
°4- Weekly Book Review plO N 17 f46 200w
LEECHMAN, JOHN DOUGLAS. Eskimo sum-
mer. 247p il $3.50 Humphries [12s 6d Hatch-
ards]
917 19 Eskimos. Labrador — Description and
travel [46-25150]
"The author's trip to the islands at the
northern tip of the Labrador was made to
study old igloo sites and remnants but the
family of Eskimos who were ms guides and
companions for the summer proved far more
interesting than the excavations. This is a
straightforward account of one summer in the
North." Booklist
Booklist 42.315 Je 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:346 Ja '47 20w
Times [London] Lit Sup p315 Jl 6 '46
500w
LEEMING, JOSEPH (MERLIN SWIFT, pseud).
Fun with plastics; drawings by Jessie Rob-
inson. 79p $2 Lippincott
680 Plastic materials 46-6937
"A beginners's book, with directions and de-
signs for the new art of making Jewelry, boxes,
vases, toys and dozens of useful and attrac-
tive gifts from all kinds of plastic materials."
(Subtitle) Illustrated with diagrams and draw-
ings. For grade seven and up.
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"Though this is a beginner's book, some
experience in woodworking and its tools is
necessary, and both expensive and moderate
cost methods are detailed. Definitely for those
clever with their hands, the articles described
486
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LEEMING, JOSEPH— Continued
range from ash trays and letter openers, to
puzzles, etc."
-|- Kirkus 14:349 Ag 1 '46 llOw
"Practical book on a new up-to-date hobby.
Similar In make-up to the other crafts books
by this author. No Index, but the table of con-
tents is a fairly adequate guide." A. H. Mc-
Ginity
-f Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
School Arts 46:lla D '46 120w
LEEMING, JOSEPH (MERLIN SWIFT, pseud).
Fun with puzzles; drawings by Jessie Robin-
son. (Stokes bk) 128p $2 Lippincott
793.73 Puzzles 46-1259
"Puzzles of every kind for everybody, for fun
and mental gymnastics: problems with coins,
counters and matches* brain twisters, mathe-
matical and number puzzles, pencil and paper
problems, cut-out and put-together puzzles,
anagrams and word puzzles." (Subtitle) An-
swers are given at the end of the book.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!6 Mr 10 '46 140w
Booklist 42:244 Ap 1 '46
Kirkus 14:105 P 15 '46 90w
-f- Library J 71:409 Mr 16 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by B. L. Buell
4- N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 90w
"This is an especially good book for a rainy
day and for all ages."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:46 Je 16 '46 40w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
LEEMING, JOSEPH (MERLIN SWIFT, pseud).
Secrets of magic. 95p il pa $1 Watts; P.
793.8 Conjuring 46-6338
• Jl't?? * P(ff£°,n kn<?wn to be interested in
magic is likely to be asked at any time to do
some tricks, and [this book] tells how 186 of
them can be performed. Every one can be done
with simple equipment or with none at all. and
some of the tricks explained are claimed to be
so new as to be 'as yet unknown to the gen-
2S$ȣubllc/ Jhe* atithoj- Js an experienced ma-
gician. Most of the explanations are ac-
?h!^nf,d fey /ketches of the articles used and
the position of the hands, as well as by advice
on how to manipulate for the best effect on
the audience." Springf'd Republican
Book Week p4 My 19 '46 50w
Springf'd Republican p4 Jl 27 '46 200w
LEEMING, JOSEPH (MERLIN SWIFT,
pseud), Joy boats to make at home; with
Ce ?reS Jessie Robinson. 86p $2 AppJeton-
649.55 Toys. Boats and boating 46-6533
Simple directions for the making of all
r2 \? of nboats for children; boats which will
really sail on a pond or in the bathtub. Ma-
oUSe are 6asily procurable- Por
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
w.nH? ea?^% workable book with pictured di-
rections that are easy to read and follow."
4- Kirkus 14:423 S 1 '46 130w
-/^H1 d®!isht any age interested In the
T Dobbin? €C°mmen(ied f°r a11 llbrarle*- B!
•f Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. M. Moses
Franclsco Ch»*onlcle p8 N 10 '46
LEFFINGWELL, ALBERT (DANA CHAM-
BERS, GILES JACKSON, pseuds). Case of
Caroline Animus. 239p $2 Dial press
46-7099
Detective story.
New Repub 115:566 O 28 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times P32 S 22 '46 150w
"Chambers has achieved his own synthesis
of the hard-boiled and the slick-magazine
schools; and this latest Steele adventure should
prove exciting to devotees of either." Anthony
Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 S 22 '46
50w
"Pretty erood."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 60w
•One of this author's most likable offerings,"
Will Cuppy
we
eekly Book Review p!8 S 22 '46 140w
LEFFINGWELL, ALBERT (DANA CHAM-
BERS, GILES JACKSON, pseuds). Death
against Venus. 207p $2 Dial press
46-2408
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week pi 7 F 24 '46 230w
Kirkus 14:50 F 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Mr 10 '46 130w
"Another large slice of psychiatry for mys-
tery readers, who have been getting more than
their quota of this sort of thing. . . A fast
and expert Job of writing."
-f New Yorker 22:100 F 16 '46 120w
"Beautiful gals and wicked gents go through
succession of frenzied scenes. Plenty of drink-
ing, violence and purple passages."
Sat R of Lit 29:42 F 23 '46 40w
"This is a speedy, easy -to-read off shot of
the Hemingway -Hammett school, sadly marred
by the use of italics for emphasis and super-
erogatory asides and explanations in paren-
theses." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 3 '46 230w
LEFFINGWELL, GEORGIA, and LESSER,
MILTON A. Glycerin; its industrial and com*
mercial applications; with a foreword by
Walter J. Murphy. 259p $5 Chemical pub. co.
668.2 Glycerin 46-428
"This volume is a survey of the proved and
potential uses of glycerin. There are thirty
chapters with titles such as Adhesives and
cements, Explosives, Lubricants, Paper, Pho-
tography, Plastics, Paints and protective coat-
Ings, Textiles and dyes, Tobacco, Cosmetics,
Foods, Medicine and surgery, Pharmaceuticals,
and Optometry. Under each of these headings
is presented a compact statement of the uses
of glycerin in the specific field, together with
formulas, and a bibliography of the literature
including patents. The final chapter is a clas-
sified list in tabular form of 1,583 uses of gly-
cerin." N Y New Tech Bks
Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. U Becker
Weekly Book Review p9 D 29 '46 360w
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
"For one interested in the uses and applica-
tions of glycerol, this ia a very valuable and
complete compendium. For one interested in the
subject of any of the specific chapters, it gives
an insight into that art in so far as it uses
glycerol." F. D. Snell
+ Chem & Eng N 24:850 Mr 25 '46 190w
"If anyone is looking for a literature survey
on the uses of glycerin, this ia it. . . As a re-
view of the literature of glycerin and a starting
point for a study of its uses, this book is an
important contribution."
+ Chem 6, Met Eng 63:300 My '46 lOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bka 30:67 O '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
487
LEFFINGWELL, GEORGIA, and LESSER,
MILTON A. Soap in industry. 204p $4 Chem-
ical pub. co.
$68.1 Soap 46-2055
"Book on utilization of soap in manufacturing
processes, soluble soap potash and soda soap,
properties as a wetting: agent, emulsifler and
lubricant. Metallic soaps not included." Li-
brary J
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:13 Ja '46
LE GRAND, pseud. See Henderson, L«e Q.
LEHMANN, LOTTE. More than singing; the
interpretation of songs [tr. by Prances Hoi-
den]. 192p $3.60 Boosey, Hawkes, Belwin, inc,
43-47 W 23d st, N.Y. 10
784.9 Singing and voice culture 45-20813
"Mme. Lehmorm is an artist of song, and
her book has to do with song interpretation. . .
It contains detailed accounts of her interpre-
tation of some of the greatest German Lieder,
of old English and Italian airs, and of modern
French and Russian songs. But she warns
the student in her introduction that her con-
ceptions are to be regarded not as something
final, but as an aid to individual interpreta-
tions." Christian Science Monitor
"Mme. Lehmann's book will be invaluable to
the student of song." L. A. Sloper
+ Christian Science Monitor p!7 Ja 12 '46
400w
Cleveland Open. Shelf p7 Mr '46
"In Madame Lehman n's introduction she as-
serts: 'It is only with the greatest hesitation
that I dare put into words my ideas regarding
the interpretation of lieder.' And, after perus-
ing the book, one is impelled to regret that
the 'hesitation* was not prolonged sufficiently
to prevent her from adding gloom and obscura-
tion to the twilight of a long and distinguished
career as a lieder and operatic singer." Ashley
Pettis
-- h Sat R of Lit 29:25 Ja 26 '46 HOOw
"It would be unfair to recommend this book
to the general reader since, except for a few
pages of delightful introduction, it is exactly
what its subtitle indicates, an analysis of the
interpretation of almost one hundred famous
songs. . . The single analyses would mean little
to anyone who did not know the songs or
understand singing. And yet they are so ex-
pressive that, even with their phrases pulled
apart, as they are for the purpose of analysis,
they can reawaken the emotions of the song
when it is known."
+ Theatre Arts 30:125 F '46 420w
"For all those, amateur or professional, who
have at any time attempted to read through
the great song literature, and for all those
thousands who have acquired the habit of
listening to it this book will exert a fascina-
tion." Vincent Sheean
-h Weekly Book Review p8 F 17 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
LEIDECKER, KURT FRIEDRICH. Yankee
teacher; the life of William Torrey Harris.
648p $7.50 Philosophical lib.
B or 92 Harris, William Torrey
Biography of an American teacher, based in
part on the subject's own unpublished diaries.
William Torrey Harris was the introducer
of Hegel to the United States; he was leader
of the St Louis school of Hegelians; he was
school superintendent in St Louis; a United
States commissioner of education; and an editor
of Webster's New International dictionary.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p5 Ja 12 '47 130w
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 '46
50w
"The volume as a whole represents a thor-
ough, workmanlike piece of research and
leaves little to be desired in the way of In-
formation about this great American educa-
tor. If anything, it is so thorough that it in-
cludes material of little consequence which
could easily have been omitted in favor of a
good bibliography and a better index." W. W.
Brickman
+ School A Society 64:301 O 26 '46 280w
"This book is an extremely large peg for a
relatively small hole. . . In fact, the more one
contemplates the life work of W. T. Harris
the more clearly it appears that his biography
has come too late, .though no one will be like-
ly to complain that Mr. Leidecker has given us
too little." G. F. Whicher
Weekly Book Review p!8 N 24 '46 340w
LEIKER, SJOERD. Three witnesses; tr. from
the Dutch by Johanna C. Fagginger Auer.
158p $2.50 Querido
46-22639
The background is the Frisian province of
the Netherlands. It is the story of one Jeltema,
who is portrayed thru evidence of three people
over whom he has a hold. They are a rather
stupid, fear-haunted farmer; a flighty young
girl; and a sensitive, intelligent pastor.
"Unimportant but fairly interesting book,
with slow choppy dialogue, inconsistent char-
acters, little background color and no apparent
point." Anne Whitmore
Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 80w
"Actually none of the passions of the ro-
mantic Frisians (with the partial exception of
Jeltema) are in the least analyzed. Another
Dutch writer, Jan Albert Goris, has said that
the Netherlanders are a matter-of-fact people.
'Three Witnesses' seems to say that they are
a fatalistic one, who take power and subjuga-
tion for granted. But there are some Dutch
writers, like Adriaan van der Veen, Maurice
Roelants and Cola Debrot, who grant them a
great deal more complication. If Sjoerd Leiker
is not so sophisticated as these, he neverthe-
less shares with them one quality that can be
found in many European writers: an absolute
rejection of evasiveness or affectation " Isa
KaPP N Y Times p!2 D 8 '46 600w
"It is a narrative of violence but devoid of
histrionics." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p36 N 17 '46 90w
LEMMON, LAURA ELIZABETH (LEE WIL-
SON, pseud). This deadly dark. 200p $2.60
Dodd
46-7308
Mystery story
"The novel is refreshing in a number of
ways. Blind detectives are not new but we
met Max Carrados and Duncan Maclain long
after their first spiritual scars had healed.
Matt Foster has neither their fabulous skill nor
their sleek settings. The background of This
Deadly Dark is a poor street, a shabby cigar
stand and an old but neat San Francisco board-
ing house. In the midst of the detective story's
preoccupation with palatial country homes,
resorts, penthouses, crack trains and planes
this homeliness is refreshing." James Sandoe
-f Book Week p8 O 13 '46 160w
"The reporter's despair at the loss of his
eyesight and hi* resentment at the necessity
of depending upon others are well pictured,
although the author's tangled sentence struc-
ture and hia eccentric punctuation make the
story something less than a Joy to read." Isaac
Anderson
N Y Times p28 S 29 '46 140w
"A difficult subject well handled."
H- New Yorker 22:103 S 28 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
60w
"Grim and good."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly 9ooR Review p31 O 6 '46 lOOw
488
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
L'ENGLE, MADELEINE. lisa. 416p $2.75 Van-
guard
46-25101
Penetrating character study of a beautiful
poised woman, who as an outsider had married
into an upper class southern family, lisa's
calm and poise were needed to carry her thru
an unhappy marriage, and blindness. The
story is told by Henry, three years younger
than lisa, who loved her from the first day
he met her as a child of ton.
LENSKI, LOIS (MRS ARTHUR COVEY). Blue
Ridge Billy; il. by [the author]. 203p $2.50
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week pll My 5 '46 400w
Booklist 42:282 My 1 '46
"There is considerable charm here, an ef-
fectiveness compounded of subtlety and In-
direction, giving this a very definite appeal
for discerning readers."
-f- Kirkus 14:75 F 16 '46 170w
"It is refreshing with the Deep South as the
setting to have no discussion of race conflict.
Recommended." L. R. Miller
-f- Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Miss L'Engle's second novel does not war-
rant the enthusiasm with which her first offer-
ing, 'The Small Rain/ was received. The novel
is told in the first person by lisa's perennial ad-
mirer, a sapless youth of the old South, whose
sensitivity and humility do little to relieve the
tedium of his perpetual, unspoken devotion."
TCunice Holsaert
— NY Times p!4 Ap 28 '46 140w
"The actual distinction of this book — for
whatever the reader's objections to the two
central characters, it is a nobly written novel —
lies in Miss L/Engle's description of the clan.
Each figure has his or her rightful three
dimensions; and though it sometimes seems
silly that, except for the servants and an
occasional schoolmate, there appears to be no
one in that town who isn't 'a km,' the galaxy —
not always a shining one — of those Porchers,
Woolfs, and Silvertons of all ages creates an
absorbing atmosphere of authenticity. Kqually
well done is the touching portrayal of the
continuity of character amidst the changes
of times and tunes." Robert Pick
-h Sat R of Lit 29.30 Jl 6 '46 COOw
" 'lisa' has the freshness and clarity and
vitality of the woman for whom It is named.
Though its scene is laid largely in white-
pillared southern mansions, it has none of the
claptrap of southern 'aristocracy,' on the one
hand, or poor white, on the other. Its focus
is on people, most of whom, and especially
the children, stand out individually and con-
vincingly. And lisa herself is a figure whom
you will not soon forget." Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 21 '46
600w
LENGYEL, EMIL. America's role in world af-
fairs. (American way ser) 318p il $1.60 Har-
per
327.73 U.S.— Foreign relations 46-333
A textbook for high schools. The author's
thesis is "that the historical background of
American foreign policy is vitally important to
any full understanding of the problems of to-
day or tomorrow." (To the Pupil)
Booklist 42:228 Mr 15 '*6
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 20w
Reviewed by C. H. Schutter
School R 54:560 N '46 950w
"It is the opinion of this reviewer that the
shortcomings of this book outweigh its merits.
It is unnecessarily inconsistent, as, for example,
in regard to attitudes. . . In many instances
the presentation is overslmple . . It seems that
these shortcomings are a result of the belief
that the way to write for secondary students
is to water down adults' materials. R. W.
Burkhardt
Social Educ 10:283 O '46 600\v
Social Studies 37:44 Ja '46 60w
46-6400
Regional story of life in North Carolina, writ-
ten for grades four to seven. It is the story of
a ten-year-old mountain boy whose first love
is music. His father is not convinced, at first,
that music is much use to a farmer, but when
he is proved wrong he admits it handsomely.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:162 D '46 90w
"Another warm, human, exciting, real story."
Martha King
+ Book Week p9 O 6 '46 200w
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
"The characters are drawn with skill, from
sturdy Billy, with his loyalties and his inborn
strain of music, to fearless Granny, a match
for any of the mountain men. Miss I^enski's
pictures are equally revealing of life on the
farms in the Blue Ridge." A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:467 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:385 Ag 15 '46 80w
"Quaint expressions and distortions in spell-
ing may hinder the reading for some, but an
attractive format and appealing plot will make
it generally welcome. Recommended for ages
9-12." R. M. Davis
H -- Library J 71:1545 N 1 '46 lOOw
"In this book, as in her two preceding regional
stories — 'Bayou Suzette' and 'Strawberry Girl' —
Lois Lenski gives a wealth of information about
the folklore, customs and traditions of a colorful
backwoods people. The dialect of the region is
skillfully handled, and eighty lithographs by the
author follow the storyt faithfully, adding count-
less details of mountain life. Children who read
the book will grow in tolerarfce and under-
standing of people different from themselves."
Elizabeth Hodges
-f N Y Times p30 O 20 '46 230w
"The mountaineers, their language and folk
songs, their habits and their wild countryside,
even their illicit stills and frightening sheriffs,
are all here, wrapped up in a good story. It
might have been an even better one if the
author, instead of giving the harsh father
a change of heart, had let him stay mean to
the end." K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22.141 D 7 '46 90w
"There is a glossary of mountain words and
phrases in the back of the book, and if the
expressions seem alien to urban readers it's
only because they themselves are of a regional
culture, too. LiOis L,enski is doing children's
literature a great service by her skillful hand-
ling of American sectional life." R. M. Ash-
lock
-f San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
270w
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:48 N 9 '46 160w
Weekly Book Review p!4 N 10 '46 230w
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
LENSKI, LOIS (MRS ARTHUR COVEY). Little
fire engine. [48p] $1 Oxford
46-11996
Pictures and story describe for ages three to
six just what happens when a fire alarm comes
in and the fire engine goes to the rescue. The
characters are all small people as in other books
in this series.
"Page by page the story gets better. Young
readers will turn them again and again. Noth-
ing to get tired of in this book. Not if you're
under 6."
-f- Book Week p5 N 10 '46 120w
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:594 D 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by N. L. Rathbun
Library J 71:1809 D 15 '46 70w
"It worried us slightly that the family was
told to move back in after the fire was put out,
when we knew there was a gaping hole in the
roof, but this age group probably knows of
the housing shortage, too." R. A. Gordon
N Y Times p33 N 24 '46 140w
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Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 30w
"This will make a very popular picture
book." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 30:31 Ja 18 '47 80w
"The colors are real firemen's red combined
with black, white and grey, and I believe the
book is likely to be the chief attraction in the
entire series." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 N 10 '46 200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
LENT, HENRY BOLLES. Fly it away. 108p il
$2 Macmillan
629.134 Airplanes — Design and construction.
Airplanes— Testing1 46-8200
"What are the processes by which a small
airplane is prepared for an individual buyer?
Mr. Lent answers this question in an instruc-
tive volume, interesting to readers of different
ages His book is divided into two parts. In
the first, Mr. Lent gives a brief account of
the work of a famous pioneer in aviation, Eddie
Stinson, from whom the Stinson planes take
their name. The major part of the book is de-
voted to an account of a visit made by a pros-
pective buyer to the factory in which the Stin-
son planes are building." Horn Bk
Booklist 43:158 Ja 15 '47
Horn Bk 22.360 S '46 120w
Kirkus 14:388 Ag 15 '46 80w
"Simple and readable, a book which should
give one a feeling of security and confidence in
flying. . . Recommended for ages 9-11. Sonja
Wennerblad
4 Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 80w
LENT, HENRY BOLLES. This is your an-
nouncer— ; Ted Lane breaks into radio. 199p
il $2 Macmillan
621 384 Radio broadcasting 46-901
Career story in which young Ted Lane, a
returned Army pilot, takes a job with a small
radio broadcasting station, and progresses from
small parts in radio plays to a position as an-
nouncer, and then goes on to bigger things in
a larger station.
Booklist 42:215 Mr 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl2 Ap 25
'46 220w
Kirkus 13-423 S 15 '45 150w
"Not an essential book for libraries." Dorotha
Dawson
Library J 71:409 Mr 15 '46 70w
"A good all-around view of a typical radio
career." E. L B.
4 N Y Times p24 F 3 '46 70w
LEOKUM, ARKADY. Please send me, ab-
solutely free 337p $2 50 Harper
46-6175
A satire on American advertising and ad-
vertising agencies, set forth in the story of
voung Gene Winter who wanted to be a writer,
or at least an editor on a "little magazine,"
but found there was more money in the ad-
vertising game.
"Best parts of the book are those about how
agencies .scheme and the equally clever
schemes by which, in his earlier days, the
young1 man tried to hide his poverty. Will
Arkady Leokum please do another book about
clever ideas and crack (also crack-pot) agen-
cies and leave out the love and sex and the
•ideals." Helen Woodward
Book Week p3 Ag 11 '46 320w
"The story is handled with integrity, and a
keen sense of human relations and dramatic
effect." Fergus Glenn
4 Canadian Forum 26:237 Ja '47 280w
Kirkus 14-228 My 15 '46 230w
" Description in this first novel is good in
spots and the author may write something
worth-while later on. Not recommended." E.
H. Brown
h Library J 71:978 Jl '46 HOw
"Well worth your attention. If Mr. Leokum's
huckster seems a bit too synthetic to be quite
real, put that down as an occupational hazard
of the species; if his novel has its loose ends
and many an unrealized moment, it knows
precisely where it is going and why. . . Dis-
counting the author's yearning to reform his
platinum-plated heel, and concentrating strictly
on detail, the reader is guaranteed an absorb-
ing excursion in Never-Never Land." C. V.
Terry
N Y Times p5 Ag 4 '46 650w
"This seems to be the year for taking a fall
out of the advertising business. Mr. Leokum's
novel has a lot to say about the mechanics
of that opulent occupation, but the author is
not very adept with his hero. . . Quoted ex-
amples of the hero's creative prose may con-
vince you that he should stick to his adver-
tising flrm."
New Yorker 22 71 Ag 3 '46 130w
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 6 '46
200w
"[The book] was manifestly intended to be
a serious book. But it seems lacking in depth.
Moreover, the experiences that obviously are
significant to the author are not likely to seem
so important or be as personally identifiable
to the reader. Yet it is a readable book, par-
ticularly to anyone already interested in the
subject, though it lacks the requisites for wide
popularity. . . In general, the book is clearly
and unpretentiously written, though without
particular style." Hobe Morrison
Sat R of Lit 29-8 Ag 10 '46 850w
"Mr. Leokum's presentation — to borrow a
word from the Jargon of the trade — is lively,
cynical and comprehensive. . . As a counter-
weight to the rising success of the hero, the
author puts forth the theory that Gene Win-
ter's creative gifts have been blighted, that he
has sold his birthright of genius for a mess
of folding money, but the argument is not
convincing " Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 18 '46
550w
LEONARD, CHARLES L., pseud. See Heber-
den, M. V.
LEONARD, JOHN PAUL. Developing the sec-
ondary school curriculum. 5GOp $3.50 Rinehart
373 Education, Secondary — Curricula
46-4203
"Gives the author's point of view regarding
the deficiencies of the secondary school in its
attempt to educate modern youth with tra-
ditional curricula, and offers suggestions to
teachers, student teachers, and administrator*
for a reorganization of the curriculum. Well in-
dexed." School & Society
School & Society 63:367 My 18 '46 50w
Reviewed by P. R. P*«rce
School R 54:428 S '46 ISOOw
LEONOV, LEONID MAKSIMOVICH. Chariot of
wrath; a novel; tr. from the Russian by Nor-
bert Guterman. 193p $2.50 Fischer, L.B.
46-6951
An episode in the Russians' war against Hitler
told by the author of Road to the Ocean. The
tale relates the experiences of the four-man
crew of a Russian tank which, out of touch
with its fellows, goes on. a "dagger raid"
against a German convoy.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p!5 O 27 '46 550w
"Leonov has been placed by Maxim Gorky
in the line of such great Russians as Turgenev
and Tolstoy. The American reader will find a
simpler comparison when he recalls Harry
Brown's 'A Walk in the Sun.* Both novels are
short; the protagonists in each are a group of
ordinary men in danger — and cut off from the
reassurance of a large fighting- force. Both
books are of a high literary quality. Both have
constantly moving narrations which are irre-
sistible. And, finally, both have the perhaps
490
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LEONOV, L. M.— Continued
unintentional value of disclosing national dif-
ferences but basic human similarities. Law-
rence ee
••Since most of the Soviet novels published
in this country have been rather embarrassingly
inept, it is damp praise to say that Mr.
Leonov's new novel looks like the best of the
lot. I think it might be better to say that
Leonov looks like the sole practicing Soviet
novelist who writes as though he had only
passingly heard of Communism and the party
line, and that his novel is one of the few books
about the war that anyone might want to
read." Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:106 S 14 '46 760w
Reviewed by Alfred Kay „„„«.,,.
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 8 '46
370w
•'There is no room for the story of the entire
thirty-year struggle of the Soviet people in
Leonov's brief war novel — which makes it not
the best of introductions to Soviet literature.
To comprehend why, on the night before battle,
the eignteen-year-old Soviet tankman writes
a declaration of loyalty to the party you will
have to read elsewhere. Leonov, however, does
amply explore another source of Soviet strength
in the recent war: the consuming hatred of
German 'bestiality.' . . In other respects,
though — particularly that of character develop-
ment — the novel is deficient." Richard Match
-- h Weekly Book Review pl2 S 15 '46 750w
LESLIE, JEAN. Two faced murder. 223p $2
Doubleday
46-3944
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 19 '46 200w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
"An engaging, enterprising sleuth team make
this pleasant, if not too puzzling."
-f Kirkus 14:137 Mr 15 '46 80w
"If you have read Jean Leslie's earlier book,
•One Cried Murder,' you will know that Peter
Ponsonby is a competent detective and that
Jean Leslie knows how to blend mystery and
humor in precisely the right proportion." Isaac
Anderson
-f- N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 140w
"Exhilarating."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p46 My 19 '46
LETTERS, FRANCIS JOSEPH HENRY. Virgil.
162p $2 Sheed
873.1 Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
46-5485
"Written in contemplation of the time when
a knowledge of Latin would have ceased to be
necessary for matriculation, this book is in
part an attempt to give general students some
knowledge and even appreciation, of the most
famous of Roman poets. For this reason every
quotation from the poet is furnished with a
translation. My general aim will, I trust, ex-
plain any features of style and method unusual
in studies of classical authors, but at the same
time I hope the work may not be altogether
without interest to old Virgilians." (Foreword)
The author is lecturer in classics and English
at the New England University college, Armi-
dale, New South Wales. No index.
"A long and interesting essay on the Latin
poet. . . This is a book primarily for scholars,
especially Latinists-— though students interested
in English literature and certainly those in-
terested in English verse, will find much to
help them here." E. D.
-f Book Week plO Je 2 '46 180w
"This is an excellent introductory work. It
presents, in simple though scholarly fashion,
the background of Augustan poetry and the
influences which molded Virgifs thought."
-f Cath World 163:571 S "46 200w
Reviewed by E. P. Richardson
Commonweal 44:361 Jl 96 '4« 700w
"Mr. Letters' book presupposes a rather ex-
tensive literary background—- perhaps too ex-
tensive for many of the 'general' students for
whom he writes— but the reader whose interest
in literature is keen will enjoy the few hours
required in the reading." John Day
NY Times p28 Ag 11 '46 650w
Reviewed by H. W. Marr
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 550w
LEVISON, WILHELM. England and the Con-
tinent in the eighth century. 347p $5 (20s)
Oxford
942.01 Great Britain— History— 8th century.
Church history— Middle ages A47-153
"This volume contains the 'Ford Lectures'
delivered at Oxford by the distinguished medie-
valist Dr. Levison, formerly of the University
of Bonn and of late years a refugee from Hit-
ler's Germany, attached to the University of
Durham in England. As one of the editors of
the renowned 'Monumenta Germaniae His-
torica,' he possesses an unrivaled knowledge
of the printed and manuscript sources for the
period with which he deals and is able, at in-
numerable points, to illuminate his general sub-
ject with fresh detail. The text of the lectures
as delivered is now supplemented with learned
appendices which occupy about half the book."
Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by F. M. Powicke
Manchester Guardian p3 My 15 '46 650w
Times [London] Lit Sup p428 S 7 '46
2300w
Weekly Book Review p!8 O 13 '46 550w
LEVY, BABETTE MAY. Pifeachin* in the
first half century of New England history.
(Studies in church hist) 215p $3 Am. soc. of
church hist.
251 Preaching. Puritans A45-5250
"This study concerns itself primarily with
the Puritan preaching of New England's first
fifty years of settlement. During this period
English-bred ministers were in control of the
village pulpits, but in the 1650'a and 1660's
the first Harvard graduates began to take the
places made vacant by the deaths of the first
pastors. I have not included men who reached
their preaching-prime in the last decades of
the century. . . In dealing with earlier men, I
have not hesitated to cite an occasional ser-
mon delivered in the 1670's, if it seemed to
be typical of a man's previous preaching; my
theory in so doing has been that the thought
and style of a mature minister would hardly
suffer essential changes in a few years." (Pref)
Bibliography. Index.
"The least rewarding chapter, 'Practical
Teaching: Politics and War/ tells very little
about either politics or war. . . 'Democracy*
in early Connecticut as expounded by Hooker
and his followers is somewhat uncritically ad-
mired. Miss Levy apparently fails to realize
that Hooker's concept of 'the people' was not
much broader than that held in the more con-
servative Bay Colony. . . In spite of these
minor criticisms Miss Levy gives a competent
account of her subject. However, the reader
will not find in these pages a penetrating anal-
ysis of the contradictions in the tortured lives
of the early New England preachers, or a
significant inclusion of the social, economic,
and political realities with which they had to
deal. The book includes an excellently arranged
bibliography and an index." Morrison Sharp
-f — Am Hl*t R 51:507 Ap '46 650w
"In this book the student of New England
will find many tempting suggestions for fur-
ther study, and a very helpful bibliography of
the early sermons." S. E. Mead
+ Christian Century 62:1351 D 5 '45 550w
"This is both a scholarly and an interesting
book. The author has read widely in Puritan
literature, its sources, and its modern inter-
preters. Here her chief sources are the sermons
of the earliest Puritan ministers, most of whom
were educated at Oxford or Cambridge or
were among the first graduates of Harvard
College. . Occasionally there is unnecessary
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repetition in describing the qualities of a
minister's mind or style and very rarely what
seems a somewhat unwarranted statement. But
these are minor faults. Miss Levy's study,
which was awarded the biennial Brewer Prize,
adds much to our knowledge of the early
years of New England." A. M. Baldwin
H J Religion 26:302 O '46 500w
"Patience and insight make this book more
than a scholarly contribution to American
history."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:187 S '46 250w
"A virtue of her work is its clarity, its
statement of involved theories and sometimes
confused theological tenets in straightforward
and simple terms, borne along by a smooth and
easy prose. This is a pleasant book to read
and an entertaining book. It is also a sound
addition to our knowledge of the history of
ideas in America." L. C. Wroth
-f Weekly Book Review p20 Je 9 '46 HOOw
LEWIS, CLAUDIA. Children of the Cumber-
land; phot, by William T. Buttrick, jr. 217p
$2.76 Columbia univ. press
136.7 Child study. Children in Tennessee
A46-6461
A comparison between the children in two
nursery schools: one in Greenwich Village; the
other in the Tennessee mountains. "The little
Greenwich Villagers were noisy, demonstrative,
aggressive, many of them the victims of serious
psychological maladjustments. Verbal and even
physical attacks on the teacher were daily oc-
currences in the Greenwich Village school. At
Summerville the 3-to-5-year-old children of
mountaineers were by comparison quiet, docile,
comfortably related to their world. Attacks on
the teacher were unknown. Trying to analyze
these differences and discover the reasons for
them, Miss Lewis concludes that the most po-
tent factor lies in the differences in the home
and family situations." (Book Week) Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
"Her deep interest in these small people
Miss Lewis shares with the reader constantly
through concrete incidents, things actually said
and done by the children, visits to the moun-
tain homes: so that the book has the sustained
vitality of narrative. I can see two groups for
which this book holds especially valuable read-
ing experience. The first is composed of those
Americans who are trying to think clearly
and constructively about the regional differ-
ences in our national life and their meaning.
The other includes all parents of small chil-
dren whether they live in city, town or coun-
try." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p7 O 13 '46 650w
"A charming and intelligent portrayal."
-f Christian Century 63:1215 O 9 '46 40w
School & Society 64:231 S 28 '46 30w
LEWIS, CLIVE STAPLES (CLIVE HAMIL-
TON, pseud). The great divorce. 133p $1.50
Macmillan [7s 6d Bles]
237 Good and evil 46-1417
"Again Lewis has stated great spiritual
truths in exciting fantasy. After an aston-
ishing bus trip to Heaven, narrator and his
companions become transparent ghosts and
converse with the gay, understanding 'solid
Spirits' already there. Typically weak, vain
humans make up the newcomers, from med-
dlers to murderers, with the feminine half most
cleverly satirized. Despite the gentle, wise
endeavors of the Spirits to welcome them,
many visitors return home; they simply cannot
adjust!" Library J
Reviewed by F. E. McMahon
Book Week p2 Mr 17 '46 380w
Booklist 42:241 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:4 My '46
Reviewed by Joseph McSorIeyj
Cath World 163:88 Ap '46 300w
Reviewed by W. L. Cagwell
Churchman 160:18 My 1 '46 2100w
Commonweal 44:243 Je 21 '46 280w
"The meaning of this phantasy from the
pen of the popular radio broadcaster and pam-
phleteer is rather elusive. Even those who
have been delighted and inspired by his earlier
writings in the field of religion and philosophy
will have difficulty in determining what the
author is trying to say in this volume. . . It
is a disappointing book/'
— Klrkus 14:100 P 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by I*. R. Miller
Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 140w
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 16 '46 240w
"A serious and witty book on eschatology. . .
The author is a Christian, a rationalist and a
romanticist. He claims to write the sort of
books he would like to read but cannot find.
His diction is pure and vigorous* simple and
straightforward. And his simplicity is the re-
sult of knowledge and thought. Before long he
will gain the Shakespearean reputation of being
'full of quotations/ fl Q. R. Stephenson
-f N Y Times p6 Mr 17 '46 900w
"If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are
requisites to passage through the pearly gates,
Mr. Lewis will be among the angels/'
-f New Yorker 22:99 Mr 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by W. H. Auden
Sat R of Lit 29:22 Ap 13 '46 1400w
"Quite truthfully one could remark that The
Great Divorce is. In its own way. brilliantly
clever, that It provokes thought, that it con-
tains shrewd sayings dexterously phrased — with
more to the same effect, until the allotted space
was full. Yet to provide such an account would
be to keep silence about those other character-
istics which make the very cleverness of the
thing seem repellent — the metallic hardness of
its tone, its air of disdain, untouched by sym-
pathy, for the various weaknesses of human
nature, and, beyond all else, its manner of han-
dling that most solemn of all themes, the ulti-
mate fate of man's soul." A. C. Deane
Spec 176:96 Ja 25 '46 600w
"Mr Lewis writes with humor, clarity and
distinction and handles one of the most difficult
and subtle of literary forms with amazing
skill." P. H. Bickerton
4- Sprlngf d Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 440w
" 'The Great Divorce' will be read to the end,
with steady interest and mounting excitement,
by those who have already some sense of the
nature of transcendent reality. Those who find
themselves in agreement with the arguments
Eut up by the Ghosts for not being saved will
e unlikely to finish the book."
Times [London] Lit Sup p58 F 2 '46
900w
"Mr. Lewis is a scholar, a philosopher and a
most engaging writer, a combination so rare
that it is hard to believe. But in one after
another of his books, including 'The Screwtape
Letters' and 'Perelandra/ he nas written with
charm and humor about subjects supposed now
to be beyond the reach of popular writing. The
success he has had — and it is considerable —
shows that, as one might suspect, there are
only two things necessary for the production of
a good book: a subject with which every one
Is concerned and a writer with style and wis-
dom to treat it." Thomas Sugrue
-)- Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 3 '46 HOOw
LEWIS, CLIVE STAPLES (CLIVE HAMIL-
TON, pseud). That hideous strength; a mod-
ern fairy-tale for grown-ups. 459p $3 Mac-
millan [9s 6d Lane]
46-S77S
"A fantasy of the Perelandra type. Besides
ordinary every day people, we meet megalo-
maniacs, intent on seizing all power by means
of propaganda, scientific experiments and
force; superior beings from the outer planets;
Merlin, awake after centuries of sleep. There
are mystery, suspense and exciting argu-
ments/1 Library J
Reviewed by Leslie Collins
Book Week pi 2 My 26 '46 450w
Booklist 42:848 Jl 1 '46
"The plain fact is that Mr. Lewis has too
many exceptional gifts. They sprout all over
his latest work, draining away strength from
a story which drastic pruning could have made
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LEWIS, C. S.— Continued
timely and rousing. . . Most readers will agree
that the author's flair for the occult has run
away with him and that a less esoteric master-
piece would have been more profitable to a
greater number." Joseph McSorley
Cath World 163:277 Je '46 660w
"Lewis knows how to tell a story, and there
are subtle, for the present reviewer sometimes
incomprehensible, analyses of character and
motives. It is doubtful whether this attack upon
pseudo-scientific materialism will have any ef-
fect upon those who may be inclined in that
direction, since it is all so wildly preposterous,
but admirers of Lewis's fantasies will find this
book fascinating." W. L. Caswell
Churchman 160:17 Je 15 '46 250w
" 'Hideous Strength* is an allegory, as well
as a fairy tale and a tall story. Dig hard and
you may find: nostalgia for the nineteenth cen-
tury, nostalgia for the Elizabethans, love of the
real England, dislike of marxism, materialism
and Dali. But those are the author's personal
bents. So much is involved in the battle that
you can probably allegorise any action or situ-
ation that you find. Still, the novel is so much
fun that I don't believe readers will stop for
allegory." John Hay
-f Commonweal 44:241 Je 21 '46 420w
Kirkus 14:46 F 1 '46 190w
"Recommended." J. L. Ross
-f Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Theodore Spencer
N Y Times plO Jl 7 '4G 800w
"In his usual polished prose, the author cre-
ates an elaborate satiric picture of a war be-
tween morality and devilry to prove that mix-
ing science and ethics is often disastrous."
New Yorker 22:92 My 25 '46 130w
"In some respects the book isn't so exciting
as the unloosed tantasies that Mr. JLewis has
hitherto provided. The redemption of an in-
tellectual opportunist seems cold mutton to
the reviewer. . . This is just the sort of thing
that pleases Mr. Lewis's admirers. And they
are right to admire him. "Win, lose, or draw —
and the reviewer doesn't think that this book
is wholly victorious — Mr. JLewis adds energy
to systems he comes in contact with." Leonard
Bacon
Sat R of Lit 29:13 My 25 '46 1600w
"There is less fantasy in 'That Hideous
Strength' than in the first two books of the
trilogy, and for that reason some may not
care for it as well, but for many others it will
be the most enjoyable of all. Mr Lewis him-
self avoids calling it 'fantastic,' rather it is
a "fairy tale,' but by any name it is one of the
most exciting, charming and wise books in
years." R. F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
600w
"To compensate for the spate of literary cir-
cuses, Mr. C. S. Lewis offers the average reader
real crusty, home-baked bread. His is the
old-fashioned yeast variety, none of your self-
raising, enriched, cellulose- wrapped, blotting-
paper- flavored, synthetic stuff." Anne Fre-
mantle
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 2 '46 850 w
LEWIS, JANET (MRS YVOR WINTERS).
Good-bye, son, and other stories. 202p $2
Doubleday
46-24S3
Collection of short stories, the longest of
which is the title story. Others in the collec-
tion are: Proserpina; River; Summer parties;
Nell; The house; Little hellcat; Sunday din-
ner; With the spring; Apricot harvest; People
don't want us; Picnic, 1943.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 650w
Booklist 42:265 Ap 15 '46
"Any consideration of the writing of Janet
Lewis becomes inevitably a consideration of
style. In 'Good- bye, Son,' she exhibits a
classical purity that is rare in an age of writ-
ing that is often either mannered or without
craftsmanship. Each sentence is labored over,
each paragraph put together with painstaking
precision. Yet, as a story-teller. Miss Lewis
succeeds best where she labors least. ..
•People Don't Want Us' is a simple analysis
of the affectionate relationship between an
American and a Japanese woman in California
sbon after the outbreak of the war. •Good-
bye, Son* is a ghost story, perhaps in the
Jamesian school, yet wholly original and con-
vincing. These two stories alone lift the vol-
ume above the rather dull category of Just
good writing." W. B. Wilson
-j NY Times p32 Mr 24 '46 320w
"The tale that gives the book its title is
a gentle ghost story, less static than the
others, but Miss Lewis is not an expert story-
teller and she is at her best when she does
not bother with plot. The collection may re-
mind you of some of the quiet stories of Willa
Cather."
+ New Yorker 22:109 Ap 6 '46 150w
"Human courage, the blind functioning of
chance and time, the shifts of the spirit
under the pressure of circumstance are the
themes which Miss Lew is touches with true
tact and understanding. She is able, moreover,
to deal with fantasy, because her strong
sense of the real makes her intimations ot
the unreal plausible."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:180 S '46 IGOw
"Janet Lewis, poet and novelist and the
wife of Yvor Winters, has now written some
very fine short stories, of which at least one
('Good-bye, Son,' the title story or novelette),
I predict will live a long time, riot only in
memories, but in the anthologies of outstand-
ing short prose in which it is bound to turn
up. It is a story not easily classifiable among
the different kinds of supernatural tales; it is,
in essence, a story of divine guidance, and
as such has nothing but the appearing of the
dead in common with the usual 'ghost story.' "
L. T. Nicholl
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 14 '46
700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:75 My '46
LEWIS, JOSEPH. Ten commandments; an in-
vestigation into the origin and meaning of
the Decalogue and an analysis of its ethical
and moral value as a cod© of conduct in
modern society. 644p $5 Preethought press
assn, 370 W 35th St, N.Y. 1
222.16 Commandments, Ten 46-1239
"This book deals with the question of the
origins of the ten commandments, the Biblical
references to them, their anthropological set-
ting and their ethical and moral significance
in modern society. The author reflects the in-
fluences of Robert G. Ingersoll. He draws
heavily on a variety of sources, particularly
Frazer's 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Com-
parative Religions,' Westermarck's 'The Ori-
gin and Development of the Moral Ideas' and
related studies." Book Week
"Lewis contributes little that is new, either
by way of fact or interpretation, but he does
use the Decalogue more or less effectively as
a means of giving focus and organization to
a considerable body of data. . . From the point
of view of scientific scholarship, Lewis would
appear to be lacking at times in essential re-
straint and objectivity, and to be riding a bias
with spurs flashing and lariat whirling. From
a lay point of view, 'The Ten Commandments'
will probably be revolting, challenging, fasci-
nating and sobering by turns. Its total effect
will be different for different readers, accord-
ing to the books they've read and what their
mothers have told them." Wendell Johnson
Book Week plO Ap 14 '46 230w
4 'This book is a sound piece of scholarship,
yet the style Is lively and lighted with no little
humor. There is a good index, and a huge bib-
liography that amounts to being a catalogue of
Rationalist works, and of many others whose
authors would be surprised, and no doubt
shocked, to find [themselves] included between
these particular covers." Stewart Holbrook
•f Weekly Book Review p26 Ap 14 '46
450w
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LEWIS, MRS MARY CHRISTIANNA (MILNE)
(CHRISTIANNA BRAND, pseud). Crooked
wreath. 184p $2.60 Dodd
47-218
Detective story.
"Miss Brand, with a deftness worthy of John
Dickson Carr, gives us half a dozen solutions
for the impossible crime, all the while con-
versing amusingly." James Sandoe
-t- Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 90w
N Y Times p44 N 24 '46 160w
"The will-changing is the only familiar facet
in this fresh and intelligent mystery. Miss
Brand writes with the social comedy of an
Allmgham and the plot technique of a Chris-
tie." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
lOOw
"Agreeable."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 40w
"Stuck with this will changing material, Miss
Brand adorns it with generous amounts of
babble by the young things and nice scenery,
all of which might have Hopped but for In-
spector Cockrill, a whiz from Scotland Yard
worth your attention. This js a literate item,
aside from prose badly marred by staring used
for emphasis." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46 200w
LEWIS, MONTGOMERY SMITH. Legends that
libel Lincoln. 239p $2.75 Rmehart
B or 92 Lincoln, Abraham 46-6962
Three legends about Lincoln are examined:
the story that Lincoln's father was shiftless
and no good; that Ann Rutledge was Lincoln's
only love; and that Mary Todd, whom he mar-
ried was a shrew and made his life miserable.
It is the author's claim that all these stories
were made up, arid he attempts to discover
the facts to prove them false. Index.
"The range of contents, both as to subject
matter and attitudes displayed, is wide, but
there is no apparent awareness of such recent
additions to Freudian theory as that re-
presented by the work of Karen Horney, Eric
Fromm, and others. In that sense, the book
falls somewhat short of being thoroughly mod-
ern, and also in its preoccupation with the
Freudian concepts of libido, Id, ego, super-ego,
instinct, and psychic energy — concepts which
have largely disappeared from more recent
thought. There are nevertheless some very en-
couraging attitudes revealed. . . The general
tone of the book is far from hopeless There
is a reassuring feeling of hard work being
done, and of a patient determination to over-
come long standing difficulties by bringing all
available resources to the task. The collection
should be of interest to physicians, teachers,
social workers, and also to parents." Elizabeth
Lancaster
H Survey 82:197 Jl '46 650w
"A place should be made upon every shelf
of Lincolniana for Lewis' illuminating and
meticulously documented work. If, however,
it should be used as a guide for blue pencilmgs,
few of its shelf mates would escape unmarked."
Charles Leavelle
+ Book Week p!3 N 3 '46 400w
Booklist 43:116 D 15 '46
Kirkus 14:413 Ag 15 '46 190w
"The author's logic is easily followed. His
style is straightforward, and simple enough
for a child to understand. Two concluding
chapters on Mrs. Lincoln contain good running
narrative." Jay Monaglian
-f N Y Times p34 N 3 '46 700w
"A fine example of scholarship and detec-
tive woik."
-f New Yorker 22:125 N 9 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 17 '46
300w
LEWIS, NOLAN DON CARPENTIER, and
PACELIA, BERNARD LEONARD, eds. Mod-
ern trends in child psychiatry; ed assistant,
Gertrud M. Kurth. 341p il $6 Int. univs. press
618.02 Child study 46-3420
Collection of essays by sixteen writers who
are specialists in their various departments of
child psychiatry. Partial contents. Anxiety in
infants and its disorganizing effects, by M. A.
Kibble; Maternal overprotection, by D. M.
Levy; Ego psychology applied to behavior
problems, by M. S. Mahler; Personality diag-
'nosis in childhood, by Bruno Klopfer; Male
sex delinquency and community responsibili-
ties, by L J. Doshay; Psychoses in children,
by Charles Bradley; Fantasy and reality in
the art expression of behavior problem chil-
dren, by Margaret Naumburg; Play analysis
in research and therapy, by J. L. Despert;
Child analysis, by M. S. Mahler; Psychiatric
social case work with children, by L. M.
Hambrecht. Chapter references. No index.
"The viewpoints of the authors vary con-
siderably, but the presentations are construc-
tive, comprehensive, and on the whole free
from the obstructive controversy which tends
to befog research in this difficult field."
-f U S Quarterly Bkt 2:149 Je '46 250w
LEWIS, WILMARTH SHELDON. Yale col-
lections. 54p il $2 Yale univ. press
378 Yale university. Library. Yale univer-
sity. Museums A46-5937
"A brief survey of Yale's libraries, Trum-
bull art gallery, Peabody museum of natural
history, and anthropological museum. . . In
nearly 250 years, the collections have grown
beyond all expectation. When the campaign
was in progress, in 1843, for the fund to build
what later student generations came to know
as 'the Old Library,' the prospectus said: 'The
building will cost $30,000, and will furnish to
the several libraries of the college secure and
ample accommodations for a century to come.'
The prediction as to adequacy at the end of a
century was about two per cent correct."
Christian Century
Christian Century 63-1281 O 23 '46
130 w
Rcvicwed by D. H. Moselcy
Commonweal 45:172 N 29 '46 800w
Current Hist 11:611 D '46 50w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
120w
"On October 18 and 19, the university held
a series of celebrations and a convocation
signalizing- the return of the collections de-
scribed to peacetime uses. The publication of
Mr. Lewis's book was timed so that it might
be a source of information and illumination to
the Yale family and the many visitors who
attended the ceremonies of those two days.
It remains a valuable and entertaining source
of reference for the history and purpose of a
notable group of institutions." L. C. Wroth
-h Weekly Book Review p49 N 10 '46 430w
L'HOMMEDIEU, MRS DOROTHY (KEAS-
BEY). Robbie, the brave little collie; il. by
Marguerite Kirmse. 60p $2 Lippincott
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-890
Robbie is a young collie whose idea that
guarding sheep was a simple matter suffered
a blow on the night when he had to find a lost
lamb. For ages six to nine.
Kirkus 14:123 Mr 1 '46 120w
"The story is told with a gentle humour
which will please young readers from 5 to 8."
A. T. Eaton
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 17 '46
170w
Kirkus 14:104 F 15 '46 90w
"A pleasant story. Pictures by Marguerite
Kirmse are delightful and are the most impor-
tant part of the book." Elizabeth Johnson
-f- Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Robbie is believable and engaging, and his
mother, Lady, the lambs he saves, and the
wild creatures he meets, are drawn with re-
ality and a touch of humor. As a atory of a
494
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L'HOMMEDIEU, D. K. --Continued:
collie's social evolution, 'Robbie* will make its
point for young readers: it has more substance
than some of its predecessors/; A. T. H.
-f- N Y Times p26 Ap 7 '46 140w
LIGHTEN, FRANCES M. Polk art of rural
Pennsylvania. 290p il $10 Scribner
745 Folk art. Art, Pennsylvania— German
47-1192
"Pennsylvania-Dutch folk art became a
vogue in the thirties, and has been exploited
by magazines and popularized by the flattery of
imitation. . . Now comes this substantial back-
ground book, tracing the arts and crafts of the
Pennsylvania Germans from their first settle-
ments to 1850, when machine made goods made
handicrafts unnecessary. . . The book is illus-
trated with photographs and drawings." Kirkus
Klrkus 14:44lTs 1 '46 210w
"From the gay jacket right on down to the
last delightful tailpiece, 'The Folk Arts of Rural
Pennsylvania' is as finished a bit of book busi-
ness as has turned up for some time in the
market place, long curbed by the exigencies of
war It is a volume which may well receive
recognition from the American Institute of
Graphic Arts as the type of art book the
picture-hungry public should regularly be get-
ting. . . Some readers may note the absence of
a bibliography. . . The majority of readers,
however, are going to be too dazzled by tne
sheer outward allure of this offering to ask
for anything more." A. E. Ford
4. I. N Y Times p26 D 16 '46 550w
Reviewed by W. E. Parker
San Francisco Chronicle p8 Ja 4 47
400w
"Miss Lichten's sumptuous and definitive
book will stand as the authoritative word on
the subject." Richardson Wright
-f Weekly Book Review plO D 15 '46 800w
LIDDELL, DONALD MACY, ed. Handbook of
nonferrous metallurgy. 2d ed 2v 656;721p 11
v 1 $6.50; v2 $7 McGraw
669 Metallurgy 45-8689
"Since the first edition of Liddell's nonferrous
handbook appeared in 1926 [Book Review Di-
gest, 1926] it has come to be recognized as a
standard item on the metallurgical bookshelf,
both as text and as reference work. . . The
handbook consists of two volumes, the first
treating 'common denominator' materials and
operations (crushing, classification, fuels, pyro-
metry and the like), while the second deals with
the metallurgy of the individual non-ferrous
metals. Each chapter is written by a special-
ist. Its scope is confined to production metal-
lurgy and in general it does not go into process-
ing of the metals beyond the point where they
have been won from their ores. Incidentally,
it is in this field that metallurgical and chem-
ical engineering have most in common. As to
the nature of the revising done in preparing
the second edition, it appears that for the most
part a straight modernization Job has been per-
formed of the old text," Chem & Met Eng
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46 (Review -of
v2)
"Most of the book has now been rewritten
and brought up to date by a staff of 24 spe-
cialists, which includes some of the best metal-
lurgical talent in the country. It is to be re-
gretted that some valuable wartime develop-
ments particularly In the light metal field have
been omitted for security reasons which held at
the time the book was written. . . The hand-
book is designed for the student as well as for
the practicing metallurgist and engineer." F.
D DeVaney
+ Chem & Eng N 24:264 Ja 25 '46 200w
(Review of v2)
"The book edited by Mr. LIddell contains a
large compilation of very worthwhile chapters
by eminent men in their respective fields of
endeavor. It Is felt that this very worthwhile
material could be more adequately treated by
presenting the various subject matters in a
more chronological order." 8. F. Urban
Chem A Eng N 24:980 Ap 10 '46 270w
46 300W
(Review of 2v)
Library J 70:891 O 1 '45 70w (Review
of v 1)
Library J 70:891 O 1 '45 70w (Review
of v2)
N Y New Tech Bks 30:69 O '45 (Re-
view of v 1)
N Y New Tech Bks 31:9 Ja '46 (Review
of v 2)
LIEB, FREDERICK GEORGE. Detroit Tigers.
27 6p il $3 Putnam
79G.357 Detroit. Baseball club (American
league). Baseball 46-6583
"This is Frederick O. Lieb's third baseball
book (the others were 'The St. Louis Cardinals'
and 'Connie Mack1). . . Behind it is Mr. Lieb's
long career as a baseball writer. Enlivening
it are sketches not only of those who per-
formed on the diamond but of those in the
•front office,' the management. There is, fur-
ther, a picture of the growth of the great
industrial city of Detroit, without some knowl-
edge of which we could not understand com-
pletely the Detroit club." N Y Times
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Kirkus 14:321 Jl 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by Eleanor KIdder
Library J 71:1336 O 1 '46 70w
"Only ten years ago it was 'very difficult to
come by sports books that meant much to a
sizable number of people. I am quite certain
that Henry Chadwick, who invented the base-
ball box score, never dreamed the literature
of the game would reach such heights as it
has with Mr. Lieb's books and Frank Gra-
ham's and Warren Brown's. Father Chadwick
would be pleased." W. L. Barber
-f- N Y Times p35 S 22 '46 430w
"A scholarly, well reported story of the De-
troit Tigers." Irving Marsh
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 S 15 '46 llOw
LIEBMAN, JOSHUA LOTH. Peace of mind.
203p $2.50 Simon & Schuster
160.13 Psychology, Applied 46-25090
"This book attempts to distill the helpful
insights about human nature that psychology
has discovered and the encouraging news from
the scientific clinic about man's infinite capa-
city to change and improve himself, as well
as to correlate these latest scientific dis-
coveries with the truest religious insights and
goals of the ages." (Pref) The volume is an
outgrowth of material first presented in lec-
tures at the Jewish Institute of Religion.
" 'A half loaf eaten in courage and accepted
in truth is infinitely better than a moldy whole
loaf.' These words, from the chapter 'Grief's
Slow Wisdom,' reveal both the limitation and
the appeal of this book by the brilliant rabbi
of Temple Israel, Boston. Some readers will
miss the ringing affirmations that are natural
to those who possess the 'whole loaf of un-
clouded religious faith; but the book is not
meant for them. Rather it is meant for those
who have turned from traditional religion
because they cannot adjust their confidence
in the findings of science to the requirements
of orthodoxy — Christian or Jewish. . . To many
such, this book will offer a 'half loaf that
will go a long way toward bringing them peace
of mind and heart." F. M. Eliot
Atlantic 178:153 Jl '46 180w
"Writing devoted to the utilization of the
new science of dynamic psychology for help-
ing man toward the achievement of the good
life presented so honestly, ably and confident-
ly, would always command admiration. In
these times in which the most diabolic at-
tempt has been made to make use of psycho-
dynamic knowledge for psychological warfare
and for the education of youth to evil, de-
struction and the cynic adulation of the law
of the jungle, in times in which we are using
our mastery of nature's forces primarily for
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495
destruction, this book fills a need of unparal-
leled urgency." Franz Alexander
-j- Book Week p4 Ap 7 '46 850w
Booklist 42:261 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:3 N '46
Reviewed by J. M. Dawson
Christian Century 63:1248 O 16 '46
700w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"Rabbi Liebman is to be highly commended
for his eloquent efforts to indicate lines of
fruitful cooperation between religion and
psychiatry." Harry McNeil!
-f- Commonweal 44:437 Ag 16 '46 390w
.Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46 50w
"This book from the pen of a Jewish scholar
deserves a wide reading not only by his co-
religionists but by those of other faiths and
by those of no faith. . . This is a book which
should be played up both for those interested
in psychology and those interested in reli-
gion."
-h Klrkus 14:102 F 15 '46 200w
" 'Peace of Mind' discusses the ills of our
time and formulates a reasonable, tolerant
faith, a persuasive course of action. In its
positive features, at least, this book should
obtain a wide and a sympathetic reception. . .
Some readers will feel that Dr. Liebman is
not always fair to what he calls 'the old
theologies' and ascribes to psychology the
introduction of ideas and techniques which
are very old indeed. There will also be ob-
jections to some of the characteristics he as-
signs to 'Western religion.' . . There are,
however, wide areas of agreement with Dr.
Liebman possible to anyone truly concerned
with the need of our harassed age for an af-
firmative faith." N. K. Burger
^ MY Times p5 Ap 7 '46 700w
"His book abounds ... in scholarly and clas-
sical allusions, ably though one feels somewhat
overused, as though they are brought in self-
consciously to demonstrate knowledge rather
than just to illustrate a point. The subject
of the book, the search for peace of mind, is
really one of simple human need, and it would
be more strongly and convincingly presented if
made with greater simplicity and directness.
Again, though the book ends with a most in-
teresting and able comparison of the comple-
mentary fields of psychiatry and religion and
also a statement or the author's own religious
belief, It really throughout deals with modern
psychiatric and psychological treatments rather
than with religion." Dean Campbell
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
420w
Reviewed by E. H. Johnson
Survey Q 35:300 Ag '46 650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:285 D '46 160w
"The book is almost uniformly excellent.
If I would name any chapters for special men-
tion, it would be those on 'Fear wears Many
Masks/ and 'Grief's Slow Wisdom/ The chap-
ter on 'Immortality* seems to me weak; it
deals too much with 'intimations/ and the
fire of passionate conviction is lacking. Yet
this somewhat unsatisfactory discussion leads
right on to the crown and climax of the book
which are the closing chapters on religion."
J. H. Holmes
-f — Weekly Book Review pi 6 Mr 31 '46
450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:83 Je '46
LIEBOVITZ, DAVID. Canvas sky. 439p $3 Har-
court
46-25102
A romance of circus life, as it appeared to
Craig Johnson. Craig graduated from college
in 1919, when jobs were hard to get. In
Philadelphia he met Long John Whit taker,
Sroprietor of the The Plain Yankee Road Show,
raig had been an athlete in college; he was
almost penniless, so he Joined the circus. From
that point on he describes the circus life, his
loves, his successes and failures, under the
Big Top, and out of it.
"Probably Liebovitz wrote 'The Canvas Sky'
In its queer, archaic style to emphasize the
make-believe character of the tented world,
but it's pretty tough on the reader." Jack
Conroy
Book Week p4 Ap 7 '46 450w
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
"It is no cheap sensational tale; rather, a
carefully studied and skillfully written picture
of personalities as affected by a strange en-
vironment."
4- Christian Century 63:433 Ap 3 '46 70w
"Interesting in circus detail, in its explora-
tion of the exhibitionist impulse to perform
before the public, but full of symbolism and
allegory, and melodramatic writing, and never
wholly believable."
h Klrkus 14:160 Ap 1 '46 190w
"Picaresque novel skillfully crammed with
details of circus life, some of them revolting."
F. A. Boyle
Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
"The book is badly written, clumsily or-
ganized, and inordinately long — precisely the
rambling sort of tale that an aerialist and
circus clown might scribble In his retirement.
In so far as he has achieved this effect, Mr.
Liebovitz should be credited with a rather
questionable kind of artistic success, but it
is by no means enough to make 'The Canvas
Sky' worth reading." J. E. Cronin
h N Y Times p!8 Ap 28 '46 320w
"A full, rich and varied novel in which the
author tries to communicate to his readers
everything that the circus is, what it means
to its performers and can signify to its spec-
tators." J. P. Wood
+ Sat R of Lit 29:39 My 4 '46 600w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 SOOw
"It is a wistful story, an allegory of the
hopeful heart, well told and generously flavored
with the happy sounds and curious yearnings
of circus life." Thomas Sugrue
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 7 '46 750w
LILLIE, RALPH STAYNER. General biology
and philosophy of organism. 2l5p $3 Univ. of
Chicago press [18s Cambridge]
674.01 Biology A45-6288
"This short book is an essay on theoretical
biology. Although in the broad sense phil-
osophical in its aim, it is essentially empirical
and naturalistic in its treatment and out-
look. . . The following discussion is largely
a recapitulation, continuation, and synthesis of
contributions which I have made in past years
to some of the philosophical problems of
biology, in papers published chiefly in the
American Naturalist, the Journal of Phi-
losophy, and Philosophy of Science." (Pref)
Index.
"The author is a well-known biologist with
many writing's both in scientific and in philo-
sophical Journals. His scientific contributions
have been largely on protoplasmic activity and
on the general physiology of the cell. Psychol-
ogists may know him best for his iron-wire
model of the nerve. The present study is, in the
author's words, 'an essay on theoretical biol-
ogy/ It is an expanded formulation of a point
of view espoused in earlier articles, which have
usually appeared in philosophical contexts. The
book is brief, it is written in an appealing man-
ner, and the exposition is clear." M. W. Horo-
witz
-f Am J Psychol 59:321 Ap '46 1200w
"Professor Lillie is a distinguished physi-
ologist. He has here written a book on the
philosophical aspects of biology which is not
so distinguished. It does little more than set
the problem of the relation of the physical and
the psychical, and I fear it omits a good half
of the relevant considerations. . . But I feel
disposed to praise Professor Lillie for not being
taken in by the usual dogmatic assumptions
of biologists. And his discussion of random-
ness and directiveness and natural teleology
has real merit. But he uses too many words
to say so little." H. T. C.
— -f J Phllot 43:475 Ag 15 '46 240w
.Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Ja '46 420w
496
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LIN, ANOR (LIN TAIYI, pseud). Golden coin.
306p $2.75 Day
46-2976
Story of modern China. Sha, the daughter
of a poor family living in Shanghai, marries
a biology professor fifteen years her senior.
Their natures clash from the beginning, but
Sha maintains her youthful ideals of helping
her people in the face of her husband's un-
bending belief m security and science.
"In both story and storytelling, 'The Golden
Coin' Is great reading. It is the more astonish-
ing when one considers that the author of this
mature work is only about 20." Edith Roberts
H- Book Week plO Ap 7 '46 700w
"Of limited appeal." A. R. Eaton
Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 70w
"It was the cherished conviction of some
critics during the war that affirmation, not
disillusion, would characterize the literature
of the peace. So far the prophecy has only
partly come true. If the bitter books are the
exception, the novels of real affirmation are
even more rare. What we seem to get instead
is a confused compound of the two — a blind
groping toward a faith that blots out reality
and denies reason. Lin Taiyi's 'The Golden
Coin' is a case in point. Written with disarming
earnestness, it tells a falsely reassuring story
of the power of superstition in the life of an
ignorant Chinese woman; it is all the more
disappointing because It fails to realize the
larger underlying theme it suggests." Nona
Balakian
(. jsi Y Times p!2 Ap 7 '46 500w
"Miss Lin's performance does not always
equal her intention, and as one reads one is
torn between admiration of her youthful bold-
ness and her flashes of brilliance on the one
hand, and distress over her exclamatory prose
and her repetitious analyses on the other. The
novel as a whole is, like its predecessor, a
remarkable and interesting work, especially
so considering the age of its author, which,
however, one wishes it were not necessary to
stress." J. J. Espey
_j Weekly Book Review plG Ap 7 '46
800w
LIN TAIYI, pseud. See Lin, A.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. His speeches and writ-
ings. 843p il $3 75 World pub.
308.1 U.S.— History 46-11909
Compilation of nearly 250 of the most im-
portant speeches, state papers, and ietteis
of Abraham Lincoln. Contains an introduc-
tion and critical notes by the editor, Roy P.
Basler, and a preface by Carl Sandburg. Bib-
liography. Index.
"The greatness in these pages is that of
Lincoln. The function of the editor, admirably
performed, is that of discriminating selection,
competent presentation of text, and illuminat-
ing literary comment. Many editorial problems
have had to be perceived, studied, and solved
— problems of authorship (as of pseudonymous
or anonymous writings), of date, of decipher-
ing to get the right word and of Informed in-
terpretation to get the intended meaning. . .
The textual faithfulness, achieved at no small
cost, is a notable feature of the Basler edi-
tion. The book is not merely a garland of
beautiful passages. It is representative rather.
It runs the gamut of Lincoln's output: letters
to wife or friends, party speeches (not always
on the highest level) great speeches on exalted
themes, philosophic discourses, public papers,
occasional trivialities (which bring us close
to the everyday man) and those incomplete
fragments which preserve his thoughts in the
process of becoming. We even have lines of
Lincoln's poetry. Though Victorian in pattern,
Basler does not consider them the cheap dog-
gerel that some writers would have us believe.
The introduction amounts to a distillation of
years of research concerning Lincoln as lit-
erature." J. G. Randall
4- Book Week p2 S 29 '46 600w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
"Dr. Basler comments, briefly as a rule,
upon the origin and significance of each paper,
and he provides a list of his sources. In a few
instances, he discusses at some length im-
portant problems. Such a work, done with
conscientious fidelity and scholarly skill, is, of
course, of the highest value." F. L. Bullard
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 9 '46
500w
"This volume has many features of distinc-
tion. In the first place Carl Sandburg has writ-
ten the foreword. His followers will want to
examine this selection of Lmcolniana through
the great poet's gold -rimmed spectacles, but
they will miss something if they stop with
that. True, many other books contain the selec-
tions Basler has assembled. Some print many
more besides, in ten and twelve volume sets,
but such works should not give this book seri-
ous competition. Basler's only rivals in the
one- volume field are three somewhat similar
compilations by Luther Robinson, Daniel Kil-
ham Dodge and Philip Van Doren Stern. More
than twenty years have passed since the first
two publications appeared The last is six years
old. All three abridged Lincoln's best work
to spotlight the striking: sentences that ap-
pealed to the compilers. Basler, on the other
hand, has taken pains to give every word of
the original documents." Jay Monaghan
-f N Y Times p6 S 29 '46 HOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 17 '46
150w
"Much of Professor Basler's scholarly essay
on Lincoln's Knghsh is devoted to the way he
changed and grew as a speaker and writer
from his arrival in New Salem in 1831 until
his death. But the editor insists that he rose
to greatness in statesmanship as well as style
through a 'constant development of his per-
sonality.' Therefore he rejects as half-truth
Charles Francis Adams's famous statement
that Lincoln had such a tremendous growth
from 1861 to 1865 that he 'became in fact an-
pthcr being,' and that history 'hardly presents
an analogous case of education through trial.'
Mr. Basler contends that in no essential did
his hero become a different being, with tho
inference that he was born full grown in great-
ness. I think this does Lincoln's memory a
distinct disservice." G. F. Milton
Sat R of Lit 29:11 S 28 '46 1200w
"The book has been hailed by Lincoln
authorities as among the most important one-
volume editions of Lincoln's writings yet
published. . . Dr. Basler, author of 'The Lincoln
Legend' has corrected many errors found in
existing editions of Lincoln's writings, and
wherever possible has checked his material
against original manuscripts."
-f- Spnngf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 200w
Time 48.109 O 14 '46 750w
"Mr. Basler's compilation naturally chal-
lenges comparison with earlier compilations,
particularly with the recent volume edited by
Philip Stern. As far as textual ciiticism goes,
Basler has done a better editorial job than any
of his predecessors. Wherever possible, Mr.
Basler has gone to the original document,
given us the letter or paper as Lincoln wrote
it, and where various drafts exist he has indi-
cated the variations. He has, too, preferred
the complete text to an abridgement, even
though this has required the omission of many
important public papers. His editorial notes
(unfortunately at the end instead of the begin-
ning of each document) are sound and informa-
tive, though less complete than might be desir-
able." H. S. Commager
-f Weekly Book Review p26 O 27 '46 850w
LINCOLN, EDWIN STODDARD. Conductors
and wiring layouts; industrial electric wiring.
342p il $3 Essential bks.
621.328 Electric conductors. Electric wiring
46-2140
"Describes construction and operation of
every type of conductor and conductor insula-
tion, with N.E.C. requirements. Instructions
for wiring motors, welders, capacitors, switch-
boards, lighting and communications systems.
Covers appliances and layouts for services,
feeders and branch circuits. Cables and cable
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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splicing thoroughly covered. Resuscitation di-
rections. A.I.E.E. symbols. Tables, well illus-
trated." Library J
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 80w
LINCOLN, EDWIN STODDARD. Industrial
electric heating and electrical furnaces. 192p
il $3 Essential bks.
621.396 Electric heating. Electric furnaces
46-5565
"Principles and fundamentals of electric
heating-resistance, infra-red and induction,
with applications of electrical heating units and
various uses of electric steam boilers, industrial
heating cables and furnaces. Illustrated."
(Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 lOOw
LINCOLN, EDWIN STODDARD. Industrial
electric wiring; wiring methods and fittings.
336p il $3 Essential bks.
621 328 Electric wiring 46-25075
"Industrial wiring practice with National
electrical code regulations that apply to sub-
ject. Well illustrated." Booklist
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
"Practical, usable book."
-f Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 80w
LINCOLN, EDWIN STODDARD. Primary and
storage batteries. 168p il $3 Essential bks.
621.35 Electric batteries 46-2208
"A brief text covering instructions for the
selection, use and maintenance of all types of
batteries and battery accessories, with methods
of charging storage batteries, generators, recti-
fiers and control equipment." Library J
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Library J 71:486 'Ap 1 '46 70w
LINCOLN, JAMES FINNEY. Lincoln's incen-
tive system; covering the basic principles of
the incentive system in manufacturing. 192p
il $2 McGraw
658.323 Wages. Lincoln electric company
46-3347
"This purposeful book concerns the funda-
mentals and applications of the Incentive plan
of management in the Lincoln Electric Com-
pany over a period of years." Library J
Reviewed by C. L. Gabriel
Chem & Eng N 24:2414 S 10 '46 300w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Paul Anderson
Sat R of Lit 29-30 Ap 27 '46 1400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:205 S '46 240w
"Although one may question whether Mr.
Lincoln's plan is the complete and perfect
answer to industry's No. 1 production-price
problem, at the same time one must acknowl-
edge that Mr. Lincoln has had the courage to
follow a principle to its logical conclusion. Mr.
Lincoln's book has this great additional merit —
that he writes from practical experience, not
theory, on some of the most hotly argued in-
dustrial questions of the day." E. M. Her-
ri ck
-| Weekly Book Review pi Je 9 '46 2500w
LINCOLN, VICTORIA ENDICOTT (MRS VIC-
TOR AUGUSTUS LOWE) Wind at my back;
throe short novels. 234p $2.50 Rinehart
46-7629
Three novelettes, each dealing with some
phase of childhood and youth. Contents: Be-
fore the swallow dares; In another country;
The wind at my back.
Reviewed by Marion Strobel
Book Week p8 N 17 '46 430w
Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 30
'46 450w
"There's a glitter disturbingly reminiscent
of Scott Fitzgerald in the first two, but on
the whole, a certain luminous quality to the
writing and a tender teeling tor the ignorance
of youth gives this a memory-haunted ap-
peal."
H Kirkus 14:435 S 1 '46 180w
"Reminiscent of shorter bits in Grandmother
and the Comet, these are more fully developed,
more satistvmg. Her style is lyrical, admirably
suited to the subject. Her utterly feminine
approach cloys occasionally, but hers is a
rare gift. Recommended." E. H. Kennedy
H Library J 71.1642 N 1 '46 90w
"Victoria Lincoln's three stories . . . will
disappoint the readers who enjoyed her suc-
cessful novel, 'February Hill.' It may also dis-
appoint admirers of Miss Lincoln's sketches in
the New Yorker, because the new stories have
a preciousness and self-consciousness that one
has not usually noticed in her short fiction. . .
Too carefully styled, too delicate in its per-
ceptions, too thin in its narrative materials,
'The Wind at My Back' is another instance
of the exaggerated sensibility that is such a
large part of women's current effort in litera-
ture " Diana Trilling
Nation 163:591 N 23 '46 150w
"A clean, cool breeze sweeps through Vic-
toria Lincoln's latest book, 'The Wind At My
Back,' a collection of three short novels, and
the reading ot it becomes a very refreshing ex-
perience." Florence Crowther
+ N Y Times p6 N 24 '46 700w
"In 'Before the Swallow Dares,' the longest
and most successful one, the author does a
difficult thing charmingly — she writes about
first love and first tragedy with clarity and
directness and even humor. Her insight into
unhappy young love is tender and altogether
affecting."
-|- New Yorker 22-123 N 9 '46 80w
"To most readers Victoria Lincoln's name
means 'February Hill,' a memorable first novel
composed of raffish incident and characteriza-
tion. Those who expect the same qualities in
her new book, 'The Wind at My Back,' may
be disappointed at the start but they will be
rewarded by other values in her writing. The
youthful laughter, the ebullience and rebellion
of her early work have mellowed into a deeper
perceptiveness and sensitivity. Miss Lincoln is
still amused at life but it is with an ironic
wisdom that holds understanding rather than
gayety. . . Less successful as a character
portrait but extremely effective in its ironic
import is the third story in the book, 'In
Another Country.' " Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p2 N 24 '46
650w
LINDHORST, FRANK ATKINSON. The min-
ister teaches religion. 125p $1 Abingdon-
Cokesbury
268 Religious education. Pastoral work
45-9815
"An analysis of the process of religious edu-
cation, with stress upon the pastor's part in
it, and many specific and practical methods
for 'carrying out the pastor's part in educating
his people/ " Christian Century
Christian Century 62:1417 D 19 §45 40w
"Dr. Lindhorst's contribution to the educa-
tional aspect of the ministry deserves the most
thoughtful consideration, and one can easily
supplement the study of this book by making
use of the excellent bibliographies appended to
each chapter. Christian education is here
placed at the heart of the minister's task in its
whole range of obligation and is shown to be
both an opportunity and a privilege." C. N.
Arbuckle
+ Crozer Q 23:194 Ap '46 600w
498
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LINDMAN, MAJ JAN (MRS MAJ LINDMAN-
HULTEN). Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and a lit tie
dog. £27p] $1 Whitman, A.
Another story of the three little Swedish
Bisters. This time a little dog adopts them,
has to be returned to his owner, and then
solves the difficulty in his own way.
Kirkus 14:125 Mr 1 '46 90w
"Definitely not literature, but child-like and
appealing — something the youngest readers can
read for themselves." S. J. Johnson
Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 70w
'•Another easy story for pre- school and pri-
mary grades — which, if not exactly distin-
guished, has its own homely quality." B. L.
Buell
N Y Times p20 Mr 8 '46 90w
"This is an interesting story for reading
to preschool children, and first and second
graders will enjoy it too. The author's illustra-
tions are sympathetic and colorful." M. C.
Meehan
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
240w
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 *46
230w
LINDNER, ROBERT MITCHELL. Stone walls
and men. 496p $4 Odyssey
364 Crime and criminals. Prisons 46-898
"A book dealing with every imaginable as-
pect of crime today, from its economic motiva-
tion to such matters as involuntary homosexu-
ality in prisons and the mess that society has
made out of crime prevention and control."
New Yorker
"In the entire book there are but few dates
of identifiable events from the history of the
past; there are no footnotes and no citations
to other sources or views or theories; there is
not a single statistical item, figure, graph, or
table; there are actually no data of any kind in
it except the highly selected case histories pre-
sented as illustration of points of view. . .
Within the limitations noted, Stone Walls and
Men is an interesting, popularly written pre-
sentation of the psychiatric or psychoanalytic
approach to criminology, with a ringing indict-
ment of the uselessness of much of that which
Is the content of modern 'progressive' penal
procedure. It has little to recommend it as a
balanced, well rounded presentation of the more
important and pertinent data on criminology
and it wastes no space on the balanced exami-
nation of other interpretations or research
approaches." G. B. Void
Ann Am Acad 246:174 Jl '46 550w
"The author is a well-known psychologist
with a long clinical experience of the criminal
mind, but the most striking thing about his
book is that he doesn't write like one; he says
what he has to say with humor and under-
standing and without flummery and preten-
tiousness. He also says it, for the most part,
in lay English, and what technical terminology
he uses he is careful to explain."
+ New Yorker 21:87 Ja 26 '46 180w
Reviewed by W. S. Meacham
Sat R of Lit 29:40 F 16 '46 1050w
"Small wonder that Bucknell students urged
the writing of the book. Well supplied with
case material valuable for classroom discus-
sions, even for dramatization, it is a peerless
companion volume for any instructor in crim-
inology to use to brighten up a dull and faulty
text — or lecture." L. M. Brooks
-f Social Forces 25:235 D '46 600w
" 'Stone Walls and Men' is offered as *a
modern criminology' but turns out to be at
least ultra-modern, if not slightly surrealist, in
its views on the handling of criminals."
'Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 20 '46
600w
"Taking the book as a whole it is stimulat-
ing. It has the value of dislodging smugness
on the part of those who feel that theyliave
found all the solutions, but it should not be
accepted as proof of complete failure. There
are many who have labored most earnestly In
the fields of research and in the various ap-
proaches toward crime treatment who can show
progress, although they would be the first to
admit that the millennium is still to be
achieved." B. R. Cass
-f Survey 82:157 My '46 350w
"This is not a book for the layman wishing
to acquaint himself with the field of crimi-
nology; it is not representative of criminological
writing in the United States. But although it
may seem opinionated, the book will be of
interest to the criminologist, who will find in
it many original and provocative ideas and
suggestions for new developments in the field."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:235 S '46 250w
Weekly Book Review p!6 Ag 4 '46 200w
LINDSAY, CATHERINE. Country . of the
young. 220p $2.50 Reynal
46-6842
"Spring, 1945. Three merciless rebels in
their early twenties—Ted Rasko, reporter, foot-
ball star; John Illsley, instructor in art, Ph.D.
candidate; Ann Bjornstad, instructor in Eng-
lish literature, all of the same Midwestern uni-
versity. Ted abhorred his paper's policies,
John escaped his over-loving mother, and Ann,
with whom both men were in love, fled her
teaching job to meet a horrible death alone."
Library J
"The author's emphasis on the youthfulnesa
of her three major characters seems somewhat
exaggerated, for it is hard to believe that
these are typical young people. And obviously
it is more than their youth that betrays them.
Nevertheless, this first novel has a real emo-
tional impact and is a very ^creditable produc-
tion for a 22-year-old writer." Dorothy Sparks
H Book Week p6 S 15 '46 200w
Kirkus 14:304 Jl 1 '46 150w
"A first novel, not for this small library!"
F. A. Boyle
— Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 lOOw
"Though the colors are vivid, the pattern
itself is more than a little fuzzy." Margaret
Ford
— NY Times p!2 S 29 '46 440w
"A writer of the hardboiled school Miss
Lindsay is often shrill and staccato, but she
has penetrating flashes, and deep poetic feel-
ing. Rasko 's gentle, pious Ma, and Pa, so
understanding, are drawn with a glowing af-
fectionate touch." P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 280w
"Catherine Lindsay's first novel runs a high
temperature and lashes out with more violence,
than clarity against evils in modern society
which incite youthful defiance — family dis-
cipline, college smugness, legal injustice and
conventional codes of morality. The author is
only twenty- two, and her credo is that 'there
is a bond in the desires and fears and emo-
tions of those who are young, regardless of
their separateness in class or space.' Her
story, which she says is designated to 'articu-
late this bond,' is a confused and depressing
narrative. If these are the fruits of youthful
revolt, they seem hardly worth harvesting."
George Conrad
— Weekly Book Review p!5 S 8 '46 360w
LINDSAY. FRANK WHITEMAN. Dramatic
parody by marionettes in eighteenth century
Paris. 185p pa $3 King's crown press
791.5 Marionettes. Parody. Theater — France
A46-3007
"A thoroughly documented study, which not
only covers the marionette parodies themselves
but throws light on the Come'die Franchise and
Op6ra productions on which they are based, and
also includes a discussion of the thtdtre de la
foire in general." (Theatre Arts) Bibliography.
No index.
"This scholarly work is authoritative, fair and
generally comprehensible to the reasonably
well-informed reader. This volume should be
of genuine interest to libraries with collections
of French literature as well as being a must
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499
for marionette and puppet collections. Well se-
lected bibliography and extensive notes. Rec-
ommended." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:405 Mr 15 '46 70w
Theatre Arts 30:744 D '46 60w
LINDSAY. HOWARD, and GROUSE. RUS&EL.
State of the Union; a comedy; with a fore-
word by Thomas L. Stokes. 226p il $2 Random
house
812 46-3010
Play based on the postwar period. A success-
ful wartime builder of airplanes is being
groomed for the presidency in 1948. Grant Mat-
thews is sincere and honest, and it takes his
clever, outspoken wife to call the real turns.
Pulitzer prize play for 1946.
Reviewed by H. T. Murdock
Book Week p9 My 19 '46 250w
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"Highly recommended."
4- Library J 71:760 My 15 '46 40w
"If 'State of the Union* is more fun behind
the footlights than under the library lamp no
one has a right to complain. If some of it seems
more competent than brilliant under the latter
light the reader should remind himself that
competence in the theatre of today is prized
above rubies. . . 'State of the Union* is still
an actor's paradise, even if it does not belong
on the shelf with Wilde and Congreve." C. V.
Terry
N Y Times p!6 My 19 '46 290w
"The ladies, to be sure, may be regarded
as symbols of the larger forces, and no doubt
Ibsen could so have manipulated them. But
here they seem to suggest a too obvious
triangle story, of tested audience appeal, and
the triangle becomes on the authors' part a
compromise which they would not permit in
the political life of their hero. It is none the
less a skillful and interesting play, by two
men who know their theater.
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 9 '46 220w
LINDSAY, NORMAN. Cousin from Fiji. 286p
$2.50 Random house
46-2494
Tale of family life in Australia, In the 1890's.
A flighty widowed daughter of the house re-
turns from Fiji with her half-grown daughter,
and between them they set off a train of
amusing fireworks.
"In spite of its ridiculous wrappings, the ac-
tual story has suspense and quality. There is
some extremely shrewd philosophy, some real
wit and some very deft characterizations."
Clare Jaynes
H Book Week p8 Ap 7 *46 400w
"A frivolous, gay family story — quite enter-
taining despite slow spots.**
H Kirkus 14:45 F 1 '46 130w
"Not a very important idea now even when it
is put across in a way likely to bring a twinkle
to some eyes. Could be a dark horse in the
pay duplicates.** R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 70w
" 'Cousin From Fiji* is lively, pleasant, medi-
ocre.'* Christina Stead
N Y Times plO Ap 7 *46 200w
"Mr. Lindsay works with the energy of a
steam pump, trying to make the widow gay
and amusing, but, as he never offers any more
substantial proof of her charm than a habit of
omitting all punctuation from her chatter, she
remains just a rather rattlebrained lady badly
In need of punctuation. And that, you' will
probably agree, isn't really funny enough."
New Yorker 22:90 Mr 30 '46 80w
"If Mr. Lindsay had seen fit to condense the
first mad portion of his book and get right
down to what turns out, half way through, to
be rather an amusing story, we might feel a
good deal more kindly disposed toward him.
But Mr. Lindsay belongs, among other things,
to that school of writers who believe in tossing
their readers ruthlessly around before getting
down to anything in particular." Nancy Gro-
4- Sat R of Lit 29:19 Ap 6 '46 650w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review plO Mr 31 '46
500w
LINK, HENRY CHARLES, and HOPF, HARRY
ARTHUR. People and books: a study of
reading and book-buying habits. 166p $10
Book manufacturers' inst, Bk. industry com,
25 W. 43d st, N.Y.
028.9 Books and reading. Booksellers and
bookselling 46-3470
A "study of reading and book-buying habits"
of the American people based on statistics
? leaned from interviews with men and women
rom all walks of life.
Reviewed by Leon Shimkin
Book Week p3 My 12 '46 700w
Booklist 42:292 My 15 '46
Kirkus 14:219 My 1 '46 140w
"Most of the information given is as confus-
ing as it is unenlightening." A. V. A. Van
Duym
— New Repub 114:735 My 20 '46 900w
"Unlike 'The Cheney Report/ which made
lively reading, pointed out the many glaring
faults of the industry and showed definite ways
of overcoming them, 'People and Books* by the
Messrs. Link and Hopf, is a cold batch of
statistics, giving information already well
known even to the least astute publisher and
bookseller." J. A. Margolies
N Y Times p6 My 12 '46 lOOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
370w
"Despite the vagueness of some of its gen-
eral conclusions, 'People and Books' does con-
tain numerous findings that Justify the effort
that went into the project." A. R. Leventhal
.| Weekly Book Review plO My 12 '46
750w
LINKLATER, ERIC. Private Angelo. 267p $2.75
Macmillan [8s 6d Cape, J]
46-8554
Angelo, an Italian soldier of World war II,
had not the "gift of courage," but a tremen-
dous fund of realism which served him very
well. He fought with the Italians, with the
Germans, and with the British armies, but
his heart was never in the business. His heart
was with Lucrezla and Annunziata, and their
three children (none of them his) and so he
set up housekeeping with all five.
Reviewed by Warren Beck
Book Week p3 D 22 '46 380w
"A book that is better in its parts than in
its whole, and more significant for its urbane
dissection of the Italian peasant, than for its
cohesive story. . . It is a loosely constructed,
good humored tale, of no profound impor-
tance."
Kirkus 14:466 S 15 '46 ItiOw
"Despite the unmoral note, the novel Is un-
sensational and the reader is inevitably re-
minded of Voltaire's immortal Candide, of
which Linklater's volume is a not unworthy
literary descendent." R. H. McDonough
+ Library J 71:1625 N 15 '46 HOw
"If our charming Angelo is the chief person
of the story, there are many others that are of
little less interest, and perhaps the greatest
achievement of the book as a whole is the
sense it gives us of national character, Italian,
German — for which Mr. Linklater has no more
admiration than his rogue Fest,— English, and
American. The manner of the telling through-
out Is faintly ironical." J. D. Beresford
+ Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 15 '46
300w
"His story is a good and intelligent one, but
no more than a picture rail from which he
hangs his garish Mediterranean canvases and
his Tittle tracts of ironic wisdom. An agreeable
book, defiantly unimportant." Philip Toynbee
+' — New Statesman & Nation 31:343 My 11
'46 650w
"Better than anything else, Mr. Linklater's
novel illustrates the value and uses of emo-
tional wit in fiction. By means of this combi-
nation, he Is able to cover a great deal of
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LINK LATER, ERIC— Continued
ground. His characters are many, varied,
marked firmly with the author's persona) and
entertaining imprint. They are presented very
much in the state of classic caricature, and he
particularly well handles the looting yet es-
thetic German officer, in comic retreat. The
plot, Which is coincidental in the extreme, is
composed of choppy, shadow-play incidents,
clear in outline and sharp in effect. Color and
detail are specific and personally observed."
B. V. Winebaum
4. _ N Y Times p7 D 8 '46 800w
"Mr. Linklater indulges his neat talent for
pleasantly cockeyed characters and situations,
but in spite of the right-up-to-the-minute
events of the story, Angelo seems to have been
shaken out of one of the author's oldest hats."
New Yorker 22:142 D 14 '46 90w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle plO Ja 2 '47
650w
"Mr. Linklater's little book is brimful of
brilliantly observed anecdotes and many good
stories. Mr. Linklater's style is uncommonly
careful. To those who do not think the war is
over and done with, 'Private Angelo' can be
recommended." Robert Pick
-f Sat R of Lit 30-13 Ja 11 '47 500w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Spec 176:306 Mr 22 '46 600w
"In nicely rounded and urbane phrase Mr.
Linklater anatomizes a part, possibly a large
part, though certainly not the whole, of the
Italian temperament — the exuberance, the en-
gaging ease, the shrewd and unheroic good
sense. . . In spite of Mr. Linklater's accom-
plishment, too little of all this hangs together.
For the rest, much of the detail is well ob-
served or smoothly invented, though set down
with more verbal elegance than imaginative
vigour."
j Times {London] Lit Sup p!25 Mr 16
•46 500w
"Eric Linklater has written a most satisfy-
ing novel about our second world war. He is
an old hand both at soldiering and writing; he
has seen clearly the rise of a new historical
flood in the wars of nationalism in our century;
he has implied skillfully the parallel between
the Dark Ages and our own so brightly illumi-
nated times. . . 'Private Angelo' is a rich ex-
perience, human, magnanimously objective,
softly satirical, a fine mixture of comedy and
tragedy. It bestows what Angelo finally
achieved and what the world most dreadfully
needs, a sufficiency both of realism and of the
dono di coraggio." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review p7 D 8 '46 900w
LITTEN, FREDERIC NELSON. Kingdom of
flying men: a story of air cargo. 247p $2
Presbyterian bd.
46-7179
Novel for older boys. It tells the story of a
group of discharged army and navy fliers who
pool their resources to establish their own
air freight service.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 250w
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
"The characters, throughout, are convincing,
drawn as they are with greys as well as black
and white."
-f- Kirkus 14:459 S 15 '46 120w
"Recommended for young people's collec-
tions." M. C. Scoggin
-f Library J 71:1811 D 15 '46 70w
"Theme is a worthy one if such discrimina-
tion does exist, but the great number of char-
acters, irrelevant situations and strands of
Plot weaken it. Too involved for most Junior
high school boys." M. B. Snow
h Library j 71:1811 D 15 '46 70w
"Skillfully handled. The story of a small
mixed group of veterans in setting up a cargo
airhne is told with skill and accuracy."
Frederick Graham
-f N Y Times p26 N 17 '46 150w
"Working out a sense of values In tu-
multuous present-day conditions gives a story
no chance for dull moments. It causes a some-
what different type of villain to come into the
melodrama, tor a story of this sort must have
some adverse influence to keep it on the boil."
-f Weekly Book Review p28 N 10 '46
450w
LITTEN, FREDERIC NELSON. Rendezvous
on Mindanao. 237p $2 Dodd
45-10322
This story for older boys relates the adven-
tures of an American family, a father and his
two sons, in the Philippines during the war.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p62 D 2 '45 400w
Kirkus 13:438 O 1 '45 90w
"Convincing picture of jungle warfare and
war flying. Racial problem well handled. Rec-
ommended for boys twelve to fifteen." Sonja
Wennerblad
4- Library J 71:124 Ja 15 '46 60w
"The book is especially recommended for Its
sound ethnic approach to the inter-racial prob-
lems of the Philippines." David Dempsey
-f N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 150w
"The dramatic facts of recent western Pacific
history are superb material for a patriotic ad-
venture story for older boys, and Frederic Nel-
son Litten has missed few opportunities to
make the most of them in this story of Min-
danao guerrillas." Barrett McGurn
^ Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 27 '46 450w
LITTLE, CONSTANCE, and 'LITTLE, GWE-
NYTH. Black stocking. 220p $2 Doubleday
46-6292
Mystery story.
"Flighty but fun."
Kirkus 14:286 Je 15 '46 80w
"A patient who escapes from a lunatic
asylum, a headless nurse, a corpse which will
not stay put — these are some of the ingredients
in this sometimes hilarious and sometimes bor-
ing melange of comedy and murder. . . The
boring part of the story comes near the end
when the detective who solves the case goes
over in his mind all the possibilities and
wonders where he is to find the evidence to
prove that he has found the right answer to
the problem. It is quite possible to skip that
part and take the whole thing as a farce
comedy." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 25 '46 140w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 1 '46
50w
"Foul."
— Sat R of Lit 29:35 S 28 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!9 Ag 25 '46
90w
LITTLE, IRENE. Michael Finnegan; pictures
by Carol Yeakey. [32p] 50c Grosset
Cats — Legends and stories 46-2254
"This is the short and simple annal of an
enterprising kitten who insisted on making his
own way In the world, eventually landing a
berth as ship's cat in the Merchant Marine."
N Y Times
Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 90w
"Text is superior to the pictures by Carol
Yeakey, for they are unattractive and not too
cat-like, especially those in color. Not up to
the usual Story Parade Picture Book stand-
ards. Not recommended for libraries." D. M.
MacDonald
h Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 70w
"There isn't as much action as Michael's
curiosity promises and he deserves more flat-
tering pictures but a pleasant humor spices
this book for 4 to 7 year olds."
N Y Times p30 F 17 *46 60w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
501
LIVINGSTONE, C. R. The earth is red. lllp
$1.75 (6s) Macmillan
[46-17061]
Short novel with Madagascar as a setting.
The story takes place in the days following the
British landing in World war II, and the cen-
tral character is a sturdy British sergeant.
Book Week pll Ap 28 '46 40w
"The unusual background, the description of
the native Malgaches and their still-surviving
ancient superstitions, the sharply defined char-
acters, give interest to this swift narrative."
W. K. R.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 11
'46 480w
"Obviously a personal experience so far as
the setting is concerned, but weak in narrative
and more a protracted short story than a novel.
The artificial and disappointing climax repre-
sents a desperate attempt to achieve some kind
of dramatic ending." J. D. Beresford
j- Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 18 '46 120w
Reviewed by Paul Griffith
N Y Times p!8 My 26 '46 lOOw
"If it were possible one would take the in-
tention for the deed in this short novel written
round Mr. Livingstone's observation of Mada-
gascar during a term of war service there.
But he is as yet too inexperienced a writer to
know what to do with the material at his dis-
posal."
Times [London] Lit Sup p41 Ja 26 '46
240w
"Mr. Livingstone almost saves his story by
the one dramatic device he employs, involving
Bailey's death because of a stupid Cockney's
flirtation with a native girl; but even this falls
a little flat." W. M. Kunstler
h Weekly Book Review plO Ap 21 '46
400w
LOBAUGH, ELMA K. The devil is loneliness.
253p $2.50 Current bks
46-4928
Saga of a girl from the hill -country of the
South who went to work in a steel mill during
war time. "This is a story of the wanderer, a
heroine who cannot justify her homesickness by
her sordid, hazy memory of childhood in a
Southern hill -country home. Devoid of both a
sense of origin and goal, she is left only with
an indefinable loneliness. Her time in the steel
mills merely continues her personal doom."
(N Y Times)
"Miss Lobaugh is a practitioner of the short
word and short-sentence school, and sometimes
her zeal for casualness and brevity seems ex-
cessive. . . Despite her serious intention, Miss
Lobaugh has failed to a large degree in her
ambition to communicate her pity and liking
for the Babe to the reader." Jack Conroy
Book Week p4 Ap 14 '46 450w
Kirkus 14:23 Ja 15 '46 130w
"The novel might have been successful had
the narrative been more evocative of its tragic
theme. Lapses into mechanical reports of
realistic detail often dissipate the drama. The
author has an exact ear for the talk of the
workers, an eye for their minute routine. One
feels, however, that her intention is confused:
is this intended to be a panoramic social picture
or the narrative of one character's conflict?
One result of this confusion is that the char-
acters often become mere silhouettes." Fred-
erick Brantley
N Y Times p45 Ap 14 '46 320w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 28 '46
150w
"The early part of the book is somewhat
aggressively hardboiled in style, with the ted-
ious overuse of simple sentences and telegraphic
dialogue which since 'The Sun Also Rises' have
been de rigeur with the tough school. But the
novelist drops these mannerisms after a while
and allows Babe's pathetic story to unfold
easily and naturally. . . Those who prefer a
more relentless objectivity may wish that the
author had concealed her affection for Babe;
they may feel that a completely detached treat-
ment of character and material would have
given the story greater sharpness and lent it
greater power." R. A. Cordell
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Je 29 '46 480w
"Besides her full and candid and often quite
shocking picture of the Babe, Mrs. Lobaugh
offers half a dozen extremely lifelike portraits
of Babe's fellow workers, and gives a good ac-
count of the rough, often very cynical, cama-
raderie of the job. In an atmosphere that reeks
of red-hot steel, spiced with petty animosities,
laced with apprehensions and redeemed with
little loyalties, it is live and let live, as it is
in the world outside. Mrs. Lobaugh loses her
surefooting, however, when she introduces into
her story and handles with singular meptness
such visitors from Mars as the boss's pretty
wife and a girl called 'Little Sunshine,' a kind
of younger generation version of Lady Bountiful
turned war worker." F. H. Bullock
H Weekly Book Review plO Ap 14 '46
700w
LOBAUGH. ELMA K. Shadows in succession.
187p $2 Doubleday
46-5743
Mystery story.
"Her characterization might have been
stronger, and the flat style the author has
adopted sometimes leaves one with a sense of
sparseness, but all in ail this Gary author has
done a fine job."
^ Book Week p5 Ag 4 '46 llOw
"Not too good."
h Kirkus 14:232 My 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!8 Ag 4 '46 180w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle pi 6 Ag 4 '46
80w
"Detection is slight, as this is a love- Is- all
story." Will Cuppy
— Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 28 '46
140w
LOCKREY, ANDREW JULES. Plastics in the
school and home workshop. 3d ed 239p il
$3.50: text ed $2.75 Van Nostrand
668.4 Handicraft. Plastics 46-5629
"This practical book for the amateur crafts-
man describes the processes and tools used in
working those plastics which can be machined
and which are available in rods, sheets, or
tube form. A new chapter entitled 'Forty
projects In lucite-plexiglas' has been added,
and the section on sources of supplies has been
revised and brought up to date." (N Y New
Tech Bks) For nrst edition see Book Review
Digest, 1938.
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:45 Jl '46
LOCKRIDGE, MRS FRANCES LOUISE
(DAVIS), and LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD.
Death of a tall man. 248p $2 Lippincott
46-7663
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 lOOw
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
Kirkus 14:468 S 15 '46 90w
New Repub 115:774 D 9 '46 30w
"Mystery and comedy are agreeably blended
in this, as in all the other Mr. and Mrs. North
stories." Isaac Anderson
+ N Y Times p40 N 10 '46 140w
"There have been more astounding dSnoue-
ments and the Norths are, if possible, cuter
than ever."
New Yorker 22:127 N 2 '46 80w
"All Lockridge items are fun to read and
well constructed, but some former ones have
been more solidly satisfying." L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 24 '46
70w
"Enjoyable."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 23 '46 50w
502
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LOCKRIDGE, F. L.— - Continued
"There's a genuine thrill in the first chapter
of this one and the authors keep excitement
going at an impressive rate, what with more
fatalities, the top detecting of Lieutenant Bill
Weigand, Pam's winning hunches and a climax
surprisingly violent for this series. . . A dia-
gram of the doctor's office is provided for any
Lockridge fans who may be slow on the up-
take, heaven forbid." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p40 O 27
46 270W
LOCKRIDGE, MRS FRANCES LOUISE (DA-
VIS), and LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD. Murder
within murder. 240p |2 Lipplncott
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO F 10 '46 140 w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 16 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
Klrkus 13:548 D 16 '46 80w
"Diverting."
4- New Repub 114:166 P 4 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times Pl6 F 10 '46 180w
* 'Highly recommended for the Norths* ad-
mirers, who by thia time have turned into a
sizable pressure group."
-f New Yorker 21:80 F 2 '46 lOOw
"Well-plotted and suspenseful — though less
exuberant than earlier Norths. Standard
brand."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:38 F 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p21 F 3 '46 250w
LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD. Murder cavalcade.
See Mystery writers of America, inc.
LOCKWOOD, MRS MYNA. Mystery at Lone-
some End. 219p $2 Oxford
46-8238
Mystery story for young readers.
"Here is a rare commodity, a crackerjack,
streamlined, mystery for teenagers. Good char-
acterization plus natural dialogue enhance the
story." Martha King
-f Book Week p!2 O 27 '46 60w
"A plausible but thrilling adventure mystery
yarn/r
+ Kirkus 14:626 O 15 '46 70w
"A real mystery story. . . Will be popular
with girls 12 to 15." E. E. Frank
-f Library J 71:1811 D 16 '46 70w
"This follows the adult models with murder,
espionage and romance but no reader will take
the murder too seriously and girls will enjoy
the working out of the plot, far-fetched as it
may be." Margaret Scoggin
+ Weekly Book Review p20 N 10 '46 150w
LODGE, RUPERT CLENDON. Philosophy of
business. 432p $5 Univ. of Chicago press
650.1 Business A45-4287
"Systematic attempt ... to bring together
two sides of human experience which nave been
growing rather far apart: namely, the academic
speculations of philosophers and the practical
reflections of businessmen." (Pref) The au-
thor is professor of logic and history of
philosophy at the University of Manitoba.
Among his previous books are Plato's Theory
of Ethics (1928), The Questing Mind (1937),
and Philosophy of Education (1937).
"Much mischief is caused throughout the
book by the author's sweeping triple classifica-
tion of philosophical views. The chapter 'Busi-
ness and the State* is marred by an inexcus-
able Juxtaposition of pragmatism and fascism,
little softened by the pointing out of 'a differ-
ence' between the two. Professor Lodge de-
serves much praise, for his industry in bringing
together the cognate literatures of business
and philosophy in such a way as to facilitate
the future forging of a philosophy of business/'
H. A. Larrabee
— + Ethics 56:320 JI '46 440w
"Classification is the beginning of knowledge,
here as in all fields. But we can not be satis-
fled by the conventional labels. If Professor
Lodge had cast these labels aside, or followed
accurately his own definitions of them, it might
have produced a book novel and illuminating
to the philosopher reader, and completely con-
fusing to the business man dipping into philos-
ophy. But even as it stands, all the book,
including many clever little insights in the
notes, is worth reading for its suggestiveness,
most of all by one who knows enough philos-
ophy to question the author's interpretations/'
XT rn /~i
'-t-'—'j Rhilos 43:503 Ag 29 '46 300w
"The net result is to give businessmen a
misleading insight into philosophy, and phi-
losophers a misleading approach to an under-
standing of business. . . With all these objec-
tions, however, the book does strike a new
note. Where Lodge does not attempt to force
his interpretations of business into line with
philosophic schools, there is much worthwhile
analysis along new lines." L. O. KattsofC
-f — Social Forces 24:482 My '46 700w
LODWICK. JOHN. Aegean adventure. 214p
$2.50 Dodd
46-2918
Novel describing a raid on a Nazi-held is-
land in the Aegean sea by a small British
force.
"Here is an adroitly executed novel. . . The
writing is stripped down into a terse oiled-
metal language of action, admirably suited to
the subject, and has that clarity and sim-
plicity which only a talented writer can at-
tain." Martin Savela
4- Book Week p8 Mr 31 '46 270w
"It's a good yarn — with a little too much
chit-chat on the fallacies of conquest, and
ample situation to support the gun and
and dynamite tempo." Austin Stevens
H NY Times p!4 My 5 '46 180w
"Honestly, haven't there been enough of
these underground and occupation stories, all
tarred with the same brush? The information
which has come out of liberated countries
should have furnished writers by now with
material far less dramatic but far more
poignant than most of them, this one included,
manage to bring to life." Robert Pick
— Sat R of Lit 29:27 Ag 24 '46 45'Jw
"The officers and the plain British fighting
men are so skillfully presented . . . that you
enter into their hopes and share their fears
to an extraordinary degree. Mr. Lodwick is
no less successful in depicting the Germans,
and when it comes to the natives of the minis -
cule island in the Aegean — stupid or crafty,
valiant or terror-stricken, proud or servile, ac-
cording to their nature — his touch is equally
firm and revealing. There is the stuff of real
experience here. There are flashes of beauty
and stabs of savage humor." George Conrad
+ Weekly Book Review plO Mr 81 '46
300w
LOEB, HAROLD. Full production without war.
284p $3.60 Princeton univ. press
330.1 Economics. U.S.— Economic policy
A46-2894
"A study of topics basic to the country's
economic health — monopoly, competition, prices,
demand-supply adjustment, the business cycle,
and full production. The author (writing in
1944) believes that full production 10 possible
without war. He finds both the 'old dear and
the 'new deal' inadequate, but suggests a
series of ... governmen tally operated 'adjust-
ments' which might be applied as needed."
Christian Century
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 180w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
503
"A solid and scholarly study. . . The book
Will reward careful study." <<%A
-f Christian Century 63:893 Jl 17 '46 120w
Current Hist 11:232 S '46 llOw
Reviewed by Eugene Forsey
Nation 163:477 O 26 '46 420w
"His present book, largely written while the
war production program was showing concrete-
ly how tremendous our productive capacities
really are, demonstrates beyond question Mr.
Loeb's capacity to handle the subtle abstrac-
tions of modern economic analysts with skill,
resourcefulness, and imagination. But I am
not so sure that he does not substitute the
'blueprint planning' of the modern economic
theorist for that of the engineer, and I am
quite sure that in his policy proposals he un-
derrates the difficulties resulting from the
'complicated procedures' of the American polit-
ical system of checks and balances which make
it so difficult for the Federal Government with-
out unusual wartime powers to be an expedi-
tious and competent economic manager no
matter how good its blueprints." P. M. O'Leary
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:18 Jl 27 '46 1400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:205 S '46 230w
LOEFFLER, REBECCA WELLS, comp. Our
country is India, by young Indians and their
leaders. 180p il map $1; pa 60c Friendship
press
275.4 Missions— India. India— Social condi-
tions 46-4429
A collection of articles written by young
Christian missionary workers on the economic,
social and spiritual problems of India.
Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 25:346 Ja '47 20w
"Excellent map, glossary and an annotated
selected reading list. Valuable information,
worthwhile addition to other books recently
purchased on India. Recommended for ages
twelve and up." Sonja Wennerblad
H- Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
LOEWENSTEIN, PRINCE HUBERTUS. Ger-
mans in history. 584p $5 Columbia univ. press
[33s 6d Oxford]
943 Germany— History A46-280
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The American reader will like the author,
whose kindly spirit and broad sympathies are
evident on every page; and yet it is the sort
of book which no American or Englishman
would have written." Preston Slosson
Ann Am Acad 245:188 My '46 450w
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
Current Hist 10:57 Ja '46 llOw
Foreign Affairs 24:751 Jl '46 60w
"It would be unfair to judge this rambling
disquisition by professional standards: it is
the work of a man of considerable ability, with
some first-hand experience of affairs and an
entire hive of bees in his bonnet. . . But the
strangest thing is to reflect that this book,
published by a university press, is taken seri-
ously as history in the United States: ponder-
ous and written without grace, it will be ac-
cepted by countless thousands of university
students and help to make American policy
even more unrealistic than it is at present/'
A. J. P. T.
— Manchester Guardian p3 N 22 '46 300w
"This book is described in an advance notice
as 'a broad historical survey of the German
people in a frankly controversial interpretation.'
To this reviewer it is five hundred pages of
historicism, mystification, scholarly pretension
and propaganda, adding np — in so far as it is
coherent and comprehensible — to a flatly con-
trovertible fabrication." Elizabeth Simon
— NY Times p30 Mr 17 '46 lOOOw
"This latest work by Prince Loewenstein is a
thoughtful contribution, beautifully printed and
bound. With much scholarship and erudition —
and unevenness — it traces the historical de-
velopment of the Germans from the time of
Tacitus' description to Hitler's assumption of
the title Reichsfuehrer in 1934. The volume is
especially interesting and informative on the
intellectual and literary aspects of German de-
velopment. Much of the rest of the book, how-
ever, is based on certain views which are
axiomatic to the author, but which are not
axiomatic to historians in general." W. C.
Langsam
+ — Pol Sci Q 61:457 S '46 850w
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
Sat R of Lit 29:28 F 2 '46 250w
"Though one may not agree with all his
interpretations, his volume ought to stimulate
a better understanding of Germany in the past
and the present."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:46 Mr '46 280w
"There are a freshness of approach and a
breadth of vision in this book which make it
provocative reading for those who wish to
look beneath the surface of European affairs."
F. E. Hirsch
4- Weekly Book Review p6 F 10 '46 1400w
LOEWENSTEIN. PRINCE HUBERTUS. Lance
of Ixmginus. 166p $2 Macmillan
Jesus Christ— Fiction 46-234
A story of the last week of the life of Jesus
of Nazareth, told from the point of view of
the Roman centurion, Longinus, the "soldier
who with a spear, pierced His side."
Cath World 162:573 Mr '46 180w
"The gospel's narrative cannot be Improved
upon, and while this account of a Roman
soldier has an appeal, it cannot be accounted
a great piece of religious fiction." R. C.
Batchelder
Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 150w
"It is an interesting and plausible tale, but
lacks dramatic power and suspense. After the
opening plages one can be quite sure what the
outcome is to be and therefore has but a mild
interest in the processes through which the end
is reached. There is no sectarian slant."
-f Kirkus 14:100 F 15 '46 150w
Reviewed by L. R. Miller
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 70w
"In Prince zu Loewenstein's presentation, the
spear is Longinus's 'most cherished posses-
sion. . Something of priceless value was
attached to it, and it was no ordinary staff.
Few officers could boast such a one. In a split
second, by pressing two buttons, it could be
elongated to three times its length, like a toast-
ing fork. This device had been invented by a
Greek sword-cutler about fifteen years ago, but
so far it had not been introduced as part of the
general army issue.' Some readers, the present
one included, may feel that such details do not
add to the poignancy of the simple text of the
Gospel. The author obviously wants to emulate
the efforts of medieval legend tellers. It is his
own erudition that stands in his way." Robert
Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:37 F 23 '46 450w
Wig Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
LOEWENSTEIN, KARL. Political reconstruc-
tion. 498p $4 Macmillan
320.157 Self determination. National. In-
tervention. Political science. Reconstruction
(1939- ) 46-900
"A frontal attack on the idea of national
sovereignty. Dr. Loewenstein believes that the
internal affairs of other countries are our busi-
ness, as ours are theirs, and that the Atlantic
Charter, which promises all peoples the right
to determine their sovereignty, can very well
become the Magna Charta for another gang
of war lords. He believes that an international
bill of rights which would guarantee each
people its internal freedom is a prerequisite for
world peace; as a historian and a political sci-
entist, he has no fear that a free people— even
German, Spanish, or any other — will ever elect
and maintain in office an autocratic form of
government," (New Yorker) Index.
Reviewed by A. J. Zurcher
Am Pol Scl R 40:586 Je '46 1050w
504
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LOEWENSTEIN, KARL— Continued
Reviewed by C. A. M. Ewing
Ann Am Acad 246:146 Jl '46 600w
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 4 '46
500w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 10:442 My '46 1150w
Reviewed by W. O. Eddy
Ethics 56:317 Jl *46 1650w
Foreign Affairs 24:742 Jl '46 70w
"Scholarly, speculative as well as factual; con-
troversial, within narrow limits of apprecia-
tion."
-f Kirkus 14:15 Ja '46 180w
"His thesis, long and heavily documented as
it is, is so lucidly argued and written with such
humor that there is pleasure as well as profit
in reading it."
-f New Yorker 22:104 Mr 9 "46 160w
Reviewed by L. H. Chamberlain
Pol Sci Q 61:288 Je '46 900w
" 'Political Reconstruction' is a forceful
statement of a basic principle that must be
faced by the United Nations. It is apt and
thoughtful, as you would expect of any book
written by the author of 'Brazil under Vargas'
and 'Hitler's Germany.' It is forceful without
being frenzied, a weakness of many other
books on reconstruction." W. S. Lynch
-f Sat R of Lit 29:27 Ap 20 '46 lOOOw
"This is a valuable book. It merits a
prominent place on any shelf on postwar
political planning. Even though the founda-
tion concrete has by now been poured for the
edifice of peace, there are ideas here essential
for the designing of its superstructure and for
its subsequent occupancy. The book shows
the marks of haste. One might have wished
a discussion of that supreme obstacle to inter-
national collaboration — an understanding be-
tween Soviet Russia and the Western powers
on the criteria for testing- acceptable forms of
government. Nevertheless the exploration
within its bounds, has value. It attacks with
courage, sincerity and vigor some, if not all,
of the problems of political reconstruction. It
should prove stimulating and disturbing read-
ing to the dogmatists of nonintervention." D.
G. Morgan
_| Springf d Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 600w
Times [London] Lit Sup p411 Ag 31 '46
900w
"Although not altogether free from bias, the
book should be instructive to informed read-
ers."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:130 Je '46 210w
"Professor Loewenstein's main purpose in
this book is to argue that if we continue to
believe in the dogma of non-intervention in the
internal affairs of other nations, then we are
choosing the road which leads to World War
Three. His statement of the case is clear, vig-
orous and easy to read, and is based on a wide
knowledge of history and international law."
H. B. Parkes
-f Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 10 '46
1050W
LOFTS, MRS NORAH (ROBINSON). To see
a fine lady. 248p $2 50 Knopf [9s 6d Joseph,
M'] 46-5944
The story of a dairy maid, Araminta Glover,
whose capability put her above most girls of
hjer class in early nineteenth century England.
Araminta ran away from a good job, because
she fell in love with a farm laborer, but could
not face the dire poverty which she knew mar-
riage would bring her. In her next place,
under the firm hand of a cruel mistress, she
found the better life she had longed for:
she married a young aristocrat.
Book Week p5 Ag 25 '46 180w
Booklist 43:17 S '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 9 '46
400w
"A story that carried conviction wound up
with a murder and a fairytale ending that this
reader, at least, found wholly unreal. But
it was good reading, often charming and at-
tractive, and a novel setting — through two
thirds of the tale."
^ Kirkus 14:328 Jl 15 '46 230w
"Recommended." Mary Clark
4- Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 40w
"With its mixture of bucolic poetry and
almost melodramatic horror this novel of Essex
farm life in the early nineteenth century ought
to please a great many people." Charles Mar-
Manchester Guardian p3 F 8 '46 320w
"Norah Lofts is a top-notch teller of stories.
She has a flair for making even a humdrum
day in the life of Araminta Glover, an English
working girl of the early nineteenth century,
into a most absorbing chapter. In 'To See a
Fine Lady' she has a plot of character con-
flict that is as hair-raising and suspenseful
as a flaming penny-dreadful, though it is told
m restrained and simple stylo." Beatrice Sher-
man
-f N Y Times p8 S 8 '46 400w
"Miss Lofts evokes the picture of a dairy
farm in England at the end of the Napoleonic
Wars with apparent veracity and enough
charm to get her foot in the front door, and
then proceeds to unroll as sleazy a piece of
goods as has come off the publishers' looms in
quite a while "
h New Yorker 22:70 Ag 24 '46 80w
"At the beginning of 'To See a Fine Lady'
I was afraid it was going to be heavy going.
But I was wrong. The pace is slow, except
for a few moments of high excitement; and a
slow pace is best suited to this record of an
England winch was still feudal in tradition
and, in the country, feudal in habit. The
book lias deep colors, the richness of land
and sky and dairy, the stubborn courage of
people who love the land only* because they
will get the better of it. Miss Lofts's writing
has no affectations. . . It is grave and serious;
and Miss Lofts's general approach to her
people and her theme reminds me of Sheila
Kaye- Smith and Doreon Wallace. There are
only two complaints I would make against
Miss Lofts's truth to period. Her dialogue is
occasionally too modern. . . And I think the
country parson would have been likely to have
occupied a rather more prominent place than is
given to him here." R. E. Roberts
H Sat R of Lit 29:25 S 14 '46 400w
"Araminta herself is very good indeed, and
so are all the scenes of labouring life. They
have the very smell of reality. But reality goes
out of the window as soon as the fine gentle-
man, for all he's a Radical, comes in at the
door." Walter Allen
_j spec 176:152 F 8 '46 120w
"It is a pity that the author has not conceded
a little more to normality in Araminta's love
affair Country gentlemen may fall in love
at first sight with dairymaids, and their love
may even survive the test of time. But in real
life there are psychological factors and in-
tricacies for which a writer on a small canvas
has no room."
Times [London] Lit Sup plOl Mr 2 '46
360w
"In the course of the story, you will acquire
an astonishing knowledge about dairying and
marketing in England more than a century
ago — information you will be unlikely to utilize,
but so fascinating and so illuminatingly pre-
sented that you will be grateful for it." Lisle
Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p4 S 8 '46 700w
LOGAN, MRS CAROLYNNE (CHITWOOD),
and LOGAN, MALCOLM. One of these seven.
272p $2 Curl
46-6100
Detective story.
"For many readers the chief interest of the
story lies in the character of Quinton himself.
As depicted by the author he calls to mind a
certain flamboyant American artist who fre-
quently made the newspaper headlines some
thirty or forty years ago." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times pll S 1 '46 160w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
505
"Reasonably sound and ingenious story; but
atmosphere of cultured sophistication rings
spurious." Anthony Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
60w
"Entertaining1."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 21 '46 50w
LOGAN, RAYFORD WHITTINGHAM. Negro
and the post-war world; a primer. 95p $1.50
Minorities pubs. [7s 6d Mitre]
325.26 Negroes 46-376
"A brief review of the status of the Negro
in all parts of the world today. . . The author
is professor of history at Howard university."
Booklist
"Written frankly toward the end of raising
the status of the Negroes in the post-war
world, the book fails largely because its ir-
refutable facts are presented in an uninspiring
and confusing style and because the opinions
it expresses are frequently vague, unrealistic,
and contradictory. The tone of the volume is
egotistic and pontifical." E. N. Palmer
h Am Soc R 11:493 Ag '46 500w
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:746 Jl '46 lOw
LOGAN, SPENCER. Negro's faith in America.
S8p $1.75 Macmillun
325 26 Negroes 46-4456
A Negro businessman gives his own experi-
ences as a starting point for his discussion of
some phases of the Negro problem in this
country. He includes his experiences as a
soldier in World war II, where he served both
in the European theater and in Okinawa.
"If there was ever a book the importance
and mtorost of which were inversely propor-
tional to its length, it is this analysis of one
of American democracy's most pressing prob-
lems. . . Mr. Logan's book should be ranked
with An American Dilemma and Black Metrop-
olis as a book of first importance, for both
whites and Negroes, in the understanding and
solution of America's race problem. A Negro's
Faith jn America is not a sociological and
historical study, such as the two books just
mentioned, but it is an unusually keen, critical
appraisal of the present situation; and its
author's deep faith in democracy and his ob-
jective analysis of the problems of his race
make this a book of dynamic significance."
R. A. Brown
+ Ann Am Acad 247 206 S '46 360w
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by M. J. McLaughhn
Cath World 163:571 S '46 400w
"His view of the race problem is marked by
clear and dispassionate thinking and by great
restraint. He speaks frankly but without bitter-
ness."
+ Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 140w
"The book shows an inadequate understand-
ing of history as well of the social forces
which have given the Negro whatever mini-
mum of decent human treatment that he now
enjoys. The book deserves attention, but not
the prize which it received from its publisher
in a contest for a manuscript best expressing
the aspirations of the American Negro." Harold
Preece and Celia Kraft
Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 200w
" 'A Negro's Faith in America' was written
while the author still was a member of the
a,rmed forces. In the Macmillan Centenary
awards, the book won top honors in the non-
fiction field. The author's style keeps pace
with his thoughts; it does not scintillate or
sparkle, but does an effective job of self-ex-
pression. This is a good book to put in the
hands of the racially unconscious." L. J. Trese
-f Commonweal 44:339 Jl 19 '46 200w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 20w
"It is a slim unpretentious book, but it
packs a punch. It differs sharply from the
average plea for Negro opportunity, for the
author does not hesitate to criticize both
white and Negro for some of the false stand-
ards, false objectives and false processes used
to promote Negro rights."
-h Kirkus 14:61 F 1 '46 160w
"Sincere, straightforward and without bitter-
ness is this author's 'personal opinion' which
will not be shared generally by those of his
own group. A Macmillan prize book. Many
libraries will want to add to their collection
on race relations." D. R. Homer
4- Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 140w
"Not all of his essays hang together. The
chapters offer contradictory approaches to the
main theme — the status of the Negro in Amer-
ican life — and reveal a degree of confusion in
the author's mind. . . Negro life in America
rests upon social and economic contradictions
that make a straight appraisal of this book as
difficult as the author has found writing it. . .
No matter what its confusion of standards,
its revelation of some color prejudice against
lighter-skinned Negroes and whites, Mr. Lo-
gan's book is an excellent study of the mind
of the average Negro who has reached the
common level of American life." George
Streator
^ NY Times p29 Je 23 '46 750w
"At the outset it must be said bluntly that
this book will please most white people and
displease at least a majority of Negroes. Mr.
Logan's volume is interesting chiefly because
it represents the reflections of a young Negro
soldier on his race and his country. The
preface was written in Okinawa. It is sincere,
but rather confused, gentle in language and
kindly in thought, with only a sentence here
and there suggesting the sharp, deeply etched
feelings of most Negroes in uniform. . . The
book is honest, without malice, and with no
special personal axe to grind." Roy Wilkins
+ Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 30 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:111 Jl '46
LOHAN, ROBERT, ed. Christmas tales for
reading aloud. (Stephen Daye press bk) 397p
$3.75 Ungar
Christmas stories. Christmas poetry
46-11955
"The themes of the 62 stories and poems
are directly associated with Christmas and
present an assortment of reverence, legend,
sentiment, and humor. Some of the pieces
are traditional, such as Dickens' Christmas
Carol and O. Henry's Gift of the Magi, but
many are less familiar and more modern.
Some selections are abridged to meet the re-
quirement of good oral interpretation." Book-
list
"The stories are short, and have been chosen,
as the title points out, for their suitability for
reading aloud They are vivid, colorful, and
fast paced. It is unnecessary to mention their
artistic merit." Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:166 D '46 80w
Book Week p22 N 24 '46 80w
Booklist 43:86 N 15 '46
"Good family reading aloud — where a collec-
tion is needed which suits all ages and tastes.
In addition to the old standbys such as Dickens,
Andersen, Lagerlof, there are many lesser
known authors whose stories and poems are
well adapted to the holiday season."
-f Kirkus 14:541 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Bertha Handlan
Library J 72:86 Ja 1 '47 lOOw
"Here is an anthology in which any reader
will find things he likes, and the encourage-
ment the volume will give to the pleasant
custom of reading aloud en famille is all to
the good." N. K. B.
+ N Y Times p!2 D 1 '46 500w
School & Society 64:318 N 2 '46 lOw
LOHSE, HENRY WILLIAM. Catalytic chem-
istry. 416p il $8.50 Chemical pub. co.
541.39 Catalysis 45-8719
"Factual presentation of underlying principles
of catalytic phenomena and application of
catalytic reaction on industrial processes. Dr.
506
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LOHSE, H. W.— Continued
Lohse lays stress on the possible importance of
traces of other metals in silver, copper, iron
and nickel used as catalysts. Types of catalytic
reactions, nature and properties of catalysts,
specific types of catalytic reaction and indus-
trial catalytic reactions are discussed. Many
references." Library J
"The reviewer is of the opinion that Dr.
Lohse's book is a worthwhile addition to any
library of chemistry." Homer Adkins
-f Am Chem Soc J 68:1869 S '46 160w
"The book adds little to the knowledge of a
specialist; however, it presents a good general
orientation in the field of catalysis. It has a
valuable bibliography, including recent litera-
ture, and as such will serve for the further
progress of this important field." V. I. Ko-
marewsky
Chem A Eng N 24:264 Ja 26 '46 350w
Library J 70:1090 N 16 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:53 O '45
LOIZEAUX, MARIE DUVERNOY. Publicity
primer; an a b c of telling all about the
public library. 3d ed rev 103p pa $1 Wilson,
H.W.
021.73 Advertising— Libraries. Publicity
46-3768
"Written primarily for public libraries, but
contains much information useful to special
libraries as well. This 3rd edition includes a
new section devoted to school library publicity,
a publicity calendar of basic publicity reminders
and anniversaries as well as a bibliography."
(Special Libraries) For first edition see Book
Review Digest, 1938.
"Those in need of solving library public re-
lations problems will find reading some of the
references in the bibliography of great value."
H. L. Hamill
4- Library Q 16:364 O '46 300w
Special Libraries 37:119 Ap '46
LOKEN, NEWT, and DYPWICK, OTIS.
Cheerleading and marching bands. (Barnes
sports lib) 95p ii $1.25 Barnes, A.S.
371.898 Cheers. Bands (music) 45-10161
"This is a book for which many public and
school libraries must have been looking.
Cheerleading, in particular, seems to have been
a neglected subject. With Its many illustra-
tions and diagrams should prove a helpful
guide In both of the fields covered." (WIs Lib
Bui) Index.
Booklist 42:130 D 15 '45
Wis Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
LONDON, KURT. Backgrounds of conflict;
ideas and forms in world politics. 487p $5;
college ed $3.75 Macmillan
940.5 World politics. World war, 1939-1945
— Causes. Fascism. Communism. Democ-
racy 45-4415
For descriptive note flee Annual for 1945.
"Throughout the book the tone is reserved,
the lurid aspects of an age of frightfulness
are avoided, and there is shown little inclina-
tion to let sympathies temper facts. A useful
selected bibliography is appended to each sec-
tion; one misses in that on Nazi Germany
the extremely enlightening, if ponderous and
almost unreadable, War against the West, by
Aurel Kolnai." Alexander Baltzly
-f Am Hist R 61:351 Ja '46 400w
"Among the numerous comparative studies
of the clashing political systems in World War
II, Kurt London's book deserves to be extolled
as one of the most informative and delightful
publications. London has given us a commend-
able demonstration that a political and his-
torical presentation can be authentic and fair
without being impartial; that it can be popular
without sacrificing factual content." Ernest
Manheim
-f Am J Soc 61:497 Mr '46 450w
"For sociologists the main interest In the
volume is probably the way it makea clear
the institutional complex of functioning sys-
tems. There is a very lucid delineation of the
interdependence of political, economic, educa-
tional, religious and other groups in the coun-
tries described and the relationship between
them and the rest of the world. The book is
well written. It reads easily, if not entertain-
ingly, and may be commended a* a useful
handbook for the topics It covers." L. P. Ed-
wards
-f Am Soc R 11:132 F '46 450w
Foreign Affairs 24:347 Ja '46 90w
Reviewed by Frances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p!8 F 3 '46 650w
LONDON. PIONEER HEALTH CENTRE. The
Peckham experiment. See Pearse, I. H.
LONG, AMELIA REYNOLDS. Once acquitted.
254p $2 Phoenix
45-1142$
Detective story.
"A knowledgeable Job cleverly handled."
E. H.
+ New Repub 114:62 Ja 14 '46 60w
"Average."
Sat R of Lit 29:88 Ap 13 '46 40w
LONG, FRANK BELKNAP. Hounds of Tin-
dalos. 316p $3 Arkham house
46-1779
Twenty -one short stories dealing with weird
and fantastic themes. Contents: A visitor
from Egypt; The refugees; Fisherman's luck;
Death -waters; Grab bags are dangerous; The
elemental; The peeper; Bridgehead; Second
night out; The dark beasts; Census taker;
The ocean leech; The space-eaters; It will
come to you; A stitch in time; Step into my
garden; The hounds of Tindalos; Dark vision;
The flame midget; Golden child; The black
druid.
"In spite of a notable variety of weird con-
ceit the collection does not avoid monotony
and the general reader will probably not have
stomach enough for so monstrous a feast.
Then, too. Long exhibits very little sense of
structure and has clearly no patience with the
slow cumulation of nasty suggestion. He leaps
in media* res, scattering his horrors rather
prodigally than effectively." James Sandoe
Book Week plO Mr 10 '46 180w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
lOOw
LONG, GRAYCE E. Tiny tunes; il. by Betty
Bacon Blunt. 32p $1.75; pa $1.25 Day
784 Children's songs
"An attractive collection of twenty-five songs
growing out of the every-day experiences of
children in the nursery school and kindergar-
ten. Some of the songs have the melody first
while others grew from the original stories and
poems. Especially suited for the nursery school
and kindergarten age groups." Library J
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO S 24 '46
210w
"Illustrations by Betty Bacon Blunt make
the book more appealing and delightful to the
young child. Recommended for ages three to
six." S. J. Robinson
-f Library J 71:669 My 1 '46 80w
"The feature that commends them most for
actual use, in kindergarten or in the home,
is the very fact that they are BO brief — espe-
cially as they are also tuneful and adapted
to the experience of children at the kinder-
garten age. For a very tiny child naturally
sings in snatches, like this; I can well believe
that these songs are the result of actual col-
laboration with such small singers; sometimes
the rhythm controls the patterns, sometimes
a tune has given it shape. The drawings are
all amusing." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '46 120w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
507
LONG, HAN I EL. Grist mill [poema]. 79p $1.60
Rydal
811 45-10344
"The author of Pifton Country, and The
Power Within Us; Cabeza de Vaca's Relation
of his Journey from Florida to the Pacific, is
not well known for his poetry, but the poems
here reprinted from magazines have a distinc-
tive appeal. A few are personal, several have
themes from Greek literature." Booklist
"I shall not be distressed if I am called old-
fashioned for liking this book. It has nothing
of certain current poets' frantic passion for
effect — any effect at any cost; nor is it marked
by the studied and smug obscurity which gives
to some modern poetry all the emotional sig-
nificance of a first- rate crossword puzzle. There
is instead, in such poems as 'May Your Dreams
Be of the Angels' and 'The Grist Mill,' such
quiet and sure integration of form and sub-
stance as makes for lasting satisfaction." J. T.
Frederick
-f- Book Week p2 F 24 '46 180w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
+ Commonweal 43:657 Ap 12 '46 20w
"If anyone happens to be interested in Amer-
ican poetry he or she cannot afford to neglect
this writer." J. G. Fletcher
+ Sat R of Lit 29:24 Mr 16 '46 800w
LONQACRE, LINDSAY BARTHOLOMEW.
The Old Testament; its form and purpose.
264p $2 Abingdon-Cokesbury
221.6 Bible. Old Testament — Introductions
46-1106
"Within the compass of a small volume.
Professor Longacre (recently retired from the
chair of Old Testament at lUff School of Theol-
ogy, Denver) has given a popular synthesis of
the results of modern criticism of the Old
Testament. While the debates of critics are
not intruded in the text nor quoted In the
footnotes, one may detect from carefully
chosen phrases an awareness of the problems
of Old Testament scholarship. The critical
position of the author is cautious and ortho-
dox from the point of view of 'higher criti-
cism.' " Crozer Q
"This book proves that modern biblical
scholarship is able to arrive at vital religious
conclusions. Dr. Longacre has brought to-
gether the mature results of his many years
of study and teaching to present what is more
than another 'Introduction to the Old Testa-
ment.' It comes near to being a philosophy
of Old Testament literature, if such a concep-
tion is possible." E. F. George
+ Christian Century 63:306 Mr 6 '46 650w
"As an Introduction to the literature of the
Old Testament for the general reader, this
book can be highly commended. It is thorough-
ly up-to-date in its scholarship, yet simply
enough written for the non-scholarly to follow.
And it is so fresh in its approach that even
those who have read other works of a similar
kind, will find a new interest in following Dr.
Longacre through his account of the develop-
ment of the Old Testament Canon." F. J.
Moore
+ Churchman 160:17 Ap 15 '46 210w
"This book should find a place of wide use-
fulness as a popular and nontechnical Intro-
duction to the study of the meaning of the
Old Testament." J. B. Pritchard
+ Crox«r Q 23:204 Ap '46 280w
LONQRIGQ, STEPHEN HEMSLEY. Short his-
tory of Eritrea. 196p il |3.50 [10s 6d Oxford]
$63.5 Eritrea
"A concise, strictly factual review from pre-
historic times, by a Brigadier in the British
Army who was Chief Administrator of Eritrea
1942-44." Foreign Affairs
Reviewed by K. G. Woolbert
Am Hist R 52:100 O
'46 480w
Reviewed by H. R. Rudln
— Ann Am Acad 246:148 Jl '46 450w
"The confused and eventful history of this
land and these people is admirably told by
Longrigg, concisely but with the indispensable
vitalizing details, with unfailing perspective
and general grasp. What gives this small
book value beyond that pertaining to its spe-
cial field, however, is the author's formula-
tion of general principles which should be
applied to many other problem areas of the
world today: must be applied, indeed, if these
areas are not to become the sources of an-
other war." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 My 12 '46 360w
Foreign Affairs 24:757 Jl '46 30w
Manchester Guardian p3 F 20 '46 240w
"Since Brigadier Longrigg makes or hints
at important historical deductions, it is im-
portant to assess the value of his evidence,
it must at once be pronounced first rate. He
has not, it is true, tapped any new sources,
but not one of the respectable authorities who
have written about Ethiopia since the early
seventeenth century has escaped his net. Some
of his deductions are, however, open to
doubt. . . When he comes to recent times
and current conditions, Brigadier Lonerig-g
writes with an authority which is above
criticism. He governed the country about
which he writes for nearly three years. He
himself is a skilled and objective observer and
a practised writer. He was helped by a very
able staff. His account of Eritrea, its geog-
raphy and economics, its people and problems,
is a first- class piece of work, to be widely
read and closely studied." Lawrence A thill
H Spec 176:174 F 15 '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p68 F 9 '46
480w
LONGSTREET, STEPHEN (THOMAS BUR-
TON, DAVID ORMSBEE, pseuds). The sis-
ters liked them handsome [drawings by the
author]. 256p $2.50 Messner
818 46-5903
Reminiscences of the life of the early 1900's
as exemplified by the author's pretty mother
and her sister, both of whom were adventur-
ous and in some kind of trouble most of the
time.
Klrkus 14:93 F 15 '46 150w
"Amusing if taken in small doses. . . A
good many entertaining lines and enlivening
episodes." M. C. Manley
Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 70w
"The Longstreets were an amusing and ec-
centric lot. Mr. Longstreet writes about them
with gusto, admiration and considerable cock-
iness. He manages to slide in some criticisms
of art and literature as he plucks hilarious
episodes from their mad careers — this in his
role as author, not as the tagging small boy.
It makes a jolly, rambunctious book, but this
reader's response to Mama is beginning to
flag, whether her name is Mrs. Day or Mrs.
Longstreet or I Remember." Beatrice Sher-
man
N Y Times plO Ag 11 '46 360w
"One more of the bumper crop of biographi-
cal memoirs, this one canned in a heavy syrup
with a fictional flavor. The author presents
his mother and aunt as rather more worldly
ladies than we are accustomed to meet in
nostalgic sketches, but otherwise their pictures
are right out of any of the current family
alburns."
— New Yorker 22:67 Ag 10 '46 HOw
"It's a 'daffy, charming world* that once
really was, that Mr. Longstreet conjures up
with rollicking humor and a smooth mixture
of cynicism and tolerance." Jane Voiles
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl6 D 8 '46
160w
"The book has zest and verbal felicity, and
its author's admiration for a way of life de-
stroyed by wars and tensions and economic
pressures permeates a warm and rambling
chronicle. " Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p!6 Ag 26 '46
508
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
LONQSTRETH. THOMAS MORRIS. Two
rivers meet in Concord. 286p $2.50 Presby-
terian bd.
Thoreau, Henry David — Fiction 46-230
Novel based on the life in Concord, Massa-
chusetts, of about a hundred years ago. The
hero is one Jim Minot, a friend of Henry
Thoreau. The Emersons, the Alcotts, and
Margaret Fuller all appear, but Thoreau and
Jim hold the center of the stage. Thru his
friendship with Thoreau, Jim comes to hate
slavery and Joins in the dangerous business
of helping runaway slaves. In this work he
nearly loses his life, but he wins the love of
a fine woman.
'the young who were without rebellion/ " New
Yorker
"The fictional characters, although they
emerge with effort, do become real people. . .
But the famous Concordians are wooden his-
torical figures throughout. This is particularly
true of Thoreau. Although Longstreth makes
attractive incidents of the writer's move to
Walden, his failure to appear at his own birth-
day party, and his Jailing for refusal to pay
the poll tax, Thoreau nevertheless remains a
figure in American literature, not a man. . .
Longstreth's writing is happily dotted with
picturesque figures of speech which freshen
his style and carry the reader past a slow
start to the exciting latter half of the book."
A. J. Hiken
H Book Week plO Ap 21 '46 240w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
"This unpretentious story of old Concord
is a rewarding one — for it has, indeed, a
tableland air and it leaves behind a taste of
huckleberries and blue sky." Adin Ballou
4- Christian Science Monitor pl6 Ap 13
'46 800w
"It is an excellent presentation of Thoreau's
homespun philosophy against the background
of a pleasant romance. Because of the vivid
style and modern presentation, the book should
be particularly valuable for young people in-
terested in the life and literature of this period.
Recommended." R. P. Tubby
4- Library J 71:587 Ap 15 '46 70w
"The story of Jim Minot is well and strongly
told, a more vivid tale than the reader might
expect in this setting with these associations.
Thoreau's part is well and pleasingly handled,
with accuracy to the facts of his life and
writing. . . It is unquestionably picking a
minor flaw to say that the author's device
of putting Thoreau's written words into his
mouth as conversational speech is not too ef-
fective. It makes for accuracy, but also for a
kind of Jarring awkwardness. The whole is
both an intelligent and highly readable novel
and a pleasant picture of Concord life in the
days of Concord's greatness." J. P. Wood
4- Sat R of Lit 24:11 Ap 27 '46 850w
Reviewed by E. H. Dexter
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 My 7 '46 340w
"Mr. Longstreth's novel deftly recaptures
those memorable days and is as beguiling as
such a stroll would have been — a stimulating
and savory excursion. . . 'Two Rivers Meet
in Concord' is reflective, persuasive and rich
in incident. There is humor in the writing,
and the solid framework of story sets off the
known facts without distortion." Lisle Bell
•4- Weekly Book Review pl8 Ap 21 '46
270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
LOO PIN-FEI. It is dark underground. 200p
$2.75 Putnam
951 World war, 1939-1945— China 46-4376
"In 1938, a Chinese variant of the Children's
Crusade was secretly undertaken against the
Japanese. In this book, one of the youths who
organized the movement tells, concisely and un-
emotionally, how it functioned and what dam-
age it did. The record of the Fire Gods, as the
children called themselves, is startling: high-
school boys and girls, with the aid of eleven-
and twelve-year-olds, destroyed millions of
dollars' worth of Japanese military and Indus-
trial stores, killed traitors and collaborators,
and harassed those whom they considered, next
to the invaders, their most formidable enemy-
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
"In some sections of Mr. Loo's story . . .
there seems to be at least slight evidence that
he is stretching things a bit. . . Much of the
book, however, seems to have a ring of authen-
ticity. Most of it does not read like fiction;
but like an account of things that actually
happened, including the stupid blunders made
by some of the young people who formed the
Fire Gods. At any rate, it is an exciting ac-
count of sabotage in the Chinese cities behind
the Japanese lines; and, if everything did not
happen exactly as Mr. Loo remembers it, there
is reason to suppose that much did." Floyd
Taylor
-\ Christian Science Monitor pl6 My 23
'46 330w
Current Hist 11.&28 S '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 20w
Kirkus 14:145 Mr 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Francis Scott
N Y Times p24 Je 9 '45 370w
"This is one of the most exciting stories of
underground activity to derive from the war,
and it is certainly an unusual one."
4- New Yorker 22:94 Je 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by W. K. Parker
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 21 '46
300w
Reviewed by Helena Kuo
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Je 29 '46 900w
"An adult's book, and yet it is to be sin-
cerely wished that all our young people, so
untouched by war, could read it and could
understand the mixture of modesty and hero-
ism, of deference to one's parents, and of
daring accomplishment that are ingrained and
demonstrated in this picture of young China at
war." L. S. Munn
+ Springfrd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 390w
"The casual way in which the author tells
of his exploits adds to. rather than detracts
from, the effectiveness of his story. . It all
adds greatly to the interest of a valuable docu-
ment on China's war and China's youth There
is every reason to believe in its authenticity,
and some of the exploits it recounts, such as
the killing of a collaborationist in a movie
house to the accompaniment of the on-screen
shooting in the American film, 'Gunga Din/
were reported in American newspapers at the
time." Richard Watts
-f Weekly Book Review p2 My 19 '46
(Periodical). How to keep your family
healthy. 95p il pa $1 Watts, F. A«"""y
613 Hygiene. Medicine, Popular SG46-248
Twenty articles on health and home safety
which have been previously published in Look
magazine. Contents: Truth about your allergy
by B. H. Berg; Take it easy with your heart
by H. M. Marvin; Don't minimize measles
Colds need not be common, by Joseph Alex-
ander; Calm down and go to sleep, by John
9ilve£; SraSjU^ PfraJysfc: summertime men-
ace, by D. W. Gudakunst; Keep your feet on
£\?£l^Jd'KbyoR ™HV Grow; Tuberculosis must
be blitzed, by C. E. Lyght; Help for stutterers
begins at home; You needn't die of diabetes
by Cecil Striker; Alcoholism is a disease? by
B. R. Groves and G. H. Groves; Be sensible
K&M!^?? y£ur summer' fcy Herman Sharlit;
Rheumatic fever: your child's arch-foe, by
E, P. Boas; Ulcers ahead—slow down, by B
B. Crohn; You must understand your arthritis*
by A. B. Phelos; Sinusitis: our common enemy'
&ii?'?tefi £ol^aiV What to do when !Smr
child is sick; What you need to know about
nutrition; What you need to know about vita-
mins; First aid and safety in the home, by
Thomas Fansler. Index. *w««», uy
"Any one of the articles is worth many times
the price of the whole book. Let us hope Sat
many will read the article 'Colds Need Sfot Be
Common and apply its recommendations.
The presentation is simple, lucid and inteili-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
509
gent. The illustrations, photographs and dia-
grams are well chosen, excellently done, and
instructive in the best sense of the word. The
high standard of factual information, in text
and illustrations, so characteristic for Look,
is conspicuous in this compilation. The pub-
lication of this book is a public service." I.
Davidsohn
•4- Book Week p9 Ap 28 '46 210w
"As a popular and scientific discussion of
common diseases, the book gives real help
toward being intelligent about health matters."
4- Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '4G 90w
"These articles supply clean-cut, illustrated,
useful information on many common health
problems ranging from alcoholism to ulcers;
they attack, for example, allergy, tuberculosis,
foot trouble and the common cold. Particular
attention is paid to children's diseases, as well
as to nutrition and first aid in the home. Lead-
ing medical writers are contributors." J. E.
English
4- Springf'd Republican pG Je 29 '46 150w
LOOK (periodical). Look at America; the
country you know and don't know. 342p il
maps $12.50 Houghton
917.3 U.S.— Description and travel 46-8215
Prepared by the editors of Look magazine
this is a panorama of America today. It has
more than 400 gravure illustrations (selected
from 11,000 pictures), of which ten are in full
color, and there are twenty-four double- page
spreads and fourteen maps. The text is the
work of thirty-five editors, and each section of
the country is described as to manners and
customs, struggles and material achievements.
No index.
"The volume is what one might call spon-
taneously educational in the happiest sense.
The publishers adroitly make a bid for your
interest by the beauty of the full-color land-
scape on the dust cover. Having opened the
book, few people young or old will not feel the
urge to keep turning the pages. Here is geog-
raphy in panorama, but nothing to suggest the
limitations of the schoolroom. In the enter-
tainment of its pages, you cannot help achiev-
ing a freshly vivid appreciation of America —
its vastness, its diversities, breath-taking pos-
sibilities. Grown-ups will study and enjoy
this volume, and a more eloquent book about
America could hardly be put into the hands of
any bov or girl whom you would like to begin
to realize what the American heritage is." J.
W. Rogers
•f Book Week pi N 24 '46 360w
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 70w
"A beautiful book which should be a good
holiday gift item and at the same time pro-
vides a round the year glorified geography for
all ages."
4- Kirkus 14:575 N 1 '46 120w
"The technical sharpness is what vulgarizes
most other places, making most of the South
a candy-box selection of yummy plantations,
shiny, happy Negroes, dripping Spanish moss
and Corinthian porticos crunchy as icing. You
would suppose — from this ceaseless over-filter-
ing, these gleaming blacks and whites, this
hard wonderful technical finish — that almost
nowhere in America is there a wispy willow,
or mild rain, or half-tones, or gray skies. . .
It's time, even in the age of Kodachrome, to
hold a mirror up to America and show us
patient and revealing things about it, not con-
ditioned by anything but observation. This
first volume mainly shows America flexing- its
pretty muscles, and big, sure — in front of a
full-length mirror." Alistair Cooke
New Repub 115:884 D 23 '46 700w
"A reviewer who hasn't seen the 10,570 pic-
tures that were rejected cannot be certain
that the selections were exactly right. The
best he can do is to say that most of them
are excellent examples of modern photography,
that the color pages are glowingly done and
that the reproduction processes seem to have
worked well. . . The text comes closer to the
old school geographies than the pictures do.
It is extremely smooth, but it Is not crammed
with original ideas — nor even with detailed in-
formation. . . This is not to say that the text
Is poor. It Just doesn't quite add up to what
one sees in traveling around, or even what one
reads in the newspapers. It is fairly informa-
tive but it is superficial. Its very smoothness
makes it hard to read — one keeps skidding off.
It lacks the individuality to which old-fashioned
people are accustomed in books written by
one, or at most two authors. It has no vaga-
ries. It does not wander. It is efficient." R.
L. Duffus
^ NY Times p7 N 17 '46 HOOw
"The pictures are often excellent, but the
book has the weaknesses of its type — an in-
consistency of emphasis and a tendency to-
ward moaninglessness. Picture editors are apt
to find too much significance in a shot of a
rustic fiddler or a closeup of a mule's face,
and many of the pictures in this volume might
have appeared Just as appropriately in a book
called 'Look at Russia' or 'Look at New Zea-
land.' "
New Yorker 22:98 D 21 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 N 21 '46
850w
"No other country could have produced such
a book, for no other has such a fabulous
variety of scenery, such a mingling of peoples,
such a welding of heritages. The book is not
just flag-waving, but an increasingly impres-
sive statement of accomplishments and
beautv . . In a sense 'Look at America' is a
magnificent paean of self-congratulation In-
variably it shows our best side to the world.
No document of propaganda could be more ef-
fective in rousing the admiration and envy of
other peoples. And yet it is almost too per-
fect We search in vain for dramatic pictures
of our slums, our hillsides stripped of forests,
our dust bowls, eroded land, racial in-
tolerances " Richardson Wright
H Weekly Book Review pi D 8 '46 650\*
LOOK (periodical). Santa PC trail. 271p $3 50
Random house
979 Santa Fe trail. Southwest — History.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
company 46-8267
The history of the Santa Fe trail and its
part in the opening of the West, told in pic-
tures and text. Contains a list of the pictures.
which gives credit to the source from which
they were procured
Reviewed by E S Watson
Book Week p6 D 22 '46 360w
"The pictures are full of interest, well-
chosen, and well-produced. The text skillfully
interprets the background of events of which
the pictures are climactic moments. This re-
viewer wishes the editors had included some
views of the railhead towns from which cattle
were shipped to the East. Other readers will
wish for other pictures. By some oversight,
one woodcut is produced twice, on pages 60
and 84 But. on the whole, the Editors of
Look have done a magnificent job." Horace
Reynolds
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ja 4 '47
550w
Kirkus 14:619 D 1 '46 90w
"Here is a new kind of book about the
Santa F6 Trail, one that presents a wide range
of possible use. It would make an excellent
text book for schools, a most useful bit of
required collateral reading for universities, and
by and large is about as handy and illuminat-
ing a book in its field as has been published
in a long while " Struthers Burt
-|- N Y Times p5 D 15 '46 700w
Reviewed bv Ruth Tester ^ .^
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 19 46
160w
"Most of the pictorial treatments of Ameri-
can history that have become popular in the
last few years have suffered from diffuseness
and from lack of understanding by their com-
pilers, usually scholars or literary men, of the
technics of illustration. Neither weakness
characterizes 'The Santa Pe Trail,* and as a
result it establishes a new and high standard.
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LOOK (periodical)— Continued
It is focused sharply on its subject; it has
unity and therefore impact. And the business
of its compilers, the editors of 'Look,' is pic-
torial illustration. . . Here is a visualization
from which even the specialist can profit."
Bernard De Voto
-f Weekly Book Review p5 D 15 '46 900w
LORAC, E. C. R., pseud. See Rivett, E. C.
LORANT, STEFAN, ed. The New World. 292p
il maps $20 Duell
973.1 America — Discovery and exploration —
Sources 47-126
"The first pictures of America made by John
White and Jacques Le Moyne and engraved by
Theodore De Bry; with contemporary narra-
tives of the Huguenot settlement in Florida,
1562-1565, and the Virginia colony. 1585-1590,
edited and annotated." Subtitle
"The volume is not only beautifully designed
and stoutly made — as if it had taken on some
of the vigor of these long-lived chronicles — but
the text and illustrations have been superbly
printed. And notable is the apparently ad-
mirable faithfulness with which the full color
plates have caught the delicate brown, blues
and reds of John White's extraordinarily sensi-
tive water colors." J. W. Rogers
+ Book Week pi N 24 '46 600w
"Stefan Lorant, the able editor who con-
ducted the 'Munich Illustrated Press' until he
was thrown into a Hitler concentration camp
and who went on to make a new career in
England as editor of the popular 'Lilliput* and
'Pictures Post,' has brought a refreshingly ob-
jective approach to his examination of Ameri-
can beginnings. As he did in 'Lincoln: His
Life in Photographs,' published several years
ago, Lorant has again in 'The New World*
made a contribution to the fuller understanding
of our history, for which we can be grateful."
Coleman Rosenberger
-f N Y Times p5 D 1 '46 900w
"The book is valuable as Americana and is
a work of art in itself."
-f New Yorker 22:97 D 21 '46 80w
Reviewed by Edith James
4* San Francisco Chronicle pll D 15 '46
600w
"Just 361 years ago an English water-
colorist named John White wandered along the
shores and through the lush forests of primi-
tive Virginia, making the earliest pictures that
are now known to exist of life on the North
American Continent. In this book, for the
first time, John White's pictures of America
are reproduced in their original lovely colors,
and in their entirety, so far as they have
survived. . . It is an amazing thing, in our
picture-minded age, that these beautiful and
historically priceless sketches should have re-
mained so long in comparative obscurity. Much
credit for their rescue must be given to Stefan
Lorant, tireless researcher of things pictorial,
who edited this handsome volume; to Ran-
dolph G. Adams, director of the William L.
Clements Library at Ann Arbor, who supplied
the tinted facsimile copies from which the
plates were made; and to the publishers, Duell,
Sloan & Pearce, for undertaking such an ex-
pensive and worth-while venture. . . It is un-
fortunate, however, that Mr. Lorant decided
to rewrite, smooth down, and 'modernize* — as
he says in his introductory notes—all the
original English narratives. This does strange
and unpleasant things to such robust Eliza-
bethan prose-masters as Thomas Hariot, au-
thor of the classic 'Briefs and True Report on
the New Pound Land of Virginia/ " Roger
Butterfield
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:15 N 30 '46 1250w
"All in all, this book must be pronounced
not only the most important historical volume
of the year but incontestably the best book
bargain of many years." H. S. Commager
•f Weekly Book Review pi D 1 '46 1850W
LORD. LINDSAY. Naval architecture of
planing hulls. 305p il $5 Cornell maritime
623.823 Hulls (naval architecture). Motor
boats 46-7500
"New branch of naval architecture. Author
lifted the small boat design into the sci-
entifically exact field usually reserved for big-
ships. In this technical presentation Mr. Lora
shows his application of revolutionary new
principles of design in designing Army, Coast
Guard and Navy fast power craft in seagoing
types during the war. The constant angle
plane, or monohedron, described, was developed
to meet the necessity for better mathematical
correlation between a planing bottom and its
designed performance." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:47 Jl '46
LORENTOWICZ, I REN A. What's in the
trunk? il. by [the author]. [28] p $1.60 Roy
46-22119
"Bill and Mary had a daddy who flew all
over the world. Whenever he came home, they
plied him with questions about the boys and
girls in the countries that he visited. One day
he surprised them by bringing back a trunk
full of costumes. These Bill and Mary try on
in turn as the reader turns the pages. With
each costume they learn something about the
country it represents." N Y Times
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:170 D '4§ HOw
"A gorgeously colorful book with a real idea
back of it."
-f Klrkus 14:489 O 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
-f N Y Times p30 O 20 '46 90w
"The Polish artist who has illustrated some
outstanding picture books presents a book that
is partly a toy in which two children 'dress
up' in tne costumes of various countries. It has
spirited, humorous drawings in full color."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L.Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 O 6 '46 180w
LORING, EMILIE (BAKER) Bright skies. 299p
46-8106
Love story of a Red cross worker in postwar
Honolulu. She is courted by two men, works
her way through a welter of Nazi intrigue.
and marries the colonel with whom she nad
been in love two years before.
"The plot is intricately woven and full of
•mspen.e.^0. C.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
"Genteel romance, hypoed up with flag
waving, Hawaiian scenery, feminine fashions
and almost strictly W.C.T.U. (only a touch
of sherry permitted) — this is sure substance for
the rental market."
Kirkus 14:465 8 15 '46 120w
"The pace is fast, the prose palpitates and
love stages a hold -out until the very last
page." Anne Richards
NY Times p42 N 24 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p36 N 17 '46 HOw
LORING, JULES. West we go. 199p $2 Putnam
46-4284
The gold rush days of '49 are the background
of this book for older boys. The hero is a
fourteen -year-old orphan boy who Joins the
newly widowed Mrs Tracy and her small daugh-
ter, and guides them safely to California after
the wagon train had left them.
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511
"This is a vast improvement on many of the
covered wagon sagas intended for adults.
Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:166 N '46 70w
Booklist 43:20 S '46
"As the reader travels along with the ox-
drawn covered wagon, he gets an authenic
picture of the western land over which the
pioneers paced off so many miles. The story
rings true and the characters are ones long
to remember." H. F. Qriswold ^
4- Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 29 '46
240w
"This is good and exciting frontier adven-
ture." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:270 Jl '46 90w
"Convincing background, fresh handling of a
setting that had become hackneyed, this has
good characterization, humor, adventure, better
than average writing, compelling interest."
+ Kirkus 14:242 My 16 '46 90w
"Interesting reading for older boys. Recom-
mended." H. M. Brogan
+ Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 70w
"The grown-up characters are not very plau-
sible, and golden-haired little Patsy is rather
trying, but Thomas is a real pioneer boy,
whose adventures will be followed with excite-
ment." N. B. B.
.4 NY Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 40w
LOTHE, ADA BELINDA, and others. Best
from Midwest kitchens. 284p $2.60 Mill
641.6 Cookery 46-2800
Recipes for cookery of the American mid-
west; in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Includes recipes for
some cocktails, and some menus. Recipes are
basic rather than elaborate, but do not in-
clude full directions. Number of servings in a
recipe are not indicated. Index.
"While I can heartily recommend the vol-
ume to experienced cooks (they will love it)
and to those searching out time-honored re-
cipes of distinctly international origin, it cer-
tainly is not a book for beginners. Its meat
recipes in particular are dangerous for begin-
ners, as too much is left to experience. . .
Cooking times are not always given, nor com-
plete directions of how to do it. . . Even
beginners, however, would like very well the
sections with basic recipes and their varia-
tions, like the ones on salad, biscuits, muffins,
waffles and griddle cakes." Ethel Somers
H Book Week p23 Ap 14 '46 320w
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
Reviewed by Esther Taylor
J Home Econ 38:606 N '46 30w
Kirkus 14:118 Mr 1 '46 190w
Wis Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
LOUD, RUTH MCANENY, and WALES,
AQNES ADAMS. New York! New York! a
Knickerbocker holiday for you and your chil-
dren; H. by Eileen Evans. 78p $1.25 Duell
* 917.471 New York (city)— Description
46-25182
Brief, up-to-date guide book to New York
city, giving data on things to see in the city.
on clear days and even on rainy ones. Altho
useful for visitors with children, can be used
by anyone, young or old. Illustrated with line
drawings and picture maps.
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
Kirkus 14:178 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Delightfully gay line drawings by Eileen
Evans match the text of this informative and
entertaining little volume which holds the key
to the treasures of New York. . . Recommended
for all asres." H. M. Brogan
+ Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 70w
"This is the meatiest, most entertaining, yet
the simplest New York City euide book ever
published. It will serve bewildered strangers.
native adults and their eager offspring better
than anything of the kind hitherto offered.
The text is fight and racy but done without
strain. The line drawings are a delight, both
vignettes and in the illustrated maps." Meyer
Berger_ ^ y Tlmes p28 My 19 '46 340w
"The material has been very competently
handled, but the writing— well, never mind the
writing. A good prescription for those inter-
minable Sunday afternoons when the young fry
are hanging around the house and yammering
to go to the movies."
-f New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 70w
"This brisk little guide . . . has been brought
up to the moment and now deserves high favor
not only among juvenile visitors but with those
adults who want their children to make the
most of their advantages in living here. . .
The style is lively, the data sound: the book
has already made me restless to see a number
of things I didn't know were here. Also the
compilers don't show delusions of grandeur in
their price range." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Je 2 '46 170w
LOVE, MRS ADELAIDE WARREN (PETER.
SON). Star and the leaf. 94p $2 Dodd
811 46-3162
Collection of short poems by an American
author.
"Adelaide Love is adept at turning a felici-
tous epigram, her poetry is professional, for-
mal, arch and neat as a trivet; there is not a
hair — or a word — out of place. . . It is agree-
able minor verse. It is bounded on the one
hand by the formalities and prescriptions of
the slick magazines, and on the other by a
perception that is sharp but unadventurous.
It is traditionally pretty and sentimentally wry
in its approach to emotion; on another view,
one may say that many a more sophisticated
poet has not the deftness and accuracy of this
lady." Leo Kennedy
Book Week p4 Ap 7 '46 320w
"Mrs. Love is one of the most consistently
satisfying of contemporary poets. Her thought
is strong, her feeling sincere and sensitive
without being overlntense, her words inevitably
right."
•f Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46 30w
"I think that in the matter of exact epithet
this poet still has something to learn. [Mrs]
Love's work has the virtue of being entirely
understandable, but her phrase can always be
easily anticipated." W. R. Ben£t
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 60w
LOVE, KATHERINE ISABEL, ed. Pocketful
of rhymes; 11. by Henrietta Jones. 134p $1.75
Crowell
821.08 Children's poetry 46-7716
Collection of poems for children, selected
with three things in mind: "It must be enjoyed
for its subject or its sound by the child who
reads it, or to whom it is read; it must be of
such quality that the parent or teacher who
reads it aloud will enjoy reading it; it must
be able to give pleasure to the child through-
out his life and become part of a permanent
store of beauty." (Publisher's note)
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
"Type and page are inviting and the many
gay and charming drawings by Henrietta Jones
add to the appeal of the book. Parents and
libraries and schools will be grateful to Miss
Love, and the child who finds 'A Pocketful of
Rhymes' in his stocking Christmas morning is
fortunate, for this little volume contains so
much genuine poetry that it can be enjoyed
for many years. ' A. T. Eaton
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 17 '46
220w
Kirkus 14:593 D 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. D. Lindquist
Library J 72:83 Ja 1 '47 70w
"A great deal of joy is packed between the
pretty red covers of this not-so-very-large
book. It is more than a pocketful. It Is rather
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LOVE, K. I. — Continued
a shepherd's wallet, for no matter how much
you take out there is still much of value left
in. Since it is not a selection of any one
type of verse, nor for any definite age, it is
obviously chosen with a true love of poetry
and a real knowledge of what a child likes."
Phyllis Fenner
-f N Y Times p26 N 3 '46 200w
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 30w
LOVELACE, MAUD (HART) (MRS D. W.
LOVELACE). Betsy, in spite of herself; a
Betsy-Tacy high school story; il. by Vera
Neville. 272p $2.60 Crowell
Betsy and her friends have now reached
sophomore year in high school, and this is the
story of their dances and beaux and gay times
and quarrels. The time is 1907; the place a
small Minnesota town. For older girls.
Booklist 43:104 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:348 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"The 1908 atmosphere is recreated with a
good deal of charm. Girls 12 to 14 will find
this a very convincing story. . . Recommended."
H. M. Brogan
+ Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 40w
"This is a book in a series, and proud of it —
with good reason. For an author to take not
only one girl, but also her two 'best friends'
year by year from little girlhood in Deep
Valley, Minn., through sophomore year In high
school, with delighted readers rolling up their
numbers as the books go on, is in itself some-
thing of a feat. . . An older person recognizes
a large part of what goes on in the story, but
so does a child who has never experienced it
in real life." M. L. Becker
-f- Weekly Book Review plO D 8 '46 330w
LOW, DAVID. Years of wrath; a cartoon
history: 1931-1945; with a chronology and
text by Quincy Howe. [320p] $3.75 Simon &
Schuster
741.5 World war, 1939-1945— Humor, cari-
catures, etc. Caricatures and cartoons
46-4830
Selected cartoons from the work of this
famous English cartoonist, covering the years
from 1931 to 1945, with running commentary
by Quincy Howe.
Booklist 43:10 S '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
"An important book, not to be viewed
as just another book of cartoons."
-f Kirkus 14:266 Je 1 '46 170w
"A cross section of the best work of the
world's leading political cartoonist."
4- New Repub 115:233 Ag 26 '46 lOOw
"More praise for Low's cartoons is simply
additional gilt for a lily whose superlative
quality is generously recognized already. . .
You will do well to get the book and look
at these wonderful cartoons; or better, give
them a close study. They will reward the most
intensive inspection." C. H. Grattan
-H N Y Times p5 Ag 18 '46 1600w
"Low is very likely the best political car-
toonist in the world today. . . Low's drafts-
manship may not be inspired, but it is im-
peccable, his drawings have point and thought
and humor; they are editorials in mass and
line rather than illustrations for ringing plati-
tudes evolved in editors' conferences."
4- New Yorker 22:71 Ag 24 '46 140w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 21 '46
700w
"The variety of his composition prevents a
collection of his work from becoming tiresome
or monotonous. Apart from their subjects the
drawings are interesting in themselves. It is
for this reason that it is to be regretted that
the publishers of 'The Years of Wrath' saw
nt to reproduce them on so small a scale
The book is sub-titled 'A Cartoon History of
the War,' yet although the pages are about
eleven by eight inches the drawings are less
than half that size. Almost as much space
is taken up to remarks by Quincy Howe,
which though interesting seem to me almost
entirely unnecessary." S. J. Woolf
H Sat R of Lit 29:15 S 21 '46 900w
"This is the most complete book of Low
cartoons, and therefore the best. It is also
one of the best running stories of the war. It
is easy to guess that Low's lack of bitterness
and of cynicism explains his enormous popu-
larity here and in Great Britain, while he re-
mains all but unknown as a cartoonist on the
Continent of Europe. He would rather lance
the infections of the world we live in than
carve them out with an ax. His skill at this
gives us good heart besides good laughs, be-
cause it reinforces our belief that we can use
the same technique for curing them." Joseph
Barnes
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 18 '46
800w
LOW DEN, LEONE. Proving ground. 455p $3
McBride
46-3288
The setting is Indiana in the days of the
Civil war. The story revolves around a typical
frontier family, with their neighbors and
friends. Morgan's raid, and the battles of Shiloh,
Missionary Ridge, and Lookout Mountain, are
included m the story.
"Much drab material, such as proclamations
and detailed strategical moves, apparently in-
serted to show Mrs. Lowden's historical com-
petency, should have been omitted. . . With
all its faults, to which must be added a highly
sentimental ending, and a frequent disregard
of the past perfect, 'Proving Ground' contains
some brilliant writing and, all in all, is an
impressive book whose commendable features
far outweigh its shortcomings." Otto Kisen-
schiml
-\ Book Week p4 Mr 31 '46 300w
Kirkus 14:21 Ja 16 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Richard Match
N Y Times p!2 Mr 31 '46 400w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
480w
Reviewed by W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ap 14 '46
400w
LOWE, CORINNE B. Quicksilver Bob; a story
of Robert Fulton; il. by David Hendrickson.
273p $2 Harcourt
Fulton, Robert — Fiction 46-6631
Fictionized biography of Robert Fulton, for
boys in grades seven to nine. Not so much
space is devoted to his boyhood days, as is
usual in books of this type, but his productive
years are fully represented.
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"Good reference and background book."
-f Kirkus 14:424 S 1 '46 lOOw *
"A readable-looking book not to take the
place of Clara Ingrain Judson's Boat Builder,
but intended for older boys and girls though
a little too juvenile for young adults." F. W.
Butler
•f Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 90w
"Fulton's is at best a complicated and difficult
story. The author's fictionalized biography of
this temperamental genius should prove in-
teresting to young people. Many of the illus-
trations by Mr. Hendrickson are splendid."
R. A. B.
+ N Y Times p50 N 10 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:68 N 9 '46 60w
"There is unusually complete background ma-
terial, far more than is generally offered young
readers, and excellent illustrations by David
Hendrickson." R. F. H.
-f- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
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513
LOWELL, JULIET. Dear sir or madam, 92p
$1 Duell
817 Letters 46-6941
Letters written during wartime and just after
by various bewildered persons, asking for help
of one kind or another. Altho most of them were
intended for serious consideration by the OPA,
draft boards, etc., they were all chosen for their
unintentional humor.
"By actual count there are only two letters in
92 pages that did not produce a laugh — on any
of the 33 people to whom I have already read
this book aloud." E. D.
-f Book Week p4 O 6 '46 lOOw
Kirktis 14:367 Ag 1 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 D 1 '46
70w
Springf'd Republican p6 S 26 '46 300w
LOWELL, ROBERT. Lord Weary's castle. 69p
$2.50 Harcourt
811 46-7958
Except for a limited edition, this is a first
book of poems by a young American poet,
whose conversion to Catholicism colors some of
his work. A few of the poems have appeared
in such periodicals as The Commonweal and
Poetry.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 230w
"He writes with subtlety — sometimes with
over subtlety — but with enormous sincerity;
and if his passion for peace and for God lead
him often into the half-way house of satire,
one knows his stay there will be short. . . He
is tremendously worth watching." Katherine
Br£gy
4. __ Cath World 164:374 Ja '47 300w
"A slender volume of skillfully turned verse
by a writer whose poems, we are told, 'have
been accorded extraordinary praise.' . . Ap-
preciation of them will be keenest among those
whose taste is for poetry in which clever
phrases and detached vivid flashes of scene and
character add up to a general unmtelligibility
through which breaks an occasional glow of
lofty but undefined meaning."
Christian Century 63 1473 D 4 '46 70w
"He writes in tight, tapestried metres, hier-
archic in form and feeling. His verse, though
full and rich, is trim as a yew quincunx,
tailored as a box edging: he seems to have
pared and whittled away every excrescence,
every unessential, till the taut lines, clean as
a whistle, dovetail effortlessly, polished like
old, warm ivory. And always, at all levels,
there is that continual awareness of his Maker,
which Wallace Fowlie, writing of Rimbaud,
said increased in the ratio of a poet's great-
ness." Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 45:283 D 27 '46 400w
"In this first volume to reach the general
public, one recognizes a strong and unusual
talent, with a fine grasp of hard, clear, classi-
cal rhythms. His characteristics, still obscure,
include Catholicism, erudition, a New England
background, and a knowledge of, and hatred
of, war. One feels that with his grasp of lan-
guage, something more strong and definite may
come."
-f Kirkus 14:589 N 15 '46 90w
Nation 164:74 Ja 18 '47 3DOOw
"One would have to go back as far as 1914,
the year that saw the publication of Robert
Frost's 'North of Boston* or to T. S. Eliot's
'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' to find
a poet whose first public speech has had the
invention and authority of Robert Lowell's. . .
At their best there is a great hope for poetry,
and indeed for America, in these poems. With-
out Whitman's loose though buoyant optimism,
they are directed just as surely at a people
and a land of infinite, unfulfilled promise. The
voice is vibrant enough to be heard, learned
enough to speak with authority and savage
enough to waken all but the dead." Selden
Rodman
4- N Y Times p7 N 3 '46 1550w
"A tremendous struggle is still going on in
Lowell's difficult and harsh writings, and
nothing is resolved. These poems bring to mind
the crucial seventeenth-century battle between
two kinds of religious faith, or, in fact, the
battle between the human will and any sort of
faith at all/ They are often at what might be
called a high pitch of baroque intensity. . .
He also bears some relationship to Herman
Melville, the American with Puritan hellflre in
his bones. The more timid reader would do well
to remember these forerunners, and the con-
ditions that fostered them, when confronted
with young Lowell's fierce indignation." Louise
Bogan
New Yorker 22:137 N 30 '46 700w
"Robert Lowell's particular gift is his energy
of rhythm, his Just use of relevant image,
and his ability to transmute image and event
into allegory This allegorical method is evi-
dent from his choice of title. It controls his
series of family portraits and his slashings
from personal and public history. Most dis-
tinguished among his poems are the sequences,
'The Quaker Graveyard at Nantucket' and 'In
Memory of Arthur Wmslow.' The allegorical
method also controls the excellent single poems,
'Winter in Dunbarton,' 'Mary Winslow,'
'Salem,' and 'The Soldier.' " Jeremy Ingalla
-f Sat R of Lit 29-16 N 16 '46 500w
"Robert Lowell has more than the usual
share of the poet's gifts. He is generally
skillful in his handling of meter, rhyme and
stanzaic form. His mastery of language is
even more remarkable than is his grasp of
these technical devices. He has a well fur-
nished mind. He is capable of passionate feel-
ing. And he is not without a myth, for though
a scion of the family that is said to talk only
to God, Mr Lowell, a Catholic convert, can
talk with the conviction of the neophyte about
God, and more especially about Christ. . . The
ratholic tenor and Bostonian background of
the poems impose strict limitations upon them,
but they have a value that transcends these. . .
His work has a thrust and a density that are
admirable " Babette Deutsch
H . Weekly Book Review p!6 N 24 '46
1050w
LOWENSTEIN, PRINCE HUBERTUS. See
Loewenstein, H.
LOWIE, ROBERT HARRY. The German
people; a social portrait to 1914. 143p il maps
pa $1.75 Rinehart
914.3 National characteristics, German.
Germany — Civilization 46-1039
A study of the social psychology of the
German people based on a review of their
cultural history from medieval times to 1914.
An introductory chapter discusses the "Ger-
man race" from an anthropologist's point of
view.
Reviewed by E. H. Ackerknecht
Am Anthropol 48:155 Jl '46 950w
Reviewed by William Ebenstem
Am Hist R 52:179 O '40 320w
"All in all, this is, despite occasional
trivialities, a very readable and informative
book. The author is intimately familiar with
the German language and literature, and he
possesses a feeling for German civilization
which manages to catch, here and there, the
finer points in the German picture. The book
suffers from extreme brevity, and it is to be
hoped that Professor Lowie will plan his
promised volume on contemporary Germany on
a much broader scale." William Ebenstein
H Am Pol Sci R 40:386 Ap '46 450w
"On every page the reader is impressed with
the incisive-ness and conciseness of the treat-
ment; the understanding insight; the unfailing
fairness of the analysis and depiction, which
become by virtue of that fact all more dev-
astating aa a record of historic consistence.
He will be impatient to see the second portion
of this work, which will deal with Germany
during the last three decades." W. D. Wallis
-f Am Soc R 11:375 Je '46 250w
514
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LOWIE, R. H. — Continued
Reviewed by G. N. Shuater
Ann Am Acad 244:214 Mr '46 450w
"Never blind to any real achievement, nor
sparing with justified criticism, the author
presents in brief compass an interesting
character sketch. At the same time, his
analysis constitutes a strong argument against
the axiom of an historical continuity which
does not allow for any changes from a given
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:219 S '46 200w
LOWNSBERRY, ELOISE (MRS C. S. CLAN-
CY). Marta the doll; II. by Marya Werten. 118p
$2 Longmans
Marta was brought from the market to a
little Polish girl on her name day. The doll
had to be shown all over the house and farm,
and in the course of that trip much of the
life in a little Polish village, untouched by war.
is made plain to other children.
"A truly warm and human story, tenderly
written, about a little Polish girl and her first
doll. The plot is brisk and dramatic, and the
background of Polish farm life is charming
and unforced, with a lovely quality of kind-
liness!" Jane Cobb
-f Atlantic 178:162 D '46 90w
"Spun from memories of a Polish artist
cut off from her people in war, this story is
a delicately sketched record of a rich and
charming way of life. It is so poignant and
heart- warming that all who read it will long
to have that life find new expression again.
Mothers who read to their daughters will share
with them a sense of great closeness." Martha
King
-f- Book Week plO N 3 '46 300w
Booklist 43:75 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
Horn Bk 22:352 S '46 120w
"A charming girl's story that catches the
rhythm and color of life in a mountain village
in Poland, untouched by war."
-f Kirkus 14:296 Jl 1 '46 90w
"A truly charming story of Poland for little
girls." S. J. Johnson
4- Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 80w
"The story of this loving Polish family and
of their simple, happy life (every day and on
special days) is beautifully told. The illustra-
tions are a real part of the book." Phyllis
Fenner
-f N Y Times p26 N 17 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Yvette Schmitt
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 10 '46
lOOw
"There is warm affection and trust In
Hanka's family. Each one does his share of
the work, each one enters Joyously into the
festivities. In the background is the solemn
beauty of the mountains and the steadfast
love of country. There is a poignant quality
in this story of a people who are living under
a shadow, and who yet find happiness in
simple things." M. G. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 14 '46 360w
"This is more than a lovable story of a
little girl on a farm in Poland just before
World War II. . . But because to little Hanka
Marta the Doll is alive and capable of under-
standing anything, she shows her everything
and quite naturally tells her about it — ana
apparently without trying, creates an atmos-
phere in which the family, the clan, the coun-
try come to life."
4- Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46
300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:170 D '46
LOWREY, LAWSON GENTRY. Psychiatry for
psychopathology. The reader is given an over-
all view of the various psychopathological
states and the less serious conditions affecting
social adaptation. The advanced student win
want to read further in the psychiatric text-
books for more detailed study and different
theories expounded by various psychiatrists."
(Survey) Selected reading list. Index.
"The author is conservative in his evaluation
of the various kinds of psychiatric treatment,
pointing out its limitations with certain types
of cases, as well as the encouraging results
with other types. The material contained in
his book will give the social workers certain
assurance both in understanding and working
with patients who show some mental deviation.
It will also help her to accept limitations as
to what can be done for patients with serious
mental ills. . . Since the aim of the book is to
increase the social worker's diagnostic acumen
rather than to give method and procedure, it
will be a useful source of reference for nurses,
as well as social workers who are working
with individuals to promote their health and
welfare." H. B. Crutcher
-f Am J Pub Health 36:1447 D '46 400w
"The task of determining what is relevant
psychiatric knowledge for the caseworker to
master is engaging the casework field today.
Bach contribution is important because it
stimulates further though tfulness and new
ideas. Dr. Lowrey is particularly helpful in
the chapter in which he develops the 'Data
of Psychiatry' and methods for history tak-
ing. . . One might wish for more development
of such helpful suggestions as appear in one
chapter where the author is specific and con-
crete about attitudes to be taken toward the
paranoid person who remains in the commu-
nity under supervision." L. N. Austin
Survey 82:339 D '46 460W
LOWRY. CHARLES WESLEY. The Trinity
and Christian devotion. 162p $1.50 Harper
[4s 6d Eyre]
231 Trinity 46-1480
"This volume enjoys the double distinction
of having been selected as the Lrenten book
for 1946 by the late William Temple, arch-
bishop of Canterbury, and also by Bishop
Tucker, presiding bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States. Its
aim is to interpret the doctrine of the Trinity
not as a metaphysical dogma but as a state-
ment profoundly significant for the religious
life." Christian Century
616.8 Psychology, Pathological A46-2895
"pr Lowrey has written a text which Is a
useful introduction to the subject material of
Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46 70w
"The book flowers forth out of both a rich
and a long cultivated soil. Dr. Lowry, in fact,
wrote his doctoral dissertation at Oxford on
the subject. To know a subject well, one must
know Its history comprehensively and inten-
sively. The work exhibits such knowledge.
Such knowledge also poses the problem, how-
ever, of what to include and what to exclude.
For this reason the book somewhat lacks full
evenness, and contains, besides, much historical
material that may prove difficult in one sitting
for the general reader. The thoughtful and
persistent person will, nevertheless, benefit
from the inclusion of this background material."
N. P. S. Ferr4
4- Crozer Q 23:184 Ap '46 360w
"This is the last (1946) of the Lent books
arranged by the late Archbishop Temple, and
Canon Baker, the co-editor, regards it as one
of the best of the series. Although about De-
votion it is not a devotional book. It is an
exposition and analysis of Christian Devotion
designed to show that in any full and adequate
sense this is dependent on the strict trinitarian
conception of God. The author has given his
subject an unduly miscellaneous and discursive
treatment. The first two chapters, on 'Doc-
trine and Devotion,' Include summaries, too
brief to be of real value, of some modern
philosophies and also not particularly relevant
references to theologies both ancient and mod*
ern. . . Dr. Lowry is loyal through thick and
thin to his God in triplicate, and it goes with-
out saying that especially in his last two chap-
ters on 'Devotion and the Trinity* and 'Wor-
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515
ship, Action and the Trinity.' there are things,
old rather than new, worth saying. Both his
A roada and his B and C roads are already
well sign -posted, but the reader will require
a good supply of petrol in his internal combus-
tion engine all the same for his journey
through this book." R. N. Cross
-f — HIbbert J 45:91 O '46 1250w
"It is a well argued brief for more thinking
about religion, for deeper convictions, for a
soundly based faith, in brief, for a return to
theology. . . An aid to the devotional life of
the Christian."
Klrkus 14:97 F 15 '46 320w
Times [London] Lit Sup p226 My 11
'46 480W
LOWRY, ROBERT JAMES. Casualty. 153p $2
New directions
46-7271
Bitter novel about army life in World war II.
A broken engagement sets off a train of events
which ends in a drunken debauch, and death
for one Joe Hammond, run over by a truck
in an Italian village.
"Writing knowingly and with much restraint,
Lowry conveys powerful impressions of mood
and atmosphere." Jex Martin
-f Book Week p7 D 15 '46 SOOw
"Thomas Heggen handled this theme better
in Mr. Roberts, with more relief of humor and
humanity, and without the brutal viciousness
of this. . . While there's force to the writing,
there's no compulsion to the reading."
h Klrkus 14:529 O 15 '46 120w
"This very slight, but completely convinc-
ing, book ... is the most uncompromising
indictment of the military system to appear
since 'The Brick Foxhole.' Mr. Lowry not
only treads on a number of already well-
calloused toes, but stamps on them with
spiked boots." David Dempsey
N Y Times p24 D 1 '46 320w
"It isn't a delightful study, but it has the
clear, cold ring of truth." Paul Speegle
H San Francisco Chronicle p20 D 1 '46
220W
" 'Casualty' is a powerful novel, and no
young man who reads it will want for a long
time to put on a uniform of his country and
go off to any war. Here is the pattern of
•Three Soldiers' revealing itself again. There
will be many novels like this to follow. If
there are enough of them, and if they are as
well written, if they burn with as much
bitterness as Robert Lowry's, they will in the
end bring about the same result as the al-
most forgotten books of twenty years ago."
Harrison Smith
•f Sat R of Lit 29:21 N 16 '46 600w
LUCK, JAMES MURRAY. War on malnutri-
tion and poverty; the role of consumer co-
operatives. 203p $2.60 Harper
334.5 Cooperation. Nutrition 46-3823
This volume, written by a biochemist dis-
cusses " 'a liberal diet* for all as an attainable
social objective. It also touches on public
health measures. But the bulk of Professor
Luck's constructive and well -documented com-
ment deals with consumer's cooperation, which
he presents as the great contribution of the
nineteenth century to the solution of the prob-
lem of poverty. He pins his faith on non-
statist methods." (Commonweal) Bibliography.
Index.
He vie wed by Margedant Peters
Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 260w
Commonweal 44:174 My 31 '46 70w
Kirkus 14:61 F 1 '46 120w
New Repub 116:181 Ag 18 '46 160w
Reviewed by S. L. Jackson
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 26 '46
220w
"The book makes stimulating reading and
should win converts to cooperative enter-
prise." R. M. Wilder, M.D.
+ Survey Q 36:268 Jl '46 900w
"A striking and somewhat novel exposition
Is here made of the importance and potential
values of the co-operative movement. The
approach used stems from the fact that the
author is not only president of the Consumer's
Cooperative Society of Palo Alto, California,
but also a professor of biochemistry at Stan-
ford University."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:206 S '46 220w
LUCKIESH, MATTHEW. Applications of germi-
cidal, erythemal and infrared energy. 463p il
$5.50 Van Nostrand
614.48 Radiation. Disinfection and disin-
fectants. Ultra-violet rays. Infra-red rays
46-7506
"Dr. Luckiesh, the eminent authority on light
and its components, discusses in this book the
methods and means by which radiant energy
can be of major use to mankind. Deals with the
health of human beings by destruction of air-
and water-borne bacteria by means of germi-
cidal energy, and with other uses of these
methods. Discusses production of artificial sun-
light in therapeutic applications and in light-
ing, and many uses or infrared energy. Bibli-
ography." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 90w
"Brevity of treatment of some timely sub-
jects, such as sterilization of solid objects by
irradiation, is disappointing, and the discus-
sion of infrared energy is insufficient to warrant
a place in the title. The book is well documented
by 124 references, although there are unfortu-
nate omissions. The references are principally
to articles in physical, engineering, biological
and medical journals. Physicians and workers in
the fields of radiometry, bacteriology, public
health, and illuminating engineering will find
the book very useful. Much of it is not too
technical for the general reader, who should
have access to accurate, reliable data regard-
ing devices now so extensively promoted."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:347 D '46 280w
LUDER, WILLIAM FAY. and ZUFFANTI.
SAVE RIO. Electronic theory of acids and
bases. 165p $3 Wiley
541.37 Acids. Bases (chemistry). Chemistry,
Physical and theoretical 46-7819
"Presentation of relationship of the elec-
tronic theory of acids and bases to chemistry
as a whole and how it can perform a useful
function in chemistry. Chapters include elec-
trophilic and electrodotic reagents, acidic and
basic radicals, displacement, titrations with
indicators and neutralization." (Library J)
Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 40w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 200w
LUNN, ARNOLD HENRY MOORE. Third day.
177p $2.75 The Newman book shop, Box 150,
Westminster, Md. [10s 6d Burns]
239 Christianity— Evidences 46-984
"An argument, with the imprimatur of the
Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington, to
prove the historicity of the resurrection of
Jesus. A foundation is laid by showing the
reasonableness of belief in miracles — (a) 4there
is no scientific or philosophic reason which
forbids us to believe in miracles,' and (b)
'there exists unimpeachable evidence for cer-
tain modern miracles,' the illustrations being
chiefly from Lourdes — and by defending the
early date and the credibility of the Gospels."
Christian Century
"In this able apologetic treatise Arnold Lunn
provides the earnest seeker after the truth
with a scientific and philosophical defense of
miracles, devotes a special chapter to the un-
impeachable proof of the miracle of Lourdes.
and states clearly the external and internal
evidence of the Gospels."
+ Cath World 163:188 My '46 170w
Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 '46 120w
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LUNN, A. H. M. — Continued
"The only grave defect of 'The Third Day,'
in our opinion, is a certain absence of right
emphasis and construction. . . As a sound and
often witty popularization, and for one whose
shelves are unlikely to contain the heavier
work of Fathers de Grandmaison, Arendzen
and Lagrange, this is an indispensable book
for anyone concerned with the fascinating:
subject of Christian Evidence." Cuthbert
Wright
4- Commonweal 43:434 F 8 '46 800w
"Mr. Arnold Lunn is too practised a con-
troversialist not to make full use of all the
opportunities afforded him by the unguarded
statements of his critics. From beginning to
end of 'The Third Day' he is thoroughly en-
joying himself, and the reader enjoys himself
also. Not that he is always tightly held to
the matter in hand. An index, which un-
fortunately the book does not possess, would
hold the names of persons and subjects not
conspicuously connected with a discussion of
the Resurrection. Lourdes, spiritism, the re-
ligious education of the young, incidents of
his mountaineering experience, schooldays at
Harrow — all find a place in this hospitable
volume. Occasionally Mr. Lunn's exuberance
betrays him into mere cleverness."
_j Times [London] Lit Sup p22 Ja 12 '46
480w
LUSH, CLIFFORD KEITH, and ENGLE.
GLENN E. Industrial-arts electricity. 144p il
$2.20 Manual arts
621.3 Electric engineering 46-4880
Fundamentals of electricity, intended for
those training in the electrical trades. Con-
tains questions. Index.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 40w
LUTZ, HARLEY LEIST. Tax program for a
solvent America. See Committee on postwar
tax policy
LYNCH, DAVID. Concentration of economic
power. 423p $5 50 Columbia univ. press
330.973 U. S. Temporary national economic
committee. Monopolies. A46-3167
"This study presents an analysis of the
testimony presented before the Temporary Na-
tional Economic Committee (TNEC) established
in 1938 at the request of President Roosevelt
for an investigation of the concentration of
economic power in American industry and its
effect upon the decline of competition." (Pub-
lisher's note) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by T. J. Kreps
Ann Am Acad 248:286 N '46 600w
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week plO D 8 '46 420w
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 60w
"Splendid reference work systematically de-
veloped, fully documented." Alfred Lindsay
-f Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
"This is a friendly warning to those anxiously
waiting for an up-to-date analytical study of
the rise of big business before the war, its
speeded growth during the war, and its alarm-
ing further gains in reconversion: David
Lynch's studious book will tell them little about
concentration of economic power. If the catchy
title entices them to pay the price it will not
gain them admission to a panorama of monopoly
911 the march. They will find, instead, that it
is the price of admission to a monumental
sepulcher wherein Mr. Lynch performs an artful
autopsy on the Temporary National Economic
Committee (TNEC). . . The useful service
David Lynch has rendered in his summary and
appraisal of TNEC will be cherished by many.
His book is more than a ready guide to the
unwieldy, and therefore neglected, five-foot
shelf of significant statistics which TNEC
culled mostly from previously published sources.
The needed guide that he does provide is
prefaced by a well -woven background of the
committee's origins, the changing cast of its
characters, and a sketch of the growing public
recognition of the forces stilling competition
in the upper and nether strata of finance, in-
dustry, and trade. His study ends with a
nostalgic postlude — an appraisal of TNEC's
wasted opportunity." Boris Shishkin
-f- Nation 163:132 Agr 3 '46 950w
"Mr. Lynch rightly attributes the weakness
of the TNEC to its hybrid character, its plan-
lessness and its marked reluctance to probe for
real causes. Its failure was tragically empha-
sized when basic economic questions were ulti-
mately answered by war."
New Repub 115:21 Jl 8 '46 180w
"Lynch' s compression is sound and precise,
and his evaluations are both severely critical
and eminently fair." R. A. Brady
-{- Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 18 '46 900w
LYND, HELEN (MERRELL) (MRS ROBERT
STAUGHTON LYND). Field work in cpllege
education. (Sarah Lawrence college. Publi-
cations) 302p $2.75 Columbia univ. press
371.393 Colleges and universities. Sarah
Lawrence college, Bronxville, New York
A46-866
"The field work of Sarah Lawrence College,
including 'systematic observation, participation,
and research carried on outside the college,' is
taken as a basis for the presentation of what
field work in postwar liberal education may
mean for student-community relationships.
Well indexed." (School & Society)
Reviewed by F. D. Watson
Ann Am Acad 246:105 Jl '46 440w
School & Society 63:39 Ja 12 '46 60w
"Mrs. Lynd is well known to the reading
public as co-author of the highly popular com-
munity studies, Middlctown and Middletown
m Transition. The present report is interest-
ingly written, but its loose organization and
journalistic style seem designed to persuade
rather than to inform. The reader is disap-
pointed when he finds that the work reported
in this volume is largely limited to projects
related to the field of the social sciences. . .
However, the book contains thought-provoking,
practical suggestions for the teacher and the
curriculum builder, and it is a necessary addi-
tion to the library of those interested in new
and significant ventures in educational phi-
losophy and practice." J. R. Mook
H School R 54:306 My '46 HOOw
"For those who want to know how it is
done at Sarah Lawrence, this is an excellent
book. Also, since Sarah Lawrence is doing a
splendid job of its kind, there is a wealth
of material here which could be used in other
colleges with profit." E. C. Bye
4- Social Educ 10:191 Ap '46 500w
LYONS, DOROTHY. Golden Sovereign; il. by
Wesley Dennis. 259p $2 Harcourt
Horses — Legends and stories 46-6304
Connie McGuire, a girl who has a way with
horses, is the heroine of this story. Connie's
idea was to establish the Shamrock stables, and
to that end she bent all her energies. The luck
of the Irish was with her, and Connie got her
stables and a college education too. For older
girls.
"It is beautifully written, exciting, interesting
In its information, and totally unexpected as to
plot. The dialogue is natural and amusing, and
the book as a whole has a rare overtone of hu-
morous enjoyment. As a novel it is superior
to 75 per cent of the average lending library
books, though it remains, unquestionably, a
'book for girls.' " Jane Cobb and H. D. Boylston
-f Atlantic 178:164 N '46 240w
Book Week p23 N 10 '46 90w
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
517
"This is an interesting* story and one that
teaches you a great deal about the business of
training and handling horses. Don't miss watch-
ing Connie ride in the race or finding out if she
gets to State College." H. F. Griswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 12 '46
220w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22.467 N '46 90w
Kirkus 14:387 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
"Plenty of suspense and action hold the read-
er's interest to the end." E. E." Frank
•f Library J 71'1336 O 1 '46 60w
"Sure flre for the horse lovers, with enough
romance and mystery to sweeten it for the girls
who like 'girls' stories.' " M. C. Scoggin
•f N Y Times pll S 1 '46 180w
Reviewed by Dorothy Hamilton
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
150w
"This is a sure- flre story for all lovers of
horses, regardless of age. It will also be likely
to appeal to adolescent girls, regardless of
their interest in horses. It has action, suspense,
and mystery. The illustrations are very fine."
R. A B.
-I- Sat R of Lit 29:62 N 9 '46 250w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 130w
LYSENKO, TROFIM DENISOVICH. Heredity
and its variability; tr. from the Russian by
Theodosius Dobzhansky. 65p pa 50c King's
crown press
575.2 Heredity. Variation (biology) A46-818
"Genetics has* been under flre in Soviet
Russia for years, partly for pseudo-scientific
reasons, mainly for ideological reasons. Under
the Marxian dispensation environment is every-
thing and heredity virtually nothing. . . The
leading anti-geneticist of Soviet Russia is T. D.
Lysenko, a disciple of Mitchurin, who was a
sort of Burbank and who had his doubts about
heredity. L.ysenko is an academician and the
head of an important agricultural research
institute where he has introduced the procedure
of 'vernalization,' meaning that by controlling
such environmental factors as moisture, tem-
perature and nutrition, he is able to change
winter wheat permanently into spring wheat
and vice versa. . . In the book before us, the
first of his to appear in English, Lysenko pre-
sents his arguments." N Y Times
"This is of some importance to American
readers even though they have no great interest
in what plant and animal breeders are doing
with genetics in the way of producing faster
race-horses. . . We are presented with an ex-
ample of what a State -imposed ideology can do
to science. With Einstein's theory of relativity
regarded as 'bourgeois idealism' because the
rejection of the infinite universe of Newton in
some strange way violates the Marxian gospel,
we have here another example of totalitarian-
ism influence. Lysenko's monograph has to be
read in the light of this State control of science
in Soviet Russia. Unless it is so read it will
strike the informed reader merely as another
effusion from a crackpot." Waldemar Kaemp-
ffert
N Y Times p6 Mr 3 '46 HOOw
"The translation into English of Academician
Lysenko's theory of heredity has set the stage
for a controversy that should be heard around
the world. The importance of Lysenko's work
lies not in his views as an individual but in the
extent to which they represent Soviet doctrine
and the bearing this doctrine has on such issues
as the nationalization of science and its inter-
national control in the Atomic Age." Robert
Simpson
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Mr 9 '46 3650w
LYTLE, CHARLES WALTER. Job evaluation
methods. 329p il $6 Ronald
658.322 Job analysis 46-2122
"Rather than a study of individual Job
evaluation methods, this work is a general,
analytical approach to the whole problem.
Under such chapters as Determining policies
and organizing, Methods and techniques,
Setting up measuring scales, Locality surveys
— Setting the general wage level, and Operat-
ing and adjusting, the author, who Is Profes-
sor of Industrial Engineering at New York
University, discusses principles and techniques.
Case histories and literature pertaining to suc-
cessful job evaluation systems and successful
solutions of particular problems are cited
freely, however. Two appendixes discuss
rate- setting for women workers, and cur-
rent government regulations on wages and
salaries." N Y New Tech Bks
"In the opinion of the reviewer, this is the
best digest of these techniques that has
appeared. It is of value to all manufacturers
interested in these practices that are of in-
creasing interest, and to advanced students
in college courses in management." D. S.
Kimball
-f Ann Am Acad 246:160 Jl '46 320w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:9 Ja '46
"The book should be suitable for graduate
courses in the field of management training.
For the general industrial reader it clarifies
principles and codifies practice in a useful
way."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:110 Je '46 240w
LYTLE, JOHN HORACE. Simple secrets of
dog discipline. 63p $1.50 Putnam
636.7 Dogs— Training Agr46-259
"Essential pointers for the prospect who ex-
pects to be owned by his first dog. Conver-
sational style." Cleveland Open Shelf
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
"A useful and compact guide which will tell
you not only how to handle your dog, but how
to handle yourself when training your pet."
R. O'B.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 13 '46
90w
LYTTLE, EILEEN JEANETTE. See Garrett,
B. J. L,.
M
MAASS, EDGAR. Imperial Venus. 421p $3
Bobbs
Borghese, Maria Paolina (Bonaparte) prin-
cipessa — Fiction 46-2718
Novel based on the life of Napoleon's favorite
sister, Pauline.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p9 My 5 '46 460w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
"An opulent addition to the mass of writings
on Bonaparte — this highly Interpretative novel
of his sister, Pauline . . . gives a more de-
tailed picture of Napoleon's family and back-
ground. . . This is thoroughgoing historical
fact into fiction."
+ Kirkus 14:180 Ap 15 '46 260w
"As a biography, the book Is not wholly
successful; It is, however, an informal and
remarkably vivid chronicle of the fortunes of
the Bonaparte family and of the times in
which Napoleon rose and fell."
New Yorker 22:110 My 4 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Maass Is a far better researcher than
story-teller. Saddled with a subject of his
own choosing like Pauline, he makes use of
every last bit of data he has so conscientiously
gathered, instead of inventing a semi- fictional
Bonaparte family history or concocting another
version of the story of Napoleon and Jose-
phine, those overworked but worthy friends
to novelists. Except when handled by a
superlative writer or a downright devil-may-
care romancer, a second-rate figure out of his-
tory usually engenders a novel of correspond-
ing value." B. V. Winebaum
h N Y Times plO My 6 '46 500w
518
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MAASS, EDGAR— Continued
San Francisco Chronicle plS Jl 7 '46
200w
"[This book] turns out to be, not a rival
to 'Don Pedro and the Devil,' but a revival
in other terms of 'Forever Amber.' . . [There]
are defects in the approach to the subject,
but the defects of manner are nearly as bad
and go far toward destroying even what value
Mr. Maass gets out of his material. He is very
careful with his history and if he makes
errors in it, they are far less numerous and
serious than those usually associated with
historical fiction. But he is too careful; the
fiction often comes off second best. . . In
addition the technique of the movies, which
has had so much influence on lending-
library fiction, is also evident here. The build-
up is long in every case; the emotional scene
for which it has been made is over in a flash
before anyone has time to feel hurt or
disturbed. The entire book gives the un-
fortunate impression of having been produced
for the market, to cash in on the reputation
of a good novelist tackling a highly popular
theme." Fletcher Pratt
— Sat R of Lit 29:29 Jl 6 '46 500w
"A book which is eventful and faithful to
the facts of history, or to reasonable deduc-
tions based on the facts. But it is an undis-
tinguished narrative. The early pages, dealing
with the time when she was still the young
and untamed Corsican, with a curious, awaken-
ing eagerness about the life into which she
was being thrown, have much merit. In them
Pauline really becomes, for a moment, a
genuine individual, not just one of the family.
This situation, however, does not last." Donald
Derby
h Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 550w
"Pauline was inadequate to her times, and
she is equally inadequate as the heroine of a
story which seeks to interpret the Napoleonic
Bra and its colossal guiding personality. 'Im-
perial Venus' shows flashes of moody bril-
liance, but it may disappoint admirers of Mr.
Maass' s earlier novel, the powerful 'Don Pedro
and the Devil/ " Richard Match
h Weekly Book Review plO My 5 '46
800w
MCADOO, MRS ELEANOR RANDOLPH
(WILSON). Julia and the White House.
187p $2.50 Dodd
46-6885
The story of a girl from a small mid -western
town whose father is elected president. Julia
is very young and- almost has her head turned
by her experience of living in the White House,
but the sensible younir doctor from her home
town attends to that. The author is a daughter
of Woodrow Wilson.
Booklist 43:72 N 1 '46
"Characters and incidents are fictional.
Physical make-up and the social life and ro-
mance portrayed make this definitely a book
for young adults." A. M. Wetherelf
+ Library J 71:1547 N 1 '46 90w
"Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, herself the
daughter of a President, has written with au-
thority of the complications and delights of
life in Washington. Her affectionate descrip-
tions of the White House highlights a very real
story of a very likable girl, written for senior
high school girls." K. Dombaugh
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 10 '46
*J7he£? *• muchin it, rapidly and sincerely
told, that has the ring of reality, though
names dates and most of the places have been
'
world before she is quite ready. Dominated by
her mother, a successful couturiere, Tansy ia
still unhappy because of the mystery surround-
ing her father. When that mystery is cleared
up Tansy finds womanhood in making her own
choice of a future course in life.
"There isn't in this book the dullness nor
the tenseness that one usually finds in a
'psychological development* novel. It is light
and fresh and amusing and amazingly con-
vincing to have been written by a man." Olive
Carruthers
+ Book Week p7 Ag 4 '46 320w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:257 Je 1 '46 210w
"Amusing dialogue and likeable, human char-
acters. Excellent entertainment for light vaca-
tion reading." Barbara Overton
4- Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
"The author has succeeded in creating an
appealing and believable adolescent. Tansy is
precocious, but no more so than her rather
unusual circumstances warrant. . . At times
the author employs an awkward flashback
treatment to bring in family history. The
reader is given a good deal of unimportant
detail, but once the story gets under way, the
style tightens and the reader is swept along
by a series of events that ends in Tansy's dis-
covering the truth — not only about her father
but about herself." Julia Palmer
-f — N Y Times p!6 Jl 28 '46 400w
"There is a patently contrived ending, but
the novel is easy to read, and probably just
as easy to forget."
New Yorker 22:67 Jl 27 '46 80w
"This is essentially a woman's book, its
femininity of viewpoint underscored by a lavish
dwelling upon clothes and interiors of houses,
upon appearance as a clue to fact. Though
intended as a psychological study, it is not
burdened by profound research into motive
and reaction. Its storms are no more threaten-
ing than April showers, its joys as tenuous as
the April sun." Virgilia Peterson
Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 28 '46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:132 O '46
MACARDLE, DOROTHY. The unforseen [Eng
title: Fantastic summer]. 27 Sp $2.50 Double-
day £8s 6d Davles]
46-26192
Records the events of one summer in the life
of an Irish widow who finds that she has the
power to foresee events. The psychiatrist
whom she consults has a son, who falls in love
with the widow's daughter. This, coupled with
Virgilia's power of prevision almost brings
about disaster.
Booklist 42:329 Je 16 '46
"Many readers, who seek full-bodied flavor
in the novels they read, will find little to
satisfy them in this psychological souffle"."
Cath World 164:94 O 746 260w
Commonweal 44:438 Ag 16 '46 150w
"It's good reading—and I found it more con-
vincing [than The Uninvited] — though still in
the realm of the search for new understanding
of the psychic powers. She writes extra-
ordinarily well."
-f Kirkus 14:134 Mr 16 '46 160w
"Characters are well-drawn and convincing,
while charming descriptions of the country-
side make an attractive background for a
pleasant romance. Somewhat melodramatic
ending seems a bit forced. Recommended."
R. P. Tubby
H -- Library J 71:768 My 16 '46 70w
"The uninitiated will discover certain facts
about extra-sensory perception, but the book
is not [just] a pleasant substitute for The
Journal of Parapsychology. It is a new kind
of mystery story, well-planned and well-
executed." Thomas Sugrue
-f N Y Times p4 Je 9 '46 260w
"Only a reader with some knowledge of
psychic phenomena can say how good the book
e oa a case history; as light fiction, though!
it is very readable, even if .you don't believe
a word of the lady's visions."
+ — New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
519
"The plot itself is of short story dimension;
and the milk of the novel is filled with pleasing
descriptions of a summer in prewar Ireland.
The general effect is highly agreeable, in a
lulling sort of way; but the handling of its
major theme left this reader, at least, hungry
and frustrated." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle plO Jl 4 '46
160w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 180w
Miss Macardle has a sure feeling for Anglo-
Irish ways and talk, and her characters are
sympathetic and lively. She marshals the
intricacies of her plot with skill, though its
outcome is too cheerful for its macabre setting.
For her creation of an uncanny atmosphere
is once again impressive, and the riddle of
Virgilia's visions still teases through the happy
ending."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p281 Je 15
'46 360w
"In a story that ventures boldly but im-
aginatively beyond the borders of reality— into
the realm of premonitions, second sight, dis-
turbed emotional equilibrium and the twilight
zones of consciousness — Dorothy Macardle
writes compellingly and with distinction. Deal-
ing with unstable personalities, with hidden
and intangible forces, she remains balanced
and logical, always in control of her intricate
and swiftly unfolding narrative. 'The Un-
foreseen* probes deeply in obscure places of the
mind, but its author presents her findings with-
out evasion or psychological fumbling." George
Conrad
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 16 '46 300w
MACARTNEY. CLARENCE EDWARD
NOBLE. Trials of great men of the Bible.
189p $1.50 Abingdon-Cokesbury
252 Sermons 46-3923
"The minister of the First Presbyterian
Church, Pittsburgh, adds another volume to
his published sermons. The title is sufficient
indication of what this series is about. . .
The sermons are simple: the re-telling of the
Bible story, with the pointing of the religious
or moral lessons discovered in it." Churchman
Christian Century 63:499 Ap 17 '46
20w
Reviewed by F. J. Moore
Churchman 160:17 N 1 '46 90w
MCBRIDE, ROBERT MEDILL (MARSHALL
REID, pseud)., ed. Treasury of antiques.
160p il $4 McBride
708.051 Antiques. Art objects. Collectors
and collecting 46-5080
"The editor calls this book 'a kind of
sampler' of antiques. It consists of chapters
by many authors, each a specialist in some
field, many of them designed to serve as an
introduction to a subject which can be carried
farther. Others are of a practical nature,
with considerable emphasis on modern uses
for antiques. Oversize, double column, very
fully illustrated. For library use should have
had an index." Wis Lib Bui
Booklist 43:10 8 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
"It is just as good an amateur's guide in
the realms of antiquarianism as a profes-
sional's; useful to a person of moderate means
as well as to one with much cash to spend/'
4- Christian Science Monitor pi 2 Ag 17
'46 lOOw
"Lovers of old furniture and other objects
made in times past will revel in 'A Treasury
of Antiques.' . . This unusual volume not only
indicates the extent of the collector's field
but acquaints the general reader with an
appealing subject." D. B. B.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 My SI '46
300w
Wit Ut> Bui 43:113 Jl '46
MCBRIDE, ROBERT MEDILL (MARSHALL
REID, pseud)., ed. When you build. 160p il
$4 McBride
728 Architecture, Domestic — Designs and
plans 46-5452
"Panorama of contemporary American do-
mestic architecture. Houses selected are the
work of some leading architects. Chapters by
George Nelson on advice in building and de-
tails of structure, followed by descriptions of
houses grouped regionally — New England, the
South, etc. About 400 illustrations and plans."
Library J
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
"Pictures and descriptions of homes of low
and moderate cost are given, and, though it
is claimed that 'large and elaborate* houses
have been avoided in this compilation, some
of them do seem rather pretentious. . . The
book includes floor plans and hundreds of ap-
pealing photographs, inside and outside the
house. The brief articles are written by spe-
cialists, the first third of the volume by Archi-
tect George Nelson giving advice and informa-
tion on many problems in more than a dozen
short chapters." D. B. B.
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 19 '46 30 Ow
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 25 '46
140w
Wis Lib Bui 42.128 O '46
MCCARTY, JOHN LAWTON. Maverick town;
the story of old Tascosa; with chapter dec-
orations by Harold D. Bugbee. 277p il $3
Univ. of Okla. press
976.4 Tascosa, Texas. Frontier and pioneer
life— Texas 46-6343
A history of a Texas Panhandle town which
after twenty-five years as the booming center
of a vast cattle range, fell victim to various
ills and became one of the lesser known "ghost
towns" of the Southwest. The author, a news-
paperman, bases his story on interviews with
old timers and extensive research into old
newspaper files and other records.
"If some of McCarty's writing is a bit
pedestrian because he dwells at unnecessary
length on seemingly unimportant details, that
can be forgiven in the excellence of the overall
picture he gives of a town that was for a
brief time the capital of a vast empire in
Cattleland and of the inevitable conflict be-
tween the cattle barons and the homesteaders
for domination of the open range which con-
tributed to its becoming a ghost town." ES. S.
Watson
H Book Week p3 Ag 25 '46 320w
Reviewed by Hoffman Birney
N Y Times p20 S 29 '46 550w
"Unfortunately, the author suffers from a
professional deformation common to writers
about the West, and especially about Texas —
an overzealousness for detail that is irrelevant
to all but the most exacting old-timer. Just
the same, a lively book, which gives you what
seems an authentic picture of a life which,
curiously, appears to have been just about the
way it is in the horse operas."
H New Yorker 22:90 Ag 17 '46 160w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 18 '46
lOOw
"It seems strange to New Englanders, sur-
rounded by the relics of three centuries, that
a town which didn't exist before the Civil war
should be regarded as 'old,' but to the lively
and still blossoming West, Tascosa is ancient
history, and the story of its rambunctious hey-
day is excellently told by Mr McCarty in one
of the most entertaining books yet produced In
the admirable southwestern series being pub-
lished at the University of Oklahoma." R. F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
550w
"John L». McCarty, an Amarillo newspaper
man who for many years has shown a lively
and intelligent interest in Southwestern his-
tory, has done a conscientious job in recon-
520
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MCCARTY. J. L.— Continued ^
structing the gaudy days of Tascosa. His re-
search has been painstaking, his presentation
is orderly, his style is clear and sober. He has
no great gift for anecdote, and his manner of
telling history is by no means exciting, but he
has done a sound job — in most respects, indeed,
a model of factual reporting.*' Stanley Walker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 S 1 '46 650w
MCCASLIN, HERBERT JOHN. Wood pattern-
making; a textbook. 4th ed 366p il $2.60 Mc-
Graw
621.72 Pattern making 46-5170
"The fourth edition of this book has been
enlarged so as to bring the discussion of
present-day shop practice up to date. As in
earlier editions, this is a practical book de-
signed for the student who wishes to learn
patternmaking. It deals with the principles of
wood patternmaking and presents a series of
problems graded according to their difficulty,
with instructions pertaining to the order of
operations. There are sixty-four pattern les-
sons in the present edition, and many new
illustrations. The glossary contains new
terms, and there is a list of 16-mm. sound mo-
tion pictures, produced by the U.S. Office of
Education, suitable for use with the book."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index. For third edi-
tion ^.see Book Review Digest, 1942.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
MCCLOY, SHELBY THOMAS. Government as-
sistance in eighteenth -century France. 496p
$6 Duke univ. press [33s Cambridge]
360.944 Charities— France 46-1596
"The author is Professor of History at the
University of Kentucky. In this volume he re-
lates in detail the many forms of assistance
extended by the French government to its citi-
zens, ranging from food and flood relief to
unemployment and war victims. Despite its
scholarly treatment, there is much in it of
general interest, and there are situations which
parallel somewhat the efforts of governments
in our own times." (Current Hist) Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
"Without some sort of summarizing para-
graphs, the narrative is hard to follow. The
facts are assembled without much comment,
and there is almost no general interpretation
of the material. . . Extended use has been
made of archival sources and of printed mate-
rials gathered in the libraries or France and
the United States; it is a work of careful and
thorough scholarship. It covers much new
ground and is an important contribution to the
history not only of the Old Regime in France
but also to the general social and economic
history of modern Europe." F. B. Artz
+ — Am Hist R 51:705 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by H. I. Clarke
Am Pol Sci R 40:1219 D '46 250w
"The book has value as a social study as
well as an addition to history."
-f Current Hist 10:446 My '46 lOOw
"The purpose of this volume is to give an
account of government assistance to the needy
in France in the eighteenth century. As such,
it is a valuable contribution to historiography,
narrowly viewed."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:120 Je '46 320w
MACCOLL, LEROY ARCHIBALD. Fundamen-
tal theory of servomechanisms. 130p $2.25 Van
Nostrand
621.8 Servomechanisms 45-10608
*JA. mathematical approach to the study of
the basic principles and theory of servomech-
anisms. The volume is intended for the engi-
neer concerned with the analysis and design of
servomechanisms and covers such topics as:
the steady-state theory of servomechanisms:
stability of servomechaniams and feed-back
paths; sampling servomechanisms; the theory
of linear servomechanisms. A two-page bib-
liography is included. The author is a member
of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories." (N Y New Tech Bks) Bib-
liography. Index.
Library J 70:1090 N 15 '45 140w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:62 O '45
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:69 Mr '46 240w
MCCORMICK, RENEE (DE FONTARCE)
(MRS LEANDER J. MCCORMICK). Rustle
of petticoats; tr. by Leander J. McCormick.
314p $2.75 Houghton
46-7818
A sequel to Little Coquette, a story of a
French girlhood. In this volume Simone
d'Entremont is in her late teens, the war of
1914 is raging, and there are a variety of
adventures and escapades as Simone and her
friend Fran-goise find their way into the world
of adults.
Book Week p!5 N 17 '46 HOw
Kirkus 14:414 Ag 15 '4G 170w
"Simone has a literary forerunner in France
— Claudine, a creation of the writer Colette,
who started in the early Nineteen Hundreds
a vogue for tomboys and bobbed hair. Like
Claudine, Simone turns at the end to an
older man, stern and indulgent by turns, an
expert at Vamour. But Rene"e de Fontarce
McCormick is not mistress of Colette's sensuous
and artful prose, nor does she have Colette's
insight into the secret rninds of women In
love." Mary Mian
N 'Y Times p24 N 10 '46 450w
"The little girl gets less amusing- as she
grows older, but this book does contain some
notably clear snapshots of a number of very
lively mondains during the war of thirty years
ago. A diverting change from our own cur-
rently popular brand of nostalgia."
New Yorker 22:125 N 2 '46 80w
"As a picture of a fabulous way of life, of
a society clinging to a fln de siecle elegant
corruption, 'Rustle of Petticoats' has undeniable
piquancy and charm. But its candor skirts the
edge of sensationalism; it lacks the subtlety
and delicacy of Mrs. McCorinick's first book."
S. H. Hay
h Sat R of Lit 29 24 D 28 '46 550w
"With its carefully sustained air of ingenuous
matter-of-factness, Rennee McCormick's 'Rustle
of Petticoats' adds up to a pretty vicious satir-
ical attack upon what Francoise always spoke
of as 'the stagnant aristocracy.' And Mrs.
McCormick who obviously writes an inside story,
becomes, I suspect, a blithe and effective traitor
to her class." F. H. Bullock
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 8 '46 950w
MCCOWAN, DANIEL. Outdoors with a camera
in Canada. 102p il $2 Macmillan (Toronto)
574.971 Natural history — Canada. Nature
photography 46-4547
"A series of nature photographs, each ac-
companied by a one page description of the
animal or plant represented. Some are quite
familiar to us — the pasque flower, flicker, ruf-
fled grouse — others are native to the region in
which the pictures were taken, the Canadian
Rockies." Wis Lib Bui
"In 1939, when King George and Queen Eliza-
beth toured western Canada, the author was
invited to accompany them on the royal train
as field naturalist. For nearly half a century,
he has studied the wildlife of the Canadian
Rockies. This experience undoubtedly has given
him a vast store of personal observations and
it is to be regretted that more of this original
material was not added to the factual matter of
the text It would have gone far in lifting the
interest-level of an informative book."
Weekly Book Review p32 My 19 '46
200w
Wig Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
521
MCCRACKEN, HAROLD. Great white buf-
falo; 11. by Remington Schuyler. 268p $2.60
46-7680
"The story of Waken, a Dakotah Indian boy,
and a rare white buffalo in the days before
the white settlers. For older boys and girls."
Sat R of Lit
Booklist 43:106 D 1 "46
Ktrkus 14:348 Ag 1 '46 120w
"The strange friendship between boy and
buffalo makes an unusually fascinating story.
Print and binding attractive. Lively black and
White pictures by Remington Schuyler add in-
terest to this recommended title for teen-age
readers." A. M. Wetherell
4- Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 90w
"The subject matter of this book might well
assure it popularity among older boys even if
Mr. McCracken had written carelessly. But
his respect for the courage, the imagination,
and above all the point of view of the Indian
has provided a sincere book in which the char-
acters are individuals and not types." Wini-
fred Snedden
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 10 '46
150w
Sat R of Lit 29:63 N 9 '46 30w
MCCULLERS, MRS CARSON (SMITH). Mem-
ber of the wedding. 195p $2.50 Houghton
46-2022
A fictional study of child psychology. Twelve-
year-old Frankie is utterly bored until she
hears about her older brother's wedding. He
returns from Alaska to his Georgia home, and
Frankie decides she will go, uninvited, on the
honeymoon. The few days of excitement of the
wedding are pictured in terms of Frankie's
reactions, with her six-year-old cousin, and
the Negro cook as chorus. Aside from one
unpleasant episode very little happens, and the
story ends with Frankie gaining a sympathetic
friend.
"The author succeeded in creating an un-
comfortably unforgettable child in Frankie. . .
She succeeded less well in examining the tend-
encies which drive Frankie to steal, threaten
to run away, throw knives, date a soldier, and
contemplate suicide. She is also only partially
successful in making believable the philosophi-
cal dialogues (with Berenice often out of char-
acter) on war, sex, God, circus freaks and
race problems between a 6-year-old boy, 12-
year-old girl and the gentle warm-hearted Ne-
gro servant. But the novel is near enough to
being completely successful (for all its laby-
rinthine self-assignments) so that it will create
intelligent controversy among all who read it
carefully. As a study of a difficult girl at a
difficult age it goes rather deeply into many
of the current reasons for juvenile delin-
quency." Sterling North
H Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 700w
"The tremendous feeling of the world lost,
and meaning lost; of life recovered and mean-
ing recovered; the merciful power of the young
to forget, and thus be healed of fractures* is
one of the realest things about this fine book."
Francis Downing
+ Commonweal 44:148 My 24 '46 850w
"An odd, unhappy little story, with the bi-
zarre, neurotic atmosphere Carson McCullers
achieves."
Kirkus 14:20 Ja 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:406 Ap 6 '46 650w
' Reviewed by Isaac Rosenf eld
New Repub 114:633 Ap 29 *46 650w
"This author has apparently known all the
exclusion and protest of a Thomas Wolfe. But
rarely has emotional turbulence been so deli-
cately conveyed. Carson McCullers' language
has the freshness, quaintness and gentleness
of a sensitive child." Isa Kapp
-f N Y Times p5 Mr 24 '46 800w
"The kitchen scenes are very well done in
the sense that they create an atmosphere and
that the characters are droll and natural: the
maid is particularly good; the way she is made
to talk is perfect. But they have no internal
structure and do not build up to anything.
The whole story seems utterly pointless. . .
I hope that I am not being stupid about this
book, which has left me feeling rather cheated."
Edmund Wilson
h New Yorker 22:87 Mr 30 '46 500w
"Miss McCullers is a suggestive rather than
an eloquent writer, and often seems to present
us less with a meaning than with a hint. And
yet the lines of her work are clear and firm.
I do not know how this is done; but my ig-
norance will not deter me from attempting to
provide an explanation. Though she has an
acute observation, she does not use it to make
rounded people. Her characters invariably re-
mind one of faces one may have seen, in a
dream perhaps, in a tabloid newspaper pos-
sibly, or out of a train window. . . Carson
McCullers1 s work has always seemed to me to
be a form of self-dramatization. It is true that
this can he said of most immature fiction.
But Miss McCullers is both a mature and fine
writer. She does not dramatize herself in the
sense that she is merely autobiographical; but
she does dramatize herself in the sense that
she seems to invest the various sides of her
personality with attributes skilfully collected
from the outside world." George Dangerfleld
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Mr 30 '46 1200w
"A serious attempt to recapture that elusive
moment when childhood melts into adolescence.
The result is often touching, always strictly
limited by the small scope of its small char-
acters. Like childhood, it is full of incident
but devoid of a clear plot; always working its
way ahead, but always doubling back on it-
self; two-faced, two-minded."
Time 47:98 Ap 1 '46 650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:180 S '46 170w
"Carson McCullers's two earlier novels — 'The
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter' and 'Reflections in
a Golden Eye' — were works of depth and orig-
inality. Both qualities are displayed again in
this third book, with notable results in a
character like Berenice. What is lacking is
breadth — even in what the jacket blurb calls
a 'novella.' And the kitchen forum imposes a
static effect." Richard Match
H Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 24 '46 750w
MCCULLOCH, ROBERT W. Come, Jack! il.
by Duncan Coburn. 202p $2.50 Houghton
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-3587
"Adventures of a dog, toward the end of
covered wagon days in Nebraska. When the
boy with whom he left home was attacked
by a ruffian, Jack's life became that of an
outlaw and full of danger. But, escaping from
the bad man, he found another boy, younger
than the first, to whom he Rave his loyalty.
Many of the perils of homesteading in prairie
country, from wolves, fires, snakes, grasshop-
pers and evil men, are seen as they affect
Jack and the family of his new friend." Horn
Bk
Book Week pl6 Je 2 '46 230w
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
"Excellent story."
-f Christian Science Monitor p6 My 9 '46
200w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"Those readers who like dog stories and
others who like pioneer life will follow Jack's
changing fortunes with absorption." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:134 Mr '46 80w
Kirkus 14:36 Ja 15 '46 80w
"Recommended." Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library J 71:829 Je 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Creighton Peet
N Y Times p31 My 26 '46 90w
"Jack is a dog to be long remembered. His
personality and his fine intelligence are under-
stood and interpreted here with restraint and
sensitiveness and completely without sentimen-
tality. The reader feels that he is seeing pio-
neer days in Nebraska through the eyes and
brains of a dog, uncluttered, direct, lacking
certain nuances perhaps, but sharp and true;
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MCCULLOCH, R. W.— Continued
This Is not only a dog story that can stand
with the best, it is a pioneer story, bringing:
out with starkness and severity the courage.
tenacity, and humor of the pioneers." R. A.
Hill
+ Sat R of Lit 29:41 My 18 '46 400w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 18 '46
120w
MCCULLOUGH, CONDE BALCOM, and MC-
CULLOUGH, JOHN RODDAN. The engineer
at law; a resum<§ of modern engineering juris-
prudence; with forewords by James T. Brand
and J. M. Devers [issued and sponsored
under the Engineering and legal research
program of the Oregon state highway de-
partment]. 2v 447;442p ea $3 Iowa state col-
lege press
620.07 Engineering law. Law — U.S.
[46-16315]
"A discussion of the basic principles, proc-
esses, and forms in those branches of the law
which control engineering operations. It in-
cludes such topics as contracts; engineering
specifications; rights and titles in real prop-
erty; torts incident to construction work; em-
ployment relations; laws of evidence; trial work
of the engineer as technical witness or as-
sistant; patents, copyrights, and trade marks;
powers and liabilities of corporations, public
utilities and carriers; the law of sales; the
issuance and transfer of negotiable instru-
ments; and the rules of pleading and proce-
dure. The senior author is Assistant Chief
Engineer of the Oregon Highway Department
and like his son and co-author, a member of
the Oregon Bar." N Y New Tech Bks
"As might be expected, much of the subject
matter is devoted to the problems of engineers
in public agencies, but since so many engineers
and contracting organizations either work for
or have contact with public agencies an under-
standing of this viewpoint is of considerable
value. . . The two volumes appear to be writ-
ten so that they are usable both as a text for
the study of engineering law and for use by
practicing engineers and contractors."
-f Eng N 137:127 D 12 '46 200w
Reviewed by L.. A. Eales
Library J 71:1332 O 1 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:40 Jl '46
MCDERMAND, CHARLES. Waters of the
golden trout country. 162p 11 $3 Putnam
799.1755 Trout flshing. California— Descrip-
tion and travel 46-4872
Description of three trips in the high Sierras
of California, made by a fisherman who carries
all his own equipment.
Cleveland Open Shelf pl5 Jl '46
Klrkus 14:146 Mr 15 '46 lOOw
"This book is a nicely written, easily readable
narrative. . . McDermand covers [his subjects]
with clarity, modesty, real knowledge and an
engaging manner. His comments on clothing for
the trail, packing methods and necessary equip-
ment will be valuable to any camper, anywhere.
His notes on the fishes and fishing are, of
course, for a more specialized group, but for
that group they're first rate." J. R. De la Torre
Bueno
+ Weekly Book Review p!3 Je 9 '46 400w
MCDIARMID, ORVILLE JOHN. Commercial
policy in the Canadian economy. 397p $4.50
Harvard univ. press [19s Oxford]
337 Canada— Commercial policy. Tariff—
Canada A46-1195
"A well -documented, historical treatment of
the role of the customs tariff, and complemen-
tary techniques such as subsidies, shipping reg-
ulations, exchange rates and imperial prefer-
ences in Canadian commercial policy, from 1763
to 1939." Foreign Affairs
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:171 O '46 30w
"The author eschews all the elegances of ex-
position and concentrates on his investigation
without a spark of wit or a gleam of bril-
liance. He is formidably dull, scrupulously Just
and slightly condescending. His thesis is not
only supported by thirty-seven statistical tables
drawn from official sources, but is crammed
with facts and figures which the critic must
take on trust unless he is willing to check their
accuracy by repeating the author's researches.
Mr. McDiarmid's evident industry and good
sense seem to show that he has proved his
case."
Times [London] Lit Sup p446 3 21 '46
600w
"The book is a valuable addition to the case
studies of the history of commercial policy."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:111 Je '46 250w
MACDONALD, GOLDEN, pseud. See Brown,
M. W.
MCDONALD. PHILIP BAYAUD. Personality
and English in technical personnel. 424p $3.75
Van Nostrand
607 Technical writing. Technical workers
46-4395
"Discursive advice to young technical work-
ers on how to broaden their intellectual in-
terests, improve their written and spoken Eng-
lish, and correct those faults of personality
which are often the result of over-specialization
in work. The book is an expansion of the au-
thor's English and Science (1929), and reprints
fifteen of its sixteen chapters on the writing of
engineering reports. In the nineteen new chap-
ters the author analyzes personal characteris-
tics and defects; offers suggestions on reading,
vocabulary building; and forming habits of
thought. The author is Professor of English,
College of Engineering, New York University."
(N Y New Tech Bks) No index.
"Chapters 9 to 25 comprise a text, and an
excellent one, covering report writing, letter
writing, common mistakes made by the novice,
sentence structure, vocabulary, and cultural
reading. These chapters are crammed with
practical aids to better English. . . The other
chapters, 1 to 8 and 26 to 33 comprise a catch-
all, part good, part controversial, all presumably
having to do with the technical man's welfare.
These chapters belabor the technical man at
length for shortcomings which though possibly
deserved, seem to the reviewer to be defects of
adult beings in general." Chaplin Tyler
H Chem Eng 63:273 Ag '46 250w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:24 Ap '46
MACDONALD, WILLIAM COLT. Wheels in the
dust. 273p $2 Doubleday
46-3352
Western story.
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
"Definitely dependable."
-f- Klrkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review
240w
Ap 28 '46
MCDOUGALD, ROMAN. Purgatory street. 246p
$2 Simon & Schuster
46-7342
Mystery story.
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
"<3ood."
•f Klrkus 14:402 Ag 15 '46 90w
New Repub 115:774 D 9 '46 30w
"The author has succeeded admirably in
picturing the uncertainty and suspense that
harrow Mona and in presenting the extraor-
dinary denouement with which the story ends."
Isaac Anderson
•f N Y Timw p36 O 27 '46 160W
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523
"Fairly frightening, in spite of the author's
hopped -up method of presentation."
New Yorker 22:128 N 9 '46 80w
"Wordy, pretentious, hysterical and syn-
thetic, this is a brilliantly precise Job of hitting
exactly on the nose a certain current fashion In
mysteries. It is undoubtedly Mr. McDougald's
worst book, and will probably make his for-
tune." Anthony Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '46
6»w
"Odd — but intriggin'."
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 O 20 '46
270w
MACDOUGALL, ARTHUR RAYMOND. Dud
Dean and his country; II. by Milton C.
Weiler. 171p $3; de luxe ed $12.50 Coward -
McCann
46-5161
A collection of stories of hunting and fishing
in the Upper Kennebec country. Many of the
stories have been previously published, some
in magazines, some in small limited editions.
Contents: Dud's country, its men and fisher-
men; The angler from Athens; Dark of the
moon; Crazy Stiller goes aflshing; Once in the
stilly night; Men and mice; Dud guides a
lady; Bass are bass; A moonlight cannonade;
Red flannel; The latest dog; Dud's Irisher.
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"There's humor here as well as excitement,
to be taken at your armchair ease."
-f- Kirkus 14:159 Ap 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Leo Marceau
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 15 46 240w
"Miss MacDuffle writes with feeling and ur-
gency; she has something to say and the book
is commendable on that score alone. If the
performance is not quite up to the level of the
theme that is mainly because she has not
exercised sufficient selective Judgment. She
has found herself with more material than she
needs, and the narrative is crowded rather than
climactic. The focus of attention shifts back
and forth, and there is no center of balance for
the reader's emotions. Such defects are out-
weighed by a sharp sense of character, and the
skill with which she brings off significant
scenes." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 27 '46 500w
MCELRAVY, MAY F. Tortilla girl; pictures
by Laura Bannon. 26p $1.25 Whitman, A.
Picture-story book about a little Mexican
girl who sold tortillas in order to get a dog of
her very own. Ages eight to eleven.
"An entertaining story. Laura Bannon has
done the charming pictures of the little Mex-
ican girl and her family and the dogs she
meets."
-f Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 HOw
Booklist 42:350 Ji 1 '46
"Humor, brilliant color and true understand-
ing of children mark Laura Bannon's pictures
for a realistic story bound up with a fiesta in
New Mexico." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:265 Jl '46 80w
"The bright, colorful illustrations of Laura
Bannon add much to this story of Lupe."
-f Kirkus 14:148 Mr 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by A. H. McGinity
Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 90w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46
120w
MACDUFFIE, LAURETTE. Stone in the rain.
246p $2.50 Doubleday
46-1387
A novel about intolerance in a North Carolina
town, of about 40,000 inhabitants. Luther Per-
rin, a rich, self-made man decides to add to his
riches by building up a "restricted" summer
colony. The restrictions applied to the Jews;
the Negroes already "knew their place." Dur-
ing the preliminary work Luther's son-in-law
found courage to leave his unhappy situation,
and a cowardly young salesman undertook to
act as Luther's handyman. As the result of the
latter's machinations there was a suicide and
Luther died of a stroke.
"This is a peculiarly disappointing book. It
is well written and seems to promise so much
that it is rather dismaying to discover in the
end how inconclusive it all is." Dorothy Sparks
h Book Week pll Ja 27 '46 500w
"An unpalatable tale, with unlikable and
unconvincing people against an unreal back-
ground. I found it dull reading."
— Kirkus 13:496 N 15 '45 170w
" 'The Stone in the Rain' borrows The New
Yorker's habit of understatement, but leaves
something more than the bitter after-taste of
many New Yorker stories. Because its situa-
tions are unpatterned, carefully selected and
patiently carved out, the novel is, in a narrow
sense, harshly tragic. The impression it gives
of being 'finished' comes less from any ex-
ternality in the writing than from its cold,
serious plunge into causes. The title is from
W. H. Auden's poem, 'The Orators/ which
describes the same kind of defective or par-
alyzed emotion that this author examines/'
NY Times p!6 F 8 '46 400w
"This is the author's first book. Its weak-
ness, is that of a first novel which attempts to
crowd too many elements into its scope. To
encompass what Miss McDuffle sets out to do
would have taken a much longer book, and
taxed the skill of a more expert psychologist
than she is at present. But her talent is so
considerable, her sincerity so unmistakable,
and her sympathy and humanity so warm and
vital that she is a writer well worth watch-
ing/' S. H. Hay
-{ Sat R of Lit 29:36 Mr 2 '46 750w
MCELVAIN, SAMUEL MARION. Characteriza-
tion of organic compounds. 282p $3.40 Macmil-
lan
547 Chemistry, Organic. Chemistry. Analytic
—Qualitative 45-8026
"A new laboratory manual designed to teach
good, practical procedures for the identification
of organic compounds. It is intended for use in
courses offered to seniors and postgraduate stu-
dents specializing in chemistry, but certain ele-
mentary basic procedures are reviewed in the
preliminary chapters. Sixty experiments are
described. A feature of the book is the inclu-
sion of data on the boiling points and other
properties of a considerable number of organic
compounds in order to enable the student to
spend time in the laboratory that would other-
wise have to be spent in searching the litera-
ture." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by W. C. Lothrop
Am Chem Soc J 68:157 Ja '46 330w
"Dr. McElvain has stressed the relationship
between molecular structure and the common
physical properties such as solubility, boiling
points, etc. In fact, the excellent opening
chapters dealing with this topic represent the
outstanding feature of this book/' R. T. Arnold
+ J Phys Chem 50:73 Ja '46 300w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:63 O '45
MACFADDEN, CLIFFORD HERBERT, and
others. Atlas of world affairs. 179p $5; pa
$2.50 Crowell
912 Atlases. World politics— Maps 46-7020
"As its title suggests, this is a book of maps
accompanied by an explanatory text and sup-
plementary drawings, most of which are pic-
tographs. . . 'A deliberate choice of items to be
illustrated on maps has been made. Some
items are those of the physical setting, climate,
landforms, and the like; others are historical;
illustrating changes through time; and still
others are military, Illustrating the course of
campaigns. AH have in common the objective
of demonstrating distributions basic to world
appreciation. To this world survey is added
a group of maps emphasising representative
524
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MACFADDEN, C. H.— Continued
types of problems which must be faced in the
determination of any peace solution.' " Sci-
entific Bk Club R
School & Society 64:351 N 15 '46 30w
"The maps are excellent illustrations of the
cartographer's art, and the pictographs and
other sketches are clear-cut and informative.
The text is well written and includes state-
ments of the authors' opinions as well as de-
scriptions of salient facts. All in all, the hand-
some volume may be highly recommended both
for systematic perusal and frequent reference."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Je '46 270w
Social Studies 38:44 Ja '47 330w
MACFARLAND, CHARLES STEDMAN. Pio-
neers for peace through religion; based on
the records of the Church peace union
(founded by Andrew Carnegie) 1914-1945; in-
trod. by Arthur J. Brown. 256p $2.50 Revell
172.4 Peace. Church peace union 46-3933
"A comprehensive sketch of the work of The
Church Peace Union, founded by Andrew Car-
negie, from 1914 to 1945. It tells a graphic
story of the part played throughout the world
by this organization in the field of warless
efforts at internationalism." (Churchman)
Index.
"This is a useful contribution to the history
of the development and fluctuation of peace
sentiment within the churches and of the in-
fluence of religion in developing a mind to
peace even in the midst of untoward circum-
stances which brought on two world wars."
-f Christian Century 63:807 Je 26 '46 70w
Reviewed by T. F. Opie
Churchman 160:17 Je 15 '46 60w
Commonweal 44:270 Je 28 '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 30w
"Two of the most helpful chapters are 'World
Friendship Through the Churches' and 'Best
Chances for Peace in Our Time.' For here,
as in the whole book, is found evaluation
of the peace efforts and directed thinking
about future efforts." J. z. Nichols
+ Springf'd Republican p6 8 11 '46 350w
MCFEE, WILLIAM. In the Hrst watch. 334p
$3 Random house
B or 92 Seafaring life 46-5281
Reminiscences of the author's life aboard
English and Scottish tramp ships thirty years
ago, where he served as third, second and
chief engineer.
"In the First Watch is a most engaging book,
fresh as the breeze blowing the oily smells from
the boiler room and lively as the winches when
cargo comes aboard." Ellery Sedgwick
-f- Atlantic 179:110 Ja '47 380w
Cath World 163.573 S '46 180w
Christian Science Monitor p!2 AS 3
'46 700w
"A deep dredging of memory that gives a
vivid portrayal of the worthwhile little cosmos
on a ship. For his special market."
-h Kirkus 14:93 F 15 '46 130w
"A good book for men of all ages and for
people generally." E. S. Brown
4- Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 70w
"For those who find upon that animated
desert isle which is a ship the sprout of truth
unsmothered by stronger growth, William Mc-
Fee is rewarding, and I, for one, when he
writes a second and third book of reminiscence,
hope to stand the second and the third watch
beside him." Lovell Thompson
-f N Y Times p4 Jl 14 '46 750w
"Mr. McFee has managed to create from the
creaking old ships, from his mates of long
ago, from his portrait of his own eager and
sympathetic self an autobiography that the
reader will always remember with delieht "
Harrison Smith
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 Je 29 '46 600w
Time 48:107 Jl 15 '46 280w
" 'In the First Watch* is a rewarding book,
deliberately unromantic in tone but filled with
mellow wisdom and an honest nostalgia for
days that are no more. The author wonders,
not very hopefully, whether the sailors of 1946
will be able to look back on their sea-going
days as he does on his and think of them as
having been a beautiful life." Jennings Rice
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 7 '46 800w
MCQINLEY, PHYLLIS (MRS C. L. HAYDEN).
Stones from a glass house; new poems. 169p
$2 Viking
811 46-7717
A book of light verse, the first which the au-
thor has published in five years. The poems ap-
peared originally in The New Yorker and other
periodicals.
"I find her pleasant, usually unexciting read-
ing. Sometimes she is more than pleasant. In
her bitter-brief 'Funeral' and 'L»ady Selecting
Her Christmas Cards.' Miss McGinley recalls
Hardy's satires of circumstances. Not infre-
quently, she writes couplets and quatrains that
are as quotable as Dorothy Parker's or Ogden
Nash's." H. C. Webster
+ Book Week pll O 27 '46 240w
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46
"There's irony and not a little wisdom
throughout — the whole is a neat-handed selec-
tion of McGinley 's macrocosm."
-f Kirkus 14:380 Ag 1 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
MCGRATH, MRS BETHEL J. Nursing in com-
merce and industry [prepared] for the Na-
tional organization for public health nursing.
35 6p il $3 Commonwealth fund
331.822 Nurses and nursing, Industrial
SG46-141
"Designed for the nurse in industry and busi-
ness, but helpful for the company executive
sponsoring the health service in his organiza-
tion. It is a working guide, based on experi-
ence, of the responsibilities of the industrial
nurse in her brood duties as nurse and as aide
in maintaining morale. It describes also insur-
ance benefits, workmen's compensations, re-
habilitation and adjustments for the handi-
capped worker. Illustrated." (Library J) Index.
"The book is recommended particularly for
those nurses interested in an industrial career,
and for those women now in industrial nursing
who have not realized the rich potentialities,
fascinations, and rewards of the full health
program now being executed in modern in-
dustry " J. S. Felton
-f Am J Pub Health 36:1175 O '46 400w
Reviewed by J. J. Williams
Am J Soc 52:170 S '46 360w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 80w
"Although addressed primarily to the nurse
in industry or business, this book is a most
informative guide to the company executive
who wishes to launch a new health service or
to improve the efficiency of an existing one."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:144 Je '46 200w
MACGREGOR, GORDON. Warriors without
weapons: a study of the society and personal-
ity development of the Pine Ridge Sioux; with
the collaboration of Royal B. H ass rick and
William B. Henry. 228p il $3.75 Univ. of Chi-
cago press
970.3 Dakota Indians A46-646
"The second of five integratlve studies of In-
dian personality produced as part of the Indian
Education Research Project, which was under-
taken Jointly by the Committee on Human De-
velopment of the University of Chicago and
the United States Office of Indian Affairs."
(In trod) The book describes Sioux Society, both
historical and economic, and how the Sioux
child grows up, and gives ten case histories. It
also contains plans for working out programs
for greater social welfare. Bibliography. Index.
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Reviewed by A. I Hallowell
Ann Am Acad 247:209 S '46 650w
"The detailed accounts of such Sioux children
as Red Bird Wolf. Charlie Charging Bull, Pris-
cilla Judson and Ginny Reynard make fascinat-
ing reading. " J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 F 10 '46 90w
Booklist 42:211 Mr 1 '46
Reviewed by E. G. Eastman
N Y Times p28 My 12 '46 3GOw
Reviewed by E. G. Burrows
Sat ,R of Lit 29:37 Je 8 '46 1300w
School A Society 63:103 F 9 '46 40w
"While this study may seem remote to the
enormous problems of our post-war world, it
is of definite value not only for the people in-
volved, but as a guide for the study and treat-
ment of many other minorities."
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Mr '46 420w
Reviewed by E. G. Eastman
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 550w
Reviewed by Paul Radln
Weekly Book Review p25 O 13 '46
450w
MACINNES, HELEN (MRS GILBERT HIGH.
ET). Horizon. 213p $2 Little [7s 6d Harrap]
46-3853
"[Peter Lennox] is a prisoner of war in
north Italy when Italy surrenders, and he has
then to relinquish plans for escape in order
to serve as a liaison agent in the Tyrol. For
a long spell of inactivity there could be hardly
a pleasanter setting than the Tyrol. . . Life
in the mountains is not, however, really so
uneventful. Aircraft may crash, but the Ger-
mans find no survivors: they have been smug-
gled away by the paths poor Lennox is for-
bidden to take. And one day two more airmen
turned up at the chalet. They are watched, at-
tentatively appraised, and then, at a nod from
Lennox, sent non-committally away as agents-
provocateurs; it is the first time he has felt
himself useful. From this point not even he
can find his story dull." Times [London] Lit
Sup
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 250w
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7'13 N '46
"The suspense and excitement, the unfolding
of Lennox's character, the staunchness of the
Tyrolese, their customs and way of living,
above all the effect of the landscape on the
inhabitants and on the stranger in their midst,
make this something more than just another
story about the war or another adventure novel.
Like the Alps, it has elevation." W. K. R.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 5 '46
400w
"A slight tale, but a sure touch".
Kirkus 14:135 My 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 N 2 '45 60w
"At times, 'Horizon' shows signs of life — and
then nose-dives into vagueness again as the
novelist struggles with frustrations too heavy
to handle. Dramatized in exterior terms, it
might have done well as a short story. As a
scamped novel, that locks itself deliberately in
the brain of a dull young man, it is worse than
disappointing." James MacBride
— NY Times p22 My 26 '46 380w
Reviewed by L. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
70W
"It is a credible and occasionally vivid story,
of the kind that loses something after its
-background of events is no longer current.
It is preoccupied with escape, with the next
move in strategy and the imminent stuttering
of machine guns. In it there is an absence of
reflection, and one feels less interest in people
than in the circumstances that inclose them.
'Horizon' ad^ds one more account of men in
plight and peril, but nothing to the literature
of war." Walter Havighurst
H Sat R of Lit 29:38 Je 1 '46 430w
Reviewed by John Hampson
Soec 175:472 N 16 '45 180w
"The book is written with constraint and
deep feeling, a book of emotions and atmos-
phere rather than of action." M. M. Dickey
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
330w
"Miss Maclnnes manages the adventure with
great skill. Nothing is lacking, and nothing
is forced or improbable. Miss Maclnnes is
fully conscious of her powers, and she at-
tempts nothing beyond them. What she does
attempt she carries off very well indeed."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p521 N 3 '45
360w
, "In 'Horizon/ her new novel, Helen Maclnnes
again has written a story about Allied under-
ground support during the war. This time her
scene is laid in the South Tyrol. Compared to
her former books, the plot material is slight,
but the work is well worth reading for the
excellent description of Tyrolean scene and
character." Rose Feld
H Weekly Book Review plO My 26 '46
500w
MCINTIRE, ROSS T. White House physician
[written] in collaboration with George Creel.
244p $3 Putnam
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 46-7774
"Personal physician to Franklin D. Roosevelt
for twelve years, Admiral Mclntire came upon
the scene some ten years after FDR's affliction.
Here he recounts 'a chronicle of courage and
gallantry that may well be of value in these
dreary times.' Admittedly no politician, grant-
ing that his judgment may be warped by devo-
tion, the author nevertheless offers interpreta-
tions of most of Mr. Roosevelt's plans and
actions according to the physical, spiritual and
mental vigor of his famous patient." Library
J
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p27 N 10 '46 180w
Booklist 43:169 F 1 '47
"Altogether, it is a clinical picture. But
through it, the personal triumph of Franklin
D. Roosevelt over severe affliction shines, and
to this fact the historians of the future will
undoubtedly give the most respectful atten-
tion." E. D. C.
-f- Christian Science Monitor pl6 N 8 '46
700w
"Recommended to round out Rooseveltiana."
H. S. Taylor
-f Library J 71:1462 O 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesmger, Jr.
Nation 164:105 Ja 25 '47 450w
"In the expanding literature on the life and
times of Franklin D. Roosevelt — a field that
seems already somewhat congested by too
much too soon — this slender, reverent and un-
pretentious contribution by Vice Admiral Ross
T. Mclntire has much that is solid and in-
formative to recommend it. It unlocks the one
aspect of the late President's life that was
assiduously guarded from public inspection,
his infirmity from poliomyelitis. This is im-
portant not so much because it satisfies the
morbid and the simply curious, but because it
sheds new light on the character of the
greatest single figure of these times — a light
that not only re -emphasizes his great courage
and humanity, but also one that helps interpret
his drives and motivations." Cabell Phillips
-f N Y Times p!8 N 24 '46 650w
"There will be other books which will be
more valuable in throwing light on the prob-
lems which Roosevelt faced. But this will cer-
tainly be one of the most essential books to
all those who undertake to understand Roose-
velt the man. As friend as well as physician.
Dr. Mclntire has told his story with both
warmth and clarity. He has written from affec-
tion for history." Jonathan Daniels
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 D 21 '46 800w
"Dr. Mclntire's memoirs of these years Is
fiercely protective of his patient, generally
devoid of spectacular revelations and gossip/'
-f Time 48:114 N 4 '46 700w
"Aside from the medical aspect of it, this is
an exceptionally fine book on Roosevelt the
man. In putting it together Dr. Mclntire had
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MCINTIRE, R. T.~ Continued
the expert assistance of George Creel, which
means that it is well written; the terse,
nervous, lucid English that makes it easy read-
ing no doubt is Creel's, but the ideas un-
questionably are Mclntire's own. For one
thing, who but a doctor would dismiss the New
Deal, social security, collective bargaining, the
Atlantic Charter, the victories over Germany
and Japan and the establishment of the United
Nations, to say that Roosevelt's real monu-
ment is what he did at Warm Springs to carry
forward the flght against infantile paralysis?
Yet in any study of the man rather than the
statesman, that must loom large." G. W.
Johnson
-f Weekly Book Review p5 N 10 '46 900w
MACIVER, ROBERT MORRISON, ed. Civiliza-
tion and group relationships; a series of ad-
dresses and discussions. (Institute for re-
ligious studies. Religion and civilization ser)
177p J2 Harper
323.1 Minorities. U.S.— Civilization. U.S.—
Race question 46-332
"The Institute for Religious Studies has been
carrying forward in various ways its deep in-
terest in the challenge to unity and brotherhood
raised by the prejudice and discrimination that
separate group from group. This volume con-
tains the addresses delivered in the second
course devoted to the subject under its auspices.
They are presented in their original form. . .
We are concerned here not with the particular
problem of any one group but with the problem
of America, or rather with a world -wide prob-
lem that has a peculiar meaning for our de-
mocracy and is becoming continually more in-
sistent among us. The leaders in every field of
thought and of action are acutely aware of its
magnitude and of its urgency. In this volume
a number of them throw light on it from various
angles, each approaching it from the viewpoint
of hia special competence." (Pref) Index.
Reviewed by J. S. Roucek
Am Soc R 11:762 D '46 300w
Bookmark 7:5 My '46
"This is one of the most important books
published in a long time. It is a symposium of
the addresses delivered at the second course
of the Institute for Religious Studies held at
the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
in New York City. Its twelve contributors rep-
resent the best scholarship of Catholics, Jews,
and Protestants, focused upon the grave threat
and increasing fact of discrimination of group
against group within America and the world.0
a L. Willard
4- Churchman 160:17 Ap 1 '46 240w
"This book should make a contribution to
the reader's understanding of the basic causes
underlying prejudice and discrimination. It
should also provide a rich source of sugges-
tions as to practical ways by which individuals
and groups can aid in the solution of the
problem created by discrimination. The value
of the book is enhanced by the carefully rea-
soned, well-documented presentation of the
contributors. While it cannot be said that
this volume is easy reading, it is an intelligent
analysis of one of the major problems con-
fronting us, and it does contain a carefully
reasoned approach to the solution of that prob-
lem. It is the type of book that should prove
enlightening and stimulating to the thoughtful
Christian leader." J. W. Thomas
4- Crozer Q 23:200 Ap '46 lOOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by R. L. Duffus
N Y Times p4 D 16 '46 950w
School & Society 62:391 D 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickrnan
School A Society 64:68 Jl 27 '46 540w
"As a collection of after-luncheon speeches
the book has both the advantages and disad-
vantages of the type. Clear, brief, and easy
to follow, the addresses repeat much that is
obvious and commonplace. Perhaps the book's
defense is that the obvious needs to be re-
peated wherever and whenever possible. . .
The volume will be of value to teacher* if it
will stimulate them to think about any par*
ticular interracial problem in a large, complex
setting of group relationships." R. W. Edgar
-) Social Educ 10:186 Ap '46 GOOw
Reviewed by E. R. Clinchy
Survey 82:274 O '46 GOOw
MACKAY, MRS MARGARET (MACKPRANQ).
Great lady. 41 Op $3 Day
46-4756
The great lady was Mrs Dale, daughter of a
famous Sinologue, and widow of a British
diplomat. Starting with a large reception in
her Chinese home in December 1941, the story
then goes back to cover the days of her youth
in China and her experiences during the Boxer
rebellion. Then, with the new war's begin-
ning, Mrs Dale and her granddaughter, with
other internationalists, make good their escape
into Free China.
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 27 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf plG Jl '46
"Long, but essentially light, reading."
-f Kirkus 14:156 Ap 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by R. E. Pitts
N Y Times plO Je 23 '46 700w
"Not an unusual novel or one that pretends
to significance, philosophic, political, social, or
any of the other possibilities, 'Great Lady' is
a very readable story built around an attrac-
tive and well developed protagonist, and
peopled with a score of believable lesser char-
acters." J. P. Wood
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:10 Jl 13 '46 700w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 350w
"By confining the novel to two periods of
danger and violence, Mrs. Mackay has given
her story a great deal of excitement and ten-
sion. The major portion of the narrative is a
tale of adventure, and as such it rarely lets
the reader down, even if he knows the details
of the Boxer Siege and is convinced, in the
second half, that Mrs. Dale and her grand-
daughter, despite checks and accidents, will
make good their escape." J. J. Kspey
H- Weekly Book Review plO Je 16 '46
750w
MACKAY, MRS RUTH. Just like me; pictures
by Pelagie Doane, [28p] 50c Abingdon-Cokes-
bury
Short sentences and colored pictures show
the similarity in activities between little ani-
mals, like the kitten and the rabbit, and a
small person. "The kitten drinks her milk
all up— just like me!"
Kirkus 14:344 Ag 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by Margaret Miller
Library J 71:1467 O 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 S 15 '46 140w
Wis Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
MCKELVEY, BLAKE. Rochester: the water-
power city, 1812-1854. 383p il maps |4 Har-
vard univ. press [17s Oxford]
974.789 Rochester. New York A45-4785
"The task of the scholarly historian in writ-
ing municipal history is a difficult one. He
must first satisfy local groups. . . Then, if his
work is to have more than local and anti-
quarian value and interest, the historian must
place the story of his city in its broader re-
gional and even national setting and ahow the
interplay between local and larger forces and
the effect of one upon the other. . . Dr. Mc-
Kelvey has been, in the main, successful in
giving proper heed to these two sometime!
conflicting aims. His history of Rochester from
1812 to 1854 has its share of 'firsts/ and due
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attention IB paid to those early residents who
contributed their efforts to building the new
community on the banks of the Genesee River.
But he also accords proper emphasis to the
geographic factors in the development of Roch-
ester." Am Hist R
"Dr. McKelvey has obviously done a thor-
ough job of research. The copious footnotes
reveal the investigation of a wide variety of
sources, of which the most important are let-
ters, diaries, and others manuscripts, local
newspapers, city government publications, and
numerous studies published by the Rochester
Historical Society. Illustrations, including early
maps of the region, pictures of the town in
its younger days, and portraits of the early
citizens add to the attractiveness of a well-
edited and well- printed book." Dorothy Gulp
-f Am Hist R 61:515 Ap '46 550w
Am J Soc 52:380 Ja '47 lOw
Reviewed by C. H. J. Snider
Canadian Hist R 27:66 Mr '46 160w
Reviewed by R. H. Brown
Qeog R 37:170 Ja '47 390w
"For reference purposes as a sort of en-
cyclopedia of the Rochester of the period
covered, the book should be very useful. As
the story of an interesting American city,
to be read for the sake of reading, it is
disappointing. Warmth and color seem to have
been sacrificed to fullness and accuracy of
detail."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:121 Je '46 160w
MACKENZIE, COMPTON. Again to the North
[Eng title: North wind of love, v 2]. 302p $2.75
Dodd [10s 6d Chatto]
46-2009
" 'Again to the North* concludes 'The Pour
Winds of Love,' in which through six novels
and nearly 2,700 pages Compton Mackenzie has
followed the life of John Ogilvie. The flrst vol-
ume, published in 1937, opened with the turn
of the century, when John was a school boy of
seventeen; this last, bringing the saga to the
spring of 1937 finds him well into the fifties,"
Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Claire Armstrong
Cath World 163:182 My '46 360w
"My main objection in the case of 'The
Four Winds of Love' is not so much to
subject-matter as to manner, and it is the
same old manner. In the flrst place, the
Mackenzian circumference is that of nice, rich
people, and there are no greater bores in fiction
than nice, rich people when taken as seriously
as Mr. Mackenzie takes them. In the second
place, that rich, overripe, Keatsian vocabu-
lary . . . has worn terribly thin with the years,
and even occasionally rancid." Cuthbert Wright
— Commonweal 44:267 Je 28 '46 650w
"Of limited appeal and seems dated. The
interest would be in the author and period."
H. A. Wooster
Library J 71:181 F 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 27 '45
300w
"Mr. MacKenzie has written some thirty-
five novels, and in this case practice does not
seem to make perfect." Elliott Merrick
N Y Times p!2 Mr 24 '46 180w
"On the whole, aimless and tedious going,
but those who have followed Mr. Mackenzie's
boxing of the compass this far will probably
enjoy seeing him through to the end."
New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 lOOw
, "There is something rather dismaying about
the word 'saga' as applied to a piece of fiction
which deals with the lives and fortunes of
twentieth- century people. . . The 'Four Winds
of Love/ having blown themselves through five
successful books, end up in a fiat calm. For
I cannot help thinking that 'Again to the
North' is a somewhat unnecessary book. . .
It is because I have a great respect for [Mr
MacKenzie] that I rather wish he had not
written this book. After all, there is some dif-
ference between resting on one's laurels and
sitting on them." George Dangerfleld
Sat R of Lit 29:20 Mr 16 '46 650w
Times [London] Lit Sup p!86 Ap 21
•45 550w
"For a just 'verdict,' as the author called it
in his initial preface, on the whole work which
has engaged his efforts for the last dozen
years, one should go back to the beginning and
give 'The Four Winds' the continuous read-
ing that the disrupted process of publication
has made impossible up to this point. Even
without giving it that due, the spaciousness,
variety and unity of his accomplishment are
impressive. This is not a work into which one
can dip lightly. Mr. Mackenzie had something
to say, and for its full appreciation one should
follow the telling throughout its development.
'The Four Winds' demands shelf-room, time
and attention." Mary Ross
Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 3 '46
800w
MACKENZIE, DEWITT. Men without guns.
47p pi $5 Blakiston
940.547573 U.S. Army. Medical department.
World war, 1939-1945— Medical and sanitary
affairs 46-124
One hundred and eighteen color reproductions
representing the work of twelve artists attached
to the Medical corps during the war, with de-
scriptive text. It shows the work of the medi-
cal corps on all fronts, from front-line first-aid
stations to reconditioning centers.
"The book, which is very well printed, is a
fascinating review of the dangerous, heroic
work of the medical officer and soldier. It
should be of interest not only to medical vet-
erans of the World War, but to doctors, nurses,
and veterans generally." J. A. Tobey
-f Am J Pub Health 36:407 Ap '46 ISOw
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 177:154 Ap '46 800w
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!6 F 17 '46 300w
Booklist 42:182 F 1 '46
Reviewed by B. L. Keyes
-f- Commonweal 43:362 Ja 18 '46 350w
"Tucked away in the text are some inter-
esting facts. . . But nowhere is there the hor-
rible color and drama of war as it was re-
ported in words during and after the conflict.
There is no first impression of the beaches, the
hospitals, the compelling urgency of wounded
laid out waiting their turn for operations, the
acrid fumes of the disposal fires, the rows and
rows of stiff bodies wrapped in sheets and
shrouds. In this book the pictures are really
the story. They tell it well/' Don Dresden
4- N Y Times plO F 17 '46 450w
"The text, by DeWitt Mackenzie, which
quotes liberally from first-hand reports by
the artists, adds considerably to the book."
4- New Yorker 21:100 F 9 '46 80w
Sprfngf'd Republican p6 Mr 5 '46 340w
"At the moment, when the war seems to
have been forgotten in a thousand dissensions,
it would be a fine thing if every American
gave sober consideration to the text and pic-
tures of 'Men Without Guns.' Among the
innumerable books dealing with World War II
it stands alone, a ghastly, terrifying work and
a monument to the men and women recruited
to bind up the wounds of boys unlucky in
battle." Thomas Craven
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 F 10 '46 850w
MCKEOGH, MICHAEL JAMES, and LOCK-
RIDGE, RICHARD. Sgt. Mickey and Gen-
eral Ike. 185p $2 Putnam
940.548173 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American. Eisenhower. Dwight
David 46-4076
Describes the war and General Eisenhower
as both looked to the young New Yorker who
was the general's orderly from prewar days at
Fort Houston to the end of the fighting in
Europe,
"There is little that is controversial in
Mickey's book and the only villains, unlike
those of Ralph Ingersoll's shocker, are the
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enemy fliers who piloted bombers over North
Africa and London. Everyone else seems to be
characterized by Mickey either as 'a great
soldier' or 'a nice man.' " Herman Kogan
Book Week p!4 My 19 '46 310w
"A nice naivete, (deliberately) ingenuous in-
terpretation of a great man as he seemed to
lesser folk, whose admiration is certainly
catching, warming."
-f Kirkus 14:143 Mr 15 '46 170w
"We are told that the book sounds like
Mickey talking, but the talk is dull. Will not
be needed by many libraries." Q. D. McDonald
Library J 71:755 My 15 '46 130w
"This cheerful little book is filled with anec-
dotal material. . . The fact that many of Mr.
Lockridge's paragraphs are repetitious and
there are cloying references to the General —
such as calling him 'a Clark Gable in his
summer uniform' — should not deter Eisen-
hower's fans. For the book contains minutiae
that only Sergeant Mickey could observe."
Herbert Mitgang
N Y Times p!2 Ag 4 '46 410w
"A fine story it is. Former naval Lieutenant
Richard Lockridge wrote the story for Mickey,
and the writing is as plain, simple and sin-
cere as the problems it deals with." Paul
Grindle
4- Weekly Book Review p28 My 19 '46
750w
MACKEY, JOSEPH. Froth estate. 236p $2.50
Prentice -Hall
B or 92 Journalists — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. 46-3253
Stories and random jottings by the "nut edi-
tor" of the New York Sun. They include stories
of celebrities, ghost chases, animals, and har-
ried representatives of the press.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p2 Ap 28 '46 360w
Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 130w
"Though entertaining enough, 'The Froth
Estate' does not generally measure up to the
humor field's very best in polish and verbal
economy, nor to H Allen Smith of 'Low Man
on the Totem Pole' in imaginative zaniness
Nevertheless, it is more refreshing, and perhaps
more genuine, than the pontifical tomes of
more celebrated Journalists." Murray Schu-
mach
^ NY Times p!7 Jl 14 '46 300w
"Coming in the wake of the best -selling H.
Allen Smith and Earl Wilson books of the
same type, this one is slightly anttclimactic.
Too often. Mr Mackey's stories fizzle out with
a punch line that doesn't quite come off. But
his book still makes bright and frequently very
funny reading. The author has a breezy way
with the English language and a vast fund of
zany experiences from which to draw." N. S.
Kazin
_j_ __ springf'd Republican p6 Je 1 '46 270w
Weekly Book Review pl4 My 5 '46 200 w
MCKINLEY, CHARLES. Harriett; with pic-
tures by William Pene Du Bois. 44p $2 Viking
46-2803
Delightful nonsense story about a London de-
livery horse who liked pretty hats. Part of
Harriett's adventures take place in London,
part of them in the country, where Harriett
and her hat go to live.
Book Week p21 Je 2 '46 300w
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
"For this fresh and original nonsense story
about a horse who admired hats, wanted one
and got it, William Pene du Bois has pro-
duced a delightful accompaniment of pictures,
imaginatively conceived, beautifully executed
and exactly right for the absurd tale." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:207 My '46 80w
Reviewed by A. C. Moore
Horn Bk 22:216 My '46 150w
"There's a general air of quaintness, overlaid
with a vague and very English mist of charm.
But the William Pene duBois illustrations will
take it over some hurdles."
h Kirkus 14:35 Ja 15 '46 90w
"Has charm and style." K, H. McAlarney
-f Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 llOw
" 'Harriett' is in true nonsense vein, told
with a straight face, in mischievous text and
drawings. . . Boys and girls from 9 on re-
spond with delight to the sheer fun of story
and drawings, and their elders, too, find Har-
riett a lasting joy." A. T. Eaton
-f N Y Times p!4 Mr 24 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by K S. White
New Yorker 22:138 D 7 '46 90w
"Harriet's book, in design, printing, type,
and illustration is a joy to the eye. Something
should be done to celebrate the return of its
illustrator to the field of children's books. Like
Harriet's birthday party, it is a Joyful occa-
sion." M. G. IX
-f Sat R of Lit 29:53 Ap 20 '46 300w
"William Pene du Bois has created fresh,
free illustrations for all these happenings. His
sure line, his spirited style, bear testimony to
his own enjoyment of this spring absurdity.
He evokes the quality of London shops and
streets, and delineates the very ecstasy of joy
when Harriett, hatted, takes off at a gallop;
and the high mystery of moonlit midnight is
also made visible. A book for spring read-
ing, calculated to produce general light-
heartedness." F. C. Sayers
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 24 '46
320w
MCKINLEY, SILAS BENT, and BENT, SILAS.
Old rough and ready; the life and times of
Zachary Taylor. 329p $3 Vanguard
B or 92 Taylor, Zachary 46-4715
Biography of Zachary Taylor, covering his
early years, his years as a soldier in the In-
dian wars and the Mexican war, and his six-
teen months as president of the United States.
Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p5 Jl 21 '46 500w
Booklist 42:364 Jl 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl6 Jl 18
'46 330w
"This biography is competent though it de-
votes too little space to the man himself and
possesses a style something less than invit-
ing. . . Best complete biography we have at
present, though when the second volume of
Holman Hamilton's work appears, his will
undoubtedly be the definitive biography. Rec-
ommended for college and public libraries."
G. W. Wakefleld
-f Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by W. B. Hamilton
N Y Times p27 Ji 14 '46 700w
New Yorker 22:79 Je 29 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 S 8 '46
lOOw
"Messrs. McKinley's and Bent's biography is
competent, scholarly, and dull. Perhaps they
stuck too closely to the career of their subject
instead of letting their gaze wander to the
fascinating world about him. For it is an
almost impossible task for anyone to make
fascinating the career of a Zachary Taylor."
Ron Schiller
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:19 Jl 27 '46 1400w
Reviewed by Bob Price
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
210w
"The volume is well written but has more
than its share of factual errors. Some of the
interpretations are a bit old-fashioned, but
they do not seriously impair the refreshing
picture of an honest, earnest man of ordinary
ability who did his best to give his nation a
fair and decent administration." Avery Craven
H Weekly Book Review p5 Je 30 '46 1250w
Wls LID Bui 42:131 O '46
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MACKINNEY, LOREN CAREY, and others,
eds. A state university surveys the hu-
manities. 262p $4 Univ. of N.C. press
378 Humanities. North Carolina. Univer-
sity. Colleges and universities — U.S.
45-37385
"No educational question is now more to
the front than the place of the humanities and
their relation to other disciplines, to technical
and professional training, and to the public
welfare generally. In this well organized sym-
posium, about twenty members of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina faculty survey va-
rious aspects of all these problems, not nar-
rowly with reference to the particular prob-
lems of their own institution, though that is
not neglected, but with a broad view of the
modern world's conditions and needs." Chris-
tian Century
Reviewed by J. K Pomfret
Ann Am Acad 21G-168 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 3 '46 180w
Reviewed by J. H Fichter
Cath World 162:475 F '46 550w
4- Christian Century 63:19 Ja 2 '46 80w
Current Hist 10:59 Ja '46 40w
"For the most part, the authors are modest
and reasonable in pointing out the humanistic
values of their subjects, though the essay on
mathematics and the physical sciences is un-
fortunately exaggerated in this respect, as well
as in style. More than one skeptical eyebrow
will be raised upon reading the statement, in
the chapter on 'Business/ that 'Business or
economic processes are themselves opening the
paths by which the Christian Humanist prin-
ciple and democratic ideal can penetrate its
area.' . . Members of the philosophical profes-
sion will flnd much in the book to interest
them." Marten ten Hoor
4. __ j Philos 43:275 My 9 '46 750w
Reviewed by W. G. Rice
Library Q 16:168 Ap '46 1950w
"Those who already know something of the
unusual record of the University of North Car-
olina— surely one of the two or three best state
universities in the country — will not be sur-
prised at the fact that Wallace E. Caldwell's
survey of the humanities at Chapel Hill be-
tween 1795 and 1945 is the most impressive of
the seventeen essays in this collection. . .
Since the survey is placed at the beginning
of the book, the other sixteen essays, con-
tributed by representatives of all the main
fields of knowledge, form a somewhat rhapso-
dic— and lengthy — anticlimax. . . There is one
essay in the book, however, which is not part
of the anti-climax. This is a remarkable piece
of nearly sixty pages by Norman Foerster
entitled 'The Future of the Humanities in State
Universities.' " Eric Bentley
H Sat R of Lit 29:17 Ja 19 '46 800w
School & Society 62:360 D 1 '45 60w
"I do indeed congratulate the University of
North Carolina on sticking to the world of
the mind in place of putting up another build-
ing or financing class reunions. Nor do I deny
that many of these essays have thoughtful
things to say. . . [But] it just doesn't add up
to anything. There is one essay in the collec-
tion that does make sense— explosive sense.
It is Gerald Johnson's essay on 'The Human-
ities and the Common Man.' . . A state univer-
sity has, indeed, surveyed the humanities. But
it has not faced squarely its own dilemma as a
tax-supported institution." H. M. Jones
Social Forces 24:357 Mr '46 700w
"Such stories should whizz along, but Mr.
MacKinnon never manages to get into top
gear. Still there is a pleasant whiff of Edgar
Wallace about the finale " Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 31:31 Ja 12
'46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 180w
"Hard to beat!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by John Hampson
Spec 175:630 D 28 '45 HOw
"A first mystery, this struck us as a flnd
for general competence and likeable qualities
to boot, including a touch of fun." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p22 F 24 '46 HOw
MCMAHON, AMOS PHILIP. Preface to an
American philosophy of art. 194p $2.50 Univ.
of Chicago press
701 Art — Philosophy. Art, American. Es-
thetics—History A45-4157
"The book is a synoptical review of the
various esthetic philosophies that have be-
deviled artists and confounded laymen since
the days of the old Greek hemlock-drinkers,
with special emphasis on the romantic idealists
of Germany, a few recommendations to Ameri-
cans, and a short chapter on Hitler, who is
accepted as an artist — a German type and an
evil type naturally." Weekly Book Review
"There are some interesting, if oversimpli-
fied and distorted, historical analyses of the
concepts of 'art' and 'aesthetics' in this book.
There are also parts of the author's own theory
which are sound enough so far as they go,
although quite unoriginal and commonplace. But
the positive merits of the book have little
chance in so chauvinistic a context." H. D. A.
h J Philos 43:328 Je 6 '46 1350w
"This is a distressing book. . . Xenophobia
might explain the tendentious obtuseness with
which Professor McMahon seeks to reduce the
whole basis of aesthetic thought from
Descartes to the present century to a series of
gross fallacies. The Western tradition of art
philosophy has committed many errors, and I
hold no brief for idealism, but it did greatly
advance and clarify the subject. To deny these
achievements and call for a return to Aristotle
is obscurantism." Clement Greenberg
— Nation 162:377 Mr 30 '46 HOOw
"This book carries into the field of art the
tendency of certain scholastic minds to burrow
into the deposits of antiquity in search of a
program for educational guidance. From the
title of the book, one might reasonably expect
to find in the contents an inquiry into the
nature of American life and thought, and more
important, an examination of the character-
istics and attainments of those responsible for
our art, the practitioners themselves. But
incredible as it may seem, there are no refer-
ences of any kind to the needs and requirements
of the American people; nor is there a single
reference to an American artist, living or dead,
nor to any artist whatsoever except two or
throe Renaissance figures who happened to put
their theories in writing. Such reasoning is
comparable to the curious mental processes of
the abstract, or non-objective artists, who at-
tempt to convey the beauty and power of the
human body in paintings, or patterns, having
no discoverable connection with the human
body or with any viable organism." Thomas
Craven
Weekly Book Review pl2 Ja 6 '46 HOOw
MACKINNON, ALLAN. Money on the black
[Eng title: Nine days murder]. 283p $2
Doubleday [8s 6d Collins]
[46-2019]
Detective story.
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 13:649 D 16 '46 80w
New Repub 114:422 Mr 25 '46 60w
M ACM AN US, M. J. Eamon de Valera. 310p $3
Ziff-Davis [8s 6d Gollancz]
B or 92 De Valera, Bamonn [44-7808]
"This biography is the work of an able Jour-
nalist, who, for twelve years has been one of
the editors of de Valera's own newspaper. The
Irish Press, and it is passionately on the side
of its hero. Mr. McManus is convinced that
in all the violent controversies •which have
raged in and concerning Ireland since the
Easter week revolt in 1916, Dev has been
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and those who opposed him wrong." N Y
Times
"A careful study, extending over thirty years,
of the man against the background of his
times. The book is perhaps a little too discur-
sive for Irish readers, but this may be an ad-
vantage for others." R. M. P.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 17 '44
500w
"Necessarily a political biography, this lacks
the personal detail that would make it of gen-
eral interest. It is largely a book for men."
Kirkus 14:476 S 15 '46 220w
"Quite the best life of de Valera that has
yet appeared. Well -written and fascinating
biography. . . Recommended for a place along-
side must books on Ireland." M. H. Zipprich
-f Library J 71:1462 O 15 f46 lOOw
"This concise but detailed biography by a
gifted Irishman of letters is far the most in-
structive book that has yet been written about
Mr. De Valera, and provides a much more ade-
quate account of him than can be obtained
from any one of the many works devoted to
the last thirty years of Irish and Anglo-Irish
history." Frank Pakenham
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 N 22 '44 390w
Reviewed by Frank Pakenham
New Statesman & Nation 28:407 D 16
'44 600w
Reviewed by Richard Watts
N Y Times p6 O 27 '46 HOOw
"The book is limited by being written not
only without the help but without the knowl-
edge of Mr. de Valera. . . Within these limita-
tions it is a performance worthy of one of the
most brilliant of Ireland's Journalists." J. M.
Minifle
Sat R of Lit 29:60 D 7 '46 1050w
"Mr. MacManus adds nothing to our knowl-
edge, of his subject. He corrects the spelling
of the Christian name of Mr. de Valera' s
father . . . and he refuses sanction to the first
biographer, Mr. David Dwane's, hysterical ac-
count of the Taoiseach's ancestry. . . That is
the entire of Mr. MacManus's information. The
rest of the book is stale and adulatory, and
it leaves Mr. Sean O'Faolain's biography still
the best book that Mr. de Valera has yet
provoked." St. John Ervine
— - Spec 178:388 O 27 '44 800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p2 Ja 6 '45
240w
"A preference for rhetoric over facts is the
major weakness of what is otherwise an in-
teresting— if frankly partisan — biography." H.
W. Baehr
-J Weekly Book Review p40 D I '46 800w
MCMASTER, VERNON. The church's way;
with a foreword by Henry St George Tucker.
94p $1 Fell
46-2851
In story form describes the teachings and
customs of the Protestant Episcopal church.
"The aim is to help people to feel at home in
an Episcopal church, and the presiding bishop
commends it as well suited to that purpose."
-f Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '46 140w
"Though the book is about the Episcopal
church and was written primarily for workers
in religious education in this denomination, it
has much of 'general value and interest to all
church people; and the informal 'storybook'
style is so readable that one can run through
the approximately 100 pages in one sitting and
know it to be time well spent." D. J. Camp-
bell
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 2 '46 240W
MCMEEKIN, MRS ISABEL (MCLENNAN).
Louisville, the gateway city. (Cities of Amer-
ica biographies) 279p 11 $3 Messner
976.9441 Louisville. Kentucky 46-5240
" 'Our Town' from its earliest settling to the
present day, which, for love and affection and
pride, reads like a family album. Through a
flctionization of details, based on historical
fact, the story of the original pioneers who
insisted on joining a military venture, headed
by George Rogers Clark, is told with full color
and costume. . . Social, economic, political,
family, domestic, educational, literary and ar-
tistic worlds in generous exploration, this has
a wide range of specialties besides — cooking,
horse racing, outstanding native sons, family
records — and contributes a full length story of
the city." Kirkus
"Mrs. McMeekln has added to study of old
newspapers the reading of books, diaries and
letters and the collection of the traditional sto-
ries and reminiscences of many old Louisville
families, including her own. She has not quite
mastered the resulting wealth of detail. The
earlier chapters portray the new settlement
clearly and pleasingly; but as the city grows
and its story becomes correspondingly more
complex and many-sided, selection and organ-
ization falter and fail altogether." J. T. Fred-
erick
Book Week p2 Ag 11 '46 450w
Reviewed by M. W. Bayley
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ag 29 '46
460w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
•f Kirkus 14:166 Ap 1 '46 190w
"Mrs. McMeekin's book is obviously a labor
of love. It will be welcomed by individuals who
share the love and by libraries that stand in
need of the labor. It is compiled with an
'energetic pencil/ and does not scintillate. But
it does seem to be inclusive." Thelma Brackett
-f- Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 80w
"The book is lively only in brief narrative
passages, which leads one to the conclusion
that the author should never have strayed
from Clark McMeekin and light fiction. This
reviewer is, however, grateful to her for certain
information which a less deep-grained Louis-
villian might have neglected." Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 15 '46
300w
"If the book is superficial, the surface it
presents is as gay and varied as can be. It
has been said earlier that Mrs. McMeekin is
like a hostess to her characters; she is also
hostess to her readers, anxious that they shall
see all the beauty and none of the ugliness
during their stay, that they shall talk to
everybody worth knowing, that they shall have
a delightful and somewhat breathless time.
She will take you on a visit to a city which
not only Louisvillians, but all its visitors,
declare to be one of the most charming in
America.'" Basil Davenport
-f Sat R of Lit 29:91 D 7 '46 lOOOw
"Isabel McMeekin's ancestors were among
the founders and early settlers of Louisville,
while her husband is racing executive at
Churchill Downs. She is admirably fitted to
present the past and present of her beloved
city of which she writes with appreciation and
even great detail, without any critical appraisal
whatsoever." Lorine Pruette
-\ Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 21 '46 800w
MCMILLAN, GEORGE. Uncommon valor: Ma-
rine divisions in action. See Uncommon valor
MCMILLEN, WAYNE. Community organiza-
tion for social welfare. 658p $4.76 Univ. of
Chicago press [27s Cambridge]
361.8 Social work. Charity organization
A45-B162
"Wayne McMillen, of the University of Chi-
cago and the Chicago Housing Authority, sur-
veys specifically the methods followed in the
organization of the community for social serv-
ice. . . The book is divided into two sections:
one. entitled 'Process/ deals with such topics
as 'Community Organization,' 'The Relation-
ship Between Public and Private Agencies' and
'Public Relations'; the second part of the book
'concerns itself with, among other things, 'Co-
ordinating and Planning Agencies,' 'Charities
Indorsement/ and local State and national
agencies, each in a separate chapter. A large
amount of source material relating to the
field is also reprinted/' N Y Times
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"This well organized and well documented
discussion for social welfare is primarily for
teachers and for beginners in social welfare
work. Mr. McMillen has rendered a valuable
service in bringing together a vast amount of
data and a thoughtful interpretation based on
his own broad experience in this fleld. The vol-
ume will be of great value, to all engaged in
any form of community organization activities."
Bleecker Marquette
•f Am J Pub Health 36:553 My '46 360w
"This book provides a current and compre-
hensive review of one of the major aspects of
social work in practice and meets a special
need in professional education. Though it was
designed to be concrete and helpful to beginners
it will be read with profit by experienced
social workers as well. It is enriched by
documents which follow nearly every chapter;
these the author has accumulated over the
years, often from fugitive sources. Through-
out the book, the emphasis is on administrative
and interagency relationships of social agencies
in their community setting. However, much of
the specific material presented is of interest
to sociologists, especially to students of social
institutions, the professions, voluntary asso-
ciations, and the structure of the community
generally. They will find data and insights
which can be recast in the theoretical formu-
lations of sociology." Arthur Hillman
Am J Soc 52:68 Jl '46 900w
"A valuable book for those who are studying
or functioning in social work." Mona Fletcher
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:177 F '46 230w
"Professor McMillen has written a very read-
able treatise, well documented and of great
value to teachers in this fleld, as well as to the
public spirited citizen interested in developments
in private and public social work." W. W. Pettit
-f- Am Soc R 11:762 D '46 750w
"Mr. McMillen undertook a sizable task. His
volume, despite its lacks, is the most valuable
contribution so far prepared toward a more
precise clarification of process in community
organization for social welfare. Workers and
other students whose volumes are in produc-
tion will remain in Mr. McMillen's debt for
many years to come." A. E. Fink
H Ann Am Acad 244:225 Mr '46 450w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 3 '46 50w
Booklist 42:221 Mr 15 '46
"A valuable textbook for students, social
workers and community leaders." N. K. B.
-f N Y Tlmat p22 D 16 '45 300w
"This is an unusually significant volume be-
cause it is the first treatment of the subject
with just this scope and focus, and because it
will be useful to student, teacher, and practi-
tioner alike. . . A fine selection of supple-
mentary readings and documents (which nap-
pily are not relegated to fine print in an ap-
pendix) add greatly to the substance of the
book and to its usefulness as a tool of teach-
ing." E. M. Moore
+ Survey 82:27 Ja '46 600w
MACNAIR, HARLEY FARNSWORTH, ed.
China [contributors: Han Yu-shan, and
others]. (United nations ser) 573p il $6.50
Univ. of Calif.
951 China
"This fifth volume in the 'United Nations'
series contains a wealth of diversified material
on China. Leading Chinese and American au-
thorities have contributed concise Informative
chapters, each on his specialty, each covering
one broad phase of the country's history, cul-
ture, politics or economics. There are several
good illustrations, an excellent bibliography
and a thorough Index." Library J
Booklist 43:167 F 1 '47
Klrkus 14:443 S 1 '46 190w
"Although scholarly, this well-designed and
competently executed survey was intended for
the general reader and should prove especially
valuable as a one-volume reference for anyone
seeking accurate information on China and the
Chinese people. Recommended for all libraries."
Anne Whitmore
+ Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 140w
"The general editor, the -editor, the 33 ex-
perts who contributed chapters, and the Uni-
versity of California Press, are to be con-
gratulated on compiling so distinguished a
volume on so vast and ancient a country. They
have made a valuable contribution to that mu-
tual understanding set forth as an aim of the
series. Under such blows as this one, the
Orient's mystery is fading like last month's
hit song, and a good thing, too." E. D. Breed
-f San Francisco Chronicle plO D 14 '46
800w
MACNAIR, HARLEY FARNSWORTH, ed. See
Ayscough, F. W. and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship
MCNAIRN, JACK, and MACMULLEN, JERRY.
Ships of the redwood coast. 156p il |3 Stan-
ford univ. press
387.2 Ships. Shipping— California A45-5289
"An account of the little ships with the huge
deckloads of lumber that plied the California,
Oregon, and Washington coasts, and of the
men who operated and sailed them. It is the
story of the lumber country, 'Paul Bunyan's
Country'; of the Mendocino dog-holes, the open
coves where the ships were loaded for wire
chutes; of the cargoes, the wrecks, the tycoons,
the famous old skippers — Hog Aleck, Flat-
foot Hanson, Caspar Charlie, Midnight Olsen,
and many others." Publisher's note
"The romance and danger of this trade, the
colorful skippers and famous ships it devel-
oped, form the basis of a descriptive narrative
which is lively, informal, and yet carefully
documented — an excellent piece of social his-
tory. Spirited drawings and many well-chosen
photographs are included." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p4 D 30 '45 90w
Current Hist 10:61 Ja '46 30w
Kirkus 13:505 N 15 '45 130w
MACNALTY, SIR ARTHUR SALUSBURY, and
MELLOR, W. FRANKLIN. Health recovery
in Europe. 180p 7s 6d Muller [English pub-
lication]
614.094 Public health — Europe. Reconstruc-
tion (1939- )— Europe. World war, 1939-
1945— Civilian relief [A46-4299]
"The authors present an Interesting review
of information from many sources on health
conditions and public health organization in
Europe, especially in the Allied countries dur-
ing German occupation and during and im-
mediately after World War II. The public
health and related economic chaos which world
War II brought to Europe is well described.
Organization and medical work of voluntary
agencies and several official agencies which
have been assisting in relief and rehabilitation
activities are discussed in considerable detail."
Am J Pub Health
Reviewed by L. A. Scheele
+ Am J Pub Health 36:667 Je '46 210w
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 20w
"It is because of the magnitude of the task
ahead that wide publicity should be given to
what must be done and what is being done.
This modest little book admirably succeeds in
stating the case for action and telling the
story of how that action is being implemented
to-day."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p86 F 23 '46
220w
MCNAUGHTON, MILDRED. Four great oaks.
327p $2.75 Creative age
46-4120
A romantic tale of an English family, laid
first in the seventeenth century and then in
the twentieth. The earlier story concerns the
tragic fate of John Beausire and the maid he
loved and lost when he was exiled to America
during the aftermath of Monmouth's rebellion.
The second part tells how John's American
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descendant returns to the home of his ances-
tors and how his love story reaches a happier
ending.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p6 Je 2 '46 310w
Kirkus 14:231 My 15 '46 120w
"The first part set in late 17th century Eng-
land, is entertaining reading. The second
part, 250 years later, with the same oast of
characters and the same setting, does not
carry conviction. Not recommended." Thelma
r^f 4. Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 30w
"Miss McNaughton's tale is sentimental, but
not disagreeably so. Though her pedestrian
style is coy in spots, she manages to be
divertingly romantic. If the reincarnation
theme has a contrived effect, the story is
nevertheless well worked out. It moves, and
carries its reader with it." Catherine Maher
-| NY Times p!4 Je 16 '46 290w
"The same theme has been handled more
successfully in such stories as 'Berkeley
Square,' for it is much easier to accept pure
fantasy than the mixture of realism and ro-
manticism in the modern part of Miss Mc-
Naugh ton's story. Perhaps the chief fault lies
in the character delineation, for all the present-
day major personalities seem to be personifica-
tions of qualities rather than real people.
But in spite of these obvious failings Miss Mc-
Naughton's knowledge of historical England
and her colorful style make 'Four Great Oaks'
worth reading." M. L. H.
H Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '4G
420w
"Mrs. McNaughton does not, in fact, present
the theory of rebirth; rather does she imply it.
The inference can be drawn or not drawn by
the reader. The plot will not be spoiled for
him if he prefers coincidence to spiritual law.
For the story of the Beausires, as Mrs. Mc-
Naughton has written it, is exciting and
diverting." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review plO Je 9 '46
800w
MCNICOL, DONALD. Radio's conquest of
space; the experimental rise in radio com-
munication. 374p il $4 Rinehart
621.384 Radio— History
"Radio's evolution and its achievements.
Written by a past president of the I.R.E., an
eminent radio engineer, it is a readable record
of radio outlines. Treatment ia chronological.
Presented without mathematics it is a narra-
tive of experimental achievement from the
time of Hertz's wave to to-day and shows for
the layman how radio operates. Illustrated.
(Library J) Index.
"An authoritative but essentially nontechni-
cal history. . . Anyone who wants to know how
this modern miracle works will find this book
interesting, readable and instructive, as will
many professionals in this field. It is illus-
trated.'r Richer Van Metre
-f Book Week p20 N 24 '46 50w
Reviewed by L.. A. Bales
Library J 71:1627 N 15 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:46 Jl '46
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 230w
MCNULTY. JOHN LAWRENCE. Third avenue.
New York [il. by Beatrice Tobias], 188p $2
Little
46-3682
Seventeen stories, all of them previously
printed in the New Yorker. They describe some
Third Avenue characters: Paddy the bartender,
Slugger the handy man, Grady the cabman, and
others of these very human men of East Side
New York.
Reviewed by Dale Harrison
Book Week p4 My 26 '46 270w
"Masculine humor and phonographic repro-
duction give these a special quality of appeal,
that is somewhat reminiscent of — but superior
to — say, Damon Runyon."
-I- Kirkus 14:133 Mr 15 '46 170w
"These McNulty stories gain feeling in col-
lected continuity. Even when maudlin senti-
ment comes dangerously close it is avoided by
sensible simplicity and understanding. Beatrice
Tobias did the illustrations, and they are happy
in their creation of the scene. This Third
Avenue may never be renamed the 'Avenue
of the United Nations,' but it certainly will not
suffer the ill-fame of the night club about
which a McNulty character said, 'Nobody goes
there anymore. It's too crowded/ " W. G.
Dooley
-f N Y Times p5 My 26 '46 700w
"You may have road these stories in the
New Yorker. Be grateful none the less that
they are bound and available for ready review.
Be grateful too that they have been illus-
trated by Beatrice Tobias, whose sketches fit
these tales as Dore's fit the Inferno." W. S.
Lynch
4- Sat R of Lit 29:23 Je 29 '46 GOOw
Spnngf d Republican p4d Je 29 '46 600w
"It takes a very special type guy to write
about Grogan and Grady and Paddy. It takes
a very special type guy to write such stories
as 'Two People He Never Saw' and 'Two Bums
Here Would Spend Freely Except for Poverty,'
the latter a masterpiece in a thousand words
which illuminates mankind like a naked elec-
tric light bulb flooding a furnished room. It
takes a type guy who is a genius." Thomas
Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review * p2 My 26 '46
550w
MCPHEE, COLIN. House in Bali; with phot.
by the author. 234p $4 Day
919.2 Bali. Music— Bali. Musicians—Corre-
spondence, reminiscences, etc. 46-6989
An American-born (Montreal) composer,
trained in Paris, the author became fascinated
by the music of the gamelan. He went to Bali
and spent five years there, living in his own
house, but consorting with Balmese musicians,
princes, priests, servants, and scholars, while
he studied the native music. His scientific re-
ports on the music have already been published.
This book is an account of his daily life while he
was engaged in his studies.
Reviewed by Donald Fairchild
Book Week p42 D 1 '46 360w
Booklist 43:6$ N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:218 My 1 '46 160w
"His book will be of interest to travel as
well as music minded readers." Leonard
Burkat
-f Library J 71:1205 S 15 '46 120w
"Altogether, it is a distinguished and de-
lightful book, to be read both quickly and
slowly, to remember and to return to." Mar-
garet Mead
-f N Y Times p7 S 29 '46 lOOOw
"The story is no less enchanting for being
true. A series of remarkable photographs shows
us the grave beauty of the people; arrange-
ments of their exquisite music have now been
heard; the young man, Colin McPhee, in a
composer whose gifts were recognized before
he left on this adventure; and the island of
course is Bali." Minna Lederman
-f- Sat R if Lit 29:19 N 23 '46 900w
"There are a few precious books in the
world which capture the charm and color
of an alien way of life. . . Colin McPhee's
first book on Bali is one of these precious
books. He brings to it not only a rare ex-
perience of years in Bali spent in listening and
in seeing, but also an ability to put into words
the movements of the dance, the sound of the
music and the special quality of the people."
Ruth Benedict
-f Weekly Book Review p4 O 6 '46 1600w
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MCQUARRIE, L. M. Half-angel. 219p $2
Doubleday
Character study of an exceptionally beautiful
woman, who was obsessed with the idea that
she brought unhappiness to everyone she knew.
A man who met her casually is drawn into
her mystery, and probes for her secret. He
decides that she has been less guilty than the
people whom she was supposed to have in-
jured.
Reviewed by Barbara Bond
N Y Times plO Mr 10 '46 180w
"In [a] contrived and not very subtle fash-
ion, L. M. McQuarrie begins a complicated
story. He tries earnestly to create the por-
trait of a restless and gifted composer whose
career is strewn with the wreckage of her
appeal to men, but the results are as deficient
in music and magic as the repertoire of a
hand organ. . . But parts of 'Half Angel' de-
scribe human behavior which is erratic and
contrived with inner motives almost as opaque
as the fogs that drift over the Golden Gate."
Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 27 '46 360w
MCSORLEY, EDWARD. Our own kind. 304p
*2.50 Harper
Novel about an Irish- American family liv-
ing in Providence, Rhode Island. Ned McDer-
mott had not had much education in the old
country, nor had his son, Will, in this country.
But Old Ned was determined that his grand-
son, Willie, was to have the advantages his
father and grandfather had lacked. Gradually
the old man built up his version of the Amer-
ican dream for the boy, who accepted it gladly,
but when his grandfather died the dream ended
for Willie.
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je IS '46
480w
"Fortunately, Mr. McSorley is always able
to distinguish between things that are vulgar
and things that are merely unpleasant and
tedious, a quality that makes it possible for
him to write effectively about the orphaned
grandson's mental-emotional growth without
stopping off for a monotonous examination of
those adolescent struggles that many writers
find so fascinating. The combination of all these
things make this a fine novel, and it is good
to know that Mr. McSorley is now in Maine
working on a second book.1' John Broderick
4- Commonweal 44:194 Je 7 '46 430w
"A warm, sometimes exciting, portrait of a
family, a believable rather than theatrical por-
trait of a community, and a moving relation-
ship between boy and old man, this should —
as a first novel — win critical interest."
4- Klrkus 14:134 Mr 15 '46 190w
"A first novel of tremendous power. Evi-
dence that the U.S.A. still breeds first-class
writers of our peculiar American stamp: tough,
humorous, tender, tragic, scrappingly real. . .
If you read one novel a year, read this." E. L.
Lewis
4- Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 80w
"A painful and sad little tale that at times
seems to have difficulty in going on with it-
self, as if the telling were too much to bear.
But when the old man is present there is
warmth and hope, and the sentences break into
song. It is Edward McSor ley's first novel, and
a good one. No doubt he will go on with Willie,
and Willie, no doubt, will go on in the pattern
of his grandfather, which is to live like a man,
love like a god, and fight like a fool, as do
the Irish when they are at their best." Thomas
Sugrue
-f N Y Times p6 Je 2 '46 800w
"I should call this a most successful novel.
It is a limited work, to be sure, and there-
fore a minor work. But good minor works such
as this are rare. And Mr. McSorley has a rare
gift of concentration. He illuminates only a
very small corner of human experience; but
the light is clear and it is steady; and it is
his own." George Dangerfield
-r- Sat R of Lit 29:9 Je 1 '46 700w
"It is the simple story of simple people, but
so richly and beautifully told that Ned Mc-
Dermott and his family and friends become
one's own friends. An era that is past is
brought to life again in the story of Ned and
his grandson." R. M. Morgan
Springf d Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 420w
Time 47:102 Je 10 '46 HOw
"Now and then the book is lifted by humor
and now and then with an owlish wink, Mr.
McSorley has something to say about the de-
fections of his own kind and their priests, but
only now and then. On the whole he has given
us an accurate but somewhat superficial pic-
ture." Harry Sylvester
-} Weekly Book Review plO Je 2 '46 650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
MCSPADDEN, JOSEPH WALKER. Robin
Hood and his merry outlaws; il. by Louis
Slobodkin; with an introd. written by May
Lamberton Becker. (Rainbow classics) 285p
$1 World pub.
398.2 46-2502*
"This edition, out of print for many years,
is enlivened by humorous, robust illustrations
by Louis Slobodkin. The first of a new series
of classics edited by May Lamberton Becker."
Booklist
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll P 10 '46 180w
Booklist 42:202 F 15 '46
Cath World 164:382 Ja '47 60w
"Robin Hood is a must in every 9 to 12 year
olds' reading, and in her introduction, Mrs.
Becker gives one a sense of his place in history
as well as legend. The McSpadden text fol-
lows the traditional tales, with careful selec-
tion and arrangement, and a style that does
not give the child a sense of the stories being:
dated. Louis Slobodkin has done some suc-
cessful and some not so successful drawings,
in black and white and in color."
-f Kirkus 14:67 F 1 '46 230w
Reviewed by R. M. McEvoy
4- Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 60w
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 Je 15 '46 150w
"Mr McSpadden has done well by the great
robber hero, and Mr Slobodkin' s Illustrations
capture the spirit of Sherwood forest far better
than in many previous editions aimed [at] the
juvenile trade." R. F. H.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 90w
MCSWIGAN, MARIE. Hi. Barney! il. by Co-
rinne Dillon. 174p $2 Dutton
46-3211
Barney, the young son of a British fighter
pilot, is the hero. Barney was living in Amer-
ica and his small pals refused to believe Bar-
ney's father was away at war. Then one day
his father came to Barney's school, covered
with medals, and the enthralled children took
him to their hearts. For ages six to ten.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 My 19 '46 300w
"Undistinguished."
Klrkus 14:149 Mr 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Dorotha Dawson
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 70w
"The tale flows fast, smoothly, humorously.
Both boys and girls of Barney's age should
find fun and suspense in it." Latrobe Carroll
4- N Y Times pH Ap 21 '46 90w
"Barney is a kid grownups like, but chil-
dren will be unable to find anything even re-
motely priggish about him." R. F. H.
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
lOOw
Weekly Book Review p!8 My 19 '46
360w
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MCWILLIAMS, CAREY. Southern California
country; an island on the land. (Am. folk-
ways ser) 387p $3.75 Duell
917.949 California 46-25084
"Defining Southern California as the coastal
atrip bounded on the north by the Tehachapi
range just north of Santa Barbara, the author
calls it a 'paradoxical land with a tricky en-
vironment.' He writes of its past and its
present, its climate, politics, and eccentrics, and
of Hollywood. Although not a debunking book,
the cold eye of a social economist viewing
romantic mission legends, booms, and the treat-
ment of Mexicans, results in a provocative and
possibly controversial treatment, and the book
will have more than local interest." (Booklist)
Index.
"Should Hollywood producers and directors
read this book — they should, but probably
won't — they will find it rich with potential
movie scenarios. . . As an adopted but loving
son, and as a man concerned and conversant
with the economic, political and sociological
aspects of the territory, Carey McWilliams is
eminently qualified for the job in hand. His
book is highly readable, at times exciting,
and consistently interesting. Anyone who has
ever been perplexed by the screwiness of Los
Angeles should read this book. He will be
just as perplexed, but more intelligently so.
when he finishes," A. A. Liveright
+ Book Week p3 Mr 31 '46 400w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
Reviewed by J. F. Thorning
Cath World 163:570 S '46 450w
"Mr. McWilliams is inclined to be factual,
but he has woven his material into a delight-
fully readable book." M. W. Bayley
-j- Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 10
•46 700w
- Current Hist 11:230 S '46 70w
"A somewhat arbitrary but provocative re-
capitulation by a man who has known and
loved the region from 1922."
+ Kirkus 14:84 F 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by B. L. Lewis
Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 140w
"Like other historical series, the Folkways
volumes are of uneven merit; however, the
present study of the California area south of
the Tehachapi range is a highly satisfactory
account." E. N. Saveth
4- Nation 162:697 Je 8 '46 450w
Reviewed by F. O. Matthiesaen
New Repub 114:739 My 20 '46 1160w
"Some of the absurdities and agonies en-
dured in Southern California might lead you
to wonder why Mr. McWilliams and more
than 4,000,000 others, most of them immi-
grants, remain there. Yet, finally, you will
know that his story will be likely to increase,
not stem, the steady flow of people to the
newest place in the world, the last outpost on
the last frontier of the West. For he loves
the place, and he deeply holds and lends new
realism to the common conviction of all South-
ern Californians that a destiny awaits them.
A 'strange hungry question.' " Alan Cranston
-f N Y Times p6 Ap 7 '46 1050w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
Sat R of Lit 29:22 My 4 '46 1300w
Reviewed by Farnsworth Crowder
Survey G 35:333 S '46 650w
"The amount of work that went into the
preparation of this book is staggering. The
author has obviously dipped deep into the
prodigious mass of printed material about the
region— books, magazine articles, government
publications, newspapers, fiction, booster lit-
erature—and his paragraph* are studded with
brief and pertinent quotations from an extra-
ordinary variety of sources. 'Southern Cali-
fornia Country' is far and away the most de-
tailed, authoritative and shrewdly reasoned
analysis of the whys and wherefores of Los
Angeles and its environs now in print or like-
ly to appear for some time." Oscar Lewis
+ Weekly Book Review pi Ap 14 '46 900w
MCWILLIAMS, MRS VERA (SEELEY). Laf-
cadio Hearn. 465p $3 Houghton
B or 92 Hearn. Lafcadio 46-2994
This "biography is the result of 14 years of
research and writing. . . Born of an Irish
father and an Ionic mother, the little boy was
early an outsider when he was sent to his
father's family; few understood, or tried to
understand the queer, myopic child, and when
an injury blinded one eye, he was further
estranged from normal life. Troubles in
school, in England and France, ineffectual
Jobs, and the family decision to send him to
America, where he finally made his way to
a relative in Cincinnati. There he found the
impetus for writing, began his long career in
newspaper work, enlarged his scholarship and
courted the sensational. New Orleans next
where antlike industry battled ill health, the
West Indies, and growing fame with the pub-
lication of Chita. From New York to Japan,
where his teaching, writing and his Japanese
wife and children brought him some content "
Kirkus
"The biographers of the self-styled 'civilized
nomad* have been a motley crew, ranging from
slightly hysterical women to a slanderous male
oculist. Mrs. Vera McWilliams is the ftrst to
bring to her subject long training as a profes-
sional writer, adequate scholarship, and fifteen
years of devoted research. The result is a sane
and readable account." John Ashmead
+ Atlantic 178:160 S '46 380w
"This is a romanticist's biography of a
romanticist. It is warm, well written and
sympathetic, but fails to provide a frame of
reference." Sterling North
H Book Week p2 Ap 21 '46 650w
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46 »
Christian Science Monitor pl4 My 11
'46 1050w
Reviewed by Charles Duffy
Commonweal 44:122 My 17 '46 450w
"Important literary biography."
-f Kirkus 14:92 F 16 '46 230w
"Of greatest interest today is detailed ac-
count of Hearn' s life in Japan, where he
married a Samurai woman and supported his
family by teaching at the Imperial Univer-
sity." H. W. Hart
+ Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Harry Levin
New Repub 114:588 Ap 22 '46 850w
"A strong and in some respects new light
has been thrown upon 'the exotic little non-
conformist* in this nnely written biography.
Two Hearn s appear. The one loved Japan
and wrote about it. The other hated Japan
and kept quiet about it. How this double
standard was possible on the part of a man
quite free from intellectual dishonesty becomes
clear as we read. . . This is a valuable book
on Japan and on Hearn." Willard Price
4- N Y Times p7 Ap 14 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by Edmund Wilson
-f New Yorker 22:114 Ap 13 '46 380w
"Ever since Lafcadio Hearn' s death in 1904
there has been a continued search for mate-
rial to complete the portrait of this exotic
and sensitive writer, it is ironical that the
first completely two-dimensional study of
Hearn should appear at a time when the coun-
try that he adopted and loved has been de-
feated and occupied by the armed forces of
America. It is unfortunate that Vera Mc-
Williams's biography has come too late to
revive a wide interest in the man or his work,
for only a few of the young people of today
know his name or have ever looked Into a
single one of his many books." Harrison Smith
-f Sat R of Lit 24:19 Ap 20 '46 1400w
"An excellent biography, free from bias."
C. K. Bausman
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 800w
"An honest, sympathetic, thoroughly readable
account of a compelling personality."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:191 S '46 330w
"It is a relief to read a book which eschews
Freudian analysis, tendentious theorizing, and
the imaginative reconstruction of scenes for
which no documentary evidence exists. Never-
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535
theless Mrs. McWilliams's method leaves a
sense of incompleteness. No biography of a
man of letters has done its full Job unless it
includes a reasoned critical appraisal of its
subject's work, and makes some effort to place
him within the frame of the life and literature
of his day. Mrs. McWilliams has by-passed
these necessary tasks. . . After all, perhaps
Mrs. McWilliams is right; perhaps Hearn's
life is more interesting than any of his books."
De Lancey Ferguson
-\ weekly Book Review p5 Ap 14 '46
1300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
MAGARET, HELEN E. Gallhac of Beziers. 262p
$3.50 Longmans
B or 92 Gailhac, Pierre Jean Antoine
46-8167
Presents the life of a French priest, who
founded the religious congregation, the Sisters
of the Sacred Heart of Mary. "Based on a
translation from the French Un Apotre by M.
L/Abb£ L»eray, the well-known Catholic author
recounts the spiritual conquest of poverty,
slander, Jealousy, anticlericalism and sickness.
Several miracles are attributed to Father Gail-
hac." (Library J)
"The most noteworthy thing about Miss
Magaret's story is the degree of genuine emo-
tional intensity it succeeds in maintaining.
Sanctity of the heroic sort is the dominating
theme and yet not in such a way that the rest
of us grow disheartened at the vast gulf
which extends between the tenor of Father
Gailhac' s way of life and our own. Very few
books which deal with pressing current prob-
lems and at the same time delineate the satis-
fying portrait of a man could also serve as
effective spiritual reading. This book could.
Anyone who wants a comprehensive, everyday
grasp of what sanctity does mean — how positive
is its orientation — should turn to this life of
Father Gailhac." Edward SkilHn
-f Commonweal 45:262 D 20 '46 330w
"This story of his life, based on a transla-
tion from the French, reveals the Catholic
Church at its best, meeting the needs of the
lowliest and the lost. It is the sort of story
that could be told again and again, not only
of Catholic priests, but of Protestant ministers
and missionaries, and Jewish rabbis."
4- Kirkus 14:498 O 1 "46 170w
"Primarily for Catholic readers. Highly rec-
ommended." R. J. Hurley
4- Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 lOOw
MAGUIRE, THEOPHANE. Hunan harvest.
191p il $2.50 Bruce pub.
275.1 Missions — China. Roman Catholic
church — Missions 46-2853
"Catholic mission literature of China is en-
riched by this simple narrative of Father
Magu ire's valiant work in Northwest Hunan
some twenty years ago. Famine, war, dis-
ease, persecution and personal hardships are
calmly accepted by shepherd and sheep." Li-
brary J
"This book will certainly urge many a young
man and woman to devote their lives to the
spiritual have-nots of the pagan world." B.
L. Conway
+ Cath World 163:472 Ag '46 270w
"Roman Catholics who are interested in mis-
sions will find this simply told tale of a priest's
missionary activity in Hunan Province, China,
interesting and revealing. Father Maguire
'tells of the every day life of a missionary in
such a way as to make it seem very real
and much more prosaic than is commonly
thought."
-f Kirkus 14:194 Ap 15 '46 210w
"Pleasing style (author is editor of Sign
Magazine) and pen drawings by Weda Yap
make it A-l offering for popular reading.
Human appeal and adventure will transcend
religious differences. Recommended for public
libraries and all Catholic libraries." R. J.
Hurley
+ Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 90w
MAHLER, ALMA MARIA (SCHINDLER)
(MRS FRANZ WERFEL). Gustav Mahler;
memories and letters; tr. by Basil Creighton.
277p il $5 Viking [18s Murray. J]
B or 92 Mahler, Gustav 46-3759
"Concerned primarily with last ten years of
Mahler's life — the years of his marriage with
Alma Maria Schindler. Author is straightfor-
ward in her presentation of the composer as
a man and as an artist with no attempt to
gloss over the truth concerning him or the
circle in which they moved. Of particular in-
terest to musicians are the descriptions of how
Mahler's symphonies came into being. Scene
is mainly Vienna but includes his New York
sojourns." Library J
Reviewed by Felix Borowski
Book Week pl2 My 12 '46 600w
Booklist 42:347 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by W. H. H. Squire
Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 16 '46
lOOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
"It is a very personal book, often more of a
self-apologia of the widow than a well bal-
anced biography of the composer. But because
of the enclosed letters and other intimate bio-
graphical material this book will have a per-
manent place in the literature on Mahler."
Max Fischer
-f — Commonweal 44:123 My 17 '46 390w
"Despite the fact [that the book] is an al-
most unbelievably uninspired piece of writing,
and exhibits a certain incapacity on the part
of the wife to gauge or appreciate the stature
of her husband, it is a touching story and
reveals some very interesting glimpses of
Mahler."
Kirkus 14:141 Mr 15 '46 24 Ow
"The translation by Basil Creighton from the
German edition published in Amsterdam in 1940
while adequate lacks some of the dynamic
sparkle of the original. Highly recommended."
H. E. Bush
-f Library J 71:584 Ap 15 '46 140w
Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 24 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. D. Zabel
Nation 163:326 S 21 '46 1500w
"This book is chiefly an odd collection of
memories, anecdotes and impressions, excerpts
of diaries and purely personal comments care-
lessly thrown together in a sort of hodge-
podge, with no attempt at organization or dis-
crimination between the relevant and the triv-
ial. But it is also biographical raw material,
a highly subjective and entirely uninhibited
testimony that may be of great value for
every future attempt to give a real interpre-
tation of Gustav Mahler's work and personal-
ity. . . The artless, fragmentary testimony of
the only person close to him — perhaps too close
to be an objective witness — has some of the
merits and certainly all the weaknesses of a
spontaneous human document. It may con-
tribute to a deeper understanding of Gustav
Mahler and his music. Perhaps we would know
more about Beethoven if his 'immortal be-
loved* had become his wife and had recorded
her most intimate memories." Franz Schoen-
berner
^ NY Times p7 My 26 '46 lOOOw
"These 'memories/ based on Alma Mahler's
diaries, throw a vivid light on that fascinating
period [1901-1911]. She has a gift for the re-
vealing anecdote, a keen ear for the self-por-
traying conversation, and she can sketch a
scene or person with brief strokes In an un-
forgettable manner. . . The translation is
smooth and idiomatic. Unfortunately, an index
is lacking. Altogether a flne book that should
be enjoyed by every music-lover." Nathan
Broder
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 My 11 '46 1350w
"This is a book only for people who love
music or human beings, not, of course, music
as Mahler loved it; that is not given to many,
and it is the source of his greatness. But all
true music-lovers will read it with intense In-
terest and will be (according to their virtue)
moved to love this great musician who in spite
of all his imperfections left at least one master-
Siece, Das Lied von der IDrde, and many other
ne works behind him, created a new stand-
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MAHLER, A. M.— Continued
ard of opera production In Europe, and was
the greatest conductor who lived between
Nikisch and Toscanlni. The translation from
the German by Mr. Basil Creighton is well
done, but I understand that Part Two, which
consists of letters, has been much shortened
from the Amsterdam edition published in 1940,
This is a great pity and a sad error on the part
of so eminent a publisher as the house of
Murray, for the book is by no means over
long! •' W. J. Turner
4- Spec 176-354 Ap 5 '46 750w
"The biography suffers from the faults which
easily beset writers who stand too near to
their subjects Not only is Gustav Mahler out
of focus to the rest of the world when pre-
sented through the eyes of his wido\v, but his
contemporaries are distorted by her all too
feminine vision. . . The book, however, has
the merits of its defects, for it has all the
vividness of contemporary, firsthand descrip-
tion of a world that has vanished."
Times [London] Lit Sup p381 Ag 10
'46 800w
Reviewed by J. N. Burk
Weekly Book Review pC My 19 '46
1200w
MAIAKOVSKII, VLADIMIR VLADIMIRO-
VI CH. Mayakovsky and his poetry; compiled
by Herbert Marshall. (Life and lit. in the
Soviet Union) rev ed 157p il $3.75 Transat-
lantic [12s 6d Pilot]
891.71 45-20843
"This volume, one of a series entitled 'Life
and Literature in the Soviet Union,' edited by
Ivor Montagu and Herbert Marshall, is a
revised edition of a 1945 publication. We are
assured by no less a literary authority than
Joseph Stalin that 'Vladimir Mayakovsky was
and remains the best and most talented poet of
our Soviet epoch.' Mayakovsky died in 1930.
The present seems to be the only book in Eng-
lish devoted to him. Besides a foreword, a
series of translated poems, a bit of prose au-
tobiography and two or three essays about him,
there are also pictures, caricatures and the
reproductions of posters for which Mayakovsky
wrote the texts." N Y Times
"Whether Mayakovsky is the most talented
poet of the Soviet epoch only time and
criticism can tell. The translations ought to
be judged by someone possessing a thorough
command of the original, which I do not; but
in general either Russian poetry does not
translate easily into English or else it suffers
from inadequate translators, and the present
group of translations, however well intended,
does not convey a real sense of intensity and
exaltation." H. M. Jones
N Y Times plO S 15 '46 390w
Reviewed by Alfred Kreymborg
Sat R of Lit 29:45 Jl 27 '46 550w
MAILLAUD, PIERRE. English way. 312p
$3.75 (10s 6d) Oxford
914.2 England — Civilization. National char-
acteristics, English. Great Britain — Politics
and government 46-3180
The author is a French newspaperman who
has lived for many years in England and dur-
ing the war was a broadcaster on the French
service of the B.B C. In this volume of more
or less connected essays he writes on English
roads, English manners and customs, and Eng-
lish politics, as well as on England's achieve-
ments in the war.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 21 '46 270w
Booklist 42:364 Jl 15 '46
"This is a thoughtful rather than a brilliant
book, and requires thoughtful reading." F. C.
Brophy
Cath World 164:86 O '46 700w
Reviewed by Henry Rago
Commonweal 44:312 Jl 12 '46 850w
Foreign Affairs 24:754 Jl '46 40w
M 'The English Way' deals with the English
scene during and Just before the war, and in
the opinion of this reviewer it is the most
illuminating work that has yet appeared on that
period. There is little sparkle or rhetoric in
the book, but a great deal of shrewdness and
clarity, insight and analysis. One might expect
a Frenchman to be rather critical of certain
phases of British character and policy; Maillaud
is. but with persuasive reasonableness and
understanding." L. D. Baldwin
-f N Y Times p20 Je 16 '46 1160w
"M. Maillaud's book on England is not a
simple introductory explanation of the way the
English people live. It can be fully appreciated
only by those who already know a good deal
about England past, and preferably also about
England present. Nor is it a neat, systematic
treatise on English politics, religion, customs,
social structure, international relations, though
it deals with all of these, and more. M. Mail-
laud is too good a Frenchman to write obscure
or heaven -storming sentences. On any given
topic he is always clear, and usually reasonable.
If the total structure of the book is often a
little less clear — well, M. Maillaud is not writing
a textbook for American students, but a com-
mentary on the place of England in the Western
world today." Crane Brinton
4- Sat R of Lit 29:29 Je 8 '46 1050w
Reviewed by Alzada Comstock
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 750w
Reviewed by H S. Commager
Weekly Book Review p24 O 6 '46 1550w
MAINWARING, DANIEL (GEOFFREY
HOMES, pseud). Build my gallows high.
213P $2.50 Morrow
"Red Bailey, formerly a private op, has
settled down to the less arduous business of
running a gas station near Reno. Through the
efforts of a Miss Mumsie McGonigle, with
whom he had been somewhat intimate ten
years before, Bailey is persuaded to resume
his career, and he gets involved in a case
that takes him to New York, where all kinds
of gangsters are lying in wait for him." New
Yorker
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 5 '46
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 14:51 P 1 '46 60w
N Y Times p!8 My 5 '46 260w
"A rather expert account of mayhem."
New Yorker 22:120 Ap 13 '46 80w
"Thumping good bloodletter for those who
(like tough types doing their stuff against vari-
ety of colorful American backgrounds."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 4 '46 90w
" 'Build My Gallows High,' unlike the au-
thor's previous efforts, is not a mystery. But
Homes mystery fans need not feel cheated.
Before the violent activities narrated here
have run their course, no less than five bullet-
ridden corpses have been strewn about here
and there — not to mention a sixth which got
that way by means of a blunt instrument, and
still another which wound up in the river with
the help of a fish hook." J. S. K.
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
300w
"Mr. Homes tells the tale mostly in dialogue,
ever and anon describing the scenery with
Western relish, often dropping Into pulpy,
purplish italics and mangling his time scheme
cruelly, perhaps for more suspense. Still and
all, it's a speedy affair with enough whodunit
routine to keep most readers happy right up
to the unusual last line. Pour or five murders
In all, not counting the first violent death."
Will Cuppy
weekly Book Review p28 Ap 14 '46
230w
MAJDALANY, FREDERICK. The monastery.
148p $2 Houghton [7s 6d Lane]
940.542 Monte Cassino (Benedictine monas-
tery)— Siege, 1944. World war, 1939-1945—
Personal narratives, English 46-11910
Brief account of the battle on Monte Cas-
sino written by an English officer of the 78th
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
537
Division, who arrived on the scene after the
battle had gone on for nearly four months.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p46 D 1 '46 420w
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
Reviewed by Richard Flower
Commonweal 45:101 N 8 '46 260w
Klrkus 14:406 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
"As a book it may lack stature, but to read-
ers who still wonder about the crucial struggles
of the past war, it is recommended." G. D.
McDonald
H Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 120w
"Mr. Majdalany gives a picture of battle,
of the individuals taking part in it, that is as
vivid and complete as any I have read. If
he had waited ten years before writing, The
Monastery would have been a different and, I
believe, a far less valuable record of experi-
ence." O. W. Stonier
4- New Statesman & Nation 30:392 D 8
'46 700w
Reviewed by Gladwin Hill
N Y Times p!6 O 27 '46 500w
"The book is interesting for its military in-
formation and particularly so for its writing,
which, based on close observation, is sharp
in detail and more characteristic of a work of
art than of a work of history."
-f New Yorker 22:114 O 12 '46 60w
Reviewed by Jack Peisie
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 O 20 '46
350w
"Major Majdalany gives us one of the best
pictures of the life of an infantry officer that
I have ever read. Picture is perhaps the
wrong word; vignette would have been better "
S. H. F. Johnston
-f Spec 176:98 Ja 25 '46 270w
"The account he gives in this short , book of
his observation of the concluding phases of the
struggle is graphic and powerful. He is what
is called a natural writer, simple and vigorous
in styje, selective in detail, unaffected in sym-
pathy. What he observed and thought he sets
down with extreme accuracy, imagination
working quietly and deeply in him as he
writes; he has little conscious thought, it
would seem, for the effect he makes."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p3 Ja 5 '46
800w
"Major Majdalany writes of the battle, one
which was headlined throughout the world
almost as a detached observer rather than a
participant. He seems never to have been
too occupied with his own troubles, i e., Ger-
mans, to overlook a blazing tank or dead horse,
burning farmhouse or tangled telephone wires,
a gallant feat or a bit of comedy. In the
hottest kind of action he saw the dozens of in-
cidents which make up war and has remem-
bered them in unaffected but engaging phrases.
His style is so calm and matter of fact that
not until the close does the reader realize
that he has found a minor masterpiece, one
that demands a second reading or a third."
P. J. Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 29 '46 700w
MALAPARTE, CURZIO. Kaputt; tr. from the
Italian by Cesare Foligno. 407p $3.75 Dutton
46-7374
"Neither straight memoir nor novel, this
book by an Italian war correspondent repre-
sents a horrifying spectacle of Europe during
the war years, seen, for the first time, from
the Axis side. As title indicates, theme is the
complete moral and physical degradation of a
continent. Using an impressionistic technique
employing flashbacks and relating isolated in-
cidents, Malaparte conveys an effect of the hor-
ror of war as much by gruesomely gay con-
versations he has with German generals as by
actual descriptions of fighting or suffering:."
Library J
Reviewed by Emily Schossberger
Book Week p3 N 3 '46 700w
Kirkus 14:449 S 1 '46 280w
"Though it says a good deal more to the
subtle than to the naive, the book can be read
with interest and profit on any level. Recom-
mended." C. C. Mish
-f Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 ISOw
"I doubt that a single incident in Kaputt
can be taken as possessing literal truth. What
is important is that the whole leering, grimac-
ing, corrupt and degenerate picture he paints
of Fascist Europe before the tide had turned
against it has, whatever the inventions and
the arrogant fancies he may have added to it,
an inescapable inner truth. The details may
be lies, but the total effect is but too hide-
ously and decadently true." Richard Watts
New Repub 115:737 D 2 '46 750w
"This is a puzzling and disturbing- book. . .
If we are not to forget, a book like this from
an eyewitness is important. It would have been
vastly more important if it had been published
years ago. Mr. Malaparte could have done so.
In 1942 he was in neutral Sweden. He had pow-
erful friends there, he tells us, among them
Prince Eugene, brother of King Gustav. . . Why
did he not stay in Sweden, finish it and pub-
lish it there? His book does not provide a satis-
factory answer." Howard Taubman
N Y Times p5 N 3 '46 900w
"Malaparte writes a phrenetic prose. As he
sweeps along through purple patches, through
mystical threnodies, through stark and bloody
paragraphs, you feel that he is barely keeping
himself under control. It is an appropriate style
for the content, but it occasionally betrays
the writer into absurdities and obscurities.
Whether or not every conversation he has
recorded is verbatim is unimportant. What is
important is that this book is, subjectively
and objectively, a composite portrait of what
is called Fascism — with all its senility, all its
decay, its cynicism, its sad weariness exposed.
Malaparte's word for it is perhaps as good
as any 'Kaputt,' the dictionary says, means
'Done, broken, finished, gone to rum.' " Albert
Hubbell
New Yorker 22:131 N 30 '46 1350w
'•[An] exciting and terrifying book, as well
as a composite portrait of Fascism. Signer
Malaparte's personal and political traits may
be the subject of conjecture and controversy,
but there can be no controversy on the subject
of the book he has written." Spencer Barefoot
+ San Francisco Chronicle plG Ja 12 '47
700w
"The legerdemain with which his contribu-
tions to the cause of fascism are passed over in
the book itself is a masterly achievement.
When 'Kaputt' appeared in Italy, reviewers of
established anti-fascist standing protested vio-
lently, but could not check its very considerable
popular success. Italians know a good piece of
writing when they see one. And they have as a
rule not too high an opinion of the singleheart-
edness of man anyway. . . The basic plan of
'Kaputt' has the subtle simplicity of a Decame-
ron. . . You won't do justice to your experience
in reading 'Kaputt,' if you take it as straight
autobiography or journalism. I suppose the
thing to do is to read it as fiction based on
facts. You may also call it a fantasy about
factual themes. But whatever you call it, you
won't escape the strange, grisly beauty of these
stories. Even the occasional repetitiousness of
the style does not impair their fascinating ef-
fect on the reader." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:13 N 16 '46 ISOOw
Time 48:110 N 11 '46 600w
"It is a horrible book but it is impossible
not to read it through, once you have begun.
For, like Galeazzo Ciano's diaries, it exhibits
with absolute shamelessness the full degrada-
tion of the Fascist mind. . . The book is well
translated, although with American colloquial-
isms which sound odd from a 'professor eme-
ritus' of Oxford." Vincent Sheehan
Weekly Book Review p6 N 17 '46 ISOOw
MALEEV, VLADIMIR LEONIDAS. Internal-
combustion engines; theory and design. 2d
ed 636p $5 McUraw
621.43 Gas and oil engines 46-8989
"This text, for engineering students and
practicing engineers, presents the fundamental
principles of internal -combustion engine design
and operation. Although the author presup-
poses a knowledge of thermodynamics and me-
538
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MALEEV, V. L. — Continued
chanics, the essentials of these subject* are
reviewed in the chapters on fuels, combustion,
and engine cycles. New material in this edi-
tion, particularly that relating- to combustion in
compression and spark-ignition engines, and
fuels, accounts for more than 200 additional
pages. A chapter on gas turbines has been
added, and the number of problems given at
the end of chapters has been increased from
225 to 543." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Library J 70:687 Ag '45 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:57 O '45
MALET, ORIEL. My bird sings. 248p $2.50
Doubleday [8s 6d Faber]
46-7661
Fragile little story about the childhood of
three French girls in the early nineteenth cen-
tury. A young present-day bride finds an old
greenish mirror from a French chateau, and
in it sees the reflected lives of the three:
Pauline, Camille, and Cosette.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p23 N 24 '46 400w
Booklist 43:156 Ja 15 '47
"A sensitivity, a delicacy, distinguishes this
and gives it ground for a certain auocesa d'ea-
time in England. Though not for a popular
audience, this should find a discriminating fol-
lowing here."
-f Kirkus 14:396 Ag 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 N 30 '45 40w
"Without straining for historical accuracy.
Oriel Malet gives a sympathetic picture of a
romantic young girl of the period. . . To say
that it is a delightful book for teen-age girls
does not exclude it from adults who have
periodic spells of this nostalgic past-fever, and
who have a preference for the Romantic Age
In France. It is a book like a tune on an old
French music -box." Mary Mian
-f N Y Times p!2 O 20 '46 270w
"This little parcel of whimsy . . . will delight
or irritate you, according to how thick you
like your whimsy spread and what you expect
to flnd underneath when you wipe it away
to look at the substance." N. G. Chaikin
Sat R of Lit 29:90 D 7 '46 500w
"Has a certain fairy-story charm about it;
but the plot was already sufficiently undis-
ciplined without the introduction of an en-
chanted mirror to tell their story, dialogue and
all, a century later." V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Spec 175:498 N 23 '45 BOw
"A charming story. . . Miss Malet has imagi-
nation, tenderness and humour, she under-
stands children and adolescents very well and
she has a pleasant, straightforward style, but
there is an indecisiveness about her book which
is at once a fault and a virtue."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p5Sl D 8
'45 240w
"This novel is hardly a novel at all. It Is a
fantasy seen in a mirror. . . The little tale is
at once nothing at all, and like an emanation,
a little ghostly play found half -documented In
some old Gloucestershire Dower House attic.
The artificial device of the mirror, the unex-
plained relation of the old puppeteer to Melanie
de Rosignole or to the three girls in the
house called La Maison des Saintes, give a
touch of mystery, a screw or two of tension
to the narrative. For the most part, the story
moves like a little company of dragon flies
floating on some placid tributary of the Loire."
Ernestine Evans
+ Weekly Book Review p6 N 3 '46 650w
MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW. Dynamics of
culture change; an inquiry into race relations
in Africa; ed. by Phyllis M. Kaberry. 171p
|2.50 Tale univ. press
672.96 Africa— Race problems. Ethnology-
Africa. Acculturation A46-2174
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Whether or not one agrees with all the
theories and statements set forth in this
posthumous book, the fact that such a well-
organized work could be produced from mere
scattered notes, previous publications and lec-
tures attests to the fundamental consistency
and vigor of Malinowski's thought and prin-
ciples, as well as to the unusual editorial
ability of Dr. Kaberry. . . For the specialist
the book as a whole offers little or nothing
which is absolutely new since it presents topics
and theories with which Malinowski has al-
ready dealt in previous publications and lec-
tures, but it does serve to clarify some of his
earlier statements and viewpoints and to bring
them together in a pointed and concise form.
Furthermore, it provides not only interesting
but stimulating reading, as Malinowski al-
ways does." H. B. Hause
Am Anthropol 48:116 Ja '46 950w
"For the intelligent pains taken by the editor
no praise would be too high. Her discrimina-
tion, restraint, good taste, and unobtrusiveness
are equaled only by the extraordinary patience
and skill with which she has fitted together
the scattered fragments of this jigsaw puzzle.
She has also added much of value by her
bibliographic and other notes. It is only to
be regretted that she limited the Bibliography
to the references made in Malinowski's manu-
scripts." Clyde Kluckhohn
-f _- Am J Soc 51:571 My '46 2150w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 D 23 '45 140w
Reviewed by H. J. Fleure
Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 10 '46
300W
Reviewed by John Butler
New Statesman & Nation 32:31 Jl 13
'46 700w
MALLESON, LUCY BEATRICE (ANTHONY
GILBERT, ANNE MEREDITH, pseuds).
Black stage. (Smith & Durrell bk) 215p $2
Barnes, A.S. [8s 6d Collins]
47-298
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week pi 8 D 8 '46 BOw
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!8 D 15 '46 140w
"All very orthodox and British, and rather
soothing, too."
-f New Yorker 22:148 D 14 '46 90w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 15 '46
60w
"Anthony Gilbert has a special touch which
gives his mysteries more than one kind of ap-
peal. You can smile at the way he employs
rather outrageous whodunit stuff — for the
amusement of the carriage trade, no doubt —
or you can take him seriously as many of his
most earnest admirers do. Either way you
take them, there's entertainment in the in-
habitants of Four Acres." Will Cuppy
•f Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46 120w
MALLESON, LUCY BEATRICE (ANTHONY
GILBERT, ANNE MEREDITH, pseuds).
Death lifts the latch [Eng title: Don't open
the door!]. 176p |2 Barnes, A.S. [8s 6d Col-
lins]
46-1796
Detective story.
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!6 F 10 '46 180w
"Humdinger!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
"Mr. Gilbert has more than a twinkle In
his eye as he puts familiar whodunit gambits
through the wringer and they come out differ-
ent. He gives you certain ideas, anywhere
from sly comment to all but parody. Better
see what you think of this recommended item."
Will Cuppy
-H weekly Book Review p21 F 8 '46 220w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
539
MALLON, MRS CAROLINE H. Story Of the
sandman; pictures by Mary Gehr. [26p] |1
Follett
Picture- story book about the Sandman, who
came to call on Mickey and Ann and took them
to Dream Land, where they visited the castle
from which happy dreams come.
"This is a book which opens vistas of imag-
ination and makes bedtime more attractive."
P. A. Whitney
+ Book Week p7 D 30 '45 150w
"Rather pleasing story for children with
imagination, but not particularly well done."
Marian Webb
H Library J 71:124 Ja 15 '46 60w
"Ten or eleven years have elapsed since
Maloney first (and probably last) saw Grant's
Tomb. In that decade, he remarks with Justi-
fied chagrin, 'writers have entered the world
of letters, left it, got into fights with Ernest
Hemingway, spoken at Book and Author
Luncheons, written trilogies, lectured at Bread
Loaf, gone to Hollywood, taken to drink, joined
Alcoholics Anonymous, or otherwise improved
themselves. As far as I can tell, I have man-
aged to stand completely still.' While granting
his main premise, a magnanimous critic can
point out that even on a treadmill Maloney's
footwork is a thing of beauty." Richard Match
+ Weekly Book Review p!8 Ja 27 '46
700w
MALLOWAN, MRS AGATHA (MILLER)
CHRISTIE. See Christie, A. M.
MALLY, EMMA LOUISE, ed. Treasury of ani-
mal stories; with a foreword by [the author].
624p $3 Citadel
Animals, Legends and stories of 46-21574
"This anthology is primarily fiction and
largely prose. It contains the whole of David
Garnett's 'Lady Into Fox,' Chaucer's 'Nun's
Priest's Tale1 modernized by the editor as
'Chanticleer and Pertelote,' the climactic chap-
ters of 'Moby Dick,' and stories or poems by
writers as different as Edith Wharton, James
Thurber, Rudyard Kipling, Poe, Robert Brown-
ing, Gorky, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, H. Q. Wells,
Saki, Homer, Anatole France, T. S. Eliot,
Pirandello, Chesterton, Balzac, Chekhov, W. H.
Hudson, Oliver Herford and John Collier."
Weekly Book Review
"The Mally 'Treasury' is not so rich in out-
of-the-way lore as Mr. Sanderson's handsome
anthology, nor does it maintain the same
exotic charm and flavor. It is, quite unpre-
tentiously, an assemblage of good stories about
animals, for the reader whose interest in zool-
ogy stops short at the cocker spaniel." Richard
Match
-f N Y Times p!6 O 13 '46 180w
"Apparently the editor of this anthology is
satisfied that any story or poem that mentions
a beast is an 'animal story;' quite often the
beasts in these tales are merely catalytic
agents in human dramas. . . It's a good collec-
tion, but one wonders if these categorical an-
thologies are not getting out of hand. Miss
Mally might well have thrown in a chunk of
'Don Quixote' (Rosinante, horse)."
New Yorker 22:101 S 28 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by A. Foff
San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
70w
"It is miscellaneous literature, but almost
all of it good."
-f Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 150w
MALONEY, RUSSELL. It's still Maloney; or,
Ten years in the big city. 207p $2.50 Dial
press
817 46-1424
A collection of articles on a variety of sub-
jects reprinted from the New Yorker. Mr
Maloney describes them by saying they are
what English instructors know as "the fa-
miliar essay. At the New Yorker, because
such a piece is produced according to a tra-
dition as intricate and unbending as Javanese
temple rites, it is called a 'casual/ "
Reviewed by B. D. Branch
Book Week plO F 10 '46 330w
Kirkus 14:16 Ja '46 130w
"Like most books of humorous purport, 'It's
Still Maloney' is best when taken in small
doses. Read through at a single sitting, the
wit grows wan, the formula transparent.
Singly, all the pieces in 'It's Still Maloney'
are amiable, observant, flecked with satire, yet
when read in sequence they give evidence of
a labored contrivance." Richard Maney
N Y Times p7 Ja 20 '46 750w
MALOY, MRS LOIS. Toby's house [il. by the
author]. [32p] 50c Grosset
Simple picture book for the very young. It
shows in color where the insects and animals
and Toby all live, and what happened when
Toby found a homeless puppy.
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
60w
Horn Bk 22:349 S '46 60w
Kirkus 14:323 Jl 15 '46 70w
"A story little children will enjoy. Bright,
colorful pictures." M. A. Webb
-f- Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 40w
MALVERN, GLADYS. Gloria, ballet dancer.
184p $2 Messner
46-6362
Career book for Junior high school girls.
Gloria was unable to continue her dancing les-
sons because of financial troubles. In a tryout
for a corps de ballet she fails because of stage
fright and so for a time she gives up dancing.
But her sincere love of ballet calls her back
to her lessons when she finds a part-time Job.
Booklist 43:73 N 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 14 '46
200w
"Good balance between proverbial inspiration
and perspiration, some failure, lots of hard
work, and ultimately the reward of satisfac-
tion and success in a chosen field. Good han-
dling of emotional areas of family, friends and
boy-friends. Plays down glamour and intensifies
good values of deep personal satisfaction in
work well done."
-f Kirkus 14:72 F 1 '46 HOw
"Recommended for Junior high school girls."
Eileen Riols
-f Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"An absorbing, realistic story of a natural
and appealing girl."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 20w
MAMMEN, EDWARD WILLIAM. Old stock
company school of acting; a study of the
Boston museum. B9p il $1.50; pa $1 Boston
public lib.
792 Acting. Boston museum
This "study of the Boston Museum" (a
stock company or theatre organization produc-
ing a number of plays each season) is but one
part of a larger projected treatise which is
expected to include treatment of modern stock
companies, little theaters, university schools
and professional schools of acting. The Boston
Museum company, flourishing during the mid-
nineteenth century, was chosen as a repre-
sentative example of its type.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 19 '46
1200w
"Mr. Mammen's work is not only valuable
for its research but rewarding in its presenta-
tion."
+ Theatre Arts 30:190 Mr '46 240w
540
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MAN DEL, WILLIAM. Guide to the Soviet
Union. Slip $5 Dial press
947.084 Russia 46-6947
"This book is a factual description of the
Soviet Union as it is today. Space is devoted
to history to afford an understanding of the
background of the current situation. It is not
an eyewitness account, but a documented study.
However, in choosing his sources and documen-
tation, the author has been guided by the ex-
perience of a year's residence in the U.S.S.R. . .
His judgement and conclusions are based on six
years of professional study of Russia. One pur-
pose of this book is to present data much of
which is not yet available in English literature
on the subject. The author has used original
sources wherever possible. These, of course,
are in the Russian language or official transla-
tions. But, for purposes of certification, ref-
erence is made to the observations and opinions
of responsible American observers. For reasons
of space, it has been impossible to list all
sources. The references are therefore selective
rather than inclusive." (Pref) Index.
'46
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Reviewed by W. H. Melish
Churchman 160:19 D 15 '46 150w
"Factual information from many sources, both
Russian and English, presented with narrative
continuity which makes it valuable as an aid
in teaching, a reference source, or as an inter-
esting account — historical and current— of de-
velopments in almost every phase of Soviet
life. . . Highly recommended for all libraries."
Toby Cole
-f- Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 140w
"The skeptic and the scholar may wish to
go beyond the 'Guide' for interpretation more
to their liking. But for the very many who
need and want an interesting, uncritical refer-
ence book on Soviet society, Mr. Mandel has
provided a valuable compendium." R. E. Lau-
terbach
H NY Times p30 D 8 '46 950w
"At first glance his treatise appears im-
pressive, but as you read along, you become
increasingly aware of his almost official tone
and of his severely uncritical approach. It is
not that Mr. Mandel upholds the present re-
gime on issues like purge trials and censorship;
he just breezes past them and goes on to talk
of more pleasant things."
New Yorker 22:135 O 19 '46 120w
"Mr. Mandel would have performed a public
service had he done nothing but gather to-
gether in one volume, and translate into Eng-
lish, the great collection of information he has
on Soviet government, industry, agriculture,
and life in general. He has performed a
further service by setting down his information
in a mild, terse prose which avoids the ex-
tremes which usually afflict both Soviet parti-
sans and Soviet critics. . . Mr. Mandel con-
cerns himself only with the bright side of So-
viet life. Readers will find but the barest
mention of prison labor camps, the secret
police or the famous 'liquidation of the kulaks
as a class' which caused such an uprooting of
Soviet life before the war." G. P.
H San Francisco Chronicle plO N 24 '46
250w
"A wealth of highly interesting information
on almost every phase of Russian life. His
book is encyclopedic in its scope, but both the
arrangement of material and a clear, narrative
style make it highly readable over and above
its value as a reference work. Moreover it is
as completely up to date as any such book
could be." F. R. Dulles
-f Weekly Book Review p28 N 3 '46 550w
MANIFOLD, JOHN. Selected verse. S5p $2.50
A 821 46-17299
th^"r C°]l?ction*ofi-aU tll? P°er™» which the au-
thor, an Australian, has thought worthv of
keeping during the past twelve years They are
writt^15wUa5fireil a?,diiyrlcs' "£'• of them
BritfS? wmy Manifold was aervin* Jn the
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
"Most of these verses have appeared before
in current English and American journals, but
they are of inconsiderable quality and impor-
tance."
— Kirkus 14:236 My 15 '46 80w
"Nothing In this volume is great poetry, and
nobody knows it better than Mr. Manifold; but
there is nothing in it, either, which is not
thought and felt and written cleanly. The lyrics
remind you of early MacNeice; but the satires
show Mr. Manifold's unpretentious virtues most
clearly." Arthur Mizener
-h Nation 163:302 S 14 '46 230w
"Mr. Manifold would have done better to
have written fewer poems and destroyed fewer.
As it is, his poems gallop along from page to
page, much as if he were on his way to another
battlefield and did not have time to stop and
speculate long on any single poem or to consider
the arduous problems which should enter into
its composition. . . There are false folk bal-
lads, creaking with artificiality; slight personal
songs, satires and the usual conventional son-
nets. The ballads, presumably based on Aus-
tralian character and legend, do not suggest the
folk ballad or any other impersonal art." M. Y.
N Y Times p23 Ag 18 '46 700w
"The elegy to a friend and countryman killed
in Crete is straightforward and moving, and his
plain dislike of sham and cruelty and his
occasional bright song make his volume a
pleasant one " Ijouise Bogan
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Poetry 69:43 O '46 700w
"Introduces a vigorous new talent from Aus-
tralia, mature and lyrical." George Snell
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60w
MANLEY, MARIAN CATHERINE (MRS
GERALD H. WINSER). Library service to
business; its place in the small city. 72p pa
$1.25 A.L.A.
026.65 Business libraries. Business — Bib-
liography 46-25027
"This book is intended to show the relation
of business library service to library adminis-
tration as already established and to the com-
munity. It is planned both as a working tool
and as a simple introduction, showing that
'good business service is simply the extension
of general library service' organized to meet
fundamental needs." Pref.
Booklist 42:195 F 15 '46
"This concise pamphlet by one of the out-
standing business librarians in the profession
is a welcome addition to library literature. . .
It is good to have an able statement of a pro-
§ram which clearly shows how the library can
e useful in the day-to-day operation and in
the improvement of the community's economic
machinery. For those librarians seeking to put
the public library in the mid-stream of tangible
community activity and need, Miss Manley's
admirably detailed guide is most helpful." W.
H. Kaiser
4- Library J 71:751 My 15 '46 550w
MANLEY, R. G. Waveform analysis; a guide
to the interpretation of periodic waves, in-
cluding vibration records. 275p $4 Wiley [21s
Chapman]
516.56 Harmonic analysis. Fourier's series
[45-7956]
"The author is mainly concerned with ex-
position of the envelope method of wave anal-
ysis, a method developed chiefiy by him while
he was a member of the staff of the Vibration
Department of the de Havlland Aircraft Com-
pany, Ltd. However, he has included also
discussions of analysis by superposition, math-
ematical analysis (Fourier series), numerical
methods of analysis, and analysis by mechani-
cal and electronic instruments. His first two
chapters constitute a compact, systematic
treatment of the general characteristics and
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properties of sine waves in combination, and
harmonic series. The final chapter treats Lis-
sajou figures. The book is intended for grad-
uate engineers." (N Y New Tech Bks) Glos-
sary. Index.
Library J 70:892 O 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:63 O
'45
MANLY, HAROLD PHILLIPS. Drake's heat-
ing-, cooking- and air conditioning- handbook;
a reference manual and practical instruction
book. 70Gp il $4 Drake, F. J.
697 Heating. Ventilation. Air conditioning
45-9296
"This volume is intended for practical work-
ers engaged in the installation, and maintenance
of heating and air conditioning equipment.
Computations regarding heating and cooling
loads, duct sizes, and heat losses and gains,
require only the use of simple arithmetic. The
first eight chapters outline the basic principles
governing heat and temperature, heat transfer,
evaporation and relative humidity. The re-
mainder of the book deals with the installation
of steam, hot water, and warm air heating sys-
tems; cooling systems; use of air filters and
fans; duct design; oil and gas burners; coal
stokers; and automatic controls." (N Y New
Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L,. A. Bales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 140w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:51 O '45
MANN, QOLO. Secretary of Europe; the life
of Friedrich Gentz, enemy of Napoleon; tr.
by William H. Woglom. 323p il $4 Yale univ.
press
B or 92 Gentz, Friedrich von A46-2406
Biography of Friedrich von Gentz, a German
diplomat, friend of Prince Metternich. The book
furnishes also a picture of the conflicting po-
litical states of Europe during the Napoleonic
era. Index.
Reviewed by S. B. Fay
Am Hist R 52-115 O '46 600w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 400w
Christian Century 63:722 Je 5 '46 210w
Current Hist 11:47 Jl '46 150w
"If Gentz were not so inconsequential and
vacillating a personality and if the author could
have made him live, the historical background
would have taken proper perspective. As it is,
it seems muddled and dead, there are familiar
names and events, but no living- characters nor
live events. Heavy going."
— Kirkus 14:89 F 15 '46 140w
"Detailed, scholarly, fascinating biography.
. . In rescuing this great political writer from
partial oblivion, author has produced a book
to be read in the light of tne present world
crisis — one which will increase our historical
understanding of political and social revolu-
tion." G. O. Kelley
-f- Library J 71:585 Ap 15 '46 140w
"Golo Mann's superbly executed biography of
Gentz is recommended reading- not only for
students of a bygone age but also for students
of history-In-the-making-." Robert Strausz-
Hupe
-f N Y Times p4 My 19 '46 1750w
"The book is written with fine scholarship
by the youngest son of Thomas Mann and is
interesting in that it Illumines a little-known
thougrh important figure of the period, but his
treatment of the subject is a shade too heavy-
handed."
H New Yorker 22:99 My 11 '46 80w
"The name of Friedrich Gentz has fallen
into oblivion; Dr. Mann has done well to de-
vote what must have been the labor of years
to retracing the course of his life. The result
is a volume that will fascinate its readers,
in addition to all others reasons, because of
the striking historical parallel to our own
times which its author uncovers." Robert Pick
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 Je 8 '46 950w
Times [London] Lit Sup p638 D 28 '46
900w
"Friedrich Von Gentz, has been the subject
of an excellent scholarly biography by Paul
R. Sweet, titled Friedrich Von Gentz, Defender
of the Old Order, 1941. Now Golo Mann has
devoted a second biography to Gentz. It lacks
the scholarly apparatus of the former work,
but it is valuable in the more penetrating eval-
uation of the problems created in Europe by a
great revolution and the collapse of traditional,
social, and cultural values, by the military
attempt at Europe's unification, and by Russia's
sudden advance into a leading- position of
power and influence. . . It is regrettable, how-
ever, that no references are given for the many
interesting quotations from original sources
with which the book abounds."
4 _ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:191 S '46 240w
"It is a well written study addressed to the
more intellectual half of the reading public.
It is doubtful, however, that many Americans
can be persuaded to take much interest in a
political commentator who died more than a
century ago. The life of Gentz lacked any real
drama or dignity; he was an historical source
rather than an historical subject, and his
writings have little importance save for the
student of diplomatic history." Geoffrey Bruun
^ Weekly Book Review p20 My 5 '46
550w
"Golo Mann has written a book which
makes fascinating — and terrifying: — reading for
men who have lived through the convulsions
of the past few years. . . This is a biography
of Gentz, but is biography in the best sense.
The figure of the eminent publicist is sketched
against the changing background of his time."
D. C. McKay
-f Yale R n s 36:152 autumn '46 850w
MANNERS, DAVID X. Memory of a scream.
224p $2 Curl
46-20738
Mystery story.
"The tale's action Jerks about as wildly as
a fish on a hook, breaks out in a wild rash of
murders and comes to a confused close with
a bevy of murderers." James Sandoe
— Book Week p4 O 6 '46 50w
"The story is wildly improbable and very
loosely put together." Isaac Anderson
— NY Times p32 S 22 '46 170w
"Good debut." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!5 S 15 '46
40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p42 D 8 '46 140w
MANNING, CLARENCE AUGUSTUS. Soldier
of liberty, Casimir Pulaski [with a pref. by
Hugh Gibson]. 304p $3 Philosophical lib.
B or 92 Pulaski, Casimir 46-2998
Full length, popular biography of Count Casi-
mir Pulaski, a Polish patriot exiled from his
own country who fought under Washington in
our Revolution and died at the battle of
Savannah in 1779.
"Clarence A. Manning's book is by no means
an original study of Pulaski's life and times.
It gives, however, an exhaustive account of
the hero's deeds and of the political pattern
in Poland and America at the end of the 18th
century. Pulaski's personality remains rather
dim which perhaps, is not the author's fault.
For Casimir Pulaski belongs to those rare men
whose lives are consumed by action almost to
the extent of obliterating- their personalities."
Mendel Kochanski
Book Week p6 F 10 '46 550w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 70:1088 N 15 '45 lOOw
MANNING, GEORGE CHARLES. Basic design
of ships. 212p IS.75 Van Nostrand
623.81 Naval architecture 46-472
"A treatise on the fundamental principles and
processes involved In the preliminary design
of commercial and military vessels for the use
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MANNING, Q. C.— Continued
of naval architects and ship designers." (Sub-
title) The author is Professor of Naval archi-
tecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:13 Ja '46
"The book is well written, touches practically
all phases of ship design, and contains many
of the equations and formulae involved, with
tables and graphs for their solution. . . Al-
though it is not a full compendium of informa-
tion on ship designing, the book should be a
valuable introduction and reference work to the
subject."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:158 Je '46 280w
MANTELL, CHARLES LETNAM. Industrial
carbon, its elemental, adsorptive, and manu-
factured forms. 2d ed 472p il $7.60 Van Nos-
trand
661.126 Carbon 46-6337
"Second edition. Author and contributors
furnish all known facts on the raw materials
and manufacture of the various forms of car-
bons. Includes their fabrication into finished
products, also properties, varieties, methods of
manufacture and use in the chemical and elec-
trical industries and other fields. Chapter on
history of manufactured carbon. Bibliog-
raphies." (Library J) Index. For first edi-
tion see Book Review Digest, 1929.
"Of particular interest to chemical engineers
are the new chapters on construction carbon
and refractory carbon by Frank J. Vosburgh,
and porous carbon by C. E. Ford. New chap-
ters on arc light and illuminating carbons have
been contributed by F. T. Bowditch and C. E.
Greider, on electronic tube anodes by H. W.
Abbott, and on brushes by H. W. Abbott and
M. S. May. The inclusion of these contribu-
tions in the second edition serves the purpose
of rounding out the uses of industrial carbon
and presenting in one volume the available in-
formation on carbons in many industrial
forms." S. Klosky
+ Chem & Eng N 24:2554 S 25 '46 350w
Reviewed by L>. A. Eales
Library J 71:1129 S 1 '46 70w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:348 D '46 240w
MANTLE, BURNS, ed. Best plays of 1945-46;
and the Year book of the drama in America.
515p il $3.50 Dodd
808.82 Dramas — Collections
The "ten best" chosen are: State of the
Union, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Grouse;
Home of the brave, by Arthur Laurents; Deep
are the roots, by Arnaud d'Usseau and James
Gow; The magnificent Yankee, by Emmet
Lavery; Antigone, by Lewis Galantiere and
Jean Anouilh; O mistress mine, by Terence
Rattigan; Born yesterday, by Garson Kanln;
Dream girl, by Elmer Rice; The rugged path,
by R. E. Sherwood: Lute song, by Will frwin
and Sidney Howard. The book also includes
a summary of the theater in New York, Chi-
cago, San Francisco, and Southern California,
and other theater statistics. Contains a short
section on the Equity-Library Theatre and an
index.
Booklist 43:129 Ja 1 '47
"This annual volume is a stand-by for li-
braries all over the country. . . Highly recom-
mended for all libraries." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:1714 D 1 M6 80w
"Burns Mantle's series of 'Best Plays* has
taken a unique place in the American theatre,
and probably in the publishing business as
well. . . Librarians and other scholars bite their
nails until each autumn brings forth a new
book. . . It probably is not too much to say
that by now, which is time for the twenty-
ninth volume, the author of the 'Best Plays'
has become the voice of the theatre." Lewis
Nichols
-f N Y Time* p32 D 1 '46 700w
Theatre Arts 31:71 Ja '47 70w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p30 D 1 '46 280w
MANTOUX, ETIENNE. Carthaginian peace;
or, The economic consequences of Mr Keynes;
with an introd. by R. C. K. Ensor and a
foreword by Paul Mantoux. 203p $4,50 (12s
6d) Oxford
940.3142 Keynes, John Maynard Keynes, 1st
baron — Economic consequences of the
peace. Peace treaties, 1919. Reconstruction
(1919-1939) — Germany. Economic conditions
A46-5949
In this study a young French economist who
was killed in World war II, attempted a sys-
tematic examination of J. M. Keynes's Eco-
nomic Consequences of the Peace. His book
"advances facts and figures to show how dis-
astrously that book misinterpreted the effects
of the Versailles Treaty and established an
erroneous theory of Allied responsibility for
Germany's political and financial collapse and
subsequent military recovery. The author pro-
duces evidence in support of his contention
that German resources were fully adequate to
meet the Reparation requirements of the
Treaty, if the nation had genuinely desired
peace rather than an early resumption of hos-
tilities." (Publisher's note) Index.
"Both as a penetrating interpretation of the
tragio events of the recent past and as a
thought-provoking guide for the architects of
the immediate future, the volume should find
a very wide audience. It should interest the
academic world no less than intelligent publi-
cists, men of affairs, and statesmen every-
where. No careful reader will fail to detect,
beneath the uncommon brilliancy of its style, a
product of the most painstaking scientific
craftsmanship and of a political sagacity for
which many elder men may well envy its
youthful author." W. E. Rappard
-f Am Pol Sc! R 40:983 O '46 1400w
Reviewed by P. H. Douglas
Book Week p8 N 24 '46 700w
Reviewed by Edgar Mclnnis
Canadian Forum 26:235 Ja '47 490w
"The industry and learning of the destruc-
tive thesis are incontestable; there are very
shrewd points and it is easy to convict Keynes
of failing to be right every time in his prophe-
cies. There is also much illuminating discus-
sion on the whole history of German repara-
tions. But most Englishmen will be left
singularly unmoved; the French thesis on the
treatment of Germany appears hardly more
attractive in retrospect than it did in 1919.
even if Keynes did not foresee Hitler. Alas
for the gift of prophecy! Etienne Mantoux
himself, brave and generous soul, was patheti-
cally out."
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 19 '46 270w
Reviewed by G. R. Walker
Nation 163:5S8 N 23 '46 480w
Reviewed by George Soule
New Repub 115:559 O 28 '46 1550w
"This book, the work of a highly gifted
young French scholar, who paid with hia life
for the failure of the Versailles Treaty, com-
mands respect, even where one does not agree
with it. . . With painstaking industry, devas-
tating incisiveness and a wide, almost mellow
knowledge, surprising in one so young, Man-
toux shows that many of Keynes' facts were
wrong, and that therefore his conclusions must
be equally so. . . Mantoux is often right when
criticising these. . . By calling Keynes to
account For the breakdown of the world's com-
bined statesmanship Mantoux pays him a su-
preme compliment. Yet if he were right, his
own book would be futile, for one cannot un-
make history by proving that another writer
has made it. Fortunately, this is not so.
Mantoux's postscript to a period of confusion
is worthy of Keynes's foreword to it." M. J,
Bonn
-f New Statesman A Nation 32:30 Jl 13
'46 1450W
"The book is an impressive feat of logic
and persuasion, and it is regrettable that the
brilliant young Frenchman who wrote it will
not have anything more to say; he was killed
in Germany in the last days of the war."
-f New Yorker 22:102 S 28 '46 llOw
Times [London] Lit Sup p313 Jl 6 '46
4150w
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MANUEL, GORDON.
olds, Q. J.
70,000 to 1. See Reyn-
MARBLE, ALICE. Road to Wimbledon. 167p II
$2.75 Scribner
B or 92 Tennis 46-5902
Alice Marble, the California girl who fought
her way up from poverty to the climax of her
career when she won the "all -comers" tennis
championship at Wimbledon, England, here tells
the story of her life to date.
Booklist 43:15 S '46
•'Her story is a brisk, buoyant one with
dramatic ups and downs. From its pages Alice
Marble emerges as a likable, honest and mod-
est person. Most people would be delighted
to root for her. But among her numerous
talents there is no marked literary gift. She
doesn't strike fire with her life's most exciting
moments. Occasional moralizing passages seem
to show a mentor's helping hand. And any
intimate revelations are restrained to the
point of flatness." Beatrice Sherman
H NY Times p20 Jl 28 '46 650w
"I suppose that this is a book, really, for
girls who are interested in tennis, though Miss
Marble is not thinking of teen-age audiences
and writes for the adults. But because it is
also the book of an American champion — and
Americans are always interested in champions
wherever they find them — it is a little more
than just a book about a tennis player. . . The
overwhelming impression you get from Miss
Marble's book is that here's a nice girl — a
champion, to be sure, a girl who's been a lot
of places and met a lot of people but managed
somehow to remain a nice person. It can't
be as easy as it sounds. So many don't." J.
H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 25 '46
600w
"Miss Marble's story, which is excellently
told, is an authentic piece of American life
and, in its own way, is as true to life as the
autobiographies of such men as the late Sena-
tor George W. Norris or William Allen White.
If Miss Marble is necessarily cast for the
heroine's role, in spite of being a modest nar-
rator, her policeman brother who encouraged
her, disciplined her, and evidently helped her
in the beginning out of his modest salary be-
fore her secretarial work made her self-support-
ing, stands out as the sturdy hero. It all makes
pleasant reading."
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 SOOw
Weekly Book Review p!6 S 15 '46 450w
MARBLE, M. S. Everybody makes mistakes.
212p $2 Rinehart
46-3128
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 60w
New Repub 114:846 Je 10 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 lOOw
MARCELIN, PHILIPPE THOBY-. See Thoby-
Marcelin, P.
MARCOSSON, ISAAC FREDERICK. Wherever
men trade; the romance of the cash register.
263p il $3 Dodd
681.145 Cash registers. Patterson, John
Henry. National cash register company
"The history of the invention of the cash
register, its manufacture, and distribution into
every corner of the world. It is the story of an
invention that revolutionized business methods,
of an industrial enterprise—the National Cash
Register Company, and of John H. Patterson,
another of that company of entrepreneurs who
realized the American dream." (Christian Sci-
ence Monitor) Index
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 27
'46 90w
Library J 70:892 O 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:27 AP '46
MARGETSON, ELISABETH BERTRAM. Many
are the hearts [Eng title: Prelude to David j.
278p $2.50 Mill [8s 6d Ward, Lock]
46-3764
"The emotional entanglements of Carey
North as she first goes through with marriage
to Rafe whom sheTd loved years before, and
who returns from India an aged, broken man.
Marrying him out of conscience, she gets her
reprieve when Rafe dies — on their honeymoon
— and Carey goes to Prance as a Red Cross
volunteer. There she falls in love with a
susceptible, deceptive American who sours
Carey on all men — even David, a flier, and a
nice boy. Brushing him off time and again,
Carey finally recovers from her hatred of men
and admits her Jove to David." Kirkus
"The bits about the Welsh village and its
inhabitants are nice; the Americans are quite
out of focus, and the story is very silly."
O. C.
h Book Week pll My 26 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:133 Mr 15 '46 130w
"If you like your heroine so beautiful that
every man she meets goes into a swoon; if
you fancy a plot with much sound and fury
but signifying nothing— then this is your
book." Anne Richards
N Y Times p26 My 26 '46 150w
MARGOLIES, JOSEPH AARON, ed. Strange
and fantastic stories; introd. by Christopher
Morley. (Whittlesey house publication) 762p
$3.75 McGraw
Short stories — Collections 46-7566
These "fifty tales of terror, horror and fan-
tasy" include stories by Balzac, Stephen Vincent
Benel, Algernon Blackwood, Wilkie Collins,
Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe, Richard Garnett,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, M. R. James, de Maupas-
sant. Poe, Saki, Dorothy L. Sayers. Stevenson.
H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Alexander Wooll-
cott, and others.
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
"A princely collection. . . By familiar names,
the stories are apt to be less familiar than the
usual collection; the obvious works have been
deliberately set aside. A very capable piece
of editing."
-f Kirkus 14:398 AG 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Donald Barr
-f N Y Times p!8 N 10 '46 1150w
"If you are interested in demonology or
witchcraft, you'll find this collection well above
average."
-f New Yorker 22:120 O 26 '46 80w
"The average of quality is high; but far too
many of the stories are familiar revenants
which haunt all standard anthologies." An-
thony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 8 '46
60w
"Creative choice has made of this portly
volume a coherent whole: a sympathetic sense
of how much the human frame can stand at
one time has so arranged the items that they
can be best read in the order given, which
puts aside chronology. Tou wouldn't have be-
lieved there were so many different ways of
making your flesh creep. This book is here
to stay." M. L. Becker
•f Weekly Book Review p!2 D 15 '46 450w
MARGOLIN, ARNOLD DAVIDOVICH. From
a political diary; Russia, the Ukraine, and
America, 1905-1946. 260p $3 Columbia univ.
press
827.47 Russia— Foreign relations— U.S. U.S.
—Foreign relations—Russia, Ukraine. World
politics A46-3317
"These are the memoirs of a Jewish-Ukrain-
ian lawyer who participated in the struggle
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MARGOLIN, A. D. — Continued
tor liberty in Russia in the first two decades
of the present century, and in the last two
decades carried on the struggle in the United
States, where he continued to maintain Interest
in foreign affairs." (N Y Times) Partial con-
tents: The Russian revolutions of 1005 and
1917; The Ukrainian liberation movement; Pre-
Roosevelt America and pre-Hitler Europe;
Early warnings and suggestions; The problem
of Russian debts in America; American -Rus-
sian rapprochement; Sumner Welles and the
Wilsonian principles; Toward winning the
peace. Index.
Reviewed by E. C. Helmreich
Am Pol Sci R 40:828 Ag '46 230w
Reviewed by D. F. White
Ann Am Acad 248:281 N '46 550w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 7 '46 70 w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 11:46 Jl '46 900w
"Where his book presents a rather unique
and valuable contribution to our understanding
of recent history and of the Russian problem
is in its detailed account of his activities in
the Ukrainian liberation movement. . . In the
first seventy pages of Mr. Margolin's book
which deal with the Ukraine and Russia, and
In the appended documents, [the American
reader) will find a mine of information not
easily accessible elsewhere." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p!8 Jl 21 '46 600w
Reviewed by Alex Inkeles
Pol Sci Q 61:473 S '46 410w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:220 S '46 190w
"Mr. Margolin has an admirable belief in
the force of reasonableness in world affairs,
but this quality, if otherwise unsupported,
carries little weight in the international scene
or in the process of preparing a useful book."
S. S. Harcave
Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 4 '46 600w
MARIANO, JOHN HORACE. Shall I get a
divorce, and how? 141p $2 Council on mar-
riage relations
392.5 Divorce 46-5074
"Covers the entire situation in all its details,
and provides complete information regarding
the divorce laws of all the states. It answers
such questions as, have I just grounds for a
divorce — either morally or legally, what di-
vorces are likely to be declared invalid, what
are the residence requirements of the various
states, how can an annulment be secured, and
so on. Many will be surprised at the long list
of possible reasons for annulment on the basis
of fraud, which include deceit, or the with-
holding of any Information which would have
prevented the marriage, such as the failure to
disclose a previous marriage, misrepresentation
regarding the existence of certain blood-
strains, and the unfulfilled promise to have a
religious ceremony." (Churchman) Index.
Reviewed by R. E. Danielson
Atlantic 178:156 O '46 450w
Book Week p26 D 1 '46 lOOw
Booklist 43:7 S '46
Christian Century 63:919 Jl 24 '46 120w
"It is full of sound advice and wholesome
warnings against the too hasty breaking of
the marriage tie. It is an excellent book to
put into the hands of those who are experienc-
ing doubts regarding the success of their mar-
riage, and would be an invaluable aid to the
pastor who advises them.'1 W. L. Caswell
-f Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 300w
"The book is intended for persons who are
dissatisfied with their marriage but offers some
usefulness as a reference. Tables and charts
at the end supply information regarding varia-
tions in grounds for divorce or annulment in
the states and list state marriage requirements,
residence requirements, Jurisdictional require-
ments for divorce, and the waiting time
between interlocutory and final decrees." L.
A. Lynde
+ J Home Econ 38:605 N '46 160w
Reviewed by E. A. Lissfelt
Social Studies 37:378 D '46 300w
"While this is a timely book, the author's
statements must be taken with a good grain
of salt. Many pertinent questions have oeen
left unanswered." Marie MUnk
Survey 82:305 N '46 440w
MARIANO, JOHN HORACE. Veteran and his
marriage. 303p $2.75 Council on marriage
relations, inc. 110 B. 42d st. N.Y. 17
392.5 Marriage. Divorce 46-10
"Neuroses have their place in determining
the future happiness of young people who mar-
ried hastily during the war excitement. [This
book] discusses these and other phases of the
former serviceman's life for the general reader.
It stresses the need of patience and thoughtful-
ness in helping him make adjustment, because
he is not relieved of responsibility even if mis-
mated. Here again steady employment for the
man is excellent insurance. The author is of
the opinion that if wives continue to work as
they did in the war emergency, they will hinder
normal marriage relations; that children will
be neglected, husbands will become irritable,
and 4a loss of femininity' will result." (Survey
G) Appended is a chart of the divorce laws of
the 48 states. Index.
"A superficial, diffuse, disconnected, and ver-
bose book." R. S. Cavan
— Am Soc R 11-778 D '46 60w
Booklist 42.242 Ap 1 '46
Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 20w
He viewed by L». A. Lynde
J Home Econ 38:605 N '46 70w
Reviewed by Herbert Sonthoff
Social Studies 37:332 N> '46 600w
"Any married couple can find a wealth of
wise, if occasionally platitudinous, counsel in
these pages, but most of it is aimed at those
whose marriages are 'on the rocks.' " D. B.
B.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 F 22 '46 300w
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey Q 35:24 Ja '46 160w
MARIGNY, MARIE ALFRED FOUQUER-
EAUX DE. See De Marigny, M. \. F.
MARK, HERMAN FRANZ, ed. S Craemer,
E. O. Scientific progress in tl t cl of rub-
ber and synthetic elastomers
MARKUS, JOHN, ed. See Electronics (peri-
odical). Electronics for engineers
MARLETT, MRS MELBA. Tomorrow will be
Monday. 311p $2.50 Doubleday
46-5414
Story of three sisters who are distributed
among relatives when their mother dies, and
grow up with varying ideals and aims, partly
conditioned by their own natures, partly by
environment. Eleanor, the oldest, is brought
up to be a perfect lady, Martha, the brainy,
solid tyoe makes a good career for herself and
finally comes into a happy marriage; and
Penelope, the prettiest, has a number of
marital adventures before she finally gets her
deserts.
"Ukeable, lifelike entertainment for women
who want stories about identifiable char-
acters."
-f Kirkus 14:204 My 1 '46 170w
"A good, light story. Pine characterization.
Recommended." D. R. Homer
4- Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
"A full, satisfying story, written out of
sound knowledge of human behavior and mid-
dle-class life in a small town." Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times p8 Ag 25 '46 llOw
"There are family chronicles in which the
determinant force is cohesion, and there are
family chronicles in which the dominant factor
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
545
is dispersion. 'Tomorrow Will Be Monday" is
one of the latter — engagingly discursive, rich
in detail, and entertaining as a study of varied
states of matrimony. It is written somewhat as
though an acquaintance of Melba Marlett might
have met her after a lapse of many years and
in the course of their reminiscences the friend
had said to the novelist: 'By the way, what
happened to the King girls after their mother's
death?' Out of a complete store of remembered
incident and her own shrewd analysis Miss
Marlett gives the answer." George Conrad
4- Weekly Book Review plO Jl 21 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:151 N '46
MARQUAND, JOHN PHILLIPS. B. F.'s daugh-
ter. 439p $2.75 Little 46-7089
Character study of the beautiful daughter of
a very wealthy industrialist, known to his
friends as B. F. All her early life was dom-
inated by B. P., so when Polly married a young
professor, she started running his life for him.
That time it did not work. The war gave her
husband an excuse to make a getaway, and
Polly, failing to capture the man she really
wanted, was adrift.
"Mr. Marquand's satire, whether of New
Dealers, of the Pentagon, or of the brass hats
in the Pacific, as his devastating take-off of
the Intellectual, is fresh, timely, and engross-
ing. The three themes which give his story
its force — the father-daughter relationship,
American acquisitiveness, and the lover-come-
back-to-me — are much more germane to Amer-
ican life than, shall we say, homosexuality.**
Edward Weeks
4- Atlantic 178*160 D '46 330w
"The thousand bits of detail are both canny
and rangv — the waxed white moustache of the
old-school host in Washington, the Monel -metal
sink in the little ($30,000) hideaway in Connec-
ticut, the chlorine in the whisky and water on
Guam All that Marquand has learned has been
put to work in this novel — and that is a great,
great deal " S K. Workman
+ Book Week pi N 3 '46 1550w
Booklist 43-70 N 1 '46
"This time, Mr. Marquand has proved that
he can give us women as skillfully as men.
Polly Brett will take her place beside George
Apley and Mr. H. M. Pulham. She is every
bit as convincing. And it shall be confessed
that the book is pleasurable reading; for its
author is an able novelist, a brilliant master
dialogue." Margaret Williamson
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 18
'46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '46
"With the appearance of 'B F.'s Daughter,'
J. P. Marquand has reached a status of a
major American writer. . . Our current litera-
ture offers men of greater genius than J. P.
Marquand, but none with an acuter sense of the
need for a civilized ethos." F. X. Connolly
4- Commonweal 45-330 Ja 10 '47 900w
Current Hist 11:512 D f46 70w
"A sure best seller and best renter, but a
very mediocre book."
— Klrkus 14:462 S 15 '46 250w
"Another revealing study of contemporary
life written with the author's discernment and
mastery in portraying shades of characteriza-
tion. . . For all libraries." M. C. Manley
4- Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 lOOw
"For the first time one has an awareness
of Mr. Marquand's own sharp sense of the
divisions among the social-intellectual classes,
and of himself as a spokesman for the em-
battled majority. There is a new note of
defensiveness, not only in Mr. Marquand's
satire of the long-hairs, but also in the main
argument of his story. . . As a matter of fact,
even the technical telling of Mr. Marquand's
story betrays an uncertainty about his own
position. The novel skips around in time in a
fashion that is poth confusing and useless.
And there are pages and pages of empty
'bright* talk which are disturbingly reminiscent
of that other uneasy champion of unhappy
millionaires, Philip Barry." Diana Trilling '
Nation 163:590 N 23 '46 lOOOw
New Repub 115:701 N 25 '46 120w
" 'B. F.'s Daughter/ is another major Mar-
quand product. To say that it is up to snuff
is merely to endorse the inevitable rush to the
bookstore. To say that it is always entertain-
ing (and sometimes brilliant) is only to re-
affirm the virtues of a craftsmanship that has
proved itself abundantly. To say that It goes
no deeper than its own multi-colored surface —
and produces its effects within a strictly lim-
ited frame — is only to repeat that competence
is praised above rubies in the fiction field to-
day." James MacBride
H NY Times p7 N 3 '46 950w
" 'B. F.'s Daughter* is a readable book. Most
all of Mr. Marquand's novels are readable.
Thanks, however, to the school of reviewers,
including jacket writers, which holds that they
are also 'significant,' 'provocative,' and 'bitter
satires on a mentally decadent society,' you
sometimes feel it necessary to mention that Mr.
Marquand's talent in his novels is exactly the
same one he applied in his earlier, potboiling,
highly successful Saturday Evening Post stories
about Mr. Moto, the Japanese solver of crimes.
That is, it is a talent for finding, and using
over and over again, a formula that will enter-
tain a public accustomed to formulas.'* John
Lardner
_| New Yorker 22:117 N 9 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 18 '46
900w
" 'B. F.'s Daughter* is a good Marquand, a
sound wine in a bad year and recommended to
all those who like their satire to have bouquet.
The ones who insist that a sword be used
against our time will, I suppose, complain
that, while Mr. Marquand continues to mold
wax figures which are living likenesses, he is
still content only to indicate with his pen the
places where the lethal pins are to be driven.*'
John Woodburn
-f Sat R of Lit 29:13 N 2 '46 lOOOw
Time 48:112 N 11 '46 600w
"The novel is written with the narrative skill
that assures attention to the end. At the same
time, however, it leaves the reader uneasy and
unsatisfied In its resolution, not because Polly
is left rudderless but because of the explana-
tion therefor. In her final scene with Bob Tas-
min Polly tells him that she could have honored
and obeyed him and to be able to do that was
what she really wanted out of life. It almost
seems as if Mr. Marquand were making a
pronouncement that breeding is the Gibraltar of
emotional security." Rose Feld
Weekly Book Review p4 N 10 '46 1200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:151 N *46
"Formerly Mr. Marquand specialized in the
frustrated. In 13. F.'s Daughter the atmosphere
is less chilly and sarcastic, more warm and
compassionate. Yet enough of the old acidu-
lous wit remains to keep Mr. Marquand's fran-
chise." Orville Preacott
-f Yale R n s 36:380 winter '4? 850w
MARQUIS, DON. Best of Don Marquis; with
an introd. by Christopher Morley and with il.
by George Herriman. 670p $3 Doubleday
818
"[Includes] archy the cockroach and his raf-
fish girl friend, mehitabel the cat; Clem Haw-
ley the Old Soak; the Cave Man and his bat-
tered lady love; Hermione and her Little Group
of Serious Thinkers; Noah an' Jonah an* Cap'n
John Smith and most of the rest of the delight-
ful characters who wandered in and out of
Don Marquis* columns in the second and third
decades of this century. Some of his Swiftian
speculations on The Almost Perfect State are
in the anthology, too, with twenty of his best
short stories, some of his best serious poetry
and a good deal of his light verse, including
eight of the Sonnets to a Red-Haired Lady."
N Y Times
"Christopher Morley, one of Don Marquis's
most intimate friends, writes an excellent pre-
face, comparing him to Mark Twain. In both
writers, he says, you will find a rich vein of
anger and disgust turned on the genteel and
cruel hypocrisies with childlike fury; the com-
edian's instinct to turn suddenly from the
546
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MARQUIS, DON— Continued
beautiful to the grotesque; a kindly and re-
spectful charity for the underdog. The book
would be greatly improved by the omission of
some of Don Marquis's blasphemous short
St°4.e!l Cath World 164:286 D '46 200w
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"One realizes anew the versatility and the
brilliance of Don Marquis, a modern Mark
Twain. He is a better story teller than one
realizes from scattered casual reading; and
perhaps a less good poet. But anyhow, he is
fun to read."
-f Kirkus 14:280 Je 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 115:487 O 14 '46 550w
"Here is the pleasantest parade you would
be likely to encounter in a month of Sun-
days. . . It is a collection that will give sea-
soned Marquis readers the pleasure of a re-
union with a beloved old friend, and it will
give the joy of discovery to those who will be
reading him here for the first time. I recall
the joy that was mine when I found Don
Marquis and The Sun Dial. The misplaced
stout Cortez had nothing on me." Frank Sul-
livan
f N Y Times pi S 1 '46 1700w
"Altogether this is what a book of its kind
should be. no mere nibble around the author's
edges, but a good hearty meal, with a variety
of courses in which almost everyone can find
something for him. And, to say it once more,
Mr. Morley's introduction is as good an ex-
ample of its kind as you'll find anywhere."
J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl6 8 6 '46
800w
Reviewed by Edward Hope
+ Weekly Book Review p8 D 22 '46 1050w
MARQUISS, WALTER. Brutus was an honor-
able man. 338p $3 Scribner
46-3408
Story of the development of a middlewest
community from 1899, when it was little more
than a hamlet, to 1941 when it had become
one of America's important automotive centers.
An eccentric leaves $10,000 as a memorial to
the person who has done the most good for
the community. In a series of flashbacks,
while the committee is searching out this
person, we get a picture of Great Bend life
from horse and buggy days to December 6,
1941.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p4 Ap 21 '46 450w
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
"Mr. Marquiss, a familiar name in popular
magazines, writes out of long experience as a
journalist. Only a journalist, perhaps, could
have written the book, which is much like,
one supposes, the novels Lincoln Steffens might
have written. It belongs in the tradition of
Sinclair Lewis or of Frank Norris; it invites
comparison with 'The Rise of Silas Lapham'
(in theme, not subtlety) and with 'The Man
Who Corrupted Hadleyburg.' The irony is per-
haps ponderous at times; the style, though
unobtrusively competent, is not distinguished.
The subject, of course, and the attitude are
anything but new. For ail that, it is an ex-
tremely enjoyable and no doubt a distressingly
truthful novel." D. S.
.] Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 22
'46 500w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"An adroitly turned tale which reveals the
seamy side of motives behind the lustrous
exteriors of the good deeds of " two worthy
citizens of a mid-western town in the years
between 1899 to 1941. The real hero of the
story is a shadowy figure that serves as deus
ex machina by applying a judicious bit of
blackmail at psychological moments when the
town's leading citizens are plotting some bit
of self-interest. . . One could wish for slightly
sharper focus on the main characters, which
emerge as lay figures compared to some of
the lesser lights. One could wish the pattern
did not repeat itself so aptly. But, all In all,
it's good reading and revealing."
4- Klrku* 14:45 F 1 '46 210w
"This first novel is a solid, well -planned
study of a Midwestern city through four dec-
ades. There is a cantankerous honesty in its
bare writing and an authentic ring to its
unadorned characters. If they are stereotyped,
it is because citizens of Great Bend are prac-
tical rather than imaginative, obvious rather
than subtle. . . As a reporter of a section of
the country [Mr Marquiss] knows well, he
has turned out a faithful and interesting
novel." Marguerite Tazelaar
-f N Y Times plO Ap 14 '46 270w
"His book has a strong and fairly effective
social conscience. Yet for all the mistakes
which he ironically underlines and deplores,
for all the good Intentions of his book, he is,
as a novelist, essentially unsuccessful. His
general failure may, I think, be attributed to
a failure in characterization, for the numerous
individuals who move through Mr. Marquiss's
book are not individuals at all, but mere sym-
bols, instruments of his theses, and hardly
more than that. Apparently quite unable to
vitalize them through action and dialogue, he
is forced time and time again to build them
up through straight description; this is prob-
ably the weakest literary device employed in
building up characters, and in Mr. Marquiss's
case it proves fatal." Nancy Qroberg
h Sat R of Lit 24:17 Ap 20 '46 800w
"Not since the time when Elmer Davis was
writing his witty and perceptive novels has
so agreeable a talent come directly out of
the city room. . . Mr. Marquiss's literary assets
are those of a well trained journalist. He is
shrewd and knowledgeable in all matters of
financial plotting and political graft; he makes
neat dramatic episodes of these complex pat-
terns. His style is idiomatic and highly read-
able. Better as characters than his dehumanized
sinners and his slightly aloof saint, are the
companionable newspaper man, Major Whipple,
and his wise crony, Mix Nelson." James Gray
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 14 '46
750w
MARSH, IRVING T., and EHRE, EDWARD.
eds. Best sports stories of 1945. 368p il $3
Dutton
796 Sports (45-35124)
This book contains nearly half-a-hundred
sports stories, 16 sports pictures, and a sum-
mary of the year's sports events and records.
"As an addition to the sports library this
volume is a must. And a better gift for the
spectator fan will be very difficult, indeed, to
find." H. P. R.
-f Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 330w
"Every sports' fan will probably enjoy most
the story of his favorite sport but will relish
every story no matter whether he knows the
sport or not — yes, even to fishing for whale."
4- Kirkus 14:238 My 15 '46 190w
' 'Readers of the sports pages, to whom
hyperbole and superlative are reportorial
musts, will get their share of them in this
book. Virtually every game in its pages is
the 'most thrilling,' every unexpected result
'rocks the very foundations of,' etc. The as-
sorted authors are more Homeric than humor-
ous." J. C. N.
N Y Times p22 Ag 11 '46 230w
Reviewed by John McNulty
Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 16 '46
600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:128 O '46
MARSHALL, BRUCE. Yellow tapers for Paris.
294p |2.50 Houghton
46-25269
Tale of Paris on the eve of World war tt, end-
ing with the exodus from the city in June, 1940.
The events are described as they affected a
bookkeeper, his daughter, and their friends,
thus viewing the war as it seemed to the
"little" man.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
547
"The story of Bigou and his pals is ac-
companied by a running commentary on po-
litical and economic acrobatics with sidelights
on the Jejune, froufrou culture of Tout Paris.
This sharpens the ironic flavor of the narrative
but the book is often dreary and somewhat
dated (it was first published in England in
1943) and will probably disappoint readers who
look for the salty humor and rich characteriza-
tion which distinguished Marshall's other nov-
els—'Father Malachy's Miracle* and 'The
World, the Flesh and Father Smith.1 " Jex
Martin
Book Week p3 S 1 '46 650w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Joseph McSorley
Cath World 164:84 O '46 650w
Reviewed by L. E. Cannon
Christian Century 63:1344 N 6 '46 250w
"A thrilling and provocative indictment of a
dying society— and a novel that indicates
various paths that nations may take." W. P.
Sears
Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 240w
Reviewed by C. Q. Paulding
Commonweal 44:576 S 27 '46 700w
"What a disappointment after The World,
The Flesh and Father Smith and the long ago
Father Malachy's Miracle. . . The atmosphere
and mood are successfully captured: but there
is lack of focus on plot or character, lack of
the humanity that has made his other books
memorable."
— Kirkus 14:362 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Subject outweighs the story interest. It is
too French and too sombre to please the gen-
eral reader." H. A. Wooster
Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 70w
"There is so much brightness and charm, so
much real freshness and excitement that read-
ing it one is frequently diverted by the phrasing
from the fundamental seriousness of the theme.
For out of its center of little, close-up ex-
periences this book radiates its implications
over a whole wide range of human activity."
Richard Sullivan
-f N Y Times p5 S 1 '46 HOOw
"Out of the confusion, religious compulsions,
self-interest, loyalty, cynicism, and good humor
of these unimportant Frenchmen, Mr. Marshall
makes a warm and lovely novel, written with
a unique combination of wit and intelligent
Catholic piety."
4- New Yorker 22:98 S 7 '46 120w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
400w
"This tale moves on two planes, shifting con-
stantly between a stinging commentary on pub-
lic irresponsibility and the harsh, yet almost
lyrical narrative of personal events. Yet the
alternation of the general with the particular
does not Jar the book's rhythm, for one flows
into the other to complete it. But the language
of the book, its uncouth words either invented
or unhappily dug up by the author, does Jar on
the reader's ear. . . 'Yellow Tapers for Paris,'
Is, however, a direct, courageous book." Vir-
gilia Peterson
H Weekly Book Review p3 S 1 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:152 N '46
MARSHALL, DAVID. Grand Central. (Whittle-
sey house publication) 280p 11 $3.50 McGraw
625.18 Grand Central terminal, New York
47-17
The story of the Grand Central terminal: its
history; its organization; and the people who
make it the efficient, smoothly running institu-
tion that it is. There are many human interest
stories of men and women employed there at
the present. Index.
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
"The romantic appeal of New York's Grand
Central Station (a,nd I know it should be Ter-
minal) is a plain fact. . . But I suspect that
there is a deeper reason, a deeper esthetic rea-
son, and Mr. Marshall has caught it and con-
veyed it surprisingly well. Grand Central is
a magnificent working plan. And any nearly
perfect plan somehow subtly wins the affec-
tions of those who use it without their being
quite aware of how their affections have been
enlisted. . . 'Grand Central' should please
almost any human being, young or old, who
gives a hang about railroads or the world's
most famous depot." H. L.. Binsse
-f Commonweal 45:284 D 27 '46 450w
"Stylistically annoying at times, but none-
theless fascinating material of more than local
appeal."
-| Kirkus 14:566 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle pl6 D 19 '46
50w
"New York's giant- windowed public square
has been worthily compressed into prose. The
accompanying photographs are well chosen, es-
pecially the one taken at 4 o'clock in the morn-
ing on the lower level — a swept and glistening
vista of lighted silence and serenity — empty of
mankind, without even the stub of a ticket or
the stub of a cigarette to testify that humanity
has been here and gone home." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!3 D 22 '46 750w
MARSHALL, HARRY IGNATIUS. Flashes
along the Burma road; with an introd. by
E. Stanley Jones. 123p $2.50 Island workshop
266 Missions — Burma 46-1479
Stories about the hill people in the area
opened up by the Burma road. The author
spent many years among the natives of Burma
as a Christian missionary.
Christian Century 63:433 Ap 3 '46 80w
"Missionaries like Dr Marshall do great good
when they teach more than passive reliance on
the grace of God, but in 'Flashes Along the
Burma Road' the theme and style are both
rather threadbare." Anne Reinstein
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 17 '46 280w
MARSHALL, JAMES LESLIE. Santa Fe; the
railroad that built an empire. 465p 11 maps
$3.75 Random house
385 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road 46-498
A long detailed history of the Santa Fe rail-
road, written by a West Coast newspaper man.
An appendix gives a year by year chronology.
Maps. Index.
"This book is the first attempt to present a
complete story of the longest and one of the
most important railway systems in the United
States. A journalist and railway 'fan,' Mr.
Marshall knows what makes a good story and
how to tell it. Inevitably, much has been omit-
ted from this single volume because of limita-
tions of space, but all the subjects covered
are important." R. C. Overton
-f Am Hist R 51:732 Jl '46 480w
"How the Santa Fe came to be built is a
good enough tale, and Marshall, who has
plainly had access to all the company records
he wanted, presents the best of it in interest-
ing fashion. 'r R. E. M. Whi taker
4- Book Week plO Ja 13 '46 700w
Booklist 42:195 F 15 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 9 '46
480w
"Excellent railroad material which has
glamor, color and breathless pace."
4- Kirkus 13:356 Ag 15 *46 210w
"Will be especially popular with men and
those readers who want 'westerns.' Recom-
mended also for its Americana value." E. H.
Crowell
-f Library J 70:820 S 15 '45 70w
"Mr. Marshall has given us a readable stcry
of how two streaks of rust on the Kansas
prairie became a great railroad system. It is
told in terms of the common denominator of
the men and women, from president to track-
walker and Harvey girl, who made it great.
The dry statistics — and there are a few of them
— are mercifully interred in an appendix where
those who want such things can find them."
Hoffman Birney
-f N Y Times p4 Ja 13 '46 700w
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MARSHALL, J. L.— Continued
"Despite some special pleading, this is an
Interesting? chronicle of the planning, plotting,
financial and_political maneuvering, and forth-
right Wild West adventuring that produced
a railway system which has done a lot better
by its public than most utilities."
-f New Yorker 21:79 F 2 '46 lOOw
"A real opportunity for a classic book has not
been thrown away. The book reads well."
Edward Hungerford
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 F 9 '46 950w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:47 Mr '46 180w
"A good book it is — fascinating enough to
the general reader and a must for all rail-
road fans, of which there seem to be a great
many. Mr. Marshall obviously has a great af-
fection for railroading, and for the Santa Fe in
particular, and the result is pleasant from first
to last." Stanley Walker
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 6 '46 HOOw
MARSHALL, JOYCE. Presently tomorrow.
309p $2.50 Little
46-18352
First novel by a young Canadian author.
It is a psychological study of adolescents —
four young girls in a Quebec school, and a
young Anglican priest. The Reverend Craig
Everett had been completely dominated by his
mother, even to the point of being forced into
the ministry. When he went to the Quebec
school to conduct a retreat his experiences re-
leased him from his ill-chosen work and from
his prolonged adolescence into maturity.
Reviewed by Martha Read
Book Week p24 N 24 '46 370w
Reviewed by Northrop Frye
Canadian Forum 26:164 O '46 400w
"A first novel of considerable charm and
sensitivity."
-f Klrkus 14:229 My 15 '46 170w
"Some parts are well written and exhibit an
insight into human nature, but the book suffers
from a lack of proper focus and an approach
which is too objective. The result is superficial
and unconvincing. Iconoclastic and will shock
the orthodox and conventional. First novel
which shows promise, but not recommended
for general purchase." E. H. Kennedy
H Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by E. S. Holsaert
N Y Times plO Jl 21 '46 420w
"Miss Marshall is a sensitive and talented
young writer, and there is much that is valid
and perceptive in her picture of troubled youth.
But there is much, as well, that seems over-
done and too intense — precocious rather than
mature." S. H. Hay
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Ag 10 '46 550w
"An unusually interesting, well constructed
first novel." P. H. Bickerton
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
240w
"Though Miss Marshall is a young Canadian
writer without previous book publication, she
handles this difficult story with the dexterity
and control of an experienced novelist. She
permits no sloppiness in plot development;
every fact she introduces is in some way rele-
vant to Craig's final decisions. And her style
is quiet and sensitive, permeated with feeling.
It will be interesting to watch the development
of her very real talent." Stephen Stepanchev
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 21 '46 400w
MARSHALL, MRS KATHERINE (TUPPER).
Together; annals of an army wife. 292p il
$3.50 Tupper and Love
B or 92 Marshall, George Catlett 46-7792
"Recollections of the wife of General Marshall
from their marriage in 1930 to the time Of his
departure as Special Ambassadorial Envoy to
China. An intimate picture of the woman's
side of U.S. Army life; of social functions at
Army posts and of official Washington during
the war; of housekeeping problems and of war
work." Library J
Booklist 43:169 F 1 '47
"A remarkable book, remarkable in its form,
its content and its attitude. It is particularly
remarkable in its sincerity and in the beauty
of character portrayal that Katherine Tupper
Marshall has achieved. She presents a lively
picture of two outstanding personalities, but
this book is not, as some people have supposed,
'a life of General Marshall.' Actually, it is a
careful account, written by a sensitive and
highly intelligent woman who has observed a
brilliant man grow in national stature and
personal responsibilities from commandant of
C. C. C. camps to General of the Army. Her
narrative is as thrilling as it is accurate."
Merrill Moore
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 16 '47
650w
Reviewed by John Broderick
Commonweal 45:307 Ja 3 '47 750w
Reviewed by B. B. Libaire
Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 140w
"While nothing new or startling is disclosed
in the present volume, it is of interest to the
student as well as to the general reader. Six-
teen pages of photographs add to the value of
the record." Anne Peacock
-f N Y Times p!8 N 24 '46 340w
"The result is a friendly, chatty, modest col-
lection of data and trivia that rarely goes be-
yond the hounds of domesticity "
Time 48:110 N 25 '46 600w
"Were General Marshall ever himself to enter
the field of politics, here is a documentary
source book for those who want to know what
manner of man he was, as father and husband,
and ordinary citizen. His Army wife has no
taste for the hurly-burly of civilian and Con-
gressional inquiries. She is herself a good sport,
a graceful society woman and also a home-
maker. She writes with that special letter- writ-
ing1 gift that service wives do well to acquire
in their lives so full of partings and jauntings
from pillars to posts. Both those who want a
bigger army, and those who want better diplo-
mats and general disarmament can find some-
thing in this unpretentious book to study."
Ernestine Evans.
-f- Weekly Book Review p42 D 1 '46 ISOthv
MARSHALL, RAYMOND, pseud. See Raymond,
R.
MARSHALL, MRS ROSAMOND VAN DER
ZEE. Duchess Hotspur. 301p $2.75 Prentice-
Hall
46-2668
Romance of an eighteenth century duchess
and a struggling young Journalist. Dr Johnson,
David Garrick and Sir Joshua Reynolds are
among the characters.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p4 Ap 28 '46 270w
"Full decor and dislay of period and passion
make this strictly cheesecake."
Kirkus 14:80 P 15 '46 180w
"A modern flavor to the dialogue eliminates
this from authentic historical fiction, but Miss
Marshall can always tell a good story. Percy
Hotspur should hold her own against the au-
thor's best-selling Kitty. Recommended for
recrcjational collections." Barbara Overtoil
4- Library J 71:587 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Not much above a slick-paper 'one-shot' In
length. . . 'Duchess Hotspur' is rightly named,
amusingly presented, and properly paced by a
hand-picked supporting cast that fits its cos-
tuming." James MacBride
N Y Times p!6 Ap 28 '46 700w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 28 '46
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549
MARSHALL, MRS ROSAMOND VAN OER
ZEE. Treasure of Shafto: 1L by John Won-
setler. 217p $2.25 Messner
s 46-4958
Eighteenth century Germany and Cornwall is
the scene of this romantic story for older boys
and grirls. Robert Shafto, sent to a German
military academy by his uncle and guardian,
receives word that his presence is needed in
Cornwall. After his return to England danger
dogs his footsteps, until the death of his vil-
lainous uncle.
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 29 '46
70w
+ Kirkus 14:276 Je 15 '46 90w
"A disappointment after None But the
Brave." "R. W. Turpin
Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"What this author did in 'None but the
Brave,' bringing to life in an exciting way
the story of the Dutch against the Spaniards,
she has done in this tale of eighteenth-century
England and Germany. It is a story alive and
exciting, with good characterization and a
touch of romance." Phyllis Fenner
+ N Y Times p!6 Jl 21 '46 160w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46 230w
MARSHALL, SAMUEL LYMAN ATWOOD, and
others. Bastogrne; the story of the first eight
days in which the 101st airborne division was
closed within the ring of German forces. 261p
il maps $3 Infantry journal
940.542 Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
U.S. Army. 101st airborne division
46-3309
Describes how many different units — armored,
artillery and infantry — banded together to form
a team for the defense of Bastogne, in some of
the darkest days of World war II.
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 50w
Kirkus 14:172 Ap 1 '46 90w
"It is based on interviews with the survivors
made after the ring around the town had been
broken, though the battle for Bastoffne was
still going on in the bitter winter weather. It
is pretty technical in spots, but it's worth the
effort because it tells without varnish or heroics
precisely what went on." Charles Poore
-f N Y Times p6 Ap 21 '46 700w
"Honest, factual reporting, a rare achieve-
ment in explaining and narrating a military
feat that Americans will want to understand
more than any other engagement of the war."
Donald Armstrong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:23 My 11 '46 1200w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:220 S '46 200w
"Colonel Marshall's book should be excel-
lent source material for historians, but it is
rough going for the general reader." Spencer
Klaw
-f Weekly Book Review p26 Ap 14 '46
750w
MARTENS, DAVID. The abrupt self. 271p
$2.50 Harper
46-7536
After what purports to be an introduction by
an old friend, the book is composed of a col-
lection of intimate notes and heart searchings,
written by a college professor while spending
some time on an island off the New England
coast. There is also a postscript, written by
the same friend aftec John Matheu's death.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p!6 D 8 '46 550w
Current Hist 12:60 Ja '47 50w
"Not the stuff of which popular reading is
made, but rather for those to whom word use,
word manipulation, and introspective knowl-
edge-seeking has appeal."
Kirkus 14:357 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Sure fire for your readers of Alexander
Smith's Dream thorp, Thoreau and Logan
Pearsall Smith's Trivia. Fine stuff." R. E.
Kingery
4- Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 140w
"The sentimental, apologetic passages of self-
revelation are interspersed with fresh, detailed
descriptions and wild sumac, elderberries,
sand-dune plums and fishermen's shacks — and
these always come as a pleasant relief." Isa
Kapp
H NY Times p20 O 20 '46 550w
"Not really a novel at all, but a sort of
sophomoric version of Amiel's 'Journal In-
time.' "
New Yorker 22:114 O 12 '46 80w
MARTIN, A. E. Death in the limelight. 284p
$2 Simon & Schuster
46-134S
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!9 P 17 '46 140w.
Booklist 42-283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 13-535 D 1 '45 80w
"Mr. Martin has what it takes to construct
a good mystery plot and to make a set of odd
characters completely convincing." Isaac An-
derson
-f N Y Times p20 Mr 3 '46 140w
"A great improvement over 'The Outsiders,'
the previous mystery by this author, who now,
it would seem, is almost ready to take his
place beside his colleague from Down Under,
Ngaio Marsh."
-f New Yorker 22:91 F 23 '46 80w
"Exc-ellent."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 F 23 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 3 '46 270w
MARTIN, DAHRIS BUTTERWORTH (MRS
HARRY SHOKLER). Adventure in Tunisia;
the fair at Kairwan; il. by Flora Nash
DeMuth. 162p $2.25 Messner
46-8272
Story pf a mischievous Arabian boy, Allee,
who had a gift for painting, but whose father
had other plans for him. Thru the medium of
a small cousin who wove a prize rug from
Alice's design, his talent was finally recognized.
For boys and girls of ten and over.
Booklist 43:158 Ja 15 '47
Kirkus 14:386 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Recommended for ages 10-14." Sonja Wen-
nerblad
-f Library J 74:84 Ja 1 '47 80w
"Written in a lively and informal style Allee,
aside from differences in custom and costume,
is very much like American boys, and his
cousin Breeka is as rebellious and spirited as
any American girl. The illustrations are a true
part of the book and are full of the authentic
detail and background of Tunisia." Marjorie
Fischer
4- N Y Times pll D 29 '46 230w
"Everything goes merrily throughout the
story, crammed with local customs, festivals
and temperament. Dahris Martin, an American,
lived in Kairwan long enough to be accepted
as part of the Arab community, and has shown
in writing for adults a sensitive, sympathetic
understanding of place and people. The pictures
have the same merriment and local color; the
artist also knows Kairwan at first hand."
M, Is. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 D 15 '46 400w
MARTIN, DAVID. Ally betrayed; the uncen-
sored story of Tito and Mihailovich; fore-
word by Rebecca West. 372p $3.50 Prentice-
Hall
940.53497 World war, 1939-1945— Yugoslavia
Mihailovi<5, Dra2a,
An ardent admirer of Mihailovich, the author
tells the story of Yugoslavia's part in World
550
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MARTIN, DAVID — Continued
war II, of the struggle between its two leaders,
and of Mihailovich's betrayal, trial and death.
Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Marie Seton
Book Week p2 N 17 '46 380w
"A weakness of this useful, fair- spirited, and
comprehensive book is its tendency to excuse
Mihailovich and explain away his collaboration
with the Germans and Nedich." R. H. M.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 28 '46
380w
"This incredibly complicated bit of history
is remarkably and convincingly penetrated by
David Martin, a Canadian journalist, who has
clearly done an enormous amount of digging: for
facts and documentation. Inherently, itrs a
fascinating story and it's well told. There are
spots which are not easy going, but it's worth
hanging on." W. J. Casey
Commonweal 45:305 Ja 3 '47 1250w
"The book is solid and difficult reading, im-
passioned advocacy of the cause of a martyred
leader."
.KIrkus 14:405 Ag 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:1328 O 1 '46 140w
"Unfortunately the author did not confine
himself to vindicating Mihailovich's reputation.
His book is so violent in its condemnation of
Tito that it is dfficult, despite the considerable
research that it demonstrates, to accept it as
serious history." T. J. Hamilton
N Y Times p6 D 29 '46 950w
"The author, a Canadian journalist who was
secretary of the Committee for a Fair Trial for
Mikhailovitch, maintains that the General's
trial was a total miscarriage of Justice en-
gineered for political reasons by the Tito
government. His brief is impressive and goes
over the case point by point, but in the inter-
ests of impartiality, one must remember that It
is strictly a plea for the defense."
New Yorker 22:132 N 16 '46 80w
"Any reader who expects to get a fair, objec-
tive view from this book of one of the grimmest
internecine feuds in Balkan history is in for
a disappointment. . . The most that one can
say for the book is that it is written with a fire
and passion which would be commendable if
it were used in the defense of some person or
cause that was more defensible." Robert
St John
h'Sat R of Lit 29:12 D 28 '46 HOOw
"David Martin has made a noteworthy con-
tribution to history by courageously telling so
much of the truth that the Communists all but
succeeded In permanently suppressing. Although
he occasionally embroiders the exploits of the
Chetniks to a point beyond my capacity to ac-
cept, his argument throughout is surprisingly
well documented, given the many obstacles of
secret diplomacy that blocked his dogged re-
search at every point." Leigh White
Sat R of Lit 29:12 D 28 '46 950w
"Mr. Martin has gathered a mass of authen-
ticated evidence, particularly eye-witness ac-
counts of Britons, Americans and Yugoslavs
who were on the scene, to document his thesis
that Mihailovich was betrayed by Great Britain
and the United States. He presents this ma-
terial so expertly, and writes with such a clear
understanding of the incredibly complicated
situation that prevailed in Yugoslavia during
the war. that in this reviewer's opinion he
makes out a wholly convincing case." F. R.
Dulles
-f Weekly Book Review p8 N 24 '46 lOOOw
MARTIN, FREDERICKA. Hunting of the
silver fleece; epic of the fur seal. 328p 11 $4
Greenberg
639.1 Seals (animals) Agr46-12
A few months before the attack on Pearl
Harbor the author accompanied her physician-
husband to a post on St Paul, the largest of
the seal islands in the Bering sea. for the
next year, until they were evacuated, the
author studied the seals and the Aleut people
Her book is the result of her study and ob-
servations. It contains not only the story of
the seals themselves, but also the history of
man's hunting of the fur seel, from the days of
their discovery by George Steller in 1741 to
the present. Index.
"Besides being the first comprehensive story
of the life and history of the fur seals, this
Is an absorbing, fascinating story from start
to finish, as exciting to read as any mystery."
Leonard Dubkin
+ Book Week plO 8 15 '46 230w
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Reviewed by Ruth Telser
San Francisco Chronicle p21 N 10 '46
300w
"In telling the story of the seal Islands and
the fight to save their inhabitants, Frederlcka
Martin writes with a crusader's pen and, In-
cidentally, with a plethora of adjectives. It
is difficult to see, however, how any right-
minded person could remain emotionally im-
partial in viewing the long tragedy of the fur
seal. . . By bringing together within the covers
of a single volume Information which was
previously widely scattered, the book performs
a special function." B. W. Teale
+ Weekly Book Review p22 S 29 '46 600w
MARTIN, HANSFORD. Send them summer.
288p $2 50 Harcourt
46-3774
The hero is a young air force cadet, stationed
at an Oklahoma camp In the spring of 1942.
Banjo was the normal, healthy type, but in
two hectic week ends spent in the company of
a wealthy civilian, his girl, and their friends.
Banjo learns plenty about neurotics.
"The materials which Martin uses to depict
the spiritual and intellectual education of a
soldier are of the grossest; his presentation of
them Is shamelessly bold and at the same time
fastidious. But their significance is Inescapable.
As a literary artist and as an interpreter of
his own generation Martin is something signif-
icant and very, very special. Yet I doubt that
anyone over the age of 30 can read 'Send Them
Summer' without being shocked to the bone."
F. H. Bullock-
Book Week p4 Ap 21 '46 550w
"A first novel, with a certain tension, a cer-
tain intensity, which describes a noisy, neu-
rotic nightmare world of unbalance, Into which
Banjo, a young soldier, is drawn for a few
days. . . For all its distortion, interesting, ex-
perimental, but not uninfluenced bv Saroyan."
Kirkus 14:184 Ap 15 '46 160w
"This picture of modern youth in rebellion
does not have a ring of truth about it, first for
the reason that their rebellion is centered in
debauchery and degradation, and second be-
cause the author asks a tight little group of
neurotics to stand for modern youth. Neither
premise is substantiated by our own observa-
tion. Youth is not completely depraved even In
the extremities of frustration. This first novel
is not distinguished In style or characteriza-
tion." Katharine Shorey
— Library J 71:687 Ap 16 '46 lOOw
" 'Send Them Summer' has Its quota of vio-
lent happenings in sordid surroundings, but this
first novel by a writer from Oklahoma, still in
his twenties, Is more than a story of the degen-
eracy and frustration, of the brutishness and
savagery that may well have been found around
army camps. Although it is as unsentimental as
a time table, it does, none the less, seek to
find the causes and motivations for the moral
landslide that It pictures." B. S. Holsaert
N Y Times p!2 My 5 '46 270w
Reviewed by A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 17 '46 490w
"Th« book's sincerity makes you want to
believe In the reality of Irene, Charley, Van
Brunt. But. although as symbols they are often
Illuminating, as people they are cardboard dolls.
. . I had the feeling of never actually knowing
who any of them were. And their dialogue has
an unfortunate tendency to parody Itself
say ^S lsia 2md £f morality Play' in
" T tC°lll the play *• a
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551
MARTIN, JAMES ALFRED. Empirical phi-
losophies of religion. 146p pa |2 King's crown
press
201 Religion— Philosophy A45-4856
"Dr. MarUn has given a valuable review of
the philosophies of religion that go under the
confusing name, 'empirical.' He has concen-
trated mainly on Boodin, Brightman, Hocking,
Macintosh, and Wleman, and gives very ample
digests of their major and minor writings."
(J Philos) Bibliography.
"The book will be of particular interest to
those philosophers and theologians who wish
to know something about these contemporary
authors, but who nave little time for reading
the primary books and articles. By giving
succinct and objective expositions, Dr. Martin
has performed a valuable service." J. R. Ever-
ett + j Phllot 43:638 N 7 '46 340w
"We look for the author's own view in the
eighteen pages of his 'Conclusion,' but it is not
easy to discover what it is, for even these
pages are largely taken up with a summary
of his previous criticisms, and his own exposi-
tion is unduly brief. . . Nevertheless, Mr.
Martin has provided us with a useful account
of five contemporary thinkers of some influ-
ence, and has shown at least one side on which
they are open to criticism."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p510 O 19 '46
800w
MARTIN, JAMES WALTER. Southern state
and local finance trends and the war. 106p
pa 50c Vanderbilt univ. press; Univ. of Ky.
336.76 Finance — South. Municipal flnance
46-27149
"This ... is a joint venture of the Institute
of Research and Training in the Social Sciences*
Vanderbilt University, and the Bureau of Busi-
ness Research, University of Kentucky. The
monograph analyzes data regarding state and
local finances centering on 14 southern states.
The study begins with the year 1922 and con-
tinues through the latest data available."
School & Society
"Thoughtful students of finance trends will
appreciate the reliable statistical data fur-
nished in this study." R. D. Fowler
+ Ann Am Acad 244:198 Mr '46 270w
"Interesting study." O. C. Ault
-f School A Society 63:34 Ja 12 '46 1260w
"Besides constituting an exacting and pains-
taking factual study of State and local flnance
in the South, this monograph represents a com-
mendable cooperative effort between two major
universities in the promotion of research in
an important subject matter area. . . Irre-
spective of anything the social scientist may
desire in the theoretical interpretations of the
study, it should be highly useful to the leg-
islative body, the tax commissioner, or to the
State executive in remoulding an existing fiscal
system." O. D. Duncan
-f Social Forces 24:243 D '45 900w
MARTIN, JAMES WALTER, and BRISCOE,
VERA. Kentucky state budget system. 103p
pa 60c Univ. of Ky.
351.72 Budget — Kentucky 46-27030
"Dr. Martin has described and evaluated the
steps in the development of budgeting in Ken-
tucky since the turn of the century. He tells
why Kentucky did not have a satisfactory bud-
get system under the act of 1918, and why the
governmental reorganization act of 1936 really
made possible the nrst major advances in budg-
eting.^ Am Pol Sci R
"It would be a great help to students of
budgeting if the budgetary practices in all state
governments were written up in the authori-
tative and comprehensive manner of The Ken-
tucky State Budget System." A. E. Buck
•f Am Pol Scl R 40:881 Ap '46 300w
Reviewed by A. D. Manvel
PQ! Scl Q 61:317 Je '46 550w
MARTIN, LAURA KATHERINE. Magazines
for school libraries; a rev. and enl. ed. of
Magazines for high schools. 206p $1.90 Wll-
016.05 Periodicals— Bibliography. School li-
braries (high school) 46-25048
"First published as Magazines for High
Schools [Book Review Digest 1941], now
brought up to date on changes in periodicals;
includes two studies on elementary magazine*,
one made by a committee of the Madison, Wis-
consin, public schools, and the other a survey
by Wesley Francis Amar." (Booklist) Index
of magazines used in the texL
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
"The volume is a serviceable reference guide
for both school and public librarians. It may
likewise be used to advantage by teachers and
parents in selecting current readings of inter-
est to children of different age groups." N. B.
Henry
•f El School J 46:596 Je '46 450w
"The timely appearance of Laura Martin's
Magazines for School Libraries at the moment
when our school librarians were preparing
their magazine orders for next year has
emphasized its importance to us as an aid to
school libraries. It was put into practical use
at once and continues to prove Its worth as
questions about periodicals arise. Upon careful
examination one is amazed at the wealth of
information Miss Martin has given us in a
logical and most usable arrangement." E. M.
c/ranaall
-f Library J 71:1200 S 15 '46 750w
"Wider scope, greater emphasis on social
problems, and a discerning awareness of new
trends in periodical publishing characterize this
new edition of Laura Martin's book on maga-
zines for school libraries. . . In Magazines for
School Libraries the school librarian and the
public librarian will find real assistance in
making their yearly selections; the teacher will
find it an invaluable source of information for
work on magazine units; and the general
reader, student or adult, will find it a reliable
guide through the maze of periodical publica-
tion. Her colleagues are indebted to the author
for this indispensable reference tool that her
enthusiasm, hard labor, and sound judgment
made possible. In a vital area of communica-
tion Miss Martin has made a significant con-
tribution." L. E. Crawford
+ Library Q 16:265 Jl '46 1850w
Theatre Arts 30:557 S '46 60w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:161 Je '46 90w
MARTIN, LOWELL, ed. See Chicago. Uni-
versity. Graduate library school. Library
institute. Personnel administration in li-
braries.
MARTIN, PHILIP L. Animals for you to
make; a book for craftsmen of all ages,
showing clearly, with patterns and easy di-
rections, how to make and paint animal toys
of soft wood [11. by the author}. 85p $2 Lip-
pincott
688.7 Woodwork. Toys 46-2561
Patterns and instructions for making twenty
toy animals out of wood. Animals included
are polar bear, eskimo dog, walrus, tiger, yak,
elephant, and others from the Arctic and from
Asia. Tho intended primarily for the boy
craftsman it is suggested that the book might
serve older people desiring to find a wood-
working hobby.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 Ap 21 '46 180w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
"A boy or girl who can handle a jigsaw, or
who is skillful with a knife, will be able to
make these creatures, and adults, too, who
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MARTIN, P. L.— Continued
enjoy a handcraft hobby will be tempted to
try their hands at making: this delightful Zoo."
4- Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 15 '46
280w
"A welcome how- to-do-it book, really work-
able for the entire family."
+ Klrkus 14:175 Ap 1 '46 90w
"Practical book for adults, and children old
enough to use a jig- or scroll saw. The
finished products should have commercial
value. Recommended." Ruth Bostwick
-f Library J 71:669 My 1 '46 80w
"The New York boys and girls who saw the
wooden animals made from this book in the
window of Scribner's Bookstore will all want to
own it. The drawings show exactly how to cut
them out and paint them against their own
native background The resulting menagerie has
humor and distinction."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 23 '46 90w
Wis Lib Bui 42:110 Jl '46
MARTIN, RALPH G. Boy from Nebraska; the
story of Ben Kuroki. 208p $2.50 Harper
B or 92 Kuroki, Ben. Japanese in the U.S.
World war, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives,
American 46-11911
The story of a second-generation Japanese-
American boy from Nebraska, who first strug-
gled to get into the war, and then had to
struggle to stay in. He had never known
prejudice at home in Nebraska; he found plenty
of it in the army. He made his adjustments,
however, and emerged from the war a hero.
Reviewed by Emily Schossberger
Book Week p5 O 20 '46 400w
Booklist 43:73 N 1 '46
Christian Century 63:1440 N 27 '46 120w
"A most useful and timely book for show-
ing busy Americans the revised attitude justly
due their loyal foreign and Negro element."
A. B .
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 14 '46
230w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
Kirkus 14:443 S 1 '46 250w
"An unassuming tale, but interest mounts
with realistic sketches of a bomber crew and
holds through a stirring indictment of intoler-
ance. The book can be read for its entertain-
ing value; it will be remembered for its mes-
sage. Recommended." Anne Whitmore
-f- Library J 71:1328 O 1 '46 120w
"Ben Kuroki is now on what he calls his
fifty-ninth mission — the fight against prejudice
here at home. All who believe democracy has
a future must wish him well. Ralph Martin
has told his story simply and clearly. It is a
good book. It should be widely read." J. M.
Morse
-f N Y Time* p!8 N 3 '46 450w
Reviewed by Eleanor Breed
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 20 '46
450w
"A modest book; It is written simply and
easily, and, although it is mostly the story of
one man, it indirectly is the story of thousands
of other Japanese-Americans in the incredibly
courageous 442nd or 443rd Infantry Regiments
and the 100th Infantry Battalion. In addition,
as Bill Mauldin points out in his introduction,
Ben Kuroki' s story has, in one way or another,
been equalled by the millions of Negroes and
Jews who fought and frequently died in a
battle against a hate-preaching enemy even
though or perhaps because they knew firsthand
what hate means." Merle Miller
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 N 9 '46 600w
*i_','Thoii&JV most Americans would rather not
;u **?f the *wSr.a,ny more- here ls one book
read " J "p^O'Neill Je"weary reader might well
-f Weekly Book Review p6 O 27 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
MARTINDALE, CYRIL CHARLIE. Creative
love [Eng title: Fountain of life]. 48p $1
(Is 3d) Sheed
232.96 Jesus Christ— Passion Love (theol-
ogy) 46-3922
"Six readings written for broadcasting in the
B.B.C. home service during Holy week 1946."
(Subtitle) Contents: Creative love; Redemptive
love; Self-sacrificing love; Love all-embracing;
Love to the end; Love beyond the end.
Cath World 164:93 O '46 160w
Commonweal 44:149 My 24 '46 30w
MARTING, RUTH LENORE (HILEA BAILEY,
pseud). Breathe no more, my lady. 254p $2
Doubleday
46-6841
Detective story.
"The feminine formula, with small talk and
local touches as fillers — this is just about fair."
Kirkus 14:332 Jl 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 20 '46 140w
"Interesting gimmicks on monoxide poisoning
and surplus property reconversion scattered in
a diffuse and very long story." Anthony
Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
50w
MARY CHARITINA, SISTER. Adventures of
the Redcrosse knight. See Spenser, E.
MASEFIELD, JOHN. A Macbeth production.
64p $1.75 Macmillan [6s Heinemann]
822 33 Shakespeare, William — Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William — Stage presentation
45-11444
Masefleld imagines a group of thirty-nine
veterans returning to England from the war.
They plan to travel around the countryside
for a time giving Elizabethan plays and call
on the poet laureate for advice. He suggests
Macbeth, and then outlines his ideas about
the producing of the play.
"His book is thoughtful and should be ex-
ceedingly useful, especially to the novice, as
a practical stage guide, for all that there are
only rarely imaginative flashes as striking, say,
as the little suggestion that the ghostly Show
of Kings be played 'by men in masks resem-
bling Banquo.'. . Occasionally his notes are
ill -proportioned. . But his essential service
in this series of notes is as useful a service
as a critic can perform today that of insisting
that Shakespeare belongs not in the study but
on the stage, and of implementing that in-
sistence by showing how, carefully and sound-
ly." James Sandoe
4- Book Week p4 Ja 20 '46 650w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
"Highly recommended for theater and Shake-
speare collections." George Preedley
-f Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 70w
"In this small volume of onlv 64 pages, Eng-
land's poet laureate gives well-considered ad-
vice not only to the 3ft eager veterans, hut to
all directors desirous of putting on a distinctive
production of 'Macbeth' and the student and
layman who will reread the play with new
interest." C. K. Bausman
4* Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
650w
"For all its small compass it is rich in the
quality of theatre-magic too often absent from
the stage today. . . All this is good to read and
ponder. It is not necessary to be on the point
of producing or acting Macbeth to find both
pleasure and inspiration in this poet's comment
on a great dramatic poem."
-f Theatre Arts 30:126 F '46 400w
"Mr. Masefield is a poet writing about a poet;
that should be stimulating, and has proved so
In his brief but pregnant prefaces to certain
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of the tragedies. He does not pretend to be a
historian or a bibliographer, though he gives
in this little volume a spicy glimpse or two
into the actual history of eleventh century Scot-
land, which serves to remove Macbeth, even
more completely than before, away from the
domain of history and into the realm of fiction.
He does not attempt textual criticism, though
he is insistent as to the cuts and mangling to
which our only extant version has been sub-
jected. Like others who have preceded him,
he makes a good case here on the general
principles of the text's unusual brevity and of
certain obvious roughnesses both in its con-
struction and versification. But, like them, his
application of this general theory is full of
contradictions. . . But the vision, the poet's
eye and ear, the phrase which strikes home
like a shaft, these we expect and receive."
Margaret Webster
H Weekly Book Review pG F 24 '46 1250w
MASON, ALFRED EDWARD WOODLEY.
House in Lordship lane. 266p $2.50 Dodd
[9s 6d Hodder]
46-3351
Detective story.
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
"An intricate and well-woven pattern of
crime." J. D. Beresford
+ Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 12 '46 lOOw
"A neat case it is, complete with World War
II overtones."
+ New Repub 114:709 My 13 '46 90w
N Y Times p30 Ap 28 '46 120w
"Lapse of many years has not dulled steel
of Hanaud and his able helpers — but, gad, how
it does run on!"
H Sat R of Lit 29:46 Ap 27 '46 70w
"It is a tale on well-tried lines, but ingenious,
entertaining and, as one would expect, well
told."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!85 Ap 20 '46
250w
"A highly readable tale, heart warming for
the oldsters and suitable for all discerning
fans. . . Superior entertainment, a necessity
for addicts who take the long view." Will
Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
260w
MASON, ALPHEUS THOMAS. Brandeis, a free
man's life. 713p $5 Viking
B or 92 Brandeis, Louis Dembitz 46-25268
A full length biography of Justice Brandeis
based on materials received from Brandeis
himself and from friends and relatives. The
author is professor of politics at Princeton
University.
Reviewed by P. A. Freund
Atlantic 178:166 O "46 50<hv
Booklist 43:34 O 1 '46
Reviewed by P. L. Perrin
Christian Science Monitor p!2 O 1 '46
800w
"This is a substantial biography of a great
human being of our time. It is objective, seek-
ing a solution of a complex personality in the
exact presentation of fact rather than in facile
psychological interpretation. It does not resolve
all problems, but it intelligently sorts the ma-
terial. It may be difficult reading for those
accustomed to profiles, but it is rewarding." J.
N. Moody
+ Commonweal 44:680 S 27 '46 000w
"The volume will undoubtedly be of great
interest to jurists, but is a little too much
concerned with the law for general readers."
H Current Hist 11:327 O '46 70w
"Professor Mason's biography of the late Jus-
tice Brandeis bears as its subtitle: 4A Free
Man's Life.' For circulation among law stu-
dents and lawyers, an edition might well have
been prepared with the subtitle, 'A Case History
of a Successful Legal Career,' For, in the life
of Justice Brandeis, and particularly as the
narrative appears in Professor Mason's work,
may be found the material for many of the 'do's'
and 'don't's' which determine the success or
failure of a lawyer in the practice of his pro-
fession. The work is particularly interesting
and valuable in this aspect, since it per tray a
vividly the career of a brilliant and successful
advocate, shown by the author to have been
actuated in his private practice and in his pub-
lic and community efforts by the highest of
motives, who, nevertheless, came perilously near
professional disaster as the result of a course
of conduct which sharply divided the community
into those who praised him beyond words as
the 'People's Lawyer' and those who vigorously
condemned the ethics of his conduct." J. J.
Kaplan
-f Harvard Law R 60:165 N '46 2250w
"A magnificent job."
-f- Klrkus 14:314 Jl 1 '46 340w
"His colorful personality is presented from
many sides. Very thorough research plus per-
sonal acquaintance enable the author to give
an authentic picture. . . Valuable, particularly
for the social scientist, but not everyone will
labor through this voluminous work. Recom-
mended for large public, educational and law
libraries." H H. A. Bernt
-f Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by H. D. Davis
Nation 164:48 Ja 11 '47 lOOOw
"On the whole the book is both adequate and
balanced, and as satisfactory a life as one
could expect to have written within five years
of his death." B F. Wright
4- New Repub 115:417 S 30 '46 1800w
"Professor Mason has written more than an
authoritative record and interpretation of what
he calls in his suggestive subtitle 'A Free
Man's Life.' This stimulating, highly readable
book is also a chronicle of the processes of
American democracy at work. This is a biog-
raphy with a larger meaning — on all counts,
it deserves a wide audience." H. J. Bresler
-f N Y Time* p4 S 22 '46 HOOw
"Professor Mason has done a fine and useful
job in this discerning and sympathetic book."
-f- New Yorker 22:125 N 9 '46 120w
"Dr. Mason's solid, detailed volume tells the
story of all the varied aspects of Brandeis'
career fully and carefully." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pll O 6 '46
1450w
"In this massive biography Dr. Mason con-
tinues his study of Associate Justice Louis D.
Brandeis. It is unlikely that any book about
this great American jurist could be dull or
without value. Nor is Dr. Mason's. But it is
marred by bad organization, verbosity, and,
in at least one place, by grave distortion "
H. F. Pringle
H Sat R of Lit 29.7 S 21 '46 1500w
"A full, circumstantial account, in which
every step in the long career is presented and
analyzed, in which the man and his work are
judged together. Brandeis, I am sure, would
have approved this book for its facts, its bal-
ance, and its demonstration of how a citizen
makes himself a valuable champion of democ-
racy." Harry Hansen
-f Survey Q 35:370 O '46 2050w
"This carefully documented biography should
be of first value to students of the history of
liberal thought in America."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:289 D '46 320w
"Mr. Mason does not, to be sure, bring to
his work any notable artistry as biographer,
nor does he deal philosophically with a number
of questions requiring philosophical treatment,
but he has, none the less, told an important
story with meticulous care and the most faith-
ful honesty and devotion. Though the volume
will, of course, be of peculiar interest to law-
yers, the fact that it is written by a layman
gives it non- professional dimensions of con-
siderable value." M. D. Howe
_) Weekly Book Review p3 S 22 '46 1500w
MASON, BERNARD STERLING. Book of In*
dian-crafts and costumes; drawings by
Frederic H. Kock. 118p $5 Barnes, A.S.
970.6391 Indians of North America — Costume
and adornment 46-6959
Explicit directions for making various items
of Indian costumes: war-bonnets, feather
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MASON, B. 8. — Continued
crests, beaded headbands, and many other
Indian articles. Drawings illustrate the steps
in construction, and photographs of finished
products are given. For grade seven or higher.
Book Week p!4 N 10 '46 80w
Booklist 43:59 O 15 '46
"An excellent book for craft shelves in boys'
clubs, scout libraries, camp libraries. Public
libraries will find it useful for reference
shelves."
-f Klrkus 14:457 S 15 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle pl7 3 22 '46
70w
MASON, EDWARD SAQENDORPH. Controll-
ing world trade; cartels and commodity
agreements. (Committee for economic devel-
opment. Research study) 289p $2.50 McQraw
33S.85 Trusts, Industrial. Commercial
policy 46-6170
"The author, professor of economics at
Harvard University, examines the development
of cartels and intergovernmental commodity
agreements and discusses the role of govern-
mental policies in postwar commerce. Not in-
clined to view cartels with as much horror as
some of our contemporary public figures, he
nevertheless concludes that when cartels are
effective, 'there is no doubt that they reduce
the total volume of world trade.' Co-operation
between the nations can reduce the present
drawbacks of cartels and agreements, he holds.
Our State Department's Proposals for Expan-
sion of World Trade and Employment are
evaluated and the proposals are included as an
appendix to the book." (Book Week) Index.
"This thoughtful, richly Informative work is
one of the series of studies sponsored by the
Committee for Economic Development." W. F.
M.
•f Book Week p!3 O 27 '46 140w
"The book is very well prepared and will be
useful and informative to those interested in
world trade in chemicals, and in the effects of
such trade on the chemical industry." W. F.
Sterling
-f Chem A Eng N 25:264 Ja 27 '47 350w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 900w
"Unlike much recent writing in the field
[this! is a sober analysis; the case against
cartels is carefully worked out, but the case
for them, while rejected, is examined, not
denounced."
U 3 Quarterly Bkl 2:301 D '46 320w
MASON, GEORGE CARRINGTON. Colonial
churches of tidewater Virginia. 381p 11 maps
87.50 Whittet A Shepperson, 11-15 N 8th st,
Richmond, Va,
726.5 Churches— Virginia A46-668
Study of the ancient brick churches still
standing in the tidewater section of Virginia.
Out of the original two hundred and fifty
churches and chapels only fifty remain. The
history of these churches has been carefully
compiled from old records. Includes photo-
graphs, plans, and diagrams. Index.
"A great part of the work will command the
attention more especially of Virginians and
archaeologists and genealogists. But the author
has done a painstaking job of research, has
thrown welcome light on the history of the
more famous of the churches and sifted the
evidence bearing on disputed dates where gen-
erally accepted legend has tended to give a
church exaggerated antiquity." H. I. Brock
4- N Y Times p!4 D 16 '45 500w
"The text, containing a wealth of painstak-
ing detail, is difficult reading, but inspires
amazement at the author's digging into local
records, dissection of traditions, and careful
examination of the sites of vanished churches.
He demolishes, with good-natured caution, some
of the honored legends transmitted by Bishop
William Meade's Old Churches, Ministers, and
Families of Virginia. . . In spite of the detail,
the work as a whole conveys an impression of
the aocjety tt*at built those churclw. . . With-
out sentimentallsm, the book is a kind of
scholarly elegy, an appreciation of a noble
culture/'
-f U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:79 Je '46 320w
MASON, JOHN BROWN. The Danzig dilemma;
a study in peacemaking by compromise. 377p
$4 Stanford univ. press
943.12 Danzig. European war, 1914-1918 —
Territorial questions. Germany — Foreign re-
lations— Poland. Poland — Foreign relations —
Germany A46-2759
A detailed, documented study of the part the
city of Danzig has played in international af-
fairs for over a thousand years. Emphasis is
naturally placed upon the political and eco-
nomic problems of Danzig presented at the
Paris Peace Conference (1919) and on the ad-
ministrative problems which arose while Dan-
zig was under the protection of the League of
Nations. The conclusion is reached that the
experiment at Danzig has not been unfruitful
and that it points to possible compromises and
solutions in future peacemaking attempts, not
only in Danzig but in other disputed territories.
Bibliography. Index.
"This reviewer, who has himself for many
years studied the problem and treated it in
a number of works, can testify that, in spite
of the large literature on the Free City of
Danzig, the book under review is an out-
standing contribution." J. L.. Kunz
-}- Am Pol Scl R 40:809 Ag '46 600w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 SOw
Booklist 43-13 S '46
Christian Science Monitor pl5 O 5 '46
360w
Foreign Affairs 25:344 Ja '47 20w
"This study in peacemaking by compromise
is a timely contribution to the study of the
problem of international administration," H. K.
-j- N Y Times p!8 Jl 21 '46 360w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:221 S '46 200w
MASON, PHILIP (PHILIP WOODRUFF,
pseud). Call the next witness. 208p $2.50
Harcourt [8s 6d Cape, J]
46-25073
"Mr. Woodruff describes the police investiga-
tion into the death of a Hindu lady in Northern
India. Though written as fiction the book is
based on the author's practical experience of
the tortuous unreliability of Indian evidence
and the dubious methods of Indian police."
New Statesman & Nation
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 400w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 28 '46
550w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 43:580 Mr 22 '46 750w
"More than Just a murder mystery, though
this will appeal to the factual minded audience,
with its thorough follow -through on each
aspect of the case, this is an unusual way of
presenting a picture of India today."
+ Klrkus 14:81 F 15 '46 180w
"A pseudonym conceals the identity of Its
talented author, who has lived among the
natives of northern India. Stylistically excel-
lent, written with shrewd insight. Recom-
mended." Scott Adams
•f Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 90w
"A shapely story which is both exciting and
very informative about Indian life and
character." Charles Marriott
H- Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 27 '45
lOOw
"An absorbing novel by a man who has
spent much of his life working in the hill-
village background he describes. 'r
-f New Repub 114:422 Mr 25 '46 120w
"Mr. Woodruff is right in thinking* that India
is no place for a detective story. In a country
where no one i» interested in the truth tfce
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solution of mysteries is unwarrantable. And
at the end of this fascinating novel, it is
still anyone's guess how the Hindu lady met
her death/' Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 29:362 Je 2
'46 180w
"For those who expect a conventional 'who-
dunit/ the title of this lively, informative novel
is misleading:. A detective story demands sus-
pense as to the murderer's identity and a pro-
tagonist to solve the mystery; here the ques-
tions are whether Pyaran's death is murder or
suicide and whether a family group can attach
guilt to the only person who might have com-
mitted murder. And though the reader is in-
terested in the case against Gopal Singh for
the shot-gun murder of his young wife, he be-
comes more interested in the revelations of
the workings of the Indian mind and of life in
northern India." Alan Vrooman
+ N Y Times p5 Mr 10 '46 600w
"The reader, provided with absorbing short
biographies of all the people involved, is al-
lowed to decide for himself whether Pyari's
death was really murder or, as the defense
claims, suicide. Excellent background, but
those with an inclination to skim may have
their troubles with Indian psychology and In-
dian nomenclature, both of which are complex."
+ New Yorker 22:88 Mr 2 '46 140w
"Very good."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:88 Ap 13 '46 40w
"Call the Next Witness comes from the pre-
war world. The author tells us that he wrote it
in 1935, and put it aside for various reasons.
Like The Fifth Seal, it stands firmly, having
lost nothing of its freshness in the lapse or
time. The political implications of this novel
enhance its quality, though they are never
stressed unduly." John Ham p son
•f Spec 174:416 My 4 '45 360w
Time 47:106 Mr 25 '46 900w
"Whoever Philip Woodruff is, he writes of
East Indians with a wisdom that holds a deep
humility. He neither Judges nor condemns nor
condones. Their ways or life, of thinking, of
acting are interesting to him and he succeeds
in making them interesting to the reader.
Whatever he lacks in literary skill, he makes
up for in human portraiture. His segment of
Indian life has significance beyond the fic-
tional." Rose Feld
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 3 '46 GOOw
MASON, R. E. How to write letters that get
Jobs. 192p $1.98 Rodd
331.1152 Applications for positions
46-4000
Advice on how to get a new Job, or a better
one, by writing better letters. The author
maintains that whether you land a better posi-
tion or not depends on 'Svhat you say and how
you say it." Includes many sample letters.
Book Week p9 Mr 17 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 13 '46 260w
MASON, VAN WYCK (GEOFFREY COFFIN,
FRANK W. MASON, WARD WEAVER
pseuds). Saigon singer. 312p $2.50 Doubleday
46-8056
A tale of international intrigue in which
Major Hugh North turns up in Saigon in search
of a spy, and runs into complications, includ-
ing murder.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!8 D 8 '46 70w
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
"Good reading/'
+ Klrkus 14:502 O 1 '46 170w
"Here's a slam-bang, slap-dash tale of brawls
and boudoirs, magnates and mistresses, guns,
poison, grand opera. If North seems Just a
bit dense at times, the fault is the author's
who gives the reader a blueprint of all, or
nearly all, the villains." Hoffman Birney
•f — N Y Times p22 N 24 '46 230w
' 'Just the thine: for those who like a neat
plot, accompanied by incense, elephants, and
other Oriental trimmings. The author does
Sull a remarkable chemical boner, though, in
escribing his murderer's methods."
H New Yorker 22:144 N 30 '46 lOOw
"The gallant major's return is highly wel-
come after five years; the Annamite local
color is fascinating; and even howlers in opera
and chemistry do not keep this from being one
of the best of the ' North novels." Anthony
Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 16 '46
80w
"High powered counter-espionage yarn."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 50w
"Better than average spy whodunit." Will
Cuppy
-f- Weekly Book Review p54 D 1 '46 200w
MASSERMAN, JULES HYMEN. Principles of
dynamic psychiatry; including an integrative
approach to abnormal and clinical psychology;
with a glossary of psychiatric terms. 322p
il $4 Saunders
616.8 Psychology, Pathological SG46-67
"In the Principles of Dynamic Psychiatry,
Dr. Masserman has written an introduction to
the Practice of Dynamic Psychiatry, a second
volume to follow. This first volume defines
the scope of modern dynamic psychiatry and
presents a critical analysis of the various the-
ories of behavior. . . The author's general bio-
dynamic theory of behavior is based on four
general principles. (1) principles of motivation,
(2) principles of experimental interpretation
and adaptation; (3) principle of deviation and
substitution, and (4) principle of conflict. The
principles are illustrated with clinical ma-
terial." (Am J Pub Health) Bipliography.
"Although the present volume may serve the
author's needs, it is extremely doubtful
whether any psychologist would find it suffi-
ciently balanced for use as a textbook." M. E.
Bitteramn
Am J Psychol 59:325 Ap '46 950w
"While this is an introductory work, it is
not a popular presentation, but is what the
author describes in the preface, a preparation
for the clinical examination and treatment of
behavior disorders." J. M. Cunningham
-f Am J Pub Health 36:1070 S '46 220w
"The author, a well trained neuro-physi-
ologist. psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, writes
with the rare experience of animal experimen-
tation, clinical work, and familiarity with a
specialized technique of therapy. The result is
an integration of various biological and psycho-
logical disciplines into a dynamic theory of
behavior applicable to animal and man. Spe-
cial emphasis, reinforced by well documented
data, is placed on continuity and similarity
rather than disparity in behavior in the phylo-
genetic series. Case material is well chosen and
aptly used."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:150 Je '46 240w
MASTERS, DEXTER, and WAY. KATHA-
RINE, eds. One world or none; foreword by
Niels Bohr; in trod, by Arthur H. Compton.
79p pa $1 McOraw
623.45 Atomic bomb. Atomic energy
"Book concerns the atomic bomb and its
menace to civilization. Among the contribut-
ing scientists are J. R. Oppenheimer, Niels
Bohr, Hans A. Bethe, Harold Urey, Irving
Langmuir and Albert Einstein. Other contri-
butions are by political and military authori-
ties, including General H. H. Arnold. Pub-
lished in conjunction with Science Illustrated,
the forthcoming McQraw magazine, of which
Dexter Masters is editorial consultant." Li-
brary J
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p3 Mr 24 '46 950w
Bookmark 7:8 My '46
"Because chemists had a major share In
bringing the bomb into being, chemists have a
special responsibility for using their influence
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MASTERS, DEXTER— Continued
and their understanding of the problem to
educate the public and especially our politi-
cians and statesmen of the necessity for
intelligent action before it is too late. The
widespread circulation of this pamphlet should
help make this critically necessary task easier."
E. B. Wilson
-f Chem & Eng N 24:2112 Agr 10 '46 400w
Christian Century 63:627 My 16 §46 50w
Reviewed by E. D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor p20 Ap 11 '46
560w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Foreign Affairs 25:334 Ja '47 60w
"Excellent title, excellent authors, excellent
merchandise."
+ Kirkus 14:116 Mr 1 '46 IBOw
Library J 71:183 F 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by George Soule
New Repub 114:669 My 6 '46 550w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:19 Ap '46
Reviewed by R. L. Duffus
N Y Times pi Mr 17 '46 2350w
Reviewed by Waldemar Kampffert
N Y Times p6 Jl 14 '46 90w
New Yorker 22:93 Mr 30 '46 140w
Reviewed by Elmer Davis
Sat R of Lit 29:7 Mr 30 '46 5000w
Discussion by L. N. Ridenour
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Ap 13 '46 2350w
Reviewed by K. F. Mather & others
Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Ap '46 1200w
Reviewed by H. M. Davis
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950w
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"An illuminating, powerful, threatening and
hopeful statement which will clarify a Tot of
confused thinking about atomic energy. It is
a highly compressed volume containing a wealth
of facts and viewpoints in eighteen articles, the
majority of them by scientists who have taken
leading parts in producing and using the atomic
bomb. It presents varied, but well planned,
discussions of the world problem resulting from
the use of the bomb, almost all of them lead-
ing to the conclusion that the scientists handed
the statesmen, as an inseparable part of the
bomb, a problem that can be solved only
through the abolishment of war and the devel-
opment of a unified order of world control."
J. J. O'Neill
+ Weekly Book Review pi Mr 17 '46
1650w
MASTERS. ROBERT V. Stampography. 86p il
$3 Printed arts co, 371 Broadway, N.Y. 13
383.22 Postage stamps 45-22073
"Truly named on the cover as 'an instructive
travel album for the young stamp collector,'
this handsome picture-manual photographically
reproduces 250 commemorative stamps chosen
for their pictorial interest and Rives, country
by country, such information as parents hope
their young philatelists will look up for them-
selves." weekly Book Review
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p23 Ap 14 '46 140w
"This ingenious book will not only stimulate
the hobby of a young collector, but will be of
real educational value." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:209 My '46 90w
Reviewed by K. H. McAlarney
Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 80w
Weekly Book Review p32 Mr 3 '46 140w
MATHERS, EDWARD POWY8, tr. Love songs
of Asia. 77p $2.50 Knopf [6s Pushkin]
808.81 Love poetry 46-3328
"Charming translations of Asiatic poetry —
Sanskrit, Chineee, Hindu. Persian, Turkish.
and so on— which were first issued in three
separate volumes: 'Coloured Stars' (1918),
'Black Marigolds* (1919), and 'The Garden of
Bright Waters' (1920). Notes and an introduc-
tion by Mrs. Mathers." New Yorker
Booklist 42:302 My 16 '46
"Interesting, if brief, collection of Asiatic
love poetry."
-h Kirkus 14:140 Mr 15 '46 150w
"Mathers is an outstanding example of the
poet who is a translator, as it were, at second
hand. . . [His] work grains enormously from
coming to English via French. He was deeply
indebted to Adolphe Thalasso's 'Anthologie de
1'Amour Asiatique' as well as to the work
of Dr. J. C. Mardrus, among others. . . Mathers'
rendering, horizoned by French precision and
economy, dresses these "Eastern poems in an
English whose understatement is agreeably
adequate." Anne Fremantle
-f- N Y Times p7 Je 30 '46 1050w
New Yorker 22:112 My 4 '46 70w
"I think it highly unlikely that the present
season will produce any other book as beauti-
ful as 'Love Songs of Asia.' "
-f Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 21 '46
320w
MATSUMOTO, TORU, and LERRIGO, MARI-
ON OLIVE. A brother is a stranger. 318p
$3.75 Day
B or 92 Japanese in the U.S. 46-11958
Autobiography of a Japanese Christian, who
came in contact with Japanese "thought police"
in his own country before the war, came to
this country and graduated from Union Theo-
logical Seminary, was interned temporarily,
and later worked on the Committee on reset-
tlement of Japanese Americans. He now Jives
in this country. *
Reviewed by E. L. Jones
Atlantic 179:112 Ja '47 420w
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p5 N 17 '46 420w
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
"Simple, heartfelt, deeply moving autobiog-
raphy. .. It is as a warmly human story
of one man and his family that the book will
make its greatest appeal. There have been few
autobiographies by Japanese, whose education
denies the value of the individual. The greatest
of them all is the Autobiography of Yukichi
Fukuzawa, the great educator who pioneered
In bringing Western ideas to Japan. Mr. Mat-
sumoto's book deserves a place not far below
Fukuzawa' s. It gets off to a slow start, it lacks
all literary distinction, it exhibits no intellec-
tual sophistication — but it points the way to
the rebirth of a nation." Robert Peel
4. — Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 2 '46
600w
Kirkus 14:573 N 1 '46 170w
"Extremely readable. Highly recommended
for general purchase." H. S. Taylor
+ Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 140w
"Both in his careful depiction of pre-war
Japan and the struggle there between militar-
ism and liberalism, and in his explanation of
how the Japanese thinks, and why he thinks
that way, his account has much of interest to
the Occidental. Pearl Buck commands it as 'the
truest and most complete book of life in Japan
with all its good and evil, that I have ever
read.' " E. B.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
250w
Reviewed by Lyman Bryson
Weekly Book Review p22 N 17 '46 900w
MATTHEWS, HERBERT LIONEL. Education
of a correspondent. 550p $4 Harcourt
B or 92 Journalists—Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. 46-25183
The head of the London bureau of the New
York Times, describes his own professional
career during which he covered the Abyssinian
war; the Spanish civil war; and World war II.
Index.
Reviewed by F. L. Hadsel
Am Pol Scl R 40:1028 O '46 380w
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"Among? the welter of books by correspond-
ents on the war, some of them sensational
and opinionated, some of them repetitious, this
report on the education of a correspondent,
will retain for a long time its value as one
of the most thoughtful and pertinent con-
tributions to the understanding of our time."
Hans Kohn
-f Ann Am Acad 247:192 S '46 420w
Reviewed by R. E. Damelson
-f Atlantic 178:148 Jl '46 1350w
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 N '46
"The book is disarmingly honest and vastly
interesting. Mr. Matthews learned much in his
wide-ranging adventures, but he would be the
first to admit, in fact he does literally affirm,
that he has not yet learned everything. Ten
years from now perhaps he may have learned
more of the complicated political situation in
Spain and in Portugal, and incidentally, of
Catholicism also."
Cath World 164:286 D '46 250w
Reviewed by Alfred Werner
Christian Century 63:963 Ag 7 '46 800w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by C. G. Paulding
-j- Commonweal 44:262 Je 28 '46 2200w
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 HOw
"Humble and essentially honest memoirs re-
vealing an acute sense of history and the best
in the journalist tradition."
4- Kirkus 14:234 My 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by H. J. Bresler
New Repub 114:842 Je 10 '46 550w
"Mr. Matthews' book, much of which is fas-
cinating simply for its battle scenes and
sketches of great personages, has certain subtle
overtones. Its two most important sections are
a 150-page block on the Spanish Civil War and
a 250-page block on India and Afghanistan;
and taken in conjunction, they show that the
'liberalism' which he preaches is not always
easy to apply. In Spain, liberalism faced
fascism." Allan Nevins
-f N Y Times pi Je 9 '46 1950w
"At the start, the author tries to find ex-
cuses for Mussolini's rape of Ethiopia and to
explain his own pro-Italian sentiments in that
sorry war, pleading the case of the aggressors
with possibly more reasoned conviction than is
usually encountered in such defenses. From
then on the book gets a lot better, helped con-
siderably by Mr. Matthews' urbane manner of
writing."
-f- New Yorker 22.94 Je 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Ren£ Albrecht-Carri^
Pol Sci Q 61:470 S '46 900w
"One of the most honest, satisfying, and
vital books to come out of the war. The reason
is threefold: (1) it is a vivid, realistic ac-
count of the military campaigns in Africa,
Spain, Italy, and Southern France, plus a
long critical discussion of the Indian problem
and its relation to war and peace; (2) it is
autobiographical in the sense that the author,
with devastating honesty, shows step-by-step
how ten years of war on Fascism shaped his
thinking and feeling; (3) it is far more than
good journalism, it is history in the truest
sense." Henry Christman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:10 Je 15 '46 1950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:177 S '46 260w
Reviewed by Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p2 Je 30 '46
1150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
MATTIELLO, JOSEPH J., ed. Protective and
decorative coatings; prepared by a staff of
specialists under the editorship of Joseph J.
Mattiello; v 5, Analysis and testing methods.
662p il $7 Wiley
667.6 Paint. Varnish and varnishing
(41-19399)
"Fifth volume in this series considers the
industry's problems from the analytical view-
point and clearly discusses analysis of resins
and associated materials, chemical analysis of
drying oils, laboratory testing of metal finishes,
spectrophotometric and photographic methods
for measuring spectral characteristics of pig-
ments and surface coatings, and 'resinography*
—the structure of resins and its correlation
with other physical -chemical properties involved
in the practical performance or failure of the
material." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 llOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:348 D '46 280w
MAUCLAIR, CAMILLE. Edgar Degas. See
Degas, H. O. E.
MAUGH, LAWRENCE CARNAHAN. Statically
indeterminate structures. 338p $6 Wiley
624.17 Structures, Theory of 46-4190
"Practical up-to-date material on the analysis
of indeterminate frame structures. It is a com-
prehensive treatment of continuous frames,
trusses, bents and frames with curved mem-
bers by the method of moment distribution."
(Library J) Index.
Eng N 136:127 Je 13 '46 200w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:30 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:258 S '46 80w
MAUGHAM, WILLIAM SOMERSET. Then and
now. 278p $2.50 Doubleday [10s 6d Heine-
mann]
Machiavelll, Niccolo — Fiction. Borgia,
Cesare— -Fiction 46-4126
"The scene is Italy at the dawn of the six-
teenth century, and the not entirely heroic
hero is Niccolo Machiavelli, best known to
posterity as author of 'The Prince.' The main
action runs from October 1502 into January of
the following year; the principal elements of
this action being diplomacy and love, nicely
mingled in almost equal parts. Thanks to the
diplomatic element, we witness the education
of a political philosopher. Thanks to the
amorous element, we witness the aspiration
and frustration of a practised lecher." Sat R
of Lit
"The dialogue is unstilted and as lively as
if it had been spoken today. . . It is as if Mr.
Maugham were reading The Prince in reverse,
translating it back into the terms of Niccol&'s
own existence." Edward Weeks
-f Atlantic 177:160 Je '46 800w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 370w
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '4G
"As always Mr. Maugham is highly imagi-
native. His narrative is reminiscent of the
coarse tales of Rabelais and Boccaccio; and
every reference to religion is equivalently a
sneer."
— Cath World 163:475 Ag '46 200w
"Mr. Maugham is read by the discriminating
not so much for what he writes as for the
manner of his writing, for delight in the
mastery of his practiced workmanship. Many
will not applaud this latest novel, which is
ribald in essence, which is filled with episodes,
with speech, with the reckless lack of morals
typical of the Italian Renaissance. . . As en-
tertainment, the book is readable, naturally,
filled with the violence, the color, the romance
of the period. One freely admits the author's
skill, but one may deplore some of the uses to
which he has put it." Margaret Williamson
H Christian Science Monitor p!2 My SI
'46 450w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl6 Jl '46
"Not even Maugham's name can bridge the
gap between what his readers expect from him
and what he gives them in this pedestrian
novel about Machiavelli and 'the Duke', Caesar
Borgia,"
— Klrkus 14:129 Mr 15 '46 170w
$38
kfeVIfeW DtG£S± 1946
MAUGHAM, W. 8.— Continued
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 My 17 '46
270W
"Mr. Maugham's new book . . . alternates
between a text book dryness of historical
outline and an embarrassingly primitive effort
to liven things up." Diana Trilling
Nation 162:790 Je 29 '46 2SOw
"The rather forced amusement of the book
is in Mr. Maugham's trick of putting all the
political wisdom of The Prince Into the mouth
of its author as a formula for conducting a
love affair." John Farrelly
New Repub 114:907 Je 24 '46 600w
"It is refreshing to see a novelist as capable
of mature and competent workmanship as W.
Somerset Maugham trying his hand in the well-
crowded field of historical romance. It is also
pleasant to report that in so doing he has suc-
ceeded admirably — that he has produced a
vivid, sprightly and convincing story. . . This
is good history as well as good fiction, and it
should also afford some wry amusement to
anyone who has been ambassador to a dic-
tator." T. C. Cubb
4- N Y Times p4 My 26 '46 550w
"The book is full of ill-composed sentences,
bulging with disproportionate clauses that pre-
vent them from coming out right, or confused
by 'he's/ 'him's', and 'his's' that apply to
different antecedents: a kind of thing that an
English master would have been sure to blue
pencil in the young student's themes. The
language is such a tissue of cliches that one's
wonder is finally aroused at the writer's abil-
ity to assemble so many and at his unfailing
Inability to put anything in an individual
way. . . The admirers of Mr. Maugham will
tell me that he is 'old and tired' now, and
that historical novels are not his forte — that
it is quite unfair to judge him by 'Then and
Now/ which is one of the least of his books.
I know that he has done better stories, but
I am not sure that it is quite unfair to judge
his quality by the quality of 'Then and Now/
This quality is never, it seems to me, that
either of a literary artist or of a first-rate
critic of morals; and it may be worth while
to say this at a moment when a tendency
seems to be prevalent to step up Mr.
Maugham's standing Into the higher ranks of
English fiction. What stirs one particularly to
protest is a certain disposition on the part of
Mr. Maugham himself to take advantage of his
popularity for the purpose of disparaging his
betters." Edmund Wilson
— New Yorker 22:103 Je 8 '46 2250w
"It Is all, with the exception of a few un-
leavened lumps of historical exposition, highly
diverting; as we are entitled to expect it to
be, coming as it does from the pen of a nov-
elist who believes that the prime function of
novel writing is to give pleasure. The past
politics that the narrative contains may be
read with an oblique glance at present poli-
tics, while the humorous ingredients of the
love story are tested ingredients that have
proved themselves effective in many masterly
hands. And, in 'Then and Now/ they are
Once again in the service of a master, for,
when it comes to a lively and naughty tale,
Somerset Maugham can hold his own with
the best of the Italians and the Romans."
B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:9 My 25 '46 1650w
"The two portraits are so well done that
if it were not for the Decameron counter-plot
one could almost consider the book as a bio*
graphical study. It is short, but it has not
been lightly undertaken. Indeed, it must have
entailed considerable research. On the other
hand, it does not show Mr. Maugham in as
new a light as might naturally be supposed."
V. C CHnton-Baddeley
Spec 176:514 My 17 '46 430w
"In its vivid recreation of the scenes, cus-
toms and personages of a remote past, 'Then
and Now* embodies not only an impressive
scholarship and a keen wit attuned to the
sophisticated cynicism of its leading charac-
ter, but also the same acute character analy-
sis so long associated with all the great fic-
tional works of Somerset Maugham. While
the story centers entirely around the 'Then*
in the title, the 'Now* of it figures signifi-
cantly in the implication that the ways of
political and amorous intrigue are much the
same now as then and that the modern coun-
terparts of the freedom -loving city state of
Florence must be on guard against the same
sort of perils that ancient republic faced."
E. A. F.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 440w
Time 47:102 My 27 '46 500w
"A novel about Machiavelli, a most accom-
plished novel, well studied, shrewdly put to-
gether and often entertaining, but with no
more flow of soul than is to be expected from
a virtuoso's performance. Nothing that Mr.
Maugham writes can fail to stimulate inter-
est and admiration, and yet, partly because
his is not a deep-rooted historical sense, still
more because the mere contemplation of Ma-
chiavelli has so obviously kindled the worldli-
ness and cynicism of temper which restrict
imagination in Mr. Maugham, this latest vol-
ume of his is insubstantial and disappoint-
ing. It is a lightly farcical little conte inflated
by a determined and almost ingenuous relish
for the^ moral and political philosophy of 'The
r.LCe-L Times [London] Lit Sup p233 My 18
'46 750w
Reviewed by J. W. Krutch
Weekly Book Review pi Je 2 '46 1650w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:189 autumn '46 200w
MAURA, SISTER. Initiate the heart. 46p $1.75
Macmillan
811 46-4082
"Sensitive and gentle verse, in free form,
by a nun, reflecting upon various facets of
life and nature and, in one section, on the
satisfactions of conventual life." Christian
Century
"Sister Maura's poems are hard, gem-like,
and amazingly concise. Emotion is always con-
trolled, words are used sparingly and effective-
ly, and the author's genius for apt, original
imagery is all the more outstanding because of
her reserve. Sister Maura's poems do not
merely sing — they think." Muriel Reno
4- Cath World 164:90 O '46 lOOw
Christian Century 63:724 Je 5 '46 30w
"A small volume of intense and sincere reli-
gious verse, that Catholic readers will appre-
ciate. More deeply felt than skilled, her verse
has the power of expressing many moods and
thoughts native to a devout member of a reli-
gious order."
4- Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 90w
" 'Initiate the Heart' will probably mean
more to sharers of the same faith than to
lovers of poetry for its own sake. Her poems
are best when they abandon religious aphorism
for the particular image." Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 30w
"Sister Maura writes her quatrains with
grace. She takes one or two fliers into the more
usual media of modern verse but she is at her
best when she is most simple and when she
tries least to clothe her sincerity in the mantle
of intellectual analysis. The simple prayers for
the refugees, for persons of all faiths, included
generously in her poetry, will find sympathetic
readers everywhere." Marnie Bacon
-f Sat R of Lit 30:24 Ja 4 '47 150w
MAURER, EDWARD ROSE, and others. Me-
chanics for engineers; statics and dynamics.
425p $4 Wiley
531 Mechanics 46-10457
"This new revision of a long- established text
(the first edition was published in 1903) has
been reset and almost completely rewritten as
compared to the fifth edition (1925). Topics in-
troduced for the first time are virtual work and
mechanical vibrations; topics amplified or treat-
ed in a new way include dynamics, plane motion
and relative motion, and d'Alembert's principle.
Many new problems are introduced and answers
are now furnished for some of the more difficult
ones. Throughout the text, sentences and para-
graphs have been revised and re-worded for
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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the sake of clarity. Earlier editions were en-
titled Technical Mechanics." (N Y New Tech
Bks) Index.
Eng N 136:111 Mr 7 '46 120w
Library J 70:1090 N 15 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:58 O '45
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46
150w
MAURIAC, FRANCOIS. Woman of the Phari-
sees (La Pharisienne) tr. by Gerard Hopkins.
241p $2.50 Holt [9s Eyre]
46-7273
Character study of a "good" woman who
cannot refrain from imposing her will upon
other people. One by one the people she tries
to "help" in the name of religion, meet with
tragedy, until her own tragedy overtakes her.
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p5 O 27 '46 550w
"It is strong proof of M. Mauriac's artistic
and Christian maturity that he dares the risk
of anticlimax by showing the eventual conver-
sion of his pious Pharisee — her realization that
'it is not our deserts that matter but our love.'
Altogether he gives us the subtle and search-
ing work one has learned to expect from so
fastidious an artist. If the novel does not quite
rank with his greatest, it is largely because
the conclusion leaves several loose ends to be
tied up in a projected sequel." Katherine
Br£gy
H Cath World 164:277 D '46 440w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:17 O 18 '46 950w
"A portrait of self -righteousness and self-love
at its most vindictive, of public humanitarian-
ism and private inhumanity, this is a sug-
gestive, subtle study — if presumably too refined,
too alien, for a popular American public."
-f Kirkus 14:330 Jl 15 '46 160w
"Recommended." E. S. Brown
+ Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 18 '46 350w
Reviewed by Wallace Fowlie
New Repub 115:523 O 21 '46 750w
"It is refreshing to come upon a contempo-
rary, imaginative writer whose moral values
do not wear a provisional air. Pity and under-
standing are certainly the most striking quali-
ties of Mauriac's novels; but both are edged
with the sternness that comes of an absolute
religious conviction, bred in the bone and fos-
tered by strong attachment to a traditional way
of life in a remote and self-contained corner
of France. . . This volume is planned as the
first of a complete edition, in English, of
Mauriac's novels, and the publishers must be
congratulated on their choice of a translator.
The narrative flows smoothly and clearly, the
words are always nicely and judiciously chosen,
and in rendering the dialogue Mr. Hopkins has
wisely refrained from trying to make it sound
like English talk. As a translation it is some-
thing of a work of art in itself, and for that
reason a tribute to the greatest of living novel-
ists." Paul Dombey
-f New Statesman 6, Nation 31:379 My 25
'46 1900w
''Particularly convincing are those passages
where Mauriac displays his characters in mo-
ments of utter loneliness, of self-doubt and
spiritual dereliction, when their outer char-
acteristics seem to fall away and an inner fog
deprives them of vividness and precision as hu-
man beings. This kind of revelation minor
novelists invariably avoid. . . Mauriac's style
avoids all trace of obliquity or virtuosity; he
saves his ingenuity and indirection for purposes
of psychological revelation. His style seems a
littfe arid, Trot in the end fulfills its function
with precision, coolness, economy. Beside him
Qide seems artful and barren, Remains more
than a little meretricious, Malraux harsh and
narrow, Sartre ephemeral, Du Oard heavy and
obtuse. He lacks magnificence, he lacks spa-
ciousness. But he has a claim to be considered
among the greatest of living novelists." Fred-
eric Prokosch
-f- N Y Times p7 O 20 '46 lOOOw
"A deeply impressive novel by an author
whose growth has been continuous and whose
present stature makes so much contemporary
fiction seem sadly thin by comparison."
-f New Yorker 22:123 N 9 '46 140w
Reviewed by B. R. Redman
Sat R of Lit 29:26 D 7 '46 1400w
"There is no cheap tenderness in this man's
work; it is exacting and arbitrary, even bigoted.
It is bitter- tasting, as is the work of Camus
and of Sartre; and if one does not have
acquaintance with or curiosity for its spiritual
idiom, which is the uncompromising one of the
Roman Catholic Church, then its fruit may turn
to dust in the mouth, as for some of us does
the Existentialist dish. But Mauriac's analysis
of human motive and absurdity is founded on
a very old hypothesis, of the existence of God
and of the responsibility before God of each
Isolated human soul. . . This particular novel,
his latest, has curious structural flaws. The
story is narrated in retrospect by one of its
participants, who therefore has to invent reas-
ons and devices to explain his close knowledge
of the inner hearts of the others. This method
weakens conviction in the reader, and affects
characterisation so that we do not altogether
get hold of the various personalities. Also, I
am not sure that M. Mauriac persuades us that
Brigitte Pian, the Pharisee, is as deeply re-
sponsible for the troubles wrought in her en-
tourage as we are asked to believe." Kate
O'Brien
Spec 176:436 Ap 26 '46 750w
Time 48:110 O 21 '46 380w
"Few better examples of the author's psycho-
logical mastery could have been chosen to inau-
gurate the present edition of his works. In no
other of his novels are the moralist and the
story-teller so skilfully combined. The narrator
is, in fact, a Chorus, now touching the main
action of the book and joining the interplay of
its characters, now standing aside and speaking
directly to the reader. This makes possible a
certain blend of sympathy and detachment
which suits both the necessities of the book and
the temperament of the author. There is a
quick fever in the style which tells us that
Mauriac could never stand in icy detachment
from his story as Flaubert stood from 'Madame
Bo vary.' "
Times [London] Lit Sup p229 My 18 '46
3600w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard, Jr.
Weekly Book Review p28 N 24 '46 800w
MAUROIS, ANDRE. Eisenhower, the libera-
tor; drawings by George Avison [tr. by Eileen
Lane Kinneyl. 80p $2 Didier
B or 92 Eisenhower, Dwight David 46-222
Clear, simply written biography of Eisen-
hower, in which most of the eighty pages are
devoted to his campaigns in Africa and Europe.
For age ten and older.
Bookmark 7:11 Ag '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 29 '46
200w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:212 My '46 120w
"This is a brief biography, routine material,
undistinguished in style and content. (Maurois
does not quite get the right approach for
Juvenile biography — as witness his Franklin) —
and he tends to make the general a ponder-
ously noble character rather than the genial
human being he is."
Kirkus 13:437 O 1 '45 130w
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnson
Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 70w
N Y Times p22 Ja 20 '46 80w
"A lively and interesting biography. . . Like
the earlier life of Benjamin Franklin, the for-
mat of this book is confusing. In illustration
and typography it suggests a book for younger
boys and girls. In text it is definitely for the
older ones. This is a pity, because there is
much in both biographies that older boys and
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MAUROIS, ANDRE— Continued
girls would enjoy. They should have, really,
the format of a book for adults if they are
to win the readers that they deserve." M. Q. D.
H Sat R of Lit 29:59 F 16 '46 470w
School d. Society 63:143 F 23 '46 90w
"This is a condensation of material previously
used in full-length biographies and the very
process of boiling down sharpens the picture
and leaves only essential residue, without
heroics/' D. B. B.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46 360w
"Brief and to the point, this portrait-biog-
raphy ... is high-lighted by a sense or mo-
mentous decisions continually made and kept
swiftly moving by interest in the way these
decisions were carried out." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 14 '46 260w
MAWHINNEY, MATTHEW HOLMES. Heat-
ing of steel. 265p tl $4.75 Reinhold
669.1 Steel. Heat treatment of 46-716
"Although there is an introductory chapter
on the chemical effects of heating steel, this
work is mainly a discussion of methods and
equipment used rather than of the metallurgi-
cal results obtained. Topics dealt with in-
clude fuels and burners, furnace control,
quenching, alloys and refractories used in
heat-treating equipment, and steel mill fur-
naces. There are numerous illustrations of
modern installations. The work is intended
chiefly for engineers and others practically
concerned with the selection and operation of
heat-treating equipment." N Y New Tech Bks
Cleveland Open Shelf p3 Ja '46
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:62 O '45
MAXTONE QRAHAM, MRS JOYCE (AN-
STRUTHER) (JAN STRUTHER. pseud).
Pocketful of pebbles; decorations by Aldren
Watson. 428p 13.50 Harcourt
828 46-25160
Collection of poems, and informal essays,
and some talks given in the United States
since 1940. Some of the material has been
published in book form in England, and some
has appeared in magazines.
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
Christian Century 63:807 Je 26 '46 40w
44 'A Pocketful of Pebbles' is good Mrs. Min-
iver because it is humorous without being cyn-
ical, simple without being superficial, because
a good part of it relates to family life, and
all of it demonstrates the author's power of
intense observation." W. K. R.
4- Christian Science Monitor pl4 Je 14 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
" 'A Pocketful of Pebbles* will be sought out
by the admirers of Mrs. Miniver (of which I
am one), but some of the pebbles might better
have been allowed to slip through the publish-
ers' fingers/* E. V. R. wyatt
-I- Commonweal 44:242 Je 21 '46 390w
"A spritely salamagundi of awareness, pre-
cision; and elegance."
4- Kirkus 14:211 My 1 '46 150w
"The little essay— or talk— on Librarians in
this volume of 'pebbles' will endear the book
to us all. . . Jan Struther is an ambassador of
good will who does much for the English and
much for the Americans. She Is never too eru-
dite, always sparkling and wise. A good bed-
side book." K: T. Willis
4- Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Russell Maloney
N Y Times p4 Je 9 '46 600w
"This appetizing potpourri is an excellent
summer dish for vacation diet. Moreover, the
pleasing thought occurs that Miss Struthe"*
desk drawers should be beautifully empty now
leaving nothing to deter her from starting on
serious work now, which most of her readers
are no doubt looking forward to." R. M. Morgan
-|- Sprlngf'd Republican P6 Je 25 '46 310w
"The poetry in this book is smooth and win-
ning verse. It is more confession than art, and
where it is light it is best. But the whole book
is a kind of confession of a blithe and wise
woman who ought some day to essay something
larger and more unified. For this very winning
personality here revealed is a born writer who
ought not to be spending her time collecting
pebbles." Irwin Edman
•f Weekly Book Review p4 Je 16 '46 950w
WIs Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
MAXWELL, WILLIAM. Heavenly tenants; pic-
tures by Ilonka Karasz. 56p $2 Harper
46-11959
Fanciful tale for young readers. The Marvells
from Wisconsin, all lovers of the stars, go on a
visit to Virginia. While they are away a
strange unearthly light appears in their farm-
house. It proves to be no fire; it resembles star-
light; and when they return the Marvells find
evidence of visitors from another sphere.
"This little tale attempts no propaganda, but
the girl or boy — or adult — who reads of these
kindly neighbors of the zodiac, will be con-
scious of a glow, a feeling of nearness to the
starry universe. This I think is more important
than word lists or primers on sociology. The
delightful story is enhanced by the imaginative
artistry of the illustrator." F. N. Lttten
-f Book Week p3 N 10 '46 160w
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
"The picture by Ilonka Karasz are unusual
and interesting, but most children like their
science straight."
Cath Worid 161:381 Ja ;47 50w
"Mr. Maxwell does not spoil his fantasy with
one word too many. By suggestion and impli-
cation he opens the door for the imaginative
reader to take delight in this unusual tale
which has humor as well as beauty. Not often
has the feeling of early Spring in the country
been so successfully suggested." A. T. Baton
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 17 '46
320w
"Mr. Maxwell writes with perfect natural-
ness of the Marvell family and of the stars.
Half realism, half fantasy, the reader is not
confused but is left with a sense of the near-
ness of the heavens to the earth. Miss Karasz 's
full-color jacket and double-page drawings, in
midnight blue, of the spring equinox and the
shining farm buildings make a very beautiful
book. The spot drawings of the signs of the
zodiac are fascinating to children or grown-
ups." A. C. Moore
+ Horn Bk 22:455 N '46 170w
"An enchanting story — and a good family
tale as well— and the samples of illustrations
by Ilonka Karasz give promise that It will be
a beautiful book."
4- Kirkus 14:455 S 15 '46 170w
"It is difficult to predict its use; children
who know something of astronomy should enjoy
the book while others may be led to an interest
in the stars through the story. Well written,
distinguished in format. Unusual black and
white illustrations by Ilonka Karasz include
an imaginative picture of the heavens." M. A.
Herr
Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 140w
"Mr. Maxwell, a novelist of distinction, writes
with his customary sensitive appreciation of
both the homely things of farm life and of the
shining mystery of the Milky Way. The fan-
tasy's theme is one to delight the Imaginative
child of 8 to 12 and Ilonka Karasz' beautiful il-
lustrations in midnight blue will quicken that
delight. Yet there is a restraint of climax, a
sloping-off of a narrative which gives to the
whole a tenuous, rather disjointed air, robbing
the story of its ultimate sense of wonder." E
L. Buell
-f — N Y Times p38 O 13 '46 270w
"Wholly matter-of-fact children may be
unable to sense the rare quality of this book,
but Imaginative ones will like it. It is to be
recommended, too, to adults, for the distinction
of its writing and its illustrations." K. S.
4- New Yorker 22:141 D 7 '46 60w
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Reviewed by Phyllis White
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
130w
"A successful novelist wrote this story. The
outstanding: quality in it is its restraint.
Nothing is obvious, much is implied. Familiar,
homely things are here. The stars are in the
sky. But no imaginative child will hesitate in
his belief that the signs of the zodiac came
down and spent three weeks at the Marvel!
farm. No one in the story saw them but old
August, and he did not bother himself or them
with questions. The writing is simple and ob-
jective. There is beauty and feeling In every
word. Ilonka Karasz is perhaps best known to
readers through the covers of The New Yorker.
For this book she has made three double-page
drawings in white ink on dark blue. They are
realistic in detail and beautiful in design. The
cover-jacket is in full, rich color. It reminds
one of the early Italian artists or of one of
Lauren Ford's paintings." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 B50w
"William Maxwell writes novels and short
stories revealing a talent so unusual and so
distinctively free from cliches of thought that
his entrance into the children's field is bound
to be a gain. I am not sure it is a book for
children, but some of the best children's books
are not." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46 310w
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
MAYNARD, THEODORE. Mystic in motley;
the life of St. Philip Neri. (Science and cul-
ture ser) 250p $2.50 Bruce pub.
B or 92 Filippo Neri, Saint 46-3458
"The Newman Centenary may have prompted
this new life of the founder of the Oratory to
which he belonged. . . The picture of the noted
Italian reformer, a great inlluence In 16th cen-
tury Home, one who played the fool to attract
men to God, is well drawn and full." Library J
Book Week p8 Ap 21 '46 140w
"This life of St. Philip Neri is an interesting
addition to hagiography. It is a popularly writ-
ten but thorough account of the life and work
of the one saint who was noted both for his
samtlmess and for his sense of humor."
-f Kirkus 14:194 Ap 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by R. J. Hurley
Library J 71:585 Ap 16 '46 120w
MAYO, ELEANOR R. Loom of the land. 405p
$2.75 Morrow
46-25273
"Russ Walls, strong, dominant, stubborn, al-
most ruins the lives of his three older children,
two sons and a daughter. Grace, the mother,
putting her husband first, sincerely tries to un-
derstand her children and reconcile the family.
Stanny, the youngest, fears his father, yet Is
fascinated by him." Library J
"Vigorously and well -written in the ver-
nacular of the Maine seaside town whose story
it tells. The physical and moral collapse near the
end of the novel, of the town's single short-
lived effort to rebel against their small-time
dictator is completely convincing. You will enjoy
reading, I believe, about Russ and his family
and his town, and will understand his kind
better for the skillful, perceptive picture Miss
Mayo has drawn of him." F. H. Bullock
+ Book Week p8 S 16 '46 320w
Booklist 43:70 N 1 '46
"A sturdy, penetrating novel."
+ Kirkus 14:306 Jl 1 '46 150w
"Worth reading, good characterizations,
should be popular. Recommended." B. F. Kelly
-h Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 70w
"Treated with a little more humor, Russ could
have been another likable, eccentric Father.
Undoubtedly Miss Mayo has narrative ability
and a certain descriptive power which is more
visually vivid than imaginatively real. She has
also a good ear for the unmistakable Maine
dialect. These abilities she could have used
to better advantage, in a really regional story
about Maine people who are better attuned to
the lonely splendor and beauty of their land."
Nona Balaklan
-f N Y Times plO S 22 '46 700w
"The novelist evidently has drawn freely
upon experience and observation for many of
the episodes, some of which, although well
executed, are not skilfully integrated into the
novel, but seem detached and superimposed.
The descriptive passages, mercifully brief, are
excellent; the very feel of seaboard New Eng-
land is here." R. A. Cordell
-f Sat R of Lit 29:81 D 7 '46 650w
" 'Loom of the Land' has the vigor and sharp-
ness of line of the Maine scene on a clear
autumn day after a big blow. You see Russ
Walls clearly. Yet his portrait lacks some di-
mension to make it wholly credible. The Russ of
this story is a man without an Achilles heel,
without doubt or misgiving. . . Miss Mayo 'a ob-
servation and writing is, at its best, so forceful
and effective that one may hope that time will
add depth to her portraiture. ' Mary Ross
Weekly Book Review p!2 S 15 '46 500w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
MAYO, ELTON. Social problems of an indus-
trial civilization. 150p $2.50 Harvard univ.
Division of research
301.153 Social problems A46-624
"Directing his attention primarily to re-
lationships between management and workers.
Professor Mayo cites industrial research
studies to show that, in the absence of ade-
quate social organization, 'incentive* wages
and appeals to individual economic self-interest
do not operate to encourage production. In-
dustrial efficiency and maximum production
are the result primarily of solidarity and a
feeling of oneness among workers — of the
sense of belonging to a significant social group.
'If one observes either industrial workers or
university students with sufficient care and
continuity, one finds that the proportionate
number actuated by motives of a self-interest
logically elaborated is exceedingly small.
They have relapsed upon self-interest when
social association has failed them* (p. 43). In
politics, as might be expected, the author
criticizes doctrines which stem from Hobbesian
conceptions of the social order. Political order
is not an imposition from without on anti-
social men, but rather the outgrowth of in-
herent cooperative tendencies." (Am Pol Sci
R) Index.
"To economists and especially to teachers
of economics, this book will prove stimulating
and at times shockingly irritating. With that
portion of Professor Mayo's work which de-
scribes the difficulties of achieving effective co-
operation in industry and advocates increased
emphasis on the human factor, there must
necessarily be definite agreement. In his dis-
cussion of these matters, Professor Mayo again
proves himself not only an erudite scholar, but
a down-to-earth philosopher with a sagacity
founded upon his insistence on the utilization of
objective clinical methods in studying industrial
relations. On the other hand, with the thesis
which apparently places the blame for both
domestic and international ills largely upon the
tenets of classical economic theory there can be
no meeting of the minds." J. W. Harriman
H Am Econ R 36:394 Je '46 900w
Reviewed by B. B. Burritt
Am J Pub Health 36:810 Jl '46 320w
"There is nothing new In the general argu-
ment of this book, although Mayo seems at
times to maintain the contrary. But the con-
crete illustrations taken from recent industrial
research serve very well to point up Aristotle's
ancient observation that man is a political ani-
mal." M. Q. Sibley
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:399 Ap '46 300w
Reviewed by D. S. Kimball
Ann Am Acad 245:206 My '46 340w
Reviewed by Emerson Hynes
Commonweal 43:625 Ap 5 '46 460w
"It is a matter of regret to have to record
that Mr. Mayo's most recent volume does not
add materially to the pronouncements with
which we are already familiar from the
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MAYO, ELTON—ConWnued
Harvard group. Neither in point of findings
of fact or principle is there here any sub-
stantial building: upon what earlier studies
have set forth. Even the title seems un-
wittingly misleading, promising more than it
delivers." Ordway Tead
1- Survey Q 35:179 My '46 800w
"The volume should be useful to social sci-
entists concerned in the improvement of re-
search and educational methods, and also to
alert industrial managers and labor leaders who
could use the truly epochmaking discoveries of
Professor Mayo and his colleagues regarding
the role ot personal -social relations in modern
industry.^ ^ Quarterly Bkl 2:138 Je '46 320w
MAYOR, ALPHEUS HYATT. Bibiena family.
37p 49pl $12.50 Bittner, H.
725.822 Galli da Bibiena family 46-1471
"The Bibienas were an Italian family who
during most of the eighteenth century were
the dominant stage designers for the baroque
masques and other theatrical spectacles the
great princes of the day so delighted In giv-
ing. Their work was therefore somewhat
specialized. However, this book covers some
interesting aspects of the techniques of early
stagecraft, and the fifty-odd plates give a
remarkable view of the baroque at its height.'
New Yorker
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!4 Mr 24 '46 320w
New Yorker 22:90 F 23 '46 80w
"By a rare combination of excellence, the
publisher, the printer and the author have made
of this volume an immediate must for every
theatre library, public or private, that makes
the least pretension to quality. Besides the illu-
minating text and the informing biographies,
there are fifty- two collotype reproductions of
Bibiena theatres, scenes or ornamental details —
a treasure of baroque art." B. J. R. Isaacs
-|- Theatre Arts 30:305 My '46 2950w
Times [London] Lit Sup p345 Jl 20 '46
2100w
"A. Hyatt Mayor, of the Metropolitan Mu-
seum, has brought the Bibienas, and their
arts sharply to life in a wittily written and
superbly illustrated folio." Kenneth MacGowan
-f- Weekly Book Review p!8 Mr 24 '46
1450w
MAYORGA, MRS MARGARET (GARDNER),
ed. Best one-act plays of 1945. (V9) 32lp
$3 Dodd
812.08 Dramas— Collections (38-8006)
Contents: Atomic bombs, by Frank and Doris
Hursley; On a note of triumph, by Norman
Corwin; The face, by Arthur Laurents; To the
American people, by Morton Wishengrad; A
Bunyan yarn, by Stanley Youns; Summer
fury, by James Broughton; The devil's foot,
by N. J. Biel; The unsatisfactory supper, by
Tennessee Williams; The fisherman, by
Jonathan Tree; Silver nails, by Nicholas Bela;
The far-distant shore, by Robert Finch and
Betty Smith; Bibliographies: Selected plays of
the year, and New collections of one-act plays.
Book Week p4 Jl 14 '46 270w
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by Lewis Funke
N Y Times p22 Ag 25 '46 600w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p21 8 15 '46 lOOw
MAYORGA, MRS MARGARET (GARDNER),
comp. 20 non-royalty one-act popular classics.
458p $3 Greenberg
808.82 Dramas—Collections 46-4054
One-act plays, some of them from medieval
times, and all now free of royalties. Contents:
The exodus from Egypt, by Ezekielos: The
wandering scholar, by Hans Sachs; The dragon
(Ancient Chinese); Gammer Gurton's needle
(Medieval); The great theatre of the world,
by George Calder6n; The affected young
ladies, by Moliere; The Yankee peddler; or
Old times in Virginia, by Morris Barnett; Box
and Cox. by J. M. Morton; A likely story, by
W. D. Howells; Countess Mizzle; or The family
reunion, by Arthur Schnitzler; The boor, by
Anton Chekhov; The land of heart's desire,
by W. B. Yeats; A miracle of Saint Anthony,
by Maurice Maeterlinck; The terrible meek,
by C. R. Kennedy; The girl in the coffin, by
Theodore Dreiser; The triumph of the egg, by
Sherwood Anderson; In Abraham's bosom, by
Paul Green; The feast of Ortolans, by Max-
well Anderson; Afternoon storm, by B. P.
Conkle; The states talking, by Archibald Mac-
Leish.
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"Excellent anthology. . . Recommended for
all drama collections. ' George Preedley
r ^
-f. Library J 71:407 Mr
'46 30w
MAZET, HORACE SAWYER. Eagles in the
sky. 189p $1 Presbyterian bd.
46-4244
"Vivid story of a night flyer squadron and
its operations from a Chinese base in the war
against Japan. More than an account of dan-
gerous missions from which men fail to return,
of spies and narrow escapes from death. There
is much emphasis on the fears of flying men
and of how they are met and conquered."
Library J
"Plane-wise teens will find this a satisfying
book."
-f- Kirkus 14:254 Je 1 '46 40w
"A better than average war tfiriller for teen-
age boys." Miriam Snow
-{- Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Frederick Graham
N Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 60w
MEAD, HUNTER. Types and problems of phi-
losophy; an introduction. 402p $3 Holt
110 Philosophy 46-3875
"Avoiding the historical and chronological
approach, because the reader too often ex-
hausts himself before getting to the questions
that seem most important to him, the author
combines the consideration of the most urgent
and universal problems of philosophy with a
presentation of the competing types of systems
that have been evolved m seeking answers to
them. He attempts to stand outside of all these
systems and view them all objectively and im-
partially. The aim is not to make propaganda
for any particular set of answers, but to fur-
nish a stimulus and a guide to philosophical
thinking." (Christian Century) Index.
"You will recognize this as a textbook for
college courses in introduction to philosophy
chiefly from a hint in the preface, an occa-
sional slant in style and typography, and the
appended glossary of terms. Otherwise — and all
the more because of these devices — it is well
adapted for use by any thoughtful reader who
wants to begin at the beginning and find out
what philosophy is all about."
-f Christian Century 63:722 Je 5 '46 180w
"Any introductory exposition which leaves the
student so completely on his own with but
two such mutually blinding lighthouses [ideal-
ism and naturalism] to guide him seems to be
of doubtful value. Neither idealists nor nat-
uralists are likely to find its depictions of
their positions entirely acceptable. Professor
Mead has sacrificed too much to supposed
dramatic contrast, and has allowed a sterile
dichotomy inherited from the battles of the
nineteenth century to dominate his treatment
in a century which has been struggling toward
more subtle and mediating views. So, in spite
of his conscientious reviewing of the issues
in the light of his thesis of philosophy as es-
sentially an 'irreconcilable conflict' between
idealism and naturalism, this reviewer finds it
not only 'not proved* but a step backward in
the construction of introductory texts." H. A.
* h J Philos 43:626 S 12 '46 900W
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563
"Mr. Mead's book, in addition to combining
an exposition of the types of philosophy with
analyses of major philosophical problems, has
the advantage of making philosophy a per-
tinent and important subject to the beginning
student." A. F.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 18 '46
lOOw
MEADER, STEPHEN WARREN. Jonathan
goes west; il. by Edward Shenton. 241p $2.25
Harcourt
46-6955
An adventure story tor older boys. Sixteen-
year-old Jonathan set out from Maine, in 1845,
to join his father in Illinois. After a long jour-
ney by schooner, rail, steamboat, on foot, ana
as driver for a blind bookseller, Jonathan
reached his destination and found his father
had died The journey back to Maine was al-
most as exciting as the journey out.
"Older boys will follow his travels by
schooner and steamboat and wagon and on
foot with keen interest and will thoroughly
approve of the fine climax of a well-written
story." Martha King
t- Book Week p9 O 6 '46 140w
Booklist 43:90 N 15 '46
"The tale is packed full with excitement, but
it is believable, with a well-worked-out plot.
As always, Mr. Meader writes well and catches
the flavor of country and period." A. T. Eaton
-h Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 5 '46
210w
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 40w
"The good sense of the historic past makes
this excellent school and library background
material."
-f- Klrku* 14:491 O 1 '46 90w
"A new Meader title is good news to li-
brarians and older boys who enjoy a stirring
narrative. . . Edward Shen ton's illustrations
add greatly in creating a satisfying piece of
bookmakin*. Recommended." Marcraret Miller
4- Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"An absorbing story of our country before
the Civil War, this Is one of Mr. Meader's
best." H. B. L,.
+ N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 130w
"An adventurous, well-knit story, this is
warm with feeling for the land and for the
people that Jonathan met on his way. The
drawings are effective, the type clear and in-
viting." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 230w
"It would be hard to find for high -school
age a better view of the country a hundred
years ago, its way of getting about and—
through the delightful Traveling Athenaeum —
the diffusion and character of its culture." M.
L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p9 N 24 '46 500w
WIs Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
MEADOWCROFT, MRS ENID (LA MONTE).
China's story; 11. by Dong Kingman [and
others]. 92p maps $2 Crowell
951 China— Juvenile literature 46-6575
Description of China and her problems stress-
ing details which would lead to an understand-
ing of the country by grades five to eight. Il-
lustrated by a Chinese artist.
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 5 '46
180w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:471 N '46 90w
Klrkus 13:224 My 15 '45 120w
"A simple, straight-forward, sympathetic de-
scription. . . In schools it could be used easily
with fifth-grade children and at the same time
be a boon to slower readers In the junior high
school." M. B. Snow
+ Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 70w
"An informing, factual story of China. . .
There is no index, but it will have great value
to schools. Distinguished illustrations and
format."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:70 N 9 '46 140w
MEANS, MRS FLORENCE (CRANNELL).
Great day in the morning; il. by Helen Blair.
182p |2 Houghton
46-25295
Lilybelle is an ambitious Negro girl from St
Helena Island, South Carolina, who goes to
Tuskegee to take teacher's training. When
overwork forces her to leave, she decides to
take nurses training, which is the work she is
best; fitted to do. Dr Carver is one of the char-
acters. For older girls.
"Life at Tuskegee and the portrait of Dr.
Carver are done with warmth and skill, and
Lily Belle's similarity to any witty white girl
should do more to promote understanding be-
tween the two races than any amount of ser-
monizing." Jane Cobb
-f> Atlantic 178:170 D '46 120w
"Whether she is writing about the Mexican,
Nisei, Indian or Negro, Mrs. Means writes with
a deep understanding of their problems. Here
she presents one of the major questions facing
Negro young people today — getting jobs and
fighting discrimination. She has also given us
an honest picture of the rich folk customs of
the people of St. Helena Island. Some critics
may object to the use of dialect, but everyone
must admit that the rural people of South
Carolina have a vernacular all their own."
Charlemae Rollins
H Book Week p24 N 10 '46 220w
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
"This fine story is not one-sided; Mrs.
Means has a lesson for black Americans as
well as for white." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:473 N '46 180w
Kirkus 14:426 S 1 '46 llOw
"Setting is real, Gullah dialect authentic and
characters and situations convincing. Of in-
terest to senior high school girls who like school
stories and love stories and to the librarian
who wishes to add to her collection of books on
racial cooperation. Highly recommended." M.
M Smith
•f Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 140w
"The dialect will bother some readers and
offend others. But here is American life as it
seems to a simple, ambitious Negro girl who
learns the importance of good manners on both
sides of the color line and the necessity for
young Negroes to accept the responsibility
which comes with equality. A rather serious
girls' story which is also a plea for inter-
racial understanding." M. C. S.
_| NY Times p50 N 10 '46 180w
"Florence Crannell continues here her ven-
turing into fields avoided by the timid, .and
does as fine a job on this as she did on 'The
Moved-Outers.' The characters, skilfully
drawn, are real and human young people, fac-
ing all young people's problems of love and
career, and the extra problems of belonging to
a minority." E. D. Breed ^
4- San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
300w
"A sensitive story, warm with humor, it
lacks the strength and objectiveness of
'Shuttered Windows.' " WA
-f Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:172 D '46
MEARS, MRS ALICE (MONKS). Brief enter-
prise. 61p $2 Dutton
gU 46-10602
" 'Brief Enterprise' received the 1946 An-
nual Award of the League to Support Poetry.
It is a first volume of undoubted distinction,
the expression of a mind mature, perceptive
and alert. These are metaphysical poema* for
the most part, in which the phenomena of the
natural world become the symbols of the Inner
world of the spirit." Sat R of Ut
Reviewed toy Leo Kennedy
Book Week p20 N 25 '45 180w
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MEARS, A. M. — Continued
"At her best she eloquently states a brave,
almost joyful, stoicism. Her great capacity for
sensuous enjoyment and her clear perception
of the difficulty with which joy must be
achieved create a tension that makes her most
original poems (The Long1 Season, Give Us the
Enemy, Knowledge of April, Swimmer) very
effective indeed." H. C. Webster
-f Poetry 68:229 Jl '46 540w
"There are occasionally overtones of other
metaphysical poets In her work. Mrs. Mears's
apostrophes to the elements of air, earth,
water, and flre In her poem 'Knowledge of
April' cannot help but bring to mind Elinor
Wylie's 'Hymn to Earth.' . . But only oc-
casionally does she speak in accents heard be-
fore. Her own idiom is distinguished and in-
dividual, rich with vivid metaphor and
imagery.*' S. H. Hay
-{- Sat R of Lit 29:11 Mr 23 *46 450w
MEDARY, MARJOR1E. Store at Crisscross cor-
ners; H. by Janet Small ey. 47p $1 Abingdon-
Cokesbury
46-7180
Peter and Patsy loved to visit the tidy little
Crisscross Corners store, kept by Mr Jenkins.
When he had to go away for a few days Mr
Jenkins left Freddie Fumble in charge, and
confusion resulted. But with the help of Peter
and Patsy, the little store was soon restored to
order. For ages six to eight.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p!7 N 17 '46 60w
Booklist 43:75 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:383 Ag 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by R. A. Gordon
-f N Y Times p26 N 3 '46 140w
"Janet Smalley has done the illustrations,
which are on almost every page and are in
keeping with the story, being either in black
and white or partially colored. They lend to the
story, making an amusing tale for small folk."
Florence Tapples
-f San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
150w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review pS O 13 '46 300w
MEEK, STERNER ST PAUL. Oustav, a son of
Franz; il. by Jacob Bates Abbott. 296p $2.50
Knopf
Dogs—Legends and stories
''A sequel to 'Franz,' (Book Review Digest
1935) this tells of the career of an exception-
ally fine police dog in the U. S. Army Zone of
Panama during the Second World war." Sat
R of Lit
"Recommended." K. H. McAlarney
+ Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46
Sat R of Ltt 20:63 N 9 '46 30w
70w
MELLAN, ELI H. Your right* as a veteran.
135p $1.50; pa 50c Ackerman
355.115 Veterans — Laws and legislation
45-11359
In this pocket-size book the author attempts
to assemble the essentials of the law* relating
to veterans' benefits. Mr Mellan. a staff
sergeant in the Judge advocate and legal as-
sistance section of the army and a former KOV-
S^KiSnt S"?"}6* aY,o!d8 Stalled Individual
problems, but gives salient fact* about pensions,
vocational rehabilitation. Insurance. etcT Index.
"What the book lacks is one factor that
5SSK*^ihM6li!lliC<mld*hlBSy help in view ofhia
Army Job. It is not critical and not as ex-
PfaS^ryfaa one P'/ft* hSp€v To this reviewer
it reads too much like the booklets and pam-
phlets issued by the Army, the Navy and the
S^^imH*™11?1*^1?11' They «B «hS2 the
same faculty of seeming to be clear In their
statements but leaving veterans quite lost when
they start in search of assistance or advice.
These criticisms, however, are only minor In
view of the scope of the book." Charles Kurd
-I NY Times p24 F 17 '46 270w
Reviewed by Harry Daum n^ nnf^
Springf'd Republican p6 Ja 29 '46 300w
MELLOR, WILLIAM BANCROFT. Patton,
fighting man. 245p il $3 Putnam
B or 92 Patton, George Smith 46-223
Biography of General George Patton. covering
all but the final chapter of his death in Ger-
many. The author says: "This book is not in-
tended as an apology or an encomium. Patton
needs no apology and the story of his victories
is encomium enough." Illustrated with photo-
graphs. Index.
Booklist 42:183 F 1 '46
"Incredible, unpredictable, from his pearl-
handled pistols, which were the wonder of war
correspondents, to his profanity- strewn pre-
battle fight talks — a choice sample of which
is included— this was Georgie Patton. A book
dealing with such a phenomenon is bound to be
fast-moving and vivid. This volume is so in
thoroughly satisfying fashion." W. H. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 5 '46
600w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 20w
Kirkus 13:486 N 1 '45 210w
"The author's literary skill is such that the
reader goes galloping through the book with
eager interest. Recommended." Katherine
Shorey
-4- Library J 71:120 Ja 15 M8 140w
"A clear, well-written story." Don Dresden
4- N Y Times p6 Ja 20 *46 750w
"A superficial biography written in the style
and with the critical acuity of a movie-mag-
azine portrait of Van Johnson. The author
leans heavily upon anecdotes, and some ex-
cellent ones are included, but he hardly goes
beyond beginning to explain his fabulous sub-
ject "
— -f New Yorker 21:80 F 2 '46 80w
"Swearing, swashbuckling, extremely vital
Gen. George Smith Patton, Jr., lives again in
the pages of Patton: Fighting Man. The biogra-
pher admires his subject and is properly sym-
pathetic, yet he doesn't hesitate to present the
evidence of detractors as well as of family,
friends and the man himself. Even the early
years of this colorful career are written about
with appeal and imagination and the stirring
account of the climactic campaign in the battle
of France sweeps the reader almost into the
whirlwind drive that hastened the end of the
war in Europe." D. B. B.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 20 '46 900w
Reviewed by Joe McCarthy
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 27 '46 70t)w
MENANDER. Two plays. 239p $3 Oxford
882 46-797
A translation and reconstruction of two
dramatic fragments by Menander, which Gil-
bert Murray has made into two complete plays
by the "father of modern comedy." The plays
are: The Rape of the Locks, and The Arbitra-
tion.
"As interesting and readable as one would
expect of this veteran scholar. Those who
must take our Greek literature In English —
and that is most of us— are quite Justified
in expecting translations in their times' idiom.
Gilbert Murray's are such translations." Leo
Kennedy
-h-Book Week pl7 F 17 '46 90w
Reviewed by W. J. Gates
N Y Time* p36 Ap 28 '46 700w
"Both plays are, of course, in verse, but
[Mr Murray] has striven for the colloquial ease
of the original, and has not hesitated to em-
ploy modern idiom to render the sense, the
effect sought, and let strict translation go
hang. How far he has filled in the gaps, sup-
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plied the missing scenes, as they were in the
originals, who can say? The layman, certainly,
is quite disposed to trust him so far aa any
one can be trusted in such a task. And he
has certainly produced two plays which could
be acted (one of them already has been), which
have wit and style and a certain realism in
the characterization which explain the hold
Menander had on the public of his day and on
the Latin dramatists who copied him. They
have a charm, too." W. P. Eaton
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 F 17 '46
550w
MENCKEN, HENRY LOUIS. Christmas story
[il. by Bill Crawford]. [32p] $1 Knopf
46-20990
A recollection of Baltimore in the early 1900's
reprinted from The New Yorker. A Christmas
party, given by a free thinker for a collection
of bums, turns into a regular Salvation army
hymn sing: and testimonial meeting:, to the dis-
gust of the free thinker.
"Illustrations in color by Bill Crawford strike
the proper raffish note. A robust and pointed
anecdote, but not for the Scrooge-and Tiny-
Tim-trade." H. W. Hart
Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 90w
"Mr. Mencken's story has received an assist
from Bill Crawford's brassy drawings, but the
illustrations are really unnecessary. For with
Mr. Mencken gripping the rod with both hands
and swinging mightily, his compressed morality
does very well on its own." Thomas Lask
-f N Y Times p!6 D 1 '46 470w
"The pictures are wonderful, and so, as you'll
know if you read it, is the story." J. H. Jack-
son
-f San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 23 '46
450w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 D 7 '46 300w
"Just in time for the Christmas trade, this
tiny book contains perhaps the nearest thing to
piety in Mencken's writings. It is a moral
tale, told in the Sage of Baltimore's redolent
and contented prose."
Time 48:106 N 18 '46 200w
"If you are searching for an eleventh-hour
gift to some bright, unbigoted friend, try Mr.
Mencken's mistletoe missile. Long before Pav-
lov completed laboratory experiments and an-
nounced his discoveries concerning conditioned
reflexes in dogs, Mr. Mencken was deep in his
researches into the conditioned reflexes of man
especially the bums of Baltimore some forty
years ago. 'Christmas Story' lays a wreath on
these departed lager hounas, without weeping
into their bier." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review plO D 22 '46 270w
MENCKEN, HENRY LOUIS. Treatise on the
fods. 2d ed; corrected and rewritten 302p
5.50 Knopf
290 Religion 46-6976
"First published in 1930 and since then eight
times reprinted. In his new Preface [the au-
thor] explains that his purpose 'is simply to
get together, in handy and I hope readable
form, the material data about the embryology,
anatomy, and physiology of theology, with an
occasional glance at its pathology*. . . In the
revision Mr. Mencken has left the first four
sections substantially as they were, but has
reworked the fifth on Its State Today." (Week-
ly Book Review) Index.
"It is literary heresy, I know, and a most
reckless critical act besides, to hint that Mr.
Mencken may not be omniscient — though he
is incredibly learned in his fashion— or that
'logic' can rnake its own boobs. But, aa an
admiring1 reveler in 'Treatise on the Gods/ I
am still constrained to doubt that Henry
Mencken has an open mind and to suspect
that he is merely what the best men have
always been: somewhat brighter bigots than
their contemporaries." Philip Wylie
N Y Times p6 Ja 19 '47 750w
"This is a revised edition of what many have
considered to be one of Mr. Mencken's most
brilliant books." P. 8.
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 N 24 '46
90w
Weekly Book Review p44 N 17 '46 180w
MERCER, CECIL WILLIAM (DORNFORD
YATES, pseud). House that Berry built.
278p 12.60 Putnam [9s 6d Ward, Lock]
45-9780
Berry & Co, driven out of their beloved White
Ladies by financial embarrassments, retreat to
the Pyrenees, where, in the two years before
the outbreak of war, they build a new home and
help solve a murder mystery.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p6 Ja 13 '46 300 w
Booklist 42:200 F 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p4 Ja '46
Kirkus 13:496 N 15 '45 170w
" 'The House That Berry Built' is utterly
without intellectual significance or literary im-
port. It pretends to none. It is old-fashioned,
genteel adventure narrative with a rhinestone
sparkle to its innocent gaiety, a bright arti-
ficiality about its characters, their talk and
actions, and occasionally a passage of wise
humor. The mannered writing and silly tricks
of style do no great damage to what is es-
sentially a delicious concoction. The novel is
a delectable dish for those with a taste for
this kind of delectation, and there are times
when most readers have that taste." J. P.
Wood
Sat R of Lit 29:51 F 16 '46 360w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46 140w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!6 Ja 20 '46 200w
MEREDITH, ROY. Mr Lincoln's camera man;
Mathew B. Brady. 368p il $7.50 Scribner
B or 92 Brady, Mathew B. U.S.—History—
Civil war— Pictorial works 46-1271
"The first full-length life, and a splendid one,
of Mathew Brady, official photographer of the
Civil War. containing more than four hundred
pictures, a large number of which have never
before been published. Here are portraits of
Lincoln, Lee. Barnum, politicians, and generals;
here are dead boys gaping at the sky; the
burned, bombed cities of the South, dazed-look-
ing Negro freed-men. the wrecked redoubts of
the Confederate armies, and even a closeup of
some D.A.R. ladies." (New Yorker) No index.
"The text of the book violates all academic
orthodoxy. . . The author's spelling is equally
erratic. A reader must be prepared to see:
Sumpter. . . The book needs an index; quota-
tions should be annotated; and the bibliography
is naive. Often an author's name is omitted
altogether. . . The author's contribution is his
skill in arranging old familiar pictures with
artistry that makes them appear new — certainly
a great achievement for any historian." Jay
Monaghan
-f — Am Hist R 51:728 Jl '46 550w
"An appreciative though not well-balanced
biography. Mr. Meredith writes with admira-
tion; he has done his best to bridge the
gaps in Brady's career; he points out the tech-
nical hazards of such pioneer photography and
he makes us feel the neglect with which Brady
was rewarded. So far. so good. But in retrac-
ing the campaigns of the Civil War the biog-
rapher too often loses sight of his little bearded
hero; the original captions of the battle scenes
are not as closely related to the text as they
might have been, nor is allowance made for
discrepancies such as the photo of the National
Hotel in Washington with a taxi parked in
front!" Edward Weeks
-f — Atlantic 177:154 Ap '46 850w
"Here is a book about which even a hardened
reviewer can wax enthusiastic. Not only was
Brady himself an important, though now little
remembered personage, but the entire Civil War
unrolls itself in a new light in this well-Ulus-
566
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MEREDITH, ROY— Continued
trated volume, for the reader sees it through the
eyes or rather through the lens of the man who
functioned as the official photographer of the
federal government." Otto Blsenschiml
-f Book Week p3 F 10 '46 400w
Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
"A beautifully-printed volume. Unfortunately,
a few typographical mistakes and errors of fact
—such as placing Andrew Jackson's 'Hermitage'
in Kentucky— seem to indicate that publication
was rushed for Lincoln's birthday. But these
do not detract from the value of the whole."
M W Bayley
H Christian Science Monitor p!6 P 11 '46
550w
Reviewed by Wayne Andrews
Commonweal 43:602 Mr 29 '46 450w
"The text— the first full biography of Brady
— Is factual, competent, but uninspired; the
pictures are their own best advocate. An es-
sential item for every collector of Civil War
material. A beautifulpiece of book making."
-f Klrkus 14:54 PI '46 170w
"This volume on Brady, the photographer,
is a book that to all intents and purposes
writes its own review. It is a piece of absorb-
ing reading, a mine of material much of which
has never been published before, and a book
that is invaluable historically." Stark Young
+ New Repub 114:290 F 25 '46 950w
"Mr. Meredith provides the first full-length
account of Brady. His text is competent and
readable, though scholars will regret the vague-
ness of the citations; but the main thing is
the pictures, and Mr. Meredith has brought
together the well-known Bradys, some not so
well known, and some never before reproduced.
It is a half century's experience in American
history to browse through the collection." A.
M. Schlesinger
+ N Y Times pi P 10 '46 I200w
New Yorker 22:88 F 23 '46 120w
"Mr. Meredith's fine collection of Brady's
work, both portraits and war photographs, has
done him Justice. The author is himself a
photographer, not a historian, and his re-
capitulation of the background of the Civil
War adds some tedious pages to the volume.
Most readers will prefer to dip occasionally
into the text, and reserve their first attention
for the pictures." Margaret Leech
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:19 Mr 30 '46 1200w
Time 47:103 F 18 '46 550w
"Mr. Meredith has produced a book impor-
tant to the historian and welcome to the Civil
War fan. the camera fiend and to all readers
who are interested in beautiful pictures." Lloyd
Lewis
4- Weekly Book Review pi F 10 '46 1300w
Wi* Lib Bui 42:45 Mr '46
" 'Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man,' is devoted
solely to Brady, and it has two great advan-
tages over any previous publication: the pic-
tures are superbly reproduced (many are
published for the first time), and they cover
Brady's whole career, which may be measured
by the fact that he photographed seventeen
Presidents of the United States. These pages
eloquently demonstrate how impoverished
American historical portraiture would be with-
out Brady. . . It is unfortunate that Mr
Meredith's text does not match his selections
of Brady's work. The writing' is careless;
irritating, easily avoidable errors of fact are
numerous; picture captions are -sketchy; and
an index is lacking. Brady's genius as a
photographer is not explained, and incredible
though it may seem, the present ownership,
location and status of the negatives from
which the illustrations were made, is nowhere ,
indicated. However, the book is primarily one
of illustrations, and these are superb." IX M.
Potter
H Yale R n s 35:733 summer '46 700w
MERGENDAHL, CHARLES HENRY; His day*
are as grass. 397p $2.75 Little
46-2896
An almost day-by-day review of the life of a
typical young American who died on Tarawa.
It describes Qordle Taylor's childhood, his
grammar school days; high school and college
years; his marriage, and enlistment in the
marines. Before his last agony on Betio Beach-
head he had received a picture of the baby he
was never to see.
"Mergendahl is a born novelist, holding the
reader even when he writes page after page
about practically nothing." George Dillon
4- Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 320w
Christian Science Monitor p!3 My 25 '46
700w
"Not important — but moving."
Kirkus 14:47 F 1 '46 190w
"Well written, human, often humorous." L.
R. Etzkorn
4- Library J 71:484 Ap 1 f46 130w
"An honest novel, written with a sensitivity
for incident, and a sentimental reader will
take delight in finding small parts of his own
life mirrored in print. Sometimes this detail
is justified by a deftness of touch, a psycho-
logical insight, that lifts it to importance.
More often the book is a weary chronicle of
a dull life that never gains the stature to
Justify its chronicling. It is partly redeemed
by the author's feeling for his characters and
his compassion for their struggle. But only in
the description of the first months of marriage
is there a cohesion of incident, analysis and
compassion that raises the characters into a
life outside the pages of the book." C. M.
Fredericks
h N Y Times p!2 Je 23 '46 270w
"Mr. Mergendahl's writing is honest but
never particularly individual. In effect he has
furnished us with a recognizable transcript of
American youth during the past twenty-five
years, but a shallow one. It throws little new
light on what goes on within the supposedly
mysterious minds of our young people. ' Theo-
dore Purdy
Sat R of Lit 29:36 My 25 '46 400w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 420w
"Each time a man dies a world ends. It
happened 931 times, during three November
days, at an island called Tarawa. Charles
Mergendahl was there as a Navy Ian ding- boat
officer. His new novel is an attempt, a sensi-
tive, brilliantly successful attempt, to sum up
one of the worlds that came to an end on Nov.
20, 1943. . . It is unique — every life is — but it
is enough like the others to stand as a quiet
tribute to all." Richard Match
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 14 '46 800w
MERIAM, LEWIS. Relief and social security.
912p $5 Brookings
331.2544 Insurance, Social 46-4628
"This is the most thorough study that has
yet been made of the whole question of public
relief and old age and unemployment insurance
— the history of such undertakings, the sys-
tems formerly and now in operation under the
federal government, in states, and in Great
Britain and New Zealand, and the major issues
today in financing and administering such pro-
grams, including their immediate and long-
range social effects." Christian Century
Reviewed by William Haber
Am Soc R 11:648 O '46 1200w
"Serious students of social security legisla-
tion and administration Will find it in-
dispensable."
+ Christian Century 63:893 Jl 17 '46 140w
"Technical judgments are often influenced
by underlying attitudes. This is strikingly true
of all economic questions and more particularly
so of those in the field of social security. It
is not surprising, therefore, that the most im-
portant feature to be noted concerning the
Brookings Institution's study is that it rep-
resents a view of social security which differs
fundamentally from that developed in western
countries over the last half century and im-
perfectly applied in the United States during
the past decade. . . The ground is covered
extensively but not selectively. Minor points
are often dealt with in exhausting detail, while
major issues are overlooked or handled eva-
sively. Argumentative passages tend to be
winding, discursive, and annoyingly in con-
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cluaive. The author's failure to accept the
concepts of social security has prevented him
from understanding- the problems and coming
to grips with the real issues. Criticism is con-
sistently misdirected, and the extensive sup-
porting- material has an ad hoc quality that
deprives it of general usability. One can only
regret that so much obvious effort should
have produced a work of such negligible
value." Chandler Morse
Harvard Law R 59:1338 O '46 3050w
Reviewed by Alzada Coins tock
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
420w
"This book is founded on a pitifully obsolete
concept of the relations of government to the
individual. . . Fortunately, however, the Amer-
ican social security system of the future will
be hammered out in congressional committee
rooms by those who know, see, and talk with
men and women seeking security, and not in
the ivory towers of The Brookings Institu-
tion." J. J. Corson
— Survey 82:341 D '46 1150w
"The detailed data, as well as the inter-
pretations, are up-to-date and excellent."
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:326 D '46 260w
MERRIAM, CHARLES EDWARD. Systematic
politics. 348p $3.75 Univ. of Chicago press
[28s 6d Cambridge]
320 Political science A45-4394
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by Hans Kohn
Am J Soc 51:575 My '46 650w
"Here is a volume of epic proportions con-
cerned with the classic problems of political
philosophy and presented with the fresh and
imaginative sweep characteristic of its dis-
tinguished author. To Professor Merriam's in-
numerable friends and admirers, this book will
be a rich reminder of his personality. It should
serve also to convey to many new readers the
best of his wit, his sagacity, and his learning.
The volume is, in a sense, the summation of
the many years of thought and activity that
the author has devoted to politics and govern-
ment." Pendleton Herring
4- Am Pol Scl R 40:130 F '46 750w
"A pretty thoroughgoing rethinking of the
standard categories of political science by a
man whose career has combined to an excep-
tional degree opportunity for .reflection with
active and varied participation in public af-
fairs." L». W. Lancaster
+ Ann Am Acad 243:172 Ja '46 450w
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
Bookmark 7:5 Mr '46
"It is in separating the essential from the
nonessential and integrating universal political
issues in their proper perspective that Mr.
Merriam's book is of special assistance. Some-
one may ask 'Why not read Plato, The Fed-
eralist Papers, Saint Thomas Aquinas or
Machiavelli instead?' The answer is, of course,
by all means, read them. For a variety of
reasons this book will not be classed among
the 100 great books. But it serves most ade-
quately to relate our present day political prob-
lems to the perennial framework of universal
principles and thus furnishes us with the clue
to how authority may be sought through free-
dom."
Commonweal 43:575 Mr 22 '46 HOOw
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by Merle Fainsod
Harvard Law R 59:1016 Jl '46 HOOw
Reviewed by H. M. Kail en
Sat R of Lit 29:29 F 2 '46 750w
"After a long lifetime spent in the study,
practice and teaching of politics, Professor
Merriam has set down his reflections on the art
and science in a form that justifies the title
'systematic,' but with a warmth of feeling and
a candour of exposition that takes away from it
any suggestion of arid- system-making that the
title might seem to imply. There is a brief-
too brief—section on 'wisdom* in thia book,
but the brevity of the discussion of this great
political virtue may be defended, since the
whole book is permeated by it."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!47 Mr 80
'46 900w
MERRIAM, EVE. Family circle [poems] with
a foreword by Archibald MacLeish. 74p $2.50
Yale univ. press
Sll A46-6176
Collection of poems by a young American
poet "Most of Miss Merriam rs poems have a
deliberately chosen pattern. The rhythms are
irregular, which may be what is meant by
'flexible.' She is concise to the point of cast-
ing off such* extra baggage as articles, con-
Junctions, and pronouns. The language is free
from poetic cliches. The themes come from
the poet's own surroundings — mother, brother,
a house, a party, the day's work; or, in a
series about Old Testament characters, she
deals with them in terms of today." (Chris-
tian Science Monitor)
"Mr. Archibald MacLeish says, in a fore-
word, that 'Miss Merriam is not yet mistress
of the art of looking through by looking past
but she has learned its possibilities' — which
seems a polite way of saying that she is
cultivating the subtle art of seeing truth
obliquely, as though out of the corner of the
eye, and expressing it indirectly, but that she
does not yet make very good poetry out of it.
It is a well grounded opinion. The promise is
better than the performance."
Christian Century 63:1281 O 23 '46 14Qw
"The total effect is hard, glancing, with
moments of insight. The personal note is one
of pity, or of scorn for injustice." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 16 '46
650w
Kirkus 14:415 Ag 15 '46 120w
"An interesting group of poems. Archibald
MacLeish writes, in the preface, that Miss
Merriam's poems are not of the order etched
on stone but are written to mean and be for-
gotten. Their temporary being, however, he
believes to be their quality, not their defect.
They are like notes pushed under a door. . .
Miss Merriam is a naive realist, humorously
cosmopolitan, very much at home in a great
city of clanging streets. She should be less
the realist, less cosmopolitan, and less at home
in either the city or the country. She should
get out of the family circle, sophisticated
though it is, and turn off the radio. She should
explore further depths in the moment's mon-
strous immediacy." Marguerite Young
4- N Y Times p!8 Ja 12 '47 500w
Reviewed by Jeremy In gal Is
Sat R of Lit 29:16 N 16 '46 500w
"Defying ordinary analysis, its value lies in
its 'courageous carelessness,' and in the al-
together personal quality of the poet's appeal.
It is hard to evade the force of this appeal.
It hits home almost everywhere in the book —
in a sister's bafflement at the strangeness
of her brother, in the conscience-stricken
memory of escape from the family, in the
recall of old arguments which have not yet
lost their sting, in a girl's view of young men
going to war, and in rare passages of exciting
descriptive vision." M. L. Rosenthal
-f Weekly Book Review p36 N 24 '46
800w
MERRILL, FRANCIS ELLSWORTH, ed. Fun-
damentals of social science, by [the editor
and others], 660p $3.75 Appleton -Century
300 Social Sciences 46-5146
"A college textbook following the outline
of the course in general social science as
taught at Dartmouth. It exhibits a proper
synthesis of sociology, economics and politi-
cal science. The major topics are: social or-
ganization and the family, population and race
problems, crime and the criminal, business and
government, price and credit institutions, public
finance, labor and economic insecurity, and
government and politics in a democracy."
(Christian Century) This book is based on the
568
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MERRILL, F. E — Continued
two-volume work edited by Robert B. Riegel
with the title Introduction to the Social
Sciences (Book Review Di great, 1941)
Reviewed by Howard White
Am Pol Scl R 40:1029 O '46 340w
Christian Century 63:919 Jl 24 '46 70w
MERTON, THOMAS. A man in the divided
sea [poems]. 155p $2.50 New directions
811 46-7485
In 1944 a volume of poems entitled Thirty
Poems (Book Review Digest 1945) by a young
Trappist monk received favorable comment.
In his present book the poet has reprinted
the thirty poems, and added fifty-six more.
Some of the poems were written before he
took his monastic vows; others were written
in the monastery in Kentucky.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week pi 4 N 3 '46 230w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:283 D 27 '46 650w
"Although it is easy to simulate moods of
interior disorders, it is almost impossible to
fake moods of interior tranquillity, and Mer-
ton's evocations of the joys of the cloister
ring true. He has not yet developed a real
synthesis between his poetic gifts and his
religious ones, but the possibility of his be-
coming a religious poet of some stature is
evident." Louise Bogan
New Yorker 22:122 O 5 '46 260w
"Merton's poems of [his] earlier period show
a fine feeling for poetry, but, in a sense, they
are perfunctory verse. . . It is, in short, verse
written to a synthetic background, in which
Merton is not fully at home: a poetry informed
by the objective knowledge of the scholar,
but informed hardly at all by the knowledge
of the physical man, as a man. . . It is not
until Merton has entered fully into Catholicism
as a direct spiritual experience, until, in fact,
he has felt its tradition in terms of his own
mystic necessities, that his poetry changes its
character. The baroque element disappears to
a great extent. . . Principally, he has gained
in passion, in spiritual insight, and in his
lyric presentation. His poems, now, are at
one with his interest. . . Merton's book, on the
whole, is brilliant, provocative — and seductive.
It is, without doubt, one of the important books
of the year. I should say that all of the younger
poets should read it — it repays a careful read-
ing." John Nerber
H Poetry 69:165 D '46 1050w
"This is Catholic poetry of a strange order;
it almost crosses the line into experiment-
alism, and yet it is deeply religious. Merton
may well be as one critic has said, the most
important Catholic poet since Francis Thomp-
son." G. S.
+ San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '46
80w
"Perhaps his poetic shortcomings (there is
no doubt of his spiritual success) are due to
the rarefied ether of his love: the ineffability
of much religious experience makes it poor
matter for poetry. 'The low sun has the color.'
Neverthless, Merton's admirers are almost
right in asserting him the best Catholic poet
since Francis Thompson (himself no giant
among English poets). With Merton, modernity
breaks at last into the innocuous parterres
of that tradition: the fine music of Stevens,
the tricks and questings of Joyce and the
surrealists may now be accepted, under the
aegis of Merton's piety, even by writers con-
secrated to dulness and convention. Therefore
his mild but genuine talent is of importance:
like his favorite saint he is a precursor, a
voice crying in what has been too long a
wilderness." J. F. Nims
H Sat R of Lit 29:36 O 26 '46 600w
MERWIN, DECIE (MRS JOHN ERNEST
BECHDOLT). Time for Tammie; pictures by
[the author]. 39p $1.50 Oxford
46-16977
Story about a little girl named Tammie. She
was almost six and could tell time because
she played a game about it. When a big dog
ran off with ner pet teddy bear and a boy
named Peter rescued the toy, Tammie taught
the boy the clock game.
Book Week p!5 Je 2 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:223 My 1 '46 150w
"This simple story with friendly pictures
makes a practical book for klndergartners and
first-graders for whom time is Just beginning
to have importance. Grown-ups have such a
complicated way of explaining how to read the
clock, but Tammie's way Is fun." L. M.
Palmer
-f N Y Times p23 Je 2 '46 140w
MERWIN, SAMUEL, 1910-. Matter of policy;
an Amy Brewster mystery. 224p $2 Curl
Detective story.
"A mildly hilarious yarn with a happy ending
for those who are on the right side."
N Y Times p24 N 3 '46 140w
"Featherweight, but rowdily entertaining."
Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '4tf
SOw
Sat R of Lit 20:30 O 26 '46 70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p23 O 13 '46
lOOw
METZ, HAROLD W. Labor policy of the fed-
eral government. 284p pa $2.50 Brookings
331 Labor laws and legislation. Trade
unions 45-10667
"The chapters, eleven in all, of this survey
expound the evolution of the labor policy of
the federal government. The arrangement of
the text into divisions, sub- divisions, para-
graphs, and conclusions in the textbook man-
ner adds to its usefulness. The study covers
a wide range of policy as revealed in social
security legislation, minimum wage and hours
laws, labor market legislation, and union or-
ganizational law and jurisprudence developed
in the federal courts and administrative
agencies. The study tends to emphasize the
favorable attitude toward labor during the
Roosevelt administration." U S Quarterly Bkl
"With governmental policy as his golden
thread, Mr. Metz has given us a new and fresh
over-all view of our labor legislation. That this
view shows labor policy to be incoherent will
not alarm most of us who have a deep
appreciation of democracy's ability to muddle
through. By pointing up these inconsistencies,
the author has certainly made the road toward
consistency more visible/' C. C. Rohlflng
-f Am Pol Sci R 40-583 Je '46 850\v
"The author handles his material with great
skill. This is particularly true in his analysis
of the decisions of the courts and the awards
of the administrative agencies. Generalization
on these matters is often impossible because
of the complexity of issues which arise on the
labor problem and the paucity of decisions and
awards on specific issues. The reviewer believes
that the author should have given greater ac-
knowledgment to earlier studies on certain
aspects of the subject, particularly on the his-
tory of labor laws before the Supreme Court
and on the legal effects of collective agree-
ments. Mr. Metz has contributed a very useful
book for students of current labor problems."
J. P. Rowland
-h Ann Am Acad 245:213 My '46 450w
Christian Century 63:82 Ja 16 '46 20w
"Unlike most treatises these days on the
subject of labor, this compact volume suc-
ceeds very well in avoiding much of the usual
controversy, reporting in an objective way the
development of the national labor policy. If
there Is one. and describing rather adequately
our present position. The Job is well done;
the book is informative and thorough." P. H.
Towsley
t* Columbia Law R 46:512 My '46 1500w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
569
Eng N 136:95 Ap 4 '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 24:740 Jl '46 20w
Reviewed by Saul Carson
Sat R of Lit 29:24 F 2 '46 500w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:56 Mr '46 360w
MEZERIK, AVRAHM G. Revolt of the South
and West. 290p $3 Duell
338 U.S. — Industries and resources. Region-
alism—U.S. 46-5466
"A documented, emphatically written report
on what the author calls a new civil war in
this country: the struggle of the Southern and
Western states against the Eastern financial
oligarchy. The author (along with Southern
and Western governors, businessmen, and edu-
cators) claims that Wall Street has kept these
regions in economic thrall by refusing to let
them have their own industries." (New York-
er) No index.
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p2 Ag 11 '46 500w
Booklist 43-7 S '46
Reviewed by Broad us Mitchell
Commonweal 41.530 8 13 '46 1200w
Kirkus 14:212 My 1 '46 170w
"Not Just another 'slap at Wall street/ but
a call for intelligent consideration of how the
South and West 'got that way* and why the
revolt is spreading." A. B. Lindsay
-f Library J 71:822 Je 1 '46 210w
"The revolt of the South and West brings
the economic balance sheet among the sections
up to date with admirable clarity and force. . .
[It] is a basic for students of current American
politics; and it should be read in particular,
by every one interested in the possible origins
and hallmarks of the next New Deal." A. M.
Schlesmger, Jr.
-f Nation 163.187 Ag 17 '40 SOOw
"While Mr. Mezenk's approach to the prob-
lems of the South and West is strictly jour-
nalistic and somewhat sketchy in parts, his
general argument is essentially sound and in-
terestingly illustrated. Here is a book that
will warrant careful study by the political
leaders of the South and the West." Carey
Me Will! an is
4- New Repub 115:84 Jl 22 '46 600w
"People of the South and West, who hope
for both economic and political freedom for
their regions, should carry copies of Mr.
Mezerik's book in their brief cases. Even
though the revolt does not yet flare as hotly
as he implies, his book may make its flame
brighter. He might have improved the fuel,
however, had he documented his work with a
bibliography and index. In a book replete
with economic statistics and political names,
the absence of an index is a sore handicap."
R. L. Neuberger
H NY Times p38 O 6 '46 1150w
"Mr. Mezerik's book has some interesting
explanations for a lot of the troubles that have
been attracting uneasy national attention of
late — race prejudice, loony politics, and the
sub-standard of living in the backwoods areas,
for instance."
4- New Yorker 22:83 Jl 13 '46 120w
Reviewed by Ruth Teiser
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 8 '46
250w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Ag '46 550w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Jl 17 '46 350w
"An eloquent call to action for industrializing
the under-developed areas of the United
States."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:303 D '46 220w
" 'The Revolt of the South and West,' is the
best example this reviewer has seen of the
'Take your foot off my neck' school of thinking
on national problems. The author is an East-
erner, but he Discusses incisively and ably the
reasons why the East has deliberately set out
to hold down the less highly developed re-
gions. . . He has given us a valuable study."
Virginius Dabney
+ Weekly Book Review plO Jl 21 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
MEZZROW, MILTON, and WOLFE, BER-
NARD. Really the blues. 388p $3 Random
house
B or 92 Musicians — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. Jazz music 46-7838
"The confessions of Milton (Mezz) Mezzrow,
a Chicago Jazz man who figured in the early
development of hot music in America." New
Yorker
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 lOw
"Simple, direct, colorful language and a com-
plete honesty: these are the ingredients which
make the Mezzrow book a walloping human
document. . . Jazz fans will delight in the
numerous stories about the many musicians
who crossed Mezz' path. But this book is the
kind that will pull the general reader too; for
it is the story of a man in our America, a
true story with myriad overtones." P. E.
Miller
-f Book Week pll N 3 '46 270w
Kirkus 14:378 Ag 1 '46 220w
"In the retelling this sounds merely sordid
and sensational; yet in the writing, for the
most part, it is an intense, sincere and honest
book. It makes all the novels with jazz back-
grounds seem as phony as an Eddie Condon
concert, even the sensitive and beautifully
written Young Man with a Horn. Perhaps no
one who has never been inside the twenties
and its music can ever recapture the whole
pulse and feel, the age of discovery and the
search ior something more that was always
almost, but not quite, there." Bucklin Moon
New Repub 115.605 N 4 '46 400w
"Though some libraries may be inclined to
keep tho book over there on the restricted
shelves, and with reason, it contains a good
deal of material on the history of Jazz in
America." Charles Poore
N Y Times p!8 N 3 '46 360w
"The book is exhibitionistic in the manner of
Cellini's autobiography and often unappetizing,
but it is also instructive, in spite of many
passages of dubious accuracy, perhaps ex-
plained by Mr. Mezzrow' s statement that he
was in a fog of marijuana and opium fumes
during a good part of his early life. The style
is Jive English at its most self-conscious."
New Yorker 22:134 N 16 '46 90w
"If you have never been around people who
use this out-of-this-world patois the dialogue
of 'Really the Blues' will amaze, surprise and
delight you. And if you are pretty 'hep' to
the stuff yourself, it is safe to say that you'll
find a few new expressions to add to your
vocabulary. . . Through Mr. Wolfe, Mezzrow
tries very hard to plead for racial tolerance,
but the somewhat self-evident striving for
effect imparts to this very laudable undertak-
ing an air of make-believe which hurts rather
than helps." Paul Speegle
-j San Francisco Chronicle p9 D 22 '46
35 Ow
"Today, as the president of a company de-
voted to recording New Orleans Jazz records,
Mezz Mezzrow is contributing greatly to the
documentation of America's native music. But
whatever he is doing now — whatever he may do
in the future — the fact will remain that in
'Really the Blues' he and Bernard Wolfe have
given us a multi-sided book which is tech-
nically, psychologically, and historically inter-
esting, and which may well survive beyond
most of the transient material with which we
are besieged from day to day, the material
which is making of ours the false culture which
Mezzrow says it is." R. B. Qehman
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 16 '46 750w
"Here is a wild-eyed, baffling autobiogra-
phy. . . While Bernard Wolfe is given credit
as co-author, inquiry about the Jazz hangouts
reveals that the greatest part, almost all, was
actually set down by the proudly mad Mezzrow,
and Wolfe did an editing- Job. He did not edit
out any of the loud, weird, extravagant manner
of the saxophone player turned author. What
is baffling is that despite this barrier of
blatancy of language ana thought, something
honest and vigorous comes through." John
McNulty
Weekly Book Review p!4 O 27 '46 960w
570
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MIAN, MARY (SHIPMAN). My country-in-
law; with an in trod, by James Thurber; il.
by Maurice Duvalet. 196p $2.50 Houghton
914.468 Creuse (department). France 46-3206
A collection of eighteen sketches, some of
which have appeared in the New Yorker, de-
scribing the life in the Creuse area of south-
central France as it appeared to the author, an
American woman married to a French sculp-
tor.
"Her idyllic tale of life in the Creuse. while
interesting and well -written, moves languidly
until the final chapters where she tells how the
people there welcome the war refugees from
the north. At that point, the story gathers
power. Her description of how her in-laws
opened their hearts and doors to the exiles is
both moving and eloquent." D. K.
4- Book Week p5 Mr 31 '46 180w
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 My '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"engaging and effortless chronicling of
American Mary Mian's France, the sprawling,
unkempt, virtually untouched part of France,
the Creuse."
-f- Kirkus 14:86 F 16 '46 IBOw
Reviewed by Richard Watts
N Y Times p6 My 26 '46 1300w
New Yorker 22:96 Mr 30 '46 60w
"There have been all sorts of books about
France, but never one quite like this. Mary
Mian tells of the peasants without imposing
either an attitude or an opinion. She is neither
snobbish about their shortcomings nor senti-
mental about the simplicity of their existence.
She does not point a finger at their curious
beliefs. They are, so far as she is concerned,
just people, and people are the most wonderful
things in the world. That is the ideal relation-
ship for a writer to have with his material,
and it usually brings excellent results. 'My
Country-in-JLaw' is no exception. It is charm-
ing from first to last, full of the sweetness,
pathos, humor, faith, and endurance of the
common people of the earth." Thomas Sugrue
-h Sat R of Lit 29:64 Ap 13 '46 1150w
"All the good, wholesome adjectives of the
English language come to mind in reading a
book at once so natural and so artful as Mary
Mian's 'My Country-m-Law.' " L. S. Munn
•f Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
450w
"This book is like very good soup with a
ravishing smell that invites the hungry and
stirs the listless appetite. Every bit of it. and
the very paper around it. is health giving.
Here is laughter and sense and some very
extraordinary ordinary people." Ernestine
Evans
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Mr 31 '46
1300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:73 My '46
MICH. DANIEL DANFORTH, and EBERMAN,
EDWIN. Technique of the picture story.
239p 11 |3.50 McGraw
070.4 Journalism, Pictorial 46-1047
"This is a practical guide for all and sundry
attempting to tell a story in pictures, by two
experienced editors of 'Look1 magazine. Great
detail is given on how picture stories are con-
ceived, planned, directed and laid out, stories
that reflect or follow the news. . . Profusely
illustrated by examples of successful picture-
story layouts from photo magazines, the book
contains many good hints for editors, photog-
raphers, layout men and artists." (weekly
Book Review) Index.
"In a country where there are 2,800 maga-
zines of general interest and more to come
this is a fine acquisition to the growing na-
tional library of picture skills." R. F. Cran-
dell
-f- Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 31 '46
120w
MICHAELIS, KARIN. Little Troll; in col-
laboration with Lenore Sorsby. 310p $3 Crea-
tive age
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. 46-11994
Autobiography of a Danish woman writer,
author of a famous, controversial book of a
generation ago, The Dangerous Age.
"The scenes In her best friend's home In
Vienna, Dr. Eugenie Schwarzwald, a pioneer
in progressive education, and the sketches of
famous people she met there, will mean much
to a European reader. I doubt, though, that
they are of interest to the American, with the
exception of the short scenes with Rilke. The
chapters of observations, anecdotes and per-
sonal philosophies seem tagged on as an after-
thought and impair the effect, but a slight
melancholy for the fact that even such a
crusader's work may become dated and for-
gotten remains." Emily Schossberger
Book Week p5 N 24 '46 400w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 '46
Reviewed by H. R. Forbes
Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 120w
" 'Little Troll* is a sparkling account of
Karin Michaelis' altogether individual, varie-
gated life." Marguerite Young
•f N Y Times plO D 29 '46 650w
"Her remembrances of old friendships . . .
show insight and a sly humor. An ingratiating
book, if not a very consequential one."
New Yorker 22:126 N 9 '46 210w
"Karin Michaelis has been a force to reckon
with, as artist and as journalist. She is as
candid about money affairs and attitudes
toward money as she is about sexual emotion,
and she has not a few answers to the turmoil
of emotional attitudes finding outlet in money,
or explained by attitudes toward cash. . . The
book is often annoying, but it always stimu-
lates in the reader further curiosity about life
itself, and much respect for Karin Michaelis' a
own appetite for experience." Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p2 Ja 12 '47
1650w
MICHEL, MILTON SCOTT. Psychiatric mur-
ders. (Mystery house publication) 266p |2
CUH 46-1780
Detective story.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p22 Mr 24 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 29:32 Mr 9 '46 iOw
"Perhaps some other author — or team of
authors — may want to tackle the question of
whether picture magazines can or should be
any better than they are. Meanwhile I wel-
come this book as a frank and honest introduc-
tion to a business which pays salaries to a
large number of people and provides 'univer-
*ai»and severally harmless entertainment to
millions more." Roger Butterfleld
-f Sat R of Lit 29:26 Mr 16 '46 1300w
MIDDELDORF, ULRICH ALEXANDER. Ra-
phael's drawings. See Raphael
MIDDLETON, DREW. Our share of night; a
personal narrative of the war years. 380p
$3.76 Viking
940.548173 World war, 1939 -1945— Personal
narratives, American 46-7613
"Noted reporter of the New York Times has
set down here his sensitive, intelligent impres-
sions of six years of war as a correspondent.
Vivid scenes of Prance and London in their
worst hours; a brief, terrible chapter about
Dieppe; angry sketches of the political mess
that was a large part of the African campaign;
an account of the victorious return through
Prance into Germany; and strong statement*
concerning the weaknesses and perils of Allied
occupation are its essence." Library J
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p!3 N 17 '46 320w
Booklist 43:99 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:380 Ag 1 '46 210w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
571
"It is a penetrating, revealing picture of
humanity under unprecedented stress. Recom-
mended/' H. Q. Kelley
+ Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 140w
"There is a gathering dissatisfaction in 'Our
Share of Night* with what the Allies did With
the victory once they won it; also a complete,
reasoned revulsion from war. Middleton came
by this the hard way. He was not, at the
outset, a man above being impressed by easy
phrases and the sports-page aspects of battle,
but he worked well and widely on the war, and
with intelligence, and each conviction he states
or implies in this book was formed by ex-
perience. It was a long road from the Battle
of Poland to what we call V-B Day. Middleton
traveled every step of it with his eyes and his
ears open." John Lardner
-f N Y Times p3 O 27 '46 850w
New Yorker 22:118 O 26 '46 120w
"From his notebooks a discerning reporter
on the human race has fashioned a highly read-
able chronicle of people and places. Some of
his observations and some of the people who
troop through the book are important while
others are merely diverting. There is Darryl
Zanuck with a big black cigar riding around
North Africa in a dust-covered blue Chevy;
the Big Two at Casablanca; Ali. a Moroccan
encountered in a hospital; and a cross-section
of American G. I.'s who were fighting to get
back home and not because they were anti-
fascist. Middleton has set them down on his
pages with exactness and with a certain flair
for insight and commentary which raises 'Our
Share of Night' above the level of good report-
age." R. E. Lauterbach
+ Sat R of Lit 29:19 N 9 '46 1050w
"Our Share of the Night is written with rare
honesty and simplicity. Best of all is Drew
Middleton's reason for writing, stated not in a
self-conscious foreword but in the last sentence
of the book: 'Now perhaps I can forget it.' "
-f Time 48:110 N 4 '46 500w
"Inevitably, his personal Journal of the war
years covers territory which has been dealt with
in previous books. But Mr. Middleton has in-
tegrity, perception and a gift for recording
deftly the significant episodes or snatches of
conversation and omitting the insignificant. His
book helps illuminate the war, adds to our pic-
ture of the multi-faceted slaughter." Marcus
DufMeld
-f- Weekly Book Review p28 O 27 '46 600w
MI EL, ALICE. Changing the curriculum; a so-
cial process. 242p $2.25 Appleton-Century
375 Education — Curricula 46-5660
"The discussion opens with a vigorous at-
tack on the inadequacy of school curriculums,
and with a plea for better ways of bringing
about curriculum change. Proceeding on the
assumption that such change is a type of so-
cial change, Dr. Miel considers the possibility
of acquiring some degree of control over such
changes. She then describes 'the general na-
ture of an adequate process for directing so-
cial change' and identifies the factors 'that
promise to lend themselves to social control.'
The chief purpose of this analysis is to identify
'the various features of a socially grounded
process of curriculum change.' " (US Quar-
terly Bkl) Selected bibliography. Index.
School A, Society 64:48 Jl 20 '46 20w
"The volume is addressed chiefly to admin-
istrators and supervisors, but should be of in-
terest to all who are deeply concerned with
curriculum problems. It provides an orienta-
tion and guiding philosophy underlying cur-
riculum improvement rather than a catalog of
specific currlcular changes needed."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:810 D '46 320w
MILES, JOSEPHINE. Local measures. 62p
$2 Reynal
811 46-4651
Third book of poems, in varied lyrical forms,
about "the people, habits, customs, and Judg-
ments of daily life.1'
"Miss Miles' s talent is that of the virtuoso.
Her way with words is brilliant: the control
or rhythm, the arrangement of rime and
assonance, the answering of stanza to stanza —
everything is elaborately and even intensely
worked out. And there are unquestionable
triumphs. . . Yet something is clearly wrong,
for these successes are all too infrequent; and
it is my impression that the fault lies mainly
in the poet's extraordinary preoccupation with
technic." Dudley Fitts
-i Nation 163:247 Ag 31 '46 370w
"Her poems are distinguished by their intel-
lectual acerbity. They are never fleshy, richly
colored, sensual, the sweeping emotional state-
ment. In the very act of creation. Miss Miles
is analytical, dissecting things into smaller and
smaller parts, while always acknowledging the
unresolved drama of the mind." Marguerite
Toung
-f N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 600w
"Miss Miles in her third book of verse has
become more interested in language than in the
reality it describes, with the result that her
poems have become more gnomic and cryptic
than her relatively simple situations demand."
New Yorker 22:76 Jl 20 '46 40w
"Miss Miles' poetry seems to me to evolve
upward (though doubtless not in the order in
which the poems are written) from something
that is little more than the enjoyment of
vernacular speech — which obviously delights
her ear — through a kind of sharp, humorous,
and often resonant character- picture, by way
of enigma, to the lyric proper. At each level
she shows some if not all of the traits which
are most personal and peculiar to her as a
writer and which give the over-all tone of
her work." Barbara Gibbs
-f- Poetry 69:49 O '46 600w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
lOOw
"Miss Miles's third book of poems indicates
a sound maturing of her excellent and in-
dividual gift. The sharp refractions of her
quietly incendiary mind in 'Lines at Intersec-
tion' and 'Poems on Several Occasions' draw
here to a still flner and more exact focus,
and at times to needle points of white light.
Her enigmatic, almost shy humor, for which
irony is a heavy word, still twinkles in such
poems as 'Flag Level' — 'And the feet of the
office girls float in the breeze' — or 'Man of
Letters.' " J. R. Caldwell
+ Sat R of Lit 29:38 S 28 '46 360w
"Miss Miles has obviously read with loving
care the generation of poets that preceded her
own, and one repeatedly comes upon cadences,
off rhymes and other tricks of style that recall
one or another of her more accomplished con-
temporaries, yet she manages to maintain her
individuality.'1 Babette Deutsch
Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 9 '46 900w
MILLAR. GEORGE REID. Horned pigeon.
434p $175 Doubleday [10s 6d Heinemann]
940.547243 World war, 1939-1946— Personal
narratives, English. World war, 1939-1946 —
Prisoners and prisons. World war, 1939-
1946— France 46-4439
This book describes the events which led
the author to join the Maquis, described in
his Waiting in the Night. Here he goes back
to the early days of the war, and explains his
part in the North African campaign, his cap-
ture by Rummers men, his next three years
in Axis prisons, and his escape. On the night
of his arrival in London he learns the bitter
truth which sends him to join the Maquis.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 Je 2 '46 650w
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
"A book that would be hard to beat in
the field of either fiction or non- fiction for
excitement, suspense, character and just plain
ordinary good writing." J. C. Cort
+ Commonweal 44:288 Jl 5 '46 650w
"With all its drama, candid feeling, it has
momentum,"
Klrkut 14:16$ Ap 1 '46 170w
572
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MILLAR, Q. R. — Continued
"Author possesses a remarkable memory for
minutiae— -such as all aspects of food — which
becomes overwhelming: at times, yet a terrible
way of life is clearly drawn. Recommended."
H. G. Kelley
•4- Library J 71:756 My 15 '46 120w
"In spite of errors in taste and style and a
prolixity that amounts to discourtesy towards
the reader George Millar's Horned Pigeon is
an important war book. The author shows
clear signs now and then of having a trivial
mind, yet his picture of prison camp condi-
tions, of the trials, errors, and horrors of
escaping, and of the strength and weaknesses
of the French under occupation is far from
trivial." G. F.
.] Manchester Guardian p3 F 20 '46 150w
"No more exciting book has been written
about the war: one reviewer even objected
that it was too vivid. Strange complaint! Mr.
Millar surprises by his mastery, not of words
perhaps, but of experience." G. W. Stonier
-f New Statesman A Nation 31:104 F 9
'46 900w
"The most profound single impression he
conveys is how, even amid the multifarious
horrors and disruptions of war, people never
cease to be intense human beings, motivated
by familiar stimuli, sometimes incredibly petty,
sometimes incredibly heroic. The same British
officers who would unhesitatingly hazard their
lives for their men would conceal hard-boiled
eggs from one another." Gladwin Hill
N Y Times p3 Je 2 '46 500w
"If the denouement is not altogether surpris-
ing, the book is, nevertheless, Just as good as
the author's first one, for it contains a sharp
and thoughtful treatise on imprisonment in
wartime and its effect on a man of feeling
and intelligence."
-f New Yorker 22:93 My 25 '46 150w
Reviewed by Richard Plant
Sat R of Lit 29:23 Jl 20 '46 400w
Time 47:106 Je 10 '46 700w
"It is inevitable in a fantastic dream that
all must be recorded, because artful editing
might leave out clues. For this reason, no
doubt, Mr. Millar's is a long story reaching
towards a quarter of a million words, and of a
uniform nature. A crisis is described in the
same low tone as a pointless night in a caf£,
and most likely with more economy."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p52 F 2 '46
850w
"Admirers of 'Waiting in the Night' will not
be disappointed by the dramatic record. The
artlessness of the narrative gives it authen-
ticity; so too does its rigorous honesty." A. J.
Guerard
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Je 2 '46 950w
MILLAR, QEORQE REID. Waiting in the
night; a story of the Maquis, told by one
of its leaders [Eng title: Maquis]. 377p $2.75
Doubleday [10s 6d Heinemann]
940.548642 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, English. World war, 1939-1945 —
France 46-329
A British officer, specially trained in Eng-
land, was dropped behind the lines in France
a few days before D-day. He was to join the
French maquis and explain the new weapons
which the Allies were dropping- for them to
use against the Nazis. This is that officer's
account of his experiences from the time he
entered the school in England, until his return
home, his duty well done.
"Millar's forte is guerrilla warfare rather
than writing. But his prose is adequate to
communicate to the reader an earthy and be-
lievable impression of the dangerous and ad-
mirable lives led by the French Maquis." Sterl-
ing North
4* Book Week p2 Ja 20 '46 350w
Booklist 42:198 F 15 '46
ptain Millar does not pose as a hero, nor
fo£e Iepre8*.nt.uhl8 Ma<iuisards as heroic,
fact, he and they were heroic, but you
nLuvlisLSnly*£romut5e £ecord of wh*t they
did with what they had. Not least heroic
their persistence in the face of discourage-
ments, their patience under such trying condi-
tions. . . His book is not designed for enter-
tainment. The going was tough and there was
no glamour and no romance. The talk reflects
the life, but* it is no more coarse than might
be expected under the circumstances." L. A. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 16 '46
550w
Foreign Affairs 24:746 Ji '46 30w
"Lots of color here — some of it a little high.
A full first person narrative, often exciting. '
Kirkus 13:486 N 1 '45 160w
"Mr. Millar has something of the novelist's
gift of the perception and delineation of char-
acter; so that, when we read of the hair-
breadth escapes of the author and his asso-
ciates, we are concerned not merely with the
fate of labelled dummies but of vital person-
ie% Manchester Guardian p3 My 9 §45
150w
"From the time he was parachuted onto a
dark field near Dijon until he was flown back.
Millar kept a nice eye on the ball, as he had
previously, to such effect that it would seem
possible for anyone who had never been to
France to go to this area, map indelibly in
mind, and seek out all the ways resourceful
Millar went, all the people he knew and worked
with there. And there are many one would want
to know — for Millar has shown himself keen to
the virtues of human beings. Without being pro-
found, he is still very sensitive to the expression
of character." Gertrude Buckman
-f Nation 163:163 Ag 10 '46 650w
"His story is very much worth reading for
its skillful portraits of brave men — and women
— and its sensitive feeling for the French coun-
tryside; it is good news that a novel by this
S'aung Englishman has been announced by
oubleday for early publication."
-f New Repub 114:198 F 11 '46 150w
Keviewed by V. S. Pritchett
New Statesman & Nation 29:407 Je 23
'45 1750W
"Even though Millar has nothing particu-
larly new to tell, most of 'Waiting in the
Night' makes good, even exciting, reading.
To be sure, it is too long, and toward the
end the rapid succession of characters and
localities dulls the interest. But when Millar
is taking the reader on one of his midnight
excursions to fasten homemade demolition
charges to the frogs in the railroad switches
of a freight yard, or is firing a bazooka at
a train of oil tank cars, he builds up con-
siderable suspense." Creighton Peet
-f- N Y Times p!6 Ja 20 '46 500w
4 'His book is unlike many reports of the war;
it is written with a novelist's sensitivity to
atmosphere and character, and the author's
brooding state of mind — he took on this almost
suicidal mission to find in a useful death a
surcease from some unspecified personal trag-
edy— gives his pages an emotional Intensity
that neightens the suspense."
4- New Yorker 21:90 Ja 12 '46 HOw
"Does this sound like 'just another book of
the French underground'? Nothing could be
farther from the truth. Captain Millar has
not only written an agonizingly exciting ac-
count of adventure, sabotage, and terror; he
has succeeded in X-raying the French Maquis
and, I'm almost tempted to say, in psycho-
analyzing them." Richard Plant
-f Sat R of Lit 29:19 F 16 '46 700w
Time 47:94 Ja 14 '46 2000w
"Having very evidently been unable to keep
a diary, Mr. Millar sets down verbatim innum-
erable conversations he could not possibly have
remembered with such particularity. But few
will quarrel with him on that score. If anything
mars his record, it is an occasional inconse-
quence presumably dictated by discretion. . .
All readers who can still enjoy a novel filled
with exciting incident and appreciate circum-
stantial detail will feel amply satisfied by this
record of actual experience. In particular, the
book is likely to appeal strongly to French
members of the Resistance, and the hope may
be voiced that it will soon be translated Into
their language."
-f Time* [London] Lit Sup p279 Je 16 '45
850w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
573
"Once back in England, Captain Millar lost
no time in setting down his experiences before
any of them could slip his mind, but though
he writes carefully and copiously of what he
did and saw during his weeks in France, his
account of what must have been a very hectic
time somehow misses fire. This is probably
because Captain Millar is overly thorough in
telling his story. . . But there are time* [when]
the excitement and drama force their way
through." Herbert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ja 27 '46
650w
MILLAR, KENNETH. Trouble follows me.
206p $2 Dodd
46-6294
Detective story.
46
"Literate and exciting." E. H.
-f New Repub 115:302 S 9 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Tihies p26 S 8 '46 140w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 S 1
60w
"Very grim spy-stuff."
Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w
"For calloused customers, but others would
also like the final revelations." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 S 1 '46 140w
MILLARD, EARL BOWMAN. Physical chem-
istry for colleges; a course of instruction
based upon the fundamental laws of chemis-
try. 6th ed 682p $4.50 McGraw
541 Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
46-5634
"The sixth edition contains the same selec-
tion and order of topics as the previous edition.
However, substantial revision has been effect-
ed, and certain recent developments have been
very briefly included. For example, on page 554 is
discussed the formation of 'trans-uranium* ele-
ments. It is clear that the great developments
made during these past few years in nuclear
chemistry, synthetic rubbers, and jet propulsion
will eventually be reflected by creation of new
chapters in our standard physical chemistry
textbooks, but this change will necessarily be
somewhat slow. Meanwhile, the fundamentals
of physical chemistry must still be presented
with the aid of our standard texts, and new
topics left to the discretion of the instructor."
(Chem & Eng N) Index. For fourth edition see
Book Review Digest, 1936.
Booklist 43:136 Ja 1 '47
"One of the author's chief considerations has
been to present elementary physical chemistry
with simplicity and clarity. This latest edition
also amplifies the formal and rigorous develop-
ment of the subject to some extent, for ex-
ample, by a greater emphasis on thermody-
namics. This tendency for greater rigor and
more mathematical presentation will be wel-
comed by teachers whose classes include majors
in physical chemistry and potential graduate
students in chemistry or physics." A. V. To-
bolsky
+ Chem 6. Eng N 24:2844 O 25 '46 250w
Chem Eng 53:316 N '46 llOw
"Not too difficult a textbook but assumes a
knowledge of inorganic and analytical chem-
istry, college physics and simple processes of
calculus." L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:38 Jl '46
MILLEN, MURIEL F. Wild West Bill rides
home; il. by Kurt Wiese. 32p $1 Whitman, A.
46-18721
Story of a small boy who went to visit his
grandfather in the province of Alberta, and
finds adventure on his very first 'day.
similar to the Tousey books but has a more
suitable format than his earlier ones." M. B.
Snow
-f- Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 70w
"Good summer reading — probably reading
aloud — to little boys under nine." M. L/. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 4 '46 230w
MILLER, CLYDE RAYMOND. Process of
persuasion. 234p $2 Crown
301.154 Psychology, Applied. Persuasion
(rhetoric) 46-320
Describes the human behavior, the condi-
tioning, and language, which form the back-
grounds of persuasion. The author, who is
associate professor of education, at Teachers
college, Columbia university, uses a wealth of
anecdote to emphasize his points. No index.
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
"Dr. Miller writes with facility and fre-
quently dips into his fine store of anecdotes to
add warmth and humor to his material. The
Process of Persuasion is quick, entertaining
reading — an important book that should have
the effect of atomizing a lot of stereotyped
and hence dangerous thinking." Charlotte Gor-
man
-f Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 200w
Commonweal 44:605 O 4 '46 70w
"Clyde R. Miller attempts to show in this
book just why and how we yield to that army
of tempters, advertising copywriters, propa
gandists, politicians and public relations ex-
perts. He does so in a very personal and
charming manner. And he goes in rather
heavily for the illustrative anecdote. In fact,
this little book is so consciously 'loosened up'
with incidents as to seem padded and, occa-
sionally, lacking in continuity." Martin Ebon
4- N Y Times p28 Mr 17 '46 400w
Reviewed by Paul Flowers
Sat R of Lit 29:46 F 16 '46 650w
"Especially in times like these, when scien-
tists face such a grave responsibility in de-
veloping wise public opinion concerning many
matters of profound importance to their own
future, the careful reading of this book is
strongly recommended."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Mr '46 300w
"Although it covers familiar ground, this
book presents the subject in relaxed and un-
pedagogic fashion and ends on a hopeful note —
faith in the improvability of man through de-
velopment of his powers to distinguish right
persuasion from wrong."
+ Weekly Book Review plO Mr 3 '46 150w
MILLER, GLADYS. Furniture for your home;
il. by Harriet Meserole. 290p $3.50 Barrows
747 Furniture. House decoration 46-11993
Practical suggestions on the selecting, buy-
ing, and arranging of furniture. Discusses
both antiques and modern furniture, and built-
in furniture. Illustrated with photographs and
drawings. Index.
"Wholesome, funny, plausible and authentic
in detail. Written by a Canadian woman
and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Somewhat
Booklist 43:97 D 1 '46
"Whether you are furnishing an entire home
or just scheming ways to bring a refreshing
note of change into one or two rooms, this
book will yield many useful ideas. Sketches
and photographs enliven its pages throughout.
Gladys Miller writes from extensive experience
which included responsibility for furnishing
residence halls for government girls, Waves,
and Spars." Helen Henley
-f Christian Science Monitor plO N 14 '46
lOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"A useful book for the one-book home maker,
who wants a general and inclusive book which
touches on selection and use of furniture for
specific arrangement in the average home.
The book has several points of special interest.
The author assumes that the average home
owner owns some furniture, and will not be
starting from scratch; she suggests combining
pieces of different periods and types. Each
room is given a chart for suggested, balanced
574
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MILLER, GLADYS— Continued
arrangement. There are clues to furniture
values, what to look for and how. There are
quick reference charts for identification of pe-
riod."
-f Kirkus 14:572 N 1 '46 120w
MILLER, MRS HELEN (TOPPING). Shod with
flame. 270p $2.75 Bobbs
46-7546
Romantic tale of Tennessee in 1863 when the
Civil war was surging back and forth over this
territory. It is a story of war from the wom-
an's point of view — in this case four women,
three of whom are in love with the same
Confederate soldier.
Kirkus 14:355 Ag 1 '46 170w
" 'Shod With Flame,' with its effective his-
torical background that deserved a much better
story, is war from the woman's angle, written
in quivering- lipped prose. Notably light to the
hand in an era of historical heavyweights, its
unpretentious range permits the author to make
the coincidences seem slightly less remarkable
than they really are. It is not quite long
enough, however, to permit her to justify some
of the claims she makes for her characters."
Mary McGrory
N Y Times p30 O 27 '46 500w
"Mrs. Miller's inspiration, which was run-
ning thin in light fiction, renewed itself in
'Dark Sails' and is even more manifest in this
narrative." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p22 O 20 '46 170w
MILLER, MRS HELEN (TOPPING). Spot-
light. 233 p $2.50 Apple ton -Century
46-2151
The spotlight in Alix Dempster's life was
usually occupied by her more brilliant sister,
Roslyn. Alix was the one who stayed home;
Roslyn married, then divorced Mike, whom
Alix loved. Then when Mike came home from
the wars Alix thought she had a chance for
happiness, until Roslyn came home again and
changed all that.
Book Week pi 8 Ap 7 '46 80w
Kirkus 14:77 F 15 '46 00w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review pi 8 Ap 21 '46
90w
MILLER, HENRY ARTHUR. Luminous tube
lighting. 143p il $3.50 Chemical pub. co. [10s
6d Newnes]
621.327 Electric lighting. Vacuum tubes
46-3620
"British book presenting fundamental theory
of gaseous ionization and light production, ma-
terials and required properties for use in
luminous tubes and manufacturing equipment.
Attention is given to low and higher pres-
sure tubes, construction and characteristics of
fluorescent lamps and useful information on
Neon signs, Circuit diagrams, tables and illus-
trations " Library J
Chem 6, Enfl N 24:1974 Jl 25 '46 30w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:23 Ap '46
MILLER, LEE GRAHAM. Ernie Pyle album:
Indiana to Ie Shlma. 159p_ il $3 Sloane, Wil-
liam, associates, inc. 119 V 57th st. N.Y. 19
B or 92 Pyle, Ernest Taylor 46-8018
A biography of Ernie Pyle composed of
photographs with detailed captions. They be-
gin with Ernie at ten months of age and con-
tinue thru all the important phases of his life
to his death on Ie Shima.
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
"Mr Miller, managing editor of the Scripps-
Howard Newspaper Alliance, who tells She
story of Pyle's career, knew and worked with
him for twenty years. Although the photo-
graphs suffer from the 'look at me and don't
squint your eyes' technique of the snapshot
artist, they nevertheless comprise an authentic
record of a great newspaper man, and are ably
supported by Mr. Miller's affectionate cap-
tions." David Dempsey
H- N Y Times p4 D 8 '46 450w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ja 5 '47
470w
"At first glance, the idea of presenting a
man's biography in photographs might seem a
poor one; one hundred and fifty-seven pages
of pictures might seem too much of the same
face and not enough of the mind behind it.
Actually, however, the idea works out astonish-
ingly well. Far from palling, the pictures be-
come more fascinating as you go along, and
by the time you have finished the book you
feel not only that you know Ernie Pyle but
also that he is a friend of yours. For that ex-
traordinary quality of his friendliness, which
endeared him to thousands of soldiers and
people back home during the war, shines out
magnificently in this book." Marcus Duftield
-j- Weekly Book Review p22 D 8 '46 600w
MILLER, MAX. The lull. (Whittlesey house
publication) 144p $2 McGraw
818 46-8289
"In this, his first book since leaving the
service, author has written a personal biog-
raphy of those first days of introspection, that
period of sharp let- down immediately following
a war, that comes to soldiers and civilians
alike." Library J
"Tenuous, transitory in ak manner which
matches its mood, this has a very definite
quality, though its audience is difficult to in-
dicate."
Kirkus 14:510 O 1 '46 130w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 40w
"The story, told in a stream -of -consciousness
style, is vague and often filled with contem-
porary obscurantism. This, undoubtedly, is
what Miller intended in order to show how
moody the veteran is during the lull period.
The words are grayed and the sparse incidents
are sublimated into the shadows. 'The Lull'
is completely subjective. Miller, to his credit,
says he does not want to write about titillation
like the blousy lady novelists; he is looking,
in his lull, for a more inspired subject. Yet,
despite his sincerity, it is doubtful whether the
reconversion of a comfortable writer who can
afford to delay has sufficient universality for
the great majority of veterans." Herbert Mit-
gang
-P — N Y Times p!4 Ja 19 '47 450w
"This unpretentious and unusual little book
has honesty and insight that should, I think,
carry it straight into the experience of many
of the millions who share or have shared Mr.
Miller's situation. It will strike home to many
who have that experience only vicariously or
not at all. It is the kind of a book that a man
probably could write only once in his life, at
a particular time, and that, in setting down
an experience, helps him and others to lay the
ghosts that are likely to haunt imaginative
people when their worlds spin with a speed
they themselves control." Mary Boss
-|- Weekly Book Review p24 D 8 '46 800w
MILLER, MERLE, and SPITZER. ABE. We
dropped the A-bomb. 152p |2 Crowell
940.544 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American. Atomic bomb 46-5816
An eyewitness account of the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki bombing's, told to Mr Miller by the
radio operator of the Great Artiste, which
made both runs, and carried the Nagasaki
bomb.
Book Week p4 Ag 4 '46 150w
Kirkus 14:288 Je 16 '46 lOOw
"This little book is unpretentious. The writ-
ing is spotty and oversllck at times, when,
quite obviously, it is Miller and not Spltzer
who is talking. But It impresses as the honest
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
575
effort of an average man to tell the horror
that he felt when he saw the bombs burst
and the added horror that came to him when
he realized fully what it was that he had
helped to do." Foster Hailey
N Y Times p6 Ag 25 '46 280w
"It is not only a dramatic account but, more
important, a thoughtful one, in that it tells
how the men of the crews feel about the more
solemn aspects of what they did. Apparently,
none of them are yet disposed to think lightly
of the efficacy of the bomb, in spite of the
post-mortem opinions of certain groundlings."
+ New Yorker 22:68 Jl 27 '46 120w
14 'We Dropped the A- Bomb' is an important
book. Not because it reports anything essen-
tially new, but because it personalizes for
those of the twenty million veterans who will
read it the most dramatic incident of the war
and most impelling problem of the day. . .
These are searing pages to live through again,
but the overt acts do not impress. Rather
it is the quiet talk of crew members." Joseph
+ Sat R of Lit 29:14 S 21 '46 560w
Reviewed by Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ag 25 '46
400w
MILLER, NOLAN. Moth of time. 369p $2.75
Harper
46-4606
"When Charles Lornefelt deserted his wife
and went to California with her sister in the
early 1900s he left behind him in Detroit a
bewildered and unhappy family. This is the
story of that family, especially of Paul, the
youngest, a small unhappy boy when his father
leaves, an intelligent and sensitive adolescent
just graduating from high school when the
story ends." Library J
"With insight and poignant honesty, Nolan
Miller in this first novel nas pictured boyhood
and youth in all its hopeful aching uncer-
tainty. . . 'A Moth of Time' is a rich and
rewarding book." Dorothy Sparks
+ Book Week p2 My 26 '46 550w
Kirkus 14:110 Mr 1 '46 150w
"Above average, well written minor novel,
good pay collection material." George Wake-
field
-f Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 SOw
"His nostalgic conjuring up of childhood in-
duces Mr. Miller to overwrite occasionally. While
his similes are often surprisingly apt, he tends
to overdo them. But in contrast to his too fre-
quent rhapsodies, his description of the sexual
awakening of Paul and some of his gang are
written with a restrained realism which makes
other passages seem lush." Richard Plant
New Repub 115:50 Jl 15 '46 180w
"Nolan Miller's "A Moth of Time,' despite
the fact that its general subject — a family
radiating around a boy — has been widely
treated, is a book so penetrant in its insights,
and so consistently satisfying in its expression,
that it stands out as a splendid work. Not at
all in its rhetoric or in its attitude, but in a
kind of rich sensuous immediacy, it suggests
the early writing of Thomas Wolfe, from whom,
incidentally, the title is derived." Richard
Sullivan
4- N Y Times p6 Ja 2 '46 440w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 360w
"Despite the timid sketchiness of this novel,
certain notable scenes reveal an undeniable and
penetrating talent. Vivid touches appear when
sheltered Aunt Victoria visits her brother-in-
law in jail, and in scenes between George and
the fiancee he will never marry. It is a pity
that the sensitive Mr. Miller does not lay more
stress on a story and less on the oft -told grow-
ing pains of youth." Margaret Mellinger
Weekly Book Review plO Je SO '46 450w
MILLER, THOMAS H.f and BRUMMITT.
WYATT. This is photography; its means and
ends. 260p il $2 Garden City pub. co.
770 Photography 46-25041
"The fundamentals of equipment and use--
taking pictures, developing, and printing — for
the amateur. Short chapters on color photog-
raphy and special subjects. The authors are
employees of Eastman kodak company." Book-
list
" 4This is photography' is a readable, unpre-
tentious little manual packed with valuable
information on picture- taking. The authors
have succeeded in removing the mystery from
a technical subject in a way that will please
amateur photographers who have plodded
through dry, involved discussions that left them
hopelessly confused." Marjorie Parsons
-f Book Week p4 Mr 3 '46 230w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 My '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 18
'46 90w
Library J 71:486 Ap 1 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p6 F 20 '46 240w
MILLER. WADE, pseud, of BOB WADE and
BILL MILLER. Deadly weapon. 218p |2 Far-
rar, Straus
46-8396
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p6 Ag 25 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p20 Ag 11 '46 160w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
70w
"Very tough stuff, with some good character-
izations, action all over the place, sultry bits,
and finish that delivers real surprise."
H Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ag 17 '46 SOw
Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 11 '46
220w
MILLER, WARREN HASTINGS. Home-build-
ers; il. by Kurt Wiese. 296p $2 Winston
46-4959
Sixteen -year- old Seth and his father and
mother take over the abandoned farm, which
had once been family property, build a home
and plant crops. Each step is described in
the restoration of house and farm. For older
boys and girls.
Kirkus 14:276 Je 15 '46 lOOw
"There is real drama in the struggle, and in
these days of housing difficulties the building
of the burned-out home takes on a special in-
terest. Recommended for early teen-age boys
and girls." Eileen Riols
-t- Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 70w
Reviewed by Creighton Peet
N Y Times p!2 Jl 28 '46 270w
"It does not make farming sound easy, but
it does show why some farmers like it." M. L.
Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46
300w
MILLHOLLAND. RAY. Pay day; labor and
management in the American system of
free enterprise. 240p $2.50 Morrow
331.1 Industrial relations 46-711
"Both sides of labor- management controver-
sies are given a hearing and both sides are
taken to task for some of their practices and
short-sightedness. The non theoretical discus-
sion is on worker's attitude toward machines,
employee relations, piece work, origin of
unions, closed shop, job security and annual
wage, women in industry, and similar matters.
Popular style in which there is an occasional
note of cynicism." (Booklist) No index.
"This book will probably be a popular hand-
book for many employers and so-called ex-
perts on industrial relations. The employers
and experts could do worse than 'Pay Day/
To the general public It presents a readable,
plain, one-syllable discussion of labor-manage-
576
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MILLHOLLAND, RAY— Continued
ment problems and terms that most people
glibly talk about but few understand." S. E>.
Alinsky
+ Book Week p6 Mr 10 '46 360w
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
" 'Pay Day* is written in a racy style. The
impression It conveys of Mr. Millholland is
that of a 'boss' — his favorite term — who is
both tough and fair — without hidebound con-
victions, willing to accept changes providing
an enterprise can still be made to function
with reasonable profits and without too much
'grief for the boss. There are many employ-
ers currently bargaining with unions— or going
through the motions — who could profit by read-
ing this book. Its lessons are equally forceful
for the unions which fail to realize the extent
of public concern over some of their tactics."
E. M. Herrick
-J- Weekly Book Review plO Mr 3 '46
lOOOw
MILLIS, WALTER. The last phase; the allied
victory in western Europe. 130p il maps $2.50
Ho ugh ton
940,642 World war, 1939-1945— Campaigns
and battles 46-3864
"This is the story, told as factually as pos-
sible, of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the
west. It is only one part of the whole story
of how the great war in Europe was decided.
It is concerned only with the western European
theater in the period from June 6, 1944, to May
8, 1945." (In trod) "The original manuscript of
The Last Phase was prepared for the Bureau
of Overseas Publications of the Office of War
Information, for publication abroad as a part
of that agency's information services. It was
intended particularly for distribution in Ger-
many in connection with the Allied efforts at
the reeducation of the enemy people, and was
consequently written with a German audience
primarily in mind. . . The author is now led
to hope that it will be of interest to American
readers." (Foreword)
"A small book, a calm one, and one which
makes no pretense of covering anything but
the most important elements in the campaign,
it will give military historians something to
think about when most of the snouters have
been forgoten." R. E. Danielson
-f Atlantic 178:148 Jl '46 120w
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p3 My 19 '46 550w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
Reviewed by Homer Metz
Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 25
'46 600w
Current Hist 11:228 S '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:163 O '46 60w
Kirkus 14:233 My 15 '46 170w
"A must book for all libraries." Mary Clark
-f Library J 71:756 My 15 '46 70w
"Mr. Miliis's brief book is of very great
merit indeed. . . It is an admirable job, clean
and swift in its telling." Ralph Bates
-f Nation 162:694 Je 8 '46 90w
"Mr. Millia was right in thinking that this
book has a place among American books on
the war. On the whole, it is perhaps too brief
to satisfy serious military readers, but its very
conciseness and forcefulness of presentation
will commend it to the more general reader."
J. I. Greene
-f N Y Times p7 My 19 '46 860w
"A brief, well -coordinated military history of
the campaigns in Western Europe."
4- New Yorker 22:110 My 18 '46 90w
"The original aim was distribution in con-
quered Germany. . . in its preparation there
was therefore a special stimulus toward read-
ability, a truly meticulous accuracy, a high
degree of objectivity, and a scrupulous fairness
™ wairod, our A11iS?' and ,for that matter toward
™/Llaite foe8-ltThe result is a book which, de-
spite its small compass, does more than select
the dominant factors of victory and a few
spectacular feats along the way. It places them
in perspective and, most important, relates the
Anglo-American Western Front campaign to
other great factors in the victory." M. S.
Watson
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 My 18 '46 1150w
"This book is so lavishly illustrated that it
almost qualifies as a pictorial history, and the
illustrations are, for the most part, relevant.
There are several maps, not always adequate
to explain the text. A few of the statements
of fact may be challenged." H. S. Commager
-| Weekly Book Review p4 My 19 '46
950w
Reviewed by S. JU A. Marshall
Yale R ns 36:147 autumn '46 lOOOw
MILLS, JOHN. Engineer in society. 196p $2.60
Van Nostrand
620.69 Engineers. Scientists 46-2124
"A veteran engineer presents a practical
book about the salary and outlook for engi-
neers and research men, gives advice on how
to interpret from aptitudes, the kind of work
to choose. Detailed explanation on how to
present engineering data and scientific dis-
coveries effectively." (Library J) No index.
"This is not the memoir of a crotchety
oldster whining for attention, but the human,
sometimes acid, and utterly forthright state-
ment of a man pleading the case of creative
scientists and engineers governed by a be-
nevolent industrial despotism. . . A wry note:
I was only mildly impressed with the 53 pages
devoted to 'Exposition for Engineers.' " I. J.
Lee
H Book Week p!7 Mr 3\ '46 310w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Reviewed by H. C. Parmelee
Chem Eng 53:273 D '46 450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
"Here is a discussion of engineers and sci-
entists that should be read by every member
of either group who takes an interest in his
profession as a unit in society. Young men
starting out to build a career in engineering or
in scientific work should find the author's dis-
cussion of compensation in research work and
engineering of practical value. Older engineers
may not find as much of practical value to them
in the book, but they will flnd it good read-
ing. The author's basic theory is that the world
would be greatly improved by an engineering or
scientific approach to its problems. Hence he
would like to see engineers and scientists take
a much more active part in national affairs
than they have in the past. . . The book's chief
value lies in the fact that its idealism is sea-
soned with much common sense."
-f Eng N 136:127 Je 13 '46 480w
Kirkus 13:553 D 15 '45 170w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
Reviewed by Harrison Brown
Sat R of Lit 29:26 S 28 '46 1450w
Reviewed by H. M. Davis
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2.138 Je '46 280w
MILLSPAUGH, ARTHUR CHESTER. Ameri-
cans in Persia. 293p il $3 Brookings
955 Persia — Foreign relations. Persia — Eco-
nomic policy 46-6826
"The best recent book telling what all the
trouble is about in Iran. The author was ad-
ministrator general of finances in that coun-
try, 1922-27 and 1943-45. He writes with a
wealth of information, historical and contempo-
rary, about the economic, political, administra-
tive and military aspects of the matter, and
the acts and aims of Russia, Great Britain
and the United States. He does not speak for
the state department and is not hampered by
diplomatic reserve." Christian Century
4- Christian Century 63:1215 O 9 '46 140w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
577
"This story of the successes and failures of
a small nation, between vast empires, makes
the world situation a little clearer, but not
brighter. However, clarity is useful." R. H. M.
-h Christian Science Monitor pig O 17 '46
600w
"Dr. Millspaugh is a man of unquestionable
integrity, with exceptional first-hand experi-
ence in Persian finances. But his conception
of his mission in Persia is certainly open to
controversy. . . His fundamental error must be
laid to his honesty, which led him to accept
many things at face value. . . Dr. Millspaugh
carried with him to Iran the zeal of a mis-
sionary. In his emotionalism he was not always
fair. Articles on Iran with a Washington date-
line, during the war, prove that the State De-
partment was much better informed on this
country than he believed. However, there is
no doubt that his book is thought-provoking."
Andre Visson
N Y Times p52 N 24 '46 lOOOw
"One may agree or disagree with the conclu-
sions which Dr. Millspaugh has drawn. Few,
however, can contest the authoritative charac-
ter of his volume or deny the thoughtful quality
of his observations."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:303 D '46 290w
MILNE, ALAN ALEXANDER. Chloe Marr.
314p $2.75 Dutton [9s 6d Methuen]
46-5051
Portrait of the life and loves of a Mayfair
beauty, Chlge Marr. Chloe's life is just one
party after another. The book has no plot; just
a series of sketches of Chloe as she seemed
to her many friends and lovers.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 400w
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 5 '46
400w
" 'Chloe Marr' is not for those who read with
more earnestness than pleasure. Its delights
exclude the acquisitive. It demands to be be-
lieved in and is impossible to believe: a hearten-
ing change from the more common novel which
you can believe every step of the way but never
for a second believe in. To one who is neither
tone-deaf nor hyperopic, the slightness of this
book will give no offense; and if he is glad
not to be left to bread alone, he will not mind
that Mr. Milne might be accused of letting us
eat cake." Henry Rago
Commonweal 44:626 O 11 '46 450w
"An exercise in tantalizing characterization,
indirect, too objective, and resultantly super-
ficial, intangible to reader as well. For all that,
there are moments of warmth and appeal and
humor."
f- Kirkus 14:283 Je 15 '46 160w
"Well- written, entertaining and genuine."
B. B. Libaire
-f Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 90w
"The attraction of this novel is in its Mil-
nishness; in a light touch and a leisurely and
rather whimsical humour." Charles Marriott
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 5 '46 130w
Reviewed by B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p!4 S 8 '46 450w
"In spite of the novel's bright, modern sparkle,
it has an ending that even the most hopeless
old stick-in-the-mud must have thought had
gone out of style with Michael Arlen."
H New Yorker 22.98 S 7 '46 lOOw
"Some readers may regard Chloe as caviar
over which Milne took a lot of trouble for noth-
ing. But if you are a Milne adept you'll accept
Chloe as her own excuse for being, and welcome
her into the enchanted Milne country. Some-
where in the text the author divulges one of the
secrets of that country: 'It's magic the way
words can mean something greater than their
meaning, can give you the whole of experience
In a flash.' " Jane Voiles
•f San Francisco Chronicle p21 O 20 '46
870w
Reviewed by R. L. North
Sat R of Lit 29:44 O 12 '46 360w
"Undoubtedly Chloe Marr has a weak ending
— but it remains an amusing book in spite of
it." V. C. CHnton-Baddeley
H Spec 177:46 Jl 12 '46 450w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 320w
"Readers who know A. A. Milne as the cre-
ator of whimsical juveniles and endearing ani-
mals are likely to be rocked back on their
heels when they open Chloe Marr, Author
Milne's first novel for adults in 13 years. . .
Pooh is the word for Chloe Marr."
— Time 48:98 S 2 '46 330w
Times [London] Lit Sup p317 Jl 6 '46
270w
"The best parts of the story are those deal-
ing with publishing and the theater. Here
the author, deserting his chromium-plated
heroine for long stretches, gives us the wit
and urbanity that one pleasantly remembers
from so many of his earlier novels " James
Hilton
-j Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 25 '46
700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
MINER, LEWIS S. Wild waters; il. by Ray-
mond Lufkin. 185p $2.25 Messner
46-4960
Adventure story for older boys, describing
the life on the Mississippi a hundred years
ago. The hero is the young son of Captain
Jonathan Hawks, Sam, who had to learn
the ways of the river "on his own."
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 26 '46
lOOw
Horn Bk 22.357 S '46 120w
Kirkus 14:36 Ja 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Nelle McCalla
Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 70w
"One thrilling episode follows another as
Sam threads his packet through the menacing
rapids, battles the crushing impact of ice floes
and later almost loses his life on a huge
lumber raft as it is battered to pieces in a
gale. The final incident in his story is a fine,
unexpected climax combining treachery, dis-
aster and triumph for the young cub pilot."
H. B. Lent
+ N Y Times p!6 Jl 21 '46 230w
Reviewed by M. L Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 S 1 '46 400w
MIRBEAU, OCTAVE. Diary of a chamber-
maid; introd. by Jules Remains [Eng title:
Chambermaid's diary]. 309p $3 Didier pubs.
[10s 6d Fortune]
46-5943
"A belated translation of a French novel of
the 1890s which probably was considered
'naughty' at that time. Its appearance now
in this country seems to be in honor of a
motion picture of the same name. . . At its
time, Mirbeau's novel was probably startling,
as it is a bitter expos& of treatment given by
employers to their servants. At this distance
It is an interesting but not particularly shock-
ing picture of a certain era in French society,
heavily laden with boudoir scenes, backstairs
gossip and kitchen knavery." Springf'd Re-
publican
"The story, written with great style and
almost unrelieved pessimism, is a bitterly
ironic and highly spiced indictment of em-
ployers of domestic servants in the eighteen-
nineties, and that, my dear, was a long, long
time ago."
New Yorker 22:67 Jl 27 '46 80w
"For those who enjoy period pieces this will
prove interesting, but it is too dated to be
really enjoyable— just try these days to find a
servant to mistreat." R. F. JI.
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
160w
578
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MIRSKY, JEANNETTE (MRS EDWARD B.
GINSBERG). Westward crossings; Balboa,
Mackenzie, Lewis and Clark. 365p 11 maps $4
Knopf
973.1 America — Discovery and exploration
46-7299
"This book is part of the story of North
America from its earliest settlement to the
emergence of the United States into continen-
tal power. Its framework is the transcontinen-
tal explorations of Balboa, Mackenzie, and
Lewis and Clark. The impelling motives, the
social terms in which they were expressed, and
the rewards harvested by each of these three
expeditions, which all together stretched over
three centuries, have historical continuity;
there is illumination even in their contrasts."
(Foreword) Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:116 E> 15 '46
Reviewed by R. A. Brown
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 14 '46
550w
"A book for scholars of the American scene.
The average layman will find it difficult read-
ing, in spite of the glamour of the names. . .
Unfortunately, the author has a tendency to
embroider the lily — her style is lush and over-
laden, and — to my thinking — hurts the values
of her skillful use of her sources."
-f — Kirkus 14:472 S 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by Keith Hutchison
Nation 163:624 N 30 '46 700w
"The book is obviously a labor of love, and
it has the freshness and vigor which comes
from enthusiasm combining with intellectual
mastery of the subject. Yet for reasons im-
manent in the material itself, the first section
is the most effective." B. B. Garside
-f N Y Times p5 O 20 '46 1200w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 N 5 '46
1850W
Reviewed by Bernard De Voto
Weekly Book Review p7 N 10 '46 HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
MISCH, ROBERT JAY. At daddy's office; II.
by Roger Duvoisin. [32p] $1.50 Knopf
46-6776
Picture-story book about a small girl's visit
to her father's office in a big city office build-
ing, and all the things she saw there. For
three to six year olds.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p9 O 6 '46 180w
"The Roger Duvoisin pictures are a dis-
service to what would otherwise be a good idea
for a book. Every small boy and girl likes to
be taken to Father's office to see what goes on
all day. The text, in this book, is highly
simplified, and none-the-less adectuate to the
purpose of the book, but the pictures seem
stilted and unappealing. Duvoisin has done so
much better that this is a disappointment."
h Kirkus 14:418 S 1 '46 90w
"Recommended for preschool children." M.
B. Snow
-f Library J 71:1467 O 15 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 50w
MITCHELL, DONALD WILLIAM. History of
the modern American Navy; from 1883
through Pearl Harbor. 477p il maps $4.50
Knopf
359 U.S.— -History, Naval. U.S. Navy— His-
tory 46-4382
"At the end of the Civil War, the United
States had the world's largest navy; by 1883,
it consisted of a few rotting, outdated ships
and our naval policy was non-existent. Mr.
Mitchell, starting at that low point in our sea
power, traces our involved efforts to build a
W°rl1d;size<? na,vy a^£ f°Hows the mutations of
official policy from Mahan's day to Franklin D
Roosevelt's He ends with the attack ^t Pearl
Harbor. The author's approach i» critical.
though not in a way that will upset anybody.
He also touches on the Navy's extramarital
activities, like diplomacy and polar explora-
tion." (New Yorker) Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42:360 Jl 16 '46
"A combination of accuracy and error. Pro-
fessor Mitchell falls into misstatements, over-
statements, and understatements, which could
have been avoided by consulting naval authori-
ties. The period from 1883 to the Spanish-
American War, aside from minor errors of
fact, is satisfactorily presented, considering the
space allocated to it. . . Thereafter, the book
assumes a more critical tone. In many cases
the criticisms are Justified, although hindsight
frequently provides the opportunity. . . The
work is marred by careless proof-reading,
palpable errors in transcription, and inept dic-
tion." F. L. O.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 21 '46
360w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 20w
"Inclusive, scholarly, and a valuable interrela-
tion of national and international concerns, but
largely for the navy-minded layman or pro-
fessional."
-f Kirkus 14:190 Ap 15 '46 170w
"According to the bibliography he gives, Mr.
Mitchell has read practically every worth-while
naval historian. But he has read with discern-
ment and arrived at his own conclusions, some
of which differ with those of other historians.
The one great fault of the book is that it ends
at Pearl Harbor — incidentally one of the poorer
chapters of the book — thus taking the history
only up to the Navy's greatest war." Foster
Hailey
-j NY Times p28 N 3 '46 700w
"A good, conscientious history, well illus-
trated/'
-f New Yorker 22:60 Jl 6 '46 80w
"For the amateur student, Mr. Mitchell has
provided a highly absorbing story. For the
reader who would go further, he has added a
list of nearly 500 references used as background
for his book."
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 21 '46
200w
"For a picture of the general background of
our Navy since 1883, this book is the most use-
ful yet available; but unfortunately too many
minor errors or questionable statements shake
one's faith in it as a reference work. It is a
pity that the tremendous amount of intelligent
effort which went into this study should be
marred by this carelessness. A brief period of
overhaul should, however, produce a second
edition which would be dependable." R. Q.
Albion
H Sat R of Lit 29:14 Ag 31 '46 1160w
"Written in nontechnical language, the book
should appeal to lay as well as professional
readers and students. It is an excellent starting
point for future research on the naval details
of American history from 1883 to Pearl Har-
bor."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:221 S '46 220w
"This is an important and timely book. It
is well for the public to know from what small
beginnings came the fighting machine that
drove relentlessly across the Pacific to the
heart of Japan, that maintained command of
the sea, and transported millions of men safely
to fighting zones. . . It is to be hoped that
Mr. Mitchell will continue his writings on the
Navy. Scholarly, scientific studies such as this
book are of great value not only to the Navy
but to the nation. It is the people's navy, and
they should understand the part it has played
in the past and will play in the future." H. B.
Yarnell
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Je 16 '46 1200w
MITCHELL, EDWIN VALENTINE. Encyclo-
pedia of American politics. 338p $3.75 Double-
day
973.03 U.S.— Politics and government 46-7919
"In a book about the size of the average
novel, Mr. Mitchell has managed to cover all
sorts of odds and ends about the American
political scene and event* that overlap It such
a* the TJ. N. Charter, for instance, and the
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
579
Constitution of the United States, the text of
Washington's Farewell Address, the famous
Wilson Fourteen Points and so on. . . In addi-
tion to this Mr. Mitchell gets in any number
of definitions, references and such affairs."
San Francisco Chronicle
Klrkus 14:409 Ag 15 '46 160w
N Y Times p34 N 24 '46 160w
"The volume has its weaknesses, chief among
which is that it isn't long enough and there-
fore has to omit too much. On the other hand,
no book or set of books could get in every-
thing. This belongs on your shelf alongside
your other books of reference in the general
field of American politics and American history,
though you'll often have to supplement Mr.
Mitchell's notes by turning to some other en-
cyclopedia or reference book." J. H. Jackson
H San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 25 '46
230w
"The book as a whole is so good that it is
merely captious to quarrel with the author's
self-imposed limitations on the scope of his
work, or to search out minor discrepancies.
Mr. Mitchell has written clearly, compactly
and with great objectivity about a difficult and
highly controversial subject. He does not per-
mit himself to sweeten his labors, as Dr. John-
son did in compiling his dictionary, by indulg-
ing his own prejudices or points of view — or if
he does, in a few cases, it is by devastatingly
pertinent quotation." H. W. Baehr
+ Weekly Book Review p26 N 3 '46 600w
MITCHELL, EDWIN VALENTINE, comp.
Great fishing stories. 285p $2.50 Doubleday
Short stories — Collections 46-4605
Contents: Big two-hearted river, by Ernest
Hemingway; A fatal success, by Henry van
Dyke; Plain fishing, by F. R. Stockton; Once
on a Sunday, by Philip Wylie; Crocker's hole,
by R. D. Blackmore; Ol' settler of Deep hole,
by Irving Bacheller; Byme-by- tarpon, by Zane
Grey; Trout fishing, by W. C. Prime; A shark
story, by T. C. Haliburton; The hole, by Guy
de Maupassant; Old Faithful, by J. T. Foote;
Salar the salmon, by Henry Williamson; Pete
and the big- trout, by H. W. Beecher; It was
on the Allagash. by DeWitt Mackenzie; But-
terflies and brown trout, by Compton Mac-
kenzie and Moray McLaren; Trouting along
the Catasauqua, by Frank Forester; The fisher-
man, by Martin Armstrong; Gathering of the
clan, by B. E. Slocum.
Reviewed by Peter Quinn
Book Week plO My 26 '46 270w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
Klrkus 14:135 Mr 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. R. de la Torre Bueno
N Y Times p!2 Je 9 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:169 D '46
MITCHELL, EDWIN VALENTINE. It's an old
New England custom. 277p $2.75 Vanguard
917.4 New England — Social life and customs
46-7197
Chapters on New England characteristics and
customs. Contents: To have pie for breakfast;
To serve turkey and cranberry sauce; To eat
cheese; To be fond of fish; To indulge in bun-
dling; To talk about the weather; To beat the
drum; To reach a ripe old age; To excel in
epitaphs; To thirst after strange gods; To have
haunted houses; To behold phantom ships; To
adopt peculiar place names; To hark back to the
past.
Booklist 43:68 N 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl4 N 30 '46
500w
"A humorous and unusual historical curiosity
of a regional nature, amusing prints, gay
verses, bits of odd information, curious episodes
— a characteristic Mitchell item. In format
it has a slightly juvenile flavor which may
limit the market."
+ — Klrkui 14:517 O 1 '46 80w
"Mr. Mitchell's collection of curiosities, for
example, if nothing else, at least points up the
wondrous fecundity of the past. He writes up
these historical crotchets with a happy verve
that suggests he may very well be using only
a fraction of his total means — indeed, could
easily turn out another book or two with
similar content. Even his chapters on New
England epitaphs and the practice of bundling
offer relatively fresh information, and these
two themes, it is fair to say, are about the
most hackneyed in this school of writing." E.
B. Garside
-f N Y Times plO O 13 '46 600w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p2 O 6 '46 550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:165 D '46
MITCHELL, ISLA. The beginning was a
Dutchman; 11. by Richard Kennedy. 198p $2
Dodd [6s Faber]
46-4397
Two children, Mark and Bede Sykes, spend
the summer holidays of 1938 with their parents
on a small Dutch sailboat. The scene is Eng-
land, with its rivers, canals and locks to be
investigated. Before the summer is over the
children become involved in a Nazi plot, be-
cause their boat had once belonged to a sci-
entist who had invented a super-explosive. For
ages ten to twelve.
Klrkus 14:127 Mr 1 '46 190w
"The English expression may not prove too
popular and format is rather dull, but with a
little introduction boys and girls of eleven years
and up will like it." Olive Brain
H Library J 71:984 Jl '46 140w
"The incredible plot, involving secret plans,
Gestapo agents and a casual kidnapping aboard
a German ship in an English harbor, results
in making even these humorous, intelligent
children behave as if they had neither com-
mon sense nor a normal instinct for self-preser-
vation. This is a warm, true picture of a good
family life, and it did not need any such un-
believable story to keep it going. Richard
Kennedy's sketches add a fine atmosphere of
boats and water." Marjorie Fischer
-j NY Times p23 Je 2 '46 120w
"Mrs. Mitchell wrote this book from her
experience, shared with her own children. Per-
haps she is still too close to those experiences
to give them the perspective that is needed
for a more universal appeal. The line drawings
have atmosphere and vitality." R. A. H.
Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 230w
"It is a rousing good story to keep any one
reading and Catholics will read it with espe-
cial pleasure. For the family life is that of a
household that takes this faith so thoroughly
for granted it runs like a melody through
everything. It even, and especially, conditions
the method by which Bede brings the story to
a climax. The pictures are many and have
the convincing effect of rough sketches made
on the spot."
-f Weekly Book Review p9 My 19 '46 480w
MITCHELL, PHILIP HENRY. Textbook of
biochemistry. 640p 11 $5 McGraw
612.015 Biological chemistry. Physiological
chemistry 46-4459
"This book is designed for students in a
first year course of the subject who have had
preliminary training in physical chemistry as
well as general, and organic. With the excep-
tion of a chapter on chemotherapy, the em-
phasis throughout the text is upon an under-
standing of metabolism as a foundation for
the science of nutrition. Accordingly, major
space has been devoted to such subjects as
the constitution and activity of enzymes, vita-
min and mineral requirements, and the signifi-
cance of the hormones. The bibliograpnical
aids are a special feature. In addition to
extensive lists of references at the ends of
chapters, there is an introductory list of bio-
chemical journals, monographs, and review
publications which are most helpful to the
580
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MITCHELL, P. H. — Continued
biochemist. The author is the Robert P.
Brown Professor of Biology at Brown Univer-
sity." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
"Professor Mitchell has written a very read-
able textbook of biochemistry which chemists
in other specialties would find useful as a
reference book. It is up to date, and this re-
viewer found very few inaccuracies or errors.
At the end of each chapter there is an ex-
tensive and valuable list of references to the
subject matter. The author and subject indexes
are excellent." D. W. MacCorquodale
-f Chem A Eng N 24:2284 Ag 25 '46 250w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:20 Ap '46
MITFORD, NANCY. Pursuit of love. 247p $2.50
Random house [8s 6d Hamilton, H.]
46-3949
Comedy of manners and love. Linda Radlett.
a charming young English woman of the upper
classes is the heroine. Her adventures in
pursuit of love include two marriages: first
with a banker, then with a communist. Her
third adventure as the mistress of a wealthy
Frenchman turns out to be the real love of
her life.
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
Kirkus 14:77 F 15 '46 120w
"Entertaining but not outstanding enough to
be a must book." R. P. Tubby
Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
"This, presumably, is satire upon free-living,
fox-hunting aristocrats, but there are discon-
certing admirations." Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 D 28 '45 130w
^Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:23 Jl 6 '46 650w
New Repub 114:941 Jl 1 '46 30w
"The Pursuit of Love is rewardingly funny
in many places. This is the least, and indeed
the most, one can say of it." Henry Reed
H New Statesman & Nation 31:89 F 2 '46
600w
"Nancy Mitford, setting the light snares of
irony and wry affection (with which the thor-
oughly landed English gentry often trap each
other into print), has captured something far
more important than an excellent likeness of
her herd and times. Imprisoned in her new
book, "The Pursuit of Love,' is a fleeting hope
of happiness, delicate, fresh and wistful. . .
Why does it all linger in the memory like a
smiling ghost? Perhaps because Miss Mitford's
tempo races, letting subtlety and significance
sink in at their leisure. Or perhaps the beat
of the tempo suggests the breathless touching
haste of a war-haunted generation." Isabelle
Mallet
4- N Y Times p4 Je 9 '46 800w
"The let-your-mind-rest season is with us
again, and a very enjoyable time It promises
to be if this entertaining light novel is a re-
liable indication of what we can expect in the
hot weather. Miss Mitford. describing in a
tart and easy fashion the diverting activities
of a titled English family, is mocking, good-
tempered, and very funny."
-f New Yorker 22:94 Je 15 '46 50w
"An engaging and deftly written story."
S. H. Hay
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:41 Je 22 '46 800w
"Nancy Mitford's new novel The Pursuit of
Love has a theme which might have made as
portentous and boring a story as any novelist
could well wish—nothing less than a girl's
progress to true happiness via two unsuitable
marriages. But Nancy Mitford has been origi-
nal enough to tell her story as a perfectly
straight narration, (a method employed by some
of the better writers in the past) and since
her sense of humour is much deeper than her
™£S * °f t «?i sjgnl??a^t' she has written a book
Baddeley laughter." V. C. Clinton-
4- Spec 176:20 Ja 4 '46 360w
Time 47:102 Je 17 '46 750w
"The charm of Miss Mitford's work lies less
in the sad little story she has to tell than in
her own talent for personal and social mockery.
Within the narrow and comfortable limits of
the world she describes — which seems to in-
clude a few recognizable figures — her wit and
her gift for detecting the absurdities of char-
acter have had full scope."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p617 D 29 '45
360w
"The author, for the most part, seldom omits
a dash of bitters or a zest of lemon from
her rich confection and, at her best, she Is
wickedly funny. She writes brightly, if some-
times carelessly, and her characters seem
probable except possibly for the heroine, who
is almost too clearly kin to that other one
who, some years ago, wore a green hat and
similarly came to grief through love. It is
the earlier part of the novel, which recounts
such colorful scenes of childhood and piles up
documentation on life amid the upper classes
which really distinguishes it." Iris Barry
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Je 9 '46 GOOw
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:192 autumn '46 50w
MOCK, MRS ELIZABETH (BAUER). If you
want to build a house; il. by Robert C. Os-
born. 96p $2 Museum of modern art
728 Architecture, Domestic 46-4224
"The author is Elizabeth B. Mock, curator
of architecture for the Museum of Modern Art.
She urges a fresh approach to 'many problems
too often arbitrarily settled,' attempting to
persuade the prospective client to satisfy his
individual needs in regard to space, shape,
light, materials and color rather than merely
conform to tradition. Modern- design is ad-
vocated, to the extent that many of the ex-
amples seem freakish. Modern architecture is
represented as not just another imitative style
but an 'attitude toward life,' regulated by the
physical and emotional needs of living people
and trying to meet them as nearly as possible.
The question of size is considered first, start-
ing with the pithy statement that 'the trouble
with many small houses is that they're too
small.' The items of ventilation and degree of
'openness to the outside,' furnishings and sur-
roundings are taken up briefly, and the wide
choice of materials and quality available nowa-
days pointed out. A competent architect Is
indispensable, according to this book, yet 4a
modern house will give you more for your
money, because you pay only for what you
want.' There are 116 interior and exterior
photographs of modern homes in many parts
of the country." Sprlngf'd Republican
"More than half the book is devoted to 116
well- chosen photographs which are a valuable
complement to the text. And Robert C. Os-
born's cartoons add a light touch which is
lacking in most home-building books." E. B. R.
-f- Book Week p!4 My 26 '46 180w
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
New Yorker 22:96 Je 1 '46 lOOw
Springf'd Republican p6 My 18 '46 270w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 180w
MODELL, MERRIAM. Sound *' years. 309p
$2.75 Simon & Schuster
46-3633
Problem novel in which a happily married
woman with a four-year-old son is faced with
an echo of her past. Tears before in Paris,
Ellen had had an affair with an English so-
phisticate, and had left her illegitimate
daughter with a wealthy childless couple, and
had returned to the United States. Suddenly
her seven teen -year-old daughter came to her
for refuge. Her prosaic homelife shattered,
Ellen tries to evade her responsibility. The
result Is tragedy.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p7 My 12 '46 330w
Booklist 42:317 Je 1 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
581
"Melodrama, toned down by Intelligent writ-
ing, characterization, guarded exposition/'
Kirkus 14:25 Ja 15 '46 190w
"Sophisticated, frank, modern, psychological,
problem novel, considerable introspection, dis-
agreeable characters and happenings — including
sex abnormalities. Some vivid writing and
story Interest. . . Limited appeal, caution neces-
sary." H. A. Wooster
Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 lOOw
"Nowadays, when one is constantly amazed
by the skill with which novelists who have
nothing to say get the whole of it down on
paper, it comes as something of a shock to
find a novel like Merriam Modell's 'The Sound
of Years/ which has so much more potential
content than its author has been able to com-
municate. Not that Miss Modell's book suffers
from any obvious technical deficiencies. It is
more than competently contrived and written.
But Miss Modell . . . has conceived for her
first novel a psychological situation which is
apparently beyond her present powers of pro-
jection. . . I nave been judging 'The Sound of
Years' by what it promises but falls short of
achieving; to do less would be a grave in-
justice to a writer of Miss Modell's potentiality.
This is not to say that the novel, even as it
stands, is not in many ways unusually pleas-
ing." Diana Trilling
h Nation 162:697 Je 8 '46 1650w
"Miss Modell, in her first novel, is able to
draw a sympathetic portrait of a woman who
cold-bloodedly leaves her newborn, illegitimate
child with foster parents, and never gives
another thought to her welfare. . . At times,
when the accumulation of tension is thinned
to melodrama, characters and scenes lose their
usual density and richness. Also, considering
the possibilities of idiomatic language open to
a contemporary writer, Miss Modell's selec-
tions seem unimaginative and commonplace;
her attempts at racy dialogue often make her
middle-aged characters sound like high school
show-offs. Still, if 'The Sound of Years' is not
always well written its interest is sustained and
this reader believes that the pros and cons of
Ellen's behavior toward Brigitta will be widely
discussed. . . Many thoughtful readers will
surely lay aside this book wondering what they
would have done in Ellen's place." E. S.
Holsaert
^ NY Times p!6 My 19 '46 500w
"If Miss Modell could have made the char-
acter and personality of Ellen as believable
from the beginning as she does in the very
effective conclusion of her book, it would have
been a powerful and perceptive study of a
woman But noither Ellen, nor her husband,
nor Briggita is consistently credible. It is true,
of course, that real life and real people are
often so much stranger than fiction that hardly
any plot or cast of characters could be called,
per se, incredible. It all depends on whether
or not the author can make us believe in
the people and events portrayed. Granted, Miss
Modell has undoubted talent, but this first
novel seems to me to lack focus and propor-
tion." S. H. Hay
Sat R of Lit 29:35 Je 1 '46 800w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46 300w
"It is a frequently moving story told with
a brittle realism that keeps the outlines free
of fuzzy sentimentality. Miss Modell tells it
with the mature detachment of an observer
watching two human beings fighting for se-
curity. . . Miss Modell weaves her tragic story
of psychological conflict with a fine restraint.
The drama grows out of her characters, some
of them unusual, but all of them convincing
and essential to the resolution of her tale. She
has a polished technique and ties up the past
with the present both in events and in the
changes that the years bring to human beings."
Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p4 My 12 '46 750w
MOE. VIRGINIA. Animal inn [The stories of
a Trailside museum] pictures by Milo Winter.
175p $2.50 Houghton
591.5 Animals, Habits and behavior of
46-25299
Outside of Chicago in the Thatcher woods
there is 'a museum of natural history peopled
with live animals and birds, run almost en-
tirely by children. These stories are about
some of the little creatures who live at the
Trailside museum. For ages eight to twelve.
Booklist 43:75 N 1 '46
"Children who love animals will learn much
from this entertaining book with its accurate
drawings."
-f Horn Bk 22:358 S '46 140w
"Good for reading aloud as well as for class-
room nature-study material of unusual appeal
and interest. Life-like drawings by Milo
Winter have dash and vitality."
-f Kirkus 14:325 Jl 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 72:84 Ja 1 '47 90w
"Keen eyes and an understanding heart have
enabled the author to collect a wealth of ani-
mal lore, which she sets down in this book.
Stories of the animals' captivating antics, facts
from natural history, and advice on the care
of pets combine to make this a happy choice
for nature lovers young and old. Milo Winter's
excellent drawings show the same humor and
understanding as the stories and aid materially
in revealing the character and personality of
each inmate of the 'Animal Inn/ " Elizabeth
Hodges
-f N Y Times p31 Ja 19 '47 180w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 60w
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
MOLLOY, MRS ANNE STEARNS (BAKER).
Shooting Star farm; 11. by Barbara Cooney.
231p $2.50 Houghton
46-7310
Sabra lived alone with her grandmother
and needed a friend her own age; Tony, who
disliked his job in a grocery store, needed a
more congenial place. When the Keltons
moved to Shooting Star Farm and started a
riding school both children had their wishes.
And when there was danger of losing the
farm, Sabra and Tony helped the Keltons to
keep the farm and the school. For ages eight
to twelve.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:165 D '46 40w
Horn Bk 22:353 S '46 80w
Kirkus 14:346 Ag 1 '46 90w
"Good characterization and lively plot. Black-
and-white illustrations by Barbara Cooney are
spirited and add greatly to the book. For fifth
and sixth grades. Recommended." Elizabeth
Johnson
4- Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 lOOw
"A friendly, warmhearted story for boys and
girls of 8 to 12." E. L. Buell
-f N Y Times p28 O 27 '46 150w
"Eight- to ten -year-old readers will enjoy
the many episodes of this pleasant story." K. S.
White
-f- New Yorker 22:143 D 7 "46 60w
"This is a jolly, warm, friendly book. It is
the kind of book that girls of ten or so enjoy
because they identify themselves completely
with the characters. Barbara Cooney 's black
and white drawings for it are original and
delightful." R. A. H.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
MOLLOY, ROBERT. Uneasy spring. 293p $2.75
Macmillan
46-11992
At forty- six Edward Stafford found himself
in a quandary. His wife had died suddenly
and left him the care of two adolescent chil-
dren. It was wartime and maids, when they
could be found at all, were far from treasures.
Then he met a young and charming woman and
fell in love. It was more luck than good
judgment which showed him his mistake, and
he ended by marrying a woman of his own age.
"It is good to find in the welter of what is
usually referred to as popular novels an un-
pretentious little book that Is readable and
582
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MOLLOY, ROBERT— Confirmed
entertaining without at the same time being:
banal or trying to masquerade as something it
most certainly is not. 'Uneasy Spring* is that
kind of a novel." Bucklin Moon
+ Book Week p31 N 10 '46 230w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!8 N 6 '46
420w
"A second rate book which has, nonetheless,
a certain perceptive insight. Molloy seems to
handle family situations on the verge of chaos
better than he does more palatable fare, and
he is again at his best when his proponents
are quarreling. That doesn't make for pleasant
reading."
— + Kirkua 14:463 S 15 '46 170w
"In spite of routine plot, novel is well
written with dialogue and psychology natural
and convincing. . . Recommended." Q. W.
Hill
-f — Library J 71:1542 N 1 '46 90w
"There are books and books, but the kind in
which one feels an almost exact correspondence
of intention and effect remains somewhat rare.
'Uneasy Spring* is of this scarce sort. It is a
novel which attempts nothing cosmic or soul-
shattering; no passion or fierce power ever
cracks its smooth surface sheen of words; it is
strictly limited and rigidly controlled work,
aiming always at dexterity rather than depth.
Yet its modest purpose is very accurately ac-
complished, as if all the possibilities had been
calculated ahead of time, and then, after the
most careful consideration, the story had been
projected, carried through, ingeniously, un-
pretentiously and adequately." Richard Sul-
livan
-f N Y Times p!4 N 17 '46 700w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p6 D 1 '46 200w
" 'Uneasy Spring' is deft and witty and often
poignant, and though it misses being a really
profound study of a man and his emotions it
has a quality of warmth and human under-
standing which makes it a thoroughly charm-
ing and appealing book." S. H. Hay
-f Sat R of Lit 29:26 N 16 '46 65 Ow
"Mr. Molloy tells it simply, sympathetically
and in considerable detail. . . And every word
of It true. Mr. Molloy knows his man." F.
H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p8 N 17 '46 550w
Wis Lib But 42:168 D '46
MONAQHAN, JAMES. Last of the bad men
[the legend of Tom Horn]. 293p il $3.50 Bobbs
B or 92 Horn, Tom 46-4731
"A factual account of the life and death
of a Wyoming assassin-for-hire of forty years
ago. Mr. Monaghan has written a hard-riding
tale of vigilantes, rustlers, gunmen, and cattle
barons, and has also paid serious attention to
the social and economic forces that produced
men like Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, and Tom
Horn, the hero of this book, who served his
apprenticeship murdering Indians and later
turned his well-developed talents to slaughter-
ing small property owners on behalf of the big
cattle interests. Photographs." (New Yorker)
Index.
Booklist 42:347 JI 1 '46
"True riding, shooting history, of Wyoming's
wilder days, for the western market."
-f Kirkus 14:189 Ap 15 '46 160w
"The author of this biography tells the story
well. Moreover, he has the honest touch/'
Ernest Haycox
•f N Y Times p33 Ag 11 '46 700w
New Yorker 22:95 Je 16 '46 lOOw
Time 47:102 Je 24 '46 600w
"The book on Horn adds another portrait to
the gallery of the West and, because of its
general readability and authenticity, deserves
to be added to collections dealing with the
region."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:192 S '46 160w
"Jay Monaghan, who used to operate a
ranch in the country where Tom Horn had sent
chills through rustlers and small settlers, has
performed a remarkably thorough and dis-
criminating job of research, sifting all the data
on Horn from first to last,* talking to men
who knew him and doing his best to reconcile
or explain conflicting versions of various in-
cidents m which Horn figured. Moreover, best
of all, he has put it all on paper in a straight-
forward and convincing manner. Here is one
of the most readable and soundest books about
a Western character that has come along in
many a moon." Stanley Walker
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Je 16 '46 760w
MONGAN, ELIZABETH, and others. Fragonard
drawings for Ariosto. See Fragonard, J. H.
MONAGHAN, FORBES J. Under the red sun;
a letter from Manila. 279p $2.75 Declan X.
McMulIen co, 225 Broadway, N.Y. 7
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Philippine is-
lands. World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-8535
"The Jesuits in the Philippines compose the
largest religious mission in the world. 'Under
the Red Sun' is primarily the story of how that
mission, made up of American and Filipino
fathers, conducted itself during the Japanese
occupation." New York Times
Reviewed by H. Z. Benitez
Book Week p20 N 24 '46 420w
Commonweal 46:286 D 27 '46 lOOw
"It is a story well worth telling. . . At a
time when American-Filipino relations have
reached a new low in Manila, it would pay both
Americans and Filipinos to read this excellent
account of the Philippines' finest hour." F. S.
Marquardt
-f N Y Times p36 N 17 '46 500w
"Father Monaghan's stirring narrative should
do much to convince thinking Americans that
in spite of negligence and blunders in our
colonial policy the magnificent loyalty displayed
by the war- stricken Filipinos in a holocaust the
reasons for which they seldom clearly under-
stood is proof that America's ideals of right
and justice are deeply seated in their hearts."
W. F. Boer i eke
4- Weekly Book Review p34 N 24 '46
500w
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT BRUCE (EDMUND
CRISPIN, pseud). Holy disorders. 269p |2
Lippincott [7s 6d Gollancz]
46-1883
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!8 Ap 7 '46 lOOw
"Encyclopaedic cathedral details, and some
mountebanking. Fancy."
Kirkus 14:50 F 1 '46 60w
"This is no mere tale of murder; it also
involves witchcraft, treason and a miniscule
(the author's vocabulary is infectious) dose of
psychiatry. Mr. Crispin's wit and high spirits
are exhilarating and there is every reason to
expect that in his next book he may really
make our flesh creep." E. H.
New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 70w
Reviewed by Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 31:305 Ap 27
'46 90w
N Y Times p32 Ap 21 '46 120w
"In spite of all the bright dialogue, one im
left with the suspicion that a cathedral town,
even in the midst of a murder case, ia a pretty
dull olace."
New Yorker 22:96 Mr 30 '46 120w
"First rate."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ap 6 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy.
Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 7 '46 200w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
583
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT BRUCE (EDMUND
CRISPIN, pseud). Moving toyshop. 250p $2
Lipplncott [7s 6d Qollonczj
47-28
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 D 22 '46 180w
"Still not tops in wide appeal, this — for its
special market — is self contained in amusement
values."
^ Kirkut 14:530 O 15 '46 90w
"Gtood fun if you're fed up with the hard-
boiled school."
-f New Repub 116:41 Ja 6 '47 90w
"If you can laugh at Professor Fen you will
like it; but heaven help you if you're expecting
detection." Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 32:103 Ag 10
•46 140w
"It is quite characteristic of Fen that he
finds his best clues in certain limericks of Ed-
mund Lear. That alone would be enough to
Justify the author in calling his book 'a com-
edy of murder,' but there are other equally
good reasons. Mr. Crispin's erudition is not so
obtrusive as ft was in his earlier books, or
perhaps U is merely obscured by the farcical
antics of his characters." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 D 8 '46 180w
"The plot is fair, but you may wish at times
that Mr. Crispin would relax in his efforts to
wrest Dorothy Sayers' scholarly laurels away
from her."
New Yorker 22:147 D 14 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
60w
"Some of the characters are a pleasure to
meet, not to mention such local color as dons,
proctors, bullers and bowlers and young Mr.
Hoskins, a rawboned student with an irresistible
attraction for the ladies. He does it simply by
giving them chocolates. And why does Mr.
Crispin fling his erudite allusions hither and
yon in a way that should cause Michael Innes
to chew his nails? Because it's that kind of a
whodunit." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p42 D 8 '46 290w
Henry
. 353p
B or 92 Newman, John Henry, cardinal
45-9074
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by W. O. Aydelotte
Am Hist R 51:498 Ap '46 280w
"More than many a Catholic, Moody does
write of the Oxford movement with consider-
able sympathetic understanding. He writes.
however, as an amateur. While his left hand
writes of Newman, his right hand directs
Moody' s manual of investments. His sketching-
m of the eighteenth-century background of the
Tractarian movement Is thus rather thin and
is also unfair to poor Jeremy Bentham. . . Now
that I have said the worst of Moody 'a book.
It Is only fair that I should point out its
genuine excellences. It Is, indeed, a very lively
book, written with verve and imagination. The
author lives and feels with his subject. If his
style Is marred by slipshod syntax and an over-
abundance of exclamation points, It is. never-
theless. the style of a man for whom Newman
and Keble and Manning and Dr. Achilli were
actual people." C. F. Harrold
H -- Mod Philol 43:213 F '46 750w
"Mr. Moody 'a biography is simple, lucid, and
warm, and as such admirable. But It is
touched with a certain snippy, parochial con-
descension to non-Catholic thought; and the
modesty of its intellectual pretensions does
not Justify the inadequacy of its intellectual
power; nor is It sufficient in its scholarship,
for It omits from its bibliography many of the
most notable of the modern studies of New-
man." Lionel Trilling
-- h Nation 162:132 F 2 '46 300w
Reviewed by Raymond Mortimer
NjwStatesman A, Nation 31:196 Mr 16
"Dr. Moody, having trod, on his way to the
Catholic Church, a path not dissimilar to New-
man's, is peculiarly qualified to trace his his-
tory and expound it to Catholics and non-
Catholics alike. His account is free from the
virulent and polemical spirit which converts are
supposed commonly to display, and which cer-
tainly characterises too many of the writings
of materialist and anti-religious controversial-
ists; and I hope it is not patronising to say
that Dr. Moody, though occasionally somewhat
naive in his explanation of terms of English
local and historical significance, succeeds to
a surprising extent, by his sympathy and un-
derstanding, in making an English, and even an
Oxford, reader forget that he is having his
own oracles Interpreted to him by one who is,
after all, a stranger, . , It is with reluctance
that the reviewer turns to the other side of the
account. But he cannot help asking, as he
lays down the volume, why it should have been
written at all." John Sparrow
-I- — Spec 176:328 Mr 29 '46 800w
MOONEY, PAUL. Profitable labor relations and
how to develop them. 209p $2.50 Harper
658.3 Industrial relations 46-2780
"Practical and specific guidance in personnel
relations. Suggestions and examples are given
of intensive training methods as a constructive
part of employer-employee relations." (Book-
list) Index.
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Chem & Eng N 24:1446 My 25 '46
Eng N 136:95 Ap 4 '46 40w
"An addition to a good library of personnel
and labor relations volumes."
-f- Klrkus 13:538 D 1 '45 150w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 80w
"The author's attempt to drive home the
few simple points he develops is a good illustra-
tion of sales psychology. While this makes the
book repetitious, management leaders should
not hesitate to read it from cover to cover if
they can learn sufficiently from it to achieve
the same economies in their companies as Mr.
Mooney claims he accomplished for the grocery
chain." Murray Ross
Pol Scl Q 61:478 S '46 380w
Reviewed by E M. Herrick
Weekly Book Review p!4 My 12 '46
270w
MOORAD, GEORGE. Behind the iron curtain;
with an introd. by W. L,. White. 309p $3
Fireside press, inc, 604 S. Washington sq,
Philadelphia 6
947.084 Russia — Politics and government.
Russia — Foreign relations 46-6680
The author, an American Journalist, gives an
account of his stay in Russia during the last
months of the war and after, his related trips
to Russia's satellite countries and China. Most
of the interest in the book centers on Mr
Moorad's observations on the ways of Russian
censors and why they act as they do.
"This latest addition to the large number of
Russian correspondents' reports is well in-
formed, credible and exceptionally unemo-
tional. . . All his opinions, favorable or un-
favorable, are substantially documented. The
book is vividly written and makes good read-
ing."
-f New Repub 115:565 O 28 '46 150w
"Mr. Moorad's criticisms do not bring out
anything new, but they at least sound temper-
ate, and a marked sense of humor keeps nim
from getting shrill."
New Yorker 22:126 O 5 '46 80w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle plO O 17 '46
800w
"Mr. Moorad's general complaints are with-
out question basically sound. There is no news
in these revelations, however, and nothing is
added on this score to what innumerable cor-
respondents have already told us. What the
reader has a .right to expect from a book en-
titled 'Behind the Iron Curtain' is more sub*
584
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MOORAD, GEORGE— Continued
stantial information than the author, finally
freed from all censorship restrictions, has been
able to produce. At one point he speaks of
bewailing1 his lack of background for his Mos-
cow assignment. This is perhaps the key to the
unsatisfactory nature of his reporting." P. R.
Dulles
Weekly Book Review p26 N 17 '46 600w
MOORE, CHARLES WALDEN. Timing a cen-
tury; history of the Waltham watch com-
pany. 362p il $4 Harvard univ. press
658.981 Waltham watch company A46-657
"An account of the Waltham Watch Company.
Originally a thesis, presented by Mr. Moore for
the degree of Doctor of Commercial Science at
Harvard, it is now published with some addi-
tions, for the perusal of those who are inter-
ested in the way a typical manufacturing com-
pany met the changing needs and necessities of
a country. . . This story of making watches
for practically a century is, chronologically, one
of pioneering, successful operation, competition,
distress, and the subsequent part played by
'financial capitalism'— investment bankers— in
providing new capital and management."
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor pl4 Ja 15 '46
550w
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 140w
"With the fine tools of the objective scholar,
[Dr. Moore] has probed the inner workings of
the company to ascertain what made it tick
and what makes its business wheels turn to-
day. There is much in the story that is im-
portant for an understanding of the impact
of economic trends on business vitality, and
there are lessons that should prove helpful to
contemporary management generally. With
commendable candor and colorful detail, both
as to men and measures, the author analyzes
the strengths and weaknesses of successive
managements, and the knotty problems of
production and distribution, financing, stock-
holder relations and personnel policy that arose
over the years. A special chronology and
numerous illustrations, tables, charts, ap-
pendices and notes enhance the usefulness of
the book and underline the great care that went
into its composition. It is a superior volume
in the uniformly excellent series of Harvard
Studies in Business History." Sidney Pomerantz
4- N Y Times p24 Je.30 '46 320w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:121 Je '46 240w
"Like Thoreau, who traveled extensively in
Concord, the author of this excellent corporate
history has gone far in neighboring Waltham,
which is not only a place but an institution.
His journeys in space and scholarship were
taken in search of facts concerning Waltham
watches and the men and companies which
under various names and groupings have been
making and vending those timepieces for a
century. The author missed nothing worth
while and the result is a sound and copious
work in good proportions." Arthur Pound
4- Weekly Book Review p25 My 26 '46
1500w
MOORE, HARRIET LUCY. Soviet Par East-
ern policy, 1931-1946. (I.P.R. inquiry ser)
284p $2.50 Princeton univ. press [12s 6d Ox-
ford]
327.47 Russia — Foreign relations — East (Far
East) A45-6523
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Miss Moore's volume is a very good and
useful survey of the events and developments
of Soviet Far Eastern policy after 1931. In
some places the author develops a really vivid
picture of inner links between the basic politi-
cal phenomena of the East and West. Such,
for instance, are the splendid pages dealing
with the connection between the events and
policies in the Far East prior to the second
World War and the European political scene
at that time. The author uses — but with a
superb choice— abundant Russian-language ma-
terials including documents, journals, news-
papers, and books. Therefore, instead of pre-
senting her own interpretation too frequently,
she is in a position to let the sources say, in
an unmutilated way, what Soviet policy was
aiming at." M. M. Lraserson
+ Am Hist R 62:136 O '46 850w
Reviewed by P. H. Clyde
Am Pol Sci R 40:31>2 Ap '46 380w
"For the first time, a student of international
affairs has placed in one handy volume a col-
lection of documents together with intelligent
interpretations. The collection Is not exhaus-
tive, but it is adequate. Quotations are fair,
chosen with intent to explain and not to
praise." C, A. Buss
-f Ann Am Acad 245:185 My '46 GOOw
"It is not only informative, but exceptionally
interesting. The addition of the documents
makes it a desirable reference work as well."
-f Current Hist 10:58 Ja '46 lOftw
"A scholarly history, much of it based on
Russian sources."
+ Foreign Affairs 24:562 Ap '46 80w
Reviewed by Denis Plimmer
Nation 162:404 Ap 6 '46 350w
"In the light of the troubled circumstances
today prevailing in the Far East, this careful
and objective account of Soviet Russia's policy
in that part of the world between 1931 and
1945 is both very timely and highly interesting.
Another of the basic studies sponsored by the
International Secretariat of the Institute of
Pacific Relations, it fully lives up to its pre-
decessors' standards in accuracy and thorough
documentation." F. R. Dulles
-f N Y Times p38 Ap 7 '46 650w
"Useful as this book is in tracing the story
of boundary and fishery disputes between the
Soviet Union and Japan, it is to be regretted
that even a study sponsored fry the high au-
thority of the International Secretariat of the
Institute of Pacific Relations cannot at this
time add substantially to what is already
known about matters of such vital concern to
Americans and to the world." J. D. Clarkson
H Pol Sci Q 61:280 Je '46 750w
Reviewed by Edward Crankshaw
Spec 176:488 My 10 '46 360w
"The presentation is clear and concise Not
the least valuable part of this book is its ex-
tensive appendix of translated official docu-
ments and materials illustrating Soviet Far
Eastern policy. These provide a valuable
source of reference for the reader, a service
performed in this book for the first time."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2*51 Mr '46 150w
Reviewed by George Vernadsky
Yale R n s 35:756 summer '46 490w
MOORE, JOHN CECIL. Fair field [Eng title:
Portrait of Elmbury] 240p $2 75 Simon &
Schuster [12s 6d Collins]
46-11868
828 England — Social life and customs
In 1944 the author, a British navy (Her, was
in Normandy watching a small French town
go up in flames. With the thought that it was
probably just such another town as the English
one in which he spent his youth, he wrote
down the story of that town, called here Elm-
bury. The years he covered were from 1907
(his birth year) to the beginning of World
war II.
"All is set down in vigorous, sharp images
seen through an unclouded memory. The
brightest episodes are the genre sketches of
local characters. . . Occasionally there is a
touch of sentimentality, a common ingredient
of English portraiture, but in the main there
is a Hogarthian lustiness that takes this book
out of the class of those that describe the
whimsies of a provincial lady or the minutiae
of a Mrs. Miniver." Robert Halsband
-f Book Week p3 D 29 '46 330w
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"Conscious of his literary heritage, Moore
writes with warmth and vigor and presents
England, perhaps too deliberately, in its best
tradition. The writing is sensitive, in the
Galsworthy manner."
-f Kirku* 14:334 Jl 15 '46 150w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
585
"A book that combines documentary value
with ripe charm and entertainment." G. T.
•f Manchester Guardian pS N 23 '45 240w
"John Moore leaves us with the feeling that
we have spent a good evening over a bottle of
old port, listening to an Englishman talk about
his nome." Mary Mian
+ N Y Times p4 D 15 '46 700w
"Those to whom the delights of the English
countryside are dear will probably derive much
gentle pleasure from the tender reminiscences
of the author's native shire. . . Coarser-
grained readers may find Mr. Moore's talent
for retrospection too delicately urbane and too
consciously mellow and reasonable for these
unmellow and unreasonable times. Irwin Ed-
man contributes an agreeable and appreciative
introduction."
-| New Yorker 22:125 N 23 '46 HOw
Time 48:109 D 9 '46 800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p533 N 10 '45
470W
"Mr. Moore's virtues are sound ones. He
observes freshly and writes well. He sees the
joke, he has a nose for good lore, and his
tales of poachers, councillors, auctioneers,
farmers, and publicans ring effortlessly true.
Elmsbury, with its Tudor houses and
Hogarthian slums, its Labor-versus-Tory
politics, and Its economic see-saw between
boom and depression, becomes a place the
reader feels he could recognize; and one of its
inhabitants, a retired schoolmaster addicted to
the classics, butterflies, and old port, provides
a lovably eccentric axis on which Mr. Moore's
town-picture oscillates." James Hilton
+ Weekly Book Review p6 D 1 '46 800w
MOORE, NATHANIEL FISH. Diary; a trip
from New York to the Falls of St Anthony
in 1845; ed. by Stanley Pargellis and Ruth
Lapham Butler; pub. for the Newberry li-
brary. lOlp il $5 Univ. of Chicago press
917.3 U.S.— Description and travel A46-6134
In 1845 the author, tired of his job as presi-
dent of Columbia college in New York, tried to
resign. He was persuaded to continue his work,
but first he took a trip. He traveled by boat
to Albany, by train to Buffalo, by boat to De-
troit, by stagecoach across Michigan, by boat
across the lake to Chicago, and then by stage-
coach to Galena. From there he continued his
travels as far as St Louis, before he returned
to New York. His Journal was for his own use,
and was not intended for publication. Index.
his acquaintances — all converging on the cen-
ter of his existence, those hours when he can
talk.
"Moore wrote his diary solely for his own
use and pleasure, in simple and lively prose.
He was an experienced traveler — he had visited
Egypt and the Holy Land in addition to Euro-
pean countries — and accepted hardship and
danger without dismay. He was a close and
keen observer in the fields of his interests, and
his interests were wide. Moore's diary has been
skillfully and helpfully edited by Stanley Pargel-
lis, librarian of the Newberry Library, and
Ruth Latham Butler, historian and bibliog-
rapher, and curator of the excellent Edward
R. Ayer collection at the Newberry Library."
J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p5 D 29 '46 450w
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
"Pleasantly illustrated with contemporary
prints, this diary forms a charming addition
to the rich record of our Western waters. It
also serves to remind us of how much we have
lost by allowing the long and deservedly pop-
ular river excursion almost to disappear from
our inland rivers." Horace Reynolds
-h N Y Times p5 D 29 '46 600w
MOORE, REGINALD ARTHUR. Listening
world. 180p $2.50 Creative age
46-7931
The protagonist of this novel of wartime
London, is Mac, a "lay preacher," who every
Sunday harangues the crowd in Hyde Park,
voicing his criticisms of the world as he sees
it. The story relates the incidents of one
week In Mac's life, between one Sunday and
the next— contacts with his friends, his wife,
Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 28 '44
230w
"A profile of a mystic man of good will,
with a considerable display of words and
argument, but unresolved, and of little con-
ceivable appeal."
Klrkus 14:560 N 1 '46 l20w
"Few people will enjoy this spotless theme,
without either a definite beginning or end."
Anne Whitmore
— Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 80w
"To those of us who knew London during
the war, Mr. Moore's picture of it has an air of
unreality, of appalling drabness. With bombs
falling on every side of them, he allows his
characters to continue their discussion group
quoting Paracelsus, Spengler and Merezhkovsky,
with Mac as their spokesman. We have no way
of knowing — certainly not through the behavior
and conversation of Mr. Moore's characters —
the more decisive steps that were taken by
those English men and women who accepted
the challenge of those historic days." Richard
McLaughlin
N Y Times p!2 D 8 '46 390w
Reviewed by Richard Match
Weekly Book Review pll Ja 19 '47 650w
MOORE, ROBERT CECIL. Piety and poverty
in Chile; a study of the economic and social
effects of Roman Catholicism on Chile. 130p
$1.50 B roadman
282.83 Roman Catholic church in Chile.
Chile— Economic conditions 46-20758
A study of the influence of the Roman Cath-
olic church on the economic life of Chile in
colonial days. The author is an American
Protestant missionary who has been stationed
in Chile for more than twenty years.
Christian Century 63:1016 Ag 21 '46 30w
"An interesting and informing little book."
H. W. Smith
-f Crozer Q 23:393 O '46 200w
MOORE, RUTH. Spoonhandle. 377p $2.75 Mor-
row
46-3808
Life in a small Maine fishing village is the
background for this story. The Stilwells are
the central characters. There are four of
them: Pete and his sister Agnes who would
do anything in their greed for money: and
Willie and Hod who lived on Little Spoon
Island, fished for a living, and stood for better
things than money grabbing.
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"This has a very real quality, in the place,
in the people, and is possibly more popular than
[her] first which we also liked."
-f Klrkus 14:159 Ap 1 '46 190w
"Light, entertaining, well-written novel of
natives of Maine coast. . . Should be popular
with lovers of Joseph Lincoln's stories. Rec-
ommended." Elizabeth Kelley
-f Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 60w
"A genial, easy-going novel which spreads
engagingly out over the lives and affairs of
some half dozen residents of a sea- coast com-
munity in Maine — that is Ruth Moore's pleasant
accomplishment In 'Spoonhandle/ . . The writ-
ing throughout this novel Is steady and com-
petent. There is generally an authentic feeling
for place, for the true and ordinary values
of every day, the meaningfulness of inde-
pendence, of work, of honesty and kindness.
But characterization is on the whole somewhat
conventional." Richard Sullivan
^ NY Time* p8 Je 16 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:94 Je 15 '46 70w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
180w
586
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MOORE, RUTH — Continued
" 'Spoonhandle' is a serious novel and a
suprisfng novel: it is so sturdy, forthright, and
kindly, and at the same time so deeply pes-
simistic." George Dangerfleld
Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 22 '46 600w
"Miss Moore is a native of Maine and her
second novel has the authentic down-Cast
tang, with the sea as a background. It's
provincial but distinctive, the characters com-
monplace but the writing original and humor-
ous." D. B. B.
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46
240w
"Many good books have been written about
this northern sweep of land, arrogantly flung
out into the Atlantic, but few as deeply evoca-
tive of its spirit as Ruth Moore's 'Spoonhandle.'
With five generations of Maine blood in her
veins, she has written a story that penetrates
the bedrock of the people. Her characters are
more than portraits; they possess a quality
of temperament and color, they possess a
quality of change that holds the essence of
life. Though she writes of the upheavals
wrought by the invasion of summer people,
she never makes the mistake of creating a
pattern of conflict composed of typea." Rose
Fold
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Je 16 '46 900w
Wls Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
MOORE. VIRGINIA. Ho for heaven! man's
changing attitude toward dying; with de-
signs by Horst V. Rhoden. 299p $3 Dutton
236.1 Death 46-3554
A survey of the ways in which men have
met death, their last words, their last acts,
from the days of the ancient Hindus, Egyp-
tians, and Greeks, down thru the middle ages,
the eighteenth century, to the present and the
deaths of common soldiers and famous states-
men during World war II.
Reviewed by B. D. Branch
Book Week p4 My 12 '46 750w
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
Cath World 163:573 S '46 170w
Kirkus 14:186 Ap 15 '46 140w
"Miss Moore is a skillful, intelligent writer,
concerned alike with the two primary in-
gredients of her craft, style and thought. She
has compiled an excellent and fascinating
anthology of dying, but she has also put down
a commentary on the spiritual, material, and
mental progress of man which will madden
the pedants, confound fools, and delight the
imaginative." Thomas Sugrue
-f Sat R of Lit 29:14 My 18 '46 1350w
Reviewed by L. S. Munn
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
550w
Reviewed by Lorine Pruette
Weekly Book Review p4 My 12 '46
800w
MOORE, WILBERT ELLIS. Economic demog-
raphy of eastern and southern Europe. 299p
maps $3 Columbia univ. press
312 Europe — Population. Europe — Economic
conditions
"This is a League of Nations publication,
though prepared by a representative of the
office of population research at Princeton. It
deals with the Baltic states, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Hungary, the Balkan countries, and
the four peninsular states, Greece, Italy, Spain
and Portugal. These are, in general, the least
industrialized parts of Europe, and the parts
in which population increase is most rapid.
Also, they are politically the most unstable
areas, though this book does not discuss
politics except insofar as it bears on systems
of land tenure and agrarian reform. This is
a highly technical and statistical study of
fundamental facts about the populations of
these countries and their means of livelihood."
Christian Century
Reviewed by Georges Sabach
Am Soc R 11:496 Ag '46 800w
"The book is factual and convincing through-
out. Mr. Moore has no axes to grind. He merely
tries to find the best solution for some of the
problems of Europe's 'problem regions.' " Emil
nfiry+ Ann Am Acad 245:190 My '46 450w
Christian Century 63:400 Mr 27 '46
lOOw
Current Hist 10:444 My '46 70w
"The book is full of statistical provender,
though not of a kind to be partaken of lightly.
The demographic specialist will find much to
ponder over, and perhaps to improve upon; to
the general student the book will be suggestive
in throwing into prominence the areas of ap-
parent agricultural poverty. The geographer
as well as the statistician will feel himself
challenged to test the findings by the means
at his command, and the policy makers will
need to consider the fundamental issues in-
volved. To aid in such interpretation. Dr.
Moore has added a fat sheaf of notes on sys-
tems of land tenure and the associated labor
systems in the countries of Eastern and South-
ern Europe in the interwar years, and he has
set down his views on the bearing of some of
the features of these systems on the produc-
tivity of agriculture. In comparison with the
earlier chapters this seems a less assimilated
discussion. Here the omission of the U.S.S.R,
is especially unfortunate, and the lack of a
parallel study of land tenure and labor systems
in Northern and Western Europe prevents the
reader from making some significant compari-
sons. Yet our gratitude is due to Dr. Moore
for bringing together references and notes on
a great mass of scattered material and for en-
couraging further investigation by recording his
working nypotheses in these problems of prime
importance."
Qeog R 36:506 Jl '46 900w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:139 Je '46 400w
MOORE, WILBERT ELLIS. Industrial rela-
tions and the social order. 555p $4 Macmillan
658.3 Industrial relations 46-2344
"Professor Moore (Princeton) offers a text-
book that describes the organization of modern
industry* including chapters on management,
labor, industrial relations and the findings of
impartial investigators. There is a good deal
of common sense comment in it, for the edi-
fication of both capital and labor." (Current
Hist) Chapter bibliographies. Index.
Reviewed by Robert Dubin
Am J Soc 52:279 N '46 1250w
"This study is an extraordinary illustration
of the indispensable need for a framework of
reference within which relevant data are se-
lected and made significant. The author is
definitely oriented to the voluntaristic point
of view in sociological theory. Whether the
reader does or does not agree with this par-
ticular orientation, he cannot fall to be im-
pressed by the acute and illuminating analysis
of a large number of basic problems in mod-
ern industry found in this pioneer study."
Nathaniel Cantor
-f Ann Am Acad 246:157 Jl '46 500w
Current Hist 10:538 Je '46 50w
Reviewed by Murray Ross
Pol Scl Q 61:439 S '46 800w
"This is primarily a textbook for upper-class
college students taking a course in industrial
relations. It will also be found useful as supple-
mentary reading for courses in labor economics
and personnel management. Industrial execu-
tives, union leaders, and informed laymen may
profit from a study of it." M. J. Segal
-f- Social Educ 11:46 Ja '47 600w
Reviewed by D. W. Harr
Social Studies 38:42 Ja '47 330w
"Labor-management problems in this coun-
try can best be viewed within the context of
the cultural and economic scene and its his-
torical antecedents. This new book on indus-
trial relations, by studying the problem against
the background of our social order, tries to do
just that— and thereby distinguishes itself from
the expanding output of volumes in this field."
-f U 9 Quarterly Bkl 2:236 S '46 320w
80ok REVIEW bicfcsf 1946
M6OREHEAD, ALAN. Eclipse. 309p 11 $2.75
Coward-McCann [12s 6d Hamilton, H]
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Campaigns
and battles. World war, 1939-1945 — Personal
narratives, English 46-3556
"A review of the final stages of the war, by
a long-term war correspondent of the London
Daily Express, from Taormina. Sicily, to the
invasion of Northern Prance, the crossing of
the Rhine, the occupation of central Germany,
to the liberation in Denmark, that manages
many small details in a large camera focus.
Here, with all the military strategy and im-
portance, are the various phases of collapse,
from the political to the emotional, the set-
backs, the carry- through, the results of the
successes/' (Kirkus) Index.
Reviewed by P. S. Marquardt
Book Week p7 My 5 '46 650w
Booklist 42:296 My 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 40w
"It is a book of excellent reporting, penetra-
tive observation, and gives more than one clue
to the chaos of those times, for the intimate
knowledge and the personal experiences of the
actual events are vivid and memorable. For an
overall picture, this, to date, is worthy cover-
aK6' -f Kirkus 14:139 Mr 15 '46 160w
"This unpretentious book (the author dis-
claims for it either accuracy or completeness)
is descriptive reporting of a high order. He is
a sound and well-informed military commenta-
tor, but there is not much room for that in a
book which takes us from Sicily through Italy
and France to Berlin in 255 pages. What there
is is good, but in this book he is more often
the alert observer with a sense of the dramatic
and an unusual gift for describing scenes of
colour, movement, and emotion in a rushing
and happily excited style." E. A. M.
+ Manchester Guardian p3 N 28 '45 200w
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
Nation 162:694 Je 8 '46 170w
"The author has failed to write history and
given us only an intensely readable book. . .
But always — and this makes Eclipse compul-
sory reading — there is the personality of the
author to bring shape into the confusion. If
that personality seems to disintegrate as vic-
tory approaches and to retain only the integrity
of a melancholy dismay, the fault lies, not with
Alan Moorehead, but with the times in which
we live." R. H. S. Grossman
_j Mew Statesman & Nation 30:320 N 10
'45 700w
"A fine narrative. . . Mr. Moorehead is able
to view the empire with all the objectivity of
a Briton born in Melbourne, Australia. He has
some crisp things to say about what he calls
'the scandal' of British tank manufacture,
bringing back the days when Winston Churchill
used to have a scuffle with members of the
House of Commons, notably a Mr. Stokes,
on that very subject with considerable fre-
quency." Charles Poore
+ N Y Times p5 My 5 '46 ISOOw
"One of the best narratives of the war in
Sicily, Italy, and the West— those areas where
American participation was steadily increasing
—is written by the Australian correspondent
Alan Moorehead." M. S. Watson
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 My 25 '46 900w
"What 'Eclipse' has to offer is obvious: It is
a well-written account of the overall allied
military success in Europe, punctuated by pe-
riodic psychoanalyses of the liberated peoples.
What it does not have, for an American audi-
ence is equally obvious: there is too much
Montgomery, too little Eisenhower: too much
Tommy and too little OI Joe. The lack of bal-
ance is all too apparent. The worst shortcom-
ing of 'Eclipse/ however, is a lack of contact
with the true significance of war." William
Manchester
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 360w
"Mr. Moorehead could probably have written
a still better book had he waited a little longer
and gone more slowly about it— in which case
he would also probably have been more ac-
curate in his spelling of names—but he has
written a good one as it stands and one which
is certain to be popular."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p519 N 3 '45
700w
Reviewed by Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p!8 My 5 '46 550w
MORA. JOSEPH JACINTO. Trail dust and
saddle leather. 246p il $3 Scribner
917.8 Cowboys 46-4302
Authentic study of the American cowboy.
Detailed descriptions of his character, the
pony he rode, equipment, how he lived, and
how he died are included. There is also an
account of the evolution of western range
cattle, and one of cattle brands. No index.
"To the two classics in the literature of the
American cow-puncher — Andy Adams' 'Log of
a Cowboy' and Philip Ashton Rollins' TThe
Cowboy' — now may be added a third." E. S.
Watson
+ Book Week p9 Je 2 '46 360w
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
"The author- art 1st was an old timer — he*3
been at it for 47 years. He's a good tale
spinner, and he knows what facts will give
color and drama and authenticity to the pic-
ture he gives us."
-f Kirkus 14:120 Mr 1 '46 150w
"Superbly illustrated by the author. Many
of the drawings show exact details of range
operations, various types and styles of equip-
ment and gear. Exceptionally fine book. Will
have wide appeal to ever-growing group of
lovers of the West." L. R. Etzkorn
4- Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 lOOw
" 'Trail Dust and Saddle Leather' is. I
think, the best thing in twenty- five years on
the American cowboy and the tools of his trade.
It stands with Rollins' 'The Cowboy' as a com-
prehensive study of the craft, and the illustra-
tions— by the author — are. in my opinion, the
best which have ever been published. Es-
pecially good are those picturing cowboy equip-
ment. . . 'Trail Dust and Saddle Leather* is
a book for everyone who knows or wants to
know the West. It's good reading, and it's
a first-rate reference volume for writers and
illustrators and for editors who might want
to know what writers are writing about."
Hoffman Birney
4- N Y Time* plO My 26 '46 470w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46 300w
"Mr. Mora's book is written in the drawling
style which seems to affect many writers who
try to write as cowboys talk, which is effective
enough in spots, but more often seems an un-
necessary affectation. When he writes plain
English he is better. His own illustrations are
vivid and full of action. H's monograph should
be particularly interesting to young persons
who have iheir eye set on the West. Mr. Mora
has most of the answers." Stanley Walker
Weekly Book Review plO Jl 28 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
MORDECAI, C. A. BEN, pseud. See Starr, H.
MORGAN, ALFRED POWELL. Boys' book of
engines, motors and turbines; il. by the
author. 264p $2.75 Scribner
621 Engines. Motors. Turbines 46-11991
"Interesting history and developments of va-
rious engines, motors and turbines, with clear,
simple plans, illustrations and instructions for
making toy models. A practical book, calling
for the use of inexpensive materials boys can
obtain. 'All of the toy machines described here
have actually been built by boys.' There is a
good index and chapters are outlined in the
contents." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:527 O 15 '46 90w
588
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MORGAN, A. P. — Continued
"This book should be a welcome addition to
many libraries where a need for this material
has been felt/1- Alice Martin „„ M
-f- Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 80w
"Mr* Morgan has done it again. In his
newest book, The Boys' Book of Engines,
Motors and Turbines, he once more combines
fascinating facts with clear diagrams to pro-
duce a book which will be enjoyed by boys as
well as older people." M. R. Kirshman
-h San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
150w
MORGAN, ARTHUR ERNEST. Nowhere was
somewhere; how history makes Utopias and
how Utopias make history. 234p $2.50 Univ.
of N.C. press
321.07 Utopias 46-25233
The theme of the book is that Utopia actually
existed at one time. Basing his theory on in-
formation available to Thomas More at the
time he wrote his Utopia, the author concludes
that it is a description of the Inca civilization
of Peru, based on reports of European travel-
ers. He includes in his discussion other Utopias,
ancient and modern, from the days of Isaiah to
Edward Bellamy. Index
Reviewed by Louis Filler
Am Hiat R 52:97 O '46 650w
"The strength of the book is its deep sin-
cerity. compensating greatly for apparent lack
of
ill health. It is Dr. Morgan's contention that
Bellamy was a philosopher, and regarded
himself so." Am Soc R
S "46 400W
"Dr Morgan's book seems to me a positive
contribution to long-range thinking about both
means and ends in social change/' J. T. Fred-
eHck 4- Book Week p2 Jl 14 '46 270w
Reviewed by Garland Downum
Christian Century 63:1471 D 4 '46 SOOw
"Dr. Morgan's book would make fascinating
reading, even if nowhere were really nowhere."
R K S
' 4- 'Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 30 '46
220w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 10:128 Ag '46 900w
"A sort of effortless, lively, breakfast- table
discourse, with sundry notions and suggestions
of the author thrown in, and references and
sources, in case the listener wishes to do it
over for himself/' Christina Stead
-f N Y Times p29 Ag 11 '46 950w
"Of late there have been disquieting whispers
that a Utopia once actually did exist, and now
comes a fascinating exposition of that theory
in 'Nowhere Was Somewhere/ . . With Dr
Morgan's scholarly and often exciting detective
work leading to acceptable conclusions, it seems
agreed that More and Bellamy were not indulg-
ing in pure fantasy, that they were writing
about something man had done and presumably
could do again — build the perfect state. The
question now, however, is not necessarily
whether Utopia actually did exist, but how good
was it, do we want it, and if so, how do we
achieve it? Dr Morgan, who as chairman of the
TV A was no stranger to social planning, thinks
Utopia was basically good, that we want it,
but that we must have a spiritual rebirth be-
fore we can hope for it/* R. F. H.
+ Springrd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 420w
Reviewed by Frances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 21 '46 600w
MORGAN, ARTHUR ERNEST. Philosophy of
Edward Bellamy. 96p pa $1.60 King's crown
press
B or 92 Bellamy, Edward A45-3897
"This volume is an effort to revive the
Bellamy of the years preceding the publication
of Looking Backward and Equality. The years
of social and political reform from 1888 to 1897
are treated as an intrusion into an already
bu»y life being rapidly wasted away by chronic
"Students of Edward Bellamy and his school
of Utopian thought are deeply indebted to Dr.
Morgan for his painstaking, scholarly and
sympathetic study of this little known phase
of Bellamy's life and for bringing to public
attention Bellamy's thought- provoking con-
tributions in these fields/' H. W. Laidler
+ Am Econ R 36:195 Mr '46 700w
Reviewed by Joseph Schneider
Am Soc R 11:134 F '46 200w
Reviewed by J. L. Blau
J Philos 43:331 Je 6 '46 1400w
"Mr. Morgan has done a capable job of com-
piling and organizing the quotations that best
enunciate Bellamy's central ideas. It is a book
which elucidates rather than interprets critical-
ly. However, since it contains a number of
hitherto scattered and even unpublished pieces
of Bellamy's writing, it should prove useful."
B. R. Bowron
New Eng Q 19:123 Mr '46 700w
"Dr. Morgan is a critic as well as an admirer
of Bellamy's social and political views, and his
analytical chapters contain much wisdom and
practical knowledge. He has served Bellamy
well, even to the extent of helping to preserve
his manuscripts." Louis Filler
+ Pol Scl Q 60:469 S '45 200w
MpRGAN, GEORGE CAMPBELL. Corinthian
letters of Paul; an exposition of I and II
Corinthians. 276p $3 Revell
227.2 Bible. New Testament— Corinthians
46-21078
An exposition of Paul's letters to the church
at Corinth, written by an English Biblical
scholar. No index.
"At 82, Dr. Morgan's natural force and re-
ligious insight seemed not to have abated.
This commentary, which appears to be an en-
tirely new work, is full of preachable ma-
terial."
-f Christian Century 63:918 Jl 24 '46 40w
"It is done in classroom, expositional style,
which would be dry and monotonous except
for the touch of Christian grace and fellowship
which the writer always manifests to so
marked a degree. His treatment of Second
Corinthians, which he says truly 'is a difficult
book to analyze/ will be welcomed by teachers
of Bible classes in particular."
H Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 HOw
MORGAN, HELEN L. Mistress of the White
House; the story of Dolly Madison; il. by
Phyllis Cote\ 248p $2 Presbyterian bd.
Madison, Dorothy (Payne) Todd — Juvenile
literature 46-3479
Fictionized biography of Dolly Madison from
the age of fourteen, thru her years in Phila-
delphia, her two marriages, and the flight from
Washington, to the end of the War of 1812.
For older girls.
Book Week p!6 Je 2 '46 180w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:274 Jl '46 80w
-f Kirkut 14:223 My 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Qertrude Andrus
Library J 71:829 Je 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by N. B. Baker
N Y Times p27 My 12 '46 HOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 120w
"Less a biography than a panorama of
American history at a time when much Ameri-
can history was being made, its succession of
lively narratives has much detail of social life,
costumes and customs. It should be a useful
book in schools, and it will continue an in-
teresting: one to read/' M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '4$
860w
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589
MORGAN, JOHN HARTMAN. Assize of arms;
the disarmament of Germany and her re-
armament, 1919-1939; with a pref. by Sir G.
M. W. Macdonogh. 357p il $3.60 Oxford [15s
Methuen]
943.086 Germany — History — Allied occupa-
tion, 1918-1930. Militarism (46-7170)
"General Morgan was one of the British
members of the Inter-Allied Commission of
Control in Germany from 1919 to 1923 and,
during that time, was senior British officer in
charge of those German soldiers still permitted
by the armistice to remain under arms. In
the light of very recent history, his account
of those days becomes an important and dis-
turbing document, for the author relates in
detail how the Germans — Socialists and
Reichswehr men alike — conspired, with the
connivance of sympathizers among the Allies,
to fake disarmament." (New Yorker) This is
the first of two volumes to deal with the sub-
ject.
Reviewed by L. G. Seligman
Book Week p2 O 20 '46 360w
"There is no doubt that this is an important
book at the present moment — brilliantly writ-
ten, exciting to read, and lull of grave warn-
ings for the future.'* J. M. D. P.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 S 6 '46 480w
"An interesting and well told narrative. . .
The book is a 'must' for those seeking back-
ground on today's international situation. It
is not pleasant reading." R. E. Dupuy
4- New Repub 116:489 O 14 '46 760w
"General Morgan's knowledge of Germany
was inevitably mainly confined to an acquaint-
ance with the Army. In a most useful chap-
ter, he reminds us that barbarity and ruth-
lessness was ingrained in the German Army —
especially the Officers' Corps and the N.C.O.s —
long betore Himmler began to form his S.S.
But when he deals with social problems he is
in danger of undermining the evidence of his
earlier chapters, by the generalisations with
which he desires to reinforce it. If this is the
effect of Assize of Arms on the general reader,
it will be a grievous thing. For it contains
some of the best writing on the subject of
German Militarism which it has been my
privilege to read." R. H. S. Grossman
H New Statesman & Nation 30:130 Ag 26
'46 650 w
"The book is interesting not only because
General Morgan has a profound knowledge of
Germany but also because he has a fine sense
of prose."
-f New Yorker 22:118 S 21 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. D. Millett
Pol Sci Q 61:609 E> '46 650w
Reviewed by Gordon Pates
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 22 '46
270w
Spec 176:228 S 7 '45 200w
Times [London] Lit Sup p387 Ag 18
'46 900w
"The present volume tells only the first part
of the story. It describes the establishment of
the commission in Berlin and its first brush
with the general staff, gives a first-hand ac-
count of the Kapp putsch of 1920 and analyzes
the tactics of the Reichswehr during the so-
called Communist risings in the Ruhr. These
sections are brilliantly written and show a fine
sense of the dramatic. The second half of
the volume, which is devoted to a discussion
of the composition and ethos of the Officers'
Corps and an analysis of German society in the
first years of the republic, is weakened by
unwise generalizations about the national char-
acter and by conclusions which will be ques-
tioned by students of the period." G. A. Craig
_j Weekly Book Review p29 O 6 '46 800w
MORGAN, JOSEPH. History of the kingdom of
Basaruan, and three unpublished letters; ed.
with art introd. by Richard Schlatter. ltd ed
172p $4 Harvard univ. press [22s 6d Oxford]
A46-2942
"This reprint makes available to the general
reader a long neglected but once highly popular
work of colonial literature. It Is an allegory,
remotely similar to those of Bunyan, setting
forth the principles of Calvinist theology. Pub-
lished in 1715, this story was an attempt to
strengthen the hold of Calvinism — weakened
by the new science and other forces — by pre-
senting it persuasively and entertainingly."
Book Week
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 14 '46 90w
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 30 '46 240w
" 'The History of the Kingdom of Basaruah'
(the name is a Hebrew compound meaning
'flesh-spirit') was printed in Boston by William
Bradford in 1715. Prom one of four surviving
copies it has now been meticulously reproduced
with an excellent introduction and with three
letters from the author appended. The edition
of 525 copies will probably supply the American
demand for this curious blend of piety and fable
for some years to come." G. F. Whicher
Weekly Book Review p50 N 10 '46 470w
MORGAN, MURRAY C. (CROMWELL MUR-
RAY, pseud). Day of the dead. 200p $2 Mc-
Kay
46-22833
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p7 Ja 5 '47 70w
"Among the other characters involved is an
American girl who appears to be much too
friendly with the Sinarciuistas arid yet to be
feared >y them to such an extent that they
try to kill her. The plotting and counter-
plotting provide many exciting episodes along
with bits of mystery and romance." I. A.
N Y Times p!4 D 29 '46 180w
"A routine thriller, embellished by excellent
local color."
4- New Yorker 22:148 D 14 '4C lOOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl6 D 15 '46
40w
"Good thriller."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 D 22 '46
llOw
MORGENSTERN, SOMA. The son of the lost
son; tr. by Joseph Leftwich and Peter Gross
[pub. for] Jewish publication soc. of America,
269p $2.50 Hinehart
46-25123
"Wolf Mohilevski, nicknamed Velvel, is a
Jewish landowner in Galicia. No temptation,
no ambition, not even his sufferings during- the
war of 1914 have budged him from the rigorous
daily ritual of faith which he inherited from
his forefathers. . . The book tells how Velvel
makes a three-day Journey to Vienna to attend
a conference of Jews and there encounters and
comes to love young Alfred, his brother's son.
But upon this slender thread of story the au-
thor hangs a whole series of pictures.' (Weekly
Book Review) This is an English translation
of a novel published in Berlin in 1934.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p!4 Ap 14 '46 600w
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
"The plot is simple, but it is amply rounded
out with many characters, fully, often humor-
ously, drawn, and with what may be an au-
thentic background a wide, flat farming coun-
try, a crowded and anxious Congress, a
Viennese hotel and through it all, perpetually,
the unwavering ritual of the Hasidic Jews. The
result is rich and varied. No writer of small
gift could create such depth of texture." W.
K. R.
-f Christian Science Monitor plO Jl 20 '46
750w
"The descriptions of the Polish countryside,
of Vienna, and the Jewish congress are very
vivid and the main characters are extremely
590
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MOROENSTERN, 8OMA— Continued
well drawn. Recommended for libraries which
have Jewish communities and those having
need for fiction in the literary tradition of the
Old World." H. P. Bolman
•f Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '48 70w
"Mr. Morgenstern opens his novel on a broad
note, reminiscent of the Russian manner, in
describing the landowner, Wolf Mohilevskl at
home on his Galician farm. . . You expect
Velvel and the prose that carries him to re-
main that way, but are soon disappointed.
The Russian note is easier to strike than to
hold. . . There is a good deal of clarity in
what one may call Mr. Morgenstern's sense of
natural piety, as distinct from religious piety.
His love of the rural locale, the improvement
of his writing whenever it deals with rustic
character, in particular that of Yankel the
bailiff, a non-religious Jew, who helps win
back his nephew, and his reverence toward the
folk aspects of religion, would seem to indi-
cate that even for Mr. Morgenstern the re-
ligious problem of the Jews merges with a
larger one — that of their survival as a cul-
tural body, which is to say, a people." Isaac
y T|meg plo My 12 '4$ gOOw
"The fearful piety of Wolf Mohilevski, the
varied states of revelation to be found at the
Congress he attends among the representatives
of European Jewry, the searching, yearning,
serenely religious hunger of Alfred (this is
a very complex and difficult portrait, beautifully
done), are traced separately and jointly like
themes in a sonorous fugue. . . Bach of these
portraits is a statement of one aspect of the
varied people who are known as Jews. To-
gether, intertwined, interplaying, they make
a whole, resonant, fugued, positive statement
of Semitism— what it is, not what it is not."
N.
"In its irony, its tenderness, and its under-
lying grief, the book opens the gates to the
Jewish mentality. But so vital a theme as Mr.
Morgenstern's, in which he describes a way
of life so alien to the Western world, needs
power and passion to drive it home." Virgllia
e ers?nweek|y Book Review plO Mr 31 '46
800w
MORQENTHAU, HANS JOACHIM, ed. Peace,
security and the United nations. 133p $1.50
Univ. of Chicago press
341 International relations. International
cooperation A46-316
Lectures delivered at the University of Chi-
cago In July 1946, under the Norman Wait
Harris Foundation. Contents: Power and Jus-
tice by P. E. Oorbett; The treatment of enemy
powers, by A. R. Burns; Great powers and
small states, by M. W. Graham; Regionalism
and spheres of influence, by P. L. Schuman;
World organization on the economic fronts, by
Eugene Staley. Index.
Reviewed by F. L. Hadsel
Am Pol Scl R 40:610 Je '46 450w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 50w
Bookmark 7:6 My '46
Reviewed by Alfred Werner
Christian Century 63:718 Je 5 '46 850w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl4 Jl '46
Current Hist 10:350 Ap '46 30w
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Nation 162:202 F 16 '46 650w
"These Harris lectures illustrate a critical
weakness of Western scholarship which can
make a correct diagnosis as to the crucial sig-
nificance of values but is nevertheless precluded
by its traditions of 'objectivity* and 'realism*
from prescribing a relevant therapy." H, T>.
Gideonse
Pol Scl Q 61:446 S '46 1300w
Reviewed by Thomas Finletter
Sat R of Lit 29:10 My 11 '46 HOOw
"Although scholarly in tone, the lectures
should appeal to the general reader. The task
of editing has been well done, so that there
is a unity in the volume which might otherwise
be lacking."
-f U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:131 Je '46 200w
"U. N. O. enthusiasts will draw doubtful
encouragement from this volume. . . True, all
the university men here writing make their
bows to the charter, but the inclination is in
some cases so slight, and as with Professor
Frederick L. Schuman, of Williams, so sar-
donic, as to render the compliment dubious."
Frances Witherspoon
Weekly Book Review p!6 Mr 17 '46
600w
MORQENTHAU, HANS JOACHIM. Scientific
man vs. power politics. 246p $3 Univ. of
Chicago press
320.1 Political science. Science. International
relations • A46-23
"An analysis of the underlying philosophy of
contemporary Western civilization. Mr. Morgen-
thau believes that 'scientific man — the social
engineer — must give way to more- than -scien-
tific man — the statesman.' " (School & Society)
Index.
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week p7 D 29 '46 90w
"Dr. Morgenthau's book, informative and
well written though it Is, will hardly contribute
much to the establishment of a better postwar
world, for it offers the reader nothing but
abysmal pessimism, disguised as realism." Al-
fred Werner
h Christian Century 64:14 Ja 1 '47 750w
Current Hist 12:62 Ja '47 70w
"A challenging discussion. Well indexed."
-f School & Society 64:368 N 23 '46 60 w
MORQENTHAU, HENRY. Germany is our
problem. 239p $2 Harper
940.5314443 World war, 1939-1945— Peace.
Reconstruction (1939- ) — Germany 45-8623
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Henry Morgenthau's little book, Germany
Is Our Problem, ought to be very widely read
and pondered. Some who want to preserve
Germany as a pawn against Russia have tried
to give the impression that there is something
vindictive about the Morgenthau plan for pre-
venting a third German war. Nothing in this
easily read book bears out that impression."
D. F. Fleming
-f Am Pol Scl R 40:167 F '46 600w
"Here is a clear statement of the famous
'Morgenthau Plan' about which so much dis-
cussion has raged. The reader's reaction to
it will pretty much be conditioned by his own
predilections. Advocates of a soft peace will
not approve all that the former Secretary of
the Treasury proposes in order thoroughly to
disarm Germany, but they must admit that his
approach is not motivated by revenge but by a
desire to make this peace 'stick.' "
Foreign Affairs 24:355 Ja '46 llOw
Social Studies 37:92 F '46 650w
"No one can read this thoughtful and provo-
cative book without becoming deeply troubled
about the problem of Germany. . . It would
be difficult to find any real flaw in Mr. Morgen-
thau's argument; if forced to choose between
him and his critics, the reviewer would find
himself defending his thesis every time. But
the fact remains that a limited amount of
heavy industry could be restored to Germany
without providing the basis for a new war in-
dustry. The crucial question is how much can
safely be restored. If Germany is deprived
of the essential resources of Silesia, the Saar,
and the Ruhr, it might be permitted to turn
out from three to five million tons of steel a
year without peril. Anything beyond that
would create the dangers which Mr. Morgen-
thau so forcefully describes." M. S. Stewart
+ Survey Q 35:89 Mr '46 400w
"Undoubtedly, the interest in what Is some-
times called 'the Morgenthau Plan* will be
supported by the author's position as Secre-
tary of the Treasury during the war period; yet
the study can well stand on its own merits. . .
While the advisability of adopting the plan as
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591
a whole will be doubted by many, the study is
a valuable contribution to thinking on the prob-
lem of Germany."
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:52 Mr '46 230w
WIs Lib Bui 42:19 Ja '46
MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON, ed.
Murder with a difference; three unusual
crime novels; with an introduction. 663p
$2.75 Random house
46-7565
Contents: The Murder of My Aunt, by Rich-
ard Hull; A Taste for Honey, by H. F. Heard;
Hangover Square, by Patrick Hamilton.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 lOOw
Klrkus 14:362 Ag 1 '46 30w
New Repub 115:638 N 11 '46 30w
"For those who have lost these novels and
wish to reread them, and for those who have
yet to make their acquaintance, here is the
opportunity to acquire in one volume three
murder stories, each of which is a small mas-
terpiece in its own right.'* Isaac Anderson
•f N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 90w
"Mr. Morley, in his introduction, describes
them as good examples of social satire, a state-
ment with which you may not agree. All three,
at any rate, bear up well under refixamina-
tion."
New Yorker 22:120 O 26 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 3 '46
80w
"Necessity for connoisseurs."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 50w
MORLEY, FRANK VIGOR. My one contribu-
tion to chess. 113p il $2 Stewart
794.1 Chess 46-10769
"In brief, the author's heresy calls for a
new board including an extra 'corridor* on
each side. . . [However] in a sense all that
the author says about chess is incidental; it
could have been compressed into a few pages.
Yet the loss would have been considerable.
For Mr. Morley has made literature out of
what might have become a mere manual. Like
•The Compleat Angler,' this book does not re-
quire that the reader have a knowledge of the
sport discussed. Essentially it is a garland of
Shandean wit, lay philosophy and family saga.
The author . . . carries on a continued or serial
portrait of his father, Frank Morley, whose
superiority to his young son at chess was in-
directly responsible for the present work.
Brothers Christopher and Felix turn up in the
footnotes as indulgent wayside critics of F. V.'s
motions." N Y Times
Booklist 43:10 S '46
"His enchanting book certainly proves his
point, but it also proves that the author is a
phenomenon. For today, a truly civilized per-
son, who is also literate, humorous and com-
passionate, is that; and, when he can put him-
self, his whole philosophy of life, and his family
across to his readers — even when they don't
know one thing about chess — in such a slim
volume he is something more." Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 43:482 F 22 *46 1550w
"Mr. Morley's writing has a deceptive air of
improvisation; actually the effect of each word
is lovingly calculated. Individual in tone
though it is, his prose idiom betrays a lurking
affection for the seventeenth century, out of
whose cellars he fetches up many a be- cob-
webbed locution that will delight the fancier
of vintage phrasing. This is a good book to
give (with caution) to a chess-player, but it
really belongs to belles lettres." Alexander
•f N Y Time* p5 Ja 27 '46 600w
"Entertaining and alarmingly penetrating es-
say on the nature of things in general." Leon-
ard Bacon
4- Sat R of Lit 29:16 F 23 '46 1400w
"The book makes delightful reading and it
tp be recommended atnmgly to persona who
know anything about the following subjects:
the Morleys, London, Cambridge. Oxford, Bal-
timore, Haverford College, publishing, Manetho
the Egyptian scribe, the War Labor Board,
punning, geometry and, perhaps, chess." O. W.
Johnson
+ Weekly Book Review p4 F 3 '46 450w
MORLEY. SYLVANUS QRISWOLD. The an-
cient Maya. 520p il maps $10 Stanford univ.
press
972.015 Mayas. Central America— Antiquities
A46-6094
"Dr. Morley, dean of Maya archaeologists,
has summarized here for the first time in one
book the complete story of these 'Egyptians of
the New World.' He traces their history from
its shadowy beginnings in the third or second
millenium Before Christ, through the Maya
Old Empire (A.D. 317-987), their flrst and
greatest period of cultural brilliance, through
the Maya New Empire, which witnessed their
Renaissance and final decline (A.D. 987-1542)
until after the Spanish Conquest (A.D. 1542-
1697)." Publisher's note
Booklist 43:153 Ja 15 '47
"As director of the Carnegie Institution's
excavation and restoration projects in the heart
of the New Maya Empire at Chichen Itza, and
as cultural envoy extraordinary to these two
vanished empires and their present-day de-
scendants, Dr. Morley has made so many dis-
coveries, fought so many controversial battles,
published so many reports, digested so thor-
oughly all the archaeological records and man-
uscript accounts, that to say 'Maya* is to think
of Morley and to say 'Morley,' to think of the
Maya civilization. Now he has distilled the
essence of this lifetime of research into a single
account of all our knowledge and conjecture to
date concerning this ancient people and their
civilization. The result is a book at once schol-
arly and popular." B. D. Wolfe
-f N Y Times p5 D 8 *46 1250w
"Here, done by a master's hand, is a full
and accurate presentation of the life and
culture of the Mayas, authors of the most bril-
liant aboriginal civilization of the Western
Hemisphere. Each chapter is as exact as it is
readable, and the whole work satisfies fully
the requirement of a complete up-to-date work
on these remarkable people of whom everyone
has heard, most are anxious to learn more, and
about whom there is too little readily avail-
able information." R. F. Heizer
-J- San Francisco Chronicle p2 D 1 *46
1400w
Time 48:109 D 9 '46 700w
" 'The Ancient Maya' is not the literary
capstone to Morley's career. He has contributed
far more in his book of thirty years ago, *An
Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hiero-
glyphs'; in his five-volume hieroglyphic anal-
ysis, 'The Inscriptions of Peten/ and in the
many papers that have appeared between. If
he were as fine a writer as he is an archeol-
ogist, 'The Ancient Maya' might be a 'Rise
and Fall of the Roman Empire/ It remains— as
Morley intended it to be—a thorough, scholarly,
readable and rich statement of what made the
hidden life of the great Maya people. . . What-
ever its faults, 'The Ancient Maya* remains our
most complete, our most authoritative state-
ment on the unique civilization of Guatemala
and Yucatan, which flourished from shortly be-
fore the birth of Christ until the Spanish de-
struction— I cannot call it discovery or con-
quest. The book is soundly critical in text, and
it is brilliantly and splendidly illustrated."
Kenneth MacGowan
H Weekly Book Review p!4 Ja 26 '47
800w
MORRELL. SYDNEY. Spheres of influence.
339p $3.50 Duell
940.55 Balance of power. Reconstruction
(1939- ) 46-6224
"A report on the current world struggle for
power, with special attention to areas where
the interests of the Big Three have already
clashed— Iran, Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy.
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MORRELL, SYDNEY— Continued
Its author is Sydney Morrell, who saw (and
disliked) Munich as correspondent for the Lon-
don 'Daily Express* and subsequently worked
for the British and American wartime informa-
tion services and for U.N.R.R.A. His war ex-
perience gave him considerable firsthand knowl-
edge of these four countries where spheres of
influence have intersected so spectacularly."
(Weekly Book Review) No index.
•'Between the polarity of attitudes recently
expressed in books on Russia by former Am-
bassador Bullitt and by Frederick Schuman,
this book is on the Bullitt side. One suspects
that Morrell's sources are not as broad as they
should be for objective reporting. The well-
informed citizen, in whom Morrell's hope for
the future resides, will do well to read this
book critically and comparatively with other
current reporting on these areas/1 L*. G. Selig-
Book Week p2 Ag 25 '46 400w
Booklist 43:13 S '46
"If one still needs an additional book to tell
him that the road to understanding with the
Russians is rocky and long, here it is. Written
from a new angle, that of a wartime Anglo-
American information expert, Spheres of In-
fluence has some additional things to say upon
an old and depressing subject — the failure of
America to mooilize the forces of democracy.
The importance of this and other books like it
is not so much that it contains new or startling
material, but that its message bears repeating
over and over again." J. Q. Harrison
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 28 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
Foreign Affairs 25:335 Ja '47 SOw
KIrkus 14:293 Je 15 '46 120w
"A well ordered build-up for World Govern-
ment, the Four Freedoms and complete free-
dom of movement and inter-communication
among all peoples." A. B. Lindsay
4- Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 lOOw
"Many Americans are finding their news-
papers depressing reading in these days of
peace-making. Mr. Morrell's book will not
cheer them up, but it should help them to face
the grave issues with greater clarity, and
therefore with higher courage." Hans Kohn
N Y Times p34 O 6 '46 HOOw
New Yorker 22:68 Ag 10 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by K. A. Mowrer
Sat R of Lit 29:17 O 26 '46 1050w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, jr
Weekly Book Review plO Ag 25 '46
900w
MORRIS, CHARLES WILLIAMS. Signs, lan-
guage and behavior. 365p $5 Prentice-Hall
422 Signs and symbols. Semantics 46-4106
"Incorporating two of the main empirical
traditions in modern philosophy, pragmatism
and logical analysis, Morris' book, an expansion
and refinement of his earlier volume. Founda-
tions of the Theory of Signs [1938] presents a
system of sign -analysis and linguistics ap-
plicable to the various types of discourse found
in the sciences, in traditional philosophy, in
moral systems and in the arts. A good deal of
illuminating psychological material is intro-
duced to explain how signs function; and while
various sciences are brought to bear on the
theory of signs, this theory, as developed by
Morris, in turn puts the relations of the sci-
ences into clear perspective." (New Repub)
Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
Reviewed by A. M. Rose
Am J Soc 52:288 N '46 600w
Reviewed by S. I. Hayakawa
Book Week p3 Je 2 '46 1200w
Current Hist 11:230 S '46 70w
"Despite its shortcomings, the book is one
« Jno , s,erious student of 'sign-action* can
SknS?1 tltheiT to ignore or to take lightly.
While Morris may not have succeeded in
laying the foundation for a comprehensive and
fruitful science of signs' he has made some
substantial contributions to this project. The
book contains an exhaustive Bibliography and
excellent notes on each chapter as well as an
instructive Appendix." George Gentry
H Ethics 56:319 Jl '46 900w
"A comprehensive work like Morris's book
will be a stimulus to all later research in the
field; Morris has done pioneer work on a little
explored ground, and his results will be of
greatest value for further investigations. How-
ever, Morris has clear insight also into the
social implications of his work." Hans Reich-
enbach
-f Nation 162:760 Je 22 '46 1200w
"Professor Morris' work in semantics has the
extraordinary virtue of being both technically
sound and assimilable by the reader of no more
than average training in logic, philosophy and
psychology. . . A sound, scholarly and informa-
tive book."
-f New Repub 115:110 Jl 29 '46 150w
"Other students of semantics— or semiotic —
will not agree with all Morris' formulations and
terms. But he has written a scholarly, lively
and appealing book which moves several steps
toward establishing a science of signs." S.
S. Sargent
4- N Y Times p23 Ag 4 '46 410w
"This valuable book provides the most
thorough and unbiased account of the field of
semantics that has yet appeared. It is beau-
tifully organized for reading and reference, and
systematizes the copious but inchoate mass
of work on semiotic that this century has pro-
duced. Professor Morris has his own slant, but
shows a remarkably wide and sympathetic com-
prehension of others' conflicting theories and
methods." H. R. Wai pole
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:29 Ag 3 '46 700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:178 S '46 280w
MORRIS, MRS JANE (KESNER). Women, inc.
277p $2.50 Holt
46-6772
Novel based on office life which stresses
particularly the life of the women who worked
together in a rather highbrow magazine pub-
lishing office. Part of the office ruling was
that girls who married must lose their jobs.
When the war came the picture changed, and
emotions were at high pitch. The central
character is Beth Peterson, who had come to
the Star press with the idea that she would
not let the office life engulf her.
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p4 O 20 '46 70 Ow
KIrkus 14:302 Jl 1 '46 SOw
"Well written with good characterization of
the many women involved, but without much
holding power." M. C. Manley
H Library J 71:1050 Ag '46 70w
"Miss Morris is a talented writer and a sen-
sitive one, even though she does over-punctuate
her work with weather reports. She will do
better when her character perspective becomes
a little more objective and when she is further
removed from the influence of academic read-
ing— especially that of Thomas Wolfe. She
writes with woman's ink, but uses a sopho-
more's pen. What her book cries out for is a
sense of humor." Florence Crowther
-| NY Times pl8 O 13 '46 600w
"It looks as if Mrs. Morris, who has evidently
worked around magazines, decided to turn her
diary into a novel. She at least writes well
enough to make the girls seem almost real."
-f New Yorker 22:133 O 19 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Sophie Kerr
Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 23 '46 600w
"Embarrassed by too much material, too
many characters, Mrs. Morris does justice to
none. There is no depth, no exploration, no
evaluation in her psychological conflicts. The
affairs of her major characters are statements
rather than experiences that involve other
people. The women are members of a staff;
the men shadowy and unreal. The skeletons
are there but the meat to cover them is lack-
ing." Rose Feld
— -f Weekly Book Review plO O 13 '46 550w
Wl9 Lit) Bul 42:152 N '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
593
,- MARK, pseud. See Schnapper, M. B.
MORRIS, RICHARD BRANDON. Government
and labor in early America. 557p $6.75 Co-
lumbia univ. press [44s 6d Oxford]
331 Labor and laboring classes — U.S.
A46-961
History of the status and activities of the
laboring classes in America during- the first
two centuries after the settlement. The book
is based on an exhaustive investigation of
contemporary records. Subjects covered in-
clude regulation of wages, terms and condi-
tions of employment, maritime labor relations,
labor and the armed services, and legal status
of servitude. Index
"That this is an important woi k theie can
be no question, but the student must work out
from the material it j-o abundantly supplies
his own answers to the questions he brings
to it. Not even in the final chapter does
Professor Morris present the results of his
research in summarized form in such a \\ay
as to show trends during two centuries or as
to characterize different sections of the country
or different industries. Perhaps he believes
that this cannot be done, and he better than
anyone else should know what questions his
material will answer." Elizabeth Donnan
Am Hist R 52:142 O '46 950w
"Professor Morns has performed a valued
service in the field of American labor history
through this intensive examination of the
legal and social position of free and bound
labor in early America." H. W. Davey
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:819 Ag '46 230w
Reviewed by Curtis Nettels
Ann Am Acad 247:208 S '46 490w
"This is one of the most interesting, as well
as one of the most thorough and valuable
studies of early American social history I
have ever examined." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Mr 17 '46 230w
Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 25
'46 600w
"The author has been guilty of some minor
misuse of legal terminology and at times has
relied upon doubtful authority. The mam
criticism of the book, however, stems from the
ambition of the author; adequate and readable
treatment of a topic such as the relations of
government and labor in some twenty- ft VH
different jurisdictions over a period of nearly
two hundred, years within some five hundred
heavily footnoted pages is a task that re-
quires the genius of a Maitland. Since facile
generalizations regardless of geography or
chronology are to be condemned, a much more
readable book would have emerged if the
author had restricted his place and period
and relieved the reader of an endless task of
scuttling from jurisdiction to jurisdiction " JL
H. Smith
Columbia Law R 46:688 Jl '46 950\v
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 lOOw
"On the virtually terra incognita of the rela-
tionship of government to labor in that era,
Professor Richard B. Morris has focused the
bright light of his thorough, conscientious, and
competent scholarship. In an age of 'quickies,'
it is a pleasure to welcome a volume into
which went a decade of labor and original
source material which included principally the
unpublished inferior court records of the Amer-
ican colonies, supplemented by contemporary
newspapers, diaries, etc. . . The result is aii
excellent study of the subject, which to the
general reader should be of interest and to
the expert in the field of labor is indeed in-
dispensable. It will become the point of de-
parture for any further cognate investigation
and will exercise as a reference work great
influence on judges, administrators, and legis-
lators among others." Joseph Rosenfarb
-f- Harvard Law R 59:1019 Jl '46 1150w
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 14 '46 180w
"His accomplishment in giving a sense of the
between, say, colonial price-fixing and the
OPA probably add little to our understanding
of either, but they do not detract seriously
from a book distinguished by its lucid and
fully documented exploration of an Important
but hitherto obscure section of our history."
A. M. Schlesinger, jr.
H Nation 162:512 Ap 27 '46 140w
His accomplishment in giving a sense of the
social realities is notable and his book must
be the starting place for all subsequent re-
search in this field by legal, social, and eco-
nomic historians of the period. Certainly the
lawyers should be among the first to give
thanks that the historian has uncovered ana-
lyzed legal records which the professional ex-
perts have never troubled to read or compre-
hend." M. D. W. Howe
-f New Eng Q 19:245 Je '46 1050w
Reviewed by J. A. Krout
N Y Times p22 Je 2 '46 750w
"A book so redolent of research, so accurate
and detailed in presentation and so broad and
significant in scope, must necessarily claim the
respect of all interested scholars. Dealing with
both free and bound labor, not including slave
labor, [this work] treats previously neglected
phases of the subject exhaustively. A thorough
knowledge of labor legislation from the Middle
Ages through Tudor and Stuart times, and
down to the end of the American Revolution
was necessary to this study, and the author
has demonstrated his ability in this field.**
T. P. Abernethy
-h Pol Sci Q 61:633 D '46 300w
Reviewed by M. R. Konvitz
Sat R of Lit 29-62 Je 8 '46 1300w
"Many readers will regret that Professor
Morris did not attempt an economic as well as
a legal history of Colonial labor. He must
have inuch of the information necessary for
such a history. In fact, the same records,
studied with economic considerations in mind,
would doubtless yield material for generaliza-
tions about problems of labor supply, its vary-
ing productivity, rates of return on capital
invested in labor, and increasing or diminish-
ing returns from the application of hired or
bought labor to large and small holdings in the
different colonies As the same type of criti-
cism can be made of every other history of
American labor, however, it should not detract
from the excellence of this book in its des-
ignated field." T. C. Cochran
H Social Educ 10:330 N '46 650w
"The volume is annotated from original
sources, many not hitherto utilized from county
court records, diaries, and other minutae, as
well as from the more accessible records It
is a definitive account of labor- management
relations in a period well worth study for its
own sake, and not less for its relevance to our
own time."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:139 Je '46 400w
"Mr. Morris's book will surely afford a new
base line from which legal and economic re-
search into Colonial conditions will be carried
on. If he has been too ambitious and has tried
to cover too much ground in one volume, his
scholarship is so thorough and imaginative that
others who come after him will always be
greatly in his debt." M. D. Howe
H Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 28 '46 750w
MORRIS, WRIGHT. Inhabitants; text and
photographs, unp 52pl $3.75 Scribner
017.3 U.S. — Description and travel — Views.
Dwellings 47-306
"Wright Morris, in this experimental book of
documentary photography and lyric text, says
of us: 'There never was a people who tried so
hard— and left so little behind as we do. There
never was a people who traveled so light — and
carried so much.' And of what was left be-
hind the author brings a clear selective camera
eye to show us fifty-two superb shots of build-
ings— just buildings — and facing pages of text
that attempt to fuse both forms of expression
into a testimonial to the inhabitants." N T
Times
New Repub 115:636 N 11 '46 40w
"Although the photographs are serenely bril-
liant views of abandoned houses, barns,
churches and boats, or studied forms of grain
elevators and sheds, it is more than coincidence
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MORRIS, WRIGHT— Continued
that there are no human figures shown. For
one thing, the accompanying text is all about
people. For another, more Important reason,
these photographs are in themselves self-suffi-
cient. . . Yet text there is, out of John Bunyan
and 'Leaves of Grass.' It reads sometimes
like Faulkner prose, or the epitaphs of 'Wines-
burg, Ohio/ and at other times like a sound-
strip edited by Pare Lorentz and Norman
Corwin. At its own very best it re-creates
.the sound and smell and touch of homely
'things." W. G. Dooley
•4- N Y Times p? S 8 '46 550w
"Mr. Morris's pictures are clean, sharp, hon-
est, and very far removed from the roman-
ticized grist of the picture magazines and ad-
vertising agencies. He has produced here a
kind of Spoon River in photographs, with the
whole country for his field instead of one small
town. There is not a single human being in
these pictures. Yet they are alive with human
whisperings and shadows, with hopes that
came true and dreams that didn't.'1 Roger
Butterfleld
•f Sat R of Lit 29:29 O 12 '46 600w
"The pictures themselves are arresting, beau-
tiful, and troubling. The snatches of reportage
are like bits of ballad and murmuring, hopeful
and declarative in a minor key, and as grim
sometimes as Eugene O'Neill talking on the
eve of the production of 'The Iceman Cometh.'
The pictures are part of a series taken on a
Guggenheim Fellowship, and when one stops to
think of the elaborate organization of industrial
largesse that paid for them, one looks again
at the pictures and listens more attentively to
the commentary on life."
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ja 12 '47
280w
MORROW, ROBERT LEE. Time study and mo-
tion economy; with procedures for methods
improvement. 338p il $5 Ronald
658.542 Time study. Motion study 46-2121
"Most of the material in this book deals with
practical, up-to-date techniques that have been
tested in many types of manufacturing plants.
The author has made a special effort to pre-
sent the subject so that his book will be use-
ful to small manufacturing plants, which, he
believes, must adopt standard time and motion
study technique and wage incentives in order
to compete successfully with larger manufac-
turers. In addition to the expected topics, there
are discussions of fatigue, suggestion plans, and
of ways of obtaining employee, union and man-
agement cooperation." N Y New Tech Bks
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:14 Ja '46
"The book emphasizes the human values
which can be conserved by intelligent motion
study, and the importance of a meeting of
minds of unions, workmen, and management
as to gains which follow to all the parties
involved if motion and time-study work are
properly coordinated."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:112 Je '46 280w
MORTIMER, PETER. If a body kill a body.
303p $2 Arcadia
46-598
Detective story.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p35 Ja 27 '46 160w
"Long drawn out courtroom scenes and foggy
plot put it in an easily discarded class."
— Sat R of Lit 29:38 P 9 '46 40w
"Makes fair reading, but the pace is slow."
'Springf'd Republican p4d P 8 '46 SOw
MORTON, AVERY ADRIAN. Chemistry of
heterocyclic compounds. 649p |6 McGraw
547 Heterocyclic compounds 46-6935
"A college textbook for students who have
had an introductory course in organic chem-
istry. Problems are included and there are nu-
merous references to the literature of the sub-
ject. Because there are few collections of ma-
terial on heterocyclic compounds In spite of
their importance, the book should be of some
use as a reference book. The author is Pro*
fessor of Organic Chemistry at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology." (N Y New
Tech Bks) Index.
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '4* 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:37 Jl '46
MORTON, CHARLES W. Dahl's Boston. See
Dahl, F. W.
MOSES, MRS ANNA MARY (ROBERTSON).
Grandma Moses: American primitive: 40
paintings with comments by [the author] to-
gether with her life's history; introd. by
Louis Bromneld; ed. by Otto Kallir. 136p $5
Dryden
769.1 Paintings, American 46-11990
Forty reproductions, two in color, of the
paintings of an eighty- six year old New York
state farm woman, representing her work of
the last eight or ten years. Included are com-
ments by Grandma Moses on the paintings, a
brief autobiography, and an introduction by
Louis Bromneld.
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46 ,
"The book, by a skillful blending of auto-
biographical, biographical, and critical text,
manages to give an unusually clear and vivid
account of how an unschooled person happens
to turn to painting, and why, and what hap-
pens then." *
-f New Yorker 22:130 N 23 '46 80w
"The label applied to Grandma Moses as a
painter ... is that of 'primitive*. , . The
label does not tell the whole story, however.
No label can quite fit the intimate, personal
quality of her pictures. They are pictures of
a familiar, remembered scene, first — and paint-
ings in the technical sense, last. They are
concerned with representation and with com-
position not at all. Technically crude, yet
fundamentally sound, her paintings give a
bright- colored impression of a life where all is
serene and harmonious, as well as fresh and
lively." W. E. Parker
4- San Francisco Chronicle p8 Ja 4 '47
SOOw
"Her worth in this book is any artist's
worth; she has not only looked about her but
she communicates in the simplest possible
manner the alt but forgotten notion that on the
whole it is far better to be alive than dead,
and that beauty is in the eyes of the beholders,
and the memories. She is unique and at the
same time a reminder of the infinite possibili-
ties of much we throw away in this world."
Ernestine Evans
+ Weekly Book Review pi D 22 '46 SOOw
MOSS, ARTHUR, and MARVEL, EVALYN.
Legend of the Latin quarter; Henry MUrger
and the birth of Bohemia. 204p il $3.50 Beech-
hurst press
B or 92 Murger, Henri 46-7603
Informal biography of Henry Murger, son of
a Paris Janitor, who grew up to be an author
and poet, and one of the original group of Bo-
hemians. Index.
"Arthur Moss spent many years as corre-
spondent and as editor of various little maga-
zines in Paris; Evalyn Marvel, his wife, worked
as Paris staff correspondent of Universal News
and also worked on a magazine there. They do
understand their setting, and they have taken
pains to get at the facts of Murger's life. The
result is weakened by their refusal to consider
their task as straight-out biography: the fic-
tionalized approach— at least as it is here used
—does not suit the theme nearly as well as
a more thorough biographical and social study
might. Just the same, there is a certain fresh-
ness and liveliness about the book." J. H.
Jackson
— 4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 7 '46
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
595
"A happy collaboration. The book ia lucid
and lively, uncluttered with the debris of re-
search. Here are the gayety and heartaches
and hardships of a romantic period, and a com-
mendable absence of psychiatric overlay/' Lisle
Bell
-}- Weekly Book Review p32 N 24 '46 480w
MOTHER GOOSE. The Margaret Tarrant
nursery rhyme book. See Tarrant. M. W.
MOTHER QOOSE. Masha's stuffed Mother
Goose. 64p col 11 $1 Garden City pub co.
46-3219
The old nursery rhymes illustrated in colors.
The characters all are stuffed, whether ani-
mals or humans, from the three blind mice to
little Bo-Peep.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week plS My 19 '46 90w
"As attractive a Mother Goose as I have
seen in a long time." F. C. Darling
-f Christian Science Monitor plO S 24
•46 60w
"Not one of the most appealing Mother Goose
books."
Kirkus 14:197 Ap 15 '46 60w
"Masha's colorful illustrations are designed
to represent these well -loved characters as
stuffed toys or dolls. A lot of book for the
money. Cloth back, on board covers. Recom-
mended to supplement other editions." D. M.
MacDonald
+ Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 60w
MOWRY, QEORQE EDWIN. Theodore Roose-
velt and the Progressive movement. 405p il $4
Univ. of Wis. press
B or 92 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Progressive party 46-25103
"This volume is not a history of the progres-
sive movement. . . Nor is it a biography of
Theodore Roosevelt. Rather it is an attempt
to study the influence of the man upon the
movement and the movement upon the man.
For this reason little is said of Roosevelt's early
career and much has been made of the months
in 1909 and 1910 when the ex-president was out
of the country. Foreign affairs are discussed
only as they affected the course of internal
politics. The book is based in large part on the
voluminous Roosevelt manuscripts in the Li-
brary of Congress." (Pref) It is the author's
conclusion that while Roosevelt did much for
the cause of politics, his 1912 revolt really
was a stumbling block to progressive Repub-
licanism. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by H. L. Ickes
Am Hist R 62:150 O '46 1350w
"The book is a valuable addition to the grow-
ing literature on Theodore Roosevelt and his
times. One could wish, however, that the
thesis had been developed with less confusion
of detail and repetition." E. 8. Brown
_j Am Pol Sci R 40:1191 D '46 750w
"Although this volume, based on extensive
research in newspapers and letter collections,
may have too much detail for the general
reader, it contains valuable material on Amer-
ica's political development and offers real in-
sight into the pitfalls ahead for a third party in
our traditionally two-party system." Walter
Johnson
+ Book Weak p20 Ap 14 *4( 360w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 V46
Current Hist 11:49 Jl '46 60w
New Repub 114:940 Jl 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. A. Krout
1ST Y Times p7 Jl 14 '46 1300w
"Teachers will And useful information and
insights relevant to a number of important
aspects of recent history, often expressed in
dramatic manner which will invite reading
passages to high school classes. . . Scholars
will respect the writer's integrity and treat-
ment of sources. . . The volume is attractive
in format, well illustrated with camera por-
traits and cartoons pertinent to the context."
R. W. Crary
4- Social Educ 10:375 D '46 650w
"The treatment represents sound scholarship;
the narrative is well written, and the facts are
carefully marshalled to support the author's
interpretations. Concentration upon internal
politics leaves little room for any presentation
of foreign policy. The book is essential for any
study of American politics of the period
covered."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:316 D '46 240w
"Mr. Mowry's book is scholarly, critical and
original. It challenges earlier scholars on many
matters — the Pinchot-Ballinger issue, for ex-
ample, and the manipulation of the Republi-
can Convention of 1912 — and it explores care-
fully episodes which heretofore have had but
casual treatment. Informative, entertaining
and original, it promises well for the larger
history of progressivism upon which Mr. Mowry
is engaged." H. S. Commager
4- Weekly Book Review pi Je 16 '46
1450W
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
MUEHL. JOHN FREDERICK. American sahib.
242p $3 Day
915.4 British in India. India— Social condi-
tions 46-11926
The record of the Indian experiences of a
member of the American Field service, at-
tached to the British Indian army in the war.
In his British uniform he traveled the length
of India, welcomed by the Hindus when they
learned he was an American, not so welcome
when they thought he was British.
"The British are invariably depicted in this
book as sadists of the most bestial sort, and
the Indians are always people of the utmost
virtue, ready to forget their religious and na-
tional differences and unite for a greater, free
India. The whole work is drawn up in such
excessive extremes that this very quality de-
feats its own purpose. The ability of the au-
thor to comprehend the vast colonial problem
is crippled by his emotional immaturity which
manifests itself in extreme oversimplification
and utter implausibility." E. L. De Qolyer
— Book Week p20 N 24 '46 270w
"Mostly unpleasant, yet thought- provoking.
Mr. Muehl argues the case of India's freedom
with undiluted realism. Point of view is
neither that of a statesman nor Journalist but,
rather, that of a member of the armed forces
seeing India at first hand. No attempt is
made at documentation of statements attrib-
uted to various British officials. And no effort
is made to present Britain's side. However,
the library's obligation to represent all rami-
fications of the Indian question compels ex-
amination of this volume?' E. P. Nichols
Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. G. Hi tree
N Y Times p52 D 1 '46 HOOw
"An honest, angry book. . . Not every page,
however, sounds solemn warnings. There is
hilarity, too, especially in Muehl' s description
of his attempt to teach the British Army how
to play baseball. But this only rounds out
one's impression that John Muehl was a good
representative in India of the best in America,
a respect for other peoples, a willingness to
face unpleasant truths, a generous apprecia-
tion of human sensitivities and a capacity for
righteous indignation." John BickneU
+ Weekly Book Review p32 N 17 '46
800w
MUELLER, FRANCIS JOHN. They knew
Christ. 210p $2 Bruce pub.
221.92 Bible. New Testament— Biography
46-1964
"A collection of 16 studies of characters of
the New Testament, most of whom have but
a few lines concerning them in the writings
of the Evangelists." Springf'd Republican
596
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MUELLER, F. J. — Continued
"Father Mueller is in no sense a literary
artist and makes no pretenses of being one.
As a result, his book, written in workmanlike
prose, must be Judged almost solely on the
basis of its value as historical interpretation.
Since it is presented in popular, rather than
scholarly, style and with almost no documenta-
tion, one must classify it as a purely minor
work even though it does have several laud-
able chapters." J. O. Supple
Book Week p4 Jl 7 '46 230w
"While neither dogmatic nor controversial,
this will be helpful only to those who accept
the basic presuppositions of the Roman Catho-
lic Faith."
Kirkus 14:195 Ap 15 '46 150w
"The author, a pastor in Blairsville, Pa., has
an unusual talent for seeing the implications
which the words of Scripture and cognate
facts of history give us. . . It is regrettable
that this volume of 200 pages was not reduced
by some 30 or 40 pages, omitting useless ver-
biage. The chapters on Bartimeus and Ixmgi-
nus are the most successful, and would have
served as measures by which to prune the
longer chapters." T. S. H.
H Springf'd Republican p6 My 22 '46 180w
MULAC, MARGARET E. Game book; il. by
George E. Mathews. 385p $2.50 Harper
793 Games 46-25149
Manual of games for all occasions, and for
indoor and outdoor parties. Partial contents:
Party games and ideas; Parlor tricks and
stunts; Dinner table games and stunts; Dra-
matic games and stunts; Puzzlers and brain
squeezers; Card tricks; Word games; Paper
and pencil games; Travel games; Social dance
stunts and mixers; Carnivals and special pro-
grams; Picnic games and contests; Water
games, relays and stunts; Recreation for the
handicapped; Games and activities for the con-
valescent. Bibliography. Index.
Book Week plO My 12 '46 30w
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by Helen Henley
Christian Science Monitor plO N 14
*46 80w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Ji '46
"A book for reference — for clubs, schools,
camps, etc."
-|- Kirkus 14:61 F 1 '46 120w
Wis Lib Bul 42:113 Ji '46
MULLEN, CLARENCE. Thereby hangs a
corpse. 256p $2 Curl
46-19791
Detective story.
"If mayhem and murder are your dish, draw
up a chair." Isaac Anderson
,N Y Times p20 Ag 11 *46 130w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
70w
"Cheap toughie."
— Sat R of Lit 29:32 Ag 10 '46 70w
Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 11 '46
llOw
MULLER, CHARLES GEOFFREY, and MA-
ZET, HORACE SAWYER. Tigers' of the Tea.
223p il $2 Presbyterian bd.
Sharks — Legends and stories 46-2255
"Adventure story of two college boys on
a shark fishing expedition to prove the eco-
nomic soundness of floating stations. In addi-
tion, they capture a seventy-foot whale shark
for scientific purposes. Detailed information
about the Industry and a forty-five page ap-
pendix including statistics and known facts
about whale sharks add vocational value for
some regions. For boys twelve to fifteen." Li-
brary J
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
Kirkus 14:199 Ap 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Eleanor Kidder
Library J 71:764 My 15 '46 140w
MUMFORD, LEWIS. Values for survival; es-
says, addresses, and letters on politics and
education. 314p $3 Harcourt
320.4 Political science. Education — Aims
and objectives. Reconstruction (1939- )
46-2167
A collection of essays, speeches, and letters,
on contemporary politics and conditions. The
book is dedicated to his only son, killed in
battle before he was nineteen. The third sec-
tion of the book is composed of open letters,
written after the war at the request of the
O.W.I., to old German friends, most of whom
he had not heard from in years. The essays
and addresses were written between 1938 and
1946.
Reviewed by Walter Sandelius
Am Pol Sci R 40:811 Ag '46 750w
Reviewed by E. C. Lindeman
Ann Am Acad 248:302 N '46 450w
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p8 Ap 7 '46 700w
Booklist 42:276 My 1 '46
"An interesting book, the result of a sincere
liberal's personal and soul-searching attempt
at arriving at some values for survival." S.
W. Cassidy
-h Cath World 163.568 S '46 350w
Reviewed by J. N. Moody
Commonweal 44:220 Je 14 '46 600w
Foreign Affairs 25:159 O '46 70w
"Mr. Mumford has been on the right side,
it seems to me, on important issues — on the
war, for example, and on Soviet Russia; he
is a man of earnestness and good-will. But
his way is the way of the intellectual de-
bauchee." A. M. Schlesinger
H Nation 162:472 Ap 20 '46 UOOw
Reviewed by Heinz Eulau
New Repub 114:583 Ap 22 '46 480w
"Mr. Mumford is not particular where his
blows land. He spares nobody's feelings, not
even his own. His diplomacy is of the con-
temporary variety exemplified at the UNO
conference in Ixmdon, and elsewhere: think
hard and talk hard; take a left to the body
and reply with a right to the jaw; this post-
war world, like the war world and pre-war
world, is no place for the delicately sensitive.
One can have sympathy with this approach,
even though one's own ribs are sore and there
is blood on the gloves." R. L». Duff us
N Y Times p3 Mr 24 '46 1400w
New Yorker 22:111 Ap 6 '46 120w
Reviewed by T. I. Cook
Pol Sci Q 61:606 D '46 1500w
Reviewed by Jacques Barzun
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ap 27 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by H. W. Hintz
Survey Q 35:171 My '46 650w
Times [London] Lit Sup p605 D 7 '46
750w
"Mr. Mumford was never concerned with
strategy and tactics, nor with chronicles of
events; he studies the war not as a military
exercise but as a social and especially a moral
phenomenon. He dedicates the book to a son
killed in action on the Italian front, and every
line of it bears the mark of his passionate
wish to do something to make that sacrifice
fruitful. A book so conceived and so dedicated
is not to be dismissed with a shrug. On the
other hand, high moral purpose alone cannot
save a work of this kind. What holds the book
together and gives it unity is an essay entitled
'Program for Survival' occupying some fifty
pages in the middle of the volume. Here is
Lewis Mumford's counsel to Americans of
1946." G. W. Johnson
-f ~ Weekly Book Review p5 AP 7 '46
1200w
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597
MUNRO, KATHARINE. France yesterday and
today: a short survey. 107p maps pa $1.25
(4s 6d) Royal inst. of int. affairs
944 France—History 46-1132
"A compact description of French political
and public institutions of the Third Republic,
France's overseas empire, geography, resources,
economy, and population problems. A very
brief sketch (6 pages) of the history of France
to 1914 is given, together with a somewhat
more detailed treatment (20 pages) of the
period since September 1939." Ann Am Acad
"Although the material is highly factual and
the purpose sober, the lively style makes for
enjoyable reading." J. J. Mathews
-f Ann Am Acad 245:191 My '46 140w
Reviewed by Homer Metz
Christian Science Monitor p!8 F 2 '46
200w
Reviewed by Rene" Albrecht-Carrie'
Pol Sci Q 61:290 Je '46 700w
MUNRO, ROSS. Gauntlet to overlord; the
story of the Canadian army. 477p il maps
$3.60 Macmillan
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Canada
[46-4437]
"A comprehensive account of the Canadian
Army in the war, by an Ottawa newspaperman
who covered most of the Canadians' major
engagements." New Yorker
Reviewed by Carl ton McNaught
Canadian Forum 25:245 Ja '46 900w
"Perhaps more than any other Canadian
war correspondent, Munro had a talent for
grasping the basic lines of an operation and
presenting them with clarity and precision.
This quality is evident in his book, as it was
in his best despatches; and it is united with
powers of factual description which give a
dramatic quality to his eye-witness ac-
counts . . Circumstances prevent this book
from being a complete and rounded account
of the Canadian Army's operations. Munro
left Italy in September, 1943, and his account
of subsequent events, including the break-
through to Rome, is brief and sketchy. Simi-
larly, his narrative of events after the Battle
of the Scheldt is reduced to a minimum, though
this is the period of the desperate fighting In
the Hochwald and the battle of Holland. But
his is the nearest approach to an overall nar-
rative that we possess at the moment, and it
is a useful as well as a highly interesting con-
tribution to the history of the Canadian
Army." Edgar Mclnnis
H Canadian Hist R 27:61 Mr '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 50w
"Every important action is described tacti-
cally, with each unit involved, the principal
officers and even their home towns. This puts
the work on an entirely different plane from
the hell-for-leather memoirs of the T corre-
spondents. Munro, a lanky, owlish young man
with perception and a fine sense of humor,
eschews synthetic coloring, yet manages to
convey in cold factual terms a better picture
of war. death and courage, and how a good
correspondent works, than most of the adjec-
tive- heaver* " Gladwin Hill
4- N Y Times p6 Jl 21 '46 550w
"For the American reader, the account may
be too comprehensive; the author has felt
obliged to list names of soldiers, give full
credit lines to military units, and, in general,
overload with detail an otherwise excellent
text."
-I New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 80w
"In spite of considerable detail in reporting
military moves, it is highly readable. Even
on controversial issues Mr. Munro presents
both sides of the case. He advances no thesis
and has few interpretations or opinions to
offer. He has no concern with inter-allied
squabbles or political Intrigues. Grand strat-
egy is not in his province. His sole purpose
Is to tell a plain unvarnished tale of Canadian
soldiers In action, most of which he observed
closely, and frequently under flre." Donald
Armstrong
4- Sat R of Lit 20:36 Jl 27 '46 650w
MURDOCH, HECTOR BURN-. See Burn-
Murdoch, H.
MURPHY, EDWARD FRANCIS. Road from
Olivet. 294p $2.50 Bruce pub.
Mary Magdalen, Saint— Fiction 46-4659
A Catholic story carrying on the story of
Mary Magdalene after the crucifixion. Legend
has it thai Mary was among others who went
to France as missionaries, but here the author
tells a wholly imaginary story of what hap-
pened to her and what she did in Italy before
she set out for France.
— Cath World 163:572 S '46 170w
"Plausible and well told, this holds the
reader's attention to the end."
-f- Kirkus 14:195 Ap 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by E. F. Kelly
Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 70w
"This is a sequel to 'The Scarlet L»ily' [Book
Review Digest, 1944] which took the scattered
bits about Mary Magdalene in the New Testa-
ment and built on these a rococo story struc-
ture gilded with metaphor and hung with fes-
toons of plethoric pseudo-poetry. The new
book [is] written m the same declamatory
style. . . The author has a certain gift for
grandiose prose pageantry but little skill* in
laying bare the psychological processes of be-
liever or unbeliever, Christian or pagan. His
Magdalene is a plaster figure portrayed without
a glimmer of subtlety." J. S. Kennedy
f- N Y Times p!5 Jl 7 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
MURRAY, CROMWELL, pseud. See Morgan,
M. C.
MURRAY, GILBERT, tr. See Menander. Two
plays
MUSSEY, JUNE BARROWS. Old New Eng-
land; with hundreds of old engravings. 127p
maps $3.75 Wyn
917.4 New England 47-127
Interesting episodes in New England history
from the early Colonial days to about the
middle of the last century, copiously illustrated
with reproductions of old engravings. Index.
"To accompany his amiable essay — or per-
haps it is vice versa — Mr. Mussey has combed
the old illustrated periodicals ana the pictorial
volumes that were published by individual
artists and their backers. He has brought
together some interesting, occasionally fas-
cinating, material. Together with his own in-
terpretation of history, with which he lias
much fun but which is by no means definitive,
it makes a volume to engage the attention of
many New En glanders and any others con-
cerned with the region's past. It would seem,
however, to require that special interest." C.
B. Palmer
4- N Y Times p7 Ja 5 f47 650w
"Mr. Mussey has chosen the richest pos-
sible Held. His previous book, 'We Were New
England.' established him as a discerning his-
torian of his birthplace. He is well acquainted
with its written documents, and at ease amid
the embarrasing plenitude of its pictorial
evidence. Casually skimming through the il-
lustrations of his latest contribution, New Eng-
landers may fairly bridle with pride; those of
us not so fortunate remain to be impressed.
But when they come to read his text, to hear
his excoriation of the ugliness with which New
England has so often smothered what once was
beautiful and simple, the bubble of Yankee
pride may burst." Richardson Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p6 D 8 '46 700w
MUSTARD, HARRY STOLL. Government in
public health. 219p $1.50 Commonwealth fund
[6s 6d Oxford]
614.0973 U.S. Public health service. Public
health SG45-25
"This monograph is one in the series pub-
lished for the Committee on Medicine and the
598
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
MUSTARD. H. 8 — Continued
Changing: Order of the New York Academy of
Medicine. Dr. Mustard first analyzes the condi-
tions and problems of public health work In
general. Against this background, he surveys
the history, current practice, and future oppor-
tunities of government health administration
on the federal, state, and local levels. The his-
torical approach enables the reader to view
the present situation as one of transition be-
tween the past and the probable future. Within
this framework the study emphasizes the social
and political, rather than the technical aspects
of the subject." Am J Pub Health
4 'The study is both comprehensive and crit-
ical. The reader sees the overall picture, senses
progress, but is quite conscious of serious in-
adequacies and of improvements that are indi-
cated. The style is admirably clear and incisive.
One could hardly ask, within brief compass, "-
a more informative and thought- provoking __
count of this increasingly important aspect of
modern medicine." R. H. Shryock
+ Am J Pub Health 36:189 F '46 360w
Reviewed by M. A. Elliott
Am Soc R 11:246 Ap '46 ISOOw
"The author, who is the director of Co-
lumbia University's School of Public Health,
presents here a well-written account of the
development of public health service in this
country, with emphasis on the social and gov-
which are less tricked up than those preceding
them, show better detection and provide the
reader with more genuine emotional conflict.
B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p!4 Ag 25 '46 550w
"A fine gallimaufry of gore, most of it ap-
pearing for the first time in book form. . .
Whatever your murderous taste may be, you'll
find something admirably suited to it here-
plus a witty preface by Richard Lockridge
and interesting anonymous notes." Anthony
Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
200w
"A-l anthology."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:38 Jl 27 '46 20w
s In- ,
indi- /
Isive. /
J. for /
f ac-^/M
r»«- t\f ~
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review plC Jl
320w
21 '46
MYTINGER, CAROLINE. New Guinea head-
hunt. 4 4 lp $4 Macmillan
919.5 New Quinea — Description and travel
47-226
"Sprightly account of the adventures of two
women on an expedition to the jungles of New
Guinea to paint portraits of the native Papuans.
This account carries on the same expedition
described in an earlier book. Written enter-
tainingly with emphasis on personal ex-
periences and reactions of the author and her
ernmental aspects (rather than the technical friend, "but gives 'a good idea of native life
aspects) of the_problem. . . [It is an] excellent and scenes." Library J
brief survey." w. P. Tucker
+ Ann Am Acad 244:197 Mr '46 600w
"If not used as a basic text, this book at
least should be added to the list of required
reading for all students of public health. For
those already engaged in public health work,
it is an interesting and readable volume de-
voted to the development of public health
services in local, state, and federal govern-
ments." J. W. Mountin
-f Survey 82:93 Mr '46 600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 1:54 D '45 280w
MYLONAS, GEORGE EMMANUEL. Balkan
states; an introduction to their history. 208p
maps $2.50 Eden pub. house
949.6 Balkan states 46-4073
"This book is a justification of Greece's ter-
ritorial claims in the Balkans, with sufficient
references to general history to provide a
background for the argument. " Ann Am Acad
"In compressing such a big slice of history
into 154 pages — the rest of the text is given
over to appendices — it is easy to allow Inac-
curacies and even one-sided statements to ap-
pear. . . The reviewer has no desire to burden
this review with an enumeration of incorrect
dates or other inaccuracies. Some have been
cited to justify his objection to the general
tone of the volume. Much that the author has
to say about the Macedonian Revolutionary Or-
ganization and how the great powers caused
unrest in the Balkans by their power politics
is sound enough." B. C. Helmreich
— -f Ann Am Acad 248:283 N '46 380w
Foreign Affairs 24:753 Jl '46 40w
MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA, INCOR-
PORATED. Murder cavalcade; an anthol-
ogy; with a preface by Richard Lockridge.
432p |3 Duell
Short stories — Collections 46-5905
An anthology consisting of short stories of
murder and mystery, a few factual bits, and
a survey of the post-war whodunit outlook.
Among the authors Included are: Craig Rice,
Baynard Kendrick, G. H. Coxe, Percival Wilde.
August Derleth. D. B. Hughes, Helen McCloy.
P. A. Taylor, Anthony Boucher, Brett Halliday,
Q. Patrick, Ellery Queen. Howard Haycraft.
"Al! ln *" it makes good reading for those
vacation hours on plane or train or under the
nearest shade tree." Elizabeth Bullock
-f Book Week p4 Jl 28 '46 80w
slowest Fictlon se.ctl°? !• the weakest and
Booklist 43:168 F 1 '47
"She may not be quite a Malinowski in the
scientific study of primitive peoples, but she is
a good observer, a conscientious reporter of
what she found, a vivacious writer, and she
evidently has in a high degree that quality
which is the first essential in a field an-
thropologist—ability to get along with the ob-
jects of her investigation, win tneir confidence,
and get them to loosen up. Her book bears
the marks of authenticity. The reader will
wish that it included even more of her heads
than the dozen or so included among the il-
lustrations."
4- Christian Century 64:81 Ja 15 '47
210w
Klrkus 14:377 Ag 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by A. C. Norton
-4- Library J 71:1713 D 1 '46 80w
"Miss Mytinger's joy in living is contagious,
and along with laughs, she manages to put
across a surprising number of facts about the
places she visits. She has prepared herself
well for her painting specialty — is widely read
in anthropology, well-studied in anatomy, and
has made careful drawings of the skulls of
different races. As for her writing ability —
she's a natural. That the book is amazing,
though, is due in large part to the fact that
the author is an amazing person." Edith James
+ San Francisco Chronicle plO D 30 '46
550w
"The volume is packed with incidents of
anthropological interest, of taboos, witchcraft,
traditions and customs. Miss Mytinger has
the story-teller's gift of making her characters
alive and real. She is not the scholar writing
about racial specimens; she is a warm, human
being constantly delighted by the phenomena
of another civilization. It is her presentation
of an alien race in terms of her relationship
to them which makes her book a delightful
reading experience. The illustrations, repro-
ductions of her portraits, prove the success of
the expedition." Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p5 D 29 '46 800w
N
NABLO, JAMES BENSON. Long November.
223p $2.50 Dutton
45-10475
A wounded Canadian soldier, hiding in a
shattered Italian house, reviews his past life
HSXSSi*' .A™ £8* them^00^ *ets •tan* !t lm- a* a Preliminary to his life's great decision,
proves somewhat. The Fact-Fiction stories. Is he to go back home to Steffle, or la it bettei
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
599
for him to throw a bomb at the nearby Nazi
gun emplacement, thereby wiping out both
the Nazis and himself? His thoughts cover
the pre-war depression days in some detail.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p6 Ja 27 '46 800w
Klrkus 13:544 D 15 '45 230w
"Language is coarse, but the reader is con-
vinced that under the circumstances men re-
sort to coarse speech. Recommended for adult
readers as an expose" of the effects of a de-
pression peace and a world war on the minds
of young men." H. P. Bolman
-f Library J 71:121 Ja 16 '46 HOw
"In spite of some expert naturalistic detail
and anecdote. Mr. Nablo* s iron -lad is an unreal
and unrealized character. He is psychologically
hollow and emotionally untrue. He stands,
wobbling, somewhere between the kingdoms of
Mr. Hemingway and the Youth's Companion;
and since he's the burden of the book, it's
practically nowhere." B. V. Winebaum
— NY Times p28 Mr 10 '46 270w
"One of the bitterest and most vindictive
books to come out of the war so far. If that's
the way Mr. Nablo feels inside, it's probably
better that he has got it out of his system."
New Yorker 21:77 F 2 '4G 120w
"The book uses the language, the philos-
ophies, the views of the GI in the fox hole, the
mud, the ruins. It will be unpleasantly realistic
to the cultured, clean -mouthed, uncontaminated
class in this country who didn't experience
war's moral and mental fllth. Private Joe
Mack's thoughts represent the thoughts of
most of our fighting men, and his dreams are
the dreams that carried us through to victory.
What 'The Long November* presents is the
problem that is puzzling our muddled political
giants: the enigma of the future of the little
fellow, the straight -forward, clear- thinking GI
Joe who is disillusioned and allergic to soft-
soap attitudes or platitudes." A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:24 Mr 2 '46 900w
"The author, who served three years as a
pilot in the RCAF, writes realistically but too
crudely for the fastidious." D. B. B.
Springf'd Republican p4 D 28 '45 120w
" 'The Long November* starts out in a burst
of pungent soldier-talk that makes it sound
almost like another 'Walk In the Sun.' Re-
grettably, however, it soon sags into a series
of depression flash -backs and cloudy sociologi-
cal reflections. It's not clear whether Joe
Mack is a weak idealist or just a dishonest
one. Mr. Nablo gives his hero a vocabulary
rich in four-letter words: but Joe's glands are
more consistent than his mental processes."
Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p!2 F 3 '46 600w
NAHM, MILTON CHARLES. Aesthetic ex-
perience and its presuppositions. 654p $4.50
Harper
701.17 Esthetics. Art— Philosophy 46-519
"The purpose of this book is to discover
the components that enter into the experience
of fine art, and to show the profound impor-
tance of aesthetic experience in the lives of
men. It is not an analysis of individual arts
or of specific works of art. except as required
by the argument, but aims to show that the
fine arts nave their common meaning in a
common experience. The author considers feel-
ing and imagination, the form, the structure*
and the end of art, symbols of communication,
and the re- creative and creative aspects of
both artistic production and aesthetic experi-
ence." (Publisher's note) Bibliography. Index.
"Although the book is obviously the product
of a long study of aesthetics and the arts,
I regret to say that I find very little in it that
ia instructive. It is dull, verbose, and pre-
tentious; and where it most needs clarity, it
lacks it. . . Let me conclude with a word about
Nahm's scholarship. He is well informed, and
even erudite, on all topics relating to the his-
tory of aesthetics; yet I cannot see that his
knowledge is put to good use." C. L. Steven-
son
— + Ethics 56:231 Ap '46 1450w
"This is no ordinary book. Professor Nahm
is not among the authors who glibly retell an
often told story nor does he add another item
to the list of books which are a commodity
for consumption by college students in the
first place, and incidentally only an intellectual
accomplishment. The author is at grips with
real problems and he tackles them with a real
desire for clarity. . . He zealously strives to
learn from our intellectual ancestors and to
insert himself into the philosophical tradition
which begins with Plato. He is not entirely
successful. In order to do successfully what
he sets out to do he would have to emancipate
himself from modernistic prejudices which
block his advance and are clearly at variance
with the intent of his enterprise." Helmut
Kuhn
^ j Philos 43:471 Ag 15 '46 1550w
Reviewed by H. M. Kallen
Sat R of Lit 29:23 Ap 13 '46 900w
Times [London] Lit Sup p321 Jl 6 '46
1400w
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:173 S '46 250w
NAKOS, LILIKA. Children's inferno; stories of
the great famine in Greece; tr. from the
French by Allan Ross Macdougall; with a'n
introd. by Bessie Breuer. 234p $3 Gateway
46-8669
"A collection of stories, apparently with a
factual background, about the occupation of
Athens. It might be described as the White
Book of the Greek children. The author, a
novelist and short-story writer well known in
her native Greece as well as in France, be-
came a nurse after the Germans invaded her
country and began scientifically to starve the
people, and the majority of these stories center
on the children's ward of her hospital." New
Yorker
Book Week p23 D 8 '46 140w
"Heartbreaking stories. . . There are, almost
unbelievably, notes of joy and beauty even in
this catalogue of horrors."
Christian Century 63:1441 N 27 '46 60w
"Most of [the stories], especially those deal-
ing with children forced by circumstances into
depravity and crime, are harrowing, but Miss
Nakos's literary skill, compassion, and faith in
her people have made her book much more
than a mere chronicle of horror."
-f New Yorker 22:126 N 9 '46 120w
"From these stories one gets an overwhelm-
ing sense of the despair and misery that must
have been the lot of the average Athenian dur-
ing the war. In their particularities these
pieces are as raw and real as documentary
photographs. For that very reason, however,
they are unsuccessful as short stories. They
bear too close a relationship to Miss Nakos's
observed experience; the reality has not been
transmuted by a selective, universalizing imag-
ination. The best of the stories is the one
called 'The Madwomen,* in which, with admir-
able detachment, Miss Nakos tells of the effects
of a woman's insanity on her husband and
little girl." Stephen Stepanchev
H Weekly Book Review p40 D 1 '46 370w
NARDI, NOACH. Education in Palestine. 1920-
1945. 255p |2.50; to members fl.60 Zionist
organization
370.9569 Education— Palestine 46-142
"The early chapters of the book trace the
growth of Palestinian education through four
brief stages. Then follows a description of the
kinds of present-day Jewish schools, their num-
bers and support. Chapters vii, viii, and x
compare Jewish and Arabic educational or-
ganization and administration. Chapter xi dis-
cusses a number of youth movements. The
remainder of the book deals with educational
theory, practice, and problems." El School J
Reviewed by Khalil Totah
Ann Am Acad 246:150 Jl '46 44 Ow
Reviewed by Benjamin Weintroub
Book Week pll Ja 20 '46 460w
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NARDI, NOACH— Continued
"Taken as a whole, this volume in the field
of educational literature will be of value not
only to Jewish people, including: those directly
connected with the Zionist Movement, but to
everybody who is interested in Palestine. The
book was written from the standpoint of Jewish
groups, but the author has been liberal in his
interpretations and farsighted in his sugges-
tions of principles which may be used for
future development of a rapidly evolving school
system." R. L.. Fleming
-f El School J 46:352 P '46 1300w
Foreign Affairs 24:755 Jl '46 lOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:41 Mr '46 260w
NASH, ANNE. Unhappy rendezvous. 215p $2
Doubleday
46-7032
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:468 8 15 '46 90w
"Suspense is the keynote of this well-plotted
novel." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p32 N 24 '46 150w
"Pleasant enough telling of completely in-
credible story." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 17 '46
60w
"Mildly diverting."
Sat R of Lit 29:80 D 7 '46 40w
"This could be intended as a wild stab at
that old devil, the screwball mystery. Any-
way, the author is always there with the will
to entertain — a step in the right direction."
Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p39 N 17 '46 120w
NASH, BEN. Developing marketable products
, and their packagings. 404p il $5 McGraw
658.8 Marketing. Commercial products
45-9207
"Presentation of the many and varied con-
siderations affecting designing and develop-
ment which influence marketing. Success of
mass -product ion products and packages. The
book points out factors which improve or lessen
marketability and shows how to anticipate and
apply these influences for maximum market-
ability. Will serve as a guide to use of favor-
able influences which time, change and tech-
nological advances offer for increasing the
marketability of a newly developed commodity
with actual procedures for various activities of
product -package development." (Library J)
Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
Library J 70.687 Ag '45 lOOw
"The book is specific enough to be of value
to the present user of advanced market anal-
ysis. At the same time, it is so comprehensive
that it can be useful to the student of the
subject, and to the manufacturer or the mer-
chandiser who wishes to reorganize his present
methods of packaging and distributing his
product."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:70 Mr '46 260w
NASH, ELEANOR ARNETT. Bachelors are
made. 272p $2.75 Appleton- Century
46-1250
Early in life Croy Stanley learned about
women when he began to see through his
selfish, possessive, beautiful mother. Letter
Croy, though he might have easily found a
woman to love and marry, remained a bachelor,
shying away from all women and from one
woman in particular.
Kirkus 14:76 F 15 '46 180w
"You get the feeline that the author could
do better than this if she tried."
— New Yorker 22:100 Mr 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 10 '46
loOw
NASON, LEONARD HASTINGS. Contact Mer-
cury. 247p $2.50 Doubleday
46-2154
Story of espionage during the time when the
Allied armies were sweeping over Europe.
Colonel Eadie, an American tank officer who is
sent to Paris on a secret mission, is the central
character. Eadie's fortunate escape, bearing a
little knowledge about the projected atom
bomb, saves many lives.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p!4 F 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Kirkus 14:9 Ja '46 70 w
"If what you have read about the secret of
the atomic bomb has not already scared the
pants off you, this novel will go a long way
toward completing the job." I. A.
-f- N Y Times plO Mr 10 '46 320w
"Top grade spy stuff."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 30 '46 40w
"Among the well mixed ingredients: a stolen
jeep, an abducted Frenchman, a mystery girl,
black market, atomic-bomb secrets." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46
140w
NAST, ELSA RUTH. B^arm story: il. by Masha.
[44p] $1 Harper
46-7543
A picture storybook about a little city girl
who went to visit on a farm. She was afraid
at first, but when she discovered how friendly
the country really was, her fears all vanished.
Kirkus 14:383 Ag 15 '40 80w
"Miss Nast's text fits the Masha drawings
admirably — the same soft outlines, the same
gentle tenderness. . . Recommended for all pic-
ture book shelves." S. J, Johnson
-f Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"The story is slight and not too plausible
in some spots, but the illustrations by Masha
will delight anyone who reads the book." Verna
Ballentine
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p9 N 10 '46
170w
Reviewed by M. I>. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 S 8 '46 170w
Wis Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. Theatre book of
the year, 1945-1946; a record and an interpre-
tation. 370p $3.50 Knopf
792 Theater — U.S. Drama — History and
criticism (43-51298)
Fourth in the author's annual series of
records and interpretations of the plays and
musical shows given in the New York theaters.
At the head of each chapter he lists the play,
the cast, the theater, and length of run. Then
he launches forth into his criticisms, good or
bad, but never indifferent. Index.
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p23 N 9 '46
40w
Kirkus 14:472 S 15 '46 120w
"Any stranger to Nathan needs to be warned
that these are no substitute for the Burns
Mantle Best Plays series but are essays on all
theatrical subjects which the excuse of a play
review offers. Recommended for theater col-
lections." George Freedley
Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 70w
New Repub 115:605 N 4 '46 20w
"His essays amble through fierce dislikes to
equally fierce passions, sometimes wandering
from side to side on the bumpy road of the
theater, but never getting off it. 'The Theatre
Book of the Year* Is one man's diary of even-
ings spent among the refinements of Broadway.
It also is the diary of a man who likes his
work. . . As he talks of all -but- forgot ten plays
in a wayward past, he sets down their names
with the unction of a dowager fingering rare
Jewels. As he discusses some of the pretenses
of the unwise, he cuts them down to colander
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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size or finer. Mr. Nathan never grows tired:
he always has slept well. But he may become
stage-struck one of these days." Lewis
Nichols
-f N Y Times p24 O 20 '46 750w
"A scrapbook of a year's opinions about plays
— the greater part of which are no longer even
memories — may not sound very rewarding. But
Mr. Nathan, in his pleasantly acid prose, can
take even the most footling piece of Broadway
nonsense and. with entertaining digressions,
write an essay on it with critical perception,
humor, and vitality of expression."
-f New Yorker 22:127 N 9 '46 80w
Reviewed by John Hobart
San Francisco Chronicle p20 N 10 '46
300w
Reviewed by T. Q. Curtiss
Theatre Arts 31:67 Ja '47 440w
"Like its predecessors it is both a record and
a critical interpretation, valuable to the extent
that we accept the critic's right to judgment.
To win that right, knowledge of stage history
is not enough; taste and intelligence are not
enough; there must also be an abiding love
for the theater even when it is behaving at its
worst and has to be chastised. Nobody has ever
questioned Nathan's ability to chastise, and
many have been deceived by the apparent gusto
with which he performs the rite. But on the
rarer occasions when good work, honest, sig-
nificant work, is displayed. Nathan can wel-
come it with keen perception and obvious de-
light. It makes him happy. His beloved brat
is behaving as it can and should." W. P. Eaton
-f Weekly Book Review p7 N 3 '46 800w
NATHAN, ROBERT ROY, and others. Pales-
tine: problem and promise; an economic
study. 675p maps $5 American council on pub-
lic affairs
330.9569 Palestine — Economic conditions
46-3167
"The product of long study by several of
America's leading economists, it covers a vast
range of problems in admirably organized fash-
ion. The authors discuss geography and nat-
ural resources, agriculture and manufactures,
labor and commerce, national income and public
finance. They show clearly that Palestine is no
longer a charitable enterprise; in fact, wartime
experience proved conclusively the country's
ability to withstand the strains of a dislocated
economy. An important part of the book is the
extensive and closely reasoned forecast of
future trends. Capital requirements especially
are carefully analyzed and the writers estimate
that between 615,000 and 1,125,000 Jewish im-
migrants can be admitted in the next decade."
New Repub
"No work on Palestine may stand comparison
with this monumental volume. 'Palestine, Prob-
lem and Promise* is unique in conception and
admirable in execution. It is literally indispens-
able for the appreciation and understanding of
the phenomenon that is Palestine." Benjamin
Weintroub
*f Book Week p!4 Ap 21 '46 400w
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:5 N '46
"There is hardly a problem concerning Pales-
tine with which the authors do not deal fully,
clearing away generalizations and misconcep-
tions. Their work involves re-evaluation of the
entire Jewish-Palestinian problem by two au-
thorities who are unquestionably •well-in-
formed." E. S. P.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!8 My 11
'46 750w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Reviewed by Max Fischer
Commonweal 44:603 O 4 '46 400w
"It is an impressive study, not less because
the impression is of a roseate colour." N. B.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 My 31 '46 300w
"This impressive discussion is realistic, so-
phisticated, and entirely free from political il-
lusion. It is clear that governmental policies,
not natural resources, will be the limiting
factors in the next decade. The authors of the
book are Zionists, but at no point does their
conviction distort their analyses." Ralph Bates
+ Nation 176:549 My 4 '46 280w
"The frequently expressed wish for an un-
colored report on Palestine is amply fulfilled by
this scholarly volume. . . This is no propaganda
tract. At times it is critical enough to make
Zionists unhappy: the more extravagant of-
ficial claims are unmercifully deflated. Here
is one book that should be read by all who
want to know what goes on in the Middle
East."
+ New Repub 114:708 My 13 '46 ISOw
Reviewed by R. H. S. Grossman
New Statesman &. Nation 31:474 Je 29
'46 600 w
"Upon opening this bulky volume, glancing
over its pages, one first gains the impression of
a highly specialized economic study, abounding
in statistical figures, charts and maps. Indeed,
it is a scholarly study, yet not at all dull.
It does not confine itself to assembling all the
data available on the bubject. Its organization
and presentation achieve a perfectly lucid pic-
ture of the whole thorny problem, the histori-
cal background, the present situation and con-
dition, the prospects of Palestine. The results
of exhaustive research are treated with a
sound, detached judgment and impeccable
clarity of argumentation. It is thoroughly
readable. It comes in time to furnish addi-
tional information to anyone acquainted with
the report of the Anglo-American Palestine
Commission and wishing to go deeper into the
matter. As a whole, it confirms the findings
of the commission, but, being less restricted
in its scope, or hampered by delicate political
considerations, it goes farther in its conclusions
than the report did." Krich Kahler
-f N Y Times p6 Je 23 '46 1750w
"A 'monumental study' of the Palestine ques-
tion. It belongs on the desk of every writer,
speaker, commentator, and public official hav-
ing anything to do with forming opinion or
translating it into action. One might wish It
were more readable, but if it were, the book
might not be what it is, the first truly defini-
tive work on what is one of the most important
issues in human and international relations in
our time." Frank Gervasi
-{- Sat R of Lit 29:12 My 11 '46 1250w
Reviewed by W. J. Cahnman
Social Forces 25:230 D '46 900w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:304 D '46 280w
NATHANSON, JEROME, ed. Science /or de-
mocracy. See Conference on the scientific
spirit and the democratic faith, 1946
NATIONAL cyclopaedia of American biog-
raphy. v27-30, current volume F il ea $16
White. J.T.
920 U.S.— Biography (21-21756)
"The preface of volume XXVII states: *The
Cyclopaedia includes biographies of the
founders, "builders and defenders of the Re-
public and the men and women who are doing
the work and moulding the thought of the
present time." ' As in previous permanent
volumes biographies are found of the follow-
ing: Presidents of the United States, Vice-
Presidents, cabinet officers, ambassadors and
ministers to foreign countries, heads of federal
bureaus, justices of the United States courts,
governors of the states, senators, presidents of
leading colleges and universities and of learned,
professional, patriotic, and religious societies,
bishops of the various churches and ranking
officers of the United States Army and Navy.
Examination indicates that few names of im-
portance in the fields noted above seem to have
been omitted. There are, however, certain in-
clusions which are difficult to understand, as
they could have only local interest and might
well have been left out of a publication of na-
tional scope." Subscription Bks Bui
"The biographies seem to be accurate as to
facts but are, almost without exception, too
laudatory and eulogistic to be convincing.
None of the articles are signed and neither
editors nor contributors are named in any of
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NATIONAL cyclopaedia— Continued
the recent volumes. As in the entire series the
articles have been prepared by the publishers
based on material supplied by members of the
family or close friends of the biographees. . .
Permanent volumes XXVII-XXX and current
volume P are recommended only for large li-
braries, where all available biographical ma-
terial is essential, and for those libraries al-
ready owning the earlier volumes of the set."
h Subscription Bks Bui 17:4 Ja '46 480w
NATIONAL cyclopaedia of American biog-
raphy: Indexes. 3pts in 1 $15 White, J.T.
920 U.S.— Biography (21-21756)
"The Index volume is composed of indexes of
all volumes, permanent and current, and is in
three parts. Part I indexes Volumes I-XXX
inclusive in the permanent series and contains
both personal and topical references in one
alphabet, thus bringing up to date the previous
index volume. Part II similarly indexes Vol-
ume XXXI (not reviewed here). Part III is
an index to current volumes A-P and is also
both personal and topical." Subscription Bks
Bui
"The' topical indexing, which brings out only
slight information on such topics as govern-
ment, business, science, education, is disap-
pointing. . . In other respects the description
and criticisms included in the April 1938 re-
view still apply. Typographical errors are
few, as in checking more than eighty refer-
ences only one was noted."
H Subscription Bks Bui 17:5 Ja '46 IGOw
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTUR-
ERS ASSOCIATION. Chronological history
of electrical development from 600 B.C. 106p
$2 The association, 155 E 44th st, N.Y. 17
621.309 Electricity 46-25243
"This compilation records the outstanding
dates of advances in electrical science and in-
dustry. Prom the early Greek discovery of
static electricity to television broadcasts and
the electron microscope of the 1940's, it lists
over eight hundred entries, varying in length
from a line to a paragraph, and includes not
only theories, experiments, inventions, and sci-
entific laws, but also exhibits, publications,
installations, and statistics. The index in-
cludes personal names, terms, articles, and
events." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43:8 S '46
Reviewed by L.. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:23 Ap '46
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE
PARALYSIS. Bibliography of infantile paral-
ysis, 1789-1944; with selected abstracts and
annotations, prepared under the direction of
the National foundation for infantile paraly-
sis, inc. ed. by Morris Fishbein; compiled by
Liudvig Hektoen and Ella M. Salmonsen.
672p $15 Lippincott
016.61683 Infantile paralysis — Bibliography
46-4199
"This unusual volume, dedicated to Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, sponsored by Basil O'Con-
nor, edited by Morris Fishbein, and compiled
by JLudvig Hektoen and Ella M. Salmonsen, is
an index of 8.320 articles published on infantile
paralysis, from Underwood's 'Debility of the
Lower Extremities' in 1789, to the end of 1944.
The numbered articles are quadruplically in-
dexed in their listing in the body of the book
alphabetically, by years, with added indices by
author and by subject." Am J Pub Health
"Only one possible improvement comes to
mind—if there had been any way of doing it.
If the references could have been one, two, or
three starred, the investigator would have had
a Baedeker for his travels in the realm of re-
search Certainly with this volume investiga-
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Committee
on American scientific and technical blblioq-
raphy. Scientific, medical, and technical books
published in the United States. See Hawkins,
R. JR.
NEELY, HENRY MILTON. Primer for star-
gazers; star maps and line drawings by the
author. 334p $3.75 Harper
623.89 Stars 46-6317
A beginners book on astronomy which should
enable anyone to locate the various constella-
tions. The book has many charts and some
photographs. "The book does not go deeply
into the scientific aspects of astronomy. In-
stead, it explains its simple pictures and direc-
tions, gives brief consideration to Axed stars,
the northern sky and the planets, before
launching into a description of a month-by-
month calendar whereby the stars may be
found at any hour on any night. From there,
each chapter is devoted to the many groups
that a beginner can find, with a few more
complicated groups recommended for advanced
star-gazers." (Scientific Bk Club R) Index.
Book Week p2 Ag 11 '46 130w
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
"For the absolute amateur, who does not
want too scientific a study but does want to
be able to recognize the principal stars and
constellations. . . Occasional legendary, de-
scriptive material brightens the text, which is
in simplest terms for old and young."
4- Klrkus 14:167 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
"Believing that 'the average novice is ap-
palled at the thought of attempting to under-
stand the immensity of the* stellar universe/
[the author] has kept the book on the 'kinder-
garten* level necessary to the kindergarten
stage of the beginner's experience. He also be-
lieves that star-gazing is fun and a very enter-
taining pastime, no more difficult than cross-
word puzzles and not nearly so complicated as
a game of bridge/'
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Je '46 180w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p38 O 27 '46
130w
Wis Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
Am J Pub Health 36:1445 D *46 230w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:261 3 '46 UOw
NEHRU, JAWAHARLAL. Discovery of India.
595p $5 Day
954 India—History. India—Civilization
46-5284
"An interpretative history of India from her
pre-historic Indus Valley civilization to the
present period of English imperialism as seen
through the microscope of a brilliant western-
ized humanist, written during his war-time
imprisonment. This is a discovery of India
in terms of her past, her geography, religion,
art, racial groups. And here, too, are the 200
years of English domination and its failure.
Nehru sees India stimulated by the industrial
revolution brought by the British— but barred
from participation and resultant prosperity
for her people by imperialistic aggrandizement.
Dynamic, progressive, Nehru defines the com-
munal problem as actually a struggle between
the remnants of feudal order and modernist
ideas and Pakistan as an influence, a factor
in strengthening those feudal elements. With
Russia as another influence, Nehru proposes
in answer to the Cripps' mission, full inde-
pendence for India, and internationally a policy
of freedom for dependent nations." (Kirkus)
Index.
"In 'Discovering* India, Pandit Nehru, a
great Hindu statesman and president of the
all-powerful Congress party, performs an In-
valuable service. He submits to the average
unlettered Western mind not a frieze of fabled
splendors, but a rich and warm history,
vigorous with movement and life." David
Karno
-f Book Week p5 Ag 18 '46 360w
Booklist 43:13 8 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
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"The Discovery of India, IB a beautiful and
complicated book revealing to us the rich
personality and the creative power both of the
man and his country."
4- Canadian Forum 26:163 O '46 650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by Anne Premantle
Commonweal 44:457 Ag 23 '46 1350w
Foreign Affairs 25:346 Ja '47 70w
Kirkus 14:268 Je 1 '46 190w
"Interesting, though a less unique contribu-
tion, is his interpretation of earlier cultures.
As Indian history written from an Indian point
of view, the book must be read by anyone
concerned with India's struggle for independ-
ence and her position in the world today.
Highly recommended." Scott Adams
-f Library J 71:976 Jl '46 lOOw
Reviewed by W. N. Brown
Nation 163:354 S 28 '46 1700w
"Here is another berry, though an inferior
and more bitter one, for the laurel wreath
imperialism deserves to wear. . . But while
the scope is large, and some of Nehru's his-
torical excursions, particularly the interpreta-
tion of Buddhism, are brilliant, there is lack-
ing a sense of deflniteness, even of illustra-
tive material. The past is not full brought to
life or really shown to play the role in the
present that historical consciousness assigns to
it. Even recent history is rather pale; perhaps
to avoid repeating what he has already said in
Toward Freedom, Nehru writes of the Congress
Party with a minimum of reference to the
dramatic episodes of civil disobedience. . .
There is a turgid feeling to The Discovery of
India which must be attributed to the great
gloom and greater injustice of Nehru's wartime
imprisonment. . . But the greatest weakness in
this book is its shift from socialism. The very
word occurs less frequently." Isaac Rosenfeld
—- New Repub 115:353 S 23 '46 750w
Reviewed by H. N. Brailsford
New Statesman 6, Nation 32:229 8 28
'46 1900w
"A profound and illuminating document, not
only in its exploration of the Indian heritage
but especially for the light it throws on the
character of a remarkably brilliant and com-
plex personality." John Bicknell
-f N Y Times p5 Jl 28 '46 1600w
"Although 'The Discovery of India,' is a
good hundred pages longer than Mr. Laxness's
novel, it seemed to me a hundred pages short-
er. This may have been because I know prac-
tically nothing about the history of India and
liked reading about it, or it may have been
because Mr. Nehru can make even Sir Stafford
Cripps sound almost exciting. . . A very fine
job." Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:89 Ag 17 '46 120w
"Nehru's history doesn't even pretend to be
objective; it is a rich subjective document
added to his own autobiography, a most mov-
ing love story of a man's affection for his na-
tive land, and the reasons he finds for his
loyalty." Marvin Sargent
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 S 15 '46
700w
"It took [Nehru] flve months of prison soli-
tude to pen these 581 closely printed pages,
and one wonders, in passing, what will happen
to his writing now that his jail-going days
seem to have come to an end. India is now
on the threshold of independence and the erst-
while rebel is destined to be the most impor-
tant government official of a free India, since
Gandhi abhors any office and will prefer to
remain behind the scenes as the father of the
nation. It is time, therefore, to have a fresh
view of India's man of destiny, and what could
be more welcome than Nehru describing his
own reflection in the mirror of India's his-
tory?" Krishnalal Shridharani
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Jl 27 '46 850w
"This is a remarkable book, and is indispens-
able to an understanding of the Indian na-
tionalist case. Its chief defect is the lack of an
index, which greatly impairs its usefulness."
H. G. Rawlinson
Spec 177:268 8 13 '46 550w
Times [London] Lit Sup p476 O 6 '46
800w
"Nehru is an inspired man of action who,
when imprisoned long enough, knows how to
think and to write. This suffuses his work,
this book as well as its predecessors, with an
altogether special quality; indeed it is, prac-
tically speaking, unique. The great spirit that
dwells in it gives it a life of its own in a self-
determined form great and pure, like architec-
ture or like music: this book is built like a
thirteenth -century church, really, and to com-
pare it to any of the dreary nonsense turned
out by other political leaders is impossible. . .
The generosity that beats like a pulse through
the whole work accepts all the phenomena of
life, excludes nothing, nothing at all: even the
British record in India, although examined here
with a clear and sorrowful eye, is not treated
with bitterness. . . If there is a weakness In
the whole thing — that is, in Nehru's view of
the world, of which this book is a very sincere
and high expression — it comes, as we might
expect, from the fact that the author has been
so deeply immersed in the nationalist strug-
gle." Vincent Sheean
-f- Weekly Book Review pi Ag 4 '46
1600w
NEILSON, MRS FRANCES FULLERTON
(JONES). Giant mountain; il. by Mary-
Reardon. 120p $2 Button
46-4802
Story of a sensitive mountain boy whose
father has a feud with the valley people, caus-
ing the boy much heartache. A snowbound
school bus and a dramatic rescue cures the
misunderstanding. The scene is the Adiron-
dacks. Grades four to seven.
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 5 '46
280w
"Well written story with good mountain
atmosphere. . . Quiet and slow-moving, it will
appeal to the nature-lover especially." Eliza-
beth Johnson
-f- Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. E. Hawk
San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 10 '46
150w
Wis Lib But 42:135 O '46
NEILSON, MRS FRANCES FULLERTON
(JONES). Ten commandments in today's
world; il. by Nils Hogner. 40p $2 Nelson
222.16 Commandments, Ten — Juvenile litera-
ture 46-21158
Explanation of the Ten commandments for
boys and girls, showing how the command-
ments apply to present day life.
"Definitely a book to be used by adults with
children. Nils Hogner pictures are traditional
in content, somewhat modernized in interpreta-
tion. The general appearance is attractive and
of durable value."
+ Kirkus 14:383 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Told in clear, sensible and simple terms
with black-and-white pictures traditional in
content but modern in interpretation by Nils
Hogner. Useful book for parents and Sunday
School teachers, although some sects may-
disapprove of the interpretation of the sixth
and seventh Commandments." N. L. Rathbun
-f Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"Simply told and beautifully illustrated. . .
Though written in a somewhat condescending
and didactic style, this book should prove help-
ful to those who teach the Bible to the very
young. Nils Hogner's beautiful drawings have
a strength and dignity well suited to the sub-
ject and succeed admirably in showing how
abstract ideals may be applied to human con-
duct." Elizabeth Hodges
j NY Times pll D 22 '46 140w
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
40w
604
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
NELSON, BERNARD HAMILTON. Fourteenth
amendment and the Negrro since 1920. 185p
$2 Catholic univ. of Am.
325.26 Negroes— Civil rights. U.S. Constitu-
tion—Amendments— 14th amendment
A46-4ZD4
"In the past quarter-century, the most im-
portant constitutional development concerning
civil liberties has been the interpretation of
the Fourteenth Amendment as a protection of
other than property rights. One of the bene;
flciaries of this 'nationalization of civil liberties
has been the study of sixty- nine federal cases
—undertaken [in this book]— most of which
have extended the protection granted the Negro
against state governments. . . 'Due process ana
equal protection of law were both more broad-
ly interpreted and applied after 1936 in regard
to litigation involving the Negro, than at any
other time in the history of the Supreme
Court/ " Am Pol Sci R
Reviewed by D. S. Strong
Am Pol Sci R 40:814 Ag '46 380w
School & Society 63:320 Ap 27 '46 40w
NELSON, BRUCE OPIE. Land of the Daco-
tahs. 354p il $3.75 Univ. of Minn.
978 Missouri valley. Dakota Indians A47-11
History of the Upper Missouri valley, which
runs thru Montana and North and South Da-
kota, from the days of the early French ex-
plorers to the present plans for harnessing the
Missouri. Bibliography. Index.
4 'Perhaps unnecessary emphasis is given to
some of the conventionally 'colorful' figures
among these— Calamity Jane, for example. But
in the book as a whole proportion is sound
and focus is clear." J. T. Frederick
H Book Week p!2 D 8 '48 450w
Booklist 43:153 Ja 15 '47
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 4 '47
700w
"Mr. Nelson has the feel of [this land] as
few writers have had. He knows the sting of
its wind in his face and he keeps its loping
contours in his memory. And these get into
his writing. The Dacotah country was the
last great area of the United States to be
settled, and so its past is all recoverable.
There is a large simplicity to the land and a
like simplicity in its history. In this book its
story is told in broad strokes, always with
a sense of space, and always with the wind
blowing over." Walter Havighurst
4- Weekly Book Review p3 D 22 '46 900w
NELSON, BYRON. Winning golf. 190p il $2.50
Barnes, A.S.
796.352 Golf 46-25187
"The name of an outstanding champion pro-
fessional golfer assures this book's popularity.
The brief explanations of grip, stance, swing,
and play of the various clubs are illustrated
by 85 full-page photographs." Booklist
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pi 5 Jl '46
"In spite of dozens of good books on golf,
this should stand at the top because of its
simplicity, clarity, and honesty on the part
of a great golfer who makes no secret of his
methods." v
-f Kirkus 14:209 My 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Maureen Orcutt
N Y Times p20 Jl 28 '46 270w
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
750w
NELSON, DONALD MARR. Arsenal of democ-
racy; the story of American war production.
439p $4 Harcourt
355.26 World war, 1939-1945— U.S. Indus-
trial mobilization (for war). U.S. War pro-
duction board 46-6266
The former chairman of the W.P.B. describes
his appointment, and his difficulties during his
time as head of that toughest of all jobs: the
conversion of our economic assets into war ma-
terial. Includes details of agency planning,
priorities, allocations, production accomplish-
ments and reconversion. Index.
Am Hist R 52:195 O '46 50w
"Whether an equitable balance of power be-
tween the civil and the military authorities was
maintained during World War II is a question
which political scientists will wish to help de-
cide. It may be an important practical question,
if the years ahead grow increasingly difficult
for the American type of democracy. This can-
did and revealing book contains essential evi-
dence relating to that question and should be
studied with care by all who would contribute
to a better understanding of the American way
in politics." A. N. Hoi combe
-f- Am Pol Sci R 40:1185 D '46 550w
Reviewed by S. E. Harris
Ann Am Acad 248:289 N '46 650w
Reviewed by H. J. Owens
Book Week p3 S 8 '46 290w
Booklist 43:8 S '46
"How WPB and its predecessors surmounted
the rubber crisis, allocated war plants, stand-
ardized aircraft, instituted gas rationing, en-
listed labor's co-operation, and built the planes,
tanks, and guns which turned the tide to vic-
tory will be immensely interesting to those
who still marvel 'how we did it,' and to those
who must plan new M-days of mobilization."
W. H. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 6 '46
800w
"Not merely a book for the record, but one
that records the greatness of management and
labor during a critical period."
+ Kirkus 14:367 Ag 1 ^46 200w
"Informally and genially told with a mod-
erate use of whitewash, the book should in-
terest every business man, every student of
American economic life and every citizen.
Highly recommended." Scott Adams
4- Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Stuart Chase
Nation 163.587 N 23 '46 lOOOw
New Repub 115:334 S 16 '46 210w
"Mr. Nelson's work is required reading for
any one who wishes to understand the eco-
nomic history of the war and to savor all the
meaning in the toast that Stalin proposed at
Teheran to American war production — 'Without
which,' Mr. Nelson quotes the Russian leader,
'our victory would have been impossible.' "
R. B. Porter
-f N Y Times pi S 8 '46 1500w
New Yorker 22:110 S 14 '46 170w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p8 S 14 '46
300w
"As production czar, Mr. Nelson was a fail-
ure. Priorities had been his jurisdiction, and
this he abandoned to the Army. Purchasing
had been his Held, and here he abdicated. Pro-
tection of the civilian economy from militarism
had been his slogan, and the civilian economy
was the one claimant on production left without
a program. Mr. Roosevelt instructed all agen-
cies and departments involved in the war effort
to prepare the official records of their activities
for publication. To this Mr. Nelson has now
published the comic supplement." Eliot Janeway
— Sat R of Lit 29:11 S 7 '46 1200w
"This volume by the head of the War Pro-
duction Board in World War II stands in disap-
pointing contrast to that written in 1921 by
Bernard M. Baruch, who held a similar key po-
sition in World War I. The latter's 'American
Industry in the War' was a comprehensive and
objective account of the nation's industriali-
zation in the earlier conflict; Mr. Nelson, on the
other hand, has written rather a memoir than
such a useful report," R. B. Albion
Weekly Book Review pi 8 8 '46 1600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:146 N '46
NELSON. JAMES, ed. Complete murder sam-
pler. 368p $2.50 Doubleday
Short stories — Collections 46-7567
Anthology of sixteen mystery or murder sto-
ries. Contents: The unfortunate financier, by
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
605
Leslie Charteris; The echo of a mutiny, by R.
A. Freeman; Three episodes from an autobiog-
raphy, by C. W. Willemse; The interruption,
by W. W. Jacobs; Dr. Lartius, by John
Buchan; Trouble is my business, by Raymond
Chandler; Nine points of the law, by B. W.
Hornung; The outsider, by H. P. Lovecraft;
Th™guv!nor, by Edgar Wallace; 48,000 right-
hand gloves, by Lassiter Wren and Randle Mc-
Kay; Footnote to De Quincey: Mr. Smith, by
Edmund Pearson; The three horsemen of the
Apocalypse, by G. K. Chesterton; Footprints in
the jungle, by W. S. Maugham; The lipstick, by
M R. Rinehart; The fate of the picric bomb,
by Robert Barr; Taboo, by Geoffrey Household.
"His design has been to select a sample of
each of the principal forms of the mystery
story. His idea is better than its execution,
but the duality of the stories is, with some in-
explicable exceptions, generally sound. James
Sandoe ^^ y/^^ P9 O 27 '46 70w
Klrkua 14:361 Ag 1 '46 llOw
-f N Y Times p59 N 10 '46 140w
"A few of the old bedraggled stories turn
up, but the collection is well above the cur-
rent level of such anthologies/1
+ __ New Yorker 22:136 O 19 '46 90w
"Some of the choices (such as the British-
satiric Eugene Valmont to represent the French
detective) are at least questionable; but the
novel scheme and generally unhackneyed qual-
ity make this one of the better buys in an-
thologies." Anthony Boucher
4. _ san Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 46
80w
"Bang-up bedsider."
-{-Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 50w
"Readers not committed to any one school
of gooseflesh should thrive on this fare, skip-
ping when signs clearly warn of rough going
ahead. Our own favorite is Edmund Pearson s
familiar but lasting 'Footnote to De Quincey:
Mr. Smith.' People who hate accounts of real
crimes might omit that and read Chandler
twice.
NELSON, JOHN OLIVER, ed. We have this
ministry; church vocations for men and wom-
en. 93p $1.50; pa 50c Assn. press
206.9 Clergy 46-5767
"Under the auspices of the national inter -
semmary committee, this book has been pre-
pared to exhibit to young people the appeal of
the ministry in general and of specific types
of work in and through the church— the rural
and city pastorate, religious education, institu-
tional and military chaplaincy, missions abroad,
social work, ministry to students and the
teaching of religion in colleges, and inter-
denominational work. The contributors are
eleven experts in the several types of work."
Christian Century
Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 70w
"An excellent book; a very much needed
one. . * The editor has wisely chosen experts
in each field and the result is inspirational,
largely because the presentation is so ex-
tremely practical. . . Clergymen will want to
have copies of this book." J, H. Titus
4- Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 150w
"Its approach is sane and objective, and
one which should prove helpful to young people
in the process of making a vocational choice.
Pastors, counselors, and teachers of courses in
vocational guidance will find it useful." J. W.
Crozer Q 23:394 O '46 200w
"A condensed report (93 pages) on the needs
for and the functions of rrotestant ministers.
It will interpret the call to ministry being ex-
tended to young people by Protestant churches
today and b* an Invaluable aid to them in
selecting the fields where they will serve."
Harry Stuckenbruck
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46
800w
NELSON, LAWRENCE EMERSON. Our rov-
ing Bible; tracking its influence through Eng-
lish and American life. 318p il $2.75 Abing-
don -Cokesbury
220 Bible. Whole. Bible in literature 45-11071
"Starting when the Bible was catapulted
into English by Augustine's band In A.I>. 597,
the author tells how it permeated pagan culture
and initiated a glowing literature of its own. He
tracks it down the ages — from Beowulf to atom
bombs, from Mother Goose, to Hollywood--
showing how the world's most exciting best
seller has killed one alphabet and brougnt an-
other, has created the dramas we enjoy,
changed fashions in naming towns and babies,
given men new words and words new meanings,
given plots and titles for the stories we read."
(Publisher's note) Index.
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
"When it comes to tracing the influence in
the names of per&ons and places, nursery
rhymes, inn signs, social satires, political
speeches, titles of novels, newspaper headlines,
advertisements, popular songs, and the writings
of scoffers like Mencken and Ben Hecht — to
mention only a few categories of the less
serious sort — the element of surprise is such
that author and reader may properly have a
good many laughs together. It should not tte
understood that the book as a whole is frivolous.
The contrary is true." W. E. Garrison
~\ • Christian Century 63:112 Ja 23 '46
700w
"I should describe it as scholarly, whole-
some, convincing, and timely. It represents
enormous research and patience; it treats the
Book with deference that is free from flattery
and with a casualness unspoiled by flippancy.
The debt we owe its author is less, perhaps,
than the debt he shows we owe the Bible;
but. in having our bill for the Book drawn up
and presented as he has done it, he has put
us in debt to him to an extent we shall not
easily compute." E. M. Poteat
-f J Religion 26:232 Jl '46 250w
"Simply to read the table of contents is to
have a delightful anticipation of the strange
juxtapositions in which the author revels; and
the quotations heading each chapter are
classics of epigram and humorous 'boner.'
Teachers of survey literature courses will read
the book with renewed interest in their subject;
laymen will find here a new understanding of
their rich heritage; and clergymen will bless
the author for this enrichment of their back-
ground to Bible studies. The book is completely
documented and indexed." G. R. Stephenson
-f N Y Times p34 Ja 20 '46 450w
NESTYEV, ISRAEL VLADIMIROVICH. Sergei
Prokofiev, his musical life; tr. from tne
Russian by Rose Prokofleva; introd. by Sergei
Eisenstein. 193p $3 Knopf
B or 92 Prokofleff, Sergei 46-4150
A record of the musical development of this
well known Russian composer, who was first
introduced to English and American audiences
in the 1920's. There is a catalog of Prokofiev's
works and an index.
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '4G
Kirkus 14:188 Ap 15 '46 170w
"Excellent example of a kind of biographic
writing that is all too rare: no imaginary
conversation, no anecdotes but a musical his-
tory of Prokofiev, . . Highly recommended to
libraries developing music." Leonard Burkat
4- Library J 71:756 My 15 *46 llOw
"A full-fledged biography of Prokofiev
[which] is timely and desirable. . . The transla-
tion from the Russian by Rose Prokofleva (no
relation to the composer) is faithful — too faith-
ful for reading comfort." Nicolas Slonimsky
-j NY Times p!2 Jl 7 '46 950w
"The value of the style study in general
may be somewhat modified for some readers
by the author's strict adherence to the Soviet
'line' in matters of art, which calls for 'exalted
social ideals,' as distinguished, for example,
from the 'openly bourgeois trends of Dlaghuev
606
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NESTYEV, I. V. — Continued
and Stravinsky'. . . A few-footnote references
to 'interesting* articles on Prokofiev in Russian
journals are not likely to be of much help to
American readers. But these are small points.
We should be thankful that the first book writ-
ten in English on one of the most important
composers of our time is generally a sound and
informative contribution." Nathan Broder
4- — Sat R of Lit 30:35 Ja 26 '47 800w
"It would seem to be a difficult task to make
a dull book out of the personality and experience
of one of the most dynamic men and musicians
in modern Russia. But Sergei Prokofiev's biog-
rapher has succeeded in doing Just this. The
volume has all the annoying qualities of a col-
lege thesis with — the added handicap of so much
modern Russian writing — the attempt to ex-
plain every art value in terms of its social
basis and to blame every artistic failure on a
social lapse. It is really too childish."
— Theatre Arts 30:742 D '46 160 w
"Readers not used to the Soviet point of
view will be startled by some of the phras-
ing. Sergei Eisenstein, for example, in an in-
troduction which it is hard to believe he wrote
seriously, commends Prokofiev first of all for
his dependability as a writer of music for the
films. (Not for his music, but for the fact
that it is always in on time). . . However,
when you get used to the dialect and realize
that it stands for a whole set of terms of refer-
ence (the whole immense Soviet system of so-
ciety) the book is, within its limits, valuable.
There is nothing whatever about Prokofiev's
personal life in it save a few (very few) de-
tails of childhood, but this is perhaps a restful
change from a good deal of biographical writ-
ing." Vincent Sheean
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Je 30 '46
lOOOw
NETTEL, REGINALD. Ordeal by music; the
strange experience of Havergal Brian. 158p
$3.25 (12s 6d) Oxford
B or 92 Brian, Havergal
'.'Although ostensibly a biography of the Brit-
ish composer Havergal Brian, in actuality this
book is a keen psychological study of the mod-
ern 20th century school of British composers
when they were struggling for national recog-
nition in a country dominated by German music
and musicians. Besides Brian, whose works are
discussed in detail, considerable space is de-
voted to Elgar, Stanford, Parry, Delius, Hoist,
Bantock and Wood among others." Library J
"Recommended." H. E. Bush
-f Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 120w
Manchester Guardian p3 F 6 '46 120w
Reviewed by Desmond Shawe-Taylor
New Statesman 6, Nation 31:232 Mr 30
'46 240w
"Mr. Nettel has accomplished the difficult
task of treating the biography of a living com-
poser with delicacy without blinking the facts
of recent history. . . The book is thus an un-
usual mixture of history, biography, social com-
mentary, and musical criticism."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p56 F 2 '46
700w
NEUMANN, SIGMUND. The future in perspec-
tive; drawings by Derso. 406p $4 Putnam
940.5 History, Modern. World politics
46-5520
A former German, now American, social
scientist and historian analyzes world events
from 1914 to 1946. Contents: Prologue: The
first World war; I, Background: Sarajevo and
its causes; II, A war and two revolutions;
m. Versailles—a generation after; The drama:
The long armistice and the second World war;
I, The war after the war 1919-24; n, Stabilize*
tion and reconstruction 1924-29; III, The
mounting crisis 1929-34; IV, Dictators march
J&ift'l wS£ld, 1^34-39; V, The second World war
1939-45; Epilogue: The goal—peace. Bibliog-
"Thia is a good, brief, well-organized, and
highly readable record of and commentary upon
international and relevant domestic develop-
ments of recent decades. . . In contrast to the
brilliant treatment of Germany and National
Socialism, there is nowhere in the book a se-
rious attempt to analyze Soviet policy or the
Communist movement. . . The book is a valu-
able aid to the study, and especially to the
teaching, of international relations; it is recom-
mended for the use of those who need a brief
survey of the past three or four decades, and
particularly for those interested in an under-
standing of National Socialism and Germany's
rdle." vernon Van Dyke
.4 Am Pol Scl R 40:1182 D '46 900w
"A brilliant and thought-provoking book."
J. E. Gillespie
-f- Ann Am Acad 248:272 N '46 850w
"Brilliant and compact summation and
analysis of the gaudy years and black events
from Sarajevo to San Francisco." W. P.
Morse
-f Book Week p6 Ag 4 '46 360w
Booklist 43:68 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"Neumann compresses into a brief volume
an astonishing variety of facts, of sociological
analysis and of historical interpretations, and
his presentation will interest the general read-
er. But specialists will also profit from Neu-
mann's approach. . . The last part of the book,
dealing with the immediate present, is disap-
pointing despite some reasonable remarks on
the limits and merits of the "UN and the im-
possibility of world government at once. This
section gives the impression that Neumann
himself is probably much more pessimistic
than he indicates, and that his optimism is
somewhat forced and artificial in order not to
leave his readers in a too black world. . . One
may, of course, disagree with Neumann about
the selection of his material. Latin America
and the Near East should perhaps have been
given greater emphasis. It is surprising too
that an author, who is so much aware of the
importance of spiritual attitudes, does not de-
vote much attention to religious history and
to Church policies. Neither the Lateran treaty
nor Protestant figures such as Karl Earth are
mentioned. It is to be hoped that Professor
Neumann will have critical readers." Walde-
mar Qurian
-| Commonweal 44:553 S 20 '46 1400w
Foreign Affairs 25:335 Ja '47 50w
"The book is not for the casual reader, wish-
ing broad generalizations, simplified analysis,
but for the careful, inquiring reader, who
wishes to weigh the arguments for a hopeful
future. An answer to cynics, phrase mongers
and defeatists."
4- Kirkus 14:214 My 1 '46 170w
"Some individual chapters admirable in their
obviously profound knowledge and acute ob-
servations. But, although author probably
wishes to present picture of past as guide to
the future, aim of book is not clear. Recom-
mended for big public libraries and those spe-
cializing in social sciences." H. H. A. Bernt
+ — Library J 71:918 Je 15 §46 120w
Reviewed by W. J. Gold
Nation 164:78 Ja 18 '47 420w
"Dr. Neumann never strains his interpreta-
tions— and never allows his manner to become
tense or his tone bitter. In places his light
and rapid touch has left the job half done and
in others his suggested theses are open to
serious disagreement. Nevertheless, his treat-
ment of most major topics should tend to
modify the old superstitions and start the gen-
eral reader along a safer and saner path of
history. . . Ail In all, 'The Future in Perspec-
tive* is an entertaining and instructive book
which should, and very likely will, be widely
read." B. W. Fox
-f — N Y Times p37 S 15 '46 1350w
New Yorker 22:67 Jl 27 '46 HOw
"It is well written, and is charmingly illus-
trated with drawings of leading figures by
Derso. Though it is not 'scholarly' in form,
it is obviously based upon close acquaintance
with the sources and keenly perceptive ob-
servation. Thus it is that rare combination of
scholarly study and readable synthesis that
many strive for and few attain." D. B. Lee
-f Pol Scl Q 61:604 D '46 lOOOw
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Reviewed by L. Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 6 '46
150w
Reviewed by Waverly Root
Sat R of Lit 29:17 Ag 31 '46 1650w
Social Studies 37:286 O '46 30w
"The Future in Perspective is highly con-
centrated, yet readable. It is especially recom-
mended for those who have studied one or
more phases of twentieth century in detail and
desire a brief nontechnical presentation of the
whole story as well as on expert's inter-
pretation of facts and prediction for the
future." M. B. Lissfelt
-f Social Studies 37:329 N '46 850w
Springf'd Republican p4d As 25 '46
650w
Reviewed by Kathleen Sproul
Survey G 35:414 N '46 600w
"Mr. Neumann's book is a most helpful
guide. It avoids the confused piling: up of
detail one still finds in many textbooks of
contemporary history; yet it has enough of
the facts— the clinical observations, if you like
— to avoid the opposite evil of much writing
about our present problems — preaching, exhor-
tation, world-government making, all in that
nice other-world of good intentions where such
things are easy. . . Mr. Neumann is no prophet.
He is something far more useful, a guide and
a teacher. He does not pretend to foresee the
future, but to help us face the future as civil-
ized beings should, unalarmed by nightmares
and unlufled by day-dreams/' Crane Brinton
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 11 '46
1200w
NEVIN, EVELYN C. The lost children of the
Shoshones; il. by Manning deV. Lee. 123p
|2 Presbyterian bd.
Sacagawea — Juvenile literature 46-37500
Story of four Indian children, among them
Sacajawea, who were made captives by the
Blackfoot tribe. Follows the story of Saca-
jawea up to and thru the Lewis and Clark
explorations. For young readers.
"Evelyn C. Nevin has woven the story of
Sacajawea into a lively adventure tale which
presents a vivid picture of Indian life which
boys and girls will enjoy reading. The book
is handsomely illustrated by Manning de V.
Lee." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week pll Ag 11 '46 230w
Booklist 43:39 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Elizabeth Burr
Library J 71:083 Jl '46 90w
"Children have liked Indian stories for many
generations, have liked to read of these people
who belong to the early history of their coun-
try. They want their Indian stories to be
true. So 'The Lost Children of the Sho-
shones' should prove to be a popular book. . .
Parents, teachers and librarians who are some-
what concerned about comic magazine addicts
should find this book, with its fast action, a
good antidote." Lois Palmer
•f N Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 140w
Reviewed by L. R. Hanna
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
70w
"The words are easy, the story simple, and
younger children could scarcely meet this
part of our history to better purpose than
through the experience of brave, patient Saca-
jawea to whom, as they repeatedly testified In
their Journals, both Lewis and Clark owed so
much/' M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Je 2 '46 410w
NEW horizons in public administration; a
symposium. 146p $2 Univ. of Ala. press. Uni-
versity, Ala.
363 Public administration. U.S.— Politics
and government 46-27088
"This little volume resulted from six lec-
tures offered by Leonard D. White, Marshall
ern Regional Training Program in Public Ad-
ministration, and put together by Roscoe C.
Martin as the initial publication of the Uni-
versity of Alabama Press. This book is In-
dicative of the method used in the few schools
offering an inclusive program in public ad-
ministration. . . All are attempting, each in
its own way, to brihg the realities of adminis-
tration to their students, usually by arranging
contacts with leading practitioners, so that
the student bodies may become acquainted with
personalities as well as ideas and ideals." Ann
Am Acad
"The only discernible thread of continuity is
that stated in the title, 'new horizons.' The
horizons are new in the sense that, although
we have long known about them, we simply
have not moved toward them. They are rarely
new in the sense of fresh discovery. But if
the horizons are not so new as the title may
imply, the lectures are nevertheless useful,
suggestive in a new synthesis, and eminently
worthy of the wider circulation which this
book form will make possible." E. L. Johnson
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:590 Je '46 800w
Reviewed by L. D. Upson
Ann Am Acad 247:201 S '46 500w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:320 D '46 350w
NEW YORK TIMES. The newspaper, Its mak-
ing and its meaning; by members of the
staff of the New York times; with an in trod,
by Dr. John B. Wade [ed. by Robert K.
Garst). 207p $2 Scribner
070.4 Journalism. New York times 46-9398
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
Reviewed by T. K. Ford
Am Hist R 61:554 Ap '46 350w
Reviewed by Belle Zeller
Ann Am Acad 244:227 Mr '46 750w
Booklist 42:220 Mr 16 '46
Bookmark 7:3 My '46
"This study of the New York Times does
justice to its subject, and that is high praise.
But if the lily has not been gilded, then at
least none of its beauties or virtues has been
ignored in this full-color reproduction. If It
is unkind to report that an air of awe and
admiration runs through these chapters, then
surely we can all agree that there Is much
In the New York Times to elicit awe and ad-
miration. Its glories are many, and these
authors have not hesitated to name them all/'
E. D. C.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 23
'45 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p6 Mr '46
NEWBERRY. MRS CLARE (TURLAY). Kit-
tens' ABC. [36p] $2 Harper
46-8583
A rhyming ABC book composed of a verse
and a picture of kittens or cats on each page.
Booklist 43:174 F 1 '47
"The kittens are painted in water- color, with
humor and without satire, giving an effect of
softness and savagery suitable to domestic kit-
tens who never saw an alley. It is a pity that
the verses which accompany each picture are
so fiat in sound and thought. If the rhythm
of the verses were as true as the rhythm of
the pictures, this would be an even more pleas-
ing book for the very young." Marjorie Fischer
— + N Y Times p33 N 24 '46 HOw
"Mrs. Newberry here employs a new tech-
nique for her expert feline portraits, painting
them in water color with bold strokes of the
brush. The pictures are vigorous and full of
action instead of furry and gentle, as in her
earlier cat books. Possibly some children will
find them less lovable, but these kittens are
almost as alive as real ones. The verses are
good, too." K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 80w
"The medium is unlike that of her earlier
works. Gone is the luminosity around the edges
by which the baby kitten's fluff used to merge
Into the atmosphere under her brush. She now
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NEWBERRY. C. T.— Continued
has strong, broad, quickly caught lines, and
surfaces Indicating strength. There is one tom-
cat which, I am willing to bet, can lick any-
thing on the block. There is an alley cat
treated with as much deference as any other
descendant of Egyptian deities. Little children
will love these action pictures; animal paint-
ers will do well to study them."
Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46 250w
NEWBY, P. H. Journey to the interior. 276p
$2.50 Doubleday [9s 6d Cape, J]
46-7341
"[A story] about an Englishman, seriously
disorientated by the shock of his wife's death,
who spends several months in a small Arabian
oil town populated by a group of particularly
unsavory British colonials. A curious love af-
fair and a strange man hunt eventually brinp:
the hero back to stability." New Yorker
Reviewed by F N. Liitten
Book Week p!2 N 3 '46 360w
Kirkus 14:394 Ag 15 '46 170w
"A novel of the highest promise." Charles
Marriott
4- Manchester Guardian p3 D 14 '45 330w
Reviewed by J. H. Porter
New Repub 116:42 Ja 13 '47 450w
" 'A Journey to the Interior' has a provoca-
tive fascination not dispelled on the final page.
Unlike the easy transparency of much current
fiction, the author unfolds his story and char-
acters by indirection and implication in an
atmosphere charged with ambiguity and sug-
gestive symbol. The characters not only mis-
understand each other but also themselves, and
situations arise which at once propel the nar-
rative and act as suggestive symbols. Nor
does the author come forth with any neat ex-
planations. His eloquence is reserved for
vivid and striking descriptions of scene arid
action." John Bicknell
+ N Y Times p4 O 13 '46 650w
"A very neatly written and slightly disturb-
ing bit of neurasthenia."
-| New Yorker 22:113 O 12 '46 60w
"This book is one that no discriminating
reader should miss." John Hampson
4- Spec 175:628 D 28 '45 340w
"Mr. Newby has, without question, consider-
able ability and is likely to do himself better
justice by attempting something less extrava-
gant."
Times [London] Lit Sup p605 D 22 '45
440w
NEWCOMB, CHARLES KING. Journals; ed.
with a biographical and critical in trod, by
Judith Kennedy Johnson. 299p $4 Brown
univ.
818 46-3324
"Charles King Newcomb was a minor mem-
ber of the intellectual group of which Emerson,
Thoreau, Alcott, and Margaret Fuller were the
leaders. Emerson praised this 'youth of the
subtlest mind' when he met him, a boarder
at Brook Farm, in the early forties; and Emer-
son's friend, Caroline Sturgis, was obviously
drawn to him, or at least he to her. . . Then
his mother, from whom this sojourn at Brook
Farm was a temporary and ineffectual escape,
drew him away, and his life and capacities
dwindled and narrowed. The twenty-seven vol-
umes of his manuscript journal, his total ac-
complishment in this world, constitute a long
and painful record of material and spiritual
failure." (Sat R of Lit) These excerpts from
his Journals are edited with a biographical
and critical Introduction by Judith Kennedy
Johnson. Index.
"Newcomb's editor arranges selections from
his journals into topics, so that one cannot
get a chronological impression of a whole
man. She admirably resists the temptation
to claim importance for a subject to which
she has devoted so much disciplined work.
Her restraint, the precision and subtlety with
which she expresses herself, are promising
virtues." W. B. Hamilton
4- N Y Tlmea p!2 Ap 14 '46 260w
"Beautifully written in spots, even the care*
fully selected passages in this volume do not
reach a level of excellence that would make
them intrinsically worthy of preservation. . .
Dr. Johnson hints at but does not fully develop
the psychological significance of the case.
Perhaps this is just as well, for its morbid
implications are almost too obvious. Her task
was to present the Journals and the facts of
their composition, and this she performs com-
petently." R. E. Spiller
4- Sat R of Lit 29:58 Ap 13 '46 650w
"His style is overwrought, with an exces-
sive fondness for neat antitheses. But there
was a certain genius about him which con-
stantly surprises the reader with the shock
of a brilliant phrase, an uncommon bit of per-
ception, or a profound thought. If Emerson
was only partly right in his estimate of
Charles Newcomb, the wastage of his talents
was monumental." G. F. Whicher
Weekly Book Review p32 Mr 31 '46
1050w
NEWCOMB, COVELLE (MRS ADDISON BUR-
BANK). Larger than the sky; a story of
James Cardinal Gibbons; il. by Addison Bur-
bank. 216p $2.50 Longmans
B or 92 Gibbons, James, cardinal — Juvenile
literature 45-10378
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"A story biography of Cardinal Gibbon. s,
written in a lively, vigorous vein." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:136 Mr '46
"Warmth and human interest pervade this
record of a small boy m Ireland who delighted
in dramatizing scenes from American history
and later came to New Orleans to work as a
grocer's clerk for his education. . . Older boys
and girls will welcome this timely story of an
able churchman and patriot." Helen Brogan
4 Library J 71:125 Ja 15 '46 lOOw
"Covelle Newcomb writes with sympathy,
vividness and a sense of the dramatic." A. T.
Eaton
4- N Y Times p22 Mr 10 '46 lOOw
"Covelle Newcomb has a knack for selecting
appropriate titles, and a talent for writing en-
tertaining and convincing biographical stories
for readers of high school age and older. Her
latest offering, Larger Than the Sky, is the
heart- warming account of many significant
moments in the life of James Cardinal Gib-
bons, a great man, a great Catholic, a great
American." Sister Mary Grace
4- Social Studies 37:187 Ap '46 700w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 F 10 '46 360w
Wis Lib Bui 42:48 Mr '46
NEWCOMB, COVELLE (MRS ADDISON BUR.
BANK). The secret door. 162p il $2.50 Dodd
B or 92 Greenaway, Kate — Juvenile litera-
ture 46-11871
Story-biography of the shy, sensitive English
artist, Kate Greenaway, who was born in 1846
and died in 1901. The book is illustrated with
drawings by Addison Burbank, patterned after
Kate Greenaway's work.
Booklist 43:138 Ja 1 '47
"As usual Covelle Newcomb has distilled into
effortless prose the results of much research on
period and personalities; Kate Greenaway
emerges as charming and elusive as the chil-
dren she created but still a part of her time.
Addison Burbank's illustrations based on Kate
Greenaway's own drawings add much to the
appeal of the little book. A sympathetic biog-
raphy for anyone interested in English life and
letters, in the minor artists, in children's books
—or just in Kate Greenaway." M. C. Scoggin
4- N Y Times p3 N 10 '46 190w
"You could scarcely have a better way to
present to younger children the life of Kate
Greenaway than by what one might call the
'true-story form,' in which the known facts are
treated with respect and the essential spirit
with the freedoms allowed to fiction. Such a
'true story' is this; even the illustrations are
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blends of the original and what the original has
influenced. One of the charms of the book is in
turning: the pages to discover, as even a little
child soon will do, figures as familiar to them
as the paper on the nursery walls."
-f- Weekly Book Review p!6 N 10 '46 550w
NEWHOUSE, EDWARD. Iron chain. 228p $2.50
46-7725
Twenty-one short stories most of which orig-
inally appeared in the New Yorker. The title
is from a statement of General Grant's: "Teth-
ered as we are by the iron chain of circum-
stance." Each story is an incident from the
outer fringes of the war, rather than the war
itself.
"Edward Newhouse's wartime short stories,
excellent as some of them still seem, made
much better reading when they first appeared
in The New Yorker. . . Newhouse undoubtedly
is capable of far greater things. He can un-
doubtedly turn out one of the greatest of war
books when he has had time for reflection,
which he didn't have in the writing of 'The
Iron Chain.' But his current book, despite its
virtues of well- turned irony, polished dialogue
and use of paradox, succeeds only in giving the
impression of a David facing Goliath with a
pea-shooter." J. O. Supple
Book Week p4 N 24 '46 250w
"Twenty-one short stories good enough to
have been published (17 of them were) in the
New Yorker. That indicates a particular qual-
ity as well as the general fact of highly com-
petent writing. Some of them give glimpses of
the war in which Newhouse served in the air-
force, but most of them have a New York
setting."
-f Christian Century 63:1408 N 20 '46 60w
Kirkus 14:529 O 15 '46 170w
"Reading these stories is like having some-
one jerk a piece of adhesive tape off the hairy
part of your arm: the pain is sharp, but Mr.
Newhouse is the doctor and you are amazed
at how quickly you cease to hurt. His irony
does not cut too deeply, for it is almost al-
ways tinctured with pity and tempered by his
own understanding of 'the iron chain.' After
all, he was part of it. . . Mr. Newhouse is a
master of the ironic incident, an effect he
achieves by casting a few civilian characters
among the swarm." David Dempsey
-f N Y Times p5 O 27 '46 700w
Reviewed by W. Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
200w
"The author of these twenty-one short sto-
ries, seventeen of which have appeared in The
New Yorker, knows what he is talking about;
knows poignantly, bitterly, and most of the
time with a tenderness as rare as it is grati-
fying." Struthers Burt
-f Sat R of Lit 30:14 Ja 11 '47 1050w
"Seventeen stories in this collection of
twenty-one short stories by Edward Newhouse
are concerned with the war. Of the remaining
four tales, three are about the habitues of
Jake's saloon on Third Avenue. They are very
well done, but the fourth story, a pointless
description of a career girl's Jaunt to the old
home in Maine, complete with phony Maine
dialect, Mr. Newhouse should have thrown in
the waste basket even if it was one of the
fortunate seventeen stories to appear in 'The
New Yorker.' " Pauline Leader
^ -- Weekly Book Review p!2 D 15 '46
700w
NEWMAN, ERNEST. Life of Richard Wagner.
4v V4 729p il |7.50 Knopf
B or 02 Wagner, Richard (33-4967)
The fourth and final volume of this monu-
mental biography covers the period of Wag-
ner's life from 1866 to his death in 1883. It
was the time when he was composing Die
Meistersinger and Parsifal and completing the
Ring cycle. For earlier volumes see Book Re-
view Pigest, 1933, 1937 and 1941. Index.
Reviewed by J. N. Burk
Atlantic 178:155 Ag '46 500w
Reviewed by J. W. Rogers
Book Week pi S 29 '46 290w
Booklist 42:347 Jl 1 '46
"The final volume is marked by the same
scholarliness and the same relentless logic as
its predecessors. The documentation is ex-
haustive, and masses of evidence are adduced
to support the author's position in matters of
dispute. With such a subject as Wagner, there
is plenty of material for controversy, and Mr.
Newman is by no means a gentle debater. He
insists upon his points with often tiresome
reiteration, and he handles his opponents with-
out gloves. At times, carried away with his
arguments, he allows himself to go a little
beyond the realm of evidence into that of
imagination in re-creating the thoughts of his-
torical characters and assigning motives to
them. But on the whole he is Just. Recogniz-
ing the grave flaws in Wagner as a man, he is
not blinded by them to his musical genius."
Li. A. Sloper
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 27
'46 700w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl6 Jl '46
"Produced by a painstaking and earnest
scholar who nonetheless is a brilliant writer,
the work is intensely readable and will hold
interest not only of musicians, historians and
biographers but of laymen as well." H. E.
Bush
-f Library J 71:756 My 15 '46 140w
"The matters with which those seven hun-
dred pages deal — including as they do the
relations between Wagner and Nietzsche, the
building of Bayreuth, the completion of 'Die
Meistersinger,' the 'Ring/ and 'Parsifal' — are
important and interesting (though the labori-
ously arrived at detail is sometimes wearying);
but more interesting, for me, is the nine-page
appendix with which the volume — and the
entire work — ends. This appendix, entitled
Bombastes Funoso, is concerned with the re-
view of the third volume by the late Carl
Kngle in the April. 1941, issue of the Musical
Quarterly. . . This appendix of Newman's is
a very curious episode. Authors reply to their
critics; but they do it in a letter or an article
published at the time of the criticism; they
don't give the reply — and the criticism — the
.status of an appendix in the book itself several
years later." B. H. Haggin
Nation 163 '324 S 21 '46 2200w
"Like the preceding volumes, it is based on
painstaking scholarship, written with an easy
grace and a sense of humor, and animated with
a deep though not uncritical love of its hero.
It is a book indispensable for the student but
at the same time fascinating to the general
reader." Hans Kohn
4- N Y Times p3 Je 9 '46 900w
Reviewed by P. H. Lang
Sat R of Lit 29:34 Jl 27 '46 1150w
"Ernest Newman was a learned man; he was
a distinguished critic; he was willing to take
endless pains to find, and to interpret his facts
before he rendered his Judgments; he was objec-
tive enough to separate a man from his artistic
creation when the two were not in harmony.
And, added to all that, he was a master of
style, of a simple, expressive rhythmic prose
that makes fascinating reading of the seven
hundred pages of this fourth volume, which
completes his monumental work."
-f- Theatre Arts 30:739 D '46 950w
"Few biographies in the whole of literature
can have such an enthralling effect as this one
upon persons predisposed to an interest in its
subject." Vincent Sheean
-f. Weekly Book Review pi My 26 '46
2250w
NEWMAN, LOUIS ISRAEL. Biting on gran-
ite; selected sermons and addresses. 446p
$3.75 Bloch
252 Sermons
"These selected sermons and addresses by
the distinguished Rabbi of Congregation
Rodeph Sholom (Reform), New York City,
reveal at their best the many brilliant
qualities of the author as preacher, poet,
610
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NEWMAN. L. I — Continued
writer, thinker, and community leader. Dr.
Newman discourses on a variety of themes In
these pages ranging: from 'The Excommunica-
tion of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan* to an in-
spirational review of that stage-hit 'Jacobow-
sky and the Colonel.' " Churchman
Christian Century 63:893 Jl 17 '46 140w
"The reader finds everywhere rich evidence
of the author's remarkable versatility whose
literary style is only infrequently marred by a
tendency towards diffuseness." K. M. Chwo-
rowsky
4- Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 180w
NEWTON. JOSEPH FORT. River of years;
an autobiography. 390p $3 Lippincott
B or 92 46-3126
Dr Newton's autobiography covers fifty
years of an active and varied Hfe. His ec-
clesiastical life began as the pastor of a South-
ern Baptist church, continued thru several
independent and liberal churches of the Uni-
tarian type, and the free pulpit of London's
City Temple, and came at length to the Pro-
testant Episcopal church. Geographically he
started with Texas, proceeded to Kentucky,
Illinois, Iowa, London. New York, and Phila-
delphia. Besides his preaching. Dr Newton
is widely known as a writer and editor, and
accounts of this part of his life work and his
contacts with many of the world's great fill
out his story. Index.
Reviewed by M. A. DeW. Howe
Atlantic 178:153 Jl '46 480w
Reviewed by J. M. Yard
Book Week plO My 12 '46 280w
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:562 My 1 '46 700w
"This autobiography is a good deal more
than the story of the Hfe of one of the famous
preachers and writers of the Episcopal Church.
It is also a history of an entire generation in
the world of religion and of life, set forth
with that beauty of style and that spiritual
insight of which the author is master." W. L,
Caswell
-|- Churchman 160:17 Ap 15 '46 750w
"His life is interesting because of the people
whose lives he has touched; Henry Watterson.
Mark Twain, D. L. Moody, Lloyd George,
George Bernard Shaw, the King and Queen
of England, to name but a few. But even
more it is an interesting life because Joseph
Fort Newton is an interesting man and knows
how to make himself seem interesting to
others. The multitudes of those who know
Dr. Newton or know of him will provide an
audience for this book."
-f Kirkus 14:98 P 15 '46 230w
"Doctor Newton's life is rich in meaning
and through him thousands have discovered
a meaning which they had never expected to
find in religion. The same discovery may
await many who will read this intensely in-
teresting story-" O. G. Lawson
-f Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 130w
"The book is filled with anecdotes, told with
insight and drama. Whether he writes of tea
with Tagore. dinner with Elihu Root, a mid-
night talk with Carl Sandburg, or the troubles
of an invalid, it is with interest in and ap-
preciation for the lives of the small and the
great. Editor and author himself, his observa-
tions on famous writers enliven the book." G.
R. Stephenson
4- N Y Times p6 My 19 '46 600w
Reviewed by R. E. Roberts
Sat R of Lit 29:44 Je 22 '46 900w
"This book flows like a swift 'river' laden
with the abundant freightage of the 'years.'
But the hidden depths are not revealed. Per-
haps this will come with the publication on
some later day of Dr. Newton's diary. A few
brief passages from this intimate record are
here set down, and they give promise of a
great autobiographical document. In this book
one must be content with the story of a busy
life Hve4 U* two coupes \n tl>e jnjo>t 9f
great events and in the company of great
men." J. H. Holmes
+ Weekly Book Review pi 6 Ap 21 '46
1150w
NEWTON, STANLEY. Paul Bunyan of the
Great Lakes. 188p $2.50 Packard & co.
398.21 Bunyan, Paul 47-30006
A retelling of the saga of Paul Bunyan, who
is here pictured as having been born of Russian
parents in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Paul also has a sweetheart, a girl named Tiny,
who is a Finn.
"Simple folk who are not propaganda-con-
scious and who read a book for sheer entertain-
ment will enjoy these rollicking stories as told
by a former Michigan newspaperman who helps
perpetuate the American frontier tradition of
tall tale-telling." E. S. Watson
+ Book Week p2 D 8 '46 310w
Booklist 43:155 Ja 15 '47
Weekly Book Review p!6 Ja 5 '47 120w
NICHOLAS, MRS FLORENCE (WILLIAMS),
and others. Art for young America; ed. by
William G. Whitford. 286p il $2.60 Manual
arts
707 Art — Study and teaching 46-3303
Textbook on art appreciation, which offers
suggestions for creative art classes as well.
Intended for beginning high school students.
There are 157 illustrations of good and poor
examples of the fine arts. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:40 O 1 '46 »
"Illustrations from nature, from historic art,
and from the environment of the high school
pupil for whom this book is intended make it
a very usable volume. Whether chosen as text
or reference, it should prove an aid to art
and home economics teachers desirous of keep-
ing abreast of the times." Lucille Murray
-4- J Home Econ 39:44 Ja '47 400w
"It is of value and interest for every pupil —
boy or girl— whether talented or not. While the
emphasis of the book is on appreciative art
activities, there are many suggestions for cre-
ative activities — presented in an interesting
and stimulating manner. . . This is a valuable
introduction to the Humanities for younger
students."
+ School Arts 46:lla D '46 210w
NICHOLS, FAN. See Hanna, F. N.
NICHOLS. JOHN TREADWELL, and
BARTSCH, PAUL. Fishes and shells of the
Pacific world. (Pacific world ser) 201p il
$2.50 Macmillan
697.0925 Fishes— Pacific ocean. Moll u ska
45-10572
"The first two sections of this book deal with
fishes, the last with mollusks. The sections
on fishes give a general survey of the Pacific
fauna, with a systematic discussion of the
major groups, designated by popular names
and illustrated by line drawings. Included are
special chapters on sharks and rays, on the
more important families of bony fishes, on
certain peculiar fishes, and on the game fishes
of the area. The section on mollusca contains
a general introduction and systematic survey
of the group, shorter and rather more technical
than that given for the fishes, and illustrated
by 16 photographic plates, showing 129 species.
There are chapters on methods of collecting
both fishes and mollusks." (U 8 Quarterly
Bkl) Index.
Booklist 42:159 Ja 15 '46
"People other than students of natural his-
tory would find the material repetitive-— it is
definitely a reference book rather than one for
reading. But the 218 illustrations make it a
valuable book for identification purposes.
+ Klrktft J3-.600 & 10 '45
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"The book is addressed primarily to amateur
naturalists, and will enable them to identify
approximately a number of the commoner
species that they encounter and to learn some-
thing of the natural history of such animals.
The professional zoologist, if not a specialist
in either of the groups treated, will find the
work useful."
-f U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:67 Mr '46 300w
"The series of small volumes to which this
book belongs is published under the auspices
of the American Committee for International
Wild Life Protection. It was originally In-
tended for use by the armed forces in the
Pacific area of activity, and it has been
eminently successful in its purpose. Equally
useful and of more prolonged value is the
present format in its appeal to the general
reader." William Beebe
-4 Weekly Book Review p48 My 19 '46
460w
NICHOLSON, NORMAN. The fire of the Lord.
256p $2.60 Dutton [9s 6d Nicholson]
46-4957
A first novel by an English poet and critic.
The scene is a dreary English village on the
coast of Cumberland. The chief characters
are Benjy Pell, an elderly, half-witted itinerant
preacher; Maggie Birker, the stout owner of a
pastry shop who was married to Benjy in her
youth; Jim, a much younger man whom Maggie
later married, believing Benjy had died; and
Elsie, the pious young deaf girl, who assisted
Maggie in the shop, and with whom Jim fell
in love.
" 'The Fir©' does not burn as bright as
Nicholson must have wanted It to, but it
still makes him a shining light among the
younger men writing today. It shows not only
thought and craftsmanship, but what's even
more important, a capacity for further growth
as a novelist." Clinton Textor
H Book Week p7 Jl 28 '46 240w
"This first novel by a young English poet
has its elements of impressiveness. Its latent
strength comes from his ability to project a
feeling of utter drab ness with fierce convic-
tion. . . Because of his narrative and descrip-
tive powers Mr. Nicholson wakes warm sym-
pathy for all men and women who are con-
demned to live in such a harsh environment.
The names and liturgical feasts by which he
subdivides his chapters and marks the passage
of time in that bitter winter and early spring
provide for the most part a rather sardonic
ring. And his poetic sense here is in the
direction of stark realism — few of his contem-
poraries seem able to arouse stronger momen-
tary feelings of revulsion. His characters are
less believable." Edward Skillin
H Commonweal 44:436 Ag 16 '46 390w
"Oraphic, but not too grim, realism, for only
a questionable few/'
Kirkus 14:257 Je 1 '46 130w
"Arnold Bennett might conceivably have
done something with this material, as he did
with a servant girl also named Elsie, but, apart
from a certain gloomy power in description,
novel seems aimless and unsatisfactory* E.
P. Walbridge
Library J 71:978 Jl '46 90w
"Mr. Nicholson, sternly refusing to make
any dramatic use of his material, develops
his story to a most unsatisfactory ending,
and we are left wondering whether in fact his
characters would have acted as they are here
represented to have done." J. D. Beresford
— Manchaster Guardian p3 S 22 '44 IBOw
"It is too bad that . . . the author was not
able to communicate more of the immediacy
of his feeling. . . Besides saddling himself
with a top-heavy narrative, Mr. Nicholson
also arrests the free flow of feeling by the
nagging use of flabby sentences containing
Inept comparisons." E. S. Holsaert
— NY Times p!2 Ag 18 '46 270w
"One suspects that the author has not yet
reached his full strength, and that even the
book itself has not scrambled all the way up
the hill to its own effulgence. In the dignity
of its conception, however, it belongs with
books of quality and accomplishment. . . There
are only two points to raise. One is the dating
ot the episodes, tying each to a day of specific
religious significance. The story does not need
such props; on the contrary, they tend to give
it artificiality. Second, from his poetry Nichol-
son seems to have carried over a weakness for
similes. Sometimes there are several similes
to a page, most of them unnecessary." Llbby
Benedict
H Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ag 10 '46 800w
"The author solves his problem, with some
skill eventually. His characters are generally
excellent, the three principal men being espe-
cially good; the two women are less persuasive.
His novel is one of considerable promise and
contains many passages of great beauty." John
Hampson
+ Spec 173:512 D 1 '44 270w
"There is too little here, or at least too
little imagination and experience is at work
here, to hold the reader's interest; in any
event, the dramatic trivialities are much too
prolonged. Mr. Nicholson writes at first with
something of verbal precision allied to a turn
of slightly forced poetic metaphor, but he soon
abandons this manner for one less exacting and
less promising."
-~ Times [London] Lit Sup p461 S 23 '44
260w
"Mr. Nicholson is at his best when describing
hindrances. . . In life, absence or loss of one
sense is often compensated by a natural in-
crease in the skill or functioning of others — a
blind man's hearing or a deaf man's sight is
often better than average. So, too, in a writer
a lack of ear for conversation will be com-
pensated by an increase in the descriptive
power of his prose, as in Walter Pater; what
Dickens lacked in form he made up through
the miraculous details of his pattern. Thus
Mr. Nicholson, who is patently a poet, is justi-
fied in using images and descriptions to con-
ceal his ineptness in creating character, but
hardly in using the Church of England as a
fig leaf to cover the nakedness of his novel."
Anne Fremantle
h Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 4 '46 900w
NICOLSON, HAROLD GEORGE. Congress of
Vienna; a study in allied unity, 1812-1822. 312p
11 $4 Harcourt [18s Constable]
940.27 Vienna. Congress, 1814-1815. Europe—-
Politics 46-7614
An English student of international affairs,
both of today and yesterday, here retells the
story of the Conference which attempted to
settle the problems which arose after the defeat
of Napoleon. In the course of this study he
points put both the similarities and the differ-
ences in the problems and solutions of that
time and now.
"Mr. Nicolson tells the story, both of the
events preceding the Congress and the course of
its deliberation, with insight, clarity, a re-
strained humor, and a very pleasant style. His
sense of the dramatic is under complete con-
trol. His reticence on the subject of historical
analogies is nicely contrived to stimulate the
reader's imagination. And his understanding
of the characters on his scene transforms them
from historical cardboard figures into credible
men and women. His book should be required
reading for all commentators on foreign affairs,
for all students of diplomatic history — for all
men, in fact, who are willing to learn, from
experience of the past, lessons which apply most
urgently today." R. E. Danielson
-f Atlantic 178:158 D '46 900w
Reviewed by Louis Gottschalk
Book Week N 10 '46 500w
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"On all scores, in the field of diplomacy,
Harold Nicolson' s book must rate as the book
of the year and perhaps the best in a decade.
It is a factual but human presentation of the
perplexities of that art and it offers a knowl-
edge of its most fundamental lessons for the
price of a few hours of reading. No states-
man much less any enlightened citizen should
be unwilling to pay the price." Malcolm Moos
-f Cath World 164:373 Ja '47 600w
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"Mr. Nicolson reduces the wholc-awesomely
complicated tangle of events to a narrative
that is remarkable for its clarity, its sense of
historical proportion, its illuminating character
sketches and the ease with which it flows.
Writing: with a wide experience of international
conferences, and with an expert knowledge of
the technique of diplomacy, ne approaches his
subject from a strictly realistic standpoint."
Eric Forbes -Boyd
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 2G '46
600w
"Nicolson, one of England's most gifted
writers, has chosen an absorbing period of
world history for his new book. . . Nicolson
shows an understanding sympathy for the
desire of balance of power evidenced by
Castlereagh, and his final failure which ended
in his taking of his own life. One cannot read
this without comparing conditions then with
conditions today. It is a disturbing picture,
but extraordinarily compelling reading."
+ Klrkus 14:536 O 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by K. T. Willis
Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Leonard Woolf
New Statesman & Nation 32:68 Jl 27
'46 700w
"With swift pace, clear focus, deft selection
of material and a series of brilliant character
sketches, this is narrative history at its best.
To American readers accustomed to the didac-
tic methods of Messrs. Welles and Lipprnan its
conclusions will seem elusive or even non-
existent; but a careful reading of the book
will reveal that the author is neither confused,
ambiguous nor evasive." E. W. Fox
-f N Y Times p3 O 20 '46 1550w
"The author, who knows the ways of diplo-
macy as well as he knows how to write, is
particularly illuminating when he is explaining
why allies who fall in together in war can so
easily fall out in peace He is even better in
his treatment of the men who helped to make
the history he writes about — Napoleon, Well-
ington, Castlereagh of England, Metternich,
Francis I of Austria, Alexander I of Russia,
and Talleyrand."
-f- New Yorker 22:116 O 26 '46 200w
"An engrossing study." V. M. Dean
•f Sat R of Lit 29:16 O 26 '46 llOOw
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
"Mr. Nicolson brings t9 his subject the
talents of a professional diplomatist who has
himself played his part in a peace conference,
an experienced member of Parliament and a
precise and scholarly historian. But, above all,
he offers us the priceless gift of readable and
lucid narrative expressed in gracious and
flexible English prose. The result, although
not pretending to embody new material, is
In its way a gem." Quintln Hogg
4- Spec 176:588 Je 7 '46 700w
Time 48:115 O 28 '46 llOOw
Times [London] Lit Sup p301 Je 29
'46 ISOOw
"The book is no ironical and disenchanted
parable. Without being a monument of origi-
nal research, it is a searching study of a
great crisis." Albert Guerard
-f Weekly Book Review p4 N 24 '46
1500w
NICOLSON, MARJORIE HOPE. Newton de-
mands the muse; Newton's Opticks and the
eighteenth century poets. (History of ideas
ser) 177p $2 Princeton univ. press
821.09 Newton, Sir Isaac— Opticks. English
poetry— History and criticism A46-5141
"Isaac Newton 'Opticks' was first published
m 1704, but the revolutionary theories of the
nature of light and of vision which it set forth
had been gradually coming to public knowl-
edge and acceptance, through Newton's lec-
tures at Cambridge, his communications to
the Royal Society and his letters for more
than 30 yearV The poets of Newton's time
seized on the new knowledge eagerly, used
the new concepts of light and of color in their
work, even attempted to popularize Newton's
theories by restating: them in verse. . . 'New-
ton demands the Muse!' one ardent admirer
exclaimed in introducing his own poetic tribute,
and thence Miss Nicolson takes the title for
her thorough and yet lively and often enter-
taining study of what these poets thought and
said. Pope, Swift, James Thomson of 'The
Seasons,' and Edward Young of the 'Night
Thoughts,' are the most considerable of the
poets chiefly considered in Miss Nicolson's
book." Book Week
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 S 15 '46 280w
Reviewed by Eric Bentley
Sat R of Lit 29:26 O 12 '46 370 w
"The general ideas presented in the study
are carefully documented with references, and
with copious quotation of pertinent material
from the poets themselves. Specialists in the
Held will enjoy the pleasure of directed recog-
nition; general readers will be introduced to
an interesting subject developed by a trust-
worthy method."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:274 D '46 240w
Reviewed by Theodore Baird
Weekly Book Review p22 3 29 '46 360w
NIEBUHR, REIN HOLD. Discerning the signs
of the times; sermons for today and tomor-
row. 194p $2.50 Scribner
252 Sermons 46-3925
"Professor Niebuhr, with definite plausibility,
seeks to interpret aspects of the Christian
faith, not only as it is lound throughout human
history and even transcending the limits of
'history,' but more specifically, in terms of its
special relevance to the deepening thought and
intricate complexities in the expanding life
of our day. The eras from Adam to atom have
led to 'The Age Between the Ages.' Our new
era embraces 'Today, Tomorrow, and The
Eternal.' He handles such subjects, journeying
through time and space, having first (in the
title-discourse) erected clearly- marked sign-
posts for 'Discerning the Signs of the Times.' "
Sat R of Lit
Booklist 42:311 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by C. II. Patterson
Christian Century 63:839 Jl 3 '46 950w
"Read these brilliant sermons yourself and
follow the author through his labyrinthine
analysis of the meaning of the Christian gospel
for our day. You will be enriched immensely
and stimulated to think through your own
assumption." C. L. Willard
-f- Churchman 160:21 Ag- '46 200w
"This is the best volume to suggest to any
layman who wants an introduction to Niebuhr's
thought. It is readable and clear." E. E.
Aubrey
-f Crozer Q 23:378 O '46 800w
Kirkus 14:101 F 15 '46 230w
"Here are two tests for a book of sermons.
Any sermon read straight through should dis-
play the unity which takes in a speech the
place taken in a story or drama by the plot.
And the book opened at random should yield
a striking thought well expressed. Dr. Niebuhr's
volume passes both tests."
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 23 '46 120w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Nation 162:753 Je 22 '46 1050w
"Political and social planners could benefit
from this book. They would get nothing in
the way of detailed blueprints for the future,
but they would learn something needed more
than detailed plans, and that is a realization
of the persistence of human sin on every level
to which man advances; and the knowledge
that Utopia is not just around the corner.
Along with those two lessons might come some
of the humility and faith Dr. Niebuhr shows
are necessary to live with sanity in the present
and future frustrations of history." Q. R.
Stephenson
-f N Y Time* p8 Je 9 '46 850w
"Dr. Niebuhr never fails to make his mean-
ing clear. There is no indecision in his thought,
nor in the expression of it: nothing neutral.
When he doesn't know, he says so: positive
even in his negations. When he is convinced, he
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proclaims it. When he faces indecision he is
willing- to take the risks on the word of
countless other adventurers past and present;
and having: accepted orders from his acknowl-
edged chief, finds that he too has arrived.
The book stands in the forefront of the pres-
ent-day output of live, practical, interpretative
literature." S. H. Littell
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:29 My 18 '46 650w
Reviewed by Marcus Knight
Spec 177:92 Jl 26 '46 900w
"One of the most profound and penetrating
expositions of the fundamental beliefs of
Christianity which have appeared for some
time. The Judicious manner in which its author
illustrates his thesis by examples drawn from
contemporary politics, without either allowing
politics to invade the sphere of religion or
claiming a religious sanction for political
opinions, distinguish it from most books of
its kind. It deserves to influence contemporary
thought."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p412 Ag 31 '46
1350w
"For the secularist and faithful alike, as
well as for all who these days wish they were
able to draw up reading lists required for
representatives of the nations at the peace
conferences, here is a book highly to be
recommended arid to be read with care." Paul
Ramsey
+ Weekly Book Review p32 O 27 '46
600w
Reviewed by J. C. Schroeder
Yale R n s 36:366 winter '47 800w
NIEBYL, KARL HEINRICH. Studies in the
classical theories of money. 190p $2.50 Colum-
bia univ. press [12s 6d Oxford]
332.401 Money. Quantity theory of money
A46-2041
"An understanding of the mechanics and
dynamics of the flow of money is the purpose
of this book, with the emphasis on the chang-
ing function of money within the general back-
ground of developing industrial society. , .
Dr. Niebyl, of the Department of Economics
of Tulane University, has chosen for the anal-
ysis of our system the last part of the eight-
eenth and the early part of the nineteenth cen-
tury." (Publisher's note) Bibliography. Index.
"Mr. Niebyl's book is both fascinating and
bewildering; for, while the fundamental thesis
of Mr. Niebyl is simple and attractive, the
details with which he supports it raise con-
siderable doubt and resistance. Thus, it is not
always easy to grasp Mr. Niebyi's precise
meaning. A great part of this lack of clarity is
due to the frequent use of assertion or quota-
tion in place of thorough historical documen-
tation." W. F. Stolper
Ann Am Acad 247:204 8 '46 6BOw
"This is not a book for the novice or the
neophyte. It makes no claim to impartiality or
detachment as a whole, nor are its views pre-
sented as representative of the consensus of
scholarly thought in its field, yet controversial
conclusions on particular details are occasion-
ally presented on supporting evidence so scanty
as to mislead the unwary to interpret these
particular passages as received doctrine." M.
Bronfenbrenner
J Pol Econ 54:455 O '46 950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:305 D '46 210w
NIGGLI, JOSEPH IN A. Pointers on radio writ-
ing. 102p $2 Writer
029.6 Radio authorship 46-25120
Practical guide to the techniques of writing
for the radio. Considers especially the follow-
ing types of radio writing: the educational and
documentary; serials of all kinds; the series
developed from a collection of short plays held
together by characters or locale; plays; and the
experimental.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
50w
"Remembering Miss Niggli's 'Mexican Vil-
lage,' one is predisposed to take her advice
about writing of any sort. The radio sort is
specialized: it needs a sound, practical guide
and here it is."
4- Weekly Book Review p28 Je 23 '46
180w
NIN, ANAIS (MRS IAN HUGO). Ladders to
fire; with engravings by Ian Hugo. 213p $2.75
Dutton
46-7091
The theme of this novel, according to the
author, is "woman's struggle to understand
her own nature." Three women are presented
at more or less length: Stella, the movie
actress who hates her other self; Lillian,
violent and aggressive; and Djuna, whom
Lillian both loves and hates.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p!4 N 17 '46 340w
Kirkus 14:396 Ag 15 '46 120w
"In a reasonably coherent prologue to her
novel Miss Nin states that she is concerned
with 'woman's struggle to understand her own
nature. . . ' Inasmuch as the 'avant garde*
may not listen to the radio, it is perhaps^
worth noting that numerous daytime serials
are almost exclusively devoted to less fancy
variations on this same theme. In soap opera
the men are generally pale and weak; the
women, as the author has one of her characters
say, 'are moving from one circle to another,
rising toward independence and self-creation.'
And like Miss Nm's novels, the radio serial
never stops." Herbert Lyons
N Y Times p!6 O 20 '4C 700w
"The first two sections [of this book] were
previously included in 'This Hunger/ which
was published by the author last year, and,
as I wrote about them at the time this ap-
peared, I shall not discuss the new book at
length. I should, however, mention that a new
section called 'Bread and the Wafer' seems
to me to represent a distinct advance over the
writing of the earlier chapters. Here Miss Nin
has become more expert at her characteristic
blending of exquisite poetic imagery with psy-
chological portraitures." Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:130 N 16 '46 200w
Reviewed by Keith Kay
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 8 '46
270w
"As for its ancestry, 'Ladders to Fire' might
be considered as the illegitimate child of Marie
Corel li's 'Sorrows of Satan' and Edmund Wil-
son's 'Memoirs of Hecate County'." Harrison
m Sat R of Lit 29:13 N 30 '46 700w
NING, LAO T'AI-T'AI. Daughter of Han; the
autobiography of a Chinese working woman,
by Ida Pruitt. from the story told her by
[the author], 24 9p il $2.76 Yale univ. press
B or 92 China-— Social life and customs
A45-5524
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This is surely the warmest, most human
document that has ever come out of China.
The life- story of Ning Lao T'ai T'ai, now
eighty years old, may, in its directness and
simplicity, be compared with Josef Roth's Job."
H. M. Hughes
-f Am J Soc 51:582 My '46 500w
Reviewed by David Cheng
Ann Am Acad 244:205 Mr '46 450w
Reviewed by D. J. Fleming
ChrUtlan Century 63:1342 N 6 '46 280w
Current Hist 10:156 F '46 50w
Manchester Guardian p3 My 29 '46 180w
"The author lets Lao T'ai T'ai tell her story
in her own way, rambling and repetitious,
without any logical sequences. However, as the
story unevenly unfolds, you get the intimate
spirit of this working woman and those like
life-struggle, the day by day grind against
forces of economic pressure. You glimpse the
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her, freeing themselves slowly from the limita-
tions of their environment. . . Miss Pruitt has
much that is new and interesting to report.
But the community as a whole, its industries,
the influence of opium on its people are more
or less unknown quantities. We know only
the immediate family, the rich and the mis-
sionaries." Justin Gray
H NY Times p26 Je 9 '46 500w
"Ida Pruitt, who has so conscientiously re-
corded the life of this Chinese working woman,
is deserving* of all gratitude. Her record will
prove invaluable source material for both writ-
ers and commentators wishing to analyze the
difficult and little understood attitude of the
Chinese toward many of their present problems.
Through it you grasp something of the tre-
mendous job it will be to break through the
acceptance of poverty, war, and disease oy the
Chinese masses. You will grasp, too, their
splendid capacity for endurance and their in-
nate dignity and spirit of democracy." A. T.
Hobart
•f Sat R of Lit 29:14 F 9 '46 600w
"Miss Pruitt left Peking when the Japanese
occupied it, and has not yet returned to find
out what may be the fate of the Lao T'al-
T'ai, or Old Mistress. Her story remains — a
vivid piece of evidence to add to that which
has already almost exploded the legend of
the 'inscrutable' Oriental."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p332 Jl 13 '46
600w
"Ida Pruitt was born in P'englai in the prov-
ince of Shantung and 'was able to commune
with the Chinese woman in her own tongue.
The record . . . Miss Pruitt has published
without garniture of missionary biases or
sauces devised for Chinese apologies. The high-
est credit thus belongs to her for her appre-
ciation of its inherent value as annals of the
poor. . . All who seek positive knowledge on
this subject are indebted to her for putting
this story into print/' M. R. Beard
+ Yale R n s 35:644 spring '46 700w
NISBET, ALICE. Send me an angel. 122p $2
Univ. of N.C. press
47-884
Story of the Negro woman Delilah, who
worked on a Southern farm. I>elilah's barren
life had only one bright spot: her love for her
imbecile son. When her no-good husband, who
did not live with her, came back and stole
the child, and the poor child finally died,
Delilah murdered her husband. Then she wan-
dered off to die in an autumn flood.
"A brief, starkly chiseled little tale, this
first novel has the power of truthfulness and
the drama of unadornment. . . Delilah is no
story-book mammy pleading for sympathy.
She is a rebellious colored woman lashing out
blindly at customs and conditions that have
shaped her life, searching for explanations
her unformed, groping thoughts cannot give
her." Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times plO D 8 '46 360w
"Miss Nisbet's talent as a writer saves this
first, slight novel from sinking under the
weight of the action which it carries. Any
summary of the plot would suggest that here
is far more melodrama than could be sus-
tained by the scant thirty thousand words
which the author allowed herself. But the
quiet precision of the writing gives credence
to this tale of violence and death." Coleman
eekly Book Review p2 D 22 '46 500w
NIXON, HERMAN CLARENCE. Lower Pied-
mont country. (Am. folkways ser) 244p $3
Duell
917.5 South. Appalachian mountains
46*8330
"Starting as a history of a region and a
picture of southern Appalachian folkways
this book gradually moves into the economic
and political field to become a penetrating
study of change and development in the New
South. The author's political philosophy is
that of the New Deal and his material cornea
from firsthand experience, observation and wide
acquaintance with books whose content and
meaning are associated with the lower hill
country." (Library J) Index.
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 90 w
Booklist 43:150 Ja 15 '47
"So refreshingly unforced is Mr. Nixon's
style that reading him on the problems and
prospects of his native section is a little like
listening to an intelligent farmer or country
storekeeper talk about 'the country here-
abouts.' . . Some of the stories Mr. Nixon
tells, some of the songs he sings, some of the
books he summarizes ('Gone With the Wind,'
'Tobacco Road,' and 'Strange Fruit') we have
all heard and read before. This needless repeti-
tion and setting down of the occasionally ob-
vious, however, does not essentially mar a
clear and sympathetic portrait. But, certainly,
this book should have had a map." Horace
Reynolds
4 Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 21 '46
550w
"This lacks the vitality of some of the
series, but is pleasant."
Kirkus 14:479 S 15 '46 170w
"Colleges and the larger public libraries
will need this book while in the South a more
popular demand may be felt, even among
small libraries." G. D. McDonald
-f Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 130w
"In deference to the folkways subject of
the series, the author seems to stress the
folksiness of mountain characters, the quaint-
ness of moonshiners, beyond the point of his
own interest. He lacks the ear for this and
is at his best in the latter *part of the book,
where he goes in for more straightforward
analysis of what is happening in the South,
what cheap electricity means, what cheap
labor means and how the thoughtful Southerner
is moving toward a solution of the many prob-
lems of the area. He presents an excellent
analysis of the political situation by which
the cities of Atlanta, Birmingham and Chat-
tanooga are relatively disfranchised in com-
parison with the rural counties." Lorine Pruette
^ Weekly Book Review p5 Ja 5 '47 900w
NOBLE, BARBARA. Doreen. 246p $2.50
Doubleday [9s 6d Heinemann]
46-7659
"The story of a London charwoman's nine-
year-old daughter, who, during the blitz, is
taken into the country home of a sympathetic,
well-to-do couple." New Yorker
"One of the most sensitive and understanding
stories of childhood to come out in many a
season. . . In 'Doreen' Miss Noble has written
a delicate and sensitive story, full of the
nuances in the relationships of a child with her
elders." A. B. Gasaway
-f Book Week p!9 N 17 '46 350w
Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
"Beyond its theme, which is perhaps limited
today — particularly in this country — this is an
appealing slight story, deftly, delicately man-
aged."
H- Kirkus 14:357 Ag 1 '46 190w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 My 3 '46 lOOw
" 'Doreen' is an engaging and perceptive
book. . . It isn't a typical child evacuee story
because the author has concentrated on an in-
dividual problem and written of it with delicate
sensitivity. She leaves to others the crashing
big air-raid scenes, and devotes herself to
showing how her characters adapted their
daily living to chronic catastrophe. There's no
emotional flagwaving or heroics, but a tender
and absorbing interest in the transplanting of
a shy child, and the disturbing effects of that
uprooting." Beatrice Sherman
-f- N Y Tlmet Pl8 O 20 '46 450w
"The author doesn't bother much with the
subtleties of the situation, but she presents an
interesting narrative."
+ New Yorker 22:132 O 19 '46 90w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
615
"The characters are freshly and Justly ob-
served, and Miss Noble does not load the dice
one way or the other. It is a most moving
novel, completely convincing:, which the un-
exacting will read with pleasure because it is
a good human story, the exacting because it
is told without sentimentality and with an
acute perception of the nuances of class-
consciousness and class-distinction." Walter
All6n -f- Spec 176:566 My 31 '46 180w
"Within a small compass this is an absorbing
study of human relationships."
-f. Times [London] Lit Sup p221 My 11
'46 270w
" 'Doreen' is a moving story, told simply and
without sentimentality. That it has a war-
time background is irrelevant, for it is the
people who are memorable. The scrupulousness
with which Barbara Noble has observed and
set down the qualities of individuals and the
distinctions of class and class make this a
quietly distinguished novel." Mary Ross
-|- Weekly Book Review p4 D 1 '46 550w
"The Cameron household was composed of
Individualists, and Mrs. Nolan charmingly re-
captures the scene-— school and holidays, visit-
ing relatives, family outings, the pangs of
adolescence and the delirium of first love. It
is brightly remembered and recorded." Lisle
Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 My 12 '46
HOw
Wia Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
NORLINQ. MRS JOSEPHINE (STEARNS), and
NORLING, ERNEST RALPH. Pogo's letter;
a story of paper [11. by Ernest Norling]. 42p
$1.25 Holt
Paper making and trade— Juvenile literature
46-25238
John and his father, and John's dog Fogo,
visit a paper mill to discover how paper is
made. After his trip thru the mill John takes
home some pulp, makes some paper all his own,
and writes a letter on it. Grades two to four.
NOBLE, HAROLD JOYCE. What it takes to
rule Japan. 96p il $1.50; pa 50c U.S. camera
952 Reconstruction (1939- )— Japan 46-3306
"Brief chapters on the quality of the
Japanese military organization, followed by a
few more on the problems of the American oc-
cupying force, commanded by General Mac-
Arthur. Between the two sections of the book
there are reproductions of several dozen pho-
tographs pertaining to the Pacific war, in-
cluding several of the most striking pictures
ever made by camera men." Weekly Book
Review
"This is the best and soundest brief state-
ment concerning Japan that I have seen since
the war began. It has three great merits. It
is written in practically words of one syllable
that nobody can misunderstand. The author
is a professor in the Department of History
at the University of Oregon. He lived in
Japan, Korea and Manchuria for over twenty
years previous to 1914. He has known the
Japanese soldier in action and in peace, in
Manchuria in 1932 and in China in 1938. He
knows and speaks Japanese fluently and under-
stands the people of Japan. And his third
great merit in this matter is that after Pearl
Harbor he Joined the Marine Corps." W. F.
Sands
4- Commonweal 44:78 My 3 '46 330w
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 40w
Reviewed by Floyd Taylor
Weekly Book Review p20 Ap 21 '46
360w
NOLAN, JEANNETTE (COVERT) (MRS VAL
NOLAN). Gather ye rosebuds. 282p $2.50 Ap-
pleton-Century
46-3701
Novel of family life in a little Indiana town,
back in 1910. The Camerons had blue blood, and
little money, but they managed very well. Their
individual characters are sketched in lightly,
and the story ends with the marriage of the
oldest daughter.
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46.
Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 31 '46
800w
"In not too serious a vein, this has a fairly
unassuming . . . appeal."
+ Kfrkus 14:131 Mr 16 '46 200w
"Mrs. Nolan writes with affection of her tin-
type characters, posing them as carefully as for
a family portrait, properly quaint, sentimental
and formal, among such appropriate turn -of -
the-century props as mission furniture, rubber
plants and gas lamps. But there is more affec-
tion than artistry here. The plot is too neat,
leading inevitably to a series of happy end-
ings." Aline Benjamin
+ — N Y Times p!8 My 18 '46 37Qw
Booklist 43:20 S '46
"While it is clear and informative for the
inquiring child, it seems a bit on the dull
Klrkus 14:419 S 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnson
Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"Relatively few little girls like stories like
this, and, of course, not all little boys. But
those who do like them so much that parents
should know about Pogo. Fortunately, a great
many parents do." M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 O 13 '46 240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
NORMAN, CHARLES. Muses' darling; the life
of Christopher Marlowe. 272p $4 Rinehart
B or 92 Marlowe, Christopher 46-6689
Biography of the great English dramatic poet.
The author attempts to solve the puzzle of
Shakespeare's so-called rival poet. Selected
bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by A. J. Green
Book Week p2 N 3 '46 300w
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
Christian Science Monitor p!8 N 30 '46
650w
Kirkus 14:374 Ag 1 '46 150w
"Unfortunately he has weighted down his
study of Christopher Marlowe with so much
scholarly and academic detail as to render it
meaningless to the average theater reader and
to reduce his audience to scholars and stu-
dents. . . Recommended for university and large
public libraries." George Freedley
-f- — Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 HOw
"He undertakes no formal criticism of the
poet's production; but his deep admiration for
Marlowe's verse wells up time and again, and
his book is in effect a kind of testament. Mar-
lovian scholarship can be better and more fully
found in the writings of Bakeless, Kocher and
others. Nor has Mr. Norman always been suc-
cessful in fusing the imaginative and the fac-
tual. Tet his book is eminently worth while.
Great as is the need of formal scholarship, there
is also need of men (like Mr. Norman) whose
primary enthusiasm is for the text of great
poetry." Alexander Cowie
-f — N Y Times p!4 O 13 '46 650w
" 'The Muses' Darling* is a work of literary
distinction: a book with a style. It is a docu-
mented book, into which the kind of fiction dear
to certain biographers has not been allowed to
enter; but at the same time the author has
managed to put a little imagined flesh on the
bare bones of fact." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:19 N 2 '46 950w
"The narrative is conducted with much vigor,
and interest is sustained throughout, alike in
the biographical and critical portions." 8. C.
+ Weekly Book Review p!4 Q 19 '46 7QOw
616
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
NORMAN, GERTRUDE, and SHRIFTE,
MIRIAM LUBELL, eds. Letters of com-
posers; an anthology, 1603-1945. 422p $5
Knopf
927.8 Musicians— Correspondence, remin-
iscences, etc. 46-4505
An anthology of letters from composers,
covering the years 1603-1945. Arrangement is
chronological, and there are 224 letters by 99
composers. Bibliography. Index.
"Pathos, tragedy, ingenuousness and comedy
find generous expression within the pages of
this book, which is well worth studying. It
should be added that there is an excellent
index." Felix Borowski
4- Book Week p7 Je 2 '46 320w
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
" Additional, occasional reading for music
lovers."
-i- Kirkus 14:188 Ap 15 '46 llOw
"Criteria of selection and editorial practice
not unreservedly acceptable but the whole
makes fascinating book. . . What composers
say about composing and about works of con-
temporaries is of great interest. Highly
recommended." Leonard Burkat
+ Library J 71:756 My 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Wylie Sypher
Nation 163:330 S 21 '46 1350w
"Some of the most famous letters of musical
history are in this anthology: Mozart's bold
letter to the Archbishop of Salzburg asking for
his freedom; Beethoven's first admission of his
deafness and his Heiligenstadt testament;
Verdi, writing in 1870, on the threat to civil-
ization of the German penchant for aggression.
The anthology has so much provocative ma-
terial that the reviewer is tempted to keep on
Quoting indefinitely." Howard Taubman
4. N Y Times p24 Je 23 '46 950w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
90w
"From the vast mass of material at their
disposal, the editors have produced a book
which is informative and readable, useful as
well as comprehensive. There is at least an-
other volume of similar size in the letters they
have decided not to include, but the sources
of their choice are clearly indicated. The
present volume includes a comprehensive in-
dex." Irving Kolodin
-f Sat R Of Lit 29:27 Jl 20 '46 900w
"Letters of Composers should do much to
stimulate the reading of personal missives,
for it is an outstanding anthology, assembled
with care, and sufficiently documented to satis-
fy the general reader's curiosity."
* 4- u S Quarterly Bkl 2:271 D '46 220w
Reviewed by J. N. Burk „«.,,. „««
Weekly Book Review p4 Je 23 '46 700w
NORRIS. KATHLEEN (THOMPSON) (MRS
CHARLES GILMAN NORRIS). Mink coat.
264p $2 Doubleday
46-4356
A young wife and mother leaves her two
children with her mother-in-law and goes off
to New York, because she resents her husband s
part in the war. In New York she divorces her
husband to marry a rich playboy. Later she
learns that she was a fool for her pains, and
goes back to her first husband.
Kirkus 14:155 Ap 1 '46 150w
"The ending is so happy and so unashamedly
contrived, but Mrs. Norris* readers probably
will love every trivial word of It." Andrea
Parke
N Y Times p24 O 6 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 16 '46 140w
NORRIS. KATHLEEN (THOMPSON) (MRS
CHARLES OILMAN NORRIS). Over at the
Crowleys'. 210p $2 Doubleday
46-6669
Six short stories about the Crowleys, an Irish-
American family. In each of them Ma Crowley,
her brood of unruly and loveable children, and
the boarders, get in and out of difficulty with
the greatest of ease.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:305 Jl 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Anne Richards
,N Y Times p74 O 6 '46 200w
"A heart- warming book about an Irish fam-
ily and particularly about Ma Crowley, whose
wisdom solves many of the problems of her
neighbors as well as of her own brood." D.
B. B.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 240w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review plS S 15 '46 lOOw
NORTH CAROLINA. UNIVERSITY. Division
of the humanities. A state university surveys
the humanities. See MacKinney, L. C. ed.
NORTHROP, FILMER STUART CUCKOW.
The meeting of East and West. 531p $6 Mac-
millan
901 Civilization— Philosophy 46-4813
"Subtitle- 'an Inquiry Concerning World
Understanding.' To avoid further tragedy and
bloodshed we must understand the ideological
differences existing today. Based on this as-
sumption the author proceeds to analyze the
philosophical, political, economic and religious
beliefs of America, Kurope and Asia. The pur-
pose: to arrive at a synthesis of values, free
from provincialism which would insist that one
set of standards only has the right to exist."
(Library J) Chapter references. Index.
"It is to be regretted that this book in its
present form will not meet the wide audience
which it deserves, for the reason that the style
and vocabulary are exceedingly involved and
technical for the general reader. What is now
needed is a version in the language of the lay-
man; for the things that Professor Northrop
has to say need to be said clearly and simply
to men everywhere." P. H. Clyde
Am Pol Scl R 40:1200 D '46 lOOOw
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
"As a philosophical study of the conflicting
currents of modern culture, politics, religion
and art, and the way of harmonizing them,
this may be the most important book of the
year for thoughtful readers. It invites careful
study."
-f- Christian Century 63:783 Je 19 '46 30w
"Those who go in for education by reading
the 'great books' may well make this one of
them." W. E. Garrison
-f Christian Century 63:1279 O 23 '46
1050w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:326 Ja 10 '47 1550w
Current Hist 11:228 S '46
Foreign Affairs 25:335 Ja '47 40w
"A timely treatise, but one for study and
reference."
-h Kirkus 14:91 F 15 '46 150w
"Obviously the reader might disagree with
some of the author's deductions. Taken as a
whole, this is an important book which may
well contribute toward a better understanding
of the main currents of our time." Rudolph
Hirsch
Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by R. W. Flint
Nation 163:161 Ag 10 '46 650w
Reviewed by Ruth Benedict
New Repub 115:299 S 9 *46 1250w
"This [is a] great book. It is a highly tech-
nical performance." H. M. Jones
+ N Y Times pi Jl 7 '46 3000w
"As long as Professor Northrop is tracing
the development of a national habit of philos-
ophy, his line of argument is generally illumi-
nating, and full of common sense. . . When
Northrop goes about his unconvincing job of
pinning the problems of the world to an epi-
stemological postulation, he forsakes clarity
for a maze of long-winded philosophical sen-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
617
tences that are outrageously tangled. " Marvin
Sargent
4- — San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 25 '46
370w
"[A] rich mine of ideas. It will be a pity if
readers are put oft* by the author's vocabulary.
for here is intellectual statesmanship of a high
order of incisiveness. Here is a placing in
wise juxtaposition of wide-ranging ideas. Here
is one of the most rewarding books which can
be recommended to thoughtful citizens anxious
to learn how and where profoundly differing
beliefs can come into friendly relation." Ord-
way +easat R of ut 29.22 jj 2? ,46 65Qw
"Professor Northrop, Master of Yale's Silli-
man College, is a man who has something im-
portant to say. What he has to say embraces
so many facts with such assurance, and is so
radical and so constructive, that his book may
well influence history, as he seriously proposes
that it should. Written by a philosopher, it
is readable by any layman who likes to see
a tough problem figured out step by step
without shirking— a method which the au-
thor uses to create a good deal of intellectual
and the audience they should reach is there-
by vastly extended."
Library Q 16:277 Jl '46 200w
School & Society 63:320 Ap 27 '46 90w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 24 '46 240w
NORWAY, NEVIL SHUTE, (NEVIL SHUTE,
pseud). Vinland the good. 126p |2.50 Morrow
792 America — Discovery and exploration —
Norse — Drama 46-7223
A retelling of the story of Leif Ericsson's dis-
covery of America. It is presented in the form
of a movie script, as it might be given by an
English schoolmaster to a class of restless boys.
48:96 Ag 12 '46 2300w
"The book is far too rich, and it is warped
by a professional bias. But the central thought
is profound, the details are sharply defined,
the spirit is generous." Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 18 '46
leoow
Reviewed by Raphael Demos
Yale R n & 36:371 winter '47 1700w
NORTON, GRACE K. Gappy can; pictures by
Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott. [32p] $1.50 Apple-
tori -Century
Picture story book about a little girl named
Cappy, whose ability to help herself and others
is brought out in brief story and pictures. Ages
two to four.
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"A comfortable little book for the 4do-it-
myself age, with moderately attractive illus-
trations in two color ink."
+ Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 60w
"Most of the illustrations are in black and
white, and Cappy sometimes looks a little old
for a child just beginning to learn to lace her
shoes, brush her teeth, etc." M. A. Webb
Library J 71:763 My 16 '46 70w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 28 '46 150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
NORTON, JOHN KELLEY, and LAWLER, EU-
GENE STALLCUP. Unfinished business in
American education; an inventory of public
school expenditures in the United States.
64p pa $1 Am. council on educ.
379.11 School finance 46-5251
"An inventory of public-school expenditures
in the United States, graphically presented,
which makes available to the general public
surprising information, originally published in
a 2- volume mimeographed report." (School &
Society) "Beside an informative text and pho-
tographs of school buildings and classrooms
many black and white and black and red charts
are oitered showing distribution of classroom
units in various states according to levels of
expenditure, ability of states to support edu-
cation and so on." (Springf'd Republican)
"The sad fact of educational inequality is
abundantly documented. By reducing masses
of information to simple graphs and statistical
tables, a valuable publication at moderate cost
has been made possible. It deserves widespread
circulation and study."
-h Am Soc R 11:378 Je '46 160w
"The facts presented are not new to educa-
tors, but the way they are presented 13 pew,
" 'Vinland the Good' is a lusty, highly imag-
inative interpretation of one of America's most
inspiring legends. It is unusual entertainment
and, in view of Hjalmar Holand's recent reve-
lations of the Norse colonists, remarkably op-
portune." J. M.
-h Book Week p2 D 22 '46 460w
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
"This is the story of the discovery of
America in 1003 by Leif Ericsson, briefly and
brilliantly told in the fonn of a movie script.
Mr. Shute has nonetheless used all his
admirable equipment as a popular novelist to
good advantage." Mason Wade
-f Commonweal 45:149 N 22 '46 I50w
"An interesting experiment, skillfully done."
-f Kirkus 14:352 Ag 1 '46 260w
"It gives full rein to Nevil Shute's gentle
satire and his sense of timelessness. Leif and
his friends are used to show that the seem-
ingly unconsciousness striving of Everyman,
and not the carefully laid plans of the great,
make history. This charming work can stand
as a tale of high adventure, but it carries also
a quiet criticism of outmoded teaching prac-
tices in the field of history. Recommended."
J. H. Berthel
+ Library J 71:1331 O 1 46 lOOw
"Beneath and behind the sheer mechanics of
the author's scenario there is rich and lusty
vitality, color and imagery. Mr. Shute, a
heroic romancer, has told the story of Leif
in vivid style. And because Mb neo-ballad is
in a mid-twentieth-century form, it should be
understandable and stimulating to young, cine-
ma-cultivated minds." Bosley Crowther
-f N Y Times p22 N 3 '46 500w
"It is no pleasure to report that the author
who a few years ago produced a lovely little
novel called 'Pastoral' has done a poor job of
rewriting the saga of Leif Ericsson and his
voyage to Massachusetts Bay."
— New Yorker 22:114 O 12 '46 60w
Times [London] Lit Sup p550 N 9 '46
240w
"The idea of this small volume is so amusing
that it is apt to obscure the serious intention
of the effort. For, believe it or not, here is
the old Leif Ericsson saga told in the form
of a motion picture scenario. And told ex-
cellently well, too, as far as the story value
goes: for of all people writing fiction today,
Nevil Shute stands among the best in narra-
tive power and instinctive grasp of the story
he is telling." Lincoln Colcord
4- Weekly Book Review p20 N 24 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42-152 N '46
NORWOOD, GILBERT. Pindar. 302p $2.50 Univ.
of Calif.
884.6 Pindar A46-1980
Study of the great Greek lyric poet, which
will appeal to the scholars as well as the public.
Partial contents: The approach to Pindar; His
subjects; His vision of the world; Views on the
life of man; Technique in construction and nar-
rative; Diction; Symbolism; Pindar on the art
of poetry. Index.
"There is no earthly reason why this aristo-
cratic and urbane celebrator of Pythian horse
race* and Aeginetan tyrants should bo the ex-
618
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
NORWOOD, GILBERT — Continued
elusive property of scholars; the present admir-
able work should remedy that. . . Gilbert Nor-
wood's most important contribution to the
study of Pindar is his system of Pindaric sym-
bolism— carefully developed in this book — which
clarifies much of Pindar's work that has been
unintelligible in the past." Leo Kennedy
-f Book Week p!7 F 17 '46 320w
Reviewed by Gertrude Smith
Class Philol 41:239 O '46 1550w
Reviewed by Louis MacNeice
New Statesman & Nation 31:362 My IS
'46 950w
"Professor Norwood interprets Pindar not
with the pedantic apparatus of the pedagogue
but with the charm and understanding of the
true scholar. He is concerned far more with
the beauty of Pindaric odes and with offering
interpretations for much that is obscure than
with questions of text or grammatical construc-
tion. . . Norwood's book is for the wise rather
than the crowd, but it is a badly needed mon-
ument in English to the memory of the greatest
lyric poet of Greece." Donald Armstrong
+ Sat R of Lit 29:14 Mr 16 '46 500w
"This is a book of unusual cogency and
charm. It has such spirit and gusto that it is
not surprising to find in it here and there
traces of the exuberance whtch it would casti-
gate in others."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p334 Jl 13 '46
1750w
"Though the arguments for choosing any
particular symbol may not always seem fully
supported by the text, both classical scholars
and readers interested in literary symbolism
will find this study useful and provocative."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:85 Je '46 280w
NOTESTEIN, WALLACE. Scot in history. 371p
$4 Yale univ. press
941 Scotland — History. National charac-
teristics, Scottish A46-6952
In this informal resume* of Scotland's history
the author attempts to show what effect that
history had on the Scottish national character
and also what effect the Scottish character
had on the course of history.
" 'The Scot in History' contain's much that is
fresh and valuable, both in detail and in inter-
pretation. . . This book is at once satisfying
as a reading experience, and perennially sug-
gestive and stimulating toward further read-
ing." J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p4 D 22 '46 120w
Christian Century 63:1473 D 4 '46 140w
"It is because of the deep and abiding inter-
est in Scottish character that The Scot in His-
tory is likely to have a strong appeal. It is
history, chiefly, but it strikes a popular note
and is amusing." W. W. C.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 13 '46
800w
Current Hist 12:62 Ja '47 50w
Kirkus 14:411 Ag 15 '46 190w
"With George Macaulay Trevelyan and John
Buchan, Wallace Notestein believes that history
should be written for the general reader as well
as the scholar. This is a delightful, deliberate
book that may be quite generally purchased."
K. T. AVillis
•f Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 70w
" 'The Scot in History' is an impartial and
unprejudiced study. It should not be missed by
anybody who wishes to understand modern
Britain and the various forces and traditions
which went into its making." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p!2 D 22 '46 650w
"The book is far from being a conventional
summary of Scottish history; its most stimu-
lating quality lies in its rejection of conven-
tions." De Lancey Ferguson
Weekly Book Review p7 D 29 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by Alexander Thomson
Yale R n s 36:377 winter '47 1050w
NOYES, ALFRED, ed. Golden book of Cath-
olic poetry. 440p $3.50 Lippincott
808.81 Roman Catholic poetry— Collections
46-3649
An anthology of poetry stressing the Roman
Catholic faith. In his preface the editor says:
"In this book the principle of selection is as
follows: the main body consists of poems by
Catholics, roughly from the time of Chaucer
to the present day. Translations are included
only when they are in themselves fine poetry.
There is a section of tributary poems by non-
Catholics; but these have been included only
when they embody some essentially Catholic
idea. In the case of Catholics I have felt freer
to choose poems on any subject, since Cathol-
icism naturally touches every side of human
life." Indexes.
"Hllaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton are
very fine Catholic poets and of course they
are represented in Noyes' book, Belloc es-
pecially by some fine ana familiar poems which
have no application to devotion at all. On the
other hand, Hermann Hagedorn, Belle Cooper,
the Canadian Duncan Campbell Scott, John
Bruini, Francis Sweeney, Mary Mannix and
any number of others who have space here
are commendable only for their piety. An
especial irritant is the fact that Father Hop-
kins, whose devotional verse has yet to be
surpassed by any poet, is represented by a
meager three pages, while Noyes' own in-
cluded poems cover 12." Leo Kennedy
h Book Week p4 My 19 '46 &00w
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by Katherine Br6gy
-f Cath World 163:376 Jl '46 500w
"Mr. Noyes is eminently ^qualified to make
a good selection of poetry, and he has done
so."
4- Christian Century 63:753 Je 12 '46 140w
Kirkus 14:57 F 1 '46 150w
"It is a good and serviceable anthology of
largely familiar material, conforming to prin-
ciples stated in a brief preface. . . As with
every anthology, there are inclusions and omis-
sions with which the reader may disagree. . .
A commendable feature is the generous help-
ings of poems by writers whose books are no
longer available." J. S. Kennedy
-f N Y Times p!7 Ag 4 '46 500w
"This is no streo typed collection, including
specimens which one would not dare omit for
fear of violating tradition and the prevailing
fashion. This is more like the personal and
highly subjective collection you yourself have
been making ever since your first days of
poetry awareness. Alfred Noyes has included
all your favorites, and all those you would
have copied out long ago, had you known
them." Sr. M. Marguerite
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 24 '46 650w
NUESSE, CELESTINE JOSEPH. Social
thought of American Catholics, 1634-1829. 315p
$3 Newman bkshop; $3.25 Catholic univ. of
Am.
261 Sociology, Christian — Roman Catholic
authors A46-748
"In [this study], the author has 'tried to
read accurately the historical record of Catho-
lics from the foundation of Maryland to the
First Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1829'
(Preface) from the viewpoint of Social thought,
using the latter concept as 'admittedly a broad
term, since it includes all thinking about human
associations, as well as the informal and usu-
ally unarticulate assumptions implicit in cus-
toms, laws, and social institutions.' (p. 1). . .
The book is arranged in such a way that its
material is related to general topics in Ameri-
can history such as the provincial developments,
arguments for independence, the question
of the constitution, the church and the frontier,
nationalism, and humanitarianism The biblio-
graphical notes are very full, including refer-
ences not only for the several chapters, but
also a number of general and standard works,"
Am Soc R
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619
"A competent study.0 W. W. Sweet
-f Am Hist R 52:193 O '46 550w
"The book is interesting and accurate. It
covers a period in American history from a
point of view that had been neglected, and it
does it well." M. E. Jones
•f Am Soc R 11:764 D "46 600w
Reviewed by J. H. Pichter
Cath World 162:572 Mr '46 350w
Reviewed by J. H. Pichter
Social Forces 24:469 My '46 850w
NURA, pseud. See Ulreich, N. W.
NYE, NELSON CORAL (DRAKE C. DENVER,
pseud). Blood of kings. 203p $2 Macmillan
46-2407
Western story.
Klrkus 13:549 D 15 '45 60w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
140w
"Refreshing Western." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p33 Mr 31 '46
150w
NYE, NELSON CORAL (DRAKE C. DENVER,
pseud). Breed of the chaparral. 219p $2 Me-
BHde 46-3693
Western story.
Klrkus 14:50 F 1 '46 90w
Springf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 170w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46 50w
O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD. Prize stories
of 1946; sel. *and ed. by Herschel Brickell,
assisted by Muriel Fuller. 318p $2.50 Double-
day
Short stories— Collections (21-9372)
Contents: Bird song, by J. M. Gross; The inno-
cent bystander, by Margaret Shedd; Sometimes
you break even, by Victor Ullman; Waves of
darkness, by Cord Meyer; The imaginary Jew,
by John Berry man; Winter night, by Kay
Boyle; Request for Sherwood Anderson, by
Frank Brookhouser; Sex education, by Dorothy
Canfleld; Miriam, by Truman Capote; 1 forgot
where I was, by Elizabeth Enright; What we
have missed, by Elizabeth Hardwick; The hero-
ine, by Patricia Highsmith; Innocents, by M. P.
Hutchms; Breathe upon these slain, by Mer-
idel Le Sueur; The guide, by Andrew Lytle; Not
very close, by Dorothy McCleary; Black secret,
by M. K. Hawlings; The beggar boy, by D. S.
Savler; Act of faith, by Irwin Shaw; The empty
sky. by Benedict Thlelen; A sketching trip, by
Eudora Welty; The blackboard, by Jessamyn
West. Biographical notes.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
"On the whole, the O. Henry collection has
excellent entertainment valu** in the fine tradi-
tion, so long upheld by Blanche Colton Wil-
liams of Hunter College, who set a high stand-
ard in its early years. With few exceptions,
the stories are extraordinarily good. At least
eleven of the twenty-two are well worth re-
reading." M. F. Lindsley
-f Cath World 164:281 D '46 40 Ow
"The stories selected for the 'O. Henry
Prize Stories of 1946' have come from maga-
zines like the Atlantic, The New Yorker, The
Kenyon Review and Harper's Bazaar. The
editor puts them under the heading of 'artis-
tic.' But they suffer from some of the same
burdens as the mass circulation stories. They
are more alive and more experimental, being
more individual. And yet most of them dis-
appear when you have read them. Some have
more tricks than others, some are more com-
petent, but they leave their problems half
finished. They have their beginnings, middles
and ends, but as a whole they are Indecisive."
John Hay
p Commonweal 44:577 S 27 '46 800w
Kirkus 14:302 Jl 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by J. H. Porter
New Repub 115:698 N 25 '46 650w
"The present crop suffers somewhat from
the time in which it was gathered. Between
the dates set—May, 1945, to May, 1946 — too
many actualities pressed on a tired world, too
many writers were still too close to their ex-
periences to allow for the free play of imagina-
tion. Case histories are over numerous; gusto,
that indefinable necessity, too often lacking.
This, it is fair to guess, is through no short-
coming on the part of the editor. . . Mr.
Brickell 's introduction includes the Judges'
comments on many of the stories, and along
with them, some penetrating exposition of his
own. It is an introduction worth any reader's
time and doubly worth it if the reader is also
a would-be writer." E. R. Mirrielees
N Y Times p8 Ag 25 '46 800w
"It's interesting to note that three of the
22 stories deal with madness — probably one of
the after- effects of the tense war period, and
a preoccupation also reflected in longer fiction,
as you'll have noticed. As for the stories
themselves, you'll find this collection one of the
best in some time, I think. And those who
find themselves tiring of the 'mood piece' and
the single-piece which have been so fashion-
able in recent years will observe with pleasure
that the trend seems to be back toward the
older concept of the short story as a story
with, as the texts used to put it, 'a beginning,
a middle and an ending.' 'f J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 20 '46
600w
"Not the most distinguished of the O. Henry
Award series, the 1946 volume still offers plenty
of good reading, and also plenty of fuel for
argument." B. R. Redman
H- Sat R of Lit 29:24 N 30 '46 HOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 420w
"Mr. Brickell has contributed compact biog-
raphies of the authors and an excellent intro-
duction to a line-up of stories that is more
readable than many a similar collection of
past years." Richard Match
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 S 8 '46 700w
OAKES, VIRGINIA ARMSTRONG. Bamboo
gate; stories of children of modern China;
11. by Dong Kingman. 157p $2 Macmillan
Children in China 46-3777
A volume of short stories for young readers,
about Chinese children in present-day China*
Contents: Koo Ling on the Burma road; Di-di
— the new scholar in the old temple; Big Ears
— the soldier; Elder Brother goes to market;
Li-Han who lives on Jade street; Little Monkey
son of Liu, the silk merchant; Ha- Pa takes
a caravan trip; Little Lao-Dah who lives on
a Junk.
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
"Authentic pictures by a distinguished Chi-
nese artist make the scenes real." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:206 My '46 90w
Kirkus 14:126 Mr 1 '46 60w
"Some may feel author's point of view
about people and country controversial. . .
Do not believe book will be popular unless in-
troduced or read aloud but will be useful
as supplementary reading for fourth and fifth
grades." J. E. Lynch
Library J 71:920 Je 15 '46 80w
Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 200w
Weekly Book Review p!8 My 19 '46
450w
OAKLEY, JERROLD. Small boats for small
budgets. 146p il $2.50 Cornell maritime
797.12 Boats and boating 46-5692
"This engaging book was written for per-
sons who can spend relatively little for a boat.
The author believes that a limited budget
620
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OAKLEY, JERROLD— Continued
should be no bar to enjoying the pleasures of
boating; accordingly he discusses the variety
of small craft ranging from rowboats and
canoes to sail and motor boats, that can be
purchased at prices from $25 to $1,000. He
discusses the principal types and their uses,
describes the main details of construction,
how to buy, how to sail, and how to take
care of a boat. He has included a short glos-
sary." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:21 Ap '46
"The author loves boating and infuses his
book with this feeling from cover to cover. It
is a book for the very beginner, written in
terms that even the most confirmed landlubber
can understand. Yet it is technical enough
to give the reader an excellent background
should he wish to pursue the sport." D. B. S.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '4G
300w
O'BRIEN, JOHN ANTHONY. Truths men live
by; a philosophy of religion and life. 427p
$2.75 Macmillan
239 Religion and science. Christianity —
Philosophy 46-4740
In this book a Catholic priest, professor of
the Philosophy of religion at Notre Dame, re-
examines the fundamental truths of Chris-
tianity in the light of our present-day ques-
tionings of the meaning of religion and of
the relationships between science and religion.
"With its brief paragraphs grouped under
separate headings, with its abundance of terse
statements that appeal to the American love of
a well turned phrase, with its closely packed
content of solid truth, its skillful arrangement
of material and its practical apologetic bibliog-
raphy, this book, all in all, is the most com-
plete single volume of popular apologetics
known to the present reviewer. Each man, we
are told, has one book in him; but Father
O'Brien seems to have poured the lives of
many men into his volume, enriching it, more-
over, with the carefully gathered and highly
precious experience of an outstanding teacher —
himself." J. F. Cunningham
-f Cath World 164:182 N '46 350w
"Much sound and cogent argument is ad-
vanced for the reality and importance of the
spiritual forces in the universe and in human
life, and for the centrality of the Christian
religion. There is very little special stress on
distinctively Roman Catholic positions. One
notes, however, the author's claim that the
Catholic shrines offer 'irrefragable and con-
vincing evidence of miracles in our own day.'
His discussion of the historicity of the Gospels
would be stronger if he took more account of
the real critical questions "
Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 140w
" 'Truths Men Live By' is a popularly writ-
ten, thoroughly readable exposition of the
fundamentals of religious belief. . . It is not,
ostensibly, written as a text-book, but I shall
be much surprised if it does not find its way
into more than one college as a text in Chris-
tian apologetics. Father O'Brien has a deft
and happy touch that gives new life to many
an old argument. Occasionally his rhetorical
flights strike a false note in a study of this
kind, and the dialogues between various of
his students and himself sometimes border on
the coy. These however are minor defects in
a volume that will be read with pleasure by
anyone, Catholic or non-Catholic, above the
high school level." L/. J. Trese
H Commonweal 44:412 Ag 9 '46 200w
Klrkus 14:100 F 15 '46 170w
"Valuable in a well-rounded religious collec-
tion. For both formal and informal students."
L. R. Miller
4- Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 140w
"The chief merit of the book is its scope and
practicality. It is obviously meant for the
average reader. The student or specialist is
familiar with all that the author has to say on
any of the subjects which he touches. But
much of the work's contents may be novel to
the ordinary person, be he a believer or an
unbeliever. Such a reader will find the subject
matter interesting and often fascinating and
will not miss the implications for his own life."
J. S. Kennedy
-f- N Y Times p28 D 15 '46 600w
Reviewed by J. H. Holmes
Weekly Book Review p28 O 6 '46 230w
O'BRIEN. KATE. For one sweet grape [Eng
title: That lady]. 340p $2.75 Doubleday [9s 6d
HeinemannJ
Philip II, king of Spain— Fiction 46-4402
Novel of love and intrigue in sixteenth cen-
tury Spain. Chief among the characters are
King Philip II, and the Castilian princess, Ana
de Mendoza.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week plO Je 2 '46 470w
Booklist 42:348 Jl 1 '46
"In spite of its technical and artistic excel-
lence the novel is spoiled by a tinge of un-
ortnodoxy which subtly pervades what is on
the surface a Catholic book. It undoubtedly
deals with fundamental Catholic concepts. Yet
here, as in Miss O'Brien's other books, there
is a religious subjectivism, a fatalism, which
impairs her total view of reaUty." Elizabeth
Walsh
-1 Cath World 163:567 S '46 400w
Reviewed by Henry Rago
Commonweal 44.288 Jl 5 '46 1050w
"Offers some fine, fastidious writing, and an
emotional drama generated by the interplay of
personality and passion."
-f Kirkus 14:155 Ap 1 '46 230w
"A superbly written novel. . . All libraries
will want this book." M. H. Zipprich
-f Library J 71:758 My 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by H. I'A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 My 24 '46
150w
"If Miss O'Brien had intended to create a
Chekhovian character who confined activity to
conversation, the excessive speculation on a
simple matter would be more in point. But she
sees Ana as a realist. And the repetitiousness,
the slowness of the writing come from some-
thing more fundamental than the desire to
probe a mind accurately. They appear to re-
flect the novelist's unconscious love of ra-
tionalization, the habit of focusing around and
beyond an object rather than upon it. The
same weakness explains why a book written
with obvious respect for detail should sound
more like a grandiose summary than a real
story." I. K.
N Y Times p!2 Je 2 '46 400w
"Miss O'Brien has taken the strange super-
ficial facts of the case and, without recon-
structing a moment of history, has created
a tragic study of three absorbing and very dis-
parate personalities. An original and impres-
sive work, reflecting the same lofty, thought-
ful Catholicism that distinguished the author's
'The Land of Spices.' "
4- New Yorker 22:92 My 25 '46 90w
"A novel of much beauty and fascination, at
once subtle and satisfying." Walter Allen
4- Spec 176:670 Je 28 '46 650w
"No attempt is made at period dialogue and
effects. Everything is stately and formal, but
with the formality and stateliness of people of
fine breeding at any time. The background is
warmly and convincingly Spanish, but never
once suggests the well-worn period drop-cloth.
It is possibly this experiment in denial which
led Miss O'Brien to decide that 'That Lady'
is not a historical novel at all. She is mis-
taken: it is a fine one, and offers an attractive
solution of the problem of combining period
interest with universal, in a form acceptable
to the critical reader."
Times [London] Lit Sup p245 My 25
'46 750w
"Kate O'Brien has written always better.
This is her best. She had never before at-
tempted tension. 'Without My Cloak' for ex-
ample, was a cavalcade across an Irish lawn,
6OOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
621
'The Land of Spices' Was a girl's face viewed
through a still lake. 'For One Sweet Grape*
contains love and torment, seen at a level
where they too, form part of the pattern of
that divine pity which Ana, too proud to ask
or accept, found through her own sense of
justice.'* Anne Fremantle
+ Weekly Book Review p5 My 26 '46
1500w
O'CASEY, SEAN. Drums under the windows.
431p $4.60 (15s) Macmillan
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. 46-2710
The third installment of the author's auto-
biography; a fourth volume is to complete the
cycle. As in the earlier volumes, the narra-
tive is in the third person. The time covered
Is from about 1910 to 1916. For earlier vol-
umes I Knock at the Door, and Pictures in
the Hallway, see Book Review Digest 1939 and
1942.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p3 My 12 '46 800w
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
"A book of four hundred and twenty-nine
pages, four hundred of which are a tiresome
tirade." P. J. O'Donnell
— Cath World 163:375 Jl '46 450w
"This is imaginative literature of a most
winsome sort. If one should say that Mr.
O'Casey is something of a professional Irish-
man, he would doubtless admit it and say that
it is a noble profession."
•f- Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 *46 140w
"This is not a book for those who object
to the use of coarse expressions and to occa-
sional crude realism. But, with all Its blem-
ishes, it is a book that rises frequently to
impressive literary heights. The author
emerges as a courageous, sensitive, and, de-
spite the grim realities he has faced, an in-
curably romantic individual. If his reaction
to the wrongs and injustices that he sees is
violent, none can doubt its sincerity." Eric
Forbes-Boyd
-f- — Christian Science Monitor pl3 Mr 2
'46 700w
"Utterly wayward and charming, utterly
Irish, designed for those who have even re-
mote connection or interest in the Irish move-
ment, even if it be merely a nostalgic regret
for the lack of the Irish ingredient in the in-
ternational setup today."
Kirkus 14:15 Ja '46 250w
"As absorbing, powerful and stirring as it is
ponderous, offensive and irritating. Despite
malicious caricature and distortion of personali-
ties, a most courageous piece of work." M. H.
Zipprich
H Library J 71:585 Ap 15 '46 150w
"As a stylist and as an Irish patriot accord-
ing to his lights his singular flame burns high
in this book. But after the world's agony how
far away these Irish troubles seem!" A. S. W.
-\ Manchester Guardian p3 N 14 '45 300w
"Clean daft they are, every mother's son of
them; but God send us more such madmen,
and our sober counselors their gift of speech,
the high style of the language-loving poor."
Rolfe Humphries
Nation 162:577 My 11 *46 210w
Reviewed by Richard Watts
New Repub 114:839 Je 10 '46 1450w
"Processions and rhetoric; the reader of
Drums Under the Window encounters a surfeit
of both. . . Such writing can claim a certain
status, but it is painfully theatrical, and with a
writer of Mr. CrCasey's calibre it serves oniy
to muffle original talent. As tableau follows
tableau one accumulates a grudge against the
Dublin and the Ireland the author is always
trying to conjure up at the expense of detail
about himself." G. W. Stonier
j_ New Statesman & Nation 30:284 O 27
•45 960w
"O* Casey's new book — a sequel to his 'Pic-
tures in the Hallway' — must oe called simply
a Book. . . A Book, simply; and a whopping,
bit, racy, cantankerous, genuine, juicy one,
with a lot of good in it and probably a lot of
hard-headed wrong in it too; but an honest
man's record. The writing is consistently a
joy." Richard Sullivan
+ N Y Times p8 My 12 *46 960w
"O'Casey is no mere factual reporter or ob-
vious interpreter of current events, but a
creative literary artist seeing life through the
mind's eye. His impressions are often expres-
sionistic; he experiments with structural inno-
vations and is not unaware of the value of
'free association* techniques. His approach is
frequently oblique, his symbolism recondite, but
his vision is always surcharged with great
imaginative power." F. J. Hynes
Sat R of Lit 29:7 My 11 '46 950w
"The style is a mixture of Jimmy O'Dea and
Tommy Handley. There are thousands of in-
vented words, bad puns, and stuff that nobody
outside a Dublin slum will understand. . . But
no one who knows Mr. O* Casey's work can fail
to expect vivacity in it, nor will his expectation
be disappointed, though I found much of the
eloquence wearisome." St. John Ervine
h Spec 175:416 N 2 '45 lOOOw
Reviewed by L. S. Munn
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
550w
"O'Casey tells his story in a rich rush of
language, a magic poetic prose. Sometimes
the narrative is broken off to record a page or
two of racy Dublin dialogue. But for all the
great vigor and beauty of the book, when it
takes up some incident that O'Casey has al-
ready dramatized it suffers by comparison to
the stage treatment." T. Q. Curtiss
H Theatre Arts 30:494 Ag '46 550w
Time 47:102 My 13 '46 800w
Times [London] Lit Sup p548 N 17 '45
900w
"The family portraits are beautifully done.
Nowhere in literature Is there a deeper, more
moving picture of the life of a slum family
cursed with the direst poverty. . . The movie
camera could catch much of the action of this
book, and the result could be a fine documented
Aim of a nation's struggle for independence* and
the larger fight of the many for some of the
privileges of the few." Horace Reynolds
4- Weekly Book Review p2 My 12 '46
1350w
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
Reviewed by Padraic Colum
Yale R n s 36:154 autumn '46 1050w
O'DONNELL, MARY KING. See King. M. P.
O'DONNELL, THOMAS C.f ed. A garden for
you. 160p il $4 McBride
635.9 Gardening. Landscape gardening
Agr46-208
"Chapters by authorities on garden planning
and care covering a wide range and variety of
plans. Lists unusual features as garden paths,
espalier trees and variety of flowers, hedges
and other components of the garden favored
by professional growers with ideas on selec-
tion of annuals, perennials and bulbs for best
results. Many illustrations." Library J
Reviewed by L. A. JEales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p6 My 28 '46 280w
"Essentially a book of landscaping and orna-
mental gardening, [this] is ... a spacious
sort of volume not only in page size and format
but in the fact that many of the illustrations
hark back to the days when great estates were
prized possessions rather than somewhat head-
achey white elephants. One can enjoy its gen-
eral savor of luxury, even though it may need
some effort to boil down its expansiveness into
a really nourishing meal of practical present-
day value."
Weekly Book Review p20 S 8 '46 90w
feOOK REVIEW
1946
ODUM, HOWARD WASHINGTON, and
JOCHER, KATHARINE C., eds. In search
of the regional balance of America. 162p $3
Univ. of N.C. press
309.176 Regionalism— U.S. South— Social
conditions 46-27290
"The central idea is recognition that a
healthy national life requires not the wiping
out of regional differentiation but a proper
balance among the cultural and economic de-
velopments of the several regions and of the
diverse elements within each. The region
chiefly under consideration is the south, and
within that region the elements that have
greatest need of balance are Negro and white.
For twenty-five years the Institute for Re-
search in Social Studies has been occupied
with this theme and has been presenting its
processes and findings in Social Studies. The
present volume summarizes the progress that
has been made in these investigations and
toward the realization of the concrete aims."
(Christian Century) Contains a list of publica-
tions and manuscripts, arranged chronologically,
but no index.
Reviewed by H. L. Carter
Am Hist R 52:190 O '46 300w
"The papers, as well as the work they
celebrate, culminate with an emphasis on
regional study and regional planning as the
way of salvation, as the way for the South
to realize its share of the American dream.
It may be true that too much is claimed
for the regional gospel, but the Odurnesque
optimism is a good thing to meet in these
times." H. C. Nixon
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1017 O '46 240w
"Regionalism, as described by Professor
Odum in the first two essays, appears to be
alternately a romanticism seeking expression
in scientific terminology and apology for the
disabilities of the South. Only in his third
essay, 'The Regional Quality and Balance of
America,' is some light shed on regionalism
as a research program. Still, however ambig-
uous and discursive regionalism may seem to
be on occasion, the achievements of students
working within its framework (catalogued in
the last two items of Part I) are indeed
impressive."
Am Soc R 11:496 Ag '46 250w
Reviewed by N. P. Gist
Ann Am Acad 248:293 N '46 450w
Christian Century 63:723 Je 5 '46 120w
School 6. Society 63:382 My 25 '46 30w
O'FAOLAIN, EILEEN. (MRS SEAN O'FAO-
LAIN). Miss Pennyfeather and the pooka;
pictures by Aldren Watson. 154p $2 Random
46-25216
A pooka is a fairy horse and when Garret
and Julie discovered that Miss Pennyfeather's
horse could wink, they knew the answer.
Michael Joseph was a pooka. When the fairies
got Michael Joseph—or Mickey Joe as they
called him— back, it took the combined efforts
of the children, Miss Pennyfeather, plus a
leprechaun to save him. The scene is Cork
and the country nearby.
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO N 26 '46
250w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"With all the magic of a rich imagination,
Eileen O'Faolain tells in her beautiful prose
an enchanting tale of the little people, fairies,
and leprechauns who dearly love horses. . .
The pictures are delightful and in full accord
with the spirit of the book." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Book 22:266 Jl '46 150w
Klrkus 14:36 Ja 16 '46 90w
Reviewed by S, J. Johnson
Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
"Eileen O'Faolairi's prose is fresh and spar-
kling and, although Garret and Julie are rather
shadowy, Miss Pennyfeather and Mickey Joe
are excellently drawn. The illustrations have
caught and enhanced the spirit of the text."
A. M. Buck
-j NY Times p!6 Je 30 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:39 S 28 '46 330w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46 410w
O'FLAHERTY, LI AM. Land. 356p $2.50 Ran-
dom house
46-3809
The scene is county Mayo in 1879. It was the
time when the flght was on between the British
landowners and the dispossessed Irish tenants.
The central characters are Michael O'Dwyer,
leader of the Penians in a small Irish village;
Raoul St George, an Irish aristocrat; and
his daughter with whom O'Dwyer* falls in love.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p8 My 26 '46 400w
"The characters are puppets rather than
persons, and the story is told in a down-at-
the-heel sort of style."
— Cath World 163:380 Jl '46 200w
"In Land the author has written with one, if
not both eyes, on the movies, and in spite of
an interesting theme — built around the Irish
origin of the word 'boycott' when a group of
Irish patriots set out and successfully isolated
one of the English landlords, he has concocted
little more than a second rate melodrama. His
name however may carry some prestige — espe-
cially among Irish readers."
Kirkus 14:135 Mr 15 '46 90w
"Required reading for those interested in Ire-
land. A lesson In history, really, abetted by a
love story and some passions. But O'Plaherty's
main concern is to indict Catholic clergy,
English control and Irish slavishness; thus his
characters become vehicles for exposition rather
than people. Exciting as an analysis of the
struggle within Ireland in the past and in the
future." E. L. Lewis
4- Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 21 '46 120w
Reviewed by John Farrelly
New Repub 114:908 Je 24 '46 330w
Reviewed by Rayner Heppenstall
New Statesman & Nation 32:53 Jl 20 '46
340w
Reviewed by Francis Hackett
N Y Times p4 My 12 '46 1900w
"Mr. O'FIaherty Isn't a concise writer, but
he writes well enough to give his readers
(except those who are tired of the troubles
of the Irish) an interesting, moving, and In-
formative book."
H New Yorker 22:92 My 25 '46 90w
" 'Land* has a special significance at this
particular moment when certain world powers
(in a larger way) are playing the same sinister
game of absentee landlordism. In all fairness
to the man of Aran, one must admit that by
comparison with a semi-classic much in the
same genre, namely Maria Edgeworth's 'The
Absentee,' published in 1811, 'Land' is atomic.
Readers of the future will consult the history
books If they wish to ascertain the causes,
dates, and facts of the tenants' revolt, but If
they want to find out how the people actually
involved really felt, thought, and reacted, they
will turn to Liam O'Plaherty's 'Land.' " P, J.
Hynes
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 My 25 '46 1200w
"A fine, strong, dramatic book, old-fashioned,
simple and courageous — but it is not of the
same stature as [his] Famine [Book Review
Digest, 1937]." Kate O'Brien
-I Spec 176:664 Je 21 '46 550w
"In writing of these people O' Flaherty re-
turns to the loud, violent manner of 'The As-
sassin' and 'The Puritan,' but this time the
central character goes to glory instead of to
hell. There are other differences. The early
pieces of psychological melodrama had great
drive. This novel hasn't. The earlier pieces
glowed with the heat O' Flaherty beat into
them. 'Land' is inert, unleavened narrative.
The Dubliners in 'The Informer' talked and
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
623
acted like the slum dwellers they were. The
characters in 'Land' talk like 'East Lynne.* The
emotions are crude* the words cold and corny,
the symbolism cheap. Except for one scene
with an old woman, which is in the mood of
the short stories, this novel represents a bier
drop not only from 'Famine* but also from the
insight into human nature which marked the
earlier pieces." Horace Reynolds
h Weekly Book Review p!8 My 26 '46
OGDEN, AUGUST RAYMOND. The Dies com-
mittee. 2d rev ed 318p $3 Catholic univ. of
Am.
335 Dies, Martin. U.S. Congress. House ot
representatives. Special committee on un-
American activities. Propaganda A45-3189
"A study of the special House committee for
the investigation of un-American activities,
1938-1944." (Subtitle) "A critical examination
of the public record of the Committee, leading
to the conclusion that it 'was neither an ideal
nor a desired means of exposing subversive
activities. It did not wholly fail in its endeav-
ors, but, with different methods and better pro-
cedure, it could have performed far more effi-
cient service.' Two new chapters bring the his-
tory to the end of 1944." (Booklist) For first
edition see Book Review Digest, 1944.
Booklist 42:131 D 15 '45
"The book is one that may well be kept and
re-read from time to time. Like many con-
temporary trials — in particular Plain's and La-
val's— the investigations here recorded remind
us that the patriotic democrat may easily be-
come a tyrant. He must never act as if two
wrongs could make a right, never assume that
a good end may justify evil means."
4- Cath World 162:286 D '45 150w
"This revision of the Dies Committee was
completed under the impression that the murky
record of the Committee was closed, several of
its most aggressive members repudiated by their
constituents, and the subject given to history.
By a sudden tour de force, however, the Special
Committee on Un- American Activities was giv-
en another lease on life. It deserves continued
attention, if only for the light which it sheds
on the function of the investigating committee
in a democracy." Louis Filler
Pol Scl Q 61:146 Mr '46 1200w
"The book is a carefully documented and ob-
jective study of the Special House Committee
for the Investigation of Un-American Activities,
commonly known as the Dies Committee."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 1:43 D '45 280w
OGDEN, MRS JEAN (CARTER). See Carter,
J.
OGDEN, SAMUEL ROBINSON. This country
life. 166p il $2.75 Barnes, A.S.
630.1 Country life Agr46-ll
A practical book for timid souls who want
to live on the land. Partial contents: The
family in the country; Country community life;
Selecting a place to live and what to look for;
A roof over your head; And food In the pantry;
Farming; Selling; Paying guests; Small plants;
Other things to do. The author himself has
lived in a Vermont village for fifteen years.
Illustrations consist of small drawings by Donal
Vaughan, and many full page photographs of
Vermont scenes. Bibliography. Index.
Atlantic 178:146 Ag '46 240w
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
"This reviewer has been a farmer in his
time, and he finds himself in hearty agreement
with all which 'This Country Life' sets forth.
It would not be easy to choose for the pros-
pective or amateur farmer a better book to
read, or a more intelligent listing* of other
ways than farming by which a living- can be
made in the country." Adin Ballou
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 15 '46
420w
Kirkus 14:213 My 1 '46 150w
"Sum it up this way: life in the country has
a good deal to offer the right persons. Here is
what Mr. Ogden, a practical, intelligent fellow/
has found in the country for himself. He tells
how he found it and what it means to him.
And he tells how the country-bent person can
find his own satisfactions there. If you think
country living is for you, you'd better read
this book before making the jump. Maybe it
Isn't, after all." Hal Borland
+ N Y Times p6 Ji 7 '46 500w
Reviewed by Russell Lord
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Ag 31 '46 240w
"Life in the country has proved fuller, more
satisfying and varied for the Ogdens than
they could have hoped when they left the
spuriousness of the city. Both Mr and Mrs
Ogden have found time to hold town office and
serve in the State Legislature. Whatever his
writing style lacks in polish and fanciness it
makes up in being practical and sincere. The
32 photographs of country scenes and the chap-
ter-head sketches add to his book's appeal."
D. B. B.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46 480w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p20 S 15 '46
330w
OGLEY, MRS DOROTHY (CLELAND) and
CLELAND, MRS MABEL (GOODWIN). Iron
land. 326p $2.75 Doubleday
46-5744
Novel based on the development of the
Minnesota iron region in the 1860's. Among
the chief characters are the Rowntree brothers.
Burr and Ethan, and Terrill Macdonald, whom
Ethan married.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 400w
"Characters that live in real life, a back-
ground of definite authenticity, this is a story
well detailed in plausibility and personalities."
-f Kirkus 14:231 My 15 '46 190w
"Historical data is interesting and of value
to readers in that part of the country. A little
dull in the beginning but characters that seem
mere types take on life and the whole story
becomes absorbing as the reader progresses.
Recommended." M. H. Zipprich
-f Library J 71:978 Jl M6 70w
"Before the story is done, all the villains
have been given their just deserts, all the
heroes and the heroine are sitting pretty, and
great gobs of wonderful blue ore have been
found on land owned by the Rowntrees. . .
Comedy Swedes and Irishmen are introduced
now and then as relief. . . Oddly enough in a
patent movie script such as this, there appears
at the end of the volume a scholarly page
headed 'Sources and Bibliography.' " S. H.
Holbrook
N Y Times p21 Ag 4 '46 850w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 5 '46
210w
"Portions of 'Iron Land' are extremely in-
teresting in a factual sense, but the story
never really gets moving." W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p8 Ag 4 '46 800w
O'GRADY, P. W., and DUNN, DOROTHY.
Dark was the wilderness. 278p $2 Bruce pub.
45-10689
"The setting of this stirring historical novel
is the peninsula forming part of the present
Simcoe County, Ontario, which extends into
the southeastern end of Georgia Bay. Follow-
ing the Jesuit Relations it describes vividly
the deaths of the Jesuit martyrs — Jogues, Bre-
beuf, Lalemant and Qoupil. The story tells of
two Huron chiefs — Teondecharran, the pagan
Indian, who believed that the welfare of the
tribe depended on sacrificing one's enemies to
the sun-god, and his brother, Chiwatenwa, a
soul naturally Christian, who fought against
the malice of the hunch-back sorcerer, and
welcomed the coming of the priest apostles."
Cath World
Book Week p7 Ja 20 '46 150w
624
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
O'GRADY. P. W. — Continued
„ "You will enjoy every page of this well writ-
ten, interesting tale."
•f Cath World 162:477 F '46 120w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell 4A Ajv
Weekly Book Review p!6 Ja 20 '46
lOOw
O'HARA, JOHN. Here's O'Hara. 440p
Collection of the writings of John O'Hara, in-
cluding three novels: Butterfleld 8; Pal Joey:
and Hope of Heaven; as well as twenty short
stories.
"For the more rabid O'Hara fans, this
omnibus should prove a bonanza. As a re-
presentative selection for the studious, It has
its defects, the most obvious of which being
the omission of his first and finest novel,
'Appointment in Samarra.' The score of short
stories are mostly excellent and typical enough,
but fill a tantalizingly slim section of the
book." Richard Hager
H -- Commonweal 44:340 Jl 19 '46 330w
Kirkus 14:78 F 15 '46 70w
"Though there is no denying its literary
merit, its appeal is to the very sophisticated
taste and can only be recommended to the well
adjusted adult. An outstanding example of
the 'cult of cruelty school.* Should not be added
to library unless read beforehand." H. R.
Forbes
Library J 71:759 My 15 f46 80w
"Although some of his best work is missing
and the slipshod quality of the proofreading
suggests that the publishers, possibly as a
tribute to their writer, turned the job over to
Pal Joey, Here's O'Hara has the great virtue of
providing, not only a lot of excellent reading,
but a good chance to check up again on one of
the most arresting and significant talents in
contemporary American writing." Richard
alf.SL. New Repub 114:777 My 27 '46 1150w
"This is the place to say that any reviewer
of Mr. O'Hara finds himself on something of a
spot. One cannot at this late date 'discover'
him, and it would be critically unprofitable to
repeat in scrannel phrases the large choruses
chanted to O'Hara's fame. On the other hand.
no literary assessor in his right mind can find
serious fault in the man's work. This reviewer,
therefore, being in the grip of a mad fascina-
tion for anything O'Hara writes, must have
recourse to the old trick of picking birdshot out
of the caviar." H. M. Robinson
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:9 My 18 '46 950w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 440w
Theatre Art* 30:623 O '46 60w
Weekly Book Review p21 Je 16 '46 HOw
O'HARA, MARY, pseud. See Sture-Vasa, M. A.
OHART, THEODORE CHARLES. Elements
of ammunition. 412p il $6 Wiley
623.45 Ammunition 46-3278
"This textbook grew out of the need to give
adequate and quick instruction to army per-
sonnel engaged in the ammunition program of
the Ordnance Department. The treatment is
explicit and detailed. Definitions accompany
every technical term used; and liberal use is
made of illustrative diagrams, graphs, tables,
and photographs. AH types of ammunition are
covered, with the exception of those excluded
for reasons of security; full discussions of block
busters, long range artillery, fire bombs, air-
craft ammunition, chemical warfare ammuni-
tion, the bazooka, and beach barrage rockets,
and mines are included. Each item is dis-
cussed as to general construction, problems
of design, uses, limitations, and special ad-
vantages." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
"The foreword of this excellent book sets
forth very clearly the somewhat limited field
!t intends to cover. . , It does not " cover,
except in a sketchy manner, information as to
the characteristics of the propellant or ex-
plosive used, except those factors which will
limit their use. The book would have been of
more value had it included a bibliography of
authoritative texts and references for that
additional information, since there is only a
total of 28 pages dealing with this important
field. . . Many of the readers will, with the
reviewer, question the emphasis on specific
subjects based on space devoted in this book.'
H. N. Marsh
H Chem 6. Eng N 24:1852 Jl 10 '46 450w
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:19 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:258 S '46 240w
OJIKE, MBONU. My Africa. 350p il $3.75 Day
916 Africa — Social life and customs 46-25033
"In a plea for international amity and mu-
tual understanding, numerous phases of life in
Nigeria as: education, religion, art, music, in-
dustrial, political and economic life, marriage
and divorce are presented by means of per-
sonal experiences and in an extremely inter-
esting manner by a young native. He sets the
culture of Africa over against foreign ways
as introduced by Christianity, objects intensely
to British rule and makes a convincing appeal
for peace, progress and freedom, basic needs
of mankind. Appendices, 'African Who's Who,'
'Western Museums Preserving African Art,'
'Important Dates in African History' and an
'Annotated Book List' of recommended books
on Africa are valuable." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by Bucklin Moon
Book Week p!4 Mr 10 '46 410w
Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 My '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 16
•46 800w
Foreign Affairs 25.173 O '46 20w
"A youthful, vigilant atmosphere gives this
particular interest as an unusual presentation
from the African viewpoint."
4- Kirkus 13:541 D 1 '45 230w
"Recommended in the interest of peace,
understanding and a step toward 'One World.' "
D. R. Homer
-h Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 160w
"My Africa is honest, passionate pleading,
but it goes badly as a book to read. The poor,
disjointed writing might possibly be explained
by the author's incomplete familiarity with the
language. Harder to accept are the poor or-
ganization of the material, the naive and
unrewarding sections on the arts, and any
number of pointless anecdotes. Above all, there
is a too promiscuous encompassing of all
Africa in casual generalizations. A tough, well
documented study of British misrule in Ni-
geria alone would have strengthened Mr.
Ojike's case immeasurably." Max Qissen
New Repub 114:420 Mr 25 '46 600w
Reviewed by George Streator
N Y Times p8 Mr 24 '46 450w
"Ojike pleads for the independence of Ni-
geria, the British colony where he was born.
His book is a good Job — a very good job —
but a very uneven one. He is ineffective when
he generalizes about his continent of Africa.
But when he tells of his own life with his
own countrymen, he gets them into our minds
as people, some baa, some good, but real.
And grown-up. He makes no attempt to palm
them off as gentle children of nature of the
Rousseau breed." Patrick Putnam
H -Sat R of Lit 29:38 Mr 30 '46 HOOw
"This book may well be given high priority
among the numerous exhibits that prove that
unity in the modern world does not require
uniformity of customs and mores, but that
peoples of diverse cultures and political sys-
tems may well cooperate in building a new
world of freedom and security for all."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Mr '46 420w
Reviewed by O. W. Bragdon
Springf'd Republican p6 My 20 '46 120w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
625
"The whole book is full of amusing spring-
boards to conversations about American man-
ners and language and emotions. The test
of any book about another people, another
branch of the human race, is the flickering
lights it may throw on one's own nation and
ways of life. . . Mr. Ojike is a lecturer, and a
provocative one worth heckling — lest he too
patly generalize." Ernestine Evans
-j Weekly Book Review p4 F 17 '46 1250w
"This picture could not be more accurate
were the book fact instead of fiction. . .
Though this, is a story of the struggle and
discipline essential to any artistic achievement,
the plot also contains unsentimentalized ro-
mance, an element of mystery, and more than
little suspense." Rosejeanne Slifer
+ N Y Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 220w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 270w
OKU BO, MINE. Citizen 13660; drawings and
text. 209p $2.75 Columbia univ. press
940.547273 World war, 1939-1945— Evacuation
of civilians. Japanese in the U.S. A46-21
A Japanese-American artist gives the story
of her personal experiences in Europe, Cali-
fornia, and in two assembly centers on the West
coast, from the first news of the war which
caught her in Switzerland, to the end of her
relocation center days. The story is told in
black and white drawings and brief running
comment.
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 20w
Booklist 43:51 O 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1440 N 27 '46
200w
Current Hist 11:401 N '46 60w
Kirkus 14:442 S 1 '46 170w
"A revealing pictorial record which should
take its place among the documents of World
War II." Beatrice Libaire
+ Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 70w
"A remarkably objective and vivid and even
humorous account " M. M. Anderson
-f N Y Times p7 S 22 '46 900w
"Miss Okubo, who considers herself com-
pletely American, tells her story with ingenu-
ousness, but there is a certain Oriental subtlety
in the illustrations. The captions are written
with restraint and humor and seem to depre-
ciate the inconveniences of the camps; the
drawings themselves do not minimize them at
all."
-f New Yorker 22:115 O 12 '46 80w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 S 19 '46
400w
Reviewed by A. M. Lee
Sat R of Lit 29:12 S 28 '46 500w
"For those who want to know the day-by-day
petty details of life at a relocation center,
there is much information in this almost pain-
fully circumstantial account, though it will be
of little use to one looking for an analysis of
the pressures which led to the creation of the
camps or an authoritative account of the ad-
ministrative difficulties therein."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:290 D '46 220w
"The drawings are the heart of the book.
They have warmth and dignity and a kind of
wry, sad humor. . . 'Citizen 13660' is an excel-
lent contribution to the understanding of
minority peoples in the United States. It is
good to have, coming at a time when the
bigots of this country are again crawling out
from under their rocks." Millard Lampell
-f- Weekly Book Review p5 O 13 '46 HOOw
OLSEN, D. B., pseud. See Kitchens, D. B.
OLSON, MRS CLARA (MCDONALD), and
FLETCHER, NORMAN DEWEY. Learn and
live. lOlp il $1.50 Alfred P. Sloan foundation,
inc. 30 Rockefeller plaza, N.Y. 20
371.3 Sloan project in applied sciences
46-5830
"This is the story of a successful attempt to
raise living standards in backward rural com-
munities by teaching practical methods of im-
proving diets, growing gardens, making and
repairing clothing and bettering houses. These
methods are taught in the schools rather than
'lessons' wholly unrelated to the life and condi-
tions of the community." (San Francisco.
Chronicle) No index.
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 8 '46
60w
School A Society 64:31 Jl 13 '46 40w
OLSON, LYLA MAE. Prevention, first aid and
emergencies: with contributions by R. Charles
Adams [ana others]. 591 p il $3 Saunders
614.8 First aid in illness and injury. Nurses
and nursing SQ46-128
"A textbook on general first aid. . . It con-
tains information which the author had origi-
nally assembled in preparation for lectures and
demonstrations given to student and graduate
nurses of the Kahler School of Nursing. The
treatment accorded the subject matter is, how-
ever, of such nature as to indicate broad usage
by adult groups interested in a sound educa-
tional approach to the solution of first aid
problems." Am J Pub Health
"This text goes a long way in satisfying the
needs of the non- professional first aid student.
It will, undoubtedly, come into widespread use
in nursing schools, but the reviewer is of the
opinion that its use as a textbook by other
non -professional persons would be inadvisable."
E. E. Kleinschmidt
4_ _ Am J Pub Health 36:929 A* '46 320w
"The author is superintendent of nurses in a
Minnesota hospital. Several physicians, how-
ever, have also contributed chapters or parts of
chapters. Here they have presented in a clear,
concise form a large body of practical informa-
tion. This well-organized book should prove a
valuable reference for a wide variety of per-
sons. It would be a valuable addition to any
home library. It could well be used as a text
in high school or college courses in accident
prevention and first aid." Jennie Williams
-f J Home Econ 38:529 O '46 90w
OLDS, MRS HELEN (DIEHL). Lark, radio
singer; il. by Dorothy Wagstaff. 266p $2
Messner
46-4019
When Lark flunked out of college there was
nothing to do but go to the only home she
knew, her Uncle Clay's home in Virginia. But
her harsh uncle was away, her beloved
grandmother in a home. So Lark, who had
always wanted to sing, took what little money
her grandmother could spare and went to
New York to learn to sing over the radio.
Her struggles and successes and failures are
chronicled in this story for older girls.
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 26 '46
170w
Kirkus 14:70 F 1 '46 160w
O'MALLEY. MRS MARY DOLLING (SAN-
DERS) (ANN BRIDGE, pseud). See Bridge,
Ann, pseud.
O'NEILL, EUGENE GLADSTONE. Iceman
cometh; a play. 260p $2.75 Random house
812 46-7151
Text of Eugene O'Neill's first play in twelve
years, which opened on Broadway on October
9th.
"This is a play written for adults— about
people who have been battered by life, who
have done shocking things according to our
glib, conventional standards of respectability.
Their language is not more shocking than the
figures themselves viewed by the romantic
standards, say of Hollywood drama. Yet the
compelling quality of the play is that, for all
626
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O'NEILL, E. Q.— -Continued
this shockingness, instinctively we recognize
and Identify them as only too human. Per-
haps O'Neill, the artist, knew exactly what
he was doing in clothing these human scare-
crows who tragically mirror a part of us all
in just this language so disturbing to pol-
iticians." J. W. Rogers
-f Book Week p3 O 13 '46 950w
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
Reviewed by Kappo Phelan
Commonweal 46:44 O 25 '46 1350w
"A literary as well as a dramatic event of
first importance, the book publication simul-
taneously with the dramatic production gives
nationwide impetus to O'Neill's return to the
public."
4- Kirkus 14:538 O 15 '46 130w
San Francisco Chronicle p!9 O 20 '46
200w
Dramatic criticism by J. M. Brown
Sat R of Lit 29:26 O 19 '46 1600w
"The theme of the play seems to be as
simple as this bare outline indicates, but it
is developed with a wealth of detail and at
times with an emotional tension characteristic
of the author. It has humor of a slightly
macabre sort, and greater variety of characters
than the locale might suggest. It manages the
problems of suspense and revelation with the
expected skill. It has deep compassion behind
it. It has no social significance, since all the
characters are self-made bums Nor can the
play be twisted into a parable of this poor
world nursing the last pipe dream of peace.
Tt is O'Neill remembering Hope's saloon and
its denizens back in 1912, with a pitying re-
spect for their last illusions before the Ice-
man came." W. P. Eaton
-f Weekly Book Review p5 O 20 '46 700w
O'NEILL, JOHN JOSEPH. You and the uni-
verse; what science reveals. 328p $3.50 Wash-
burn
500 Science 46-1894
Chapters on science in everyday life, selected
from the author's Sunday column in the New
York Herald Tribune. It includes study of arch-
aeology, zoology, biology, medicine, climate, ge-
ology, mathematics, electricity, engineering,
chemistry, astronomy, and other fields of sci-
ence. Index.
Reviewed by Rufus Oldenburger
Book Week plO Mr 10 '46 380w
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:8 My '46
Reviewed by Watson Davis
Chem & Eng N 24:1854 Jl 10 '46 150w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"Both format and style will attract the gen-
eral reader, but the actual text content de-
mands a sound science background. One as-
sumes that adequate cross indexing will make
this & useful reference book for the scientific
reader. A pleasant journalistic style combined
with scientific accuracy make it recommended
for reading interest and value."
4- Kirkus 14:14 Ja '46 180w
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:12 Ja '46
"Whether you settle down to a perusal of this
book from cover to cover, or dip into it at
whatever chapter strikes your fancy, you will
find it a veritable storehouse of information and
ideas, and you will be well repaid for every
moment of time that you devote to it." A. H.
Compton & others
~t- Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Mr '46 1150w
"What is missing from such a book is the
sense of continuity, the slow growth of the
vision in each science, the sense of a grand
campajgn, and the meaning of It all. The book
is a cross section of a newspaper man 'a work,
of a science writer's mind. He has remained
essentially a journalist, but he is also an ency-
clopedia of scientific facts and principles. Pew,
if any. professors of science can match the
breadth and depth of his knowledge. There is
no better science reporting than John O'Neill's.
and no one can be well informed in the day-by-
day progress of science without this kind of
reading. For those who have forgotten and for
those who live beyond the reach of the news-
paper itself this book is excellent nutrition."
Gerald Wendt
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 3 '46 SOOw
OPPENHEIM, EDWARD PHILLIPS. Secret
service omnibus, number one. 819p $2.50 Lit-
tle
Omnibus volume containing three early Op-
penheim novels of international intrigue. Con-
tents: Mysterious Mr. Sabin; A Maker of His-
tory; The Illustrious Prince.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 19 '46 ISOw
Booklist 42:332 Je 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 10
'46 20w
Kirkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 lOw
"All three items are first rate Oppenheim, a
little dated in style, perhaps, but is that fair
criticism of work that recalls an earlier dis-
pensation of spy fiction? On the ground of
mere entertainment — and what other ground is
there? — they can hold their own with most of
the later offerings in the field." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p22 My 5 '46
330w
Wis Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
ORNSTEIN, JACOB ARTHUR. Decorating un-
painted furniture; 11. by [the author]. 161p
$3 Greenberg* *
749.5 Furniture. Decoration and ornament
46-25205
Instructions for decorating unpainted furni-
ture at home. The designs suggested are based
on regional and national patterns: Pennsyl-
vania Dutch, Latin American, Scandinavian,
etc.
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '4G
"Quite elaborate figure decoration is pro-
jected, but since the directions are clear and
well schemed, we can well expect this domestic
art to become a thriving method of express-
ing personality." Richardson Wright
-f- Weekly Book Review pl5 Ag 25 '46 90w
ORSKA, IRENA. Silent is the Vistula; the
story of the Warsaw uprising; tr. from the
Polish by Marta Erdman. 275p $3 Longmans
940.5481438 World war, 1939-1945— -Personal
narratives, Polish. Poland — History — Ger-
man occupation 46-5354
A Polish patriot, now married to an Amer-
ican and living in this country, describes her
experiences during the tragic and futile War-
saw uprising of 1944.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p5 Je 2 '46 300w
"An account of the Warsaw uprising of 1944
by one who fought through it. It doesn't make
pretty reading. It is not entertainment. It is
a record of a one-sided fight by a woman
whose way of thought carries its own hallmark
of confidence. We believe her account." Horace
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Je 6 '46
500w
"Miss Orska's book is not a literary event,
and at times it is difficult for one who does
not know Warsaw to follow her through a
maze of unfamiliar stroets. However, she gives
a very clear notion of the individual heroism
that sustained the ordinary members of the
Home Army as the weeks of unequal fighting
continued. . . At this late date it is not easy
to rouse anyone by listing additional examples
of German brutality, yet Miss Orska's de-
scription of German behavior after the fall
of Warsaw will shock even those who have
settled opinions about the German military
character." John Broderick
-f- Commonweal 44:289 Jl 5 '46 330w
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627
Foreign Affairs 25:344 Ja '47 30w
Kirkus 14:145 Mr 15 '46 150w
"Well- translated book should have wide ap-
peal. Strongly recommended for college and
public libraries." F. B. Hlrsch
-H Library J 71:756 My 15 '46 90w
"Unfortunately, her literary talents are in-
adequate to do justice to the sad and terrible
things she has witnessed. 'Silent is the Vistula'
is an unskilled, awkward account of one of
the most heart-breaking episodes of World
War II." Francis Scott
N Y Times p26 Jl 14 '46 500w
"That battle [the Warsaw uprising] . . . can
be dealt with only in terms of isolated actions,
but Mme. Orska manages to give a fairly com-
prehensive picture of its character, and an all
too clear one of the manner in which the Ger-
mans, with furor Teutonicus, followed up their
last important victory. Through the narrative
runs an unmistakable bitterness against the
Soviets, who, the author obviously feels, could
have changed the course of the battle if they
had wanted to."
New Yorker 22:95 Je 1 '46 120w
"Here is history in its local setting. Mme.
Orska does not lose the continuity of her story
despite the speed and barrage-like movements
of the action that takes place The story moves
rapidly, excitingly." Harold Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:26 Jl 20 '46 lOOOw
"The first personal account of the Warsaw
uprising to be published. . . Madame Orska,
a simple human being, tells her story without
pretensions, concealing neither fright, tears nor
fatigue. Like the others about whom she
writes, the soldiers and nurses and young
scouts, she was able to keep going, to give
herself so unstintingly and to endure the en-
gulfing horrors only because of her patriotism."
Virgilia Peterson
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Je 2 '46 1150w
ORTEGA Y GASSET, JOSE. Concord and lib-
erty; tr. from the Spanish by Helene Weyl.
182p $2.75 Norton
196 Philosophy 46-4581
Four long dissertations by the Spanish phi-
losopher. The title essay is on the political
theories of the time of Cicero; the second on
the historical character of cognition; the third
is a brief historical survey of philosophy; and
the last is an estimate of the nineteenth cen-
tury philosopher, Wilhelm Dilthey.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p2 Je 2 '46 480w
Foreign Affairs 25:160 O '46 20w
Kirkus 14:122 Mr 1 '46 190w
"Lacking the brilliance and timeliness (being
occasionally 'escapist') of Revolt of the Masses,
the present work offers only very limited ap-
peal." L. R. Miller
Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 90w
"If Ortega's is not a first rate mind — and I
use the word in its most restrictive sense —
it is at least a mind of first-rate sensitivity
and of first-rate philosophic culture. It Is Just
to observe this at the start, since whatever
strictures one makes on this book should not
obscure its remarkably stimulating value in
laying hold of major and subtle themes. . . The
fundamentally questionable issue raised by this
book is whether Ortega's insight has really
attained any greater completeness than
Dilthey's. . . The failure to make use of either
Marx or Kierkegaard is of course less ex-
cusable in Ortega than in Dilthey, who was
closer to them in time. The reason for this
failure is, I think, that Ortega remains above
all a passionate and unreconstructed aristocrat.
The intellectual tradition to which he remains
faithful is the high Brahmanism of German
academic thought, with all its great merits
and its shortcomings." William Barrett
^ Nation 163:46 Jl 13 '46 1350w
"The American publishers of the Spanish
philosopher Ortega y Qasset have gathered to-
gether four of his essays, given the collection
the title of the least meritorious one. 'Concord
and Liberty/ and arranged the pieces in a
sequence exactly the reverse of that which an
examination of their content suggests. Readers
will do well to start with the last essay and
work back. . . The third essay, 'Prologue to
a History of Philosophy,' is the best piece in
the book. Bound in closely with Ortega's two
main preoccupations, philosophy and historyt it
gives a clear exposition of his conception of
both. It is so packed with ideas — it has none
of the windiness of which he is sometimes
guilty — that no summary can do it Justice."
J. H. Hexter
H NY Times p8 S 1 f46 1400w
"These dissertations will be altogether con-
fusing to anyone reading the great Spaniard
for the first time, but to those familiar with
his works they will serve as interesting exten-
sions of the philosopher's general trend of
thought. They will serve, that is, until he
gets ^around to writing another full-length
New Yorker 22:94 Je 1 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
70w
Reviewed by Jerome Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ag 10 '46 lOOOw
"To think the thoughts of a great thinker
after him is an invigorating and inspiring ex-
perience, especially when that thinker, as in
this instance, is one of the seminal minds and
intellectual giants of our times. In 'Conconi
and Liberty' the stride of his seven-league
boots is shortened to the average reader's more
petty pace, and the path this philosopher hews
through contemporary confusions and despairs
is well worth our following. It should be said
in conclusion that Helen Weyl's translation is
so good that the reader is seldom conscious
of reading a translation." R. J. Conklin
•4- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
750w
Reviewed by Mildred Adams
Survey G 35:413 N '46 750w
Time 47:102 Je 10 '46 900w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p3 Je 30 '46
1750w
Reviewed by J. S. Schapiro
Yale R n a 36:167 autumn '46 550w
ORTON, WILLIAM AYLOTT. Liberal tradi-
tion; a study of the social and spiritual con-
ditions of freedom. 317p $3.50 Yale univ.
press
323.44 Liberalism. Political science A45-5409
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The kind of mind Mr. Orton has does not
accommodate itself to an objective study of
liberalism. Not that his essay is devoid of
merit. Many of Mr. Orton's dicta are sharp
and to the point. His critiques of the intellec-
tual arrogance of the several species of posi-
tivist, of the deficiencies of the political econo-
mists, and of the misdirected idealism of Amer-
ican thought on foreign affairs are neat- if not
particularly new. But in what primarily inter-
ests historians, his account of the liberal tradi-
tion, he does tricks with the past repugnant
to anyone v who feels that history is no easy
bought mistress bound to suit her ways to the
intellectual appetites of the current customer.'*
J. H. Hexter
f- Am Hist R 51:486 Ap '46 800w
Reviewed by G. H. Sabine
Am Pol Sci R 40:352 Ap '46 850w
Reviewed by H. E. Barnes
Am Soc R 11:765 D '46 900w
"This book I must read again. Not often
does a reviewer lay aside his required reading
with such a. feeling, but this is an exceptional
book— exceptionally well written and exception-
ally provocative both of agreement and of dis-
sent. . . Mjiny readers will not think that Pro-
fessor Orton has satisfactorily sustained his
thesis; but none who enjoy critical scholarship
in superb literary form will be disappointed
in his erudite, trenchant, and illuminating re-
view of the Philosophical vacillations of man
on the age-old question of loyalty to the Gods
of the Sky or the Gods of the Earth. It is a
distinguished performance." C. C. Maxey
+ Ann Am Aoad 244:195 Mr '46 960w
628
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ORTON, W. A.— Continued
Reviewed by B. L». Conway
Cath World 162:571 Mr '46 550w
"First off, the reviewer wants to say that
he likea this book so much that he does not
even begrudge the author its title, which the
reviewer had noted down years ago as the
title for a book he intended to write some time
— and may yet write. . . Professor Orton's
slant appears to be a commitment to the de-
fense of the Catholic Church. . . My own esti-
mate of the relation of the medieval church to
any form of liberalism would be very differ-
ent. . . This book is full of controversial in-
terpretations of history. That is one thing
that makes it so interesting. . The man's
heart is right, his scholarship is mature and
comprehensive, and his style is a delight to
the ear and to the mind. The book bristles
with ideas, and it comes out at the right place
with an enlightened and Christian understand-
ing of the nature of the fundamental problem
now confronting the nations. " W. E. Garrison
.4 Christian Century 63:497 Ap 17 '46
900w
Reviewed by T. V. Smith
Ethics 57:71 O '46 1700w
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by H. A. Larrabee
J Philos 43:610 O 24 '46 2700w
"This is an exhilarating and a profoundly
disappointing book. . . The author of this book
is more concerned with deploring the realities
of present national and international politics
than with adjusting these realities to his lib-
eral faith. Authentic liberals like de Tocque-
ville and Justice Holmes spent few words be-
moaning the evil tendencies of their times. Is
it not possible today that, with a little more
zeal for action, modern liberals can influence
their Left-wing competitors without succumb-
ing, as Mr. Orton fears, to a totalitarianism of
the Left?" W. H. Coates
h Pol Sci Q 61:283 Je '46 850w
"Professor Orton has knowledge of European
history; his style is clear, lively, trenchant and
epigrammatic; and his writing is infused with
a sense of consecration to those humane values
upon which civilization is based. Consequently
his book has qualities which are rarely to be
found in discussions of contemporary social and
economic problems. Yet in its total effect it
will leave many of its readers dissatisfied and
even exasperated. Mr. Orton is a liberal of the
Victorian vintage; and he is unable to see the
present-day abandonment of Victorian concep-
tions of liberalism as due to anything except
intellectual blindness and moral depravity." H.
B. Parkes
-f ~ Weekly Book Review p8 P 3 '46 900w
Reviewed by J. B. Brebner
Yale R n s 35:557 spring '46 lOOOw
ORWELL, QEORQE. Animal farm. 118p $1.75
Harcourt [6s Seeker & Warburg]
46-6290
A political satire, written in the guise of an
allegory. The animals on a certain farm rise,
overthrow their drunken master, and take over
the running of the farm themselves. The pigs,
being more intelligent, are the leaders. Gradual-
ly the Utopian stage passes and dictatorship
seeps In; the situation is no better than it
was before.
"Animal farm is a neat little book. The
writing is neat, too, as lucid as glass and
quite as sharp. . . For some people this book
will be a chapter from Gulliver's Travels
brought up to date. It has the double mean-
ing. the sharp edge, and the lucidity of
Swift; it also has a clever hostility If one
applies the analogy to Soviet Russia/' Edward
weeks
-f Atlantic 178:142 S '46 550w
Reviewed by Adam De Hegedua
Book Week p5 S 8 '46 400w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
Reviewed by Northrop Frye
Canadian Forum 26:211 D '
'46 1050w
"It is a feather in George Orwell's cap that
his satire on the methods of a dictatorship Is
not only interesting as a satire, but has the
merit of being a good story." Eric Forbes- Boyd
+ Christian Science Monitor pl6 D 15 '45
500w
Reviewed by Adam De Hegedus
Commonweal 44:528 S 13 '46 1250w
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 50w
Kirkus 14:351 Ag 1 '46 240w
"This 'fairy story' is as entertaining as
Swift's 'fable' and the satire as pertinent. . .
Stimulating reading but not imperative for all
libraries." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 lOOw
"A delightfully humorous and caustic satire
on the rule of the many by the few." J. D.
Beresford
4- Manchester Guardian p3 Ag- 24 '45 150w
"Orwell's method, of taking a well worn
fact that we know and converting it, for lack
of better inspiration, into an imaginative
symbol, actually falsifies the fact; thus over-
extended, the fact of Stalinist 'human na-
ture,' the power-drive of the bureaucracy,
ceases to explain anything, and even makes
one forget what it is to which it does apply.
An indication that a middle of the way imagi-
nation, working with ideas that have only a
half-way scope, cannot seriously deal with
events that are themselves extreme. There is,
however, some value in the method of 'Animal
Farm,' provided it is timely, in the sense,
not of newspapers, but of history, in advance
of the news. But this is to say that 'Animal
Farm' should have been written years ago;
coming as it does, in the wake of the event,
it can only be called a backward work." Isaac
Rosenfeld
Nation 163:273 S 7 '46 1550w
"There are times when a reviewer is happy
to report that a book is bad because it ful-
fills his hope that the author will expose him-
self in a wav that permits a long deserved
castigation. This is not one of them. I was
expecting that Orwell would a^ain give
pleasure and that his satire of the sort of
thins which democrats deplore in the Soviet
Union would be keen and cleansing". Instead,
the book puzzled and saddened me. It seemed
on the whole dull. The allegory turned out to
be a creaking machine for saying in a clumsy
way things that have been said better direct-
ly." George Soule
New Repub 115-266 S 2 '46 1250w
Reviewed by Kingsley Martin
New Statesman & Nation 30:165 S 8
'45 lOOOw
" 'Anmal Farm' is a wise, compassionate
and illuminating fable for our times." A. M.
Schlesinger
+ N Y Times pi Ag 25 '46 1450w
"It is absolutely flrst-rate. As a rule, 1
have difficulty in swallowing these modern
animal fables; I can't bear Kipling's stories
about the horses that resist trade-unionism
and the beehive that is ruined by Socialism,
nor have I ever been able to come under the
spell of 'The Wind in the Willows.' But Mr.
Orwell has worked out his theme with a sim-
plicity, a wit, and a dryness that are closer
to La Fontaine and Gay, and has written in a
prose so plain and spare, so admirably pro-
portioned to his purpose, that 'Animal Farm'
even seems very creditable if we compare it
with Voltaire and Swift." Edmund Wilson
4- New Yorker 22:97 S 7 '46 600w
"Mr. Orwell's satire here is amply broad,
cleverly conceived and delightfully written.
His little book, easily read in an hour, is the
sharper for being so short. And, as you'll
see, the author has missed very few chances.
To be sure, his fantasy will enrage a great
many people. In fact, you can use his story
as a kind of litmus- paper test for your liberal
friends. You should be able to gauge their
liberalism — in any normal sense of the term —
by their response." J. H. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 25 '46
1450W
"The book is a splendid technical job. whose
easy and diverting style never once lags from
beginning to end. It is no simple matter to
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629
sustain a fable like this one for more than a
hundred pages, and Mr. Orwell does it ad-
mirably. . . My own pleasure in this satire is
greatly reduced by my realization that its
object is, as usual, far less the communist
system than the nature of man himself as this
nature has been revealed in the latter-day de-
velopment of the communist system. It is
easy to admire the superb craftsmanship with
which the attack is carried out, but it is not
comfortable to contemplate the probable re-
sults, in terms of future history, of the traits
of b'^nan character elaborated in the satire."
L. *,_,Ridenourof ^ ^ ^ ^
Reviewed by W. J. Turner
Spec 175:156 Ag 17 '45 700w
Reviewed by E. A. Holthausen
Springf'd Republican p6 S 5 '46 360w
"The allegory, while obvious, is judicious;
but Mr. Orwell was wittier and more at home
in his earlier Dickens, Dali and Others as well
as in such magazine articles as 'Politics and
the Language.' "
Theatre Arts 31:71 Ja '47 60w
Time 47:95 F 4 '46 1550w
"Mr. Orwell's animals exist in their own
right, and his book is as entertaining as nar-
rative as it is opposite in satire."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p401 Ag 25
'45 340w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p4 Ag- 25 '4b
1450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:128 O '46
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:381 winter '47 180w
ORWELL, GEORGE. Dickens, Dali & others;
studies in popular culture [Eng title: Criti-
cal essays]. 243p $2.50 Reynal [8s 6d Seeker
& Warburg]
824 46-4083
A collection of essays by a contemporary
English critic, who is the literary editor of the
London Tribune. Contents: Charles Dickens;
Boys' weeklies; Wells, Hitler and the world
state; The art of Donald McGill; Rudyard
Kipling; W. B. Yeats; Benefit of clergy; Some
notes on Salvador Dali; Arthur Koestler; Raf-
fles and Miss Blandish; In defence of P. G.
Wodehouse.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p4 My 19 '46 500w
"Mr. Orwell is a younger English critic and
journalist who uses the idiom of 1946 but
dwells in the tradition of Henley and Sir John
Squire. He approaches his critical chores with
a fully- formed political and artistic creed and
you can take it or leave it. His views on sub-
jects so diverse as Dickens, Wells, Wodehouse
and Yeats are pungently stated and magnif-
icently informed by common-sense. He is never
dull, but he is sometimes naive." J. G. E.
°«j f Commonweal 44:508 S 6 '46 300w
"Ten essays, consistently controversial, that
range widely between a long one, in six parts,
on Dickens, shorter ones on boys' weeklies,
H. G. Wells, comic postcards, Kipling, Yeats,
Dali, Koestler, detective stories, Wodehouse.
In answering criticism, in denning his own
theories, the author provides stimulating ideas,
on modern trends, American influence, current
values, and literary criticism— among others,
. . A personal, serious, but never dull analysis
that has a definite worth in its challenges, in
Its integrity/^ ^ ^ jg ^ ^
"George Orwell is so acute in his discern-
ment or current tendencies that there is little
doubt his [book] will be welcomed by contem-
porary readers. W. G.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 F 20 '46 240w
Reviewed by Wylie Sypher
Nation 162:630 My 25 '46 lOOOw
"It is heartening to be reminded that critical
intelligence, though dwarfed by the combined
forces of Philistinism, commercialism and reac-
tion, is still functioning; that it is determined
to face them squarely, without either descend-
ing to their own abysmal levels or being ab-
stracted into transcendental spheres." Harry
Levin
-f New Rcpub 114:665 My 6 '46 1750w
"The essays in this provoking collection are
brilliant examples of political anthropology ap-
plied to literature by a non- conforming mind.
. . Mr. Orwell stands apart from the imagina-
tive writers of the Left; he spoils for trouble,
dislikes his own side more than the enemy, is
closer to continental writers. On the continent
he found that drama and the suffering which,
with mingled Quixotism and misanthropy, he
always sought. It is not only this that sets
him apart from the rest of the English intel-
ligentsia. What has made him different is that,
like a kind of Kipling turned upside down, he
has seen the Empire and knows that the vio-
lent English political drama is enacted there
and not at home." V. S. Pritchett
New Statesmen & Nation 31:124 F 16
'46 1500w
"It is easier to go along with [Mr. Orwell]
when he attacks than when he defends. But he
is a wonderful issue-raiser, and in some of the
most crucial matters of the present time his
lancet finds unerringly the sensitive spot."
R. G. Davis
H NY Times p4 My 19 '46 900 w
"His essays on Dickens and Kipling to some
extent suffer from a tendency to generalize
about the first-rate writer, the whole work of
a man's career, without following his develop-
ment as an artist (as one can do about a serial
in a boys' magazine, which, for decades, can
remain the same), and from a habit of taking
complex personalities too much at their face
value, of not getting inside them enough. . .
But all these essays are original and interest-
ing. I read most of them when they first came
out in magazines, and I have reread them here
with pleasure." Edmund Wilson
4. — New Yorker 22:86 My 25 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Eric Bentley
H Sat R of Lit 29:11 My 11 '46 1050w
"Mr. Orwell is a moralist-critic and not an
aesthete; he is interested in attitudes to Life
rather than in Beauty. His own writing is
forthright and vigorous, but never noticeably
fine or elaborated; and in the prose literature
which he criticises he distinguishes diseases
of the mind and political attitudes rather than
differences of style. The strength and brilliance
of his criticism come from his confidence in
his own sanity; he never fails to dig out and
expose the perversions and affectations of
others, applying a test of enlightened good
sense. This robust self-confidence might make
a blunt and Philistine critic; in fact, it does
not, because Mr. Orwell's writing always seems
to reflect new and entirely independent think-
ing. His writing follows his thought, which is
untrammelled by fashion or prejudice. He
seems to live by himself intellectually and to
come out to spray poison on 'the smelly little
orthodoxies' which he finds growing like weeds
around him." Stuart Hampshire
4- Spec 176:250 Mr 8 '46 lOOOw
"None of the essays in this book is of much
importance as literary criticism. Each is a
shining reflection of Essayist Orwell's intel-
ligent, often violent opinions on contemporary
life in Europe and the U.S. All of the essays
are open-hearted, open-minded, and filled with
hot distaste for both the tightness of orthodoxy
and the looseness of hedonism. They express
an unusual combination of strength and gentle-
ness in an easy, fluent prose "
-f Time 47:92 My 20 '46 lOOOw
"Mr. Orwell's habit in literary criticism is
to make a bee-line for good sense, and in the
process he is lively to watch, stimulating and
purposeful. He does not, however, always strike
what seems a balanced judgment; in face of
the critical prejudices or prepossessions of
others his desire to be fair sometimes carries
him just a little beyond good sense. But his
firm and vigorous independence of mind wins
respect. In pursuit of reason in matters of
aesthetic significance he has few inhibitions;
yet he is guiltless of the show of authority
which is so often the mark of the aesthetic ra-
tionalist."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p92 F 23 '46
550w
630
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ORWELL, GEORGE- Continued
"Much the best as well as much the longest
of the essays in the book is that on Dickens.
It not only has the best subject, but seems
also to have been the most elaborately worked
up. . . 'Dickens, Dali and Others' seems to me
the work of a man still in the midst of an at-
tempt to reconcile fundamentally unreconcilable
positions, and it is odd to And the author occa-
sionally lapsing into a communist cliche1. . . It
would be unfair, however, not to add that such
inconsistencies are one of the indications that
this is a very honest book, the product of real
thought, and of an engaging candor." J. W.
Krutch
H Weekly Book Review p5 My 5 '46 1850w
ORWIN, CHARLES STEWART. Problems of
the countryside. (Current problems ser) lllp
$1.25 Macmillan [3s 6d Cambridge]
323.354 Sociology. Rural 46-7
Essays on the reality behind the sentimental
front of the English countryside, by the retiring
director of the Oxford university agricultural
research institute. Contents: The background;
Problems of the land; Problems of the village;
Problems of local government; Problems of
rural life. Index.
Manchester Guardian p3 D 7 '45 300w
"Mr, Orwin could not write badly if he tried,
and he describes a countryside which he ob-
viously knows as well as the back of his hand.
This makes it all the more inexplicable, and
also the more sad, that the agricultural rem-
edies which Mr. Orwin propounds in these days
could seldom be of any real benefit to the
patient for whom he takes such scrupulous
pains to design them." L. F. EasterbrooK
_j New Statesman & Nation 30:285 O 27
•45 180w
"Dr. Orwin is not content to skate over the
surface symptoms. He gets right down to the
root causes of the drift from the countryside
and is not afraid to face facts as they are. In
particular, the chapter on Local Government is
of the greatest value, especially where it deals
with the question of finance. . . In spite of its
small size this book is full of wisdom, and
should be read in particular by those who have
hitherto looked on the country merely as a
pleasant holiday ground but as nothing else."
H. D. Walston
-f- Spec 175:496 N 23 '45 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p549 N 17 '45
480w
OSBORN, ROBERT CHESLEY. War is no
damn good! [96p] $2 Doubleday
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons. World war,
1939-1945— Humor, caricatures, etc. 46-8124
Collection of cartoons, both amusing and
sardonic, expressing the rage of the average
man over war's stupidities and frustrations.
The artist served in the navy in World war II
and created the dimwitted characters known
as Dilbert, a pilot, and Spoiler, a mechanic.
"In some of the panels he has failed to es-
tablish his point in that the drawings don't
seem to represent the titles attached to them.
But, by and large, it is a volume which should
make a lot of the brass hats of the War and
Navy Department take a good long look at
themselves in their mirrors." Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p2 D 1 '46
lOOw
"The artist is an angry man, and these
drawings are savage in their eloquence, bitter
in their truth. He attains the stark unreality
of a bad dream, and his message is corrosive/'
Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p7 D 1 '46 90w
OS BORNE, LCTITIA PRESTON (MRS Q. H.
LA1SER). Through purple glass. 288p $2.60
Lippincott
46-5415
Composite story of the people living In a fine
old house on Beacon Hill in Boston. Qood
names were In all the bells, but one got there
by mistake, for Myrtle Chisholm's husband
had been a Brahmin, even tho Myrtle was not.
The Morans in the basement were good stock,
too, but not Back Bay. The story shows how
Myrtle Chisholm and Connie Moran, with some
able assistance from a few of the inmates, had
enough humanity to leaven even "cold roast
Boston."
"A very readable and amusing novel." F. H.
Bullock
+ Book Week p3 Ag 4 '46 360w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
"Miss Osborne is not in the least hesitant
to say whatever comes into her head. The
book is lively. The trouble is that it seems
more clever than true, though it must be con-
ceded that examples can be found in any com-
munity to support almost any attitude, for or
against. The atmosphere, at any rate, is real
Boston, so that Bostonians are pretty sure to
be interested, even if they feel that some of
the incidents would not be mentioned out loud
in society as it is known to the older resi-
dents." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor pl6 Ag 1
'46 500w
Kirkus 14:284 Je 15 '46 210w
"The scenes, all placed on Beacon Hill or
the Common in Boston, are delightful; the
most amusing of them being, perhaps, the
visit of two Middle Western Wacs to the
Christmas Eve open house in Louisburg
Square; although you may prefer Lorna Brown
practicing Yogi breathing on a bench on the
Common. ' Marian Gibbons
-f N Y Times p!4 Ag 25 '46 330w
San Francisco Chronicle p21 O 20 '46
200w
"The author is rather tod* drawn out in her
descriptions of Connie Moran's passion for
Prank Sinatra, and old Miss Myra's evil mach-
inations, but she writes with shrewdness and
charm." P. H. Blckerton
.^ _- Springf d Republican p4d Ag 4 '46
360w
Reviewed by Rose Feld
Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 28 '46 600w
O'SHEA, BETH. Long way from Boston; il.
by Peggy Bacon. (Whittlesey house publica-
tion) 266p $2.75 McOraw
917.3 Automobiles— Touring. U.S.— Descrip-
tion and travel 46-11817
Two small-town girls who met in Boston in
the early 1920' s and decided to see the country
together are the heroines of this book. In a
model- T Ford they drove to the West coast
and back, sometimes stopping for a time to
earn a little more money, but always managing
to have a gay time. This is the account of
their trip.
"The pleasant humor of this little book
makes agreeable reading in our troubled days.
It also gives an appreciative picture of the
Western country and its peaks of interest.
Peggy Bacon's illustrations are appropriate to
the gay tenor of the atory." Helen Long
+ Book Week p2 D 8 '46 330w
Booklist 43:119 D 15 '46
"A titillating travelogue, and humor- wise."
-f Kirkus 14:369 Ag 1 '46 180w
"Their adventures are amusing, and enter-
tainingly recorded. A wholesome cross section
view of the country different from that of the
average tourist of that time, and emphatically
unlike our own day." Thelma Brackett
+ Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 80w
"The Peggy Bacon illustrations match the
mood of the book— carefree, humorous and
spirited." Lucy Greenbaum
-f N Y Times p26 D 15 '46 550w
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 22 '46
120w
" 'A Long Way From Boston' is a readable
if not an overly exciting book. It is a little
simple and naive in its youthful zest, lacking
the bite and commentary of a mature mind
looking backward over the years." Rose Feld
-| Weekly Book Review p40 N 24 '46 600w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
631
OSTEN, EARL. Tournament fly and bait-cast-
ing. 147p il $2.50 Barnes, A.S.
799.12 Ply Casting Agr46-256
"Mr. Osten, executive secretary of the
NAACC, covers pertinent facts in connection
with the structure, operations and objectives
of casting: organizations in America. He pre-
sents detailed specifications for fly and bait
tournament events, as approved by experts,
and covers basic prinicples of modern fly and
bait casting technic for all accuracy and dis-
tance competitions. The appendix carries a
wealth of miscellaneous data such as local
club and state asaociation bylaws, approved
types of tournament casting platforms with
recommended target layouts, standard tables
of regular fly hook sizes, and so on." (Spring-
f'd Republican) Glossary.
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Leo Marceau
Springf'd Republican p4 Je 24 '46 250w
OSTROW, ALBERT A. Complete card player.
(Whittlesey house publication) 771p il $3.75
McGraw
795.4 Cards 45-11348
"A modern, comprehensive and authoritative
compilation of more than 300 card games, ar-
ranged according to type of game. Historical
information and a general guide to card pro-
cedures precede the simple step-by-step ex-
planations of the fundamentals and principles
of each game, while additional rules concerning
irregularities and occasional lists of terms are
included. Useful explanatory diagrams and ex-
amples of card layouts. List of games according
to number of players, index." Bookmark
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
Bookmark 7:8 Mr '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p4 Ja '46
"An essential book for club libraries, public
libraries, and institutions where cards are
played."
-f- Klrkus 13:483 N 1 '45 160w
O'SULLIVAN, SEUMAS. See Starkey, J.
OUTDOOR LIFE (periodical). Anthology of
flshing adventures; the world's best stories
of flshing adventures. 256p il $1.98 Grosset
799.1 Fishing Agr46-184
"Presents forty-six factual stories calculated
to charm the angler. Among them are ac-
counts of such unusual doings as flshing for
octopus in Puget Sound and for shad in Mon-
tana." New Yorker
New Yorker 22:112 My 4 '46 60w
Reviewed by Leo Marceau
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 5 '46 lOOw
OUTDOOR LIFE (periodical). Anthology of
hunting adventures. 256p il $1.98 Grosset
799.2 Hunting Agr46-183
Collection of stories of hunting experiences
by some well-known sportsmen, selected by
the editors of Outdoor Life.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week pl4 My 19 '46 «0w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Reviewed by Leo Marceau
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 5 '46 lOOw
OVERACKER. LOUISE. Presidential campaign
funds. 76p $1.50; pa $1 Boston univ. press,
685 Commonwealth av, Boston
324.273 Campaign funds 46-6165
Three lectures delivered at Boston university
in 1945. The first deala with campaign funds
as "A problem in democratic control;" the sec-
ond with "The Hatch act; limitations which
do not limit;" and the third is on "Trade union
contributions."
"Those who know Miss Overacker's previous
studies will find in this slim volume the same
scholarship and good sense."
•f Am Hist R 52:195 O '46 120w
"This little book, with its wealth of informa-
tion, its comparative data and its illustrative
material drawn from many campaigns, is most
welcome. Its author has rendered a real serv-
ice to the profession in summarizing and bring-
ing up to date the results of research in this
field which has appeared in the form of articles
in various professional Journals, principally this
Review. She very properly stresses the fact
that such principles of regulation as may be
found applicable to presidential elections will
normally apply with equal force to elections in
the state and local fields, where the funda-
mental problems are essentially the same."
W. B. Graves
+ Am Pol Scl R 40:1012 O '46 650w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 20w
OWEN, FRANK, ed. Murder for the millions: a
harvest of horror and homicide. 595p $3 Fall
Short stories — Collections 46-25203
Collection of short stories about murder, with
one radio script. Partial contents: Two sharp
knives, by Dashiell Hammett; The vertical line,
by F. W. Crofts; The fourth visitor, by G. H.
Coxe; The house of darkness, by Ellery Queen;
Eighteen steps, by Vincent Starrett; The turn
of the tide, by C. S. Forester; Postiche, by M.
G. Eberhart; The blue envelope, by E. S. Hold-
ing; The canary sang, by G. H. Coxe; The
laughing Buddha, by Sax Rohmer.
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
"A very presentable, representative selec-
tion."
+ Kirkus 14:112 Mr 1 '46 90w
"If you love to wallow in crime, as millions
do, this is just the book for your bedside
table." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 140w
1 'Recommended. ' '
-)- Sat R of Lit 29:38 My 18 '46 40w
"There are thirty- seven selections, enough
material by top mystery writers and a few
others for several evenings of happy gulping,
with occasional surprises, such as 'Over the
Top of the World,' by Hans Ruesch, featuring
an icecap in a blizzard, a polar bear and Eski-
mos." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p46 My 19 '46
210w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
OWEN, FRANK, ed. Teen-age companion. 286p
il $2.50 Lantern press
Short stories — Collections 46-25279
Collection of twenty short stories for teen-
agers, selected from current magazines. Par-
tial contents: Four brothers, by Walter Havig-
hurst; Mountain silver, by C, W. Whittemore;
What happened to Gene?, by Horatio Winslow;
Up the Chisholm trail, by Thomas Rothrock;
Making- friends with Verdi, by Louis Paul; The
heart of little Shikara, by Edison Marshall;
High climber, by R. G. Carter; The bright land,
by Walter Havighurst; A better neighborhood,
by Roma Rose; The trail herd goes by, by
Stephen Payne; The top of the mountain, by
Zachary Gold.
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griawold
Christian Science Monitor p!3 N 21
'46 240w
Kirkus 14:391 Ag 15 '46 70w
"Recommended for young people's collec-
tions." M. C. Scoggin
-f Library J- 71:1468 O 15 '46 lOOw
"Adults working with young people will find
It a useful bridge from the story of incident
to the story of character." M. C. S.
-f N Y Times p!4 S 29 '46 150w
"They vary in value, but the collection as a
whole has Interest and vitality."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 SOW
632
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
OWEN, FRANK — Continued
"Anthologies can be good investments: this
is first -class for home or high school. There are
twenty stories, some by well-known writers,
some by people of whom I never heard, and
each one is so good it will undoubtedly be read
aloud." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 15 '46 180w
are a good glossary; a long chapter on installa-
tion, testing and trouble shooting; a chapter
on standards; a selected bibliography; and a
good index." N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L*. A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl *46
OWEN, WILLIAM VERN. Labor-management
economics; a basic practical summary, 121p
il $2 Ronald
330 Economics 46-5042
"A concise presentation of economic prin-
ciples and definitions. It is prepared for man-
agement and labor leadership rather than the
professional economist. Part 1 deals with em-
ployers' interests in management, production,
risks, and costs, and with employees' interests
in wages, unionism, and status of labor. He
discusses the two interests jointly in a chapter
on industrial relations. Part 2 includes price
levels and controls, the causes of economic
changes, government economic functions, and
a comparison of economic systems." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Index.
N Y New Tech Bks 31:41 Jl '46
"No startling conclusions are advanced in
this elementary survey, which is designed
merely as an abbreviated compilation of basic
economic tenets. Whether either industry or
labor ranks, both supporting highly efficient
economic and research staffs, will find that this
concise summary fills any particular gaps in
their equipment . for handling industrial dis-
putes remains rather in doubt." J. S. K.
Springf d Republican Jl 5 '46 180w
OZAKI, MILTON K. Cuckoo clock. 261p $2
Ziff-Davis
Detective story.
"Even if the writing sometimes leaves much
to be desired, and if the explanation of the
main crime leaves you feeling dissatisfied, the
youthful exuberance and unquenchableness of
Bendy may make the story fresh enougrh to
give you satisfaction." Elizabeth Bullock
-H — Book Week p4 Jl 28 '46 140w
"Tough, but not very tricky."
Kirkus 14:161 Ap 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!8 Ag 4 '46 180w
"Sometimes brashly amusing, often prosily
top-heavy."
— San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
40w
Sat R of Lit 29:38 Jl 27 '46 30 w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 28 '46 llOw
PACKARD, CHARLES A. Relay engineering;
a reference book to guide engineers and
others in the selection and use of electro-
magnetic relays. 640p il $3 Struthers-Dunn,
inc, 1321 Arch st, Philadelphia 7
621.311 Electric relays 46-502
"A comprehensive book for engineers on re-
lays has long been needed. Although this book
is sponsored and published by a manufacturer
of relays, it is much more than a piece of ad-
vertising literature. It is not overloaded with
pictures of the company's own products; in-
stead, a majority of the illustrations represent
such things as diagrams of circuits in which
relays are used. Frequent references are made
in the text to relays manufactured by the
company, but these are subordinated to an ex-
cellent exposition of relay principles, types,
uses, and other information of usje to electrical
engineers. In addition to the main text, there
PADGETT, LEWIS, pseud. See Kuttner, H.
PADOVER, SAUL KUSSIEL. Experiment in
Germany; the story of an American intelli-
gence officer 400p $3.75 Duell
940.548673 World war, 1939-1945— Propa-
ganda. National characteristics, German.
World war, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives.
American 46-3226
"Dr. Padover, historian and biographer,
served as interrogator with the Psychological
Warfare division of the Army. This book re-
ports conversations with Germans of all classes
as the author followed American troops across
Europe in the last months of the war to get a
picture of the German mentality." Library J
Reviewed by Veit Valentin
Am Hist R 52:121 O '46 600w
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p!3 Ap 21 '46 480w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
Reviewed by C. L. Willard
Churchman 160:17 N 1 '46 500w
"The report offers valuable material, in too
great detail for the average reader, but it
should be read to offset the apathy of the
masses."
Kirkus 14:88 F 15 '46 150w
"The book is horrifying and disheartening
but amplifies and corroborates newspaper re-
ports. Valuable for historians; one hopes gov-
ernment heads may profit by it." Margaret
Owen
Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Hermann Ebeling
Nation 162:546 My 4 '46 HOOw
"Experiment in Germany is written in
straightforward, lucid prose; it holds the read-
er's attention throughout; at times it is ex-
citing, at others moving. . . The reader of
Padover's book, however, should constantly
bear in mind that it deals almost entirely with
a small section of the Rhineland in the earliest
phase of the occupation." P. M. Sweezy
4- New Repub 114:585 Ap 22 '46 850w
" 'Experiment in Germany' has great life
and gusto. But it has the defects of gusto —
that is, a sentimentality which is often pat
and sometimes patronizing; and a kind of in-
nocent vanity. You occasionally get the im-
pression that there were no other intelligence
organizations besides PWD, no other PWD
field team besides Padover's, and no other
member of the team besides Padover himself. . .
But if you indulge Padover's excesses, you will
get the benefits of that excess — that is, a warm-
hearted, fast and colorful picture of the
Goetterdaemmerung." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
_j NY Times p3 Ap 14 '46 1750w
"The book is rather lumpy, which is sur-
prising for so careful a historian, but it con-
tains interesting information on the mental
climate of Germany in defeat."
New Yorker 22:118 Ap 13 '46 140w
"As was to be expected from a historian.
Mr. Padover's book provides a detailed, honest,
revealing, and sometimes eloquent description
and analysis of the Germans and their reactions
in Western and Central Germany in the days
of their country's collapse and surrender. . .
Padover's interview with the Bishop of Aachen
is a masterpiece which should be studied by
every American who is called upon to deal
with German churchmen." Si grid Schultz
4- Sat R of Lit 24:10 Ap 20 '46 1900w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:23$ 8 '46 230w
Reviewed by W. H. Hale
Weekly Book Review p3 My 12 '46 700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
633
PAGE, ELIZABETH. Wilderness adventure.
309p $2.50 Rinehart
46-3221
Pioneer story of the colonial period in Amer-
ica. Five men set out from Virginia to find a
young girl who had been captured by the In-
dians. Their journey took them down to New
Orleans and across the ocean to England and
France, before the girl was found, and they all
returned to America. The Jtime is about 1742.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 400w
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
"This book by the author of Tree of Liberty
has been long anticipated but I'm* afraid many
will share my sense of anticlimax. To be sure,
there is again the absorption in the period and
background and atmosphere, and Elizabeth
Page is a sound historian and chronicler. But
where Tree of Liberty had imaginative quali-
ties and the inspiration of Jefferson, this is
just another story of 'wilderness adventure.* "
Kirkus 14:135 Mr 15 '46 170w
"Miss Page mirrors the life, wit and re-
sourcefulness of American frontiersmen with a
deft, accurate hand. Her characters grow in
wisdom and maturity throughout long periods
of heartbreaking delays in their search. Will
delight lovers of adventure and early American
history." H. R. Forbes
+ Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 lOOw
"Some of the later episodes suggest a half-
dozen costume romances you may have read
recently. But the first half of the tale — flve
men, paddling their buffalo -hide boat down
great, silent rivers through the heart of an
empty continent, threading the maze of streams
and Indian trails — has a pristine charm, the
fresh -air brightness of a water-color. Miss
Page's wilderness pursuit generates all the
tension of a good whodunit — a buckskin de-
tective story on a continental scale." R. M.
4 NY Times p26 My 26 '46 350w
"The book is not a historical novel in any
weighty or scholarly sense: it wears its history
lightly, like a colorful cloak. The adventure's
the thing, and will be relished by those who
enjoy exactly that." N. L«. Rothman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:24 Ag 3 '46 400w
"While it presents an excellent picture of
life in America, circa 1742, it does that and
little more. The novel is a little like a drama-
tized travelogue, delivered by a garrulous guide,
and dragging on long beyond its interest-hold-
ing capacity." W. M. Kunstler
4 Weekly Book Review p!2 My 26 '46
600w
PAGE, MARCO, pseud. See Kurnitz, H.
PAGE, ROBERT COLLIER. Air commando
doc; as told to Alfred Aiken. 186p il $2.60
Ackerman
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Burma.
World war, 1939-1945 — Medical and sanitary
affairs. World war, 1939-1945 — Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-490
Story of a secret war mission accomplished
in 1944. The maneuver was to land fighter
pilots and their crews from gliders, onto a
secret strip in the Burma jungle, so that they
could harass the Japanese and help open the
way to China. Lieutenant Colonel Page was
to organize a medical unit of flying doctors to
accompany the airmen whose job was to estab-
lish the jungle footholds.
Scientific Bk Club R 16:4 D '46 270w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 5 '46 450w
PAKINGTON, HUMPHREY. Aston Kings. 285p
$2.76 Norton
46-3950
The scene of this placid novel is the English
countryside; the time the 1890's. The story is
about Canon Wargrave and his family, who
having inherited a country estate, come to
Aaton Kings to enjoy the pleasures of hunting,
balls, marriages for the young folks, and all
the joys of country living.
"Humphrey Pakington, who has been vari-
ously compared with Trollope, 'Saki/ — and
Angela Thirkell — writes with such delicious wit
and such shrewd satire that he should dis-
arm even the reader who is not ordinarily In-
trigued by a novel of manners. His virtuoaic
variety of method further holds the reader's
interest: his dialogue is good and his exposi-
tion smooth and droll; there are some charm-
ing letters and a wealth of vivid, original—
and relevant — description." A. J. Hiken
4- Book Week p!3 My 26 '46 350w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
"Unstirring, but definitely palatable in the
Thirkell tradition, with neat, fine points that
provide a gentle saga which is often skittish."
-f Kirkus 14:156 Ap 1 '46 210w
"All of the family and household of Canon
Wargrave are delightful, and their pursuit of
marriage and position makes this novel of
manners a most engaging one. Heartily recom-
mended for readers of light fiction. ' Kath-
erine Shorey
-f Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 80w
"Mr. Humphrey Pakington's vein of bland
humor, almost too gentle to deserve the name
of irony, has again been exercised to advantage
in his telling of the story of a late Victorian
family. . . The outstanding interest of the jje-
velopment lies, as it did in the work of Jane
Austen, with pairing off the young women. It
is all continuously amusing and, allowing for
the slight effect of parody, convincingly life-
like." J. D. Beresford
-| Manchester Guardian p3 Je 7 '46 180w
"This is a good book for the rocking-chair
brigade on the veranda of a summer hotel.
It will raise nobody's blood -pressure but will
invade one with an agreeable nostalgia. Occa-
sionally Mr. Pakington is satirical; but his
satire is of the playful sort that implies affec-
tion more than disapproval, and nis humor
only heightens the enchantment with which
he seeks to invest county life in late -Victorian
England." Alexander Cowie
4- N Y Times p5 My 26 '46 700w
"The book is refreshment of the cream-puff
variety and will inevitably be likened to Mrs.
Thirkell's chronicles of county families. Mr.
Pakington's pastry is, however, made by a
more skillful hand, and its filling has a flavor
that is decidedly not vanilla."
H New Yorker 22:93 My 25 '46 80w
"A delightful wit illumines Mr. Pakington's
story. . . This is civilized writing about
civilized people presented through the imagina-
tion of an author who is sophisticated without
being 'smart' and who obviously finds delight
in observing his fellows. They are real men
and women whom he creates, whose affairs and
ideas are of interest and concern to the reader.
Mr. Pakington's writing is artistic at the same
time that it is engaging." Amy Loveman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:35 Je 1 '46 400w
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Spec 176:618 Je 14 '46 360w
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 310w
Times [London] Lit Sup p305 Je 29 '46
420w
"It is a delightfully humorous souvenir
snipped out of the England of the '90s, which
may have been as reputed, 'gay' in the effete
literary circles of London and the Continent,
but which were certainly solidly, comfortably
dull enough in the provinces. It is Mr. Paking-
ton's prime skill as a humorist that he can,
without burlesque or even undue exaggeration,
make what must have been on the whole a
very stuffy way of life, such relaxing fun to
read about in the pages of his 'Aston Kings/ "
F. H. Bullock
-f Weekly Book Review p8 My 26 '46
900w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:192 autumn '46 60w
PALMER, ALBERT WENTWORTH. Light of
faith; an outline of religious thought for lay-
men. 156p $1.75 Macmillan
230 Christianity 45-9044
The author is President of the Chicago Theo-
logical seminary, and Professor of Practical
634
600K REVIEW DIGEST
PALMER, A. W.— - Continued
theology in the Federated Theological faculty
of the University of Chicago. This book con-
tains an outline or summary of the religious
truths he believes in, set forth in a style suit-
able for reading by young people and laymen.
Partial contents: What is a human personality;
How can we best meet suffering and evil; A
look at the religion of Jesus; Three possible
views of the resurrection; Sins, sorrows and
successes of the church; Religion in personal
daily life; A philosophy of death and immor-
tality.
Booklist 42:177 F 1 '46
"Dr. Palmer, recently retired from the
presidency of Chicago Theological Seminary,
writes for the common man who wants his
theology served candidly and forthrightly in
modern terminology. He tears away the super-
stitions and needless mysteries which surround
theology. He supports his thesis with rational
thinking and a vigorous faith. The book will
clarify the preacher's creed, start preparatory
classes on their theological Journey, reorient
the doubter's philosophy, and set the pagan on
a tour of investigation. Its perusal will send
discussion groups into deeper realms, add in-
terest to women's clubs, and give foundation to
preaching." F. B. Luchs
-f Christian Century 63:559 My 1 '46 650w
"We have seldom read a book that was as
free from cliches, from cant and pious ir rele-
vancies as this; as fresh in its approach to
theology. Dr. Palmer deals with many of the
great problems that have beset the mind of
man and discusses them with compelling rea-
sonableness. . . The author does not expect
complete agreement and is extremely fair in
setting forth other points-of-view. None will
be repelled and many will be persuaded by
what he says so well." J. H. Titus
-f Churchman 160:15 F 1 *46 150w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
"Dr. Palmer is one of the elder statesmen
of theological education in America. Out of
his ripe experience he has written a popular
statement of his liberal faith. Some parts of
the book are really helpful, such as the ac-
count of various views of the resurrection, and
the style is clear and suited to the nontechni-
cal reader. It is simple, but at many points
oversimple. . . Palmer fails to convey to the
reader a sense of the distressing state of re-
ligious thought and faith. Although sharing
Palmer's liberalism. I protest against its easy-
going optimism. . . A book of this sort is
needed; and Dr. Palmer, with more care, could
have written a more searching book and a
more useful one than this is likely to be."
E. S. Brightman
H Crozer Q 23:107 Ja '46 300w
Reviewed by W. A. Christian
J Religion 26:308 O '46 260w
"While there is little that is new in the
volume, it will be a convenient summary of
the liberal Protestant points of view of those
who are wondering if religion has any light
to shed upon the path ahead."
+ Kirkue 13:365 Ag 15 '45 170w
PALMER, JOHN LESLIE. Political characters
of Shakespeare. 335p $4.75 (18s) Macmillan
822.33 Shakespeare, William— Characters
[45-8674]
"Mr. Palmer, who succeeded Shaw and Max
Beerbohm as dramatic critic of the London Sat-
urday Review and who died while his book
was on the press, discusses five plays — 'Julius
Caesar,' 'Richard II.' 'Richard III/ 'Henry V,f
and 'Coriolanus.' Absorbing as these are as
dramas, they are even more absorbing, Mr.
Palmer points out, as illustrations of how
Shakespeare broadened the political field to take
In the whole range of human behavior by
treating his characters first as men." New
Yorker
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p8 S 8 '46 650w
Christian Science Monitor p!7 O 19 '46
850W
" 'Political Characters of Shakespeare' is a
good book that is quite likely to be neglected.
Although its title makes it seem of concern only
to advanced students of Shakespeare and sug-
gests the cloistered mustiness that most people
have sense enough to shy away from, it is not
that kind of book at all. It has imagination, it is
full of contemporary meaning, and, though a
great deal of scholarship has gone into it, the
seams never show." Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:88 Ag 17 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ja 5 '47
150w
"It would have been an easy matter for him
to draw analogies between Shakespeare's poli-
ticians and those of our own day; but wisely he
left it to his readers to make the implicit paral-
lels explicit if they choose to do so. But it is
not necessary to exercise such ingenuity to gain
profit from this book. It is not in the least
merely 'topical' or 'timely.' Its excellencies
require no such external support." S. C. Chew
-f- Weekly Book Review p34 O 27 '46 760W
PAN WEI -TUNG. Chinese constitution; a study
of forty years of constitution-making in
China. 327p $3.60 Catholic univ. of Am.
342.51 China — Constitutional history
"The author describes this book as 'a study
of forty years of constitution-making in China.'
The study is substantial but brief, and is
essentially a history of formal aspects of con-
stitutional evolution. It may be regarded as
explanatory of the appended seventeen docu-
ments, which are allotted nearly two- thirds
of the volume. Dr. Pan has not dealt with the
operation of government, with party organi-
zation and programs, or with provincial and
local government. He does not attempt to
discuss constitutional issues until he reaches
the current controversy. Nevertheless, his con-
tribution is scholarly, and the collection of
constitutional documents, for the period 1909-43,
will be a boon to students. The bibliography
is extensive and well -selected, and there is
an index." Am Pol Sci R
"Although this volume will be of value to
those interested in China's political evolution,
it is disappointing when measured against the
possibilities of the subject." L. K. Rosinger
_< Am Hist R 51:718 Jl '46 400w
Reviewed by H. S. Quigley
Am Pol Scl R 40:150 F *46 500w
"An excellent reference book for the student
of Chinese affairs."
-f- Current Hist 10:255 Mr '46 40w
Reviewed by W. J. Hail
Pol Sci Q 61:156 Mr '46 450w
PAN AMERICAN yearbook; an economic hand-
book and ready- reference directory of the
western hemisphere, 1945; comp. and pub.
by Pan American associates. (V 1) 770p
maps $5 Macmillan
917 America (45-9199)
" 'The purpose of the Pan American Year-
book as an annual guide is to provide — for
the first time — a ready reference volume of
useful and reliable current information con-
cerning all the nations of the New World, com-
piled from a Western Hemisphere point of
view.' — Preface. The publishers also issue the
Pan American, Magazine of the Americas.
Part I treats of the Americas as a whole,
their historical development, geographic fea-
tures, and economic status. Part II comprises
separate chapters for each of the 22 individual
nations. Part III consists of a list of the
names of 25,000 firms and individuals interested
in inter-American trade, with their addresses,
classified by industry and by country." Sub-
scription Bks Bui
"The editors plan to publish revised editions
annually and to keep the material up to date
by monthly news reports to be published in
co-ordinated form in the Pan American Maga-
zine. A great many students of current in-
ter-American affairs all over the hemisphere
will feel grateful for their initiative." R. P.
Behrendt
-f Ann Am Acad 244:207 Mr '4ft
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
635
Booklist 43:108 D 1 '45
Bookmark 7:3 My '46
Current Hist 9:551 D '45 80w
Foreign Affairs 24:361 Ja '46 20w
"An imposing volume. . . It is indispensable
to anyone having business or cultural relations
with any country in the western hemisphere
and of interest to everyone else in the English-
speakingr parts of the hemisphere."
-H Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 1 '46 120w
"A useful feature is a directory of the
diplomatic and consular representatives in each
of the countries, as well as a list of the coun-
try's own officials. Statistics are recent, many
1944 figures being given, covering agricultural
products, mines and minerals, livestock, ex-
ports and imports, and the number of indus-
trial establishments. A brief, up-to-date bib-
liography follows the information on each
country. . . The Pan American Yearbook is
recommended for libraries, large and small,
and for business libraries having any con-
tacts with Latin America."
4- Subscription Bks Bui 17:5 Ja '46 550w
PAPASHVILY, GEORGE, and PAPASHVILY,
HELEN (WAITE). Yes and no stories; a
book of Georgian folk tales; il. by Simon
Lissim. 227p $2.50 Harper
Tales, Georgian 46-7815
Collection of twenty folktales, which the au-
thor heard, presumably, when he was a boy
in Russian Georgia.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p21 D 8 '46 320w
Booklist 43:121 D 15 '46
"The effect is neither amusing: nor instruc-
tive. One finds almost no hidden wit or wisdom,
as in 'Alice in Wonderland' or 'Animal Farm,'
for example. Neither are they filled with pat
sayings as are 'Aesop's Fables.' In certain
cases, a moral is brought in to adorn the tale;
but. as a rule, it is not particularly appropriate
nor convincing. . . The book itself is beautiful-
ly done, with pleasing decorations and illustra-
tions. If the contents corresponded with the
form, this would be a memorable little vol-
ume." R. H. M.
h Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 16 '46
380w
"There's a freshness and a zest that make
these tales good reading for all ages interested
in folk material. Plus sales for the juniors,"
-f Kirkus 14:398 A* 15 '46 120w
"The deceptive simplicity of the writing- re-
calls Lafcadio Hearn's fluid translations of
Japanese fairy tales. Aided by Simon Lissim' s
evocative illustrations, this collection is an en-
raging revelation of Georgian mores." H. K.
Wedeck
4- N Y Times p36 D 1 *46 600w
New Yorker 22:124 N 9 '46 60w
"These stories are wholly different from the
Papashvily book, 'Anything Can Happen/ but
the tone of voice In which they are told is the
same. Maybe it is because Papashvilly heard
these tales in his native Georgia when he was
young that he has his present adult approach
to life and letters. Maybe he'd have been the
same anyway. Whichever it is, this collection
of stories, like the first book, IB Papashvily
himself, and I think those who liked him once
are going to like him again." J. H. Jackson
4- Ban Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 8 '46
600w
"This ia a bright little book which should
come as a welcome relief to those surfeited
with psychiatric fiction and tenuous sagas of
childhood. The Papashvtlys tell their histories
of wolves and foxes who talk, of nine-headed
Devls and magical horses, of miracles (the
book abounds with these), quite unpretentious*
ly. . . There is slightly more artifice than art,
but that impairs one's pleasure almost not at
all if the stories are read intermittently." Leo
Lerman
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:29 N 9 '46 490w
Time 48:118 N 4 '46 150w
"All the stories in this collection are as good
as all the others in it: I have seldom seen a
level of excellence so steadily maintained.
Some I find for the first time, but even those
that are straight out of the literature of all
folklore — the tricking stories, for instance — al-
ways have something in form or spirit con-
tributed by the latest storyteller. One may
read this book more than twice. The pictures
are in strong outlines and primary colors."
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 N 10 '46 400w
PARK, CHARLES EDWARDS. Inner victory:
two hundred little sermons. 203p $1.75
Harvard univ. press
252 Sermons A46-1483
"One-page, one-point homilies, many of
which have epigrammatic pungency. The au-
thor has been for forty years minister of the
First Church in Boston." Christian Century
Christian Century 63:657 My 22 '46 20w
"Set forth in attractive and readable fash-
ion." T. F. Opie
-f Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 30w
"Any one of these two hundred sermons can
easily be read aloud in less than two minutes,
but it could not be forgotten in many times
two minutes. One thinks about the choice "Of
texts; few are the old, familiar ones, and even
these reveal new facets by the reflection upon
them of the author's insight. The titles are
arresting, not because they are bizarre but be-
cause they speak directly to our interest and
subtly to our imagination. . . It is a sheer
delight to find thought so happily wedded to
feeling that religion becomes invested with a
genuine dignity. 'r R. B. Keighton
-f Crozer Q 23:302 Jl '46 150w
Reviewed by H. L. Bowman
J Religion 26:308 O '46 160w
PARKER, CHARLES M. Metallurgy of quality
steels. 248p il $6 Reinhold
669.1 Steel— Metallurgy 46-6048
"A book on the fundamentals of steel metal-
lurgy. Steel quality and the production, treat-
ment, fabrication and use factors that control
or are affected by it are emphasized. Some
chapters are devoted to inspection procedures
for determining quality, the new concept of
hardenability and mechanical testing of steel."
Library J
"The presentation of theoretical matters is
inferior to the rest of the book. The reasoning
is sometimes loose and the evidence apparently
poorly digested, particularly as regards heat
treatment for hardening. The discussion of
time- temperature- transformation curves is in-
accurate and inconclusive. In short, this
work may be useful as a survey of manufacture
and grades of steel, but can hardly be relied
upon consistently for explanations or even for
adequate descriptions in the field of heat treat-
N 24:2844 O 25 '46 200w
"Excellent book." L, A. Bales
-f Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:48 Jl '46
PARKER, JAMES REID. Pleasure was mine.
214p«2.50Wyn
Twenty- six short stories and sketches re-
printed from the New Yorker. The locale of
the stories is anywhere from Brooklyn Heights
to Paris, France; or from Central Park to the
West Indies. The people in them are very
human, and observed with humor.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
"In their quiet, understated way, these are
amusing, observant gently ludicrous. Mostly
sketches, outlines of characters, conversations,
that make their impress more by atmosphere
than actual narrative." mt^_
-f Kirkus 14:S31 Jl 15 '46 150w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
TOw
636
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
PARKER, J. R. — Continued
"They are simple stories, simply told, or
made to seem so. The author is confiding but
well mannered. He is tentative If there is a
touch of wonder and slight bewilderment, there
is no complaint and scarcely any malice. The
author went quietly about his business, and
these odd incidents occurred, and these odd
people pushed themselves on his notice. He
tells about them. Mr. Parker sees and hears
accurately and reports nicely after selecting
nicely the vagaries and more ridiculous
normalities of the people he meets. J. r.
Wood
-h Sat R of Lit 29:19 O 26 '46 400w
'•Mr Parker— that is, the Mr. Parker of these
stories—enjoys life; but he doesn't crowd it,
does not step it up unduly. He Just takes it
as it comes, lovingly, appreciatively, humor-
ously. And he imports easily and inevitably
into these, his unimportant little tales about it.
a very fetching element of suspense." F. H.
Bullock Revlew pl6 s 29 >46 450w
PARKIN, G. RALEIGH. India today; an intro-
duction to Indian politics. 387p il $3.75 Day
954 India— Politics and government. World
war, 1939-1945— India
••This book is a new edition of a work that
originally appeared in Canada as a pamphlet
under the joint authorship of Raleigh Parkin
with W. E. Duffett. and A. R. Hicks. It was
consequently expanded into a short book. But
the present version has been almost completely
rewritten, expanded to twice the length of the
previous book and entirely reset." Publisher's
note
"There has been for some time a certain
vogue for 'factual' political books which, while
they do not always meet the specifications of
the more ambitious or 'definitive' handbooks,
provide objective and readable exposes of an
area or complex of problems. Such publications
serve a commendable purpose when they con-
solidate ordinarily unobtainable or relatively
recondite materials and are reasonably up to
date in their presentation. As far as it could
be done for so controversial a subject, Raleigh
Parkin has succeeded admirably in providing
just such an introduction and guide in this
complex field." W. H, Kraus
-f- Am Pol Scl R 40:1215 D '46 SOOw
"An excellent handbook." R. E. Danielson
-f Atlantic 178:150 Jl '46 60w
Canadian Forum 26:43 My '46 490w
Foreign Affairs 25:346 Ja '47 30w
"It is an explicit and well-documented col-
lection of facts and narrative of events, likely
by reason of its style to be a little dull to any
large number of American readers but re-
warding to those who have grown weary of
vague statements that India's political problem
is too complex for generalizations and conclu-
sions and who woula like for once to hear about
the elements that produce the complexity." W.
N. Brown
_j Nation 163:47 Jl 13 '46 900w
"I know of no other single book which offers
such a combination of authoritative facts and
impartial analyses on such a variety of topics
as the social and economic structure, constitu-
tion and government, political parties and per-
sonalities, the development of Indian national-
ism and political progress in the interwar and
war period." S. Chandrasekhar
-h New Repub 115:149 Ag 5 '46 480w
Reviewed by John Bicknell
N Y Times j>32 O 20 '46 410w
"Three features of the book call for special
commendation. One is the extensive and dis-
criminating use of quotations throughout, thus
making available to the reader material, both
from within India and without, that he might
find it very difficult to come by otherwise*
(Along with this goes a meticulous indication
of sources.) A second is the valuable collection
of nineteen appendices giving data and docu-
ments relevant to the present controversies.
And the third is the unusually fine analytical
index which greatly enhances the value of the
book for current reference. These three fea-
tures will make the work specially useful for
teachers and leaders of discussion groups."
C. H. Driver
-f Yale R n s 36:368 winter '47 490w
PARRISH, MRS MARY FRANCES (KEN-
NEDY) (M. F. K. FISHER, pseud). Here let
us feast; a book of banquets. 491p $3.75
Viking
808.8 Literature— Collections. Gastronomy
47-22
Excerpts from literature all about feasting
and drinking in many lands and in many pe-
riods of time. Contents: In the beginning: the
Bible: Glorious descendants: China; Hungry
for phoenix-eggs: The Adventurers; The pea-
cock's plume: Egypt, Greece, Rome; One man's
meat: Cannibals and poisoners; Parflt gentil
knights: The Middle Ages; Noble and enough:
The Renaissance; Vanity Fair: Eighteenth-
and nineteenth -century England; A confusion
of tongues: Russia, France, Germany, England;
This noble flummery: Fantasy. O Pioneers!
America. Index.
"This is unique — so far as I know — a collec-
tion of excerpts from world literature, con-
cerned with eating and drinking. To any read-
er not already caught in the web of fascination
that M. F. K. Fisher spins, this may seem far
fetched — this relation of the arts of the palate
to man's highest aspiration. . . But for those
to whom she appeals, it will be sheer joy to
find almost more Fisher than selections. . .
Very specialized."
-f Klrkus 14:515 O 1 '46 230w
"It is a fascinating collection of material
from all sorts of sources. . . A book full of
deep feeling for the miracle of food and drink."
-f New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 90w
Reviewed by Edith James
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 15 '46
370w
"There have been enough books written
explaining the origin of the word sirloin,
stating authoritatively who compiled the first
cookbook, describing the ordering of the Ro-
man feast, and setting forth other lore of the
table. The present work does none of these
things but it does bring to the sentient
reader an enduring sense of the significance
of food and drink so that one seems less to
be reading a book than to be engulfed in a
tranquil memory (and maybe a promise) of
good relations with the universe that might
root us in deep enough to set us growing
again." Sheila Hibben
-h Weekly Book Review p7 D 22 '46 950w
PARRY, J. W. Spice handbook; spices, aro-
matic seeds and herbs. 254p il $6.50 Chemical
pub. co.
664.5 Spices. Herbs 45-9801
"This handbook for the food salesman and
spice dealer, summarizes information regarding
the sources, properties, uses, methods of
preparation, packing, and government stand-
ards, of spices, aromatic seeds and herbs. Each
spice is described individually and photographs
of the plant, seed or root are included for most
of them. Also included are formulas for spices
used in dressings and pickles, extracts from
the pure food laws of the United States and
Canada, examples of contracts of the American
Spice Trade Association, and a glossary of
terms." N Y New Tech Bks
"Although a wide variety of spices are used
extensively in the preparation of many differ-
ent food products, the specific knowledge which
the average user of these important ingredient*
has concerning their origin, composition, and
best uses is meager in relation to their im-
portance. For this reason the appearance of a
handbook on spices, excellently written and
illustrated, is highly welcome." E. H. Dawson
-f J Home Econ 38:530 O '46 300w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:62 O '45
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
637
PARSONS, MRS ALICE (BEAL). I know what
I'd do. 252p $2.50 Dutton
46-2495
A returned war hero runs into a difficult sit-
uation. Malicious gossip in his little New York
state home town gets around to Al: while he
was away his wife, Sally, had had an affair
with another man. Al was inclined to skip it
until the Ku Klux Klan took a hand. Al com-
mitted murder. The remainder of the story
describes the trial, and the parts played by an
intelligent writer, and a humane doctor.
Kirkus 14:153 Ap 1 '46 HOw
4 'Recommended for light reading." Alice
Haynes
+ Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 lOOw
"In the course of the novel Miss Parsons
gives to the problem of individual and com-
munity responsibility a timely and thorough
airing. She writes with sympathy and under-
standing, though perhaps she underestimates
the ability of both her hero and her readers
to take reality undiluted by pre-fabricated ro-
mance." K. S. Holsaert
+ N Y Times p!4 My 12 '46 200w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
120w
"Mrs. Parsons here tells a story of wide ap-
peal and tells it with a technical skill and a
sane understanding of human nature that hold
the reader's mounting interest to the end."
Grace Frank
4- Sat R of Lit 29:45 Ap 27 '46 650w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 280\v
"Mrs. Parsons has written a moving tale with
implications that strike into human bedrock."
Rose Feld
+ Weekly Book Review plO My 5 '46
650w
PARSONS, ELIZABETH. An afternoon. 205p
$2.50 Viking
46-7194
Collection of seventeen meditative short sto-
ries, each one concerned with a turning point
in the life of its central character.
"Miss Parsons' gift as a story-teller is the
ability to seize a moment in a person's life,
show it to be the climax of much that went
before and indicative of what is to come. . .
Tenderness, reserve, and especially something
fresh, characterize the themes, the people, and
the treatment." W. K. R.
+ Christian Science Monitor p22 O 12 '46
500w
Kirkus 14:283 Je 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. H. Porter
New Repub 115:699 N 25 '46 120w
"It is blessed indeed, in a time of stress
and overemphasis, to come upon short stories
that are quiet and swift as water running under
the earth. Which is not to say that these are
stories of escape, removed from present-day
problems, but rather that they are stories of
continuation — more concerned with man's iden-
tity and his relationships than with any tran-
sient problem with which he may be involved.
. . The writers who come most readily to mind
as km io Miss Parsons are {Catherine Mans-
field and Elizabeth Bowen. Their common de-
nominators seem to be unswerving rectitude
and uncanny sensitivity that make it possible
for them to cope with each experience they
write of, no matter how fragmentary, with the
same completeness that marks the diagnosis
of a patient in a modern hospital." E. S. Hol-
saert
-f N Y Times pl2 Ag 25 '46 600w
"This collection demonstrates, far more con-
clusively than could periodical publication, that
Elizabeth Parsons' talent is remarkably con-
sistent, the texture of her style remarkably
even, the range of her themes notably limited,
and her point of view firmly fixed." B. R. Red-
man
H Sat R of Lit 29:22 S 14 '46 lOOOw
Time 48:112 S 23 '46 HOw
"Individually, the stories are simple, lightly
poignant, aware; collectively, they are — in
spite of a certain sameness— a rich experience
in varying mood, in clear, warm understand-
ing of people. The writing is distinguished."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:282 D '46 180w
"Nearly all the seventeen stories in this dis-
tinguished first book have one quality in com-
mon: they illumine a turning point in the lives
of the people with whom they are concerned.
. . A number of the stories in this volume have
appeared in magazines and, if they have af-
fected others as they have me, must have re-
mained bright in the memories of many read-
ers because of their individuality, economy and
nicety of substance and phrase, and the vitality
with which Miss Parsons invests her charac-
ters. Re-reading them in a group with others
hitherto unpublished reaffirms their effective-
ness. Mary Ross
4- Weekly Book Review p2 S 1 '46 500w
PARTISAN REVIEW (periodical). Partisan
reader; ten years of Partisan review, 1934-
19*4'* *n anthology; ed- bv William Phillips
?£? ?Qhi^pr^?^hv; introd- bv Lionel Trilling.
688p $3.75 Dial press
808.8 American literature — Collections Liter-
ature—Collections 46-7220
Anthology composed of fiction, essays, "and
poetry chosen from the pages of The Partisan
Review, during- its ten years of existence.
"Most readers not interested in the politico-
literary tempests brewed in New York coffee
cups will find the fiction and poetry sections
most rewarding— particularly the latter. Here
are virtuosity and even brilliance of concept
ana achievement." Jack Conroy
-h Book Week p!3 S 15 '46 650w
"There is nothing arty-arty, nothing fac-
titiously erudite, in this volume which may
properly be said to represent the best qualities
of American writing during the past decade."
JLX S.
-f Christian Science Monitor pl2 S 21 '46
850w
Reviewed by R. G. Davis
. Nation 163:411 O 12 »46 1250w
Reviewed by Mark Schorer
New Repub 115:634 N 11 '46 1300w
"What makes this anthology stimulating is
the editors' positive response to brains and to
literature. Here is a gathering of brilliant writ-
ers. The names of the contributors alone should
make anyone want to own this book, to satisfy
himself that the United States is now large
enough to support this thoughtful magazine.
The editors' literary tact keeps destroying the
political pattern. If at one moment the reader
is annoyed by Sidney Hook's logic-chopping,
at the next he is astonished by the inclusion of
a sentiment mood-poem by James Agee, or
delighted by the ebullient wit of Randall Jar-
rell's criticism, or compelled to think out cur-
rent answers when he reads of 'The Situation
in American Writing, 1939,' as thoughtfully
evaluated by Anderson, Blackmur, Began, Far-
rell, Gregory, Porter, Stein, Stevens, Tate and
Trilling." D. A. Stauffer.
-f N Y Times p3 S 8 '46 1800w
"The list of authors is impressive and so is
much of the work, for the magazine has stuck
to at least one of its tenets — to print only su-
perior writing which treats of ideas and cultural
questions without bothering about their current
popularity."
-f New Yorker 22:111 S 14 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Arthur Foff
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 JD 4 '46
550w
Reviewed by B. R. Redman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:18 D 28 '46 1500w
"The present anthology is a collection of
stories, poems, and essays which are always
intelligent, skillful, and serious, and — oftener
than any magazine has a right to expect —
the brilliant best of their time."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:275 D '46 180w
"That the general quality of this anthology is
so high is all the more remarkable because the
period covered has been one of physical rather
than cultural turmoil in which a large part of
our energy has been absorbed by the mere
638
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
PARTISAN REVIEW— Continued
problem of survival. If the '60s bring the same
intellectual ferment as the '20s, one trusts that
'The Partisan Review' will still be alive to at-
tack and to interpret." R. N. Linscott
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 29 '46 550w
PARTRIDGE, BELLAMY, and BETTMANN,
OTTO. As we were; family life in America,
1850-1900. (Whittlesey house publication)
184p il $4.50 McGraw
917.3 U.S.— Social life and customs 46-11989
Portrait of the United States in the decades
from Just before the Civil war to the turn of
the century. The book is illustrated by con-
temporary prints. Index.
Book Week p20 D 1 '46 180w
Booklist 43:99 D 1 '46
"This is the kind of book with which one
can spend a pleasant hour, reliving the life
of his grandparents and parents. Mr. Bellamy
writes simply, with a down slant: the style
at times is a bit kindergartenish. Dr. Bett-
mann's woodcuts are freshly chosen; many
of them have never been reproduced since
their original publication. The editors hint
that they may continue this informal social
history with similar books on the life of the
South and West. They will be welcome. Every-
body likes to look at pictures." Horace Reyn-
olds
4- Christian Science Monitor p!8 D 7 '46
600w
"Not stale through familiarity, the pictures
are thoroughly entertaining and the whole is
a well assembled picture book of the period
as a whole. Good gift item."
-f Kirkus 14:588 N 15 '46 130w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by Lewis Nichols
N Y Times p7 D 22 '46 900w
"Bellamy Partridge, whose 'Country Lawyer*
seven years ago, and successive books, prove
him a master of the early American scene,
paints a word mural of fifty years' history in
broad strokes. He epitomizes an era in a page,
and in the short space of a caption supplies
the implications. Dr. Otto Bettmann 10 the
source on which all editors and historians de-
pend for unusual and rare old illustrations. A
persistent specialist in social and cultural his-
tory, he has made a fabulous collection of pic-
torial Americana. To arrive at the total of 300
illustrations which appear on these pages, he
screened no fewer than 200,000 pictures. They
are choice, indeed; many of them have not been
reprinted since first they appeared. They give
'As We Were' an engaging freshness." Rich-
ardson Wright
-f Weekly Book Review p6 N 3 '46 lOOOw
PASCHAL, NANCY. Clover creek; II. by Alice
Carsey. 272p $2 Nelson
46-8695
Story of a young Texas girl's adventures in
learning to work in a flower nursery. Lucy Ann
came from the backwoods, but soon learned to
adapt herself to the ways of her employer's
family. A vocational book for older girls.
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:206 My '46 90w
Kirkus 14:199 Ap 15 '46 U0w
"Not a vocational story, although the nur-
sery work and farming are emphasized. Some
defects in characterization, but the scene of
action, Texas, is a fresh one for girls." Eleanor
Kidder
-f — Library «J 71:764 My 15 '46 70w
"A likable heroine, a nice family group and
a vigorous Texas background make a refresh-
ing career story." M. C. Scoggin ««™«
+ N Y Times p!4 Ap 21 '46 lOOw
''The story entertains on lines that may be
old-fashioneS but will remain In favor aslonS
a* girls like to read about other glrla who
haven't any advantages to start with but man-
age to win friends and attract a devoted young
husband."
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 My 19 '46
400w
PASHKO, STANLEY. How to make the var-
sity; il. by Frank Rigney. 324p $2.60 Green-
berg
796.3 College athletics 46-2476
Practical information on the techniques of
four major sports: football, baseball, basket-
ball, and track. Illustrated with diagrams.
No index. Junior and senior high school.
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
"If you follow the advice given in this book,
you should be in good enough form to win a
varsity letter." H. P. Qriswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 13
'46 lOOw
PASTUHOV, VLADIMIR D. Guide to the prac-
tice of international conferences. 275p $2.50
Carnegie endowment; Columbia univ. press
[15s Allen, G]
341.1 Congresses and conventions. Interna-
tional law and relations 45-9414
"Mr. Pastuhov's Guide is a revised and en-
larged edition of a monograph by the author
issued last year in mimeographed form by the
Division of International Law of the Endow-
ment under the title International Conferences
and Their Technique. This study presents the
vast experience gained since the Paris Peace
Conference in the technical organization of
international conferences in such a manner as
to serve as an interpretative account and as a
reference book. The book covers the entire in-
ternational conference practice, with particular
emphasis upon the experience gained by the
League at Geneva. . . While emphasis is placed
on the technical, administrative, and secretar-
ial aspects of the subject, the training of the
author as an international lawyer permits him
constantly to link the technical processes with
the theory and the representative literature in
this field." Pref
Reviewed by Llewellyn Pfankuchen
Am Pol Sci R 40:371 Ap '46 600w
Foreign Affairs 24:349 Ja '46 40w
"A valuable, reliable, and stimulating guide.
The documentary appendices and bibliography
are excellent."
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:52 Mr '46 280w
PATRICK, REMBERT WALLACE. Florida
under five flags. 140p il maps $2.50 Univ.
of Fla, Gainesville. Fla.
975.9 Florida— History 46-27032
"Florida's five flag- raisings began with the
French in 1565. . . Spain, an alert watchdog
in those days, tost no time in cutting the in-
terlopers down. , . Spain's watchdog role (with
St. Augustine as its base) continued until Eng-
land's victories abroad in the Seven Years'
War, when the British standard floated for
some twenty years over the Castillo de San
Marcos. . . Of course, manifest destiny had al-
ready earmarked the peninsula as part of the
United States — and, after a few decades of
jingoistic infiltration, Washington purchased
the country from Spain. . . Dr. Patrick has
covered this over-all picture admirably, and
followed it with excellent chapters on the
Indian wars; on Florida's part in the War
Between the States; on Reconstruction; on
the final conquest of the 'frontier.' " N Y
Times
"Though it is as lavishly illustrated as many
S tourist brochure, it is solid history; though
: tells Florida's story from Ponce de Leon to
Pan American Airways, it Is always compact
and to the point; though the stamp of the
thoughtful scholar is evident on every page,
every page is readable.0 William Du Bots
+ N Y Times p8 F 3 '4$ 550w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
639
"While the book is directed to the general
reader, it remains a substantial contribution to
the reference shelf through its material clearly
presented, keyed with a detailed index, and
supplemented with five maps and more than
one hundred photographs."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:222 S '46 200w
"Enlivening the narrative are some 110 il-
lustrations and maps. Confidence in the quality
of this interpretation of 400 years in 134 pages
is gained from the fact that Mr. Patrick is
a historian of established merit. It is com-
mendable that he has described a historic area
for the general public and thus rescued it
from the common faults of most handbooks
put forth by ambitious salesmen zealous to
advertise their wares." K. A. Hanna
4- Weekly Book Review pl4 Mr 24 '46
360w
PATTERSON, WILLIAM FRANCIS, and
HEDGES, MARION HAWTHORNE. Educat-
ing for industry; policies and procedures of a
national apprenticeship system. 229p il $2.50
Prentice-Hall
331.86 Apprentices. Technical education
46-6756
"Handbook on supervisory management prob-
lems. Points out management's stake in ap-
prentice training, explains set-up of apprentice-
ship programs including formation of plans,
development of standards and how to imple-
ment the program. Functions of apprenticeship
supervisor, qualifications, training, duties, and
place in the organization of apprentice instruc-
tors outlined and selection or apprentices, job
instruction, and group activities are discussed.
Bibliography." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1628 N 15 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p39 D 1 '46
50w
PATTON, LUCIA. Little river of gold; a read-
it-yourself story; pictured by [the author].
32p $1 Whitman, A.
46-4290
Story for beginning readers, about two small
Colorado children who went to look for the pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow — and found
it.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll Je 2 '46 180w
"Six and seven year olds will enjoy this read
aloud; third and fourth graders could read it
to themselves, for real story content and au-
thentic information — a combination of prime in-
terest to librarians and to parents. '*
-f Kirkus 14:240 My 15 '46 120w
"An easy- to- read story for second- and third-
graders with attractive illustrations by the
author, good print and durable binding. Rec-
ommended." Olive Brain
+ Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46 120w
PAUL, LOUIS. Breakdown. 305p $2.75 Crown
46-8060
Novel based upon the breakdown of a lovely
young American newspaper woman. Ellen Croy
liked her work; she loved her husband and
child; she had a pleasant home and plenty of
friends. But suddenly everything went wrong
and Ellen attempted to escape by drinking.
There follows the story of her alcoholism, her
desperate struggle to make a comeback, and
her success.
4"£o write about neurotic drinking sym-
pathetically and still without mawkishness is
almost as difficult a job as the solution of the
problem itself. Louis Paul handles this as-
signment magnificently. . . The importance of
the book lies in its frank and readable presenta-
tion of a malady which is all too common in our
confused society." O. C.
-f Book Week p!2 D 8 '46 170w
"Ellen's antics will shock you; her cure will
seem as unreal as the authors carefully under-
scored quotes from the handbook. Alcoholics
Anonymous, as any member knows, has
wrought better miracles than this: but Mr.
Paul's tribute simply does not carry convic-
tion. He has played his material for its shock
appeal, and nothing more. His melodramatic
antics are as routine AS the barefaced tract
that serves as his final chapter: his psychiatry
seems a straight quote from the textbooks
most novel readers now know by heart." C. V.
Terry
— NY Times p22 D 1 '46 550w
"In this agonizing, taut novel of drunken-
ness-for- a- reason, Louis Paul has done some-
thing quite different from any book that's
examined the problem so far. Moreover he has
produced the best novel he has yet written,
and by a wide margin, too. . . His novel de-
serves the wide success it seems to me certain
to have." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 20 '46
500w
"Mr. Paul's 'Breakdown' is a first-rate job
in documentary fiction. It is done in utter
sincerity, in utter gravity of spirit. It is, in
its purposes and its materials, so gripping a
story that I must take refuge in a very stale
phrase: I found it hard to put the book down."
N. L. Rothman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:25 D 28 '46 450w
"Inevitably, 'Breakdown,' by Louis Paul, will
be compared to Charles Jackson's book 'The
Lost Week End.' Like the latter, it deals with
the story of an alcoholic, in this instance, a
woman. While not as emotionally fine drawn
as Mr. Jackson's work, Mr. Paul's novel will
have a special appeal to people concerned
with the problem of alcoholism." Rose Feld
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 12 '47
550w
PAULL, GRACE. Pancakes for breakfast [il
by the author]. [28p] $1.75 Doubleday
46-19195
Picture-story book about two little New York
children who went to their uncle's farm for a
spring vacation. There was still snow on the
ground, so they had skiing, and helped make
maple sugar. But best of all they had pan-
cakes and maple sirup for breakfast.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:190 D '46 lOw
Booklist 43:20 S '46
Christian Science Monitor pS Ja 14 '47
180w
Horn Bk 22:348 S '46 80w
Kirkus 14:344 Ag 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by M. P. Cox
-f Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 70w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:134 D 7 '46 40w
Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 40w
"Give the book to any little child who knows
a farm only in its summer clothes. A farm
goes right on in winter even without the board-
ers, little as they realize it." M. L. Becker
~h Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 11 '46 270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:135 O '46
PAULMIER, HILAH CODDINQTON, and
SCHAUFFLER, ROBERT HAVEN, eds.
Peace days; poems, plays, prose selections,
essay material, anecdotes and stories,
speeches and sayings. (Our American holi-
days) 319p |2.50 Dodd
394.2649 Peace. Special days 46-4016
"New material for the celebration of such
days as V-day, Good will day and United Na-
tions day, arranged under the headings Poetry
and non-fiction; Anecdotes and stories;
Speeches and sayings; Plays and program ma-
terial." Wis Lib Bui
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
"Considering this only for the plays and
pageants which make up one section of the
volume, it is feeble and silly. The plays are
640
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PAULMIER, H. C.-— Continued
poor and nearly pointless. The pageants un-
believably stilted and obvious. Not recom-
mended for drama collections." George Freed-
ley
— Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
"The 'Peace Days' anthology ought to sit
comfortably on the shelves of many a grammar
school." George Sneli
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
40w
Wis Lib Bui 42:111 Jl '46
PAYNE, PIERRE STEPHEN ROBERT. Tor-
rent* of spring [Eng title: Love and peace].
21 8 p $2.75 Dodd [8s 6d Heinemann]
46-25146
This is the first of a projected series of novels
which is to relate the adventures of a Chinese
family from 1908 to the present.
Reviewed by P. H. Bullock
Book Week p8 My 12 '46 300w
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
Cath World 163:379 Jl '46 200w
"The novel has both virtues and faults that
grew out of its composition by a poet. There
is a penetrating precision of description, but
also there is overstatement and an ignoring
of facts inconvenient to a poet's approach.
The virtues, which are splendid, are sufficient
to outweigh even grievous faults of the kind
the novel has, especially in view of its scene,
its time, and its people." Floyd Taylor
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 20
'46 450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 3 '46
"If Robert Payne's romantic and image- lov-
ing style seems to obscure our understanding
of China's political realities, it is no less harm-
ful to his characters and plot. It may be
'poetical* but it is certainly not poetry, and
it loses much of the strength of prose by its
drifting language. China during the Manchu
dynasty may have been a cloud cuckoo land,
but pages full of adjectives like 'exquisite,'
•tender/ 'beautiful* or 'somnolent' malce the
style fade as well as the subject. Anyone who
has been as much praised for his style as Rob-
ert Payne should be brought to task on a few
counts at least." John Hay
Commonweal 44:194 Je 7 '46 700w
"A dream -like atmosphere and neglect of
practical details including the original implan-
tation of revolutionary ideas in the minds of
the children (the oldest 16) make this an un-
successful novel. Perhaps should be read in
the series." Margaret Owen
Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 70w
"[This novel] has distinction, poetic percep-
tion both of tradition and of the new idealism,
using as the tale slowly unfolds a keen and
loving sense of landscape and of season."
Harold Brighouse nn A/^
-f. Manchester Guardian p3 N 30 '45 300w
"A -*tory about China toward the close of
the ftrbt decade of this century. Mr. Payne's
book falls into two parts— which is its chief
fault. For it is the first two-thirds of 'Tor-
rents of Spring' which recommends it; these
early sections of the novel, which describe the
life of a trio of upper-class Chinese children,
are as delightful an idyl of youth as I have
read. In the last third of Mr. Payne's book
the children achieve a premature maturity by
becoming active followers of Dr. Sun Yat-sen;
and this section of the novel struck me as being
a bit trumped up, both psychologically and
politically; also, here, the lyricism which Mr.
Payne has so nicely controlled in the earlier
portions of the story starts running out of
hand." Diana Trilling
H Nation 162:634 My 26 '46 400w
"The author writes charmingly, and his pic-
ture of life among the well-to-do Chinese in
the misty gorges of Szechuan, circa 1908, is
decorative and appealing, but the revolution-
ary ferment of those days is less skillfully
done."
H New Repub 114:741 My 20 '46 120w
"The only reason for feeling doubts about
the author's ability to carry through success-
fully his ambitious literary plan is that once
he has finished with the attractive home life
of his central characters and has started his
account of their revolutionary activities his
familiar lyric virtues seem to get in his way.
It is not that, as rebels against the collapsing
Manchu order, they seem naive and innocent
in their playing at revolt; that portrayal of
their very natural ignorance in such matters
is a brilliantly credible touch. It is merely
that the narrative grows less credible and the
author's mysticism comes to the fore." Rich-
ard Watts
H NY Times p6 My 12 '46 850w
"A restrained, beautifully written, unroman-
tic novel about China, showing the same ma-
turity and understanding of the Chinese way
of life that distinguished Mr. Payne's 'Forever
China.' "
4- New Yorker 22:97 My 11 '46 120w
" 'Torrents of Spring' will remain for a long
time the most satisfactory glimpse we have
had into the heart of China. It is filled with
beauty and an interpretation of life and
thought alien and yet intelligible." Harrison
Smith
-f Sat R of Lit 29:13 My 11 '46 HOOw
"Dike hfs first book 'Forever China,' Robert
Payne's second, a novel called 'Torrents of
Spring' contains lots of lovely descriptive writ-
ing. In fact, the story is almost incidental to
the setting of rice fields, lotus pools, blue
shadows of pines and cedars and the flame-
colored herons winging through the dawn."
D. B. B.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
250w
"It is a novel of fine temper, with a subtle
quality of the dramatic in fhe composition as
a whole. There are scenes and passages which
stay vividly in the mind, notably the farewell
message to his father that Shaofeng writes in
prison, which has genuine poetic eloquence,
and the ceremony in the monastery on Splen-
did Cloud Mountain after the death of the
living Buddha. The successor to this novel
should be worth waiting for."
-f Times [LondonJ Lit Sup p546 N 17
'45 950w
"As any reader of 'Forever China' . . . will
expect, the physical scene is presented with
great fineness of imagery and mood, and 'Tor-
rents of Spring* is as much a lyric cycle of
the seasons as it is a story of human endeavor.
There are times when the landscape so domi-
nates the action that all the characters appear
almost trivial and unimportant seen against
the windy crests of the mountains or beside
the swirling water of the Kialin. . . The action
of the novel is at its happiest when Rose and
her two brothers respond to these subtly inter-
preted moods of nature, and the book contains
many moments of great beauty caught and
held suspended as if in amber. On a less per-
sonal level of action the characters are not
always completely successful in their roles.
Perhaps this partial failure is the result of a
too conscious and conscientious effort on the
part of Mr. Payne to realize the altogether
praiseworthy aim he mentions in his introduc-
tory remarks." J. J. Espey
_j Weekly Book Review p4 My 26 '46
800w
"Torrents of Spring is slight in matter,
scanty in narrative interest and elementary in
characterization. But its superb evocation of
landscape, weather, customs, and even an en-
tire civilization makes it memorable. Drenched
with feeling, as intense with emotion as an ode
of Keats, Ft offers other values than the more
conventional fictional virtues." Orville Pres-
cott
H Yale R n s 35:766 summer '46 270w
PEA BODY, DEAN. Design of reinforced con-
crete structures. 2d ed 632p il $5.50 Wiley
693.5 Concrete, Reinforced. Concrete con-
struction 46-3927
"Expanded 15 percent over the first edition
[Book Review Digest 1936] the new volume
contains added material on shrinkage, plastic
flow, torsion, continuous frames, plastic theory
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
641
of design, prestressed concrete, beams curved
in the Horizontal plane and design of forms."
(Engr N) Index.
"Almost every subject is covered thoroughly,
and derivations and methods are explained in
an unusually lucid manner. Conforming in
general with the 1941 Building Regulations for
Reinforced Concrete of the American Concrete
Institute or with the 1940 Joint Committee
Recommended Practice for Concrete and Rein-
forced Concrete, the text is sufficiently up to
date and arranged as to be a handy reference
for designers."
4- Eng N 137:112 Jl 11 '46 120w
Library J 71:346 Mr 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:22 Ap '46
PEACOCK, RONALD. Poet in the theatre. 163p
$2.50 Harcourt [10s 6d Routledge]
808 2 Drama— History and criticism.
Dramatists 46-6397
"Mr. Peacock, professor of German, I believe,
at Leeds University in England, has delivered a
serious small book. Dealing with the period
since 1870 or so, he examines the work of ten
writers, attempting to trace through it 'what,
in the nature of dramatic poetry, accounts for
its scarcity in certain conditions.' And it is sig-
nificant that of the ten authors he has chosen,
only five should be actual poets." (Common-
weal) Those included are: T. S. Eliot; Henry
James; Grillparzer; Hebbel; Ibsen; Shaw; Chek-
hov; Synge; Yeats and Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Index.
Reviewed by Kenneth Rockwell
Book Week p28 D 1 *46 450w
"His inclusion in his list of Henry James
as a dramatist is as interesting as it is impor-
tant. . . However, what is most interesting of
all will be that James, for all his rejection of it,
seemed to see the theater also as a form, as
well as its play. Mr. Peacock includes a long,
fascinating quotation from one of the prefaces
adumbrating this, and thereby exactly, although
unconsciously I think, uncovers the limitations
of his own book. For, while it is entirely under-
standable that he could find only five practicing
poets in a period of almost a hundred years to
support his thesis; and while his concluding
essay on Tragedy and Comedy firmly inter-
relates these two judgments and rightly and
thoroughly bases their modern lack in the
chaotic moral standards of our time, it is still
not possible to say he has justified his title."
Kappo Phelan
Commonweal 44:628 O 11 '46 600w
"For the student of drama there may be a
freshness of viewpoint hero, a new appraisal
of poetic values. For the average reader, this
offers little stimulus."
Kirkus 14:452 S 1 '46 80w
"The book comes aptly at a time when there
is a new stirring of interest in poetic drama."
P. H.-W.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 O 15 '46 360w
Reviewed by Stark Young
New Repub 115-G32 N 11 '46 1450w
"The book might have gained in effective-
ness if the author had treated his subject more
methodically, instead of opening with an es-
say on Eliot, following this with a discussion
of Henry James and the drama and, after turn-
ing back to Grillparzer and Hebbel, moving
forward to Ibsen, Shaw, Synge, Yeata and von
Hofmannsthal. It seems curious that a book
of this kind should devote a chapter, however
neat, to GBS, while totally ignoring Auden. . .
Whatever disagreements one may have with
Mr. Peacock, one must gratefully acknowledge
his book as an instance of civilized conscious-
ness." B. D.
-I NY Times p28 O 6 '46 800w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p28 D 1 '46
150w
Reviewed by E. J. R, Isaacs
Theatre Arts 31:65 Ja '47 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p537 N 2 '46
1750w
Reviewed by W. P. Baton ^
Weekly Book Review p32 N 3 '4$ 250w
PEAKE, HARRY C. Practical dog breeding;
phot, by Percy T. Jones. 142p $1.95 Jlac-
millan
636.7 Dogs Agrr45-369
"As a book for the beginner this gives
elementary information on genetics as well as
on selecting animals, mating, pre- and post-
natal care of the dam, and care of the puppies.
It is primarily for those interested in making
a business of breeding. " Booklist
Booklist 42:180 P 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"Good factual handbook — definitely practical
and basic."
+ Kirkus 13:358 Ag 15 '45 HOw
"This down-to-eartu little volume is a val-
uable primer for anyone who is new at the
fascinating, rewarding, although often dis-
couraging, undertaking of breeding dogs. . .
Mr. Peake's book can prove very useful to
experienced as well as novice dog breeders."
R. M. Cleveland
-f N Y Times p28 Ap 7 '46 320w
PEAKE. MERVYN LAURENCE. Titus Groan;
a gothic novel. 430p $3 Reynal [15s Eyre]
46-J7865
"The book begins with the birth of Titus,
heir to the earldom of Gormenghast and son ot
its seventy-sixth lord, and closes with the
crowning of the child on his second birthday.
In the interim, you become familiar with the
mile- high towers of Gormenghast Castle, you
learn a great deal about some absorbing and
fantastic palace rituals, and you meet dozens
of human grotesques who make Kafka char-
acters seem as cozy as the folks back home."
New Yorker
"A ponderous effort in Gothic fantasy, over-
long, obscure, and only rarely lightened by
any measure of the inventive talent that might
redeem it."
h Kirkus 14:500 O 1 46 210w
"An ideal book for the center table in
Charles Addams' house of horrors, but aver-
age library can think twice about buying it."
E. P. Walbridge
— Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 22 '46 80w
"In a time when swagger and crime are cele-
brated by the detective story, Peake's novel is
an archaic curiosity, but one expertly contrived
and worth attention on its own terms." John
Farrelly
4- New Repub 115:740 D 2 '46 410w
"I should like to describe the book as fasci-
nating, but the semantic of the word has be-
come so disgustingly eroded that it is incon-
ceivable that it any longer conveys any mean-
ing. I am therefore forced to say that Mr
Peake's first novel holds one with its glitter-
ing eye. . . Titus Groan, though long and
Gothically detailed, is not wayward; it has a
genuine plot in the strictest sense, and it
persuades you to read on simply in order to
know what will happen; in spite of its setting,
there is nothing particularly dream-like about
it. Its gallery of characters is wonderful."
Henry 'Reed
-f New Statesman & Nation 31:323 My 4
'46 600 w
"For anyone who likes this sort of writing
and can give himself up to it, 'Titus Groan*
offers a good deal of visual and narrative de-
light. The book, of course, is a work of sheer
self-indulgence for writer and reader, a day-
dream developed through the years, but for
that very reason, because the author so
obviously wrote to please himself and put so
much of himself into it, Mr. Peake's novel
seems refreshingly pure in the midst of an
indifferently written commercial literature that
plays so calculatingly on a few dependable
reflexes. In the strict technical sense 'Titus
Groan' is a work of the fancy rather than
the imagination, but a fancy of such fresh-
ness, variety and visionary power that in his
own modest, special way Menryn Peake
liberates and elevates as well as charms." R.
G Davis
4. N Y Times p9 N 10 *4S ll$0w
642
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
PEAKE, M. L. — Continued
"A gorgeous, volcanic eruption of baroque
nonsense, which the author, without much
justification, chooses to call a novel. . . Read-
ers who look for hidden meanings may find
themselves wondering whether Mr. Peake has
done anything more solemn than produce a
work of extraordinary imagination while hav-
ing himself a very fine time."
New Yorker 22:132 N 16 '46 140w
"It is decidedly a 'literary* work, and sophis-
ticated in the literary sense. Mr. Peake' s style
is marvelous to a degree. He has no fear of
words, but he respects them; uses them with
profusion, but also with exactness. His effects
are inspired. They have much the quality of
weird clarity that some of Salvador Dali's
and Georgia O'Keefe's paintings share. His
inventiveness, his ingenuity and his humor are
astonishing. One of the few things about the
book that does not arouse wonder is the fact
that it was seven years in the writing." Ruth
Teiser
-h San Francisco Chronicle p!9 Ja 12 '47
400w
"Let us grant Mr. Peake the unquestionable
virtuosity of his achievement, the inexhaustible
piling of detail upon detail inside the frozen
second of time, the poetic spurts of a language
apparently antiqued. Being done, it is an
amazing thing to behold, even if amazement is
the only tribute we may offer." N. L. Roth-
man
Sat R of Lit 29:38 N 30 '46 450w
"I have carried the book round with me
now for some days, and I believe I have read
practically all of it. That I don't like it is
easily said; because to begin with Mr. Peake
writes a bad, tautological prose, and his hu-
mour, though so wearisomely crusted with
grotesque, is in fact no more than facetious —
but, like it or not, I desired to find a reason,
a reason in the writer's soul, I mean, for the
composition of this heavy fantasy. I have not
found it; it seems to me to be a book without
a driving force, a large, haphazard Gothic
messt carried along on vague gushes of ex-
ternal vision and having nowhere in it any
gleam of that madness, that passionate neces-
sity, which could be the Justification of the
kind of work that it purports to be." Kate
O'Brien
— Spec 176:332 Mr 29 '46 160w
"In a mechanized age like our own there Is
every inducement to put a premium on fancy.
Mr. Mervyn Peake's fancy runs to the vast,
the sombre, the saturnine, the darkly opulent,
the fearsomely comic, the Gothic, the ghoulish,
the pictorially macabre. Largely because of
the extreme length of the novel — the sheer bulk
of words which he apparently finds necessary
for exploiting a subterranean vein of fantasy —
'Titus Groan is very much a matter of taste.
If it were half as long, or less than half, the
book might be any novel-reader's fare — fresh,
piquant and curiously rewarding in its fertility
of invention and horrific splendour of pictorial
sensibility. Spun out to some 200,000 words,
however, this is in the first place a book for
those addicted to the curiosities — the genuine
curiosities — of contemporary literature."
Times [London] Lit Sup pl37 Mr 23
'46 700w
"This first novel by an English portraitist
is described by its publishers as 'gothlc,' by
which darkness, obliquity, mystery and decay
are implied. . . Perhaps 'Titus Groan' Js
meant to represent a dream. Perhaps it is
surrealistic. Perhaps it is just a dull book,
without humor, without vitality, yet tumbling
on for a dreadfully long time." Thomas
Sugrue
— Weekly Book Review p26 N 24 '46 700w
not the individual, into a working demonstra-
tion of that thesis. Begun in 1926, and sus-
pended temporarily because of the war. the
Centre has developed 'the essential elements
of a technique for the practice of Health as
something different and distinct from the prac-
tice of Medicine.' In a house in a South Lon-
don borough, equipped with a consulting room,
receptionist's office, bath and changing room,
and one small clubroom, neighborhood families
were invited to Join this Family Club for a
small weekly subscription. Here the groups
were tested and studied in their physical, men-
tal, and social aspects. . . This book is largely
concerned with descriptions of 'health over-
hauls' and their findings, how many individuals
were treated, how new members became a
part of the social life of the Centre, how fami-
lies were taught to practice health rules from
the conception of new life, through pregnancy,
birth, and infancy; how children of school age
and adolescents developed in the Centre; how
the right and normal concepts of courtship,
mating, and homemaking were encouraged."
(Scientific Bk Club R) Index.
"On the whole, this may prove to be an ex-
periment of great historical interest. It is un-
fortunate that the report is so badly written.
It is filled with obscure phraseology, mystical
figures of speech, and turgid circumlocutions.
The authors express an evangelical fervor by
italicizing hundreds of words and phrases.
However, these should not deter the thoughtful
reader; there is here meat for thought." F\ H.
Hankins
Ann Am Acad 245:214 My '46 650w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ap 21 '46 400w
"There is a growing awareness of the need
for Community Centres in Canada. Here then
is an actual proven working model worthy of
study. For all interested in these community
projects, this book is a 'must.' " J£. C. Hen-
derson
4- Canadian Forum 26:21 Ap '46 500w
Reviewed by Alfred Jacob
Christian Century 62:433 Ap 4 '45 650w
"With the zeal of new converts to the faith,
two women, a biologist and a physician, have
turned sociologists and aided in a genuine
social experiment. Their report, 'The Peckham
Experiment/ is a refreshing piece of research,
especially to anyone who has had to wade
through the endless descriptive case-studies of
sociologists who would rather not get their
PhDs than be caught with a normative
principle " Emerson Hynes
-f Commonweal 44-363 Jl 2G '46 950w
Reviewed by H. O. Oakeley
Hibbert J 42:378 Jl '44 2450w
Reviewed by A. D. Ritchie
Manchester Quardian p3 D 22 '43 420w
"The information gained from the work of
the Centre is Interesting not only to biologists
and the medical profession: its importance for
every person who is thinking about the foun-
dations and the shape of Society can hardly
be exaggerated. From whatever angle we ap-
proach the problems of planning — whether as
educationalists, housing and town planning ex-
perts, administrators, industrialists, parents, or
individual citizens, we can learn from the story
of the Peckham Experiment. Its lessons are
vital." I. T. Barclay
-f New Statesman & Nation 27:112 F 12
'44 1150w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Mr '46 480w
Reviewed by Irene Clephane
Spec 172:64 Ja 21 '44 650w
Reviewed by Kingsley Roberts
Survey 82:196 Jl '46 450w
Times [London] Lit Sup p212 Ap 29
'44 860w
PEARSE, INNES HOPE, and CROCKER,
LUCY H. The Peckham experiment- a study
in the living structure of society. 333p il $3.60
Yale univ. press [12s 6d Allen, G]
614 Public health—London. Family A46-1377
"This book, written by a doctor and a biol-
ogist on the staff of the Pioneer Health Centre
in Peckham. England, is a history of the ex-
panslpn of the idea that the unit is the family,
PEARSON, FRANK ASHMORE. and HAR-
PER, FLOYD ARTHUR. World's hunger* 90p
$1.50 Cornell univ. press
338.1 Agriculture. Food supply Agr46-169
"This book is an attempt to dispel wide-
spread miseducation on the world's food prob-
lem. The authors measure agricultural produc-
tion, relate it to population and conclude that
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population has been drawing ahead of produc-
tion since about 1900. . , The authors attempt
to answer with facts those who believe that
nature's bounty is limitless and that all that
is necessary to produce food in abundance for
the more than two billion inhabitants of the
earth is to intensify cultivation by applying
more science to agricultural practice. >r N Y
Times
Reviewed by J. D. Black
Ann Am A cad 245:199 My '46 650w
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 20w
Reviewed by Margaret Ohlson
J Home Econ 38:302 My '46 180w
Reviewed by D. Q. Johnson
J Pol Econ 54:557 D '4C 1050w
Reviewed by Robert Simpson
N Y Times p43 My 5 '46 900w
"This book, though slender in size, represents
an important contribution to the debate on the
world's food problem. It contains one of the
first systematic attempts to evaluate statis-
tically the chief factors determining the future
food balance. It aims at a wide audience and
the authors do not disclose their technical ap-
paratus; they present the fruits of laborious
research and necessary guesswork in a series
of elegant little tables followed by terse com-
ment. One may disagree with them on points
of method. . . But there is little doubt that
(considering the sketchy and approximate na-
ture of available source material) they have
succeeded in indicating the rough order of
magnitude of the quantities involved." John
Lindberg
H Pol Sci Q 61:262 Je '46 550w
Reviewed by Hazel Kyrk
Survey 82:156 My '46 450w
"The message of the book must be carefully
scrutinized. One cannot help feeling that the
authors are ruled by a mechanistic fatalism,
as if the species under consideration were like
a rodent or insect, driven here and yon by
uncontrollable forces. Human will and ingenu-
ity have been potent factors in the past, and
are capable of even greater effects in the
future. Of such past efforts and their value
as future guides the text makes no mention.
Yet it is a clear and concise statement deserv-
ing careful thought."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:57 Mr '46 450w
PEARSON, HAYDN SANBORN. Success on
the small farm. (Whittlesey house publica-
tion) 285p il $2,50 McGraw
631.1 Farm life. Agriculture Agr46-189
Practical guidebook for the farmer on a small
farm. The author suggests that the best way
to make a living on a small farm is to use
specialized cash crops. Partial contents: Point-
ers for beginners; How to restore poor soils;
Success with a roadside stand; Small farm
dairy; Strawberries — $500 an acre; Red rasp-
berries— $500 an acre; Asparagus — $500 an acre;
Grapes — $300 an acre; Peaches — $300 an acre;
A living from hens; You ought to keep one
cow; Rabbits mean meat; Power requirements.
No index.
"This is a first- rate book for one very definite
group of readers. . . He rides no hobbies — at
least not too hard or far. . . Only in the
matter of marketing the products of the small
farm does Pearson's book seem to me a bit
inadequate. . . I feel that he gives inadequate
attention to ways of selling possible surpluses
of perishable crops. As a practical, sensible
book in its particular field, however. 'Success
on the Small Farm' has no equal." J. T.
Frederick
4 Book Week plO Ap 21 '46 280w
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
Commonweal 43:657 Ap 12 '46 20w
''This Is a down to earth — literally — sort of
book, which the city dweller who wants to
make farming a way of life on a small scale
would do well to read and ponder. . . Sound."
+ Klrkut 14:58 F 1 '46 170w
"This book is both useful and delightful. It
delights me, at least, to find that a man of so
deep a sensitivity to country sounds, sights
and ways can now also write the most sensible
and practical book on modern farming that
I have read for years." Russell Liord
-f N Y Times p5 Je 9 '46 800w
"This book is strictly for the man who
seriously intends to sever all business con-
nections to support his family on a one-man
farm. The author makes no attempt to charm
others into reading his book or even to make
it easy reading for those avid to learn how
to succeed at small-scale farming. Haydn
Pearson has put aside the pen that writes so
pleasantly of country flavors and has taken
up an instrument of such bluntness that it
often seems a cudgel. . . The book is full of
sound sense and practical suggestions." Alice
Nichols
4- Sat R of Lit 29:36 Jl 27 *46 600w
"In this book Mr. Pearson deserts bucolic
lyricism and sets down 285 pages of practical
advice on the art of running a small farm. Mr.
Pearson is admirably specific in his definition
of 'small farm.' . . One word of warning ought
perhaps to be added. Mr. Pearson writes of
his New England experiences, and his advice
holds in general for the northeastern quarter
of the country. It is less specifically adaptable
to small farming prospects in the other three-
quarters of the country." P. M. Wagner
^ Weekly Book Review p!2 My 5 446
950w
PEARSON, HESKETH. Oscar Wilde, his life
and wit. 345p il $3.75 Harper [16s Methuen]
B or 92 Wilde. Oscar 46-6458
"An authoritative and at the same time dis-
cerning, compassionate biography of Oscar
Wilde, which removes the sensationalism of
previous accounts, restores the balance and
perspective to the life, the man, and revives
'the conversationalist, not the convict/ "
(Kirkus) List of authorities. Index.
"Mr. Pearson is sympathetic with his sub-
ject, but he is never blinded by his sympathy.
His book is fair, careful, wise, and temperate,
It is a must for admirers or students ol
Wilde and his times." R. K. Danielsori
-f- Atlantic 178.146 S '46 600w
Reviewed by Bergen Evans
Book Week p3 Jl 21 '46 COOw
Booklist 43:34 O 1 '46
"This biography is written with much vigor
and gusto and considerable charm and wit.
Wilde himself would probably have liked it
and would probably, on the whole, have ac-
cepted its view of his character and career.
It has the commendable advantage of being
written quite 'objectively.' Too many of the
books on Wilde have been written by friends
or enemies who have had a 'case* to present
and defend; the biographers have been as much
Interested in themselves as in their subject. Mr.
Pearson, an experienced practitioner of the
art of biography, has written his book without
prejudice or partisanship." S. C. C.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 24 '46
500w
"Mr. Pearson has ended up with a book
which might have been good had it only been
less pretentious. Yet after all we should not
be ungrateful: 'Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit,'
Is incomparably the best study of this extra-
ordinary creature yet published, and its jejune
psychological probing is forgivable for the sake
of its conscientious garnering of the facts in
the case. Heaven knows this is no cinch.
When a man has had Prank Harris invent a
fake life of him for posterity, getting at what
really happened is quite literally a labor of
Hercules. . . And the events possess enough
verve, the conversation enough wit to make a
highly entertaining book, despite Mr. Pearson's
owlish style and noisome obiter dicta." H. 1*.
Binsse
h Commonweal 44:388 Ag 2 '46 1200w
Kirkus 14:121 Mr 1 '46 190w
"Highly recommended for general as well as
theatre collections." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
Reviewed by B. I. Evans
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 24 '46 480w
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PEARSON, HESKETH — Continued
•Mr. Pearson likes Wilde and sets forth his
career more thoroughly, clearly and elegantly
than any other biographer to date. Oscar
Wliae: His Life and Wit is now the first book
anyone should read on the subject. . . Mr.
Pearson has not written a biography that one
can think much of as history, psychology or
literary criticism. Unless one can share his
assumption that personality is a ding on rich
and biography an art quite separate from his-
tory, psychology and criticism, the best one
can say is that in a culture of pedants and
Philistines Mr. Pearson has written a witty
apologia for the dilettante. And I don't mean
Oscar Wilde." Eric Bentley
New Repub 115:148 Ag 5 '46 850w
"Mr. Hesketh Pearson in his biographies
seems less concerned with creating a work of
art than with accumulating agreeable stories.
In this book about Wilde he has been com-
mendably thorough in his handling of scissors
and paste; and his estimate of Wilde's char-
acter seems to me uncommonly perceptive. . .
Almost all the misjudgments which, as I think,
Mr. Pearson makes in his book come from a
misplaced confidence in Douglas's veracity. . .
The other inaccuracies I have found are few."
Raymond Mortimer
JL _ New Statesman & Nation 32:30 J1 13
'46 1550w
"Of the accounts in and out of print, Pear-
son's is certainly the fullest and probably the
most generally trustworthy. Having no special
fish to fry or victims to roast, he has given the
reputed facts careful scrutiny, sifted out lies
both tall and short, and achieved a respectable
and very readable biography. Yet for all his
painstaking, Oscar Wilde remains a stereotype
still. It could scarcely have been otherwise.
Wilde was at equal pains to plan it that way
some sixty years ago." Carlos Baker
j, NY Times p3 Jl 21 '46 2000w
"Mr. Pearson's book makes interesting read-
ing, for he has assembled from various sources
an immense number of anecdotes and sayings,
and he has managed to tell a straighter story
than we usually get where Wilde is concerned.
Wilde has been written about mostly by his
friends, and the passionate personal controver-
sies among them seem to have been becoming,
since his death, more rather than less exacer-
bated. Mr. Pearson is not entangled in these
disputes, and he writes with good sense and
good temper. But his book is only another
example of the kind of popular biography that
adds little to our knowledge or understanding
of its subject: non-critical, non-analytic, and,
though dealing with literary matters, essential-
ly non-literary." Edmund Wilson
-| New Yorker 22:69 Je 29 '46 3460w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 11 '46
550w
"Mr. Pearson's biography is first of all a bal-
anced and sane account of the events of
Wilde's life, and secondly, and even more diffi-
cult to achieve, a portrait of his wit. . .
Through anecdote, quotation, and reminiscence,
a lucid account of the trials and Wilde's real
suffering under the prison system of the day,
Mr. Pearson gives a full-dress biographical
performance." J. C. S. Wilson
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Jl 20 '46 900w
"This is a very good book. It really does
give a portrait of Oscar Wilde which is novel,
well-balanced and free from hysteria of any
kind. It may nevertheless make the reader
too enthusiastic about this man of genius who
can be over- rated (as he is on the Continent)
as well as under-rated as he is in Great Britain
and his native land, Eire, which will only de-
serve its new-old namo when it appreciates
properly the best of its own products — of which
Wilde was one." W, J. Turner
4- Spec 176:664 J© 28 '46 800w
Time 48:103 Jl 15 '46 850w
Times [London] Lit Sup p304 Je 29 '46
1200w
"Mr. Pearson is a competent biographer,
thoughtful and studious ana also lively, sym-
pathetic and entertaining. Despite a char-
acteristically English tendency to patronize
Irish Nationalists, he possesses an unsenti-
mental compassion which can encompass not
only Oscar but Oscar's sad, lovely and be-*
wildered wife, Constance, and the resulting
biography is enthralling reading." Richard
Watts
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 21 '46 1150w
WIs Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
"The savagery of Victorian England's per-
secution as it passed into hearsay dirtied the
subject of Wilde and his inverted sexual in-
stinct. Mr. Pearson has scrubbed away much
of the slime with the abrasive truth, let the
fresh air and sunshine in, and he has done it
by skilfully reporting Wilde's talk, letting this
essentially gray man speak for himself, charm
us, as he charmed the London of his day. Any-
one who has listened to truly brilliant talk,
talk in which wit is dissolved in beauty, knows
its power to excite and exalt, raise the spirits,
lift the heart. Wilde's talk did that. It is a
great tribute to Mr. Pearson that his book does
it, too." Horace Reynolds
-f Yale R n s 36:361 winter '47 560w
PEASE, ARTHUR STANLEY. Sequestered
vales of life. 129p $2 Harvard univ. press
[11s 6d Oxford]
814 A46-3025
"Dr Arthur Stanley Pease, professor of Latin
at Harvard and former president of Amherst
college, presents himself pleasantly as a gentle
essayist, with themes from Nature and human
nature. There are 30 small chapters in the
small book, beginning with the author's recol-
lections of 'Grandfather/ in Somers, Ct., sug-
gesting, perhaps, that the book is going to be
a less hilarious 'Life With Father ' Rut after
a chapter on 'Church and State in Somers/
the author proceeds to other rural regions, in
New England, the MidwesU and Canada, in a
sort of travelog of brief visits, chance encoun-
ters and planned excursions " Springf d Re-
publican
"The sober connotations of the title of Mr.
Pease's book are not fully sustained by the
autobiographical essays which follow. Se-
questered his people and places assuredly arc,
and the events he recounts are not of a world-
shaking- order. Mr. Pease is interested in the
rustle of life more than its throb; he takes
more satisfaction in perception than in power.
Yet the ultimate property of these essays is
their quiet vitality, their revelation of the
author's enjoyment of the enterprises he has
chosen to write about. There are sunshine
and sparkle in this book, and its motto might
well have been Horaa non numero nisi serenas."
Alexander Cowie
-f N Y Times plO Jl 14 '46 950w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 ISOw
"A sharper sense of the dramatic, and a
skill in sustaining: and developing a mood or
episode to extract from it what we feel are
sometimes unrealized possibilities, would make
this quiet and delicately civilized book of
greater and perhaps more general interest. It
needs, too, a binding thread of unity. None-
theless all lovers of walking and botanizing, of
landscapes, especially of northern New Eng-
land, of good writing and delicate perception,
will browse here delightedly "
-f Weekly Book Review p!8 Ag 25 '46
450w
PEASE, EDWARD MONROE JOSEPH, and
WADSWORTH, GEORGE PROCTOR. Engi-
neering trigonometry. 479p $2.75 Int. textbook
514 Trigonometry 46-11917
"This comprehensive textbook presents an in-
telligent compromise between the two points of
view that argue on the one hand for emphasis
(in a book of this kind) on engineering applica-
tions, and on the other hand for a rigorous
treatment of pure trigonometry. Although ad-
vanced methods are used when necessary, the
book presupposes no previous knowledge of the
subject. In addition to the questions and prob-
lems at the end of each chapter, there are lead-
ing questions at the beginning of chapters, de-
signed to orient and direct the student's think-
ing in the new material as he reads." N Y
New Tech Bks
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
645
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71':1716 D 1 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:43 Jl '46
PEASE, HOWARD. Heart of danger; a tale of
adventure on land and sea with Tod Mo ran,
third mate of the tramp steamer Araby. 336p
$2 Doubleday
46-7390
"This is a skilfully developed story of action
and mystery. Tod Moran, familiar to readers
of 'The Jinx Ship/ and 'The Black Tanker/
has a dramatic and dangerous role, but the
center of the stage is held by young Rudy Beh-
rens. Together they obtain important infor-
mation from a German traitor, outwit the
Gestapo and work with the Underground. Rudy
survives two years in a concentration camp
and manages to work out his own salvation."
(Sat R of Lit) For older boys.
Booklist 43:88 N 15 '46
"Mr. Pease has written a serious and
gripping wartime story for young people."
A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:468 N '46 90w
"A story that makes good action reading. . .
Howard Pease has arrived at a formula that
boy readers like; if we feel, sometimes, that
he is more concerned with that formula than
with the quality of his work, at least we
recognize the fact that he holds his audience."
„! Kirkus 14:425 S 1 '46 120w
"The account of the young musician's reac-
tion to war and the exciting picture of France
during the occupation is very convincing. Rec-
ommended for older boys and girls." H. M.
Urogan
4- Library J 72:86 Ja 1 '47 70w
N Y Times p50 N 10 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 80w
"This is a skillfully constructed, dependable
adventure story worth keeping on hand."
-f Weekly Book Review p44 N 10 '46 400w
PEASE, JOSEPHINE VAN DOLZEN. It seems
like magic; pictures by Esther Friend. 79p
$2.50 Rand McNally
500 Science — Juvenile literature 46-7597
Brief stories for ages five to nine, explaining
how things work, such as engines, electricity,
boats, airplanes, etc.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p!2 O 27 '46 230w
Booklist 43:121 D 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1248 O 16 *46 lOw
"Second and third graders would like this
read aloud; fourth and fifth graders could
profitably read it to themselves. . . Miss Pease
tells the 'how* and 'why' of some scientific
marvels in simple terms. An engaging, almost
conversational style and colorful pictures make
things seem simple indeed. The picture book
size and double spread illustrations by Esther
Friend, many of them in full color, take the
hurdle of many of the difficulties."
H- Kirkus 14:522 O 15 '46 150w
"Recommended for all libraries." E. T. Dob-
bins
-f Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 80w
"Bear in mind that this is a book for small
children, too small to take in technical details
about any of these things, but not too small
to share, however little they may realize it
themselves, the prevailing emotional tone of
their elders concerning the future. I leave it to
any one whether at this time of life optimism
or cynicism is healthier for the generation on
whom the future is drawing."
-f- Weekly Book Review p40 N 10 '46 450w
PEATTIE, RODERICK, ed. Pacific coast
ranges. (American mountain ser) 402p il
maps $3.75 Vanguard
917.9 Pacific coast — Description and travel.
Mountains. 46-5172
This volume in the American mountain series
consists of thirteen subjects reported by a
group of admirers of the Pacific coast ranges.
Contents: "Father Serra's rosary," by D. C.
Peat tie; The first inhabitants of the coast
ranges, by J. W. Caughey; Footsteps of spring
—a wild flower trail, by D. C. Peattie; Glimpses
of wild life, by Aubrey Drurv; Foothills, by
Judy Van der Veer; Farm, rock and vine folk,
by Idwal Jones; Headlands in California writ-
ing, by J. W. Caughey; The wilderness moun-
tains, by Lois Crisler; Timber, by T. E. Ripley;
People of the Oregon coast range, by Archie
Binns; People of the Washington coast range,
by Archie Binns; The geologic story, by D. E.
Willard; Climatic transitions and contrasts, by
R. J. Russell. Maps. Index.
Book Week pS Jl 7 '46 80w
Booklist 42:364 Jl 15 '46
"Enthusiastic but lacking in flavor, this is
primarily for a regional market."
Kirkus 14:166 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Successful text of skilfully written chapters,
portraying the Pacific region as one of Amer-
ica's best." D. F. Lucas
-f- Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 HOw
"Although some might cavil that the result
of the collaboration falls between the incom-
patibles of a guide-book and a lyric poem, the
writers have nevertheless really tried to take
the region apart and see what makes it tick—
and they have succeeded well." Q. R. Stewart
-f N Y Times p23 Ag 25 '46 650w
Reviewed by J. H Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 23 '46
400w
"The book serves as a broad introduction to
the life of the Pacific Coast states, and is use-
ful to the general reader unfamiliar with that
region. The photographic illustrations are ex-
ceptionally fine."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:317 D '46 120w
"Taken together, these writers and their
editor have put together an extremely well
written, accurate and informative book which
will open a new world to readers in foreign
parts, and should cause residents of the region
itself to look at their Coast Range with new
interest." S. H. Holbrook
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Je 23 '46 1300w
WIs Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
PELL, FRANKLYN, pseud. See Pelhgrin,
" E.
PELLIGRIN, FRANK E. (FRANKLYN PELLf
pseud). Hangman's hill. 279p $2 Dodd
46-3566
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO My 5 '46 130w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
New Repub 114:710 My 13 '46 120w
"Hesides being a good mystery, this story
gives us some interesting sidelights on the
activities of war correspondents. Isaac An-
derson
+ N Y Time* p40 My 5 '46 HOw
"Excellent war background, sharply drawn
characters, plentiful action, and ample sus-
pense make reader overlook slight unfairness
of denouement. Strictly okay!"
-f- Sat R of Lit 24:59 Ap 20 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
270w
PEN, JOHN, pseud. See Szekely, John
PENDRAY, EDWARD. Men, mirrors, and stars.
rev ed 335p il $3 Harper
522.2 Astronomy— History. Telescope 46*4694
"This edition contains virtually all of the
material in the previous two editions, plus a
new chapter dealing with the Schmidt tele-
scope and the Harvard coronagraph. In ad-
dition, new material is worked into several
of the previous chapters, and there has been
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complete revision of the appendix material, in-
cluding: the listing, instruments and personnel
of the various major observatories." (Pref) In-
dex.
Booklist 43:55 O 15 '46
N Y New Tech Bka 31:49 Jl '46
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempftert
N Y Times p23 Jl 14 '46 50w
PEPPER, STEPHEN COBURN. Baals of criti-
cism in the arts. 177p $2.60 Harvard univ.
press
701 Esthetics. Criticism A45-5598
"Every philosophy implies its code of criti-
cism. Stephen Pepper reduces the legitimate
world hypotheses to four. By mechanistic criti-
cism he means the hedonistic. Pleasure is good,
pain is bad, and beauty is pleasure objectified.
. . In contextualistic criticism, not the isolated
data, but the whole situation is considered.
The test is vividness of experience rather than
elementary pleasure. . . 'Organistlc* criticism
stresses the inner relatedness and coherence of
thing's. . . Finally formistic criticism is based
on the notion of the norm. Aristotle's 'Poetics/
although 'little more than a collection of notes, '
is the outstanding representative of this kind.
. . Mr. Pepper frankly advises an eclectic use
of the four methods." Weekly Book Review
Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 24 '46
550w
Reviewed by H. D. Aiken
J Philos 43:441 Ag 1 *46 2050w
Reviewed by Arnold Isenbere
New Repub 114:354 Mr 11 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by D. A. Stauffer
Sat R of Lit 29:64 Je 8 '46 950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:85 Je '46 280w
"Mr. Pepper as a critic is worth a great deal.
He has honesty, earnestness, subtlety, sym-
pathy, wide knowledge. He does not have
style. Frankly, the first pages filled me with
misgivings. As a rule I have little use for books
on aesthetics which do not betray in their form
any trace of aesthetic sense; I am reminded
of blind men laying the law about colors. . .
This, however, may be a false criterion. Great
strategists might be incapable of handling a
squad. . . Yet their strategy . . . may well be
worth examining; while the best practitioners,
when they theorize, are frequently oeneath con-
tempt. Mechanistically, contextualistically, or-
ganistically and formistically, Mr. Pepper's
aesthetics deserves our closest attention. ' Al-
bert Querard
j Weekly Book Review p42 My 19 '46
800w
PEPYS, SAMUEL. Diary. 2v 1114;1244p $7.50
Random house
B or 92
This edition of the diary is that selected by
Wheatley in 1893 from a transcription made by
the Rev. Mynors Bright, from a shorthand man-
uscript in the Pepysian library at Magdalene
college, Cambridge. Only those passages have
been omitted "which cannot possibly be
printed." Index.
"The two large volumes are not books to be
bought and read straight through but are rather
fine additions to any library which may be en-
Joyed a little at a time over a period of years.
Students of English literature in particular will
be pleased to have this diary once more avail-
able."
+ Book Week p3 Ag 11 '46 150w
Booklist 43:55 O 15 '46
"It is an excellent thing to have the diary
available again. The volumes are well printed,
though bulky. The frontispiece is an inferior
drawing of Pepys, evidently made for this new
edition, where one of the authentic old portraits
would have been much more to the point."
Edmund Wilson
-j New Yorker 22:66 Jl 27 '46 160w
Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46
loOw
PERCIVAL, WALTER PILLING. Lure of
Montreal. 240p il $4.60 Humphries
917.14281 Montreal [46-25139]
"History and description conveniently ar-
ranged to serve as a guidebook for the tourist.
An appendix suggests further reading on Que-
bec and Montreal. End-paper map." Booklist
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
Reviewed by J. J. Talman
Canadian Hist R 27:326 S '46 270w
"A well-produced and well-illustrated book. . .
The author, who is Deputy Minister of Edu-
cation for the Province of Quebec, shows a
keen sense of history and a deep love of his
homeland. . . The book has many excellent
photographs of Montreal's buildings, docks and
monuments."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p284 Je 15 '46
240w
PERELMAN, SIDNEY JOSEPH. Keep it crisp.
259p $2.50 Random house
817 46-25267
Twenty-five humorous essays, the inspira-
tions for which came from cosmetic advertise-
ments, the movies, radio, pulp magazine sto-
ries, etc.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p8 S 15 '46 400w
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:316 Jl 1 '46 90w
"Several sketches relate experiences with
dentists, clerks, salesmen — in the Benchley
tradition, but the writing is Benchley with
the brakes off. Taken in small quantities, an
excellent antidote for brfd prose." H. W.
Hart
4- Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 lOOw
"Perelman is the only objective humorist of
our generation. . . He knows too much to be
seriously impressed by any words in any com-
bination. A little more ignorance, a little less
perception, and Perelman would be a great
stylist. As it is, he's a nihilist. He starts a
paragraph with a conventionally deprecatory
'I may be wrong,' then, wearying of the tawdry
pose even before his sentence is completed,
continues, . . . 'and always am' . . . Quoting
one's favorite humorist is always dangerous,
of course, but almost anybody will agree that
he has said the final word about a lot of
things." Russell Maloney
H- N Y Times p4 Ag 25 '46 1550w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:23 S 21 '46 360w
"Devoured at one gulp, Keep It Crisp is
likely to prove as indigestible as a jigger of
hydrochloric acid. Sipped slowly, it will bring
'
. ,
joy and good will to all those whose 'five feet
seven of lanky, bronzed strength' is dally
'oppressed by the characteristic shortness of
breath, mingled with giddiness and general
trepidation' that characterizes a high stand-
ard of living."
-f Time 48:102 Ag 26 '46 550w
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review p4 S 8 '46 750w
PERENYI, ELEANOR SPENCER (STONE)
baroness. More was last. 278p il $2.75 Little
B or 92 46-1986
Quietly told story of the marriage, in 1937,
of an American girl to a young Hungarian
baron of liberal views. She describes their life
on the baron's Ruthenian estate, the coming
of the war, and her return to the United States
where her son was born. An epilog contains
a brief letter from her husband, who had sur-
vived the war, and was living in Hungary.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week pll Mr 10 '46 450w
Booklist 42:246 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:13 My '46
Cath World 163:478 Ag '46 150w
"Nice — and a new facet of Europe, unfamiliar
to most American readers."
+ Kirkus 14:14 Ja '46 220w
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"Part* of 'More Was Lost' . . . read more de-
lightfully than fiction. That all her book la
not so pleasant is no fault of the author, but
rather the result of the odd irony which made
the pastoral province of Ruthenia a first-
class international trouble-spot in the years
Just preceding the second world War. . . As
observers, the young Perlnyis were a percep-
tive, sensitive pair, and Eleanor Per6nyl, as
the writing member of the team, shows taste
and talent in setting down their story* The
book is full of delightful anecdotes, glimpses
of semi -feudal life, vignettes of the friends
and relatives with whom the Per^nyls passed
their days." Catherine Maher
4- N Y Times p6 Mr 17 '46 ISOOw
"The book is entirely unpretentious, and.
unlike many such volumes of memoirs, was
obviously written by the person whose name
appears on the cover. It is always lucid and
crisp, and hasn't a trace of the Hollywood
melodrama or the women's-magazine senti-
mentality with which such narratives are
usually flavored. It is the kind of thing that
used sometimes to be written by women who
had had unusual experiences, to be read by
their children and grandchildren. It has the
interest of a personal record which, much to
the reader's relief, never attempts to be a piece
of Journalism. The author is always cool and
she never tries to exploit her material for
sensational or egoistic effect." Edmund Wil-
son
4- New Yorker 22:98 Mr 9 '46 HOOw
"Baroness Pere"nyi's book is disarmingly un-
pretentious. It makes no attempt to be any-
thing but an informal, conversational account
of her personal experiences. . . Sometimes she
gets ahead of her story, and sometimes she
skips parts that are too personal to be told to
strangers." Richard Plant
+ Sat R of Lit 29:44 Mr 30 '46 500w
" 'More Was Lost* is not an important book;
no one will rush to action because of it. It
may even annoy the political-minded and the
class conscious. But Eleanor Perenyi's percep-
tion, without emotional involvement, of the
intricate and violent political melee of south-
eastern Europe yields much that press dis-
patches omit/' Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 10 '46
HOOw
Wig Lib Bui 42:73 My '46
PERKINS, FRANCES (MRS PAUL WILSON).
The Roosevelt I knew. 408p il $3.75 Viking
B or 92 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. U.S.
— Politics and government — 1933-1945
46-11961
"Subdivided into The Man, The State, The
Nation, The World, this vigorous account of
a many sided American president also reflects
the extremely Interesting personality of our
first woman cabinet member. Although biased
in Roosevelt's favor, Miss Perkins worships
at no shrine. She believes Roosevelt's political
sagacity and spiritual leadership made him the
instrument through which the people's voice
was heard. Especially informative is the inside
story of the U.S. Labor Department." (Li-
brary J) Index.
"Frances Perkins provides by far the best
portrait of Roosevelt up to now. . . The humil-
ity is not only becoming but indispensable.
There were many Roosevelts. Different people
and different situations elicited different ver-
sions of that protean personality. But Frances
Perkins's account of the Roosevelt she knew
has so much maturity, discernment, and wis-
dom that it affords essential clues for anyone's
Roosevelt." A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
+ Atlantic 179:102 Ja '47 750w
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p27 N 10 '46 500w
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
Reviewed by John Broderlck
Commonweal 45:256 D 20 '46 ISOOw
"It is generally, and surprisingly, agreed that
the best book about Franklin D. Roosevelt is
(The Roosevelt I Knew], . . It is best because
it is perceptive, intuitive, and partisan, but
frank." B. D. Canham
+ Christian Science Monitor pl4 N 26 '46
600w
Klrkus 14:441 S 1 '46 300w
"The style is clear and strong. Taste and
discretion are used in presenting controversial
matters and history as she experienced them.
Highly recommended for general purchase."
H. S. Taylor
-f Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by D. T. Bazelon
Nation 163:620 N 30 '46 800w
"For a personalized story of how FDR did
make the people count, this book is very well
worth reading." T. W.
4- New Repub 115:667 N 18 '46 800w
"When the definitive biography of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt comes to be written, it is a
reasonably safe prediction that among: the
valuable sources will be 'The Roosevelt I Knew,'
Miss Frances Perkins' penetrating yet gener-
ous evaluation of the man she served through-
out his entire Presidency and for many years
before. Her portrait, admittedly incomplete
though it is, will last because it is essentially
true." Karl Schriftgiesser
-f- N Y Times p3 N 3 '46 2000w
"It is certainly the best thing that has been
written about Roosevelt and I doubt that fi
will be improved on for a long time. The
element of bias in it is, as Miss Perkins
acknowledges, rather large, for she was bound
to Roosevelt by ties of affection, common pur-
pose, and joint undertakings. But this leaning,
which must be considered when Miss Perkins
is dealing with purely political matters, does
not distort her portrait of the President as a
person. Unlike those who have made a cult of
him, particularly the overarticulate people who
have the mystifying notion that their own
thoughts and emotions would unquestionably
have been his, Miss Perkins knows that he was
not a sun god. Consequently, she is able to see
him without getting spots before her eyes."
Hamilton Basso
4- New Yorker 22:114 N 2 '46 3400w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 N 17 '46
1850w
"This book is only a sample of what Miss
Perkins knows about Roosevelt and his Ad-
ministration. She should take the time now to
put on paper more of the valuable material
which she has in her notes and in her mind.
As she says, it will be years before a definitive
history of the Roosevelt Administration will be
written. But her analysis of Roosevelt the man
is the most penetrating that has been written
and is destined, one suspects, to. be regarded
with deep respect by future historians." E. K.
Lindley
Sat R of Lit 29:14 N 2 '46 1300w
School & Society 64:472 D 28 '46 20w
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey G 35:408 N '46 1600w
"In the midst of the jangling confusions that
beset us on every side today, Frances Perkins's
book, 'The Roosevelt I Knew,' comes like a
fresh breeze blowing away the clouds that
obscure our clear understanding of the kind
of country this is and what it expects from its
government. Miss Perkins has written with
charm, affection — and far from uncritically — of
the Roosevelt with whom she worked during
her more than thirty years in public life. . .
'The Roosevelt I Knew* will appeal to the gen-
eral reader, for it is well written. The story
of those stormy years moves swiftly, the an-
ecdotes are often amusing as well as revealing.
There is nothing- stodgy or moralistic about
the telling." E. M. Herrick
+ Weekly Book Review pi N 3 '46 2050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
PERKINS, JACOB RANDOLPH. Antioch ac-
tress; a novel of pagan against Christian.
27Dp $2.75 Bobbs
46-2075
"The struggle for survival of Christianity
in the post -apostolic period is surveyed in a
story of the theatrical mission to Antioch of
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a pagan, vengeful actress. Trajan has wished
to secure Syrian backing for his imperialistic
ambitions by weakening the Christians, and he
orders the actress with her writer and stage
director to present in Antioch satiric pan-
tomimes calculated to ridicule Christianity out
of existence. Cynthia Mamuta had once been
a Christian and a native of Antioch, and re-
turns to take triumphant personal vengeance
on the selfless courageous bishop Ignatius, and
his niece. She stirs up race and religious
prejudice, she commits outrages against the
Church, she causes Christians to be exiled, she
reveals the Homan Commander as a convert
— and finally is disillusioned and heart-broken
when Caesar tries to bargain for the support
of Ignatius, and ultimately— having lost the
love and respect of her writer-lover, she her-
self repents and is accepted back into the
Church." Kirkus
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p4 Mr 24 '46 500w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
"The author — who wrote the successful The
Emperor's Physician has once again tapped
the rich vein of the early Christian Church for
his theme. But the book has more appeal for
the Graves' market."
Kirkus 14:21 Ja 15 '46 230w
"Public who liked the now rather outdated
John Erakme approach to history, may take
to this latterday specimen. In spite of highly
moral climax (conversion by earthquake of
Cynthia), readers of The Robe are more likely
to be repelled." E. P. Walbridge
Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 140w
"Dr. Perkins has good intentions and evi-
dently has done considerable research. But.
as a novel, his book is deficient. The characters
are symbols rather than persons; the pagans
especially are mere masks. The dialogue is
stilted. There is no sure, readily discerned line
in the multiplex action. The 4big scenes' are
melodramatic; by excess and overemphasis they
lose all impact. And the style employed by the
author to carry the above is alternately pedes-
trian and fantastically overcolored." J. S. Ken-
nedy
f- NY Times p22 Ap 7 '46 340w
Reviewed by L». S. Munn
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
370w
"Mr. Perkins is a good story-teller. He is
not concerned with literature and he doesn't
care a whoop that there were plenty of moral
and intelligent pagans around when his heroes
were fighting the Beast of Rome. His back-
ground in Christian history is excellent, but he
doesn't mind leaning on that old prop which
implies that pagans didn't know about life
after death. . . That, however, is something
which probably will not worry Mr. Perkins.
He spins a good yarn, he is a propagandist for
Christianity in the old-fashioned and color-
ful tradition, and if he doesn't watch out this
rollicking story, which is dedicated to 'the
men and Women of my congregation,' will end
up in Hollywood." Thomas Sugrue
-| Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 17 '46
500w
"A very Important story Just now, it is well
told."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 16 '46 20w
School 6, Society 63:352 My 11 '46 20w
Social Studies 37:288 O '46 lOw
PERRY, JOSEPHINE. Petroleum industry.
(America at work) 128p il |2 Longmans
665.6 Petroleum industry and trade— Juve-
nile literature 46-25148
"A description of the early struggles of the
crude-oil business and pictures the tremendous
advancement made in obtaining, processing,
and transporting petroleum. Indexed." (School
& Society) For grades seven to nine.
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:273 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:70 P 1 '46 30w
"Recommended for public and school libra-
ries." E. T. Dobbins
-f Library J 71:983 Jl '46 70w
School & Society 63:352 My 11 '46 30w
Social Studies 39:288 O '46 lOw
Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 4 '46 lOOw
PERSON, WILLIAM THOMAS. No land is
free; drawings by Sidney Quinn. 272p $2.50
Presbyterian bd.
47-490
After twenty years as a clerk in a small
town hardware store Andy Ives decided to
tackle the job of farming in the southern
Arkansas swamp country. The work was hard,
and misfortunes came fd"st, but the venture
was a success.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p4 D 29 '46 360w
"A diverting little tale full of action and
color." Andrea Parke
-f N Y Times p26 Ja 12 '47 200w
"Mr. Person sticks to his theme without any
fancy writing:, and the result is a solid, sincere
arid satisfactory story." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p44 D 8 '16 llOw
PESSIN, DEBORAH. Aleph-bet story book;
drawings by Howard Simon. 176p il $1 50
Jewish pub.
46-2506
"Bits of Jewish history are here woven into
ingenious stories of the individual letters of
the Hebrew alphabet for bedtime reading to
children of Jewish faith. Together with tales
of Adam, Moses, Noah and other Old Testa-
ment characters, purely fanciful stories relat-
ing to all the letters from Aleph to Tav make
amusing reading. They are printed in large
type and illustrated with humorous line draw-
ings." Horn Bk
Christian Century 63:592 My 8 '46 20w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:268 Jl '46 80w
PERRY, JOSEPHINE. Paper industry. (Amer-
ica at work) 128p il $2 Longmans
676 Paper making and trade — Juvenile
literature 46-4060
Describes the manufacture of paper from the
very start, the tree from which it is made,
to the finished product. Index. For grades seven
to nine.
Booklist 42:320 Je 1 '46
"An excellent addition to the series 'America
at Work.' " A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:273 Jl '46 80w
Kirkus 14:70 F 1 '46 30w
t!^18 clear» simple, complete and
well illustrated with photographs.'' M. B.
+ Library J 71:1131 S 1 '46 70w
PETERSHAM, MRS MAUD (FULLER), and
PETERSHAM, MISKA, ils. Rooster crows; a
book of American rhymes and jingles. [64p] il
$2 Macmillan
46-446
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!7 F 17 '46 llOw
Booklist 42:202 F 15 '46
''The Rooster Crows should be in every
child s library as part of their American her-
itage. It is gay, well printed and artistically
distinguished."
-f Cath World 164:382 Ja '47 40w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"The Petershams have made delightful pic-
tures, in soft harmonious colors, with plenty
of humor for these and many other rnymes
that American children chant freely. They have
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made a beautiful book and the publishers have
given it clear large type for young readers."
A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:131 Mr '46 160w
"An immediate must! Gay, lively, humorous,
eye-catching illustrations accompany over
seventy 'rhymes and jingles — finger games —
rope skipping and counting-out rhymes — games
and Yankee Doodle/" K. H. McAlarney
+ Library J 71:348 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
Sat R of Lit 29:41 Mr 9 '46 2BOw
PETERSON, ELMER THEODORE, ed. Cities
are abnormal. 263p $3 Univ. of Okla. press
323.352 Cities and towns— U.S. Sociology
46-4670
Collection of fourteen articles presenting the
case for the decentralization of large cities and
industries and stressing the advantages to the
individual worker of having "one foot on the
land." Partial contents: Cities are abnormal,
by E. T. Peterson; The ecology of city and
country, by P. B. Sears; What we are and what
we may become, by P. L. Vogt; Biological
truths and public health, by Jonathan Forman;
An architect protests, by H. L. Kamphoefner;
Social man and his community, by J. J.
Rhyne; Government of the people, by H. C.
Nixon; A farm reporter looks ahead, by Ladd
Haystead; The atomic threat, by W. S. Thomp-
son; Moral and cultural aspects of decentraliza-
tion, by R. L. Smith. No index.
"Here is a popular symposium whose title
may attract the attention of casual readers to
certain problems of city life in the United
States; but to students of social science, it has
little to offer." S. A. Queen
Ann Am Acad 247:200 S '46 400w
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 14 '46
360w
"It is hard to believe that some of the points
made by the authors of 'Cities Are Abnormal'
aren't frivolous. . . The solution offered in
'Cities Are Abnormal* is for us all to build and
move into 'ribbon-type cities,' which will pro-
vide office and factory workers a chance to
work the soil, too. It's no use describing
ribbon-type cities any more closely because
we aren't going to live in them. We just
aren't. . . People live in cities because of
various motives and combinations of motives,
though they may wish that cities were different.
When Mr. Peterson and his eleven contributors
get straightened out on the differences between
motives and wishes they will not write any
more books like this one." Russell Maloney
N Y Times p6 Je 30 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by Russell Ix>rd
Sat R of Lit 29 15 Ag 31 '46 900w
" 'Cities Are Abnormal' is timely now when
cities and industries are planning their future
development in the postwar world and indi-
viduals are looking for the best way of living- to
weather both inflation and possible depression
and to obtain the most enduring values in
life." P. J. Warner
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 330w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:237 S '46 300w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p22 O 13 '46 750w
PETERSON. HOUSTON, ed. Great teachers;
with an introd. by [the editor]. 351p $3.50
Rutgers univ. press
923.7 Teachers
An anthology of firsthand accounts of some
great teachers, "as portrayed by those who
studied under them." The twenty- two
sketches include such figures as Emerson,
Rodin, Mark Hopkins, William James, Wood-
row Wilson, C4sar Franck, and many less well-
known figures. Index.
"The opening essay is Helen Keller's ac-
count of how Anne Mansfield Sullivan found
her a blind, deaf and dumb little animal and
brought her into contact with the world. Per-
haps nowhere is there such a moving story of
teacher and pupil as this one; It alone makes
the book worth seeking out, Pr.
has acted as a sort of master of ceremonies
and has preceded each essay with a short note
of his own to give the reader the background
necessary for a full appreciation of the sketch
that follows."
+ Book Week p6 Ag 11 '46 270w
Booklist 43:101 D 1 '46
"Houston Peterson has given us a precious
volume, one to cherish for its service in col-
lecting from many writings these portraits,
vignettes, memories or what you will, that will
continue to remind us how far-reaching in
influence, and how beloved, is the truly great
teacher. Here is a book not alone for the
profession, but for the layman."
-f Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 3 '46
650w
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 120w
Reviewed by Thomas Lask
N Y Times p31 Ag 11 '46 750w
"In assembling this unusual anthology,
Houston Peterson has done a superlative
Job. . . The tone of the book, which might
easily have been stodgy or academic, is one
of emotional tension — brimming full, but never
slopping over into mere piety or rosy en-
comium." H. M. Robinson
-f Sat R of Lit 29:11 S 14 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:301 O 26 '46 650w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:311 D '46 260w -
"Mr. Peterson had deftly supplied introduc-
tory and concluding essays for his anthology
and he has composed with unfailing warmth
and charm the informative headnotes which
introduce each selection and which frequently
contribute bits of anecdote or quotation that
set the key for the discussion that follows.
Education as here presented is not the drudg-
ery it has sometimes been thought to be, but
a stimulating exercise for alert and dynamic
minds." G. F. Whicher
4- Weekly Book Review p6 S 22 '46 950w
PETRAGLIA, FRANK A., ed. See Electronic
engineering master index
PETRARCH, FRANCESCO. Sonnets and
songs; tr. by Anna Maria Armi: introd. by
Theodor E. Mommsen. 621p $3.50 Pantheon
bks.
851 46-8131
Three hundred and sixty-six of the sonnets
and odes printed in the original on one page
with the translation opposite.
Book Week p3 O 20 '46 lOOw
"This new edition is well printed, easy to
hold and pleasant to read. But the most im-
portant thing is that it presents Petrarch as if
he were a modern poet as indeed in these
poems he is. It is extraordinary how fresh these
poems are: it is as if their beautiful Italian
melodies were written within the past ten
years." E. P. Richardson
-f Commonweal 45:207 D 6 '46 360w
"The publisher may be correct in claiming
great accuracy for these present translations
but, standing on their own merit, they show no
great talent and fail completely to catch the
divine music and melody and frequent naive
charm of Petrarch's originals. Many indi-
vidual translations of Petrarch's poems have
been made by great poets which catch his spirit
and loveliness and which are better than this
complete but labored work. It is possible that
students and scholars wanting a literal and
complete translation may find the volume use-
ful—for lay readers it is a disappointment."
h Kirkus 14:676 N 1 '46 120w
New Yorker 22:119 O 26 '46 70w
RETRY, MRS ANN (LANE). The street. 435p
$2.50 Hough ton
46-1079
Story of a young Negro woman and her
struggles to retain her own moral integrity and
guard her young son from evil in a tiny, dark
apartment on a street in New York's Harlem,
650
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
RETRY, A. L. — Continued
Reviewed by J. C. Smith
Atlantic 177:172 Ap '46 360w
Reviewed by Paul Blxler
Book Week p4 F 10 '46 460w
Booklist 42:213 Mr 1 '46
"A fast-moving, well written story."
+ Cath World 163:187 My '46 180w
"In this book there is everything low and
degraded, corrupt and degenerate. There is lust
manifest from the first page to the last, there
ia dishonesty and treachery and moral fllth,
there is drunkenness and every sort of excess
which the human mind has evolved. It is ugly
and revolting in the extreme. No decent char-
acter walks its paths unless it is Lutie herself,
at the start, when at least her motives seem
honest and commendable. One wonders why
a Negro would send forth such a book." M. W.
— Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 8 '46
340w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
"Miss Pe try's writing is distinguished by
sensitivity to detail: to the different sounds
of the same door opening, to the colors on the
vegetable stand, the marks on the furniture,
the movements of the big cats in the Zoo
at feeding time. The same quality applied to
her characters gives plausibility to events be-
yond our experience. 'The Street' may have
technical flaws, but it has real power, and is
a good story." J. N. Moody
4- Commonweal 43:486 F 22 '46 460w
"An exceptional first novel, in which the
case for the Negro is less savage, less sangui-
nary than Richard Wright's Black Boy, and
which, through the story of a young woman.
Lutie Johnson, achieves a strong emotional
effect."
-f Kirkus 13:528 D 1 *45 230w
"Fine piece of realistic writing conveying
what it means to be a Negro in this white
world. Comparable to An American Tragedy
in stature and execution. Essential." R. B.
Kingery
•f Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:290 Mr 9 '46 600w
"Mrs. Petry knows what it is to live as a
Negro in New York City and she also knows
how to put it down on paper so that it is as
scathing an indictment of our society as has
ever appeared, notwithstanding the sugar-
coating. Yet with all this— and to this re-
viewer Mrs. Petry is the most exciting new
Negro writer of the last decade — still, there
is a serious limitation in both the author and
this book. It is difficult to detract from some-
thing that seems so nearly perfect, and from
a writer with such genuine talent, yet the
truth of the matter is that there is a bad
sag in the last third of the book which is
almost fatal." Bucklin Moon
H -- New Repub 114:193 F 11 '46 960w
"Ann Petry has chosen to tell a story about
one aspect of Negro life in America, and she
has created as vivid, as spiritually and emo-
tionally effective a novel as that rich and im-
portant theme has vet produced. 'The Street*
is a work of close documentation and intimate
perception. It deals with its Negro characters
without condescension, without special plead-
ing, without distortion of any kind. It is also
?T ST1??1*?81 tale P«°Pted with utterly believable
United States citizens, and overflowing with the
classic pity and terror of good imaginative
writing." Alfred Butterfleld
-f N Y Times p6 F 10 '46 550w
. ''Miss Petry has a tendency to overwrite,
but her integrity and her forthright and knowl-
edgeable presentation of Harlem's shocking
plight— a subject too many people are inclined
readly &™&y from~~make this a *>ook well worth
4- New Yorker 21:98 F 9 '46 80w
"Miss Petry, who wrote 'The Street1 on a
fellowship granted by the publishers, has to
her credit a strong, angry, and promising book,
sometimes overwritten and certainly not bal-
worth the wrltln*
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:30 Mr 2 '46 6$0w
"Miss Petry has written a strong and
disturbing book. It is a callous reader indeed
who will not be haunted by it for a long
time." Gertrude Springer
Survey Q 35:230 Je '46 800 w
Reviewed by Arna Bontemps
Weekly Book Review p4 F 10 '46 850w
WIs Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n a 36:674 spring '46 400w
PETTEE, JULIA ENSIGN. Subject headings.
191p 12.76 Wilson, H.W.
025.3 Subject headings 46-25210
" 'The history and theory of the alphabetical
subject approach to books.' (Subtitle) The
historical section summarizes the development
of the dictionary catalog and the evolution of
suitable subject headings. The discussion of
principles and practices is directed primarily to
problems of the larger public, university, and
research libraries. A chronological, geographi-
cal, bibliography p. 167-186." Booklist
Booklist 42:343 Jl 1 '46
"Miss Pettee's book is a most welcome addi-
tion to the literature of subject headings and
is drawn from a lifetime of experience in spe-
cial and general fields. While we could wish
for a great deal more on principles, and a sys-
tematic treatment of the subject, nevertheless
anyone engaged in this work will find much of
interest here." H. Q. Cushing
-f Library J 71:1803 D 15 '46 1900w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:262 S '46 360w
PETTITT, GEORGE ALBERT. Primitive edu-
cation in North America. 182p $3.50; pa $2.25
Univ. of Calif.
371.976 Indians of North America — Educa-
tion. Indians of North America — Culture
A46-1686
"This study constitutes a valuable contribu-
tion to educational theory in general and to
our knowledge of educational processes among
North American Indian peoples in the geo-
graphical area north of Mexico in particular. . .
Discipline, the role of the mother's brother, the
supernatural, imitation and stimulated learning,
personal names, food rites, the vision quest and
the guardian spirit, extramundane intercessors,
and storytelling1 as educational influences are
fully dealt with in a revealing manner." (U S
Quarterly Bkl) Bibliography. Index.
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 30w
"Clearly and attractively written. . . Abjuring
all prejudgments, the author takes a wide view
of his subject. . . The result is, among other
things, a revaluation of many anthropologically
received views on primitive education, and a
highly original and valuable analysis in partic-
ular of shamanism, which all future students of
the subject will do well to digest."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:197 S '46 180w
PEYTON, GREEN, pseud. See Wertenbaker.
Q. P.
PHELAN, JAMES LEO. Moon in the river.
277p $2.50 Current bks.
46-6256
A tiny English village is the scene of this
novel. It is old In time and in sin, but beau-
tiful in appearance, so has attracted an artist
to it. Later a young film actress comes to the
village for a rest. The evil doings of the
village overlord are pictured thru the reac-
tions of the two "from away." Gradually his
infamy is unmasked to their horrified gaze,
but all they can do is run away from it.
" 'Moon in the River* might be explained as
an absurdly set parable on the corrupting in-
fluence of power. It might even be explained
as a* Joke. But its sedulousness suggests that
it is a panting endeavor to concoct an English
'Tobacco Road' that will make the sins of the
original look peaky." James Sandoe
— Book We«k plO Ap 21 '46 290w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
651
"Earthy, slow-moving, oddly fascinating-—
though improbable in period and setting.
Klrkut 14:46 F 1 '46 200w
4 'Definitely not for libraries." E. L. Lewis
— Library J 71:587 Ap 15 '46 70w
"It is a difficult task for a reviewer to indi-
cate that a work is readable and yet not quite
successful— and I think this would be a fair
judgment on Mr. Phelan's novel. He writes
well with a simple, direct and pleasing use of
language. . . But the expectations aroused never
come to a focus." D. C. Russell
h N Y Times p20 Ap 14 '46 400w
"Mr. Phelan achieves a very successful at-
mosphere of horror with his evil old baronet
and his villagers and their black magic, but
before the end you get the feeling that the
whole thing is constructed, rather than born
of any possible experience. It's very well con-
structed, though."
New Yorker 22:86 Ap 27 '46 170w
"Mr. Phelan is primarily a story teller, and
a good one. He practices his art with a
superb combination of natural cunning and
skillful technique, never letting the cause
which he is espousing interfere with the tale
which he is telling, yet making his point with
strength and clarity." Thomas Sugrue
•f Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 14 '46
500w
PHILLIPS, ALEXANDRA. Forever possess.
S52p $2.75 Button ^^
Historical novel based on the life of the
great Hudson river estates in the 1690's. An-
netje Hoosen, daughter of a New York mer-
chant, who married the aristocratic Henri Dev-
alon ajnd went to live with him on one of these
estates is the heroine. Leisler's rebellion
brings the pleasant days of peace to an end,
and for a time Henri and Annetje are parted.
But when Annetje rescued her husband from
Leisler's clutches, they were more closely
united than ever.
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week p5 F 17 '46 650w
Booklist 42:214 Mr 1 '46
"Good handling of little known phase of
early American history, but not always easy
reading."
-j_ _ Kirkus 14:41 F 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times plO Mr 31 '46 320w
"There is too much painstaking historical
background in the book and, for that matter,
too many words, but if you look carefully,
you will see signs of a pleasing talent."
New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 90w
"Miss Phillips has burrowed deeply into the
archives, creating a picture of the lusty 1690»
that is longish but interesting with its dramatic
focus on Leisler's Rebellion. Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM, ed. Great American
short novels. 682p $4 Dial press
46-25132
Text of eight novelettes, with an introduction
by the editor. Contents: Benito Cereno, by
Herman Melville; Washington Square, by
Henry James; Maggie, by Stephen Crane;
Melanctha, by Gertrude Stein; False dawn, by
Edith Wharton; The Great Gatsby, by F. S.
Fitzgerald; Pale horse, pale rider, by K. A.
Porter; The pilgrim hawk, by Glenway Wes-
cott.
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM, ed. The Partisan read-
er. See Partisan review (periodical)
PICASSO, PABLO (PABLO RUYS). Picasso:
fifty years of his art, by Alfred H. Barr, jr.
314p il $6 Museum of modern art
759.6 Paintings, Spanish 47-30007
"A revision of Mr. Barr's 'Picasso — Forty
Years of His Art' [Book Review Digest, 19391
which covers much the same ground. There are
about a hundred more illustrations, and the
text, which was rather telegraphic in the first
volume, has been considerably expanded." New
Yorker
Booklist 42:299 My 15 '46
Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 90w
Kirkus 14:9 Ja '46 60w
"The present collection is to be welcomed,
both for its own excellence and for the hope
it holds forth as a possible encouragement to
the reading, writing and publishing of novel-
ettes in this nation." Isaac Rose nf eld
-f N Y Times p!6 My 26 '46 650w
"His undisputed brilliance of talent refutes
those who call him a blundering fake, and his
tinge of what might be charlatanism confuses
but never defeats his most fervent followers.
At any rate he has been at it now for a half-
century, and the event has been observed by
Mr. Barr with a careful scrutiny of his work
that has the calm enthusiasm of a skillful
autopsy. The author presents a balanced, con-
densed survey of Picasso's art as a running
commentary closely integrated with 300 illus-
trations." W. G. Dooley
-f N Y Times p9 D 22 '46 500w
New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 60w
"One of the most important aspects of this
book is its amazingly complete annotation and
documentation. The bibliography alone runs to
538 listings, favorable and otherwise. There
isn't much that Barr has overlooked in his wise,
tolerant and philosophic way." Alfred Franken-
stein
-f San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46
550w
"So very modern an artist as Picasso natu-
rally deserved modern treatment in the latest
books about him. He has received it at the
hands of Mr. Barr and the Museum of Modern
Art, for here is none of the 'artcriticism' of an
earlier day, but the most factual history that
could be built up by painstaking research.
Questionnaires have brought Picasso's own tes-
timony to bear on various disputed points; a
bibliography of more than 550 titles and various
other matters are appended. But the essential
record conies through the imposing series of
more than 300 illustrations. Mr. Barr's text,
after only about two pages of introduction, con-
fines itself to commentary on the pictures."
Walter Pach
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 26 '47 750w
PICKEN, MRS MARY (BROOKS). Sewing
for the home; how to make fabric furnishings
in a professional way; with il. by C. Flor-
ence valentine and Marie Struve. rev & enl
ed 211p $3.50 Harper
747 House decoration. Sewing 46-3572
A new edition of the book first published in
1941 (Book Review Digest 1941). Some thirty
pages have been added, but there is no state-
ment of the changes.
Booklist 42:302 My 15 '46
"With page after page of the most exact
directions for everything from sewing curtains
to sewing felt and backed up with keyed text,
only a zany could fail to produce the wonder-
ful results Miss Pickens then presents in
color. If you do all this, you can have all
that. I recommend that husbands of non-
sewing wives adopt this book, along with the
latest type sewing machine, as a present for
birthdays and anniversaries. No spouse could
miss the hint. She will doubtless prove to be
a surprisingly efficient stitcher." Richardson
Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 25 '46
lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
PIERSON, DONALD, ed. Survey of the litera-
ture on Brazil of sociological significance pub-
lished up to 1940. 60p $1.50 Harvard univ
press [8s 6d Oxford]
016.309181 Brazil— Social conditions—Bibli-
ography. Sociology — Bibliography A46-552
"The survey is introduced by a brief state-
ment of the problem which faced the compiler
652
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
PIERSON, DONALD— Continued
and a general summary and evaluation of socio-
logical studies which have been made in Brazil.
The annotated bibliography is classified under
the following headings: I. Journals, Encyclo-
pedias, Bibliographical Works, and Summaries:
II. Population and Human Ecology; III. Social
Organization, Social Change, and Social Disor-
ganization; IV. Social Psychology; V. Social
Theory and Methodology; VI. Materials from
Related Fields Useful to the Sociologist." Am
Soc R
Am Hist R 51:567 Ap '46 80w
"This book is a contribution the value of
which will be recognized by all North American
workers who have attempted to locate pub-
lished materials dealing with sociological sub-
ject-matter pertaining to Latin America in
general and to Brazil in particular." J. R.
-f Am Soc R 11:778 D '46 340w
given credit for championing a lost and de-
serving cause, however oddly he may go about
it." E. B. Garside
N Y Times p!8 Je 23 '46 600w
"Mr. Pitkin is a good publicist. He knows
his audience and knows how to reach it. Hie
is the brisk, staccato style of the successful
copywriter. His dynamic prescriptions are sure
fire for the only-as-old-as-I-feel school of eld-
ers But surely, in this broad land of ours
there are those who can enjoy retirement with-
out everlastingly flexing their muscles about it.
Anyway, make mine a rocking chair." Ger-
trude Springer
Survey 82:306 N '46 550w
"In this the springtime of our international
discontent, Mr. Pitkin's latest book comes like
a brisk autumnal breeze. It is not so much
what he says as that he says it." M. L.
Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 600w
PINKERTON, KATHRENE SUTHERLAND
(GEDNEY) (MRS R. E. PINKERTON). Sil-
ver strain. 263p $2 Harcourt
46-6383
Continues the story about the Jackman fam-
ily on their silver fox farm in Canada. Ann
and Philip Join the struggle to keep the farm
going when their pedigreed foxes are lost,
and due to Philip's scientific knowledge, they
pull out of their depression. For grades six
to eight.
Booklist 43:20 S '46
"This book gives one an appreciation of the
grandeur of the north country and fills one
with admiration for the Jackman family and
their sterling qualities, of which not the least
is their ability to plan and pull together and
keep their eyes on what is important in life.
H. F. Griswold
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 26 '46
240w
Churchman 160:3 N 15 '46 30w
"A reader Is bound to share Mrs. Pinkerton's
enthusiasm for work in the wilderness, even
when disappointment and disaster stalk across
the horizon. A good story for young people
who like outdoor adventure." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:468 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:389 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Recommended." Maude Adams
4- Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"A fine record of courage, resourcefulness,
and good spirits in the face of threatened dis-
aster. Perhaps this book is not as exciting as
'Windigo,' but it is, in our opinion, a better
one. It would be an excellent book to trans-
late into other languages." M. G. D.
4- Sat R of Lit 29:45 O 19 '46 260w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review plO N 17 '46 400w
PITKIN, WALTER BOUGHTON. Best years;
how to enjoy retirement. 194p $2.50 Current
bks.
170 Conduct of life. Old age 46-25212
The author of Life Begins at Forty, here
writes for the man or woman of fifty who
should, he says, be considering retirement and
ways of making the next twenty to thirty years
the "best years" of life.
Booklist 42:343 Jl 1 '46
Kirkus 14:212 My 1 '46 130w
"The book could well be condensed into half
its length omitting tiresome repetition of trite
phrases and ideas. Recommended only for
libraries with large popular collections." R. P.
Tubby
Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 80w
"It is a temptation to dismiss Mr. Pitkin
abruptly, for when overpowered by his own
prophetic convictions his writing becomes un-
speakably vulgar. . . Yet the fact ?ema?n7 that
£rtfl$S i?evf r Ab?en 3?ar?e5 to Srow old than
\SS^' J resApe?t a"<J status are conditions of
happiness. And so Mr. Pitkin at least must be
PITTENQER, WILLIAM NORMAN. His body
the church. 158p $2.50 Morehouse
261 Church. Jesus Christ — Mystical body
45-10790
"It is a 'catholic' doctrine of the church
which is described by the author, making
critical use of historical and biblical scholar-
ship and of the best catholic theology. It
presents a view of the church which is con-
sistent in itself but which is hard for Pro-
testants and most Anglicans to accept. He is
quite right in insisting that the church is a
'divine creation,' a new Israel guided by the
Holy Spirit which evolved into an undivided
church. 'The result of the fact of Christ was
the fact of the church.' . . The word,
'catholic,' is interpreted in terms of an 'in-
tegrated organism,' with universality the ideal
rather than an 'inclusive organism' as a start-
ing point." (Churchman) Index.
"His note on the supremacy of the pope in
a reunited church is disturbing. This clear
and simply written volume contains much with
which the reviewer is in agreement, but there
is a disturbing variation from historic &
Anglican doctrine." R. C. Miller
-f — Churchman 160:16 Ja 15 '46 300w
"A timely treatment of a great theme
Father Pittenger has explored afresh and with
sensitive touch some traditional statements
about the church." R. W. Battenhouse
-f J Religion 26:304 O '46 850w
FITTER, RUTH. The bridge; poems, 1939-
1945. 54p $1.50 Macmillan [5s Cresset]
821 46-1298
A book of rare lyrics written by this Eng-
lish poet during the war years, 1939-1944.
"Once again Ruth Pitter has given us a re-
markable book of poems — remarkable in every
one of its separate items and remarkable in
the totality of its effect. Though perhaps it
falls a few inches short of A Trophy of Arms,
it marks also an advance both in its wider
range and in a technique that always finds new
devices while remaining essentially the same."
Theodore Maynard
-|- Cath World 163:373 Jl '46 250 w
"Her love of nature, of beauty, of birds,
of life, and love is sensitively expressed with
a fine and individual ear for the music of Eng-
lish verse. Without being in any sense 'mod-
ernistic' she seems abreast of and attuned to
her times. Miss Fitter's book will not com-
mand a large audience; but it is a creditable
and charming addition to the mass of Eng-
lish poetry."
-h Kirkus 13:552 D 15 '45 120w
"To me it seems she is most successful when
she writes simple nature poems — nature poems
that, nevertheless, have a telling human rele-
vance. 'The Sparrow's Skull' in its emotional
intensity attains to a compelling beauty." Wil-
frid Gibson
+ Manchester Guardian p3 My 23 '45
60w
Reviewed by Randall Jarrell
Nation 162:633 My 25 '46 700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
653
Reviewed by G. W. Stonier
New Statesman & Nation 29:276 Ap 28
'45 60w
"For the most part the poems are unambi-
tious, gentle descriptions." Frederick Brantley
N Y Times p8 My 5 '46 130w
"Now that a good deal of artificiality has
disappeared from Miss Fitter's work, she
seems, on the basis of this volume, more mod-
ern and capable of larger effects."
+ New Yorker 22:91 F 23 '46 40w
"Miss Fitter has a hold on some of the stones
she needs for the building of her bridge. Wit-
ness not only the title-poem, but notably the
touching piece at the close of the book on Fun-
eral Wreaths: the tasteless wasteful ornaments
stacked in the entrance to the factory, offer-
ings to the dead from those whom the poet
calls 'the lost, the betrayed ones . . . the
Crowd.' It is a sharply done poem. . . It is
not alone because Miss Fitter is aware of the
gulf to be bridged and of the engineering feat
required that her little book commands atten-
tion. She has the gift of compassion, bred of
pity and indignation, and she has also a fine
discernment of the requirements of the lonely
mind, a delicate discrimination of those es-
sences on which the solitary soul must feed.
Such poems as Better Than Love, Man Ac-
cuses Man, Wild Honey, Lament for Oneself
are distinguished by a perceptiveness that is
of the spirit as well as of the senses. Never-
theless, taken in its entirety, the book fails to
satisfy. . . Seldom does one come upon verse
that leaves one balanced so cruelly between
admiration and disappointment." Babette
Deutsch
-) Poetry 68 '103 My '46 900w
"For ten years, or maybe longer, I have had
the delight of Ruth Fitter's poems; a delight
as private and unspoiled by crowding as our
world of print affords. Once she won the rare
Hawthornden Frize, and notable hands have
been proud to acclaim her — Belloc, Masefleld.
James Stephens. But in the small parishes of
my acquaintance she remains almost unknown."
Christopher Morley
4- Sat R of Lit 29:12 Mr 23 '46 600w
Times [London] Lit Sup pi 64 Ap 7 '45
480w
Wis Lib Bui 42:72 My '46
Reviewed by Eugene Davidson
Yale R n s 36:162 autumn '46 280w
PLAGEMANN, BENTZ. All for the best. 226p
$2.50 Simon & Schuster
46-3778
Satirical novel describing the adventures of
a young man in search of the meaning of life.
His college days bring him some knowledge
of women; his study of medicine teaches him
further truths; in the Navy he learns still
more of the facts of life. In the end, after a
disillusioning episode with the wrong woman,
he ends up with Mary Jane, the love of his
youth.
Kirkus 14:181 Ap 15 '46 IGOw
"If Mr. Flagemann is relentlessly tough, the
thing that he is warning against is dead-
serious: he warns the veteran, now that the
war and its snafu are over, not to rush un-
thinking, unknowing, back to where he started.
And that's about the only ostensible moral to
the book, in case you're looking for moral.
The rest is clever argumentation, brilliant
writing and continual warning by use of ex
amples from an extraordinary set of characters.
This is a fine companion piece to Philip Wylie's
'Generation of Vipers,' a book that has been
widely applauded during the war by exactly
the same fighting men whom Bentz Flagemann
is trying to reach." B. V. Winebaum
4- N Y Times pl2 Je 16 '46 600w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:8 Jl 20 '46 550w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46
280w
"Satirical novels have a way of losing their
edge at about the half-way mark, and 'All for
the Best' is not free from this defect. But ii
Mr. Plagemann's tongue slips out of his cheek
occasionally, he generally puts it back in time
to get off a few shrewd quips about the way
things are in Westerly, Ohio, New York, N. Y.,
or the United States Navy." David Tilden
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 16 '46 550w
PLAYER, ROBERT. Ingenious Mr Stone. 260p
$2 Rinehart [8s 6d Gollancz]
46-3129
Detective story.
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
Kirkus 14:82 F 15 '46 80w
-f New Repub 114:709 My 13 '46 80w
"Some of [the characters] are amusing, some
are sinister, and some, curiously enough, are
both. All are drawn with sure, deft strokes.
This is Robert Flayer's first detective story,
and it belongs near the top of this season's
output." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p40 My 5 '46 120w
"Too elaborate, but handsomely plotted, and
excellent for all those readers who have been
sighing for a good, sound British mystery in
the early-Sayers tradition."
H New Yorker 22:92 Ap 27 f46 lOOw
"Swell!"
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 Ap 27 '46 90w
"The victims, and indeed all the characters,
are done with skill, and the background for a
great deal of the action, a select school for girls,
provides a variety of cheerful moments. The
book has its faults, some of the complications
are a little too easily overcome, but Mr. Flayer
should find a welcome from those who prefer
their crime on buttered- toast." John Hampson
H Spec 174:558 Je 15 '45 190w
Times [London] Lit Sup p286 Je 16 '45
40w
"Recommended to all detective fans except
the jitterbug trade." Will Cuppy
-f- Weekly Book Review p33 Ap 28 '46
270w
PLENN, ABEL. Wind in the olive trees;
Spain from the inside. 350p $3 Boni & Qaer,
inc, 15 E. 40th st, N.Y. 16
946.08 Spain — Politics and government
46-25108
"Mr. Flenn was sent by our government to
the American Embassy in Madrid in 1944 as
Chief of Propaganda Analysis. This is a re-
port on his work there, which came to prac-
tically nothing for several reasons, the most
important of which appears to have been Am-
bassador Hayes' extreme sensitivity about the
feelings of General Franco. But the book is
more than just another 'Failure of a Mission.'
Mr. Plenn knows Spanish well. He lived out-
side the tight, concentric circles of diplomatic
life and got to know the Spaniards who are
working against the dictatorship (their num-
ber, by his count, is enormous). He also made
a study of the political structure of the r6-
gime, its abuses of power, its corruption, and
its medieval cruelty." (New Yorker) Index.
" An exciting and moving as well as a
beautifully written account of what is going
on inside Spam." David Karno
-f Book Week p5 Ap 21 '46 480w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
Reviewed by R. J. S. Hoffman
— Cath World 163:565 S '46 600w
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:780 Je 19 '46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"Excellent as it is, 'Wind in the Olive Trees'
is not the report it might have been. Its au-
thor listened and felt too much, watched and
recorded too little, and wrote his report entire-
ly for those who already shared his beliefs.'*
Percy Winner
H Nation 162:664 Je 1 '46 1400w
"In Wind in the Olive Trees, Abel Flenn,
who was with the OWI in Madrid in 1944, in
the days when Carlton J. H. Hayes was our
Patrick Hurley there, has written the most
complete and damaging analysis of Spain under
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PLENN, ABEL — Continued
Franco that I have seen since Thomas J. Ham-
ilton's enlightening1 Appeasement's Child. A
frank partisan of the Spanish Republic, Mr.
Plenn is at the same time so factual and de-
tailed in his reporting and so clearly well
equipped for his studies that his book is far
more than Just an emotional indictment of
fascism's remaining European citadel and our
own part in keeping it Intact. It is, among
other things, a carefully itemized case history
of its subject, setting down with names, places
and dates the record of the sordid and brutal
regime that the Western democracies helped to
clamp upon the Spanish people." Richard
"Watts
4- New Repub 114:738 My 20 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by Mildred Adams
N Y Times p24 Ag 25 '46 HOOw
"Biassed sharply (to the Left) and not too
well written, but nevertheless the most thought-
ful and disturbing book on Franco Spain to
come out in some time."
^ New Yorker 22:106 Ap 20 '46 180w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 21 '46
360w
Reviewed by Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:34 My 4 '46 600w
Reviewed by Rosalind Rudkin
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
600w
"As one who himself covered the Spanish
civil war in Republican territory and has fol-
lowed Spain's troubled history with deep con-
cern, I find myself in basic agreement with
Mr. Plenn in both his charges against the
Franco regime and his strictures on our gov-
ernment's errors in dealing with it. All the
more distressing do I find it that he has been
so remiss in producing the evidence that would
prove many of his points. For he could not
nave produced a more timely and badly needed
book. But we need the full record, to persuade
every American of open mind and good will."
B. D. Wolfe
-I Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 2 '46 850w
PLOWHEAD, MRS RUTH (GIPSON). Mile
high cabin: 11. by Johanna E. Lund. 299p $2.50
Caxton printers
46-815
Four children, between the ages of ten and
sixteen, are unavoidably left by their parents,
to live alone in an isolated cabin high on a
mountain in Idaho. With the help of a mys-
tery man who lives in a smaller cabin on the
same property, Slim Joy and his younger
brother and sisters meet and conquer the diffi-
culties and hardships of this new life and come
thru their lonely summer with colors flytng.
Reviewed by A. M. Wetherell
-f Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 80w
"Each of the four — Slim, Judy, Judson and
Sally stands out as a real person, and Jolly
'Uncle Bill* loses no time in revealing himself
as the best of all possible neighbors. Something
happens in every chapter." E. Q. E.
•f Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 240w
Weekly Book Review p!4 My 19 '46
320w
PLUM, MARY. Susanna, don't you cry! 256p $2
48-2492
Detective story.
'46
Booklist 42:318 Je 1
Klrkut 14:9 Ja '46 90w
"Well told and even enhanced by a very
cheery love story." E. H.
-f New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 120w
"When two war- weary veterans meet two
lovely girls (the other one is Susan's elder
sister) there can be only one result, so here we
have a detective story and two love stories, all
equally swift and equally entertaining." Isaac
Anderson
+ N Y Times p22 Mr 17 '46 140w
"Timely, if not exactly convincing."
New Yorker 22:103 Mr 16 '46 lOOw
"Entertaining."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 16 '46 40 w
"Miss Plum maneuvers clews, motives and
prattle in an easy- to-read riddle. Having an ex-
clamation point in the title seems to be a spring
trend, not a very good one." Will Cuppy
H- Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
140w
PODOLSKY, EDWARD. Doctors, drugs and
steel. 384p 11 $3.75 Ackerman
610.9 Medicine SO46-126
"The magnitude of the medical field covered
in this book almost leaves one gasping. It
purports to tell what modern medicine nas done
and is doing to banish disease and prolong
life. But in the telling, a goodly amount of
history is related and processes are described
whereby certain remedies were discovered and
became beneficial. . . Dr. Podolsky starts with
the most modern weapons used in heart dis-
ease, then discusses 'healers of the brain, the
mind and the nerves.' Under 'The Lame, the
Halt and the Blind* he describes such marvels
as skin and cornea grafting, efforts to help the
dumb to speak, reconstruction and transplanta-
tion surgery. The most recent treatments for
tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis, and cancer are
recorded, the use of the bronchoscope and new
victories over lung diseases are chronicled.
The various facets of the study of childbirth
are given." (Scientific Bk Club R) Index.
"A most worth-while contribution in our
present-day thinking regarding the relation of
medicine to our national well-being." T. L.
Hazlett
-f- Am J Pub Health $6:929 Ag '46 140w
"If we agree that the purpose of popular
writing on medicine is to present to the lay
readers achievements of medical science lucidly
and true to facts, then Dr. Podolsky may be
credited with 50 per cent success. He is a
good writer, he holds the attention of the
reader from the beginning to the last page,
but he includes some material, prematurely. . .
Hasty acceptance, into lay literature, of medi-
cal hypotheses, some of them short lived, serves
no good purpose, and may cause a great deal
of harm by creating false hopes. . . There is
lack of perspective and of proper evaluation
of relative merits of medical advances. . . It
is regrettable that popular writers on medical
topics succumb too frequently to the tendency
to exaggerate and to speak glibly of studies
which are in their earliest experimental stage,
when there is so much important, fascinating
and well established information available.'1
I. Davidsohn, M.D.
Book Week p21 Ap 14 '46 380w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 90w
"It is a thrilling story, told in popular style
by an author of many medical books for the
layman — himself a doctor of medicine."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Ja '46 480w
"Dr Podolsky 's book has especial value in
the field of popular medical education because
it may help to bring home to the lay reader
some conception of what scientific medicine is,
in contrast to the sects, cults and so-called
schools of medicine which still exist in our
day." M. W. Pearson
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Complete poems and
stories; with selections from his critical
writings; with an introd. and explanatory
notes by Arthur Hobson Quinn; texts es-
tablished, with bibliographical notes, by Ed-
ward H, O'Neill; il. by E. McKnight Kauffer.
2v 542;543-1092p $10 Knopf
818 46-7971
"This complete Poe is intended primarily
for the general reader, but it is the student
who wishes the correct text and certain bio-
graphical and bibliographical information, who
will be most enthusiastic about it. The
volumes contain all of Poe's 68 stories and
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47 poems, 13 of his most important critical
essays (including 'The Poetic Principle/ 'The
Rationale of Verse' and 'Letter to B'), a selec-
tion from the 'Marginalia' and the long 'Nar-
rative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nan tucket/
The explanatory and bibliographical notes by
Edward H. O'Neill indicate the different ap-
pearances of the poem, short story or criticism
during Poe's lifetime, and also that one which
has been chosen as the standard text. The
notes are wisely placed at the end of the
second volume, making them handy for the
student, and out of the way of the general
reader." San Francisco Chronicle
"The 'Borzoi Poe' is unquestionably to be
acclaimed as one of the year's more notable
publishing achievements." Wendell Johnson
-f Book Week pi D 29 '46 1500w
"That Mr. Quinn has done a tremendous
amount of research for these volumes is evi-
denced by the great amount of new detail
he gives on the personal life of Poe. . . E.
McKnight Kauffer has added greatly to the
beauty of the books with eight line drawings
and 12 full -page color illustrations, very much
in the Dali vein, and executed in the spirit
of the text." Edith James
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 15 '46
500w
"This edition is most valuable for its text
and a good many of the notes, which bring
into one place the results of much intensive
study of Poe and his writings."
4- Weekly Book Review p60 D 1 46 90w
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Poetry so-
ciety of America anthology; introd. by J.
Donald Adams [ed. by Amy Bonner and
others]. 292p $3 50 Fine editions
811.08 American poetry-— Collections 46-6918
"The Poetry Society of America has been in
existence since 1910, and this anthology is
representative of the work of the membership,
past and present." Sat R of Lit
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p2 N 24 '46 360w
"Not all the writers represented will survive
the passing of time. Not all the poems in this
collection give an adequate impression of the
authors. On the whole, however, they show
that this agitated period can show fruitage
in the field of poetry, in spite of the many
thoughtless and inaccurate declarations to the
contrary." P. P. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 16 '46
360w
Kirkus 14:576 N 1 '46 260w
"The mediocrity that dominates this an-
thology has such a dazing effect on the reader
that he may fail to appreciate the good when
he encounters it. The inclusion of poems by
such well-known poets as E. A. Robinson,
Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Edna St. Vin-
cent Millay fails to do as much as one might
hope to improve the anthology. And even some
of the lesser selections would seem better
read out of context." Milton Crane
N Y Times p22 O 6 '46 400w
"The selective instinct of the anthologist is
a rare phenomenon, and the fact that there
are so few great anthologies is proof of this
literary sleight-of-hand which can conjure the
imperishable. Anthologies reflect the personal-
ities of their originators, and one could never
confuse a collection by Louis Untermeyer with
one by, say, Oscar Williams. The anthology
under review has a merged personality, an
innocuous anonymity, the great number of
fine poems aside. There is an inbreeding of
poetic temper; the voice is small and sure;
the craftsmanship excellent; but the great
heart of America is missing." I. L. Salomon
Sat R of Lit 29:29 D 21 '46 360w
POLANYI, MICHAEL. Full employment and
free trade. 155p $2.75 MacmiJlan [8s 6d Cam-
bridge]
330.1 Economic policy. Unemployment. Busi-
ness cycles [46-1713]
"This distinguished Cambridge economist
accepts Keynes's monetary theory without
qualification, but disagrees with the programs
of most of those who want to apply it. He is
strongly opposed to all socialistic measures and
even to milder state intervention like compen-
satory spending on public works, or regulation
of private investment. Necessary additions to
circulation can and should be made, he believes,
in ways which do not affect the allocation of
economic resources governed by what he re-
gards as a free market. He wants to restore
free trade both at home and abroad, sacrificing
only the gold standard." (New Repub) Indexes.
Reviewed by William Stead
Ann Am Acad 247:203 S '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by C. E. Lindblom
J Pol Econ 54:463 O '46 550w
"The library available for those in search of
a progressive alternative to collectivism is be-
ginning to grow. We have Hayek and Fisher
and now Polanyi. Although much slighter in
scope and intention than the recent volumes of
Hayek and Fisher, Dr. PolanyJ's book is much
more significant for the future, because he
accepts Keynes while they do not. . . If the
reader would begin at page 64 his imagination
will be fired by the author's own inferences
and comments, which are strong and far-reach-
ing, and he will then have received the stimu-
lus necessary to carry him through the more
mechanical arguments which open the volume."
R. F. Harrod
-J Manchester Guardian p3 N 9 '45 600w
"A competent and interesting treatise with
which most progressive economists will dis-
agree."
New Rcpub 114:741 My 20 '46 120w
Times [London] Lit Sup p64 F 9 '46
700w
POLITI, LEO. Pedro, the angel of Olvera
street. $1.75 Scribner
46-11872
Picture- story book about the Mexican street,
Olvera street, in Los Angeles, and the way
Christmas is celebrated there. The hero is
Pedro, who sang like an angel.
Booklist 43:139 Ja 1 '47
"The subdued colors in which the book is
printed are in harmony with this true Christ-
mas story which the artist had himself experi-
enced when he lived on Olvera Street." A. C.
Moore
+ Horn Bk 22:456 N '46 130w
Reviewed by Claire Nolte
Library J 72:84 Ja 1 '47 80w
"In text and pictures Leo Politi has captured
both the reverence and the gayety of this tra-
ditional ceremony, but one wishes that his de-
scription had been strengthened by something
a little sturdier than the very thin thread of
story. However, the book, which includes
words and music of t?vo carols, will be useful
in planning an out-of-the-ordinary Christmas
pageant." E. L. B.
H NY Times pll D 22 '46 180w
"This is a gay, satisfying book for Christmas
— or for any other time in the year." M. O D
•f Sat R of Lit 29:30 D 14 '46 200w
"The colors are soft, bright and rich, and
the many little figures are most engaging."
4- Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46 330w
POLL A K, JAMES S. Golden egg. 493p $3 Holt
46-6982
"Rise and fall of a Hollywood dynasty. Au-
thor is a motion picture executive and writer.
His novel, as an insider's picture of the In-
dustry and a moral judgment of the men who
have directed it, invites a reception like that
given The Hucksters. As a family chronicle
of the Levlnsons, and a case study of young
Willie Levinson, it is closer to the naturalistic
manner of Farrell." Library J
"To Mr. Pollak goes the satisfaction, and
I trust the reward, of having written 493
pages of what some persons may regard as
absorbing fiction. As a fellow oarsman In the
656
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POLLAK, J. S. — Continued
long galley I regret that I may not be num-
bered among them." Raymond Chandler
Atlantic 179:108 Ja '47 1150w
Reviewed by William Lipscomb
Book Week plO O 27 '46 550w
Kirkus 14:355 Ag 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by H. W. Hart
Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
"Mr. Pollak has a sense of humor, a keen
ear for dialect and dialogue, and a green thumb
for character. Unpleasant and unsympathetic
as most of his people are, still they are warm
to the touch; you will not see them as symbols
or caricatures. Best of his creations is Momma
Levinsky, the durable matriarch who takes
Rivington Street with her wherever she goes.
Momma deserves a book all her own. Perhaps
the novel's greatest weakness lies in its con-
clusion, which is inconclusive, if not contra-
dictory." P. S. Nugent
-I NY Times p!3 O 6 '46 750w
"Altogether, the book stacks up short— weak
on satire and insufficiently edited."
— . New Yorker 22:125 O 5 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 O 24 '46
850w
"Pollak is obviously at home in a film studio,
and his description of cutting and projection
rooms, movie sets and commissaries and the
cutters, scriptgirls, grips, and assistant direc-
tors gives us an accurate picture of the still
not well enough known Hollywood proletariat.
. . But the credulity of the reader does not
start earning time-and-a-half until the intro-
duction of Pollak's heroine, JLucy Strawbridge.
. . To reach outside the industry for an upper-
class dilettante and delegate to her the impor-
tant Job of analyzing and attempting to correct
Hollywood's faults strikes me as a piece of
snobbery as presumptuous as it is unconvinc-
ing." Budd Schulberg
-| sat R of Lit 29:32 O 12 '46 900w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p!8 O 27 '46 470w
POLLOCK, LOUIS. Stork bites man; what the
expectant father may expect; il. by Carl
Rose. 123p $1 World pub.
817 46-1752
"About evenly divided between pictures and
text, 'Stork Bites Man' humorously presents
the pre-blessed-event trials of the helpless male
partner in parenthood. AJ1 of the psychological,
financial, avoidable, unavoidable difficulties of
that innocent bystander, the father, are laid
bare." N Y Times
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p34 N 11 '45 360w
"Most parents will find this chronicle at least
mildly amusing. There's wisdom here, too, as
well as wit. Perhaps even a little comfort. But
experience — as every graduate father knows all
too well — Is probably the only school for the
father- to- be."
4- N Y Times p29 Mr 10 '46 140w
POLNAY, PETER DE, See De Polnay, P.
POOLE, AUSTIN LANE. Obligations of society
in the XII and XIII centuries. 115p $3.50 (10s
6d) Oxford
942.03 Great Britain— Social conditions.
Feudalism [A46-4300]
"Mr. Poole' s Ford Lectures of 1944 are a
very interesting and important contribution to
English social history in the period between the
accession of Henry I and the death of Henry
III. . . He has taken various groups of English
society — the peasants, the knights, and the
royal servants (the 'sergeants'), and described
their obligations to society. . . In the two con-
cluding lectures Mr. Poole throws additional
light on the heavy burdens imposed by the
royal practice of selling heiresses and widows
in marriage, of exacting the undefined suc-
cession tax called the 'relief,' and of exploiting
the wardships of minors." Spec
"A book which will be profitable to all stu-
dents of medieval England." J. R. Stray er
4- Am Hist R 52:166 O '46 320w
"Primarily for the specialist in English his-
tory." J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 14 '46 DOw
"Despite its austere title, Mr. Poole, a hu-
manistic scholar, has written a glowing, warm-
hearted book. He has quickened into life a
period which most of us have encountered only
in footnotes or fantasies." Thomas Lask
-f N Y Times p34 O 13 '46 650w
"It is a fascinating picture that Mr. Poole
has sketched in these lectures; it avoids the
danger 9f over-simplification, but nevertheless
it remains vivid and living because of his
artist's gift for the selection of what is relevant
and characteristic of a society in adolescence."
R. R. Betts
+ Spec 176:460 My 3 '46 650w
Times [London] Lit Sup p!52 Mr 30 '46
1400w
POOLE, ERNEST. Great White Hills of New
Hampshire; il. by Garth Williams. 472p $3
Doubleday
917 42 New Hampshire. White mountains
46-4383
Study of the history, people, traditions, and
customs of the state of New Hampshire. The
author, who won the Pulitzer prize for the
novel, His Family, has had a home in New
Hampshire for thirty-five years, and has spiced
his book with countless humorous anecdotes.
Source list. Index.
Booklist 42.347 Jl 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 19 '46
360w »
"Even though you've never known the dear
delights of the White Mountains, you will get
a lift from this rambling, often rambunctious
book written by a shrewd and sensitive ob-
server of places and people worth visiting and
meeting." McAlister Coleman
-f Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 220w
" 'The Great White Hills of New Hampshire'
has none of the spareness and tragedy of
Ethan Frome. Its author has enjoyed himself
too much. But, unless you prefer the great
white bridges of New York, you will like his
stories and want to rush up and buy a farm."
John Hay
-f Commonweal 44:292 Jl 5 '46 370w
"A tonic — in its sincere appreciation, well
handled material, and vigorous good humor."
-f Kirkus 14.169 Ap 1 '46 150w
"From the first pioneers and the lumber hogs
up to the men who will send tomorrow's
weather forecast down from Mount Washing-
ton, the folks are lovingly and sympathetically
chronicled. Their peculiar Yankeeisms are
neatly distinguished from those of Maine and
Vermont, although the inter-state influence of
neighbors is acknowledged when other writers
might have denied it. . . Some of the anecdotes
are old favorites, with variations extant in
other States, but they belong to New Hamp-
shire as much as anywhere. . . But this isn't
just a collection of anecdotes. It is a fine
study of New Hampshire." John Gould
-f N Y Times plO My 26 '46 500w
"[The book] Is bound to satisfy almost all
readers, whether they know New Hampshire
or not, for the warm human interest element
throughout the book gives it universal appeal,
and the simple and direct way in which it is
written makes it engaging reading, indeed."
C. K. Bausman
-f Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
550w
"Like any good local historian, Mr. Poole
has sat around patiently with aging natives to
tap their memories and has buried his nose In
several shelves of books and magazines con-
cerned with the history of his beloved white
hills. But there's nothing professional in his
presentation. Page after page is vivid with
local anecdotes, queer, brave, mad and amusing
personalities. For people who think they live
the good life cooped up in city apartments,
caught in swirling mobs, this is a dangerous
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book. Tt will nil them with such a discontent
that New Hampshire may well prepare for an
increase in population." Richardson Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Je 16 "46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
POPE, EDITH. Biggety chameleon; pictures
by Dorothy Grider. 30p $1.50 Scribner
"A small but big-headed chameleon in the
South set out to visit his grandfather, prom-
ising to mind his manners. But he is so big-
gety he has no manners at all. This works till
he meets a kitten who stands no nonsense from
anything so small, lazily puts her paw on his
tail — and he loses that ornament. It grows
again, of course, and his manners are there-
after fine." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:162 N '46 40w
"This is such a beautiful book, EJdith Pope's
story is so interesting, and Dorothy Qrider's
pictures so attractive that I wish I could feel
a little more comfortable about its psychol-
ogy. . . Child psychologists tell us that many
children have an unspoken fear of mutilation.
All children are rude and naughty some of the
time, and to provide them with stories in which
characters are punished by losing some physical
member may give rise to unnecessary arid il-
logical fears."
-\ Book Week p!5 Je 2 '46 320w
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO N 26 *4C
220w
Cleveland Open Shelf p24 N '40
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Book 22:264 Jl '46 80w
"A different sort of manners book — but not
too too moral. The script type gives an un-
usual effect, but is none too easy on the eyes "
H Kirkus 14:252 Je 1 '46 llOw "
"Recommended for ages 3-6." V. W. Schott
•f Library J 71-983 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Lucille Terry
N Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 210w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
70w
"Children will be instantly attracted to this
book because of the pictures. The color re-
production is exceptionally good. The small
things that live in a garden and belong to the
chameleon's world are given personality and
humor. M. Q. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:43 Je 15 '46 180w
'•The pictures in four colors by Dorothy
Grider give this picture book charm and dis-
tinction. M. K. B.
•4- Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
70w
"The snappy dialogue is full of fun. and
the colored pictures show this baby dragon
?rst defying and then being brilliantly polite
to all his neighbors."
"t Weekly Book Review p22 My 19 '46
140w
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POPE-HENNESSY, DAME UNA (BIRCH).
?21s ChaUoC]kenS' 488P " ** Howe». Soskln
B or 92 Dickens, Charles 46-2638
Kil'JhlsJs a, %wf exhaustive and controversial
biography of Dickens, writer and man Inter-
weaving his professional and personat histo?y
the author has produced an extensive study of
Dickens against his contemporary background
has interrelated his experiences with his writ-
£& fS< chfon.icle<* h*s r»se from obscurity to
international fame, with intense attention to
detail, and research on all available material
His relations with his family, frilnds? pub-
U?,!l?£S »ndf9ul?lic are scrutinized for all their
worth, doubt is cast on the value of John
Forster's association with Dickens? Dickens"
attachment for another woman is sought out
and proved, and his place in the world of
literature is examined/' Kirkus
"This book has an unusual fault for a biog-
raphy, it leaves you wishing there were more
of the author and less of the subject in it. . .
If you want to know all about every one of his
transactions with his publishers, if you want
to know the ground plan of every house he
lived in, if you want to know when he dined
out and who sat on his left, it is all here.
It is what is known as a 'definitive* biography.
But if, delighted by the charm of her earlier
books, you want to know what Dame Una
Pope-Hennessy thought of Dickens or even of
his writings you will be disappointed." Bergen
Evans
H Book Week p6 Ap 7 '46 700w
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
"Dame Una Pope-Hennessy's excellent new
life of the man of whom Bagehot said 'no
other Englishman had attained such a hold
on the vast populace,' stands now as the defini-
tive biography. It can scarcely be said to take
that title completely away from Forster's
classic study of the novelist, but rather to
share it with the work of the friend and con-
temporary." Claire McGlmchee
-h Cath World 163:280 Je '46 400w -
"This is the first biography of Dickens to
be published since the collection of his letters
appeared in 1938, but one is not sure that
there are many new facts in it. Nevertheless,
it is an admirable book, clear, comprehensive,
readable, impressing one as sound and un-
biased in its judgments — although, for the most
part. Dame Una Pope-Hennessy is content to
let the reader form his own opinions from the
facts." Eric Forbes-Boyd
4- Christian Science Monitor plO Ap 20
'46 550w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"Not light reading, but definitely informative
and indicative of Dickens' importance."
4- Kirkus 14-58 F 1 '46 160w
"[This is a] lively, provocative life of 'Boz.'
unlike any of the many existing lives of the
great artist. [The author] is generous, she
is critical, always well-balanced, and she omits
nothing of Dickens' life and associations with
family, friends and colleagues. May be widely
purchased for it will be widely read." K. T.
Willis
-h Library J 71:405 Mr 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Ahstair Cooke
New Repub 115:564 O 28 '46 950\v
Reviewed by P. W. Wilson
N Y Times p8 Ap 21 '46 420w
Reviewed by Edmund Wilson
-h New Yorker 22:114 Ap 13 '46 380w
"Few writers have received such extensive
treatment. Dame Una Pope-Hennessy man-
ages to add to our knowledge of his career,
but how accurate her judgment of him may be
is not for me to say; I'll leave that to the
scholars. Her book discusses candidly some
matters that have been whispered about by
other biographers. The information she gives
us is rather startling, and, as such, it will
attract a wide readership. What interests me
particularly—and what, I believe, will interest
most other Americans — is that phase of
Dickens's life revolving around his trips to
this country, and around the way he ignored
his American relatives. In my opinion, that
story is as dramatic, and therefore, as full of
human appeal, as anything he ever wrote or
anything ever written about him," Frederic
Babcock
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Ap 13 '46 2600w
"While John Forster's life of Dickens is and
will probably remain the standard biography
of the great English writer because of his
close connection with him, Dame Una Pope-
Hennes&y's book is perhaps a more human in-
terpretation of the man. The volume could
have been made somewhat shorter by leaving
out the detailed resume's of many of the novels,
but possibly these will be welcomed by those
who have forgotten the plots and wish to re-
fresh their memory." C. K. Bausman
H Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46
650w
Time 47:102 Ap 15 '46 1300w
658
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
POPE-HENNE8SY, U. B. — Continued
"It has been claimed for this book, on both
sides of the Atlantic, that it is the most im-
portant biography of Charles Dickens since
Forster's, and with one possible exception
there can be no doubt that the claim is justi-
fied. In estimating its usefulness, future writ-
ers about Dickens will be forced to dust off
that seldom-earned adjective indispensable."
M L Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 21 '46 760w
Wig Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
PORCELAIN, SIDNEY E. Crimson cat mur-
ders. 254p $2 Phoenix
46-1843
Detective story.
"The sole merit of this story is that it de-
scribes a method of murder which has, so far
as we are aware, never before been used in
or out of detective fiction. . . The author has
much to learn about the use of red herring
and other implements of his trade." Isaac
p40 Ap 14 »46 70w
"First two or three pages O. K. then it be-
comes amateurish and rather silly."
-- h Sat R of Lit 29:69 Mr 23 '46 40w
PORTER, JOHN ROGER. Bacterial chemistry
and physiology. 1073p $12 Wiley
689.95 Bacteriology 46-7261
"Principles rather than techniques are given.
Summary of developments in bacterial chem-
istry and physiology is contained in this up-to-
date source book for advanced courses in the
subject. Similarity of physiological behavior of
living matter in both plant and animal king-
dom is stressed. Some of the subjects covered
are effects of physical and chemical agents on
bacteria, bacterial nutrition, chemical composi-
tion of microorganisms, and microbial fermen-
tation. Extensive bibliography." (Library J)
Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Ealea
Library J 71:1628 N 16 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
PORTER, KENNETH WIQQINS. No rain
from these clouds; poems, 1927-1945. 145p
|2.60 Day
$11 46-3429
"In his first book of poems, 'The High Plains'
(1938), Kenneth Porter wrote of the scenes and
traditions of his native Kansas; he looked also
beyond the wheat fields to the broader Ameri-
can and European scenes of the '30s. 'No Rain
From These Clouds' recapitulates these nature
and social themes. In extenuation, the poems
draw also from the Eastern seaboard and
from the poet's travels in Mexico and in the
British Isles." Weekly Book Review
"Porter's an ti- Fascist poems are heart-felt
and sententious at the same time. His *A£
Astra Per Aspera,' which was written to order
about Kansas' struggle with wind erosion, is
angry, stirring and beautiful, and the finest
poem in a satisfying collection." Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week plO Ap 28 '46 190w
"The first half of this collection of poems
contains little that rises above the ordinary,
though all the lyrics in it show painstaking
craftsmanship. . . When the author leaves
the delicate lyric behind, however, he emerges
into more vital expression. When he allows
himself to 'get worked up' over the jobless men
of the 'depression* period; the Spanish Loyal-
ists and the Americans who fought with them,
and the Kansas wheat-growers fighting plague
and drought, he does much better." P. P. 8.
H Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 20 '46
260w
"A collection of somewhat leftish American
verse, most of it rather Jejune in quality, in
the 'All Hail* America tradition of Lindsay,
Sandburg or Benet, though less gifted than
any of these."
Kirkus 14:171 Ap 1 '46 80w
"Kenneth Porter, while sensitive to diverse
impressions, seems not to have considered poet-
ry as language." Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 60w
"Unfortunately, [this] book bears every
mark of having been too hastily scrambled
together. .. It is as if Mr. Porter was too
impatient, too concerned with making an im-
mediate effect to write the poems ne really
has in him. That his craft really has an in-
tention behind it and a power of development
must be implied from such poems as Running
in Snow, the sharply -observed East Texas,
Mole, the really intensely visioned By-Product,
or the tour- de- force of Jungle Flowers. These
poems range from excellent and fresh observa-
tions of natural fact to a note of keen social
protest that make Porter still a poet who will
bear watching." J. Q. Fletcher
Poetry 69:173 D '46 360w
"When Porter keeps his eye firmly on the
object, his mind is most alert. Only a com-
Sletely apathetic reader would fail to be stirred
y the gusto of 'Running in Snow,' the vivid
hostility of 'Omen,' the metropolitan fantasy
of 'Jungle Flowers/ and the whimsical bravado
of 'The Old Coon-Dog Dreams.' A volume
which contains such natural — and native —
creativeness is no negligible collection." Louis
Untermeyer
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Ag 3 '46 360w
"Like many another prairie-born poet who
has traveled from his native locale, Mr. Porter
has lost something along the way; but his gain
in experience and perception should compen-
sate for that loss. . . For his present dilemma
of what he calls 'death-in-life.' Porter— ironi-
cally enough — can offer no solution, can find
no outlet other than one of discovery through
travel. Turning from the social themes which
gave to his writing during the *30s its greatest
vitality, Porter escapes to Mexico, Ireland,
Scotland, etc. His folk ballads from the
Seminole Negroes are new and authentic; but
they will probably be of more interest to stu-
dents of folklore than to the general reader.
His descriptive comments on the Irish and
Scottish scenes are comparatively superficial.
In view of these weaknesses in his recent work,
it is regrettable that Mr. Porter has found less
to interest him in the American scene of the
'40s than he found in the *30s. And it is to
be hoped that in future travels, he won't forget
to purchase a return ticket." Ruth Lechlitner
-f — Weekly Book Review p44 My 19 '46
700w
PORTERFIELD, AUSTIN LARIMORE. Youth
in trouble; studies in delinquency and de-
spair, with plans for prevention; assisted
in the final chapter by C. Stanley Clifton.
135p $1.50 Leo Potishman foundation, box
223, T.O.U, Fort Worth 9, Texas
364 Juvenile delinquency. Youth 46-8323
Studies in juvenile delinquency which em-
phasize the responsibility of the community
in this problem. The work is based on first-
hand case studies. Bibliography. Index.
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 60w
Christian Century 63:1473 D 4 '46 20w
School & Society 64:318 N 2 '46 20w
"Any person interested in youth and their
problems will find in this book a clear state-
ment of the causes of juvenile delinquency and
suggestions for promoting a co-ordinated attack
on the problem. . . Although the book is brief.
It is based on extensive research and should be
of value as a reference for educators and social
workers. An extensive bibliography and an ade-
quate index are included. The report is well
written and contains interesting case histo-
ries." C. I/. Winters
+ School R 55:60 Ja '47 550w
"The material based on research is presented
in a style quite readable."
-f Social Studies 37:380 D '46 20w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
659
PORTEUS, STANLEY DAVID. Calabashes and
kings; an introduction to Hawaii. 245p 11
maps $3.50 Pacific books, box 568. Palo Alto,
Calif.
919.69 Hawaiian Islands— Description and
travel. Hawaiian Islands— History 45-9635
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Very evidently the author enjoyed writing
this book. He wrote with a delightful sense
of humor, somewhat as relaxation between
work on two scientific treatises. It is an ex-
cellent guidebook to Hawaii. Visitors may
have their stay enriched by its perusal. Those
who do not make the visit may tour the islands
vicariously through the use of this volume and
find it enjoyable." W. C. Smith
-f Ann Am Acad 244:190 Mr '46 450w
Booklist 42:198 F 15 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:556 Ap '46 40w
"Dr. Porteus has made 1945 one of the better
years for books on Hawaii. His qualifications
include nearly a quarter century of residence
in the islands, and a range of interest that
extends from volcanoes through flowers to hu-
man beings. Although he is a professor of
psychology, his book is distinctive not for
psychological profundity but for the light touch
and the occasional quip, only the least bit
professorial, with which he treats everything
from scenery to politics. 'Calabashes and
Kings* can be recommended as the best guide-
book for this year's tourists, and probably for
those of some years to come " E. G. Burrows
-f Sat R of Lit 29.27 Mr 16 '46 900w
Reviewed by E. T. Thompson
Social Forces 25:111 O '46 450w
"This is an attractively written book in-
tended for the general reader who wishes to
learn something of the history, development,
and present character of Hawaii and Ha-
waiians. . . A psychologist with anthropologi-
cal interests, assisted by a very readable style,
the author treats his subject more or less
objectively, yet makes his book at once en-
tertaining, informative, and reliable. The
photographic illustrations add to the value of
an enjoyable book."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:13 Mr '46 160w
"The book contains, in enjqyably rambling
fashion, much about the early Pacific that will
be new to most readers, whether it is Men-
dana's visit to the Solomons or the death of
Captain Cook. . . 'Calabashes and Kings' is
concerned, too, with scores of other topics, all
treated with deceptive lightness, understanding
and good humor. It is a most entertaining,
rambling, valuable account of those islands."
P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p20 O 6 '46 450w
POSNACK, EMANUEL ROBERT. 21st century
looks back. (William-Frederick press bk) 241p
$2.75 Pamphlet distributing
338.91 Economic policy 46-3263
"[This book] proposes 4to develop in the aver-
age reader an understanding of world affairs,
political economy, and finance, and arouse an
interest in social problems, technology, educa-
tion, and public welfare* (pp. 1-li). Primary
emphasis is placed upon economics. . . Approx-
imately one-fifth of the book comprises an
analysis and refutation of the theory and prac-
tice of Communism. Other subjects touched
upon are anti-semitism, world government,
health, and education." (Am Pol Sci R) No
index.
"The device of projecting the reader into the
next century — reminiscent of Bellamy's Look-
ing Backward — purportedly in the interest of
clarity of perception, at times produces the op-
posite effect, for it is not always perfectly clear
whether a particular forecast represents a pro-
posed goal of human endeavor or merely the
prediction of an inexorable trend of events.
However, the book commends Itself to the aver-
age layman as a readable and thoughtful treat-
ment of complex subject-matter, written in an
uninvolved manner and with the best of good-
will." J. S. O. Carson
-\ Am Pol 8cl R 40:829 Ag '46 S80w
Book Week plO My 5 '46 90w
Social Studies 37:336 N '46 20w
POTEAT, EDWIN MCNEILL. Over the sea
the sky. 70p $1.50 Harper
811 46-12136
"A book of poems, strongly religious in char-
acter, by the president of Colgate -Rochester
Divinity School. A number have appeared In
Christian Century and the appeal is much like
that of Grace Noll Crowell." Wis Lib Bui
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
"This is a volume of forty-eight interesting
poems, mostly religious. They are appealing
because of their originality of content, imagery,
and treatment, and because of their lack of
the usual hackneyed expressions which char-
acterize much religious verse. Many of them
deal with current themes and reveal that the
author is keenly aware of the religious implica-
tions of much in contemporary secularism."
C. E. Batten
+ Crozer Q 23:207 Ap '46 130w
"It contains about fifty short poems expres-
sive of the deep religious insight and high
idealism of an outstanding Protestant leader."
-f Klrkus 14:97 F 15 '46 50w
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
POTTER, ROBERT DUCHARME. Atomic rev-
olution. 165p 11 maps $3.50 McBride
541.2 Atomic energy. Nuclear physics
46-5379
"Author, physicist and research worker for
the Carnegie Institution, who worked on the
atomic bomb project, presents a nontechnical
account of atomic developments, the first fully
illustrated book on the subject. He also gives
a word picture of the revolution which has
taken place in the political, social and mental
conception of life and future of the earth."
(Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
"Potter makes the subject about as compre-
hensible to the layman as it seems possible to
do."
Current Hist 11:230 S '46 70w
Kirkus 14:89 F 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
"Potter has the merit of being both exciting
and informative. No better book on atomic
energy than his has appeared." W. K.
4- N Y Times p71 O 6 '46 450w
"This book is apparently intended to be the
poor man's Smyth Report, Acheson-Lilienthal
Report, and 'One World or None,' all between
a single pair of covers. For those who find the
original documents too heavy, 'The Atomic
Revolution* can scarcely be recommended, for
the author's understanding of the scientific
and social matters involved is so superficial
that he has not been able even to reproduce
accurately the facts of the basic documents,
let alone understand the implications of those
facts." L. N. Ridenour
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Jl 20 '46 800w
"A sprightly narrative which makes light
reading of a heavy subject." H. M. Davis
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ag 10 '46 240w
"A thorough book, written without the haste
that marred previous attempts by competent
journalists. . . It is authoritative and nand-
somely illustrated with photographs and dia-
grams. In big type and big pages (9 by 12
inches) it is easy to read and can be recom-
mended as the most factual, best organized
and most easily understood of all the books
on this subject. It includes a discussion of the
probable future consequences of this new
source of energy but it does not go into the
political controversies and international prob-
lems that atomic power has raised. As an
ex-scientist and a judicious editor, Mr. Potter
knows what he is talking about and goes no
further." Gerald Wendt
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 Ag 4 '46 180w
660
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
POTTS, MATTHEW W. Materials-handling
equipment; a modern manual. 172p il $2.50
Pitman
621.86 Material handling 46-5248
"This book covers the principal types of
equipment used for the handling of materials
in factories, warehouses and docks. It does not
treat specialized equipment developed primarily
for use in single industries and trades. Thus
the power shovel is included because it is used
to a certain extent in the loading or unloading
of railroad cars and ships, but the bulldozer is
omitted. About ninety machines are treated.
For each one the author has provided a precise
definition, a verbal description, a picture, and
a brief discussion of applications. The illustra-
tions are from freehand drawings rather than
photographs." N Y New Tech Bks
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
"It cannot be highly recommended as a book
for construction men as the subject is covered
in a very general way and machines of con-
struction are entirely omitted. Even so, de-
pendable data on fundamental machines and
applications give the book value for those new
to the material handling field."
Eng N 137:128 N 14 '46 80w
Reviewed by L». A. Bales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 70w
"The book will be disappointing to anyone
looking for a technical treatise; on the other
hand it should be of use to executives who
want a brief survey of the subject."
N Y New Tech Bks 31:26 Ap '46
ROUGH, RICHARD HOOPER. Audubon bird
guide; eastern land birds; with il. in color
of every species by Don Eckelberry; spon-
sored by National Audubon society. 312p $3
Doubleday
598.2 Birds— North America 46-7982
Manual for the land birds of Eastern North
America. Includes some 275 species shown in
colored plates, and describes their habits,
range, voice, and nest. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:129 Ja 1 '47
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Kirkus 14:448 S 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 72:86 Ja 1 '47 90w
"As might be expected from a research as-
sociate of the National Audubon Society, Mr.
Pough has produced a superior bird-guide, in-
deed, a sort of miniature Forbush. Within his
chosen limits Mr. Pough has foreseen about
every possible contingency that might arise in
the field. He is particularly adept at giving a
resume" of bird habits, and equally so in provid-
ing intelligible clues for identification of the
bird in motion. . . The only serious fault with
Mr. Pough' s guide is that there isn't more of
it." E. B. Garside
-f- N Y Times p58 N 24 '46 480w
"An intelligently arranged pocket-size man-
ual."
-f New Yorker 22:144 N 30 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
50w
"Compact, well planned guide." G. M. Sut-
ton
-f- Weekly Book Review p!8 D 8 '46 470w
POWELL, ADAM CLAYTON, 1908-. Marching
blacks; an Interpretative history of the rise
of the black common man. 218p $2.50 Dial
press
325.26 Negroes. U.S.— Race question 46-1158
''The minister of the Abyssinian Baptist
Church of Harlem, the largest Protestant con-
gregation in the country, reviews the Negro's
struggle for economic and social equality, a
struggle in which Dr. Powell has taken a lead-
Ing part for fifteen years. He outlines the
technique of nonviolent but direct social action
--the boycott, the protest march, and so forth—
by which such progress as increasing Black
Harlem's pay check by millions of dollars has
been achieved and by which he believes the
Negro can gain his full rights in a free coun-
try." New Yorker
Reviewed by Carey McWilliams
Book Week p7 F 3 '46 HOOw
Christian Century 63:240 F 20 '46 150w
"The book is too hastily written; its purpose
is confused; it bogs down in masses of trivia;
it covers sketchily many subjects of great Im-
portance. [However] . . . Adam Clayton Powell
is growing in stature as an American citizen.
Although 'Marching Blacks' is not a very good
book, it has the qualities which its writer pos-
sesses— vigor, sincerity, exuberance, and social
idealism." Youra Quails
H Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 28 '46
480w
"This book was written, undoubtedly, to spur
the Negro to continue his fight for freedom,
and as such it is an effective piece of writing.
But, unfortunately, it is marred by a number
of glaring errors. There are errors concerning
dates of well-known happenings, and in one
case a white man is described as the 'first Negro
to emerge in this century as an educated, sub-
sidized Uncle Torn.' " H3. F. Frazier
H Nation 162:201 F 16 '46 400w
"Many good causes have had intemperate ad-
vocates. Whether such intemperance, in the
long run, advances or retards the cause in
which it is exerted is not susceptible to precise
determination. Dr. Powell, like William Lloyd
Garrison and John Brown, would brook no
compromise. It is greatly to be hoped that his
intransigeance will have a happier outcome than
did theirs." F. S. Adams
N Y Times p3 F 3 '46 1700w
New Yorker 21:86 Ja 26 '46 160w
Reviewed by H. A. Overstreet
Sat R of Lit 29:34 F 9 '46 lOOOw
"The writing is incisive, clear-cut, and
dramatic. Ideas and factual statements come
like bullets from a machine-gun. The earnest
sincerity and heartfelt concern for justice of
the crusading preacher breathe through every
page. Idealistic in aim, it is none the less
realistic in its broad sweep of past, present,
and future."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Mr '46 240w
"The impression is inescapable throughout
this book that 'Marching Blacks' falls far short
of its subtitle: An Interpretive History of the
Rise of the Black Common Man. The black
'common man' was rising long before the author
left the Colgate campus. There is abundant
evidence that he is continuing to rise and with-
out awaiting with bated breath the trumpet
from the Joshua in West 138th Street, New
York. Nevertheless, it is an important recita-
tion, for even stripped of the ever-blooming ego
of its author, and of his oratorical style, it
reveals with fair accuracy the new militancy
abroad in Negro life today." Roy Wilkins
h Weekly Book Review plO F 17 §46 800w
POWELL, RICHARD PITTS. Shoot if you
must. 214p $2 Simon & Schuster
46-3567
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:161 Ap 1 '46 90w
New Repub 114:942 JI 1 '46 70w
"A Renaissance pendant, or a reasonable
facsimile thereof, plays an important part in
the proceedings, and so does a Florentine dag-
ger wielded by a man who imagines that he
is a reincarnation of Benvenuto Cellini. There
is another mysterious character who is never
mentioned by name but who may Just possibly
be — Oh, never mind. Get the book and read
all about it." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 Je 16 '46 200w
4 'The Blakes' activities, always difficult to
describe with accuracy, have to do this time
with some fake Renaissance Jewelry and a
whole lot of Teutonic undercover work. The
book will probably appeal, just like the author's
earlier ones, to the custard-pie division of the
mystery- reading public."
New Yorker 22:06 Je 15 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
661
"Grade A."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:52 Je 22 '46 30w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 16 '46
250w
POWERS, ANNE. Gallant years. 302p $2.75
Bobbs
46-3410
A story of Ireland In the fourteenth century.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p6 Ap 21 '46 270w
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46
"Not the swashbuckling type of story, but a
solid interpretation of the life of the times,
colored by the language and terms of the
period. Rather slow going."
-] Kirkus 14:22 Ja 15 '46 150w
"Well written story of an unfamiliar seg-
ment of history. Recommended." M. H.
McElfresh
•f Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p20 My 12 '46
230w
POWERS, SAMUEL RALPH, and others. Ad-
venturing in science; 3bks; bk. 1, Exploring
our world, new ed 521p il $1.44 Ginn
500 Science — Juvenile literature
Textbook in science for junior high schools.
Materials are grouped under the headings:
Science in our lives; The world of water; The
world of air; The world of rock; The world of
living creatures; The world of action: What
is energy and how do we use it?
"The book is written in an interesting and
thought-provocative style. It is rich with
pertinent and interesting descriptions and has
many very good exercises which can be com-
pleted with inexpensive, easily obtained equip-
ment. Italics are used often to direct the
pupils' attention to important understandings.
Well-chosen and well-placed sketches, photo-
graphic and diagrammatic illustrations provide
the student with an abundance of visual
imagery Throughout the book stress is placed
upon scientific observation and experimenta-
tion in solving problems." Seth Phelps
4- El School J 46:410 Mr '46 900w
School & Society 63:104 F 9 '46 90w
POWERS, TOM. Sheba on trampled grass.
255p $2.50 Bobbs
46-1386
"The story of a carnival touring* the South
and the love of two men for the same girl.
Don and Tex, one with a past wiped out of his
mind, the other broken in health, are hired by
kindly Unc, and lose their hearts to Bathsheba.
who is the target for her father's whip and
knife act. They are one in their desire to
protect her from her father's dangerous hatred,
but their friendship is split when Sheba pre-
fers Don." Kirkus
"The old tale of rascals and rogues becomes
in 'Sheba on Trampled Grass' today's stream-
lined, racy version, but as ever, It is filled with
hate and love, sex and murder." Morris Star
Book Week p!2 F 24 '46 360w
"The implications of the trick title need
not worry the conservatives."
Kirkus 14:2 Ja '46 ISOw
"Unfortunately, in spite of what seems an
ideal set-up, the book is a disappointment* for
it is neither so tragi- comic nor so colorful as
one feels constantly it might have been. Per-
haps a major difficulty is the fact that the nar-
rative is told by a first person proclaiming he
is ignorant of the least pretense of literary art
and has only heard the sophisticated words he
sometimes uses and cannot even spell." Mar-
guerite Young
N Y Times p28 F 24 '46 650w
" 'Sheba on Trampled Grass/ though it
works with the familiar circus ingredients and
beyond that with some of the oldest material
known to fiction, has shock power and dramatic
force, firm narrative, and the power to elicit
both belief and sympathy. Fixed to Louisville
as a place, the universal story which is fantasy,
melodrama, and circus life behind the scenes
gains realism it might not otherwise have
had. . . Despite the modern trappings, the
modern talk, the contemporary scene, and the
up-to-date injection of a flier with combat
fatigue, 'Sheba on Trampled Grass' is a very
old story. That makes it none the worse.
The author of 'Virgin with Butterflies' has
successfully contrived to make it original,
fresh, and readable." J. P. Wood
4- Sat R of Lit 29:34 My 18 '46 400w
"Mr. Powers' story is genuine carnival stuff,
ladies and gentlemen, and there's more than
tinsel and paint in the telling." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p20 Ap 7 '46 280w
PRALL, CHARLES EDWARD. State pro-
grams for the improvement of teacher edu-
cation; prepared for the Commission on
teacher education. 379p $3 Am. council on
educ.
370.73 Teachers, Training of 46-1119
"This volume is one of seven reporting the
chief activities and major conclusions of the
Commission on Teacher Education appoipted
by the American Council on Education. It is
concerned chiefly with methods and techniques
of co-operative study on a state-wide basis
rather than with final solutions of specific
problems. . . The contents of the volume are
organized into four distinct parts: an in-
troductory section on the purpose and general
scope of this phase of the Commission's work;
and three subsequent sections on the general
education of teachers, their professional edu-
cation, and their continued in-service educa-
tion." XT S Quarterly Bkl
"The surveys of the studies in the various
states are arranged and described so as to be
of interest and usefulness either to the reader
who is concerned with the methods by which
the studies were made or to the reader who is
interested in the results achieved. The book
should be exceedingly useful for both pur-
poses." G. C. Allez
•f Library Q 16:275 Jl '46 1250w
School & Society 63:120 F 16 '46 90w
Reviewed by Edward Krug
Social Educ 10:334 N '46 500w
"The present volume is unusual in the scope
of the projects described and in the thorough-
ness with which different methods and pro-
cedures are tried out and critically evaluated.
It will serve as a source book for all concerned
with the improvement of teacher education in
states or districts."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:114 Je '46 280w
PRATT, FLETCHER. Empire and the sea; il.
by Inga Stephens. 446p $3.50 Holt
942.073 Great Britain— History, Naval.
Great Britain— History— 1789-1820 46-3594
A history of the part played by the British
navy in Britain's struggles with Napoleonic
France, from 1793 to 1805.
Reviewed by F. N. Lit ten
Book Week p!3 My 12 '46 240w
"This book affords an excellent account of
Britain's naval war with France from 1793 to
the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805.
Although the narrative provides full particulars
of the contributions made to Britain's victory
by such sterling leaders as Admirals Howe,
Jervis, Cornwallis, and Hood, the story is
largely an account of the official careers of
Britain's wartime Prime Minister. William Pitt
the Younger, who handled political matters,
and Horatio Nelson, destined to win a victory
at Trafalgar." F. L. O.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 14
•46 550w
Reviewed by R. J. Purcell
Commonweal 44:436 Ag 16 '46 800\v
"The major battles such as that at the Nile
and at Trafalgar are excitingly told, but the
mass of detail concerning minor battles and
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events makes the book slow reading tor any
but the moat ardent Navy enthusiasts. A valu-
able book on the subject, but one which will
meet a most limited reading public. For larger
libraries." George Wakefleld
Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 lOOw
"Most of Mr. Pratt's Judgments are sound,
and his insight is acute. Here and there one
may take exception. . . But these are minor
imperfections, even if they are imperfections.
The book deserves close study, and because of
its charm the study should be a pleasure." C.
S. Forester
^ NY Times p7 My 12 '46 1750w
"Mr. Pratt writes entertainingly and de-
scribes the major actions of the conflict—the
battles of the Nile, Algectras, and Trafalgar—
clearly and in detail. He has employed to good
effect a Dos Passes device in his narrative,
interpolating quotes from contemporary news-
papers and diaries, so that the reader can get
some idea of how people regarded the momen-
tous events of their time."
4- New Yorker 22:98 My 11 '46 120w
"The effect of the book is somewhat episodic,
achieving a succession of sharp pictures rather
than a running narrative. Close students of
the subject may not accept all of the author's
Judgments, and will deplore the absence of a
list of sources."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:222 S '46 260w
"Fletcher Pratt can be both absorbing and
exasperating, almost on the same page. At
best he is an informed, intelligent writer on
naval affairs whose narratives of campaigns
and battles are models of clarity and read-
ability; at worst he clutters up pages with
extraneous trivia of little interest or impor-
tance. Both extremes appear in 'Empire and
the Sea.' . . This reviewer found many of the
pseudo-Guedalla insertions, titled 'Worm's-Eye
View' by the writer, not only dull but distract-
ing from the main current of narrative. The
biff]
bulk of the study, however, is excellent. His
description of Aboukir . . . compares with the
best of Mahan or Corbett. His phrases may not
always be glowing, but they do provide as clear
and authentic accounts of war at sea as can
be found. No reader can fail to understand
what happened and why." P. J. Searles
H Weekly Book Review p34 My 19 '46
500w
PRATT, FLETCHER. Fleet against Japan;
with a foreword by Admiral Nimitz. 263p il
$3 Harper
940.545 World war, 1939- 1945— Naval oper-
ations. World war, 1939-1945 — Pacific ocean
46-3389
After three introductory chapters on The
base, The leaders (Admirals Nimitz and Cal-
laghan as representatives), and The ships, the
author describes three campaigns in the Amer-
ican navy's offensive against Japan, the Aleu-
tians, the Marianas, and Leyte Gulf.
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week plO Ap 28 '46 400w
Christian Science Monitor p!7 3 14 '46
500w
Current Hist 10:638 Je '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 30w
"Pratt will be read when more important
reporters on naval matters will be ignored. This
book is no exception. Much of the material
appeared in Harper's Magazine and he has
not attempted to revise it into an integrated
whole. The result is an uneven book, uneven
both as to quality and substance. The best
part is the opening section which deals with
the admirals in New Yorker profile style."
Kirkus 14:88 F 15 '46 170w
"Mr. Pratt's book gives no evidence of hav-
ing been designed as an answer to Mr. Huie's
ill -tempered and inaccurate opus. But it can
be taken as such, and it will serve that purpose
very well. For no other writer on naval affairs
so greatly admires the United States Navy,
and the admirals, as Mr. Pratt does. He makes
the most of both in his latest book." Foster
Hailey
-f- N Y Times p34 Je 16 '46 660w
New Yorker 22:118 Ap 13 '46 90w
"Wow, but that Fletcher Pratt certainly
knows how to spin a yarn! He was undoubtedly
the most eloquent naval correspondent of the
war. The half dozen books he has written about
the Navy in battle read like rousing novels of
high adventure, and 'Fleet Against Japan' is
no exception. . . The only trouble with Fletcher
Pratt's war is that it bears so little resem-
blance to the war as it was actually fought.
Oh, his facts are unimpeachably accurate, of
course. But he is such a very careful chooser
of facts. He selects only the rosy facts, the
nice, sweet-smelling ones." Ron Schiller
H Sat R of Lit 29:22 My 11 '46 950w
"It is easily the best source of Information
yet available for the civilian interested in mod-
ern naval strategy and its application against
the Japanese military and naval power. It con-
veys, moreover, with full dramatic force the
spirit of the fighting men who used whatever
equipment was available in the long sequence
of crises that together comprised the cam-
paign."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Je '46 150w
Reviewed by R. A. Brown
Social Studies 37:378 D '46 180w
"By words, maps and photographs Mr. Pratt
brings order out of what must have seemed
utter confusion at the time, and gives to the
reader a comprehensive, readable account of
three naval victories that will always have
high place in American history." P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 Ap 21 '46
1050w
PRATT, FLETCHER. Night work; the story of
Task force 39. 267p il maps $3 Holt
940.545 U.S. Navy. Task force 39. World
war, 1939-1945 — Navaf operations. World
war, 1939-1945 — Pacific ocean 46-150
In 1943 a new United States task force was
hastily assembled in the Solomons, in an effort
to stop the Tokio Express, and otherwise harry
the Japs. Task Force 39 consisted of four new,
untried cruisers and a few destroyers, but with
this smali equipment our success was surpris-
ingly good. This is the account of the organiza-
tion and battles, successes and few failures of
that force. Maps. Glossary. Index.
"For the general reader the book has the
drawback of being fairly heavy with detail
and the story is told with overmuch naval slang.
However, the author makes partial amends for
the latter by providing a glossary of modern
sea-dog terms and abbreviations." W. F.
Morse
Book Week p3 Ja 6 '46 350w
Booklist 42:182 F 1 '46
" 'NiKht Work' is rather slow reading. In
spots it may be over the head of some read-
ers. . . One must read carefully even with the
aid of the battle charts to understand the en-
gagements. But the book is worth the effort,
because it brings out clearly, not only the nar-
rative of a dramatic and crucial campaign, but
also the complex problems of operating a mod-
ern naval force." DeWitt John
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ja 26 '46
700w
Foreign Affairs 24:554 Ap '46 20w
"Pratt is better in popularization of naval
action than in more abstract technical naval
strategy. This ranks with his best."
-h Kirkut 13:536 D 1 '45 170w
"Comments on individual ships and officers
will recommend it to men who served in the
Navy in the Pacific, as well as to the general
reader. Less skillful handling of a detailed,
day-by-day story might have slowed down the
Interest which is well sustained throughout.
One valuable feature is the glossary of naval
terms used. Recommended for all but small
libraries with limited book funds." E. S. Brown
•f Library J 71:54 Ja 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by Louis Falstein
New Repub 114:356 Mr 11 '46 480w
Reviewed by R. O. Martin
N Y Times p5 Ja 6 '46 430w
"Mr, Pratt loves everything about the Navy,
even the extravagances of its officers' clubs
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ashore, and unless you share his complete en-
thusiasm, you are likely to ask whether there
wasn't some little thing in the brilliant record
he recites that deserved criticism. . . There are
excellent battle diagrams, like those in Mahan,
and a helpful glossary of Navy slang and ab-
breviations."
New Yorker 21:76 Ja 5 '46 200w
"Mr. Pratt's book presents a beautifully de-
tailed, quite masterly summary of the many
actions which, by making Japanese reinforce-
ment of the Solomons impossible, paved the
way for the recapture of the Philippines and
the final thrust toward Japan proper. It is a
splendid story of men and ships in action and
it will be a revelation to those who have never
stopped to consider what is involved in the
maneuvering of a high-speed task force." Ray-
mond Holden
+ Sat R of Lit 29:50 F 16 '46 650w
"A highly readable, human story. . . The
long, grueling days of training new crews for
action are vividly portrayed, as well as every-
day life in the squadron, with its bits of humor
among officers and seamen." G. W. Bragdon
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 6 '46 420w
"The tactical accounts of the battles are
lucidly explained and are accompanied by dia-
grammatic maps which are most helpful. There
is some human interest in the accounts of the
humor and eccentricities of the men who won
the victory in the South Pacific."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:122 Je '46 160w
"Unfortunately, Mr. Pratt, who can describe
battles with such clarity, confuses the reader
by hopping from one subject to another, prac-
tically interrupting an account of destroyer or
air action to tell how some one went hunting
or fishing or of what happened at an officers
club. His book is worth reading, for it rescues
from relative obscurity decisive and desperate
fighting, but it would have been more worthy
if he had omitted many irrelevant details and
had given a better sense of continuity. Several
excellent maps enable one to follow the course
of the principal engagements." P. J. Searies
H Weekly Book Review pl4 Ja 13 '46
1050
PRATT, MRS MARGARET. Successful secre-
tary; il. by Roger Duvoisin. 144p $2 Lothrop
651 Secretaries, Private
46-8353
Vocational guidance material for girls who
intend to go into secretarial work. The book
is divided into three parts: Part I, "Basic
Training," fives advice on education, applying
for work, duties of a secretary and possible
ramifications of the job; part II, "Seven Secre-
taries," tells of the work of some outstanding
secretaries in unusual positions; part III, "In-
formation Forum," consists of questions an-
swered by these people.
Booklist 43:137 Ja 1 '47
"A vocational book for girls, with a special
approach. In addition to the first section which
discusses basic training for the average secre-
tary, and the work expected of her in an office,
there are interviews with some of the top exec-
utive secretaries in the country. . . One re-
grets the lack of an Index."
H Kirkus 14:546 N 1 '46 90w
"It supplements rather than replaces other
material. High school age." Eleanor Kldder
Library J 71:1720 D 1 '46 140w
"The first section, which includes advice on
training, succinct hints on office procedure and
behavior, and a kind of pre-view of office
duties, both conventional and unexpected, will
be of concrete help to girls planning a career
or just beginning it. This book places the sec-
retarial career where it ought to be, on the
level of a profession and not just a job." E, L.
Buell
-f- N Y Times p!8 Ja 6 '47 190w
PRATT. THEODORE (TIMOTHY BRACE,
pseud). Valley boy. 331p $2.50 Duell
46-25055
Character sketch of a neglected eleven-year-
old boy, living in the San Fernando valley.
Johnny's favorite playmate was a trained seal
named Oscar. Because of his inadequate home
life Johnny had very littie intelligent affection,
until he met Kit, a sympathetic young matron
who lived near his strange home.
Reviewed by Martin Savela
Book Week p4 Mr 17 '46 360w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
"A mixture of flippancy and pathos, a large
assortment of highly individualized, slightly
lopsided characters, a story of many threads, a
little improbability, and much understanding of
a small boy's naturally conservative attitude —
and Oscar." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 23
•46 420w
"Mr. Pratt doesn't quite realize all the pos-
sibilities of his themes as a study of children
or as a satire of people whose very mode of
living is a satire on more normal folk. And
the book's ending is so contrived that one sus-
pects the author got tired of this engaging child
and his extraordinary playmates. Anyway Mr.
Pratt has thought up many amusing incidents.
After some editing (of dragged-m sex and
awkward melodrama) 'Valley Boy' would make
a honey of a movie." P. T. Hartung
H Commonweal 44:413 Ag 9 '46 500w
"Almost too much eccentricity in the adult
world but Johnny and Oscar, the sea lion, are
OK, and there are many pleasant moments,
though the whole is unimportant and ineffec-
tive."
-j Kirkus 14:136 Mr 15 '46 150w
"This is one of those slight, concocted sto-
ries for which there is apparently a boundless
market these days, but which the intelligent
reader will do well to leave alone. . . One would
feel sympathy for a real child in this situation,
but neither Johnny nor his parents are close
enough to real people to excite any feeling
other than numbness." Alfred Butterfield
— NY Times p!2 Mr 17 '46 450w
"Mr. Pratt's Johnny is one of the most
earnest and loneliest and humanest boys you
have ever read about. He acts as a kind of
leaven; he brings the other people about him
to a crystallization of their own, simply by his
being there and his needing them. . . It is a
story at once amusing and tender, a very good
trick if you can do it, as Mr. Pratt can and
did." N. L*. Rothman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:17 Mr 16 '46 430w
"Johnny Birch is one of the most satisfac-
tory of eleven-year-olds ever to step, tentative
and convincingly, disarmingly boyish, into the
pages of a novel. In the matter of style 'Val-
ley Boy' — like all the rest of Mr. Pratt's good
novels — leaves a lot ^o be desired. He writes
rather like a tractor proceeding swiftly on lugs
over a well paved road. But that doesn't seem
to matter — at least not too much. So full is
his kind heart of sympathy and perception, and
so readily does he give them expression in his
novels, that what he says seems always to
transcend in some magic fashion the way in
which he says it." F. H. Bullock
-f — Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 17 '46
450w
PREECE, HAROLD, and KRAFT. CELIA
(MRS HAROLD PfcEECE). Dew on Jordan.
221p $2.60 Dutton
280.973 Sects 46-3270
An account, informal and personal in tone,
of the authors' researches into the nature of
the scores of small religious cults scattered
thruout the country, particularly in the hill
sections of the South.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p7 Ap 28 '46 400w
Booklist 42:360 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by A, W. Taylor
Churchman 160:16 S 1 '46 360w
Reviewed by Anne Premantle
Commonweal 44:338 Jl 19 '46 330w
"Not, as in earlier books, a study of trends,
but a personal survey of the 'brush arbor meet-
Ings' of today, that has the appeal of the un-
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PREECE, HAROLD—Continued
usual, regional material it embodies, and that
manages to include humor, without any impli-
cation of patronage."
-f Klrkua 14:186 Ap 16 '46 210w
"Their stories, some hilarious, some pathetic,
some moving, are told with a Chaucerian gusto
and a minimum of sociological comment.
Wisely, the people and their preachers are al-
lowed to tell their own stories and preach their
own sermons in colorful language and salty
metaphor." John Bicknell
-f- N Y Times p4 Ap 28 '46 750w
"The authors write from first-hand experi-
ence, but their informal and depressingly folksy
presentation makes the book not quite the se-
rious regional document they obviously intend
it to be."
h New Yorker 22:99 My 11 '46 80w
"There have been more formal and scholarly
books about America's little sects, but few of
them have had the personal interest and
sympathy that has gone into 'Dew on Jordan.'
It is a pleasure to read and a real addition to
a fleld of Americana that has not been neg-
lected but never fully enough explored." R.
F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46
550w
Reviewed by Lorine Pruette
Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 28 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:86 Je '46
PRESCOTT, SAMUEL GATE, and others.
Water bacteriology; with special reference to
sanitary water analysis. 6th ed 368p $4.50
Wiley [27s Chapman]
613.34 Water— Bacteriology 46-4308
"In its sixth edition, this standard work is
essentially a digest of the knowledge of water
pollution by bacteria from extraneous sources
and of the methods of testing for such pollu-
tion. One chapter is devoted to the bacteriol-
ogy of sewage and sewage effluents, and an-
other chapter treats the bacteriological exam-
ination or shellfish. The subject is treated
from the public health standpoint, hence the
bacteriology of harmless bacteria indigenous to
water is not treated. This edition has been
extensively revised. References to recent liter-
ature have been incorporated in the text, the
volume has been reset, and the number of
pages has been increased by about one hundred
and fifty as compared to the fifth edition
(1931)." N Y New Tech Bks
N Y New Tech <Bks 31:31 Ap '46
"The book should be of interest to water
biologists, chemists, engineers, and health of-
ficers who are in any way concerned with the
safety of public water supplies, or with pro-
tection of the purity of natural waters."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:243 S '46 200w
PRESTON, RAYMOND. 'Four quartets' re-
hearsed. 64p $1 (5s) Sheed
811 Eliot, Thomas Stearns— Four quartets
[46-5909]
Annotations or commentaries on four poems
by T. S. Eliot: Burnt Norton, Boat Coker, The
Dry Salvages, and Little Gidding.
Reviewed by Katherine Bregy
Cath World 164:374 Ja '47 160w
"Mr. Preston's essay is a singular disap-
pointment. . . What is basic in our dissatisfac-
tion with Mr. Preston's essay is that it is not
what the Quartets finally mean that counts,
but the way to their meaning." Henry Rago
— Commonweal 46:204 B 6 '46 650w
"Expositors come and go, but Mr. Eliot still
remains the best interpreter of his own verse.
The surest key to an understanding of any one
of his poems is an Intelligent acquaintance with
all the rest. The Waste Land, Ash Wednesday,
Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion
^nd^^Rur Quartets resemble lighthouses which
flash illuminating signals to one another for the
guidance of all voyagers. It is because Mr.
Preston fully realises this that he is so trust-
worthy a navigator in these perilous and en-
chanted seas." R. H. Coats
-f Hibbert J 45:95 O '46 650w
"As a whole. Mr. Preston's book helps the
reader enormously. After reading it, and then
re-reading the poems (they are still reassur-
ingly far from 'easy') it is possible to wonder
how, with all the lacunae in one's under-
standing, the poems had hitherto meant so
much. This is perhaps only to recall the
enormous power of their poetry, the high, sim-
ple order of their verbal beauty." Henry Reed
+ New Statesman & Nation 31:434 Je 15
'46 950w
" 'Four Quartets Rehearsed' is recommended
to those admirers of Mr. Eliot who, mistaking
the austerity of the quartets for aridity, have
failed to find in them the sustenance of his ear-
lier poems."
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ja 12 '47
180w
PRICE, JOHN. International labour movement
[issued under the auspices of the Royal inst.
of int. affairs]. 273p $4,60 (15s) Oxford
331.88 Trade unions A46-2095
"Describes the attempts to achieve and main-
tain international labor organization, particu-
larly in the period between the two world wars,
and considers the possibilities in this direction
in the future." Book Week
Reviewed by Austin Van der Slice
Ann Am Acad 246:156 Jl '46 480w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 50w
"The main weakness »of Mr. Price's book —
which is otherwise a serious and valuable study
— is that it often fails to indicate, let alone
discuss, some quite fundamental issues. By
deciding to exclude anything but oblique ref-
erence to the Comintern and its Trade Union
auxiliary, the Proflntern, Mr. Price may have
managed to squeeze his material into two
hundred and seventy pages, but he has thereby
denied it much of the contrast and perspective
which would be so valuable at the present
time."
-f — New Statesman & Nation 31:181 Mr
9 '46 420w
"The book is evidence of prodigious research
into minutes, proceedings, and reports. Yet
the result is a study in statistics — useful to
the scholar and the specialist for its impressive
accumulation of facts and figures but essen-
tially soporific for the intelligent lay reader."
Herbert Harris
Sat R of Lit 29:17 Je 1 '46 1350w
"John Price's careful history of the efforts of
labor leaders to effect international unity pro-
vides a timely insight into the difficulties
which beset such struggles whether in the
political or trade union fields. . . The detailed
review of international trade secretariats fills
a notable gap. Mr. Price deserves thanks for
his careful review of their development, their
weaknesses, and their usefulness." R J. Watt
4- Survey G 35:330 S '46 650w
PRICE, WILLARD DE MILLE. Key to Japan;
sketches by the author. 309p $3.50 Day
915.2 Japan — Civilization 46-550
"Expose" of fundamentals of Japanese mili-
tarism, indoctrination of hatred of white race,
plans for 'hundred-years' war,' promises of
freedom for all East Asia. Author lived with
these people and presents them as fanatics,
adopting- foreign ideas superficially and for
their own ends, jumping from savagery into
modernity, without stabilizing effects of nor-
mal development. Must United Nations stand
guard for a century, encourage liberals and
aid in establishing a sound economy that will
strengthen believers in equal rights, while
stamping out secret organizations already com-
missioned to keep alive fires of destruction
and prepare for world conquest? Gripping
statement of unfolding evil plans." (Library J)
Index,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
665
" 'Key To Japan* is delightful reading. But
It is more than that. It knocks into a cocked
hat our naive childhood notions that Japan is
a land of impenetrable mystery, populated by
bandy-legged, peace-loving, polite midgets — a
concept which must have delighted Japanese
psychological warfare experts no end as they
plotted their 'polite* attack on Pearl Harbor. . .
'Key to Japanr is disjointed and diffused, shift-
ing from sight-seeing to personal adventure
to politics and then back to sight-seeing. But
this detracts little from the over-all entertain-
ing quality of the book." Joe Fromm
H- Book Week p8 F 10 '46 650w
Booklist 42:199 F 16 '46
Bookmark 7:13 My '46
"Willard Price writes a most readable story.
Every sentence says something of interest and
leads the reader on to further attractive ma-
terial. He apparently has seen most of the
places about which he writes and has had a
personal knowledge of many of the events de-
scribed." MacM.
4- Canadian Forum 26:67 Je '46 420w
Christian Science Monitor pl6 F 9 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Current Hist 10:351 Ap '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:172 O '46 40w
Kirkus 13:552 D 15 '45 210w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 140w
"There are few facets of Japanese life that
Mr. Price does not explore and at least at-
tempt to explain. . . The book is embellished
with over a hundred simple sketches, in the
Japanese manner, by the author, and it is
good reading either here at home or for the
occupation soldier in Japan." Foster Hailey
-h N Y Times p40 F 24 '46 650w
"Although the book, embellished with infor-
mal drawings by the author, appears to have
been written for its entertainment value (it's
curious that Japanese life always seems funny
to the Westerner), the author never lets you
forget the sinister face behind the charm and
flower arranging."
New Yorker 21:79 F 2 '46 120w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Mr '46 200w
Social Studies 37:192 Ap '46 20w
"This is undoubtedly the right approach to
a subject as complicated as Japan, but unfortu-
nately Mr. Price has not allowed his doubts to
stop him from making some curious generaliza-
tions. He dismisses the whole of early Japanese
history in one brief chapter, and the difficult
question of the origin of the Japanese people,
on which scholars are not yet agreed, is dealt
with categorically in a few short paragraphs.
The author of 'Key to Japan' has not visited
the country since before the war, and much of
his material is now irrelevant."
Times [London] Lit Sup p605 D 7 '46
420w
"In this book there is some internal evidence
to show that it was written in haste. There
is a good deal more internal evidence to show
why it was hastily written. It was written to
meet an urgent need, the urgent need for
American understanding of Japanese bland
mendacity, before mistakes are made in the
administration of occupied Japan which will
be beyond correction. . . This is an easily
readable book; and, in this reviewer's estima-
tion the conclusions are 100 per cent sound.
One job that Mr. Price does with the thor-
oughness and certainty of a qualified scientist
in his own field, is the debunking of Japanese
history prior to the introduction of Chinese-
Korean civilization in the seventh century of
our era." Rodney Gilbert
-f Weekly Book Review pi F 3 '46 1250w
PRIESTLEY. JOHN BOYNTON. Bright day.
286p $2.50 Harper [10s 6d Heinemann]
46-6988
An English writer of screen plays retires to
a Cornwall hotel in order to finish a script.
In the dining room he sees a couple he had
known back In the days of his youth in the
West Riding of Yorkshire. He muses about
the experiences of that "bright day," and re-
lives in memory those happy years. And pres-
ently 1914 and 1945 meet and some old stories
find a new ending.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:152 N '46 650w
"J. B. Priestley is a practiced prose writer.
Consequently, whatever he turns out is accept-
able. In his latest novel, 'Bright Day,' he raises
no grave issues, solves no great problems. He
handles his rather thin theme adequately and
admirably. The novel is fairly stimulating, def-
initely relaxing and refreshing." E. B. Knight
-f Book Week p4 O 13 '46 370w
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl4 O 2 '46
500w
-f Current Hist 11:512 D '46 60w
"The seductive glamor, with the knowledge
of things to come, of retrospect, — traced with
veracity and enchantment make up a first half
that is the best part of the book. This is
Priestley working with an imaginative percep-
tion, patterning a real narrative with conven-
tional contrivance, managing to overlay the
whole with a glow of the magic of poignapt re-
discovery."
-f Kirkus 14:351 Ag 1 '46 240w
"There is much more artistic imagination
in this than in most of his novels and a great
deal of the 'immense vague dreams of youth.'
. . Pleasant and thoughtful. Not essential for
every library." K. T. Willis
+ Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Harold Brighouse
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 21 '46 240w
"Priestley has caught to a t the life of the
little town and has peopled it with living men
and women tenderly and humorously observed.
Too bad we have to leave the delights of Brud-
dersford for an unlikely ending which sees
Dawson's faith in the world restored by the
socially conscious members of a new film
group."
H New Repub 115:526 O 21 '46 120w
"Mr. Priestley has one skill essential to the
novelist — he makes the reader want to know
what happens next, if only because in 'Bright
Day* he develops an interesting theme. . . And
yet 'Bright Day' is a rather dull novel. The
first reason is that Priestley is unskillful in the
use of double time. The chief value of this de-
vice is irony; it can show the passionate action
of the present in the judicial light of the future.
But Priestley (or his narrator) misses all but
the most obvious ironies. . . The second reason
for the failure of 'Bright Day' is its lack of
focus." D. S. Norton
h N Y Times p5 S 29 '46 950w
"Readers who like 'Angel Pavement' will
probably like this one."
New Yorker 22:100 S 28 '46 130w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
420w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:14 O 26 '46 650w
"This reader did not quite see the point of
the design of the book . . . and she found all
the film stuff, both the passages about script-
writing and the long, optimistic committee
meeting at the end of the book platitudinous
and unrewarding. But Bruddersford and boy-
hood remembered — all that is done in the best
Priestley vein, easy, tender, humorous, and
adorned richly with observation, very close ob-
servation, of individuals and of all that adds
up to make them such." Kate O'Brien
H Spec 176:646 Je 21 '46 90w
Time 48:112 O 21 '46 330w
"Except that Gregory's evocation of the past,
between steady bouts of script-writing, is a
shade too deliberate in method, Mr. Priestley's
calculation seems faultless. He achieves a lively,
humorous, tender veracity without apparent
effort and always gives the impression of being
able to draw upon rich reserves of narrative
interest."
-t- Times [London] Lit Sup p293 Je 22 '46
800w
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"This new novel la to my mind the best
Priestley has yet written. It bears something
of the same relation to 'The Good Companions'
that 'Great Expectations' does to 'Nicholas
Nickleby'; that is to say, it is more mature,
less boisterous, more ruminative, less lavish,
more disciplined, less picaresque. It has also,
in common with 'Great Expectations/ a first-
personal hero and a title which the reader can
interpret either ironically or optimistically."
James Hilton
-f Weekly Book Review p7 8 29 '46 1200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
PRINCETON University. Department of eco-
nomics and social institutions. Industrial re-
lations section. Group health insurance . . .
in collective bargaining:. See Baker, H., and
Dahl, D.
PRIVITERA, JOSEPH FREDERIC. Latin
American front. (Science and culture ser)
212p $2.26 Bruce pub.
980 Latin America— Civilization. Latin
America — Economic conditions. Latin
America— Politics 46-75
"I>r. Joseph P. Privitera of the University
of St Louis has written a book which calls
attention to the alterations caused by the war
in our good-neighbor policy. There is grave
danger, he states, that the original ideal has
been converted by war into a policy of mere
expediency, and points out that most of the
men who guided our state department in its
dealings with Latin -American affairs are no
longer in positions of authority." Springf'd
Republican
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Foreign Affairs 24:563 Ap '46 90 w
Kirkus 13:120 Mr 15 '45 180w
"The book should have been published, say,
somewhere around 1942 or even earlier, rather
than in December of 1945 and there is a cer-
tain amount of internal evidence that the book
was written a good deal earlier than its ap-
pearance in published form. . . Since it makes
only a superficial attempt to analyze basically
many of the fundamental cultural differences
between North America and Latin America,
the volume does not add greatly to our funda-
mental understanding of underlying problems.
Although the author apparently made an ex-
tended trip through certain countries to the
south, the book seems to contain very little
documentation based upon personal observation
or investigation. In fact, most of the cited
material is taken from newspaper accounts or
other ephemeral sources." John Gillin
— Social Forces 24:477 My '46 280w
Reviewed by R. S. Ullery
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 13 '46
550w
"Whatever its deficiencies, 'The Latin-Amer-
ican Front' is brief, highly readable and a good
introduction to the present problems and pres-
ent state of our Good Neighbor Policy, besides
which it provides an occasional fresh insight
even to the specialist in Latin -American mat-
ters." B. D. Wolfe
H Weekly Book Review p8 F 10 '46 650w
PROKOSCH, FREDERIC. Idols of the cave.
373p $2.76 Doubleday
46-7545
"Spanning the years between the summer
before Pearl Harbor and the summer after
Hitler's defeat, [the author] herds into his
pages old New York aristocrats, new refugee
aristocrats, and aesthetes and artists from the
so-called Bohemian milieu on the fringe. . .
Two ill-fated loves, in contrapuntal pattern,
compose the story. One is a private whispered
affair, the other an open scandal. . . Jonathan
Ely, Just returned from Europe, falls Into
Lydia's arms without suspecting her voracity;
Delia Potter, his cousin's beautiful wife, falls
into the arms of an arrogant French painter
named Pierre." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by T. E. Doremus
Atlantic 179:112 Ja '47 300w
"It seems to me almost inconceivable for
anyone to write seriously of such frivolity in
the face of world-wide disaster without feeling
the compulsion to criticize or satirize it. But
Prokosch seems to take his snobs seriously.
He points up the tragic decay in the society
he describes, but he draws no moral conclu-
sions, and even seems to find the sordid spec-
tacle romantic. But there is no question that
Prokosch has great talent. He is a writer of
extravagant gifts. Passage after passage re-
veals his uncanny flair for creating a mood,
setting a vivid scene. They are brilliant ex-
amples of distinguished writing." Ricker Van
Metre
H Book Week p5 O 20 '46 360w
"In his descriptive passages Prokosch pro-
jects some of the dry violence of New York; but
his characters are always excluded. There is no
outward concern with them. . . This lack of
'human contact' is what leaves the novel with
no choice and no will. Detachment kills it."
John Hay
h Commonweal 45:258 D 20 '46 290w
"This has not the literary distinction of the
earlier Prokosch, but is more popular in theme,
in treatment, and has a certain giltedge glam-
our."
Kirkus 14:358 Ag 1 '46 150w
"Except for the satirical portraitures, Mr.
Prokosch is really unequipped to evoke pity.
He falls far too easily into the error of inject-
ing himself into his characters, giving them
a kind of unbelievable duality. His subjective
manner borrows something from Fitzgerald but
Fitzgerald's heroes, while they had insight
enough to recognize at times the falseness of
their lives, were really trapped by their own
weakness. Prokosch's hero emd heroine mere-
ly transfer all blame on society — on the Lydias
and Pierres — and take a kind of twisted delight
in being its victims. . . Today's novel of char-
acter surely needs a more mature approach to
be worthy of the intelligent readers atten-
tion." Nona Balaklan
N Y Times p26 O 13 '46 900w
"The central characters are tragically in-
clined, because of their weakness, to sidestep
reality, and they never really come to life, pos-
sibly because the author, despite his occasional
brilliant flashes of insight, never seems certain
what their dilemmas really are. Mr. Prokosch
has not written a good, or even a passable,
novel of character, but he has, with all his
old poetic beauty and veracity, given substance
to certain aspects of the few fashionable city
blocks that house his delicate waxworks."
New Yorker 22:114 O 26 '46 240w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 22 '46
1050w
"The soul of man is. as Mr. Prokosch is fond
of pointing out, a dichotomous thing, yearning
in one direction and moving quite helplessly
in another. So also is this book, which raises
so many rich and somber expectations only to
neglect them for the accomplishment of a thin
bauble of a story." N. L. Rothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:60 O 12 '46 490w
"It is a temptation to accept as true the
New York which Mr. Prokosch describes with
such unfailing perception of sensuous detail. . .
Mr. Prokosch has the green fingers of a born
writer. He lures you with words and pace and
images, and less legitimately with a shower of
sophisticated reference to politics and poets
and hats and entrechats. In TIdols of the Cave/
however, Mr. Prokosch set out to prick this
bubbly world in which a smattering of culture
takes the place of faith. Perhaps it is because
he offers no contrasting values to which you
can adhere that the world he creates has
neither purpose nor cross -purpose, and the
satire itself seems an elegant futility." Virgilia
Peterson
Weekly Book Review p4 O 13 '46 900w
Dausrhter of Han' See
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P'U, 8UNQ-LINQ. Chinese ghost and love sto-
ries [a selection from the Liao Chai stories;
tr. by Rose Quong. with 45 Chinese wood-
cuts]. 329p $3.75 Pantheon bks.
47-1176
"In old China no story was considered worthy
of being: published until it had been told and
retold by word of mouth for generations. Then,
when its popularity was assured, and the tell-
ing had been so perfected that each word and
every line had meaning, the story was ready to
be printed. So around 1680, Pu Sung-Ling col-
lected some 400 of the best-known and best-
loved folk tales and immortalized them by re-
telling them in his own poetic style. For a long
time the manuscript was passed around among
his friends, and finally in 1740 it was published
by his grandson. It is considered one of the
Chinese classics. . . They are fanciful, humor-
ous, and strange stories of the love between
mortals and ghosts, of foxes turned into beauti-
ful girls, of happenings in the other world, and
of all manner of unusual and weird adventures.
Some forty of the best of these stories have
been wisely selected and translated by Rose
Quong." N Y Times
"No lovelier story-book for grown-ups than
this selection from the Liao Chai stories can
be imagined. Its sealing-wax red dust-cover,
its lovely clear yellow binding with a design
of bamboos on it, the forty-five illustrative
drawings and designs are all ancillary to the
stories, which are smooth as iced satin, clear
as air after rain. And all are about such en-
chanting characters: foxes and spirits, and
their curious love affairs with mortals." Anne
Fremantle
-f Commonweal 45:379 Ja 24 '47 450w
"Miss Quong in a fresh, sparkling and de-
lightful style has brought new meaning and
new life to these fascinating folk tales. They
are as enduring as the collections of folklore
retold by Hans Christian Andersen and the
brothers Grimm; the only difference being that
these are Chinese, and consequently have a
rare charm all their own. In her most excellent
translation Miss Quong has made these stories
lively and readable." Carl Glick
-f N Y Times p20 D 15 '46 450w
"Chinese seventeenth- century ghosts ap-
parently had a cozy way of associating with
mortals, and it is hard to keep straight who is
dead and who isn't. Probably only readers
with an insatiable taste for demonology will
care much anyway."
New Yorker 22:144 D 14 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle pi 3 Ja 5 '47
200w
"A reader looking for the conventional chills
of ordinary ghost literature may at first be
disappointed by these delicate stories — some of
them no more than incidents, others fully de-
veloped narratives — but he will soon find him-
self in a world that has its own special lures.
a world that is by no means unreal or fantastic
once its conventions have been accepted. The
promptness with which the spirits claim pos-
session of their earthly lovers is only one of
its charms. The more familiar the reader
grows with this world, the more he becomes
aware that it is really a heightening of ordi-
nary life, a celebration of human values." J.
J. Espey
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 12 '47 700w
PUNER, HELEN WALKER. Daddies, what
they do aU day; pictures by Roger Duvoisin.
[36p] $1.50 Lothrop
46-17063
Picture-story book showing for four-year-
olds just what some fathers do when they go
to offices, or factories, or stores, etc., to earn
money for their families.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:170 D '46 30w
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p7 Jl 7 '46 170w
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Book 22:264 Jl '46 HOw
Klrkut 14:274 Je 15 '46 90w
"After hearing or reading this book 4 to 8
year olds will have a hard time deciding what
they want to be when they grow up." L. P.
-f N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 130w
Reviewed by Leone Qarvey
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
lOOw
Sprlngfd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 120w
"Detail is subordinated, as it should be, to
bring out the dramatic quality of Daddy's
work, which the child finds so interesting."
-f Weekly Book Review p22 My 19 '46
280w
PUNSHON, ERNEST ROBERTSON. Secrets
can't be kept. 228p $2 Macmillan [8s 6d Gol-
lanCZl 46-444
Detective atory.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week plO Ja 27 '46 lOOw
Klrkus 13:499 N 15 '45 HOw
"A well-told tale." M. C.
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 N 1 '44 80w
"Though the end is disappointing, Mr. Pun-
shon has provided a lively tale."
^ New Repub 114:62 Ja 14 '46 90w „
Reviewed by Ralph Partridge
New Statesman & Nation 29:129 F 24
'45 150w
"This is a fine example of sound detective
work without sensationalism." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p30 Ja 20 '46 160w
Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ja 12 '46 40w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
lOOw
"The story is very well devised, especially
in its original notions for the disposal of
bodies."
Times [London] Lit Sup p453 S 16 '44
130w
"Mr. Punshon is one of the sure-fire British
performers, fortunate in his pet detective and
handy with the King's English." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p!9 Ja 6 '46 150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
PUNSHON, ERNEST ROBERTSON. There's
a reason for everything. 279p $2 Macmillan
[7s 6d Gollancz]
46-2496
Detective story.
"An adventure in deduction which may prove
pleasing to readers not too critical." Elizabeth
Bullock
Book Week p8 My 12 '46 130w
Kirkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 140w
PURCELL, PATRICK. Quiet man. 216p $2.50
Putnam
46-4355
The quiet man was Peter O'Dea, an Irish
schoolmaster from County Clare. For ten long
happy years he lived and taught with the old
Fenian, Jeremiah Coady, a loud and lusty man.
Then Peter became the principal, married, lost
his beloved wife, and spent the next few years
training his young son. The time Is in the
days of the Irish civil war.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p7 Je 2 '46 230w
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Cath World 163:379 Jl '46 170w
"In this quiet, unpretentious tale of a country
schoolmaster, Patrick Purcell writes again,
tenderly of life in his own part of Ireland,
where the river Suir flows through a rich farm
and pasture land on its way to the sea at
Waterford." David Marshall
-f Commonweal 44:336 Jl 19 '46 350w
"Two things, I think, prevent its realizing
its possibilities. First, the Falstafflan character
of Coady was too much for the author; when
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PURCELL, PATRICK— -Confirmed
Coady retires from the scene, the book picks
up amazingly. . . Second, Peter O'Dea is a
pallid figure for the hero of an Irish novel. . .
Inevitably there are some good stories told in
the course of the dialogue, and the talk is not
without its engaging side, although at times
the characters seem in a fair way to talk Mr.
Purcell's book to death. Toward the end there
is a nice part about Peter's struggle to rear
his promising son in his lonely home; and an
unexpected ending makes up for the heavy and
self-conscious comedy of the beginning. R. M.
4, ___ N Y Times p!2 Je 2 '46 600w
"There is a lot of talk in the book, much of
it both rich and racy. Unfortunately, the pic-
turesque, mountainy speech is often tainted
with the corruptions of Hollywood. . . Mr.
Purcell has a natural style, lively and neat as a
hornpipe, but writes with a galloping facility
badly in need of a check rein. A little of the
discipline which is standard equipment for the
poet would greatly enhance his effectiveness
as a writer." F. J. Hynes
H Sat R of Lit 29:20 Je 15 '46 700 w
"[Coady's] scholarship is genuine, and he
knows how to impart it. But he knows, as
well, something more rare and valuable. He
knows how to livo with a fine, careless humor
and according to rules that are strictly his
own," R. P. Harnden
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 16 '46 830w
PURDON. FREDERICK FIELD, and SLATER.
VICTOR WALLACE. Aqueous solution and
the phase diagrams. 167p $7 Longmans [24s
Arnold, K. & co]
541.39 Phase rule and equilibrium [47-736]
"This book discusses the practical construc-
tion and use of the more important types of
phase diagrams for aqueous salt solutions, with
minimum attention to theory and derivation. . .
The scope is much more limited than the
title implies. It deals entirely with isothermal
phase diagrams of condensed, single-liquid sys-
tems of simple salts and water." Am Chem
Soc J
including all auxiliary bodies such as the
I.L.O. and the Food and Agriculture Organi-
zation." Am Pol Sci R
"By starting with the simplest problems of
binary systems, and with what seems at first
to be a surfeit of detail and explanation, the
authors gradually proceed to a surprisingly
clear and instructive presentation of quaternary
and quinary diagrams. The principles are old
and the methods well known, or at least long
published. But the field is nevertheless one of
deceptive simplicity, and both the student and
the investigator in the heterogeneous equili-
brium of salt solutions should find the book
interesting and helpful." J. E. Ricci
-f Am Chem Soc J 68:2749 D '46 330w
"The book is a useful treatment of the sub-
ject and the printing and form are good. It
should be very helpful to anyone working
with multicomponent phase diagrams." Henry
Eyring
-f Chem & Eng N 22:3104 N 25 '46 200w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 72:80 Ja 1 '47 20w
Reviewed by D. B. McCown
Am Pol Sci R 40:390 Ap '46 280w
"Mr. Purves' book can be recommended aa
an authoritative account of the old League in
the aspect in which it is least worthy of imita-
tion." John Lindberg
Ann Am Acad 245:196 My '46 150w
Canadian Forum 26:143 S '46 500w
PURY, ROLAND DE. Journal from my cell;
tr. from the French by Barrows Mussey;
with an introd. by Paul Geren. 140p $1.50
Harper
940.547243 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, French 46-7392
The author was a Swiss clergvman who was
arrested by the Gestapo in France and im-
prisoned for five months before he got back
to Switzerland by exchange This journal of
his prison experiences is brief because of the
difficulties of petting writing materials, and
because the writing had to be done in secret.
"This is no horror tale, in the cruder sense.
But this small book, which deserves at least
three stars of distinction in any current cata-
logue, has four values: first, as a piece of
beautiful writing; second, as a factual record
which is part of the history of the war;
third, as a studv in the psychology of im-
prisonment; fourth, and most important, as a
religious interpretation of the total experience
Dealing with concrete, poignant and intensely
personal events, it is nevertheless a searching
inquiry into the problem of evil and a tri-
umphant testimony to the validity and power of
faith under conditions of utmost stress."
4- Christian Century 63:1248 O 16 '46
140\v
"What a human, what an hone.st and what
a Christian book' A fine flower of Protestant
spiritualitv, biblical and un-mystic. of a clear
purity and intensity seldom seen. Has anybody
ever described the human, natural joy of lib-
eration more directly? . . The author's modesty,
nearness to God, his faith, hope and charity,
his courage and conscientiousness make his
artless, beautiful book one that we all should
read and treasure " H. A Reinhold
-f Commonweal 45:149 N 22 '46 440w
"Pastor de Pury's religious insights are
keen; his interpretations of his experience are
subtle, never sentimental. Here is Protestant
Christianity at its best dealing with human
degradation at its worst."
-f Kirkus 14:496 O 1 '46 200w
"The Journal is slight, largely because of
the difficulty under which it was written. . .
[It! is a human document of prime interest
and importance It is a record of this age —
pitiful, tragic, heroic." J. H. Holmes
H- Weekly Book Review p!8 N 3 '46
900w
PURVES, CHESTER. Internal administration
of an international secretariat; some notes
based on the experience of the League of na-
tions. 78p pa $1.25 (4s 6d) Royal inst. of int.
affairs
341.1 League of nations. Secretariat. In-
ternational organization A46-2043
"Chester Purves was himself an official in
the Secretariat of the League of Nations. . .
In discussing personnel, Mr. Purves takes up
the special problems of recruitment to and
promotion in a small international civil service
in which the principle of 'national representa-
tion* must receive recognition even before
merit. Some of the difficulties encountered in
the League Secretariat arose from the financial
stringency under which it was always forced
to operate. . . Among other administrative
problems discussed are diplomatic privileges
and immunities, the geographical location of
the international organization, and the desir-
ability of a unified international civil service
PUTNAM, GEORGE PALMER. Death valley
and its country. (Am. folkways ser) 231p
$2.75 Duell
917.9487 Death valley, California 46-8329
Anecdotal, informal history and description
of Death Vallev. that fabulous piece of land
in eastern California where superlatives run
out, the lowest, driest, hottest place in America.
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week pl8 N 24 '46 360w
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"An informative and interesting book for
the would-be tourist, the armchair traveler."
-f- Kirkus 14:41$ Ag 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by D. P. Lucas
Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 200w
Reviewed by Hoffman Birney
N Y Time* p28 D 8 '46 450w
"A welcome addition to Californiana, written
by an author with an appreciation of the full
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and colorful past of a region first discovered
by U.S. pioneers 100 years ago." Stanleigh Ar-
nold
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 20 '46
270w
"This is the latest of the fifteen titles so far
issued in the publisher's American Folkways
series; it is also one of the liveliest. The
nervous, staccato style in which it is written
makes for swift and easy reading, although
some may feel a certain lack of harmony be-
tween subject and treatment. But if Death
Valley does not seem to lend itself altogether
naturally to this sort of breezy, anecdotal
treatment, the fault may lie not with Mr. Put-
nam but with his predecessors, who in general
were so impressed by the grandeur and
solemnity of the setting that they approached
it with a sort of hushed respect. That pitfall
Mr. Putnam avoids very handily." Oscar Lewis
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 D 29 '46 700w
about generals; Ernie seldom discussed anyone
above the rank of captain. This Just happens
to be the last chapter of a man who wrote
about and understood the nameless men who
fought and swore and scratched and died and
won a war." Merle Miller
4- Sat R of Lit 29:13 Je 1 '46 1250w
"Why was Ernie Pyle America's most be-
loved war correspondent? He scored no Jour-
nalistic scoops. He was not flashy like the
brash young British favorites writing for 'The
Daily Mail.1 He did not interpret the grand
strategy like Russia's journalistic ace, the
pompous Ilya Ehrenburg. Probably Ernie
would not have got by very well in any other
country. He was American, unadorned Ameri-
can. He was at home with these lighting men;
he understood them, he loved them. They
loved him back." Marcus Duffleld
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 Je 2 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:86 Je '46
PYESHKOFF, ALEXEI MAXIMOVICH. See
Gorky, M. pseud.
PYLE, ERNEST TAYLOR. Last chapter. 150p
il $2.50 Holt
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American. World war, 1939 — 1945
— Pacific ocean 46-3865
Covers the last weeks of the author's war
assignments, from the beginning of his Pacific
mission to the day, April 18, 1945, when a Jap
bullet ended his life.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:144 Jl '46 300w
Booklist 42-296 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
4- Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 160w
"While some of 'Last Chapter' makes super-
fluous reading in the sense that the story of
the war is now an old one . . . nevertheless,
there is that special quality in some of Ernie
Pyle's writing that makes his work important.
Although the phrase does not appear in this
book, Mr. Pyle knows that men are children,
even if in uniform. He puts across that sense
of the friendly simplicity of the average Q. I.'s
outlook toward life, yet without mitigating the
G. I.'s capacity for ruthless initiative and
vigor which become necessary in the heat of
battle." R. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 4 '46
250w
"Both critically, and popularly, Ernie Pyle
was fully recognized as the outstanding cor-
respondent of the war. Here, once again, is
that sincerity, that simplicity, so great a part
of the man and his work."
-h Kirkus 14:164 Ap 1 '46 190w
"As honest and unpretentious as a pack-
age of letters and a valuable memorial to the
author and the events." H. W. Hart
-f Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Bill Mauldin
-f Nation 162:754 Je 22 '46 1500w
"Ernie cared little for the intellectual ab-
stractions of the struggle and everything for
the men who were its victims. He was, first
and last, a reporter, and it was the way he
saw the fight, not what he thought about it,
that gives his facts a sort of compassionate
and wistful truth. Compare his writing with
much of the ballyhoo that passed for war
reporting and you understand how intrepidly
he cut through the conventions of his profes-
sion to get at the heart and soul of war."
David Dempsey
-f N V Times p3 Je 2 '46 1500w
New Yorker 22:95 Je 15 '46 60w
"Ernie Pyle's 'Last Chapter' is a perfect
and essential companion to his earlier books,
'Here Is Your War' and 'Brave Men/ In it
there is nothing particularly new ... no top-
secret revelations of inter-Allied squabbles at
the very much higher echelon level, no reck-
less charges of neglected responsibility among
the generals. In fact, there is nothing at all
PYLE, HOWARD. Merry adventures of Robin
Hood of great renown in Nottinghamshire;
il. by [the author], new ed 250p $3 Scribner
398.2 Robin Hood
"New edition of this favorite of books that
Scribner is bringing out on its one hundredth
anniversary. New plates have been made froi«
the original drawings with the original ornate
decorations around them left off — a distinct
improvement." Library J
Booklist 43:140 Ja 1 '47
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnson
Library J 72:84 Ja 1 '47 40w
QUAYLE, ANTHONY. Eight hours from Eng-
land. 252p $2.50 Doubleday [8s 6d Heinemann]
46-4005
Tells the story of a British officer who was
landed on the rocky Albanian coast, in order
to keep a sea base open for running in supplies
to the Partisans, and of his successes and
failures on this lonely spot of land, only "eight
hours from England." The time is 1944.
Book Week p!3 My 19 '46 120w
"Not perhaps the intrigue and action
promised by the publishers, but a genuine and
graphic account of one man's war. '
-f Kirkus 14:132 Mr 15 '46 130w
"Very good personal reporting." Katharine
Shorey
-f Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 lOOw
"As a plain record of a military exploit this
book is very well done indeed. But it does not
hold the reader all the time in the bonds of
suspense, for the very reason that it clings
too closely to the habit and time-table of a
genuine adventure." V. C. CHnton-Baddeley
-f — Spec 175:550 D 7 '45 270w
"It was an unhappy adventure all round,
but it makes a very amusing and at times
thrilling story."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p581 D 8 '45
240w
Reviewed by Stephen Stepanchev
Weekly Book Review p!4 My 26 '46
460w
QUEEN, ELLERY, pseud, of FREDERIC
DANNAY and MANFRED LEE, ed. The
Queen's awards, 1946. 380p $2.75 Little
Short stories — Collections (46-8129)
Sixteen detective stories selected from the
838 submitted in the first annual detective
short-story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's
mystery magazine. Partial contents: A star for
a warrior, by M W. Wellman; Handcuffs don't
hold ghosts, by Manning Coles; Count Jalacki
goes fishing, by T. S. Stribling; Chinoiserie, by
Helen McCloy; I can find my way out. by
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QUEEN, ELLERY— Continued
Ngaio Marsh; Lesson in anatomy, by Michael
Innes; Goodbye, goodbye! by Craig Rice; Find
the woman, by Kenneth Miller; The blue hat,
by Frances Crane.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week pl$ D 8 '46 HOw
"A prize package for all mystery fans. . .
Even those who ordinarily spurn mysteries will
find good writing."
-f Kirkus 14:469 S 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by James MacBride
N Y Times p!8 D 15 '46 500w
"All but one of the fifteen awards were
copped by well-known writers, so the stories
are technically very sleek indeed. No potential
poes — the demands of the form are probably
too arbitrary — but lots of good if undistin-
guished work by such people as Manly Wade
Wellman, William Faulkner, Manning Coles,
Ngaio Marsh, Michael Innes, and Craig Rice."
New Yorker 22:132 N 23 '46 lOOw
"The only way to do justice to the book
would be to devote a paragraph to each story,
and there isn't space. Main point is you'd
better get it. You'll have fun arguing with the
awards (one of my own favorites, the Kenneth
Millar, is in the last category); you may even
enjoy the cute family- joke story which rounds
out the collection; and above all you'll have
the pleasure of several solid hours spent with
the detective story at its best." Anthony
Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl4 N 24 '46
350w
"Rewarding — in spots. . . No masterpieces."
Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 60w
"The net result is a collection that has just
about everything, including those Injuns. It's
certainly one of the high points of recent an-
thological seasons, a don't-miss value for mys-
tery shorts enthusiasts." Will Cuppy
H- Weekly Book Review p54 D 1 '46 260w
QUEEN, ELLERY, pseud. of FREDERIC
DANNAY and MANFRED LEE. Red chip-
munk mystery; drawings by E. A. Watson.
239p $2 Lippincott
46-7384
Mystery story for young readers.
Booklist 43:90 N 15 '46
"Recommended for ages 8-14." S. J. John-
son
+ Library J 71:1809 D 15 '46 70w
"Both boys and girls will enjoy the further
adventures of DJuna. There are a tight plot,
excitement without bloodshed and a boy whose
sharp eyes and quick wits really solve the
mystery without his seeming out of character
as a normal boy." Margaret Scoggin
-f- Weekly Book Review p20 N 10 '46 270w
QUEEN. ELLERY. pseud.
DANNAY and MANFI
,„«-«. of FREDERIC
•^/-u^ i-*r* Y «nu m /-» m c- R E D LEEf ed. To the
queen's taste. See Ellery Queen's mystery
magazine
QUEENY, EDGAR MONSANTO. Prairie
wings; pen and camera flight studies; ex-
planatory sketches by Richard E. Bishop.
255p maps $15 Ducks unlimited, inc, 342
Madison av, N.Y. 17
799.24 Flight. Ducks. Birds— Pictorial works
46-21493
"An encyclopedic, technical, and beautifully
printed book about ducks, whose almost in-
credible aerial maneuvers (including Immel-
mann turns) are minutely analyzed in text,
pen-and-ink sketches, and scores of excep-
tional photographs." New Yorker
New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 60w
"Out of evenings of recollection and reflection
ha* &r°wn this book. It is a beautiful volume
with large, nine-by-twelve-inch pages. Its
combination of smoothly written and often
eloquent chapters and hundreds of unique
high-speed photographs and drawings make it
an addition of lasting value to the shelf of
waterfowl literature." E. W. Teale
-f Weekly Book Review p24 N 24 '46
800w
QUENTIN, PATRICK, pseud. See Webb, R. W..
and Wheeler, H. C.
QUEZON, MANUAL LUIS. The good fight;
introd. by Douglas MacArthur. 335p il $4 Ap-
pleton-Century
B or 92 Philippine islands— History. World
war. 1939-1945— Philippine islands 46-3593
Autobiography of the late president of the
Philippine islands. Manuel Quezon was born
under Spanish rule, was an insurrectionist,
and fought first against Spain and then the
United States, for the freedom of the Philip-
pines. He finally surrendered to American rule,
and was with the Americans on Corregidor.
He died of tuberculosis, in the United States,
in 1944. His autobiography was unfinished at
the time of his death, but has completed from
his notes. Index.
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week pi Je 2 '46 1400w
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
Cath World 163:573 S '46 200w
Christian Science Monitor plO Je 29 '46
500w
Reviewed by J. N. Moody
Commonweal 44:341 Jl 19 '46 550w
Kirkus 14:164 Ap 1 '46 400w
"Inevitably, some of the quality of greatness
of the man who unfortunately failed to see the
liberation of his country* from the Japanese,
breathes in the pages of his book. Recom-
mended." Walter Hausdorfer
-f- Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 HOw
" 'The Good Fight' is a historically important
book. In it are many details of those days im-
mediately after the Japanese attack (when the
attitude of the Filipinos was being clarified
and solidified), that have not been told as
authoritatively or completely by anyone else.
No other person could tell them, for President
Quezon — gasping for air in the hospital tunnel
of Corregidor — was the central figure." Foster
Hailey
-f N Y Times p5 Je 2 '46 HOOw
" 'The Good Fight* has the clarity that comes
from the decisive mind of the man of direct
action. It has none of the subtleties of the po-
litical philosopher or of the mind and emotions
of any man who has more than a single pre-
dominant interest that keeps his life relatively
uncomplicated by other strains. . . In another
aspect. 'The Good Fight* is definitely a public
man's statement for the record. Seemingly
candid at times, it is yet politic throughout.
There are no startling revelations. There is no
discussion of the ways and means by which
Quezon gained his ends and maintained his
position as the political leader of his people.*'
J. P. Wood
+ Sat R of Lit 29:14 Je 1 '46 1650w
Time 47:104 Je 17 *46 750w
"His autobiography is modest and, for the
most part, simply written — perhaps more so
than it would have been if he nad not composed
it in English, which he learned as an adult,
and at a time when he was dying of tubercu-
losis. Actually, the autobiography never was
completed and three needed chapters were pre-
pared, from what must have been thorough
knowledge and excellent material, by friends
of Quezon. The book is notable for Its con-
centration on political issues and, except at a
few points, for its lack of extensive discussion
of the thoughts and emotions of the author. . .
It cannot be doubted, however, that Quezon
was a man of great talent. It seems regrettable
that his remarkable abilities had to be used
up in obtaining political independence for a
people who needed so much more than that/'
Floyd Taylor
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Je 2 '46 lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
Reviewed by Abraham Chapman
Yale R n 0 36:184 autumn '46 lOOOw
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QUIQQ. JANE. Looking for Lucky: pictures by
Connie Moran. 29p fl Ho well, Soskin
Tommy had two kittens, Happy an all black
kitten, and Lucky with one white spot under
the chin. One day Lucky was lost and Tommy
offered a reward to anyone who would bring
him back. But it was Happy that people kept
bringing home, an expensive turn of events.
as Tommy felt all deserved rewards for good
intentions. And then when Lucky was found
at last no reward was needed.
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
30w
°This is true four-year fun, and the pictures
cooperate with it."
-f Weekly Book Review p22 My 19 V46
160w
QUINN, KERKER, ed. See Accent (periodical).
Accent anthology
QUINTANILLA, LUIS. Franco's black Spain;
drawings by Luis Quintanilla; with a com-
mentary by Richard Watts, Jr. [87p] $3.60
Reynal
741.91 Spain— History— Civil war, 1936-1939
—Pictorial works 46-3374
A volume of sketches accompanied by brief
text dealing with scenes and incidents of .the
Spanish Civil war and its aftermath.
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week pl3 My 12 '46 250w
"This is a book of bitter drawings. It would
be a wholesome book, for all Americans to
study, lest they forget." Leander Danley
4- Churchman 160:17 Je 15 '46 130w
Current Hist 11:48 Jl '46 40w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 21 '46
70w
"Luis Quintanilla is one of the rare car-
toonists who is created out of a hatred of in-
justice and tyranny. The thirty- three pen and
ink drawings in this book are satirical, grim,
and sometimes terrifying. They are as direct
as a blow in the face, and they are uncom-
plicated by any doubts about the utter
malignancy of Franco's revolution and Fran-
co's rule. They are intended as direct propa-
ganda and like all good propaganda there are
no shadings between black and white." Oliver
Harrison
Sat R of Lit 29:21 Ap 13 '46 360w
"The artist's technique, influenced by Picas-
so and the French modernists, is a deadly in-
strument, with the conviction behind it. The
pictures are outline drawings, very thin out-
lines deftly reinforced by slight shadings to
indicate planes. There is little action in the
pictures. Most of them are scenes and char-
acterizations—appalling scenes of horror,
brutality, and degradation, and characteriza-
tions of monsters and traitors and their vic-
tims, made by a man who used his art not
only in the interest of Republican Spain but
for humanity everywhere." Thomas Craven
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 28 '46
WOw
R
RABEL, ERNST. Conflict of laws; a com-
parative study; foreword by William Draper
Lewis and Hessel EJ. Yntema; v. 1, Introduc-
tion: family law. 801p $12.50 Univ. of Mich.
341.5 International law, Private (45-37126)
"Published under the auspices of the Uni-
versity of Michigan in cooperation with the
American Law Institute, this volume ia the
first of a series designed to supplement the
Restatement of the Law of Conflict of Laws
by a comparative study of the law of foreign
countries in the same field. . . The range of
the book is enormous. Including not only an
analysis of the world* s major legal systems,
a review of their basic principles, and a search-
ing discussion of the principal legal theories
involved, but also a presentation of the prac-
tical problem of defective mechanics in law-
enforcement. . . The basic theme of the trea-
tise is an eloquent plea for reform in this cha-
otic and confused body of law." Am Pol Sci R
"The author's profound scholarship is re-
flected in the careful and extensive documenta-
tion of this work, obviously involving monu-
mental research, inciting references to prin-
cipal pertinent statutes and cases of American
and leading foreign jurisdictions, to interna-
tional conventions and treaties, and to legal
literature on the subject. For this alone, the
work is of incalculable value to judges, legal
practitioners, and specialists in the field, and,
since this volume relates to family law, to
sociologists. But Dr. Rabel's deep insight
and wide experience with the conflict of laws
have enriched this study so that the result is
not a mere annotation of foreign law to the
American Restatement, but is an independent
and comprehensive study of both American and
foreign law." Marcia Maylott
4- Am Pol Scl R 39:1194 D '45 800w
"Dr. Rabel's universal breadth of knowledge
of Conflict rules is little short of awe-inspir-
ing. Virtually no civilized system of law in
any country in the world seems to have escaped
his analysis. Few here could attempt to ques-
tion the accuracy of his statements on foreign
law. . . The book is far more than a collec-
tion of diverse rules. Throughout, the author
makes a scholarly analysis and appraisal of
these rules with admirable skill and persuasive-
ness." D. J, Faragre
4- Columbia Law R 46:337 Mr '46 1300w
Reviewed by M. M. Schoch
Harvard Law R 59:1335 O '46 1300w
RABELAIS, FRANCOIS. Portable Rabelais;
selected, translated and edited by Samuel
Putnam. (Viking portable lib) 623p $2 Viking
847 Humor 46-6714
"New translation of 'Gargantua and Panta-
gruel' which includes nearly all of the original.
Mr. Putnam, in his introduction, emphasizes
the Importance of Rabelais as a literary man.
philosopher, and humanist, and adjures us not
to think of him solely as a clown and a pur-
veyor of smut." New Yorker
Booklist 43:54 O 15 '46
"One of the most important additions to the
Portables. Samuel Putnam here gives us the
result of twenty years' work, retranslating
Rabelais, reassessing the values of the classic
Urquhart translation and its successors, supply-
ing his translation with new notes (at chapter
ends) to give the reader access to important
background data on period, setting, allusions,
etc."
-f Klrku« 14:230 My 15 '46 150w
"The translation is Mr. Putnam's own, which
first appeared, in 'All the Extant Works of
Rabelais,' in 1929. . . One may well wish to go
back to the Urquhart text for its own sake, but
I highly recommend starting with Mr. Putnam's.
He is instantly readable, smooth, lively, and
•where Rabelais shows vigorous and healthy
crudeness, goes along with him honestly and
fearlessly." Horatio Smith
-f N Y Times p4 Ag 11 '46 950w
New Yorker 22:72 Ag 3 *46 120w
"Mr. Putnam is no bowdlerizing editor. He
gives you the full-flavored Rabelaisian text,
though without the tongue- twirling mouth-
smacking overtones. Urquhart has caused to
be associated with the writer of 'Gargantua'
and 'Pantagruel.' For the pleasures of orig-
inal style and rhythm, read Urquhart; for
meaning — and for what is called readability-
get 'The Portable Rabelais,' " F. R. Gunsky
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
200w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ag 28 '46 220w
"A vigorous treasure, Mr. Putnam properly
says that the famous and traditional Urquhart
translation of Rabelais is a noble English book
in its own right, but that it does not give us
now a very true impression of Rabelais. So
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RABELAIS, FRANCOIS— Continued
if you have the whole Urquhart-Motteux trans-
lation, keep It. But for straightforward reading?
there is no better brief Rabelais than this
Portable."
4- Weekly Book Review p!3 Jl 28 '46 130w
RABINOWITZ, SHALOM (SHALOM ALEI-
CHEM, pseud). The old country; tr. by
Julius and Frances Butwin. 434p $3 Crown
46-5235
Collection of twenty-seven stories about Jews
in Russia before the first World war. The
author was a well-known Yiddish humorist
who died in 1916. Glossary.
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7:14 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
Reviewed by John Broderick
Commonweal 44:412 Ag 9 '46 260w
Reviewed by R. S. Warshow
Nation 163:158 Ag 10 '46 700w
Reviewed by Isaac Rosenfeld
New Repub 115:81 Jl 22 '46 2200w
" 'The Old Country' is the best of the Sho-
lom Aleichem in translation I have read.
Maurice Samuels' excellent book, 'The World
of Sholom Aleichem/ is not shamed in any
fashion by the appearance of his hero in Eng-
lish clothes. Almost, the fresh, desperate wit
of the great Yiddish writer animates these
Knglish tales. Almost the immortal hilarity
of Sholom Aleichem lives in their American
pages. That they lack the earthy impact of
the original masterpieces is no fault of the
translators, Julius and Frances Butwin. The
Butwins have done an inspired job. The lack
is one which must befall anyone who touches
the genius of Sholom Aleichem and tries to
carry it into another tongue." Ben Hecht
4- N Y Times p5 Jl 7 '46 1450w
"Most of the tales have a delightful, oblique
humor, and all of them exude a warmth and
pungency that lift them above the level of
mere entertainment."
-f- New Yorker 22:78 Je 29 '46 60w
"The tales are so human and pathetic that
one savors, without the slightest effort, the
lives of the characters who people the abundant
pages of this delightful collection of stories."
Harold Fields
4- Sat R of Lit 29.11 Je 29 '46 lOOOw
Time 47:108 Je 24 '46 400w
"Sholom Aleichem is generally acclaimed to
be the towering genius of Yiddish literature. . .
His books have been extensively translated and
widely read in Russian and German, yet they
have never appeared in English. . . 'The Old
Country' is the first substantial presentation of
a peer among the masters of fiction. The work
of Julius and Frances Butwin, it is a worthy
presentation. Through it we can understand
why his own people by the millions have
laughed and cried and sworn by his name."
Marvin Lowenthal
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 7 '46 950w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ag 2 46
llOw
"Definitely a textbook and not for beginners
without the aid of an instructor, unless the
reader happens to be a mathematical master
mind. But as a textbook it presents an up-to-
date, clearly written exposition of the latest
developments in navigational riiethods which
makes far easier reading than the standard
Dutton or the venerable Bowditch." D. B. S.
-J- Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 4 '46 270w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 180w
RADDALL, THOMAS HEAD. Pride's Fancy.
308p $2.50 Doubleday
Romantic tale of Santo Domingo, Nova
Scotia, the seas between and the men who
sailed them as privateersmen in colonial times.
The hero is a red-headed daredevil named
Nathan Cain from Nova Scotia, and the
heroine is Lia- Marie Doiainde, from the West
Indies.
"His adventures in the pirate-ridden Carib-
bean and off the coast of Hispaniola— known
on modern charts as Haiti — make good reading
for the adventure-minded. There is history,
too: grim record of oppression by white man
and murderous revolt by black. At times it
seems the author is not too kind in his attitude
toward the oppressed islanders. Savages they
were, yet no more savage than their masters,
the Spaniards, the British and the French.
But 'Pride's Fancy' is a rousing tale, and well
told. I have lived on Haiti and know the land
and people. There is authenticity and a sure
touch in the writing." F. N. Litten
H Book Week p50 D 1 '46 270w
"Adventure, romance, for those who like sea
tales."
+ Kirkus 14:432 S 1 '46 120w
"Mr. Raddall's quick look back at the glory
that was the mariner's is several cuts above
the ordinary variety. He is a skilled, efficient
practitioner of the art of story- telling; he goes
about his business with no irritating preten-
sions and with very little waste motion." R.
N. Schwartz
-f N Y Times p!6 N 3 '46 310w
"The telling, though in the first person, has
about it a curious obliqueness, as if the scene
were viewed from an angle, and this effective
indirection appears again and again in the
book, a sort of concealed illumination which
throws episodes in bold relief. . . The plot is
tenuous, mainly a succession of Incidents
strung together without much motivation,
meaning or sequence. What gives the book
vitality is the author's intimate knowledge of
the sea, the intensity and realism with which
he can describe storm and battle." P. J.
Searles
_j Weekly Book Review plO N 24 '46
600w
RABL, SAMUEL SUPPLEE. Star atlas and
navigation encyclopedia. 161p maps $5 Cornell
maritime
627 Navigation 46-5385
"This book is an agreeable combination of
theory, practice and star lore. It is aimed chiefly
at owners of small yachts who wish to navigate
their own craft, and students who wish to in-
struct themselves in navigation. Adequate,
practical discussions are given of such naviga-
tional essentials as the calculation of speed and
distance; the use of the compass; latitude and
longitude and the use of charts (including star
charts); use of the Nautical Almanac; the find-
ing of position by dead reckoning, by H.O.211,
and H.O.214; and position plotting. In addition,
the author has identified and described very
briefly such modern aids and methods as the
gyrocompass, radar and loran." (N Y New Tech
Bks) Indexes.
Book Week p4 Ag 4 '46 50w
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:27 Ap '46
RADIN, EDWARD D. 12 against the law. 245p
$2.75 Duell
364 Murder. Criminal investigation. Detec-
tives 46-7100
Twelve actual criminal cases, most of them
murders, and most of which occurred in or
near New York.
"Radin's reporting is plain, straightforward
and unemotional, commonplace but adequate.
The cases themselves are absorbing. They will
recommend themselves particularly to the read-
ers of detective stories who find too little sur-
prise in real murder. Writers of hard boiled
detective stories could read them with profit
as well, to observe that the police have a num-
ber of alternatives for the rubber hose. The
most frequent of these here makes a sound
and dreadful lever of the murderer's own con-
science." James Sandoe
-f Book Week p8 O 13 '46 150w
Kirkus 14:517 O 1/46 lOOw
"It is quite evident that Mr. Radin, In select-
ing the true stories of crime included in this
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volume, has been guided by the excellence of
the detective work rather than by the sensa-
tional features of the crimes themselves. He
has omitted many cases which attracted much
more public attention than did those he has
chosen. All those recorded here display the
intelligence, the patience and the thoroughness
of the detectives assigned to the various cases
and, what is more important, the team work
which made the solutions possible." Isaac
Anderson
-f N Y Times p28 S 29 '46 250w
"Most of the mayhem takes place in or near
New York, but the Lonergan case is perhaps
the only one which will be familiar to most
readers. Fine for those who prefer a detailed
study of police methods to a psychological es-
say on crime."
+ New Yorker 22:128 O 5 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '46
90w
"First class."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 O 20 '46
140w
RADIN, GEORGE. Economic reconstruction in
Yugoslavia; a practical plan for the Balkans;
pub. for the Carnegie endowment for int.
peace. 161p $2.50 King's crown press
338.1 Agriculture — Economic aspects. Re-
construction (1939- ) — Yugoslavia 46-7281
"This book was written by experts in the
fields of economics, rural power development,
cooperative practices, and agriculture, who
must remain anonymous since they are in the
employ of our government. These practical
essays on electrification, farm management and
relief activities are addressed to all Balkan
countries and particularly to ravaged Yugo-
slavia; but the advice contained in them is
suited to any farmer anywhere whose main
job is rehabilitation " (Publisher's note) No
index.
"To anyone interested in the Balkans, there
is ample evidence here that the agrarian prob-
lem, with which all of them have been con-
cerned, goes much deeper than the mere need
for redistribution of the land. There are a
number of useful statistical tables. Unfor-
tunately there is no index, but in such a slen-
der volume this is not an unpardonable sin."
A. N. Dragnich
-f Ann Am Acad 248:288 N '46 400w
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 20w
Foreign Affairs 26:170 O '46 30w
"May find buyers who wish to discover
economic currents and prospects in this coun-
try which, in one way and another, has caused
so much trouble in this century. They will
be disappointed, for the title is a misnomer.
Even the subtitle, 'A Practical Plan for the
Balkans' fails to show that the book is chiefly
a compilation of specific rules for the improve-
ment of agricultural practice in backward
areas. . . First-rate American authorities have
here put valuable scientific information into
simple terms for the use of persons in au-
thority in backward rural regions anywhere.
Fortunately, the book Is to be translated into
several languages. Unfortunately, because of
the title, it may reach the wrong readers and
fail to reach the right ones in the United
States, the country of first publication."
Alzada Comstock
Springf'd Republican p6 S 4 '46 320w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:305 D '46 220w
RADIN, PAUL, ed. & tr. Road of life and
death; a ritual drama of the American In-
dians; with a foreword by Mark Van Doren.
345p $4.50 Pantheon bks.
970.62 Winnebago Indians. Indians of
North America — Religion and mythology.
Indians of North America— Drama 46-923
A ritual ceremony developed by the Winne-
ba«ro Indians of Wisconsin. Basing the drama
on an old belief in reincarnation, they show
this life as a mystic highway between earth
and heaven, which must be traveled again
and again. The requirements for success are:
humility, piety, a sense of proportion, and love
of one's fellowmen. The translator, an anthro-
pologist, obtained the original text of the dialog
and action from a former leader of the Winne-
bagos.
Reviewed by A. I. Hallowell
Ann Am Acad 245:219 My '46 700w
"The volume is of value both from an edu-
cational and a religious standpoint."
-f Current Hist 10:446 My '46 90w
"Recommended for American History, Indian
and large drama collections."
-f Library J 71:122 Ja 15 '46 40w
"We have here something more than a lit-
erary curiosity or a scientific document, for in
this sacred ceremonial of an aboriginal tribe
may be discerned no little poetry, pathos and
sincere piety. The competence of the inter-
preter is beyond question, and his explanatory
account of the history and culture of the Wis-
consin Winnebagos is simple and interesting
even to the casual reader." E. G. Eastman
-f N Y Times p!8 Ja 20 '46 750w
Reviewed by E. G. Eastman
Springf'd Republican p4d D 2 '45 600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:87 Je '46 260w
"Under the mystical title of 'The Road of
Life and Death' Paul Radin presents a meticu-
lous translation of one of the rituals of an
American Indian tribe. It is an elaborate and
lengthy ceremony — this medicine rite of the
Winnebagos of Wisconsin — and there are count-
less pages of repeated ceremonial greetings and
perfunctory ritual speeches. But if the lay-
man has the patience to wade through these
passages he will find hidden among them true
gems of Indian mythology, mysticism, philos-
ophy and ethics." M. R. Harrington
4- Weekly Book Review pl4 Je 2 '46 400w
"The book is a permanent contribution to
specialists interested in mythology, ritual, sym-
bolism, and ceremony . . The value of the
book as a scientific document on ritual and
ceremony suiters from the fact that it was
impossible to include any of the very many
ritual songs. The bulk of these wa* lost, un-
fortunately, after they had been recorded But
even samples of them are to be desired for
a full picture of what went on. The general
reader should also be warned that although
there are rare gems of literature and philo-
sophy scattered throughout the pages, and
.some sections of exciting drama, the book
does, on the whole, bog down under monotonous
and dull repetitions, and often with unclear
and hidden meanings." L, W. Simmons
Yale R n a 35:747 summer '46 650w
RAEBURN, BEN, ed. Treasury for the free
world; introd. by Ernest Hemingway. 417p
$3.50 Arco
940.508 World politics. International rela-
tions. Reconstruction (1939- ) 46-1702
An anthology in which "sixty authors—schol-
ars. Journalists, ideologues, politicians and
poets — discuss their hopes and fears on sub-
jects as varied as education, politics, business,
international relations, science, farming, race
prejudice and economics." (New Repub) "The
material in this book, now enlarged and re-
vised, originates from the files of Free World."
Index.
"I am intensely allergic to all 'treasuries'
of this and that. This book, however, is far
more than Just the 'exception'; it is exactly
what its title professes, a 'Treasury for the
Free World.' . . Few better starts in self edu-
cation can be made by Americans, than an
intellectual reading of ^Treasury for the Free
World.' " S. D. Alinsky
-f Book Week p3 Mr 17 '46 550w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:651 Ap '46 30w
Kirkus 14:54 F 1 '46 190w
"Individual performances are pretty much
related to the skill and political commitments
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RAEBURN, BEN— Continued
of the writers, with the scholars in the lead
and the politicos running last. The reader will
find it entertaining to distinguish analysis from
information, and facts from propaganda. There
are few surprises in these essays — much of
what is said has been said before by the same
authors and possibly better, and many say
exactly what is expected. Consequently, this
volume of good will for a better world enjoys
the advantages and suffers the disadvantages
of any political omnibus."
-| New Repub 114:294 F 25 '46 200w
"As in every anthology of this kind, the
various articles are of very unequal value.
Many of them are dated; some of them retain
their value as historical documents of a period
of stress and woe, of struggle and hope." H. K.
N Y Times p36 F 24 '46 450w
"The book is on the whole, an antidote to the
kind of thinking which, to paraphrase Hilaire
Belloc, holds that whatever happens, we have
got the atom bomb and they have not."
New Yorker 22:90 F 23 '46 120w
Reviewed by W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:90 Ap 13 '46 950w
"Most of the selections are good but they
are chosen only from writers whose articles
have appeared in the magazine, Free World.
Among these, political leaders and publicists
predominate. The fields of education, art, and
science are rather neglected Although one
entire section is devoted to the scientists, the
representation is inadequate despite the fact
that Albert Einstein contributed one of the
three articles. The most serious omission, how-
ever, is that of religious contributors, not one
of whom is included." D. J. Bradley
H Survey 82:243 S '46 550w
"Out of the rich treasury of 'Free World1
Ben Raeburn has selected some sixty essays,
with a few poems, and, under a very lucid
scheme, arranged them into the present hand-
some volume. The list of contributors is daz-
zling, leaders of thought, art and action." Al-
bert Guerard
+ Weekly Book Review p31 Mr SI '46
1200w
RAESLY, ELLIS LAWRENCE. Portrait of New
Netherland. 370p $4 Columbia univ. press
[20s Oxford]
974.7 New York (state)— History— Colonial
period A45-1615
Scholarly study of the Dutch settlers in New
Netherland, describing their life and culture
thruout the whole of the colonial period. Bibli-
ography. Index.
"The manuscript should have been more
carefully checked, and the printer's proofs more
carefully read, to avoid errors of fact or of the
press, of which there are too many to be ex-
cused or to be enumerated in the space allotted
to this review. They occur in the acknowledge-
ments, the text, notes, bibliography, and index,
and they are various in kind. Besides typo-
graphical errors there are those of names,
dates, and statements. But the author can
write well. Often he holds attention by his bril-
liant picturesqueness. His book fills a need,
and if revised with the friendly aid of the less
than half a dozen competent specialists In this
limited field of New York's beginnings under
the Dutch West India Company, it will long
hold a place in New York's historiography."
'-f '— Am Hist R 51:321 Ja '46 950w
"In this work of sound and useful research
Dr. Raesly frequently disappoints by failing to
point up or to single out the significant facts
leading to his conclusion. He thus fails to
prepare the reader for his final Judgment, to-
day altogether laudable but unhistorical, that
the movement of recent generations of Ameri-
cans away from a stiff and straitlaced self-
nghteousness to sane and sound human funda-
mentals has put them abreast of their simple
and practical Dutch ancestors.' " Carl Briden-
baugh
N Y Times plO My 6 '45 550w
RAFFAELE SANZIO. See Raphael
RAHN, OTTO. Microbes of merit 277p 11 |4
Cattell
589.95 Bacteriology 45-9152
"In this book Dr. Rahn, professor of bac-
teriology at Cornell University, makes a fas-
cinating story of the part that good microbes
play. Without them we would not have bread
or cheese, beer, pickles, penicillin or sauerkraut.
They are present in our intestines, synthesizing
needed vitamins. They are responsible for the
decomposition of dead plants and animals, so
that the elements they contain can be used over
again. Without them we could exist only with
great difficulty." Weekly Book Review
"At time* the reader may grow weary of
terms and cycles unfamiliar to him, but for
those who wish to take a glimpse of this field
it is recommended." G. W. Stewart
-f> — Am J Pub Health 36:663 Je '46 120w
Bookmark 7:7 Mr '46
"This is probably the first authoritative book
for the general reader to be devoted entirely to
the sketching of an enthusiastic picture of many
kinds of microbes that are beneficial to man.
and Professor Rahn is to be warmly congratu-
lated upon his success in presenting so much
technical information in such a clear and read-
able manner."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 16:3 S '45 420w
-f Weekly Book Review plO Ja 27 '46 250w
RAINE, WILLIAM MACLEOD.
hoofs. 274p $2 Houghton
Western story.
Clattering
46-6293
Kirkus 14:285 Je 15 '46 90w
N Y Times p24 Ag 18 '46 140w
Reviewed by Will CupjSy
Weekly Book Review p24 N 3 '46
60w
Wis Lib Bui 42:168 D '46
RAISON, MILTON MICHAEL. The gay mor-
tician. 288p $2 Murray & Gee
_ t 46-4853
Detective story.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Jl 21 '46 140w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Je 30 '46
150w
RAMOS, GRACILIANO. Anguish; tr. from the
Portuguese by L,. C. Kaplan. 259p $2.50 Knopf
46-1914
A psychological novel which follows the
mental meanderings of a middle-aged degener-
ate thru the details of a perverted love affair
to the murder of his successful rival.
"The entire novel is ... a hopeless pit, and
since the characters are so devoid of virtue
the only redeeming feature is the undeniable
talent and technical skill of the author. 'An-
guish' is an effective dramatization of a psy-
chiatric case." Angel Flores
h Book Week p4 Ap 21 '46 260w
Kirkus 14:76 P 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by M. D. Zabel
Nation 162:482 Ap 20 '46 600w
"Ramos' style and method are original. There
is a hypersensltivity to detail which creates a
sense of distance and fantasy within real-
ity. . . The musical repetition of certain
images from his childhood accentuates the
meanness of the present, for da Silva is
descended from the rancher, Trajano, a lusty
frontiersman to whom life did not present the
same problems it does to his grandson." H. R.
xiays
•f New Repub 114:876 Je 17 '46 960w
"Senhor Ramos is one of the leading novelists
of Brazil's literary Renaissance, and Mr Kap-
lan's vivid translation of his latest novel justi-
fies his reputation." E. B. Burgum
•f N Y Time* plO Mr 31 $8 700w
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"Mr. Ramos devotes most of his book to his
not particularly attractive hero's breakup and,
in doing so, has written a grim, detailed, un-
sparing1 novel that has more actual horror in
it than many a book that has horror as its
stock in trade/'
New Yorker 22:116 Ap 13 '46 120w
"With this translation of 'Angustia,' a major
novel of the contemporary literary movement
of Latin America becomes available to the
American reader. . . 'Anguish' is a bitter and
depressing story. There is not one moment of
gaiety or even lightness to it. All the char-
acters are entangled in a mesh of mediocrity,
frustration, poverty. . . I am afraid that [Mr]
Kaplan's translation cannot be termed more
than Just adequate — at times not even that.
It is true that Graciliano's style cannot be
easily transposed into another language. It is
too rich in colloquialisms, too integrated into
the living slang that gives vigor and sparkle
to the speech of the people In Brazil." H. T.
De SA
H Sat R of Lit 29:76 Ap 13 '46 850w
"The character of the protagonist is unattrac-
tive, the other figures and the actions no less
so, but the story has the compelling intensity
of psychological truth and skillful plan. How
well Ramos has mastered his tale is proved by
the fact that the reader would find it intoler-
able if the murder were not brought to a suc-
cessful conclusion and feels an inexplicable
satisfaction in the fact that the murderer's
guilt remains concealed." B. D. Wolfe
4- Weekly Book Review p20 Ap 7 '46 550w
RAND, EDWARD KENNARD. Cicero in the
courtroom of St Thomas Aquinas. 115p $1.50
Marquette univ. press
189.4 Thomas Aquinas, Saint. Cicero, Mar-
cus Tullius
"Professor Rand, professor at Harvard for
forty years, and the foremost American expert
on medieval Latin, delivered this material as
the Aquinas lecture at Marquette University in
1945, a few months before his death. The
lecture is a scholarly study of the use of
§ notations and ideas from Cicero in the
umma of St. Thomas." Christian Century
Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 60w
Reviewed by Otto Bird
Commonweal 44:557 S 20 '46 440w
"With characteristic good taste, Professor
Rand reserves the impedimenta of scholarly ap-
paratus for thirty- two pages of footnotes
placed at the end of his essay, to which he
adds two appendices supplementing the infor-
mation given in the lecture itself. In this,
subject-matter and information provide a back-
ground for a more interesting experience, that
of glimpsing the humane culture and broad
sympathies of an outstanding American scholar.
Professor Rand's defense of the humanism of
St. Thomas, like Cicero's defense of the poet
Archias, is the occasion for an eloquent and
persuasive plea for a liberal wisdom nourished
by art as well as by science, and by literature
as well as by philosophy." E. A. M.
-f J Philos 44:26 Ja 2 '47 550w
Times [London] Lit Sup p345 Jl 20 '46
2100w
RANDALL. JAMES QARFIELD. Lincoln and
the South. 161p $1.60 La. state univ. press
B or 92 Lincoln, Abraham. South — Politics
and government 46-3035
Four lectures on the subject of Lincoln's
understanding of the South. The author
"shows why the border states, and especially
Kentucky, were so important in Lincoln's
strategy for fighting the war, and why he was
always ready to ignore the abolitionists, his
cabinet, his party majority in Congress or any
other group in the north if by so doing he
could strengthen the Union cause in Missouri,
Maryland or the state in which he had been
born." (Christian Century)
Reviewed by B. M. Coulter
Am Hist R 52:194 O '46 23 Ow
Reviewed by A. B. Miller
Ann Am Acad 246:172 Jl '46 200w
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
"Few recent small books on Lincoln have
contained more meaty ideas."
+ Christian Century 63:563 My 1 '46 350w
"These [essays] may be read with pleasure
and profit by good citizens of all races and
political creeds in all our states. There is not
a partisan line in the book. Only a few of
the strands in the tangled skein could be ex-
amined within the scope of the work, but
these are of major importance. The author is
conciliatory in style and content; he wants
to 'put Lincoln over,' but he faces fairly the
implications of his facts." F. L. Bullard
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 15 '46
600w
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 70w
Reviewed by A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Nation 162:725 Je 15 '46 450w
Reviewed by W. B. Hamilton
N Y Times p24 My 19 '46 800w
Social Studies 37:240 My '46 20w
"[This] is the kind of work that could be
done only by a master in the field. The canvas
is broad; the strokes firm and sure. A lightness
of touch hides the long, painstaking research
that lies behind generalizations but the flnat-
picture is one that reveals both Lincoln and
his time a<? they were and not as less
scholarly writers imagine them to have been."
A.very Craven
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 23 '46
950w
RANSHOFEN-WERTHEIMER, EQON FER-
DINAND. International secretariat; a great
experiment in international administration.
500p $4.50 Carnegie endowment; Columbia
univ. press
341.1 League of nations. Secretariat 45-7969
"This volume is the first comprehensive
study of the experience in international ad-
ministration gained by the League of Nations
in the twenty years of its active existence.
It describes and evaluates the history and evo-
lution of the League Secretariat, its peculiar
problems of leadership, its structural develop-
ment and personnel problems. It furnishes the
reader with a new insight into the adminis-
trative technique developed through trial and
error at Geneva, into the constant interplay
of political and technical necessities, and into
the unique problems created by the existence
of a large supranational civil service with ex-
clusively international duties. Particular at-
tention is paid throughout the volume to those
elements in the experience of the past which
have a direct bearing upon administrative prob-
lems that will have to be solved by the archi-
tects of the international organs of the future.
The author had ten years' personal experience
as an official of the Secretariat of the League
of Nations from 1930 to 1940." Pref
"It is to be hoped that the United Nations
will profit by the experiences and mistakes of
the organization on which it was patterned.
In tracing the pattern, one can do no better
than read this book." R. B. Fosdick
-r- Am Hist R 51:691 Jl '46 1050w
"The volume is, of course, of great topical
interest. It deserves a painstaking examination
by Mr. Trygve Lie and his chief associates in
organizing the UN secretariat and in recruiting
its personnel. There are sins both of omission
and of commission which may be avoided if
the evidence of League experience which Mr.
Ranshofen-Wertheimer has assembled is care-
fully weighed." W. T. R. Fox
4- Am Pol Scl R 40:372 Ap '46 450w
Reviewed by John Lindberg
Ann Am Acad 245:196 My '46 350w
"The appearance of Dr. Egon F. Ranshofen-
Wertheimer's volume comes at a moment when
his studies may have the greatest usefulness
for technicians faced with the task of forming
the new international machinery. . . Dr. Rans-
hofen-Wertheimer makes no effort to excuse
the League's failures, technical as well as
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RANSHOFEN-WERTHEIMER, E. F. — Cont.
political. He draws a number of recommen-
dations, the crux of them being creation of
an international civil service with purposes
and loyalties raised to a new level."
-h Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 12 '46
650w
Foreign Affairs 24:349 Ja '46 60w
"The author had, at the time of writing, no
access to the files of the League and some of
his statistics had to be based on second-hand
materials or on personal guesses. The appen-
dices include a very interesting review of the
filing system of the Secretariat by Catherine
Pastuhova. The failure to reproduce the Staff
Regulations and the Secretariat Office Rules
constitutes a serious omission, however. The
book should be of great assistance to all those
concerned with the shaping of the secretariats
of the various United Nations organizations,
as well as to those persons who intend seeking
employment with the UN. It compares favor-
ably with the two studies of the League Sec-
retariat which were published recently by the
Royal Institute of International Affairs." L. B.
n -f Harvard Law R 59:636 Ap '46 950w
"If the new UNO Secretariat is to succeed
and a loyal international civil service to be
built up, this study will have much more than
a purely historical interest.*1
-f New Repub 114:326 Mr 4 '46 240w
"The volume has already been useful to the
persons charged with the setting up of UNO
and affiliated organizations, but is likewise of
value for the student and the general reader
as well."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:53 Mr '46 200w
RANSOM, ELMER INGLESBY. Woodland
book; 11. by Sabra Mallett. 109p $3 Howell,
Soskin
598.2 Birds. Animals, Habits and behavior
of 46-1569
Collection of brief essays on birds and some
of the smaller animals, such as the otter, opos-
sum, racoon, etc. The author, an American
sportsman, wrote most of these sketches for
This Week magazine.
"The style is individual and poetic, fit pres-
entation for the personal observations. In gen-
erous number are the illustrations by Sabra
Mallett done in woodcut effect, beautiful in
design. These, with the type and general for-
mat, make it a collector's item, but popular
in appeal as well." Millicent Taylor
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 F 23 '46
150w
"Simply written for young people, this book
will delight older people who care for beauty
in bookmaking, whatever else are their tastes.
They will count it a choice possession." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:132 Mr '46 HOw
"A distinguished addition to large collections
and appealing to anyone from twelve years
on." Elizabeth Schmidt
-f Library J 71:348 Mr 1 '46 70w
Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 10 '46
180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:43 Mr '46
RANSON, JO, and PACK, RICHARD MORRIS.
Opportunities in radio. 104p pa $1.50 Voca-
tional guidance manuals, inc. 45 W 45th st,
N.Y. 19
384.5 Radio broadcasting 46-6368
"Background requirements, practical ap-
proaches, pointers, futures — for all phases of
radio from acting to engineering and promo-
tion— are discussed briefly and clearly by
people who know the field." (Theatre Arts)
Index.
RANSON, JO, and PACK, RICHARD MORRIS.
Quiz book of the seven arts; 11. by Leo Garel.
192p $2.50 Summit press, 6 E 45th st, N.Y. 17
793.73 Information tests 46-8222
Questions (and answers) designed to test the
reader's information concerning the movies,
radio, books, music, theater, art and the dance.
Illustrated with some fifty cartoons.
Theatre Arts 31:71 Ja '47 60w
"People who hope to be asked questions on
the radio may prepare themselves for those on
the seven lively arts, by this gay and festive
book."
f- Weekly Book Review p!4 D 29 '46 260w
RAPHAEL (RAFFAELO SANZIO D'URBINO).
Raphael's drawings [with a descriptive cata-
log and biographical and critical introd. by
Ulrich Middeldorf]. 56p 60pl $15 Bittner, H.
741.91 Drawings 46-684
"In an introductory essay, Dr. Middeldorf
gives us a picture of Raphael's working habits,
the elements of his style, his personality and
his influence, followed by a scholarly catalogue
of the selected drawings and the plates them-
selves. Ulrich Middeldorf is chairman of the
department of art of the University of Chicago
and honorary curator of sculpture at the Art
Institute of Chicago." Book Week
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!6 F 24 '46 200w
"Mr. Middeldorf's new book on Raphael's
drawings offers the happiest kind of reintroduc-
tion to this artist . . The plates are large
enough to be effective and clear enough to
make it possible to sen^e the quality of the
original drawings. . . In simple, readable Eng-
lish, Dr. Middeldorf gives a brief account of
Raphael's life followed by a thoughtful analysis
of his methods of work, of his Ideals and
attainments as an artist and of his historical
fortune. The author often allows others to
speak for him, and not the least interesting
aspect of his book is his selection of significant
and telling appraisals of Raphael gathered
from the writings of artists and critics who
understood him well." R. "W. Kennedy
-f N Y Times p6 F 17 '46 1200w
-f New Yorker 22:90 F 23 '46 30w
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:81 Je '46 120w
"The drawings were selected not only for
their quality but also to bring before the public
unfamiliar works deserving to be better known.
There is a short biographical chapter and a
critical introduction that is admirable in its
restraint and in its general knowledge of the
artist and the period." Thomas Craven
-f Weekly Book Review plO Mr 17 '46
250w
RAPHAEL, MAX. Prehistoric cave paintings;
tr. by Norbert Guterman. lOOp il $7.50 Pan-
theon bks.
571.72 Cave drawings 46-116
"Prehistoric cave paintings are a precious
art heritage from the far distant past and they
have never been so freshly and enthusiastically
seen through the artist's eye as in this volume
by the great European art critic, Max Raphael.
Such a study of this art by an artist has been
long overdue and the author has been willing
to sit down ipatiently before these paintings
and try to understand them in their own terms,
however much these differ from the conven-
tions of the modern art." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:916 Je 15 '46 60w
"Anyone thinking of crashing radio should
give attention to these 100 pages."
4- Theatre Arts 30:623 O '46 60w
Reviewed by E. Q. Burrows
Sat R of Lit 28:7 D 22 '46 lOOOw
"In spite of all the crudities of anthropolo-
gists' comments on cave painting which Max
Raphael has challenged in this volume, his
case would have been even stronger if he had
not thrown overboard quite so much of their
knowledge. . . By greater recognition of the
limits of time and space within which the cave
art appeared, Max Raphael would find it neces-
sary to modify his conclusions about the na-
ture of the relationship which binds an artist to
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his times, but he would strengthen his plea
for the recognition of its profound significance. "
Ruth Benedict
_j Weekly Book Review p22 Ja 27 '46
600w
RAUDENBUSH, DAVID WEBB. Democratic
capitalism. 338p $3.50 Day
330.15 Democracy. Capitalism. U.S. — Eco-
nomic policy 46-3478
"An evaluation and comparison- of capitalism
and other ideologies with the purpose of de-
lining a panacea for the troubles of today. The
author traces the historical development of
capitalism and endeavors to show its faults
and virtues. He summarizes extensively the
thoughts and ideas of Prof. Burnham's The
Managerial Revolution and attempts to indi-
cate the possibilities of a democratic capitalism
without leaning too much to an ideology."
(Library J) No index.
Foreign Affairs 25:337 Ja '47 40w
"A plan which is 'crack' in application but
admirable and sound in theory, intended to
reverse the managerial trend in world eco-
nomics by substituting a liberal capitalism. . .
Thoughtful, economics-wise, if optimistic."
+ Kirkus 14:237 My 15 '46 190w
"His program is thought provoking and will
no doubt raise some discussion. It is easily
worth the attention of serious readers." W. A.
Kaleriich
-f Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 SOw
Reviewed by George Soule
New Repub 115:492 O 14 '46 750w
Reviewed by Jerome Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:12 Je 15 '46 2750w
RAUSCHNING, HERMANN. Time of delirium;
tr. from the German by Richard and Clara
Winston. 369p $4 Appleton-Century
940.5 World politics. Peace. International
relations 46-11932
"Author, former President of Danzig Senate,
whose Revolution of Nihilism contained many
revelations about the Hitler movement, ap-
praises now the danger elements in present
world situation and indicates possibilities of
averting new catastrophes. Analyzes roles of
three leading powers and exposes errors of
their foreign policies." (Library J) No index.
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p4 D 8 '46 600w
"There are books which must be regarded
as failures, but which are at the same time
important as symptoms of widely held atti-
tudes. They are more respectable than books
which are much clearer, more consistent, and
not as much torn by passions and prejudices.
Such a work is H. Rauschning's 'Time of
Delirium'. . . The new book of Rauschning, his
first since 1942, suffers from the absence of a
dominating central approach. . . Many excellent
remarks and wise statements are made by the
author, who is a very cultured reader of au-
thors such as Burckhardt and Donoso Cortes
and who knows how to utilize such contem-
porary students as Plessner and Bauhofer
(much too little known in the USA). This
general approach is combined with a special
interest in modern revolutionary tactics: we
find here many valuable observations for which
Rauschning is indebted to his study of Lenin.
And finally Rauschning is very much concerned
with present-day foreign politics, particularly
with the fate of Germany. . . Rauschning' s
book may be very helpful for those who be-
lieve that present difficulties can be overcome
by manipulating some gadgets, organizing con-
ferences, and inventing new techniques. . . On
the other hand, Rauschning can easily be ac-
cused of some confusion." Waldemar Gurian
Commonweal 45:377 Ja 24 '47 850w
Kirkus 14:443 S 1 '46 150w
"Rauschning' s criticism is constructive; there
is a wealth or astute observation, especially on
the future position of Russia and on changes
in Europe's social order. Book is very timely;
unfortunately it is not particularly well writ-
ten. Recommended for larger public and col-
lege libraries." F. B. Hirsch
-f Library J 71:1624 N 16 '46 140w
" 'Time of Delirium* is neither informative
nor well written. Oracular in tone, with a
tendency toward metaphysical phraseology, Its
most striking characteristic is the frankness,
almost brashness, with which its author draws
conclusions from his rich store of prejudice and
opinion. Without the slightest inhibition, for
example, he equates democracy and economic
privilege or defends Italian fascism as essen-
tially democratic in inspiration. As a result,
the apologists of the extreme left will be as
delighted as if one of their reactionary men of
straw had come to life; and most proponents
of democracy will be embarrassed. Any pos-
sible usefulness the book may have, however,
will depend on this same indifference to con-
vention." E. W. Fox
— NY Times p6 D 1 '46 1650w
"His reasoning is often acute, but there are
enough references to racial concepts and
'Christian' thinking to remind us that the
Doctor does not have an entirely unblemished
record as a democratic philosopher."
New Yorker 22:125 N 23 '46 120w
"Dr. Rauschning's line of argument is not
easy to follow. His book is poorly organized,
his reasoning is sometimes confused; and he
occasionally contradicts himself in 'Time of
Delirium/ yet Dr. Rauschning is attempting to
grapple with the most fundamental problems of
our time. He covers a wide range of material;
he writes in a tone of strong moral conviction
and spiritual elevation; and many of his in-
sights show a genuine profundity." H. B.
Parkes
Weekly Book Review p38 N 24 '4G
HOOw
RAVENEL, BEATRICE ST JULIEN. Archi-
tects of Charleston; introd. by William Watts
Ball; phot, by Carl Julien. 329p $5 Carolina
art assn, Gibbes art gallery, 135 Meeting st,
Charleston 5, S.C.
720.9757 Architects. Charleston, South Caro-
lina— Historic houses, etc. 46-3570
"In Charleston in ante-bellum days . .'. the
architects turned out an extraordinary number
of handsome, delicate, yet enduring buildings
in a variety of styles— Classic Revival, Greek
Revival, and even Moorish. Many of them are
presented here in excellent illustrations." New
Yorker
Current Hist 11:232 S '46 90w
Reviewed by H. I. Brock
N Y Times p23 Je 23 '46 350w
"The text is witty, in an old-fashioned way
('He spoke politely of women and never mar-
ried one'), and thorough."
-f New Yorker 22:108 Ap 20 '46 lOOw
"A book of factual Americana, gathered
with great pains and rigid regard for truth,
and presented with grace and skill. As a ref-
erence book it will De important to architect
and antiquarian The traveler, too, will find
'Architects of Charleston' an added fillip to
his sightseeing . . 'Architects of Charleston'
presents over 200 pictures by the artist-
photographer, Carl Julien. It is a pity that
so many of the photographs are marred by
the ugly electric wires festooned across facades
and steeples of storied beauty." F. T. Howe
H Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 420w
"It is a picture of considerable variety that
Miss Ravenel gives — to counteract, in her
words, the general theory that [the] Southern
architect was 'concerned entirely' with the
white-pillared mansion and endless columns
along the porticos. She cites Gothic Revival
work, Moorish, 'Italian villa* and others. Some
of Mr. Ju lien's very fine photographs, bearing
out her thesis, are such that the reader win
return several times to them." H. T. Kane
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 My 26 '46 550w
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RAY, JAMES RALPH. Story of American
aviation. 104p il $2.50 Winston
629.13 Aeronautics. Airplanes 46-26032
Brief sketches of the high spots in flying
from the earliest date, 3600 B.C. to the Jet-
propelled planes of today. Illustrated with dia-
grams and colored pictures. The author has
had some thirty years' experience in flying.
Index.
Book Week p22 Je 2 '46 200w
Booklist 42:216 Mr 1 '46
"Boys who are airplane enthusiasts will be
delighted with it. Those who realize how well
informed some of these youngsters are will
understand that this does not mean writing
down to their level. On the contrary, it requires
a degree of competence which the author for-
tunately commands."
-f Christian Century 63:209 P 13 '46 80w
"Snappy prose, good journalese, lively lay-
out, colorful illustrations and diagrams on
every page give this sure appeal for air-
minded boys."
-f Kirkus 14:71 P 1 '46 60w
"Recommended for reference and circulating
departments of school and public libraries.
Suitable for ages twelve and up." E. T. Dobbins
-f Library J 71:348 Mr 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Frederick Graham
+ N Y Times p!6 P 10 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 29:46 Je 16 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 My 26 '46
200w
RAYMOND, CLIFFORD SAMUEL. Honorable
John Hale; a comedy of American politics.
370p $2.76 Bobbs
46-8061
John Hale, a wealthy Chicagoan, has two
sessions with politics, at the beginning, and
at the end of his public career. The time is
the beginning of the present century-
Reviewed by Lloyd Lewis
Book Week p4 D 8 '46 50w
"The slight narrative is woven loosely
through a great mass of shrewd and realistic
observations upon the antics of our grass-root
politicians. As a newspaper man, Mr. Ray-
mond has apparently gone through the familiar
chain of reactions to the operation of our gov-
ernmental institutions; bitter disgust, reformist
zeal, ironical contemplation and, finally, good-
humored acceptance. This book is written in
the mood of the latter." Frederick Brantley
-| NY Times p!4 D 15 '46 230w
"To create such a man in fiction calls for a
subtlety that would tax the artistry even of a
Meredith, and the flesh and blood and even
mind of this modest man, I find, escaped me.
One can define him only by negative ap-
proaches. We know many things he was not;
but just what he was one doubts if he knew
himself. But the story of that legislature of
forty-odd years ago is a contribution to the
lore and literature of American politics. Not
since Winston Churchill's 'Coniston' with its
Jethro Bass and the famous woodchuck session
of a New Hampshire Legislature has there
been so rare a comedy of state politics from
the inside." P. T. Marsh
4- __ Weekly Book Review p!3 Ja 6 '47
1050w
RAYMOND, RENE (RAYMOND MARSHALL,
pseud). Blondes' requiem. 318p $2 Crown [8s
6d Jarrolds]
46-16813
Detective story.
RAYNER, ROBERT MACEY. British democ-
racy; an introduction to citizenship. 223p $2
(7s 6d> Longmans
342.42 Great Britain — Politics and govern-
ment. Democracy 46-5647
A British textbook describing in detail the
workings of the British government and the
historical background. Two final chapters deal
briefly with "other democracies," Russia and
the United States.
"The story of Spencer's adventures are ex-
citing enough, but they do not make much
sense. Five blondes are murdered before he
finds out who did the killing." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 HOw
"Extra- tough."
Sat R of Lit 29:38 My 18 '46 40w
Reviewed by W. H. Wickwar
— Am Pol Sci R 40:1020 O '46 230w
"Mr. Rayner's admirably precise and concrete
description of the working of British institu-
tions deserves a wide adult public as well as
a permanent place in sixth form libraries.
It does not, and does not pretend to, rank
with the great classics of constitutional ex-
position, but it makes an excellent introduc-
tion to Bagehot."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p255 Je 1
446 420w
READ, CHARLES RODES, and MARBLE,
SAMUEL DAVEY. Guide to public affairs
organizations, with notes on public affairs
informational materials [pub. in cooperation
with the American Friends service commit-
tee]. 129p pa $2 Am. council on public af-
fairs
061 Association and associations 46-6967
"A directory and brief description of more
than 400 organizations devoted to various types
of improvement and uplift in human affairs,
with bibliographical materials." Christian
Century
"In its field an extremely useful compila-
+ Book Week p9 O 6 '46 90w
Booklist 43:29 O 1 '46
Christian Century 63:1039 Ag 28 '46
30w
Social Studies 37:375 D '46 240w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:263 S '46 240w
READ, HARLAN EUGENE. Fighters for free-
dom; the story of liberty throughout the
ages. 287p il $2.60 McBride
323.44 Liberty 46-8474
"Man's long fight for liberty—political, reli-
gious and social— is movingly set forth in this
intensely interesting book. It gives an over-all
picture of a struggle . . . that has advanced
this far only by innumerable minor victories
often forgotten. From Solon to Susan B. An-
thony, Mr. Read calls the roll of those dedi-
cated souls who gave their energy and often
their lives to take us one little inch farther
on the toilsome upward path. Not all the
names are familiar ones: John Huss, Servetus
and Thomas Clarkson may be vague figures to
some of us, but they live afresh in these
pages." (N Y Times) Index.
"While school libraries will find it invaluable,
this is also a splendid 'family reading' book.
The style is adult, but so clear and lively that
the younger members will find it no bar to the
thrilling hero stories. For grown-ups, for teen-
agers and their juniors, 'Fighters for Freedom'
is one of the important books of the 1946 sea-
son." N. B. B.
-t- N Y Times p6 N 10 '46 150w
"The torch of freedom has not been handed
on from one century to the next in a straight
line, but for the general reader Harlan Eugene
Read has performed a service in charting his-
torical sequences which has genuine merit and
timeliness."
-}- Weekly Book Review p26 D 8 '46 HOw
REAGgR, RICHARD CRANSTON. You can
talk well. 312p $2.60 Rutgers univ. press
808.5 Public speaking
A guide for the public speaker, giving prac-
tical advice from tone quality to sound ideas
on dress. Partial contents: Causes of speech
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Ineffectiveness; Background requirements for
effective speaking; Speech organization and
plan; Selection of speech material; Preparing
the speech for delivery; Your voice and tonal
quality; Improving your vocabulary; Platform
manner; A self-criticism guide; The presiding
officer; Parliamentary law; The banquet or
dinner meeting; How to tell a funny story;
Presentations; The speech of welcome and
farewell: The eulogy; Selling and sales effi-
ciency; The interview; The business executive;
The written report and paper; The radio
speech; Telephone speech and your conversa-
tion. Bibliography.
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
School & Society 63:432 Je 16 '46 40w
"A lively book that packs usable informa-
tion into a text in itself a model for getting
things said so they really get over."
-f- Weekly Book Review p!5 Ag 25 '46
180w
REASON ER, HARRY. Tell me about women.
(Beechhurst press publication) 189p $2.50
Ackerman
46-4258
The scene of this novel is a Minnesota col-
lege town. A hard-boiled young reporter mar-
ries a co-ed, and the course of young love is
not smooth. The story is of their attempts to
understand each other and their efforts to
keep the marriage going.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p9 Ap 28 '46 250w
"Mr. Reasoner. as the dust-jacket points
out. writes with a simplicity and vigor remi-
niscent of James M. Cain. But the 'sensitive-
ness and beauty that makes his story and his
people come alive* are more often than not a
screen play cuteness. This is the most strik-
ing defect in an otherwise competent first
novel." William Kehoe
-j NY Times p8 My 5 '46 150w
"Views sex and cynicism through the eyes
of the present generation. It's a slim, stark
first novel, probably partly autobiographical,
as before entering the army the author was
a reporter in Minneapolis. Youthful repetitions
encumber his style and tend to monotony, but
he understands his types and has something
definite to say." P. H. Bickerton
H Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
180w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p44 D 8 '46 90w
RECK, WALDO EMERSON. Public relations;
a program for colleges and universities;
foreword by Everett Case. 28 6p $3 Harper
371.2 Publicity. Advertising— Colleges and
universities 46-7466
"This is not a guide to publicity techniques
but an examination of the ways in which
an educational institution can cultivate, main-
tain, and profit by friendly relations with people
inside and outside the institution. Dozens of
cases of good or bad public relations are cited.
Not a duplication of material in Harral, Pub-
lic Relations for Higher Education [Book Re-
view Digest 1942]." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:95 D 1 '46
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 60w
"At times — being a public relations man —
he seems to put his case ahead of the actual
purpose for which college and university edu-
cation exists, subordinating that to the public
relations. However, he has much sound com-
monsense advice for anyone concerned in put-
ting a particular educational institution in a
good light with its public."
H Klrkus 14:320 Jl 1 '46 120w
"An interesting and extremely useful book
which should be a 'must* not only for other
public-relations directors but for everybody
in the field of education. . . Mr. Reck has
done education a real service by writing this
book." Rudolf Neuberger
+ School A Society 65:15 Ja 4 '47 850w
REDD1N, KENNETH SHEILS. Young man
with a dream [Eng title: Another shore].
240p $2.50 Current bks. [8s Cresset]
46-4952
Gulliver Shells' dream is about the South
Seas — he wants to go there to live. So he
gives up his Dublin Job in the civil service,
and waits for developments. A picture of life
in the upper circles of Dublin ensues.
Klrkus 14:22 Ja 15 '46 130w
"Few books have given us a better picture
of Dublin with its many-sided life and the tale
itself is so vivid, so humorous and so fascinat-
ing to the end that we recommend it most
enthusiastically." M. H. Zipprich
+ Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 80w
"A light-hearted novel about Dublin is such
a rarity that Another Shore must be given
pride of place. The novel, which appears to be
a first one, has some glaring defects, including
a shameless cutting of the Gordian knot, only
saved from spoiling the tone of the rest by
being in the convention of 'ruthless rhymes'
and Jennifer Stokley is so consistently drunk
when she appears that the Implied happy end-
ing seems over-optimistic; but the story is so
much alive and the writing is so vivid and
easy that criticism is disarmed." Charles Mar-
riott
-| Manchester Quardlan p3 Je 22 '45 300w
"An amusing, fantastic novel." Paul Griffith
N Y Times p8 My 5 '46 170w
"There are some entertaining scenes of grimy
Dublin street life, but the theme of the novel
is too fragile to sustain all the situations with
which it is loaded, and long before the end the
story dismally crumples up.
New Yorker 22:106 Ap 20 '46 90w
Reviewed by Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:19 Ag 3 '46 550w
"[Gulliver Shells] progress has the irrespon-
sibility and something of the charm of an early
Rene" Clair film, but Mr. Reddin's humour is
more cruel. . . A large number of minor
characters carry on the stock tradition of Irish
comedy amusingly enough. But the fantasy of
Gulliver and his Bohemian friends, both rich
and poor, is refreshingly timeless. Even if we
suppose it to belong to the early thirties and
a world oblivious of war, its setting is still an
unreal Dublin without politics or, apparently,
morals."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p293 Je 23 '45
240w
"Here is a novel of well-to-do Irish life that
is gay, brisk and debonair. No Irish melan-
choly here. No hushed hate. No troubles.
Brightness falls from the air of this novel."
Horace Reynolds
4- Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 21 '46 700w
REECE, BYRON HERBERT. Ballad of the
bones, and other poems; introd. by Jesse
Stuart. 93p $2 Dutton
811 45-7915
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The collection will attract a small audience,
— those who always follow with interest a new
name in American poetryt especially those in-
terested in regional accents."
Kirkus 13:448 O 1 '45 llOw
"There is life, not just pleasant mooning, or
twisted ingenuity, in this poetry." J. G.
Fletcher
-4- N Y Times p24 Mr 3 '46 230w
"Reece is certainly no unlettered folk writer,
and I doubt if he is a Sir Walter Scott record-
ing a folk literature. Rather, the ballads, like
the lyrics and sonnets, do not convince the
reader that they are not synthetic. For all
that, the ballads are skilfully versified, quickly
paced, and eminently readable." A. C. Ames
Poetry 67:282 F '46 420w
"Unfortunately most of these 'ballads' by
Mr. Reece are pure ersatz — not even good
imitations of genuine balladry. They are made
up of a garbled juxtaposition of modern literary
imagery and 'archaic' or backwoods phrases.
The result is often really funny — where certain-
ly no humor was originally intended. Most of
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REECE, B. H — Continued
the lyrics in the volume, contemporary at least
in theme and diction, are much better; the
best that may be said of the concluding son-
nets is that they are pretty good imitations of
Jesse Stuart/' Ruth Lechlitner
Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 31 '46
190w
REED, DOUGLAS. Yeoman's progress [Eng
title: Next horizon]. 320p $2.75 Bobbs [8s 6d
Cape, J.]
46-1385
A fictionized record of life in England from
the Boer war to 1950. It begins with Appledore
Yeoman and his two sons celebrating the relief
of Maf eking, follows the Yeoman family in its
ups and downs thru two generations, and ends
with Appledore's youngest grandson starting
for South Africa in a Jet-propelled air-liner,
in 1950.
Reviewed by F. N. Litten
Book Week p6 Mr 3 '46 450w
Kirkua 14:3 Ja '46 180w
Reviewed by J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 My 4 '46 90w
"There is one admirable and powerful epi-
sode. It is the description of the birth of
Anne's child, Patrick. . . The honesty and the
knowledge with which this is written create
the drama — not the true but melodramatic
realities of the raid. This one homely triumph
intensifies the tawdriness of other scenes and
other actions. Most of the characters and the
desires by which they are impelled seem too
familiar in fiction. Familiarity and facility
touch all characters except Anne. This facil-
ity is unworthy of the intentions of the book.
It is certainly unworthy of the true meaning
of this century." Lawrence Lee
N Y Times plO Mr 3 '46 450w
New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 190w
"A light-hearted reprise of the melody that
ran through 'Cavalcade, ' a picture that we all
saw some years ago." N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:19 Mr 16 '46 280w
Times [London] Lit Sup p221 My 12
'46 330w
"This is a novel of genuine literary merit,
but at its heart is a complete, weary negativ-
ism. Mark's flight to South Africa offers a
closing note of affirmation which the author
obviously doesn't feel himself. There's no rea-
son why that land should escape the third
world war Douglas Reed confidently predicts."
Richard Match
+ Weekly Book Review p!9 Mr 3 '46 750w
REEVES, FLOYD WESLEY, ed. Education for
rural America. 213p $2.50 Univ. of Chicago
press
370.1 Education — Aims and objectives. Rural
schools A45-5683
Collection of papers prepared for the Con-
ference on education in rural communities held
at the University of Chicago in the summer of
1944. Contents: Emerging problems In rural ed-
ucation, by F. W. Reeves; Economic and social
factors in planning an educational program in
rural communities, by Newton Edwards; Farm
income, migration, and leisure, by T. W.
Schultz; Education for the use of resources, by
G. F. Gant; The contribution of the Land-grant
college to rural education, by L. C. Emmons;
The school and the improvement of education in
rural communities, by V. E. Herrick; What
rural schools can learn from the training pro-
grams of the Armed forces, by R. W. Tyler; The
organization and financing of rural schools, by
H. A. Dawson; Library service to rural commu-
nities, by Leon Carnovsky; Economic co-opera-
tion and adult education, by B, R. Bo wen; Phi-
losophy and activities of the Michigan State
Farm bureau in adult education, by E, A.
SmaJtz; Training rural youth for leadership, by
B. F. Hennink; The educational program of the
Farmers union, by Mrs. Jerome Evanson. Index.
principally by educationists who have step
outside their fields of competence, the littlt
book is well written. It would furnish a local
chapter of the A.A.U.W., a district teachers*
conference, or a community forum on educa-
tion, fuel for discussion for a session or two.
It offers little to the scientific student of rural
society, either in fact or in principle, that has
not been known for a generation. Yet, it
leaves the sum of existing human knowledge
very well intact, a thing which cannot be said
for the majority of books of similar type."
O. D. Duncan
Am Soc R 11:779 D '46 380w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Ja 20 '46 270w
Reviewed by W. M. Robinson
Library Q 16:164 Ap '46 1650w
School & Society 62:376 D 8 '45 60w
"The worker immersed in the details of
rural education will derive from this book a
sense of 'his personal involvement in large
national issues, a broadened view of con-
temporary activities and possibilities in his
field, and a feeling- of fellowship with a large
and able group of workers in fields closely
allied to his own."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2-113 Je '46 210w
REICH, WILHELM. Mass psychology of fas-
cism; 3d rev. & enl. ed, tr. from the German
ms. by Theodore P. Wolfe. 1st English ed
344p $4 50 Orgone inst. press, 157 Christopher
st, N.Y. 14
335.64 Fascism. Social psychology 46-7416
"[This work] is a detailed demonstration of
the correlation between political authoritarian-
ism and sexual suppression. Acceptance of the
Flihrer principle in politics Reich sees as an
outward aspect of a character structure cowed
by the father image and ffearful of its orgastic
potentiality." Nation
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 lOw
Reviewed by Irving: Howe
Nation 163:764 D 28 '46 420w
"Reich is a psychoanalyst who has been
working and writing for more than a quarter
of a century. Opinions about him are divided.
There are those who consider his position in
science peripheral, not to say eccentric. Others
see him as one who provides a progressive and
revolutionary psychology. In my opinion Reich's
book is typical of widely prevalent reactionary
trends in current psychopathology: exaggera-
tion of the individual and the biological, mis-
conception or neglect of the social and his-
torical, and a pseudo-objectivity which under
the guise of studying the repressive forces of
the individual capitulates before the oppressive
forces of society. This book, therefore, is a
symptom of more than academic interest."
Frederic Wertham
New Repub 115:734 D 2 '46 lOOOw
REID, JESSE TAYLOR. It happened in Taos.
192p il $2.50 Univ. of N. Mex, press
323.35 Taos, New Mexico 46-11962
"How 'everybody got together on every-
body's business' in Taos County, New Mexico,
to solve common problems including hot school
lunches, library and health services with help
of a Carnegie Corporation Grant, coordinated
assistance from civil agencies and sponsorship
of the American Association for Adult Edu-
cation. Specific information on successes, fail-
ures and significance of project for Americans
who see that an increasingly paternalistic
government is not the solution to our mutual
problems but that people themselves have
power to better their own lot." Library J
f *, from a a number of pathetic misin-
terpretations of facts and their implications,
Book Week p36 D 1 '46 50w
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
"For librarians who still wonder what their
Job Is, chapter 'The Little Red Wagon' gives
an answer. Important contribution to literature
of dynamic adult education. Superbly illus-
trated with photographs." R. E. Kingery
-f Library J 71:1329 O I '46 150w
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REID, MARSHALL, pseud. See McBride, R.
REISNER, MARY. Mirror of delusion. 302p $2.50
Dodd
46-3634
"The characters reflected in Miss Reisner's
'Mirror of Delusion* are a medley of American
and English tourists on a visit to Athens in
1935. Set against a backdrop of the monuments
of Greece, the story threads its way through
modern Athens to the ancient ruins of Delphi.
A painter, his glamorous wife and her young
companion are the principals with, in the offing,
the usual gossips found on the fringe of any
idle society." N Y Times
"In probing these lives the author has fol-
lowed a psychological pattern whose surprise
ending is unusual. While neither exceptional
writing nor characterization distinguishes the
book, its lively plot and shadowy insin-
uation are steadily interesting. The descriptions
of the Parthenon, the Sacred Way, the temple
of Apollo and the Stadium, as well as the
lovely pastoral scenes, are captivating." Mar-
guerite Tazelaar
+ N Y Times plO My 12 '46 140w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p8 My 12 '46 320w
REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA. Arch of triumph;
tr. from the German by Walter Sorell and
Denver Lindley. 455p $3 Appleton-Century
45-9381
Paris just before the outbreak of World war
II is the scene of this novel. The two central
figures are Ravic, a famous Berlin doctor es-
caped from the Nazis; and Joan Madon, an ac-
tress who became his mistress. Ravic is re-
duced to operating for more fortunate doctors,
performing abortions, and to making routine
examinations of the inmates of a brothel. Joan
proves faithless, and when she dies after an
accident, Ravic, still loving her, finds courage
to face the concentration camp.
"On the surface this is a hard story, a story
of gynccology and of brothels, of abortion and
death. The author must provide us with some
sentimental or comic relief from these sordid
details, and he does so in two ways: by showing
us Ravic' s occasional nostalgia for the Germany
that has perished, and by high-lighting the
doctor on his nocturnal adventures in Paris. . .
The dialogues drone on too long for their best
effect. The mood of loneliness is repeated with
variations that become wearisome. The surgery
is painfully excessive, and in his alcoholic for-
titude, Ravic becomes superman. Powerful
writing and many fine touches of characteriza-
tion are clotted for want of selection." Edward
Weeks
h Atlantic 177:151 F '46 800w
"What is so disappointing about 'Arch of
Triumph' is that it is slickly workmanlike,
readable, quite exciting and interesting m spots,
with prose which often is suddenly very fine
(for a short space), and that beyond that it is
nothing. From many writers that would be
more than enough. For many, many readers it
will be more than enough. For me — from
Remarque — it is not enough by far." A. C.
Spectorsky
h Book Week pi Ja 20 '46 1150w
"This is not a novel for relaxation or diver-
sion; many readers will be repelled by its low
life, its realism, and its language, but it is
neither ribald nor sensational, its tone is human*
and philosophical. Read before buying."
Booklist 42:165 Ja 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 Mr '46
"A nauseating hodgepodge of blatant atheism,
gross immorality and planned murder. . . If
you are interested in the management of
French houses of prostitution; if you wish to
learn how to commit murder without suffering
the penalty of the law; if you desire to spend
a few hours in the company of as low a set of
scoundrels as we have met In the pages of one
story you will read this ultra-realistic novel."
810 y L. cath World 162:477 F '46 200w
"A moving theme, in some respects movingly
handled. But the working out of the plot in-
volves a number of subjects which are most
unpleasant, such as the less reputable situations
taking place in night clubs and in houses of
ill repute. Seldom in fiction, too, would one be
likely to come upon so many gruesome descrip-
tions of surgical operations. Surely, even if the
hero is a German surgeon operating illegally in
Paris, fewer examples of his skill would have
sufficed. . . To read this book is an ordeal;
one sets his teeth and goes through with it if
one must. But, in the end, one has little that
is truly rewarding." M. W.
— Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 22 '46
240w
"Here, at last, is a completely classical, and
a very orderly, novel. . . The whole novel is
neat as nice knitting, and the dialogue is crisp,
but not coarse, and always beautifully in key.
It is hard to believe this is a translation — the
rhythm of the sentences is so completely Eng-
lish: never do you feel, breathing down your
neck, the ponderous German sentences which
arrive puffing at the final step as though at the
top step of a steep stair. Surgical operations
can rarely have been more sensitively or more
graphically described: the reader is left suffer-
ing vicariously from everything except house-
maids knee." Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 43:435 F 8 '46 850w
"A superb book, unpalatable for many — but
a book that is more significant than any he
has done since All Quiet on the Western
Front,"
-f Kirkus 13:527 D 1 '45 250w
Reviewed by H. W. Hart
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by H. 1'A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 N 22 '46 150w
"It is a book of serious and decent intention,
arid not uninteresting as story, but I must dis-
sent from majority of opinion, which finds it
one of the literary monuments of our difficult
times. For I think it takes more than a doctor
forced to perform abortions to symbolize the
indignity that modern man has suffered under
the Nazi terror . . . and more than Mr. Remar-
que's soft prose to create the moral and intel-
lectual tone of a period of tragedy. Indeed, I
find it hard to explain the already staggering
sales figures for 'Ar-,h of Triumph.' " Diana
Trilling
— Nation 162:203 F 16 '46 280w
"Remarque admirably sustains his note of
unrelieved anguish. It is as if he had doggedly
written the whole book in a single minor key.
The humorous episodes at Madame Rolando's
establishment, written in the best Maupassant
tradition, are no exception. Because of this
monotony of style, and because of the late
start of the main plot, the book is not easy to
read. Yet Remarque's novel has something to
say about the homeless and the exiled which
we here are only too willing to forget. It
depicts a world which, to us in America, seems
alien in its wretchedness and passive accept-
ance of the on- rushing apocalypse, but which is
probably more like ours than we care to know."
Richard Plant
New Repub 114:99 Ja 21 '46 550w
"It makes absorbing reading, though it is
sometimes overcontrived; it is briskly paced,
though the lacquered writing lacks the simple
spontaneity of 'All Quiet on the Western
Front.' And through its penetrating stories of
human fortitude it should stir even those of
us who have been telling ourselves that the
people who helped us win our common victory
are not really as badly off as some would say."
Charles Poore
4- N Y Times pi Ja 20 '46 1450w
" 'Arch of Triumph' is the first novel I have
read with sustained interest from beginning to
end in quite some time. The dry season of the
novel has lasted long enough and it is good, at
last, to have a book so generally satisfying as
Mr. Remarque's. . . The weakest part of Mr.
Remarque's novel, I thought, was the love
affair between Ravic and Joan. It's such a
flaw in a fine book that I wish I didn't have
to bring it up." Hamilton Basso
_| New Yorker 21:78 Ja 26 '46 900w
"[The book] possesses many of the charac-
teristics of a great novel. At any rate, Jt is
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REMARQUE, E. M.— Continued
one of those rare books which, fated for best-
sell erdom, will at the same time interest, move,
and satisfy the serious, adult reader." Robert
Pick
4- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ja 19 '46 llOOw
"Dr. Ravic, the central character in Arch
of Triumph, is a very likeable figure. Joan,
his unexpected friend, is not. She is illogical,
twisting everything- to place herself in the
right position — fascinating enough to hold a
man, cheap enough, selfish enough, dishonest
enough to repel him. . . A little after the
middle of this book this lady grows tedious;
but the end is a tremendously exciting piece
of writing — a thriller that for once makes
sense." V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
H Spec 177:556 N 22 '46 360w
"Remarque has dealt with a tremendously
tragic and moving theme, but he has been
defeated intellectually by his own wholly Ger-
man absorption with pathological curiosa and
disregard for man as a human being. For
example, his obsession with the operating
theater has no relation to the cleansing sharp-
ness of the surgeon's scalpel, since he pokes
into the very entrails of mankind not to heal
but to pry. Much of 'Arch of Triumph' is
revolting, but it is also taut and powerful. Un-
fortunately, although Remarque nas marshalled
all his piteous victims of brutality, of intoler-
ance, of governmental incompetence, he has
slain no dragons, and only further muddled
the waters of human despair." L. S. Munn
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ja 20 '46
600w
Time 47:90 Ja 28 '46 650w
"Mr. Remarque's style of narrative here is
fluent and theatrical, his unvarying tone of bit-
ter and wearied wisdom rather cheap."
Times [London] Lit Sup p575 N 23 '46
180w
Reviewed by Virgilia Sapieha
Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 20 '46 llOOw
"The love story and numerous flamboyantly
theatrical scenes of surgery and vice are the
weaker parts of Arch of Triumph. Its strength
lies in its fine gallery of representative char-
acters wonderfully revealed through expert
dialogue, its narrative power, and its eloquent
interpretation of human character in a time of
catastrophe." Orville Prescott
H Yale R n s 35:673 spring '46 550w
RENNE, LOUIS OBED. Lincoln and the land
of the Sangamon. 140p il $2.50 Chapman &
Grimes
B or 92 Lincoln, Abraham 45-8791
Sketch of the life of Lincoln with special
reference to th6 Sangamon valley setting of
Lincoln's "prairie years." The author was
born in the Sangamon country and knew
William Henry Herndon. Index.
"For his part Mr. Renne contributes no
more than an orthodox version of the gentle
Lincoln who has endeared himself to the good
people who find inspiration in the life of the
martyred President. Doubtless the author
would be the first to admit that his little
volume was designed to accomplish nothing
more ambitious than that." K. M. Stampp
Am Hist R 51:765 Jl '46 180w
Christian Century 62:1417 D 19 '45 50w
"The volume belongs to the realm of senti-
mental Lincolniana, it is true. But it is re-
freshing and human. It Is a joy always to
clasp hands in our muckraking and factual
age ('factual' means here 'A little dirty' com-
bined with an adeptness in making the worse
appear the better reason)— -it is always a Joy
to clasp hands with Victorian enthusiasm and
faith." Alexander Mackie
+ Crozer Q 23:301 Jl '46 400w
RENOIR, PIERRE AUQUSTE. Renoir draw-
ings; ed. by John Rewald. 24p 93il $15
Bittner
741.91 Drawings 47-57
"Renoir, like Cezanne, was an Impressionist
who transcended Impressionism. . . Mr. Re-
wa!4's 'I^enpir Prawjngrs' ha* only a brief seven
page text by way of introduction; the ninety-
three examples of Renoir's graphic work repro-
duced are arranged to illustrate by themselves
the artist's later development." N Y Times
Reviewed by J. J. Sweeney
N Y Times p3 D 8 '46 650w
"Renoir made some of the loveliest drawings
of any of the Impressionists — or of any artist,
regardless of school— and the ninety- odd exam-
ples in this volume have been reproduced with
a great regard for the niceties of line and
texture. Mr. Rewald' s brief text is agreeable
and authoritative."
-f New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 50w
Reviewed by Thomas Craven
Weekly Book Review p3 D 15 '46 550w
REWALD, JOHN. History of impressionism.
448p 475pl $10 Museum of modern art
759.914 Impressionism (art) 47-30050
"In [this book] Mr. Rewald undertakes a full
detailed account of the developments which
led from the return of Camille Pissarro to
Prance in 1855, through the first 'Impressionist'
exhibition in 1874, down to the last group show
in 1886 which marked their disbanding. He
bases his text on 'the writings and utterances
of the artists themselves,' upon 'numerous ac-
counts of witnesses,' and finally upon 'contem-
porary criticisms.' "NY Times
Booklist 43:165 F 1 '47
"[This] is a compilation of documents many
of which have not been brought together be-
fore, and most of which have never hitherto
been made available in English. As such it is
an extremely useful book. But at the same
time Mr. Rewald' s text suffers from a fault
very similar to that which marked orthodox
Impressionist painting. Its surface is too ac-
tive: it is overrun with anecdote and quota-
tion. And there is too little substantial
criticism beneath it. Another weakness is the
selection of illustrations." J. J. Sweeney
+ — N Y Times p3 D 8 '46 340w
"This book matches Wilenski's 'Modern
French Painters' in scholarship and, being
more limited in focus, exceeds it in detail. In
its field, it will probably be unexcelled for
some time."
-f New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 50w
"John Rewald's book is an outstanding
achievement, a work of basic importance for
its lucidity and for its scope." F. S. Wight
+ Weekly Book Review p34 D 8 '46
1200W
REWALD, JOHN. Renoir drawings. Sec
Renoir, P. A.
REY, MRS MARGARET ELISABETH (WALD-
STEIN), and REY, HANS AUQUSTO
(UNCLE GUS, pseud). Pretzel and the pup-
pies [il. by the authors]. [28p] $1 Harper
46-7187
Pretzel, the longest dachshund in the world,
and his wife Greta now have five puppies.
This book of their adventures is arranged like
the "funnies" with each episode taking up
two pages.
"The inventiveness and fresh imagination
of the episodes and pictures make them
valuable from every angle. Considering the
lure of the comics, it will be wise to hide
"the book from Papa."
-f Book Week p3 N 10 '46 140w
-f Kirkus 14:382 Ag 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 70w
"Mr. and Mrs. Rey have made a story that
young children can follow by looking at the
pictures. Older brothers and sisters will want to
read the conversation and comments of this
lively dog family. Parents and relatives who
find comic magazines a problem will find this
book a good solution." L. P.
+ N Y Time* p42 N 10 '46 lOOw
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683
"A comic book, but ia really comical!" Flor-
ence Little
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
GOw
"Arranged like a very good comic strip, in
bright color and on good paper. They are
original and very amusing."
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 9 '46 20w
cause its characters move on a dramatic stage
and have inner life that explains their actions."
Ernestine Evans
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ap 7 '46 960w
Wis Lib Bui 42:75 My '46
REYNALS, MARIE LOUISE (DE AYALA)
DURAN-. See Duran-Reynals, M. U
REYES, ALFONSO. Mexican heritage. See
Hoyningen-Huene, G.
REYHER. FERDINAND. I heard them sing.
226p il $2 Little
46-2897
Spans fifty years in the life of a midwestern
community, from the 1890's to the end of
World war II. During that span the life of
the little town, is pictured thru the ups and
downs of Ben Halper the village barber, who
dreams over his life while the whole town
waits to welcome home Ben's granddaughter,
a heroine of the war.
"Poignant, beautifully told story. In the
history of one little man in one little town,
Ferdinand Reyher has presented our Ameri-
can society in microcosm over a 60-year span.
4I Heard Them Sing' is good on a first reading
and better on a second. Best of all is its lov-
ing portrait of the 1890s. Though no women
were allowed in Ben's shop — and the women
seem to have had no counterpart for the
barbershop fraternity— so skillfully has Reyher
presented the period that even a woman of
these days will suffer with Ben a nostalgic
pang for the days when 'men had time in
their souls, harmony in their throats, and the
cakewalk in their feet.' " Dorothy Sparks
4- Book Week p5 Ap 7 '46 450w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
"The American pageant, passing through this
modest-appearing volume, is presented with
much understanding of comparative values and
a good sense of perspective. The sum of Ben's
conclusions is that the hurry-hurry of new
times has nothing in it to compensate for loss
of the greater leisure of the good old times."
W. K. R.
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!6 My 4 '46
600 w
"Mr. Reyher writes well, although with a
weakness for non-stop sentences. He has
created two or three minor characters of in-
terest and promise, then has hurriedly killed
them or sent them wandering away to clear
the stage once again for his barber hero. It
is really too bad. Ben should have had a
pretty manicurist to brighten up his place and
his life." F. S. Nugent
-\ N Y Times p6 Ap 14 '46 650w
"Mr. Reyher is a far from expert -writer,
but his presentation of the plight of a husband
and wife to whom marriage means quite dif-
ferent things is altogether affecting."
-f New Yorker 22:106 Ap 20 '46 80w
"A pleasant, warm book, somewhat in the
metier of Barry Benefleld and Lester Cohen."
Phil Stong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ap 27 '46 400w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
330w
Theatre Arts 30:557 S '46 20w
"The book is rich in characters, none of
them verbal inventions, but picked ripe from
the tree of middle western life. There is im-
mense pleasure to be got from the clash and
Jockeying about real estate values, about scenes
laid in the depression that tried men's souls
between wars. . . The story itself is not simple
although it is told in simple dramatic scenes,
as the town grows and ebbs. . . The writing
is often in one style and then in another.
But the force of the book, and its tension, come
because the story really confronts not only
those for whom it evokes that middle region of
America through personal experience, but be-
REYNOLDS, DiCKSON, pseud. See Dickson, H.
REYNOLDS, QUENTIN JAMES. 70,000 to 1;
the story of Lieutenant Gordon Manuel. 217p
$2.50 Random house
940.548173 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American. Manuel, Gordon
46-5115
Master Sergeant Gordon Manuel of Hodgdon,
Maine, was shot down over New Britain on
the night of May 21, 1943, the sole survivor
of a wrecked B-17. Eight and a half months
later he was rescued by a submarine. The
story of his stay in the jungle is told by Quen-
tin Reynolds.
"There is little suspense in this story, as
the reader knows beforehand that it has a
happy ending, but it is a remarkable and
stirring record of quiet heroism, of a stubborn,
unconquerable will to survive, of ingenuity
and resource, of unshaken loyalty. The most
touching and impressive element in the nar-
rative is the affection and respect which de-
veloped between the castaway flier and the
faithful and honorable natives who rescued
him." R. E. Danielson
Atlantic 178:158 S '46 300w
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p4 Jl 21 '46 410w
Booklist 43:33' O 1 '46
"While not minimizing the vitality of presen-
tation— Quentin Reynolds tells a grand story
and has made Master Sergeant Manuel's yarn
come to life — I am doubtful as to whether it
can take the hurdle of public saturation or
apathy."
Kirkus 14:186 Ap 15 '46 170w
"The well-known Colliers correspondent who
usually writes engagingly for mass consump-
tion here drops a peg lower and almost enters
into the field of Juvenile literature. Unim-
portant." H. G. Kelley
— Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
— NY Times p21 Jl 28 '46 300w
"This is a book I can safely, and with some
degree of confidence, recommend to your ten-
year-old son. Written in what Mr. Reynolds
hoped would sound like the simple, unaffected
story-telling style of the hero of the piece, *
'70,000 to 1' is crawling with tips on how to
stay alive in a South Pacific jungle for eight
months. . . If there is, or was, a Gordon Manuel
and this is truly his story, it is not the pur-
pose of this review to disparage his bravery
and ingenuity or minimize the extent of his
peril. The fault lies with Mr. Reynolds." Paul
Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 14 '46
500w
"Manuel was none the worse for his nine
months in the bush, and he certainly had a
swell story to tell. Fortunately for him, Quen-
tin Reynolds has done the telling. This time
he has severely repressed the temptation to
sentimental embellishment. Here it is, in lean,
lithe prose, presumably Just as Sergeant Manuel
told it to General Kenney when he got back.
It makes rousing reading, especially for those
whose pulses can still be made to race." John
Barkham
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 Jl 20 '46 600w
"Quentin Reynolds has recorded the sergeant's
operations with studied matter-of-factness —
more casually, indeed, than they deserve. They
still add up to a first-rate war adventure,
tersely reported, short on native anthropological
color, but informed with an uncommon sym-
pathy for the 'honest and decent and brave
people' of the Southwest Pacific." Richard
Match
-f WMkly Book Review p5 Jl 14 '46 800w
684
BOOK R&VIEW DlGfiSt 1946
REYNOLDS, REGINALD. Cleanliness and god-
liness; or, The further metamorphosis; a dis-
cussion of the problems of sanitation raised
by Sir John Harington, together with re-
flections upon further progress; with numer-
ous digressions upon all aspects of cleanli-
ness. 326p |2.75 Doubleday [12s 6d Allen, GJ
614.764 Sanitation, Household 46-3441
A literary, historical discourse on sanitation,
and the taboos associated with it, with some
discussion on the relation of sanitation to reli-
gion and the fertility of the earth,
"This boisterous book is a sanitary plumber's
eye view of 2,000 years of world culture; the
good French physician and sanitationist, F.
Rabelais, would admire and cackle over it
as a probable classic. Most certainly it is
not prescribed reading for prudish persons,
but for those who are curious about Chalco-
lithic Drains, the odd customs of Egyptians
(as retailed by Herodotus), the venerable
institutions of the Sumanans and the water
pipes, bathrooms and like conveniences of the
old sea kings of Knossos, why, here is the
compendium of much esoteric lore." Leo
Kennedy
4- Book Week p2 Jl 7 '46 200w
"For a book devoted to the unheroic and
noisome, it manages to maintain a highly
amusing, sometimes brilliant approach."
Kirkus 14:139 Mr 15 '46 150w
N Y Times pJ2 O 13 '46 400w
"The book, composed in a rather donnish
English abounding in classical allusions, repre-
bents an admirable handling of a difficult sub-
ject."
-f- New Yorker 22:91 Ap 27 '46 70w
"Unlike most plumbings of such channels,
Cleanliness and Godliness is a first-rate literary
essay, overflowing with sanity and bubbling
with wit."
-f Time 47.106 My 6 '46 440w
"The quality of wit is not tempered by its
target, nor is wisdom the servant of the dark-
ness it explores. Reginald Reynolds wrote
'Cleanliness and Godliness' in a London air-
raid shelter, by the narrow beam of a hurri-
cane lamp, with his ears tuned to the sound of
sirens. . . But his style is from a great period
in English prose, the eighteenth century; his
humor is from the very spirit of comedy."
Thomas Sugrue
4- Weekly Book Review p28 Ap 23 '46
650w
RHODE, JOHN, pseud. See Street, C. J. C.
RICE, ELINOR. Mirror, mirror. 312p $2.75 Duell
46-8239
Character study of a determined, forceful
woman. From the time she was able to know
anything Mona Biro was sure of herself. She
was ashamed of her poverty-stricken back-
ground, so she denied it. By degrees she rose
to prominence as a fashion designer, married
a young playwright, succeeded in completely
dominating him for a time. But in love and
marriage, Mona found her first encounters With
despair.
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
Kirkus 14:399 Ag 15 '46 260w
"Conservative librarians may wish to read
before purchase." M. P. McKay
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:590 N 23 '46 550w
"Here's the career girl observed with some
Intelligence and honesty, though rather tritely
presented." Catherine Brody
4- N Y Times p!2 Ja 5 '47 240 w
"Despite infelicities of structure and style,
'Mirror, Mirror' is not only an unusual fictional
work but a thoroughly engaging one. Although
Elinor Rice has written a novel with a 'theme/
she has also written a good story and evolved
characters out of character." Leo Lerman
H Sat R of Lit 29:36 D 7 '46 950w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p44 D 8 '46 270w
RICE, ELMER L. Dream girl, a comedy. l?6p
il $2.50 Coward-McCann
812 46-5621
Play based on the theme of the girl who must
indulge in dreams, up to the point where
dreams and reality meet and merge. Finally a
hard-headed newspaper man takes her in hand,
and the girl wakes up.
Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 80w
"His most popular comedy which is nonethe-
less superficial. A Broadway hit with a second
company in formation. All drama collections
will want." George Freedley
Library J 71:979 Jl '46 40w
"Mr. Rice is a veteran craftsman who knows
his job: his story of the wool-gathering heroine
who cannot quite separate romance and reality
has been told with greater poignance and depth,
but it has rarely been told more expertly. . .
Mr. Rice keeps his little circus moving at a gay
tempo throughout. In the printed play the
tempo seems a bit truer than the taste, now
and again, and some of the fun has an obvious
ring. But Mr. Rice is a showman who writes
for the theatre rather than the library: students
of the comedy-fantasy form can learn much
from his easy fluency in the medium." C. V.
Terry
-f N Y Times p8 Jl 21 '46 200w
"It is a light, frolicsome, unpretentious, ten-
der and humorous play. Mr. Rice hasn't be-
labored anything, but there are some very
cogent observations on human nature, which
take the play out of the pure escapism cate-
gory and give its substance and worth." Paul
Speegle
-}- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 2 '46
120w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ag 4 '46 60w
RICE, THURMAN BROOKS. Sex, marriage
and family 272p $2.50 Lippincott
392.5 Marriage 46-6538
"Reassuring, matter-of-fact approach to
sex as the basis, but not the whole, of
marriage. Discusses marriage from the honey-
moon to old age, enumerates causes for divorce,
and touches briefly on marriage economics
and wartime marriages. Not outstanding style,
occasional repetition of material, but book is
acceptable for use with persons considering
marriage." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:49 O 15 '46
"Nothing very new here either in material
or approach. There's a certain amount of
unnecessary rhetoric. But on the whole, the
book is safe and sound."
Kirkus 14:293 Je 15 '46 90w
"If any statement made herein, especially
on delicate matters, is misunderstood, it will
not be Dr. Rice's fault: he uses the plainest
language compatible with decency."
-f Weekly Book Review p24 O 6 '46 280w
RICH, ARTHUR LOWNDES, Lowell Mason, the
father of singing among the children. 224p
$3 Univ. of N C. press
B or 92 Mason, Lowell 4G-7444
Study of the career of this American pioneer
teacher of music, who was largely responsible
for the introduction of music study into the
schools. Bibliography. Index.
"Unhappily, the human story of Mason is all
but smothered in the professional technique
of a doctoral dissertation — and marred by faults
in writing of which not even a dissertation
should be guilty." J. T. Frederick
— Book Week p7 O 13 '46 90w
"This book is a sober, factual account of
Mason's work and profound influence as a
music educator and, more particularly, as ' "the
father of singing among the children in this
country" ' (p. 137). Faithful to the traditional
habits of thesis writers, Dr. Rich subordinates
the biographical element to the professional
and devotes nearly half his volume to thor-
oughgoing bibliographies, notes, and an index.
Consequently, the specialist will find the book
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
685
of greater interest than will the general reader
seeking to probe the personality of Lowell
Mason." W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:297 O 26 '46 200w
"The volume will appeal to anyone interested
in the general principles of liberal education
which were vigorously proclaimed by Mason.
Though somewhat repetitious in places, and
quoting too much from secondary sources, the
book is highly readable. Its value is increased
by a meticulous bibliography of Mason's own
works, an extensive list of writings about him,
and a carefully compiled index."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:311 D '46 250w
"Through the sedate statements of a book
invaluable to the historian of American music,
the general reader will see only occasional
gleams of the \ ital energy and newness of
feeling that attended the career of the first of
the musical Masons. . . There is an impressive
and praiseworthy bibliography,"
Weekly Book Review p22 S 29 '46 HOw
RICHARDSON, JAMES TULL. Origin and de-
velopment of group hospltalization in the
United States, 1890-1940. lOlp pa $1.25 Univ.
of Mo.
362.1 Insurance, Hospitalization A46-184
"The purpose of this report was to trace the
evolution of group hospitalization in the United
States. Special attention is given to the ade-
quacy of pre-paid plans and particularly the
Blue Cross plan in meeting the hospitalization
needs of low income groups. The conclusion
is reached that while existing group plans
have achieved satisfactory legal recognition,
are actuarily sound and do not interfere with
the physician-patient relationship, the premium
rates are still too high for the low income seg-
ment of the population and low income groups
in rural areas in particular are being neg-
lected." Am Soc R
Reviewed by Dean Roberts
Am J Pub Health 36:930 Ag '46 320w
Am Soc R 11:378 Je '46 120w
RICH, MRS LOUISE (DICKINSON). Happy
the land. 269p il $3 Lippincott
917.417 Maine — Description and travel.
Country life 46-11929
The author of We Took to the Woods (Book
Review Digest 1942) continues the story of her
life in the remote parts of Maine. Since the
death of her husband, she and her two children
have lived in several places in Maine, but Mrs.
Rich's heart still clings to the woods to which
she went with her husband, some twelve years
ago.
"If you like the outdoors, and particularly if
you like Maine, you will like this book. If you
don't, you will find a better understanding of
those who do by reading these pages, for the
writer is refreshingly honest." Marilyn Robb
-f Book Week p!6 N 17 '46 260w
Booklist 43:100 D 1 '46
"Few books have been written with more in-
dubitably honest zest than Mrs. Rich's account
of the life that she and her husband chose. . .
The material of the book is interesting; Mrs.
Rich makes it so. She could do that with the
alphabet or the census report, if she believed,
as she does about her woodland home, that
it was 'a lost lane-end into heaven.' " W. K. R.
-f Christian Science Monitor p20 N 27 '46
480w
"This is one of those rare books — a sequel
that is every bit as good as the original. . .
Permeating the whole is an awareness of
achievement of good life, outgrowth of the
pioneering of early years, but retaining what
was best in those years."
-f Kirkus 14:445 S 1 '46 120w
" 'Happy The Land' is a full, human book.
It has laughter and pathos and information.
There's just one thing. You should never,
never make pea soup with bacon. It may be
the Maine way. This reviewer is a New Hamp-
shire man and tries to be tolerant. But pea
soup needs the tangy distinctive flavor of salt
pork. Other than that, 'Happy The Land' goes
to the top of the list." H. S. Pearson
-f N Y Times p7 N 17 '46 900w
Reviewed by Janes Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 24 '46
800w
"The same virtues are to be found on every
page of the new book. Mrs. Rich knows what
3he wants to say (which is rare enough) and
says it (which is very rare indeed). Her writing
is alive, and personal to the last paragraph. .
Over and above the power by which Mrs. kiich
makes the reader see what she sees, hear what
she hears, and feel what she feels, is her old-
fashioned gift for meditating upon life and
character and stating her old-fashioned con-
clusions." Elizabeth Coatsworth
+ Sat R of Lit 29:32 N 30 '46 750w
School & Society 64:351 N 16 '46 20w
Reviewed by Rose Feld
-f Weekly Book Review p7 N 10 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
RICHMOND, BERNICE, pseud. See Robinson,
B. N.
RICHMOND, JOHN MILTON. Brooklyrr,
U.S. A; layout and design [by] Abril La-
marque. 138p il $3 Creative age
917.4723 Brooklyn 46-7553
Study of the city of Brooklyn in text and pic-
tures, showing high life and low.
"This yeasty and ill-prepared hodge-podge —
text by Mr. Richmond, photographic layouts by
Mr. Lamarque — pretends to tell 'all there is to
know about Brooklyn.' It comes nowhere near
fulfilling this promise; worse still, it is mis-
leading in many spots. The text keeps getting
out of hand, like a Niagara Falls in a bathtub.
Intended to show Brooklyn and its peoples in
favorable light, it manages, instead, to give
them the worst." Meyer Berger
— NY Times p39 O 27 '46 500w
"The book is a book for everybody. Every-
body must know about Brooklyn now. For
those who do not like pictures, this book has
some mighty fine writing, telling the world how
it misunderstands Brooklyn. For those who do
not like to read, there are some mighty beau-
tiful pictures of Brooklyn. The profound and
the gay, the high and the low, all of this is
to be found in this book." J. T. Fogarty
-f Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 30 '46 1250w
"Here is a text, compounded of many ele-
ments of style, from the economy of scholarly
wit to the bravura belligerency of a Chamber
of Commerce release. In the wit is revealed
the serenely modest pride of a borough which
has produced saints, scholars and scientists.
The belligerency is born of a sense of outrage
aroused by foreigners who regard the name
'Brooklyn' as the ultimately perfect one- word
joke. . . If you have sufficient sensibility to
value the Borough Beautiful you will be de-
lighted by John Richmond's text. If you
haven't, you can look at the pictures and— wait
till next year!" Clare Godfrey
Weekly Book Review p46 N 24 '46 230w
RICHTER, CONRAD. The fields. 288p $2.50
Knopf
46-2155
Continues the story of the Ohio frontier be-
gun in The Trees (Book Review Digest. 1940).
In the present novel Sayward is the central
character. The daughter of the pioneers has
married the Boston lawyer, whose education
makes him a power in the community. But it
is Say ward's strength matched to his ingenuity
which makes the little settlement possible.
"In this year of blowsy, loose-lipped fiction,
the unspectacular truth of Mr. Richter's prose
is like the restrained character of a New Eng-
land meeting-house. There is of course a
calculated risk in publishing these two books —
and the third to come — at such long intervals.
To a degree our interest in the second genera-
tion of Lucketts depends upon our remem-
brance of the first; our feeling for Sayward'a
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RICHTER, CONRAD — Continued
children Is intensified if we remember what
happened to Sayward's brothers and sisters
when first they entered the gloom of the giant
trees. But when the two books are read in
sequence, as they should be, we appreciate the
cause and effect, we salute the courage and
respond to the heart which bound this little
clan together." Edward Weeks
4- Atlantic 177:156 Je '46 800w
"The novel is an accurate, deeply understood
picture of early Ohio." Sterling North
-f Book Week p2 Mr 31 '46 600w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
"It is Mr. Richter's gift to be able to satu-
rate himself in early American history and give
it out as the story of flesh -and -blood men and
women. . . The diction is a distillation of his
painstaking and extensive collection of idioms.
It resembles that of the mountain people of
the South today, for they have kept a vernac-
ular that was once general in the states east
and west, 'the great, early mother- tongue of
pioneer America.' " W. K. R.
-H Christian Science Monitor pl3 My 4 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
Kirkus 14:74 P 15 '46 170w
"Written with feeling and rare insight. Ex-
cellent historical fiction." L,. R. Etzkorn
-f. Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
"A simple, poetic and touching story of how
the frontier was built."
-j- New Repub 114:709 My 13 '46 60w
"Conrad Rlchter. one of the distinguished
story-tellers of our time, comes forward with
another superlatively readable novel. This
book, 'The Fields,.' in its pungent, simple lan-
guage and its unpretentious narrative charm.
Is alive with the atmosphere of forest and
clearing of the early Northwest Territory. It
is one of those unusual historical novels in
which deep study and understanding are evi-
dent on every page, but in which men and
women are so truly flesh and blood that one
happily forgets they are 'historical.' " Alfred
Butterfleld
4- N Y Times p6 Mr 31 '46 550w
"The narrative, which is tricked out in none
of the elaborate paraphernalia of current his-
torical novels, is full of fine, clear truth,* it
10 goo* to have a writer like Mr. Richter re-
mind us movingly, but without sentimentality.
of the hard core of character In the men and
women who made this country."
-f- New Yorker 22:89 Mr 30 '46 120w
" 'The Fields' lives up to Mr. Richter's high
standards, though it is never very exciting.
Like the American Wing at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, it is a perfect reconstltution,
and as such commands respect rather than a
more emotional response." T. M. Purdy
Sat R of Lit 29:72 Ap 13 '46 6BOw
Reviewed by E. H. Dexter
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 240w
"What gives the book its very special
flavor is its style, 'a speech approximating
the store of eighteenth and nineteenth century
speech collected by the author from old manu-
scripts, letters, records, and other sources.'
By the skillful use of this device, the author
has succeeded in making the reader see, feel,
and think in the language of the characters
of his book. In general, this is a sensitive
re-creation of a passage in our history."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:90 Je '46 240w
"I doubt that any one writing today In this
country is closer in understanding and treat-
ment of its pioneer life than Conrad Richter.
He has not only given the frontier his schol-
arly attention and sympathetic interpretation,
but he has done what is even more important;
he has recreated the frontier and the early de-
velopment of the nation in terms of atmos-
phere, character and even speech. He has
that gift — the first and most important in a
novelist— of creating for the reader a world as
real as the one in which he lives, a world
which the reader enters on reading the first
page and in which he remains until the last."
Louis Bromfield
-H Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 31 '46 750w
WIs Lib Bui 42:76 My '46
"A truly distinguished [book]. . , Thi« 10 a
aequel to The Trees of blessed memory, and it
is an equally amazing recreation of the life and
speech and thought of the American frontier
wilderness 140 years ago. In a series of sepa-
rate episodes, each a complete unit in itself,
Mr. Richter has shown through the life of one
family the transformation of a hunting society
into a farming one. Without needless display
of his vast antiquarian background and with
none of the cheap melodrama that degraded
most historical fiction, he has told a wise and
deeply moving story about a weak and very
human man and about a woman who is almost
great in her simple strength of character. Sel-
dom in fiction has the atmosphere of another
age been so completely realized. Part of the
magical spell of Mr. Richter's book is cast di-
rectly by its prose, which makes loving and
yet unpretentious use of the vocabulary and
typical turns of phrase of its characters. A
rare and haunting book is this, which on no
account should be overlooked." Orville Pres-
cott
-f- Yale R n a 35:765 summer '46 550w
RIDDELL, JAMES. In the forests of the night.
228p 11 $3 Barnes, A.S.
778.932 Photography of animals. Africa,
Central — Description and travel 47-188
Chronicle of a British camera safari in the
African Jungles. The attempts to photograph
wild animals at night is humorously toldr and
many of the photographs are included. The
trip was interrupted by the war.
"Ever seen a forest hdg (one of God's most
disreputable looking creatures), an eland, a
bongo, or a hyrax face to face, in his native
surroundings? You can, in the 97 mostly ex-
cellent photographs that make this book well
worth its price to anyone interested in animals
. . . and to many others, for that matter, who
never cared a rap about them before." Ricker
Van Metre
-f Book Week p5 D 22 '46 400w
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 40w
"Here is a book that will hold a special
charm for those who, at one time or another,
have wanted to chuck the horrible monotony or
office routine, time clocks, or housework, and
go off adventuring into the 'back of beyond.'
And that includes just about all of us. , . 'In the
Forests of the Night' has a quiet charm that
isn't often found in books about safaris Into
Darkest Africa. Professional writers in the
big-game-hunting or scientific — expedition line
have their place. But for many readers James
Riddell has written a much more satisfying
kind of book. His enthusiasm and wide-eyed
wonder at strange things make the reader a
very party to his travels and adventures."
Owen Jones
-f N Y Times p24 Ja 19 '47 500w
"A pleasantly unpretentious account. . .
The author and a friend, who was later killed
In action, were amateurs at both exploring and
photography, but many of the pictures, of
which there are nearly a hundred, are remark-
ably good. A large number of them were taken
by camera traps after dark, and Mr. Riddell
has included some of the bad shots, too, to
give the reader an idea of the difficulties of
photographing wild beasts in the middle of the
night."
•f New Yorker 22:145 D 14 '46 130w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p26 D 1 '46
30w
RIDDLE. DONALD WAYNE, and HUTSON,
HAROLD MORTON. New Testament life an<i
?sru&38t*£ Unlv- of Chlca*° presfl
225.6 Bible. New Testament— History of
biblical events. Bible as literature A46-2485
"Introduction to the literary, historical and
religious aspects of the New Testament, based
on the results of modern scholarship. Able
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
687
treatment of: intellectual and religious at-
mosphere of the Hellenistic Age, Judaic life
and thought, Christ and the growth of Chris-
tian religion as revealed through Paul and
other New Testament writers, gradual shaping
of the accepted canon and the literary value
and historical authenticity of the New Testa-
ment." (Library J) Bibliography. Index.
"As is so often the case in a work which is
the result of Joint authorship, the sections are
not always of the same value. In this par-
ticular volume, one is occasionally aware of
the contrast between the work of the teacher
and that of the student. . . Viewed as a whole,
this volume is valuable because it brings to-
gether in brief compass, although in outline,
material which must otherwise be sought out
in many places. It definitely approaches the
problems of New Testament life and literature
from the viewpoint of 'criticism by social en-
vironment.' Throughout one is conscious that
the authors are following in the footsteps of
such scholars as Mathews, Case, Goodspeed
and Dibelius. A selected bibliography and an
index add much to the usefulness of the vol-
ume." M. M. Parvis
-j Christian Century 63:1015 Ag 21 '46
700w
"The reader for whom the book is Intended
will welcome its clear and unquestioning inter-
pretation of New Testament life and literature,
but unless otherwise instructed he will not
know how much is still unsettled. In the
plain picture of conditions in the environment
of nascent Christianity the authors are not
only equally up to date but on surer ground."
H. J. Cadbury
H Crozer Q 23:379 O '46 750w
"valuable selected bibliography for further
study. Probably the best introduction to the
subject available. Recommended for college
and public libraries." George Wakefield
-f- Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by G. R. Stephenson
-f N Y Times p!7 Ag 4 '46 650w
"Perhaps the most valuable chapters in the
book are those which summarize the results
of other scholars' studies. . . It must be ad-
mitted that the authors have a tendency to
present the results of their own researches as
if they were certain. The book is intended pri-
marily as a textbook for college students, but
the vigorous and interesting style in which the
materials are presented will appeal to the gen-
eral reader as well."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:285 D '46 160w
RIDER, FREMONT. Great dilemma of world
organization 8Bp $1.50 Reynal
321.04 International cooperation [46-17200]
The librarian of Wesleyan university dis-
cusses the problem of International organiza-
tion. He examines some of the plans which
have been suggested and finds them all ba-
sically unsound. Then "suggests a yardstick
of his own: national voting power In a world-
state shall rest upon the 'relative total of the
educational accomplishments of all the citizens
of each country.' Every nation would be al-
lowed a fixed number of years of 'accomplish-
ment credit1 for each member of its population
who has completed some stage of formal edu-
cation— from one year of credit for its barely
literate population, all the way up to nineteen
years of credit for each holder of one of the
various doctoral degrees." (N Y Times)
Reviewed by C. A. Berdahl
Am Pol Scl R 40:1221 D '46 380w
Current Hist 12:60 Ja '47 80w
Kirkus 114:453 S 1 '46 160w
"A stimulating and provocative little book. , .
There is merit in the proposal. The involve-
ments in eliciting and weighting the required
data are considerable, but not insurmountable
— even greater complexities attend the alterna-
tive plans." H. J. Bresler
-f N Y Tlmet p3 S 15 '46 800w
"Of this book it must be said that it has the
great merit of clear diagnosis and the added
merit of willingness to wbmtt * concrete rem-
edy instead of dealing in the tiresome gener-
alities by which too many writers on world
government avoid contact with its most thorny
problems. On the other hand, the particular
remedy recommended by the author has quite
plainly little or no relation to the practical facts
of the current world situation. . . Notwith-
standing its deficiencies, no serious student of
world organization should fail to read this
book. It states clearly the hopeless inadequacy
of the present Charter. It defines with clarity
the problems to be met. Even its special rem-
edy, however partial and defective, is a worth-
while contribution to the growing stream of
thought from which soon or late, a true World
Legislature will be evolved." Grenville Clark
H Sat R of Lit 29:15 N 2 '46 950w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 500w
Reviewed by Alan Green
Survey Q 35:418 N '46 400w
"Mr. Rider's formula is intriguing and pro-
vocative, although he follows it up with more
and more debatable ramifications. His book
jacket quotes Albert Einstein as being 'really
impressed,' former Supreme Court Justice Owen
J. Roberts as believing the plan would work
satisfactorily and be easier to accomplish than
other suggested methods. But as this human
world revolves, it will take greater crises than
have yet developed before nations permit any
further 'improvements' in the set-up of the
present world organization." Peter Kihass
Weekly Book Review p!8 8 22 '46 460w
"The book is admirable. Its text is terse,
clear, and strong. Its thesis is novel, intelligent,
and challenging. Dr. Rider has put all advo-
cates of the federation of nations under obliga-
tion to him for the light he has thrown on one
of its thorny problems." O. J. Roberts
-f Yale R n s 36:358 winter '47 800w
RIDER, JOHN FRANCIS. Inside the vacuum
tube; 11. by Baxter Rowe. 407p $4.50 Rider,
J.P.
537.53 Vacuum tubes 46-185
"An elementary presentation of electronics
aimed specifically at the reader who lacks sci-
entific education but who wishes to acquire a
solid comprehension of the subject. Cartoon-
type illustrations are used freely in the pre-
liminary chapters to convey various fundamen-
tal concepts, and several two-colored anaglyphs
give the reader a three-dimensional picture of
such ideas as the arrangement of lines of
force around the electron and the proton. The
first five chapters will interest general readers,
the remaining ten chapters, which deal main-
ly with the characteristics and uses of various
types of vacuum tube, are harder going. They
will be useful mainly to radio amateurs and
other persons seriously interested In under-
standing electronic circuits and tubes." N T
Nevr Tech Bka
Library J 71:184 P 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:55 O '45
RIE8EBERG, HARRY E. Treasure hunter [ii.
by Edward McCandlish]. 260p il $3 McBride
910.4 Treasure trove. Phips, Sir William.
Salvage 46-565
The first part of this book is devoted to a
popular biography of Sir William Phips, an
American colonial who in the days of Charles
U and his brother James, became one of the
most famous of the hunters for sunken treas-
ure. Later chapters recount the adventures of
other treasure hunters of later centuries, in-
cluding some of the author's own.
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
"Not a book for wide general market, but
for armchair adventurers of specialized inter-
+ Klrkus 13:463 O 15 '45 150w
Library J 71:184 P 1 '46 70w
"Recommended for junior and senior high
age." Elizabeth Burr
•f Library J 71:348 Mr 1 '46 140w
Weekly Book Review p!6 F 24 '46 lOOw
688
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
RIGGS, ARTHUR STANLEY. Titian, the mag-
nlflcent and the Venice of his day. 390p il $5
Bobbs
B or 92 Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 46-8125
"A biography of the greatest of the Vene-
tians, who Is considered by some people the
greatest painter of the Renaissance. . . Illus-
trated with many photographs of the paintings,
of which only two are in color." (New Yorker)
Index.
"Why this well -documented book on an ab-
sorbing subject should prove too often tedious
is an enigma, unless an over-simple chrono-
logical survey of so complicated a man and his
time is the answer. Perhaps Titian and sophis-
ticated 16th-century Venice need less docu-
mentation and more acute analysis to emerge
from the writer's redundant adjectives. In any
case, Riggs has produced a creditable layman's
history of the great painter, if not an astute
evaluation." Katharine Kuh
Book Week p3 D 8 '46 360w
"A biography that will find its place on the
shelves for art books rather than biographies,
this will have a definite market."
4- Kirkus 14:319 Jl 1 r46 190w
"In the less than 400 pages of Arthur Riggs'
text, we have enough about Titian's painting
to comprehend his stature as an artist, and
enough about the man himself to recognize
him clearly as the shrewd, self-contained indi-
vidual that he was — a competent business man,
and a great gentleman as well as a supreme
craftsman. . . In regard to the connection with
Aretino, it should be noted that Stanley Riggs
is the first Titian biographer who is not
shocked by his subject's profitable association
with that blackmailer, blackguard and genius.
He is also almost the first biographer to show
understanding when dealing with Titian's atti-
tude toward matters of the purse. He is aware
that acumen is not necessarily avarice." T. C.
Chubb
-f- N Y Times p6 D 22 '46 400w
"The author at times is a bit pedestrian, but
he manages to recreate the Venice of Titian's
time and occasionally to animate his nar-
rative."
New Yorker 22:97 D 21 '46 120w
"In most technical and controversial ques-
tions, the Commander leans heavily on the
standard authorities, Crowe and Cavalcaselle,
Gronau and Lafenestre, to whom he makes
general and specific acknowledgments through-
out the book. Out of these and by wide
reading on the history of Venice he has put
together a book on Titian. It will serve as a
good reference for those who will have the pa-
tience to read it." Thomas Craven
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Ja 12 '47 800w
RILKE, RAINER MARIA. Thirty-one poems,
in English versions with an introd. by Lud-
wig Lewisohn. 47p $2; ltd autog ed $5 Beech-
hurst press
831 46-4823
Translations of thirty-one of Rilke's poems,
which were written between the years 1894
and 1926.
"Translating poetry is a ticklish problem at
best and quite insoluble from an ideal stand-
point. Of all the Rilke translators, Miss
Deutsch in the Book of Hours, Mr. Spender
and Mr. Leishman in the Duino Elegies ap-
pear to have done the best renderings so
far. . . L/ewisohn's is too often uneven, and
frequently a beautiful one-line success is all
that remains of an unwieldy structure pieced
out with yore and fain and bloweth." Frank
Wood
Poetry 69:103 N '46 HOOw
"One or two of the 'sonnets to Orpheus'
are happily turned and the outward shape of
the originals is faithfully adhered to, but the
book is rather a testament to the pitfalls
open to those who translate a great poet than
an exampje of what such translations should
be." Babette Deutsch
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Ag 3 '46 700w
RIMBAUD, JEAN NICOLAS ARTHUR. Season
in hell; new English tr. by Louise Varese.
89p $1.50 New directions
B or 92 45-10349
A new translation of Rimbaud's Une Saison
en Enfer, being a spiritual autobiography of a
few years in the life of this French writer.
Contains a brief chronology of Rimbaud's
career.
"Twice in recent years ambitious and well-
meaning writers have attempted to translate
'Une Saison en Enfer,' with results which leave
much to be desired. To me the Delmore
Schwartz translation, which appeared in 1939,
is far more rewarding than the new Louise
Varese translation here under discussion.
Schwartz is obviously a better poet in his own
right than Varese. But neither captures the
magic of Rimbaud; and without the magic, the
material is mere self-conscious, self-pitying,
self-debasing gibberish." Sterling North
Book Week p2 D 16 '45 650w
"Louise Varese's translation, now published
in the same series as the Schwartz version,
reveals a much sounder understanding of both
the French language and the poet's thought.
In a few details of wording, Delmore Schwartz,
with a poet's sense of English diction, trans-
lated Rimbaud more pungently, when he under-
stood him correctly. . . Neither translator's
ear for English idiom, however, is unerring, so
that both seem, at times, not to be fully con-
versant with the English equivalents of the
terms that Rimbaud borrows from the vocabu-
laries of various types of French. . . Such
minor details of diction do not detract from
the general correctness of the new translation,
which renders most faithfully nearly all of
Rimbaud's complex meanings. With Louise
Varese's interpretations of some of the more
obscure passages, one *might, of course, yet
disagree." Edouard Roditi
Poetry 67:278 F '46 1150w
"There is nothing in the Varese translation,
taken piecemeal, that does not make sense, by
itself and in the immediate context. . . This
was not true of the other versions of 'A Season
in Hell' which this reviewer has seen. Miss
Varese knows her French well enough not to
commit boners, and American English well
enough to make smooth reading — although I
must cavil at 'those poor saps' (a sadly dated
bit of slang) for 'ces bonhommes.' The prob-
lem of Rimbaud's interpolated verse-poems,
alas, is no more solved in the Varese transla-
tion than it was in the others. . . But these
faults are minor in the total picture. If Rim-
baud's 'Season in Hell' did not end with the
writing of 'Une Saison on TCnfer,' but lasted
his lifetime, one may at least suggest that the
translation of 'A Season in Hell' has reached
a conclusive point with the Varese version, and
commend it to all and several." G. P. Meyers
-h Sat R of Lit 29:21 Jl 27 '46 HOOw
RIPPERGER, MRS HENRIETTA (SPERRY).
Bretons of Elm street. 218p $2 50 Putnam
46-4004
A sequel to 112 Elm street, relating the
events that marked the family life of the
Bretons during the course of World war II.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p6 My 19 '46 420w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
Kirkus 14:157 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Recommended for young people as well as
adults." J. M. Brittan
-f- Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Thomas Haynes
N Y Times p20 Je 2 '46 300w
"If you have read Miss Ripperger's '112 Elm
Street* you will need no urging- to renew
acquaintance with the numerous Breton fam-
ily. These episodes are frankly sentimental,
but the sincerity of the writing and the gen-
uineness of the relationships make this a book
which only the congenital cynic will reject."
Lisle Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p40 My 19 '40
140w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
689
RISTER, CARL COKE. Robert E. Lee in
Texas. 183p il $2.50 Univ. of Okla. press
B or 92 Lee, Robert Edward. Frontier and
pioneer life— Texas 46-25161
Chapters in the biography of Robert E. Lee,
describing a little-known section of his life.
Just before the Civil war he was stationed in
the wilds of Texas, disciplining Mexican ban-
dits and renegade Indians. This book, by a
historian of the American Southwest, covers
that period. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42.316 Je 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl5 N 16 '46
VOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 360w
"Dr. Rister brings to his task comprehensive
understanding of the locale — the topography of
the country, the system of defenses, the prob-
lem of border Indians and Mexicans. The well-
told story may be read with profit by both
scholar arid layman. In lieu of footnotes there
is a bibliography of pertinent sources."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:193 S '46 200w
"Those who seek in Mr. Rister's narrative
an abundance of new material about Lee, or
a significantly deeper insight into his charac-
ter, will be disappointed. The book tells more
of Texas than or Lee and much that is told
has been related before — and quite a bit of it by
Mr. Rister himself. But the author's skill as a
stylist and his unusual gift of recapturing the
mood of time and place make his piece good
readings." B. I. Wiley
-I Weekly Book Review p23 My 26 '46
HOOw
RIVETT, EDITH CAROLINE (E. C. R. LO-
RAC, pseud). Fire in the Thatch. 270p $2
Arcadia [8s 6d Collins]
[A47-752]
Detective story.
archeology, geography, and 'difficulties,
tradictions and combinations,' and on g
Reviewed by James Sandoe
4- Book Week p7 D 29 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!4 D 22 '46 180w
"Quiet, solid, satisfactory." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
40w
"Inspector Macdonald, one of the Yard's most
likable experts, figures here in a puzzle for
fans who like good detection, a pleasant story
and characters who are people." Will Cuppy
-|- Weekly Book Review p!2 D 22 '46 260w
RIVETT, EDITH CAROLINE (E. C. R. LORAC.
pseud). Murder by matchlight. 288p $2 Ar-
cadia [7s 6d Collins]
46-605
Detective story.
"It is regrettable that the methods by which
[Inspector Macdonald] arrives at the solution
are so hastily presented as to be a little less
than convincing. Aside from this minor fault,
the story is expertly plotted and completely ab-
sorbing." Isaac Anderson
-| NY Times p26 F 3 '46 140w
"Worth-while."
-f Sat R of Lit 29-88 Ap 13 '46 40w
"This is a good bet for persons who want to
study clews intensively, mull things over in a
serious way and try 'matching wits' with Scot-
land Yard. Of the upshot one may well remark.
'Well, I'm dashed!' K Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p20 F 10 '46 180w
ROACH, CORWIN CARLYLE. Preaching val-
ues in the Bible. 299p $2.50 Cloister press
220 Bible. Whole— Uses 47-351
"Dean Roach (of Bexley Hall, the divinity
school of Kenyon College), who has used this
material in courses for students and lectures to
ministers, brings it to a clear focus in sections
dealing with preaching on the Bible as a whole,
separate books of the Bible, ideas, persons,
con-
getting
help from the biblical languages." (Christian
Century) No index.
Christian Century 63:1065 S 4 '46 90w
"The contents are more inspiring than the
title would indicate. The author has approached
his subject in an unjaded manner and has suc-
ceeded in bringing out many hidden lights —
even for parsons. There is a wealth of material
and a freshness of presentation that is gratify-
ing. One could wish for greater social emphasis,
but that can be read in. . . An excellent refer-
ence book and a source for many an idea."
J. H. Titus
-f Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 lOOw
ROARK, GARLAND. Wake of the Red Witch.
434p $2.75 Little
46-1878
An adventure tale of the South Seas involv-
ing love and passion, hate and cruelty, sunken
treasure and strong men's greed.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week pi Ap 7 '46 400w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
"Half this 150,000-word story is told through
a narrator, Rosen, whose pulp-magazine style
forbids any attempt to become interested in
the manifold 'enormities'; the other half is
related in double-play fashion — Sidneye to
Rosen to Reader — but achieves no interest in
the process. The volume is scheduled for pub-
lication on All Fools' Day, and will be dis-
tributed by the Literary Guild, presumably to
convince the customers that corporations have
a sense of humor " D. S.
— Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 1 '46
550w
"Picaresque adventure. . . But with an oddly
involved style that makes it not easy reading."
Kirkus 14:4 Ja '46 210w
"More than just a sea story exhibiting more
than just a touch of Conrad in its concern
with the mental quirks and compulsions of men
of action. First novel for the literate but not
literary. Emphatically not for the young."
R. E. Kingery
-f Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 140w
"There are pagan love feasts, homeric water-
front brawls from Papeete to Papua, enough
skulduggery to shame Jack London, enough
purple patches to make Joe Conrad whirl in
his grave. Mr. Roark has evidently swallowed
both writers whole — and rushed to his type-
writer without waiting for the hangover to
subside. The result merely proves that sheer
story-telling gusto can sometimes triumph over
verbal wallows. If you'll stay aboard the Red
Witch for twenty pages you'll probably stay
for the ride." C. V. Terry
H NY Times p6 Mr 31 '46 500w
Reviewed by Fletcher Pratt
Sat R of Lit 29:25 Ap 27 '46 220w
"My only complaint against Mr. Roark's story
concerns the author's style. No skilled literary
sailor — and in many respects Garland Roark
is just that — should freight his bark with such
a cargo of superfluous words that it does not
move at the uniformly breezy speed its genre
demands — and that one hopes Mr. Roark's next
will achieve." Jennings Rice
H Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 31 '46
600w
ROBACK, ABRAHAM AARON, and others.
eds. Albert Schweitzer jubilee book. 508p il
$7.50 Sci-art pubs.
B or 92 Schweitzer, Albert Med46-130
"A Festschrift honoring Schweitzer's sev-
entieth birthday. . . Schweitzer's principal
fields are medicine, music, literature, philos-
ophy, theology, religion and the practical ap-
plication of Christianity. The contents of this
volume represent all these aspects of Schweit-
zer's life and thought. Many but not all of
the contributors deal with his achievements.
Among the many distinguished contributors
are J. S. Bixler, W. E. B. DuBois, Joachim
690
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ROBACK, A. A. — Continued
Wach, E. Li. Thorndike, Ernest Caasirer. Ro-
land Bainton, Dr. Dallas B. Phemister, Werner
Jaeger, Kirsopp Lake and the editor, A. A,
Roback." Christian Century
Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46
240w
"Though Schweitzer Is very much alive and
busy at his chosen work, the book, in layout,
attitude and general overall weigh tlness, gives
the unhappy impression of being a memorial
rather than the accolade that is intended. It
would be interesting to hear what the good
doctor thinks of this labor of love; among his
other fine qualities he is said to have a lively
sense of humor. The contents are varied, but
the writing is very much of a piece — donnish
and technical." B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p22 Je 9 '46 650w
BOBBINS, GRACE A. High take at low tide.
242p $2 Rinehart
A fourteen-year-old girl and her older brother
are faced with the problem of earning money
for their own educations. They go into the
business of "mossing" (gathering sea moss for
commercial purposes) and have a great success.
Christian Science Monitor p6 My 9 '46
220w
"These two young people did work hard, call-
ing in their friends to lend a hand. The ups
and downs of their experience brought them
fun and adventure and good companionship
and a measure of success. The theme is in-
genious and well developed in this story of a
summer in the life of a friendly group of ener-
getic boys and girls." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:208 My '46 140w
"An uncommonly slack story of an earnest
but dull brother and sister."
— Kirkus 14:36 Ja 15 '46 HOw
"Their problems and adventures are agree-
ably and naturally written though it is not an
important book. Recommended." Gweneira Wil-
liams
-f Library J 17:669 My 1 '46 70w
"Will interest 'teen -aged girls rather mor«
than boys."
-f N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 80w
"Told without artificial aids to plot, this
makes their story an adventure easy to keep
reading." M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 21 '48 270w
ROBERT. GRACE. Borzoi book of ballets.
385p il $4.60 Knopf
792.8 Ballet 46-25204
Detailed scenarios of most of the productions
in the repertoire of the Ballet theatre and the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Also contains
information upon the art of the ballet itself.
Illustrated with photographs. Glossary. Index.
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
Reviewed by Margaret LJoyd
Christian Science Monitor plO Jl 20 '46
550w
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Reviewed by E. V. R. Wyatt
Commonweal 44:460 Ag 23 '46 700w
"A book for all balletomanes who are inter-
ested in modern criticism of the dance."
-f Kirkus 14:190 Ap 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by B. H. Haggin
Nation 163:165 Ag 10 '46 240w
"A handsome volume, it gives a reasonably
comprehensive picture of ballet in America over
the past two decades, lucidly summarizing the
plots of the most significant dance -dramas. . ,
Authoritative, readable and highly personal,
'The Borzoi Book of Ballets' evokes delightfully
the enchanted and enchanting world of the
classic and modern dance, and the balletomane
will not quibble too much over omissions or
differences of opinion. The photographs that
illustrate this book are, on. the whole, excellent,
though many will wish there were more of
them." M. C. Hastings
+ N Y Times p26 Ag 11 '46 550w
"A very serviceable book . . . but followers
of the dance may find that the critical ap-
praisals of the various ballets are not very
acute. Excellent photographs."
-j New Yorker 22:88 Je 22 '46 80w
" 'The Borzoi Book of Ballets' differs not at
all from a number of other books on ballets
except that, being new, it includes a few recent
productions not available elsewhere, like 'Fancy
Free* and 'Undertow.' " C. S.
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 4 '46
lOOw
"For balletomanes, who like nothing better
than to reminisce in critical detail about ballets
they have seen, Grace Robert's book will be
something of a treat. They will agree whole-
heartedly with some of her opinions, and dis-
agree violently with others, but they will find
her on the whole a lively and stimulating com-
panion. For those who are not balletomanes,
however, the book may be of more Questionable
interest. . . Just what the author is trying to
do is not clear." John Martin
H Sat R of Lit 29:32 Je 15 '46 950w
"The book is illustrated, there is a glossary
of balletic terms, and there is an index. It is
no chore to read it. Any fully informed ballet-
lover will find plenty to interest and delight him
on almost any page, while the novice may
acquire a considerable education painlessly."
Carl Van Vechten
4- Weekly Book Review p6 Je 16 '46 1400w
ROBERTS, MRS EDITH (KNEIPPLE) That
Hagen girl. 311p $2.»0 Doubleday
46-7667
Character study of a brave girl who grew up
in a small town, believing that she was il-
legitimate, and having to face the fact that the
whole town believed it, too. Altho Janie
Hagen never discovered "the truth" about her-
self, she found a brave and fine man who took
her out of her questionable environment.
" 'That Hagen Girl' vacillates between a
mystery tale and a study of adolescent psy-
chology with a small town background. What
might have been the real theme of the novel,
the power of malignant gossip to shape and
sometimes ruin a human being, is deliberately
underplayed." J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p3 N 3 '46 310w
Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
"A convincing, curiosity-catching story
which makes pleasant reading. Edith Roberts
knows her small town gossip hounds and what
they can do. This is another evidence of it."
-f Kirkus 14:396 Ag 15 '46 170w
"A fast moving and intensely human story.
The author knows her small towns and all their
trivia of living. She knows the power of their
rigid social strata and its misuse. She has
given her characters flavor without the broad
strokes of caricature. Covering the period
from 1900 to 1921, the background details are
faithfully depicted and smoothly integrated in-
to the story, which, if it hits melodrama here
and there, is artfully and persuasively done."
Anne Richards
+ N Y Times p!4 O 20 '46 400w
"The author is so proficient in her craft
that a completely fresh and original tale is
the result. . . The tale is neatly patterned,
moves swiftly, and climax succeeds climax
with the regularity of the installments In a
serial. Perhaps because contrivance is a little
too apparent, some of the plot . . . does not
carry conviction and perhaps for the same
reason Janie, who achieves reality in many
individual scenes, does not quite come alive as
an integrated whole. Yet the story itself has
numerous elements that make for popularity,
and lending libraries would do well to stock
it." Grace Frank
4. _ sat R of Lit 29:34 N 16 '46 650w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p36 O 27 '46 90w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
691
ROBERTS, WALTER ADOLPHE. Brave Mardi
Gras; a New Orleans novel of the '600. 318p
$2.75 Bobbs
46-1684
A tale of New Orleans in the 1860s, of love
and romance, war and spying, written from a
point of view sympathetic to the Confederate
cause.
Reviewed by Flavia Dafoe
Book Week p!7 Mr 31 '46 490w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Klrkus 14:3 Ja '46 180w
"Mr. Roberts embellishes his framework of
war with engrossing material. His description
of the Mardi Gras is beguiling; so are his
scenes in the old French Quarter. . . At times
Mr. Roberts is a somewhat baffling writer. And
his characterization leaves something to be
desired. It isn't that his proud ladies and gen.-
tlemen are composed of rodomontade (to use
one of his more specious words). Rather, they
are little Pauntleroys grown up." Marguerite
Tazelaar
H NY Times p8 Mr 10 '46 820w
"Mr. Roberts has a neatly contrived plot,
and within its framework he tells his narrative
with restraint. . . The author's New Orleans
background has flavor and authenticity; it is
free from the startling errors that frequently
distort such 'Southern' novels. Mr. Roberts,
born in Jamaica, is apparently an ardent recruit
and partisan of the Lost Cause; now and
then ne seems a bit more Bourbon than the
king. Recent research, notably by Howard
Palmer Johnson, presents a different side of
Ben Butler from that which usually appears in
the romances — that of a determined, tough ad-
ministrator administering a determined, tough
city. We await the day when some one will give
us, in fiction, the devil's side of the story."
H. T. Kane
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 10 '46
450w
ROBERTS, WALTER ADOLPHE. Lake Pont-
chartrain. (American lakes ser) 376p il $3.50
Bobbs
976.334 Pontchar train, Lake. Louisiana —
History 46-7407
Lake Pontchartrain is a small lake, twenty-
four miles wide and forty long, near New Or-
leans. This history of the lake and the nearby
territory begins with its discovery by the Cana-
dian, Iberville, and covers the three centuries
down to the present day, when it is a beach
and resort. There is one chapter devoted to the
life and career of Adah Isaacs Menken, who
claimed to have been born on the lake's shore.
Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week plO N 17 '46 60w
Booklist 43:68 N 1 '46
"Mr. Roberts writes with authority and in-
terest. He makes effective use of direct quota-
tion from his sources. Would that more writers
on regional subjects did the same." Horace
Reynolds
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 28 '46
500W
Klrkus 14:370 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Mr. Roberts relates how the lake got its
name, how it probably got to be a lake, and
then urges the reader to look at a map. The
remainder of the book's 376 pages is a hodge-
podge of history, romance and speculation,
which, while interesting enough, has little or
no bearing on his subject. For anyone directly
interested in Lake Pontchartrain, a few para-
graphs of the Louisiana State Guide will sup-
ply as much data. On the other hand, if one
likes good old French and Spanish colonial
swashbuckling history, romance, rumor and
legend, brought down to the present and pro-
jected Into the future, 'Lake Pontchartrain'
will provide some mighty fine reading matter."
Roark Bradford
N Y Times p26 N 10 '46 550w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 8 '46
210w
"Less effective seem the chapters dealing
with the Civil War and such related topics
as the favorite vijlain, Ben Butler. Here Mr.
Roberts accepts the traditional view that later
research tends to qualify; there is little of the
social picture, of the new material available
on reconstruction, that most controverted, and
most misrepresented, of American eras. This
reader, too, would have liked more on the
lesser folk who have been the main residents
along the lake itself — the reapers of the waves,
the residents in stilt houses over the water.
But on the whole Mr. Roberts has done his job
with an excellent perception, with care and
with a relish that he keeps under the check
of his intelligence." H. T. Kane
-f — Weekly Book Review p4 O 27 '46 760w
ROBERTSON, MRS CONSTANCE (NOYES).
The unterrifled. 603p $3 Holt
46-25188
"The story of the struggle to force an early
peace through a Union default because of a
shortage of troops. Mrs. Robertson has focused
this problem in the fictional King family of
Troy, whose innocuous patriarch, Senator King,
has brought a Southern wife, many years hi*
junior, home to his estate on Perigo Hill. He
is a Peace Democrat, solidly against the war
and for a compromise with Jefferson Davis to
restore the Union without further bloodshed.
His new wife, an active Southern sympathizer,
influences her two susceptible stepsons to such
an extent that they both espouse wholeheart-
edly her nineteenth-century version of the
'peace in our time' philosophy, throwing them-
selves into the fight against the draft, only
to learn too late that her motives and the
cause they have joined both stem from a de-
sire for a Confederate victory." Weekly Book
Review
Booklist 42:329 Je 15 '46
"Unfortunately, the novel is not so good as
its situation. Ran's 'loyal opposition' to the
war is never clearly presented; his stepmothers
machinations are pallidly obvious; his father ia
never more than a weary voice. External
events — riots, lynching-s, assemblies — are re-
created with some vigor and with an obvious
respect for historical fact. But even there, the
style is flat, is more like reportorial than imag-
inative writing. One is left with a new knowl-
edge of the horrors of civil war but with no
more intense feeling of them. It will not, per-
haps, be unfair to say that as history the vol-
ume is eminently satisfactory; as fiction, it is
somewhat less so." D. S.
-- h Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 28 '46
330w
"A very effective account of a hectic period
which historians in general have decided to
forget. Those who like a combination of his-
tory and the novel will like this book." Paul
Klnierr
"Full political, and military, detail gives this
a reality beyond the melodrama— make it pop-
ular period reading in a good tradition."
4- Klrkus 14:182 Je 1 '46 170w
"Recommended as a story and as history."
J. Li. Ross
+ Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 70w
"Miss Robertson is a novelist who loves the
time and place she has chosen for her fiction,
and by now, with her fourth novel, she is in
the way of being an authority on nineteenth-
century New Tork. It sometimes happens that
the re-creation of the past affords more pleas-
ure to an author than to the reader. Miss
Robertson avoids this pitfall fairly well, al-
though the opening sections of 'The Unterri-
fled' are a little heavy, a little overloaded with
politics. Leaders of the State explain to each
other (forthe reader's benefit, of course) mat-
ters which must have been crystal clear to
schoolboys of the time. But there is always
the feeling that here is a novelist who has her
history straight." N. K. Burger
4. i. N Y Time* p4 Je 16 '46 1050w
"A monumental work of historical investiga-
tion and a fine novel, lit by very subtle discern-
ment'+ New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 120w
692
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROBERTSON, C. N. — Continued
"An exciting- atory, some plausible charac-
ters, and an admirable feeling for place and
time earn Miss Robertson's book a place on
the contemporary shelf. Beyond that, it tells
an American story that isn't commonly under-
stood. Family and community loyalties in the
North were divided in the 1860's, Just as they
were in the Rebel States. Here is a contribu-
tion to our knowledge of those bitter years."
F. R. Ounsky
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!7 8 22 '46
450w
"As we read this book we are again glad
that Mrs. Robertson gravitated to historical
fiction; we are glad that she discovered that
the past has 'the restful faculty of holding
still while you look at it/ She has done more
than look; she has recreated. . . This story
of the North divided against itself is intense
drama. The background is solid. The long bib-
liography speaks for the inclusiveness and de-
tail of Mrs. Robertson's research. She has
faithfully recreated the color, drama, and peo-
ple of the period." Henry Esmond
4- Sat R of Lit 29:20 Je 16 '46 700w
"The Kings are only pawns to give fictional
structure to a little known and disgraceful
period in the history of the Civil War and it
is the history itself, as exemplified by such
personages as Fernando Wood and Governor
Horatio Seymour, that sparks the novel. Mrs.
Robertson is at her best when she has sub-
ordinated her story to the drama inherent in
the history of the times. Her imaginary char-
acters are of small stature, their only claim
to notice being their association with the cli-
mactic events going on in the world around
them. It is only when 'The Unterrifled* deals
primarily with the historical events themselves
that it reaches the plane of good reading."
W. M. Kunstler
+ — Weekly Book Review p8 Je 16 '46 650w
WIs Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
ROBERTSON, FRANK CHESTER. Lost range.
224p $2 Dutton
46-3761
Western story.
"A competent, commendable chronicle."
-f Kirkus 14:185 Ap 15 '46 60w
N Y Times p24 S 8 '46 140w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 16 '46 50w
ROBERTSON, JOHN KELLOCK. Atomic ar-
tillery and the atomic bomb. 173p 11 $2.50
Van Nostrand [12s 6d Macmillan]
541.2 Atomic bomb. Atomic energy 45-10176
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:229 Mr 15 '46
"A number of well-chosen plates illustrate
various atomic disintegrations and the physi-
cal devices by which they may be achieved.
All in all, this book is highly recommended
to those who are anxious to familiarize them-
selves with the foundations of knowledge on
which the atomic bomb rests." A. V. Grosse
+ Chem & Eng N 24:982 Ap 10 '46 400w
N Y New Tech Bk« 30:52 O '45
"No better popular review of atomic re-
search could be asked for than this. Professor
Robertson has not much to say about the
bomb itself." Waldemar Kaempffert
-f N Y Time€ p20 F 10 '46 230w
ROBINSON, BEN CARL. Woodland, field and
waterfowl hunting. 333p il $2.50 McKay
799.2 Hunting Agr46-210
A collection of chapters giving advice of a
seasoned sportsman on hunting. Partial con-
tents: What constitutes a good hunter; The
hunting rifle; Hunting the wild goose; Wild
ducks; Blind and decoys; The woodcock; The
pheasant; Wild turkey: Squirrel woods and
ways; Hunting in the dark; Sly fellow of the
woods—the fox; Stalking, driving, and hunting
the whitetail deer; Hunting dogs — their train-
ing and care.
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
ROBINSON, BERNICE (NELKE) (BERNICE
RICHMOND, pseud). Right as rain; the story
of my Maine grandmother. 211p $2.50 Random
house
818 Maine — Social life and customs 46-11988
Pictures the life on a Maine farm in the
early 1900's, and the happy companionship be-
tween the author and her delightful Maine
grandmother.
Reviewed by Kay Harper
Book Week p!8 N 24 '46 260w
Booklist 43:98 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 O 26 '46
500w
Kirkus 14:342 Jl 15 '46 170w
"This book is a charming addition to the
increasing number of nostalgic memories of
American life." M. A. Johnson
4- Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 lOOw
"Grandfather, as a vehicle to bear out the
goodnesses of a departed day, has been done
well by, and I'm glad this excellent book has
been done on the distaff side. Miss Richmond
does it so excellently she inadvertently adds
to the work her own sensitive role of Grand-
daughter. . .If you have that troubled and
artificial feeling, Miss Richmond's Grammy can
boost you up on the butt'ry shelf while she
makes doughnuts, and you will be glad. Little
boys and girls who have seen grammies make
doughnuts need no further invitation — the
others might as well take our word for it and
come along too." John* Gould
-f N Y Timta plO O 20 '46 450w
"Bernice Richmond had a grandmother who
was plain, serene, common sense and noble.
She is one of the finest old ladies you'll meet in
many a day. Her life in the yellow house will
haunt you. . . If you are the sort of parent
who is seeking security for your offspring in
the latest book on child psychology, stick your
nose into 'Right as Rain' and draw in the
strengthening fragrance of Grammy Pameel's
deep womanliness. If your life is at sixes and
sevens and the family's getting you down, read
what a solid anchor one decently kind, com-
mon-sense grandmother can be. It makes good
reading aloud, too for Bernice Richmond writes
with alluring, smooth serenity." Richardson
Wright
4- Weekly Book Review p6 N 24 '46 850w
ROBINSON, EDGAR EUGENE. New United
States. 141p $2.50 Stanford univ. press [15s
6d Oxford]
973.917 U.S.— History— 20th century
[A46-3149]
"The central theme of this small book ia
American democracy and its survival in an
age of science, totalitarianism, and world cul-
tural interaction. The text, composed of ar-
ticles and addresses to which a few essays have
been added, offers an interpretation from the
last decade of the nineteenth to the fifth decade
of the twentieth century. The author conceives
of American democracy as a twofold develop-
ment; on the one hand, the establishment of
opportunities for individual achievement, and,
on the other, the organization of social equal-
ity. The general basis of this democracy is
education. *T (U S Quarterly Bkl) No index.
Reviewed by C. O. Johnson
Am Pol Sci R 40:1184 D '46 600w
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 40w
Reviewed by E. F. Goldman
Pol Sci Q 61:635 D '46 420w
School & Society 64:16 Jl 6 '46 50w
"The book makes clearer than other similar
discussions the peculiar cultural achievement
which distinguishes the American people from
the European nations and gives them a decisive
role in the world cultural interaction that in-
creasingly affects all peoples."
-f U S Quarterly- Bkl 2:223 S '46 200w
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693
ROBINSON, GERTRUDE. Mother Penny; il.
by Cathie Babcock. 56p $1 Dutton
46-4608
"Tells how a Mallard duck is driven by a
storm at sea to accept human protection tem-
porarily for the sake of her ten ducklings.
Betty and her friends feed them and give them
water to swim in. Unbeknown to 'Mother
Penny* they add a duckling lost from another
brood to her family. He and his foster brothers
and sisters are lost and found, Mother Penny
gets caught in a fish net and there is a great
deal of quack-Quacking before they all fly
back to their native haunts." N Y Times
"Here is natural history and a charming
story delightfully combined." P. A. Whitney
-f Book Week pll Ag 11 '46 200w
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
120w
Klrkus 14:323 Jl 15 '46 80w
"Will be interesting to children who enjoy
nature stories, but the unusual style sometimes
obscures the story. Attractively illustrated in
black and white." M. F. Cox
H Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 60w
"Both writer and artist show a thorough
knowledge of their subject. Miss Robinson
writes in short, smooth sentences, which are
almost musical to read. She uses color words
and sound words very effectively. Children of
6 to 10 will like Miss Babcock's pictures from
the first one of the ducklings, soft and fluffy,
to the last, when they have grown to be strong
and smooth " Lola Palmer
-f N Y Times p!9 Ag 4 '46 250w
Reviewed by E. H. Franzen
San Francisco Chronicle pll N 10 '46
llOw
ROBINSON, HELEN MANSFIELD. Why pu-
pils fail in reading [a study of causes and
remedial treatment]. 257p $3 Univ. of Chicago
press
158.84 Reading A46-5912
Study of the causes of pupil failure in read-
ing with suggested remedial treatments. The
book is divided into two sections: the first deals
with a summary of the causes of severe read-
ing retardation; the second contains case stud-
ies and summaries. Bibliography. Index.
"[Part I] is difficult reading and dull reading.
But it is valuable reading. No one can slog his
way through it without becoming aware of the
infinite complexity of the simple-seeming act
of reading. Nor, it might be added, without
gaining immense respect for the work that
Miss Robinson and her associates have done."
Bergen Evans
Book Week p5 N 24 '46 400w
School & Society 64:231 S 28 '46 lOw
ROBINSON, IONE. Wall to paint on. 451p II
$3.75 Dutton
B or 92 Artists — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-269
Autobiography of a young American artist,
covering her adventures from the age of six-
teen, when she came to Philadelphia to study
art. until her twenty-eighth year. During that
time she traveled abroad, married twice and
was divorced twice, won recognition as a
painter, and met many of the outstanding- writ-
ers and artists of the day.
Reviewed by Katharine Kuh
Book Week plO Mr 10 '46 450w
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"The story ostensibly la related to the search
of a Vail to paint on but this search is con-
tinually overshadowed by the recital of per-
sonal matters, of more or less interest. . .
The illustrations in this book are another
puzzle. You would think that an artist in
search of a wall to paint on would make a
careful choice of her work which would Jus-
tify her publisher's claim to being 'one of
America's most colorful young mural paint-
ers!'. . AH in all this is a curious book. It
might have been titled 'Diary of a Young Girl
in Search of a Story.' " Maurice Lavanoux
— - Commonweal 43:625 Ap 5 '46 390w
"A blend of artistic and feminine, this
has a certain glamor."
Kirkus 14:27 Ja 15 '46 170w
"Written in an easy, flowing style, this book
will provide entertaining reading and a good
picture of life which already seems far away
and long ago." H. R. Forbes
-f Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 140w
New Repub 114:486 Ap 8 '46 150w
"it follows more or less the pattern of biog-
raphies of other aspiring young painters,
actresses, writers. But it has a special charm
in its sincerity and uiipretentiousness. To top
that, Miss Robinson has, instead of the faddish-
ness of 'artistic temperament,' a level-headed,
practical point of view which is amazing and
amusing." B. B.
-f- N Y Times p3G My 5 '46 340w
New Yorker 22:106 Mr 9 '46 60w
"While such public washing of emotional
linen may be open to criticism, the book makes
reading that holds the attention. It giv*s a
highly colorful portrait of an egocentric woman,
a questing, if not an original, mind, and a very
talented artist. It is one of the many interest-
ing contradictions in Miss Robinson's charac-
ter that, while she carries a large amount of
excess baggage as a writer, she shows a highly
disciplined skill in her work as a painter and
sketcher. The reproductions of her drawings
which make some of the illustrations in the
book possess a fine delicacy and purity of line.
When she writes of art and artists it is with a
real sense of critical objectivity and discrim-
ination." Rose Feld
-j Weekly Book Review p6 Mr 10 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42.58 Ap '46
ROBINSON, O. PRESTON, and HAAS, KEN-
NETH BROOKS. How to establish and oper-
ate a retail store; drawings by J. R. Hales.
379p $4 35 Prentice-Hall
658.87 Retail trade 46-7421
"Designed to help the conscientious begin-
ning retailer get off to a good start and avoid
the pitfalls of the first few years. The au-
thors hope that, through a study of the mate-
rials presented in this book, the alert merchant
will get a clearer picture of the problems in-
volved in operating a retail store and will learn
the principles, methods, and techniques that
can be employed to solve these problems suc-
cessfully. . . The scope of the book is compre-
hensive. All of the important problems of
financing, organizing, locating, arranging, and
operating a small retail store are discussed,
with emphasis on modern, up-to-date tech-
niques and procedures." (Pref) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 llOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 D 1 '46
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ROBINSON, THOMAS PENDLETON. Greylook
and the robins; il by Robert I^awson. 31 p
$2 Viking
46-25280
Picture storybook about a pair of robins and
their careless offspring- who falls right in front
of a large grey cat. The cat goes into action,
but is foiled by the counter attack of the
parent birds.
Book Week p!8 N 10 '46 70w
Booklist 43-60 O 15 '46
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p8 Ja 14 '47
150w
"Robert L*awson's flne pictures in full color
paint the scenes of the play with humor and
realism. Throughout the book runs the thread
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ROBINSON, T. P.— Continued
of sympathy which binds together this happy
combination of artist and author." A. M.
Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:462 N '46 80w
"Tough-skinned children will like it but some
of the tender-hearted will be concerned over
the dramatizing of the warfare between birds
and cats."
Kirkus 14:421 8 1 '46 130w
"Story has action and suspense and may
prove almost too exciting to some very young
who take their stories seriously. Humor may
appeal more to mothers and fathers than to
children. Illustrations in color by Robert Law-
son have been approved by boys and girls of
6-7." J. E. Lynch
Library J 71:1812 D 15 '46 70w
"If Tom Robinson were planning an account
tor adults of how a mother robin outwitted
a cat who menaced her baby, this book would
be successful, but for the picture-book and
primary age it seems wordy and lacking in
childlike qualities." M. A. Herr
— Library J 71:1812 D 15 '46 70w
"After Mr. Robinson's 'Buttons,' a simple
stark tale of an alley cat and his realistic
saga of the airedale, 'Pete,' this new book is
disappointingly feeble. . . It is a too-literal story
with none of the creative quality which even a
true story needs." Phyllis Fenner
— NY Times p!4 S 29 '46 HOw
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:134 D 7 '46 40w
Reviewed by Leone Garvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
70w
Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 50w
"The natural history is sound, the tension
sustained, and the climax warmly satisfactory.
Mr. Lawson has a chance to spread on the
large pictures in color, and he certainly does. . .
Mr. Robinson addresses any child interested
in natural history; that is, he addresses any-
body of that sort, whether a child or not, and
that's what children appreciate." M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 S 1 '46 270w
ROBINSON, VICTOR. Victory over pain; a
history of anesthesia. 338p il $3.50 Schuman's
615.781 Anesthetics Med46-165
History of anesthesia which begins with
mythological "drugs and dreams" and con-
tinues to trace man's efforts to alleviate pain,
especially in surgery and childbirth. The au-
thor is a doctor and professor of history of
medicine at Temple University School of medi-
cine. Bibliography. Index.
"Victory over Pain is pleasantly written and
in the main is accurate. Dr. Robinson sees
the endless controversies in a sensible light.
He has, too, a good eye for the drama in his
material, and presents it well. Although an
unsound appraisal of recent 'advances' reflects
the difficulties of the contemporary historian
and weakens the book, it is better than most
on the subject. But it is the work of a ra-
conteur, not of a scholar. As such, it leaves
the need unsatisfied for a painstaking definitive
history of anesthesia." H. K. Beecher
-| Atlantic 178:170 N '46 360w
Reviewed by A. B. Luckhardt
Book Week p42 D 1 '46 400w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
•f Kirkus 14:473 S 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by L. R. Btzkorn
Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 lOOw
"Dr. Robinson has blended a nice mixture
of science and people in his history of the vic-
tory over pain."
-f- New Repub 115:701 N 25 '46 150w
"To the many readers familiar with Dr. Vic-
tor Robinson's 'The Story of Medicine/ this
popular history of anesthesia will make absorb-
\g8 reeling. An unquestioned authority . . .
Hr> RS£inso.n is eminenthr fitted to detail one
of medicine's most exciting chapters. Unlike
less competent dramatizers of the battle for
credit in the discovery of anesthesia, his writ-
ing has authenticity as well as charm. . . Dr.
Robinson has lost none of his power to mold
medicine and mythology into a thrilling story
pattern. The history of anesthesia, as this
book demonstrates, is an engrossing blend of
both." F. G. Slaughter
•f N Y Times p30 N 3 '46 650w
"There are two large groups of readers for
whom this book should be prescribed: those
who have had or will have a serious surgical
operation, and those who still have lingering
doubts as to the value of science to humanity.
It is a simple, human and non-technical ac-
count of the long battle with pain and the final
victory Just a century ago." Gerald Wendt
-f Weekly Book Review p34 D 1 '46 lOOOw
ROCKWOOD, MRS LEMO THERESSA (DEN-
NIS), and FORD, MARY ELIZABETH
NESTLERODE. Youth, marriage, and parent-
hood. 298p $3 Wiley [18s Chapman]
392.5 Marriage. Sexual ethics 45-8742
"This book is based on a study of attitudes
towards marriage, in which the authors
gathered data by means of a questionnaire an-
swered anonymously by 364 juniors and seniors
at Cornell University. The group included 190
men and 174 women — 232 of whom were en-
rolled in a marriage course. The purpose of
the study was to determine student attitudes
toward courtship, marriage, and parenthood
and to examine differences according to sex,
religion, courtship status, college experience,
home background, and other factors." J Home
Econ
"The sociologist may feel that the study,
though carefully done, is not very thorough,
and does not get us any further in the impor-
tant matter of understanding the phenomena
that lie behind all these attitudes. However,
since our knowledge of changing attitudes
toward such topics as sex education, premarital
behavior, marriage, and separation and divorce
is very limited, students, teachers, or coun-
selors interested in these fields will be glad of
additional material." A. D. Ross
H Am J Soc 62:276 N '46 500w
"The book is well organized and a real con-
tribution to knowledge in this field. It should
be valuable to counselors, teachers of marriage
courses, and university students." Vera Bran-
don
+ J Home Econ 38:111 P '46 180w
Reviewed by M. J. Williams
Social Forces 24:479 My '46 1200w
RODEN. HENRY WISDOM. Wake for a lady.
246p $2 Morrow
46-4930
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:161 Ap 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 Je 23 '46 140w
"Tempestuous toughie."
Sat R of Lit 29:52 Je 22 '46 20w
"It's a tough milieu with plenty of shooting,
surprises, running round in the dark, mystery
and suspense." P. H. Bicker ton
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 240w
"Highly entertaining semi- tough item." Will
Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p!8 Je 16 '46
270w
RODGERS, RICHARD. Carousel. See Hammer-
stein, O.
RODIN, AUGUSTS. Auguste Rodin, by Philip
R. Adams. (Hyperion art monographs) [48p]
il $3 Duell
735.44 Sculpture, French. Rodin, Auguste
45-10517
This volume contains an introductory bio-
graphical and critical essay by Philip R. Adams,
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with a "suggested reading-" list; and some forty
plates showing photographs of sculptures and
reproductions of drawings and water-colors.
Reviewed by Dorothy Odenheimer
Book Week p!6 F 24 '46 90w
Booklist 42:331 Je 15 '46
"The illustrative material is first class." H.
L. Blnsse
-f Commonweal 43:293 D 28 '45 30w
Reviewed by Carter White
N Y Times p41 My 5 '46 40w
Theatre Arts 30:126 F '46 130w
"Sculpture is notoriously difficult to photo-
graph, but that is no excuse for the employ-
ment of a number of later casts. . . Mr. Adams'
introduction is a straightforward account of
Rodin's life and works. He is cautious in his
admiration and his essay is a useful corrective
to the general adulation." Huntington Cairns
Weekly Book Review plO Ja 6 '46 200w
ROEBURT, JOHN. There are dead men in
Manhattan. 288p $2 Curl
46-1846
Detective story.
"In writing this story the author has
employed a most irritating literary style. . .
If you can take 288 pages of that sort of
writing, you are welcome to it." Isaac Ander-
son
— NY Times p22 Mr 17 '46 230w
"Average toughun."
Sat R of Lit 29:32 Mr 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
140w
ROGERS, CARL RANSOM, and WALLEN,
JOHN L. Counseling with returned service-
men. lB9p $1.60 McGraw
355.115 Veterans 46-705
"Compact manual for counselors of returned
servicemen and servicewomen, presenting a
relatively new set of principles in counseling,
with detailed methods of application. . . As a
result of this process, the serviceman comes
to understand himself and his problem in a
new and truer light, and to see more clearly
the steps which he can independently take
toward its solution. The manual contains a
minimum of theoretical discussion, and a
maximum of practical case material, care-
fully analyzed, covering personal problems,
vocational and educational problems, and
marital and family problems." (Publisher's
note) Index.
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Library J 71:347 Mr I '46 70w
School &. Society 63:104 F 9 '46 20w
ROGERS, LETTIE. South of heaven. 278p S2.50
Random house
46-7331
"Incidents In the life of an American mis-
sionary family in remote China, and the event-
ual rescue from Chinese anti-foreign elements
of all but the fanatic and literal -minded head,
Ralph Ward. His nine-year-old daughter
Judith, resenting the Isolation from the Chi-
nese which her race and religion force upon
her, is perhaps the most interesting character
in this first novel, with a young Eurasian doc-
tor, second." Library J
"Told sympathetically and at times with al-
most frightening implications Jn this excellent
first novel." Helen Long
4- Book Week p2 O 20 '46 200w
Christian Science Monitor p!5 N 30 '46
650w
"It is to be hoped that some day, Lettle
Rogers, who is still very young, will want to
speak of Christians with the same admiration
and tender understanding she shows — certainly
rightfully— for the Chinese she knew. It in of
course up to us Christians. . . The little
American girl, Justine, who feels more Chinese
than American, but who is American neverthe-
less, and the young physician whose father is
white and mother Chinese, and who has com-
munistic tendencies, are the two attractive
characters, their divided feelings are well stud-
ied." C. H. Bishop
Commonweal 45:126 N 15 '46 330w
Kirkus 14:435 S 1 '46 190w
"Uneven style." H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 lOOw
"In beguilingly unostentatious fashion, 'South
of Heaven' succeeds in. being at once a charm-
ing story, a believable portrayal of several at-
tractive people, a warm-hearted picture of Chi-
nese character and a vivid report of life in the
interior of China during the days when the
now aging Kuomintang was a young and revo-
lutionary party. For all its modesty, its frank
and unashamed sentiment and its delighted
concern with the sensitive sweetness of its
little-girl heroine, Lettie Rogers' novel pos-
sesses keen insight and deceptive sturdiness
in its contemplation of Chinese character,
American missionary zeal and the social rela-
tionship between disparate races." Richard
Watts
-f N Y Times p7 O 20 '46 950w
"Into 'South of Heaven' Miss Rogers has
written nostalgic memories of her childhood,
poignantly ana bravely recollected. More, "the
compassionate realism of her viewpoint makes
a generous contribution to our understanding of
China and China's people." A. P. Wolfe
4- Sat R of Lit 29:21 N 9 '46 650w
"It is the unfolding of a child's mind living
in two worlds, confused at first by the simulta-
neous acceptance of two sets of standards, later
growing conscious that she lives in at least two
atmospheres and must fit herself into both at
once, that gives 'South of Heaven' its theme
and makes it not only a very satisfying novel
simply as a story but also a study in contrasts,
a novel of intellectual values. Lest this sound a
little too overwhelming a burden to place on
the shoulders of a child, I hasten to add that
Mrs. Rogers tells the story of Judith and
Judith's family with an abundance of quiet
humor, ironic understanding, and genuinely
unaffected human sympathy." J. J. Espey
-f Weekly Book Review p8 N 17 T46 HOOw
ROGERS, PHILLIPS, pseud. See Idell, A. E.
ROGERS, SAMUEL. You leave me cold! 246p
46-7212
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:262 Je 1 '46 50w
"The motive is, we believe, unique in the
annals of detective fiction and so macabre
that few will be able to read of it without a
shudder." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 O 13 '46 150w
"Literate, but not quite good enough to
carry off its subject." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
60w
"Atmospherically excellent. Suspense at con-
cert pitch all the way. Fraser's sleuthing ec-
centric but believable. Pay-off horrible and
slightly incredible."
-j sat R of Lit 29:37 O 5 '46 50w
"Setting is an institution of learning, the
goings-on are childish in spots and the de-
nouement appears to be inspired by one of
Krafft-Ebing's gloomier pages. The author
is professor of French at the University of
Wisconsin." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p23 O 13 '46 140w
ROHRER, MARY KATHERINE. History of
Seattle stock companies from their begin-
nings to 1934; il. with contemporary photo-
graphs. 76p 12.25; pa $1.60 Univ. of Wash.
792 Theater— Seattle A46-1333
"This short and pithy volume was prepared
in partial fulfillment of requirements for a
master's degree. Competent coverage of this
696
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ROHRER, M. K. — Continued
phase of theatrical producing together with
three appendices containing 'stock companies,
theatres and dates,' 'plays, authors, theaters—
and dates,' 'location and name changes of the
theaters.' Bibliography. Illustrated." Library J
"Recommended for theater and local history
collections." George Freedley
4- Library J 71:120 Ja 15 '46 lOOw
"This thesis provides valuable local data
toward the whole subject of professional com-
panies in America."
4- Theatre Arts 30:556 S '46 60w
ROLAND, MARY. Single pilgrim. 279p $2.50
Crowell
46-1881
A novel based on the subject of syphilis,
and the fact that it is curable. A beautiful
and fastidious English girl contracts the dis-
ease, following the news of her fiance's death
at Dunkirk, and her own complete demoraliza-
tion. The story of her heartbreaking course on
the way to health and mental rehabilitation is
worked out against the background of England
at war.
"Despite a tendency to arrive at climaxes
too suddenly, Miss Roland is usually adroit at
anticipating the moment at which the reader
will lose his enthusiasm for melodrama and
she has created a group of people who are
plausibly motivated." A. J. Hiken
Book Week p4 Mr 17 '46 230w
"This is a very lurid novel with a very
serious purpose. That purpose is to say that
syphilis is curable. Ten years ago an Ameri-
can physician wrote a novel on this theme, not
lurid at all but thoroughly earnest and well
written, and no publisher would touch it. The
war has changed all that. This one, by the
wife of a British physician, was written with
the encouragement of the British ministry of
health. . . The revolting though often clever
frivolity of most of the characters in their
effort to escape from the horror and boredom
of war should not obscure the basic serious-
ness of the novel. It is like Huxley's Eyeless
in Gaza in that it drags the reader through a
lot of glittering fllth but gives him a real
message at the end."
Christian Century 63:463 Ap 10 '46 140w
Kirkus 14:76 F 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by Rayner Heppenstall
New Statesman & Nation 32:289 O 19
'46 90w
N Y Times p!8 My 12 '46 230w
"So much of the novel is hard and brassy in
its wry satirical humor and its unprettifled
picture of life in the besieged island when many
found their old sense of values tumbling that
the efforts of the novelist to create a deep
emotional interest in Stephanie are not very
successful. We follow her through her calami-
tous adventure with the pleasant horror aroused
by a distant victim of mishap and gossip; she
is not a moving figure of tragedy within our
gates. Although 'the novel has something to
say and says it,' a perfected use of penicillin
or some improved drug may render its theme
obsolete tomorrow." R. A. Cordell
Sat R of Lit 29:78 Ap 13 '46 500w
Times [London] Lit Sup p489 O 12 '46
400w
"In 'The Single Pilgrim' Mary Roland has
written a novel on syphilis, a subject hitherto
mainly tabu in ftction. To be sure, Ibsen used
it in 'Ghosts' and Brieux in 'Damaged Goods,'
but few writers of minor caliber have ven-
tured into this dark realm of human experi-
ence. While Miss Roland's courage is im-
pressive, her equipment as a craftsman is
insufficient to carry the weight of her theme. . .
Miss Roland, who is a doctor's wife, brings a
sane and wholesome approach to her treat-
ment of the medical problem. According to
her, Stephanie is no social outcast but a per-
son who has been unfortunate in a common,
human experience. She writes with authority
on symptoms and course of treatment. It is
on the fictional side that the book bogs down."
Rose Peld
^ Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 14 '46
400W
ROLFE, EDWIN, and FULLER, LESTER.
Glass room. 252p $2.50 Rinehart
46-8243
Mystery story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!2 N 17 '46 40w
Kirkus 14:437 S 1 '46 80w
"The story is so fast and so tough that one
is not surprised to learn that Humphrey Bo-
gart and Lauren Bacall are to star in the film
version of it." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 140w
"The drive and punch of a first- rate toughie,
with the added virtues of rare literary skill
and political awareness, plus a truer painting
of the color of Los Angeles than any other
mystery I can recall. Even the possible com-
plaints about character-consistency are compli-
ments— the book is so good you wish it were
perfect." Anthony Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 17 '46
90w
"High-tension thriller."
Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46 lOOw
ROLLINS, ALICE ROBERTS. Antiques for the
home. 232p il $3 Harper ^
745 Antiques 46-11987
"This book will supply the collector with
the information he needs to recognize the dis-
tinctive characteristics of pieces he is seeking.
Ceramics, furniture, glass and silver are the
four major classifications covered. However,
many lesser but equally attractive home fur-
nishings are dealt with." (Publisher's note)
Bibliography. Index.
"Her writing is lucid and pleasingly informa-
tive, and her Judgments are sound and con-
servative. Perhaps the only Haw to the book
is in the arrangement of pictures, grouping
them together in a single unit instead of re-
lating them to the chapter divisions which
they illustrate. All in all, those who want to
collect antiques without being at the mercy
of the dealer will do well to read Miss Rollins'
absorbing book." P. H. Little
4- Book Week p6 O 20 '46 210w
Booklist 43:98 JD 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"An authority in the field, weekly contributor
to The Los Angeles Times and special article
writer. Miss Rollins discusses the collectible
antiques which the average collector would use
in furnishing a home. She has covered an
amazingly wide range of topics in brief space
and the result is the sort of book that people
who have some measure of taste and knowl-
edge will find stimulating and an incentive to
further research."
4- Kirkus 14:537 O 15 '46 190w
ROLLINS, HYDER EDWARD. Keats' reputa-
tion in America to 1848. 148p il $5 Harvard
univ. press [28s Oxford]
B or 92 Keats, John A46-31
"With the superb patience of a thorough-
going scholar, Professor Rollins has sifted all
the American newspapers and magazines of
the second quarter of the nineteenth century
to discover what allusions to John Keats were
published during that period. He has formu-
lated some trustworthy conclusions about the
circulation of items copied from British sources,
and he has also found some attempts at orig-
inal comment." Weekly Book Review
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g
d
Reviewed by Carlo.s Baker
N Y Times p40 N 17 '46 270w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:276 D '46 270w
Reviewed by G. F. Whicher
+ Weekly Book Review p22 O 20 '46 400w
ROMAINS, JULES, pseud. (LOUIS FARI-
QOULE). Escape in passion; translated from
the French by Gerard Hopkins. (Men of good
will, v!3) 557p $3 50 Knopf
"This latest installment of the 'Men of Good
Will' series is in two parts— 'The Magic Car-
pet' and 'Franchise' — and its action takes
place in the eventful year of 1933. . . 'The Magic
Carpet' is mostly concerned with Jallez's amor-
ous affairs and is considerably less interesting
than 'Frangoise,' which is largely political and
ives an intimation of the imminent break-
own of French society and of the atmosphere
of inescapable disaster that hung over all Ku-
rope." New Yorker
Review by Jex Martin
Book Week pi Ag 4 '46 1250w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
"Having killed the gods, we seek the half-
gods. Having no ideals of faith or conduct, we
seek ironic safety in personal attachments
founded on nothing more stable than whim or
passion So Romams seems to say, and so some
of us are willing to believe. What saves his
novel from fatuity is his characters' own reali-
zation of their plight; what withholds it from
fulfilling our great need is its inability to sug-
gest what newly winged ideals may help us
ride out the storm." D. S.
_j -- Christian Science Monitor p!5 S 14 '4G
650w
"No single instalment of the series, with the
exception of the high-pitched, intensely moving
'Verdun' published some years ago, can be
truly enjoyed, let alone judged, out of its con-
text in the whole, and the whole, now so nearly
completed, still has such a straggling form and
so little emotional sweep in proportion to its
scope that it is almost inescapable to con-
clude that the light which M. Remains was to
have shed upon his times, already guttering,
will fail." Virgiha Peterson
Commonweal 44:411 Ag 9 '46 650w
Kirkus 14:278 Je 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Andre Maurois
N Y Times p5 Ag 4 '46 lOOOw
"Certain earlier portions of the Romains opus
may have seemed willful, or even tedious, but
in this rich and subtle addition, which the
publishers say is the penultimate, the meaning
and value of the work emerge with an extra-
ordinary clarity."
+ New Yorker 22:71 Ag 3 '46 250w
"Attempts have been made through the years
to sum up, at several stages, the value of this
long novel. Now we are near the end; the
evidence will soon be complete. We shall soon
be able to view and judge 'Men of Good Will*
as a whole, measure its proportions, and de-
cide how far intentions have been realized in
execution. . . Meanwhile, we know that it is
one of the most ambitious enterprises that have
been undertaken in fiction. We know, too,
whatever the value of his story — whether it
proves finally to be an enduring work of lit-
erary art, or a pretentious but exciting serial
of only temporary interest — that Jules Romains
is a born and practised story-teller, acutely
intelligent, wealthy in material* and possessed
of remarkable fluency." B. R. Redman
Sat R of Lit 20-13 O 5 '46 900w
"Even with some of their most private
thoughts blue-penciled. Escape in Passion's
characters will probably seem alive to the de-
voted few who have followed their progress
since 1932."
Time 48:106 Ag 6 '46 500w
" 'Escape in Passion' cannot be judged out-
side its context in the whole series, and the
series itself is difficult to define. Though It has
the skeleton structure of great narrative, it
has neither the muscles nor the nerves. It un-
furls with scarcely more tensity than a docu-
mentary film. Yet the evidence of life which M.
Romains presents cannot be brushed aside. For
with his camera-like brain, devoid, as the In-
strument itself, of an insight beyond what the
lens reflects, he has nevertheless managed to
engrave his photographs upon the memory.'
Virgiha Peterson
Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 4 '46 900w
ROMAINS. JULES, pseud. (LOUIS FARI-
GOULE). Seventh of October; tr. from the
French by Gerard Hopkins. (Men of good
will, v!4) 295p $3 Knopf
"This is the last volume of 'Men of Good
Will,' the twenty-seventh of the French edi-
tion, the fourteenth of the American edition. . .
Twenty- five years of European life, such is
the central theme of Romains' epic. The work
began with the story of a day: the sixth of
October, 1908; it ends (in an evident device for
artistic symmetry) with the story of another
day: the seventh of October, 1933 Between
those two days unfolds the sad tale of Europe's
disintegration." (N Y Times) Index of char-
acters.
Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
"Romains is a good reporter, but is lacking
in the creative spark. What he has done by
amazing industry is to build an enormous pic-
ture of futility, in endless detail. His attitude
is detached, but the effect on the reader wJao
manages to endure to the end is one of pity,
regret, and active compassion, that this lovely
house of Europe, so rich in resources, inven-
tions, and courage, could not be saved by her
men of good will because there was too little
urgency in them." W. K. R.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 D 18 '46
480w
"The scenes are fragmentary, unresolved,
and as a whole the book stands less on its feet
than any of the others. . . For anyone who has
followed the fourteen volumes, it is a sad thing
to remember how certain it seemed at the start
that, despite their deviousness, they would lead
eventually to some new light of truth. But
the promise of the vast scheme M. Romains
had in mind, dwindling gradually ever since
the high-pitched recapitulation of France's
great battle in the volume called 'Verdun,' has
now faded away. The book closes with an un-
finished platitude about our imperfect world
and a tacit admission of its futility." Virgilia
Peterson
— Commonweal 45.206 D 6 '4G 430w
"Recommended only for Romains enthu-
siasts." R. P. Tubby
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Andre Maurois
N Y Times p7 N 24 '46 950w
" 'The Seventh of October' is far below many
of the other 'Men of Good Will' panels as a
novel, but viewed simply as M. Romains' very
acute impression of the Europe of 1933 and par-
ticularly of the atmosphere of fearful waiting
in France at that time; it is among the memor-
able ones. Most of the characters who have not
died along the way turn up for this grand
finale — some of them, it must be admitted, just
dragged oil-stage. On the whole, however, a
harmonious conclusion to a monumental work."
H New Yorker 22:140 N 30 '46 120w
"Perhaps Jules Romains had originally no
more plan than Just to write a successful novel,
longer than anyone had ever attempted before,
which would please all classes of readers at
once and for very different reasons. In this
he has succeeded — if we expect the readers
who, misled by the elaborate warnings of the
preface, looked for something more than an
excellent popular novel of unaccustomed dimen-
sions." Justin O'Brien
4- Sat R of Lit 29:24 D 7 '46 2500W
"Many of the individual chapters are subtly,
brilliantly managed; here and there (as in
Vol. VIII, entitled Verdun) they blend into a
more or less related whole. But ordinarily Au-
thor Romains moves his characters about by
whim or wind, endows his chance encounters,
political musings, philosophic sermons, fancy
seductions with no more apparent interrelation
than that of news stories in the daily press."
Time 48:116 D 2 '46 280w
Reviewed by Virgilia Peterson
Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 5 '47 lOOOw
698
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROMULO, CARLOS PENA. I see the Philip-
pines rise. 273p $2.76 Doubleday
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Philippine is-
lands. World war, 1939-1945— Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-2945
A sequel to the author's I Saw the Fall of the
Philippines (Book Review Digest, 1942). The
book combines a personal narrative of the for-
tunes of the author and his family, with an
account of the sufferings and struggles of the
Filipinos under the Japanese and a plea for
recognition of their loyalty and bravery by
Americans.
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p6 Ap 28 '46 420w
Booklist 42.297 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
Cath World 163:478 Ag '46 llOw
"[This book] is colorful current history; but,
aside from its appeal to those with a particular
interest in the Philippines, it is certainly not
very rewarding reading." R. S.
(_ Christian Science Monitor plO Je 29 '46
140w
"[This volume] is surcharged with emotion,
as befits both the author and his material. It
is not written in the 'now-it-can-be-told' mood
that is currently fashionable, for there is un-
qualified endorsement of American leadership
and Allied objectives. It is not an enduring
book, but if there is any one not yet convinced
of the debt we owe the Filipinos, here is a
good place to begin." J. N. Moody
Commonweal 44:269 Je 28 '46 390w
Current Hist 11:48 Jl '46 30w
Foreign Affairs 25:173 O '46 20w
"A very disappointing book — perhaps because
expectation has been built up over the two
years Gen. Romulo has been 'winning friends
and influencing people' from the lecture plat-
form."
Kirkus 14:118 Mr 1 '46 150w
"I did not need to read the book to be con-
vinced of the loyalty of the Filipino people.
I knew of their loyalty because we fought
together on Bataan. . . But* to the people of
the United States in general, many of these
things are not known. To those people Romu-
lo's book should be not only entertaining but
very instructive as well." J. M. Wainwright
+ N Y Times p5 Ap 28 '46 1400w
New Yorker 22:111 My 4 '46 80w
Reviewed by T. V. Smith
•f Sat R of Lit 29:11 My 4 '46 860w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 23 '46
240w
Reviewed by Marcus Duffleld
Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 21 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:113 Jl '46
Reviewed by Abraham Chapman
Yale R n s 36:186 autumn '46 130w
ROOKS, CECIL F. Light horses. 159p il |2
Ziff-Davis
636.1 Horses Agr46-169
"A manual on the care and training of horses
for driving and saddle use. The many and ex-
cellent illustrations will attract any horse lover.
Author was born on a Colorado ranch, has
worked as a 4-H Club agent and has had vari-
ous types of farm and administrative experi-
ence.'* Wis Lib Bui
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
ROONEY, PHILIP. Captain Boycott. 237p $2.75
Appleton-Century
Boycott, Charles Cunningham— Fiction
46-20584
The story of the English land agent to the
Earl of Erne's Irish estates, whose name be-
came incorporated into the language as a com-
mon noun.
Reviewed by Charles Kaplan
Book Week p!2 S 15 '46 320w
Cath World 164:284 D '46 150w
"This is a light and pleasant story." David
Marshall
-f Commonweal 44:628 O 11 '46 390w
Kirkus 14:260 Je 1 '46 200w
"A meager inconsequential tale." M. H. Zlp-
orich
— Library J 71:1127 S 1 '46 70w
"A well- told, exciting story. Its historical
background is smoothly blended with regional
color, high romance and breathless derring-do.
History seldom comes so pleasantly." Thomas
Sugrue
-f N Y Times p4 S 8 '46 700w
" 'Captain Boycott' is written simply, and
has no pretensions to deep psychological anal-
ysis; but there is a kindly shrewdness, a decent
sympathy in the portrait of a man whose chief
tragedy is in the fact that he did not know
the signs of the times." R. E. Roberts
4- Sat R of Lit 30:21 Ja 11 '47 500w
"Mr Rooney's poetic style is sometimes too
studied, but his story moves swiftly with
mounting: intensity. . . Mr Rooney's peasantry
are moulded out of Mayo rocks and peat; they
live, breath and suffer, and their talk is good.
However, he is fair, too, to Boycott and the
horse-loving horse-racing gentry and the mili-
tary men." P. H. Bickerton
H Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 550w
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Weekly Book Review plO O 6 '46 450w
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR (ROOSEVELT)
(MRS FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT).
If you ask me. 156p JJ2.50 Appleton-Century
818 46-1857
Questions on many subjects, asked by people
in many walks of life, and answered by Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt. Some of the questions are
signed by their askers; others are not signed.
The questions were selected from Mrs Roose-
velt's department in the Ladies Home Journal.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Mr 31 '46 450w
Booklist 42:263 Ap 15 '46
"She is candid, perceptive, balanced, oc-
casionally strategic as she meets all types of
inquiry — and occasionally, justifiably, she by-
passes too personal a question."
-f Kirkus 14:85 F 15 '46 170w
"She is honest, and that is one weapon. She
Is courageous, and that is another. She is in-
telligent, and that is a mighty weapon too.
Readers may disagree with many of her con-
victions, but at least she makes each one
examine his own philosophy and prejudices."
Lucy Greenbaum
-I- N Y Times p40 Ap 28 '46 750w
Reviewed by W. L. White
-f Sat R of Lit 29:25 Mr 23 '46 HOOw
"Mrs. Roosevelt's book is extraordinary for
two reasons: first, the sympathy, common
sense, good humor, and understanding with
which sne answers the questions; and second,
the fact that people ask such questions." Helen
Hall
-f Survey Q 35:173 My '46 550w
Weekly Book Review p30 Ap 28 '46
370w
Wis Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
ROOSEVELT, ELLIOTT. As he saw it; with
a foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. 270p $3
973.917 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. World
war, 1939-1945— Diplomatic history 46-7078
An account of the various international con-
ferences which the author attended, as aide
to his father. He was present at the meeting
off Newfoundland at which the Atlantic charter
was drafted; at Casablanca; Cairo; and the
Teheran conference. He also gives some in-
formation about the Yalta conference, which
he did not attend. Index.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
699
Reviewed by R. E. Danlelson
Atlantfc 178:160 D '46 1200w
Reviewed by W. F. Morse
Book Week p2 O 13 '46 410w
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
"As He Saw It will take its place among the
source materials. More, it will take its place,
not simply as a palace diary* but as an elo-
quent and somewhat ingenuous plea for better
relations with Russia, unfortunately, the un-
inhibited public and private activities of the
Roosevelt 'children' will reduce the respect and
attention with which this book will be read. . .
The extensive direct quotations from private
conversations with his father are not convinc-
ing to this reviewer. They have a synthetic
sound." E. D. Canham
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 6 '46
750w
Reviewed by Robert Norton
Churchman 161:18 Ja 1 '47 650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Kirkus 14:403 Ag 15 '46 280w
"Not much original thought, but a valuable
reminder. Recommended." Scott Adams
-f Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 70w
"The author's discussion of his sources will
not satisfy historians. It is never clear where
he is writing from notes, where from memory.
Some of the language ascribed to Roosevelt,
as Harold Laski and Henry Commager have
pointed out, is inherently implausible. . . If it
turns out that the late President was not so
systematically suspicious of the British and
trustful of the Russians as this book suggests,
then Elliott Roosevelt has written an infinitely
mischievous book and has performed no service
to his father's memory. But one must caution
against an a priori acceptance or rejection of
the thesis of 'As He Saw It' simply because it
coincides with or contradicts current political
interests." A. M.Schlesinger, jr.
Nation 163:506 N 2 *46 900w
"I think it possible that Elliott Roosevelt
may not be fully aware either that he has writ-
ten a pretty controversial book or that the
clearest portrait that emerges from its reading
is a portrait of Elliott Roosevelt. His main
source, he tells us, is his notes. But we are
not told when he made those notes; we are
given no sample to enable us to Judge the
relation it bears to the present text. . . It is
not always easy to have implicit confidence in
the reporting of an observer who is capable of
judgments so strange as those of Elliott Roose-
velt. . . His insistence upon Mr. Churchill's
estrangement' from General Marshall will be
accepted by no one aware of the unceasing
respect Mr. Churchill has always expressed
both in the ability and the integrity of a man
whom he learned to regard as among the three
or four outstanding figures in the Allied
armies." H. J. Laski
New Repub 115:454 O 7 '46 1600w
"Because it is recollection, it must be used
with caution. Up to the time of the Yalta
Conference (which he did not attend) Elliott
Roosevelt had 'no intention of writing a book'
about the conferences. Such notes as he made,
then, were not made with this in view, and
the book was actually written within the last
year or so. When Mr. Roosevelt came to write
It he had the official logs of the conferences,
supplemented from notes which I took myself,
at the time, and from my memory.' Just when
al1(t t_how , notea wer® made, Just what parts
of the book are based on notes and what parts
on memory Mr. Roosevelt does not tell us. . .
The question of authenticity, then, is going to
perplex every reader of this volume." HT S.
Commager
N Y Times pll O 6 '46 2250w
Reviewed by Gordon Pates
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 O 13 '46
ooOw
"Elliott has written no mere filial memoir
h?.*1'* f#ue£ H1?* book about hl« father is
iff*6?!**!?1 d7?*mlt«- There will be plenty to
describe it qufckly as an indiscreet book. Some
will question the good taste of some of the dis-
closures which he makes. It will be tagged as
pro-Russian and anti-British. Admffers of
Jr lni?£n Church« wm regard Elliott's picture
of fcim as an almost comic caricature of a
hard-headed, hard-drinking Toryism which
never relaxes its Tory purposes even in war-
time. Joseph Stalin may seem too sympatheti-
cally portrayed as a tough but reasonable
man. . . But if the book seems sometimes
indiscreet, it seems always history on its most
intimate level. Nobody who starts it will fail
to finish it. Politicians and historians may
violently quarrel over it but neither politicians
nor historians will ever be able to disregard
it." Jonathan Daniels
Sat R of Lit 29:9 O 5 '46 3050w
Reviewed by Harry Hans en
Survey G 35:409 N '46 800w
Time 48:108 O 7 '46 500w
"In an angry book which in its turn will
anger as well as interest many readers Elliott
Roosevelt has told his version of the meetings
during the war between his father, Winston
Churchill and Josef Stalin. Much of what went
on between these men was and still is most
secret. So even this partial account, preju-
diced, naturally, and not wholly convincing,
will be read by all those who are curious about
how we arrived at the fix we are in. Elliott
Roosevelt has done his best to make sure that
it will not be read calmly or dispassionately."
Joseph Barnes
Weekly Book Review pi O 6 '46 1550w
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO. Nothing
to fear. 470p II $3.75 Houghton
308 U.S. — Politics and government — 1933-
1945. World war, 1939-1945— U.S. 46-6717
Sixty- two speeches selected from the public
addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ar-
ranged chronologically from 1932 to 1945. The
volume contains also an introduction and his-
torical notes by B. D. Zevin, and a foreword by
Harry L. Hopkins. Index.
Reviewed by Willard Sheiton
Book Week p8 O 13 '46 150w
Booklist 43:95 D 1 '46
Current HIM 11:400 N '46 40w
"Certainly the speeches, in their chronological
order, reveal a loss of buoyancy and lightheart-
edness as the years went by. He was always
sure of success in the immediate task — relief
from economic depression, victory in election,
military victory. The last word in this book is
'faith.' His reviews of the war situation are
marvelous examples of breadth and simplicity.
But his style lost some of its wit and pungency
and took on a deeper note. Seemingly he never
suffered — or at least never * admitted — the mel-
ancholy that afflicted an earlier war President
during our most critical earlier war, but the
burden was obviously wearing down his physical
and nervous resistance. In his first addresses
he appeared to have enough vitality to reassure
a whole sick nation. In his later ones, reread,
one senses an appeal, as though he were restat-
ing fundamentals in the hope that they would
be remembered after his voice was silent." R.
D. Duffus
N Y Times pi S 29 '46 1050w
"Only those who are ignorant of the demands
of government condemn Franklin D. Roose-
velt for being a 'politician.' The President of
the United States must be both politician and
statesman of the highest order; and it was
the greatness of Roosevelt that he combined
the two more effectively than any other Ameri-
can. The essence of his philosophy was that of
Aristotle: 'As the state was formed to make
life possible, so it exists to make life good.'
This published record of his thoughts and deeds
is a worthy tribute to the noblest democrat
of our time." Louis Wasserman
+ San Francisco Chronicle pll N 24 '46
450w
Reviewed by H. S. Commager
Weekly Book Review p6 D 8 '46 1400w
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, 1858-1919. Letters
to Kermit from Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-
1908; edited with an Introduction and pref-
aces by Will Irwin. 296p $3 Scribncr
B or 92 Roosevelt, Kermit 46-11986
Letters written by President Theodore Roose-
velt to his son, during the years Kermit
700
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE— Continued
a student at Groton. Of the two hundred let-
ters in this volume some fifty were included
in Roosevelt's "Letters to His Children" pub-
lished in 1920.
"These are truly remarkable letters for a
man to have written to his schoolboy son —
especially when that man was the President of
the United States, furiously busy with the
manifold activities which T. R. crowded into
his years in the White House. . . Will Irwin
has done an excellent job as editor of this
collection of letters. His concise presentations
of historical backgrounds are genuinely helpful,
and I like especially the brief introduction,
primarily a biographical sketch of Kermit."
J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p!2 D 8 '46 380w
Booklist 43:101 D 1 '46
Reviewed by E. V. R. Wvatt
+ Commonweal 45:235 D 13 '46 900w
"Abundance of Roosevelt lore in this collec-
tors' item."
-f- Kfrkus 14:447 S 1 '46 130w
"These letters from the man in the White
House to the boy at Groton are testimony to
a relationship between father and son that
nobody in his right senses would willingly see
go out of fashion. And the father's reports of
his own incessant activities are done with
such zest that there can be no doubt of a
confident comradeship between the old boy and
the young one." H. I. Brock
-f N Y Times p50 D 8 '46 lOOOw
"The book is pleasant for the general reader
and an important contribution to the Roose-
velt literature." G. W. Johnson
-{- Weekly Book Review p2 N 24 '46 900w
ROOT, WAVERLEY LEWIS. Secret history of
the war; v3, Casablanca to Katyn. 484p $5
Scribner
940.532 World war, 1939-1945— Diplomatic
history (45-634)
"Volume III of Mr. Root's 'Secret History of
the War,' This begins with a discussion of
German grand strategy as revamped after the
failure of Stalingrad, when, according to the
author, the Nazis realized they could not hope
to win the war and set about preparing to win
the peace by impoverishing and killing their
conquered neighbors and producing moral and
political decay in occupied territory. After some
documented, and angry, remarks about Ameri-
can diplomacy in North Africa, Mr. Root ends
with the Katyn Forest massacre." (New York-
er) For earlier volumes see Book Review
Digest, 1945. Index.
Reviewed by Edgar Mclnnis
Am Hist R 52:107 O '46 500w
Reviewed by John Cournos
Book Week p6 Mr 17 '46 650w
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
"In contrast to the French chapters, where
some revisions may be necessary in subsequent
editions, the author's interpretation of the
Katyn incident ... is likely to be upheld
by future investigators. . . Full credit must
also be given the author for his masterful
presentation of Nazi strategy and tactics in
the early part of 1943. These are two chap-
ters which no one interested in the background
story of World War Two can afford to miss."
E. S. P.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 29
'46 400w
"Part of the value of the volume lies in the
detailed discussion of important events, inside
'deals,' etc., which gives an excellent over-all
picture of the newer kind of warmaking."
-f Current Hist 10:539 Je '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 24:746 Jl '46 70w
New Yorker 22:99 Mr 23 '46 160w
''Peeking behind the international scenes
with Waverlev Root is still fun in this third
fat volume of his 'Secret History' series. The
title still need not be taken too seriously;
there are not many secrets; nor is there a
consecutive history as professors think of it.
That does not matter. With the zeal of a
Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Root delves into obscure
background developments of the war; puts
together many clues; and sheds light on now
the wheels went around. . . In this volume, as
in the previous two volumes of Mr. Root's
work, a generous seasoning of gossip and lively
speculation is mingled with the oehind-the-
scenes diplomatic history. But Mr. Root is a
respecter of facts, and a thoughtful evaluater
of them." Marcus Duffleld
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 24 '46
HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
ROSA, GUI DO. North Africa speaks. 217p il
$3.50 Day
916.4 Africa, North — Description and travel
46-4781
The author of Mexico Speaks (Book Review
Digest 1944) writes of his personal contacts
with the people of North Africa. The book
consists mainly of conversations with the na-
tives as the author traveled thru Algeria and
Morocco with an Arab guide. Copiously illus-
trated with photographs taken by the author.
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 20w
4- Kirkus 14:233 My 15 '46 150w
"Long after reading this well-written account
of their experiences one will have nostalgic
thoughts for the people met and places visited
with the author and his Arab guide." O. G.
Lawson
-f Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle pll S 29 '46
80w
"The people of North Xfrica may not only
be heard but seen in this book, for Mr Rosa
is rarely skillful in catching an expression, a
pose, a gesture that brings out the character
of the people he photographs. Since most of
these people were afraid of the camera lest it
steal away their soul, his success is even more
remarkable." H. W. Marr
4- Sprinpf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 *46 550w
ROSE, CARL. One dozen roses. 112p $2.50
Random house
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons 46-7964
Collection of cartoons from the work of Carl
Rose which originally appeared in such maga-
zines as The New Yorker, Collier's Weekly,
The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, etc.
The cartoons are grouped under headings, and
interspered with comments by the artist.
Kirkus 14*575 N 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
lOOw
"He talks about himself in interlarded
chapters, modestly and amusingly, and his
drawings run what is known as a gamut —
young love, domestic life, crime, sports and
satire. No thorns." Lisle Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p7 D 1 '46 lOOw
ROSENBAUM, SIDONIA CARMEN. Modern
women poets of Spanish America. 273p pa $4
Hispanic inst. in the U.S. Columbia univ,
435 W 117th at, N.Y. 27
928.6 Poets, Spanish American. Women as
poets 46-4895
"Sidonia Carmen Rosenbaum has made an
able interpretive study of Delmira Agustini,
Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni and Juana
de Ibarbourou. . . For good measure she has
included brief sketches of their 'precursors.' "
Weekly Book Review
"This book is an interesting beginning. One
hopes it will be followed by comparative studies
of pairs of Northern and Southern poets which
will bring the latter into clearer focus and set
them in proper proportion within our frames
of reference. Behind the somewhat stilted
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form and academic phraseology to which Miss
Rosenbaum has subjected her material are
incandescent spirits and a depth of poetic
devotion which must be completely grasped
if we are to continue to explore Latin American
culture with any real benefit to ourselves or
them." Mildred Adams
-| Nation 162:319 Mr 16 '46 1400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:174 S '46 200w
"Miss Rosenbaum has brought to their in-
terpretation scholarship, feminine perceptive-
ness, and — a gift rare in scholarly works — se-
lectivity, reproducing now an image, now a
line or two, now an entire short lyric, to build
up a total picture of each figure as woman
and as poet. She has not attempted transla-
tion into English verse, but makes the quota-
tions accessible to the non-Spanish speaking
reader by a constant running commentary of
interpretation, paraphrase and fragmentary
translation." B. D. Wolfe
•4- Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 31 '46
lOOOw
ROSENBERG, ROBERT. Electric motor repair;
a practical book on the winding, repair, and
troubleshooting of A-C and D-C motors and
controllers. 308p pa $5 Rmehart
621.313 Electric motors. Electric controllers
46-11913
"Practical book on detection of motor trouble,
rewinding and how to repair all types of motors,
large and small, used today. Technical back-
ground not necessary to understand. Book for
beginners, apprentices, students, experienced
shop workers, radio or other servicemen. Ar-
rangement, text in right-hand section and 900
illustrations in left in two section duo spiral
binding, permits both to be used simulta-
neously." Library J
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
Reviewed by L A. Eales
Library J 71:1333 O 1 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
ROSEN FELD, ISAAC. Passage from home.
280p $2.50 Dial press
46-4570
A story, written in the first person, of the
emotions and mental awakening of a fourteen-
year old Jewish boy who breaks away from
his family, goes to live for a time with his
"ultra-modern" Aunt Minna and h«r lover, and
then returns home again.
Reviewed by A. J. Hiken
Book Week p6 My 12 '46 300w
Kirkus 14-205 My 1 '46 190w
"A first novel, 'Passage from Home* is not
without faults and inadequacies. It has a tend-
ency to be private where it should be even
blatantly public; it over-rarefies certain of its
perceptions; it seems to fear rather than to
enjoy its humor; perhaps most important, it
finally creates the impression of having side-
stepped its drama: one is left with a vague
and unnamable but still palpable sense of hav-
ing been denied a complete narrative experi-
ence. But whatever the shortcomings of Mr.
Rosenfeld's book, they are of only minor con-
sequence compared to its major accomplish-
ment— the taking of life at such a high moral
pitch." Diana Trilling
H Nation 162:606 My 18 '46 1250w
"Vivid as a nineteenth-century novel, the
writing here is as traditional as its subject.
But in the second portion of the book, which
carries an exhaustive analysis of motives to
the point of tediousness (a tediousness often
found in Kierkegaard and occasionally in Henry
James), novehstic problems are attempted, and
partially solved, of such formidable difficulty
that I shall call this a 'failure' only tentatively,
in quotes." Marjone Farber
-I New Repub 114:809 Je 3 '46 lOOOw
"The prose is warm, neat and eminently
readable. At times its simple, direct clarity is
brilliant: at other times, particularly in pas-
sages of analysis, its subtlety becomes a trifle
burdensome. More explanatory than evocative,
more reflective than dramatic, U is always
completely controlled writing that never
sprawls or spills; and though it is often slow,
it is always full of a quiet, almost deliberate
energy. But despite the sound craftsmanship
of the writing, and despite the potential im-
portance of the matters treated— the son and
father, boy and life conflicts — there remains
a peculiar insufficiency in this novel. It is as
if a dimension were missing, or a part sup-
pressed." Richard Sullivan
-j NY Times p5 My 12 '46 500w
"An odd little novel, by a thoughtful and
discerning writer."
-| New Yorker 22:109 My 18 '46 80w
"Mr. Rosenfeld writes thoughtfully with an
emotional understanding that strikes home. The
reminiscences of Cousin Willy and Bernard's
reactions to Aunt Minna's untidy life are es-
pecially fine examples of sensitive interpreta-
tion. If this is a sample of what a first novel
can be, perhaps every would-be novelist should
serve an apprenticeship writing short stories."
W. E. P.
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pl9 O 20 '46
250w
Reviewed by Harold Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:14 My 11 '46 650w
"Like a medieval scholar splitting hairs, Mr.
Rosenfeld dissects emotions and responses, pos-
tulates motives and counter-motives and cou$-
ter- counter- motives to the third or fourth de-
gree. He is much easier to read, much more
immediate and appealing when he escapes the
toils of purely psychological action and sets
forth, in brilliant images, the structure of 'the
family.'. . In moments like these — not frequent
enough — you can begin to see Studs Lomgan's
Chicago through a Jewish boy's eyes." Richard
Match
Weekly Book Review p8 My 12 '46
900w
KOSENSTOCK-HUESSY, EUGEN. Christian
future; or, The modern mind outrun. 248p
$2.50 Scribner
261 Christianity. Civilization 46-3381
"The author, a refugee professor at Dart-
mouth, attempts in this work to give a spiritual
interpretation of our own day, to discover
what the Eternal Spirit of all ages has_ to
say to the spirit of our times." Kirkus *
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p7 My 5 '46 230w
"The book is full of stimulating paradoxes,
but the reviewer finds himself unable to sum
up its total philosophy." W. L. Caswell
Churchman 160:17 Je 15 '46 240w
Reviewed by J. S. Bixler
Crozer Q 23:386 O '46 430w
"The reader has a feeling that the writer
is an unusual personality. He dedicates this
volume to an unusual group of men. But he
certainly does not succeed in making his
message clear or his personality vivid in this
volume. Seachers for spiritual reality in our
own day will find inspiration and help at many
places in this book, but they will have to be
genuine searchers."
H Kirkus 14:101 F 15 '46 230w
ROSIN, JOSEPH. Reagent chemical and stand-
ards; with methods of assaying and testing
them; also the preparation and standardiza-
tion of volumetric solutions and extensive
tables of equivalents. 2d ed 542p $7.60 Van
Nostrand
544.11 Chemical tests and reagents
46-5633
"The chief chemist and chemical director
of Merck & Co. has revised his reference book
of reagents and chemical standards. Fifty- two
new ones have been added in the second edition
bringing the total to more than 600 entries.
They give formula, molecular weight, assay,
form and color, solubilities, and other pertinent
information. Lists of maximum impurities pre-
cede assay directions. Other data in this refer-
ence book for analysts include reagent, stand-
ard and volumetric solutions, indicators, equiv-
alents of normal and tenth -normal solutions,
and buffers as well as directions for freezing
702
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROSIN, JOSEPH— Continued
point and other determinations." (Chem Eng)
Index. For first edition see Book Review Digest,
1937.
"All who are interested in the production and
testing of reagent chemicals will find the new
edition a necessary addition to their working
tools." W. D. Collins tMtt M
-f Chem &. Eng N 24:2844 O 26 '46 lOOw
Chem Eng 53:300 O '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
ROSINGER. LAWRENCE KAELTER. Restless
India. 113p maps $2 Holt; pa 36c Foreign
policy
954 India 46-3982
A survey of current events in India, pre-
pared by the Far Eastern expert of the Foreign
policy association. Includes diagrams and sta-
tistics on the land, the history, the population
(rural and urban), the government, and the
complications in British -Indian affairs due to
World war II. The appendix contains the
Cripps proposals with the answers by the
Congress party, the resolution passed by the
All-India congress on August 8, 1942, etc. Brief
bibliography. No index.
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p4 My 19 '46 330w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:9 N '46
Cath World 163:286 Je '46 150w
Christian Science Monitor plO Jl 6 '46
40w
"It would be hard to praise this little book
too highly, either for its clarity, its objectivity,
or for the enormous wealth of information it
contains in such a remarkably small space. It
is a 'must' for all libraries and institutions of
learning, as well as for the reference shelf of
any citizen who would wish to consider himself
well documented on India and on her vast and
various problems, current no less than bygone."
Anne Fremantle
-f Commonweal 44:361 Jl 26 '46 300w
Nation 163:47 Jl 13 '46 140w
Reviewed by John Bicknell
N Y Times pi My 19 '46 550w
New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 70w
"The depth of the field surveyed in 'Restless
India' might have been greater if Mr. Rosinger
had not rushed so through his chapter on old
India. . . The rest of Mr. Rosinger's presenta-
tion is neat, and its special value to many
readers may well lie in its live up-to-dateness.
The Congress Election Manifesto of October
1945 takes the reader right into contemporary
headlines, and he may close the book and pick
up his morning paper with a strong sense of
continuity. The industrialist and business
executive with an eye on the Far Eastern mar-
kets could do worse than stock his reference
shelf with a few copies of 'Restless India' both
for himself and for his associates." J. G. Hi tree
-i Sat R of Lit 29:27 Je 1 '46 900w
Reviewed by R. T. Solis-Cohen
Social Studies 37:283 O '46 250w
"A timely volume of unbiased background in-
formation well destined to serve as a textbook
for serious students of the Indian problem."
E. A. F.
+ Springf'd Republican p6 My 27 '46
300w
"According to the publisher, 'Restless India'
gives an accurate and factual account of the
forces at work in India today. . . A reader who
is not entirely unaware of the complexities of
Indian problems . . . may feel that this is a
high claim for a book of 120 pages. Actually
the book jives only fragments of the back-
ground and the presentation is not free from
HSL*biaa that* *?*&* *° much of what ls bein*
written about India. In arrangement and con-
tents 'Restless India' follows so closely the
•fcitroduction to India/ published by F R.
Moraes and Robert Stimson in 1943 for the
benefit of the American and British trooni then
newly arrived in India, that it i« to a senw
a condensation of the latter brought up to date,
plus a very useful documentary appendix which
nils one-fourth of the book. But where the
'Introduction to India* is definite and precise,
'Restless India' tends to be vague; moreover,
it omits an important topic well brought out in
the former, namely, the role of women in ef-
fecting the changes." H. M. Spitzer
— 4- Weekly Book Review p26 My 19 '46
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
Reviewed by C. H. Driver
Yale R n s 36:369 winter '47 160w
ROSKIN, ALEKSANDRA IOSIFOVICH. From
the banka of the Volga; the life of Maxim
Gorky; tr. from the Russian by D. L. From-
berg. 126p il $2 Philosophical lib.
B or 92 Qorky, Maxim, pseud. (Alexei
Maximovich Pyeshkoft) 46-5777
A life of Maxim Gorky, who rose from pov-
erty to become one of the most influential fig-
ures in modern Russia. This was written In
Russia and was first published in Moscow in
1944.
Book Week p2 My 26 '46 90w
"This Is a brilliant example of how con-
temporary Soviet writers treat complicated and
controversial subjects: the long and turbulent
career of the great Russian turns into a simple
proletarian fable with a strict black-and-white
approach to life and letters."
New Yorker 22:91 Ap 27 '46 120w
Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
600w
ROSMOND, BABETTE. Dewy, dewy eyes.
208p |2.50 Dutton »
46-4929
Nancv Tucker came from Indiana to New
York planning to enter the literary field. Her
first job was as editor on a pulp magazine,
and the novel is of her office life and the gay
parties outside.
Reviewed by B. L. Stewart
Book Week p6 Jl 21 '46 300w
4 'A gay, young and entertaining entry in the
lighter fiction field which may not amount to
too much but manages a blithe, bright man-
ner."
Klrkus 14:227 My 15 '46 160w
"If the title doesn't deter, readers of light
fiction will be entertained by this amusing
story of Nancy Tucker, editor of the pulp mag-
azine. Lots of Love." M. P. McKay
H Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by James MacBride
N Y Times p!6 Jl 7 '46 230w
"Nancy's growing pains are sometimes amus-
ing, sometimes dull, and a good deal of the
conversation between the wouldbe sophisticates
is monotonous patter." P. H. Bickerton
Sprlngfrd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 300w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review pll Jl 28 '46 180w
ROSS, FRANK XAVIER. Trail blazers of the
sky; il. by the author. 169p $1.50 Hebberd
629.13 Aeronautics — Flights. Aeronautics —
Juvenile literature 46-2467
"A book for teen-agers tracing the headline
history of the growth of aviation from the
famed 12-second flight of Orville Wright on
December 17, 1903. to the inauguration of trans-
atlantic air service in 1939. In chronological
order the author describes the noteworthy
exploits of those flying pioneers who by their
deeds during the past four decades gave im-
petus to the development of this modern means
of travel and communication." Springf'd Re-
publican
"Accurate and readable accounts of historic
flights." Frederick Graham
-f N Y Tlmei p!6 F 10 '46 50w
"Father as well as son can derive a great
deal of enjoyment from this book." W. W. P.
•f Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
IZOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
703
ROSS, Z. H. Three down vulnerable. 234p $2
Bobbs
Detective story.
"Trigger happy, but that's about all."
Kirkus 14:331 Jl 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 25 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 8 1 '46
40w
Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 21 '46 50w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
200w
ROST, O. FRED. Going into business for your-
self. 334p $3 McGraw
650 Business. Retail trade 45-9537
"Author, editor and publisher of Wholesaler's
Salesman and former proprietor of small retail
and wholesale business, gives sound information
on financing a new business, legal requirements,
locations, rents, credit leases, ouying and sell-
ing practices and short sketches of different
lines of business." (Library J) Glossary. In-
dex.
"Some 24 kinds of businesses are discussed*
Unfortunately they are all in the retail mer-
cantile field. Because our technological ad-
vances make for increased productivity, shorter
hours and more leisure, greater emphasis should
now be placed on 'service' enterprises. The
author might well have devoted a few pages to
such ventures as operating a gas station, a
laundry, a movie house, or a valet, auto repair
or printing shop. Barring this oversight, Rost's
book is a splendid guide." I. H. Plamrn
H Book Week p20 N 18 '45 350w
Booklist 42:124 D 15 '45
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 50w
N Y Times p26 Mr 10 '46 200w
ROSTEN, NORMAN. Big road; a narrative
poem [maps by George Annand]. 233p $2.50
Rinehart
811 46-4821
"A narrative poem in honor of road builders
down through the ages beginning with the
slave built roads of the Romans to the G. I.
built Alcan highway. Though trucks and bull-
dozers were used to build this modern road, the
construction called for heroic deeds and often
the lives of men, because it was built against
time in the stress of war. The poetry is de-
scriptive and colorful and has a modern dra-
matic quality as if the author expected it to
be read over the radio. There is enough story
interest so that it might appeal to non-poetry
readers." Booklist
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '46
Kirkus 14:119 Mr 1 '46 HOw
"This book gives sheer physical delight. Its
maps, the colored pages that introduce its
five parts, the suggestive cuts before each
section, the end papers with their imaginative
highways veining our One World, all Indicate
that for the publishers this production is a la-
bor of love. For the poet, the documentation
and acknowledgments show also a love of
labor: a poem is more than a pipe dream, and
may spring from solid fact. . . In spite of its
limpid ease and myriad camera-shots, this book
is serious. The big road is not used as a
temporal symbol: the long road or voyage
which each individual takes through life; but
as a spatial or social symbol, like Hart Crane's
'The Bridge': the road to union and under-
standing. It is full of pity. . . And it is full of
hope." D. A. Stauffer
•f N Y Times p3 Jl 7 '46 1300w
Reviewed by Louise Bogan
New Yorker 22:57 Jl 6 '46 650w
"The author has a subject suited to poetry,
and apparently a detailed knowledge of it.
But the technical limitations of the verse it-
self, and the over-simplification and senti-
mentality of treatment, have reduced the story
to a sort of enthusiastic 'commercial' for
roads." William Meredith
Poetry 69:101 N '46 600w
"The most ambitious, as well as the lengthi-
est, poetic effort of the season must certainly
be Norman Rosten's 'The Big Road/ in which,
through 233 pages, the author attempts to
universalize American history by singing of
the Alcan Highway. There are many reasons
why the effort is not successful; a book-length
poem seldom achieves consistent poetic stature.
Much of this book could, with profit, have been
printed as prose." George Snell
— San Francisco Chronicle pll 8 1 '46
150w
"I'm afraid I shall have to turn in a dis-
senting opinion. I am sorry to do this, for Mr.
Rosten has written a genuine book, one that is
obviously the product of a fine writer properly
involved in his subject; and his subject ... is
an epic one in itself, well worth celebrating in
verse. . . The book is full of good poetry.
That, in itself, is no mean accomplishment. . .
The pity is that more did not come out of so
seriously conceived an endeavor. The narra*
tive poem is a difficult and treacherous medi-
um. It has certain absolute limits and makes
equally absolute demands. Perhaps the most
important demand is that the poet shall have
answered satisfactorily to himself, for every
part and for the whole of his poem, the hard
question: 'Why is this in poetry rather than in
prose?' I do not think Mr. Rosten answered
that question satisfactorily." Christopher LA
Farge
h Sat R of Lit 29:19 Je 29 '46 900w
"Following as it does Bowman's 'Beach Red*
and the work of Karl Shapiro, 'The Big Road*
marks a trend toward form in long narrative
work. Admirers of Stephen Vincent Benet in
particular will want to read this epic of mascu-
line verse." William Manchester
Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 11 '46 240w
"As poet and dramatist, Norman Rosten has
always concerned himself with poetry that ex-
presses 'the eternal world and its action, the
beliefs and heroisms of that world.' In 'The
Big Road,' his first major narrative in verse,
he has a masculine, driving, dramatic subject
excellently adapted not only to his credo, but to
his individual talents." Ruth Lechlitner
+ Weekly Book Review p6 Je 9 '46 850w
ROTHERY, AGNES EDWARDS (MRS H. R.
PRATT). Balm of Gilead. 244p $2.50 Dodd
46-5162
A battle shocked captain, home from the
Pacific war, rented an old Cape Cod house and
went there to live with a blinded soldier as his
batman. The rich life which had once been
lived in the house had a part in the regenera-
tion of the captain, as did the Ran somes, living
and dead, who came back to the house from
time to time.
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
"It's an interesting idea, though the ghosts
are too busy exerting a healing influence to
contribute much dramatic tension. Just the
same, the book has a pleasant, meditative qual-
ity."
H NY Times p!9 Jl 7 '46 280w
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 22 '46
200w
"The author draws upon the Bible, upon the
poetic vision of Blake and the myth-making
which flowers from the ancient wisdom of New
England. Only a writer of exceptional talent
and integrity could have managed all this so
firmly and logically. 'Balm of Gilead' is a
thoughtful novel, but it is not a Jumbled narra-
tive of inspirational shreds and patches. When
you finish it, its meaning will be clear and
complete, with the shimmer and grace of design
one perceives in a spider's web." George Con-
rad
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 28 '46 450w
704
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROTHERY, AGNES EDWARDS (MRS H. R.
PRATT). Scandinavian roundabout; 11. by
George Gray. 256p $2.50 Dodd
914.8 Norway — Description and travel.
Sweden — Description and travel 46-4469
"No. travel book in the usual sense, this vol-
ume takes one on a delightful journey over the
Scandinavian peninsula. In two parts, one de-
voted to Norway, the other to Sweden, it tells
of Leif Ericsson, of the Viking burial mounds
of kings and queens, of Norwegian fishing and
forestry, Swedish mines and match factories,
the grandeur of the land of glaciers beyond the
Arctic Circle — and of the Swedish Christmas,
which is celebrated for a month." (N Y Times)
For grades five to eight.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
"Pleasantly informal guide book." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:271 Jl '46 llOw
"A wealth of delightful and curious material
on Norway and Sweden."
-f Kirkus 14:128 Mr 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by A. H. McGinity
Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 70w
"Packed with information and easy and
charming in style." D. C. Hogner
4- N Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 9 '46 400w
ROUAULT, GEORGES. Georges Rouault, by
Edward Alden Jewell. (Hyperion art mono-
graphs) [48p] il $3 Duell
759.4 Rouault, Georges. Paintings, French
45-10484
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Edward Alden Jewell, art critic of the New
York Times, writes a pleasant, popular and
sympathetic introduction to the oeuvre of this
great religious painter of the 20th century."
Dorothy Odenhelmer
-f Book Week p!6 F 17 '46 140w
Booklist 42:331 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by Carter White
N Y Times p41 My 5 '46 40w
Theatre Arts 30:126 F '46 130w
ROUCEK, JOSEPH SLABEY, ed. Central-
eastern Europe, crucible of world wars; by
[the editor] and associates. 679p maps $5
Prentice-Hall
940 Central Europe 46-4074
"A compilation of articles of the history and
present-day problems of Poland, Russia, the
Balkans and Baltic states. The histories of the
smaller countries will be especially useful in
answering reference questions." Booklist
"On the whole, the Judgment may be ven-
tured that, while the book will serve a useful
purpose in reference libraries and editorial
offices, it is unlikely to fulfill the editor's hope
of winning a large body of readers prepared
at long last to achieve a sympathetic under-
standing of this unknown, diverse, and cruelly
tormented section of Europe." Ferdinand
Schevill
Am Hist R 52:184 O '46 300w
"Unlike other books, those written by several
writers must be prepared to face a hostile
attitude on the part of those critics who find
it difficult to reconcile scholarship with the
joint efforts of a dozen writers bound in one
ordinary volume. The present work is no ex-
ception. Yet it is difficult to see how any one
man could have even attempted a work of
this scope. . . There are some statements of
fact and interpretation that are open to serious
question. . . On the technical side, it would
have been desirable to have a more careful
reading of proof, as well as more attention to
the spelling of names. . . Some of these criti-
cisms might be made of almost any book that
comes along, and they should not detract from
what is an extremely useful collection of ma-
terial about an area not only little understood
but also misunderstood, but an area which for
us will increase in importance and to which
we shall need to devote more of our energies."
A. N. Dragnich
H Am Pol Sci R 40:1205 D '46 700w
"The book is an indispensable vade mecum
to an understanding of a region rightly de-
scribed as 'Crucible of World Wars.' It should
serve as a reference book for many years to
come. It does not detract from its value that
it offers the reader a trifle too much." Emil
JLengyel
-f Ann Am Acad 247:193 S '46 360w
"A series of well- written and generally ob-
jective essays. . . Useful maps add to the very
definite value of this book for the reader who
recognizes his need of well-rounded treatment
of this field." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 My 26 '46 GOw
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
"The book is nearly as complex as its sub-
ject matter, and often reads like an uneven
compilation. As the book compresses a lot
of valuable reference material, students of
world politics will find it useful, in spite of
minor inaccuracies and numerous typographical
errors." Max Fischer
Commonweal 45:260 D 20 '46 600w
"The purpose of this volume is to create
a better understanding of the nations in the
Central -Eastern Europe area, to offset the
general indifference to the problems of those
countries. Currently that is of prime impor-
tance, especially because of Russian domina-
tion. For this reason the resunnS of the early
history of each unit, by a specialist, is help-
ful and easy to digest because of its simple
presentation. Not least in importance is
Roucek's own contributions, including his chap-
ter on 'Russia Over Central -Eastern Europe,'
which summarizes the situation rather sym-
pathetically to the Soviet position."
-f Current Hist 11:229 S '46 120w
Foreign Affairs 25:169 O '46 30w
"While there is nothing new in the volume,
and while the latter portions lean too heavily
on newspapers, magazines, and propaganda
publications, the total effect does represent
a valuable contribution to an understanding
of a portion of Europe little known to most
Americans." W. C. Langrsam
Social Educ 10:283 O '46 200w
"This book is obviously the result of a
tremendous amount of work and an effort to
provide needed background. It builds up a
sympathy for these various peoples and their
problems They have been victims of many
aggressions and harsh treatment. There are
many Improvements that need to be made and
it is a long hard road." Julia Emery
-H Social Studies 37:330 N '46 950w
ROUCEK, JOSEPH SLABEY, ed. Twentieth
century political thought. 657p $6 Philosophi-
cal lib.
320.9 Political science 46-5721
Twenty-eight long: essays by a group of
eminent sociologists, political scientists, and
historians, designed to give a comprehensive
picture of the present-day political field. In-
dex.
"A text on contemporary political thought
demands a clear delimitation of the field and
a synoptic organization of its content. In
both respects, Roucek's book is a failure.
While only a few chapters deal with political
ideology and theory proper, a goodly number
are devoted to the discussion of political and
even social and economic attitudes, relation-
ships, and processes. , . As regards the sub-
ject matter of the various chapters, one en-
counters a possibly unavoidable amount of
duplication, but one is struck also by the
number of serious omissions and gaps. . .
In all fairness, it must be said that the work
contains a few excellent contributions, such as
Morgenthau's chapter on 'Nazism'; Rodee's
chapter on 'Defenders and Critics of American
Capitalism and Constitutionalism, Conservatism,
ana Liberalism,' and Rumney's contribution on
'British Political Thought.' It goes without
saying that the discriminating reader will also
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find some useful information in the remaining
several hundred pages. If, because of the
serious shortcomings previously touched upon,
we feel unable to recommend the use of this
work as a text in its present shape, neverthe-
less we hope that a thoroughly revised and
overhauled edition will prove a real contribu-
tion to a field which is in great need of text-
books combining a comprehensive treatment
with accuracy and imaginative interpreta-
tion." O. K. Flechtheim
h Am Pol Sci R 40:1011 O '46 800w
Reviewed by R. N. Schwartz
Book Week p6 Je 2 '46 230w
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 20w
"The authors, in the main, try to be informa-
tive rather than disputatious and they lean
backward in an effort to preserve their ob-
jectivity, with the result that what might have
been a raucous barnyard of contradictory po-
litical viewpoints attains, instead, the reasoned
calm of a seminar. Unfortunately, the book,
obviously the product of much work and
thought, is cluttered with errors, both factual
and typographical."
_| New Yorker 22:109 My 18 '46 120w
"This book shows the favorable and un-
favorable features of symposia. Some chapters
are masterly in their condensation and lucid
in their presentation; others give the impres-
sion of a sightseeing tour through a library —
'just time to look at some book titles'; a few
are moody and aggressively disillusioned, which
is in itself an index of the state of political
theory of certain schools; still others express
partisan viewpoints. . . Nevertheless, the vol-
ume should prove stimulating to the discerning
student. It contains a great deal of informa-
tion and erudition. As a whole, it is 'adult';
it is 'to the point'; and where it is biased,
the bias is not concealed. Although several
authors rightly stress the relativity of political
thought, and its dependence on time, place and
circumstance, the background information de-
manded by the sociology of knowledge is often
not given when the views of scores of writers
are summarized; this information will have
to be supplemented by further reading to
which Twentieth Century Political Thought
might open the door." J. H. E. Fried
_j p0| sci Q 61:453 S '46 900w
School & Society 63 '232 Mr 30 '46 20w
ROUCHAUD, MARTINE. Time of our lives
[drawings by Ludmilla Alexeieff; tr. from
the French by Claire Nicolas and Louise
Varese]. 322p $3 Pantheon bks.
940.548144 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, French 46-25162
Journal of a young French girl, which she
kept faithfully for the four years of the Ger-
man occupation. Altho she was so young and
the times were so difficult the book is under-
standing and oftentimes gay. The father of
the family was in the United States, and the
book was sent to him in manuscript.
"The Time of Our Lives is enormously sane,
unassuming, genuinely childish, and yet bril-
liantly perceptive in its well-mannered ob-
jectivity. . . The spirit of the French original
(which this reviewer has read) is wholly lost
m a moronic transcription which sets out, with
gruesome diligence, to render French slang into
its exact American equivalent." Charles Rolo
-j Atlantic 178:154 Jl '46 480w
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p4 My 5 '46 280w
Booklist 42:315 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
"The translating job was an impossible one
even for such excellent professionals as Claire
Nicolas and Louise Varese. French children's
slang, for which they are constantly being
reprimanded, peasant talk, fighting talk and
curse words provide no satisfactory English
equivalents. As a result there are strange mo-
ments in which the French scene is greatly
disturbed, painfully so to me, by an incursion
of goddams and American slang. The illustra-
tions by Ludmilla Alexeieff are charmingly
French." C. Q. Paulding
Commonweal 44:147 My 24 '46 850w
Kirkus 14:120 Mr 1 '46 230w
"Recommended as a remarkable picture of
the adjustment of the French people to war-
time conditions." R. M. McEvoy
-f Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"No one, reading Martine's book, will have
any doubt that France is still very much a
going concern — and that her women deserve a
large share of the credit. Besides the active
part they took in the Resistance, they fought
at home in every way they knew, who but
a Frenchwoman would have thought of gro-
tesque hats as a weapon in the war of nerves?
. . . 'The Time of Our Lives' won a literary
prize in its own country; it is written with a
captivating freshness, a child's merciless clar-
ity, and what one Frenchman called 'that
gaiety which is an amiable form of courage/
Martine Rouchaud has the grace of an artist
and a Frenchwoman." Mary Mian
+ N Y Times p35 Je 16 '46 900w
"Although it is somewhat in the vein of
those determinedly gay family memoirs, like
the ones written by the Abb©1 children some
years back, it differs from them in that the
young lady had something to write about.
Beneath her apparent insouciance there is a
gravity and a childlike realism that enable
her to get across to the reader a good idea
of what life was like during the locust years
in France."
4- New Yorker 22:111 My 4 '46 HOw
" 'The Time of Our Live**' has not only been
Sublished in both English and French, but it
as been awarded the Journal Intime prize
for the best autobiographical book of the year
by a French author. Although it has won this
prize, there can be no question of criticizing
it as literature, for it is no more a literary
work than are most family letters. It is, in-
deed, an overgrown family letter rendered uni-
versally interesting because it uninhibitedly
tells of family life during universally mo-
mentous times." Leo Lerman
-f Sat R of Lit 29:34 My 25 '46 550w
"Over and over again in the book the
American reader will note how wonderful a dis-
cipline are old French family manners; how
fine the design of family celebrations, how
symphonic the respect and interest between
age groups. And this in spite of the fact that
these young Rouchauds are a boisterous set of
little gangsters. . . This book in manuscript
was sent to the Father in America even before
his return, with no thought of publication.
But that it has found its way into print and
introduced a new talent, with such zest for
life, is something to be grateful for." Ernes-
tine Evans
-h Weekly Book Review p7 My 5 '46
HOOw
ROUGH EAD, WILLIAM. Nothing but murder;
with a foreword by the author. 367p $2.75
Sheridan
343 Murder. Crime and criminals 46-6537
Twelve "earlier essays" on a variety of crimes
selected by this Scottish master of the murder
trial from his own early works. Partial contents:
The boys on the ice or, the Arran stowaways;
Killing no murder or, Diminished responsibility;
Pieces of eight or, the Last of the pirates; The
boy footpads or, More murder in Murrayfield;
Nicol Muschet, his crime and cairn; The adven-
tures of David Haggart; The fatal countess, a
footnote to 'The fortunes of Nigel'; Physic and
forgery, a study in confidence; Locus to in
Scotland, a familiar survey of poisoning, as
practiced in that realm.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 130w
Kirkus 14:404 Ag 15 '46 90w
New Repub 115:358 S 23 '46 50w
" 'Nothing But Murder' is recommended to
all earnest students of crime and judicial pro-
cedure as well as to all lovers of good writing
larded with the pawky humor of the Scot,"
Isaac Anderson
H- N Y Times p32 S 22 '46 230w
706
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ROUGHEAD, WILLIAM— Continued
"Not as satisfactory, perhaps, as some of
Mr. Rough ead's collections of his later works,
but certainly well above anything turned out
nowadays by his imitators."
New Yorker 22:111 S 14 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 S 15 '46
70w
"With couple of exceptions— and this is both
heresy and the unpardonable sin — much of this
book is deadly dull."
— Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 60w
"The new selection of 12 corpses [is] destined
to receive a warm welcome from connoisseurs
even though their enthusiasm will be more
restrained when they find that the current vol-
ume leans more toward literary artistry than
tastiness in bludgeonings." R. P. H,
-f Springf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 400w
"The cases, ranging through the Edinburgh
courts up to the current decade, contribute a
medium degree of Rougheadism to a volume
which may be read with pleasure and profit by
crime addicts in or out of this author's large
and prideful following." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p!9 S 15 '46 350w
ROUNDS, QLEN. Whitey and Jinglebob; story
and pictures. [27p] 50c Grosset
Story- picture book about the two small boys
of the title, who lived on a Wyoming ranch.
The story is about the contraption Uncle Torwal
rigged up to teach the boys to ride a bucking
broncho.
Kirkus 14:492 O 1 '46 80w
"The plot is pretty slim, but the fine free
drawings, the easy Western vernacular gives
the story a rich regional flavor." B. L,. Buell
-I NY Times p26 N 3 '46 140w
Reviewed by Dorothy Peterson
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
70w
"It Is told in the cowboy language. Both text
and drawings are full of humor."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
ROUSE, HUNTER. Elementary mechanics of
fluids. 376p il $4 Wiley
532 Hydrodynamics 46-1148
"Many engineering schools have conducted
courses in both aerodynamics and hydraulics,
but Professor Rouse's book treats the funda-
mental aspects of both somewhat differently,
recognising that 'the principles of fluid mo-
tion stem from the same physical laws as the
principles of motion of rigid and elastic solids.'
Thus, the study of fluid motion is presented as
an essential branch of engineering mechanics.
There are discussions of now in channels and
pipes, pressure on immersed bodies, fluid
couplings, streamlining, etc. The word Ele-
mentary' in the title refers to engineering
schools, and it is intended for students of
sophomore grade, who would have some ac-
quaintance with engineering mathematics."
(Weekly Book Review) Index,
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Library J 70:1091 N 15 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 '46
140w
ROWE, MRS ANNE <VON MEIBON). Deadly
intent. 250p $2 Mill
_ 46-19629
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:286 Je 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!3 8 1 '46 140w
"Pleasant, if rather lax." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 8 8 '46
40w
"MiddlinV
Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 S 1 '46 90w
ROWSE, ALFRED LESLIE. West-country
stories. 221p $2.50 (8s 6d) Macmillan
[46-12425]
A potpourri of things Cornish, consisting of
seven stories, and fourteen sketches and essays,
together with the draft of a broadcast on the
quincentenary of the grant of a charter to
Plymouth. Many of the sketches are on the
history and folkways of Cornwall.
Reviewed by John Norcross
Book Week p3 F 17 '46 270w
"A rich Cornish pasty, compounded of divers
ingredients." O. T.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 N 28 '45 150w
Reviewed by Denis Plimmer
New Repub 114:357 Mr 11 '46 420w
Reviewed by Philip Toynbee
New Statesman & Nation 31:68 Ja 26
'46 460w
Reviewed by Struthers Burt
N Y Times p4 P 10 '46 HOOw
"Unfortunately, the stories all have a rather
amateurishly applied veneer of the macabre
that gives them the effect of that most depress-
ing of literary efforts, the horror story that
doesn't come off. On the other hand, Mr.
Rowse's quiet essays on Cornish life and Cornish
countryside are informative and interesting,
and if you want a respite from books in which
the characters bustle about making a lot of
meaningless gestures, these will fill an evening
very pleasantly."
-I New Yorker 21:97 FV9 '46 lOOw
" 'West-Country Stories' is a miscellany, but
its parts are nicely joined to the single end
of presenting Cornwall as it is known and felt
by one who knows and loves his subject.
Though a few of the essays lack substance to
carry their weight of charm, the whole makes
a delightful volume." J. P. Wood
+ Sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 16 '46 550w
"Mr. Rowse is at his best in an elegiac note,
as witness his tributes to a Cornish clay-worker
and to that distinguished Oxonian authority on
all things Cornish, Charles Henderson. But he
himself is so wrapped up in Cornwall that he
perhaps hardly realises that in his readers he
has to create an interest in the county, not
assume it. His essay on the Duchy will appeal
only to those whom strings of fact delight; that
of Kilvert in Cornwall is hardly more than
another string — this time of quotations from the
famous diary; and the story of how Mr. Rowse
travelled to Cornwall in a sleeper is really too
trivial for inclusion. But those who like the
supernatural will appreciate the five stories with
which the book begins."
H Spec 175:474 N 16 '45 270w
Times [London] Lit Sup p585 D 8 '45
420w
RUBBER in engineering; prepared under the
direction of the controller of chemical re-
search of the Ministry of supply and the di-
rectors of scientific research of the Ministry
of aircraft production and the Admiralty on
the basis of research carried out by the Im-
perial chemical industries, ltd. 267p il $5.50
Chemical pub. co.
620.19 Rubber 46-2906
"A survey of information on the fundamental
physical and mechanical properties of rubber.
Although many of the articles used have ap-
peared in technical publications, the integration
of them in book form enhances their values.
Chapters 4, 13, 14 and 16 dealing with proper-
ties of rubber are particularly useful." Chem
Eng
"To a rubber technologist, this book seems
to contain considerable of the most elementary
information mixed up with some of the most
complex and highly involved facts and calcula-
tions. Similarly, the engineer will find parts
which fa41 to satisfy. However, in view ox the
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•xtended field which is being: covered in so small
a space, an enormous amount of useful Infor-
mation is packed between the covers. It is
believed that the book merits careful study by
both engineers and rubber technologists and
study is just what will be required, for the
book, though well written, Is not easy reading
because of both the wide scope and the re-
quired condensation." A. W. Carpenter
H Chem & Eng N 24:2554 S 25 '46 600w
Reviewed by A. R. Kemp
Chem Eng 53:257 S f46 lOOw
RUBI8SOW, HELEN, ed. Art of Russia. 32p
16411 $6 Philosophical lib.
759.7 Paintings, Russian
"A collection of black and white reproduc-
tions illustrating Russian painting from medie-
val icons on. It appears from it that after the
seventeenth century, Russia became the East-
ern colony of European art as America be-
came the Western one. . . All the European
fashions in painting seem to have rolled over
Russia in waves, most of them dyed with a
strong Germanic tinge by the time they ar-
rived." Canadian Forum
Booklist 43:165 F 1 '47
Canadian Forum 26:213 D '46 170w
"Miss Rubissow's book is an album of Rus-
sian paintings. . . So little is known about
Russian painting outside of Russia that the
book is highly welcome. It is not a critical
study, and the plates being all half-tone it
leaves out one of the essential elements in
appreciation of pictorial art — color. Fortunately
for its subject, though not for the paintings
themselves, the major part of the book deals
with the schools of painting in which color
played a secondary role to the artist's prime
interest of telling the story. For the general
public, for which the book is obviously in-
tended, the stories are likely to be more im-
portant than the subtleties of craftsmanship
which were either entirely absent in the
originals or are not readily apparent in the re-
productions." Alexander Bakshy
H NY Times p9 Ja 19 '47 750w
"This is a slick paper publication which
does not measure up to expectations. The
difficulty is that the editor tried to cover too
much ground in a short and relatively inex-
pensive book. . . The reproductions themselves,
although printed on slick, clay- filled paper, are
not only all black and white but are also
extremely mediocre samples of photography.
Saving features are a short bibliography of
Russian painting and an alphabetical list of
Russian artists which may be worth the price
of the book to someone." W. E. Parker
h San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 24 '46
120w
RUNES, DAGOBERT DAVID, ed. Bible for the
liberal. See Bible. Whole. Selections
RUNYON, DAMON. In our town; il. by Garth
Williams. 120p $2 Creative age
46-3771
Brief humorous character sketches of men
and women "in our town" with line drawings
showing each of them in action.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week pll My 12 '46 360w
Kirkua 14:205 My 1 '46 170w
"There is a quality of the good vignette to
these tales, which, in sum, gives a better pic-
ture of small- town life and peace than many
weightier sociological tomes. And — not that
Runyon needs help — the book is enhanced by
the Garth Williams Illustration with each
story." Murray Schumach
4- N Y Times p27 Je 2 '46 200w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46
250w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly
RUNYON, DAMON. Short takes; readers'
choice of the best columns of America's fav-
orite newspaperman, Damon Runyon. (Whit-
tlesey house publication) 435p $3 McGraw
46-3770
"The cracker-barrel philosopher is perennial
In our literature. His granddaddy is Ben Frank-
lin, from whom are descended Mark Twain,
Bill Nye. Art Ward, Will Rogers, and, more
recently, Damon Runyon, who now publishes
[these] brief selections from his newspaper col-
umn. . . There are stories of tired race horses,
anecdotes of the prize ring, comments on money
and marriage, pretended reminiscences of his
father's inept wisdom. But, whatever the sub-
ject, there is almost always a laugh and — again
in the tradition — something close to a tear."
Christian Science Monitor
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
Book Week p4 My 26 '46 500w
Christian Science Monitor p!6 My 18
'46 300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Kirkus 14:167 Ap 1 '46 150w
"Recommended only to his most ardent
admirers." Murray Schumach
N Y Times p27 Je 2 '46 70w
RUSH, CHARLES EVERETT, ed. Library re-
sources of the University of North Carolina;
a summary of facilities for study and re-
search; with a foreword by [the editor]. 264p
$3.50 Univ. of N.C. press
027.7756 North Carolina. University. Li-
brary 46-27042
"The volume contains an account of the
history of the Library from its earliest acces-
sions by gift during the first session of the
University in 1795 to its present holdings of
some half million volumes; details of its sys-
tem of co-operation with neighboring insti-
tutions; descriptions of its distinctive collec-
tions— North Caroliniana, manuscripts relative
to Southern history and culture, materials
pertaining to Latin America, and documents
illustrating the origin and development of writ-
ing and printing; descriptive summaries for
study in special fields; and an account of its
services to the state through its Extension
Division. The emphasis throughout is laid on
the place of the Library in the University's
promotion of culture and scholarship." Pub-
lisher's note
90w
Book Review p40 My 19 '46
Am Hist R 51:532 Ap '46 160w
Booklist 42:292 My 15 '46
"On a growing shelf of guides to American
library resources, this volume will fill a use-
ful and important place, and it is hoped may
stimulate other institutions to make better
known their facilities for the scholar and
research worker." R. B. Downs
-j- Library J 71:341 Mr 1 '46 1060w
"It has long been known that the University
of North Carolina has a great scholarly library.
This survey shows in detail wherein its great-
ness lies. The volume should be especially
useful to students and to libraries in North
Carolina and throughout the South. It de-
serves the attention of all librarians concerned
with the problem of describing library re-
sources." A. J. Eaton
H Library J 16:257 Jl '46 1550w
School 6, Society 63:104 F 9 '46 50w
RUSH. WILLIAM MARSHALL. Wheat ranch-
er; decorations by Ernest R. Habcrsack. 247p
$2.25 Longmans
46-6096
"Emery Frazier, the hero, is in charge of his
father's horses but prefers raising wheat. Story
is fast and exciting, with trouble Uueatening
him from the weather, neighbors and the
bank." Library J
"Farming information is incidental and ac-
curate. Very good story." Ruth McEvoy
-f- Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 70w
"His adventures make good reading for the
'teen age." Alden Hatch
+ N Y Times p30 O 6 '46 180w
708
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
RUSH, W. M.— Continued
Reviewed by F. Q, Murphy
San Francisco Chronicle p7 N 10 '46
now
"An informative and interesting- story
adapted to the tastes of adolescent boys."
+ School & Society 64:88 Ag 3 '46 40w
" 'The Wheat Rancher' is an excellent
'western* addressed, as are most of Mr Rush's
books, to teen-age boys, but sufficiently inter-
esting to be enjoyed by 'dads' in whom the
spirit of youth is still existent. The author
evidently knows and loves horses and either
through experience or observation understands
wheat ranching, and in Emery Prazier creates
a hero after his own heart." V. M. S.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d S 16 '46 300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:154 N '46
RUSSELL, BERTRAND RUSSELL, 3d earl.
History of western philosophy; and its con-
nection with political and social circum-
stances from the earliest times to the pres-
ent day. 895p $5 Simon & Schuster
109 Philosophy— History 45-8884
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by G. H. Sabine
— Am Hist R 51:485 Ap '46 800w
Bookmark 7:4 My '46
"Not even the sympathetic reader can main-
tain that Mr. Bertrand Russell has achieved
his purpose, namely, to portray the philosophy
of the West as 4an integral part of social and
political life.' As a series of lectures the at-
tempt may have been interesting, even, at
times, amusing. But as a book the humor
misses fire for the most part and the presenta-
tion is dull and pedestrian. This history of
philosophy gives little evidence of a mastery
of history; as an exposition of philosophy it
does little justice to the great names that
adorn its pages." W. T. Gouch
— Cath World 162:570 Mr '46 700w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Reviewed by C. E. M. Joad
New Statesman & Nation 32:381 N 23
'46 2150w
"The book is so eminently readable that
persons unacquainted with philosophy will go
to it for information; they must be exhorted
to complete their information from some less
genial but more impersonal account. . . It is
here evident why Russell could not have pro-
duced a balanced history of philosophy. He
excludes from consideration at least half the
questions which occupy the chief attention of
philosophers. He can find interest and beauty
in a metaphysical system, as in the thought
of Plotinus and of Spinoza, only when it is in
no way connected with an orthodoxy or with
a political opinion of which he disapproves. . .
With all his wit and acumen and apparent
modernity, Russell is really a survival from
the past. Politically he is a nineteenth century
Radical; intellectually his position reaches
farther back. If Voltaire had written a his-
tory of philosophy instead of a Dictionnaire
Philosophique, would it not have been strik-
ingly like this History of Western Philosophy?"
— Times [London] Lit Sup p597 D 7
'46 4950w
"The reader finds in this latest book of Rus-
sell's more than eight hundred closely packed
yet lucidly written pages, in which all the
more important philosophers and many minor
ones sit for their intellectual portraits; and
the story is told with so skilful an alternation
of fact and argument that one is carried along
with little effort and with an interest that
actually increases as the long tale unwinds."
Brand Blanshard
H Yale R n s 35:568 spring '46 1350w
RUSSELL, BERTRAND RUSSELL, 3d earl.
Physics and experience. 26p pa 50c Macmil-
lan [Is 6d Cambridge]
550.1 Physics — Philosophy. Perception
[A46-3763]
"The problem of his lecture Russell says is
this: 'Assuming physics to be broadly speak-
ing true, can we know it to be true; and it
the answer is to be in the affirmative, does
this involve knowledge of other truths besides
those of physics? We might find that, if the
world is such as physics says it Is, no or-
ganism could know it to be such; or, that if
an organism can know it to be such, it must
know some things other than physics, more
particularly certain principles of probable ex-
perience. . . With his usual charm and logical
inconsequentlality when dealing with the rela-
tion of physics to experience, Russell in the
constrained limits of a few pages summarizes
his well-known views on perception, mind and
body relation, visual and physical space, and
causality." J Philos
Reviewed by Joseph Ratner
4- J Philos 43:276 My 9 '46 480w
"Bertrand Russell on philosophy is always
a pleasure to read, even when the reader does
not agree with him, and even when he does
not agree with himself as represented by his
previous works. The first page of the present
lecture contains two delightful Russellisms,
the one contrasting the empirical with the
idealist theory of perception, and the other
summing up Leibniz's doctrine of self-con-
tained monads."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p!30 Mr 16
'46 900w
RUSSELL, MRS CHARLOTTE (MURRAY).
Bad neighbor murder. 251p $2 Doubleday
46-8248
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:504 O 1 ;46 70w
"All the stories about Jane Amanda and her
adventures in detection have in them more
laughs than shivers, and this one is no ex-
ception." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p!8 D 15 '46 140w
"Miss Edwards obstructs the law, suppresses
clues, comes to the defense of her drunken
brother, who is a suspect, and does everything
but slip on a banana peel in the course of the
story. Her admirers, however, will probably
find it right up to par."
New Yorker 22:144 N 30 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 15 '46
60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p54 D 1 '46 160w
RUSSELL, D1ARMUID, ed. Portable Irish
reader. (Viking portable lib) 670p $2 Viking
8208 Irish literature— Collect ions 46-25223
"A collection of stories, plays, letters, poems,
essays, and speeches by Irish writers — 'Irish'
being used loosely enough to include Congreve,
Swift, Oscar Wilde, and C. E. Montague, as
well as the expected O'Flahertys, O'Sullivans,
and O'Paolains." (New Yorker) The introduc-
tion by the editor gives a brief view of the
historical background of Irish literature.
Booklist 42:368 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:49 F 1 '46 llOw
"The relatively small portions of Yeats and
Joyce and the complete omission of O'Casey
will annoy some readers, but on the whole the
editor has neatly combined the necessary
choices with some pleasant surprises — the ulti-
mate test of an anthology of this type."
+ New Repub 114:941 Jl 1 '46 90w
"The only criticism one might make of this
fine treasury is summed up in a remark of
the editor's: 'Lord Dunsany's play and Synge'a
"Riders to the Sea" are so well known that
no explanation is necessary for their inclusion.'
An anthology that paid less attention to the
very well known might be nice sometime."
+ New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 80w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 21 '46
130w
BOOK REVIEW DlGESt 1946
709
"Taking it by and large, 'The Portable Irish
Reader* is a charabanc loaded to the whiffle-
trees with Irish genius, and easily the most
dazzling vehicle yet to appear in the Viking:
Portable Parade." F. J. Hynes
+ Sat R of Lit 29:10 Je 29 '46 1200w
Weekly Book Review p!3 Jl 28 '46 180w
RUSSELL, TRUSTEN WHEELER. Voltaire,
Dryden and heroic tragedy. 178p $2.50 Colum-
bia univ. press
842 Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de.
Dryden, John. Tragedy. Literature, Com-
parative A46-2380
Scholarly study of the dramatic theory and
practice of Voltaire, and the effect upon him
of the French epic doctrine and traditions. The
author has further gathered together instances
of Voltaire's knowledge of Dryden, showing
that Voltaire thought of English tragedy as
possessing the epic qualities which the French
theater of that day lacked. Bibliography. In-
dex.
"This is a scholarly critical work which sug-
gests a PhD. thesis and as such has no read-
ability whatsoever. However, the study is care-
fully documented and has a value for stu-
dents of English and French dramatic literature
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Footnotes are copiously interspersed and a sub-
stantial bibliography is included. Recommend-
ed for drama and general literature collections
in college and large public libraries only.
George Freedley
-f — Library J 71:585 Ap 15 '46 70w
N Y Times p!7 Ag 18 '46 140w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46 90w
Theatre Arts 30:494 Ag '46 60w
RYAN, STELLA. Death never weeps. 245p $2
Coward-McCann 46-7724
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 90w
"Better novel than mystery."
Kirkus 14:285 Je 15 '46 170w
"A grade B terror tale lavish with jealousy,
sleeping tablets, theft, suicide, codicils to wills
and murder during a sumptuous house party.
Mary Clark
Library J 71.1127 S 1 '46 40w
"The moral of this story is: Don't lie to the
police, and the moral is much better than the
story." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 lOOw
"Stella Ryan is a solid, rewarding novelist,
who presents interesting and well-shaded char-
acters in a series of beautifully built crises
and terrors which you won't soon forget."
Anthony Boucher
-j- San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
70w
RYAN, WILL CARSON, ed. Secondary educa-
tion in the South; with a foreword by W.
Carson Ryan. 269p $3 Univ. of N.C, press
372.975 Education, Secondary. Education —
South 46-27161
"A comprehensive treatment of the rise and
development of the public high school in the
South during the past forty years — invaluable
to anyone wishing to understand the back-
ground of the present school system, the fac-
tors which have affected trends, and current
developments in education in the South. The
contributors have set forth a concise picture
of the region. Emphasis is upon the present,
with recognition of the past." J Home Econ
known or fairly easily ascertained from other
published sources. There is, however, a con-
siderable convenience in having summaries of
the various topics presented by persons active
in their respective fields and from the point of
view of a person writing in the 1940's." R. H.
Logsdon
Library Q 16:356 O '46 700w
School & Society 63:367 My 18 '46 40w
RYAN. WILLIAM JOHN. Water treatment and
purification. 2d ed 270p 11 $2.75 McGraw
628.16 Water — Purification. Feed water
purification 46-5029
"Second edition. Summarizes information on
water treatment and purification, describes and
illustrates various processes including potable
water, water used in industrial works especially
boiler feed-water Construction and use of
sedimentation tanks, coagulation basins, chem-
ical feeding devices, filtration plants, steriliza-
tion, etc. New material on latest methods for
boiler embrlttlement prevention and equipment
for speeding up softening processes." (Library
J) Index. For first edition see Book Review
Digest, 1937.
"The subjects of water softening and boiler
water treatment are described In considerably
more detail than are the treatments used in
preparing water for domestic use, indicating
the mechanical rather than the sanitary engi-
neering approach to the subject. For this rea-
son the book will be of greater interest to
persons in industrial activities than to those
engaged in public health work." Earnest Boyce
+ Am J Pub Health 36:1173 O '46 200w
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
"The book is recommended for the libraries
of engineers, managers, operators and others
who wish a concise reference on water treat-
ment problems." S. T. Powell
4- Chem Eng 53*257 S '46 150w
Eng N 136:112 Ag 8 '46 80w
Reviewed by I.*. A. Kales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:49 Jl '46
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 90w
RYLAARSDAM, JOHN COERT. Revelation in
Jewish wisdom literature. 128p $3 Univ. of
Chicago press
221 Bible. Old Testament— Criticism, inter-
pretation, etc. Revelation A46-3156
"This study of the Hebrew wisdom literature
is presented as an introduction to the problem
of revelation from a historical and biblical point
of view. The reason for the choice of these par-
ticular writings is the close connection between
'spirit' and 'wisdom' as instruments and evi-
dences of revelation. After placing Hebrew wis-
dom in its context of other cultures, the author
traces its nationalization and later submer-
gence in rabbinism. In a concluding chapter
Mr. Rylaarsdam indicates the recurrent tension
between external authority and the freedom of
the Spirit in the church." (Churchman) Selected
bibliography. Index. ,
Reviewed by Druzilla Kent
+ J Home Econ 38:603 N '46 200w
"Taken individually, the papers present little
information that is not already generally
"In this special field, the book makes a dis-
tinctly useful contribution." F. J. Moore
4- Churchman 160:17 O 1 '46 120w
"We need more of just this kind of biblical
theology. Mr. Rylaarsdam's work may well
serve as a model for the kind of criticism
which will be useful to the theologian as well
as to the parish minister." J. B. Prltchard
4- Crozer Q 23:385 O '46 850w
"Although some of the author's generaliza-
tions could be questioned, his fresh approach,
from a new point of yiew, to the Jewish wisdom
literature is well documented and suggestive.
It should accordingly render good services to
the cultivated general reader to whom — in spite
of the regrettable quotations in German — it Is
manifestly addressed."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:187 S '46 260w
710
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Sackville-West had put it in her pages."
Hal
SACHS, CURT. Commonwealth of art; style in
the fine arts, music and the dance* 404p il
$5 Norton
709 Art— History. Music— History and criti-
cism. Dancing — History 46-8437
"The author divides his book in three parts.
The first is a fairly rapid survey of the arts of
painting, architecture, music, sculpture and the
dance (with side excursions into poetry, drama
and fashion), which attempts to show how
all these creative activities have been con-
sistently inter-related and how they have in-
fluenced each other throughout history. The
second part is an investigation Into the nature
of style in art. . . The third part, 'the Fate of
Style,' is an interpretive and speculative essay
on the hidden 'law* that governs art, and the
'fate' toward which art moves." (N Y Times)
Dr Sachs left Germany in 1933 and is now con-
nected with New York University and the New
York Public Library. Index.
"Large divisions . . . contain stimulating in-
formation on architecture, art, music, dance —
even fashion and poetry — and an understanding
and analysis of man's achievement in successive
centuries. Libraries, pigeonholing the arts, will
need duplicate copies." A. S. Plaut
4- Library J 71:1624 N 15 '46 140w
"If the author takes more than 400 pages
Just to write an approach to his subject, a brief
review such as this cannot begin to suggest
the content of so rich a book. Obviously the
fruit of much informed observation and philo-
sophical insight, 'The Commonwealth of Art'
is a valuable book because it stimulates the
reader to look at pictures and buildings and
to hear music with a reawakened interest;
it is exciting because it excites thought. Per-
haps that is what is meant by creative criti-
cism." Albert Hubbell
-f N Y Times p3 Ja 5 f47 1150w
"This brilliantly concise statement and appli-
cation of art theory deserves a place beside
the studies of taste by Frank P. Chambers,
Beverly Sprague Allen and Levin L. Scheuck-
ing." Douglas MacAgy
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!9 D 15 '46
900w
SACKVILLE-WEST, VICTORIA MARY (MRS
HAROLD GEORGE NICOLSON). The garden.
139p $2 Doubleday [8s 6d Joseph, M]
821 46-6652
A long poem on the art of gardening in Eng-
land, and the pleasures of the garden in each
season of the year.
Booklist 43:67 N 1 '46
"Miss Sackville-West loves both gardens and
poetry; but she never sacrifices one love to
the other. Gardeners will here find abundance
of garden lore and garden wisdom; poets will
find poetry. Both should be satisfied." P. J.
H. H.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ag 17
'46 600w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:73 N 1 '46 600w
"A companion piece to her poem, The Land,
which is enchanting, melodious, and inordi-
nately gifted. . . AH those who know Miss
Sackville-West either as a poet, or as the
author of the novels . . . will recognize and
welcome this last display of her rich imagina-
tive gifts, her delicacy of thought, and her
poetic powers, often as melodically sensuous
as Shelley's or Spenser's."
+ Kirkus 14:335 Jl 15 '46 120w
"Perhaps there is the key to the lack of
a deep and satisfying philosophy in a poem
that has the pretentions toward a personal
and perhaps even a universal summing up.
The idea of writing about a garden against
the background of war- torn England is mag-
nificent. There is continuity, there is hope
and courage, in even one broken rose bush
with a single bloom against the ruins of a
bombed-out home. There is more than visual
beauty in a garden, and one wishes that Misa
"Miss Sackville-West not only follows the
time-honoured device of dividing up her poem
into seasons but varies her blank verse with
rhyme and with lyrics (even using Italics to
make a break for the eye). But even then
one asks: Is there sufficient matter to sustain
120 pages of verse? For a poem of that length
cannot be all on one high note. The level
of emotion must vary; there must be a solid
core of subject. From this aspect The Garden
is a little thin. Miss Sackville-West muses,
very much as she did in The Land, on plants,
flowers, cultivation and creatures . . . with
the addition of war- themes and emphasis on
the passing of time and shortness of life. It
is not quite enough; nor Is there quite enough
growth or shape to the poem. On the other
hand the texture of the verse is satisfying."
Gwendolen Freeman
Spec 176:562 My 31 '46 450w
"The characteristic quality in Miss Sackville-
West's art is its modesty. Never stretching
thought or language beyond the range which
comes to her naturally, she accomplishes a
quiet perfection from restrained poetic speech
which is likely to be listened to after louder
and more singular voices have wearied their
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup p285 Je 15 '46
950w
Reviewed by M. L. Rosenthal
Weekly Book Review p3 S 15 '46 700w
SADLEIR, MICHAEL. Forlorn sunset. 496p $3
Farrar. Straus
This novel by the author of Fanny by Gas-
light (Book Review Digest 1941) pictures
another side of London life in the 60s and 70s
of the nineteenth century — a London of hideous
slums, of vicious poverty, of degradation and
crime. The chief characters are two young men
and a girl whom they rescue — temporarily —
from her evil life.
Reviewed by John Hay
Commonweal 45:214 D 6 '46 230w
"A crowded canvas, with multiplicity of plot
and subplot, but the whole conveying a vig-
orous picture of a sordid and murky undercur-
rent of a great city's story. Somehow, as one
reads, it is the city itself that dominates plot
and characters. Sadleir can write — but it is
not pleasant reading."
H Kirkus 14:394 Ag 15 '46 170w
"Author's abrupt changes from one person's
story to that of another are at times confusing
to the reader, yet interest never lags and all
threads are woven together as the book pro-
gresses. A well -writ ten novel of considerable
social import." M. A. Johnson
-f Library J 71:14C5 O 15 '46 70w
"Mr. Sadleir' s characters are the flat figures
of melodrama, which is inevitable, since they
were contrived to sustain an action which was
itself contrived to display the wares of Mr.
Sadleir's erudition. If their action demands
motive is supplied, but rather in the manner of
a coroner's inquest than that of an intelligible
artistic demonstration. The complex career of
one of the more grandiose figures, for example,
is accounted for quite simply by the fact that
he is 'endowed with a mysterious quality which
can only be termed an innate sexual fascina-
tion.' " John Farrelly
N Y Times p!2 N 17 '46 400w
"The trouble with Mr. Sadleir's novel is that
the author is so interested in documenting and
describing this fantastically evil London that
his book is more often like a report on social
conditions than it is like a novel. For its
background, to which the author has paid ex-
traordinary attention, is by all odds more Im-
portant than the story, in which far too many
characters are automata, moving about as
though the author were a touch impatient with
them, knowing very well that they are simply
symbols for what he's trying to describe."
J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl2 N 1 '46
700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
711
" 'Forlorn Sunset9 is not 00 much a novel as
it is a brisk and scholarly collection of London
curiosa. As such, it is highly readable. For
there is probably no other living author who,
in this very special field, could write one half
as well as Mr. Sadleir does. . . In the course
of reading the book one acquires a good deal
of information about London in the '60s and
'70s; and there are some very remarkable
sketches of Londoners, particularly of a certain
kind of flash bully and a certain kind of heroic
clergyman which are obviously authentic."
George Dangerfleld
-f Sat R of Lit 29:12 N 23 '46 800w
"In style, in characterization, in weaving of
plot, the book moves with the heavy tread of a
nineteenth-century reform document. Dickens,
in his time, might have used this material with
effect and import. In Mr. Sadleir's handling,
in spite of its intimate scenes in brothel and
bedroom, it is extremely dull." Rose Feld
— Weekly Book Review plO N 24 '46
470w
SAGARIN, EDWARD. Science and art of per-
fumery. 268p il $3 McQraw
668.5 Perfumery 45-11368
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
"This book is well written, is entertaining,
and is valuable for those seeking breadth of
viewpoint as well as technical information. . .
There are no general instructions to be found,
however, together with tables of ingredients
and type formulas, by which an amateur might
learn to concoct presentable perfumes. Per-
haps the 'art' cannot be taught completely by
a book, but one misses descriptions of the
techniques by which perfumers achieve effects,
balance, and beauty in their products." E. C.
Crocker
-f Chem & Eng N 24:266 Ja 25 '46 400w
" 'A perfume . . . must have harmony, unity
and originality.' Sagarin's book also has these
attributes. Neither text, reference, formulary
nor history, it is an introduction for the un-
initiated, a compliment to the perfume chem-
ists, and interesting reading for all."
-f- Chem & Met Eng 53:288 Ja '46 170w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
N Y New Tech Bks 31:28 Ap '46
"The historical chapters are sketchy, but the
rest of the book is full enough to satisfy curi-
osity, and unusually lucid where chemical proc-
esses and technical methods are concerned."
Edmund Wilson
H New Yorker 22:65 Jl 27 '46 440w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 F '46 360w
SAGE, JUNIPER, pseud. Man in the manhole
and the fix-it men; pictures by Bill Ballan-
tine. [40p] $1.50 Scott, W.R.
46-8592
Picture -story book for three to seven year
olds describing how leaks and accidents and
broken wires are mended by the flx-it men.
Book Week p4 N 10 '46 lOOw
"This promises to be a very popular book
with the picture-book age." A. M. Jordan
•f Horn Bk 22:462 N '46 80w
"One of the most successful and original
books of the season — and a MUST for small
boys' Christmas lists, particularly small boys
in the city, boys (and girls too) who are end-
lessly curious about what's going on above,
below and on the city streets."
-f Klrkus 14:521 O 16 '46 170w
"Recommended in spite of its frail board
covers." K. H. McAlarney
•f Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 70w
"Story and pictures are full of life and action
and will stimulate good play activity for the
child who plays alone or for groups of children.
This book is a must for children three to
seven." L. P. . .
-f N Y Times p42 N 10 '46 190w
Reviewed by H. H. Van Gelder
San Francisco Chronicl* pll N 10 '46
SAH, PEN-TUNG. Fundamentals of alternat-
ing-current machines. 466p il $5 McGraw
621.3133 Electric machinery 46-4534
"This textbook for engineering college stu-
dents is written from a fresh viewpoint. Its
main purpose is to train operating engineers
rather than design engineers. However, it is
not a simple text for the practical type. The
theory of a-c machines is developed from the
standpoint of circuits, and emphasis is placed
on the derivation and utilization of voltage
and power equations rather than on the theory
and measurement of magnetic circuits. Trans-
formers, polyphase induction motors, syn-
chronous motors, single-phase induction mo-
tors, and synchronous converters are the prin-
cipal types of machines treated. The book is
based on lectures delivered to students at
the National University of Amoy and to
A. S. T. A. P. classes at Stanford University."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:23 Ap '46
SAINT EXUPERY, CONSUELO DE (MME AN-
TOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY). Kingdom q£
the rocks; memories of Oppede; tr. from the
French by Katherine Woods. 305p |2.75 Ran-
dom house
940.548144 World war, 1939-1945 — Personal
narratives, French. Oppede, France
"A group of Parisian art students who fled
from German occupation to Provence formed a
socialist community reminiscent of many earlier
Utopian settlements. A medieval fortress long
in ruins and rich in legend provided an excellent
location for the architects who established this
communal village on a hilltop. During the year
and a half Mme. de Saint-Exupe>y stayed with
the group — waiting to join her famous husband
in America — she, like many another of her
countrymen, searched for a new philosophy that
would carry her through the life ahead, and
while describing place, legends and friends,
gives us glimpses of that search." Library J
Booklist 43:167 F 1 '47
"It is a strange exalted sort of book, at times
emotional, almost to the point of hysteria, at
other times strangely lovely. One senses the
author's own lack of balance — she acknowledges
to having lived in a realm of fantasy. . . Oddly
fascinating."
Kirkus 14:445 S 1 '46 190w
"A richly rewarding book. The translation is
not a hinderance to enjoyment. Recommended."
M. P. McKay
-f Library J 71:1540 N 1 '46 140w
"The author writes in a style that is flawless
and distinguished. Her descriptions are sharply
realistic, yet they seem to have an unearthly
shimmer, as though they were ready to dissolve
into the unreal and the surreal. . . The curse
of the book is its second-hand artiness. The
authoress dwells on the coast of Bohemia. Her
simplicity is sophisticated; her 'distinction' is
banal. The central scene, in which Consuelo
dubs all her comrades Knights of the Rocks,
and gives them rings and scarfs as pledges, is
insufferably 'beautiful.' . . The book is far from
indifferent. It is irritating only because it is
so constantly on the verge of being good. In its
pretentiousness it has charm. It should appeal
to a wide audience. The 'arty' are a mighty
host: witness the perennial vogue of 'The Foun-
tainhead.' " Albert Guerard
4. _ N Y Times p!2 D 15 '46 800w
"For those who love France, Consuelo de
Saint-Exupe'ry's 'Kingdom of the Rocks' will
have special appeal. In recalling her memories
of hardship ana suffering, of hope and faith
renewed, she evokes a mood that sends the
reader back into a nostalgic world of his own.
The book itself defies definition or classifica-
tion for the reason that Madame de St. Exup4ry,
widow of the French aviator and writer, defies
classification. From her pages she emerges as a
highly sensitive woman, lost in memories and
Breams, caught between a world of realism and
712
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SAINT EXUPERY, C. DE— Continued
a world of fantasy. There are times when she
seems a little fey, a little over-poetic and ro-
mantic, but she is never dull." Rose Feld
Weekly Book Review p2 D 29 '46 900w
ST GEORGE, MAXIMILIAN JOHN, and
DENNIS, LAWRENCE. Trial on trial; the
great sedition trial of 1944. 503p il $5 M. J.
St George, 10 S. LaSalle st, Chicago 3
351.74 Sedition. Fascism— U.S. 46-7199
"An analysis of the proceedings against the
alleged seditionists in Washington a couple of
years ago, which ended in a mistrial upon the
death of the Judge." New Yorker
"It is valuable for the record and as a
warning against future efforts of the depart-
ment of justice to liquidate troublesome dis-
senters by forms of legal procedure that cannot
bear scrutiny."
-f Christian Century 63:1015 Ag 21 '46
120w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 40w
"Slick polemics, but not entirely convincing."
New Yorker 22:91 Ag 17 '46 ISOw
School & Society 64:136 Ag 24 '46 40w
SAINTSBURY, GEORGE EDWARD BATE-
MAN. French literature and its masters; ed.
by Huntmgton Cairns. 326p $3 Knopf
840.9 French literature — History and criti-
cism 46-102
This volume contains reprints of twelve es-
says which the author contributed to the
eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia britannica.
More than half the volume is occupied by the
general essay: French literature from the be-
ginnings to 1900. The other essays are on:
Joinville; Rabelais; Montaigne; Corneille;
Madame de SeVign£; Racine; Montesquieu;
Voltaire; Rousseau; Balzac; Qautier. Bibliogra-
phy. Index.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p9 Ja 20 '46 500w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
Reviewed by M. M. Fay
Cath World 162:569 Mr '46 600w
Christian Science Monitor p!2 F 16 '46
700w
"These brilliant essays, rescued from the
forbidding pages of the Encyclopaedia Britan-
nica (llth edition), are highly readable, rich in
critical insights, and scholarly without being
pedantic. The volume is an admirable guide to
the riches of French literature and a fitting
memorial to a notable figure in the tradition of
English humanism." Mason Wade
+ Commonweal 43:438 F 8 '46 200w
Kirkus 13:503 N 15 '45 150w
"Saintsbury has been taken out of the public
domain of the Britannica and made available
to scholars, who will class this book as a pious
and misguided testimony to the memory of a
distinguished critic." Justin O'Brien
Nation 162:292 Mr 9 '46 550w
"Rather less than a half of the book is filled
by the essays, eleven in number, among which
are important but uneven papers on such men
as Montaigne, Corneille, Racine, Montesquieu,
Voltaire and Rousseau. The remainder is taken
up by the remarkable 'French Literature From
the Beginnings to 1900,' a full-length account
of such value that I do not hesitate to say
that, for those who prefer a work in English,
it is the best introduction to its matter now
available. It is not, perhaps, a work dis-
tinguished by its depth of understanding of
the greatest figures, such as Corneille and
Racine. Its excellence derives, rather, from
its author's catholicity, his gusto and his quite
phenomenal powers of organization." Ralph
Bates
j NY Times p4 Ja 20 '46 1600w
"These essays are not of Saintsbury's best.
He needed more room to do himself Justice.
The article on 'French Literature from the
Beginning to 1900' has to account for too many
names to have a chance to say anything very
interesting about them, but the pieces of single
figures—especially the Voltaire— are wonderful
feats of condensation that manage, in sum-
marizing a lifetime, to include a maximum of
detail and, in their briefly expressed comments,
to hit all the nails on the head. It is a good
thing to have these essays in book form, but
what are really most needed now are reprints
of Saintsbury's important works, which are out
of print and very hard to get." Edmund Wil-
son
-| New Yorker 21:74 F 2 '46 1300w
"Readers who first meet George Saintsbury
in this volume will have reason to be grateful
to Mr. Cairns. But they will grow ever more
grateful if they go on to know the leviathan
of English criticism at his best, — in the pages
of his many books on English literature, in
the 'History of Criticism,' the 'History of Eng-
lish Prose Rhythm,' the 'History of the French
Novel,' and all the other volumes of a mighty
shelf." B. R. Redman
-f Sat R of Lit 29.9 F 23 '46 1900w
Springf'd Republican pG F 18 '46 300w
Reviewed by Marvin Lowenthal
Weekly Book Review p4 Ja 20 '46 1600w
SALA, EM ERIC. This earth one country 185p
$2.50 Humphries
297 Bahaism 46-776
"The ideological root of this book is found
in an article of the Baha'f faith: 'It is not
for him to pride himself who loveth his own
country, but rather for him who loveth the
whole world. The earth is but one country,
and mankind its citizens.' Throughout the
volume the universality of Baha'I mentality is
frequently called to the reader's attention.
One is not allowed to forget that the essential
lack of such mentality was the weakness of
earlier religions. Christianity, for instance, is
held to be a religion in »which the individual
loves other individuals, but not groups. It can
unite neighbors as individuals, but it cannot
project love into communal affairs. Moham-
medanism is held to be able to organize people
upon a national state basis and is, indeed,
given credit for introducing this form of so-
cietal organization into the life of the world,
but it cannot create a world community. Only
Baha'ism is capable of infusing into human
life a divine love which is transformed into
divine justice in the community. Hence, It
alone holds the key to the future of world
organization if the world is to be saved
Knowing no racial or nationalistic loyalties
which are more primary than the love of
mankind, it alone points the way to the
supranational community." (Crozer Q) Index.
Book Week p6 D 23 '45 60w
"Many Christians and Mohammedans will, of
course, take issue with some of the criticisms
leveled against then, throughout this volume
to the corresponding exaltation of the Baha'I
faith. Christians, in particular, will find con-
siderable difficulty in accepting the thesis that
their religion has no social drive and is en-
tirely ineffective in creating a sense of world
brotherhood and of the equal worth of all
peoples. Certainly such a position is not easily
defensible. . . Yet even with its limitations this
is a worth-while book to read. Its central con-
victions of the constitutional unity of mankind
and the possibility of an effective union of the
various peoples of the earth need very much
to be considered in our day. Many will agree
that the only hope for the future lies in in-
creasing union among the nations. Only thus
can we come to the crux of our contemporary
problem which resides in the issue of national
sovereignty. Those who long to live for a few
hours with a warm presentation of the idealism
which religion presents to the contemporary
world situation will be greatly benefited by
This Earth One Country." O. W. Davis
H Crozer Q 23:189 Ap '46 900w
SALAZAR, ADpLFO. Music in our time;
trends in music since the romantic era; tr.
from the Spanish by Isabel Pope. 367p $5
Norton
780.9 Music— History and criticism 46-5435
"English translation of La Musica Moderna
(Buenos Aires. 1944) by the eminent Spanish
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
713
musicologist who since 1939 has resided in
Mexico. This book on modern music is an
unbiased and penetrating evaluation of 'the
main currents of the music of our day,' em-
bracing in its. scope composers and musical
trends from mid-nineteenth century to the
present. While discussing reasons for and re-
sults of these trends, author also analyzes
specific works, so' that the book is of interest
to the student as well as to the general reader.
Extensive bibliography." (Library J) Index.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 19 '46
80w
"Recommended." H. B. Bush
-f Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by R. E. Garis
Nation 164:48 Ja 11 '47 lOOOw
"While much of the book is heavy going,
the author does have some interesting things
to say. . . For all the perceptive remarks that
Mr Salazar makes from time to time, the early
section of the book is marred by curious state-
ments and errors." M. C. Hastings
N Y Times p38 S 15 '46 650w
"His evaluation of the most progressive
American composers clearly indicates that the
definitive article on American composers can
only be written by a person who really under-
stands America. This is nevertheless a de-
finitely worthwhile book, well written and in-
formative, and especially valuable for its chap-
ters on contemporary music." S. W. B
_i san Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 29 '46
130w
"Mr. Salazar's musical instinct is sound and
he has a flair for illuminating expression which
is often in evidence. The book is hardly de-
signed for the dilettante but there is much of
value to be learned by the serious reader. . .
'Music in Our Time,' because it is the first at-
tempt, and a successful one to show as logical
the development of the art which has ap-
peared so illogical to the audiences of today,
seems to have a chance of survival. Certainly
there is nothing else available in English so
complete or as enlightening." Douglas Moore
-f Sat R of Lit 30:31 Ja 25 '47 1050w
SALE, RICHARD. Benefit performance. 214p $2
Simon & Schuster
46-S161
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 My 12 '46 170w
"The usual treatment of pep and pace."
Kirkus 14:114 Mr 1 '46 80w
"An exciting and ingenious piece of work."
-f New Repub 114:709 My 13 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 180w
"Fast, funny, and not as confusing as it
sounds."
-f New Yorker 22:100 My 11 '46 80w
"Speedy, colorful and capitally constructed
yarn."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 My 11 '46 40w
SALIERS, EARL ADOLPHUS. Modern prac-
tical accounting; elementary. 365p il $3.50
Am. tech. soc.
657 Accounting 46-3732
Textbook for school and self-instruction.
"Presents an exposition of the principles and
rules of double-entry bookkeeping as outlined
by Paciolo over 400 years ago and their sub-
sequent development in industry." (School &
Society) Index.
SALISBURY, HARRISON. Russia on the way.
425p $3.50 Macmillan
914.7 Russia. Reconstruction (1939- ) — Rus-
sia 46-3919
"Mr. Salisbury, chief of the United press bu-
reau in Moscow at the time of Eric Johnston's
visit to Russia, traveled with him through many
parts of the Soviet union. He has written a
descriptive and well-balanced book containing
little controversial material on the differences
and similarities of Russia and the U.S. The
book adds very little new information on Rus-
sia, because it covers a period and subjects
already written about by several other news-
papermen, but it is popular in style and inter-
esting to read." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:50 O 15 '46
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 40w
School & Society 64:175 S 7 '46 SOw
"The narrative is written in a spirit so
forcefully urged by the late Justice Holmes
of free thought not only 'for those who agree
with us, but freedom for the thought we hate.'
In that alone lies its greatest merit. In an
unpretentious, somewhat pedestrian style the
author draws before the reader a Russia that
has had enough of war miseries and is eagerly
awaiting a peaceful future, as all other nations
are. Even the Soviet leaders, so often attacked
in the foreign press, are presented as men who
strive for the same things the Western people
do." A. G. Mazour
-f Ann Am Acad 248:281 N '46 500w
Booklist 42:347 Jl 1 '46
Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 140w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 1 '46
450w
Foreign Affairs 25:344 Ja '47 60w
"Well balanced, critical, intelligent view, with
little that is controversial."
-f Kirkus 14:60 F 1 '46 170w
"The value of the book is not in the author's
judgments and surmises but in his reporting
of what he saw in Russia during the last
months of the war. He gives an extremely vivid
account of his impressions covering such a
wide range of subjects as the meeting of the
Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin, the treatment
of the wounded in the Moscow hospitals, the
everyday routine in the Soviet schools, life and
activity in Samarkand, or the Red Army on the
move. Much of this is first-class reporting, and
in reading it one has a feeling of coming into
direct contact with people and places in to-
day's Russia." Michael Karpovich
-f N Y Times p4 Je 30 '46 900w
"On the whole, in spite of occasional lapses,
this is one of the most informative of the Rus-
sian war correspondent books, and, thanks to
an easy style and numerous illustrations from
his own experiences, very entertaining. How
in the relatively brief period of his stay in the
U.S.S.R. the author managed to acquire such
an understanding of a vast and unusual coun-
try remains unexplained." J. S. Curtiss
-f Pol Sci Q 61:474 S '46 500w
"His book is a report of his observations and
experiences, interpolated with lucid, unpreten-
tious, thought-provoking interpretations. It
would have gained in readability had the au-
thor resisted the ordinary correspondent's
temptation to dwell at some length on his per-
sonal adventures of living and working In war-
time Russia. But once he plunges into the real
story of his stay in Russia, he confines himself
to experiences that carry some special mean-
ing or reveal a special insight into Russian
character." Maurice Hindus
H Sat R of Lit 29:11 Jl 20 '46 1150w
"What would be at any other time a mod-
est, interesting and useful book about the
Soviet Union acquires a special importance in
the spring of 1946. There are great gaps in
every American's knowledge of the changes war
brought to Russia. Filling some of these gaps
may not eliminate suspicion and fear for every
reader, but it will take a large part of the hys-
teria out of the feelings with which we watch
our war- time ally fumbling with us into peace.
This is what Harrison Salisbury has done in
this book, and it is pleasant to report that your
morning newspaper will give you less of the
sensation of dry leaves rustling in your stomach
if you read what he has written." Joseph
Barnes
-f- Weekly Book Review p2 Je 9 '46 HOOw
714
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SALMINEN, ESTHER. God's first children;
Bible stories from the Old Testament; 11.
by Kaj and Per Beckman [tr. by Eugene
Gay-Tiftt], 124p $2 Roy pubs.
221.95 Bible stories 46-8861
"A collection of biblical tales completely re-
told and hence never quoting: any Scriptural
passages precisely — with one or two minor ex-
ceptions. . . The text has been written with a
good deal of regard to the Old Testament nar-
rative, but with care to offend neither Chris-
tians nor Jews." Commonweal
"The book is clearly and tranquilly written.
with direct quotes from Bible verses and
psalms, which give the book dignity without
detracting from its simplicity." Jane Cobb
+ Atlantic 178:166 D '46 60w
"It is by no means a text concerned with
theological matters, but rather with retelling
the stories for their own sake. I like it very
'-f Commonweal 45:119 N 15 '46 130w
Klrkus 14:421 S 1 '46 120w
"For a child of 7 to 12 of any faith these
stories provide excellent reading whether he
has ever read them before or not." Virginia
Mathews
-f N Y Times pll D 22 '46 80w
"Fresh and delicate as the rose- spray bloom-
ing upon its end-papers, this collection of
Bible stories from the Old Testament, wisely
selected and beautifully told, Introduces a child
to a world heritage in the simple, every-day
language that reaches the hearts of children.'
' ' Book Review p6 Ja 19 '47 240w
SALTER, JOHN THOMAS, ed. Public men in
and out of office. 513p il $4 Univ. of N.C.
press
923.273 U.S.— Biography. Statesmen, Amer-
ican 46-3599
Symposium on government in the United
States as personified by leading figures of the
present. "The writers are mostly professors of
history and political science, plus a few news-
papermen, and the collective tone of their es-
says is temperate — some of it very temperate.
The list of subjects includes serious thinkers,
such as Henry Wallace; what are known aa
'spittoon senators,' such as Cotton Ed Smith;
and even more peculiar characters, such aa
Theodore Q. Bilbo (subject of a brilliant piece
by Roman J. Zorn)." (New Yorker) Index.
Am Hist R 52:195 O '46 80w
"The volume shows the elements of both
strength and weakness commonly associated
with books similarly prepared. In spite of the
effort of the editor to secure some uniformity
in method of treatment, the sketches still show
a great deal of diversity in this respect; in
spite of effort to secure an objective evaluation
of the work of the individuals discussed, some
show a strong tendency toward hero worship. . .
The sketches, themselves, interesting as they
are, are made far more significant by the ex-
cellent Introduction and Interpretation (or post-
script) prepared bv the editor." W. B. Graves
-j Am Pol Scl R 40:801 Ag '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 19 '46 270w
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
Christian Century 63:942 Jl 31 '46 300w
Commonweal 44:194 Je 7 '46 140w
"An excellent and handy volume."
•f Current Hist 10:130 Ag '46 lOOw
"Extremely readable and enlightening. Val-
uable as an aid in understanding contemporary
national political developments. For all li-
braries." M. C. Manley
4- Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '4ft 140w
"The list runs the range from the highest
idealist to the most blatant demagogue and
tyrannical city boss. The sketches were written
by newspaper men and teachers of history,
journalism and political science, and vary in
approach and treatment all the way from Im-
partial scrutiny to extravagant eulogy. They
are highly readable as current biography and
most particularly for what they show of the
way of the politician with the voter. The Qual-
ity that raises the book to first-shelf impor-
tance as a treatise on American politics, how-
ever, is Mr. Baiter's own essay at the end in
which he wraps up the meaning of it all/
Turner Catledge
-f N Y Times p33 My 19 '46 800 w
"An unevenly written symposium. . . No
two of the writers are pursuing the same ob-
jective, but the book is, in sum, a reminder
to the voter that he is the one who chooses the
men to represent him."
New Yorker 22:107 Ap 20 '46 120w
" 'The sketches are of varying value and
Importance. Some are examples of creative
art and a few are a more literal statement of
facts and events.' The authors maintain ex-
ceptional readability, a tribute to them and to
the editor. Most of them write in complimen-
tary veins about their subjects, but the essay
on John W. Bricker is a bitter attack by an-
other Ohioan distinguished in politics. There
are internal evidences that many of the biog-
raphies were prepared two years before pub-
lication; the sketch of Harry S. Truman has
been brought up to date frankly by a brief
postscript. The book is closed by an interpre-
tive section, 'The Voter's Politician', written
realistically and thoughtfully by the editor.
This book will be immensely useful to students
of public affairs." P. L. Burdette
+ Pol Scl Q 61:478 S '46 330w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 3 '46
200w
"In general the subjects of the biographies
are well chosen for both edification and enter-
tainment. There is no really brilliant essay
in the book, but Edward A. Harris, recent
winner of the Pulitzer „ Prize for Washington
reporting, has done an excellent if not scintil-
lating article on President Truman." Jonathan
Daniels
4- Sat R of Lit 29:22 Je 8 '46 1050w
"Although some of the men studied have been
removed from the political scene either by
death or fortunes at the polls, they are in the
main an excellent cross-section of the American
government, including as they do 20 states
and varying theories and abilities. There are
neophytes and seasoned legislators, men who
failed to please the public and veterans secure
in reputation, and zealous advocates of a new
world order opposing old-line conservatives.
All voters should read and pay attention, for
while time will take care of changing the
names and faces, only the votes of America
can stipulate the stature of its leaders." R.
F. H.
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
480w
"Without doubt here is the perfect volume
for the table in any waiting room, for it reads
exactly like a year-old copy of 'Life' or 'The
Saturday Evening Post,' except that there are
500 pages of it. Yet the editor and the authors
are guilty of nothing except the fault of under-
taking an impossible task. They set out to
get sketches of the prominent political figures
of the day in a book. But it can't be done, for
the simple reason that making a book is a
matter of several months, and it is a certainty
that before you can get your book published
some of your choices will no longer be promi-
nent political figures." G. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p!2 My 12 '46
lOOOw
SAMPSON, ARTHUR. Football coach. 173p
$2 Houghton
796.33 Football 46-7019
"This book admirably accomplishes its pur-
pose, and in an entertaining way, of enlighten-
ing the spectator of a football game as to what
takes place during the hours of training. The
assistant coach gives a day-by-day account of
the trials and triumphs encountered in training
a small college team. Emphasized are the
emotional and psychological factors that con-
tribute to the* development of teamwork. For
football fans, but many others will also enjoy
this book." Library J
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
715
"A new slant on football for the onlooker,
and one which holds considerable Interest for
the participant as well. And It's sound foot-
ball."
-f Kirkus 14:308 Jl 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by M. F. Cox
Library J 71:1647 N 1 '46 90w
"Actually, the story is a little thin. But it
has so much of the technical side of football,
presented in a manner that is Informative and
understandable, that I found it immensely in-
teresting. So interesting, in fact, that I fin-
ished it on a long trip back from covering a
football game, rm sure that your teenager
will find it equally informative, and if you don't
want to be out of the know I'd suggest you
read it yourself. As a matter of fact, it defin-
itely will help in your understanding of what
goes on at Baker Field, Yale Bowl, Palmer
Stadium, the Polo Grounds or anywhere else
you sit in on a football game." I. T. Marsh
-f Weekly Book Review p22 N 10 '46 400w
SAMUEL, HERBERT LOUIS SAMUEL. 1st
viscount. Grooves of change: a book of
memoirs [Eng title: Memoirs]. 378p il $3.75
Bobbs [15s Cresset]
B or 92 Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel,
1st viscount 46-1921
Autobiography of an English Liberal leader,
who has been a cabinet member under several
prime ministers, chief of the Liberal party, first
high commissioner of Palestine, and chairman
of countless committees and commissions. Vis-
count Samuel says he is the "first member of
the Jewish community ever to sit in a British
cabinet," since Disraeli was "withdrawn from
the community by his father." Index.
Reviewed by D. M. Weil
Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 500w
"Viscount Samuel is an historian. He is
a philosopher; a keen and tolerant observer,
as well as an extremely active participant in
the tremendous social changes which are re-
building the whole world. Eminent English
reviewers are calling: this a great book. There
is no doubt that it is. It will be interesting
to see how far our own American readers will
agree with that classification." W. F. Sands
-f Commonweal 43:661 Ap 12 '46 420w
Foreign Affairs 24:754 Jl '46 30w
"This is more than an autobiography of one
of England's Liberals — it is a biography of a
party during the past fifty years, as viewed
by an outstanding public servant."
+ Kirkus 14:14 Ja '46 180w
Reviewed by Keith Hutchison
Nation 162:404 Ap 6 '46 420w
"A unique life, and, one would have hoped,
a unique autobiography. But to tell the truth,
Lord Samuel's Memoirs make dull reading.
They will be studied by the historian, because
they contain important evidence on many poli-
tical issues." R. H. S. Grossman
New Statesman & Nation 30:131 Ag 25
'45 420w
"This is a modest book, but the author
reveals himself. He is undoubtedly a man who
never did a sloppy Job, never compromised on
principle though he might do so on policy,
never pushed himself ahead of a public interest.
One can imagine a succession of British states-
men in high places faced with a tough problem
and sighing with relief as they thought of
Herbert Samuel. The narrative is easy, simple,
rarely exciting." R. L. Duffus
N Y Times p6 Mr 10 '46 800w
"This is a placid, even-tempered book, deal-
ing with a great many political issues that time
or distance or propaganda have obscured and
including a particularly worth-while postscript
on the Labour Party's ascendancy."
-f- New Yorker 22:99 Mr 23 *46 130w
"The historians of the next generation, whose
Job It will be to try to explain the role of
Britain in the world between, say, 1880 and
the close of the Second World War, will value
highly such a book as Herbert Samuel's mem*
oirs. It will help them to understand the forces
underlying British policy in that period." Nor-
man Angell
-f Sat R of Lit 29:68 Ap 13 '46 lOOOw
"There are inevitably a few errors to be
corrected in the next edition, one of them a
little surprising. Lord Samuel writes: "In July,
1911, the Kaiser's demonstrative visit to Tan-
gier and the provocative dispatch of the Ger-
man warship Panther to Agadir seemed likely
to bring Europe to the verge of war.' But the
Kaiser's descent on Tangier had taken place in
1905. And is it accurate to include Lord Hugh
Cecil among the Conservatives like Churchill
and Seely who in 1903 'aligned themselves with
the Liberal Party'? . . But these are trifles.
The book as a whole is one of the most notable
autobiographies of a generation." Wilson
Harris
H Spec 175:64 Jl 20 '45 1150w
"In an important and revealing book of
memoirs Lord Samuel shows that it is possible
for a politician to hold unfashionable and un-
popular views without loss of dignity or prin-
ciple and yet to play an influential and distin-
guished part in the affairs of his native land.
In these pages will be found no whimpering at
fortune but rather a broad survey of the con-
temporary scene, tinged with sadness through
the eclipse of a once great party and the mon-
strous irruption of two wars, but coloured with
warm appreciation for the great social progress
which has flowed from the reforms won by Lib-
erals of an earlier day." ^
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p366 Ag 4 '45
2800w
Reviewed by H. S. Commagrer
Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 3 '46 1450w
SANDERS, GEORGE. Stranger at home. 228p
$2 Simon & Schuster
46-6104
Detective story.
"Sanders can combine real character por-
trayal, brittle conversation, high drama and
excitement in a tale which I, for one, would
like to see him act in. Or didn't you know
the author was the George Sanders who played
The Saint in the movies?" Elizabeth Bullock
-f Book Week p8 Ag 11 '46 140w
Kirkus 14:263 Je 1 '46 80w
New Repub 115:358 S 23 '46 30w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 18 '46 140w
"A promising situation, not very well
handled."
-i New Yorker 22:92 Ag 17 '46 120w
"Menacing and somber In tone, subtle and
skillful in characterization, this is so far a
cry from the flip first Sanders novel that it's
hard to attribute them to the same type-
writer." Anthony Boucher
•4- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
70w
"Worth reading."
•4- Sat R of Lit 29:32 Ag 10 '46 70w
"You should be happy enough with this one
If you concentrate on the puzzle and don't
keep demanding where such people can pos-
sibly come from. From Mystery Land, if you
must know."
Weekly Book Review pl5 Ag 11 '46
200W
SANDERS. SPENCER EDWARD, and RA-
BUCK, ARTHUR JACOB. New city patterns.
200p il $7.50 Reinhold
711.6 City planning 46-6828
"Rather than a comprehensive treatise on
city planning, this book is a brief but valuable
examination of the problem. It points out the
need for sound urban redevelopment, dem-
onstrates that the metropolitan area rather
than the city is the logical area for planning,
proposes metropolitan planning commissions as
Joint enterprises of Federal, State and local
governments, and shows how such commissions
should operate in the development of metropoli-
tan areas. The costs of redevelopment are
examined, and the need for Federal aid dis-
cussed. . . The authors are associated with the
Federal Works Agency and Public Buildings
Administration." N Y New Tech Bks
716
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SANDERS, S. E..— Continued
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p5 N 17 '46 380w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1628 N 15 '46 lOOw
"I read 'New City Patterns' with eagerness
and delight. It analyzes the causes of urban
blight and proposes definite remedies. The
treatment is intelligent, functional, realistic in
the true sense of the term. It makes us realize
evils which we might prefer to ignore — shacks
in the shadow of the nation's Capitol — and
possibilities that were ours, if only we had the
wit and the will." Albert Guerard
-f Nation 163:608 N 2 '46 300w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:38 Jl '46
SANDERSON, IVAN TERRANCE, ed. Animal
tales; an anthology of animal literature of
all countries [il. by the editor]. SlOp $5
Knopf
591.5 Animals. Legends and stories of
46-6677
Anthology of fact and fiction about animals
of all kinds and all lands. Partial contents:
Mauretania; The Mediterranean; Temperate
Europe; The European tundras; The Canadian
pine forests; The depths of the ocean; Warm
temperate North America; The 'West'; Aus-
tralia; The Isles of Nippon; The Chinese
hinterland; India; Egypt; The Congo Basin.
Index.
"A concise and sympathetic biography of the
thirty-one authors included adds to the value
of the anthology. Thirty-one enchanting brush
paintings illustrate the book, which, with a
story for every day in the month, will be as
much of a 'Treasure* on the naturalist's shelves
as the earlier books of this gifted young artist
and writer." L. Q. Mann
-f Atlantic 179:111 Ja '47 380w
"It happens that I liked 'Animal Treasure,'
that I have a great admiration for Sanderson
as a naturalist, and that his taste in the
matter of nature stories and mine coincide.
As far as I am concerned he could have
dispensed with the elaborate system of classify-
ing the stories according to their geographical
location, as well as their type, and titled his
book, as Alexander Woollcott and Clifton Fadi-
man did theirs, 'Stories I Have Liked' and
they would have the same appeal for me. For
some of the things included are "hot about ani-
mals. . . But everything included in this
anthology will be uniformly interesting to the
reader who enjoyed Sanderson's 'Animal Treas-
ure,' and who likes tales, whether they are
fairy tales or scientific accounts of insects, of
natural history." Leonard Dubkin
-{- Book Week p!5 O 27 '46 36Qw
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
Booklist 43:73 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"There is no age that will not want this
book: it is equally suitable for child or adult,
for banker or broker, diplomat or doctor, for
gentle and simple." A. F.
-f Commonweal 45:213 D 6 '46 160w
"Excellent material, careful selection, and
informative and colorful introductions to the
inclusions by the editor make this outstanding
in a welter of anthologizing."
+ Klrkus 14:406 Ag 15 '46 160w
"All the contributors know their animal
subjects intimately, and many of them, like the
editor himself, are widely known explorers, de-
votees of that 'curious wedding of pure sci-
ence, philosophy, and sport* called Natural
History. . . Toward only one living creature
does the editor display a notable lack of sym-
pathy. That is man, hard-working homo
sapiens. . . This reviewer, a nature -lover from
way back, feels strongly that misanthropy can
be carried too far. After all, an Einstein is
more wonderful than the smartest vizcacha
that ever dug a duplex burrow. And Mr.
Sanderson's own book includes pictures of some
pretty remarkable human beings: the great
Fabre, for instance, straining his octogenarian
eyes by candlelight to witness the midnight
nuptials of the Languedocian scorpion. Would
a scorpion do as much for him?" Richard
Match
-| NY Time* pl6 O 13 '46 650w
"The selections, which are not shopworn, are
by such writers as W. H. Hudson, Felix Sal-
ten, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Alfred Russel
Wallace, and the editor, a good naturalist and
artist himself, has written a background sketch
for each piece and has made handsome draw-
ings, in two colors, of the fauna under discus-
-f New Yorker 22:115 O 12 '46 90w
"Mr. Sanderson has roamed the earth in his
search for animal stories and his book contains
31 of the best he could find. They cover an
extraordinary range." J. H. Jackson
-H San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 29 '46
650w
Time 48:114 O 21 '46 330w
"None of the stories is more fascinating
than those told about beavers by that amaz-
ing man whom I and everybody in Canada,
knew as Wa-sha-quon-asin, or Grey Owl, but
who since death has turned out to have been an
English eccentric named Archibald Stansfeld
Belaney, whose life was a hoax which fooled
white men and Indians alike. 'Animal Tales'
is a magnificent book."
-f Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 160w
"Ivan Sanderson is not only an artist, not
only a naturalist, not only an author; he re-
veals in this work an unusual gift for inter-
pretative criticism, shown in the comment
which connects the stories and in the
thoroughly and scholarly essay on the animal
tale with which the book opens."
-f Weekly Book Review p2 D 15 '46 200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:169 D '46
»
SANTAYANA, GEORGE. Idea of Christ in
the Gospels, or, God in man, a critical es-
say. 266p |2.75 Scribner
232 Jesus Christ — Person and offices. Bible.
New Testament—Gospels 46-25109
"Santayana discusses the character of the
several Gospels, the miracles, the parables, the
prophecies and precepts, the prayers. Having
interpreted the idea of Christ as it appears
in the Gospels, Santayana, in the second part,
raises the question: How far is this idea of
Christ, as being God in Man, a philosophical
idea, valid for all men and all religions? With
few reservations he makes the answer that it
is a philosophical idea and is valid." Weekly
Book Review
"To read the book is a beautiful, cleansing,
enlightening, challenging experience. We can
close our eyes and be whisked back six hun-
dred years to the age of the great Schoolmen,
and listen to Abelard or Erigena as he investi-
gates a point that has little utility but is its
own justification. We are vaguely conscious
all through the book of its scholastic limitation.
The thought is not wide-ranging; it never ques-
tions the axiomatic assumptions, but it is in-
tensive." C. E. Park
H Atlantic 178:152 S '46 600w
"It is a stimulating book, a challenging work
that will make many an amateur and many a
professional theologian react violently but in
my opinion it is overshadowed primarily by
the depressing dilemma of a brilliant i.iind
which has not the courage to accept the mental
discipline inherent in the Catholic theoiogy he
admires, nor the courage to reject that theol-
ogy and accept the Protestantism that fits in
with much of his personal individualism." J.
O. Supple
4- — Book Week p!2 Ap 7 '46 370w
Booklist 42:275 My 1 '46
Reviewed by R. E. Murphy
Cath World 163:373 Jl '46 500w
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:689 My 29 '46
1750w
"The orthodox believer will hardly accept
such declarations as this, but if he has a meta-
physical mind, he may welcome these phil-
osophical defences of his creed. But it is not
a book for the simple Christian." W. L. Gas-
well
Churchman 160:15 Je 1 '46 350w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
717
"If this review meets the eye of some minister
who has come to feel stale in his weekly ser-
monizing, I recommend it warmly to him. The
book is packed with germinal ideas for sermons.
It is of the kind that disturbs habits of thought
and poses the kind of questions which must
seek for fresh and live answers. For profes-
sional theological students it is an intellectual
catharsis full of explosive material to relieve
any feeling of ideological sluggishness." Ver-
gilius Ferm
Crozer Q 23:273 Jl '46 850w
"The reviewer wants, first of all, to express
his thankfulness to the writer of this book.
Nothing is more helpful for our theological work
than the understanding criticism coming from
non- theologians, philosophers, historians, scien-
tists, and artists. . . Santayana knows the his-
torical as well as the systematic problems of
present-day theology, and, above all, he knows
their significance for our human existence; he
understands, as we call it today, their 'existen-
tial' meaning. . . His book attempts a synthesis
between mystical Catholicism and modern skep-
tical naturalism, using the results of Protestant
historical research; but it is at a great remove
from the Protestant spirit." Paul Tillich
Nation 163:412 O 12 '46 900w
Reviewed by Irwin Edman
N Y Times p5 Ap 7 '46 1350w
"Almost any book Santayana cares to write
is important. But in a time when the meaning
of Christ does not, perhaps, notably occupy
the best philosophical minds, this book be-
comes even more important."
H- New Yorker 22:93 Mr 30 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle pl7 Ag 11 '46
80w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 21 '46
600w
Reviewed by Padraic Colum
Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 31 '46
2400w
Reviewed by A. N. Wilder
Yale R ns 36:182 autumn '46 HOOw i
SAROYAN, WILLIAM. Adventures of Wesley
Jackson. 285p $2.75 Harcourt
46-25168
"The experiences of a rather simple G.I. in
Uncle Sam's army. As Wesley progresses
through many adventures he learns he can
write and he discovers life and love at its best
and worst from the people he meets both in and
out of the army. Written with ironic humor
and Just a touch of satire on the foibles of
human beings." Booklist
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:144 Jl '46 150w
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
"Rather a long-winded tale, with many unin-
teresting and even boring pages, it is lightened
only occasionally by a flash of Saroyan humor."
h Cath World 163:475 Ag '46 150w
"One comes to feel that any character who
wants to get in touch with another has only to
put his head out the window and whistle and he
will instantly appear, though the two were half
a world apart by the latest news. All this is
unquestionably corny. But after all — that's what
one always says in discussing Saroyan — after all,
he has a true and cheerful word to say. He
says it with engaging candor and a sort of
sophisticated and determined naivete" and in his
peculiarly extravagant but fascinating fashion.
That word is 'love.' " W. B. Garrison
Christian Century 63:893 Jl 17 '46 700w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 12 '46
200w
"This is good Saroyan — but it has the hurdle
to take of its subject. For here is the war
as a Saroyan would see it — feel it — experience
it, a Saroyanesque Private Hargrove and Artie
Greengroin, with a certain new brittle ness, a
toughness that isn't hardness, and an im-
aginative, almost occasionally a poetic quality
that is essentially Saroyan."
+ Kirkus 14:226 My 15 '46 230w
"A satire and complaint (sometimes profane)
against the Army and a paean to freedom and
fellowship. Less ebullient than Saroyan' s other
work, though often fantastic and funny." H. W.
Hart
Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 80w
"Having been told that William Saroyan's
•The Adventures of Wesley Jackson' was the
first anti-war novel of World War II, I ignored
the warning of nausea induced by its opening
sentence — 'My name is Wesley Jackson, I'm
nineteen years old, and my favorite song is
"Valencia" ' — and followed it through the wnole
of its maundering maudlin length. It is a form
of punishment distinctly not recommended to
friends of this column. Even the most maso-
chistic reader should be content with a lightning
tour of Mr. Saroyan's chapter headings." Diana
Trilling
— Nation 162:788 Je 29 '46 HOOw
"Except for the action in France and the
capture by the Germans, I believe this Is a
more or less autobiographical record of
Saroyan's own experiences in the service of
his country. It is dressed up in Saroyan's own
brand of whimsy, sentimentality and fantasy,
which at other times he has used so well to
illuminate the truth, to make wonderful jokes,
to make the reader weep with his raffish, off-
beat, down-at-the-heels, tender poetry. In this
book he uses fantasy and sentimentality
for a dangerous and sinful purpose — to dis-
credit the cause in which we fought and
the men who did the fighting. . . it seems
to me that a writer, no matter how far-fetched
and fanciful he may be, should have some com-
pulsion to present the truth." Irwin Shaw
— NY Times pi Je 2 '46 1300w
Reviewed by Edmund Wilson
— New Yorker 22:90 Je 15 '46 lOOOw
"The adventures of some of these sentimental
lads in uniform are, according to strict army
rules, a little incredible. For example, two of
them get a free plane ride to Alaska and back,
because Private Jackson tells an officer that
his pal is sorrowing for his sick mother in
Fairbanks, although nothing is wrong with his
Mom in his home in San Francisco. . . We
look today at Saroyan's men and women, at
the soldiers portrayed in his latest book, and
we admire their vitality, their tears, their
cock-eyed behavior. We love their primitive
honesty, but we lay aside this book feeling
that he is a gifted teller of fairy-tales, or
parables, which have little relation to a world
faced with continued revolution, starvation,
and the threat of another war." Harrison Smith
h Sat R of Lit 29:7 Je 1 '46 1500W
Time 47:104 Je 10 '46 600w
"There is a good deal to be said for any-
thing that William Saroyan writes and
'The Adventures of Wesley Jackson* is by no
means a failure. Neither is it up to the best
of his work. The war was too big a piece
of viciousness for him to leaven. The evil be-
hind it was too raw and strong. Mr. Saroyan
needs a smaller and less complicated environ-
ment and a problem which will submit more
easily to love and friendship and the soft,
sweet tears of Wesley Jackson on a young,
summer night." Thomas Sugrue
H Weekly Book Review plO Je 2 '46
900w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
— Yale R ns 36:189 autumn '46 350w
SARSFIELD, MAUREEN. Green December
fills the graveyard. 251p $2.50 Coward-Mc-
Cann [8s 6d Pilot]
^ 47-84
Detective story.
"Its people are vividly enough realized that
their behavior seems unnatural, a paradox
which may be set down to immature plotting.
Its strength lies in its people and its Eng-
lish village setting, dim but effective in the
foggy background." James Sandoe
H Book Week p!3 O 20 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 40w
"Maureen Sarsfleld's first detective story re-
veals her as one gifted with a genuine talent
for character drawing as well as for the weav-
ing of mystery plots." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p36 O 20 '46 180w
718
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SARSFIELD, MAUREEN— Continued
"An uneven Job, but worth your attention."
New Yorker 22:116 O 12 '46 lOOw
"Miss Sarsfleld has the British faults of
excessive length and mild snobbery; she also
has the virtues of the best British school —
trim plotting, intelligently sketched atmos-
phere, attractive gentleman- sleuth, and a
wittily civilized polish that is highly gratify-
ing." Anthony Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle p!8 O 20 '46
70w
"Prime plot- work, good characterizations,
engaging chatter, and colorful background —
with psychological overtones and bit of ro-
mance."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:47 O 19 '46 50w
"Promising start by a newcomer in the field
of fairly polite whodunits." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p39 N 17 '46 120w
SARTON, MAY. Bridge of years. 342p $2.75
Doubleday
46-3357
A chronicle of the years 1919 to 1940 as they
passed over a very charming Belgian family,
the Duchesnes. Paul was by nature a philos-
opher; Melanie his wife, the mother of three
children, was a businesswoman in Brussels and
the main prop of the small family farm in
the suburbs. The pattern of their lives and
their small successes and defeats, make up
this quiet novel.
Reviewed by E. D. Branch
Book Week p9 My 12 '46 900w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
Kirkus 14:109 Mr 1 '46 150w
"Her novel, if not brilliant, is always in-
teresting, competently written and distin-
guished by its nonesty and its broad plane of
inquiry." Catherine Maher
-|- N Y Times p26 Ap 21 '46 250w
"A picture of rich family life which remains
serene even under the shadow of the impend-
ing second war. Not everybody's dish, but one
which exudes a special, if at times faint,
flavor."
-f- New Yorker 22:89 Ap 27 '46 90w
"Here is a beautifully wrought book, deeply
felt and significant in theme. Its deceptive sim-
plicity may not appeal to the average movie-fed
audience, but it will offer much quiet pleasure
to those who appreciate delicacy of thought and
a subtle approach to varying human emotions."
Grace Frank
•f Sat R of Lit 29:33 O 26 '46 600w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46
180w
"Delicately lovely novel. Its style is limpid,
unpretentious, beautifully expressive, and its
content is beyond all things warmly and human-
ly emotional. Melanie. 'so deep in the midst
of life that there was no escape/ and she
wanted none; Paul, whose tenderness is some-
times a threat to his children's emotional
independence, and the three lively young girls
lived in a rich warm family world which was
'like a magical circle drawn round them.'
Entering that circle in the pages of 'Bridge of
Years' is a rare privilege indeed." F. H.
Bullock
+ Weekly Book Review pS Ap 21 '46
1050w
SASSOON. SIEGFRIED. Siegfried's Journey,
1916-1920. 338p $3 Viking [10s 6d Faber]
B or 92 Authors— Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-26083
These further reminiscences of this English
author begin with 1916 when he was invalided
out of the army to a hospital in Oxford, and
cover the next four years of his Journey. For
earlier volumes see The Old Century and
Seven More Years, and Weald of Youth (Book
Review Digest. 1939 and 1942).
Reviewed by D. M. Weil
Book Week p21 Ap 14 '46 650w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
"Mr. Sassoon writes, as always, with an un-
obstructlve efficiency, in which the appearance
of ease and spontaneity is combined with a
masterly precision. Together with the poet's
feeling for words, he has the poet's ability to
recollect emotion and his observing eye. There
are many portraits of celebrities in his book,
and all of them are alive and significant; so
that we seldom come away from meeting
Hardy, Galsworthy, Wilfred Owen, Bridges, or
whoever it may be, without a real insight into
the essential quality of the man." Eric Forbes -
Boyd
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 F 16 '46
800w
Commonweal 43:656 Ap 12 '46 20w
"A memoir of great charm."
4- Kirkus 14:30 Ja 15 '46 260w
"Recommended for all libraries." G. O.
e>V Library J 71:405 Mr 16 '46 140w
"The book is a self-contained chapter of the
Sassoon autobiography; the writer is a master
of evocative phrase (Arnold Bennett's 'pauseful
oracular manner'), but much of it gives impres-
sion, merely of gilded gossip." Harold Brig-
house
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 16 '46 220w
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 162:478 Ap 20 '46 550w
"Mr. Sassoon's memories of writers will re-
main of permanent value — they are vivid and
perceptive. But the writer he describes best
of all is the young poet he once was, at once
delighted and embarrassed by sudden celebrity.
He examines this past self with a mixture of
amused detachment and avuncular affection.
The account of his lecture tour in the United
States is full of good comedy: he had gone to
tell the Americans that \var did not pay, and
banners of smoke from every factory chimney
seemed to give him the lie." Raymond Mor-
timer
-f New Statesman & Nation 31:48 Ja 19
'46 650w
"Like the previous volumes, this book is a
unique record of a personality whom only Eng-
land could have in one person. A foxhunting
man, a soldier, and a meditative and humorous
poet all in one. And few writers today take
the care to achieve the exact and musical
beauty of Sassoon's simple and noble prose."
Irwin Edman
-f- N Y Times p4 Mr 24 '46 1260w
"I have always thought well of Sassoon, yet
I have found this a slightly unsympathetic
book. What lets you down worst is the per-
fect good taste with which he now makes a
point of deprecating his attitude about the
last war." Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:87 Mr 30 '46 750w
"It all reads so pleasantly (and, for a cer-
tain generation, so nostalgically) that one
hesitates to carp. But it seems to me — indeed,
I am quite sure — that the Quality of 'Siegfried's
Journey* is not quite up to that of 'The Old
Century' and 'The Weald of Youth.' Is it,
perhaps, that at this stage of his story, the
author has relied too much upon the stimula-
tion of diary jottings, and the attractive power
of famous names, instead of bringing his ma-
terial to full literary life by a sustained effort
of brooding memory? Whatever the answer,
and whatever the exact qualitative position of
this latest volume in the Sassoon corpus, there
is no doubt that 'Siegfried's Journey' is a
most enjoyable book." B. R. Redman
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Mr 30 '46 1250w
Reviewed by Goronwy Rees
Spec 176:16 Ja 4 '46 900w
Theatre Arts 30:491 S '46 lOOw
"Mr. Sassoon has depicted his younger self
with mature strength and adjustment of ex-
pression; it is late in the day to remark on
the fine strokes and the broader harmony of
his prose, admirable for dispassionate reminis-
cences."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p6 Ja 5 '46
2600w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 24 '46
1450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
719
SATURDAY EVENING POST (periodical). Post
stories 1942-1945; with an introd. by Ben
Hibbs. 448p $2.50 Random house
Short stories— Collections (37-27266)
Contains 25 stories chosen from some 800
which have appeared in the Post over the peri-
od from 1942 to 1945. Contents: What is a good
story, by Ben Hibbs; The last night, by Storm
Jameson; Mist from Attu, by w. Lr. worden;
.The flood, by Conrad Richter; Frenchman's
ship, by Kay Boyle; Mr. Whitcomb's genie,
by Walter Brooks; Crocodile tears, by Guy Gil-
patric; Dan Peters and Casey Jones, by Wilbur
Schramm; The bishop's beggar, by S. V. Ben<§t;
Some kinds of bad luck, by C. S. Forester;
Antidote for hatred, by Ann Morse; The ques-
tion, by Dana Burnet; Situation haywire, by
W. H. Upson; Mr. Digby and the income tax,
by Douglass Welch; Band of brothers, by Jac-
land Marmur; Martha, by George Loveridge;
Trouble with the railroad, by Max Shulman;
The immortal harpy, by H. D. Skidmore; A
boy in France, by J. D. Salinger; The mad
battalion, by William Chamberlain; You've got
to learn, by Robert Murphy; Right front tire,
by Herbert Depew; The old Gordon place, by
James Street; The ephemeral triangle, by
Robert Carson; Tottlin' Willie, by Richard
Stern; The top of the mountain, by Zachary
Gold.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p45 D 1 '46 210w
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
"The average reader will agree that these
450 pages give fairly good proof of the edi-
tor's thesis that a story does not have to be
dull or incomprehensible to be good."
•f Cath World 163:476 Ag '46 150w
Reviewed by James MacBride
N Y Times p!6 Jl 14 '46 600w
"It comprises the cream of the Post's war-
time short-story entertainment by more than
a score of its favorite contributors and offers
a lot of good spritely reading: for the vacation
days just ahead." E. A. F.
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 120w
Reviewed by Richard Match
Weekly Book Review plO Je 30 '46
700w
SAUNDERS, BLANCHE. Training you to
train your dog; with a pref. by Walter
Lippmann; 11. by Louise Branch. 169p $3
Doubleday
636.7 Dogs — Training Agr46-193
An experienced trainer of dogs describes in
pictures and text how to teach a dog good
manners, and how to keep him in good condi-
tion.
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"A good working manual for the owner de-
siring a pet who loses none of his personality
In the acquisition of manners and social ac-
ceptability."
4- Klrkus 14:117 Mr 1 '46 llOw
"Sensible, sympathetic textbook for dog-
training."
-f Weekly Book Review p!7 S 22 '46 230w
Wis Lib Bui 42:112 Jl '46
SAWYER, ELMER WARREN. Insurance as
interstate commerce. 169p $2.50 McGraw
36S Insurance law 46-139
"A monograph in an 'insurance series' of-
fered by the publishers mainly for the use of
insurance executives and public officials. The
author surveys the legal basis of taxation and
supervision of the insurance business as it
was dislocated by the Supreme Court's decision
in the South Eastern Underwriters' case in
1944. He outlines first the case on federal-state
regulation of interstate commerce and state
regulation of insurance prior to 1944. . . The
author suggests the creation of a council rep-
resenting the various branches of the insur-
ance business to recommend plans for public
regulation, both federal and federal -state."
(Am Pol Sci R) Index.
"This volume should be useful as an outline
of a preliminary approach to the problem of
reshaping the public law of insurance." A. L.
Powell
H- Am Pol Sci R 40:816 Ag '46 340w
"It should be useful to all insurance com-
panies, domestic and foreign, doing business in
the United States, and their counsel."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:131 Je '46 320w
SAWYER, RUTH (MRS A. C. DURAND), Old
Con and Patrick; II. by Cathal O'Toole. 137p
$2 Viking
Patrick was a small boy suddenly stricken
with infantile paralysis, and Old Con was his
grandfather. The story describes the trials
and tribulations of a lively small boy, making
his readjustments to life on account of his
handicap. He is helped by two pets, a dog
and an injured blue jay, and by the birdman
who taught him to paint birds, but most of
all by Old Con.
"It's the people you come to know in books
who stand by you in times of real trouble —
perhaps because you live more closely wj*h
book people and know them better than every-
day friends. Patrick's a lad who will come to
mind time and again to give you courage when
you need it." Martha King
4- Book Week p8 D 22 '46 120w
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:387 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Good reading for all ages. Recommended."
Elizabeth Johnson
+ Library J 72:84 Ja 1 '47 70w
+ Sat R of Lit 29:30 D 14 '46 250w
"It is a sentimental story, perhaps, but chil-
dren love sentiment. If occasionally It gets pro-
saic, there are very high spots when Old Con
tells hero stories. Then it is that Ruth Sawyer
is in her own role of teller of Irish tales. Chil-
dren who have physical handicaps may gain
courage from this story. Children who have
none will say, no doubt, as they have said of
other books, 'I love it, it's so sad.' " Phyllis
enne^_ weekly Book Review p!4 N 10 '46 330w
SAVERS, MICHAEL, and KAHN, ALBERT
EUGENE. The great conspiracy; the secret
war against Soviet Russia. 433p $3.50 Little
947.084 Russia — Politics and government.
Russia — Foreign relations 46-548
The authors of "Sabotage" and "The Plot
Against the Peace" discuss propaganda against
Russia since 1917, Bibliographical notes for
each chapter are given at the end of the book.
Index.
Reviewed by Oscar Handlin
Atlantic 177:166 Ap '46 400w
Reviewed by Alexander Kendrick
Book Week p3 F 17 '46 750w
Booklist 42:224 Mr 15 '46
Current Hist 10:446 My '46 lOOw
Kirkus 13:484 N 1 '45 210w
"Recommended for all libraries interested in
helping people understand present international
problems." B. F. Kelly
-4- Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 70w
"This is a remarkable book. It combines all
the interest of melodrama with that of an
Incisive revaluation of the past. It unites the
qualities that made 'Doctor Mamluk* a great
mm with the qualities which made George
Sylvester Viereck a great historian. Readers
who open it will not put it down. . . That it
is important — nay, that it is absolutely indis-
pensable— that the democratic nations under-
stand the Soviet Union, and agree with her in
peace and concord, is a fact of which we
should never lose sight. Books like this may
help. But would this volume not better achieve
its purpose if a little less than all the wicked-
ness had been put on one side, and air the
virtue on the other?" Allan Kevins
N Y Time* p7 F 24 '46
720
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SAVERS, MICHAEL-— Continued
"Unfortunately, the authors defeat their In-
tention: to show how the Soviet Union has
been misrepresented and attacked by forces
of reaction which were really gunning for
democracy. There is a good book in that,
and the Messrs. Sayers and Kahn, who also
wrote 'Sabotage!,' are just the men to write
it. The trouble is that they haven't."
— New Yorker 22:98 F 16 '46 150w
Reviewed by Francis Hackett
— Sat R of Lit 29:12 Mr 2 '46 1500w
"It makes absorbing, exciting reading, and
with due allowance for the sensational manner
of its telling their story is at once basically true
and generally little known. . . The excitement
of their narrative should not overshadow its
serious contribution to a better understanding
of the obstacles that still stand in the way of
full confidence between Russia and the United
States." F. R. Dulles
Weekly Book Review p8 F 10 '46 800w
SCANNELL, FRANCIS P. In line of duty. 302p
"The general effect of a book like this must
necessarily be uneven and somewhat scattered.
But it is courageous and, for the most part,
realistic in offering to men and to the Church
the advice by which they can be helped to real-
ize spiritual values in the lives of real human
beings. It is reassuring that most of these
spokesmen for a great branch of Christianity
refused to try to escape either into transcen-
dentalism or into evangelical self-reproach. '
byman
46-2486
A tense story of a reconnaissance mission in
the jungles of the South Pacific, during World
war II. A patrol of six men, sent out to spot
Japanese emplacements, accomplish their mis-
sion, but on the way back one by one they lose
their lives.
"Whether civilians are still interested in war
stories is problematical. It is likely that a book
about the war will enjoy only moderate suc-
cess today unless it is a truly great book, or
chronicles of a heretofore unrevealed phase of
that war. 'In Line of Duty* meets neither
requirement." Don Bresnahan
Book Week pll Mr 17 '46 320w
"A fast- moving story, full of action, but not
a slap- dash piece of writing."
+ Christian Century 63:658 My 22 '46 30w
"There is nothing particularly distinguished
in this version of an old approach to a war
story, which is its weakness as a book. The
descriptions of the patrol and its assault on
enemy gun positions are well done. The ver-
nacular is tough, in common with most war
fiction." R. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!5 Ap 6 '46
140w
"An unsoftened, un prettified account. . . An
isolated incident of warfare, in individual and
composite terms, authentic if not outstanding."
-h Kirkus 14:7 Ja '46 180w
Reviewed by Saul Levitt
N Y Times p!2 My 12 '46 230w
"There are flashes of fine writing, but the
book is generally undistinguished." Joseph
Hirsh
H -- Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ap 6 '46 400w
"Swift, tense story of South Pacific jungle
fighting — in the vein of John Hersey's 'Into
the Valley.' " Richard Match
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 17 '46 650w
SCARLETT, WILLIAM, ed. Toward a better
world. 184p $2 Winston
261 Sociology, Christian 47-742
"Papers, written at the request of the Joint
Commission on Social Reconstruction of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, which 'relate some
basic Christian principles to concrete situations'
in either 'world order or 'domestic order.' Cover
the United Nations, U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations,
the atom bomb, minorities, full employment,
and the relation of the individual to the state.
Contributors include Sumner Welles, Reinhold
Niebuhr, Arthur Compton, Eleanor Roosevelt
and Frances Perkins." Library J
"Only possible criticism is in terms of what is
left out — labor management relations, necessity
of freedom of information and education.
Quibbling aside, a much needed statement of
the ethical basis of thinking on current prob-
lems. Ot ,*reat usefulness to discussion
groups." R. E. Kingery
-f — Library J 71:1640 N 1 '46 IBOw
SCHACHNER, NATHAN. Alexander Hamilton.
488p $4 Appleton-Century
B or 92 Hamilton, Alexander 46-3861
A new biography of Alexander Hamilton,
based upon some new material obtained from
original documents and sources. Bibliography.
Index.
"This book is likely to remain the definitive
biography of Hamilton for a long time to come.
Mr. Schachner spent more than ten years in
its preparation. Of the fifty-five manuscript
sources he lists, some thirty or thirty- one
were not used by previous biographers of Ham-
ilton. Others, including- the Hamilton manu-
scripts m the Library of Congress, are exploited
fully for the first time in such a work. In
addition to manuscript material, the author
used over one hundred printed original sources
and over seventy-three printed secondary ones.
On the basis of all this impressive research, Mr.
Schachner is able to make many corrections In
the standard edition of Hamilton's Works by J.
C. Hamilton and by Henry Cabot Lodge. Yet
this is all done without the slightest taint of
pedantry or affectation. The material is mar-
shalled with the skill of a master and the story
told in good workmanlike pfrose." T. P. Peardon
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:1192 D '46 650w
Reviewed by J. C. Miller
Atlantic 178:153 Ag '46 380w
Reviewed by Howard Fast
Book Week p3 Je 2 '46 400w
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
"Mr. Schachner is frank with his reader and
we see Hamilton both great and weak. Jeffer-
son, too, is treated realistically. Monroe appears
as unpleasant as he probably was in his earlier
career. Unfortunately, the author has had no
better success than anyone else in capturing
the elusive Washington. Mr. Schachner has
produced no startling new discoveries, but his
work is assuring. This is not flashy stuff. One
has a feeling that here is a biographer to be
trusted. The great financier is eternally in-
triguing." R. P. Nichols
-f Christian Science Monitor p!8 Je 13 '46
420w
"A judicious, full-length biography of Hamil-
ton. . . There has been singularly little on
Hamilton of recent years, and this taps new
source material."
-f Kirkus 14:210 My 1 '46 130w
"Very readable, well documented with good
bibliography. Recommended for all public and
educational libraries." H. H. Bernt
4- Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 90w
"Schachner, the biographer of Aaron Burr,
has written an excellent biography of Hamilton.
He has made extensive use of unpublished ma-
terial, and presents his findings judiciously and
with care. If there is a fault to be found with
the biography, it is that it is almost too judi-
cious; there is almost an antiseptic quality
about it. It is as if Schachner, for eighteen
years a practicing attorney, had said: here are
the facts, the evaluation of them is for the
jury." Coleman Rosenberger
+ Nation 163:22 Jl 6 '46 550w
"Mr. Schachner accepts, with very minor
modification, the important discoveries of Ger-
trude Atherton concerning Hamilton's parent-
age and early youth. But he is on guard against
the thesis that Hamilton's 'bold assertiveness,
his will to power, his genius, were in effect the
products of a pathological compensation for the
irregularity of his birth? . . . One may strongly
approve such wise restraint and yet regret
the fact that Mr. Schachner was not more bold
in raising and trying to answer Questions of
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interpretation. . . Fortunately, Mr. Schachner
ia at his best when he portrays the years of
Hamilton's greatest triumphs." J. A. Krout
^ NY Times p6 Je 16 '46 1050w
"The book is thorough and will probably re-
main the definitive biography of Hamilton for
some time, but one might carp at the author s
total detachment in dealing with his man and
his man's philosophy. Objectivity in a biog-
raphy is fine, but is it possible to have no opin-
ions on Hamilton and the anti -Republican
movement?"
-4 New Yorker 22:95 Je 15 '46 90w
"As Mr. Schachner has found, Hamilton
possessed traits at once repelling and attractive.
A philanderer, often on a sordid level, a states-
man not above using his office to aid the specu-
lations of his friends, Hamilton was at the same
time witty, charming, courageous, and willing
to sacrifice the greater part of his lifetime to
the public service. He was fascinating in the
way that all brilliant, self-made men are fas-
cinating. . . There are occasional evidences of
carelessness, such as referring to John Beckley
of Virginia as a congressman from Pennsylvania
instead of clerk of the federal House of Repre-
sentatives (p. 302), and failing to give in the
footnotes the promised documentation for an
important statement (p. 392). On the whole,
however, Mr. Schachner has written a readable,
judicious, well-proportioned, and reasonably
thorough life of Hamilton which may well re-
main for some years the standard biography of
the greatest American conservative." Raymond
Walters
H Pol Sci Q 61:623 D '46 1050w
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Jl 7 '46
SOOw
"The quickest way to describe this biography
is to say that it is a fresh narrative, well sup-
ported by primary sources, and distinctly ob-
jective in character. It is not an interpretation
but a story. It moves along briskly in a way
which Hamilton himself would have approved
of; and, like him, it does not pause for philo-
sophical speculation." Dumas Malone
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:14 Je 15 '46 1050w
"The author, a novelist and historian, has
produced a readable, well- documented biog-
raphy that hews pretty closely to the generally
accepted ideas about Hamilton and his career."
M. B. Lissfelt
-f- Social Studies 37.329 N '46 300w
"It may be said at once that Nathan Schach-
ner's life of Alexander Hamilton is not merely
good, but very good. It is in fact, in this re-
viewer's opinion, the best life of Hamilton that
has yet been written, and it is going to be a
strong contender for the Pulitzer Prize when
the Assembly of Notables convenes again next
year. But it is not the last word on that scin-
tillant, contradictory and exasperating genius.
Although friendlier in tone, it explains, rather
than contradicts, what Bowers said." G. W.
Johnson
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Je 2 '46 2200w
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
SCHANE, JANET. Dazzling crystal. 246p $2.50
Reynal
46-6672
"A first novel in which a publisher, his au-
thor and the author's wife act out a tense
struggle for the possession of each other's
personality against the super-sophistication of
a segment of New York's publishing world.
While Gale Wilhelm has previously dealt with
the distaff side of this novel's subject, Janet
Schane here musters unusual sensibility and
eureness in a masculine equivalent." Library J
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p4 Ag 18 '46 270w
"For feminine tastes, which are also fastidi-
ous, this offers delicacy and discernment."
4- Klrkus 14:255 Je 1 '46 160w
"Recommended, subject to local variations
In acceptability of theme, which, though never
named, is perversion." R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:1051 Ag '46 120w
"Judith takes eo long to catch on that one
knows that she will never be able to act.
She Is a heroine of greatest Immaturity — non-
adult— -and so are the men in her life. The
book about them Is perverse without being per-
verted. The best it has to offer is the natural,
strongly felt love affair between Judith and
Nicky. . . And at the risk of sounding old-
fashioned, my feeling is that fascination be-
tween males is best handled by gentlemen au-
thors rather than the ladies." B. V. W.
N Y Times p!6 S 8 '46 650w
"It was a gallant mistake on Miss Schane'E
part to choose so demanding a theme, to go
out for bear, as it were, without being loaded
for it. Valor does not help, nor delicacy, nor
writing from the right side of the heart, as
she did. It takes more than that to bring
such arrogant material under a writer's hand.
Above all, it takes sophistication." John Wood-
burn
Sat R of Lit 29:16 Ag 24 '46 850w
"Sensitive, flne writing is rare, but combined
with a story told with such dramatic compact-
ness that every word counts is even rarer.
Janet Schane has accomplished this difficult
feat in her first novel." P. H. Bickerton
4- Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 SOOw
"The decor of the novel is, obviously, in the
hands of an expert. 'The Dazzling Crystal'
is dotted with recognizable restaurants, fa-
miliar spots in Central Park and — I had almost
said — familiar persons. . . In fact, 'The Daz-
zling Crystal' is a shade too competent aftd
a shade too deft to leave many interstices in
its bright surfaces for the growth of the soul.
I should have liked Miss Schane' s first novel
better had it been a clumsier effort to achieve
something just out of reach of her present
technique." P. H. Bullock
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 18 '46 600w
SCHECHTMAN, JOSEPH B. European popu-
lation transfers, 1939-1945. (Inst. of world
affairs. Studies) 532p maps $5 Oxford
323.1 Migration, Internal. World war, 1939-
1945 — Refugees. Minorities. Europe— Popu-
lation 46-6936
"Describes Hitler's repatriation of German
minorities from South Tyrol and the eastern
fringe of Europe, during the period between
1939 and 1945. It also refers in a brief, in-
structive way to other population exchanges. . .
The author was born in Odessa, but left Russia
in 1920, after which he traveled extensively in
Europe. Consequently, he has a firsthand
knowledge of most of the countries with which
he deals. He came to America in 1941. He
prepared this volume for the Institute of World
Affairs, sponsored by the Rockefeller Founda-
tion." (Christian Science Monitor) Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
"Although the author was obviously ham-
pered by an overabundance of material, he
handles his topic competently and has not al-
lowed his presentation to be ensnared in vari-
ous legal and other technicalities surrounding
the problem of population transfers. . . The
work also contains much accessory information
which would be extremely hard to find else-
where in such a compact form." J. S. Roucek
+ Ann Am Acad 248:293 N '46 290w
"The work is thorough, factual, and well
documented. . . It has useful appendices, an
excellent bibliography, and a good index. It is
one of the best studies of its kind." R. H. M.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 20 '46
600w
Current Hist 11:510 D '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:3377 Ja '47 20w
"It is a pity that this well-documented,
scholarly study was not available at the time
of the Potsdam declaration. Perhaps the
framers of the peace treaties will read it and
do their best to eliminate the clash of national
emotions in order to avoid the cruelties of pop-
ulation transfers." Rustem Vambery
Nation 164:78 Ja 18 '47 400w
SCHERER, PAUL EHRMAN. Event in eter-
nity. 234p $2 Harper
224.1 Bible. Old Testament— Isaiah 45-9948
"Having lectured extensively through the
east and southeast, the author declares that
he has used his materials as the basis for this
book. For the most part it is a rather ex-
haustive exposition of the Second Isaiah. He
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SCHERER, P. E.— • Continued
seems to find In our present world many of
the same conditions and attitudes which ob-
tained in the time of that prophet of Israel,
and were of such lamentable consequences. He
exhorts us at length to take note of the dan-
grer, and to be repentant and wise and return
to loyalty to God/' Churchman
'•Though at variance with Dr. Scherer at
numerous points, this reviewer heartily recom-
mends a reading of Event in Eternity, espe-
cially to the clergy, who will find it to be a
real tonic for these dark, bewildering days and
to abound in sermonic material." W. E. Ham-
mond
4- Christian Century 63:305 Mr 6 '46 650w
"It is a book of substance, but 'preachy/
and is hardly apt to find a wide reading."
Clifton Macon
H Churchman 160:17 Ja 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by J. B. Pritchard
Crozer Q 23:204 Ap '46 400w
"Clergymen and other students of the Bible
will flnd this an illuminating and inspiring
volume, although not as brilliant as some of
the author's other writings."
+ Kirkus 13:511 N 15 '45 160w
SCHILLING, BERNARD NICHOLAS. Human
dignity and the great Victorians; pub. for
Grinnell college. 246p $3 Columbia univ. press
820.9 English literature — History and criti-
cism. Social problems in literature A46-4937
Studies of Coleridge, Southey, Carlyle, Kings-
ley, Arnold, Ruskin, and Morris. "As the most
Important figures whose work seems to be
unified by a common concern for human dignity
and oneness and who show most clearly the
literary movement of thought toward the de-
mand for a new society." (In trod) Bibliograph-
ical notes. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 90w
"It is curious, and indeed rather appalling,
how little these men of letters were influenced
by the intellectual revolution entailed by the
rise of modern science. Not one of them, save
the early Coleridge, even understood clearly
the motives which animated the Philosophical
Radicals whose ideas and methods might pos-
sibly have saved them from frustration, disil-
lusionment* and, in many instances, a reaction-
ary return to feudalism -which seemed to them
the only way of checking the moral and cul-
tural blight by which they were so repelled. . .
What Mr. Schilling's book utterly fails to bring
out is that the genuine failure of each of his
writers is essentially an intellectual failure. . .
Mr. Schilling's purpose in writing this book is,
more than scholarly, although his scholarship
is broad rather than profound. We may be
grateful to him 'for a reminder once more of
the very ideas we profess to believe and upon
which we must now take action.' But it is
just because his 'great Victorians' so 'dimly
shadow forth the vague aspirations of man-
kind toward Justice and peace* that we so
often partially misrepresent them as reaction-
aries." H. D. A.
J Phllo« 44:23 Ja 2 '47 700w
"This is a fascinating study, not heavily
written, yet accurately detailed, filled with
specific matters, their significance, their rela-
tion to the past, present and future. The
book's framework is sufficiently large to allow
expansive social and philosophic themes as
well as much bitter information, and to include
not only the Victorian writers but also some
of the key practical reformers who were in-
spired by the ideal of progress, such as Robert
Owen, father of the British labor movement."
Marguerite Young
-f N Y Times plO Ja 5 '47 650w
SCHILLINQER, JOSEPH. Schillinger system of
musical composition [ed. by Lyle Dowling
and Arnold Shawl 2v il $30 Carl Fischer, inc.
66-62 Cooper SQ. N.Y. 3
781.61 Composition (music) 46-3527
"This is a work of monumental proportions
which attempts to define in mathematical terms
all the processes involved in musical composi-
tion. It is divided into twelve books, each
concerned with different elements of musical
composition or with the correlation of these
elements in accordance with Schillinger's own
systematization." U S Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by Q. S. Dickinson
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by George Henry
— Nation 163:332 S 21 '46 lOOOw
"What is lacking in this book is proof that
the Justification for this mathematical ap-
proach to music is valid. . . The editors say
that another work by Schillinger, The Mathe-
matical Basis of the Arts, is to be published
shortly. Perhaps the proof will be found in
this other work. In its absence, this publica-
tion must be Judged by itself, and the impres-
sion is inescapable that the work is scientific
in a superficial sense only, that is, its mathe-
matical approach. It would have been truly
scientific if it had demonstrated that the great
composers in the past had utilized the methods
of the Schillinger system even if only uncon-
sciously."
US Quarterly Bkl 2:272 D '46 5BOw
SCHLESINQER, ARTHUR MEIER, 1888-.
Learning how to behave; a historical study
of American etiquette books. 96p $2 Macmil-
lan
917.3 U.S. — Social life and customs. Etiquet
—Bibliography 46-8112
A study of the books of etiquet produced in
this country from the seventeenth century to
the handy little volumes supplied to our troopa
in World war II. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:168 P 1 '47
Kirkus 14:534 O 15 *46 90w
Reviewed by Russell Maloney
N Y Times p7 D 22 '46 800w
Time 48:116 D 9 '46 400w
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p5 D 15 '46 950w
SCHLESINQER, ARTHUR MEIER, 1918-. Age
of Jackson. 677p $5 Little
973.56 U.S.— Politics and government— 1783-
1865. Jackson, Andrew 45-8340
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by R. B. Nye
4- Am Hist R 51:510 Ap '46 1450w
"In this intensive and scholarly investigation
of the origin and the expression of Jacksonian
democracy, the author relates political and eco-
nomic developments to legal, literary, religious,
and other currents — the total cultural setting.
Moving about within a topical organization, he
successfully minimizes repetition. That he
makes the period come alive is a tribute to his
writing skill and feeling for the right word."
M. L*. Hoch
+ Ann Am Acad 244:195 Mr '46 360w
Cleveland Open Shelf pi Ja '46
"The book is based on careful and detailed
research on a broad scale. The results are
knit together with great skill. Furthermore,
although much of the value of the study lies
in the synthesis of materials not hitherto
brought together in a detailed presentation, the
retelling of some of the individual stories per-
forms a real service." C. B. Swisher
-f New Eng Q 19:122 Mr '46 400w
"With a keen perception Schlesinger has ob-
served what made America tick a century ago.
The layman as well as the academician likes
the description of what the author has seen.
It is an occasion for real cheering when the
tradition of Bancroft, Prescott, and Motley is
renewed, and a history of high achievements
stands proudly on the list of best sellers."
Michael Kraus
+ Social Educ 10:181 Ap '46 650w
Reviewed by J. A. Krout
Yale R n s 85:727 summer '46 860w
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SCHLESINGER, RUDOLF. Soviet legal theory;
its social background and development. (Int.
lib. of sociology and social reconstruction)
299p $6 Oxford [16s Routledge]
340.1 Law— Russia. Law—Philosophy 46-1814
"Dr Schlesinger deals, not with legal theory
as most English jurists understand that term,
but rather with the Soviet Theory of Legisla-
tion. In other words, he writes primarily on
the social and economic theories, founded on
Marxism but modified from time to time by
force of necessity, which have supplied the
contents of Soviet law and shaped the policy
of its makers." Manchester Guardian
Reviewed by Hugo Sonnenschein
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 270w
Christian Science Monitor pll Ja 4 '47
1050w
"In spite of a style which tends sometimes
to be tautological, the book deserves a wide
public, both because it contains the most com-
prehensive account yet published in English of
its subject matter and also because Dr. Schle-
singer writes with a scholarly detachment and
freedom from prejudice." R. A. E.
Manchester Guardian p3 N 21 '45 300w
Times [London] Lit Sup p615 D 29 '45
900w
SCHLINK, FREDERICK JOHN, and PHIL-
LIPS, MARY CATHERINE. Meat three times
a day. 194p il $2.50 Smith, Richard R.
641.36 Meat 46-1499
A refutation of the idea that vegetables and
salads are the chief health-giving foods. The
authors maintain that a meat diet not only
builds blood, but helps to heal wounds, and
protects many of the organs and even the
body itself against infection. Gives some in-
structions on using the cheaper cuts of meat
and specialty meats. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
Sat R of Lit 29:22 Mr 16 '46 900w
" 'Meat Three Times a Day' is being pub-
lished at a rather inopportune time, for meat
scarcity has ceased to be humorous, but the
book is illuminating in its plea for people to
know the value of the food they eat, and to
eat that food which is the moat valuable for
them." H. L. Mitchell
Springf'd Republican p6 F 26 '46 360w
"Among the most useful parts of this vol-
ume, if it is really taken to heart, is the sec-
tion which gives down-to-earth advice to
housewives, particularly in the uses and prep-
aration of such low -cost specialty meats as
sweetbreads, tripe, kidneys, brains, liver and
tongue. Our forefathers knew the value of
these items; newer generations, allowing them-
selves to become prejudiced by the insidious
outpourings of the cultists, nave generally
scorned these flne dishes, to their own detri-
ment." Stanley Walker
-f Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 17 '46
750w
SCHMIDT, HUBERT Q. Rural Hunterdon; an
agricultural history of a New Jersey county
from colonial times to the present. 33 Ip II
$3.50 Rutgers univ. press
974.971 Hunterdon county, New Jersey
46-1172
"Hunterdon County, its chief business agri-
culture, lies along the Delaware and Musconet-
cong Rivers in western New Jersey. Settled
around 1700 by English, French, Dutch and
German settlers (among the latter were Wana-
makers and Rockefellers), the county haa since
become home also to Irishmen, Italians, Poles.
Hungarians and others. As early as 1790 one-
fifteenth of the county was Negro, Hubert G.
Schmidt has written a full, well -documented
history of Hunterdon County, making use of a
rich variety of historical material—diaries,
letters, account books, church records. Govern-
ment statistics, newspapers." N Y Times
"I can wish no better thing to Schmidt — in
gratitude for the pleasure his book has given
me — and to readers in general, than that he
will promptly have opportunity to write his
projected companion volume on the religious,
educational arid cultural history of Hunterdon.
And I hope most earnestly that the postwar
plans of Midwestern universities, historical so-
cieties and other agencies will emphasize the
preparation of good local histories — and that
they can find writers like Schmidt to do the
Job!" J. T. Frederick
-f Book Week p2 F 3 '46 450w
"Local history of a sort little interesting to
the majority of readers yet fascinating to any-
one having associations with the subject and
essential as background for the historian work-
ing on a wider canvas. . . Mr. Schmidt has
applied to the writing the proper critical
standards as well as a pleasantly straight-
forward style. What he has produced is an
object-lesson for local chroniclers."
-f Commonweal 43:460 F 15 '46 90w
Current Hist 10:351 Ap '46 60w
"In the detailed, well told story of this one
rural county may be read the history of much
of our nation." N. K. B.
-}- N Y Times p33 Ja 27 '46 300w
"Both contents and method are of lasting
value to agricultural history, for their qual-
ity is such as to make the volume a worthy
contribution to that mosaic of scholarly and
comprehensive local or regional studies which,
taken together, will sometime provide the only
national agricultural history that can be truly
representative of our huge and diverse coun-
ry* -I- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:47 Mr '46 210w
SCHMIEDELER, EDGAR. Marriage and the
family; a text for a course on marriage and
the family for use in Catholic schools. 285p
il $1.80 McGraw
392.5 Marriage. Family 46-4969
This book, intended primarily for use in
Catholic high schools, outlines the teachings
of the Catholic church on the subjects of
marriage and the family. Index.
"Another valuable contribution to the grow-
ing library of books which popularize the
Church's teachings on marriage and the fam-
ily, is here made by Dr. Schmiedeler who
has already done so much fine work in this
field as Director of the Family Life Bureau
of the N.C.W.C."
-f Cath World 164:93 O '46 180w
Social Studies 37:288 O '46 20w
SCHMITT, GLADYS (MRS SIMON GOLD-
FIELD). David the king. 631p 11 $3 Dial
press
David, king of Israel— Fiction 46-25053
Long novel based upon the life of David, king
of Israel, and upon the biblical story as found
in the book of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles.
Reviewed by A. C. Spectorsky
Book Week pi F 24 '46 1150w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
"A new novel about David at once suggests
comparison with Elmer Davis' Giant Killer.
That was keen, clever to the last degree, with
a flavor of modernity which brought David
amazingly to life. This preserves the flavor of
antiquity without sacrificing vitality, deals more
respectfully with the hero, and treats the whole
theme more seriously. In the beauty of its
style, in the craftsmanship of its construction,
in the keenness of its character analysis, in
the richness of its detail in both episode and
background, Miss Schmltt'e work ranks as &
great novel." W. B. Garrison
+ Christian Century 63:368 Mr 20 '46
1400w
"Aside from the debatable treatment of the
Goliath episode, the narrative is so faithful to
its source material that, having read it, one
can re-read the Bible account with no feeling
that its beauty and simplicity have merely
been embroidered. The incidents Mitt Schmitt
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has added are in character, skillfully blended
with those of tradition. Her style is con-
sistently rhythmic and full of imagery. If the
sins committed by David are many, and at
times predominant in this book, one can only
say that the Bible account gains thereby
through omitting the details. Even so, the
author of 'David the King' has given us a
David of his own time, one whom we find deep-
ly interesting." Millicent Taylor
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 7 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"This account of ancient man's pilgrimage
through life and his search for his soul is an
extremely distinguished and moving novel,
which stands far above the recent ruck of
cheap and false recreations of the past de-
signed for those who seek entertainment rather
than wisdom from the record of man's life on
earth." Mason Wade
-f Commonweal 43:604 Mr 29 '46 400w
KIrkus 14:40 P 1 '46 370w
"Not to read David the King is to miss one
of life's blessings. Represents the rich ripen-
ing of such genius as we must treasure up in
a book world whose houses are currently
plagued by rampant 'bruffage.' " R. B. Kingery
-f Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:352 Mr 23 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by Isaac Rosenfeld
— New Repub 114:355 Mr 11 '46 900w
"In 'David the King,* Gladys Schmitt has
made of the old, rich story an extraordinary
novel. She has accomplished, to put it simply,
a work of art. Her book seems to have been
conceived in light and written with Justice;
it is a thing splendidly and truly done. And
because there have been many so-called 'bibli-
cal* novels whose main appeal has been rather
mawkish, it is perhaps important to stress first
of all the point that 'David the King' is serious,
profound and creative fiction. As a piece of
writing, an achievement in words, it is a
stalwart and beautiful contribution to the liter-
ature of our time." Richard Sullivan
-f N Y Times p5 F 24 '46 900w
"Compared to Mann or even to Feuchtwanger
as a writer on Biblical subjects, Miss Schmitt
may seem thin; compared to current historical
novelists, she stands among the giants."
+ New Yorker 22:84 Mr 2 '46 160w
"The story, old and vivid though it is, attains
a new glory because of the manner in which
it is now retold. Miss Schmitt's medium is
prose, but her manner has all the concentra-
tion of music and imagery which is the essence
of poetry. Nothing is trivial or facile in these
pages; the reconstruction becomes an act of
continual creation, fresh and extraordinarily
moving. . . Yet it is nothing but her power
which fills the book with little masterpieces
of writing. . . Greatly surpassing such a best-
seller as 'The Robe' in the color of language
and the texture of its style, 'David the King*
is a worthy successor to such Biblical adapta-
tions as Asch's 'The Nazarene' and Mann's
Joseph series." Louis Untermeyer
-f Sat R of Lit 29:7 F 23 '46 1150w
Time 47:99 Mr 4 '46 550w
"From merest hints provided in the Bible,
Miss Schmitt creates scenes of highest poig-
nancy, gives depth and reality to even the
least important persons. Her effect is rather
Greek than Hebrew, for though the Furies are
never mentioned, one hears always an overtone
of their presence! as they force David to behold
the issue of his deeds."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:181 S '46 SOOw
"A prodigious and fascinating book." Herbert
Kupferberg
+ Weekly Book Review p3 F 24 '46 lOOOw
Wia Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
"Elaborate, majestic, learned, overpowering
as this huge book is. It seems to me to fall
short of its intentions, to fail in the essential
illusion of fiction. Miss Schmitt has erected
i_ m&!8Ave, ediflce on the bare foundations of
th^ b!5ii,c*?1 8t,01^' imagining motives, dialogues,
and additional circumstances from the smallest
clues. The result is impressive in its baroque
luxuriance. But as a novel David, The King is
heavy and dull, an intellectual chore to read
rather than a pleasure. It inspires respect but
no emotional concern. Twice as long as it has
any excuse for being, a triumph of research
and laborious industry, David, The King is a
magnificent bore." Orville Prescott
h Yale R n s 35:768 summer '46 140w
SCHNAPPER, MORRIS BARTEL (MARK
MORRIS, pseud). Career opportunities. 354p
il $3.25 Progress press, 2153 Florida av, N.W,
Washington 8, D.C.
371.425 Vocational guidance. Occupations
46-5664
"Brief, concise information on 100 occupa-
tions and professions in the fields of industry,
business, agriculture, engineering1, science,
medicine, social science, art, educatipn, and
religion. Includes educational requirements,
personal aptitudes, earnings, and sources of in-
formation for each type of work discussed.
Subdivisions in the various fields are listed,
but not described in detail. Not a compre-
hensive book on vocations, but will be useful
to high school students as well as to veterans."
Booklist
Book Week pll O 6 '46 50w
Booklist 43:8 S '46
"This is a highly useful guide for the voca-
tional advisor, and for those choosers of voca-
tions who have the opportunity and the in-
telligence to read it."
-f- Christian Century 63:1066 S 4 '46 HOw
Social Studies 37^88 O '46 10w
SCHNEIDEMAN, ROSE. Democratic education
in practice. 534p $3 Harper
370.19 Education 46-141
"This book, concerning the 'Progressive'
school movement, is one of the Education for
Living Series, under the editorship of H. H.
Returners — the first to be written by an actual
classroom teacher rather than an administra-
tor or professor of education. Will prove of
interest to all concerned with American edu-
cational problems and the role of the school in
teaching genuine democracy in the postwai
world." (School & Society) Bibliography. In-
dex.
Booklist 42:262 Ap 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p7 My 11 '46
250w
"Democratic Education in Action is the work
of an experienced classroom teacher. It is
written in clear and simple language, and the
illustrations of practice are vivid and pointed.
It presents a sensible and thorough summary
of the philosophy and objectives of modern
education and of the practical techniques and
procedures by which the teacher can attain
these objectives. Anyone who has a stake in
American education would do well to read this
book." Martin Little
-f El School J 46:467 Ap '46 700w
"One of the titles in the Education for Liv-
ing Series, this is a practical demonstration
of teaching aims and methods in the secondary
school— with sufficient latitude for both teach-
er and student."
-f KIrkus 14:32 Ja 15 '46 150w
"To this reviewer, despite its undoubted
value, the book has serious limitations. Cer-
tainly it does not always work out its modern
theories by modern methods. . . To me the
greatest Importance of the book lies in the
fact that it is an indication, one indication at
least, that education is moving in the right
direction, that some day before too long the
right kind of education will reach those who
most need it — the masses of American chil-
dren." A. E. Benedict
H Nation 162:725 Je 15 '46 700w
School and Society 62:408 D 22 '45 40w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
725
SCHNEIDER, FRANK L. Qualitative organic
microanalysis. 218p il $3.50 Wiley
547 Chemistry, Organic. Chemistry, Ana-
lytic—Qualitative. Microchemistry 46-6119
"Detailed descriptions of the applications of
microprocedures to organic qualitative analysis.
Techniques presented can be amplified to cover
the entire field of organic compounds, enabling
the reader to work out the microprocedure for
any new test or preparation of a new deriva-
tive which may appear in the current litera-
ture." (Library J) Index.
"The book is clearly and legibly printed and
the figures are admirably done. Since the
book is intended more or less to be a laboratory
manual, it is unfortunate that a more durable
binding was not used. The book is recom-
mended to those working with natural prod-
ucts and precious compounds in limited amounts
and to those with more liberal quantities
available but who would save time and pa-
tience." J. R. Rachele
H Am Chem Soc J 68:2410 N '46 600w
Reviewed by M. B. Jacobs
Am J Pub Health 36:1331 N '46 270w
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
"The book is well printed and there are
only a few minor typographical errors. It is
up to date and has an excellent bibliography of
almost five hundred literature references. Its
practical simplicity makes it ideal for the nov-
ice and yet, because of its comprehensive na-
ture, the expert will certainly find in it much
of interest and value." A. L. Gebhart
+ Chem Eng 53:273 Ag '46 300w
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 70w
SCHNEIDER, HERBERT WALLACE. History
of American philosophy. 646p $4.50 Columbia
univ. press
191 Philosophy, American A47-737
"Measuring up to expectations this compre-
hensive history of American philosophy includes
discussions of Platonic heritage, Immaterial-
ism, Transcendentalism, Idealism, Naturalism,
Pragmatism, Realism and their proponents.
But closely interwoven with philosophical his-
tory of America is her cultural history, espe-
cially the literary, social, political and religious
aspects. Author offers no support to intellec-
tual isolationism. He realizes that American
philosophical history and history in general
are greatly indebted to immigration which has
again and again introduced new vitality and
new directions into the American life stream."
(Library J) Index.
"An excellent book for general reader or
beginning student of philosophy. Author's
guides to the literature for chapters are in-
valuable to continuing study." O. Q. Lawson
-f Library J 71:1713 D 1 '46 150w
"Professor Schneider has introduced a host
of interesting, neglected thinkers. But per-
haps more important, his fresh, honest study
reveals the need and possibility of a knowledge
of the meaning of our different basic activities.
If I read him rightly, he would feel amply
repaid for his long labors if his history
provoked the study of things American in all
Its forms, to make possible an adequate Ameri-
can philosophy, and a history of American
philosophy to replace his. Until then his work
must stand as our most embracing philosophic
account of the history of American thought."
Paul Weiss
+ N Y Times p8 D 22 '46 950w
SCHNEIDER, HERMAN, and SCHNEIDER,
NINA. How big is big? from stars to atoms;
a yardstick for the universe; with 11. by A.
F. Arnold. [40p] $1.60 Scott, W.R.
600. Science — Juvenile literature 46*11963
A picture book for ages eight and up, which
attempts to explain to a small boy how big he
is by showing him first large things, and then
smaller things.
"The book is as modern as science in its
makeup. . . Using pages of solid reds and
greens as background for interesting type and
unusual line drawings In black, white, and
green, the book is for artists as well as young
scientists." J. V. Pease
+ Book Week p3 N 10 '46 160w
Booklist 43:90 N 15 '46
"I should have thought it impossible to
introduce beginning readers to the abstract
conception of atoms, of electrons, protons, neu-
trons— and make them seem a comprehensible
part of a small boy's world. But that is what
the Schneiders have done."
+ Kirkua 14:523 O 15 '46 260w
"An unusual book which deserves wide
circulation among the seven- to ten-year-
olds." M. B. Snow
-f Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 70w
"In simple terms and direct drawings this
book opens the eyes of children to an exciting-
world of amazing bigness and unbelieveable
smallness. Its influence will be everlasting as
each new discovery through life will be meas-
ured and placed m the universe where it be-
longs. This is a book for the home library
and for the library table of each classroom
from second to seventh grade." Lois Palmer
-f N Y Times p!8 Ja 5 '47 200w
"The range is 'from stars to atoms'; the
result is confusion. Badly arranged illustra-
tions on colored pages, with text intermingled,
combine to make a book un pleasing to the eye,
as well as difficult for the mind to follow."
H. H. Van Gelder
— San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
60w
SCHNEIDER, NINA, and SCHNEIDER, HER-
MAN. Let's find out; pictures by Jeanne
Bendick. 38p $1.25 Scott, W.R.
530 Physics— Juvenile literature 46-3175
"Inquiring minds of 6 to 9 will revel in these
first experiments in physics which require only
a few kitchen utensils to prove the properties
of air and water, heat and cold. Mr. Schnei-
der, a teacher of physics, based the experi-
ments on questions frequently asked by boys
and girls." N Y Times
Book Week p23 Je 2 '46 170w
Booklist 42:303 My 15 '46
"It takes thorough understanding of the
facts — as well as the spirit — of science to be
able to bring it down to essentials as simply
and clearly and dramatically and within the
scope of the seven and eight year old's Inter-
ests as the Schneiders have done here. . . But
the most important thing about the book is
that in the process of following through from
question to experiment and answer — from ex-
periment to experiment (all done with the
things found in any household kitchen), some
of the basic principles of science and of scien-
tific thought and method are becoming a nat-
ural part of the furniture of the child's mind.
He finds himself a budding young scientist."
+ Kirkua 14:68 F 1 '46 350w
"For the youngster eager to find out where
heat goes when something: cools off, or what
makes airplanes stay up in the air — this ele-
mentary science book will be of interest. With
simple things in the home, this book will help
the young scientist to discover fascinating
things about heat, weather and air." Nelle
McCalla
-f. Library J 71:408 Mr 15 '46 lOOw
"Excellently organized, clearly presented in
both text and pictures the book is a valuable
stimulus to the understanding: of the primary
forces of our world." ES. L. Buell
-f. N Y Times p7 Mr 17 *46 90w
"This is a useful and interesting first book
of science with pictures illustrating the ex-
periments so that a small child would know
what was happening even if he could not read.
The whole family will enjoy working- out the
experiments with the children, and it is simple
enough so that even a librarian can under-
stand it." Phyllis Fenner
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 10 '46 180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:89 Je '46
726
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SCHOEN, MAX. Human nature In the making.
298p il $3.25 Van Nostrand
137 Personality. Character 46-344
"A study of the factors which shape per-
sonality, emotions and habits. Beginning with
the story of human self-preservation and repro-
duction, Dr Schoen explains why different
people acquire different habits, why behavior
must be controlled and how this may be
achieved." (Publisher's note) Bibliography.
Index.
"The author is not concerned with scientific
facts but with a view of human nature which
seems to him intelligible and hopeful. It is
unfortunate that he did not resist the impulse
to claim that he was behaving as a scientist.
Hidden behind all this is the recognizable
framework of an introductory text in psychol-
ogy. But no psychologist with the slightest
concern for the scientific status of his field
could use it as such. For the same reasons it
cannot be recommended to the layman who
wishes to learn what the science of psychology
has to say regarding human nature/' B. F.
Skinner
— NY Times p!4 F 10 '46 400w
Reviewed by Harry Daum
Springf'd Republican p4d D 16 '45 600w
6CHOENBERNER, FRANZ. Confessions of a
European intellectual. 315p $2.75 Macmillan
B or 92 Germany — Intellectual life 46-2265
Autobiographical reminiscences of a German
liberal who was for several years editor of two
satirical-humorous periodicals. Jugend and its
famous competitor. Simplicissimus. During the
late twenties when Hitler was rising to power,
Simplicissimus had lost few opportunities to
poke fun at him. and so In 1933 its editor went
into exile, living thereafter first in France and
then in the United States. His book deals
chiefly, however, with his life before 1933.
Reviewed by D. M. Weil
Book Week p4 Ap 28 '46 650w
Booklist 43:15 S '46
Bookmark 7:12 N '46
"His sketches of his contemporaries in Ger-
man journalism and letters, the new light
which he throws on Nietzsche, Dostoevsky,
Tolstoy. Rilke, D. H. Lawrence and scores
more, his side remarks on editing, publishing,
the methods of lawyers, life in the army and
a hundred other topics that bob up along the
way — all these things make for immensely
good reading. Viewed in that light. I can
testify that I enjoyed the book more than any
other I have read this year. But I won't
remember it for that. I will remember it for
its unforgettable picture of the intellectual
who can keep his integrity to the extent of
being able to laugh at such a world as this,
but not to do much about changing it." Paul
Hutchinson
+ Christian Century 63:559 My 1 '46 850w
"What becomes almost painfully clear from
Mr. Schoenberner's honest, thoughtful and. in
most parts, charmingly told story is that he
and his like had little understanding of and
still less influence on their fellow countrymen.
A sort of mental haughtiness kept them in a
state of barren isolation. . . Mr. Schoenberner's
'Confessions' are a perfect mirror of the Second
Reich. Through family ties, as well as through
his work, he crossed the path of many of the
great ones in literature, art, and philosophy.
He has interesting things to tell of the battle
about Nietzsche's reputation, about Rainer
Maria Rilke. Lou Salome1. Gerhart Hauptmann.
D. H. Lawrence, Erich Kastner, and a host of
others. Throughout the book there are excel-
lent observations and stimulating discussions of
such world celebrities as Tolstoy, Dostojewski,
and LJesskow. And there is enough 'affection-
ate maliciousness* and sorrowful love in its
pages to make the 'Confessions' a worth-
while venture for discriminating readers."
E. S. P.
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 8 '46
"Schoenberner's memoirs are much more
than the story of the successful career of a
highly cultivated German. His book is wise,
full of humor and insights formulated in a
most unpretentious way. There is no bitter-
ness in these pages, though they are not free
from a nostalgic longing for a world which will
not come to life again, at least not in the
twentieth century. Schoenberner is sometimes
a little too understanding — for instance, in the
chapter devoted to the Proustian world of
Taormina which has lost any sense of the
difference between natural and unnatural — but
in general he takes a humanitarian and rational
attitude." Waldemar Gurian
-f — Commonweal 44:52 Ap 26 '46 900w
"The author writes his reminiscences in a
delightful, Informal manner that is true to the
best traditions of the liberal writer. He is a
keen observer, a liberal thinker, and apparent-
ly possesses a sense of humor."
4- Current Hist 10:639 Je '46 120w
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 lOw
"Lively, 'monologue* autobiography, personal
and professional. . . Of limited and definitely
literary appeal."
4- Kirkus 13:540 D 1 '45 230w
Reviewed by Emily Garnett
Library J 71:180 F 1 '46 140w
" 'Confessions of a European Intellectual' is
a well of sheer pleasure, and a historical
source of the first rank for all Americans who,
not wanting like Censor Cato the Elder to de-
stroy Carthage, would like to understand Ger-
many." Hermann Kesten
4- Nation 162:604 My 18 '46 800w
"There isn't a trace of bitterness in these
memoirs. Unpretentious, undidactic and with-
out political panaceas, they form, nevertheless,
an excellent introduction to what is called
today the 'German problem.' I hasten to add.
however, that the book's Appeal is by no
means thus limited. Anyone who likes to be
present when popular idols are being smashed,
quietly but elegantly, and likes meeting an
intelligent man with a sense of humor who
knows how to write, will enjoy it." Richard
-h New Repub 114:516 Ap 15 '46 700w
Reviewed by Konrad Heiden
N Y Times p4 Ap 7 '46 HOOw
New Yorker 22:111 Ap 6 '46 160w
"It does not matter whether Mr. Schoen-
berner excels in true confessions of a true
European or whether his is the autobiography
of a good German. What matters is that he
gives us a moving account of the dying glory
of a highly cultured, though slightly decadent,
sector of German life, as well as of the shame-
ful pomp and circumstances that made the
downfall inevitable. Thus his reminiscences,
in spite of their light tone, have an under-
lying seriousness and sadness, even when he
speaks of the times when he was young and
could have been gay." H. W. Weigert
H Sat R of Lit 29:8 Ap 6 '46 1200w
Reviewed by C. K. Bausman
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
600w
"I cherish his book for many reasons and
not the least source of my enthusiasm is the
fact that Schoenberner knows how to use
humor as a literary perspective. Genuine
humor such as his stems from a profound
sense of confidence. How this man sustained
this abiding confidence in the midst of Nazi
degeneration is one of the marvels of his story.
Autobiographers so often take themselves too
seriously and the world too lightly. Franz
Schoenberner reverses this process and the
result is of the essence of health." E. C.
Lindeman
4- Survey Q 35:267 Jl '46 410w
Time 47:97 Ap 8 '46 HOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:193 S '46 320p
"This is a book of confessions, which are
reputedly good for the soul. I fancy that we
can find it useful, as well as more than mod-
erately entertaining, if we bear in mind that
the proper sin of the educated Is, to be content
with finding a good seat in the orchestra
rather than a part in the play." G. N. Shuster
4- Weekly Book Review plO Ap 28 '46
700w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
727
SCHOFIELD, WILLIAM QREENOUQH. The
cat in the convoy. 262p $2 Macrae Smith co.
46-4398
Tale of espionage and homicide with a navy
lieutenant in charge of the navy gun crew
on a Liberty ship, and his pal, a newspaper
girl, as central characters. They run into
murder and Nazi spies on their route from
New York to Cairo and London.
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
"Satisfactory."
+ Kirkus 14:113 Mr 1 '46 80w
"The story has plenty of action, much of it
implausible." Issac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 llOw
"An ingenious, swift and sinewy melo-
drama." Lisle Bell
-f Weekly Book Review p!4 Jl 21 '46
150w
SCHOLZ, JACKSON VOLNEY. Batter up. 212p
46-6226
Story for older boys. It describes the ex-
periences of Marty Shane, who learns the
hard way to become a good baseball player.
"The characterization of the supporting cast
in this baseball story Is excellent and the plot
contains many unexpected turns. It is a little
hard for an old fan to believe that a college
ball player, out of condition due to the war,
could, after a week's conditioning, get a con-
tract from a minor league club, bat .430, and
make the majors in time to win the pennant-
all in one season. But then, Marty Shane is
unusual. Aside from this slight 'tall tale'
quality, it is an excellent story, baseball scribe
and all." B. T.
-f — Book Week p20 N 10 '46 90w
Booklist 43:20 S '46
Kirkus 14:297 Jl 1 '46 lOOw
"It lacks the thought-provoking social im-
plications present in the books by Tunis and
being written in the vernacular, it is difficult
for slow readers. However, considering the
dearth of sports material, it fills a need." M.
B. Snow
Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Alden Hatch
N Y Times p!8 S 8 '46 130w
Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by H. A. Lehmann
Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 120w
SCHORER, MARK. William Blake; the poli-
tics of vision. 524p il $5 Holt
821 Blake. William 46-6649
"A masterly analysis of the mind and art
of a poet who above all others believed that
man was the only secret in the universe, and
that the secret could be learned under the
pretense of looking for God. . . Schorer has
done what so many Blake admirers have
wanted to do, and what obviously only a well
trained scholar with real sensibility to the
full depth and backward reach of our present
disorder could have done. He has taken
Blake out of the company of the mystics,
the formally religious, the late-nineteenth-
century yearners who revived him in their
guise, and has shown him as a poet and
thinker who accepted and corrected the revo-
lutionary thought of his time. We, who have
never corrected it enough but show signs of
abandoning it altogether, can now better than
ever appreciate Blake's relation to our age."
(New Repub) Index.
"Twenty years ago Prof. S. Foster Damon
wrote in his fine study, 'William Blake: His
Philosophy and Symbols,' the best comprehen-
sive guide that had yet appeared to Blake's
thought and allegories. But even this excellent
book left room for a more general investiga-
tion of the poet's larger historical meaning,
his significance in his own age and his im-
portance to ours. This work has now been
done by Mark Schorer, whose new book is the
fruit of a decade's research and investigation."
M. D. Zabel
4- Book Week p40 D 1 '46 850w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
"This is a long, earnest, scholarly, and
sometimes dry evaluation and elucidation of
Blake as a political and social thinker. It
is not a life of Blake; it is not an appreci-
ation of his poetical gifts; it is an attempt
to explain his system of thought. . . A seri-
ous study, for the Blake enthusiasts."
-f Kirkus 14:367 Ag 1 '46 140w
"Not written in the academic tradition, the
book, because of its terseness and allusive-
ness will prove difficult going to those not
familiar with the philosophical background of
its theses. It is emphatically not a 'first book
in Blake.' Recommended only to larger col-
lections, but to them heartily." C. C. Misn
-f Library J 71:1048 Ag '46 140w
Reviewed by Wylie Sypher
Nation 163:382 O 5 '46 2000w
"This is an extraordinarily good book —
subtle and informed in its understanding of
the most difficult and most revolutionary poet
in English; above all impatient of easy an-
swers in restoring Blake to the real world.
I hope there is as much knowledge of Blake's
text as Schorer sometimes takes for granted —
it is wonderful to watch him sail past all the
cliches — and that his book will have the patient
and responsive reading it deserves." Alfred
Kazin
+ New Repub 115:329 S 16 '46 2000w
"A masterly summation of the modern idea
of Blake, a summation so thoroughly informed
and so consistently intelligent that it compre-
hends the extravagances of recent Blake
criticism without being distorted by them." R.
G. Davis
-f- N Y Times p5 S 22 '46 1400w
"A remarkably flne and intuitive study. . .
Mr. Schorer spent ten years on his study of
Blake and he has worked over this book with
devotion; it achieves a maturity seldom pres-
ent in contemporary scholarship. You may
wonder at some of the author's conclusions,
but his book will send you back to Blake
with a more rounded comprehension of one of
God's great and angry men."
+ New Yorker 22:126 O 5 '46 80w
"Dr. Schorer intends his approach to be
sympathetic and not hostile, and (in spite of
a garrulous discursiveness which spoils the
shape of the book) his study has many virtues.
He has an erudite knowledge of Blake's back-
ground which enables him to relate Blake to his
time instead of isolating him like a cultural
leper, as is customary; and he has cut out all
the traditional verbiage about the lonely and
enraptured mystic who looked upon the face of
God. But in ending as he does with a sigh
and a shake of the head, he has really put the
old charge of madness into twentieth-century
euphemisms." Northrop Frye
Poetry 69:223 Ja '47 850w
Reviewed by George Sncll
San Francisco Chronicle pll O 6 '46
600w
"Mr. Schorer's interpretation of Blake's
thought is aimed at the intelligent general
reader as well as the Blake specialist. The
usefulness of the book would nave been en-
hanced by the inclusion of a selected bib-
liography of important landmarks in Blake
scholarship."
If S Quarterly Bkl 2:276 D '46 280w
"Writers on nineteenth and twentieth cen-
tury literature, and especially poetry, will have
to read 4 William Blake: the Politics of Vi-
sion.' The book will remain for a long time
the most exhaustive and illuminating of the
studies on Blake and a necessary reference
book." M. M. Colum
+ Weekly Book Review p5 O 6 '46 1700w
728
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SCHRODINGER, ERWIN. Statistical thermo-
dynamics; a course of seminar lectures de-
livered in Jan -Mar. 1944 at the School of
theoretical physics, Dublin inst. for ad-
vanced studies. 88p $1,50 Macmillan [6s Cam-
bridge]
536.7 Thermodynamics [46-5093]
"In these lectures, the author set out to de-
velop a simple, standard method of attack
that would be applicable to all problems in
statistical thermodynamics. Basing the method
on Gibb's concept of the grand canonical en-
semble, he examines various ways of handling
the mathematical problems, particularly the
method of the most probable distribution, and
the Darwin -Fowler method of mean values,
and arrives at a still simpler method. The
book is of interest to graduate physicists."
N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:981 Jl '46 140w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:30 Ap '46
SCHULTZ, THEODORE WILLIAM. Agricul-
ture in an unstable economy. (Committee
for economic development. Research study)
299p $2,75 McGraw
338.13 Agriculture — Economic aspects
Agr46-160
MThis is one of the series of volumes embody-
ing research sponsored by the Committee for
Economic Development. Professor Schultz is
widely recognized as an agricultural economist.
Agriculture, which one might expect to be one
of the most stable forms of industry, is in fact
one of the most unstable. Besides its own
peculiar hazards of weather and crop failure,
it shares in ail the fluctuations of prices, wages,
labor supply, demand and whatever enters into
the total picture of the national economy. The
author presents abundant data, analyzes the
problem, and suggests a solution which avoids
price control and limitation of production. The
main point of his program is a system of
compensatory payments adjusted as a counter-
poise to the cyclical movements in the whole
economic field as they affect the farmer."
Christian Century
Reviewed by W. C. Waite
Am Econ R 36:444 Je '46 1450w
"Most sociologists, especially rural sociol-
ogists, will find this book of great interest.
Pine writing and graphics make it hard to lay
down. Moreover, since the economists are in
strategic positions which enable them to assist
in the future policy-making of governmental
and state educational agencies, it behooves the
sociologists to know how they intend to use
their influence." C. P. Loornis
-f Am J Soc 52:166 S '46 900w
Reviewed by Harry Schwartz
Ann Am Acad 245:203 My '46 650w
Christian Century 63:145 Ja 30 '46 150w
"This plainly factual book cannot be over-
looked by anyone seriously interested in Amer-
ican farm problems or our national farm
policy."
-f Commonweal 43:365 Ja 18 '46 550w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 lOOw
Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 70w
" 'Agriculture in an Unstable Economy' is
definitely a challenge to thinking about an
important social problem. We should not go
on tolerating a situation in which the effort of
farmers earns far less, relatively, than human
effort earns in other parts of our economy. Mr.
Schultz is clear on this, and his book should
contribute much to the making of future na-
tional policy." P. A. Waring
-f Nation 162:576 My 11 '46 420w
Reviewed by Russell Ix>rd
Sat R of Lit 29:23 Mr 16 '46 800w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:206 S '46 230w
SCHUMAN, FREDERICK LEWIS. Soviet poli-
tics at home and abroad. 663p $4 Knopf
947.084 Russia— Politics and government.
Russia—Foreign relations 46-2063
nnth£ltli!n th£ 8pac® of lts 600-odd pages, the
author has attempted to give an outline of the
course of Russian history and of the Russian
revolutionary movement, a brief summary or
the fundamentals of the Marxian theory, a
story of Lenin's political career, of the con-
quest of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917, of the
internal evolution of the Soviet Union up to
the outbreak of the second World War, and
of the Russian military effort during the war.
Throughout the narrative, 'vital connections be-
tween internal and foreign affairs' are constant-
ly emphasized, and the latter occupy as much
space as the former, being presented against
the background of world politics. But above
all, Mr. Schuman's book is a work of inter-
pretation dealing with the significance of the
Soviet revolution both for the Russian people
and for the world." (N Y Times) Index and
glossary.
"This latest reinterpretation of the Russian
Revolution, written in limpid, scintillating Kng-
lish, is comprehensive in its scope and contains
a great deal of valuable information. D. F.
White
+ Am Hist R 51:713 Jl '46 1550w
"Written with all the fire, the force, and the
eloquence that one has come to expect from
Schuman, the book nevertheless manifests
weaknesses of analysis that are not altogether
obscured by its rhetorical brilliance. The analy-
sis, particularly in internal affairs, is vitiated
by a curious dichotomy. Essentially, Schuman
cannot make up his mind whether the Soviet
polity is a dictatorship or whether it embodies
a new and higher form of democratic leader-
ship. Writing from the vantage point of a pro-
fessed adherence to Western liberal values,
Schuman seeks at one and the same time to dif-
ferentiate the U. S. S. R. from the West and to
equate its values and objectives with the lofti-
est aspirations of Western liberalism. Thus il-
liberal methods are justified in terms of their
liberal ends. Thus dictatorship is both explained
and explained away." Merle Fainsod
H Am Pol Sci R 40:598 Je '46 1150w
Reviewed by A. Q. Mazour
Ann Am Acad 245:186 My '46 700w
Reviewed by Louis Gottschalk
Book Week p!5 Mr 3 '46 500w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
"Professor Schuman is on safe ground as
long as he deals with Russia's political history.
His ability in accumulating and interpreting
material is nothing short of brilliant. What
reservations must be made, with regard to his
book, concern his attempt to justify Soviet
'imperialism' in central and southeastern Eu-
rope and the Middle East." E. S. P.
H Christian Science Monitor p!6 P 14 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
"It is not necessary to say that a book writ-
ten by such a brilliant impressionistic writer as
Schuman is easy reading. . . Here is, on the
whole, a very disappointing book. I grant it
has become almost impossible to write about
the Soviet Union. Passions have become too
heated. Over-simplification dominates. But
Schuman claims to be au dessus de la m€Ue,
above parties. That probably has caused the
most serious shortcomings in his book. It
makes a somewhat ambiguous impression."
Waldemar Qurian
h Commonweal 43:507 Mr 1 '46 1550w
Foreign Affairs 24:752 Jl '46 150w
"Very informative if not inspired reading."
H Klrkus 13:503 N 15 '45 170w
Reviewed by Reinhold Niebuhr
Nation 162:232 P 23 '46 1550w
"No review can do adequate justice to a
book so wide in scope, so keen in analysis and
so fearless in criticism as Professor Schu-
man's. . . The publishers of this giant volume
are to be congratulated for making it avail-
able at the relatively low price of four dollars."
Heinz Eulau
+ New Repub 114:191 P 11 '46 2400w
"The present volume, like the previous writ-
ings of the author, is notable for the breadth of
its perspective, the vigor of its style and the
abundance of its factual contents. While not
a work of original research, at least as far as
Russian sources are concerned, it is based on
wide reading and includes an impressive amount
of information. It certainly is an ambitious
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undertaking. . . The author's conclusions are
of a challenging nature, and, in connection with
his literary gift, this makes for a highly inter-
esting and even exciting reading. There is
scarcely a dull page in this large volume."
Michael Karpovich
+ N Y Times p3 P 10 '46 2400w
"What this country has needed is a good.
sane book about the Soviet Union. Here, at
least, is one that is neither worshipful nor
slanderous, and, whatever the ultimate Judg-
ment may be on its sanity, it is full of fascinat-
ing information, put down with an air of
detachment. . . Professor Schuman's interpre-
tations have a fearless sound (neither the Daily
Worker nor the Journal -American will be fond
of them), and he writes with skill and fine,
ironic wit."
-f- New Yorker 22:87 P 23 '46 120w
"The great mass of information contained
in the book is set forth in a most readable
style and enlivened by comments and well-
turned expressions of a type for which the
author has become well known. In view of the
comments, which sometimes become short legal
briefs for a point, the book is more than an
encyclopedia. It is a highly personalized study
by a scholar who abhors equally the bloody
revolution of the type made famous in Russia
and the excesses of the free-enterprise system."
J. N. Hazard
+ Pol Scl Q 61:278 Je '46 850w
Reviewed by H. W. Weigert
Sat R of Lit 29:13 P 23 '46 1300w
Time 47:100 P 25 '46 650w
"While there will be little quarrel, perhaps,
with Professor Schuman's delineation of the
Marxist-Leninist thesis, the author is well
aware that his position will arouse the antag-
onism of both the orthodox Communists and
the professional 'Red baiters'. . . One need not
be a carping1 critic to challenge some assump-
tions; for instance, as to the developments
within East-Central Europe, either as to Soviet
policy or as to the policies of the United States
and Great Britain."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:132 Je '46 350w
"Professor Frederick L. Schuman, of Williams
College, who is one of the appallingly few
American scholars in the social sciences
equipped to work on Russian materials, has
produced an encyclopedic book about the Soviet
Union. It is a massive work, but in its parts
highly readable. It will irritate those who have
already enlisted wholly for or wholly against
Soviet Russia and Communism, and to some
degree it will disappoint others who have waited
a long time for a history of Soviet Russia in
the best tradition of American scholarship.
But it is an honest, provocative, important book
on Russia, and this is something rare." Joseph
Barnes
-f Weekly Book Review p5 F 10 '46 1700w
"Frederick L. Schuman in his brilliantly
written book on 'Soviet Politics at Home and
Abroad' has attempted — and has succeeded to a
considerable extent — in presenting an integrated
outline of the development of the Soviet state
and of the Soviet people, bringing together both
domestic and foreign politics, history and eco-
nomics, sociology and belles-lettres." George
Vernadsky
+ Yale R n s 35:750 summer '46 1050w
SCHUMANN, ROBERT ALEXANDER. On
music and musicians [ed. by Konrad Wolff;
tr. by Paul Rosenfeld]. 274p il $3.75 Pantheon
bks.
780.4 Music. Musicians 47-831
"Robert Schumann was not only a master
composer of piano works, chamber music,
songs, concertos and symphonies, but a critic
of marked ability. . . In 1834 he started Die
neue Zeitschrift fur Musik, a musical review
which professed to combat mediocrity and to
promote true standards of art, Most of the
articles in the present work are taken from its
pages. Part I., On Music, contains Maxims
for Young Musicians, Sound Advice to Com-
posers, and a critical essay on corrupted pas-
sages in the works of Bach, Beethoven and
Mozart. Part II. On Musicians, discusses the
merits of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin,
Liszt, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Robert Franz,
Cherubini and Brahms." Cath World
Book Week p4 D 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by B. L. Con way
Cath World 164:379 Ja '47 350w
"The writings of Robert Schumann, nine-
teenth-century German composer and critic,
may be enjoyed for their contemporary quality,
their liberalism and high-mindedness, their
humor and their fine epigrammatic style.
These criticisms and these aphorisms, taken
largely from the magazine that Schumann
founded, The Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik, are
the stimulating and poetic expression of an
artist who fought musical Philistinism and
meretriciousness with passion and imagina-
tion." M. C. Hastings
•f N Y Times p7 Ja 19 '47 700w
"The charm, the heat, the enthusiasm and
caprice of Schumann, the writer, are preserved
here complete. He was quite as fine a literary
artist as he was an artist in music, and even
when his estimates do not square with con-
temporary views (which is seldom), they are
always so beautifully and strikingly expressed
that one must ponder them long. The collec-
tion is superbly edited by Konrad Wolff."
Alfred Frankenstein
-f San Francisco Chronicle plO D 22 ',46
320W
Reviewed by C. S. Smith
Sat R of Lit 30:36 Ja 25 '47 600w
SCHUTT, WARREN ELLIS. Reading for self-
education. 255p $3 Harper
808 Reading 46-6063
"This book will be valuable to a person
who wants to continue his education by his
own efforts, providing he is willing to work
hard, and has a background of at least a hiph
school education. It undertakes to teach the
student how to read for the purpose of serious
study, and provides exercises at the end of
each chapter by means of which he can test
his powers of comprehension, discrimination,
and concentration." (Booklist) Index.
"This is a textbook aimed, I should say, at
about the junior college level. It has
all the apparatus of a textbook — subheadings,
questionnaires at the end of each chapter, re-
quired and collateral readings, answers in an
appendix and directions for self-grading. Like
many textbooks it assumes docility in the read-
er and is dull reading-. . . It has the virtues
of a textbook as well as its vices. It labors
the obvious but that often has to be done."
Bergen Evans
Book Week p5 S 8 '46 800w
Booklist 43:11 S '46
Kirkus 14:167 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
SCHWAB, GUSTAV BENJAMIN. Gods and
heroes; myths and epics of ancient Greece
[tr. from the German text and its Greek
sources by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz;
introd. by Werner Jaeger; 100 11. from Greek
vase paintings]. 764p $6 Pantheon bks.
292 Mythology. Classical 47-873
"First published in 1838, Schwab's Die Sagen
des Klassischen Alter turns has been a favorite
in Germany. Now translated into English, it
is attractively presented in a volume of over
700 pages with 100 illustrations from Greek
vase paintings." (Library J) The author in-
tended the stories for the average reader, old
and young, and composed his legends freely
from many sources, but has correlated them
into a continuous narrative. Index.
"Jaeger's introduction is rather disappoint-
ing. . . An essay which could at least have
shown interesting directions in a great theme
or some precision of statement is merely vague
and rather commonplace if not dull. . . [This
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SCHWAB, G. B.-— Continued
collection] cannot be Intended for very young
children, because the language and conceptions
are too complicated; for slightly more mature
minds would not Lawrence's translation of the
'Odyssey' be more powerful than many of the
stories disemboweled from Homer in this col-
lection? And, lastly, for Jaeger's 4young stu-
dent desirous to probe for the universal sig-
nificance of those tales beneath their poetic
beauty' (sic) is there not something unsatisfac-
tory in the union of so many versions of a
myth or parts of myths into one?" David
Grene
Book Week p4 D 8 '46 360w
Booklist 43:163 F 1 '47
Kirkus 14:508 O 1 '46 250w
"Not a quick-reference work for the libra-
rian, a story book for children, or a handbook
for the classical scholar. It is good reading
for a popular audience and is recommended
for public and high school libraries." G. D.
McDonald
+ Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 HOw
"His text has the freshness of an original
work. Of course, much of it is strong medi-
cine and not for young children. But after
many weeks of my reading, or at least looking
into, several hundred careful, loving, protec-
tive, prettily illustrated juveniles, this book of
gods and heroes at last seems the real thing/'
K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22:127 D 7 '46 320w
San Francisco Chronicle p32 D 1 '46
60w
SCHWARTZ, HARRY. Seasonal farm labor in
the United States. 172p $2.25 Columbia univ.
press
331.763 Agricultural labor. Migration of
workers A46-697
Study of the economic status and position
in society of the seasonal farm laborer, es-
pecially in the fields of fruit and vegetable and
sugar-beet harvesters. Bibliography, index.
"The descriptive matter is well supported
with statistical evidence, showing the im-
portance of seasonal labor in agricultural pro-
duction and the level of earnings achieved by
migratory workers In certain typical oases. . .
The author makes an important point of the
significance to the producer of harvest labor
cost from a bargaining standpoint." O. R.
Johnson
Am Econ R 36:455 Je '46 800w
"It is the best example of the reporting of
a special sociological and economic study which
I have seen in a long- time, firmly organized
and genuinely well-written, fully cognizant of
human values but in no way weakened by
special pleading or loss of objectiveness. it
holds real value for readers interested either
in farming or in labor problems." J. T. Fred-
erick
+ Book Week p2 Ja 20 '46 180w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:140 Je '46 2SOw
SCHWARZWALDER, JOHN. We caught spies.
296p $3 Duell
940.548173 U.S.Army. Counter intelligence
corps. World war, 1939-1945 — Secret service
40.6286
The adventures of a counter intelligence unit
with the American seventh army in the
African, Italian, French, and German cam-
paigns.
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
"Some good stories and a vivid glimpse of a
little-known kind of job. There is some frank
hearsay (as on the murder of Da r Ian), but this
can be discounted along with the author's un-
supported opinions and his, at times, startling
grammar. A genuine and straightforward ac-
count, and therefore interesting. G. M. A. G.
-\ Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 80w
"A proud, exciting account, with both more
substance and detail than the two OSS books
which have appeared."
•f Kirkus 14:170 Ap 1 '46 190w
"Recommended for topical interest." J. E.
Cross
+ Library J 71:918 Je 16 '46 HOw
"There is no yarn for Hollywood here. Nor for
anyone else either, except perhaps other hotly
loyal members and ex-memoers of the Army's
Counter-intelligence Corps in Europe, like Mr.
Schwarzwalder himself." W. J. Gold
— NY Times p43 S 15 '46 700w
"The book is stimulating, in an Eric Ambler
way, especially when the author discusses
such events as the death of Himmler and the
frustration of the plot to assassinate Eisen-
hower during the Ardennes breakthrough. . .
Recommended mostly for its entertainment as
a thriller."
4- New Yorker 22:79 Je 29 '46 HOw
"I know no other book on espionage which
combines so felicitously as this a series of
fascinating true stories with a quietly effective
style, a clean sharp mind, a perceptive irony,
and a keen political acumen." Anthony
Boucher
•f San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
lOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 7 '46 90w
"Although Major Schwarzwalder is not a
natural-born story-teller his fascinating ma-
terial more than makes up for any narrative
deficiencies." Herbert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ag 4 '46
600w
SCHWEINBURG, ERIC F. Law training in
continental Europe; its principles and public
function. 129p pa $1 Russell Sage
340.7 Law—Study and teaching 46-25145
"The purpose of this mor*ograph is to supply
a comparative record of continental law train-
ing for the purpose of assisting in the re-
fashioning of legal education in the United
States. Having grown with the universities,
the former is found to be broader and more
systematic; not having in view primarily the
requirements of the practice of law, and even
practical specialization itself being left to the
apprenticeships which follow the university
training, it is found to be more inclusive. In
contrast, American law training, having grown
out of the practical requirements of the legal
profession, and having thus been shaped out-
side of the universities, is found deficient es-
pecially in relation to the theoretical problems
of the law and the dynamic needs of social
regulation." (U S Quarterly Bkl) No index.
"Eric P. Schweinburg has performed a useful
service for American lawyers and political
scientists in outlining systems of law train-
ing employed in Austria, Germany, France, and
Soviet Russia." K. C. Cole
+ Am Pol Sol R 40:308 Je '46 380w
Am Soc R 11:250 Ap '46 30w
"Besides the general remarks which are of
some value, the work supplies suggestive
treatments of the experiences in legal educa-
tion of Austria, France, Germany, and the
Soviet^Union.
SCIAKY, LEON. Farewell to Salonica; portrait
of an era. 241p $2.75 Current bks.
B or 92 Salonica 47-550
Reminiscences of the author's youthful years
spent in the region of Salonica. He describes
his impressions of one of Europe's "hot spots,"
the people of many nationalities who live
there, their strange customs, and life in his
own happy home. He now lives in the United
States, with his American wife and their son.
Reviewed by Helen Woodward
Book Week p5 N 17 '46 470w
"The author calls this book a 'portrait of an
era.' It isn't exactly that, but rather a gallery
of beautiful and quaint sketches, revealing
fascinating aspects of civilization in a strange
city where East met West and the ancient
past met the future. It is a quiet, sentimental,
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
731
somewhat mysterious, slightly Oriental story,
but not fantasy or a mere fairy tale." R. H. M.
-f Christian Science Monitor p20 O 12 '46
550w
Kirkus 14:340 Jl 15 '46 160w
"This autobiography brines to mind the need
for more thorough and scholarly histories of
the regimes and conditions of Southeastern
Europe and Turkey. Recommended." W. A.
Kalenich
+ Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 HOw
"It is not the political value of the book that
should be emphasized so much as its quiet
charm, its unpretentious and easy portrayal of
a cultural pattern through an account of an
engaging family. 'Farewell to Salonika* is a
warm and softly luminous book. I am grate-
ful for the chance that brought it my way."
Ralph Bates
4- Nation 164:78 Ja 18 '47 500w
"Leon Sciaky has written a book of quite
unusual charm and poetic veracity. . . This
is by no means an important book, but it is
true. The author has the gift of making every-
thing come alive and seem interesting, whether
the events concern the family or the larger
world." Hetty Goldman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 30 '46 200w
"Leon Sciaky is a good rememberer, and he
must have been an observant child for he is
full of details. . . I have seldom read more en-
joyable passages about school life. Little Bobby
Steeg, son of the French Consul General, try-
ing to get his papa to make little Leon a
citizen of France is a happy passage. . . And
his book is studded with bits of poetry and
humorous proverbs, not as embellishment
merely, but as threads in the warp and woof
of a life in a loved place never forgotten."
Ernestine Evans #
+ Weekly Book Review p5 O 13 '46 1200w
SCOTFORD, JOHN RYLAND. The church
beautiful; a practical discussion of church
architecture. 161p il $3.50 Pilgrim press
726.5 Church architecture 46-1067
"While this book is designed primarily for
the use of those who are building or improv-
ing non-liturgical churches, it is full of wise
and helpful advice for the building of any sort
of church, especially as regards such details
as lighting, the location of a church in rela-
tion to the street, the style of architecture suit-
able to certain surroundings, and so on. The
chapter 'Arthur and Mary Seek a Church,' tells
us in what neighborhood they must look in
different sections of the country. . . There is
much wise advice regarding the raising of
funds for the building of a church, ana for
the construction of parish houses." Church-
man
tures, and of the family of woodchucks with
a distinct taste for gardens. Illustrated In two
colors.
Booklist 42:369 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:270 Jl '46 HOw
"Gay read -aloud material and not too diffi-
cult for the third to fifth grade reader, which
makes it worthwhile for the 8-11 group. Clear
type. Very pleasant line drawings by Flavia
Gag in two colors."
-|- Kirkus 14:174 Ap 1 '46 120w
"Recommended." E. T. Dobbins
+ Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 70w
"Flavia Gag has provided amusing illustra-
tions of the family at ease in the country sur-
rounded by their animal friends." Lois Palmer
4- N Y Times p20 Je 9 '46 170w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:136 D 7 '46 40w
Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 15 '46 270w
"There will be two audiences for this cheer-
ful book: children who like fun, and anybody
at all who likes those distinctive and unpre-
dictable artists, the Gag family. As it would
be hard to find any one who does not belong
to the latter class, this work will surely get
around." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 My 12 '46
360w
SCOTT, DENIS. Beckoning shadow. 288p $2
B°bbS 46-4285
Detective story.
"The author Is an intelligent layman in
architecture but an expert on the operations
of the church. He has done much investigation
of the relation of the church's work to its build-
ing, and he commands the style of an experi-
enced and facile journalist. The book is in no
sense a technical discussion of church architec-
ture. The chapter on *styles,' for example, is a
thoroughly intelligent introduction to this sub-
ject but not a great deal can be said about it
in 2,000 words, even when supplemented by
eight pictures. Building committees will, how-
ever, find this chapter useful as an approach. . ,
If the author occasionally lays down as law
what seems to be rather a matter of personal
opinion, the discreet and mature reader will
give respectful consideration and then form
his own judgments."
+ Christian Century 63:306 Mr 6 '46 280w
"The book is illustrated by excellent photo-
graphs of non- liturgical churches." W. L. Cas-
well
4- Churchman 160:17 Ap 1 '46 240w
SCOTT, ALMA OLIVIA (SCHMIDT) (GEOR-
GIA TRAVERS. pseud). Wily woodchucks;
11. by Flavia GAg. [32p] $1.50 Coward-Mc-
Cann
46-4718
Pleasant little story for young readers, about
a family with no desire to hurt small crea-
Kirkus 14:184 Ap 15 '46 60w
"Timetables are annoying enough in real life
without dragging them into books meant to
afford relaxation. The author's hop-skip-and-
jump method of telling the story does not
make for easy reading either." Isaac Anderson
— NY Times p35 My 26 '46 lOOw
"Lively."
Sat R of Lit 29:44 My 25 '46 40w
"This is an entertaining story that sustains
its suspense in spite of a somewhat compli-
cated plot." P. H. Bickerton
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 240w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 My 26 '46
lOOw
SCOTT, ERNEST FINDLAY. Man and society
in the New Testament. 299p $2.75 Scribner
225.8301 Sociology, Biblical. Bible. New
Testament 46-5934
A study of the social aspects of New Testa-
ment thought. In it an attempt has been
made "to trace back the Christian conception
of society to its roots in a religion, which was
concerned with the relation of the soul to
God." (Pref) The author, an English-born
theologian, Is at present giving a course at
Amherst. Index.
"The volume is in no sense a retreat from
social consciousness or responsibility on the
part of the Christian. It is rather a reiterated
recall to fundamentals; to the sacredness of
the self from which all communal well-being
must spring. With his accustomed thorough
scholarship the author has presented a point of
view that needs emphasis." J. H. Titus
Churchman 160:17 N 15 '46 200w
"With the general position that an adequate
Christian social ethic waits upon the lives and
efforts of good people there can be no disagree-
ment. This thesis, frequently presented in the
pages of this book with skill and power, does
not need a labored and questionable interpre-
tation of the canonical documents of early
Christianity as a support. It must be said re-
gretfully that the author is not at his scholarly
best in this volume." B. W. Parsons
Crozer Q 24:71 Ja '47 1350w
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SCOTTr E. F.— Continued
"The book will appeal to New Testament
scholars and to clergymen of the liberal school
of Protestantism."
Kirkus 14:551 N 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by H. J. Forman
N Y Times p32 O 6 '46 600w
SCOTT, JESSIE. Charity ball. 309p $2.75 Mac-
46-3696
The youthful adventures of two sisters, aged
seventeen and eighteen. Their father goes to
a new job in Ecuador, so he leaves his mother-
less daughters with his own mother, a wealthy
dowager, one of the social arbiters of St Cyr,
a midwestern city. The time is 1919; the
grandmother something of an ogre. In at-
tempting to escape her the girls get into con-
siderable difficulty until an understanding step-
mother-to-be comes to their rescue.
"The book itself is like a very delightful
piece out of one's own past if one were young
(so painfully young!) 20 years ago." Olive
Carruthers
-f. Book Week p!3 My 19 '46 270w
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
"Passably pleasant reading for conservatives;
most moderns will find it dullish."
Kirkus 14:48 F 1 '46 160w
"When you finish this first novel, you'll
probably want to go back to reread parts that
particularly delighted you. For there is much
that Is warmly nostalgic in the story. . . Mrs.
Scott reveals a true gift for recapturing the
gossamer of youth's dreams — and understand-
ing youth's all-too-real despair, when first
frustrations seem too great to be borne."
Andrea Parke
4- N Y Times p!8 My 26 '46 320w
"This is a first novel. It will not be the
last. Nobody who knows how to make people
as alive as these are could possibly refrain
from doing so. Miss Scott does not tell what
people say — she lets them say it. They are
not explained, but exhibited; not described but
revealed. And that goes far to make a novel-
ist." M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 Je 9 '46 750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
SCOTT, NATALIE ANDERSON. The sisters
Livingston. 437p $3 Dutton
46-4266
"Richard Livingston, a widower, has centered
all his hopes and plans in his three daughters.
Charming, cultivated, decent and honorable,
with a Micawber-like optimism, Livingston is a
failure as bread-winner. By profession an engi-
neer, he has once written a book, 'Life is What
You Make It,' and on the strength of its suc-
cess has taken up writing aa a career. From
that time on he has been chronically unsuc-
cessful. The world of the Livingston girls, In
turn, revolves around Father. Sporadically, they
make excursions into the world outside in a
wild, panic-stricken effort to live their own
lives, but, relieved and chastened, they always
return to the cocoon -life at home with Father."
N Y Times
" 'The Sisters Livingston* is a fascinating
and disillusioning study of family relationships.
It is also, purposefully or not, a powerful argu-
ment for extended state social insurance, which
would provide for men like Richard Livingston
the bare necessities of food and medical care
that they are too proud to accept as charity."
Dorothy Sparks
+ Book Week p5 My 26 '46 500w
"As a psychological study it has its hold;
aa a novel, it fails through its very remote-
ness."
Kirkus 14:232 My 16 '46 170w
"The strain of the depression years and their
corroding effects on the sensitive, cultivated
and ill -equipped family group ia well done but
even allowing: for the current recognition of
sex-craving: aa a strong influence in women*'
lives, the obsessions of the Livingston sitters
and their effect on family relationships seem
sadly overdrawn. Well written but exaggerated.
Not for smaller libraries." M. C. Manley
Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 70w
"As a first novel, this study of family rela-
tionships is a good try, not always credibly
thought out, but honestly written. . . Miss
Scott's inconsistency leaves her main theme
unwieldy and her ideas inert. Her novel suffers
from over-exuberance and verbosity. She has
written too much too richly, without sufficient
restraint and choice in incident and detail."
Catherine Maher
h N Y Times p!8 Je 2 '46 250w
"Miss Scott works as hard at her story as
her characters do with life, and with more suc-
cess. Not only does she make them stand on
their own feet but her insight makes their
plight of some concern to the reader, though
she does posit pretty stern conditions against
her brood." D. B. B.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 250w
"This first novel has effective flashes of in-
sight into emotion. It has a great deal of evi-
dence on how it feels to go hungry, scrimp on
carfares and try to placate landladies while
keeping up a respectable, even smart, appear-
ance. It shows how terrible sickness can be
for the poor and proud. But the weight of its
woes is too much, and the duality of the motif
is self-contradictory. . . Piling circumstances
on people who, by definition, can't fight back
is hardly fair to them or the reader." Mary
Ross
Weekly Book Review p!6 My 26 f46
700w
SCOTT, PETER MARKHAM. Battle of the
narrow seas. 228p il maps $7.50 Scribner [15s
Country life]
940.545 World war, 1959-1945— Naval opera-
tions 47-1284
"A history of the light coastal forces in the
Channel and North sea, 1939-1945." (Subtitle)
The book is illustrated with many photographs,
and with reproductions of the author's own
paintings. Index.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 16 '46 180w
"Comprehensive though this account is, it is
one-sided; Scott has not tapped the German
records and only toward the end of the book
does he seem to pay full seaman's tribute to
the skillfulness, courage and technical quality
of the German E -boats fleet — a formidable
enemy. Nevertheless, he adds new chapters to
our knowledge of the war at sea." H. W. Bald-
win
N Y Times p6 Ja 5 '47 800w
"His book, like most personal combat reports,
is overloaded with fussy detail, but the story
is so lively and the paintings and photographs
accompanying it are so good that you can easily
overlook the fault."
H New Yorker 22:125 N 23 '46 120w
Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 8 '46
1050w
"An authoritative book of the utmost im-
portance and interest. Lieutenant -Commander
Scott has managed, while on active service
himself, to produce an invaluable record, much
of which would otherwise never have existed;
and he must be congratulated for presenting
this wealth of material so admirably." G. P.
Griggs
-f- Spec 176:44 Ja 11 '46 800w
"Those who have enjoyed Mr. Scott's earlier
books, and the charming paintings by which
they are embellished, will find in this another
greatly to their taste; and in it they will dis-
cover that the author, besides the talent of the
true artist, has all the modesty of the true
knight."
+ Timet [London] Lit Sup p567 D 1 '45
900w
SCOTT, REGINALD THOMAS MAITLAND.
Agony column murders. 22lp $2.50 Dutton
46-20550
Detective story.
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
733
"It IB a fantastic and utterly incredible
yarn." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p40 O 13 '46 90w
"By modern standards, a fairly absurd piece
of work; but If you'd like to see what the
whodunit was like in the middle '20s, you'll
find this restful and readable." Anthony
Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 O 6 '46
70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46 120w
SEAGRAVE, GORDON STIFLER. Burma sur-
geon returns; maps by Phoa Liens Sing? and
Lucas Hand itch. 268p il $3 Norton
B or 92 Surgeons — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. World war, 1939-1946 —
Burma. World war, 1939-1945 — Medical and
sanitary affairs. Missions, Medical 8G46-84
Continues the account of Dr Seagrave and
his corps of native nurses who were driven
out of Burma by the Japanese. Their unit
was reestablished in India, and later returned
to Burma, to the ruins and desolation left by
the Japanese. But he was royally welcomed
by his people, and with their help "Daddy"
began the rebuilding of his hospital.
"It is a moving story, highly recommended
to the public health worker burdened with what
may seem to be the world's worst woes. It
captures the spirit of medical missions at its
best." R. M. Atwater
+ Am J Pub Health 36:664 Je '46 120w
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week pi Mr 10 '46 2400w
Booklist 42:246 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:12 My '46
Reviewed by E. L. Keyes
Commonweal 44:19 Ap 19 '46 350w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 30w
"There's a good deal of medical and surgical
'close-up' — which the squeamish may want to
skip. Many of the personalities encountered
in the earlier book reappear — not only the
nurses and fellow doctors, but General Stil-
well. But primarily it will be Dr. Seagrave
himself that his readers will want to meet
again. A sure big seller."
+ Klrkus 14:12 Ja '46 270w
"A human and humane story, humbly told.
It should be in every library." H. S. Taylor
-f Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 140w
"The writing is always engaging, sometimes
naive."
New Repub 114:741 My 20 '46 160w
Reviewed by Charles Poore
N Y Times p6 Mr 10 '46 1160w
New Yorker 22:99 Mr 23 '46 90w
"If you liked 'Burma Surgeon,' you'll prob-
ably like this sequel to it. I put it aside with
the feeling that I had been reading a care-
fully written, detailed diary which someone
might some day pick up and publish in book
form. The non-military reader will find the
continual citation of particular units meaning-
less, and however well-informed on Burmese
geography and ethnography, however knowl-
edgeable on Far Eastern personalities, some
readers, as this one, are likely to be over-
whelmed by the particularizations of generic
and personal names." Joseph Hirsh
Sat R of Lit 29:8 My 4 '46 450w
"There is the same high humor of the other
book; the same impatience with red tape.
There is caustic comment of sundry brass
hats, the continued enthusiasm for General
Stilwell. There are gems of description, many
anecdotes, some legitimate 'griping.' There
are important remarks concerning the future
education of the Burmese people and the part
the missions should play."
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:2 Mr '46 550w
"Dr. Seagrave, like MacArthur, received a
tumultuous welcome on his return, and well
he might, for he had come back to serve once
more the people he loves. To every reader
also this remarkable man must appeal; he is
more than a fine surgeon and true missionary.
'Burma Surgeon Returns' shows a warm hu-
man personality, a man of ideals and good
will. Whether writing of medical problems,
the work of his unit, or the adventures of his
Burmese nurses, he is sincere, informative and
entertaining. Dr Seagrave has written a
worthwhile sequel to his popular earlier book."
Frederick Reins tein
-j- Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 15 '46
300w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:99 Je '46 200w
"Although sequels are notoriously perilous
and usually doomed to a melancholy fate, Dr. —
now Lieutenant Colonel — Gordon S. Seagrave' s
new book 'Burma Surgeon Returns,' is Just
as winning and as gallant as his successful
'Burma Surgeon,' and Just as full of the
qualities that make one proud of the poten-
tialities of the human spirit. Without further
delay, it can be recommended not only to the
contented readers of the earlier book, but also
to those who have not yet made the literary
acquaintance of one of the distinguished Ameri-
cans of his time." Richard Watts
+ Weekly Book Review pi Mr 10 '46
1300w
SEAMAN, LOUISE HUNTING (MRS ED*
WARD BECHTEL) Brave bantam; with pic-
tures by Helen Sewell. [48p] $1 Macmillan
46-4931
Story of an industrious little brown bantam
hen who had an important place in the life of
a farm, for she was a hen with sense and
managed all the other flightier hens. For ages
seven and eight.
Booklist 42:370 Jl 15 '46
"A story for little children in which the
author has something to say and says it with
humour and imagination. Perfectly in tune with
the text, Helen Sewell's drawings show us the
bustling1, self-important life of the henyard.
Not only the four-to-six-year olds and begin-
ners in reading, but anyone who has ever kept
chickens will enjoy this story, which is based
on fact." A. T. Eaton
-f Christian Science Monitor plO S 10 '46
230w
"A Jolly story for the eight-year-old. . .
Helen Sewell's spirited drawings have the
right amount of fun and reality to suit this
nearly true story." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:204 My '46 lOOw
"True story about a real bantam pet, told
with humor and understanding of what chil-
dren like."
+ Klrkus 14:251 Je 1 '46 130w
"Charming little success story." S. J. John-
son
-f Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 40w
"In her enthusiasm for the little hen the
author has filled the story with too many
events and too much detail for the very young.
The drawings are amusing, but a little beyond
the appreciation of children." L. P.
N Y Times p!7 Je 23 '46 90w
"The author obviously knows her chickens,
and her portrait of an executive bantam mother
will delight any child between six and nine
years old who has been lucky enough to own
a banty, and will make all the others want to.
The line-drawing illustrations are humorous
and expert." K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:136 D 7 '46 60w
"It takes the right kind — and a very spe-
cial kind — of imagination to make anything as
commonplace as a little bantam hen into a
dramatic and important figure. Louise Sea-
man has this power and tells a satisfying
story. . . No less endearing are Helen Sewell's
drawings. It is a satisfying book in every
way." M. C. Dodd
+ Sat R of Lit 29:31 Ag 10 '46 90w
Reviewed by M. I*. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Je 16 '46 300w
SEARS, FRANCIS WESTON. Principles of
physics II: electricity and magnetism, 434p
$6 Addison-Wesley
530 Physics (44-7029)
"This is the second volume of a series of
texts written for the two-year course in general
734
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SEARS, F. W. — Continued
physics at Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. It assumes a knowledge of analytical ge-
ometry and calculus and students in that course
are studying differential equations concurrently.
The 18 chapters are devoted to: Coulomb's law,
the electric field; potential, current, resistance,
resistivity; d.c. circuits, chemical and thermal
e.m.f.'s, properties of dielectrics, capacitance
and capacitors, the magnetic field; galvanom-
eters, ammeters, and voltmeters; the a.c. motor;
magnetic field of a current and of a moving
charge; induced electromotive force, inductance,
magnetic properties of matter, ferromagnetism,
alternating currents, electrical oscillations, and
electromagnetic waves, electronics." Chem &
Eng N
Reviewed by R. H. Mtlller
Chem & Eng N 24:2976 N 10 '46 300w
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 70w
SEARS, FRANCIS WESTON. Principles of
physics III; optics. 323p il $5 Addison- Wesley
530 Physics (44-7029)
"Covers the second-year course in physics at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Emphasis on physical principles. This book on
optics covers general principles, lenses, optical
instruments — compound microscopes, telescopes,
etc., diffraction, polarization, line spectra in-
cluding Einstein's photoelectric equation and
the Bohr atom, photometry and color. Prob-
lems." (Library J) Index. For the author's
Principles of Physics I; Mechanics, Heat and
Sound, see Book Review Digest, 1944.
"Professor Sears is to be congratulated for
presenting students with an interesting and au-
thoritative text. It will be a useful source to
the general reader seeking information on
fundamental points in optics. The lack of
references to original sources might be a
handicap in this respect, but it does not
destroy the coherence and unity of purpose for
which the book is Intended." R. H. Muller
+ Chem & Eng N 23:2388 D 25 '45 650w
Library J 70:1091 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:59 O '45
SEAVER, CHARLES HILL. Industry in Amer-
ica. (American way ser) 335p il $1.60 Harper
338 U.S.— Industries and resources 46-385
"This book prepared under the editorship of
Professor S. P. McCutcheon of the School of
Education, New York University, 'deals with a
phase of modern life which contains many
problems almost as varied In their specific
statement aa there are persons concerned.' The
editor's [introduction] to the pupils states that
probably the most important question of the
twentieth century is tnat which concerns the
proper relation of business to government. The
growth of American industry, its range and
variety, have created problems that require
understanding by American students." Social
Studies
Booklist 42:228 Mr 15 '46
"The References and Readings are on the
whole well selected and carefully organized.
Objection might be made to some as being too
difficult for the average pupil, but there is
enough variety so that all may read with profit.
The Illustrations, however, apparently were not
selected as well as one might wish. On the
whol* they are not of the same high quality as
the reading matter. . . In spite of these few
faults the book deserves wide use and should
find its way into every high school library."
F. P. Wirth
-j Social Educ. 10:232 My '46 300w
"The book is highly recommended by the
reviewer for teachers who desire reading ma-
terial on the part that industry has played in
America and who want to develop a better
understanding of the problems of adjusting hu-
man Institutions and human relations in indus-
trial America."
+ Social Studies 37:236 My '46 560w
SEAVER, GEORGE. Albert Schweitzer: Chris-
tian revolutionary. 130p $2 Harper [5s Clarke,
B or 92 Schweitzer, Albert 46-8094
"This volume is a favorable appraisal of Dr.
Schweitzer's ethical, social and political phi-
losophy. Confronted by the spectacle of a crum-
bling civilization, Schweitzer found himself won-
dering why philosophy had failed to furnish
an ethic adequate to save the world from tragic
collapse. The author follows Schweitzer's sub-
sequent investigation, skillfully culling from
his writings the conclusions arrived at, and
punctuates the account with his own com-
ments." Christian Century
"Dr. Seaver's excellent work should appeal
not only to Schweitzer's many admirers, but to
those anxious to flnd a way out of the baffling
labyrinth of current world conditions." W. E.
Hammond
-t~ Christian Century 64:16 Ja 1 '47 490w
"For theologians and clergymen this book
should be illuminating and proof that liberal
Protestant theology need not be lacking in a
dynamic for heroic Christian living."
-f Kirkus 14:458 N 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by F. E. Hirsch
Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 150w
SEAV, HOMER HOSTON. Church posters and
publicity; graphically presented. 79p $3 Wart-
burg press, 55-59 East Main st, Columbus 15,
Ohio
250 Advertising— Churches 46-21097
Lettering and designs, suggestions on com-
position, pictorial and literary, and other aids
in church advertising graphically presented by
a man who has had many years' experience as
publicity and promotional director of some of
the nation's large industrial organizations.
Christian Century 63:1345 N 6 '46 30w
"Mr. Seay has performed a service by di-
gesting much of the available material in this
field and presenting- it graphically in a beau-
tifully-bound volume which could be a valuable
reference book for the church library or for
alert young people who seek to promote their
group activities by original work. Church
school teachers can find hand-work ideas for
children of ^Junior and intermediate ages, and
the entire book is usable in publicizing and
planning projects for the summer vacation
church school." Paul Brooks
4- Crozer Q 23:393 O '46 350w
SECHRIST, MRS ELIZABETH (HOUGH), ed.
One thousand poems for children; based on
the selections of Roger Ingpen; with decora-
tive drawings by Henry C. Pitz. new ed 601p
$3 Macrae Smith co.
808.81 Children's poetry 46-4924
"Based on One thousand poems for children
by Roger Ingpen, first published in 1903. In
this new edition, the first since 1923, some
400 poems have been replaced with others,
many by modern poets, and the arrangement
has been changed to make a more definite
distinction in age groups. Indexed by author,
title, and first lines. Redesigned and illus-
trated." Booklist
Booklist 42:370 Jl 15 '46
"This is a book for every nursery bookshelf,
for family use, for reading aloud and for per-
sonal adventures in poetry.'*
-f Kirkus 14:420 S 1 '46 160w
"Less attractive than many of our an-
thologies, but its large collection, carefully
selected, makes it a useful library item." J. E>.
Lindqulst
4- — Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 80w
"This is a book for every home and classroom.
Your favorite and your children's favorites are
all here." Phyllis Fenner
-f N Y Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. L«. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 4 '46 180w
WIs Lib Bui 42:164 N '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
735
SEDGWICK, ELLERY. Happy profession. (At-
lantic monthly press bk) 343p $3.50 Little
B or 92 Journalists — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. 46-6654
Reminiscences of the former editor of The
Atlantic Monthly, which include stories and
anecdotes of his own life, of the lives of his
friends, and especially of those people with
whom he came in contact in the course of his
work. Index.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 N 3 '46 550w
Booklist 43:68 N 1 '46
Reviewed by E. V. R. Wyatt
Cath World 164:280 D '46 600w
"The volume is a smoothly flowing narra-
tive, easy to read, seasoned with wit and gar-
nished with epigrams, abounding in portraits
of more — or less — known men and women. The
story of old Stockbridge, his birthplace, is
charmingly told, and the account of Qroton
that follows is marked by keen discussions
of how men are 'made' if indeed they are
made. . . One cannot dodge the pages devoted
to Mrs., and Mr., Abraham Lincoln. This
reviewer does not sympathize with any sup-
pression of essential facts, but this section
seems to him distinctly out of place. The author,
however, 'damns the proprieties' (p. 163) and
goes ahead." F. L. Bullard
-\ Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 25 '46
850w
" 'The Happy Profession' is a book of meas-
ured enthusiasms, of professional friendships
that do not go very deep and a narrative
which seldom delves below the surface of
things. But it does reveal Mr. Sedgwick from
his youth as a very decent sort. If he had
been less reticent and written more about
himself, he would probably have supplied these
entertaining professional memoirs with a real
punch." Edward Skillin
Commonweal 45:53 O 25 '46 550w
"Mr. Sedgwick's volume is the stuff out of
which future literary historians may glean val-
uable hints. But these hints will be principally
of the biographical and anecdotal sort." H. M.
Jones
4- N Y Times p3 S 29 '46 1750w
"These are the chronicles of an old-fashioned
American (eastern -seaboard variety), written
in a relaxed and well-bred style. The book
gives some insight into the author's character,
but it is not a very personal account, for Mr.
Sedgwick, who, after all, was an editor, seems
to have been more interested in his external
world than in himself."
New Yorker 22:101 S 28 '46 120w
"Sound and intelligent chat. Taken with the
anecdotal quality of the book, with the frequent
glimpses behind the editorial scene, (the whole
story of the incredible Opal Whiteley, for in-
stance, and Sedgwick's part in that fantastic
happenstance), this sort of thing makes very
pleasant, personal, intimate reading for those
who like a quiet, at least fairly literary hour
or two now and then." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle pl6 S 27 '46
800w
"Each vignette is framed in his own urbane
comment, each anecdote interspersed with more
comment; the whole book is infused by his
personality, with its odd mixture of primness,
practicality, and wide-ranging enthusiasm; yet
one almost loses sight of the career of Ellery
Sedgwick for chapters at a time while he cele-
brates the exploits of Ellery Sedgwick's
friends." P. L. Allen
4- Sat R of Lit 29:8 S 28 '46 HOOw
"The world of Eliery Sedgwick was a good
•world. His account of it fills one with nostalgic
delight." Victor Weybright
+ Survey Q 35:416 N '46 400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:291 D '46 280w
"It is a good book, full of human interest
about writers, and containing accounts of some
adventures that might seem oddly un-Sedgwick-
ian if you did not know the Sedgwick instinct
for individuality." W. P. Baton
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 29 '46 1350w
Wit Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
SEELYE, ELWYN EQQLESTON. Data book
for civil engineers; v2, Specifications and
costs. 325p 11 $6.75 Wiley
620 Civil engineering (46-25043)
"This second volume of a useful reference
work for civil engineers provides typical con-
tract documents and specifications for building
operations in connection with airports, roads,
bridges, dams, sewage treatment plants, water
supply systems, and large buildings. Among
the contract documents are forms for the in-
vitation to bidders, proposals for lump sum
contract and unit price construction contract,
and suggested agreements to cover special
conditions. A special feature of the specifica-
tions is that the common and controversial
term 'first-class workmanship' is not used but
definite data or tolerances have been given in-
stead. In addition there are a section on en-
gineering costs and thirteen glossaries of terms
used in connection with various structures such
as airports, cofferdams and underpinning, ply-
wood, roads, and steel. The cost data are
specific and are identified with the locality
and year." (N Y New Tech Bks) Glossary.
Specifications index.
Booklist 43:113 D 15 '46
Eng N 136:111 Ag 8 '46 280w
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:22 Ap '46
SEID. RUTH (JO SINCLAIR, pseud). Waste-
land. 321p $2.50 Harper
46-1556
Psychological character study of Jake Brauno-
vitz, who for eighteen years had worked as
news photographer In a newspaper office under
the name of John Brown. His denial of his
heritage finally brought with it too many com-
plications and he went to a psychoanalyst. His
talks in the doctor's office provide a portrait
of Jake and his whole family, and reveal his
attempts at his own regeneration.
"Slow and sure and thorough, the analyst-
office technique certainly is, and as a novel
of character Wasteland will stand with Harper
Prize Novels of the past. But it should be
remarked that there are weaknesses as well
as strengths in Jo Sinclair's method. For one
thing, there is the suspicion more or less con-
stantly present that one function of the book
is to justify and demonstrate psychoanalysis,
and whenever that suspicion intrudes, the book
suffers." Wallace Stegner
Atlantic 177:164 Ap '46 600w
Reviewed by J. P. Spiegel
Book Week p4 F 24 '46 700w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Reviewed by M. F. Lindsley
Cath World 162:566 Mr '46 850w
"Although much of the story is depressing
in its implications and social criticism, there
is a strong current of optimism running through
the narrative. The proper attitude toward the
alien stranger within our gates may develop an
upright and worthy citizen, able to transmute
his foreign heritage into a fertile source of
productive and creative Americanism. Even
if the wasteland doesn't blossom as the rose,
it may grow good wholesome vegetables." L».
E. Cannon
4- Christian Century 63:721 Je 5 '46 650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p20 S '46
"A tense, sincere, inconclusive study. . .
'Wasteland' will be read widely because it is
scientifically sexy, treats of the currently Im-
portant race problem and has won a prize. A
case history, rather than a work of literature,
the book is written in a nervous, almost
strident, style. The language is deliberately
frank throughout. A most offensive feature
is the constant (and needless) blasphemy of
the central character." F. X. Connolly
•— + Commonweal 43:485 F 22 '46 460w
"An intensely and absorbingly interesting
book. . . The author has attempted a difficult
task— and made the result a challenge to face
other 'wastelands/ "
-f Klrkus 14:18 Ja 15 '46 270w
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SEID, RUTH— Continued
"Skillful and heartening novel recommended
for small libraries." P. A. Boyle
-f- Library J 71:182 F 1 '46 120w
"Wasteland at times appears more of a case
history than a novel, despite the extreme care
the author has given every small detail. The
basic structure of psychiatric treatment ex-
cludes the dramatic and forces the reader into
an observing, scientific, rather than a parti-
cipating, emotional attitude. That Misa Sin-
clair has nevertheless succeeded in writing a
book that impresses one as genuine and clear-
cut, never m bad taste and even with some
truly moving episodes, is a triumph of her
craftsmanship. She never aims too high, is
rather too simple than too dazzling, and
handles the many scenes of poverty and despair
without sentimentality or preaching. Her book
has a disarming forthrightness which helps
her avoid the traps into which most first
novelists are likely to fall." Richard Plant
_j New Repub 114:843 Je 10 '46 700w
" 'Wasteland' is a novel in which form and
style are almost overwhelmed by the content,
in which the writer's sense of life and char-
acter is so compelling that it ultimately becomes
itself an informing principle, the reality of the
characters transcending imperfections in the
medium of their development. Miss Sinclair's
novel is the winner of the last Harper Prize
Novel Contest, and both in its virtues and in
its defects it is an interesting selection. . .
The use of psychoanalysis, the modern confes-
sional, with the psychiatrist as father confes-
sor, obviously contains many pitfalls for the
novelist. 'Wasteland' illustrates two of them,
the ease with which the doctor himself may
be utilized for the point of view of omniscience,
and the danger of falling into the style of our
popular Jargon of psychoanalysis even when
presenting real people within the terms of
their own consciousness. These weaknesses in
the form and style of Miss Sinclair's novel
give it, to a degree, the mark of immaturity.
They are, however, transcended by the intense
realization she possesses both of the people
she is writing about and the universality of
their fate." W. M. Lowry
H NY Times p5 F 17 '46 700w
"In the hands of a writer of keener psycho-
logical insight or of more subtle and satiric
cast of thought, thir device for giving us the
complete biography ot this miserable man might
have been successful. As it is, Miss Sinclair,
who attempts to make up for the lack of these
qualities (and a good many others) by a terrible
earnestness, has given us a sincere, deadly
serious, and rather flabby story with no implica-
tions left unexplained."
h New Yorker 22:95 F 16 '46 120w
"Such a portrayal is effective when it is
harshly realistic in its approach, and such the
author has made it. This story of the loneli-
ness in one man's soul, and its liberation
through self-appraisal and frank recognition,
must of necessity have a fundamental appeal
where suffering prevails. The author has spared
us the vapid homilectics with which such a
theme could easily be embroidered; there is no
moralizing and there Is no philosophizing. The
story sweeps along with such emotional power
that the reader shares Jakie Brown's own con-
flict and victory." Harold Fields
+ Sat R of Lit 29:18 F 16 '46 lOOOw
"The framework of psychanalysis is a tricky
device for a novelist to employ, calling as it
does for considerable mental agility on the
part of the reader in appraising and relating
the tortuous revelations dredged out of mem-
ory. To this reader, Miss Sinclair seems to
have used it with great skill, for the most part
avoiding the pitfalls both of over-elaboration
and over-simplification. She has written an
absorbing book which stretches the reader's
understanding of people far beyond the char-
acters she portrays." Gertrude Springer
4- Survey G 35:174 My '46 650w
"Many may feel that Author Sinclair's
strength Is not Joycean imaginative power, but
brisk, down-to-earth reporting. Unlike most
contemporary prize-winners, Wasteland tries to
reflect a state of mind that is relevant and
timely. Such poetry as it has derives not
from the Roman Catholic confessional of Joyce's
stories, but from the clinical efficiency of the
psychoanalytic confession."
Time 47:106 F 18 '46 650w
"Although in some sense a tour de force, the
book has about it an honesty and a sincerity
of purpose which lifts it above the general
run of novels."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:181 S '46 ISOw
"It is a fascinating, detailed account, faithful
in its delineation of a situation common to
America, repeated in every industrial city and
town, duplicated in every tenement. For it is
not primarily a Jewish story; Jake and his
family might have been Polish, Lithuanian,
Italian, Romanian. It is an American story,
the story of a predominantly Anglo-Saxon cul-
ture and the differences it presents to people
reared in the peasant societies of Slavic and
Latin countries. . . It is a powerful, solemn
story as Miss Sinclair tells it, gently and with
understanding. She succeeds in evoking, from
the depressed environment and shabby people
of whom she treats, an aura of dignity. She
almost, in fact, raises their pitiful frustrations
to the level of tragedy." Thomas Sugrue
+ Weekly Book Review p3 F 17 ?46 1400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
"An intelligent, able, and psychologically con-
vincing study of the neuroses ana desperate
escape mechanisms forced upon the members
of a miserable Jewish family by the grisly
factors of their environment." Orville Prescott
4- Yale R n s 35:575 spring '46 420w
SEIFERT, ELIZABETH (MRS JOHN GAS-
PAROTTI). Dusty spring. 248p $2.50 Dodd
46-7658
Novel based on the intolerance of a small
town community and the havoc it cost in
several lives. The time is between the two
world wars. At the beginning of the second
World war, a man who learned wisdom the
hard way, strives to prevent a second series of
mixed up lives.
"It's a good book." O. C.
+ Book Week p28 N 10 '46 150w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p22 O 20 '46
160w
SEIFERT, ELIZABETH (MRS JOHN GASPA-
ROTTI). Old Doc. 244p $2.50 Dodd
46-3699
"Dr. Sam Lowry, chief surgeon of a big
Middle Western hospital, retires at 65 at the
height of his powers. A bluff, hard-working
character with a touch of genius, he finds that
his first big problem is whether he'll be able
to keep away from his beloved hospital. Then
there's a scandal in which his elder daughter
is involved; another daughter has a Navy
romance and the son faces a profession versus
marriage problem. Everything rolls along to a
lively accompaniment of emergency operations."
N Y Times
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by Barbara Bond
N Y Times p!6 My 12 '46 180w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 Ap 28 '46
140w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
SEIFERT, SHIRLEY. Captain Grant. 606p $3
Lippincott
Grant, Ulysses Simpson — Fiction 46-3637
Novel based on the early life of Ulysses S.
Grant. It covers his West Point years, services
in the Mexican war and in California, his
marriage and resignation from the army. The
book ends at the beginning of the Civil war,
with Grant once more in the army.
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
"This is tops in reading interest. . . The
story has many of the Qualities that made Im-
mortal Wife by Irving Stone a huge success.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
737
I wish it had a title with an equal sales ap-
peal. But don't miss it."
-f Kirkus 14:129 Mr 16 '46 240w
" 'Captain Grant* is bad fiction, but, by its
very accumulation of detail, it produces a pic-
ture of a critical era that is always interesting
and sometimes engrossing." William Du Bois
^ NY Times p!6 Je 2 '46 850w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 550w
"Shirley Seifert's treatment of Ulysses arid
Julia Grant is intensely sympathetic. Julia, a
woman of infinite charm and strength, is a
constant source of inspiration to her flounder-
ing husband. Grant himself is a friendly, lov-
able man, imbued with a hardness that as-
serts itself unobtrusively when needed. How-
ever, the author's approach to her principal
character is thoroughly feminine, and it Is
difficult to reconcile this typical 'family man'
and member of temperance societies with the
hard-drinking general who was to order his
men 4to flght it out on this line if it takes all
summer.' Still this does not detract from an
engaging story, made more timely by its pub-
lication three days before Grant's 124th birth-
day." W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 28 '46 950w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
SELDES, GILBERT VIVIAN. Portable Ring
Lardner. See Lardner, R. W.
SELF, MRS MARGARET CABELL. Chitter
Chat stories; 11. by Virginia Grilley. 72p $1.75
46-5470
Four nonsense tales about the people of Chit-
ter Chat village, for ages six to nine.
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:462 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:419 S 1 '46 70w
"These delightful stories for six- to nine-
year-olds have the flavor of Peterkin Papers
and Many Moons. Illustrations in black and
white by Virginia Grilley have a quaint early
nineteenth century air about them; however,
one wishes the whole format could have been
more child-appealing." Ruth Hadlow
H -- Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Florence Little
San Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
50w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 N 9 '46 50w
"Margaret Cabell Self's name has become so
happily associated with horse (and pony) sto-
ries for children under ten, that her young pub-
lic should be assured there's one in this book,
the baker's little horse whose dilemma is solved
in the second of these gay little stories. . .
The pictures are uncommonly appropriate and
pretty: these characters, who wear charming
early Victorian clothes are just what they are
in the text — an attention little children always
appreciate." M. It. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 18 '46 320w
SELF, MRS MARGARET CABELL. Horseman's
encyclopedia. (Sportsman's lib) 519p 11 $5
Barnes, A.S.
798.03 Horses Agr47-86
"The purpose of this volume is to put before
the reader in encyclopedic form the facts per-
taining to horses as established by recognized
authorities." (Pref) The arrangement is in
alphabetic encyclopedic form; and it assembles
information as to origin, breeds, qualities, and
dispositions of horses, their care, limitations,
training and riding. Statistics are found in the
appendix. Bibliography. Index.
"This is a book which horsemen and curious
laymen alike will find both useful and enter-
taining. . . The author is wise in the ways of
horses; she has done a pretty thorough job of
research. You will rarely fail to find your ques-
tion answered or your doubt resolved But
this reviewer wonders why he was unable to
discover so much as a mention of Diomed, son
of Florizel. son of Herod, the chestnut colt
who won the first English Derby in 1780 and
was brought to Virginia to be the sire of Sir
Archy and figure in the blood lines of so many
fine horses celebrated in the history of Amer-
ican breeding and racing. Perhaps Mrs. Self
has her answer — and so we put the question.
In any case she has given us a book which
will fill a long-felt want." H. I. Brock
4- N Y Times p24 D 15 '46 450w
"In general, the book is a valuable com-
pendium, but it is not always entirely ac-
curate when dealing with racing and steeple-
chasing."
-| New Yorker 22:99 D 21 '46 90w
SELF, MRS MARGARET CABELL. Teaching
the young to ride; 11. with sketches by the
author and photographs, [enl ed] 160p |2.50
Barnes, A.S.
798.23 Horsemanship Agr46-263
"A new edition, with considerable new ma-
terial of a standard book on the subject, by
one of the outstanding teachers. Special ad-
vice on handling the timid child, on keeping
intermediates interested, on advance activities,
on choosing and caring for ponies. The book
is illustrated throughout with excellent dia-
grams and photographs, so that mature younger
readers could learn much without benefit of
adult instruction." (Kirkus) For first edition
see Book Review Digest, 1936.
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
•4- Kirkus 14:427 S 1 '46 90w
San Francisco Chronicle p8 D 1 '46
30w
SELGIN, PAUL J. Electrical transmission in
steady state. 427p $5 McGraw
621.319 Electric transmission 46-7894
"This textbook is designed for advanced en-
gineering students and for men with practical
experience in electrical engineering. It is es-
sentially a review and correlation not of ele-
mentary principles but of fundamental princi-
ples and methods useful to the engineer con-
cerned with electric circuit, field and network
problems. Selected chapter titles are: The
constants of networks and their significance;
Distortion in transmission lines; Problems in-
volving impedance transformation; Use of
lines as matching devices; Maxwell's equations
and their application to circuit elements; Induc-
tive coupling and transformers; Flow of power
through high-frequency amplifiers." (N Y New
Tech Bks) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
SELIGER, ROBERT VICTOR, and others, eds.
Contemporary criminal hygiene; a source-
book. 240p $4 Oakridge press, 2030 Park av,
Baltimore 17
364 Crime and criminals. Criminal psy-
chology SG46-214
"A sourcebook of essays on the problem of
crime, presenting a cross -section of expert
opinion on the solution to what is described
as the nation's 'number one social health
problem.' The 12 essays have been collected
and edited by Robert V. Seliger, a psychiatrist,
Edwin J. Lukas, a lawyer and director of the
society for the Prevention of Crime, and Robert
M. Lindner, psychologist and Maryland crim-
inologist." Book Week
Book Week p6 S 15 '46 90w
"As a sourcebook, this volume brings to-
gether a wide range of expertly assembled in-
formation and opinion contributed by a dozen
authorities in various phases [of] criminology.
It should be of special value to professional
workers dealing with crime, psychiatry and
medicine and to all advanced students of these
subjects." E. A. F.
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 *4$
738
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SELKIRK, JANE. Green garnet my*tery. SlOp
*2 Dodd 46-4466
Mystery story for young readers.
"The setting is Southern family, complete
with stereotyped colored retainers and tempt-
ing food, but the story is plausibly spun, and
there isffa ready-made audience for this kind
of 5?^->j<|rkl|8 14:175 Ap j ,46 130w
"Recommended for ages 8-11." S. J. Robin-
son
-h Library J 71:983 Jl '46 40w
"The Ethridge Acres mysteries for ten-year-
olds maintain interest surprisingly well." M.
L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 7 '46 330w
SELSAM, MILLICENT E. Egg to chick; pic-
tures by Frances Wells. [32p] $1 Int. pubs.
591.3 Embryology — Juvenile literature
47-824
"Picture-book introduction to the life cycle
of a chicken describing the day-by-day devel-
opment of the embryo. Without going into
animal or human growth, the author indicates
that there are many similarities." Library J
4- Klrkus 14:149 Mr 15 '46 70w
"Will be useful for parents who wish to
explain the growth of life to their five- to
eight-year-olds, either for the egg-chicken
cycle or to correlate it with the development
of the human embryo. Clear and colorful il-
lustrations." M. M. Clark
-f Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 90w
"Because author and artist have combined
their talents so well the student from 6 to 10
will unconsciously learn a sound method of
presentation of scientific material." L. M. P.
4- N Y Times p28 My 19 '46 160w
"The book is modest enough to suit any-
body, and beats the birds-and-the-flowers
method to a standstill." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 18 '46
140w
SEMAT, HENRY. Introduction to atomic
physics, rev & enl ed 412p il $4.50 Rinehart
539 Physics. Atoms 46-5197
"This timely new edition of this text for
undergraduate college students follows closely
the plan of the first edition of 1939 [Book Re-
view Digest, 1939] in organization and presen-
tation of the subject. There are some additions
to the chapter bibliographies, some added prob-
lems for the student to solve, and occasional
new sections such as the description of the
betatron; but the prinicpal changes are to
be found in the discussion of the nucleus. In-
stead of being treated in one chapter the
subject is now treated in three, which in-
clude some fifteen numbered sections new to
this edition on such topics as the disintegra-
tion of nuclei by X-ray photons, nuclear mag-
netic moments, nuclear K-electron capture,
new transuranfc elements, the fission chain
reactions and the atomic bomb. The text has
been entirely re-set and new illustrative ma-
terial added throughout," (N Y New Tech Bks)
Index.
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!7 S '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:762 My 15 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:20 Ap '46
SERQE, VICTOR. The long dusk; tr. by Ralph
Manheim. 40 2p $3 Dial press
47-27
Taking as his theme the fall of France and
its problems, the author of this novel traces
the escape of a half dozen young men and
women from Paris. After a terrible Journey
they all reach a safety of sorts.
"Victor Serge has had the rare benefit of a
translator who has given his French a natural
and clear English equivalent. He seems, from
•The Long Dusk,' to need only a deepening of
understanding, through contemplation of events
which he has observed, to write a book which
will be a realized rather than a promised lit-
erary achievement of full distinction." Law-
rence Lee
-f- N Y Times p!6 D 15 '46 800w
"Mr. Serge, to do him Justice, is less con-
cerned with his plot than with his characters'
intellectual and emotional responses to its
incidents. These he handles extremely well,
in a prose that is only occasionally overladen
with fancy images."
-j New Yorker 22:142 D 14 '46 140w
"This is a bitter, thoroughly; unsentimental
book, going beneath the superficial aspects. At
times the author's keen perception, his ability
to convey the twilight and frustration become
almost painful, and one wishes that he'd give
the reader a more cheerful breathing spell. But
of course, there was hardly anything to be
cheerful about." Joseph Wechsberg
-f Sat R of Lit 29:16 D 21 '46 700w
"Powerful, brilliantly phrased novel by the
French writer Victor Serge. . . Told in the
leisurely, phrase-loving manner of the French
masters, the novel is rich in descriptions and
analyses of situations, causes and effects. It
has none of the frenzied hurry to get on with
the story which obsesses many deadline- watch-
ing writers of today. That is not to say that
the book is without action; there are enough
scenes of murder, suicide, robbery and cruelty
to satisfy any one's taste for dramatic con-
frontations of opposites. »But the author is
patient with his craft; he nurses every insight,
and the result is a novel of extraordinary
depth, intensity and finish." Stephen Stepan-
chev
+ Weekly Book Review p2 D 8 '46 700w
SETH-SMITH, ELSIE K. Vagabonds all; il. by
Anne Vaughan. 282p $2 Houghton
46-25292
Elizabethan England is the background of
this adventure story for grades six to eight.
It describes the experiences of two boys, one
a clergyman's son, the other the son of
Christopher Marlowe, who meet with travel-
ing players, thieves, gypsies, beggars, and
even royalty, during the course of their travels.
"This swiftly paced action story is high-
lighted by some excellent characterizations.
The author has made the setting of Eliza-
bethan England seem natural. The customs
and background of the times add considerable
to the interest of the book. This is good
reading." A. N.
•f Book Week p20 N 10 '46 140w
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
"The book is written with real style and dis-
tinction and the characters come to life with
a fine vividness. The drawings by Anne
Vaughan are spirited and full of the atmos-
phere of the times." A. T. Eaton
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 5 '46
210w
Horn Bk 22:355 S '46 120w
Kirkus 14:348 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Readable, but not distinguished." M. B.
Snow
Library J 71:1467 O 15 '46 70w
"A story whose interest never flags. Shake-
speare's England comes vividly alive; the
rogues and vagabonds and farmers and gentry
are real and believable. A thrilling story and a
distinguished piece of writing." N. B Baker
-f N Y Times p30 O 6 '46 180w
"Dramatists and travelling players, as well
as rogues and vagabonds, make up the in-
teresting cast. The author has created his
period atmosphere without pedantry or stuffl*
ness." K. S. white
4- New Yorker 20:143 D 7 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
739
"Excitement, suspense and some engaging
as well as villainous characters make a color-
ful story." R. A. H.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:54 N 9 '46 180w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 12 '47 320w
SETON, ANYA (MRS HAMILTON CHASE).
Turquoise. 377p $2.50 Houghton
46-25006
"The story of gifted and fascinating Santa Fe
Cameron, daughter of mixed Scotch and Spanish
parentage from which she inherited a height-
ened perceptivity amounting to second sight.
Beginning in the poor Mexican quarter of
Santa Pi, in 1850, the circle of Fey's life
traverses the slums of New York, passes
through the portals of the first American
hospital staffed by women physicians, lingers
amid the opulence of New York's gilt and gas-
lit society, knows the interior of the Tombs
and completes itself at last in the shadow of
sacred Atalaya Mountain. It makes a story
replete with passion, romance and drama,
authenticated by a wealth of period detail."
Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p6 F 3 '46 600w
Booklist 42:166 Ja 15 '46
Kirkus 13:529 D 1 '45 190w
"Period setting rings true, and the characters
are generally convincing. Good reading."
Thelma Brackett
-f Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 70w
"If Miss Seton, at her worst, reads like a
road -company Ferber, at her best she has a
gaudy vitality all her own. and a sure sense of
theatre that atones for many a cliche". This
reader, for one, enjoyed her [melodrama] enor-
mously." C. V. Terry
_j NY Times p!2 F 10 '46 700w
" 'The Turquoise' follows a familiar line. It
is a typical American novel written by a woman
for women. The great thing about this kind
of fiction is that the heroine must combine,
in one lifetime, as many enjoyable kinds of
role as possible. . . A bait is laid for masculine
readers, also, by periodically denuding the
heroine and writing emphatically of her sexual
appetite. And the whole book is written in
that tone and prose of the women's magazines
which is now so much a standard commodity
that it must be possible for the woman novelist
to pick it up at the corner drugstore with her
deodorants and her cosmetics. . . The whole
thing is as synthetic, as arbitrary, as basically
cold and dead, as a scenario for a film."
Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:90 F 16 '46 2250w
"Those in search of the kind of entertain-
ment provided by the average movie for the
average sub-adult audience will find 'The Tur-
quoise* very much to their taste. Its plot
continuously bubbles at the boiling point, a
lively, gaudy plot which includes just about
everything that Hollywood ever heard of. . .
Moreover Miss Seton's narrative skill and com-
petent treatment of her varied backgrounds
make the action swift and picturesque, however
unconvincing, and produce a rattling story,
even though it is a story whose obvious medium
Is technicolor rather than print." Grace Frank
H Sat R of Lit 29:8 F 22 '46 600w
"With accurate historical background, Anya
Seton has constructed a touchingly tragic story
of a girl who tried so hard to find happiness
that she lost everything in her search. The
life of Santa Fe Cameron lingers long in
memory, and those who enjoyed the author's
previous book will find a similar interest in
this new and well written story." H. L.
Mitchell
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 300w
Time 47:98 F 4 '46 480w
" 'The Turquoise' is a warm, highly readable
book filled with interesting characters and
engrossing situations. The author's skill is
especially evident in her successful handling of
the two violently contrasting environments of
East and Southwest. It is a book to be recom-
mended." Jennings Rice
-f- Weekly Book Review plO F 10 '46 750w
Wit Lib Bui 42:46 Mr '46
SEVAREID, ERIC. Not so wild a dream. 616p
$3.60 Knopf
B or 92 Journalists — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. World war, 1939-1945 — Per-
sonal narratives, American 46-6000
Autobiography of a young American, who was
born in a small North Dakota town, but whose
adult life has been spent in many of the far
reaches of the world. He describes his life at
the University of Minnesota, and then devotes
the greater part of his book to his reporting
in Europe, where he covered the fall of France,
the blitz in London, the Italian campaign, and
the invasion of Southern France; and in Asia,
where he reported the Chinese war, saw serv-
ice in British India, and survived a plane wreck
in Burma. Index.
"Mr. Sevareid has a knack of sticking close
to earthy facts, however painful. It may be
doubted, for instance, that his chapter on the
mission to China will please the champions of
the Kuomintang, who have been loudly vocal
among us. . . Never has the Italian campaign
been more mercilessly exposed. Here is a
story of military fatuity, of pompous bumbling,
of reckless waste of lives, which it would be
difficult to parallel on any war front. . . And
here, incidentally, is one of the best narratives
of the invasion of Southern France." J. H.
Powers
-f Atlantic 178:174 D '46 420w
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p3 O 13 '46 650w
"A fine piece of reporting, but it is more than
that — it is also the outpouring of his thoughts
in an interpretation of life as he saw it unroll
before him. Solid, unbroken reading; beautiful
prose in many places. Small print, but every
page worth while."
4- Booklist 43:34 O 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor plG N 4 '46
450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
"This is an intellectual, brilliant dissertation
on Man, highlighted by a passionate search
for truth and decent living. . . For down to
earth reasoning, plus a vision of the stars,
Sevareid deserves praise for an unusually fine
book."
-f Current Hist 11:399 N '46 160w
"A very good book. . . It is a perceptive and
an aware book — at times an angry book — but
a book that recognizes that the war is not over
— that our 'enemy now was fear — and the stake
life.' "
-f Kirkus 14:472 S 15 '46 240w
"Though some of his reminiscences are
lengthy and familiar most are new and vivid.
The book is an excellent sketch of the war's
progress, and a thoughtful personal record of
Mr. Sevareid's adventures — one of the most
far ranging war correspondent journals yet
published. Recommended for all libraries."
Anne Whitmore
-f Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 70w
"The best part of the book is that concern-
ing the criminal Italian campaign. The re-
porter responded to the war in Italy deeply,
almost as a G. I. His picture of the inept,
pretentious generals is excellent." D. T. Baze-
lon
Nation 163:504 N 2 '46 850w
Reviewed by Chester Morrison
N Y Times p32 O 13 '46 700w
"Well written, sensitive and informative."
4- New Repub 115:670 N 18 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 4 '46
950w
"All these books stem from Vincent Sheean's
'Personal History' as all nineteenth-century
Russian literature stemmed from Gogol's 'Over-
coat.' I have not read Sheean's classic, nor by
any means all its successors; but of those I
have read this book by Eric Sevareid is the
best. . . Far the largest part of the book is re-
porting, and first-rate reporting, both of action
and of those rear areas which were apt to be
the uglier aspects of war." Elmer Davis
-f Sat R of Lit 29:23 O 12 '46 1350w
"What Vincent Sheean's 'Personal History'
was to so many thousands of young people a
decade earlier Sevareid's 'Not so Wild a Dream*
740
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SEVARE1D, ERIC— Continued
could be to young people (and their elders)
today. For it makes familiar and in personal
terms and universal values the fullness of life.
It takes us abroad and brings us home again.
It uses autobiography not as memorial to a self,
but to enrich the common experience. . . He
has written one of the best and bitterest ac-
counts of France during 'the phony war* and
the Maginot mentality, and one of the most
knowledgable accounts of Washington during
the war of words, rich in anecdotes of the Na-
tional Press Club and Presidential press con-
ferences." Ernestine Evans
+ Weekly Book Review p6 O 13 '46 1650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
SEVERN, DAVID, pseud. See Unwin, D. S.
SEWARD, MRS GEORGENE JANET (HOFF-
MAN). Sex and the social order 301p il $3.50
McGraw
302.6 Sex. Sexual ethics 46-2345
"In this book the author offers a new depar-
ture in the treatment of sex — a systematic
integration of the biological and cultural ap-
proaches to the subject. The material is based
on experimental data, supplemented by clinical
cases and anthropological field studies." Pub-
lisher's note
SEXTON, ETHOL. Count me among the living.
452p ,2.75 Harper
"Dr. Seward's book is well organized and
well substantiated by the some seven hundred
references in the bibliography. With the pos-
sible exception of a slightly feministic bias, it
is very objective and argues from the evidence.
Moreover, it is refreshing to read an author
who frankly and dispassionately presents in a
textbook materials on highly charged moral
issues without seeming to cast a furtive eye
at the bigots who tolerate no discussion of the
pro's and con's on questions of sexual morality.
It is a book on sex and not a treatise on
morality." R. F. Winch
-f Am Soc R 11:780 D '46 750w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:237 S '46 240w
SEXSON, JOHN AMHERST, and HARBESON,
JOHN WESLEY. New American college;
the four-year Junior college, grades 11 to 14
inclusive, organized and administered as a
single institution; with a foreword by Leonard
V. Koos. 312p $3.50 Harper
378 Junior colleges 46-2363
"A report of the four-year Junior college,
grades 11 to 14 inclusive, as worked out in the
school system of Pasadena. All phases of the
project, curricular and administrative, are de-
scribed. Well indexed." School & Society
Kirkus 14:57 F 1 '46 130w
"The program outlined by the authors is a
worthwhile experiment, but whether it should
become the dominant pattern is doubtful. The
authors have provided valuable information for
school and college administrators who want
to keep abreast of educational trends and de-
velopments in this country. Because of the
wealth of material it contains, 'The New Amer-
ican College' may well become a timely source
book for those who wish to experiment in this
area." Benjamin Fine
-f N Y Times p!6 Ap 14 '46 650w
School & Society 63:232 Mr 30 '46 40w
"The book seems too long and much too
repetitious to serve well the function of per-
suading the general profession of the values of
the four-year Junior college. . . Perhaps de-
lays in publication are the cause, but the
manuscript seems several years old now, and
Psychological study of the disintegration of a
human mind. Hester was born on a large Ha-
waiian plantation; when she was very young
she married and went to live in California; by
the time she was twenty-one she had gone
insane. Beginning with her illegitimate birth,
the author traces every step in the break-
down of Hester's mind, from her fear ridden
childhood to her flight to Hollywood and its
resultant madness.
Reviewed by P. H. Bullock
Book Week p4 My 6 '46 450w
"An overlong, sometimes hysterical, portrait
— which in its excess is emotionally weakened."
Kirkus 14:80 F 15 '46 190w
"The writing has impassioned truthfulness.
The style is thick, luxuriant, without emo-
tional control, which means that — though the
language is generally strong and imaginative —
it permits phrases like 'lie still, my heart.'
There is no room for embarrassment in Miss
Sexton's expression. Hester's life is seen en-
tirely, and with complete subjectivity, and
perhaps it would have been presumptuous to
treat this theme in any other way. 'Count Me
Among the Living' was written at fever pitch.
What makes the book important is that it
was a fever of understanding." Isa Kapp
.{ NY Times p6 My 5 '46 700w
"As long as the action stays in Hawaii,
things move along interestingly enough; it is
when the child grows up, marries an old play-
mate, and goes to live in California that Miss
Sexton loses her grip. To make a very long
story short (it's a pity the author did not
think of this), the marriage is a failure and
the young woman very, very slowly goes stark,
staring mad. An extremely careful piece of
writing, but an unsuccessful one."
h New Yorker 22:89 Ap 27 '46 120w
"Ethol Sexton weaves her dark- webbed tale
with a maximum of harrowing detail. There
are times, indeed, when the book seems more
a case history of a Journey into darkness than
a creative novel. One follows the steps of the
disintegration of a mind with detachment di-
vorced from sympathy. . . As an exploration
of a mind seeking refuge from phobias and
fears and loneliness, this book holds a certain
amount of interest. As a novel it has many
shortcomings. It is overlong; it is monotonous
in mood. There is no relief from Hester's
aberrations although the author could have
given it in the year of happiness Hester knew
when she was working with her husband."
Jane Tilden
r- Weekly Book Review plO My 5 '46
700w
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:768 summer '46 240w
SEYLER, ATHENE (MRS JAMES BURY
STERNDALE-BENNETT), and HAGGARD,
STEPHEN. Craft of comedy. 104p $1.60 The-
atre arts inc, 130 W 66th St. N.Y. 19 [5s
Muller]
792 Acting. Comedy 46-2888
"This slender volume consists of a series of
letters exchanged between an expert actress
and a younger actor who wishes to explore
the craft bi comedy both for his own sake
and that of a young friend about to desert
his post in a bank a^d devote himself to the
stage. Of the two authors, Miss Seyler has
wider experience in the profession of comedy
acting and Mr. Haggard has the more poetic
and luminous approach. . . Always lightly and,
as it were, quite personally, they manage to
cover a most varied and significant range of
stage esthetics and stage practice." New
Repub
.
Social Educ 10:381 D '46 800w
Reviewed by H. L. Varley
' Republican P4* Ap 28 '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:211 S '46 230w
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
"Every actor, director and playwright should
own a copy of this book. A must for theatre
collections, large or small. Highly recommend-
ed." George Freedley
-f Library J 71:181 F 1 '46 140w
BOOK REVIEW. DIGEST 1946
741
' 'Technique so definitely and candidly con-
sidered becomes craft as well; and craft de-
tailed with so much intelligence, choiceness
and point becomes also technique; with the
final result that the stage theory and the
stage body are inseparable, healthy and con-
tagiously alive. It would be hard to say whether
the thoughtful layman or the thoughtful actor
would get most pleasure and benefit from this
little volume." S. Y.
-f New Repub 114:709 My 13 '46 180w
SEYMOUR, MRS ALTA HALVERSON. A
grandma for Christmas [11. by Janet Smalley
and Jeanne McLavy], [64p] |1 Presbyterian
bd.
A story of a Norwegian Christmas and the
part played by a generous ten -year-old boy.
Gunnuf's though tfulness assured him a share
in the ski contests, a long coveted honor.
"Mrs Seymour has recaptured for us the
fascination of the stories told her by her
father and the illustrations on every page have
a fine foreign wintery feeling." F. C. Darling
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 10 '46
lOOw
"The story is realistically told and in the
spirit of Christmas, while the pictures in color
have a Norwegian feeling." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:458 N '46 80w
"Here's a different sort of Christmas story,
with nice writing and a pleasant feeling of par-
ticipation in regional activities and spirit."
+ Kirkus 14:525 O 15 '46 90w
"Not important but pleasant; an attractive
gift book." Elizabeth Johnson
-f Library J 71:1812 D 15 '46 70w
"Not recommended." M. M. Smith
— Library J 71:1812 D 15 '46 HOw
"We are sure it was a pre-war celebration,
judging by all the sugar, cream and butter
which went into those delectable-sounding
Christmas cakes, which took so much of big
sister Helga's time, and for which recipes are
thoughtfully printed on the endpapers. The
spirit of it, however, as in €tll good Christmas
stories, is timeless." B. L. B.
-f N Y Times p22 D 8 '46 150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:171 D '46
SEYMOUR, MRS ALTA HALVERSON. Tan-
gled skein; il. by Harold Minton. 248p $2
Presbyterian bd.
46-6363
Mystery story for teen-age boys and girls.
The scene is postwar Norway.
"This is a gripping story, set in present-day
Norway. Moments of high drama and genuine
feeling run through this tale. It plumbs a
vital human problem while at the same time
presenting a swiftly paced action story." A.
-f Book Week p24 N 10 '46 90w
"This is so nearly very good that we found
its too easy denouement disappointing. . .
The plot in its conclusions seems contrived, the
characterizations flimsy. However, the setting,
the period (after the war) have a fresh slant."
H Kirkus 14:458 S 15 '46 90w
Library J 72:86 Ja 1 '47 70w
"Alta Seymour's father came from Norway
and she has travelled in that country. She
has written a real adventure story and has
also given a heartening picture of the Nor-
wegians' courage and eagerness to rebuild their
lives and homes. The Tangled Skein is a
Literary Guild book for Junior and senior high
school girls." K. Dombaugh
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 N 10 '46
250w
SEYMOUR, MRS FLORA WARREN (SMITH).
Pocahontas: brave girl; il. by Charles V.
John. (Childhood of famous Americans ser)
192p $1.50 Bobbs
Pocahontas— Juvenile literature 46-6549
"Author of Sacajawea: Bird Girl gives an
appealing picture of Pocahontas, sketching
only slightly her later years. Emphasis is on
Indian life with the Jamestown settlement as
incidental background. Credence is given Cap-
tain John Smith's rescue. Like others in the
'Childhood of Famous Americans' series, type
is large." Library J
"A timely book for young readers is this
biography of Pocahontas. The story is a plea
for greater understanding among all people
whose ways and language differ." Helen Boyd
+ Book Week plO N 10 '46 HOw
"Told with nice feeling for background of
Indian family life and universal sense of a
girl who is Just a little 'different* from other
children in her group. Once again, an excellent
title in this best of nctionized biographies for
middle age group children."
•f Klrku* 14:296 Jl 1 '46 70w
"Mrs. Warren, first woman member of the
Board of Indian Commissioners, is said to know
her material thoroughly. For fourth grade and
retarded readers." Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1546 N 1 '46 90w
SHACTER. MRS HELEN (SEIDMAN). Un-
derstanding ourselves. 2d ed 124p il pa 60c
McKnight
371.81 Psychology, Applied. Conduct of life.
Students 46-3534
"The purpose of this book is to help the in-
dividual understand people better and gain
insight into the reasons why people behave
as they do — or, as the author puts it, 'to help
you become more proficient in happy living
and more successful in social living.' It is
written for high school students and should
be useful in classes concerned with personal
and social relations." J Home Econ
Reviewed by Alma Bentley
J Home Econ 38:111 F '46 250w
Reviewed by Eileen Riols
Library J 70:1192 D 15 '45 70w
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Reader's Shake-
speare. See Deutsch, B.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Shakespeare ar-
ranged for modern reading, by Frank W.
Cady and Van H. Cartmell; il. by Rockwell
Kent. 1165p $5 Doubleday
822.33 47-162
Abridgements of all of Shakespeare's plays
together with Venus and Adonis and The Rape
of Lucrece, and thirty of the sonnets. In the
plays the famous speeches and songs are in-
tact, and in their proper places to show the
development of the plot.
"It is high time, this reviewer thoroughly
agrees, that scholars come out of their cubicles
and serve the intelligent public. Shakespeare,
especially, needs Judicious paring and modern-
izing. But these editors are to be praised
more for their good intentions than for their
accomplishment. Unfortunately, they felt
obliged to present all the plays, even the
doubtful ones. They waste valuable space,
supposedly dedicated only to what is enduringly
great, on such inferior works as 'Two Gentle-
men of Verona,' 'Comedy of Errors,' 'Henry
VI,' 'Henry VIII,' 'Timon of Athens,' all of
which (for the general reader) are quite neg-
ligible and some of which are not even com-
pletely by Shakespeare. As a result, they
have all too little space into which to cram
the truly great plays. . . The type and format
are pleasing, the workmanship is painstaking;
but this reviewer can recommend the volume
with little enthusiasm. The laudable purpose
behind the work could have been carried out
much better." Robert Berkelman
h Christian Science Monitor p!4 D 10 '46
650w
"The editors have done a good job in telling
the stories of the plays with excerpts of fam-
ous lines or entire speeches. For the in-
dividual purchaser. Not recommended for
library purchase." George Freedley
-| Library J 71:1113 D 1 '46 80w
742
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SHAKESPEARE, WILU AM— Continued
"Oddly, in a book 'arranged for modern
reading,' what I consider its two fundamental
mistakes are of a pedantic nature. The more
serious is including the complete orthodox
canon of plays, which means that several are
mediocre, a few downright bad, some only
part Shakespeare's. . . The second fault is
hoary, though brief, 'data' on plot sources,
disputes over dates of composition — again out
of key with the editors' purpose. Depending
on the play, one might substitute: generally
accepted date; brief mention of stage history
or popularity in different ages; one or two
conflicting interpretations in various ages —
for instance, some recent opinion on 'Measure
for Measure' to contrast with the view of
Coleridge here published. . . Mr. Cady and
Mr. Cartmell thread together with clear, un-
obstrusive prose extensive quotations, selected
with flne judgment, from poetry which has
never been equaled in English nor surpassed in
any language." W. B. C. Watkins
H NY Times p22 N 17 '46 800w
"A conscientious effort to take the pain out
of reading Shakespeare, which is exactly the
kind of thing that brings yelps from the
pedants. . . Unimportant events that serve
only to forward the story have been con-
densed, in prose, and much of the rich con-
fusion of plot and action has been cleared up."
New Yorker 22:145 D 14 '46 lOOw
"It is Shakespeare in easy doses, and the
editors have certainly simplified the course of
treatment. The Rockwell Kent illustrations
are in the bold, clean, dynamic tradition."
Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 '46
lOOw
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ja 26 '47
230w
SHANAHAN, WILLIAM OSWALD. Prussian
military reforms, 1786-1813. 270p $3.26 Co-
lumbia univ. press
355 Prussia. Army A46-1003
"In this monograph, careful and detailed
figures show the character and composition
of the Prussian army year by year chiefly from
its disastrous defeat at Jena in 1806 to its re-
organization in 1813. The study also gives an
account of the considerable reforms carried out
by Scharnhorst and his coworkers during these
years: simplification of administration through
the creation of a Ministry of War, improve-
ment in the supply system, abolition of cruel
military punishments, and better training and
selection of officers." (U S Quarterly Bki) Bib-
liography. Index.
Reviewed by Hans Rothfeis
Am Hist R 52:117 O '46 950w
"In view of the current problem as to the
limitations to be imposed upon German arma-
ments, the military issues debated here have
more than academic interest, although the book
fills a particular need as a scholarly study."
4- Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
180w
"The book's greatest value is the author's
correction of the generally current Idea that
the greatly enlarged army of 1813 was due to
Scharnhorst 's supposedly new Krumper sys-
tem. This is generally said to have evaded the
French limitation of the Prussian army after
1808 to 42,000 by releasing men after short
training and filling their places secretly with
new men, thus training successively a body of
reserves which were mobilized into an army
of some 127,000 in 1813. The author shows
clearly that this is a legend without basis in
fact."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:223 S '46 280w
SHANE, SUSANNAH, pseud. See Ashbrook, H.
SHANN. MRS RENEE. Christopher's wife.
310p $2 Random house [8s 6d Collins)
46-6393
All the Shearers expected that when Chris-
topher came home from the war he would
marry the girl Unity, whom they all knew and
loved. Instead he came bringing his wife, a
beautiful French adventuress. The story de-
scribes the effect of Simone upon the life of
the little English village, and especially upon
Christopher and Unity.
Book Week p!2 S 15 '46 90w
"The author would have you believe Simone
to be a sophisticated and practised enchantress,
but she is merely crude. The writing is very
English and very bad. Not recommended."
L. M. Kinloch
— Library J 71:1051 Ag '46 70w
"It's done with light, homely touches and
a smooth, easy style that even makes it all
seem to matter." Andrea Parke
N Y Times p!3 S 1 '46 270w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell tn ^JA
Weekly Book Review pll S 1 '46 140w
SHANNON, JAMES IGNATIUS. Amazing
electron. (Science and culture ser) 248p 11 $4
Bruce pub.
533 Electrons. Radioactivity 46-7260
"The story of the electron has been written
in popular terms many times in recent years.
Here it is told again, briefly but rather well.
The steps in the discovery of the electron are
recounted, and its properties and their applica-
tions in such fundamental devices as therm -
ionics tubes, X-ray tubes, and photoelectric
cells are described. The author then takes up
atomic structure and the atom bomb. How-
ever, he has given only seven pages to the
latter subject. Throughout the book the sub-
ject is treated from the viewpoint of physicists.
Although radio tubes are described, little is
said about their use; in fact, neither the word
'radio' nor the word 'radar' appears in the
index. The book will probably appeal chiefly
to persons who have had some preliminary in-
troduction to physics. There is a good glossary
and a list of books for reference." N Y New
Tech Bks
Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:39 Jl '46
SHAPIRO, KARL JAY. Essay on rime. 72p $2
Reynal
811 Poetics 45-9654
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by M. F. IJndsley
Cath World 163:91 Ap '46 550w
"The book is courageous and alive . . . [but]
seriously marred by misinformation, special
pleading, and facile Judgments." Dudley Fitts
H Poetry 68:39 Ap '46 1550w
"This is not a profound work — the author
would not claim that it is, nor is it wholly
adequate as history. . . But the Essay is a
good-tempered and reasoned discussion of some
important aspects of poetic theory and prac-
tice, discussed in an accomplished conversa-
tional verse."
-f ~ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:6 Mr '46 280w
SHAPLEY, HARLOW, and others, eds. Treas-
ury of science; with an introd. by Dr Shap-
ley; enl. ed. with a complete, new section
on atomic fission. 2d ed 772p $3.95 Harper
504 Science 46-5702
"A collection of articles by famous scientists
on all phases of science, including the physical
world, life, evolution, disease, the mind, and
the atom. This second edition adds information
to Jean's article on Exploring the atom, and
an 80-page section on atomic fission." (Book-
list) For first edition see Book Review Digest
1943.
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle plO Ag 10 '46
90w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
743
8HAPPIRO, HERBERT. The Texan. 217p $2
MCBHde 46-8293
Western story.
earlier novels amusing, you are almost sure
to li
Kirkus 14:9 Ja '46 70w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy ^t mtet
Weekly Book Review p20 Mr 24 '46
50w
SHARP, MARGERY. Britannia Mews. 377p
*2"75 LltUe 46-4606
A long chronicle of English life and customs
over a period from 1865 to the 1940's, in which
the central character is Adelaide Culver.
Adelaide rebelled against her Victorian family,
eloped with her drunken drawing master, and
went to live with him in Britannia Mews,
where once her father's coachman had lived.
Thru the years while the Mews were under-
going their change from slums, to fashionable
quarters, Adelaide continued to live there,
and in time achieved the very Victorian vir-
tues against which she had once rebelled.
"Miss Sharp has attempted within the com-
pass of a single book what Galsworthy ac-
complished in a trilogy, and I do not think
her talent is equal to the undertaking. In her
effort to compass the eighty years her chron-
icle requires, she cannot give her transitions
the attention they deserve. . . Miss Sharp is
also handicapped with having to work with
too large a cast. She makes her people of
passing interest but she leaves them again
and again flat rather than developed char-
acters. The social contrast seems forced to
me, and usually too obvious to be important."
Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:144 Jl '46 480w
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
"Miss Sharp, the witty author of Cluny
Brown, has attempted a little too much in
Britannia Mews. It is a well written chronicle
story, covering several generations of two
families. Such novels are seldom very coherent
or convincing, and Britannia Mews is no excep-
tion. One can only wish that the three plots
involved had been developed separately." M. F.
Lindsley
Cath World 163:471 Ag '46 350w
"The novel is a study of contrasts and con-
flicts, and all together a picture of what try-
ing to keep up appearances does to people and
what happens to one who rebels against that
convention as Adelaide did. The humor, the
unexpectedness, the satire, and also the dis-
position to make persons become personifica-
tions are characteristic of Margery Sharp." W.
1C R /
'+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 25
'46 600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"There is perhaps less of her barbed wit,
her pungency — than in earlier books. But it's
refreshing reading."
+ Kirkus 14:201 My 1 '46 270w
"Not as merry as Cluny Brown or Flower-
ing Thorn but filled with pertinent observa-
tion and gay satire. For general purchase.
A useful summer novel." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 120w
"The story goes on too long, but it never
fails of life and of wit." H. I' A. Fausset
Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 30 '46 120w
"Margery Sharp has carved her characters
as delicately as poor Henry did his puppets,
and her tune is evocative, yet sturdy, played
aa might have been a favorite air on an organ
grinder's hurdy-gurdy in Britannia Mews it-
self. Adelaide is a robust and engaging
heroine, worthy of the dear Queen in whose
solid and exciting reign she was raised. This
is a good, nourishing novel." Anne Fremantle
-f N Y Times p4 Jl 7 '46 950w
"Miss Sharp is as dexterous, unsubtle, and
unflaggingly lively aa ever; if you found her
"It is right to aay that it is brilliantly told
and full of humor that seldom misses a
trick. . . Up to the death of the drunken
puppet maker, the book, in the sight of the re-
viewer, was not only vivid but convincing. It
would be wrong to say that it stops Being
vivid there, for Miss Sharp writes with spirit
and economy at all times. But there were
several things that taxed belief at that point.
And it seemed that, after a truly brilliant
beginning, Miss Sharp had wearied of her
theme. In spite of this stricture the book
is diverting, often extremely so. . . Her ac-
count of the stables, the slum, the smart
Bohemia, where the Victorian spirit, although
in full rebellion against itself, ran true to form,
is a parable, and by no means a dull one, of
all England. If the figures of her fancy had
as much reality as the background against
which they move, and as much vitality as her
symbolic overtones, 'Britannia Mews' would
have been something more than a clever
book." Leonard Bacon
-f Sat R of Lit 29:9 Je 29 '46 850w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46
370w
Time 48:108 Jl 8 '46 250w
"Miss Margery Sharp has always written
with sprightly zest and gaiety, and these quali-
ties are not absent from her latest work.
Indeed, they are displayed here to as good
advantage as in any of her novels; on the score
of what is called readability Miss Sharp has
excelled herself in 'Britannia Mews.' But this
is also a somewhat fuller book than she has
been in the habit of attempting, less extrava-
gant and of a more substantial comic imagina-
tion; and very shrewdly done it is. The heights
and the depths are still not for Miss Sharp,
but hers is a very live and rewarding perform-
ance."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p401 Ag 24 '46
650w
"This characteristically bizarre story of
Adelaide gives Miss Sharp an excellent oppor-
tunity to present objectively the whole pattern
and texture of the conventional Victorian, Ed-
wardian and Georgian life that Adelaide re-
jected. . . In 'Britannia Mews' Margery Sharp
has definitely grown up." F. H. Bullock
+ Weekly Book Review pi Je 30 '46
1400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
SHARTLE, CARROLL LEONARD. Occupation-
al information; its development and applica-
tion. 339p il $4.65; to schools $3.50 Prentice-
Hall
331.7 Occupations. Job analysis 46-1270
"Textbook covering the whole field of occu-
pational information, what it is, training for It,
and uses in industry, government, education
and community agencies. Among the contents
are Job analysis, how to secure information,
how to use the Dictionary of Occupational
Titles, jobs for the handicapped, military to
civilian occupations and current and future op-
portunities. Amplified by 80 tables, charts, illus-
trations and references." Library J
Booklist 42:344 Jl 1 '46
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 70w
"This reviewer can find only one minor criti-
cism to make with reference to this contribu-
tion to the literature on vocational guidance,
namely, that commercial publications on ocupa-
tional information have been listed in too great
detail. . . Such information is easily procured
from the publishers; it is, in fact, distributed
freely by them in order to advertise their
publications. On the other hand, the suggested
supplementary readings and references to re-
lated literature should prove helpful to the
neophyte in the field of occupational informa-
tion. This volume deserves a place in the li-
brary of every vocational counselor." T. E.
Christensen
H School R 54:305 My '46 850w
744
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SHAW, ELTON RAYMOND. National debt and
our future; a look ahead on the Chase-Han-
sen -Berle superhighway to deficit spending
prosperity. 189p $2.50; pa $1.60 Shaw pub.
336.73 Finance— U.S. 46-2517
"A trenchant criticism of the policy of defi-
cit finance and unlimited spending as the road
to prosperity. The author agrees with the sen-
timent expressed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
(July 30, 1932) when the depression was at
its worst and he was beginning his first cam-
paign: 'Let us have courage to stop borrowing
to meet continuing deficits. Stop the deficits!' "
Christian Century
Christian Century 63:592 My 8 '46 70w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 1 '46 420w
snAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Crime of Im-
prisonment; 11. by William Gropper. 125p $2
Philosophical lib.
365 Prisons 46-5464
An essay on prison reform originally pub-
lished in 1922 as preface to the Webbs' Eng-
lish Prisons Under Local Government. This is
its first appearance as a separate book. "Mr.
Shaw wrote this philippic Just after the first
World War. in an effort to make monkeys out
of the gentlemen who embody the law and
the unthinking public which consents to the
barbarities and inconsistencies of its applica-
tion." (New Yorker)
Reviewed by P. S. Broughton
Am J Pub Health 36:808 Jl '46 330w
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ap 28 '46 700w
"Somewhat out of date, but might still be
worthwhile, more for the sake of G. B. S.
than for contents as such. Numerous interest-
ing full-page illustrations by William Gropper.
Recommended for large public and educational
libraries," H. H. A. Bernt
H Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 140w
New Yorker 22:90 Ap 27 '46 lOOw
Springf'd Republican p6 My 2 '46 360w
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Selected novels.
726p $2.50 Caxton house, inc, 9 Rockefeller
PlaZa' N"Y- 2° 46-7389
This volume contains the original texts of
The Irrational Knot (1880), Cashei Byron's
Profession (1882) and An Unsocial Socialist
(1883).
Reviewed by Donald Barr
N Y Times plO D 15 '46 450w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 240w
"In these slight novels of his nonage there
Is little promise of Shaw's latter-day achieve-
ments (Candida, Pygmalion, over 40 other
plays). Yet, in retrospect, they show horizon-
tal flashes of the approaching storm — the
brightest literary lifetime of his age."
Time 48:110 O 7 '46 500w
"Arthur Zeiger in his introduction to this
volume cites James Huneker as thinking that
Mr. Shaw should have continued to be a novel-
ist and Christopher Morley as considering him
a 'great novelist gone wrong.' These critics, it
seems to me, have found more in the Shaw
novels than I believe is there, or than they even
promised."
Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 370w
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p7 O 13 '46 200w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 23 '46
lOOw
"Stories of feeling, warm humanity and de-
4! Kj'rkus 14:228 My 15 '46 180w
"All are well -cons true ted and tightly writ-
ten Recommended." Scott Adams
-f- Library J 71:978 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:358 S 28 '46 1150w
"Irwin Shaw is a moral writer who conceives
moral problems simply, feels them deeply, and
dramatizes them with an often terrifying- his-
torical relevance. As a result, once met, his
stories stay in the mind. Most readers who
open 'Act of Faith and Other Stories' will
vividly recall at least two or three of the
twelve war fictions the book brings together. . .
Shaw's stories were written during the war
about the war, but they cannot be taken
retrospectively as an account of what has been.
One finds, re-reading them in a period of
unreal, unstable peace, that they gain in
meaning, in the power to disturb, with the
passage of time." R. G. Davis
•f N Y Times p5 Agr 25 '46 1400w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 24 '46
600w
"These are chiefly stories of the war, and
military adventures of the peace, told in Mr.
Shaw's clean, economical, and skilful fashion.
The author's plots are plots of mood and emo-
tion, a hint and a gesture, rather than action,
but there isn't a story in the book whose mild
climax does not leave the reader satisfied."
Phil Stong
-f Sat R of Lit 29:33 S 21 '46 500w
"Irwin Shaw is a writer who packs a wallop.
His stories are the product of a man who
has thought deeply about his fellows, and who
has written of them without bitterness. He
owns a sound literary equipment. The healthi-
ness of his writing; the controlled clarity of
his pen; the understanding humor with which
he regards his characters, all disclose a man
who has learned how to live as well as how
to write." Edwin Padiman
-f- Weekly Book Review p5 S 8 '46 500w
SHAW, IRWIN. The assassin; a play in three
acts. 158p $2 Random house
812 World war, 1939-1945— Drama 46-2337
The scene of this play is Algiers in Novem-
ber, 1942, when the American soldiers had Just
arrived. There is a long preface by the author
on the present state of the American theater.
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Library J 71:760 My 15 '46 30w
"Mr. Shaw is facile and ambitious, gifted and
plausible, of swimming eye and weak taste;
but he is not convincing. He provides a poor
indictment of Broadway, even of its critics on
the papers." Stark Young
— New Repub 114:479 Ap 8 '46 HOOw
"The assassination of Darlan constitutes a
rather pointless footnote to the history of the
confusion that followed our troops' arrival in
North Africa. Irwin Shaw has sought in this
episode a simple and significant narrative; but
his simplicity has become merely static and
his significance grandiose and foggy. . . The
SHAW, IRWIN. Act of faith, and other stories.
212p $2.50 Random house
46-7547
Collection of twelve stories most of which
were first printed in the New Yorker or
Collier's. They have a war background with
sociological overtones. Contents: Preach on
the dusty roads; Faith at sea; Gunners' pas*
sage; walking wounded; Hamlets of the
world; Retreat; Part in a play; The priest;
Night in Algiers; Medal from Jerusalem; The
veterans reflect; Act of faith.
Atlantic 178:172 N '46 290w
the heart-breaking futility and hopelessness of
being an American playwright. . . This preface
Is one of the theatrical documents of our time.
It Is all the more effective because it is hysteri-
cal, immoderate, and occasionally downright
unfair. It proves only one thing, and that only
in a symptomatic way: that one of our major
playwrights has been clean unhinged by the
condition of the American theatre," Russell
Maloney
— NY Times p6 Mr 24 '46 1200w
Reviewed by W. P. Baton
Weekly Book Review p20 Je 23 '46
360w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
745
SHAW, PLATO ERNEST. Catholic apostolic
church, sometimes called Irvingite; a his-
torical study. 264p il $3.25 King's crown press
[22s Oxford]
289.9 Catholic Apostolic church A46-3021
"The so-called 'Catholic Apostolic Church'
is one of the curiosities of religious history.
Pounded in 1832 by certain admirers and fol-
lowers of Edward Irving, it was popularly
called 'Irvingite' . . . though the real leader
was John Bate Cardale. The sensational fea-
ture of the church was that it encouraged
prophesying and 'speaking with tongues.' " Am
Hist R
"Few accounts of the movement exist, most
of them out of date. Mr. Shaw's careful mono-
graph nils a gap and has the greater value
because he has used pamphlet material now
almost unobtainable and has thus preserved
information that it would have been a pity to
lose. Though bizarre, the 'Catholic Apostolic
Church* has historical importance as a symp-
tom of the changing conditions and religious
unrest in the era of its foundation." W. O.
Aydelotte
+ Am Hist R 52:99 O '46 480w
"Mr. Shaw's research has been thorough and,
as an outsider, he gives a sympathetic and ap-
preciative presentation." W. E. G.
+ Christian Century 63:1065 S 4 '46 350w
"Dr. Shaw has evidently been thorough and
comprehensive in his research. His work is also
well documented. But it must be said that he
has not fully accounted for the rise of this
church. Many of the explanations given above
he failed to note, and others should be recog-
nized. More inexcusable, however, is the
author's lack of a chronological order. Incidents
are recorded in chapters quite indifferent to
their relationship to the period under review.
The result is a most disjointed story, with in-
numerable repetitions, making it exceedingly
difficult to follow with intelligent interest."
R. E. E. Harkness
h Crozer Q 24:83 Ja '47 1350w
SHEEAN. VINCENT. This house against this
house. 420p $3.50 Random house
940.548173 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American. World war, 1939-
1945— Peace. World politics 46-25085
Beginning with a philosophical dissertation
on the Versailles treaty, the author goes on to
his personal experiences in World war II. He
was staff officer in the African and Italian
campaigns and went on a brief mission to
India and China, to report on the early B-29
operations. He closes with a chapter on the
the San Francisco conference. No index.
" 'This House Against This House' is quite as
controversial a book as its publisher warns.
It will be disputed hotly and praised greatly;
it should by all means be read." Leo Kennedy
Book Week pi Mr 31 '46 1250w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
"To one reader, 'This House Against This
House' is not comparable with Mr. Sheean's
previous works, such as 'Personal History/ and
'Not Peace But a Sword.' To be sure, there
are excellent examples of Mr. Sheean's gift
for rich prose and poetic imagery; but, on the
whole, the book is rambling and diffusive. As
an art work, it is impressionistic rather than
substantive. And another point on the debit
side is the language which Mr. Sheean puts
into the mouths of American Army officers and
soldiers. It is in shockingly bad taste. . .
One wonders if this type of intimate, first-
person journalism hasn't about outlived its
usefulness as a serious contribution to world
thought." Homer Metz
h Christian Science Monitor p!5 Mr 30
'46 550w
Kirkus 14:26 Ja 15 '46 2BOw
"Where Vincent Sheean limits himself to
reporting he produces a valuable documentary
record. Where he starts to analyze and pro-
nounce his opinions, he is infuriating." Rudolf
Hlrsch
H Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 140w
"The real and singular value of this book
lies in what I can only describe as the easy
force and relaxed seriousness of its impres-
sions. It is earnest and vivid and at times
caustic; yet there is nothing of the revolting
'high-octane' school of writing and nothing of
dogmatism. Nor does the book fall into the
other extreme of a spurious urbanity. Systems
of politics have little attraction for Mr. Sheean,
but his values are deeply and naturally be-
lieved. They are not beliefs of the head but of
the whole man, and the record here set down
has a consequent largeness and warmth."
Ralph Bates
-f Nation 163:22 Jl 6 '46 270w
"This House Against This House is philo-
sophical journalism of the highest order. Two-
thirds of it — a central portion narrating Mr.
Sheean's personal experience as an Army of-
ficer and correspondent in French North Africa,
Italy, India, China and Germany — is full of the
warmth of feeling, the sensitivity of perception
and the fine literary flavor which, as in his
earlier books, make persons and places come
to life. . . The narrative itself is less important
than the introductory meditation, 'Free Born,'
and the concluding anticipation, 'Shadows of
the Peace.' Here passionate propaganda in
the good sense of the word — in the sense of
a spreading of a faith sweated out of a quarter
of a century of living, seeing, learning, feeling
and thinking — lifts the book from 'personal
history' into history." Percy Winner
-f New Repub 114:450 Ap 1 '46 1900w
"Foreign correspondents' books are said to
be a drug on the market just now, in which
case it may be hoped that Mr. Sheean's book
will escape that classification. If, however,
he must be known as a foreign correspondent,
then 'This House Against This House* must
be put down as about the best to come out of
this war." Robert Neville
4- N Y Times p4 Mr 31 '46 1450w
"Mr. Sheean is a good writer, a good student
of contemporary history, and a good liberal,
but a little humor wouldn't hurt his work at
all."
-f — New Yorker 22:94 Mr 30 '46 80w
"The book is a splendid and literary produc-
tion (except for one-and two- hundred -word
sentences, and some repetitiousness), but it is
really two or more books. It is a searching,
Hegelian exposition of the mistakes of Ver-
sailles and the hopes of the United Nations.
It is also a well -written and often exciting
war Journal. Many readers who are surfeited
with the latter will warm to the former. Some
who still thrill at military adventure will be
bored with the company of Tagore, Marx.
Plato, and Spinoza." Baukhage
H Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 30 '46 2000w
"This House Against This House is a preten-
tious title for Mr. Sheean's mixture as before:
part tract, part treatise, part I-was-right-there
testimony. The ingredients are not up to pre-
war quality."
Time 47:108 Ap 15 '46 450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:133 Je '46 280w
"The reporting is superb. The philosophy,
on the other hand, seems disjointed and some-
times a little tedious, showing a tendency to
mistake a rich prose style, a wealth of allusion
and a good deal of at least dubious history for
essential content. A little too much of that,
and one begins to run into the law of diminish-
ing returns. But if Mr. Sheean's philosophy as
a whole seems to be suffering under that law,
it is probably not his fault. . . Perhaps the
individual person is not what he once was.
If so it is sad, but meanwhile, Mr. Sheean has
given us one of the best and certainly one of
the most thoughtful of the personal war
books." Walter Millis
H Weekly Book Review pi Mr 31 '46
1450w
SHEPARD, KATHARINE, and ELLIS. EVE*
LYN A. First steps in cooking. 174p $2.76
Macmillan
641.5 Cookery 46-4446
Cookery for beginners, explained simply and
in detail. Contains explanations of cooking
terms, care of kitchen and equipment* sugges-
746
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SHEPARD, KATHARINE— Continued
tions for meal planning:, and easy recipes. Could
be used in young people's collection.
Booklist 43:9 S '46
"This isn't the kind of volume in which
you'll find the unusual dishes, the tricky and
delicious recipes grandmother handed down
from her grandma, or the special performances
of a great French chef. The authors stick to
the simple things, the ordinary dishes, sauces
and methods that form the backbone of the
ordinary American cuisine. For this reason
the book seems to me to deserve high rating
in the field for which it is intended. A lot of
new brides are going to be grateful for it; so,
for that matter, will many a teacher of house-
hold economics " J. H. Jackson
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 15 '46
220w
Wis Lib Bui 42:128 O '46
SHEPARD, ODELL, and SHEPARD, WIL-
LARD ODELL. Holdfast Gaines. 647p $3
Macmillan 46-11985
An historical novel covering the period of
the Revolution and the early 1800's. It includes
the burning of New London, the years of the
westward expansion, and the War of 1812. The
hero is an Indian, brought up by an American
family, and his struggle between his two loy-
alties is the motivating factor of his life.
Reviewed by E S. Watson
Book Week p3 N 17 '46 320w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
"The style is notable. The solid facts
of observation are turned just enough ,to the
light to catch the glint of poetry. The prose
moves to an undertone of music uncommon
anywhere and almost unheard of in books of
this genre. And what of Holdfast Gaines him-
self? He will furnish controversy. Most readers
will accept him with Joy and gratitude. Others
will raise » eyebrows at his oversize nature,
his goodness and forebearance. He sees both
sides, the man of one race who realizes the
truth about men of another. The tremendous
vigil in the cave is his redskin soliloquy, 'to
be.' He is most moving when he thinks he
has failed, and most courageous, too. When
he discovers the truth about Uncas, the
catharsis is complete." T. M. Longstreth
4- — Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 12 '46
650w
"American history comes alive in this extra-
ordinary book. Whether or not Holdfast
Gaines himself was an historical figure, or
simply a composite of the highest type of
Indian who tried, in vain, to weld the interests
of two nations together, he is made to live
In these pages. . . The story has the sweep
of the old sagas; it packs an amazing amount
of America in the making; it pictures the
crudities, the violence, the pulsing heart and
blood of that America,' it is alive with individ-
ual characters, historical and fictional."
-f Klrkqs 14:428 S 1 '46 430w
"So much conversation in dialect is somewhat
trying. A great novel, however, masterfully
written, long, but intensely interesting. A must
book for most libraries." L. R. Etzkorn
-j Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 90w
"The Shepards father and son, have written
an unusually ambitious and unhackneyed novel
of the beginnings of the Republic. The care-
ful, accurate research was to be expected of
a writing combination that includes a leading
biographer-historian. So was the seriousness
of theme and purpose. But what gives 'Hold-
fast Gaines' distinction is the fusion of research
with a feeling for the poetic turbulence of the
years between the Revolution and the War of
1812. Without playing their history false, .the
Shepards have written what amounts to a
brave and hearty fantasy on early American
themes." Herbert Lyons
-f N Y Times p28 N 24 '46 700w
"Readers who look patiently will find authen-
tic U.S. history in Holdfast Gaines, hidden
under a growth of dialect as thick as dog hair
and .the most unabashedly bogus hard -luck
love story since the days of J. Fenimore
Cooper."
Time 48:109 N 18 '46 320w
"It is not possible, of course, to say what
each author individually has contributed to
the book, but together they have written what
seems to me the finest historical novel I have
read this year, or, for that matter, in several
years." Jennings Rice
+ Weekly Book Review p2 N 17 '46
llOOw
SHEPARD, WARD. Food or famine; the chal-
lenge of erosion. 225p il $3 Macmillan
631.45 Erosion. Soil conservation Agr45-338
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This book should be of value to professional
workers in soil conservation, rural sociologists,
the editors of farm papers and others genuinely
interested in understanding the nature of ero-
sion and the formulation of an adequate pro-
gram for its control." J. L. Hypes
Am Soc R 11:767 D '46 850w
"While Mr. Shepard has not the answers for
all the problems raised by the challenge of
erosion, he has faced up to them manfully in
a broad -ranging and thoughtful book of genuine
interest to the social scientist." C. S. Ascher
-f Ann Am Acad 243:177 Ja '46 550w
Bookmark 7:7 Mr '46
Reviewed by Ellsworth HuntJngton
Qeog R 36:697 O '46 380w
"I do not recall any finer piece of exposition
than the author's treatment of the ecology of
the top soil, 'that thin film, built through eons,
which stands between* the human race and
extinction.' " John Collier
-f Nation 162:351 Mr 23 '46 550w
"Mr. Shepard's vigorous and well-written
story will do much to arouse public interest in
the dangers of soil erosion and in possible in-
stitutional remedies. This in itself is a worth-
while achievement. It would be scientific snob-
bery to criticize the author's exaggeration, his
colorful but somewhat vague terms and state-
ments on the status quo of soil destruction and
its causes throughout the world. Little harm
will come from these shortcomings; they may
even add to the popularity of the book." S. V.
Ciriacy-Wantrup
-f ~ Pol Sci Q 61:259 Je '46 1350w
"Written with clarity and lively style, the
book, employs the logic of the accountant,
which in its widest sense is that of the ecolo-
gist. Resources are the fundamental assets of
civilization and are inseparably interrelated.
Soil, forests, water, social behavior, fiscal poli-
cies, and world organization must be considered
together if mankind is to maintain the basis for
civilized survival. The recommendations made
are concrete, practical, and thoroughly con-
sistent with the American tradition."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:37 Mr '46 260w
Wis Lib Bui 42:18 Ja '46
SHEPHERD, GEOFFREY SEDDON. Agricultu-
ral price control. 861p $3.75 Iowa state col-
lege press
338.1 Agriculture — Economic aspects. Prices
'This comprehensive study of the devices in-
tended to control agricultural prices, as they
have been developed in the past fifteen to
twenty years, is divided into four parts. The
first and longest section discusses the stabiliz-
ing of agricultural prices by controlling the
market supplies of farm products. This in*
volves the history of the Commodity Credit
Corporation and the efforts to stabilize farm
prices against fluctuations in supply. The sec-
ond section deals with the stabilizing of prices
by controlling the demand for farm products. . .
Part three Is concerned with local and regional
Srograms for controlling market supply and
emand, primarily with agricultural marketing
agreements for milk, and for fruit and vege-
tables. The final section, and that probably
having the greatest current interest, deals
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
747
with the problem of controlling: agricultural
prices after World War II." U B Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by R. B. Heflebower
Am Econ R 36:177 Mr '46 2260w
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl '46 lOw
"There will be disagreement on some, re-
luctant agreement on other of Professor
Shepherd's conclusions. Many farmers may at
times wish to go back to free -market prices,
relatively uncontrolled; others fear the political
ramifications of price control. But the case
is set forth with conviction that price control
can have desirable and beneficial effects if it
is properly used."
U S Quarterly Bkl 1:25 D '45 320w
SHERMAN, HENRY CLAPP. Chemistry of
food and nutrition. 7th ed 675p il $3.75 Mac-
millan
641.1 Food— Analysis. Nutrition 46-3545
"Two new chapters, Nutritional character-
istics of the chief groups of food; and Causes
and extent of variations in the nutritive values
of food, have been inserted in the present edi-
tion of this standard text. Several other
chapters have been revised and expanded to
bring the subject matter up to date, and
numerous references have been added to the
lists of suggested reading. Designed primarily
for college classes, the book has become of
increasing value to other readers who are
interested in the facts regarding the relation
of nutrition to health and efficiency, and the
trend of present-day research. It is useful as
a guide to the literature of nutrition." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Index.
with the nature of the conflict which man
finds in himself, a conflict that results in
feelings of guilt, anxiety and hostility. The
second is concerned with the cure of the soul
thus harassed. Quilt itself may be a fact or
a feeling." Christian Century
Booklist 42:332 Je 15 '46
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
SHERMAN, MAN DEL. Intelligence and its
deviations. 286p il $3.75 Ronald
151 Psychology 45-7380
"Written as a text for students of psychol-
ogy and medicine, the various definitions and
theories of intelligence are first reviewed to
show that intelligence 'is not a single mental
process, but a practical concept connoting a
group of complex mental processes.' Many
factors are shown to contribute to the intel-
lectual development and intellectual efficiency
of an individual. Heredity plays a major role,
but environment is also important in so far
as it affects an individual's emotional stability,
basic drives, and frustration -tolerance for
failure. . . An extensive bibliography and a
glossary of medical terms are provided." U S
Quarterly Bkl
School & Society 62:64 Jl 28 '45 30w
"A wealth of theoretical, experimental, and
clinical material relating to intelligence has
been assembled in this small book.
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 1:48 D '45 240w
SHERRILL, LEWIS JOSEPH. Guilt and re-
demption. 254p $2.50 Presbyterian com.
234.3 Sin. Salvation 46-3269
"This volume combines the philosophical and
psychological approaches to one of the basic
problems of Christian theology and human
existence. The author, who is dean of the
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
first presented this material as the Sprunt lec-
tures at Union Theological Seminary, Rich-
mond. Virgina, in 1945. In the preparation of
the lectures Dr. Sherrill had the counsel of an
impressive array of psychiatrists, philosophers
and theologians, and the constant cooperation
of his wife, who is a professional psychiatric
case worker. . . The book begins In historical
vein with a survey of the ancient conflict
between guilt and innocence on the battle-
ground of the human soul. This is followed
by a brief survey of the development of psy-
chology. . . Two main questions are involved
in the entire discussion. The first has to do
"Every minister concerned with the care
and cure of souls will find in this volume an
immense amount of inspiration and practical
help for both preaching and pastoral counsel-
ing when the problem at hand has anything
to do with man's sense of guilt and his de-
liverance from it. . . A fascinating human in-
terest story is connected with this volume.
When Dr. Sherrill was invited to deliver the
Sprunt lectures, his eyesight was impaired
to the point where reading was impossible.
However, his friends and associates rallied
around him, and by reading aloud to him and
assisting in the preparation of the manuscript
made this a cooperative project in a very
unusual sense. Hence the excellence of the
work, while primarily to the credit of Dr.
Sherrill, was made possible by a genuine effort
of Christian brotherhood and sharing." P. L.
Rearick
-f Christian Century 63:965 Ag 7 '46 660w
Reviewed by J. N. Hartt
Crozer Q 23:285 Jl '46 1600w
SHERRINGTON, SIR CHARLES SCOTT. En-
deavour of Jean Fernel; with a list of the
editions of his writings. 224p 11 $3.50 Mac-
millan [16s Cambridge]
B or 92 Fernel, Jean [A46-3803]
"Behind the famous names associated with
the great discoveries of medical science were
a number of lesser known but perhaps equally
important individuals, setting the groundwork
and sifting away the wheat of knowledge from
the chaff of magic and superstition. Jean
Fernel, leading French physician and teacher
of the sixteenth century, was one of the fore-
most of these pioneers. . . Sir Charles Sherring-
ton has approached this study of Jean Fernel
and his works with the enthusiasm of the ar-
dent admirer, tempered by the searching view-
point of the reverent scholar. He analyzes
and traces the changing pattern of Fernel's
life as it was influenced by events taking place
in the world about him." N Y Times
"This is one of those rare books that deserve
unqualified praise." A. D. Ritchie
-f- Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 19 '46 360w
"This little gem from medical history will
delight the scholar and historian. . . As a pic-
ture of the evolution of a medical mind In a
period of change this book is well worth study
by doctors, medical students and serious read-
ers. For the scholar and historian, it is a
work of art and a valuable book of reference."
F. G. Slaughter
-f- N Y Times p22 S 8 '46 500w
"[This book] will attract the attention and
interest of all who are interested in the his-
tory of science, particularly of medical sci-
ence. . . There is an excellent bibliography;
and the illustrations, generous in number,
enhance the interest of the text."
-f- Weekly Book Review p26 S 29 '46 380w
SHERWOOD, A. WILEY. Aerodynamics. 220p
il $2.75 McGraw
629.1323 Aerodynamics 46-6873
"Covers the more practical phases of both
theory and experiment with emphasis on the
physical aspect of the theory to cultivate the
student's interest and to provide a background
suitable for later mathematical work. Much
of the material and many problems were used
in classes at the University of Maryland and
at David Taylor Model Basin. Advocates
previous work in physics and mechanics. Can
be used with or without training In calculus."
(Library J) Index.
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:35 Jl '46
748
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SHERWOOD. LORRAINE. Old Abe, American
eagle; ii. by Katherine Milhous. 60p $1.50
Scribner
973.7 Eagles — Legends and stories. U.S. —
History—Civil war 46-6483
Story of the eagle, known as Old Abe, who
was the mascot of a Wisconsin regiment
during the Civil war. The story was first told
to the author by her grandmother, and has
been used on the WOR program called Going
Places.
Kirktii 14:387 Ag 15 '46 90w
"Recommended." K. H. McAlarney
-f Library J 71:1209 S 15 '46 70w
"His story is well told and should appeal
to young children. There are numerous il-
lustrations, many in color, well suited to the
tastes of younger readers and listeners." R.
A. Brown
-f N Y Times p46 N 10 '46 90w
"The book provides the sort of minor detail
that helps make history more vivid to a grade-
school child." K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:146 D 7 '46 60w
Reviewed by Ella Morse
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
lOOw
Sat R of Lit 29:60 N 9 '46 50 w
Reviewed by M. L,. Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 18 '46
320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
SHIPMAN, NATALIE (MRS GURDON WOR-
CESTER). No secret can be told. 17 6p $2
Prentice-Hall
46-4508
Story of a second marriage, which almost
failed because the shadow of the wife's first
marriage failed to disappear. An understand-
ing elderly man, the black sheep uncle of the
groom, took it upon himself to straighten the
matter out, with marked success.
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:203 My 1 (46 130w
"Unrealistic, with no objectionable word or
situation, the book will be enjoyed by a large
group of public library patrons. A pleasantly
romantic, adequately well-written story." Mar-
garet Owen
4- — Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 70w
"Miss Shipman writes with practiced ease
and her characters are human and reasonable.
Yet, perhaps because everything is so smooth,
so civilized and so brave, the Implied tragedy
and psychological barrier of the first- husband
situation never become more disturbing than
a soft 'boo!' For the readers who want as-
surance that they're not in for a final let-down,
this is entertaining fiction with the guarantee
that everything is going to end as right as
right in the best of all possible worlds." Anne
Richards
H NY Times pl2 Je 23 '46 180w
"Characters made of sugar candy and senti-
mental details dear to housewives' serials on
the air do nothing to reinforce a plot that
like them seems manufactured on mass pro-
duction principles." Grace Frank
— Sat R of Lit 29:18 Jl 13 '46 140w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46
260w
SHIPMAN, NATALIE (MRS GURDON WOR-
CESTER), and WORCESTER, QURDON
S ALTON STALL. Perchance to dream. 217p
$2.50 Prentice-Hall
46-7385
Story of a shy, lonely girl who took to drink
to solace herself for her lack of self-confidence
and her inability to face life, and then when
things looked darkest made a comeback.
N Y Times p32 O 27 '46 250w
"The authors are sincere and purposeful,
but 'Perchance to Dream* loses its dramatic
value in the haze of a case history." Lisle
Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46
180w
SHOEMAKER, SAMUEL MOOR. How you can
help other people. 189p $1.75 Button
250 Pastoral work 46-319
"Because of his belief that, in these critical
postwar years, 'emotionally healthy people
must give friendship and understanding to
repair wounded minds • the rector of Calvary
Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City,
presents practical, forthright discussions of
everyday problems that can be helped by
Christian faith. Citing specific examples, he
considers, among other subjects, our funda-
mental responsibility for our own lives and the
lives about us, the need for spiritual fellow-
ship, helping people to keep normal, helping: the
physically and mentally sick, the defeated and
the self-deceived." Bookmark
Bookmark 7:3 Mr '46
Christian Century 63:112 Ja 23 '46
130w
"The book gives a description of the human
needs regarded as outstanding by Mr. Shoe-
maker: the needs of the physically and mentally
sick, the fearful, the defeated, the sinful, and
of the conscientious and self-deceived folk, and
relates the methods he has found useful in
meeting them. The many who would be more
helpful and the more who need help would
benefit by reading this book."
+ Klrku* 14:96 F 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by J. Z. Nichols
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 4 '46 220w
"As the author states, the basis of the book
is profoundly Christian. All who would bring
spiritual resources to the solution of individual
human problems will find it valuable reading."
C. K. Gilbert
-f Survey 82:242 S '46 500w
"Without putting the matter into a formula,
Mr. Shoemaker shows what it takes to help
people, and — evidently from personal experience
— how this spiritual and intellectual equipment
can be used to help the physically sick, men-
tally unfit, fearful, defeated, conscientious and
selr-deceived, and in general how to help
people to keep normal. Incidentally, much of
the book will be likely to assist one to help
himself along these lines."
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 Ap 21 '46
150w
Wis Lib Bui 42:42 Mr '46
SHORT, LUKE, pseud. See Glidden. F. D.
SHRIBER, MRS (ONE (SANDBERG). Last
straw. 247p $2 Rinehart
46-6395
Detective story.
Reviewed by Julia Halasa
Book Week p36 D 1 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:436 S 1 '46 120w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:467 S 15 '46 50w
"Worth-while." E. H.
-f New Repub 115:358 S 23 '46 30w
"Mrs. Shriber tells the story with her accus-
tomed skill." Isaac Anderson
-|- N Y Times p28 S 29 '46 lOOw
"Readers who like their mysteries in the
Eberhart fashion should enjoy this one."
New Yorker 22:103 S 28 '46 60w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pi 2 O 6 '46
40w
"Acceptable."
Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w j-B-—
Reviewed by Will Cuppy '*""" ""*
Weekly Book Review p31 O 6 '46 lOOw
BOOK REVIEW- DIGEST 1946
749
SHRIDHARANI, KRISHNALAL JETHALAL.
Mahatma and the world. 247p $3.50 Duell
B or 92 Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand.
India—Politics and government 46-25173
"Devoting more attention to India's political
and economic future than to Gandhi, Shridha-
rani has written a lucid exposition of his
country's postwar problems. Gandhi's life and
spiritual meaning for our time are described,
but, among others, so are the problems posed
by Pakistan, the British raj, the All-India Con-
gress, Indian education, and the Bombay plan
for industrial self-sufficiency. The book should
be useful in interpreting India's drive toward
independence." Library J
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week plO My 26 '46 600w
Booklist 42:328 Je 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pll Jl 6 '46
410w
"Krishnalal Shridharani has written about
Mr. Gandhi with imagination and intelligence.
But he is a little diffuse, and his book suffers
from having a certain air of apology about it,
as though it were a letter of credence sent
ahead of himself to his native land by the
author, who fears, perhaps, that his com-
patriots will feel he has tarried too long on
this most worldly of all continents." Anne
Fremantle
-j Commonweal 44:362 Jl 26 '46 800w
"A penetrating, disinterested evaluation of
one of the world's most mysterious personali-
ties."
-f Klrkus 14:142 Mr 15 '46 170w
"Try it for the returned C.B.I, veteran.
Highly recommended." Scott Adams
-f Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by W. N. Brown
Nation 163:47 Jl 13 '46 160w
Reviewed by John Bicknell
N Y Times pi My 19 '46 1700w
"Mr. Shridharani's subject is obviously close
to his heart and he believes that without an
understanding of Gandhi one cannot under-
stand India, but this study is presented so
soberly and quietly that the reader can form
his own opinion of the Mahatma and the
momentous movement he started over fifty
years ago. A fine, discerning picture of the
man."
4- New Yorker 22:108 Je 8 '46 90w
"This book is in a way a biography of
Gandhi with emphasis on the development of
his ideas. It is based on Gandhi's big auto-
biography and on other data. It is an in-
teresting book." Louis Fischer
Sat R of Lit 29:16 Je 29 '46 1350w
"It is a formidably difficult task to make
this strange, enigmatic, other-worldly Hindu
prophet comprehensible to the Western mind.
Yet Krishnalal Shridharani, with his excep-
tional understanding of the East and West,
succeeds in this to a remarkable degree. His
book suffers in places from lack of continuity
and detail, or from over-condensation. At
its close, so it seems to me, it fails to tie
Gandhi himself sufficiently into the world scene.
The treatment is episodic rather than an or-
ganized whole. But Mr. Shridharani is chiefly
concerned with an interpretation of Gandhi,
his ideas and his methods, and he throws a
great deal of light upon the man who is truly
the Light of India and much of Asia." Leland
Stowe
H Weekly Book Review p3 Je 23 '46 1250w
editions. While it is largely military, as any
account of war is bound to be, the language
is not technical." (Foreword) Maps. Index..
Reviewed by R. C. Loehr
Am Hist R 52:106 O '46 200w
Foreign Affairs 25:339 Ja '47 20w
"An extraordinary job — this comprehensive
picture of all phases of World War II, which,
in spite of the many military details of war-
fare in all parts of the world, never neglects
the significance of the individual campaign or
battle and its relationship to the overall mili-
tary picture."
4- Kirkus 14:165 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Within the limits set by its authors, 'World
War II' is a sound and useful work." F. S.
Adams
+ N Y Times p33 My 26 '46 450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:224 S '46 220w
"Excellent condensed account of the war. . .
Dates are bracketed into the text — as many as
a dozen on a single page — which makes the
book highly useful as reference work. There
is a comprehensive index and a sixty-seven-
page map section."
+ Weekly Book Review p30 Ap 28 146
200w
SHULMAN, MAX. Zebra derby; il. by Bill
Crawford. 191p $2 Doubleday
46-607
Satiric fiction exploring the possibilities of
the postwar world and the rehabilitation of the
ex-serviceman.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p3 Ja 13 '46 600w
"Although never subtle, Shulman puts some
of his points very well: and frequently his
satire proves amusing. His lapses into bur-
lesque . . . are done with cutting wit. How-
ever this young author's lack of taste and his
extreme vulgarity shove his book into the
ranks of smoking-room jokes." P. T. Hartung
h Commonweal 44:18 Ap 19 '46 550w
"An earthy, digressive farce . . . horsy and
loud, but lacking in the zip and originality of
Barefoot Boy With Cheek and The Feather
Merchants."
Kirkus 13:477 N 1 '45 150w
"I hope that one or two readers will admire
the way Shulman deflates the now endemic
quotation out of John Donne (by Ernest Hem-
ingway), the one that begins 'No man is an
Hand. . .' His history of Bonanza, the wartime
boom town, is a sociological study worthy of
the Lynds, and there are several other whole-
some little vignettes, such as that of Lindsay
Satchel, the minstrel who had songs to be
traded for bread and would not accept a club
sandwich. Recommending a funny book is
suicide, so let's just say that people who like
to take a chance on a funny book now and
again might do worse than 'The Zebra Derby.' "
Russell Maloney
+ N Y Times p5 F 17 '46 310w
New Yorker 22:87 Mr 2 '46 160w
Reviewed by Maurice Basseches
Sat R of Lit 29:12 F 23 '46 650w
"Mr. Shulman is still not an inspired humorist
and for his broader effects he is inclined to
wander down to the edge of the barnyard where
Chic Sale once found ideas."
Weekly Book Review p!2 F 3 '46 150w
SHUGG, ROGER WALLACE, and DE WEERD,
HARVEY ARTHUR. World war II; a con-
cise history. 538p maps $3 Infantry journal
940.53 World war, 1939-1945 46-3672
"This book is offered to Americans as a
brief military history of the war to VJ-day.
It aims to tell the whole truth so far as it
can be told now in limited space and from
public sources. Care has been taken to make
the text as accurate as possible, but errors
are bound to occur in any attempt to cover
such a vast subject. Readers are invited to
call these to the attention of the Infantry
Journal. Corrections will be made in later
SHUMWAY, HARRY IRVING. Bernard M.
Baruch, financial genius, statesman and ad-
viser to presidents; with a foreword by
James F. Brynes, and an app. by Bernard
M. Baruch. HOp $1.25; bds 90c Page
B or 92 Baruch, Bernard Mannes 46-5820
Brief biographical sketch of one of America's
best known elder statesmen, Bernard M.
Baruch.
"Title aptly characterizes this eulogistic
sketch, but illustrates also the danger of
writing about a living- man. . . If anyone wants
BOOK: kEVlEW DIGEST 1946
SHUMWAY, H. I — Continued
a tempered study of the true greatness of
Baruch, he will find here only untempered
praise and a few scattered facts." Walter
Hausdorfer
Library J 71:976 Jl '46 80w
"This little book extolling the career of
perhaps the nation's most distinguished and
respected elder statesman suffers from its
brevity, and, by the same token possibly, from
its style. . . The basic story is interesting1 and
important, but its presentation by Mr. Shum-
way seems rather less than suitable to its
subject, who is not a candidate for office
and never has been, whose great contributions
to the conduct of American affairs have been
those of a private citizen anxious to remain
one. It is in its later discussion and brief,
but cogent, elucidation of these contributions
that Mr. Shumway's book makes its own real
contribution." W. M. Houghton
^ Weekly Book Review plO Ag 4 '46
600w
SHURTLEFF, BERTRAND LESLIE. Awol
musters out; il. by Diana Thome. 284p $2.50
Bobbs
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-2768
After the war ended. Stanhope and his be-
loved Awol, a K-9 trained dog, went to Aus-
tralia to hunt for tin. Awol was to be left in
quarantine, while Stanhope went into the in-
terior. But the dog escaped and struggled
across the continent looking for his beloved
master. After many hardships the two Anally
found each other.
Book Week p6 Mr 31 '46 lOOw
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
"Recommended for older boys and girls."
H. M. Brogan
4- Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 80w
Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46
180w
SHUTE, NEVIL, pseud. See Norway, N. S.
SICKELS, ALICE (LILLIEQUIST). Around
the world in St. Paul. 262p il $3 Univ. of
Minn.
326.73 Americanization. St Paul, Minnesota
A46-370
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The book is well written. What otherwise
might prove to be prosaic facts are mingled
with dramatical description to make the book
interesting as well as instructive. It must be
thought of as a description rather than an
analysis of the problems of minority group re-
lations. While Around the World in Saint
Paul lays no claim to being a sociological
treatise, it will prove both interesting and in-
structive to students of sociology, particularly
to those interested in acculturation." R. R.
Martin
4 Am Soc R 11:781 D '46 310w
Bookmark 7:5 Mr '46
Current Hist 10:257 Mr '46 lOOw
"Most of this book is the story of a festival
— how it grew from a small, WPA-assisted
project in the Y.W.C.A. auditorium, to a great,
self-supporting civic enterprise that filled the
city's block- long convention hall. Anybody who
wants to sponsor a similar project will find
the book an invaluable guide. The general
reader will recognize in the special problems
of a cooperative entertainment project images
of the larger issues of group intercourse."
Robert Lasch
4- N Y Times p6 Ap 7 '46 1750w
"The book has qualities which transcend its
technical interests. The enthusiasm of the
au;» £« t5e,w/JLrnlth °r her Portrayal of flesh
and blood individuals, the Judicious mixture
2L«2U Philosophic principle and specific in-
Slt.06™?^11?*"16 realder lnto a Deling of near-
ness with the events and people described—
Into a feeling of envy that in his own com-
munity there is no chance to dance the ma-
zurka or eat shishkebab." W. S. Lynch
4- Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 8^46 900w
"Mrs Sickels's story is delightfully told. Its
basic theme, the rewards of doing things to-
gether and in doing so learning that all kinds
of folks are more alike (and likable) than dif-
ferent, is illustrated with warm and often hu-
morous yarns of the triumphs and near-crisis
of festival -planning." M. H. Bragdon
4 Sprlngf'd Republican p6 F 14 '46 480w
Wis Lib Bui 42:17 Ja '46
8IEDENTOPF, ANDREAS ROBERT. Last
stronghold of big game. 202p il $3 McBride
799.2 Hunting— Africa, East 47-49
Accounts of the author's experiences as a
hunter in Tanganyika Territory in East Africa.
Some of the material has previously appeared
in Highway, Outdoor Life, and Travel.
"Vocabulary is adult and the writing lacks
some of the liveliness of the Johnson and
Oatti books. Will appeal to big game enthu-
siasts who will like its eyewitness authentic-
ity." Margaret Ward
4 Library J 72:87 Ja 1 '47 80w
"The result is of no great consequence prob-
ably not even to the African enthusiast."
Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p26 D 1 '46
60w
"This is no book to begin if you have an im-
portant engagement later in the day."
Weekly Book Review p34 D 1 '46 160w
SIEPMANN, CHARLES ARTHUR. Radio's
second chance. (Atlantic monthly press bk)
282p $2.50 Little
384.5 Radio broadcasting 46-2827
"Study of the present status and future
possibilities of radio in relation to its audience
and the public interest. Brings out the prin-
ciple of balanced Programs behind the Federal
Communications Commission's rulings. Shows
the weakness developed through distributed
responsibility and suggests steps by which the
listener as an influence in program develop-
ment may come into his own." (Library J)
Index.
Reviewed by Paul Bixler
Book Week p8 Ap 21 '46 420w
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Bookmark 7:5 N '46
Reviewed by R. B. Tolbridge
Canadian Forum 26:116 Ag '46 490w
Kirkus 14:87 F 15 '46 170w
"Clear, compact and pointed in style. Rec-
ommended for all libraries." M. C. Manley
4 Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1716 D 1 '46 50w
Reviewed by Jerry Spingarn
Nation 162:575 My 11 '46 800 w
Reviewed by David Wills
New Repub 114:874 Je 17 '46 1450w
"This book is by far the most important and
controversial addition in recent years to the
meager library devoted to American radio
broadcasting. . . "Radio's Second Chance' is
required reading for all interested in the future
development of one of the country's major
media for mass communication. . . Mr. Siep-
mann's book, however, is not without its short-
comings, some of them serious. As a study
of contemporary radio, it gives unnecessarily
short shrift to the many excellent and positive
accomplishments of the industry, which cer-
tainly must be taken into account in any plan
for the future. Too, his study of the vitally
important legal phases of the relationship be-
tween the FCC and the industry are covered
too superficially and in the interest of a public
££??™.ndin& ofuth£ Selena more of the
Industry's side should have been included."
Jack Gould
4 — N Y Times p32 My 5 '46 500w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
751
"Penetrating and provocative book. As a
former employee of the British Broadcasting
Corporation, Mr. Siepmann is in a position to
compare our system of privately operated, com-
mercially supported, and government regulated
radio with the English system of government
monopoly. . . Mr. Siepmann is careful to note
at the outset and to reiterate throughout the
book that he is not opposed to the American
system of radio. On the contrary, he empha-
sizes his belief that it is the most satisfactory
in the world. . . Sweeping and sharp as his
criticism is at times, it seems eminently fair
and, more important, useful." Hobe Morrison
H- Sat R of Lit 24:29 Ap 20 '46 1050w
"Both the listener and the broadcaster will
find much of interest in the book. The author
is well grounded in his subject matter and
brings to his task actual experience with both
the American and British systems of broad -
n+ u S Quarterly Bkl 2:238 S '46 280w
Reviewed by H. W. Baehr
Weekly Book Review plO Ap 1 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
SIGERIST, HENRY ERNEST. The university
at the crossroads; addresses and essays. 162p
$2.75 Schuman's
378 Colleges and universities. Medicine —
Study and teaching SG46-268
Collection of essays and addresses written
by the director of the Institute of history of
medicine at Johns Hopkins University. They
deal with university and especially medical
education, with the author's own education,
and with the curriculum of the future. Index.
Reviewed by Victor Johnson
Book Week p3 Jl 7 '46 700w
Kirkus 14:216 My 1 '46 90w
"Has interest and value for medical students
and the profession but of doubtful appeal to
the general reader." Hannah Severns
Library J 71:686 Ap 16 '46 70w
"In a chapter on trends in medical education
Dr. Sigerist sets out a detailed program for
a new medical school. This should be read by
every person who has the least interest In what
a doctor should be. It has already been widely
read and studied by medical educators all over
the world, and by common agreement it is
the best approximation to the realizable ideal of
what a medical school should be that has ever
been written." M. P. Ashley- Montagu
-f- N Y Times p34 N 10 '46 400w
Reviewed by E. H. Hume
Sat R of Lit 29:30 S 14 '46 850w
School & Society 63:416 Je 8 '46 20w
Social Studies 37:287 O '46 lOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:312 D '46 160w
SILBERMAN, DAVID. United Europe — or else!
116p $2 Smith, Richard R.
940.55 World war, 1939-1945— Peace. Recon-
struction (1939- ). United States of Europe
(proposed) 46-3259
A brief study of the struggle to solve the
problems of Europe's warring nationalistic
ideologies. The author's thesis is that the na-
tions of Europe had better get together and
form a united Europe as a beginning of a
real peace, or else!
"The great merit of David Silberman's little
book is its perfect modesty. It is written 'for
the small people of the world' by one who,
although educated and successful, is not
ashamed of our common humanity. . . For
those who claim to direct our thoughts and
actions, it is a useful document. They are
our leaders: it is about time they should fol-
low us; and Silberman points to the inevitable
way." Albert Guerard
4- Nation 162:550 My 4 '46 24 Ow
Reviewed by Alzada Comstock
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46
300w
SILBERNER, EDMUND. Problem of war in
nineteenth century economic thought; tr.
by Alexander H. Krappe. 332p $3 Princeton
univ. press
330.1 Economics. War — Economic aspects
A46-2204
"Those who see the cause of all war in eco-
nomics will find this a valuable study of the
relationship between the economic status and
war. The part war has played in the evolution
of mankind, the problem of colonies and all of
the many questions which come under the
heading of contributing to or being a result
of war are discussed. The translation is by
Alexander H. Krappe." (Current Hist) Bib-
liography.
Reviewed by Maxwell Cohen
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 9 '46
500w
"Professor Silberner's work seems to have
Involved more of the culling activities of a
clipping bureau than the search- for- insight of
creative study. For purposes of filling gaps
in the detailed study of 19th century economic
thought, this is no doubt admirable. But when
the world's thinking on the problem of war
is tinged with the glow of atomic fission, it
is too easy to compare this treatise with on^e
on various opinions concerning the superiority
of cobblestones over dirt roads for horse-drawn
vehicular traffic." H. T. Maguire
Commonweal 44:507 S 6 '46 760w
Current Hist 10:536 Je '46 70w
Reviewed by G. D. H. Cole
New Statesman & Nation 32:213 S 21
'46 700w
"The author has not presented here a mere
collection of random reflections by nineteenth-
century economists. As he points out in his
Preface, underlying all economic thinking about
war are fundamental questions which bear
directly upon our own age, such problems as
the economic causes of war, the influence of
foreign commerce on international relations,
the relationship between national defense and
economic policy, and the possibility of advanc-
ing the cause of world peace by economic
means. In assembling the views of the econ-
omists on these and related subjects, Professor
Silberner has performed a scholarly task of
major importance, and its value Is enhanced
by the searching critiques which he has ap-
pended to each of his sections." Q. A. Craig
-f Pol Scl Q 61:448 S '46 850w
SILL, JEROME. Radio station; management,
functions, future. 127p $1.50 Stewart
621.384193 Radio broadcasting 47-14
"[This book] discusses the problems of
operating a successful radio station. It is a
compendium of the proved experience of vari-
ous types of radio stations in building pro-
grams, attracting audiences, obtaining spon-
sors and creating good-will. It discusses, too,
the future of radio broadcasting — AM, FM and
Television." Publisher's note
"There Is an air of Inclusiveness about this
little volume that is somewhat belied by the
actual contents. For the radio station operator
who is new at the game or stuck in a groove
there are some suggestive Ideas supported with
several brief case histories. Other readers,
however, will find smaller values. Sill has sur-
rounded his specific suggestions with some
heavy thinking which more often than not
doesn't stand up." P. B.
Book Week p5 D 8 '46 HOw
Kirkus 14:234 My 15 '46 190w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1716 D 1 '46 40w
San Francisco Chronicle p31 D 1 '46
HOw
SILLER, VAN. One alone. 222p $2 Doubleday
46-6907
Detective story.
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
752
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SILLER, VAN— Continued
"Not too scientific, this still seta a smooth
standard."
.4 Kirkus 14:360 AS 1 '46 90w
"Tense situations abound in this thrilling
story of a plot that failed. If the movie mag-
nates know their business you will be seeing it
on the screen."
-f N Y Times p32 S 22 '46 150w
"Somewhat disappointing in its denouement,
but up to then an unusual and effective sus-
pense item." Anthony Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle plO S 29 '46
60w
"Capital."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!8 S 22 '46 llOw
SILLIMAN, LELAND. The scrapper; il. by
George Avison. 258p $2 Winston
46-2715
Story of a high school boy who goes as
kitchen help to a boys' private camp, and has
some bitter experiences at first. He determines
to leave, but luckily for all concerned he is
persuaded to stay by the camp director. For
older boys.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:164 N '46 130w
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '46
Reviewed by H. P. Qriswold
Christian Science Monitor pll Jl 25 '46
230w
Kirkus 14:176 Ap 1 '46 llOw
"The plot is ordinary* with bitter rivalries,
keen competitions, sudden emergencies, etc.,
but the picture of this scrapper who is finally
able to fit in with others not his type is well
done. Not a vital book, but recommended for
its character portrayal for older boys." Eliza-
beth Johnson
H Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Although [the] story is not distinguished
as to style or characterization, It is full of
vigorous action and sound as to values."
-f — N Y Times p!8 Mr 31 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 29:56 N 9 '46 50w
SILLS, THEODORE R., and LESLY, PHILIP.
Public relations, principles and procedures.
321p il $3.75 Irwin
301.154 Publicity 46-138
"The influencing of public opinion, whether
by big business, Tabor unions, or government,
is set forth, with specific examples and advice
about technique." Booklist
Booklist 42:208 Mr 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '46 70w
SI LONE, IGNAZIO. And he hid himself; a
play in four acts; tr. by Darina Tranquil!!.
126p $2 Harper [6s Cape, J.]
852 46-4407
"A play about the underground opposition to
Fascism and the African adventure during the
middle 1930s in Italy." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p3 My 5 '46 320w
"In spite of the poetry and the native flavors
of the dialogue, the 'lesson' of the play remains
the main character, rather than the shadowy
figures on the stage. However, given adequate
mood and settings, this could be an effective,
meaningful drama for amateur groups to
perform." Dorothy Llveaay
Canadian Forum 26:188 N '46 300w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin, jr.
Commonweal 44:98 My 10 '46 450w
"A play for reading rather than acting."
Klrkua 14:119 Mr X '46 130w
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:979 Jl '46 lOw
" 'And He Hid Himself is not a successful
play, either In its own behalf or as a dramati-
zation of 'Bread and Wine'. Much of Silone's
feeling for peasant humor and wisdom is
present, but not to the degree of the novels. . .
The scenes of the play are too episodic and
static, and the exits and entrances constitute
practically all the action that occurs on
stage. . . The success with which the novels
join action and conscience is not achieved
here. The play, moreover, has the over-all
quality of secular drama. So much of the
resolution presupposes a direct response to the
underlying- Christian theme, and its emotional
effect depends to such a large extent on the
passion with which the spectator responds to
the Passion, that the play as a whole becomes
virtually a secular enactment of the Christian
drama." Isaac Rosenfeld
— Nation 162:756 Je 22 '46 2450w
"Silone's view of history is a long one, and
for all his ultimate optimism — inevitable for
the Socialist and the Christian — it is a dim
one. , . If Silone's dissection of fascism is
performed with polished hate, his vivisection of
communism is accomplished with worried pity.
For all its shortcomings as drama. And He
Hid Himself possesses much of the richness
of his novels— a quality which derives primarily
from the play of a radical intelligence and
mother wit on folk experience." George May-
berry
_| New Repub 114:634 Ap 29 '46 850w
"No essential conflict gives the play a
dramatic thread; nor is the atmosphere of
'sacred mystery* sustained throughout. 'And
He Hid Himself* is no more than a document
of that European distress which, in Silone's
hopeful words, 'has carved out new dimensions
in our souls.' " Paolo Milano
N Y Times p8 My 19 '46 950w
Reviewed by Walter Havighurst
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ag 10 '46 550w
"Twenty years ago the Theater Guild might
have produced it, but it seems unlikely that a
Broadway manager will venture it today, with
production costs what they are. It is closely
geared to local events and to local thought
and feeling, and the author is more concerned
with the message of his play to his fellow
countrymen than with its construction to com-
municate sustained dramatic excitement. But
it could appeal to a limited theater audience
even here, and it richly repays reading." W.
P. Baton
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Ap 28 '46
SIM, QEORQES. See Simenon, G. pseud.
SIMENON, QEORQES, pseud. (QEORQES
SIM). Blind alley. 207p $2.50 Reynal
46-21572
"Pointless life of Riviera rich builds petty
tensions culminating in murder — and in a
unique murderer's atonement." San Francisco
Chronicle
Reviewed by Emily Schossberger
Book Week p6 O 27 '46 270w
Reviewed by Mason Wade
Commonweal 45:213 D 6 '46 lOOw
"A precis rather than a full novel, and not
too convincing at that."
Kirkus 14:354 Ag 1 '46 160w
"Below Simenon's usual standard." J. L.
Boss
Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
" 'Blind Alley' is Simenon's latest gesture
toward the world of the mature and completely
realistic novel. With all due respect, this
reader found it a complete and exasperating
failure." James MacBrfde
— NY Times p28 O 13 '46 500w
"A fine, satisfying job by this customarily
rewarding author."
-f New Yorker 22:123 O 5 '46 llOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
753
"For the first half both Simenon's technique
and that of his translator seem a little less
certain than usual; but the closing scenes are
among1 the author's finest achievements in this
borderland between the 'straight* and the mur-
der novel." Anthony Boucher
H San Francisco Chronicle p!2 O 6 '46
70w
"The tale is too hasty. It telescopes. We
see the end as soon as the beginning. We
know all of Vladimir at once, and nothing he
does or says adds anything to him. All of the
other characters are tumbled upon us with no
sense of dramatic timing or spacing, and the
whole plot is simply whipped up for a quick
baking, with Simenon's eye visibly upon the
clock. He wants to start another one.'1 N. L.
Rothman
— Sat R of Lit 29:21 N 16 '46 450w
"Admirers of Georges Simenon will find it a
little hard to maintain their enthusiasm for
him as a master of the psychological thriller
after reading his new book, 'Blind Alley.' The
usual ingredients of background are there, the
sultry, amorous Gallic atmosphere, the char-
acters in a small town, the habitues of the
bistro, but the spark and tension one expects
of him are missing." Rose Feld
Weekly Book Review pl2 N 3 '46 230w
SIMENON. GEORGES, pseud. (GEORGES
SIM). The man who watched the trains go
by; tr. from the French by Stuart Gilbert.
195p $2.50 Reynal
46-4175
Story of a psychopathic criminal. Kees
Popinga was a dull little man, living in Gronin-
gen. Holland. To all Intents he was a good
family man, with no bad habits. Then he
encountered his boss in one of that man's off
moments and the spark set off Kees' latent
paranoiac tendencies.
SIMMONS, ERNEST JOSEPH. Leo Tolstoy.
(Atlantic monthly press bk) 852p il $5;
special ltd ed $7.50 Little
B or 92 Tolstoi, Lev NIkolaevIch, graf
47-1423
Comprehensive biography of Tolstoy, written
by the chairman of the department of Slavic
languages at Columbia university, and based
on years of historical research. In his preface
the author states that he "has made full use
of the vast amount of new manuscript and
printed material about Tolstoy that has be-
come available during the last twenty years
in Russia." Index.
Reviewed by Russell Maloney
Book Week p3 My 6 '46 400w
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:153 Ap 1 '46 170w
"A very entertaining and enjoyable novel
that moves at a rapid pace toward an unex-
pected climax. But it is much more than
that. It is the saga of the common man, suc-
cessful and frustrated, contented and covetous,
normal but not healthy. The whole story is
delicately balanced between psychiatry and
common sense." Frederic Wertham
+ New Repub 114:705 My 13 '46 650w
"The man -hunt deserves all the movie-land
adjectives. It is breath-taking, fast-paced, will
hold you enthralled. But it is more than that.
It is a first-rate study in abnormal psychology.
M. Simenon has taken Kees' paranoia (his
desire to escape, warring constantly with his
desire to brag about what he has done), added
a great deal of action and suspense, developed
the story to its inevitable conclusion, wrapped
it up in his superb atmosphere, and offered
it with a perfectly dead pan, as though he had
never heard of a case history in his life."
Jane Cobb
+ N Y Times p8 Ap 28 '46 320w
"In spite of good pace and drama, the
whole thing is a little dull. Easily a couple of
shelves below M. Simenon's extremely skillful
•The Shadow Falls.' "
New Yorker 22:97 My 11 '46 170w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Je 29 '46 BOOw
Reviewed by M. M. Dickey
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d My 6 '46
450w
"In a book highlighted by intensity and
sustained drama, Mr. Simenon has presented
one aspect of this provocative subject with
skill and sympathy. His friends should be de-
lighted with his latest novel, while new readers
will gain a first rate introduction." W. M.
Kunstler
+ Weekly Book Review pl8 Ap 28 '46
700w
"Prof. Simmons set himself an enormous
task. As chairman of the department of Slavic
language at Columbia University he has brought
immense scholarship to his work and much
experience as a biographer. He worked many
years on this book, having access to the yet
unfinished feat of Soviet scholarship in the 93
volumes planned for the Tolstoy Jubilee Edi-
tion commenced in 1928, 40 volumes of which
have already appeared in Russian. . . This vast
mass of material is condensed to readable
length so that one can follow Tolstoy from
birth to death, comprehending each turn in
his development and the effect of his experi-
ences upon his literary work. As a source book
it is invaluable. But as a creative biography
it is not so successful. Prof. Simmons' style
is often labored when he attempts to penetrate
into Tolstoy's inner nature. His use of words
is neither vital nor sensitive enough to il-
luminate the complexity of his hero; he creates
no vivid images and, sometimes, he is guilty
of giving an impression of sentimentality quite
at variance with the virility and intensity of
Tolstoy's own approach to life." Marie Seton
H Book Week p51 D 1 '46 400w
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
"As the story might well be abbreviated, BO
might the style well be lightened. In the
present book, the style is ponderous, pedantic,
and without the easier graces. Severe pruning
and a lighter touch would make a more at-
tractive book; and the present larger work
would still be available for students of robust
endurance." S. C. C.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 11
'47 lOOOw
Kirkus 14:511 O 1 '46 280w
"Too detailed for popular reading, it will
be required reading for Tolstoy students." J.
E. Cross
Library J 71:1624 N 15 '46 140w
"Mr. Simmons's new biography of Tolstoy
puts a great deal of material in good order;
perhaps as much material as any American
will ever need — except a full edition of the
letters — In supplement to Tolstoy's own works.
The book is written with reserve, care, and out
of an almost anonymous sensibility; it assumes
greatness in Tolstoy's works and it displays a
good deal of the complexity and stress in
Tolstoy's life; it makes few interpretations and
forces no conclusions. The shape of the book
is chronological and factual; it tells what hap-
Sened when. It is also a warm book. To
hose who read biography for amorphous pleas-
ure and to mull the habits of men, the book
should be interesting enough to reread. But
much more than that, the rich material Mr.
Simmons presents — much of it new — should be
permanently useful to critical students of
Tolstoy from several points of view." R. P.
Blackmur
+ Nation 164:103 Ja 25 '47 1600w
"A full and excellent biography of Leo
Tolstoy." Frederic Wertham
-f New Repub 116:37 Ja 27 '47 2550w
"For thoroughness and completeness there
is no biography of Tolstoy that compares with
this new work. Chock-full as it is of new and
important information derived by the author
from the immense amount of documentary ma-
terial that Russian scholars have turned up
in the last few decades, it con be said at
once to replace and displace virtually all the
biographical studies of Tolstoy now available
in English." Philip Rahv A 40A
-h N Y Times p8 D 1 '46 1200w
754
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SIMMONS, E. J.— Continued
"All that a biographer can hope to do, under
the circumstances, is arrange as complete a
chronology a* possible of the events that filled
hie eighty- two years (1828-1910) and, since
Tolstoy used the material of his life as an
artist and not as a literal historian, lift the
creative curtain and disclose the factual frame.
It is very pleasant to report that Ernest J.
Simmons has done this better than it has been
done in the English language for years." Ham-
ilton Basso
-f- New Yorker 22:119 N 23 '46 lOOOw
"In Mr. Simmons' long, circumstantial docu-
mentation of [Tolstoy's] life we have un-
doubtedly one of the finest biographies of the
year, an absorbing, enlightened and scholarly
interpretation that is also a joy to read. For
it brings again to life one of the best men this
world has ever seen." George Snell
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO N 24 '46
HOOw
"A magnificent biography. Surely no one
can have anything but unflagging admiration
for the unflagging talent of the biographer.
Only in the last few pages, where the great
story comes to the peak — namely, the long
deferred flight of Tolstoy from his home — does
one become unconscious of the talent with
which the story is told and think only of the
subject. Not that the talent is intrusive;
but that the voyage is so smooth that one can-
not help remarking it." E. C. Ross
4- Sat R of Lit 30:17 Ja 18 '47 1150 w
Time 48:109 D 2 '46 1550w
"The fact that [Professor Simmons] has not
made Tolstoy himself as real and living and
complete a character as Prince Andrei or
Pierre Bezukhov is no reproach to the biog-
rapher. This is no Tolstoy novel, but it is
a mine of fascinating information about a man
who wrote some of the world's great stories
and who lived with the same intensity with
which he wrote. . . It is a record of Tolstoy's
personal life and character which is unlikely
to be challenged for a long time. To under-
stand the man as a product of his age and as
a prime mover in the great collapse of that
age which is modern history, one must read
other books too. Some of the best of them
were written by Leo Tolstoy." Joseph Barnes
Weekly Book Review pi D 15 '46 1800w
SIMMONS, LEO WILLIAM. Role of the aged
in primitive society. 317p $4 Yale univ. press
572 Old age. Society, Primitive A46-374
"Examines the status and treatment of the
aged in primitive societies all over the world.
The author seeks to discover what securities
for long life may be provided by the various
social milieus and what the aged may do as
individuals to safeguard their interests. To
this end. he has studied the ways in which
various primitive societies have ascribed posi-
tions of security and prestige to the aged, and
in what ways old people nave been able to
achieve such stakes through personal initia-
tive. . . His over-all comparative analysis re-
veals apparent uniformities that cut across and
underlie the separate cultural unities, and he
places special emphasis upon such general
trends and their implications for old-age se-
curity." (Publisher's note) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by S. T. Kimball
Am J Soc 52:287 N '46 400w
"In this reviewer's opinion Dr. Simmons has
defined his problem clearly, has chosen his
sources carefully, has scrupulously attempted
to handle his data with scientific objectivity,
and has reached his conclusions logically and
cautiously. . . This study will be welcomed
by sociologists as offering a broader perspec-
tive for the subject of old age." Brewton
Berry+ Am Soc R 11:768 D '46 650w
Reviewed by A. I. Hallowell
Ann Am Acad 244:229 Mr '46 500w
"The trouble with this as a Job of scientific
research is that it did not ask any very search-
ing question to begin with. If the only product
were to be this book, it would go on the
shelves for reference, but probably not be
taken down very often. It would be in the
main Just one more piece of honest work on a
problem that was hardly worth it, unless for
training or to get a man a degree. Happily the
prospect is not that cheerless. Professor Sim-
mons has carried the matter a step further in
an article, 4A Prospectus for Field-Research in
the Position and Treatment of the Aged in
Primitive and Other Societies,' which appeared
in The American Anthropologist for July-Sep-
tember, 1945. . , So if this book does not itself
provide any very important answers, it has at
least led to the formulation of new questions
that may prove to be well worth following up.'*
E. G. Burrows
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:42 F 16 '46 650w
"Perhaps the main value of such a study
as this lies in the fact that an over-all com-
parative analysis tends to reveal and to test
apparent uniformities that cut across and
underlie the separate cultural unities."
Scientific Bk Club R 16:3 D '45 240w
"One reason why this work is such an excel-
lent production is that the author not only
has a very objective approach, but, being in
the Department of Sociology at Yale, is thor-
oughly familiar with Sumner's conceptions of
the power and functions of folkways and
mores." H. J. Locke
+ Social Forces 25:109 O '46 490w
"The book is ably written, organized ad-
mirably, and opens up a long overdue field
for fruitful investigation. There is an excellent
bibliography, an index of tribes, an author in-
dex, and a subject index."
•f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:31 Mr '46 220w
SIMON, CHARLIE MAY (HOQUE) (MRS JOHN
QOULD FLETCHER). Joe Mason, apprentice
to Audubon; il. by Henry C. Pitz. 215p $2.75
Dutton *
Mason, Joseph — Juvenile literature. Audu-
bon, John James — Juvenile literature
46-4854
Joe Mason was the young apprentice to Au-
dubon, who made the journey with him by flat-
boat down the Mississippi from Cincinnati to
New Orleans in 1820. This is the story of their
eighteen months, hunting and sketching birds.
For grades six to nine.
Booklist 43:40 O 1 '46
"Mrs. Simon's book is about the less familiar
years of Audubon's life, which were hard, yet
satisfying because of his absorption in his work
and his Joy in nature. She has drawn a sym-
pathetic portrait of a great artist and natural-
ist, her book gives an interesting picture of
American life in the nineteenth century, and
glimpses of wild life that will delight nature
lovers." A. T. Eaton
•f Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 31 '46
200w
Klrkus 14:325 Jl 15 '46 90w
"While this story lacks vigor, it has a flavor
of the period and of the countryside of those
days. Illustrated by Henry Pitz." E. W. Turpin
H Library J 71:1055 Ag '46 70w
"This is a case where the subtitle is more
important than the title. Joe Mason is unimpor-
tant except as the apprentice to the great
ornithologist. Through the eyes of Joe we get
a very fascinating profile of Audubon. . .
Charlie May Sfmon, always a good writer, es-
pecially sensitive to nature subjects and simple
people, has done a fine Job in making Audubon
come alive." Phyllis Fenner
-r- N Y Times p21 Ag 25 '46 200w
"Miss Simon's characterization of the boy is
rather dim, probably owing to lack of source
material, but she achieves a lively portrait of
Audubon all the more interesting for being
oblique. It is a pity that the illustrations did
not include some examples of the Audubon -
Mason collaborations." K. S. White
H New Yorker 22:146 D 7 '46 120w
Reviewed by Eleanor Breed
San Francisco Chronicle p2 N 10 '46
170w
"This is an excellent book. There is an abun-
dance of detail, and all of the characters are
well drawn. Joe and Audubon become vital per-
sons to the reader. If Audubon is not exactly
portrayed, it is because he was a paradoxical
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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figure. This need not bother young people.
Audubon was an interesting and colorful man
with great courage and singleness of purpose,
and so we find him here. Henry Pltz's illustra-
tions capture the mood of the story and add to
its value." R. A. Brown
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 O 19 '46 330w
Weekly Book Review p!4 N 10 '46 320w
SIMON, HENRY WILLIAM, ed. Treasury of
grand opera; piano arrangements by Albert
Sirmay; tr. by George Mead; 11. by Rafaello
Busoni; music supervisor: William Steinberg.
403p pa $5 Simon & Schuster
782.1 Opera — Stories, plots, etc. 46-6446
Covers the principal overtures, arias, duets,
etc. of seven operas: Don Giovanni, Lohengrin,
La Traviata, Faust, AYda, Carmen, and
Pagliacci. Plot or story of each opera is ex-
plained, and original text and translations of
the arias, etc. are given. The book is the exact
size of the standard music sheet, and the book
is so bound that it will rest conveniently on a
piano rack.
"This fine volume, bound in a limp cover for
the convenience of a pianist, and very attrac-
tively illustrated in color and black and white,
contains over 300 pages of musical text. . .
The outstanding merit of this volume, however,
is that these operatic pieces have been pre-
sented with simple, ingenious piano accompani-
ments and that 'the vocal line is given sep-
arately, and when the range is too high for the
average drawing-room singer, the numbers are
transposed to a lower key.' " R. E. Danielson
+ Atlantic 178:156 N '46 2050w
"The charm of this volume is not only that
you get the arias, but special translations of
the words have been supplied by George Mead,
and the music of each opera is introduced with
a sketch of that opera (and now and then a
theme) delightfully written by Simon and
adorned with atmospheric illustrations of vari-
ous scenes by Rafaello Busoni. No mere an-
thology, here is the product of an inspired
collaboration by a group of cultured opera
lovers who have approached their task imag-
inatively and as a labor of love." J. W. Rogers
+ Book Week pi S 29 '46 300w
Booklist 43:51 O 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Klrkus 14:372 Ag 1 '46 90w
"There are a few technical flaws. The titles
of two famous 'flower songs' — one from 'Car-
men' and the other from 'Faust' — are trans-
posed; and it might be advisable to print the
title of the opera above each individual aria.
And, while any reader will enjoy the editor's
breezy discussion of the operas, there will be
argument about the English translations of the
arias that appear above the French, Italian and
German in this 'Treasury.' But these are
minor faults. On the whole 'A Treasury of
Grand Opera* is a bright, helpful and extremely
likable book edited* by a man who admirably
communicates his belief that 'grand opera, as
developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries, has given us the most enduring, the
most popular, and in their own way, the most
emotionally realistlcs of all stage works.' " M.
C. Hastings
H NY Times p!4 N 24 '46 480w
Reviewed by Carolyn Stull
San Francisco Chronicle p9 O 27 '46
450w
Reviewed by J. N. Burk
Weekly Book Review ' plO D 15 '46
380w
SIMON, S. J. See Skidelsky, S. J.
SIMON. SOLOMON. Wise men of Helm, and
their merry tales; 11. by Lillian Fischel Ctr.
by Ben Bengal .and David Simon]. 185p $2.50
Behrman
398 Folklore— Poland. Folklore, Jewish
46-25130
"Storytellers in particular should be In-
terested in this unusual book, attractively de-
signed, which relates the misadventures of the
people who lived in the town of Helm deep
In the forests of Poland. While all the world
looked upon them as fools, the Helmites be-
lieved themselves wondrously wise. The
foolishness of Helm was fabulous only because
'foolish things were always happening to
them.' Rich In humor, folklore quality — and in
the underlying truths of life. Good reading
aloud. Originally published in Yiddish in 1942.
Grade 5 and up." Booklist
Booklist 42:304 My 15 '46
" 'The Wise Men of Helm* is almost a classic
of its kind and it is presented to us in an ap-
pealing form. The illustrations of Lillian
Fischel are delightfully refreshing and humor-
ous. Should the book be recommended as a
Juvenile? I cannot believe that there are many
children who will quite understand its humor.
I am sure that there are many who will be left
feeling frustrated and sad. Even some grown-
ups may have difficulties in grasping the irony
of this book. Humor of foreign countries often
sounds queer, but there are merriment and
wisdom here when the barriers of strangeness
are passed." Hanna Kister
N Y Times p34 F 24 '46 700w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 23 '46 360w
SIMONDS, HERBERT RUMSEY, and BREG-
MAN, ADOLPH. Finishing metal products.
2d ed 352p il $4 McGraw
671 Metals— Finishing 46-7265
"Second edition of Simonds' Finishing Metal
Products. Brought up to date with information
on new finishing equipment and processes.
Includes technique used in metal finishing
processes as cleaning and descaling, sales value
of attractive finishes, designs or parts, and
finishing costs." (Library J) Index. For first
edition see Book Review Digest, 1936.
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:44 Jl '46
SIMONSON, LEE. Untended grove. 59p $2
Duell
811 46-4652
Collection of poems by the stage designer and
critic whose most recent work was on the cur-
rent Broadway play Joan of Lorraine.
"An inexcusable — and equally inconsequential
—collection of so-called poems by the well-
known scene designer and theatre art critic."
— Kirkus 14:141 Mr 15 '46 50w
"A well-meaning but uneven performance.
There are passages of amazing power followed
by others in which the author seems to have
lost his way as a poet. Lee Simonson Is a
former neighbor of Louis Untermeyer, whose
advice he should have listened to. He pre-
ferred, however, to write poetry without much
knowledge of it. His letter to Mr. Untermeyer,
published as a foreword, is very Interesting."
Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 90w
Theatre Arts 31:71 Ja '47 20w
SIMS, MRS MARIAN (MCCAMY). Storm be-
fore daybreak. 295 p $2.75 Lippincott
46-8270
A postwar novel in which an ex- marine
sergeant, home after four years on the eastern
front, Is the central character. The story traces
Paul's readjustment, and his reactions to the
difficult position he found when he came back
to the home where his mother had died, leav-
ing him with new responsibilities.
4 'What makes all this extraordinary is the
fact that the author has written a convincing
story of Southern life without the flavor or
'Tobacco Road' or of mint juleps and still made
It readable." O. C.
+ Book Week p45 D 1 '46 150w
"A rather sleazy, sentimental little story."
— Klrkus 14:400 Ag 15 '46 80w
756
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SIMS, M. M. — Continued
"This slim bit of soap flake holds few of the
satisfactions one would expect from so prac-
ticed a hand as this author's. True, the plot
is handled dextrously, and life is made to seem
quite simple after all. Miss Sims' prose, too,
glides along smoothly. But the total impact
— even as slick fiction impact goes — Is prac-
tically nil. The reason is that the expertly
unreal characters are caught in quite a real
situation." Vivian Wolfert
-- h N Y Times p24 Ja 19 '47 230w
"It is more than a love story that Mrs.
Sims relates. It is the tale of a man's read-
justment to life under the stimulus of re-
sponsibility." Hose Feld
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 D 8 '46 750w
SINCLAIR, JO, pseud. See Seid. R.
SINCLAIR, UPTON BEALL. World to win.
46-3965
The seventh volume in this series about
Lanny Budd, confidential agent for President
Roosevelt during the European crisis and war.
The time covered in this volume is from 1940
to 1942. During the period Lanny is captured
by the French patriots, and has a narrow
escape; he is thrown out of England because
of his interest in the flight of Hess: he is In a
plane crash; takes a yacht trip to Hong Kong;
and meets Stalin.
Reviewed by H. M. Jones
Atlantic 178:148 Ag '46 2000w
Reviewed by P. W. Ferris
Book Week p3 My 26 '46 700w
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
"Superman Lanny Budd rides again, and
most of the Superior Reviewers are lined up
on the roadside taking potshots at him, but
we prefer to stand with Bernard Shaw and
some others. Shaw, when he wishes to know
what has been going on in the world about
him, prefers Upton Sinclair to the 'newspaper
files and the authorities/ and Claude Bowers
speaks of the present series as 'covering the
great conspiracy against mankind.' . . All that
is necessary is for the reader to accept Lanny
Budd as the medium through which Sinclair
accomplishes his task, and the rest is smooth
sailing through contemporary history. If there
should be a civilization fifty years from now,
this will probably be required reading for stu-
dents of our tragic age." Eleanor McNaught
+ Canadian Forum 26:94 Jl '46 500w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 22 '46
600w
"It is possible that in this sophisticated day
and age there are boys who sit around reading
the Lanny Budd series of Upton Sinclair, of
which 'A World to Win' is the latest intermin-
able instalment. It's possible, but if so, five
will get you fifty that they couldn't stick to
'A World to Win' for ten minutes on a sunny
morning in the Thousand Islands. It's that
dull." J. C. Cort
— Commonweal 44:265 Je 28 '46 650w
Kirkus 14:201 My 1 '46 23 Ow
"Usual Sinclair propaganda novel, but ex-
citing, well written and good reading." L. R.
Etzkorn
-f Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 lOOw
"The hero involves himself in the recent
war with the ubiquity of Superman and the
anonymity of Everyman, and though the au-
thor claims a serious purpose for all this, it
resembles nothing so much as a daydream at
a newsreel." John Farrelly
New Repub 114:910 Je 24 '46 80w
Reviewed by Perry Miller
N Y Times p4 Je 2 '46 1200W
"If this endless series had not been so often
and so solemnly declared important stuff, it
would surely never be taken for anything more
than a childish and. on the whole, amusing
game which Mr. Sinclair delights in playing."
New Yorker 22:93 My 25 '46 160w
"You know that Mr. Sinclair has been try-
Jng to write the epic of our times, that he has
been successful to the point of having won
the Pulitzer Prize for 'Dragon's Teeth,' the
1929-1934 volume, and of having received the
accolade of Qeorge Bernard Shaw and other
literary big- wigs. You know, too, that these
books have made publishing history. . . These
things unquestionably prove something — read-
ability and critical good will, I suspect. For
actually Lanny is becoming a bit of a bore.
And the combination of liberal-minded ro-
manticism and cavalcade of the cosmos, which
is the basic formula from which the author
works, is becoming increasingly tiresome.
Lanny lacks the Homeric stature necessary to
a character around whom swirl all the cur-
rents of world affairs." W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Je 15 '46 800w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
380w
"Even couched in the metaphor of a novel,
history is best written from an eminence of
years, and Sinclair's vehicle is now pulling
abreast of its own times. In his latest, Sin-
clair adds little to the bare newspaper stories
but a bushy growth of prose and an air of
implausibility."
— Time 47:106 Je 3 '46 600w
"It is, I think, and with good reason, easy
to criticize severely this extraordinary history
of his own times (as they used to say) in
fiction form — both as history and as fiction.
Literally interminable, it frequently grows
tedious: incredible as a story, it is awe-in*
spiring in its simplicity and a certain com-
placency of utterance no matter how exciting
the events. But there is more to it than that.
Upton Sinclair is an American institution. His
very plainness of thinking, as well as generosity
of spirit, everywhere in evidence in these vol-
umes, commands a certain affectionate regard.
I think the new volume, perhaps because the
psychic element is much less in evidence, the
best of the series— thus far." F. T. Marsh
^e y Book Revlew p5 Je 16 '46
SITTE, CAMILLO. Art of building cities; city
building according to its artistic funda-
JT «t«8/ J^ ?oyo 9,harles T. Stewart. 128p
il $6 Reinhold [33s Chapman]
711.4 City planning. Art, Municipal
46-266
"This Viennese architect's tract, published
in German in 1889, long available in French
and Spanish, has at last been made available
in English (after abortive steps twenty years
ago) in a competent translation by the former
director of the Urban Land Institute. It is
surrounded by four author's prefaces, a trans-
lator s preface, an introductory note by Eliel
Saarinen acknowledging his intellectual debt
to Sitte ... an introduction by Ralph Walker,
FA. I. A., and a supplementary chapter by
Arthur C. Holden, F.A.LA., on Sitte's sig-
nificance today. . . Sitte's plea is the classic
statement against the rectangular pattern of
city platting that became prevalent in the
nineteenth century under the dominance of
the engineer." Ann Am Acad
Reviewed by C. S. Ascher
-h Ann Am Acad 245:216 My '46 460w
"On the face of it Sitte's book is a back
number. He is little concerned with hygiene,
transportation, or economics; he is attached
to the traditional styles; he worked before the
skyscraper became a menace and the auto-
mobile a decisive factor. His book is really
a monograph: how to compose a plaza so as
to provide a proper setting for a given edi-
fice. . . It is a monograph then, but a mono-
graph with a philosophy." Albert Guerard
4- Nation 162:697 Je 8 '46 600w
N Y Times p26 S 22 '46 350w
Reviewed by N. J. Demerath
Social Forces 25:224 D '46 800w
SITWELL, EDITH. Fanfare for Elisabeth. 227p
$2.50 Macmillan
942.052 Great Britain— History—Henry VIII.
1509-1547. Elizabeth, queen of England.
Great Britain— Court and courtiers 46-5244
A picture of the England into which Queen
Elizabeth was born, which gives more space
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
757
to Henry VIII and his wives than to Elizabeth
herself. Thru the story of poverty, love, grime,
intrigue, murder and luxurious living which
made up court and London life in those days,
Elizabeth appears at times, and her life up to
the age of fifteen is traced, more as an ad-
junct to her father's life, than as the main
character.
Reviewed by Robert Hillyer
Atlantic 178:150 S '46 420w
"It takes effort and concentration to get
through the book straight, but it would be a
joy to read it in a series of intellectual snatches
on the way to and from home on a commuters'
train (air-conditioned). The diet throughout
is terribly rich, and every mouthful must be
chewed with care, or the diamond ring, the
stuffed and roasted stag, brace of murd
dukes, pitiful ghost with an artificial pansy,
,
and basic reference to Elizabeth, might other-
wise be swallowed without proper notice. And
the over-all nourishment in fleshy vitamins is
slight. However, let it be said clearly and
with emphasis, this is the writing of an in-
telligent and contemplative woman." Donald
Fairchild
H -- Book Week p3 Jl 14 '46 700w
Booklist 43:13 S '46
"The style is brilliant, but the author's self-
conscious brilliance tempts her into overwriting
and smothering her theme in words. . . And
sometimes the exquisite stylist is sadly careless
of the conventional rules of grammar, even
when heeding them would defeat no loftier
artistic purpose: .... 'asking him who he
would like his uncle to marry.' Here, at least,
she sins in good company, for the King James
Version (Matt. 16:15) makes the same mistake.
But it is bad writing just the same." W. E.
Garrison
-- h Christian Century 63:1214 O 9 '46 950w
"To read this book as history is to be mere-
ly irritated or perhaps bewildered. But
straightforward history is not Miss Sitwell's
design, nor is it to her liking. This is a theme
with variations, a meditation, a reverie, a
nightmare evoking the terrible and tremendous
milieu in which were shaped the character and
fortunes of Queen Elizabeth. . . Miss Sitwell's
style is, of course, often brilliant and some-
times moving, conveying as it does a sense
of dark passions and dire consequences; but
it is also sometimes slovenly and occasionally
ungrrammatlcal." S. C. C.
H -- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 15 '46
600w
"In spite of its title 'Fanfare for Elizabeth*
is mainly about Henry VIII and his six wives.
And any review of a book about Henry VIII
that appears in a Catholic magazine must make
the point that Henry was a terrible man. . .
But there is another point that is almost more
interesting. . . Edith Sitwell writes very well,
and perhaps it was her sensitive ear for the
sound and rhythm of strong, poetic language
that led her to sprinkle her book profusely
with quotes from the contemporaries of Henry
and Elizabeth. At any rate, this admirable
device has not only served to conjure up the
rich and sordid atmosphere of London in the
sixteenth century, but has also brought to
light a lot of good prose." J. C. Cort
+ Commonweal 44:460 Ag 23 '46 650w
Kirkus 14:60 P 1 '46 170w
" 'Macabre' is the word for Edith SitweH'B
Fanfare for Elizabeth. The times of Henry
the 8th and Anne Boleyn are shown In the
worst light by the diarists Miss Sitwell quotes
and in her own pertinent conclusions. The book
will be demanded because of the alluring Eliza-
beth and her forebears or because of the pro-
vocative Sitwell!" K. T. Willis
Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 80w
Manchester Guardian p3 S 24 '46 360w
"The story is a little hard to follow, partly
because it was long ago, partly because, like
the time's language, it was involved with com-
plication: no one knew all that was happening,
and many, who knew a part, were crafty dis-
semblers and liars. And in this account it is
a little hard to follow, also, because Miss Sit-
well's sentences come by in such caparison
and panoply that their gorgeousness distracts
the reader's attention from the direction in
which the procession is going. . . Rich prose,
spirited prose, delightful because delighted, fine,
not always fancy, writing, with just now and
then a human instance where the baroque
lapses into bathos." Rolfe Humphries
Nation 163:303 S 14 '46 2SOw
Reviewed by K. John
New Statesman & Nation 32:344 N 9
'46 900w
"The work manages to be, at different times,
vivid and obscure, direct and tortuous, well
written and precious, interesting and dull, eru-
dite and irresponsible." J. W. Krutch
-j NY Times p5 Jl 21 '46 2100w
"Miss Sitwell has a delicate touch; she evokes
marvellously the sights and smells of London
streets of that time, as well as the chilling at-
mosphere of Henry VIII' s court."
4- New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 60w
"Edith Sitwell is first and foremost a poet,
and her book is not the work of a historian but
a poetic dramatist. . . Fanfare for Elizabeth
is an admirable example of what a highly Intel-
ligent, imaginative mind can create out of the
hard facts of history and biography."
+ Time 48:92 Jl 29 '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p434 S 14 '46
950w
"Miss Sitwell's chief means of enlivening her
subject matter is to shorten her paragraphs into
one or two sentences. . . But the method re-
sults in a sense of strain on the part of the
reader and in the end defeats its purpose. There
are other criticisms, beyond this relatively
minor stylistic one, to be made of Miss Sitwell' 8
book. She assumes, too unquestionably, that
Henry VIII was the author of that famous
lyric 'Oh. Western Wind.' And why does she
not use as her frontispiece, instead of a por-
trait of Elizabeth in her middle age, the de-
lightful Windsor portrait of Elizabeth at thir-
teen? It would be far more appropriate in a
book concerned only with Elizabeth's childhood.
Her footnotes are also annoying and inconsist-
ent. . . But its chief weakness, on the artistic
rather than the historical side, is in its scope.
It ends with the execution of Seymour in 1549,
when Elizabeth was sixteen and had still nine
years to wait before becoming Queen." Theo-
dore Spencer
Weekly Book Review p4 Jl 14 '46 950w
SITWELL, SIR OSBERT, 5th bart. The scarlet
tree. (Atlantic monthly press bk) 381p $3.50
Little
B or 92 Sitwell family. Authors— Cor-
respondence, reminiscences, etc. 46-4925
The second volume of Sir Osbert Sitwell's
autobiography, of which Left Hand, Right
Hand (Book Review Digest, 1944. 1945) was
the first. The present book, which carries the
account from his seventh to his seventeenth
year "is a child's-eye picture of Edwardian
England, a portrait of a great family, and an
astringent commentary on the adage that
schooldays are 'the happiest days of our lives.'
But it is, above all, the story of an artist's
faltering voyage through boyhood, a remem-
brance of things past that fashioned the writer
and critic who has played so prominent a
role in 'the Modern Movement' in England."
(Sat R of Lit)
Booklist 42:364 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 N '46
Reviewed by Robert Wilberforce
Cath World 164:183 N '46 550w
"The writing is skillful and smooth and
sophisticated, with now and then passages
which are brilliant. Throughout this book, be-
hind the words and phrases, lies a wealth of
allusion, color, and interest."
4- Christian Science Monitor p20 Jl 3
'46 600W
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Kirkus 14:120 Mr 1 '46 190w
"Many of the people we met in the earlier
book grace the pages of The Scarlet Tree, a
758
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SITWELL, OSBERT — Continued
rare study of people and places In which the
first World War is fore-shadowed. For gen-
eral purchase." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 120w
"Like most sensitive boys, Sir Osbert suffered
at school. . . Unlike most he has had his
revenge. In spite of the restraint and delicacy
of his style there are few more savage pas-
sages in literature than the chapter headed
•The Happiest Time of One's Life.1 Yet the
book is neither sad nor bitter. It is above all
a picture of a certain class at a certain period
of our history which, for all its faults, now
has something of the attraction of a golden
age. And how the writing glows and blossoms
when it gets out in the garden at Renishaw
or, still more, to Italy and the Mediterranean!"
J M D P.
•{•'Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 2 '46 300w
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 163:415 O 12 '46 210w
"In Us major intention The Scarlet Tree is
a tragic, not a comic book. Things which were
treated comically, or hinted at in a non-com-
mittal tone neither of comedy nor of tragedy,
in Left Hand, Right Hand, begin to develop
more darkly here. And yet it is part of the
novelist's art that the most lingering impres-
sion of the book is a Quality not of darkness
but of light." Henry Reed
4- New Statesman & Nation 32:156 Ag 31
'46 1950w
" 'The Scarlet Tree* is at its best in its
whole-souled presentation of an unusual way
of life. The spacious country house and the
Edwardian manner of living seem now as re-
mote as the Mayans, so that this book is as
good as a trip to a museum. In a world of
pressures toward dead levels of mediocrity and
conformity, such a book as this is a boon, for
it breathes back the full illusion of life into
human types of independence and integrity as
well as of idiosyncrasy. . . Sir Osbert's achieve-
ment is considerable, for with the aid of his
visual memories still fresh and clear, his
gathering and selecting of sensuous impres-
sions, and the leisurely embellishments of his
rippling style, he causes the fragile scarlet tree
of an individual life to grow again with a
completeness that the average biographer, not
being also an imaginative artist, does not even
dream can exist." D. A. Staufrer
-f- N Y Times pi Je 23 '46 1700w
"The author writes in that rococo style of
which he Is a master, and he manages to give
an interesting portrait of himself, his family,
his education, and the leisurely, self-possessed
England of those days."
-f New Yorker 22:82 Jl 13 '46 120w
"Now in his fifty-fourth year. Sir Osbert
Sitwell is the perfect exemplar of the artist-
aristocrat, a type verging on extinction. His
prose, patrician without pedantry, exquisitely
sensitive without sentimentality, always per-
fectly balanced in its varying rhythms, is in
the tradition of the great English stylists. His
artistic erudition is profound, his taste fault-
less, and his devotion to art complete." R. P.
Rolo
4- Sat R of Lit 29:11 Je 22 '46 1200w
Reviewed by Peter Fleming
Spee 177:144 Ag 9 '46 760w
"Osbert Sitwell's writing has been compared
with Marcel Proust's in its detailed introspec-
tion, and it's like Walter Pater, too, in percep-
tion and imagery. It's graceful and refined,
twisting and balancing on its commas. In
these intensely personal remembrances of
things past, with their disclosures of luxurious
homes where music and literature and manners
were important, he remains true to his
patrician heritage." D. B. B.
+ Sprlngrd Republican p4d Je 30 '46
850w
Time 47:102 Je 24 '46 850w
"A piece of deliberate and successful sus-
tained fine writing. Even to the reader with-
out any curiosity about Sir Osbert's family
and background it should have an absorbing
interest."
+ Times [London] Lit Sup p378 Ag 10 '46
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans M ,**
Weekly Book Review p4 Je 28 '40
1560w
Wfs Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
SKIDELSKY. SIMON JASHA (S. J. SIMON,
pseud). Why you lose at bridge. 158p $2
Simon & Schuster
795.41 Contract bridge 46-25257
A book on bridge by an English bridge ex-
pert. "Winning bridge can be reduced to three
principles which are basically mathematical,
Mr. Simon contends. The winning bridge player
will ask himself, before each decision: how
much can my bid or play gain? How much
can it lose? What are its chances of success?
(N Y Times)
Booklist 43:32 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:190 Ap 16 '46 80w
"This book is filled with sound, but hardly
novel, advice to the bridge player who really
wants to win." F. S. Adams
-f N Y Times p30 Jl 14 '46 750w
Reviewed by J. F. Essmore
Sat R of Lit 29:24 Jl 6 '46 700w
SHILLING, WILLIAM THOMPSON. and
RICHARDSON, ROBERT SHIRLEY. Sun,
moon and stars; astronomy for beginners.
(Whittlesey house publication) 274p il |2.50
McGraw
523 Astronomy 46-5377
A book on astronomy, written with the teen
age reader in view. The authors are an ex-
perienced teacher, and a member of the staff
at Mt Wilson observatory. The substance is
given in the form of talks with the readers,
and the subject matter is divided into five
main sections: the moon; the sun; the sun's
family of planets; the stars; and astronomers
and observatories. Index.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 N '46 60w
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week p26 N 24 '46 80w
Booklist 43:20 S '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p7 Ag 29 '46
230w
"This modern astronomy prepared by two
experts is so clear and practical that young
people with any scientific bent at all can hard-
ly fail to be absorbed in its pages. Older
people, too, will find the writing both agreeable
and illuminating as the results of the latest
observations are included. . . The timeliness
of this richly rewarding book is instanced by
a comparison between the sun and an atomic
bomb as seen by two authorities."
-f- Horn Bk 22:360 S '46 120w
"It is done in the form of talks with the
readers — which inevitably introduces a slight
note of condescension, annoying to teen agers
(yet the material is too advanced for younger
children). There are experiments which lift It
out of the run-of-the-mill book in the field.
There are human interest bits that liven the
rather heavy text. There are imaginary bits
that take it away from straight fact."
^ Kirkus 14:298 Jl 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by Nelle McCalla
-f Library J 71:1057 Ag '46 70w
"Interestingly written, charming book for
beginners both adults and young people."
' -f Library J 71:1716 D 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:35 Jl '46
"The weaknesses of 'Sun, Moon and Stars*
aeem to derive from the advanced professional
status of the authors. . . They have attempted
to cover too wide an age level to achieve a
genuinely satisfactory book for the high school
reader. The style, the language, the device of
phoneticizing every new term no matter how
simple, would imply an 11-year-old audience,
yet some of the material presupposes a science
fcOOfc REVIEW DIGEST 1946
background uncommon in high school students.
The Illustrations, likewise, are of uneven levels
of difficulty. Nevertheless, this book compares
favorably with standard popular works on
astronomy. Its logical organization and tho-
rough coverage should assure it a place both
as a reference work and as an introduction to
the study of astronomy." Nina Schneider
-j NY Times p21 Ag 26 '46 360w
Sat R of Lit 29:65 N 9 '46 20w
"Written especially for teen-agers, it neatly
avoids being either juvenile or too scientific
and offers an enticing invitation to a study
that has fascinated man for 2000 years." R.
F. H.
+ Sprlnflf'd Republican p6 Jl 12 '46 140w
"The book is distinguished as much for what
it does not do as for what it does. It will not
make a high school student into an astronomer,
or give him the fond illusion that he is one,
but if he is at all that kind of student it will
vastly stimulate his interest in astronomy. It
tells him much about what he wants to know,
but its chief value is that it makes him want
to know more." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 21 '46 550w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p38 O 27 '46 290w
Wis Lib Bui 42:128 O '46
SKROTZKI, BERNHARDT Q. A., and VOPAT,
WILLIAM A. Applied energy conversion; a
text in power plant engineering. 509p il $5
McGraw
621.19 Power plants 45-10532
"College text devoted to study of function and
principles of operation of major equipment of
industrial and central power plants, supple-
mented by line diagrams. Coordination of
equipment for generation of energy is covered
from a physical and economic viewpoint.
Newer development phases of the gas turbine
and wind turbine, as well as special and Euro-
Sean types of steam generators, are discussed
riefly. Based on data used In teaching power
plant employees. Bibliography." (Library J)
Index.
Booklist 42:197 F 16 '46
Library J 70:1091 N 15 '45 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 30:60 O '45
SLADE, MRS CAROLINE (BEACH). Margaret.
280p $3 Vanguard
46-3697
"The story of a girl who by sixteen was
thoroughly bad, not in the sense in which that
word is ordinarily applied to a girl, but by
every canon of decent human behavior. She
loved no one and respected only those who
were tougher than she. Her mainsprings of
action were fear, hatred, and greed — fear of
her father and of the reform school of which
her paralyzed old grandmother told lurid and
once- true tales; hatred of the only life she
had known, of wearing other people's smelly
castoff clothing and living in a vermin -ridden
tenement; and greed for money, which meant
at once escape, pleasure, and power. These
last she got, for a time, by procuring little
girls for a group of elderly and well heeled
perverts. Tragedy inevitably followed, and the
men scuttled, leaving her to hold the bag."
Weekly Book Review
Kirkus 14:76 F 15 '46 150w
"When I pass from the purpose of the work
to its 'art/ I cannot report that 'Margaret'
excels as a work of fiction. The tough little
girl who gives her name to the story has a
certain three-dimensional Quality, but the other
'characters' are, from the point of view of
fiction, mere cardboard personages— -the inno-
cent little girl led astray by seducers, the suf-
fering parents, the drunken father and the
peasant- type wife, the wicked old gentlemen
in their den of depravity, and so on. The fic-
tional formula is a bit frayed, and I do not
see that the author has brought much enrich-
ment to it, however excellent her sociology may
be." H. M. Jones
— + N Y Time* plO My 5 '46 360w
New Yorker 22:89 Ap 27 '46 90w
"Mrs. Slade makes this girl uncomfortably
real and credible. You see her as the outcome
of a heritage and circumstances that perhaps
could hardly have eventuated otherwise. Yet
this story is not a blanket protestation of the
evil partnership of squalor and vice. In the
same house where Margaret's family brawled
lived other people among whom privation had
deepened ties of affection, strengthened mutual
help, and engendered the terrible wisdom of the
meek. The driving force of evil came from
men who had money to buy protection and
whatever else they wanted. . . The story will
inevitably shock many readers, not only be-
cause of its subject matter but also because of
the unsparing realism of some of its portraits
of human wreckage. That realism, however,
is very different from sensationalism. Behind
it lies the author's concern for children whose
parents, love notwithstanding, cannot ward off
the pressures and exposures of penury or who
have themselves been warped by those strains."
Mary Ross
Weekly Book Review p8 Ap 28 '46 600w
SLATER, JOHN ROTHWELL. Rhees of
Rochester. 304p il $3 Harper
B or 92 Rhees, Rush 46-3898'
"A biography presenting 'a life portrait of
the scholar who over a period of 30 years built
the University of Rochester into its present
national position of prestige and power/ Bibli-
ography and index." School & Society
"Dr. Slater, professor of English at Roch-
ester for many years, writes with professional
skill and with an intimate knowledge of the
materials."
+ Christian Century 63:658 My 22 '46
80w
"Sound, scholarly biography, but of interest
only in a specialized, localized field."
4- Kirkus 14:91 P 15 '46 170w
"t>r. Slater, long a Rochester teacher, has
a thorough knowledge of his subject. He has
not written an exciting book; Rush Rhees did
not live that sort of life. There is a minimum
of speculation and the emphasis is upon ex-
planatory detail rather than colorful anecdote.
The mood is quiet and thoughtful, occasionally
sententious. If Dr. Slater has not completely
solved the riddle of personality, he certainly
has told sympathetically the story of a life
truly and fully lived." Alan Vrooman
-f N Y Times p!6 Je 16 '46 420w
"Fortunate is such a man, around whom a
significant institution develops, to have a biog-
rapher as understanding and yet as objective
as Dr. John Roth well Slater." H. W. Sanford
-f Sat R of Lit 29:32 My 4 '4« 1500w
School A Society 63:272 Ap 13 '46 30w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
School & Society 64:299 O 26 '46 600w
SLAUGHTER. FRANK GILL. In a dark gar-
den. 435p $2.76 Doubleday
46-7453
Romantic historical novel about a young
Confederate field surgeon who uses his knowl-
edge of medicine and surgery on the wounded
of both North and South during the Civil war.
In his affairs with women he is not so canny,
for unknowingly he marries a beautiful spy.
Reviewed by Harold Zyskind
Book Week p4 N 17 '46 290w
"The most ambitious novel Slaughter has
done, and more saleable than any of the
others."
•f Kirkus 14:395 Ag 15 '46 160w
"The theme of the doctor's dilemma in war-
time is one which this author (who served in
the Medical Corps during the recent global
conflict) is eminently fitted to handle. This is
his sixth novel, and his first in the field of
historical romance. . . Actually, the book is at
its best when Julian sidesteps the trappings of
outmoded chivalry, and battles with his su-
periors for such newfangled importations as
disinfectants for his wards and surgical anti-
sepsis. . . Perhaps no novelist can make an
760
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SLAUGHTER, F. Q.— Continued
harmonious blend of ether and wistaria. In
any event, reading about operations is still the
next most satisfactory thing to talking about
one's own." Mary McGrory
4 — N Y Times p4 S 29 '46 550w
r. Slaughter's plot (if he wants to call it
his) is so much eyewash, but the hero's ven-
turesome excursions into experimental surgery
on the battlefield and on shipboard give the
book a certain readability. The story is almost
bound to turn up in Technicolor; in fact, you
may get the impression that you have already
seen it."
New Yorker 22:114 O 12 '46 lOOw
"Frank O. Slaughter is an excellent story-
teller, interested in many phases of life and all
the facets of love, but apparently he writes
with a pen which is also a combination scalpel,
forceps and clinical thermometer. . . Intense
drama even when Julian Chisholm is not am-
putating, diagnosing or otherwise fulfilling his
chosen profession. The love story is marked
by tremors, fever and hours of crisis and it is
interwoven with a spy plot so exciting that it
will accelerate your pulse and quite possibly —
if you wish to make the test — register a non-
organic zigzag on your cardiograph."
-j Weekly Book Review p!4 O 6 '46 290w
SLAUGHTER, FRANK GILL. New science of
surgery. 286p $4 Messner
617 Surgery SG46-316
"Story of modern surgery told by a prac-
ticing surgeon who was chief of surgery at one
of the army's largest camps. Gives detailed
account of new war medicines, surgical pro-
cedures, anesthetics, and drugs. Chapter on
organized socialized medicine." Library J
Reviewed by Peter Williamson
Book Week p30 N 10 '46 420w
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pi 8 S '46
Klrkus 14:121 Mr 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:982 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by Milton Mazer
New Repub 115:668 N 18 '46 550w
"With ever-changing and improving tech-
niques cancer, varicose veins, third degree
burns, exquisitely painful sacro-illacs, gall
bladders, livers and pancreas are the domain
of the man with the lancet. Dr. Slaughter
writes of all these and more in his informa-
tive volume. There is no bias in his work:
and while it falls short of being definitive and
all-inclusive, it is a justifiably proud record of
adept cures adeptly described." A. H. Weiler
-h N Y Times p!4 S 15 '46 800w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
160w
"Although this book has much to say about
the miracles of military medicine during World
War II, it is not just another in the now-
it-can-be-told series. Designed for the lay
reader and written in an attractively popular
vein, it surveys the entire field of surgical
accomplishments in both civilian and military
life during the last dozen years."
•f Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Jl '46 380w
SLAVSON, SAMUEL RICHARD. Recreation
and the total personality. 205p $3 Assn. press
613.7 Recreation 46-11977
An analysis of man's needs for recreation
and his ability to fulfill them, presented as
"a concept or recreation embracing the in-
at present lecturer in the School of education.
New York university. Index.
School & Society 64:192 S 14 '46 20w
Social Studies 37:335 N '46 20w
"A worthwhile study of socially conscious
people, by an outstanding psychotherapist
whose writing is both erudite and clear." E.
A. Holthausen
+ Sprlnflf'd Republican p6 S 20 '46 330w
SLOBODKIN, LOUIS. Adventures of Arab
[11. by the author] 128p $2.50 Macmillan
46-8521
Arab was a merry-go-round horse made of a
magic wood, which got him into some difficul-
ties and also out of them. Finally he got a
congenial Job as weather vane on top of a large
city department store.
Booklist 43:158 Ja 15 '47
"The combination of story and pictures is
hilarious and refreshing."
+ Horn Bk 22:349 S '46 220w
Kirkus 14:386 Ag 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Phyllis Fenner
N Y Times p!8 Ja 5 '47 140w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:136 D 7 '46 80w
"This is the longest and the best story that
this author-artist has made for the children.
And the illustrations are equally good. The
last picture — of Arab in his golden coat high
above the city—is sure to be the favorite
among the boys and girls who like and admire
Louis Slobodkin's work." M. G. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:46 N 9 '46 220w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review plO D 8 '46 400w
SMART, WYATT AIKEN. Spiritual gospel. 134p
$1 Abingdon-Cokesbury
226.5 Bible. New Testament— St John
46-2689
"In these lectures on the Gospel of John, de-
livered on the Quillian foundation at Emory
University, Professor Smart neither evades the
critical problems of authorship and date, nor
does he stop with them. Accepting it as a
proved fact that this Gospel was written too
late to be taken as direct eye-and-ear witness
to the words and deeds of Jesus, he shows its
value as depicting the faith of the post-apos-
tolic generation." Christian Century
"An admirably fresh and stimulating inter-
pretation of what Clement of Alexandria called
rthe spiritual Gospel.' "
+ Christian Century 63:240 F 20 '46 140w
"As satisfying a discussion of the Gospel of
John as one might come by." S. L». Riddle
+ Churchman 160:16 My 1 '46 lOOw
SMEDLEY. MRS DOREE (OWENS), and
ROBINSON, LURA. Careers for women in
real estate and in life insurance; in col-
laboration with Vocational guidance research,
Evelyn Steele, director. 192p $3 Greenberg
333.33 Real estate business. Insurance, Life.
Woman— Occupations 46-11984
"Qualifications for success in either life in-
surance or real estate depend on personality
and selling ability. Opportunities and training
methods are given and the contributions women
have made to both businesses. Superficial but
useful for a general vocational collection."
(Booklist) Bibliography. Index.
Book Week p4 D 22 '46 60w
Booklist 43:95 D 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 72:81 Ja 1 '47 70w
San Francisco Chronicle plO D 1 '46
30w
SMILLIE, WILSON GEORGE. Preventive med-
icine and public health. 607p il $6 Macmil-
lan
614 Medicine, Preventive. Public health
SG46-109
"This book is intended for medical students
and medical practitioners. It does not purport
to give technical details concerning the va-
rious phases of public health work; it doea
endeavor to present to those engaged in clinical
activities a viewpoint that will enable them to
understand and appreciate the over-all aspects
of disease prevention and the application of
the principles of public and personal hygiene to
population groups such as counties, munici-
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palities, and states. . . There are chapters on
the public health aspects of cancer, heart dis-
ease, obesity, and diabetes. There are excellent
chapters on public health administration and
organization at local, state, and federal levels
and discussions of health education, medical
care, and medical social work." (IT S Quarterly
Bkl) Index.
"It is unfortunate that a book that is so
excellently conceived and has so many fine
features, should contain the number of minor
defects to be found in this volume. Errors of
fact are not infrequent, so that the teacher
must be constantly alert to point out these pit-
falls to the student. The irregular distribution
of bibliographic references whereby they are
collected at the end of certain chapters, rather
than at the end of each chapter or section, is
confusing:. • . The reader will note numerous
defects of this character which should be cor-
rected in an early revision. These defects are
unfortunate but should not obscure the great
potential value of a book that has surpassed
all others in presenting the point of view of
preventive medicine as an integral part of clini-
cal practice." G. W. Anderson
4. _ Am J Pub Health 36:805 Ji '46 900w
"[The book] would be of value to those en-
gaged in the general practice of medicine. One
of the particularly useful features is the chap-
ter on statistics as applied to public health.
This will prove useful to medical students and
to clinicians in evaluating their experience in
the treatment of disease, as well as in the prep-
aration of papers for presentation before med-
ical bodies. The author covers the field thor-
oughly, presenting the various subjects usually
found in a book on public health. . . For those
interested primarily in the diagnosis and treat-
ment of disease, this book is of definite value
for study and reference."
+ U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:145 Je '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
SMITH, A. MERRIMAN. Thank you, Mr
President; a White House notebook. 304p
$2.50 Harper
B or 92 Journalists — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.
Truman, Harry S. 46-25274
"Tells what it is like to be a White House
correspondent, and also a good deal about
two Presidents and their associates. Mr.
Smith is one of three 'wire service' corre-
spondents assigned to cover the President
full-time. He has been at this job since 1941,
and in that time has seen something of Ber-
lin, Algiers, Hawaii, Independence, Hyde Park,
and Washington. . . Merriman Smith knew
President Roosevelt best, and he gives a de-
tailed, detached, and vivid account of his way
of life, his political technique, and his move-
ments for nearly five years." Christian Sci-
ence Monitor
Reviewed by Emmett Dedmon
Book Week p2 N 24 '46 400w
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
"Mr. Smith tells a lively story. He reveals
the tremendous appeal President Roosevelt
had for most of the newspapermen close to
him. His account of the scene at Warm
Springs, on the day of Mr. Roosevelt's passing,
is vivid and moving. His picture of the even
greater informality of the Truman regime re-
veals the frequent simplicity and boyishness of
the present President. . . This is not the de-
finitive book about the Presidency and the
press, but it is the best one that has come
along." E. D. Canham
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 21 '46
fc)0w
"It is a speedy, entertaining story, dealing
with men and events as vital as this genera-
tion is likely to see." John Brubaker
+ Commonweal 45:22 O 18 '46 330w
Klrkus 14:318 Jl 1 '46 170w
"This is a fascinating inside view of our
crowded era. While, to be sure, it is super-
ficial, nevertheless, in the revealing glare of
this surface, the historian may find more
meaning in it than in the vast accumulation
of documents that lie beneath it." M. W.
Childs
-f- N Y Times p7 S 15 '46 700w
New Yorker 22:127 O 5 '46 150w
San Francisco Chronicle p22 D 1 '46
250w
"In this book [Smith] has written a swift,
easily readable narrative of the Presidency in
the years in which watching it has been his
job. It is as clear and sharp a picture as the
copy Smith dictates. He has wisely not writ-
ten a 'think' book about the Presidency, but
few reporters have written a better 'see' book
about it. Indeed, his chapter on the Warm
Springs scene at the time Roosevelt died Is
an almost perfect piece of vivid reporting."
Jonathan Daniels
+ Sat R of Lit 29:26 N 2 '46 400w
Reviewed by Bert Andrews
Weekly Book Review p2 S 15 '46 950w
WIs Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
SMITH, AUGUSTUS H. Economics for our
times; consulting ed. S. Howard Patterson.
534p il $1.88 McGraw
330 Economics 45-9552
High school text book which "is mainly
traditional in dealing with principles, is largely
descriptive of processes and concepts, consists
to considerable degree of giving meanings of
words, and is 'safe/ " (Social Educ) Bib-
liography. Selected list of motion pictures.
Index.
School A Society 62:312 N 10 '46 40w
"The book is useful and acceptable as a
high school text. The lists of references in-
clude liberal books. There is a good diagram
on economic systems (p. 483). The author is
rightfully critical about using public works as
a stabilizer. He makes clear the nature of
company unions. There are many good and
excellent features in the book, including its
attractive external appearance." W. F.
Mitchell
+ Social Educ 10:90 F '46 600w
Reviewed by N. D. Palmer
Social Studies 37:138 Mr '46 600w
SMITH, BRUCE LANNES, and others. Propa-
ganda, communication, and public opinion; a
comprehensive reference guide. 445p $5
Princeton univ. press
016.3 Propaganda— Bibliography. Public
opinion — Biolfography A46-1329
"A comprehensive, annotated bibliography of
writings on propaganda, communication, and
public opinion, including books, pamphlets, and
articles appearing between 1934 and 1943. Also
four chapters on the science of mass communi-
cation." Social Studies
Reviewed by J. R. Mock
Am Hist R 51:743 Jl '46 310w
Reviewed by Reinhard Bendix
Am J Soc 52:158 S '46 1200w
"The Princeton University Press has done an
attractive job of bookmaking; a bibliographical
framework, cutting across so many traditional-
ly separated fields, stimulates reflection on
new relationships; and reading page after page
of Dr. Smith's concise annotations is a most
rewarding experience." H. L.. Childs
-f- Am Pol Sci R 40:588 Je '46 700w
Reviewed by Belle Zeller
Ann Am Acad 247:205 S '46 1400w
Booklist 42:261 Ap 15 '46
Current Hist 10:538 Je '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 30w
Reviewed by L. A. Boles
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 30w
"This bibliography is an extremely useful
work in the growing field of opinion and com-
munication research. Despite improvements
which could be made in its organization, stu-
dents generally and librarians in particular will
find It an invaluable guide to the field." Bernard
Berelson
Library Q 16:353 O '46 llOOw
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SMITH, B. L. — Continued
"Thorough organization of the material and
concise annotations provided by Mr. Smith
make the book a very desirable reference work,
not only for schools and departments of Jour-
nalism— where it will find a ready audience —
but to anyone dealing professionally with pro-
motion, public relations, publicity, news dis-
semination and world affairs generally."
Martin Ebon
4- N Y Times p28 Mr 17 '46 400w
Reviewed by J. L. Woodward
Pol Scl Q 61:631 D '46 700w
"It is a timely book, concretely valuable for
teachers, preachers, and statesmen who see
down the road where time is running out in
the race between education and catastrophe."
L.. M. Brooks
-f Social Forces 25:229 D '46 700w
Social Studies 37:192 Ap '46 50w
SMITH, CHARD POWERS. Housatonic, Puri-
tan river; il. by Arm in Landeck. (Rivers of
America) 532p $3 RJnehart
917.44 Housatonic river 46-4413
A description and history of life along the
Housatonic river from the Indian days. In
1639 a band of Puritans landed at the mouth
of the river, and with their advent the modern
history of the Housatonic valley began. The
author stresses the intellectual life of the
valley, with much detailed history of the
Sedgwicks, Long-fellow, Melville, Hawthorne,
Fanny Kemble, and others who lived or sum-
mered in the Massachusetts section of the
valley. Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
"Mr. Smith knows the Valley, past and
present. He has read widely in its local his-
tories. He writes with authority. This is the
first Rivers of America book I have read
Which stresses the intellectual history of its
valley. Mr. Smith knows that place is people.
What interests him and us, nis readers, is
the effect of event on the people. He traces
the man of the Valley from Puritan days to
today, noting1 all the important changes in his
psychology, showing how the Yankee of today
got his sense of humor. The trace makes in-
teresting reading1." Horace Reynolds
-f Christian Science Monitor p!8 Je 27 '46
370w
"In addition to his theses and analyses —
some you will agree with, some you probably
won't — his preachments and his occasional
purple patches about cosmic forces and sym-
bols of eternal truth, Mr. Smith has assembled
a wealth of interesting and instructive Housa-
tonic lore from every period of its history. . .
As a native midwesterner, I must also thank
him for this remark, apropos the 'first billion
and a half years' of the Housatonic's history:
'New England has never quite forgotten that
in the old days it was a separate continent.' "
David Burnham
-| Commonweal 44:312 Jl 12 '46 lOOOw
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 60w
"The river, its valley and the people in all
their eras of evolution, the peaks and bottoms
of its long story, make fascinating reading.
There is much that Is picturesque and in-
dividual, from the tribes of Indians, under
Waramaug, to the heights of the literary
coterie."
-f Klrkus 14:167 Ap 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by B. L. Lewis
Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 130w
"The book that Chard Powers Smith has
written about the Housatonic is one of the
best in the generally disappointing Rivers of
America series. It is one of the best because
Smith has put more work into it than most of
the other authors have put into their volumes:
he has consulted more records, talked and
written to more people, traveled more ex-
tensively through the valley and lived there
long enough to play a part in town politics. . .
I should like to recommend it to all the valley
people; and yet, as a critic and former Penn-
sylvanian, I can't help pointing out Its faults,
most of which it shares with the other volumes
in the same series. Its emphasis, like theirs,
is historical or antiquarian rather than
geographical and social. ' Malcolm Cowley
4. _ New Repub 116:206 Ag 19 '46 1460w
"It is true that Chard Powers Smith's
pages lack almost completely the wit, urbanity
and magic that made the Cabell-Hanna book
about the St. Johns at least a minor miracle
of belles-lettres, and it is regrettable that it
is not less diffuse and more selective. But it
partly compensates for this by its veritable
spring flood of facts and information so that
it is as much a guidebook as an essay. Nor
is it without a sort of pinched and dry New
England humor. Moreover, when Mr. Smith
tells us about its geology, when he writes
about its Indians and their relations with the
white man, when he tells us about the lit-
erary group there, and of the tally-ho days at
Lenox and at Stockbridge, he shows that un-
derstanding can be just as good a tool as
inspiration, and does very well indeed." T. C.
Chubb
+ _ N Y Times p6 Je 30 '46 800w
"Mr. Smith, or his proof-reader, has made a
good many errors, such as a rather gratuitous
reduction in the age of Harvard College; he
has Hawthorne's red house visible from the
Aspinwall Hotel, which wasn't built till ten
years after Hawthorne's house burned down,
and he skips up and down the river at times
somewhat disconcertingly, on the whole rather
neglecting the southern reaches. But he has
probed deeply into regional records, and made
the river a microcosm of New England his-
tory." W. P. Eaton
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Jl 6 '46 1050w
"The book is easily one of the most coherent,
best planned and readable members of the
family." R. P. H.
•f Sprlngf'd Republicarf p4d Je 30 '46
360W
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:317 D '46 240w
"No resident of the valley, summer or per-
manent, can afford to miss Mr. Smith's re-
view of its past and its probable future. Nor
is the interest of the volume confined to the
locality it explores. A great deal of American
history gets told in the end, and always from
a point of view which the author keeps clearly
defined. . . Armin Landeck' s designs for the
1 book, distinguished as the work of this artist
always is, lose some of their effect in the
printing, for the paper is too soft for them.
This is a pity, since Mr. Landeck is celebrated
for the incisive drama of his blacks and
whites Some of the plates, fortunately, suf-
fer less than others; but it happens that I have
seen the original of the Lenox church, and I
sadly observe that now the great clock has
no hands." Mark Van Doren
^ -- Weakly Book Review pi Je 23 '46 800w
WIs Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
SMITH, CHARLES COPELAND. Foreman's
place in management. 159p $2 Harper
658.3124 Foremen. Employment management
46-726™
"Plea for a fuller appreciation of the value
of foremanship by managers. Directed to top-
management and foremen groups, book con-
siders legal and administrative problems in the
organization of the supervising staff. Author
shows potentialities and limitations of fore-
man's agencies." (Library J) Index.
Book Week p2 O 27 '46 60w
"An important book for enlightened manage-
ment (unenlightened, too, we hope) and for
' Klrkus 14:320 Jl 1 '46 180w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1628 N 16 '46 70w
SMITH, CLEVELAND H.f and TAYLOR, GER-
TRUDE R. Flags of all nations. 162p il $2.60
Crowell
929.9 Flags 46-3667
"The book begins with foreign flags planted
on this hemisphere by explorers, from the Vik-
ing standard to the Meteor flag flown bv En*-
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llsh colonists until they broke with the mother
country. Then come our colonial and battle
flags, a sketch of the evolution of the Stars
and Stripes, with the changes in it in 1818 and
thereafter, and a collection of flags of United
States territories and dependencies. After a
section on flag terminology follow 107 pages
of foreign flags, arranged alphabetically by
country. The united Nations Flag of Four
Freedoms rounds out the array." Weekly Book
Review
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
"Should prove interesting material to his-
tory-minded, young people — and valuable ref-
erence material for school and public li-
braries."
-f- Klrkus 13:438 O 1 '45 HOw
"Succinct yet comprehensive. Useful both for
reference and for pleasure reading. . . A must
book." M. L. Goodwin
-f Library J 70:1192 D 16 '45 70w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ag 16 '46 210w
"Schools, smaller libraries and many clubs
have long been looking for a popular encyclo-
pedia of flags like this, one with all national
flags reproduced in recognizable colors/'
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 My 5 '46 HOw
SMITH, EDMUND WARE (EDMUND WARE,
pseud), and BAILEY, ROBE8ON. From fact
to Action. 313p $2.25 Appleton-Century
808.3 Short story. Short stories — Collec-
tions 46-514
"A work-study book for the serious stu-
dent of short story techniques, done In the
form of a duet between a writer and a teach-
er of English (at Smith), discussing the
specific fictional problems of short story writ-
ing. First Ware prefaces a short story with
a skeleton showing his approach to it; then
the story itself is followed by comments by
Bailey, underlining the methods of construc-
tion in the specific story, and in writing In
general. There are twelve stories, springboard-
ing techniques of Ideas, exploration of the same
development of the mechanisms, the solutions
for handling character, dialog, background, etc.
There are practical suggestions, descriptions of
useful mechanisms, bald devices, the work-
ability of the commonplace and familiar, the
uses of notes, the process of transforming
actual events and characters into fictional ma-
terial, attitudes toward work, machinery for
creating plausibility, development of self-
criticism." Kirkus
"Lady authors with perpetually Incompleted
manuscript In escritoires will simply adore this
book. It makes everything so easy, sugar-coat-
ing the creative writing process with Author
Ware's definitely readable but by no means
typical published stories to divert and only a
modicum of Teacher Bailey's precepts to di-
gest. Homeopathic treatment if it does not
cure will certainly not kill, and this book sup-
plies such impressive words for club and
family circle — time-frame, space- frame, pur-
blindness — oh, many more!" F. N. Litten
Book Week plO Mr 3 '46 340w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
"A book which should prove most helpful."
+ Klrkus 14:84 F 15 '46 180w
"In the shop talk of short- story writers mar-
kets are conveniently classified as quality,
slick ( and pulp. The first rates highest in
prestige, the second in profits and the third
in perspiration. 'From Fact to Fiction* is an
ingenious collaboration which should be of in-
terest to workers in all three vineyards, but
it is intended primarily for those who seek the
reward of large circulation on glossy paper."
•f Weekly Book Review p36 Mr 10 '46
HOw
SMITH, ELSIE K. SETH-. See Seth- Smith,
ID. K.
SMITH. QEORQE. Introduction to industrial
mycology; foreword by Harold Raistrick. 3d
ed 271p il $5.50 Longmans [20s Arnold, E.
& co]
589.2 Fungi. Molds (botany) 46-17457
New edition of a book first published in
1938 (Book Review Digest, 1939). "In this new
edition no major features have been changed,
but a number of minor alterations and additions
have been made, which it is hoped will make
for greater clarity and usefulness. During the
war years many interesting problems involv-
ing the activities of moulds have arisen in
various industries, but these cannot be dis-
cussed freely until normal times return."
(Pref to 3d ed)
Reviewed by L». A. Eales
Library J 71:1333 O 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:41 Jl '46
SMITH, HAROLD DEWEY. Management of
your government; foreword by Eric Johnston.
(Whittlesey house publication) 179p $2.50 Mc-
Graw
353 U.S.— Politics and government 45-10439
''Explains to citizens the various phases of
national management. . . Mr. Smith de*ls
with democracy and public administration In
the first phase of his book. The actual man-
agement of the government's business is then
described. Intergovernmental relationships,
those between cities and states and the Federal
government, particularly In regard to financial
and fiscal matters, is the third section of the
book. And the final part, titled 'Retrospect and
Prospect,' discusses our wartime experience
and — more important — surveys our Nation's fu-
ture prospects." (Publisher's note) The author
is Director of the budget.
Reviewed by C. S. Ascher
Am Pol Scl R 40:360 Ap '46 500w
"No thoughtful person can fail to profit from
a cover-to-cover reading of this book." Wil-
liam Anderson
-f Ann Am Acad 245:210 My '46 600w
Reviewed by L. D. White
Book Week p3 Ja 6 '46 450w
"Readers will find this series of papers pro-
vocative and informative. Harold Smith writes
directly and honestly about how our govern-
ment operates, and how its management affects
our national economy and each individual citi-
zen." H. H. Sargeant
+ Chem & Eng N 24:1972 Jl 25 '46 350w
"The book exhibits some of the usual defects
of collected papers written on diverse subjects
at different times. But it is unified by a con-
sistent and mature political philosophy and
by a reasonable intensity of focus. It makes
a valuable contribution to our thinking on a
series of issues which lie close to the heart
of the democratic process." J. D. Kingsley
-4- New Repub 114:388 Mr 18 '46 1200w
"Well -organ! zed and well-written book."
Luther Huston
-|- N Y Times p!8 F 3 '46 350w
Reviewed by J. A. Vieg
Pol Scl Q 61:618 D '46 1050w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:230 S '46 280w
SMITH, HARRY ALLEN. Rhubarb; drawings
by Leo Hershfleld. 301p $2 Doubleday
46-5945
Satirical novel about a cat named Rhubarb
who inherited millions, plus a baseball club
known as the New York Loons. The cast of
characters includes a motley collection of
off -th«- beam publicity men. judges, athletes.
bookies, psychiatrists, and women of little
virtue or none at all.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p3 Ag 11 '46 320w
Klrkus 14:228 My 15 '46 17 Ow
"Dialogue introduces some obscenities new
to the printed page. Has genuine comic vitality,
but in an aimless and improvised narrative."
H. W.
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SMITH, H. A.— Continued
"Commenting on the lunatics h« has met in
the pursuit of his profession, Mr. Smith in
•Life in a Putty Knife Factory/ 'Lost in the
Horse Latitudes' and 'Low Man on the Totem
Pole' was a gay and observant reporter who
wrote of his opponents with vigor and humor.
Trapped in the incredible plot of 'Rhubarb,'
he is not so happy. When invention fails him,
he falls back on sex. Faced with fact, Mr.
Smith knows how to make it gaudy and
amusing and caustic. Snared in fiction, Mr.
Smith writes like a man who is in a hurry
to get the assignment behind him. More than
once in his narrative he indulges in an aside
to indicate that he would like to wash his
hands of the whole business." Richard Maney
N Y Times p7 Ag 4 '46 750w
"Intermittently funny, but Mr. Smith, as he
must have heard by now, would do better
if he didn't try so hard."
New Yorker 22:67 Ag 10 '46 50w
"This is a book you'll want to read yourself
without having any busybody spoiling the
story for you. . . There were rumors, after the
last of Mr. Smith's books, that he was losing
his grip. He must have rummaged around in
the closet and found it again, for this latest
effort is, as the movie advertisers say, the
'laugh hit of the year.* " Paul Speegle
+ San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 25 '46
340w
"I was not particularly titillated by H. Allen
Smith's new novel, 'Rhubarb.' The conclusion
was reluctantly reached. . . Somehow, it never
quite comes off; somehow, 'Rhubarb' seemed
only quite dull, more than often unnecessarily
vulgar, always straining for but never achiev-
ing deep chest laughs, seldom even reaching a
mild chuckle. Again, however, let there be
this warning, 'Rhubarb* may, indeed, become
the most famous cat in America. . . This
reader could be very wrong. He has been before
— once." Merle Miller
Sat R of Lit 29:19 Ag 3 '46 600w
"A purely goofy novel that is likely to do
more good than the Paris peace conference."
R. F. H.
4- Springf d Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
400w
Time 48:108 Ag 5 '46 270w
"Mr. Smith is superior as a story teller to
most of the writers he is lampooning. In the
second place, he confines his exaggerations to
a point so close to reality that they have the
bite of satire. In the third place, his hero
has the characteristics necessary for success.
He is courageous, virile and rich. The fact
that this hero is a cat is the only deviation
from pattern. . . The incidental satire in 'Rhu-
barb' is aimed at some of our most popular
nonsense. Since the only way to get rid of
a nuisance in America is to laugh it out of
existence, this current piece of writing by
H. Allen Smith, though entertaining, may also
be considered a public service." Thomas
Sugrue
-4- Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 4 '46
750w
SMITH, HOBART MUIR. Handbook of lizards;
lizards of the United States and of Canada.
(Handbooks of Am. natural history) 55 7p il
maps $5.75 Comstock pub. co.
598.11 Lizards 46-3539
"This handbook gives for the first time a
comprehensive account of the lizard fauna of
temperate North America — a fauna of 136
species and subspecies included in thirty-one
genera. A useful introductory section treats of
such topics as structural features involved in
diagnosis, habits, methods of collection and
preservation, and thumbnail sketches of North
American workers on these reptiles. The
major portion of the book is a systematic ac-
count of all genera, species and subspecies
found in the area. Keys are given, and for
each form there are discussions of range, color,
scalation, recognition characters, habitat, hab-
its, and problems concerned with the form.
There are numerous illustrations." (U S Quar-
terly Bkl) Index.
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
"Valuable alike to the scientist and the
amateur naturalist."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:250 S '46 200w
SMITH, HOWARD. Developing your execu-
tive ability. 225p $2.50 McGraw
658.3124 Executive ability 46-6809
Practical guide which presents a plan for
cultivating personal qualities and developing
executive ability. The author is a personnel
consultant. The book contains a list of visual
aids and an index.
"Smith has attempted to do just one thing in
this book, namely to present an outline, a
check-list, of the elements which enter into
executive success. This he has done well. Al-
most any of his chapters might be developed
profitably into a volume filled with concrete
illustrations drawn from business. Throughout
the book he shows that the modern executive
must understand and like people; and must
learn to lead them, rather than push them
around with a bull -dozer. Amen, Mr. Smith!
There is a subject for you to work on further
in your spare time next winter." H. J.
Owens
+ Book Week p3 S 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1333 O 1 '46 60w
Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46 140w
SMITH, INGRID. When grandma was a little
grl; il. by Mela Koehler-Broman. [20p] $1
uell
Colored pictures and brief text describe the
daily doings of a little Swedish girl of long ago
and her large family of dolls. For ages five to
eight.
Reviewed by Martha King
Book Week plO N 3 '46 BOw
Kirkus 14:418 S 1 '46 70w
"Fragile binding almost twelve inches high
makes it a doubtful purchase, although a
pleasant one." K. H. McAlarney
Library J 71:1210 S 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Lois Palmer
N Y Times p!8 S 8 '46 lOOw
"The charming drawings are reproduced in
the clear, delicate color that distinguished the
Swedish printing before the war.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:43 N 9 '46 lOOw
SMITH, JAMES GERALD, and DUNCAN,
ACHESON JOHNSTON. Sampling statistics
and applications. (Fundamentals of the
theory of statistics, v2) 498p $4 McGraw
311.2 Statistics. Sampling (statistics)
"[This volume] covers general theory of
y curves and theory of random sam-
Important sampling distributions are
and their applications to a variety of
problems are illustrated. For advanced stu-
dents." Library J
"This book is designed as a textbook in the
theory and application of statistics and as a
handbook for research workers. It contains
a good presentation of the distribution of vari-
ous statistics in samples and of the methods
of drawing inferences from samples, but does
not, as its title might imply to some, contain
an adequate presentation of the theory and
practice of sampling from finite economic and
social populations. . . The volume is relatively
free of typographic errors, and those that occur
should not trouble the careful reader. For the
most part the book can be read by persona
not familiar with mathematics beyond college
algebra, although facility in algebra and in
mathematical reasoning is necessary. On the
whole, it can be commended as a straightfor-
ward and useful presentation of what is con-
ventionally regarded as modern statistical
theory, with numerous illustrations that add
to the clarity of presentation." M. H. Hansen
+ — Am J Soc 61:673 My '46 1360w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 60w
L A ms
frequency
pling. In-
derived an
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SMITH, LABAN C. No better land. Slip $2.75
Macmillan ,-,-».-
46-4286
A first novel, describing life on a Wisconsin
farm in 1906. The father of the family is a
lover of the land, a just and kindly parent,
who wants each of his eight children to follow
their "natural bent." In this he is opposed
by his ambitious wife, who is determined that
her children shall have the educational and
cultural advantages which she lacked. The
struggle between the two opposing ideas pro-
vides the drama of the story.
"All the material is here for a fine novel.
Yet somehow the story is flat. . . Mr. Smith
has written a depressing story; nobody is very
bad. but there is little of perennial value shin-
ing in anyone or anything." Emerson Hynes
Commonweal 44:414 Ag 9 '46 390w
"This is a first novel, slow-paced, with
wispy threads of plot, colorless characters who
spend their time bickering or posing as models
of morality. All in all, a pedestrian, amateur-
ish handling of a mighty dull story."
— Klrkus 14:202 My 1 '46 160w
"Well recommended." L. R. Etzkorn
-f Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 70w
"Laban C. Smith, the author, has lived on
a farm, and his knowledge of farm work, his
genuine feeling for the land, are reflected on
every page. He is writing of a kind of life
that has real meaning for him, and he does It
with freshness and a fine simplicity." Andrea
°+ N Y Times p!4 Je 9 '46 270w
"The members of this family lack the sen-
sibility which might make their lives more
consequential to the reader. Their speech, of
which there is a great deal, is uniformly in-
expressive and all of them seem inarticulate
even to themselves. Though they have a suc-
cession of quarrels, fears, and desires, they
rarely seem intimately felt or clearly under-
stood." Walter Havighurst
— Sat R of Lit 29:32 O 19 '46 300w
"The novel is ably realized in flesh-and-
blood characters and situations and clothed
with an abundance of sharp, meaningful de-
tail that is bound to arouse nostalgia In any
Midwesterner who has ever lived on a farm.
Seasonal variations, the play of sun, rain and
shadow on man and earth, are described sensu-
ously and particularly. Especially noteworthy
are the scenes in which Abel is shown advising
his hired man Ralph to set up on his own,
even though this means depriving himself of
a loyal worker in a time of labor scarcity.
Rarely has a 'good man' been presented so
attractively." Stephen Stepanchev
+ Weekly Book Review p8 Je 9 '46 330w
Wis Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
SMITH. LEONARD J. Collective bargaining.
468p $5 Prentice-Hall
331.116 Collective bargaining 46-5896
"Intended as a guide to managerial and union
negotiators, this book presents a synthesis of
experience in the details of collective bargain-
ing. . . Six introductory chapters deal with
the general mechanics of negotiation, the atti-
tudes of negotiators, and the general objec-
tives of collective agreements. The eight suc-
ceeding chapters constitute a check-list of
questions that may be subject to negotiation,
such as wages, hours, union recognition, work-
ing conditions, managerial rights, seniority, and
grievance procedures. Three concluding chap-
ters comprise a glossary of terms, a summary
of sources of information, and a selected bibli-
ography." (U S Quarterly Bkl) Index.
"So far as this reviewer is concerned, it is
to the author's credit that an attitude of im-
partiality is maintained throughout the book.
. . One of the excellent features of this book
is Smith's treatment of the details of the
bargaining process. . . This book cannot justi-
fiably be omitted from the reference shelf where
courses in labor relations are taught. It may
well serve as a text in the more highly spe-
cialized courses on collective bargaining.'* J. C.
Phillips
+ Ann Am Acad 248:269 N '46 650w
"Several appendices contain extensive Illus-
trations of entire labor agreements and speci-
men clauses classified by subject. The book will
be especially useful to those entering negotia-
tions for the first time."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:306 D '46 160w
SMITH, LEONORE ROSE, ed. First nursery
songs; II. by Pinl. 46p 50c Garden City pub.
CO.
784.4 Children's songs
"Twenty- four songs with simple two-hand
musical accompaniment. Brightly Illustrated,
with musical notation that is clear and easy
to read." Wis Lib Bui
Kirkus 13:516 N 15 '45 40w
"Illustrations by Fini are In bright, clear
colors and with a nice detail that should ap-
peal to the very young. Recommended." Eliza-
beth Johnson
-}- Library J 70:1191 D 15 '45 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:63 Ap '46
SMITH, MERRIMAN. See Smith. A. M.
SMITH, IN I COL, and CLARK, THOMAS
BLAKE. Into Siam, underground kingdom.
315p il $3.50 Bobbs
940.53593 World war, 1939-1946— Thailand.
World war, 1939-1945— Personal narratives,
American 46-4378
"When Thailand declared war on the U.S.
and became an ally of Japan, the Thai minister
in Washington was sure that it was the result
of crooked politics. To prove this and to form
an underground and spy system to find out
about Jap troop movements and air fields, the
Office of strategic services trained a group of
American -educated Siamese and sent them Into
Thailand. This is the story of their prepara-
tion and careful training, hardships, and final
success." Booklist
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week plO Je 2 '46 250w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
Current Hist 10:132 Ag '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 20w
Klrkus 14:187 Je 1 '46 230w
Reviewed by John Bicknell
N Y Times p31 S 8 '46 500w
Reviewed by Donald Armstrong
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 31 '46 550w
Reviewed by Frederick Reinstein
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46
760w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:224 S '46 260w
"Though pleasant reading for a summer
evening, 'Into Siam' misses opportunities to
clarify the political future of southeast Asia."
A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Weekly Book Review p!3 Je 9 '46
lOOOw
SMITH. ROBERT PAUL. Because of my love.
185p $2.50 Holt
46-1513
The love story of an ordinary young man,
working in a New York office, and a not-so-
ordinary young woman. Joe pursues his Helen,
and eventually marries her. when they exceed
their income they finally take up residence
in Yonkers with Helen's widowed father, and
there the ordinary story conies to a startling
end.
Reviewed by L«eo Kennedy
Book Week p!7 P 24 '46 400w
Klrkus 13:497 N 15 '45 180w
"The point to 'Because of My Love* is
achieved, and the climax given, but it seems to
me that the book falls apart. If a reader ac-
cepts incompletely realized characters because
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SMITH, R. P.— Continued
the detail of their lives is so like the details
of his own, the climax of their lives must be
equally familiar to him. Devices are out of
place when no devices have been used be-
fore, and basically prosaic emotions and
actions should remain prosaic. But these are
things Mr. Smith, in the climax of his novel,
with its elaborate contrivances and Its un-
expected violence, has failed to see." W. K.
N Y Times p!4 Mr 10 '46 330w
"A tale of very complex emotions, simply
told."
4- New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 80w
Revised by W. S. Lynch
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Mr 30 '46 460w
"For a pretty love story, this one certainly
ends with a bang — one so startling and un-
Sredictable that no good-natured reviewer could
ream of describing it for fear of spoiling the
very crux of an unusual book. . . There is a
haunting and ominous situation here, set forth
with apparent artlessness and brevity, which
extends far beyond the time-lapse consumed in
turbed as after a dark and unresolved dream."
reading Mr. Smith's pages and leaves one dis-
Weekly Book Review p8 F 24 '46 700w
SMITH, ROY ALL. Aluminum heart. 368p $2.76
46-3218
Chris and Phillis, meeting in an airplane
factory in the early days of the war, fall in
love and marry. Tho their marriage is threat-
ened by loneliness and separation when Chris
goes oft to war, it eventually survives, strength-
ened by the tests it has gone thru.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p6 Mr 31 '46 450w
"Rugged going— with all the paraphernalia
attendant upon modern tough, 'frank' writing.
Often distasteful — often boring."
-- h Kirkus 14:44 F 1 '46 190w
"We are told that this is a first novel, which
may explain the exuberance that couldn't
resist the temptation to an epic. In any case,
it's an occasion on which a writer's talents may
legitimately be of more concern than his imme-
diate work; and although Mr. Smith is indif-
ferent to the exigencies of the narrative form,
he deserves respect for his intellectual honesty
and, if not a deep understanding, at least a
sympathetic awareness of diverse types of
character." John Farrelly
.j -- NY Times p32 Ap 14 '46 27.0w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 S 15 '46
250w
"Mr. Smith, in his first effort, shows consid-
erable maturity. Writing with tenderness, he
can be dryly, astringently ironic about human
shallowness and marital foibles. Still, 'The Alu-
minum Heart' is limited in scope by its theme.
The dynamic truth of social interdependence is
difficult to project on the marriage screen with-
out dramatic force. Perhaps overdelicate in his
avoidance of melodrama, Mr. Smith does so
adequately but not forcefully. For this reason,
his novel must be rated as skillfully constructed
and cleverly written— in short, promising."
Harry Daum
4- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 550w
"Intertwined with the love story of Chris
and Phillis . . . are the miniature sagas of
the engineers and riveters, the executives and
inspectors, on common ground only for the
duration of a shift, and then whirling off on a
hundred different paths in pursuit of a mysteri-
ous and elusive happiness. To tell their stories
truthfully requires tenderness, understanding
and a certain amount of satirical Insight, an
of which Mr. Smith possesses. However, it is
a kaleidoscopic task that he has undertaken,
one that at times threatens to transform 'The
Aluminum Heart' into a variety of widely dif-
ferentiated compartments. . . It has taken
ingenuity and perception to prevent anarchy
and the reader feels strongly the stress and
strain of the author's effort"' W. M. Kunstler
+ -7 Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 24 '46
600w
SMITH, RUTH. White man's burden; a per-
sonal testament. 222p $2 Vanguard
826.26 Negroes 46-3274
The author is a white woman, born and bred
in Kansas. Incensed because her denomina-
tional college refused to accept a Negro who
wished to enter, she determined to do some-
thing about it. At a conference she met Juli-
ette Derricotte, a Negro, who influenced her
more in favor of the Negro. She describes
her experiences while teaching in a Negro
school in the South, and her spiritual growth
to a better understanding of the problem.
"Recounts in gracious, if somewhat man-
nered, prose the [author's] experiences, pleas-
ant and terrifying." D. S.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 7
'46 120w
"This is a little book — even the slow reader
can compass it in less than three hours — but it
packs a punch. No, that is the wrong figure.
Say rather that it enkindles a flame. I have
read many books on the race question which
present the matter more logically than this;
convincing books, written to convince. White
Man's Burden is aimed at the heart, not at
the head." L. J. Trese
+ Commonweal 44:173 My 31 '46 350w
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 20w
"White Man's Burden is written with deep
understanding rather than bitter condemnation
and is remarkable for its charity and insight."
A. M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:473 N '46 220w
Kirkus 14:94 F 15 '46 HOw
"It cannot be said that she writes well, but
there is in her work art appealing sincerity.
Her discussion of Negro-white relations is a
wise compromise between the angry approach
of some writers and the sociological approach
of others." E. N. Jenks
+ N Y Times p24 Je 16 '46 400w
"It is good writing for the setting forth of
principles; at times too oblique for clear
narration of what actually happened. . . 'White
Man's Burden* is the record of a young
woman's struggle to abide by her conscience
in a country where the minds of men speak
one language, the feelings another. Concluding
her account of her experiences, she is able to
say to Howard, Kan., that she believes she
has lived in accordance with its teachings,
American and Christian." Fannie Cook
4- Weekly Book Review p!6 My 5 '46
650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
SMITH, THOMAS LYNN. Brazil: people and
institutions. 843p 11 maps $6.50 La. state
univ. press
918.1 Brazil 46-1887
"This volume gives detailed information on
Brazil's natural wealth and discusses the so-
cial setting in which it is found and which will
determine the nature of its exploitation. There
are useful chapters on land settlement and land
tenure; statistics on population; the racial
question; social institutions such as the family,
school, church and government; levels and
standards of living. Both historical and factual
in its approach, this book satisfies a real need
for information about
try." New Repub
little-explored coun-
Revlewed by Vera Kelsey
Am Hist R 51:739 Jl '46 480w
"The volume is exceptionally comprehensive.
The only serious omission is a treatment of in-
dustrialization, if for no other reason than its
potential effect on agriculture. Nearly any
reader acquainted with Brazil will find some
things to criticize in the volume. The reviewer
for example, believes that the estimated crude
birth rate of 38 is too low (p. 233). . . But no
book of this size and scope could be flawless.
The present volume will long remain one of
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the most comprehensive and authoritative works
in English on Brazil. It contains material not
to be found elsewhere. It brings a breadth of
analysis conveyed only by a sociological ap-
proach. As the flrst major product of the new
institute of Population Research at Louisiana
State University, it represents an auspicious
start." Kingsley Davis
-j Am J Soc 52:282 N '46 900w
Reviewed by W. M. Gibson
Am Pol Sci R 40:609 Je '46 230w
Reviewed by W. R. Crawford
Ann Am Acad 246:149 Jl '46 470w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 180w
Booklist 42:245 Ap 1 '46
"In a ponderous volume of 843 pages, the
author exhibits a vast quantity of data con-
cerning the greatest of the Latin American
countries, with supporting statistics wherever
these are available and would be helpful. Cau-
tious generalizations are based on the data
presented. The factor of subjective opinion is
virtually nil. . . [The author's,] direct acquain-
tance with the country was gained through a
period of residence there on a Rosen wald fel-
lowship and another as agricultural analyst
attached to the American embassy."
Christian Century 63:433 Ap 3 '46 210w
Current Hist 10:538 Je '46 60w
Foreign Affairs 24:757 Jl '46 20w
"The book is open to one criticism that should
be weighed carefully. Since the material is so
refractory, should not the preparation of the
book have been deferred until, for instance, at
least all the results of the 1940 census were
available? I believe not. The material suffices
for Dr. Smith to lay down main lines that seem
to me correct. Discussion and further study,
which should be lively in both the United States
and Brazil, will serve to bring us more data, in
the light of which some of Dr. Smith's conclu-
sions may have to be modified. This is as it
should be; for the great contribution of his
book lies in stating what we already know and
indicating what we still need to find out."
Alexander Marchant
Geog R 36:692 O '46 800w
"His 'conclusion' occupies only 7 of his 800
pages. Too brief to be anything but suggestive,
it is valuable in what it says on 'cultural lag,'
on needed changes in agrarian, immigration,
and hygienic policies, and on necessary re-
forms in iandholdmg, property tenure, social
legislation, and trade and municipal systems.
He is sound when he says that 'Brazil would
be wise to double, double again, and then re-
double the number of students it is sending to
study m foreign universities,' though here one
must correct his preference of 'scientific train-
ing' to 'training in the humanities/ the latter
being nowhere so necessary as where the form-
er combines the lure of novelty with the chance
of reckless commercial exploitation. But in
these few pages Dr. Smith adds to his monu-
mental encyclopedia of facts a clue to some
of the measures for 'valorizing its people'
whereby the physically largest among the
American republics might bring its size into
some favorable ratio to its nationalistic am-
bitions, its latent potentialities, and its im-
portance to the economic and military strategy
of the Western Hemisphere." M. D. Zabel
-f Nation 162:550 My 4 '46 850w
-f New Repub 114:358 Mr 11 '46 120w
"What would you like to know about Brazil?
You will probably find the answer in Dr.
Smith's book, the best the reviewer ever read
on Brazil's agriculture, land tenure, people,
family, education, religion and government. . .
The technical apparatus of Dr. Smith's book is
excellent. . . The footnotes are a splendid guide
to the best printed information on Brazil. No
reader who wishes to know Brazil can ignore
this book." B. W. Diffle
+ Pol Sci Q 61:295 Je '46 800w
Reviewed by John Gillin
Social Forces 25:225 D '46 600w
Social Studies 27:192 Ap '46 40w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:140 Je '46 280w
Reviewed by H. T. De Sa
Weekly Book Review p20 My 26 '46
55 Ow
SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH. Spotlight on la-
bor unions. 150p $2.50 Essential bks.
331.88 Trade unions— U.S. 46-6752
An examination "of the labor union within a
capitalistic society in terms of purpose,
strength and weakness. Considers the need
for unionism, responsibilities of labor, trade
union techniques (strikes, closed shops and
political action), and then reviews the rights
and duties of both labor and management.
Calls for cooperation based on ethical stand-
ards rather than the present selfish conflict.
Sees burden of leadership in this as belonging
to management. While pro-labor, Father Smith
is searchingly critical of both the AF of L and
the CIO." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by Justin McCarthy
Book Week p47 D 1 '46 270w
Booklist 43:30 O 1 '46
"For a management to be told that it has
'the right to direct the operations of a plant'
affords neither the union nor the employer
anything but the most blurred kind of margin
of guidance. Despite this defect, I think the
book is the best thing of its kind written by a
Catholic author. It ought to be read by all
intelligent Catholics who want to know some-
thing about the problems of modern times.
Even where they differ from Father Smith,
they will find that his incisive analysis has
facilitated clearer thinking on these issues."
G. P. Schmidt
H Cath World 164:85 O '46 800w
Reviewed by A. W. Taylor
Churchman 160:15 D 1 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:271 Je 1 '46 320w
"Sincere, provocative examination." R. E.
Kingery
-f Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 130w
"He sets forth his views with crusading vigor,
but too often he substitutes repetition for per-
suasion, with the result that much of the book
is more moralistic than convincing. Some of his
judgments, particularly those on the current
status of the American labor movement seem
colored by the intensity of his beliefs. No one
will quarrel, however, with his basic contention
that labor peace depends on the acceptance by
both sides of a greater spirit of cooperation.
How that can be attained is no clearer in the
labor field than it Is in international relations.
Until it is, all we can look forward to is more
atomic diplomacy." A. H. Raskin
N Y Times p52 D 8 '46 500w
"Father Smith knows his subject, and he
knows his own mind. His book was pounded
into shape with a good sledge hammer/' Louis
Burgess
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
230w
"Unquestionably we need a better under-
standing of the complex human and economic
problems involved in securing the greatest
measure of social good from vhe free enterprise
system. Father Smith's book contributes to
such understanding." E. M. Herrick
-f Weekly Book Review p8 S 22 '46 900w
SMYTH, HENRY DE WOLF. Atomic energy
for military purposes: the official report on
the development of the atomic bomb under
the auspices of the United States govern-
ment, 1940-1945. 264p il $2; pa $1.25 Princeton
univ. press
623.45 Atomic bomb A45-4588
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"While this is not a satisfactory popular
treatise, it is authentic, official, factual, and
full of somewhat prosaically handled dramatic
interest. As the first official report of the
greatest scientific development of our gen-
eration, it deserves reading." Harvey Pinney
Am Pol Sci R 40:166 F '46 700w
"As a description of the physics of the atomic
bomb development, this report must be rated
as an excellent, even brilliant account. How-
ever, if it was intended as a complete account
of all the scientific development in this enter-
prise, it must be recorded that It falls short of
768
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SMYTH, H. DE W.— Continued
this objective and, in particular, the description
of the role which chemistry played is far from
adequate. This inadequacy cannot be ascribed,
except perhaps in part, to security limitations."
°* + JhShSr? & Eng N 24:1732 Je 26 '46 450w
"This book contains no description of the
bomb itself; and many other bits of Informa-
tion, which might provide clues for solving
the withheld secret, have been omitted, leaving
certain descriptions of events in a state of
tantalizing incompleteness." F. L. O.
Christian Science Monitor p!6 N 17 '45
360w
Foreign Affairs 24:349 Ja '46 90w
"Essentially [this] account is complex in
structure. The chronological element is in-
terwoven with personnel, organization, and
location to such an extent that it is difficult to
follow the development of a scientific problem
through to the final answer and even more
difficult to find its application. . . A great
deal of reading between the lines is called
for in many parts of the report." S. C. Lind
J Phys Chem 49:623 N '45 1400w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:52 O '45
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Times p6 Jl 14 '46 200w
SMYTH E, D. M. Careers in personnel work; In
collaboration with Vocational guidance re-
search, Evelyn Steele, director; introd. by
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick. 253p il $2.75 Dutton
658.3 Employment management. Occupa-
tions 46-991
Describes the field of personnel work as a
possible future for young people seeking Jobs.
Discusses different phases of the work in gov-
ernment service and industry. Cites successful
individuals in the field and salaries. Bibliogra-
phy. Index.
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p7 S 7 '46
80w
Kirkus 14:106 F 15 '46 80w
"Generally informative and should be of
value to the young man or woman consider-
ing a career. Its danger may be in painting too
rosy a picture. Personnel work can be varied
and fascinating, but it has many dull and
routine positions. Except for the few top Jobs
its financial rewards are small, frequently not
commensurate with the education and expe-
rience required. Nevertheless, at least on the
professional level, the rewards in terms of
personal satisfaction, ever- increasing scope,
and problems as numerous and changing as
the people with whom it deals, assure it
faithful adherents and a constant stream of ap-
plicants." Harry Daum
-j Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 28 '46
550w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
SNEAD, SAMUEL. How to play golf; and
Professional tips on improving your score;
also Rules of the game of golf as approved
by the U.S. golf assn, and by the Royal
and ancient golf club of St Andrews. 173p
il $2 Garden City pub. co.
796.352 Golf 46-4312
"One of the country's leading professionals
covers the subject in practically par, begin-
ning with counsel on such rudimentary matters
as the selection of equipment, progressing
through suggestions on stance and tips to help
you lower your score, and winding up with
advice on how to avoid being struck by light-
ning. Two hundred photographs." New Yorker
SNOW, EDWARD ROWE. Famoua New Eng-
land lighthouses. (Saga of American light-
houses and lightships) 457p il $3.76 Yankee
pub.
614.865 Lighthouses 45-37897
Stories about the building of the primary and
secondary lighthouses of New England; with
anecdotes about the lighthouse keepers and
their families, and the storms which they have
weathered. Based on old books, records, and
Journals of the lighthouse keepers. Index.
Book Week p6 Ap 7 '46 90w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
New Yorker 22:95 Mr 30 '46 60w
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 27 '46 250w
Booklist 42:160 Ja 15 '46
"An ideal book for winter reading. Here the
lover of the rugged New England coastline may
nostalgically renew acquaintance with the
gleaming white beacons along his favorite
stretch of waterfront and all but sense the
sound and smell and sight of stormy seas of
seasons past. Or, again, it will be a valuable
guidebook to take along next summer when you
take that long-overdue coastal tour that wa*
postponed because of the war." A. M. Jake-
man
+ Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 650w
SOBOLEV, LEONID SERQEEVICH. Soul of
the sea; foreword and translation from the
Russian by Nicholas Orloff. 352p $3 Lippincott
[8s 6d Hutchinson]
46-2917
Collection of short stories, all about the Rus-
sian navy, picturing life on various types of
vessels, including submarines. One of the sto-
ries: Making a man of him, appeared in the
Atlantic Monthly.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p7 My 5 '46 480w
Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 17 '46
550w
Kirkus 14:43 F 1 '46 160w
"No definite political significance; no ro-
mance. Will interest especially men and boys
who like tales of the sea. Recommended for
public libraries. "/Emily Garnett
+ Library J 71:587 Ap 16 '46 lOOw
"Winner of the Stalin Prize for Literature,
'Soul of the Sea' gives a clearer picture of
Soviet fighting men In their relations to each
other and the State than many of the factual
Moscow diaries we have been reading since
June, 1941. . . Incidentally our own brass hats
might do well to read this book and ponder
what can happen to military caste systems
too rigidly maintained." Richard Match
4- N Y Times p22 Ap 28 '46 400w
"Propaganda? Perhaps. But then you may
call the navy fiction of any nation propaganda
as well. Like naval men everywhere, M. Sobolev
is inordinately proud, and even enamored, of
his fighting branch; and since his navy owed
its virtual resurrection to the Soviet govern-
ment, he is of course proud — and perhaps inor-
dinately so — of the soviet regime. Step by
step in his stories he follows the moderniza-
tion of the Russian fleet, the revival of its
spirit and the integration of the new com-
manders taken from the ranks with the old-
style officers." Robert Pick
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 Ap 27 '46 950w
"The stories themselves are sketches which
owe little to the tradition of Chekhov or of
Dostoevsky. None of the characters is a com-
plicated individual, and most of the tales
concern the adaptability with which Russian
sailors managed to rebuild a navy from the
ruins — both of equipment and of morale—
which were left after 1917. The stories have the
kind of humor which is associated with all sto-
ries of the sea, and they make easy reading."
Joseph Barnes
-h Weekly Book Review plO My 5 '46 600w
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL.
Committee on appraisal of research. Use of
personal documents in history. See Oott-
schalk, L. R., and others
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
769
SOCIAL. SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL.
Committee on historiography. Theory and
practice in historical study; a report. 177p
pa $1.75 The council
907 History— Historiography 46-3597
"The purpose of the committee in presenting
its Report is stated by Professor Curti In his
foreword as one of helping to clarify thought
about history and of aiding historians in the
teaching and writing of it. The members of
the committee on Historiography . . . at-
tempted to fulfill its purpose by arriving at
a number of propositions which they assumed
would be generally acceptable to historians as
asserting basic premises of inquiry, methodo-
logical precautions, desirable techniques and
principles, and relations with neighboring dis-
ciplines. The final, revised list of twenty-one
'Propositions' preceded by definitions of key
terms used in them — cf. history, historical
method, historiography, and scientific spirit
in history — makes up chapter v." (Am Hist
R) Bibliography. Index.
"A considerable number of historians will
not find this a dish to their liking. Yet even
though they say that it is spinach and to
hell with it, one may also conjecture that there
is a good deal in the Report that needs to be
stomached." E. W. Strong
Am Hist R 52:98 O '46 1200w
"This study is a challenging cooperative work
that will serve admirably in courses in his-
toriography and historical thought that happily
have been finding their way into the univer-
sities." Herman Ausubel
-f Pol Scl Q 61:630 D '46 650w
SOCKMAN, RALPH WASHINGTON. Now to
live! 214p $2 Abingdon-Cokesbury
252 Sermons 46-4043
Twenty-five sermons by the American author,
lecturer, and minister of Christ Church, New
York city. "These messages are merely one
man's best efforts to meet the needs of his
fellow citizens. Though originally framed in
the somber setting of war, they endeavor to
break through the timely into the timeless.
Through them I have tried to preach the
Eternal Gospel. In selecting these sermons for
publication, I have been guided partly by the
response of radio listeners. These pages are
offered with the hope that they will serve as
a mirror to reflect the mood of our American
people through a historic period and also as
a light thrown on the path which lies ahead."
(Foreword)
Bookmark 7:3 N '46
"These sermons have the qualities of direct-
ness, moral urgency, clarity without fictitious
simplification of life's complexities, and re-
ligious positiveness without theological dog-
matism, that radio sermons must have and
all sermons ought to have."
-f Christian Century 63:753 Je 12 '46
80w
Reviewed by R. C. Miller
Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 120w
SOKOLNIKOFF, IVAN STEPHEN, and
SPECHT, ROBERT DICKERSON. Mathe-
matical theory of elasticity. 373p $4.50 Mc-
Graw
620.1123 Elasticity 46-5013
"This volume, which originated in a series
of lectures in the Program of Advanced In-
struction and Research in Mechanics at Brown
University, is designed for the advanced stu-
dent, the physicist, and the design engineer.
The first three chapters deal with the basic
theory of stress and strain analysis and stress-
strain relations. In them the notation of the
tensor calculus is used. Then follows extensive
treatment of the extension, torsion and flexure
of homogeneous beams, and includes sections
on solution of the torsion problem, Harnack's
theorem, Schwarz's and Poisson's formulas,
conformal mapping, and curvilinear coordi-
nates. The final chapter on variational methods
includes sections on Euler's equation, theorems
of work and reciprocity, the Rayleigh-Ritz
method, Galerkin's methods, the error function
and the method of finite differences. Biblio-
graphical references are numerous and 'are
believed to contain all significant results in
the theory of homogeneous and isotropic
beams/ "NY New Tech Bks
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:38 Jl '46
"First and second year graduate students,
as well as professional mathematicians gen-
erally, will find this lucid text useful. . . As
a modern and logical discussion of mathemati-
cal methods applicable to problems involving
elasticity, the volume is outstanding."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:344 D '46 150w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p56 D 1 '46 140w
SOLJAK, PHILIP LEONARD. New Zealand,
Pacific pioneer. 197p il $2.50 Macmillan
993.1 New Zealand 46-5930
"This short book was written primarily to
introduce New Zealand to American readers."
(Preface) Covers all aspects of the country
from the New Zealand social and economic
program, to their contributions to World war
II. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Margaret MacPherson
Book Week p2 S 15 '46 330w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 45:172 N 29 '46 90w
Current Hist 11:402 N '46 40w
Foreign Affairs 25:346 Ja '47 20w
"A concise, competent profile of the Pacific
pioneer."
-f Kirkus 14:377 Ag 1 '46 90w
"Easy reading. Good bibliography." E. H.
Crowell
-f Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 70w
"The ignorance of which Mr. Soljak complains
is the kind of ignorance which cannot, in my
opinion, be corrected by books, for the simple
reason that the people entertaining absurd no-
tions about New Zealand are not of the book-
reading variety of human. Mr. Soljak will have
to be patient, even after having manfully writ-
ten a book. . . That out of my system, I can
say that Mr. Soljak's volume is a good hand-
book. It lacks the immense assurance of Walter
Nash's account and the comprehensiveness of
Professor Wood's book, but within its limits
it is quite satisfactory." C. H. Grattan
-f N Y Times p66 D 1 '46 600w
"The chapter on the Maoris is particularly
good. Photographs, maps, and a first-rate
bibliography."
-f New Yorker 22.101 S 7 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Soljak's book provides the genera)
knowledge upon which to base the individual
studies, detailed and careful, which business
men will be making for themselves, each in
his own specialty. It is to furnish just such a
background that this book is written, and it
succeeds splendidly in its set task, partly be-
cause the author knows his subject so well,
partly because he knows how to write for the
general reader. I have a notion that thousands
of American boys who found New Zealand one
of their favorite Pacific spots will welcome this
book and perhaps even use it as the hand-
book it is when they go 'down under' again."
J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 8 '46
1400w
Reviewed by H. W. Baehr
Weekly Book Review p!2 S 22 '46 450w
SOLOMON, ARTHUR KASKEL. Why smash
atoms? 11 by Katherine Campbell Duff, rev
ed 204p $3 Harvard univ. press
641.2 Atoms A46-1013
"Originally published in 1940 explaining the
why and how of atom smashing, and covering
investigation and research of 50 years. This
volume adds three chapters of material
770
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SOLOMON, A. K. — Continued
brought out by later discoveries Including in-
formation revealed in the Smyth report. For
the layman." (Booklist) For earlier edition
see Book Review Digest, 1940.
Booklist 42:302 My 15 '46
"Three new chapters have been added to
the book derived from the Smyth report, from
articles in technical journals before the war,
and from newspaper accounts of the effects
of the bomb. These chapters maintain the pre-
vious high quality and simplicity of the text. . .
The highest praise that can be accorded the
book Is that it is as graphic a record as the
best popularizer of scientific work could write,
and considerably more accurate, as befits an
author with his training in Princeton, Har-
vard, and the Cavendish Laboratory, Cam-
bridge, England. We need much more of this
type of popular science writing." H. S. Taylor
-f Chem & Eng N 24:1446 My 25 '46 370w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 30w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:20 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:255 S '46 260w
Reviewed by Gerald Wendt
Weekly Book Review p!3 Je 2 '46 130w
SOMERHAUSEN, ANNE S. (MRS MARK
SOMERHAUSEN). Written in darkness; a
Belgian woman's record of the occupation,
1940-1945. 339p $3 Knopf
940.53493 World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, Belgian. Belgium — History —
German occupation, 1940-1945 46-25104
The diary of a Belgian lawyer's wife kept
during the five years of the Nazi occupation of
Belgium: from May, 1940, to May, 1945. The
author's husband, a former Labor member of
the Belgian parliament, was a prisoner of war
in Germany, and to the author fell the work of
feeding and raising their three sons. In the
course of those years she also aided many
fleeing Jews, and saved from slave labor almost
a hundred people.
Reviewed by Edith Roberts
Book Week p4 My 12 '46 480w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 25:343 Ja '47 50w
"A modest, modulated and moving record."
-f Klrkus 14:140 Mr 15 '46 160w
"Intelligent without profundity, sturdy,
practical and resourceful, Mme. Somerhausen
learned how to keep going and keep her
family going on her own terms rather than the
Nazis. . . There is a certain flatness about
•Written in Darkness.' the joint result of its
author's level, unexciting temperament and of
her slight direct contact with the more violent
aspects of Nazi policy. Yet amid tense and
terrible accounts of the days of darkness Mme.
Somerhausen's quiet narrative may come to
hold a peculiar and important place." Jack
Hexter
•f N Y Times p7 Ap 28 '46 700w
San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
120w
"Mrs. Somerhausen's diary covering the
years 1940 to 1945 admirably records the daily
preoccupations of an intelligent woman of
the middle class, mother of three young sons,
after the Germans took possession of Brus-
sels. It Is a fascinating document, written
with gallantry and good humor even when
the author is wrestling with black markets,
quislings, German officials, and the Gestapo."
Grace Prank
+ Sat R of Lit 29:26 Jl 13 '46 750w
"This book makes no contribution to the
dramatic literature of the war. It is, however,
full of small portraits of both Belgians ana
Germans, an unegotistical account of one
woman's work and home, in the more secure
brackets, a great deal about the education of
young Europe, and a bitter sense that while
no wars last forever, they last far, far longer
than those who plan them, or who defend
themselves against obliteration, ever compre-
hend when the first gun is fired." Ernestine
Evans
Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 28 '46
1600W
SOMERVILLE, JOHN. Soviet philosophy; a
study of theory and practice. 269p $3.75
Philosophical -lib.
199.47 Philosophy, Russian
"What is the philosophy basic to the Soviet
regime? This book tries to give an answer to
that question. In order to write it, I learned
Russian, and spent almost two years in the
Soviet Union with no other function or pur-
pose than to make observations, gather ma-
terials, study documents unobtainable here,
talk with leading thinkers and ordinary people,
and, in short, do and obtain whatever might
throw light on Soviet philosophy in theory and
practice. ' (Pref) Index.
"To help us understand 'what Soviet Russians
really believe* is Somerville's purpose, and he
has set about its accomplishment conscien-
tiously and comprehensively. But it doesn't
quite come oft." Marjorie Grene
Book Week p22 N 24 '46 270w
"Being based on scholarly research and ap-
parently written without prejudice or illusions,
it is an excellent antidote to unreasoning hos-
tility and a valuable contribution to under-
standing. No other writer with comparable
equipment has, we believe, given equal atten-
tion to this important theme."
4- Christian Century 63:1440 N 27 '46
now
"This will not please those who wish to rush
into the lists against dialectical materialism,
but it should prove really, helpful to those who
want an introduction to Soviet philosophical
thinking and are not afraid of matching wits
on the great fundamental issues of human
faith and practice." W. H. Melish
Churchman 161:18 Ja 1 '47 130w
"This is a most valuable book." M. B.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 D 13 '46 240w
"A comprehensive and lucid account of the
basic philosophy of Soviet Marxism, which is
presented as a subtle and arresting system
of thought." John Lawrence
4- New Statesman & Nation 32:486 D 28
'46 420w
SORENSEN, MRS VIRGINIA (EGGERTSEN).
On this star. 275p $2.75 Reynal
46-25172
Another story of Mormon life by the author
of A Little Lower than the Angels (Book Re-
view Digest, 1942). This story is laid in
Temple City, Utah, in the 1920s. It concerns
two half brothers, Jens and Erik Erikscn and
their love for the girl Chel Bowen.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p3 My 19 '46 400w
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
"Well worth reading, particularly for its
objective handling of a religious faith that is
one small — but dominant — aspect of an Ameri-
can way of life."
-f Klrkus 14:74 F 15 '46 230w
"Virginia Sorensen writes authentically of
the Mormon religion and customs, and her
prose style is excellent. Heartily recommended
for mature readers." Katharine Shorey
-f Library J 71:587 Ap 16 '46 lOOw
"The chief strength of this book for this
reader is Mrs. Sorensen's portrayal of the
woman's struggle. She is sensitive and in-
tuitive; she knows her women. Apparently she
knows nothing about men or is afraid to lead
one into print. . . Mrs. Sorensen's first book,
'A Little Lower Than the Angels/ and this,
her second, reveal talent, but this reader got
the impression that her talent has been in bad
company. On the cover it is said that she
'studied creative writing:' at Stanford. As one
who 'taught creative writing' for many years
at one university or another — and perceived,
at last, that only an ignoramus can imagine or
a fraud pretend that writing can be taught—
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
771
I can sympathize with Mrs. Sorensen in her
unfortunate waste of time." Vardis Fisher
— 4- N Y Times p!6 Je 9 '46 650w
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Ag 11 '46
200w
"One who feels that Mrs. Sorensen has larger
capabilities than the purveying of love stories
closes the book with a feeling of sharp dis-
appointment, for in the end the novel is not
realized even on its own terms. Through much
of the book Mrs. Sorensen skates on thin ice,
but such is her virtuosity that we are carried
compellingly along almost to the end. At the
very last, however, Mrs. Sorensen' s technical
devices undo both the author and her book."
D. Li. Morgan
H Sat R of Lit 29:14 My 25 '46 1050W
"Mrs Sorensen handles the situation with
a deft touch, although it is doubtful if many
of her readers will relish the tragic melodrama
which climaxes her story. On the whole, how-
ever, her present novel is a decided improve-
ment on her previous effort, 'A Little Lower
Than the Angels.' " R. M. Morgan
4~ — Sprmgf'd Republican p4d Je 16 '46
230W
"With deep understanding, Mrs. Sorensen
portrays the anguish of the guilt-burdened girl
who cannot tear herself away from her roots.
The story moves relentlessly to its tragic end.
If there is any weakness In it, it is in Chel's
actions in the final scenes. Her feeling that
the tragedy was designed by God, that it held
goodness and righteousness, seems out of focus
with the integrity of her character, however
molded by religious faith. Apart from this,
the novel has strength and depth and beauty."
Rose Feld
H Weekly Book Review p5 My 19 '46
800w
SOUPAULT, PHILIPPE. Age of assassins; the
story of prisoner no. 1234; tr. from the
French by Hannah Josephson. 315p $3 Knopf
940.647244 World war, 1939-1945— Prisoners
and prisons, French 46-3331
"Philippe Soupault, a veteran of the first
world war and a member, for a time, of
A rag-on' s nucleus of Surreal Is tes writers in
France, was arrested in 1942 in Tunis by the
Vichy police because of his anti-Nazi activities.
This book is his personal record of the half
year he spent in jail." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 42:346 Ji 1 '46
Kirkus 14:140 Mr 15 '46 150w
"Direct, unassuming, and straightforward."
William Barrett
4- Nation 162:787 Je 29 '46 360w
"The total effect of 'Age of Assassins' is far
from dull. After all, M. Soupault is a writer,
and when the matter that lends itself to good
writing comes to hand he makes excellent use
of it. Perhaps the best is in his treatment of
the psychological and moral influences of pris-
on life. He reveals to us, for example, the
mental workings, the psychological preparation
for death, of men who believe they have been
chosen as hostages. He tells us of the art
of dreams which the imprisoned man must
cultivate. And through the days spent in lis-
tening to the dreams retailed by his cellmates,
he thinks he discovers richer visions possessed
by innocent or ignorant men." W. M. Lowry
-f- N Y Times p26 Ap 28 '46 600W
"His narrative is subjective and philosoph-
ical, and what he has to say of the Peck-
sniffs and Tar tuff es of collaborationist official-
dom and of the changes that take place in the
mind and soul of a man deprived of his free-
dom is valuable, interesting, and (in spite of
what at times seems maladroit translating)
very well written."
+ New Yorker 22:90 Ap 27 '46 120w
"His book is an honest and sensitive account
which, if neither very powerful nor very pro-
found, yet supplies sympathetic insights into
a predicament which the war against the Axis
has not solved. In an age in which the domi-
nant question is getting to be whether you
believe in the police state or not, we should
all know at least what we are being asked to
accept. Hannah Josephson' s translation is, as
usual, admirable." A. M. Schlesinger, jr.
H Sat R of Lit 29:13 My 4 '46 950w
"More moving than the actual contents of
the book is his motive for having written it.
Filled, as he had been since the armistice of
1940, with contempt for the meanness, medi-
ocrity and utter cowardice engendered in many
of his countrymen by the Vichy regime, Sou-
pault, still looking for men who loved liberty
more than life, found them where no liberty
existed save in the mind: he found them in
prison. For these men, his companions in the
north cell block of the Tunis prison, for these
outcasts from a weasel-hearted society, more
than for his own sake, M. Soupault set down
his prison experience. . . 'Age of Assassins,'
another testimonial to human suffering, lacks
neither dignity nor conviction, but it is a repe-
titious, formless book. Had M. Soupault been
willing to employ the skill of the artist in set-
ting down his tale it might have become an
abiding record and commanded a hearing for
prisoners throughout the world." Virgilia
Peterson
_| Weekly Book Review plO Ap 28 '46
950w
SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP, 1913- . Psycho-
pathic dog; drawings by Barbara Shermund.
191p $2 Doubleday
817 Dogs — Legends and stories 46-4768
Recounts the story of the pathetic little dog
which lived in the Sousa family for thirteen
years. Poor Chooie wanted so much to be
loved for herself, but in a family of self-cen-
tered, self-sufficient Sousos, she had not a
chance in the world.
"Thirteen years of the Sousa family should
be enough to make any dog psychopathic and
her exhibitionism, erratic demoralization, and
neuroses are told in the highpitched hyperbole
that marked the earlier book and sometimes
provide a real laugh."
Kirkus 14:191 Ap 15 '46 170w
"As humor, often falls flat on its face; as
satire on human foibles, full of minor delights.
Not everybody's dish but a few readers will
bless you for it." R. E. Kingery
Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 llOw
"If you are a dog lover you will think that
Chooie was badly treated from start to finish.
If you like human beings you will not be very
happy about the obvious comparisons between
Chooie and the Sousas. That leaves a middle
group which cares about neither dogs nor
humans, and it may think 'The Psychopathic
Dog' is funny." Thomas Sugrue
N Y Times p23 Je 30 '46 550w
"The humor of the story would have been
greater if Mr. Sousa had not spent so many
pages regaling himself with his fancy literary
style, but it's fairly funny anyway."
H New Yorker 22:80 Je 29 '46 llOw
"You may or may not still think that a dog
is man's best friend when you finish the book,
but you will have had a good laugh." W. B. P.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p22 Jl 28 '46
300w
Sat R of Lit 29:39 Je 29 '46 550w
"The book would be funnier if it didn't work
so hard to be funny." M. L». Becker
— Weekly Book Review p!6 Ag 4 '46 320w
SOUTH American handbook, 1945; a year book
and guide to the countries and resources of
South and Central America, Mexico and
Cuba; ed. by Howell Davies; founded upon
The Anglo -South American handbook of W.
H. Koebel. (V22) 842p il S1.25 Wilson. H.W.
[5s Trade & travel publications, ltd, 14
Leadenhall st, London, B.C. 3]
318 Latin America (25-514)
"This is a concise handbook, giving essential
information for traveler or commercial agent.
The first chapter contains practical advice for
the tourist about climate, money values, bag-
gage, employment in the various countries. The
second chapter. 'On the Way to South Amer-
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SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK— Continued
ica,' describes ports of call on the main ocean
routes between Europe and South America.
Each country is then treated separately. . .
Important cities are listed first, then chief
ports and other towns, which makes it neces-
sary to consult the index to flnd a particular
city. Population statistics are given, but there
is no indication of the dates when the data
were compiled. Cable services, transportation,
and banks are listed at the end of the book.
There is a good general index." Subscription
Bks Bui
Booklist 42:105 D 1 '45
Foreign Affairs 24:362 Ja '46 50w
"The Handbook includes much the same in-
formation as the Pan American Yearbook also
reviewed in this issue. The latter is an Amer-
ican publication while the former is British in
viewpoint. One supplements the other, al-
though the Yearbook is more complete and
detailed covering- the entire western hemi-
sphere. It also has the added feature of a who's
who section. The South American Handbook
is recommended as an inexpensive volume for
libraries needing: only brief information on
Latin American countries."
-f Subscription Bks Bui 17:6 Ja '46 260w
SPELLMAN, FRANCIS JOSEPH, cardinal.
Prayers and poems. 23p $1 Scribner
811 46-3430
Short collection of poems and prayers by
New York's Cardinal Spell man. Only one of
the poems: The Risen Soldier, has appeared
before in book form.
Kirkus 14:551 N 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by J. S. Kennedy
N Y Times p42 Ap 28 '46 270w
"A group of prayer-like poems notable for
sympathy and fervor."
-f Weekly Book Review plO Ap 28 '46
lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
SPENCER, CORNELIA, pseud. See Yaukey,
G. S.
SPENDER, STEPHEN. European witness.
246p $3 Reynal [10s 6d Haniilton]
914.3 Germany — Description and travel.
Germany — History — Allied occupation,
1945- . France — Description and travel
46-8643
"A travel book, written from diaries made
by Stephen Spender during a period of ex-
tensive travel in the British Zone of Germany
— and also in France — in the past year. His
volume is written in the form of sketches of
incidents, portraits of personalities encountered
in his journeys, and follows the sequence of
the diary which forms the skeleton of the
book. Thus there are impressions of the Brit-
ish army of the Rhineland, conversations with
German intellectuals, meeting's with Polish
and Russian displaced persons — in Cologne,
Bonn and the Ruhr in Germany. The French
sections present a brilliant picture of Paris after
the war — meetings with soldiers returning from
prison camps, as well as accounts of person-
alities such as Andr4 Gide and Picasso. (Pub-
lisher's note) No index.
Manchester Guardian p3 D 3 '46 420w
Reviewed by Eric Bentley
New Repub 116:38 Ja 13 '47 HOOw
"It is reporting — the reporting mercifully of
an intellectual — done with quiet humour and in
good writing that makes it an attractive book
to read. He is not to be blamed, because the
summer and autumn of 1945, which is the
period covered in the book, was an interim,
the lull of chaos between the end of the war
and the present conflict In Europe." Noel
Annan
+ New Statesman A Nation 32:362 N 16
'46 lOOOw
"Spender is sensitive to the most disarming
contradictions of his humble job. And this
produces something far more important than a
picture of the frustration of German scholar-
ship and education. These scholars and li-
brarians compose a microcosm of the human
society of Germany and an example of the
problems of administration on the loftiest
level. . . Spender has the good English qual-
ity of seeking always the good answer to the
matter in hand, whatever the ideology says.
He sees through such debating points as 'Ought
we to treat the Germans kindly or strictly?'
and 'Are all Germans responsible?' and he
discovers through his own patience the es-
sential need to treat every German as an in-
dividual whose civic duty is on trial, no less
but not much more than the victor's own."
Alistair Cooke
-f N Y Times pi D 15 '46 llOOw
"Mr. Spender is a careless writer: his sen-
tences do not always come out neatly and his
grammar is sometimes bad. . . He gives us
impressions and thoughts as they come, with-
out bothering much with a thesis. Yet every-
thing he writes has the charm of a natural
appetite for the highest art and a natural
sympathy with human beings. . . But the
great thing Is that his approach to the Ger-
mans is always that of a human individual to
other individuals." Edmund Wilson
New Yorker 22:64 Ja 4 '47 900w
"As fine and as clear a picture of postwar
Germany as has been offered to date." Edith
James
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 18 '46
700w
"On two grounds, one minor and one major,
'European Witness' is open to criticism. For
a book as serious as this one, it contains too
much unforgivably boring* trivia. . . But a far
more serious fault is the omission of all dis-
cussion of the British occupation policies and
personnel. This is particularly to be deplored
because the British, in their very polite but
nonetheless effective way, had drawn what
amounts to a silken curtain over their German
zone, as this reviewer has occasion to know. . .
It is a pity that so discerning a witness as
Spender has found it necessary to be reticent
on the subject. Apart from this, however, 'Euro-
pean Witness' is an important book in that it
adds to our understanding of contemporary
Europe of which Germany, sick though it may
be, is still a vital part." S. K. Padover
4. — Sat R of Lit 30:18 Ja 11 '47 1050w
"Now there were and are some millions of
Nazis in Germany, and it is strange that Mr.
Spender never talked to any of them. They
would all be flattered to read his portrait of
themselves. Yet the Nazi is neither daemonic
nor diabolic. He is short and fat, carries a
leather dispatch case and even among his
ruins he presses his trousers neatly every
night. He is a human being who is entirely
at the mercy of social and economic condi-
tions; and one is inclined to think that when-
ever and wherever these conditions degenerate
below a certain level he turns and rends him-
self in panic. He is far more frightening than
Mr. Spender's demons; moreover, he exists.
Mr. Spender will not agree with this because
he has a genuine and sincere liberal optimism
that will not allow him to think so badly of
human nature; though in recompense he suf-
fers from nightmares. Let us hope that Mr.
Spender is right; and in the meantime we
should thank nim for the best piece of re-
porting that has come out of Germany."
Goronwy Rees
-f> Spec 177:456 N 1 '46 lOOOw
Time 48:97 D 23 '46 300w
"Unlike most correspondents, who do not
know how to relate themselves to their sub-
ject, and whose books are long- thwarted per-
sonal explosions, Spender is not ashamed to
project his personality, and he writes with all
his resources. Yet this is a troubled book,
with a kind of visible embarrassment running
through it, and, therefore, less than first-rate.
The reason lies partly in the nature of Spend-
er's mind and partly in the conflict he felt
between the claims of his sensibility and his
official duties. . . Hence the uneven mixture
in his book of impressionistic detail and duti-
fulness; the feeling one gets all through it of
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a man who did not feel free to speak his own
mind, and who for all his own humaneness,
his automatic Rood will, was without any con-
trolling political ideas by which to organize
his material and thus to wed himself solidly
to his subject." Alfred Kazin
Weekly Book Review p4 D 29 '46
1800w
SPENSER, EDMUND. Adventures of the
Redcrosse knight, by Sister Mary Charitina;
il. by Jeanyee Wong. 109p $3 Sheed
45-11148
A retelling of the first book of Spenser's
Faerie Queene, for young readers.
Reviewed by H. U Binsse
Commonweal 43:294 D 28 '45 60w
"[Sister Mary Charitina] has retold the story
in dignified prose. The spirited drawings have
fine flavor."
-f N Y Times p34 F 24 '46 lOOw
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 11 '46 240w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 F 10 '46 280w
SPERLING, ABRAHAM PAUL. Psychology
for the millions. 397p $3 Fell
150 Psychology 46-25239
"A popular presentation of psychology for the
layman. written in informal, journalistic
style. . . Practically all phases of psychology
are covered, including psychoanalysis, ab-
normal psychology, and a frank discussion of
the psychology of sex." (Booklist) Index.
Booklist 43:5 S '46
"Rather unbalanced mixture of fairly reliable
information on topics ranging from toilet train-
ing in infants to war neuroses. Treatment is
anecdotal and superficial with many references
to current events, some of which already date
the book. . . Style is lively and readable for the
most part, but careless writing and immaturity
of thought mar some of the more technical
passages. Point of view is not entirely con-
sistent throughout. Won't reach the mil-
lions!" A. I. Bryan
h Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
"Dr. Sperling is rather enumerative and illus-
trative of our psychological qualities than ana-
lytic or critical. He goes only very slightly into
either causation (except for a thin slice of
physiology) or the organization of the psychic
life. He gives good advice on the bringing up
of children, and especially on how to handle
questions about sex, all characterized by the
frankness — even bluntness — exhibited generally
in the book." John Storck
-f- N Y Times p26 D 15 '46 360w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 7 '46
650w
"Easy to read, lively, interspersed with
names of people everybody knows and sprin-
kled with information practically everybody
wants to know on how 'to enjoy this serious
business of living,' Dr. Sperling's book is
breeziest of the practical popular manuals
to meet this praiseworthy demand."
+ Weekly Book Review p20 N 3 '46 lOOw
SPERRY, WILLARO LEAROYD. Religion in
America. (American life and institutions)
318p $2.50 Macmillan [10s 6d Cambridge]
277.3 U.S.— Religion. U.S.— Church history
46-7760
"This book was written, in response to an
invitation from the Cambridge University
Press, for readers in England. It is to be
one of a series which the University Press is
issuing in a friendly attempt to present con-
temporary America to the public on that side
of the Atlantic." (Foreword) After a brief
statement of the religious situation in the
original thirteen colonies, the author discusses
the separation of church and state, and goes
on to the various denominations. Index.
Reviewed by W. W. Sweet
Ann Am Acad 248:300 N '46 450w
Booklist 42:360 Jl 15 '46
Bookmark 7:3 N '46
"It is a book of substantial information and
mature judgment, whether for British or for
American readers. Though it is tempered to
the limitations of those who know practically
nothing of the subject, it will be helpful and
enlightening also to those who think they
know a good deal about it." W. E. Garri-
son
4- Christian Century 63:1093 S 11 '46
HOOw
"Parsons and laymen alike will do well to
have Dean Sperry's readable book at hand
when matters of organizational facts and
figures arise. The dean is touched with a lib-
eralism which is neither profound nor notably
courageous. But like most liberals he is a
pleasant travelling companion, always pro-
vided you are going down none of the ter-
rible valleys of our times over which the
shadow of death hangs so ominously." Mc-
Alister Coleman
-f Churchman 160:16 S 1 '46 220w
"Doctor Sperry is an agreeable and informal
writer with a sense of responsibility and broad
toleration, unless for the Irish Catholic politi-
cian and the urban machine. . . He displays
no ecclesiastical pedantry or religious indif-
ference, but he is a bit deferential to the
standing order and the social preeminence of
men and churches. . . Taken as a whole this
volume offers a splendid interpretation of
American Protestantism in action." R. J.
Purcell
-H Commonweal 45:171 N 29 '46 900w
Reviewed by J. M. Moore
Croze r Q 24:66 Ja '47 750w
"The book is a treasure of information and
interpretation about American religious life,
history and character, rich in wise comment
and informed comparison with the correspond-
ing phenomena in England — just what is
wanted for our special illumination; genial
withal and thoroughly readable, while the Ap-
pendices and Statistical Tables at the end
make it a very handy and helpful work of
reference on the subject. The Dean of the
Divinity School of Harvard has done his Job
admirably." R. N. Cross
-f Hibbert J 44:187 Ja '46 900w
"More for the general reader although of
considerable interest to the scholar also.
Highly recommended for public libraries."
George Wakefleld
-f Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 140w
"The Dean of the Divinity School in Har-
vard University must be congratulated for
having written an admirable study on a most
difficult and complex subject. . . The book
gains by its comparative method. It sets
American religious history against the back-
ground of the English historic experience. We
know of no other recent book on the subject
which is of equal value to the sociologist, his-
torian and general reader alike."
+ New Statesman & Nation 31:14 Ja 5
•46 180w
"Dean Sperry's book furnishes a useful sup-
plement to [those of Sweet, Rowe, and Gar-
rison] but it does not pretend to do much
more. It is gracefully written, eminently
Judicious, open-minded, genial and reflective."
H. S. Commager
+ N Y Times p5 Je 16 '46 1650w
"The book is urbane, humorous, informative,
acute, balanced, self -critical, modest; in fact
there is scarcely an end to the laudatory ad-
jectives which might be piled on it. Dean
Sperry takes on the whole a hopeful view of
the prospects of Christianity in nis country."
Stephen Neill
-f Spec 175:494 N 23 '45 480w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46 450w
Times [London] Lit Sup p574 D 1 *45
HOOw
"The book is provocative, perhaps all the
more so because the author is so generally con-
cerned to express his personal opinions rather
than merely to cite descriptive data. His in-
sights and interpretations are always sugges-
tive, even though they may not always be
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SPERRY, W. L. — Continued
convincing:. One who reads attentively will
often experience real irritation: the book is
certainly a therapeutic for intellectual leth-
rg * 4- Weekly Book Review plO Ag 4 '46 700w
SPERRY, WILLARD LEAROYD. Those of the
way. 14 6p $1.60 Harper
242 Christian life 46-244
"Series of meditations for the Lenten season."
"The plan is not to present studies of incidents
in the closing days of Jesus' life, but to chal-
lenge the reader to a study of the present days
of his own life. To that end, Dean Sperry
examines such problems and situations as Chris-
tian tolerance in the face of a sense of mission;
the attractiveness of an evasion of life's stric-
tures; the demands of conscience and the truths
about habit, the sense of the unique and the
new, with an entailed loneliness; the worth of
the individual and the apparent unfairness of
God. All these arc woven around the idea of
Christianity as 'a way* and of Jesus as 'The
Way.' " (Crozer Q)
"This 'series of meditations for the Lenten
season* comes near being a new kind of book
for Lent. In what way it is new, can best be
understood by reading it. This will be a
rewarding experience."
4- Christian Century 63:113 Ja 23 '46 30w
"Practical comment and illustrations rescue
this book from the conventional type of Lenten
reading." W. F. Thompson
Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 120W
"With kindly, but incisive, words, Those of
the Way makes the Christian life easier to
understand and properly harder to achieve."
R. E. Keighton
4- Crozer Q 23:108 Ja '46 260w
Kirkus 14:97 P 15 '46 HOw
Manchester Guardian p3 Jl 30 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Q. R. Stephenson
N Y Times p!2 Mr 3 '46 270w
SPEYER, MRS LEONORA (VON STOSCH).
Slow wall; poems, together with Nor without
music. 189p $2.50 Knopf
811 46-3080
Collection of poems by an American poet.
Slow Wall first appeared in 1939 (Book Re-
view Digest 1939) and more than twenty new
poems have now been added.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!3 Ap 21 '46 140w
Booklist 42:302 My 15 '46
"This abundance of poems will be a relief
to that relatively sizable public who find most
slim volumes of contemporary poetry obscure
and indigestible; for this is the kind of poetry
which is for the most part taught in schools,
and there is nothing here which anyone should
fail to understand. This does not mean that
Mrs. Speyer writes down to her public. She
writes, with the genuine skill of lone practice
in traditional idiom, exactly what she wants
to write and what many will want to hear."
W. B. C. Watkins
4- N Y Times p26 My 12 '46 300w
"In the anthologies of the future our poetry
will be the richer for this lyric school. Leonora
Speyer' s work stands out pure and clear in
this intention of melodic beauty, and she is
well fitted for her place as lyric poet being,
as lyric poets should be, an accomplished mu-
sician as well." Robert Hillyer
4- Sat R of Lit 29:17 My 11 '46 950w
Reviewed by Eugene Davidson
Yale R n s 36:151 autumn '46 200w
SP1ELMAN, WILLIAM CARL. Diamond jubilee
history of Carthage college, 1870-1945. 220p
il $1.50 Carthage college, Business office,
Carthage, 111.
378 Carthage college, Carthage. Illinois
46-122
History of the first seventy-five years of
Carthage college, at Carthage, Illinois. "For
the reader's Information an appendix of three
parts has been added. The first part contains a
fist of the faculties of Carthage College from
1870 to 1945, the second part a list of the trus-
tees and commissioners while in the third part
are listed the names of those who hold honor-
ary degrees from the college." (Foreword) No
index.
"The author is professor of history at Carth-
age College, and he has been careful to make
his record complete and accurate. At the same
time he has written 'with appreciation of the
human and personal elements in the story, and
a flrm grasp of Its general outlines and mean-
ing." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p4 D 30 '45 60w
Reviewed by W. W. Brickman
' School & Society 64:470 D 28 '46 550w
SPOCK, BENJAMIN MCLANE. The common
sense book of baby and child care. 527p il
|3 Puell
649.1 Infants — Care and hygiene. Children —
Care and hygiene SO46-272
Complete study of prenatal, baby, and child
care up to the age of twelve. Includes instruc-
tions on childhood diseases and special problems
such as the working mother, the handicapped
child, and the adopted child. The author is a
New York doctor. Illustrated with line draw-
ings. Index.
"The attitude expressed and the genera]
tenor of the advice typify the present-day
departure from rigidity in schedules and train-
ing. One can confidently predict that it will
be a huge success with mothers, for Dr. Spock
has succeeded to an amazing degree in strik-
ing a middle ground in his advice. . . His
style is so engaging and friendly that the book
is unusually readable. The illustrations of
Dorothea Fox are charming and very appropri-
ate. All in all. the book may be most heartily
recommended. M. E. Wegman
4- Am J Pub Health 36:1329 N '46 230w
"Despite the prosaic sound of the title, Dr.
Speck's book is not only a simple, handy and
immensely valuable aid to Mamas and even
Papas, but fun to read." H. E. D.
4- Book Week p3 Ag 18 '46 HOw
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
"Dr. Spock is never pedantic, never regi-
mented, but reassuring, flexible and interpre-
tative— approaching childhood and parenthood
in terms of the maximum ease and enjoyment.
Fully indexed. Amusingly illustrated in line."
-f Kirkus 14:209 My 1 '46 250w
"Dr. Spock' s book touches on practically
every question likely to occur to parents from
the time they expect a baby until they begin
to worry about his (or her) radio-listening,
comic reading and progress in school. The doc-
tor advises and reassures them at every point.
Writing in the easy, informal vein character-
istic of his platform talks, he hews to his line
of reassurance. . . Especially helpful and time-
ly are sections on nursery schools, on separated
parents, on adopting a child, and on mothers
who work. Dr. Spock interprets the best in
modern thinking on these subjects, and under-
scores it with his own wide experience, kindli-
ness and good sense." Catherine Mackenzie
4- N Y Times p!4 Jl 14 '46 500w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p48 N 10 '46 270w
SPRING, HOWARD. And another thing. 266*
$2.50 Harper
B or 92 Christianity 46-3517
"Author of My Son! My Son! and other repu-
table works now portrays his search for the
ultimate meaning of Christ's life and teach-
ings. 'Years of mankind's deepest degrada-
tion' drove him to reflect on causes of this
and other wars. He concludes that all were
fought to end strife forever, but all bring only
threats of future wars. Not international pacts,
agreements and outlawings but religion based
on the teachings of Jesus will end war. Mr.
Spring's conclusion is reached after consider-
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ing the place of religion in individual life,
including his own, and in relation to world
destiny." Library J
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ap 14 '46 600w
Booklist 42:293 My 15 '46
— Cath World 164:188 N '46 200w
"An odd book, difficult to define."
Klrkus 14:88 F 15 '46 120w
Reviewed by O. O. Lawson
Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 140w
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 19 '46 300w
San Francisco Chronicle pl3 Jl 7 '46
lOOw
"Mr. Spring is no more than a babe in phi-
losophy and metaphysics, but his reasoning is
sure, his intuition is certain, and his heart is
sound and sweet. This is the leaven in the
lump. It is not large, but it need not be. A
little in each of us is all we need." Thomas
Sugrue
-f Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ap 13 '46 800w
"This is no book for 'the masses'; but it
should appeal to anyone who has spent any
time examining his own conscience or at-
tempted to reconcile the bearing of arms
against a fellow man with the teachings of
Christ." R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p6 Ap 30 '46
300w
"There may be those who have hitherto con-
nected the name of Mr. Howard Spring with
novels and good journalism. In 'And Another
Thing* he has achieved something of intrinsic
value higher and more lasting than good Jour-
nalism."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p280 Je 15
'46 550w
"It is the mingled charm and sadness of
the book that constitute its peculiar quality.
Combined with this is the sincerity of an able
and compassionate mind trying to find its
way amid the world's vast clutter, confusion
and catastrophe. Mr. Spring has no arrogance
of opinion. He is not so much baffled as over-
whelmed by what has happened in his time,
and he wants to know its meaning." J. H.
Holmes
-f- Weekly Book Review p!2 Ap 7 '46
750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:70 My '46
SPROULL, WAYNE TREBER. X-rays in
practice. 615p il $6 McQraw
637.53 X-rays 46-5022
"X-rays, their purpose and use. Generation,
absorption, scattering, etc., of x-rays, measure-
ment and recording, equipment, industrial
radiography, medical applications, x-ray dif-
fraction and crystallography, electron diffrac-
tion, fluoroscopy, automatic inspection, micro-
radiography and gem coloration are among the
subjects, showing the tremendous achievement
made in Roentgen rays in the last fifty years."
(Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
"The clarity of presentation offers much
to the newcomer in X-rays. However, its
scope is disappointingly narrow. Properly en-
larged and utilizing more fully the author's
gift of expression, a second edition could well
be a most valuable addition to X-ray litera-
ture." J. N. Mrgudich and Alex de Brette-
ville
Chem & Eng N 24:2976 N 10 '46 550w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:50 Jl '46
SPROUT. HAROLD HANCE, and SPROUT,
MRS MARGARET (TUTTLE), eds. Founda-
tions of national power; readings on world
politics and American security; with introds.
and other original text. 774p 11 maps $4.25
Princeton univ. press
327.73 U.S.— Foreign policy. World politics
A46-704
" 'Readings' on International affairs; that Is,
speeches, papers, and essays from books by
such writers as Walter Llppmann, Sumner
Welles, and W. H. Chamberlin; statesmen like
Gustav Stresemann and Jan Smuts; and sev-
eral dozen others — engineers, geopoliticians,
philosophers, soldiers — most of them pretty
much to the Right. The idea of the editors
was to provide a readable textbook on Ameri-
ca's new role as a primary world power."
(New Yorker) Author index.
Reviewed by P. B. Corbett
Am Pol Scl R 40:597 Je '46 650w
Booklist 42:293 My 15 '46
Current Hist 10:351 Ap '46 llOw
Foreign Affairs 24:550 Ap '46 70w
"This book is a signal, highly praiseworthy
contribution to the literature of international
relations. To say that it is unique is to give
it only partial praise. The selections chosen
rarely depart from a uniformly high stand-
ard of writing:. The reader is never allowed
to wander from his aim — measuring and com-
paring national power. . . It is not an eminently
readable work, but it was not intended to be.
It ought to be a stimulus to intelligent teach-
ing of international relations. Finally It may
be hoped that this book will be a frequently
used tool on the desks of policy formulators
and those who 'interpret the news' to the
American public." W. G. Fletcher
+ Geog R 36:521 Jl '46 1150w
"Perhaps too much emphasis has been laid
by the editors on the super-powers, America,
Great Britain and the USSR, to the neglect of
Western, Central and Southeastern Europe
where new political trends are visible and new
political forces are stirring which may de-
cisively influence the world picture. This may
be due to the fact that the volume is the
product of experience gained in a course on
world affairs given in connection with the Navy
V-12 program at six universities during the
war when, indeed, continental Europe played
a comparatively minor role in the internation-
al struggle for power. In spite of this short-
coming, nowever, the volume is a useful hand-
book on the subject."
+ — New Repub 114:262 F 18 '46 200w
"The intelligent citizen will find a com-
prehensive and reliable guide to world politics
and American security in this course of read-
Ings. Avoiding all detours into utopianism, the
editors take a realistic approach to the post-
war world." M. D. Irish
-f N Y Times plO My 19 '46 550w
"The book is on the whole successful."
4- New Yorker 21:78 W 2 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by H. C. Syrett
Pol Scl Q 61:477 S '46 330w
STAQQE, JONATHAN, pseud. See Webb, R.
W., and Wheeler, H. C.
STALL, DOROTHY, Chukchi hunter; il. by
George F. Mason. 224p $2 Morrow
46-20797
A courageous young Eskimo living on the
eastern tip of Siberia is the hero of this story
for grades four to seven. The coming of the
Russian trader makes a great difference in the
primitive life of the boy and his father.
Book Week p!7 N 10 '46 230w
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
"Not only a clear picture of a simple rude
way of life beset by privation, superstitions
and fears, this is also a fine story of a boy
growing into self-reliance and manhood." A.
M. Jordan
-f- Horn Bk 22:469 N '46 lOOw
"Good story, well told. . . Illustrations by
George F. Mason combine fact and decorative
qualities which enhance the text."
-f Kirkus 14:423 S 1 '46 120w
"There Is much suspense, excitement and
information in this authentic and readable
story of the primitive Indians of eastern
Siberia." N. L,. Rathbun
+ Library J 71:1210 S 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Frances Smith
N Y Time* p27 D 15 '46 180w
776
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STALL, DOROTHY— Continued
Sat R of Lit 29:60 N 9 '46 50w
"This is not only a drama of present persons,
but a scene in the drama of man's life on
earth."
+ Weekly Book Review p32 N 10 '46 350w
STANDEN, MRS NIKA. Reminiscence and
ravioli [il. by Kelen]. 148p $2.50 Morrow
641.5 Cookery, Italian. Italy—Social life
and customs 46-7362
Description of life in an Italian village in
the years between the two world wars. The
household described is that of the author's aunt
and uncle, and their main interest seemed to
be food. The book contains recipes and de-
tailed accounts of dinners and their prepara-
tion.
Booklist 43:83 N 15 '46
"A pleasant departure along the comestible
way."
+ Kfrkus 14:412 Ag 15 '46 I30w
"Not really a cookbook, but a first-rate
means of starting you thinking along different
culinary lines."
+ New Yorker 22:127 N 9 '46 80w
"Wherever I do go this winter for week ends,
I shall certainly endow each hostess, along
with my bread and butter letter, with this
unpretentious, very sound, hilarious little book
about the Italian way of life practised by Nika
Standen's relatives. . . For in pan this book
is a cook book. . . It is also the book of a
witty essayist, a mature observer of the Amer-
ican family as an institution, and of the
Italian family as a more theatrical institution,
making its own comic strips about itself."
Ernestine Evans
+ Weekly Book Review p2 D 1 '46 UOOw
STANWELL-FLETCHER, MRS THEODORA
MORRIS (COPE). Driftwood valley; animal
sketches by John P. Stanwell-Fletcher. (At-
lantic monthly press bk) 384p $4 Little
574.971 Natural history—British Columbia
46-6675
Account of the life and adventures of a
British naturalist and his American wife dur-
ing the years they spent in Driftwood Valley,
in the British Columbian wilderness. They
were 240 miles from the nearest railroad and
telephone. From their cabin headquarters they
collected plant specimens and animal skins
and made motion pictures of the region for the
provincial museum at Victoria. Lists of plants
and animals in the region are included.
"Mrs. Stan well-Fletcher does a thoroughly
satisfying: Job in her descriptions of nature
and animals. Her characterization of the
horses endows them with real personalities, and
her portrayal of the wolf with his intelligence
and dignity and his mating call of unearthly
beauty is one that will forever remain part of
the reader's conception of wolves. It is too
bad she does not love mankind as well as she
does animals. Except in her endless praise of
the dauntless and perfect 'J,' as she calls her
husband, and of her parents, she has some
small, rather unpleasant things to say of all
the human beings who enter the story. . .
Nevertheless, she is sensitive, observant, and
almost poetic about wildlife, and her book
makes good armchair escape from too much
civilization." E. U Stewart
H Book Week p5 Ag 25 '46 450w
Booklist 43:50 O 15 '46
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
"The chief attributes of 'Driftwood Valley*
are its simple sincerity and the atmosphere of
authority which is everywhere unmistakable.
The author certainly knows what she is talking
about, and she has the natural scientist's
fidelity to accuracy and pertinent detail." M.
' + Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ag 23 '46
600w
"The appeal of the distant and untamed is
large and timely, but the book is well worth
reading for more solid reasons too. For one
thing, the author writes well. Then, alone in
a genuine wilderness, a young and intelligent
couple who mostly see no one but each other,
and more than any others, some Indians, and
always, nature, think and write things of
decidedly unusual and interesting quality.
Looking from their currently rare angle, this
couple evidently did not work around to any-
thing very near the traditional Christian view-
point, but their naturalism is not like most,
and is decidedly freer and broader, and rather
spectacularly healthy." Philip Burnham
+ Commonweal 45:170 N 29 '46 480w
"This type of book, with its graphic picture
of outdoor life, its contagious zest and candor,
its human and natural history aspects, has
proved to be widely popular. This is another
good one."
-f- Klrkus 14:291 Je 15 '46 190w
"Excellent animal drawings. . . Recom-
mended." D. F. Lucas
4- Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 140w
"One way or another it certainly adds up to
a highly interesting book. There are limits in-
deed to the author's literary art, and I wish
that she would not fall into such cliches as
'grand and thrilling* when describing a view.
In spite of the skill of J's drawings, I also
wish that the illustrations had been selected
from the myriad photographs of wild -life that
they spent all those months in making. We
often have the taking of the picture excitingly
described — a cow moose fighting off Indian
dogs, or a timber-wolf close-up. To read of the
taking of such a picture without seeing the
result is frustrating/' Q. R. Stewart
^ NY Times p26 S 15 '46 850w
"An utterly fascinating record which will
have the audience it merits, no doubt of that."
J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ag 23 '46
800w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 15 '46 850w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:291 D '46 2SOw
"Mrs. Stanwell-Fletcher writes with candor
and honesty. The hard facts as well as the
pleasant ones are given. She makes no effort to
depict Driftwood Valley as a northern Shangri-
La. The wormy moose meat, the raw terror
of an approaching forest fire, the fears and
hardships and irritations of wilderness life are
all there. . . The diary form in which
'Driftwood Valley' is cast aids the natural flow
of events. You move with them." E. W. Teale
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 25 '46
1300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
STARK, FREYA MADELINE. The Arab is-
land; the Middle East 1939-1943. 235p il $3.50
Knopf
915.6 Arabs. East (Near East) 45-8929
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
Foreign Affairs 24:561 Ap '46 llOw
Reviewed by Keith Hutchison
Nation 162:479 Ap 20 '46 900w
"The author makes frequent use in this book
of the term 'charming'. Another of her
favorites is 'dilapidated' (with gay disregard
of etymology). In the opinion of one reviewer
at least, The Arab Island is amply endowed
with both these qualities." E. A. Speiser
H Pol Scl Q 61:311 Je '46 850w
"As a travel book 'The Arab Island' is wholly
engrossing, brilliantly and beautifully written,
the product of a warm personality and a mind
richly stocked by years of intimacy with the
Arabs. Miss Stark has a talent of the highest
order for descriptive writing. Blessed with a
poet's feeling and a painter's eye, she uses
words as a painter, in complete command of
his medium, uses color. She has, in addition,
good taste, a gentle humor, and the discipline
of a good reporter who never strays too far
from the story. Unfortunately, this is not a
travel book. It is avowedly an introduction to
'the Arab world as it exists today/ As such
it could not be more misleading or utterly
wrong-headed." Charles Rolo
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:48 Mr 80 '46 1450w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
777
"No better book on the Arab world in the
critical years of war has come to hand." A. E.
Prince
+ Yale R n s 36:670 spring '46 760w
STARK, MICHAEL. Run for your life! 295p
46-6671
$2 Crown
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 60w
"Lest the story become too scientific, the
author has introduced several lush females
who threaten at times to divert Steve's atten-
tion from physics to physical charms, but he
has just enough will power to restrain himself
until the case is solved." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p32 S 22 '46 150w
"Good tempo and interesting data on atomic
murder methods (not all so novel as the author
supposes) help out an otherwise routine but
capable toughie." Anthony Boucher
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!9 S 22 '46
50w
"Average."
Sat R of Lit 29:30 O 26 '46 50w
STARKEY, JAMES (SEUMAS O'SULLIVAN,
pseud). Dublin poems [introd. note by
Padraic Colum]. 176p $2 Creative age
821 46-18898
Collection of the poems of an Irish poet who
writes in the tradition of Yeats and A. E.
"Seumas O' Sullivan suffers from too great
facility. He is admirable when he works hard:
his 'Saint Anthony,' 'Eve and Lilith,' . 'The
Other Thief,' and some of the poems 4&fter
Insurrection' are interesting, but for the most
part he drools of rainbows, cottages, roses and
lamplighters, though, since he is Irish, every-
thing he writes has an air and a lilt, and he is
never vulgar." Anne Fremantle
h Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
Reviewed by O. S. Gogarty
4- N Y Times p28 S 22 '46 800w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
80w
"In 'The Twilight People' the sheer magical
evocation of the realm of fairyland is haunting.
The pure music of his language is enchanting
and his mystical understanding of the secret
life of the poplars, hazel bushes, sedges, and
meadows is eerie. If he has a fault it is one
he shares with AE — a monotony of form,
vocabulary and imagery — but Pan taught him
how to sing and he has wisdom Pan could
never have taught." P. J. Hynes
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 30 '46 650w
"O' Sullivan is a conventional poet whose
classic style, powerful imagery and Celtic
charm make those who are more interested in
language itself than in the thing described
seem like precocious school kids playing at
double- cros tics." Walter Shea
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Jl 24 '46 190w
"[This] is minor poetry in the true, un-
invidious sense of the word; it is the verse of
a man who deals with the retired corners and
the edges of life, not with the clashes on the
high road." Horace Reynolds
Weekly Book Review p32 O 6 '46 650w
STARKEY, MARION LENA. Cherokee nation.
355p il $3.50 Knopf
970.3 Cherokee Indians. Indians of North
America— Government relations 46-6958
A sympathetic history of the Cherokee In-»
dians from pre -Revolutionary days down to
their rejnoval from the southeastern part of
the country to lands beyond the Mississippi.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p8 N 3 '46 390w
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 23 '46
1050w
"A book of documentary value rather than
general reader interest."
Kirkus 14:474 S 15 '46 120w
"An important and tragic American saga
sympathetically and intelligently recorded."
John Berthel
-f Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 llOw
"This story Miss Starkey tells well; and
with proper restraint, for surely the facts are
eloquent enough. Her long and difficult re-
search into original sources does not impede
the flow of the narrative. The chapters show-
ing the transition of the Cherokees from the
hunting to the civilized state rank with some
of our best historical writing about Indians."
Marquis James
-f- N Y Times p5 D 15 '46 1050w
New Yorker 22:126 N 23 '46 lOOw
"With considerable narrative skill and a
style of clarity and charm Miss Starkey has
told the story of a people who endured much,
overcame much, and lived through a period
that was not the happiest for Georgia or for
America. Her story of the Cherokee people,
from Shoe Boots, Sequoia and John Ridge to
Will Rogers, is a moving one. . . As a con»
tribution to the history of Georgia and other
Southern States, the volume is important and
valuable. As a story of a brave people whose
tenacity and courage alone saved them from
annihilation, the book is stirring and impres-
sive." G. E. Arnall
+ Weekly Book Review p5 D 22 '46 700w
STARLING, EDMUND WILLIAM. Starling of
the White House; the story of the man whose
Secret service detail guarded five presidents;
as told to Thomas Sugrue. 334p $3 Simon &
Schuster
B or 92 Presidents (U.S.). Secret service —
U.S. 46-702
The story of the man from Kentucky who
served as member and later head of the White
House secret service detail for thirty years.
The five presidents who were in his care were
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt. The book throws new light
on the personalities of all five, as well as out-
lining Colonel Starling's own biography. Index.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week pf F 24 '46 850w
Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
"This [is a] rich and important tapestry of
memories delightfully recorded." B. D. C.
-f Christian Science Monitor pl6 F 23 '46
800w
Kirkus 14:16 Ja '46 170w
"One cannot but feel that the Colonel failed
to take full advantage of his special inside
view of the opportunities for comparison
among the five administrations. He was es-
sentially too much the Kentucky gentleman,
too chivalrous to make the frank and skepti-
cal Judgment of motives and record of actions
which are so necessary for the historian. The
great diarist is probably always somewhat
amoral. But 'Starling of the White House*
does provide interesting anecdotal glimpses of
the five Presidents in their moods of relaxa-
tion." A. M. Schlesinger
H NY Times p6 Mr 3 '46 1060w
New Yorker 22:106 Mr 9 '46 120w
"Posterity, and the biographers who serve
it, should be grateful that Col. Edmund W.
Starling lived in the White House almost from
Roosevelt to Roosevelt; grateful, too, that
Thomas Sugrue happened to become his friend
and Bos well. The spoken recollections of a
trained, privileged observer and gifted racon-
teur, fixed in print by one of the ablest re-
porters of our time, preserve and combine the
felicity of both. The result is a treaaurable
book with three outstanding aspects: our most
comprehensive and revealing collection of epi-
sodic sidelights on the lives of Presidents:
a gripping story of our times that swings from
paroxysmal comedy to throat -catching tragedy.
778
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STARLING, E. W. — Continued
and the incidental portraits—and Judgment*—
of an authentic American gentleman who
apotheosized the glamor of the Secret Service."
Crerar Harris
-f Sat R of Lit 29:15 Mr 2 '46 950w
"Remarkably readable memoirs. . . They
provide a rich chronicle of White House life,
a distillation of Colonel Starling's thoughts on
politics, morals and religion."
-f Time 47:98 Mr 11 '46 1400w
"Starling is a memoirist of extraordinary
charm. To extreme accuracy of observation
he added humor and a vast amiability. . .
We have a good observer, humorous, amiable
and disinterested, placed in intimate contact
with the great through a startling period in
history. Only one thing more is needed to
write. This Mr. Sugrue supplied and the re-
sult really is something of a wonder. . . This
book deserves a great popular success. It is
a charmingly written account of a great peri-
od; and the most marvelous picture in the
whole work is the one unconsciously—on the
part of the narrator, not that of the tran-
scriber— drawn of Starling himself." Q. W.
Johnson
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Mr 3 '46
1360W
STARNES, DE WITT TALMAGE, and NOYES,
GERTRUDE ELIZABETH. English diction-
ary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1765.
299p $3.50 Univ. of N.C. press
423 Lexicography 46-5776
" About ten years ago the authors became
interested, each independently of the other, in
investigating the beginning and the develop-
ment of English lexicography. Having each
published an essay on the subject and having
discovered a common objective, they decided
that, in the study of so large and complicated
a body of materials, it would be wise economy
to pool their efforts. The result is this
book. . . The method is historical. Questions
of philology and etymology have been dis-
cussed only in so far as they contribute to the
history of the English dictionary in the seven-
teenth and the first half of the eighteenth cen-
turies. Of the dictionaries, expositors, and
glossographies which were printed between 1604
and 1755, the authors give, within the stated
limitations, as full, specific, and accurate in-
formation as they have been able to ascertain.
The qualifications of dictionary- makers for the
tasks which they set for themselves, their ex-
pressed aims (as far as possible in the lan-
guage of the compilers themselves), their
sources, their methods of compilation, the in-
terrelationships of the various texts, the rela-
tion of English dictionaries to contemporary
bilingual dictionaries, the readers for whom
each work is intended, the vogue and useful-
ness of the various dictionaries — these are
among the more important topics treated in
this book." (Foreword) Index.
"Professors Starnes and Noyes, having pub-
lished some independent studies in the same
area, have happily joined forces and produced
the first comprehensive account of the develop-
ment of English dictionaries from the begin-
ning up to (but not including) Dr. Johnson's.
Their thorough and concrete work supersedes
previous general surveys and monographs. , .
Professors Starnes and Noyes have written a
substantial and authoritative book in an im-
portant but relatively unfamiliar field, a book
which can be read as a whole with profit and
dipped into with pleasure." Douglas Bush
-f Am Hist R 52:172 O '46 320w
"A study like this often contains valuable
by-products, and this one is no exception. The
authors' mention of John Florlo's 'World of
Words' sets the reader speculating on Shake-
speare's probable use of this old Italian-French
dictionary, and some of Bailey's canting expres-
sions— such as 'He Bing'd awast in Darkmans'
for 'He stole away in the Nighttime'— remind
us that James Joyce was a student of old cant
dictionaries." Horace Reynolds
+ Christian Science Monitor plO J) 13 '46
600w
"There are some peculiar people who live by
dictionaries; indeed we have even heard of
families where a dictionary was kept on the
sideboard in the dining room so that prandial
arguments might be settled with a minimum of
delay in the process of ingestion. For auch
people 'The English Dictionary from Cawdrey
to Johnson' should prove fascinating."
-j- Commonweal 44:634 S 13 '46 70w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:179 S '46 360w
STARR, EDWARD A. From trail dust to star
dust. 260p il maps $3 Transportation press,
box 381, Dallas 1
385 Transportation— U.S. 45-9891
"Well-written and well-arranged history of
American transportation. Covers early history
of trail and wagon travel and the development
of water, railroad, automobile, and air trans-
portation to date." Booklist
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71r€26 Je 1 '46 30w
"The high points of this history are all here
briefly and accurately; the facts are arranged
in a coherent pattern, and a full index makes
the book useful for reference. It would, per-
haps, have been more valuable as an introduc-
tion to the full tremendous history of the lac-
tor which more than any other is responsible
for the greatness of America, if the author
had included a bibliography to lure the reader
on into further pursuit of this fascinating
study. On the other hand, if the book is in-
tended— as it seems to be — as a kind of hedge-
hopping flight back over the events, it seems
to me that the reader has a right to expect a
Uttle more warmth and Imagination in the
telling." Roger Burlingame
H Sat R of Lit 29:22 Ja 19 '46 600w
STARR, HYMAN (C. A. BEN MORDECAI,
pseud.) A layman looks at the Bible; with
an introd. by Abraham I. Katsh, and a
memoir by Solomon E. Starrels. 141p $2 Hob-
son bk. press
221.7 Bible. Old Testament — Criticism, inter-
pretation, etc. 46-2289
"This is a book coming not from a priest or
rabbi, but from 'one of the people,' which
Hebrew phrase is the basis of the Christian
term layman, as distinguished from the cleric.
The work has been posthumously and excellent-
ly edited, with an introduction by Professor
A. I. Katsh and a very attractive memoir of
the author's life by S. E. Starrels. The author
was a Ukrainian by birth, who fled with his
father's family to America, and settled in New
York, where he died in 1942 after an arduous
business life. In his later years he returned
to 'his first love — the study of the Hebrew
Bible.' The book consists of thirty -three chap-
ters, each with fresh interpretations of the
text of the biblical passage discussed, or sug-
gested rearrangement of the materials." Crozer
Q
Christian Century 63:724 Je 5 '46 40w
["The book] is free of hereditary rabbinism
on the one hand, of higher criticism on the
other. Its independence well exhibits the many
problems that still remain in the Hebrew text,
as is evident, for instance, in the excellent
Jewish version, which has often to make sense
out of textual nonsense. The author does not
hesitate to make textual corrections. And so
the work is a useful introduction for both the
student and the scholar." J. A. Montgomery
-f Crozer Q 23:281 Jl '46 800w
STARR, NATHAN COMFORT. Dynamics of
literature. 123p $1.50 Columbia univ. press
801 Literature. Literary criticism A46-752
"This book aims to develop the faculty of
making judgments about literature. It does
not pretend to tell how to read 'efficiently';
it is not a systematic discussion of literary
'types,' nor is it a treatise on aesthetics. It
makes no claim to new and startling theories;
rather It Attempts to rwfflrm certain
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principles which give strength to literature just
as those same principles give richness and
meaning to the life which literature reflects.
The reader of this book will notice that I
have spent some time in close analysis of
words, their implications and overtones/'
(Foreword) The author is professor of Eng-
lish and Chairman of the ESnglish division at
Rollins college. Index.
"A small but somewhat pretentious (and,
unfortunately, somewhat contentious) book,
which seems to me too sketchy and too arbi-
trary in its aesthetics to satisfy the thorough
student of literature, and yet too nearly a
learned work — especially in many of its choices
of examples — to be really helpful to the inex-
perienced reader." J. T. Frederick
— Book Week p2 Ja 27 '46 70w
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
"All this has been said before, but it needs
to be said often; and Dr. Starr says it with
serenity yet firmly, and with a lucidity which
implies greater depths of thought and feeling
than he allows to appear on the surface of his
little treatise. He knows how to communicate
and he knows how to persuade."
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ja 12 '46
600w
Reviewed by R. E. Keighton
Crozer Q 23:196 Ap '46 500w
8TARRETT, VINCENT. Murder in Peking.
319p $2.50 Lantern press
46-2076
Detective story.
"The exotic background lends additional in-
terest to this story of oddly motivated crimes
in a far-off land." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p32 F 24 '46 180w
Sat R of Lit 24:59 Ap 20 '46 40w
"Captain An, of the local police force,
makes an amusing snoop, but the real honors
go to young Hope Johnson. American criminol-
ogist. He offers a useful list of suspects, mo-
tives, suggestions and questions before dashing
into the home stretch for the killer and also
figures in the romance." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46
180w
more than once makes it clear that he under-
stands the mystery both of people and of
poems, and the futility of using pure reason
in dealing with either. Certainly, at the dis-
organized moment, his insistence on the im-
portance of some kind of formal organization
in the poetic art has pertinence and point."
Louise Bogan
N Y Times p37 My 5 '46 800w
"Valuable notes and bibliography."
-f New Yorker 22:111 My 4 '46 80w
Reviewed by Josephine Miles
Poetry 68:290 Ag '46 1050w
" 'The Nature of Poetry' is a thoughtful and
scholarly analysis by a man who has found
his own poetic credo. It is designed to help
the public read or reread poems 'with more
awareness, more sympathy and more pleasure.'
As such it is excellent." William Manchester
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p6 My 9 '46 460w
"This is an excellent account of the nature
— the unifying principles — of poetry. It is
original as a reordering, and valuable as a
synthesis of the commonplaces in modern
critical theory and practice. The common-
places are borrowed chiefly from Allen Tate,
John Crowe Ransom and Yvor Winters; the
technical approach from I. A. Richards and
Cleanth Brooks. Whether the single a*rd
insistent argument — 'that a poem is like a per-
son'— be rejected or accepted, there remains a
core of valuable dogmas and definitions, and a
chain of poetic analyses brilliant in individual
perceptions, though seldom more than super-
ficial as explications de texte. The discourse
is delivered in a classroom rhetoric, a question-
and -answer technique, and is for the most part
directed to the advanced reader of poetry or to
the graduate student."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:174 S "46 320w
" 'The Nature of Poetry* is a model of care-
ful, highly competent and infectious presenta-
tion. . . The book can be summarized in one
sentence: Poetry is exact, intense, significant,
concrete, complex, rhythmical and formal. But
the value of the book lies in the crisp, assured
illustration of these seven topics." G. F.
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Je 15 '46
1150w
Reviewed by Maynard Mack
Yale R n s 36:346 winter '47 900w
STAUFFER, DONALD ALFRED. Nature of
poetry. 291p $3 Norton
808.1 Poetry 46-3432
"A critical examination of the structure,
texture, and meaning of English poetry, with
examples running from Spenser to Yeats. When
he gets the better of a tendency to formalize
and over-simplify, Mr. Stauffer analyzes, in
readable fashion, complicated poetic problems
with thoroughness and insight." (New Yorker)
Index.
STAUFFER, DONALD ALFRED. The saint
and the hunchback. 246p $2.75 Simon &
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p8 My 19 '46 270w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
"Professor Staufter tfms written a scholarly
book. He has studied his subject long and
thought about it still longer. He has read what
others have said, and conjectured deeply within
the acreage of his own mind. The book is no
echo: it is freshly conceived." E. W. Bates
4- Christian Science Monitor plO My 18
'46 750w
Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 llOw
"The unavoidable necessity for setting limits
to the complexity of the argument, which is
what gives Professor Stauffer 's book its great
virtue of clarity of exposition, sets limits to
the general value of his arguments. Within
these limits he has done an admirable job,
and his book must certainly be the best avail-
able introductory book on the subject." Arthur
Mizener
Nation 163:48 Jl 13 '46 700w
"Mr. Stauffer's argument sometimes sounds
a little thin and easy. Poetry is like a person:
how simple, how pleasant, how suburban, how
acceptable, how middle-class! . . Mr. Staufter
46-7306
Two seventh century monks set out from
lona in a miraculously floating stone coffin
to Christianize some of the heathen Europeans.
This is the story of their journey and their
successes and failures.
"A rare combination of cogent, basic, philo-
sophical and theological thought, and a
strangely rich and compelling fantasy. Laid
in the 7th century, and concerning as it does
the miraculous floating of a granite casket
and other strange matters, it is yet primarily
a novel of ideas, and an altogether worthwhile
one, at that." A. C. Spectorsky
+ Book Week plO N 24 '46 370w
"This is a stylized tapestry imaginatively
woven of legends and miracles and g-olden
threads of truth. The legends will deceive no
one, the truths should escape no one and the
texture and patterns of the tapestry are ex-
quisite." W. E. Garrison
+ Christian Century 63:1502 D 11 '46
1050w
"Limited in terms of a popular public, this
nonetheless lends a certain humanity and
poignancy to a story of a remote century and
of early Christian martyrs." <WA
Kirkus 14:310 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Written with humor and a Boccaccian touch
that will appeal to folklore lovers." M. H.
Zipprich L|brary j 7l:1B48 N i'^e 70W
"By thinking over his first novel for ten
years, Donald A. Stauffer allowed it the rare
privilege of growing up before being hatched.
780
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STAUFFER, D. A.— Continued
Thus he avoids the reviewer's clich4 for first
novels by fulfilling: rather than showing prom-
ise. He also protects the reading- public from
printed growing pains. And we are offered the
pleasure of a fresh, original concept translated
directly into mellow and mature prose." Isa-
+aN Y Times p6 N 24 '46 900w
"Though Mr. Stauffer is an English teacher
at Princeton and has produced some very good
scholarly studies, his story is in no way dis-
tinguished. . . 'The Saint and the Hunchback'
is exactly the kind of tale one finds in 'Blue
Book' or 'Adventure.' As such (a high-class
pulp piece) it manages at times to be both
interesting and entertaining." Arthur Foff
-- h San Francisco Chronicle plO D 21 '46
550w
"There are many passages that hold the
interest, many that entertain, many that in-
vite thought; but the story moves unevenly,
and, of all the talk, some is less engrossing
than it might have been. No one can deny
that Mr. Stauffer finished what he started —
finished it with ease and skill and imagination.
One may, however, suspect that he intended
to write a book that could be taken, as a
whole, more seriously than this one can be
taken. Whether or not this suspicion is justi-
fied, he has written a diverting tale that is
partially, if not wholly, more than diverting."
of Lit 29:15 D 21 '46 1150w
"The public may puzzle over 'The Saint and
the Hunchback.' Puzzlement will give way
to pleasure, however, for any one who reads
the story of Odo and Aelfric and their strange
voyage. . . Mr. Stauffer has told this tale
with simplicity and skill, resisting the temp-
tations of easy humor and enunciating seventh
century theology with clarity and the gentle
irony that rises like a savor from all human
mulling of the spirit. There is too little in
the tale to give its impact weight; rather is
it a pleasant shower of ideas which soaks
easily into the mind, lifting briefly the shadow
of the Dark Ages from the seventh century."
Thomas Sugrue
4- Weekly Book Review p8 N 24 '46 700w
STEACIE, EDGAR WILLIAM RICHARD.
Atomic and free radical reactions; the kinet-
ics of gas- phase reactions involving atoms
and organic radicals. (Am. chemical soc.
Monograph ser) 548p $8.50 Heinhold
541.39 Chemical reactions 46-2320
"As is usual in this series, this book is based
on a comprehensive survey of the literature.
The special experimental methods that have
been devised for determining the reaction rates
of atoms and free radicals are discussed in a
sixty-page chapter. There are extensive chap-
ters on free radicals in thermal decomposition
reactions, free radical mechanisms in poly-
merization reactions, and radical mechanisms
in photo-chemical reactions. The remainder of
the material treats of elementary reactions in
special systems, e. g., systems containing
oxygen. There are a reaction index, and au-
thor and subject indexes. The related litera-
ture is cited in numerous footnotes, and these
references are indexed in the author index."
N Y New Tech Bks
"Notwithstanding [some] defects the book
can be recommended as a very useful aid to
those who wish to obtain up to date and
exhaustive information in the field covered by
the book. It should be particularly valuable
as a reference source to those who are engaged
in research involving free radicals." G. B.
Kistiakowsky
•f — Am Chem Soc J 68:1679 Ag '46 400w
"The text i* a fine piece of workmanship and
a painstaking assembly of facts, collected by
an expert who knows his field well. Dr. Steacie
must be congratulated for having rendered such
a service to chemistry." P. C. Nachod
-t- Chem 6, Met Eng 53:275 Je '46 280w
"The bibliography is unusually complete. The
treatment of the material is orderly, critical,
and apparently unbiased. In evaluating con-
flicting evidence relating to the parts played by
the several atoms and radicals in various re-
actions, the author expresses his opinions clear-
ly and definitely, and maintains a nice balance
in Judging the relative importance of theoretical
and experimental evidence. While this book
should be of real value to all students of kinet-
ics, it is of special importance to those inter-
ested in the kinetics of organic reactions."
Robert Livingston
-f J Phys Chem 50:443 S '46 200w
Reviewed by L. A. Kales
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:4 Ja '46
"This authoritative and timely work, a
project of the Board of Editors of the American
Chemical Society, should be valuable tq all
physical chemists and physicists interested in
chemical kinetics and the mechanism of reac-
tions "
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:152 S '46 360w
STEAD, CHRISTINA. Letty Fox, her luck.
517p $3.50 Harcourt
Satire on sexual promiscuity. The characters
are mainly middle-class men and women living
in New York city during the thirties and early
forties. The author is an Australian-born nov-
elist who has lived in the United States for
about nine years.
Reviewed by Dorothy Sparks
Book Week p4 O 27 '46 450w
"Very modern and slightly racy, it takes a
good hard dig at modern marriages and fidelity.
The plot in itself is slight, though the telling
uses up a lot of pages."
Kirkus 14:463 S 15 '46 160w
"The narrowness of Miss Stead's outlook
makes for vivid intensity which is often
suffocating and leads her to excesses of style
and situation. All is distorted, turgid and
overblown in her world, with sex rampant
and passion unbridled. If she has seriously
attempted here to show an ordinary girl, which
Letty calls herself, the product of an irresistible
age and family trying to get along in a society
which makes no allowances for the demands of
her nature, she is guilty of a serious misrepre-
sentation. Letty is a very special type, no
more representative of her sex than any of
the other poor creatures in the book. If, how-
ever, Miss Stead means Letty to be the end
result of a crazed era, then Letty's insistence
on her normalcy is the profoundest irony pos-
sible." Mary McGrory
— NY Times p24 O 6 '46 760w
"In her nearly interminable exploration of
this unkempt subject, Miss Stead, who is an
Australian and something of a newcomer to
America, is unfortunately handicapped by a
rather shaky grip on the local idiom and
mores, and the subject matter appears to have
sapped her of the originality and the wit with
which she enlivened such earlier novels as 'The
Beauties and Furies' and 'House of All Na-
tions/ An almost completely disappointing per-
formance by a writer who has clearly shown in
the past that her talent is of a very high
order."
— New Yorker 22:123 O 5 '46 120w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p5 D 1 '46
360w
"The author has used American backgrounds
in several of her previous novels, but it is still
something of a miracle that anyone who was
not born in this country should be able to cap-
ture so accurately the American scene and the
nuances of American speech. Yet there is not
a chapter in the book which would fit Into
the pages of a popular magazine nor could
Letty herself or any of her friends be truth-
fully presented on the screen. It resembles in
an odd way Defoe's incomparable novel 'The
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders,'
though Letty, for all her lovers, is not a bawd.
It has the same objectivity, ruthlessness, and
lack of any sentimentality." Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:40 O 12 '46 HOOw
"Miss Stead's excursion into the world of
erotic experience ia satiric and coldly intellec-
tual; her material earthy* lusty and lustful, and
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highly eccentric. One's attention is caught by
her individual characters as the work of a
highly creative and many-faceted mind: and
one's mind rejects them, in the aggregate, as
improbable members of a recognizable bourgeois
society. While the Morgans and the Foxes,
who mainly dominate her scene, are brightly
and mercilessly delineated, they fail, as a group,
to give the picture of an American family. . .
There are pages here of beauty, preceptiveness
and sensitive writing. Miss Stead's portrait of
Grandmother Pox, an old woman confused and
shattered by the vagaries of her son and his
dual household, is in the genre of the best
European literature. But, coupled with this,
are pages that are dull and trivial, where the
situations and satire are heavy and forced.
The result baffles the reader's judgment." Rose
Feld
~\ Weekly Book Review plO O 20 '46 950w
STEARN, MRS ESTHER ANGELICA (WAG-
NER), and STEARN, ALLEN EDWIN. Ef-
fect of smallpox on the destiny of the
Amerindian. 153p $2.50 Humphries
614.521 Smallpox. Indians of North Amer-
ica—Diseases 46-1013
A study, based on extensive research into
the statistics, of the many smallpox epidemics
among American Indians in the four centuries
since the corning of the white man. The ac-
count reveals how destructive the disease was
in earlier days and, by implication, what ef-
fect it had upon the relationships between the
red men and the white conquerors. Later
chapters discuss the coming of vaccination and
its results.
Reviewed by Walter Alvarez
Am Hist R 52:191 O '46 240w
"The story is vividly told, and the text is
well documented by a detailed bibliography of
176 references. There is also a subject index."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2'61 Mr '46 160w
STEARNS, MRS SHARON, comp. Hear our
prayer; il. by Helen Page. 76p 50c Garden
City pub. co.
264.1 Children's prayers
Children's prayers for night and morning-,
prayers of praise and thanks, prayers for
birthdays and holidays. There are both Cath-
olic and Protestant versions of the book. Il-
lustrated.
"Children will find joy as well as faith and
life-long values in these prayers."
4- Book Week p6 D 29 '46 70w
"A very lovely book, one for every child from
three up. Helen Pace's delectable illustrations
garland its pages and fill them with irresistible
little figures; the prayers for all times and for
many special occasions are admirably chosen."
4- Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 lOOw
STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS (BYRON STEEL,
pseud). French follies, and other follies.
174p $2 Reynal
46-6851
Twenty sketches which appeared originally
in the New Yorker. They relate stories of the
author's experiences in France, and in America.
In the French stories he points up differences
in the French and American outlooks; in the
American sketches he embellishes the fact that
we have oddities here at home, too.
"As is frequent with a collection of sketches
containing French and American stories, the
French come off best. Nothing can quite com-
pete with that slightly insane logic of the
French. It is a fascinating thing to watch in
operation, and if your appreciation of it is
whole, as is Mr. Steegmuller's, you can enjoy
its charm even while being given a very sharp
deal." Theodore Pratt
+ N Y Times p36 S 22 '46 460w
"Amusing in any one of its parts, [the book]
ia rather monotonous as a whole, if taken as a
whole. . . My advice, then, as regards 'French
Follies and Other Follies/ is to put it on your
night table or in the guest room, where it can
be called upon for an occasional smile or
laugh. Sharing Mr. Steegmuller's adventures
abroad and at home, you will find him an un-
failingly humorous companion, while according
to your temperament, you will cherish one or
another of your quarter-hours with him as
being especially delightful." B. R. Redman
Sat R of Lit 29:30 N 16 '46 700w
Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue
Weekly Book Review p!8 S 29 '46 600w
STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS (BYRON STEEL,
pseud). States of grace. 214p $2.50 Reynal
46-3294
Satiric interlude, the scene of which is Egypt.
The characters are a group of Americans, and
some other nationals. Among them are a young
American priest, the sister of an American
Catholic bishop, her rather gay young son, a
beautiful New Yorker, a French pension keep-
er, an Italian dealer m Egyptian antiques,
and a good many others.
"Without knowing what Steegmuller's re-
ligion is and making due allowance for
rhe fact that he may or may not have a
Catholic background, I could not but conclude
that the author has only an extremely limited
knowledge of the doctrine of the faith which
he satirizes and even less of its administration.
That is the primary reason why his book is
weak . . 'States of Grace' is further handi-
capped by mediocre prose. Where deftness is
needed, Steegmuller lumbers, and where a few
well- chosen darts would sharply penetrate to
the heart of an ironic situation he blindly
wields a meat cleaver and misses the object of
his iconoclasm." J. O. Supple
— Book Week p2 Ap 21 '46 410p
Booklist 42:366 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by J. G. E. Hopkins
Commonweal 44:222 Je 14 '46 140w
"A gentle, but pointed, caricature of a female
force bested by an understanding human young
priest against the unconventionahties of Egypt.
. . Catholicism, in its temporal, rather than
wholly spiritual aspects — with quiet humor."
+ Kirkus 14:24 Ja 15 '46 170w
"Smooth, mildly satirical novel by a con-
tributor to The New Yorker. Great fun." F. A,
Boyle
+ Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"A delightful satirical story."
-f- New Repub 114:814 Je 9 '46 120w
"Since this story touches upon some momen-
tous themes — madness, nepotism, loss of faith
— it might, perhaps, have done better if it had
either been a great deal more serious or not
serious at all. When he is not serious at all
Mr. Stceg-muller is a most engaging writer.
At his best he has a flair for the kind of satiric
comedy that is difficult to write, but often good
entertainment. In his serio-comic moments,
however, he descends through melodrama into
something very like bathos. Looking back on
it all, I can see that he was skating on thin
ice from the beginning; and he can hardly be
blamed if, toward the end, the ice cracks
wildly beneath him and he is obliged to scram-
ble ashore as best he can." George Dangerfleld
_| NY Times pl2 Ap 28 '46 450w
"Most of the humor of the book is based on
sly pokes at the parochial attitudes of people
who have centered their lives around the
church without really comprehending it. It is
possible that some readers will be offended at
what will seem to them like an attack on the
Roman Catholic church itself. However, on
presenting the book to several Catholic friends
of varying religious intensity and to several
non -religious people, I found that none of them
reacted very vigorously, one way or another,
to the book's use of religion as a humorous
matter. This is probably due to Mr. Steeg-
muller's wise concentration on characters,
which scrutiny seems to reduce them to hard
little miniatures of a size to fit the small
sharp focuses of the New Yorker stories for
which he is best known." Carlton McKinney
San Francisco Chronicle pl7 O 20 '46
600w
782
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS— Continued
"This is a titillating book for sophisticated
palates. . . Of course this is not everyone's
dish, but those who relish tickling condiments
and can stomach a bit of delicate ribaldry will
savor it," Grace Frank
H- Sat R of Lit 29:38 My 25 '46 600w
"In its way, it succeeds — even if Mr. Steeg-
muller does vent his animal spirits on the
monastic life. Sharp-tongued but light-
hearted, his story bubbles with a kind of goat-
like exuberance. The result reads almost like
a collaboration between Thorne Smith and
James T. Farrell, if that seems possible."
Richard Match
Weekly Book Review plO Ap 14 '46
850w
STEEL, BYRON. Let's visit Mexico. 425p 11
maps $3 McBride
917.2 Mexico — Description and travel
46-25131
Guide to the best known tourist places in
Mexico and Yucatan. Includes itineraries for
trips from Mexico City, lists of hotels, ap-
proximate prices, and shopping suggestions.
Small maps. Index.
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:11 N '46
Kirkus 14:89 F 15 '46 150w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 My 11
240w
Wis Lib Bui 42:114 Jl '46
'46
STEELE, EVELYN M., and BLATT, HEI-
MAN KIM MEL. Careers in social service; in
collaboration with Vocational guidance re-
search. 256p il $2.75 Dutton
361.069 Social work as a profession 46*2448
"A survey of opportunities for men and wom-
en in government and private social service.
The professional aspects and expanding char-
acter of the work are emphasized. Accredited
schools and organizations active in social work
are listed. Bibliography: p.247-252." (Booklist)
Index.
'46
Booklist 42:277 My 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p7 S 7
80w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ap 6 '46 300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:111 Jl '46
STEELE, WILBUR DANIEL. Best stories. 469p
$3 Doubleday
46-5578
Contents: For where is your fortune now?
The woman at Seven Brothers; Footfalls; Out
of the wind; For they know not what they do;
La Guiablesse; The shame dance; The mar-
riage in Kairwan; From the other side of the
South; The man who saw through heaven;
The dark hour; Bubbles; Blue murder; When
hell froze; How beautiful with shoes: "Can't
cross Jordan by myself;" Conjuh; In the shade
of the tree; The body of the crime; A bath in
the sea; An American comedy; Due North; Isles
of spice and lilies; Survivor.
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
"These stories, which appeared in various
magazines, are representative of a fairly high
level in conscientiousness, craftsmanship, — rely
on elemental situations and emotions for their
action which Is substantial, and Incline ulti-
mately towards violence — and tragedy. . .
There's a robust, almost a muscular, masculin-
ity here for stories which have ingenuity rather
than imagination, and which on occasion seem
dated."
-h — Kirkus 14:228 My 15 '46 150w
"With it all— with substance, with powerful
delineation, with a mastery over words which
leaves phrase after phrase ringing in the mind
—with all this. Steele is in the line of his great
predecessors but yet not quite of that line. Hu-
mor is lacking, for one thing. Lacking, too,
is that final magic which allows of making the
imagined individual at once an individual and
a symbol. . . But these two lacks being granted,
the stories are still stories superbly tola. Their
appearance in one volume fittingly places Steele
where Katherine Fuller ton Qerould placed him
twenty two years ago — in the first rank of the
American story tellers of his time." B. R. Mir-
rielees
H NY Times p5 Jl 14 '46 1250w
"Quite possibly the tales of no other author
have appeared more frequently in the numerous
anthologies of 'the best' than have the stories
of Wilbur Daniel Steele. For nearly 30 years
readers have been accustomed to the fine-
veined excellence of his writing, to his highly
contrived perfection, and the compilation of 24
of his stories in 'The Best Stories of Wilbur
Daniel Steele' stands as a marker of accom-
plishment." L. S. Munn
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
480w
Time 48:96 Jl 29 '46 160w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:282 D '46 2COw
"To look at Mr. Steele' s work in perspective
is to recognize the merits and defects, as
well as the literary models, of the group to
which he once belonged. Let it be said flrst,
and with emphasis, that whatever his weak-
nesses, Mr. Steele wrote stories. Not sketches,
not psychotic maunderings; stories. . . When
everything has been said in depreciation, the
fact remains that Mr. Steele has produced some
memorable stories. 'The Man Who Saw
Through Heaven' is a remarkable dramatiza-
tion of a religious theme. . . 'Can't Cross
Jordan by Myself is a farcical ghost-story so
well done that it leaves one wondering why
Mr. Steele has so seldom allowed himself to
be funny." De Lancey Ferguson
H Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:109 D '46
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:191 autumn '46 500w
STEEN, MARGUERITE. Bell Tlmson [Eng
title: Rose Timson] 373p $2.75 Doubleday [10s
6d COlUn8] 46-6870
Character study of an English woman, di-
vorced from an unstable husband. Bell Tim-
son determines to bring up her two daughters
to respectability and wealth, and with that in
view she takes up the profession of a mas-
seuse. Gradually the idea seeps into the reader's
consciousness that Bell has other ways of earn-
ing her living. The climax comes when one
of her daughters is about to become an unmar-
ried mother. Then Bell's real "profession"
comes to view.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p3 Ag 4 '46 410w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
"[This is a] lengthy and excessively boring
account of an unlikely character's rise to fame
and fortune as a masseuse -abortionist in Lon-
don." Dorothy Fraser
— Canadian Forum 26:190 N '46 350w
Kirkus 14:231 My 15 '46 190w
"In all her dealings with [the heroine] Miss
Steen has a sure touch, the only uncertainty
in the reader's mind being about [her] origin.
She is made so real that one takes her for
granted as sprung from the small shop or the
bar, and it comes as a surprise to learn that
she is the daughter of a veterinary surgeon and
spent her girlhood in comparatively cultivated
surroundings." Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 Ja 11 '46 240w
"Marguerite Steen, in her latest, has put be-
tween covers the very essence and distillation
of a soap opera without, however, benefit of
the soap. The story of Bell Timson is indeed
an unsavory one. . . To make a poor book
worse, Miss Steen does all the things that no
other writer of long novels should ever do. . .
In addition to its inconsistencies of action and
character, Miss Steen 's book is poorly written
within its very word frame." Florence Crowther
— N Y Times p!4 Jl 28 '46 600w
"Miss Steen' s earlier novels, even though
some of them were very bad, generally gave
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the impression that she would eventually pro-
duce a first -rate piece of fiction. This story
... U not first -rate, or anywhere near it, but
it is written in such vigorous, if rather un-
buttoned, prose that the reader will probably
once more expect Miss Steen to do better next
time."
— 4- New Yorker 22:67 Jl 27 '46 lOOw
"This is a masterful Job. One is a little
puzzled, however, as to Just how much Miss
Steen is a critic and observer, and how much,
at times, she identifies herself with her heroine.
There is often a curious mixture of the objec-
tive and subjective. Like all Miss Steen's
novels this one is filled with vigor, and the
power and drive that vigor, directed, begets.
Once you pick the book up, you will read it."
Struthers Burt
Sat R of Lit 29:14 S 7 '46 700w
"Marguerite Steen's new character is not
in the least dull. It would be a mistake to dis-
close how this unscrupulous woman fights her
way from poverty to riches, for it is a point
of skill in Miss Steen's design that she gives
her plan away inch by inch and holds a con-
scientious reader tantalised for a long time. . .
The characters of a novel are easily punctured,
and these silly small mistakes leave their in-
evitable mark on the upper ranks of Miss
Steen's society. Which is a pity, for most of
the book is firmly written and the suspense is
admirable." V. C. dinton-Baddeley
H Spec 176:72 Ja 18 '46 360w
Time 48:96 Ag 12 '46 280w
"[Bell] is always the central figure of this
long novel; she is far from being an admirable
or even a sympathetic woman, but she is thor-
oughly and convincingly real and alive. Miss
Steen is not always perfectly successful with
her characters in high society . . . but she sel-
dom fails with the vivid, comfort- loving,
slightly off-colour inhabitants of the circle to
which [Bell] Timson naturally belongs."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p41 Ja 26 '46
330w
"Miss Steen possesses lively inventiveness, a
keen dramatic sense and excellent grasp of
character. For the first hundred-odd pages,
while Bell is allowed to tell her story in the
first person, the narrative moves with burly
animation, colored by her personality. In the
second and fourth sections of the book, how-
ever, the author has elected to shift to the
third person, obviously in order to study the
two daughters, especially Kathy, from within
and to present Bell through other eyes than
her own. While the picture of an imaginative,
fifteen-year-old girl in love with a middle-aged
man is skillfully drawn, it lacks the vitality
of the earlier pages and a fundamental uneven-
ness results." Jennings Rice
-\ Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 28 '46 700w
STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR. Not by bread
alone. 339p $3.50 Macmillan
612.3928 Meat. Diet 46-6243
The thesis of this book is that man can
remain healthy on a diet of meat only. The
author describes the book as a first install-
ment of a series of books under title: The
Lives of Hunters. "In this first volume, he
furnishes ample material for a sounder com-
parison between our lives as agricultural people
and the lives of those others who still live by
hunting. Thus he begins with the home life of
Stone-Age man and gives us a fascinating ac-
count of his life with the Eskimos. It changed
the man Stefansson, his tastes, and dietetic
beliefs completely. Because he was able to
observe these changes intelligently and un-
compromisingly, he soon recognized as a myth
the established view that man cannot live on
meat alone." (Sat R of Lit) Bibliography.
Index.
Foreign Affairs 26:337 Ja '47 40w
"A book with a certain dietetic, documentary
value, but of no general interest."
Kirkus 14:90 F 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by Benjamin Harrow
Nation 163:703 D 14 '46 360w
"Mr. Stefansson's book, of course, is much
more than a tract. It in a delightful catalogue
of primitive dietary practices and a running
commentary on the opening up of sub-polar
Canada. In one very absorbing section he ex-
plodes the fallacy that a heavy diet of flesh
may be all very well for a cold country but
would never do in hot climates." B. B. Gar-
side
•f N Y Times p42 O 27 '46 750w
"Challenging and fascinating reading." H.
W. Weigert
+ Sat R of Lit 29:11 S 21 '46 950w
"Stefansson Is so fervent in his support of
the meat diet that the book is somewhat tedi-
ous reading. He belabors the point. But for
nutritionists and anthropologists he here gives
the complete argument with full records and
details." Gerald wendt
Weekly Book Review pi 8 S 22 '46 350w
STEIN, AARON MARC. And high water. 222p
$2 Doubleday
46-19683
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p6 S 1 '46 140w
Kirkus 14:286 Je 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p25 Ag 18 '46 180w
"Humor, warmth, intelligence and nice study
in unusual folkways make a delightful book/'
Anthony Boucher
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
60w
Sat R of Lit 29:28 D 21 '46 60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review plO Ag 18 '46
190w
STEIN, ARNOLD SIDNEY. Perilous balance;
poems. 49p $1.50 Univ. of Minn. [7s Oxford]
811 A45-4997
A collection of poems, chronologically ar-
ranged, written by an American- college teach-
er, who served as an artilleryman in the recent
war. The poems are on many subjects, some
of them about the author's war experiences.
"Sensitive poems in traditional molds." Leon-
ard Bullen
-f- Book Week plO N 18 '45 lOOw
"Arnold Stein is an innocent, academic, gift-
less poet. Since his love poems, 'Perilous Bal-
ance,' use words exactly as the songs of the
Hit Parade do — but have no tunes — they are
extremely embarrassing to read. . . But the
uneasy confusion of a few poems written in
occupied Germany seems to show that Mr.
Stein is not actually one of Leignitz's monads
after all, since he has at last seen something
in the world besides the reflection of his own
tender and warm insides, something in the war
besides the beauty of it." Randall Jarrell
h Nation 162:633 My 25 '46 360w
Reviewed by H. C. Webster
— Poetry 68:227 Jl '46 400w
"Mr. Arnold Stein's first book of poems re-
veals freshness and sensitivity; they are writ-
ten by a young American poet who has an
intense love of the world and its pleasures."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p225 My 11
'46 lOOw
STEIN, GERTRUDE. Brewsie and Willie. 114p
$2 Random house
46-5457
*.rHe£?' ,^ial no apology to Bill Mauldin, are
Miss Stein's Brewsie and Willie, Brewsie who
does a lot of thinking because he's got a lot
of time— in the Army— to think, and Willie who
is a born listener. Brewsie thinks out loud about
fraternisation, prejudice, back home and prob-
lems of isolationism, unemployment, industrial-
ism and a coining depression; he also thinks
about the Negro, in the- South and in the Army:
Just occasionally he thinks about the Germans
but most of the time he thinks about America!
and wngt'» wrong with it— and he's usually
784
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STEIN, GERTRUDE — Continued
Reviewed by James Laughlin
Book Week p6 Ag 4 '46 GOOw
Reviewed by C. G. Paulding
Commonweal 44:384 Ag 2 '46 1350w
"Miss Stein at her most lucid and most lib-
eral, and ^making sense on both scores most of
the Ujpe-Klrk||1 14.122 Mr j ,46 130w
"Recommended." H. W. Hart
4- Library J 71:823 Je 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by R, S. Warshow
Nation 163:383 O 6 '46 1050w
"It is a little late in the day to cavil about
Miss Stein's style. In a world buzzing with the
double talk of the politicians, the economists
and the scientists, ft sounds saner and saner
every day. In 'Brewsie and Willie* we have
the mixture as before, a prose as deliberately
repetitious as an advertising campaign and
gaping with unplumable cavities where words,
words, words and words have been left out."
Charles Poore
N Y Times p7 Jl 21 '46 950w
"The monotony and the repetitions charac-
teristic of Gertrude Stein become sometimes a
little tedious, yet they here have the justifica-
tion of appropriateness to the endless repeti-
tions of soldier conversation and the stultifying
monotony of soldier life, and though the dia-
logues are otherwise subjected to a certain
Gertrude Stein stylization, probably better
suited to feminine than to masculine themes,
the author has more than made up for this by
catching the idiom of Q.I. conversation so ac-
curately that we get the impression she must
have listened to such talk for weeks." Edmund
Wilson
4 New Yorker 22:92 Je 15 '46 700w
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 Ag 4 '46
550w
"Well, there it is, and for my money, my
lonesome American dollar, there is a fine ear,
Miss Stein's, and perfect pitch. And I think it
would be a good thing for a lot of Americans
to listen hard to this book and think about
it, before Brewsie and Willie and all the rest
of them get back and start talking all over the
place." John Woodburn
4- Sat R of Lit 29:13 Jl 27 '46 950w
Reviewed by Walter Shea
Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 26 '46 300w
"Gertrude Stein's new book about World
War II veterans has much of the quaint,
rheumy, talky quality of old soldiers. It is,
of course, superimposed upon the girlish ex-
travagances with which Author Stein has per-
plexed the English-speaking world for a gen-
eration. . . But between the lines of baby talk,
Brewsie and Willie is a serious lecture on the
postwar responsibilities of America's younger
generation."
Time 48:102 Ag 5 '46 800w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:282 D '46 280w
" 'Listen* rather than 'look' is the key word
when reading Gertrude Stein. She writes con-
versation pieces, and if one merely reads them
with the eyes they convey hardly any sense
whatever. But if one reads them aloud, and
listens to the words, there is a very definite
meaning." Malcolm Cowley
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 21 '46
1150w
STEIN, GERTRUDE. Selected writings; ed.
with an introd. and notes by Carl Van
Vechten. 622p $3.50 Random house
818 46-11965
Contents: A Stein song, by Carl Van Vechten;
The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas; The
gradual making of the making of Americans;
The making of American (selected passages);
Three portraits of painters: CSzanne, Matisse,
Picasso; Melanctha: each one as she may;
Tender buttons; Composition as explanation;
Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia;
Have they attacked Mary. He giggled (a
political caricature); As a wife has a cow:
a love story; Two poems: Susie As ado,
Preciosilla; Two plays: Ladies' voices, What
happened; Miss Furr and Miss Skeene; A sweet
tail (gypsies); Pour saints in three acts; The
winner loses: a picture of occupied Prance;
The coming of the An\erlcans (from Wars I
have seen).
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
"Much of her best work is here available in
one volume."
-f Kirkus 14:538 O 15 '46 120w
"For the time being, it is certain that Ger-
trude Stein was and remains a sign of the
times. The present collection contains samples
of all her periods and styles, but being de-
signed for the widest possible public it gives
most copiously her easily intelligible pieces."
Perry Miller
•f N Y Times p6 N 3 '46 1700w
"Every phase of the author's style, from the
queerest to the most limpid, is represented,
and every period of her career. Mr. Van
Vechten has made it possible for new readers
to become easily acquainted with the work of
this eccentric and remarkable woman and for
old readers to get a well-rounded view of it.
To start at the beginning and go through this
volume, skipping, if they bore you, the parts
that seem opaque, might be one of the best
ways to read Gertrude Stein."
-f New Yorker 22:124 N 9 '46 180w
Reviewed by Leo Lerman
Sat R of Lit 29:17 N 2 '46 2200w
Reviewed by Malcolm Cowley
Weekly Book Review pi N 24 '46
1350w
STEIN, GUENTHER. Challenge of Red China.
(Whittlesey house publication) 490p 11 maps
$3.50 McGraw [15s Pilot]
951.04 Communism — China. China — Politics
and government 45-8957
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"This is a work which contains a challenge
in its content as well as in its title. The reader
must decide on the bases of his predilections
and prejudices, the author's reputation, posi-
tion, and apparent competence, and the mate-
rials offered, whether to accept the study as
an honest attempt on the part of the author
to report on what he has seen and experienced
— or whether to dub the writer a knave and a
fool, and the work a piece of arrant propa-
ganda." H. F. MacNair
Am Pol Sci R 40:148 F '46 900w
Bookmark 7:11 Mr '46
Reviewed by W. H. Melish
Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 480w
"Mr. Stem understands the political impor-
tance of economic and social considerations and
he writes the readable language of the jour-
nalist."
Foreign Affairs 24:360 Ja '46 lOOw
"The book is largely a fairly direct record
of interviews and impressions and gives the
best available account of Chinese Communist
policy and the general methods of their agra-
rian, social, and political reforms." Michael
Lindsay
-f New Statesman & Nation 31:49 Ja 19
'46 1200w
Special Libraries 37:21 Ja '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:9 Mr '46 160w
Reviewed by D. N. Rowe
Yale R n s 35:738 summer '46 800w
STEIN, MRS RUTH ERNESTINE (LAN-
DAU ER). Count your characters. 191p 11 $3
Harcourt
659.1 Advertising 46-25281
Analysis of the requirements, preliminaries,
and preparations for would-be writers of ad-
vertising copy. Bibliography. No index.
Booklist 43:57 O 15 '46
"A practical handbook."
4- Kirkus 14:527 O 15 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
785
"Readable and up-to-date analysis of a re-
tail advertising copywriter's Job, its advan-
tages and disadvantages and the qualifications
necessary for it. It is very specific, though
some of the suggestions for applying for the
job and keeping it can be used in other fields.
Useful with high-school age girls in a vocation-
al collection large enough to need a whole
book on a single vocation." E. W. Turpin
4- Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 70w
"A brisk, well-pointed analysis."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 20w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 12 '47 BOOw
STEINBERG, MILTON. Partisan guide to the
Jewish problem. 308p $3 Bobbs
296 Jews — Political and social conditions
45-8192
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"In this book a gifted member of the younger
generation of American rabbis has produced
what is at once a reliable summary of the
Jewish plight today and an insightful evalua-
tion of the tragedy of the Jew in his endle&s
Golgotha. It is more than an intelligent survey
of the status of world Jewry at the moment,
for it also contains a deeply felt and movingly
expressed affirmation of the ultimate values
involved in the Jewish struggle for survival. . .
To all who seek an understanding: of the mean-
ing and justification of the continuance of the
Jewish people as a historic unit, in terms of
an emergent world culture, this eloquent and
perspicuous volume is heartily recommended.
It would be a great pity if it lost a single
reader because of the overtones of its title.
Even a Baedeker has some partisanship — other-
wise it would be a mere atlas." Ephraim
Fischoff
+ Ann Am Acad 244:187 Mr '46 550w
Booklist 42.195 F 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Foreign Affairs 24:745 Jl '46 40w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:58 Mr '46 300w
"This is not just another hit-and-run book
which deals with the contemporary Jewish
scene. The author, a distinguished American
rabbi has given twenty years of hard, solid
thinking to the fate and future of his harried
people. His reflections on their problems — their
relationship to the non-Jewish world, their
hope for a restored homeland in Palestine,
above all, the meaning of their group continu-
ity in a setting which grows increasingly hos-
tile— have a freshness and cogency that will
make this volume a modern guide for the per-
plexed." A. L. Sachar
H- Weekly Book Review pG F 3 '46 900\v
STEINER, MRS CHARLOTTE. ABC [ac-
tion drawings]. [26p] $1 Watts, F.
Alphabet books
Large picture book with rhyming text to
be used as an alphabet book. Each letter
of the alphabet stands for the name of a
child, and each one is in the midst of some
activity symbolizing the letter, which is pic-
tured in color.
"If you're very young and busy and full of
life and eager to get acquainted with others
who are very young, you'll have a lot of fun
with this big book. For one thing, after even
the swiftest turning of the pages you'll find
that you have 26 new friends, all with nice
names from A to Z." Martha King
-f" Book Week p!2 O 27 '46 180w
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
-f Klrkus 14:454 S 15 '46 120w
"Lovely soft yet distinct coloringr. Frail
board binding. Recommended for parent
shelves," F. W. Butler
•4- Library J 71:1467 O 16 '46 70w
STEINER, KALMAN. Fuels and fuel burners.
394p U $4.50 McGraw
662.6 Fuel. Furnaces 46-7508
"Practical presentation on the subject of
fuels and combustion. Nature, occurrence and
properties of fuels from the viewpoint of do-
mestic and commercial heating. Design, con-
struction, installation, operation and servicing
of stokers, oil and gas burners used in heating
plants of residences, commercial buildings and
moderate size steam plants. Automatic con-
trols discussed. Chapter on wood fuel pre-
pared by the U.S. Forest Service." (Library J)
List of visual aids. Index.
Booklist 43:113 D 15 '46
Library J 71:588 Ap 15 '46 80w
STEINHAUS, EDWARD ARTHUR. Insect
microbiology; an account of the microbes
associated with insects and ticks, with special
reference to the biologic relationships in-
volved. 763p il $7.75 Comstock pub. co.
589 Micro-organisms. Parasites — Insects.
Symbiosis 46-6808
"In effect, this book is a comprehensive sur-
vey and digest of all the data that has been
published on its subject. The word 'microbe'
is taken in its broad sense, thus bacteria,
rickettsia, yeasts, fungi, spirochetes, protozoa
and viruses are included. The word 'associated'
is likewise interpreted broadly to include re-
lationships ranging from true symbiosis to
those in which the insect or tick appears to
act merely as a mechanical carrier of the
micro-organism. Some idea of the comprehen-
siveness of the work is indicated by the fact
that the bibliography, which includes only ref-
erences cited in the text, contains approxi-
mately one thousand seven hundred references.
The material is arranged by type of microbe,
thus: Intracellular bacteriumlike and rickettsia-
like symbiotes, Yeasts and insects, and
Protozoa in termites. There is a chapter on
immunity in insects, and a chapter on research
methods and procedures." (N Y New Tech
Bks) Indexes.
N Y New Tech Bks 31:36 Jl '46
"The material was collected from over 1600
diverse and widely separated articles, some of
winch are inaccurate or untrustworthy. The
book represents throughout its length a real
attempt at evaluation and organization of this
literature, the chapter on immunity in insects
being a fine example of that effort. Micro-
biologists and entomologists will find this in-
tegration useful, informative, and stimulat-
ing."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:342 D '46 280w
STERLING, HELEN. Little Moo and the cir-
cus; pictures by Harry Lees. [28p] $1 Watts,
45-10687
"Little Moo wanted to go to the County Fair
with his mother and big brother. He followed
their truck but found himself at a circus instead
of the Fair. He had a very exciting time and
soon proved to be the hit of the circus, staging
quite a few acts of his own." Library J
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week pll Ja 27 '46 200w
"Rather engaging story with illustrations
\\hicn somewhat cheapen the story." Marian
Webb
H Library J 71:124 Ja 15 '46 60w
STERLING, STEWART, pseud. See Winchell,
STERN, BERNHARD JOSEPH. Medical serv-
ices by government; local, state, and federal.
(N.Y. acad. of medicine. Com. on medicine
and the changing order. Studies) 208p $1.50
Commonwealth fund
614.2 Medicine, State. Hospitals— U.S. Med-
ical economics SQ46-244
"This monograph gives a brief account of
the historical development and present organ-
786-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STERN, B. J. — Continued
izatlon of medical care provided at taxpayers'
expense. The presentation is focused on de-
scription of the part played by the various
units of government and on administrative
questions rather than on analysis of existing;
Brograms by type and on evaluation of the
asic principles of policy that have emerged."
(Am J Pub Health) Index.
"The book may be useful as an introduction
to the study of medical care, but its value is
impaired by inconsistency in arranging the
subject matter and inadequate treatment of
several of the outstanding public medical care
programs." Franz Goldmann
Am J Pub Health 36:1171 O '46 140w
"Working within limitations, Dr. Stern has
come off very creditably to himself and has
provided another example of a major problem
in the social sciences, namely, the matter of
putting in comprehensible form an almost infi-
nite variety of data. . . But after reading this
highly factual study, one has to reflect upon
the confused impact which the thousands of
specific facts, spelled out paragraph by para-
graph, produce. It is impossible for Dr. Stern
to give his facts in connected, succinct form
so that the mind can comprehend Just what
has been going on. . . It is no detraction from
the meticulous piece of work which Dr. Stern
has done to make such a remark, because no-
body else could have done any better." R. C.
White
Ann Am Acad 248:274 N '46 400w
STERN, DAVID. Francis; il. by Oarrett Price.
216p $2.60 Farrar, Straus
46*11914
Francis was a talking army mule who took
a fancy to a young second lieutenant in the
Burma theater during the late war. Because
of Francis' undoubted talents the lieutenant
was able to render some important services
to his superiors, but Francis was very shy of
claiming his share of the glory.
Book Week pll N 3 '46 60w
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:397 Ag 15 '46 180w
"Stern tells his story with a straight face,
in a simple and ingenuous manner, but his
fable makes its point neatly and engagingly."
H \ST Hart
+ Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 80w
"One of the most heartening documents
which have resulted from the great combina-
tion of carnage, conniving and bureaucracy.
So long as we have mules and a sense of
humor all is not lost. . . Unfortunately, Fran-
cis was never photographed. In lieu of such
positive evidence, Garrett Price has attempted
to represent the likeness of the mule in pen
and ink. He has succeeded admirably. Fran-
cis would be proud." Thomas Sugrue
-f N Y Times p24 N 24 '46 800w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
170w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p22 O 20 '46 170w
STERN, BERNHARD JOSEPH. Medicine in
industry. (N.Y. acad. of medicine. Com. on
medicine and the changing order. Studies)
209p $1.50 Commonwealth fund
331.822 Medicine, Industrial SG46-140
"Deals with the new health and medical
problems which increasing industrialization
has produced in our society." (N Y Times)
Contents: Scientific developments in industrial
medicine; Social and legislative backgrounds;
The extent of industrial disability; The handi-
capped worker in industry; Preventive serv-
ices; Medical care and health insurance; The
industrial physician; Appendix table. Index.
"Medicine in Industry is a valuable contribu-
tion to the rapidly growing literature on social
medicine. Those concerned with public health
and the administrative problems of medical
care will find it a concise source of useful in-
formation." T. D. Dublin
+ Am J Pub Health 36:1330 N '46 280w
"Although prepared primarily for the medical
profession, the book should be read by every
sociologist interested in occupations, social leg-
islation, and industrial organization." W. E.
Moore
Am J Soc 52:281 N '46 950w
"Dr. Stern has written a challenging book,
not because he is himself partisan or emotional,
but because he has learned well the lesson
that facts speak for themselves. A vision of
the services which medicine might perform
shines clearly through his rigorously pruned
and austere prose." L. C. Eiseley
-f- Am Soc R 11:782 D '46 400w
"Helpful for the young doctor in that field
and for the industrial executive." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71:1130 S 1 '46 llOw
"A valuable book/' M. F. Ashley Montagu
4- N Y Times p36 My 26 '46 230w
"This is a valuable introduction to the prob-
lems in industrial health, primarily from a
social and economic viewpoint. The scientific
aspects are not within the scope of this study,
and the references quoted are mainly nontech-
nical. The approach is broad; the book might
have been improved by more complete discus-
sion and interpretation of the mass of statis-
tical data presented, but it is valuable because
it correlates many of the problems which exist.
It may be read with benefit by industrial physi-
cians, social workers, public health workers,
and employers who are interested in elevating
standards of health and safety." I. 0. Fagin
•f Survey 82:273 O '46 500w
U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:145 Je '46 *SOw
STERN, GLADYS BRONWYN (MRS G. L.
HOLDS WORTH). Reasonable shores. 287p |3
Macmlllan . 46-25171
Story of family life in England during World
war II. When the mother of the family runs
oft with an artist, the teen -aged daughter of
the family leaves her school to attend to the
housekeeping; a silly uncle is added to the
household, along with two other war refugees.
The story is of the young girl's efforts to cope
with situations beyond her.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Je 2 '46 500w
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
Christian Century 63:942 Jl 31 '46 120w
Christian Science Monitor plO Jl 6 '46
650w
Kirkus 14:18 Ja 15 '46 270w
"Recommended for all libraries." Hannah
Severns
-f Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 20w
Reviewed by J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 9 '46 200w
"Miss Stern loves to erect comparisons and
antitheses. Opposed to Jessamy's repressed
family are the clannish Morgans, a symbol of
the careless and healthily resilient. Opposed
to Uncle Lionel's contrived commercial vignettes
are the gardener's skillful descriptions of things
he genuinely likes. If readers can overlook the
constant polntedness, they may be attracted by
G. B. Stern's ability to vitalize the characteristic
qualities of her colorful people." Isa Kapp
^ NY Times p6 Je 2 '46 lOOOw
"Miss Stern probably could not write a wholly
dull novel if she tried, but she has come
perilously near it in this sentimental trifle. . .
There are, of course, bright spots in the story,
but what sort of thing is that to have to say
about the author of *The Matriarch'?"
h New Yorker 22:94 Je 1 '46 60w
"Miss Stern reminds one of Miss Austen by
her love for the portrayal of family affairs,
for depicting the quick relationships or brothers
and sisters. Page after page testifies to her
delight in that maddening, endearing, familiar
give-and-take, and her success in letting the
reader in on it. .. The great virtue of 'The
Reasonable Shores,' however. Is that it gives
us an honest story of family life in England
in the war years which, while the war is always
there, shows how normal, under so terribly
abnormal conditions, life in the country re-
mained." R. E. Roberta
4- Sat R of Ut 29:19 Je 16 '46 lOOOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
787
Reviewed by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Spec 177:150 A* 9 '46 180w
'• 'The Reasonable Shores' is done with a
practised hand and here and there gives evi-
dence of the shrewd and ironic temper which
Miss Stern brought to some of the' earliest of
her novels, but otherwise it is at once too
mechanical in style and too extravagant in
humour to afford a great deal of entertain-
ment."
h Times [London] Lit Sup p365 Ag 3 '46
300w
"In comparison with some of Miss Stern's
more robust pictures of family life, this story,
centered in the development of a young girl,
may appear at first to have the quality of a
pastel. In it, however, are the vigor and sure-
ness inherent in Miss Stern's work and even
more than her usual subtlety. Perhaps, espe-
cially if you think you aren't interested in
young people, it would be engrossing to recall,
through Jessamy, how excellent as well as
painful youth can be, and how complicated and
ridiculous the interrelationships with one's
elders." Mary Ross
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Je 2 '46 llOOw
STERN, MARIE (SIMCHOW) (MASHA,
pseud), il. See Mother Goose. Masha's
stuffed Mother Goose
STEVENS, ALFRED HULL. The bow of the
helicopter; il. by Ernest Stock. 58p $2 Cornell
maritime
629.13335 Helicopters — Juvenile literature
46-4221
The story of helicopters from Leonardo da
Vinci to the present day, written for teen -aged
readers. Includes easily understood drawings.
Author and illustrator are both pilots.
Booklist 42:333 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by H. P. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!3 N 21 '46
120w
"Two pilots have made a book on a com-
plicated subject so clear that even readers who
know little of aviation can follow its significant
explanations and enjoy its lively diagrams. . .
Air-minded readers will be glad to find this
informative book." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:273 Jl '46 llOw
"A brisk and competent job that should find
a ready welcome with any airminded reader."
+ Kirkus 14:128 Mr 1 '46 80w
"The style is brisk and somewhat self-con-
scious and patronizing. Illustrations are graphic
and help to clarify the text. For large collec-
tions." Dorotha Dawson
Library J 71:920 Je 16 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:25 Ap '46
"Designed as an introduction to rotary- wing
aircraft, this book is meant primarily for teen-
agers, but most adults could probably learn
something from it. . . He details in simple lan-
guage the principles of its flying and even gives
general instructions on how it is flown. The
text is ably aided by Ernest Stock's drawings."
Frederick Graham
-f N Y Times p27 My 12 *46 140w
"A lively and very timely story of the de-
velopment of the helicopter. '
+ Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 50w
School & Society 63:352 My 11 '46 40w
STEVENS, SYLVESTER KIRBY. American ex-
pansion in Hawaii* 1842-1898. 320p $4.50 Ar-
chives pub. co.
827.73 Hawaiian islands— History. U.S.— •For-
eign relations — Hawaiian islands. Hawaiian
islands— Foreign relations— U.S. A46-1978
"From 1820, when John Coffin Jones was ap-
pointed Agent, to flnal annexation in 1898, the
United States had definite interest in Hawaii.
The political history of our relations with the
Island kingdom of Kamehameha III, Kalakaua,
and finally, of Queen Liliuokatani throws in-
teresting light on our Pacific policy, while the
development of the islands' economy from
whaler trading center to sugar plantation is in
itself an important chapter In the expansion of
our commercial sphere.'7 Library J
"In this volume one may question the amount
of emphasis given to certain sections; one can-
not quarrel with the obvious sincerity, thor-
oughness, and competence of the author's
work." G. M. Sinclair
H Am Hist R 52:158 O '46 800w
"Recommended as scholarly and readable."
Walter Hausdorfer
+ Library J 70:978 O 15 '45 ISOw
"Many monographs have been written on
various phases of Hawaiian history, but Amer-
ican Expansion in Hawaii is the first to present
a well integrated history of Hawaiian-Ameri-
can relations that culminated in annexation of
the islands to the United States in 1898. Thor-
ough research in published and manuscript
sources has enabled the author to carry several
themes in excellent balance."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:122 Je '46 320w
"It is not a pretty story, but one that, for-
tunately, ended well. The author has devoted
years to a study of records and documents and
presents a detailed, chronological and scholarly
account of the gradual growth of American in-
fluence which resulted in Hawaii becoming a
territory. An Invaluable contribution to one ox
the sideshows of our history." P. J. Searles
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 28 '46 250w
STEVENSON, AUGUSTA. Paul Revere, boy
of old Boston. 184p il $1.50 Bobbs
B or 92 Revere, Paul — Juvenile literature
Story of the life of Paul Revere, written for
third and fourth grade readers.
Kirkus 14:198 Ap 15 '46 60w
"Boys should especially appreciate this story
with its emphasis on boyish interests."
Gweneira Williams
+ Library J 71:983 Jl '46 140w
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 30 '46 60w
STEVENSON, DAVID LLOYD. The love-
game comedy. 259p $3.25 Columbia unlv.
press
809 Literature, Comparative. Shakespeare,
William. Love A46-2353
"The eternal conflict between the ideal of
romantic love and its reality as seen in liter-
ature from the middle ages to Shakespeare,
with the Bard's 'love comedies' seen as the
culmination of four centuries of literary con-
troversy over the question." (Theatre Arts)
Bibliography. Index.
"Scholarly study." Arthur Foff
-H San Francisco Chronicle p!2 S 15 '46
400w
Theatre Arts 30:494 Ag '46 40w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:175 S '46 320w
STEVENSON, DOROTHY EMILY (MRS
JAMES REID PEPLOE). Four Graces. 250p
$2.50 Rinehart [8s 6d Collins]
46-3216
Cheerful, charming story of life in an English
rural community. The four Graces are the
daughters of the village rector. The time is
during the war, and the picture is of English
men and women of all classes doing their bit
to help keep life on an even keel.
Reviewed by A. J. Hiken
Book Week pll My 19 '46 260w
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
-f Kirkus 14:158 Ap 1 '46 170w
" 'The Four Graces' is frothy and frivolous,
but none the less throws light on that same
British nation which fights to the last ditch
or stages a village ftte with equal determina-
tion. . . It is difficult to analyze the charm of
The Four Graces.' But all Buncle fans will
succumb to it." Beatrice Sherman
+ N Y Times pll My 19 '46 270w
788
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STEVENSON, D. E.— Continued
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 S 8 '46
lOOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
4- Weekly Book Review p40 My 19 '46
140w
STEVENSON, ELIZABETH. Home and family
life education in elementary schools. 309p
$2.75 Wiley [16s 6d Chapman]
372 Education of children. Home 46-5018
"The philosophy of the book represents a re-
newed focus on the importance of the home
and the school in developing1 citizens for a
democracy. Forward-looking home economists
have long contended that if we are to reach
all children we must include education for
home and family living as an important and
essential part of the elementary program. This
book will be of assistance in implementing that
program." J Home Econ
"Home economics teachers will welcome this
book because of the records of actual practice,
lists of books suitable at different age levels,
recommended readings and teaching aids for
both pupils and teachers, and the lists of fic-
tion portraying family life." Zelpha Bates
-f J Home Econ 38:667 D '46 430w
School A Society 63:432 Je 15 '46 50w
STEWART, MRS CATHERINE POMEROY.
Her husband's house. 314p $2.50 Scribner
46-1913
Portrait of an American girl, Lucy, who mar-
ried an Italian aristocrat and strove to ac-
custom herself to the ways of her adopted
country. In some respects she succeeded, but
when she insisted on bringing the beautiful,
friendless little Pia into her household she
faced endless difficulties. But her love for
her husband carried her thru war, disappoint-
ment, a trip back to America, and even the
loss of her beloved only son.
Reviewed by Arthur Meeker
Book Week p3 Mr 17 '46 600w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
"Lucy never quite surmounts the obstacle
of prlggishness ; her sermons on Italian de-
cadence have a Junior League air, and her
late realization of America's imperfections is
not strong enough to forestall suspicion of
superficial thinking. The treatment of the ser-
vants is too nearly caricature; more frequently
shown in bawdry and buffoonery than the tale
requires, they are the peasants of an American
observer who can never forego regarding them
as quaint. Complete enjoyment is further ham-
pered by a nagging suspicion that Pia's story
never successfully blends with Lucy's, though
her presence is helpful to the action." D. S.
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Mr 13
'46 550w
"A sensitively, intelligently Interpreted por-
trait of an international marriage, of conflicting
traditions, the feudal as against the demo-
cratic."
-f Klrkus 14:42 F 1 '46 230w
"A good novel that is also a penetrating
analysis of present-day Italy." Catherine Maher
-f N Y Times p43 Ap 7 '46 410w
"A novel so quietly told that its quality ia
liable to be overlooked."
-f New Yorker 22:99 Mr 16 '46 90w
"The story is uneven, and at times confusing
—as indeed the times it depicts are confusing—
but it has warmth, and it has freshness and
color. While in no sense a remarkable novel,
it is one that stands out above the run of cur-
rent fiction." Amy Loveman
H Sat R of Lit 29:14 Mr 9 '46 700w
"The portrait is so complete that Its greatest
lack IB Immediately noticeable. Neither in her
own attitude nor In the sympathies of her char-
acters does the author show any concern for or
against the great catastrophe In which they
moved. Lucy, the American eirl, Is untorn by
conflicting emotions during the war. Is never
troubled l>y the quite alien feudal attitude of
her husband, and never stirred beyond the Im-
mediate problems of her own son's emotional
life. The author, looking through Lucy's eyes,
is neither ironic, bitter nor kindly toward the
class she describes. The result is a book which
resembles a photograph rather than a portrait
—perfect in its details but lacking a point of
view that would give meaning to the whole."
Anne Brooks
-I Weekly Book Review plO Mr 10 '46
700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
STEWART, GEORGE RIPPEY. Man: an auto-
biography. 310p $2.75 Random house
573 Anthropology 46-4986
"Survey of man's progress from his origin
as an ancient fish through the various stages
of his physical and mental development. In
this overview of man's evolution emphasis is
placed on his sociological and cultural advance
in general terms rather than upon the accom-
plishments of tribes, races, nations or individ-
uals." Library J
Reviewed by Bergen Evans
Atlantic 178:169 N '46 390w
"I have unbounded admiration for two pre-
vious books by this author. . . But I am sorry
to add that I cannot speak with similar en-
thusiasm about 'Man: An Autobiography.'
Stewart continues to use prose like a keen-
tempered tool for shaping his material. He
continues to show at least one attribute of the
scientist — curiosity. But the enormous gaps in
his knowledge of anthropology, ethnography,
ethnology and comparative religion make nim
a curious choice for author of such a book as
'Man.' " Sterling North
h Book Week p2 S 1 '46 600w
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
"This reviewer makes no claims to being an
anthropologist and so cannot venture to weigh
each of Professor Stewart's sometimes quite
astonishing estimates and conclusions. But she
does quail now and then and wonder. For
instance, one pauses and breathes hard when
the author confesses that he has devoted to
the history of Rome 'fewer pages than to the
domestication of sheep.' . . On the other hand,
he is often fascinating when he presents the
mighty fact of the discovery of the spear, for
instance, and shows in vivid passages how it
hastened man's development and changed his
viewpoint. . . One strongly suspects that he is
biased and that he is giving too free rein to
his imagination. Moreover, however contradic-
tory this fact may appear, the book is definitely
dull reading. For a variety of reasons, then,
one would hesitate to recommend it to the
serious student." Margaret Williamson
h Christian Science Monitor p!6 S 5 '46
420w
Kirkus 14:293 Je 15 '46 170w
"An excellent account for the general reader.
Highly recommended for all public libraries
and school libraries." H. A. Carpenter
-f Library J 71:483 Ap 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Nathan Glazer
Nation 163:561 N 16 '46 700w
"It is unfortunate that so few scientists have
the ability to present their knowledge in
palatable and easily digested form, while those
who do not possess this skill are unwilling to
undertake the labor of familiarizing themselves
thoroughly with the scientific material they
wish to popularize. The present book is a good
example or clever authorship operating with
limited knowledge. It has a fine sense of the
dramatic and is excellently written/' Ralph
Linton
+ N Y Times p4 S 1 '46 1150w
"Stewart here does plenty to suggest re-
orientation in various directions, revaluation
in many more. In fact, this seems to me to be
the best thing about the book — this and the
fact that it is enormously readable." J. H.
Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle plO S 1 '46
1600w
Reviewed by B. G. Burrows
Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ag 31 '46 900w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
789
Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 My '46 480w
"Author Stewart's readers may find them-
selves repelled by his materialistic view of
man and history, at times bored by his chummy
'I. Man' approach. But they may also be
amused (or outraged) by breaks from the most
widely accepted concepts of history."
Time 48:114 S 16 '46 550w
Reviewed by Kenneth MacGowan
Weekly Book Review pi S 1 '46 1250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:147 N '46
STEWART, JOHN INNES MACKINTOSH
(MICHAEL INNES, pseud). Unsuspected
chasm. 312p $2 Dodd
46-1871
Mystery story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!8 Ap 7 '46 150w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
"Mr. Innes has never been more recondite or
long-winded, and the few moments of fun or
excitement he provides in a tale whose action
ranges from the Scottish Highlands to Darkest
America, are hard bought." B. H.
— New Repub 114:358 Mr 11 '46 lOOw
"Utterly unbelievable and ditto delightful.
Caviar of the best grade!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:32 Mr 9 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 3 '46 270w
STEWART, JOHN INNES MACKINTOSH
(MICHAEL INNES, pseud). What happened
at Hazelwood. 205p $2.50 Dodd
47-257
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p!5 N 3 '46 140w
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
"Around a family album of eccentrics Innes
has built his first straight mystery in some
time and the result is a soundly plotted, al-
ways diverting tale — in short, a charmer."
-f New Repub 115:774 D 9 '46 60w
"Employing all the trappings of old-fashioned
melodrama, and using them most expertly,
Michael Innes has given us a story as different
from his 'Lament for a Maker' as anything
could possibly be." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p48 N 17 '46 230w
"A literate, fascinating piece of work, but
maybe not for readers conditioned to the fast
and direct pace of, say, Raymond Chandler."
-f New Yorker 22:128 N 2 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pi 6 N 17 '46
80w
4- Sat R of Lit 29:44 N 2 '46 50w
"Our advice is to take it slowly, fight off
any incipient headaches over t^ie author's
determination to be different — he succeeds,
doesn't he? — and you should finish a winner,
with some sound detection by Inspector Ca-
dover under your belt. Why worry over the
obvious fact that Professor Innes is so all-fired
smart? It takes all kinds." Will Cuppy
+ Weekly Book Review p46 N 10 '46 250w
STEWART, RAMONA. Desert town. 248p $2.50
Morrow
46-1252
Colorful tale of a tough town in the Mohave
desert. The central characters are Fritz! Haller
who owns the saloon and gambling palace, and
her young daughter who disapproves of her
mother's idea that she crow up a lady and tries
to make a different life for herself.
"Easy reading without literary value." Alice
Haynes
Library J 71:182 P 1 '46 120w
"Once having placed 'Desert Town* for what
it is — the ingenuously melodramatic daydream
of a young girl of 24 — most oldsters will settle
down with reminiscent and indulgent expecta-
tions, while youth will find sufficiently stimu-
lating this moon-raking over the struggles of
a 17-year-old schoolgirl against her mother's
ambition that she grow up a lady." Thelma
Purtell
N Y Times p!2 P 24 '46 180w
"Parts of the book not only indicate but
prove that Miss Stewart has ability. If she
will stick to characters rather less theatrical
than those concerned with bordellos and
gambling palaces, her next novel should be well
worth reading."
New Yorker 22:96 P 16 '46 80w
"If the theme assures a certain amount of
interest, and the strange relationships which
weave in and out of it enhance that interest,
Miss Stewart's style comes dangerously near
to distracting even the most absorbed and will-
ing reader. She lacks facility; there is some-
thing peculiarly clumsy and verbose about the
way she tells her story. Words frequently do
not seem to belong together at all, more often
are entirely superfluous and forced. . . Her
writing smacks strongly of the average maga-
zine story, a most unfortunate liability for a
comparatively sensitive author who chooses to
deal with vital human problems." Nancy Gro-
berg
h Sat R of Lit 29:39 Mr 9 '46 700w
"It is still a good magazine serial in book
form, lacking the fundamental motivation that
should spring from the characters of its pro-
tagonists and the natural development of those
characters. It is absorbing and interesting and,
if you are looking for a story bursting at the
seams with an unsuspected murder, a middle-
of-the-night automobile chase, a clandestine
love affair and an assorted variety of emo-
tional conflicts couched in careful innuendoes.
Miss Stewart's book is good reading. . . Miss
Stewart has succeeded in presenting a tech-
nically well constructed work. Her use of
dramatic tension, her authenticity of back-
ground and her ability as a raconteur offer
great promise for the future." W. M. Kunstier
-4 Weekly Book Review p8 P 24 '46 450w
STEWART, WATT. Henry Meiggs, Yankee
Pizarro. 370p il $4 Duke univ. press
B or 92 Meiggs, Henry 46-5511
Story of the career of that amazing adven-
turer, Henry Meiggs who "plundered the Cali-
fornians, the Chileans and the Peruvians in the
grand fashion of the '50s. '60s, '70s; dispensed
much charity . . . had numerous children of
one category or another; built palaces in which
he entertained friends who loved him until
death; by his honest overcharges and outright
speculations contributed largely to the financial
ruin of Peru — and, after all else is said, left a
solid legacy of good railroads to the two South-
ern republics in which he spent the last
twenty-two fantastic years of his incredible
life." (Weekly Book Review) Index.
Reviewed by Marion Strobel
Book Week p8 Mr 3 '46 400w
KIrkus 18:532 D 1 '45 130w
Current Hist 11:326 O '46 120w
"Mr. Stewart has done his Job admirably
from the viewpoint of the historian and the
student. His documentation is detailed; his bib-
liography is useful; the index is good. For the
general reader, however, the book is likely to
prove pretty solid stuff." J. H. Jackson
-j San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 19 '46
150w
"In many ways this is more than a biography
of a man; it is a valuable contribution to an
understanding of the impact of technology
upon nineteenth -century Latin America. . . The
book is highly readable even for the general
reader, and it shows extensive preparation in
documentary and other contemporary sources."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:292 D '46 24 Ow
"An excellent Job." Hubert Herring
+ Weekly Book Review pl6 A* 25 '46
1750w
790
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STIDGER, WILLIAM LE ROY. Sermon nug-
gets In stories. 150p $1.50 Abingdon-Cokes-
bury
251 Homiletical Illustrations 46-4979
"Dr. Stidger, head of the department of
preaching, Boston University School of Theol-
ogy and minister of the Church of All Na-
tions In Boston, radio -preacher and columnist,
has assembled in Sermon Nuggets In Stories
a wealth of reference In story form which will
be found valuable to preachers, teachers and
to all who love apropos illustration and anec-
dote." Churchman
"Everybody knows Dr. Stidger and how
well he tells stories. It is scarcely giving in-
formation to say that these are good. But
most of them are very good."
+ Christian Century 63:918 Jl 24 '46 30w
Reviewed by T. P. Opie
4- Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 70w
STIEGLITZ, EDWARD JULIUS. Future for
preventive medicine. (N.Y. acad. of medi-
cine. Com. on medicine and the changing
order. Studies) 77p $1 Commonwealth fund
614 Medicine, Preventive SQ46-166
"The author, whose previous work has been
largely in the field of geriatrics, presents an
analysis of preventive medicine practice with
a prediction that the future of preventive
medicine lies in extending its scope to include
an individual approach to the prevention of
disease, as contrasted from the en masae ap-
proach largely employed up to the present.
Further, he advances the thesis that the fu-
ture strategy of preventive medicine must con-
centrate its attention more and more upon the
problems of health in the later years of life,
at the same time not neglecting a continuing
aggressive campaign against the exogenous,
usually infective, diseases so common in
youth." (U S Quarterly Bkl) Index.
"The book is distinctly worth reading by
everyone in the field of public health." Lloyd
Florfo
-f Am J Pub Health 36:552 My '46 360w
Reviewed by G. M. Mackenzie
Survey 82:337 D '46 550w
"The book is intended primarily for a med-
ical audience, but would be of interest to edu-
cators as well."
4- U 8 Quarterly Bkl 2:146 Je '46 320w
STIEGLITZ, EDWARD JULIUS. Second forty
years; with 11. by Ann Stieglitz; foreword by
Anton J. Carlson. 317p $2.95 Lippincott
618.97 Old age. Middle age Med46-98
A practising physician discusses the problems
of aging in human beings, and gives advice on
achieving health and happiness in the years
after forty. Partial contents: The biology of
senescence; The hazards of senescence; Life
with a handicapped heart; High blood pres-
sure; Nutrition in later years; Sex and age;
The question of cancer; Wise investment of
leisure. Index.
Booklist 43:113 D 15 '46
"This is an intelligent discussion of aging. . .
Valid, valuable professional advice to the lay-
man, if he is Interested."
+ Klrkus 14:340 Jl 15 '46 150w
"A sound book, useful to almost anyone."
M. C. Manley
-f Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 80w
"As a specialist in geriatric medicine, Dr.
Stieglitz writes of the problems of the aging
and the aged with wisdom and wit . . Dr.
Stieglitz offers no panaceas, nor does he startle
the reader with discoveries heretofore unpub-
lished. Instead his work is, in effect, a series
of long, illuminating chats with a trusted and
learned family physician. . . Though there
have been more definitive works on the sub-
ject, such as 'Problems of Aging* and Dr. Al-
dred S. Warthin's 'Old Age: The Major Involu-
tion/ the layman should find Dr. Stieglitz' s
educational book lively and provocative. A.
H. Weiler
-r- N Y Times p25 D 15 '46 700w
"When Cicero wrote 'De senectute* he con-
sidered himself an old man while in his 50's.
Not so today. With the increasing number of
older people, gerontology, the study of aging,
and geriatrics, the medical problems of older
people, have become interesting and important.
This book presents an excellent and clear sum-
mary of present knowledge on these subjects."
Fern McQrath
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!8 N 17 '46
270w
STIFLER, FRANCIS CARR. The Bible speaks.
143p $2 Essential bks.
220 Bible. Whole—Influence 46-4739
"Here in short sketches written for the radio
the public relations secretary of the American
Bible Society shows the Bible bringing its
divine message to people. From five sections,
each subdivided further, we learn how the
Bible speaks to individuals in war and peace,
to all sorts and conditions of people, to the
nations, and through various channels."
(Churchman) No index.
"Parts of the book read almost too much
like publicity writing, other parts are too gen-
eral, and some entire chapters read like pre-
packed sermons. But there is, withal, much
good here, and the abundant information from
the Bible Societies is inspiring. As a book
'about the Bible/ it can do a significant work
in enriching the public's appreciation of the
world's best seller." M. J. T.
-- h Christian Science Monitor p!3 S 7 '46
^
"The chapters vary in value and appeal —
some are sentimental, some dramatic, some
very good. For Bible Sunday, or various
groups, or for sermon illustrations this ma-
terial might be helpful." R. C. Batchelder
Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:495 O 1 '46 80w
STILES, DAN, pseud. See Haig, G. C.
STILL, ALFRED. Communication through the
ages, from sign language to television. 201p il
$2.75 Rinehart
384 Communication and traffic. Signals and
signalling 46-11930
Account of the background and history of
communication, and a review of the progress
of man and his changing philosophies as related
to scientific expansion. Index.
Book Week D 29 '46 70w
"Another of the author's intriguing presen-
tations of science for the layman who will
appreciate both the romance of advancement
and scientific facts presented." L. A. Kales
•f Library J 71:1628 N 15 '46 70w
STILL, ALFRED. Soul of lodes tone; the back*
ground of magnetical science. 233p $2.50 Rine-
hart
538 Magnetism 46-4362
"The story of the development of man's still
Imperfect knowledge of magnetism is well told
in this book; which is, however, more than a
mere history of a branch of science. Bach Im-
portant advance or theory is viewed against
the background of its own time; and the au-
thor's secondary theme of the slow, difficult
growth of the scientific method is almost as
r< important as the primary one. In the last
chapter the author attempts to evaluate the
scientific method as it stands today in rela-
tion to philosophy." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 120w
"Not a single mathematical formula appears
in the text to impede the progress of the
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
non-mathematical reader. The book will be
a stimulating* experience for anyone interested
in the history or philosophy of science."
-f- N Y New Tech Bks 31:26 Ap '46
"The book is an excellent example of good
writing* on the history of science, and reading
it will be stimulating experience to anyone in-
terested in the subject."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:345 D '46 240w
STIMPSON, GEORGE WILLIAM. A book about
a thousand things. 652p $3.50 Harper
031 Encyclopedias and dictionaries 46-4143
In question and answer form this book ex-
plains the origins and meaning of a wide col-
lection of words, which the author has discov-
ered during his years as a Washington cor-
respondent. Index.
Booklist 42:324 Je 15 '46
"A comprehensive index makes it easy to
find the answer to a great assortment of Ques-
tions in history, literature, geography, astron-
omy, natural science, government, and the
law." P. S. Deland
•f Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 8 '46
420w
Kirkus 14:92 F 15 '46 80w
"Mr. Stimpson has made no pretense of
compiling an encyclopedia. He has wandered
where his fancy took him and has amiably
brought back what he found, to share with
one and all. His book has a page-by-page
fascination, should be a boon to some columnists
and all quiz programs. It is better to browse
through than to plow through, because it is
so disorderly. In small doses it provides both
fun and enlightenment." C. B. Palmer
^ NY Times p8 Jl 14 '46 600w
"This is one volume that was written for an
undeniably sound reason, Says the author: 'I
wrote it to satisfy my own curiosity.' He turns
out to have been curious about the kind of
problems that have stumped many people, and
he has worked out answers for them that are
popular and not profound. Stimpson has com-
piled here the kind of stuff that will make
good studying for quiz kids of any age." M. S.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
120w
Reviewed by Baukhage
+ Sat R of Lit 29:24 Jl 20 '46 700w
"The style is easy and informal and makes
the book in truth the 'treasury of odd and
fascinating information.' "
+ Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 Je '46 200w
"You can, of course, pick up a good deal of
information, some of it useful, from this book,
but don't let that keep you from reading it.
The only difficulty is finding a place to stop
reading. Just why this is so — when getting
through the usual collection of miscellaneous
facts Is like chewing reinforced concrete — would
be hard to say. Perhaps it is because genuine
enjoyment is bound to spread, and here it
spreads at once to the reader from a man who,
without trying to do so, makes it apparent
that he is having a wonderful time with his
snapping up of well considered trifles. For they
are well and truly considered, these small
matters about which so many of us have meant
to ask somebody some time, only we just don't
get around to it." M. I* Becker
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Je 23 '46 850w
STOCKBRIDQE, DOROTHY. See Tillett, D. S.
STODDARD, MRS ANNE (GLEN), ed. Top-
flight, famous American women; ed. and with
an in trod; il. by B41a Dankovsky. 224p $2.50
Nelson
920.7 Woman — Biography. U.S. — Biography
46-7052
Collection of biographical sketches of modern
career women. The sketches have appeared in
the American girl. Contents: Katharine Cor-
nell, by Latrobe Carroll; Dorothy C. Stratum,
by M. C. Lyne; Dorothy Lathrop, by 8. L.
doldamith; Ruth Nichols, by Sally Knapp;
Mildred McAffee Horton, by R. T. Nourse;
Lillian M. Giibreth, by Edna Yost,' Mary
Lewis, by Laura Ellsworth; Alice Tlsdale
Hobart, by R. T. Nourse; Mabel Louise Robin-
son, by C. B. Burnett; Marian Anderson, by
C. B. Burnett: Margaret Bourke- White, by
M. T. Raymond; Carrie Chapman Catt, by C.
B. Burnett; Bessie Beatty, by Latrobe Carroll.
Booklist 43:75 N 1 '46
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 14 '46
220w
Kirkus 14:390 Ag 15 '46 140w
"Authors, eminent in their own professions
and having sympathy or knowledge of the
subject of the sketches were chosen to write
them. Interesting and inspiring for teen age
girls." E. E. Frank
+ Library J 71:1337 O 1 '46 80w
"The stories of Marion Anderson and Carrie
Chapman Catt, though they couldn't be more
unlike, are particularly well done. Instead of the
usual photographs the book is enlivened with
Bela Dankovsky' s clever and decorative draw-
ings." Mary Elting
-f N Y Times p50 N 10 '46 HOw
"Easy, lively reading, there is room for this
book in any library frequented by young folks."
M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 O 6 '46 360w
STODDARD, GEORGE DINSMORE. Frontiers
in education. 41p SI Stanford univ. press [4s
6d Oxford]
370.1 Education — Aims and objectives
A45-5354
"The third Cubberley lecture. Dr. Stoddard
defines a frontier as 'any growing edge that in-
volves hardships and struggle,' and 'seeks to
evaluate conclusions of present-day educators
as to the road for the future. . . . ' (School &
Society) The author is the new president of the
University of Illinois.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 3 '46 120w
School & Society 62:360 D 1 '45 40w
STODDARD, HENRY LUTHER. Horace Gree-
ley; printer, editor, crusader. 338p il $3.50
Putnam
B or 92 Greeley, Horace 46-11966
Biography of founder of The New York
Tribune, and an early advocate of woman's
rights, who came from a poor home in New
Hampshire, and rose to prominence in the New
York of the mid-nineteenth century. The au-
thor is also a newspaperman. Bibliography.
Index.
"On the whole this is a readable work, better
than most of the Greeley biographies, and I
am thankful for its new materials. Its author,
a veteran journalist 85 years of age, still has a
vitality of style which makes the book both
pleasant and informing. But the definitive and
scholarly work on Greeley remains to be writ-
ten." F. L. Mott
Book Week p4 O 27 '46 400w
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
"If a library has one or more of the many
existing biographies of Horace Greeley, this is
not required. But Mr. Stoddard has a fresh
approach, in spite of his great age, and a very
human interpretation of the sad life of a great
man. For the general reader." K. T. Willis
Library J 71:1329 O 1 '46 70w
"Henry Luther Stoddard, who as a child saw
Horace Greeley in a New York stagecoach, and
worked as a printer on The Tribune less than
five years after Greeley 's death, is well qualified
to fill the lack of a good biography of a truly
great American editor and statesman." M. R.
Werner
-f N Y Times p4 O 20 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:126 N 2 '46 70w
Reviewed by William Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 N 10 '46
560w
792
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STODDARD, H. L. — Continued
"The book IB warmly to be welcomed. It
should be widely read as an inspiring proof
of the heights to which high character and
talent can rise, for beyond doubt Greeley ex-
ercised a greater influence upon his time than
any of the statesmen with whom Lincoln and
his immediate predecessors in the White House
were surrounded." O. Q. Villard
•f Sat R of Lit 29:18 O 26 "46 1500w
"To the general reader, Mr. Stoddard's pic-
ture of [Greeley 's] personality will be a re-
warding experience. Many will dispute even his
guarded interpretations, for Greeley can still
stir controversy. But the wealth of material
presented by Mr. Stoddard will be fascinating
to any who are interested in a great era of
American journalism, a critical period of
American history, or in that colorful and com-
plicated American, Horace Greeley." H. W.
Baehr
4- Weekly Book Review plO O 27 '46 750w
STODDARD, RALPH PERKINS, ed. Brick
structures; how to build them, llth ed 169p
il $2 McGraw
693.2 Brick construction 46-4536
"This book, originally written by William
Carver . . . was first published in 1920 by The
Brick Manufacturers Association of America.
Its original title was 'Brick— How to Build and
Estimate.' " (Foreword) "Practical reference
data on materials, design, and construction
methods employed in brick construction; for
contractors, builders, architects, engineers,
and students. An authoritative manual on
brick masonry, with particular reference to
the structural uses of brick in residences and
other small buildings." (Subtitle) Index.
Booklist 42:368 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:21 Ap '46
STOKER, CATHARINE ULMER. Concha's
Mexican kitchen cook book. 244p $3 Naylor
641.6 Cookery, Mexican 46-6630
Stories of the customs, holidays, and life
in Mexico, with recipes for Mexican and Aztec
dishes. Includes a Spanish-English index, and
an English index.
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
"The book is original in organization and
point of view, brief in theme, has originality,
charm, and a clear style. It contains a pleas-
ing format, has an English and a Spanish
index, is full of clever illustrations, Is both
scholarly and technical, and accomplishes the
author's purpose of transplanting some of the
color and romance of Mexico into the menus
of the United States. To me the book is a
'must/ I consider it a valuable asset for
teachers in the food field." Sister Mary Louise
-H J Home Econ 38:606 N '46 120w
"The writing is in the sentimental tourist
vein, but Mrs. Stoker does know her Mexican
cuisine." Idwal Jones
N Y Times p57 N 17 '46 90w
STOKES, HORACE WINSTON. Frog face. 191p
$2.50 Putnam
46-5871
Novel about a grocery clerk with an Inferior-
ity complex, who got drunk one night and
slapped his wife. That started a train of events
which ended in tragedy. A moment of reprieve
comes in the last chapter, but there is no as-
surance that it will hold.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week pll My 12 '46 350w
Kirkus 14:157 Ap 1 '46 170w
Reviewed by E. P. Nichols
Library J 71:668 My 1 '46 60w
"The beginning of Mr. Stokes' first novel is
pretty bad. What happens to Frog Face and
Diamond on their return North ia no better."
— NY Times p20 My 5 '46 90w
" 'Frog Face* doesn't leave you with much
you wish to remember."
— Weekly Book Review p26 My 5 '46 230w
STOKES, MANNING LEE. Green for a grave.
256p $2 Phoenix
Detective story.
"Passable." Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 13 '46
40w
Sat R of Lit 29:47 O 19 '46 50w
STOKLEY, JAMES. Electrons in action.
(Whittlesey house publication) 320p il $3 Mc-
621.38 Electronics 46-617
"Electrons and their job in technology by
means of relatively simple, accurate terms and
similes. What electrons are, how they operate
in electron tubes with explanation of their use
in radio, television, sound recording, science,
industry and medicine. Chapter on the atomic
bomb and appendix on radar." (Library J)
Index,
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:8 My '46
"Like other writers addressing an audience
of diverse training and interests, Mr. Stokley
sometimes has difficulty in pitching his expla-
nations at an even level, in visualizing his
readers and addressing them in terms they
will understand. That is true of all books writ-
ten for 'the layman' and does not Jiere detract
unduly from the interest and value of the
book." D. H, Killeffer »
H Chem & Eng N 24:1133 Ap 25 '46 310w
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Current Hist 10:538 Je '46 80w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1136 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:7 Ja '46
"This competent and zestful survey by one
of the most trustworthy of contemporary 'sci-
ence writers' is an exceedingly important con-
tribution not only to the diffusion of knowledge
but also to human welfare. Written with a keen
sense of the dramatic elements in the story, it
displays a real flair for elucidation of complex
technicalities and an analytical attitude con-
ducive to relatively easy comprehension." A. H.
Compton & others
-f- Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 F '46 950w
" 'Electrons in Action' is a valuable book for
casual study. It requires interest in the subject,
but will prove a pleasant revelation to the in-
numerable users of electronic devices who are
not content to be mystified. Electronics has
come of age when so readable a book can give
the layman a sense of knowing the subject
well." Gerald Wendt
4- Weekly Book Review p5 F 24 '46 500w
STOMMEL, HENRY MELSON. Science of the
seven seas. 208p il $2.50 Cornell maritime
551.46 Ocean. Meteorology. Marine fauna
45-11280
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
Bookmark 7:7 Mr '46
"An attractive and stimulating little book
that describes and explains in non-technical
terms some of the natural phenomena that
may be observed at sea."
-f N Y New Tech Bks 30:62 O '45
STONE, ELISABET M. Poison, poker and
pistols. 254p $2 Sheridan
46-6387
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 70w
Kirkus 14:401 Ag 15 '46 90 w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
793
"Margaret is a good detective, but oh, what
a temper she has!" Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 S 15 '46 HOw
"Foolish and tiresome." Anthony Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle p!7 S 8 '46
30w
F* Sat R of Lit 29:41 S 21 '46 50w
Reviewed by P. H. Bickerton
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 270w
STONE, MRS QRACE (2ARINQ) (ETHEL
VANCE, pseud). Winter meeting:. 265p $2.50
Little
46-552
Novel based on the brief love affair of a
beautiful American woman and a heartsick
young war hero. In the few days when their
lives were mingled these two unhappy people
attempted to straighten out their inner con-
flicts, relying on an almost psychic understand-
ing of each other to tide them over to a more
normal life.
"This book is enjoyable for the illusion it
creates. It is like a well-set, well-acted com-
edy, the last scene of which does not support
our expectations." Edward Weeks
-f Atlantic 177:160 Ap '46 600w
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p!2 F 24 '46 300w
Booklist 42:227 Mr 15 '46
Cath World 162:573 Mr '46 250w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 2 '46
550w
"Ethel Vance writes well: her short well-
named novel (this is no story of a continued
passion in lush summer atmosphere) has
thoughtful depths seldom found in a story
like this. . . The novel's suspense is heightened
by the author's restrained style which tells the
compelling story more through conversation
than action. The solution is perhaps inevitable,
but I defy any reader who starts the book to
put it aside; after the two- thirds point when
Novak walks out on Susan, it fairly races to
its end. 'Winter Meeting' is a good minor
novel; it should have many admirers, and will
probably be disliked by the same people who
dislike 'Brideshead Revisited.' " P. T. Hartung
+ Commonweal 44:532 S 13 '46 500w
"It is good reading — but leaves no sense of
satisfaction, merely an appreciation of good
craftsmanship in handling a somewhat difficult
theme."
-| Kirkus 13:544 D 15 '45 250w
Reviewed by J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 7 '46 120w
"The unfolding of the dark mantle of secret
misery that muffles Novak is as engrossing in
its subtle way as a gory thriller. Some readers
who enjoyed the earlier Vance books may be
disappointed in 'Winter Meeting,' but it is a
fine achievement on a higher plane." Beatrice
Sherman
H NY Times p5 Mr 10 '46 320w
"This book, concerned almost wholly with
intense unhappiness, is not only a novel with
that unusual Quality, moral stamina, but a
fresh and compassionate story told with wit
and a gentle irony. To miss it would be to miss
a step in the development of a distinguished
writer."
-t- New Yorker 22:87 F 23 '46 130w
"Miss Vance's novel begins brilliantly and
for the most part maintains throughout a high
level of subtlety in its understanding of human
behavior. Ethel Vance . . . possesses not only
urbanity and a sense of humor, but a special
appreciation of the delicate overtones resulting
from the impact of widely divergent individuals
upon one another." Grace Frank
•f Sat R of Lit 29:14 Mr 9 '46 500w
"It is a quite unusual, highly serious novel."
Walter Allen
•f Spec 177:200 Ag 23 '46 HOw
Time 47:98 Mr 11 '46 500w
Time* [London] Lit Sup p341 Jl 20 '46
180w
" 'Winter Meeting* is more than an anatomy
of heroism It is a tentative and uncertain
study of the mystic — or as the author prefers
to call it — mythic areas in human personality.
In it the torch of faith is unmistakably lighted,
but its flame, though it never flickers, is so
carefully shielded that it gives but little light.
Some readers will like "winter Meeting* very
much. But others may feel that in it Miss
Vance has gone a long way round to make a
very short Journey." F. H. Bullock
-I Weekly Book Review p4 F 24 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:47 Mr '46
STONE. WILLIAM STANDISH. Tahiti land-
fall; decorations by Nicolas Mordvinoft; phot,
by Prudence and Igor Anziferoff Allan. 308p
$3.50 Morrow
' 919.62 Tahiti 46-5060
The author has lived in the Tahitian islands
for nearly ten years. His sketches of his life
there attempt to prove that the day of the
true Polynesian has not passed and the island
paradise of Tahiti still exists.
Booklist 43:14 S '46
Kirkus 14:170 Ap 1 '46 HOw
"Altogether, 'Tahiti Landfall,' includes
decorations by Nicolas Mordvinoft and photo-
graphs by Prudence and Igor Anziferoff Allan,
makes pleasant traveling for the armchair
tourist." Lewis Funke
4- N Y Times p21 Ag 18 '46 600w
"If you hated to part with the lovable, happy-
go-lucky characters in Nordhoft and Hall's 'No
More Gas,' you can meet them once more in
'Tahiti Landfall.' . . The text is enhanced by
the handsome chapter decorations by Nicolas
Mordvinoff and by 32 photographs which give
additional verity to Mr Stone's claim that the
Polynesians are as good-looking as they ever
were and that their island homes are an earthly
paradise." M. L. H.
-f Sprfngf'd Republican p4d Ag 18 '46
600w
" 'Tahiti Landfall' is deliberately and
idyllically escapist. . . William Stone has been
one of the lucky persons (perhaps 'courageous'
is a more apt word) who said 'pooh pooh' to
convention and civilization and went oft to a
life of peace, calm and beauty. The rest of
us can enviously be glad he did, now that
he has written about it with such perception,
felicity and sheer magic of phrasing."' P. J.
Searles
-f Weekly Book Review p4 Ag 4 '46 9GOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:150 N '46
STOOPNAGLE, COLONEL LEMUEL Q.,
pseud. See Taylor, P. C.
STORM, BARRY. Thunder gods gold; the
amazing true story of America's most famed
lost gold mines; epitome of western tradi-
tions. 166p il maps $2.75: treasure trail autog
ed $3.75 Southwest pub. co, Tortilla Flat,
Ariz.
622.3421 Gold mines and mining 45-7225
"Prom scattered scraps of fact and legend
the author, who is a prospector and confirmed
treasure hunter, has built up a vivid account
of the lost Spanish gold mines in Arizona, and
of the men who in the last century reaped
disaster or good fortune in their attempts to
relocate the hidden wealth. Piecing together
the clues from legends, old maps, and trail
symbols, Storm organized several prospecting
expeditions to search the Superstition moun-
tains. After three years he succeeded, in 1940,
in locating old workings which answered the
descriptions of a mine developed by the Span-
ish adventurer, Peralta, in the 1840s. His book
offers a fund of treasure-hunting lore, with
numerous photographs of landmarks, mapped
trails, and treasure signs found cut into rocks
and trees." N Y New Tech Bks
"Any one who has a yen for hunting hidden
treasure had better buy this book at once. He
can have $2.75 worth of excitement by merely
794
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STORM, BARRY— Continued
reading it without leaving his own fireside.
Whether he then wants to go prospecting,
guided by the maps and pictures given in the
volume, can be a matter for further consldera-
-f- Christian Century 62:1416 B 19 '46 210w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:57 O '45
STORY of Gertie. 39p il $1 Rinehart
Ducks— Legends and stories 46-1549
Gertrude was the name given by the inter-
ested inhabitants of Milwaukee to the mallard
duck that laid her eggs on the top of a pil-
ing in their river. For six weeks Gertrude was
watched and guarded until finally the ducklings
were hatched and the family was then taken
to a safer home in the park. This book con-
sists of full page photographs with brief text
and small cartoons relating the "story of
Gertie" for young readers. *
"The pleasant little incident is retold from
The Milwaukee Journal's day-by-day account
of Gertie and her family — and is illustrated with
remarkable photographs." A. T. Eaton
-f N Y Times p22 Mr 10 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 *46 270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:63 Ap '46
STOUMAN, KNUD. With cradle and clock.
292p 12.50 Harper
New York city in 1702 is the background for
this story of an English doctor who fought
an uphill battle for the right to be a "male
midwife" as early obstetricians were called.
"Stowman is at his best when handling medi-
cal detail, at his worst when attempting gay
banter or humor. He has obviously studied
early medical practice in America, shipping,
piracy and privateering, and details of daily
life in Little Old New York. But for all the
authenticity of detail he seldom makes the
scene come completely alive. Perhaps he should
have paid more attention to the minor char-
acters, found additional devices (like his
excellent Maypole-fertility rite) to dramatize
life on the Island of Manhattan." Sterling
North
-h — Book Week p2 Ap 14 '46 500w
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Reviewed by Christopher Premantle
Commonweal 44:220 Je 14 '46 350w
Kirkus 14:23 Ja 15 '46 130w
"[The] fight against yellow fever makes good
reading. But character and plot are thin
Hollywood." Robert Gessner
N Y Times p30 Ap 21 '46 80w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:34 Je 1 '46 350w
"The style of writing hints at the author's
background, but it is not a defect. Orderly
and unhurried, it suits his purpose and the
character chiefly concerned." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review plO Ap 14 '46
600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:115 Jl '46
STOUT, REX, and GREENFIELD, LOUIS, eds.
Rue Morgue, no. 1. 403p $2.75 Creative age
Short stories—Collections 46-2311
Collection of nineteen stories of murder, mys-
tery, or horror, all of which have been previ-
ously published in magazines.
Kirkus 14:136 Mr 15 '46 130w
"The tales of horror and of supernatural do-
ings are on the whole more successful than
the straight detection ones, most of them
stripped to the bone to suit the demands of
the pulp magazines for which they were writ-
ten."
New Yorker 22:103 Mr 16 '46 80w
"A few good stories and considerable tripe.
Stout's introduction is honest and interest-
in*4- — sat R of Lit 29:54 Mr 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 17 '46
320w
STOUT, REX. Silent speaker. 308p |2.50 Viking
46-7679
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week pl2 N 17 '46 160w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Kirkus 14:333 Jl 15 '46 120w
-f New Repub 116:638 N 11 '46 70w
"It is a humdinger of a story with Nero Wolfe
and Archie Goodwin at their uproarious best."
* 4. N Y Times p41 O 27 '46 200w
"As ingenious as anything the author has
turned out so far."
-h New Yorker 22:127 N 2 '46 80w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p23 N 10 '46
70w
"Welcome home, Nero."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:28 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p24 N 3 '46 230w
STOWE, L ELAND. While time remains. 379p
$3.50 Knopf
940.55 World politics. Reconstruction
(1939- ). International Cooperation 46-5979
"This distinguished correspondent reports
here significant observations and opinions which
resulted from his travels and experiences in
44 countries between 1939 and 1945. Americans
cannot afford to ignore his conclusions. Dis-
cussions of our revolutionary world, of the new
Europe and new Soviet power, precede 'Which
Way China and Japan/ 'What is Fascism,' and
'The What and Why of Communism.' Sections
on Greece and socialism, 'the middle ground',
lead directly to his final Query 'Are we edu-
cated for peace?' The deadline date for our
survival will shock readers who have avoided
warnings of atomic experts." (Library J)
Index.
"Leland S to we 'a place in the annals of our
century is already well established. , . His
repute is extraordinary. Better still, it is
merited. He has shown a remarkable flair for
being on the right spot at the right time, and
a fearless devotion to fact. To these essentials
are added a gift of narrative and a breadth
of knowledge of the world which have won a
Pulitzer Prize and honors from governments
all the way from France to China. This book
should be made compulsory reading for mem-
bers of Congress, editors, teachers, and above
all, for those who imagine that the best re-
course of modern man in the year 1 of the
Atomic Age is to get things in shape for an-
other war." J. H. Powers
+ Atlantic 178:159 S '46 550w
Reviewed by J. W. Rogers
Book Week pi Ag 25 '46 1050w
Booklist 43:13 S '46
"Here is a book which one has no hesitation
In recommending—even though each individual
reader will almost certainly find something in
it to challenge." J. Q. H.
-4- Christian Science Monitor pl4 S 3 '46
550w
"An important and stimulating book."
+ Cleveland Open Shelf pll Jl '46
"We wish that by labelling this a Must Book
we could guarantee that every thoughtful citi-
zen would: read it and weigh its message.
Leland Stowe always has something worth say-
ing and a fearless way of saying it. This is his
most challenging book."
+ Kirkus 14:313 Jl 1 '46 840w
"Highly recommended for general purchase
despite its style." H. S. Taylor
4- Library J 71:1047 Ag '46 140w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
795
4 'In his latest book Mr. Stowe Includes enough
personal wartime experiences to emphasize his
competence; but primarily he is concerned with
a cool but alarming appraisal of the current
world situation, a trenchant inventory that
finds his own United States wanting in many
vital respects." Gladwin Hill
-f N Y Times p3 S 1 '46 1250w
"In common with Mr. Stowe's previous books,
this one has good, thoughtful material in it,
forcefully presented. He isn't too gloomy about
the near future, but he isn't exactly dancing
in the streets about it, either."
4- New Yorker 22:101 S 7 '46 90w
"Written as objectively as though its author
were indeed the reporter for the Mars Gazette
or Neptune Beacon — whose detachment he tries
to achieve and pretty well does— 'While Time
Remains' is a book which could very well
change the world. It could, that is to say, if
even a fraction of the U.S. let alone the rest
of the world, took the pains to read it. To
read it soon enough, moreover." J. H. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 3 '46
950w
44 4 While Time Remains' is a book a be-
fuddled public has been crying for; a book
which every literate American over the age of
sixteen should read very soon, and then it
should be translated into every known lan-
guage, including Hindustani. If Just twenty
per cent of our own population, if Just five
per cent of the literate population of the world,
could be persuaded to think as Mr. Stowe
thinks, the optimism of 'While Time Remains'
would be Justified." Robert St. John
-f Sat R of Lit 29:8 Ag 24 '46 1600w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
900w
"This is a depressing book only to those who
are not prepared to face the difficulties and
dilemmas of our time, and who have no faith
in the people. It is a hopeful book to those
who combine a sober realism with a great
vision, and above all, who have not lost con-
fidence in man's final mastery of his social
world. Leland Stowe, warm advocate of the
people, is their voice in the wilderness." Sig-
mund Neumann
Survey Q 35:418 N '46 500w
Time 48:98 Ag 26 '46 600w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:279 D '46 250w
"His book is an important contribution both
to breaking down our complacency and to pro-
viding a factual background for intelligent
thinking on world problems." F. R. Dulles
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Ag 25 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:149 N '46
STOWERS, HARVEY. Management can be hu-
man. 131p $1.50 McGraw
658.3 Employment management 46-2726
"Practical examination of problems of hu-
man relationship in business, using actual
case histories to illustrate points in develop-
ing better human understanding between man-
agement and men, adapting information to pre-
sent labor laws and problems tending toward
the reduction of employee grievances. 'T Library
"With sympathy and unhurried perception
and a sure grasp of mounting climax, this
shows a marked advance from Night At Hog-
wallow and proves its worth in its best mo-
ments. For the selective reader."
-f Kirkus 14:356 Ag 1 '46 170w
"Well-written, interesting, not too morbid."
Booklist 42:295 My 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 70w
STOWMAN, KNUD. See Stouman, K.
STRAUSS, THEODORE. Moonrise. 216p $2.50
Viking
46-7631
Psychological murder story. It charts the
course of a sensitive boy's struggle to live in
a little Southern town, where his father was
hanged for murder. After years of being taunted
Danny himself turned murderer. Then follows
the story of Danny's battle with his guilty con-
science, and his redemption.
Reviewed by Shirley Sawyer
Book Week p34 D 1 '46 400w
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
"Mr. Strauss is a literary craftsman in his
own right: his style and his story-line are both
his own. His opening scenes establish the hard,
bitter cadence of his tale: the whole novel sus-
tains that tempo admirably. . . 'Moonrise' is
played straight, in terms of hard-hitting action,
as the story rises to its inevitable climax."
C. V. Terry
-f ,N Y Times p!5 O 6 '46 700w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 D 1 '46
70w
"Mr. Strauss has handicapped himself by a
too scrupulous attempt to tell the story not
merely from Danny's point of view but in his
own terms. . . Significantly enough, once Mr.
Strauss allows himself, rather than his hero,
to be the controlling intelligence behind the
novel, he reveals himself as a writer of de-
cided talent. The sections dealing with Billy
Scripture, a deaf-mute idiot boy, are written
with feeling and accuracy of observation."""
William Abrahams
Weekly Book Review plO O 13 '46 360w
STRAUSZ-HUPE. ROBERT. Balance of tomor-
row; power and foreign policy in the United
States. 302p $3.50 Putnam
355 Armaments. World politics. U.S. — For-
eign policy 45-7856
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"With the treatment of population and raw
materials, the experts in these fields may quib-
ble, and the data are presented less exhaus-
tively and critically than would have been pos-
sible in a book addressed to a technical audi-
ence. Yet the author has had the courage to
tackle big questions, has synthesized a broad
range of technical data bearing on these ques-
tions, and has presented his findings in well-
organized fashion with admirable literary skill.
Between the time of its printing and publica-
tion the book's thesis that prediction is dif-
ficult was fulfilled by the first use of atomic
power in war; and a special preface was in-
serted dealing with the power implications of
atomic fission." V. O. Key, Jr.
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:136 F '46 900w
"In this volume the author has given us a
remarkably incisive essay on the more tan-
gible elements of international politics." Ber-
nard Brodie
Ann Am Acad 243:157 Ja '46 700w
Current Hist 10:350 Ap f46 90w
"An honest effort to evaluate the changing
distribution of power in the world, especially
industrial power, in terms of political rivalries.
The inevitable result is to fix attention on the
power potential of Russia and of the Far East.
Where readers may dissent from the author's
analysis is in his use of a rather narrow range
of power components, psychological and related
factors seemingly being excluded."
Foreign Affairs 24:550 Ap '46 HOw
"The internationalist and the political ideal-
ist will find Mr. Strausz-Hup6's book somewhat
less than satisfying. Underlying it there seems
to be a resignation, not too reluctant, to the
continuation of the system of national states,
a rather unquestioning acceptance of economic
laisaez faire, a fundamental submission to a
determinism, if not geographic, of subtler but
no less unyielding forces. To call such a
treatment 'realism* is to beg a fundamental
question. Perhaps restrained by the nature
and purpose of his book, the author impresses
one as an academician rather than a global
thinker. His approach to the basic problems
of a rational world order is somewhat too halt-
ing to be inspirational."
— Harvard Law R 69:1190 S '46 550w
'This brilliant book is an analysis of the de-
termining factors of foreign policy. It is one
of the few solid books ever written on this
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STRAUSZ-HUPE, ROBERT— -Con tinned
badly neglected subject, and it should be read
by all who have th« safety of the United States
and the peace of the world at heart." S. T.
Possony
-f Nation 162:102 Ja '46 650w
"In the avalanche of books on the post-war
world which threatens to drown the public
mind in an ever-growing: confusion of words
and intentions, 'The Balance of Tomorrow' oc-
cupies an almost unique position in the sober
maturity of its approach and the wealth of
well-founded information which it provides.
The book is written with clarity and incisive-
ness; yet with its avoidance of glittering gen-
eralities and easy sentimentalities it demands
from the reader some close attention. For it
deals with the complex realities of the various
factors which make the United States a giant
power and which at the same time limit it."
Mans Kohn
-J- N Y Times p4 F 3 '46 lOOOw
STRECKER, EDWARD ADAM. Their mothers'
sons; the psychiatrist examines an American
problem. 220p $2.75 Lippincott
132.15 Neuroses. Personality. Parent and
child Med46-152
An American psychiatrist, basing his study
partly on his work with our armed forces,
examines what he calls momism, and shows
how the "moms" of America are to blame
for our lack of maturity. He "extends this
to 'pops' and even to Hitler and Hirohito who
acted as 'surrogates' for 'mom.' Sees a basic
problem of modern society in our failure to
develop independent maturity, and in that
failure some explanation of our current na-
tional and international difficulties." (Library
J)
"The book will tread on a good many toes
and anger a good many parents. It is, never-
theless, a sensible and useful discussion of one
of America's besetting sins—too much silver
cord."
-f Book Week p3 N 17 '46 140w
"Fairly superficial."
Kirkus 14:477 S 15 '46 120w
"Appears valid in its generalities but some-
times questionable in the bill of particulars.
Very limited purchase for adult use is indicated
until the professional verdicts come in." R. E.
Kingery
Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 140w
"Had it not been written by a psychiatrist
it might have become an angry book. As it is,
it is a book which will make many mothers
angry. And as Dr. Strecker says, it is likely
that those whom it will most enrage are the
'moms.' "
New Repub 115:701 N 25 '46 180w
"Dr. Strecker addresses himself to a popular
audience, and in so doing is exempted from
close criticism. There is no doubt that he
has performed a genuine service by striking
with all his authority at the root of a social
ill. At the same time it is regrettable that in
his zeal to get his observations across Dr.
Strecker often resorts to a vehement, even
contemptuous, style that hardly becomes a
healer of psyches. At times the reader gets
the impression that Dr. Strecker would improve
a revolting situation by the procedure of beat-
ing people's brains out. This might give him
the emotional satisfaction that his profession,
by definition, denies him, but it hardly il-
luminates the problem in hand.7' E. B. Oarside
N Y Times p54 D 8 '46 700w
"The style is lively and there are many good
illustrations of what to do and what not to
do. It is to be hoped that the book will be
widely read." F. M.
4- San Francisco Chronicle plO D 1 '46
120w
Reviewed by Philip Wylie
Sat R of Lit 29:21 D 7 '
46 1750w
.Weekly Book Review p20 Ja 12 '47
380W
STREET, MRS ALICIA. Land of the English
people. (Portraits of the nations ser) 130p il
$2 Llppincott
914.2 England— Description and travel.
England— Civilization 46-3675
An American woman, married to an English-
man, here tells Americans the important as-
pects of English geography, history, customs,
and ends with the war years in England, and
a glance into the future. She gives an overall
picture, touching the aspects most needed to
give Americans an understanding of Britain
and her people. During the war Mrs Street
lectured to both English and American soldiers.
Index.
Booklist 42:334 Je 15 '46
"One finds this volume of the Portrait of the
Nations Series full of vital information which
is presented in a readable, appealing manner."
H. F. Griswold
H- Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 26 '46
250w
"This portrayal of the English people and
their outlook for the future is fascinatingly
written and thoroughly timely." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Book 22:271 Jl '46 160w
Kirkus 14:241 My 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Sarah Cody
Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 lOOw
"Without doubt this is the perfect book on
England for every reader from 10 up. How
Alicia Street has managed to put into 130
pages the wild flowers, birds and hedgerows
as well as history, customs and character of a
varied land and people I don't know, but she
has accomplished it so easily that one realizes
only at the end how much knowledge underlies
so deceptively simple a l^ook." M. C. Scoggin
-f N Y Times p!6 Je 30 '46 360w
"The latest and, to our way of thinking, the
best of The Portraits of the Nations Series is
fairly certain to leave a vivid impression on
the minds of American boys and girls. It may
not be to young people as moving emotionally
as it is to their elders who know the old Eng-
land. And yet, the knowledge of England and
its people that the American soldier brought
back with him is a force to reckon with. . .
Excellent photographs illustrate this readable
and, in our opinion, extremely important book."
'+ Sat R of Lit 29:69 N 9 '46 400w
"A delightful picture of England's country-
side and people."
-f School & Society 63:352 My 11 '46 50w
"Extraordinarily fair to both countries, and
well worth the attention of a wide audience of
those skeptical, critical young people. Ameri-
cana of high- school age. . . Young people who
read this sort of introduction will be less quick
to take surface differences as important: will
trust less the cartoons and movies and funny
stories and traditional prejudices." Li. S.
Bechtel
+ Weekly Book Review plO My 19 '46
450w
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
STREET, CECIL JOHN CHARLES (JOHN
RHODE, pseud). Death in Harley street. 239p
$2 Dodd [8s 6d Bles]
46-7802
Detective story.
"It makes a good story, with Jimmy Wag-
horn and Hanslet playing even less important
roles than they usually do in the Dr. Priestley
mysteries." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 150w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
50w
"Extremely clever puzzle and very well fabri-
cated. Not much action and great deal of
talk — some of it boring. Good enough."
-f — Sat R of Lit 29:37 O 6 '46 50w
"You may not see eye to eye with the sleuth
in the final disposition of the case, but it's
worth thinking over." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p23 O 13 '46 llOw
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STREET. CECIL JOHN CHARLE8 (JOHN
RHODE, pseud). Secret of the lake house.
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p22 Ap 14 '46 90w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
"Dr. Priestley has seldom done a neater Job."
Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p32 P 24 '46 130w
"Pleasant in a slow, rather archaic fashion."
-f- New Yorker 22:100 P 16 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 P 10 '46 230w
STRICKLAND, HAROLD H. Juggernaut of the
rangers; il. by Paul Brown. 130p $2.60 Dodd
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-6394
Story of a K-9 dog, a Labrador retriever,
named Juggernaut. Not only does it describe
Juggernaut's experiences with the Rangers,
French underground, and paratroopers, but also
tells about the big dog's return to his young
owner after the end of the war.
"Excellent illustrations by Paul Brown. Rec-
ommended for boys of eleven if this type of
book is needed." K. H. McAlarney
4- Library J 71:1210 S 15 '46 HOw
"The story of the part played in the war by
a Labrador retriever is especially exciting."
Sat R of Lit 29:63 N 9 '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 S 15 '46 200w
STRINGHAM, EDWIN JOHN. Listening to
music creatively. 479p il $5 Prentice-Hall
780.072 Music — Analysis, interpretation, ap-
preciation 46-1610
Based on classroom lectures, this material
can be used with a large record collection.
Partial contents: Music and the dance; Music
and religion; Music, work and play: the tradi-
tional folk song; The composed folk song: the
architecture of music; Music as personal ex-
pression: the art song- (lied); The opera; The
oratorio; Music and the ballet; Classic and ro-
mantic elements in art; Nationalism in music;
Richard Wagner and the leit motif technique;
The sonata and the symphony; Beethoven: clas-
sicism and romanticism in ideal balance;
Brahms: the classical romanticist; The con-
certo for solo instrument and orchestra; Cham-
ber music: the string quartet; Impressionism;
Expressionism and other modern trends. Ori-
ginally issued in 1943 in a privately printed
preliminary wartime edition. Index.
Booklist 42:345 Jl 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"Well made book with fine illustrations and
readable music examples, generally accurate
information and sound musical feeling. One
thing wrong with it: It's not a book to read. . .
Material is a little loosely organized; language
not quite enough edited out of classroom lec-
ture style. Many good analyses of composi-
tions, but hard to find because of poor in-
dexing." Leonard Burkat
-| Library J 71:405 Mr 15 '46 HOw
"Professor Stringham's enthusiasm for his
subject and experience in dealing with it are
clearly evident. There is only one major
criticism that can be levelled against his book,
but that, it seems to me, Is a fundamental one.
It is a question of approach. Throughout most
of the work the emphasis is on romantic and
post-romantic music. . . The author's approach
might be understandable if his work were di-
rected toward casual listeners who know very
little about serious music and want to learn
more about that part of it which they hear on
the radio. But college students who are in-
terested enough in music to take a course in
appreciation are entitled to be introduced to
the riches of sixteenth-century music as well
as to the extraordinary creative activity that
has been going on for the last decade or more,
especially in this country. Surely such stu-
dents have a livelier curiosity about the art
than Professor Stringham gives them credit
for, and if they haven't, is It not the teacher's
duty to arouse it?" Nathan Broder
H Sat R of Lit 29:73 Je 8 '46 600w
STROBEL. MARION (MRS J. H. MITCHELL).
Kiss and kill. 213p $2 Scribner
46-3953
Detective story.
" 'Kiss and Kill' has a light-hearted quality
at times, and this only serves to accentuate
effectively its grimmer moments, of which
there are plenty." Elizabeth Bullock
-f Book Week p8 My 12 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 My 19 '46 HOw
"Miss Strobel piles on melodrama as lavishly
as she heaps up corpses, but 'Kiss and Kill
should be your meat if you prefer your deduc-
tion gory rather than subtle." M. L. A.
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 21 '46 90w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Je 23 .J46
130w
STRODE, HUDSON. South by thunderbird. new
rev ed 428p il $4 Harcourt
918 South America— Description and travel.
Aeronautics — Flights 45-37862
"About 70 pages have been added to cover
South American history from 1937 to 1945.
(Booklist) For earlier edition see Book Review
Digrest 1937. No index.
Booklist 42:168 Ja 15 '46
Kirkus 13:358 Ag 15 '45 60w
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
STRODE, JOSEPHINE, ed. Social insight
through short stories; an anthology. 285p $3
Short stories— Collections 46-6884
Anthology of short stories by American and
British authors, selected for their value as
supplementary material in sociology and social
work courses. Partial contents: Old Man Min-
ick, by Edna Ferber; A jury of her peers, by
Susan Glaspell; Indian business, by Eric
Howard; Miss Brill, by Katherine Mansfield;
The happy man, by W. S. Maugham; Five kids
from the East side, by Connie McCrae; In
clover, by Mollie Panter-Downes; The pound
party, by M. K. Rawlings; I was on relief, by
Jo Sinclair; Abdul, the Egyptian, learns Yankee
ways, by Frederic Sondern; An evacuated child,
by Howard Spring; Mountain poorhouse, by
Jesse Stuart; The salt of the earth, by Rebecca
West.
Am J Soc 52:381 Ja '47 20w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p7 O 13 '46 60w
"A book for study courses — and reference —
rather than entertainment per se."
-f Kirkus 14:261 Je 1 '46 HOw
New Yorker 22:101 S 28 '46 70w
School & Society 64:192 S 14 '46 50w
STRONG, ANNA LOUISE (MRS JOEL SHU-
BIN). I saw the new Poland. (Atlantic
monthly press bk) 280p $2.60 Little
940.53438 World war, 1939-1945— Poland.
Poland — Description and travel. Poland —
Politics and government 45-11107
An account of the Polish state, as it appeared
to this American correspondent. The author.
who is well-known as a Soviet champion, sides
with the Lublin Poles, rather than with the
London Polish government in exile.
"In the book is the coverage Miss Strong
gives the actual war at the gates of Warsaw
and the conscientious investigation the author
makes of the still-raging controversy over the
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STRObE, JOSEPHINE — Continued
ill-timed uprising ordered by Gen. Bor. While
the conclusions leave some doubt in my mind
it begins to look as though we had a very
garbled account from the London Poles of the
alleged 'treachery* of the Reds. One thing: this
book does superbly. It gives the reader new
respect and sympathy for the most devastated
country in Europe and its incredibly brave
survivors.'* Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ja 6 '46 600w
Booklist 42:183 F 1 '46
"American -born Mrs. Strong was the first
woman correspondent permitted to enter Poland,
close at the heels of the Russian army. She
was able to witness Poland's liberation and the
formation of the Lublin government. And she
has made the most of this unique opportunity.
She writes with much skill and such a warmth
of feeling that her book is likely to further
substantially President Boleslav Bierut's cause
among Americans not prejudiced in favor of
the London Poles. . . What gives the work a
definite value, despite [some] reservations, is
the author's love for people and her ability to
make them come alive in a single short
sentence. The political claims she supports may
be disputable; so may be the economic program
she accepts. But, after reading her book, no
one can doubt the genuineness and depth of
the feeling that drives on the Polish people in
their groping toward a brighter future/' E.
S. P.
+ — Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ja 4 '46
650w
Foreign Affairs 24:559 Ap '46 60w
"This is the first closeup of Poland after
liberation that I have read and I found it an
eye-opener. . . Her well-known pro-Soviet bias
may prejudice some readers who will feel that
this colors her story. But her facts are con-
vincingly marshalled and one feels that Poland
is no tool of any country, but that it is a
people's regime."
+ Kirkus 13:484 N 1 '45 210w
"Miss Strong's long identity with propagan-
distic Moscow Journalism has not prevented
her from being a good reporter in Poland.
Probably by preference, but also because she
was right on the heels of the still fighting
Russian army, her contacts were almost en-
tirely with left-wing leaders and li Reminded
peasants and workers. Their factual narra-
tives, however, stand the test of comparison
with later accounts from more diverse sources."
Irving Brant
-f New Repub 114:323 Mr 4 '46 500w
"An interesting, lively and in places even
moving account of the life in Poland during the
concluding stages of the war. . . One feels
that Miss Strong has a genuine sympathy for
the Polish people, and she has done full justice
to their indomitable courage, their burning love
for their country and their determination to
rebuild it from its ruins. . . With all these
merits, however. Miss Strong's volume fails to
be the book on the new Poland. And the
reason for this is not far to seek. If the au-
thor went on her exploration with no 'printed
knowledge' in her equipment she carried with
her some previously formed and strongly felt
convictions." Michael Karpovich
H NY Times p3 Ja 6 '46 1650w
New Yorker 21:74 Ja 5 '46 120w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d F 3 '46 420w
"This book is full of a healthy faith in
human nature and of enthusiasm for the future,
but it gives few answers to the questions with
which the world will watch Poland over the
next few years." Joseph Barnes
+ — Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 6 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
STRONG, CHARLES, pseud. See Epstein, S.
STRONG, JOHN HENRY. Jesu», the man of
prayer. 125p $1.35 Am. Bapt.
264.1 Prayer 46-11404
"A discussion of orayer, with equally con-
stant reference to the example and precepts
of Jesus and to the needs of men in the pres-
ent day." (Christian Century) Index of Bib-
lical references.
Christian Century 63:145 Ja 30 '46 20w
"The scattered passages of beauty— and they
are there— are seriously marred by a general
lack of coherence, the abundance of opinions
rather than evidence, and materials that do not
belong under the chapter headings under which
they come." W. C. Christians
Christian Century 64:16 Ja 1 '47 350w
"The book is a faithful portrayal of Jesus
as a man of prayer by one whose own per-
sonal testimony is a sincere and eloquent call
to prayer. 'Book knowledge is hollow, ghostly
knowledge' in comparison with the higher wis-
dom available for those who pray 'in the fel-
lowship of Christ, by the power of the Spirit,
for the glory of God.' This philosophy of the
author will prove conclusive for many troubled
souls who confront the needs and problems of
this tragic age." Vaughan Dabney
-f Crozer Q 23:299 Jl '46 440w
STRONG, RALPH KEMPTON, ed. Kingzett's
Chemical encyclopaedia. See Kingzett, C. T.
STRUTHER, JAN. See Maxtone Graham, J.
STUART, JESSE. Foretaste of glory. 256p $2.50
46-110.
On a night in September 1941 the residents
of a small Kentucky town noticed a display
of lights in the sky. Never having seen the
aurora borealis before they thought it the end
of the world. In brief sketches the author
shows the reactions of saints and sinners alike
to this strange phenomena.
Book Week p8 Mr 10 '46 550w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
"Faintly satiric, warmly sympathetic humor
characterizes Foretaste of Glory. . . The book
should not be read as one would read a novel,
but dipped into as one dips into a volume of
stories or examines a series of portraits. Yet
it has unity of time and place and a compelling
central theme. Like a kind of 'Winesburg,
Ohio,' it has given Mr. Stuart an opportunity
to exercise his superlative gift for creating
characters that are eccentric and could spring
from nothing but their particular locale, but
are, at the same time, comprehensible." W.
K. B.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 12
U6 480w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"Jesse Stuart gives briefly etched portraits-
revealing the murky undercurrents, the un-
happy human relations, the perverted and dis-
torted business structures, the Quarrel* and
hates and suspicions. There are occasional
bits of relief, glimpses of better ways of life,
less humor than usual. And there is some
brilliant writing."
-- h Kirkus 14:43 F 1 '46 180w
"As guide to the celebrities and eccentrics
of a small southern town, Stuart is shrewd,
informal, exuberant; as chronicler of the events
of the 'Last Night/ his manner is that of a
rustic Thurber." H. W. Hart
•f Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 80w
"The achievement of this book is a very real
one. Yet one may detect in it, as in other
works of Jesse Stuart, a sometimes uncon-
trolled and distracting tendency to caricature.
Here and there characters are simplified into
distortion. The real gusto, the genuine life of
the novel, is in no way dependent upon quaint-
ness or grotesquerie; yet unfortunate touches
of both these qualities break in. Some of the
excessive folksfness is at best suspicious. It
is not that people like these could not exist;
it is merely that here their existence seems
exploited either for laughter or for surprise.
And the fact that there 10 so much good and
honest rendering, within a design that admit*
tedly allows for more breadth than depth of
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treatment, makes the occasional exaggerations
stand out. They are like small accidents,
understandable, but still faintly disturbing. •'
Richard Sullivan
-f. N Y Times p6 Mr 10 '46 700w
"As always, Mr. Stuart's eye is on the
absurdities and frailties of men and women: it
is. however, a kindly eye and its owner has
so much good-natured humor and so un-
affected an understanding that there is no sting
in this record of his fellow-humans' monkey-
shines."
New Yorker 22:101 Mr 9 '46 100W
"We are reminded of Masters' s 'Spoon
River,' although Stuart's book is neither as
poetic nor as exalted in vision as Masters's.
But we are reminded nevertheless, by Stuart's
genuine feeling for the essential moments and
gestures that make people significant, by his
intuitive sympathy. Every one of these Blakes-
burg sketches has something to tell us of the
ways of mankind in a manner quite earthy
and realistic and unspoiled by any kind of
clichg. Stuart is an original observer, as read-
ers of his earlier books must certainly already
know." N. L. Rothman
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 Mr 9 '46 450w
Reviewed by Rosalind Rudkin
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 330w
Time 47:100 Ap 1 '46 450w
"At the end of the book every one in town
has been described, and the show is ready to
begin. But it doesn't. . . The reader has thus
waded through a great deal of biographical
data about some forty inconsequential, un-
pleasant, immoral and dull-witted people to no
avail whatever. Nothing happens to them;
they are not drawn into a pattern; they are
not exposed either spiritually or intellectually;
they are not part of a drama either greater
than or inferior to themselves." Thomas
Sugrue
Weekly Book Review plO Mr 10 '46
600w
STUART, JESSE. Tales from the Plum Grove
hills. 256p $2.75 Dutton
46-7101
Twenty stories about the people of the hills
of eastern Kentucky.
"The whole collection is quite delightful, and
will add appreciably to Jesse Stuart7 s personal
kind of 'success.' " Olive Carruthers
-f Book Week p3 O 20 '46 600w
Booklist 43:103 D 1 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor p!8 N 7 '46
600w
"Warm, sympathetic colloquial tales of Ken-
tucky mountain folk, written by a man of the
people who again displays a sure, genuine
talent."
+ Klrkus 14:463 S 15 '46 120w
"Jesse Stuart, that man with a bull-tongue
plow, has driven another furrow through the
good literary top-soil of his native Kentucky
and turned up twenty of those regional, read-
able tales and sketches at which he excels.
The twenty are not all of equal merit; but, with
one or two exceptions, they are honest and
entertaining and are marked by the unique
Stuart blending of vitality, humor and human-
ity." N. K. Burger
-f N Y Times p4 O 13 '46 800w
"An easygoing simplicity of outlook and a
genial warmth give freshness and charm to
this collection. . . Some of the tales are hu-
morous*, some are macabre, and some are
quietly moving; in all of them Mr. Stuart
has, as asual, bypassed the cliches."
H New Yorker 22:132 O 19 '46 60w
"Some of these tales are a bit too syrupy to
swallow, and in those cases one agrees with
Pa, who doesn't care for his son's books, no
matter how much education he has acquired.
Others, though, are truly hilarious." Kenneth
Weekly Book Review p5 N 3 '46 650w
WIs Lib Bui 42:169 D '46
STURE-VASA, MRS MARY (ALSOP) (MARY
O'HARA, pseud). Green grass of Wyoming.
(Story press bk) 3l9p $2.75 Lippincott
46-6228
Sequel to Thunderhead (Book Review Digest
1943). In this book Thunderhead breaks out
of his mountain valley and steals some of the
best mares from the neighboring ranches, as
members of his harem. In the end he justifies
Ken's faith.
"If this new novel by Mary O'Hara does not
enjoy the success its predecessors did, then
the public taste has changed. It has the same
accurately drawn Wyoming setting, the same
human warmth and the same remarkable in-
sight into animal psychology as 'My Friend
Pllcka' and 'Thunderhead/" Ricker Van
Metre
+ Book Week p3 O 27 '46 340w
Booklist 43:73 N 1 '46
Cath World 164:380 Ja '47 IGOw
Cleveland Open Shelf pl6 Jl '46
Reviewed by Emerson Hynes
Commonweal 45:356 Ja 17 '47 330w
"A book that conservatives will like and
that will interest all ages."
-f Kirkus 14:393 Ag 15 '46 260w
"Fine passages reveal mature understanding
of sensitive wife and mother." L. R. Miller
+ Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 lOOw
"The people are all cut pretty much to pat-
tern, except that they ride almost as well as
the Valkyries. But when Miss O'Hara turns
full attention to horses she writes with power
and excitement. Her descriptions of Thunder-
head's mastery of his band, the manner in
which he protects them and leads them to new
and rich pastures are vivid and wholly absorb-
ing. Her landscapes of mountains and valleys,
forest and tundra are rich and appetizing.
Here she adds immeasurably to your knowledge
and pride of Western horses." Florence
Crowtner
+ _ N Y Times p24 O 27 '46 650w
Reviewed by Jape Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle pi 8 N 17 '46
250w
"Miss O'Hara has written a powerful and
enormously thrilling story against a back-
ground of panoramic sweep and color. Woven
into the plot is a sensitive and tender theme
of adolescent love. . . The book is as whole-
some and honest as new bread." S. H. Hay
•f Sat R of Lit 29:20 N 2 '46 650w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review pi 8 O 27 '46
650W
Wis Lib Bui 42:133 O '46
STURGES- JONES, MARION. In wedlock wake.
248p $2.75 Putnam
46-20795
After seventeen years of marriage Celia
Cooper awakens to the fact that her husband's
attentions are wandering. This variation of
the triangle theme reaches a satisfactory con-
clusion. The time is the beginning of World
war II; the place New Jersey near Philadelphia.
Book Week p!6 N 17 '46 80w
Kirkus 14:301 Jl 1 '46 170w
"A first novel recommended for libraries
needing fiction for women." E. F. Kelly
+ Library J 71:1051 Ag '46 90w
"Around a time -honored plot of trivial and
triangular dimensions written in slick-paper
style, the author has draped a quite interest-
ing, genuine and easily appreciated setting of
wartime life In the suburban theatre of opera*
tions." Nancy L*add
N Y Times p24 S 15 '46 460w
San Francisco Chronicle p23 O 20 '46
120w
Reviewed by tdsle Bell
Weekly Book Review p8 8 1 '46 450w
800
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
STURGIS, ROBERT. Hidden season. 24 9p $2.50
Mill
46-21673
"Everybody welcomes Steve Colson back from
war — the rich aunt who brought him up in a
Fifth Avenue mansion, his ex-mistress who
is now living- with an actor, the man- crazy
girl practically engaged to two men but still
interested in Steve, the advertising firm of-
fering him his old job back, a Broadway play
producer who wants him as assistant director.
But he prefers to think things out without de-
ciding anything. Many whiskies and quite a
few kisses later, his mind is made up." Weekly
Book Review
"A pleasant, plausible, non- proselytizing story
of a boy back from the wars which qualifies
well for lighter entertainment."
4- KTrkue 14:398 Ag 15 '46 120w
" 'Hidden Season* is a considerable disap-
pointment. The writing is still amateurish,
too plainly so, but that could be granted as
a hurdle to be gotten over; the real cause
for disappointment Is that Mr. Sturgis has
neglected the earnestness and the logic of
reality which made his earlier novel so pal-
atable. ' N. I*. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:64 D 7 '46 300w
"Neither Steve nor Robert Sturgis has come
to very close grips with the theme of tired
veteran turning civilian." Lisle Bell
-{- Weekly Book Review p36 O 27 '46 lOOw
STURZO, LUIGI. Nationalism and internation-
alism. 308p $3.50 Roy pubs.
320.15 Nationalism and nationality. Inter-
national cooperation 46-8081
"Erudite Italian priest, leader of Italy's
Catholic People's Party after first world war,
exile from Fascist regime, deals under some-
what misleading title with some aspects of
Europe's development during last hundred years:
nationalism and internationalism; the Roman
question; Fascism; Christian democracy; state
and labor, etc. Prime example is Italy. Em-
phasizes Catholic viewpoint. Contributes to
understanding of progressive, social minded
Christian movement that now seems to be
shaping in Europe as the only counterpart to
Communism." (Library J) No index.
"Despite his 80-odd years Don Luigi Sturzo
remains one of the most vigorous, clear- think-
ing liberals of the present time. A Judicious po-
litical and social historian, he never loses his
balance." J. G. Kerwin
4- Book Week p6 Ja 5 '47 260w
"This is a scholarly study of the historical
backgrounds and moral implications of the po-
litical and economic problems which the world
is presently confronting. . . This is not easy
reading, but such is the direct bearing of his
comments upon contemporaneous events that
one's attention is caught and held. While much
space is devoted to the position taken by the
Catholic Church on various public issues, the
book as a whole should be of equal interest to
non-Catholics who are concerned with the po-
litical future of the world."
~f- Kirkus 14:550 N 1 '46 190w
"While not a book for the masses, it should
be of interest to educated people, whether
friends or foes of Catholic politics." H. H. A.
Bernt
+ Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 140w
"Don Sturzo's 'Nationalism and Internation-
alism' is especially valuable as an historical
and analytical treatment by such a Catholic of
the political and social (and therefore eco-
nomic) tendencies in the nineteenth century
which led to the present phenomenon of na-
tionalism— the phenomenon of a good thing,
love of country and a desire for self-govern-
ment, exaggerating itself into a very bad thing,
worship of country, 'right or wrong/ coupled
with active contempt or even hatred for all
other countries. . . But in fairness to him It
must be said that his publishers have been re-
miss in their editing of the translation of this
work. It is not only full of what might be called
Latinisms — constructions characteristic of Ital-
ian, French or Spanish, but terribly awkward in
English— it is replete with faulty grammar. Too
bad, since such minor defects could so easily
have been remedied." H. L. Binsse
_j Weekly Book Review pll D 29 '46
HOOw
STYLES, SHOWELL. Traitor's mountain. Slip
$2.75 Macmillan [8s 6d Paul, S]
46-5533
Spy-thriller of World war II, the scenes of
which take place in London during the "blitz,"
Egypt and the Mediterranean, arid the moun-
tain country of northern Wales.
Kirkus 14:308 Jl 1 '46 HOw
"Technically, 'Traitor's Mountain' is full of
faults. Some of the action is illogical, and
there is a painful amount of the old had-I-but-
known come on, which wore out its usefulness
early in the nineteenth century. Also, in this
reader's opinion, it is a mistake to name a
heroine Myfanwy. Nevertheless, once you start
'Traitor's Mountain' you will stick with it. It
has action, people, suspense, gaiety, and it's
a lot of fun." Jane Cobb
.{ NY Times p22 Ag 4 '46 450w
"The plot is elementary and somewhat
absurd; but you won't in the least mind as you
follow a charming bunch of people making ex-
cellent bright conversation among spectacular
scenery." Anthony Boucher
_L __ san Francisco Chronicle p!8 Ag 11 '46
70w
"This is slick oh-what-fun spy stuff with the
perils nicely played down." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ag 4 '46
220w
STY RON, ARTHUR. The last of the cocked
hats; James Monroe and the Virginia dy-
nasty. *480p il $3.60 Univ. of Okla. press
B or 92 Monroe, James. U.S. — History —
1783-1865 45-10307
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The wealth of historical allusion, the dubi-
ous interpretation, the meagerness of biograph-
ical narrative which characterize the volume
make it obvious that Mr. Styron has read
widely but indiscriminately. This conclusion is
corroborated by his extensive, atrociously ed-
ited bibliography. Mr. Styron lists one of the
two major collections of Monroe manuscripts,
as well as twelve minor collections of the
period; but there is little evidence of their use
in his pages. He cites as authorities such
marginal writers in the historical field as Wal-
ter Lippmann, Paul Winkler, Sumner Welles,
and Porter Sargent; he appears oblivious to
the information bearing directly on Monroe's
career which he might have gleaned from the
monographs of Dexter Perkins, Beverly W.
Bond, Jr., E. Wilson Lyon, and E. H. Tatum,
jr. — to mention only examples from the fleld
of foreign relations. The University of Okla-
homa Press has made Mr. Styron's always
stimulating and frequently provoking book into
a compact and attractive volume, with a for-
mat charmingly redolent of the age of Mon-
roe." Raymond Walters
-j Am Hist R 51:508 Ap '46 900w
Bookmark 7:14 My '46
"To sustain his 480-page biography, Styron
has written a long disquisition on the times,
and has focused attention on Monroe only at
intervals. The material which he presents spe-
cifically on Monroe's career could probably be
included in a hundred pages: for long periods
Monroe Is lost in the background. The volume
is particularly slow in getting under way, with
a detailed discussion of the Birth of an Era,
the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Sty-
ron, who seema to be something of a Southern
agrarian on the defensive, obtrudes himself
throughout the volume in these long asides.
The narrative is further interrupted by hun-
dreds of footnotes rarely containing anything
which, given the author's discursive method,
could not be better included in the text. Much
of the volume is needlessly complex and drear-
ily written, but it is dotted with brilliant vi-
gnettes of lucid prose. . . 'The Last of the
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
801
Cocked Hats' would be far the better for a
comprehensive and astringent Job of editing."
Coleman Rosenberger
h Nation 162:174 F 9 '46 550w
Reviewed by J. A. Krout
N Y Times p6 Ja 27 '46 1250w
"Mr. Styron treats any historical event of
the years when Monroe was alive as an excuse
for variations on any theme that appeals to
him. He is no more bound to his ostensible
subject than is a filibustering senator. . . But
as, unfortunately, he is decidedly inaccurate
in his illustrative anecdotes, he has also a
very defective command of chronology, so that
we have Charles James Fox and Joseph II
both commenting on events that occurred after
their deaths. Something of the same spirit
seems to have affected the illustrations. . .
But if rather an odd, this is an interesting and
highly readable book, even if it attains read-
ableness by devoting, at a rough calculation,
half its space to topics only remotely connected
with that dull, dim, worthy man James Mon-
roe."
-j Times [London] Lit Sup p!42 Mr 23
'46 HOOw
SUGER, abbot of Saint Denis. Abbot Suger on
the abbey church of St-Denis and its art
treasures; ed., tr. and annot. by Erwin Pan-
ofsky. 250p il pi $3.75 Princeton univ. press
726.582 St Denis (abbey) A46-3271
"Abbot Suger, born in 1081, in 1122 became
Abbot of St. Denis, the Abbey Church of Paris,
and remained in office until his death in 1151. . .
In the long, scholarly and enchanting introduc-
tion which precedes his edition of Abbot
Suger's three texts ('De Administratione,' 'De
Consecratione' and 'Ordinatio'), Mr. Panofsky,
Professor of Art at Princeton's Institute for
Advanced Study, rescues from high theological
and architectural atmospheres the personality
of the man. Abbot Suger in the incredibly
short period of three years and three months
renewed from its very foundations, redecorated
and restored the parent monument of all Gothic
cathedrals. . . The texts themselves — Suger's
own apology and argument for his 'destructive-
ly creative enterprise, which was to set the
course of Western architecture for more than a
century' — have never before been translated in
their entirety." N Y Times
Reviewed by Frank Bourne
Cath World 164.187 N '46 410w
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
-f- N Y Times p34 S 22 '46 1250w
SUGRUE, THOMAS. Starling of the White
House. See Starling, E. W.
SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR. Gil-
bert and Sullivan songs for young people.
See Gilbert. W. S.
SULLIVAN, FRANK. Rock in every snowball.
220p $2 Little
817 46-6045
Forty-eight brief humorous sketches, most of
which have been previously published in the
New Yorker, the Saturday Evening Post, or
PM. They range from lawyer's lingo and good-
will societies, to a passion against pigeons, and
women's hats.
"Those sketches read better when taken sin-
gly— they were originally published as separate
pieces in magazines — for, as with all collections
of humorous pieces, uninterrupted reading
makes for a sense of strain in the humor. A
Rock in Every Snowball is a good bet, how-
ever, for the train trip, the bedside, and, un-
expectedly enough, by virtue of its merciless
expose" of the cliche', for the classroom." W.
L. Coplthorne
+ Atlantic 178:168 N '46 270w
Book Week p2 S 8 '46 140w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
4 'Fraught with migraine, almost all of these
forty odd pieces' slightly squint-eyed view of
modern life give the pause that cheers for
Sullivan's supporters."
-|- KIrkus 14:292 Je 15 '46 170w
"Frank Sullivan would probably start a
movement to have this reviewer drummed out
of the regiment did I hail his latest book. *A
Rock In Every Snowball,' as vastly amusing.
Yet I must brook his wrath and herewith com-
pound the verbal felony by saying that it is
vastly and continuously amusing. Indeed, were
I not afraid that he would whip out his dirk
and have at me, I would say that it is funnier
than a bag of monkeys." Richard Maney
-f N Y Times p4 Ag 25 '46 lOOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 13 '46
190w
"Some of the snowballs are almost too fluffy
to hold together, some are firm, a few are
slushy; some hit the mark cleanly while
others completely miss the dignified old gentle-
man's tall hat, but none are meanly packed "
J. P. Wood
H Sat R of Lit 29:26 Ag 24 '46 700w
"Liike most of the New Yorker school of
humorists, who seize upon a human foible and
chastise it unmercifully, Sullivan's humor is
somewhat stylized and is better in sips than In.
deep quaffs, but his books always provide a
well-filled decanter for pleasant tippling." R.
•n TT
' -}_•__ Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 26 '46 420w
"The latest collection of Frank Sullivan's es-
says is a humorous whatnot which pyramids
from the solid opening phrase 'The girls of to-
day' to a gentle and italicized 'Vale,' filling
the intervening space with a variety of words
chosen from various dictionaries, street cor-
ners, and questionable milk bars. What Mr.
Sullivan does with these words is, as always,
something to admire." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review p7 S 1 '46 850w
SULLIVAN, RICHARD. World of Idella May.
373P $2.75 Doub.eday
Portrait of a beautiful but stupid woman,
who never really grew up, and whose self-
centered way thru life brought little happiness
to the fine man whom she married.
"I value 'The World of Idella May' for the
warmth and energy of its narrative, for the
sure and honest craftsmanship which marks
it in every part, for the genuineness and mem-
orableness of the people who live in its pages.
I value it even more highly for its challenge
to the reader's thinking, for its permanent
meaning." J. T. Frederick
-h Book Week p6 N 24 '46 SOOw
Booklist 43:133 Ja 1 '47
"Mr. Sullivan's latest novel is more suc-
cessful at presenting the genuine feel of a
small town midwest than at creating character.
But I must admit that Idella is a case. It
is good satirical commentary " Edward Skillin
Commonweal 45:284 D 27 '46 470w
"Lacks the drama (and therefore appeal) of
some of our super-strumpet stories (Ben Ames
Williams, etc.) but is highly capable."
KIrkus 14:502 O 1 '46 170w
"To keep his portrait realistic, Mr. Sullivan
has toned it down to almost static dullness.
Concentrating on psychological explanations,
his dramatic scenes are few and far between.
One wishes to know Idella May more intimately
— less as a type and more as a person whose
destiny matters — but perhaps that is wishing
vainly since the whole tragedy of her charac-
ter was that she lacked an intimate life being
a synthetic product. Without venturing to
satirize the 'world of Idella May,' Mr. Sullivan
has made his point with sincerity and intelli-
gence." Nona Balakian
-f N Y Times p22 N 24 '46 700w
" 'The World of Idella May' is a strong
novel, a tour de force of mordant portraiture
and a terrifying exhibit of the mischief that
childishness can wreak when it is loose in the
lives of adults." Mary Ross
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 24 '46 700w
802
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
SUMMERSON, JOHN NEWENHAM. Georgian
London [il. by Alison Shepherd]. 315p $5
Scribner [21s Pleiades bks]
720.942 Architecture — London. Architecture,
Georgian 47-1190
A documented history of Georgian London,
with especial emphasis on architecture. But
it treats "not only of Georgian architecture,
but of the whole problem of the growth of a
city; of the things which influenced it, re-
ligion, politics and economics; of the char-
acters of the men who financed and planned
and built, their ambitions, their tastes, and
their critics; of the materials which they used
and why they used them; of private rights
and public control. . . Though Mr. Summer-
son's chosen period is the eighteenth century
he casts back a hundred years for his founda-
tion and finds it in the return of Inigo Jones
from his third visit to Italy and his ap-
pointment as Surveyor- General to the King."
(Times [London] Lit Sup) Index.
"This is a book for which students of London
have long been waiting. Mr. Summerson is
one of the real authorities on London buildings
and he carries his scholarship and personal
research with a lively air and tweaks many a
big reputation. His well-produced, well-illus-
trated book comes at a time when many of
the buildings he mentions as exemplars of their
particular type have been demolished or
mutilated in the war years, which should make
us more conscious of the merits and char-
acteristics of those that have survived."
James Bone
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ap 3 '46 360w
New Yorker 22:146 D 14 '46 60w
"The eighteenth century is the glorious cen-
tury for our city architecture, and there Is no
better authority on the subject than Mr. John
Summerson, who combines both learning and
good judgment. This [is a] comprehensive and
tastefully produced book."
-f Spec 176:308 Mr 22 '46 180w
"Mr. Summerson's title is strictly accurate.
He has written of Georgian London. Yet the
title gives no idea of the variety and scope,
the interest and entertainment, of his learned
and lively book."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!50 Mr 30
'46 3250w
SUMMER, MRS CID RICKETTS. Quality. 286p
$2.75 Bobbs
46-5788
"Posing the question of the educated Negro
returning to the Southern homeland, this gives
you Pinkey Johnson, (known in the North as
Patricia, and passing as white) escaping to her
Grandmother Dicey to avoid telling a white
boy the truth of her background. Resentful,
self -centered, Pinkey meets violence and dis-
trust in her first encounters in Mississippi;
almost believes she can evade her heritage
when the white boy comes for her — but she
learns his true feelings. She begins to see the
answers to her confusion when she nurses
aristocratic Miss Em, Dicey's beloved employer.
Miss Em's willing of the big house to Pinkey
arouses another storm as Pinkey fights the
other heirs, but Pinkey, with the burning of
the house by malcontents, learns where her true
and helpful friends are." Kirkus
"Mrs. Sumner, white, and born in the South,
has written a book of genuine human insight
and social perception. I nope it becomes a best
seller." S. I. Hayakawa
-f Book Week p4 S 15 '46 600w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
"Some sensationalism, melodrama, but a not
too saccharine presentation of both sides of
the Southern picture gives this a better than
most appeal."
-f Kirkus 14:803 Jl 1 '46 170w
" 'Quality' conforms generally to the requi-
sites of women's magazine fiction: including
some fussiness in style, melodrama, typed char*
acters (hard to avoid in fiction about the
South), the emotional world of a schoolgirl's
dream. But the community and personal life
of white and Negro is truly drawn. These as*
pects of the novel will cause some readers to
marvel, and make many a complacent South-
erner squirm." N. K. Burger
-f _ N Y Times plO S 8 '46 650w
"Mrs. Sumner 's statement is good and com-
plete. She has brought every kind of evidence
to bear upon this case — the Negro who will
fight and the Negro who will yield, the thought-
ful white man and the cruel and the cowardly,
the kindly person who will not change things
and the anarchist who will distort and destroy
for the sake of change. . . The thoroughness
of this effort to be all-inclusive is one weak*
ness. . . Another weakness is the contrived
happy ending, which all but nullifies the mean-
ing of the book." N. L. Rothman
H Sat R of Lit 29:85 D 7 '46 400w
"As a novel 'Quality* has not the spacious-
ness or richness of Lillian Smith's 'Strange
Fruit,' and Mrs. Sumner shares Miss Smith's
weakness in over-sentimentalizing her colored
heroine. Nor is 'Quality' by any means so
sturdily and realistically built up as Hodding
Carter's fine 'Winds of Destiny.' But it has its
own special merit. Mrs. Sumner is actually
a protagonist neither for the white nor the
colored race but, over and above all, for the
human race itself, confronted with this pressing
problem of adjustment and readjustment. And
^Quality' is her tract designed to help us all,
black and white, so far as in her lies, to find
the way ahead." P. H, Bullock
H Weekly Book Review p8 S 1 '46 1050w
SUNSET MAGAZINE. Sunset western ranch
houses, by the editorial staff in collaboration
with Cliff May. 160p il $3 Lane pub. co, bk.
division, 676 Sacramento st, San Francisco 11
728 Architecture, Domestic— Designs and
Plans 46-6970
"The book, prepared by the editorial staff of
Sunset magazine in collaboration with Cliff May,
gives plans, architect's sketches and actual
photographs of a large number of homes that
are likely to be of interest to the reader who is
planning a house of this style. The book has
been designed to offer the prospective home
builder concrete help and suggestions." Book
Week
Book Week p2 D 29 '46 90w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 O 15 '46
950w
SURDEZ, GEORGES. Homeland. 471p S2.75
Doubleday
46-4609
Family chronicle in which the locality is first
Switzerland, then France. The fact was that
the family was Swiss, but father had a roving
foot, as well as a roving eye. The story of
the family's various moves before the hegira
to the United States is told as they appeared
to a precocious small boy. The time is the
early 1900's.
"There is something about the book, perhaps
because it deals with the period before World
War I, that is nostalgic. There is a certain
atmosphere of security present. . . Nostalgic
or not, however, the author's handling of the
material has made it possible for me to read
47;Lpa.ges with enjoyment if not at all times
with the greatest of Interest." D. M. Weil
-f Book Week p6 Ag 4 '46 300w
«* "<Mr* iiSuldez writes extremely good English;
Jt is all the more unpleasant to have to say
that there are hair-raising incursions of dated
American slang ('Father was born a sucker
for a dame') unspeakably out of place in a
book which is serious and beautiful." C. G.
H Commonweal 44:410 Ag 9 '46 1050w
Kirkus 14:229 My 15 '46 200w
"Full of unexpected slants, delightful humor,
real and deep pathos, and searching character-
ization. Goes on reviewer's shelf between Ted
Robinson's Enter Jerry and William ~'
The Folded Leaf. Heartily
E. F. Walbridge
-f Ulbrary J 71:070 Jl '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
803
"Arthur's story is written in a bluff, con-
versational style, salted with a wry humor,
a style closer to the language of everyday
than many of the sentimentalized chronicles
we have had— though it dips at times too far
into Americanese. 'Cute, 'lousy/ 'quite a
dish,' and 'Papa was always a sucker for the
dames,' lend a touch of juke-box to the Home-
land." Mary Mian
H NY Times p21 Ag 4 '46 600w
"It all adds up to something for which there's
little choice but to drag out that old favorite,
the word 'charm.' But it might have been an
even better book if it had been cut from its
471 pages to somewhere near 300." J. H.
Jackson
H San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 2 '46
BOOw
"It is one thing to write a book about your
childhood, but quite another thing to write
about your childhood as if you were still that
child. Georges Surdez has done it. What
comes out is a record (for how else could a
child tell the story?) of people and events
that's not always easy to read; but the plod-
ding is worth it for in the end you'll realize
here are humor, intelligence, honesty." George
Panetta
+ Sat R of Lit 29:43 Jl 27 '46 650w
"Into Arthur's story Mr. Surdez builds,
quite properly ... a dozen or more extrava-
gantly delightful anecdotes, like extra chunks
of good meat in an already more than satis-
factory stew. Oh, 'Homeland' is full of anec-
dotes, lusty and sweet, that many a raconteur
might well — and probably will — add to his bag
of good stories." P. H. Bullock
H Weekly Book Review p2 Jl 21 '46 860w
SUTHEIM, GEORGE M. Introduction to
emulsions. 260p il $4.75 Chemical pub. co.
660.282 Emulsions 46-2905
"The material in this book had its beginning
in a series of lectures presented at the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. The original
lectures have been expanded, but the clear, in-
formal style remains. The first three chapters
deal with the theories of emulsion formation
and the chemistry of emulsifying agents, the
remaining three deal with the formation,
properties and applications of emulsions. In-
cluded in the appendix are a glossary, a list of
emulsifying agents that gives the trade name,
chemical name, type, and manufacturer of
some one hundred and eighty emulsifying
agents. Essentially the book is a concise sur-
vey of emulsions from the practical viewpoint.
It will be useful chiefly to practical chemists
and manufacturers." (N Y New Tech Bks)
Bibliography.
"The breadth of the role played by emulsions
is indicated by examples in the fields of ad-
hesives, bitumens, cosmetics, food, insecticides,
rubber, paints, and polymerization. A list of
commercial emulsifying agents, and a compre-
hensive bibliography form a valuable adjunct
to this book." R. C. Bacon
-f Chem & Eng N 24:2286 Ag 26 '46
250w
Chem & Met Eng 53:273 Jl '46 150w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:982 Jl '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:24 Ap '46
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:259 S '46 190w
SWANSON, ERNST WERNER, and SCHMIDT,
EMERSON PETER. Economic stagnation or
progress; a critique of recent doctrines on
the mature economy, oversavings, and deficit
spending. 212p $2.50 McGraw
330.1 Economics. Keynes, John Maynard
46-4676
"This book is a critique of the Keynes-Hansen
school of economic stabilization, whose doc-
trines launched the movement for direct gov-
ernment participation in the economic life of
the nation. The authors treat particularly the
fundamental error of the Keynes-Hansen school:
the failure to give proper perspective to the
role of the price system in the allocation and
employment of resources. The numerous read-
ings which largely comprise the book are linked
by commentaries and two essays in the thinking
on the problem of economic stabilization and
on the real foundation of a program for sta-
bilizing the competitive enterprise economy.
A special feature of the book is the bibliog-
raphy of visual aids correlated with the ma-
terial in the text." (Publisher's note) Index.
Reviewed by Joseph Mayer
— Ann Am Acad 248:285 N '46 800w
"Full employment, as a policy objective, is
evidently disliked, though the attack on it is
mainly indirect; and there is throughout a tacit
assumption that capitalist control of enterprise
and democratic freedom are one and the same
thing. Those who wish to see the line of anti-
New Deal capitalist economics in the United
States will find this book quite a convenient
summary. Nobody else need bother with it."
New Statesman & Nation 32:449 D 14
'46 240w
SWEENEY, MARY AGNES. Rehabilitation;
materials on today's problems for veterans
and civilians. 132p pa $1.25 A.L.A.
355.115 Veterans. Disabled— Rehabilitation,
etc. 46-25225
"This replaces the author's Today's hand-
book for librarians. It is a guide, with
separately listed bibliographical aids, to the
basic information the librarian should have
on rehabilitation, readjustment, employment,
and related problems of veterans, displaced
workers, and the handicapped. A small
amount of the material in the earlier book is
retained, but because of the changes in provi-
sion for veterans in the past two years this is
essentially a new work." Booklist
Booklist 48:361 Jl 15 '46
"For busy library Information desks this
handy reference guide should be a time-
saver." S. C. Sherman
-f Library J 71:1537 N 1 '46 600w
SWIFT, MERLIN, pseud. See Leeming. J.
SWING. RAYMOND. In the name of sanity.
116p $1 Harper
321.041 Atomic bomb. Peace. World politics.
International cooperation 46-25074
"A survey of the political aspects and the
potentialities of the atomic bomb, which, for
good reasons indeed, the author considers to
be something like the Apocalypse. He ends
with a plea for the nations of the world to
give up the right to make war; the peril, he
says, is now too great." New Yorker
Reviewed by R. N. Schwartz
Book Week p4 Mr 17 '46 BOOw
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
Bookmark 7:4 My '46
"[Mr. Swing's] arguments are well chosen
and well presented. The difficulties of how to
achieve one world and how to persuade in-
dividual nations to come together and give up
some of their valued sovereignty to attain the
greater sovereignty Mr. Swing does not state.
The book should be read by all intelligent citi-
zens." R D. Fowler
Chem & Eng N 24:1973 Jl 25 '46 300w
Christian Science Monitor pl8 Mr 28 '46
300w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
Foreign Affairs 24:743 Jl '46 30w
"This is non-sclentlflc and should help the
layman to understand better the political
significance of atomic energy in world ar-
fars-'+ Klrkus 14:92 F 16 '46 180W
"Raymond Swing has done his level best,
which Is a good deal, to illuminate the recent
history and nature of atomic fission, the neces-
sity of civilian control by a democratic agency,
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the folly of trying- to keep a nonexistent secret
and the need of surrendering at least enough
sovereignty to an International government
so that no national state shall henceforth have
the power to make war. It is vivid, logical,
forceful." G-eorge Soule
-f New Repub 114:512 Ap 15 '46 270w
•'Those who came in late on the atom will find
this is an ideal book. Mr. Swing's admiring
audience should buy it, also. For the disad-
vantage of radio is two-fold: facts that enter
by one ear may depart by the other; and there
is no way for the average person to review yes-
terday's program. . . Mr. Swing's excellent work
interests your reviewer, who never before has
read a collection of news commentaries decked
out in type. The effect is rather remarkable —
easy to read and to understand yet not pre-
cisely reading matter." Philip Wylie
+ N Y Times p3 Mr 31 '46 lOOOw
"On the very face of it, a sound treatise."
-f New Yorker 22:101 Mr 16 '46 80w
Reviewed by Jerry Voorhis
Sat R of Lit 29:21 Ap 20 '46 800w
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey Q 35:130 Ap '46 360w
"There is not much for me to say about
Mr. Swing's book. Except that I agree with
it in its urgent warning, its appeal for political
vision, its insistence that time presses hard
upon us to act as we have never been called
upon to act in the history of men." J. R.
Walsh
+ Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 17 '46
1050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:71 My '46
SWISHER, CARL BRENT. Growth of consti-
tutional power in the United States. 261p
$2.50 Univ. of Chicago press
342.739 U.S.— Constitutional history
A46-B42
A discussion and interpretation of the United
States constitution, its growth and develop-
ment, and its effect on today's constitutional
problems. Partial contents: Democratic con-
ceptions of the Constitution; Shifting bound-
aries of federalism; Constitutional sources of
expanding power; Constitutional barriers to the
exercise of power; The growth of administra-
tive Justice; The Constitution and world af-
fairs; New horizons for the Judiciary. Index.
"A particularly fresh and interesting portion
of this book is that in which the point is made
that in argument of counsel in court and in
geographic or economic divisions of opinion,
the attack on federalism is often masked. . .
In addition to its fairness, temperateness, and
breadth of understanding of the progress of
the Constitution, Professor Swisher's book has
the merit of being exceedingly readable."
Charles Warren
•f Am Hist R 61:722 Jl '46 700w
"It is in the last chapter that the book's
most original contribution is to be found. Here
Mr. Swisher comes to grips with the develop-
ment of 'private government' in the United
States (and on the international scene), chiefly
in the form of great corporations. . , It is no
reflection on the scholarship or profundity of
this book to state that its greatest usefulness
will perhaps be to the general reader, and to
students in classes in American government.
No political scientist has yet produced an abler
non-technical, yet critical, analysis of our con-
stitutional system than is to be found in Pro-
fessor Swisher's volume. It deserves, and un-
doubtedly will enjoy, a wide audience." R. K.
Carr
-h Am Pol Set R 40:358 Ap '46 700w
"This book is a delight to read for its
thoughtful grasp of a wide field, and for the un-
failing clarity and energy of the writing it-
self." J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 F 24 '46 50w
"Professor Swisher's book Justifies the
claim made for it that it is a stimulating text
for courses on the Constitution and good read-
ing for the people in whose hands rests the
future of federalism. The courses and the lay
reading should, though, be supplemented by
more critical writings which are less ready to
accept the present state of our governmental
machinery as adequate for the hugely increased
demands, especially in foreign affairs, which are
now bearing on it." T. K. Finletter
-f Commonweal 43:605 Mr 29 '46 460w
Current Hist 10:352 Ap '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 24:749 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by William Seagle
Nation 163:159 Ag 10 '46 700w
"There are interesting chapters on the pro-
tection of civil liberties and on the constitu-
tional questions that emerge in connection with
the conduct of foreign affairs. It is difficult
to say anything new about these well -rehearsed
subjects, and while Mr. Swisher's analyses are
sound, they do not provoke comment or con-
troversy. More significant is the concluding
analysis of the constitutional system as affected
by the growth of our corporate economy." H.
S. Commager
4- N Y Times p3 F 17 '46 2100w
Reviewed by J. D. Millett
Pol Sci Q 61:297 Je '46 950w
Spec 176:542 My 24 '46 240w
"Professor Swisher's account of the growtn
of national power under the Constitution ia
characterized by good writing, good sense, and
good humor, by an admirable selection of illus-
trative materials, and by the trained insight
of the specialist. . . This is a book which no
serious student of current affairs should miss
reading." E. S. Corwin
•f Survey G 35:411 N '46 900w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:135 Je '46 280w
"It is probable that there will be less agree-
ment with basic propositions In the opening
chapter of the volume than with particular
theses developed in subsequent lectures. Some,
for instance, will hesitate to accept the broad
assertion that 'every state has a constitution*
and that 'without a constitution there is no
government and no state.' Neither logic nor
history would seem to support this generaliza-
tion. . . These comments, however, are carping.
For readers who seek a timely and discriminat-
ing treatment of current constitutional issues
set in their background of history, this volume
is of great value." M. DeW. Howe
_| Weekly Book Review p22 Ap 14 '46
750w
SYLVESTER, ROBERT. Dream street. 252p
$2.50 Dial press
46-7784
Jake Harkness, theatrical agent, while sit-
ting in a second-rate night club, hears a
girl singing. Tho he acknowledges that she
"can't sing a lick," something about the girl
attracts him and he offers to create a career
for her. Jake is more successful in his plan
than he expected and in the end Penny Farmer
herself has to call the turns to avert disaster.
Reviewed by Jack Conroy
Book Week p3 N 3 '46 320w
"Mr. Sylvester's story is simple and un-
pretentious. . . With a restraint rarely found
in first novelists he has condensed his ob-
servations into something under 300 pages, has
avoided using sex as a Roman candle. For
all that it occasionally lampoons the Hollywood
overlords, it's conceivable that this story may
have its hour on the screen. If the Malibu
barons had less vanity and more valor, 'Dream
Street' would be their medium of atonement."
Richard Maney
4- N Y Times p5 O 27 '46 500w
"Just as Damon Runyon's 'Little Miss
Marker' is all the more intense through the
grossness of its setting, so 'Dream Street'
succeeds as a book, rather than as a mere
expos^. Unlike the 'Hucksters' and 'The Big
Noise,' which fail to transcend their fields of
radio and advertising, respectively, 'Dream
Street' integrates its material with a plain
tale of the men backstage — the actresses and
their agents, the promotional men like Jake
Harkness." A. C. Fields
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:32 N 16 '46 650w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
805
"The story is told simply and quietly, with
balance and restraint. There is no excess of
garrulity anywhere. Everything- is arranged
and intended. Those readers who have already
noticed the formal excellence of Robert Syl-
vester's stories and articles in 'The New
Yorker,' 'Collier's* and 'The New York Daily
News' will not be surprised." Stephen Stepan-
chev
-f Weekly Book Review p!6 N 3 '46 600w
SYMONDS, PERCIVAL MALLON. Dynamics
of human adjustment. 666p $5 Appleton-
Century
150.1932 Psychology 46-6684
"In this volume, author deals with the
dynamics of adjustment; he aims to uncover
the psychological needs for which the individual
seeks satisfaction from his physical and social
environment, and to explain human behavior
in terms of the mechanisms which develop as
frustration is met. Not that frustration is all
bad; it is, indeed, necessary to growth and,
if met effectively, contributes to the develop-
ment of adequate personality. But too severe
frustration, or frustration badly handled, is the
causative factor of neurosis. Dr. Symonds'
approach is frankly psychoanalytical." Chris-
tian Century
"The book is not light reading, but neither
is it incomprehensible to the person reason-
ably well read in the field of psychology."
C. T. Hoi man
4- Christian Century 63:1341 N 6 '46
1050w
"The book creates a haze over the subject
and confuses the mind." E. S. Cowles
— Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 160w
"This book, which is both brief and concrete,
and simply expressed, should prove very useful
to social workers, ministers, physicians and
others dealing with adjustment problems among
veterans and their families."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:322 D '46 240w
SZALET, LEON. Experiment E; a report from
an extermination laboratory [tr. by Catharine
Bland Williams]. 284p $3.60 Didier pubs.
940.54723 World wan, 1939-1945—Prisoners
and prisons, German. World war, 1939-
1945 — Personal narratives, Jewish. World
war, 1939-1945— Atrocities 46-1526
An account of the writer's experiences in the
Nazi concentration camp at Sachsenhausen.
The author is a Polish Jew who fled to Eng-
land in August, 1939, but was promptly re-
turned to Berlin because he had no British visa.
From there he was sent to a concentration
camp, but thru his daughter's efforts he was
finally able to escape.
"Read 'Experiment E' and you will be more
than ever convinced that U.N.O.'s efforts to
act on national or international abuses of
basic human rights have come none too soon."
Ann Hunter
Book Week p!9 F 17 '46 450w
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
Current Hist 10:445 My '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 25:343 Ja '47 10 w
"Mr. Szalet's day-by-day account is written
in a clear, unpretentious prose. His tale bears
the stamp of truth on its face. It ought to be
recommended to those credulous Q.I.'s who, ac-
cording to a recent poll, credited Hitler with
good works." Alfred Werner
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:8 Mr 9 '46 700w
Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46 60w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:99 Je '46 280w
SZEKELY, JOHN (JOHN PEN, pseud). Temp-
tation; tr. from the Hungarian, by Ralph
Manheim and Barbara Tolnai. 616p $3 Crea-
tive age
46-22911
"A long and bitterly unhappy novel of child-
hood and young manhood in the grinding pov-
erty of Hungary after the first World war."
New Yorker
"As a human document 'Temptation* Is note-
worthy. It vividly portrays the corruption that
poverty breeds and the political forces that
prey upon this corruption. But the conclusion
of the book is not a solution to the problem;
it is the solution of only one individual's prob-
lem." E. B. Knight
H Book Week p5 N 17 '46 470w
"An interesting tale, but factual history
books are in many ways fuller-and-better writ-
ten." W. A. Kalenich
Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 90w
"Working within the picaresque fiction tradi-
tion— representing, perhaps, the best form for
the so-called socially conscious fiction — Pen
has written a novel which is most effective
when it dramatizes the routine events of the
peasant life in the country villages or of the
hounded existence of the Budapest workers."
Fredrick Brantley
N Y Times p28 N 17 '46 550w
"Mr. Pen is talented enough to make you
feel, solidly and tangibly, the misery of the
hero's home life, the vicious extravagance of
the luxurious hotel in which he works and the
perverseness of his love affair. The young
man's acceptance of a revolutionary ideology
that now seems rather dated is less convinc-
ing, and you may wonder what problem the
author believes he has solved by having hip-
hero move away from the scene of his humilia-
tion and defeat. A sombrely effective narrative,
all the same."
4. — . New Yorker 22:124 N 2 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Pen may be honestly intent on showing
the impact of the moves of a licentious upper
crust on an under-privileged boy. But the man-
ner in which he writes his sex scenes defeats
their purpose through overstrong colors. Nor
does he make credible his young hero's preser-
vation of decency and integrity. Toward Its
end, moreover, the story becomes rather hectic,
its incidents more violent. There is a bit too
much of everything in it, although it is by no
means dull reading." Robert Pick
h Sat R of Lit 29:98 D 7 '46 400w
"There can be no question, I think, of the
power, drive and passion of this long novel of
boyhood and youth at the lower depths. Decid-
edly it is not for the family circle in conven-
tional homes. Mr. Pen wields a bludgeon — but
with as much dexterity as that weapon permits.
And for the tough minded and generous hearted
it is relieved from sordidness. For it is not a
document but a story packed with emotion —
with all the emotions — even to overflowing. It
is an angry book but not a bitter one; one
flooded with pity flowing over into sentiment
which the author is unable to conceal. It is,
however, a novel without reticences." F. T.
Marsh
Weekly Book Review p4 N 3 '46 lOOOw
TABER, GLADYS (BAGG) (MRS F. A. TA-
BER). Family on Maple street. 240p $2 Macrae
Smith co.
46-816
Family life during the early days of World
war II is the background for this novel. Ra-
tioning, a hasty marriage, and the departure of
the older members of the family to share in
the fight, form part of the picture.
Booklist 42:300~My 15 '46
Kirkus 13:404 S 15 '45 llOw
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46
lOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
TABORI, GEORGE. Companions of the left
hand. 338p $2.50 Hough ton [9s 6d Boardman,
T.V]
46-26201
"Of international fame, Farkas, a play-
wright, comes to San Fernando because the
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TABORI, GEORGE— Continued
war and hia distaste for participation haa
ousted him from all of Europe. Determined to
remain neutral, Farkas cannot hold with the
town's interest in the return of a revolution-
ary, Leonardo, whose brother, Giacobbe, cru-
sades to get Farkas on their side. Giacobbe
1s unable to save Leonardo from further humil-
iations and brutalities when the local officials
get hold of him, but the rumors of American
and British victories turn the tide, the village
rises against its petty tyrants. A German air
attack kills Farkas' new love, isolates Giacobbe
and his band, and Farkas is sent — by the
Germans — as emissary to Giacobbe, who shoots
him. In his death, as a martyr, Farkas
achieves a real meaning — a name which will
carry worldwide importance." Kirkus
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
"In spite of the corroding irony of the story
and the skepticism that laughs at religion and
idealism, the author wants us to believe in
the values of social revolution and to judge
his hero as an egocentric parasite. A remark-
able analytical talent is wasted in this depress-
ing nihilistic story. The author thinks that
all idealistic efforts of man are just a mas-
querade for his material aims which change
with the changing times; he does not know
that there are absolute values in the world of
ours and that the past is not only judged by
the most recent of events, but by eternity/'
Max Fischer
h Commonweal 44:340 Jl 19 '46 350w
Kirkus 14:183 Ap 15 '46 190w
"Though thoughtful and at times very mov-
ing, the book is not a first choice among
the season's novels." G. D. McDonald
H Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 70w
"There are quality in the writing, dramatic
suspense, and a Latin clarity." H. I' A. Faus-
set
•f Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 29 '46
200w
Reviewed by John Farrelly
New Repub 115:109 Jl 29 '46 150w
"George Tabori, a young English journalist
of Hungarian birth and wide [European ex-
perience, author of last year's 'Beneath the
Stone', writes competently though not origi-
nally or brilliantly, in the idiom of modern
political novelists like Silone. Malraux and
Koestler. The modesty and ease with which
he uses this Idiom in 'Companions of the Left
Hand' permits Tabori to concentrate on his
material, on the story he has to tell, and to
bring very successfully into imaginative focus
war scenes not on the highest heroic or tragic
planes, but whose significance in terms of the
totality of individual experience is just as
great and needs our understanding even more."
R. G. Davis
4. — N Y Times p5 Je 30 '46 800w
New Yorker 22:78 Je 29 '46 130w
San Francisco Chronicle p9 D 22 '46
220w
"In form, George Tabori's novel is more
than slightly reminiscent of Thomas Mann's
long short story 'Death in Venice/ but with
political and modern overtones that Mann did
not include. Perhaps because he, too, is a
Hungarian, Tabori writes, with fire and elo-
quence, a brilliant political tract, but it is not
necessary to agree with his thesis to ap-
preciate he has written a genuinely exciting
novel." Merle Miller
+ Sat R of Lit 29:14 Jl 27 '46 75 Ow
Time 47:104 Je 24 '46 900w
"This lively and compassionate story is no
mere hashing over of more or less actual in-
cidents during the recent beastliness in Nazi-
dominated Europe: it is not just another of
those novels about the war, but one which
looks back, with detachment and from a dis-
tance, upon the times described. While doing
so, it brings up for examination a number
of moral issues and choices which were at
stake then and remain permanently so. This
and its occasionally startling phrases, the
strongly central European rather than Anglo-
American flavor of Mr. Tabori's second book,
combine to confer upon it a special quality."
4. 'weekly Book Review p3 Je SO '46
lOOOw
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:191 autumn '46 280w
TADDEI. EZIO. Sowing of the seed; tr. by
Samuel Putnam. 253p $3 Dial press
46-8529
Novel based on the time between the two
wars in Italy. The author, who was a revolu-
tionary before he became a writer, shows how
the breakdown of the middle classes helped
prepare the way for Fascism, and pictures
some aspects of life under Mussolini.
"As in Taddei's first novel, 'The Pine Tree
and the Mole,' his characters drift in and out.
In this book there are fewer of them and they
are perhaps less vivid. Nevertheless they and
the episodes in which they appear recreate
that special atmosphere of life under Fascism
which has been too seldom stressed — that of life
existing as if it were under glass where
thoughts and plans were only whispered and
every face was masked." Marie Seton
Book Week p7 Ja 5 '47 350w
"I do not think that as a writer Taddei has
the stature of his fellow-countryman Ignazio
Silone, but I believe that, in one episode of
approximately a thousand words, he has caught
the essential quality of Fascism — its human
dirtiness — better than it has ever been got hold
of before: One of his characters ... is placed
in charge of Rome's milk supply. Before long,
he is taking baths in the vats of one of the
city's milk stations with a young lady who
works there. Mr. Taddei goes into none of the
scabrous details, but I can't imagine a more
terrible symbol of the whole Fascist corrup-
tion." Hamilton Basso
+ New Yorker 22:95 D 21 '46 200w
"While the incidents in this novel are con-
vincing, carefully selected and handled with
craftsmanship, some of the threads are left
dangling. The author, in shifting from one char-
acter to another, has left undeveloped several
of his more interesting ones, presenting them
as mere vignettes, although they could easily
have stood further expansion as part of his
main theme. The book also suffers from a too
sketchy delineation of its main characters. . .
But Mr. Taddei makes his point, and the Job,
as a whole, is interesting and readable." J. D.
Ross
^ Weekly Book Review p26 D 8 '46 lOOOw
TAQQARD, QENEVIEVE. Slow music. 62p
$2 Harper
811 46-7134
Forty short poems by the author of Not
Mine to Finish, and Long View. They are
poems in various moods, written during the
last four years.
"There is not a bad poem in the book and
hardly a bad line, but it is like a shop win-
dow full of everything from children's toys
and bull fighting equipment to hardware and
tourist travel literature. I think that what I
am regretting is the absence of a unified sensi-
bility in these fine poems." Leo Kennedy
H Book Week p!4 N 3 '46 120w
"As in her previous publications, Miss Tag-
gard shows taste and artistic skill. There is
light, if not heat, in her lyrics. While they
are, perhaps inevitably, a part of the groping
output of a bewildered period in history, they
indicate nevertheless a mature personal ad-
justment and poise. The author has used
both free-verse cadences and conventional ar-
rangements of meter and rhyme as she haa
found them suitable to the theme and mood
of the poem." Pearl Strachan
+ Christian Science Monitor p!8 O 19 '46
350w
"Sometimes fanciful, sometimes profound,
brightly- hued and yet often obscure, Genevieve
Taggard goes her own highly individualistic
way in, this slim sheaf of her latest collected
P0em%. Kirkut 14:336 Jl 16 '46 170w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
807
"In this book of poems Miss Taggard appears.
as she has hitherto, brilliant, various, and
warm. I know of no poet to whom the lyric gift
appears more native. Her words are lithe, eager,
ana beforehand. They move to serve her pre-
cise purposes with a suppleness that seems, in
these bleak and muscular days, almost illicit."
J. R. Caldwell
+ Sat R of Lit 30:31 Ja 11 '47 550w
Reviewed by M. L. Rosenthal
Weekly Book Review p6 D 29 '46 lOOOw
TAIT, SAMUEL W. Wildcatters; an informal
history of oil hunting in America. 218p il maps
$3 Princeton univ. press
622.338 Petroleum A46-705
"A brisk history of independent oil hunting in
America and of the men who, operating on a
shoestring*, drilled what are known as wildcat
wells, usually where geologists had said there
was no petroleum to be found. Written with
the stress on the rowdy drama of oil pioneering
and illustrated with excellent maps and pho-
tographs." New Yorker
got off the boat. Mrs. Talbot has put the story
together well and written it so self-effacingly
that the reader is unconscious of any hand
between him and the speaker. The result is
the autobiography of a man who from the
vantage point of thirty-six happy years in the
States looks back on twenty-six happy years
Reviewed by W. H. Emmons
Am Hist R 61:732 Jl '46 650w
"Written with a sympathetic interest in the
subject, yet objectively, the author presents in
an informal style a fascinating history of the
wildcatters. . . A strong flavor of geology runs
through the book. Interesting anecdotes and
personal recollections enliven its pages." P. H.
Giddens
4- Ann Am Acad 246:205 My '46 460w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 17 '46 320w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
"Here is a book packed with interesting facts.
But chapter II, entitled 'Poor Man's Paradise,'
was my special delight." T. D. Lyons
+ Commonweal 43:677 Mr 22 '46 2400w
"Author with a life's experience in scouting
and producing oil has caught the glamour and
spirit of the great figures of wildcatting. . .
Maps and drawings. Excellent typography and
binding:."
•f Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:11 Ja '46
N Y Times p32 Mr 31 '46 360w
New Yorker 21:87 Ja 26 '46 70w
"The book bids fair to become the standard
reference for the historically minded student
of the oil industry as well as a source of enter-
tainment and enlightenment for petroleum
geologists, drilling contractors, and oil com-
pany executives and employees." A. H. Comp-
ton & others
4- Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Ja '46 950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:123 Je '46 200w
"The reader who immerses himself in the
flow of Mr. Tait's pen will absorb the vivid
color, zest, bustle that were the life of the oil
fields of pioneer America. Even after he lavs
down the book, the specialized Jargon of the
early wildcatters will continue to sound in his
ears. He will discover himself mentally as-
similating something of the doggedly optimistic,
laborious, resourceful struggle of the early
drillers, blazing their own trail into that
strange new frontier, which lies, remarkably
enough, beneath our very feet." W. E. Pratt
+ Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 10 '46
1050w
TAIYI, LIN, pseud. See Lin, A.
TALBOT, MRS BEATRICE WIQHT (BILL).
And that's no lie; il. by Robert F. Hallock.
133p $2 Houghton
B or 92 Linehan, John 46-2637
" 'Mrs. Talbot, this is the way it was with
me in Ireland when I was young and airy.'
John Linehan said to the Boston woman for
h,e has worked almost since the 6>y he
in Ireland. It is a book in which the happy
enormously outweighs the unhappy, and the
good the bad." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Eddie Doherty
Book Week p4 Mr 24 '46 230w
Booklist 42:316 Je 1 '46
"A simple story, told with zest and humor,
of a good life in a good country."
-f Cath World 164:188 N '46 150w
"No blarney, but the plainspoken, good hu-
mored reminiscences of an Irishman. . . For
all its geniality, the market seems fairly inde-
finable."
KIrkus 14:28 Ja 16 '46 170w
"The charm in John's tales is as much in the
way they are told as it is in what they are
about. Irishmen will always talk about horses,
fairies and about brave men and beautiful
women, but few of them have the art which is
John Linehan' s by nature. . . The flavor ot
the old country has even infiltrated the title
page of the book." Thomas Sugrue
-f N Y Times p8 Mr 31 '46 650w
"Readers who are bored to death by too
much psychiatric cockalorum will welcome this
exhilarating breath of bracing Irish air." F. J.
Hynes
-f Sat R of Lit 29:25 Jl 13 '46 550w
Reviewed by H. O. Austin
Springf'd Republican p4d Je 23 '46
360w
"It's a simple story, unpretentious as an old
hat and as honest as spuds. Mrs. Talbot has
had the good sense and literary tact not to
try to 'improve' the natural grace and ease
of John's idiom." Horace Reynolds
4- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 24 '46 700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:74 My '46
TALLANT. ROBERT. Voodoo in New Orleans.
247p $2.60 Macrnillan
917.6336 New Orleans— Social life and
customs. Voodooism 46-1837
"Interesting investigation and straightfor-
ward handling of sensational times and trick-
sters, of the cult of voodooism in all its mani-
festations. From its first known appearances in
New Orleans of 200 years ago, here are the
fetishes and formulae, the rites and dances,
the cures, charms and gris-gris. Here were the
witch-doctors and queens, and in particular a
Doctor John who acquired fame and fortune,
and Marie Laveau who with her daughter
dominated the weird underworld of voodoo for
a century." Kirkus
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p6 Mr 31 '46 900w
"A carefully detailed inquiry and expose*
which has a certain fascination."
4- Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 130w
"The old leaves of voodoo — pseudo or real —
have been raked often, particularly in New
Orleans, This time, their yield has been in-
credibly slight, save for those who have not
seen the earlier rakings. For these latter, this
book is a good enough introduction." L. D.
Reddick Ubpary j ?1:280 p 16 ,46 14Qw
Reviewed by N. K. Burger
N Y Times p8 Mr 24 '46 550w
"What [Mr Tallant] offers is not the work
of the earnest scholar, securely documented,
valuable for its parallels; it will, accordingly,
hardly impress the professional. At the same
time, it lacks the flavor, the zest in writing
that might give it appeal for the more general
sensation-seeking reader. . . Perhaps the best
section deals with Marie Laveau, 'Voodoo
Queen' of earlier New Orleans." H. T. Kane
h Weekly Book Review pl6 Mr 24 '4$
808
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
TAPPLY, HORACE Q. Tackle tinkering; draw-
ings by Jack Murray, photographs by the
author. 214p $2.50 Barnes, A.S.
799.1 Fishing — Implements and appliances
Agr46-9
"Covers all the major problems of fishing
tackle maintenance, clearly illustrated and ex-
plained in one volume. Mr Tapply, editor of
Outdoors, and member of the New England
Outdoor Writers' association— and other na-
tional outdoor writers' organizations, is a tire-
less research man in the field of tackle and
rigs. . . A few of the items explained in the
book are how to repair and care for rods,
reeds and lines; how to splice lines, how to
find and repair a leak in boots and waders,
the capture and care of live bait and a section
devoted to tying your favorite flies, with de-
scriptions of 100 characteristic patterns."
(Springf'd Republican) Index.
Booklist 42:325 Je 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
Reviewed by Leo Marceau
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 8 '46 150w
TARG, WILLIAM, ed. The American West.
595p $2.75 World pub.
810.8 American literature — Collections.
American literature— West. West 46-25163
Anthology of stories, legends, narratives,
poems and songs of life on the western frontier
in pioneer days, and also of more recent days.
Glossary. No index.
"To those who enjoy exciting reading that
is both colorful and authentic, Targ's collection
will be a treasury indeed. Every important
figure in the pageant of the American frontier
marches across its pages — Indian, explorer,
hunter, trader and trapper, emigrant, stage-
coach driver, outlaw and peace officer, prospec-
tor, Indian -fighting cavalryman, cowboy and
sheepherder and 'nester.' " E. S. Watson
-f Book Week p8 My 19 '46 400w
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!2 O 26 '46
180w
TARRANT, MARGARET WINIFRED, il. Nurs-
ery rhyme book. $2.75 Collins
Collection of old rhymes from Mother Goose,
illustrated with large -sized pictures in color
and smaller ones in black and white. The il-
lustrations all have quiet English settings.
"Only a few Mother Goose nursery rhymes
are to be found since the emphasis is on Mar-
garet Tarrant's lovely illustrations. They are
both in full color and in black and white, and
while they follow the traditional in children's
illustration, they will be much loved and en-
Joyed." P. A. Whitney
+ Book Week p7 Ag 4 '46 90 w
Reviewed by P. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor plO S 24 '46
100W
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Book 22:265 Jl '46 40w
"The drawings, while in the conventional
tradition, have great charm and vitality, and
children like the adherence to the essence of
the story quality in the text."
+ Kirkus 14:251 Je 1 '46 llOw
Reviewed by M. JU Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Je 9 '46 llOw
TARRY, ELLEN, and ETS, MRS MARIE
(HALL). My dog Rinty,' il. by Alexander and
Alexandra Alland. [43p] $1.50 Viking
Dogs — Legends and stories 46-4736
Story of a little Negro boy and his much
misunderstood dog. The story and its photo-
graphic illustrations give an idea of life in
Harlem for young readers.
Booklist 42:350 Jl 1 '46
"An appealing story, finely handled." P. C.
Darling
+ Christian Science Monitor plO S 24 '46
140W
Reviewed by. A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:269 Jl '46 80w
"A very welcome and original dog and boy
story."
+ Klrkua 14:252 Je 1 '46 130w
"Excellent photographs highlight the story
of a little Harlem Negro boy and his mis-
chievous dog. While the book is primarily a
well -told dog story, its focus is directed toward
life in Harlem and racial understanding.
Third, and fourth-grade children will enjoy it
for themselves. Recommended." G. E. Joline
-f Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 70w
"The story of Rinty and David is told with
great warmth and charm and illustrated by the
Allands with photographs that bring a vivid
and recognizable Harlem to life." Arna Bon-
temps
-f N Y Times p33 Je 16 '46 270w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:138 D 7 '46 70w
"The photographs are amazing in their hu-
man appeal and their technical perfection. . .
LThe] text for these pictures is absolutely
right." M. G. D.
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:31 Ag 10 '46 270w
"The photographer whose skill and sympathy
so beautifully presented last year the Spring-
field plan now collaborates with the authors of
this distinctive dog book so successfully that
Harlem goes on record as well. . . Through it
all, mutual devotion of dog and boy maintains
a glow."
-4- Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 '46
330w
TARTIERE, MRS DOROTHY (BLACKMAN),
and WERNER, MORRIS ROBERT. The
house near Paris; an American woman's
story of traffic in patriots. 317p $2.75 Simon
& Schuster %
940.542 World war, 1939-1945 — Personal nar-
ratives, American. World war, 1939-1945—-
Prance 46-25019
The American widow of a French soldier
killed in Syria describes her adventures in
Barbizon, near Paris, during the war. She was
able to help the French underground in its
attempts to hide Allied flyers stranded in this
Nazi hotbed, and aided many of them to escape.
"With a keen eye for places and people, Drue
Tartiere re-creates for American readers the
atmosphere of fright and anxiety that went with
living in a country which was for more than
four years 'one big prison, even for those who
were not locked up officially.' " H. C. Rice
-f- Atlantic 177:163 F '46 480w
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week plO F 24 '46 450w
Booklist 42:198 F 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"An unself-conscious, if sometimes too in-
timate, record; smooth reading."
-f- Ktrkus 14:55 F 1 '46 190w
"A superbly courageous and intensely moving
account of four years of dangerous and dra-
matic life in Occupied France. . . Recom-
mended for all libraries." Q. O. Kelley
-f Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 140w
"It is a great misfortune that, by the time
a story like Drue Tartiere's can be told, it is
already familiar, in its broad outline, as a
fiction plot. The Hollywood underground was
organized probably a little before the real one in
France, and we have all become familiar with
the plot— the suspense, the narrow escapes, the
comedy relief, the ultimate triumph. The
discerning reader would do well to forget all
this and regard 'The House Near Paris' as
history. Mr. M. R. Werner, an American
journalist, wrote up Mme. Tartiere's story, did
a good Job." Russell Maloney
-f N Y Times p4 F 24 '46 500w
"This is an absorbing narrative, and it has
an advantage over others of its kind in that
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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names and places can now be told and specific
operations described in satisfactory detail."
-f New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 120w
"In addition to the success story of her efforts
to aid these men, Mme. Tartiere's book gives an
excellent picture of life in occupied France.
The innumerable controls, the complete absence
of creature comforts, the wild rumors and false
hopes, the fear of denunciation, the suspicion of
one's neighbors — the whole nightmare quality
of the war years is here. More careful editing
and a less superficial and arch tone might have
made the book a real contribution to the history
of this phase of France's resistance. Even as
it stands the book is the real thing and is
always of interest." T. M. Purdy
^ Sat R of Lit 29:12 Mr 16 '46 600w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p2 F 24 '46 1250w
TASHLIN, FRANK. The bear that wasn't; 11.
by [the author]. [55p] $1.26 Dutton
46-1683
Satire in text and pictures about a bewildered
bear who was browbeaten into believing he
was a man, and put to work in a war factory.
After the war he had to unravel the situation
again— this time reversing the situation and
becoming man into bear.
"The drawings have the cartoon quality and
the story is propaganda, but children will find
both funny. If they remember it when they are
older, the moral may have its value." A. M.
Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:131 Mr '46 lOOw
"We regret to report that we feel this is
one more Item in that sad list of self-conscious-
ly clever books written by adults who seem to
have small understanding of children's needs
and their lack of appreciation of an attitude
of cynical superiority."
— Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 160w
"The bewildered bear . . . hasn't the bearish
qualities which might endear him to children.
They will doubtless wonder why he didn't turn
and rend his enslavers. As a lesson to adults in
the assertion of one's own convictions the story
lacks the sharp thrust of true satire."
N Y Times p30 F 17 '46 90w
"Mr Tashlin's idea is that the bear is a
'symbol* of those who listen to evil propaganda,
but while it is easily agreed that the bear was
made a fool of when he knew better, once Mr
Tashlin's point is made it seems to be left
hanging in midair. It seems probable that the
best thing to do is agree that Mr Tashlin is
right, and then go ahead and enjoy the book,
which is thoroughly funny throughout. At least
a spiritual cousin of the famed TFerdinand,' Mr
Tashlin's bear is very ingratiating and provides
a good deal of fun for all members of the
family." R. F. H.
-f Springf'd Republican p6 F 16 '46 300w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:182 S '46 250w
"However you classify it, 'The Bear That
Wasn't' will lap over the edge like the un-
trimmed top crust of a pie. It is a continued
cartoon with a trickle of text. It is a fable for
grown-ups that will be fun for children. It is
a sermon sharpened with humor." Lisle Bell
-f- Weekly Book Review p4 Mr 17 '46 360w
TAYLOR, ABRAHAM. Introduction to X-ray
metallography; with a foreword by Sir
Lawrence Bragg. 400p 11 $7.50 Wiley [36s
Chapman)
669 Metallography. X-rays — Industrial ap-
plications [45-10003]
"This excellent work by a British author
has been written primarily for advanced stu-
dents and scientists in industry who wish to
understand the basic principles and the appli-
cation of X-rays to metallography. A good deal
of theory is incorporated, but the treatment is
handled consistently from the viewpoint of the
advanced practical metallographer. Among the
subjects treated are X-ray generating appara-
tus; the space lattice; methods of obtaining dif-
fraction patterns; the study of thermal equilib-
rium diagrams by X-ray; the measurement of
grain sUe; and application of X-rays to the
study of refractory materials. The bibliography
contains one hundred and twenty citations to
which statements in the text are keyed." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Index.
"Excellent British book, a practical book for
the experienced specialist." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:9 Ja '46
TAYLOR, ALAN JOHN PERCIVALE. Course
of German history; a survey of the develop-
ment of Germany since 1815. 231p $3 Coward-
McCann [12s 6d Hamilton, H]
943.07 Germany— History 46-4974
In this book an English historian traces the
course of German national development from
the time of the French revolution until 1945.
Index.
Reviewed by David Karno
Book Week p23 D 8 '46 450w
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
Current Hist 11:229 S '46 70w
Foreign Affairs 25:342 Ja '47 40w
"Mr. Taylor's vivid and interesting book is aij.
attempt to use the historical approach as a
means of explaining why the Germans are what
they are. There is every reason for making this
attempt. Statesmen are sometimes wise to dis-
pense with history, but they cannot afford to
ignore it if it provides the best and perhaps
the only way of getting at the roots of an im-
mediate practical problem." E. L. Woodward
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Ag 8 '45 370w
Reviewed by R. H. S. Grossman
New Statesman & Nation 30:62 Jl 28
'45 600w
"Mr. Taylor has a subtle mind, a trenchant
pen. He uses both to the utmost, to the
reader's delight and profit, even should he sus-
pect Mr. Taylor's penchant for striking over-
statements. But misconceptions about the mean-
ing of modern German history have been so
widespread in the English-speaking lands that
the author's enthusiasm for his own interpreta-
tion of German history may be all to the
good." Hans Kohn
-f- N Y Times p22 Ag 18 '46 lOOOw
"In many ways, the book is excellent, but
there are several irritating examples of mud-
dled thinking, such as the author's con-
tention that the Nazis, had they lived in Eng-
land, would have been packed off to the colonies
as remittance men long before they could have
given any trouble."
H New Yorker 22:87 Je 22 '46 180w
"It may be objected that Mr. Taylor writes
with a thesis (though who is better equipped
for that than an historian?), but the superb
quality of his scholarship is clear on every
page. He writes trenchantly, pointedly, with an
equally keen perception into the policies of Ger-
man statesmen and the tempers of the German
people. In the brief span of some two hundred
thirty pages he has described, lucidly and com-
pactly, the significant milestones in the course
of German history." Louis Wasserman
-+- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 14 '46
750w
"Mr. Taylor's concise, lucid sentences are
undoubtedly severe; his book will not perhaps
be easy enough to be popular, and some read-
ers may not enjoy the suspicion that no nation
could pass tests of such severity with much
success. Let us hope, nevertheless, that his
warnings will not go quite unheeded. 'To keep
Russia and the Western Powers divided was
the great achievement of German policy be-
tween 1934 and 1941, and the key to German
success.' To divide them again has been Ger-
many's constant and greatest hope since 1941,
and it would be rash indeed to suppose that
this hope was extinguished by the uncondition-
al surrender of the Reich in 1945." Elizabeth
Wiskermann
Spec 175:132 Ag 10 '45 750w
Times [London] Lit Sup p457 3 29 '45
6000w
"Taylor, fellow of Magdalen College. Oxford,
swiftly sketches one hundred and fifty years of
810
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
TAYLOR, A. J. P.— Continued
German development with pungency, epigram-
matic brilliance, and a hardness of judgment
that leaves no room for shading, let alone dif-
ferences of Interpretation. . . Though over-
reaching himself here and there in his general-
izations, [he] is full of insight and provocative
flashes." Leo Gershoy
H Weekly Book Review p2 Jl 7 '46 llOOw
TAYLOR, ARCHER. Renaissance guides to
books; an inventory and some conclusions.
130p $1.60 Univ. of Calif.
010.9 Bibliography— History A46-310
"Professor Taylor's book is concerned with
reference works and bibliographies published
between 1500 and 1700. . . The work is divided
into two parts: an analytical section, and a list
of all the bibliographical works mentioned in the
introductory analysis. . . Its usefulness is in-
creased by the fact that Professor Taylor has
indicated the libraries in which those volumes
available in the United States are to be found.
The main purpose of the analytical section is
to discuss the various types of reference works
and bibliographical guides available in the six-
teenth and seventeenth centuries. The impres-
sion left by the essay is that the bibliographical
apparatus possessed by sixteenth and seven-
teenth century scholars, though somewhat more
difficult to use, was hardly less comprehensive
than our own. In this sense, the study is a
useful reminder concerning the advanced state
of the scholarly techniques of the period." (Am
Hist R) Indexes.
"Although this list makes no claim to com-
pleteness, it can serve as a guide to the chief
reference works composed between 1500 and
1700 and as such will be of great interest to
scholars concerned with the intellectual de-
velopments of that period." Felix Gilbert
4- Am Hist R 51:740 Jl '46 270w
"Professor Taylor's modestly titled inventory
or list of Renaissance bibliographies fills only
thirty pages and seems at first a somewhat
niggardly selection from the riches of the
Renaissance; yet the list will prove a useful
brief guide to the bibliographies published be-
tween 1500 and 1700. Since the list is arranged
alphabetically, It cannot present a chart of the
growth of bibliographic science during those
years, but it does provide a simple alphabetical
finding list to the books mentioned in the text.
To inform and justify his list, Professor Tay-
lor has prefixed a pleasantly written essay of
eighty pages, the text of his book." A. T.
Hazen
-f Library Q 16:250 Jl §46 1200w
TAYLOR, COLEY BANKS. Yankee Doodle;
a drama of the American revolution; with a
foreword by William Carlos Williams. 161p
$2.50 Devin-Adair
812 U. S. — History — Revolution — Drama
46-1097
Drama based on the American Revolution,
which attempts to show that all of our early
revolutionaries were not saints, and that all
Tories were not as black as they were painted.
M 'Yankee Doodle* hasn't been produced yet
and it should be, because it's good theater, even
though the hero, a Tory- turned -Yankee, is
slated by the last curtain to hang as a spy on
the word of a horsethief. It's as stirring as
the times it tells about/' Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week p6 Ja 27 '46 200w
"Chiefly of value to history rather than drama
collections. Recommended only to those li-
braries which must have every cloth-bound
play."
Library J 71:122 Ja 15 '46 40w
"The trial scene and the contrasting mentali-
ties of the judges make good drama. Unfor-
tunately, the plot is also complicated by the
usual romantic trimmings of spy stories; like
Pitch's 'Nathan Hale,' the long arm of coin-
cidence is stretched to great length, and there
are speeches galore that sound like public
meetings addressed by Sam Adams." W. P.
Eaton
+ — Weekly Book Review p40 N IT '4§ l$0w
TAYLOR, ELIZABETH. At Mrs Uppincote's.
266p 12.50 Knopf [8s 6d Davies]
46-3066
Character study of a charmingly individual
woman, Julia Davenant, who goes to live in a
rented house in an English seaside town, where
her soldier husband is stationed. With Julia
and her husband are their seven -year -old son
and Julia's sister-in-law. There is little plot:
the story is of the little happenings of the
year, before Roddy Davenant is transferred and
Julia has to pull up stakes and move again.
Reviewed by Marguerite Young
Book Week p4 Ap 21 746 550w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:109 Mr 1 '46 200w
Reviewed by Charles Marriott
Manchester Guardian p3 S 21 '45 130w
"At Mrs. Lippincote's is a promising first
novel, without much of a story in it."
+ New Statesman & Nation 30:250 O 13
•45 180w
"The reader is continually shocked by inept
dialogue, emotional non sequiturs and irrelevant
literary references. . . Mrs. Taylor is much
concerned with the embarrassing things people
often say under pressure. Reading her book
is like sympathizing with the harassed inven-
tiveness of a raconteur who has forgotten his
joke midway." Isa Kapp
— NY Times p28 Ap 21 '46 280w
"Here is one more proof that the English
can do a certain kind of novel — intelligent,
ironic, and just this side of penetrating-
better than anybody else. Even if it does not
seem to some people as worthwhile as chron-
icling the growing pains of American youth or
life amons the homicidal inhabitants of the
Georgia gullies, it is at least vastly more
entertaining Yorker 22.n5 Ap 13 ,46 12Qw
"The world into which we slip, with the
people who live in Mrs. Lippincote's house, is
a world which most Americans cannot be ex-
pected to recognize as their own or ever to
understand — a distinctly English-literature
world, a charming and fragile world of after-
noon tea and innuendoes, of evanescent emo-
tions and startling minds, momentarily picked
up, carefully dissected, gently laid down. . .
It is with difficult and elusive stuff that Miss
Taylor deals, in this cobweb of a book, and she
makes the most of it; the world is strange, but
the people are real. We stretch out our hands
with Julia Davenant, and toward her." Nancy
Groberg
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Ap 20 '46 800w
"Elizabeth Taylor in At Mrs. Lippincote's
works on a smaller scale, but her story is
pertinent enough for all that, since she deals
with the upheaval caused by war in the lives
of individuals. Her technique is less assured,
and her novel has patches which, insufficiently
explored, remain vague and unsatisfactory.
Sometimes she over-writes, and she has a
fondness, so unwarrantably popular among
women writers today, since none of them man-
age it very successfully, of using coarse ex-
pletives. But her virtues are more important.
She has the rare Rift of creating character.
She can convey the excitement of being alive
through the small chronicles of day to day
existence; not that her novel lacks high spots
or incidents." John Hampson
H Spec 175:320 O 5 '45 270w
"Mrs. Taylor's novel lacks both substance
and shape, but it is a clever and amusing
performance, done with lively wit, bearing the
stamp of a vivacious if somewhat egocentric
feminine temperament, and exhibiting here and
there a nice subtlety of all too plainly feminine
sense "
4-'_ Times [London] Lit Sup p437 S 15 '45
480w
"A charming comedy of manners on the na-
ture of marriage. Seemingly devoid of plot or
suspense, her story, nevertheless, carries over-
tones of conflicts and clash of personalities
that need and find ultimate resolution. It is
through indirection, through a maturely wise
and gentle approach to the universal problem
of infidelity that Mrs. Taylor develops her tale."
086 +e Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 3$ '46 650w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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TAYLOR, FREDERICK CHASE (COLONEL
LEMUEL Q. STOOPNAGLE, pseud). My tale
is twisted! or. The storal to this mory by
Colonel Stoopnagle; with a glowing introd.
by the author? il. by Charles Pearson. 145p
$2 Mill
817 46-6860
Fairy tales and Aesop's fables rewritten
largely in spoonerisms. Many of the stories
have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
Kirkus 14:442 S 1 '46 90w
"The danger in this venture in written hu-
mor is not that it will spread, but that the
Stoopnagle partisans — and there will be many
— will follow the advice of his publisher and
read the master aloud. 'My Tale Is Twisted,'
proves what most newspaper readers have long
known, that typographical errors are some-
times funny. But how often, is a matter of
taste." Murry Schumach
N Y Times p28 Q 20 '46 270w
"This is tomfoolery in its most concentrated
form. It can only be taken in short doses,
but it is a guaranteed remedy for the blues."
P. S.
~f San Francisco Chronicle p23 O 20 '46
120w
TAYLOR, HENRY JUNIOR. Men and power.
257p $3 Dodd
940.548173 World war, 1939-1946— Personal
narratives, American 46-5245
After the war broke out the author, a cor-
respondent for the Scripps-Howard newspapers,
visited thirty- two countries in his quest for
news. This is his account of the places he
visited, the people he interviewed, and his per-
sonal and philosophical reactions to all he saw
and heard. Index.
Reviewed by R. B. Danielson
Atlantic 178:146 S '46 390w
"Gripping, vivid, penetrating, basically pro-
phetic, essentially historic." A. B. Lindsay
-f Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 130w
"This is another of Mr. Taylor's cosmically
entitled books and it follows a standard for-
eign-correspondent recipe: fevered travels in-
terspersed with contacts with the Great, and
opinionizing, none of it very profound and some
of it downright foggy. . . For some harmless,
vicarious armchair foreign corresponding, for
the person who likes to beard foreign cor-
respondents in bars and ask their offhand opin-
ions and experiences, and doesn't care particu-
larly what he hears, this book is probably worth
while; it represents no more in time and money
than a bar- check would. In the field of for-
eign correspondence, stacked up against the
work of Vincent Sheean or any of a dozen real-
ly trenchant writers, 'Men and Power' ranks
as a B-picture or C-picture does to an 'A,f
and contributes about as little to its medium."
Gladwin Hill
— NY Times p7 Je 23 '46 lOOOw
"About half the book comprises his interviews
with such people as Franco, Salazar, GOring,
Montgomery, and the Pope. They are interest-
ing, though -unmomentoua at this remove in
time; maybe you should read the book just
for the political point of view it represents."
New Yorker 22:60 Jl 6 '46 HOw
Reviewed by M. S. Watson
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Jl 6 '46 lOOOw
" 'Men and Power' is a quick retake of Henry
J. Taylor's Scripps Howard war stories, liber-
ally supplemented with general reflections on
power, politics and death. Mr. Taylor can be
a good reporter when the mood is on him.
The account of the Greek situation, for ex-
ample, is compact and dispassionate. The sketch
of Montgomery succeeds in being sufficiently
damning without trying as hard as other recent
accounts. The chapters on the last days of
Germany are good. The analysis of Soviet aims
is sensible. But the mood is on him all too
rarely. For this reader, the pursuit of the out-
side world through the all -pervading haze of
Mr. Taylor's is fatiguing and unrewarding." A.
M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Weekly Book Review p!2 Je 23 '46 900w
TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD (ALICE TIL-
TON, pseud). Asey Mayo trio; three mys-
tery stories. 243p $2 Messner
46-6177
Three detective stories all featuring the rus-
tic Cape Cod detective, Asey Mayo.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p4 O 6 '46 90w
Kirkus 14:112 Mr 1 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p26 3 8 '46 lOOw
New Yorker 22:112 S 14 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 8 15 '46
60w
"None of the stories is as satisfactory as an
unhurried Asey Mayo mystery novel, which is
usually about as good as there is in detective
fiction, but admirers of Asey will be glad to
find accounts of what seem to be his more-
easy- to-solve cases."
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
180w
TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD (ALICE TIL.
TON, pseud). Punch with care. 216p $2.50
Farrar, Straus -
46-79$9
Detective story.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 120w
Kirkus 14:402 Ag 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p!4 D 22 *46 140w
"One of Miss Taylor's most ingenious plots,
but not all her clues are completely fair."
H New Yorker 22:136 N 16 '46 80w
"Maybe there are too many plums in the
pudding and maybe you won't quite under-
stand the solution; but you won't read many
downright funnier whodunits this season."
Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 15 '46
lOOw
"Good — as usual."
4- Sat R of Lit 29:40 N 30 '46 60w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p48 N 24 '46 330w
TAZEWELL, CHARLES. Littlest angel; il. by
Katherine Evans. [28p] $1 Childrens press
47-214
The first appearance in book form of a story
told over the radio at Christmas time by
Helen Hayes. It describes the trials of a
newly arrived little angel who grew lonely in
the beautiful golden streets of Paradise, and
caused too many upsets among the grown-up
angels, until one, the Understanding Angel,
took him in charge.
Kirkus 14:592 D 1 '46 70w
"Will have very limited appeal to children.
Illustrations by Katherine Evans are extremely
effective, vivid blue and white predominating,
but they cannot make up for the text." V. W.
Schott
Library J 71:1810 D 15 '46 70w
"This is an old theme — but ever true —
fashioned here into a story of grace and ten-
der humor. The style is adult, but when
read aloud in the family, as it should be,
even the very young will understand." E. L.
B.
-f N Y Times p48 N 10 '46 140w
+ Weekly Book Review p24 N 10 '46 320w
TCHAIKOVSKI, PETER ILYITCH. Diaries of
Tchaikovsky; tr. from the Russian, with
notes, by wladimir Lakond. 365p 11 $4 Norton
B or 92 Musicians — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. 45-10390
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
Reviewed by J. N. Burk
Atlantic 177:162 F '46 600w
Booklist 42:183 F 1 '46
812
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
TCHAIKOVSKI, P. I .—Continued
" 'The Diaries of Tchaikovsky* will repay
perusal by those to whom the slightest incident
of the composer's personal life is important. . .
On the whole, though, it is better to listen to
his music." L. A. Sloper
— Christian Science Monitor p!4 P 2 '46
120w
"Because Tchaikovsky continues to be one
of the constantly performed composers of the
nineteenth century, it was a happy idea to
translate into English the diaries that consti-
tute one of the principal sources of biographical
information about him. The translation has
been rendered faithfully, largely into equivalent
colloquial English, as was desirable. A com-
pact explanatory preface, helpful footnotes,
and a well -compiled dictionary of the persons
mentioned have been added for the assistance
of readers and those using the diaries for re-
search. A pointless introduction by Qrigory
Bernard and a few minor editorial slips — to be
corrected in any later edition — are all that mar
the book as presented. Unfortunately, however,
the book as presented lacks what must be con-
sidered its prime desideratum: an index. For
this is not primarily, or even secondarily, a
book to be read through for pleasure or en-
lightenment. It is a book to be dipped into,
a book to be referred to when need or the
spirit moves." Herbert Weinstock
H Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ja 26 '46 650w
TEAD. ORDWAY. Democratic administration;
pt. 1, Creative management; pt. 2, Democ-
racy in administration. 77p $1.25 Assn. press
360 Institution management 45-9887
"A helpful little handbook of the democratic
technics of procedure and a purposeful phi-
losophy of sustained morale. The author, who
is a lecturer in personnel administration at Co-
lumbia university, has written several books,
magazine articles and pamphlets dealing with
economics and social science, and the present
slender volume incorporates two of his essays,
part 1 being a revised version of his previously
published brochure, 'Creative Management.'
. . In part 2, Dr Tead presents his philosophical
interpretations of the democratic process, the
uses of science, the place of fellowship, the im-
portance of good administration in forwarding
the major aims of a small organization or of
a nation in spite of disturbing group conflicts
. . He concludes: "The realization of the good
life can take place only as associated action
expresses itself through good organization.' "
(Springf'd Republican) Brief bibliography.
Reviewed by M. T. Reynolds
Am Pof Scl R 40:378 Ap '46 450w
Christian Century 62:1355 D 5 '45 30w
Springf'd Republican p6 O 4 '45 360w
"Since in our society so much of our energy
is channeled through our work, it is important
that these processes of democratic administra-
tion be understood and applied so that the
mail-sorter, the cable-splicer, the grocery
clerk, the teacher, the foundryman can gain
by the 'task of personality creation' that 'at
its dynamic best' is one of the aspects of ad-
ministration. In short, Mr. Tead is today able
to give his brochure of 1935 a broader mean-
ing and richer background. The Association
Press has done a useful service in making his
two inspiring essays available in a small book."
C. S. Ascher
•f Survey G 35:88 Mr '46 400w
TEAGARDEN, FLORENCE MABEL. Child
psychology for professional workers, rev ed
613p il $3.25 Prentice-Hall
136.7 Child study 46-4579
™Xew« e(VU£n ,of a work flrst Published in
1940 (Book Review Digest 1940). "New illus-
trative material, additional bibliographical ref-
erences, tables, and plates will, It is hoped,
make this book more useful as a college text-
book." (Booklist)
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
School & Society 63:382 My 25 '46 40w
TEAL, MRS VALENTINE. Angel child; pic-
tures by Pelagie Doane. [38p] $1 Rand Mc-
Nally
46-8468
Story of a baby angel, who made a short
earthly visit one day, and played with Peter
and Patty, but when they swung him too high
the little angel took off from the swing and
flew back home. When he was shortly re-
placed by an earthly baby the children were
content.
Book Week p8 N 10 '46 230w
"Pleasant enough as a story, yet its treat-
ment of the little angel referred to in the title
is completely impossible from a theological
point of view, since this angel is viewed as a
material being with about the same qualities,
let us say, as a humming-bird."
Commonweal 45:120 N 15 '46 lOOw
KIrkus 14:522 O 15 '46 40w
Weekly Book Review p24 N 10 '46
300w
TEILHET, DARWIN (CYRUS FISHER,
pseud). Avion my uncle flew; pictures by
Richard Floethe. 244p $2.50 Appleton-Century
An American boy is sent to France to recover
from an illness in the home of an inventor
uncle. Johnny was to receive a bicycle if at the
end of three months he had learned to walk
and knew enough French to write a letter to
his mother. The time is after the war and the
mystery of a Nazi traitor adds excitement to
Johnny's efforts to learn French. For junior
and senior high schools. »
Book Week p!6 Je 2 '46 250w
Booklist 42:319 Je 1 '46
"Any boy who picks up this present-day story
and begins to read it is likely not to lay the
book down until he has finished it. . . Johnny
was thirteen when he went from a ranch in
Wyoming to a little village in France just after
the war ended, and his experiences as he tells
them here are full of vitality and suspense. But
the most ingenious feature of the book is the
fascinating way in which Johnny learned to
speak French. This is a wholly new idea in a
story, worthy of special notice. The drawings
are slight but expressive." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:206 My '46 lOOw
"Here is a fresh and exciting story. . . That
the author took oft in a glider from the very
same mountain that Johnny did lends credibility
to the most exciting chapter in a book which
is original in conception and fascinating in its
direct human appeal to the reader of any age.
I do not always see eye to eye with Howard
Pease, but I freely endorse his high praise of
The Avion My Uncle Flew. It is an event among
1946 publications for boys and girls." A. C.
Moore
-f Horn Bk 22:215 My '46 240w
"A compelling and original story. . . Richard
Floe the* a pictures and a really flrst rate story
make this an excellent choice for- schools and
libraries. And adults will find themselves shar-
ing the enjoyment of the genuine nostalgia for
France."
-f Kirkus 14:68 F 1 '46 250w
"Seldom do we find so happy a combination
of charm of style, local color, humor and
thumping good adventure as is set forth in this
tale. . . Highly recommended." Eileen Riols
-f- Library J 71:764 My 15 '46 50w
"This is a lively yarn about an American boy
in France after the war. . . There is also a
well-meant attempt to teach French words and
sentences, in order to help along an understand-
ing of a strange country; but the reader trips
over French words in English sentences, and
the story bogs down while French sentences
are explained. Even more unfortunately, some
of the French is not idiomatic, and some of It
is actually incorrect. The Illustrations by Rich-
ard Floethe have his consistent wit and good
humor." Marjorie Fischer
h N Y Times p82 Ap 28 '46 lOOw
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
813
"A real find: a fresh and lively book, original
In conception and vigorously written — sure-fire
entertainment for boys of nine to thirteen."
K. S. White
-f New Yorker 22:142 D 7 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. G. Davis
Sat R of Lit 29:31 Jl 13 '46 460w
4 'Here is an outstanding book for boys at
the age that needs it most — just before the
teens set in. It speaks from inside a boy's
world, with the authentic voice of an American
boy, as sincerely as if he were thinking aloud
to fix in his mind details of an experience too
good to lose. It is one of the few instances
when the most transitory form of fiction — the
mystery- adventure -spy story — makes perma-
nent contribution not only to boys' books but
to understanding how a boy's mind works and
how, on occasion, he can change it." M. L.
+ Weekly Book Review p8 O 20 '46 490w
TEILHET, MRS HILDEGARDE (TOLMAN).
The assassins. 272p $2.50 Doubleday
46-5001
Adventure and intrigue in modern China.
Gordon Allgrove, a missionary's son, returns to
China after the war to reorganize the rug fac-
tory his mother had founded in a little Chi-
nese village. With him was his beautiful young
wife. They ran into intrigue, kidnapping and
violence before Gordon could settle their diffi-
culties.
"Not too fresh on angles, but energetic
enough entertainment for hotter days and
lighter moments."
Kirkus 14:255 Je 1 '46 170w
"Fast moving but slightly improbable and
unconvincing. Recommended where light fiction
is needed." L. M. Kinloch
Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 50w
"The book is written simply and well, with no
purple patches to mar the reader's wish to be-
lieve in Gordon and all he does. And he does
plenty. Whatever he may think of himself in
moments of doubt, he is no puppet of fate. At
the beginning of the book he has an inferiority
complex — he feels he isn't dashing or successful
enough for his wife. At the end one feels that
he will be entitled to swagger around for the
rest of his life, hitting at things with a riding
crop." Jane Cobb
+ N Y Times plO Je 30 '46 250w
"I have seldom felt so muddled. It would not
be so bad if the book had been out-and-out
imagination, like Prokosch's 'Asiatics.' But
Miss Teilhet under the guise of realism commits
such gaffes and perpetrates such howlers that
the mind is continually distracted." Emily Hahn
— Sat R of Lit 29:16 Jl 13 '46 1450w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p22 Je 30 '46 250w
TELLER, LUDWIQ. Labor policy for America;
a national labor code; with a foreword by
Wayne Morse. 334p $3.75 Baker, Voorhis &
co, inc, 30 Broad st, N.Y. 4
331 Labor laws and legislation 45-9661
"As the title indicates, the author sets for
himself the task of proposing a general and
truly public policy with respect to labor re-
lations and collective bargaining. Part I re-
views the multiplicity and inconsistency of
labor laws and their interpretation by the
courts and administrative agencies. Both state
and federal jurisdictions are brought within the
survey. . . The major portion of Part II is de-
voted to specific recommendations for a na-
tional labor code, with special emphasis on the
conduct of all parties to collective bargaining."
(U S Quarterly Bkl) Bibliography.
successfully resisted indoctrination with many
modern concepts." P. H. Towslev
Columbia Law R 46:340 Mr '46 950w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:141 Je '46 320w
TEMKIN, OWSEI. Falling sickness; a history
of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginnings
of modern neurology. 380p 7il $4 Johns Hop-
kins press
616.853 Epilepsy A45-4438
"This monograph represents a scholarly study
of the writings of physicians, philosophers, and
theologians from antiquity through the third
quarter of the nineteenth century insofar as
these pertain to epilepsy, 'the falling sickness.'
It is a veritable epitome of mankind's patheti-
cally futile attempts to explain and control his
bodily and mental afflictions without access to
the data of science and without benefit of the
scientific method." Am Hist R
"It is easy to understand why Senator Morse
in his Foreword withheld so pointedly his full
approval of the major proposals in this book.
Many of these proposals are very much out
of line when judged by liberal modern thought.
One is surprised at the strange mixture of
liberal and reactionary ideas. The author has
obviously read much in the field — but he has
"The book's orderly documentation with
numerous references and well-selected quota-
tions from original works gives it a character
of reliability and completeness without detract-
ing in the least from its fresh and energetic
style. It could be read with profit by laymen as
well as physicians and scholars who are spe-
cially interested in the history of science and
in the story of man's emancipation from domi-
nation by religious superstition, wizardry, and
charlatanism." Irvine McQuarrie, M.D.
-f Am Hist R 51:530 Ap '46 320w
"The reader will find nothing in this book
which will aid him in the treatment of a pa-
tient with seizures, but nevertheless the book
should be widely read. It enlarges historical
perspectives, widens appreciation of the long
and arduous ascent of medical knowledge and
treatment. It deepens sympathy for the millions
of seizurcd persons who through the centuries
have endured every conceivable indignity in
the hopes of relief. Reading of The Falling
Sickness sharpens appreciation of the advances
made in recent years in the treatment of epi-
lepsy. It is well written, and well printed on
what looks like pre-war paper." W. G. Lennox
-f- Am J Pub Health 36:668 Je '46 250w
"The story of epilepsy is essentially the his-
tory of the gradual emancipation from that
view of its cause; and that is the story which
Dr Temkin, who is Associate Professor of the
History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, tells in this admirable volume, a volume
which reflects great credit upon the humane
learning of the author and upon the institute
with which he is connected." M. F. Ashley-
Montagu
4- N Y Times p22 D 9 '45 500w
"In all, the volume presents an authoritative
analysis of the subject. The text, and the bib-
liography of 706 items should prove valuable
to neurologists and medical historians."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:66 Mr '46 IGOw
TEMPSKI, ARMINE VON (MRS A. L. BALL).
Aloha; the story of one who was born in
paradise. 235p $2.75 Duell
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-25078
Continues the story of the author's family
begun in Born in Paradise (Book Review
Digest, 1940). It describes the struggles of two
sisters to earn a living, after their father's
tragic death, by turning their Hawaii home
into a dude ranch. There is also a trip to
the states, a disappointment in love, and finally
marriage for the heroine.
Reviewed by Edith Roberts
Book Week plO Mr 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:246 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 18
'46 480w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"The story has much of the quality of the
earlier book, in the charm of the islands and
the life there, the delight in the halcyon days
and the contrast of low moments. There's not
§14
feOOtC RfiVlfeW DIGfeSt 1946
TEMP8KI, A. VON — Continued
quite the freshness of Born in Paradise— and
there's the same tendency to lushness, over-
effusiveness, that mars the whole."
_| Kirkus 13:667 D 16 '45 200w
"Not an outstanding: book. Recommended for
limited purchase by those libraries which have
the earlier book." H. P. Bolman
4- Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
N Y Times p36 My 5 '46 200w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
130w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ap 14 '49
HOOw
TEMPSKI, ARMINE VON (MRS A. L. BALL).
Bright spurs; il. by Paul Brown. 283p $2.50
46-4401
"After the death of their father two girls,
seventeen and fifteen, undertake to make their
livelihoods in the one way by which they can
hold fast to the outdoor life they love — by
turning their gracious Hawaiian home into a
dude ranch. The author has drawn the mate-
rial for this story from her autobiography Aloha
[Book Review Digest 1946], reducing the ages
of the girls to insure the interest of younger
readers." Booklist
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p9 Jl 14 '46 270w
Booklist 42:370 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:150 Mr 15 '46 130w
"Although most of its characters are stereo-
typed and plot is slight, story is full of the
atmosphere of Hawaii and breathes a zest for
living and a love of horses not to be ignored.
Paul Brown's lively drawings and silhouettes
contribute much to the book's appeal. For
girls from twelve to fourteen. Approved for
purchase except for small libraries." Maude
Adams
H Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"The plot is exciting and well worked out.
Girls will like it, and will, I am quite sure,
slither over the too many philosophies and too
pat descriptive phrases which weigh it down."
Phyllis Fenner
H NY Times p28 Jl 14 '46 180w
Weekly Book Review p9 My 19 '46
410w
TENNANT, KYLIE (MRS LEWIS CHARLES
ROOD). Lost Haven. 406p $3 Macmillan
46-2674
"The author has quieted down considerably
since her last exuberant novel, but, at that,
she still has enough gusto and high spirits for
a dozen writers. Here she tells the loosely
constructed story of an Australian coast town
and the collection of cheerfully amoral people
who live there." New Yorker
"Moonshining and violation of the sixth
commandment are the staples of Lost Haven's
leisure. By comparison 'Cannery Row' dwin-
dles to the proportions of a shy and halting
seaside idyll. . . Although she is still in her
early 30s, this is Kylie Tennant's fifth novel.
She handles her melodramatic plot with con-
viction and great skill. This Australian girl
has a remarkable facility for figurative expres-
sion, the evocative phrase, which occasionally
gets a trifle out of hand. At times she pelts
the reader with words. When she wants to —
which is most of the time — she can write like
an inspired demon. Her book held me clutched
in a wide-eyed thrall until the end." Robert
Traver
H Book Week p!5 Mr 31 '46 500w
Kirkus 14:22 Ja 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Christina Stead
N Y Times p8 Ap 7 '46 660w
"Miss Tennant has plenty of faults, among
them being a lack of style and little or no
taste, but she has humor and a genuine talent
for making her raffish characters live and
breathe."
-| New Yorker 22:90 Mr 30 '46 120w
Reviewed by R. L. North
Sat R of Lit 29:30 My 18 '46 300w
"Tber* is a plot concerned with illicit stills,
bootlegging and rum running—quite like an
echo of prohibition days in the United States —
but the author is chiefly interested in the
richly humorous relationships, in love making
and boat building and the glow induced by
frequent helpings of a heady mixture of
honeycomb and whisky. You may not ap-
prove of the characters, but you will enjoy
them." Lisle Bell
_| weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46
230w
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Let-
ters and private papers; collected and ed. by
Gordon N. Ray. 4v vl-2 522p; 853p il maps
$12.50 Harvard univ. press
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. (A45-530S)
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Dr. Ray has given us the personification of
the Victorian Compromise. He and the long
list of individuals and institutions (not least
the Harvard University Press), whose co-op-
eration provided these handsome volumes and
the two to come, have put the world of schol-
arship deeply in their debt. The editorial ap-
paratus is ingenious, meticulous, and opulent
even to some redundant footnotes of attribu-
tion. In publishing well over 800 items from
a collection of 1,600 Thackeray letters, 100
related letters, and 19 diaries and account
books, editorial and typographical slips are
practically nonexistent." J. B. Brebner
4- Am Hist R 51:499 Ap '46 900w
"To Lt. (j.g.) Gordon N. Ray our unstinted
gratitude for his understanding, his literary
skill, and his scholarship, which have given us
this latch key to the great Victorian." Edward
Weeks
-f Atlantic 177:156 Ap '46 1300w
"This editorial work is excellent, almost im-
peccable, and distinguished throughout by
marks of good breeding and fine taste of which
Thackeray would himself have approved. Along
the way footnotes supply supplementary data
which the reader will skip only at considerable
loss. The illustrations are abundant and beau-
tifully produced." S. C. C.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ja 26 '46
1450w
Reviewed by Raymond Mortimer
New Statesman & Nation 32:269 S 21
'46 2650w
"Mr. Gordon Ray has produced a magnificent
edition (of which the first two volumes only are
to hand) upon which the Oxford Press has
lavished its best powers. . . The edition opens
with a handy biographical table and an ex-
tremely useful account of Thackeray's chief
correspondents; moreover, we are told on every
occasion where the text conies from. It is a
relief to find the notes not uncomfortably
tucked away at the end of the volume, but
where you want to have them, on the page
containing the matter that gave occasion for
them. We may grumble here and there about
the placing of certain undated letters, and be
for the moment irritated by being referred to
appendixes which will appear in the later vol-
umes; but there is no doubt that Mr. Ray has
given us the definitive edition in worthy
scholarly form, and has whetted our appetite
not only for the volumes still to come, but for
the biography which he promises to write."
Bonamy Dobre"e
-f Spec 177:196 Ag 23 '46 1150w
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p306 Je 29
'46 3250w (Review of 4 volumes)
Reviewed by G. S. Haight
Yale R n s 35:547 spring '46 1250w
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Let-
ters and private papers: collected and ed.
by Gordon N. Ray. 4v v3-4 695;586p ii maps
$12.50 Harvard univ. press
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. (A4B-5303)
The final volumes in this collection of the
letters and papers of Thackeray cover the
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
815
years from 1852 to 1863, the year of his death.
These volumes contain an index of corre-
spondents and a general index.
Booklist 43:169 F 1 '47
"About a year ago, when the first two
volumes of this edition of Thackeray's Letters
were published, we gave an account of the
general arrangement and editorial apparatus.
All that it is necessary to say on that score
now is that Professor Ray has in this second
pair of volumes maintained the high standard
set in the first, and that the Harvard Uni-
versity Press has reason to be proud of its
share in this undertaking. Format, typog-
raphy, and illustrations are of the highest
grade of excellence." S. C. C.
-f Christian Science Monitor plO D 28
'46 HOOw
"These invaluable volumes are worth the
scholarly perseverance, the infinite patience,
and the care for detail which have gone into
their preparation." Carlos Baker
-f N Y Times pi D 29 '46 2700w (Review
of 4 volumes)
"These letters, written during the last 11
years of Thackeray's life, are, like his earlier
letters, notable for their warm-hearted spon-
taneity and simplicity." Carolyn Stull
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ja 5 '47
800w
"The letters form the equivalent of a new
Thackeray novel of which he himself is the
central figure. But in that respect there is
little to choose between these volumes and
his other well loved books." Q. F. Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Ja 5 '47 lOOOw
THARP, MRS LOUISE (HALL). Company of
adventurers; the story of the Hudson's Bay
company [il. by Charles B. Wilson]. 301p $2
Little
971.2 Hudson's Bay company — Juvenile lit-
erature 46-6389
History of the Hudson's Bay company written
for junior and senior high schools. The con-
tributions of the company toward the building
of Canada are brought out, as well as the part
played by such men as Pierre Radisson, Henry
Kelsey, and Alexander Mackenzie.
Booklist 43:20 S '46
"This is the well- written, absorbing chron-
icle of a company that has a glorious past and
unlimited possibilities for the future." H. F.
Griswold
+ Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 12 '46
300w
"Louise Hall Tharp has made a careful study
of sources and knows Canada well. She throws
a vivid light on this chapter in Canadian his-
tory."
+ Horn Bk 22:354 3 '46 160w
"The glamorous but painstaking, difficult
feat of starting and building this famous fur
company in readable story form for boys and
girls. . . Recommended for ages 12-16." Sonja
Wennerblad
4- Library J 71:1211 S 15 '46 70w
"One of the year's most dramatic, colorful
and absorbing stories for adolescents. Ac-
tually almost any reader, regardless of age,
will enjoy it." R. A. Brown
-f N Y Times p21 Ag 25 '46 320w
"The history of the first great business en-
terprise of the Western Hemisphere is an ad-
venture story made to order, and the author
has done well with it." K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22:147 D 7 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Elvezia Lorenzini
San* Francisco Chronicle p4 N 10 '46
160W
"The history of the Hudson's Bay Company
is one of the most stirring chronicles of the
New World. Mrs. Tharp has made the most
of this fascinating material. Out of scores of
tales of adventure and heroism, bitter rivalry
and stupid misjudgment emerges the absorbing
record of the success of a vast commercial
enterprise." R. A. Hill
-{- Sat R of Lit 29:46 O 19 '46 290w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly BQQk Review p8 O 20 '46 3*0w
THAYER, LEE (MRS EMMA REDINQTON
[LEE] THAYER). Hair's breadth. 195p $2
MA 46-1611
Detective story.
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p30 Mr 10 '46 140w
Sat R of Lit 29:56 F 16 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 10 '46 220w
THAYER, LEE (MRS EMMA REDINQTON
[LEE] THAYER). Jaws of death. 213p $2
Dodd
46-7636
Detective story.
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 O 20 '46 150w
THAYER, TIFFANY, ed. 33 sardonics I can't
forget. 389p $3.50 Philosophical lib.
Short stories — Collections 46-5746
Collection of short stories and one play, all
with a touch of the sardonic, and all of which
the editor has liked to remember. Partial
contents: The sphinx without a secret, by
Oscar Wilde; The young immigrunts, by Ring
Lardner; Ten-cent wedding rings, by Ben
Hecht; Permutations among the nightingales,
by Aldous Huxley; The right to take oneself
off, by Ambrose Bierce; Morlvera, by Saki;
Prologue to book four, by Francois Rabelais;
Endless river, by Felix Riesenberg; Regret, by
Guy de Maupassant; The robe of peace, by
O. Henry; A mediaeval romance, by Mark
Twain; The derelict, by H. M. Tomlinson;
Little Old New York, by H. L,. Wilson; The
little red kitten, by Lafcadio Hearn; Rappac-
cini's daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The
valiant, by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middle-
mass.
"Mr. Thayer's collection of favorite* is Jour-
nalistic rather than literary, comfortably old-
fashioned, and distinctly not to be read all at
one sitting. Though it is no great shakes as
originality or philosophy, the book is refresh-
ing after the more professional anthologies one
is plagued with these days." B. V. W.
N Y Times p!2 Je 16 '46 410w
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
310w
THIELEN, BENEDICT. Lost men. 260p $2.76
Appleton-Century
46-25116
Tells two stories: one of a group of misfits
left over from World war I; the other of the
hurricane which destroyed them utterly. The
men were engaged in construction work on the
Florida Keys; and their stories are told in
glimpses of their pasts. Then a hurricane
strikes the Keys; the rescue train cannot get
thru, and the workers are drowned or battered
to death.
Reviewed by Jex Martin
Book Week p7 My 5 '46 400w
Booklist 42:300 My 15 '46
Kirkus 14:131 Mr 15 '46 210w
"Not a great deal actually happens in 'The
Lost Men.' The author has tremendously over-
described the hurricane; he has tediously over-
written the neurosis that dogs each of the
principals. There is, In short, altogether too
much talk about life, death, and the meaning
thereof. He has, however, touched memory and
social conscience in the raw." Kenneth Fearing
N Y Times p!8 Ap 28 '46 320w
"The men are an unhappy and insignificant
lot, and the contrasting immensity of the storm
against which they appear has the effect of de-
creasing their already mean stature. The ac-
count of the hurricane itself, on the other hand,
i« breath-taking; Mr. Thielen has accomplished
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THIELEN, BENEDICT— Continued
a considerable feat in conveyingr a sense of the
terror of the storm in a clear and factual
style."
-\ New Yorker 22:109 My 18 '46 130w
"This [is a] brilliant novel. . . Probably no
better description of a storm has ever been
written — even by Conrad or Stewart. It is
traced from its beginnings until like some
great cosmic marauder It tears loose from the
sea, ravages the land, and returns to its lair.
The author has a shameless love of words and
of the fine, audacious phrase." R, A. Cordell
-f Sat R of Lit 29:41 My 25 '46 380w
"It is when he buckles down to describing
the hurricane which smashes Into the Keys
and ends the lives of the men that Mr. Thielen
shows how effectively he can write. He cap-
tures the fury of wind and waters in these
pages, and not until the storm blows itself out
does the tension of his description subside.
One only wishes that he had made his charac-
ters as real as the elements they are forced to
battle." Herbert Kupferberg
HI Weekly Book Review p24 My 5 '46 450w
THIRKELL, MRS ANGELA (MACKAIL). Miss
Bunting 296p $2.60 Knopf [10s Hamilton, H]
46-808
A further chronicle of Barsetshire, this time
In the sixth year of the war. Altho the book
is named for Miss Bunting:, the perfect gov-
erness who had taught so many of Barsetsh ire's
upper classes, it Is really Mr Adams who takes
the center of the stage. Mr Adams is the
successful "iron master'* who appeared in The
Head Mistress, who now does some successful
gate crashing into the sacred precincts of Bar-
setshire high society.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week p!4 P 17 '46 320w
Booklist 42:214 Mr 1 f46
Bookmark 7:16 My '46
"After six years of total war. we cannot
expect the cellophane on the Thirkell world to
be quite as crisp as it used to be. And yet,
there are a lot of good things inside; gay,
inconsequential, penetrating things. Mrs Thir-
kell still gives a nice selection of those espe-
cially contrived Thirkell characters, with hard
and soft centers; and there are plenty of grood
Thirkell situations, richly flavored and durable."
E. W. G.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 P 25 '46
360w
Reviewed by E. V. R. Wyatt
Commonweal 43:556 Mr 15 '46 450w
"All in all— nothing new, but the same lei-
surely small scale novel, filled with circum-
locutory, spiral and cumulative conversations,
characters and incidents. Devotees will wel-
come it."
•f Kirkus 13:532 D 1 '45 190w
Manchester Guardian p3 D 14 '45 lOOw
"Thirkell addicts who make their yearly pil-
grimage to Barsetshire to watch how
pleasantly the English hearth- flre burns through
whatever alarums and excursions, must be
warned that this year's trip is less reassuring
and cosy than any previous one. In 'Miss
Bunting' war still rases over Barsetshire and
Angela Thirkell writing in the sixth year of
her country's ordeal imperceptibly lets down
her guard. In the past she has protected her
beloved county with a full arsenal of superb
wit, good manners, restraint and understate-
ment. Now, through the chink in the Thirkell
1"' l pc sible * flee more cl«ftrly the
H- N Y Times p7 F 17 '46 900w
"Mrs. Thirkell has not written a master-
piece, of course, or done anything more than
fuanvCr» Cattily interestingy boSk, ™d even-
* back to wondering about what
"A limited, special, but lively and convincing
piece of social history." ^
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p605 D 22 '45
180w
"The substance of the book is pure fun, that
glancing humor of situations somehow expressed
in apparently irrelevant phrases which is Mrs.
Thirkell's special art." Isabel Paterson
-f Weekly Book Review p6 P 17 '46 1250w
THOBY-MARCELIN, PHILIPPE, and MARCE-
LIN, PIERRE. Beast of the Haitian hills;
tr. from the French La bete du Musseau, by
Peter C. Rhodes. 210p $2.50 Rinehart
"This is the story of Morin Dutilleul, a well-
to-do city grocer and a full-blooded man who
after the tragic death of his wife fulfills an
odd wish of his, and returns to live on the
countryside. The happenings that follow
•Mist' Dutilleul's settling down at Musseau, a
heretofore peaceful mountain community, form
a fantastic voodoo tale — a story about the
paganized Christianity of Haitian folk, . . .
about werewolves, witchcraft midwifery, greedy
sorcerers, about the 'Great Baron Samedr and
about the 'Cigouave,' the ferocious man-faced
giant dog of the tropical hills." Sat R of Lit
New Yorker 22:84 Mr 2 '46 200w
"Among the weird things that come to pass
in its pages are some at which the adult mind
would rebel, were it not for the narrative skill
and the poetic prose used in telling the
story. . . The flne prose style of the Marcelins
shines through this translation. It serves
beautifully to carry in suspension all tho super-
stitious idiocies that are used in the telling of
the story, just as it woutfl serve for the folk-
lore of some of our enlightened modern nations
whose superstitions are not called Voodoo."
H. J. Owens
Book Week p!6 N 17 '46 320w
Kirkus 14:435 S 1 '46 160w
"This is an odd, special, exotic piece of
werewolf folklore, with the fervor and startling
candor of a Calypso song (two torrid speci-
mens of which are included). Forcefully writ-
ten and ably translated, but not every library
will wish to put it in the open -shelf collec-
tion." E. F Walbridge
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 lOOw
"The novel itself is something like an anec-
dote or a tall tale — part fable, part Haitian
Boccaccio. Despite some grim doings, despite
the elaborate voodoo rituals, the pattern does
not impede the naturalistic tempo. The skill,
grace, and spice of the storytelling are art
from a distant and neglected world. The
book abounds in native proverbs. . . It is
rich in folk sayings and traditional wisdom;
the descriptive passages are short, neat and
unforgettable." Arna Bontemps
-f N Y Times p32 N 24 '46 450w
"This narration is done in an altogether
brilliant blending of straight story-telling, two-
pronged skepticism, and an allegorical under-
current which nowhere thrusts itself upon the
reader. There is an invigorating freshness
and a sinewy power in the style of these au-
thors which defy popular notions about tropical
characteristics. It is a proof of their genuine
talent and the earnestness of their artistic
pursuits, as well as of the ability of Peter
C. Rhodes, the translator, that their novel has,
as well as it did, survived the filtering process
of another language." Robert Pick
+ Sat R of Lit 29:12 N 23 '46 270w
"The story is one of simple tragedy, the
powerlessness of human beings at the hands
of evil spirits. Against a background of
Jungle life is cast a belief in the occult, the
supernatural, malignant and inimical to the
human race. How much of this the authors
actually believe is hard to determine. They
are cultured Haitians with poetical fluency and
unique skill in depicting exotic emotions; yet
there seems to be a residual acceptance of
Voodooism, a resignation to the dark powers.
Certainly the book gives no explanation of
phenomena which are utterly unacceptable to
* foreigner. . . It is a book that will seize
the reader's imagination, a glimpse into an-
cient demonology, written with persuasion and
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
817
deep acquaintance with primeval minds. To
read it is to understand the depths of a
strange land and the spirit of a forlorn
people." P. J. Searles
H Weekly Book Review p20 N 17 '46
500w
THOMAS, CAROLYN. Prominent among: the
mourners. 268p $2 Lippincott
46-20794
Detective story.
"Good knots in the old school tie."
-f Kirkus 14:333 Jl 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p36 O 27 '46 150w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
70w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p23 O 13 '46
160w
THOMAS, DYLAN. Selected writings; intro-
duction by John L. Sweeney. 184p $3.50 New
directions
821
"Selection from the poetry and prose of the
young Welshman, Dylan Thomas. In addition
to selections from Thomas' earlier verse, his
short stories and sections of his autobiography,
it contains tho first American publication of
Deaths and Entrances, the most important
single book of poetry in years." New Repub
Booklist 43:166 F 1 '47
New Repub 115:742 D 2 '46 150w
"The qualities of Thomas' poems, and much
of their method, are carried over into his short
stories, which already comprise a body of work
representing a significant development in
recent prose. They are notable for a continual
fusion of fantasy and realism and, often, for
their grim, dry humor reminiscent of the
stories of Kafka, yet conceived always under
Thomas' view of experience as traumatic, even
when on the surface it is commonplace. John
L. Sweeney's introduction is remarkable for
its concision and range. Volumes can be writ-
ten around the matters of information and in-
terpretation which he selects as keystones to
understanding." J. M. Brinnin
-f- N Y Times p24 D 8 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22:99 D 21 '46 80w
Time 48:112 D 2 '46 900w
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46 90w
THOMPSON, CECIL VINCENT RAYMOND.
How to like an Englishman. 207p $2 Putnam
914.2 National characteristics, English
46-8076
The American correspondent for the London
Daily Express, who some years ago wrote I
Lost My English Accent (Book Review Digest
1939) here sets forth his views on improving
Anglo- American relations. "Although Mr.
Thompson ends each of his twelve chapters
with a sage bit of advice on how to get along
with an Englishman, and although he main-
tains that England is his heart's home, he
does seem to have a time keeping his mind off
America. Indeed, his most acute comments
are about the United States. With very few
alterations his book can be published in Eng-
land as 'How to Like an American/ "(NY
Times)
Book Week p7 D 22 '46 90w
"The latest essay by the United States cor-
respondent of The London Daily Express is,
like his first, somewhat on the elementary
side. It often seems addressed to persons to
whom England and English traits, In Mr.
Emerson's phrase, are approximately as remote
as the Hittites. But if there is little to
startle or impress members of the English-
Speaking Union, there is a good deal to please
those to whom mention of Anglo -American
relations appeals as an excuse for a lively
argument. There is also Mr. Thompson's per-
sonality, which is sprightly, good-humored and
altogether engaging." Herbert Lyons
-f — . N Y Times p!4 Ja 5 '47 450w
"Even the most inveterate twister of the
lion's tale will be forced to admit that this is
a very fair discussion of our mutual quirks and
absurdities." Edith James
San Francisco Chronicle p36 D l '46
150w
"If Mr. Thompson has the right answer, his
is the rather awkward position of a pulpiteer
who doesn't practice what he preaches. The
book certainly is a 'do something* document.
It harps on differing traits and points of view,
without adding much to mutual tolerance, and
runs through lighter phases of the subject
with distinctly bridled humor."
Weekly Book Review p!3 D 29 '46
180w
THOMPSON, ERA BELL. American daughter.
300p $3 Univ. of Chicago press
B or 92 A46-10
Autobiography of a young colored woman
who rose from a poverty stricken childhood
to become senior interviewer with the United
States employment service. "Here is the di-
rect opposite of Black boy — the story of a
childhood free of the bitter warping of race
discrimination. . . Warm hearted, written with
humor and dignity, it should have a wide ap-
peal." (Booklist)
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p3 Ap 28 '46 650w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
"Lively and highly intelligent story. . . There
were embariassing moments, to be sure, but
there is far more human kindness than preju-
dice in the story. The Newberry Library en-
couraged the author with a fellowship. It was
a good investment."
-f Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 80w
"One of the most delightful books in a long
time. Speedy precision of characterization,
unfaltering graclousness of style and un-
strained humor, an assured dignity that can
laugh at itself and at the objects of its deepest
love — all these will command admiration, be-
cause they will be universally recognized as
the generous expression of a glad spirit that
can laugh stupidity and injustice into shame
of themselves." D. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 7 '46
370w
"Excellent is the word for this autobiograph-
ical account of the evolution of a young
Negress up from the masses evidently, but not
from the shiftless, to a college education.
Miss Thompson has made a rattling good story
of her family and her own life, with a keen
sense of humor. There is something to think
about, also, in a chapter heading: 'My America,
Too.' "
4- Current Hist 11:47 Jl '46 70w
"American Daughter is a story of growing
up In the West and Middle West that Is mov-
ing, human, positive, triumphant. Entertain-
ing and well -written." L. D. Reddick
-f Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"Miss Thompson is a woman of character,
and has fought a good fight. She has tackled
a mass of material and organized it into narra-
tive form, and done it with the feeble aid of
Dawn technique, hobbled fast to the Dawn
mentality. Very gently, then, let it be said
that Miss Thompson's writing is imitative,
her model a fraud. . . It is a genuine pity
that Miss Thompson's characters must always
'leap up' from their seats and 'bounce down' a
flight of stairs." E. B. Qarside
N Y Times p4 Ap 28 '46 llOOw
"It would be a mistake to take 'American
Daughter* as a serious contribution either to
American biography or to the rising discussion
over the damaging effect of our system of race
relations upon Negro personality and our dem-
ocratic health. It should be read as one Negro's
point of view, not as a refutation of the valid-
ity of the views held by others. What is posi-
tive in 'American Daughter* is its dream of -an
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
THOMPSON, E. B.— Continued
America in which all groups are united, the
one irrepressible dream in which all Americans
believe." Ralph Ellison
Sat R of Lit 29:25 Je 8 '46 1800w
"Witty, interesting, naive and immature. . .
The atmosphere of the book is light hearted,
tolerant of the racial prejudice against her
color, and capricious." M. M. Dickey
H Springf'd Republican p6 My 1 '46
420w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:194 S '46 280w
"The campaign for broader friendship and
more complete understanding between racial
elements in the United States will be strongly
assisted by the publication of Era Bell Thomp-
son's cheerful and warm-hearted autobiog-
raphy. Many readers will want to know where
Miss Thompson has been all their lives. Such
simple wisdom and virtue, combined with so
pleasant a quality of self-expression, must
nave worked hard to keep from being no-
ticed." Arna Bon temps
+ Weekly Book Review p4 My 5 '46
900W
Wis Lib Bui 42:87 Je '46
THOMPSON, JAMES EDGAR. Aircraft pro-
duction design. 238p il spir $5 Aviation
629.134 Airplanes— Design and construction
46-426
"This manual is concerned with the problem
of translating the functional and experimental
airplane design into its practical form. In
chapters on serviceability, repair, lubrication,
and machineability, the author stresses the
need for evolving designs which embody manu-
facturing practicability and economy. Other
sections deal with the materials for airframe
construction; machine tool operations; castings
and forgings; welding and soldering; and sheet
metal parts. The book is well illustrated with
reproductions of photographs and drawings."
N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:61 O '45
THOMPSON. JAMES MYERS. Heed the
thunder. 297p $2.50 Greenberg.
46-2077
"The story of a Nebraska clan, the Fargos,
who fight each other, seduce each other — and
seduction is an accomplishment of more than
one sex — swindle each other, and frequently
hate each other, profoundly and finally, but
nevertheless hang together when any per-
manent damage to any member is threatened
by an outsider. Most of the Fargos are farmers,
but through various contacts some of the
remote members are bankers, one is a lawyer
and there are one or two bums — more than
that if one counts children. These people are
located in and near a town called Verdon
which is not identified geographically except
for the fact that it seems to be conveniently
near Kansas City and Lincoln." Sat R of Lit
"A robust novel of country life in Nebraska
— forthright and earthy, boisterous in its
humor, cruel in its tragedy. . . In a minor way
the book is a 'Godrs Little Acre' of the
West. . . The story has the stout quality of
an authentic farm chronicle. As it progresses
the breaks, good or bad, are handed out in a
curiously pat manner by a sardonic and bitter
Providence. The odds are definitely long
against anybody in Verdon, Neb., leading an
even moderately satisfactory life." Beatrice
Sherman
N Y Times p28 Mr 3 '46 270w
"There are a number of good stories in this
book but the whole effect is moderately con-
fusing." Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:36 Mr 2 '46 370w
"The prose is vigorous, and domestic dia-
logue has barroom bluntness. If sufficient
readers are 'interested or amused,' says the
author, he will do a trilogy. No comment."
n
Weekly Book Review p24 F 24 '46 140w
THOMPSON, LLOYD S. Death stops the show.
288p »2 Crown ^ m9g
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week pS Jl 14 '46 130w
"The murder weapon is a honey— if It will
work." Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p28 Je 16 '46 150w
"Pretty good."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 50w
THOMPSON, MORTON. How to be a civilian;
il. by Charles Pearson. 220p $2 Doubleday
356.115 Veterans 46-1523
The author of Joe, the Wounded Tennis
Player (Book Review Digest. 1945) gives advice,
some of it serious, some hilarious, on how the
returned soldier should fit himself into civilian
life once more. Partial contents: How to buy,
put on, and wear civilian clothes; What are
girls; The Job deal; Hitting the book; Psy-
chiatrist; Organization; How to talk civilian.
Reviewed by Dale Harrison
Book Week p4 F 17 '46 400w
"Beyond some laughs at latrine humor — few
veterans will feel this supplies any answer to
their pressing problems today."
— Kirkus 13:539 D 1 '45 HOw
"Sincere as is Mr. Thompson's desire to aid
The Veteran, few veterans will find much en-
lightenment in 'How to Be a Civilian.' " B.
F. H.
— NY Times p26 Mr 10 '46 270w
New Yorker 22:87 Mr 2 '46 80w
"In 'How To Be a Civflian* Mr. Thompson
turns his flip journalistic technique to advising
other veterans on readjustment questions. It
wasn't a very good idea. Probably — and de-
servedly— Mr. Thompson's phony tough guy
style will drive away many ex-soldier readers,
for most of his pages are addressed to a
slanderously fictional dumb cluck and GI goon.
. . Mr. Thompson is best when he writes
straight about things like dyeing a khaki
uniform dark blue, taking advantage of the QI
Bill of Rights, and using the resources of psy-
chiatry." Maurice Basseches
h Sat R of Lit 29:12 F 23 '46 450w
Weekly Book Review p20 F 24 '46 200w
THOMPSON, WARREN SIMPSON. Population
and peace in the Pacific. 397p $3.75 Univ. of
Chicago press
312.8 Population. East (Far East) — Indus-
tries and resources A46-2015
"A thoughtful and documented analysis of
the relation of population growth to changing
economic conditions and the result on terri-
torial controls. Gives detailed consideration to
mineral resources, industrial development and
the economic outlook of the different areas
with special attention to Japan and China.
The future problems presented by the type of
population control and the conditions of land
development prevailing in Australia and New
Zealand and their possible effect on interna-
tional welfare are emphasized. Brings out
fundamental problems for serious considera-
tion. Includes a bibliography of some 500
titles." (Library J) Index.
Am Hist R 51:759 Jl '46 40w
Reviewed by L. A. Mills
Ann Am Acad 248:292 N '46 400w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 12 '46 270w
Booklist 42:312 Je 1 '46
"Population and Peace in the Pacific is a
book bargain for students of Far Eastern and
Pacific problems. It is packed with factual in-
formation about the key areas across the
Pacific presented clearly and with sufficient
analysis to render it meaningful." H. S. F.
-f Canadian Forum 26:185 N '46 750w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Current Hist 10:537 Je '46 80w
Foreign Affairs 25:172 O '46 40w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
819
Reviewed by M. C. Manley
•f Library J 71:405 Mr 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by T. H. D. Mahoney
N Y Times p21 Ag 18 '46 500w
"I know of no book that argues more cogently
the interrelationship of world population trends
and the decline of the colonial era. This book
does not editorialize. Its figures and facts are
forceful enough to permit Its final conclusions,
which seem to me ooth convincing and vital."
H. W. Weigert
+ Sat R of Lit 29:71 Je 8 '46 850w
"The data so carefully assembled and ana-
lyzed by one of America's best qualified stu-
dents of demography are of prime interest to
all concerned with international affairs aa well
as to geographers and sociologists. Dr. Thomp-
son is director of the Scripps Foundation for
research on population problems, Miami Uni-
versity, Oxford, Ohio."
•f Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 My '46 360w
Reviewed by Frederick Reinstein
Springf'd Republican p4 Je 9 '46 700w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:207 S '46 320w
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; or Life
m the woods; 11. with 142 photographs, an
introduction and interpretative comments by
Edwin Way Teale. 386p $5 Dodd
818 47-163
The text of Thoreau's well-known classic il-
lustrated with photographs of Walden and its
surroundings today. An introduction and in-
terpretative comments by the editor tend to
place Thoreau as the authority on natural his-
tory, rather than as a social critic, as has been
the recent tendency.
"Provided with brief introductions to each
chapter, illustrated with many related photo-
graphs and printed from large type, Mr. Teale' s
edition is an enthusiastic and lively contribu-
tion to the long shelf of editions of this great
book. . . Mr. Teale's photographs are mostly
conventional, and nearly all of them have been
poorly reproduced. Excepting for a few hasty
ice scenes they neglect the white masonic
sorcery of winter which overlays many of the
most glorious pages of 'Walden.' As illustra-
tions they lack the distinction and the famil-
iarity of the photographs recently published
by Henry Bugbee Kane, who lives close by and
can therefore keep a sharper watch on Walden
and the seasons. Nor can any photographs
capture the beauty not of Walden but of
Thoreau's Walden. There is not enough sky.
altitude and light in them." Brooks Atkinson
H NY Times p7 Ja 5 '47 1850w
"A person who is about to encounter the
text of 'Walden' for the first time should buy
a small, unadorned edition, such as the pocket
Oxford, which will allow him to travel light
and on a high plane. I rather imagine that
Henry Thoreau would feel that Mr. Teale,
roaming the Concord woods on his second-hand
errand, was not fronting the essential facts,
not living deliberately. Nevertheless, it is easy
to understand why Mr. Teale was there, easy
to share his vicarious excitement and to enjoy
his tardy and beautiful photographs. . . A
book of this sort is a personal tribute rather
than an illustrative work. . . As long as there
are men and muskrats, there will be readers
who will ache to identify themselves with the
spirit and the sense of this revolutionary book.
this solid and everlasting book; and they will
be drawn to Deep Cove in all weather and in
all seasons, armed with whatever they can
substitute for a borrowed axe. Teale took a
camera." E. B. White
+ New Yorker 22:64 D 28 '46 600w
"A short time ago an admirable book of
photographs of Walden Pond and vicinity was
edited by Henry Bugbee Kane. Now come*
the book 'Walden' itself, with a good intro-
duction by the nature writer Edwin way Teale,
and a different set of photographs. . . The
books together would be a valuable addition
J» any library, or a fortunate present for a
Thoreauvian. Here is one of the greatest of
and
-f Sat R of 'Lit 29:13 D 21 '46 lOOw
"/The more we study Mr. Teale's accurate
photographic record of the Walden landscape
the more apparent it becomes that the Walden
Pond of immortal memory and world-wide ac-
claim was the imaginative creation of a su-
preme American artist. The natural beauties
that Mr. Teale has so lovingly reproduced
shine for us only as they catch the light of
a poet's dream/' O. F. Whicher
4- Weekly Book Review p4 D 8 '46 650w
THORN ER, ROBERT H. Aircraft carburetion.
393p il $3.50 Wiley
629,13435 Carburetors 46-7507
"Practical manual outlines the fundamental
physics of carburetion. Emphasis is placed
on pressure, pressure maintenance and pres-
sure instruments. Basic principles common to
all carburetors are developed through their ap-
plication to standard carburetors as the Hoi-
ley, Stromberg and the Chandler-Evans. Ma-
terial used in the book was used in organizing
the Navy Carburetor Mechanics' School in
Chicago." (Library J) Index.
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1130 S 1 '46 80w
THORSETH, MATTHEA. Cradled in thunder.
352p $3 Superior pub.
46-22550
In the late nineteenth century, a gay boast-
ing, kindly Viking of a man, Gunnar Gunnar-
son came to America from Norway. With him
was his gentle, religious wife Martina, and
together they brought up their large family
in this country. The book chronicles their
lives as they struggle to establish themselves
in a new land.
"It is entertaining and should have wide
appeal. Editing and typography are poor. Rec-
ommended." M. P. McKay
H Library J 71:1465 O 1 '46 lOOw
"This is a fine, original novel, written with
affectionate but unsentimental understanding
of the Norwegians and their customs; and it
is written, too, with rich, resplendent style
and spirited humor. The characters are first
of all human beings, only incidentally immi-
grants bewildered, disillusioned, or exhilarated
In a strange new land. . . 'Cradled in Thunder'
is a warm, cheerful, and intelligent book that
deserves many readers." R. A. Cordell
+ Sat R of Lit 29:34 N 23 '46 400w
THRASHER, FREDERIC MILTON, ed. Okay
for sound; how the screen found its voice.
303p il $3.75 Duell
791.4 Moving pictures. Talking 46-6857
Pictorial story of the rise of motion pictures
from lantern slide days to the present.
Kirkus 14:452 S 1 '46 170w
"The up-to-date Journalistic technique of re-
viewing 'movie' history with photographs, sup-
plemented by snappy captions and a few pages
of ornamental text, is employed in the very
pretty and conspicuously unreliable picture-
book 'Okay for Sound!', which is angled to tell
the story of 'how the screen got its voice/
But, curiously in the manner of a Hollywood
historical romance, the contents are richly
saturated with glamour and the sophistries of
myth. . . As a history of talking pictures this
volume is inept and juvenile. As a press-
book to publicize the Warners ... it is 'okay
for sound.' " Bosley Crowther
_ 4. N Y Times p7 S 1 '46 460w
"The brief technical explanations at the be-
ginning are well handled, and the stills from
old movies are, as always, diverting. Judging
by internal evidence, the project appears to
have been subsidized by the Warner Brothers,
whose directors and actors hog the camera and
steal most of the scenes."
New Yorker 22:111 S 14 '46 90w
14 'Okay for Sound* is, in essence, a gigantic
house organ extolling the virtues of Warner
820
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
THRASHER, F. M.— Continued
Brothers Picture studios— but you'll get a great
kick out of the photographs of your favorite
silent and early sound picture stars. P. S.
San Francisco Chronicle p22 O 20 '46
150w
"No one can begrudge the enterprising War-
ner brothers the credit they take for introduc-
ing sound motion pictures to the screens of
the world. But they as well as the publishers
and Professor Thrasher can only be accused
of bad Judgment if not bad faith when they
present an outright promotion piece in the
guise of a bona fide screen history. This is
too bad, for, along with the text, there is a
highly entertaining collection of pictures which
would have been a pleasure to recommend,"
h Theatre Arts 30:744 D '46 80w
pleasure to the complete work on Barnard."
Thomas Woody
+ Ann Am Acad 246:167 Jl '46 700w
School & Society 63:215 Mr 23 '46 90w
Reviewed by Thomas Woody
-f- Social Studies 37:282 O '46 500w
"The study as a whole constitutes a signi-
ficant contribution to the literature on Ameri-
can education during a period when Its
purposes, scope, and structure were still in a
formative stage. It should be of value to those
interested particularly in the history of Ameri-
can education in the nineteenth century, and
to social scientists concerned with the inter-
relationships between social forces and institu-
°ns' .f u S Quarterly Bkl 2:211 S '46 200w
THURMAN, HOWARD. Deep river; an inter-
pretation of Negro spirituals. 39p $2 The au-
thor, 2142 Pierce st, San Francisco 15
784.756 Negro spirituals 46-2696
A chapter on the backgrounds of the Negro
spirituals, and their religious concepts, plus
four essays, or meditations, based upon the
spirituals themselves.
"A book of small size but fine quality."
-f Christian Century 63:657 My 22 M6 40w
"Mr. Thurman is not, primarily, concerned
with information as such. His objective Is to
provide something that will shield the modern
reader from the spiritual torment which is so
characteristic of our age. And in furtherance
of this aim he has written in the last medita-
tion (entitled 'Deep River') as fine an example
of philosophic religious reflection as it has been
my good fortune to encounter. It would be un-
gracious not to commend Mills College for the
format of this product of its press. After some
five years of wartime restrictions It comes as
a relief to read once more a book the quality
of whose paper and style of printing are a
pleasure to the eve." Walter Heifer
-f- Crozer Q 23:300 Jl '46 310w
THURSFIELD, RICHARD EMMONS. Henry
Barnard's American Journal of education.
359p $3.75; pa $3 Johns Hopkins press
370.5 American journal of education. Bar-
nard, Henry A4 6-2670
"The author has placed emphasis on the
significant contributions of Henry Barnard's
Journal 'in the development of a profession. In
the transmission of educational Ideas from Eu-
rope, ... In continuing and modifying the
American educational tradition, and in effect-
ing social change/ The mere summarizing of
the contents has been avoided, and the value
and importance of the material has been
stressed. Well indexed." School & Society
"In undertaking a study and evaluation of
[the American Journal of Education] Mr.
Thursfteld faced a formidable task which he
has accomplished with notable success. The
amount and diversity of the material with
which he had to deal has not prevented him
from achieving a clear and comparatively brief,
but sufficiently detailed and documented, ex-
position. In addition to descriptive facts, It
presents the service rendered by the Journal
in preserving the annals of American educa-
tion, in transmitting educational ideas and
methods from Europe, in stimulating Improve-
ments in educational opportunities and facili-
ties, and in effecting social change. The book
is of value both as a guide to the contents
of the American Journal of Education and
also as a contribution to the history of Ameri-
can culture." H. E. Starr
•f Am Hist R 52:194 O '46 220w
"If one mines a rich lode well, the reward
should be satisfying. To his mining, the au-
thor has devoted a critical intelligence and
assiduous labor. The result is a valuable con-
tribution to the history of American educa-
tional journal tern, chiefly useful to research
workers, but interesting also to more general
readers. Every reader will look forward with
TIGNER, HUGH STEVENSON. Christian pat-
tern. 80p $1.50 Macmillan
248 Christianity 46-2852
"Mr. Tigner is interested in Christianity as
'a God centered' in contrast to 'a self-centered
pattern of living.' The distinctive threads
which weave the design of this pattern are
worship, thanksgiving or praise, humility,
service and love. These are simple themes,
'almost too obvious to mention/ but they are
none the less shown to be fundamental."
Weekly Book Review
"In a style that has both clarity and charm,
and with thinking that is as straightforward
as the writing. Dr. Tigner shows the practical
meaning of these things. In the good-natured
little interpolated chapter on human pride (as
an expanded footnote to the one on humility)
there is more to reduce *the swollen ego to
healthy proportions than in some more pre-
tentious theological discussions of pride as a
y-fS Christian Century 63:627 My 15 '46
140w
"The Christian who is not cocksure that he
is 100 percent right in his mode of living will
want to read what Mr. Tigner says concern-
ing 'the Christian requirements about love* and
will indeed welcome this needed little book."
Floris Thompson
-f Churchman 160:15 Je 1 '46 180w
"The illustrations employed are delightfully
apt and will doubtless be employed again and
again by those who turn a volume like this
into grist for their mill. Dr. Tigner's liberalism
is mature enough to enable him to be critical
of his own position and that of his fellow
travelers. He apparently has been close enough
to human need to appreciate that any school
of theology must satisfy the soul spiritually.
no matter how modern its position or how
scientific its logic may be." M. C. Westphal
-f Crozer Q 23:394 O '46 150w
4- Kirkus 14:101 F 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Dean Campbell
Springf'd Republican p6 Je 14 '46 240w
"Mr, Tigner's mind moves easily among
great ideas; he presents profound arguments
with clarity; he can take a dry rod of thought
and make it blossom again. His chapter on
the trite old subject of 'worship,' for example,
is full of freshness and beauty." J. H.
Holmes
+ Weekly Book Review p!8 My 12 '46
120w
Wis Lib Bui 42:126 O '46
TILLET, MRS DOROTHY (STOCKBRIDGE)
(JOHN STEPHEN STRANGE, pseud). Angry
dust. 369p $2.75 Doubleday
46-7944
"Bart Pinza was business agent of Local
321 (United Metal Workers, CIO). . . He was
a man of intelligence, humor, and absolute
integrity: a rare combination, Dorothy Stock-
bridge indicates, even in the labor movement
she so passionately admires. Her .new novel
tells his story — and the story of Local 321 —
as they met labor's post-war crisis in the
Harmon Metal Works. '7 N Y Times
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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Reviewed by Nelson Algren
Book Week p27 N 24 '46 330w
"The plot does not come through, but the
author's characters are four- dimensional, hu-
man, sympathetic — and the book has a strong
feeling of contemporary issues."
Klrkus 14:502 O 1 '46 120w
"If it is overly didactic, if half its char-
acters are obvious stereotypes, her book is
none the less compelling in its passionate sin-
cerity. Miss Stockbridge states the case of
labor as she sees it with every ounce of faith
and reason she can muster. There will be dis-
sents from both sides of the bargaining table.
Whether or not you go along with her, she
deserves to be heard in this second post-war
year." Richard Match
4, — N Y Times p24 N 17 '46 500w
Reviewed by W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review p!7 Ja 12 '47
600w
Reviewed by C. M. Sauer
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Je 2 '46 480w
Theatre Arts 30:475 Ag '46 80w
Times [London] Lit Sup p6 Ja 6 '45
1850w
"It must be said that Tillyard's ingenuity
and enthusiasm lead him at times to press the
evidence pretty far. There may not be general
agreement with his interpretation of many de-
tails of character, design, allusion, and im-
agery. He evinces a tendency to explain away
defects as due to Shakespeare's general plan.
But the general conclusion to be drawn from
Tillyard's exposition is an important one, for it
presents us with a Shakespeare more thought-
ful, more intellectual, more philosophical than
that which many people even today have in-
herited from the nineteenth century, a
Shakespeare ranking not only as poet but as
thinker with Dante and Milton." S. C. Chew
Weekly Book Review p28 Mr 10 '46
950w
TILLYARD, EUSTACE MANDEVILLE WET-
EN HALL. Shakespeare's history plays. 336p
$3 Macmillan [18s Chatto]
822.33 Shakespeare, William 46-1754
The author, who recently published a book
on the political philosophy of the Elizabethan
age. The Elizabethan World Picture, here dis-
cusses Shakespeare's history plays as reveal-
Ing Shakespeare's acceptance and knowledge
of the theories of world order held by his con-
temporaries. The book is in two parts: I, The
Background; II, Shakespeare. Index.
Reviewed by James San doe
Book Week pll Mr 10 '46 230w
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
"This is a notable book by a distinguished
scholar. Whatever Professor Tillyard writes on
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan scene is not
only original and authoritative, it is vastly
entertaining and absorbing. The style of this
book is direct and forceful and the amount of
historical and literary information that is
condensed into its three hundred and twenty-
two pages is amazing." M. C. Livingston
-f Cath World 164:279 D '46 470w
Reviewed by Percy Allen
Christian Science Monitor p!3 Mr 10
•45 750w
"While not recommended to the casual read-
er, Professor Tillyard offers rich emolument to
the not too casual Shakespearean student to-
gether with a scholar's sympathetic survey of
Elizabethan literature." E. v. R. Wyatt
-f Commonweal 44:172 My 31 '46 850w
"Mr. E. M. W. Tillyard conscientiously and
compendiously examines Shakespeare's His-
tory Plays as If they were solemn documents
drafted as a deliberate expression of their au-
thor's analysis of the political forces and prin-
ciples (and their theological implications)
which explain the history of England. Such a
use of poetic material is hazardous." H. B. C.
Manchester Guardian p3 F 28 '45 180w
"Professor Tillyard's book is hardly for the
casual reader, but it Is certain to be widely
discussed by students of Shakespeare." J. W.
Krutch
Nation 162:320 Mr 16 '46 350w
"This is a baffling book to review. In the first
place it is impossible to say how far it has
achieved Its author's purpose, for no outstand-
ing purpose impresses itself In the reading,
and the author's summing up at the end
sounds more like an account of where he has
got to than a statement of what he set out
to reach. It Is not even easy to describe the
scope of the book. . . Mr. Tillyard Is most
illuminating when he discriminates the qualities
of the pre- Shakespearean chroniclers; he
helps us to see an Elizabethan significance
easy to miss In A Mirror for Magistrates. But
when he comes to Shakespeare, frankly he dis-
appoints." H. B. Charlton
f- New Statesman A Nation 29:112 F 17
'45 800w
"A profound and excellent study."
+ New Yorker 29:100 Mr 28 '46 liOw
TIMASHEFF, NICHOLAS SERGEYEVITCH.
The great retreat; the growth and decline of
communism in Russia. 470p $5 Dutton
947.084 Communism— Russia 46-545
"Russia revised? Have Soviets really re-
versed— from internationalism and anti-na-
tionalism to nationalism; from disintegration
to family living; from self-teaching In schools
to adequate instruction by trained teachers;
from 'every religion is a nuisance' to 'Chris-
tianity promoted the cult of the abstract man'?
Such retreats (?) are to what extent appease-
ment towards recementing the Russians to the
beneflcient paternalism of government; to what
extent recognition that to progress toward ulti-
mate goal of international communism, course
must be laid out with flexibility to allow for
occasions of severe pressure from grouped in-
dividuals who are but rebounding against pres-
sure from dictation of an [oligarchy].
Thought-provoking analysis of the 'Communist
Experiment.' and an attempt at exposition of
reactions of the Great Experimenters to re-
actions of the experimentees. Author Is Rus-
sian-born sociologist, now professor in United
States." (Library J) Selected bibliography.
Index.
"A thoughful and well-documented book
which, on the strength of the material con-
tained >n it, will be warmly welcomed even by
those who do not share Professor TlmashefTs
viewpoint. The book also contains valuable
statistical tables and charts and a brief but
good Bibliography." Hans Kohn
Am J Soc 52:85 Jl "46 550w
Reviewed by Seligr Perlman
Am Pol Sci R 40:804 Ag '46 650w
"Excellent use has been made of slender
resources to present a clear and reasonably
well -documented account of Communist policy.
. . Professor Timasheff does not set out to
explain what caused the revolution, but to
follow the course of that revolution. And
judged by this criterion, this book has made
a notable contribution." S. R. Tompkins
-f Ann Am Acad 246:149 Jl '46 600w
"The chief weakness of Timasheff' a argument
is the unfairness in using the incipient trends
of 1914 as standards of success for 1946. The
very assumption that Russia's potential In 1914
would have been realized by 1946 if there had
been no revolution begs the question. The fact
persists, despite all Timasheff 's Impressive
charts, that tsarist Russia did not have the
power to realize its apparent socio-economic
potential because of fatal stresses and weak-
nesses." Louis Gottschalk
Book Week p9 Mr 17 '46 500w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
"A discriminating and well-documented de-
scription of the political, economic, cultural,
and religious changes that have taken place,
supporting his text with a dozen enlightening
charts, with chronological and statistical ta-
bles, with a carefully chosen bibliography and
with an adequate double index of persona and
of subjects." Joseph McSorley
+ Cath World 162:568 Mr '46 550w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
TIMASHEFF, N. S.— Continued
Christian Science Monitor plO Mr 30
•46 750w
Commonweal 43:657 Ap 12 '46 30w
Foreign Affairs 24:753 Jl '46 80w
Reviewed by M. T. Florinsky
J Pol Econ 54:560 D '46 800w
Kirkus 13:642 D 1 '45 260w
Reviewed by A. B. Lindsay
Library J 71:405 Mr 15 '46 200w
"All this, though not new, is presented with
cumulative effect. But the author rather spoils
the effect of his analysis by engaging in im-
plausible speculations on what Russia would
nave been like had the Communist revolution
failed." Reinhold Niebuhr
Nation 162:602 My 18 '46 700w
"Mr. Timasheff is one of that little band of
Russian •e'migre's who have made it their mis-
sion in life to mislead the English-speaking
world about the USSR, an enterprise which,
of course, receives enthusiastic support and
encouragement from the kept press. Since the
present work, with its scholarly trappings and
air of objectivity, is more than ordinarily mis-
leading, It is, I suppose, fair to assume that
it will receive more than the ordinary share
of acclaim and will become for some time a
standard authority and source of inspiration
for columnists, hack writers, et hoc genua
omne." P. M. Sweezy
— New Repub 114:389 Mr 18 '46 lOOOw
"Professor Timasheff has made an attempt
to embrace the whole varied, ebullient, zig-
zagging course of Soviet life for the past three
decades and to provide a coherent picture and
balance sheet in every field. Unfortunately,
it is easier for the reviewer to deal briefly
with the rarefied sociological schemata than
to convey to the reader any adequate notion
of the rich and dense body of material that
gives this book its main value and makes it a
must for all students of Russian affairs." B.
D. Wolfe
-f N Y Time* p4 Mr 17 (46 1150w
"This interesting thesis would be more per-
suasive if, in speaking about the Communist
experiment, Mr. Timasheff didn't raise his
voice so far above the conversational level."
New Yorker 22:98 Mr 23 '46 120w
"The author presents an excellent over-all
summary of events in the U.S.S.R. and brings
together in one convenient place much infor-
mation not readily available to American
readers. . . With Professor Timasheff's review
of Soviet development, one can quarrel mainly
over questions of detail and emphasis. . . One
wonders whether Professor Timasheff may not
have changed his mind about some of his pre-
dictions, in the light of events since the book
.was written. . . Despite the criticisms this is a
useful contribution to the current literature
on this topic, and can be profitably read by
those interested in a general discussion of
Soviet society over the past three decades."
Harry Schwartz
-| Pol Sci Q 61:612 D '46 900w
"His book shows painstaking care and re-
search. The author is erudite. Much of the
material he presents is not otherwise available
in English. The book reads a bit like a
textbook. It is not as good as Laserson's
recent 'Russia and the western World,' but,
like it, 'The Great Retreat* deals with the tre-
mendous changes which have taken place in-
side the Soviet Union these last ten or twelve
years which are usually ignored by most ig-
norant Americans who nevertheless talk glibly
about Russia as though it were still the Russia
of 1935." Louis Fischer
+ Sat R of Lit 29:26 Mr 23 '46 750w
"The author is not an historian, and would
not claim to be. His scholarship is. rather, soci-
ological, and he is concerned with proving his
point. One can seldom question his facts or his
organization of data. . . A word might be added
as to the value of the book to teachers of the
social studies. Any teacher with a fair degree
of knowledge of the U.S.S.R. will find it orig-
inal, informative, and stimulating. The statis-
tical tables, appendices, and bibliographical
notes should be most helpful. Secondary achool
students could probably be induced to use it as
a work of reference in connection with selected
topics." W. C. Armstrong
4- Social Educ 10:237 My '46 1400w
"Although it advances no novel thesis with
respect to developments within the Soviet
Union, The Great Retreat is interesting. One
need not be dogmatic about what has happened
in the Soviet Union in order to appreciate the
evidence which has been brought together
here."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:123 Je '46 400w
"Dr. Timasheff's book is at once very re-
vealing on certain aspects of recent internal
developments in Russia, with much factual
substantiation for his analysis of the general
state of Soviet society, and highly theoretical
in its interpretation of a great deal of this
material. There are times when the author
labors very hard to make his interpretation
conform to his preconceived pattern of what
should be happening in Russia. . . The weak-
ness in his thesis is, indeed, tacitly admitted
in the conclusion to which the book builds
up; that is, the Great Retreat as the final
phase of the Russian Revolution. For in dis-
cussing it he inserts the phrase 'rather prob-
able.' " F. R. Dulles
+ — Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 24 '46
HOOw
Reviewed by George Vernadsky
Yale R n s 35:752 summer '46 490w
TIMASHEFF, NICHOLAS SERQEYEVITCH.
Three worlds; liberal, communist and fascist
society. (Science and culture ser) 263p $2.75
Bruce pub.
321 Democracy. Communism. Fascism
46-7413
A study of three types* of present-day social
organization, by a Catholic socialist, born in
Russia, and now teaching in Fordham univer-
sity. They are the liberal (democratic), com-
munist, and fascist societies. He outlines the
rise or communism and fascism in the dif-
ferent countries of Europe, and the liberal
policies in the United States and Great Britain,
and compares the three societies, and pre-
dicts the final victory for liberalism. Bibliog-
raphy. Index.
Reviewed by J. O. Supple
Book Week p5 D 1 '46 270w
"The author's style of writing is occasionally
pedestrian and rather unpolished, perhaps be-
cause he had his eye fixed too closely on his
classroom outlines, but the book as a whole is
to be highly recommended. One envies the
professor's students at Fordham. Incidentally,
if he insists on their reading the items which
are listed in his splendid bibliography, the pros-
pects for Catholic lay leadership in New York
and its environs are rather bright." G. G
Higgins
-f- Commonweal 45:332 Ja 10 '47 650w
Reviewed by L. R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:1463 O 15 '46 HOw
"The book is carefully written and based
on a wide knowledge or recent political and
economic trends. Readers who are imbued with
the viewpoint of the Anglo-American Liberal
tradition may, however, be somewhat disturbed
b:Ci ther, t9ne of objective impartiality with
which Professor Timasheff compares the three
systems, by his emphasis on the value of
integration and on the need for economic plan-
inl5??«5-nd, ^ h!* **Hure to adopt the ideal of
individual liberty as a standard for Judgment
of different social systems." H. B. Parkes
H -- Weekly Book Review p20 D 8 '46 600w
TIMOSHENKO, STEPHEN, and YOUNG
624.1 Structures, Theory of 45*9155
"A well-written textbook for engineering
2S2SR students. The authors have take*
special pains to demonstrate the relationships
between mechanics and structural analysfc.
•Hie chapter titles follow: Element* of plane
statics; Statically determinate plane trusses:
Influence lines; Statically determinate > s SaSi
structures; General theories relating to elastic
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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systems; Deflection on pin- join ted trusses;
Statically indeterminate pin -Join ted trusses;
Beams and frames; Arches." N Y New Teen
Bks
"Excellently presented, the 'Theory of Struc-
tures' should prove good reading -for structural
engineers as well as a useful textbook. . . In
the light of present-day engineering- school cur-
riculums, the topics have been well chosen.
However, it is probable that practicing struc-
tural engineers will regret that more informa-
tion is not included on skewed frames, domes,
cylindrical shells and, other special framing
as well as upon the most recent variations of
moment distribution analysis for statically in-
determinate structures."
Eng N 137:112 S 5 '46 200w
Library J 70:762 S 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:14 Ja '40
TIREMAN, LOYD SPENCER. Cocky; stories
adapted by Evelyn Yrisarri; layout and 11,
by Ralph Douglass. (Mesaland ser) [46p]
$1.25 Univ. of N.Mex. press
Birds — Legends and stories 46-4289
"A definite sense of the desert, with its un-
familiar assembly of animal and plant forms,
springs from this gay little book sprinkled
with bright pink and green. We see how
things appear to Cocky, who is an awkward,
scraggly desert bird, a roadrunner with a per-
sonality all his own." Horn Bk
Booklist 42:370 Jl 15 '46
"His story frames for children visions of a
kind of country which they have known only
dimly by name." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:266 Jl '46 80w
"Humor and a fine appreciation of dramatic
fact material makes this a really first rate
natural history at the 6 to 9 level."
-f- Kirkus 14:240 My 15 '46 170w
"Thoroughly enchanting tale of Cocky, the
roadrunner, illustrated by Ralph Douglass with
verve and hilarious impudence which children
should love. . . Very unusual item, highly
recommended." Gweneira Williams
•f Library J 71:984 Jl '46 80w
"The Mesaland Series has a definite purpose:
to introduce to small children the animals and
plants of the great Southwest. One might
think its readers outside that region would be
relatively few . . . but something about these
bouncing little books carries them over the
boundaries, I never saw, for example, a jack-
rabbit such as figured in 'Baby Jack* and
'Hop- Along,' and certainly I had, until I opened
this gay little volume, no experience whatever
with road runners. But Cocky and his wife,
both in their pictures and the taUs of what
they do, are so absurdly different from any
fowl I know, and yet so absurdly like them
in certain ways, that they are soon personal
friends." M. L. Becker
•f Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 320w
TODD, LEWIS PAUL. Wartime relations of
the federal government and the public
schools, 1917-1918. 240p $3.15 Teachers college
370.973 European war, 1914-1918 — Education
and the war. Education and state
A46-402
"An account of educational experiences, dur-
ing the war years of 1917-18, that should be
useful 'in charting the course of public edu-
cation during the troubled years that lie
ahead/ " (School & Society) Bibliographical
notes. No index.
Reviewed by E. W. Knight
Am Hist R 52:152 O '46 700w
Reviewed by Howard White
Am Pot Sci R 40:159 F '46 380w
Reviewed by N. B. Henry
El School J 46:409 Mr '46 660w
School & Society 62:376 D 8 '45 40w
"The clarity of treatment, the thoroughness
of documentation, and the timeliness of the
subject should commend this contribution to
educational administrators as well as to stu-
dents of the history of American education."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:41 Mr '46 240w
TODOROFF, ALEXANDER. Food buyer's in-
formation book. 380p il $4 Grocery trade pub.
house, 5247 Crystal st, Chicago 51
641.3 Food 46-17219
"Similar to other books about food by this
author. This contains descriptive identification
of foods and food products, fresh and canned
or preserved — fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese,
beverages, dairy products. Some comparison
of food values and information on use."
(Booklist) Index.
"The contents of this volume, prepared in
a convenient and concise question and answer
form, describe nearly all the foods on today's
market. The approach is objective and free of
any commercial or propaganda reference, . .
It is thoroughly indexed for rapid use." V.
P. Elder
-f- Am J Pub Health 36:1169 O '46 150w
Booklist 43:10 S '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!9 S '46
Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 70w
"A fascinating book of practical information
about food in the forms in which it is mar-
keted. . . The quality of various parts of the
book is somewhat uneven, and in many in-
stances more information seems to be called
for. Nevertheless it will be useful as a refer-
ence book in the food marketing industry, in li-
braries, and in homes."
_j NY New Tech Bks 31:25 Ap '46
TODRIN, BORIS. Paradise walk. 317p $3 Dut-
t0n 46-21570
Greenwich Village and the Williamsburg sec-
tion of Brooklyn are the scenes of this novel
portraying the struggles of two women of
very different types to hold the same man.
The time is 1937, and Nick Gordon is the man.
His young wife Jerry, and an older and more
sophisticated woman, are the two who battle
to hold Nick's affection.
"Nick finally resolves his problem, but not
before the star-crossed pair has gushed some
of the most pretentious prose in many moons.
Todrin, a poet by trade himself, leans toward
metaphors and similes in profusion. Now and
then, for instance, Martha's words should be
just plain words, and not always 'shuffling
leaves in the dry gully of her throat.' The
author is also a great one for details. Some-
times they point up a scene very sharply.
Sometimes, though, depending on the subject,
they make his story sound like a subway
guide, an architect's prospectus, or a Good
Housekeeping recipe." Clinton Textor
h Book Week p5 D 1 '46 300w
"A novel of no particular importance which
a great many people will read — seeking paral-
lels in the familiar triangle pattern. . . The
style is lush — and overwritten. The situation
offers a twice told tale."
— Kirkus 14:502 O 1 '46 170w
"Greenwich Village and Williamsburg scenes
lovingly done. Not imperative but readable
and credible. Mr. Todrin can handle much
larger themes than this." F. A. Boyle
-f Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 70w
"Mr. Todrin does not have the skill to make
the interest clear. Despite the author's pre-
tension that Nick is a conscious intellectual,
he is not only unable to speak for himself,
but he is so obscured by descriptive (and un-
iUuminating) verbiage that it is impossible
for the reader to participate in his choice.
Perhaps Mr. Todrinrs difficulty is that he is
a technician of the contrived phrase, which is
never an aid to clarity. If he had deprived
himself of what he calls 'contrapuntal utter-
ance,' of all his verbal delicacies and intricate
circumlocutions, he might have produced a
satisfactory novel." Patricia Blake
— NY Times p!6 D 8 '46 650w
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TODRIN, BORIS — Continued
"With sharp realism, moving: and penetra-
ting-, Mr. Todrin portrays the desperation of a
man who is emotionally uprooted and the con-
fusion of a girl trapped by an infatuation. In
Nick's fight to recapture Jerry he is a man
driven by love, knowing- no pride and no
shame, certain only of one thing, that without
the girl he loves he is neither man nor creative
artist. . . In the second part of his novel Mr.
Todrin tells the story of Nick's infatuation for
Martha Warren. . . Whatever Mr. Todrin' s
intentions in describing- this relationship, it
bogs down to a trite, uninspired affair." Rose
FeTd
-j Weekly Book Review p36 D 1 '46 650w
TOLSTOI, ALEKSEI NIKOLAEVICH. Road to
Calvary; tr. by Edith Bone. 885p $4.60 Knopf
[12s 6d Hutchinson]
46-3966
The first two parts of this long Russian novel
are a revised version of Darkness and Dawn,
published earlier in this country (Book Review
Digest, 1936). That book dealt with the for-
tunes of two sisters of a St Petersburg family
of intellectuals. Part III continues their story,
so that the whole period covered by the story
extends from 1914 thru the civil war and up to
the beginning of the peace.
Reviewed by Louis Zara
Book Week pll My 26 '46 600w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
"As sizeable a work as this is in itself im-
pressive — one wonders however whether it will
have an audience beyond the critical."
Kirkus 14:155 Ap 1 '46 290w
Reviewed by J. E. Cross
Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 lOOw
"There is hardly any mention of Kerensky.
Lenin appears, not very impressively, in a
single scene, and the progress of the war, save
in so far as it touches the Russian contribution,
is completely outside our range of vision.
There is no mention of the final defeat of Ger-
many. The final effects on the mind of a read-
er who knew nothing of the current and subse-
Suent events would be of a very self-contained
ussia, and even so of a country that was
lacking in a well-defined. Idealistic purpose;
and the book would undoubtedly have gained
in vision and power if there had been far less
of the now tediously familiar details of actual
fighting, whether in Galicia or the Caucasus,
and a wider conspectus of the direction in
which the Russian people were moving. The
translation by Miss Edith Bone, is in a clear
and readable English and no doubt, conscien-
tiously loyal to the original." J. D. Beresford
Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 9 '45 380w
"It is hard to doubt that Alexei Tolstoy would
have done better had he concentrated his tal-
ent, experimented, retreated, advanced in a new
direction, at last discovered the form most
suited to the nature of his gifts. He produced
an interesting and sympathetic study of Rus-
sia between 1914 and 1919. He might have left
a work of art." Philip Toynbee
H -- New Statesman <& Nation 29:177 Mr 17
'45 900w
"This vast, multitudinous romance, a Stalin
Prize novel, the trilogy 'Road to Calvary,'
both crowns and reflects a remarkable career,
a success story d"f our epoch unequaled, I
think, by any of the English writers who rode
out the political storms of the seventeenth
century, or by those Latin writers who lost and
won again the friendship of the Caesars. . .
Tolstoy's great talent is for landscape, atmos-
phere, mood, movement, violence and change.
His weaknesses are in character, plot, and in-
dividuality of governing- ideas. But these quali-
ties are ideally suited to the experience re-
imagined in 'Road to Calvary' ana to the po-
litical circumstances under which it was fi-
nally revised and completed." R. G. Davis
•f N Y Times p4 My 26 '46 1650w
"In spite of an inartistic ending, obviously
added with one eye on the Kremlin, the book
is a distinguished work in the large, leisurely
tradition of the nineteenth-century Russian
"
"Full of action, full of incidents (some idyllic,
some violent, and some as incredible as lire in
time of war and revolution), 'Road to Calvary'
has in it something of the sea, that truly epic
element: sometimes it terrifies one, sometimes
one is almost lost on the immense surface,
sometimes there are gales and sometimes calms;
but always there is the wide horizon and the
unending rhythm of motion, of life." P. C.
Weiskopf
Sat R of Lit 29:15 My 25 '46 HOOw
"Alexei Tolstoy gives the historical back-
ground of a nation in a state of transition,
which is perhaps the soundest reason for rec-
ommending his book." John Hampson
+ Spec 174:276 Mr 23 '45 650w
"No literary integrity is sacrificed to the
cause of an immaculate Soviet, since virtue
and vice, honor and venality, are equally di-
vided between the red and the white Russian
factions. Tolstoy was himself originally a White
Russian soldier, and it is with a very deep and
understanding compassion that he probes the
minds and uncertainties, the motives and de-
sires of his characters as they make their su-
preme decisions — which side — which is Russia.
In conclusion, one might perhaps question
the English version of the title to Tolstoy's
novel, 'The Road to Calvary.' Golgotha was at
the end of that road, not the naively roseate
communist future which Tolstoy pictures in his
definitely propagandized final pagres." L. S.
Munn
H Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 460w
Time 47:106 My 27 '46 700w
"The novel has plenty of vigorous incident,
it insinuates authentic events skilfully into the
flow of invention, and altogether it discovers
a truer likeness to history in the experience
it records than the foreign reader of con-
temporary Russian fiction nas come to expect."
-f- Times [London] Lit Sup plOl Mr 3 '45
lOOOw
" 'Road to Calvary' has a vast richness of
exciting material. Perhaps most convincing
of all is the picture of Petersburg on the eve
of World War I and of the moral and theologi-
cal bankruptcy of the Russian intelligentsia on
the threshold of the revolution. . . Alexei Tol-
stoy owes a debt of gratitude to his translator,
Edith Bone, who has done a notable Job on a
difficult novel." Nicholas Wreden
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 2 '46 HOOw
TOLSTOI, LEV NIKOLAEVICH, graf. Short
novels; selected with an introduction by
Philip Rahv; tr. by Aylmer Maude. 716p $4
Dial press
46-7799
"Along with 'Two Hussars,' 'Family Hap-
piness,' 'The Cossacks,' and 'The Death of
Ivan llyich,' the volume contains the less well-
known 'Hadji Murad,' 'The Devil,' 'Master and
Man,' and 'Polikushka.' Mr. Rahv, in his in-
troduction, concludes that Tolstoy was the
least neurotic of all the great Russians, that
he could not escape what Mr. Rahv calls the
blight of alienation, a spiritual illness much
too complicated to be diagnosed here, and that
he was really an Existentialist at heart." New
Yorker
novelists.
New Yorker 22:91 My 25 '46 120w
"The value of this volume is confined en-
tirely to the stories themselves, unless the
preface be regarded as of use as an irritant."
E. S.
Canadian Forum 26:238 Ja '47 280w
Reviewed by Harold Rosenberg
Nation 163:700 D 14 '46 1450w
"Mr. Aylmer Maude's translations together
with that of 'Family Happiness,' by Mr. J. D.
Duff (for which, no doubt through oversight,
he is not given credit) are certainly 'the most
distinguished available.' And they are really
good — smooth, idiomatic and close to the orig-
inal. Unfortunately, the English literary style
is much too polished for Tolstoy's homely,
grittily earthy and virile prose to do justice
to it." Alexander Bakshy
H NY Times p21 N 3 '46 1050w
"On the whole a fine companion volume to
Mr. Simmons' biography. These briefer works
by Tolstoy seem to have been out of print
for a good many years (which should indicate
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that something is wrong1 with the publishing
business), and it was an excellent idea to
bring them together. . . I do not altogether
agree with Mr. Rahv's findings, which is not
important, but I think he ought to be thankful
that Tolstoy isn't still around. The old man
could be pushed only so far." Hamilton Basso
-j New Yorker 22:120 N 23 '46 220w
TOMKINSON, GRACE. Welcome wilderness.
280p $2.50 Washburn
46-7240
The setting is the Canadian Maritime Prov-
inces. The story is of the refugee New Eng-
land loyalists who fled thither at the end of
the Revolutionary war. The central characters
are the Noble family, who seek refuge in
Canada, but return to Connecticut after the
death of the husband and father of the family.
The oldest daughter, however, decides to
marry and live on the frontier.
"A slight story, and judging by the dra-
matic episode of the lost child in the forest,
had better been presented as a short story, for
after this incident the interest declines." E.
E. Leisy
Book Week p7 S 29 '46 320w
-f KIrkus 14:307 Jl 1 '46 140w
"The picture of the community, the back-
ground detail, the characterization, are brought
to life with painstaking care and a certain
cumbersome quaintness. It makes a pleasant
and unsophisticated tale." Andrea Parke
4- N Y Times plO S 22 '46 170w
"A fascinating section of history which has
seldom been dealt with in fiction. Mrs. Tom-
kinson evidently did a great deal of research
on her subject; her accounts of the problems
and hardships of the resentful pioneers, left by
an ungrateful king to fend for themselves in a
wilderness, are direct and nicely detailed. The
plot, unfortunately, is frayed at the edges."
H New Yorker 22:100 S 28 '46 120w
"This could have been a fairly exciting novel
if the author had cared to exploit the 'dramatic
potentialities in her material. Instead, except
for the eighteenth-century costumes and fre-
quent references to the Sons of Liberty, she
has written a novel about a woman who
speaks, thinks and acts like an Atomic Age
heroine. If the historical novel has any worth,
it seems to me that it lies in the recreation of
an age the drama of which sparkles through
the characters who live it. Otherwise it be-
comes a mere costume piece, utilizing the dress
and diction of another time to make up for
the author's inadequacies, which is, I am very
much afraid, precisely what 'Welcome Wilder-
ness' amounts to." W. M. Kunstler
Weekly Book Review plO O 13 '46 700w
TOPE, MILDRED. Whoa, Ginger! 11. by Doris
Stolberg. 191p $2 Morrow
45-9808
Mystery story for young readers.
"Lively reading for 7th and 9th graders."
-f Kirkus 13:473 O 15 '45 80w
"While definitely not literature, this mystery
story for the middle-sized boy and girl will
be popular, especially with the group that
enjoys the rural mysteries of Helen Fuller
Orton. Character regeneration is too violent,
perhaps, but all in all, the twins, Joe and Joy,
are likable, and their farm-life routine is
authentic and informative. . . Recommended
for light reading for fourth to sixth grades and
as remedial reading for older children." S. J.
Johnson
-f Library J 71:124 Ja 15 '46 80w
"Somewhat unconvincing tale." A. T. B.
N Y Times p30 Ja 27 '46 lOOw
Springf'd Republican p4d D 9 '45 80w
TORREY, CHARLES CUTLER. The Apoc-
ryphal literature; a brief introduction. 151p
$3 Yale univ. press
229 Bible. Old Testament— Apocrypha
A46-371
"[This] volume is intended to give account
of all of the O. T. literature lying outside the
canon, the books which in the usage of the
early Christian Church would have been classed
as 'apocrypha.' Two titles included here have
not appeared before in the works of this
description, namely, the Lives of the Prophets
and the Testament of Job." (p. vi) Author is
Professor of Semitic languages, emeritus, in
Yale university.
"The present work furnishes a valuable guide
to the study of this interesting and curious
body of post- canonical Jewish literature."
4- Christian Century 63:112 Ja 23 '46 150w
Reviewed by R. C. Miller
Churchman 160:16 Ja 15 '46 170w
"The literary classifications and vignette
summaries of the contents of the various books
will prove helpful to all students. Because of
the condensed style much of the text will prove
difficult reading, but the mass of data which
this style makes possible will be appreciated.
Beginning students must be guided to dis-
criminate between Torrey's presentation of
facts and his emphatic arguments for particular
theories where the proof adduced is much less
than the certitude exhibited." J. H. Cobb
H Crozer Q 23:387 O '46 550w
"Much work has gone into this stimulating
book. Its results show that there is much to be
done before a definitive history of intertesta-
mental literature can be written. It is an
important step toward that goal." J. C.
Rylaarsdam
-f J Religion 26:296 O '46 750w
Times [London] Lit Sup p497 O 12 '46
650w
"This concise handbook of the Jewish post-
canonical literature includes a treatment of
both the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Since
there exists in English no such handbook, this
fulfills a long felt need. . . The reader will
find especially useful the outline of the contents
of each book of the apocryphal literature and
the selected bibliographies."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:20 Mr '46 240w
TOVEY, SIR DONALD FRANCIS. Beethoven;
with an editorial pref. by Hubert J. Foss.
138p 11 $3 (7s 6d) Oxford
780.81 Beethoven, Ludwig van 45-10300
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"The book is not a biography, but rather
a series of essays on Beethoven's material and
the use he made of it. The author infused this
discussion with the erudition, as well as the
humor, which made his six volumes of 'Essays
in Musical Analysis' [Book Review Digest, 1935,
'37, '40] so readable. . . In the opening pages
of 'Beethoven* the author undertook to make
the master's technical style understandable to
lay readers ignorant even of musical notation.
It is to be feared, however, that his book
would be hard going for them." F. B.
+ Book Week p9 Ja 20 '46 230w
Reviewed by L. A. Sloper
Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 2 '46
230w
"The most delightful thing about this post-
humous book garnering a lifetime of rich
experience is its complete freedom from pro-
fessional pedantry, its freshness of approach
to music as an art addressing all intelligent
people/' D. O^Masin^ ^ j& ^ ^ ^
"Although put together from sketches and
fragments by Ernest Walker and Hubert Foss,
this posthumous book seldom gives the impres-
sion of a preliminary draft. Its planning and
composition are vague, but that does not mat-
ter, for Tovey has succeeded in talking of the
very materia musica in an enlightening and
thought-provoking manner. 'Beethoven' deals
with the great problems of tonality, rhythm,
phrasing and form: there is no chatter about
'fate knocking on the door.' . . Even the musi-
cally untutored will derive great enjoyment
reading through 'Beethoven,' and the student
of music will find many a perplexing problem
solved with ease and sound good taste/' P. H.
L*n|f + Weekly Book Review p28 Mr 31 '46
lOOw
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TOWNER, WESLEY. Liberators. 276p $2.76
Wyn
46-7806
Story of the American occupation forces
working in a small German city after the
victory in Europe. The central character is
Master Sergeant Christopher Day. a civilized
man who tries hard to secure a reasonable
peace with the not- too submissive enemy.
Klrkus 14:331 Jl 15 '46 170w
"Idealistically conceived, convincingly and
realistically told. . . Authentic atmosphere;
provocative thesis. Recommended." J. E.
Cross
+ Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:702 D 14 '46 70w
" 'The Liberators' is a valuable commentary
on at least part of our European experience, a
bill of particulars illuminated with some dis-
heartening- evidence. But as a flrst-rate novel
— and one unavoidably compares it with John
Hersey's 'A Bell for Adano' — it is a near miss."
David Dempsey
N Y Times p8 S 29 '46 500w
"An intelligent, bitter story about the failure
of our occupation troops, because of the lack
of a constructive policy, to bring any kind of
order to postwar Germany. . . Anyone who
happened to be in Germany during the summer
of 1945 can probably testify to the distressing
truth of what Mr. Towner has to say."
New Yorker 22:124 O 5 '46 150w
" 'The Liberators' is an important book not
because it introduces a new literary talent of
major promise (it doesn't) but because it
presents microcosmically a small section of the
wickedness which has and is infecting our
world. . . 'The Liberators' is a first novel.
If Mr. Towner works at his craft he will doubt-
lessly write a better novel. In this one his
writirig runs from bad to good." Leo Lerman
Sat R of Lit 29:19 O 19 '46 650w
"An amateurish and inept novel." W. M.
Kunstler
— Weekly Book Review plO O 6 '46 650w
TOWNSEND, ELISABETH. Johnny and his
wonderful bed; II. by Rafaello Busoni.
(Stephen Daye publication) 55p $2 Ungar
46-6178
Johnny and his grandfather, who was a
street musician, lived in a little shack under
a big city bridge. On a particularly cold night
Johnny wished for a nice warm bed. When
he awakened Johnny had his wish. From that
moment things began to happen to Johnny, his
wonderful bed, his grandfather, and O'Leary
the policeman. For ages five to ten.
"Against the realistic background of the
lower East Side of Manhattan, Johnny and his
miraculous bed, which he christens Fred, riot
through these delightful pages. If you once
accept Fred completely, the rest of the story
is as convincing as a good reporter's account
of something that happened yesterday. . .
Rafaello Busoni has made some very lively
and amusing picures for this book. It is
printed in large, clear type and is nicely
bound in tulip-red. Little and middle-aged
boys and girls and their fathers and mothers
will have lots of fun with it." M. Q. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:54 Ap 20 '46 BOOw
"The large drawings of the flying bed are
truly funny; the story will make little people
laugh out loud. It comes out well, too: that
is a surprise." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p8 My 5 '46 IftOw
TRACY, MRS MARIAN. Care and feeding of
friends (special meals for special occasions)
with pictures by Lulu. 128p $2 Viking
641.5 Menus. Cookery 46-7740
Suggested menus for a variety of occasions —
a dinner for the "boss," tea for a conventional
spinster, a cocktail party, a pancake breakfast,
etc. For each meal the author gives recipes
for the main dishes, wine to be served, a mar-
keting list and a checklist of staples.
"Though not what you would call inexpen-
sive, as there is considerable emphasis on spe-
cial seasonings, flavors and liquid accompani-
ments, there is nevertheless plenty of imagina-
tion in the menus and recipes. With the
exception of de luxe items, almost all are
planned with some sort of leeway for the
hostess, so that the emphasis on the food does
not take away from the emphasis on the
diners."
+ Kirkus 14:338 Jl 15 '46 130w
"Be not deluded by the big type and nursery-
book look of this slight volume. It's for adults
who like short-hoists and who demand recipes
sound, foolproof, and not dull." Idwal Jones
4- N V Times p57 N 17 '46 90w
"This book makes an acceptable gift for
brides and young matrons. It would be hazard-
ous to present it to a cook of the old school."
J. V.
+ San Francisco Chronicle p34 D 1 '46
120w
TRANTER, Q. J. Plowing the Arctic; being
an account of the voyage of the R.C.M.P.
St Roch through the North west passage
from west to east. Slip il $3.50 Longmans
[12s 6d Hodder]
919.8 Northwest passage. Eskimos. St Roch
(schooner) [44-61079]
An account of the first known trip thru the
Northwest passage from west to east. The trip
began at Vancouver in June 1940 and ended
in Halifax in October 1942. The R.C.M.P. patrol
boat St Roch made the trip, which was under-
taken in order to deliver supplies to Arctic sta-
tions. Maps on end papers.
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
"Unfortunately, considering the interest In-
herent in the story, G. J. Tranter writes as if
he had his mittens on. He apparently compiled
the book from reports and interviews; yet with
the subtlety of the author of the Rover Boys,
he overdramatizes scenes and underscores
feeble humor and conventional sentiment. De-
spite this heavy-handed treatment, the reader
will find a tale of courage and endurance, an
authentic picture of Eskimo life, and a partial
portrait of a remarkable Arctic traveler, Ser-
geant Larsen." Alan Vrooman
-- h N Y Times p36 My 5 '46 360w
TRAVERS, GEORGIA, pseud. See Scott, A. O.
S.
TREACY, JOHN. Production illustration; the
techniques and applications of perspective
engineering drawings. 202p il $4 Wiley
744.42 Machinery — Drawing. Perspective
46-300
"An excellent presentation of the relatively
new techniques used in the production of per-
spective drawings for use in industry, together
with a survey of the uses of such illustrations
The treatment is practical and on the level ot
persons engaged in the making and use of pro-
duction illustrations. The book is also suitable
for use in college and vocational school courses.
There is a special appendix on the use of
the patented perspective drawing board, and
some information is furnished on sources of
other special equipment." N Y New Tech
Bks
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
Library J 70:752 S 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bkt 30:54 O '45
TREAT, LAWRENCE, pteud. See Qoldstone,
L. A.
TREECE, HENRY. Collected poems. 155p $2.50
Knopf
821 46-4926
A young English poet, a leader in the neo-
Romantic movement called the New Apoca-
lypse, has here brought together all of his
poems which he wishes to preserve.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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"Treece has a considerable lyrical talent,
writes out of his emotions rather than his head,
and belongs firmly on the shelf of all who are
moved by verse," Leo Kennedy
-f Book Week p5 Ag 18 '46 270w
"Adroit and charming is the pen of Henry
Treece. . . Mr Treece has what many modern
poets should have but lack— a knowledge of
past poetry, an absorption of it. He is a
thoroughgoing workman, a sensitive, imagina-
tive person, and a poet who should, when sure
of his own 'belongings,' make a marked con-
tribution to the literature of this age." P. P.
S.
+ Christian Science Monitor plO Ag 30
•46 400w
"Perhaps a little esoteric for the ordinary
reader, this volume contains many fine and
lovely things and will be greatly welcomed by
other poets and those interested in the current
and direction of modern English poetry."
+ Kirkus 14:234 My 15 '46 120w
"He lacks almost completely Thomas' gift
of phrase and entirely his great rhetorical
vigor. He suffers, in addition, from a kind
of pompous and naive interest in himself
which makes him believe that the universe is
only a convenient device for allowing him to
explain his feelings; nothing less than the
stars ever listen to any observation he makes
about himself: they even bent a sympathetic
ear to his 'silver scream' when he was a baby.
The ideas in his poems are few and simple."
Arthur Mizener
— Nation 163:160 Ag 10 '46 700w
Reviewed by Marguerite Young
N Y Times p23 Ag 18 '46 450w
New Yorker 22:76 Jl 20 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle pi 5 Ag 11 '46
80w
"There is evidence that he has been in-
fluenced by Welsh verse as well as by the
Welsh landscape, and he pays oblique tribute
to literary forebears as diverse as Housman
and Hopkins, and even translates a poem of
Lorca's, but for the most part he is content
to celebrate the rural scene or to lament man's
fate in his own gaudily fanciful, rhetorical
fashion." Babette Deutsch
Weekly Book Review plO S 8 '46 700w
Reviewed by Eugene Davidson
Yale R n s 36:151 autumn '46 150w
TRESSELT, ALVIN R. Rain drop splash; pic-
tures by Leonard Weisgard. [29p] $1.60
L°thrOP 46-11878
Picture story book for the very young, fol-
lowing a drop of rain, from its part in a rain-
storm, thru brooks, lakes, and rivers to the sea.
Booklist 43:139 Ja 1 '47
"Has pictures which are fresh and brilliant,
but the text, In an attempt at simplicity, dis-
regards sentence structure and punctuation.
*-j -- Cath World 164:381 Ja '47 30w
"An attractive book with very interesting il-
lustrations, whose simple theme is nicely exe-
cuted.^ KJrkus 14.59l D l ,46 8Qw
"It is a rare accomplishment to have encom-
passed such a vast progress into one small
story, perfect of its kind. The text is simple.
evocative, the pictures exciting in their detail
and fine design, combining to stimulate the
imagination of the picture-book ,age." B. L. B.
4. N Y Time* p4 N 10 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. L.. Becker AA <OA
+ Weekly Book Review p9 D 22 '46 180w
TREYNOR, BLAIR. She ate her cake. 214p
$2.50 Morrow
"This is a first novel handled with the ease
and assurance of a practiced writer. It is told
in the James Cain manner, clipped and unclut-
tered. The author is a milder, more optimistic
Cain, but her sugar-coating does not destroy
the suspense or excitement of the story." A.
' -f Book Week p6 Mr 24 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:7 Ja '46 170w
Reviewed by Thelma Purtell
N Y Time* p20 My 5 '46 140w
"Blair Trey nor tells her story with a fluid
simplicity and economy of language. Without
probing into states of mind and psychological
complexities, she succeeds, through dramatic
incident and forceful dialogue, in portraying
two lost creatures bound to each other by the
crime one of them committed." Rose Peld
-f Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 24 '46
500w
.fTRIEBOLD, HOWARD OLTAS. Quantitative
analysis, with applications to agricultural
and food products. 33lp il $3 Van Nostrand
545 Chemistry, Analytic—Quantitative. Ag-
ricultural chemistry. Food — Analysis
46-6JH6
"This volume by a professor of agricultural
chemistry at Pennsylvania State College is
planned to furnish the fundamentals of quan-
titative analysis to students of agriculture and
nutrition, to emphasize the analysis of prod-
ucts in which they are Interested, and to pro-
vide them with some techniques of proven
value. Discussion of gravimetric analysis,
volumetric analysis and physical chemical
methods take up the first two-thirds of the
book, and the next one hundred pages, ap-
proximately are devoted to procedures for the
analysis of agricultural products: feedstuffs,
milk, butter, maple syrup, soils, fertilizers,
insecticides and fungicides. Finally, some
fifteen pages are given over to problems and
methods of calculation. Selected footnote
references to related material occur through-
out." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1130 S 1 '46 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:40 Jl '46
^noor (LUCAS). Sun on
the hills. 242p |2.50 Harper
46-2713
„ Story of Australia during the early days of
World war II. Jimmy Blair, home on a short
leave, realizes he is in love with Sheila, but
she is too shy to acknowledge that she returns
his love. Jimmy, who has had to grow up in
a hurry, has an affair with an entirely different
$£*le,, °_f J^1*1' and Sheila changes her tactics.
Published in Australia under the title: Now
that We're Laughing.
An Iowa farm boy, with a deep love of the
land, im mixed up with a lightweight girl whose
dreams of Hollywood ended In murder. The boy
takes his responsibility for her hard, spirits
her away from the scene of her crime, and
on a distant ranch, where they take refuge,
he wakes up to reality.
Reviewed by Olive Carruthers
Book Week plO Mr 31 M6 180w
"Not good, not bad, not important."
Klrku« 14:44 P 1 '46 80w
"Not an essential book." B. F. Kelly
Library J 71:407 Mr 15 '46 70w
"A gay but mildly tedious chronicle of
suburban tittle-tattle and week-end doings. . .
There is a fine feeling of a lazy, hot summer,
the love-fever of summer nights, the unhappy
irresolution of youth. The atmosphere is ex-
cellent, the story small. Margaret Trist is a
good writer of the popular, magazine variety."
Christina Stead
4- — N Y Times plO Ap 7 '46 230w
"An amusing conflict, described with urban-
ity, excellent characterizations, and a sug-
gestion of Australian mores that, although
younger and less formalized, are not important-
ly different from our own." Leonard Amster
•f Sat R of Lit 29:30 Jl 20 '46 400w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 180w
"Mrs. Trist weaves her engaging little com-
edy of manners with a warm sympathy that
comes from laughing observation of humanity.
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TRIST, M. L.— Continued
Hers is a gay pattern, not too tightly arranged,
with serious patches to give it contrast." Rose
Feld
4- Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 31 '46
500w
TROTSKY. LEON (LEV DAVIDOVICH
BRONSHTEIN). First five years of the Com-
munist International [tr. from the Russian
and ed. by John G. Wright]. 2v v 1 374p
$2.50; pa $1.50 Pioneer pubs.
335.4 Communism. International, Third
(46-1176)
"This is an English translation of a book first
published in Russian at Moscow in 1925, to-
gether with Trotsky's introduction written in
1924 Most of the material first appeared in
such places as Izvestia, or was delivered by
Trotsky in the form of speeches." (Foreign
Affairs) Index.
"The documents in this volume, dating from
the first half of Trotsky's most successful
period, display the brilliance of intellect, the
wide range of knowledge and the political vi-
sion which distinguished Lenin's most dazzling
collaborator." B. S. P. m- . 10 T 00
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 29
'46 200w
Foreign Affairs 24:753 Jl '46 50w
TROTSKY. LEON (LEV DAVIDOyiCH
BRONSHTEIN). Stalin; an appraisal of the
man and his influence; ed. and tr. from the
Russian by Charles Malamuth. 516p il $5
Harper
B or 92 Stalin, loslf
"It is not often that one of the protagonists
in a major political duel writes a biography
of his adversary. In this case a strong dramatic
touch has been added. The author died from
wounds inflicted by an assassin before he could
complete the manuscript. The book was ready
for publication at the time of the attack on
Pearl Harbor, but (by the decision of the pub-
lishers) its appearance was postponed until
after the end of the war. It now is made avail-
able to the public at a moment when the man
it attempts to appraise is at the height of his
power and influence. As we learn from the
editor, only the seven first chapters and the
appendix (an article on the 'Three Concepts
of the Russian Revolution') were written and
revised by the author. The rest was compiled
by the editor from 'largely raw material/ with
extensive interpolations of his own. The in-
evitable result is a certain lack of balance."
(N Y Times) Chronology. Index.
Reviewed by Albert Parry
Book Week p6 My 5 '46 SOOw
Discussion by Albert Parry
Book Week p2 My 19 '46 SOOw
Booklist 42:298 My 15 '46
"This is a book for the historian and the
specialist rather than the general reader. Its
main interest is not in the picture it gives of
Stalin, for that is neither new nor complete,
but rather in the documents quoted and in the
reflections of Trotsky himself on various as-
pects of the Russian revolution. These are
always worthy of study." Q. M. A. Qrube
Canadian Forum 26:165 O '46 SOOw
"This work will occupy a place all its own
in political literature; for irrespective of any
contrast that may exist between these two
men, the study of the one by the other pos*
sesses unique value. Making reasonable dis-
count of an enemy's criticisms, and disagree-
ing, as every logical reader must disagree,
with some of Trotsky's views, readers will get
from this book valuable contributions toward
a true picture of the present head of Russia."
-f Cath World 163:477 Ag '46 250w
"Any work by Leon Trotsky cannot fail to
be of great importance to a large number of
persons, both today and in the years to come,
and so it is perfectly safe to predict that his
last work, Stalin, will become not only a liter-
ary success, but also an indispensable source-
book on the Russian Revolution and the men
who led it. . . This is a partisan book, but a
highly interesting one." J. G. Harrison
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 Ap 26 '46
650w
Reviewed by Waldemar Gurian
Commonweal 44:186 Je 7 '46 1950w
Current Hist 10:132 Ag '46 120w
Foreign Affairs 25:168 O '46 60w
"A bibliography of Trotsky's writings avail-
able in English, an excellent chronology, a list
of Stalin's pseudonyms and a detailed index
make this book a good recommendation for any
library." W. A. Kalenich
-|- Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 lOOw
"The failure to heed history's plainest les-
son, to acknowledge his cardinal error, is the
fatal weakness of Trotsky's last will and testa-
ment. A few other defects of the book should
be mentioned, reflecting however on its editor
and translator rather than its author. . . Withal
it is a remarkable and valuable work. Cannon
and his followers may recommend it in part
only; Stalinists in no part at all. But other
readers will find it of more than polemic in-
terest. When years hence a true historian tack-
les a lifetime Job of tracing and interpreting
the whole of Stalin and his times, Trotsky's
book will be an emotion- ridden and short-
sighted but most significant primary source."
Albert Parry
-j New Repub 114:701 My 13 '46 1650w
"Stalin's earlier years (up to 1917) have re-
ceived a much fuller and more systematic treat-
ment than his activities since the establishment
of the Soviet regime in Russia. Admirable as
Mr. Malamuth' s editorial work has been, the
later part of the book, dealing with the crucial
problem of Stalin's rise to power, has remained
rather sketchy and leaves some important
points insufficiently developed." Michael Karpo-
vich
-I NY Times p3 Ap 28 '46 2700w
"Charles Malamuth has done a careful job
of editing In supplying supplementary informa-
tion and, in the case of the later chapters, ex-
panding Trotsky's notes and piecing together
his fragments. The book makes very good read-
ing, like almost everything that Trotsky wrote,
and I believe it will take its place with that
body of Trotsky's work which Is likely to
have permanent interest." Edmund Wilson
4- New Yorker 22:105 My 4 '46 2000w
Reviewed by M. Sargent
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Jl 28 '46
SOOw
"Trotsky's peculiar use of source material,
his selection of petty examples to prove how
insignificant Stalin was to the revolutionary
cause, and his circumlocutions of logic make
this a tedious exercise in reading, and a sad-
dening experience on the whole. I cannot under-
stand how this book can result in the least
possible good to anyone." B. C. Lindeman
— Sat R of Lit 29:9 My 11 '46 1650w
Sprfngf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 600w
Time 47:100 Ap 29 '46 2250w
"[This book is] incomplete, unequal, contro-
versial, biased, yet with a sure foundation of
intellectual honesty. Strangely enough, it in-
creases our respect for the two adversaries,
both victims of their temperaments and of cir-
cumstances. Much better than statistics of
travelogues, it enables us to understand the
Russian problem, which is no enigma." Albert
Guerard
H Weekly Book Review pi My 12 '46
1750w
Wis Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
TROYAT, HENRI. Firebrand; the life of
Dostoevsky; woodcuts by S. Mrozewskl. 438p
$3.75 Roy pubs.
B or 92 Dostoevskll, Fedor MIkhallovIch
A biography of the Russian writer, which,
tho it reads at times like a novel, is, according-
to the author, substantiated in every detail
by documents.
"The style of this biography has integrity.
It approaches the subject in a manner in keep-
ing with the nature of Dostoevski himself, tor-
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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tured by guilt for sins he never committed,
trapped in his psychopathic web of gambling
and thrown behind 'the wall' of reality by his
recurrent epileptic fits. The forceful woodcuts
by Stefan Mrozewski enhance the reader's
sense of Dostoevski's struggle and the strivings
of Russia. They catch the spirit of the real
and fantastic elements." Marie Seton
+ Book Week p21 N 24 '46 550w
"The very emotional, romantic treatment,
and the narrative style, perhaps unduly, lends
an air of unreality to the picturing of a real
man's life. The facts of Dostoevsky's life are
here, but the main emphasis is on his emo-
tional development. The man seems almost
to live in a vacuum. Anyone looking for a
picture of Russian life along with the life
story of the man will be disappointed."
Kirkus 14:452 S 1 '46 170w
"Author, young French novelist of great
promise who won the Goncourt Prize and
whose works One Minus Two and Judith
Madrier were rather well received by American
critics, wrote forceful story of Dostoevsky's
life in 1940. This translation should have
considerable appeal, since literature on Russian
master is not plentiful in English." F. E.
Hirsch
-f Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 I30w
"Henry Troyat has concentrated on his hero
with the single-mindedness of the true biog-
rapher. He never even attempts to draw a
picture of the nineteenth-century Russia, of its
ambivalent attitude toward the West, of the
literary tradition in which the young Dostoev-
sky was rooted. His hero therefore appears like
a dazzling star moving against an almost
empty sky. M. Troyat' s book is never super-
ficial or cheap. It could be called a brilliant but
furiously partial biography." Richard Plant
H NY Times p8 D 1 '46 lOOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p34 D 1 '46
80w
"The translation' is adequate, though there
are a number of errors, especially in connec-
tion with Russian names, and there are also
infelicities of rendering. Part of the introduc-
tory material is left out; there are some dele-
tions in the treatment of 'Poor Folk'; and the
final section, 'Post Mortem,' which contains
original conclusions of the author, fresh in-
formation concerning critical opinions on Dos-
toevsky's life and works after his death, and
an account of the subsequent fate of his wife
and children, is omitted entirely. And with
that peculiar scorn which American publishers
have for scholarly 'trifling,' the valuable bib-
liography of the author's sources at the end is
lopped off as an excrescence of no conse-
quence." E. J. Simmons
Sat R of Lit 29:15 N 16 '46 950w
"It is a grim, fantastically extreme life story,
and Mr. Troyat brings to its telling all the
warmth and understanding that it requires.
Under his guidance the reader follows Dostoev-
sky's spiritual and physical agonies with classic
Sity and fear, as he would in watching a great
rama unfold, for in the titanic figures of the
Russian's battle he can recognize all the caged
demons and submerged promptings of hJs own
soul. Mr. Troyat' s only major deficiency is his
lack of a critical vocabulary for the handling of
Dostoevsky's novels as works of art. . . Never-
theless the 'Firebrand* is clearly one of the
notable biographies of the year. Its special
value derives not from the newness of its facts
but from Its admirable synthesis of old mate-
rial. It will take a very unusual biography of
Dostoevsky indeed to surpass it in speed, vivid-
ness and emotional power." Stephen Stepan-
chev
H Weekly Book Review p5 D 22 '46
1300W
TROVER, HOWARD WILLIAM. Ned Ward of
Qrubstreet; a study of sub-literary London
in the eighteenth century. 290p 11 $3.50 Har-
vard univ. press
B or 92 Ward, Edward A46-760
"The literary world of London at the begin-
ning of the 18th century is the background of
this careful biographical and critical study.
It is the London of Defoe and Hogarth, of Pope
and Swift. Ned Ward was a very minor figure
of the place and time; but he left us in his
work — notably 'The London Spy' — some of the
most realistic and spirited accounts of that
London which we possess. Troyer has revealed
him as an interesting person and has char-
acterized his voluminous writings clearly. A
detailed bibliographical appendix is a valuable
part of this book." Book Week
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
4- Book Week p2 Mr 10 '46 50w
"Mr. Troyer's book, which includes a lengthy
biography of the subject's writings, will be very
useful to scholars who for one reason or an-
other need to find their way about in Ward's
work." J. W. Krutch
4- Nation 162:613 Ap 27 '46 240w
"Professor Troyer's treatment is an admir-
able and faithful exercise in scholarship. As
is true of all ephemeral and Journeyman Jour-
nalists. Ward needs explanations to clarify his
topical references. His biographer supplies
these as painlessly as possible, mercifully con-
denses Ward's volatile volubility, and discreetly
samples his droll vulgarities and scatologies.
This volume is not only the best book on Ned
Ward; it is also, praise the heavens, the only
book." D. A. Stauffer
H NY Times p7 F 3 '46 1400w
"Students of English pamphleteer journalism
know of Edward (Ned) Ward as the author of
'The London Spy/ 'The Rambling Rakes,' 'The
Forgiving Husband and Adulteress Wife,' and
other bawdy descriptions of city life in the
early eighteenth century. They are also aware
that he kept a tavern and was pilloried briefly
by Pope in 'The Dunciad,' but aside from
these meager facts Ward is a forgotten man.
This very interesting book brings him back,
for a moment, into the limelight." Roger
Butterfield
-f Sat R of Lit 29:62 Ap 13 '46 1150w
"This animated account of Ward is amply
annotated, and is well illustrated with eigh-
teenth-century London scenes. There is ap-
pended a useful bibliography of Ward's un-
doubted writings, as well as a list of works
sometimes attributed to him."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:86 Je '46 240w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p22 Mr 31 '46
950w
TRUEBLOOD, DAVID ELTON. Foundations
for reconstruction. 109p $1 Harper
222.16 Commandments, Ten. Reconstruction
(1939- )— Religious aspects 46-2854
In this small book the author shows how the
re-establishment of fundamental principles of
Western civilization can be related to the Ten
Commandments of the Judeo- Christian faith.
Booklist 42:324 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by T. C. Johnson
Christian Century 63:1345 N 6 '46 350w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
"Once again, with unique powers of insight,
imagination, and literary felicity. Professor
Trueblood has given us a 'tract for the time'
which both illumines one's gropings after the
inner meanings of contemporary events and
prompts to profounder plumbing of the issues.
Like his earlier The Predicament of Modern
Man, this little work is no less notable for
freshness and charm of presentation than for
clarity and succinctness of analysis." H. P.
Van Dusen
-f Crozer Q 23:388 O '46 420w
"This is not a collection of aphorisms; it is
a hard-hitting philosophy of civilization in our
time." G. R. Stephenson
+ N Y Times p36 Je 16 '46 550w
"Elton Trueblood, professor of philosophy
at Earlham College and editor of a Quaker
periodical, has written an effective tract on
the moral and religious foundations for a
reconstructed post-war world. Successfully
avoiding the danger of treating the theme on
the level of mere pious and conventional talk,
or of merely sermonizing against sin. he has
formulated principles, of moral action in so
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TRUE BLOOD, D. E. — Continued
arresting- a way that one can, in good con-
science, recommend his little book to all per-
sons seriously concerned with the quest for
positive moral guidance in this hour of con-
fusion and despair." M. R. Konvitz
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:24 Ap 20 '46 1250w
Reviewed by J. H. Holmes
Weekly Book Review p!8 My 12 '46
180w
Wis Lib Bui 42:130 O '46
TRUMAN, HARRY S. Truman speaks; ed. by
Cyril Clemens; introd. by Andrew J. Higgins.
128p $2 Int. Mark Twain soc; for sale by
Dialer pubs.
973.918 U.S.— Politics and government—
20th century 46-6879
"President Truman's principal speeches, be-
ginning- with a few words to the representa-
tives of labor and management, Nov. 19, 1943,
then skipping to an address to the junior high
school of Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 22, 1945,
and ending with his nine steps for meeting
the world food crisis, Feb. 6, 1946." Christian
Century
Christian Century 63:1441 N 27 '46 70w
"True, there is nothing here remotely com-
parable to Washington's Farewell, Jefferson's
First Inaugural, or Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress; but Mr. Truman has a facility in
making himself understood hardly exceeded by
any of his predecessors. One knows precisely
what he means and when he has finished one
knows exactly where he stands on the issue
he has discussed. Perhaps this trait is an
asset; but perhaps it is destined to be his
political ruin. . . There is no lift of the spirit
in them, but they make sense." Q. W. John-
son
Sat R of Lit 29:10 S 7 '46 1150w
School & Society 65:16 Ja 4 '47 30 w
TUCK, RUTH D. Not with the fist; Mexican-
Americans in a Southwest city. 234p $3 Har-
court
325.272 Mexicans in California. U.S.— -Race
question 46-7588
An account of the Mexican-American prob-
lem in a typical California city, called here
Descanso. The author traces the origin of
Mexican immigration, the attitude of indif-
ference assumed by the United States, and the
lack of any plan for Mexican education and
assimilation. She also suggests plans for fu-
ture betterment of the situation. Selected
bibliography. No index.
"As a whole, this is a good book. It is ac-
curate, frank, courageous. It is tender, deli-
cate, earnest. In parts it is forceful. And it
will breed hope." Cons tan tine Panunzlo
-f Ann Am Acad 248:298 N '46 550w
Booklist 43:95 D 1 46
"The sociological Jargon may be confusing to
many readers, and the author fails to put over
her subject for the non-professionals, to whom
the composite case history section will prove
of greatest interest."
Kirkus 14:452 S 1 '46 HOw
"A must book for sociology students and
college libraries." Li. R. Etzkorn
+ Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Alfred Werner
Nation 163:563 N 16 '46 490w
Reviewed by G. L.. Joughin
N Y Times p!6 S 29 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle pl4 8 26 '46
850w
"Hers is first a diagnostic and then a hope-
ful book. It may be that she is right. Maybe
a graph of the emotional climate across the
length and breadth of the land will bear it out,
despite the local ugliness that seems to crop
up everywhere about us. Certainly her cool,
dispassionate analysis of one characteristic
local sore is unsparing in its detail. If people
really do these things unwittingly, with their
elbows, and if the knowledge of what they are
doing will bring them to their senses, then this
can be a valuable book." R. L». North
4- Sat R of Lit 29:15 O 19 '46 750w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:327 D '46 140w
"There are weaknesses in the writing. One
that might be serious, of which the reader
should be warned, is that the opening passage
is bad. Some leftover of the scientific mono-
graph way of thinking, presumably, has caused
the author to lead off with a dry, factual pas-
sage. This book starts off with a bang on
page six Begin there and read the earlier
pages at the end of the first chapter. There is
an excessive use of Spanish words where Eng-
lish words would not only do as well but dp
better. . . These minor weaknesses are worth
pointing out only because the work as a whole
is so good." Oliver La. Parge o ^ oft ,.fl
j Weekly Book Review p3 O 20 '46
1500w
TUCKER, IRWIN ST JOHN. Out of the hell-
box. 179p $2 Morehouse
B or 92 46-322
"Irwin St. John Tucker has written down
the story of his double life— and particularly
of how [a] newspaper career has enriched
and enlarged the career of the cloth. Work-
ing six days a week on the copy desk of the
Chicago Herald-American puts life in vivid
perspective on the seventh day for the priest
in the pulpit of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
in Chicago." Christian Century
Reviewed by Don Kastler
Book Week plO Ja 27 '46 500w
"The average congregation may not be
inclined to demand a newspaperman for its
pastor forthwith, but Tucker's book usefully
delineates the best motives and methods of
good Journalism, which are also appropriate
for effective organized religion." W. F.
SWind+rChrIstlan Century 63:178 P 6 '46 850w
Reviewed by James van Zandt
•f- Churchman 160:17 Ap 1 '46 120w
TUCKER, WILSON. Chinese doll. 236p $2.50
Rinehart 46-8553
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:468 S 15 '46 80w
"A likable first attempt." E. H.
-|- New Repub 116:41 Ja 6 '47 40w
"The narrative is in the form of a series of
letters to a woman named Louise — an odd way
of telling a detective story, but there's a reas-
on." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 HOw
"Some fascinating facts on the Fantasy
Amateur Press Association are badly in-
tegrated into the story; but the writing is
sound and the plot exciting, and the surprise
ending turns on a trick which Agatha Christie
might well envy." Anthony Boucher
_L _ san Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 8 '46
60w
"Well worth reading."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 N 23 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p54 D 1 '46 140w
TUDOR, TASHA (MRS THOMAS LEIGHTON
MCCREADY). Linsey Woolsey [U. by the
author]. [44p] 75c Oxford 46-11879
A tiny picture- story book about a mischievous
pet lamb who learned the hard way that pranks
do not pay. Ages four to seven.
"It's only a handful in size but there'll be
no limit to its popularity. Sensitive children will
adore it as they adore anything little and per-
fect, but this is also a book for all who love
tender and beautiful things.''
H- Book Week p3 N 10 '46 90w
Booklet 43:189 Ja 1 '47
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
831
"A delightful little book." F. C. Darling
•f Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 10 '46
lOOw
"Children like mischief whether performed by
small animals or other children, but this poor
little lamb has to take terrible punishment be-
fore he learns the path of virtue. The Tasha
Tudor pictures have a quaintness reminiscent
of Kate Greenaway but I've always had a feel-
ing that adults like them better than children
KIrkus 14:591 D 1 '46 90w
Sat R of Lit 30:30 Ja 18 '47 90w
TUNIS, JOHN ROBERTS. Kid comes back.
246P 12 Morrow
"A night flight carrying supplies to the
French underground and a crash landing re-
sult in an injury to Roy Tucker, the 'Kid
from Tompkinsville' [Book Review Digest 1940].
Captured by the Nazis, rescued by the Maquis,
he is finally sent home as a 'casual' to face
several operations and a long period of uncer-
tainty before he can be restored to the line-up
of the Brooklyn Dodgers where he first made
baseball history." Library J
11 'The Kid Conies Back* is really an excel-
lent story." B. T.
-f- Book Week p21 N 10 '46 180w
Booklist 43:20 S '46
"Baseball fans will welcome a new book about
a favorite character by a favorite writer of
sports stories. . . Mr. Tunis combines the war
element and that of sport with skilled compe-
tence. Nor would it be his book if it were not
based on a sound groundwork of character."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:469 N '46 120w
Kirkus 14:426 S 1 '46 90w
"Good sport and character development story.
Recommended for teen age." E. D. Briggs
+ Library J 71:1547 N 1 '46 70w
"The slam bang climax makes Just the right
finale for a grand baseball-and-adventure yarn."
H. B. Lent
•f N Y Times p5 N 10 '46 140w
"The Kid's triumph over his fear, his final
realization that 'all we have to fear is fear
itself,' is what lifts this book above other action
stories." R. A. B.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:54 N 9 '46 200w
Reviewed by Red Smith
Weekly Book Review p22 N 10 '46 400w
"A corking good baseball yarn as well as a
story of the kid's fight against fear."
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
TURNBULL, ELEANOR LAURELLE, ed. A tr.
Contemporary Spanish poetry; selections
from ten poets; with Spanish originals and
personal reminiscences of the poets by Pedro
Salinas. 401p $3.50 Johns Hopkins press [23s
6d Oxford]
861.08 Spanish poetry — Collections. Spanish
poetry — Translations into English A45-3516
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
"Contemporary Spanish Poetry is an impres-
sive addition to the slowly-growing list of
books on the subject. If its contemporaneity is
not quite up to the minute, the fault is prob-
ably less Miss Turn bull's than that of the
chaotic state of the Spanish-speaking world of
poetry in which she must move. And if her
preferences tend slightly in the direction of
what is most widely accepted, that is her per-
sonal taste, and it does not reduce the value
of her book. As for Nueve o diez poetas, the
personal reminiscences of the poets by Pedro
Salinas, I find it far less satisfying than his
poems. It is a bit too personal, too whimsical,
perhaps even a bit too irresponsible tu his
English-speaking readers. His essay will be of
interest only to initiates, not to the wider audi-
ence which I hope this book will find." Edwin
Rolfe
H Poetry 67:265 F '46 1460W
"It is a pity that Miss Turnbull's selection
reflects scarcely a trace of the Spanish agony:
a pity the more strange because these very
poets were so much involved in it and wrote
about it so movingly. Pedro Salinas's prefatory
'Personal Reminiscences of the Poets, charm-
ing though it is, is equally reticent. But while
I cannot account for this, and personally de-
plore it. the more useful fact remains that Miss
Turnbull has given us a generous corpus of
important poetry in the original language with
translations more than adequate on the opposite
pages." Dudley Fitts
H Sat R of Lit 29:20 Mr 23 '46 550w
"Gratitude is due to Miss Turnbull for her
faithful and perceptive translations. She has
succeeded in interpreting the meaning and indi-
cating the rhythm. The harsh sonority of Cas-
tilian has a dramatic quality that will not be
rendered by our diphthongs and soft conso-
nants, and where music and meaning are so
interwoven as in Garcia Lorca, one of the best
of modern European poets, the English leaves
a weaker, more tenuous impression. Garcia
Lorca is difficult to translate, but Miss Turn-
bull has made a courageous choice from his
many sided genius. . . The anthology gains
much from the biographical notices, and from
Pedro Salinas's affectionate reminiscences of
his friends."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p29 Ja 19 '46
650w
TURNER, NANCY BYRD. When it rained
cats and dogs; pictures by Tibor Gergely.
[32] p $1 Lippincott
46-11811
Picture-story book for the very young de-
scribing the day it rained dogs and cats and
what happened to them.
"Tibor Gergely 's drawings In full color are
real as life and as funny as the nonsense story
itself."
-f Book Week p5 N 10 '46 70w
Booklist 43:106 D 1 '46
"A picture book full of detail and fun and
truthful portrayal of different kinds of dogs."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:474 N '46 80w
"Tibor Gergely's pictures, although not up to
the best he has done, are jovial accompani-
ments to the rhymed text of this amusing
story."
.4 Kirkus 14:345 Ag 1 '46 50w
"Funny, colorful pictures by Tibor Gergely
tell the story for the smallest, but all chil-
dren will appreciate the fun, and the older ones
can identify the different breeds illustrated.
Paper board covers, but sturdy binding. Rec-
ommended." A. M. Wetherell
-f Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 lOOw
"This is a book with rhyme but not a bit
of reason. We all need that kind once in a
while and children love them." Phyllis Fenner
-f- N Y Times p!8 S 8 '46 150w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 40w
"Here is a delightful picture book with
verses by an old friend of the children and
drawings by a Hungarian artist who has
originality, humor, and a feeling for design."
M. G. D.
+ Sat R of Lit 29:40 S 28 '46 230w
"Every small child has thought, when he
heard for the first time that it was 'raining
cats and dogs,' how fine it would be if it
really were. This, so far as I know, is the
first book to develop this excellent idea, and
it does so with such gaiety that its welcome is
sure." M. L. Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p6 S 8 '46 160w
TURNER, RUFUS P. Radio test instruments.
219p il $4.50 Ziff-Davis
621.38417 Radio apparatus— Testing. Radio
measurements 46-128
"Consulting editor of Radio News in an ex-
tremely practical book explains the workings
of various meters, checkers, bridges, oscillators,
frequency-measuring devices for radio and
832
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TURNER, R. P. -—Continued
audio frequencies, audio amplifier testing de-
vices, R. F. signal tracers and miscellaneous
test equipment." Library J
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 60w
TURNER. WILLIAM PAYSON. and OWEN.
HALSEY F. Machine-tool work: fundamental
principles. 2d ed 364p 11 $3 McGraw
621.9 Machine tools. Machine shop practice
"This textbook is based on material used In
courses at Purdue University. Its primary pur-
pose Is to present an introductory survey of
machine-shop tools and processes for engi-
neering college students. When used in the
classroom it is intended to be supplemented
with motion picture and laboratory work.
Nevertheless, it is also an excellent book for
individuals who wish a compact, up-to-date in-
troduction, to the subject for self-instruction.
It has been extensively rewritten and revised
from the first edition (1932). " [Book Review
Digest 1933] (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 70:1137 D 1 '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:9 Ja '46
TUTTLE, WILBUR C. Trouble trailer. 199p $2
HOUght°n 46-3635
Western story •
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46 60w
"Has the good plot and other characteristics
of the author's other Hashknife Hartley sto-
ries."
+ Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
Reviewed by F. C. Nachod
Chem A Met Eng 53:293 Ap '46 300w
Library J 70:1091 N 15 '45 90w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:60 O '45
TYRRELL, MABEL L. Affairs of Nicholas
Culpeper. 352p $2.50 Macrae Smith co. [8s 6d
Rodder]
Culpeper. Nicholas— Fiction 46-3016
Biographical novel about the English herbal-
ist, Nicholas Culpeper, who lived and studied
in the seventeenth century. All that is known
of his life is brought into the story, which
closes with his death from consumption, when
he was only in his thirties.
"Though a pretty live story runs through it,
the book is more interesting as a historical
study than as a novel. . . Borrowing the
effusive style of the times about which it is
written, the book has only mild entertainment
value." Olive Carruthers
-I Book Week p6 Ap 21 '46 270w
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
Kirkus 14:79 F 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times p!4 My 5 '46 200w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 18 '46
70w
"These pages are flowery and endlessly
aromatic, but there is magic in them." Lisle
Bell
-I- Weekly Book Review p!8 Ap 21 '46
220w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
u
TWAIN, MARK, pseud. See Clemens, S. L.
TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND. Labor com-
mittee. Trends in collective bargaining. See
Williamson, S. T. and Harris. H.
TWISS, SUMNER B., ed. Advancing fronts in
chemistry; a series of lectures sponsored by
Wayne university; v. 1, High polymers. 196p
11 $4.50 Reinhold
540.4 Chemistry (45-9115)
"The lectures collected in this volume repre-
sent a series planned to interpret recent
information derived from experiments and to
correlate it with currently important concepts
of polymerization. The treatment was aimed
both at chemists beginning their study of high
polymers and at specialists already doing re-
search in this branch of chemistry. Lists of
references accompany each lecture, portraits
and biographical sketches of the ten authors
are provided, and there is considerable Illus-
trative matter such as diagrams and graphs."
N Y New Tech Bks
"This book should be available to every
teacher and worker dealing in fundamental
polymer science. The price is too high and
the treatment often too brief to justify use as
a text or reference book." H. M. Spurlin
+ Am Chem Soc J 68:158 Ja '46 600w
"Upon reading the book the reviewer im-
mediately recognized a wide variation in style
and quality of writing, a not unexpected con-
dition, inasmuch as there were so many con-
tributors who presumably worked independent-
ly. . . On the whole the book will serve a
useful purpose for a few years; after that it
la likely to be discarded, principally because
the book deals with those aspects of polymer
chemistry which are undergoing most rapid de-
velopment. The format of the book ia entirely
satisfactory and it is well indexed." P. T. Wall
+ Chem & Eng N 24:265 Ja 25 '46 850w
ULANOV, BARRY. Duke Ellington. 322p 11
$3 Creative age
B or 92 Ellington, Duke 46-25018
Biography of the famous jazz musician, which
describes his life from his boyhood in Wash-
ington, D.C., to the present. Contains a com-
plete Duke Ellington discography and an index.
Booklist 42:199 F 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p7 Mr '46
Klrkus 14:63 F 1 '46 HOw
"Between the covers of the present volume
will be found more facts and information about
the 'Duke' than elsewhere. What a pity that
the writing is so awkward, disjointed and at
times abstruse!" L. D. Reddick
H Library J 70:1088 N 15 '45 60w
"It is unfortunate that Mr. Ulanov's book
becomes preoccupied with the band as such
and allows the picture of Mr. Ellington to be
badly obscured. There is an extraordinary
wealth of detail on the band's soloists and re-
cording dates, which no doubt will make the
book a bible among the hepcats, but running
on page after page it does not add up to satis-
factory biography. Frequently, one would be-
lieve that the Duke was merely a creation of
events — until a sentence now and then stresses
his acknowledged perceptive and imaginative
qualities. The author, one gathers, has fallen
into the trap of knowing his subject too well.
What Mr. Ellington has done in his forty- six
years is fully stated; the 'why' is not." Jack
Gould
h N Y Times p!8 Mr 10 '46 360w
"Altogether, a pretty interesting book about
a very interesting man."
-f New Yorker 21:79 F 2 '46 120w
"Despite its occasional faults, this book is of
value because It affords a hearing to a musi-
cian whose influence on our culture has not
been sufficiently recognized." H. H. Brown
H Sat R of Lit 29:13 Ag 3 '46 650w
Theatre Arts 30:556 S '46 20w
"After the first few chapters the author,
ignoring the most vital material of Duke's life
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and music, lapses into a recitation of I>ukefs
jobs, travels, recording: dates and the changes
In his band, all of which Mr. Ulanov tries to
enliven frequently with conversations supposed
to have taken place years ago. Because of its
lack of substance, the book is much too long.
And Mr. Ulanov makes it less pleasant by his
shoddy writing-. He cannot let a noun or verb
go unless attended by a qualification. Some of
his constructions couldn't get past an elemen-
tary school teacher and his forced metaphors
make one shudder." Monroe Berger
f. Weekly Book Review p24 Mr 31 '46
550w
ULICH, ROBERT. Conditions of civilized liv-
ing. 251p $3.75 Dutton
901 Civilization— Philosophy 46-4441
"Author with liberal German scholarship be-
hind him, now Professor of Education at
Harvard, presents a supernational and hu-
mane understanding for attaining a genuinely
civilized social -democratic way of life. . . He
would synthesize scientific thought with the
more subtle creations of the human mind —
education, art, politics, philosophy, religion —
thus unifying all human experiences, individual
and universal; the ultimate objective being a
full and decent life for all men." (Library J)
Index.
"Professor Ulrich prescribes an excellent code
of living for individuals and for nations, but
he ignores the vital question of how to make
problem nations live up to it." R. S. McCordock
Am Pol Sci R 40:1028 O '46 230w
Reviewed by J. IX Hess
Book Week p49 D 1 '46 400w
"Though provocative in parts, and written
clearly without technical Jargon, the book
nevertheless covers too much and tries to an-
swer all the questions that assail modern man
in his attempt to catch up socially with his
vast technical skills. The result is a certain
prolixity and lack of coherence. It should
however find a respected place on shelves de-
voted to educational, socio-philosophical mat-
ters."
H KIrkus 14:171 Ap 1 '46 llOw
"A pleasure to read and highly recommended
for all libraries." G. O. Kelley
-f Library J 71:976 Jl '46 140w
"The intelligent but not specialized reader
for whom this book is intended will not dive in-
to it and come out with a new philosophy in
his teeth. He will be led to wonder about
many things in the life around him, he will
gain some ideas, but mostly he will benefit
by contact with a humane and imaginative
point of view. . . A final word may be said
about the style In which the book is written.
It is not vivid, but it is clear enough to be
understood by any one who can follow an ab-
stract thought. A few Germanic idioms might
have been eliminated by more careful editing."
R. L. Duffus
^ -NY Times p6 Jl 28 '46 1150w
"When the author allows himself to be
optimistic, his explorations into how man can
resolve this dangerous situation are stimulating
and thoughtful."
+ New Yorker 22:83 Jl 13 '46 80w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 11 '46
850w
Reviewed by Harry Struckenbruck
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
lOOOw
Reviewed by Harry Hansen
Survey Q 35:266 Jl '46 1700w
Reviewed by Albert Guerard
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ag 25 '46
ULICH, ROBERT. History of educational
thought. 412p $3 Am. bk.
370.1 Education— Philosophy. Education-
History 45-3127
"Professor Ulich, who teaches the philosophy
of education at Harvard University, presents
his history chiefly through a series of concise
interpretations of leading thinkers from Plato
to John Dewey. . . Professor Ulich is espe-
cially sympathetic with educational thinkers
who ground their positions in some conception
of the spiritual wholeness of life. Thus al-
though socially liberal himself, he is severely
critical of Dewey for being 'radical' in over-
stressing the importance of scientific method
to the neglect of ultimate values. At the same
time, he believes he has discovered a funda-
mental shift in Dewey's own thinking which,
in recent years, has led to a recognition of
the need for such values. Although it is
debatable whether the author is sound in this
particular interpretation, there can be no doubt
that he is thoroughly conversant with the
thought of the educational theorists to whom
he gives attention. Some of his discussions are
perhaps too brief, but his treatments of
Aristotle, Luther, Bacon, Descartes, Comenius,
Locke, Rousseau, Pestallozi, Froebel, and
others are enlightening and to the point." Am
Hist R
"In contrast to his earlier, too much neglected
Fundamentals of Democratic Education, this
volume is written in an extremely clear and
simple style. Nevertheless acquaintance with
the former helps markedly to understand the
latter, for the philosophic point of view which
he holds is, for the most part, only implicit *n
his present historical work." Theodore Brameld
-f Am Hist R 51:352 Ja '46 320w
School & Society 61:320 My 12 '45 90w
"Ulich's book provides a vast range of serv-
iceable information based solidly on historical,
philosophical, and scientific foundations." C. D.
Champlin
-f School R 54:242 Ap '46 800w
ULREICH, MRS NURA (WOODSON) (NURA,
pseud). The Mitty children fix things; story
and pictures by Nura. [39p] $2.50 Studio
46-3954
Delightful picture-story book about Mr and
Mrs Mitty, their five children, their pets, and
exacting Cousin Arabella who was such a
valued guest because her pocketbook was never
flat.
Reviewed by F. C. Darling
Christian Science Monitor p9 O 29 '46
90w
"This is a book with story and pictures which
will be liked the first time it is read and which
will grow dearer with each reading." JLois
Palmer
-f N Y Times p31 My 26 '46 150w
-f Sat R of Lit 29:42 Je 15 '46 650w
"Colored lithographs simultaneously tell the
story: the five little Mittys who are like all
Nura's little people, childhood itself; the up-
roarious animals, Mrs. Mitty's hairpin showers
and the scene in which the five children, each
in a parachute, float down from the airplane
Cousin Arabella give them as a family sur-
prise."
-f Weekly Book Review plO My 19 '46
400w
UNCOMMON valor: Marine divisions in action;
by George McMillan [and others]. 256p il
maps $3 Infantry journal
940.542 U.S. Marine corps. World war, 1939-
1945 — Islands of the Pacific 46-17539
"This book, which was written by six com-
bat correspondents, tells Just what each of the
six marine fighting divisions did during the
[Pacific] war, from the time it was activated
to the day that the victorious survivors got
back to the United States. In a way it is an
unofficial record of the marines in action, but
it also is a graphic account of how American
courage and tenacity won the war against
Japan." Weekly Book Review
Booklist 42:363 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:272 Je 1 '46 llOw
"Since the correspondents who wrote this
book were marines themselves, theirs is neces-
sarily a first-hand account. Each does an ex-
cellent job of compressing his division's history
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UNCOMMON VALOR — Continued
into thirty or forty pages, with a rapid survey
of the over-all campaigns it fought and more
detailed descriptions of the prodigious feats
of heroism that drove back the Japanese."
Herbert Kupferberg
+ Weekly Book Review p20 Je 30 '46
600W
UNDERHILL, EVELYN (MRS STUART
MOORE). Collected papers; ed. by Lucy
Menzies; with an introd. by Lumsden Bark-
way. 240p $2.75 (6s) Longmans
204 Mysticism 46-3613
"The scattered papers of Evelyn Underbill,
which otherwise might be lost to future genera-
tions, are here brought together. Most of
these papers had previously been published as
pamphlets or lectures, and are now out of
print. Four are concerned chiefly with prayer;
one is addressed to students of religion who
are trying to live religion; one deals with 'the
metaphysical thirst'; others treat of the voca-
tion and spiritual equipment of the parish
priest and the teacher. Evelyn Underbill is,
of course, the best known of the modern
mystics, quite generally referred to as 'a
practical mystic.' " Kirkus
"These are extremely valuable essays,
whether one agrees with them or not, for they
make Christian mysticism intelligible to the
average layman, even the non-believing layman
who will disagree violently with them. Her
work has the rare virtue of clarity." J. O.
Supple
+ Book Week plO My 12 '46 320w
"The many who already know the beautiful
work of Evelyn Underbill in the field of religious
mysticism will welcome this thirty-third
volume. . . Never empty rhapsodic or senti-
mental, but often taking due stock of the
findings of modern psychology as scientific
endorsement of the intuitive findings of the
great mystics of the past, here are rewarding
reminders of that which we, too, may achieve,
if true to our best." T. D. Mygatt
-f Churchman 160:17 S 1 '46 210w
"There are noticeable here the same qualities
as characterize her longer works — a deep love
of God, a lucid understanding of the Catholic
religion, the constant stress on the unity in
diversity, the wholesome sanity of a balanced
outlook and the emphatic conviction of the
organic connection of inner and outer re-
ligiosity* The general effect of her writing is
to inspire one to religious integrity and
sanctity." Richard Flower
4- Commonweal 44:508 S 6 '46 250w
"Her superb command of the English lan-
guage leads her to avoid the meaningless
verbiage in which mystics often wrap up their
thought. And her intense devotion to the
Anglican Church is an insurance against an
excessive individualism. Not only students of
mysticism, and devotees of the Anglican
Church, but all students of religious truth
should welcome the publication of these
papers."
+ Kirkus 14:196 Ap 15 '46 210w
Reviewed by N. K. Burger
N Y Times p!7 Ji 7 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle pl7 Ag 11 '46
70w
"The papers collected in this attractive vol-
ume, to which the Bishop of St. Andrews con-
tributes an admirable introduction, show Evelyn
Underbill in the full maturity of her mind.
There is a sanity and serenity in her writing
and in the addresses she gave which inspire
confidence in her as a teacher. The Bishop
rightly refers to her humility; with it Is con-
joined a most evident but never ostentatious
charity." J. K. Mozley
+ Spec 176:564 My 31 '46 410w
"There is much to be learnt from a book that
combines so remarkably vision and common
sense — the twofold realism to which the Bishop
of St. Andrews draws attention in a sympa-
thetic introduction."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p310 Je 29 '46
65Qw
UNDERHILL, REUBEN LUKENS. From cow-
hides to golden fleece; a narrative of Cali-
fornia, 1832-1858, based upon unpublished cor-
respondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin of
Monterey, trader, developer, promoter, and
only American consul. 2d ed 289p 11 $4 Stan-
ford univ. press
B or 92 Larkin, Thomas Oliver. California
—History A46-5140
A book first published in 1939 (Book Review
Digest 1940) now re-issued in commemoration
of the centennial of the raising of the American
flag in California. In this new edition "It has
been possible to bring into the story more
about Thomas Oliver Larkin, most prominent
and influential of the early American residents;
more about the Bear Flag Revolt; more about
the arrival of Commodore Sloat's squadron at
Monterey, which brought the flag of the United
States to California, and of the subsequent mili-
tary activities under Commodore Stockton which
ended the rule of Mexico in California." (Pref
to 2d ed)
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week pll O 27 '46 270w
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
UNDERWOOD, CHARLOTTE (MRS CHARLES
UNDERWOOD) (JOAN CHARLES, pseud).
And the hunter home. 282p $2.50 Harper
46-2114
A young American soldier, home after three
years in a Japanese prison camp, finds it diffi-
cult to readjust his new ways of thinking to
his old ways of living, — the Job selling bonds,
the girl, do not fit into the future he wants.
With the help of a friend, and a young sister
grown to womanhood in » his absence, Alan
eventually finds his way back.
Reviewed by Neil Rogers
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 270w
Kirkus 13:547 D 15 '45 170w
"It is greatly to the author's credit that she
has been able, without rancor or propagandiz-
ing, without literary ornamentation or bombast,
to state so valid a case for the rights and
necessities of our war-marked youth. It is un-
fortunate that, having done so much to en-
gage our sympathy and understanding, she has
escaped, at the end, into a slothful and un-
realistic optimism." E. S. Holsaert
-1 NY Times p!6 Mr 24 '46 250w
"Miss Charles takes a subject that is al-
ready getting frayed — the returning soldier and
his problem of adjusting to civilian life—and
manages to produce an engagingly fresh situa-
tion. She also manages a neat and timely ser-
mon that does not sound a bit preachy."
+ New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 60w
Reviewed by A. C. Fields
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Ap 20 '46 S50w
"Joan Charles writes simply yet evocatively,
with no apparent effort to achieve drama. Her
characters, aside from being somewhat more
sensitive than the average, are ordinary people.
. . When the answer to Alan's problem comes
it is weakened a trifle, perhaps, by its con-
creteness and by a certain oversimplification,
but no one is likely to question the absolute
'rigrhtness* of the psychological trail leading
up to it." Jennings Rice
-f- Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 3 '46 600w
Wla Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
UNDERWOOD, THOMAS RUST, ed. Thorough-
bred racing and breeding; the story of the
sport and background of the horse industry.
245p il $4 Coward-McCann
798.4 Horse racing. Horse breeding.
Agr46-164
Chapters, written by experts, on racing as a
sport and as a business. Partial contents: The
role of racing, by T. R. Underwood; Racing as
a sport, by R. P. Kelley; Racing as a business,
by A. M. Robb; The breeding background, by
J. A. Estes; The horse farms, by F. A. Purner,
and others; Training the horse, by J. H.
Palmer; Running of the race, by Neville Dunn;
Races that are remembered, by E. G. Horn;
The Jockey club, by R. F. Kelley; State Racing
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commissions, by T. R. Underwood; Racing's war
donations, by Quinn Evans and Nelson Dun-
stan; The Pari-mutuels, by A. M. Robb; Amer-
ican turf literature, by J. L, Hervey (Salvator).
Index.
"Profusely illustrated, 'Thoroughbred Racing
and Breeding' may not be a textbook for the
student of the turf but it is, beyond a doubt,
required reading." W. B.
+ Book Week p!5 Ja 13 '46 180w
"Inveterate horse players are a breed apart,
and as such would have little interest in this
volume, a compilation of equine information
gathered together by an expert staff under the
editorship of Tom R. Underwood. But the
average race-goer— or even the non-betting
citizen who has a genuine fondness for horses
—can realize a lot of entertainment and knowl-
edge from the book." J. C. Nichols
•f N Y Times p!4 F 3 '4$ 300w
"The book has the indorsement of many
authorities and is sure to appeal to race fol-
lowers and horsemen." D. B. B.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d D 30 '45 90w
Weekly Book Review plO Ap 7 '46 170w
UNITED STATES. MILITARY ACADEMY,
WEST POINT. Contemporary foreign gov-
ernments. See Beukema, Herman
UNITED STATES. OFFICE OF WAR INFOR-
MATION. American handbook. 508p il maps
$3.75 Am. council on public affairs
917.3 U.S.— Social conditions. U.S.— Poli-
tics and government 45-35026
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Social Studies 37:44 Ja '46 330w
"The index in the present edition of the
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ever, in other cases been cut so unsystemat-
ically that much of the material Included is
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velt's trip to London in 1942 is indexed, but
the fact that Mrs. Nellie Ross was the first
woman governor is not. . . The index includes
no see or see also reference. . . Although the
book has some defects, the American Handbook
has brought together in one place much use-
ful, although not exhaustive, information about
this country. For those libraries needing infor-
mation of this type it is recommended."
h Subscription Bks Bui 17:1 Ja '46 550v
UNITED STATES. STATE, DEPARTMENT
OF. Committee on atomic energy. Report on
the international control of atomic energy;
prepared for the Committee by a bd. of con-
sultants, David E. Lilienthal, chairman; with
a pref. by I. I. Rabi. 65p pa 35c Doubleday
341.1 Atomic energy
"Anticipating some action by the UN on the
control of atomic energy in war and peace, the
Secretary of State on Jan. 7. 1946, appointed
a five-member committee to study safeguards
and controls. On Jan. 23, the committee in turn
appointed a board of consultants, of which
David E. Lilienthal is the chairman, and which
was to lay down a policy. The result is not a
final plan, but 'a place to begin, a foundation
on which to build.' The State Department's
committee, to which it was submitted, hails
the report as 'the most constructive analysis
of the question of international control we have
seen and a definitely hopeful approach to a
solution of the entire problem.' With that
opinion most of the scientists who developed
the atomic bomb and the press have agreed."
N Y Times
"The reviewer strongly recommends this
report for study by both technical people and
the public in general." Q. T. Seaborg
-f Chem £ Eno N 24:1852 Jl 10 '46 500w
Cleveland Open Shelf p9 My '46
"It is a well -organized and readable docu-
ment of considerable importance."
+ Klrkus 14:238 My 15 '46 ISOw
"American thinking at its best, a constructive
analysis and report on this vital problem." L.
A. Bales
4- Library J 71:981 Jl '46 70w
Reviewed by Waldemar Kaempffert
N Y Time* p29 My 12 '46 1300w
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the committee had to take into account, we
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Report be used as the basis for immediate dis-
cussion and action by this country." Norman
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Sat R of Lit 29:5 Je 15 '46 5600w
"The report is available through the Gov-
ernment Printing Office at 20 cents. But
Doubleday & Co., Inc., have done a notable
public service in making it available through
the book trade at the modest price of 35 cents.
It deserves as much attention and study as was
given the explosion of the first bomb at Hiro-
shima." Gerald Wendt
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UNITED STATES. STATE, DEPARTMENT
OF. Library. Classification and cataloging of
maps. See Boggs, S. W. and Lewis, D. C.
Classification and cataloguing of maps
UNTERMEYER, LOUIS, ed. Treasury of laugh-
ter; selected with an introd. by [the editor]
il. by Lucille Corcos. 712p $3.95 Simon &
Schuster
827.08 46-11880
"Consisting of humorous stories, poems, es-
says, tall tales, Jokes, boners, epigrams, mem-
orable quips, and devastating crushers." (Sub-
title) Index.
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"It has a surely popular, perennial merchan-
dise value."
-f Kirkus 14:450 S 1 '46 170w
"A good anthology is simply the projection
of a strong personality belonging to a man who
has a sound taste in reading matter. . . 'A
Treasury of Laughter' — is a good one. Mr.
Untermeyer cheerfully ignores the fact that
hardly a season goes by without the publica-
tion of at least one humorous anthology. It is
enough for him that this is the first Unter-
meyer anthology in the field, and it should be
enough for the reader." Russell Maloney
+ N Y Times p4 D 29 '46 850w
"Mr. Untermeyer says he just wants to make
the reader laugh, but that would hardly explain
the inclusion of 'The One-Hoss Shay* and some
of the other commonplace bits he has tucked
in."
New Yorker 22:98 D 21 '46 70w
"It's a compendious, broad, varied collection
of about everything one could wish in humor-
including a few dashes of wit and more than
a little satire. And as a bedside or guest room
book, it hasn't an equal in the last year at
least." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!6 N 26 '46
550w
Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46 170w
UNWIN, DAVID STORR (DAVID SEVERN,
pseud.) Cabin for Crusoe; 11. by Ursula Koer-
ing. 241p $2 Houghton [7s 6d Lane]
46-3356
Adventures of two pairs of English brothers
and sisters, during their summer vacation. A
grown-up visitor threatens to spoil their plans,
but he turns out to be more fun than their
own friends, especially after they all meet some
real gypsies.
"For ten-year-olds who like outdoor life."
A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:208 My '46 80w
Klrkus 14:35 Ja 15 '46 80w
"Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
+ Library J 71:829 Je 1 '46 30w
Reviewed by Marjorie Fischer
N Y Times p30 My 5 '46 lOOw
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UN WIN, D. 8. — Continued
"This story has several good qualities to
recommended it. In the first place, it is unusual
in theme, with an original background. In the
second place, it will interest the older as well
as the younger readers in a wider span than
most children's books reach. Finally, it has
a well motivated plot which offers lively and
colorful reading." M. C. D.
-f Sat R of Lit 29:31 Jl 13 '46 200w
"The children's liking for [the gypsies] is
open-eyed and based on much more than book-
knowledge, and the story gives children any-
where a sound idea of gypsy life and psychol-
ogy, and the reasons why people either want
them to go somewhere else, or want to Join
them and sometimes do. Building the cabin is
so often interrupted that it turns at last into
a second-hand caravan. The pictures are of
real gypsies, too." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p6 My 12 '46
400w
UPDEGRAFF, CLARENCE MILTON, and MC-
COY, WHITLEY PETERSON. Arbitration of
labor disputes. 291p $3.75 Commerce clearing
house
331.155 Arbitration, Industrial 46-4335
"In their Introduction, the authors state that
'with some misgivings' they have attempted to
accomplish two objectives: (1) an exposition
of the law of arbitration, as applied particularly
to labor disputes, to serve as a useful refer-
ence work for lawyers, and (2) a practical and
not-too-technical guide for the layman who
may be called upon to conduct an arbitration
without benefit of legal counsel. They have at-
tempted to minimize the unfortunate effects of
their decision to address two audiences at the
same time by identifying clearly the parts of
the book they think will be of most interest
to each." (Am Pol Sci R) Index.
"The authors lay down several criteria of
personal Judgment and standards of conduct
whose general authenticity would undoubtedly
be confirmed by an analysis of the practice of
top labor arbitrators throughout the country.
Users of this book will find it more valuable,
however, as an exposition of the law of arbitra-
tion applied to labor disputes than as a de-
scription of labor aribtration as it exists in
practice. The reason for this lies in (1) the au-
thors' professional and social conception of
arbitration, and (2) the traditional attitudes of
the courts, and definitely not in any lack of
scholarship or practical experience." Avery
Leiserson
Am Pol Scl R 40:1006 O '46 1250w
"The addition of appendices containing var-
ious forms of arbitration clauses, submission
agreements, and model decisions enhances the
usefulness of this already excellent book. . .
As a handbook, the work equips anyone who has
to deal with questions of labor arbitration with
a wealth of information given either directly
or by reference. The index, in most cases of
legal publications — alas — a very neglected mat-
ter, is exceptionally thorough and makes all the
material easily accessible." Arthur Lenhoff
4- Columbia Law R 46:892 S '46 800w
Reviewed by W. A. Waldron
Harvard Law R 60:161 N '46 lOOOw
UPFIELD, ARTHUR WILLIAM. Devil's steps.
285p $2 Doubleday
Detective story. 46-3409
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
Klrkus 14;137 Mr 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Time* p40 My 5 '46 160w
"Not quite up to par."
New Yorker 22:92 Ap 27 '46 lOOw
A ''J?r-^Up,?eld'* new Australian offering Is
easily the best of his recent tales about Napo-
J"»| Bonaparte, the wiry little half-caste deteb-
°thep
VAGTS, ALFRED. Landing operations; strat-
egy, psychology, tactics, politics, from an-
tiquity to 1946. 831p U maps $5 Military serv-
ice
355.422 Amphibious warfare 46-18796
"In Part One, Dr. Vagts considers the 'over-
all picture' of landing operations in history,
and in the other three parts summarizes the
military landings of ancient and medieval
times, of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies, and of the age of steam. There is a
brief conclusion. The historical sections of the
book are in fair balance and bring the sequence
of landing operations up to the end of World
War II. Sixty pages are given to the few land-
ings of World War I and over two hundred to
the many of World War II. . . The book lacks
a bibliography, which, let us hope, may be
charged to wartime limitations of paper rather
than to deliberate omission by author or pub-
lisher." Am Hist R
Reviewed by J. I. Greene
-f- Am Hist R 52:104 O '46 800w
Foreign Affairs 25:336 Ja '47 20w
"Landing Operations is sufficiently but not
over documented, and gives sufficient statis-
tical and factual data to make it useful as a
reference book, in addition to being a genuine
contribution to the philosophy of combat."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:225 S '46 300w
"Dr. Vagts discusses practically every major
combined operation in history, and with the
aid of illustrations and maps gives a clear
picture of what happened and why. Along with
the direct combat the author is concerned with
political, strategic, economic and other phases
of war and their effect upon seaborn campaigns
and landings. He is lucid, informative and com-
prehensive, and his voluminous study should
be a source book and text for a long time to
come." P. J. Searles
-f Weekly Book Review pl8 Je 16 '46 310w
VALE, JOHN W. Aviation mechanic's engine
manual; with questions and answers. 757p
il $5 McGraw
629.13436 Airplane engines 46-5082
"Textbook for high schools, trade and fac-
tory schools, for the unlicensed mechanic and
for the master mechanic to brush up on new
developments. Intended to prepare students
and aircraft engine mechanics for a mechanic's
rating, by providing information on aircraft
mechanics and its associated fields to cover
the C.A.A. examinations, with questions and
answers. Supplementary chapters on principal
definitions and problems, jet propulsion and
atomic power." (Library J) Index.
.w
•f Weekly Book Review p21 Ap 21 '46
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
Library J 71:184 F 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:35 Jl '46
VALENTIN, VEIT. The German people, their
history and civilization from the Holy Roman
empire to the Third Reich. 761p maps $6
Knopf
943 Germany—History 46-5313
"Exiled liberal German historian, outstand-
ing expert on nineteenth century, now in this
country, surveys course of German history since
Charlemagne. Pays full attention not only to
political, but also to social and cultural de-
velopments and characterizes effectively major
figures from medieval emperors down to Adolf
Hitler. Does neither whitewash nor malign his
former fellow-countrymen." (Library J) Chron-
ology. Bibliography. Index.
"Very little current writing make* an at-
tempt to understand the German people with
both detachment and knowledge. Dr. Valen-
tin's book nils the gap. It is both detached and
knowledgeable. . . Of the scholarship. I am not
qualified to speak. But the book is evidently not
written solely for scholars, and it would have
been better if the author had confined himself
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to painting1 with a largrer brush. Such painting
he does magnificently when he sees fit. Nearly
every chapter has a sweeping: evaluation of the
significance of the events it has painstakingly
detailed." Laird Bell
H Book Week pi Jl 28 '46 HOOw
Booklist 43:14 8 '4G
Bookmark 7:10 N '46
"The story of Hitler's Reich and of World
War Two come somewhat as an anticlimax.
In writing on recent events, the author obvi-
ously could not rely on the same abundance of
documents and inside information which he
used for the earlier part of his book. It is also
regrettable that Mr. Valentin has deemed it
necessary to write a complete history of Ger-
many from the days of Charles the Great to
our time. . . Another shortcoming of the book
is probably a consequence of the author's striv-
ing for 'completeness/ His Judgments on Ger-
man cultural achievements, especially in the
fine arts, are superficial, conventional, and
adapted to the taste of the former German mid-
dle class. Few art critics will agree with them."
"El -tr
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Jl 12 '46
•46 500w
"But even if in the last chapters of the
book some of Valentin's perspectives are open
to arguments; taken as a whole his historical
narrative is rich in well interpreted facts,
open-minded, tolerant and always stimulating.
Valentin's book is rather easy reading, free
of the lofty abstractions so abundant in many
books of learned Germans. The author is per-
haps too generous with so-called 'psychological*
explanations of human motives, but in the best
chapters of his story, the epic stream of
historical facts comes to a right balance and
makes the reader await eag-erly the further
march of happenings." Max Fischer
H Commonweal 44:581 S 27 '46 800w
"This history and civilization of the German
people from the Holy Roman Empire to the
Third Reich is a timely book. While the greater
part of it has been covered often before,
Valentin tells the story without detailed
statistics and gives an objective picture that is
easily assimilated and fascinating His chapters
on the recent National Socialist regime are
graphic interpretations of its origins and
development, with the advantage of his having
been an Aryan refugee from Hitlerism."
-h Current Hist 11:327 O '46 lOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:342 Ja '47 60w
Klrkus 14:217 My 1 '46 230w
"Solid, though consistently interesting work
will satisfy mature readers in search of thor-
oughly reliable information and interpretation.
Reference value enhanced by detailed chron-
ology, genealogical tables, maps and fine biblio-
graphical essay. Translation by Olga Marx is
adequate. Heartily recommended for college and
public libraries." F. B. Hirsch
+ Library J 71:977 Jl '46 140w
Reviewed by H. W. Ehrmann
New Repub 115:418 S 30 '46 700w
"In view of Professor Valentin's purpose and
background, it is disconcerting to discover that
'The German People* is a sort of medieval
chronicle brought up to date, dressed forth in
modem format complete with maps, tables and
bibliographies in the best Knopf manner, but
offering no tangible aid to a better understand-
ing of German character. Instead of a history
of the German people, it is a catalogue of their
rulers and leaders, kings, clerics, generals and
prophets parading by as in a tapestry. Prince
after prince from dynasty after dynasty as-
sumes his well -authenticated place and pose
while the German people, their way of life, their
hopes and fears, are all but lost behind these
formal portraits. . . Those who find 'The German
People* an inadequate explanation of the Ger-
man enigma should turn to A. J. P. Taylor's
'The Course of German History.' This slender
volume, which appeared in England a year ago,
contains a brilliant analytical interpretation of
its subject. It is at once an example and justi-
fication of the humane, as contrasted with the
scientific, school of history." B. W. Fox
— NY Times p!2 Ag 11 '46 1500w
"Mr, Valentin, an archivist for the Weimar
Republic, Is a historian in the non-Journalistic
sense; he rides no thesis and grinds no execu-
tioner's axe. Much of the book is written in
terms of men and personalities, which is as
valid a way as any of treating German history
and its mystic, pagan leitmotiv. A splendid
book."
-f New Yorker 22:82 Jl 13 '46 80w
Reviewed by Louis Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!7 Jl 14 '46
450w
"Valentin is fully aware of the difficulties
that beset a German historian writing in exile.
He knows that it is not always easy to escape
some form of bias or, at least, the suspicion of
being a man who has an ax to grind. However,
it may be stated here that his present book is
a monument of fairness. There Is only one in-
stance in which this reviewer feels bound to
take exception. He does not share at all Valen-
tin's rather unfriendly opinion of the great
liberal leader Friedrich Naumann, whom he
tries to tie somehow to Adolf Hitler. . . Exile
has been for Valentin the historian a bless-
ing in disguise. It gave him a wider view and a
riper wisdom than any of his fine earlier writ-
ings showed. To his own, personality certainly
applies what he says about some of his learned
fellow refugees: 'They were forced to re-ex-
amine and re-evaluate all their intellectual pos-
sessions. Distance and the challenge of a new
world made them look at old problems f rom "a
fresh perspective and deepened their insight.' "
F. E. Hirsch
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Jl 14 '46 1700w
Reviewed by G. A. Almond
Yale R n s 36:181 autumn '46 650w
VALENTINE, PERCY FRIARS, ed. Twentieth
century education; recent developments in
American education. 655p $7.50 Philosophical
lib.
370.973 Education— U.S. 46-5715
"Thirty men and women of leading universi-
ties have contributed to this comprehensive
symposium, giving an over-all view of the
major problems in contemporary education "
(School & Society) Chapter bibliographies.
Index.
"The book was written with the hope that
it would prove helpful to students and thought-
ful persons who want a view of the whole pic-
ture of American education. It adequately serves
this purpose, although no one volume could be
expected to provide a complete treatment of the
many phases of the educational system How-
ever, the references at the end of each chapter
have been selected to give the reader some
acquaintance with source material in the edu-
cational field The volume, if used as a college
textbook, will render specific aid in several
directions." O. D. Froe
-f El School J 47:236 D '46 850w
School & Society 64:192 S 14 '46 30w
Social Studies 37:335 N '46 20w
VALENTINER, WILHELM REINHOLD. Ori-
gins of modern sculpture. 180p 14411 $5 Wit-
tenborn
730 Sculpture 46-1458
"A closely woven, deeply reasoned attempt
to find a basic motivation behind all sculpture
from ancient to modern. The author, one of the
most scholarly and perceptive of modern critics,
doesn t quite succeed, but he makes a good
try. Many half-tone illustrations." New Yorker
"Regardless of one's agreement with Dr. Val-
entiner, everyone interested In sculpture will
find this richly illustrated thesis of absorbing
interest." Howard Devree
-f N Y Times p26 Ap 28 '46 270w
New Yorker 22:90 F 28 '46 50w
"The discussion of the subject is unusually
clear At times it is brilliant; in general it is
convincing:. Since the book, which is very well
illustrated, will do so much to help the layman
understand what modern sculptors feel and
try to do, it is unfortunate that it does not
provide the considerable amount of historical
and bibliographical information that most
people need to appreciate its conclusions."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:81 Je '46 240w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
VALENTIN ER, W. R.— Continued
"It is because Dr. Valentiner possesses that
rarest and yet most completely essential Quali-
fication of the art connoisseur, a profound ac-
quaintance with all the periods, that he can
perform the invaluable service he renders here.
For his very readable pages reassure us as to
the oneness of human effort; and the difficult
problems of modern art are illuminated by their
identification with those solved in the ancient
and classic periods of the continents where
man has left his record." Walter Pach
+ Weekly Book Review p32 O 27 '46 420w
VALTIN, JAN, originally RICHARD JULIUS
HERMAN KREB8. Children of yesterday.
429p $3 Reader's press
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Philippine
islands. U.S. Army. 24th infantry division
46-6264
"Jan Valtln saw the war build up in Europe
and, as a private in the United States Army,
saw it come to an end in the Pacific. He was a
combat correspondent in the Philippines with
the 24th Infantry Division, and in this book
he tells how the 24th helped liberate the is-
lands from the day it sailed from New Guinea
to the day it marched into Davao. He wrote
the book from his own notes and those of his
fellow combat reporters." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p6 S 8 '46 270w
"The book is well written but tedium of
the blood and savagery of war becomes slightly
overpowering:. As an effort to portray the
OI in battle it succeeds admirably; also shows
"that the men who make up the army are
very human and susceptible to mundane urges.
Anyone who thinks that war is noble should
read this book with attention. Those who use
maps with their reading- will be disappointed
with the examples included; they are too few
and too poorly done." W. A. Kalenich
H Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 lOOw
"There can be no doubt that Valtin was
there. Only an infantryman who has gone
through battle could thus give the stink and
taste of jungle fighting — the highs and lows
Of humanity in war. . . If you want to know
What an infantryman's war is like, read Chil-
dren of Yesterday." R. E. Dupuy
-f New Repub 115:298 S 9 '46 240w
Reviewed by David Dempsey
N Y Times p7 S 22 '46 900w
New Yorker 22:102 S 28 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 6 '46
220w
Time 48:102 Ag 19 '46 400w
"This is an imposing record of heroic ac-
complishment, set down without trumpery or
bombast, two qualities which have not always
been lacking in Val tin's writings." Herbert
Kupferberg
-f~ Weekly Book Review plO Ag 25 '46
550 w
VAMBERY, RUSZTEM. Hungary— to be or not
to be. 208p $2.50 Ungar
943.9 Hungary — Politics and government
46-7053
"Mr. Vambery is a liberal and a thorough
student of historical writing. He has done a
scholarly Job in destroying the 'patriotic'
legends of nationalist Hungarian historians
who forged history in an attempt to prove the
justice of Hungary's 'revisionist' cause. . .
Mr Vambery's oook is a short-cut through
Hungarian history and contains a convincing
indictment of the Hungarian upper class, the
'squirearchy.' " Christian Science Monitor
Reviewed by J. S. Roucek
Ann Am Acad 248:282 N '46 320w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 29 '46
"Apart from a few errors in judgment Pro-
fessor Vambery's book at the moment of writ-
ing is the best available book on Hungary to-
day and the best day-to-day Index to the living
conditions of that unfortunate country." Adam
De He£eCommonweal 44:313 Jl 12 '46 420w
Foreign Affairs 25:345 Ja '47 40w
Reviewed by C. A. Davila
Nation 162:786 Je 29 '46 1600w
"Vambery will be hated and condemned by
that small but rather vocal group of American
historians, either of Hungarian backgrounds or
belonging to the faction influenced by Hun-
gary's propaganda, who feel that Hungary's
misfortunes have been due to the post-war trea-
ties and the scheming of Hungary's neighbors.
But the true scholar will consider this small
book the most trustworthy introduction to Hun-
gary's history in English." J. S. Roucek
-f Pol Sci Q 61:472 8 '46 300w
VANCE, ETHEL. See Stone, a. Z.
VANCE, MRS MARGUERITE. While shep-
herds watched; il. by Nedda Walker. 48p ?1
Button
232.9 Jesus Christ — Juvenile literature
46-20671
A retelling of the Christmas story, which
brings to the fore the little burro who carried
Mary and the child Jesus into Egypt.
"A charming and well -conceived retelling
of the story of the Nativity. . . I recommend
-f- Commonweal 45:119 N 15 '46 60w
"There is always room for a new telling of
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tenderness and warmth. Nedda Walker's pic-
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Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:461 N '46 80w
"Mrs. Vance has given us another warm and
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Buell
-f N Y Times p48 D 1 '46 180w
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
30w
"It is a real achievement to take the Christ-
mas story, with all its familiarity, and tell it
once more in a form that has vitality and
freshness. The author of this small volume
has done exactly that. She has accomplished
it, furthermore, with charm and insight which
is reinforced by the appealing illustrations."
M. C. Dodd
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 £> 14 '46 320w
"There is a tenderness so genuine as to be
quite free of sentimentality, and this pure
affection shines throughout the little book."
+ Weekly Book Review p24 N 10 '46
280w
VANCE, RUPERT BAYLESS, and DANILEV-
SKY, NADIA. All these people; the na-
tion's human resources in the South. 503p
maps $5 Univ. of N.C. press
312 South — Population. South — Social con-
ditions 46-3393
"[A] careful analysis of the nation's human
resources in the South. Replete with figures
and tables, it is divided into five major sec-
tions, dealing successively with 'The Dynamics
of Population,' 'Population and Agrarian Econ-
omy,' 'Population and the Industrial Program/
'Cultural Adequacy of the People.' and rSoclal
Policy and Regional- National Planning.' . .
The great mass of data regarding fertility in
terms of population composition, specific birth
rates, family size and replacements, and the
trend of migration since 1850 constitutes the
chief discussions of the first part of the book,
and has a distinct bearing on the problem as
a national issue. There follow considerations
on the use of the land, the crop system, on the
contrasting use of machines and mules, and
on tenancy, that lead to a discussion of the
changing structure of race and class on the
land. An analysis of population in relation to
the industrial economy includes an examina-
tion of the 'regional distribution of Income, in-
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dustry, and employment with a view to ascer-
taining: what would be involved in a fuller use
of material and human resources for the re-
S'ona and the nation. In succeeding chapters
e effects of Industrialization are examined in
case studies of rural areas in the southern
Piedmont/ Cultural adequacy is examined in
terms of the health and vitality of the people,
their education, and leadership in the nation.
Finally, the book demonstrates how regional
planning for the South will loom large in the
overall picture of a national economic and
political policy." (Scientific Bk Club R) Index.
Am Hist R 51:773 Jl '46 30w
Reviewed by H. C, Nixon
Am Pol Sci R 40:815 Ag '46 350w
Reviewed by A. H. Hawley
Am Soc R 11:496 Ag '46 330w
" 'All These People' is remarkable for its
candor, for its objective and impartial treat-
ment, for its consistency of tone. Comment
and interpretation are infrequent, cautious, ob-
viously well considered. Vance seems to me
to achieve the true scientific purpose of pre-
senting the whole picture, all the pertinent
facts." J. T. Frederick
+ Book Week p2 Ap 21 '46 500w
Christian Science Monitor plO Je 22 '46
140w
Foreign Affairs 25:165 O '46 lOw
"The best available handbook on the Amer-
ican population. The usual demographic ma-
terials are supplemented by an analysis of
health, education and economic status. The
author has fully and capably documented the
present position of his people and paced the
distance they have yet to travel before becom-
ing equal participants in the further progress
of the nation."
-f New Repub 114:741 My 20 '46 120w
School & Society 63:248 Ap 6 '46 20w
Scientific Bk Club R 17:4 My '46 360w
Reviewed by P. K. Whelpton
Social Forces 24:463 My '46 1650w
Reviewed by Read Bain
Survey 82:273 O '46 430w
"One of the most important books ever written
on an American region. . . Vance deals with the
people in the Southeast from the beginning.
Through statistics and keen analysis he pre-
sents trends, describes conditions as they were
in the late nineteen-thirties and the early nine-
teen-forties, and has a keen eye out for what
the future of the region and the country at
large holds for 'all these people.' . . The
voluminous statistics -trends -prospects presenta-
tion are made all the more convincing by case
studies. . . If there is a weak point in the book,
it is its failure to deal adequately with the
many and basic qualitative ways in which the
bi- racial situation is related to the distinctive
economic, social, religious, and political char-
acter of the Southeast. This is, of course, a
subject all its own, but it reaches into the
heart of the materials with which Vance has
otherwise dealt so masterfully."
H US Quarterly Bkl 2:142 Je '46 320w
"This weighty volume is not designed for
casual reading. It is a compendious hand-
book, full of well-ordered material all the more
valuable because it makes use of the 1940 cen-
sus materials. It is indispensable for those
who, regarding people as the true wealth of the
nation, can shape policy. Despite its detail,
Vance has kept technical language to a mini-
mum, so that no one who is interested in com-
paring his own State and region with others
could fail to find stimulation from the maps
on education, health, wages, size of families —
or even on alcoholism, farm animals, and nota-
bles." J. G. Leyburn
+ Yale R ns 36:168 autumn '46 800w
VAN CLEEF. EUGENE. Getting into foreign
trade. 133p $2.60 Ronald
382 U.S. — Commerce 46-5177
"Picture of foreign trade operations for those
who desire to become exporters and importers
and for careers in government aerviqe,. Chap-
ters include foreign trade as a career, the gov-
ernment service and indispensable literature "
(Library J) Bibliography. Index.
"It reads rapidly and contains useful source
Information on export- import practice for the
uninitiated."
+ Foreign Affairs 25:161 O '46 40w
Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 50w
VANDERBILT, ARTHUR T., ed. Studying law;
selections from the writings of Albert J. Bev-
eridge [and others]. 753p $4.75 Washington
sq. pub. corp, Washington sq, E, N.Y. 3
340 Law — Study and teaching. Law as a
profession 46-272
This is not a textbook; it is a collection of
papers written by noted lawyers and covers the
various phases of law and the history of its
development. It is "designed to give the enter-
ing law student a broad view of the realm of
law and to stimulate a realization of his oppor-
tunities and responsibilities as a lawyer and as
a citizen." (Weekly Book Review) Index.
"The book will be helpful to those prospec-
tive lawyers who lack intellectual curiosity, and
it should give these warning and perhaps en-
courage them to enter some other vocation. For,
although the pursuit of the lawyer's profession
requires technical proficiency, it also and in-
creasingly needs learning, imagination, philo-
sophic understanding, and social comprehen-
sion. Dean Vanderbilt's book is a welcome addi-
tion to the literature which is designed to
further these more challenging objectives of
twentieth century legal education." Jerome Hall
4- Ann Am Acad 245:212 My '46 700w
"The book is good reading for any one." E.
4- Weekly Book Review p!7 F 10 '46 360w
VAN DERSAL, WILLIAM RICHARD, and
QRAHAM, EDWARD HARRISON. Land re-
n,ew,eS; ^S story of so11 conservation. 109p
il $2 Oxford
631.45 Soil conservation Agr46-5
In full page photographs set opposite brief,
simple text, this book tells the story of soil
erosion, the disasters it causes thru floods, loss
of fertility, dust storms, etc. and how men
may prevent it by various types of soil conser-
vation, contour plowing, terracing, strip and
cover cropping.
Book Week p20 Je 2 '46 300w
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
"This book deserves to be widely circulated—-
it is practical and enthusiastic." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:209 My '46 200w
"Excellent for agricultural sections of the
country, and a worthy addition to young citi-
zens' libraries."
4- Kirkus 14:176 Ap 1 '46 HOw
"A good informational book." M. A. Webb
•f Library J 71:764 My 15 '46 20w
"A book that stimulates thought and charts
a path to the future."
-f Sat R of Lit 29;45 Je 15 '46 50w
i ".^ndtoK ffood pictures and open-spaced
iXSl&ii?*1 1?1* *&ernat? Paees, the reader teams
exactly what the writers have in mind when
they describe in simple language the gullies,
floods, dust menace, and the many other evils
that come from the abuse or neglect of the
land. And he can see exactly what the writers
prescribe when talking of contour cultivation,
strip cropping, terraces, windbreaks, and the
many other remedies, alleviations, and pre-
ventives that hold promise for the future.
This book is excellent for young students or
studious readers and for adults who are rela-
tively new to the subject."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:241 S '46 180w
Weekly Book Review p20 My 19 '46
360w
Wla Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
840
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
VAN DE WATER, FREDERIC FRANKLYN.
Lake Champlain and Lake George. (Ameri-
can lakes ser) 381p 11 $3.50 Bobbs
974.75 Champlain, Lake. George, Lake
46-8118
History of the Lake Champlain -Lake George
valley, from its early turbulent days of Indian
raids and battles between the English and
French down thru the years to the 1900' s.
Bibliographical note. Maps on endpapers. Index.
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"By an author whose heart is given to the
country of which he writes, this, with con-
tinuity and completeness, provides contagious
regional history.
4- Klrkus 14:573 N 1 '46 90w
"As a chronicler of picturesque New England
life, as an observer of Yankees and their unique
talk and customs he has few peers. Whether
he chose to emulate the historians who have
preceded him as authors of books about lakes
or whether he was encouraged to do so by
editor and publisher, I do not know. The fact
is that he has written a competent though un-
inspired history. It holds its own with the
volumes that have already been published in
the series, but I feel like dropping a tear for
the book that he might have written." Carl
Carmer
N Y Times p38 D 8 '46 460w
"All of his descriptive powers — if you have
read his Vermont chronicles, you will know
that they are considerable — are brought into
play in his story of these northern lakes."
Jane Voiles
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 D 8 '46
200w
VAN DE WATER, FREDERIC FRANKLYN.
The sooner to sleep. 269p $2.50 Duell
46-2157
A Vermont village during the days of the
war is the scene. The story is concerned with
the machinations of the ladies of the village, to
gain the attentions of the very few men left.
Reviewed by F. H. Bullock
Book Week p6 Mr 3 '46 400w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!5 Mr 9 '46
600w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
Kirkus 13:533 D 1 '45 170w
Reviewed by Barbara Bond
N Y Times p32 Ap 14 '46 180w
"Another book about Mr. Van de Water's
city people in a Vermont setting, and their
tiny, tiny loves and Jealousies. There Is some-
thing clairvoyant in the title."
— New Yorker 22:97 F 16 '46 60w
"Mr. Van de Water has always told whatever
tale he has had to tell with a maximum of
charm and Ingenuity. This is Intended to be
high praise, and it is certainly intended to con-
vey a sense of the keen pleasure reading this
latest of his books has to offer. 'The Sooner to
Sleep' has no very large axe to grind. It is
slight and modest by design, skirting the major
preoccupations of this day and devoting itself
to what has been for a long time one of their
irritant by-products." N. L. Rothman
4- Sat R of Lit 29:35 F 23 '46 500w
"Mr. Van de Water's is one version of women
in war time. Lightly presented, with the lovely
Vermont hills and some of the typical Down
Easters thrown in for good measure, 'The
Sooner to Sleep' has a fundament of realism
that gives depth and substance to what ap-
pears, superficially, to be but the merriest of
light-hearted tales." Jane Tilden
Weekly Book Review p4 F 24 '46 550w
VAN DOREN, CARL CLINTON, and CAR.
MER. CARL LAMSON. American scriptures;
11. with pictures from various famous colleo-
tions of Americana. 302p $3.75 Boni & Qaer
810.8 American literature— Collections. TJ S
—History— Sources 46-11881
Beginning in 1943 brief dramatic facts about
American history were read over the air at in-
termission time during the New York Philhar-
monic Symphony concerts. This book contains
some of these, revised by the omission of ref-
erences to contemporaneous events, and
grouped according to subject: Statesmen; Holi-
days; Heroes; Family letters; Opening of the
continent; Monuments; Principles; The West;
Songs. Illustrated with pictures from various
famous collections of Americana.
Book Week p6 D 22 '46 230w
Booklist 43:153 Ja 15 '47
"The form of the book is pleasing. The
clear, neat, uncrowded lines delight the eye.
The idea of presenting the panorama of Amer-
ica's past in this manner is admirable. The
patriotism of the compilation is sound and In-
spiring. One picks up the book and fingers
through it with happy anticipations, feeling as
though he had received a letter full of fine
new family pictures. Unfortunately, the book
has defects— in the eyes of this reviewer, at
least. First, the title Is misleading. To be
sure, 'scriptures' could mean 'anything writ-
ten,' although current American dictionaries
call that meaning archaic. Most Americans
consider that 'Scriptures' means the Bible,
Therefore, 'American Scriptures' will impress
some readers or prospective readers as sug-
gesting that the compilers are pretending to
present an American Bible." R. H. M.
H Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 25 '46
400w
"Such a book might be extremely bad, but
the skill and good taste of the authors have
made it extremely good. For instance, they
have effaced their own labors, and let the
stories tell themselves. They have labored,
not as prima donnas, but as accompanists —
not as manufacturers of new Jewelry, but as
the artificers of the best * possible settings for
ancient family Jewels. And the Jewels are
often wonderfully enhanced by the well-worked
settings; too often they would otherwise ap-
pear merely as curious but lusterless antiques."
G. R. Stewart
-f N Y Times p8 D 29 '46 800w
Reviewed by G. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p7 Ja 26 '47 550w
VAN DOREN, MARK. Country year; poems;
11. by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. 131p $2.76
Sloane
811 46-11882
"A selection of short lyrics on nature and
country matters, grouped by seasons The
poems have been written during the past 25
years and have appeared in magazines and
other volumes of the author's work." Booklist
Booklist 43:130 Ja 1 '47
"The author does not place trees and flowers
In his poems as mere background, in the man-
ner of the portrait painter, or the writer of
epic or dramatic verse. He achieves an inte-
gration of emotion with impressions of scenery
sound and smell, and thus can 'image forth'
a fresh and charming view. . . The new vol-
ume is illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II,
who visited the poet's farm in Connecticut and
made many of his drawings from scenes de-
scribed or referred to in the poems." P. P. s
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 D 28 '46
500w
"A series of charming, adept poems about
country things, during the flow of the seasons.
All of [the author's] love of the land and
country ways of the concrete, sensitively
noted detail, is here set forth In stanzas of
lyric quality and compact skill."
+ Klrku* 14:576 N 1 '46 170w
n uT5n yeaTs or* so ago Mr- Van I>oren pub-
lished a series of sonnets which had a warmth
of feeling and a certain splendor of craftsman-
ship. But they were not country sonnets, and
?S3efi£« lnclu£ed here I miss their warSh
and their craftsmanship. There are some ex-
ceptions. 'September Highway' is a poem to
remember. There are both warmth and
poignancy In 'Afterward.' 'Bailey's Hands' la
in the best Robert Frost tradition But on?
closes the volume wishing there were more
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poems in it to stand with these, and fewer
with lines warped or devitalized to reach a
rhyme, fewer which etch an image and turn
away from any deeper understanding." Hal
Borland
N Y Times p!4 Ja 12 '47 600w
New Yorker 22:147 D 14 '46 60w
" 'The Country Year' is not perhaps his
crowning work in this field, but the pieces are
unfailingly delightful." George Snell
_| san Francisco Chronicle p28 D 1 '46
60w
" 'The seasons as such are not my subject.
Perhaps not even the country is for I suspect
that all poems mine or others in so far as they
try to be true are concerned with a single
subject the name of which will never be
found.' But it would be hard to flnd another
volume of anybody's poems in which a sec-
tion, or any section, of the country comes
more arrestingly alive."
+ Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46 150w
VAN DOREN, MARK. John Dryden; a study
of his poetry. [3d ed] 298p $3 Holt
821 Dryden, John 46-626
"This critical analysis of Dryden's poetry,
long out of print, is now reissued with a new
preface by Mr. Van Doren. . . The appearance
of the book is coincident with a renewal of
interest in Dryden, evident among the cerebral
poets who have been rallying around the figure
of Gerard Manley Hopkins, himself an ad-
mirer and disciple of the great Restoration
poet. The book is lengthy, with plenty of room
in which to explore the genius of the man who
was accepted by his contemporaries as one of
the greatest English poets but who, a century
later, had become little more than a literary
mummy." (New Yorker) Index. This book
was first published in 1920 with the title: The
Poetry of John Dryden (Book Review Digest,
1920).
Booklist 42:302 My 15 '46
"Upon Dryden's Catholicism Mr. Van Doren
is— as might be expected— rather unsatisfac-
tory. . . This, however, is a small flaw in an
important book. It is clear, judicious, sound
and, as might be expected from a man of Mr.
Van Doren's literary attainments, written most
gracefully." Theodore Maynard
4 Cath World 163:183 My '46 360w
"At this day, when the excellence of this
study is recognized by all scholars and when,
partly because of this book and partly because
of the new attention directed to Dryden by
Mr. T. S. Eliot an extended review is unneces-
sary; the present notice is intended merely
to recommend this learned and temperate, yet
zestful and enthusiastic, book to a new gen-
eration of lovers of English poetry. The new
edition has been slightly revised and is sup-
plied with a new preface and an enlarged
index." S. C. C.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Mr 9 '46
850w
"On the first appearance of this assured
masterpiece of criticism T. S. Eliot declared:
'It is a book which every practitioner of Eng-
lish verse should study.' The poetry of the
last quarter-century has been the poorer in
that his advice has not been taken. Had it
been heeded we might now be rediscovering
the lost dignity of narrative verse and the lost
art of poetic melody." G. F. Whicher
-f Nation 162:266 Mr 2 '46 550w
"Here surely is something close to the ideal
short monograph on a major poet: coherent in
its study of the poet's development, packed
with close detail and brilliant apergus, set
forth in language that is responsive alike to
the requirements of scholarship and creative
criticism. Perhaps Mr. Van Doren'B own prac-
tice in verse prepared him to understand Dry-
den. Set a poet to catch a poet." Alexander
Cowie
+ N Y Time* p4 Mr 3 '46 600w
"It belongs on the small shelf of really im->
portant American contributions to literary crit-
icism*"
-f New Yorker 21:99 F 9 '46 160w
"Mr. Van Doren's admirable study of Dryden,
which first appeared in 1920, has been out of
print for a long time: his publishers are to be
congratulated on making it once more avail-
able. It is by far the best work on Us subject,
and a rereading of it only confirms one's orig-
inal impression; it is a first-class example of
solidly-based and judicious criticism." Theodore
Spencer
+ Sat R of Lit 29:48 Ap 13 '46 700w
VAN DOREN, MARK. Noble voice; a study
of ten great poems. 328p $3 Holt
809.1 Poetry— History and criticism 46-7823
Studies and appreciations of ten of the
world's most famous poems: The Iliad, The
Odyssey, The Aeneid, Paradise Lost, De Rerum
Natura, The Divine Comedy, The Faerie
Queene, The Prelude, Troilus and Criseyde,
and Don Juan. Index.
"Van Doren's passionate admiration Is at
its best when he writes of 'The Divine Com-
edy' and 'Troilus and Cress ida,' at its worst
when he piles up purring adjectives in an ef-
fort to inundate you on Homer's excellence.
Homer, he tells us, has 'all the skill there is,'
and the reader is willing to agree with him
when he writes of Homer's use of the simile
and Homer'te realistic treatment of the com-
§lex horrors of war. Nevertheless, the critic
oes not succeed with his bludgeon of praise
as he succeeds in his essay on Dante, where
he lets his author's virtues speak through the
interpreter but for themselves." H. C. Webster
H Book Week p!8 N 17 '46 550w
Booklist 43:115 D 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor plO D 21 '46
900w
Current Hist 12:61 Ja '47 50w
"Perhaps this book is intended to illuminate
the studies of the young students of St. John's
University whose noses are being forcibly
rubbed into the world's classics. It seems to
me it is too deep and too literary for them
and for the general public, not deep enough
—nor brilliant enough for scholars. It is not
criticism, but merely commentary — and rather
wordy, facile commentary at that."
Kirkus 14:475 S 15 '46 130w
"Expounded with thoroughness by a skillful
teacher who brings enthusiasm and first-hand
knowledge to his task, these ten variations . . .
comprise a useful work for college students
or for 'great books' discussion groups." B. B.
Libaire
-h Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 140w
" 'The Noble Voice' is, pro forma, a book of
appreciations. With what he deeply appreciates
— the work of Homer and Dante — Mr. Van
Doren is the more successful, and the special
gifts he brings (a warmth of epithet, a crisp
precision of definition, and a luminousness of
poetic insight) often lift these particular es-
says out of appreciation into criticism. Else-
where in the book, amid much that is fine
and memorable, the noble voice appears to
mutter." Carlos Baker
^ NY Times p3 N 24 '46 HOOw
New Yorker 22:128 N 23 '46 120w
"Surely among the most distinguished works
of literary criticism that we are likely to see
in this season or any other. Anyone who
remembers Mr. Van Doren's 'Private Reader'
of a few years back will immediately under-
stand the significance of a new work of criti-
cism by the same hand." George Snell
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p28 D 1 '46
lOOw
"I know of no single volume, indeed of no
group of volumes, which give so pure a dis-
tillation of what these poems are and mean
to the living reader, living not only in the
sense of breathing now but in the more com-
plete sense of living with awakened percep-
tions, passions and mind." Irwin Edman
-f Weekly Book Review p3 N 24 '46 1450w
WIs Lib Bui 42:164 D '46
VAN DOREN, MARK, ed. Portable Emerson.
See Emerson, R. w.
842
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
VAN GELDER, ROBERT. Writers and writing.
381p $3 Scrlbner
928 Author*. Authorship 46-5696
The editor of the New York Times book re-
view has talked with over a hundred authors
in the course of his work over a period of some
five or six years. He refrained from note- taking
during these interviews, and has set down from
memory facts about the personal and literary
habits of those he interviewed. He includes
writers old and new. No index.
"Students and young writers particularly will
find inspiration and much sage advice in these
pages. They will be of value to the general
reader as a revelation of the person behind
the work." Claire McGHnchee
Cath World 164:91 O '46 300w
"There's useful material here for permanent
form — a bit of everything, biographical Jottings,
writing routines, hobbies, personal and literary
interests, criticisms, opinion, etc. . . Valuable
reference material for writing classes, school
and public libraries."
-f Kirkus 14:116 Mr 1 '46 120w
"Among this large group there are writers
who seem to have organized their lives and la-
bors with frictionless perfection. There are
others who. from the outside at least, appear
completely disorganized. Some write slowly,
some fast; some with anguish, others with de-
light. There are not a few who would be
willing to echo Conrad's comment about his
craft: metier d'un chien. But they have this in
common: each has been touched In some meas-
ure by the magic of the creative spirit. And
for this reason there is a special interest in
their manner of working and their struggles."
Denver Lindley
N Y Times p3 Jl 14 '46 1750w
"The colleciton is an agreeable one, and in-
structive for anyone interested in writing as
a Job."
New Yorker 22:71 Ag 3 '46 120w
" 'Writers and Writing* is balanced between
the serious and the pleasantly inconsequential,
which, since these were pieces written for en-
tertainment, was very likely Mr. Van Gelder's
purpose. There is a certain value to so large a
collection, though. Plenty of beginners at writ-
ing are inclined to imagine that their troubles
are exclusively their own. It's of genuine use to
a beginner to discover that a Big Name has
exactly the same troubles and may even have
developed some of the same techniques for over-
coming the fearful unwillingness to get at it
(which almost everyone suffers), the difficulty
in getting warmed up and so on." J .H. Jack-
son
-I- San Francisco Chronicle pl2 Jl 16 '46
*50w
"A collection of Mr. van Gelder's interviews
with famous and popular authors during the
past five years, 'Writers and Writing* is as
nearly a literary history of the 1940's as we
have. Although by no means exhaustive or ir-
refutable, it surveys the retiring, maturing, and
beginning writers of our day In all fields, re-
vealing our strength and potentialities. From
the comments of these people, faithfully record-
ed in colorful colloquialisms, we are reminded
of the basic materials of true literature."
Henrietta Hardman
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:8 Ag 3 '46 750w
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46 600w
Time 48:104 Jl 22 '46 490w
"Writers and Writing is a book for the
family library — one that is likely to be read,
reread, and read again."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:279 B '46 200w
Reviewed by Q. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review p6 Jl 14 '46 1160w
VAN QELDER, ROBERT, and VAN QELDER,
MRS DOROTHY (SCARBOROUGH), eds.
American legend; a treasury of our coun-
try's yesterdays. 636p $3.75 Appleton-Century
Short stories — Collections 46-4573
Selected novels, or parts of novels, which give
the spirit of America. It includes three full-
length novels: A Mirror For Witches, by
Esther Forbes; The Robber Bridegroom, by
Budora Welty; and The Old Maid, by Edith
Wharton. There are also selections from the
following novels: Moby Dick, The sheltered life,
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gone to
Texas, Seventeen, and short stories by George
Cable, Stephen Vincent Ben<§t, Jessamyn West,
Bret Harte, Conrad Richter, Hamlin Garland,
Clarence Day. O. Henry, and James Thurber.
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
Bookmark 7:15 N '46
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 24
•46 400w
4 'A fastidious fictional standard has been
kept, and the whole, in this anthological age,
is more interesting, revealing reading than
most."
+ Kirkus 14:227 My 15 '46 170w
"The great virtue of the collection is that it
is simple and unaffected and fresh. There is in
it a story by Bret Harte that few readers
know; they have reprinted Edith Wharton's ad-
mirable short novel, 'The Old Maid/ and they
have found an O. Henry story that is not as
brassy as most of these are. The collection
does not prove anything. It merely enriches
one's sense of human life." H. M. Jones
-f N Y Times p5 Je 16 '46 500w
"The dominant and best strain in American
letters is humor, and such a selection of our
better fiction as this naturally reflects that
slant. In these stories American humor speaks
in all its rich variety— sad in O. Henry, full
of flourish and bravura in Bret Harte, cool
to the point of wit in Eudora Welty, warm
and folksy in Booth Tarkington, farcical in
Thurber, wise in the wisdom of the heart in
Mark Twain. . . Such writing does much to
make a man content with his Tot, glad that he
is a common, ordinary guy with a stake in all
such experiences. Reading through this book,
such a man may learn that his life and the life
of other tolerant, easy-going, credulous Amer-
icans can have beauty and wonder." Horace
eyn°-f *Sat R of Lit 29:16 Je 22 '46 800w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
VAN KIRK, WALTER WILLIAM. Christian
global strategy. 197p $2 Willett
266 Missions 45-11070
"Dr. Van Kirk believes that as never before
Christianity faces a challenge to rescue what
is left of western civilization. He presents
much information on what the Churches are
already doing, here and abroad, and outlines
a program for future action." Foreign Affairs
Booklist 42:242 Ap 1 '46
"The purpose of this vigorous and fact-
packed book is to urge that Christendom
shall be so arrayed, not by squads or platoons
or in guerrilla warfare but by armies with an
over-all strategy, not within limiting bounds
of parishes or nations but with the world as
its field of operations." W. E. Garrison
-h Christian Century 63:592 My 8 '46
1050w
"A bare outline can give little idea of what
a rousing and illuminating book this is. Here
is much that is known, much that is dimly ap-
prehended. The author's trenchant exposition
of the problem and his realistic facing of both
the past and the future offer a vision that the
church will refuse at its peril—and the peril
of the world." J. H. Titus
4- Churchman 160:15 Je 1 '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf pl9 3 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:553 Ap '46 60w
VAN METRE, THURMAN WILLIAM. Trains,
tracks and travel. 7th ed 423p il $3.50 Sim-
mons-Boardman
385 Railroads— U.S. 46-5166
"A new edition of a deservedly popular
book. . . In this revision, the principal changes
are a number of new illustrations, discussions
of new developments such as aluminum freight
cars, radio communication in train and yard
operations, the Pennsylvania Railroad's new
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
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steam turbine locomotive, and a summing up
of the railroads' contribution to the American
war effort." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43:21 3 '46
"Enough changes have been made, rewriting
done ana additional information and pictures
included to warrant its purchase even when
the older editions are available." M. B. Snow
-h Library J 71:1058 Ag '46 70w
"The text has been completely re-set and
has been printed on a lighter weight paper
than previous editions. The book is for lay
readers, and it covers practically everything
about railroads that is of general interest."
+ N Y New Tech Bks 31:29 Ap '46
Reviewed by H. B. Lent
N Y Times pl9 Ag 4 '46 lOOw
"This remarkable book is literally twenty
years young: it came out for the first time in
1926, filled a place that took in boys and men,
and in its seven successive editions has been
kept vigorously up to the date of each one.
The first two chapters are re -writ ten, one on
'How Our Railroads Went to War* is added,
and throughout the book the text has been
dealt with as required for a thoroughly up-to-
date Job. As for the photographs, they are
grand." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 90w
VANN, GERALD. Divine pity; a study in the
social implications of the Beatitudes. 220p
$2.50 (8s 6d) Sheed
226.2 Beatitudes. Sociology, Christian
46-3883
"A theological treatise, dealing directly with
asceticism and mysticism, calculated to be
helpful to the Christian of the twentieth cen-
tury." Commonweal
"This is not a book exclusively for theo-
logians, or even for philosophers. Any Chris-
tian who likes to read about God and the
things of God will find 'The Divine Pity' ab-
sorbing, haunting, unforgettable." E. D.
+ Book Week p!2 Ap 21 '46 180w
Commonweal 43:657 Ap 12 '46 20w
Commonweal 44:269 Je 28 '46 70w
VAN PAASSEN, PIERRE. Earth could be
fair; a chronicle. 509p $3.75 Dial press
914.92 Gorinchen, Netherlands. World war,
1939-1945— Netherlands 46-25111
Recollections of life in Gorcum, the town in
Holland from which the author came. It was
a town dating back before the Spanish inva-
sion, and its citizens were Catholics, Jews,
and Dutch Reformed protestants. The lives
and personalities of his schoolmates are de-
scribed by Van Paassen; then he pictures
what happened to them and their town when
the Nazis came.
"There is magic in Pierre van Paassen's pen
— the kind of magic one does not expect from
the usual run of today's writing. Beauty and
suppleness of prose are wedded, in these pages,
to rare gifts of observation of human character,
a powerful and highly sensitive imagination,
humor, and such devotion to human Kindness
and intellectual integrity as one seldom en-
counters amid the scurry and rush of post-
war publications." J. H. Powers
-f Atlantic 177:173 Je '46 270w
Reviewed by W. P. Morse
Book Week p4 Ap 28 '46 700w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
"The author clearly intends this book to be
in some sort an epitome of European history
during the last half-century. It Is that. He
also intends it as a vigorous warning to those
men of good will who add not to their knowl-
edge, deeds. Mr. Van Paassen is long-winded.
His prose, especially in dialogue, is often pe-
dantfcally heavy. He seldom stirs a smile. But
his fervor is admirable, his faith In the tri-
umph of goodness is infectious, and one can
only hope that his latest volume* like the
earlier ones, will be read by hundreds of thou-
sands." D S.
-I Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 3
•46 600w
Kirkus 14:83 F 15 '46 210w
"Offers a rich collection of personal his-
tories. In a series of impassioned digressions,
the author presents a Marxian analysis and
condemnation of modern imperialism." J. H.
Berthel
4- Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 90w
''Not once does the book degenerate into a
tract or a travelogue or a mere piece of patriot-
ism. Information about Holland, its past and
present, is always given by way of an interest-
ing tale and brought into relationship with con-
temporary life. Few books have conveyed so
charmingly the sense of the strange and the
old persisting into our modern times, the exotic
in the midst of the commonplace." Marguerite
Young
+ N Y Times p4 Je 2 '46 B50w
"Mr. van Paassen, who has a suspiciously
complete recall of conversations and trivial
events that took place thirty-odd years ago,
has also a slipshod attitude toward facts, which
makes him probably the most creative nonflc-
tion writer at work today. The book has merit
in its mood, atmosphere, and evocation of tt*e
past, and the author is eloquent enough to
make interesting his indignation over such
matters as the Nazis, the complacent material-
ism of the democracies, and the Church of
Rome (Mr. van Paassen was recently ordained
a Protestant preacher). But as strict history,
cum grano aalis"
New Yorker 22:97 My 11 '46 IBOw
" 'Earth Could Be Fair* is an account of life
in the little Netherlands town of Gorcum. This
is no mere vignette set down for its potential
biographical and human interest to a wide-
reading public and for those who have fol-
lowed Pierre van Paassen's work in the past.
Every character, every incident has been care-
fully selected as contributing to a grand finale
— a storm that will engulf the souls and bodies
of good men and women. That is why this
book is so stirring. It is the story of some-
thing that is done to a people, a whole people
— a something that is not exclusively material
in terms of loss of wealth and physical happi-
ness, but goes down deep into their very In-
being and affects their very ethos. This is the
type of war book we need." Harold Fields
-f Sat R of Lit 29:10 My 4 '46 900w
"There are five principal stories woven into
the whole, stories of five of the author's old-
time school fellows, stories that might have
been rendered as a series of five novellas of
which a novelist of thfe first rank could be
proud. . . These stories, trailing lesser stories
along with them, spun out in detail, inter-
woven and Interrupted as the> **e, are, never-
theless, of extraordinary quality. Their impact
is such that I do not feel I snail soon forget
them. I believe that most readers -vill find the
book a memorable one." F. T. Matsh
+ Weekly Book Review p8 My 5 '46 900w
VAN ROSEN. ROSA. Baker's dozen; an old
story retold; pictures by Barbara Latham.
[31p] $1.50 Appleton-Century
46-1077
Picture-story book for ages six to nine. It
tells how it came about that thirteen makes
a "baker's dozen."
"Rosa Van Rosen has retold this old story
delightfully, and Barbara Latham's many
charming illustrations, done in pink and black,
make the book very attractive. r' P. A. Whit-
ney
+ Book Week p!9 Ap 7 '46 230w
Booklist 42:249 Ap 1 '46
"A little magic, a little moral and a happy
ending make this book a good family item.
+ Kirkus 14:66 F 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 70w
"Amusing pictures enliven a pleasant tale
which should both amuse and instruct a € to
9 year old." E. U Buell
+ N Y Tlmo pl8 Mr 31 '46 90w
Wig Lib Bui 42:89 Je '46
844
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
VAN TIL, CORNELIUS. The new modernism:
an appraisal of the theology of Barth and
Brunner. 384p $3.75 Presbyterian & Reformed
pub.
230 Theology. Modernism. Barth, Karl.
Brunner, Heinrich Emil 46-3318
"An attempt to prove that the common view
with respect to the theology of Barth and
Brunner is mistaken, that instead of being
antimodernistic it is in fact fundamentally
modernistic and may properly be designated
'The New Modernism.' . . The book before us
divides itself into two main parts. The first
deals with the philosophical background of
both Barth and Brunner, and the second with
their theological views and their personal rela-
tion to each other during the past twenty-five
years. . . The second and main part gives a
critical account of the 'Crisis' theology since
it first took on a distinctive character in
Barth's commentary on Romans, published in
1919." (Crozer Q) Index.
"If Dr. Van Til were as critical with respect
to his own presuppositions as he seeks to be
with Barth and Brunner, his book would have
a good deal more of scholarly interest. As it
is, he simply assumes that orthodoxy is de-
fined for the Christian church by Calvin's In-
stitute. Most Presbyterians have discovered
that there are other classics in our Christian
literature, but not Dr. Van Til. As a conse-
quence, the book breathes with the dead spirit
of Protestant scholasticism. There is nothing
in it of the life of the ecumenical church. That
there are points of suggestive and even search-
ing criticism, particularly of Barth, seems
clear, but it is regrettable that they could not
have had a setting that would invite more
sympathetic and critical attention." B. T. Rams-
— Christian Century 63:964 Ag 7 '46 650w
"A scholarly, comprehensive, and systematic
book. . . One of the most misleading features
of Van Til's book is the way in which it ap-
plies such terms as phenomenalistic, positivistic,
activistic, anti-metaphysical, and naturalistic
to theological modernism. The fact, of course,
is that the overwhelming majority of so-called
modernists believe in the metaphysical reality
of God." A. C. Knudson
H Crozer Q 23:276 Ji '46 1200w
fourteen. Rosa Wicklifte had a good upbring-
ing, but circumstances changed her lot and
she found herself an indentured servant in
Virginia. Her experiences there were not
too difficult and in time she married and had
her own home and indentured servants.
Booklist 43:76 N 1 '46
"This book would have been a better one if
the author had amplified the descriptions of
travel in those early days, and her story
might have had a more accurate title. Ro-
mance does come to Rosa, but the book is
mostly about home life, and fun, and food, and
clothes, and schools in England and in the
Colonies." H. F. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 19
'46 240w
Reviewed by A. M. Jordan
Horn Bk 22:470 N '46 120w
"An interesting background, but a rather
inadequately handled story."
H Kirkus 14:348 Ag 1 '46 120w
"Enough material to make two books, han-
dled in a manner likely to confuse children. . .
Value lies in historical background, but the
story lacks sustained interest, and popularity
is doubtful." Gertrude Andrus
Library J 71:1647 N 1 '46 70w
"Careful research shows in the background
descriptions of seventeenth- century London and
Virginia, but as a whole the effect is that of
a period piece, detailed and careful but arti-
ficial. Rosa moves through the scenes, but
she never conies wholly alive and her story is
curiously muted. Ten-to-twelve-year-old girls
may enjoy the book for its very matter-of-
factness; older girls will sense the lack of
warmth and reality." M. C. Scoggln
N Y Times p28 O 2J '46 180w
"The historical treatment of this story is
so convincing throughout that the author's
reference to possible descendents of her char-
acters seems realistic. If the story seems to
lose a little of its color after the setting be-
comes America it may be because seventeenth-
century London is further removed from us
than seventeenth-century Virginia — and there-
fore more romantic." R. A. H.
H Sat R of Lit 29:54 N 9 '46 200w
VAN VALKENBURG, SAMUEL. Peace atlas
of Europe; pub. in co-operation with the
Foreign policy association. 179p maps $2 Duell
940.5314 Europe — Boundaries. World war.
1939-1945— Maps 46-3916
Discusses possible boundary changes in post-
war Europe relating them to the history, eco-
nomic conditions and political ambitions of the
countries affected. There are 26 full page maps
illustrating the text. "First published under
the title, European Jigsaw ... in the Head-
line Series of The Foreign Policy Association."
(Note)
Book Week p7 Ap 28 '46 80w
Booklist 42:326 Je 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pl4 My 10
'46 550w
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"Not very pretty maps, nor at all exhaus-
tive notes, but a quick, informative survey
and responsibly prepared."
H Commonweal 44:101 My 10 '46 90w
Kirkus 14:220 My 1 '46 150w
"Clearly written, remarkably unbiased work,
'popular' in the best meaning of word. Valu-
able contribution to intelligent understanding
of vital, but little-known problems. Strongly
recommended for public and educational li-
braries." H. H. A. Bernt
-f Library J 71:586 Ap 15 '46 140w
N Y Time* p33 My 26 '46 120w
VARBLE, MRS RACHEL (MCBRAYER). Ro-
mance for Rosa. 27 6p $2 Doubleday
46-21130
London and Colonial Virginia form the back-
ground of this story for girls of twelve to
VASARI, GIORGIO. Lives of the artists; biog-
raphies of the most eminent architects, paint-
ers, and sculptors of Italy; abr. and ed. by
Betty Burroughs. 309p pi $3.75 Simon &
Schuster
927 Artists, Italian 46-5077
" 'The Lives' of Vasari, 16th century archi-
tect, painter and writer, were the first proto-
type of modern criticism, and have constituted
a foundation stone for reference and informa-
tion, and — through the centuries — have been
translated and re-published at various inter-
vals. The editor here has selected 48 of these
lives, corrected and amplified in editorial com-
mentaries." Kirkus
Book Week p2 Ag 18 '46 320w
Booklist 43:56 O 15 '46
Bookmark 7:13 N '46
Christian Science Monitor p!8 D 7 '46
130w
KIrkut 14:269 Je 1 '46 170w
"One can quarrel with her selections. Why,
for example, was Buffalmaco left out?. . Then,
too, there is occasional carelessness in edit-
ing. . . But these faults — if faults they be —
are more than outbalanced by the general
merits of an interesting and ingenious Job in
condensation, which presents all that the young
man — or young woman— ought to know about
Vasari In 300 carefully woven pages." T. C,
Chubb
-f N Y Times p5 Jl 28 '46 850w
"This one-volume digest of the five-volume
original work is the answer to an art student's
prayer. Many a young painter whotte interest
in art is more urgent than archeological (or
more hot than cold) has been dismayed by his
first encounter with the massive and complex
source book on the 'age of gold for men of
talent/ as Vasari named the Renaissance. Miss
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
845
Burroughs' book, abundantly illustrated and
annotated, brings it all to a point and is in
every way an admirable Job. The editor has
written an introduction that has only one fault:
it's too short."
+ New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 120w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 20 '46
50w
"This selection is well made and admirably
US r+ ^Weekly Book Review p25 S 8 '46 90w
VAZAKAS, BYRON. Transfigured night; poems.
77p $2 Macmlllan
811 46-6401
First book of poems by a young American
Ct. "In his enthusiastic introduction to this
k of poems, William Carlos Williams de-
scribes the author as 'that important phe-
nomenon among writers, an inventor,' and
announces that Mr. Vazakas has 'picked up
the thread where Whitman dropped it,' dis-
covering 'a measure based not upon conven-
tion, but upon music.' " (N Y Times)
"Although 'Transfigured Night' is Byron
Vazakas' first book of poems, it is an exciting
fulfillment as well as a promise. In his il-
luminating introduction, William Carlos Wil-
liams says Vazakas is an inventor of a 'line
loose as Whitman's, but measured as his was
not.' In all but a few of his poems, he is
a good deal more than that. Vazakas is a
better and more illuminating poet than Tall-
man, Miss Sackville-West or Miss McGinley.
though I am afraid there will be fewer who
will rush to buy him." H. C. Webster
4- Book Week pll O 27 '46 90w
"A slim volume of modern poetry of definite
distinction. . . All interested in modern poetry
will do well to give this book their attention."
4- Klrkus 14:378 Ag 1 '46 130w
"What distinguishes his work is his ability
to convey the more delicate nuances of a mood,
to suggest the sensitively apprehended at-
mosphere of a doctor's waiting-room, a pho-
tographer's studio, a railway terminal. . . Per-
haps the lack of a unifying belief that char-
acterizes our time, the sense of our diversion,
together with a lively awareness of the need
for some common basis of communication and
action while retaining our integrity, make
distinctions between the public and the pri-
vate matter of peculiar significance for us.
Mr. Vazakas' emphasis upon this double as-
pect of everyday life, and his hints, never
obvious or insistent, at the absurd and tragic
quality of that life, are what give his poems
value for us. As a result they sometimes read
like excerpts from a psychological novel or like
notations on the insights of Kafka and Kierke-
gaard. Their memorableness would be in-
creased if they exhibited as close a relation-
ship to music as Dr. Williams seems to find
in them." Babette Deutsch
N Y Times p30 N 24 '46 320w
"Vazakas' cadenced prose — if we may call it
that in default of a better term — is for the
most part extremely perceptive and, mutatis
mutandis, as rich in poetic overtones as Eliot's
or St.-J. Perse' s. Both his imagination and
his craftsmanship are remarkable. He is a
master of definition. . . He knows how to
sustain a mood and stick to his frame — usually
one of scenery, either actual or allegorical.
Why, then, do so many of his poems refuse
to 'Jell,' to form integral imaginative units? . .
I want to register, incidentally, my regret at
the omission of several previously published
poems from this book. Being a prolific writer,
Vazaka? has been wise to select, but a selec-
tion that leaves out pieces like The Equal
Tribunal?. The Christmas Tree and The Im-
mobile Street strikes me as highly capricious."
P. C. Golfflng
Poetry 69:168 D '46 HOOw
VERISSIMO, ERICO. The rest is silence; tr.
from the Portuguese by L. C. Kaplan. 485p
$3 Mac mi Han
46-4246
The scene of this novel is a town in Brazil,
on Good Friday and Holy Saturday of 1942. A
young girl commits suicide by jumping out
of the window of a tall building. The effects of
her action are shown upon the lives of seven
people who witnessed her act.
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Christian Century 63:966 Ag 7 '46 70w
Kirkut 14:202 My 1 '46 150w
"Recommended for large -sized libraries with
adequate book funds for fiction." E. S. Brown
+ Library J 71:344 Mr 1 '46 90w
" 'The Rest Is Silence' must at the be-
ginning of each chapter be newly and arti-
ficially whipped up by its author, what makes
it nevertheless continuously readable, and often
iswerves it from banality, is its relaxed pleas-
ure in physical facts. The best sections of the
book are those that describe furniture, smells,
'food; the worst seem to be those describing:
creditable ideas and deeply felt emotions." Isa
Kapp
H NY Times p4 Je 23 '46 760w
"Senhor Verissimo has drawn an interesting
picture of the somewhat vulgar society of a
bustling town in southern Brazil, but he has
failed to make the suicide significant in itself
or as a factor in the lives of the bystanders."
New Yorker 22:94 Je 15 '46 70w
Reviewed by Robert Pick «-
Sat R of Lit 29:21 Je 15 '46 900w
"The whole work is constructed like a sym-
phony, a complex yet beautifully interwoven
pattern of these many moods and lives, with
overtones and meanings that relate to life it-
self, to Porto Alegre, to Brazil, and to the
world. This is the second time that Erico
Verissimo has assayed the theme of ac-
cidentally crossed tangential lives approaching
climactic moments in the little space of time."
B. D. Wolfe
-f Weekly Book Review p5 Je 23 '46 700w
VERRILL, ALPHEUS HYATT. Strange cus-
toms, manners and beliefs. 302p il $3.75 Page
390 Manners and customs 46-3975
Chapters on some of the strange customs
from other parts of the world. Partial con-
tents: Strange headdress; Tattoos and taboos;
Leopard men and blood avengers; Medicine
men; Deadly savage weapons; Primitive
money; Strange marriage customs; Talking
drums and music. Illustrated with line draw-
ings. Index.
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf plO My '46
"A stack of illustrations makes the text ex-
plicit, though the drawings add nothing to the
beauty of the book. It's a handy bedside
companion." Thomas Lask
-f N Y Times p8 Je 9 '46 HOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
VESTAL, STANLEY, pseud. See Campbell, W.
S.
VI DAL, QORE. Williwaw, a novel. 222p $2.50
Dutton
46-4254
A williwaw is a storm, a big wind, which
rises suddenly striking against ships that navi-
gate the Alaskan waters. In this tale of
fighting- men in the Aleutians it is such a storm
that imperils the lives of the men on a freight
steamer making a three-day trip to one of the
islands. During the hours of struggle the
deeper feelings and characteristics of crew
and passengers are revealed.
"Peculiarly masculine in appeal, this is
more concerned with emotional and psycholog-
ical contacts, underlined by the nervewracking
onslaught of the williwaw, than with a story
of the actuality of war."
Kirkus 14:20$ My 1 '46 150w
"Not essential — not objectionable. Facile
writing not deeply felt." R. £3. Kingery
Library / 71:824 Je 1 '46 80w
846
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
VIDAL, GORE— Continued
"The young: author of this concise view of
the war's bleakest most forgotten corner is a
former warrant officer who ran an Army cargo-
passenger ship in the Bering Sea. It is his
first novel ana exhibits little strain and lots of
discipline. Within a tightly plotted story
course, which is grayed over with damp, fog
and the forlornness of the isolated, he buffets
his characters into self-revealing conduct." A.
S.
-f N Y Times p4 Je 23 "46 280w
"Mr. Vidal, of course, did not invent the
device of catastrophe as an aid to portraiture.
Indeed, to the pattern of the stories of storm,
he has added little more than the word 'wll-
llwaw.' But he has not only used a familiar
device with the finest craftsmanship. More
important, he has brought to its use an
understanding of character and a skill in por-
traying it which make his voyagers seem al-
most the elemental figures of all men at war."
Jonathan Daniels
+ Sat R of Lit 29:27 Jl 6 '46 650w
"Mr. Vidal writes in brief clipped sentences
with dramatic force. Much may well be ex-
pected of this young man, who is only 20 and
was reputedly the army's youngest warrant
officer. He is a son of Eugene Vidal, army air
force chief, and a grandson of the blind former
Senator Gore of Oklahoma. It is further rea-
sonable to assume that young Mr Vidal en-
countered an experience similar to the one he
describes so graphically in his book." R. M.
Morgan
-f Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 28 '46 120w
"Having a grim tale of a storm as the
climax to the story, the author magnifies
minor incidents by an annoying amount of
description that leaves the reader bewildered
in his attempt to feel himself part of the
continuity of the action. There has been too
much plot crammed into the story — a plot
that hopelessly tries to equal the terror of the
storm in importance. There is a murder at sea
and a deadly feud and a bitter rivalry for
a girl and all the facets of Jealousy and rage.
And through the pages, that storm, always
that storm." A. C, Fields
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 23 '46
600w
VIGIL. CONSTANCIO C. Fallow land (El erial)
tr. from the original Spanish of the four-
teenth ed, by Lawrence Smith £11. by Alfredo
Adduard]. 207p $2.50 Harper
868 Conduct of life 46-4218
"Written originally in Spanish, translated
Into English by Lawrence Smith, The Fallow
Land is a little volume of parables, epigrams,
bits of wisdom and meditation, by a South
American writer which constitutes stimulating
and helpful reference, in times of suffering,
punishments and reverses." Churchman
"These nuggets of spiritual wisdom have al-
ready found wide acceptance. The book has
passed through fourteen editions in the original
and has been translated into other languages."
Christian Century 63:991 Ag 14 '46 90w
Reviewed by T. F. Opie
Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 60w
"If you enjoyed Tagore at his best, if
Gibran's Prophet spoke to your condition, then
you will place The Fallow Land among the
choicest of the treasures in your library. Typo-
graphically also, the book is a Joy. And the
little woodcuts by the Chilean artist, Alfredo
Adduard, express exquisitely and powerfully
the mood of the chapters which follows. Even
in these days of food shortages, if you have
two loaves of bread, sell one and buy this
hyacinth. J. S. Dauerty
4- Crozer Q 23:394 O '46 150w
"Through [the book] runs the spirit of com-
8f?i?loS' 5f ^brotherhood of man, and the
fatherhood of God; of peace, and kindliness
and morality. The clear-cut brevity of the
aphorisms and the beauty of the wording (a
beauty and brevity that the English translator
has retained wonderfully) make the little book
a work of literature a* well as a sourcdof
moral instruction and inspiration." H. W.
Marr
-f Springf'd Republican p6 My 30 '46 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p440 S 14 '46
470
VINALL. EMILIE. Super-market secret; pic-
tures by Use Bischoff. [38p] $1 Crowell
Picture- story book about a brother and
sister who plan the menu and go to the super-
market for the supplies for a birthday party
for a young sister, who has chicken-pox. Ages
four to eight.
Reviewed by P. A. Whitney
Book Week p!5 Ap 21 '46 190w
Booklist 42:202 F 16 '46
"Interestingly told with surprise element
present." M. L. Goodwin
-f- Library J 71:185 F 1 '46 lOOw
"The long-legged twins look pretty grown-up
for such a young audience, but the pictures are
as clear and forthright as the text."
N Y Times p22 Ja 20 '46 70w
VLEKKE, BERNARD HUBERTUS MARIA.
The Netherlands and the United States.
(America looks ahead) 96p 50c; pa 25c World
peace ^^
327.492 Netherlands— Relations (general)
with U.S. U.S.— Relations (general) with
the Netherlands. Reconstruction (1939- )
— Netherlands 45-6896
"The Netherlands and the United States con-
sists of five chapters, the second of which
briefly covers the subject-matter of the title.
The remainder of the pamphlet deals largely
with the structure of the Netherlands kingdom
and its postwar problems, political and eco-
nomic." Am Pol Sci R
"The style is clear and readable, the lan-
guage is simple, and there are useful statistics.
By its very nature an introductory sketch, the
book's treatment of many subjects is somewhat
sketchy and cursory. Naturally the picture
presented is not unduly critical of either the
United States or the Netherlands; there is very
little effort at independent analysis or critical
thought." S. W. Rudy
H Am Hist R 51:355 Ja '46 250w
Reviewed by C. G. Post
Am Pol Scl R 39:1231 D '45 160w
VOLK, GORDON (RAYMOND KNOTTS,
pseud). Meeting by moonlight. 222p $2
Doubleday
46-8189
Detective story.
"Readymade, and not much better than
most."
Kirkus 14:469 S 15 '46 80w
"Experienced readers will have little dif-
ficulty in guessing who is at the bottom of all
the trouble." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 D 1 '46 140w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle pl6 D 15 '46
50w
' 'Run-of-the-mill. ' '
Sat R of Lit 29:32 D 14 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46
140w
VON ABELE, RUDOLPH RADAMA. Alexander
H. Stephens; a biography. 337p 11 |4 Knopf
B or 92 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton
46-6961
A biography of the Georgia lawyer and con-
gressman, friend of Abraham Lincoln, who be-
came vice president of the Confederacy. The
main purpose of the book is to discover the
steps by which the peace-loving Stephens,
finally became a secessionist. Index.
"Scholarly, informative, written in an easy
and pleasant style and with great insight Into
the personality of its subject, this book IB a
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substantial historical contribution to our under-
standing: of an interesting man and a critical
period in American history." R. B. Nye
-f Book Week plO 8 15 '46 600w
"It is a sufficiently studious work to become
the standard biography of Stephens. Moreover,
it is a valuable supplement to the history of
Georgia during the war and immediately after-
wards, years when Stephens was closest to the
political center of his native State." R. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 S 13 '46
420w
"This new biography of a far from well-
known figure is an admirably written and well
documented study. Stephens is made under-
standable, if not lovable. . . This excellent
treatment deserves many serious readers/'
Paul Kiniery
+ Commonweal 44:602 O 4 '46 420w
"Accurate, reliable biography."
4- Klrkus 14:367 Ag 1 '46 150w
"A well- documented biography. . . Details
of Stephens' entire career are assembled into a
carefully integrated narrative." B. B. Libaire
4- Library J 71:1125 S 1 '46 140w
"Von Abele tells the story of Stephens's life
and examines its significance in a highly read-
able volume — and one which is remarkably ma-
ture for a biographer in his twenty-third year.
If, as one suspects, this is a reworking of the
author's doctoral thesis, it is an example of
Imaginative academic research of a quality too
rarely met with." Coleman Rosenberger '
-f Nation 164:105 Ja 25 '47 450w
"The author has so pruned the story of
Stephens' political career, on the doubtlessly
correct grounds that the subject is not im-
portant enough to support a longer book, that
he will not satisfy the historical fraternity nor
sufficiently inform the novice. Moreover, most
of Stephens' associates and rivals, and even
Linton, seem vague figures, not tied firmly to
the story, or so it seems to this reviewer.
However, Von Abele did not undertake a defini-
tive life. . . Von Abele's remarks on the matrix
of his subject are insufficient to fulfill this
promise, unless we are to draw for ourselves
the conclusion that the South was emotional,
intellectual, neurotic, arrogant, kind, legalistic,
power-seeking, proud and sick. Perhaps it is
as well Von Abele did not make a wholehearted
attempt; many a man has come to literary
grief Irving to say what was, or is, the South.
What the book does do is give a psychological
interpretation of a strange man in admirably
restrained and moderate conclusions." W. B.
Hamilton
-| NY Times p4 S 16 '46 900w
"Not notably successful as a portrait (Ste-
phens has chestnut hair on one page, black hair
on another), but it is a generally scholarly
study, based on primary sources, of an extraor-
dinary political career."
— -f Time 48:112 S 16 '46 390w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:292 D '46 220w
"Von Abele fails quite to understand Ste-
phens, the public servant, and the people he
served. . . The failure to understand the situa-
tion leads to an unfair appraisal of both
Toombs and Cobb and to a complete ignoring
of the Columbus group who called the final
turn. It does not, however, destroy the value
of a thorough study of the man Alexander H.
Stephens, and an interesting attempt to explain
his puzzling career." Avery Craven
H Weekly Book Review p6 O 6 '46 1400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
Reviewed by D. M. Potter
Yale R n s 36:356 winter '47 900w
VONDERLEHR, RAYMOND ALOYSIUS, and
HELLER, JOHN RODERICK. Control of
venereal disease; foreword by Thomas Par-
ran. 246p $2.75 Reynal
614.647 Venereal diseases Med46-21
"A report to the nation on a subject of
nationwide importance, which continues the
public's enlightenment on the socially taboo
social diseases. Here in a second book by
chiefs of the Venereal Control Division of the
Public Health Service, is a discussion of the
diseases, and the projection of the wartime
effort into a peacetime program. Here is the
history of the first efforts, political and medi-
cal, to curb the diseases; the diseases them-
selves, their cause, effect and treatment, from
the old cures to the newer sulfa drugs and
penicillin. Prostitution, the big obstacle, and
allied aspects — promiscuity and delinquency.
Finally, the control measures used today, the
serologic dragnet, which must be extended,
the contact tracers and case-finding program;
the need for wider measures, and quicker
measures in detection, in cure, with the hope
that research will develop some means of pro-
viding immunity." (Kirkus) Index.
Am J Soc 52:382 Ja '47 20w
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Christian Century 63:1536 D 18 '46 lOOw
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 8 '46
"The book throws light on a dark subject,
and should be read by the very ones who will
avoid reading it. But it will be of value to
public health workers, social workers, etc."
+ Klrkus 14:317 Jl 1 '46 170w
New Repub 115:636 N 11 '46 180w
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
lOOw
Social Studies 37:335 N '46 lOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:332 D '46 220w
VON GRUNEBAUM, GU STAVE EDMUND.
See Grunebaum, G. B. von.
VON HAGEN, VICTOR WOLFGANG. South
American zoo; il. by Francis Lee Jaques.
182p $2.50 Messner
591.98 Zoology— South America 46-3873
Descriptions of the birds and animals of the
South American continent, from the Andes to
Patagonia. Illustrated in black and white.
Index.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 D '46 30w
Booklist 42:334 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by H. P. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!5 D 19 '46
210w
"Graphically illustrated and well printed, the
information is vividly presented and scientific
in fact." A. M. Jordan
-f Horn Bk 22:272 JI '46 60w
"Unusual material, competently handled, but
sometimes marred by the attempt to inject*
inappropriately, big concepts such as evolu-
tion, in too sprightly and offhand a manner."
H Kirkus 14:38 Ja 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by G. E. Joline
Library J 71:984 Jl '46 80w
"The book is rich with thumbnail, memor-
able characterizations. This author is giving
a factual description of real characteristics,
but he does it with such humor and enthusiasm
that he completely escapes academic dryness.
In addition, he has organized the work ad-
mirably, with logical divisions and easy transi-
tions. An index makes reference use simple."
N. B. Baker
4- N Y Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 130w
"The illustrations are as vivid and inform-
ing as the text."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:45 Je 15 '46 50w
"A book not only easy to read but hard to
stop reading, partly because the animals are
astonishing and partly because, introducing
them one by one, he manages to end each
brief section with something that whets curi-
osity about the next."
-f Weekly Book Review p!2 My 19 '46
350w
WIs Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
VOORHEES, OSCAR MCMURTRIE. History
of Phi beta kappa. 372p il $4 Crown
371.852 Phi beta kappa 46-3583
History of the rise of the small Virginia se-
cret society, founded in 1776, which became
848
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VOORHEES, O. M. — Continued
the present Phi Beta Kappa society. Includes
separate histories of some individual chapters,
facsimiles of original documents of the society,
contemporary photographs of notable members,
and some landmarks associated with its his-
tory. The author is the official historian of
the society. Index.
"It is regrettable that the official history
of a scholarly society should be deficient in
such essentials of good writing as firmly or-
ganized paragraphs and careful documentation.
Of course, the source of most quotations from
chapter records and archives is clear enough
without footnotes, but there are numerous ref-
erences to inadequately identified writings.
Still, we must be grateful for the author's
singleminded devotion and industry, in the
face of recurrent disappointments and for long
periods without sufficient secretarial assistance.
No one but Dr. Voorhees could or would have
written this book; no one else would have
had the persistence to make a comprehensive
collection of these often misplaced or neglected
materials. The obvious defects and limitations
of the work should not cause us to undervalue
its very real contribution to an understanding
of the intellectual history of the United States/'
S. P. Chase
Am Hist R 62:194 O '46 320w
Book Week p!5 Ap 28 '46 70w
Current Hist 11:232 S '46 50w
Reviewed by Thomas Lask
N Y Times p62 O 6 '46 lOOw
Sprfngf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
420w
W
WACHMAN, MARVIN. History of the Social-
democratic party of Milwaukee, 1897-1910. 90p
$1.60 Univ. of 111.
977.695 Milwaukee. Wisconsin— Politics and
government A46-79
* 'Writing a detailed history of the evolution
of programs and men, Mr. Wachman traces
the development of what was, at least for a
time, the most successful local Socialist party
in America — a group which in 1910 had gained
legislative and administrative control of the
city of Milwaukee and of Milwaukee county.
The story starts on Friday night, July 9, 1897,
at a meeting in Ethical Hall addressed by
Eugene Victor Debs, and at which Victor L.
Berger was one of the first to Join the or-
ganization formally, and it ends with the
stirring 1910 spring election triumph of the city
officials headed by Mayor Emil Seidel and the
capture of county constitutional offices by the
rty in the following fall election." Am Pol
"The author ends his story with the ensuing
administration. It would have been interesting
for him to have told of the many years of
efficient administration by the Socialist mayor,
Daniel Hoan, and the collapse of the Socialist
movement following the death of Victor Berger,
with an analysis of the reason for this col-
lapse." A. M. Simons
Am Hist R 62:203 O '46 240w
Reviewed by H. J. McMurray
Am Pol Sci R 40:606 Je '46 330w
WADE, MASON. French -Canadian outlook; a
brief account of the unknown North Ameri-
cans. 192p $2 Viking
971.4 French Canadians. Quebec (province)
—History 46-26235
Historical study of Canada's French speak-
ing minority from the earliest colonization to
the immediate present. The author is a New
Englander and a Catholic. Index.
Reviewed by H. G. Skilling
Am Pol Sci R 40:1216 D '46 410w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Q. O. Rothney
Canadian Forum 26:164 O '46 460w
"Mr. Wade lays a carefully reasoned histori-
cal basis for his final analysis of the present-
day French-Canadian outlook. Historians may
well feel that he has not — at least in discussing
Canadian development up to 1867 — brought out
much that is new. Perhaps so. That was
hardly to be expected. Nevertheless, his em-
phasis is often neither conventional nor tradi-
tional. His indication, for instance, of the
long-time effects of the projection of seven-
teenth-century French religious quarrels and
cultural attitudes into the Canadian scene will
come as a distinct novelty to most readers.
The fresh material, from the point of view of
scholars, will be found in the author's treat-
ment of that most neglected part of Canadian
history, especially in French-Canadian circles,
the period since 1867." R. M. Saunders
H Canadian Hist R 27:317 S '46 850w
Reviewed by Burton L»e Doux
Cath World 164:88 O '46 650w
Current Hist 11:328 O '46 50w
Kirkus 14:290 Je 15 '46 160w
"Excellent historical background; unbiased
presentation of the difficult and complex prob-
lem of a geographically concentrated minority
in a democratic nation, holding strongly to
racial and religious traditions ana political and
economic interests widely divergent from the
rest of the country. For general readers. Rec-
ommended." G. W. Hill
-f Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 lOOw
"A comparatively useful but understandably
far too general handbook." »
New Repub 116:335 S 16 '46 120w
"The problem they constitute— to themselves
and their English-speaking neighbors — Mr.
Wade has studied with a scholarly and sym-
pathetic approach. He has rendered this brief
incisive account of the cooperation and con-
flicts between two races, politically united, but
otherwise vastly unlike, with lucidity, coolness
and, I believe, fairness." Edward Angly
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 18 '46
1050w
Wis Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
WADELTON, MRS MAGGIE JEANNE (MEL-
OOY) (MAGGIE OWEN, pseud). Sarah Man-
drake. 318p $2.75 Bobbs
46-2256
Tale of supernatural events in a large Hud-
son River mansion. The mysterious Sarah
Mandrake puts the haunted house into condi-
tion, after a long period of emptiness. She
lives there for a time, and then disappears,
leaving the house to a distant relative, a
British war veteran. When things get almost
unbearable, Sarah Mandrake herself is instru-
mental in laying the ghosts.
"This is not a simon-pure gothic tale, and
devotees, if any, of Walpole and Mrs. Rad-
cltffe had better stick to their 'Castle of
Otranto' and 'Mysteries of Udolpho/ but read-
ers who enjoyed the gothic elements in 'The
Uninvited,' 'Rebecca* and 'Dragon wyck' will
find this engrossing entertainment for a bright
spring afternoon, or, if they are more venture-
some, for a quiet windless night when the
moon is down." Jex Martin
Book Week p8 Mr 24 '46 450w
Fascinating, red-blooded ghost-story 'in mod-
ern dress.' " Muriel Reno
4- Cath World 163:378 Jl '46 300w
"With deliberate British formality, a some-
times overplayed, overlong tale of evil and ret-
ribution, real and spectral, to satisfy some
tastes."
Kirkus 14:6 Ja '46 130w
N Y Times p!4 My 5 '46 lOOw
"Far be it from us to dilute your terror in
advance. The book has endpapers showing the
entire estate and violence covers practically
every landscaped acre. This is the sort of
novel in which climax may be achieved either
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849
In the swift uncoiling of a spring: or the deliber-
ate unwinding of a ball of yarn. The author
prefers the latter procedure, and it's the right
one." George Conrad
Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 31 '46
270w
WADSWORTH, LEDA A. Lost moon mystery.
276P |2 Rinehart
Mystery story for young people.
Kirkus 13:399 S 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by M. B. Snow
Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 lOOw
'•The Wadsworth stories are always as much
concerned with the personal problems of their
credible young people as they are with mystery
— which is one reason for their popularity with
'teen-agers."
+ N Y Times p22 Ja 20 '46 90w
WAGENKNECHT, EDWARD CHARLES, ed.
Story of Jesus in the world's literature; with
il. by Fritz Kredei. 473p $5 Creative age
232.9 Jesus Christ in literature 47-114
An anthology composed of stories, plays,
poems, and essays, all about the life of Jesus
Christ; and written by some of the world's
greatest writers. The book is divided into
the following sections: His coming; The hidden
years; Legends; His work on earth; The social
gospel; The passion drama; Christ as Re-
deemer and Savior; Afterwards; and Christ
Universal
"Here there is nothing — or almost nothing —
that is not first rate of its kind and much of
it is the output of high literary genius. A
few of the inclusions are pure personal specu-
lation or interpretation, and I believe contra-
dict Christian dogma. But in such a compila-
tion they can hardly surprise or seem out of
place to an educated, adult reader no matter
how supernatural and confirmed his faith."
E. C. Eliot
-f Book Week p5 N 17 '46 450w
"Some of the selections are marked by the
sentimentality and tepid morality which some-
times pass as the whole teaching of Jesus; but
others are filled with the blinding light, the
rushing power and majesty of the Son of God
as well as the Son of Man. This is inevitable
in an anthology which includes such writers
as Edmund Spenser, John Milton, Francis
Thompson, Christina Rossetti, T. S. Eliot and
Evelyn Underbill." N. K. Burger
N Y Times p7 D 1 '46 550w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ja 5 '47
160w
"If this is not quite 'the first book of its
kind that has ever been published,' it is the
best available single storehouse of readings
about Jesus suitable for all occasions in the
Christian year and as a family book for the
Christmas season." Paul Ramsey
-f Weekly Book Review p4 D 15 '46 900w
WAGENKNECHT, EDWARD CHARLES, ed.
When I was a child; an anthology; with an
introd. by Walter de la Mare. 477p $4 Button
920 Autobiographies 46-11816
A selection of the chapters about childhood
from various autobiographies. Partial contents:
Dawn at Sandy-Knowe, by Sir Walter Scott;
The President's grandson, by Henry Adams;
Paradise regained in Missouri, by Mark Twain;
Angel Mo' and her son, Roland Hayes, by Mac-
Kinley Helm; A small boy and others, by Henry
James; First impressions, by Jane Addams; The
dramatic impulse, by Geraldine Farrar; A child's
memory of Lincoln, by Mrs. D. C. French;
Pleasures and pains of poverty, by Marjorie
Bowen; ,The cherry orchard child, by Kathleen
Coyle; A Quaker boy goes to meeting, by R. M.
Jones; The Lord's Day in the nineties, by M. E.
Chase; "Me", by E. H. So them; The walnut
tree, by Mary Austin; The smell of cedar, by
L,. W. Reese.
"An anthology reviewer always has his pri-
vate list of candidates. I would have liked to
find more of the 'indigenous' American child-
hoods: Dreiser's 'Dawn,' Sherwood Anderson's
'Tar,' 'Middle West Childhood,' Richard
Wright's 'Black Boy.' Some of the anthology's
selections seem too trivial or obtuse in this
companionship that should kindle; but most of
them earn their inclusion." Robert Halsband
Book Week p22 D 8 '46 360w
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
"The editor's accompanying notes, choice and
arrangement of material add to the excellence
of the collection. Worthwhile even in a welter
of anthologies."
4- Kfrkus 14:574 N 1 '46 120w
"Among forty-one selections, some that seem
especially interesting or revealing are by:
Walter Scott, John Ruskin, W. H. Hudson,
Eric Gill, Roland Hayes, Henry James, Jane
Addams, J. Middleton Murry, Yeats and A. A.
Milne. In addition to displaying the sentimental
regard with which most of us view ourselves,
the various grown-ups recall their early ex-
periences in humorous, whimsical, skeptical,
religious or psychological terms according to
the turn their own careers have taken." N. K.
Burger
-f- N Y Times p20 D 8 '46 240w
"This is decidedly an adult's book and the
older the reader, the more it will be appre-
ciated. The plea is made that the anthology be
read con amore, and a fig for its importance."
Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 13 '46
250w
Weekly Book Review p60 D 1 '46 30w
Wis Lib Bui 42:169 D '46
WAINWRIGHT, JONATHAN MAYHEW. Gen-
eral Wainwright's story; ed. by Robert Consi-
dine. 314p $3 Doubleday
940.542 World war, 1939-1945—Personal nar-
ratives, American 46-2757
An account of General Wainwright's four
years of defeat and captivity, and his ultimate
rescue. Index.
Reviewed by F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p3 Ap 21 '46 310w
Booklist 42:280 My 1 '46
Foreign Affairs 24:747 Jl '46 50w
"This is no literary masterpiece. The long
chapters of the Philippine campaign seem at
times overloaded with military particulars — the
balance of the book, as he is moved from
prison camp to prison camp, seems at other
times understatement. It lacks the gift of the
trained reporter to focus and dramatize. But
here it is— a record to help us remember Ba-
taan, Corregidor, and the reasons the war was
fought — and won."
Kirkus 14:28 Ja 15 '46 170w
"The first official account of the fighting
on Bataan and Corregidor, it is a fine, simply
told and pitiless story of doom and defeat.
To this, the author has added the story of his
long captivity, his release, and final glory — the
Congressional Medal of Honor." David Dempsey
+ N Y Times p7 Ap 7 '46 1250W
"Rarely has a story of such bitter humiliation
(General Wainwright had to bow to the latrine
guards in Jap prison camps and was often
knocked down for infractions of imaginary
rules) had such a happy ending, in which the
villains are thrice confounded before the hero's
eyes. Highly satisfactory reading. The Gen-
eral is not one to gloat over defeated enemies,
but he is not one to forget what he suffered at
their hands, either."
-f New Yorker 22:107 Ap 20 '46 130w
"General Wainwright's book, or at least the
first part of it, is one of the best accounts
to appear, so far, of the defense of Bataan
and Corregidor. Here might almost be the
bleeding feet and empty bellies of Valley
Forge, the untrained, ill-equipped but desperate
riflemen of Bunker Hill. . . The greater part
of General Wainwright's book deals with the
incomprehensible and devastating; brutality of
the Japanese to their captives. The General
tells his story, with Robert ConaJdine's help.
850
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WAINWRIQHT, J. M.— Continued
simply and gently, without heroics and appar-
ently without bitterness. How he can do so, in
the face of what he has to tell, is a matter
for amazement/' Raymond Holden
+ Sat R of Lit 29:7 Ap 6 '46 700w
"The lucid, factual account of that period
in the general's life which was quite as im-
portant to his country as to him, from Decem-
ber, 1942, to September, 1945. . . Those who
followed the graphic syndicated story in last
winter's newspapers will be interested in this
clear, straightforward account by the man who
has become a symbol of all those prisoners of
war who endured with quiet desperation their
long, lean months of captivity with patience
and virile fortitude." William Manchester
-f Springf'd Republican p4d My 12 '46
800w
"The Japanese invasion of the Philippines . . .
is described simply, and with enough detail
to leave lasting impressions of the agonies
of retreat, before insuperable odds, and of
humiliating surrender to superior force. The
general's story is designed for the layman,
who will find no military Jargon that needs
a glossary or elucidation. But that is only
a third of the book. The rest is the incredible
story of Japanese brutality to defenseless cap-
tives. The general's story is deeply moving. . .
[It] is one of humiliating defeat, of the price
of military weakness, incredible suffering, and
ultimate triumph."
-f- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:194 S '46 280w
"For all his candor, the general maintains
his reserve. He does not bare his own soul
nor set alight the combustible material for
controversy which is implicit at so many points
in his story. But on the other hand, unlike
so many generals in so many wars, he does
not seek scapegoats nor insist on his own
transcendent genius. The public regard for
General Wainwright would have made the first
superfluous. The second would have been
inconsistent with the man." H. W. Baehr
4- Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 7 '46 1650w
WAKEFIELD, HERBERT RUSSELL. Clock
strikes twelve. 248p $3 Arkham house [7s 6d
46-8110
Collection of eighteen ghost stories, with an
introduction by the author, entitled Why I
write ghost stories.
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p7 D 29 '46 30w
"The story 'In Collaboration' explores the
hallucinations attendant on an extreme guilt
complex. And in the really original 'Farewell
Performance,' the idea of which was used in the
fllm 'Dead of Night,' he tells about a ven-
triloquist who became a slave to his dummy.
So that, though there is more than just ghosts
in his ken, if it's spooks you want, 'The Clock
Strikes Twelve' abounds with them." H. B.
6+ N Y Times p20 D 15 '46 230w
"We skipped happily about in the haunted
premises, shuddering at times, until we en-
countered one too many characters expressing
deep emotion by mal de mer, when we were
forced to lay the volume aside. Readers can
escape one of these visitations by avoiding
the last part of 'The Fishing Story,' where it
and an attack of whodunit staring both occur
in the same sentence." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 D 15 '46 270w
WAKEMAN, FREDERIC. Hucksters. 307p $2.50
Rinehart
46-3141
Vic Norman, resigning from an overseas as-
signment in the Owl. returns to radio advertis-
ing as an account executive for a mammoth
soap concern. On the train bound for California
he meets Kay Dorrance and her two children
and thru them finds the meaning of true love
as contrasted with temporary infatuation. The
book is intended as a satire on the radio-adver-
tising business.
"The clever Variety patter will carry most
readers halfway through this story before cer-
tain questions become insistent. Those children
Vic meets on the train. Cute talk and all, they
are dreadful little caricatures. And Kay Dor-
rance, their mother, in whom Vic awakes the
sleeping tigress. Tigress, my foot! Mr. Wake-
man writes a biting line when he feels satirical,
but when he is in earnest he gets soft. The
love story is undevious and much too thin for
any climax. Vic's final showdown with Mr.
Evans is disappointing. What we come away
with is a contempt for salesmanship that can
be as noisome, as double-dealing, and as suc-
cessful as that in which our hero took part.
Even he was disgusted." Edward Weeks
Atlantic 177:160 Je '46 450w
"It's a good novel, marked by shrewd obser-
vation ana truth, by satire and savagery, dis-
tortion and overstatement. It's about the crazy
folk of radio advertising, and while agency
men from coast to coast will grin over it appre-
ciatively, they'll point out to you that it's
hardly the way to sample an industry." Leo
Kennedy
-f Book Week pi My 26 '46 1800w
"The book's cynical immorality is consider-
ably less than edifying."
— Christian Science Monitor pi 4 N 2 '46
HOw
"A smart, bright book, which is always en-
tertaining, sometimes a little more serious, and
which — with its charged love affair — has a
strong appeal, and also a caution for conser-
vatives."
-}- Kirkus 14:152 Ap 1 '46 230w
"In maneuverings of big business radio-ad-
vertising deals and subtle obscenity appeal is
masculine. Sordid sophisticated living cul-
minates in affair with married woman naving
two children and husband overseas. Stirring
love scenes not without skill in narration need
Hays office check up. Sanctimonious attempt
to rescue perverted plot does not help.
Limited, but closed shelf readers will wel-
come." M. L. Goodwin
Library J 71:759 My 15 '46 90w
"If 'The Hucksters' is entirely negligible as
literature, it is anything but negligible as so-
ciology. An expose of radio advertising, it may
tell us little about the role of commercialism
in radio that we could not ourselves conjecture
simply by listening to the commercial programs
on the air. What it does tell us about radio
which we could not easily guess is how big
the stakes are and how they are won or lost,
the quality of the personal emotions it creates
and feeds on, the values by which a Vic Nor-
man publicly lives and privately dies. Both
knowingly and unknowingly Mr. Wakeman has
compiled a Baedeker to the spirit of modern
corruption." Diana Trilling
Nation 162:762 Je 22 '46 1800w
"Mr. Wakeman's special knowledge and
unique experience, combined with a very real
talent for catching the speech and the habits
of his young fliers, almost lifted Shore Leave
from the ruck of wartime writing. The same
qualities are exhibited in The Hucksters, but
once again the total effect of his novel is dis-
sipated by the author's wallowing (the word
is used advisedly) in what has passed since
A Farewell to Arms for 'romantic love.' . .
Mr. Wakeman is just a copywriter at heart,
which is a shame, for when he isn't selling
something without price-tags like love or
honor, or time, he's an accurate reporter of
the way too many of us live now. Reaching for
the moon, he forgets that nice green cheese
lying all around him." George May berry
h New Repub 114:812 Je 9 '46 480w
" 'The Hucksters' is Just a good story. Pity
and terror are what you get in 'The Hucksters ,
pity and terror and a lot of fascinating dope
about the radio end of the advertising business.
The pity and terror are heaped up and running
over, in a measure generous enough to satisfy
Aristotle himself, and the dope is apparently
so accurate that Variety (the Bible of show
business) has gone BO far as to announce that
this i« a roman A clef (though naturally not
in those precise words). Quite a book, quite
a book!" Russell Maloney
4- N Y Time* pi My 26 '46 1500W
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
851
"It is a remarkably silly book." Wolcott
Gibbs
— New Yorker 22:87 Je 1 '46 1760w
"A novel which deserves and is destined to
have a huge popular success. . . Altogether,
it is a most entertaining- and absorbing novel,
though it presents an odd paradox. It seems
to be completely sincere and believable as long
as it is confined to insincere and fantastic
people. It loses reality when the author tries
to bring it down from a plaster heaven to the
solid earth. The reader should be warned that
if he reads 'The Hucksters/ it will be a long
time before he listens to his radio with his
usual complacency." Harrison Smith
+ Sat R of Lit 29:10 My 25 '46 1450w
Time 47:102 Je 3 '46 900w
"The excesses and eccentricities of radio
have been dealt with before, of course — they
have even got so far as the revue skit, which
is generally the stopping place for any idea —
but Mr. Wakeman is the first, so far as I know,
to give them significance, and for that he de-
serves great credit. I think you might even
call him a Man to be Watched. It is for this
reason that I am inclined to bury my reserva-
tions on the book as a writing Job. It is a
Book of the Month Club selection, and so it
will have a wide public, and in the light of
what it says that is all for the best. But per-
sonally, I found the first half of it rather hard
going, even though it tries to liven its pages
with a liberal sprinkling of sex episodes. . .
However, the book is important — don't forget
that." G. S. Kaufman
Weekly Book Review p5 My 26 '46
lOOOw
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 36:190 autumn '46 120w
WALDECK, MRS JOBESSE MCELVEEN.
Jungle Journey; 11. by Kurt Wiese. 255p $2.50
Viking
918.8 British Guiana — Description and
travel. Indians of South America— British
Guiana 46-25169
Description of a dangerous expedition up
the Cuyuni river and into the Jungles of Brit-
ish Guiana. There the author and her hus-
band lived for several months with a tribe of
primitive Indians, taking part in the village
life and learning their customs. During that
time the Waldecks were making collections of
Tndian handicrafts and implements for mu-
seums.
Booklist 42:334 Je 15 '46
"For readers of all ages who like explora-
tion." A. M. Jordan
4- Horn Bk 22:272 Jl '46 130w
Reviewed by Maude Adams
Library J 71:985 Jl '46 90w
"The Jungle background is nicely sketched,
and the young reader will close the book with
a strong sense of having Journeyed to a real
place and clasped hands with some real and
worth-while people." N. B. Baker
-f N Y Times p!4 Jl 7 '46 230w
"A factual story with fascinating glimpses
of the native people."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:58 N 9 '46 40w
"Those who read 'Little Jungle Village1 will
be glad to get another glimpse of it, but the
book stands on its own feet for young folks
and makes vivid reading-aloud for shut-ins."
M L Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Je 30 '46
300w
WALDEN. AMELIA ELIZABETH (MRS J. W.
HARMON). Gateway. 307p $2.50 Morrow
46-20182
Peyton, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy
man and his estranged movie actress wife, is
being tutored by a wholesome and attractive
young woman with a teen-aged daughter of her
own. The story describes the character refor-
mation of Peyton, under the influence of Mig
and her mother. For older girls.
Cleveland Open Shelf p!6 Jl '46
"This is that rare thing— a first rate High
School story."
+ Klrkus 14:297 Jl 1 '46 220w
"Unrealistic approach, poor dialogue; char-
acters show personality; pace is swift." Ger-
trude Andrus
— -f Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 70w
"Despite its gaps, this is a story that girls
of 12 to 15 will thoroughly enjoy — because of
the way Mig and Peyton and their friends face
the problems and heartburns of the adult world,
of which they are already a part." V. H.
Mathews
-1 NY Times p28 O 27 '46 180w
"Good stories about high-school girls of today
should be made a note on when found. There
is nothing unusual about this one, but it holds
the interest of its audience because it talks and
looks at life as the average high-school student
does when college is still on ahead. . . These
young folks are believable and hold the interest
of young folks." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 280w
WALDMAN, MILTON. Elizabeth and Lei-
cester. 211p il $3 Houghton [12s 6d Collins]
B or 92 Elizabeth, queen of England.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of 45-9900
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
"Mr. Waldman is interesting and clever, he
writes in a style that is pleasingly informal,
and he strikes off an occasional bon mot that
is most apt. But his history is of a very popu-
lar kind. . . Mr. Waldman works from sources
and from the best secondary materials. But
his grasp of the period is superficial. . .
Finally, [he] has a trick always irritating to
historians: he throws about his theme an
atmosphere of mystery which, one would sup-
pose, it was his duty to clarify and not to
deepen." D. H. Willson
h Am Hist R 51:639 Ap '46 320w
Bookmark 7:13 Mr '46
"The value of Waldman 's 'Elizabeth and
Leicester' is of increased understanding — real
understanding, because the interpretation of
character and motive and event is never forced
or arbitrary. All that is done is to select and
present the significant facts and the possible
conclusions about the relationship, over a
period of thirty years, of Robert Dudley and
Elizabeth Tudor. Since that relationship, with
all its obscurities and complexities, was one
of the major facts in English history from the
accession of Elizabeth to the defeat of the
Armada, you will find, after considering the
evidence and Mr. Waldman's carefully identi-
fied and modestly presented conclusions that
you understand better not only a number of
events which the book touches but lightly, but
even some which it does not mention at all.
And since the bits of evidence about that
strange personal relationship are put before
you so sharply and tellingly, and in so clear
and coherent a pattern, and then the conclu-
sions are so cautiously drawn, you will find
yourself believing that you understand the
characters involved, and the bond between
them, even better than Mr. Waldman himself
does, and asking almost impatiently why he
is not more positive about what seems so
nearly certain. That is not mere artfulness.
That is the 'art of the historian." Garrett
Mattingly
-f Sat R of Lit 29:21 Mr 16 '46 850w
WALKER. JAMES, and TAYLOR, CARL
CHESTNUTT. Simplified punch and die-
making. 235p $5 Macmillan
621.984 Diea (metal working) 46-1498
"This book has been written for the use of
readers interested in the design, construction,
and operation of punches and dies. The de-
signer, machinist, tool- and diemaker, sheet-
metal worker, or the producer of any article
that may be manufactured advantageously by
means of dies In presses will find that this
work contains much needed material not here-
tofore published. . . Throughout this book it has
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WALKER, JAMES— Continued
been the aim of the authors to avoid obsolete
processes, designs, and methods, and to confine
themselves exclusively to the design, use, and
adaptation of the many sets of tools illustrated.
All the tools described have been constructed
and proved successful." Pref
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 40w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:6 Ja '46
WALKER, JAN IE, ed. My Bible book; verses;
pictures by Dean Bryant. [44p] 60c Rand
McNally
220 Bible. Whole— Selections
Brief verses from the Bible illustrated In
color, for the very youngest children.
Reviewed by Jane Cobb
Atlantic 178:166 N '46 90w
"The illustrations, in color, by Dean Bryant,
are on the simplest level of sentimental appeal.
Completely undenominational, this should have
a sure sale for its special appeal.*'
-f KIrkus 14:344 Ag 1 '46 80w
"The verses are well selected, but the illus-
trations lack a certain quality we like to find
in Bible story books." M. A. Webb
H Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 50w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p7 S 1 '46 130w
WALLACE. BRENTON GREENE. Patton and
his Third army. 232p il maps $3 Military
service
940.542 World war, 1939-1945— Campaigns
and battles. Patton, George Smith. U.S.
Army. Third army 46-3678
A narrative of the part played by the Third
army in the conquest of "fortress Europe," as
well as a description of the part of General
Patton in that battle. Illustrated with maps
and photographs. The author was a member
of Patton' s staff. No index.
Book Week p!5 My 26 '46 70w
"While one may not agree with all of the
superlatives Colonel Wallace uses in describing
his hero, it is refreshing to read a convincingly
accurate report of the Third Army's heroic
part in the war in Europe. Whatever may be
said of General Patton, one can generally agree
with Colonel Wallace that he was an expert
military leader." M. K. Gilstrap
Christian Science Monitor p!2 My 21
'46 700w
Foreign Affairs 25:340 Ja '47 20w
WALLACE. HENRY AQARD. Soviet Asia mis-
sion; with the collaboration of Andrew J.
Steiger. 254p il $3 Reynal
915.7 Russia, Asiatic. Russia — Relations
(general) with the U.S. U.S.— Relations
(general) with Russia. Asia, Eastern — De-
scription and travel 46-5229
"In 1944, the President sent Henry Wallace
to China, via Siberia, to report back on what
was taking place in those parts of the world.
The report now published, compiled from a
diary kept on the trip, Is a frank discussion
of what Mr. Wallace saw of Soviet agriculture
and commerce and of the geography and devel-
opment of the little-known lands of the Yakuts,
the Kazakhs, the Buryat-Mongols, and the
Uzbeks." (New Yorker) Index.
"The book is good reading and very in-
formative on the tremendous agricultural and
industrial expansion of Asiatic Russia. It is
well to have the opening up of Siberia so
vividly portrayed. From every page emerges
the importance of air transportation for the
future. The book fulfills its purpose of being
an outright appeal for friendship with Russia,
stressing the good things that can be said and
omitting the rest." ET C. Helmreich
+ Am Pol Sol R 40:1024 O '46 350w
Booklist 42:364 Jl 16 '46
"Although Mr. Wallace— wittingly or unwit-
tingly— is closing his eyes to the ugly spots in
the Soviet picture, his approach to the Rus-
sian problem is on the whole right.'* B. K.
Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 23 '46
450w
"The Wallace book steers almost completely
clear of definite and comprehensive sugges-
tions. . . 'Soviet Asia Mission' is— in gross
effect, incidentally — a good travel book and an
interesting geographic introduction to Siberia."
Philip Burnham
Commonweal 44:404 Ag 9 '46 2650w
Foreign Affairs 25:347 Ja '47 50w
"Too bad the book has been so long in ap-
pearing— it seems oddly dated, though surely
needed more now than then.'
Kirkus 14:212 My 1 '46 260w
Reviewed by Albert Gu6rard
Nation 163:384 O 5 '46 650w
"It is a great shame that Mr. Wallace's offi-
cial position made it impossible for him to
treat Chinese affairs with his characteristic
candor and courageous friendliness, and his
book suffers from the reticence, but Soviet
Asia Mission is none the less a timely docu-
ment on international understanding." Rich-
ard Watts
New Repub 115:83 Jl 22 '46 HOOw
" 'Soviet Asia Mission* is, of course, full of
statistics. . . But it is by no means a random
collection of data. Secretary Wallace has a
point to make, and he makes it designedly. His
message is this — that if you go to Soviet Asia,
you will find people like yourself and that
will particularly be the case if you happen to
be an American from the Middle West. "Byron
Dexter
H NY Times p3 Je 53 '46 2550w
"It is all very absorbing, and, because of
the author and the nature of his mission, it
is naturally a lot more significant than most
globe-trotting spiels."
-f New Yorker 22:83 Jl 13 '46 120w
"Wallace was a good man for the job. The
lowan is pre-eminently a student of agricul-
tural and commercial techniques, and of the art
of human relations. The trip to Asia gave him a
ftne chance to pursue his studies in both
fields. . . Wallace came away with a picture of
a people whose ideology is basically different
from ours, and is likely to remain so; but also
a people who, with all their faults, are friendly,
generous, and potential allies in an enduring
peace. He was firmly convinced that we can do
business with the Soviets for our mutual ad-
vantage, and to the advantage of the rest of
the world. This conviction is the important part
of the book." Marvin Sargent
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Jl 7 '46
850w
"At once a fascinating travel book, a story
of remarkable adventure, and an illuminating
interpretation of the countries and peoples the
author visited. The interpretation gains color
and validity from Wallaces' two great loves:
soil and people." Maurice Hindus
-f Sat R of Lit 29:13 Je 29 '46 1150w
"If this book makes no new contribution to
the solution of the problems that tend to sepa-
rate Russia and the United States, it is a heart-
ening expression of faith in the Soviet Union.
The future interests of our two countries may
well impinge more directly in eastern Asia than
in any other part of the world, and what Sec-
retary Wallace has to say of the spectacular de-
velopment now under way in Siberia is conse-
quently most timely." F. R. Dulles
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Je 28 '46 1050w
WALLACE, LILY HAXWORTH. Soups, stews
and chowders; drawings by Dorothy Norman.
24 8p $2 Barrows
641.5 Cookery. Soups 46-25042
"Practical recipes for soups and chowders
and some inexpensive dishes, such as smothered
uteak, beef Stroganoft, or veal chops Jefferson/'
Booklist
Booklist 42:209 Mr 1 '46
J Home Econ 38:238 Ap '46 20w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
853
WALLACE. PAUL A. W. White roots of peace.
67p $2 Univ. of Pa. press
970.3 Iroquois 'Indians. Indians of North
America—Legends 46-3994
Story of the founding of the Iroquois con-
federacy some five hundred years ago, and its
operation as a union of Indian tribes since that
time. Contains an account of the three main
versions of the legendary beginnings of the
league.
Booklist 42:327 Je 15 '46
Reviewed by Kathleen Coburn
Canadian Forum 26:188 N '46 350w
"Three published versions of a sacred legend
handed down by word of mouth over many
generations, together with illuminating com-
ments from authentic sources, have been skil-
fully blended into a clear and consistent nar-
rative, wtihout sacrificing the simplicity and
poetry of the original." E. G. Eastman
+ N Y Times p30 Je 16 '46 450w
"Mr. Wallace's beautiful and wise little book
is a permanent contribution to American litera-
ture. But in 1946 it has also an unavoidable
application to the affairs of our time. If savage
statesmen in the forest 500 years ago could form
such a profound and essentially workable
scheme of union, is there any good reason why
statesmen now, with fuller knowledge and even
more pressing need, should not bring the na-
tions into union in another Great Peace under
the same kind of Great Law?" Carl Van Doren
-f Weekly Book Review p6 My 12 '46 850w
WALLENSTEIN, MARCEL H. Red canvas.
304p $2.75 Creative age
46-1797
"A young American artist, at the time of the
Allied invasion of Prance, is bent on getting
to Paris, where he believes his wife is in
danger. On the way, however, he stops off in
London long enough to have a serious and
happy affair with a nice English girl: to
observe, quite shrewdly, some strange goings
on in the O.W.I.; and to wangle himself an
assignment with the invasion forces. Here is
where the real adventure starts, and it does not
stop until the hero enters Paris and takes part
in the street fighting and the liberation." New
Yorker
Reviewed by Martin Savela
Book Week p8 Ap 14 '46 270w
"Not edifying, but readable."
Kirkus 14:112 Mr 1 '46 llOw
"The novel incorporates about every story
that ever flashed across the wires during the
Liberation of France and fails to add much
genuine interpretation." B. V. W.
N Y Times p28 Ap 21 '46 270w
"Such satisfactory entertainment that you
almost certainly won't mind the contrived end-
ing."
+ New Yorker 22:99 Mr 16 '46 130w
"Mr. Wallenstein has written an angry novel,
hitting hard at many ugly aspects of the
war. . . His wrath is channeled through the
experiences of an OWI artist who gets to
France on the eve of the liberation of Paris,
but the novelist becomes so enamored of his
character's shoddy love life that the story is
cheapened." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p34 Mr 31 '46
lOOw
WALLER, JOHN. Crusade, a collection of forty
poems. 51p $2 Macmillan
821 46*4618
"Captain Waller, a leader in the neo- roman-
tic movement now under way in England, is
a graduate of Oxford university, with honors,
and a descendant of Poet Edmund Waller. His
poems, carefully selected from his own experi-
ence, deal with that which is universal in the
transient, powerful emotions of wartime."
Springf'd Republican
"On the whole the volume is one of some
distinction, if not of originality. It should hare
a fairly wide and moderate appeal for those
who like to read poetry."
H Kirkus 14:168 Ap 1 '46 60w
Reviewed by Marguerite Young
N Y Times p!2 Jl 21 '46 90w
"One soon gets the impression that Captain
Waller was a nice young: man who grew up
and learned to write poems. I'm sure he's a
friend of the vicar, but as spokesman for his
generation he manages to say nothing that
doesn't sound like a retelling of a better poem."
John Ciardi
— Poetry 68:349 S '46 700w
"[Captain Waller] speaks here of experience
in war with a free and lively penetration that
is not, however, altogether bitter." George
Sneli
-f San Francisco Chronicle pll S 1 '46
70w
"It is obvious that Captain Waller cares for
poetry and can write it and this makes him a
blessing to any age, atomic, reasonable, or epic.
He has an especial and luminous mood, and his
best lines fuse into the tenderness and light
that he wishes to convey. He seems to be
ignoring schools of versification in favor of
writing poetry, and though he has probably
come under various influences at various times,
he is certainly writing his own poems, not
other people's." Martha Bacon
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:46 O 12 '46 450w
"British Capt John Waller's 40-poem collec-
tion is excellent. Capt Waller has written verse
of poignant and enduring quality which is
among the best to come out of the present
war." William Manchester
-h Springf'd Republican p6 Je 12 '46 190w
WALLER, JUDITH GARY. Radio, the fifth
estate. 483p il $4; student's ed $3.40 Hough-
ton
384.5 Radio broadcasting 46-6334
"Covers structure of networks, programming,
sales organization, engineering, servicing and
other information on broadcasting. Author is
public service director of NBC, Chicago di-
vision. Book is based on notes used in three
summer radio institutes given in 1943 by NBC
and three western universities. Bibliography."
(Library J) Index.
"An authoritative survey of the whole field
of radio by one who knows firsthand of what
she is speaking." Donald Fairchild
4- Book Week p6 Jl 28 '46 550w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:1333 O 1 '46 70w
WALSH, MARY REGINA. Mull in gar heifer;
il. by Henry C. Pitz. [61p] $1.60 Knopf
46-2024
Story of a lonely little Irish lad who found
a home with shy Maggie and her grandmother.
When the little grandmother diea Kevin was
able to repay his debt manyfold.
six to nine.
For ages
Book Week p22 Je 2 '46 300w
Booklist 42:267 Ap 15 '46
"The author has tried hard to catch the folk
atmosphere, but her tale is modern in spirit
and, because of the self-conscious style, it
lacks the spontaneity and convincing atmos-
phere of such Irish stories as Anne Casserley's
TMichael of Ireland* and 'Barney the Donkey. "
A. T. Eaton
Christian Science Monitor plO S 10 '46
140w
"Mary Walsh preserves In this moving story
a sincere note of Irish sentiment in the idea
that happiness comes to a home which shelters
old people. The pictures drawn by Mr. Pitz
with humor and sympathy, are a fitting ac-
companiment." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:268 Jl '46 120w
854
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WALSH, M. R.~ Continued
"Satisfying:, imaginative, and distinctive, this
is an unusual Juvenile. . . Excellent library and
gift mater tal.'r
4- Klrkus 14:148 Mr 15 '46 90w
"Will be more popular with girls than with
boys. Not a must, but a good addition to the
fairy tale collection," J. D. Lindquist
4- Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 60w
"It is a little over- sweet for some tastes and,
curiously, lacks the tincture of Irish humor, but
it is a gentle tale of faith and good works
among the simple folk. There are excellent Il-
lustrations by Henry Pitz." E. L. Buell
-4- N Y Times p7 Mr 17 '46 80w
"This book should last. Children will read
it more than once, and those who read it to
them will remember it a long time. And
whenever they do — especially the last page with
Mr. Pitz's picture— they will feel a blessed
commotion that rises from the throat to Just
back of the eyes." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ap 7 '46 650w
Wit Lib Bui 42:89 Je '46
WALTER, BRUNO. Theme and variations; an
autobiography; tr. from the German by
James A. Galston. 344p 11 $5 Knopf
B or 92 Musicians — Correspondence, remi-
niscences, etc. 46-5672
"Memoirs of the seventy-year-old conductor.
A conservatory student at thirteen and an
opera conductor at seventeen, Walter worked
at Cologne, Hamburg, Breslau and Riga before
gaining the Vienna Court Opera. He spent the
years of World War I in Munich, and since
then has been a free lance— one of the moving
spirits behind the famous Salzburg Festival
and a popular guest conductor throughout the
United States. His memoirs supplement the re-
cent biography of Mahler by Alma Mahler and
fill in many holes in the picture of the com-
poser's life in the music world of his time."
(Library J) Index.
"The emanation of Bruno Walter's per-
sonality from the whole book is one of no-
bility.^ Luclen Price
-f Atlantic 178:162 O '46 450w
"Bruno Walter says of his friend Thomas
Mann that he was a German writer who be-
came a world writer. That is true of Waiter
himself; he is a citizen of the world, a cosmop-
olite of the arts, a craftsman and an artist who
has known how to correlate music with life.
Mention must also be made of the excellence
of James A. Galston's translation from the
original German manuscript which entirely
preserves the flavor of Walter's highly read-
able book." P. H. Little
-f Book Week p5 S 1 '46 700w
Booklist 43:15 S '46
Christian Science Monitor pl2 S 7 '46
650w
Kirkus 14:289 Je 15 '46 250w
Reviewed by Leonard Burkat
Library J 71:1049 Ag '46 lOOw
"In view of the length and scope of his
career, it would be astonishing indeed if Mr.
Walter's story did not contain much that was
entertaining and instructive. It has many
choice things, but it is not a wholly satisfying
book. Mr. Walter wrote it in German, and the
translation is by James A. Galston. However,
though the text is in English, the sentence
structure, the narrative style and the very
spirit of the book are saturated in German ro-
manticism. Mr. Walter does not let his story
fall into sentimentality, but he comes perilously
close, in one place delivering himself of a
tribute to Vienna and Austria that is fulsome
enough to .please even the most ardent senti-
mentalists.'^Howard Taubman
H NY Times p7 Ag 11 '46 I460w
"A fine and memorable book."
-f New Yorker 22:71 Ag 3 '46 120w
Reviewed by Spencer Barefoot
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 20 '46
S10W
"to trying to Judge the eventual value of
this book one is easily misled by itT more
superficial traits. As an authoritative, ac-
curate, and vivid account, told from the inside,
of operatic and symphonic developments in the
chief European centers for the first three de-
cades after 1900 it will have a lasting value for
musical historians. But its* far deeper and
wider appeal is to lay music-lovers, through
its genial insight and vigorous discriminations.
Its revelation of an earnestness, candor, and
humor exercised throughout a lifetime of serv-
ice to art. It is a singularly heartening book."
D. G. Mason
-f Sat R of Lit 29:68 D 7 '46 800w
"Theme and Variations might have been im-
proved by Judicious pruning and by a better
translation, but in spite of its limitations it is
interesting and informing from start to finish. M
B J. R. Isaacs
_j Theatre Arts 30:618 O '46 950w
"It must be said that kindly courtesy, always
on guard against giving offense, can make a
narrative more polite than readable — but that
is Bruno Walter. Many colleagues mentioned
in the book are warmly praised for their better
qualities (with the exception of Heinz Tietzen
of the Berlin Municipal Opera, who by an un-
savory piece of deception tried to maneuver
Walter out of his position as conductor of the
State Opera). . . Bruno Walter's patient in-
sistence upon giving forth with every fiber of
his being the musical gospel in which he be-
lieves has again prevailed, and this, the latest
of his long-range victories, is not the least of
Weekly Book Review p5 Ag 11 '46 900w
Wis Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
W A L WORTH, ARTHUR CLARENCE. Black
ships oft Japan; the st*>ry of Commodore
Perry's expedition; introd. by Sir George
Sansom. 277p il maps $3 Knopf
952 United States naval expedition to Ja-
pan, 1852-1854. Perry. Matthew Calbraith.
Japan— Relations (general) with U.S. U.S.
— Relations (general) with Japan 46-2520
"Treats the expedition of Commodore Perry
primarily as the opening act in a continuing
drama of Japanese- American relations, a
drama in which the theme is the clash of two
national cultures, the impact of American
evangelism — economic, political, and religious —
upon the traditional conservatism of Japan."
(Introd) Bibliography. Index.
"The text is well written, carefully proofed,
with accurate documentation, an excellent bib-
liography, well -chosen illustrations, maps, ap-
pendixes, and a useful index. As a survey of
the American sources the study is to be com-
mended. But the real achievement of Perry
can only be appraised when fuller information
of the forces at work in Japan is available.
Mr. Walworth might have confined his narra-
tive to the American reports, but when he
dipped into the Japanese materials he should
have used them more carefully." P, J. Treat
Am Hist R 52:134 O '46 5tfOw
"The chief value of Walworth's book lies
in the fact that he quotes from contemporary
Japanese reports, as well as those written by
Americans. It is an interestingly written, fac-
tual account of the first step on the long and
jagged road of American-Japanese relations."
F. S. Marquardt
4- Book Week p8 Mr SI '46 450w
Booklist 42:264 Ap 15 '46
"This is a thorough, conscientious book, in-
teresting:, well focused, intelligently though not
brilliantly written. It is excellently documented.
It adds a useful volume to our library of knowl-
edge about the Oriental island empire, and
portrays one of the more unusual chapters in
the many-sided history of the United States
Navy." D. J.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 My 1
'46 700w
" Academic and scholarly in style and ap-
proach* but a sound basis for understanding
Japan and this phase of history."
+ Klrkus 13:654 D 15 '45 190w
"Recommended for all libraries." H. A.
Wooster
-f Library J 71:405 Mr 15 *4« 70w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
S55
"Black Ships Off Japan sticks straightfor-
wardly to its admirably told story of Matthew
Calbraith Perry and his expedition and wisely
refrains from bearing down heavily on his-
torical parallels, despite certain apparent
similarities between its hero and General Mac-
Arthur." Richard Watts, Jr.
-f New Repub 115:52 Jl 16 '46 450w
"Mr. Wai worth' s book has a great deal of
action in it, both psychological and physical.
He unravels a difficult story with great skill."
E. B. Garside
4- N Y Times p4 Mr 31 '46 1450w
"Mr. Walworth offers impressive documenta-
tion for his theory that the Japanese, from the
start of their intercourse with the West, were
secretly resolved to resist, while giving the
impression of cooperating, and that they never
forgave us our bid for friendship, made, it
must be admitted, with an or-else gesture from
the deck of a man-of-war. Illustrated with
maps, photographs, and entertaining pictures
of these early American emissaries as the
Japanese saw them."
New Yorker 22:110 Ap 6 '46 140w
"Almost every schoolboy is aware of the
fact that Japan was opened to Western inter-
course by Matthew C. Perry in 1854. Not
so well known, however, is the technique by
which the Commodore concocted his potpourri
of diplomacy, doggedness and duplicity. The
presentation of that material in succinct form
is the task to which Mr. Walworth addresses
himself. Not only does he succeed, but he does
it in a fashion that combines the best canons
of scholarship and story- telling. . . Mr. Wal-
worth has drawn on all of the available sources
and, while it is clear that he is interested in
relating an epic adventure tale and not in a
display of erudition, it is unfortunate that he
has chosen to limit the footnotes to those
indicating the sources of direct quotations only.
That shortcoming will not detract, though,
from the reader's pleasure of sailing for a few
hours with Perry and the good seamen of his
Japan expedition." H. F. Graff
H Pol Sci Q 61:458 S '46 750w
"The whole of 'Black Ships Oft Japan' is
marked by restraint in the presentation of the
evidence. The scholarliness of the research is
supplemented by a brief introduction by Sir
George Sansom, as well as by the appendices
which include the texts of relevant documents.
Mr. Wai worth's scholarship, however, contains
no trace of the academic, for his style is always
lively, and he has not allowed the comic and
bizarre to lie buried in his research notes."
L. K. Roslnger
-4- Sat R of Lit 24:23 Ap 20 '46 800w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:226 S '46 280w
"A more timely or significant work than this
in the present state of Japanese- American re-
lations could hardly be imagined. It would be
a fine document for every American citizen to
read carefully and take to his heart with all
the philosophy and sense of humor he could
muster. . . It is a romantic, bizarre, amusing
and sometimes shocking record — a record of a
thoroughly understandable situation between
two peoples who knew nothing whatsoever
about each other, and between two social and
economic systems that failed to meet at any
given point." Lincoln Colcord
4- Weekly Book Review pi Ap 7 '46
1600w
WALWORTH, DOROTHY (MRS MERLE
CROWELL). Nioodemus. SOlp $2.50 Hough ton
46-1793
A fashionable New York church on Easter
Sunday Is the setting for the beginning of this
novel. Four people, all searching tor an an-
swer about religious faith are the chief char-
acters: Gladys, who handed out nickels in the
subway and whose G.I. boy friend waa flghting
overseas; Laura, who was married to a suc-
cessful radio commentator; Nick, an actor
married to a "sultry, sulky" wife; and the
minister who delivered the Easter sermon.
"Miss Walworth lacks the skill necessary to
weave four subplots into a logical, effective
whole. As a result, the religious concepts of
her book seem a mere coating rather than the
heart of the siory as she obviously meant
them to be." J. O. Supple
Book Week p4 Mr 3 '46 360w
Reviewed by L.. E. Cannon
Christian Century 63:432 Ap 3 '46 560w
"Worth reading but not as good as It could be
considering its subject." R. C. Batchelder
•} Churchman 160:17 Ap 15 '46 90w
"Mrs. Walworth does several things rather
well. She has a real feel for the agnostic at-
mosphere of a present-day American metrop-
olis. Her observations on human existence are
often strikingly penetrating and psychologi-
cally sound. Her story creaks at times but
she has succeeded in making a specifically re-
ligious novel — one which is at the same time
highly readable. She has posed the problem
both feelingly and convincingly. It is too bad
that her solution is fuzzy and unsatisfying."
Edward Skillin
H Commonweal 43:556 Mr 15 '46 330w
"Handled with a nice sense of values— but
without the popular appeal that a similar
theme focussed on one character has for the
general public."
Kirkus 13:547 D 15 '46 190w
"When Miss Walworth is telling a straight
story she writes naturally and makes her char-
acters both lively and likable. But whenever
she goes oft into the mental meander ings of
her actors, she gives the impression of striving
to impress the reader with her insight. As a
result; many of the people who Just pass by
are much more interesting than her well-
explored leading characters." M. W. Gibbons
+ __ N Y Times p!2 Mr 24 '46 320w
"The pattern is a reliable one, and Miss
Walworth, before she bogs down completely in
sentimentality, handles it with some liveliness."
.f _ New Yorker 22:85 Mr 2 '46 80w
"Readers who stay with 'Nicodemus* to the
end will be rewarded. The novel pulls together
finally with a validity which lends unexpected
strength to what has gone before. En route,
however, one requires more than a little faith
to believe that anything will be resolved from
the frequently unconvincing pages." J. C. Long
Sat R of Lit 29:15 Mr 16 *46 700w
"This is a curious book, because it is at
once readable and pretentious: Part holds the
mind; part repulses it. Analysing further, one
finds the scenes of action good; the pages of
recorded thought less good— for introspection
is never very entertaining to the eaves-
dropper. . . Nicodemus is an uneven book,
but it is often amusing and it is written with
sincerity." V. C. CHnton-Baddeley
+ — Spec 177:348 O 4 '46 400w
Time 47:100 Mr 18 '46 950w
" 'Nicodemus' reflects the spiritual confusion
of today and the undoubted reawakening of re-
ligious thinking which stems from it Miss Wal-
worth has written a book that is symptomatic
of the times." David Tilden
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 10 '46
400w
WIs Lib Bui 42:60 Ap '46
W AMPLER, ROLLIN H. Modern organic
finishes; their application to industrial prod-
ucts. 452p il $8. &0 Chemical pub. co.
667.6 Finishing materials 46-5167
"Presentation of latest methods on selection
of materials and practical commercial methods
of surface preparation for finishes. Application
of organic, protective and decorative coatings,
drying, baking, rubbing, polishing finishing
processes and other techniques. Equipment
needed is described. Product handling and
testing and evaluating finishes complete the
book. Bibliography." Library J
Booklist 43:66 N 1 '46
"A book of such wide scope and limited *ize
cannot go into extensive details of materials
and processes. This book is written In a aim-
pie but authoritative manner. It should be of
Interest and value to those interested in the
practical aspects of industrial finishes," J, J.
+ Chem A Eng N 24:2704 O 10 '46 450w
856
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WAMPLER, R. H.— Continued
"Excellent presentation."
-f- Library J 71:1053 Ag '46 lOOw
"A thorough treatment of organic finishes
would require a volume several times the length
of this one. The author was cognizant of this
fact and accordingly limited himself to describ-
ing the more important materials, equipment
and methods. The result is that the book is
a reasonably satisfactory survey of standard
practice, but it fails to do Justice to new de-
velopments that may be of considerable interest
to the persons for whom the book was
planned."
H NY New Tech Bks 31:28 Ap '46
WANG, GUNQ-HSINQ. Chinese mind. 192p
$2.50 Day
181.1 Philosophy, Chinese. Confucius
46-4685
"In an attempt to interpret China to the
Occident, the author, a member of the Chinese
consular service in the U.S., has written an
explanation of the thinking and philosophy of
the Chinese from the time of Confucius to the
present day. Hoping that a more complete
understanding of the Chinese mind will tend
toward more harmonious relations between
China and the Western world, the author has
written this book in popular style." (Book-
list) No index.
"The author has performed a truly valuable
service for those who know little about Chinese
philosophy. . . The only weakness in the book
is the appraisal of contemporary China in the
last chapter, an appraisal in which, strange as
it seems, Dr. Wang can talk of the General-
issimo. the Kuomintang and Chinese unity
without mentioning the Chinese Communists. . .
But the author should be forgiven readily for
this single lapse from grace. His other chap-
ters completely overshadow his one compromise
with a philosophical-political force over which
he has no control and to which he is too close
to evaluate properly." J. O. Supple
H -- Book Week p5 Je 2 '46 300w
Booklist 42:347 Jl 1 '46
"[Wang Oung-Hsing] has taken as his theme
the main ideas that have influenced Chinese
thought from 500 years before Christ up to
the present. These ideas he has discussed in
very readable language within the space of less
than two hundred pages. His writing runs a
blue pencil through many past descriptions of
the Chinese as far-off creatures with weird
ideas and portrays them instead as humans
like ourselves with very human thoughts. The
reader must remember, however, that the book
is in English and therefore many ideas held by
Chinese through the ages may be incorrectly
expressed in our tongue."
Canadian Forum 26:186 N '46 420w
"One who has read these two hundred pages
attentively and made notes on them with due
diligence may feel, at least for a little while,
that he has a satisfactory and sufficient under-
standing of the development of Chinese phi-
losophy through its more than two thousand
years. That pleasant feeling is probably an
illusion. There must be more to the subject
than here meets the eye. Yet this book seems
to simplify without oversimplifying. The way
is left open for all the further study one may
want to do, though no suggestions for addi-
tional reading are offered. But the book it-
self has a beautiful clarity in its interpretation
of the thought of the Chinese sages— not to
mention the charm of an English style which
is, with rare exceptions, so excellent that it
deserves to be mentioned." W. E. Garrison
+ Christian Century 63:1039 Ag 28 '46
llOOw
Foreign Affairs 25:347 Ja '47 50w
"Gung-hsing Wang, who is Chinese consul
in New Orleans, offers a quick, handy and
frankly superficial sketch of his country's
JSL1? *«!?• f rol?_ Co«f ucius to Sun Yat-sen, and
their ideas. He urbanely avoids contemporary
£?!!J;£«; w^y tfvliwr up after one sheepish
attempt to show the Generalissimo as the
°f the »>hilosol)hical Spirit"
New Repub 115:52 Jl 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Eleanor Lattimore
N Y Times p21 Jl 14 '46 650w
"Prank and straightforward in a way Ameri-
cans like, [Gung-hsing Wang] lights up his
philosophy with touches of humor and proves
himself a good interpreter of neighbor to
neighbor." E. B.
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Jl 7 '46
lOOw
"No one can fail to be grateful for any state-
ment in regard to Chinese philosophy that is
simple, comprehensive, and brief. This little
book meets all three of these requirements.
Whether it goes sufficiently deeply into the
history of Chinese philosophy is partly a mat-
ter of judgment and partly one of taste." E.
H. Hume
-f Sat R of Lit 29:28 Ag 17 '46 500w
Reviewed by Rodney Gilbert
Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 7 '46 1700w
WARBASSE, JAMES PETER. Cooperative
way: a method of world reconstruction. 184p
il $2 Barnes & Noble
334 Cooperation. Reconstruction (1939- )
46-3850
"In this book the possibilities of world recon-
struction are examined and the cooperative
method as a means to its accomplishment is
discussed. This method is contrasted with the
capitalistic-profit way and with the political
way of supplying economic needs. . . I try
to focus thought upon a better way of life.
The language of production, distribution, and
other economic matters is used, but underlying
it is the idea of human beings who can sweeten
their relationships to one another." (Pref) In-
dex. »
Cath World 163:189 My '46 250w
Commonweal 44:174 My 31 '46 30w
"Dr Warbasse is perhaps the most distin-
guished of American cooperators, known as a
leader both in theory and in practice. To the
extension of its principles he has given the best
part of a long and active life, so he commands
complete respect. His faith in the common man
is great, and his recital of the achievements of
consumer cooperation is impressive." H. W.
Cross
-h Springf'd Republican p4d My 5 '46 800w
WARBURG, JAMES PAUL. Unwritten treaty.
186p $2 Harcourt
301.1523 Propaganda. Psychological warfare.
World war, 1939-1945 — Psychological aspects
46-25011
"A thoughtful answer to the question: What
should the peace treaty say about outlawing
psychological war? The author, deputy direc-
tor of propaganda policy in the O.W.I, until
1944, speaks with authority. He summarizes
the recent history of nerve warfare, emphasiz-
ing our own errors, and then offers the text of
an international agreement to define and outlaw
such conflict and to promote the free flow of
information. He recommends a United States
Department of Information, its head to be a
member of the President's cabinet, to help our
news services and radio tell the world what
we're doing." New Yorker
"Although Unwritten Treaty contains the
texts of the various administrative orders deal-
ing with the OWI and other information agen-
cies established during the war, the book can
in no way be considered a final study of their
work. It is rather an urgent argument for
freer, fuller news and the control of psychologi-
cal warfare. On this basis, the faults of brief
analysis may be overlooked, especially since
Mr. Warburg presents the book as an opening
statement about a problem which he hopes will
be thoroughly debated." G. S. McClellan
H Am Pol Sci R 40:389 Ap '46 500w
Reviewed by A. M. Lee
Ann Am Acad 246:192 My '46 400w
Reviewed by Robert Lasch
Book Week p2 Ja 27 '46 500w
Bookliit 42:179 F 1 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
857
Bookmark 7:6 My '46
Christian Century 63:145 Ja 30 '46 80w
Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ja 26
'46 480W
Foreign Affairs 24:555 Ap V46 lOOw
"Important in its field — but special."
Kirkus 14:13 Ja '46 150w
"Recommended." M. M. Plumb
+ Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 130w
"An excellent little propaganda tract on be-
half of protecting a progressive peace against
propaganda. Its author, James P. Warburg* is
that rare and valuable combination — a fighting
liberal with a flair for propaganda." Percy
Winner
-f New Repub 114:132 Ja 28 '46 lOOOw
"Mr. Warburg writes of what he learned as
a wartime propagandist rather than what he
did. And vet there is enough of the story of
his activities to give his contentions necessary
substance and to make the book historical
reading that occasionally approaches the ex-
citing. . . This book may not brighten your par-
ticular corner. It isn't intended to. It is one
which the blurb writer will call, optimistically,
'thought-provoking.' And it would have been
very good reading for our delegation to the
first meeting of the General Assembly of the
United Nations Organization in London." Wal-
ter Davenport
4- N Y Times p4 Ja 27 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 21:86 Ja 26 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Grayson Kirk
Pol Sci Q 61:274 Je '46 850w
"Mr. Warburg's short book consists of three
different parts. One is a narrative of the
United States' information and propaganda
services to foreign nations, enemy, friendly,
and neutral, during World War II. This mate-
rial is presented with the authority of a man
who has taken a leading part in the activity.
The second part deals with controversial issues
which Mr. Warburg encountered during his
activity. It is to this reviewer the least satis-
factory, but probably also the least important,
part of the book. By far the most important
part, novel in its approach and concrete in its
proposals, deals with the future." Hans Kohn
-| Sat R of Lit 29:40 F 16 '46 6BOw
"As a basis for discussion, the author draws
up sample international treaties, which would
abolish all restrictions on the gathering and
dissemination of news, and which would outlaw
psychological aggression. . . Mr. Warburg's
venture into this thorny and almost trackless
field is useful, although he unfortunately de-
votes only a relatively small space to a con-
sideration of the feasibility of his concrete
proposals."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:135 Je '46 240w
" 'Unwritten Treaty* is an admirable contri-
bution to understanding. And it challenges
men to act either on its recommendations or on
better ones of their own making." J. R. Walsh
+ Weekly Book Review p2 F 3 '46 1300w
Wis Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
WARD, ALAN GORDON. Colloids, their prop-
erties and applications. 134p pi $1.75 Inter-
science [5s Blackie & son]
541.3452 Colloids [45-8236]
"A brief survey intended for lay readers and
workers in industry who need only a super-
ficial acquaintance with colloid chemistry. On
the whole the discussion reads easily, although
the degree of simplification varies from chapter
to chapter. The author's scheme of multiply-
ing the micron and milli-micron by 10T in order
to enable his readers to form conceptions of
the sizes of colloid particles will be confusing
to persons who overlook the explanation on
page 7. A short list of books for further read-
ing is included." N Y New Tech Bks
WARD, HAROLD, ed. New worlds in medi-
cine; an anthology; with commentary and in-
troduction. 707p $5 McBride
610 Medicine SG46-320
"An anthology for the layman, edited with
a commentary and introduction by Harold
Ward, who has restricted himself to articles,
addresses and chapters from books that require
no technical knowledge. Medicine in war, the
value of blood and plasma transfusions, ad-
vances in pathology, the use of radiotherapy
in medicine, the antibiotics, influenza, the in-
fectious diseases, immunity, cancer, heredity,
psychiatry and neurology are only a few of the
subjects covered." N Y Times
Reviewed by Peter Williamson
Book Week p5 O 27 '46 480w
"This is a highly interesting anthology on
medical science for the lay reader. There are
no unworthy selections. • . Mr. Ward gets in
some heavy licks for socialized medicine. . .
Whether you agree with Mr. Ward or not, his
anthology should be a valued library addition
for many years to come." Joseph Savage
4- N Y Times p26 Mr 3 '46 320w
Reviewed by F. Q. Slaughter
N Y Times p45 O 13 '46 600w
"The editor has done his work well." Walde-
rnar Kaempffert ~"
4- N Y Times p23 Jl 14 '46 90w
Sprfngf'd Republican p4d S 1 '46 lObOw
"The volume has been prepared especially
for the layman, but the physician will find it
convenient for familiarizing himself with var-
ious phases of his profession with which he
has little contact. It constitutes a satisfactory
sequel to previous anthologies that include the
more classic episodes in medicine."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:340 D '46 160w
WARD, LEO RICHARD, ed. United for free-
dom; co-operatives and Christian democracy.
264p |2.50 Bruce pub.
334 Cooperation 46-137
"A series of papers on the co-operative
movement, by different authors: spirit and phi-
losophy of co-operation, history and economics
of the movement, its development in Italy,
Belgium, Nova Scotia and American colleges;
the relation of co-ops to the Christian social
order, the land, organized labor, the family,
government, vocational groups and religion."
Library J
Reviewed by G. H. Ward
Am Soc R 11:494 Ag '46 650w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 F 10 '46 130w
Reviewed by Sophie Hollis
Cath WorJd 162:572 Mr '46 400w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 43:388 Ja 25 '46 35 Ow
"Recommended not only for those interested
in co-operatives, but also for those interested in
sociology and the postwar world." J. A. Sohon
+ Library J 70:1189 D 15 '45 130w
Reviewed by L. M. Brooks
Social Forces 24:487 My '46 llOw
"Outstanding as a contribution to the com-
memorative literature that has marked the
passing of 100 years since the establishment of
the workingmen's cooperative movement at
Rochdale, Eng., in December, 1844, 'United for
Freedom' is given a distinctive slant by the
fact that 'it deals with the cooperative move-
ment, its philosophy, history and thinking
largely from the Catholic viewpoint.' " E. A. F.
+ Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46
650w
WARD, MARY JANE (MRS EDWARD
QUAYLE). Snake pit. 278p $2.50 Random
"This little booklet is indeed a fine primer
of colloid science. . . A bibliography refers the
reader to elementary and advanced texts." F, C.
Nachod
-f Chem Eng 63:313 N '46 HOw
N Y New Tech Bkt 31:6 Ja '46
«-MU
Novel of life in an insane asylum. A young
wife, a successful novelist, suffers a mental
blackout. She comes to partial consciousness
to find herself a patient in a mental hospital.
The record of her year of struggle to regain
her sanity and her freedom follows.
858
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WARD, M. J. —Continued
Reviewed by Jack Conroy ^tm M^
Book Week pi Ap 7 '46 2700w
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Commonweal 44:174 My 31 '4« 140w
"Not for everyone— but important."
Klrkut 14:40 F 1 '46 250w
Reviewed by A. I. Bryan
Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 130w
"The Snake Pit is an excellent book. The
author has evaded the current literary conven-
tions about psychiatry and has risen above her
material. . . The whole story is absorbing- and
told with consummate skill in understate-
ment." Frederic Wertham -AM
+ New Repub 114:484 Ap 8 '46 1250w
"So pliant and simple is the writing In Mary
Jane Ward's 'The Snake Pit* that it transforms
the history of a psychosis into a modest, artful
novel with enough dramatic force to satisfy
the most orthodox readers." Isa Kapp
-f- N Y Times p3 Ap 7 '46 700w
"Chronicled so quietly and unemphaUcally,
the horrors of asylum life become infinitely
more poignant than they appear in the hands
of grimmer writers who are out to shock.
Obviously an incomplete picture, but an ex-
traordinarily moving one."
4- New Yorker 22:110 Ap 6 §46 I20w
"It is only fair to say immediately that this
is a clever novel. It is clever because it seems
to tell us so much more than it actually does
tell us; it is clever because it holds our inter-
est; it is clever because from time to time it
administers a severe shock. Since it calls
attention, in passing, to the fact that some of
our mental institutions are understaffed and
overcrowded, it may even do some good. But
in spite of all this, it seemed to me to be a
deeply embarrassing book. . . Virginia's story
is told with restraint and skill. It is well
proportioned. It maintains and increases the
necessary suspense. It shows a real gift for
incidental portraiture. Its author has an eye
for detail and an ear for dialogue. Indeed it
has all sorts of desirable features except one.
It Just doesn't happen to be valid fiction. . .
In short, fiction has not yet succeeded at being
clinical." George Dangerfleld
Sat R of Lit 29:9 Ap 6 '46 900w
Time 47:102 My 6 '46 400w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:182 S '46 220w
"A story so excellently fashioned that it can
be recommended with but a single reservation.
It is not light entertainment. It is a tremen-
dously exciting account of that greatest of
dramas; the fight of the human soul for its
most precious possession, the realization and
understanding of its identity. . . The story of
one case among hundreds of thousands of cases,
a story so true and devastating that the heart
cracks to contemplate it." Thomas Sugrue
+ Weekly Book Review p2 Ap 7 '46 1150w
"The intimate, inside account of an asylum is
fascinating and depressing. But Miss Ward
has made her novel touching by her skill in
portraying her heroine as a witty, gay, and
gallant woman as well as a mentally ill one.
The Snake Pit is an exceedingly clever tour df
foroe, a 'stunt' if you like but a good one.
Orville Prescott A ... .,..
-f Yale R n s 35:768 summer '46 180w
WARD, ROSWELL HOW ELL. Personnel pro-
gram of Jack & Heintz. 146p 11 $2 Harper
658.3 Jack and Heintz, incorporated. Em-
ployment management. Industrial relations
46-oODo
A popularly presented study of the person-
nel methods of an industrial firm (located in
Cleveland, Ohio), which had a considerable
growth during the war years. In his Preface
the author says: "This report is not a jour-
nalistic summary of events but an analytical
summary of basic policies which were evolved
in years of prewar experience, were first
utilized in complete form in wartime, and are
sufficiently fundamental to have far-reaching
long-term influence."
Reviewed by R. N. McMurray
Ann Am Acad 248:270 N '46 550w
Klrkus 14:189 Ap 16 '46 1SOW
Library J 71:1058 Ag '46 60w
though the Jack A Hejnta ex-
pern tS? fn my opinion it doe. not
contribute to any real understanding of the
place that sound, considered personnel policies
SServe in modern business enterprises.'rB. M.
Herrick Week|y Book Revlew pl4 Ag n '46
700w
WARE, EDMUND, pseud. See Smith, B. W.
-WARREN, ROBERT PENN. All the king's
men. 464p $3 Harcourt
46-6144
Character study of a Southern demagogue
whose career follows in some respects that of
Huey Long1. It is the story of the rise of a man
of the people from the farm to the study of law,
and then into politics. At first his very honesty
is against him, but the lust for power comes
and Willie Stark travels first the road of suc-
cess, and then goes to his death. The narrator
is Willie's press agent, whose own story is told
along with that of his boss.
Reviewed by L». C. Smith
Book Week p3 Ag 18 '46 600w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
"The language of both men and women is
coarse, blasphemous, and revolting — their ac-
tions would shame a pagan hot ten tot."
— Cath World 164:189 N '46 200w
"How much of reasonably recent political
state history Mr. Warren may have in mind . . .
the reader can decide for hknself. It makes no
difference in the quality of the character por-
trayal, and neither subtracts from nor adds to
the copious mixture of rich perceptiveness,
starlight and mire, and effortless use of the
vernacular that is one of Mr. Warren's ac-
complishments. If the late Huey Long is Mr.
Warren's prototype, as seems likely, complaint
may be made that the author has been too
kind to his subject. What he has aimed at is
apparently explanation rather than either ac-
cusation or defense. At any rate, the story of
the depths to which ambition and power can
bring a man is sufficiently appalling." W. K.
R.
Christian Science Monitor pl4 S 4 '46
660w
"T. S. Eliot once complained that most mod-
ern novels are not 'written.' 'AH the King's
Men' is completely written. The language does
all the work. It does all the slowing down, and
the speeding: up; it controls all the tone and
volume; and it controls the reader; you read
this book not at your own pace but at Mr.
Warren's. It is language that gives us not
only the characters (even, in an extraordinary
way, the most casual characters) but the in-
ternal 'selves' within a single character. . .
There is not a sentence in this book that is
free of Mr. Warren's writing. For such com-
pleteness we can be doubly grateful and com-
mend both his integrity and his generosity."
Henry Rago
-f Commonweal 44:599 O 4 '46 1200w
Kirkus 14:301 Jl 1 '46 190w
"Mr. Warren often writes beautifully like the
poet he is — when he is not writing chapters
more or less in the style of Raymond Chandler
(all that big sleep!) Even his most violent
melodramatics, however, are firmly rooted in
the character and antecedents of his self-made
governor and the latter' s shabby entourage.
Recommended to all but the tender-minded."
B. F. Walbridge
-f Library J 71:1051 Ag '46 lOOw
"A very remarkable piece of novel- writing
'All the King's Men' surely is. For sheer
virtuosity, for the sustained drive of its prose,
for the speed and evenness of its pacing, for
its precision of language, its genius of col-
loquialism, I doubt Indeed whether it can be
matched in American fiction. Mr. Warren's
method is the method of great photography,
his poetry an overtone of photographic docu-
mentation. . . Nor are its imposing gifts of
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
_______ . * only 'recommendation of 'All
the King's Man.' 'There Ifl ***** lu largeness
of Intention. Mr. Warren's study of a political
leader is intended to investigate the moral re-
lativism inherent in the historical process.
One might describe it as a fictional demonstra-
tion of Hegel's philosophy of history. . . If the
low quality of Burden's moral awareness is
responsible for most of the ethical and
political confusion of 'All the King's Men/ so
must it in some measure account, I think, for
the failure of Mr. Warren's novel to achieve
the artistic stature commensurate with the
author's writing gifts. . . Certainly the con-
ception of almost all Mr. Warren's characters
fails to match the energy of the prose in which
they are delineated." Diana Trilling
-\ -- Nation 163:220 Ag 24 '46 1400w
"In the first place All the King's Men is
a story t though it is also an excellent political
novel, and a genuinely philosophical novel, ac-
complishments which are rare enough in the
history of our fiction. But it is primarily a
superbly written narrative in which the sur-
face of the writing is brilliantly integrated
with the character of the narrator and the
nature of his experience. . . All together it is
the finest American novel in more years than
one would like to have to remember." George
May berry
•f New Repub 115:265 S 2 '46 1200w
" 'All the King's Men* is brilliantly done,
with magnificent brief set-pieces in which
Robert Penn Warren writes prose equivalent
to his poems in sound and rhythm and im-
agery; lyric passages full of wisdom and acute
observation. . . In his descriptive passages,
Warren records almost too sharply." R. O.
Davis
4- N Y Times p3 Ag 18 '46 1900w
"Somewhere, Mr. Warren loses his grip on
his backwoods opportunities and becomes so
absorbed in a number of other characters that
what might have been a useful study of an
irresponsible politician whose prototype we
have had melancholy occasion to observe in
the flesh turns out to be a disappointment."
New Yorker 22:70 Ag 24 '46 80w
"I think that this is the first novel of
Pulitzer Prize caliber that's been published
this year. And if, next May, 'All the King's
Men' doesn't turn up as the winner in fiction,
I'll still think so, unless something a great deal
better gets into print between now and the
end of the year/'* J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 18 '46
1450w
"This modern political novel with some of
the intensity of the South in its very texture
has color, body, and force. Characters,
thought, and action fuse to form an esthetic
and narrative whole that has power to excite
the imagination, the emotions, and the mind.
The writing, which changes to fit the changing
intents of the full story, is noteworthy in itself.
There are not too many good political novels.
This is one. More Important, it is a good
novel, and at any time there are even fewer
of them." J. P. Wood
+ Sat R of Lit 29:11 Ag 17 '46 850w
"It is a novel of many characters, of many
types of people, absorbing in its interest be-
cause the personality and experience* of the
leading character. Willie Stark, so nearly
parallel those of his famous political prototype.
If criticism of a character is in order, one
wonders that Willie Stark, as portrayed, could
command the adoration and complete submis-
sion of so many women!" B. H. Dexter
H -- Springf'd Republican p4d 8 1 '46 800w
Time 48:98 Ag 26 '46 750w
"The exciting action is justified by its mean*
ing, and always the reader is drawn from the
fast movement on the surface to the more
important depths. . . The style is a highly
wrought, flexible, and disciplined instrument
for conveying effects which range from casual
together and the plot thickens into a knot."
Fred Marsh
Weekly Book Review p2 Ag 18 '46
1150w
"It moves like an express train, crackles with
vitality, and vibrates with emotional intensity.
These are great virtues, and they make AU
the King's Men exciting fare. To my mind,
they do much to atone for some unconvincing
characterization of several major characters
and for Mr. Warren's refusal to consider Huey
Long as the American variety of fascist he
really was, instead of as just a mixture of
Idealism and corruption." Orville Prescott
H Yale R n s 36:192 autumn '46 280w
WATERMAN, THOMAS TILESTON. Mansions
of Virginia, 1706-1776. 456p il $10 Univ. of
N.C. press
728 Architecture, Domestic. Virginiar— His-
toric houses, etc. 46-25114
Descriptions of more than forty of Virginia's
pre- revolutionary mansions, with some history
of building and restoration, and some plans.
One chapter is devoted to the relation between
architectural styles in England and Virginia.
Includes some 350 photographs of exteriors and
interiors of the mansions. Index.
wcl 3=288 D -46 880w
" 'All the King's Men* may be intended only
as melodrama in modern prose. As such it is
long and somewhat elaborately wrought. But
if you have the patience, you will be rewarded
toward the end as ail the strands are brought
Reviewed by Howard Rissler
Book Week p!4 My 19 '46 550w
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
"Not only the people of Virginia, but of all
America, become richer by the publication of
such a book. Here are gathered precious his-
torical facts concerning the old homes of the
Virginia Tidewater and Hinterland. Fortunate-
ly, the loss of invaluable historical and archi-
tectural data now is arrested by Mr. Water-
man's efforts; and a trend is, begun for the re-
covery of lost information." R. S.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Je 1 '46
350w
"Waterman is a sober architectural historian.
Disdaining all attempts to enliven his book by
references to eighteenth century society. Water-
man concentrates on such details as bolection
mouldings, trusting that the reader is already
familiar with Philip Fithian's diary and all
other gossip of the times. A book for special-
ists, 'The Mansions of Virginia* is perhaps bet-
ter reading? for November than June. . . Since
Waterman s volume deserves to be considered a
definitive work on eighteenth century archi-
tecture, it is something of a tragedy that many
of the illustrations are carelessly printed. In-
stead of being sharp and black, most of the
exterior photographs are dull and gray." Wayne
Andrews
Commonweal 44:289 Jl 5 '46 550w
"[This] is interesting and even exciting from
the research architect's point of view. But
Mr. Waterman is so eager a sleuth that he
seems at times to let inference lead him too
far toward desired conclusions." H. I. Brock
H NY Times p23 Je 23 '46 350w
"This is a fascinating: and exhaustive book
on the wonderful old houses of Virginia, by one
of the architects of the Williamsburg Restora-
tion. Mr. Waterman has traced the develop-
ment of the characteristic architecture of Vir-
ginia from its original British models up
through the late-Georgian period. He has found
out a good deal that is new about the author-
ship or the various mansions and has been able
to classify them in groups in a way that has
not previously been attempted, and he writes
about them with a special sensitivity to the
poetry of architecture. The book is illustrated
with more than three hundred and fifty fine
photographs of interiors and exteriors, as well
aa with ground plans, old prints, and drawings.
A work of first-rate importance."
4- New Yorker 22:74 Jl 20 '46 160w
"It is a book the professional will profit from
reading and the layman will enjoy. Mr. Water-
man has succeeded admirably in making the
reader see these mansions unblurred by the
years as personal documents of early Virginia
plantation life." Jane Voiles
-f- San Francisco Chronicle plS S 1 '46
500w
"The many illustrations, including views of
vanished monuments, the profusion ot plans,
860
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WATERMAN, T. T.— Continued
and the glossary of architectural terms in addi-
tion to the text mark the book aa a most thor-
ough and usable volume."
+ U S Quarterly Bkl 2:168 S '46 2SOw
"The collection of more than 350 photograph*
will make the volume of considerable interest
even to the reader who finds the detailed archi-
tectural descriptions rather dull going." Cole-
man Rosenberger
Weekly Book Review p!4 My 6 '46
lOOOw
WATERS, FRANK. The Colorado; II. by
Nicolai Fechin; maps by George Annand.
(Rivers of America) 400p $3 Rinehart
917.8 Colorado river 46-6192
One of the longest books in this series, this
covers the geology, history, geography and eco-
nomics of one of America's greatest rivers.
The author includes stories of the early
Spanish explorers, of the American settlers, of
the original inhabitants, of the Mormons, and
finally of the engineers who built Boulder Dam
in very recent years.
Reviewed by J. T. Flanagan
Book Week p4 S 8 '46 550w
Booklist 43:33 O 1 '46
Reviewed by Horace Reynolds
Christian Science Monitor pl4 S 14 '46
850W
Current Hist 11:331 O '46 40w
Kirkus 14:318 Jl 1 '46 170w
"Best of the 'Rivers of America' series." B.
L. Lewis
-f Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
"One may concur readily in Mr. Waters' be-
lief that to understand the Colorado 'you must
think in new dimensions. You must feel in
terms of depth as well as space, of eternity and
not of time.' And with this in mind, he has
made an outstanding contribution to the Rivers
series. . . Mr. Fechin's illustrations, especially
the few small portrait studies of acutely
realized Western types, deserved cleaner re-
production and better arrangement. Maps, a
reference bibliography, glossary and index are
valuable features of the book." J. K. Howard
-f N Y Times p7 S 8 '46 llOOw
"An intelligent and readable book."
+ New Yorker 22:110 8 14 '46 140w
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 8 '46
400w
"The most satisfactory moments of 'The Col-
orado' come when Mr. Waters is writing out
of his autobiography, like the superb sketch of
his trip down the lower river as the lone Yanqui
aboard a shuddering old river streamer. . . In
such moments the book is true and alive and
memorable, and there are enough such moments
to make 'The Colorado* worth anybody's while.
But when Mr. Waters gets to talking about the
'peaks of stark reality' and 'psychical entities'
. . . his book reduces itself to just so much
literary conversation." D. L/. Morgan
H Sat R of Lit 29:28 S 28 '46 600w
Sprfngf'd Republican p4d S 22 '46 480w
"Excellent book. Mr. Waters is peculiarly
qualified to write about the Colorado. He grew
up in the high country of the West — Cripple
Creek and the Pike's Peak towns — then crossed
the range and followed the Colorado down to
the sea, not as a man choosing a subject for a
book and going out to gather material, but
rather as a man who, having followed a river
system down for other reasons, looked back
over his own years and found what a story
he had to tell." T. H. Ferril
+ Weekly Book Review p5 S 8 '46 900w
Wis Lib But 42:130 O '46
WATKINS, ANN, comp. Taken at the flood;
the human drama as seen by modern Ameri-
can novelists. 376p $3 Harper
813.08 American fiction— Collections 46-7945
An anthology of excerpts from about forty
American novels, the excerpts consisting of
the key scene in each novel* Partial contents:
John Andrews goes to Part*, from Three Sol-
diers, by John Dos Pauses; Father hires a
cook, from Life with Father, by Clarence Day:
Wang Lung's marriage day, from The Good
Earth, by Pearl Buck; The whipping, from
Strange Fruit, by Lillian Smith; The fishing
trip, From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty
Smith; The Jew, from Cimarron, by Edna
Ferber; A Child is lost, from The Trees, by
Conrad Richter; Opening the sluice gates, from
Storm, by George Stewart; Forest fire, from
The Wave, by Evelyn Scott; The Patrol, from
A Walk in the Sun, by Harry Brown; Awaken-
ing, from Barren Ground, by Ellen Glasgow;
Sidewalk caf$, from Dodsworth, by Sinclair
Lewis.
"An anthologist wears his — or her — taste on
his sleeve. And no matter how good his taste
may be (and as one of our leading literary
agents, Mrs. Watkins' taste must be con-
sidered commercially good, at the very least),
there will be readers and reviewers who will
question it. . . Well, each to his own taste.
And no matter how readers and reviewers
may quibble with Mrs. Watkins' selections, the
fact is that all of these passages are inter-
esting, readable, and representative of good
American writing, while some of them are of
the very best." Ricker Van Metre
-f Book Week p!9 N 17 '46 330w
"This is an exceedingly interesting approach
to an anthology which comprises thirty-nine se-
lections from American moderns, from Dreiser
to Carson McCullers, spanning the years 1920-
45^ And yet — where many would find them-
selves bogged down in embarrassment of
riches, she has achieved what she set out to
do, she has given one a sense of emotional
unity, and at the same time has avoided the
danger of preoccupation with one phase, one
angle."
-f Kirkus 14:433 S 1* '46 250w
"Not only is the work Miss Watkins has
done of interest to students of contemporary
American literature, it also provides a volume
of unusual merit for general reading." Florence
Crowther
-f N Y Times plO Ja 19 '47 430w
Weekly Book Review p60 D 1 '46 30w
WATKINS-PITCHFORD, DENYS JAMES (B.
B. pseud), comp. Fisherman's bedside book;
il. by [the compiler]. 667p $4 Scribner [12s
6d Eyre]
799.1 Fishing. English literature — Collections
[46-2547]
An anthology for anglers, which is mainly
filled with stories of fishing in British waters.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week p2 D 15 '46 120w
"A most varied and companionable volume,
an anthology from many sources, literary or
factual, and covering every kind of writing
except the dryasdust.
-f Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 29 '46 120w
"The black-and-white illustrations by Wat-
kins- Pitchford heighten the generally contem-
plative and gentle attraction of the text. It is
doubtful, though, that so thoroughly English
a work has more than a curiosity value for
American sportsmen." J. R. T. B.
-f N V Times p30 Ja 19 '47 200w
"An interesting account both of fishing in
England and of the English fishing country,
especially some of the old inns."
-f New Yorker 22:67 D 28 '46 60w
"The words flow as calmly and quietly as
the waters of a peaceful meadow stream, and
act as a perfect soporific for the angler."
Stanleigh Arnold
-f San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46 70w
Times [London] Lit Sup p609 D 22 '46
200w
WATSON, ERNEST W., and KENT, NOR-
MAN, eds. The relief print; woodcut, wood
enjrravinr and linoleum cut: with an introd.
by Karl Kup. 78p 11 |4.50 Watson-Guptill
761.2 Wood engraving. Linoleum block
printing 45-10481
A brief history of the relief print and a dis-
cussion of the differences between the woodcut
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861
and wood engraving. Includes also a section on
the linoleum cut. Copiously illustrated. Brief
bibliography.
"With more than 100 excellent illustrations
and vivid expository text by leading artists in
the field, this is in every detail a beautiful
book." Dorothy Odenheimer
+ Book Week p!6 F 17 '46 230w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
"Interesting for the layman as well as the
artist."
+ Theatre Arts 30:432 Jl '46 70w
WAUGH, EVELYN. Brideshead revisited; sa-
cred and profane memories of Charles Ryder.
361p $2.50 Little [10s 6d Chapman]
[45-7846]
A story of England between the first and
second World wars. It is concerned with a
titled Roman Catholic family of wealth. The
elder son is sternly religious; the younger, a
man of great personal charm but a dipso-
maniac. The daughter marries a Canadian who
has been divorced, altho all her family are
opposed. The narrator is Charles Ryder, who at
one time had been the lover of Lady Julia.
WATSON, ERNEST W., and KENT, NOR-
MAN, eds. Watercolor demonstrated. lOOp il
$5 Watson-Guptill
751.42 Water color painting. Painters,
American 45-3892
"This book discusses the working methods
of ten American watercolorists and in addition
reproduces characteristic examples of thirteen
others. . . The book is the result of visits to
the studios of artists who were generous enough
to tell readers how they go about their work,
discuss the problems of watercolor painting,
and talk about tools and materials." (Pref)
Some of the material appeared originally in the
magazine American Artist.
Booklist 41:298 Je 15 '45
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '45
School Arts 46:18a S '46 170w
WATSON, MRS KATHERINE (WILLIAMS),
comp. Their way; il. by Lucille Wallower.
160p $2 Whitman. A.
45-10642
A collection of stories based on the Christmas
legends and stories of the saints from many
lands. Should be useful for storytelling hours.
Partial contents: The Christmas apple, by Ruth
Sawyer; Legend of the Christmas rose, by Sel-
ma Lageriaf; St Patrick and the last snake, by
Lavinia Davis; Elizabeth's roses, tr. by A. B.
Parker; The white blackbird, by Padraic Colum;
Truce of the wolf, by M. G. Davis; How St
Therese's linnet learned to sing, by M. P. Mc-
Blravy; Our Holy Lady of good grace, tr. by
Prank Henius; The inspired maid of France,
by Boutet de Monvel.
"A dull collection of moral tales."
— Kirkus 13:396 S 1 '45 90w
"Although this material is already available
in many sources, this is an attractive new
presentation which will be useful for individual
reading and for storytelling." H. M. Perkinson
4- Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 90w
"An unusually fine collection of stories. . .
The decorations by Lucille Wallower are in
keeping with the religious spirit of the book."
'-f Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 27 '46 90w
WATTS, EARLE FRANCIS, and RULE. JOHN
THOMAS. Descriptive geometry. 301p $3
Prentice-Hall
515 Geometry, Descriptive 46-2463
"The intention of this work by two profes-
sors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
is 'to cover the basic material of elementary
graphical theory applicable to engineering prob-
lems and to develop the ability of the student
to solve such problems by the simplest graphi-
cal methods.' The authors believe that in
many cases graphical solutions of engineering
problems are preferable to algebraic and func-
tional solutions. The three fmal chapters deal
with precision in drawing, particularly as it
relates to graphical solutions; the properties
of plane figures, which deals with special con-
structions of importance in engineering work;
and stereoscopic drawing. A separate stereo-
scopic plate and a pair of viewers are enclosed
to demonstrate the nature of stereoscopic
drawing." N Y New Tech Bks
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:826 Je 1 '46 20w
N Y New Tech Bks 81:8 Ja '46
"No American could conceivably have writ-
ten a story like this. It is English to the core,
English in its lament, English in its sensuous,
evocative beauty, as in the recapture of the
innocent days at Brideshead, English in the
bitter, fairy laughter of Anthony Blanch, Eng-
lish in the hard tenacity with which Charles
the artist, 'homeless, childless, middle-aged,
loveless,' as he describes himself, finally faces
up." Edward Weeks
Atlantic 177:151 Ja '46 700w
"What does all this add up to? I'm afraid
not much. The problem presented is very simple
indeed. Sebastian's drinking, Julia's sense jyt
guilt, the father's last-minute coming to grace,
the outer observance of ritual, the troubles of
the idle rich — there is nothing new or startling
here. . . 'Brideshead Revisited' is, in fact, a
high-class British Lost Weekend, only it takes
much longer than that and isn't so well writ-
ten." A. C. Spoctorsky
h Book Week pi D 30 '45 2000w
Booklist 42:150 Ja 1 '46
"Make no mistake! The book is a work of art.
No page, no paragraph should be passed by.
Some have found it to be a sort of subtle
apologia for 'the good life' and even for Cathol-
icism; but, if it is so intended, the author
has drawn his lines so fine and shaded his
colors so delicately that his purpose will re-
main hidden from all but keen eyes. In any
event, he will meet with some harsh criticisms
among devout Catholics, loyal Oxonians, cul-
tured members of the leisure class. . . Persons
who know Catholicism and Oxford and England
may take Brideshead Revisited in their stride,
undisturbed by its mockery of superstition
masquerading as religion, its bitter scorn of
pompous inefficiency, its lampooning of wealth
and privilege. Others, however, may easily ab-
sorb poison from these pages — religious Know-
nothings, for example, and foes of higher edu-
cation and class-conscious revolutionists. That
is about as near as we can come to a judgment.
Not even the author himself can predict how
many will be edified and how many will be
hurt by this story of his. which few persons
would be able, and hardly anyone but himself
would have dared, to write." Joseph McSorley
Cath World 162:469 P '46 HOOw
Reviewed by W. E. Garrison
Christian Century 63:527 Ap 24 '46
1250w
Cleveland Open Shelf p4 Ja '46
"Easily Mr. Waugh's best book yet, some
people may hardly recognize it as his. Sloughed
as though they had been husks protecting the
ripening kerne] are the levity, the caricature,
the humor, for which 'Decline and Pall,' Wile
Bodies,' 'A Handful of Dust,' 'Scoop* and 'Put
Out More Flags' are Joyfully remembered.
There is only one really humorous episode in
this whole long story. . . But more than com-
pensating the vanished malice is the fact that
Mr. Waugh has graduated from flat, two-
dimensional characters. Filling them brimful,
he now loves those at whom earlier he laughed.
Yet he has suffered no maudlin Saroyanlza-
tion." Anne Premantle
-f Commonweal 43:311 Ja 4 '46 2660w
"Contradictory as it may sound this may well
be the most popular book Waugh has written
and at the same time the most serious. There
is none of the intense if sterile brilliance of
his earlier books— their world of sybaritic pleas-
ures and empty lives. Here, if unobtrusively,
is the corrective of faith— Waugh, as did Hux-
ley, has turned from nihilism to belief— in thia
case that of the Catholic Church."
+ Klrkut 18:476 N 1 '45 370w
862
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WAUGH. EVELYN — Continued
"This is Waugh' s best. Can one say more of
genius." E. L. Lewis
-}- Library J 71:64 Ja 1 '46 130w
"Mr. Evelyn Waugh Is a highly gifted and
imaginative writer, but I must confess to a
strong personal prejudice against his choice
of subjects. . . In short, Mr. Waugh' s principal
themes are adultery, perversion and drunken-
ness, and while 1 could not fail to admire the
brilliance of his writing I greatly disliked his
story." J. I>- Beresford
-- f- Manchester Guardian p3 Je 1 '45 I20w
"The disproportion between Mr. Waugh' s
affectation of non -belief and his protestation of
belief, is the chief interest of 'Brideshead Re-
visited.' Although Mr. Waugh has and uses
all the old sophisticated arguments against his
church, he has nothing except the sudden
will-to-faith and the inevitability of death . . .
to offer in its support. . . By masquerading or
burying its religious convictions in cynicism,
'Brideshead Revisited* makes, indeed, so much
better a case against conviction than for it
that even to grant that its author's attitude
is only a device requires the help of the bio-
graphical record, the knowledge that Mr.
Waugh was himself converted to Catholicism
some years ago. Not that this form of religious
dissembling is without precedent: Aldous Hux-
ley, for one, is a practiced hand at it. I find it
none the less perverse and suspicious for being
an established method of disputation." Diana
Trilling
— Nation 162:20 Ja 5 '46 1200w
Reviewed by George Mavberry
New Repub 114:96 Ja 21 '46 750w
"A novel flagrantly defective at times in
artistic sensibility, yet deeply moving in its
theme and its design. It is as well to describe
Mr. Waugh's faults at once; they recur con-
stantly, both while one is reading him and
while one Is remembering him. They radiate
almost wholly from an overpowering snobbish-
ness. . . Vulgarity goes very deep with Mr.
Waugh; and it is not surprising that in
embarking on his most serious novel he should
show an addiction to the purple. . . The Oxford
passage, comic and romantic, is the most bril-
liant part of the book; nothing in the later part
approaches it, save the last few pages of the
story proper." Henry Reed
— -f New Statesman A Nation 29:408 Je 23
V45 900w
" 'Brideshead Revisited' has the depth and
weight that are found in a writer working in
his prime, in the full powers of an eager, good
mind and a skilled hand, retaining the best of
what he has already learned. It tells an ab-
sorbing story in imaginative terms. By indirec-
tion it summarizes and comments upon a time
and a society. It has an almost romantic sense
of wonder, together with the provocative, per-
sonal point of view of a writer who sees life
realistically. It is, in short, a large, inclusive
novel with which the 1946 season begins, a
novel more fully realized than any of the year
now ending, whatever their other virtues." J.
K. Hutchens
4- N Y Time* pi D 30 '45 2200w
"The novel is a Catholic tract. The March-
main family, in their various fashions, all yield,
ultimately, to the promptings of their faith and
give witness to its enduring virtue, . . Now,
this reviewer may perhaps be insensible to
some value the book will have for other read-
ers. since he Is unsympathetic by conviction
with the point of view of the Catholic convert,
but he finds it impossible to feel that the author
haa conveyed in all this any genuine religious
experience. . . The comic parts of 'Brides-
head Revisited* are as funny as anything that
the author has done, and the Catholic charac-
ters are sometimes good, when they are being
observed as social types and get the same kind
of relentless treatment as the characters in
his satirical books. I do not mean to suggest,
however, that Mr. Waugh should revert to hia
earlier vein. He haa been steadily broadening
hia art, and when he next tries to be com-
pletely serious, he may have learned how to
avoid bathos." Edmund Wilson
— 4- New Yorker 21:71 Ja 5 '4S 1800w
.• - 'Brideshead Re*
visited^ has a magic that is rare in current
literature. It is a world in itself, and the
reader lives in it and is loth, to leave it when
the last page is turned. The magic has nothing
to do with pretty illusions about nature. It
is the magic of knowing real people for the
space of a few hours and, because of having
known them, feeling one's knowledge of people
deepened and intensified. There is no plot in
'Brideshead Revisited,' nor is one needed. . .
'Brideshead Revisited' is first and last an en-
chanting story which will Impart wisdom and
understanding to any reader. It is richly filled
with the stun of life. But it is something more.
It is a portent of the probable emergence of
what has been a brilliantly talented man into
a major novelist. For that, as well as for this
novel, we should give thanks." E. C. Chilton
-f Sat R of Lit 29:6 Ja 5 '46 UOOw
"Brideshead Revisited is a story of the voice
of man's conscience, and such a theme could
only be expounded by a master of character
creation. Anything improbable, anything un-
reasonable, would have been disastrous. It
is the measure of Evelyn Waugh's success
that every move in the untwisting of this
tangle appears not merely probable but pre-
ordained. As in all good novels the slender
plot is created by the characters, and so care-
ful is their development that it is long past
the middle of the book before the reader can
have any honest apprehension of the end.
Much seems to surprise: yet all is prepared.
Particularly good Is the character development
of Julia." V. C. CUnton-Baddeley
•4- Spec 174:532 Je 8 '45 700w
Reviewed by L*. S. Munn
Springf'd Republican p4d Ja 13 '46
600w
Time 47:92 Ja 7 '46 2400w
"Needless to say, the .book is often ex-
tremely amusing1. Mr. Waugh's humour is
of several kinds — the ribald, the oblique and
sophisticated, the intellectually astringent — and
each is paraded with a careless and flowing
ease. But nowhere in the book does the
humour stand alone, nowhere does it suggest
any sort of detachment or disinterestedness
of mind. The book, indeed, is not meant to
be funny, as Mr. Waugh puts it, because its
comedy is always engulfed in the last resort
in the author's asseveration of Catholic doc-
trine, in his sentiment of the aristocratic or
oligarchic English past, in his feeling for
whatever may be thought to be a corrective
for the Idea of progress. Mr. Waugh, that is,
for all his apparent high spirits, is here very
much the Catholic apologist and romantically
conservative preacher "
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p257 Je 2
T45 llOOw
"There is no doubt about the excellence of
'Brideshead Revisited'; Mr. Waugh has come
into full possession of his strength and his
art. The story never lags; the plot never
veers; the writing is superb. . . It cannot fail
to appreciate him. though it may be perplexed
in both its Protestant and Catholic divisions
by the religious material involved in this book
and the manner in which it is presented. In
this respect it is well to remember that Mr.
Waugh is himself a Catholic, a convert, and
that he is also an artist, not a propagandist.
While setting down primarily the problems of
a certain generation, he has also, for reasons
of drama and symbolism, pictured a particular
situation which is common in modern Catholic-
ism, which is recognized by Catholics both lay
and cleric." Thomas Sugrue
-f Weekly Book Review pi Ja 6 '46 2000w
Wis Lib Bui 42:47 Mr '46
Reviewed by Orville Prescott
Yale R n s 35:573 spring '46 500w
WAUQH, EVELYN. Edmund Campion. 23 9 p
12.75 Little
B or 92 Campion, Edmund 46-4524
"The life of the English Jesuit who was
persecuted and executed in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. Not a definitive biography but writ-
ten in popular narrative style which gives an
excellent picture of the time when a man's
religion could be a treasonable offense. This
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first American edition is a revision of the Eng-
lish edition published in 1935 [Book Review
Digest, 1985].* Booklist
Booklist 42:347 Jl 1 '46
"I do not think that Evelyn Waugh has ever
surpassed this little book. We see many of its
qualities much of the time in his other books,
but there is sometimes in these others the in-
credible lapse: the cheap effect of the set piece,
the scene wheeled in and wheeled out (like the
cocktail party aboard ship in 'Brideshead').
This book has less virtuosity perhaps, but more
virtue. Its perfection is modest: sustained taste
and persevering intelligence. But perhaps mod-
est perfection is what Evelyn Waugh knows
best. Perhaps his place is after all that of the
consummate minor artist. That is a major ac-
complishment." Henry Rago
-f Commonweal 44:480 Ag 30 '46 1400w
Kirkus 14:191 Ap 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by L. R. Etzkorn
Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 llOw
Reviewed by Richard Sullivan
N Y Times p6 Jl 7 '46 1450w
"The story is quite soberly and simply told—
with no attempt to create historical atmosphere
— and it is not uninteresting to read. Campion
is ve.ry impressive in the utterances which Mr.
Waugh quotes. . . Mr. Waugh's version of his-
tory, however, is in its main lines, more or less
in the vein of '1066 and All That.' Catholicism
was a Good Thing and Protestantism was a
Bad Thing, and that is all that needs to be
said about it." Edmund Wilson
-1 New Yorker 22:81 Jl 13 '46 450w
"Waugh tells the story with reverence and
bias. His book is almost exclusively of, by
and for the church." M. S.
San Francisco Chronicle pl5 S 15 '46
180w
"The story of Edmund Campion is an in-
spiring one, and Mr. Waugh has told it
admirably, but a thoughtful reader cannot help
reflecting that it is the tragedy of man's nature
and his world that the martyrs in the service
of Evil have been no less devoted, no less
courageous, no less numerous than those in
the service of Good." B. R. Redman
H Sat R of Lit 29:11 Jl 13 '46 1150w
Reviewed by L. S. Munn
Springf'd Republican p4d Jl 14 '46 500w
Time 68:102 Jl 1 '46 800w
"It reads like a history essay written by an
undergraduate of genius, whose warm admira-
tion for the style of the late Mr. Lytton
Strachey is tempered by a cool dislike of his
viewpoint." Anne Fremantle
Weekly Book Review p!2 Jl 21 '46 1200w
Wig Lib Bui 42:131 O '46
under the lamp in the chair by one's side, and
simply chatting about the good things of life."
Clarence Seidenspinner
•f Christian Century 63:562 My 1 '46 750w
"These twenty- two sermons are full of spir-
itual insight, psychological understanding,
practical inspiration. The preface, in which
Dr. Weatherhead tells us of the sort of people
to whom he ministered, whose great City Tem-
ple was demolished in 1941, and who were in-
vited to use the neighboring St. Sepulchre's
until that church was bombed in 1944, throws
much light upon these sermons, and enables us
to know something of the congregation as well
as the preacher." W. L. Caswell
•4- Churchman 160:17 Ap 1 '46 180w
"This is truly great preaching. Clergymen
will find in this book a wealth of homiletic
material, and all Christians will discover in-
spiration and comfort in it."
-f Kirkus 14:193 Ap 15 '46 130w
WEAVER, ANDREW THOMAS, and BORCH-
ERS, GLADYS LOUISE. Speech. 666p 11 $1.96
Harcourt
808.5 Speech. Oratory 46-1423
"This book has been planned for use in senior
high schools and offers sufficient material for^a
two-year course, but may be telescoped into a
one-year or one-semester course. Well in-
dexed." School & Society
Booklist 42:314 Je 1 '46
School & Society 63:104 F 9 '46 40w
WEAVER, HERBERT. Mississippi farmers,
1850-1860. 139p maps $2.50 Vanderbilt unlv.
press
338.12 Agriculture — Mississippi. Mississippi
— Social conditions 46-431
"Conventional history of the antebellum
South, with its emphasis on the plantation as
the basis of the economic and social structure
of that region, is critically examined in this
short monograph. Specifically, the book ana-
lyzes the agricultural history of Mississippi
during the last decade before the Civil War
on the basis of hitherto unpublished returns
from the Decennial Censuses of 1850 and 1860."
U S Quarterly Bkl
"A dozen such careful studies at different
places throughout the South would be exceed-
ingly valuable." C. C. Taylor
-f- Ann Am Acad 245:204 My '46 320w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:113 Je '46 200w
WEATHERHEAD, LESLIE DIXON. Signifi-
cance of silence, and other sermons. 23ap $2
Abingdon-Cokesbury [7s 6d Epworth]
252 Sermons 46-1828
A volume of sermons first delivered to the
congregation of the City Temple in London dur-
ing wartime. "The topics range from the title
sermon, 'The Significance of Silence,' to such
other interests as 'Youth Looks at Christ,'
'Thou Shalt Love Thine Enemy* (including the
Germans whom the English were fighting at
the time), 'Thou Shalt Read the Bible,' 'The
Mystery of Existence,' and an outstanding ser-
mon to people frustrated and discouraged by
the war— 'Is It Really Good To Be Alive?' "
(Christian Century)
"The informal style of the sermons is de-
ceiving. They are printed in the conversational
way in which they were delivered, an easy,
sharing, non- oratorical style, thoroughly con-
temporary and straight from the shoulder.
Nevertheless this informal style brings to vital
expression the great truths of theology and life
and the sound thinking of the preacher, pro-
found ideas stated simply and related to those
life situations in which the people of London
lived. Reading this book is therefore an easy
and a satisfying experience. One has the
impression that Dr. Weatherhead ia relaxing
WEAVER, ROBERT CLIFTON. Negro labor; a
national problem. 329p $3 Harcourt
325.26 Negroes — Employment 46-25023
Study of the difficult problem of fitting
the Negro into the picture of reconversion.
Part one describes the overall development of
Negro employment during the war, and the
breakdown because of Inefficient vocational
training of Negroes. Part two describes the
Negro's part in the economic life of the coun-
try* Part three discusses the future of the
Negro economically. Bibliography. Index.
"Dr. Weaver's volume deserves a wide read-
ing. Its careful marshaling of facts, its com-
petent analysis of complicated problems, and
its objective treatment of an issue so highly
charged with emotion and prejudice make it
an important contribution to the literature on
the subject of Negro labor. To some extent the
chapter organization might have been improved,
to eliminate a tendency toward repetition and
to make the book more an integrated whole
and less a collection of related essays. This,
however, is a relatively minor criticism of an
excellent piece of work." Joel Seidman
+ Am Econ R 36:452 Je '46 1200W
"The author has written a highly interesting
if not fascinating story. No reader who is at
all interested in the efficient utilization of our
human resources will find it possible to skim
through the book. Replete with facts, it is
864
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WEAVER, R. C.— Continued
well-written, clear-cut, incisive, and informa-
tive. AH of the most important problems of
interracial co-operation in industry are careful-
ly outlined and calmly but effectively as-
sessed." Dale Yoder
+ Am Soc R 11:771 D '46 270w
"One defect of the entire book is the con-
sistent neglect to identify the source of statis-
tics. . . Another shortcoming is the failure to
present the reader with a proper understand-
ing of the role of unions, which too often are
mentioned only incidentally and without proper
classification. . . Whatever one may question
concerning the methodology or the emphasis in
this book, it is an informative one, generally
accurate, and well written. If it reaches the
public audience to which it is aimed, it will
greatly aid in an understanding of what is
perhaps our most pressing internal problem."
H. R. Northrup
H Ann Am Acad 244:186 Mr '46 450w
Reviewed by B. R. Embree
Book Week p4 Ja 27 '46 850w
Booklist 42:196 F 15 '46
Christian Century 63:179 F 6 '46 80w
Cleveland Open Shelf p5 Mr '46
"In 'Negro Labor/ Mr. Weaver provides
some worth-while information to the publicist
and the persuader. His is not an aggressive
book, nor even a partisan book. It is a dispas-
sionate study of the development, fluctuations
and problems of Negro labor in our national
economy. It is a theme for which Mr. Weaver
is well qualified. . . It is not with Mr. Weaver's
facts, but with his conclusions, that the reader
is most likely to disagree. The author seems
to feel that racial prejudice is almost wholly
economic. . . Aside from his theorizing, Mr.
Weaver has done a fine job of appraisal, and
has given us a book that repays reading. It
is to be expected that his style is a trifle pedes-
trian, since he writes as a student rather than
a rhetorician." L. J. Trese
-) Commonweal 43:460 F 15 '46 550w
Foreign Affairs 26:341 Ja '47 30w
Reviewed by L. H. Bailer
J Pol Econ 54:569 D '46 1350w
Kirkus 14:32 Ja 15 '46 180w
"Dr. Weaver is by long odds the most suit-
able person to tell the real story — the truth and
pretense — of the wartime effort of government
and industry to utilize the manpower of Ameri-
can ethnic minorities. . . His is the best run-
ning account of Negro labor during World War
II and of the wide implications of the crisis the
nation now faces for fair as well as full em-
ployment. Recommended for general purchase."
L. D. Reddick
-f Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 130w
New Repub 114:166 F 4 '46 240w
"Although there is considerable repetition of
materials and arguments, and some uncon-
vincing predictions of economic trends. Dr.
Weaver's book sheds needed light on Federal
bungling in the setting up of the Fair Employ-
ment Practice Committee, and the unhappy
consequences of an unclear policy. The book has
additional value in its record of acceptance by
Federal agencies of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's executive orders 8802 and 9346, is-
sued against bias in 1941 and 1943 respectively."
George Streator
H NY Times p!8 F 24 '46 550w
"Mr. Weaver, who is more temperate than
Dr. Powell and more factual, is at the same
time less optimistic about the future. Aside
from being an able study of race relations
in labor, this book is also a plea for a per-
manent Fair Employment Practices Act with
teeth in It."
+ New Yorker 21:87 Ja 26 '46 60w
"A valuable piece of detailed research in a
fteld where the knowledge of most of us Is
vague or scanty or non-existent." H. A. Over-
4- Sat R of Lit 29:34 F 9 '46 350w
Reviewed by 0. S. Mitchell
Social Forces 25:228 D '46 390w
Reviewed by D. D. Lescohier
Survey Q 35:330 S '46 360w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:148 Je '46 210w
"In all America there are, I should say. only
seven books of importance on Negro labor and
three of them, including this volume, have
been written in the past five years. 'Negro
Labor' belongs in the library of every student of
social problems, but more important, in the li-
brary of every personnel manager, captain of
industry, and leader in organized labor." Roy
Wilkins
4- Weekly Book Review p!5 Je 2 '46 700w
WEBB, RICHARD WILSON, and WHEELER,
HUGH CALLINGHAM (Q. PATRICK. PAT-
RICK QUENTIN, JONATHAN STAGQE.
pseuds). Death's old sweet song. 239p |2
Doubleday
46-4807
Detective story.
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:161 Ap 1 '46 120w
"A considerable come-down from his Death,
My Darling Daughters, but worth reading for
one wonderful character — Avril Lane, a beauti-
fully travestied literary phony and femme
fatale." E. H.
-j New Repub 115:86 Jl 22 '46 20w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p28 Je 16 '46 160w
"Dr. Westlake and his twelve-year-old
daughter help the local inspector work out the
motive for the bloodshed, and a very shaky one
it is. Mr Stagge's familiar phony intellectuals
are just as good as ever, though."
h New Yorker 22:88 Je 22 '46 60w
Sat R of Lit 29:52 Je 22 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review pl6 Je 9 '46 250w
WEBB, RICHARD WILSON, and WHEELER,
HUGH CALLINGHAM (Q. PATRICK, PAT-
RICK QUENTIN, JONATHAN STAGGE,
pseuds). Puzzle for fiends. 249p $2 Simon &
Schuster
46-18161
Detective story.
Booklist 43:71 N 1 '46
Kirkus 14:206 My 1 '46 130w
* i!7^e buUd-uP isn't strictly logical but it's
told in lively Quentin style. The sultry beauties
and cushy California setting make this diablerie
good warm weather diversion." B. S
N Y Times p!8 Jl 14 '46 90w
"All very neat, unless you happen to be tired
of people who have forgotten who they are "
New Yorker 22:76 Jl 20 '46 120w
"This is the best Duluth story since the leg-
endary 'Puzzle for Fools'— so good that I'm
driven to quoting the publishers' blurb: 'Right
up in the top drawer with the perstissimo,
pluperfect practitioners.' "
-f San Francisco Chronicle p21 Jl 28 '46
lOOw
"Triumphant silliness."
Sat R of Lit 29:28 Jl 20 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Chippy
Weekly Book Review p!5 Jl 14 '46 230w
WEBER, CARL JEFFERSON. Hardy in
America; a study of Thomas Hardy and his
American readers. 321p il $5 Colby college
press, box 282, Waterville, Me.
m Hardy, Thomas. Great Britain— Rela-
tions (general) with the U.S. U.S.— Rela-
tions (general) with Great Britain 46-6620
''Thomas Hardy was a shrewd and eminently
fair business man. All his life he was in
communication with his American representa-
tives regarding contracts, printing, promotion
work, sales, serialization, review*, royalties and
" n£n;Pa™assian aspects of literature.
w£at™mSst ha,ve been exhaustive re-
'*iMr' Weber writes about these activities
efficiently and unpretentiously." N Y Tiroes
"It is in a sense a pity that Mr. Weber did
?^rrlv0nflfnr ^P**" *> '"W «««^»lon Of
Hardy, for the controversial remarks into
which he most unexpectedly launches about
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two- thirds of the way through his book seem
less well grounded. . . One can sympathize
with Mr. Weber's high ideals without being
able to agree with his stormy and somewhat
confused arguments. It will not do to reduce
the author of 'The Dynasts' to the tidy di-
mensions preferred by Mr. Weber. Neverthe-
less, one finishes this book with gratitude to a
writer who has here added substantially to
what was already a long record of distin-
guished service as a historian of Hardy.
Alexander Cowie
^ NY Times p36 S 15 '46 900w
"The detailed facts of Hardy's relations with
American publishers (with and without benefit
of royalties), of his reception by American
critics, of his popularity with the American
public, and of his dissection by American schol-
ars can scarcely be of interest to the general
reader, but the devotee and the specialist will
find it most welcome to have these background
data assembled so thoroughly and conveniently."
F. B. Adams
Sat R of Lit 29:10 S 28 '46 650w
Time 48:99 Jl 22 '46 600w
WEBER, JULIA. My country school diary; an
adventure in creative teaching; foreword by
Frank W. Cyr; il. by John R. Kollmar. 270p
$3 Harper
379.173 Rural schools. Teaching 46-2092
A carefully detailed diary kept over a period
of four years by the author while she was teach-
ing in a one- teacher rural school. It is a
record of community cooperation in planning,
studying and working together. Index.
Booklist 42:243 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor p6 My 11 '46
150w
"The volume is a significant contribution to
the literature of curriculum planning, particu-
larly from the point of view of utilizing com-
munity resources in the enrichment of learning
experiences. It includes examples of the means
of developing community interest in school af-
fairs. It is suggestive of desirable modifications
in pupil records and reports. It would be a val-
uable addition to any teacher's professional li-
brary." N. B. Henry
+ El School J 46:529 My '46 650w
Kirkus 13:556 D 15 '45 130w
"Miss Weber's story is a warm and living
account of what she and her children did dur-
ing four years in an isolated mountain school.
The story is one of excellent teaching and ex-
citing learning. One sees develop in this little
community a strong sense of group member-
ship; the children's sense of isolation disap-
pears as they explore a larger world." P. A.
Waring
-f Nation 162:668 Je 1 '46 300w
School & Society 63:160 Mr 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by Alice Miel
-f Social Educ 10:380 D '46 GOOw
"Miss Weber's book is a significant contri-
bution." B. W. Burhoe
•f Survey 82:157 My '46 450w
"Miss Weber may not have intended her
story to be appealing. What she was persuaded
to do was to condense a diary, which she had
kept as an aid in evaluating four years of hard
and serious work. Incidentally, wherever 'evalu-
ation' rears its head — in black-type inserts such
as 'I prepare for the first day' and 'I evaluate
the study of dairying' — the story loses flavor
and drops to the level of a textbook. . .
Throughout the book, however, the steady
achievement, in school and out, shines with a
warmth that will be shared beyond the confines
of pedagogy. Satisfaction in watching a child
grow in power is not monopoly of the edu-
cators." W. G. Avirett
H Weekly Book Review p36 Ap 14 '46
360w
Wia Lib Bui 42:57 Ap '46
WEBER, MRS LENORA (MATTINQLY). Rid-
ing high. 295p il $2.60 Crowell '
46-5237
This "Western story" for girls consists of
a series of episodes in the life of young Emily
Deneen, who lives with her guardian on Flying
Crow ranch, can ride a horse or lasso a cow
as well as any of the hands. When Uncle Haze
has to go into a hospital Emily puts her own
shoulder to the wheel to keep the ranch going.
Reviewed by H. F. Griswold „, ,,„
Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 14 '46
200w
Horn Bk 22:353 S '46 90w
Kirkus 14:105 F 15 '46 80w
"Humor enlivens the action and a slight ro-
mance heightens the book's appeal to teen-age
girls. The stories ran in the American Girl."
Isabel McLaughlin
-f Library J 71:984 Jl '46 70w
"The eighteen stories are in themselves slight
and so loosely tied together as to lack conti-
nuity. However, the homey atmosphere and the
happy endings should catch the fancy of 11 and
12 year old girls with a love of horses and a
dream of ranch life." M. C. Scoggin
N Y Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 140w
"Ever since I read 'Sing for Your Supper* I
have kept an eye out for anything by its
author — she has since given us 'Meet the Ma-
lones* — because she writes about the West, old
or contemporary, with a juicy vitality needed
in stories about it. For 'Westerns' tend to be-
come stereotyped: her stories, for young people
growing up, stay within the frame of this fic-
tion, but make it seem as if it really happened.
. . If grown-up Westerns had as much in them,
I might be able to read the things." M. L.
Becker
+ Weekly Book Review p7 Jl 21 '46 400w
WEBER, MAX, 1864-1920. From Max Weber:
essays in sociology; tr. ed, and with an introd.
by H. H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills. 490p
$5 Oxford
304 Social sciences 46-5298
"Trained as a Jurist and economist, Max
Weber was a German social scientist whose
intellectual range was unusually wide. He was
a most productive and scholarly writer in the
fields of economic and legal history, political
economy, sociology, and comparative religion.
. . The selections presented here are taken
mainly from Weber's Sociology of Religion,
Economy and Society, and Collected Political
Essays. Among the topics included, the fol-
lowing are of particular interest: Politics as
a Vocation, Bureaucracy, The Sociology of
Charismatic Authority, and The Protestant
Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism* . . In addi-
tion to chapter notes, the editors of this vol-
ume provide also a seventy- page biographical
introduction, and a thorough analysis of Web-
er's intellectual and political orientations, which
were deeply rooted in the critical situation of
German liberalism at the turn of the century."
U S Quarterly Bkl
"The Introduction gives a picture of the man,
incorrect as to some aspects but very good as
to environment and as to many political and
scientific attitudes. The major parts of the
book contain a well-selected and well -translated
anthology. Accordingly, the whole work en-
ables many scholars to become acquainted with
the main problems and theories, if not with
the total personality of Max Weber." Paul
Honigsheim
Am J Soc 52:376 Ja '47 2000w
"The book is stimulating and suggestive,
rather than conclusive. It is particularly per-
tinent at a time when the economic foundations
of our society are being carefully re-examined."
C. W. Coulter
-f Christian Century 63:1472 D 4 '46 700w
J Phllos 43:722 D 19 '46 420w
"The excellent introduction gives not only
a clear account of Weber's life and personality
but also some insight Into the bearing of his
personal relationships and his active political
interests on the development of his theories.
The difficulty of Weber's German has pre-
vented him from having as wide an influence
in this country as he should. A few specialists,
notably Talcott Parsons, have assimilated his
conceptual scheme and even improved upon
it; but his brilliant empirical studies, such aa
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the ones collected here by Gerth and Mills, will
be read for a long time to come. For minds
of a scientific bent, it is hardly too much to say
that Weber compensates for the disenchant-
ment of the world." H. M. Johnson
•f Nation 163:102 Jl 27 '46 1450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:238 S '46 280w
"The rich sampling of Max Weber's own
writings is prefaced by a seventy-page Intro-
duction by the authors. They present a sug-
Sjstive and thoughtful essay on 'The Man and
is Work,' putting him in the stream of the
intellectual history of our time. In bold strokes
this introduction shows Max Weber in a three-
fold approach — in a biographical view, in his
political concerns, and in his intellectual ori-
entations. It is an ambitious task, especially
so since they are dealing with a thinker who
in his writings always rejected one-track an-
swers and who held to the maxim that 'men
are not open books.' " Sigmund Neumann
4- Yale R n s 36:171 autumn '46 1450w
WEBER, MAX, 1881-. Max Weber [U. by the
author]. [64p] $1 Am. artists
759.13 Paintings, American 46-3369
"Monograph including fifty-three reproduc-
tions, and comment by the artist." Theatre
arts
Theatre Arts 30:497 S '46 80w
Reviewed by Thomas Craven
Weekly Book Review p24 My 12 '46 60w
WEBSTER, HAROLD TUCKER. To hell with
fishing; or, How to tell fish from fishermen.
86p II $2.50 Appleton- Century
799.12 Fishing. Humor, Pictorial, Carica-
tures and cartoons 45-10222
A collection of cartoons on fishing and fisher-
men, of many types, with a foreword by Corey
Ford, and text by Ed Zern.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week p24 N 18 '45 380w
Klrkus 13:414 S 15 '45 80w
Reviewed by C. V. Terry
N Y Times plO D 9 '45 HOw
"It is probably the best present ever devised
for a fisherman, with the possible exception of
a longer season." R. F. H.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d D 23 '45 90w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p5 D 2 '45 40w
WEBSTER, PAUL FRANCIS. Children's music
box. See Churchill. F. B.
WEBSTER, ROBERT. Introductory gemology.
181p il $2.75 Gemological inst. of Am.
549 Gems 46-25009
"A study of the identification of gemstones,
pearls, and ornamental minerals." (Subtitle)
r'Revised edition of author's Practical Gemol-
ogy, published in London. First 74 pages are
identical with the English edition, but the
remainder is revised, with new data, by Mrs.
Virginia V. Hinton. Additional photographs."
(Library J)
Booklist 42:180 F 1 '46
Library J 70:1001 N 15 '45 70w
WEBSTER, SAMUEL CHARLES, ed
Clemens, S. L. Mark Twain, business
See
man
WECHSBERG, JOSEPH. Homecoming. 118p
Account of the return of an Americanized
soldier to hia home in Czechoslovakia after
the war. His efforts to find members of his
own family were successful only in part and
his heartbreaking realization of what hia native
land had suffered is pictured. He knew at the
end of his visit that America was "home"
now. A shorter version appeared in the New
Yorker.
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 178:140 S '46 480w
Reviewed by Felix Mendelsohn
Book Week p6 Ji 28 '46 450w
Booklist 43:15 S '46
Kirkus 14:265 Je 1 '46 200w
"Only fault of book is its brevity." W. A.
Kalenich
-f Library J 71:977 Jl '46 140w
"There is something almost awe-inspiring
about the inevitability with which a series
in The New Yorker, no matter how slight,
turns up as a book, if not a play. So far as
length goes, Joseph Wechsbergrs account of his
melancholy return to his native town ... is
one of the slightest of the proficient narratives
to make that inescapable Jump. . . The author's
thoughts, honest, bitter, a little ashamed of his
own good fortune, always add to the poignance
of his observations, and his aside at that point
is characteristic of the chastening quality of his
book." Richard Watts
N Y Times p4 Jl 14 '46 1200w
"Because it is so large a truth, the story is
worth telling, and because Wechsberg is a
notably talented writer it is a fine thing that
he has told it. What makes it possible to read
the little book, however, without finding it
simply too much to bear, is the author's own
gentle touch." J. H. Jackson
-f San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Jl 12 '46
650w
"Being an admirer of [Mr Wechsberg's]
talent and self-discipline, I may be allowed to
wonder whether his manifest dislike of senti-
mentality and his reserve do not sometimes
overshoot the mark in this book. . . Mr. Wechs-
berg's matter-of-factness does not always do
full Justice to the tragedy of his revisited home
and his own." Robert Pick
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Ag 3 '46 600w
"This is a story to be read twice; once be-
cause nobody can help doing" so, and later
because in telling this personal experience a
distinctive technique of fiction comes into be-
ing. This fuses two forces supposed to work
against each other — the resistless forward drive
of determined realism and the lateral spread of
thought rising- from the subconscious, as in
Proust or Joyce. This lateral spread has
hitherto slowed forward action. But now,
because what is seen is simultaneously re-
corded with what is remembered, and because
memories like this always pass in a flash;
though they may take pages to record they
seem to flash by without halting the drive. So
much is seldom told, so little lost in excess, as
in this memorable record." M. L». Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Jl 21 '46 600w
WIs Lib Bui 42:149 N '46
WEDEL, THEODORE OTTO. The coming
great church; essays on church unity. 160p
$2 Macmillan
280 Church unity 45-9082
"Dr. Wedel, canon of the Washington (Epis-
copal) Cathedral, delivered the substance of
this book as lectures at the Philadelphia
(Episcopal) Divinity School. He is thoroughly
in sympathy with the ecumenical movement
and recognizes the spiritual validity of non-
episcopal ministries without even calling them
'irregular.' With the exception of that last
point, which is perhaps merely verbal, his at-
titude seems virtually identical with that of
the late Archbishop Temple. Both stand for
union, but neither contemplates the liquida-
tion of the Episcopal Church, any more than
Mr. Churchill did the liquidation of the British
empire. Dr. Wedel argues uncompromisingly
for the historical episcopate, but holds that ft
must be detached from the 'Roman dogma of
a vicarial Apostolic Succession and priest-
hood.1 " (Christian Century) Index.
"This is another winsome and liberal-seem-
ing argument to the effect that the members
and ministers of a united church should be
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free to think anything: they please about a
continuous and universal episcopate except
that it is unnecessary."
Christian Century 63:112 Ja 23 '46 210w
"As a treatise on the unity of such churches
as exist today this book is well reasoned and
wisely conceived. It does seem odd, however,
that the writer makes no historical differen-
tiation between the Ecclesia Anglicana (the
old British church), say, and the ancient
Roman church." T. F. Opie
H Churchman 160:3 Ja 1 '46 300w
"On the nature of Christian unity the book
is clear: it should be organic union. The lack
of such organic union is deplored, and federa-
tion is found sadly wanting. But to many of us
federation seems both a more realistic and
a more profitable solution of church divisions.
However, anyone interested in Christian unity
must read this book. He will find shining
through its arguments a gracious and irenic
personality such as the ecumenical spirit re-
quires." E. E. Aubrey
Crozer Q 23:179 Ap '46 850w
"This is a book for theologians, for church-
men, for all interested in the ecumenical move-
ment of whatever denomination. It is decidedly
not a book for the average man in the pew.
While not profound theologically, the average
layman would not get much from the discus-
sion. He just 'doesn't see any sense in all these
divisions,' and 'wonders why the churches can't
get together without talking about it so
Kirkus 13:366 Ag 15 '46 230w
WEEQEE, pseud. See Fellig, A.
WEIDENREICH, FRANZ. Apes, giants and
man. 122p il $2.50 Univ. of Chicago press
573.2 Man— Origin. Evolution A46-3798
"Representing flve lectures, given at the Uni-
versity of California in 1945, when Dr. Weiden-
reich was there as Hitchcock Professor, these
pages discuss special topics, 'chosen as the
most adequate to give the reader a concise
and complete idea of the essential transforma-
tions of the human body and the human species
as they appear from the records of the past.'
Most of the information given here was ob-
tained from the author's own studies of fossil
material. In addition, many theories concern-
ing certain phases of man's past are evaluated
in the light of the most recent knowledge."
(Scientific Bk Club R) Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by W. M. Krogman
Am J Soc 52:373 Ja '47 750w
Booklist 43:97 D 1 '46
Current Hist 11:330 O '46 30w
"Recommended for scholarly as well as for
larger public libraries." Rudolph Hirsch
+ Library J 71:918 Je 15 '46 50w
"Written in layman's language and very ade-
quately illustrated, the book provides a concise
and complete idea of the essential transforma-
tions of the human species from the anthropo-
logical point of view. The value of the book
is increased by the bibliography and index at
the end." W. E. Parker
-f San Francisco Chronicle pll 8 29 '46
300w
"When a world-famous anthropologist writes
of man's prehistoric past and of evolutionary
trends in those ancient days, his book is prac-
tically a 'must' for intelligent readers. This is
particularly true of the present volume, as new
information, some of which may seem revolu-
tionary, is included." K. F. Mather & others
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:1 Jl '46 1600w
Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
260w
LT S Quarterly Bkl 2:295 D '46 180w
"This work is really technical. It is not
written 'in the layman's language.' On the
contrary, the author writes in a ponderous,
serious and often rather obscure manner. He
uses many scientific expressions without ex-
planation; and hi* ideas, while generally definite
enough, sometimes fail to appear clearly in a
first reading." H. M. Parshley
Weekly Book Review p35 O 6 '46 550w
WEI DM AN, JEROME. Too early to tell. 506p
$3 Reynal
46-8063
A satire on a mythical government agency
called the Bureau of Psychological Combat,
created after Pearl Harbor. It is the story of
a large group of men and women engaged in
training others for propaganda work or mis-
sions of one sort or another overseas.
Reviewed by George Dillon
Book Week p6 D 15 '46 360w
Kirkus 14:555 N 1 '46 250w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:702 D 14 '46 490w
"I wish he'd had a cooling-off period before
writing Too Early to Tell. . . It doesn't con-
tain much except some shrill, rasping sounds,
as if We id man still thought himself strangled
in red tape." J. H. Porter
New Repub 115:928 D 30 '46 350w
"Mr. Weidman's reporting of this Jitter and
fritter is worth the admission at almost any
point, If you will confine yourself to no more
than ten pages at a sitting. His thumbnails
of Stork Club refugees make first-rate carica-
tures; the book brims over with thinly veiled
lampoons of Washington magoos, professional
bandwagon liberals and glib slogan makers;
there are nostalgic memos on the days of
cuffless trousers, surly bus drivers and reason-
able grocery bills. But the brutal truth is
unmistakable. Mr. Weidman has poured out
a quarter million words with no real story to
develop and no people worthy of novel-length
analysis." William Du Bois
H NY Times p9 D 1 '46 400w
"The book is funny and very readable, but
it is not entirely successful. The author evi-
dently set out to satirize bureaucracy in gen-
eral, but he has succeeded only in pillorying
— with, it is true, great wit and apparent ex-
actitude— a contemporary phenomenon in a
skillful closeup that may seem pointless in
another decade. Now that Mr. Weidman has
proved that he can do this sort of photographic
stuff as well as anybody living, maybe he
should again take up the more perceptive
study of human frailty that he began so im-
pressively in 'I Can Get It for You Wholesale."
H New Yorker 22:122 N 23 '46 200w
"Mr. Weidman is an extraordinarily able
writer. He does this particular job with an
accomplished savagery that keeps you open-
mouthed in admiration; watching him do It is
watching an expert performing his best trick
at the top of his form. The fact remains that
Mr. Weidman's editor should have said to him
'Look here, old boy, some of this has got to
come out, and that's all there is about it!'
That 'some,' in fact, should have been from
one-third to one-half of the novel. I'll agree
that the cuts would have made Mr. Weidman
bleed at every vein. He does it all so mag-
nificently that, from one point of view, it
would have been too bad to throw any of it
out." J. H. Jackson
h San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 2 '46
800w
"There was a time when I thought Jerome
Weidman was well on his way to being one
of the most valuable satirists of our time.
I still think he may be. But somehow, now,
suddenly, it seems a little early to tell." John
Woodburn
Sat R of Lit 29:34 D 7 '46 1400w
"Novelist Weidman does a saucy, skillful
Job in Too Early to Tell. Most of the story
takes place among the wonderful acres, oak
floors and glass plumbing fixtures at Vaud-
racour. If the satire is at points almost mali-
cious, Weidman's general tone is understand-
ing. But some of his old OWI bosses and
colleagues, from Elmer Davis and Robert E.
Sherwood down, may not be altogether
amused."
Time 48:114 N 26 '46 560w
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" 'Too Early to Tell' is not so much a novel
as it is notes for a novel, a first draft, a
dossier which contains a good deal of material
realistic enough to be venomous, but not
meaningful enough to have a bite. J. D.
Weekly Book Review p6 N 17 '46 lOOOw
WEIL, MRS ANN. Animal families; 11. by
Roger Vernarn. [31p] $1.50 Greenberg
46-4287
Pictures and simple text describe the mem-
bers of well-known animal families, for very
young readers. Names for father, mother, and
baby of each family are given.
Booklist 42:370 Jl 15 '46
"Easy- to-read text should please second-
grade children. Text is informative but
seems a bit pedantic. . . Touches of humor."
S. J. Johnson
H Library J 71:828 Je 1 '46 70w
"In accurate colors and settings Roger Ver-
nam has done many favorites — cats, dogs, pigs,
cows, and so on. Ann Weil has added a text
which is a happy combination of facts and
story. Because of its excellence this book
should have a lasting appeal for children from
the time they are 5 until they are 9." L. M.
Palmer
-f N Y Times p33 Je 16 '46 120w
Reviewed by M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 28 '46 120w
Wia Lib Bui 42:90 Je '46
WEILr MRS ANN. John Quincy Adams; boy
patriot; 11. by Paul Laune. (Childhood of
famous Americans ser) 192p $1.50 Bobbs
B or 92 Adams, John Quincy — Juvenile
literature 45-8925
Biography of John Quincy Adams, stressing
his boyhood years, but sketching all of his
life in brief, for young readers.
"This is a honey, — a lively story of a vital
American family, clear, succinct, not too clut-
tered with historical detail, and with a vivid
choice of Incident to bring people and times
alive to the reader."
-f Kfrkus 13:298 Jl 1 '45 130w
"Written in a charming and delightful man-
ner by a great storyteller. Many of the quali-
ties that were to make John Quincy Adams
great are revealed in this story of his child-
hood and early youth. Recommended for ages
nine to twelve." S. J. Robinson
-f- Library J 70:1093 N 15 '45 70w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ja 31 '46 180w
WEIL, MRS ANN. The very first day; pictures
by Jessie Robinson. [32p] $1.50 Appleton-
Century
46-1783
In picture and story tells what happened to
a small boy on his very first day at kinder-
garten.
"A sound, comfortable sort of book for chil-
dren of kindergarten age, with lots of black
and white and red drawings in line, and a
slight but appealing text."
+ Kirkus 14:34 Ja 15 '46 80w
"This story of a little boy's first day in kin-
dergarten is told with simplicity and real un-
derstanding." A. T. Eaton
-f N Y Time* p26 Ap 7 '46 90w
"This is told in little black-and-white pic-
tures and very little print, just enough to
make a story for a little person to whom school
is, or soon will be, a brand-new adventure."
+ Weekly Book Review p22 My 19 '46
180w
WIs Lib Bui 42:90 Je '46
WEIL. LISL. Jacoble tells the truth [retold].
[19p] il 85c Houghton
A retelling of the old folktale about the little
boy who told about seeing a great big green
flying rabbit. When the old man with him
told about the bridge which broke down when
crossed by a person who told untruths, the
little boy retracted his story, bit by bit. For
ages three to six.
Booklist 43:40 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:418 S 1 '46 70w
"Delightfully amusing story. . . Recom-
mended." D. M. MacDonald
•f Library J 71:1335 O 1 '46 60w
"The plot revolves around the fine distinction
of truth versus imagination — with truth trium-
phant. The full- color pictures and the general
make-up are so spirited that children will
respond completely to the book." R. A. Gordon
-f N Y Times p22 S 22 '46 140w
Reviewed by Leone Qarvey
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
70w
WEI N REICH, MAX. Hitler's professors. 291 p
$3.50; pa $3 Yiddish scientific inst. 535 W
123d st, N.Y. 27
296 Jews — Persecution. Learning and schol-
arship—Germany 46-5155
"Presents in an objective and intelligent
way a picture of the part which German schol-
arship played in the National Socialist persecu-
tion of the Jews. Anti-Semitism, an official
German authority stressed, was of immense
importance 'as explosive ammunition for the
fifth column of the twentieth century. Be-
cause opposition against the Jews, it so hap-
pens, is the secret cue by which all those
who have understood the signs of the time
recognize each other/ But the scope and im-
portance of the book are much broader than
the title suggests. It gives from primary
sources a well-authenticated picture of how
scholarship works in a totalitarian society."
(N Y Times) Index.
"Considering its purpose, its subject, and
the fact that the author is a Jew, the book is
objective and refrains from mere accusation
and vituperation. The general conclusions are
not new. . . The book does present much un-
published evidence of the campaign against
the Jews, quotes liberally in the German and
in translation from Nazi leaders and from
lectures and books by professors hitherto not
available here, and gives numerous facsimiles
of orders and official documents which would
be prima facie evidence before a court of law
or international tribunal. All these refer to the
intellectuals and professors. The section of the
book least known and therefore most useful
to scholars is that describing the character
and work of the varied and numerous insti-
tutes." R. G. Usher
Am Hist R 52:120 O '46 700w
"The first thing that requires to be said
about this book is that every intellectual worker
should be required to read It. In a sense, it
is the most shocking book ever written. No
black book of crimes committeed by one people
against another approaches Dr. Weinrich's ac-
count of the part played by Nazi 'scholars' in
the planned murder of millions of human be-
ings. . . In setting out facts, Dr Weinrlch has
performed a difficult task with consummate
distinction. After reading it, one feels like
hanging one's head in shame for the human
species, so prematurely defined as Homo sa-
piens." M. P. Ashley- Montagu
4- Ann Am Acad 247:192 S '46 320w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Jl 28 '46 90w
Reviewed by C. H. Moehlman
Crozer Q 23:381 O '46 1300w
Current Hist 11:229 S '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 25:167 O '46 20w
Reviewed by G. J. Becker
Nation 163:414 O 12 '46 550w
"Mr. Weinreich's book, by the wealth of its
material and by its intelligent approach, offers
the reader—in addition to a thorough treat-
ment of the Jewish aspect — many opportunities
to think about the role of scholarship in a
totalitarian society." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p31 Jl 14 1250w
School 6, Society 63:367 My 18 '46 90w
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WEINSTOCK, HERBERT. Handel. 326p $5
Knopf
B or 92 Handel, Georg Frledrlch 46-6447
Long, detailed biography of Handel by the
author of Tchaikovsky (Book Review Digest
1943). The author describes the historical back-
ground of Handel's life, and where there are
conflicting stories, attempts to discover the true
one. Bibliography. Index.
"A clear, authentic, and thoroughly honest
Handel." J. N. Burk
•f Atlantic 178:170 N '46 480w
"Herbert Weinstock's 'Handel' is a first-
rate biography of this great musician, pre-
senting the many facets of Handel's interesting
life without exaggeration or false romantic
glamor. He consistently develops his thesis that
Handel was 'one of the most majestic, tender
and human voices ever lifted in praise of life,
of love, of beauty and of the art of music.' "
Q. A. Kuyper
-f Book Week p38 D 1 '46 600w
Booklist 43:68 N 1 '46
"Herbert Weinstock's story will be of inter-
est not only to musicians and musicologists,
but to all lovers of the eighteenth century.
For, besides being heavily documented with
footnotes, dates and appendices, this book pre-
sents a vivid picture of the London which
served as backdrop to Handel's major activi-
ties." E. S.
-f Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 26 '46
400w
"There are rather few musical judgments in
the book. This, however, is rather a virtue
than a defect since the judgments of critics
and musicologists on the excellence of Handel's
music are easily consulted. What we lack is
opportunity to hear his music in concert or
recorded performance. Handel is a composer of
enormous reputation, but his works are seldom
performed and then usually in truncated ar-
rangements. Perhaps Mr. Weinstock's useful
biography will have salutary effect and lead to
more frequent and adequate performances."
Jacob Bean
•f Commonweal 45:19 O 18 '46 1050w
"This is inclusive, scholarly handling — a book
for the serious student rather than the popular
biography reader."
-f Klrkus 14:368 Ag 1 '46 llOw
"Although this latest biography of Handel
offers little material that is new or original,
it paints a sympathetic and understanding pic-
ture of this great 18th century composer. . .
Style is pleasing and bibliography extensive.
Recommended where a good, general biography
is needed." H. E. Bush
-f Library J 71:1126 S 1 '46 lOOw
"In spite of its stately format Herbert Wein-
stock's new life of Handel is neither an Im-
portant nor a particularly interesting biog-
raphy. It is a chronicle account of Handel's
career, rewritten from secondary sources in a
pedestrian term-paper prose style, and adds
nothing to our rather scrappy knowledge of
Handel as man or musician, while omitting a
good deal available elsewhere." C. B. Parrell
— Nation 163:763 D 28 '46 420w
Reviewed by Carolyn Stull
San Francisco Chronicle p22 D 1 '46
400w
"Weinstock's study is a welcome one if only
that it directs the attention of the general
music public to the neglected works of a great
master. It is welcome on the additional ground
that, designed as a scholarly work addressed
to any layman with an adult interest in music,
Weinstock avoids with commendable premedita-
tion the pernicious pitfalls both of 'popular*
and 'scholarly' biography. He has a confessed
admiration for his subject; but he refuses to
romanticize, glamorize, or otherwise adopt the
strange combination of true confession and
movie magazine technique considered standard
for 'popularizing' a respectable composer."
Abraham Veinus
+ Sat R of Lit 30:32 Ja 25 '47 1250w
"This story Mr. Weinstock tells in a manner
markedly different from that of his 'Tchaikov-
sky' and in the opinion of at least one reader
markedly superior. . . His view of the astonish-
ing world of George I is as modern as this
morning's newspaper. . . But the style of the
book is pruned sometimes to the verge of
austerity. Yet it retains a touch of dignity,
one is tempted to say of stateliness, that some
may denounce as old-fashioned, but that the
judicious are likely to consider not inappro-
priate in the life of a great man. Much of the
music of George Friedrich Handel is profound
and it is not for this reviewer to judge an
analysis of profound music. All that will be
said here of Mr. Weinstock's criticism is that,
whether it is sound or unsound, it is compre-
hensible to the layman and therefore persua-
sive." G. W. Johnson
-f Weekly Book Review p6 S 29 '46 ISOOw
WIs Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
WEISKOPF, FRANZ CARL. Twilight on the
Danube; tr. from the German by Olga Marx.
46-25016
Picture of life in Prague on the eve of the
first World war. "Outwardly, it is a long
love story combined with the chronicle of a
wealthy Prague family, set against the familiar
background of the slowly disintegrating Aus^,.
trian monarchy. Alexander Reither falls in
love with a beautiful woman whom he has
met on a train. She surrenders — too fast, one
can't help thinking — they are united, separated
and united again. Yet, at the end, he knows
that he will lose her because she is as ad-
venturous as he was in his youth." (New
Repub)
Reviewed by D. M. Weil
Book Week p3 Ja 27 '46 700w
Booklist 42:184 F 1 '46
"A perceptive book, but not widely popular."
Klrkus 13:478 N 1 '45 210w
Reviewed by H. S. Taylor
Library J 71:121 Ja 15 '46 120w
"Weiskopf seems to have fallen victim to
the qualities of his favorite characters. They
are graceful, uncertain and interested in too
many things at once. Some of this has man-
aged to seep into the build and climate of his
novel. . . The book lacks a focal point, or
rather, a central story. Some scenes, of course,
are vividly drawn; some figures, particularly
the Czech workers, show that Weiskopf hasn't
lost his gift for characterization, and there
are some touches of wholesome humor. Per-
haps the novel remains unsatisfactory because
the doings of the family amount to so little;
perhaps it was unfortunate to have so many
of the figures given over to erotic pursuits. I
suspect also that Weiskopf 's original text was
not so dry as it now appears. It may well
be that the author of the powerful Firing
Squad needs another theme to show what he
can really do." Richard Plant
New Repub 114:98 Ja 21 '46 480w
"The canvas is not large enough to portray
the death of a social order or an empire. While
Mr. Weiskopf's awareness of the social and po-
litical forces sweeping Europe in 1913 emerges
In a few very effective vignettes, the total im-
pression is one of a vague longing for the
Vienna and the Prague of before Serajevo. The
elegant liberal editor who is the chief character
In the novel is blurred by sentiment. . . Since
Mr. Weiskopf's vantage point toward his scenes
is the very one which our imagination so popu-
larly associates with everything about Viennese
culture before 1914, it is quite probable that
'Twilight on the Danube* will find many more
readers than did The Firing Squad,' his last
published novel." W. M. Lowry
N Y Times p5 Ja 20 '46 700w
"Mr. Weiskopf is an expert character de-
lineator, with a thorough knowledge of both
Rlace and period, and it is pleasant to read,
i the publisher's postscript, that this book is
the first novel of a group to cover the period
from 1914 to 1939."
-f New Yorker 21:77 F 2 '46 lOOw
"It does not seem likely that 'Twilight on
the Danube' will rank as one of the author's
best books. Certainly it lacks the emotional re-
straint and realism which made 'The Firing
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WEISKOPF, F. C.— Continued
Squad* so notable. Tet it demonstrates clearly
that Weiskopf is one of the leading Continental
novelists in America today." Theodore Purdy
-j Sat R of Lit 29:36 F 23 '46 600w
Time 47:104 Ja 21 '46 400w
"What Upton Sinclair has tried — and many
others — Is here well essayed, by a knowledge-
able artist who knows the places whereof he
writes. But he writes in an age of cinema, and
without the power to simplify, the poet's mis-
sion to recuse and clarify. So. at times, for all
the story teller's effort to reconstruct an his-
toric scene, one wallows rather than under-
stands. It seems less like twilight on the Dan-
ube than confusion and gaslight as before along
that river." Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p3 Ja 20 '46 800w
WEISMILLER, EDWARD R. Faultless shore.
72p $2 Hough ton
811 46-22056
"Mr. Weismiller's 'The Faultless Shore' is
his first book of poetry since 'The Deer Come
Down,' published ten years ago in the Yale
Series of Younger Poets [Book Review Digest.
1936]. 'The Faultless Shore* also has its snare
of nature poems — and they are among the
book's best — but interest and emphasis have
changed in the dividing years, and over half
the poems deal with the terrors of this war
and this peace." N Y Times
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p20 D 8 '46 90w
"Edward R. Weismiller has a certain gift
of words and sometimes of swift phrase, and he
has a distinct poetical approach, but his work
is immature and lacks coherence. This is a vol-
ume of scattered poems. If his mind and in-
sight catch up with his technical skill, he will
be worth watching. Meanwhile this little vol-
ume will command a small audience."
Kirkus 14:516 O 1 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Milton Crane
N Y Times p46 D 1 '46 220w
"A traveler on the Continent in pre-war
years, and a marine officer during the war,
Mr. Weismiller experienced a good deal that
his former isolate, well loved environment had
scarcely prepared him for. Now, with a broad-
er but more disquieting outlook, he knows that
his narrow traditional themes, however well
done, are not enough. But, hampered by the
tradition in which he has been schooled, he has
not yet found a sufficiently vital and arresting
way to cope with the complex dimensions of
contemporary experience. Instead of a fresh
modern idiom, for instance, his lines go stale
under literary diction: turret, dungeon, bane,
limns, harried, thralldom, etc. But It is to Mr.
Weismiller's credit that he looks beyond his
own fields and walls." Ruth Lechlitner
-\ Weekly Book Review p26 N 24 '46 400w
WEISSBERGER, ARNOLD, ed. Physical meth-
ods of organic chemistry; contributors: W. P.
Bale [arid others]. (Technique of organic
chemistry) 2v il ea $9.50 Interscience
541.3 Chemistry. Physical and theoretical.
Chemistry. Organic 45-8533
"To save much searching technical literature
on whether or not to use certain physical meth-
ods of organic chemistry, editors have com*
piled from authorities in their various fields
critical descriptions of tested methods as well
as theoretical background. Among the subjects
are determination of melting and freezing tem-
peratures, determination of boiling and conden-
sation of temperatures, colorimetry, microscopy.
X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy and spectrogra-
p£y ,an? mas1 spectrometry and crystallo-
chemical analysis." Library J
"For those who are interested in the theory
on which the various methods are based, this
book is highly recommendable. Those who ex-
ganic chemical research might be somewhat
disappointed." B. A. Hauser „ ^ .„ „„*_
.f d Am Chem 8oc J 67:2278 D '45 560w
(Review of v 1)
"It is undoubtedly a valuable book to have
on ones desk primarily for the purpose of
becoming generally familiar with a heretofore
unfamiliar physical method, but for actual
laboratory use it will still be necessary, in
most cases, to go to the specialized literature
which is quite amply documented in this book."
Me!|ilL.CAmInChem Soc J 68:2409 N '46 280w
(Review of v2)
Reviewed by P. H. Westheimer
Chem A. Eng N 24:100 Ja 10 '46 400w
(Review of v 1)
Reviewed by T, R. P. Gibb
Chem & Ena N 24:2108 Ag 10 '46 600w
(Review of v2)
"This work is a significant contribution to
the field of organic chemistry. It is an authori-
tative presentation of theoretical background
necessary to understand and evaluate experi-
mental results, and deals with those physical
tests that have proved of most value to the
organic chemist. As a compilation of informa-
tion it should save a research worker both time
and trouble, and may well become a standby for
the graduate student in organic chemistry."
G. F.
(Review of v 1)
Chem Eng 63:257 S '46 160w
Reviewed by R. T. Arnold
J Phys Chem 50:71 Ja '46 500w (Re-
view of v 1)
Reviewed by R. T. Arnold
J Phys Chem 50:489 N '46 300w (Re-
view of v2)
Library J 70:638 Jl '45 90w (Review of
v 1)
Reviewed by L,. A. Kales ,n
Library J 71:1130 S 1 '46 lOOw (Re-
view of v2)
N Y New Tech Bks 31:5 Ja '46 (Re-
view of v 1)
N Y New Tech Bks 31:22 Ap '46
(Review of v2)
"The author of each topic treated is a spe-
cialist of repute. The preliminary information
and theoretical background required by each
subject is followed by details of experimental
methods. The treatments are thorough, some-
times extensive. The limitations of methods,
necessary precautions, and the comparative
merits when several procedures are discussed,
are often accompanied by critical opinion based
on personal experience of the author or of
ers^. u 3 Quarterly Bkl 2:253 S '46 280w
WELCH. DENTON. In youth is pleasure. 23 Op
$2.50 Fischer, D.B.
46-3295
A fifteen-year-old English public school boy
is taken for a vacation by his wealthy father.
They stay in a large hotel near the Thames in
Surrey. Orvil'a two older brothers join them,
and the vacation is a quiet affair. The book
is mainly concerned with Orvil's acute percep-
tions and unusual reactions to the most ordin-
ary situation.
Reviewed by Peter Quinn
Book Week p8 Ap 21 '46 380w
Kirkus 14:3 Ja '46 ISOw
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:406 Ap 6 '46 650w
"Just a year ago in these columns, I wrote
of Mr. Den ton Welch's first book. Maiden Voy-
age, that it was % 'rare, these days, to read a
new author and feel impatient to see his next
book.' In Youth Is Pleasure Is Mr. Welch's
next book, and it is a sad disappointment. It
is a disappointment to find in an author's
'second' book more of the faults, many fewer
of the virtues, than there were in his 'first.'
The reader's sole consolation, in this case, is
his probable conclusion that while the volume
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
871
under review IB published after Maiden Voyage,
it must surely have been written before that
book." James Stern
— New Repub 114:452 Ap 1 '46 700w
" 'In Yoiuh Is Pleasure* has the distinction
of style and vision which characterize 'Maiden
Voyage'-— and it may be more complex in theme
and symbol than the earlier volume. Welch's
work shows* in both volumes, the influence of
sensational 1st ic psychology and of other writers
who have been influenced by it such as Joyce,
Virginia Woolf, Alex Comfort. There is no
escape into any general, vague statement.
Every reality has to be broken down into
smaller and smaller parts. For Welch, as for
perhaps the best stylists in the tradition of the
sensational is tic. reality is minute, made up of
many diverse fragments, never wholly realiza-
ble. '* Marguerite Young
N Y Times p6 Mr 31 '46 750w
"It might have been more accurately called
'The Sex-Conditioned Nightmare.' . . To me,
Mr. Welch has made his hero enormously self-
pitying, Just as dirty-minded, masochistic,
somewhat necrophilic, satanic, sadistic, exhi-
bitionistic, and, above all else, full of an almost
ridiculous narcism. . . No sensible person is
likely to be taken in by these blown -glass imi-
tations of Baudelaire's flowers of evil, and a
very shrewd and intelligent friend of mine, in
conversation, summed up the whole business
when he said that we had come to the point
where the ivory tower was giving way to the
ivory gutter." Hamilton Basso
— New Yorker 22:106 Ap 6 '46 760w
Reviewed by Basil Davenport
Sat R of Lit 29:24 Je 22 '46 950w
"Even allowing for the distortions in a
world seen through Orvil's eyes, the characters
in 'In Youth Is Pleasure' are a rum lot. . .
Although 'In Youth Is Pleasure' covers only a
few weeks' time, it probes sharply into most of
these not too healthy lives. One can take it
for a picture of the decorous decadence of a
portion of British society just before the war or
for a smoothly written account of some odd
goings-on during a schoolboy's summer vaca-
tion. Either way, it has a delicately wicked,
most unpleasant flavor and a dream-like elu-
siveness. Herbert Kupferberg
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 14 '46
650w
WELD, RALPH FOSTER. Tower on the
heights. 169p il $2.60 Columbia univ. press
[16s 6d Oxford]
285.1747 Brooklyn, New York. First Pres-
byterian church A46-2769
A history of the First Presbyterian church
of Brooklyn, which was founded in 1822. Index.
"When local church history is written in
these terms by a trained social historian like
Dr. Weld, it is worth a word of hearty com-
mendation."
4- Am Hist R 52:199 O '46 80w
Christian Century 63:783 Je 19 '46 40w
WELLARD, JAMES HOWARD. General
Qeorg* S. Pat ton, Jr., man under Mars. 277p
il maps $3 Dodd
B or 92 Patton, George Smith 46-1606
A biography of General Patton by a war cor-
respondent who was with him from Tunisia
to Czechoslovakia. Only a minimum of space
is given to Patton' s background: the major
portion of the book being devoted to his ac-
tivities in World war H. No index.
"Here is a curious book in which the author
unconsciously paints his subject in the con-
flicting colors of his own emotions. War's alter-
nate fascination and repulsion control him and
distort the picture he would present . . In
interpreting Patton the soldier, Mr. Wellard
does not miss, as indeed he could not, the
amaiing qualities of that leader— the general
'who fought his battles with the strategy of the
"Impossible" '; the success of movement and
of surprise; the ability «to live off himself/
But those are things many commanders have
striven to accomplish, the brilliant, the more
difficult feats in the art of war. . . Of Patton
the man, Mr. Wellard understands still less."
Sherman Miles
-- h Atlantic 177:173 Je '46 550w
Reviewed by Joe Fromm
Book Week p!2 Mr 10 '46 600w
Booklist 42:246 Ap 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pll Ag 31
46 280 w
'•Author fails to do Justice to his subject
either as a great general or as a difficult and
contradictory personality. . . . Descriptions of
the African campaign and the campaigns in
France and Germany are well written and no
doubt fairly accurate. Not recommended for
library purchase, however." Jacqueline Over-
ton
Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 lOOw
"This latest biography of the war's most
controversial general indulges in neither ex-
cessive panegyric nor condemnation. James
W?!!aT£' a correspondent with General Patton
until the end of the war, offers no final Judg-
ment of him. What he gives is an accurate
report of the general who wrote bad poetry and
mJfftht/brI1iia?^Jbilttle8 and actually wS the
most feared Allied commander." Herbert Mit-
gang
N Y Times p22 My 12 '46 300w
"Lively, Journalistic biography."
•f New Yorker 22:86 Mr 2 '46 120w
re W* headln*7
940.55 World politics. U.S.— Foreign rela-
tions 46-7236
Qt.'?£r'i ^Xol1?8 re?I?ned as Under Secretary of
State in 1943. and is now the gadfly and nem-
Jhe Administration and the State De-
i& fJ ' H<i 5^ high h°Des fop the
Nations, and does not expect war with
r»n~ irHie vPrvis€s <*eneral MacArthur and
Chiang Kai-shek, casts new light on the ex-
plosive problems of Palestine and India, and
Sfff*!?*^ euj°£l2es the achievements of the
late President Roosevelt." Library J
fe^Aii*1**!. b2°£i'**,certajnly one of the most
forceful, hard-hitting documents ever written
fl£h£nwu£1!ficail P"13!10 servant. Mr. Welles
SfrfLiTi111 b?Se to""*16* and pulls no punches.
He delivers his opin on in phrases, sentences,
and paragraphs which have an eighteenth-
s' t«7t^U?dne<!sJlnd finality. whSS SSffd
one of the inevitable, comprehensive annihila-
tion of an opponent as practiced by Gibbon or
Samue Johnson." R. B. Danielson v*looon or
4- Atlantic 178:154 D '46 850w
"Sumner Welles' earlier book, 'The Time for
Decision,' published in 1944, had a widespread
Ln^Hn?£ on public opinion. It can only be
£2P di^tJ?at V*Jier^£re We Heading?' will also
be widely read. This book is written by one
w«ule £est in*orme<l men of our time. In it
Welles has performed a great service to Amer-
ica and to the cause of world peace." Walter
Johnson
+ Book Week p3 O 13 '46 850w
Booklist 43:65 N 1 '46
'*# lsi a vl*or°ys book. It is often undiplo-
SXSSfiS p,1rs<Sa1-. U te more than often un-
diplomatically blunt. But it is not a captious
mC£v'Jf£r **r. Welles feels that his warning
HE^rSS?6 JJL Lm£ ^L^f* the nation back on
SELP* 8 Xhth ahe beUeyes its responsibility
demands. If he is sometimes elliptical in his
documentation, it must be remembered that he
is not posing as an historian. For he has
?^°n/S*8iep/^m^the offlce of Actln* Secre?
tary of State into the conflict over what may
SSJwPSh?^1* hlst?J?rv rather than merely to
Charits Qratke Waa made ^t^ay."
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 9 '46
950W
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Foreign Affairs 25:341 Ja '47 llOw
"Without the impetus of a book club selec-
tion (so far as we know) this may not parallel
the enormous success of A Time for Decision—
but it is a vitally important book though a
disheartening book for \hose of us who T would
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WELLES, SUMMER— Continued
like to feel some degree of confidence in our
international outlook. . . His book is not easy
reading: . But it needs to be read."
+ Kirkui 14:470 S 15 '46 700w
"Incisively written, authoritative, sharply
critical of America's vacillating foreign policy,
this is an important and virtually indispensable
book for libraries." B. P. Walbridge
+ Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 140w
"Summer Welles's 'Where Are We Heading?'
is the most important book published in some
time on the subject of United States foreign
policy. It is significant in first instance as an
informed and intelligent inventory of the lead-
ing problems on Secretary Byrnes's agenda,
with the relevant facts well marshaled and the
comment keen and to the point. But its essen-
tial value may well lie in its sustained expres-
sion of a point of view oddly lacking in the
current debate over foreign policy — the point of
view of the professional diplomat," A. M.
Schlesinger, Jr.
-f Nation 163:559 N 16 '46 1750w
Reviewed by T. J. Hamilton
New Repub 115:881 D 23 '46 1260w
"An extremely intelligent analysis of the
United States' foreign policy and world diplo-
matic trends during the flnal period of World
War II and the initial peacemaking which
followed it. It is inclusive, in fact global, in
scope; its style, though not brilliant, is both
lucid and logical. There is little new in the
volume — no state secrets hitherto unrevealed.
But its encyclopedic, consistent development
manages to bring together diverse threads and
weave them into a whole pattern." C. L.
Sulzberger
-f N Y Times pi O 13 '46 2150w
"In discussing the formulation of a proper
foreign policy iMr. Wellesj is constructive,
though sometimes didactic."
New Yorker 22:117 O 26 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by M. Sargent
San Francisco Chronicle p!8 N 10 '46
550w
Reviewed by T. K. Finletter
Sat R of Lit 29:25 O 12 '46 1750w
Reviewed by H. F. Armstrong
Weekly Book Review pi O 13 '46 SOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:149 N '46
"There is much that is sound and useful in
Mr. Welles's book, and there are points which
show real insight. When he escapes for a
moment from the need of placing blame on
individuals, he is interesting and often plaus-
ible. But he would have been much more so if
he had been more careful in selecting his
method of approach. As it is, he will undoubt-
edly please a great many political opponents of
the present regime and perhaps inform some
of them in the process, but it is doubtful if he
will in fact help very much in clarifying the
public mind as to where we are heading or
what can really be done about it." F. S. Dunn
-| Yale R n s 36:343 winter '47 1050w
WELLES. WINIFRED (MRS H. H. SHEAR-
ER). The lost landscape; some memories of
a family and a town in Connecticut, 1659-
1906; 11. by Phyllis Cote". 299p $3 Holt
B or 92 Authors — Correspondence, reminis-
cences, etc. 46-25031
Quietly written book of family memoirs,
stretching back to Revolutionary times in Nor-
wich, Connecticut. The author was an Ameri-
can poet who died in 1939, and these posthu-
mous memories are based on family history,
letters, etc.
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p8 Mr 3 '46 27 Ow
Booklist 42:212 Mr 1 '46
Bookmark 7:14 My '46
"This posthumous volume, [Winifred
Welles'] only adult prose book, bespeaks on
every page the delicacy and distinction that
characterized her poetry."
-t- Cath World 163:380 Jl '46 150w
"Here is a record of fine, proud, upright liv-
ing, it is not sentimental, neither does it strain
after the 'salty* and the ribald; but it is the
work of a woman who was both an affectionate
daughter of Norwich Town and a distinguished,
discerning worker in words. The illustrations
by Phyllis Cot6 are admirably in keeping with
this book about 'old Connecticut.' " W. K. R.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ap 6 '46
700w
Cleveland Open Shelf pll My '46
"This posthumous book has the peace of the
elder poetry." E. L, Keyes
•4- Commonweal 43:508 Mr 1 '46 150w
"Of personal concern rather than wide pop-
ular interest, this is nonetheless pleasing, del-
icate, lightly cast. To those who know Winifred
Welles as a poet, the book has sure appeal."
-f Klrkus 13:502 N 15 '45 150w
"Escape literature of the quiet meditative
kind for libraries which can afford to buy de-
lightful, nonessentlal books." H. F. Forbes
H- Library J 71:280 F 15 '46 120w
"Miss Welles writes with fine delicacy, re-
straint, perception, and love: her lost land-
scape is clearly and brightly seen, a little frail
and diminished, cameo-wise, but not swimming
in a blurred, sentimental, and moisture-laden
haze. Elizabeth Bowen would have done it bet-
ter— made it bolder, more intense, more true to
scale — and with even greater insight; but al-
most nobody else would have done it so well."
Rolfe Humphries
-f- Nation 162:440 Ap 13 '46 450w
"This delightful book is doubly rewarding,
for it not only presents a picture of gracious
living in a past day but also helps to recall
long- forgot ten scenes in one's own lost land-
scape." E. B. Schlesinger
-f. New Eng Q 19:267 Je '46 800w
"Her publishers describe the book as 'an
autobiography of the spinlt,' but it is also a
'Cavalcade* in miniature of two centuries of
life in a small city in southern New England.
As such, it is authentic Americana, and not
merely local color. In it, I believe. Miss Welles
demonstrates that had she lived longer she
would have moved into the front rank of those
who write about the American scene." T. C.
Chubb
-h N Y Times p5 Mr 3 '46 HOOw
" 'The Lost Landscape' is a beautifully writ-
ten book, a work of memory and imagination,
an autobiography and an album of stored tradi-
tion. It is a book to be cherished and re-
turned to, as a picture of a time which is the
heritage of all who love the American past — a
landscape which will not be lost so long as
there are writers like Winifred Welles to hold
it fast." S. H. Hay
-f- Sat R of Lit 29:20 Ap 20 '46 750w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:195 S '46 260w
"Any one who has known and cared for the
five slim volumes of narrative and lyric poetry
written by Winifred Welles (Mrs. H. H.
Shearer) will rejoice in the publication of her
one prose book, 'The Lost Landscape.' Seven
years after her death it brings to us again
the warm, gracious, sensitive personality and
lets us share her merceries as she digs in the
sunlight of the past. Like her poetry, the book
penetrates beyond remembered experience to
the center of life. There she stands, warmed
by its human love and natural beauty, where
death cannot lay a finger upon her." H. F.
Whicher
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Mr 10 '46
HOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:58 Ap '46
WELLS, ALBERT WADE. Hail to the Jeep;
a factual and pictorial history of the Jeep.
120p il $2 Harper
355.83 Automobiles, Military. Motor trucks
46-6415
A history in word and picture of one of the
most popular motorized vehicles of World war
II. The many illustrations show the per-
formance of the Jeep on all fronts during the
war.
Christian Science Monitor p!4 N 23 '46
240w
Klrkus 14:121 Mr 1 '46 50w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
873
"The reviewer recently completed a 3200-mile
Jeep jaunt through the Northwest and can
agree with much of the praise lavished upon
the rugged little car by Mr. Wells. On the
other hand, the author's reference to the Jeep
as 'an almost living being/ and his mention
of an English soldier's tears over a Jeep's
demise, may well leave a cold-hearted reader
colder." S. A.
H San Francisco Chronicle p!3 S 15 '46
140w
"The book may not be of extensive interest
to the man who was a civilian in the war, un-
less he worked on jeep production, but it will
prove interesting to many ex-servicemen." V.
M. S.
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 9 '46 300w
Weekly Book Review p26 N 17 '46 150w
WELLS, ALEXANDER FRANK. Structural
inorganic chemistry. 690p $7.50 (25s) Oxford
541 Stereochemistry. Crystallography
A46-2711
"The author's main purpose in this book is
to integrate the specialized knowledge of
atomic and crystal structure gained in studies
of the solid state with the main body of knowl-
edge possessed by inorganic chemists. In Part
I, he has provided rather full discussions of
atomic structure; bonds, valency and reso-
nance; the spatial arrangement of atoms; states
of aggregation, with a full chapter on the
crystalline state; and the experimental methods
of structural chemistry, such as X-ray dif-
fraction, electron diffraction and optical meth-
ods. In Part II, he discusses the structural
properties of important groups of inorganic
substances such as hydrogen and its com-
pounds; the halogens; oxygen and sulphur; sili-
con; and carbon." (N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
Reviewed by T. D. O'Brien
J Phys Chem 50:443 S '46 550w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:21 Ap '46
"This is a great advance in the presentation
of inorganic chemistry and it should do a great
deal to improve efficiency of thought concern-
ing inorganic chemical problems." James
Stokley
+ Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
140w
WELLS, EVELYN. Treasury of names. 326p
$4 Essential bks.
929.4 Names, Personal 46-3918
This volume contains approximately 15,000
names, their variants and diminutives. Each
name is given its origin, analysis and history;
its background in religion, mythology, litera-
ture, etc. Included in the book are the legends
and symbolisms of flowers and jewels concern-
ing birth months and birthdays.
Booklist 42:328 Je 15 '46
"A good many books of various sorts deal
with the subject of 'Names.' Here without
question is one of the most interesting. Planned
originally as 'a guide for bewildered fathers
and mothers hunting the perfect name for the
world's newest and nicest baby,' it grew into
the present sizable volume with its suggestion
of countless fascinating facts and fancies con-
nected with names."
4- Cath World 163:478 Ag '46 150w
"The book appears quite complete. Offhand,
I miss only Agamemnon, Dine, Colm, Zip,
Shadrach, and the other two Hebrew children,
and the spelling Catharine. A cross classifica-
tion of the names into Irish, German, English,
Spanish, and so forth, would have been an aid
to those who are at the outset determined on
the nationality of the name they are seeking.
Some notice of the American — if any — develop-
ment of a name would have been helpful. And,
of course, etymologies in various languages
would have increased the scholarly usefulness
of the book. But it was not made for scholars.
It was made for expecting parents. To such it
makes a useful and thoughtful gift." Horace
Reynolds
-f Christian Science Monitor p!6 Je 1 '46
"Highly instructive and fun to read as well."
C. V. T.
-|- N Y Times p!2 My 26 '46 160w
Reviewed by R. M. Morgan
Springf'd Republican p4d My 26 '46
120w
"The reference room of a public library
would find this book popular." E. M. Her-
rick
4- Weekly Book Review p26 Ap 28 '46
150w
WELTY, EUDORA. Delta wedding. 247p $2.75
Harcourt
46-3217
Quiet, uneventful story of a large southern
family, the Fairchilds, living on their Missis-
sippi delta plantation. Fairchilds of all ages,
from five to sixty-five, drift thru the days, as
they prepare for the wedding of Dabney, one
of their loved members. The activities are seen
thru the eyes of a young visiting cousin.
"Miss Welty's intentions in 'Delta Wedding'
are somewhat on the subtle and intricate side.
The reader who takes his realism 'neat' will
probably not care too much for her. But there
is a rich reality here in this study of an old
Southern family in its decline — a reality so
palpable that you can almost touch it with
your flnger tips and feel them tingle." F. H.
Bullock
H Book Week pi Ap 14 '46 1450w
Booklist 42:318 Je 1 '46
Christian Century 63:657 My 22 '46
140w
"This book is, in its manner, a tour de foroe.
It registers a mood. It presents the essence
of the deep South and it does it with infinite
finesse. . . There isn't any plot. There isn't
any action. There isn't any suspense or crisis
or noticeable sex appeal. There is atmosphere
only and in delicious gulps." Margaret Wil-
liamson
4- Christian Science Monitor p!6 Ap 15 '46
550w
"Few stories have the quiet, pervasive charm
and the real, vibrant beauty of Eudora Welty's
new novel, 'Delta Wedding.' " L.. A. Collins
-f- Commonweal 44:242 Je 21 '46 700w
"A remembrance of customs and personal-
ities, the feel of old roots dying and new roots
going down, in lucid yet tortuous prose, — this
is quality, rather than quantity, merchandise."
-f Kirkus 14:152 Ap 1 '46 190w
"She combines in this, as in her previous
stories, realistic and imaginative writing to a
remarkable degree. Delta Wedding represents,
in my opinion, her best work so far." E. P.
Nichols
-f Library J 71:587 Ap 15 '46 HOw
"I find it difficult to determine how much
of my distaste for Eudora Welty's new book,
'Delta Wedding,' is dislike of its literary man-
ner and how much is resistance to the culture
out of which it grows and which it describes
uo fondly. But actually, I think, Miss Welty's
style and her cultural attitude are not to be
separated. It is impossible for me to conceive
of a Northern or Western or, for that matter,
a European or an Australian or an African
scene that could provoke an exacerbation of
poeticism to equal Miss Welty's in this
novel. . . And yet one suspects that, for all
its tenuousness, 'Delta Wedding' says pre-
cisely what it intends to say. Among evoca-
tive novelists Miss Welty is extraordinarily
gifted; and if one finishes her book with a
strong sense of confusion as to Miss Welty's
own judgment upon certain aspects of Delta
life, one has no reason to feel that it is be-
cause Miss Welty lacks the ability to com-
municate any content she wants to." Diana
Trilling
— + Nation 162:678 My 11 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by Isaac Rosenfeld
New Repub 114:633 Ap 29 '46 650w
"The interplay of family life, with a dozen
different people saying and doing a dozen
different things all at the same time, is won-
derfully handled by Miss Welty so that no
detail \B ipst, every detail has its place in tfee
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pattern of the whole. The transitions are so
smoothly made that you seem to be all over
the place at once, knowing the living members
of three generations and all the skeletons and
ghosts." Charles Poore
4- N Y Times pi Ap 14 '46 1250w
"The portrait she gives us of a large South-
ern family is nothing short of wonderful, and
the way she gets hold of the particular Quality
of Southern speech, with its nuances, obliqui-
ties, and special kind of humor, is a minor
triumph. Nor do I know of any writer, with
the possible exception of Faulkner and of
Marjorie Rinnan Rawlings, who works a dif-
ferent sector, so deeply sensitive to the South-
ern landscape. The emphasis I have placed on
locale may make it sound like a regional book,
which is just what I intended. It is regional in
the same way as Gogol's 'Dead Souls' is re-
gional. I'm not even hinting that Miss Welty
is a writer of Gogol's stature, but her book
has some of that same universal quality, and
should be read as happily in Moscow and Oslo
as in Passaic, San Francisco, and Des Moines."
Hamilton Basso
-f New Yorker 22:89 My 11 '46 500w
"Admirers of Miss Welty's earlier work will
certainly be surprised, and may possibly be
disappointed, as they read this novel. . . I
confess to having experienced a certain un-
easiness as I read the opening pages of this
work; and that the uneasiness rapidly turned
into sheer dismay. . . The prose improves;
but Miss Welty's method, like Dabney's arms,
continues to be overeager. . . Neither life nor
literature can support a prolonged bout of
happiness; and if the novel survives, it is be-
cause Miss Welty is far too good a writer to
be able to protect the Fairchild family against
her own insight. . . And so, when the book is
finished, one's respect for Miss Welty remains
unimpaired. After all, every writer Is entitled
to one fit of nostalgia, one ascent into Cloud-
cuckooland. Moreover, Miss Welty retains a
toehold upon solid ground." George Danger-
6 -| Sat R of Lit 24:12 Ap 20 '46 700w
" 'Delta Wedding' is a book of many char-
acters, of fine descriptions of the Southland
and its people at a time when care sat lightly
on them, and for that very reason is refresh-
ing." E. H. Dexter
+ Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
240w
Time 47:104 Ap 22 '46 650w
"Part of the success of the novel is at-
tributable to the author's grasp of technique,
the basis of which is her choosing to describe
the family at the time of the wedding. This
device imposes severe yet natural boundaries
on material that is always in danger of over-
flowing. Among its other advantages are these:
it introduces an impressionable observer,, a
young cousin from Jackson, a guest at the
wedding, to register her impressions of the
Fairchilds; it takes the family at a time when
they would obviously be at their gayest, most
amiable, and most eruptive; and stresses the
self-renewing power of the family, its ability
to absorb its in-laws and above all, its un-
flagging fecundity."
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:183 S '46 250w
"Budora Welty's authentic and vital talent,
one of the few such talents to appear in recent
years, is here employed on a scale different
— broader, deeper, perhaps — from that of her
much acclaimed short stories. She has written
her first full-length novel. The result, as in the
case of her briefer works, is something vividly
original, aui generis — much unlike run-of-the-
mill American fiction." H. T. Kane
-f Weekly Book Review p3 Ap 14 '46
1600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
"Miss Welty shifts her point of view from
one character to another with slippery ease
and rather baffling results. Although she
achieves remarkable atmospheric effects, both
emotional and regional, she always seems on
the point of important reveJations that are
never made. A book which should have been
crystal clear remains opaque and even a little
dull." Orville Prescott
— 4* Yale R n s 35:765 summer '46 270w
WENDT. GERALD, and GEDDES, DONALD
PORTER, eds. Atomic age opens. (Forum
bks) 251p il $1 World pub.
541.2 Atomic energy
Summary of the developments from various
scientists who contributed to atomic use.
"Made up largely of quotations from many
sources, it is divided into several parts. First,
there is a straightforward account of how the
announcement was made and what happened,
editorial comments and a description of the
first test of one of the bombs on a New Mexico
mesa on July 16. The main part of the book,
entitled 'The Search for Understanding/ was
prepared by Dr. Wendt and gives the scien-
tific background, quoting a number of writers,
including John J. O'Neill, science editor of the
Herald Tribune, who was one of the first to
tell the world of the possibilities of uranium
as a source of energy. There are also extracts
from the Smyth report. . . The final section.
"The Meaning of the Challenge,' contains many
comments on the bomb and the possibilities of
applying its principles as a useful source of
power." (Weekly Book Review)
Cleveland Open Shelf p!8 S '45
"Prepared by Donald Porter Geddes and the
editors of Pocket Books in a remarkably short
time and well presented."
4- Library J 70:1089 N 15 '45 70w
"A book like this will aid greatly in giving
the information we need for a wise use of this
knowledge." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p20 S 16 '45 500w
WENTWORTH, PATRICIA, pseud. (MRS G,
O. TURNBULL). Pilgrim's Rest. 251p $2 Lip-
pincott
46-2150
Detective story.
Kirkus 14:137 Mr 15 '46 60w
"Score another triumph for the placid ex-
governess who sticks to her knitting while she
is solving crime problems." Isaac Anderson
-f N Y Times p35 My 26 '46 150w
"Miss Silver's solution of the case may be
more intricate than is necessary, but it will
undoubtedly be satisfactory to her admirers."
H New Yorker 22:95 My 25 '46 80w
"Well-knit."
+ Sat R of Lit 29:42 My 11 '46 40w
"It makes pleasant summer reading." P. H.
Bickerton
-f- Springf'd Republican p4d Je 9 '46 240w
"This department can't think at the moment
of a smarter or more lovable detective than
Miss Maud Silver." Will Cuppy
-f Weekly Book Review p30 My 26 '46
200w
WERBIN, I. VERNON. Legal phases of con-
struction contracts. 267p $2.75 McQraw
692.4 Building— Contracts and specifications
46-5141
"A book for contractors and for engineers
concerned with interpreting and working under
construction contracts and just as specifically
for lawyers engaged in contract litigation. The
book groups legal decisions affecting each of
46 construction contract problems in a separate
chapter. Each is so written as to be readily
understandable by the layman and yet ade-
quate for the lawyer, full legal citations being
included. Among the major subjects covered
are: extra work, engineers decisions, effect of
acceptance of final payment on claims, extent
of authority of contracting agent, mistakes in
bid, ambiguous contracts and compulsory arbi-
tration." (Eng N) Index.
"The book can well be a reference for use
before litigation occurs as it outlines the Judi-
cial interpretation of construction contracts
and thus gives disputants a workable idea of
the attitude of the courts on what engineers
put into contracts. In addition, the cases cited
and decisions quoted are interesting enough
to be good incidental reading."
4- Eng N 136:111 Ay 8 '46 l$0w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
875
Reviewed by L>. A. Bales
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 60w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:37 Jl '46
WERFEL, FRANZ V. Poems; tr. by Edith
Abercrombie Snow. 119p $2 Princeton univ.
press
831 A46-360
"A collection of English translations of 49
poems, with the original German lines set face
to face with the English; this is both an ad-
vantage and disadvantage, since usually the
translation of necessity does not equal the
original in rhyme or quality." Current Hist
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p4 D 23 '45 70w
Christian Science Monitor pl2 Mr 23
'46 90w
Current Hist 10:61 Ja '46 50w
Kirkus 13:446 O 1 '45 llOw
"Franz Werfel's poems, if they are not quite
major poetry, are in their way as good as any-
thing in German poetry since the generation
of George and Rilke. Not that they were all
written since 1933. The present selection ranges
over the whole of Werfel's career, and the few
poems concerning the Hitler epoch form a
melancholy epilogue. The bulk of the poems be-
long in spirit if not in fact to the Expressionist
generation, and if I had to classify Werfel I
would call him an unreconstructed Expression-
ist." Eric Bentley
-f- New Repub 114:258 F 18 '46 1300w
N Y Times p!4 My 26 '46 200w
Reviewed by Alfred Kreymborg
Sat R of Lit 29:10 Mr 23 '46 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p604 D 7 '46
310w
WERFEL, FRANZ V. Star of the unborn; tr.
by Gustave O. Arlt. 645p $3 Viking
46-1349
"A fantasy predicting the 'shape of things
to come,' and a novel in the venerable, ambigu-
ous genre of Utopian satire which criticizes the
present in the light of Utopia and at the same
time ridicules Utopia in terms of the present."
N Y Times
Reviewed by Lucien Price
Atlantic 177:166 Ap '46 550w
Booklist 42:248 Ap 1 '46
"Bulwer Lytton did this kind of thing with
more dignity, and Jules Verne more cheerfully.
There is a macabre eroticism about F.W. which
is distinctly unpleasant. The idea of the mouldy
F.W., still in his grave-clothes, middle-aged
and myopic, making acceptable love to the
radiant young lo-La, leaves quite a bad taste."
Eleanor McNaught
— Canadian Forum 26:68 Je '46 550w
Cleveland Open Shelf p8 Mr '46
"This is a truly tragic book. The late Mr.
Werfel was a considerable writer, and two at
least of his books: 'The Forty Days of Musa
Dagh' and 'The Song of Bernadette,' are alive,
and will remain so. But this monumental blun-
der is unformed, [aborted]." Anne Fremantle
— Commonweal 44:16 Ap 19 '46 1160w
Kirkus 14:1 Ja '46 190w
"I should not pretend that Star of the Un-
born arouses any other feeling in me than
nausea. I do not like thinkers who purport to
comprehend things by declaring them incom-
prehensible. Perhaps that is a personal quirk
of mine. Am I not condemning werfel's book,
it might be asked, because he is a Catholic
and I am not? I doubt it. I am not nauseated
by all modern Catholic literature, certainly not,
for example, by Newman or Chesterton. No,
there is something about Werfel which repels.
Not all the narrative invention and humor of
Star of the Unborn — in which both are con-
spicuous— can make him palatable." Eric Bent-
ley
— New Repub 114:322 Mr 4 (46 1400w
" 'Star of the Unborn* was written as a
philosophical diatribe against skepticism, natu-
ralism and irreliglon, a sort of reverse Candlde.
It is thus both ambitious and frivolous, a novel
and a travelogue. . . It is unfortunate that
the strengthening of a novelist's religious and
moral convictions should weaken his sense of
the variety, seriousness and many-sidedness
of the ineradicable conflicts of life. I regret
that I have not been able to write a more en-
thusiastic obituary, at least such as 'The Pure
in Heart' and 'Musa Dagh' deserve. But to the
degree that a novelist deals In straw men, he
becomes himself a man of straw." Isaac Rosen-
feld
N Y Times p5 F 24 '46 1150w
Reviewed by Hamilton Basso
— New Yorker 22:83 Mr 2 '46 700w
"If you have read half of Franz Werfel's
memorable and powerful books, if you know
only 'The Forty Days of Musa Dagh' or 'The
Song of Bernadette,' this final novel may shock
and bewilder you. It has magnificent imagina-
tive and poetic passages, but it Is as cold and
bloodless as outer space. Until the day comes
when man has lost his heart and soul and has
no longer power to laugh or weep, no one in
his right senses will place it beside 'Don
Quixote' or 'The Divine Comedy.' " Harrison
Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:7 Mr 2 '46 1850w
Time 47:102 Mr 11 "46 750w
" 'Star of the Unborn' is by no means a
failure: it is just not great. It is interesting,
at times stimulating, and some of the things
Mr. Werfel has imagined are artfully provoca-
tive. But since art must always be the re-
flection of man's spiritual form, the picture
of his agony on the cross of flesh, this last
book of a gifted writer is not, as his admirers
suggest, an enduring monument. It is some-
thing1 Mr. Werfel wanted to do and he ob-
viously had a pood time doing it. Any one
can have a good time reading it." Thomas
Sugrue
Weekly Book Review p3 F 24 '46 1250w
WERNHER, HILDA. Land and the well, by
Hilda Wernher with Huthi Singh. 243p $2.75
Day
46-6620
Novel of life among the poorer classes in
India, where the owning of a well is one of
the major successes of life.
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
Reviewed by Henry Sowerby
Christian Science Monitor p!5 N 23 '46
600w
"There is a tremendous feel of peasant India
in this book, and of a good earth that is truly
Indian, not Chinese; but the various members
of the family are all types ... all are stereo-
typed as card- families, yet are also as colorful
and as adequate. It is only when seen set
beside four- dimensional people like Rumer
Godden's children that Hilda Wernher's
straight-up-and-down characters become
frankly two-dimensional and boring. Yet this
is a sympathetic and a thorough book, a good
piece of work, worthy, not shoddy." Anne
Fremantle
H Commonweal 44:624 O 11 '46 350w
"Perhaps its audience will be limited — the
American public does not seem to feel any
profound interest in the Indian peasant — but
Hilda Wernher writes well and her characters
have an appeal that is too rare in modern
novels."
+ Kirkus 14:307 Jl 1 '46 190w
"An unassuming tale, it will enrich all in-
terested in human justice and decency; its
well -drawn characters may even stir indifferent
readers into more tolerant thought and feeling.
Recommended for general public library pur-
chase." H. S. Taylor
+ Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 lOOw
"It is refreshing to read a novel about India
unstudded with Bengal lancers, yogis or neu-
rotic Europeans awaiting the coming of the
rains to solve their moral problems. Singular
is the fact that it contains not a single Euro*
pean. . . A defect of this novel, that the au-
thor, in her determination to give the reader
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a complete picture of Indian folkways, intro-
duces some of the scenes, not as incidents
flowing organically from the story, but as
devices for portraying aspects of Indian cul-
ture." John Blcknell
^ NY Times plO S 29 '46 600w
New Yorker 22:124 O 5 '46 90w
"Perhaps of greatest interest to the Western
reader is the insight the author has into the
workings of local and family government. . .
The advantages of this book are somewhat lost
In the weak plot structure that is character-
istic of such local color stories. . . Nevertheless,
this is a timely book on a timely subject. For
a country that has been so shrouded in mystery
any book is welcome that helps to lift the
encompassing veils." A. C. Fields
+ — Sat R of Lit 29:39 O 26 '46 400w
"The Land and the Well is written with
Warmth, and spiced with touches of romantic
rivalry and marital passions. But its scope, as
fiction, is as carefully limited as the lives of its
characters — whose sole ambition is to dig and
own their own well. Author Wernher eschews
all illghts of fancy, all personal philosophizing;
her canvas has nothing of the breadth, her
prose nothing of the lugubrious weight of The
Good Earth. With intelligence and respect she
enumerates the everyday joys and sorrows of
a people who know all there is to know about
the soil, nothing whatever about the British
Empire or the atom bomb."
-f Time 48:112 S 23 '46 300w
"Hilda Wernher's picture of Hindu family life
seems convincing to an outsider and is exceed-
ingly human. Much that has appeared fantastic
or distasteful in travelers' tales of India be-
comes understandable, much is fresh. The in-
terest the book arouses in ways of living, ideas
and individual episodes tends to obscure the
outlines of a story per se; I am not sure that
a novel was the most effective vehicle for what
the author had to tell. That is a minor con-
sideration, however, in view of what she does
accomplish — giving readers outside that enig-
matic and troubled land a sense of sharing in a
life that is India." Mary Ross
H Weekly Book Review p4 S 22 '46 800w
WERTENBAKER, GREEN PEYTON (GREEN
PEYTON, pseud). 6,000 miles towards Tokyo.
173p il $2.50 Univ. of Okla. press
940.545 World war, 1939-1945— Pacific ocean.
U.S. Navy. Air group 60 45-10137
"Naval action in the Pacific from October
1943 through October 1944 is reviewed from
the vantage point of the Suwannee, a small
carrier converted from a tanker. This car-
rier was base for Air group 60, a fighter and
escort group, and it criss-crossed the Pacific
repeatedly to take part in every major engage-
ment during the year reported. Undramatic,
somewhat routine, narrative. A roster of Air
group 60 is appended. End-paper map."
Booklist
"A valuable addition to the lengthening shelf
of better books about the war. . . [The au-
thor] gives us personal impressions of the
men who composed its personnel and vivid
narratives of the battles in which they par-
ticipated. Peyton has been on the editorial
staffs of Fortune and Time, and his style is
somewhat amusingly reminiscent of that ex-
perience. . . But on the whole it's a style
that serves well for his purpose." J. T.
Frederick
-f Book Week p2 D 9 '45 200w
Booklist 42:147 Ja 1 '46
Current Hl«t 10:61 Ja '46 lOOw
Reviewed by T. J. Hamilton
N Y Times p24 Ja 27 '46 230w
"Dealing with wildly excited young men
who have Just been shot at and are not in-
frequently wounded is a tough job; one could
hardly blame an ACI man If he developed a
certain surgical callousness. The thing that
Sf^iS8 wis °4ne*£f *%? better books on the
Pacific War is that Mr. Peyton develops no
rather^
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d D 9 '45 420w
"There is nothing in '5000 Miles Towards
Tokyo' that any man on the Suwanee wouldn t
want his family to see. If there was any com-
edy, bitterness or tragedy on the Suwanee, as
there was on every other ship in the Navy, you
don't hear about it from Mr. Peyton. The rest
of the book, the passages about tactics and
strategy, will make interesting reading for any-
body who has served in the Pacific. The plan-
ning of the Tarawa, Gilbert, Marshalls and
Leyte operations is well summarized and ex-
plained. The book was written, however, early
in 1945 when the author was still restrained
by heavy censorship." Joe McCarthy
Weekly Book Review p30 D 2 '45 650w
WERTENBAKER, GREEN PEYTON (GREEN
PEYTON, pseud). San Antonio, city in the
sun. (Whittlesey house publication) 292p il
$3 McGraw
917.64 San Antonio, Texas—Description
46-3530
Anecdotal guidebook to the city of San An-
tonio, Texas. History, ranching families, near-
by army establishments, politics, vice, the
Mexican population, schools, the library, and
leading citizens, all figure in the story. Index.
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week p9 My 5 '46 400w
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:12 Ja '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl9 S '46
"Blow off the froth and* you'll learn a lot
about the city and its development from this
book." J. M. Hayes
Commonweal 44:195 Je 7 '46 550w
"A colorful, but by no means clouded, appre-
ciation of the Texan and his home city, the
vigor, violence, and just plain cussedness which
conditions him. Lively."
-f- Kirkus 14:142 Mr 15 '46 150w
"The narrative is interesting, though with
more detail than will likely appeal to one not
having a special interest in the city. Although
the author is not a native of Texas and hence
is still a 'newcomer,' he declares his intent
to spread the news across the land that San
Antonio is a fascinating place. He writes with
an absence of fulsome ballyhoo and a viewpoint
that is, in the mam, objective. . . The author,
a working Journalist well up in his trade,
writes smoothly and pleasingly. His book is
an easy way to learn what would seem to be
practically all there is to know about San An-
tonio." M. T. Martin
-f N Y Times p28 My 5 '46 450w
Reviewed by E. L. Sab in
Sat R of Lit 29:18 Ag 31 '46 900w
"A breezy, critically friendly study, profile,
or once-over-lightly survey of the wonderful
old City of San Antonio, Tex. It is sure to
annoy some citizens of San Antonio, who, in-
deed, are already pointing out alleged minor
Inaccuracies, but it still rates high as an un-
biased portrait of one of the most continuously
fascinating of American cities." Stanley Walker
H Weekly Book Review p!4 Je 16 '46
1400w
Wis Lib Bui 42:86 Je '46
WERTHEIMER, MAX. Productive thinking
led. by S. E. Asch and others]. 224p il $3
Harper
163 Gestalt (psychology). Thought and
thinking 46-318
This posthumously published work by a pro-
fessor in the New School for Social Research,
attempts to answer the question: "What occurs
when, now and then, thinking really works pro-
ductively?" The author bases his exposition
of the psychology of thinking on many ex-
amples taken from sources as varied as teach-
ing children geometry and conversations with
Einstein on the theory of relativity.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
877
"Wertheimer left a brief but comprehensive
manuscript on thinking, a topic which had en-
gaged him for much of his active life. Psychology
Is the richer for it. It offers a clear statement
of the Gestalt attitude upon this subject. . .
Most important is the chapter on Einstein for
it records for the first time a psychological
study of the development of a great discovery.
. . An estimate of this study must accept its
brilliance of analysis and its clearness of state-
ment, The study of Einstein's processes alone
would make the book a remarkable contribu-
tion." W. B. Pillsbury
-f- Am J Psychol 59:490 Jl '46 2200w
Reviewed by V. C. Aldrlch
Christian Century 63:1471 D 4 '46 420w
Current Hist 10:267 Mr '46 40w
Reviewed by H. A. L»arrabee
Ethics 56:323 Jl '46 210w
"This posthumous volume by one of the
founders of Gestalt psychology was completed
shortly before the author's death, and is pub-
lished as he wrote it except for some linguistic
revisions. . . It contains his matured reflections
on the nature of 'living thought/ and is an en-
gaging introduction to the central conceptions
of the Gestalt approach in psychology. Though
it treats of technical matters, it exhibits Pro-
fessor Wertheimer's informal manner, his con-
tagious enthusiasm, and his charm." E. N.
-f J Philos 44:22 Ja 2 '47 650w
"This little book of two hundred small-
format pages was written rapidly in a few
weeks just before the death of its author. It
is the fruit of a long and subtle study of 'pro-
ductive thinking' and, if the phrase is not
wholly spoiled by now, the creative process.
It is not for jargonists. It might be called the
crystallization of a life study. But it recalls
and uses even more than that: the stripped-
down workings of thought and clear-cut in-
sight, beginning as early as the deductive
method." Genevieve Taggard
4- New Repub 115:109 Jl 29 '46 600w
School & Society 63:15 Ja 5 '46 30w
"Here is a book that matters, for it marks
a real advance in man's struggle toward self-
understanding. It wins a new insight, clearer
and simpler than the old, into what really
happens when we think creatively. And it
makes unforgettable the basic principle of
Gestalt psychology — that real comprehension
comes only when details are seen in their Inter-
relatedness, as parts of a whole which alone
makes them meaningful." A. L*. Swift
4- Survey 82:304 N '46 450w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:188 S '46 250w
WERTSNER, ANNE. Make your own merry
Christmas; drawings by L»6onie Hagerty. 112p
$2 Barrows
394 Christmas
Practical suggestions for home decorations,
artificial trees, table ornaments, favors, and
food suitable for the Christmas season. Con-
tains a chapter on favorite recipes for Christ-
mas foods. Illustrated with drawings. Index.
"A very helpful book."
-f Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
"This compact, comprehensive manual of
decorations, not only for the tree itself but for
drawing rooms, dining rooms and tables, will
come in handy not only now but for a long time
to come. For the wreaths it shows are, in sev-
eral instances of quite timeless beauty, recall-
ing garlands of Renaissance decoration, while
artificial trees, for which unusual designs of
decorations are given, have been promised a
future dictated by wood shortage."
4- Weekly Book Review pI2 D 22 '46 130w
WESLEY, EDGAR BRUCE, and ADAMS,
MARY A. Teaching social studies in elemen-
tary schools. 362p $2.75 Heath
372.83 Social sciences—Study and teaching
46-6250
"Stresses the importance of social studies In
the curriculum and the necessary steps to be
taken for an inclusive treatment of these stud-
ies in meeting the needs of pupils." School &
Society
School & Society 64:136 Ag 24 '46 30w
Social Studies 37:335 N '46 20w
WEST. DON. Broadside to the sun; drawings
by Harold West. 230p $2.75 Norton
630.1 Country life 46-3096
Sketches of life on an isolated farm in the
Ozarks, where the author and his family lived
for a time. Their adventures in this almost
primitive section of the country, their neigh-
bors, the animals, and their own attempts at
farming, are discussed.
Booklist 42:279 My 1 '46
Kirkus 14:62 F 1 '46 80w
"Mr. West writes simply and directly, with
a refreshing vigor and an affection for the
country he depicts." C. M.
4- N Y Times p22 My 12 '46 180w
" 'Broadside to the Sun' is not a handbook
of farming in the Ozarks. Reading it is a good
deal like sitting on Mr. West's back porch in
Horrigan Hollow with Mr. West and several
quart jars of pawpaw wine. The ability to
write such a book must be a considerable
asset to an Ozark farmer." Robert Peck
-f- Weekly Book Review p34 Ap 14 '46
eoow
Wis Lib Bui 42:84 Je '46
WEST, DON. Clods of southern earth [poems]
il. by Harold Price. 148p $2.75; pa $1.25 Boni
& Gaer
811 46-8597
"Don West Is a 36-year-old Georgia educator
(son of a farmer) who expresses in verse his
thoughts about the South. Mr. West is a
homespun writer with a fondness for short-
lined, free-verse compositions and with a strong
didactic bent." N Y Times
"Perhaps the best that can be said of Mr.
West is that he is earnest and coherent. These
are admirable qualities, but not sufficient in
themselves to make a poet. His portrait of
the South will, however, find favor in certain
quarters." N. K. Burger
N Y Times p22 Jl 28 '46 320w
"Although the militant regionalism of his
general theme is over-simplified and oversenti-
mentalized, Don West's love for the Georgia
countryside and its people is genuine and
compassionate. It is not his subject matter,
but his form that often fails him as a poet of
the people. This is especially true of his free
verse, which is little more than chopped-up,
cliche-studded, indifferently bad prose." Ruth
Lechlitner
h Weekly Book Review p23 S 8 '46 450w
WEST, KEITH, pseud. See Lane, K. W.
WEST, RAY B.f ed. Rocky Mountain reader.
436p $3.50 Dutton
810.8 American literature — Collections.
Rocky mountains 46-2813
Thirty- three pieces of regional literature: fic-
tlpn^ Ppetry, biography, essays, from the states
and ^°ntana" ' ^evada' Wyoming,
Reviewed by E. S. Watson
Book Week p!3 My 19 '46 450w
Booklist 42:346 Jl 1 '46
.Christian Science Monitor p!4 Je 8
46 250w
Kirkus 14:167 Ap 1 '46 130w
"Although 'The Rocky Mountain Reader* is
rewarding reading, the writers it presents do
not feel entirely sure of their subjects, their
techniques and the values they have to pre-
sent." H. Q. Merriam
H -- NY Times p8 Je 23 '46 500w
878
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WEST, R. B. — Continued
"The present editor happily does not believe
that 'regional1 literature should be stressed as
such, thinks correctly that if it really is liter-
ature it belongs to all America and has offered
his volume chiefly as a source of reading pleas-
ure. He has succeeded in this to a degree, but
the pleasure is limited due mostly to the fact
that many of his selections are merely hunks
taken out of novels or such nonflction books as
Wallace Stegner's 'Mormon Country.' This
[book has] the merit of giving an over-all pic-
ture of Rocky Mountain writing, but it is in-
clined to make a reader rather jumpy." R. P.
XT
Springf'd Republican p4d My 19 '46
480w
"There is variety in Mr. West's collection,
which is all to the good, and there is excellent
judgment in the choosing. Not all the material
comes from books. 'The Rocky Mountain Re-
view,' of which Mr. West is co-editor, is well
represented. . . One weakness in the organiza-
tion of the book is the lack of specific infor-
mation upon the authors represented. It would
be good, for example, to know something more
about Katharine Shattuck, whose 'Journey to
Denver* is labeled 'an excerpt,' but concern-
ing whom there is no further note. A good
many readers, who will discover in Miss Shat-
tuck's writing an extraordinarily poetic quality,
will want to know more." J. H. Jackson
_i Weekly Book Review p27 My 26 '46
650w
Wis Lib Bui 42:85 Je '46
WESTCOTT, CYNTHIA. Gardener's bug book;
1,000 insect pests and their control; with 100
full-color il. by Eva Melady, and 100 line
drawings by Eva Melady & J. E. Edmonson;
ed. by P. F. Rockwell [pub. jointly with the
Am. garden guild, incorporated], 590p $4.95
Doubleday
632.7 Insects, Injurious and beneficial. Agri-
cultural pests Agr46-13
Manual on Insect pest control, which outlines
the life-histories of most of the insects known
in the United States, and discusses the methods
employed to control them. Colored plates show
the development of many of the insects. Index.
Book Week pll N 3 '46 40w
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!5 Jl '46
"It should certainly be on every gardener's
reference shelf."
•f Kirkus 14:217 My 1 '46 lOOw
"Here is the garden bug book to end all
garden bug books. In both text and abundant
illustrations it is scientifically accurate and yet
singularly lucid, non- technical and interesting.
Miss Westcott mingles a refreshing humor with
her professional knowledge, and one Is never in
doubt as to the exact meaning of her informa-
tion and advice." R. S. Lemmon
-f Weekly Book Review p9 S 1 '46 500w
WESTCOTT, JAN (VLACHOS). Border lord.
464p $3 Crown
Bothwell, Francis Stewart Hepburn, 5th
earl— Fiction 46-7307
Historical romance retelling the story of the
life and adventures of Francis Hepburn, fifth
earl of Bothwell, a nephew of that Bothwell
who became Mary Stuart's third husband.
Reviewed by E. E. Leisy
Book Week p3 N 17 '46 380w
Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
Kirkus 14:501 O 1 '46 160w
" 'Amber's' influence is very plain here in
the author's mauling of excellent material.
You won't need it." F. A. Boyle
— Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 120w
"It is pure revolving- door action, sixteenth-
century Scotland divested of whatever histori-
cal meaning it had and stripped down to a
horse opera in plaid. For the record, Bothwell
fought the losing fight of feudalism and his
struggle involved Scotland's religious war and
the Spanish-English intrigues, but these oc-
cupy a minor place in Mrs. Westcott's book."
Richard Match
N Y Times p20 N 3 '46 500w
Reviewed by Jennings Rice
Weekly Book Review p!4 N 3 '46 600w
WESTERFIELD, HARQIS. Soldier words. 128p
$2 Humphries
811 46-4086
Third book of poems by an American soldier-
poet. He is a veteran of five beach heads in
New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, and
Australia, and his poems reflect his reactions
to his army experiences.
"It is a kind of journalistic poetry that
Westerfleld writes and its value lies in the
immediacy of the matter, and the vividness
with which he sees it. Small irritants crop up:
he is fond of the words 'yellow-skinnedr and
'slant-eyed,' using the former repetitiously to
describe Chippewa Indians and Japanese, the
latter to identify Japanese and jungles." Leon-
ard Bullen
H Book Week p6 My 26 '46 340w
"Always there has been something intensely
honest in Westerfleld's thinking about war.
He sees at once the horror of it and the reasons
why men like it. Not many will admit that
there are reasons for liking war. He tells what
they are, and they are not selfish or shameful
reasons; but they are part of the still larger
reason for hating war and the things that make
war necessary."
+ Christian Century 63:1215 O 9 '46 210w
WESTON, MRS CHRISTINE (GOUTIERE).
Dark wood. 303p $2.75 Scribner
46-25254
Psychological novel. Stella Harmon, whose
husband was killed in the war, refused to be-
lieve that he was dead. Mark By croft re-
turned from the war to discover that his beau-
tiful heartless wife was thru with him. When
Stella met Mark his strong resemblance to her
husband gave her a new lease on life. The nov-
el is of the working out of the destinies of
these two unhappy people.
"As is frequently the case, the author has
found vice easier to portray than virtue.
Regan and Symes are recognizable, if ex-
aggerated, types of ambitious, predatory men
and women, while their more benign counter-
parts remain flat and wavering shadows."
Mary Pinchot
Atlantic 178:178 D '46 180w
"The minor characters and sub-plots are un-
important and quite artificial. . . The Stella-
Mark situation is fresh, well-handled and very
interesting. This is not Christine Weston's best
book; it lacks much of the solidity, research,
native color and emotional depth of 'Indigo.
But it is a well told story which should keep
your attention right through to the honest and
only partially happy ending." Sterling North
+ — Book Week p2 S 8 '46 650w
Booklist 43:18 S '46
Cath World 164:283 D '46 250w
"The tale is replete with aspects of the
modern world: such unlovely aspects as pro-
fanity, drink, and moral looseness. The plot
is neat and ingenious, threads joining expertly
with other threads. But, all the while, it is
practically impossible to believe in these people.
Mrs. Weston seems to use them deliberately
as figures which adorn her tale. One closes the
novel, then, with a sigh of relief. Perhaps
it will be a best seller. But why?" Margaret
Williamson
h Christian Science Monitor p!4 S 14
'46 360w
"The characters in general are as cut-rate
morally as socially, representing that anony-
mous set who fill New York's night clubs
while remaining invisible to society editors.
This, in itself, is certainly no stigma, but their
standards seem as nondescript as their Dleas-
ures." E. V. R. Wyatt
— Commonweal 44:679 S 27 '46 450w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
879
"The story is set in New York City; the
people talk and think and are like peopte one
knows, for the most part. But somehow,
there's an unreality about the whole, a thin-
ness, a tenuousness of plot and substance.
Wholly different from anything of Christine
Weston's I have read — not for those who want
another Indigo."
Kirkus 14:429 S 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 163:479 O 26 M6 210w
"Miss Weston's latest novel . . . retains much
of the lush, all-female aura [of Indigo] and
its well-trapped cast. If her present heroine
seems only semi -trapped (elaborate mumbo-
Jumbo to the contrary notwithstanding) let us
credit that to the change of air; the author's
dark wood is Just as fascinating to wander
through; this time, Miss Weston's well-earned
readers should merely find the journey less
fatiguing. . . What makes 'The Dark Wood*
as fashionable as a Radio City window display
is the authenticity of Stella's plight, the fact
that the deceived husband is not only a re-
turned veteran but also bears an uncanny re-
semblance to her lost Alec. What gives it more
than facile surface interest is the added fact
that Miss Weston's sympathy for her protago-
nists is quite genuine — even though the depth
of her penetration leaves much to be desired."
C V Terrv
N Y Times p5 S 8 '46 650w
New Yorker 22:117 S 21 '46 180w
Reviewed by Jane Voiles
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 8 '46
550w
"It is a subtle and mature book, and the
best thing I can say about Miss Weston's
writing of it is that the tangles and moods are
all in her characters, none in herself. Any
murkmess of style would have piled confusion
upon confusion but Miss Weston's writing is
everywhere crystal clear. She manages to fol-
low every hint of motive or passion to its
source and yet retain a cool certainty of
thought and language, like a thread to lead
us to sanity out of the labyrinth. She touches
each character with a calm perception; it is
never her voice that is raised, and that is re-
sponsible as much as anything else for the
superb effectiveness of her novel." N. L. Roth-
man
-f Sat R of Lit 29:8 S 7 '46 550w
"Lake many novels that aim at the nerve
ends of a whole nation, The Dark Wood is
undeniably sincere in intention, but in the tell-
ing is pat and unconvincing."
Time 48:110 S 23 '46 330w
"There are moments when Miss Weston's plot
depends too heavily on coincidence of action
and relationships, but the magic of her writing
almost makes even such moments acceptable.
A number of secondary characters people her
pages, all of them portrayed with perception
and point." Rose Feld
+ Weekly Book Review p5 S 8 '46 700w
WESTON, QARNETT. The hidden portal. 284p
$2 Doubleday
46-5575
Mystery story.
Kirkus 14:232 My 15 '46 80w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p23 Jl 28 '46 160w
"Unusual and fairly exciting."
+ New Yorker 22:68 Jl 27 '46 90w
"A few spots of Haggardesque imagination
in the midst of a long and routine romantic
melodrama." Anthony Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 4 '46
lOOw
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Ag 3 '46 50w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!5 Jl 14 '46 130w
WETHERELL, JUNE PAT (MRS DANIEL
FRAME). Dead center. 255p $2.50 Dutton
46-1872
"A story of marriage — and of what happened
when a man took hia wife and baby home to
his family, a big, sprawling, possessive family
which brooked no other way of doing things
than the way they accepted. Phoebe had been
brought up in Seattle; Rolf was a Minnesota
Swede. . . And Aunt Emma and her tribe
never accepted Phoebe as one of them. . .
Just how this works out — how Phoebe allowed
herself to be trapped and then found a way out
— makes an interesting study in family rela-
tionships." Kirkus
"The author's neat writing and the workman-
like structure of her story are lamentably
wasted on so unsympathetic a character. If
Miss Wetherell meant to duplicate the moral
of Rose Pranken's 'Another Language,' she
should have duplicated the stature of its
heroine." A. J. Hiken
— Book Week p4 Ap 14 '46 260w
"Not an important book, perhaps, but con-
vincing, three dimensional, and consistently
good reading."
+ Kirkus 14:48 F I '46 150w
"Those who disapprove of divorce and those
who dislike evidence of sexual life may not
care for the story. It is well written, swift
moving and entertaining." M. P. McKay
H Library J 71:485 Ap 1 '46 80w
"Most of the writing is undistinguished, the
husband-and-wife scenes farcical from inept-
handling." Andrea Parke
N Y Times p!4 Ap 7 '46 180w
"The telling1, unpretentious though compe-
tent, sometimes lacks humor, and one fre-
quently cited factor in Rolf's amorous technique
is likely to catch the watchful eye of The New
Yorker. Nevertheless these characters are con-
vincing people in recognizable situations, thei*
typical American environments have been ac-
curately photographed, and Miss Wetherell has
put them into a likable, warmly human story."
Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 29:47 My 18 '46 450w
Reviewed by M. M. Dickey
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
420w
" 'Dead Center* depicts a family which you
will cordially dislike on sight and care less for
as time goes on. Miss Wetherell might have
been a little more subtle in the book; the plan
of action is too baldly revealed and the battle
so one-sided that the outcome is long fore-
shadowed. But it makes an entertaining novel
out of petty frictions and feuds." George
Conrad
H Weekly Book Review p!6 Ap 14 '46
230w
WEYQAND, CONRAD. Organic preparations;
tr. and rev. from the German text. 534p 11
$7 Interscience
547 Chemistry, Organic 46-135
"Translation of Part II, 'Reaktiones' of au-
thor's 'Organisch-Chemische Experimentier-
kunst,' 1938. . . Construction of apparatus and,
after a variety of reactions have been investi-
gated, ends with analysis and physical identi-
fication. Book aims to classify and systematize
the synthetic laboratory procedure and to give
detailed prescriptions for the execution of any
conceivable type of synthetic operation on a
laboratory scale." Library J
"The volume is too advanced for use in an
elementary course but it should serve excellent-
ly in connection with graduate laboratory
courses in organic preparations, or in seminars
on organic reactions. The book may be com-
pared in scope with the well-known works of
Hickinbottom or Gattermann-Wieland. Its mass
of detail is so well organized that it may be
recommended in high terms both for casual
reading and for careful study." C. D. Hurd
+ Chem & Eng N 24:980 Ap 10 '46 700w
"The author has produced a mature and
advanced text which will find its place on the
bookshelves of the teacher and the researcher.
The translation is readable, and paper, print
and make-up of the book are excellent." F. C.
Nachod
-f Chem & Met Eng 53:274 Mr '46 160w
"Probably the best book on the subject"
+ Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
N Y New Tech Bks 31:5 Ja '46
880
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WEYGANDT, CORNELIUS. On the edge of
evening:; the autobiography of a teacher and
writer who holds to the old ways. 217p U $3
Putnam
B or 92 Authors—Correspondence, rem-
iniscences, etc. 46-2636
Chapters in an autobiography by a profes-
sor emeritus of English literature at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. He traces his Eng-
lish, Pennslvania Dutch, and Welsh back-
ground; and describes his youth, his "news-
paper years," his forty years as a college
professor, and his summers on his beloved
farm in New Hampshire. Index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 5 '46 270w
Reviewed by E. W. Gould
Christian Science Monitor p!6 Je 16 '46
900w
"The fruitful life of a Pennsylvania teacher,
writer and philosopher who looks to the past
for our national culture, — in the personal,
rambling style of the essayist."
Klrkus 14:146 Mr 15 '46 130w
"May be locally interesting to those who en-
joyed his Pennsylvania Dutch and New Hamp-
shire essays, but not generally recommended."
Barbara Overton
Library J 71:406 Mr 15 '46 80w
"The volume has the qualities, pleasing and
otherwise, of a conversation that rambles— but
never far from the speaker. Reticence, or the
serenity of years, prevents Mr. Weygandt from
relating what intellectual, emotional or pro-
fessional struggles he has survived, and his
area of reflection does not extend far beyond
the boundaries of what he calls 'one's proper
concern — one's own back yard.' " Denham Sut-
cliffe
N Y Times p!6 My 5 '46 460w
"There are of course passages that do not
come off, and once or twice Professor Wey-
gandt drifts into irrelevance, . . No doubt his
book will have special meaning for the fifteen
thousand who at one time or another sat at his
feet during his forty-odd years at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. But quite conceivably
it will have charm for persons who know
nothing about that institution and are not
troubled by their ignorance. The author's in-
telligence and humorous idiosyncrasy are likely
to prove attractive outside his own parish."
Leonard Bacon
-f Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ag 3 '46 900w
Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Mr 26 '46
300W
"On the Edge of Evening- is a revealing chap-
ter in the history of that long line of academi-
cians who reject the present for the past of
their youth and their ancestors."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:100 Je '46 240w
Reviewed by W. P. Eaton
H Weekly Book Review p!6 Mr 31 '46
750W
WHEARE, KENNETH CLINTON. Federal gov-
ernment; [issued under the auspices of the
Royal inst. of int. affairs.] 278p $4.25 (15s)
Oxford
321.021 Federal government 46-4849
"Mr. Wheare selects the United States, Can-
ada, Switzerland, and Australia for a compara-
tive survey of the theory and workings of the
federal principle in government." San Fran-
cisco Chronicle
"The reviewer believes that all students of
modern government will welcome this book as
a substantial and important contribution of a
high order to the literature of federalism. It
is the only book- length comparative study that
is available. Within its 260 pages of text, It
packs a great deal of carefully checked in-
formation and many shrewd observations re-
vealing the author's insight. The reviewer
expresses the hope that in some future revision
the author will correct and bring up to date
some of his information and views concern-
ing federal government in the United States."
William Anderson
H Am Pol $ci B 40:905 O '46 750w
Reviewed by W. R. West
Ann Am Acad 248:275 N '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 25:336 Ja '47 20w
Manchester Guardian p3 Je 14 '46 280w
"For the student of political science, this is
an invaluable contribution to a fleld that has
been surprisingly neglected; and even for the
average citizen, the study is more intriguing
than he has a right to expect." L*. W.
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl4 8 15 '46
50w
"As the Preface points out, it is unfortunate
that the book was written during the war
when the author was cut off from the coun-
tries he was studying, and a lack of later ma-
terial is most noticeable in the passages deal-
ing with the United States. There are also
certain problems on which one would like to
hear more; for instance, that of the vested in-
terest in Federalism, that of the obsolescence
of regional boundaries, and that of the relation
of federal government to other types of devices
for combining social unity and diversity. Pro-
fessor Wheare, however, explains that this
book is just a short survey, and he modestly
adds that, while he hopes he may one day
write a treatise, he is not at present qualified
to attempt one. Students of politics will hope
for an early appearance of the projected trea-
tise." Wilfrid Harrison
+ Spec 176:616 Je 14 '46 750w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 4 '46 280w
Times [London] Lit Sup p255 Je 1 '46
1250W
WHEELER, JOSEPH LEWIS. Progress and
problems in education for librarianship. 107p
pa gratis Carnegie corp. o£ N.Y.
020.7 Library schools and training 46-4482
Discussion of "matters affecting present-day
training for librarianship, with especial refer-
ence to library schools, their faculties, grad-
uates, students, curricula, relations to higher
education and to the profession of librarian."
(p. 5) Bibliography. No index.
"Mr. Wheeler's contribution may be con-
sidered a milestone in the fleld of education
for librarianship; it is 'must* reading for all
who are sincerely interested in the future of
the profession." W. A. Heaps
4- Library J 71:1313 O 1 '46 500w
"Even librarians should read, and they should
all read this report on a subject which they
can neglect only at their own peril. Its title
may suggest to those of limited imagination
that it is mainly the concern of library -school
faculties and heads, but it has been written
by a very practical librarian, also an excellent
teacher, for the profession at large. How ef-
fective it will be will depend on how it moves
the practicing librarians; the average library-
school dean or director has already given much
consideration to its topics and is likely already
to have reached conclusions comparable to Mr.
Wheeler's in his particularly sane, realistic, and
understanding study of preparation for libra-
rianship in a time of confusion, change, and
uncertainty." S. B. Mitchell
4- Library Q 16:347 O '46 1600w
WHEELER, OPAL (MRS JOHN MACRAE).
H.M.S, Pinafore; story and music arrange-
ments adapted from Gilbert and Sullivan; 11.
by Fritz Kredel. 96p $3 Button
782.6 Operettas 46-11902
First in a new series of Gilbert and Sullivan
operettas for home use. The story is told and
music arranged for about third year pupils.
"Fritz Kredel has become designer, costumer
and entire production crew. His crisp,
polished, jaunty and humorous illustrations are
in perfect key with traditional Gilbert and
Sullivan yet they give the air of revival. This
is a charming gift book for anyone of any
age."
-f- Book Week p!6 N 10 '46 230w
BooklUt 43:76 N I '4$
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
881
"All the old favorites are there, and the
lovely Illustrations In color by Fritz Kredel
make this tops in Christmas giving."
•f Kirkus 14:542 N 1 '46 60w
"Recommended for all ages." S. J. Robin-
son
4- Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 40w
"Here is an old favorite with special family
appeal, The operetta is retold with fresh
vivacity as a story with plot interest separate
from the music. The author has arranged
the text so that it lends itself to reading aloud;
vocabulary Is not beyond the reading ability
of big brother or sister, musical arrangements
are within the playing capacity of children
with limited ability." Nina Schneider
-f N Y Times p3 N 10 '46 HOw
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:145 D 7 '46 60w
Reviewed by Reta Van Straaten
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
lOOw
"Although the story loses its essental humor
in this re-telling, the music arrangements are
simple and practical, including the best of the
songs."
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 20w
"This is the prettiest 'Pinafore' I ever saw,
and in one form or another I've seen many.
It was my first opera and shortly after when
I was still on the sunny side of seven, our
local Choral Society put on ao amateur per-
formance and all our mothers practiced for
weeks beforehand without pause. There's
something about these Kredel designs that
combines the trim tidiness and the heighten-
ing reality of a stage performance with the
childlike quality that characters in these
operettas always take on when they are seen
by a child."
-f Weekly Book Review plO N 10 '46
210W
WHEELER, OPAL (MRS JOHN MACRAE).
Sing in praise; a collection of the best loved
hymns; 11. by Marjorie Torrey. 95p $3 Dut-
ton
783.9 Hymns 46-7840
Nineteen well-known hymns, with music.
Beautifully illustrated in color and in black
and white. Includes a little story, with each
hymn, based on the life of poet or composer,
and the circumstances under which the hymn
was written.
Booklist 43:121 D 15 '46
Christian Century 63:1568 D 25 '46 40w
"Perhaps one of the handsomest of all this
year's juveniles. Since it consists of a series
of Protestant hymns, I can scarcely recom-
mend"" it for Catholic households, but as a
gift for Protestant children it would be fine.
What particularly adds to its value are the in-
teresting biographical notes concerning the
authors of the words and music of the various
hymns. And I might note in passing that here
as in many other cases there has been a
deliberate attempt to indicate the universality
of Christianity by having children of various
races shown cooperating in their prayer and
pralie."
+ Commonweal 45:119 N 15 '46 140w
"Excellent selection of twenty-five best-loved
hymns, simply arranged, with stories of their
origin. Exquisite in format and content." E. M.
Gordon
•f Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
"An excellent collection of familiar hymns
from the various Protestant hymnals, with
vivid stories about how the music or the
verses of each hymn came to be written. If
only the illustrations were less saccharine, the
volume would be outstanding." K. S. white
H New Yorker 22:145 D 7 '46 60w
Reviewed by N. V. Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle p5 N 10 '46
50W
"The Opal Wheeler collections of music for
children have come to be an annual event.
This one seems to me, all things considered,
the best long-term investment of the lot. . .
The beauty is more than enhanced, it is
brought to its highest expression by the full-
page pictures^ many in color, some in black
touched with color and some in strong black
and white. Marjorie Torrey has shown true
reverence both for the subject of the poems —
for all these hymns are in praise of God — but
also in respect for childhood itself." M. L.
Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 N 10 '46 430w
WHEELER, POST. Dragon in the dust. 253p
$2.75 Rodd
952 Japan — Politics and government. Japan
— Foreign relations 46-4076
"An explanation of how the people of Japan,
whom Americans once pictured as spending
most of their time writing inexplicable poetry
and arranging flowers, suddenly grew horns
and set out on a career of world conquest has
been given many times by many students of
the Japanese character during the last few
years. Few of them have approached it with
a better background, however, than did Post
Wheeler, who was our first career diplomat
in Tokyo in 1906. . . Mr. Wheeler does his
explaining largely on the basis of personal con-
tacts, as a diplomatist, with the men who be-
gan to shape Japan's militaristic destiny Idhg
before we Americans became aware of what
was going on. A lot of it, of course, is hind-
sight. But it is not less valuable for having
a long perspective." N Y Times
"Wheeler believes there is hope for the
Japanese. He thinks that a liberal government
can be achieved there if — and he admits it is
a very big if — the United States will make the
painstaking effort required. The bad timing of
this book does not detract from the personal
experiences — which are interestingly If some-
what grandiloquently described— of an Ameri-
can diplomat who rubbed shoulders with the
Japanese who brought most of Asia tumbling
down around their ears." F. S. Marquardt
Book Week p!9 F 24 '46 320w
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 50w
Reviewed by Foster Hailey
N Y Times pl4 Mr 17 '46 500w
Reviewed by H. W. Marr
Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46 330w
WHELTON, PAUL. Call the lady indiscreet.
256p $2 Lippincott
46-1507
Detective story.
Klrkus 14:50 F 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Isaac Anderson
N Y Times p34 My 12 '46 150w
"An explosive combination of liquor, psy-
chotic females, thugs of all degrees, volcanic
violence, and bits of smooth sleuthing."
Sat R of Lit 29:40 Mr 2 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p26 Mr 3 '46
150w
WHITE, CHARLES DANVILLE. Camps and
cottages, how to build them; with plans and
diagrams by the author, rev ed 260p $3
Crowell
728 Architecture, Domestic. Building. Cot-
tages 46-5268
Revised and rewritten edition of a book first
published in 1939 (Book Review Digest 1939).
"Here are checks on favorable and unfavor-
able building sites, analysis of kinds of camps,
step by step procedure, from materials and
tools, to preparation of the site, framing and
exterior work, roofing and fireplaces, on to in-
terior work, paints and painting, water sup-
ply, costs, contractor services and finishing
touches. The author outlines his own ex-
perience in starting with a small unit, eliminat-
ing errors, developing and enlarging for
growth and new ideas." (Kirkus)
"Eminently worthwhile for anyone with the
ambition to build his own holiday place."
+ Kirkus 14:216 My 1 '46 lOOw
882
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WHITE, C. D.— Continued ^ , .
-Originally published in 1939, the book has
been extensively revised and rewritten and
is one of the most comprehensive and up to
date handbooks of its kind." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ag 2 '46
120w
"Now that summer retreats are beinf built
again Charles D. White's 'Camps and Cot-
tages: How to Build Them' is the more
timely." D. B. B.
-f- Sprinpf'd Republican p6 Ag 1 '46 320w
WHITE, CHARLES WILLIAM (MAX WHITE,
pseud). How I feed my friends; one hun-
dred Sunday night dishes. 167p $2 Duell
641.5 Cookery 46-6735
Recipes for hearty dishes for Sunday night
suppers, or for any time. The recipes are im-
bedded in running comment on the author's
friends, their food prejudices, and their
recipes.
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
"A completely unorthodox cookbook which
would be exceedingly difficult to put to prac-
tical use, but which is fun to read, in the
same sense that the M.F.K. Fisher books are
fun to read."
Klrkus 14:271 Je 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by Idwal Jones
N Y Times p67 N 17 '46 180w
WHITE, CHARLES WILLIAM (MAX WHITE,
pseud). In the blazing light; a novel about
Goya. 318p $2.75 Duell
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jos<§ de — Fic-
tion 46-606
Novel based on the life of Francisco Goya,
the famous eighteenth century Spanish etcher
and painter. It is a record of his adult years,
sketched against the background of Madrid
and the dissolute court of the Bourbons, and
includes the story of his twenty-year love af-
fair with Maria Teresa, Duchess of Alba.
Reviewed by R. W. Anderson
Atlantic 177:174 Ap '46 300w
"Ribald, Inquisition- torn 18th century Spain
is vigorously described, as is also its greatest
citizen, Goya. As a lover, an adventurer, a
husband and father, a friend, a stylish court
painter, a moody, violent man we see him
vividly, but only vaguely and superficially as a
serious artist, which after all is his sole
raison d'etre in history." Katharine Kuh
Book Week p8 Ja 13 '46 400w
Booklist 42:184 F 1 '46
Reviewed by Josephine Hambleton
Canadian Forum 26:70 Je '46 210w
"White's background is rich, authentic — his
protagonist stands out in full color, a de-
termined sometimes confused man who grew
to live in the blazing light of his own genius.
An imaginative, full-bodied, fast-paced bio-
graphical novel — for those who liked Frances
Winwar's Life of the Heart and Irving Stone's
Lust for Life."
4* KIrkus 13:548 D 15 '45 350w
"As a result of serious oversimplification,
'In the Blazing Light' succeeds only on the
level of story- telling. It is all that a piece of
historical fiction now-a-days should be, and
nothing more." B. V. Winebaum
H NY Times p!4 F 17 '46 450w
"Comes rather close to what a modern
historical novel should be. . . I know only a
little Goya, and not much more about eight-
eenth-century Spain, so I can't say how ac-
curate or inaccurate Mr. White is on these
scores. I don't think it matters; not to me
anyway. Mr. White's people behave like
people, talk like people, and even think like
people. The portrait of Goya is excellently
done, tracing his growth as an artist with no
more fanciness than if he were a plumber,
and I think that a lot of people would like to
meet him." Hamilton Basso
•f New Yorker 21:82 Ja 26 '46 140w
Time 47:100 Ja 21 '46 560w
"Focusing always on the human being and
treating his genius as only one aspect of his
character, [the author] has drawn a fascinating
portrait of the greatest painter of the eighteenth
century, set against a background of throbbing
life that is peculiarly Spanish. . . 'In the Blazing
Light' is a rich book. The author has succeeded
in identifying himself both with his main sub-
ject and with much of the spirit of eighteenth-
century Spain. To read the story is to Journey
through Madrid's narrow, crooked streets and
its fashionable avenues companioned by the
greatest painter of the age. Jennings Rice
+ Weekly Book Review p4 Ja 13 '46 HOOw
WHITE, ELWYN BROOKS. The wild flag.
187p $2 Houghton
341 International cooperation 46-7463
A reprinting of editorials first published
anonymously on the first page of the New
Yorker. The recurrent theme of the editorials
is "world government, as distinct from the
sort of international league which is now func-
tioning under the name 'United Nations.' "
(Pref)
Reviewed by Edward Weeks
Atlantic 179:106 Ja '47 300w
"This book answers Plato's call for phi-
losophy, a love of truth, in politics; it be-
speaks government of, by and for all people
with a humorously illuminated profundity not
unlike Lincoln's; it offers the incomparable
stimulation of a broad and scrupulous wisdom
genially and imaginatively expressed." Warren
Beck
+ Book Week p3 D 15 '46 600w
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
Christian Science Monitor pll D 21 '46
480w
Current Hist 12:60 Ja '47 50w
4- Kirkus 14:403 Ag 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by K. T. Willis
Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Isaac Rosenfeld
Nation 163:762 D 28 '46 750w
"Mr. White advances his ideas with a
singularly forceful diffidence. He feels that
they may be too theoretical for the working
statesman, forced to operate with the imperfect
equipment at hand, too reasonable for the
skeptic, who knows how unpredictable is man.
But both statesman and skeptic should read
him. Particularly when they are one and the
same person." Charles Poore
N Y Times p3 N 17 '46 lOOOw
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 D 3 '46
550w
Reviewed by M. S. Watson
Sat R of Lit 29:14 N 9 '46 SOOw
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 lOw
"E. B. White plugs federal world govern-
ment with the dazed urgency of an Esperanto
salesman. He has the same high purpose, the
same rosy vision, the same conviction that all
it needs is a try. This collection of his slick
New Yorker editorials ('they were written
sometimes in anger and always in haste'), will
appeal mostly to readers who clearly compre-
hend such a touchstone as: 'Meantime we will
continue to believe that although a man may
have to compromise with Russia he can never
compromise with truth.' "
Time 48:109 N 11 '46 270w
"Mr. White wants to help people to know,
he wishes to 'throw even as much as flash-
light's gleam on the wild flag, rthe iris, symbol
for him of the world flag] which our children
and their children, must learn to know and
love.' He has thrown more than a flashlight's
gleam and the light he has cast is in its very
quality a Joy." Irwin Edman
•f Weekly Book Review p5 N 10 '46 lOOOw
WHITE, JENS QUSTAV. Changing your work?
210p $2.50 Assn. press
371.425 Vocational guidance 46-5747
"From a background of counseling 26,000
persons, during his 25 years of experience
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
883
In the YMCA, Whittier College, and the Cali-
fornia State Department of Education. Mr.
White has a story to illustrate every point he
makes in his new book. His theme is that
the postwar situation will necessitate a job-
change for an estimated 25 million persona.
When faced with a necessity for change, he
believes, people react in one of four ways:
they may run away and seek to escape a
new adjustment; they may give up and con-
sider themselves beaten; they may rebel and
fight; or they may accept the situation as
a problem and work for a solution. After a
short chapter on the situation expected to
develop in the labor market, the next 100
pages are addressed to nine specific groups
or situations — the displaced war worker, the
returned serviceman, the new graduate, the
woman worker, the physically and the emo-
tionally handicapped, the worker that is dis-
satisfied with his Job, and the worker that
has been fired." (Survey) Bibliography.
Christian Century 63:782 Je 19 '46 lOw
"At the moment — when millions of veterans
are trying to decide on their futures, such a
book as this should prove helpful to those
who need vocational guidance. The author
has spent a lifetime counselling men and wom-
en on how to find work, how to analyze one's
potentialities, how to go about deciding on
going into new fields or 'changing your work.' "
4- Klrku* 14:59 F 1 '46 150w
"Mr. White has addressed himself directly
to the client in a popular and informal style.
The result is a highly readable book which
contains a great deal of valuable information."
M. H. S. Haves
4- Survey 82:273 O '46 400w
WHITE, LEONARD DUPEE, ed. Civil service
in wartime. 253p $2.50 Univ. of Chicago press
351.1 Civil service— U.S. A45-5203
Ten lectures on the recruiting and use of
civilian personnel in wartime. Contents: The
scope and nature of the problem, by L D.
White; The search for executive talent, by
social scientists, by John McDiarmid; The na-
tion's professional manpower resources, by
Leonard Carmlchael; The mobilization of per-
sonnel for the field establishments of the War
and Navy departments, by A. S. Flemming;
The citizen civilian army, by Frank Bane;
The control of government employment, by E.
B. Young; The international civil service of
the future, by E. F. Ranshofen-Wertheimer;
Successes and failures, by Louis Brownlow.
Index.
"The papers in this volume do not adequately
chronicle the mobilization of our manpower re-
sources for war. There is, for example, no real
consideration of the over-all role played by the
War Manpower Commission. Moreover, the
papers do not present a unified point of view.
It is difficult for the reader to discover any
fundamental cohesion among them, except that
all deal with some aspect of the employment
process. Despite these limitations, the volume is
indispensable for anyone who would under-
stand either the transformations undergone by
the service in wartime or the probable direc-
tion or evolution in the postwar years." J. D.
Kingsley
-I Am Pol Scl R 40:362 Ap '46 1050w
i«f'Jhl? 5°°£ ls£ot oniy recommended to those
interested in the administrative field, but
should, be of constructive interest to many
public-spirited citizens as well. The coldly fac-
tual presentation of the problems of men; jobs,
and salaries is excellent refutation of the un-
fortunately popular attitude (in some circles)
toward government service in general The
short story presented of the overnight ; estab?
lishment of ration boards by state governments
working under national direction IB at feaft
a partial answer to those who fear for state
autonomy in 'local* matters." LD Upson
•f Ann Am Acad 245:211 My '46 420w
Booklist 42:142 Ja 1 '46
"The book contains a good deal of duplica-
tion and some extraneous matter — inevitably,
since it is a lecture symposium — and for the
same reason is rather deficient in basic facts.
Nonetheless, it is a good record of the prob-
lems which were faced by the Government in
dealing with its own staffing and of the solu-
tions found, and. as such, is a contribution
to the literature in the field." Luther Gulick
Harvard Law R 59:1013 Jl '46 1650w
"It cannot be said that the treatment of this
process of mobilization and management in this
symposium is definitive, but the collection has
the great merit of consisting of contributions
by persons intimately connected with wartime
administration. It will serve as a starting
point for more detailed inquiries which need
to be made to the end that our normal person-
nel administration may benefit from the ex-
perience with emergency innovations." V. O.
Key
+ Pol Sci Q 61:153 Mr '46 600w
WHITE, LLEWELLYN, and LEIGH, ROBERT
D. Peoples speaking to peoples. 122p $2 Univ
of Chicago press
380 Communication and traffic A46-13
41 'A report on international mass commu-
nication from the Commission on freedom—of
the Press.' (Subtitle) The agencies of mass
communication considered are: newspapers,
radio, motion pictures, newsgathering media,
magazines, and books. A summary of current
conditions and practices in each agency points
out to what extent each succeeds or fails in
effectively carrying information across national
boundaries; recommendations and specific pro-
posals are addressed to private industry, the
U.S. government, and the United nations, for
separate and Joint action. The study was made
by members of a nongovernment, independent
commission operating under a special grant of
funds, and, because of the urgency of discus-
sion on international communication, is the
first of the Commission's studies to be pub-
lished." Booklist
"In the course of the discussion, the authors
have elucidated concisely and well a quantity
of data not readily available otherwise con-
cerning telecommunications, American private
corporations and agencies engaged in interna-
tional communications, American public agen-
cies, and the principal foreign public and
private agencies and organizations which have
been active in the field." B. B. Schattschneider
Am Pol Scl R 40:1022 O '46 480w
Reviewed by A. M. Lee
Ann Am Acad 247:206 S '46 560w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 My 19 '46 180w
Booklist 42-293 My 15 '46
Bookmark 7:4 N '46
Foreign Affairs 25:338 Ja '47 llOw
"Recommended reading as a basis for un-
derstanding the many sided problem of inter-
national communications. Enlightening in its
organised presentation of the details and the
agencies concerned. Its recommendations will
be vigorously debated and strongly opposed
by many. Particularly valuable for the ques-
tions it will raise." M. C. Manley
4- Library J 71:667 My 1 '46 70w
Reviewed by Paul Bixler
Library Q 16:354 O '46 1300w
"An expert and detailed account of the prob-
lem of international communication on all its
levels, with specific recommendations for ac-
tion. It contains much that will be new even
to most well informed readers." George Soule
•f New Repub 114:706 My 13 '46 850w
"Such studies as the present one will help
to keep us alive to the long task ahead. We
cannot think too often of the freedom of the
?feMcDn(p k tfteedom of a*0*11"1*® °* news."
*N Y Times p24 Jl 14 '46 750w
Reviewed by Kenneth Stewart
Sat R of Lit 29:6 Ap 27 *46 SSOOw
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:239 S '46 320w
4 'The report is stimulating to controversy.
containing many sound observations and much
concise Information, but has neither the
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WHITE, LLEWELLYN— Continued
persuasiveness which might come from a
thoroughgoing exposition or the writers' point
of view nor the authority which might be ex-
pected of a report from the Commission on
Freedom of the Press." H. W. Baehr
-I -- Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 21 '46
550w
WHITE, MARGARET BOURKE. Dear Father-
land, rest quietly: a report on the collapse
of Hitler's "thousand years;" photographed
by [the author]. 175p $3 Simon & Schuster
943.08 Germany — History — Allied occupation,
1945- 47-30001
A portrayal in prose and photographs of
what remained of the Germans and their
country at the end of World war II. The
author-photographer was sent to Germany by
the editors of Life.
"Many of the facts related, such as the
failure of the de-Nazification program, sound
a familiar note, and not much that is new is
contained in her report. But the warnings of
this woman who traveled through a German
world that had collapsed morally as well as
physically should be heeded wherever men have
authority in the realm of occupation policies."
Emily Schossberger
Book Week p4 D 29 '46 430w
Booklist 43:153 Ja 15 '47
"I admit that Miss Bourke- White makes an
heroic effort and often succeeds in being simply
an open-minded observer with decent, human
emotions coloring her picture and sanity guid-
ing her. The book is vivid, warm and almost
fascinating, although its success is going to be
hampered by the fact that it is about a year
too late for its own purposes. I hope it will
be read by the many people who are already
beginning to forget what it was really like
when our armies entered the vanquished
enemy's land after bursting open that iron
curtain. Some of the shortcomings of the
book are the publishers' fault. . . I have to
take the authoress to task, because I wish
she, like many others, would stop telling us
about imperfections of the Germans which, if
they were there, still would have little to do
with the basic ones. . . The tragic thing is
that with this kind of immature 'contempt*
propaganda we have completely confused our
own people, so that when they get there and
find clean, washed, well-dressed and good look-
ing people who have bathrooms and use lip-
stick, they call the whole thing off and feel
they fought the wrong people, since Italy and
France, e.g., don't care so much about these
things. Too bad that this attitude shines
through most of the chapters of this book
which really has a quite serious mission." H.
A. Reinhold
H -- Commonweal 45:327 Ja 10 '47 1150w
"It is perhaps a less emotional, a more cere-
bral book than Purple Heart Valley; it is
scrappy and episodic; but it carries a punch
that too few books on the subject have carried.
Once again the warning is there — don*t for-
get too soon the grisly horrors for which all
evels of German society were responsible. . .
It should be read. Will it?"
-f Kirkus 14:508 O 1 '46 270w
"Miss Margaret Bourke- White, equipped with
a battery of Rolleiflex cameras and with a
prose style which can occasionally turn out
a paragraph as clean, as clear, and as dra-
matic as any of her negatives, entered Germany
with our victorious armies at the very moment
when the military machine and the philosophy
of the Dritte Reich were tottering and crum-
bling into ruins. In this book the Life photog-
rapher and author of 'Shooting the Russian
War* and 'Purple Heart Valley' has done full
Justice, as a reporter, to one of history's great
moments." W. L». White
4- N Y Times pi D 15 '46 1350w
"Her photographs are fine, but, as an old-
fashioned admirer of the written word, I have
come to the conclusion (without too much
trouble) that a thousand words, put together
with skill, clarity, and intelligence, are worth
more than a whole album of pictures." Hamil-
ton Basso
•f — New Yprker 22:95 D 21 '46 lOOw
g
le
Reviewed by William Hpgan
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 27 '46
800w
"This book is a collection of superb photog-
raphy and reporting. It is loosely organized
and is unexpected and unpredictable in its
transition from one subject to another. The
net result, however, is a lasting impression of
the twilight of the Nazi gods whose evil will
live for at least the thousand years predicted
by Hitler." Donald Armstrong
-f Sat R of Lit 30:13 Ja 4 '47 500w
"What Miss Bourke- White says she says
well, and she says enough to prove that her
heart is in the right place. . . She has done
an effective service in warning that we are
fumbling away in Germany a historic chance
to turn a powerful people from war to peace."
Debs Myers
-f Weekly Book Review p8 D 29 '46 850w
WHITE, MAX, pseud. See White, C. W.
WHITE, ROBB. Lion's paw; 11. by Ralph
Ray. 243p $2 Doubleday
46-7386
"An adventure story of Ben Sturges who,
with a brother and sister from an Orphan
asylum, sails his father's boat through the
canals and lakes from the West Coast of
Florida to the Gulf of Mexico." Sat R of Lit
"There's a bit of the Arthur Ransome feel
in the sound atmosphere, good sailing and
alive, likable children."
-f Kirkus 14:423 S 1 '46 90w
"Recommended." S. J. Johnson
4- Library J 72:85 Ja" 1 '47 80w
"Ben and Nick and Penny are appealing
people, and there is lots of action."
H- Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 50w
Weekly Book Review p32 N 10 '46
440w
WHITE, MRS RUTH (MORRIS). Ollie the
ostrich; pictures by Avery Johnson. [21p] $1
Nelson
Pictures and story describe the adventures
of a very shy ostrich, and how he was finally
cured of his failing.
Book Week p6 N 10 '46 50w
Kirkus 14:454 S 15 '46 60w
"Pictures by Avery Johnson are funny, too,
without being grotesque. Not absolutely neces-
sary, but it has its appeal." D. M. Mac-
Donald
Library J 71:1546 N 1 '46 60w
N Y Times p44 N 10 '46 50w
"Here is a little book for a three-year-old
practically sure to make him laugh. For its
humor is of the physical kind that at this
time of life seems never to pall."
-f Weekly Book Review p42 N 10 '46 HOw
WHITE, STEWART EDWARD. The stars are
still there. 191p $2.50 Dutton
133.93 Spiritualism 46-245
For several years after the publication of the
author's The unobstructed Universe (Book Re-
view Digest, 1940), thousands of people who
had read his books wrote asking him questions
on psychic matters and requesting him to write
them his concept of the nature of God, This
book is his answer to the questions. Index.
"His book is simply and sincerely written. . .
To many this book will provide comfort; to
deeper probers into the mystery of life after
death, ft leaves much unanswered and raises
new questions." H. M. Sherman
+ Book Week p!5 F 17 '46 400w
"A book with spiritual — as well as spiritualis-
tic— values, sure to be in constant demand."
-f Kirkus 13:537 D 1 '45 180w
"Stewart Edward White has some 40 to 50
volumes of fiction, history and travel to his
name. New frontiers have ever been in his
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mind and have influenced his books, but the
series in which 'The Stars Are Still There* is
the fifth book deals with the frontiers of con-
sciousness. It is sincerely written and cer-
tainly thought-provoking." J. Z. Nichols
-f- Sprlngrd Republican p4d F 3 '46 420w
Weekly Book Review p20 S 29 '46 270w
WHITE, TERENCE HANBURY. Mistress
Masham's repose; 11. by Fritz Eichenberg.
255p $2.75 Putnam
46-25270
A fantasy which ties together a story of a
poor, little rich girl in modern England, and a
picture of the life and "Oeconomy'r of a colony
of Lilliputians living in hiding on a tiny island
in an artificial lake in the grounds of a ruined
English castle.
"Mr. White is sparkling and erudite. He de-
mands the attention of the brain, he tickles
the fancy; one applauds his brilliant passages,
but the heart is not touched. One puts the
book down with a sense of frustration that
somehow the real implications, political and
literary, have been buried under a mass of
shining verbiage and are lost." Qretchen Fin-
letter
+ Atlantic 178:172 D '46 340w
Reviewed by W. A. S. Douglas
Book Week p4 O 20 '46 500w
Booklist 43:36 O 1 '46
" 'Mistress Masham's Repose* is a master-
piece of narration, literary ingenuity, humor
and satire and Mr. White, on the basis of
this book, deserves to be mentioned in the
company of Evelyn Waugh, C. S. Lewis and
George Orwell as one of the few fortunate
possessors of a splendid prose style." F. X.
Connolly
-f Commonweal 45:125 N 15 '46 700w
"Discount the reviews for a special hand-
picked market ... it is not at all as 'im-
possible' as some reviewers would have you
think. We liked it."
-f Kirkus 14:529 O 15 '46 220w
"Older children will find the story delightful,
as will imaginative adults who enjoy 'and they
all lived happily ever after' fairy tales skill-
fully frosted with intelligence, wit and whim-
sey. Recommended for all libraries." Anne
Whitmore
-f Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 70w
"This is one of those books — on which the
English seem to have a corner— designed for
children of all ages. But also in the way of
such English fantasies, 'Mistress Masham's Re-
pose' is far better than it sounds in outline.
It is literate, graceful, and malicious, not
merely whimsical, altogether a really charming
contrivance." Diana Trilling
-f Nation 163:479 O 26 '46 150w
" 'Mistress Masham's Repose' might well
have been the good social satire it promised,
for about fifty pages, to be; but Mr. White,
apparently overcome by whimsy, let his char-
acters and his action wander into the bogs of
undefined fantasy. And the story has neither
the charm nor the simplicity to enchant chil-
dren, nor the maturity which will be expected
of it by most adult readers. The disappoint-
ment will be the greater from the author of
'The Sword in the Stone.' " Lawrence Lee
h N Y Times p4 S 29 '46 500w
"Mr. White gets off to the delightful start
you might expect of the author of ^The Sword
in the Stone, but, unfortunately, Just as the
tale gives promise of becoming first-rate social
satire, he bogs down in whimsy that is not
likely to charm children and will certainly not
interest adult readers."
New Yorker 22:115 O 26 '46 lOOw
"Like Swift, Mr. White tells his story with
a spare truth or two up his sleeve, though
with a satire far less savage. The reader will
uncover these plums in the pudding as he goes
along, but it doesn't much matter if they are
ignored. This is as 'Alice' was for example a
fantasy which supports itself on its own
ground. Like 'Alice/ moreover. 'Mistress
Masham's Repose* remains wholly within its
own frame— something that must be extra-
ordinarily difficult to achieve, as Lewis Car-
roll and Mr. T. H. White both achieve it."
J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 O 28 '46
650w
"It had better be admitted at once (since
the habit of using an author's best work as a
yardstick is unfair but almost unavoidable)
that this has not the wisdom and valor which
shone out in 'The Sword in the Stone.' The
professor lectures to Maria on how she must
respect the human rights of the Lilliputians
are well enough, but they are not up to the
education of the Wart. But then, why should
one expect it? This is an exquisite filagree,
with all the bright charm of the miniature. . .
As its Lilliputians would say, it Is a Work to
be held in high Esteam by all true Persons
of Quality." Basil Davenport
+ Sat R of Lit 29:7 S 28 '46 800w
"A book that is freakish fantasy from start
to finish. Supposedly a children's book, it will
entertain most adults. . . The book's charm
lies in Author White's nostalgic evocation of
18th Century life, his knowledge of animal and
country lore (in private life ne is an ardent
naturalist) and his ability to make genuinely
dramatic such absurdities as the thrilling
rescue of Maria by the Lilliputian rat-cavalry.
The best things in Mistress Masham's Repos*
are the mischievous parodies of human cliche's-
of -thought."
-f Time 48:108 O 14 *46 560w
"[This book] is one of those rare literary
efforts which achieves precisely what it sets
out to achieve, strewing charm and laughter
and excitement along the way. Its characters,
its plot, its setting are all quite real and be-
lievable, even to the 365.2564 servants who staff
Malplaquet in its final days of glory. Its ironies
are shrewd and never heavy-footed. There is,
in fact, nothing which can be said about the
book except to praise it without limit, and
this leaves a reviewer frustrated. 'Mistress
Masham's Repose* is an unqualified success, a
book as delightful for children as it is for
adults. The illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg
are superb, and there are a lot of them.
Thomas Sugrue
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 O 6 '46 950W
WHITE, THEODORE HAROLD, and JACOBY,
MRS ANNALEE. Thunder out of China.
331p $3.50 Sloane
951.042 China—History. World war, 1939-
1945 — China. China—Politics and govern-
ment 46-11919
"A partial story of the China war which
these Time Incorporated staff correspondents
traveled to experience, this book records the
tragedy of Chiang Kai-shek who misunder-
stood the war as badly as the Japanese or
Allied technicians of victory. Authors conclude
reasonably that while stability in China in
our generation is only a remote possibility,
China must change or die; that she is the
testing ground of the future; that all Asia
will follow and that our only practical course
is the encouragement of Chinese political
unity." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by Owen Lattimore
Atlantic 178:170 I> '46 420w
"Keen observers and careful writers. White
and Jacoby have drawn an exciting picture of
China caught in the dual grip of revolution
and war. . . There are excellent sketches here
of the men, some tragic and some comic, who
stalked across the stage at Chungking." F.
S. Marquardt
+ Book Week p3 O 27 '46 lOOOw
Booklist 43:85 N 15 '46
Reviewed by H. E. Pey
Christian Century 63:1535 D 18 '46
1050w
"Thunder Out of China is likely to be one
of the best books on China in several years —
and it packs plenty of thunder. This careful,
readable, concise account of what has hap-
pened in China to cause the current pro-
tracted crisis will not be welcome to those
who have felt that a man such as Generalis-
simo Chiang Kai-shek could do no wrong.
Nor is it designed to soothe those whose
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WHITE, T. H.— Continued
hackles rise at the slightest commendation
for Communists of any nationality. In a word,
the authors give the Chinese Communists much
the better of the struggle with General
Chiang." H. S. Hayward
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 30 '46
650w
Cleveland Open Shelf p22 N '46
Reviewed by T. H. D. Mahoney
Commonweal 45:236 D 13 '46 850w
Reviewed by Roy Hillbrook
Current Hist 11:607 D '46 1350w
"As joint members of the Chungking Bu-
reau for Time and Life, the authors have
based their superb report on China's years
of crisis on concentrated study and intimate
knowledge. I wish I could say something to
make everyone with pretense to interest and
concern in the future of Asia feel that here is
one book that must be read."
4- Kirkus 14:471 S 15 '46 340w
"For those who appreciate a coordinated,
objective, over-all interpretation of China's
complexities. Clearly written and documented,
with maps. Highly recommended." H. S.
Taylor
•f Library J 71:1464 O 15 '46 140w
Reviewed by Agnes Smedley
Nation 163:619 N 30 '46 1200w
Reviewed by L*. K. Roslnger
New Repub 115:666 N 18 '46 lOOOw
"Many of Mr. White's and Miss Jacoby's
passages wear the purple of the famous Time-
Life style. Some of their .judgments will be
challenged, but not many with success. Their
grasp of the facts can hardly be questioned,
nor can their passionate Americanism. What
they have to report bears very directly upon
our fate to come. We can at least be proud
that this vivid, bitter, honest book will be
widely read." J. K. Fairbank
-f- N Y Times pi O 27 '46 1850w
"Many personalities are presented (includ-
ing a surprising reappraisal of the late Gen-
eral Joseph W. Stilwell), but the underlying
concern of the book is with the people of
China and the historic causes of their troubles.
It is a fine piece of work, a splendid example
of what American writers can do better than
any others in the world: reporting."
-f New Yorker 22:116 O 26 '46 240w
Reviewed by George Moorad
San Francisco Chronicle p9 O 27 '46
1700w
"The Book-of-the-Month Club has done a
public service in selecting 'Thunder Out of
China' for its million members to read. It
is not only factually accurate and honest, and
places events in their proper sequence and
proportion, but it is one of the most readable
of all war books. Handled with the skill of
accomplished craftsmen, the story is told in
such sharp, clean, smooth-flowing prose that
it is as easy to read as watching a movie.
Despite the apprenticeship both authors served
as Time- Life correspondents they have some-
how learned to write. There is genuine
breadth and depth and unusual scope in this
work, achieved by a fine discernment in selec-
tion of the significant." Edgar Snow
4- Sat R of Lit 29:12 O 26 '46 1600w
Social Studies 38:48 Ja '47 20w
Time 48:110 O 28 '46 1350w
"An earnest, thoughtful and factual account
of what went on in China In the war years
and immediately after, which is the clearest,
frankest and most combatively readable key
to an understanding of that great and tor-
mented country's current tragedy that the
average intelligent reader, bemused by the
Far Eastern news in his newspaper, could hope
to find. It is an angry book, which makes
no pretense to a cold and aloof impartiality,
and it glows with a deep respect and affec-
;l01? 'or the Chinese people and a belief in
their future. In addition, it has the tre-
mendous human virtue that when it looks
nf «ft*Lp*rfblern8, S? Chi£a u seea them flrst
8f«allJnnSSms °£ th« WStf?™ of its long-suffer-
ing millions and only then from any view-
point of power Politics." Richard Watts
4- Weekly Book Review pi O 27 '46 1450w
WIs Lib Bui 42:166 D '46
WHITE, VAUOHAN. Our neighbors, the Chi-
nese. 267p $2.75 Rinehart
915.1 Chin «v— Civilization. China— Politics
and government 46-2352
Study of the people of China: their national
characteristics, politics, the communists, their
attitude toward other countries, and particu-
larly the Chinese women. The author is the
daughter of a medical missionary and was
born in Canton, China. Index.
"The book reads easily. Study clubs and
undergraduate students will find it useful."
R. A. Norem
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1218 D '46 260w
Book Week p2 My 19 '46 llOw
Booklist 42:281 My 1 '46
"Her comments on the Generalissimo are
astonishingly frank, to the point of gossip-
column frankness, but may be Justified to some
degree by the importance the subject has in
China's current history. Most of Miss White's
book, however, Is far from being gossip. It con-
tains penetrating observations on the possibil-
ity that one type of industrialization in China
could be a threat to the peace of the world, as
well as on the role in foreign affairs of the
Chinese living outside China, whom Miss White
calls 'the natural leaders of future Asia.' Her
book, as a whole, is an excellent contribution
to the current discussion of the Orient." Floyd
Taylor
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Ap 30 '46
550w
Cleveland Open Shelf p21 N '46
Foreign Affairs 25:348 Ja '47 30w
"Vaughan White has lived in China for many
years, known the people from the bottom to
the top, portrayed them here with awareness
and interest."
+ Kirkus 14:31 Ja 15 '46 190w
"Miss White knows and loves her subject.
but seems a little confused by it all." Richard
Watts, Jr.
— New Repub 115:52 Jl 15 '46 220w
Reviewed by Helen Kuo
N Y Times p8 Ag 11 '46 360w
"Miss White, Canton-born, [is] the daughter
of an American medical missionary. . . To her
China is a 'gigantic fruit cake' whose full
flavor must be savored in a full bite and not in
a nibble on an odd bit of citron or currant. In
this book she offers a full bite. The taste is
pleasant, piquant, and somewhat discursive, as
a good fruit cake ought to be." Frederick Gruin
-f Sat R of Lit 29:20 My 4 '46 900w
" 'Our Neighbors, the Chinese,' contains a lot
of good description, clever character sketches
and amusing anecdotes, and the overall impres-
sion it gives of the new China, though some-
times out of balance, is on the whole con-
vincing. When it comes to historical and eco-
nomic analysis, however, of which she attempts
an ambitious amount. Miss White sometimes
flounders, and the book is too full of careless
inaccuracies and misstatements to be taken
seriously as a book of reference." Eleanor
Lattimore
•4- --Weekly Book Review p!8 My 5 '46
loOOw
WHITE, WILLIAM, bp. Common sense the-
ology of Bishop White. 169p $2.50 King's
crown press
230.3 Protestant Episcopal church in the
U.S.A. A46-5612
"Selected essays from the writings of Wil-
liam White, 1748-1836, first bishop o« Penn-
sylvania and a patriarch of the American
church with an introductory survey of his
theological position by Sydney A. Temple, Jr."
(Subtitle) The introductory survey is a concise
presentation of the aspects of Bishop White's
empirical theology. Bibliography.
Reviewed by S. E. Mead
Christian Century 63:1472 D 4 '46 350w
"These essays are stimulating, and it is
well that Bishop White's moderation is brought
to attention. There are, however, some
startling editorial errors and misstatemenU."
4- — u 3 Quarterly Bkl 2:286 D '46 240w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
887
WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN. Autobiography.
669p u $3.75 Macmillan
B or 92 46-1656
The life story of the Kansas editor and au-
thor, which accounts for his background and
then goes on to describe his life, his family,
his travels, and his contributions to American
life, up to 1923. The last twenty pages are
by his son. They summarize the last two
decades of his father's life. Index.
"Three contributions will make White's
Autobiography a work of continued usefulness
to political investigators: (1) the excellent
analysis of the economic forces controlling
midwestern politics during the last half- cen-
tury; (2) the revelation of what may be called
a prototype of the small town mind made
articulate; and (3) the personal pictures of the
politically conspicuous in recent American his-
tory. . . Finally, all readers will derive pleas-
ure from the life story of a happy man whose
life was intelligent and full. Such auto-
biographies are all too rare." J. B. Shannon
-f Am Pol Sci R 40:1000 O '46 750w
"[The book] re-creates with something more
than the artistry which we expect of a jour-
nalist accustomed to a deadline, the spiritual
climate of an age which now seems far away."
L. W. Lancaster
-j- Ann Am Acad 246:169 Jl '46 500w
Reviewed by Walter Johnson
Book Week pi Mr 3 '46 1350w
Booklist 42:225 Mr 15 '46
Bookmark 7:14 My '46
"White could not fail to make his own story
interesting. But it is more than that; it is a
documentary piece of work, living history told
in the native tongue, vivid, illuminating a
great chunk of American life. The first im-
pression may be one of gossip, even a certain
triviality; but this impression soon wears off.
White displays the zest, the exuberance, the
unconventionality, the cocksureness, the nai-
vety, the loveableness of the successful Amer-
ican at his best. As a writer and thinker, he
was influenced by both JEmerson and Whitman,
but it is Whitman who guides his pungent pen
in some of the liveliest of his sentences."
Blodwen Davies
-f- Canadian Forum 26:93 Jl '46 800w
"[William Allen White's] long awaited auto-
biography wins every reader by its wise and
common sense editorial comments on every
phase of American life, by its evident honesty
and blunt outspokenness, by its clean cut. if
sometimes caustic, estimates of men in public
life. . . White fails to hold our interest when
he discusses the ups and downs of the Republi-
can party in Kansas, but we do listen to him —
not always agreeing — when he speaks of pos-
sible reforms in our country's economic and
political life." B. L.. Con way
H Cath World 163:375 Jl '46 300w
"The whole nation will know and love Wil-
liam Allen White better, and it will know itself
better, when it has read The Autobiography
of William Allen White. I am sure this is
his greatest book. It is a long book, and in
his 627 pages he only got as far as 1923. But
in these pages, expressed in the life of one man,
is the hope and the complacency, the awareness
and the unawareness, the Joy and the appre-
hension, the mingling of certainty and un-
certainty, the deep and ineffable expectancy of
good, which are all typical of the best of
America in these years." B. D. C.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 8 '46
800w
Reviewed by Edward Skillin
Commonweal 43:627 Ap 5 '46 500w
Foreign Affairs 24:748 Jl '46 30w
"A revealing human document. . . It is ex-
traordinarily frank and objective autobiog-
raphy, a fair assessment of his own frailties. . .
All in all, it stands as a great piece of frank
and honest autobiography."
+ Klrkus 14:26 Ja 15 '46 650w
"Fascinating from many angles. . . As a
record of one more individual who in living his
life wholeheartedly touched ever- widening
circles: it is inspiring reading. For all li-
braries and in particular for all who are in-
terested in knowing what elements have formed
the United States." M. C. Manlejr
-f Library J 71:343 Mr 1 '46 lOOw
"The White 'Autobiography,' foreshortened
by the author's death in 1945, is a great book
on several levels. As a personal narrative It
is a joy to read. . . As a detailed and animated
study in the workings of American political
machinery—local, state, and national— the book
is superb. . . No Journalism of our day can
touch the 'Autobiography' for sheer reportorial
brilliance. . . White's estimates of people are
personal rather than political, and he has
sketched a fascinating gallery." Robert
Bendiner
-f Nation 163:217 Ag 24 '46 2000w
"White lacked the critical powers of the
best of his contemporaries, but he was surely
their peer as a reporter, and he was better than
the best of them in the succeeding generation.
As reporting, reporting of the sort that captures
mood and character as well as fact, his mem-
oirs are fit company for any that have been
written by Americans in this century or the
last. He does very handsomely indeed by the
worlds he knew — the world of the middle-class
Middle West, the world of American Journalism
and the world of American politics at the
business, or pre-balloting, level/' R. H. Rovere
_) New Repub 114:622 Ap 29 '46 1400w
4 •William Allen White did not die. He was
too young to die, too full of life. In 1946 his
newspaper goes on, his town goes on, and
there is a little of him in all the people who
were his neighbors; they helped make him
what he was and he helped make them what
they are. And now he lives in his final book,
which will be read Just as long as anyone is
interested in what happened in Kansas and in
the United States between the year 1868 and
the year 1923." R. L,. Duffus
4- N Y Times pi Mr 3 '46 2300w
"Despite the abrupt ending of the main nar-
rative, the book is an absorbing and valuable
American document, for by the early twenties
William Allen White's pattern of life and of
thought was set and he had grown up about
as much as he cared to."
-f New Yorker 22:102 Mr 16 '46 160w
"To the White addict, this suave and swift
autobiography with its quick shift of moods
from grave to gay, its insight, its occasional
flavor of the prophet, tells old familiar tales
with new illumination and is as fresh and ab-
sorbing as though the author were a new lit-
erary acquaintance and his career a discov-
ery. . . This [is] a book which, this reviewer
behoves, may be a permanent part of our
social history! Nothing else I know in Amer1-
can literature gives so eilectively the feeling
of a West Just emerging from the pioneer
period as the earlier chapters, nothing more
fully the merits and limitations of small-city
life and the meanness of small-city politics as
the middle part, and when he comes to the
era when national politics absorbed his best
energies he adds many an important page to
the authentic record of the times." Will Irwin
+ Sat R of Lit 29:7 Mr 16 '46 1600w
"To any student of American politics this
autobiography is essential and will prove de-
lightful." R. H.
+ Springf'd Republican p4d Ap 7 '46
1G50W
"The autobiography culminates in the sev-
eral chapters which describe the origin and
growth of the Progressive party under Theo-
dore Roosevelt's leadership. White was highly
sensitive to dramatic effects; he had a keen
sense of 'theater.' And that artistic talent was
by no means wasted on his 'inside* account of
the rise and fall of the Roosevelt rebellion
against conservative control of the Republican
party. The book declines in interest after that.
White did not finish his life story and the last
two decades are covered very briefly by his
son, W. L. White, mainly with extracts from
his father's private correspondence and scat-
tered editorials and articles." W. I* Cook
H Survey Q 35:169 My '46 900w
Time 47:97 Mr 18 '46 1300w
Times [London] Lit Sup p585 N 30 '46
1750w
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WHITE, W. A. — Continued
Reviewed by G. W. Johnson
Weekly Book Review pi Mr 3 '46 1700w
Wis Lib Bui 42:59 Ap '46
"He never pretended to be more than he
was, or to know more than he did, or to have
better taste in books, cooking, pictures, man-
ners, than was genuinely his at any phase of
his life. Prom the open highway towards steady
growth opened to him by this honestness, he
never stepped off into the dead-end alley of
pretentiousness. Hence he was always on his
way forward. Compare the elderly man he was
at the end of this book, shrewd, discerning,
with civilized tastes and sympathies and stand-
ards, with the brash, deliciously callow kid he
describes in the first part, blithely ignorant of
his own narrowness and limited horizon. The
book is an inimitable and invaluable record of
achievement in the skilful creative handling of
the raw materials of a tine personality." L>. C.
Fisher
+ Yale R n s 36:533 spring '46 1250w
WHITE, WILLIAM CHAPMAN. Pale blonde
of Sands street. 224p $2.50 Viking
46-1195
Fantasy about Johnny Smith, who met the
pale blonde Katie one morning on Sands Street
in Brooklyn, and spent his twelve-hour leave
with her. When Johnny left her hastily Katie
found that the lucky coin he gave her was
magic, and because she loved Johnny, Katie
used the magic coin. After that she could be
in two places at once, so she haunted ail the
ships in the navy, looking for Johnny, and
eventually she found him.
4 'The story is such a poignant mixture of
faith and magic that one would give a great
deal to believe it." Olive Carruthers
-t- Book Week plO F 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:283 My 1 '46
Kirkus 14:3 Ja '46 ISOw
'•A well-planned, well- told fantasy, with a
light and gentle touch that is Just right for
sailors, pale blondes, and O' Flaherty coins. It
is like a ballad in prose, a ballad of Johnny
the sailor, and Katie who sought him by night.
It will be difficult even for Hollywood to dis-
tort so sweet and tender a tale, but somebody
out there is bound to try." Thomas Sugrue
+ N Y Times p5 Mr 10 '46 400w
Reviewed by Hamilton Basso
New Yorker 22:83 Mr 2 '46 280w
"This is a cleanly written, easily read tale
that makes a pleasant demand upon the read-
er's interest, while exacting only a minimum
of either emotional or intellectual collaboration.
The author has mixed a kind of stock realism
with a more original kind of fantasy, and has
done so with deft success despite the difficul-
ties of his task. It is all smooth and charming
and a little whimsical, with passion that is
never quite real and heartbreak that Is never
quite real; but such passion and such heart-
break are by most persons more easily en-
dured, not to say enjoyed, than the genuine
product, and there is little doubt that 'The
Pale Blonde of Sands Street' will delight many
readers." B. R. Redman
-h Sat R of Lit 29:40 Ap 20 '46 480w
Time 47:106 Ap 29 '46 160w
" 'The Pale Blonde of Sands Street* is writ-
ten with freshness and simplicity. But, like
many light fantasies about plain, ordinary peo-
ple, it becomes at times perhaps a little too
fresh and a little too simple." Joe McCarthy
. -i Weekly Book Review p8 Mr 17 '46 420w
Wis Lib But 42:61 Ap '46
supernatural yarns, and a group of these,
most of which appeared originally in Weird
Tales magazine, have been gathered together
in 'West India Lights.' Part of his profes-
sional career was spent in the Virgin Islands,
and the title story involves a painting he
found in his St. Thomas house. . . However,
the Rev. Mr. Whitehead doesn't confine him-
self to the West Indies. One of his best tales
of horror, called 'The Left Eye,' is set near
Lake Champlain. His pen roams to London,
to New England, to Yucatan." N Y Times
Reviewed by James Sandoe
Book Week p7 D 29 '46 40w
"Except for a couple of nearly natural, senti-
mental excursions like 'Tea Leaves' and 'The
Ravel Pavane,' most of his performance re-
sembles a slack-wire act, with the Rev. Mr.
Whitehead walking the wire — a scholastic cleric
in an eldritch atmosphere. One factor that
'West India Lights' points up is the ofttime
superiority of the sneered-at pulp magazines,
where most of these tales were first published,
over their haughty relations, the slicks." H.
B. Parker
N Y Times p36 D 1 '46 360w
Reviewed by Anthony Boucher
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 D 8 '46
50w
WHITEHEAD, ROBERTA. Peter opens the
door; pictures by Mildred Bronson. [18p] 85c
Ho ugh ton
Picture story book about the everyday doings
of a small boy named Peter. For ages three
to six.
Booklist 43:40 O 1 '46
Kirkus 14:384 Ag 15 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by N. L. Rathbun
Library J 71:1210 S 15 '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
WHITMAN, WALT. I hear the people singing;
selected poems; introd. by Langston Hughes;
il. by Alexander Dobkin. 96p $1.75 Int. pubs.
811
A selection from the poetry of Walt Whit-
man, with an introduction and appreciation by
Langrston Hughes. The poems are arranged
under four general headings: Wait sings of
men and women; Walt sings of America; Walt
remembers the Civil war and Abraham Lin-
coln; Walt sings of freedom and the future.
"The words sing of America, and all the
kinds of people who make up America. And
you'll enjoy reading the poetry aloud, too."
Carol Biba
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 N 13 '46
70w
Kirkus 14:150 Mr 15 '46 60w
"There is always room for another selection
from Whitman, if only because the poet was
himself so unselective. Moreover, his direct,
generous approach to the world makes him
the spokesman of the young, who share his
simplicity and his generosity. On both counts,
therefore, this book should call for a welcome.
Unfortunately, however, Mr. Hughes, who is
so eloquent a poet in his own right, has not
done a particularly good Job of editing, and
the book is marred further by a set of repel-
lant illustrations." Babette Deutsch
H NY Times p!2 Jl 28 '46 450w
Sat R of Lit 29:64 N 9 '46 60w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p6 Ag 25 '46 230w
WHITEHEAD, HENRY ST CLAIR. West India
lights, ltd ed 367p $3 Arkham house
46-21780
"The Rev. Henry S. Whitehead (1882-1932)
was a New England Episcopal clergyman
whose ecclesiastical ruminations led to the
writing of such books as 'The Invitations of
Our Lord' and 'Good Manners in Church.'
But he had an alter ego that liked to spin
WHITTLESEY, CHARLES RAYMOND. Na-
tional interest and international cartels. 172p
$2.60 Macmillan
338.86 Trusts, Industrial. Industry and
state 46-4354
"To assist in clarifying an issue as con-
troversial as that presented by international
cartels, a writer must accomplish two main
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
889
tasks: he must undertake to discover the ques-
tions that would arise in an intelligent reader's
mind and must contribute, so far as facts and
his own powers permit, to finding: answers to
these questions. This study, which attempts
to meet these specifications, is deliberately In-
terpretive in character. It is a product of
the belief that the times call for a critical ex-
amination of the flood of contentions pro and
con, and of the mass of data brought to light
in recent years, rather than for further effort
to discover new evidence on particular cartels
or on the cartel problem in general." (Pref)
Index.
clubs, military careers, if any, hobbies, publica-
tions, business and home addresses." Subscrip-
tion Bks Bui
Am Pol Sci R 40:1023 O '46
"A simple, straightforward job. Prof. Whit-
tlesey's book will make a contribution to our
thinking on the subject if only for the discus-
sion it is certain to provoke." R. N. Schwartz
+ Book Week p6 Jl 7 '46 420w
Foreign Affairs 25:161 O '46 50w
"An exceedingly fair presentation of the
value and importance of cartels, at times build-
ing up a good case for them but concluding
definitely that they are not for us."
-f Kirkus 14:144 Mr 15 '46 130w
"For a brief and cool analysis of the cartel
problem by a professional economist, one could
hardly find a better book than Professor Whit-
tlesey's." George Soule
-f.New Repub 115:107 Jl 29 '46 600w
"Professor Whittlesey has tried in this brief,
helpful book to acquaint the general reader
with the problems presented by international
cartels. The dispassionate fairness of his judg-
ment and the lucid simplicity of his style will
win many friends." Hans Kohn
-f N Y Times p24 S 29 '46 360w
"A work distinguished by unstrained ob-
jectivity, penetrating analysis and circumspect
judgment." M. W. Watkins
+ Pol Sci Q 61:441 S '46 950w
"Some readers may not be so enthusiastic
about the competitive system as is Professor
Whittlesey. But almost any reader Interested
in business and economics will be enthusiastic
about the clear and compact treatment of the
chosen subject in this book." L. B.
-H San Francisco Chronicle p!8 Jl 14 '46
230w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:307 D '46 120w
"The concluding chapter of the book gives an
outline of the governmental machinery to carry
out this policy. But the value of Mr. Whittle-
sey's work is not so much in these specific
suggestions as in the fact that he has as-
sembled and clarified the conflicting views on
this inflammable subject and has brought to
bear on them a dispassionate judgment." T.
K. Finletter
4- Weekly Book Review p7 Je 16 '46 900w
WHO'S important in medicine [a biographical
encyclopedia of physicians, surgeons, medical
educators and hospital administrators, 1945].
(V 1) 1060p 11 $15 Inst. for research in biog-
raphy
926.1 Medicine — Biography. Physicians
(45-4406)
"This is a biographical directory of physi-
cians and medical researchers in the United
States. Canada and the Latin -American repub-
lics. According to the preface, included also are
the professional records of the Surgeon-Gen-
erals of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the
U.S. Public Health Service and their high
ranking associates, eminent medical educators,
serving 'as professors and deans in medical col-
leges; editors, authors, and contributors to
important medical publications; leading spe-
cialists in various branches of medicine; noted
hospital administrators; commanding officers
of army and navy base hospitals; and diligent
and indefatigable microbe hunters/ The infor-
mation given under each name includes the
branch of practice in which the person is
engaged, place and date of birth, parentage,
education, marriage, children, hospital intern-
ship, career history, special achievements, and
honors conferred, membership in societies and
"Evidently the book was compiled as the
reports were received, for no arrangement, al-
phabetical, classified, or geographical, is ap-
parent in th« main body of the text. . . That
there are omissions is admitted in the preface.
. . Recommended for medical schools and col-
leges and for public, university and special
libraries which serve the medical profession.
This recommendation IB made chiefly because
(1) The American Medical Directory gives so
little biographical data; (2) other medical vol-
umes of the 'who's who* type are not up to
date (e.g.. 1931 and 1938); (3) factual data
about entries are presumably correct. However,
one might wish for a more comprehensive cov-
erage and a better arrangement."
h Subscription Bks Bui 17:7 Ja '46
650w
WICK, CARL IRVING. Ocean harvest; the
story of commercial fishing in Pacific coast
waters [il. with 24 drawings and phot, boat
plans by Edwin Monk], 185p $3.50 Superior
pub.
639.22 Fisheries—Pacific coast Agr46-J.4
"Carl Wick grew up around boats and fisher-
men on Puget Sound, spent the last war in
the Navy and the post-war period in the
Coast and Geodetic Survey along the shores
of the Pacific, and then went into the com.
mercial fishing business. . . In Ocean Harvest
he explains, in non-technical language, meth-
ods of catching and processing the principal
commercial sea resources of the Pacific Coast:
Salmon, tuna, halibut, shark, whales, shellfish,
and fur seals." San Francisco Chronicle
Booklist 43:50 O 15 '46
"Written with no attempt at literary polish,
the book is an interesting catalogue of fishing
data." R. T.
4- San Francisco Chronicle p!8 N 10 '46
120w
WICKES, MRS FRANCES (QILLESPY). Re-
ceive the gale. 306p $3 Appleton-Century
46-4804
A first novel composed of several episodes
in the life of a young writer. David needs
constant inspiration and goes from one love
affair to another hoping to find it, but with
indifferent success.
"The book loses impact because most of the
conflict remains within the confines of David's
own mind — too rarely is it projected into dra-
matic struggle with any outside force. Miss
Wickes* writing has genuine beauty, however,
and she puts perfectly ordinary words to-
gether so as to give them the shimmer of
poetry." Norman Hoefeld
h Book Week p28 D 1 '46 300w
Kirkus 14:202 My 1 '46 180w
"David is a modern Casanova. His adven-
tures have poetic moments but not always con-
vincing conclusions. For sophisticated readers
who do not demand action." K. T. Willis
Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 70w
"Bombastic and exasperating first novel. . .
Miss Wickes' hero is one of the most un-
pleasant young prigs we've met in years of
literary cocktail- fights: his panting efforts to
hit his stride in a series of oddly assorted
beds (if the reader will permit the mixed
metaphor) produce three hundred-odd pages
of egregious prose, and leave her grim young
writer, so far as we could determine, pretty
much where he began." James MacBride
— NY Times p!3 S 1 '46 600w
WICKWARE, FRANCIS SILL,
ground. 220p $2 Doubleday
Detective story.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p!9 F 17 '46 330w
Dangerous
46-1773
890
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WICKWARE, F. S»~~ Continued
Booklist 42:266 Ap 15 '46
Klrkus 13:535 D 1 '45 80w
"A welcome relief from standard -brand."
-f New Repub 114:358 Mr 11 '46 120w
"The story takes a bit of believing, but It
is undeniably exciting." Isaac Anderson
N Y Times pfl P 17 '46 180w
"A fairly routine suspense story, enlivened
by the Doctor's psychiatric tricks, which are
interesting enough, although of a type apt to
be frowned on by the A.M. A."
New Yorker 21:100 P 9 '46 80w
"Beautifully constructed Job of psychological
sleuthing with punch ending that may be il-
legal but is certainly convincing. Great stuff!"
+ Sat R of Lit 29:88 Ap 13 '46 40w
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p20 F 10 '46 300w
WIDDEMER, MRS MABEL (CLELAND).
Washington Irving, boy of old New York.
204p il $1.50 Bobbs
B or 92 Irving, Washington — Juvenile lit-
erature 46-5002
A flctionized account of Washington Irving's
boyhood and youth in New York city and on
trips up the Hudson, to Tarrytown, Albany,
and farther into the wilderness. Indicates some
of the sources of his future writings in the
tales told him by his friends in the places he
visited. For young readers.
Klrkus 14:198 Ap 15 '46 60w
Reviewed by F. W. Butler
-f- Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 90w
"The author of this new volume in the Child-
hood of Famous Americans series herself spent
seven years in Tarrytown and she makes it as
vivid as old New York itself. Her story has a
gay appeal as well as strikingly vivid atmos-
phere." M. L. H.
4- Springf'd Republican p6 Jl 15 '46 120\v
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 200w
WIDUTIS, FLORENCE B., and KAHN, SALLY
SMITH. Here's how it's done; a popular edu-
cation guide; il. by Irving Geis. 74p pa $1
Postwar information exchange, 45 Maiden
lane, N.Y. 7
374 Education of adults 45-10162
"Tiiis guide is offered to individual citizens
or groups of citizens who wish to arouse their
communities to action on issues of local, state,
national, or even international importance. . .
The handbook deals with study groups, speak-
ers' bureaus, film forums, newspapers, opinion
polls, paid advertising, inter-group cooperation,
and many more ways of going about the task
of bringing about change. General advice is
supplemented by examples of the way ail of
these things have been done by a wide variety
of movements and big and little agencies." Am
J Pub Health
Reviewed by M. S. Routzahn
Am J Pub Health 36:664 Je '46 270w
"This 'activity book' for the amateur adult
educator can be most useful to professional
workers. We have heard much about the need
for and the philosophy of adult education.
There is a definite lack of the simple specific
'how to do it' material of which this is an
excellent example." R. R. Munn
-f Library Q 16:88 Ja '46 350w
WIEMAN, HENRY NELSON. Source of hu-
man good, Slip $3.50 Univ. of Chicago press
121 Worth A46-3800
"As religious believers have always held,
Professor wieman holds that the source of
values is not subjective, but is beyond man.
The present volume is a fresh account of
values, with a theory of their cosmic setting.
The source of values Professor Wieman calls
'the creative event.' Contrary to majority
opinion, he denies that the creative event, or
God, is a conscious personal spirit; he views It
as a process within nature, and sets aside a
personal God as 'mythical/ This study thus
continues the attempt to unite the spiritual
values commonly grounded in theism or
idealism with the philosophical theories of
naturalism. 'It is a naturalism including what
is spiritual.' " (US Quarterly Bkl) Index.
"This book presents a theory of value and
offers itself as a contribution to religion in
general and to the Christian faith in particular.
I shall confine this review to a consideration of
its bearing upon the Christian faith. My con-
clusion may be stated at the outset. The ef-
fect of Professor Wieman' s thesis is to drain
off the substance of Christianity and leave it
a hollow unreality. The governing idea upon
which the book is constructed is, in my judg-
ment, wrong and, if accepted, would devitalize
the Christian faith." C. C. Morrison
— Christian Century 63:1374 N 13 '46
2950w
"Dr. Wieman, professor of Christian theology
at the University of Chicago, has here rendered
a valiant, stimulating service to Christian
thought. For thirty years he has been in-
terested in a theory of value that will bridge
the widening gulf between the cultural matrix,
especially of Christianity, and technological
order. He finds the accepted theories of value
of the greatest religions fitted to man in his
weakness but useless now to man in his in-
creasing power over nature and his fellow-
men." C. L. Willard
4- Churchman 161:18 Ja 1 '47 360w
"Written in a lucid style, the book is strik-
ing for almost complete lack of documentation,
although it discriminates carefully, but briefly,
between the author's view* and the more or
less similar positions of Whitehead and Dewey.
There is little attempt made, however, to ex-
amine the unique values contributed by the
idea of God as a conscious spirit."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:287 D '46 180w
WILD, HANS. Houses of Parliament; pho-
tographed by Hans Wild with an introd. by
James Pope-Hennessy. 41p $4 Oxford [15s
Batsford]
942.13 Great Britain. Parliament (buildings)
[46-113]
An illustrated history of the houses of parlia-
ment in London. The modern pictures were
originally commissioned for Life, but there are
many reproductions of old prints also included.
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
"This is as pretty a picture book as ever was
printed, and Life magazine, for whom Mr.
Hans Wild originally took the photographs,
Messrs. Jarrold & Sons, of Norwich, England,
who made the book, and, above all, Major
Pope-Hennessy, who has compressed the whole
history of the Palace of Westminster since the
reign of Edward the Confessor, together with
a delightfully humorous, malicious and affec-
tionate account of the Gothic revival, into his
brilliant introductory essay, are all to be
warmly praised." Anne Fremantle
4- Commonweal 44:486 Ag 30 '46 260w
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 31 '46
270w
"From a literary and a pictorial point of view
this is an artistic production, which includes
reproductions of twenty-one engravings, mostly
well known, of the Palace of Westminster. . .
It is by far the best monograph on the sub-
ject yet produced."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p350 Jl 28 '45
450w
"The superb photographs of Hans Wild, here
superbly reproduced, were originally taken for
'Life' magazine, to inform the American pub-
lic of the business of British representative
government. . . These pictures in themselves
Justify the volume's existence, but the text, by
James Pope-Hennessy, one of the younger
masters of English prose, proves that a guide-
book can be literature."
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 S 1 '46 270w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
891
WILD, JOHN DANIEL. Plato's theory of man;
an introduction to the realistic philosophy of
culture. 320p $5 Harvard unlv. press [28s Ox-
ford]
184.1 Plato A46-912
"Recently a learned tendency to see in Aris-
totle's extant treatises the possible speculative
framework of 'scientific naturalism' has led to
definitions of Plato which dismiss him either as
a 'reformer' or as an 'idealist.' It is with this
tendency that Professor Wild's book is con-
cerned, though it is far from being restricted
to a narrowly conceived thesis. The author
professes to have drafted an 'introduction to
the realistic philosophy of culture'; and though
his point of view differs from that of More's
'Greek Tradition' or Jaeger's 'Paideia.' he has
tried to write with comparable breadth and
purposefulness." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by T. V. Smith
Ethics 67:67 O '46 2200w
Reviewed by D. S. Mackay
J Philos 43:688 D 5 '46 SlOOw
" 'Plato's Theory of Man' is an exceptionally
interesting book, frequently rising to heights
of eloquence that the general reader would not
anticipate in a book dealing with the rigorous
discipline of philosophy. Elaborated with the
critical apparatus of exact scholarship, it is
not light reading, but the diligent reader will
be rewarded with numerous stimulating ob-
servations concerning some of the fundamental
problems our society must solve." John Day
4- N Y Times p!7 Jl 7 '46 650 w
"Dr. Wild has the dialogues at his fingers'
ends; but there is something of a conflict be-
tween his faithfulness to the word and his
enthusiasm for the spirit, and one could wish
that a good deal of his detailed interpretation
had been relegated to notes or appendices, if
not to another book altogether. There is still
room for a presentation of Plato's politics in
modern dress which would reveal him as unique
in his combination of philosophical depth and
practical understanding of the psychology of
the common man."
H Times [London] Lit Sup p581 N 23 '46
1700w
"It is not easy to convey the quality of a
book like this. One is impressed by the excel-
lence of its scholarship, which includes meticu-
lous respect for the texts. Some of us may be
delighted to find, at long last, a historian for
whom the intellectual past does not exist mere-
ly for its own sake. But I think it may well
be that most of those who read this volume
will rejoice that a philosopher has done hard
work, very hard work, in order to lay bare
problems of vital importance." G. N. Shuster
+ Weekly Book Review pl2 Mr 24 '46
1250w
WILDE, OSCAR. Portable Oscar Wilde;
selected and edited by Richard Aldington.
(Viking portable lib) 690p $2 Viking
82S 46-3202
Contents: Some dates in the life of Oscar
Wilde; Critic aa artist: Picture of Dorian Gray;
Salome* ; Importance of being Earnest; De Pro-
fundis; Poems, poems In prose, and a fairy
tale; Reviews; Twelve formerly unpublished
letters; Other letters; Anecdotes and sayings;
Miscellaneous sayings. Contains a chronology,
and an introductory essay.
"Aldington's introduction adds a few new
facts and corrects a few old errors. It Is
sympathetic without seeking to be an apologia.
All in all. It Is one of the best essays on Wilde,
if not the best, and admirably serves its pur-
pose of introducing the man and his writing."
Bergen Evans
+ Book Week plO Mr 31 '46 450w
Booklist 42:301 My 15 '46
Klrkus 14:49 F 1 '46 40w
"The first sentence of the editor's introduc-
tion to this most recent addition to the valu-
able Viking Portable Library is sufficiently dis-
arming: 'Almost everything that could be
said about Oscar Wilde has been said already/
but Mr. Aldington goes on with testy wit to
summarize Wilde, the man and the writer, as
well as it is likely ever to be done."
+ New Repub 114:422 Mr 25 '46 120w
Reviewed by Carlos Baker
N Y Times p6 Mr 24 '46 1350w
WILDER. MRS MARGARET APPLEGATE
(BUELL). Hurry up and wait. (Whittlesey
house publication) 264p $2.50 McGraw
46-807
The author of Since You Went Away (Book
Review Digest, 1943) which was based on let-
ters to her soldier- husband, tells in this book
how she and her family went to Hollywood,
while she worked on the script for the movie,
made from her first book.
Reviewed by J. N. North
Book Week p8 F 24 '46 320w
Booklist 42:210 Mr 1 '46
"Mrs. Wilder has written a gay book, full
of chuckles and good will." W. K. R.
4- Christian Science Monitor p!7 Mr 2 '46
5BOw
Kirkus 13:552 D 15 '45 170w -
"It is obvious [the author] has lost her
heart to Hollywood and its easy money. Her
book is a fairly run-of-the-mill movie success
story — but a bit fresher, more amusing."
Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times p!2 P 10 '46 180w
"The prose and dialogue are in the by now
rigid pattern for literate ladies writing humor-
ously about their families."
New Yorker 22:97 F 16 '46 120w
" 'Hurry Up and Wait' is a gay and happy
book, very feminine, domestic, even girlish,
and not always completely free from gush.'*
J. P. Wood
-f Sat R of Lit 29:18 Ap 6 '46 320w
"Mrs. Wilder is diverted by the studio
rituals and the whole fantastic show, but she
doesn't report them merely for the sake of
laughs. Behind the antics of Hollywood she
discerns a logic and a meaning. Her book
is genuinely illuminating as well as gay."
4- Weekly Book Review p!7 F 10 '46 270w
Wis Lib Bui 42:88 Je '46
WILDER, ROBERT. Written on the wind.
338p $2.75 Putnam
46-443
Liong novel based on the lives of the de-
scendants of a North Carolina tobacco king.
Old Andrew Whitneld, who started the family
business and fortune, was a sturdy character,
but in the third generation the blood had run
very thin. Too much money and too little
character had made his descendants prac-
tically worthless. This is the story of two
of them, and the share-cropper's son who fell
in love with the wife of the most despicable
Whitneld.
Reviewed by Wendell Johnson
Book Week p3 Ja 27 '46 360w
"Mr. Wilder's new novel cannot be dis-
missed as mere melodramatic over-painting.
The author is too sure what he is about and
too expert in making his effects. For this
reader's taste, the local color — like the South-
ern accent — is laid on with a trowel, but the
trowel is handled by an old hand. Like Mr.
Wilder's other flamboyant tales, it is sure of a
wide public." William Du Bois
N Y Times p5 Ja 20 '46 700w
"The trouble with this is that it's all made
up; every person and incident has simply been
too expertly machined to fit into a groove. A
family like the Whitflelds would never let a
boy like Reese get near the house, much lees
adopt him, and Mr. Wilder's attempt to give
plausibility to this by having Gary and Ann-
Charlotte make his acquaintance at a public
school, which they attend because their father
believes in democracy, is as silly as it sounds."
Hamilton Basso
— New Yorker 21:81 Ja 26 '46 350w
892
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WILDER, ROBERT — Continued
"Though Mr. Wilder does not come to grips
with his problem, he tells his story of human
waste and dereliction with raciness and inex-
orability." Leonard Amster
Sat R of Lit 29:55 Mr 23 '46 400w
"Amid descriptions of Gary's various stages
of drunkenness and bright, at times oversharp,
dialog, Mr Wilder intersperses passages of
really brilliant writing. . . His style and nar-
rative ability carry 'Written On the Wind'
over certain weak spots and structural de-
fects." Harry Daum
H Springf'd Republican p4d F 10 '46 650w
"Author Wilder has written a highly read-
able novel whose episodes are frequently
breathless, whose dialogue is crisp, crackling
and gamy. The total effect is like watching
laboratory rats whirl around more & more
madly in a bottle exhausted of everything but
oxygen. The prose paces the pathology."
Time 47:98 P 11 '46 330w
"Page after page of reckless, Joyless con-
viviality at the Whitfleld's Estate, at their
Lodge near Asheville and at the local country
clubs, drenched with liquor and an almost panic
sense of futility, read like the fag end of some
of the parties that Scott Fitzgerald's Great
Gatsby used to give. 'Written on the Wind'
is an anatomy of boredom and fear — the partic-
ular kind of boredom and fear that, the author
thinks, is a by-product of indifference to life's
challenge. . . 'Written on the Wind* is no
study of frustration: it's a study of prostration.
Mr. Wilder has written it, as always, with
facility and felicity. In spite of that, I found
the reading extremely exhausting business."
F. H. Bullock
h Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 20 '46 850w
WILDER, WALTER BEE BE. Grandfather ob-
jects; il. by George Price. 317p $2.50 Double-
day
818 46-5577
Sketches of life with grandfather, mostly con-
cerned with a summer spent on the family's
Suffern, New York, farm, when the author was
ten. The father and mother of the author
had gone to England, leaving the boy and his
younger sister in grandfather's charge. Even
a broken leg could not keep a good old man
down; nor a flock of interfering female rela-
tives. That summer was an experience.
"To those who enjoy the countryside and
outdoor life from the cozy depths or an arm-
chair, this book will be a pleasure. To those
who gloat over the emotions of boyhood, tran-
quilly recollected, this book will provoke mem-
ories and a desire to match the author's tale,
prank for prank and grandfather for grand-
father." E. E. Perkins
+ Book Week p4 Jl 28 '46 230w
Booklist 43:37 O 1 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf pl5 Jl '46
Kirkus 14:217 My 1 '46 190w
"A good yarn with lots of belly-laughs." J.
E. Cross
+ Library J 71:979 Jl '46 140w
"Of course, chronicles of screwball kinfolk
generally seem funnier to authors than to
anyone else. But even marking intended guf-
faws down to grins, 'Grandfather Objects'
retains a safe margin of live humor." Richard
Match
-f N Y Time* p4 S 1 '46 700w
Reviewed by Edith James
San Francisco Chronicle pl3 Ag 18 '46
150w
"It is the neatest literary trick of dog days.
Don't read it in a hammock; pick a place where
you can roll around safely in your laughter."
Thomas Sugrue
4- Sat R of Lit 29:15 Ag 10 '46 700w
''The whole diverting tale is garnished with
Mr Wilder 's charming wit and so provides the
reader a happy succession of chuckles, smiles
and laughs." E. A. F.
-f- Springf'd Republican p6 S 10 '46 360w
i4*l'iTh*ere are, tin}es when cthe author] gets a
little too quaint for palatable consumption but,
on the whole, he is a pleasing figure. George
Price illustrates the sketches with his own
sardonic humor." Rose Peld
-I Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 14 '46 600w
Wis Lib Bui 42:148 N '46
WILKE, HAROLD. Greet the man. 218p $1.50
Christian educ. press, 1505 Race st, Philadel-
phia
259 Church work with veterans. Church
work with the sick 45-10332
"The author, a well trained and experienced
Christian minister, was born without arms but
his personality is evidently complete and
healthy. He has written a book to encourage
the physically handicapped, especially the war-
maimed, and to guide others in the formation
of helpful attitudes toward them." Christian
Century
Reviewed by Louis Long
Am J Pub Health 36:1329 N '46 140w
"It is deeply religious and psychologically
sound."
•f Christian Century 63:82 Ja 16 '46 70w
"Perhaps no man living is as well qualified
as the author to write this book of advice to
pastors, parents, wives and sweethearts,
brothers and sisters, and all others who will
meet and want to help the men wounded phys-
ically and emotionally in the war. He was
born without arms, yet has lived a normal life,
having learned to do practically everything for
himself that is done by a person with arms,
and was a successful pastor in a university
town before the war. . . All of us will have
some contacts with these men who are bearing
the bitter cost of war, and .we shall help or
hurt. A reading of Mr. Wilke's book may
enable us to help." C. T. Holman
4- J Religion 26:233 Jl '46 120w
WILLCOCKSON, MARY, ed. Social education
for young children; v. 1, In the kindergarten
and primary grades; Ernest Horn, consultant.
119p pa $1 Nat. council for the social studies,
1201 16th st, NW, Washington 6, D.C.
372.83 Social sciences — Study and teaching
(46-4057)
"Prepared to provide kindergarten and
primary teachers with the best present day
thinking related to the purposes, materials,
and procedures in the problems of social edu-
cation in their grade levels." Social Studies
"The presentation throughout the book is
able and enthusiastic. The suggestions have
come from the experiences of educators, from
studies of current literature in the field, and
from surveys of recent trends in practice. The
objectives, materials, and procedures are clear-
ly defined. The first third of the general
picture is comprehensive and adequate. It
will be a constant source of help to classroom
teachers, and it should go a long way toward
solving the problem of lack of articulation be-
tween the middle grades and the kindergarten-
primary division." A. R. Polkinghorne
+ El School J 46:594 Je '46 750w
School &. Society 63:176 Mr 9 '46 90w
Social Studies 37:192 Ap '46 30w
WILLIAMS, CLEMENT CLARENCE. Building
an engineering career. 2d ed 309p il $2.50
McGraw
620.7 Engineering— Study and teaching
Second edition of a book which first appeared
in 1934 (Book Review Digest, 1934). "Orienta-
tion course for engineering students. Book in-
dicates scope of branches of engineering, char-
acter of engineering education, basis for choice
of profession. Author analyzes aptitudes of stu-
dents. New chapter on mining and metallurgi-
cal engineering." (Library J) Correlated list of
visual aids. Index.
Booklist 42:332 Je 15 '46
Eng N 137:112 Jl 11 '46 80w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
893
"This second edition is especially welcome
because of scarcity of material on careers in
engineering for vocational fields." L». A. Ealea
4- Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:24 Ap '46
"The second edition takes into account not
only the rapid strides in the sciences prior to
World War II, but also the important changes
brought about by the war. Well indexed."
+ School &, Society 63:320 Ap 27 '46 50w
WILLIAMS, FLORENCE. See Nicholas, F. W.
WILLIAMS, GARTH, 11. Chicken book. [31pJ
$1.50 Howell, Soskin
46-22G90
Picture book based on an old rhyme about
five little chickens, each with a different idea
about breakfast, and what their mother did
about it. Each line of the rhyme has a pic-
ture.
"Garth Williams has very cleverly and color-
fully illustrated the whole barnyard scene as
an accompaniment to a familiar nursery
rhyme." V. W. Schott
4- Library J 71:1810 D 15 '46 30w
"The pictures of the querulous chickens are
Quite comical." K. S. White
4- New Yorker 22:132 D 7 '46 60w
"The chickens are very amusing, and the
background of farm and meadow, printed in
soft greens and blues, is charming." M. G. L>.
-|- Sat R of Lit 29:30 D 14 '46 80w
WILLIAMS, MRS GERTRUDE LEAVEN-
WORTH (MARVIN). Priestess of the oc-
cult; Madame Blavatsky. 345p il $3.50 Knopf
B or 92 Blavatsky, Mme Helene Petrovna
(Hahn-Hahn) (H.P.B.) 46-6G82
A biography of the founder of the Theosophi-
cal society. "In 1874 she came to America
and immediately became identified with many
groups interested in spiritualism. She founded
a cult of her own in the U.S., but was only
partially successful, so she decided to take a
few followers and go to India, the land of the
occult." (Booklist) Bibliography. Index.
Booklist 43:101 D 1 '46
"A most stimulating biography which every
good Theosophist will spew out indignantly
and hastily close — but will be unable to resist
opening again, and reading on and on, just to
see what happened next." Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 45:148 N 22 '46 650w
"An Intriguing, appalling, curious career —
the author while at no time deceived, has
written an unfiaggmgly entertaining epitaph.
One wonders how the special market for
psychic matters will like it. We found It good
reading, presupposing an objective interest."
4- Klrkus 14:474 S 15 '46 180w
"Madame emerges from this carefully writ-
ten, excellently documented biography still a
controversial character, still a victim of the
tender feelings which inhabit all religious dis-
cussions. What she needs, and what eventu-
ally she will no doubt get, is a biographer with
no regard for anything beyond the personality
and jolly, incredible adventures of a mountain-
ous lady who cursed like a sailor, smoked 200
cigarettes a day, didn't clean her fingernails,
and started a religious movement which
brought India's metaphysics within the reach
of anyone who can read and count to ten.
Mrs. Williams has contributed valuable spade
work; her book is required reading for any
student of the phenomena of religious life."
Thomas Haynes
H NY Times p6 O 27 '46 ISOOw
"Mrs Williams has written a devoted and a
devastating book that will enrage every one
of the followers of 'HPB* . . . but even they
will have to admit that here Is an extremely
scholarly piece of documentation. And such
Is the personality of this astonishing woman
that, dead, she has proved herself more alive
than her living successors. . . But Madame
Blavatsky, alive or dead, is always a 'stone of
contradiction,' and Mrs. Williams is to be
congratulated on a biography that deals with
her subject candidly." Anne Fremantle
-f Weekly Book Review p6 Ja 5 '47 1350w
WILLIAMS, MRS GERTRUDE (ROSEN-
BLUM). Women and work; with 13 pictorial
charts in colour designed by the Isotype inst.
and 65 photographs. 128p |2.50 Essential bks
[5s Nicholson]
331.4 Woman— Employment [A46-2044]
"Opposition to women in industry, says Mrs.
Williams, is based partly on nineteenth-cen-
tury habits of thought, partly on poor working
conditions and partly on union fear of new
competition. But modern technology makes
working processes less complex and the need
for certain skills, such as deftness in operation,
nullifies the archaic middle-class attitude that
women must be 'ladies' and objects of display.
Wartime experience proved that women can be
efficient in industry. Mrs. Williams disposes
of all the easy generalizations which support
unequal treatment of women, and her argu-
ments, bolstered by photographs, pictorial
charts and statistics, are difficult to refute."
New Repub
Reviewed by Adelaide Hawley
Churchman 160:17 S 15 '46 180w
New Repub 115:22 Jl 8 '46 140w
Reviewed by Ernestine Evans
Weekly Book Review p26 O 6 '46 650w
WILLIAMS, GURNEY, ed. I meet such people!
a careful collection of more than 200 carefree
cartoons; with revealing text. 128p $2.50 Far-
rar, Straus
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons 46-7965
Tho humor editor of Collier's has selected the
cartoons reprinted in this book and adds a list
of the artists with page references to their
entries. Includes commentary by the editor.
Reviewed by Paul Speegle
San Francisco Chronicle p2 D 1 '46
120w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p7 D 1 '46 140w
WILLIAMS, HENRY LIONEL. Fundamentals
of electronics and their applications in mod-
ern life. (New home lib) 231p il 69c Blakiston
621.38 Electronics 45-9158
"A survey in simple terms of the elementary
aspects of the electron theory, the construc-
tion and working of electron tubes, and th«
uses of electronic devices in medicine, com-
merce and industry. A chapter entitled Elec-
tronic tomorrows discusses the possible exten-
sion of these applications. The book is in-
tended for the general reader. No mathe-
matics is employed in the exposition." (N Y
New Tech Bks) Index.
N Y New Tech Bks 30:56 O '45
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 7 '46
80w
WILLIAMS, HENRY LIONEL. Fundamentals
of radio and how they are applied. (New
home lib) 204p 69c Blakiston
621.384 Radio 45-8502
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
N Y New Tech Bks 30:38 Jl *45
"If you can't quite figure out just how that
program gets from the studio to you and you
want as one-syllable an .explanation as possible
Williams to me is a handy explainer/' P. S.
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 Jl 7 '46
50w
"In a small book of 200 pages. 'The Funda-
mentals of Radio and How They Are Applied/
Henry Lionel Williams has reduced the com-
plexity of modern radio to the simplest terms
894
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WILLIAMS, H. L. — Continued
compatible with a good explanation. A defini-
tion of the book would place it somewhere
between a secondary school text and a tech-
nical work. . . Going straight through and ac-
quiring an understanding of terms and theory
chapter by chapter, the reader of high school
education or equivalent should have no difficul-
ty in finding use and satisfaction in the book.
That is not to say it has no value for persons
other than those casually interested in learning
something about radio. Profusely marked with
diagrams and drawings, the book could serve
well as a simplified manual for students, radio
engineers or especially for radio repairmen. . .
There is a good index, a descriptive table of
contents and a particularly useful appendix of
symbols and diagrams used in radio." P. P.
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 11 '46 300w
Weekly Book Review p!4 Ap 7 '46 SOw
WILLIAMS, HENRY LIONEL, and WILLIAMS,
OTTALIE K. Old American houses and how
to restore them (1700-1850). 239p U $3.75 Dou-
bleday
728 Architecture, Domestic. Architecture —
Conservation and restoration. U.S. — His-
toric houses, etc. 46-7783
"With an insistence on preserving — wherever
possible — the charms of the old, this is a prac-
tical primer on the ownership of old American
houses, an explanation of what you'll find
where, what you'll need to restore — to repair —
rather than change. With a description of the
various types of old Colonials, the authors then
give a complete coverage on hallmarks, house
timber, rooftrees and rafters, walls, doors,
floors, windows, hardware, hearths and chim-
neys, stairs, paints and plasters, removers and
refinishers — always maintaining the intangibles
of age and taste." Kirkus
Booklist 43:114 D 15 '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
Kirkus 14:335 Jl 15 '46 lOOw
"A book whose interest will continue but
whose present timeliness is unmistakable."
4- Weekly Book Review p20 O 27 '46 150w
"The houses discussed are largely of the
eastern 18th century type and the book may
have more antiquarian than practical use in
other parts of the country. It should have usable
suggestions, however, and will interest any
lover of old houses."
+ Wis Lib Bui 42:163 D '46
WILLIAMS, JAMES ROBERT. Kids out our
way. [128p] $1.50 Scribner
741.5 Caricatures and cartoons
Selection of some of the best cartoons of this
artist, published during the decade 1936-1946.
Commonweal 45:120 N 15 '46 50w
"Contains the wit and humor of J. R. Wil-
liams, whose predilection with adolescence must
have its following. It is quite possible, however,
that you, too, will come to the conclusion that
the dialogue overpowers the cartooning." Paul
opeegle
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 1 '46
50w
"It is good reading though not good litera-
ture. The story is fast- paced; the romance,
while not wholly satisfactory, pervasive enough
to give one a balance to the mounting details
of the seamy side of San Francisco's gangster
46-7332
Romantic story of San Francisco in the
«arly 1850's. The hero is Sam Watklns, an
Australian convict, and the English lady^s
IS? S^jaP01 h?J81i1, to ^ve is the her^ne
Sam managed a thrilling escape, and made
San Francfsco in 1851. Vor a while he did
well among the gamblers and gold seekersT
but in time his past overtook him. •«*»««•
"Mary Floyd Williams has been known previ-
h&arlyi£l8^^
new
10 '46 300w
Book Week
14:300 j! l .
"The background is all there, colorful and
exciting. But the story is too thin to hold
the fabric of research together. The tale be-
comes overpopulated with characters whose
names sound authentic, but who never seem
to become real people to the reader. . . Odd-
ly enough, when Miss Williams' fiction is at its
dullest, her material is most interesting. What
you really want her to do is to drop all pre-
tense of story- telling and stick to the facts."
Nancy Ladd
^ -- NY Times p20 N 17 '46 380w
"Altogether, 'Fortune, Smile Once More!'
is a costume-piece in the right tradition.
You'll get plenty of story and solidly authentic
background from the yarn at one and the
same time." J. H. Jackson
4- San Francisco Chronicle pl4 O 11 '46
500w
"It is hardly possible to write of the hood-
lums and the Vigilantes and not do a lively
job, but Mary Floyd Williams has done much
better than that-— in color, contrast and turbu-
lent action. Having written about the period
as a historian, she has tossed her staid bon-
net into the bay and let her imagination
romp." Lisle Bell
+ Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46 150w
WILLIAMS, OSCAR, ed. Little treasury of
modern poetry. English and American; with
an introd. by [the editor]. 672p $3.50 Scrib-
ner
821.08 English poetry— Collections. Ameri-
can poetry — Collections 46-11928
This anthology contains over four hundred
poems representing work of English and Amer-
ican poets from the publication of A. E. Hous-
man's Shropshire Lad to the end of World
War II. The main body of the book is in two
parts: I, A little treasury of modern poetry,
and II, A little treasury of modern light verse.
The Appendix includes Photographs of the
poets; T. S. Eliot's notes on "The Waste
Land," and Indexes of first lines and authors.
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week pf Jl 7 '46 650w
Booklist 43:84 N 15 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
"Now, 'when all the world's ajangle and
ajar,' let us contemplate poetry and cultivate
the tranquil mind. Mr. Williams' selection
gives as good an assortment of the last half-
century's verse as is now available. The
Jacket, but not the title page, carries the
ascription, 'The Best Poems of the Twentieth
Century.' (Publishers are seldom as modest
as authors, or even editors.) There is no ground
for quarrel with this claim, if 'best' is taken in
a free sense and with due allowance for the
factor of personal preference which can never
be excluded from the appraisal of the prod-
ucts of art. These are the poems which are
best in this anthologist's eyes, and the general
excellence of his collection shows that his judg-
ment is entitled to respect." W. E. Garrison
4- Christian Century 63:806 Je 26 '46 900w
Reviewed by McAlister Coleman
Churchman 160:21 Ag '46 240w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!4 Jl '46
Reviewed by Arthur Mizener
Nation 163:703 D 14 '46 420w
"This little volume pleases both hand and
eye and puts between covers, the publishers
say, 'the best poems of the twentieth century.'
Mr. Will lama qualifies this description in his
preface. He says he included what satisfies his
taste, 'i. e., what I am activated into liking.'
But Oscar Williams obviously intends it to be
understood that what activates Oscar Williams
is actually the best." R. G. Davis
N Y Times p3 Jl 7 '46 6200w
"Mr. Williams' taste tends toward the ex-
perimental; he ignores certain important con-
servative modern writers. He does a good
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over-all Job, however, of giving? the neglected
their due, the odd a hearing:, and the young: a
place. T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' is given
in its entirety. A section of light verse and
photographs of the poets lend variety and in-
terest."
+ New Yorker 22:75 Jl 20 '46 160w
"Unfortunately [Williams'] unorthodoxy re-
sults neither in bold discoveries and revalua-
tion nor in thought -provoking omissions but
leads him to include a number of indifferent
pieces by indifferent poets. . . Curiously
enough, whenever he deals with poets of un-
usual stature he suddenly shows considerable
discernment and refuses to be taken in by
some of their most popular yet inferior
pieces. . . There are of course many excellent
things in this book, which make It well worth
having. In a sense, it is the only anthology
of its kind; that is, the only one giving a fair
representation of the more difficult older poets
— especially W. C. Williams and Marianne
Moore — and some of the most gifted among
the younger or middle-aged (Auden, MacNeice,
Lawrence Durrell, W. R. Rodger 3, Peter Quen-
nell, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Bishop). . . The
book is handsomely printed and well indexed.
The poems are grouped under running-heads,
an arrangement as arbitrary as any other but
less insipid than the customary alphabetical
or chronological order/' P. C. Golfflng
H Poetry 69:109 N '46 650w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle Ag 11 '46 80w
"The general effect is impressive, and bears
out the editor's claim for the past half-cen-
tury— 'so abundant, not only in the number of
its good poets and good poems, but also in its
variety of poetic techniques and subject-mat-
ters, that it rivals any preceding century.'
Elsewhere in his introduction, Mr. Williams
presents a brief history of modern poetry,
through thumbnail sketches. Terribly simpli-
fied as this is, here is as good an outline as
any of the course of poetic events to date."
G. P. Meyer
Sat R of Lit 29:12 Ag 10 '46 900w
"In spite of certain personal eccentricities of
taste, Mr. Williams has brought together a
great many excellent poems in a desirable
anthology."
-f Weekly Book Review pl3 Jl 28 '46 220w
Wis Lib Bui 42:129 O '46
WILLIAMS, PAUL R. New homes for today.
95p II $3; pa $2 Murray & Gee
728.6 Architecture, Domestic — Designs and
plans 46-3841
House plans for modern houses, with some
suggestions for remodeling and interior decora-
tion.
Book Week p!4 My 12 '46 150w
Bookmark 7:6 N '46
Cleveland Open Shelf p!2 My '46
Reviewed by Richardson Wright
Weekly Book Review p8 Je 30 '46 130w
WILLIAMS, ROGER JOHN. The human fron-
tier; a new pathway for science toward a
better understanding of ourselves. 314p $3
Harcourt
672 Man. Psychology, Applied 46-8577
"An introduction to the science of 'humanics,'
which could be denned as the science of hu-
man nature, behavior and relationships. The
point of view is that of the biochemist. The
approach to the problems of society is there-
fore from the side of the individual, and to
the individual from the consideration of his
physical structure and its functioning. The
author does not, however, assume that man can
be completely denned in terms of his physi-
ology and chemistry. Prom chapters on me-
tabolism, the sense organs and the endocrine
glands, he passes on to others on psychological
traits, education, cultural interests and social
forces. Religion is not omitted. The fact of
differences between individuals is so strongly
(and justly) stressed that the program of
research toward which this prospectus of a
complete science of humanics points seems al-
most inninite in its extent and complexity."
(Christian Century) Bibliography. Index.
"The work is an extraordinarily suggestive
and enlightening introduction to that science."
-f Christian Century 63:1503 D 11 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:574 N 1 '46 130w
Reviewed by Harrison Brown
Sat R of Lit 29:13 D 21 '46 lOOOw
School & Society 64:318 N 2 '46 30w
"Roger J. Williams is a chemist and director
of the Biochemical Institute of the University
of Texas. He is best known for his able re-
searches in the chemistry of vitamins and the
biochemistry of nutrition. . . His style is still
professorial and will not set the world on fire.
But his book is important to all who ponder
human fate arid provides a fundamental new
strategy for them. It rings with a new faith
that deserves a stout evangelist." Gerald Wendt
Weekly Book Review p24 N 17 '46 850w
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 27 wagons full of
cotton, and other one-act plays. 207p $3.50
New directions
812 46-2373
Eleven one-act plays by the author of The
Glass Menagerie (Book Review Digest, 1945).
"The somber wcrld of Mr. Williams' imagina-
tion is peopled in these plays by schizoid vir-
gins, nymphomaniacs and morbidly frustrated
poets. Incest, murder, adultery and arson are
the daily occurrence of a world whose manifest
end is the mad- house or an unquiet grave.
Sin is joyless here, and passion hateful." (N T
Times)
"Perversions come a penny a piece in some
of these dramatic pieces: 'The Purification' is
a play that recalls Yeats and Robinson Jeffers
in its devices and intensity, and it concludes
in a manner frankly and classically Greek. . .
Probably no one of these eleven plays comes
up to the stature of Williams' 'Glass Menagerie'
in terms of theater, but every one is surely
pre-eminently readable." Leo Kennedy
Book Week p3 F 3 '46 200w
Reviewed by George Freedley
Library J 71:407 Mr 16 '46 70w
"If the pieces in this volume were written
before 'The Glass Menagerie,' then he may be
said to have made some progress in the direc-
tion of substantial achievement. If they are
recent work, then there seems grave danger
that his talent is merely a minor one." J. W.
Krutch
Nation 162:267 Mr 2 '46 270w
"The magistrates of Boston were offended,
in 1940. by 'Battle of Angels'; they are un-
likely to be more hospitable to plays whose
properties include filthy pictures and the flagel-
lant's whip. Wife-sellers, adolescent tarts and
vocal furniture-movers may not seem to them
the ideal objects of compassion. Tet to call
these plays obscene would be a mistake. 'Sen-
timental' is better, for here, as in 'The Glass
Menagerie.' revelation of the unutterable hu-
man spirit is Mr. Williams' first concern. If
he is largely unsuccessful, it is because too
few of these characters dwell within the boun-
daries of credibility and unfeigned sympathy."
Denham Sutcliffe
N Y Times p8 F 24 '46 500w
Theatre Arts 30:557 S '46 40w
"What the South will have to say about
some of the eleven one-act plays by Tennessee
Williams now gathered into one volume re-
mains to be heard, and it is strictly a family
affair. The title play, '27 Wagons Full of Cot-
ton,' which Mr. Williams quaintly calls 'a Mis-
sissippi Delta comedy,' is as sickeningly hor-
rible as anything in the works of William
Faulkner, and several of the other plays, or
sketches, while less gruesome, leave the bitter
taste of decay. The same taste, of course, is
found in 'The Glass Menagerie.' Mr. Williams
seems to be a sad young man, at times, wan-
dering amid life in ruins to discover his wist*
ful poetry." W. P. Eaton
Weekly Book Review p24 My 19 '46
200w
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WILLIAMS, VALENTINE. Courier to Marra-
kesh; a Clubfoot story. 239p $2.50 Houghton
[8s 6d Hodder]
46-1076
Story of espionage in North Africa and Italy,
in World war II. Andrea Hallam, who only
wanted to sing folk songs to the American
troops, gets caught in a bewildering web of
plots and counterplots when she befriends an
Italian countess, and has to be rescued more
than once by two members of Allied intelli-
gence, one English and one American.
"An exciting, if a bit Qraustarkian nar-
rative." O. C.
Book Week p!8 F 24 '46 400w
Klrkus 13:545 D 15 '45 160w
"The political Implications of this thriller
are awesome; we knew, still know, so little
about policies inside Germany. The name of
Hitler is still terrifying; to feel so close to
the working of his machine and the workings
of his fate is fascinating and chilling. We are
drawn in, pushed around, caught short of
breath, but rather pleased to be shuttling
around with Miss Hallam. Our interest does
not lag. Yet, if we were to pick a bone with
Mr. Williams, it would probably be over what
could safely be called his hit-and-run tech-
nique, a method of treating issues and char-
acters which is tantalizing, often downright an-
noying. . . What we have, then, is a well-
packed and exciting story of a chase, some-
times confusing and not always credible."
Nancy Qroberg
H Sat R of Lit 29:19 Mr 2 '46 700w
"Andrea's adventures in love and danger are
as speedy as any espionage fan could wish."
Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 10 '46
23Cw
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS. Paterson
(book one). $2.50 New directions
811 Paterson, New Jersey— Poetry (46-5910)
"This is the first part of a long poem in
which one of our most consciously American
poets attempts to focus in extended form the
poetic concepts of many years' work and
growth. In the poem Dr. Williams employs the
traditions and traits of an American locality —
In this case the area around Paterson, New
Jersey — in somewhat the same way as a mod-
ern painter uses abstract form to achieve a
definitive statement. In the particulars of
place and environment the poet finds a pattern
of universal values." Publisher's note
Reviewed by Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
"William C. Williams, has collected the most
delightful prose anecdotes about Paterson,
some dating from the eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries. These are interleaved
with comments of his own, which are chiefly
characterized by varieties of lettering and
punctuation." Anne Fremantle
Commonweal 44:601 O 4 '46 380w
"The ease with which Williams hauls his
symbolic freight is to the credit of his prose.
It is in his clean idiomatic manner (I assume
he has written most of it himself, instead of
actually taking it from local sources), and it
fixes beforehand the objects, events, and mean-
ings that the lines of poetry draw upon." Isaac
Rosenfeld
Nation 163:216 Ag 24 '46 lOOOw
"This long poem, frequently interrupted by
snippets of history, legend, and newspaper
items, has moments both of success in the
preciseness of his expression and of exasperat-
ing failure as Dr. Williams proceeds with his
uncompromising poetic notations."
New Yorker 22:119 O 26 '46 80w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p20 Ja 12 '47
80w
<4It is both difficult and unfair to judge a
poem not yet completed. But Part One of the
present work, in both concept and accomplish-
ment, should make any one interested in the
best of modern poetry look forward to the next
three books of 'Paterson.' " Ruth Lechlitner
-f Weekly Book Review p3 S 22 '46 600w
WILLIAMSON, HUGH P. South of the middle
border. 279p $2 Dorrance
977.8 Frontier and pioneer life — Missouri.
Williamson family 46-7075
"Sketches of mid-Missouri before and shortly
after the Civil War, loosely strung upon the
thread of one family's experiences." Christian
Century
Christian Century 63:1039 Ag 28 '46 30w
Reviewed by Nate Salsbury
Springf'd Republican p6 Ag 14 '46 240w
WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL THURSTON. and
HARRIS, HERBERT. Trends in collective
bargaining; a summary of recent experience;
report and recommendations by the Labor
committee. 254p $2 Twentieth century fund
331.116 Collective bargaining 46-64
"This volume is focused on what might be
called the internal processes, problems and is-
sues of collective bargaining. Outside of its
focus are many other subjects external to
collective bargaining but closely related to it
— such as the relation of government to la-
bor. . . The book is the outgrowth of a survey
of collective bargaining in the United States
which the Fund began, under the directorship
of Dr. H. A. Millis, back in 1939. The au-
thors have drawn largely for their source ma-
terial from the first report of this survey,
How Collective Bargaining Works — a series of
intensive case studies of collective bargaining
frowth and practices in sixteen leading united
tates industries with brief accounts covering
thirteen more." (Foreword) Index.
Reviewed by Herman Feldman
Ann Am Acad 245:214 My '46 400w
Booklist 42:179 F 1 '46
Bookmark 7:6 My '46
"Students of industrial relations will welcome
this topical summary of recent experience in
collective bargaining. For the most part the
material is admittedly second-hand, having
been distilled from an assortment of au-
thoritative works. . . The authors have at-
tempted, with considerable success, to es-
tablish certain tentative generalizations on dif-
ferent phases of collective bargaining." G. Q.
Higgins
-f Commonweal 43:387 Ja 25 '46 550w
Reviewed by Archibald Cox
Harvard Law R 59:1176 S '46 3300w
"While intended as a popular study, this
volume will be useful to both the layman and
specialist." Philip Taft
•f Nation 162:78 Ja 19 '46 420w
New Repub 113:910 B 3} '45 180w
"The most valuable part of the book is its
analysis of the hybrid nature of union leader-
ship— the crusading idealists who later must
become, when the union has won power and
recognition, the businesslike negotiators. Then,
too, the authors tackle the problem of how to
combine efficiency with democratic controls
when big unions face big business. There are
one or two slips which the conscientious reader
may note for correction. . . Greater attention
could well have been paid to the attempts
on the part of our institutions of higher learn-
ing to the training of officers in administrative
skills for collective bargaining. Nowhere in
the book is it suggested that workers' educa-
tion would help the rank and file to prevent
the decay of internal democracy in the unions.
The book, with its combination of past history
and analysis of the present functions of trade
unions, provides an effective antidote to the
hysteria of current headlines which exaggerate
labor-management trouble and friction.'7 Mark
Starr
-f- — Sat R of Lit 29:80 F 2 '46 HOOw
Reviewed by J. A. Fitch
Survey Q 85:298 Ag '46 lOOOw
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897
"A skillful and well written synthesis of
the nature and mechanics of collective bargain-
ing and the major issues at stake. . . Context
is given by an historical survey of the labor
movement, including the impact of the war
upon it. The discussion is rounded off with a
provocative chapter on the human side of
industrial relations, stressing the personal
equation and its vital role in collective bar-
gaining."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:37 Mr '47 280w
WILLIS, FRITZ. Clover [il. by the author].
£21p] $1 Rodd
46-6288
Story of a baby rabbit who was fed by the
author during part of the winter and how he
disappeared. But with the first snow the fol-
lowing year Clover came back.
"The technique of the telling is unusual,
since the first person is rarely used in a pic-
ture book, but it is remarkably effective. The
prose is lovely, the story heartbreakingly
tender, and there is a peaceful, wintertime
touch to the pictures. This is a book which
deserves re-reading; a book to win many a
heart, young and old." P. A. Whitney
+ Book Week p7 Ag 4 '46 320w
"This picture book is difficult to place as to
the age group that might enjoy it. . . Could be
used to read aloud to little children." M. F.
Cox
4- Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 70w
WILLISON, GEORGE FINDLAY. Here they
dug the gold. 3d enl ed 315p il $3.50 Reynal
978.8 Colorado — Gold discoveries. Frontier
and pioneer life — Colorado. Tabor, Horace
Austin Warner 46-6281
Revised edition of a book which was pub-
lished by Coward-McCann in 1931 (Book Re-
view Digest 1932). "The text, though sub-
stantially unchanged, has been revised through-
out and extended to include relevant develop-
ments of the story since 1931 — notably, the
restoration of the old Central City Opera
House and its now annual play festival, and
the tragic dealth of 'Baby' Doe, the second
Mrs. Tabor, rounding out one of the great
sagas of the West, one of the most bizarre and
dramatic stories in our history. The Notes, the
Selective Bibliography, and the Index are new,
as well as the end-paper maps and many of the
illustrations." (Pref to 3rd ed)
Reviewed by Sterling North
Book Week p2 Ag 11 '46 400w
Booklist 43:136 Ja 1 '47
Klrkus 14:236 My 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by J. K. Howard
N Y Times p6 Ag 18 '46 600w
"Mr. Willison's admirably written, well-
documented narrative ought to become a
recognized classic In its field." J. H. Jackson
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!2 Ag 1 '46
750w
Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
180w
"Not much as literature, above a good series
of feature stories in a newspaper, 'Here They
Dug the Gold* is, nevertheless, generally de-
pendable as a record of those mushroom and
sky rocket days."
Weekly Book Review p20 8 22 '46 190w
WILLKIE, HERMAN FREDERICK. A rebel
yells. 311p $3 Van Nostrand
338.01 Industry. Employment management
46-7702
"A challenge to industry to mend its ways
and liberalize its policy in order to survive.
Believing whole-heartedly in free enterprise,
Mr. WilTkie says industry has brought many
of its troubles upon itself by being essentially
concerned only with monetary profit and dis-
regarding the employee as an important factor
in the continuance of business. His solution
to the problem is a recommendation for better
education and training for executives partic-
ularly in the field of personnel." (Booklist) No
index.
Reviewed by H. J. Owens
Book Week p4 D 29 '46 290w
Booklist 43:96 D 1 '46
"He reveals much of the vision, imagination,
initiative and courage of his brother, Wendell
Willkie, but his book should stand on its own
merits for it has much to offer in leading in-
dustry to a philosophy of values within the
framework of the profit motive. Here is a
fearless challenge to business and its leaders."
4- Kirkus 14:407 Ag 15 '46 260w
Reviewed by H. J. Bresler
N Y Timed p36 N 3 '46 850w
"Having read the book, I recommend it
heartily. I would like to see him write some-
thing simple and short for the new employee
explaining his chapter on job analysis as a
tool to be used by the workers in relation to
their own jobs, for 'A Rebel Yells' is more
likely to be read by those in the executive
ranks. All in that group should read it and
act upon its basic principle — the need to edu-
cate personnel at every level." B. M. Herrick
-f- Weekly Book Review p!2 N 24 '46
1750W
WILLS, ROYAL BARRY. Planning your home
wisely! 95p il $2.60; pa $1 Watts, P.
728 Architecture, Domestic — Designs and
plans 47-1193
An architect of small houses here gives aid
to the prospective home builder. There is a
chapter for each room in the house, plus attic
and cellar, and plans of houses and drawings
of rooms and decoration.
"Those who have a yearning for better hous-
ing may profitably study this fascinating book,
even while waiting for materials and labor to
become available."
-f- Christian Century 63:1185 O 2 '46 70w
Cleveland Open Shelf p23 N '46
WILSON, DANA. Make with the brains, Pierre.
206p $2 Messner
46-7387
Mystery story.
"Tawdry."
— Kirkus 14:311 Jl 1 '46 90w
"The story, told in the first person, presents
a convincing picture of a troubled mind strug-
gling with problems beyond its power." I. A.
-f- N Y Times p57 N 24 '46 180w
"Maybe you can swallow the muddled senti-
mentality that so often passes for tough-
mindedness in fiction. Maybe you aren't tired of
sagas of Hollywood sex. Maybe you can even
believe in a French hero who complains of
his difficulties with American psychology and
language but writes in strictly ersatz James
Cain. But if you can gulp down all of these
elements at once you're a stronger man than
I am." Anthony Boucher
— San Francisco Chronicle pll O 27 '46
70w
"Silly."
— Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 50w
WILSON, DOROTHY CLARKE. The herds-
man. 373p $3 Presbyterian bd.
Amos (prophet) — Fiction 46-21575
"This is the story of Amos, one of the lesser
prophets, but the first to discover God as love
and Justice rather than vengeance. Fictional
details are added to the few known facts to
round out novel form. Historical background
— customs, religion, slavery, tax collection and
daily life — gives a fascinating and informative
picture of Biblical times." Library J
Booklist 43:118 D 15 '46
"Granted that Amos' a character is faithfully
portrayed, would it not be fairer to the as yet
undiscovered facts to have the chief characters
of such a volume frankly fictitious, with a his-
torical person like Amos significantly felt but
898
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WILSON, D. C.— Continued
only occasionally glimpsed? Aside from this
reservation, there is no question but that the
book is ably done, and that for a host of new
readers the Old Testament prophet, who first
knew Jehovah as a God of all peoples, will
henceforth seem a friend." M. J. T.
H Christian Science Monitor pi 8 D 7 '46
450w
"A living record which makes the times and
the places real. Better written, perhaps, than
its predecessor, The Brother, It will probably
appeal to a smaller audience, because the Old
Testament characters have less hold upon our
imagination than the characters in the Gospels.
But don't overlook it."
-f Kirku* 14:528 O 15 '46 260w
"The Herdsman will appeal not only to the
religious; it will also interest many in reread-
ing the Bible. Recommended." Anne Whit-
more
-f Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 80w
"Miss Wilson has avoided the historical ro-
mancer's greatest pitfall, that of succumbing
to the fallacy of overlavish local color. But
her Judicious employment of historical and
archaeological detail produces a most winning
impression of affectionate immediacy; when
she does attempt a splash of bravura, as in
the description of Jeroboam's chariot, the
hawk-proud, barbaric splendor is beautifully
caught." C. A. Brady
-f N Y Times p9 N 10 '46 600w
"Her novel reflects the same devoted study
of historic background that gave distinction to
her first book, 'The Brother.' It la the story
of a time when hopes of a new freedom were
betrayed, when men who tilled the soil were
robbed of the fruits of labor, and women and
children starved in a land of abundance.
Although it happened twenty-eight centuries
ago, sometimes it suggests that time — instead
of flying — hasn't moved." Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p30 N 3 '46 140w
WILSON, EARL. Pikes peek or bust; 11. by
John Groth. 250p $2 Doubleday
817 46-7131
A collection of some of the anecdotes, gags
and miscellaneous nonsense from the author's
night club column in the New York Post.
There are also some hitherto unpublished
stories of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities.
Book Week p4 O 27 '46 70w
Klrkua 14:338 Jl 15 '46 80w
"Mr, Wilson knows one joke and he tells it
over and over again — as a full-length interview,
as a paragraph, as a sentence, etc. He is a
master of the literary strip tease, coaxing the
reader to bear with him as he tries to do the
same thing just a little differently. But Mr.
Wilson works under the same old blue light
doing his verbal can-can, a sort of awkward
buffoon caught out on the middle of the run-
way." Jack Gould
N Y Times p64 O 6 '46 320w
"A bright quip which owes much of its hu-
mor to its time of birth and surroundings never
retains its original flavor when repeated on a
later and different occasion. Since a lot of
Mr. Wilson's literary carryings-on are of this
second-story telling type much of the humor
of the book is robbed of its pristine glory."
P. S.
San Francisco Chronicle p22 O 20 '46
160w
* "Oddly enough Wilson is not deliberately
vicious. Congenitally he's a kindly soul who
specializes in strange kinds of subjects. Any
spleen is usually the result of frank recounting
of facts. He may angle ijt a bit — but then what
good reporter doesn't? — but he doesn't com-
pletely distort. His newest book, while less
bawdy, is none the less appealing than his
complete ribald 'I Am Gazing into My 8 -Ball'
of last year." Abel Green
Sat R of Lit 29:20 O 19 '46 550w
Reviewed by Lisle Bell
Weekly Book Review p28 N 24 '46 270w
WILSON, EDMUND* Memoirs of Hecate coun-
ty. 338p |2.50 Doubleday
46-2116
"Hecate County is the rainbow land at the
end of the Sawmill River (or Merritt) Parkway,
dotted with the rococo week-end palaces of
traction magnates and the Tudor- modern villas
of New York advertising men. . . The author's
grotagonist, the 'I' of all six stories, is one of
ecate County's lonely intellectuals; an in-
effectual young man with an Independent in-
come who had called himself a Socialist at Col-
lege and was now, in the years before and
after 1929, writing a book on art and its so-
cial-economic roots. Around this formidably
erudite person, the narrator of four stories and
the leading: character of two, there revolves a
world of gay suburbanites drinking. . . All
these people considered Mr. Wilson's hero 'bril-
liant,' and enough of them unburdened to him
the emotional woes of Hecate County living to
make half a dozen ironic parables of our
time." Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by Elizabeth Trott
Canadian Forum 26:163 O '46 850w
"In the most obviously satiric story in the
book, 'The Milhollands and Their Damned
Soul,' where Mr. Wilson fleeces that much
fleeced business of book-publishing in New
York, someone remarks: 'The most immoral
and disgraceful and dangerous thing that any-
body can do in the arts is knowingly to feed
back to the public its own ignorance and cheap
tastes.' Mr. Wilson himself has gone further
than this: he has knowingly offered the pub-
lic a book which, because of its pretensions, is
far cheaper than their cheapest tastes." vir-
giiia Peterson
— Commonweal 43:660 Ap 12 '46 500w
"Wilson's name will attract some readers
to a book that will enhance neither his repu-
tation nor his publishers. . . This isn't even
good erotica."
-— Kirkus 14:21 Ja 15 '46 180w
Reviewed by Diana Trilling
Nation 162:379 Mr 30 '46 1550w
"A better and firmer piece of work than I
Thought of Daisy [Book Review Digest
1929]. . . Partly that is because his style (no
longer Proustian), his sense of construction
and his judgment of persons have all developed
in the intervening years; but also, like most
American writers of our time, he seems more
at home in stories. . . 'Ellen Terhune' is al-
most a very fine story, almost, I should say,
on a level with the good later work of Henry
James. . . 'Glimpses of Wilbur Flick* seems to
me the weakest story in the book." Malcolm
Cowley
-f — New Repub 114:418 Mr 25 '46 1500w
"In reading 'Memoirs of Hecate County' one
is compelled to use as best one can, the au-
thor's own standards. And by these, this is a
good, a distinguished book." Ralph Bates
-f N Y Times p7 Mr 31 '46 1300w
"It might be said that the book would be
less confusing to the ordinary reader if it had
contained only the short novels which are to
a considerable extent related and which are
penetrated by Mr. Wilson's diabolic under-
tones. . . But a greater reward for the curious
can be found in the longest of the novels, 'The
Princess with the Golden Hair,' in which there
are embedded some of the most frankly erotic
passages that can be found in the modern
writing that need not be sold under the coun-
ter. These amorous episodes, vaguely reminis-
cent of Prank Harris's autobiography, will
doubtless be the subject of controversy for
some time to come. . . As a social and lit-
erary critic, Mr. Wilson's opinions are founded
on an almost puritanical morality, as you will
see if you read 'Axel's Castle.' He is always
clear and direct and absorbing even when he
has taken the privilege of a free man to
change his mind." Harrison Smith
Sat R of Lit 29:22 Mr 23 '46 llOOw
"Such civilized writing: and observation are
rare in the U.S. nowadays, and on its merits
Memoirs of Hecate County is 'pretty certainly
the beat contemporary chronicle, so far, of its
place and period. Evil is as vivid through the
book as a bushful of snakes."
•f Time 47:102 Mr 25 '46 lOSOw
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899
"Although all the pieces have the style of
the polished and subtle raconteur, the tone
and subject matter 'vary from social reporting
to fantasy. Consequently, the reader may at
times find himself speculating upon the sources
of Mr. Wilson's data instead of devoting him-
self to the book as a work of art. . . The Mil-
hollands and Their Damned Soul is a knowing
satire on the industrialization of publishing,
and its ramifications in book selection clubs,
book reviewing, and advertising. As a whole,
the Memoirs satirize a relatively small but
influential group who consider themselves an
intellectual and cultural elite."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:183 S '46 330w
"Book-Reviewer Wilson's satirical talents,
ordinarily suave, break loose Into the realm
of savage caricature when he starts to talk
shop. His story of the literary brothers Mil-
holland will produce some very red ears along
Publishers' Row. . . Less successful are two
other stories in which the narrator tells us, he
has 'carried so much of dreaming into real
life . . . that I was not always quite sure
which was which.' The reader may be in the
same boat. . . The major episode of the Hecate
County memoirs is 'The Princess With the
Golden Hair,' which occupies about half the
book and might easily have been published as
an independent novel. . . For economic 'sym-
bols,' Mr. Wilson's characters in this story
exhibit unusual depth and development. Like
the other stories, it is written with genuine
style, and the author has thrown In a hand-
some tribute to Brooklyn and some of the most
explicit love-making that has ever seen re-
spectable print." Richard Match
Weekly Book Review p3 Mr 10 '46
1200w
WILSON, FRANCES MORGAN. Procedures in
evaluating a guidance program. 210p $2.60
Teachers college
371.42 Personnel service in education 46-1216
"A comprehensive study of the functions of
guidance and the factors contributing to its
success or failure." (School & Society) The
book is illustrated with material from the
author's own experiences as a member of the
committee to evaluate guidance in the public
high schools of New York city. Bibliography.
School & Society 63:104 P 9 '46 20w
"Every member of high-school teaching staffs
should be encouraged to read this book; for it
will help to give teachers an understanding of
the results which should be expected from an
adequate plan of guidance and will cause them
to appreciate more fully the essential role of
the classroom teacher in any successful guid-
ance program. Those persons responsible for
the administration of guidance in secondary
schools will find the book an indispensable
aid in establishing satisfactory methods for
measuring the effectiveness of guidance ac-
tivities." L. R. McDonald
-f School R 64:558 N '46 HOOw
WILSON, FRANK PERCY. Elizabethan and
Jacobean. 144p $2.25 (7s 6d) Oxford
820.4 English literature — History and criti-
cism .[A46-3345]
4 'In 1943 Professor P. P. Wilson delivered the
Alexander Lectures in Toronto University. The
lectures discriminate, in prose, in poetry, and
in drama, the salient contrasts between the
literary achievements of two contiguous ages,
and conclude with an illustration of similar
transition between the earlier and the later
work of Shakespeare." Manchester Guardian
"Professor Wilson moves easily and cun-
ningly in the wealth of his knowledge; he main-
tains consistently a fine sense of the difference
between a survey such as he is making and a
formal historical record; and he strikes a
happy balance between the tone of the lec-
turer and the style of a printed book. His
volume reads as attractively as it must have
sounded to his hearers." H. B. C.
4- Manchester Guardian p3 F 20 '46 160w
"Professor Wilson's lectures, delivered two
years ago in the University of Toronto, de-
serve the permanence of print, for there is
much that is fresh in this attempt to discrim-
inate between the prevailing moods of what was
being written in Elizabeth's reign and in James
I's."
-f Times [London] Lit Sup p!6 Ja 12 '46
800w
-f Weekly Book Review p25 My 12 '46
750w
WILSON, GODFREY, and WILSON, MONICA
(HUNTER). Analysis of social change; based
on observations in Central Africa. 177p $2.25
Macmillan [7s 6d Cambridge]
309.168 Africa, Central— Social conditions
[46-1115]
"Field workers in central Africa have written
this little book telling the effects of civiliza-
tion upon a primitive society to give a better
understanding of social problems in any so-
ciety." (Social Studies) Index.
"This book, by authors with extensive ex-
perience in the study of south and central
African societies, will be of interest to the
student of present-day society in Africa, but,
also to the anthropologist and the sociologist
who are concerned with the theoretical aspects
of acculturation. The colonial administrator
who needs guidance in his daily dealings with
native peoples who are becoming rapidly Euro-
peanized will also find it of considerable use.
The book is not and was not meant to be an
exhaustive study of culture change; but it is
a challenging attempt to correlate the details
of field observation with current sociological
theory and to systematize the study of social
change. Those parts of the study which, like
Chapters III and IV, deal with 'Social Elements'
and 'Primitive and Civilized Society' and which
outline the authors' approach regarding the
construction of a 'scientific, that is, hypothet-
ical* theory of society are not only abstract
but often rather obtuse. . . Those parts of the
book which are more directly related to the
areas under investigation (Northern Rhodesia,
Nyasaland, and the southwest sections of
Tanganyika) appear to be better substan-
tiated." H. A. Wieschhoff
Ann Am Acad 246:164 Jl '46 410w
Foreign Affairs 24:757 Jl '46 40w
Social Studies 37:144 Mr '46 50w
"On the whole the book is well written but
isn't always easy to follow. Such comparisons
are not always simple to describe. Students
of social change and social processes will find
this book very valuable." T. E. Sullenger
H Social Studies 37:283 O '46 600w
"This is a spirited and stimulating book.
The authors are both Africanists of wide ex-
perience in field research." A. I. Richards
-f Spec 176:172 P 16 '46 900w
WILSON, HELEN VAN PELT. Geraniums;
pelargoniums for windows and gardens; water
colors and line drawings by Natalie Harlan
Davis. 248p $2.75 Barrows
635.933223 Geraniums Agr46-220
Describes many varieties of this plant, and
gives suggestions on its culture and use both
in the house and out of doors. There is a list
of species and selected varieties, a glossary,
and index.
Booklist 43:31 O 1 '46
Bookmark 7:7 N '46
"I like garden books — and I found this quite
inspiring."
4- Klrkus 14:321 Jl 1 '46 lOOw
"Miss Wilson's is a good book— well written,
ably illustrated and packed with helpful and
interesting information. Whether one has space
for but a few potted house plants or possesses
a whole outdoor garden in the warmer parts of
California, good geraniums can serve it with
distinctivenesa and beauty. The author polnU
the way clearly, and one could not do better
than follow her lead."
•f Weekly Book Review p20 S 8 '46 ISOw
900
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WILSON, LEE. See Lemmon, L. E.
WILSON, MITCHELL A. Panic- stricken; a
novel of suspense. 199p $2 Simon & Schuster
46-3942
Novel of suspense, murder and mystery
played out on a luxury yacht, Gara, with the
owner, the captain, the cabin boy, a sinister
stranger, and a Park Avenue girl as the prin-
cipal characters.
"Regardless of any implied symbolism, 'The
Panic-Stricken* is a tense, engrossing story,
surpassing in its mastery of plot and suspense
Wilson's previous novels." Elizabeth Bullock
-h Book Week p8 Je 2 '46 200w
Kirkus 14:114 Mr 1 '46 llOw
New Repub 114:845 Je 10 '46 80w
"The Gara's voyage up the fog-bound Sound
is a voyage to nowhere; the people aboard
(and it cannot be said too often that char-
acterization is even more essential in a psycho-
thriller than a whodunit) have no more depth
than Halloween cut-outs." James MacBride
— NY Times p26 Je 2 '46 200w
"Handled with author's customary flair for
suspense, chilling action, and spine-tickling sit-
uations."
Sat R of Lit 29:36 Je 15 '46 50w
"Mr. Wilson rises to a climax that scared
even us. It's brutal. There is overt action
in plenty before that, too, though the author
has sought to deal in states of mind for his
mam effects. As for the absent detectives,
you can figure that Ned is the sleuth or that
you are, but in the end there are some matters
still to be resolved. The cops will take charge
later." Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!7 Je 2 '46 200w
WILSON, PHILIP WHITWELL. The old mill.
282p $2.50 Rinehart
46-8523
Mystery story.
"A rich setting for a very slight plot that
moves at the most leisurely of walks, admit-
ting observations literate, gently satiric, gently
sinister," James Sandoe
Book Week p25 N 24 '46 90w
Booklist 43:171 F 1 '47
Kirkus 14:468 S 15 '46 90w
"Why should this gently told, deceptively
underplayed whodunit be so engaging? Why
should the reader linger, to the last muted
organ note, at Richard Stickle' s funeral — and
even wait for a postscript, eight years after
the event, which explains (and very ade-
quately, indeed) that those two deaths were
far from natural? Perhaps it's the genial
picture of England thirty years ago, when the
Squire was really in his heaven and country
folk still distrusted the telephone." James
MacBride
4- N Y Times p5 N 17 '46 400w
Reviewed by L*. G. Offord
San Francisco Chronicle p!4 D 1 '46
70w
"Slow but satisfying."
-f Sat R of Lit 29:36 N 16 '46 50w
"This third of P. W. Wilson's Westmoreland
tales — all good reading — deals thoroughly and
in the right old deducing tradition, with the
strange deaths of two gentlemen of Skeltdale
and Helme, fatal agent unknown until later in
the game." Will Cuppy
4- Weekly Book Review p39 N 17 '46
230w
WILSON, SLOAN. Voyage to somewhere. 242p
$2.75 Wyn
46-22910
Novel about life on a small navy supply ship
during World war II. The crew were mostly
greenhands, and life aboard was monotonous.
But gradually they pulled together and when
minor heroism was called for, they were equal
to it, and rescued a sister ship struck by a
typhoon.
Book Week p!3 N 3 '46 lOOw
"Sincere, well-written, but for an already
flooded market."
Kirkus 14:395 Ag 15 '46 180w
"Written in such a way that it is difficult to
remember that it is fiction and not a true ac-
count; The war intrudes but a few times.
Major portion of the account concerns the
ship, her crew and their daily life in the
Pacific over a period of two years. Recom-
mended." W. A. Kaienich
-f Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 70w
"For the most part, Mr. Wilson turns in a
creditable performance. It is unfortunate that
'Voyage to Somewhere' is the victim of bad
timing: its author could hardly know that
Thomas Heggen's 'Mister Roberts' would reach
the bookstalls first— or that that rowdy, in-
comparable tale of the naval supply service
would make further commentary on that
branch more or less superfluous." Richard
NY Times p42 N 17 '46 360w
Reviewed by Robert O'Brien
San Francisco Chronicle p8 D 1 '46 300w
"One should not be deceived by the extreme
simplicity of this narrative or the quiet way
in which it begins; it is one of the few honest
and straightforward sea books that have come
out of the war. It is so honest and straightfor-
ward, indeed, that it bears every evidence of
a slice out of life, a glimpse of native realism.
. . 'Voyage to Somewhere' is a fine piece of
writing, done with restraint and a keen sense
of the values of life. It is the work of a man
who has much to tell." Lincoln Colcord
-f Weekly Book Review p2 D 29 '46 lOBOw
WILSON, THOMAS GEORGE. Victorian
doctor; being the life of Sir William Wilde;
with 61 il. by the author. 336p $3.50 Fischer,
L.B. [15s Methuen]
B or 92 Wilde, Sir William Robert Wills
SG46-4
Biography of Sir William Wilde, father of
Oscar Wilde. He was an eminent Dublin
physician, who was also a statistician, ar-
cheologist, and literary figure. At the age of
forty-nine he was accused of rape in a libel
suit, and altho the court decided against him,
the damages were only one farthing. The trial,
however, practically terminated his fame as a
doctor. The author, who is also a Dublin
doctor, stresses the earlier more famous years
of Wilde's life. Bibliography. Index.
Reviewed by Rolfe Humphries
Nation 163:133 Ag 3 '46 210w
"Dr. Wilson has written an engaging biog-
raphy with an affectionate regard for Vic-
torian Dublin."
4- New Repub 114:813 Je 3 '46 150w
"Where many a writer might have stuck
tightly to the main line, Mr. Wilson has
rambled enough to take in curious, entertaining
fact. In writing about Wilde he is telling us a
good bit about himself. I find this both satis-
factory and pleasing. There are omissions in
'Victorian Doctor' which perhaps severer critics
might consider flaws. There is very little con-
sideration of Wilde as Oscar Wilde's parent,
the passion for psychological explanation is
missing. The answer to this is simple. Mr.
Wilson did not set out to write about William
Wilde with Oscar lurking in the background
as the real underlying reason. . . Whether Wil-
liam Wilde is important or not, I must say
that I found 'Victorian Doctor* entertaining:,
readable, and a most acceptable variant to
the ever-present historical novel." D. C. Rus-
sell
4- N Y Time* p6 Je 16 '46 900w
"Dr. Wilson has written a fine biography of
a man almost unknown to history. More than
the story of a personality, 'Victorian Doctor*
is rich with references to sixty years of Ire-
land's cultural and physical life. It is smooth
and pleasant reading:.'* M. Sargent
-f San Francisco Chronicle pl9 Jl 14 '46
600w
"Perhaps the beat background for the under-
standing of the social and domestic forces that
produced Oscar Wilde is T. G. Wilson's study
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
901
of Wilde's father 'Victorian Doctor.' Aa far as
I know this is the only unbiased picture of
Sir William Wilde and his wife, the Italian-
Irish authoress Speranza, to see print. It is
not only a fine character analysis which gives
its principals the foreground, but it also paints
a vivid backdrop of literary Dublin, Irish polit-
ical dissension and strife, and medical and
archeological developments of the period." J.
C. S. Wilson
+ Sat R of Lit 29:7 Jl 20 '46 900w
"T. G. Wilson, himself a prominent Dublin
doctor, tells the story well, in reasonably dis-
passionate if sometimes long-wmded detail."
H Time 47:102 My 27 '46 900w
"In T. G. Wilson's 'Victorian Doctor: Being
the Life and Times of Sir William Wilde,'
the story of one of these distinguished medical
men of letters is set down by an author who,
though he has nothing to say about himself in
this volume, belongs notably in the same
category, and, since it is filled with the rich
and flavorsome details of men and events in
the tormented Ireland of the mid-nineteenth
century, the tale is an absorbing one. . .
To be entirely personal, because when I was
representing the United States Office of War
Information in Dublin in 1942-'43, Tom Wilson
was so outspokenly a friend of our side, I am
happy that his book is being published here
arid that it is a good one." Richard Watts
-f Weekly Book Review p2 Je 16 '46
1300w
eleven successive governors of the district.
Here she 'poured the wine' to the satisfaction of
the governors, the visiting envoys, and state
guests. She exchanged verses and harmonized
lyrics with the leading poets and officials of
the dynasty. Here, too, according to literary
legend, centuries after she had been buried, did
she return to write her most passionate poem
and enjoy her most 'transcendent romance'
with the tutor of Tien Chu. This is not a
critical work but rather an appreciative Intro-
duction to the most romantic of the five
greatest poetesses of China and to her songa
and poems." Crozer Q
"The biography is related with charm. The
running commentary is clear, illuminating many
obscure references. The translations are grace-
ful, and all the more so when one realizes the
rhymed quatrain of the original has been pre-
served. The format of the book is fittingly in
harmony with the artistry of the heroine of the
volume. The author has stood by the well from
which Hung Tu drew the water used in making
her later poem -pages. Prom this well — 'said to
be still fragrant from the permeation of
genius' — Miss Wimsatt has served a delightful
draught which refreshes the soul of any who
will spend a few hours with the 'wine-pouring,
song-singing lady of Shu.' " C. E. Batten
-f Crozer Q 23:108 Ja '46 360w
Reviewed by C. M. Saner
Springf'd Republican p4d D 23 '45 300w
WILT, RICHARD. Too big feet; pictures by
[the author]. [32p] $1 Veritas
46-1552
Story of a little Indian with feet too big for
him. He couldn't hunt, he couldn't fish, he
couldn't even paddle a canoe because of
those big feet. But because of them he became
the greatest rain-maker in his tribe. For ages
five to seven.
"This is fun. There is humor In the pictures,
good suspense in the story, and quite a lot of
Indian lore thrown in. But there is more to a
picture book like this than meets the eye.
Children need 'escape' reading as much as
grown-ups. Escape into fantasy where they can
identify themselves with some other child who
is having a difficult time in a grown-up world,
but who ends by proving that he can make a
place for himself, is a comforting and encourag-
ing experience." P. A. Whitney
+ Book Week p!9 F 24 '46 180w
Reviewed by V. W. Schott
Library J 71:186 F 1 '46 70w
WIMPERIS, HARRY EQERTON. Aviation.
(Home univ. lib. of modern knowledge) 184p
$1.25 Oxford
629.13 Aeronautics A46-656
"A concise re'sume' of the technical founda-
tion on which aviation has been built is given
in the first four chapters entitled: The growth
of flying; The research endeavor; Flight and
physiology; The airplane in war. Following
these, are two chapters devoted to a discussion
of civil aviation, and various plans for regu-
lating and controlling it in the interest of
peace. The author was Director of Scientific
Research in the British Air Ministry. 1925-37."
(N Y New Tech Bks) Index.
N Y New Tech Bks 31:20 Ap '46
Springf'd Republican p6 Mr 4 '46 330w
Reviewed by James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p21 Ag 25 '46
lOOw
WIMSATT, GENEVIEVE BLANCHE. Well of
fragrant waters. 102p $2.50 Luce, J.W.
B or 92 Hung Tu 46-1897
"A sketch of the life and poems of Hung Tu
(Hsuen T'ao). The heroine of the volume,
born in Chang- an in the latter part of the
eighth century, spent most of her life in Cheng-
tu as the resident hostess and courtesan of
WINCHELL, PRENTICE (STEWART STERL-
ING, pseud). Where there's smoke. 256p $2
LiPPinC°" 46-8108
Mystery story.
"This tale is in the hard-boiled tradition but
its characters are generally afflicted with a
wisecracking, smartypants jargon as laborious
as it is unnatural. For an author who allows
his publishers to represent him as suspicious
of the intuitive amateur and the gaudy criminal
of fiction, Sterling seems to lean upon cliches
pretty comfortably." James Sandoe
— Book Week p4 D 22 '46 120w
"The love interest is a happy touch and the
whole thing provides highly satisfactory chills
and intrigue. Here's the modern Fire Depart-
ment and if the lingo of the business isn't too
disconcerting those who like their mysteries
action -packed and slightly racy will like this a
lot."
-f Kirkus 14:469 S 15 '46 lOOw
"The story gives a convincing picture of fire-
fighting procedure and of the highly specialized
work of a Fire Marshal." Isaac Anderson
4- N Y Times p25 Ja 5 '47 180w
"A complete authentic documentation on fire
control, some thrilling fire scenes, and the
hard-bitten character of Fire Marshal Ben
Pedley, and the result is an off- the- trail
honey." Anthony Boucher
-f- San Francisco Chronicle p!4 Ja 5 '47
lOOw
Reviewed by Will Cuppy
Weekly Book Review p!2 Ja 5 '47 140w
WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. Cambridge
press, 1638-1692; a reexamination of the evi-
dence concerning the Bay psalm book and
the Eliot Indian Bible as well as other con-
temporary books and people. (Rosen bach fel-
lowship in bibliography. Publication) 385p $5
Univ. of Pa. press
015.744 Printing — Cambridge, Massachusetts
46-927
Study of the earliest printing press in North
America. "The book covers the complications
of ownership of the press ... its connection
with the embryonic Harvard College, where it
was housed, and the part it played in academic
activities; the printers who were in charge of
the actual work from the nebulous 'one Day'
(Steven) who came to America in 1638 on the
same ship as the importer of the first press,
Mr. Glover, to the last known imprint in 1692.
A detailed description of the printing done at
902
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WINSHIP, 0. P.— Continued
Cambridge forms the main part of the narra-
tive, with particular emphasis on the famous
Bay Psalm Book and the Eliot Indian Bible
and the first Laws and Ordinances of Massa-
chusetts." (Publisher's note)
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 60w
Christian Science Monitor p!6 P 4 '46
600w
Reviewed by R. G. Adams
Library Q 16:252 Jl '46 950w
"In The Cambridge Press Mr. Winship has
used all his gifts and talents to the full, and
for the most part he has succeeded in keeping
any one of them from running away with the
others. Although the book is in no sense in-
tended as a full-dress bibliography, its pages
are studded with technical details presented
in the best formal bibliographical language. . .
Portions of the ground have previously been
plowed up by others, and similar piecemeal
work has been done for other sections of the
American colonies. No one, however, has sur-
passed Mr. Winship in demonstrating how all
the various currents in the life of the com-
munity pass through the printer's office in
their course. . . The Cambridge Press could
easily have been a deadly book. . . But Mr.
Winship knows how to put dry bones together,
give them sinews, cover them with flesh, and
breathe life into them. This book is a com-
mendable example of how that fine art is prac-
tised." A. B. Forbes
-f New Eng Q 19:249 Je '46 700w
Reviewed by J. E. Alden
Sat R of Lit 29:24 S 14 '46 1050w
"His thoroughgoing work gives a detailed
description of the printing done at Cambridge,
with records of paper stock, type, sizes of
volumes and editions, and covers the press's
connection with Harvard college where it was
housed. 'The Cambridge Press' forms an au-
thentic reference for collectors, historians and
students of printing." D. B. B.
-f- Sprlngf'd Republican p6 Ja 15 '46 240w
"This book makes a significant contribution
to the religious and cultural history as well
as the bibliographical and commercial his-
tory of early New England."
4- U S Quarterly Bkl 2:124 Je '46 260w
WINSLOW, MRS ANNE GOODWIN.
trophies. 236p $2.50 Knopf
Cloudy
46-4513
A delicately written study of a happy mar-
riage, which is broken by the death of the
wife because she could not reconcile herself
to the death of her only child. The portrait
of the husband is more clearly realized, for
he is viewed in the light of three women who
loved him.
Booklist 42:330 Je 15 '46
"The tone of the book is gentle, humorous,
yet austere. In form it quietly disregards the
conventions of novel-making and achieves its
purpose by light touches, glimpses, fragments,
each of which carries the story forward." w.
K. R.
+ Christian Science Monitor p!2 Jl 2 '46
450w
Klrkus 14:181 Ap 15 '46 170w
"Mrs. Winslow's delicate style and ex-
quisite choice of words will endear her to
many. . . Recommended for the discriminating
reader." R. P. Tubby
-f- Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 70w
"The writing is beautiful. Indeed it is such
remarkable writing — so precise, warm, fresh
and reflective—that one is perhaps Justified in
expecting it to offer more than it does. Grati-
fying as it is to read such scrupulous prose,
and pleasant as it is to follow such a gently
philosophical examination of life, still one keeps
missing that clear projection of character and
that direct treatment of action which the
novel, as a form, has traditionally featured,"
* -f- •— N Y Tlmet plO Je 16 '46 760w
"In this novel, she achieves the difficult feat
of making a truly good man both real and en-
gaging, and his compassionate understanding
of the three women who love him lucid and
credible. Fragile as the narrative is. it gives
the reader a sense of completeness that current
fiction rarely communicates."
-f New Yorker 22:93 Je 15 '46 120w
"Like Mrs. Winslow's other works, but to
an even greater degree, this story depends
upon reflection rather than action. Her four
characters, who find themselves sometimes in
Washington and sometimes on a Delta planta-
tion, do a great deal of thinking and con-
versing, but their behavior is almost static.
Such tenuous suspense as the tale creates is
hardly resolved, nor does the reader greatly
care whether the two deaths it chronicles were
accidental or not, whether the pallid triangular
affair it suggests will result in the success or
failure of the lady who pursues the Senator."
Grace Frank
Sat R of Lit 30:38 Ja 25 '47 350w
"For beauty of language, for penetration of
characterization, 'Cloudy Trophies' is a joy to
read. It is not a book for plot pursuers."
Rose Feld
+ Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 23 '46
850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
WINSTEN, S., ed. G. B. S. 90. See G. B. S. 90
WINSTON, ROBERT ALEXANDER. Fighting
squadron; a sequel to Dive bomber; a veteran
squadron leader's first-hand account of car-
rier combat with Task force 58. 182p iJ $2
Holiday »
940.544973 World war, 1939-1945— Aerial
operations. World war, 1939-1945— Personal
narratives, American. U.S. Navy. Fighting
squadron 31 46-25282
"As leader of Fighter Squadron 31, the au-
thor of Dive Bomber gives here a detailed story
covering the brilliant record of his squadron in
the Marshalls and the Philippines. His is a
thrilling account of the breathtaking combats
and dangerous operations of a group of pilots
ready for any action against the enemy in the
Pacific. It is a relief to learn at the end that
the squadron never lost a man. In telling the
history of the 'Meataxe Squadron,' Commander
Winston allows his readers to share intimately
in the particular type of preparation and rou-
tine required on a carrier in wartime. For
adults and older boys." Horn Bk
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
Horn Bk 22:355 S '46 120w
"Perhaps, because the war is over, book lacks
the drama and novelty of earlier ones hot from
the scene of action. Recommended as a good
job but probably too late for wide appeal."
M. C. Scoggin
-i Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 lOOw
WINTER, ELLA (MRS DONALD OGDEN
STEWART). I saw the Russian people. 309p
il $3 Little
914.7 Russia — Social conditions. Russia-
Social life and customs 45-9851
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Christian Science Monitor p!8 Ja 30 '46
700w
"For sheer pleasure and an enormous in-
crease in one's knowledge about Russia's John
Q. Citizen, this book so far has no equal."
W. H. Melish
4- Churchman 160:18 Mr 1 '46 360w
"An intimate, friendly, yet not uncritical
panorama of life in Russia after the tide had
turned but before victory had been won, by
the widow of Lincoln Steffens."
Foreign Affairs 24:558 Ap '46 40w
Reviewed by Irving Brant
New Repub 114:324 Mr 4 '46 360w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
903
WINTHER, OSCAR OSBURN. Via western ex-
press and stagecoach. 158p 11 $3 Stanford
unlv. press
979.4 Calif orniar— History. Coaching. "Wells,
Fargo and company A46-262
Story of the stage and express lines which
were involved in the opening up of California.
Chief emphasis is placed upon the more pic-
turesque and exciting episodes of early travel,
and the men who drove the stagecoaches, or
carried the mail. Index.
"Dr. Winther's subject is a fascinating one,
and he has given us a book that is both in-
structive and entertaining." R. D. Hunt
+ Am Hist R 51:779 Jl '46 320w
Current Hist 10:61 Ja '46 lOOw
Weekly Book Review p20 S 8 '46 250w
WINTHER, SOPH US KEITH. Beyond the gar-
den gate. 289p $2.75 Macmillan
47-582
Novel about a college youth, member of a
cultured and enlightened family living in Ore-
gon, whose first sex experience brings tragic
results. But because of his background and
culture the ethical problems are dealt with in-
telligently.
"A little sex, a little psychology, and too
much self-conscious literary talk. About the
most that can be said about this one is that
while it's pretty light, there's nothing objec-
tionable about it."
Kirkus 14:359 Ag 1 '46 130w
"Author has a point but the writing is
creaky and there is a lot of stilted literary con-
versation. Not a first novel, but reads like one.
Recommend reading before purchase." L. M.
Kinloch
Library J 71:1713 D 1 '46 80w
"The reader encounters some stout philoso-
phizing— by turns stimulating1, irritating and
salutary. There is one poignant episode about
young Nancy's visit to the county fair vainly
looking for Forrest to tell him she is going to
have a baby. The author's approach is cum-
bersome, but his novel is, on the whole, a
challenging presentation of the boy-meets-
wrong-girl theme." Beatrice Sherman
N Y Times p28 N 24 '46 150w
"Against an enthusiastically painted back-
ground of Oregon, Mr. Winther tells, with con-
siderable freshness, the old story of the conse-
quences of a youthful indiscretion. . . Mr. Win-
ther, who is a professor, obviously knows
college boys and girls, and the youngsters in
this story are convincing and thoroughly alive."
Mary Ross
4- Weekly Book Review plO D 22 '46 380w
organized by chapters, and each chapter is well
paragraphed and outlined. . . This book should
be a useful addition to the literature of man-
agement science and is recommended to all
those interested in a good analysis of this sub-
ject." C. A. Thomas
4- Chem & Eng N 24:1590 Je 10 '46 450w
"Practical Management Research is another
in the McGraw-Hill Industrial and Management
series, and it is a good one. Both of the au-
thors, having been associated for many years
with men directing diversified businesses,
possess the background necessary for writing
this book, which fills a real need as it was
written after one of the authors made an un-
successful search for a book devoted entirely
to management research." B. K. McKee
+ Chem &. Met Eng 53:273 Mr '46 300w
"The language is nontechnical and reads
easily." K. J.
•4- Social Forces 24:489 My '46 170w
WISE, MRS EVELYN (VOSS). Light of stars.
221p $2.50 Bruce pub. 46-19687
Simple story of a gentle Catholic priest and
his life among the very poor of Baltimore's
water front.
"It is poignantly told. The characters are real;
and Father Gregory Lane is one of the nicest
clergymen ever put into a book by any novel-
ist— though there are some of his parishioners
who have no love for him. This is the sort
of book that can be enjoyed by anybody, no
matter what his belief. It isn't by any means
to be classed as 'deathless literature.' but the
time spent will never be missed from your life."
Eddie Doherty
-f Book Week p!5 O 27 '46 180w
"Simply but warmly told. Special appeal to
Catholic readers." L. R. Etzkorn
•f Library J 71:979 Jl '46 70w
Wis Lib Bui 42:134 O '46
WITHERS, CARL (JAMES WEST, pseud),
comp. Counting out; pictures by Elizabeth
Ripley. [46p] 50c Oxford
46-11924
Ninety-six rhymes used for "counting out"
in children's games. Some of the verses are
well-known, others are unfamiliar.
Booklist 43:90 N 16 '46
Kirkus 14:522 O 15 '46 90w
Reviewed by R. M. Davis
Library J 71:1718 D 1 '46 70w
Sat R of Lit 29:66 N 9 '46 20w
Reviewed by M. L». Becker
Weekly Book Review p9 N 24 '46 240w
WIREN, ALEXIS ROBERT, and HEYEL,
CARL. Practical management research. 222p
$2.50 McGraw
658 Industrial management 45-6803
"This book is concerned with the application
of scientific research techniques to general man-
agement problems. . . The book, generally,
presents summarized and correlated experience
in the field of 'management research' and the
use of illustrative cases is limited to a desirable
minimum in the descriptive section. The second
part of the book is devoted to 'Some Case
Examples of the Systematic Solution of Man-
agement Problems' and serves the useful pur-
pose of demonstrating how the thought pro-
cedures, which the authors had previously out-
lined in a careful manner, were applied in ac-
tual practice to quite a varied group of specific
problems." (Chem & Eng N) Index.
"Although written primarily for 'staff' ex-
ecutives whose duty it is to advise and guide
top management, policy-making executives can
profitably read this book because it ably outlines
and gives check lists of points to be covered
preliminary to management decision. Operating
executives should be interested because this
book crystallizes and synthesizes many of the
general problems facing them daily. . . This
book is readable. The subject matter is well
WODEHOUSE, PELHAM QRENVILLE. Joy in
the morning; 11. by Paul Galdone. 281p $2
Doubleday
46-6087
The immortal Jeeves and his boss, Bertie
Wooster, once more frolic thru a series of
outrageous and nightmarish doings.
Reviewed by R. E. Danielson
Atlantic 178:160 O '46 330w
"Maybe I'm Just getting old. Maybe the times
are such that Wodehouse's 'absurd situations,
daffy dialogue and gentle satire* (that's from
the publisher) seem Just too frothy and full
of frippery. In any event, I didn't take to 'Joy
in the Morning/ " Herman Kogan
— Book Week p2 S 1 '46 280w
Booklist 43:370 1 '46
Commonweal 46:76 N 1 '46 160w
Klrkut 14:279 Je 15 '46 140w
"A daffy little tale which, literary merit
to one side, will lower the reader's blood pres-
sure quite a few mm., aid digestion, and pro-
mote euphoria. Anybody who has a hammock
and the ingredients of a tall drink would do
well to purchase a copy of 'Joy in the Morn-
ing.' . . Maybe Wodehouse uses the same plot
over and over again. Whatever he does, it's
moderately wonderful, a ray of pale English
904
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WODEHOUSE, P. G.~ Continued
sunshine in a array world. . . The British bear
him no grudge, and it would be a little officious
of anybody else to do so." R. M.
•f N Y Times p4 Ag 25 '46 600w
"Mr. Wodehouse may or may not be familiar
with Emerson's dictum that every hero be-
comes a bore at last, but in any event it must
be reported that Jeeves has at last become
tedious. The author has stirred up all the
familiar ingredients that used to produce an
incomparable dish, but what comes out of the
pot this time is only insipid fare."
_ Naw Yorker 22:109 S 14 '46 70w
Reviewed by Phil Stong
Sat R of Lit 29:
34 S 28 '46 360w
Reviewed by S. M. Neal
-f Sprfngf'd Republican p4d Ag 25 '46
380w
"Joy in the Morning has enough to satisfy
the hard core of Wodehouse readers (the
average annual P. G. W. novel sells 10,000
copies in the U.S.). But it has only a trace of
real mirth for those who believe that in spas-
modic moments of his heyday, Wodehouse was
one of Britain's most talented comic writers."
Time 48:100 Ag 26 '46 400w
Reviewed by Ogden Nash
Weekly Book Review p2 S 22 '46 250w
WOFFORD, HARRIS. It's up to us; federal
world government in our time. 14 6p $2 Har-
court
321.021 Student federalists. Inter-democracy
federal union (proposed) 46-4998
The founder of the Student federalist move-
ment presents the story of the beginnings and
aims of that organization, which is American
youth's answer to the problems facing the
United Nations.
"[Mr. Wofford's] narrative of his organizing
and crusading is the most useful part of his
book, for it records with freshness, zest, and
sincerity how some young Americans react to
international disorder and how they try to or-
ganize in behalf of their convictions. Although
he shows understanding of the legal bases of
international organization, he offers nothing
new or brilliant. A reader should seek out
this small book as a guide to the thinking
of many younger Americans and as a method
of restoring his ideals." Garland Downum
Am Pol Scl R 40:1026 O '46 190w
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
"What the author has to say deserves to be
Judged by the cogency of its logic, not by the
youth of the author and those for whom he
speaks."
4- Christian Century 63:843 Jl 3 '46 llOw
"Lucidly written, without egoism. The best
account of the San Francisco fiasco. Its sin-
cerity of purpose shames the churches. Instead
of talking human brotherhood and then backing
nationalism in UNO, these youths of America
are giving the world the true American message
— federation. All who want to clear their minds
and think straight about our vital need for some
over-all world laws, especially teachers and
clergy, will find this their best money's worth
since Democratic Manifesto." Noel and Violet
Rawnsley
-f Churchman 160:17 Je 15 '46 130w
Foreign Affairs 25:334 Ja '47 lOw
"There's all the vitality of young blood's
fervor for a cause, which has been examined
and found worthwhile in the interests of world
peace, and the warming proof that young
people are ready and willing to help work out
the problems of the present and future."
-f Kirkus 14:233 My 15 '46 170w
"Maturity of insight and judgment char-
acterize significant contribution of nineteen-
year-old founder of Student Federalist Move-
ment. It should be read by young and old."
O. G. Lawson
+ Library J 71:824 Je 1 '46 90w
Reviewed by Alan Cranston
N Y Times p26 O 6 '46 340w
San Francisco Chronicle p!5 O 0 '46
"It's the best kind of story—a personal ad-
venture undertaken against great odds. But,
unlike such stories, its end has not been writ-
ten. Nor can it be written until Wofford and
his generation grow up and prove whether they
can sustain, in the vitiated atmosphere of
adulthood, the living concept which breathes
so easily in that teen-age world where Stu-
dent Federalists was born." Alan Green
+ Survey G 35:373 O '46 360w
Reviewed by Bill Mauldin
+ Weekly Book Review p5 Jl 7 '46 750w
WOFFORD, KATE VIXON. Teaching in small
schools. 399p $3.75 Macmillan
371.3 Teaching. Rural schools 46-2364
Manual for beginning teachers or those in
training for the teaching of small schools. The
book is divided into four parts: Establishing
the conditions of teaching and learning; Quid-
ing learning and teaching; Providing enrich-
ing experiences; and Understanding and work-
ing in the out-of-schooi environment. Chapter
bibliographies. Index.
Current Hist 10:132 Ag '46 50w
"The practical treatment, the social em-
phasis, and the comprehensiveness of the con-
tents make this book a valuable contribution
to pre-service and in-service training of teach-
ers of small schools." A. N. Charters
-f El School J 47:54 S '46 450w
"Although Teaching in Small Schools was
written to help the beginning teacher with
problems in teaching it has much to offer
to all elementary teachers in developing a
modern philosophy of education. It places em-
phasis on the importance of centering mod-
ern education around the* child. Teachers
should know the child's needs, resources, and
potentialities so as to make him the center
of educational planning, executing, and
evaluating. Teachers who wish to develop a
modern approach to educational problems will
find this book helpful." M. E. Weathersby
+ J Home Econ 38:666 D '46 350w
School A Society 63:272 Ap 13 '46 40w
WOLDMAN, NORMAN EMME, and METZ-
LER, ROGER J. Engineering alloys; names,
properties, uses. 2d ed 832p il $10 Am. soc.
'for metals
669 Alloys 45-10005
"Although the general arrangement of
material remains the same this edition has
been considerably enlarged through the inclu-
sion of new alloys and changes in manu-
facture which have appeared since the 1936
edition [Book Review Digest, 19361. New
material accounts for more than two hundred
additional pages. As before, the greater part
of the book consists of a listing of alloys by
serial number with tabular information as to
manufacture, trade name, analysis, properties
and uses. Full indexes are provided to this
main section. An appendix includes a classifica-
tion of corrosion and heat-resisting alloys, a
glossary of metallurgical terms, and useful
tables." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 43:136 Ja 1 '47
"Meticulous, valuable compilation of all
available alloys of the world."
-f- Library J 70:1091 N 15 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:52 O '45
Special Libraries 37:20 Ja '46 70w
WOLFE, THOMAS. Portable Thomas Wolfe;
ed. by Maxwell Geismar. 712p $2 Viking
46-6687
The editor has limited his selections to the
autobiographical portions of Wolfe. He in-
cludes the whole of The Story of a Novel; six
short stories, Qant's youth and family from
Look Homeward, Angel; HU Paris days in Of
Time and the River; Weber's love affairs in
The Web and the Rock: and the Brooklyn
chapters in YQU Can't Go Home Again/'
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
90S
Booklist 43:54 O 15*46
Kirkus 14:284 Je 15 '46 170w
"Mr. Geismar, who has drawn on all of
Wolfe's books for his volume, has arranged his
selections so that they form a rough chronicle
of Wolfe's life. Since Wolfe was writing some-
thing like a running autobiography, this wasn t
at all a bad idea." Hamilton Basso
4- New Yorker 22:107 S 14 '46 400w
"A neat package of Thomas Wolfe, a fine
chance to re-acquaint oneself with the work of
one of the major American writers of the cen-
tury." William Hogan
-t- San Francisco Chronicle p!3 S 15 '46
340w
"In a sense, 'Look Homeward, Angel/ the
best of the novels, is the true 'Portable' Wolfe;
it says most of what he had to say, and says it
with relative precision. But if there was to be
an official 'Portable,' this autobiographical se-
lection was probably the most satisfactory
-f Weekly Book Review p25 S 8 '46 270w
WOLFERT. HELEN X. (HERSCHDORFER).
Nothing is a wonderful thing [poems] . 118p
$2 Simon & Schuster
811 46-6778
"This account of a day in New York's lower
East Side is told in rhymed lines with a basic
four- stress pattern, set apart into some twenty
episodes and scenes. They run fast, they run
together, they crowd as the people in the thick,
hot tenements crowd one another. There are
no secrets in the whole block. Everyone knows
everything about everybody, from old Mr.
Kahn, who knows that nothing is a wonderful
thing from gazing up at the airplanes, to Jenny
and Alfrieda and all the kids, who know that
Gloria is no lady." N Y Times
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week pl4 N 3 '46 360w
"No plot emerges — all the types have been
done a thousand times before and a thousand
times better — and the sketch is not noticeably
moving. In other words, plenty of not so won-
derful nothing."
— Kirkus 14:261 Je 1 '46 80w
Reviewed by John Holmes
N Y Times p!8 O 27 '46 660w
"Nothing Is a Wonderful Thing* is a tragic,
sunny, rewarding book, and though the pundits
may prefer their poetry the hard way, 1 will,
on this occasion, take Jenny." Norman Rosten
+ Sat R of Lit 29:74 D 7 '46 450w
"Mrs. Wolfert has put her theme in verse.
Her sensual images are original and percep-
tive, and she writes for the most part with
clarity and economy. But in this narrative she
lacks the intensity, the intellectual (not senti-
mental) compulsion, the instinctive and exact
feeling for texture and form that distinguish
the work of a poet from that of the 'poetic*
writer. She is balked by the limitations of the
medium she has chosen. It seems to me that
she would undoubtedly handle a story better
in prose in which her warmth and sympathy,
her excellent ear for the inflections and idioms
of colloquial speech and her flair for dramatic
detail might have freer and fuller scope." Ruth
Lechlitner
_j Weekly Book Review p8 S 22 '46 lOOOw
WOLFF. MARTIN. Private International law.
637p $10 (35s) Oxford
341.5 International law, Private 45-5592
"Professor Wolff had already made a reputa-
tion by his book, Internationales Privatrecht
(1933). This was a treatment of the funda-
mental problems of Conflict of Laws and of
the German Law of Conflicts. The work under
review is, in the author's own words, neither a
translation nor a second edition of his German
book; it is a new work, a great treatise on Eng-
lish Conflict of Laws. It is, nevertheless, in its
handling of the subject very different from the
recent standard work on the same subject by
Dr. S. C. Cheshire (1936, 2nd ed., 1938). Wolff's
book is equally based on a full use of English
decisions in the field. . . But what makes the
book different is the author's wide knowledge
of Continental laws, decisions, and literature.
The law of this country is not forgotten, but is
mostly represented only by the American 'Re-
statement1 and by general American litera-
ture in the field, not by American court de-
cisions." Am Pol Sci R
"The book deserves most careful reading and
study. There can be no doubt that it is a work
of the greatest importance in the field of Eng-
lish private international law. But it has also a
claim to become a standard work in the inter-
national literature on the subject. It goes with-
out saying that it is of equal importance for
the American lawyer and scholar concerned
with Conflict of Laws." J. L. Kunz
+ Am Pol Sci R 40:985 O '46 800w
"Mr. Wolff has long been known in the pro-
fessional world as one of the most brilliant
writers on the intricate problems of private in-
ternational law. . . The new book — wnich in the
words of the author 'covers different ground
and Is neither a translation nor a second edition
of the earlier German study' — is equally clear
in exposition, penetrating in analysis of cases,
and trail -blazing in the fields yet untouched
by judicial decision. The author's knowledge of
continental law permits him to conjure new
situations for testing the validity and the
limitations of English rules on conflict of laws
and provides him with material for filling the
gaps in existing law." L. B. Sohn ~
-f Columbia Law R 45:981 N '45 1350w
"No matter whether you agree or disagree
with specific solutions advocated by Dr. Wolff,
he presents his materials in a manner which
stimulates thought and often throws new light
on an old controversy." M. M. Schoch
•f Harvard Law R 59:1337 O '46 600w
WOLO, pseud. Friendship valley. [44p] il $2
Morrow
46-21739
Picture-story book about seven little animals,
who escaped from a forest fire on the same
raft. They discovered that the fire had de-
stroyed other things besides their homes, and
each must work for the good of all if they were
to survive.
Book Week p8 N 10 '46 180w
Kirkus 14:492 O 1 '46 160w
Reviewed by E. T. Dobbins
Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"The style is cheerful and the characters ap-
pealing; especially that of Thedy, the kitten.
While the plot never comes to grips with any
real dangers, there is a pleasant suspense until
the survivors reach safety." Helen Kent
4- San Francisco Chronicle p8 N 10 '46
lOOw
"Wolo's baby woodchucks, opossums, rac-
coons, frogs, badgers and the like, race, frolic
and disport with the greatest vivacity around
and across the large pages of these picture
books. Little children find them eood com-
panions, while in the course of such compan-
ionship, they are more than likely to take in
unconsciously some message of general good
will to the human race." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p8 N 3 '46 400w
WOLVERTON, ETHEL TRAUGH. Ghost town
mystery. 231p $2 Howell, Soskin
46-2666
Mystery story for young readers.
Kirkus 14:69 F 1 '46 50w
"Action is fast, plot well sustained but char-
acters not quite convincing." M. P. Cox
-}- Library J 71:589 Ap 15 '46 90w
"This is a 'mystery for girls' a twelve-year-
old can read with interest and even an older
person without loss of self-respect. . . Here is
the sort of mystery that catches the early
teens." M. L. Becker
-f Weekly Book Review p7 Ap 14 '46 310w
WOLVERTON, ETHEL TRAUQH. House on
the desert. 218p |2 Howell, Soskin
46-2667
Mystery story for young readers.
906
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WOLVERTON, E. T. — Continued
Reviewed by H. P. Griswold
Christian Science Monitor p!4 O 17 '46
lOOw
Kirkus 14:69 F 1 '46 50w
"Readable and interesting as a young people's
book, but disappointing as a mystery story. . .
However, author has a fine style for those
readers and some fine elements of plot — school,
desert, etc." M. L. Goodwin
4- — Library J 71:669 My 1 '46 70w
WOOD, ALEXANDER. Cavendish laboratory.
B8p il $1 Macmillan [2s 6d Cambridge]
530.72 Cambridge, England. University.
Cavendish laboratory [46-4533]
A brief account of the history of the Caven-
dish laboratory of Cambridge university, which
has been associated with most of the im-
portant discoveries in physics since its found-
ing. The author, who has been connected with
the laboratory for most of his life, also des-
cribes the work of the various holders of the
Cavendish chair.
"Brief but charming historical essay on the
foundation and growth of the famous Cavendish
Laboratory." L. A. Eales
4- Library J 71:982 Jl '46 80w
"Dr. Alexander Wood gives admirably clear
and readable summaries of the main fields of
work in which the Cavendish Laboratory has
been concerned and the main individual dis-
coveries and new ideas which resulted from
work done there." D. R. H.
+ Manchester Guardian p3 Mr 20 '46
260w
"This charming historical essay is embel-
lished with portraits of the main figures men-
tioned in it, together with some photographs
of the buildings and apparatus associated with
them." M. F. Ashley -Montagu
4- N Y Times p29 Je 2 '46 200w
"The text is embellished by excellent illustra-
tions and, in general, the work will appeal
to all who are interested in the tradition of
physics in this country."
4- Times [London] Lit Sup p221 My 11
'46 300w
WOOD, MORRISON. Devil is a lonely man.
497p $3 Crowell
46-6028
"Representing a real tragedy of the recent
war (author died of dysentery in a Japanese
prison and manuscript came out of Bataan on
one of the last boats), this is a first and un-
fortunately only novel of a major talent. Lack-
ing in discipline and selection, like the writings
of Thomas Wolfe this is a tremendous outburst
of creative ability that will say many things
to many readers on many levels. On the sur-
face, a story of revolution in the postwar U.S.;
basically a consideration of the nature and ex-
pressions of good and evil through the life of
Anthony Wayne who wanted to hold every-
body and everything in the palm of his hand."
Library J
"According to the author, he had some won-
derful material at hand for this work; ap-
parently Morrison Wood was convinced that
most of the people of California were bestial
and degenerate. But the picture is so over-
drawn as to defeat Its purpose, and the con-
clusion so ridiculous as to tempt the reader
to doubt the author's seriousness. But the
belief persists that he was In earnest. It is a
pity that his work remains muddy and con-
fused." U A. S.
— Christian Science Monitor p!2 S 24 '46
380w
"This — Morrison Wood's only surviving work
—has originality; It has impact; it has mo-
ments of superb writing. But the average
reader will find the style difficult, the plot too
diffuse to hold, the multiplicity of characters
confusing, and the unrelieved abnormalities,
unpleasantnesses, perversions, sordid when
spread in such wholesale fashion over 500
pages."
— 4- Kirkus 14:32$ Jl 15 '46 340w
"I can offer no rule of thumb to corer li-
brary use of this book. It is important but it
is also full of horror. It will be loudly praised
and roundly damned. Either way, it remains
of great importance." R. B. Kingery
Library J 71:1207 S 15 '46 140w
"The sequences at Los Angeles High School,
where Morrison Wood himself went, are the
most realistic in the book, and probably pro-
vide the key to its development. . . Partly
through its very elaboration and partly through
the personality of the author, 'The Devil Is a
Lonely Man' keeps being more than adolescent
fantasy or the enervating commercialized day-
dreaming that dominates American popular
culture. Amidst the conventional intensities
of wish and melodrama, there are, on the one
hand, wonderfully fabulous imaginings, and, on
the other, frequent flashes of reality. And
underneath their romantic surfaces and the
loose, hasty prose in which they are described,
the widely varied relationships of men and
women have remarkable definition and show
remarkable understanding of sexual dialectic."
R. G. Davis
^ NY Times p6 S 22 '46 800w
"I finished Mr. Wood's book with the feeling
that he was a writer who almost desperately
wanted to produce a literary work of art. I
think he missed the center of his target, but
it is not impossible that he nicked its outer
edge. It is useless to speculate about what he
might have done next time, and it is rather a
tragedy that he won't be able to have another
try." Hamilton Basso
New Yorker 22:115 S 21 '46 400w
"Crowell's editor, Arthur Wang, cut some
150,000 words from the book, which is still long
enough so that many a reader will find it
difficult to maintain the high- keyed receptivity
which the novel demands. Others will be put
off by the story's construcflon which involves
a shuttling back and forth in time that is
frequently confusing. . . And sometimes
Wood's writing is Just plain bad, though the
average level is good enough. With all this,
however, it remains clear that Wood had
imagination, force, the drive and eagerness to
get something said out of which novelists are
made." J. H. Jackson
-j san Francisco Chronicle p!4 S 23 '46
700w
"The book is alive with character and move-
ment; it storms eagerly in every direction to
discover the varieties of experience with a
very young fervor. But yet at the heart of it,
tarnishing everything, is the worship of mind-
less conquest, of the ruthless Hero. Whether
this is first thought or last, we shall never
know." N. L. Rothman
4. _ sat R of Lit 29:28 O 5 '46 320w
" 'The Devil Is a Lonely Man* is a great,
sprawling, amorphous book, quickened at times
by a truly creative imagination, swarming with
characters, packed with enough situations, if
each were adequately developed, to make at
least half a dozen novels. It is as if the au-
thor, who unquestionably possessed exceptional
gifts for absorbing experience, had attempted
to put all he had felt and seen and heard of
life in this one book, warned by some fore-
knowledge that it would be his only one. . .
'The Devil Is a Lonely Man' must stand or
fall on its own. And with all its faults, which
include flagrant lapses in the matter of plausi-
bility, its imaginative sweep is so wide, it is
so charged with emotional intensity and raw
strength, that reading it becomes a curiously
moving experience not soon to be forgotten."
Jennings Rice
H Weekly Book Review p4 S 22 '46 800w
WOODALL, SALLY LEE. Animal ABC; photos
by prominent photographers; rhymes by [the
author] drawings by Elmer Lasher. (U.S.
camera bk) [53p] $1.50 T.J. Maloney, inc, 420
Lexington av, N.Y. 17
46-20185
An alphabet book illustrated with photo-
graphs of animals, from A is for ape, to Z
is for zebra, but lacking X, since "no animal
lives here."
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
907
Reviewed by F. C. Darling „ tAm
Christian Science Monitor p8 Ja 14 '47
60w
"A lively, amusing: alphabet book, . . A good
synthesis of talents has made a book suitable
for the nursery or the living-room table." Lois
a meijl N Y Times p!4 Ag 11 '46 160w
Reviewed by J. H. Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle p6 N 10 '46
200w
"This is a small book but clever and ap-
pealing." E. H. Dexter
4- Springf'd Republican p4d Ag 11 '46
lOOw
WOODBURY, DAVID OAKES. Builders for
battle; introd. by B. Moreell. 415p Jl 17.60
Dutton
940.542 Air bases, Military. World war,
1939-1946— Engineering and construction.
World war, 1939-1945 — Islands of the Pacific
46-6062
Story of the building of our Pacific naval air
bases in the last two pre-war years. Included
in the account are the work of the Seabees on
so many construction jobs, the blasting of coral
heads, the building of the supply tunnel at Red
Hill, building airfields, and getting millions of
tons of supplies thru. Index.
"Magnificent story of construction outfits and
the key men directed by Admiral Ben Moreell,
told with human understanding. Holocaust at
Pearl Harbor and skilled emergency work of the
'builders for battle' is graphically described. . .
Recommended." L. A. Eales
-f Library J 71:757 My 16 '46 140w
"When sincere, deserved praise is turned into
extravagant adulation a disservice is done the
recipients. That is exactly the fault with David
Woodbury's account. . . Anyone who knows
the bases and how they were built appreciates
a truly splendid performance on the part of
thousands. Planning and achievement were of
the highest order. But the builders were not
supermen, not miracle workers; they were
competent and skilled engineers who knew their
jobs. . . It is with pleasure that one turns
from the text to the illustrations. Twenty-five
full- page pencil drawings by Lili Rethi and
some fifty pen-and-ink sketches by Louis Ruyl
are beautifully done, displaying scope, vision
and craftsmanship rarely found in a book on
construction. They will long be treasured by
men who worked on the bases." P. J. Searles
h Weekly Book Review p8 Jl 21 '46 600w
WOODCOCK, MRS LOUISE (PHINNEY). This
is the way the animals walk; pictures by Ida
Binney. [20p] $1.25 Scott, W.R.
4G-22686
Picture book for ages three to five showing
how the cat, the dog, the turtle, the rabbit,
the pony, and even daddy, walks. Brief text
as well as the pictures encourage small people
to imitate the various walks.
Book Week pl9 N 10 '46 llOw
Kirkus 14:456 S 15 '46 80w
"In the third book of this group children
find out how their animal friends walk. Of
their own accord children probably wouldn't
notice that the cat walks on four feet and
the rooster on two, that a pony gallops and
a bunny hops. Miss Woodcock's simple text
and Miss Binney' s direct drawings open their
eyes." L». P.
-f N Y Tlmei p42 N 10 '46 lOOw
WOODGATE, MILDRED VIOLET. Abb*
Edgeworth (1745-1807). 202p $2.50 Longmans
B or 92 Edgeworth de Firmont, Henry
Essex 46-7960
"Birth in Ireland, embroilment with the
French royal family in the horrors of the
French Revolution, death as an exile in Russia
— such is the outline of this transplanted
Anglo -Irish priest, son of a converted Protes-
tant rector and relative of Maria EMgeworth.
As confessor of Louis XVI he gives us an in-
side view of that monarch's death; as vicar-
general of Paris in the Revolution he braved
all perils, was lionized in England and died
in the service of exiled Louis XVIII. An au-
thoritative biography by an English author."
(Library J) Bibliography. No index.
"Of this discreet, conservative but rather
sympathetic ecclesiastic Miss Woodgate has
written a brief biography of some interest and
absolutely no pretention. Indeed it is re-
markably lacking in errors of historic fact
compared to several much longer and more
pretentious works on the same period that
could be mentioned." Cuthbert Wright
4- Commonweal 45:169 N 29 '46 700w
"The book, sans index or footnotes, is not
prepared for the scholar, but the scholarship
behind the book seems sound The author lets
him speak largely for himself in his letters.
Those letters reveal a man worth knowing, and
enable the reader to live over again the days
of the Revolution. This two-hundred page biog-
raphy recounts a story so enthralling that the
reader may even wish it had been turned into
a four-hundred page novel. Yet the reader re-
mains warmly grateful for this colorful personal
history, told so simply, directly, and withal
adequately." J. W. Brush
4- Crozer Q 24:92 Ja '47 450w
"A fascinating account of the experiences of
a little known Roman Catholic priest, which
despite the poor writing, gives interesting
sidelights on the period of the French Revoku
tion and a vigorous portrait of the man him-
self "
-j Kirkus 14:498 O 1 '46 130w
"Although Catholic in content its human ap-
peal is universal." R. J. Hurley
Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 120w
WOODGATE, MILDRED VIOLET. Pascal and
his sister Jacqueline [Eng title: Jacqueline
Pascal and her brother]. 207p $2 Herder [7s
6d Browne & Nolan]
B or 92 Pascal. Blaise. Pascal, Jacqueline
45-10246
"No interpretation of the theology of Blaise
Pascal would be complete without recognition
of the influence exerted by his younger sister,
Jacqueline. From the start an egotist, her early
reactions to religion were that its practices
could not be accepted by intelligent minds. At
Twenty- two, Blaise embraced the tenets of
Port Royal, and would not rest until his beloved
sister shared his views. This she did to such
an extent that eventually, she became a nun
at Port Royal. To Jacqueline, intelligent,
sincere, Port Royal and its doctrines contained
the truth of Christianity, and therein lay her
ultimate tragedy. For while the brilliance of
Blaise could find peace at last in the Catholic
Church that flourished outside the walls of
Port Royal, Jacqueline could not. And it may
be said with some truth that she died of a
broken heart." Cath World
"With sympathy and understanding. Miss
Woodgate has repeated the drama of this vital,
vivid brother and sister. She has presented too
a portrait of Port Royal that Is the more poign-
ant because it never loses sight of the inherent
introspection and ultimate heresy of the vigor-
ous, gifted, misguided followers of Jansen."
W. W. Burke
-f Cath World 161:519 S '45 230w
Reviewed by T. Q. Wayne
Commonweal 43:146 N 23 '45 360w
Times [London] Lit Sup p68 F 10 '4$
330w
WOODRUFF, BARBARA. Keep singing, keep
humming. See Bradford, M.
WOODRUFF, PHILIP, pseud. See Mason, P,
908
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WOODS, EUGENE J., ed. I wish I'd written
that; selections chosen by favorite American
authors. (Whittlesey house publication) 422p
13.50 McGraw
808.8 Literature— Collections 46-8134
An anthology composed of thirty-three se-
lections from world literature, each one chosen
by a well-known American author. Partial
contents: Katie wins a home, by Ring Lard-
ner; The Fox of Peapack, by E. B. White; The
end of the voyage, by Joseph Conrad; La Vir-
ginie, by Alex Comfort; The day the dam
broke, by James Thurber; The Mary Gloster,
by Rudyard Kipling; Glamour, by S. V. Ben£t:
Farewell, my lovely! by L. S. White; The hound
of heaven, by Francis Thompson; A good old-
fashioned Christmas, by Robert Benchley;
Over the river and through the wood, by John
O'Hara; The Cotter's Saturday night, by
Robert Burns; I paint what I see, by B. B.
White; The campaign of 1856, by Allan Nevins.
Index.
Reviewed by Herman Kogan
Book Week p!4 D 8 '46 430w
Kirkus 14:410 Ag 15 '46 170w
"Anthologists lately have made some pretty
wild grabs into thin air for ideas. 4I Wish I'd
Written That' is one of these grabs, but at
least it has produced a unique anthology. . .
[It] is a conglomeration of tales, often pleas-
ing, occasionally disappointing, and, as to be
expected, highly individualistic. When an
author likes the work of another to the ex-
tent of going on public record about it, you
have something worth listening to." Theodore
Pratt
-j NY Times p72 D 1 '46 400w
New Yorker 22:143 N 30 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Upton Sinclair
Sat R of Lit 30:11 Ja 11 '47 1550w
"Unless pieces of literature by various
writers are interchangeable, which they are
not, such longings as have produced this book
seem to me absurd."
Weekly Book Review p60 D 1 '46 ISOw
WOODWARD, ELIZABETH STOCKTON. Let's
have a party; il. by Selma Burgess. 124p
$2 Crowell
793 Entertaining. Games 46-7871
"A book for teen-agers. Lively suggestions
for home parties, dancing, skating and other
kinds of parties. Ideas for overnight and week-
end entertaining and for seeing that everyone
is having a good time. Recipes for refresh-
ments included." Library J
Booklist 43:119 D 15 f46
"A splendid idea somewhat disappointingly
executed."
Kirkus 14:595 D 1 '46 90w
"Will be useful." E. E. Frank
-f Library J 71:1811 D 15 '46 60w
"Everything from birthdays to campus
parties, from games — a tremendous assortment
— to refreshments; even showers and out-of-
town parties come in. About all they take is
good will and energy, and if to a middle-aged
reader some of them sound pretty strenuous, he
will envy the time of life that has so much
energy at its disposal." M. L. Becker
4- Weekly Book Review p9 N 24 '46 280w
WOODWARD, ERNEST LLEWELLYN. Short
Journey. 243p $3 Oxford £lOs 6d Faber]
B or 92 46-7963
Autobiography of an Oxford professor and
historian. The book not only describes the
life of an understanding man; it Is also a
?£TtraiAo2f Uptimes Jn which he haa lived—
from 1892 to the present. No index.
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
-f- Book Week p4 D 22 '46 SOOw
Booklist 43:131 Ja 1 '47
thatESS^ssit«gf Jf *one of th* first adjectives
mat come to mind, as one lava down
autobiography of an Oxford don i who to£g
achieved distinction in writing and teaching
history . . Perceptiveness, frankness, serenity,
humor, and a captivating digressiveness draw
one on and on: thumbnail sketches of people
of all types, together with beautifully etched
descriptions of landscapes and architecture In
two hemispheres, frequently cause one to
linger. And the book is almost as deep as it
+ 'Commonweal 45:258 D 20 '46 SOOw
Library J 71:1543 N 1 '46 30w
"A book worth reading and then picking up
again and again. . . This book is the history
of a balanced, sensitive, and Imaginative mind.
It is a mind aware of beauty and of goodness,
of forces and of individuals, and of the many
kinds of truth that cannot be found out by
reason alone. Most men edge away from re-
vealing the deeper workings of their minds:
they defer more than they realize to current
opinions. Woodward is so honest that he must
state precisely how he felt and thought, how he
feels and thinks. His careful words will long
be read by those interested in the intellectual
history of our time." Wallace Notestein
4- Yale R n s 36:351 winter '47 1550 w
WOODWARD, LUTHER ELLIS, and RENNIE.
THOMAS ALEXANDER GUMMING. Jobs and
the man; a guide for employers, supervisors,
interviewers, counselors, foremen, and shop
stewards in understanding and dealing with
workers — veterans or civilians. 132p $2
Thomas, C.C.
658.3 Employment management. Veterans-
Employment 46-654
"This little volume attempts to reach chiefly
employers, supervisors, interviewers, counsel-
ors, foremen, and shop stewards in industry
and smaller business 'to deepen their under-
standing and consistently to improve their
techniques of handling their fellow men.' The
importance of emotional balance for satisfac-
tory work performance and the fact that place-
ment in the right Job is almost essential for
emotional balance is the leading motive of the
book. Five out of seven chapters deal specif-
ically with the problems of returning veterans."
Am J Pub Health
Reviewed by F. W. Racker
Am J Pub Health 36:554 My '46 270w
Springf'd Republican p4 Ja 19 '46 300w
"The problems of the physically handicapped
worker are dealt with and an approach to their
solution is suggested. This book should be of
great value to the beginning supervisor and has
ideas and suggestions which many an ex-
perienced supervisor has never mastered and
could well heed." R. P. Kellogg
-f Survey 82:304 N '46 500w
WOODY, REQINA LLEWELLYN (JONES).
Starlight. 248p $2 Morrow
Horses — Legends and stories 46-6180
Story of Judy who loved horses, especially
one horse named Starlight. Judy learned to
ride and how to care for horses, and when she
had successfully trained Starlight, he was her
own. For ages ten to twelve.
Booklist 43:60 O 15 '46
Horn Bk 22:354 S '46 90w
"A well -writ ten story of horses, horse -train-
ing and especially of the love of a plucky young
girl for a beautiful, sensitive and stubborn
horse named Starlight. , . Good feeling for ani-
mals, children and nature."
+ Kirkus 14:297 Jl 1 '46 160w
"Very obvious plot. . . The well-drawn de-
scriptions of the riding school and the train-
ing of horses will appeal to young equestrians
from ten to twelve.'7 N. L. Rathbun
H Library J 71:1132 S 1 '46 80w
"The best part of the book is the absolute
authenticity of riding and training information
and the complete understanding of Judy's love
for Starlight. Definitely for the younger teens
who know enough about horses and riding '
who know enough about horses and riding to
glory in the details of learning the diagonal and
Haute Bcote." M. C. Scoggln
4- N Y Tlme« p22 S 22 '46 230w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
909
Reviewed by Dorothy Hamilton
San Francisco Chronicle p3 N 10 '46
lOOw
"A heart- warming: story. . . There is no
doubt that Mrs. Woody is an expert on horses
and horsemanship. Because of this, it is pos-
sible that the story may have a limited appeal.
But for the many who either know and love
horses or want to—this is a book that has
great value." M. K.
-4- Sat R of Lit 29:62 N 9 '46 140w
"A story with a good, snappy taste." M. L.
Becker
+ Weekly Book Review pG S 8 '46 320w
Wis Lib Bui 42:155 N '46
WOOLF, JAMES DAVIS. Getting a job in ad-
vertising. 103p il $2 Ronald
6$9.1 Advertising as a profession 46-2610
"A J. Walter Thompson Company executive
gives friendly advice for those seeking jobs in
advertising. He outlines different kinds of work
— advertising agency field, advertising in busi-
ness, the copy writer, the artist, the research
worker, media representation, public relations
man and ad man in radio, giving qualifications
necessary for each showing how various talents
can be used." Library J
Booklist 42:278 My 1 '46
Library J 71:347 Mr 1 '46 70w
WOOLLCOTT, ALEXANDER. Portable Wooll-
cott; selected by Joseph Hennessey; with an
introduction by John Mason Brown. (Viking
portable lib) 735p $2 Viking
818 46-25135
Contains While Rome Burns and Long, Long
Ago, and twenty-five other sketches and
letters.
Booklist 42:301 My 15 '46
Klrkus 14:49 F 1 '46 20w
"If much of the content is ephemeral, many
of the characters seeming no more important
now than the Shooting Showgirls and similar
headliners with whom a greater showman,
Willie Hammersteln, used to deligrht the
habitue's of the Victoria, much of it is pleasant
reading, with here and there a passage still
important. . . If there is little that is new in
the volume, John Mason Brown's introduction
is. It is a beautiful appraisal not only of the
contents but of the author, whom he knew
casually and therefore could consider objec-
tively.'* Brock Pemberton
-f N Y Times p4 My 5 '46 1400w
"An introduction by John Mason Brown is In
the nostalgic, anecdotal vein that has almost
come to be a requirement In writing about
Woollcott, and it is very good."
4- New Yorker 22:111 My 4 '46 70w
"The selections were made by Joseph Hen-
nessey, who has succeeded admirably in catch-
ing at least fragments from almost every phase
of Woollcott' s highly flavored career." R. F. H.
' Springf'd Republican p6 My 13 '46
WOOLRICH, CORNELL (GEORGE HOPLEY,
WILLIAM IRISH, pseuds). Dancing detective
[short stories]. 271p $2 Lippinoott
46-4753
Bight detective and mystery stories.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Bullock
Book Week p8 Jl 14 '46 120w
Booklist 42:367 Jl 15 '46
Klrkus 14:261 Je 1 '46 lOOw
"It is not precisely a bedside book unless one
is immune to nightmares, but it is excellent
fare for the connoisseur of good short stories."
Isaac Anderson
•f N Y Times p20 Jl 7 '46 140w
€V ewweekly Book Review p22 Je 30 '46 240w
WOOTTON, BARBARA FRANCES (ADAM)
(MRS GEORGE PERCIVAL WRIGHT).
Freedom under planning. 180p $2 Univ. of
N.C. press [6s Allen, G]
338.91 Economic policy 45-9884
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by C. E. Merriam
Am Pol Scl R 40:133 F '46 750w
"Miss Wooton's analysis is realistic and
socially intelligent. Most sociologists will feel
that she 'talks their language' even though she
never mentions their name. To implement her
idea of planning, she suggests techniques and
concepts that have been developed by sociolo-
gists and social psychologists as well as those
which are more familiar to economists. She
has a gift for simple, clear, and interesting
exposition of matters usually regarded as dull
and abstruse." Read Bain
-f Am Soc R 11:272 D '46 950W
"This temperate book is a welcome relief
to much of the doctrinaire literature of recent
years. Mrs. Wootton defines her terms sen-
sibly and shows that such things as freedom
and planning have many facets and tha^, not
all of their values are of the same magni-
tude."
-|- Foreign Affairs 24:552 Ap '46 HOw
"This is an excellent little book— honest,
courageous, logical, thorough, and admirably
written. Mrs. Wootton neither underestimates
her opponents case nor tries to make glibness
and rhetoric do duty for argument. She faces
squarely the very important problem: can we
plan and keep the essential freedoms? Her
answer is yes, if we go the right way about it."
Eugene Forsey
+ Nation 163:622 N 30 '46 900w
"Miss Wootton sets out admittedly to criti-
cize the main tenets of Hayek's Road to Serf-
dom. Coming from a well-known English
economist, this makes Freedom Under Planning
a significant volume. The fact that it is keenly
reasoned, closely organized, and concisely
stated renders it doubly important." G. W.
Blackwell
Social Forces 24:464 My '46 1400w
"This slim volume is a masterpiece of lucid
pamphleteering. Its merit is greater than that
of being 'an answer to Hayek s "Road to Serf-
dom." ' It is a calm, reasonable exposition of
the relation of planning — defined as 'the con-
scious and deliberate choice of economic
priorities by some public authority' — to a series
of freedoms that all of us cherish as basic:
which would be enhanced, which would be
little affected, which would be compromised.
It should be particularly helpful to that friend
of yours who still believes that planning must
be 'totalitarian.' If a person can be expected
to modify his prejudices by reasonable argu-
ment, this is the book to do it. For Mrs.
Wootton never forgets that she is treating
of human desires and human satisfactions and
she has a humility that evokes humility from
the reader. . . [Mrs Wootton's] reasoning is
tight but not difficult to follow. Her style is
sparkling. Her book is full of common sense."
C. S. Ascher
•f Survey G 35:134 Ap '46 600w
"The particular excellence of this book is
that it successfully explores the positive con-
tent of freedom in a planned society. Most
recent answers to Hayek have been essentially
negative, concerned primarily with expounding
the logical, historical, economic or political
absurdities of the anti-planning position. How-
ever, demolishing a false view does not estab-
lish truth. It merely clears the ground. Mrs.
Wootton goes beyond this negativism. She
builds a sturdy framework for a free society
that can plan and work for economic plenty.
In the process both the limitations on freedom
planning requires and the new vistas for free-
dom it unfolds are plainly revealed." Leo
Barnes
+ Weekly Book Review p!2 Mr 3 '46
1200w
Reviewed by J. J. O'Leary
Yale R n s 35:552 spring '46 560w
6OOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
WORDSWORTH. WILLIAM. Wordsworth an-
thology; selected, with an introduction by
Laurence Housman. 161p $2 Scribner
321 46-25025
••Based on a discerning critical estimate
which originally appeared in the Atlantic
Monthly, this selection represents what Lau-
rence Housman considers the choicest or
Wordsworth's poetry/* Booklist
Reviewed by Leo Kennedy
Book Week p!5 Ap 28 '46 150w
Booklist 42:197 F 15 '46
Reviewed by J. J. Reilly
Cath World 163:376 Jl '46 400w
Christian Science Monitor p!4 Mr 23 '46
320w
Reviewed by Frederika Beatty
N Y Times p7 Mr 3 '46 850w
•'Though Mr. Housman never goes far below
the surface of things, he nevertheless freshens
up the rather faded Laureate. The effective
poems are all here, including excerpts from
'The Prelude' and 'The Excursion/ "
•f New Yorker 22:91 F 23 '46 80w
"Concerning the anthology Laurence Hous-
man has made of the best of Wordsworth, it
is well worth anyone's purchase; if only for
the foreword alone. . . This small book is a
good introduction to Wordsworth, with the
convenient detours pointed out for the running
reader of a hasty day." W. R. BenSt
+ Sat R of Lit 29:9 Mr 23 '46 180w
-f Time 47:94 Ja 28 '46 850w
Wis Lib Bui 42:44 Mr '46
WORRELL, WILLIAM HOYT. Short account
of the Copts. 61p il $2 Univ. of Mich.
962 Copts 46-1619
"The Copts of Egypt, now numbering only
a few hundred thousands, are like the Assy-
rians, a rapidly dwindling group whose racial
ancestry goes back to most primitive times and
whose Christianity is of the earliest. Today
many so-called Copts have left the homes and
churches of their ancestors, their blood diluted,
their language (or rather languages, for fifteen
centuries ago they possessed half a dozen na-
tive dialects) almost supplanted by Arabic,
their religion barely alive in a few dark corners.
William Worrell gives a short account of the
Copts, 'archeological remains' as he calls them,
in a melancholy recital of their dead glories."
Weekly Book Review
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 24 '46 160w
"Mr. Worrell's study is too compact to be
thorough, but in small compass he has man-
aged to tell well the tale of a tragic minority."
P J Searles
I) Weekly Book Review p48 My 19 '46 270w
WORTHINQTON, MARJORIE (MUIR) (MRS
WILLIAM BUEHLER SEABROOK) House
on the park. 327p $2.75 Doubleday
46-6909
Period piece, the scene of which is New
York's Mount Morris park region in the early
1900's. There are two heroines, the Oberdunk
sisters. Daisy was slim and delicate, a typical
"lady"; Maude was buxom and bursting with
life. Maude shauld have married the gallant
Gus, but it was Daisy he chose, and that set
off the train of events.
"The book is nearly three-fifths interior deco-
ration, but you will probably find it very agree-
able reading all the same." nn
+ New Yorker 22:100 S 28 '46 90w
"It is a good story, though the background
and the minor incidents seem to have more
authenticity and reality than the chief char-
acters. It's like a movie excellently directed
and with all the properties absolutely correct,
but in which the actors lack a certain depth
and breadth of characterization. . . But I am
cavilling at a book which I enjoyed heartily.
It has lightness, charm, and an unobtrusive,
kindly satire. It is a glimpse of a vanished
America and those readers in particular who
grew up in the plush and gas-light era . . .
when eggs were twenty-five cents a dozen, will
find its nostalgic flavor very appealing indeed."
S. H. Hay
H Sat R of Lit 29:20 O 26 '46 650w
"To any one who remembers New York in
the early 1900s, Marjorie Worthington's new
novel, 'The House on the Park,' will bring
back memories of that gaslight era of simple
charm and color. To those who cannot recall
it her book will be a highly enjoyable adventure
into the city's age of innocence. In a style
excellently wedded to her material, she writes
of the time when men had an appraising eye
for horses and highly corsetted women, when
sophistication was limited to a daring few. . .
Miss Worthington tells a simple and moving
story and peoples it with warm and living
characters. The period comes alive in every
page of the book." Rose Feld
-f- Weekly Book Review plO S 22 '46 750w
WRIGHT, MRS FRANCES ,(FITZPATRICK).
Secret of the old Sampey place; il. by Mar-
garet Ayer. 127p $1.50 Abingrdon-Cokesbury
46-21129
Story for ten to twelve-year-old girls, about
a family of renters who inherit a run-down
farm, and convert it into a home. There is a
slight hint of mystery.
"Tones of validity in the characters, detailed
as to setting, this is solid, brownstone front
reading."
•f Klrkus 14:330 Jl 15 '46 170w
"Miss Worthington keeps her melodrama
moving and one is always conscious of the
authenticity of the background, even when the
excess bric-a-brac threatens to trip the char-
acters. . . If you'll sacrifice emotion for sensa-
tion and full-depth characterizations for sur-
face types, this Is your book." Anne Richards
4. — N Y Time* p!4 3 22 '46 360w
"Not essential, but pleasant, easy reading for
grades 3 and 4."
Booklist 43:76 N 1 '46
"A good homey idea marred by sticky sen-
timentality. This time the too high standards
for little girls set by the heroine smacks of
old time Sunday School library fare. . . Good,
solid house stuff and family stuff in the strug-
gles to repair the home, to farm the place and
meet the mortgage payments."
h Kirkus 14:386 Ag 15 '46 120w
"Background and dialog are authentic, but
the story is somewhat marred by sentimentali-
ty. It is less of a mystery story than the
title would indicate, but the book is a good
family story. Recommended for girls from
10-12." M. M. Smith
H Library J 71:1468 O 15 '46 70w
"Little girls from 8 to 11 will be pleased
with this story of Judy and her family and
the secret hiding place whose location Judy
wouldn't share even with her best friend will
satisfy the demand for the mysterious. Also
Margaret Ayer's black and white illustrations
add charm and appeal to the story." Josephine
Greisberg
-f- San Francisco Chronicle pO N 10 '46
250w
"Frances Wright has told it all so vividly
that one feels sure one would recognize the
Sampey Place. The illustrations are as sym-
pathetically handled as the story itself."
Marian King
•4- Sat R of Lit 29:50 N 9 '46 140w
WRIGHT. JOHN LLOYD. My father who is
on earth. 195p il $3.60 Putnam
B or 92 Wright, Frank Lloyd 46-2112
Rambling, unconventional reminiscences by
the son of a famous father, set down in an
attempt to produce "an unconventional por-
trait of an unconventional man."
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
911
1 'This is an anecdotal reminiscence of Amer-
ica's chief living genius by his son — short,
unconventional amusing: and on the whole
revealing1." Lloyd Lewis
~f Book Week p4 Mr 31 '46 700w
Reviewed by Howard Devree
— NY Times p40 Mr 24 '46 360w
"This is simply a garland of fleeting, and
quite misty, impressions. There is a portrait
of a man somewhere in these talky pages, but
whether the egocentric, magnetic, frenetic,
and erratic character, half sage, half satyr,
with which we are presented is Frank Lloyd
Wright is hard to tell. The author is, further-
more, given to coy conceits of style that do not
help his project."
New Yorker 22:119 Ap 13 '46 90w
"There is ample material for a book in the
life of Prank Lloyd Wright. This particular
one is a collection of first-hand notes that ap-
pear to go no deeper than the surface. The
reader will enjoy the anecdotes and be amused
at some of the recollections, but he will not
get a glimpse of the real character. Frank
Lloyd Wright is more than something to shoot
barbs at. It seems a pity that the son should
have found it necessary to concentrate on
minor matters and have failed to use his
unusual opportunities to present to us details
in the life of his father that would eventually
have helped in realizing a true picture of a
great man." E. J. Kahn
— -f Sat R of Lit 29:52 Ap 13 '46 700w
"One would dismiss this entire volume with
a raised eyebrow at its ridiculous and tasteless
title but for the fact that, whether consciously
or not, it manages to throw ridicule on a man
of very great talent. It is quite possible that
Wright was something of a problem -fat her,
and it is believable that he was difficult about
money when his son worked with him as his
apprentice, but there is something in the un-
dertone of the account given here of the re-
lationship between the two men which sug-
gests disturbingly a need on the part of the
younger one to have his own back publicly,
at this rather late date. One would doubt
whether the man whom the author refers to
as 'Dad the Papa' will entirely relish the por-
trayal, and certainly his host of admirers will
not." Iris Barry
— Weekly Book Review p!4 Mr 31 '46
270w
WYTHE, QEORQE. Industry in Latin America.
371p $4 Columbia univ. press
338 Latin America — Industries and re-
sources A46-267
"The rising trend toward industry in Latin
America is carefully surveyed by country, in-
cluding Cuba, the Dominican republic, and
Haiti. More factual and inclusive but not less
readable than many of the good neighbor books
that came out during the war." (Booklist) In-
dex.
"The bulk of the volume deals with a more
detailed treatment of the separate countries.
The usefulness of the volume would be con-
siderably increased if it had some maps,
graphs, and additional tables; it would also
be helpful, for purposes of citation, if the chap-
ters were numbered instead of being merely
given titles. These, after all, however, are
mechanical and very minor criticisms as com-
pared with the very solid worth of the study
that Mr. Wythe has written—a study that
leaves all those interested in Latin American
economics (which cannot be separated from
politics) in his debt." R. H. Fitzgibbon
4. _ Am Pol Scl R 40:388 Ap '46 480w
Booklist 42:179 F 1 '46
"Mr. Wythe, who has studied the pertinent
facts through years of residence in these coun-
tries, presents the first virtually complete pic-
ture of the whole situation. With a great
abundance of factual data, intelligently organ-
ized, he combines a cautious judgment as to the
possibility and desirability of further industrial-
ization. Actual development has gone farther
than many realize, and on the whole he takes
an optimistic view of its continuance."
-f Christian Century 63:179 F 6 '46 140w
"Earns an indispensable place on the book-
shelves of the meticulous student and the run-
ning reader. The sooner Norteamericanos
realize the fact that much of the rest of the
hemisphere is already beyond the banana-
republic stage, the better for Yanqui standards
of living."
-f- Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 23 '46
lOOw
Current Hist 10:256 Mr '46 50w
Foreign Affairs 24:563 Ap '46 20w
Reviewed by W. E. Rudolph
Qeog R 36:338 Ap T46 750w
"This is the best book in its field. . . The
book is characterized by the wealth of factual
material which it contains, including informa-
tion on wartime developments. Throughout,
the treatment is sympathetic to the theme of
industrialization. In the concluding chapter,
however, Wythe emphasizes that some of the
industrialization has been ill suited to the
particular economy in which it occured, with
resulting disadvantages to the competitive posi-
tion of basic Latin -American exports in world
markets. It is fitting that he ends on this
note, as too much of the literature on the
subject plays up only the rosy side of the pic-
ture." Virg-il Salera
-f J Pol Econ 54:563 D '46 700w
Library J 71:487 Ap 1 '46 40w
"His book is exhaustive without being te-
dious, and is sober, unrhetorical, and scrupu-
lously objective. Mr. Wythe does not concern
himself with politics, and his expressed in-
terest in foreign relations is confined to ques-
tions of international commerce. Nevertheless,
not merely because it is the first all-inclusive
effort of its kind but because it is so authori-
tative and exact, I recommend it to those who
support the liberal thesis." Ralph Bates
-f Nation 162:379 Mr 30 '46 270w
"It could be argued that Dr. Wythe's coun-
try-by- country analysis, which forms the big-
gest section of his book, might have benefited
by compressing much of the material into ta-
bles and pictorial devices. But that is very
much a matter of opinion. We now have, at
any rate, a first-rate summing up of Latin-
American industry, where none existed before."
E. B. Garside
-H — N Y Times p24 Ja 13 '46 550w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:38 Mr '46 180w
YAKHONTOFF, VICTOR A. USSR foreign pol-
icy. Slip $3.50 Coward-McCann
327.47 Russia— Foreign relations 45-10377
For descriptive note see Annual for 1946.
"This review of the foreign policy of the
Soviet government is written in a popular style,
which is good because it makes ft possible to
get a quick, overall picture of Russia's rela-
tions with other governments before, during
and since World War U. . . [Mr Yakhontoffl
presents Russia's views, and the book should
be read with that in mind."
H Current Hist 10:154 F '46 160w
Foreign Affairs 25:168 O '46 50w
"It is a good, if partisan, piece of work."
Denis Plimmer
-f*-_ Nation 162:404 Ap 6 '46 280w
"Since we are still too close to the events
leading up to World War II to hope for defini-
tive historical study, Yakhontofr's summary
of events and opinions will be welcomed by all
interested in international affairs as an aide
m^moire or an introduction to historical study.
The book contains an extensive index and a
practical bibliography of sources available in
most large libraries." H. L. Moore
Affalrt 19:llBB Mr '46 6$0w
912
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
YALE UNIVERSITY. Laboratory of ap-
plied physiology. School of alcohol studies.
Alcohol, science and society: twenty-nine
lectures with discussions as given at the Yale
summer school of alcohol studies. 473p $5
Quarterly Journal of studies on alcohol, 4
Hillhouse Av. Yale Station, New Haven,
Conn.
616.861 Alcoholism. Alcohol—Physiological
effect
"This book consists of 29 lectures, with dis-
cussions, as given at the Yale Summer School
of Alcohol Studies, and presents, in nontech-
nical language, the knowledge of 24 distin-
guished authorities on the problems of alcohol-
ism as they affect the individual and society."
School & Society
"This book is not only a symbol of a notable
academic contribution in a field of great sci-
entific and social importance but reveals the
strength and usefulness of collective effort to
explore and express all the truth that has been
established. The reading public should be very
wide." Haven Emerson
+ Am J Pub Health 36:1169 O '46 320w
Reviewed by L». Q. Brown
Am J Soc 51:579 My '46 420w
"The work represents a most useful and
authoritative body of material, much of which
is outstanding in originality and significance.
Particularly noteworthy are the discussions de-
livered by members of the 'Applied Physiology*
group of Yale, who are mainly responsible for
the experiment in integrated research and
clinical treatment in alcoholism now under way
at that institution." Niies Carpenter
4- Am Soc R 11:369 Je '46 1200w
"As a psychiatrist, this reviewer has found
the book well worth reading, even studying;
and it would seem that members of the other
professions and workers in the other human
sciences should find it equally so." J. A.
Kindwali
4- Ann Am Acad 243:186 Ja '46 550w
School &. Society 63:247 Ap 6 '46 90w
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:68 Mr '46 240w
"This book Is a good example of genuine
science and free discussion applied in a non-
technical manner to topics of great impor-
tance and almost universal interest." H. M.
Parshley
4- Weekly Book Review p20 F 3 '46 600w
YANG, MOU-CH'UN. A Chinese village; Taitou,
Shantung province. 275p $3 Columbia univ.
press
915.1144 Taitou, Shantung province. Social
surveys. China — Social life and customs
A45-4581
For descriptive note see Annual for 1945.
Reviewed by M. P. Redfleld
Am J Soc 61:502 Mr '46 600w
"The outstanding qualities of the work that
cannot fail to strike any reader are the fullness
of its data and thoroughness of its treatment.
The data are minutely observed and carefully
integrated together. No element of the culture
of the community is simply enumerated; it is
always seen in the light of its significance in
the life of the community as a whole. The vil-
lage literally lives before the eyes of the reader.
The whole book gives evidence to the author's
mastery of the scientific approach in an-
thropology. . . Dr. Yang's work is an important
addition to the shelves of the anthropologist,
the sociologist and the lay reader." F. L. K.
Hsu
•f Am Soc R 11:773 D '46 460w
Reviewed by H. C. Ix>h
Ann Am Acad 244:206 Mr '46 270w
Foreign Affairs 24:360 Ja '46 lOw
"Everything of interest to a sociologist or a
S^L°fUS S tudent ,°f modern China, but some-
what P«** layman."
"The book is written in clear and easily read-
able style. It deals with practically all the im-
portant phases of social life in the village.
There is no indication that the author has tried
to whitewash the situation. As a matter of fact,
superstitious practices and outmoded customs
are described with candor and straightforward-
ness. On the whole, the study is of unquestion-
.
able value because, essentially, Taitou is a
typical Chinese village. This being the case,
its analysis provides the reader with a basic
knowledge of the social organization of China
and gives him an insight into her problems of
rural rehabilitation. A Chinese Village is one
of the best books about China published in the
English language." Cheng Ch'eng-k'un
-f- Social Forces 24:474 My '46 900w
"Here is a description of the author's own
village, covering individual, family, neighbor-
hood, and community aspects, written with
frankness, honesty, and without pretense. In-
terpretation is left largely to the reader, but
tho basis for interpretation is clear. The
author's own conclusion about the basic unit
for progressive community development is
sound and could only be made by one thor-
oughly familiar with Chinese villages and mar-
ket towns. In other words, one finds for the
subjects described, most of the answers for the
inquiring mind. . . An excellent index makes
possible easy reference to any subject per-
taining to rural village life." J. L». Buck
-f Survey 82:126 Ap '46 250 w
Reviewed by Eleanor Lattimore
Weekly Book Review p!9 Mr 3 '46 400w
YARWOOD, J. High vacuum technique: theory,
practice, industrial applications and prop-
erties of materials. 2d ed ;40p il $2.75 Wiley
[12s 6d Chapman]
533 Vacuum [45-10459]
"Printed in Great Britain in 1945. This work
has been expanded some thirty pages over the
first edition published in 1943. The new ma-
terial deals with the performance of vacuum
pumps, the construction of vacuum systems,
pumping speeds, and developments in the
measuring- of low pressures. The bibliography,
which has been increased to six and a half
pages, is a comprehensive list of the more im-
portant papers on vacuum practice." N Y New
Tech Bks
It is a pleasure to open this neat little book
and find on every page a concise formula or
table or a well-drawn illustration. In 129 pages
of text the author describes all the better-
«£°r^ nacliuni P«mPs and gages and provides
an excellent chapter on pump speeds and an-
othgr on 'The Properties of Materials Important
m Vacuum Technique.' He attempts with mod-
erate success a chapter on high vacuum in in-
dustry. Here, as elsewhere in the book, sci-
6 Inter-
n
+ Chem & Eng N 24:1850 Jl 10 '46 500w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:763 My 15 '46 50w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:31 Ap '46
YATES, DORNFORD. See Mercer, C. W.
YATES, RAYMOND FRANCIS. The weather
for a hobby. 172p il $2.75 Dodd wea*ner
551.5 Meteorology. Weather forecasting
46-4032
Frac*icalJruideor *• layman who wants to
and careful
ful analysis." B. B. Swing P
Social Educ 10:236 My '4? BOOw
iness of forecasting; Veathef maps?
Book Week p!4 My 19 '46 90w
Booklist 42:313 Je 1 '46
llent practical hobby book."
4- Library J 71:982 Jl '46 70w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
913
N Y New Tech Bks 31:60 Jl '46
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 Ag 4 '46
60w
"The book presents the weather as a fine
excuse to make a whole series of elaborate
meteorological instruments — remote control
thermometers, barometers that use mineral oil.
electrical weather vanes that use distributors,
and gasoline gauges from ancient automobiles,
not to mention gramme rings and wheatstone
bridges and what not. All of which has its
place, no doubt. The present reviewer, how-
ever, makes the weather his hobby. The near-
est chimney offers an excellent weather vane,
and the daily weather map gives twenty times
the information on the weather that Mr.
Yates's instruments do. The sketchy sections
devoted to the weather itself in the book are,
as might be expected, mere lip service to the
title, and, aside from being inadequate, are
often inaccurate or ambiguous." E. T. Canby
— Sat R of Lit 29:10 Ag 3 '46 320w
Reviewed by James Stokley
4- Weekly Book Review p50 My 19 '46
120w
YATES, RAYMOND FRANCIS. The working
electron; an introduction to electronics. 247p
il $2.50 Harper
621.38 Electronics 46-4911
"Not a popular book for amateurs but a
practical first course in electronics for the
advanced amateur. Theory of electronics and
applications in industry from electric eye to
radar. Use of electronics in production control,
high-frequency heating, plastic welding, biology,
medicine, supersonics, chemistry, geology, geo-
physics and art. Two hundred and forty-seven
uses are cited including that of photocells for
burglary protection. First book on subject
which clearly defines Edgerton's high-speed
photography, Slack's microsecond electronic
photography and other applications in photog-
raphy. Tells how to make a vacuum pump and
other apparatus. Clearly written with 150
drawings and photographs." (Library J) No
index.
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
"A good book for advanced amateurs. . .
Good college and library material, but not for
the browser."
-f Kirkus 14:88 F 15 '46 130w
Reviewed by L. A. Eales
Library J 71:757 My 15 '46 150w
" 'The Working Electron' contains relatively
little of the fundamental theory required for a
full understanding, but that can be found in
other works. Mr. Yates's book is, however,
notable for the detailed descriptions of practical
applications of electronics. There are many
experiments that can be performed with simple
equipment, and which he fully describes, so the
book is an ideal one for the young man, or
woman, who is clever with his hands and wants
to get a first-hand practical acquaintance with
how electrons work." James Stokley
Weekly Book Review p!8 Ag 4 '46 140w
YAUKEY, MRS GRACE (SYDENSTRICKER)
(CORNELIA SPENCER, pseud). Made in
India; the story of India's people and of their
gifts to the world; il. by Allen Lewis. 203p
$3 Knopf
915.4 India— Civilization 46-2285
"A much-needed book about the people of
India, showing how their culture has influenced
the culture of the world. Not as simply
planned as Made In China, it leaves a reader,
meeting for the first time the movements of
the people, the philosophical developments, the
political changes, the development of caste,
the present-day disagreements, slightly be-
wildered." (Library J) Index.
Book Week p!6 Je 2 '46 200w
Booklist 42:284 My 1 '46
"This very helpful aid to better understand-
ing of Far Eastern problems is a finely made
book with colored plates and line drawings in
full harmony with Indian art." A. M. Jordan
+ Horn Bk 22:273 Jl '46 90w
Kirkus 14:176 Ap 1 '46 80w
"There is a good index, but good map would
help. Recommended." Ruth McBvoy
+ Library J 71:589 Ap 16 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by Jean Bothwell
N Y Times p30 My 5 '46 210w
Reviewed by R. A. Hill
Sat R of Lit 29:30 Jl 13 '46 270w
"The book can give not only high school boys
and girls but many intelligent adults a good
general idea of India's gifts to the world. It
is simply worded and beautifully printed, so
that no strain falls on the eyes."
-f Weekly Book Review p9 My 19 '46
350w
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
YEATS, JOHN BUTLER. J. B. Yeats letters
to his son, W. B. Yeats, and others, 1869-
1922; ed. with a memoir by Joseph Hone;
pref. by Oliver Elton. 304p il $4 Dutton
B or 92 46-6688
Letters written over a period of nearly fifty
years by the father of William Butler Yeats,
to his famous son and others. They provide a
picture of life in Ireland during the years 1869-
1922. Index.
"These letters are so stimulating that one
sits, pencil in hand, making frequent under-
linmgs. They are the observations of a good
man, a sound artist and critic, a rich mind, a
responsive heart. And the style almost brings
back the living voice of an eager conversation-
alist." Robert Hillyer
-f Atlantic 178:182 D '46 600w
Reviewed by Kenneth Rockwell
Book Week p3 O 20 '46 320w
"The period covered by the letters saw the
flowering- of the Anglo-Irish literary movement
of which William Butler Yeats was one of the
chief figures, and their publication is therefore
of great importance. But one finishes reading
the book with the feeling that it has another
and equally strong claim for attention, the self-
portrait it paints of John Butler Yeats himself.
Aged but never old, scornful of ambition, opti-
mistic, witty, wise, he is a delightful and lovable
personality. . . One must admit that he had
a bias against the Catholic Church, particularly
the Irish Catholic, which is hardly understand-
able in a person who once had leanings towards
it but . . . certainly this attitude should not
keep any Catholic from reading his book." Helen
Landreth
-f- Cath World 164:276 D '46 600w
"There is a good deal of outright embarras-
sing philosophical confusion in these letters —
Yeats was hardly a success as a systematic
critic— but the delightful intimacy of his style
and the consistent excellence of his taste would
recommend them to anyone who is like Yeats
in loving literature for its own sake." Jacob
Bean
Commonweal 45:96 N 8 '46 1760w
"Delightful reading."
4- Kirkus 14:442 S 1 '46 120w
"For general purchase." K. T. Willis
-f Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 lOOw
Reviewed by O. S. Gogarty
N Y Times p34 O 20 '46 960w
"J. B. Yeats was, by all accounts, a really
fine conversationalist, and his letters, which
read just like talk, show him at his best-
humorous, gossipy, alert to everything going on
around him, and gently philosophical."
+ New Yorker 22:134 O 19 '46 lOOw
San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 10 '46
80w
Reviewed by M. M. Colum
Sat R of Lit 29:16 N 9 '46 1360w
Reviewed by Padraic Colum
-f- Weekly Book Review p3 O 13 '46 1250w
Wis Lib Bui 42:167 D '46
YERBY, FRANK Q. Foxes of Harrow. 684p $8
Dial press
46-25030
Romance, historical detail, and a handsome
robust hero, are combined in this novel of
914
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
YERBY, F. G. — Continued
Louisiana from 1825 to Civil war days. In It
Stephen Fox rises from poverty to great
wealth, establishes a vast plantation with a
forty-room mansion, and founds a family. But
In the end the great house at Harrow is in
ruins, and Stephen in his old age is thinking
"I will have to begin again."
"Actually, Frank Yerby has peculiar qualifi-
cations for the kind of story with which he
has elected to make his literary bow— a^ flair
for color, an air of easy abandon, the ability
to live in the moment and to create characters
that live in the moment, a touch of very ele-
mentary magic. The chances are that if he
keeps at it he will bring new blood and a
flush of new vitality to a slightly worn and
inbred form of story- telling." Arna Bon temps
Book Week pi F 10 '46 1250w
Booklist 42:214 Mr 1 '46
"if anything, there is too much material in
the book, but it is well managed, with a
breathless but lucid rapidity in the action. It
could not have been hard to find the material;
for, in essence, it is stock of many a Southern
novel. But intimate knowledge of the locale
and a study of the times have been employed
in the use of it; together with imagination,
the ability to create clearly defined characters,
a lush, full-bodied style; and, quite naturally.
considering Stephen Fox, more than a touch
of melodrama." W. K. R.
-i Christian Science Monitor p!4 F 16 '46
650w
Kirkus 14:19 Ja 15 '46 llOw
"A lot of history is used as cement. Popular
in appeal." M. H. McEl fresh
Library J 71:281 F 15 '46 90w
"Here is a good, old-fashioned, obese his-
torical novel of the Old South that seems, more
than once, to be haunted by the affluent ghost
of Scarlett O'Hara. . . Frank Yerby, who won
an O. Henry Memorial Award for a short story
last year, is a former student at Fisk Uni-
versity. In this, his first novel, one might have
hoped for the ideological intensity of, say,
Howard Fast's 'Freedom Road,' and, indeed,
there are some sympathetic evidences of the
Negro's deep resentment against slavery. Mr.
Yerby has chosen, however, to concentrate on
a conventional historical narrative of passion-
ate amours and gentlemanly swordplay." Rich-
ard Match
N Y Times p8 F 10 '46 320w
"Mr. Yerby has packed everything in — pas-
sion, politics, Creole society, sex, the clash of
races, and war — but he never captures the
faintest flutter of the breath of life."
New Yorker 21:96 F 0 '46 120w
"The book rings throughout with colorful
passions and the words to match. It is not a
historical novel — for that must have some
reality in it — but it is a good example of the
technicolored fantasies that have been passing
as such of late." N. L». Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:38 F 23 '46 320w
"Mr. Yerby's writing often has color and hia
book does move; he can do a scene that
crackles, when he seta his mind to it. One
difficulty is that he has crammed in so much
plot that he seems never able to do a real
development of his people or his theme. . .
This nrst novel indicates that Mr. Yerby has
talent, a way with words. He needs, primarily,
restraint — a firmer hand on the reins, or at
least an editor with decision and a ready blue-
pencil for the overflamboyant. It may not be
the author's fault that the book is badly
proofread and replete with unorthodox punc-
tuation " IT. T. Kane
Weekly Book Review p8 F 24 '46 550w
and followed by a bibliography of some two
hundred titles. Chronological in arrangement,
beginning with the Reformation, continuing
with first the rise of capitalism and then the
economic ethics of contemporary churches, an
entire additional chapter being devoted to the
church in two World Wars." (Library J) Bib-
liography. Index.
"For the most part, the book is objective and
with no marked bias. However, there are no
startling or remarkable conclusions. . , But
occasionally the picture is presented as if it
were the world on the one side versus the
church and religion on the other. That makes
for clear reading, but does not help us to under-
stand the essential relations in the interaction
pattern, the deep underlying conflicts within
the institutions and personalities involved.
However, this book is worth while, and has
brought together in synthesis a great deal of
excellent material." R. H. Abrams
H Ann Am Acad 246:166 Jl '46 500w
"The title of this book should properly be,
'The Western Church in the Struggle for
Power,' for the author concerns himself almost
exclusively with the Roman Catholic Church and
with Protestantism. The Eastern Orthodox
church which claims a goodly quarter of the
total of Christians in the world, is only briefly
mentioned and then only in passing. This
criticism in no wise affects this reviewer's
general judgment that we have here an ex-
cellent study in the sociology of religion, done
with meticulous care and devoted scholarship
and projected in highly readable style. . . The
professional sociologist will, I believe, find this
study a little masterpiece in its particular genre,
and the busy parish parson will want to give
it a place of honor on his shelf and to consult
it often." K. M. Chworowsky
H Christian Century 63:1341 N 6 '46 700w
"Of only limited appeal in a small or general
library, especially because of the theological
and philosophical concepts used in the two
chapters which precede the actual presentation
of the author's thesis/' L. R. Miller
Library J 70:1189 D 15 '45 140w
Reviewed by Albert Gu^rard
Nation 163:299 S 14 '46 2550w
YOSELOFF, MARTIN. No greener meadows;
11. by Jeanne Tallec. 159p $2 Ackerman
818 46-18739
Memories of the author's childhood spent in
Iowa in the middle twenties. It is a record of
a constant fight against poverty, made endur-
able by a loving and gentle mother, whose in-
stincts for homemaking surmounted all diffi-
culties.
Book Week p2 S 8 '46 llOw
"The salient and important formative events
of the author's Jowan childhood, in an adult
tempoed chain of memory, that, though slight,
is not without some pathos."
-f Kirkus 14:265 Je 1 '46 120w
"It is a good record — honest, optimistic,
curiously vivid, deeply American." M. G. Davis
+ Sat R of Lit 29:38 Jl 27 '46 700w
"It is difficult to write engagingly and with-
out condescension of youth, particularly one's
own youth, but Martin Yoseloff has accom-
plished it in a charming little legend of his own
boyhood." I/. S. Munn
-f Sprfngf'd Republican p8 Ag 8 '46 300w
Reviewed by Paul Corey
Weekly Book Review p30 S 29 '46 360w
YINGER. JOHN MILTON. Religion in the
struggle for power; a study in the sociology
of religion. 275p $3 Duke univ. press [16s 6d
Cambridge]
261 Religion and sociology. Church and
social problems 46-3047
''A scholarly treatment of the sociology of
religion (the extent to which organized Chris-
tianity has .changed society and vice versa) full
of well-documented quotations and annotations,
YOUNG, BARBARA. Puppet man, and other
stories; pictures by Mary Barton, 11 Ip $2
Reynal
A collection of stories to be read to chil-
dren. Some of the stories break into rhyme
at times. A brief introduction explains how
children have reacted to their telling.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
915
"Anyone working* with groups of children
will find this a particularly effective collec-
tion. Mary Barton's black and white and full-
color pictures are delightful."
-f Book Week p!8 N 10 '46 80w
"The variety is wide, the approach is en-
tirely quiet, and they all can be used in group
work easily. The black and white, and full
color pictures by Mary Barton, have a lively,
decorative effect. A rather special type of
story book, that should be available to the
next older reading level."
-H Kirkus 14:345 Ag 1 '46 lOOw
"Quiet, sensitive stories with littie action
or plot or robust humor. Each one takes a
child or group of children through some more
or less ordinary experiences touched with the
quiet magic of the understanding author."
M B. Snow
-f- Library J 71:1630 N 15 '46 70w
"This very fine collection of short stories
and verse for the 6-to-9-year-olds contains
something for almost every mood." R. A.
Gordon
4- N Y Times p22 D 8 '46 140w
Weekly Book Review p38 N 10 '46 230w
YOUNG, CLARENCE BERNARD FEHRLER,
and COONS, KENNETH WILLIAM. Surface
active agents; theoretical aspects and appli-
cations. 381p il $6 Chemical pub. co.
660.153 Surface tension. Chemistry, Tech-
nical 46-427
"This book was written to present informa-
tion as to origin, effects and utilization of
surface tension phenomena in a diversity of
industrial fields. Part I is devoted to a dis-
cussion of the theory of surface tension, its
determination and the structure of wetting
agents and specific surface tension agents.
Part II covers such topics as emulsions, metal
cleaning, cosmetics, leather, flotation, inks,
textiles, cutting oils, adhesives, foods, lubrica-
tion and soldering." Am Chem Soc J
"This rather high-priced book may be of
value to someone who wants to get a quick
survey of the fields discussed, but anyone who
is interested in their fundamentals will not
get what he has been looking for." E. A.
Hauser
Am Chem Soc J 68:538 Mr '46 330w
"A substantial amount of the material is
taken verbatim from other textbooks and pub-
lished articles readily available. It is to be
regretted that the authors used more space in
this book describing the various methods of
measurement of surface tension, including
some unorthodox ones, than in presenting the
modus operand! of surface-active agents. . .
There are many formulas given throughout the
various chapters dealing with the use of sur-
face-active agents in the specific Industries.
However, these formulas have only limited
value. . . While the above may sound critical,
there are corresponding good points to balance
them. The list of surf ace -active agents is the
most complete and up-to-date list the writer
knows of. . . This is the first book that has
attempted to put this all together and, in spite
of omissions, it is a worthwhile addition to
anyone's chemical library." W. H. Stahl
H Chem & Eng N 24:982 Ap 10 '46 450w
"Chief merits of the book lie in the fact
that considerable material has been assembled
and is presented on a subject of ever-growing
importance. The few typographical errors are
merely disconcerting. Some aspects are over-
emphasized while others are slighted. There
should have been some discussion of the soap
industry. On the whole, however, workers
among the hydrophilic and hydrophobic group*
cannot afford to overlook the possibility that
the book may contain a suggestion or key to
solve a perplexing problem."
+ — Chem A Met Eng 53:293 Ap '46 250w
Library 4 71:347 Mr 1 '48 120w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:14 Ja '46
YOUNG, FRANCIS BRETT. The island. 451p
$3.50 Farrar, Straus [12s 6d; ltd ed 258
Heinemann]
821 Great Britain— -History—Poetry 46-22524
Long narrative poem, or collection of poems,
describing the evolution of England from the
geological convulsions of her birth, to the
present.
"It, like 'Poly-Olbion,' is a work of love,
patience and learning; it is organized with all
the skill that a trained novelist can muster;
it is an interesting, slanted history of England,
and but for some passages of sweetness, it is
hardly poetry at all." Leo Kennedy
+ Book Week p7 D 29 '46 240w
Reviewed by Basil de Se"lincourt
Manchester Guardian p3 D 6 '44 470w
Reviewed by Stephen Spender
New Statesman & Nation 29:29 Ja 13
'45 240w
"To actualize England's geological birth, Mr.
Young has used the epic style; ballad to tell
us her legends; monologue or dialogue for the
more dramatic historical scenes, and lyrics to
express the moods of the countryside. More.
over, the author has cleverly put most of his
monologues and dialogues into the mouths of
soldiers, or country folk commenting upon the
immediate events of history, and has thus
given us that history and the native character
at the same time. But, in spite of this amal-
gamation, the book is much too long. Mr.
Young has expressed the important aspects of
England, but he has not been sufficiently se-
lective: the effect of one passage is lost amid
the indiscriminate multitude of others." Mary-
Barbara Kauffman
H NY Times p30 N 24 '46 650w
"I shall be surprised if The Island finds
much favour among our younger intellectuals,
a deprivation which I fancy Mr. Brett Young
will bear with equanimity. I doubt if it wifl
find much favour either among the seekers
after 'pure poetry.' whatever that may mean.
But among the simpler and less sophisticated
souls (and I write this with no sarcastic in-
tent) it may well find very great favour indeed.
I hope especially that it may attract the notice
of the B.B.C.. since the more stirring or
emotional passages are perfectly adapted to
decoy those listeners who think they 'do not
like poetry,' or who consent to like poetry only
when quite sure that they know what it is
about." V. Sackville-West
Spec 173:510 D 1 '44 700w
Times [London] Lit Sup p592 D 9 '44
1200w
"While 'The Island' is conceived on a vast
scale, the execution falls unhappily short of
full realization. . . There are echoes of such
diverse poets as Coleridge and Pope; there are
interludes that sing, in the summer of Spenser
and Milton and Wordsworth, of England's
rivers, her flowers, and her 'names on the
land.' Yet the verse and the vision are finally
confined, ironically, by the very limitations of
which Mr. Young is most proud — the insular
limitations shared by Britain and the British
imagination. 'The Island/ like the island, is
honest, fair, energetic, virtuous; it is also
frequently pedestrian, dull, sentimental, smug."
Hiram Haydn
Weekly Book Review p!8 D 8 '46 650w
YOUNG, VICTOR JAY. Understanding micro-
waves. 385p il $6 Rider. J. P.
621.384151 Radio— Short wave 46-4909
"Dr. Young of Sperry Gyroscope Research
Laboratory has written a book on hyper-fre-
quency radio to aid those not familiar with
radio waves shorter than 10 centimeters used
in microwave developments during the last five
years. Last section is devoted to detailed de-
scriptions of terms, concepts and theorems used
in microwave communication and radar." Li-
brary J
Booklist 43:66 N 1 *46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:768 My 15 '46 70w
N Y New T«ch Bks SI: 29 Ap '46
916
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ZABRISKIE. EDWARD HENRY. American-
Russian rivalry in the Far East; a study in
diplomacy and power politics, 1895-1914. 226p
$3.50 Univ. of Pa. press
327.73 U.S.— Foreign relations—Russia. Rus-
sia—Foreign relations— U.S. Eastern ques-
tion (Far East) 46-1314
"The 'traditional friendship* (such as it was)
between Russia and the United States began
to be eclipsed by a conflict of interests in east
Asia when the terms of peace were being
drawn up at the end of the Chinese-Japanese
war of 1895. . . The history of Russian -Ameri-
can relations down to 1914 and 4The failure
of dollar diplomacy' (the title of the last chap-
ter) is for the first time written in full on
the basis of, and with copious quotations from,
official documents only recently made avail-
able to students." (Christian Century) Bib-
liography. Index.
Reviewed by R. A. Norem
Am Pol Sci R 40:612 Je '46 230w
"This is a book to study, not to read. It Is
a carefully documented record of American-
Russian rivalry for predominance in Manchuria,
and inferentially in the whole of China." C. A.
Buss
+ Ann Am Acad 247:190 S '46 400w
Reviewed by J. T. Frederick
Book Week p2 Mr 3 '46 90w
"The book lays a good foundation for the un-
derstanding of later and present events in the
Far East.*'
+ Christian Century 63:307 Mr 6 f46 280w
Foreign Affairs 24:562 Ap '46 20w
Reviewed by Denis Plimmer
Nation 162:403 Ap 6 '46 650w
"This book would have been both more inter-
esting and more valuable had it more fully
taken into consideration the reasons that led
to the clash of Russian-American interests in
Asia." F. R. Dulles
Pol Sci Q 61:465 S '46 380w
"In spite of painstaking examination of the
records, Mr. Zabriskie has not unearthed any
facts which materially modify the interpreta-
tion set forth in earlier treatments of this
same period. . . The importance of economic
investments and the role of public opinion in
influencing national policy are both almost
completely ignored. It is only fair to emphasize
that Professor Zabriskie makes no claims for
presenting anything other than the diplomatic
record, but the result of such an approach to
international relations is none the less far
from satisfactory. Diplomacy does not operate
in a vacuum, and to treat it as if it did is to
give an incomplete and sometimes misleading
picture of actual events." F. R. Dulles
Sat R of Lit 29:26 Je S '46 lOOOw
"The author relies heavily upon the cor-
respondence of key diplomatic personalities
to trace the trend of international politics in
the Far East during the two decades prior to
World War I. This approach tends to humanize
the story and broaden its popular appeal with-
out sacrificing historical accuracy."
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:136 Je '46 320w
his estimates of the importance of intelligence
and psychological warfare. . . He makes no
mention of FELO, which waged psychological
warfare against Japan in the Southwest Pa-
cific. He gives only passing mention to the
OWI-PW combat team which did a lot of im-
portant pioneering in Burma. He ignores the
very fine basic plans for psychological war-
fare against Japan which were conceived and
put into effect by Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers
on MacArthur's staff. But Zacharias has writ-
ten what is undoubtedly the best account of
the means by which the U.S. Navy gradually
acquired an intelligence service and the use
it made, often against its will, of that service.
It is the finest factual story yet to come out
of the war of how psychology can be used,
as well as brute force, in forcing an enemy to
capitulate." F. S. Marquardt
H -- Book Week pi D 22 '46 850w
Booklist 43:129 Ja 1 '47
"The book is primarily a narrative, often
prolix, sometimes hortatory, never uninterest-
ing:, occasionally a little frightening. . . As a
historical document it is one of the best of the
items from which the story of the war will
ultimately be written, and one can only trust
that the captain's estimate of the future of
Japan is not too prophetic." Fletcher Pratt
_j -- NY Times p6 D 29 '46 1050w
"An interesting and lively book, but the
reader should beware of its oversimpliflca-
'_ New Yorker 22:97 D 21 '46 140w
Time 48:91 D 23 '46 800w
"Lively and entertaining reading. It comes
up to the expectations of any movie fan as
a thriller in the tradition of what may be ex-
pected of a career in espionage. But it suffers
from an overemphasis on » the personal ac-
complishments of the author, who looked upon
the war with Japan from a limited angle."
_j -- Weekly Book Review p2 D 16 '46 1200w
ZACHAROFF, LUCIEN, ed. Vital problems of
air commerce. 338p $3 Essential bks.
387.7 Aeronautics, Commercial 46-25217
"This symposium by 31 air- transport
specialists was based upon informal talks pre-
sented at the New York Board of Trade. The
speakers included L. W. Pogue of the Civil
Aeronautics Board, Jack Nichols of TWA, W.
T. Piper and Rear Admiral Rosendahl. The
problems treated covered American air policy,
airport developments, overseas air commerce
and coordination of activities. Discussions of
the latter frequently came close to advocating
monopoly, although the speakers disclaimed
any desire to adopt such venal policies." (New
Repub) No index.
Reviewed by Q. A. Scheuer
Book Week pl6 D 1 '46 190w
Booklist 42:361 Jl 15 '46
Kirkus 14:142 Mr 15 '46 120w
"Recommended to supplement organized sur-
veys of the subject." Walter Hausdorfer
4- Library J 71:484 Ap 1 '46 140w
New Repub 115:110 Ji 29 '46 80w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:35 Jl '46
ZACHARIAS, ELLIS MARK. Secret missions;
the story of an intelligence officer. 433p $3.75
Putnam
?J0.548673 Secret service— U.S. World war.
1939*1945— Secret service 46-8310
"In 1020, Captain Zacharias, U.S.N., went
to Japan for the express purpose of learning
as much as possible about the Japanese people
and of learning the Japanese language. As-
fligped to Naval intelligence for 25 years he
tells of spies and counterspies, elucidates the
5lt5S»5f ?£ the «La*?aa?se ^Inds* code, and
describes the psychological warfare of propa-
ganda broadcasts. Much of the book reads
like an adventure story/' (Booklist) Index.
"Like all men who believe strongly in a
cause, Zachariaa probably goes overboard in
ZARA, LOUIS. Ruth Middleton. 435p $3 Crea-
tive age
46-4176
Long biographical novel about an ordinary,
middle class girl, born in a midwestern city in
1887. The book begins literally with Ruth
Middleton's conception and charts her course
of life up to the dawn of her young womanhood.
In telling Ruth's story, the author also gives a
picture of the social life and customs of that
time.
' 'Louis Zara's latest book is a novel, but I
prefer to consider it as an especially fine biog-
raphy. To me, this is very near the highest
possible praise for a work of fiction." Harry
Barnard
-f Book Week p3 My 26 '46 450w
Booklist 42:349 Jl 1 '46
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
917
"On the whole ._ -
of youth — tender and
a clinical tone that is _ a.
4. _ N Y Times p!8 Je 2 '46 240w
Reviewed by N. L. Rothman
Sat R of Lit 29:38 Je 22 '46 300w
"Though we follow Ruth's childhood and
adolescent experiences with genuine interest
through the course of this long novel about her,
we never, really, despite Mr. Zara's untiring
efforts, get emotionally inside her. We believe
and accept and enjoy, but we are never fused
into participation in 'Ruth Middleton.' By so
much is Mr. Zara's novel, for all its innumer-
able objective virtues, of lesser stature than it
might have been." F. H. Bullock
-| weekly Book Review p!2 Je 2 '46 800w
ZERN, EDWARD GEARY. To hell with fish-
ing. See Webster. H. T.
ZERN, EDWARD GEARY. To hell with hunt-
ing; il. by the author. 99p $2.50 Appleton-Cen-
tury
799.2 Hunting Agr46-340
Companion volume to To Hell with Fishing
by H. T. Webster and the author. In the pres-
ent volume Mr Zern takes pot shots at hunters
and hunting, and has drawn ^his own Illustra-
tions.
"What Ed Zern will write next is anyone's
guess, including, probably, Ed Zern's, but if
it is anywhere near as funny as the present
book, it will be the comedy caper of its season.
Meanwhile 'To Hell with Hunting* Is easily
this year's most hilarious book, whether you
hunt mallards or play contract." Leo Kennedy
4- Book Week p!9 N 24 '46 290w
"A good bet in sections devoted to humor —
and sporting books."
-4- Klrkus 14:533 O 15 '46 90w
"This latest zany by Zern has some flashes
of genuine humor but taken as a whole is too
erratic and too full of puns, some so strained
as to cause considerable pain to the reader."
Stanleigh Arnold
San Francisco Chronicle p3 D 1 '46
lOOw
Weekly Book Review p38 N 17 '46
180w
ZHABOTINSKII, VLADIMIR EVGEN'EVICH.
Story of the Jewish legion; tr. by Samuel
Katz; with a foreword by John Henry Patter-
son. 191p $3 Ackerman
940.415 Great Britain. Army. Jewish legion.
European war, 1914-1918— -Jews 46-1925
Reminiscences of Vladimir Jabotinsky. one
of the founders and officers of the Jewish Le-
gion, which fought with the British In Turkey
during World war I. It is also the story of
the Legion and of the author's contribution to
it. Glossary. Index.
" 'The Story of the Jewish Legion* is an in-
teresting historical document in spite of its
polemic character of the I-toId-you-so variety.
It tells a story of a tight against the lack of
understanding on the part of the British, and
cowardice on the part of certain Jewish cir-
cles who feared the idea of a Jewish army as a
threat to their policy of assimilation. . . In
view of the events in World War n Jabotin-
sky's book becomes very timely. It shows that
facts change rapidly, but attitudes linger much
longer." Mendel Kochanski
•f Book Week p!8 Mr 31 '46 400w
Foreign Affairs 25:345 Ja '47 40w
"A personal memoir which catches the es-
sence of a national movement. . . The transfor-
mation of the Whitechapel tailors' Into an
army, the mobilization of the Palestinian volun-
teers, and the analysis of British politics make
fascinating reading." Charlotte Littnan
-f- Sprlngf'd Republican p4d Ap 14 '46
470w
ZIFF, WILLIAM BERNARD. Rape Of Pales-
tine, reprint 118p pa $1 Argus
296 Palestine — Politics and government.
Palestine — Jewish -Arab problem. Manda-
tory governments. Jews in Palestine
46-7438
"The Jewish side of the Palestine question,
indicating Britain as afraid of a Jewish state
In the Middle East. Published in 1937 with
voluminous documentation from British docu-
ments which is omitted in this smaller edi-
tion." (Booklist) For earlier edition see Book
Review Digest, 1938.
Am J Soc 52:382 Ja '47 lOw
Booklist 43:87 N 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor p!6 O 3 '46
330w
"The title is the weather vane that indicates
the direction of the gusty winds of the book.
It Is definitely belligerent, blindly pro-Zionist,
and peevishly anti-British. . . These are
perilous times. This book is calculated to stir
up the hatred of the unthinking mob, to im-
plant in the minds of many a fixed idea that
is unworkable in this world of affairs, and
thus to aid in bringing about a still greater
tragedy to world Jewry- Far wiser, though
less clamorous, has been the quiet council of
many Jews in Britain and America." L G.
Matthews
Crozer Q 24:67 Ja '47 1500w
"This book is dynamite today and well de-
serves reissue. . . In an epilogue (not in
original text) he discusses the Jewish con-
tribution to the war — and brings evidence to
bear to enforce his claim that British anti-
Semitism in official quarters supporting mob
action is (implicitly) responsible for much of
the tragedy today. Sensational."
-}- Kirkus 14:480 S 15 '46 170w
"When 'The Rape of Palestine* was first
published In 1938 it was rejected as prejudiced
and melodramatic, unscientific and hysterical.
In its present form, stripped of some of the
more detailed accounts and of all of the sup-
porting notes, but supplied with a new fore-
word and epilogue, it has not become what one
might call an unbiased report. But thanks to
the recent British fumblings in Palestine it
has gained in importance." Alfred Werner
N Y Times p34 N 17 '46 300w
"Mr. Ziflf's book remains the most deva-
stating indictment of British policy that has
yet appeared, and the events of the past eight
years unhappily underline the cynical con-
sequences of that policy." Louis Wasserman
San Francisco Chronicle p!6 O 20 '46
450w
School A Society 64:246 O 5 '46 20w
ZIFF, WILLIAM BERNARD. Two worlds: a
realistic approach to the problem of keeping
the peace. 335p $3 Harper
940.531 World war, 1939-1945— Peace. World
politics. U.S. — Foreign policy. International
cooperation 46-5116
A discussion of the political, economic and
social problems of today. The author criticizes
current solutions and offers his own plan for
reconciling differences between Eastern and
Western ideals and methods of attaining them.
"The book is provocative and reads easily, but
it raises questions more readily than it an-
swers them." W. J. Ronan
Am Pol Sci R 40:992 O '46 750w
Booklist 43:14 S '46
"As engineers and naturalists we certainly
agree with the author's emphasis on material
resources and productive capacity, but not to
such extent as to bring our reasoning close to
the dialectical materialism of Marxistic ideol-
ogies. As chemists and scientists, however, we
are far from neglecting factors or elements
simply because they do not fit into a simplified
world picture construed with a single idea in
mind. . . In spite of all its onesidedness the book
deserves attention as a challenge to all those
whose faith and scientific conviction on 'One
World' cannot be shattered by historic- political
argumentation." F. J. Weiss
Chem & Eng N 24:2706 O 10 '46 320w
918
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ZIFF, W. B.— Continued
Reviewed by H. C. Parmelee
Chem Eng 53:314 N '46 450w
Cleveland Open Shelf p!3 Jl '46
"This gloomy and rambling discussion of
current and near-future power politics is
brought up short at the end by a formula which
ought to set a lot of people by the ears. . .
Mr. Ziff not only finds the worst of all possible
worlds about him but looks forward to a day
when there will be two of them, even worse.1
— Commonweal 44-390 Ag 2 '46 130w
"Among the best aspects of the book are: its
devastating exposure of the futility of assum-
ing that national or world security can now
rest upon conscription or universal military
training in either peace or war; its emphasis
upon the need for greater regional organiza-
tion; its repeated assertion that if the United
States is to influence the world constructively
it must solve the problems of its own social
order and develop that system with effective
enthusiasm; its declaration that ultimate world
government must act directly upon individuals
and not through the medium of states; and its
insistence that marked social and political
differences can exist without producing con-
flict. Two Worlds deserves careful examina-
tion." Earl Cranston
4- Crozer Q 24:81 Ja '47 900w
Current Hist 11:227 S '46 130w
Ethics 57:7G O '46 260w
Foreign Affairs 25:334 Ja '47 HOw
"An overly wordy appraisal of the present
international scene."
Klrkus 14:213 My 1 '46 150w
"Reader senses complete problem throughout
book, analysed with acute perspective and pre-
sented with delicate balance of the atomic bomb
which is always unveiled in foreground." A. B.
Lindsay
-f Library J 71:919 Je 15 '46 HOw
Reviewed by Ralph Bates
— Nation 163:357 S 28 '46 1050w
"One is bound to be somewhat skeptical about
a scheme of a permanent organization of the
world which was 'natural' in the fall of 1944
and has become 'impossible of achievement' by
the spring of 1946. . . Doubts increase when
one comes to the means which the author offers
for the realization of his scheme. . . I must
confess that I find it difficult to see why such
an arrangement, based on a virtual dictatorship
of two great world powers, will be more
democratic than the old-fashioned spheres of
influence which Mr. Ziff himself rejects be-
cause of their non- democratic nature. Neither
is it easy to see how two powers which are so
far apart from each other, according to Mr.
Ziff, could agree as to the realization of this
global scheme." Michael Karpovich
— NY Times p4 Je 30 '46 lOOOw
New Yorker 22;60 Jl 6 '46 160w
"Mr, Ziff has a way with him. He writes
with gusto. There is vivid drama in his presen-
tation of the troubles that beset our world.
He is forthright and hard-hitting, and many of
his observations are shrewd and pithy. He is
eminently tough-minded. He is all for the cold
realities, and with his flailing pen he lays low
all who think in other terms. . . He admits
some difficulties in the way of indefinite ex-
pansion and has a secondary scheme of five
great federal unions. To reach this conclusion
Mr. Ziff expends much zeal, much virtuosity,
much ingenuity, and a remarkable array of
forceful words. Perhaps part of the trouble is
that the words are too forceful." R. M. Mac-
Sat R of Lit 29:14 Je 29 '46 1350w
Reviewed by Rudolf Neuburger
School 6. Society 64:245 O 5 '46 B50w
"This is written in a forceful style, and the
author ha« lined up some very convincing
arguments to support his thesis. . . That you
will agree with all of Mr. Ziff' s outspoken and
drastic solutions is doubtful, but, if you ac-
cept his major premise — the mutual exclusive-
ness of the communist and democratic systems
— you will flnd much hard-bitten common sense
here which may help to clarify your own think-
ing."
-f Scientific Bk Club R 17:3 Ag '46 420w
Social Studies 37:288 O '46 60w
"This work has succeeded in summing up
all the important factors that will determine
the final answer of peace or war. . . After
reading this book the reviewer feels that for
a complete understanding of our present day
international dilemma it is a 'must*. " J. J.
Flynn
-f Social Studies 38:40 Ja '47 560w
Springf'd Republican p4d S 8 '46 300w
"Much of what Mr. Ziff has to say in criti-
cism of the United Nations is true, important,
and clearly argued. But it is not easy to see
either how such a federation as he proposes
could be established or what could be accom-
plished by it if it were established. Latin
America is not likely to agree voluntarily to
amalgamation, particularly if. as Mr, Ziff sug-
gests, we begin by sending down airplane car-
riers to capture Buenos Aires and overthrow
Peron. . . If the Russians are as expansionist
as Mr. Ziff believes, we are not likely to main-
tain peace or to preserve the ideals of civiliza-
tion by deciding to imitate them." H. B.
Parkes
Weekly Book Review p!6 Je 30 '46
lOOOw
Wis Lib Bui 42:127 O '46
Reviewed by W. T. R. Fox
Yale R n a 36:164 autumn '46 3BOw
2IQROSSER, CARL, ed. Kaethe Kollwitz. See
Kollwitz, K. S.
ZILLIACUS, KODNE. Mirror of the past; a
history of secret diplomacy; with an introd.
by Max Lerner. 362p $3.75 Current bks. [7s 6d
Gollancz] >
940.31 European war, 1914-1918 — Causes.
League of nations. War politics 46-8256
"Max Lerner has written the introduction
to this thesis that secret diplomacy, con-
comitant of capitalist-imperialist foreign pol-
icies, leads inevitably to war. Based on British
practice as characteristic. Declares that lack
of international organization made possible un-
moral secret diplomacy which caused drift
into World War 1 and its prolongation while
attempts were made to head off Russian Rev-
olution. Shows that upsurge of democracy
forced organization of League of Nations
against wishes of imperialists, who then
tried in vain to rebuild old system, and thus
wrecked the League, reverting to international
anarchy and power politics, ending in World
War II." (Library J) Index.
Reviewed by Ernest Von Hartz
Book Week p3 D 8 '46 550w
Reviewed by A. C. Spectorsky
Book Week plO D 8 '46 450w
"An exhaustive, informed handling of an
interesting, if confining, thesis."
Klrkus 14:588 N 15 '46 90w
"Recommended." R. W. Henderson
-f Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 140w
"The book is a timely and important his-
torical study which has great value as a warn-
ing and a portent." Richard Watts
4- New Repub 115:826 D 16 '46 1650w
"One of the most striking features of Mr.
Zilliacus' book is the ease with which he shifts
gears between quotations and his own narra-
tive. He does not personalize, and he has
tactfully refrained from becoming a raconteur
in spite of his first hand contact with the
Allied intervention and his rich experience
with the League. Viewed in retrospect, Mr.
Zilliacus' most penetrating analysis concerns
the motives behind that Allied intervention in
Russia. Here he has carefully dissected official
documents to carry his point that a revolu-
tion-paranoia rather than military expediency
animated the decision to intervene. . . 'Mirror
of the Past* is certain to strike many critics
as over- playing the economic theme as the
chronic cause of war and international anarchy.
Moreover, not all persons will concur with
Mr. Zilliacus that secrecy in matters of di-
plomacy is always to be avoided." Malcolm
Moos
N Y Tlmee p6 D 1 '46 900w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
919
Reviewed by Waverly Root
Sat R of Lit 29:11 D 21 '46 1600w
Reviewed by P. L. S chum an
Weekly Book Review p5 N 24 '46 1650w
ZIM, HERBERT SPENCER. Elephants; pic-
tures by Joy Buba. [60p] $2 Morrow
599.61 Elephants—Juvenile literature
46-25236
Factual book on elephants, answering1 ques-
tions which would be of interest to children.
Where are they found? How big do they grow?
Are they hard to catch? How are they trained?
Illustrated with drawings in black and white.
Booklist 43:21 3 '46
"With its large type and many pictures,
clearly designed for young children, Herbert
Zirn's new book is a long way from the sci-
entific and technical volumes by which he is
best known. But, in equally exact and fasci-
nating fashion, he gives here the essential
facts about an elephant's life and habits so
that adults also can take pleasure in reading
the book."
-f Horn Bk 22:358 S '46 lOOw
"A good-looking as well as a competent
fact book."
-f Kirkus 14:324 Jl 15 '46 90w
"Recommended." D. M. MacDonald
-f Library J 71:1056 Ag '46 70w
N Y Times pll S 1 f46 90w
Reviewed by K. S. White
New Yorker 22:144 D 7 '46 40w
Reviewed by M. C. Dodd
Sat R of Lit 29:45 O 19 '46 180w
Reviewed by M. L. Becker
Weekly Book Review p8 S 29 '46 160w
Wis Lib Bui 42:136 O '46
ZIMMER, HEINRICH ROBERT. Myths and
symbols in Indian art and civilization; ed.
by Joseph Campbell. 248p pi $4,50 Pantheon
294 Mythology, Indie. Art and mythology.
Symbolism. India— Civilization 46-7144
The author, a student of the religion and art
of India, here interprets the legends, myths,
and folktales of India for the occidental This
J? J-"6 flrst of Dr Zimmer's works to be pub-
lished in English. It is based on a series of
lectures given at Columbia during 1942. After
the author's death, the work was put in shape
by Mr Joseph Campbell, with some assistance
from Dr Ananda Coomaraswamy. Index
"Indian philosophy is set forth by the author
in a series of delightful tales that, in spite of
their dread significance, offer the most fasci-
natingly fanciful and gruesome bedtime stories.
They are literally not of this world. Dr
Coomaraswamy 's footnotes to the volume give
sufficient proof of its authenticity . . But the
volume has a weakness for which the author
should not, probably, be held responsible. The
many illustrations, which are well chosen for
subject matter, are very poorly reproduced and
in many cases from bad originals. As most of
them are well known to students of Indian art
through photographs and reproductions, there
is no excuse for this travesty on the quality
of Indian art." C. F. Kelley
4- — Book Week pll S 8 '46 450w
"This work is neither a history nor a hand-
book of Indian civilization. Its contents are
so rich in imagery, so profuse in purely in-
tellectual abstraction and yet so utterly un-
familiar to the average American reader, that
they challenge one's powers of understanding
and defy any conventional summarization.
All in all Mr. Joseph Campbell deserves our
gratitude for preparing this significant and
stimulating volume." T. M. Avery
-f Commonweal 44:458 Ag 28 '46 ISOOw
Reviewed by Denver Lindley
N Y Timet p7 Je 30 '46 1450w
"Whether a reader inclines toward Dr. Zim-
mer's choice in modern psychology or not, he
cannot fail to flnd his book absorbing. The
Indian material offered is of the best quality:
the language in which it is presented is Imagi-
native, figurative, poetic, vigorous. Each type
of reader handling this work, like a Hindu
with one of his own texts, will find that It il-
luminates for him, according to his particular
capability, ideas of the greatest sweep and
human interest." W. N. Brown
4- Weekly Book Review pi 7 S 22 '46
1500w
Reviewed by Benjamin Rowland
Yale R n s 36:364 winter '47 1150w
ZIMMERMAN, JOHN LEE. Where the people
sing; green land of the Maoris. 234p il $3
Knopf
919.31 Maoris. New Zealand — Description
and travel 46-5521
Captain Zimmerman of the United States
marines spent some time on North Island In
New Ztsaland in 1942, while he was convalesc-
ing from malaria. While there he became
friendly with some of the Maori families and
was received in their homes and at their feasts
and ceremonies. His book is an account of
these gentle people. Glossary of Maori Words.
"The story is simple, but the author is com-
plex, and the result is deeply satisfying, for
he has perceptive gifts which have presented
the bronze Polynesians anew to us from all
viewpoints. . . The book is highly informa-
tive, but information was not its chief value
to this reviewer. It is a leisurely, gracious
book, a book of gentle moods and nostalgic
overtones, moving with a simple rhythmic
dignity which recalls the gait of the people
the author so much admires." Margaret Mac-
Pherson
-f Book Week p6 O 20 '46 400w
Reviewed by Edward Skillln
Commonweal 45:172 N 29 '46 lOOw
Kirkus 14:409 Ag 15 '46 170w
"Welcome addition to our slight South Pa-
cific bibliography. 'Uncle Zimmie' must be
quite a man. Map, photographs and glossary
of Maori words. Buy it." F. A. Boyle
-f Library J 71:1330 O 1 '46 120w
Reviewed by C. H. Grattan
N Y Times p66 D 1 '46 380w
"Mr. Zimmerman was as closely observant
of natural features as of human beings, and
many pages show a land unspoiled, uncor-
rupted. New Zealand must have some draw-
backs as an earthly Paradise, but one would
never learn them from the pages of 'Where
the People Sing,' a charming work." P. J.
Searles
•f Weekly Book Review p!6 O 20 '46 450w
ZIMMERMAN, OSWALD THEODORE, and
LAVINE, IRVIN. Industrial research service's
handbook of material trade names. 503p $7.50
Industrial research service
660.2 Business names. Chemistry, Technical
46-1640
"This compilation, intended for the engineer,
purchasing agent, manufacturer and salesman,
lists products by the trade names under which
they are sold whether the names are registered
trade marks or not. It includes products cur-
rently manufactured and used in industry, to-
gether with a few consumer products. A note-
worthy feature is that physical and chemical
properties of many of the products listed are
given in summary form. Manufacturers* names
and addresses and uses are given in all cases.
About five thousand names are included, repre-
senting products of more than eight hundred
manufacturers." N Y New Tech Bks
Booklist 42:362 Jl 15 '46
Reviewed by L. A. Bales
Library J 71:57 Ja 1 '46 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 31:14 Ja '46
920
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ZI8TEL, ERA, ed. Golden book of cat stories.
318p $3 Ziff-Davis
Cats— Legends and stories. Short stories-
Collections Agr47-85
Partial contents: The cat's paradise, by Emile
Zola; Lillian, by Damon Runyon; Catnip and
catnap, by Peggy Bacon; A dying cat, by
Pierre Loti; The ninth life, by Mazo De la
Roche; Saha, by Colette; An object of love,
by M. E. Wilkins; The immortal cat, by Karel
Capek; Marion the cat, by Hey wood Broun;
The green kitten, by Maxim Gorky; The fat
cat, by Q. Patrick; The white cat, by W. W.
Jacobs.
"Many of the stories are written, sig-
nificantly, from the cat's point of view, and
there seemed no shame for the cupidity,
cruelty, and wildness so often portrayed. The
short dissertations of such professional jour-
nalists as Heywood Broun, Damon Runyon, and
the Czechoslovakian Karel Capek were most
effective in my opinion, but don't let that out
of the bag." B. V. Winebaum
N Y Times p42 D 1 '46 170w
Weekly Book Review p!7 D 29 '46
40w
ZOBELL, CLAUDE EPHRA1M. Marine micro-
biology; a monograph on hydrobacteriology;
foreword by Selman A. Waksman. (New ser.
of plant science bks) 240p il $5 Chronica bo-
tanica
589.95 Sea water — Bacteriology. Marine biol-
ogy 46-3063
4 'This volume is at the same time a text-
book, a compendium, and a summary of the
work that has thus far been done upon aquatic
bacteria. It contains also a briefer review of
studies upon other micro-organisms, chiefly
yeasts and molds, found in the air over the seas
as well as in inland waters, both fresh and
saline/' U S Quarterly Bkl
Reviewed by T. C. Nelson
Am J Pub Health 36:1446 D '46 290w
"For the most part contributions to marine
bacteriology have been made by people of
diverse interests, and the literature is widely
scattered, much of it being in obscure and
poorly available journals. This book, prepared
by one of the few scientists in the country who
have contributed extensively and have been
seriously concerned with the problem for sev-
eral years, makes a valuable guide to this scat-
tered literature." B. H. Ketchum
+ Chem & Eng N 24:2284 Ag 25 '46 500w
Geog R 36:518 Jl '46 360w
-f U S Quarterly Bkl 2:162 Je '46 320w
ZOLA, EMILE. Masterpiece; tr. from the
French by Katherine Woods. 399p $3 Howell,
Soskin
This novel, originally published in 1886, ap-
pears here for the first time in an American
edition. It pictures the life of a group of
iconoclastic painters, living in Paris in the
1860's, and is to some extent autobiographical.
The central character, the painter Lantier, is
modelled after Cezanne and Manet, and Zola
himself appears as the writer Sandoz.
Klrkus 14:503 O 1 '46 120w
"Hermann Kesten. in a slapdash foreword,
disparages the earlier translation by Zola's
pioneering English exponent, E. A. Vizetelly.
Now, though Vizetelly was forced to expurgate,
&rs version remains more accurate than Miss
Woods'—and, in the long run, more complete.
And, though she restores a number of details
omitted by Victorian taste, she heavily cuts
the descriptive passages, the historical allusions
and the artistic discussions that give the book
its documentary value." Harry Levin
N Y Times p3 D 8 '46 900w
wl;£Uon<rVan4d ?klilful translation, prefaced by
Herman Kesten's foreword, as vivacious as it
is instructive. . . Though 'The MaSterpiece'
does not really rate as one of Zola's own
masterpieces, it was one of his most personal
works and holds historical interest as one of
the principal documents in the case of Cezanne
versus Zola." Matthew Josephson
+ Weekly Book Review p4 D 22 '46 1350w
ZOLOTOW, MAURICE. Great Balsamo; world-
renowned magician and king of escape art-
ists. 431p $2.75 Random house
46-7544
The great Balsamo was born Bernard Gross-
man in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn.
Dogged by claustrophobia, he nevertheless be-
came a famous magician and king of escape
artists. The novel traces his rise and triumphs
and then the final pay-off.
"There is little adornment to Zolotow's tale,
and at times it seems less expertly told than
it might be, but there is a consistently lively
quality to the recital. Action is stressed more
than character development, though by the
time we are finished with Balsamo — and a
tragic farewell it is too — we know him pretty
well, at least externally. The other characters,
more thinly portrayed, are interesting, and no
doubt characteristic of the types they are in-
tended to represent." Jack Conroy
Book Week p7 D 22 '46 380w
"Successful characterization — but not too
successful a novel."
Kirkus 14:433 S 1 '46 160w
"An interesting if somewhat incredible tale
of only moderate appeal." J. B. Cross
Library J 71:1465 O 15 '46 lOOw
"Mr. Zolotow's fiction is at its best early
in the book, in the picture of Balsamo's boy-
hood and cunning youth. But thenceforth
both the content and the handling of the fic-
tion are subordinate — and possibly with good
reason — to the factual exposition of Balsamo's
working methods. These, too, tend at the
story's close to become repetitious — almost as
though Mr. Zolotow had discovered belatedly
that he had failed to include this stunt and
that and had to rush to crowd them in.
Good editing could have trimmed fifty pages
without loss. But, for all this carping, 'Bal-
samo' deserves a reading and should bring
Mr. Zolotow at least one ticket to Hollywood."
F. S. Nugent
H NY Times p9 N 10 '46 600w
San Francisco Chronicle pll D 29 '46
180w
"There is a noticeable sagging toward the
end of the tale; the climax is filled with im-
probability and strained symbolism. It is as
if Mr. Zolotow, having brought Bernie to the
peak of fame, didn't know what to do with
him. A watery grave seems too easy an
answer, it is a disservice to the strong early
parts of the story to devise so weak a con-
clusion. So long as Bernie is battling the
world and the locksmiths his biography has
pace and interest; after he springs himself
from Raymond Street Jail there is a definite
let-down." Thomas Sugrue
H Weekly Book Review p!2 N 3 '46 900w
ZUILL, WILLIAM E. S. Bermuda Journey.
426p it maps $4 Coward -McCann
917.299 Bermuda — Description and travel
46-3034
A "leisurely guide book" full of historical
anecdotes and some tourist information.
"The Bermudas lack historical significance,
thus Zuill was forced to deal largely with
trivia. But he has done well, and this book
is recommended to the tourist as a steamer-
chair companion on the voyage down." F. N.
Litten
+ Book Week p!8 Ap 14 '46 310w
Booklist 42:297 My 15 '46
Christian Science Monitor pi 3 My 4 '46
360w
Klrkus 14:138 Mr 15 '46 170w
Reviewed by W. B. Hayward
Sat R of Lit 29:11 Ag 24 '46 400w
Weakly Book Review p46 N 24 '46 260w
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
921
ZUNIGA, ALONSO DE ERCILLA Y. See Er-
cilla y Ztkfiiga, A. de
ZWEIG, FRIDERIKE MARIA (BURGER)
WINTERNITZ. Stefan Zweig. 277p il $3 Crow-
ell
B or 92 Zweig, Stefan t 46-6651
A biographical study of the famous Austrian
writer, written by his first wife, who shared
many of the years while he was growing to
fame. Her memories serve to illuminate some
of the misunderstood sides of his personality,
and she reveals much about his working habits
and his friends.
"Friderike tells the life story of her hus-
band with such sterling honesty, maturity and
psychologic insight that she succeeds In mak-
ing the reader see a complex character in its
totality. For this alone the vast community of
Zweig's readers will be grateful to her. For
Stefan Zweig, the man, remained always hidden
and inaccessible behind his work. ' Emily
Schossberger
4- Book Week p3 S 29 '46 360w
Booklist 43:52 O 15 '46
"Of critical importance."
+ Kirkus 14:341 Jl 15 '46 180w
"Zweig's admirers will welcome this docu-
ment of unending love, since it supplements in
many respects his autobiography The World
of Yesterday. . . [The author] provides us with
indispensable information about the background
of his literary career. Her tact and fairness in
dealing with delicate topics are remarkable.
Recommended for larger public and college li-
braries." F. E. Hirsch
4- Library J 71:1206 S 15 '46 lOOw
"Written in a slightly gossipy and occa-
sionally old-fashioned style, the book is valu-
able as a preliminary study of Zweig's compli-
cated soul, as spadework in the direction
towards a far more comprehensive Zweig biog-
raphy that, one day, will have to be written
by a more detached author than the amiable
Mrs. Zweig." Alfred Werner
^ NY Times p6 S 29 '46 lOOOw
"The book is lyrical in spots, mystical in
others, and loosely written throughout, but it
contributes to an understanding of a tragic
figure — a man of talent who never quite rea-
lized his great promise."
New Yorker 22:102 S 28 '46 60w
"A wife's biography of a husband is of
necessity a labor of love and Friderike Zweig's
book is no exception. The note of reverence
and admiration is sustained to the very end. . .
The book is in no sense a definitive biography
but it will be a valuable source of material for
future writers." J. V.
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 N 3 '46
150w
"To tell the story of one's own love requires
tact and charm; to tell the story of one's own
separation from a husband requires even more
tact and poise. Mrs. Zweig is equal to both
tasks — more than that, she handles both sto-
ries with supreme ease. But the biography of
a writer is incomplete without a critical ap-
praisal of his work. In Mrs. Zweig's illumina-
tion the dimension of Stefan Zweig's literary
stature cannot but grow beyond its real con-
tour. . . As a whole, Mrs. Zweig has written
a very readable, warm, and vivid book of the
type Stefan Zweig himself liked to write." F.
C. Weiskopf
4- Sat R of Lit 29:20 O 19 '46 650w
"This portrait of the famous biographer, how-
ever generously conceived, moves with a heavy
tread. Although Mrs. Zweig is herself a pro-
fessional writer and biographer, she seems sur-
prisingly incapable, in these pages to which
she has given so much heart, of bringing her
subject to life. Repetitiously descriptive and
fulsomely reverent, she held back the telling
words and small, illuminating moments without
which no character, whether real or imagined,
can be truly understood. The ponderous effect
of Mrs Zweig's book stems, perhaps, in part
from its undistinguished translation but mostly
from the incense which she burns before her
husband's work." Virgilia Peterson
H Weekly Book Review p26 O 6 '46 800W
ZWEIG. STEFAN. Balzac; tr. by William and
Dorothy Rose. 404p il $3.75 Viking
B or 92 Balzac, Honor* de 46-8017
Life study of Balzac on which the author
had worked during the last years of his own life.
Altho the biography was incomplete at the
time of Zweig's death, it was edited by
Richard Friedenthal. Contains a chronological
survey of Balzac's works, and a bibliography.
No index.
"It is discursive and repetitious, lacks an
index and critical apparatus and will not
satisfy scholars or Balzacomanes; but the book
is vibrant and glowing with Zweig's enthu-
siasm, and his unquestionable charm and un-
pretentious erudition redeem these shortcom-
ings and make the study a dynamic introduc-
tion to writing that is as fresh and lively
today as it was 100 years ago. Credit is also
due to Zweig's literary executor. Richard
Friedenthal, who has tied up the loose ends
of the manuscript and added a postscript and
bibliography, and to the Maison de Balzac,
which has contributed 14 illustrations from its
collection of Balzaciana." Jex Martin
H Book Week p3 N 24 '46 850w
Booklist 43:154 Ja 15 '47
"Exceedingly well- written volume, posthum-
ously edited and translated, should have wfae
appeal. Strongly recommended for general
purchase." F. E. Hirsch
4- Library J 71:1541 N 1 '46 140w
"The chapter where Zweig portrays Balzac
in the throes of composition is especially poig-
nant. . . With the actual products of Balzac's
labors Zweig shows little concern, and his
critical judgments are all too perfunctory. He
documents Balzac's school days, perhaps a
shade too darkly, by quoting from Louis Lam-
bert; but he has no use for Modeste Mignon,
the entertaining novel inspired by a fan letter
from the Polish countess who was finally to
become Madame Balzac. It is indeed surpris-
ing that a friend and fellow townsman of
Freud's should not pay more attention to the
correlations between actual experience and
imaginative projection. Nor is much emphasis
placed, by way of compensation, on historical
background; one could finish the book without
becoming aware that Balzac held serious and
often original opinions in the spheres of poli-
tics, religion and science. In short, the pre-
sent biographer contents himself with tracing,
smoothly and firmly, an old-fashioned narra-
tive line through Balzac's fifty crowded years."
Harry Levin
New Repub 115:730 D 2 '46 1450w
"The critical portion of the book deserved
more development; conclusions on the creative
genius of Balzac might have been appended.
As it is, this is one of the most important
biographies to have been published in any
country in the last few years." Henri Peyre
-|- N Y Times pi N 24 '46 2900w
"A confused, badly written biography."
Hamilton Basso
— New Yorker 22:120 N 23 '46 130w
Reviewed by George Snell
San Francisco Chronicle p!2 D 26 '46
600w
"It is not easy to write the biography of a
giant who never ceased to make a fool of him-
self before the dwarfs. The late Stefan Zweig
has succeeded in striking a good balance:
though he was literally infatuated with Bal-
zac's figure, he hides none of his weaknesses;
and while in the course of his painstaking re-
search he learned everything about them, he
never deals with his hero highhandedly. His
book offers no literary, let alone any critical,
appraisal of Balzac's work. Readers not famil-
iar with its greatness have to take the biog-
rapher's word for it. . . It would be saying
too much to call the present 'Balzac' the
definitive biography of the great Frenchman.
Still Mr. Friedenthal has put together Zweig's
material skilfully and given us a fascinating
book." Robert Pick
+ Sat R of Lit 29:13 D 14 '46 lOOOw
Time 48:116 N 26 '46 650w
922
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
ZWEIG, STEFAN— Continued
"A wrong focus is given to Zweig's admira-
tion by representing the encyclopedic scope of
Balzac's work as unique. He forgets that Bal-
2ac lived in the century of Hugo's Legende
des Siecles, Auguste Comte's titanic embrace
of the universe, and Michelet's prodigious his-
torical canvases. Numerous petty errors, most-
ly concerned with Balzac's contemporaries,
annoy the judicious reader. Yet, as it stands,
'Balzac* is Stefan Zweig's greatest achieve-
ment, a treasury of pathos and joy, and the
coping stone of his own enduring pedestal. The
translators, William and Dorothy Rose, have
done their work so well that we are unaware
of their existence." Marvin Lowenthal
+ — Weekly Book Review p5 N 17 '46 2000w
2WORYK1N, VLADIMIR KOSMA., and others.
Electron optics and the electron microscope.
766p 11 $10 Wiley
535 Electron microscope. Optics, Electronic
46-184
"The first part of the book deals with various
types of electron microscopes, the theory of
their operation and their use in biology, chem-
istry and other sciences. Part II. which neces-
sarily involves some rather advanced mathe-
matics, surveys the theory of electron optics,
by means of which these negatively charged
particles are refracted with electric and mag-
netic fields in the same manner as light with
lenses and prisms. Not only in connection with
the electron microscope are these considerations
important; they come into the design of tele-
vision camera and receiver tubes, X-ray de-
vices, amplifiers and many other parts of the
broad field of electronics." (Weekly Book Re-
view) Index.
"This is the first really satisfactory book in
English on electron optics, with particular
emphasis on the electron microscope. Readers
who looked forward to a thorough-going treat-
ment of the subject — as would be expected
from these authors — will not be disappointed."
G. G. Harvey
+ Am Chem Soc J 68:1678 Ag '46 500w
"The authors have rendered a distinct service
to electron microscopy, one of the newer tech-
niques of scientific research." D. L. Katz
•f Chem & Eng N 24:1134 Ap 25 '46 300w
"Here for the first time is an authoritative
and integrated treatise on electron optics and
its most important instrumental application,
the electron microscope. . . The book is pro-
fusely illustrated <uid the publishers seem to
have spared no expanse to make it a success.'*
E. H. Nachod
-f Chem A Met Eng 53:273 Mr '46 420w
Library J 70:688 Ap '45 70w
N Y New Tech Bks 30:55 O '45
U S Quarterly Bkl 2:159 Je '46 280w
"A book to which the adjective 'authoritative*
may be applied without any hesitation, since
the authors were pioneers in this field and are
now classed among its leaders." James Stokley
-f Weekly Book Review p30 Mr 31 '46
170w
Subject and Tide Index
To Author Entries, March, 1942- February, 1947
Owing to the fact that the Book Review Digest year does not correspond to the calendar year
running Instead from March to March, index entries for January and February of each year refer
to the volume dated the previous year; i.e., January and February 1943 will be found in the 1942
Annual. These entries are thus indicated in the Index: (Ja '43) (1942 Annual); (F '43) (1942
Annual).
A reference followed by two dates e.g. either (1942, 1943) or (Ag '43) (1942 Annual) indicates
a book that has been re-entered, with additional reviews, or as a new edition, after its first entry.
For such references consult both volumes.
ABC. Steiner, C. (D '46)
A B C of America's wines. Mabon, M. F. (S
•42)
ABC of aviation. Page, V. W. (Ap '42)
A B C of inflation. Kemmerer, B. W. (Ja.
'43) (1942 Annual)
ABC of physics. Meyer, J. S. (Ap '46)
ABC play book. Cunningham, V. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
A.L.A. catalog, 1937-1941. (S '44)
A.S.M. review of metal literature, v 1. Amer-
ican society for metals. (Ag '46)
ATS mystery. Warren, J. R. (Ag '44)
Abbe* Edgeworth. Woodgate, M. V. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Abbey of St Denis, 475-1122. Crosby, S. M.
(F *44) (1943 Annual)
Abbie. Chandos, D. (8 '46)
Abbot Suger on the abbey church of St. Denis
Sugrer, Abbot of St. Denis. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Abbreviations
Shankle, Q. B. Current abbreviations. (Ap
'45)
Stephenson, H. J., comp. Abbrevs. (O '43)
Abbrevs. Stephenson, H. J., comp. (O '43 >
Abe Lincoln's other mother. Bailey, B. F. (Ap
'42)
Ability
Testing
Broadley, M. B. Square pegs in square holes.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Wilking, S. V., and Cushman, D. J. Test
yourself for a war Job. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Wren, H. A. Vocational aspiration levels of
adults. (F »43) (1942 Annual)
Ability, Influence of age on
Cole, L. W. Attaining maturity. (S '44)
Abner Jarvis. Person. W. T. (Je '43)
Above all liberties. Craig, A. (O '42)
Abraham Lincoln and the fifth column. Milton,
G. F. (N '42)
Abraham Lincoln and the widow Bixby.
Bullard, F. L. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Abrupt self. Martens. D. (D '46)
Absent in the spring. Westmacott, M. (O '44)
Absolute weapon. Brodie, B., ed. (Ag '46)
Absorption spectra
Morton, R. A. Application of absorption
spectra to the study of vitamins, hormones
and coenzymes. (D '43)
Abstract and surrealist art in America. Janis,
Abt, Isaac Arthur
Abt, I. A. Baby doctor. (Ap '44)
Academic man. Wilson, L. (Ag *42)
Accent anthology. Accent (periodical). (Ja *47>
(1946 Annual)
Accessory after the fact. Thayer. L. (My '43)
Accident manslaughter or murder? Thayer, L.
(Ag 45)
Accidents
Prevention
Bacon, F. L. Outwitting the hazards. (Ag
Berman, H. H., and McCrone, H. W. Ap-
plied safety engineering. (Ap '44)
Blake, R. Pv ed. Industrial safety. (N '43)
Hammond. H. F., and Sorenson, L. J., eds.
Traffic engineering handbook. (Ag »42)
Heinrich, H. W, Industrial accident preven-
tion, (J$ 4«)
Judson, H. H., and Brown, J. M. Occupa-
tional accident prevention. (Mr '45)
MacMillan, C. M. Foremanship and safety.
(Ap '43)
Resnick, L. Eye hazards in industry. (Je
Warren, G. Traffic courts. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Accidents, Industrial
Blake. R. P., ed. Industrial safety. (N '43)
Heinrich, H. W. Industrial accident preven-
tion. (Je '42)
Judson, H. H., and Brown, J. M. Occupa-
tional accident prevention. (Mr '45)
Accidents do happen. Burton, M. (Mr '46)
According to Paul. Rail. H. F. (Ap '45)
According to the pattern. Burton, K- K. (Ap
'46)
Account rendered. Brittain, V. M. (D *44)
Accounting
Lasser, J. K.. ed. Handbook of accounting
methods. (Ap '44)
May, G. O. Financial accounting. (Ag '44)
Paton, W. A. Advanced accounting. (Je '42)
Saliers, E. A. Modern practical accounting;
elementary. (N '46)
Specthrie, S. W. Industrial accounting.
(Ag '42)
Accounts receivable financing. Saulnier, R. J.,
and Jacoby, N. H. (S '43)
Acculturation
Child, I. L. Italian or American? (D '43)
Locke, A. Le R., ed. When peoples meet.
(My '42)
Malinowski, B. Dynamics of culture change.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Reedt> S. W. Making of modern New Guinea.
Vickery, W. E., and Cole, S. G. InterculturaJ
education in American schools. (Ag '43)
Warner, W. L.. and Srole, L. Social systems
of American ethnic groups. (O *45>
Accurate home estimating. Roberts. T. A. and
R. A. (Ap '43)
Accustomed as I am. Brown, J. M. (Mr *42)
Aces wild. Winston, R. A. (Ap '42)
Acetanilid
Gross, M. Acetanilid. (D '46)
Acetylene
Nieuwland, J. A., and Vogt. R. R. Chemistry
of acetylene. (S »45)
Acid- base catalysis. Bell, R. P. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Acids
Luder, W. F., and Zuffanti, S. Electronic
theory of acids and bases. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Acoustics of buildings. Watson. F. R. (Je '42)
Acoustics of music. Bartholomew, W. T. (F
•44) (1943 Annual)
Acres of Antaeus. Corey, P. (O '46)
Acrobats and acrobatism
Home, V. L. Stunts and tumbling for girls.
(Ap *44)
Across a world. Considine, J. J., and Kernan,
T. D.' (N '42)
Across the board. DeJong, D. C. (Je '43 )
Act of faith. Shaw, I. (O '46)
Act of life. Spencer, T. ( Je '44)
Acting
Irvine, H. Actor's art and job. (Ag '43)
Mam men, E. W. Old stock company school of
acting. (Ap '46)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Actl ng — Continued
Morosco, S. P., and Lounsbury, A. Stage
technique made easy. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Seyler, A., and Haggard, S. Craft of com-
edy. (Je '46)
Action against the enemy's mind. Bornsteln,
J., and Milton, P. R. (D '42)
Action at sea. Johnston. G. H. (Mr '42)
Action at world's end. Chambers. W. (My *46)
Action by night. Haycox. E. (My '43)
Action in diamonds. Cooper. C. R. (F §43)
(1942 Annual)
Action in the East. Gallagher. O' D. (S '42)
Action in the North Atlantic. Gilpatric. G. (Ag
Action on all fronts. Ingersoll, R. M. (Ap *42)
Action this day. Spell man, F. J. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Action tonight. Horan, J. D. (S '45)
Activity book no. 2; library projects for chil-
dren and young people. Fargo, L. F. (O
•45)
Actors and actresses
Marks, E. B. They all had glamour. (Je '44)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Chase, I. Past imperfect. (Ap '42)
Granach, A. There goes an actor. (Ag '45)
Hunter, R. Come back on Tuesday. (Ap '45)
Jessel, G. A. So help me. (Je '43)
Kean, C. J. and E. T. Letters . . . relating
to their American tours [ed] by W. G. B.
Carson. (Ap '46)
Lawrence, G. A star danced. (S '45)
Oswald. M. One small voice. (Ja *46) (1945
Annual)
Petrova. O. Butter with my bread. (N *42)
Stone, E. C., and Melick, W. Coming, Major!
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Stone. F. A. Rolling Stone. (Ap '45)
Tucker, S. Some of these days. (Ap *45)
Actor's art and Job. Irvine, H. (Agr '42)
Actual and potential use of laboratory schools
in state normal schools and teachers col-
leges. Williams. E. I. F. (Je '421
Adam of the road. Gray, E. J. (Je '42)
Adams, Dorothy
Adams, D. we stood alone. (O '44)
Adams, John
Adams, J. and J. Q. Selected writings. (D '46)
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, J. and J. Q. Selected writings. (D '46)
Juvenile literature
Well, A. John Quincy Adams. (Mr '46)
Addams, Jane
Bowen, L. H. D. Open windows. (N '46)
Juvenile literature
Wagoner. J. B. Jane Addams, little lame girl.
(Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Addendum to The chemistry of the amino acids
and proteins. Schmidt, C. L. A>, ed. (O '44)
Add is on, Joseph
Addison, J. Letters. (N '42)
Addressed to youth. Wolff, M. E. (D '44)
Adhesive*
Perry, T. D. Modern wood adhesives. (S '44)
Smith, P. I. Synthetic adhesives. (D '43)
Adler, Cyrus
Neuman, A. A. Cyrus Adler. (My '42)
Administration of the American public library.
McDiarmid. E. W. and J. (Je '44)
Administration of the college library. Lyle,
G. R.. and others. (Mr '4&
Administrative and political divisions
Germany
Dickinson, R. E. Regions of Germany. (Ap
Administrative law
Chamberlain, J. P., and others. Judicial
function in federal administrative agen-
cies. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Frank, J. If men were angels. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Graham, G. A., and Reining, H., eds. Reg-
ulatory administration. (Ja '44) (1943 An*
nual)
Griffith, ^ E. S. Modern government In action.
(Ag *43) (1942 Annual)
Lei/erson, A.- Administrative regulation. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Pound, R. Administrative law. (O '43)
Administrative procedure. Glaaer, C. (My '42)
Administrative regulation. Leiserson, A. (Ja
'43> (1942 Annual)
Administrative theories of Hamilton and Jef-
ferson. Caldwell, L. K. (Ap '45)
The admiral. Healy, L. H., and Kutner, I*
Admiral de Grasse and American independence.
Lewis, C. L. (O '45)
Admiral of the ocean sea. Morlson, S. E. (Mr
'42)
Admiral Sims and the modern American navy.
Morison. E. E. (O '42)
Admiral Wags. Sherman, F. J. (S '43)
Admirals
Generals and the admirals. (Je '45)
Admission to American colleges. Fine, B. (N
'46)
Adolescence
Abel, T. M., and Kinder, E. F. Subnormal
adolescent girl. (Ap '43 )
Cole. L. W. Psychology of adolescence. (S
Crow, L. D. and A. V. Our teen-age boys and
girls. (Ap '46)
Garrison, K. C. Psychology of adolescence. (D
'46)
Grossman, J. S. Do you know your daugh-
ter? (Ap '45)
Jones, H. E., and others. Development in
adolescence. (Je *44)
Landis, P. H. Adolescence and youth. (My
'46)
Richmond, W. V. Making- the most of your
personality. (Ap '42)
Adolescence and youth. Landis, P. H. (My '46)
Adsorption
Ledoux, E. Vapor adsorption. (Ap '46)
Mantell, C. L. Adsorption. (Mr '45)
Zechmeister, L», and Cholnoky, L. Principles
and practice of chromatography, (S '42)
Adsorption of gases and vapors, v 1. Brunauer,
S. (N »43)
Adult adjustment. Cartwright, M. A., and
Burch, G. (O '451
Advance agent. De Voto, B. A. (Mr *42)
Advance through storm. See Latourette, K. S.
History of the expansion of Christianity, v7.
Advanced accounting. Paton, W. A. (Je '42)
Advanced quantitative analysis. Willard, H. H.,
and Diehl, H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Advanced theory of statistics. Kendall, M. G.
(S '45)
Advances in colloid science, v 1. Kraemer, E.
O., and others, eds. (D '42)
Advances in enzymology and related subjects,
v 1. (Ap '42)
Advances in nuclear chemistry and theoretical
organic chemistry. Burk, R. E., and Grum-
mitt, O. J., eds. (D '46)
Advances in protein chemistry, v 1. Anson. M.
L., and Edsall. J. T., eds. (My '45)
Advancing fronts in chemistry; v 1, High poly-
mers. Twiss, S. B., ed. (Ap '46)
Adventure and adventurers
Allan, D. Gamblers with fate. (Ap '46)
Allan. D. Lightning strikes once. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Coxere, E. Adventures by sea. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Adventure begins at home. Friskey. M. R. (D
46)
Adventure for Alison. Howard. E. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Adventure for beginners. Friskey, M. (Mr '45)
Adventure in black and white. Gatti, A, (S '43)
Adventure in blood transfusion. Bernheim, B.
M. (Ap '43)
Adventure in diplomacy. Pendar, K. W. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Adventure in radio. Cuthbert, M. R., ed. (D '46)
Adventure in Tunisia. Martin, D. B. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Adventure in Vermont. Pratt. W. M. (Ap '44)
Adventure in world order. Nash. P. C. (S '44)
Adventure, rare and magical. Fenner, P. R..
comp. (D '45)
Adventure was the compass. Heffin, A. (Je *42)
Adventurers all. Buchan, J. (O '42)
Adventures and escapee of Gustavus Vasa.
Van Loon, H. W. (N '45)
Adventures by sea. Coxere, E. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Adventures in embroidery. Thesiger, E. (N '42)
Adventures in grace. Maritain, R. (8 '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
925
Adventures in heaven. Angoff, C. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Adventures in reading. Becker, M. L. (F '47)
(1946 Annual) _
Adventures in symphonic music. Downes, E.
Adventures in time and space. Healy, R. J.,
and McComas, J. F., eds. (O '46)
Adventures of Arab, Slobodkin, L. (D '46)
Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Munchau-
Adventures of Jack Ninepins. Averiil, E. (D
Adventures of Monkey. Wu Ch6ng-6n (N '44)
Adventures of Olle. Dette, — (D '46)
Adventures of Phunsi. Kingsbury, A. M. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Adventures of Sir Ignatius Tippitolio. Smith, G.
(D *45)
Adventures of the mind. Castiglioni, A. (Je
'46)
Adventures of the Redcrosse knight. Spenser,
E. (My '46)
Adventures of the young soldier in search of
the better world. Joad, C. E. M. (N '44)
Adventures of Wesley Jackson. Saroyan, W.
Adventures with the gods. Sellew, C. F. (D '45)
Adventuring in science; bk. 1, Exploring our
world. Powers. S. R., and others. (My '46)
Advertising
Borden, N. H. Economic effects of advertis-
ing. (My '42)
Chenault, R. S. Advertising layout. (Ag '46)
Clark, T. B. Advertising smoke screen. (D
Kidd, E. Just like a woman! (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Lyon, M. And so to bedlam. (D '43)
Miller, G. L. How advertising is written — and
why. (Ag '45)
Reiss, O. F. How to develop profitable ideas.
(S '45)
Stein, R. E. L. Count your characters. (D *46)
Churches
Brodie, W. A. Keeping your church informed.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Seay, H. H. Church posters and publicity.
(D '46)
Colleges and universities
Butterfleld, W. H. How to use letters in col-
lege public relations. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Reck, W. E. Public relations. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Libraries
Loizeaux, M. D. Publicity primer. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Schools
Fine, B. Educational publicity. (Je '43)
Harral, S. Public relations for higher educa-
tion. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Advertising as a profession
Woolf, J. D. Getting a Job in advertising.
(Je '46)
Advertising layout. Chenault, R. S. (Ag '46)
Advertising smoke screen. Clark, T. B. (D '44)
Aegean adventure. Lodwick, J. (My '46)
Aerial bombardment protection. Wessman, H.
E., and Rose, W. A. (Ap '42)
Aerial navigation. Ben ham, H. E. (Ap '46)
Aerial navigation. Lyon, T. C. (S '43)
Aerial photographs. Eardley, A. J. (Ap *43)
Aerial photographs and their applications.
Smith, H. T. U. (O *43)
Aerial warfare. Goodwin, H. L. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Aerodynamics
Cowley, W. L. Aerodynamics of the aero-
plane. (Je '44)
Gfauert. H. Elements of aerofoil and air-
screw theory. (Ag *43)
LandS, A. Physics of flight. (Je '45)
Mises, R. von, and others. Theory of flight.
(Je *45)
Naidich, J. Mathematics of flight. (D '43)
Nikolsky, A. A. Notes on helicopter design
theory. (Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Parkinson, L. R. Aerodynamics. (Ap '45)
Sherwood, A. W. Aerodynamics. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Truitt, R. W. Intermediate aerodynamics.
Aerodynamics of the aeroplane. Cowley, W. L.
(J0 '44)
Aerology for pilots. (D '43)
Aeronautical dictionary. Dickinson, T. A. (Mr
'45)
Aeronautical instruments
Irvin, G. E. Aircraft instruments. (1942,
1944)
Redfleld, H. L. Instrument flying and radio
navigation. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Stieri, E. Aircraft instruments. (Ag '44)
Wright, B. A. and others. Flight. (Je '42)
Aeronautics
Carlisle, N. V., and others. Modern wonder
book of the air. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Chapin, M. K. Why men can fly. (Ap '43)
Downer, A. E. Practical mathematics of
aviation. (D '43)
Francis, D. E. Aviation. (D '45)
Hall, C. G. How a plane flies. (My '43)
Hamburg, M. C., and Tweney. G. H. Ameri-
can student flyer. (Mr '43)
Hemke, P. E. Elementary applied aerody-
namics. (Ag '46)
Hershey. B. Air future. (O '43)
Johnston, S. P. Wings after war. (Je '44)
Knapp, E. J. Basic physics for pilots and
flight crews. (Ag '43)
Kuns, R. F. Flight; aircraft engines. (Je '42)
Merriam, H. G., and others, eds. Reading for
an air age. (My '44)
Pag<§, V. W. ABC of aviation. (Ap '42)
Paust, G. H. Here's how to fly. (D '44 ) ~
Pope, F., and Otis, A. S. Elements of aero-
nautics. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Principles of flying. (Je '43))
Ray, J. R. Story of American aviation. (Mr
'46)
Robinson, P. H. Aircrews' book of practi-
cal mathematics. (Je '43)
Robinson, P. T., and others. Before you fly.
(Ap '43)
Shields, B. A. Air pilot training. (My '42)
Stout, W. B., and Reck, F. M. Tomorrow we
fly. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wimperis, H. E. Aviation. (O '46)
Wright, B. A. and others. Flight. (Je *42)
Accidents
Bartek, J. F., and Pardue, A. Life out there.
(Ag '43)
Rickenbacker, E. V. Seven came through.
(Ap '43)
Trumbull, R. The raft. (S '42)
Whittaker, J. C. We thought we heard the
angels sing. (My '43)
Bibliography
Columbia university. Teachers college. Avia-
tion education research group. Bibliography
of aviation education materials. (Je '43)
Biography
Who's who in aviation. (O '43)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Ahrens. L., comp. Dictionary of aeronautics.
(N *45)
Aviation research associates, incorporated.
Illustrated aviation encyclopedia. (O '44)
Baughman, H. E. Aviation dictionary and
reference guide. (S '43)
Dickinson, T. A. Aeronautical dictionary. (Mr
Hamann. F. Air words. (S '46 )
JordanofC, A. Illustrated aviation dictionary.
(Ap '43)
Klein Seralles, J. English-Spanish and Span-
ish-English dictionary of aviation terms
(N '45)
Lanz, J. E. Aviation dictionary in nine lan-
guages. (F *45) (1944 Annual)
Neville, L. E., ed. Aviation dictionary for
boys and girls. (D •«)
Shenton, E. New alphabet of aviation. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Zweng, C. A., ed. Aviation dictionary. (Ap
•45)
Examinations, questions, etc.
Hubbard, R., and Dil worth, A. Airplane en-
gine mechanics. (O '44)
Zweng, C. A. and A. C. Airline transport
pilot rating. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Flights
Ha*er, A. R. Frontier by air. (D '42)
Heflin, A. Adventure was the compass. (Je
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Aeronautics — Flights — Continued
Heinrauller. j. p. V. Man'a fight to fly. (O
Markham, B. West with the night. <Ag '42)
Boss, F. X. Trail blazers of the sky. (My '46)
Saint Exuptry. A. de. Airmen's Odyssey.
(D *43>
Strode. H. South by thunderblrd. (Je '46)
History
Bishop. W. A. Winged peace. (D '44)
Black. A. Story of flying. (S '43)
Bruno. H. A. Wings over America. (Ap '43)
Chapin, M. K. Why men can fly. (Ap '43)
Cook, H. K.. ed. Birth of flight. (S '42)
Heinmuller, J. P. V. Man's flght to tiy. (O
Kelly. P. C. Wright brothers. (Je '43)
Milbank. J. First century of flight in America.
(Je '43)
Tangye. N. Britain in the air. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Juvenile literature
Anderson, L. Bag of smoke. (N '42)
Carlisle, N. V.. ed. How planes fly. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Chapelle, O. L. M. How planes get there.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Chapelle, G. L. M. Planes in action. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Conger, E. M. American warplanes. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dunn. M. V»» and Morrisett, 1* N. Wings for
America. (Ag '44)
Keliher, A. V., ed. Air workers today. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Lloyd. T. Sky highways. (Je '45)
McClintock, M. Airplanes and how they fly.
(Ap '44)
Neville, L. E., ed. Aviation dictionary for
boys and girls. (D '44)
Rifkin, L. when 1 grow up, I'll be a flyer.
(Ap '43)
Roan, C. M. Wings on the air. (S '44)
Ross. F. X. Trail blazers of the sky. (My *46)
Shenton, B. New alphabet of aviation. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Sorenson. F. B., and Rotter. G. E. Now we
fly. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Tatham, C. First flying book. (O '44)
Young America's aviation annual, 1942-1943.
(My '43)
Laws and regulations
Dykstra. G. O. and L. G. Business law of
aviation. (O '46)
Goodman, G. Government policy toward com-
mercial aviation. (My '45)
Mance. H. O. International air transport. (Ap
Puffer, C. B. Air transportation. (Je *42)
Medical aspects
Barr, JB» O. Flying men and medicine. (Je
r>avlsf M. Through the stratosphere. (S *46)
Kafka. M. M. Flying health. (S '43)
Zim, H. S. Man in the air. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Bibliography
Hoff, B. C., and Fulton. J. F.. comps. Bibli-
ography of aviation medicine, (D *48)
Pictorial works
Paust. G. H.t and Lancelot, M. Fighting
wings. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Yearbooks
Ah- news yearbook; ed. by P. Andrews. (My
43)
Aircraft annual, 1944. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Airman's almanac. 1945. (Je *45)
Toung America's aviation annual. 1942-1943.
(My '43)
Aeronautics, Commercial
Bishop, W. A. Winged peace. (D '44)
Butlot I Air travel guide to Latin America.
(N 46)
Burden. W. A. M. Struggle for airways in
Latin America. (Ag '43)
Cleveland. R. M. America fledges wings. (Je
43)
Cleveland, R. M., and Neville, L. E. Coming
air age. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual) ^omin*
Frederick, J. H Commercial air transpor-
tation. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Goodman, G. Government policy toward com-
mercial aviation. (My '45)
Hall. C. G., and Merkle, R. A. Sky's the lim-
it! (0 '43)
Hershey, B. Air future. (O *43)
Hinkel, R. B., and Baron. L. Educational
guide in air transportation. (D '44)
Johnston, S. P. Wings after war. (Je '44)
Josephson, M. Empire of the air. (My *44)
Knowlton, H. Air transportation in the
United States. (Ag '42)
Lissitzyn, O. J. International air transport
and national policy. (N '42)
Mance, H. O. International air transport. (Ap
'45)
Puffer. C. B. Air transportation. (Je '42)
Putnam, C. High journey. (Je '45)
Renner, G. T. Human geography in the air
Smith, H. L. Airways. (Mr »42)
Spencer, F. A. Air mail payment and the
government. (Je '42)
Stout, W. B., and Reck, F. M. Tomorrow we
fly. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Tunis. J. R. Million-miler. (Ag '42)
Van Zandt, J. P. Civil aviation and peace.
(Ap '45)
Van Zandt, J. P. Geography of world air
transport. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Wilson, B. B. Air power for peace. (Ag '46)
Worthington, A., comp. International airways.
CD »45)
Zacharoff, L., ed. Vital problems of air
commerce. (O '46)
Aeronautics. Military
Arnold, H. H.. and Baker. I. C. Army flyer.
(Je '42)
Ayling, K. Combat aviation. (D '43)
Bishop, W. A. Winged peace. (D '44)
Blunt, V. B. R. Use of air power. (S *43)
Caldwell, C. C. Air power and total war.
(S *43) ••
Chandler. C. de F., and Lahm, F, P. How
our army grew wings. (S '43)
Cuneo, J. R. Winged Mars, v 1. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
De Seversky, A. P. Victory through air power.
(My '42X
Douhet, G. Command of the air. (Ag *43)
(1942 Annual)
Drake, F. V. Vertical warfare. (S '43)
Elton, W. W. Navy in the sky. (My '44)
Elton, W. W., and others. Guide to naval
aviation. (Je '44)
Ford, C.. and MacBain, A. From the ground
up. (Je '43)
Gauvreau, B. H. Wild blue yonder. (O '44)
Gauvreau, B. H., and Cohen. L. Billy
Mitchell. (O '42)
Hartney, H. B. What the citizen should know
about the air forces. (Je '42)
Hershey. B. Air future. (O '43)
Hibbits, J. J. Take 'er up alone. Mister!
(N '43)
Huie, W. B. Case against the admirals. (My
*46)
Huie. W. B. Fight for air power. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Jane's All the world's aircraft, 1941. (O '42)
Johnston, S. P. Flying squadrons. (S '42)
Law, B. A. Fighting planes of the world. (D
'42)
Lent, H. B. Aviation cadet. (Ap '42)
Leonard, R. I flew for China. (D *42)
Levine, I. D. Mitchell: pioneer of air power.
(Ap '43)
Leyson, B. W. Wings of defense. (S '42)
Michie, A. A. Keep the peace through air
power. (S '44)
Miller, H. B. Navy wings. (D '42)
Sagendorph, K. Thunder aloft. (Ag "42)
Schnapper, M. B., ed. U.S. aviation in war-
time. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
United States. Army air forces. Official guide
to the Army air forces: AAF, (S *44)
Wilson, B. B. Air power for peace. (Ag '45)
Juvenile literature
Lent, H. B. Bombardier. (Je '43)
Aeronautics as a profession
Chapelle, G, L. M. Girls at work in aviation.
(Mr '44)
Hall, C. G., and Merkle, R. A. Sky's the limit!
(D '43)
Henry, J. F., ed. Your future in aviation. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
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Aeronautics In literature , ,
Herzberg, M. J., and other*. Happy land-
ings. (Ap '43) ^ ,
Aerophotography and aerosurveying. Bagley,
Aesthetic adventure. Gaunt, W. (Je '45>
Aesthetic experience and its presuppositions.
Nahm, M. C. (S '46)
Aesthetic experience and the humanities. Shoe-
maker, F. (S '43)
Aesthetic process. Morris, B. (Ag '44)
Aesthetic sentiment, bundholm, H. (My '42)
Affair at Abu Mina. William, P. (O '44)
Affair at Little Wokeham. Eng title of: Double
tragedy. Crofts, F. W. (S '43)
Affair aty the boat landing. Cunningham, A. B.
Affair of the corpse escort. Knight, C. (S '46)
Affair of the dead stranger. Knight, C. (D
AffaiVof the fainting butler. Knight, C. (N '43)
Affair of the Jade monkey. Knight, C. (My
'43)
Affair of the splintered heart. Knight, C. (N
Affairs of destiny. Simenon, G. (D '44)
Affairs of Nicholas Cuipeper. Tyrrell, M. L.
(My '46)
Afghanistan
Fox, E. F. Travels in Afghanistan. (Je '43)
Africa
Maisel, A. Q. Africa, facts and forecasts. (Je
'43)
Wells, C. Introducing Africa. (Mr '44)
Civilization
Orizu, A. A. N. Without bitterness. (N '44)
Colonization
Wieschhoff, H. A. Colonial policies in Africa.
(N '44)
Description and travel
Gatti, A. Killers all! (3 '43)
Gatti, E. M. W. and A. Here is Africa. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Robes on. E. C. G. African Journey. (S '45)
Discovery and exploration
Sanceau, E. Land of Prester John. (Je '44)
Economic conditions
Hinden, R. Plan for Africa. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Native races
De Marco, R. R. Italianization of African
natives. (N '43)
Robeson, E. C. G. African Journey. (8 '45)
Politics
Committee on Africa, the war, and peace
aims. Atlantic charter and Africa. (Ap '43)
Crowe, S. E. Berlin West African conference,
1884-1885. (S '43)
Race problems
Malinowski, B. Dynamics of culture change.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Africa, British East
Markham, B. West with the night. (Ag '42)
Africa, Central
Description and travel
Busoni, R. Stanley's Africa. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Gatti, A. South of the Sahara. (D '45)
Riddell, J. In the forests of the night. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Social conditions
Wilson, G. and M. H. Analysis of social
change. (Ap '46)
Social life and customs
OJike, M. My Africa, (Mr '46)
Africa, East
Jackson, M. V. European powers and South-
east Africa. (Ap '43)
Description and travel
AkSJe.^u M-- ^A J- Rumble of a distant drum.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Africa* French North
Liebeany, H. J. Government of French North
Africa. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Africa, North
Brodrick, A. H. North Africa. (Mr '43)
Antiquities
Elderkin, K. D. M. From Tripoli to Mar-
rakesh. (My '45)
Description and travel
Elderkin, K. D. M. From Tripoli to 3Mar-
rakesh. (My '45)
Rosa, G. North Africa speaks. (S '46)
Africa, South. See South Africa
Africa, South Central
James, S. South of the Congo. (Mr '43)
Africa, facts and forecasts. Maisel, A. Q. (Je
'43)
African Journey. Robeson, E. C. G. (S '45)
African languages
MacDougald, D. languages and press of
Africa. (N '44)
After a fashion. Hall, M. (Ap '44)
After Bernadette. Sharkey, D. C. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
After-conduct of discharged offenders. Glueck,
S. and E. T. (O '45)
After-dinner story. Woolrich, C. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
After Hitler Stalin? Ingrim, R. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
After materialism— what? Tute, R. C. (S '45*
Afternoon. Parsons, E. (O '46)
Afternoon of a pawnbroker. Fearing, K. (O
'43)
Again in October. Van Ness, U (Ap *44)
Again to the North. Mackenzie, C. (Ap '46)
Again we dream. Rees, R. F. (Je '43)
Against a background on fire. Clapp, F. M. (Ag
•44)
Against a darkening sky. Lewis, J. (Mr '43)
Against all odds. Lansing, M. F. (D '42)
Against oblivion. Birkenhead, S. B. S. (S '44)
Against the circle. Ghiselin, B. (My '46)
Against the current. Wittke, C. F. (Mr '46)
Against these three. Cloete, S. (S '45)
Against this rock. Zara, L. (O '43)
Age of assassins. Soupault, P. (Je '46)
Age of enterprise. Cochran, T. C., ana Miller,
W. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Age of Jackson. Schlesinger, A. M. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Age of thunder. Prokosch, F. (Ap *45)
Ageless Indies. Kennedy, R. (S '42)
Agenda for a postwar world. Condliffe, J. B.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Agent extraordinary. Bayne, S. (S '42 )
Agent in Italy. K.. S. (My '42)
Ages of the world. Schelling, F. W. J. von
(N '42)
Agony column murders. Scott, R. T. M. (N *48)
Agricultural administration
Russia
Bienstock, G., and others. Management in
Russian industry and agriculture. (Ag '44)
United States
Black, J. D. Parity, parity, parity. (F *43)
(1942 Annual)
Schultz, T. W. Redirecting farm policy. (O
*43)
Agricultural chemistry
Browne, C. A. Source book of agricultural
chemistry. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Triebold, H. O. Quantitative analysts, with
applications to agricultural and food prod-
ucts. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Agricultural colonies
Felzer, K. J. Pioneer settlement in the Asiatic
tropics. (D »45)
Agricultural extension work
Bailey, J. C. Seaman A. Knapp. (O *45)
Brunner, E. de 8., and others, eda. Farmers
of the world. (N »45)
Agricultural labor
Me Williams. C. Ill fares the land. (Ap '42)
Schwartz, H. Seasonal farm labor in the
United States. (O '46)
Agricultural lawa and legislation
McCune, W. Farm bloc. (S '48)
Agricultural machinery
Jones, M. M. Shopwork on the farm. (N '45)
Agricultural pests
Pyenson, L. Pest control in the home garden.
(My '45)
Westcott, C. Gardener's bug book. (N »46)
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Agricultural price control. Shepherd, G. 8. (Ag
*46)
Agricultural survey of Szechwan province,
Chirm. Buck, J. L. (N '43)
Agriculture
Duryee, W. B. Farming for security. (My '43)
Graham, E. H. Natural principles of land
use. (Ag '44)
Greenburg, D. B.f and Corbin, C. So you're
going to buy a farm. (Ag '44)
Haystead, L. Farm for fortune and vice
versa. (Ao '42)
Larson, G. &., and Teller, W. M., eds. What
is farming? (Mr '46)
Moreland, W. S.. ed. Practical guide to sue*
cessful fanning. (S '43)
Pearson, F. A., and Harper, F. A. World's
hunger. (Je '46)
Pearson, H. S. Success on the small farm.
(My '46)
Teller, W. M. Farm primer. (S '42)
Wend, M. How to live in the country with-
out farming. (My '44)
Economic aspects
Barger, H., and Landsberg, H. H. American
agriculture, 1899-1939. (O '43)
Brandt, K. Reconstruction of world agricul-
ture. (My '45)
Faulkner, E. H. Uneasy money. (Ap '46)
Gee, W. P. Social economics of agriculture.
(Ap '43)
Golob, B. O. Meline tariff. (My '46)
Lamartine Yates, P., and Warriner, D. Food
and farming in post-war Europe. (N '43)
Me Williams, C. 111 fares the land. (Ap '42)
Moore, A. Farmer and the rest of us. (My
'45)
Pearson, F. A., and Paarlberg, D. Food. (My
Prentice, E. P. Food, war and the future.
(Ag '44)
Radin, G. Economic reconstruction in Yugo-
slavia. (N '46)
Schultz, T. W. Agriculture in an unstable
economy. (Mr '46)
Shannon, F. A. Farmer's last frontier. (O
•46)
Shepherd, G. S. Agricultural price control,
(Ag '46)
Taylor, H. C. and A. D. World trade in agri-
cultural products. (S '43)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Wilcox, E. V. Modern farmers' cyclopedia of
agriculture. (Je '45)
Juvenile literature
Greenhill, M., and Dunbar, E. M. Book of
farmcraft. (Ag '42)
Rifkin, L. When I grow up I'll be a farmer.
(My '44)
Study and teaching
Cocannouer, J. A. Trampling out the vin-
tage. (Ap '45)
Africa
Githens, T. S., and Wood, C. E. Food re-
sources of Africa. (Je '44)
America
Wilson. C. M., ed. New crops for the New
World. (D '45)
Asia, Southeast
Pelzer, K. J. Pioneer settlement in the Asiatic
tropics. (D '45)
China
Buck, J. L. Agricultural survey of Szechwan
province, China. (N '43)
East (Far East)
Wickizer, V. D., and Bennett, M. K. Rice
economy of monsoon Asia. (Ag '42)
Georgia
Raper, A. F. Tenants of the Almighty. (S V43)
Germany
Gerschenkron, A. Bread and democracy in
Germany. (My '44)
Great Britain
Campbell, M. L. English yeoman. (Ap '43)
Harland, E. M. Farmer's girl. (8 '42)
Menzies-Kitchin, A. W. Future of British
farming. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Oxford. University. Agricultural economics
research institute. Country planning. (O
•45)
Macedonia
Allen, H. B. Come over into Macedonia. (Mr
'44)
Mississippi
Weaver, H. Mississippi farmers. (O '46)
Nebraska
Dlller, R. Farm ownership, tenancy, and
land use in a Nebraska community. (Ap '42)
New York (state)
Ellis, D. M. Landlords and farmers in the
Hudson-Mohawk region. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Palestine
Lowdermilk, W. C. Palestine. (My '44)
South
Bullock, B. F. Practical farming for the
South. (N '44)
Tennessee
Clark, B. H. Tennessee yeomen. (F *43) (1942
Annual)
Tropics •
Wilson. C. M.p ed. New crops for the New
World. (O '45)
United States
Barger, H., and Landsberg, H. H. American
agriculture, 1899-1939. (O '43)
Clark, W. H. Farms and farmers. (Ap '46)
Gee, W. P. Social economics of agriculture.
(Ap '43)
Howard. R. W. Two billion acre farm. (Mr
'45)
Leighton, C. V. H. Give us this day. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
McCune, W. Farm bloc. (S '43)
Moore, A. Farmer and the rest of us. (My
'45)
Peterson, E. T. Forward to the land. (Ag
'42)
Shannon, F. A. Farmer's last frontier. (O *45)
Tolley, H. R. Farmer citizen at war, (Ap '43)
Waring, P. A., and Teller, W. M. Roots in
the earth. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Yunnan, China
Fei, H., and Chang, T. Earthbound China.
(D '45)
Agriculture, Cooperative
Eaton, J. W. Exploring tomorrow's agricul-
ture. (S '43)
Infield, H. F. Cooperative communities at
work. (Ap '45)
Infield, H. F. Cooperative living in Palestine.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Agriculture in an unstable economy. Schultz,
T. W. (Mr »46)
Ahoy, shipmate! Lent, H. B. (S '46)
Aids to worship. Palmer, A. W., ed. (N '44)
Ainos
James, N. Petticoat vagabond in Ainu land
and up and down eastern Asia. (My '42)
Air
Keenan, J. H., and Kaye, J. Thermodynamic
properties of air. (D '45)
Air acrobatics are easy. Brimm, D. J. (My '44)
Air bases, Military
Woodbury, D. O. Builders for battle. (S *46)
Air brakes
Drennan, C. M. HSC high-speed brake equip-
ment. (Ag '45)
Air commando doc. Page, R. C. (Mr '46)
Air compressors
Feller, B. W. F. Air compressors. (Ap '45)
Graham, F. D. Audels pumps, hydraulics, air
compressors. (Ap '44)
Air-conditioned nightmare. Miller, H. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Air conditioning
Anderson, E. P. Audels refrigeration and air
conditioning guide. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Goodman, W. Air conditioning analysis. (My
Jennings, B. H., and Lewis. 8. R. Air con-
ditioning and refrigeration. (O '44)
Ledoux, E. Vapor adsorption. (Ap '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
929
Manly, H. P. Drake'* heating, cooking and
air conditioning handbook. (Ap '46)
Raber, B. F., and Hutchlnson, P. W. Refrig-
eration and air conditioning engineering.
(Je '45)
Air conditioning metal layout. Kaberlein. J. J.
(S »42)
Air defenses
De Seversky. A. P. Victory through air
power. (My '42)
Air flow
Ludington, C. T. Smoke streams. (O '43)
Air force girl. Shann, R. (Je '42)
Air force surgeon. Furman, A. L. (My '44)
Air forces reader. Carlisle, N. V., and others,
eds. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Air future. Hershey, B. (O '43)
Air gunner. Hutton, B., and Rooney, A. A.
(D '44)
Air heraldry. Mann, C. (S '44)
Air mail payment and the government. Spencer.
F. A. (Je '42)
Air mail service
United States
Spencer, F. A. Air mail payment and the
government. (Je '42)
Air ministry, room 28. Frankau, O. (Mr '42)
Air navigation. (S '43)
Air navigation. Hamilton, B. R. (Je '43)
Air navigation. Weems, P. V. H. (Je '43)
Air navigation. Zim, H. S. (My '43)
Air navigation for beginners. Lamb, S. G.,
and Jordan, H. T. (Je '43)
Air navigation made easy. Naidich, J. (D '44)
Air news yearbook; ed. by P. Andrews. (My
'43)
Air offensive against Germany. Michie, A. A.
(Ap »43)
Air patrol. Lent, H. B. (D '42)
Air pilot training. Shields, B. A. (My '42)
Air power and total war. Caldwell, C. C. (S '43)
Air power for peace. Wilson, B. E. (Ag '45)
Air raid safety manual. Leyson, B. W. (Je '42)
Air raid warden in America. Lambert, J. W.
(Je '42)
Air raids
Protective measures
Lambert, J. W. Air raid warden in America.
(Je '42)
Leyson, B. W. Air raid safety manual. (Je
•42)
Wessman, H. E.f and Rose, W. A. Aerial
bombardment protection. (Ap '42)
Air surgeon. Slaughter, F. G. (S '43)
Air traffic control
Gilbert, G. A. Air traffic control. (Je '46)
Air transport navigation. Redpath, P. H., and
Coburn, J. M. (S '43)
Air transportation. Puffer, C. B. (Je '42)
Air transportation in the United States. Knowl-
ton, H. (Ag *42)
Air travel guide to Latin America. Bullet, I.
(N '46)
Air words. Hamann, F. (S '46)
Air workers today. Kellher, A. V., ed. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Airborne invasion. Hetherington, J. A. (S '43)
Airborne troops
Ayling, K. They fly to fight. (Ag '44)
Airbrush
Tobias, J. C. Manual of airbrush technique.
(3 '42)
Aircraft apprentice. MacGregor, L. (S '42)
Aircraft calculations. Bng title of: Aircraft
mathematics. Walling, S. A., and Hill, J. C.
(N '43)
Aircraft carburetion. Thorner, R. H. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Aircraft carrier. Winston, R. A. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Aircraft construction handbook. Dickinson, T.
A. (S '43)
Aircraft detail drafting. Meadowcroft, N. (Ap
Aircraft electrical engineering. Matson, R. (D
Aircraft electrical systems. Jorch, W. F. (Ag
'43)
Aircraft electricity for the mechanic. Chapel,
C. B. (My '46)
Aircraft engine and metal finishes. Coler, M. A.
(D '42)
Aircraft engine design. Liston, J. (D '42)
Aircraft engines. Judge, A. W. (Je '42)
Aircraft engines of the world, 1944. Wilkinson,
P. H. (S '44)
Aircraft handbook. Colvin, F. H. (D '42)
Aircraft hydraulics. Adams, H. W. (S '43)
Aircraft identification for fighting airmen. Wil-
son, G. B. (Je '44)
Aircraft inspection. Wissman, B. B. (O '42)
Aircraft instruments. Irvin, G. E. (1942. 1944)
Aircraft instruments. Stieri, B. (Ag '44)
Aircraft mathematics. Walling, S. A., and Hill,
J. C. (N '43)
Aircraft mechanical drawing. Davis, D. J., and
Goen, C. H. (Je '45)
Aircraft mechanics handbook. Van Winkle, P.,
ed. (O '44)
Aircraft navigation. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Aircraft power plants. Fraas, A. P. (O '43)
Aircraft production. MacKinnon, H. D. (S '43)
Aircraft production design. Thompson, J. B.
(Ap '46)
Aircraft production illustration. Tharratt, G.
(A# *44)
Aircraft production standards. Leavell, S., and
Bungay, S., eds. (Ap '44)
Aircraft propeller handbook. Falk, K. H.
(S '43)
Aircraft riveting. Lear, B. B., and Dillon, J. B.
(O '42)
Aircraft riveting. Nisita, A. H. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Aircraft sheet metal blueprint reading. Coxen,
H. H., and others. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Aircraft sheet metal work. LeMaster, C. A.
(My '44)
Aircraft spot and seam welding. Kuntz, G.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Aircraft spotter. Ott, L. (Ap '42)
Aircraft torch welding. Von Borchers, C., and
Ciffrin, A. (Je '42)
Aircraft vibration and flutter. Freberg, C. R.,
and Kemler, E. N. (My '45)
Aircraft welding. Eizea, L. S. (S '42)
Aircraft woodwork. Drake, R. H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Aircrews' book of practical mathematics.
Robinson, P. H. (Je '43)
Airfoils
Glauert, H. Elements of aerofoil and air-
screw theory. (Ag *43)
Airframe materials. Stewart, F. S. (Je *45)
Airing in a closed carriage. Long, G. M. V. C.
(Je '43)
Airlanes to English. Roberts, H. De W.,
and others. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Airline girl. O'Malley, P. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Airline transport pilot rating. Zweng, C. A. and
A. C. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Airman's almanac, 1945. (Je '45)
Airman's odyssey. Saint Bxup4ry, A. de. (D '43)
Airman's wife. Shann, R. (D '44)
Airmen of the Amazon. Litten, F. N. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Airplane and its components. Sears, W. R. (D
'42)
Airplane Andy. Tousey, S. (Ap '43)
Airplane carriers
Miller, M. Daybreak for our carrier. (Ag *44)
Winston, R. A. Aircraft carrier. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Airplane design manual. Teichmann. F. K.
(S '43)
Airplane drawing. Giachino, J. W.. and Son-
smith, H. A. (Ap '42)
Airplane engine mechanics. Hub bard, R., and
Dilworth, A. (O '44)
Airplane engines
Fraas, A. P. Aircraft power plants. (O '43)
Griffiths, H. Mathematics for aircratt engine
mechanics. (O '44)
Hubbard, R., and Dilworth, A. Airplane en-
gine mechanics. (O '44)
Hylander C. J. Flying power. (F '44) (1943
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Trans-
portation and power. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Jordanoff, A. Power and flight. (My '44)
Judge, A. W. Aircraft engines. (Je *42)
Kuns. R. F. Flight; aircraft engines. (Je »42)
Liston, J. Aircraft engine design. (D '42)
Operation of aircraft engines. (Ag '43)
Smith, G. G. Gas turbines and Jet propulsion
for aircraft. (O '44)
Vale. J. W. Aviation mechanic's engine man-
ual. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
930
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Airplane engines — Continued
Wilkinson, P. H. Aircraft engine* of the
world, 1944. (S '44>
Williams, H, L. Aviation mechanics sim-
plified. (Ag '43) _
Airplane hydraulic systems. Aument, H. G
(S '43)
Airplane Industry and trade
Berghell, A. B. Production engineering in
the aircraft industry. (Ap '45)
Bowman, C. Slacks and callouses. (O '44)
Gann, £2. K. Getting them into the blue.
(S '42)
Gray. R. D. Systematic wage administration
in the southern California aircraft indus-
try. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Klein. F. D. Process practices in the air-
craft industry. (Ap '43)
MacKinnon, H. D. Aircraft production.
(S '43)
Nolan, R. R. Machine tools in aircraft
production. (Ap '42)
Airplane lofting. Nelson, W. (Ag '42)
Airplane maintenance. Younger, J. E., and
others. (D *44)
Airplane models
Cooke, D. C., ed. Guide to model aircraft.
(Mr '46)
Gilmore, H. H. Model planes for beginners.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Hamburg, M. C., and Beddow, F. A. Riding
on air. (S '44)
Powell, J. D. Junior model planes. (N '45)
Stieri, E. Building model war planes. (Je
Winter, W. J. Model aircraft handbook.
(Ap '42)
Airplane performance and operation. Speas, R.
D. (Ag '44)
Airplane propeller principles. Nelson, W. C.
(Je '44)
Airplane structures. Niles, A. S., and Newell,
J. S. (N '43)
Airplanes
Andrews, J. P. Your personal plane. (S '45)
Arnhym, A. A. Comfortization of aircraft.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Chape lie, G. L. M. How planes are made.
(D '45)
Colvin, F. H. Aircraft handbook. (D '42)
.lane's All the world's aircraft, 1941. (O '42)
Land6, A. Physics of flight. (Je r46)
Law, B. A. Fighting planes of the world.
(D '42)
Markley, J. M. Fundamentals for the air-
craft mechanic. (Ap '44)
Mises, R. von, and others. Theory of flight.
(Je *46)
Ott, L. Aircraft spotter. (Ap '42)
Ott, L. Transport aircraft of the world. (D
'44)
Page\ V. W. ABC of aviation. (Ap '42)
Ray, J. R. Story of American aviation. (Mr
'46)
Sears, W. R. Airplane and its components.
(D '42)
Apparatus and supplies
Thompson, J. B.. and Campbell, R. B. Man-
ual for aircraft hydraulics. (D '42)
Design and construction
Blommel, W. R., and others. Elementary
rivet theory. (Je '44)
Coxen, H. H.. and others. Aircraft sheet
metal blueprint reading. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Davis, D. J., and Goen, C. H. Aircraft
mechanical drawing. (Je '46)
De Selm. B. H., ed. Manual of aircraft pro-
duction, (Ap '44)
Dickinson, T. A. Aircraft construction hand-
book. (S '43)
Drake, R. H. Aircraft woodwork. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Elzea, L. S. Aircraft welding. (S '42)
Faltus, R., and Steinmetz, C. W. Manual of
aircraft layout. (Je '45)
Faulconer, T. P. Introduction to aircraft
design. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Frazer, R. H.. and Berthiaume, O. Practical
aircraft sheet-metal work. (S '42)
Gann, E. K. Getting them into the blue. (S
Giachino, J. W., and Sonsmith. H. A. Air-
plane drawing. (Ap '42)
Golf, F. L., and Novak.
craft blueprints. (O *43)
L. R. Reading air-
Greenwood, E. J. A., and Silverman, J. H
Stress analysis for airplane draftsmen. <L>
Jordanoff, A. Man behind the flight. (Ap '43)
Kuntz, G. Aircraft spot and seam welding.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lear, E. B., and Dillon, J. E. Aircraft rivet-
ing. (O '42)
Leave!!, S., and Bungay, S., eds. Aircraft
production standards. (Ap '44)
Lee, J. G. Fighter facts and fallacies. (Je
'43)
LeMaster, C. A. Aircraft sheet metal work.
(My '44)
Lent; H. B. Fly it away. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lesley, H. G. Basic airplane mechanics. (O
Liming, R. A. Practical analytic geometry
with applications to aircraft. (Ag ~44)
MacGregor, L. Aircraft apprentice. (S '42)
Meadowcroft, N. Aircraft detail crafting.
(Ap '43)
Michelon, L. C. Composite aircraft manu-
facture and inspection. (N '44)
Naidich, J. f Mathematics for the aviation
Nefson!8 W. Airplane lofting. (Ag '42)
Niles, A. S., and Newell, J. S. Airplane struc-
tures. (N '43)
Nisita, A. H. Aircraft riveting. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Norcross, C., and Quinn, J. D. How to do air-
craft sheetmetal work. (S '42)
Peterson, R. A., and E ricks on, R. E. Basic
aircraft construction. (Ap '44)
Roth, M. G. Manual of aircraft riveting. (Ap
Teichmann, F. K. Airplane design manual.
(S '43)
Tharratt, G. Aircraft production illustration.
Thompson, J. E. Aircraft production design.
Van Winkle, P., ed. Aircraft mechanics hand-
book. (O '44)
Von Borchers, C., and Ciflfrin, A. Aircraft
torch welding. (Je '42)
Walling, S. A., and Hill, J. C. Aircraft mathe-
matics. (N '43)
Wells, T. A. Manual of aircraft materials
and manufacturing processes. (Ap '43)
Williams, H. L. Aviation mechanics sim-
plified. (Ag '43)
Electric equipment
Chapel, C. E. Aircraft electricity for the
mechanic. (My '46)
Jorch, W. F. Aircraft electrical systems. (Ag
'43)
Matson, R. Aircraft electrical engineering.
(D '43)
Hydraulic equipment
Adams, H. W. Aircraft hydraulics. (S '43)
Aument, H. C. Airplane hydraulic systems.
(S '43)
Identification
Schnapper, M. B., ed. U.S. aviation in war-
time. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Wilson, G. E. Aircraft identification for fight-
ing airmen. (Je '44)
Inspection
Michelon, L. C. Composite aircraft manu-
facture and inspection. (N '44)
Wissman, E. E. Aircraft inspection. (O '42)
Juvenile literature
Aviation research associates, incorporated.
Parts of planes. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Aviation research associates, incorporated.
Types of planes. (Je '44)
Maintenance and repair
Chapel, C. E. Aircraft electricity for the me-
chanic. (My '46)
Handbook of airplane maintenance and op-
eration. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Jordanoff, A. Man behind the flight. (Ap '43)
Van Winkle. P., ed. Aircraft mechanics hand-
book. (O ;44)
Younger, J. E., and others. Airplane mainte-
nance. (D '44)
Materials
Clancey, V. J. St. C. Chemistry and the
aeroplane. (Ag '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
931
Coler, M. A. Aircraft engine and metal fln-
Klein. F. D. Process practices in the air-
craft industry. (Ap '43) fv
Stewart, F. S. Alrframe materials. (J* '45)
Wells. T. A, Manual of aircraft materials
and manufacturing processes. (Ap '43)
Piloting
Brimm, D. J. Air acrobatics are easy. (My
Guyton, B. T. This exciting air. (Ag '43)
Hoyt, J. R. Manual for aviation cadets. (O
•43)
Hoyt, J. R. Safety after solo. (O '44)
Langewiesche- Brandt, W. E. Stick and rud-
Mcfntosh,yc. H. Long-range flight. (O '44)
Redfleld, H. L. Instrument flying and radio
navigation. (F '46) (1944 Annual)
Speas, R. D. Airplane performance and opera-
tion. (Ag '44)
Testing
Lent, H. B. Fly it away. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Airplanes, Military
Andrews, P.. and Engel, L., eds. Navy year-
Ayling,' K. Bombers. (F *45) (1944 Annual)
Ayling, K. Flying furies. (Mr '43)
Booth, H. H. Book of modern war planes.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Collison, T. Flying fortress. (S '43)
Colllson, T. Superfortress is born. (S 46)
Conger, E. M. American warplanes. (Ja 44)
(1943 Annual)
Cooke, D. C. War planes of the Axis. (Ag
Goodwin, H. L. Aerial warfare. (F '44) (1943
Kinert, R, C. America's fighting planes in
action. (Ag '43)
Lee, J. O. Fighter facts and fallacies. (Je
Leyson, B. W. Warplane and how it works.
Ray, J. R. Story of the U.S. army air forces,
Wilson, G. B. Aircraft identification for
fighting airmen. (Je '44)
Winter, W. J. War planes of all nations.
(S '43)
Airplanes and how they fly. McCHntock, M.
Airport engineering. Sharp, H. O., and others.
(F '46) (1944 Annual)
Airport planning. Froesch, C., and Prokosch,
W. (S '46)
j%OILonge, M. B. Modern airfield, planning
and concealment. (My '44)
Froesch, C.f and Prokosch, W. Airport plan-
Gl?dden, H. K.. and others. Airports. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Rhyne, C. S. Airports and the courts. (My
•46)
Sharp, H. O., and others. Airport engineer-
ing. (F '46) (1944 Annual) t4rv
Airports and the courts. Rhyne, C. S. (My *45)
AAlIen.* H. Story of the airship. (S '42)
Airways
Burden, W. A. M. Struggle for airways in
Latin America, (Ag '43)
Lloyd, T. Sky highways. (Je '45)
Smith, H. L. Airways. (Mr '42)
Abbott, N. Aishah, the beloved of Moham-
med. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Al Schmid, marine. Schmid, A. A. (Ap '44)
Alabama „ 1JOV
Kennedy, S. Palmetto country. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Alabama folk plays. Lewis, K. P. (Ag '48)
Alacoque, Marguerite Marie, Saint
Gheon, H. Secrets of the saints. (N '44)
Aladdin's lamp. Munson, a. B. (My *46>
Alarm of the black cat. Olsen, D. B. (Mr '42)
Alarum and excursion. Perdue, V. (O '44)
DeVlghne, H. C. Time of my life. (N '42)
Potter, J. C. Alaska under arms. (O '42) r
Williamson, T. R. Far north country. (My
'44)
Description and travel
Brevig, T. L. Apaurak in Alaska. (My V45)
Brower, C. D., and others. Fifty years below
zero. (N '42)
Carpenter, F. Canada and her northern neigh-
bors. (D '46)
Driscoll, J. War discovers Alaska. (My '43)
Griffin, H. Alaska and the Canadian North-
west. (Ap '44)
Heflin, A. Adventure was the compass. (Je
'42)
Helmericks. C. We live in Alaska, (S '44)
HrdliCka, A. Alaska diary. 1926-1931. (S '43)
Poor, H. V. Artist sees Alaska. (D '46)
Stefansson, B. Here is Alaska. (Mr '43)
Sundborg, G. Opportunity in Alaska. (D '45)
Juvenile literature
Quinn, V. Picture map geography of Canada
and Alaska. (Je '44)
Economic conditions
Kizer, B. H. U.S. -Canadian Northwest. (My
'44)
History
Chevtgny, H. Lord of Alaska. (N '42)
Tompkins, S. R. Alaska. (D '46)
Industries and resources
Sundborg, G. Opportunity in Alaska. (D *46)
Alaska and( the Canadian Northwest. GrttSln.
Alaska 'diary. >1926-1931. HrdliCka, A. (S '45)
Alaska highway
Lanks, H. C. Highway to Alaska. (Ja '45)
(5944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Coe, D. Road to Alaska. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Alaska trail dogs. CaldweU, E. N. (Mr '46)
Alaska under arms. Potter, J. C. (O '42)
Albania _ ,_
Robinson, V. Albania's road to freedom. (S
*42)
Albatross murders. Jones, T. (Ap '42)
Aibee, Fred Houdlett
Albee, F. H. Surgeon's fight to rebuild men.
(Ap '43)
Alberoni, Giullo, cardinal
Harcourt- Smith, S. Cardinal of Spain. (Je
Alberoni. Eng title of: Cardinal of Spain. Har-
court-Smith. S. (Je '44)
Albert Schweitzer jubilee book. Roback, A. A.,
and others, eds. (O '46)
Gard, R. E. Johnny Chinook. (Ap *46>
Album of American history. 3v. Adams. J. T.,
ed. (1944, 1945, 1946)
Album of destiny. Stuart, J. (O '44)
Talalay. A., and Magat. M. Synthetic rubber
from alcohol. (S '45)
Alcohol addiction and chronic alcoholism. Jel-
linek. B. M.. e<3. (Je '43)
Alcohol explored, Haggard, H. W.. and Jellinek,
B. M. (S '42)
Alcohol, science and society. Yale university.
Laboratory of applied physiology. School
of alcohol studies. (Je '46)
Alcoholism
Clapp, C. Drunks are square pegs. (S 42)
Haggard. H. W.. and Jellinek. E. M.
Alcohol explored. (S '42)
Jellinek. B. M.. ed. Alcohol addiction and
chronic alcoholism. (Je *43)
Seliger, R. V,, and Cranford, V. Guide on
alcoholism for social workers. (F '46) (1946
Annual) . . ,
Yale university. Laboratory of applied physi-
ology. School of alcohol studies. Alcohol,
science and society. (Je '46)
Alcott, Amos Bronson
Hoeltje, H. H. Sheltering tree. (D '43)
Alcott, Louisa May
Juvenile literature
Wagoner, J. B. Louisa Alcott (Ja '44) (1043
Annual)
Alder Gulch. Haycox. B. (My '42)
Alelchem. Shalom, pseud. See Rabinowitz. S.
Aleph-bet story book. Pessin, 0. (O *46)
932
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Alert. Gibson, W. W. (My '42)
Aleutian islands
HrdliCka, A. Aleutian and Commander islands
and their inhabitants. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Wheaton. H. Prekaska's wife. (Ag '45)
HrdiiCka, A. Aleutian and Commander islands
and their inhabitants. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Alexander the Great
Lamb. H. Alexander of Macedon. (Je *46)
Alexander, Robert
Johnson* J. B. Robert Alexander, Maryland
loyalist. (Ap '43)
Alexander, Samuel
Konvitz, M. R. On the nature of value. (S
'46)
Alexander's vacation. Knight, M. (O '43)
Alexandria, Virginia
Historic houses, etc.
Davis. D., and others. Alexandria houses. (Ag
'46)
Alexandria houses. Davis, D., and others. (Ag
'46)
Alexandrov, Victor
Alexandrov, V. Journey through chaos. (S
'45)
Alfred the Great, king of England
Fiction
Farnol, J. King liveth. (Je '44)
Algebra
Albert, A. A. Introduction to algebraic theo-
ries. (Ap '42)
Algonquin provincial park, Ontario
Robins, J. D. Incomplete anglers. (Ag '44)
Alias Jane Smith. Kelland, C. B. (Mr '45)
Alias the dead. Coxe, G. H. (Mr '43)
Alibi for Isabel. Rinehart. M. R. (S '44)
Aliens
United States
Cable, J. U Loss of citizenship. (Ag '44)
Alignment charts, construction and use. Krait-
chik, M. (Ag '45)
Alkaline-earth and heavy-metal soaps. Elliott,
S. B. (N '46)
All aboard the Whale! Hatch, R. W. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
All aboard, we are off. Ulreich, N. W. (O '44)
All about broadcasting. Peet, C. (O '42)
All about feeding children. Senn, M. J. E., and
Newill, P. K. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
All about modern decorating. Gillies, M. D.
(Je '43)
All about Oscar. Neikirk, M. E. (D '43)
All- American. Tunis, J. R. X(O '42)
All brave sailors. Beecher, J. (O '45)
All children listen. Gordon, D. U (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
All dogs go to heaven. Brown, B. (Je '44)
AH embarrassed. Steig, W. (8 '44)
All fall down. Strong, L. A. G. (O '44)
All for the best. Plagemann, B. <S »46>
All for the love of a lady. Brown, Z. J. (My '44)
All God's children. Cohen, A. E. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
All in a twilight. Evans, A. R. (Mr '44)
All in good time. Allis, M. (My *44)
All in line. Steinberg, S. (Ag '45)
All in our day. Komroff, M. (N '42)
All my born days. Gade, J. A. (Ap '42)
All night long. Caldwell, E. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
AH our lives. Miller, H. W. (Ag '45)
All out for the sack race! Day, R. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
All-out on the road to Smolensk. Caldwell, E.
(Ap '42)
AH over but the shooting. Powell, R. P. (Ag
All sails set. Holton, E. A. (Je »42)
AH sons must say goodbye. Amrine, M. (O '42)
All souls' day
Price, U Litany for All souls. (Ag '41,
All summer long. Hobson, W. (O '45
All the king's men. Warren, R. P. (O '46)
All the trumpets sounded. Hardy, W. G. (S '42)
All the year round. Coatea, R. M. (D '43)
All the year round. Gall. A. C., and Crew, F.
H. (N '44)
All these people. Vance, R. B., and Danilevsky,
N. (My '46)
All things are yours. Hough, H. B. (O '42)
All those Buckles. Gaggin, E. R. (Ag '45)
All thy conquests. Hayes, A. (D '46)T
All trivia. Smith, L. P. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
All we are and all we have. Chiang, K. (My
'43)
AH we have built. Cowdin, E. (My '43)
Allan, Allan Alexander
Juvenile literature
Garst, D. S. Scotty Allan, king of the dog-
team drivers. (Je '46)
Allanayr. Eng title of: Full score. Baker, F.
(My '42)
Allegheny river
Way, F. Allegheny. (Ag '42)
Allen, Horace Newton
Harrington, F. H. God, mammon, and the
Japanese. (My '44)
Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st
viscount
Wavell, A. P. W. Allenby in Egypt. (Ap '45)
Allman, Norwood Francis
Allman, N. F. Shanghai lawyer. (N '43)
All-out Arlene. Phillips, H. I. (S '43)
Alloys
Brick, R. M., and Phillips, A. Structure and
properties of alloys. (Ap *43)
Masing, G. Ternary systems. (Ap '45)
Tsvyman, F. Spectrochemical analysis of
metals and alloys. (My '42)
Woldman, N. E., and Metzler, R. J. Engi-
neering alloys. (Ap '46)
Tables, calculations, etc.
Hoyt, S. Li. Metals and alloys data book. (D
'43)
Altston family
Allston, R. F. W. South Carolina rice plan-
tation. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Ally betrayed. Martin, D. (D '46)
Almanacs
Kohl, G. L». Picture almanac for boys and
, . ».
girls. (Ap '43)
igh
All the best in Central America, Clark, S. A.
(My »46)
All the best in Cuba, Clark, S. A. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
All the day long. Sargent, D. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Almighty atom. O'Neill, J. J. (D '45)
Alms for oblivion. Carver, G. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Aloha. Tempski. A. von. (Ap '46)
Alone we embark. Eng title of: Touched by the
thorn. Laverty, M. (N '43)
Along comes Judy Jo. Hill, M. B. (O '43)
Along Janet's road. Dalgliesh, A. (Je '46)
Along nature's highway. Fenton, C. K (Ap
'43)
Along our coast. Miller, M. R. (O '42)
Along these streets. Burt, M. S. (Mr '42)
Alphabet
Goudy, F. W. Alphabet, and elements of let-
tering. (Ag *42)
Alphabet books
Friskey, M. R. Adventure for beginners. (Mr
'45)
Steiner, C. A B C. (D '46)
Alphabet of the army. Shenton, B. (Ap '44)
Alpine flora
Mansfield, T. C. Alpines in colour and cul-
tivation. (Ap '43)
Alpines in colour and cultivation. Mansfield,
T. C. (Ap '43)
Also the hills. Keyes, F. P. W. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Alstead, New Hampshire
Rawson, M. N. New Hampshire borns a town.
(My '42)
Altar and the world. Bell, B. I. (My '44)
Alternating- current circuits. Kerchner, R. M.,
and Corcoran, G. F. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Alternating-current circuits. Morecock, E. M.
(Ag •«)
Alternating currents for technical students.
Bishop, C. C. (8 '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
933
Altgeld, John Peter
Fiction
Fast. H. M. The American. (S *46)
Althusius, Johannes
Gerbrandy, P. S. National and international
stability. (My '45)
Aluminum
Eastwood, La V. W. Gas in light alloys. (O
'46)
Juvenile literature
Strack, L. H. Aluminum, a magic mineral.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Writers' program. Pennsylvania. Aluminum,
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Aluminum, a magic mineral. Strack, L. H.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Aluminum alloys
Mondolfo, L*. F. Metallography of aluminum
alloys. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Aluminum bronze
Melgh. C. H. Practical application of alumi-
nium bronze. (Ag '42)
Aluminum chloride
Thomas, C. A. Anhydrous aluminum chlo-
ride in organic chemistry. (Je '42)
Aluminum heart. Smith, R. (My '46)
Always ready! Bell, K. (O '43)
Always room at the top. Walska, G. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Always with me. Nichols, M. G. (My '46)
Amaru. Frisbie, R. D. (Ag '45)
Amateur scientist. Thomas, W. S. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Amateur theater handbook. Davis, E. C. (N
'45)
Amateur theatricals
Graf ton, A., and Royer, J. Complete acted
play from script to final curtain. (S *43)
Davis, B. C. Amateur theater handbook. (N
'45)
Smith, B., comp. 25 non-royalty one-act
plays for all-girl casts. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Trimble, N. Variety shows and how to pro-
duce them. (My '42)
Amateurs at war. Williams, B. A., ed. (Ag '43)
Amazing Amazon. Brown, R. J. and R. C.
Ama(|ing2Bob Davis. Mathias, F. S. (O '44)
Amazing electron. Shannon, J. I. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Amazing petroleum industry. Kalichevsky, V.
A. (Je '43)
Amazing Roosevelt family. Schriftgiesser, K.
(Je^42)
Amazon. Haskins, C. P. (Ag '43)
Amazon river
Brown, R. J. and R. C. Amazing Amazon.
(S '42)
Haskins, C. P. Amazon. (Ag '43)
Ambassador to industry. Park, C. W. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Ambassadors in white. Wilson, C. M. (Ag '42)
Ambition. Bonner, C. (D '46)
Ambrose Kangaroo. Maclntyre, E. (S '42)
Ambulance in Africa. Thomas. E. W. (N '43)
Ambush house. Kagey, R. (My '43)
Amen, Amen. Constantino, S. A. (Mr '44)
Amending of the federal Constitution. Orfleld,
L. B, (Je '43)
America
Pan American yearbook. (Ag *46)
Antiquities
Htbben, F. C. Lost Americans. (Ag '46)
Kelemen, P. Medieval American art. (Ag '43)
Civilization
Quintanilla, L. A Latin American speaks.
(Mr '43)
Defenses
Laves, W. H. C., ed. Inter- American soli-
darity. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Description and travel
Sondergaard, A. My first geography of the
Americas. (O '42)
Discovery and exploration
Goodwin, W. B. The truth about Leif Erics-
son. (Ao '42)
Haugen, E. I., ed. and tr. Voyages to Vin-
land. (F '48) (1942 Annual)
Roland, H. R. America, 1365-1364. (N '46)
Howe, H. F. Prologue to New England. (My
Mirsky, J. Westward crossings. (D '46)
Zweig, S. Amerigo. (Ap '42)
Sources
Lorant, S., ed. New World. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
French
Nute, G. L. Caesars of the wilderness.
(S '43)
German
Arciniegas, G. Germans in the conquest of
America. (O '43)
Norse — Drama
Norway, N. S. Vinland the good. (D '46)
History
Baldwin, L. D. Story of the Americas. (S
-43)
Drama
MacLeish, A. American story. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Relations (general) with Australia
Greenwood, G. Early American -Australian
relations. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
America. Benet, S. V. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
America and Asia. Lattlmore, O. (D '43 ) -
America and Britain. Eng title of: Only an
ocean between, 3v in 1. Florence, P. S., ed.
(Ja'47) (1946 Annual)
America and Russia in the world community.
Fisher, H. H. (S '46)
America and the Americas. Herring, H. C. (D
America and the axis war. Smith, D. H. H.
(D '42)
America and the new world, by Norman Angell
and others. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
America and two wars. Perkins, D. (S '44)
America and world mastery. MacCormac, J.
America at war. Van Valkenburg, S., ed. (My
'43)
America fledges wings. Cleveland, R. M. (Je
America in a world at war. Brown, W. B.,
and others. (O '42)
America in action. (My '42)
America in fiction. Coan, O. W.. and Lillard,
R. G. (1942, 1945)
America in literature. McDowell, T., ed. (O '44)
America in the new Pacific. Taylor, G. E. (My
'42)
America in transition. Kinneman, J. A., and
Browne, R. G. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
America in world affairs. Nevins, A. (Mr '42)
America is Americans. Borland, H. G. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
America is in the heart. Bulosan, C. (Ap '46)
America is West. Flanagan, J. T. ed. (N '46)
America organizes to win the war. (My '42),
America: partner in world rule. Chamberlin,
W. H. (S '45)
America, Russia, and the Communist party in
the postwar world. Childs, J. L. and
Counts, G. S. (My '43)
America sings. Carmer, C. L. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
America speaking. Perschbacher, O., and Wilde,
D., eds. (My '43)
America speaks. Gibbs, P. H. (Ag '42)
America, the story of a free people. Nevins, A.
and Commager, H. S. (Ag '43) (1942 An-
nual)
America. 1355-1364. Holand, H. R. (N '46)
America unlimited. Johnston, B. A. (My '44)
The American. Adams, J. T. (Ag '44) (194S
Annual)
The American. Fast, H. M. (S '46)
American agencies interested in international
affairs. Savord, R., comp. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
American agriculture, 1899-1939. Barger, H.,
and Landsberg, H. H. (O '43)
American Alpine club's handbook of American
mountaineering. Henderson, K. A., ed. (Ag
'42)
American authors and books, 1640-1940. Burke.
W. J., and Howe, W. D. eds. (S '48)
American ballot. Albright, S. D. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
American-born in Canada. Coats, R. H., and
MacLean, M. C. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
934
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
American botany. Rodgers, A. D. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
American boy's omnibus. Pashko, S. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
American butterflies and moths. Matschat, C.
H (Asr *42)
American caravan. Frost, F. M. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
American Catholic opinion in the slavery con-
troversy. Rice, M. H. (S '44)
American champions. Cook, G. E. (O '45)
American character. Brogan, D. W. (N '44)
American child. Engle, P. (N '45)
American chronicle. Baker. R. S. (Ap '45)
American citizen. Boyle, K. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
American civil liberties union
Bunting, D. E. Liberty and learning. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
American constitutional development. Swisher,
C B (Ao '44)
American cotton handbook. Merrill, G. R., and
others. (Je '42)
American counterpoint. Alland, A. (O '43)
American cowboy. James, W. (Ap '42)
American dairy cattle. Prentice, E. P. (O *42)
American daughter. Thompson, E. B. (Je '46)
American decade. Boggs, T., ed. (N '43)
American democracy today and tomorrow.
Alexander, R. C.. and others. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
American destiny. Davies, A. P. (Ag '42)
American dialect dictionary. Wentworth. H.
(N '45) (1944 Annual)
American diaries. Matthews, W.. and Pearce,
R. H., comps. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
American diary* Graf ton, S. (S '43)
American Diesel engines. Goad. E. F. (Mr '43)
American dilemma. Myrdal, G., and others.
(Mr '44)
American diplomacy in action. Van Alstyne.
R. W. (O '44)
American dolls in uniform. Jordan, N. R. (O
'42)
American drama
Collections
America in action. (My *42)
Army play by play. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Cerf, B. A., and Cartmell, V. H., comp. S.
R. O. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Clark, B. H., ed. Favorite American plays
of the nineteenth century. (N '43)
Drummond, A. M., and Gard, R. E., eds.
Lake guns of Seneca and Cayuga. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Galbraith, E. E., ed. Plays without foot-
lights. (S '45)
Kozlenko, W., comp. 25 non -royalty one -act
American comedies. (S '43)
Mantle, B., ed. Best plays of 1941-42. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Mantle, B.f ed. Best plays of 1942-43. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Mantle, B.. ed. Best plays of 1943-44. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Mantle, B., ed. Best plays of 1944-45. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Mantle, B., ed. Best plays of 1945-46. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Smith. B. 20 prize-winning non-royalty one-
act plays. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
History and criticism
Fultpn, A. R. Drama and theatre illustrated
by seven modern plays. (N f46)
Qufnn, A. H. History of the American drama.
(Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
American economic history. Faulkner, H. U.
(A* P44)
American economic problems. Patterson, S. H..
and others. (Ag '42)
American education under fire. Thayer, V. T.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
American educator encyclopedia. (O '43)
American emperor. Brown, R. J. (D '45)
American empire in Asia? Viton, A. (O '43)
American expansion in Hawaii. Stevens, 8. K.
(Je '46)
American expression on the war and peace.
Mohair, A. L»,, and Benardete, D., eds.
(O '43)
American family behavior. Bernard, J. S. (S
American fiction
Geismar. M. D. Writers in crisis. (S '42)
Taylor, W. F. Economic novel in America.
(Ag '42)
Bibliography
Coan, O. W., and Lillard, R. G. America in
fiction. (1942, 1945)
Collections
Watkins, A., comp. Taken at the flood. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
American foreign policy. Borchard, E. M. (Je
'46)
American foreign policy in the making, 1932-
1940. Beard, C. A. (O '46)
American foundation for social welfare. Har-
rison, S. M., and Andrews, F. E. (Ag '4 6)
American freethought, 1860-1914. Warren, S.
American frontier in Hawaii. Bradley, H. W.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
American garden flowers. Freund, G. L. P.
(Ap *43)
American government. McMahon, J. L. (My
•43)
American guerrilla fighting behind the enemy
lines. Smith, D. M., and Games, C. (My
•44)
American guerrilla In the Philippines. Wolfert,
I. (My '45)
American handbook. United States. Office of
war information. (Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
American harvest. Tate, A., and Bishop, J. P.,
eds. (N '42)
American heroes and hero-worship. Johnson,
G. W. (O '43)
American heroes of the war in the air. Min-
gos, H. L,. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
American highway policy. Dearing, C. L. (Je
'42) »
American highway practice. Hewes, L. I. (My
American historical societies. Dunlap, L. W.
(D '44)
American history in schools and colleges. Com-
mittee on American history in schools and
colleges. (My '44)
American house. Chase, V. (Mr '44 )
American housing, problems and prospects.
Twentieth century fund, inc. Housing com-
mittee. (S '44)
American idea. Adams, E. T., and others. (Je
American idealism. Stovall. F. (My '43)
American in search of a way. Morris, W. R.
(D '42)
American industry in the war. Baruch, B. M.
(Ap '42)
American Jew. Janowsky, O. I., ed. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
American Jew speaks. Fox, G. G. (N '46)
American job trends. Anderson, H. D., and
Davidson, P. E. (My '42)
American Journal of education
Thursfleld, R. E. Henry Barnard's American
Journal of education. (S '46)
American labor unions. Peterson, F. (N '45)
American land. Van Dersal, W. R. (O »43)
American language. Mencken. H. L.. (O '45)
American legend. Van Gelder, R. and D. S.,
eds. (S '46)
American Leonardo. Mabee, C. (Mr '43)
American library laws. Foutts, J. C., ed. (My
American literature
Jackson, E. Faith and fire within us. (D
'44)
Bibliography
Logasa, H., comp. Regional United States.
(S '42)
Collections
Accent (periodical). Accent anthology. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
American mercury (periodical). American
mercury reader. (N *44)
Beatty, R. C., ed. Vanderbilt miscellany,
1919-1944. (S '44)
Bedside tales. (Ap '45)
Brown. S. A., and others, eds. Negro caravan.
(My '42)
Burnett, W., ed. This is my best. (D '42)
Feldkamp, P., ed. Mixture for men. (N '46)
Flanagan, J. T.. ed. America is West. (N '45)
Frederick, J. T., ed. Out of the Midwest.
(My '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
935
Hill. A. T., ed. Campus and classroom. (Ap
Holbrook, S. H., ed. Promised Und. (N '45)
Jackson, J. H., ed. Continent's end. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Lady's pleasure. (As '46) ,^
Lee, C.: ed. North, East, South, West. (D
'45)
McDowell, T., ed. America in literature. <O
*44)
Maugham, W. S., ed. Introduction to modern
English and American literature. (Ag '43)
MerrTam, H. G., and others, eds. Reading
for an air age. (My '44)
Miles, D. H., and Pooley, R. C., eds. Litera-
ture and life in America. (8 '43)
Partisan review (periodical). Partisan reader
(N '46)
Perry. G. S., ed. Roundup time. (N '43)
Perschbacher, O., and Wilde, D., eds.
America speaking. (My '43)
Prairie schooner. Prairie schooner caravan.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Seaver, J3., ed. Cross-section. (Ag '44)
Seaver, B., ed. Cross section 1946. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Smith, B.. ed. Democratic spirit. (N '43)
Stover, E. M., ed. Son-of-a-gun stew. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Targ, W., ed. American West. (S '46)
Tate, A., and Bishop, J. P., eds. American
harvest. (N '42)
Treasury of modern best sellers. (Ag '44)
Van Doren, C. C., and Carmer, C. L. Ameri-
can scriptures. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Warfel, H. R., and Manwaring, E. W.. eds.
Of the people. (S '42)
West, R. B., ed. Rocky Mountain reader. (Ag
•46)
Wilson, E., ed. Shock of recognition. (Ag
'43)
Wimberly, L. C., ed. Mid country. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Woollcott, A., ed. As you were. (My *43)
Yale Review (periodical). Yale review an-
thology. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Dictionaries, indexes, etc.
Burke, W. J., and Howe. W. D., eds. Ameri-
can authors and books, 1640-1940. (S '43)
Hart, J. D. Oxford companion to American
literature. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
History and criticism
Adams, J. D. Shape of books to come. (D
'44)
Brooks, V. World of Washington Irving. (N
Cargill, O. Intellectual America. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
De Voto, B. A. Literary fallacy. (My '44)
Gohdes, C. L. F. American literature in
nineteenth-century England. (Ag *44)
Gordon, G. S. Anglo-American literary rela-
tions. (Mr f43)
Gray, J. On second thought. (D '46)
Jones, H. M. Ideas in America. (S '44)
Kazin, A. On native grounds. (D '42)
Reilly, J. J. Of books and men. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Russell, F. A. American pilgrimage. (Je '42)
Stovall. F. American idealism. (My '43)
Wilson, B., ed. Shock of recognition. (Ag *43)
Winters, Y. Anatomy of nonsense. (S '43)
Montana
Howard, J. K., ed. Montana margins. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Southwest
Perry, G. S., ed. Roundup time. (N '43)
Vermont
Pierce, E. H. C., and Flanders, H. H., eds.
Green Mountain verse. (N '43)
West
Flanagan, J. T., ed. America is West. (N '46)
Frederick, J. T., ed. Out of the Midwest.
(My '44)
Holbrook, S. H., ed. Promised land. (N '45)
Targ, W., ed. American West. (S '46)
West, R. R., ed. Rocky mountain reader. (Ag
'46)
American literature in nineteenth-century Eng-
land. Gohdes, C. L. F. (Ag '44)
American local-color stories. Warfel, H. R.,
and Orians, G. H., eds. (S '42)
American malleable iron. Malleable founders'
society. (N '46)
American maritime industries and public policy.
Hutchins, J. G. B. (My '42)
American medical practice in the perspectives
of a century. Stern, B. J. (Ap §45)
American mercury reader. American mercury
(periodical). (N '44)
American mottoes and slogans. Shankle, G. B.
(Ap '42)
American Negro slave revolts. Aptheker, H.
(Ap '44)
American Negroes. Erabree, B. R. (O *42)
American opinion of Soviet Russia. Lovenstein,
M. (Je '42)
American opinion on the kulturkampf. Kolbeck,
Sister Orestes. (N '43)
American paddle steamboats. Lane, C. D. (Ap
American patent system. Bennett, -W. B. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
American peace. MacNeil, N. (D '44)
American people. Hayward. W. S., and Hamil-
ton, D. A. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
American petroleum refining. Bell, H. S. (Mr
'46)
American pilgrimage. Russell, F. A. (Je '42)
American pioneer arts and artists. Drepperd.
C. W. (Ap *43)
American poetry
Collections
Adams. F. P., ed. Innocent merriment^ (N
'42>
Anthology of magazine verse for 1938-1942.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Benet, W. R., and Aiken, C. P., eds.
Anthology of famous English and American
poetry. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Boggs, T., ed. American decade. (N *43)
Clark. T. C., comp. Poems for life. (Ap '42)
Clark, T. C , comp. 300 favorite poems. (Ag
*46)
Coblentz, S. A., comp. Music makers. (Mr
'46)
Five young American poets; second ser.
(Ap '42)
Five young American poets; third series,
1944. (D '44)
Gregory, H., ed. Triumph of life. (N '43)
Hayes, J. M.. ed. In praise of nuns. (D '42)
Henderson. D. M., and others, eds. Reveille.
(D '43)
Kieran, J., comp. Poems I remember. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
McClure, J. P., ed. Stag's hornbook. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
McCord, D. T. W., ed. What cheer. (Ja "46)
(1945 Annual)
Moult, T., ed. Best poems of 1941. (S *42)
Moult. T., ed. Best poems of 1942. (S '43)
Moult, T., ed. Best poems of 1943. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pierce, E. H. C., and Flanders, H. H., eds.
Green Mountain verse. (N '43)
Poetry society of America. Poetry society of
America anthology. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Russell, F. A., ed. Pack up your troubles.
(N '42)
Russell, F. A.f ed. Yankee doodles. (N *43)
Sanders, G. D., and Nelson, J. H., eds. Chief
modern poets of England and America. (F
•44) (1943 Anuual)
Seaver, E.. ed. Cross section 1945. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Spirit (periodical). Drink from the rock. (S.
'44)
Tate, A., ed. Princeton verse between two
wars. (S '42)
Untermeyer, L., ed. Treasury of great poems,
English and American. (N '42)
Williams, O., ed. Little treasury of modern
poetry. (S '46)
Williams, O., ed. New poems, 1942. (Je '42)
Williams, O., ed. New poems, 1943. (O '43)
Williams. O., ed. New poems, 1944. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Williams, O., ed. War poets. (S '45)
History and criticism
Gregory, H., and Zaturenska, M. A. Hlstdry
of American poetry. (D *46)
Simon. C. M. H. Lays of the new land. (My
•43)
Wells, H. W. American way of poetry. (D
American policy toward Palestine. Friedrich,
C, J. (Ap *45)
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American political and social history. Faulkner,
American political parties. Blnkley. W. B. (Ag
'44) (1043 Annual) t , m „
American political system. En? title of: Gov-
ernment of the people. Brogan, D. W.
American Polynesia. Bryan, E. H. (My '42)
American primitive painting. Lipman, J. H
(A.K *42)
American problem. Eng title of: American
character. Brogan, D. W. (N '44)
An American program. Willkie. W. L. (N '44)
American radicalism. Destler. C. M. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
American reasons. Wilkinson, B. (Je *43)
American Red cross textbook on Red cross
home nursing. Red cross. United States.
American national Red cross. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
American regional cookery. Hibben, S. (N '46)
American regulation of arms exports. Atwater.
TB /Ttf '42)
American religious movement. Garrison, W. E.
(S '46)
American republics
Ball, M. M. Problem of inter-American
organization. (Je '46)
Carnegie endowment for international peace.
Division of international law. Handbook
of international organizations in the Amer-
icas. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Humphrey, J. T. P. Inter- American system,
a Canadian view. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Laves, W. H. C., ed. Inter -American soli-
darity. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Padilla, E. Free men of America. (Je '43)
Prewett, V. Americas and tomorrow. (Ap '44)
Qulntanilla, L. A Latin American speaks.
(Mr '43)
Reynolds, T. H., ed. Progress of Pan Ameri-
canism. (D '43)
Spykman, N. J. America's strategy in world
politics. (My »42)
American reveille. Morehouse, W. (S '42)
American Rhodes scholarships. Aydelotte, F.
(O '46)
American rifle for hunting and target shooting.
Hagie, C. E. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
American rolling mill company
Borth, C. True steel. (Je '42)
American -Russian rivalry in the Far East.
Zabriskie, E. H. (My r46)
American sahib. Muehl, J. F. (Ja '47) (1946
American sayings. Woods, H. F. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
American scene. James, H. (N '46)
American scene. Melbo, I. R., and others. (Ap
American schools in transition. Mort, P. R.,
and Cornell. F. G. (D '42)
American scriptures. Van Doren, C. C., and
Gartner, C. L. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
American Senate and world peace. Colegrove,
K. W. (Ag '45J (1944 Annual)
American ship models and how to build them.
GrimwoodL V. R. (Je '43)
American social problems. Walsh, M. E. (8 '43)
American society and the changing world.
Pegg, C. H., and others. (Ag *42)
American society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals
Steele, Z. Angel in top hat. (D *42)
American society in wartime. Ogburn, W. F.,
ed, (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
American soldiers in Siberia. Klndall, S. G.
(D '46)
American speeches. Lothian, P. H. K. (Ap
'42)
American spirit. Beard, C. A. and M. R. (Ag
•43) (1942 Annual)
American story. MacLeish, A. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
American student flyer. Hamburg, M. C., and
Tweney, G. H. (Mr »43)
American tanks and tank destroyers. Conger,
E. M. (O '44)
American taxation. Ratner, S. (Ag '42)
American thesaurus of slang. Berrey, L. V.,
and Van den Bark, M. (Ap '42)
American trees. Llmbach, R. T. (N *42)
American unity and Asia. Buck, P. S. (8 '42)
American university of Beirut
, Penrose, S. B. L. That they may have life.
(Ap 42)
American warplanes. Conger, E. M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual) ^ m
American watercolor and Winslow Homer. Good-
rich, L. (My '46)
American way. Roosevelt, F. D. (A* '44)
American way of life. Barnes, H. E.. and
Ruedi, O. M. (Ja '43) (194i Annual)
American way of poetry, wells, H. W. (D '43)
American West. Targ, W., ed. (S '46)
American wine cook book. Hatch, E. W. (My
American woman. Groves, E. R. (Je '44)
American women in uniform. Ross, M. S. (Ag
'43)
American women of science. Yost, E. (Je '43)
American words and ways. Whyte, J. (S '43)
American year. Borland. H. G. (S '46)
Americanisms
Adams, R. F. Western words. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Berrey, L. V., and Van den Bark. M. Amer-
ican thesaurus of slang. (Ap '42)
Dictionary of American English on historical
principles. (O '44)
Kenyon, J. S., and Knott, T. A., eds. Pro-
nouncing dictionary of American English.
(N '44)
Mencken, H. L. American language. (O *45)
Wentworth, H. American dialect dictionary.
(N '45) (1944 Annual)
Americanization
Sickels, A. L. Around the world in St. Paul
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Americans: a book of lives. Hagedorn, H. (My
'46)
Americans all. National education association
of the United States. Department of super-
visors and directors of instruction. (Ag '42)
Americans and their songs. Luther, F. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Americans every one. Davis, L. R. (Je '42)
Americans In Canada *
Coats, R. H., and MacLean, M. C. American-
born in Canada. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Americans in Persia. Millspaugh, A. C. (D *46)
Americans, 1942. New York. Museum of mod-
ern art. (Ag '42)
Americans of Japanese ancestry. La Violet te,
F. E. (O '46)
Americas and tomorrow. Prewett, V. (An '44)
America's Far Eastern policy. Bisson, T. A.
(Mr '45)
America's fighting- planes in action. Kinert, R.
C. (Ag '43)
America's first crusade. Hoover, H. C. (Mr '42)
America's Germany. Bach. J. S. (Ap '46)
America's greatest inventors. Patterson, J. C.
(S '43)
America's maritime history* Denison, A. C.
(As '44)
America's musical heritage. Burk, C., and
others. (N '43)
America's natural wealth. Lieber, R. (My *43)
America's navy in world war II. Cant, G. (S
'43)
America's own refugees. Collins, H. H. (Ag
•42) (1941 Annual)
America's Paul Revere. Forbes, E. (D ?46)
America's place In the world. Pefter, N. (O
'45)
America's progressive philosophy. Sheldon, W.
H. (Ap '43)
America's role in Asia. Howard. H. P, (Ag '43)
America's role in the world economy. Han sen,
A. H. (My '45)
America's role in world affairs. Lengyel, E.
(Je '46)
America's stake in Britain's future. Soule, G.
H. (N '45)
America's strategy In world politics. Spykman,
N. J. (My '42)
America's struggle for free schools. Jackson,
S. L. (My '42)
America's trade equality policy. Davis, H. O.
(N '42)
Amerigo. Zweig, S. (Ap '42)
Amethyst spectacles. Crane, F. K. (O '44)
Am hers t college
Hammond, w. G. Remembrance of Amherst.
(N *46)
Le Due, T. H. A. Piety and intellect at Am-
herst college. (N '46)
Amlgo. Chambers, W. (Mr '42)
Aminp acid ^composition of proteins and foods.
Block, R. J., and Boiling, D. (O '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
937
Ami no acids
Block, R. J., and Boiling:, D. Amlno acid com-
position of proteins and foods. (O '45)
Cohn, E. J., and Edsall, J. T. Proteins, amlno
acids and peptides as ions and dipolar ions.
(D '43)
Sahyun, M., ed. Outline of the amino acids
and proteins. (Ap '45)
Schmidt, C. L. A., ed. Addendum to The
chemistry of the amino acids and proteins.
(O f44)
Amish moving day. Seyfert, E. M. (S '42)
Ammunition
Johnson. M,f M., and Haven, C. T. Ammuni-
Ohart", T. C. Elements of ammunition. (O *46)
Amos (prophet)
Fiction
Wilson, D. C. Herdsman. (D '46)
Amphibious warfare
Keyes, R. J. B. Amphibious warfare and
combined operations. (S '43)
Vagts, A. Landing operations. (D '46)
Amplifiers, Vacuum tube .
Bode, H. W. Network analysis and feedback
amplifier design. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prisons and reformatories
Sellin, J. T. Pioneering in penology. (Je '45)
Amusements
Bell, L. B. Parties in wartime. (Je *43)
Boy's fun book. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Breen, M. J. The children's party book. (Ap
'42)
Cleveland, R. Pun for boys and girls. (P '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cleveland, R. Stay-at-home book for boys
and girls. (Je '44)
Duggins, G. H., and Eastwood, F. R. Plan-
ning industrial recreation. (Je '42)
Fisher, H. S. Good time at your picnic. (D
Fite, K., and Paine, G. C. The Cokesbury
shower book. (Ap '42)
Predrikson, C. L. Picnic book. (S '42)
Gray, M., and Urban, R. C. Bright idea
Harris,' F. L.. and Ridler, D. A. Food 'n' fun
for the invalid. (O '42)
Horowitz, C. Boy's treasury of things-to-do.
(Je '46)
Horowitz, C. Child's treasury of things-to-do.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Horowttz, C. Girl's treasury of things-to-do.
Horowitz, C. Little girl's treasury of things-
to-do. (Ag '46)
Horowitz, C. Young boy's treasury of things-
to-do. (Ag r46)
Ickis, M. Pastimes for the patient. (Ag '46)
Jacobs, F. B. Out of a handkerchief. (S '42)
Lariar, L., ed. Army fun book. (S '43>
Lariar, L. Bed and bored. (S '45)
Mapes, M. A, Fun with your child. (Mr '44)
Pashko, S. American boy's omnibus. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Amy Ferraby's daughter. Ford, B. (Ap f44)
Anahita and her dancing bear. Butler, N. (F
'46) (1935 Annual)
Analogy (religion)
Phelan, G. B. Saint Thomas and analogy.
(Je *42)
Analysis of drill-jig design. Karash, J. I. (Mr
*45)
Analysis of economic time series. Davis, H. T.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Analysis of foods. Winton, A. L. and K. G. B
(O '45)
Analysis of social change. Wilson, G. and M. H.
(Ap '46)
Analysis of statically indeterminate structures.
Williams, C. D. (Ap '44)
Analytic geometry. Smith, E. S., and others.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Analytic mechanics. Chambers, S. D., and
Faires V. M. (N '43)
Analytical chemistry of industrial poisons, haz-
ards, and solvents. Jacobs, M. B. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Analytical experimental physios. Lemon, H.
B., and Ference, M. (S '43)
Anatomy
History
Ashley- Montagu, M, F. Edward Tyson. (O
Anatomy, Artistic
Lenssen, H. Art and anatomy. (8 *46)
Anatomy, Human
Williams, J. F. Atlas of human anatomy.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Anatomy of drama. Thompson, A. R. (O *4S>
Anatomy of nonsense. Winters, Y. (S *43>
Anatomy of peace. Reves, B. (Ag '45)
Anatomy of racial intolerance. Huszar, G. B.
de, comp. (S '46)
Ancestors' brocades. Bingham, M. T. (My *45)
Anchorage. Bassett, S. W. (Ag '43)
Anchors to windward. White, S. E. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Ancient and medieval dyes. Leggett, W. F. (F
'46) (1944 Annual)
Ancient Greece in modern America. Macarthur,
J. R. (Je '44)
Ancient Maya. Morley, S. G. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Ancient Russia. Vernadskii, G. V. (O '43)
— And a few marines. Thomason, J. W. (Je *43)
And another thing. Spring, H. (Je '46)
And blackthorns. Iflng title of: Banshee harvest.
Phelan, J. L. (Mr '45)
And death came too. Sampson, R. H. (Mr '43)
And die she did. Oellrichs, I. (Ap '45)
And down the days. Bonn, J. L. (My '42X*
And God was there. Brink, E. C. (Ag '44)
And green grass grows all around. Lyon, M.
(N '42)
And he hid himself. Silone, I. (Je '46)
And hearing not — . Calkins, B. E. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
And high water. Stein, A. M. (O '46)
And keep your powder dry. Mead, M. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
And let the coftln pass. Abbey, K. (My '42)
And never yield. Pryor, B. (Je '42)
And not for love. Mechem. P. (D '42)
And now to live again. Barton, B. (D '44)
And now tomorrow. Field, R. L. (Je '42)
And^ pass the ammunition. Forgy, H. M. (Ag
And so to bedlam. Lyon, M. (D '43)
And that's no lie. Talbot, B. W. B. (My '46)
And the darkness falls. Karloff, B., ed. (Je *46)
And the deep blue sea. Knotts, R. (Je '44)
And the field is the world. De Jong, D. (N '45)
And the hunter home. Underwood, C. (Ap '46)
And the wind blows free. Glidden, F. D. (Ag
•45)
And there were men. Blankenshlp, R. (S *42)
And they shall walk. Kenny, E., and Ostenso,
M. (O '43)
And you. Thoreau! Derleth, A. W. (S *46)
Andersen, Hans Christian
Juvenile literature
David, J. Three Hanses. (D (42)
Anderson, Louie 8.
Anderson, N. M. Swede homestead. (D '42)
Anderson, Sherwood
Anderson, S. Memoirs. (My '42)
Andover liberals. Williams, D. D. (Ap '42)
Andover theological seminary, Newton Center,
Massachusetts
Williams, D. D. Andover liberals. (Ap '42)
Andre*, John
Fiction
Pleasants, H. Mars' butterfly, (Ap *42)
Andre" Gide and the crisis of modern thought.
Mann, K. (Je '43)
Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich
Gorky, M. Reminiscences. (S '46)
Andrews, Roy Chapman
Andrews, R. C. Under a lucky star. (O *43)
Andries. Van Stockum, H. (D '42)
Andy Claybourne. Lavender, D. S. (D '46)
Andy Jackson, boy soldier. Stevenson, A. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Anecdotes
Cerf, B. A., ed. Anything for a laugh. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Cerf, B. A., comp. Try and stop me. (D
Prochnow, H. V. Public speaker's treasure
chest. (S '42)
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Anecdotes — Continued .^
Thomas, L. J. Pageant of life. (Ap '42)
Thomas, L. J. and F. R. Pageant of romance.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Anesthetics _ ,
Keys, T. E. History of surgical anesthesia.
(D '45)
Raper, H. R. Man against pain. (N '45) _
Robinson, V. Victory over pain. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Angel child. Teal, V. (D '46)
Angel in the forest. Young, M. (My '45)
Angel in top hat. Steele, Z. (D '42)
Angel Mo' and her son, Roland Hayes. Helm,
M. (D '42)
Angel of peace. Comenius. J. A. (D '45)
Angel of the navy. Angel. J. (S '43)
Angel town. Grayson, C. (S '46)
Angel with spurs. Wellman, P. I. (Je *42)
Angel with the trumpet. Lothar, E. (My '44)
Angel without wings. Wright, M. B. ff '43)
Angela comes home. Widdemer. M. (N '42)
Angelo, the naughty one. Garrett, H. (D '44)
Angels can't do better. De Vries, P. (O '44)
Anger in the sky. Ertz, S. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Angleworms on toast. Kan tor, M. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Anglo-American literary relations. Gordon,
G. S. (Mr '43)
Anglo-American trade agreement. Kreider, C.
J. (S *43)
Anglo-Saxon England. Stenton, F. M. (Ag '44)
Anglo-Saxon literature
Atkins, J. W. H. English literary criticism.
(O '44)
Anglo-Saxon poetry
Kennedy, C. W. Earliest English poetry.
(S '44)
Anglo-Saxon race
Baldwin, L. D. God's Englishman. (Mr '44)
Angola
Description and travel
Cushman, M. F. Missionary doctor. (D '44)
Angry dust. Tillett, D. S. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Angry planet. Cross, J. K. (D »46)
Anguish. Ramos, G. (My '46)
Anhydrous aluminum chloride in organic chem-
istry. Thomas, C. A. (Je '42j
Animal ABC. Woodall, S. L. (O ^46)
Animal book. Hogner, D. C. (Je '42)
Animal faces. Perkins, R. M. (Je '44)
Animal fair. West, E. (O '45)
Animal families. Weil, A. (S '46)
Animal farm. Orwell, G. (O '46)
Animal inn. Moe, V. (Ja '47) (1946 annual)
Animal painting and Illustration
Hogebcom, A. Dogs and how to draw them.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hogeboom. A. Familiar animals and how to
draw them. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Tunnicllffe, a F. Bird portraiture. (S '45)
Animal pictures
Brown; M. W. They all saw it. (O '44)
Perkins, R. M. Animal faces. (Je '44)
Animal reveille, DempewoltT, R. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Animal stories. Duplaix, G. (D '44)
Animal tales. Sanderson, I. T., ed. (N '46)
Animal tracks. Mason, G. F. (O '43)
Animals. Habits and behavior of
Benchley, B. J. My animal babies. (Je '46)
Chaffee, A. Western wild life. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Devoe, A. Lives around us. (O '42)
Ditmars, R. L. Twenty little pets from every-
where. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Doyle, F. C. Smoky ridge. (Ag '44)
Fleischer, M. Noah's shoes. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Linta. G. D. Animals are my hobby. (Ag '42)
Moe, V. Animal inn. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Noble, R. C. Nature of the beast. (My '45)
Ransom, E. I. Woodland book. (Ap '46)
Rush,, W. M. Wild animals of the Rockies.
Waldeck, T. J. Treks across the veldt. (Ag
Animals, Legends and stories of
Atwell, R. Blue and the jungle. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Campbell, S. A. How's Inky? (D '43)
Campbell, S. A. Too much Salt and Pepper.
(F '46) (1944 Annual)
Duplaix, G. Animal stories. (D '44)
Baton, A. T., ed. Animals' Christmas. (D
'44)
Fenton, C. L. Weejack and his neighbors.
Gall, A. C., and Crew, F. H. All the year
round. (N '44)
Kalibala. £3. B., and Davis, M. G. Wakalma
and the clay man. (Ag '46)
Matty, E. L., ed. Treasury of animal stories.
(N '46)
Sanderson, I. T., ed. Animal tales. (N '46)
Van de Water, F. F. Members of the family.
Animals are my hobby. Lintz, G. D. (As '42)
Animals' Christmas. Eaton. A. T., ed. (D '44)
Animals for me. Lenski, L. (Ap '42)
Animals for you to make. Martin, P. L. (Je
'46)
Animals here and there. Doane, P., il. (Mr '46)
Animals marooned. Price, M. £3. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Animals of Friendly farm. Hartwell, M. (O '46)
Animism
Lang ton, E. Good and evil spirits. (D '42)
Ann, Bartlett at Bataan. Lansing, E. H. (My
Ann Bartlett in the south Pacific. Lansing,
E. H. (O '44)
Ann Batch elder's own cook book. Batchelder,
A. (Je '42)
Anna. Eng title of: Quiet lady. Collins, N.
(Ja »43) (1942 Annual)
Anna and the King of Slam. Landon, M. D. M.
(S '44)
Anna Lucasta. Yordan, P. (Mr '45)
Anna Luhanna. Chase, E. H. (Ap '46)
Anna Zenger. Cooper. K. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Annals of opera. Loewenberg, A., comp. (S
Annals of the New York stage, v 13. Odell,
G. C. D. (N '42) »
Annals of the New York stage; v 14. Odell, G.
C. D. (Ag '45)
Annam
Brodrick, A. H. Little China. (Mr '43)
Annapolis: gangway to the quarterdeck. Pules-
ton, W. D. (Je f42)
Anne, of Cleves, consort of Henry VIII, king of
England
Fiction
Barnes, M. C. My Lady of Cleves. (Mr '46)
Annie and the wooden skates. Friskey, M. (Je
'42)
The Annie Moron. Hurd, E. T. (Je '42)
Annihilation of man. Paul, L. A. (Je '45)
Anniversaries and holidays. Hazel tine, M. E.
Annotated list of books. (Je '43)
Announcer. Bng title of: Voice like velvet.
Henderson, D. L. (My '46)
Annual flowers. Jenkins, D. H. (S '45)
Another Claudia. Franken, R. D. L. (Je '43)
Another day toward dying. Marlett, M. (Mr
*43)
Another shore. Eng title of: Young man with
a dream. Reddin, K. S. (My '46)
Answer is ... your nerves. Jackson, A. S.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Answering distant calls. Erdman, M. H., ed.
(Ap *43)
The antagonists. Cameron, O. (N '46)
Ante-bellum Charleston theatre. Hoole, W. S.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Antheil, George
Antheil, G. Bad boy of music. (Ja V46) (1945
Annual)
Anthology of contemporary Latin American
poetry. Fitts, D.f ed. (Mr »43)
Anthology of famous English and American
poetry. Bene*t, W. R., ai ' ' " - ~
eds. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Anthology of fishing adventures. Outdoor life
(periodical). (O T46)
Anthology of hunting adventures. Outdoor life
(periodical). (3 '46)
Anthology of magazine verse for 1938-1942.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Anthology of Norwegian lyrics. Stork, C. W.,
tr. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Anthony, Norman
Anthony, N. How to grow old disgracefully.
(My <46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
939
AnthropOQeography
Markham, 3. F. Climate and the energy of
nations. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Van Cleef, B. Geography for the business-
man. <Ap '44)
United States
Muelder, H. R., and Delo, D. M. Years of
this land. (Ag '43)
Anthropology
Chappie, B. D. and Coon, C. 3. Principles of
anthropology. (Je '42)
Lin ton, R.. ed. Science of man in the world
crisis. (Mr '45)
Malinpwski, B. Scientific theory of culture.
Stewart, G. R. Man: an autobiography. (S
•46)
Venable, V. Human nature. (Je '46)
Methodology
Gottschalk, L. R., and others. Use of per-
sonal documents in history, anthropology,
and sociology. (O '46)
Antibiotic substances
Epstein. S., and Williams, B. Miracles from
microbes. (N '46)
Herrell, W. E. Penicillin and other antibiotic
agents. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Kolmer, J. A. Penicillin therapy. (P *46)
(1946 Annual)
Waksman, S. A. Microbial antagonisms and
antibiotic substances. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Antic Hamlet and Richard in. Thomas, S.
(6 '44)
Anti-dictator. La HoStie, E. de. (D '42)
Antioch actress. Perkins, J. R. (Ap '46)
Antipathies and prejudices
Powdermaker, H. Probing our prejudices.
Antique cat. Bradbury, B. (D '46)
Antiques
Drepperd, C. W. First reader for antique
collectors. (S '46)
Drepperd, C. W. Primer of American an-
tiques. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
McBride, R. M., ed. Treasury of antiques.
(O '46)
Robacker, E. F. Pennsylvania Dutch stuff.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
RobsJohn-Gibbings, T. H. Good-bye, Mr.
Chippendale. (My *44)
Rollins, A. R. Antiques for the home. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Anti-rent troubles, New York, 1839-1846
Christman, H. Tin horns and calico. (Ap '45)
Ellis, D. M. Landlords and farmers in the
Hudson-Mohawk region. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Anti-Semitism. Dushaw, A. I. (O '43)
Any number can play. Heth, E. H. (N '45)
Any shape or form. Daly, E. (Je '45)
Anybody at home? Rey, H. A. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Anything a horse can do. Gregory* H. F. (O
44 )
Anything can happen. Papashvily, G. and
H. W. (Mr '46)
Anything for a laugh. Cerf, B. A., ed. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Anything for a quiet life. Avery, A. A. (Je
*42)
Apache days and after. Cruse, T. (Mr *42)
Apache Indians
Cruse, T. Apache days and after. (Mr '42)
Goodwin, G. Social organization of the West-
ern Apache. (N '42)
Opler, M. B. Apache life-way. (Je '42)
Apache life-way. Opler. M. E. (Je '42)
Apartment in Athens. Wescott, G. (Mr '46)
Apaurak in Alaska. Brevig, T. L. (My '45)
Apes
Benchley, B. J. My friends, the apes. (S '42)
Apes, giants and man. Weidenreich, F. (N '46)
Apocryphal literature. Torrey, C. C. (Mr '46)
Apologetics. See Christianity— Evidences
Apology for the arts. Dixon, W. M. (Ap '46)
Apostle. Asch, S. (O '43)
Apostle of democracy. Brown, L. F. (Ag '43)
Appalachian mountains
McNeer, M. Y. Story of the southern high-
lands. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Nixon, H. C. Lower Piedmont country. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Appeasement: before, during and after the
war. Einzig, P. (Ag '42)
Appeasement's child. Hamilton. T. J. (Mr '43)
Appellate procedure
Gall, M. Judicial decision and practical Judg-
ment. (N *46)
Pound, R. Appellate procedure in civil cases.
(Ag '42)
Apple for Eve. Norris, K. T. (N '42)
Apple in the attic. Jordan, M. A. (O '42)
Apple must be bitten. Colby, F. S. (Ap '44)
Apple Pie inn. Donahey, M. A. D. (N '42)
Apple rush. Keeler, K. S. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
ApplebVs end. Stewart. J. I. M. (Mr '45)
Applegrreen cat. Crane, F. K. (Mr '44)
Applejack for breakfast. Campbell, A. S. and
H. M. (Ap '46)
Application of absorption spectra to the study
of vitamins, hormones and coenzymes. Mor-
ton, R. A. (D '43)
Applications. Koehler, W. A. (Je '44)
Applications for positions
Mason. R. E. How to write letters that get
Jobs. (Ap '46)
Applications of germicidal, erythema! and in-
frared energy. Luckiesh, M. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Applied dietetics. Stern, F. (Ag »44)
Applied electronics. Massachusetts institute of
technology. Department of electrical .engi-
neering. (Je '43)
Applied energy conversion. Skrotzki, B. G. A.,
and Vopat, W. A. (Mr '46)
Applied fundamentals of machines. Cornetet,
W. H., and Fox, D. W. (O '45)
, Applied mathematics for radio and communica-
tion engineers. Smith. C. E. (D '45)
Applied mathematics for technical students.
Corrlngton. M, S. (S '43)
Applied mechanics. Biehler, R. M. (Je *43)
Applied mechanics and heat. Smith, L. R.
. 143)
(Ag
riason, w. u. ue «j
safety engineering. Berman, H. H., and
:rone, H. W. (Ap *44)
tment in Manila. Chamberlain, E. (N
Applied nuclear physics. Pollard, E. C., and
Davidson, W. L. (Je '4
Applied safet;
McCrone,
Appointment
'45)
Appointment with destiny. Forbes. R. T. (Je
'46)
Appraisal of the Negro in colonial South Caro-
lina. Klingberg, F. J. (Je '42)
Appraisal of the Protocols of Zion. Curtiss, J.
C« /Q *JA\
Appraising guidance in secondary schools.
Kefauver, G. N., and Hand, H. C. (Ap '42)
Appreciation of music. Welch, R. D. (S ^45)
Apprehensive dog. Bailey, H. C. (Ap '42)
Apprentices
Patterson, W. F., and Hedges, M. H. Educat-
ing for industry. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Approaches to national unity. Conference on
science, philosophy and religion in their re-
lation to the democratic way of life. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Approaches to world peace. Conference on
science, philosophy and religion in their re-
lation to the democratic way of life. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Aquariums
Boardman, E. T. Guide to higher aquarium
animals. (My '45)
Aqueous solution and the phase diagrams.
Purdon, F. F., and Slater. V. W. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Arab heritage. Faris, N. A., ed. (Ag '44)
Arab island. Stark, F. M. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Arabia
Description and travel
Raswan, C. R. Drinkers of the wind. (D '42)
History
Faris, N. A., ed. Arab heritage. (Ag '44)
Hitti, P. K. Arabs. (Ag '43)
Arabian horse
Raswan, C. R. Drinkers of the wind. (D '42)
Arabian nights; collected and ed. by Andrew
Lang. Arabian nights entertainments. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Arabian nights; 11. by Oscar Fabres. Arabian
nights entertainments. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
940
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Bing, EJ. J. World of the Arabs. (My '44)
Hitti, P. K. Arabs. (Ag »43) -AJ^
Stark, P. M. Arab island. (Ag *46) (1945
J. Meet the Arab. (D '43)
Aragon, poet of the French resistance. Aragon,
L. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Araucaniad. Ercilla y Zdfiiga, A. de. (Ap '46)
Arbitration, Industrial
Bowman, D. O. Public control of labor rela-
tions. (P *43) (1942 Annual)
Braun. K. Settlement of industrial disputes.
(Ja J45) (1944 Annual)
John sen, J. E.. comp. Compulsory arbitra-
tion of labor disputes. (My '45)
Kaltenborn, H. S. Governmental adjustment
of labor disputes. (Ap '44)
Kellor, P. A. Arbitration in action. (Ap '42)
McNaughton. W. L. Development of labor
relations law. (My '42)
Plerson, F. C. Collective bargaining systems.
(Je *43) »
Bobbins, J. J. Government of labor relations
in Sweden. (Ag f43) (1942 Annual)
Updegraff, C. M., and McCoy, W. P. Arbitra-
tion of labor disputes. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Arbitration and award
Kellor, P. A. Arbitration in action. (Ap
•42)
Arbitration in action. Kellor, F. A. (Ap *42)
Arbitration of labor disputes. Updegraff, C. M.
and McCoy, W. P. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Arcf and acetylene welding. Kerwin, H. (D
Arc welding, engineering and production con-
trol. Brooking, W. J. (Je '45)
Arch of triumph. Remarque, E. M. (Mr '46)
Archer Pilgrim. Jackson, D. D. (Je '42)
Archery
Elmer, R. P. Target archery. (D '46)
Archibald the Great. Kelland, C. B. (Je '43)
Architects
Ravenel, B. S. Architects of Charleston. (Ag
•46)
Architectural acoustics
Watson, F. R. Acoustics of buildings. (Je
•42)
Architectural drawing
BUBS, T. C. Simplified architectural drawing.
(Je *46)
Dalzell, J. R. Building trades blueprint read-
ing. (O '45)
Field, W. B. Introduction to architectural
drawing. (Ag '43)
Architecture
Creigrhton.T. H. Planning to build. (Je '45)
Lescaze, W. H. On being an architect. (Ag
•42)
Sert, J. L. Can our cities survive? (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Wright, P. L. When democracy builds. (My
Zucker, P.. ed. New architecture and city
planning. (F f45) (1944 Annual)
Conservation and restoration
Williams, H. L. and O. K. Old American
houses and how to restore them. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dictionaries
Ware, D. Short dictionary of architecture.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
History
Robb, D. M., and Garrison, J. J. Art in the
western world. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Boston
Kilham, W. H. Boston after Bulflnch. (S '46)
Brazil
Goodwin, P. L. Brazil builda. (S '43)
England
Briffgs, M. S. Building to-day. (My '45)
Richards, J. M., ed. Bombed buildings of
Britain. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
France
Frenkley, A. Stones of glory— stone* of
France. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
London
Summerson, J. N. Georgian London. (D '46)
Massachusetts
Coolidge. J. P. Mill and mansion. (N *42)
United States
Newton, R. H. Town & Davis, architects. (S
Nicholson, E. Contemporary shops in the
United States. (D '45)
Vermont
Congdon, H. W. Old Vermont houses. (D '46)
Architecture, American
Hamlin, T. F. Greek revival architecture in
America. (Mr '44)
Architecture, Domestic
Catlin, M. and G. Building your new house.
(S '46)
Davis, D., and others. Alexandria houses. (Ag
'46)
Davis, D., and others. Georgetown houses of
the federal period, Washington, D.C. (Ap
'45)
Farnham, D. T. Be it ever so humble. (S '42)
Johnstone, B. K., and others. Building or
buying a house. (My '45)
Koues, H. How to choose, plan, and build
your own house. (Ap *46)
Mock, E. B. If you want to build a house.
(Ag '46)
Waterman, T. T. Mansions of Virginia. (Je
'46)
White, C. D. Camps and cottages. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Williams, H. L. and O-. K. Old American
houses and how to restore them. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wilson, J. D., and Rogers, C. M. Simplified
carpentry estimating. (O '45)
Designs and plans
Dalzell, J. R., and Townsend, G. How to re-
model a house. (Je '43)
Dean, J. P., and Breines, S. Book of houses.
(Ap '46)
Dunham, C. W., and Thalberg, M. D. Plan-
ning your home for better living. (D *45)
Ford, J. and K. M. Design of modern in-
teriors. (Ja '43) O942 Annual)
Group, H. E., ed. House-of-the-month book
of small houses. (My '46)
McBride, R. M.. ed. When you build. (S '46)
Nelson, G., and Wright, H. N. Tomorrow's
house. (D '45)
Sunset magazine. Sunset western ranch
houses. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Townsend, G., and Dalzell, J. R. How to
plan a house. (Ap '43)
Williams, P. R. New homes for today. (S
'46)
Williams, P. R. Small home of tomorrow.
(O '45)
Wills, R. B. Houses for homemakers. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Wills, R. B. Planning1 your home wisely! (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Architecture, Georgian
Summerson, J. N. Georgian London. (D '46)
Architecture, Greek
Hamlin, T. P. Greek revival architecture in
America. (Mr '44)
McDonald, W. A. Political meeting places of
the Greeks. (Ag '44)
Architecture, Roman
Nash, 13. Roman towns. (8 '44)
Architecture as a profession
Lescaze, W. H. On being an architect. (Ag
'42)
Archives
Latin America
Hill, R. R., ed. National archives of Latin
America. (N 146)
Arctic adventure. MacMillan, W. (S '45)
Arctic manual. Stefansson, V. (Je '44)
Arctic regions
Campbell, B. D. Where the high winds blow.
(Je '46)
Gruber, R. I went to the Soviet Arctic. (D
Stefansson, £3. Within the circle. (Mr '46)
Stefansson, V. Arctic manual. (Je '44)
Stefansson, V. Friendly Arctic. (8 '43)
Wilkins, G. H., and Sherman, H. M.
Thoughts through space* (S '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
941
Juvenile literature
Hanson, B. P. Stefansson. (Mr '42)
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Marshall, S. L. A., and others. Bastogne.
(Je '46)
Are men equal? Myers, H. A. (My 'W
Are we winning the hard way? Wheeler-
Nicholson, M. (Ap '43)
Are you considering psychoanalysis? Horney,
K., ed. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Arena of love. Eliat, H. (Ag '44)
Arenas. Boggs, T. (S '43)
Argall, Phyllis , .___
Argall, P. My life with the enemy. (Ap '44)
Aifaringf C. H. Argentina and the United
Josephs,' R.6 Argentine diary. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Commerce
Salera, V. Exchange control and the Argen-
tina market. (My '42)
Constitutional law
Amadeo, S. P. Argentine constitutional law.
(My '44)
Description and travel
Herron, P. Letters from the Argentine. (O
•43)
Economic conditions
Burgin, M. Economic aspects of Argentine
federalism, 1820-1852. (D '46)
Phillips, H. A. Argentina. (S '44)
Weil, P. J. Argentine riddle. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Foreign relations
Bradford, S. E. Battle for Buenos Aires. (Je
'43)
United States
Haring, C. H. Argentina and the United
States. (Je '42)
History
Rennie, Y. F. Argentine republic. (My *45)
White, J. W. Argentina. (S *42)
Politics and government
Burgin, M. Economic aspects of Argentine
federalism, 1820-1852. (D '46)
MacdonaJd, A. P. Government of the Ar-
gentine republic. (S '42)
Phillips. H. A. Argentina. (S '44)
Weil, P. J. Argentine riddle. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Argentina. Phillips, H. A. (S '44)
Argentina and the United States. Haring, C.
H. (Je '42)
Argentine constitutional law. Amadeo, S. P.
Argentine diary. Josephs. R. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Argentine republic. Rennie, Y. P. (My '45)
Argentine riddle. Weil, P. J. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Ariosto, Lodovfco
Orlando Furfoso
Fragonard, J. H. Fragonard drawings for
Ariosto. (Ag '46)
Arise from sleep. Delehanty. E. (My '42)
Arise to conquer. Gleed, 1. R. (S '42)
Aristocrat. Greer, G. (S '46)
Aristotle
Cherniss, H. F. Aristotle's criticism of Plato
and the Academy, v 1. (D '46)
Dowdell, V. U Aristotle and Anglican re-
ligious thought. (S '43)
Aristotle and Anglican religious thought.
Dowdell, V. L. IB '43)
Arithmetic
Hooper, A. Arithmetic refresher. (8 '44)
Ruch, G. M., and others. Arithmetic for the
emergency. (S '43)
Sticker, H. Art of calculation. (D '45)
Walling. S. A., and others. Nautical mathe-
matics, and Marine navigation. (Mr '46)
Arithmetic, Commercial
Harper, F. S. Mathematics of finance. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Arithmetic for the emergency. Ruch. G. M..
and others. (S '48)
Arithmetic or revolution. Dunn, A. (S '44)
Arithmetic refresher. Hooper. A. (S '44)
Arizona star. Baldwin, F. (My '45)
Arkansas
Masterson, J. R. Tall tales of Arkansaw. (Ag
*43)
Arm and the darkness. Caldwell. J. T. (Ap '43)
Armadillo and the monkey. Jardim. L. (Je '42)
Armament and history. Fuller, J. F. C. (N '45)
Armaments
Fuller, J. P. C. Armament and history. (N
'45)
Sloutzkl, N. M. World armaments race. (Je
'42)
Strausz-Hupe, R. Balance of tomorrow. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Armatures
Van Brunt, G. A., and Roe, A. C. Rewind-
ing data for direct- current armatures. (D
Armchair companion. Purman, A. L., ed. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Armenia
Der Nersessian, S. Armenia and the Byzan-
tine empire. (N '45)
Vratzian, S. Armenia and the Armenian
question. (S '44)
Armenian folk tales. Khatchatrianz, I. (D '46)
Armies
Officers *"
Pennington, L. A., and others. Psychology
of military leadership. (Ag '43)
Armistice. 1918. Rudm. H. H. (D '44)
Armistices of 1*18. Maurice, F. B. (Ag '44)
Armored warfare. Fuiler, J. P. C. (N '43)
Arms and armor
Wintringham, T. H. Story of weapons and
tactics. (My '43)
Arms and policy. Nickerson, H. (P '46) (1946
Annual)
Arms and the aftermath. Stryker, P. (Mr '42)
Arms and the girl. Alsop, G. P.. and McBride,
M. F. (N '43)
Arms and the girl. Marshall. M. M. (Je '42)
Arms and the people. Stevens, A. (Je '42)
Arms are fair. Smith, B. (S '43)
Army and the law. Glenn, G. (Ap '44)
Army brat. Wadelton, T. D. (My '43)
Army doctor. Seifert, E. (Ap '42)
Army engineers in review. Leyson, B. W. (Ap
*43)
Army flyer. Arnold, H. H., and Eaker, I. C.
(Je '42)
Army fun book. Lariar, L., ed. (S '43)
Army guide for women. Dilts, M. M. (N '42)
Army life. Kahn, E. J. (D '42)
Army means business. Corey. H. (N '42)
Army mule. Downey, P. D. (Ap '46)
Army-navy guide. (My '43)
Army of shadows. Kessel, J. (S *44)
Army play by play. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Army posts and towns. Sullivan, C. J., comp.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Army reader. Detzer. K. W., ed. (F '44) (194*
Annual)
Army surgeon. Fox. G. M. (Ap '44)
Army talk. Colby, E. (Ap '42)
Army woman's handbook. Collins, C. R. (N '42)
Arnhem, Battle of, 1944
Heaps. L. Escape from Arnhem. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Arnhem lift. Hagen, t>. E. (N '45)
Arnold, Benedict
Drama
Kastner. G. C. Benedict Arnold. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Stokes, K. L. Benedict Arnold. (Ap. *42)
Fiction
Gessner, R. Treason. (Je '44)
Juvenile literature
Nolan, J. C. Treason at the Point. (D '44)
Around the Horn. Sill, E. R. (S '44)
Around the world In St. Paul. Sickels, A. L».
(Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Arrival and departure. Koestler, A. (D '43)
Arrow fly home. Gibson, K. (My '45)
Arrow pointing nowhere. Daly, E. (Mr *44)
Arrows into the sun. LauriUen, J. (Mr '43)
Ars moriendl
O'Connor, M. C. Art of dying well. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Arsenal of democracy. Nelson, D. M. (O '46)
942
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Art
Belmont, I. J. Modern dilemma in art. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
Focillon, H. Life of forma In art. (O *41)
Goldwater, R. J., and Treves, M.. eds. Artist*
on art. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Schoen, M., ed. Enjoyment of the art*. (N
Venturi, L.. Art criticism now. (My '42)
Exhibitions
New Tork. Museum of modern art. Art In
progress. (Mr '45)
Galleries and museums
Taylor, F. H. Babel's tower. (A* '45)
History
Cheney, S. W. Story of modern art. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Qaunt, W. Aesthetic adventure. (Je f45)
Robb, D. M., and Garrison, J. J. Art in the
western world. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Sachs, C. Commonwealth of art. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Juvenile literature
Parker, K. P. What and what-not. (D '44)
Philosophy
Ducasse, C. J. Art, the critics, and you. (My
'45)
Kallen. H. M. Art and freedom. (An §43)
McMahon, A. P. Preface to an American phi-
losophy of art. (My '46)
Maritain, J. Art and poetry. (N '43)
Morris, B. Aesthetic process. (A? '44)
Nahm, M. C. Aesthetic experience and its pre-
suppositions. (S '46)
Psychology
Kepes, O. Language of vision. (A? '45)
Study and teaching
Bartlett. P. O.. and Crawford, C. C. Art
for afl. (O '43)
Gregg,, H. Art for the schools of America.
Nicholas, F. W., and others. Art for young
America. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Winslow. L». L». Art in elementary education.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Armenia
Per Nersessian, S. Armenia and the Byzan-
tine empire. (N '46)
Canada
Bonner. M. G. Made in Canada. (N '43)
Colgate, W. Canadian art. (D '44)
Shoolman. R. L,., and Slatkin, C. B. Enjoy-
ment of art in America. (Ja *43) (1942 An-
nual)
England
Gaunt, W. Aesthetic adventure. (Je '45)
Europe
Benesch, O. Art of the renaissance in north-
ern Europe. (Je '46) .,„.
Howe, T. C. Salt mines and castles. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Kansas City, Missouri
Fortune, C. Notes on art for Catholics. (My
'45)
Spain
Hagen, O. F. I* Patterns and principles of
Spanish art. (A* '43)
United States
Drepperd, C. W. American pioneer arts and
artists. (Ap '43)
Dwight. H. G., and Frankfurter. A. M. Art
parade. (O '43)
>earson, R. &
Pearson, R. M. Experiencing American pic-
tures. (My '43)
Shoolman, R. L,., and Slatkin, C. B. En-
joyment of art in America. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Art. Abstract
Hiler, H., and others. Why abstract? (D '45)
Janis, S. Abstract and surrealist art in
America. (Mr '46)
Art, American
Baldwin. H. W. Navy at war. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Crane, A., ed. Art in the armed forces. (D
McMahon, A. P. Preface to an American phi-
losophy of art. (My '46)
Mellquist, J. Emergence of an American art.
Porter, J. A. Modern Negro art. (D '43)
United States army illustrators of Fort
Custer. As soldiers see it. (8 '43)
Art, Commercial
Austin. R. £3. Elementary costume illustration.
(S '46)
Blegeleisen, J. I. Careers in commercial art
Chenault, R. S. Advertising layout. (Ag '46)
Hoelscher, R. P., and others. Industrial pro-
duction illustration for students, drafts-
men and illustrators. (S '43)
Art, Greek
Ivins, W. M. Art and geometry. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Markman, S. D. Horse in Greek art. (S '44)
Art, Medieval
Morey, C. R. Mediaeval art. (Ap '43)
Art, Municipal
Sitte. C. Art of building cities. (O '46)
Art, Negro
Porter, J. A. Modern Negro art. (D *43)
Art, Pennsylvania-German
Kauffman, H. J. Pennsylvania Dutch Amer-
ican folk art. (N '46)
Lichten, F. M. Folk art of rural Penn-
sylvania. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Art, Persian
Pope, A. U. Masterpieces of Persian art. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Art, Renaissance
Benesch, O. Art of the renaissance in north-
ern Europe. (Je '46)
Art, Rococo
Kimball, S. F. Creation of the rococo. (Ap
44)
Art, Russian
White, W. C. Madt, in the USSR. (D '44)
Art and anatomy. Lenssen, H. (S '45)
Art and freedom. Kallen, H. M. (Ap *43)
Art and geometry. Ivins, W. M. (F *47) (1946
Annual)
Art and mythology
Zlmmer, H. R. Myths and symbols in Indian
art and civilization. (O '46)
Art and poetry. Maritain, J. (N '43)
Art and religion
Bailey, A. E., ed. Arts and religion. (N '44)
Art criticism
Heyl, B. C. New bearings in esthetics. (S '44)
Venturi, L. Art criticism now. (My *42)
Art criticism now. Venturi, L. (My '42)
Art for all. Bartlett, F. G., and Crawford. C. C.
(O '43)
Art for the schools of America. Gregg, H. (Je
'42)
Art for young America. Nicholas, F. W., and
others. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Art in elementary education. Winslow, L. L*.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Art in progress. New York. Museum of modern
art. (Mr '45)
Art f in the armed forces. Crane. A., ed. (D
Art in the new land. Simon, C. M. H. (N '45)
Art in the western world. Robb, D. M., and
Garrison, J. J. (Ja '43) (1942 Annuaf)
Art Industries and trade
Russia
White, W. C. Made in the USSR. (B '44)
Art metal work and Jewelry. Haas, L. J. (D
*45)
Art museum comes to the school. Powel, L*. B.
(S '44)
Art news (periodical)
Dwight. H. G., and Frankfurter, A. M. Art
parade. (O '43)
Art objects
McBride. R. M., ed. Treasury of antiques.
Art of building cities. Sitte, C. (O '46)
Art of calculation. Sticker, H. (D '45)
Art of camouflage. Chesney, C. H. R. (O '48)
Art of dying well. O'Connor, M. C. (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
943
Art of illusion. Mulholland, J. (My '44)
Art of Jacob Epstein. Black, R. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual) , ^
Art of living in wartime. Greenbie, M. ti. B.
(Mr '43) ,
Art of medicine in relation to the progress <«
thought. Clark-Kennedy, A. E. (N M5)
Art of murder. Roughead. W. (My '48)
Art of Newman's Apologia. Hough ton, W. R.
(Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
Art oT plain talk. Flesch. R. F. (Mr '48)
Art of preaching. Allen, A. (S '43)
Art of reading poetry. Daniels, E. R. K. (Ag
Art of resuscitation. Flagg. P. J. (Ap '45) wv
Art of Russia. Rubissow, H., ed. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Art of seeing. Huxley, A. L. (D '42)
Art of fthe motion picture. Benolt-L6vy. J. A.
Art of the mystery story. Haycraft, H., ed.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Art of the renaissance in northern Europe.
Benesch, O. (Je '46)
Art of Walt Disney. Feild. R. D. (Ag '42)
Art of war. Sun Tzu. (My '45)
Art of worldly wisdom. Qracian y Morales. B.
Art parade. Dwight, H. G., and Frankfurter,
A. M. (O '43) „ Y
Art, the critics, and you. Ducasse, C. J.
(My '45)
Art treasures In war
La Farge, H., ed. Lost treasures of Europe.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Phelps, A. E. Your arthritis. (Ag *43)
Arthur, king of Britain
Malory, T. Arthur Pendragon of Britain. (S
*43>
Drama
MacLiesh, A. F. Destroyers. (N '42)
Artie and the princess. Chanslor, T. (Je '45)
Artie Greengroln, pfc. Brown. H. P. M. (S '45)
Artificial insemination of farm animals. Perry,
E. J., ed. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Artist at war. Biddle, G. (S *44)
Artist in America. Zigrosser, C. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Artist in Iowa. Garwood, D. (Ja '46) (1944
Artist sees Alaska. Poor. H. V. (D '45)
Birnbaum, M. Jacovleff and other artists.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Goldwater, R. J., and Treves, M., eds. Artists
on art. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Dali, S. Secret life of Salvador Dali. (F '43)
Flagg, J.nM?aRoses and buckshot. (N '46)
Grosz, G. Little yes and a big no. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Pissarro, C. J. Letters to his son Lucien.
Robinson* I. Wall to paint on. (Ap '46)
Seymour, R. F. Some went this way. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Artists* American
Drepperd, C. W. American pioneer arts and
artists. (Ap '43)
Fielding, M. Dictionary of American paint-
ers, sculptors and engravers. (N '45)
New York. Museum of modern art. Ameri-
cans, 1942. (A* '42)
Simon, C. M. H. Art in the new land. (N
'45)
Artists, Italian
Vasari, G. Lives of the artists. (O '46)
Artists on art. Goldwater, R. J., and Treves.
M.f eds. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Arts and crafts
Bonner, M. G. Made in Canada. (N '43)
Ickis, & Arts and crafts. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Arts and religion. Bailey, A. B., ed. (N '44)
Arts of costume and personal appearance.
Morton. G. M. (S '48)
Arts of Orpheus. Linforth, I. M. (8 '42)
As a cavalryman remembers. Rodney, G. B.
(N '44)
As good as dead. Dewey, T. B. (D '46)
As he saw it. Roosevelt, E. (N *46)
As I see it. Shackelford, L. T. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
As much as I dare. Johnson, B. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
As runs the glass. David, E. J. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
As soldiers see it. United States army illus-
trators of Fort Ouster. (S *43)
Aa the child grows. Pryor, H. B. (Ag "44)
As the twig is bent. Welling, R. W. G. (D '42)
As we go marching. Flynn, J. T. (Mr '44)
As we were. Partridge, B., and Bettmann, O.
(D '46)
As William James said. James, W. (S '42)
As you were. Woollcott, A, ed. (My '43)
Asey Mayo trio. Taylor, P. A. (O '46)
Ashes in the wilderness. Schofleld, W. G.
(O '42)
Ashes of gold. Botsford. H. V. (Je '42)
Ashley book of knots. Ashley. C. W. (S '44)
Asia
Cressey. G. B. Asia's lands and peoples. (Ag
Biography
Gunther, J. Inside Asia. (Je '42)
Description and travel
Olschki, L. Marco Polo's precursors. (Ap '44)
Politics
Gunther, J. Inside Asia, (Je '42) ~*
Howard, H. P. America's role in Asia. (Ag
Jaffe, P. J. New frontiers in Asia. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Panikkar, K. M. Future of south-east Asia.
(Ae '44) (1943 Annual)
Shridharani, K. J. Warning to the West. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Taylor, G. E, America in the new Pacific. (My
•42)
Asia, Eastern
Description and travel
James, N. Petticoat vagabond in Ainu land
and up and down eastern Asia. (My '42)
Wallace, H. A. Soviet Asia mission. (S '46)
Asia for the Asiatics? Ward, R. 8. (8 '45)
Asia on the move. Lasker, B. (Ap '45)
Asia unbound. Greenbie. S. (N '43)
Asian legacy and American life. Christy, A.,
ed. (Ag '45)
Asia's lands and peoples. Oressey, G. B. (Ag
Ask no quarter. Marsh, G. T. (My '45)
Asperglllus
Thorn, C.. and Raper, K. B. Manual of the
aspergilli. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Asphalt
Abraham, H. Asphalts and allied substances.
(Je *45)
Asphalts and allied substances. Abraham, H.
(Je '45)
The assassin. Shaw, L (My '46)
Assassins. Teilhet. H. T. (S '46)
Assignment: U. S. A. Menefee. S. O. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Assignment in Brittany. Maclnnea, H. (S '42)
Assignment in Guiana. Coxe. G. H. (My *42)
Assignment to Berlin. Flannery. H. W. (S '42)
Assignment to nowhere. Bennett. L. (S '43)
Assignment without glory. Spin ell i, M. (Mr '46)
Assistant hero. Ooughlin, E. F. P. (N *44)
Assize of arms. Morgan. J. H. (N '46)
Associated press
Cooper, K. Barriers down. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Associated press news annual: 1945; ed. by
RusseU Landstrom. (O '46)
Association and associations
Huszar, G. B. de. Practical applications of
democracy. (My '45)
Leiserson, A. Administrative regulation. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Read, C. R.. and Marble. S. D. Guide to
public affairs organizations. (N '46)
Aston Kings. Pakington. H. (Ag '46)
Astoria (cruiser)
Custer, J. J. Through the perilous night, (ft
Astrographlcs. Debenham, F. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Astronomical air navigation. Hadingham, R.
(Ap 45)
944
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Astronomical instruments
Dimitroff, G. Z., and Baker, J. G. Telescopes
and accessories. (Ap '45)
Astronomical observatories
Collins, A. P. Greatest eye In the world,
(My '43)
Astronomy
Abbot, C. G. Earth and the stars. (D '46)
Allen, J. S. Astronomy. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Duncan, J. C. Essentials of astronomy. (N
•42)
Path, E. A. Elements of astromony. (A? *45)
Jeans, J. H. Universe around us. (N T44>
Scott, O. E. Stars in myth and fact. (D '42)
Sidgwick, J. B. Introductory astronomy. (D
'44)
Skilling, W. T., and Richardson, R. S. Sun,
moon and stars, (S '46)
Sutherland. L. Book of the stars. (O '45)
Wylie, C. C. Astronomy, maps and weather.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
History
Pendray, E. Men, mirrors, and stars. (D '46)
Juvenile literature
Meyer, J. S. Picture book of astronomy. (Je
'45)
Parker, B. M. Beyond the solar system. (Je
•42)
Astronomy for night watchers. Eng title of:
Introductory astronomy. Sidgwick, J. B.
Astronomy, maps and weather. Wylie, C. C.
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
Astrophysics
Goldberg. L., and Aller. L. H. Atoms, stars,
and nebulae. (Je '43)
Asylum piece. Edmonds, H. W. (O '46)
At daddy's office. Misch, R. J. (D '46)
At ease! Leopold, J. (Mr '44)
At heaven's gate. Warren. R. P. (S '43)
At his side. Korson, G. G. (My '45)
At home with children. Garrison, C. G., and
Sheehy, E. D. (Je '43)
At home with music. Spaeth, S. G. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
At Mrs. Lipplncote's. Taylor. E. (My '46)
At our house. McCulIough. J. G. (D '43)
At the gates. Todrin, B. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
At the seashore. Robinson, W. W. (Je '42)
At the top of the house. Deletaille, A. (N '46)
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe* railway com-
pany
Look (periodical). Santa Fe trail. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Marshall, J. L. Santa Fe. (Ag »46)
Athene palace. Graefenberg, R. G. (Mr '42)
Athens
Economic conditions
', J. Economic history of Athens under
man domination. (O '42)
History
Cousins, N. Good inheritance. (Av '42)
Athletes
Famous American athletes of today; eighth
series. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Athletics
Grain e, H. C. Teaching athletic skills in
physical education. (Ap *43)
Stafford, G. T., and Duncan, R. O. Physical
conditioning. (Ap '43)
Atlantic charter. King, C. (Ag '43)
Atlantic charter and Africa. Committee on
Africa, the war, and peace aims. (Ap '43)
Atlantic declaration, August 14, 1941
Committee on Africa, the war, and peace
aims. Atlantic charter and Africa. (Ap '43)
Johneen, J. E., cornp. Eight points of post-
war world reorganization. (S '42)
Morton. H. C. V. Atlantic meeting. (Je '43)
Atlantic meeting. Morton, H. C. V. (Je '43)
Atlantic ordeal. Huxley. E. J. (An '42)
Atlantic states
Brown, R. H. Mirror for Americans. <N '43)
Atlantic system. Davis, P. (Ag '42) (1041 An-
nual)
Atlas of American history. Adams, J. T., ed.
Atlas of Far Eastern politics. Hudson, G. F.,
and Rajchman, M. (Ag '42)
Day,
Roi
Atlas of global geography. Raisz, E. J. (Ag '44)
Atlas of human anatomy. Williams, J. F. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Atlas of world affairs. MacFadden, C. H., and
others. (D '46)
Atlases
Commercial and library atlas of the world.
(My '42)
Encyclopaedia britannica world atlas. (My
'43)
Hammond, C. S., and company. Hammond's
comparative wall atlas. (N '43)
Hammond, C. S. and company. Hammond's
new world loose-leaf atlas service. (Je *44)
Hammond, C. S., and company. Hammond's
universal world atlas. (N '43)
Harrison, R. E. Look at the world. (S '44)
MacFadden, C. H., and others. Atlas of world
affairs. (D '46)
Raisz, E. J. Atlas of global geography. (Ag
War atlas for Americans. (Ag '44)
Atmosphere
Wenstrom, W. H. Weather and the ocean of
air. (Ap '42)
Atmosphere. Upper
Goddard, R. H. Rockets. (N '46)
Atmospheric transparency
Middleton, W. E. K. Visibility in meteorology.
(O '42)
Atom smashers. Tates, R. F. (D '45)
Atomic age opens. Wendt, G., and Geddes,
D. P., eds. (Je '46)
Atomic and free radical reactions. Steacie, E.
W. R. (N '46)
Atomic artillery and the atomic bomb. Robert-
son, J. K. (Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
Atomic bomb *
Brodie, B., ed. Absolute weapon. (Ag '46)
Brown, H. S. Must destruction be our des-
tiny? (S '46)
Hawfey, G. G., and Leifson, S. W. Atomic
energy in war and peace. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Hersey, J. R. Hiroshima. (D '46)
Laurence, W. L. Dawn over zero. (O '46)
Masters, D., and Way, K., eds. One world
or none. (Ap '46)
Miller, M., and Spitzer, A. We dropped the
A-bomb. (O '46)
Robertson, J. K. Atomic artillery and the
atomic bomb. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Smyth, H. D. Atomic energy for military pur-
poses. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Swing. R. In the name of sanity. (Ap '46)
Atomic energy
Cousins, N. Modern man is obsolete. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
De Ment, J. A., and Dake. H. C. Uranium
and atomic power. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Dietz, D. Atomic energy in the coming era.
(D '45)
Gamow. G. Atomic energy in cosmic and
human life. (S '46)
Hawley, G. G., and Leifson, S. W. Atomic
energy in war and peace. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Jordan, V. Manifesto for the atomic age. (Ap
*46)
Knox, R. A. God and the atom. (Mr *46)
Masters. D., and Way, K., eds. One world
or none. (Ap '46)
O'Neill, J. J. Almighty atom. (D »45)
Potter. R. D. Atomic revolution. (S '46)
Robertson, J. K. Atomic artillery and the
atomic bomb. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
United States. State. Department of. Commit-
tee on atomic energy. Report on the inter-
national control of atomic energy. (Ag *46)
Wendt, G., and Geddes. D. P., eds. Atomic
age opens. (Je '46)
Yates. R. F. Atom smashers. (D '45)
Atomic energy for military purposes. Smyth,
H. D. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Atomic energy in cosmic and human life.
Gamow, G. (S '46)
Atomic energy In the coming era. Dietz, D.
(D *45)
Atomic energy In war and peace. Hawley, G.
G., and Xeifson, S. W. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Atomic revolution. Potter, R. D. (S '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
945
Atoms
Gamow, G. Mr Tompkins explores the atom.
(My '44)
Rusk, R. D. Forward with science. (Je '43)
Semat, H. Introduction to atomic physics.
(O '46)
Solomon, A. K. Why smash atoms? (Je *46)
Atoms, rocks and galaxies. Allen, J. S., and
others. (D '43)
Atoms, stars, and nebulae. Goldberg, L., and
Aller, L. H. (Je '43)
Atonement
Clark,, H. W, Cross and the eternal order.
Weatherhead, L. D. Plain man looks at the
cross. (My '45)
Atrocity propaganda, 1914-1919. Read, J. M.
(Ag »42) (1941 Annual)
Attack. Miksche, F. O. (S '42)
Attack alarm. Innes, H. (Ao '42)
Attack can win in '43. Werner. M. (Ag '43)
Attack in the desert. Home. M. (Mr '42)
Attaining maturity. Cole, L. W. (S '44)
Attic room. Wolffe, K. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Attitude (psychology)
Cole, L. W. Attaining maturity. (S §44)
Newcomb, T. M. Personality and social
change. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Attitude of the northern clergy toward the
South. Dunham, C. F. (Ap *43)
Attlee, Clement Richard
Clemens, C. Man from Limehouse. (D '46)
Audels marine engineers handy book. Anderson.
E. P. (S '44)
Audels power plant engineers guide. Graham,
F. D. (D *45)
Audels pumps, hydraulics, air compressors.
Graham, F. D. (Ap '44)
Audels questions and answers for electricians
examinations for all grades. Anderson, E.
P. (D '45)
Audels refrigeration and air conditioning
guide. Anderson, E. P. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Audubon, John James
Tyler, A. J. I who should command all. (O
•42)
Juvenile literature
Mason, M. E. Young Audubon, boy natural-
ist. (D '43)
Simon, C. M. H. Joe Mason, apprentice to
Audubon. (N '46)
Wells, M. L., and Fox, D. Boy of the woods.
(Je '42)
Audubon bird guide. Pough, R. H. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Augustine, Saint, bp. of Hippo
Augustine. St. Confessions. (N '43)
Bourke, V. J. Augustine's Quest of wisdom.
(D '45)
Simpson, W. J. S. St Augustine's episcopate.
Augustine's quest of wisdom. Bourke, V. J.
(D '45)
Augustus. Bishop, C. H. (D '46)
Augustus drives a jeep. Henderson, Le G. (S
•44)
Augustus flies. Henderson, Le G. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Augustus helps the army. Henderson, Le G.
(Ag '43)
Augustus helps the marines. Henderson, Le G.
(D '43)
Augustus helps the navy. Henderson, Le G.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Augustus hits the road. Henderson. Le G. (S
'46)
Augustus saves a ship. Henderson, Le G. (Ag
'45)
Aunt Auda's choir. Eng title of: Our Aunt
Auda. Pakington, H. (Ap '42)
Aunt Jessie. Holt, I. (Ap '42)
Austen, Jane
Kaye-Smith. S., and Stern. G. B. Speaking
of Jane Austen. (Je '44)
Australia
Grattan, C. H. Introducing Australia. (Mr
'42)
Johnston, G. H. Pacific partner. (Mr '44)
Lohse, C.. and Seaton, J. Mysterious con-
(N -48)
Co IT) in orco
Daniel, H., and Belle, M. Australia, the new
customer. (My '46)
Description and travel
Poote. K. S. Walkabout Down under. (N '44)
Hilt. B. Australian frontier. (N '42)
Macpherson, M. L. I heard the Anzacs sing-
ing. (Ag »42)
Economic conditions
Fitzpatrick, B. British empire in Australia.
(S '42)
Emigration and Immigration
Forsyth, W. D. Myth of open spaces. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Foreign relations
Australian institute of international affairs.
Australia and the Pacific. (S '44)
Industries and resources
Daniel, H., and Belle, M. Australia, the new
customer. (My '46)
Juvenile literature
Busoni. R. Australia. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hogarth, G. A. Australia. (D '43)
Relations (general) with America -
Greenwood. G. Early American -Australian re-
lations. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Australia. Hogarth, G. A. (D f43)
Australia and the Pacific. Australian Institute
of international affairs. (S '44)
Australia, the new customer. Daniel, H., and
Belle. M. (My '46)
Australian frontier. Hill, B. (N '42)
Austria
Foreign relations
Russia
Rupp, G. H. Wavering friendship. (Ap '43)
Politic* and government
Starhemberg, E. R. von. Between Hitler and
Mussolini. (N '42)
Authoritarian attempt to capture education.
Conference on the scientific spirit and the
democratic faith. (3 '45)
Authority
Benne, K. D. Conception of authority. (O *44)
Lane, R. W. Discovery of freedom. (My '43)
Authors
Booth, E. T. God made the country. (Mr *46)
Gray, J. On second thought. (D '46)
Kunitz, S. J., and Hay craft, H., eds. Twen-
tieth century authors. (Ap '43)
Slochower, H. No voice is wholly lost. (Ag
Van Gelder, R. Writers and writing. (S '46)
Writers' congress, Los Angeles. Proceedings
of the conference. (N '44)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Anderson, S. Memoirs. (My '42)
Ayscough, P. W.. and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship. (Ap '46-)
Baker, R. S. American chronicle. (Ap '46)
Bromneld. L. Pleasant Valley. (My *45)
Coe, C. F. Never a dull moment. (Ag '44)
Coyle, K. Magical realm. (Mr '43)
Croy, H. Country cured. (N *43)
Fergusson, H. Home in the West. (Mr '45)
Fowler, G. Solo in tom-toms. (My *46)
Green, J. Memories of happy days. (D '42)
Hahn, E. China to me. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hasty, J. E. Done with mirrors. (Mr f43)
Holton, E. A. Yankees were like this. (O '44)
Hurston, Z. N. Dust tracks on a road. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
James, M. Cherokee strip. (O '45)
Johnson, B. As much aa I dare. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kaye-Smith, S. Kitchen fugue. (O »45)
La Farge, O. Raw material. (S '45)
Leacock. S. B. Boy I left behind me. (Mr '46)
Lowndes, M. A. B. Where love and friend-
ship dwelt. (O '43)
Maurois. A. I remember, I remember. (N '42)
Mencken. H. L. Heathen days. (Ap *43)
Mlchaelis. K. Little Troll. (D »46)
O'Casey, 3. Drums under the windows. (My
*46)
O'Casey, S. Pictures In the hallway. (Ap '42)
946
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Authors — Correspondence, etc. — Continued
Oppenheim, E. P. The pool of memory- (Ap
42)
Pollock, C. Harvest of my years. (Ap '43)
Rawllngs, M. K. Cross Creek (Ap '42),
Rilke, R. M. Letters, 1892-1810. (O /«)
Rothery, A. B. Fitting habitation. (Ap '44)
Sassoon, S. Siegfried** Journey, 1016-1920.
Sassoon, S. Weald of youth. (D '42)
Sedgwick, H. D. Memoirs of an epicurean.
Service, R. W. Ploughman of the moon. (N
Sitwell, O. Left hand, right hand! (Ag '46)
(1944 Annual) k ,JAV
Sitwell, O. Scarlet tree. (Ag '46)
Stern, G. B. Trumpet voluntary. (S '44)
Taylor, B.. and Hayne, P. H. Correspondence.
(P '46) (1945 Annual)
Tempski, A. von. Aloha. (Ap '46)
Thackeray, W. M. Letters and private papers,
v 1-2. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Thackeray, W. M. Letters and private
papers, v3-4. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Undset, S. Return to the future (Mr '42)
Welles, W. Lost landscape. (Mr '46)
Weygandt, C. On the edge of evening. (My
'46)
Wolfe, T. Letters to his mother. (Je '43)
Woollcott, A. Letters. (S '44)
Zweig, S. World of yesterday. (Je '43)
Juvenile literature
Coffman, R. P., and Goodman, N. G. r Fa-
mous authors for boys and girls. (S '43)
Authors, American x^
Kazin, A. On native grounds. (D '42)
Authors and publishers ^ , _
Burlingame, R. Of making many books. (D
'46)
Author's choice. Kantor. M. (N *44)
Campbell, W. S. Writing non-fiction. (S '44)
Elwood, M. Characters make your story. (O
Flesch, R. P. Art of plain talk. (Mr '46)
Graves, R., and Hodge, A. Reader over your
shoulder. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Leacock, S. B. How to write. (Mr '43)
Rodell, M. F. Mystery Action. (Je '43)
Van Gelder, R. Writers and writing. (S '46)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literary market place, 1943. (Ag '43)
Autobiographical writings. Franklin, B. (D '45)
Autobiographies
Wagenknecht, B. C., ed. When I was a child.
(P *47) (1946 Annual)
Autobiography of a curmudgeon. Ickes, H. L.
(My '43)
Autobiography of a durable sinner. White, O.
P. (Je r42)
Autobiography of Giambattista Vico. Vico, G.
B. (Ja M5) (1944 Annual)
Autobiography of science. Moulton, F. R., and
Schifferes. J. J.f eds. (S '45)
Autographs
Benjamin, M. A. Autographs. (My '46)
Autolycus in limbo. Starrett, V. (My '43)
Automatic arms. Johnson, M. M., and Haven,
C. T. (Ap '42)
Automatic control. See Control equipment
Automatic control engineering. Smith, E. S.
(E> '44)
Automatic weapons of the world. Johnson, M.
M., and Haven, C. T. (Ag '46)
Automatics in engineering production. Molloy,
E.. ed. (S '4S)
Automobile engines
Heitner, J., and others. Elements of automo-
tive mechanics. (Ap '43)
Johnson. W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Trans-
portation and power. (P '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Automobile touring
Lanka, H. C. By Pan American highway
through South America. (8 '42)
O'Shea. B. Long way from Boston. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Automobiles
Bishop, H., and Evans, B. Tour car is made
to last. (S '42)
Frost, J. V. Pre-service course in automotive
mechanics. (Je '43)
Heitner, J., and others. Elements of automo-
tive mechanics. (Ap '43)
Accidents
De Silva, H. R. Why we have automobile
accidents, (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Hammond, H. P., and Sorenson, L. J., eds.
Traffic engineering handbook. (Ag '42)
Design and construction
Heldt, P. M, Automotive chassis. (Ag '46)
Driving
De Silva, H. R. Why we have automobile
accidents. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Electric equipment
Crouse, W. H. Automotive electrical equip-
ment. (Ap '43)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Barger, C. G. Automotive mechanics. (My
History
Cohn, D. L. Combustion on wheels. (D '44)
Juvenile literature
El ting, M. Trucks at work. (D '46)
Marsnak, I. I. How the automobile learned to
run. (D '45)
Repairing
Crouse, W. H. Everyday automobile repairs.
(O '46)
Riis, R. W., and Patric, J. Repairmen will
get you if you don't watch out. (Ag '42)
Transmission devices
Heldt, P. M. Torque converters or transmis-
sions. (S '43) -
Automobiles, Military
Wells, A. W. Hail to the Jeep. (N '46)
Automotive chassis. Heldt, P. M. (Ag '46)
Automotive electrical equipment. Crouse, W.
H. (Ap '43)
Automotive mechanics. Barger, C. G. (My '43 )
Autumn glory. Carfrae, E. (S '42)
Avalanche. Boyle, K. (Mr '44)
Aviation. Francis, D. E. (D '45)
Aviation cadet. Lent, H. B. (An '42)
Aviation dictionary. Zweng, C. A., ed. (Ap '45)
Aviation dictionary and reference guide.
Baughman, H. E. (S '43)
Aviation dictionary for boys and girls. Neville,
L. E., ed. (D '44)
Aviation dictionary in nine languages. Lanz, J.
E. (P »45) (1944 Annual)
Aviation gasoline manufacture. Van Winkle,
M. (Ap '44)
Aviation mathematics. Buchan, A. P., and
Borthwick, R. (Ap '43)
Aviation mechanic's engine manual. Vale, J,
W. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Aviation mechanics simplified. Williams, H. L.
(Ag '43)
Aviation radio. Roberts, H. W. (Je '45)
Aviators
Adams, J., and others. Heroines of the sky.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Ayling, K. They fly for victory. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Felsen, G. Pilots all. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Kennington, E. Drawing the R.A.P, (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mingos, H. L. American heroes of the war
in the air. (F '46) (1944 Annual)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Scott, R. L. Runway to the sun. (O *45)
Avion my uncle flew* Teilhet, D. L. (S '46)
Awake! Rodgers, W. R. (My §42)
Awakening of Western legal thought. Ham-
burger, M. (Ap '43)
Awareness. Garrett, E. J. L. (Ap '44)
Away in a manger. Thoburn, J., ed. (N '42)
Away we go. Harris, L. (P '46) (1946 Annual)
Aweigh on a windjammer. Denker, N. W. (F
'43) (1942 Annual) l
Awol: K-9 commando. Shurtleff, B. L. (Ag
Awol musters out. Shurtleft, B. L. (Je '46)
Axis grand strategy. Farago. L., ed. (My '42)
Axis on the air. Ettlinger, H. (N '43)
Axis rule in occupied Europe. Lemkin, R. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
947
Ayscough, Florence (Wheelock)
Ayscough, P. W., and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship. (Ap '46)
Aztec and Maya papermakers. Von Hagen, V.
W. (O '45)
Aztecs
Von Hagen, V. W. Aztec and Maya paper-
makers. (O '45)
B. F.'s daughter. Marquand, J. P. (D '46)
The B.O.W.S. Gillmore, M., and Collinge. P.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Babel's tower. Taylor, P. H. (A§r '45)
Babes in the wood. Sturges-Jones, M. (O *44)
Baby, a mother's manual. Applebaum, S. B.
Baby bears. Cham shin, E. I. (Ag '44)
Baby doctor. Abt, I. A. (Ap '44)
Baby flat-top. McCracken, K. D. (S *44)
Baby in the ash can. Shane. S. (Mr '44)
Baby Jack and Jumping Jack Rabbit. Tire-
man, L. S. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Baby manual. Bundesen, H. N. (O '44)
Baby Orang and Junior. Garbutt, K. K. (S '44)
Babylonian genesis. Heldel. A. (N '42)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
David, H. T., and Mendel. A., eds. Bach
reader. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Field, L. N. Johann Sebastian Bach. (Ag '43)
Juvenile literature
Bunn, H. P. Johann Sebastian Bach. (N '42)
Bach festival murders. Bloch, B. (Ap '42)
Bachelor. Gibbons. S. (O '44)
Bachelors are made. Nash. E. A. (Ap '46)
Back door to Berlin. Gallagher. W. (O '43)
Back to life. Kupper, H. I. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Back to school with Betsy. Haywood, C. (O
'43)
Background of our war. United States. War
department. (S '42)
Backgrounds of conflict. London, K. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Backstage with Joe. Aistrop, J. C. R. (D '46)
Backyard poultry keeping. Taylor, J. C. (S
/
Bacterial cell in its relation to problems of
virulence, immunity and chemotherapy.
Dubos, R. J. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Bacterial chemistry and physiology. Porter,
J. R. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bacterial warfare
Newman, B. M. Japan's secret weapon. (N
Bacteriology
Gershenfeld, L. Bacteriology and allied sub-
jects. (S '45)
Porter, J. R. Bacterial chemistry and physi-
ology. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Rahn. O. Microbes of merit. (Mr '46)
Bacteriology and allied subjects. Gershenfeld.
L. (S '45)
Bad boy of music. Antheil. G. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Bad neighbor murder. Russell, C. M. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Baden- Powell of Gflwell, Robert Stephenson
Smyth Baden. Powell, 1st baron
Reynolds. E. E. Baden-Powell. (Ap *43)
Juvenile literature
Past, H. M. Lord Baden -Powell of the Boy
scouts. (Mr '42)
Bag of smoke. Anderson, L. (N '42)
Bahaism
Sala, E. This earth one country. (Je '46)
Bahia, Brazil
Pierson, D. Negroes in Brazil. (N '42)
Bailey, Frank
Bailey, P. It can't happen here again. (Mr
Bailey, Margaret Emerson
Bailey, M. E. Good-bye, proud world. (My
'46)
Baker, Louise (Maxwell)
Baker, L. M. Out on a limb. (D '46)
Baker, Ray Stannard
Baker, R. S. American chronicle. (Ap '46)
Baker memorial. Emerson, H. (Je '42)
Baker's dozen. Van Rosen, R, (My '46)
Balaban, Abe J.
Balaban, C. Continuous performance. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Balance of power
Morrell, S. Spheres of influence. (O '46)
Balance of tomorrow. Strausz-Hupe", R. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Balance sheet of the future. Bevin. E. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Balcony empire. Packard. R. and E. (D '42)
Baldwin IV, king of Jerusalem
Fiction
Kossak-Szczucka, Z. Leper king. (S *45)
Bali
McPhee, C. House in Ball. (N '46)
Balkan background. Newman. B. (Mr *45)
Balkan correspondent. Patmore, D. (Ag *42)
(1941 Annual)
Balkan federation. Stavrianos. L. S. (Je '45)
Balkan firebrand. Todorov, K. (S '43)
Balkan Journal. Archer, L. (My '44)
Balkan states
Dennen, L. Trouble zone. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Economic research group. Economic develop-
ment in S.E. Europe. (Ap '46)
Mylonas, G. E. Balkan states. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Newman, B. Balkan background. (Mr '45)
Parker. R. B. Headquarters Budapest. (8 '44)
Stavrianos, L. S. Balkan federation. (Je '46)
White, L. Long Balkan night. (Ap '44)
Ballad and the source. Lehmann, R. (Ap '45)
Ballad of the bones. Reece, B. H. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Ballads, American
Downes, O., and Siegmeister, E.f comps.
Treasury of American song. (Ag *43)
Jackson, G. P., ed. Down-East spirituals and
others. (S '43)
Loesser, A. Humor in American song. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Spaeth, S. G. Read 'em and weep. (P '46)
(1945 Annual)
Ballet
Ambrose, K. Ballet-lover's pocket-book. (Ap
'45)
Gard, A. More ballet laughs. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Robert, G. Borzoi book of ballets. (S '46)
Ballet -lover's pocket-book. Ambrose, K. (Ap
*45)
Ballistics
Bliss, G. A. Mathematics for exterior ballis-
tics. (Je '44)
Robinson, C. S. Thermodynamics of firearms.
(O '43)
Balloons
Anderson, L. Bag of smoke. (N '42)
Ballot
Albright, S. D. American ballot. (P '43)
(1942 Annual)
Ballots and the democratic class struggle.
Anderson, H. D., and Davidson, P. E. (Ag
•43)
Balm of Gilead. Rothery, A. E. (S '46)
Baltic riddle. Meiksins, G. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
BMtefksitns,e8G. Baltic riddle. (P '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Hirschfeld, C. Baltimore, 1870-1900. (S '42)
Baltimore, 1870-1900. Hirschfeld. C. (S '42)
Zwei'g, S. Balzac. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bamboo gate. Oakes, V. A. (Ag *46)
Bamboo, the grass tree. Sperry, A. (N '42)
Bancock murder case. Cunningham, A. B. (N
'42)
Bancroft, George ^ ,« ,,^
Nye. R. B. George Bancroft. (S '44)
Bancroft, Hubert Howe ,^
Caughey, J. W. Hubert Howe Bancroft (D
Band played murder. Howie, E. (Ja '47) (104«
Annual)
. Bands play on. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Loken, N.. and Dypwick, O. Cheerleadin*
and marching bands. (Je '46)
948
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Bands play on. Eberle, I. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Banjo Billy and Mr Bones. Justus, M. (Ap '45)
Banjo the crow. DuBois, T. M. (My '43)
Bank of England
Clapham, J. H. Bank of England. (O '45)
Banking and finance in China. Tamagna, P. M.
(Je '43)
Banking law
Peach, W. N. Security affiliates of national
banks. (Je *42)
Banks and banking
Campbell, D. E. Careers for women in bank-
ing and finance. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Rodney, R. G. Sound policies for bank man-
agement. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Belgium
Chlepner. B. S. Belgian banking and bank-
ing theory. (O '43)
China
Tamagna, P. M. Banking and finance in
China. (Je '43)
Germany
Nathan. O. Nazi war finance and banking. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Great Britain
Hargrave, J. Montagu Norman. (Ao '42)
Morgan, E. V. Theory and practice of cen-
tral banking. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
United States
Popple, C. S. Deveiopment of two bank
groups in the central Northwest. (My *45)
Redlich, F. Essays in American economic
.
history. (Ap *45)
Taus, E, R. Central banking functions of
the United States treasury. (D '44)
Banshee harvest. Phelan, J. L. (Mr '46)
Banzai Noel! Graham, G. (My '44)
Baptists. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia associa-
tion
Torbet, R. G. Social history of the Philadel-
phia Baptist association. (S '45)
Baptists in Philadelphia
Torbet, R. Q. Social history of the Philadel-
phia Baptist association. (S '45)
Barabbas. Bekessy, E., and Hemberger, A.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich
Chevigny, H. Ix>rd of Alaska, (N '42)
Fiction
McNeilly, M. M. Heaven is too high. (My '44)
Barbara's birthday. Black, I. S. (D '46)
Barbarigo. Andrea
Lane, F. C. Andrea Barbarigo, merchant of
Venice. (Ap '46)
Barbary freight. Burke, R. (Ag '43)
Barbe-Marbois, Francois, marquis de
Lyon, E. w. Man who sold Louisiana, (F
•44) (1943 Annual)
Barbosa, Ruy
Turner, C. W. Ruy Barbosa. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Barbour, Thomas
Barbour, T. Naturalist at large. (N '43)
Barbour, T, Naturalist's scrap book. (Je '46)
Bard, Samuel
Langstaff, J. B. Doctor Bard of Hyde Park.
(Ag '42)
Barea, Arturo
Barea, A. Forging of a rebel. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Barefoot boy with cheek, Shulman, M. (J«
Barefoot mailman. Pratt, T. (S '43)
Barington. Wallace, E. T. (8 '46)
Barker, Le welly 8 Franklin
Barker, L. F. Time and the physician. (My
Barlow, Joel
Howard, L. Connecticut wits. (Mr '43)
Barnaby. Johnson. C. (N '43)
Barnaby and Mr O'Malley. Lelsk, D. J. (O '44)
Barnard, Henry
Thursfield, R. E. Henry Barnard's American
journal of education. (S '46)
Barnes, Thomas
Hudson, D. Thomas Barnes of the Times.
(My '44)
Barney's barges. Aspden, D. (D '44)
Barrack 3, room 12. Haedrich, M. (Ap '43)
Barren heritage. Davis, L. R. (Ap '46)
Barricades. Toynbee, P. (S '44)
Barrie and daughter. Caudill, R. (D '43)
Barriers down. Cooper, K. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Barriers to youth employment. David, P. T.
(S '42)
Barrow, Joe Louis. See Louis, J.
Barrymore, John
Fowler, G. Good night, sweet prince. (Mr '44)
Bars on her shoulders. Stansbury, J. (O '43)
Barschak, Erna
Barschak, E. My American adventure. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Barth, Karl
Van Til, C. New modernism. (O '46)
Bartolus de Saxoferrato
Sheedy, A. T. Bartolus on social conditions
in the fourteenth century. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Baruch, Bernard Ma noes
Field, C. Bernard Baruch. (N '44)
Shumway, H. I. Bernard M. Baruch, (O '46)
Baseball
Carmichael, J. P., ed. My greatest day in
baseball. (Ap '46)
Di Maggio, J. P. Lucky to be a Yankee. (O
'46)
Graham, F. Brooklyn Dodgers. (Ag *45)
Grayson, H. They played the game. (D '44)
Krueger, J. J. Baseball's greatest drama. (N
'43)
Lieb, F. G. Detroit Tigers. (N '46)
LJeb, F. G. St Louis Cardinals. (O '44)
Stockton, J. R. Gas house gang and a couple
of other guys. (Je '46)
Baseball's greatest drama. Krueger, J. J. (N
'43)
Bases (chemistry)
Luder, W. F., and Zuffanti, S. Electronic
theory of acids and bases. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Bases overseas. Weller, G. A. (D '44)
Bashful woman. Horan, K. O. (O 144)
Basic air navigation. Blackburn, E. F. (Je
Basic aircraft construction. Peterson, R. A.,
and Erickson, R. E. (Ap '44)
Basic airplane mechanics. Lesley, H. G. (O '44)
Basic bench -metal practice and precision meas-
uring. Giachino, J. W., and Feirer, J. L.
(Je *43)
Basic book collection for elementary grades.
Joint committee of the American library
association. National education association
and National council of teachers of Eng-
lish. (Ap '44)
Basic book collection for high schools. Joint
committee of the American library asso-
ciation, National education association and
National council of teachers of English.
(Ag '42)
Basic chicken_guide for the small flock owner.
Jones. R. E. (D '44)
Basic concepts in social case work. Aptekar,
H. H. (Ap '42)
Basic design of ships. Manning, G. C. (Je '46)
Basic electrical engineering. Fitzgerald, A. E.
(Ap '46)
Basic electricity. Beauchamp, W. L., and May-
field. J. C. (S '43)
Basic electricity. Feirer, J. L., and Williams.
R. O. (Je '43)
Basic electricity for communications. Timbie,
Basic English
Johnsen, J. BJ., comp. Basic English. (Ap
Ogden, C. K., ed. General Basic English dic-
tionary. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Richards, I. A. Basic English and its uses.
(O *43)
Richards, I. A., and Gibson, C. Learning
Basic English. (O *46)
Texts
Plato. Republic. (Je '42)
Basic Etoglish and its uses. Richards, I. A.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
949
Basic history of the United States. Beard, C. A.
and M. R. (O '44)
Basic marine navigation. Bok, B. J., and
Wright, P. W. (O '44)
Basic mathematics for aviation. Ayres, F. (O
'43)
Basic mathematics for engineers. Andres, P.
G., and others. (Je '44)
Basic mathematics for pilots and flight crews.
Newsom, C. V., and Larsen, H. D. (Je
'43)
Basic mathematics for war and industry. Daus,
P. H., and others. (My '44)
Basic physics for pilots and flight crews.
Knapp, E. J. (Ag '43)
Basic principles of economics and their sig-»
niflcance for public policy. Brown, H. G.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Basic principles of weather forecasting. Starr,
V. P. (Ap '43)
Basic problems in engineering drawing. Turner,
W. W. (O '43)
Basic problems of sales management. La Clave,
F. (S '45)
Basic radio. Boltz, C. L. (Je '44)
Basic radio principles. Suffern, M. G. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Basic reference forms. Joughin, G. Li. (Ap '42)
Basic science education series. (Je '43)
Basic social education series. (Je '43)
Basic structures. Shanley, F. R. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Basic teachings of the great psychologists.
Sargent, S. S. (Ag '44)
Basic verities. FSguy, C. P. (My '43)
Basic writings. Thomas Aquinas, Saint. (My
•45)
Basis for peace in the Far East. Peffer, N.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Basis for the peace to come. McConnell, F. J.,
and others. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Basis of criticism in the arts. Pepper, S. C.
(Je '46)
Basis of lasting peace. Hoover, H. C., and
Gibson, H. (Je '45)
Basis of Soviet strength. Cressey, G. B. (S »45)
Basketful. Eberle, I. (Je '46)
Basques
Aguirre, J. A. de. Escape via Berlin. (D '44)
Bass fishing
Bergman, R. Fresh -water bass. (S '42)
Gasque, J. Bass fishing. (N *45)
Hollis, H. C. Bass tackle and tactics. (S '46)
Bass tackle and tactics. Hollis, H. C. (S '45)
Bastogne, Battle of, 1944. See Ardennes, Battle
of the, 1944-1945
Bataan, the judgment seat. Ind, A. (My '44)
Bathsheba. Rogers, V. H. (Je '42)
Baton and the jackboot. Eng title of: Two
worlds of music. Geissmar, B^ (D *46)
Batrachia
Boardman, E. T. Guide to higher aquarium
animals. (My '45)
Morris, P. A. They hop and crawl. (N '44)
Bats fly at dusk. Fair, A. A. (N *42)
Bats in the belfry. Matson, N. H. (Je '43)
Batter up. Scholz, J. V. (O '46)
Battle, Kemp Plummer
Battle, K. P. Memories of an old-time tar
heel. (D '45)
Battle against isolation. Johnson, W. (D '44)
Battle below. Casey. R. J. (S '45)
Battle for Buenos Aires. Bradford, S. E. (Je
'43)
Battle for Chicago. Andrews, W. (D '46)
Battle for the Solomons. Wolfert, I. (Mr '43)
Battle hymn of China. Smedley, A. (O *43)
Battle is the pay-off. Ingersoll, R. M. (N '43)
Battle of the narrow seas. Scott. P. M. (D *46)
Battle of the oceans. Armstrong. W. (Ag '44)
Battle of the Sierras. Summers, R. A. (Je '43)
Battle report. Karlg, W.. and Kelley, W. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Battle report v2. Karig, W., and others. (Mr
*46)
Battle stations! (N '46)
Battle surgeon. Slaughter. F. G. (Ap '44)
Battle within. Gibbs, P. H. (Mr '45)
Battlefields in Britain. Wedgwood, C. V. (My
*45)
Battles
Creasy, E. S. Fifteen decisive battles of the
world. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wedgwood, C. V. B&ttleflelds in Britain. (My
'45)
Juvenile literature
Bart. B. Book of battles. (My '43)
United States
Williams. B. A., ed. Amateurs at war. (Ag
'43)
Battles. El ting. M.. and others. (S '44)
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
Bennett, J. D. Baudelaire. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Giiman, M. Baudelaire the critic. (My '43)
Morgan, E. Flower of evil. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Baxter Beaver. Chaffee, L. (S '42)
The bay. Strong, U A. G. (Mr '42)
Bay Mild. Kmtziger, L.. J. (O '46)
Bay of silence. Mallea, E. (Ap '44)
Bayou boy. Lattimore. E. F. (N '46)
Bayou Suzette. Lenski, L,. (D '43)
Bayous of Louisiana. Kane, H. T. (N '43)
Bazaine, Achille Francois
Guedalla, P. Two marshals: Bazaine, Pe*tain.
(S '43)
Be angry at the sun. Jeff era, R. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Be it ever so humble. Farnham, D. T. (S '42)
Be proud of women. Poole, G. M. (My '42)
Be your own music critic. Simon. R. B., ed.
(Ag '42)
Beach patrol. Knowlton, E. R. (O '43)
Beach red. Bowman, P. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Beachhead on the wind. Jonas, C. (O '45)
The beacon. Bassett. S. W. (S '46)
Beagle expedition, 1831-1836
Darwin, C. R. Charles Darwin and the voyage
of the Beagle. (D '46)
Bean, Roy
Sonnichsen, C. L. Roy Bean. (My '43)
Bear that walks like a man. Marks, S. J.
(My '43)
Bear that wasn't. Tashlin, F. (Mr '46)
Beard, Daniel Carter
Clemens, C., and Sibley, B. C. Uncle Dan.
(Mr '43)
Bearing of archaeology on the Old Testament.
Robinson. G. L. (Je '42)
Bearings (machinery)
Norton. A. E. Lubrication. (O '43)
Bears
Stevens, M. F. S. Meet Mr Grizzly. (Je '44)
Legends and stories
Charushin, B. I. Baby bears. (Ag '44)
McCracken, H. Biggest bear on earth. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Montgomery, R. G. Big Brownie. (Je '44)
Weston. C. G. Bhimsa, the dancing bear. (D
'46)
Beast in view. Rukeyser, M. (O *44)
Beast of the Haitian hills. Thoby-Marcelin.
P., and Marcelin, P. (Ja »47) (1946 An-
nual)
Beasts of the earth. Karst, G. M. (Je '42)
Beatitudes
Stamm. F. 1C Seeing the multitudes. (S '43)
Vann, G. Divine pity. (My '46)
Juvenile literature
McKelvey, G. D. Stories to live by. (Ag *43)
Beau Dare. Crowell, P. (S '46)
Beaumont, William
Beaumont, W. William Beaumont's forma-
tive years. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Fiction
Fox, G. M. Army surgeon. (Ap *44)
Beauty, Personal
Bennett, J. How to be attractive. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dengei. V. Hold your man! (O '46)
Dengel, V. Personality unlimited. (N »4S)
Larison, R. H. Those enduring young charms.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Morton, G. M. Arts of costume and personal
appearance. (S *43)
Beauty sleep. Darby, R. (My *42)
Beauty treatments for the home. Hardy, K. (S
Because of my love. Smith, R. P. (Ap '46)
Beccarla, Cesare Bonesana, marches* dl
Maestro, M. T. Voltaire and Beccaria as re-
formers of criminal law. (N '42)
Beckoning paths. Heiner, J. M. (N '44)
950
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Beckoning shadow. Scott, D. (Ag '46)
Beckoning star. Lockwood, M. (Je '43)
Becoming a Kwoma. Whiting. J. W. M. (O '42)
Bed and bored. Lariar, L. (3 '45)
Bed-book of eating and drinking. Wright, R. L.
(Ag '43)
Bedelia. Caspary, V. (S '45)
Bedford village. Allen. H. (Ap '44)
Bedouin*
Raswan, C. R. Drinkers of the wind. (D *42)
Bedside bonanza. Owen. F., ed. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Bedside book of famous French stories. Becker,
B., and Linscott, R. N., eds. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Bedside tales. (Ap '45)
Bedside treasury of love. Harre1, T. E., comp.
(O '45)
Bee in her bonnet. Kristoftersen, E. M. (Je
'44)
Beech am, Sir Thomas, 2d bart
Beecham, T. Mingled chime. (Je *43)
Beekeeping for profit and pleasure. Webb, A.
(N '43)
Beer for Psyche. Gardiner, D. (S '46)
Beerbohm, Sir Max
Bibliography
Gallatin, A. E. Sir Max Beerbohm. (N '44)
Bees
Webb; A. Beekeeping for profit and pleasure.
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Burk, J. N. Life and works of Beethoven.
(Ag '43)
Ludwig, B. Beethoven. (Ag *43)
Schrade, L, Beethoven in France. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Tovey, D. F. Beethoven. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Juvenile literature
Wheeler. O. Ludwig Beethoven and the
chiming tower bells. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Before Bataan and after. Marquardt, F. S.
(S '43)
Before I wake. Echard, M. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Before the sun goes down. Howard. E. M.
(Mr '46)
Before you fly. Robinson, P. T., and others.
(Ap '43)
Beggar boy of Galilee. Lau, J. S. (D '46)
Beggars* horses. Eng title of: Dark woman.
Wren, P. C. (Mr '43)
Beggars' Penny. Coblentz, C. (D '43)
Beginning of Christianity. Craig, C. T. (Ap
Beginning of the world. Crawford, E. D., ed.
(Ag P45)
Beginning the day. Wilde, R. W. (My '42)
Beginning was a Dutchman. Mitchell, I. (Ag
*46)
Beginnings of Catholicism in South Dakota.
Duratachek, M. C. (Je '44)
Begonias
Buxton. B. R. Begonias and how to grow
them. (My '46)
Begonias and how to grow them. Buxton, B. R.
(My *46)
Begun in laughter. Wright, M. E. (O '42)
Behavior changes resulting from a study of
communicable diseases. Urban, J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Behaviorism (psychology)
Clayton, A. S. Emergent mind and education.
(O '44)
Hull, C. L. Principles of behavior. (Ag '44)
Behemoth. Neumann, F. L. (1942, 1945)
Behind both lines. Denny, H. N. (D '42)
Behind Soviet power. Davis, J. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Behind the battle of France. Lorraine, J. (Je
Behind the face of Japan. Hall, J. W. (D '42)
Behind the iron curtain. Moorad, G. (D '46)
Behind the Japanese mask. Steiner, J. F. (Ap
Behind the lines in the southern confederacy.
Ramsdell, C. W. (Ap '44)
Behind the mask of medicine. Atkinson, E. M.
Behind the microphone. Floherty, J. J. (D '44)
Behind the steel wall. Fredborg, A. (Mr '44)
Behind the sulfa drugs. Galdston. I. (My '43)
Behind the universe. Berman, L. (Ja '44) (1942
Annual)
Behind the Urals. Scott, J. (Ag '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Behold our green mansions. Boerker, R. H. D.
(S '45)
Behold the Jew. Jackson, A. P. (O '44)
Behold the Man. Woods, R. L., ed. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Behold the West Indies. Oakley, A. E. (Mr
'42)
Behold thy mother. Oxnam, G. B. (Ag '44)
Behold trouble. Hicks, G. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Behold your King. Bauer, F. A. M. (O *45)
Being met together. Wilkins, W. V. (O '44)
Belssel, Johann Conrad
Klein, W. C. Johann Conrad Beissel. (Ap '42)
Belcher islands
Twomey, A. C., and Herrick, N. Needle to
the North. (Je '42)
Beleaguered city. Bill, A. H. (Mr '46)
Belgian banking and banking theory. Cnlepner,
B. S. (O '43)
Belgium
Civilization
Goris, J. A., ed. Belgium. (Je '45)
History
Eppstein, J., ed. Belgium. (My '45)
Goris, J. A., ed. Belgium. (Je '45)
German occupation, 1940-1945
Goffln, R. White brigade. (Mr '44)
Goris, J. A. Belgium in bondage. (Mr '44)
Somerhausen, A. S. Written in darkness. (Je
'46)
Belgium in bondage. Goris, J. A. (Mr '44)
Belief and doubt
Oursler, F. Three things we can believe in.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Trueblood, D. E. Logic of belief. (Ag '42)
Belinda's new shoes. Bromhall, W. (O '45)
Bell, Alexander Graham
Juvenile literature
Benz, F. E. Talking round the earth. (My
•42)
Bell for Adano. Hersey, J. R. (Mr '44)
Bell for Adano; a dramatization of the novel.
Osborn. P. (Je '46)
Bell Timaon. Steen, M. (S '46)
Bellamy, Edward
Morgan, A. E. Edward Bellamy. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Morgan. A. E. Philosophy of Edward Bel-
lamy. (Je '46)
Belloc, Mme Bessie Rayner (Parkes)
Lowndes, M. A. B. I. too, have lived in
Arcadia. (Mr '42)
Belloc, Hilaire
Woodruff, D., ed. For Hilaire Belloc. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Bellows, George Wesley
Boswell, P. George Bellows. (My '43)
Bells and grass. De La Mare. W. J. (Je '42)
Bells for the dead. Knight, K. M. (D '42)
Bells of Leyden sing. Coblentz, C. C. (O '44)
Bells of Saint Ivan's. Carr, R. S. (Je '44)
Beloved crusader. Flick, E. M. E. (Ap '45)
Beloved scientist. Woodbury, D. O. (Mr '44)
Beloved Son. Wagstaft B. S. (Ap '45)
Below the Potomac. Dabney, V. (Ap '42)
Belt conveyors and belt elevators. Hetzel, F.
V., and Albright, R. K. (S '42)
Belts and belting
Hetzel. F. V., and Albright, R. K, Belt
conveyors and belt elevators. (S '42)
Benchley beside himself. Benchley, R. C. (Ag
'43)
Bend in the river. Valtin, J. (My '42)
Beneath another sun. Lothar, E. (Mr '43)
Beneath the stone. Tabori, G. (O '45)
Beneath the stone the scorpion. Eng title of:
Beneath the stone. Tabori, G. (O '45)
Benefit performance. Sale, R. (Je '46)
Benefit Street. DeJong, D. C. (N '42)
Benjamin, Judah Philip
Meade, R. D. Judah P. Benjamin. (S '43)
Benjamin Franklin reader; ed. by N. G. Good-
man. Franklin, B. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Benjy of Boston. Cavanah, F. (My '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
951
Bennett, James Gordon / ,,AV
Carlson, O. Man who made news. (D 42)
Bennlngton college, Bennington, Vermont
Jones, B. Bennington college. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Bequest of wings. Duff, A. (My '44)
Berezowsky, Nicolal
Berezowsky, A. L. N. Duet with Nicky. (O
'43)
Bergh, Henry
Steele, Z. Angel in top hat. (D '42)
Juvenile literature
Pace, M. M. Friend of animals. (Je '42)
Bergson. Henri Louis
Scharfstein, B. Roots of Bergson's philosophy.
(N '43)
Bering, Vitus Jonassen
Goodhue, C. Journey into the fog. (Mr '44)
Juvenile literature
MacDonald, L. S. Bering's potlatch. (Je '44)
Bering's potlatch. MacDonald, L. S. (Je '44)
Berkshire symphonic festivals
Howe, M. A. De W. Tale of Tanglewood.
(S '46)
Berlin. Conference, 1884-1885
Crower S. B. Berlin West African confer-
ence, 1884-1885. (S '43)
Berlin embassy. Russell, W. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Berlin hotel. Bng title of: Hotel Berlin '43.
Baum, V. (My '44)
Berlin West African conference, 1884-1885.
Crowe, S. B. (S '43)
Bermuda
Zuill, W. E. S. Bermuda journey. (Je '46)
History
Sources
Norwood, R. Journal. (D *45)
Bermuda calling. Garth, D. (S '44)
Bermuda Journey. Zuill, W. E. S. (Je *46)
Bernadette Soubirous. Saint
Sharkey, D. C. After Bernadette. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Fiction
Werfel, F. V. Song of Bernadette. (Je '42)
Bernard Clare. Farrell, J. T. (Je '46)
Bernhardt, Sarah
Verneuil, L. Fabulous life of Sarah Bern-
hardt. (D '42)
Berries
McKenny, M. Book of wayside fruits. (Je
*45)
Maril, L. Savor and flavor. (Je *44)
Wilkinson, A. B. Encyclopedia of fruits,
berries and nuts. (Je '45)
Bert Terhune I knew. Terhune, A. M. S.
(My '43)
Berta and Elmer Hader's picture book of
Mother Goose. Mother Goose. (N '44)
Bert rand Russell case. Dewey, J., and Kallen,
H. M., eds. (Ap '42)
Beside the Point. Magruire, J. S. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Best American short stories, 1942. Foley, M.,
ed. (O '42)
Best American short stories, 1943. Foley, M.,
ed. (O '43)
Best American short stories, 1944. Foley, M.,
ed. (O '44)
Best American short stories, 1945. Foley, M.,
ed. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Best American short stories, 1946. Foley, M.,
ed. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Best broadcasts of 1940-41. Wylie. M., ed.
(Ap '43)
Best cartoons of the year 1944. Larlar, L., ed.
(N '44)
Best cartoons of the year, 1945. Lariar, L., ed.
(D '45)
Best cartoons of the year, 1946. Larlar, L., ed.
(F *47) (1946 Annual)
Best detective stories of the year, 1945. Cooke,
D: C.. ed. (D '46)
Beit mm plays of 1943*1944. Gassner, J., and
Nichols, D., eds. (Ag '45)
Best from Midwest kitchens. Lothe, A. B., and
others. (Je *4C)
Best from Tank. Yank (periodical). (My '46)
Beat games of chess, 1931-1940. Keres, P. (Ag
'42)
Best I know. Smith, E. B. (Ap '42)
Best is yet. . . Ernst, M. L. (My '45)
Best loved hymns and prayers of the Ameri-
can people. Milligan, H. V., ed. (Ap '43)
Best of Don Marquis. Marquis, D. (N '46)
Best of science fiction. Conklin, G., ed. (Ap
'46)
Best one-act plays of 1941. Mayorga. M. G.,
ed. (My '42)
Best one-act plays of 1942. Mayorga, M. G..
ed. (My '43)
Best one-act plays of 1943. Mayorga, M. G.,
ed. (My '44)
Best one-act plays of 1944. Mayorga, M. G.,
ed. (O '45)
Best one-act plays of 1945. Mayorga, M. G., ed.
(S '46)
Best plays of 1899-1909. Mantle, B., and Sher-
wood, G. P., eds. (Ap »44)
Best plays of 1941-42. Mantle. B., ed. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Best plays of 1942-43. Mantle, B., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Best plays of 1943-44. Mantle, B., ed. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Best plays of 1944-45. Mantle, B., ed. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Best plays of 1945-46. Mantle, B-, ed. (F '47)
(1046 Annual)
Best poems of 1941. Moult, T., ed. (S '42?
Best poems of 1942. Moult. T., ed. (S '43)
Best poems of 1943. Moult, T., ed. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Best sermons; 1944 selection. Butler, G. P., ed.
(Ap '45)
Best sermons, 1946. Butler, G. P., ed. (S '46)
Best sports stories of 1944. Marsh, I. T., and
Ehre, E., eds. (S '45)
Best sports stories of 1945. Marsh, I. T., and
Ehre. E., eds. (S '46)
Best stories. Steele, W. D. (S '46)
Best wishes. Eng title of: Stolen honeymoon.
Edginton, B. (Ag '43)
Best years. Pitkin, W. B. (S '46)
Betio beachhead. Wilson, E. J.. and others.
(Je *45)
Betrayal from the East. Hynd, A. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Betrayal in the Philippines. Abaya, H. J.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Betsy and the boys. Haywood, C. (S '45)
Betsy, in spite of herself. Lovelace, M. H.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Betsy Yates: realtor. Slater, F. C. (Ag '42)
Better bridge for better players. Goren, C. H.
(Je '43)
Better colleges — better teachers. Cooper, R. M.
(Ap '45)
Better dressmaking. Spears, R. W. (Je '43)
Better life. Hennrich, K. J. (F f44) (1943 An-
nual)
Better men for better tiroes. Catholic university
of America. Commission on American citi-
zenship. (Ag '44)
Better Taylors. Taylor, R. D. (D '44)
Between earth and sky. Mac Neil. M. G. (N *44)
Between eternities. Crowell. G. N. (My '46)
Between God and man. Hadham, J. (O '42)
Between heaven and earth. Werfel, F. V. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Between Hitler and Mussolini. Starhemberg.
E. R. von. (N '42)
Between tears and laughter. Lin, Y. (S '43)
Between the dark and the daylight. Hale, N.
(Je '43)
Between the planets. Watson. P. G. (Ap *42)
Between the thunder and the sun. Sheean, V.
(Ap '43)
Beulah Bunny tells all. Johnson, D. M. (O '42)
Bevln, Ernest
Evans, T. Bevin of Britain. (N '46)
Beware of parents. Nathan, G. J. (My '43)
Beware the hoot owl. Rutledge, N. (My '44)
Bewitched lands. Costa du Rels, A. (N '45)
Beyle, Marie Henri (De Stendhal, pseud)
Josephson, M. Stendhal. (D '46)
Beyond all fronts. Jordan, M. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Beyond personality. Lewis, C. S. (My *45)
Beyond supply and demand. Gambs, J. 3. (N
*46)
Beyond surrender. Sims, M. M. (D '42)
Beyond the call of duty. Reck, F. M. (D '44)
Beyond the Clapping mountains. GHlham, C. IB.
(Je *43)
952
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Beyond the dark. Abbey, K. (Ap '44)
Beyond the garden gate. Winther, S. K. (F *47)
(1946 Annual) t « *, ,,
Beyond the solar system. Parker, B. M. (Je
*42>
Beyond the sound of guns. Loring, E. B. (D
'45)
Beyond the sunset. Stevens, W. O. (D '44)
Beyond the wall of sleep. Lovecraft, H. P. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Beyond this shore. Sapieha. V. P. R. (Ap '42)
Beyond this wall. Qumn, J. H. (O '42)
Beyond victory. Anshen, K. N., ed. (D '43)
Beyond victory. Voorhis, H. J. (Je '44)
Bhimsa, the dancing bear. Weston, C. O. (D
'45)
Bibi, the baker's horse. Stewart, A. B. (O '42)
Biblena family. See Galli da Bibiena family
Bible. Whole
Selections
Bible. Whole. Book of books. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Bible. Whole. Selections. Bible for the liberal.
(N §46)
Hogner, D. C. Bible story. (Ap '44)
Kelly, B. M., com p. Eternal purpose. (Ag '43)
Shorter Moffatt Bible. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Walker, J., ed. My Bible book. (O '46)
Willoughby, H. K. Soldiers' Bibles through
three centuries. (My '45)
Juvenile literature
Bible. Whole. Small rain. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
About the Bible
Goodspeed, E. J. How to read the Bible.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Harris. P. News from north of the Nile. (S
•45)
Hebert, A. G. Throne of David. (My '42)
Love, J. P. Missionary message of the Bible.
(My '42)
Nelson, L. E. Our roving Bible. (Ap '46)
Stimpson, G. W. Book about the Bible. (Ag
•45)
Antiquities
Bailey, A. E. Daily life in Bible times. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Finegan, J. Light from the ancient past. (My
'46)
Atlases
Wright, G. E., and Filson, F. V., eds. West-
minster historical atlas to the Bible. (Mr
•45
Concordances
Thompson, N. W., and Stock, R. Concordance
to the Bible. (D '42)
Walker, J. B. K. Comprehensive concordance
to the Holy Scriptures. (D '42)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rowley, H. H. Relevance of the Bible. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Smalley, B. Study of the Bible in the middle
ages. (D '42)
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Davis. J. D. Westminster dictionary of the
Bible. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Miller, M. S. and J. L. Encyclopedia of Bible
life. (Ap '45)
Geography
Giueck, N. River Jordan. (Je '46)
History
Willoughby, H. R. Soldiers' Bibles through
three centuries. (My '45)
History of biblical events
Ross. P. V. Bible in brief. (Ap '43)
Influence
Stifler, F. C. Bible speaks. (N *46)
Introductions
Chase, M. E Bible and the common reader.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile* literature
he Blble" (Ja
Thompson, B*. J. Oldest story. (O *43)
Pictorial illustration
Landsberger, F. Rembrandt, the Jews and
the Bible. (N '46)
Uses
Roach, C. C. Preaching values in the Bible.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Versions
Willoughby, H. R. First authorized English
Bible and the Cranmer preface. (N '42)
Bible. Old Testament
About the Old Testament
Hebert, A. G. Throne of David. (My '42)
Antiquities
Robinson, G. L. Bearing of archaeology on
the Old Testament. (Je '42)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rylaarsdam, J. C. Revelation in Jewish wis-
dom literature. (N *46)
Starr, H. Layman looks at the Bible. (N '46)
History of biblical events
Wallis, L. Bible is human. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
History of contemporary events
Robinson, G. L. Bearing of archaeology on
the Old Testament. (Je '42)
Introductions
Longacre, L. B. Old Testament. (My '46)
Stories
See Bible stories
Theology
Wright, G. E. Challenge of Israel's faith.
(S '44)
Parts of the Old Testament
Pentateuch
Allis, O. T. Five books of Moses. (O '43)
Prophetical books
Scott, R. B. Y.- Relevance of the prophets.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Yates, K. M. Preaching from the prophets.
(Ap '43)
Single books
Genesis
Follin, M. D. Golden words of Moses. (O '46)
Psalms
Whyte, R. B. Personalities behind the
Psalms. (S '42)
Isaiah
Scherer, P. E. Event in eternity. (Ap '46)
Ezekiel
Irwin, W. A. Problem of Ezekiel. (My '44)
Hosea
Wolfe, R. E. Meet Amos and Hosea. (Ag '45)
Amos
Wolfe, R. E. Meet Amos and Hosea. (Ag '46)
Apocrypha
Torrey, C. C. Apocryphal literature. (Mr '46)
Bible. New Testament
Texts
Bible. New Testament. Goodspeed parallel
New Testament. (O '43)
Bible. New Testament. New Covenant, com-
monly called the New Testament of our
lord and savior Jesus Christ. (Mr '46)
Bible. New Testament. New Testament of
our lord und savior Jesus Christ. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Greek
Metzger, B. M. Saturday and Sunday lessons
from Luke in the Greek Gospel lectionary.
Selections
Bible. New Testament. Jesus' own words.
(Ag '43)
Bible. New Testament. Jesus' story. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
'46)
Bible. New Testament. Story of Jesus. (Ap
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
953
About the New Testament
Hunter, A. M. Message of the New Testa-
ment. (As '46)
Lamsa, G. M. New Testament commentary
from the Aramaic and the ancient eastern
customs. (Ag '45)
Scott, B. P. Man and society in the New
Testament. (Ja '47) (1946 .Annual)
Scott, D. P. varieties of New Testament
religion. (Ag f44) (1943 Annual)
Biography
Mueller, F. J. They knew Christ. (N '46)
Weatherhead. L. D. Personalities of the
passion. (Mr '43)
Canon
Knox, J. Marclon and the New Testament.
(Ap '43)
Concordances
Bible. New Testament. Jesus' own words.
(Ag '43)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
Booth, E. P., ed. New Testament studies.
(N '42)
Johnston, Q. Doctrine of the church in the
New Testament. (Ag *44)
History of biblical events
Craig, C. T. Beginning of Christianity. (Ap
•44)
Riddle, D. W., and Hutson, H. H. New
Testament life and literature. (O '46)
Language, style
Lund, N. W. Chiasmus in the New Testa-
ment. (S '42)
Versions
Goodspeed, E. J. Problems of New Testa-
ment translation. (Ag '46)
Parti of the New Testament
Gospels
Bradley, W. P. They made him Christ. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Chapman, J. Four Gospels. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
McGinley, L«. J. Form -criticism of the syn-
optic healing narratives. (Ap '45)
Rawlinson, A. B. J. Christ in the Gospels.
(Ap '45)
Santayana. G. Idea of Christ In the Gospels,
(My '46)
Torrey, C. C. Documents of the primitive
church. (My '42)
Gospels — Harmonies
Hartdegen, S. J. Chronological harmony of
the Gospels. (Ap '43)
Gospels — Pictorial illustrations
Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Jesus Christ.
(My '45)
Epistles
Hawkins, R. M. Recovery of the historical
Paul. (My '44)
Klausner, J. From Jesus to Paul. (S '43)
Single books
8t Mark
Grant, F. C. Earliest Gospel. (Ap '44)
8t John
Sanders. J. N. Fourth gospel in the early
church. (O '43)
Smart. W. A. Spiritual gospel. (Je '46)
Corinthians
Morgan, G. C. Corinthian letters of Paul. (N
'46)
Poteat, G. We preach not ourselves. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Ephesians
Synge, F. C. St Paul's Epistle to the Ephe-
sians. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Bible and law
Rand, H. B. Digest of the divine law. (Ag
43)
Bible and the common reader. Chase, M. E.
(Ag *45) (1944 Annual)
Bible as literature
Chase. M. E. Bible and the common reader.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Riddle, D. W., and Hutson, H. H. New
Testament life and literature. (O '46)
Bible for the liberal. Bible. Whole. Selections.
(N '46)
Bible in brief. Ross, P. V. (Ap '43)
Bible in literature
Nelson, L. E. Our roving Bible. (Ap '46)
Bible is human. Wallis, L. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Bible speaks. Stifler, F. C. (N »46)
Bible speaks to our day. Barclay, G. (S '45)
Bible stories
Crawford, E. D., ed. Beginning of the world.
(Ag '45)
Crawford, E. D., ed. Jesus shows the way.
(D '45)
Doane, P. Small child's Bible. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Graham, L. How God flx Jonah. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Jones, M. A. Bible story of the creation. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Luckhardt, M. M. C. Light on our path. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Salminen, E. God's first children. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Werner, J. Child's book of Bible stories. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Bible story. Hogner, D. C. (Ap '44)
Bible story of the creation. Jones, Mv A. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Bibliography
Bookmen's holiday. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Joughin, G. L.. Basic reference forms. (Ap
•42)
Best books
A.L..A. catalog, 1937-1941. (S '44)
American library association. Booklist. (Je
'43)
Graham, B. Bookman's manual. (Ag *42)
Hackett, A. P. Fifty years of best sellers*
1895-1945. (S '45)
Joint committee of the American library
association, National education association
and National council of teachers of Eng-
lish. Basic book collection for high schools.
(Ag '42)
Jones, P., comp. One thousand books for hos-
pital libraries. (My '45)
Snider, J. D. I love books. (S '44)
Bibliography
Heaps, W. A. Book selection for secondary
school libraries. (O '43)
Books in series
Orton, R M., comp. Catalog of reprints in
series, 1941. (N '42)
First editions
Wise, T. J. Letters of Thomas J. Wise to
John Henry Wrenn. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
History
Taylor, A. Renaissance guides to books. (O
'46)
Bibliography of aviation education materials.
Columbia university. Teachers college.
Aviation education research group. (Je '43)
Bibliography of aviation medicine. Hoff, E. C.,
and Fulton. J. F.. comDs. (D '43)
Bibliography of early secular American music.
Sonneck. O. G. T. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Bibliography of English translations from medi-
eval sources. Farrar, C. P., and Evans, A.
P. (D '46)
Bibliography of [his] published writings. Mill,
J. S. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Bibliography of Indonesian peoples and cul-
tures. Kennedy. R. (O '46)
Bibliography of infantile paralysis. National
foundation for infantile paralysis. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Bibliography of motion pictures for vocational
and technical schools. Weaver, G. G.,
comp. (Ag *43)
Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill press.
Hazen, A, T. (O §42)
Bibliography on cutting of metals. Boston, O.
W. (Ap '46)
Bibliography on educational broadcasting.
Cooper, I. M. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Bicycle commandos. Farmer, W. (D '44)
Biddy Brogan's boy. Tully, J. (My '42)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Bidwell, John
Hunt, R. D. John Bidwell, prince of Cali-
fornia pioneers. (Ap '43) , Att A
Bier for a hussy. Holt, A. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Biffy Buffalo. Porter, J. (O '42)
Big Ben. Miers, E. S. (My '42
Big book of Halloween entertainments. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Biff bosses. Van Devander, C. W. (My '44)
Big Boy. Robinson, W. W. (S '44)
Big Brownie. Montgomery* H. G. (Je '44)
Biff business in a democracy. Adams, J. T.
(O '46)
Biff clock. Fearinff, K. (N '46)
Biff democracy. Appleby, P. H. (Je *45)
Biff distance. Hough. D., and Arnold, E. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Biff Doc's girl. Medearis, M. (O '42)
Biff dog, little dog:. MacDonald, G. (Ag '43)
Biff fire. Olds, E. (D '45)
Big government. Pusey, M. J. (Je '45)
Big green umbrella. Coatsworth, E. J. (My '45)
Biff lonely dog. Harris, L. (Je '43)
Biff midffet murders. Rice, C. (Ag '42)
Big music. Bleecker, M. N., comp. (Ap '46)
Big noise. Farrington, F. (S '46)
Big Red. Anderson, C. W. (D '43)
Big Red. Kjelgaard, J. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Big road. Rosten. N. (S '46)
Big Rock Candy mountain. Stegner, W. (O
'43)
Big Spring. Texas
Philips, S. Big Spring. (O (42)
Big store. Woodhouse, C. G. (Ag '44)
The big three. Dallin, D. J. (S '45)
Big time. Hayes, A. (Je '44)
Big tree. Buff, M. M. and C. (D '46)
Bigfoot Wallace. Campbell, W. S. (S '42)
Biggest bear on earth. McCracken, H. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Biggety chameleon. Pope, E. (S '46)
Bin of social rights. Gurvitch, G. D. (S '46)
Billy and the unhappy bull. De Jong, M. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Billy King's Tombstone. Sonnichsen, C. L. (Ag
'42)
Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt. Rohmer, S. (My '44)
Bindweed. De Sherbinin. B. (My '42)
Biochemistry and morphogenesis. Needham,
J. (Ap '43)
Biochemistry of the fatty acids and their com-
pounds. Bloor. W. R. (N '43)
Bioenergetics and growth. Brody, S. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Biographical dictionary. Webster, N. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Biographical roundup. Carnegie, D. (Ap '45)
Biography (as a literary form)
Carver, G. Alms for oblivion. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Biography (Individual)
Abbott. N. Aishah, the beloved of Moham-
med. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Abbott, N. Two queens of Baghdad. (N '46)
Abrahamsen, D. Mind and death of a genius
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Abt, I. A. Baby doctor. (Ap '44)
Adams, D. We stood alone. (O '44)
Adams, J. P. Milton Can iff. (S '46)
Adams, S. H. A. Woollcott. (Je '45)
Adamson, H. C. Eddie Rickenbacker. (Mr *46)
Addison, J. Letters. (N '42)
Albee, ^F. H. Surgeon's flght to rebuild men.
Alderson, N. T. Bride goes west. (Ag '42)
Aldington. R. Duke. (N '43)
Alexandras V. Journey through chaos. (S
'45)
Allen, a. W. Walt Whitman handbook. (Ap
'46)
AJlman, N. F. Shanghai lawyer. (N '43)
Anderson, S. Memoirs. (My '42)
Andrews. R. C. Under a lucky star. (O '43)
Angpff. C. Palestrina. savior of church music.
(F '45) "(1944 Annual)
Antheil, G. Bad boy of music. (Ja §46) (1945
Annual)
Anthony. K. 8. The Lambs. (Ap '45)
Anthony, N. How to grow old disgracefully.
(My *46)
Arciniegas, G. Knight of El Dorado. (Je '42)
Argall, P. My life with the enemy. (Ap '44)
Ashburn, F. D. Peabody of Groton. (D '44)
Ashley- Montagu, M. F. Edward Tyson. (O
Augur. H. Passage to glory. (Mr '46)
Axelrad, J. Anatole France. (O '44)
Ay ling, K. Old Leatherface of the Flying
Tigers. (S '46)
Ayscough, F. W., and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship. (Ap '460
Bachmann, B. T. They called him father.
(Mr '43)
Bagster- Collins. J. F. George Colman the
younger, 1762-1836. (O '46)
Bailey, F. It can't happen here again. (Mr
*45)
Bailey, J. C. Seaman A. Knapp. (O '46)
Bailey, K. P. Thomas Cresap. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Bailey, M. E. Good-bye, proud world. (My
Bakeless, J. E. Tragicall history of Chris-
topher Marlowe. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Baker. H. C. John Philip Kemble. (Je '42)
Baker. L. M. Out on a limb. (D '46)
Baker, N. B. Garibaldi. (D '44)
Baker, N. B. Sun Yat-sen. (D '46)
Baker, R. S. American chronicle. (Ap '46)
Balaban, C. Continuous performance. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Barbour. T. Naturalist at large. (N '43)
Barbour, T. Naturalist's scrapbook. (Je '46)
Barea, A. Forging of a rebel. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Bannger, W. E. House dividing. (O '45)
Barker, A. E. Milton and the Puritan di-
lemma. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Barker, L. F. Time and the physician. (My
•42)
Barres, P. Charles de Gaulle. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Barry, R. H. Mr Rutledge of South Caro-
lina. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Barschak, E. Innocent empress. (S *43)
Barschak, E. My American adventure. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Bartlett, W. I. Jones Very, Emerson's brave
saint. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Batcheller, T. B. Soul » of a queen. (My '44)
Bate. D. Wang Ch ing Wei. (My '42)
Bates, E. W. Edwin Arlington Robinson and
his manuscripts. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Bathe, G. and D. Jacob Perkins. (O '44)
Batten, J. M. John Dury. (N '44)
Battle, K. P. Memories of an old-time tar
heel. (D '46)
Bax. C.t ed. Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw,
W. B. Yeats; letters. (Ap '42)
Baynes, D. J. In search of two characters.
(O '46)
Beatty, R. C. James Russell Lowell. (O '42)
Beaty, J. Y. Luther Bur bank, plant magi-
cian. (S »43)
Beaumont, W. William Beaumont's formative
years. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Beecham, T. Mingled chime. (Je *43)
Beerbohm, M. Lytton Strachey. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Belfrage. C. Faith to free the people. (N '44)
Bell, H. C. F. Woodrow Wilson and the
people. (Ag '45)
Benard, E. D. Preface to Newman's theology.
(S '46)
Bene"t, L. Washington Irving, explorer of
American legend. (D *44)
Bengalee, M. R. Life of Muhammad. (N '42)
Berezowsky, A. L. N. Duet with Nicky. (O
43)
Bergmann, L. N. Music master of the Middle
West. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Beuf. C. M. L. Cesare Borgia. (Ap '42)
Biddle, F. B. Mr Justice Holmes. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Bingham, M. T. Ancestors' brocades. (My *45)
Birkenhead, S. B. S. Against oblivion. (S *44)
Black, H. G. True Woodrow Wilson. (My '46)
Blake. K. D., and Wallace, M. L. Champion
of women. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Bloom, S. Our heritage. (N '44)
Blunden. E. C. Thomas Hardy. (Ap '43)
Boardman, P. L. Patrick Geddes. (N '44)
Bodein V. P. Social gospel of Walter
Rauschenbusch and its relation to religious
education. (D '45)
Bodley, R. V. C. Messenger. (My '46)
Borden, L. P. Francesca Cabrlni. (Ag '45)
Borg-enlcht, L. Happiest man. (Ap '43)
Borth, C. True steel. (Je '42>
Bourke, V. J. Augustine's quest of wisdom.
(D 45)
Bowen, C. S. D. Yankee from Olympus. (My
Bowen, L. H. D. Open windows. (N '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
955
Bowers, C. G. Young Jefferson. (Ap '45)
Braisted, R. E. W. In this generation. (N '42)
Braswell, W. Melville's religious thought.
(My '44)
razdov
Brazdova, A. P. In the beginning was the
light. (N '42)
Brearley, H. Knotted string. (Ag '42)
Breasted, C. Pioneer to the past. (My '43)
Brent, H. Pauline Bonaparte. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Brlmlow, G. F. Cavalryman out of the West.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Brockway, S. Sarah and I. (N '44)
Broderick, J. T. Wiliia Rodney Whitney. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Brodie, F. M. No man knows my history.
(Ja *46) (1945 Annual)
Bromley. J. Clear the tracks! (O '43)
Bronson, B. H. Johnson Agonistes, and other
essays. (N '46)
Brooks, A. L. Walter Clark, fighting Judge.
(My '44)
Brooks, W. E. Grant of Appomattox. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Brower, C. D., and others. Fifty years below
zero. (N '42)
Brown, C. A. Forty years of silence. (D '46)
Brown, H. Rudyard Kipling. (Mr '46)
Brown, L. F. Apostle of democracy. (Ag '43)
Browne, C. A. Thomas Jefferson and the sci-
entific trends of his time. (N '46)
Bruun, G. Clemenceau. (Ag '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Buckley, J. H. William Ernest Henley. (D
*45)
Bullard, F. L. Abraham Lincoln and the
widow Bixby. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bullock, H. D. My head and my heart. (Ja
•46) (1946 Annual)
Bulosan, C. America is in the heart. (Ap
Burk. J. N. Life and works of Beethoven.
(Ag '43)
Burke, J. C. My father in China. (N '42)
Burr, G. L. George Lincoln Burr: his life.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Burton, J. Heyday of a wizard. (My '44)
Burton, K. K. According to the pattern. (Ap
'46)
Burton, K. K. Celestial homespun. (My '43)
Burton, K. K. Mother Butler of Marymount.
(O '44)
Burton, R. G. T. H. Three parts Scotch. (N
'46)
Busch, N. F. What manner of man? (S *44)
Byng, M. E. M. Up the stream of time. (Ap
Camlet, E. Clue to Pascal. (My '44)
Callliet, E. Pascal, genius in the light of
Scripture. (N '45)
Calkins, E. E. And hearing not — . (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Calkins, R.. ed. Daniel Evans. (My '46)
Call, H. F. Golden fleece. (O '42)
Cammaerts. E. Flower of grass. (O '45)
Campbell, B. D. Where the high winds blow.
(Je '46)
Campbell, H. J. Case for Mrs Surratt. (N
'43)
Campbell, W. S. Bigfoot Wallace. (S '42)
Campbell. W. S. Jim Bridger. (N '46)
Canby, H. S. Walt Whitman, an American.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Cannell, K. B. E. Jam yesterday. (N '45)
Cannon, W. B. Way of an investigator. (S
'45)
Carbery, M. T. E.-F. Happy world. (My '42)
Carlisle, K. S. Rampant refugee. (Mr '46)
Carlson, O. Man who made news. (D '42)
Carpenter, L. R. Rudyard Kipling, a friend-
ly profile. (S '43)
Carruthers, O. Lincoln's other Mary. (O '46)
Caruso, D. P. B. Enrico Caruso* his life and
death. (Je '45)
Casey, R. J. Such interesting people. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Caughey, J. W. Hubert Howe Bancroft. (D
'46)
Chagall, B. Burning lights. (D '46)
Chang, H. H. Chiang Kai-shek. (S ;44)
Chase, I. Past imperfect. (Ap '42)
Chen, S. and Payne, P. S. R. Sun Yat-sen.
(S '46)
Chevigny, H. Lord of Alaska. (N '42)
Chevigny, H. My eyes have a cold nose. (D
Chidsey, D. B. John the Great. (O '42)
Christ-Janer, A. W. Boardman Robinson.
(D '46)
Chute, M. G. Geoffrey Chaucer of England.
(Ap '46)
Cierplikowski, A. Antoine. (Je '45)
Clemens. C. Lytton Strachey. (N '42)
Clemens, C. Man from Limehouse. (D '46)
Clemens, C. Man from Missouri. (N '45)
Clemens, C. My chat with Thomas Hardy.
(Je '44)
Clemens, C. Young Sam Clemens. (Ap '43)
Clemens, C., and Sibley, E. C. Uncle Dan.
(Mr '43)
Clemens, S. L. Mark Twain, business man.
(Ap '46)
Cobb, E. My wayward parent. (D *45)
Cocannouer, J. A. Trampling out the vintage.
(Ap '45)
Coe, C. F. Never a dull moment. (As '44)
Coe, D. Marconi, pioneer of radio. (S '43)
Cohen, J. H. They builded better than they
knew. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Cole, M. I. P. Beatrice Webb. (Je '46)
Coleman, H. J. Give us a little smile, baby.
(S '43)
Comfort, W. W. Stephen Grellet. (S '42)
Comfort, W. W. William Penn. (My '44)
Connolly, J. B. Canton captain. (Mr '42)
Connolly, J. B. Master mariner. (Ap '43)
Connolly, J. B. Sea-borne. (S '44)
Connolly, T. L. Francis Thompson. IF '46)
(1944 Annual) A
Conrad, E. Harriet Tubman. (D '43)
Copeland, F. Kendall of the Picayune. (Ag
*43)
Cory. H. E. Emancipation of a freethinker.
(My '42)
Coulton, G. G. Fourscore years. (As '44)
Courtney, C. Unlocking adventure. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cowdrey,. B., and Williams, H. W. William
Sidney Mount. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Cox, J. M. Journey through my years. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Coyle, K. Magical realm. (Mr '43)
Craftord, F. S. Jan Smuts. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Cranston, R. Story of Woodrow Wilson. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Cresson, W. P. James Monroe. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Crippen, L. F. Simon Cameron. (Je *43)
Cromwell, O. Writings and speeches. (8 *45)
Crook, G. General George Crook. (My *46)
Cross, W. L. Connecticut Yankee. (N '43)
Croy, H. Country cured. (N '43 )
Croy, H. Wonderful neighbor. (D '45)
Cummings, H. M. Richard Peters. (O '44)
Cuningham, C. E. Timothy Dwight. (Ap '42)
Cunningham. F. Sky master. (S '43)
Current, R. N. Old Thad Stevens. (Ap '43)
Curtis, E. R. Lady Sarah Lennox. (Ap '46)
Dache, L. Talking through my hats. (Ag
Daiches, D. Virginia Woolf. (S '42)
Dali. S. Secret life of Salvador Dali. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Daniels, B. K. Outer edge. (O '43)
Daniela, J. Wilaon era, years of peace, 1910-
1917. (A* '45) (1944 Annual)
Daniels, J. Wilson era, years of war and
after. 1917-1923. (Ag *46)
Davenport, J., and Murphy, C. J. V. Lives
of Winston Churchill. (§ '45)
David. H. T.. and Mendel. A., eds. Bach
reader. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Davis, E. Earn* of Paria. (Je '44)
Davis. H. J. Stella. (F »43) (1942 Annual)
Davis, K. S. Soldier of democracy. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Davis, M. G. Randolph Caldecott. (D '46)
DeJong, D. C. Witn a Dutch accent. (Mr
De Marigny, A. More devil than saint. (Je
•46)
De Montmorency, A. Enigma of Admiral
Darlan. (Je '43)
Deneke, H. Grace Hadow. (O '46)
De Tolnay, C. Sistine ceiling. (Ap '46)
De Tolnay, C. Youth of Michelangelo. (Ag
DeVighne. H. C. Time of my life. (N '42)
DeVoto, B. A. Mark Twain at work. (S '42)
Dewey, J., and Kallen, H. M., eds. The Ber-
trand Russell case. (Ap '42)
Diamond, W. Economic thought of Woodrow
Wilson. (O '44)
Diaz Lozano, A. Enriqueta and I. (Je *44)
956
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Biography — Continued
Dickey, D. C. Seargent S. Prentisfl. (D '45)
DiMaggio, J. P. Lucky to be a Yankee. (O
'46)
Doherty, M. W. House on Humility street.
Douglas, R. L. Leonardo da Vinci. (Ja §45)
(1944 Annual)
Douglas, R. L. Piero di Cosimo. (S '46)
Doyle, C. H. Life of Pope Pius XII. (Ag '45)
Draper, M. H. Though long the trail. (S '46)
Driscoll, C. B. Country Jake. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Driscoll, C. B. Kansas Irish. (Je *43)
Duffus, R. L. Innocents at Cedro. (Mr '44)
Dulles, C. A. Testimonial to grace. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Dumbauld, B. Thomas Jefferson, American
tourist. (S '46)
Duncan, D. Partner In three worlds. (N '44)
Duncan, K., and Nickols, D. F. Mentor Gra-
ham. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Dunham, D. C. Envoy unextraordinary. (O
Dunn, E. C. Pursuit of understanding. (D
'45)
Earhart, M. Frances Willard. (Ag »45) (1944
Annual)
Easum, C. V. Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of Frederick the Great. (Ap '43)
Eckenrode, H. J., and Conrad, B. George B.
McClellan, the man who saved the union.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Einstein, A. Mozart. (Mr f45)
Eisenschiml, O. Without fame. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Elliott, M. R. A. My Aunt Louisa and Wood-
row Wilson. (D '44)
Ellis, E. Henry Moore Teller, defender of
the West. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
England, M. Knight 4here was. (N '45)
Enters, A Silly girl. (Ap '44)
Ergang, R. R. Potsdam ftthrer. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Ernst, M. L. Best is yet. . . (My '46)
Eskelund, K. My Chinese wife. (S '45)
Espey, J. J. Minor heresies. (My '45)
Eustace. C. J. House of bread. (D '43)
Evans, H. O. Iron pioneer. (D '42)
Evans, T. Bevin of Britain. (N '46)
Eve, A. S., and Creasey, C. H. Life and work
of John Tyndall. (N '45)
Evlanoff, M. Nobel — prize donor. (Ap '44)
Ezickson, A. J., ed. Roosevelt album. (N '46)
Fair, J. R. Give him to the angels. (O *46)
Fairclough, H. R. Warming both hands.
(N '42)
Fausset, H. I' A. Walt Whitman: poet of
democracy. (Ag *42)
Ferguson, J. De L. Mark Twain. (Ag '43)
Fergusson, H. Home in the West. (Mr '45)
Fichter, J. H. James Laynez, Jesuit. (S '44)
Fichter, J. H. Saint Cecil Cyprian, early
defender of the faith. (O '42)
Field, C. Bernard Baruch. (N '44)
Field, L. N. John Sebastian Bach. (Ag f43)
Filler, L. Randolph Bourne. (D '43)
Finletter. G. D. From the top of the stairs.
(N '46)
Fischer, L. Week with Gandhi. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Fisher, A. B. No more a stranger. (My '46)
Fisher, W. B. H. Frederick Bohn Fisher
world citizen. (My '44)
Fithian, P. V. Journal and letters. (S '43)
Fitzhugh, R. T., ed. Robert Burns. (S '43)
Fitzpatrick, B. A. McCarthy of Wisconsin.
(My '44)
Flagg, J. M. Roses and buckshot. (N '46)
Flanagan, J. T. James Hall, literary pioneer
of the Ohio valley. (Mr '43)
Flanner, J. Pgtain: the old man of France.
(S »44)
Flexner, A. Daniel Coit Gilman. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Flexner, A. Henry S. PHtchett. (My *44)
Flick, E. M. B. Beloved crusader. (Ap '45)
Flores, A., ed. Kafka problem. (D '46)
Floyd, O. B. Doctora in Mexico. (My '44)
Footman, D. Red prelude. (Je '45)
Forbes, E. Paul Revere and the world he
lived in. (Ag '42)
Forbes. R. T. Appointment with destiny. (Je
46)
Forbes, R. T. Gypsy in the sun. (N '44)
Ford, E. David Rlttenhouse. (N '46)
Forster, E. M. Virginia Woolf. (S '42)
Fortune, J., and Burton, J. Ellsabet Ney.
(My '43)
Fowler, G. Good night, sweet prince. (Mr
Fowler, G. Solo in tom-toms. (My *46)
Frankel, H. F. Ovid. (N '45)
Franklin, B. Autobiographical writings. (D
'45)
Franklin institute. Meet Dr Franklin. (O '44)
Freeman, A. W. Five million patients. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Fries, A. L. Road to Salem. (My '44)
Frisbie, R. D. Island of Desire. (S '44)
Fulton, J. F. Harvey Cushing. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Fyodrov, M. Death my generation. (N '46)
G. B. S. 90, by M. Beerbohm, and others.
(S '46)
Gade, J. A. All my born days. (Ap '42)
Gaisberg, F. W. Music goes round. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Gallagher, P. Paddy the Cope. (My '42)
Garbedian, H. G. George Westinghouse. (My
'43)
Garwood, D. Artist in Iowa. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Gauvreau, E. H., and Cohen, L. Billy
Mitchell. (O *42)
Gaxotte, P. Frederick the Great. (My '42)
Gayn, M. J. Journey from the Bast. (My
Geddes, D. P., ed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(Ap '46)
Gegenheimer. A. F. William Smith. (Ag '44)
Geiringer, K. Haydn. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Geissmar. B. Two worlds of music. (D '46)
George, R. E. G. Carmelite and poet. (Je
Gibbs. A. U-boat prisoner. (S '43)
Gill, E. A. T. Robertson. (My *43)
Girdler, T. M. Boot straps. (N '43)
Glasser, O. Dr W. C. R5ntgen. (Ag '46)
Goldman, E. F. Charles J. Bonaparte, patri-
cian reformer. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Goldman, E. F. John Bach McMaster. (Je
•43)
froodhue, C. Journey into the fog. (Mr '44)
Goodrich, L. Winslow Homer. (N '44)
Gordon. E. S. C. G. B. Days of now and
then. (Ap '46)
Gordon, G. S. Letters, 1902-1942. (S '44)
Gordon, M. C. B. Life of George S. Gordon.
(Je '46)
Gould, R. E. Yankee storekeeper. (My '46 )
Graham, F. Al Smith, American. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Graham, F. Lou Gehrig, a quiet hero. (My *42)
Graham. F. McGraw of tne Giants. (Je *44)
Grant, E. M. Career of Victor Hugo. (S '45)
Gray, A. K. Teresa. (N '46)
Green, J. Memories of happy days. (D '42)
Green, V. H. H. Bishop Reginald Pecock. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Greenslet, F. Under the bridge. (D '43)
Gregg. J. Diary and letters [bk2]. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Grennan. M. R. William Morris. (Ap '46)
Gronowicz, A. Paderewski. (Je '43)
Gross, F. Grand seigneur. (S *43)
Grossman. J. P. William Sylvis. (My »46)
Grosz, G. Little yes and a big no. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Grubbs, H. A. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, his
life and works. (S '42)
Guedalla, P. Mr Churchill. (Mr '42)
Guggenheim, M. Out of this century. (My '46)
Gumpert, M. Hahnemann, the adventurous
career of a medical rebel. (D '45)
Guthrie. W. Bound for glory. (Ap '43)
Gysln, B. To master— a long goodnight. (D
Hadley. C. John Cotton Dana. (O *43)
Hagedorn, H. Sunward I've climbed. (N *42)
Hahn, C. China to me. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hahn, E. Hong Kong holiday. (S *46)
Hahn, E. Raffles of Singapore. (D '46)
Haley, J. E. George W. Littlefleld, Texan.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hall, C. S. Benjamin Tallmadge. (O '43)
Hall, L. S. Hawthorne. (S *44)
Hamilton, A. Exploring the dangerous
trades. (My »43)
Hammond, W. Q. Remembrance of Amherst.
(N 46)
Han Suyin. Destination Chungking. (My '42)
Hanna, A. J. Prince in their midst. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
957
Hanson, J. M. Conquest of the Missouri.
(3 '46)
Harcourt- Smith, S. Cardinal of Spain. (Je
'44)
Hargrave, J. Montagu Norman. (Ap '42)
Harlan, A. B. Owen Meredith. (Ap '46)
Harlow, A. F. Theodore Roosevelt, strenuous
American. (O '43)
Harmon, N. B. Famous case of Myra Clark
Gaines. (N '46)
Harmon, T. D. Pilots also pray. (D *44)
Harrington, F. H. God, mammon, and the
Japanese. (My '44)
Harrison, M. H. Captain of the Andes. (My
'43)
Harrold, C. F. John Henry Newman. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Hart, H. D. Lincoln, the man of the ages.
(O *45)
Hart. H. H. Venetian adventurer. (My '42)
Hartley, L. C. This is Lorence. (Ag '43)
Haskell, H. J. This was Cicero. (D »42)
Hasty, J. B. Done with mirrors. (Mr '43)
Hatch, A. General Ike. (D '44)
Hatch, A. Glenn Curtlss. (Ap '43)
Hatch. A. Young Willkie. (My '44)
Hathaway, K. B. Journals and letters of the
little locksmith. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hathaway, K. B. Little locksmith. (N '43)
Hawthorne, H. Long adventure. (O *42)
Hawthorne, H. Matthew Fontaine Maury. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Hawthorne, H. Ox- team miracle. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hays, A. G. City lawyer. (S *42)
Healy, L. H., and Kutner, L. The admiral.
(S '44)
Healy, T. More lives than one. (Ag '44)
Hebert, W. H. Fighting Joe Hooker. (D '44)
Helm, M. Angel Mo' and her son, Roland
Hayes. (D '42)
Henle, F. Au Clare de Luce. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Henry, R. S. "First with the most" Forrest.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Henson, H. H. Retrospect of an unimportant
life, v 2. (Ag *44)
Herald, G. W. My favorite assassin. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hereford, R. A. Old Man River. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Herrmann, L. Today we are brothers. (Je
•42)
Hersey, J. R. Men on Bataan. (Je '42)
Hewitt, E. R. Those were the days. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hexter, J. H. Reign of King Pym. (My '42)
Hicks, A. C. Blood in the streets. (Ag '45)
Hicks, F. C. William Howard Taft. (N '45)
Hilton. J. Story of Dr Wassell. (Je '43)
Hinkley, L. L. Bronte's: Charlotte and Emily.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Hinshaw, D. Man from Kansas. (D '45)
Hinton, H. B. Cordell Hull. (Mr '42)
Hoeltje, H. H. Sheltering tree. (D '43)
Hofer. J. St John Capistran, reformer. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Holland, C. F. Morgan and his raiders. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Holm. J. C. Sunday best. (Je '42)
Holmes, O. W. Touched with flre. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Holsapple, L. B. Constantino the Great.
(Ap M3)
Holt. M. V. S. George Washington Carver.
(My '43)
Hoi ton, R A. Yankees were like this. (O '44)
Hone, J. M. W. B. Yeats, 1865-1939. (Mr
*43)
Honig, B. Garcia Lorca. (My *44)
Hood, T. Letters. (O '45)
Hooker, R. W. Ship's doctor. (Ap '43)
Hoole, W. S. Sam Slick in Texas. (N '45)
Houghton, W. E. Art of Newman's Apologia.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Howard, A. B. Mary Mapes Dodge of St
Nicholas. (Ag '43)
Howard, G. walkin' preacher of the Ozarks.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Howard, W. L. Luther Burbank. (N '46)
Howe, W. D. Charles Lamb and his friends.
(Ap '44)
Hubbell, J. B., ed. Last years of Henry
Timrod. (Je '42)
Hubben, W. Exiled pilgrim. (N '43)
Hudson, D. Thomas Barnes of the Times.
(My *44)
Hughes, L. W. No time for tears. (Ap '46)
Hull, H. R. Mayling Soong Chiang. (N '43)
Hume. E. H. Doctors East, doctors West.
(Je '46)
Hunt, A. G. This is my life. (D "42)
Hunt, M. L. Have you seen Tom Thumb?
(D '42)
Hunt, R. D. John Bidwell, prince of Cali-
fornia pioneers. (Ap '43)
Hunter, R. Come back on Tuesday. (Ap '45)
Hurok, S. Impresario. (Ag '46)
Hurston, Z. N. Dust tracks on a road. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Hutchings, A. J. B. Schubert. (N '45)
Hutchins, F. and C. Thomas Jefferson. (O
'46)
Hutheesing, K. N. With no regrets. (O '45)
Hyde, H. M. Mexican empire. (O '46)
Ickes, H. L. Autobiography of a curmudgeon.
(My '43)
Ikonnikov, A. A. Myaskovsky. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Ipat'ev, V. N. Life of a chemist. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Irving, F. C. Safe deliverance. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Irwin, W. H. Making of a reporter. (D '42)
Ishvani. Brocaded sari. (O '46)
Iswolsky, H. Light before dusk. (Je '42)
Izard, T. C. George Whetstone. (Ap *43)
Jacks, L. P. Confession of an octogenarian.
(S '42)
Jackson. J. H. Jean Jaures. (Ag '44)
James, M. Cherokee strip. (O *45)
James, W. M. Admiral Sir William Fisher,
(Mr '45)
Jandy, E. C. Charles Horton Cooley, his life
and his social theory. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Jefferson, T. Jefferson himself. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Jefferson, T;, and Gilmer, F. W. Correspond-
ence, 1814-1826. (S '46)
Jenkins. T Man of Alaska. (Mr '44)
Jessel, G. A. So help me. (Je '43)
Johnson, B. As much as I dare. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Johnson, G. W. Honorable titan. (O '46)
Johnson, G. W. Woodrow Wilson. (S *44)
Johnson, H. Other side of Main street. (Ap
'43)
Johnson, J. B. Robert Alexander, Maryland
loyalist. (Ap *43)
Jones, V. C. Ranger Mosby. (O '44)
Jordan, R. B. Born to flght. (N '46)
Josephson, M. Stendhal. (D '46)
Josephson, M. Victor Hugo. (N '42)
Judson, A. C. Life of Edmund Spenser. (D
'45)
Judson. C. I. Soldier doctor. (N '42)
Kaye-Smith. S. Kitchen fugue. (O *45)
Kean. C. J. and B. T. Letters . . . relating
to their American tours [ed] by W. G. B.
Carson. (Ap *46)
Keenan. J. L. Steel man in India. (D '43)
Kelly, F. C. David Ross. (S '46)
Kelly. F. C. Wright brothers. (Je '43)
Kempe. M. B. Book of Margery Kempe. (O
Kendall, M. Never let weather interfere. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Kenny, E., and Ostenso, M. And they shall
walk. (O '43)
Kenyon review (periodical). Gerard Manley
Hopkins. (Ap '46)
Kesten, H. Copernicus and his world. (Ap
*45)
Kim ball, M. G. Jefferson, the road to glory,
1743 to 1776. (My '43)
Klncaid. R. L. Joshua Fry Speed, Abraham
Lincoln's most intimate friend. (N *43)
Kingdon, F. Jacob's ladder. (Ag '43)
Kingdon, F. An uncommon man. (Je '45)
Kinnalrd. C.. ed. Real F.D.R. (Mr '46)
Kirby. E. W. George Keith. (Je '42)
Klein. W. C. Johann Conrad Beissel. (Ap
*42)
Knickerbocker, F. W. C. Free minds. (N
Knott, M. O., and Cooper, P. Gone away with
O'Malley. (D '44)
Knox, J. C. Order in the court. (Je '43)
Koch, A. Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Kocher, P. H. Christopher Marlowe. (S '46)
Koenigsberg, M. King news. (My '42)
958
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Biography — Continued
Koo. H. O. Hui-lan-Koo. (N '43)
Koontz. L. K. Robert Dinwlddie. (3 '42)
Korngold, R. Citizen Toussamt. (O *44)
Kraus. R. Old master. (Je '44)
Kraus, R. Winston Churchill in the mirror.
(D '44)
Kraus, R. Young Lady Randolph. (Je '43)
Krutch, J. W. Samuel Johnson. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kuo, C. I've come a long way. (Je *42>
Kurtz, M. R. My rival, the sky. (Ag '46)
La Farge, O. Raw material. (8 '45)
Lamb, H. Alexander of Macedon. (Je '46)
Lament, T. W. My boyhood in a parsonage.
Lane, M. Tale of Beatrix Potter. (D *46)
Lane. W. J. Commodore Vanderbilt. (Ap '42)
Langstaft, J. B. Doctor Bard of Hyde Park.
Larson, H. BJSrnstJerne Bjttrnson. (My '45)
Larson, M. O. Field Marshal Bernard L.
Montgomery. (O '45)
Lavrin, J. Tolstoy. (Ap '46)
Lawrence, A. A. James Moore Wayne, South-
ern Unionist. (Ap '44)
Lawrence, G. A star danced. (S '45)
Leacock, S. B. Boy I left behind me. (Mr '46)
Lee, J. This great journey. (O '42)
Lehmann-Haupt, H. Terrible Gustave Dore".
Leidecker, K. F. Yankee teacher. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Leighton, A. While we are absent. (Je
'43)
Le Massena. C. B. Galli-Curci's life of
song. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Lennon, F. B. Victoria through the looking-
glass. (Ap '45)
Lerman, L. Michelangelo. (D '42)
Levine, I. D. Mitchell: pioneer of air power.
Lewis, C. L. Admiral de Grasse and Ameri-
can independence. (O '45)
Lewis, C. L. David Glasgow Farragut, v2.
Lewis, D. B. W. Ronsard. (O '44)
Lewis, L. John S. Wright. (My '42)
Lewis, M. S. Legends that libel Lincoln. (D
'46)
Lieb. F. G. Connie Mack. (Je '45)
Lied, J. Prospector in Siberia. (D f45)
Lincoln, A. Mr Lincoln's funny bone. (Ap
Lockwood, M. Indian chief. (Je '43)
Loewenstein, H. On borrowed peace. (D
'42)
Long,t Z. From the Journal of Zadoc Long.
Longaker, J. M. Ernest Dowson. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Loomis. F. M. Bond between us. (Je '42)
Lorant, S. Lincoln. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Lorenz, L. John Paul Jones. (S '43)
Lovelace, D. W. General Ike Eisenhower. (D
Loveridge, A. Many happy days I've squan-
dered. (S '44)
Lowe, F. M. Warrior lawyer. (Ap '43)
Lowe, P. Father and Glorious Descendant.
(My '43)
Lowenthal, M. Henrietta Szold. (My '42)
Lowndes, M. A. B. I, too, have lived In
Arcadia. (Mr '42)
Lowndes, M. A. B. Where love and friend-
ship dwelt. (O '43)
Lowrie, W. Short life of Kierkegaard. (Ap
'43)
Ludwig, E. Beethoven. (Ag '43)
Ludwig, E. Bolivar. (Mr '42)
Ludwig, E. Mackenzie King. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Uidwlg, E. Stalin. (O '42)
Lyon, E. W. Man who sold Louisiana. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Maass, B. Dream of Philip II. (N '44)
Mabee, C. American Leonardo. XMr '43)
McAulifTe, H. J. Father Tim. (S '44)
McFee, W. In the first watch. (S '46)
McGrath, F. Father John Sullivan. S. J. (Ap
•42)
Mclntire, R. T. White House physician. (D
'46)
Mackenzie, C. Mr Roosevelt. (My '44)
Mackey, J. Froth estate. (Ag '46)
McKinley, S. B., and Bent, S. Old rough
and ready, (S '46)
Maclean, C. M. Born under Saturn. (My '44)
MacManus, M. J. Eamon de Valera. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
McNaughton, F., and Hehmeyer, W. This
man Truman. (O '45)
McWilliams, V. S. Lafcadio Hearn. (My '46)
Madariaga, S. de. Hernan Cort£s, conqueror
of Mexico. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Magaret, H. Gailhac of Beziers. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Maguire, W. A. Captain wears a cross. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Maguire, W. A. Rig for church. (S '42)
Mahler, A. M. S. Gustav Mahler. (Je '46)
Maisel, E. M. Charles T. Griffes. (N '43)
Malin, J. C. John Brown and the legend of
fifty-six. (S '43)
Malvern, G. Curtain going up! (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Mandonnet, P. F. St Dominic and his work.
(D '44)
Mann, C. Lightning in the sky. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mann, G. Secretary of Europe. (Je *46)
Mann, K. Andr-6 Gide and the crisis of
modern thought. (Je '43)
Mann. K. Turning point. (N '42)
Manning, C. A. Soldier of liberty. (Mr '46)
Manning, M. Ladies now and then. (Je '44)
Marble. A. Road to Wimbledon. (O '46)
Mariano*?, D., and Wayne, P. Einstein. (S
Maritain, R. Adventures in grace. (S '45)
Maritain, R. We have been friends together.
(Mr '42)
Markowa. E. Glowing lily. (O '45)
Marshall, K. T. Together. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Marston, W. M., and Feller. J. H. F. F.
Proctor, vaudeville pioneer. (Ap '44)
Martin, R. G. Boy from Nebraska. (D '46)
Masefleld, J. New chum. (My '45)
Mason, A. E. W. Life of Francis Drake.
(My '42)
Mason, A. T. Brandeis, a free man's life. (N
'46)
Mathews, J. J. Talking to the moon. (S '45)
Matsumoto, T., and Lerrig-o, M. O. Brother is
a stranger. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Matthews, H. L. Education of a correspond-
ent. (Ag '46)
Maurols, A. T remember, I remember. (N '42)
Mayerberg, S. S. Chronicle of an American
crusader. (My '45)
Maynard, T. Mystic in motley. (Ag '46)
Maynard, T. Orestes Brownson. (Mr '44)
Maynard, T. Reed and the rock. (S '42)
Maynard, T. Too small a world. (My '45)
Mazzei, P. Memoirs of the life and peregrin-
ations of the Florentine, Philip Mazzei.
Mead, S. E. Nathaniel William Taylor. (My
MeacU R. D. Judah P. Benjamin. (S '43)
Mecklin, J. M. My quest for freedom. (Ag '45)
Melish, J. H. Paul Jones, minister of rec-
onciliation. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mellor, W. B. Patton, fighting man. (Mr »48)
Mencken, H. L. Heathen days. (Ap '43)
Mendelssohn- Bartholdy, F. Letters. (Ag '45)
Meredith, R. Mr Lincoln's camera man. (Mr
'46)
Merrick, E. Northern nurse. (Ao '42)
Merriman, R. B. Suleiman the Magnificent.
(Mr '45)
Meserve, F, H., and Sandburg. C. Photo-
graphs of Abraham Lincoln. (Mr '44)
Meyer. A. E. Voltaire: man of justice. (My
'45)
Mezzrow, M., and Wolfe, B. Really the
blues. (D '46)
Michaelis, K. Little Troll. (D '46)
Miller, F. T. Eisenhower, man and soldier.
fS '44)
Miller, F. T. General Douglas MacArthur,
fighter for freedom. (My '42)
Miller, H., and Cooper, P. Footloose fiddler.
(Ag '45)
tiller, ~
Mlller, H. W. All our lives. (Ag '45)
Miller, L. G. Ernie Pyle album. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Miller, M. Joe Louis: American. (D '45)
Mizwa, S. P. Nicholas Copernicus. (O '48)
Moloney. M. F. John Donne. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Monaghan, J. Last of the bad men. (S *46)
Moody, J. Fast by the road. (My '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
959
Moody, J. John Henry Newman. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Moore, Q. You're only human once. (Ap 444)
More, L. T. Life and works of the Honourable
Robert Boyle. (Ap '44)
Morehouse, W. George M. Cohan. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Morgan, A. E. Edward Bellamy. (Agr '45)
(1944 Annual)
Morgan, A. E. Philosophy of Edward Bel-
lamy. (Je '46)
Morgan, E. Flower of evil. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Morison, E. E. Admiral 81ms and the modern
American navy. (O '42)
Morison, S. E. Admiral of the ocean sea.
(Mr '42)
Morneweck, E. P. Chronicles of Stephen
Foster's family. (N '45)
Morosco, O. Life of Oliver Morosco. (O '44)
Morris, L. R. Threshold in the sun. (S '43)
Morris, W. R. American in search of a way.
(D '42)
Moscow. Instltut Marksa-Engel'aa-Lenln.
Vladimir I. Lenin. (Ap '44)
Moss, A., and Marvel, E. Legend of the
Latin quarter. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mossner, E. C. Forgotten Hume. (My '43)
Mott, F. L. Jefferson and the press. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mowrer. P. S. House of Europe. (N '45)
Mowry, G. E. Theodore Roosevelt and the
Progressive movement. (Je '46)
Murrett, J. C. Tar heel apostle. (N '44)
Nabokov, V. V. Nikolai Gogol. (O '44)
Nathan, R. Journal for Josephine. (Mr '43 )
Natonek, H. In search of myself. (D '43)
Nestyev, I. V. Sergei Prokofiev. (Ag '46)
Nettel, R. Ordeal by music. (O '46)
Neuman, A. A. Cyrus Adler. (My '42)
Newman, EJ. Life of Richard Wagner. (Ag '46)
Newton, J. F. River of years. (My *46)
Nichol. F. D. Midnight cry. (Je '45)
Nicolay, H. China's first lady. (Je '44)
Nicolson, H. G. Desire to please. (O '43)
Niebuhr, R., ed. This ministry. (O '45)
Ning, Lao T'ai-t'ai. Daughter of Han. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Nixon, R. B. Henry W. Grady, spokesman of
the new South. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Nock, A. J. Memoirs of a superfluous man.
(O '43)
Nolan, J. C. Little giant. (O '42)
Nord, S. Logger's odyssey. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Nordau. A. D. and M. Max Nordau. (O '43)
Norman, C. Muses' darling. (N '48)
Norris, G. W. Fighting liberal. (Je '45)
Ntinez Cabeza de Vaca, A. Power within us.
(Ag '44)
Nye, R. B. George Bancroft. (S '44)
O'Casey, S. Drums under the windows. (My
'46)
O' Casey, S. Pictures in the hallway. (Ap *42)
O'Faolain, S. Great O'Neill. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Ohnstad, K. World at my finger tips. (Ag
•42)
Olmsted, J. M. D. Fran go is Magendie. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Olschki, L. Machlavelli the scientist. (S '46)
Olson, J. C. J. Sterling Morton. (Je '43)
O'Neill, J. J. Prodigal genius. (D '44)
Oppenheim, E. P. The pool of memory. (Ap
'42)
Orcutt, R. Merchant of alphabets. (Ag '45)
Osborn, G. C. John Sharp Williams. (Ag '43)
Osborn, V. M. There were two of us. (N '44)
Osland, B. Long pull from Stavanger. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Oswald, M. One small voice. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Otto, M. C.. and others. William James,
the man and the thinker. (Je '43)
Padover, S. K. Jefferson. (My '42)
Papashvlly, G. and H. W. Anything can
happen. (Mr *45)
Park, C. W. Ambassador to Industry. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Parrish, M. F. K. Gastronomical me. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Parsons, L. O. Gay illiterate. (Mr '44)
Parsons, R. P. Trail to light. (Ag *43)
Partridge, B. Excuse my dust. (O '43)
Patterson, G. J. Journal of a southern stu-
dent. (S '46)
Party, K. B. Bricker of Ohio. (My '44)
Pearson, H. O.B.S. (N '42)
Pearson, H. Oscar Wilde, his life and wit
(S '46)
Peck, M. G. Carrie Chapman Catt. (S *44)
Peers, E. A. Spirit of flame. (Mr '44)
Pellowe, W. C. 8. Mark Twain. (D '45)
Pemberton, J. C. Pemberton, defender of
Vicksburg. (My '42)
Pepper, G. W. Philadelphia lawyer. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pepys, S. Diary. (O '46)
Perenyi, E. S. 3. More was lost. (Ap '46)
Perkins, F. Roosevelt I knew. (D '46)
Petre, M. D. M. Alfred Loisy. (N '44)
Petrova, O. Butter with my bread. (N '42)
Petry, R. C. Francis of Assist, apostle of
poverty. (Ag '42)
Phillips, M. M. Within the city wall. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Pierson, L. J. R. Roughly speaking. (Ag '43)
Pinchon, E. Dan Sickles. (Ag '45)
Piozzi, H. L. S. T. Thraliana. (D »42)
Pissarro, C. J. Letters to his son Lucien. (S
Pitkin, W. B. On my own. (S '44)
Pohl, F. J. Amerigo Vespucci, pilot major.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Poling. D. A. Your daddy did not die. (O '44;
Pollock, C. Harvest of my years. (Ap '43)
Polner, T. I. Tolstoy and his wife. (S '45)
Pomeroy, E. M. Sir Charles G. D. Roberta.
(O '43)
Ponsonby, A. A. W. H. P. Henry Ponsonby.
Pope, A. U. Maxim Litvinoff. (N '43)
Pope-Hennessy, U. B. Charles Dickens. (My
Porter, M. B. Straight down a crooked lane.
(O '45)
Powell, J. H. Richard Rush, Republican dip-
lomat. (D '43)
Power, M. J. In the name of the bee. (My
Power. T. F. Jules Ferry and the renaissance
of French imperialism. (My '45)
Pratt, H. E., ed. Concerning Mr Lincoln. (Je
Pratt, H. E. Personal finances of Abraham
Lincoln. (Ag '43)
Pratt, J. B. Personal recollections. (Je '42)
Price, G. W. Giraud and the African scene.
(Je '44)
Proudflt, I. B, Noah Webster. (Ap '43)
Prouty, C. T. George Gascoigne, Elizabethan
courtier, soldier, and poet. (N '42)
Purdy, C. L. S. Stormy victory. (Mr *43)
Putnam, G. P. Wide margins. (Je '42)
Quezon, M. L. Good fight. (Ag »46)
Quiller-Couch, A. T. Memories and opinions.
(Ag '46)
Randall, J. G. Lincoln and the South. (Je
•46)
Randall, J. G. Lincoln, the president. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
R&wlings, M. K. Cross Creek. (Ao '42)
Rayleigh. R. J. S. Life of Sir J. J. Thomson,
O.M. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Rechnitzer, F. E. War correspondent. (O
•43)
Renne, L. O. Lincoln and the land of the
Sangamon. (N '46)
Retinger, J. H. Conrad and his contempo-
raries. (Ap *43)
Rewald, J. Georges Seurat. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Reynolds, E. E. Baden-Powell. (Ap f43)
Reynolds, Q. J. Convoy. (Mr M2)
Rice, J. A. I came out of the eighteenth
century. (D '42)
Rich, A. L. Lowell Mason. (N »46)
Richards, G. Housman, 1897-1936. (My '42)
Rider, F. Melvil Dewey. (Je '44)
Riggs, A. S. Titian, the magnificent and the
Venice of his day. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Riggs, T. L. Saving angel. (S '44)
Rilke, R. M. Letters, 1892-1910. (O '45)
Rilke. R. M. Rodin. (D '46)
Rimbaud, J. N. A. Season in hell. (Mr '4 6)
RimskTI-Korsakov, N. A. My musical life.
(Ap '42 )
Rister, C. C. Robert E. Lee in Texas. (Ag
*46)
Riveloup. A. Truth about De Gaulle. (S '44)
Rizk, S. Syrian Yankee. (Mr '43)
Roback, A. A., and others, eds. Albert
Schweitzer Jubilee book. (O '46)
Robbins. H. C., and MacNaught, G. K. Dr
Rudolf Boiling Teusler. (Ap *43)
Robertson, A. Dvorak. (N '46)
960
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Biography — Continued
Robinson, I. Wall to paint on. (Ap '46)
Rodgers, A. D. John Merle Coulter, mission-
ary In science. (S '44)
Rodgers, A. D. John Torrey. (S '42)
Rodney, Q. B. As a cavalryman remembers.
Rogers, P. Father Theobald Mathew. (Je '45;
Rojas, R. San Martin. (My '46)
Rollins, H. E. Keats' reputation in America
to 1848. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Rony, G. This, too, shall pass away. (Je '45 >
Roosevelt, T. Letters to Kermit from Theo-
dore Roosevelt. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Roper, D. C., and Lovette, F. H. Fifty years
of public life. (Ap '42)
Roskin, A. I. From the banks of the Volga.
Roth6ery, A. B. Fitting habitation. (Ap '44)
Ruggles, E. Gerard Manley Hopkins. (S '44)
Rukeyser, M. Willard Gibbs. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Sachs, H. Freud; master and friend. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Sackville-West, V. M. Eagle and the Dove.
(Mr '44)
Safrdnek, M. Bohuslav Martinu. (O '44)
Samuel. H. L. S. Grooves of change. (Ap
'46)
Sandoz, M. Crazy Horse. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Santayana, G. Middle span. (My '45)
Santayana. G. Persons and places. (Mr '44)
Sargent, D. All the day long. (Ag '42)
Sargent, D. Mitri. (S '45)
Sassoon, S. Siegfried's journey, 1916-1920.
Sassoon, S. Weald of youth. (D '42)
Schachner, N. Alexander Hamilton. (Ag '46)
Schauffler, R. H. Florestan. (O '45)
Schimberg, A. P. Larks of Umbria. (My '43)
Schoenberner, F. Confessions of a European
intellectual. (My '46)
Schriftgiesser, K. Gentleman from Massachu-
setts: Henry Cabot Lodge. (O '44)
Schriftgiesser, K. Oscar of the Waldorf. (D
'43)
Schubert, L. Hawthorne, the artist. (S '44)
Schulman, S. Where's Sammy? (D '43)
Schwarz, P. This man Ribbentrop. (O '43)
Sciaky, L. Farewell to Salonica. (N '46)
Scott, R. L. Runway to the sun. (O '45)
Seabrook, W. B. No hiding place. (D '42)
Seagrave, G. S. Burma surgeon. (S '43)
Seagrave. G. S. Burma surgeon returns. (Ap
'46)
Seaver, G. Albert Schweitzer. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sedgwick, E. Happy profession. (N *46)
Sedgwick, H. D. Memoirs of an epicurean.
(Je '42)
Semler, I. P., and Underwood, P. Horatio
Parker. (Ag '42)
Seroff, V. I., and Shorat, N. G. Dmitri
Shostakovich. (O '43)
Service, R. W. Ploughman of the moon. (N
'45)
Se ton -Wat son, R. W. Masaryk in England.
(Je '43)
Sevareid, E. Not so wild a dream. (N *46)
Seymour, R. F. Some went this way. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Sharpe, D. R. Walter Rauschenbusch. (Je
'42)
Shaw, A. M. William Preston Johnaton. (S
'43)
Sheean, V. Between the thunder and the
sTUn. (Ap '43)
Shelley, M. W. G. Letters. (F '45 (1944 An-
nual)
Shepperson, A. B. John Paradise and Lucy
Ludwell of London and Williamsburg. (Ap
43)
Sherrill, H. K. William Lawrence. (My '43)
Sherrington. C. S. Endeavour of Jean Fernel.
(N '46)
Shipton, C. K. Roger Con ant, a founder of
Massachusetts. (Ap '45)
Shridharani, K. J. Mahatma and the world.
(Ag '46)
Shumway, H. I. Bernard M. Baruch. (O '46)
Sigaud, L. A. Belle Boyd. (Mr '45)
Simkins, F. B. Pitchfork Ben Tillman. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Simmons, E. J. Leo Tolstoy. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Simon, C. M. H. Straw in the sun. (My '45)
Simonds, W. A. Henry Ford. (My '48)
Simonson, L. Part of a lifetime. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Simpson, W. J. S. St Augustine's episcopate.
(Ag '45)
Sitwell, O. Left hand, right hand! (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Sitwell, O. Scarlet tree. (Ag '46)
Skinner, C. R., and Cole, A. S. Hell's ram-
parts fell. (My '42)
Slater, J. R. Rhees of Rochester. (Je '46)
Smith, A. M. Thank you, Mr President. (N
Smith, E. H. Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Smith. H. A. Life in a putty knife factory.
(Ap '43)
Smith, M. Life of Ole Bull. (D '43)
Smith, R. M., and others. Shelley legend.
(D '45)
Snow. A. N. and H. N. Story of Helen Gould.
(O '43)
Soby. J. T. Early Chlrico. (Ao '42)
Sonnichsen, C. L. Roy Bean. (My '43)
Spaiding, A. Rise to follow. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Spence, H. Get thee behind me. (O '42)
Spmka, M. John Amos Comenius. (Ap '44)
Spinka, M. John Hus and the Czech reform.
(Ap '42)
Spring, A. W. William Chapin Deming. (N
'44)
Spring, H. And another thing. (Je '46)
Staebler, W. I. Liberal mind of John Morley.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Starling, E. W. Starling of the White House.
(Ap '46)
Stebbins, L. P. and R. P. Frank Damrosch.
(Ag '45)
Steele, Z. Angel in top hat. (D '42)
Stein, L. I was in hell with Niemoeller.
(O '42)
Stern, G. B. Trumpet voluntary. (S '44)
Stern, M. B. Life of Margaret Fuller. (Mr
'42) »
Stewart, K. N. News in what we make it.
(S '43)
Stewart, W. Henry Meiggs. (O '46)
Stoddard, H. L. Horace Greeley. (D '46)
Stone, F. A. Rolling Stone. (Ap '45)
Stone, G. T. My caravan of years. (O *45)
Stong, P. D. Marta of Muscovy. (S '45)
Strauss, P. O. Cripps: advocate extraordinary.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Sturges-Jones. M. Babes in the wood. (O '44)
Styron, A. Last of the cocked hats. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Sugrue, T. There is a river. (Ap '43)
Sullivan, W. L. Under orders. (S '45)
Surmelian, L. Z. I ask you, ladies and gen-
tlemen. (Ag '45)
Sweeney, J. J. Alexander Calder. (O '44)
Swenson, D. F. Something about Kierke-
gaard. (My '42)
Sykes, G. Westerly trend. (Je '45)
Taft, H. D. Memories and opinions. (Je *42)
Talbot, B. W. B. And that's no lie. (My '46)
Taylor, B., and Hayne, P. H. Correspondence.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Taylor. R. E. No royal road. (S '43)
Tchaikovski, P. I. Diaries. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Teale, E. W. Dune boy. (N '43)
Temple, S. My young life. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Tempski, A. von. Aloha. (Ap '46)
Terhune, A. M. S. Bert Terhune I knew. (My
43)
Thackeray, W, M. Letters and private pa-
pers, v 1-2. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Thackeray, W. M. Letters and priVate papers,
v3-4. (F '47) (1946 Annuual)
Tharp, L. H. Down to the sea. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Thomas, E. D. Thomas Jefferson, world
citizen. (Ag '42)
Thompson. E. B. American daughter. (Je
*46)
Thompson, E. M. Leg man. (Mr '43)
Thorek, M. Surgeon's world. (D '43)
Todes, C. William H. Sylvis and the Na-
tional labor union. (O '42)
Todorov, K. Balkan firebrand. (S »43)
Towne, C. H. So far so good. (S '46)
Trotsky, L. Stalin. (Je »46)
Troyat, H. Firebrand. (D '46)
Troyer, H. W. Ned Word of Grubstreet.
(My '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
961
Truax, R. Joseph Lister. (D '44)
Truby. A. E. Memoir of Walter Reed. (D '43)
Tryon, L. R. Poor man's doctor. (S '45)
Tucker. I. S. Out of the hell-box. (Ap '46)
Tucker. L. Clerical errors. (Je *43)
Tucker, S. Some of these days. (Ap '45)
Turner, C. W. Ruy Barbosa. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Tyler, A. J. I who should command all. (O
•42)
Ulanov, B. Duke Ellington. (Mr '46)
Underhlll, EJ. Letters. (Ap '44)
Underbill, R. L. From cowhides to golden
fleece. (D '46)
Undset, S. Return to the future. (Mr *42)
Vandegrift, Q. W. Castor oil and quinine.
(N '42)
Van Loon, H. W. Thomas Jefferson. (My
'43)
Varga, M. Waldo Peirce. (Ag '42)
Verdi, G. Verdi, the man in his letters. (Je
'42)
Verneuil, L. Fabulous life of Sarah Bern-
hardt. (D '42)
Vico, Q. B. Autobiography of Giambattista
Vico. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Voelker, J. D. Troubleshooter. (Ap '43)
Von Abele, R. R. Alexander H. Stephens. (N
'46)
Wade, G. I. Thomas Traherne. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Wade, M. Francis Parkman, heroic his-
torian. (D '42)
Wadelton, M. J. M. Maggie no doubt. (D '43)
Wagner, F.t and Cooper, P. Heritage of
fire. (D '45)
Wagner, H. R. Rise of Fernando Cortes. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual)
Wagner, L. Hitler, man of strife. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Waldman, L. Labor lawyer. (O *44)
Waldman. M. Elizabeth and Leicester. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Walker, S. Dewey. (O '44)
Wall, B. Following Abraham Lincoln. (S '43)
Wallace, P. A. W. Conrad Weiser. (N '45)
Walmsley, L. Turn of the tide. (Ag '45)
Walpole, H. Correspondence with M. and A.
Berry and B. C. Seton. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Walsh, W. T. Saint Teresa of Avila. (Ag '44)
Walska, G. Always room at the top. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Walter, B. Theme and variations. (O '46)
Walters, R. Alexander James Dallas. (S '44)
Waltz, G, H. Jules Verne. (Mr '43)
Ward, M. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. (N '43)
Washington, J. E. They knew Lincoln. (Mr
Waugh, E. Edmund Campion. (S *46)
Wavell, A. P. W. Allenby of Egypt. (Ap '45)
Wayman, D. G. Edward Sylvester Morse.
(D '42)
Webster, C. L. Mr W. & I. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Wechsberg, J. Looking for a bluebird. (Mr
'45)
Wechsler, J. A. Labor baron. (S '44)
Wedgwood, C. V. William the Silent. (D *44)
Wei, Y. C. My revolutionary years. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Weinstock, H. Handel. (N '46)
Weinstock, H. Tchaikovsky. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Welch, D. Maiden voyage. (Ap '46)
Wellard, J. H. General George S. Patton,
Jr. (Ap '46)
Welles, W. Lost landscape. (Mr '46)
Welling, R. W. G. As the twig is bent. (D '42)
Wellman, F. G. Life is too short. (N '43)
West, R. S. Gideon Welles. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Weygandt, C. On the edge of evening. (My
Whicher, G. F. Walden revisited. (S *45)
White, N. I. Portrait of Shelley. (Ap '45)
White, O. P. Autobiography of a durable
sinner. (Je '42)
White, W. A. Autobiography. (Ap »46)
Whitney, J. P. John Woolman. (Je '42)
Wilder, W. B. Bounty of the wayside.
(S *43)
Wilde.s, H. E. Lonely Midas. (D '43)
Williams, B. C. Forever young. (My '43)
Williams, G. L. M. Priestess of the occult.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Williams, M. A. Second sowing. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Williams, R. Y. Carry me back. (N '42)
Williams, W. C. Sweet of Colorado. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Wilson, F. Crusader in crinoline. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Wilson, F. E. Arthur St Clair. (Ap '45)
Wilson, F. M. H. Memoirs of an ex-diplomat.
(Je '45)
Wilson, R. R.. ed. Intimate memories of
Lincoln. (O '45)
Wilson, R. R., ed. Lincoln among his friends.
(O '42)
Wilson, T. G. Victorian doctor. (Ag '46)
Wiltse, C. M. John C. Calhoun, nationalist.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Wimsatt, G. B. Well of fragrant waters. (Ap
'46)
Winkelman, B. F. John G. Johnson. (S *42)
Winkler, J. K. Tobacco tycoon. (N '42)
Winslow, A. G. Dwelling place. (S '43)
Winston, R. W. Horace Williams. (Ap '43)
Winwar, F. Life of the heart. (D '45)
Wish, H. George Fitzhugh. (Mr '44)
Wittke, C. F. Against the current. (Mr '45)
Wolfe, L. M. Son of the wilderness. (S '45)
Wolfe, T. Letters to his mother. (Je '43)
Wolff, W. Anton Bruckner, rustic genius.
(Je '42)
Wolle, F. Fitz-James O'Brien. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Woodbury, D. O. Beloved scientist. (Mp- '44)
Woodgate, M. V. Abb6 Edgeworth. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Woodgate, M. V. Pascal and his sister
Jacqueline. (Mr '46)
Woodward, E. L. Short journey. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Woodward, W. E. Tom Paine. (S '45)
Woollcott. A. Letters. (S '44)
Wordsworth, D. Journals. (Ag '42)
Wngrht, F. L. Autobiography. (Je '43)
Wright, J. L. My father who is on earth. (My
'46)
Wright, L. M. Peter Melendy. (Ap '44)
Wright, R. Black boy. (Mr '45)
Yashima, T. New sun. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Yaukey. G. S. Exile's daughter. (O '44)
Ybarra, T. R. Young man of the world. (D
'42)
Yeats, J. B. J. B. Yeats letters to his son.
(N '46)
Yoseloff, T. Fellow of infinite jest. (N '45)
Young, B. This man from Lebanon. (Mr '45)
Young, E. Flowering dusk. (S '45)
Zweig, F. M. B. W. Stefan Zweig. (N '46)
Zweig, S. Balzac. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Zweig, S. World of yesterday. (Je '43)
Juvenile literature
Averill, E. Daniel Boone. (Ap '46)
Bailey, B. F. Abe Lincoln's other mother.
(Ap '42)
Baker, N. B. He wouldn't be king. (Mr '42)
Baker, N. B. Juarez, hero of Mexico. (D
'42)
Baker, N. B. Lenin. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Baker, N. B. Peter the Great. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Baker, R. First woman doctor. (My '44)
Barnes, N. Carlota, American empress. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Berry, R. E. Sextant and sails. (Ag *43)
Braddy, N. Rudyard Kipling, son of empire.
(Ag '42)
Brown, R. J. American emperor. (D *46)
Bunn, H. F. Johann Sebastian Bach. (N '42)
Burch, G. Richard Wagner. (An '42)
Burton, J. Garibaldi, knight of liberty. (N
Carroll, M. T. Keep my flag flying. (D '45 )
Carroll, M. T. Man who dared to cai«. (D
•42)
Carson, J. M. H. Son of thunder. (D '46)
Clark, T. D. Simon Kenton, Kentucky scout.
(Je '43)
Coblentz, C. C. Sequoya. (D *46)
Cottier, J. Man with wings. (My '42)
Cries, M. Dom Pedro of Brazil. (Ap '45)
Criss. M. Pocahontas, young American
princess. (Ag '43)
Daugherty, J. H. Abraham Lincoln. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Daugherty. S. V. M. Way of an eagle. (Mr
Day, L. A. Orel*. {Ag '46)
Day, L. A. Paganini. (A* '46)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Biography — Juvenile literature — Continued
Dean, d. W. Fighting Dan of the Long Rifles.
(My '43)
Dean, 8. W. Knight of the revolution. (Ap
'42)
Desmond* A. C. Glamorous Dolly Madison.
(Je '46)
Desmond, A. C. Martha Washington, our first
lady. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Deucher, S. Edvard Grieg. (D '46)
Eberle, I. Radium treasure and the Curies.
(Ap '42)
Eberle, I. Wide fields. (D '43)
Ewen, D. Story of George Gershwin. (O '43)
Ewen, D. Tales from the Vienna woods. (D
'44)
Fast, H. M. Goethals and the Panama canal.
(Ag '42)
Fast, H. M. Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy
scouts. (Mr '42J
Fenton, A. H. Oliver Hazard Perry. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Forbes, E. America's Paul Revere. (D '46)
Fox, G. M. Sir Wilfred Grenfell. (D '42)
Garst, D. S. Ouster. (Ag '44)
Garst, D. S. Jack London, magnet for ad-
venture. (D '44)
Garst, D. S. Kit Carson, trail blazer and
scout. (Je '42)
Garst, D. S. Scotty Allan, king of the dog-
team drivers. (Je '46)
Gross, M. B., and Schauffler, R. H. Brahms,
the master. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Graham, S. Paul Robeson. (S '46)
Graham, S.. and Lipscomb. G. D. Dr George
Washington Carver. (Je '44)
Gronowicz, A. Chopin. (D '43 )
Gronowicz, A. Paderewski. (Je *43)
Gronowicz, A. Sergei Rachmaninoff. (D '46)
Hanson, E. P. Stefansson. (Mr '42)
Harlow, A. F. Bret Harte of the OW West.
(Ag '43)
Hawthorne, H. Give me liberty. (Ag '45)
Henry, M. Robert Fulton. (D '45)
Hogeboom, A., and Ware, J. F. One life to
lose. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Holland, R. S. Freedom's flag. (S '43)
Humphreys, D. On wings of song. (Je '44)
Hunt, A. Wagner. (S '46)
Ives, M. L. He conquered the Andes. (Je
'43)
Judson. C. I. Donald McKay. (D '43)
Kerr, L. N. Doctor Elizabeth. (Ap '46)
Kleeman, R. S. H. Young Franklin Roosevelt.
(O '46)
Lansing. E. C. H. Leonardo, master of the
renaissance. (D '42)
Lewiton, M. John. Philip Sousa. (Ap '44)
Long, L. Fuss 'n' feathers. (D '44)
Long, L. Square sails and spice islands. (N
>r Herbert, American
A. Paul Revere. (D
•45)
IcGu'
McGuire, E. Daniel Boone. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Malvern. G. Dancing star. (Ag '42)
Malvern, G. Good troupers all. (N '45)
Malvern, G. Valiant minstrel. (D '43)
Mason, M. E. Mark Twain, boy of old Mis-
souri. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mason, M. E. Young Audubon, boy naturalist.
(D '43)
Maurois, A. Eisenhower, the liberator. (Mr
'46)
Maurois, A. Franklin, the life of an optimist.
Maurois, A. FrSde>ic Chopin. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Maynard, S. K. C. Princess Poverty. (Ap '42)
Mayo, B. Henry Clay. (N '43)
Mayo, W. Mozart. (Ag '45)
Mayo, W. Tchaikovsky. (Ag '45)
Meadowcroft, E. L. Abraham Lincoln. (F
•43) (1942 Annual)
Mitchell, M. B. A. Hoosier boy, James Whit-
comb Riley. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Monsell, H. A. Dolly Madison, Quaker girl.
Monsell, H. A. Young Stonewall, Tom Jack-
son. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Newcomb, C. Larger than the sky. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Newcomb, C. Secret door. (D '46)
Nicolay, H. Born to command. (Je '45)
Nicolay, H. Decatur of the old navy. (Ag
Nicolay, H. MacArthur of Bataan. (D '42)
Nolan, J. C. O. Henry. (Mr '44)
Nott, S. C. Young Churchill. (Mr *43)
Pace, M. M. Friend of animals. (Jo '42)
Purdy. C. L. S. Victo
music-master. (Ap '45
Rogers, F., and Beard,
Roos, A. Man of Molokai. (Je '43)
Ruttkay, G. Chopin. (Ag '45)
Stephenson, D. D. M. Patrick, son of thunder.
(Ap '42)
Stevens, W. O. David Glasgow Farragut. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Stevenson. A. Andy Jackson, boy soldier. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Stevenson, A. Daniel Boone, boy hunter. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Stevenson, A. George Carver, boy scientist.
(D '44)
Stevenson, A. George Washington, boy leader.
(Ja §43) (1942 Annual)
Stevenson, A. Kit Carson, boy trapper. (D
'45)
Stevenson, A. Paul Revere, boy of old Boston.
(S '46)
Stevenson, A. Sam Houston, boy chieftain.
(Ag '44)
Sze, M. Echo of a cry. (N '45)
Tharp, L. H. Sounding trumpet. (Je '44)
Van Loon, H. W. Adventures and escapes
of Gustavus Vasa. (N '45)
Van Loon, H. W. Life ana times of Sim6n
Bolivar. (D '43)
Wagoner, J. B. Jane Addams, little lame
girl. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Wagoner, J. B. Julia Ward Howe. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Wagoner, J. B. Louisa Alcott. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Waugh, E. D. Sim<3n Bolivar. (Mr *42)
Weil, A. John Quincy Adams. (Mr '46)
Wells, M. L., and Fox, D. Boy of the woods.
(Je '42)
Weston, M. F. Great pathfinder. (D '44)
Wheeler, O. Handel at the court of kings.
(Mr '44)
Wheeler, O. Ludwfg Beethoven and the
chiming tower bells. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Widdemer, M. C. Washington Irving, boy of
old New York. (S '46)
Wilson, L. Fernando Cortez. (My '42)
Wood, L. N. Raymond L. Ditmars. (N '44)
Wood, L. N. Walter Reed, doctor in uniform.
(S '43)
Biography (collective) ^
Arnold, J. B. Giants in dressing gowns. (O
'42)
Bartlett, R. M. They work for tomorrow.
(Mr '44)
Bascom, F. G., ed. Letters of a Ticonderoga
farmer. (N '46)
Basso, H. Mainstream. (D '43)
W. We have tomorrow. (N '45)
_..__.._._._.. . . . 46)
(1946 Annual)
Business executives and corporation ency-
clopedia. (My '45)
Canby, H. S. Family history. (N »45)
Career women of America. (My '42)
Carnegie, D. Biographical roundup. (Ap '45)
CattelT, J., ed. Directory of American schol-
ars. (O '43)
Clapesattle, H. Doctors Mayo. (Ag '42)
Clark, E. T. Chiangs of China. (O '43)
Cooper, A. C., and Palmer, C. A. Twenty
modern Americans. (My '43)
Dana, H. W. L. Dana saga. (O '42)
DeFord, M. A. They were San Franciscans.
De Weera, H. A. Great soldiers of World war
II. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Dunlap, O. E. Radio's 100 men of science. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
Eastman, M. Heroes I have known. (Je '42)
Eckenrode, H. J. Randolphs. (D '46)
Embree, E. R. 13 against the odds. (Mr '44)
Erdman, M. H., ed. Answering distant calls.
(Ap '43)
Ewen, D., ed. Book of modern composers.
(D '42)
Ewen, D. Men and women who make music.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Ewen, D. Men of popular music. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Farrow, J. Pageant of the popes. (D *42)
Fielding, M. Dictionary of American painters,
sculptors and engravers. (N '45)
Fitzgerald, B. Never surrender. (N '43)
Fritchman, S. H. Men of liberty. (S '44)
Fulop-Miller, R. Saints that moved the
world. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Bontemps, A. W. We have tomorrow. (N '
Bullard, R. L. Fighting generals. (S '45)
Bulman, D., ed. Molders of opinion. (Ja '
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
963
Generals and the admirals. (Je '45 )
GMon, H. Secrets of the saints. (N '44)
Goebel, D. B. and J. Generals in the White
House. (Mr '46)
Greenslet, F. Lowells and their seven worlds.
(O '46)
Guedalla, P. Two marshals: Bazaine, P6tain.
(S '43)
Hagedorn, H. Americans: a book of lives.
(My »46)
Harding, B. L. Lost waltz. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Harriman, M. C. Take them up tenderly. (N
Hart, W. B. Hitler's generals. (Je '44)
Himber, C. Famous in their twenties. (S '42)
Holbrook, S. H. Lost men of American his-
tory. (D '46)
Hyde, M. A., ed. Modern biography. (My '45)
Keller, J. G., and Berger. M. Men of Mary-
knoll. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Knapp, S. E. New wings for women. (N '46)
Kunitz, S. J., and Haycraft, H., eds. Twen-
tieth century authors. (Ap '43)
Kuo, C. Giants of China. (O '44)
Lansing, M. F. Liberators and heroes of
Mexico and Central America. (Ao '42j_
Leonard, R. A. Stream of music. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Liebling, A. J. The telephone booth Indian.
Lotz, P. H., ed. Rising above color. (Ap '44)
McConnell, F. J. Evangelicals, revolutionists
and idealists. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Magner, J. A. Men of Mexico. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Maury, A. F. M., ed. Intimate Virginiana.
(N '42)
Mizwa, S. P., ed. Great men and women of
Poland. (Ap '42)
Monro, M. T. Book of unlikely saints. (N
'43)
Moore, J. A. Famous leaders of industry.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
National cyclopaedia of American biography,
V27-30. (Je '46)
National cyclopaedia of American biography:
Indexes. (Je '46)
Norman, G., and Shrifte, M. L., eds. Letters
of composers. (Q '46)
Oestreicher, J. C. World is their beat. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Overmyer, G. Famous American composers.
(S '44)
Patterson, J. C. America's greatest inven-
tors. (S '43)
Prochnow, H. V., ed. Great stories from
great lives. (Ag '44)
Quennell, P. C. Profane virtues. (S '45)
Regli, A. C. Mayos. (S '42)
Richardson, B. A. Great American Negroes.
(D '45)
Salter, J. T., ed. Public men in and out of
office. (Je '46)
Saturday Evening Post (periodical). Post
biographies of famous journalists. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Schnittklnd, H. T. and D. A. Living biog-
raphies. (O '43)
Schnittkind, H. T. and D. A. Living biog-
raphies of American statesmen. (D '42)
Schriftgiesser, K. Amazing Roosevelt family.
(Je '42)
Starling. E. W. Starling of the White House.
Stebbins, L. P. and R. P. Trollopes. (D '45)
Stewart, W., and Peterson, H. F. Builders
of Latin America. (Ap *42)
Stoddard, A. G., ed. Topflight, famous Amer-
ican women. (N *46)
Stone, I. They also ran. (Ag '43)
Taves, I. Successful women. (My '43)
by
These are the generals. (N '43)
Tully, J. Dozen and one. (Je *43)
Van Doren, C. C. Carl Van Doren; sel.
VanmLoon, H. W. Van Loon's lives. (O '42)
Wagenknecht, B. C., ed. When I was a child.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Wallace. A. In spite of all. (S '45)
Ward, A. C. Seven painters. (N '45)
Webster, N. Biographical dictionary. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Who was who, v3. (O '43)
Who was who in America. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Who's important in medicine. (Je '46)
Who's who; the official who's who among
students in American universities and col-
leges, v8. (O '43)
Who's who in aviation. (O '43)
Who's who in California. (Ag '42)
Who's who in library service. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Who's who in poetry in America. (N '45)
Who's who in the Bast. (O '44)
Wier, A. E. Thesaurus of the arts. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Women of achievement. (My '42)
Yost, E. American women of science. (Je
'43)
Juvenile literature
Acker, H. Three boys of old Russia. (Ag
Burch, G. Famous pianists, for boys and girls.
Burch, G. Famous violinists for young
people. (D '46)
Burch, G. Modern composers for boys and
girls. (Ap '42)
Coftman, R. P., and Goodman, N. G. Famous
authors for boys and girls. (S '43)
Elms, F. R. Builders of our nation. (O '44)
Simon, C. M. H. Art in the new land. (N '45)
Biography of a business. James, M. (F r43)
(1942 Annual)
Biography of a cathedral. Anderson, R. G..- (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Biological action of the vitamins. Symposium
on the respiratory enzymes and the bio-
logical action of vitamins. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Biological chemistry
Bull, H. B. Physical biochemistry. (Ap '44)
Green, D. E., ed. Currents in biochemical re-
search. (N '46)
Mitchell. P. H. Textbook of biochemistry. (O
46)
Needham, J. Biochemistry and morphogene-
sis. (Ap '43)
Williams, R. J. Textbook of biochemistry. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Dictionaries
Malisoflf, W. M., ed. Dictionary of bio- chem-
istry and related subjects. (Ag '43)
Biological physics
Schrttdinger, E. What is life? (S '45)
Biology
Bayles, E. E. and Burnett, R. W. Biology
for better living. (3 '42)
Fenton, C. L. Our living world. (O '43)
Lillie, R. S. General biology and philosophy
of organism. (O '46)
Biology for better living. Bayles, E. E. and
Burnett, R. W. (S '42)
Biology of schizophrenia. Hoskins, R. G. (O
Bird display. Armstrong, B. A. (F '43) (1942
Annuali
Bird girl, Sacagawea. Seymour, F. W. S. (D
Bird in hand. Molloy, A. S. B. (D '45)
Bird portraiture. Tunnicliffe, C. F. (S f45)
Birds
Armstrong, E. A. Bird display. (F *43) (1942
Annual)
Dubkin, L. Murmur of wings. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Griscom, L. Modern bird study. (S '46)
Hickey, J. J. Guide to bird watching. (D
43)
Jaques. F. P. Birds across the sky. (O '42)
Ransom. E. I. Woodland book. (Ap '46) .
Ripley, S. D. Trail of the money bird. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Allen, G. E. Everyday birds. (Je '43)
Brown, M. W. Noisy bird book. (Ap '43)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the crow. (My '43)
Pistorius, A. What bird is it? (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Legends and stories
Lehman, D. P. Sandy. (Ap '43)
Tireman, L. S. Cocky. (S *46)
Wells, Z. R. and C. Raffles. (S '45)
Migration
Griscom, L. Modern bird study. (3 *46)
Heilner, V. Our American game birds. (Ap
964
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
BI rds — Continued
Pictorial works
Queeny, E. M. Prairie wings. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Tunnicliffe, C. P. Bird portraiture. (S *46>
Pictures, Illustrations, etc.
Hogeboom, A. Birds and how to draw them.
(Ap '46)
Louisiana
Kopman, H. H. Wild acres. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Mississippi
Kopman, H. H. Wild acres. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
North America
Hausman, L. A. Illustrated encyclopedia of
American birds. (Je '44)
Kortright, F. H. Ducks, geese and swans
of North America. (My '43)
Pough, R. H. Audubon bird guide. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Philippine islands
Delacour, J. T., and Mayr, E. Birds of the
Philippines. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
South Sea Islands
Mayr, D. Birds of the Southwest Pacific. (Mr
•45)
United States
Hausman, L. A. Field book of eastern birds.
(S '46)
Birds across the sky. Jaques, F. P. (O '42)
Birds and how to draw them. Hogeboom, A.
(Ap '46)
Birds' Christmas tree. Brock, E. L. (D '46)
Birds of passage. Heilbut, I. (N '43)
Birds of the Philippines. Delacour, J. T., and
Mayr, E. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Birds of the Southwest Pacific. Mayr, E. (Mr
'45)
Birth certificates. Davis, E. H. (N '42)
Birth control
Beebe, G. W. Contraception and fertility in
the southern Appalachians. (Ap '43)
Burch, G. I., and Pendell, E. Population roads
to peace or war, (D '45)
Birth is farewell. Laing, D. B. (N '44)
Birth of a nation's son?. Bakeless. K. L. (Ap
'42)
Birth of flight. Cook, H. K., ed. (S '42)
Birth of mischief. Sabatini. R. (O '45)
Birth of Venus. Knowles, S. (N '45)
Birth records. See Registers of births, etc.
Birthday murder. Lewis, L. (Ap '45)
Birthday of a nation — July 4, 1776. Rogers, P.,
and Beard, A. (My '45)
Birthdays for Robin. Sewell, H. (Ap '44)
Bishoprick papers. Henson, H. H. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Bismarck, Otto, ftirst von
Kolbeck, Sister Orestes. American opinion on
the kulturkampf. (N '43)
Biting on granite. Newman, L. I. (D *46)
Bitter box Clark, E. (My '46)
Bitter ending. Irving, A. (Ag '46)
Bitter honey. Freeman, M. J. (Mr *42)
Bitter justice. Cowan, S. (My '43)
Bitter season. Coates, R. M. (N '46)
Bixby, Mrs Lydia (Parker)
Bullard, F. L. Abraham Lincoln and the
widow Bixby. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
BJcrnson, Blornstjernc
Larson, H. Bjttrnstjerne BJornson. (My '45)
Black alibi. Woolrich, C. (My "42)
Black and white. Brown. M. W. (S '44)
Black and white in the Sudan. Bittlnger, D. W.
(O '42)
Black angel. Woolrich. C. (Mr *43)
Black baroness. Wheatley, D. (Je '42)
Black book. Jewish Black book committee. (Ag
'46)
Black Borneo. Miller, C. C. (Je »42)
Black boy. Wright, R. (Mr '45)
Black bull. Maclntyre, C. P. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Black dawn. Kenyon, T. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Black eagles are flying. Morse, P. V. (S '43)
Black eye. Little, C. and G. <D »4B)
Black gods of the metropolis. Fauset, A. R.
(Je 44)
Black honeymoon. Little, C. and O. (Mr '44)
(1942 Annual)
Black lamb and grey falcon. West, Jfc. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Black magic. Edelstadt, V. (D '43)
Black mall. Hoke, H. R. (O '44)
Black Martinique, red Guiana. Smith, N. (My
'42)
Black metropolis. Drake. St Clair, and Cay-
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Black moon. McMeekin, C. (S '45)
Black orchids. Stout. R. (Je '42)
Black path of fear. Woolrich. C. (Ag '44)
Black river captive. Lathrop, W. (D '46)
Black rose. Cos tain, T. B. (O '46)
Black rustle. Little, C. and Q. (Ag '43)
Black seven. Kendall, C. (Je '46)
Black ships off Japan. Walworth, A. C. (My
'46)
Bla<^k spaniel mystery. Cavanna, B. (Ag '45)
Black stage. Malleson. L. B. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Black stallion returns. Farley, W. (Ja '45)
(1945 Annual)
Black stocking. Little, C. and G. (O '46)
Black tarn. Wilson, P. W. (Ag '45)
Black thumb. Little, C. and G. (N '42)
Black Venus. Davies, R. (Mr '46)
Black weather. Rouech4, B. (S '45)
Black widow. Thorp, R. W., and Woodson.
W. D. (Ap '45)
Black widow spiders
Thorp, R. W., and Woodson, W. D. Black
widow. (Ap '45)
Blackbirder. Hughes, D. B. P. (O '43)
Blackbirds on the lawn, Morton, J. (Je *44)
Blackjack, a ranch dog. Hinkle, T. C. (O '46)
Blackout at rehearsal. Rea, M. L. P. (O '43)
Black-out in Gretley. Priestley, J. B. (Ag '43)
(1042 Annual)
Blackstone, Sir William
Boorstin, D. J. Mysterious science of the law.
(Ap '42)
Blackwell, Elizabeth
Juvenile literature
Baker, R. First woman doctor. (My '44)
Blake, Mrs Lillie (Devereux)
Blake, K. D., and Wallace, M. L. Champion
of women. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Blake, William
Schorer, M. William Blake. (N '46)
Blast furnaces
Hudson, R. P. Blast furnace. (Ap '43)
Blavatsky, Helene Petrovna (Hahn-Hahn)
(H.P.B.)
Williams, G. L. M. Priestess of the occult.
(Ja *47) (1946 Annual)
Blaze Allan. Ross, L. B. (D '44)
Blaze of noon. Gann, E. K. (N '46)
Blessed are the meek. Kossak-Szczucka, Z. (Ap
-44)
Blind
Chevigny, H. My eyes have a cold nose. (D
'46)
Fox, M. L. Blind adventure. (O '46)
Hartwell, D. Dogs against darkness. (N '42)
Ohnstad, K. World at my finger tips. (Ag
'42)
Education and institutions
Lende, H., ed. What of the blind? v 2. (Ap
'42)
Blind adventure. Fox, M. L. (O '46)
Blind alley. Simenon, G. (N '46)
Blind date with Mars. Moats, A.-L. (Mr '43)
Blind dawn. Wilson, S. K. (Je '43)
Blind man's bluff. Kendrick, B. H. (Mr '43)
Blind spots. Leiper, H. S. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Blindness
Dahl, B. M. I wanted to see. (Ap '44)
Pierce, R. It was not my own idea. (D '44)
Prevention
Hathaway, W. P. Education and health of
the partially seeing child. (S '44)
Blitzkrieg. Eng title of: Attack. Miksche, P.
O. (S '42).
tzkrieg a
Blitzkrieg and bluff. Lessner, E. C. (My '44)
Blockade of Germany after the armistice, 1918-
1919. Bane, S. L., and Lutz, R. H., eds.
(O '43)
Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Gorky, M. Reminiscences. (S '46)
Blondes don't cry. Mace, M. (My '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
965
Blondes' requiem. Raymond, R. (Agr '46)
Blood
Transfusion
Bemhelm, B. M. Adventure in blood trans-
fusion. (Ap '43)
Wiener, A. S. Blood groups and transfusion.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Blood and banquets. Fromm, B. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Blood for a strangrer. Jarrell, R. (N '42)
Blood for the emperor. Clausen, W. B. (O
'43)
Blood from a stone. Wallis, R. O. 8. (My '45)
Blood groups
Wiener, A. S. Blood groups and transfusion.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Blood in the streets. Hicks, A. C. (Ag '46)
Blood is a beggar. Kyd, T. (Je '46)
Blood of kings. Nye, N. C. (My '46)
Blood of the Lamb. Baker. C. H. (My '46;
Blood on Biscayne bay. Dresser, D. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Blood on her shoe. Field, M. (Je '42)
Blood on Nassau's moon. McCully, W. (Ap '45)
Blood on the black market. Dresser, D. (Ag
'43)
Blood on the cat. Rutledge, N. (Ap '45)
Blood on the Rising Sun. Haring, D. G. (Ag
Blood runs cold. Eby, L., and Fleming. J. C.
(S '46)
Blood, sweat, and lipstick. Danenberg, E. N.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Blood transfusion murders. Propper, M. M.
(S '43)
Blood upon the snow. Lawrence, H. (S '44)
Bloodroots in the wake of circumstance. White,
F. (N '43)
Bloody ground. Day, J. F. (Ao '42)
Blowaway hat. Adelson, L. (D '46)
Blowing engines
Church, A. H. Centrifugal pumps and blow-
ers. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Blue and the jungle. Atwell, R. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Blue angels and whales. Gibbings, R. (Ja '47)
(194(f Annual)
Blue boy. Giono. J. (Ap '46)
Blue Danube. Bemelmans. L. (My '45)
Blue-eyed lady. Molnar, F. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Blue flower. Kesten, H., ed. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Blue hills. Goudge, B. (O '42)
Blue Horizons. Baldwin, F. (Mr '42)
Blue murder. Rutland, H. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Blue Ridge Billy. Lenski, L. (N '46)
Blue Ridge country. Thomas. J. B. (Ap '42)
Blue Ridge mountains
Peattie, R., ed. Great Smokies and the Blue
Ridge. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Thomas, J. B. Blue Ridsre country. (Ap '42)
Blue river. Doner, M. F. (S '46)
Blue-water men and other Cape Codders. Cros-
by, K. (S '46)
Blueberry Muffin. Thompson, M. W. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Bluebird, fly up! Justus, M. (Ag '43)
Bluenose. Duncan, D. (S '42)
Blueprint for victory. Brett. H. (Je '43)
Blueprint for world conquest. International,
Third. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Blueprint reading. Dick. A. A. (D '42)
Blueprint reading. Nicholson, F. S., and Jones,
H. F. (Je '44) '
Blue print reading and sketching. Thayer, H.
R. (Je '42)
Blueprint reading for the building trades. Ken-
ney, J. E. (Ap '45)
Blueprint reading for the metal trades. De
Vette, W. A., and Kellogg, D. E. (Je '43)
Blueprints
Coxen, H. H., and others. Aircraft sheet met-
al blueprint reading. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Dalzell, J. R. Building trades blueprint read-
ing. (O *45)
De Vette, W. A., and Kellogg, D. R Blue-
print reading for the metal trades. (Je
*43)
Dick, A. A. Blueprint reading. (D »42)
Dwight, C. Reading blueprints in the machine
industries. (N '43)
QofC, P. L., and Novak, L. R. Reading air-
craft blueprints. (O '48)
Heed, H. L. Ship structure and blueprint
reading. (Ap '43)
Heine, G. M., and Dunlap, C. H. How to read
electrical blueprints. (S '42)
Hobart, D. E. Blue print reading. (O '43)
Kenney, J. B. Blueprint reading for the
building trades. (Ap '45)
Nicholson, F. S., and Jones, H. F. Blueprint
reading. (Je '44)
NIederhoff, A. E. Blueprint reading for the
shipbuilding trades. (N '43)
Svensen, C. L., and Street, W. E. Manual of
blueprint reading. (Mr '45)
Thayer, H. R. Blue print reading and sketch-
ing. (Je '42)
Tomlinson, J. L. Shipbuilding blueprint read-
ing. (Ap '43)
Boat building
Bradley, C. Building the small boat. (Ag '46)
Chapelle. H. I. Boatbuilding. (Je »42)
Boat children of Canton. Ward, M. B. (Ag
Boatman's manual. Lane, C. D. (My '43)
Boats and boating
Lane, C. D. Boatman's manual. (My '43)
Leeming, J. Toy boats to make at home. (N
'46)
Oakley, J. Small boats for small budgets. (O
'46)
Boats on the river. Flack, M. (Ja '47* (1946
Annual)
Bobo, the barrage balloon. McConnell, M. (Ag
'43)
Bob's bike. Beebe, C. (Je '42)
Body fell on Berlin. Lakin, R. (S §43)
Body for Bill. Shriber, I. S. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Body goes round and round. DuBois, T. M.
(My '42)
Body in the barrage balloon. Curzon. C. (S '42)
Body in the library Christie, A, M. (Ap '42)
Bogey of economic maturity. Terborgh, G. W.
(N '45)
Boqota, Colombia
Paxton, V. M. Penthouse in Bogota. (My '43)
Bohemia
Church history
Splnka, M. John Hus and the Czech reform.
(Ap '42)
Bohemian literature. See Czechoslovak litera-
ture
Boiler room questions and answers. Higgins,
A. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Boilers
Higgins, A. Boiler room questions and
answers. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Boiling points
Swletoslawski, W. Ebulliometric measure-
ments. (O '45)
Boise (cruiser)
Morris. F. D. Pick out the biggest. (O *43)
Bolek. Gronowicz. A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Bolinvars. Bayliss, M. F. (Je '44)
Bolivar, Simon
Ludwig, E. Bolivar. (Mr '42)
Juvenile literature
Baker, N. He wouldn't be king. (Mr '42)
Van Loon, H. W. Life and times of Sim6n
Bolivar. (D »43)
Waugh, E. D. Sim<5n Bolivar. (Mr '42)
Bolivia
Hewlett, J. Thunder beats the drum! (N
Bollmann, Erlck
Redlich, F. Essays in American economic
history. (Ap '45)
Bolts of melody. Dickinson, E. (My *45)
Bomb that fell on America. Hagedorn, H.
(S '46)
Bombardier. Lent, H. B. (Je '43)
Bombed buildings of Britain. Richards, J. M.,
ed. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Bomber pilot. Harkins, P. (N '44)
Bombero. Levy, H. (Ap '44)
Bombers. Ayling, K. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Bombers across. Wynn, E. J. (S '44)
Bombs away. Steinbeck, J. (Ja *43) (1942 An-
nual)
Bonaparte, Charles Joseph
Goldman, E. F. Charles J. Bonaparte, patri-
cian reformer. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
966
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Bonaparte, Franco la Charles Joseph, herzog
von Reichttadt, known as Napoleon II
Baynes, D. J. In search of two characters.
(O '46)
Bonaparte, Pauline. See Borghese, M. P. B.
Bond between us. Loomis, F. M. (Je '42)
Bones don't lie. Gardner, C. T. (Ja *47) (1946
Bones of contention. Vans! t tart, R. O. V. (8
Bonfire. Carneiro, C. J. (S '44)
Bonin. Standish, R. (Mr '44)
Bonnie's baby brother and how he grew. Mont-
gomery. E. R. (N '42)
Bonus system
Washington, G. T. Corporate executives'
compensation. (Ag '42)
Boo. Brig title of: Magnificent idiot. De Polnay,
P. (N '42)
Book about a thousand things. Stimpson, G.
W. (Ag '46)
Book about the Bible. Stimpson, G. W. (Ag '45)
Book and library plays for elementary and high
school use, v 2. Phelps, E. M., ed. (Ap '42)
Book collecting
Smith, H. H. On the gathering of a library.
(O '43)
Starrett, V. Bookman's holiday. (Ap '42)
Book for baby. Brann, E. (N '46)
Book for Junior woodsmen. Mason, B. S. (D
*45)
Book of Ariel. (Je '42)
Book of battles. Bart, B. (My '43)
Book of bays. Beebe, W. (Ap '42)
Book of books. Bible. Whole. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Book of Canadian poetry. Smith, A. J. M.. ed.
(N '43)
Book of Catholic authors. Romig, W., ed. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Book of common prayer
Davies, D. R. .Down peacock's feathers. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Ladd, W. P. Prayer book interleaves. (Ap
'42)
Book of etiquette. Harriman, G. C. (Ap '43)
Book of farmcraft. Greenhill, M., and Dun bar,
£3. M. (Ag *42)
Bock of hors d'oeuvre. Allen, L. G. (Ap '42)
Book of houses. Dean, J. P., and Breines, S.
(Ap '46)
Book of Indian-crafts and costumes. Mason, B.
S. (D '46)
Book of knitting patterns. Thomas, M. H. (My
•45)
Book of little crafts. Powers, M. (D '42)
Book of Margery Kempe. Kempe, M. B.
Book of modern composers. Ewen. D., ed. (D
'42)
Book of modern war planes. Booth, H. H.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Book of myths. Bulflnch, T. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Book of naturalists. Beebe, W., ed. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Book of pottery and porcelain. Cox, W. E.
(Je '45)
Book of prophecy. Cournos. J., ed. (Ap '42)
Book of sauces. Owen, J. Le P. (Ao '42)
Book of the dead. Daly, E (S '44)
Book of the Navy. Roberts, W. A., and Bren-
tano, L. eds. (Ap '44)
Book of the stars. Sutherland, L. (O '45)
Book of uncles. Coffin, R. P. T. (D '42)
Book of unlikely saints. Monro, M. T. (N '43)
Book of war letters. Mauie, H. &., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Book of wayside fruits. McKenny, M. (Je '45)
Book of wood carving. Sayers, C. M. (Je '42)
Book of words. Eng title of: Word in your
ear, and Just another word. Brown, I. J.
C. (O '45)
Book reviewing. Drewry. J. B. (Mr *46)
Book selection (library science)
Carlson, P. G. Choice of editions. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Heaps, W. A. Book selection for secondary
school libraries. (O '43)
Bookbinding
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Graphic
arts. (S '42)
Booker T. Washington (ship)
Beecher. J. All brave sailors. (O '45)
Booklist. American library association. (Je
Bookmaklng and kindred amenities. Mlers, fi.
S., and Ellis. R., eds. (N '42)
Bookman's holiday. Starrett, V. (Ap '42)
Bookman's manual. Graham, B. (Ag '42)
Bookmen's holiday. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Books
Bookmen's holiday. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Miers, E. 8., and Ellis, R., eds. Bookmaking
and kindred amenities. (N '42)
Rogers, B. Paragraphs on printing. (O '43)
Prices
United States cumulative book auction rec-
ords. (My '45)
Reviews
Connolly, C. Condemned playground. (S '46)
Drewry, J. E. Book reviewing. (Mr *46)
Farrell, J. T. League of frightened phil-
istines. (Ag '45)
Macfarland, C. S. Digest of Christian think-
ing. (Ag '42)
Macfarland, C. S. Survey of religious litera-
ture. (Ag '44)
Review index. (My '45)
Van Doren, M. Private reader. (Ap '42)
Books and libraries in wartime. Butler, P., ed.
(Ap '46)
Books and reading
A.L.A. catalog, 1937-1941. (S '44)
Becker, M. L. Adventures in reading. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Daniel, W. G. Reading interests and needs
of Negro college freshmen regarding social
science materials. (D '43)
Dun!, A. Bequest of wings. (My '44 )
Hackett, A. P. Fifty years of best sellers,
1895-1945. (S '46)
Hazard, P. Books, children and men. (Je '44)
Link, H. C., and Hopf. H. A. People and
books. (Je '46)
Meehan, F. Living upstairs. (S '42)
Rankin, M. Children's interests in library
books of fiction. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual.
Reilly, J. J. Of books and men. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Smith, H. H. On the gathering of a library.
(O '43)
Snider, J. D. I love books. (S '44)
Starrett, V. Bookman's holiday. (Ap '42)
Strang, R. M. Exploration in reading pat-
terns. (My '43)
Van Doren, M., ed. New Invitation to learn-
ing. (O '42)
Books, children and men. Hazard, P. (Je '44)
Booksellers and bookselling
Graham, B. Bookman's manual. (Ag '42)
Link, H. C., and Hopf, H. A. People and
books. (Je '46)
Directories
Adams, S., comp. O.P. market. (Ap '44)
Boom copper. Murdoch, A. (My '43)
Boom of the eighties in southern California.
Dumke. G. S. (Je '46)
Boomer. Bedwell, H. (S *42)
Boomerang. Chambliss, w. C. (S *44)
Boomtown buccaneers. MacDonald, W. C.
(D '42)
Boone, Daniel
Juvenile literature
Averill, E. Daniel Boone. (Ap '46)
McGuire, E. Daniel Boone. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Stevenson, A. Daniel Boone, boy hunter. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Boot. Bailey, G. P. (Ag '44)
Boot and saddle in Africa. Lamble, T. A. (O
'44)
Boot straps. Girdler, T. M. (N '43)
Boothe, Clare (Mrs Henry Robinson Luce)
Henle, F. Au Clare de Luce. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Border bonanza.
Border city. Stilwell, , ,
Border command. Rister, C. C. (Je '44)
Border in colour. Mansfield. T. C. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Border iron. Best, H. (D '45)
Border line. Gregory, J. (My '42j
Border lord. Westcott, J. V. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Border range. Douglas, T. W. (Ap '42)
Borderlands of psychiatry. Cobb, S. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Tompkins, W. A. (Ag '43)
well, H. (Je '46)
d. Rister, C. C. (Je '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
967
Borgenlcht, Louis
Borgenicht, L. Happiest man. (Ap '43)
Borghese, Maria Paollna (Bonaparte) prln-
cipessa
Brent, H. Pauline Bonaparte. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Fiction
Maass, E. Imperial Venus. (Je '46)
Borgia, Cesare
Beuf, C. M. L. Cesare Borgia. (Ap '42)
Fiction
Maugham, W. S. Then and now. (Ag '46)
Boris Godunoff. Musorgskii, M. P. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Born free and equal. Adams, A. E. (Ap '45)
Born in battle. Thomas. R. T. (S '44)
Born thirty years too soon. Williams, J. R.
(D '45)
Born to be murdered. Allan, D. (Je '45)
Born to command. Nicolay, H. (Je '45)
Born to flght. Jordan, R. B. (N *46)
Born under Saturn. Maclean, C. M. (My '44)
Born yesterday. Kanin, G. (D '46)
Borneo
Miller, C. C. Black Borneo. (Je '42)
Borrowed husband. Corliss, A. S. (Je '43)
Borrowed night. Farkas, A. A. (D *44)
Borrowed summer. Enrlght, B. (Ja *47) (1946
Annual)
Borzoi book of ballets. Robert, G. (S '46)
Bosco, Giovanni, Saint
Gheon, H. Secrets of the saints. (N '44)
Boston
Commerce
Baxter, W. T. House of Hancock. (S '45)
Foreign population
Handlin, O. Boston's immigrants, 1790-1866.
(Ap '42)
Harbor
Writers' program, Massachusetts. Boston
looks seaward. (O '42)
Social conditions
Handlin, O. Boston's immigrants, 1790-1865.
(Ap '42)
Social life and customs
Dahl, P. W. Dahl's Boston. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Boston (archdiocese)
Lord, R. H., and others. History of the arch-
diocese of Boston. (D '44)
Boston adventure. Stafford, J. (O '44)
Boston after Bulfinch. Kilham. W. H. (S '46)
Boston cooking-school cook book. Farmer, F. M.
(P '47) (1946 Annual)
Boston looks seaward. Writers' program, Massa-
chusetts. (O '42)
Boston lying-in hospital
Irving, F. C. Safe deliverance. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Boston museum
Mammen, E. W. Old stock company school
of acting. (Ap '46)
Boston's immigrants, 1790-1865. Handlin, O.
(Ap '42)
Boswell, James
Bronson, B. H. Johnson Agonistes, and other
essays. (N '46)
Quennell, P. C. Profane virtues. (S '45)
Botanists
Rodgers. A. D. American botany. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Botany
Platt. R. This green world. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Rickett, H. W. Green earth. (S '43)
Rodgers, A. D. American botany. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Dictionaries
Bailey, L. H. and E. Z., comps. Hortus
second. (Ag '42)
Juvenile literature
Webber, I. E. S. Up above and down below.
(Ap '43)
Terminology
Jaeger, B. C. Source-book of biological
names and terms. (My '45)
Brazil
Foster, M. M. and R. S. Brazil (F '46) (1045
Annual)
Great Britain
Brimble, L. J. F. Flowers In Britain. (O '45)
Islands of the Pacific
Merrill, E. D. Plant life of the Pacific world.
(D '45)
Latin America
Verdoorn, F., ed. Plants and plant science in
Latin America. (N '45)
North America
Rodgers, A. D. John Torrey. (S '42)
United States
Wodehouse, R. P. Hayfever plants. (D '45)
Botany, Economic
Jaques, H. E. Plants we eat and wear.
(N '43)
Wilson, C. M., ed. New crops for the New
World. (O '45)
Juvenile literature
Lucas, J. M. Indian harvest. (D '45)
Bothwell, Francis Stewart Hepburn, 5th earl
Fiction
Westcott, J. V. Border lord. (Ja '47)^(1946
annual)
Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th earl of
Fiction
Irwin, M. B. F. Gay Galliard. (Mr '42)
Bottle with the green wax seal. Keeler, H.
S. (Ap '42)
Botts in war, Botts in peace. Upson, W. H,
(O '44)
Bougainville, Battle of, 1943
Monks, J. A ribbon and a star. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Boughs bend over. French, M. P. (Ap '44)
Boulanger, Georges Ernest Jean Marie
Fiction
Gorman, H. S. Brave general. (Mr '42)
Bound for glory. Guthrie, W. (Ap '43)
Bound in the bundle of life. Applegarth, M. T.
(Ap '42)
Bound with two chains. Janta, A. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Boundaries
Hill, N. L. Claims to territory in international
law and relations. (Ag '45)
Jones, S. B. Boundary-making. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Peattie. R. Look to the frontiers. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Boundary- making. Jones, S. B. (Ag '46) (1946
Annual)
Bountiful cow. Czaja, H. M. (O '44)
Bounty of the wayside. Wilder, W. B. (S '43)
Bourne, Randolph Silliman
Filler, L. Randolph Bourne. (D '43)
Bow bells. Gibson, K. (D '43)
Bowditch, Nathaniel
Juvenile literature
Berry, R. B. Sextant and sails. (Ag '43)
Tharp, L. H. Down to the sea. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Bowen family
Bowen, E. Bowen's Court. (S *42)
Bo wen's Court. Bowen. E. (S '42)
Bowie, James
Fiction
Barrett, M. Tempered blade. (My '46)
Bowker lectures on book publishing. (Je *44)
Bowl of brass. Wellman, P. I. (My N14)
Bowling
Falcaro, J., and Goodman, M. Bowling for
all. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Box office. Barrows, M., and Eaton, G.. comps.
(D '43)
Boxing
History
Durant, J., and Rice, B. Come out fighting.
(S *46)
Boy almighty. Feikema, F. F. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
968
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Boy and a battery. Yates, R. F. (Ap '43)
Boy and a dog. Henry, M. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Boy and a motor. Yates, R. F. (Ap '44)
Boy from Maine. Brush, K. I. (Ag '42)
Boy from Nebraska. Martin, R. O. (D '46)
Boy I left behind me. Leacock, S. B. (Mr '46)
Boy Jones. Gordon, P. (D '43)
Boy meets pony. Chaffee, L. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Boy of the woods. Wells, M. L.. and Fox, D.
(Je '42)
Boy scouts
Bogan, S. D. Let the coyotes howl. (Ap '46)
Clemens, C., and Sibley, B. C. Uncle Dan.
(Mr '43)
Coe, R. Little scouts in action. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Levy, H. P. Building a popular movement.
(N "44)
West, J. E. Making the most of yourself.
(Ap *42)
Boy scouts book of hobbies for fathers and
sons. Mathiews, F. K., ed. (Ag '42)
Boy who could do anything. Brenner, A. (Ap
'42)
Boycott, Charles Cunningham
Fiction
Rooney, P. Captain Boycott. (O '46)
Boyd, Belle
Sigaud, L. A. Belle Boyd. (Mr '45)
Boyle, Robert
More, L. T. Life and works of the Honourable
Robert Boyle. (Ap '44)
Boys and girls at worship. Powell, M. C. (My
Boys' book of communications. Yates, R. F.
(D '42)
Boys' book of engines, motors and turbines.
Morgan, A. P. (F *47) (1946 Annual)
Boys' book of model boats. Yates, R. F. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)^
Boys' book of the West. Hogeboom, A., comp.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Boy's fun book. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Boys in men's shoes. Burroughs, H. B. (My
•44)
Boy's treasury of things-to-do. Horowitz, C.
(Je *46)
Boysi himself. Allan, G. (My '46)
Bradley, Francis Herbert
Church, R. W. Bradley's dialectic. (Ap '43)
Bradshaws of Harniss. Lincoln, J. C. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Brady, Mathew B.
Meredith, R. Mr Lincoln's camera man. (Mr
'46)
Brady's bend. Keller, M. (Ag '46)
Brahms, Johannes
Juvenile literature
Goss, M. B., and Schauffier, R. H. Brahms,
the master. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Brainstorm. Brown, C. (F '45) (1944 Annal)
Bramble bush. Dickson, M. S. (D '45)
Brand new baby. Stanger, M. A. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz
Mason, A. T. Brandeis, a free man's life. (N
'46)
Brannan, Samuel
Fiction
Scott, R. L. H. Samuel Brannan and the
golden fleece. (Ag '44)
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea)
Fiction
Chalmers, H. West to the setting sun. (Ap
Brass
Gibbs, L. E. Cold working of brass. (S '46)
Brass chills. Philips, J. P. (My '43)
Brass ring. Kuttner, H. (N '46)
Brave bantam. Seaman. L. H. (S '46)
Brave companions. Knight, R. A. (D '45)
Brave general. Gorman, H. S. (Mr '42)
Brave in the saddle. Drago, H. S. (O '43)
Brave laughter. Guiterman, A. (N '43)
Brave Mardi Gras. Roberts, W. A. (Ap '46)
Brave men. Pyle, E. T. (D '44)
Brave nurse. Newcomb, B. (O '45)
Brave ships of World war II. Leeming, J. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Brazil
Freyre. Q. Brazil. (O '46)
James, P. E. Brazil. (N '46)
Phillips, H. A. Brazil. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Smith, T. L. Brazil. (My '46)
Civilization
Freyre, G. Masters and the slaves. (N '46)
Description and travel
Brown. R. J. Land and people of Brazil.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Foster, M. M. and R. S. Brazil. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hager, A. R. Brazil, giant to the south. (Ap
Hager, A. R. Frontier by air. (D '42)
Kelsey, V. Brazil in capitals. (Mr '42)
Economic conditions
Jobim, J. Brazil in the making. (Ag §43)
History
Cunha, E. da. Rebellion in the backlands.
(Mr '44)
Marchant, A. N. De A. From barter to
slavery. (Ap '43)
Industries and resources
Cooke, M. L. Brazil on the march. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Politics and government
Loewenstein, K. Brazil under Vargas. (O '42)
Relations (general) with the
United States
Cooke, M. L. Brazil on the march. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Social conditions
Bibliography
Pierson, D., ed. Survey of the literature on
Brazil of sociological significance. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Social life and customs
Brown, R. J. Land and people of Brazil.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Brazil builds. Goodwin, P. L. (S '43)
Brazil, giant to the south. Hager, A. R. (Ap
•45)
Brazil in capitals. Kelsey, V. (Mr '42)
Brazil in the making. Jobim, J. (Ag '43)
Brazil on the march. Cooke, M. L.. (Ag *45)
(1944 Annual)
Brazil under Vargas. Loewenstein, K. (O '42)
Brazilian literature
Freyre, G. Brazil. (O '45)
Torres -Rioseco, A. Epic of Latin American
literature. (N '42)
History and criticism
Verissimo, E. Brazilian literature. (Mr '45)
Bread
De Gouy. L. P. Bread tray. (D '44)
Jacob, H. E. Six thousand years of bread.
(My '44)
Sherman, H. C., and Pearson. C. S. Modern
bread from the viewpoint of nutrition. (Ag
'42)
Bread and butter. Hall. M. (N '42)
Bread and democracy in Germany. Gerschen-
kron, A. (My '44)
Bread tray. De Gouy, L. P. (D '44)
Bread upon the waters. Pesotta, R. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Breakdown. Paul, L. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Breakfast at the Hermitage. Crabb. A. L. (Ap
'45)
Breakfast with the Nikolides. Godden, R. (Mr
'42)
Breaking the academic lock step. Aydelotte, F.
(Ap '44)
Breaking the building blockade. Lasch, R.
(My '46)
Brearley, Harry
Brearley, H. Knotted string. (Ag '42)
Breasted, James Henry
Breasted, C. Pioneer to the past. (My '43)
Breath of life. Baldwin, F. (Ag '42)
Breathe no more, my lady. Marting, R. L. (D
'46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
969
Breathe the air again. Moore, W. (Mr '42)
Breathe upon these. Lewisohn, L. (Ap '44)
Brgbeuf and his brethren. Pratt, E. X (Ag
f43)
Breed of the chaparral. Nye, N. O. (Je '46)
Brendon chase. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (D
•45)
Brent, Margaret
Fiction
Grant, D. F. Margaret Brent, adventurer. (D
'44)
Brereton diaries. Brereton, L. H. (N '46)
Bret Harte of the Old West. Harlow, A. P. (Ag
'43)
Bretons of Elm street. Ripperger, H. 8. (Je
Brewsie and Willie. Stein, G. (S '46)
Brian, Havergal
Nettel, R. Ordeal by music. (O *46)
Brian's victory. Phillips, E. C. (D '42)
Brick construction
Mulligan, J. A. Handbook of brick masonry
construction. (Ap '43)
Stoddard, R. P.. ed. Brick structures. (S '46)
Brick foxhole. Brooks, R. (Je '45)
Brick structures. Stoddard, R. P. (S '46)
Brlcker, John William
Pauly, K. B. Bricker of Ohio. (My '44)
Bride dined alone. Kelsey. V. (O '43)
Bride goes west. Alderson, N. T. (Ag '42)
Bride in the Solomons. Johnson, O. H. L. (N
•44)
Bride laughed once. Sanders, M. K., and Edel-
stein, M. S. (S '43)
Bride of Bridal Hill. Chamberlain, G. A. (D
'42)
Bride of glory. Field, B. (Ap '42)
Bride saw red. Carson, R. (Mr '43)
Bride's castle. Wilson, P. W. (S '44)
Brideshead revisited. Waugh, E. (Mr '46)
The bridge. Burnshaw, S. (S '45)
Bridge. Fitter, R. (Ap '46)
Bridge of heaven. Hsiung. S. (S '43)
Bridge of years. Sarton, M. (My '46)
Bridge to Brooklyn. Idell, A. E. (D '44)
Bridge to victory. Handleman, H. (D '43)
Bridgehead to victory. Randall, L. V. (Ag '43)
Bridger, James
Campbell, W. S. Jim Bridger. (N '46)
Bridges, Robert
Guerard, A. J. Robert Bridges. (My '42)
Bridges
Vermont
Congdon, H. W. Covered bridge. (S '46)
Bridges, Iron and steel
Hool, G. A., and Kinne, W. S., eds. Movable
and long-span steel bridges. (O '44)
Bridges, Movable
Hool, G. A., and Kinne, W. S., eds. Movable
and long-span steel bridges. (O '44)
Bridging the Atlantic. Gibbs, P. H.. ed. (My
Bridle-wise. Hatch. A. (Mr '43)
Brief enterprise. Hears, A. M. (Ap '46)
Brief glory. Du Jardin, R. N. (D '44)
Brief history of the United States. Kevins, A.
(Ap '43)
Bright April. De Angeli, M. L. (O '46)
Bright day. Priestley, J. B. (N '46)
Bright enchantment. Gilmore, C. (My *43)
Bright face of danger. Fast, J. (N '46)
Bright idea book. Gray, M., and Urban, R. C.
(S '42)
Bright is the morning. Gibbons, R. F. (N '43)
Bright morning. Bianco, M. W. (N '42)
Bright plain. Eaton, C. E. (S *43)
Bright skies. Loring, E. B. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Bright spurs. Tempski. A. von. (S '46)
Bright star or dark. Harnden, R. P. (D '46)
Bright to the wanderer. Lancaster. B. (Je '42)
Bright tomorrow. Wendt, L. (Je '45)
Brindle Royalist. Lamond, H. G. (Ap *46)
Bring back the spring. Wiilock, R. (Ap '44)
Bring me another murder. Chambers, W. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Bring the bride a shroud. Hitchens, D. B. (N
'45),
Bringing our world together. Fleming, D. J.
Bringing up ourselves. Hogue, H. G. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Britain against Napoleon. Eng title of: Napo-
leon at the Channel. Lenanton, C. M. A. O.
(S '42)
Britain and the British people. Barker, E. (My
'43)
Britain in pictures. (O '43)
Britain in the air. Tangye, N. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Britain in the world front. Dutt. R. P. (Mr
'43)
Britain: partner for peace. Corbett, P. E. (My
*46)
Britannica Junior. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
Britannia Mews. Sharp, M. (Ag '46)
Britain's way to social security. Lafltte, F.
(N '46)
British civilization and institutions. Great Brit-
ain. British council. (O '46)
British colonial empire. Simnett, W. E. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
British Columbia
Howay, F. W., and others. British Columbia
and the United States. (Ap '43)
British Columbia and the United States. Howay,
F. W., and others. (Ap '43)
British Commonwealth. Grigg, E. W. M. (Ag
British Commonwealth and empire. Eng title
of: Pictorial guide to many lands. Turner,
W. J., ed. (My '44)
British Commonwealth at war. Elliott, W. T.,
and Hall, H. D. (S '43)
British democracy. Rayner, R. M. (D '46)
British economic interests in the Far East.
Gull, E. M. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
British empire. See Great Britain — Colonies,
dominions, etc.
British empire. Walker, E. A. (O '43)
British empire before the American revolu-
tion, v5. Gipson, L. H. (D '42)
British empire before the American revolution,
v6. Gipson. L. H. (Ap '46)
British empire, 1815-1939. Knaplund, P. (Ap *42)
British empire in Australia. Fttzpatrick, B. (S
British enterprise in Nigeria. Cook, A. N. (Ag
'43)
British Far Eastern policy. Hubbard. G. E.
(Ag '44)
British finance. 1930-1940. Morton, W. A. (Ag
British foreign policy. Langford, R. V. (Je
'43)
British Guiana
Description and travel
Waldeck. J. M. Jungle journey. (S '46)
British in India
Branson, C. British soldier in India. (Mr *46)
Coupland. R. India: a restatement. (N '46)
Muehl, J. F. American sahib. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
British labor and the Beveridge plan. Scheu,
F. J. (S '43)
British life and thought. (Ap '42)
British merchantmen at war. Hodson, J. L. (O
'46)
British policy and the Turkish reform move-
ment. Bailey. F. E. (S '43)
British policy in Palestine. Hanna, P. L. (Je
•43)
British portrait painters. Russell, J. (My '45)
British rule in eastern Asia. Mills, L. A. (S
'42)
British soldier In India. Branson, C. (Mr *46)
British tariff movement. Lowe, M. E. (N '41)
British traveller in America, 1836-1860. Berger,
ML (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
British unemployment programs. 1920-1938.
Burns. E. M. R. (Ap '42)
British war economy, 1939-1943. Murphy, M. E.
(S '43)
British West Florida. 1763-1783. Johnson, C.
(D '43)
Brittle glass. Lofts, N. R. (Mr »43)
Broad margin. Beverley-Glddings, A. R. (O
Broadside to the sun. West. D. (Je '46)
Broadsides
Klingberg, F. J., and Hustvedt, S. B., eds.
Warning drum. (Ap '45)
Brocaded sari. Ishvani. (O '46)
Brockway, Sylvia
Brockway, S. Sarah and I. (N '44}
Broken arc. Meyneng. M. B. (Ap 44)
Broken cup. Ziegler, J. H. (Je US)
970
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Broken melody. Kirkbrlde, R. de L. (N '42)
Broken pitcher. Gilpatrick, N. (Ap '45)
Broken river. Hawkins, J. and W. (Ap '44)
Brokers
Vernon, R. Regulation of stock exchange
members. (My '42)
Warren, E. H. Rights of margin customers.
(My '42)
Bromley, Joseph
Bromley. J. Clear the tracks! (O '43)
Bronte, Charlotte
Hinkley, L,. U Brontes: Charlotte and Emily.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Bronte, Emily Jane
Hinkley, L. L. Brontes: Charlotte and Emily.
(Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
Bronze arrow mystery- Wadsworth, L*. A. (Ap
'45)
Brook of our own. Harkness. M. Q. (D '45)
Brook Willow. White. N. G. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Brooklyn
Richmond, J, M. Brooklyn, U.S.A. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Historic houses, etc.
Dilliard, M. E. Old Dutch houses of Brook-
lyn. (D '45)
Brooklyn. Baseball club (National league)
Graham, F. Brooklyn Dodgers. (Ag '45)
Brooklyn. First Presbyterian church
Weld, R. F. Tower on the heights. (D '46)
Brooklyn bridge
Steinman. D. B. Builders of the bridge. (My
•45)
Brooklyn Dodgers. Graham. F. (Ag '45)
Broolin. Mack, G. D. (My '44)
The brother. Wilson, D. C. (Je *44)
Brother is a stranger. Matsumoto, T., and
Lerrigo, M. O. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Brother, the laugh is bitter. Upton, L. (Je
'42)
Brotherhood of sleeping car porters
Braaseal, B. R. Brotherhood of sleeping car
porters. (My '46)
Brotherhood of the New Life
Schneider, H. W., and Lawton, G. Prophet
and a pilgrim. (Je '43)
Brothers of doom. Birney, H. (Je '42)
Brothers under the skin. McWilliams, C. (Je
'43)
Brower, Charles D.
Brower, C. D., and others. Fifty years below
zero. (N '42)
Brown, Clifford Adams
Brown, C. A. Forty years of silence. (D '46)
Brown, John
Malin, J. C. John Brown and the legend of
fifty-six. (S '43)
Brown, William Carey
Brimlow, G. F. Cavalryman out of the West.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Brown Americans. Embree, E. R. (D '43)
Brown son, Orestes Augustus
Maynard, T. Orestes Brownson. (Mr '44)
Brownstone eclogues, and other poems. Aiken,
C. P. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Bruckner, Anton
Wolff, W. Anton Bruckner, rustic genius.
(Je '42)
Brunner, Helnrlch EmM
Van Til, C. New modernism. (O '46)
Brushland Bill. Huzarski, R. (Je '43)
Brute1 de R6mur, Simon Ouillaume Gabriel, bp.
Maynard, T. Reed and the rock. (S '42)
Brutus was an honorable man. Marquiss, W.
(My '46)
Buck, Pearl (Sydenstrlcker)
Yaukey, G. S. Exile's daughter. (O '44)
Buckeye boy. Medary, M. (O '44)
Buckskin empire. Drago. H. S. (My '42)
Bucky Bear. Wayne, E. (My '44)
Budget
Naylor. E. E. Federal budget system in
operation. (S '42)
Kentucky
Martin, J. W., and Briscoe, V. Kentucky
state budget system. (O '46)
Budget, Personal
Crawford, M. M. Student folkways and spend-
ing at Indiana university, 1940-1941. (N
Buffalo box. Gruber. F. (O »42)
Buffalo coat. Brink, C. R. (D '44)
Bugles in her heart. Turner, L>. I* (Ap '45)
Bugles in the afternoon. Haycox, E. (Mr '44)
Bugs and bullets. Bayne, J. B. (O '44)
Build a home. Corey, P. (Ag '46)
Build it yourself! Rothman. M. (Je '43)
Build my gallows high. Mainwaring, D. (My
46)
Build together Americana. DuBois, R. D. (S
'45)
Builders for battle. Woodbury, D. O. (S '46)
Builders of Latin America. Stewart, W.. and
Peterson, H. F. (Ap '42)
Builders of our nation. Elms, F. R. (O '44)
Builders of the bridge. Steinman, D. B. (My
'45)
Builders o? the old world. Hartman. G. (My
'46)
Building
Briggs, M. S. Building to-day. (My '45)
Burbank, N. L. Carpentry and Joinery work.
(Je '43)
Burbank, N. L.., comp. House construction
details. (Je '42)
Catlin, M. and G. Building your new house.
(S '46)
Corey, P. Build a home. (Ag '46)
Creighton, T. H. Planning to build. (Je '45)
Dunham, C. W., and ThaJberg, M. D. Plan-
ning your home for better living. (D '45)
Gay, C. M., and Fawcett, C. D. Mechanical
and electrical equipment for buildings. (Je
'45)
Gay, C. M., and Parker, H. E. Materials and
methods of architectural construction. (D
'43)
Grinter, L.. E. Elementary structural analysis
and design. (Je '43).
Hansen, H. J. Modern timber design. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Johnstone, B. K., and others. Building or
buying a house. (My '45)
Siegele, H. H. Building forms, stairs, roofs.
(N '44)
Siegele, H. H. Quick construction. (D '45)
White. C. D Camps and cottages. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Contracts and specifications
Hayward, N. L. Contractor's legal problems.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Werbin, I. V. Legal phases of construction
contracts. (O '46)
Estimates
Cooper, G. H. Building construction estimat-
ing. (S '45)
Roberts, T. A. and R. A. Accurate home
estimating. (Ap '43)
Wilson. J. D.. and Rogers, C. M. Simplified
carpentry estimating. (O '45)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Graf, D. T. Data sheets. (O '44)
Repair and reconstruction
Dalzell, J. R., and Townsend, G. How to
remodel a house. (Je '43)
Home mechanic's handbook. (D '45)
Mezerlk, A. G. Care and repair of buildings
and equipment. (Ag '44)
Tuomey, D. Home mechanic. (Je *43)
Building, Bombproof
Wessman, H. E., and Rose, W. A. Aerial
bombardment protection. (Ap '42)
Building a curriculum for general education.
Spafford. I. O., and others. (Ap '44)
Building a popular movement. Levy, H. P. (N
Building a republic. Lamprey, L. (N '42)
Building a sales training plan. Hegarty, E. J.
(Ap *46)
Building an engineering career. Williams, C. C.
(Ag '46)
Building construction estimating. Cooper, G.
Building fittings
Kaberlein, J: J. Air conditioning metal lay-
out. (S '42)
Building for peace at home and abroad. Stew-
art, M. S. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
971
Building forms, stairs, roofs. Siegele, H. H.
Building insulation. Close, P. D. (1942, 1946)
Building laws
Comer, J. P. New York city building control,
1800-1941. (F f44) (1943 Annual)
McGoldrick. J. D., and others. Building reg-
ulation In New York city. (O '44)
Building Lenin's Russia. Liberman, S. I. (N
'46)
Building materials
Brady, O. 3. Materials handbook. (Je '44)
Blberfeld, J. Strength and properties of
materials. (D '42) ^ „ „
Pryklund, V. C., and Sechrest. C. H. Ma-
terials of construction. (O '43)
Gay, C. M., and Parker, H. E. Materials and
methods of architectural construction. (D
•43)
Leighou, R. B. Chemistry of engineering ma-
terials. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Testing
Muhlenbruch, C. W. Testing of engineering
materials. (O '44)
Building model war planes, gtieri, E. (Je '43)
Building morale. Nash, J. B. (Je *42)
Building of eternal Rome. Rand, E. K. (Ag
*43)
Building of Jalna. De La Roche, M. (N '44)
Building of the Burma road. Tan, P. (N '45)
Building or buying a house. Johns tone, B. K.,
and others. (My '45) ^ tjt
Building regulation in New York city. McGold-
rick, J. D., and others. (O '44)
Building the small boat. Bradley. C. (Ag '46)
Building today. Briggs. M. S. (My '45)
Building trades blueprint reading. Dalzell, J.
R (O '45)
Building your new house. Catlin, M. and G.
(S '46)
Bulgaria
Politics and government
Black, C. E. Establishment of constitutional
government in Bulgaria. (Je '44)
Bull, Ole Bornemann
Smith. M. Life of Ole Bull. (D '43)
Bulldozers come first, by W. G. Bowman [and
others]. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Bullets for the bridegroom. Dodge, D. (O 44)
Bullfighter's son. Chambers, M. C. M. (Ja 45)
(1944 Annual)
Bulls
Legends and stories
De Jong, M. Billy and the unhappy bull.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Buloaan, Carlos
Bulosan, C. America is in the heart. (Ap '46)
Bultmann, Rudolf Karl
McGinley, L. J. Form- criticism of the syn-
optic healing narratives. (Ap '45)
The bulwark. Dreiser, T. (Ap '46)
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, 1st earl of
Lytton. See Lytton. E. R. B.-L.
Bundle of troubles. Writers' program, North
Carolina. (Mr '44)
Bunyan, Paul
Newton, S. Paul Bunyan of the Great Lakes.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Untermeyer, L. Wonderful adventures of Paul
Bunyan. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Buonarroti, Michelangelo. See Michelangelo
Buonarroti
Burbank, Luther
Beaty, J. Y. Luther Burbank, plant magi-
cian. (S '43)
Howard, W. L. Luther Burbank. (N '46)
Burbank among the Indians. Burbank, B. A.
(Mr '45)
Burden of British taxation. Shirras, G. P., and
Rostas, L. (Ap '43)
Bureaucracy. Juran, J. M. (Je 44)
Bureaucracy. Mises, L. von. (N 44)
Bureaucracy runs amuck. Sullivan, L. (Ap 44)
Bureaucrat. Crider, J. H. (S '44)
Burlat Mongolia tt^
Pomus, M: I. Buriat Mongolia. (S '44)
Buried stream. Brace, E. (My '46)
Buried treasure. Cothren. M. B. (S *45)
father In China. (N '48)
Burlap. Denis, M. (Ag '45)
Burlington west. Overton, R. C. (Ag '42)
Burma
Christian, J. L. Modern Burma. 03 '42)
Collis, M. Land of the great image. (8 '43)
Burma diary. Geren, P. (Ap '44)
Burma road
Epstein, S., and Williams, B. Burma road.
(O '46)
T'an, P. Building of the Burma road. (N
•45)
Burma surgeon. Seagrave, G. S. (S '43)
Burma surgeon returns. Seagrave, G. S. (Ap
'46)
Burmese picnic. Eng title of: Sun is near.
Black, D. (S '43)
Burned fingers. Norris, K. T. (Mr '45)
Burning an empire. Holbrook, S. H. (D '43)
Burning-glass. De La Mare, W. J. (D '45)
Burning gold. Andrews, R. H. (S '45)
Burning Tights. Chagall, B. (D '46)
Burning mountain. Fletcher, J. G, (S '46)
Burning wheel. Brown, S. (N '42)
Burns, Robert
Fitzhugh. R. T., ed. Robert Burns. (S '43)
Burr, George Lincoln
Burr. G. L. George Lincoln Burr: his life,
(F '44i (1943 Annual)
Burro of Barnegat road. Goetz, D. (O '45)
Burro tamer. Hayes, F. S. (D '46)
Burro that learned to dance. Levy, H. fJe '42)
Burroughs newsboys foundation, Boston
Burroughs, H. E. Boys in men's shoes. (My
Burt, Frank A.
Young, M. B. Mother wore tights. (N '44)
Burt, Myrtle (McKlnley)
Young, M. B. Mother wore tights. (N '44)
Burton, Robert
Evans, B., and Mohr, G. J. Psychiatry of
Robert Burton. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Burton, Ruth Guthrle Thomson Harding
Burton, R. G. T. H. Three parts Scotch. (N
'46)
Bury me not. Francis, W. (Mr '43)
Bury the hatchet. Long, M. (Je *44)
Bushido. the anatomy of terror. Pemikoff, O.
A. J. (Je '43)
Business
Anshen, M. L. Introduction to business. (F
•43) (1942 Annual)
Black, N. H. How to organize and manage a
small business. (F *47) (1946 Annual)
Calhoon, R. P. Moving ahead on your job. (Mr
'46)
Conant, W. H. Outworn business idols. (Ap
•42)
Fiske, E. R. Veterans' best opportunities.
Larson, G. E., and others. Selecting and
operating a business of your own. (S '46)
Lodge, R. C. Philosophy of business. (O '46)
Rost. O. F. Going into business for yourself.
(Mr '46)
Ruml, B. Tomorrow's business. (Mr '45)
Weissman, R. L. Small business and venture
capital. (My '45)
Bibliography
Manley, M. C. Library service to business.
(Ag '46)
Business as a system of power. Brady, R. A.
(Mr '43)
Business conditions
Forecasting
Babson, R. W. Looking ahead fifty years.
(My '43)
Business conferences
Hannaford, E. S. Conference leadership in
business and industry. (Ag '45)
Business cycles
Angell, J. W. Investment and business cy-
cles. (Ap '42)
Ayres, C. E. Divine right of capital. (N '46)
Burns, A. F., and Mitchell, W. C. Measuring
business cycles. (F *47) (1946 Annual)
Frickey, E. Economic fluctuations in the
United States. (N '43)
Haberler, G. Consumer instalment credit and
economic fluctuations. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Polanyi, M. Full employment and fre«
trade. (Je '46)
Silberling, N. J. Dynamics of business. (8
•43)
972
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Business executives and corporation encyclo-
pedia. (My '45)
sfness
Business executive's guide. Lasser, J. K. (D
•45)
Business journalism. Elfenbeln. J. (Je '46)
Business law of aviation. Dykstra, G. O. and
L. O. (O '46)
Business leadership in the large corporation.
Gordon. R. A. (8 '45)
Business libraries
Manley. M. C. Library service to business.
(Ag '46)
Manley, M. C. Public library service to
business. (Je '43)
Business management
Follett, M. P. Dynamic administration. (My
'42)
Lasser, J. K. Business executive's guide. (D
*45)
Business men
Moore, J. A. Famous leaders of industry. (F
'46) (1946 Annual)
Business names
Zimmerman, O. T., and Lavine, I. Industrial
research service's handbook of material
trade names. (N '46)
Business of getting well. Sprague, M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Business of your own. Fancher, A. (Ag *46)
Busted range. Drago. H. S. (Ap '44)
But gently day. Nathan. R. (O '43)
But soldiers wondered why. Gervasi, F. (Ag
•43)
But that was yesterday. Wetherell, J. P. (Mr
'43)
But you'll be back. Steedman, M. (S '42)
Butler, Mother Joseph
Burton, K. K. Mother Butler of Mary mount.
(O '44)
Butler died in Brooklyn. Fenisong, R. (Ag '43)
Butte, Montana
Writers' program, Montana. Copper camp.
(O '43)
Butter with my bread. Petrova, O. (N '42)
Butterflies
Juvenile literature
Matschat, C. H. American butterflies and
moths. (Ag '42)
Butterfly takes command. Waite, H. E. (D '44)
Button, button. Bramhall, M. (S '44)
Buttons
Graham, E. M. Maine charm string. (S '46)
Buy an acre. Corey, P. (Je *44)
Buying
Brindze, R. Stretching- your dollar in war-
time. (Je '42)
Bush, G. Li. Science education in consumer
buying. (N "42)
Cady. E. L. Industrial purchasing. (8 '45)
Culliton, J. W. Make or buy. (D '43)
Gordon, L. J. Consumers in wartime. (Je
•43)
Reid, M. G. Consumers and the market. (N
'43)
Wingate, I. B. Textile fabrics and their
selection. (Je '42)
By bread alone. De Sherbinin, B. (Mr '46)
By light of sun. Symington, E. H. J. (Ap '42)
By nature free. Haydn, H. C. (My '43)
By Pan American highway through South
America. Lanka. H. C. (S *42)
By sea and by land. Burton, E. (S '44)
By the neck. Mencken, A., ed. (Ag '42)
By the waters of Babylon. Lister, S. (O '46)
By this sign conquer. Oxnam, G. B. (Je '42)
By valour and arms. Street, J. H. (O '44)
By vote of the people. Ballinger. W. J. (D '46)
By your leave, sir. Jacobs. H. H. (S '43)
Byng, Maria Evelyn (Moreton) viscountess
Bvng, M. E. M. Up the stream of time. (Ap
Byrd, William
Byrd, W. Secret diary of William Byrd of
Westover. v2. (Ap '43)
Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th baron
Boyd, E. F. Byron's Don Juan. (Ag '46)
Gray. A. K. Teresa. (N '45)
Trueblood, P. G. Flowering of Byron's
genius. (O -45)
Fiction
14. 4. For tfcee the best (P '45)
Byways to adventure. Teale, B}. W. (A? '42)
Byzantine empire
Der Nersessian, S. Armenia and the Byzan«
tine empire. (N '46)
C. C. F. See Cooperative commonwealth feder-
ation
C-circus. Hamilton, E. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
C/o Postmaster. St George, T. R. (O '43)
Cabala
Blau, J. L, Christian interpretation of the
cabala in the renaissance. (N '44)
Cabbages and crime. Nash, A. (S '45)
Cabin. Childs, M. W. (Ag '44)
Cabin for Crusoe. Unwin, D. S. (Ag '46)
Cabinet politician. Fowler, D. G. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Cable car days in San Francisco. Kahn, E. M.
(Mr '45)
Cabrinl, Mother Francesca Saverio
Borden, L*. P. Francesca Cabrini. (Ag *45)
Maynard, T. Too small a world. (My '45)
Cactus fence. Bryan, C., and Madden, M. B.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Caddie Woodlawn; a play. Brink, C. R. (D »45)
Caesar and Christ. See Durant, W. J. The
story of civilization, v3. (N '44)
Caesars of the wilderness. Nute, G. L. (S '43)
Calabashes and kings. Porteus, S. D. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Calamity at Harwood. Bellairs. G. (S '45)
Calamity town. Queen, E. (My '42)
Calcium
Man tell, C. L., and Hardy, C. H. Calcium,
metallurgy and technology. (O '45)
Calculus
Franklin, P. Methods of advanced calculus.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
lells, - -----
Kells, L. M. Calculu^ (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Klaf, A. A. Calculus refresher for technical
men. (S '44)
Thompson, S. P. Calculus made easy. (Je
'43)
Calculus, Operational
Churchill, R. V. Modern operational mathe-
matics in engineering. (O '44)
Calculus made easy. Thompson, S. P. (Je
'43)
Calculus of tensors
Craig, H. V. Vector and tensor analysis. (Ag
'43)
Calculus refresher for technical men. Klaf, A.
A. (S '44)
Caldecott, Randolph
Davis, M. G. Randolph Caldecott. (D '46)
C alder, Alexander
Sweeney, J. J. Alexander Calder. (O '44)
Calendar
Achelis, E. Calendar for everybody. (My '44)
Archer, P. Christian calendar and the Gre-
gorian reform. (S '42)
Calendar for everybody. Achelis, E. (My '44)
Calendar*
Hazeltine, M. E. Anniversaries and holidays.
(Mr '45)
Calhoun, John Ca I dwell
Wiltse, C. M. John C. Calhoun, nationalist.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
California
Jackson, J. H., ed. Continent's end. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
McWilliams, C. Southern California country.
(My '46)
Biography
Who's who in California. (Ag '42)
Description and travel
Crosby, E. O. Memoirs. (Je '46)
Evans, G. W. B. Mexican gold trail. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gregg, J. Diary and letters [bk2]. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
McDermand. C. Waters of the golden trout
country. (N '46)
Economic conditions
Dumke, G. 3. Boom of the eighties in south-
ern California. <Je '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
973
Gold discoveries
Bruff, J. Q. Gold rush. (D '44)
Evans, Q. W. B. Mexican gold trail. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Historic houses, etc.
Knowland, J. R. California, a landmark his-
tory. (Je '42)
History
Atherton, Q. P. H. Golden Gate country. (Ap
'45)
Cleland, R. G. California pageant. (Ap '46)
Cleland, R. G. Prom wilderness to empire.
(My '44)
Crosby, B. O. Memoirs. (Je f46)
Knowland, J. R. California, a landmark his-
tory. (Je '42)
Scherer. J. A. B. Thirty-first star. (O '42)
Shutes, M. H. Lincoln and California. (Ag
'44)
Underbill, R. L. From cowhides to golden
fleece. (D '46)
Winther, O. O. Via western express and
stagecoach. (O '46)
Sources
Nasatir, A. P. French activities in California.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Juvenile literature
McNeer, M. Y. Story of California. (D '44)
Missions
Hawthorne, H. California's missions. (My
'43)
Politics and government
Anderson, D. California state government.
(S '42)
Crouch, W. W., and McHenry. D. B. Califor-
nia government. (My '46)
Scherer, J. A. B. Thirty-first star. (O '42)
California, Lower
Miller, M. Land where time stands still. (My
'43)
California, Southern
Cleland, R. G. Cattle on a thousand hills.
(Je '42)
California, a landmark history. Knowland, J.
R. (Je '42)
California cook book. Callahan, G. A. (D '46)
California government. Crouch, W. W.f and
McHenry, D. E. (My '46)
California pageant. Cleland, R. G. (Ap '46)
California state government. Anderson. D.
(S '42)
California's missions. Hawthorne, H. (My '43)
Calkins, Earnest Elmo
Calkins, E. E. And hearing not—. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Call, Mrs Hughie
Call, H. Golden fleece. (O '42)
Call back yesterday. Shipman, N. (S '46)
Call her Rosle. Bruce, B. (N '42)
Call it North country. Martin. J. B. (Je *44)
Call me Charley. Jackson, J. (D '45)
Call me Pandora. Dean, A. (Mr *46)
Call the lady indiscreet. Whelton. P. (Ap '46)
Call the next witness. Mason, P. (Ap '46)
Call to battle. Lull, R. (Mr *43)
Call ua to witness. Warfleld, H. and G. (8 *45)
Callaway, Mrs Jemima (Boone)
Sutton, M. Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone.
(O '42)
Calling all Christians. Strodach, P. Z., ed.
(Ap '42)
Calling all citizens. Rienow. R. (N '43)
Calling all ducks. DeVoe, R. G. (D '46)
Calling all women. Ayling, K. (O '42)
Calling Dr Owl. Kelen. I. (3 '45)
Calling South America. Lansing, M. F. (My '46)
Calvin. Delano Dexter, 1798-1884
Calvin, D. D. Saga of the St Lawrence. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Cambridge, England. University
Glover. T. R. Cambridge retrospect. (N *43)
Cambridge, England. University. Cavendish
laboratory
Wood, A. Cavendish laboratory. (Ag *46)
Cambridge, England. University. Trinity col-
lege
Trevelyan, G. M. Trinity college. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Cambridge. Massachusetts
Chamberlain, S. Historic Cambridge In four
seasons. (Ap *43)
Cambridge press. Winshlp, G. P. (Mr '46)
Cambridge retrospect. Glover, T. R. (N '43)
Camel ephamoose. Hough, D. (O '46)
Camels
Legends and stories
Nesbitt, N. S. Cobi camel. (Ja '45) (1944 An
nual)
Cameron, Simon
Crippen, L. F. Simon Cameron. (Je *43)
Cammaerts, Emile
Cammaerts, B. Flower of grass. (O '45)
Camdes, Luiz de
Bowra, C. M. From Virgil to Milton. (Mr »46)
Camouflage (military science)
Brecken ridge. R. P. Modern camouflage.
(D '42)
Chesney, C. H. R. Art of camouflage. (O
De Ixmge, M. E. Modern airfield, planning
and concealment. (My '44)
Root, R. R. Camouflage with planting. (O
'42)
Sloane, B. Camouflage simplified. (Mr '43)
Wittmann, K. F., and others. Industrial
camouflage manual. (O '42)
Camouflage simplified. Sloane, B. (Mr '43)
Camouflage with planting. Root. R. R. (O '42)
Camp follower. Klaw. B. V. (O '44)
Camp hero. Chute, B. J. (Je *43)
Campaign funds
Overacker, L. Presidential campaign funds.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Campaign literature, 1944
Gaer, J. First round. (F f45) (1944 Annual)
Kingdon. F. That man in the White House.
(My '44)
Pauly, K. B. Bricker of Ohio. (My *44)
Walker. S. Dewey. (O '44)
Willkie, W. L. American program. (N '44)
Campaign of treachery. Torres, H. (O '42)
Campbell, Bruce D.
Campbell, B. D. Where the high winds
blow (Je '46)
Camping
Anderson, L. A. Hunting, fishing, and camp-
ing. (O '46)
Carhart, A. H. Outdoorsman's cookbook. (My
Drought, R. A. Camping manual. (O '43)
Geist, R. C. Hiking, camping and moun-
taineering. (Je '43)
Jaeger. B. Wildwood wisdom. (Mr '45)
Martin, G. W. Come and get it! (Ag '42)
Mason, B. S. Book for junior woodsmen. (D
'46)
Mason, B. S. Junior book of camping and
woodcraft. (S '43)
camping manual. Drought, R. A. (O '43)
Campion, Edmund
Waugh, B. Edmund Campion. (S '46)
Camps and cottages. White, C. D. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Campus and classroom. Hill, A. T., ed. (Ap '43)
Campus versus classroom. Johnson, B. (S '46)
Can democracy recover? Marlio, Li. (Je *45)
Can do! Huie. W. B. (O '44)
Can our cities survive? Sert, J. L. (F »43)
(1942 Annual)
Can representative government do the Job?
Flnletter. T. K. (My '46)
Can these bones live? Babson, R. W., and
Zuver, D. D. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Can we win the peace? Einzig. P. (Je '43)
Cant we win the peace? Fleming, D. F. (Ag
Can you? Chaff ee. L. (Je '46)
Can you top this? Ford, B. H., and others.
comps. (Mr '46)
Canada
Canadian pictorial library. (Ag '42)
Chamberlin, W. H. Canada today and tomor-
row. (N '42)
Peat. L*. W. Canada: new world power. (O
'45)
Commercial policy
McDiarmid, O. J. Commercial policy in the
Canadian economy. (N '46)
Description and travel
Bosanquet, M. Saddlebags for suitcases. (O
974
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Canada — Description and travel — Continued
Carpenter, P. Canada and her northern
Hunter, R. * Quebec to Carolina in 178C-1786.
Hutchison. B. Unknown country. (Mr '42)
Saunders, H. A. S. Pioneers! O pioneers! (S
•44)
Juvenile literature
Quinn V. Picture map geography of Canada
and Alaska. (Je '44)
Economic conditions
Klzer. B. H. U.S. -Canadian Northwest. (My
Economic policy
Brady, A., and Scott, F. R., eds. Canada after
the war. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Coldwell, M. J. W. Left turn, Canada. (Ag
'46)
Johnsen, J. B., comp. Canada and the west-
ern hemisphere. (N '44)
Foreign population
Coats, R. H., and MacLean, M. C. American-
born in Canada. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Foreign relations
Glazebrook, O. P. de T. Canadian external
relations. (S '48)
Johnsen, J. B., comp. Canada and the west-
ern hemisphere. (N '44)
United States
Brebner, J. B. North Atlantic triangle. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Mclnnis, B. W. Unguarded frontier. (D
'42)
Manning. W. R., ed. Diplomatic correspond-
ence of the United States, v2. (Ap '43)
Tansill, C. C. Canadian-American relations,
1875-1911. (Ap '44)
History
Burpee, L. J. Discovery of Canada. (My
*4g)
Burt, A. Le R. Short history of Canada foi
Americans. (Je '42)
Creighton, D. G. Dominion of the north. (My
*44)
Glazebrook, G. P. de T. Canadian external
relations. (S '43)
Long, M. H. History of the Canadian people,
v 1. (Je '43)
Nute, G. Li. Caesars of the wilderness. (S
'43)
Peck, A. M. Pageant of Canadian history.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Sandwell, B. K. Canadian peoples. (N '42)
Sources
Manning, W. R., ed. Diplomatic correspond-
ence of the United States, v2. (Ap '43)
Juvenile literature
Bonner, M. G. Canada and her story. (D
'42)
Nationality
Neuendorflf, G. Studies in the evolution of
dominion status. (Je '43)
Pictorial works
Buchanan, D. W., ed. This is Canada. (O
*45)
Politics and government
Brady, A., and Scott, P. R., eds. Canada
after the war. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Clokie, H. M. Canadian government and
politics. (My '45)
Durham, J. G. L. Durham report. (N '46)
King, W. L. M. Canada and the fight for
freedom. (My '45)
King, W. L. M. Canada at Britain's side.
(Ap '42)
Neuendorff, G. Studies in the evolution of
dominion status. (Je '43)
Pierce, L. A. A Canadian people. (O *45)
Ryerson, S. B. French Canada. (N '44)
Relations (general) with Latin America
Humphrey, J. T. P. Inter -American system,
a Canadian view. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Relations (general) with United States
Johnsen, J. B., comp. Canada and the west-
ern hemisphere. (N '44)
Landon, P. Western Ontario and the Amerl*
can frontier. (O '42)
Social conditions
Brady, A., and Scott, P. R., eds. Canada
after the war. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Social life and customs
Peck, A. M. Young Canada. (N '43)
Canada. Bng title of: Canadian peoples.
Sandwell, B. K. (N '42)
Canada after the war. Brady, A., and Scott,
P. R., eds. (P '46) (1944 Annual)
Canada and her northern neighbors. Carpenter*
P. (D '46)
Canada and her story. Bonner, M. G. (D
Canada and the fight for freedom. King, W. L*.
M. (My '45)
Canada and the western hemisphere. Johnsen,
J. B., comp. (N '44)
Canada at Britain's side. King, W. L. M.
(Ap '42)
Canada moves north. Finnie, R. (Je '42)
Canada: new world power. Peat, L. W. (O '45 )
Canada today and tomorrow. Chamberlin, W.
H. (N '42)
Canadian -American relations, 1875-1911. Tansill,
C. C. (Ap '44)
Canadian art. Colgate, W. (D '44)
Canadian born in the United States. Truesdell,
L,. B. (O '43)
Canadian external relations. Glazebrook, G. P.
de T. (S '43)
Canadian government and politics. Clokie, H.
M. (My '45)
Canadian painters. Buchanan, D. W., ed. (D
'46)
A Canadian people. Pierce, L. A. (O '45)
Canadian peoples. Sandwell, B. K. (N '42)
Canadian pictorial library. (Ag '42)
Canadian poetry »
Collections
Gustafson, R., ed. Little anthology of Cana-
dian poets. (Ap '44)
Smith, A. J. M.. ed. Book of Canadian poetry.
(N '43)
History and criticism
Brown, B. K. On Canadian poetry. (Je '44)
Canadian restoration. Newton -White, B. (My
Canadians in the United States
Truesdell, L.. B. Canadian born in the United
States. (O '43)
Canal town. Adams, S. H. (My '44)
Canals, Interoceanlc
Mack, G. Land divided. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Canap6-Vert. Thoby-Marcelin, P., and Marcelin,
P. (Mr '44)
Canby family
Canby, H. S. Family history. (N '45)
Cancer
Hueper, W. C. Occupational tumors and al-
lied diseases. (Je '43)
Oberling, C. Riddle of cancer. (My '44)
Podolsky, B. War on cancer. (Ap '44)
Candleford Green. Thompson, F. (My '43)
Candlemaking. Klenke, W. W. (D '46)
Candles
Klenke, W. W. Candlemaking. (D '46)
Cane- patch mystery. Cunningham, A. B. (O
Cane sugar handbook. Spencer, G. L., and
Meade, G. P. (S '45)
Caniff, Milton Arthur
Adams, J, P. Milton Caniff. (S '46)
Canned, Mrs Kathleen Bfggar (Eaton)
Canneil, K. B. B. Jam yesterday. (N '45)
Cannery row. Steinbeck, J. (Mr '46)
Canning, Elizabeth
De La Torre-Bueno, L. Elizabeth is missing.
(Je '45)
Canning and preserving
Duncan, A. O. Pood processing. (8 '43)
Pierce, A. L., ed. Home canning for victory.
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
Taylor, D. M. Complete book of home can-
ning. (8 '43)
Williams, M. J. Home canning made easy*
(Ag '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
975
Cannon, Walter Bradford
Cannon, W. B. Way of an investigator. (8
Canol. Hixon, A. T. (S '46)
Canon Brett. Wilson, M. B. (Mr '42)
Canton captain. Connolly, J. B. (Mr '42)
Canvas sky. Liebovitz, D. (My '46)
Canyon of no sunset. Tungren, A. (Je '42)
Canyon passage. Haycox, E. (Ap '46)
Capacitors. Brotherton, M. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Cape Breton island
Dennis, C. Cape Breton over. (D '43)
Cape Breton over. Dennis, C. (D '43)
Cape Cod
Crosby, K. Blue-water men and other Cape
Codders. (S '46)
Nathan, R. Journal for Josephine. (Mr '43)
Tarbell, A. W. I retire to Cape Cod. (N '44)
Caplstran, Saint John. See Giovanni da Capis-
trano, Saint
Capital
Hayek, F. A. von. Pure theory of capital.
(My '42)
Capital levy
Elfenbein, H. Socialism from where we are.
(Ap '46)
Capitalism
Ballinger, W. J. By vote of the people. (D
•46)
Belloc, H. Servile state. (D '46)
Johnston, B. A. America unlimited. (My '44)
Marx, W. J. Twilight of capitalism and the
war. (Ap '43)
Raudenbush, D. W. Democratic capitalism.
(S '46)
Rochester, A. Capitalism and progress. (N
'45)
Schumpeter, J. A. Capitalism, socialism, and
democracy. (Ap '43)
Sweezy, P. M. Theory of capitalist develop-
ment. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Capitalism and progress. Rochester, A. (N '45)
Capital ism and slavery. Williams. E. (Ap *45)
Capitalism, socialism and democracy. Schum-
peter. J. A. (Ap '43)
Gappy can. Norton, G. K. (Ag '46)
Capricornia. Herbert. X. (Je '43)
Captain Boycott. Rooney, P. (O *46)
Cap'n Dow and the hole in the doughnut. Hen-
derson, Le G. (N '46)
Captain Ebony. Cochran, H. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Captain from Castile. Shellabarger. S. (Mr '45)
Captain Grant. Seifert, S. (Je '46)
Captain Joe and the Eskimo. Adams, V. M.
(D '43)
Captain John Smith. Holberg, R L,. (D '46)
Captain Millett's island. Burt. K. N. (S '44)
Captain of St Margaret's. Molnar, F. (Ap §45)
Captain of the Andes. Harrison, M. H. (My '43)
Captainf Peggy of the Mamie L. Dickson, H.
Captain Pottle's house. Cooney, B. (D '43)
Captain Retread. Hough, D. (Je '44)
Captain wears a cross. Maguire, W. A. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Captain's house. Eng title of: Winds of desire.
Edginton. M. (S '46)
Captain's wife. Lewis. E. (N '43)
Captured. Myers, B. (Mr *42)
Caravan. Smith, E. F. (S *43)
Carbery, Mary (Toulmln) Evans-Freke, lady
Carbery. M. T. E-F. Happy world. (My '42)
Carbon
Mantel!, C. L. Industrial carbon. (N *46)
Carburetors
Thorner, R. H. Aircraft carburetion. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Cardinal of Spain. Harcourt-Smith, S. (Je '44)
Cards
Adams, D. Fun with cards. (S '43)
MacDougall, M. Danger in the cards. (Ap '44)
Morehead, A. H. Modern Hoyle. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Ostrow, A. A. Complete card player. (Ap '46)
Care and feeding of children. Holt. L. E. (S
Care and feeding of friends. Tracy, M. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Care and handling of cats. Bryant, D. (N '44)
Care and repair of buildings and equipment.
Mezerik, A. G. (Ag '44)
Care and use of hand tools. Toliver, R. R.
(Je '45)
Care for your kitten. Atkinson, M. F. (S '46)
Career guide. Brooke, E. E., and Roos, M. M.
B. (S '43)
Career of Victor Hugo. Grant, E. M. (S '46)
Career opportunities. Schnapper, M. B. (D '46)
Career women of America. (My '42)
Careers for girls in science and engineering.
Steele, E. M. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Careers for the home economist. Maule, F. (My
'43)
Careers for women in banking and finance.
Campbell, D. E. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Careers for women in real estate and in life
insurance. Smedley, D. O., and Robinson, L..
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Careers in business for women. Smedley, D. O.,
and Robinson. L. (Ag '45)
Careers in commercial art. Biegeleisen, J. I.
(Je »44)
Careers in personnel work. Smythe, D. M.
(Je '46)
Careers in public relations. Broughton, A. (Je
*43)
Careers in retailing for young women. McFar-
ren, D. (My '43)
Careers in science. Pollack, P. (Ag '46)
Careers in social service. Steele, E. M., and
Blatt, H. K. (Je *46)
Careers in the making. Logie, I. M. R., ed.
(S '43)
Careers in the steel industry. Leyson, B. W.
(Ag '45)
Carey Brown. Mclntire, M. P. (Je '42)
Cargo deadweight distribution. Heuvelmans,
M. (Je '46)
Caribbean conspiracy. Conrad, B. (O '42)
Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-
1920. Callcott, W. H. (Ap '43)
Caribbean sea
Arcimegas, G. Caribbean: sea of the New
World. (Ag '46)
Callcott, W. H. Caribbean policy of the
United States, 1890-1920. (Ap '43)
Orr, F. Freighter holiday. (S '42)
Caribbean: sea of the New World. Arciniegas,
G. (Ag '46)
Caricatures and cartoons
Addams, C. Drawn and quartered. (D '42)
Arno, P. Cartoon revue. (Ap '42)
Arno, P. Man in the shower. (N '44)
Brown, H. It's a cinch, Private Finch! (Ap
Coe. R. Little scouts in action. (Ja *45) (1944
Annual)
Craven. T., ed. Cartoon cavalcade. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dahl, P. W. Dahl's Boston. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Dahl, P. W. What! more Dahl? (F *45) (1944
Annual)
Darrow, W. You're sitting on my eyelashes.
(N '43)
Daumier. H. V. HonorS Daumier. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Day, R. All out for the sack race! (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Dean. A. It's a long way to heaven. (Mr '46)
Epstein, A. How to draw animated cartoons.
(My '46)
Fisher, L. Cartooning for fun and profit. (D
Gard, A. More ballet laughs. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Goldberg, R. L. Plan for the post-war world.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Herriman, G. Krazy Kat. (D '46)
Hoft, S. Feeling no pain. (D '44)
Johnson. C. Barnaby. (N '43)
Klingender, F. D., ed. Hogarth and English
caricature. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Lariar. L., ed. Best cartoons of the year
Lariar, L... ed. Best cartoons of the year.
1945, (D '45)
Lariar, L., ed. Best cartoons of the year. 1946.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Leisk, D. J. Bamaby and Mr O'Malley. (O
Low. D. Years of wrath. (O *46)
Nevins, A., and Weitenkampf, F. Century of
political cartoons. (My '44)
New Yorker (periodical). War album. (D
Osborn, R. C. War is no damn good! (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Partch, V. F. It's hot in here. (Ag '44)
Partch, V. F. Water on the brain. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
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Caricatures and cartoons — Continued
Petty, M. This Petty pace. (D '45)
Price, G. Is it anyone we know? (D '44)
Price, G. It's smart to be people. (Ap '43)
Rea, G. Gardner Rea's sideshow. (D '45 )
Rea, G. Gentleman says it's pixies. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Key her, R., ed. Stork run. (A* '44)
Reynolds, L. I feel like a cad. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual )
Richter, M. This one's on me. (N '46)
Rose, C. One dozen roses. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Saturday evening post (periodical). Funny
business. (N '45)
Saturday evening post (periodical). Laugh it
off. (N '44)
Sheridan, M. Comics and their creators. (Ag
'42)
Steig, W. All embarrassed. (S '44)
Steig. W. Lonely ones. (Ap '43)
Steig. W. Persistent faces. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Steig. W. Small fry. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Stein, R. What am I laughing at? (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Steinberg, S. All in line. (Ag '45)
Taylor, R. D. Better Taylors. (D '44)
Thurber, J. Men, women and dogs. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Webster. H. T. To hell with fishing. (My
Webster, H. T. Webster unabridged. (P '46)
(1945 Annual)
Williams, G., ed. I meet such people! (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Williams, G., ed. It's a funny world. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Williams, J. R. Bom thirty years too soon.
(D '46)
Williams, J. R. Kids out our way. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Williams, J. R. Out our way. (N '43)
Williams, J. R. Why mothers get gray. (Ag
'46)
Yashima. T. New sun. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Carl. MSlancon. A. (D '44)
Carlisle, Mrs Kathleen (Smith)
Carlisle. K. S. Rampant refugee. (Mr '46)
Carlos llr king of Spain
Fiction
Hunt, F. Royal twilight. (N '46)
Carlota. American empress. Barnes, N. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Carlotta, consort of Maximilian, emperor of
Mexico. See Charlotte, consort of Maxi-
milian
Carlyle, Thomas
Bentley, E. R. Century of hero-worship. (N
Carmelite and poet. George, R. B. G. (Je '44)
Carmen Jones. Hammerstein. O. (Mr '45)
Carnegie corporation and college libraries. Bar-
cus, T. R. (Ag '44)
Carnegie foundation for the advancement of
teaching
Flexner, A. Henry S. Pritchett. (My '44)
Carol Brant. Varga. M. (N *45)
Carol on Broadway. Boy Is ton, H. D. (S *44)
Carol on tour. Boylston, H. D. (D '46)
Carol plays summer stock. Boylston, H. D.
(N '42)
Carolina caravan. Govan, C. N. (My *42)
Carolina playmakera, Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina
Henderson, A., ed. Pioneering a people's the-
atre. (Ag '46)
Carols
Bertail, I., ed. Child's book of Christmas
carols. (D '42)
Bozyan, H. F., and Lovett, S.. eds. Yale carol
book. (Ap '45)
Pauli, H. E. Silent night. (D '43)
Rey, H. A. We three kings. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Wheeler, O. Sing for Christmas. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Caroni gold. Dennlson, L. R. (Ag '43)
Carousel. Hammerstein, O. (Ag '46)
Carpentry
Burbank, N. L. Carpentry and joinery work.
(Je 43)
Rothman, M. Build it yourself! (Je '43)
Carpentry and Joinery work. Burbank, N. L.
(Je '43)
Carrier combat. Mears. F. (Mr '44)
Carrier war. Jensen, O. O. (Ap '45)
Smitn, B. H. Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Carroll, Lewis, pseud (Charles Lutwldge Dodg-
son)
Lennon, F. B. Victoria through the looking-
glass. (Ap '45)
Carrot seed. Krauss. R. (Ag '45)
Carry me back. Williams, R. Y. (N '42)
Carson, Christopher
Juvenile literature
Garst, D. S. Kit Carson, trail blazer and
scout. (Je '42)
Stevenson. A. Kit Carson, boy trapper. (D
'45)
Cartel policy for the United nations. Edwards,
C. D., ed. (Ap '46)
Cartels. See Trusts, Industrial
Cartels. Berge, W. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Carthage college, Carthage, Illinois
Spielman, W. C. Diamond jubilee history of
Carthage college. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Carthaginian peace. Mantoux, E. (N '46)
Cartography
Church, B. F. Elements of aerial photogram-
metry. (N '44)
Flexner, W. W., and Walker, G. L. Military
and naval maps and grids. (Je '43)
Sharp, H. O. Photogrammetry. (S '43)
Smith, H. T. U. Aerial photographs and
their applications. (O '43)
Cartoon cavalcade. Craven, T., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Cartoon revue. Arno. P. (Ap '42)
Cartooning for fun and profit. Fisher, L. (D '45)
Caruso, Enrico *
Caruso, D. P. B. Enrico Caruso, his life and
death. (Je '45)
Carver, George Washington
Holt, M. V. S. George Washington Carver.
(My '43)
Juvenile literature
Graham. S., and Lipscomb, G. D. Dr George
Washington Carver. (Je '44)
Stevenson, A. George Carver, boy scientist.
(D '44)
Gary Fordyce. Hauck, L. P. (S '43)
Casanova de Seingalt, Qiacomo Qirolamo
Fiction
Aldington, R. Romance of Casanova. (S '46)
Cascade range
Oawe, R. O. and V. Last mountains. (N '45)
Casco. Adshead, G. L. (Je '43)
Case against the admirals. Hule, W. B. (My '46)
Case against the Nazi war criminals. Jackson,
R. H. (Ap '46)
Case book of Jimmy Lavender. Starrett, V. (S
Case for Christianity. Lewis, C. S. (O '43)
Oase for equity. Hill, K. (N '45)
Case for examinations. Brereton, J. L. (Je '44)
Case for Mrs Surratt. Campbell, H. J. (N '43)
Case of Caroline Animus. Lefflngwell, A. (N '46)
Case of the absent-minded professor. Stein,
A. M. (Ap '43)
Case of the backward mule. Gardner, E. S.
(O '46)
Case of the black-eyed blonde. Gardner, E. S.
(D '44)
Case of the borrowed brunette. Gardner, E. S.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Case of the buried clock. Gardner, E. S. (Je
'43)
Case of the careless kitten. Gardner, E. S. (O
'42)
Case of the copy-hook killing. Howes, R. (S
Case of the crooked candle. Gardner, E. 3. (Je
'44)
Case of the dowager's etchings. King, R. (Je
44)
Case of the drowning duck. Gardner, E. 8.
(Je '42)
Case of the drowsy mosquito. Gardner, E. S.
(O '43)
Case of the eighteenth ostrich. Curzon, C. (Ap
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
977
Case of the foster father. Perdue, V. (O '42)
•Case of the giant-killer. Branson, H. C. (Ap
'44)
Case of the gilded fly. Eng title of: Obsequies
at Oxford. Montgomery, R. B. (Ap '46)
Case of t the golddigger's purse. Gardner, E. S.
Case of the half -wakened wife. Gardner, E. S.
(N '45)
Case of the malevolent twin. Eby, L»., and
Fleming, J. C. (Mr '46)
Case of the perfumed mouse. Du Bois, T. M.
(O '44)
Case of the seven sneezes. White, W. A. P.
(Je '42)
Case of the shivering chorus girls. Phillips,
J. A. (Je *42)
Case of the smoking chimney. Gardner, E. S.
(Mr '43)
Case of the Tea- Cosy's aunt. Eng title of:
Death in the blackout. Malleson, L. B.
(Ag '43)
Case of the vanishing women. Archer, R. (O
•42)
Case of the weird sisters. Armstrong, C. (Mr
'43)
Casey, Robert Joseph
Casey, R. J. Such Interesting people. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Casey Jones and locomotive no. 638. Shapiro, I.
(Je '44)
Cash registers
Marcosson, I. F. Wherever men trade. (Je
'46)
Cass Timberlane. Lewis, S. (N '45)
Cassatt, Mary
Cassatt, M. Mary Cassatt, by Margaret
Breuning. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Castle of adventure. Blyton. E. (N '46)
Castle on the hill. Goudge. E. (Je '42)
Castlemon. Harry, pseud (Charles Austin
Fosdick)
Bibliography
Blanck, J.t comp. Harry Castlemon, boys'
own author. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Castor oil and quinine. Vandegrift, G. W. (N
Casualty. Lowry, R. J. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Cat and mouse. Goldthwaite, E. K. (D *46)
Cat club. Averill, E. (My '44)
Cat in the convoy. Schofleld, W. G. (S '46)
Cat next door. Shepard, B. (N '43)
Cat that walked a week. DeJong, M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Cat wears a noose. Hltchens, D. B. (My '44)
Catalog of reprints in series, 1941. Orton. R. M.,
comp. (N '42)
Cataloging
Akers, S. G. Simple library cataloging. (N
Mann, M. Introduction to cataloging and the
classification of books. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
New York (city). Public library. Style manual
for preparation of catalogue copy. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Rider, F. Scholar and the future of the re-
search library. (O '44)
Law
Basset, E. Cataloging manual for law libra-
ries. (Ap '43)
Maps
Boggs, S. W., and Lewis, D. C. Classifica-
tion and cataloging of maps and atlases.
(Mr '46)
Cataloging manual for law libraries. Basset, E.
(Ap '13)
Catalogs, Library
Michigan. University. William L. Clemens
library of American history. Guide to the
manuscript collections in the Library, by
Howard H. Peckham. (Ap '43)
Catalogs, Union
Downs. R. B., ed. Union catalogs in the
United States. (Ag '43)
Catalysis
Bell, R. P. Acid-base catalysis. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Lohse, H. W. Catalytic chemistry. (Mr *46)
Catalyst. Reed. T. (D »i2) l
Catalytic chemistry. Lohse, H. W. (Mr *4«)
Catch a falling star. Robinson, G. (O '42)
Catherine I* empress of Russia
Stong. P. D. Marta of Muscovy. (S '45)
Cathode ray tubes
Puckle, O. 8. Time bases. (Je '44)
Cathode rays
Bly. M. C. Guide to cathode ray patterns.
(Ag '43)
Catholic Apostolic church
Shaw, P. E. Catholic apostolic church. (D
'46)
Catholic art and culture. Watkin, E. I. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Catholic foreign mission society of America,
Incorporated, Maryknoll, New York
Considine, J. J. March into tomorrow. CS '42)
Keller, J. G., and Berger, M. Men of Mary-
knoll. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Catholic looks at the world. McMahon. F. E.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Catholic movement in the American Episco-
pal church. DeMille, G. E. (Ap '42)
Catholic pattern. Woodlock, T. F. (Ag '42)
Catholic philosophy of education. Redden, J. D.,
and Ryan, F. A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Catholic revival in England. O'Connor, J. J.
Catholic schools of England and Wales. Even-
nett. H. O. (S '45)
Catholic subject headings. Kapsner, O. L., ed.
(S '43)
Cathy. Johnson, S. J. (Je *45)
Cats
Bryant, D. Care and handling of cats. (N '44)
Hickey, J. H., and Beach, P. A. Know your
cat. (Ag *46)
Juvenile literature
Atkinson, M. F. Care for your kitten. (S '46)
Eberle, I. Our oldest friends. lAp '43)
Legends and stories
Averill, E. Cat club. (My '44)
Bacon, F. E. A. Kitty come down. (Je *44)
Bradbury, B. Antique cat. (D '45)
Coyle, K. Josephine. (Je '42)
Little, I. Michael Finnegan. (N '46)
Nesbitt. P. Nicholas Needlefoot. (6 '44)
Newberry, C. T. Pandora. (D '44)
Zistel, E., ed. Golden book of cat stories. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Zistel, E., comp. Treasury of cat stories.
(My '44)
Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Bacon, P. Starting from scratch. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Dennis, M. Dog book. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Newberry, C. T. Pandora. (D '44)
Cat's claw. Kitchens, D. B. (O '43)
Cats don't need coffins. Kitchens, D. B. (S '46)
Cats don't smile. Kitchens, D. B. (Ap '45)
Cats prowl at night. Fair. A. A. (O '43)
Cat's whisker. Bailey, K. C. (D '44)
Catspaw for murder. Kitchens, D. B. (My *43)
Catt, Mrs Carrie (Lane) Chapman
Peck, M. G. Carrie Chapman Catt. (S »44)
Cattle
Prentice, B. P. American dairy cattle. (O
Cattle on a thousand hills. Cleland, R. G. (Je
•42)
Cattle trade
Cook, J. K., and Driggs, H. R. Longhorn
cowboy. (Je '42)
Cauliflower heart. Champagne, M. M. G. (Ap
Causation
Craik, K. J. W. Nature of explanation. (Je
Kelien, K. Society and nature. (Ag '44)
Maclver. R. M. Social causation. (O '42 )
Sorokin, P. A, Soclocultural causality, space.
time. (Ag '44)
Cavalcade of the English novel. Wagenknecht,
E. C. (S *43)
Cavalcade of toys. Freeman, R. S. and G. L.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Cavalryman out of the West. Brimlow, G. P.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Cave drawings. See Rock drawings and paint-
ings
Cavendish laboratory. Wood, A. (Ag '46)
Cayce, Edgar
Sugrue, T. There IB a river. (Ap '43)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Cecily G. and the 9 monkeyg. Rey, H. A.
Celestial homespun. Burton. K. K. (My '43)
Celia's house. Stevenson, D. E. (Ap '43)
Cellini Smith: detective. Reeves, R. (Je '43)
Cells
Abramson, H. A., and others. Electrophoresia
of proteins and the chemistry of cell sur-
faces. (Je '43)
Cellulose
Heuser, B. Chemistry of cellulose. (Je '44)
Ott. B., ed. Cellulose and cellulose deriva-
tives. (Ag '44)
Plunguian, M. Cellulose chemistry. (D '43)
Wise, L. E., ed. Wood chemistry. (N '44)
Cellulose and cellulose derivatives. Ott, B.. ed.
(Ag '44)
Cellulose chemistry. Plunguian, M. (D '43 )
Cement industries
Hadley, B. J. Magic powder. (Je '46)
Cenci. See Shelley, P. B. Stage version of
Shelley's Cenci. (O '45)
Censored, the goat. Stong, P. D. (D '45)
Censorship
Craig, A. Above all liberties. (O '42)
Mock, J. R. Censorship 1917. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Summers, R. E., comp. Wartime censorship
of press and radio. (S '43)
Censorship 1917. Mock, J. R. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Centennial edition. Lanier, S. (N '46)
Centennial summer. Idell, A. B. (S '43)
Center of the web. Roberts, K. (Je '42)
Central America
Wilson, C. M. Middle America. (Je '44)
Antiquities
Morley, S. G. Ancient Maya. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Biography
Lansing, M. F. Liberators and heroes of
Mexico and Central America, (Ap '42)
Description and travel
Clark, S. A. All the best in Central America.
(My '46)
Rothery, A. B. Central American roundabout.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Quinn, V. Picture map geography of Mexico,
Central America and the West Indies. (Je
'43)
Central American roundabout. Rothery, A. B.
(F *46) (1944 Annual)
Central banking functions of the United States
treasury. Taus. B. R. (D '44)
Central -eastern Burope. Roufek, J. S., ed. (S
'46)
Central Europe
Gross, F. Crossroads of two continents. (My
Jordan. P. Central union of Burope. (N '44)
Roucek, J. S., ed. Central-eastern Burope. (S
'46)
Economic conditions
Economic research group. Economic develop-
ment in S.B. Burope. (Ap '46)
Central union of Burope. Jordan, P. (N '44)
Centrifugal pumps. See Pumping machinery
Century of American life insurance, dough, S.
B. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Century of hero-worship. Bentley, B. PL (N
Century of Jewish life. Elbogen. I. (N '44)
Century of Latin-American thought. Crawford,
W. R. (N '44)
Century of political cartoons. Kevins. A., and
Weitenkampf, F. (My '44)
Century of the Catholic essay. Gross, R. H.,
ed. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Century of the common man. Wallace, H. A.
(S *48)
Century with youth. Eddy. G. S. (Je 944)
Ceramic arts. Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk,
L. V. (Je '43)
Certain blind man. Fitch. R. EL (My '44)
Certain Doctor French. Seifert, B. (My '43)
Certain measure. Glasgow, B. A. G. (N '43)
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel d*
Juvenile literature
Newcomb. C. Vagabond in velvet (N »42)
Cezanne, Paul
Loran, B. Cezanne's composition. (Ap '44)
Chagall, Bella (Mrs Marc Chagall)
Chagall, B. Burning lights. (D '46)
Chagall, Marc
Venturi, L. Marc Chagall. (N *45)
Chaikovskll, Petr ll'ich. See Tchaikovski, P. I.
Chaim Weizmann. Weisgal, M. W., ed. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Chain of command. Stavis, B. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Chain of prayer across the ages. Fox, S. F.,
comp. (My '43)
Chaliapln, Feodor Ivanovlch
Juvenile literature
Acker, H. Three boys of old Russia. (Ag
Challenge. Gibson, W. W. (Je '43)
Challenge at Changsha. Hughes, P. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Challenge of Israel's faith. Wright, G. B. (S
Challenge of listening. McKinney, H. D., and
Anderson, W. R. (Je '43)
Challenge of marriage. Drelkurs, R. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Challenge of polio. Berg, R. H. (O '46)
Challenge of Red China. Stein, G. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Challenge of the Greek. Glover. T. R. (S '42)
Challenge of world communism. Fish, H. (O
'46)
Challenge to freedom. Wriston. H. M, (S *43)
Challenge to Marion. Carson, J. M. H. (N '48)
Challenge to musical tradition. Katz, A. T.
(D r45)
Challenged land. De Sherbinin, B. (Mr '46)
Chamber music
, Tovey, D. F. Essays In musical analysis;
chamber music. (Mr '45)
Chambermaid's diary. Eng title of: Diary of a
chambermaid. Mirbeau, O. (O '46)
Chambers'* technical dictionary. (My *45)
Chamorros
Thompson, L. M. Guam and its people. (Ag
•42)
Champion caddy. Renick, M. (Je '43)
Champion of women. Blake, K. D., and Wai-
lace, M. L. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Champlain, Samuel de
Juvenile literature
Tharp, L. H. Champlain, northwest voyager.
Champlain, Lake
Van de Water, F. F. Lake Champlain and
Lake George. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Chancho. Stark. B. S. (D '44)
Chang Hsi and the treaty of Nanking. Chang
Hsi. (D '45)
Change
Einstein, L. D. Historical change. (My '46)
Change of heart. Baldwin, F. (N '44)
Changeable Charlie. Blumenthal, G. (N '42)
Changing Indian. La Farge. O., ed. (O '42)
Changing the curriculum. Miel, A. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Changing your work? White, J. G. (D '46)
Channeling research into education. Ivey, J. B.
(My '&)
Chanticleer's muffled crow. Dean, A. (O '46)
Chaos or peace. Bain, L. B. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Chapin sisters. Rowe, F. (D '45)
Chapman, John
Juvenile literature
Fast, H. M. Tall hunter. (D '42)
Character
Schoen, M. Human nature In the making. (Mr
*46)
Character formation through books. Kircher,
C. J, (My '45)
Characteristics of the American Negro. Kline-
berg, O.. ed. (Ap '")
Characterisation of organic compounds. Mc-
Elvain, S. H. (Ap
Chai
laracter* and el
Carr, W. Know
Blwood, M, Ch
•42)
characteristics
. thyself! (My '45)
Characters make your story. (O
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
979
Characters make your story. Elwood, M. (O
'42)
Charcoal. Coe, L. (Je '46)
Chariot of wrath. Leonov, L. M. (N '46)
Charioteer. Eberle, G. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Charities
France
McCloy, S. T. Government assistance in
eighteenth-century Prance. (S '46)
Great Britain
De Schweinitz, K. England's road to social
security. (O '43)
Illinois
Miles, A. P. Federal aid and public assist-
ance in Illinois. (My '42)
New York (state)
Schneider, D. M., and Deutsch, A. History
of public welfare in New York state, v 2.
(Ap '42)
Pennsylvania
Levy, H. P. Study in public relations. (8
Sweden
Clark, E. H. Swedish unemployment policy—
1914 to 1940. (A* '42)
Myrdal, A. R. Nation and family. (Ap '42)
United States
Abbott, G. From relief to social security.
(Ap '42)
Virginia
James, A. W. State becomes a social worker.
(N »42)
Charity ball. Scott, J. (S '46)
Charity laws and legislation
Abbott, G. From relief to social security.
(Ap *42)
Charity organization
McMillen, W. Community organization for
social welfare. (Ap '46)
Miles, A. P. Federal aid and public assistance
in Illinois. (My '42)
Charity Strong. Allis, M. (N '45)
Charles II, king of England
Fiction
Winsor, K. Forever Amber. (N *44)
Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman empire
Fiction
Zara, L. Against this rock. (O '43)
Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle.
Darwin, C, R. (D '46)
Charles Lamb and his friends. Howe, W. D.
(Ap '44)
Charleston, South Carolina
Historic houses
Ravenel. B. S. Architects of Charleston. (Ag
'46)
Chariot murals in Georgia. Chariot. J. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Charlotte, consort of Maximilian, emperor of
Mexico
Hyde, H. M. Mexican empire. (O '46)
Fiction
Niles, B. R. Passengers to Mexico. (My '43)
Juvenile literature
Barnes, N. Carlota, American empress. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Charlotte and Emily. See Hlnkley, L,. L.
Brontes: Charlotte and Emily. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Charred witness. Coxe, G. H. (N '42)
Charter of the United nations. Goodrich, L.
M., and Hambro, E. (Ag '46)
Chase, Ilka
Chase, I. Past imperfect. (Ap '42)
Chatterduck. Elvers, H. and A. (My '43)
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Chute, M. G. Geoffrey Chaucer of England.
(Ap '46)
Chautauqua, New York
Richmond, R. L, Chautauqua. (Ag '43)
Cheat. Capek, K. (Ag '42)
Cheat the hangman. Ferras, E. (Ag *46)
Checkmate to murder. Rivett. B. C. (O '44)
Chedworth. Sherriff, R. C. (N '44)
Cheeky Chipmunk. Evers, H. and A. (My '46)
Cheerleading and marching bands. Loken, N.,
and Dypwick, O. (Je '46)
Cheers
Loken, N., and Dypwick, O. Cheerleading and
marching bands. (Je '46)
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
Gorky. M. Reminiscences. (S '46)
Chemical aspects of light. Bowen. E. J.
(1943, 1946)
Chemical background for engine research. Burk,
R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds. (N '43)
Chemical constituents of petroleum. Sachanen,
A. N. (D '45)
Chemical crystallography. Bunn, C. W. (N *46)
Chemical dictionary. Campbell, F. H., comp.
(Ap '43)
Chemical dictionary. Hackh. t W. D. (D »44)
Chemical elements
Weeks, M. E. Discovery of the elements. (Ag
•45)
Juvenile literature
Nechaev, I. Chemical elements. (N '42)
Chemical encyclopaedia. Kingzett, C. T. (N '46)
Chemical engineering
Davis, D. S. Chemical engineering nomo-
graphs. (O »44)
Mantell, C. L. Adsorption. (Mr '45)
Pierce, D. E. Chemical engineering for pro-
duction supervision. (My '42)
Robinson, C. S. Recovery of vapors. (D '42)
Shreve, R. N. Chemical process industries.
(Ag *45)
Apparatus and supplies
Riegel. E. R. Chemical machinery. (S '44)
Zimmerman, O. T., and Lavine, I. Chem-
ical engineering laboratory equipment. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Chemical engineering laboratory equipment.
Zimmerman, O. T., and Lavine, I. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Chemical engineering nomographs. Davis, D. 8.
(O '44)
Chemical engineering thermodynamics. Dodge,
B. F. (O '44)
Chemical engineers' manual. Keyes, D. B., and
Deem, A. G. (S '43)
Chemical front. Haynes, W. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Chemical industries
Haynes, W. Southern horizons. (My '46)
Landia, W. 8. Tour servant the molecule.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Shreve, R. N. Chemical process industries.
(Ag '45)
Juvenile literature
Perry. J. Chemical industry. (N '44)
Chemical industry. Perry. J. (N '44)
Chemical machinery. Riegel, E. R. (8 '44)
Chemical plants
Equipment
Hesse, H. C., and Ruahton, J. H. Process
equipment design. (My '45)
Chemical process industries. Shreve, R. N. (Ag
*45)
Chemical process principles; pt. 1. Material
and energy balances. Hougen, O. A., and
Watson, K. M. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Chemical reactions
Jacobson, C. A., ed. Encyclopedia of chemical
reactions. (Je '46)
Organic reactions. v2. (O '44)
Pease, R. N. Equilibrium and kinetics of
gas reactions. (D '42)
Steacie, E. W. R. Atomic and free radical
reactions. (N '46)
Chemical refining of petroleum. Kalichevsky.
V. A., and Stagner, B. A. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Chemical solutions. Welcher, F. J. (S '42)
Chemical tests and reagents
Hopkin & Williams. . ltd., London. Organic
reagents for organic analysis. (N '46)
Rosin, J. Reagent chemicals and standards.
(D '46)
Von Stein. P. Organic reagents in inorganic
analysis. (D '42)
Welcher, F. J. Chemical solutions. (S '42)
Toe, J. H., and Sarver. L,. A. Organic
analytical reagents. (Ag '42)
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Chemical warfare
Bebie, J. Manual of explosives, military pyro-
technics, and chemical warfare agents. (Je
Haynes, W. Chemical front. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Hessel. P. A., and others. Chemistry in war-
fare. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Waitt, A. H. Gas warfare. (O '42)
Chemicals
Badger, W. L.., and Baker, E. M. Inorganic
chemical technology. (Ap '42)
Gregory, T. C., ed. Uses and applications of
chemicals and related materials. v2. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Chemistry
Brinkley, S. R. Introductory general chem-
istry. (Ag '45)
Clancey, V. J. St C. Chemistry and the
aeroplane. (Ag '44)
Deming. H. G. General chemistry. (Je '44)
Landis, W. S. Your servant the molecule. (Ag
•45) (1944 Annual)
Morgan, A. P. Getting acquainted with chem-
istry. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Offner, M. M. Fundamentals of chemistry and
their applications in modern life. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Snell. C. T. and P. D. Chemistry made easy.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Timm, J. A. General chemistry. (D *44)
Twiss, S. B.. ed. Advancing fronts in
chemistry; v 1, High polymers. (Ap '46)
Wendt, G. Chemistry. (Je *42)
Young, C. B. P. Chemistry for electroplaters.
(O U5)
Dictionaries
Campbell. P. H., comp. Chemical dictionary.
(Ap '43)
Condensed chemical dictionary. (Ag '42)
Hackh. I. W. D. Chemical dictionary. (D '44)
Heilbron, I. M.. and Bunbury, H. M., eds.
Dictionary of organic compounds. (Ag '45)
Kingzett, C. T. Chemical encyclopaedia. (N
'46)
History
Berry, A. J. Modern chemistry. (S '46)
Juvenile literature
Freeman. M. B. and I. M. Fun with chem-
istry. (D '44)
Horning, J. L»., and McGinnis, G. C. Open
door to chemistry. (My '46)
Tables, etc.
Keyes, D. B., and Deem, A. G. Chemical en-
gineers' manual. (S '43)
Chemistry, Analytic
Benedetti-Pichler, A. A. Introduction to the
microtechnique of inorganic analysis. (D
'42)
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds. Major
instruments of science and their applica-
tions to chemistry. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
Dobbins, J. T. Semi-micro qualitative analy-
sis. (D '43)
Glbb, T. R. P. Optical methods of chemical
analysis. (Ap '43)
Jacobs, M. B. Analytical chemistry of in-
dustrial poisons, hazards and solvents. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Qualitative
McElvain, S. M. Characterization of organic
compounds. (Ap '46)
Schneider, P. I>. Qualitative organic micro-
analysis. (O '46)
Von Stein, P. Organic reagents in inorganic
analysis. (D '42)
Quantitative
Arenson, S. B., and Rieveschl, G. Introduc-
tion to quantitative analysis. (Mr '45)
Booth, H. S., and Damerell. V. R. Quanti-
tative analysis. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Kolthoff. l M., an* San dell, E. B. Textbook
of quantitative Inorganic analysis. (Je '44)
Smith, O?'1C, and Sheerar. t,. F. Quantitative
chemical method* tor engineering students.
Snell, P. D., and Biff en. P. M. Commercial
methods of analysis. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Trlebold, H. O. Quantitative analysis, with
applications to agricultural and food prod-
ucts. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Willard, H. H., and Diehl, H. Advanced
quantitative analysis. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Willard, H. H., and others. Short course in
quantitative analysis. (O '44)
Chemistry, Inorganic
Badger, W. L... and Baker, E. M. Inorganic
chemical technology. (Ap '42)
Benedetti-Pichler, A. A. Introduction to the
microtechnique of inorganic analysis. (D
Ephraim, F. Inorganic chemistry. (Ag '44)
Jacobson, C. A., ed. Encyclopedia of chem-
ical reactions. (Je '46)
Kolthoff, I. M., and Sandell, E. B. Textbook
of quantitative inorganic analysis. (Je '44)
Sneed, M. C., and Maynard, J. L,. General
inorganic chemistry. (S '43)
Von Stein, P. Organic reagents in inorganic
analysis. (D '42)
Yost, D. M., and Russell, H. Systematic
inorganic chemistry of the flfth-and-sixth-
group nonmetallic elements. (N '44)
Chemistry, Medical and pharmaceutical
Allport, N. L.. Chemistry and pharmacy of
vegetable drugs. (Je '45)
Jenkins, G. I*, and Hartung, W. H. Chem-
istry of organic medicinal products. (Je '44)
Chemistry, Organic
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds.
Chemistry of large molecules. (D '43)
Caldwell, W. T. Organic chemistry. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Degering, E. P., and others. Fundamental or-
ganic chemistry. (Je '43)
Fieser. L. F. and M. A. P. Organic chem-
istry. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Fuson, R. C., and Snyder, H. R. Organic
chemistry. (Je '43)
Oilman, H., and others, eds. Organic chem-
istry. (Ag '43)
Hopkin & Williams, » ltd., London. Organic
reagents for organic analysis. (N '46)
Jenkins, G. L., and Hartung, W. H. Chem-
istry of organic medicinal products. (Je '44)
McElvain, S. M. Characterization of organic
compounds. (Ap '46)
Macy, R. Organic chemistry simplified. (N
Organic reactions, v2. (O '44)
Remick, A. E. Electronic interpretations of
organic chemistry. (D '43)
Schneider, F. L. Qualitative organic micro-
analysis. (O '46)
Thomas, C. A. Anhydrous aluminum chlo-
ride in organic chemistry. (Je '42)
Weissberger. A., ed. Physical methods of
organic chemistry, 2v. (Mr '46)
Wertheim. E. Textbook of organic chemistry.
(D '45)
Weygand, C. Organic preparations. (My '46)
Wheland, G. W. Theory of resonance and its
application to organic chemistry. (Mr '45)
Yoe, J. H., and Sarver. L,. A. Organic
analytical reagents. (Ag '42 )
Dictionaries
Heilbron, I. M., and Bunbury, H. M., eds.
Dictionary of organic compounds. (Ag '45)
Synthesis
Dreher, E. Chemistry of synthetic sub-
stances. (Je '44)
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Amsden, J. P. Physical chemistry for pre-
medical students. (S '46)
Berry, A. J. Modern chemistry. (S '46)
Bull, H. B. Physical biochemistry. (Ap '44)
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds.
Chemistry of large molecules. (D '43)
Eyring, H.. and others. Quantum chemistry.
(Je *44)
Get man, P. H. Outlines of physical chemis-
try. (D '43)
Glasstone, S. Elements of physical chemis-
try. (Ag '46)
Glasstone, S. Textbook of physical chemistry.
(N '46)
Gucker, P. T., and Meldrum, W. B. Physical
chemistry. (D *42)
Luder, W. P., and Zuffanti, S. Electronic
theory of acids and bases. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual )
Margenau, H., and Murphy, G. M. Mathe-
matics of physics and chemistry. (O '43)
Millard, E. B. Physical chemistry for col-
leges. (D '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
981
Palmer, W. G. Experimental physical chem-
istry. (O '42)
Prutton, C. F,, and Maron, S. H. Funda-
mental principles of physical chemistry.
(Mr '45)
Randall, M., and Young, L. E. Elementary
physical chemistry. (Ag '43)
Weissberger, A., ed. Physical methods of
organic chemistry. 2v. (Mr '46)
Wheland, Q. W. Theory of resonance and
its application to organic chemistry. (Mr
'45)
Chemistry, Technical
Badger, W. L., and Baker, E. M. Inorganic
chemical technology. (Ap '42)
Carlisle, N. V. Your career in chemistry. (Je
'43)
Dutton. W. S. Du Pont. (S '42)
Frier, W. T., and Holler, A. C. Introduction
to industrial chemistry. (Ap *46)
Haynes, W. Chemical front. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Haynes, W. This chemical age. (Ap '42)
Hougen, O. A., and Watson, K. M. Chemical
process principles; pt. 1, Material and
energy balances. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
International society of leather trades' chem-
ists. British section. Emulsion technology.
(Ag '44)
Landis, W. S. Your servant the molecule. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Leighou, R. B. Chemistry of engineering ma-
terials. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lewis, W. K., and others. Industrial chem-
istry of colloidal and amorphous materials.
(S '42)
Offner, M. M. Fundamentals of chemistry and
their applications in modern life. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Read, W. T. Industrial chemistry. (Ap '44)
Riegel, E. R. Industrial chemistry. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Schoengold, M. D., ed. Encyclopedia of sub-
stitutes and synthetics. (O '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Snell, F. D., and Biff en, F. M. Commercial
methods of analysis. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Stokley, J. Science remakes our world. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Young, C. B. F., and Coons, K. W. Surface
active agents. (My *46)
Zimmerman, O. T., and Lavine, I. Industrial
research service's handbook of material
trade names. (N '46)
Dictionaries
Gregory, T. C., ed. Uses and applications of
chemicals and related materials, v2. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Tables, etc.
Lange. N. A., and Forker. O. M., eds. Hand-
book of chemistry. (Aer '44)
Chemistry and industry of starch. Kerr, R. W.
E., ed. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Chemistry and methods of enzymes. Sumner.
J. B., and Somers. G. F. (Je '44)
Chemistry and pharmacy of vegetable drugs.
Allport, N. L. (Je '45)
Chemistry and physiology of the vitamins.
Rosenberg, H. R. (D '42)
Chemistry and technology of food and food
products v 1. Jacobs, M. B., ed. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Chemistry and technology of food and food
products v 2. Jacobs, M. B., ed. (My '45)
Chemistry and the aeroplane. Clancey, V. J.
St C. (Ag '44)
Chemistry as a profession
Coith. H. S. So you want to be a chemist?
(O '43)
Chemistry for electroplatera. Young, C. B. F.
(O '45)
Chemistry in warfare. Hessel, F. A., and others.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Chemistry made easy. Snell. C. T. and F. D.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Chemistry of acetylene. Nieuwland, J. A., and
Vogt, R. R. (S '45)
Chemistry of cellulose. Heuser, E. (Je *44)
Chemistry of coal utilization, 2v. National re*
search council. Committee on chemical util-
ization of coal. (O '45)
Chemistry of engineering materials. Leighou, R.
B. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Chemistry of food and nutrition. Sherman, H.
C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds. Morton,
A. A. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Chemistry of insecticides and fungicides. Frear,
D. B. H. (Je '43)
Chemistry of large molecules. Burk, R. E., and
Grummitt. O. J., eds. (D '43)
Chemistry of leather manufacture. McLaughlin,
G. D., and Thels, E. R. (D '45)
Chemistry of natural coloring matters. Mayer,
F. (Ag '43)
Chemistry of organic medicinal products. Jen-
kins, G. L*., and Hartung, W. H. (Je '44)
Chemistry of powder and explosives, v 2. Davis,
T. L. (Ag '43)
Chemistry or synthetic substances. Dreher, E.
(Je '44)
Chemistry of the aliphatic orthoesters. Post, H.
W. (N '43)
Chemists
Nechaev, I. Chemical elements. (N '42)
Weeks, M. E. Discovery of the elements, (Ag
'45)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Eisenschiml, O. Without fame. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Chemotherapy
Dubos, R. J. Bacterial cell in its relation to
problems of virulence, immunity and
chemotherapy. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Galdston, L Behind the sulfa drugs. (My '43)
Chemurgy
Haynes, W. Southern horizons. (My '46)
Chennault, Claire Lee
Ayling, K. Old Leather face of the Flying
Tigers. (S '45)
Hotz, R. B. With General Chennault. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Cherokee Indians
Starkey, M. L. Cherokee nation. (D §46)
Cherokee nation. Starkey, M. L. (D '46)
Cherokee strip. James, M. (O '45)
Cherry harvest. Clements. E. H. (My '44)
Cherrystones. Farjeon, E. (O *44)
Chess
Chernev, I., and Harkness, K. Invitation to
chess. (Je '45)
Cordingly, E. G. R. Next move is. . . (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Du Mont, J. 200 miniature games of chess.
(Ag '42)
Howard, K. S. How to solve chess problems.
(My '46)
Keres. P. Best games of chess, 1931-1940.
(Ag '42)
Morley, F. V. My one contribution to chess.
(Ap '46)
Wellmuth. F. J., comp. Golden treasury of
chess. (S '43)
Chest
Diseases
Hilleboe, H. E., and Morgan, R. H. Mass
radiography of the chest. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Ward, M. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. (N *43)
Chevigny, Hector
Chevigny, H. My eyes have a cold nose.
(D '46)
Cheyenne Indians
Llewellyn, K. N., and Hoebel, E. A. Cheyenne
way. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Cheyenne way. Llewellyn, K. N., and Hoebel,
E. A. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Chia and the lambs. Phelps, M. (S '44)
Chiang, Kai-shek
Chang, H. H. Chiang Kai-shek. (S '44)
Clark, E. T. Chiangs of China. (O '43)
Leonard, R. I flew for China. (D '42)
Chiang, Mel-ling (Sung) (Mme Chiang Kai-
shek)
Clark, E. T. Chiangs of China. (O '43)
Hull. H. R. Mavling Soong Chiang. (N '43)
Nicoiay, H. China's first lady. (Je U4)
Chiangs of China. Clark, E. T. (O '43)
Chiasmus in the New Testament. Lund, N. W.
(S *42)
Chicago
Biography
Poole, B. Giants gone. (Ap '43)
982
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Ch Icago — Continued
Charities
Brown, J. History of public assistance in
Chicago, 1833 to 1893. (My '42)
Fire, 1871
Angle, P. M., ed. Great Chicago flre. (Ja f47)
(1946 Annual)
History
Andrews, W. Battle for Chicago. (D '46)
Hansen, H. The Chicago. (Ja 743) (1942 An-
nual)
Hayes, D. Chicago. (My '44)
Poole, E. Giants gone. (Ap '43)
Politics and government
Wendt, L., and Kogan, H. Lords of the
Levee. (Mr '43)
Chicago. Baseball club (National league)
Brown, W. Chicago Cubs. (N '46)
Chicago blueprint. Balderston, J. L. (N »43)
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
Over ton. R. C. Burlington west. (Ag '42)
Chicago Cubs. Brown, W. (N '46)
Chicago murders. Wright, S. P., ed. (Ag '45)
Chicago. Public library tt^
Spencer. G. Chicago public library. (N '43)
Chicaao river
Hansen, H. The Chicago. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Chicago strike, 1894
Lindsey. A. Pullman strike. (My '43)
Chicago tribune
Kinsley, P. Chicago tribune. (S '43)
Kinsley, P. Chicago tribune. v2. (Ap '46)
Chicken book, Williams, G., 11. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Chicken every Sunday. Taylor. R. (My '43)
Chicken Little, count-to-ten. Priskey, M. R.
(Je '46)
Chicken Braising made easy. Chapman, P. W.
Chico goes to the wars. Ixmgstreet. S. (My '43)
Chico of the Andes. Von Hagen, C. B. (Je '43)
Chief Justice Stone and the Supreme court.
Konefsky, S. J. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Chief modern poets of England and America.
Sanders, G. D., and Nelson, J. H., eds.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Chief patterns of world drama. Clark. W. S.,
ed. (N '46)
Chief Seattle. Anderson. E. G. (S '43)
Child and the emperor. Loewenstein, H. (My
'46)
Child at home and school. Leonard, E. M., and
others. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Child development. Breckenridge, M. E., and
Vincent, E. L. (D '44)
Child development and guidance in rural
schools. Strang, R. M., and Hatcher, O.
L. (O '43)
Child from five to ten. Gesell, A. L., and
others. (O '46)
Child labor
David. P. T. Barriers to youth employment.
Child life in school. Biber. B.. and others. (Mr
Child of Colombia. Wimberly. P. K. (Ap '44)
Child psychology for professional workers. Tea-
garden, F. M. (D *46)
Child study
Allen. F. H. Psychotherapy with children.
(My '43)
American council on education. Commission
on teacher education. Helping teachers
understand children. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Baker, H. J. Introduction to exceptional chil-
dren. (My '44)
Baker, H. V. Children's contributions in ele-
mentary school general discussion. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Baruch, D. W. You, your children, and war.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Biber, B.,' and others. Child life in school.
(Mr '43) ' '
Black, I. S Off to a good start. (N '46)
Blatz. W. E. Understanding the young child.
(Ag '44)
Bos sard. J. H. S., and Boll, E. S. Family
situations. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Bowley, A. H. Guiding the normal child. (O
Breckenridge, M. E.. and Vincent, E. L. Child
development. (D '44)
Bruce, W. F., and Freeman, F. S. Develop-
ment and learning. (Ag '42)
Burlingham, D. T., and Freud, A. Infants
without families. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Carmichael, L., ed. Manual of child psy-
chology. (D '46)
Chittenden, G. E. Living with children. (Mr
Davidson, H. H. Personality and economic
background. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dearborn, W. F., and Rothney. J. W. M.
Predicting the child's development. (O '42)
Fenton, N". Mental hygiene in school practice.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Freud, A., and Burlingham, D. T. War and
children. (S *43)
Gesell, A. L. How a baby grows. (D '45)
Gesell. A. L., and Amatruoa. C. S. Embry-
ology of behavior. (Ap '45)
Gesell, A. L., and others. Child from five to
ten. (O '46)
Gesell, A., and others. Infant and child in the
culture of today. (My »43)
Goodenough. F. L., and Maurer, K. M. Mental
growth of children from two to fourteen
years. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hayes, M. L. Study of the classroom dis-
turbances. (N '43)
Heise, B. Effects of instruction in cooperation
on the attitudes and conduct of children.
(N *42)
Hurlock, B. B. Modern ways with children.
(Ap f44)
Leonard, E. M., and others. Child at home
and school. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Levy, D. M. Maternal overprotection. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Lewis, C. Children of the Cumberland. (N '46)
L*wia, N. D. C., and PaceHa, B. L., eds.
Modern trends in child psychiatry. (O '46)
Luecke, E. L. Factoids related to children's
participation in certain types of home ac-
tivity. (My '42)
Preston, R. C. Children's reactions to a
contemporary war situation. (Je *42)
Pryor, H. B. As the child grows. (Ag '44)
Ribble, M. A. Rights of infants. (Ag '44)
Shoobs, N. B. Corrective treatment for un-
adjusted children. (My '42)
Strain, F. B. Your child, his family and
friends. (S '43)
Street, R. F. Children in a world of conflict.
(My '42)
Tait, J. W. Some aspects of the effect of the
dominant American culture upon children
of Italian-born parents. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Teagarden, F. M. Child psychology for pro-
fessional workers. (D '46)
Washburn, R. W. Children have their
reasons. CS '42)
Zeligs, R. Glimpses into child life. (Ap '43)
Childbirth without fear. Read, G. D. (My '44)
Childcraft. (O '43)
Children
Garrison. C. G.. and Sheehy, E. D. At home
with children. (Je '43)
Care and hygiene
Hathaway. W. P Education and health of
the partially seeing child. (S '44)
Holt, L. E. Care and feeding of children.
(S '43)
Kenyon. J. H. Healthy babies are happy
babies. (S '43)
Lerrigo, M. O. Children can help themselves.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Sauer, L. W. From infancy through child-
hood. (S '42)
Spock, B. M. Common sense book of baby
and child care. (S '46)
Charities, protection, etc.
Burlingham, D. T., and Freud, A. Infants
without families. (F »45) (1944 Annual)
Burroughs, H. E. Boys in men's shoes. (My
Hopkirk, H. W. Institutions serving children.
(N '44)
Kershner, H. E. One humanity. (D '43)
National commission for young children.
Children's centers. (Ap '43)
Zoff. O. They shall inherit the earth. (D '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
983
Diseases
Bauer, W. W. Contagious diseases. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Raney, R. B., and Shands, A. R. Primer on
the prevention of deformity in childhood.
(O '42)
Management
Baruch, D. W. Primer for and about parents:
Parents can be people. (D '44)
Black, I. S. Off to a good start. (N '46)
Bowley, A. H. Guiding the normal child. (O
Bradbury, D. B., and Amidon, B. P. Learn-
ing to care for children. (O '43) JIJB
Chittenden, G. B. Living with children. (Mr
*46)
Dixon, C. M. Keep them human. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Bllenwood. J. L. It runs in the family. (Ag
'42)
Hayes, M. L. Study of the classroom dis-
turbances. (N '43)
Hurlock, B. B. Modern ways with children.
Levy, D. M. Maternal overprotection. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Perry. R. D. Children need adults. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Preston. Q. H. Substance of mental health.
(O '43)
Smart, M. S. and R. C. It's a wise parent.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Strain, P. B. Your child, his family and
friends. (S '43)
Wieman. R. H. W. Does your child obey?
Wini£ R. B., ed. Bncyclopedia of child guid-
ance. (Je '44)
Nutrition
Holt. L. B. Care and feeding of children.
(S '43)
Kugelmass, I. N. Superior children through
modern nutrition. (Je '42)
Monsch, H.t and Harper, M. K. Feeding
babies and their families. (N '43)
Scott, Q. D. Heredity, food, and environment
in the nutrition of infants and children.
(N '42)
Senn, M. J. E., and Newill, P. K. All about
feeding children. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Placing out
Hutchinson, D. C. H. In quest of foster
parents. (S '43)
Children, Abnormal and backward
Abel, T. M., and Kinder, B. P. Subnormal
adolescent girl. (Ap '43)
Allen, P. H. Psychotherapy with children.
(My '43)
Baker, H. J. Introduction to exceptional chil-
dren. (My '44)
Berry, M. Q., and Elsenson, J. Defective
in speech. (Ap '43)
Hathaway, W. P. Education and health of
the partially seeing child. (S '44)
Shoobs, N. B. Corrective treatment for unad-
justed children. (My '42)
Singh. J. A. L., and Zingg, R. M. Wolf-
children and Feral man. (My '43)
Children, Gifted
Baker, H. J. Introduction to exceptional chil-
dren. (My '44)
Hollingworth, L. A. S. Children above 180
I Q, Stanford-Binet. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Children, Wild
Singh. J. A. L., and Zingg, R. M. Wolf-
children and Feral man. (My '43)
Children. Riasanovsky. A. P. P. (My '42)
Children above 180 I Q, Stanford-Binet. Hol-
lingworth, L. A. S. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Children as artists
Cohn, N. Little people In a big country. (My
Children as authors
Books by children
Little pitchers with big ears. (D '42)
Children can help themselves. Lerrigo, M. O.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Children have their reasons. Washburn, R. W.
Children in a world of conflict. Street, R. F.
(My '42)
Children in Australia
Harris, L. G. and W. K. Lost hole of Bin-
goola. (D »42)
Children In Canada
Peck, A. M. Young Canada. (N '43)
Children In China
Buck, P. S. Water-buffalo children. (N '43)
Chin, S. H., and Fowler, V. Two lands lor
Ming. (My '45)
Oakes, V. A. Bamboo gate. (Ag '46)
Children in Iceland
Arason, S. Smoky bay. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Children In literature and art
Burnett. W., ed. Time to be young. (My '45)
Children In North Africa
Stinetorf, L. A. Children of North Africa.
(S '43)
Children in Norway
Undset, S. Happy times in Norway. (D '42)
Children In Russia
Kennell, R. B. That boy Nikolka, (Ag '46)
Children in South Africa
Stinetorf, L. A. Children of South Africa.
(D '45)
Children In South America
Halladay, A. M. Up and down South Amer-
ica. (S '42)
Children in Tennessee ,«-
Lewis, C. Children of the Cumberland. (N
'46)
Children In the Netherlands
Van Stockum, H. Andries. (D '42)
Children in the Philippine islands
Carveth. L. Jungle boy. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Children need adults. Perry. R. D. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Children object. Holbrook, S. (Je '43)
Children of Abraham. Asch. S. (My *42)
Children of light and the children of darkness.
Niebuhr, R. (Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Children of North Africa. Stinetorf, L. A. (S
Children of South Africa. Stinetorf, L. A. (D
Children of the covenant. Scowcroft. R. p. (O
Children of the Cumberland. Lewis, C. (N '46)
Children of the U.S.A., 3v. Cook. M. B., comp.
(Je *46)
Children of yesterday. Valtin, J. (D '46
Children under fire. C., 8. M. (O *43)
Children's centers. National commission for
young children. (Ap '43)
Children's children. Peech. S. D. (N '46)
Children's contributions in elementary school
general discussion. Baker, H. V. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Children's games from many lands. Millen, N.,
comp. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Children's garden. Hill, H., and Maxwell. V.
(Ap '42)
Children's hour. Peirce, W., 11.* (Mr '46)
Children's hymns
Wyckoff, M. M., ed. Child's book of hymns.
(Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Children's inferno. Nakos, L. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Children's interests in library books of fiction.
Rankin, M. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Children's literature (books about)
Duff, A. Bequest of wings. (My '44)
Folmsbee, B. Little history of the horn-
book. (D '42)
Bibliography
American library association. Committee on
library work with children. Right book for
the right child. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Annotated list of books. (Je '43)
Carpenter, H. M. Gateways to American
history. (Ap '43)
Eaton. A. T. Treasure for the taking. (My
46)
Heaps, W. A. Book selection for secondary
school libraries. (O '43 )
Joint committee of the American library
association, National education association
and National council of teachers of Eng-
lish. Basic book collection for elementary
grades. (Ap *44>
Kielv, M. P., comp. New worlds to live. (Je
984
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature— Bibliography — Continued
Kircher, C. J. Character formation through
books. (My '45)
Strang, II. M., and others. Gateways to
readable books. (O '44)
History and criticism
Hazard. P. Books, children and men. (Je
Rankin, M. Children's interests in library
books of fiction. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Children's literature (individual titles)
Acker, H. Three boys of old Russia. (Ag '44)
Adams, H. S. Wonderful year. (N '46)
Adams. V. M. Captain Joe and the Eskimo.
(D '43)
Adelson. L. Blowaway hat. (D '46)
Adelson, L. Who blew that whistle? (N '46)
Adshead, G. L. Casco. (Je '43)
Adshead, G. L. What Miranda knew. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Aesop. Fables. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Afanas'ev, A. N. Russian fairy tales. (D '45)
Ageton, A. A. Mary Jo and little Liu. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Aldis, D. K. Cindy. (Je '42)
Alegria. F. Lautaro. (D '44)
Alexander, F. B. Nancy and Jane. (My '45)
Aiger, L. Dou gal's wish. (O '42)
Alger, L. Golden summer. (Je '42)
AlTee, M. H. The house. (D '44)
Allee, M. H. Smoke jumper. (N '45)
Allee, M. H. Winter's mischief. (O '42)
Allen. A. Dollar a share. (S '43)
Allen, A. Dynamo farm. (Je '42)
Allen, M. P. Green cockade. (D '42)
Allen, M. P. Mudhen. (N '45)
Allen, M. P. Red heritage. (O '46)
Allen, M. P. Sun trail. (O '43)
Allen, M. P. White feather. (O '44)
Alofsin, D. Stream of Jewish life. (My '44)
Alton. M. Rise of Richard, (D '43)
American Girl magazine. Lots of laughs. (O
•42)
Andersen, H. C. Fairy tales; tr. by Jean
Hersholt. (My '44)
Andersen, H. C. Fairy tales; il. by Tasha
Tudor. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Andersen, H. C. Snow queen. (N '42)
Andersen, H. C. Thumbelina. (S '44)
Anderson, C. W. Big Red. (D '43)
Anderson, C. W. Heads up — heels down. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Anderson, C. W. Touch of greatness. (D '45)
Anderson, L. Bag of smoke. (N '42)
Andrews, N. Cowdog. (D '46)
Angelo, V. Hill of little miracles. (O '42)
Angelo. V. Look out yonder. (D '43)
Angelo, V. Rooster club. (D '44)
Arabian nights entertainments. Arabian
nights; collected and ed. by Andrew Lang.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Arabian nights entertainments. Arabian
nights; il. by Oscar Fabres. (F »45) (1944
Annual)
Arason. S. Golden hair. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Arason, S. Smoky bay. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Armneld, C. S. Peter in Sweden. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Aspden, £>. Barney's barges. (D '44)
Atkinson. M. F. Care for your kitten. (S '46)
Atkinson, M. F. How to raise your puppy.
(F '46) (1944 Annual)
Atwater. M. M. Ski patrol. (Ag '43)
Atwell. R. Blue and the Jungle. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Aulaire, I. M. d' and E. P. d'. Don't count
your chicks. (D '43)
Aulaire, I. M. d' and B. P. d'. Pocahontas.
(D '46)
Aulaire, I. M., d' and E. P. Too big. (N '45)
Aulaire, I. M. d' and E. P. d'. Wings for
Per. (D '44X
Austin, M. Eftelll. (Mr '42)
Austin, M. Gabriel Churchkitten. (O '42)
Austin, M. Lutie. (O '44)
Austin, M. Manuel's kite string. (My '43)
Austin, M. Trumpet. (S '43)
Ayerill, K. Adventures of Jack Ninepins. (D
Averill, B. Cat club. (My »44)
Averill, E. Daniel Boone. (Ap '46)
Aviation research associates, incorporated.
Parts of planes. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Avison, G. Uncle Sam's army. (Mr '44)
Avison, G. Uncle Sam's marines. (D '44)
Avison, G. Uncle Sam's navy. (O '44)
:, K. Semper fldelis. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
Ayffng, K. They fly for victory. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bacon, F. E. A. Kitty come down. (Je '44)
Bailard, V., and McKown. H. C. So you were
elected! (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Bailey, B. F. Abe Lincoln's other mother.
(Ap '42)
Bailey, B. F. Youngest WAAC. (O '43)
Bailey, B. F. Youngest WAC overseas. (O
Bailey, C. S. Country-stop. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Bailey, C. S. Miss Hickory. (D '46)
Bailey, C. S. Pioneer art in America. (D '44)
Baity, E. C. Man is a weaver. (Ap '42)
Bakeless, K. L. The birth of a nation's song.
(Ap '42)
Baker, C. Hope Hacienda. (Ag '42)
Baker, C. Necessary Nellie. (D '45)
Baker, E. W. Stocky, boy of west Texas.
(Je '45)
Baker, M. Tinker tailor. (S '42)
Baker, N. B. He wouldn't be king. (Mr '42)
Baker, N. B. Juarez, hero of Mexico. (D '42)
Baker, N. B. Lenin. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Baker, N. B. Peter the Great. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Baker, R. First woman doctor. (My '44)
Baker, R. M. Dr Morton, pioneer in the use
of ether. (My '46)
Balch, G. Indian paint. (N '42)
Bannerman, H. Jumbo Sambo. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Bannon, L. Gregorio and the white llama.
(D '44)
Bannon, L. Red mittens. (My '46)
Barksdale, L. Daring riders. (D '46)
Barksdale, L. First Thanksgiving. (D '42)
Barksdaie, L. Milly and her dogs. (Je '42)
Barksdale, L. That country called Virginia.
(O '45)
Barne, K. In the same boat. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Barne, K. May I keep dogs? (S r42)
Barne, K. Three and a pigeon. (Ap '44)
Barne, K. We'll meet in England. (My '43)
Barnes, N. Carlota, American empress. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Barnett, G. T. and O. E. Mystery at Yogo
creek. (Ap '44)
Barnouw, A. J. Land of William of Orange.
Barr! J. Conrad the clock. (My '45)
Barrett, L. L. Twinkle. (Ag '45)
Barrows, M. Cocky, the little helicopter. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Barrows, M. Let's fly to Bermuda. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Barrows, M. Timothy Tiger. (D '43)
Bart. B. Book of battles. (My '43)
Bartman. M. Yank in Africa. (O '44)
Bartman. M. Yank in France. (S '46)
Bartman, M. Yank in Sicily. (Mr f45)
Barto, E. N. Jack Horner, and Song of six-
pence. (D '43)
Barto. E. N. Piper's son. (O '42)
Baruch, D. W. Four airplanes. (My '42)
Baruch, D. W. Pitter patter. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Battle, F. Jerry goes fishing. (My '43)
Beaty, J. Y. Luther Burbank, plant magi-
cian. (S '43)
Beaty, J. Y. Mountain book. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Beaty, J. Y. Ocean book. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
Bechdolt, J. E. Junior air raid wardens. (D
'42)
Bechdolt, J. E.. and Merwin, D. Dulcie.
(My '43)
Bechdolt, J. E., and Merwin, D. Dulcie and
her donkey. (O '44)
Bechdolt, J. E.. and Merwin, D. Dulcie
sews a sampler. (D '45)
Becker, C. Happy birthday, Judy! (My '42)
Becker, C. Judy goes sailing. (N '43)
Becker, C. Judy's farm visit. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Becker, C. Merry Christmas, Judy! (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
Becker. C. Unlike twins. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Becker, C. Unlike twins and the animals.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Becker, M. L.. ed. Youth replies, I can. (D
'45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
985
Bedier, M. J. Horse for Christmas. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Beebe. C. Bob's bike. (Je '42)
Beebe, C. Christmas—this way! (D '43)
Beebe, C. Pet show. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Beebe, C. Story of Jesus for boys and girls.
(P '46) (1946 Annual)
Beim. J., and Crichlow, E. Twelve o'clock
whistle. (D '46)
Beim, L. L. Triumph clear. (Je '46)
Beim, L. L. and J. Igor's summer. (Je '44)
Beim, L. L. and J. Sash a and the samover.
(N »44)
Beim, L. L., and J. Snow Hill. (My '42)
Beim, L. L. and J. Spotlight for Danny. (My
*43)
Beim. L. L,. and J. Two is a team. (N '45)
Beistle, A. S. I spy. (O '44)
Bell, J. Sunday in the park. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Bell, M. E. Danger on Old Baldy. (O '44)
Bell, M. E. Enemies in Icy strait. (N '45)
Bell, M. E. Pirates of Icy strait. (O '43)
Bell, M. R., and Qeyer, D. M. Young cow-
boys at the Broken Arrow. (S '43)
Belpr4, P. Tiger and the rabbit. (Ap '46)
Bemelmans, L. Rosebud. (D '42)
Bendick, J. Electronics for boys and girls. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Bendick, J. Making the movies. (D '45)
Benjamin, N. G. Make way for a sailor! (Ag
'46)
Benz, F. E. Talking round the earth. (My '42)
Berger, J. Counterspy Jim. (O '46)
Berger, J. Subchaser Jim. (O '43)
Bernhard, J. B. Lullaby; why the pussy-cat
washes himself so often. (S '44)
Bernhard. J. B. Nine cry-baby dolls. (Je '45)
Bernstein, A. P. Martha Washington doll
book. (Mr '46)
Bernstein, A. R. E., and Slocum, R. Time
for swapping. (O '44)
Berry. R. E. Sextant and sails. (Ag '43)
Bertail, I., ed. Child's book of Christmas
carols. (D '42)
Best, A. C. Harvest of the Hudson. (N '45)
Best, A. C. Hearthstone in the wilderness.
(Ag '44)
Best, A. C. Hudson frontier. (N '42)
Best, A. C. There is the land. (D '43)
Best, H. Border Iron. (D '45)
Best, H. Gunsmith's boy. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Bianchi, V. Tale of the fly. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Bianchi, V. Tales of an old Siberian trapper.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bianco, M. W. Bright morning. (N '42)
Bianco, M. W. Forward, Commandos! (N '44)
Bianco, M. W., and Collison, M. Penny and
the white horse. (D '42)
Bible. Whole. Selections. Small rain. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bible. New Testament. Jesus' story. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Bible. New Testament. Story of Jesus. (Ap
Bice, C. Jory's Cove. (Ap '42)
Bird, D. M. Granite harbor. (N '44)
Bischoff, I. Painter's coach. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Bishop, C. H. Augustus. (D '45)
Bishop, C. H. Man who lost his head. (D
'42)
Bishop, K. Chris. (Je '46)
Black, I. S. Barbara's birthday. (D '46)
Black, I. S. This is the bread that Betsy
ate. (D '45)
Blackstock, J. Island on the beam. (Ag '44)
Blackstock, J. Wings for Nikias. (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
Bleecker, M. N., comp. Big music. (Ap '46)
Bloch, M. H. Danny Doffer. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Blough, G. O. Monkey with a notion. (D '46)
Blumenthal, G. Changeable Charlie. (N '42)
Blumenthal, G. Tit for tat Tommy. (N '44)
Blyton, E. Castle of adventure. (N '46)
Boos el, A. S. Singing with Peter and Patsy.
(S '44)
Bogan, S. D. Let the coyotes howl. (Ap '46)
Bohanon, P. Golden Kate. (D '43)
Boh man, N. Jim, Jock and Jumbo. (O '46)
Bonino, L. Cozy little farm. (F »47) (1946
Annual)
Bonner, M. G. Canada and her story. (D '42)
Bonner, M. G. Something always happens.
(D '46)
Bonner, M. G. Surprise plaoe. (N *45)
Bon temps. A. W., and Conroy, J. Fast Sooner
hound. (D '42)
Booth. E. R. Nyanga's two villages. (S *45)
Borden, C. A. Oceania. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Bothwell, J. Little boat boy. (N '45)
Bothwell, J. River boy of Kashmir. (N *46)
Bothwell, J. Thirteenth stone. (Je '46)
Boulter, H. W. India. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Bourgeois, F. Nathan's dark house. (Je '43)
Boutell, C. B. Fat baron. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Bowden, A. O., and others. Day before yester-
day in America. (S '46)
Boylston, H. D. Carol on Broadway. (S '44)
Boy Is ton, H. D. Carol on tour. (D '46)
Boylston, H. D. Carol plays summer stock.
Boyton, N. That Silver fox patrol. (Ja »45)
(1944 Annual)
Bradbury, B. Antique cat. (D '45)
Bradbury, B. Muggins. (S '44)
Bradford, M.. comp. Keep singing, keep hum-
ming. (My '46)
Brandt, H. Doing things. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Brann, E. Book for baby. (N '45)
Brenner, A. The boy who could do anything.
(Ap '42)
Brenner, A. I want to fly. (Ag '44)
Brier, H. M. Sky freighter. (N '42)
Brier, H. M. Skyblazer. (S '46)
Brier, H. M. Swing shift. (Je '43)
Briggs, B. Tobias. (D '46)
Briggs, E. M. Friendly library. (S '42)
Bright, R. Georgie. (O '44)
Bright. R. Travels of Ching. (D '43)
Brill, E. C. Madeleine takes command. (D '46)
Brindze. R. Gulf stream. (Ag '45)
Brink, C. R. Magical melons. (D '44)
Brister, H. Cunning fox. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Britcher. P. Cinder's secret. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Britton, K. What makes it tick? (O '43)
Brock, E. L. Birds' Christmas tree. (D '46)
Brock, E. L. Here comes Kristie. (O '42)
Brock. E. L. Mr. Wren's house. (My '44)
Brock, E. L. Topsy-turvy family. (D '43)
Brock, E. L. Umbrella man. (Ag '45)
Brock, E. L. Uncle Bennie goes visiting. (D
Bromhall, W. Belinda's new shoes. (O '45)
Bronson, W. S. Coyotes. (N '46)
Bronson, W. S. Grasshopper book. (O *43)
Bronson, W. S. Hooker's holiday. (N '44)
Bronson, W. S. Horns and antlers. (My '42)
Bronson, W. S. Stooping Hawk and Stranded
Whale. (O '42)
Bronson, W. S. Turtles. (S '46)
Brooks, W. R. Freddy and Mr Camphor. (N
'44)
Brooks, W. R. Freddy and the perilous ad-
venture. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Brooks, W. R. Freddy and the popinjay.
(D '45)
Brooks, W. R. Freddy, the Pied piper. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Brown, B. C.. and Arbuthnot, H. Story of
England. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Brown, E. Golden Lady. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
Brown, E. Holidays and every days. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Brown, H. M., and Bailey, H. M. Our Latin
American neighbors. (D '44)
Brown, J. P. Friendship magic. (S *45)
Brown, M. Little carousel. (D '46)
Brown, M. W. Black and white. (S '44)
Brown, M. W. Child's good night book. (D
Brown, M. W. Horses. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Brown, M. W. House of a hundred windows.
(Ag *45>
Brown, M. W. Indoor noisy book. (D '42)
Brown, M. W. Little chicken. (Ap '44)
Brown, M. W. Little fisherman. (D '45)
Brown, M. W. Little fur family. (D *46)
Brown, M. W. Little island. (Ja *47) (1946
B™wn. W. Night and day. (N '42)
Brown. M, W. Noisy bird book. (Ap '43)
Brown, M. W. Runaway bunny. (My '42)
Brown. M. W. Shhhhhh ...... bang. (Je '43)
Brown. M. W. They all saw It. (O '44)
Brown. M. W.. and Campbell. R. Willie's walk
to grandmama. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
986
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature — Continued
Brown, P. Hi Guy, the Cinderella horse. (D
'44)
Brown, P. Merry legs, the rocking pony. (Ap
*46)
Brown, P. Swish of the curtain. (O '43)
Brown, R. J. American emperor. (D '46)
Brown, R.pJ. Two children and their jungle
Brown, S. Talking skyscraper. (S '45)
Bruce. M. O. C. K. Sad farm bell. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bryan, C., and Madden, M. B. Cactus fence.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Bryan, C., and Madden, M. B. Pito's house.
(My '43)
Bryant, B. M. Pedie and the twins. (My '43)
Buchanan, R. House of friendship. (S '46)
Buck, P.. and Fraser, p. L. Jungle animals.
(Mr '46)
Buck, P. S. Chinese children next door. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Buck. P. S. Dragon fish. (N '44)
Buck, P. S. Water-buffalo children. (N '43)
Buck, P. S. Tu Lan. flying boy of China.
(D '45)
Buff. M. and C. Dash and Dart. (D '42)
Bugbee, B. Peggy goes overseas. (Mr '46)
Bulla, C. R. Donkey cart. (O »46)
Bullard, M. R. Co-pilot Trott. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Bunce. W. H. Chula, son of the mound build-
ers. (O '42)
mce, W. H.
46)
Bunce,
Dragon prows westward. (N
Bunce, W. H. Horned snake medicine. (N
'45)
Bunce, W. H. War belts of Pontiac. (S '43)
Bunn, H. F. Johann Sebastian Bach. (N '42)
Burbank, A., and Newcomb, C. Narizona's
holiday. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Burch. G. Famous violinists for young people.
(D '46)
Burglon, N. Shark hole. (Je '43)
Burlingame, C. Lord of London. (D '44)
Burrowes, E. Little Thunder. (S '45)
Burt. O. W. Peter's silver dollar. (O '46)
Burt, O. W. Peter's story goes to press. (Ap
'44)
Burton, E. and L. Exciting adventures of
Waldo. (N '45)
Burton. J. Garibaldi, knight of liberty. (N
'45)
Burton, V. L. Katy and the big snow. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Burton. V. L. Little house. (D '42)
Busoni, R. Australia. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Busoni, R. Mexico ana the Inca lands. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Busoni, R. Somi builds a church. (N '43)
Butler, N. Anahita and her dancing bear.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Caesar, I. Sing a song of friendship. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Caldwell. E. N. Alaska trail dogs. (Mr '46)
Campbell, A. S. Wizard and his magic pow-
der. (Je '45)
Campbell. C. Star mountain. (O '46)
Campbell, S. A. Eeny. Meeny. Miney, Mo—
and Still-Mo. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Campbell, S. A. How's Inky? (D '43)
Campbell, S. A. Too much Salt and Pepper.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Cannon, M. Twins at our house. (Ap '46)
Carlisle, N. V., ed. How planes fly. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Carlisle, N. V. Marines in review. (Ap '44)
Carmer, C. L. Wildcat furs to China. (N '45)
Carr, D.. and Parrott, I. J. Now daddy's in
*
T. Keep my flag flying. (D '45)
Carroll, R. R. and L. Flying house. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Carroll, R. R. and L. School in the sky. (Je
'45)
Carroll, R. R. and L. Scuffles. (O '43)
Carson. J. M. H. Son of thunder. tt> '45)
Carveth, L. Jungle boy. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Caudill. R. Barrie and daughter. (D '43)
Cavanah, F. Benjy of Boston. (My '46)
Cavanah, F. Our country's story* (Mr *46>
Cavanah, F. Private Pepper of Dogs for de-
fense, (Mr '44)
Cavanah, F. Sandy of San Francisco. (Ap
Cavanah, F., and Weir, R. C. Private Pep-
per comes home. (Ap '46)
Cavanna, B. Going on sixteen. (Ag '46)
Cavanna, B. Puppy stakes. (S T44)
Cave, H. B. Fishermen four. (N '42)
Chaffee, L. Baxter Beaver. (S '42)
Chaffee, L. Boy meets pony. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Chaffee, L. Can you? (Je '46)
Chalmers, A. Hundreds and hundreds of
pancakes. (D '42)
Chalmers, A. I had a penny. (N '44)
Chalmers, A. Kitten's tale. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Chalmers, A. Poppadilly. (D '46)
Chambers, M. C. M. Bullfighter's son. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Chambers, M. C. M. Three kings. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Chambers, M. C. M. Water-carrier's secrets.
(D '42)
Chan, C. Good-luck horse. (D '43)
Chan, P. and C. Magic monkey. (O '44)
Chandler, A. C. Dragons on guard. (Je *44)
Chandler. C. A. Susie Stuart, home front
doctor. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Chanalor, T. Artie and the princess. (Je '45)
Chanslor, T. Penny. (O '44)
Chapel le, G. L. M. How planes are made. (D
Chapelle, G. L. M. How planes get there.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Chapelle, G. L. M. Planes in action. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
CharushJn, E. I. Baby bears. (Ag '44)
Chase. R., ed. Jack tales. (S '43)
Chiang, Y. Chin-pao and the giant pandas.
(Je*44)
Chin. S. H., and Fowler. V. Two lands for
Ming. (My '45)
Choate, F., and Curtis, E. Five gold sover-
eigns. (Ag '44)
Chrestien, F. H. Evelyn and the flsh. (Je '45)
Church, R. Squirrel called Rufus. (S '46)
Chute. B. J. Camp hero. (Je '43)
Chute, B. J. Shift to the right. (N '44)
Chute, M. G. Innocent wayfaring. (S '43)
Chute, M. G. Rhymes about the city. (O '46)
Clark. A. N. Little Navajo bluebird. (My '43)
Clark, D. Peter on the Min. (Je '42)
Clark, T. D. Simon Kenton, Kentucky scout.
(Je '43)
Clarke, R. Wings for Ruth. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Cleveland, R. Pastime book for boys and
girls. (S '46)
Clymer. E. L. Grocery mouse. (Ag '45)
Clymer, E. Here comes Pete. (My '44)
Clymer, E. L. Little Bear island. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Clymer. E. Yard for John. (Ag '43)
Coats worth, E. J. Big green umbrella. (My
*45)
Coatsworth, E. J. Houseboat summer. (Je
Coatsworth, E. J. Kitten stand. (Ap '46)
Coatsworth, E. J. Thief island. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Coatsworth, E. J. Trudy and the tree house.
(Je '44)
Coatsworth, E. J. Twelve months make a
year. (Je '43)
Coatsworth. E. J. White horse. (N '42)
Coatsworth, E. J. Wonderful day. (Je '46)
Cobb, M. Old Phoebe. (N '46)
Cobb, M. R., and Hudson, H. Joan chooses
occupational therapy. (F '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Coblentz, C. Beggars' Penny. (D '43)
Coblentz, C. C. Bells of Leyden sing. (O '44)
Coblentz, C. C. Falcon of Eric the Red. (N
Coblentz, C. C. Scatter, the chipmunk. (O
*46)
Coblentz, C. C. Sequoya. (D '46)
Cockrell, M. B. Shadow castle. (O '45)
Coe, D. Road to Alaska. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Coe, L. Charcoal. (Je '46)
Coffman, R. P., and Goodman, N. G. Fa-
mous authors for boy* and girls. (S '43)
Conn. N. Little people in a big country. (My
Colby, H. Where is Johnny? (D '44)
Collin, H. Wind island. (D '45)
Colman, B. Portugal, wharf of Europe. (N
Colum, P. Frenzied prince. (D '43)
Comfprt, M. H. Winter on the Johnny
Smoker. (D '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
987
•Conger, BJ. M. American tanks and tank
destroyers. (O '44)
Conger, E. M. American warplanea. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Conger, B. M. Valery. (Ap '46)
Conway. H. Tear to grow. (Je '43)
Cook. H. Sammi'a army. (A* '43)
Cooke. M., and others. Mrs Caliper's house.
(D '43)
Cooney, B. Captain Pottle's house. (D '43)
Cooney, B. Kellyhorns. (S '42)
Cooney, C. T. Green field for courage. (O
'42)
Corcos, L. Size 1. (D '46)
Corey, P. Five Acre hill. (O '46)
Corey, P. Little Jeep. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Corey, P. Red tractor. (N '44)
Cormack, M. Recruit for Abe Lincoln. (P '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cormack, M. Road to Down under. (Ag '44)
Cormack, M., and Bytovetzski, P. L. Under-
ground retreat. (N '46)
Costantino, J. and J. Pepito at Capistrano.
(Ap '44)
Cot£, P. N. People upstairs. (D '46)
Cot6, P. N. Rabbit-go-lucky. (D '44)
Cothren, M. B. Buried treasure. (S '45)
Cothren, M. B. This is the moon. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Cottier, J. Man with wings. (My '42)
Courlander, H. Uncle Bouqui of Haiti. (O
'42)
Crampton, G. Tootle. (Ap '46)
Crane, A. Gloucester Joe. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Crane, A. Nick and Nan in Yucatan. (D *46)
Crane, A. Pepita Bonita. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Crawford, E. D., ed. Beginning of the world.
(Ag '46)
Crawford, E. D., ed. Jesus shows the way.
(D '46)
Crawford, P. Last semester. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Crawford. P. Second shift. (Mr '44)
Credle, E. Janey's shoes. (3 '46)
Credle, E. Johnny and his mule. (D '46)
Creekmore, R. Lokoshi learns to hunt seals.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Cregan, M. Rathina. (D '42)
be merry. (Je '42)
of the Gabilans. <D '44)
over the desert. (D '46)
Crespi, P. Gift of the earth. (D '46)
Criss, M. Dom Pedro of Brazil. (Ap '46)
Crocker, C. H. Let's build. (My '44)
Crocker, J. Singing cart. (Mr '46)
Cross, Q. Engine that lost its whistle. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Crowell, P. Beau Dare. (S *46)
Crownneld, G. Proud lady. (N '42)
Culbertson, M. H. Peter "FT." (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Cummins, K. Stiggles. (D *46)
Cunningham, V. ABC play book. (Ja *46)
(1946 Annual)
Curtis, A. B. Winter on the prairie. (Je '46)
Cuthbert, M. R. ed. Adventure in radio. (D
'46)
Czaja, H. M. Bountiful cow. (O '44)
Dahl, R. Gremlins. (Ag '43)
Dalgliesh, A. Along Janet's road. (Je '46)
Dalgliesh, A. Gulliver Joins the army. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Dalgliesh, A. Little angel. (D '43)
Dalgliesh, A. Reuben and his red wheelbar-
row. (Ap '46)
Dalgliesh, A. Silver pencil. (D '44)
Dalgliesh, A. They live in South America.
(D '42)
Daniel, H. Fogbound. (N '43)
Darby, A. C. Jump lively. Jeff! (D '42)
Darling, F. F. Seasons and the fisherman. (Je
•42)
Daugherty, C. M. Street of ships. (S '42)
Daugherty, S. V. M. Way of an eagle. (Mr
•42)
David, J. Three Hanses. (D '42)
Davis, B. E. Scotchtown tale. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Davis, B. E. Young Tom Jefferson's adven-
ture chest. (Ap *43)
Davis, L. R. Americans every one. (Je '42)
Davis, L. R. Plow Penny mystery. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Davis. L. R. Round Robin. (My '43)
Davis. L. R. Spinney and Spike and the B-29.
xq '44)
Davis, L. R. Stand fast and reply. (D '43)
Davis, L. R. Very special pet. (O *46)
Davis, R. Gid Granger. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Davis, R. Hudson Bay express. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Davisson. E. D. Polkadot of the Flying M
ranch. (S '43)
Day, L. A. Grieg. (Ag '46)
Day, L. A. Paganini. (Ag '46)
Dean, A. L. Let us be me
Dean, G. M. Riders ~
Dean, G. M. Wings _ __.
Dean, L. W. Green Mountain boy. (Ap '44)
Dean, L. W. Guns over Champlain. (Je '46)
Dean, L. W. I become a ranger. (My *46)
Dean, U W. Old Wolf. (D '42)
Dean, S. W. Fighting Dan of the Long Rifles.
(My '43)
Dean, S. W. Knight of the revolution. (Ap
De Angeli, M. L. Bright April. (O '46)
De Angeli, M. L. Turkey for Christmas. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
De Angeli, M. L. Up the hill. (D '42)
De Angeli, M. L. Yonie Wondernose. (N '44)
De Huff, E. W. Little-Boy-Dance. (D '46)
De Jong, D. Level land. (D '43)
De Jong, D. Nikkernik, Nakkernak and Nok-
kernok. (D '42)
De Jong, D. Picture story of Holland. (D '46)
De Jong. D. Sand for the sandmen. (3 '46)
De Jong, M. Billy and the unhappy bull. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
DeJong, M. Cat that walked a week. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
DeJong, M. Little stray dog. (S '43)
Delafleld, C. B. Mrs Mallard's ducklings. (N
'46)
De La Mare, W. J. Bells and grass. (Je
'42)
De La Mare, W. J. Mr Bumps and his
monkey. (D '42)
De Leeuw, A. L. Doctor Ellen. (Ap '46)
De Leeuw, A. L. Gay design. (D '42)
De Leeuw, A. L. Linda Marsh. (D '43)
De Leeuw, A. L. Nobody's doll. (Ag *46)
De Leeuw, A. L. Patchwork quilt. (D '43)
De Leeuw, A. L. With a high heart. (D '45)
De Leeuw, C. Dutch East Indies and the
Philippines. (Mr '44)
De Leeuw, H. Peewee the mouaedeer. (S
*43)
Deletaille, A. At the top of the house. (N
Deming, D. Ginger Lee: war nurse. (Ap '42)
Deming. D. Penny and Pam, nurse and cadet.
(Ja *46) (1944 Annual)
Deming, D. Penny Marsh and Ginger Lee,
wartime nurses. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Denison, M. G. Happy tramp. (S *42)
Denker, N. W. Awelgh on a windjammer. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Denney, D. Little red engine gets a name.
(Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Dennis, M. Burlap. (Ag '46)
Dennis, M. Pup Himself. (D '4?)
Dennis. W. Flip and the cows. (D *42)
De Quincey, A, Little giant. (D '46)
Desmond, A. C. Glamorous Dolly Madison.
(Je '46)
Desmond, A. C. Jorge's Journey. (Je '42)
Desmond, A. C. Martha Washington, our first
lady. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Desmond, A. C. Sea cats. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Dette, — Adventures of Olle. (D '46)
Deucher, S. Edvard Grieg. (D *46)
Deutsch, B. Welcome. (Ap §43)
DeVoe. R, G. Calling all ducks. (D '45)
De Witt, E. F. Old caboose. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
De Witt, J. Cowboy Ken. (D '43)
De Witt. J. Littlest reindeer. (O '46)
Diaz del Castillo, B. Cortez and the conquest
of Mexico by the Spaniards in 1621. (Je
42)
Dickson, H. Captain Peggy of the Mamie L.
Dickson, H. Gold in Mosquito creek, (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dickson, M. S. Bramble bush. (D '45)
Disney, W. Surprise package. (O *44)
Disney, W., and Williams, C. S. Victory
march. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Ditmars, R. L. Twenty little pets from every-
where. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dixon, J. Count the puppies. (O '45)
Doane, P., il. Animals here and there. (Mr
*46)
Doane. P. Small child's Bible. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
BOOK RfcVlfeW DIGfeSf 1946
Children's literature — Continued
Dobbs, R. Discontented village. (D '46)
Dobbs, R. No room. (N '44)
Dodge, P. P. Little dog under the wagon.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Dolbier, M. Jenny, the bus that nobody loved.
Dolbier. M. Magic shop. (B '46)
Donahey, M. A. D. Apple Pie inn. (N '42)
Donahey. W. Teenie Weenie days. (Ap *44)
Donahey, W. Teenie weenie neighbors. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Downey, F. D. Army mule. (Ap *46)
Downey, F. D. Dog of war. (D *43)
Doyle. F. C. Smoky ridge. (Ag '44)
Doyle, R. J. Tuffy. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
DuBois, T. M. Banjo the crow. (My '43)
Du Bois, T. M. Heroes in plenty. (D *45)
Duncombe, F. Clarinda. (S '44)
Dunlop, A. M. R. Disappearing island. (Ap
Dunn, M. L., and Morrisett, L. N. Power
for America. (Ag '44)
Duplaix, O. Animal stories. (D '44)
DuplaJx, G. Merry shipwreck. (Je '42)
Duplaix, L. White bunny and his magic nose.
Dustin, A. B. Deerwander farm. (Ag '44)
Duvoisin, R. A. Christmas whale. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Duvoisin, R. A. They put out to sea. (Mr
Dwight, M. B. Winkle Boo, and other
poems. (Ap '43)
Dyer, C. Tale of two houses. (D '44)
Dyer, C. Three famous ugly sisters. (My
'46)
Dyett, J. Q. From sea to shining sea. (Je '43)
Eaton, A. T., ed. Animals' Christmas. (D
'44)
Baton, J. Lone Journey. (N '44)
Eberle, I. Bands play on. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Eberle, I. Basketful. (Je '46)
Eberle, I. Nurse! (Ag '44)
Eberle, I. Our oldest friends. (Ap *43)
Eberle, I. Radium treasure and the Curies.
(Ap '42)
Eberle. I. Very good neighbor* (S '4ft)
Eberle, I. Visiting Jimpsons. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Eberle, I. We'll take the skvwav. (Ap '43)
Edelstadt, V. Black magic. (D '43)
Edelstadt, V. Oceans in the sky. (Je '46)
Edelstadt, V. Young fighters of the Soviets.
(N '44)
Edmonds, W. D. Tom Whipple. (D '42)
Edmonds, W. D. Two logs crossing. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Edmonds, W. D. Wilderness clearing. (D
•44)
Eisner, H. G. Little boy who did not know
why. (D '46)
Eliot, E. A. C. Wind boy. (D '45)
Ellsberg, E. I have just begun to fight. (Je
•42)
Elms, F. R. Mountains of the world. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Elting, M. Trucks at work. (D '46)
El ting, M., and Gossett, M. We are the gov-
ernment. (D '45)
Elting, M.. and Weaver, R. T. Soldiers,
sailors, fliers and marines. (D '43)
Emerson, C. D. Little green car. (D *46)
Emerson, C. D. Mr Nip and Mr Tuck in the
air. (O '46)
Emery, A. Tradition. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Enright, E. Four-Story Mistake. (D '42)
Enright, E. Then there were five. (O '44)
Epstein, S.. and Williams, B. Burma road.
(O '46)
Epstein. 8.. and Williams, B. New Broome
experiment. (D '44 )
Epstein, S., and Williams, B. Water to burn
(Je '44)
Erdman, L. G. Fair is the morning. (D '45)
Erdman, L. G. Separate star. (My '44)
Ershov, P. P. Little magic horse. (Mr '43)
Erskine, D. Russia's story. (Ag '46)
Estes, E. Hundred dresses. (D '44)
Estes, E. Middle Moffat. (O V42)
Estes, E. Rufus M. (O '43)
Estes, E. Sun and the wind and Mr Todd.
(Ap '43)
Ets, M. H. In the forest. (N '44)
Eulenspiegel. Merry adventures of Till Eulen-
spiegel. (Je '44)
Evans. K. Michael Angelo Mouse. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Evers, H. and A. Chatterduck. (My '43)
Evers, H. and A. Cheeky Chipmunk. (My
'45)
Evers, H. and A. Fussbunny. (S '44)
Evers. H. and A. Monkeyface. (S '46)
Evers, H. and A. Pokey bear. (Je '42)
Ewen, D. Story of George Gershwin. (O '43)
Ewen, D. Tales from the Vienna woods. (D
•44)
Eyre, K. W. Star in the willows. (S '46)
Eyre, K. W. Spurs for Antonia. (D '43)
Eyre, K. W. Susan's safe harbor. (O '42)
Fahs, S. B. L. Jesus, the carpenter's son.
(S '45)
Fargo, L. F. Prairie Chautauqua. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Farjeon, E. Prayer for little things. (Je '45)
Farley, W. Black stallion returns. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Fast, H. M. Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy
scouts. (Mr »42)
Fast, H. M. Tall hunter. (D '42)
Faulkner, G., and Becker, J. Melindy's medal.
Felsen, G. Jungle highway. (Je *42)
Felsen, G Navy diver. (D '42)
Felsen, G. Some follow the sea. (Je *44)
Felsen, G. Struggle is our brother. (Ap '43)
Felsen. G. Submarine sailor. (N '43)
Fenner, P. R.. comp. Adventure, rare and
magical. (D '45)
Fenner, P. R., ed. Demons and dervishes. (D
'46)
Fenner, P. R. Giants and witches and a
dragon or two. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fenner. P. R.. ed. Princesses and peasant
boys. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Fenner. P. R.. ed. Time to laugh. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Fenton, A. H. Oliver Hazard Perry. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Fenton, C. L. Along nature's highway. (Ap
'43)
Fenton, C. L. Earth's adventures. (Ap '43)
Fenton, C. L. Weejack and his neighbors.
(Je '44)
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Land we live on.
(S '44)
Fernald H. C. Jonathan's doorstep. (O '43)
Ferris, E. E. Jerry Foster, salesman. (Ag
•42)
Ferris, H. J. Tommy and his dog. Hurry. (S
Ferris, H. J. Watch me, said the jeep. (Ap
'45)
Feuillet. O. Punch. (S '46)
Field, R. L. Prayer for a child. (D '44)
Finger, C. J. High water in Arkansas. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Fish, H. D. Little book of colors. (D '44)
Fish. H. D. Little red hen. (Ag *45)
Fishel, R. M., and Smith, W. W. Terry and
Bunky play football. (D '45)
Fitch, F. M. One God. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Flack, M. Boats on the river. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Flack, M. New pet. (O '43)
Flexner, H. Wishing window. (N '42)
Flight, J. W., and Fahs, S. B. L. Moses,
Egyptian prince, nomad sheikh, lawgiver.
(Ap '43)
Floherty, J. J. Flowing gold. (My *46)
Floherty, J. J. Men against crime. (D '46)
Flory, J. How many? (N '44)
Foley, G. F. Sin bad of the Coast guard. (Mr
Follett, D. W. Gunner and the Dumbo. (N
•45)
Foote. K. S. Walkabout Down under. (N '44)
Forbes, E. America's Paul Revere. (D '46)
Forbes, E. Johnny Tremain. (D '43)
Ford, E. Larry Scott of the Sun. (S '45)
Forester, C. S. Poo-Poo and the dragons. (O
•42)
Forster- Knight, M. Return of Sandypaws. (F
•43) (1942 Annual)
Foster. C. J. This rich world. (Je '43)
Foster, E. Giffi. (D '43)
Foster, E. Gigi in America. (Je '46)
Foster, G. S. Abraham Lincoln's world. (N
'44)
Foster, S. C. Songs for boys and girls. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Fox. F. M. Legends of the Christ child. (Ag
Pox, G. M. Army surgeon. (Ap '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
989
Fox, Q. M. Sir Wilfred Grenfell. (D *42)
Freeman, M. B. and I. M. Fun with chemis-
try. (D '44)
Freeman, M. B. and I. M. Fun with science.
(My '43)
Freund, G. P. Wonders of the sea. (Ap '42)
Friskey, M. R. Adventure begins at home.
Friskey, M. R. Adventure for beginners. (Mr
•45)
Friskey. M. Annie and the wooden skates.
(Je '42)
Friskey, M. R. Chicken Little, count-to-ten.
(Je r46)
Friskey, M. Corporal Crow. (Ag '44)
Friskey, M. Goat afloat. (D '42)
Friskey, M. House that ran away. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Friskey, M. R. Johnny and the monarch. (S
•46)
Friskey, M. R. Johnny Cottontail. (S *46)
Friskey, M. R. Sandy and the Indians. (My
'46)
Friskey, M. Tad Lincoln and the green um-
brella. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Friskey, M. Three smart squirrels and Squee.
(D '42)
Friskey, M. Today we fly. (F '43) (1942 An-
Frost, F. M. American caravan. (Ja '45) (1944
Frost, F. M. Christmas in the woods. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Frost, F. M., ed. Legends of the United
nations. (N '43)
Fuller, M. Runaway shuttle train. (My '46)
Furbush, L. Circus parade. (Ag '42)
Gaer, J. Everybody's weather. (S '44)
Gaggin, E. R. All those Buckles. (Ag '45)
Gaidar. A. Timur and his gang. (D *43)
Gale, E. Winged boat. (O '42)
Gale, L., ed. Favorite bedtime stories. (Ja
•44) (1943 Annual)
Gale, L., ed. Favorite nursery stories. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gale, L. Hurdy-gurdy holiday. (F '43) (1942
Gal"11 A. C., and Crew, F. H. All the year
round. (N '44)
Gall, A. C., and Crew, F. H. Splasher. (F
•46) (1945 Annual)
Gallagher, L. B. Mary Bray, fashion de-
signer. (O *45)
Galloway. P. F. W. S. Folk tales from Scot-
land. (Mr '45)
Gait, T. Volcano. (Ag *46)
Garbutt. K. K. Baby Orang and Junior. (S
Garbutt, K. K. Michael, the colt. (Je '43)
Gardiner, F. M. Dynamite Duncan, U.S.N.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Garner, E. Little cat lost. (D *43)
Garrard, P. Running away with Nebby. (Ap
'45)
Garrett, H. Angelo, the naughty one. (D
Garrett. H. Jobie. (O '42)
.
Garst, D. S. Cowboy boots. (D '46)
Garst, D. S. Custer. (Ag '44)
Garst, D. S. Jack London, magnet for ad-
venture. (D '44)
Garst, D. S. Scotty Allan, king of the dog-
team drivers. (Je *46)
Garst, D. S. Sitting Bull. (F '47) (1946 Ar£-
nual)
Gates. D. North fork. (D '45)
Gates. D. Sensible Kate. (D '43)
Gates, D. Trouble for Jerry. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Gatti, A. Adventure in black and white. (S
•43)
Gatti, A. Mediterranean spotlights. (D '44)
Gatti, A. South of the Sahara. (D '46)
Gatti. E. M. W. and A. Here is Africa. (Ja
•44) (1943 Annual)
Gaul, A. T. Picture book of insects. (Je '43)
Geismer. B. P.. and Suter. A. B., comps.
Very young verses. (Ap *45)
Gibson, K. Arrow fly home. (My '46)
Gibson. K. Bow bells. (D '43)
Gibson, K. Pictures to grow up with. (Je
Gibson, K., ed. Tenggren tell-it-again book.
Gilbert, H. E. Mr Plum and the little green
tree. (N »46)
Gilbert, J. Imps and angel*. (N '46)
Gilbert, P. T. Egbert and his marvelous ad-
ventures. (Ja r45) (1944 Annual)
Gilchrist, M. E. Story of the Great Lakes.
Gill, R. C. Flying death. (S '42)
Gillham, C. E. Beyond the Clapping moun-
tains. (Je '43)
Gipson, M. City country ABC. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Gleitsmann. H. Katrina. (D '45)
Gleitsmann, H. Niko's mountains. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Gleitsmann, H. Pierre keeps watch. (S '44)
Glick, C. Mickey, the horse that volunteered.
Oswald's pet dragon. (N '43)
(My '45)
Glick, C. Oswald's pet ___„„.. ... „,
Glover, F. R. First Christmas. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Goetz, D. Burro of Barnegat road. (O '45)
Golden, S. E., ed. Plays of patriotism for
young Americans. (My '43)
Goldzsmit, H. Matthew, the young king. (My
45)
Gollomb, J. Tiger at City high. (N '46)
Gollomb, J. Up at City high. (My '45)
Gollomb, J., and Taylor, A. Young heroes
of the war. (My '44)
Gondor, E. I. Secret zoo. (Je '43)
Gordon, P. Boy Jones. (D '43)
Gordon, P. Not-Mrs-Murphy. (D '42)
Gordon, P. Rommany luck. (F '47) (19*5 An-
nual)
Gtfrska, H. Prince Godfrey. (D '46)
Goss, M. B., and Schauffler, R. H. Brahma,
the master. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Gossett, M. Children's picture cookbook. (D
Go tts chalk, F. Runaway soldier. (N '46)
Goudge. E. Blue hills. (O '42)
Gould, D. Very first aid. (Je '42)
Gould, D. Very first garden. (Je '43)
Gould, J. R. Miss Emily. (Je '46)
Govan, C. N. Carolina caravan. (My '42)
Graham, A. Timothy Turtle. (D '46)
Graham, A. P. Thirty-one roads to the White
House. (N '44)
Graham, S. Paul Robeson. (S '46)
Grannan, M. E. Just Mary stories. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Grant, G. Secret voyage. (Mr '43)
Gray, E. J. Adam of the road. (Je '42)
Gray, E. J. Sandy. (My »45)
Green, M. M. Everybody eats. (D '46)
Green. M. M. Everybody has a house. (Ag
Greene, J. Forgetful elephant. (O '45)
Greenhill, M., and Dunbar, E. M. Book of
farmcraft. (Ag '42)
Greer, B. Thunder's tail. (Je *44)
Grew, D. Wild dog of Edmonton. (Ag '46)
Griffin, A. R. Here come the marines! (Mr
43)
Grimm, J. L. K. and W. K. Fairy tales,
complete edition; il. by Joseph Scharl. (D
Grimm, J. L. K. and W. K. Hansel and
Gretel. (D '44)
Grimm, J. L. K. and W. K. Three gay
tales from Grimm. (D '43)
Gronowicz, A. Bolek. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Gronowicz, A. Paderewski. (Je '43)
Gronowicz, A. Sergei Rachmaninoff. (D '46)
Gruenberg, S. M.. ed. Favorite stories old
and new. (Mr *43)
Grumbine, E. E. Patsy succeeds in adver-
tising. (My '46)
Guberlet, M. L. Seashore parade. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Gury, J. 'Round and 'round horse. (D '43)
Hader, B. H. and E. Little stone house. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Hader, B. H. and E. Mighty hunter. (D
43)
Hader. B. H. and E. Rainbow's end. (D '46)
Hader, B. H. and E. Story of Pancho and
the bull with the crooked tail. (D '42)
Hahn. E. China A to Z. (D *46)
Hahn, E. Picture story of China. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Haig-Brown, R. L. H. Starbuck Valley win-
ter. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Haines, D. H. Fortress. (Je '45)
Haines, D. H. Shadow on the campus. (D
Hale, K. Orlando, the marmalade cat: a trip
abroad. (D *46)
Hall, E. G. Sharon's career. (S '42)
Hall, M. After a fashion. (Ap '44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature—Continued
Hall, M. Bread and butter. (N '42)
Hall, M. Model child. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Hall, W. N. Shoelace robin. (D '45)
Hall. W. N. Telltime the rabbit. (Ja f44)
(1943 Annual)
Hall. W. N. Watch the kitten grow. (S f46)
Hall, W. N. Watch the puppy grow. (D »46)
Hall-Quest. O. W. How the Pilgrims came to
Hamilton. E. C-circus. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hamilton. E. P-zoo. (N '45) ^ it^
Hamlin, J. H. Flying: horses. (N '42)
Hanna, P. R., and Krug, E. A. Marketing
the things we use. (Ja M5) (1944 Annual)
Hanna, P. R., and others. Making the goods
we need. (My '44 )
Hanson, E. P. Stefansson. (Mr '42)
Hark, A. Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
(Ag '43)
Harkins. P. Bomber pilot. (N '44)
Harkins. P. Coast guard, ahoy! (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Harkins. P. Lightning on ice. (D '46}
Harlow, A. F. Bret Harte of the Old West.
Harper, M. R. B. Red silk pantalettes. (N
•46)
Harper, W. ed. Easter chimes. (My '42)
Harper, W.. comp. For love of country. (O
Harper. W., comp. Uncle Sam's story book.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Harper, W., comp. Where the redbird flies.
(Je '46)__
Harper, w,, comp. Yankee yams. (My f44)
Harris. L. Away we go. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Harris, L. Bi^ lonely dogr. (Je '43)
Harris, L. Heydays and holidays. (Ag '46)
Harris, L. O. and W. K Lost hole of Bin-
goola. (D '42)
Hart, W. J. Stories of our national songs.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hart man, O. Builders of the old world. (My
'46)
Hart well, M. Animals of Friendly farm. (O
'46)
Hartwell, M. Into the ark. (N '45)
Haslip, J. Fairy tales from the Balkans. (Mr
•45)
Hatch, A. Bridle-wise. (Mr '43)
Hatch, R. W. All aboard the Whale! (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hauser. H. Folding father. (Je '42)
Havighurst. W., and Boyd. M. M. High
prairie. (Ag '44)
Hawkins, Q. Don't run, Apple! (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Hawkins, Q. Puppy for keeps. (D '43)
Hawkins, Q. Too many dogs. (N '46)
Hawkins, Q. Who wants an Apple. (D '42)
Hawthorne. H. Give me liberty. (Ag '45)
Hawthorne, H. Ox-team miracle. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hawthorne, H. Westward the course. (N '46)
Hayes, F. S. Burro tamer. (D '46)
Hayes. F. S. Eskimo hunter. (N '45 >
Hayes. F. S. Hosh-ki, the Navajo. (O '48)
Hayes, M. Green Peace. (D '45)
Haywood, C. Back to school with Betsy.
(O *43)
Haywood, C. Betsy and the boys. (S '45)
Haywood, C. Here's a Penny. (O '44)
Haywood, C. Penny and Peter. (D '46)
Haywood. C. Primrose day. (Ap *42)
Hazlett. E. E. Rig for depth charges! (D '45)
Headlev. E. Date for Diane. (D '46)
Heal, E. Dogie boy. (Ap '44)
Henderson, Le G. Augustus drives a jeep.
(S '44)
Henderson. Le G. Augustus flies. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Henderson, Le G. Augustus helps the army.
(Ag '43)
Henderson, Le G. Augustus helps the
marines. (D '43)
Henderson, Le G. Augustus helps the navy.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Henderson. Le G. Augustus hits the road. (S
MS)
Henderson, Le G. Augustus saves a ahip.
(Ag '46)
Henderson. Le G. Cap'n Dow and the hole In
the doughnut. (N '46)
Henlus, F., comp. and tr. Stories from the
Americas. (O '44)
Henry, M. Boy and a dog. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Henry, M. Justin Morgan had a horse. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Henry, M. Little fellow. (Je '45)
Henry. M. New Zealand in story and pictures.
Henry, M. Robert Fulton. (D '46)
Hess. F. Handkerchief holiday. (N '42)
Hess, F. Leather Pants. (Ap '42)
Hess, F. Wacs at work. (Ap '45)
Hewes, A. D. Jackhammer. (O '42 )
Hewes, A. D. Two oceans to Canton. (D '44)
Hewson. I. M. Land of the Lost. (Ag '45)
Heyliger. W. Gasoline Jockey. (S '42)
Heyliger, W. SOS radio patrol. (My '42)
Heyiiger, W. Top lineman. (Ap '44)
Heyneman, A., and Kappel, H. Happy hippo-
potamus. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hill, H., and Maxwell. V. The children's
garden. (Ap '42)
Hill. M. B. Along comes Judy Jo. (O '43)
Hill, M. B. Old house at Duck Light cove. (D
Hill, M. B. Roddy meets the circus. (O '44)
Hinkle, T. C. Blackjack, a ranch dog. (O '46)
Hinkle. T. C. Mustang. (S '42)
Hinkle, T. C. Old Nick and Bob. (Ap '42)
Hinkle, T. C. Shep, a collie of the old West.
(O '43)
Hoad. L. G. Kickapoo Indian trails. (My '45)
Hoffmann, E. Four friends. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Hoffmann, E. Mischief In Fez. (Je '43)
Hoffmann, E. Sierra Sally. (Ag '44)
Hofmann, M. Pearls of Ferrara. (O '43)
Hogan. L Listen Hitler! (Ag '43)
Hogan, I. Monkey twins. (Mr '43)
Hogan, I. Nappy chooses a pet. (My '46)
Hogan, I. Nappy planted a garden. (Je '44)
Hogan, I. Nappy wanted a dog. (O '42)
Hogan, I. Nicodemus and the goose. (My
'45) „
Hogan. I. Nicodemus helps Uncle Sam. (S
*43)
Hogan, I. Nicodemus runs away. (Ap '42)
Hogan, I. Raccoon twins. (O '46)
Hogan. I. Twin colts. (O '44)
Hogarth. G. A. Australia. (D '43)
Hogeboom, A., comp. Boys' book of the West.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hogeboom, A. Familiar animals and how to
draw them. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hogeboom. A., and Ware, J. F. One life to
lose. (F '43) (1942 Annual) ,T t^
Hogner, D. C. Animal book. (Je '42)
Hogner, D. C. Bible story. (Ap '44)
Hogner. D. C. Reward for Brownie. (N '44)
Hogner. D. C. Winky, king of the garden. (S
Hoke% H. L. Doctor, the puppy who learned.
Hoke, H. L. Grocery kitty. (Je '46)
Hoke. H. L. Mrs Silk. (Mr '46)
Hoke, H. L. Rags' day. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hoke, H. L. Shep and the baby. (D '44)
Hoke. H. L., and Fox, N. Woolly lamb. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Holberg, R. L. Captain John Smith. (D '46)
Holberg, R. L. Marching to Jerusalem. (D
'43)
Holberg, R. L. Michael and the captain. (D
* Holberg, R. L. Tibby's venture. (D '43)
Holberg-, R. L. Wonderful voyage. (D *45)
Holdridge, E. H. Island boy. (Ag '42)
Holland. R. S. Freedom's flag. (S '43)
Rolling. H. C. Tree in the trail. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Holt, S. Wild palomino. (S '46)
Hooks, A. Mr. Nosey. (F J46) (1945 Annual)
Hooper. J. Johnny Jump Up. (Je '42)
Horning. J. L.. and McGinnis, G. C. Open
door to chemistry. (My *46)
Howard, E. Adventure for Alison. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Howard, E. Dorinda. (Je '44)
Howell. V. Who likes the dark? (Mr '46)
Hubbard, M. A. Hickory Limb. (N '42)
Hubbard, M. A. Lone boy. (N '43)
Hudson, W. H. Tales of the gauchos. (Ap
'46)
Huff, D. Dog that came true. (My '46)
Huff. D. lectures by Pete. (Je '44)
Hunt, A. Wagner. (S '46)
Hunt, M. L. Peddler's clock. (Ag '43)
Hunt, M. L. Peter Piper's pickled peppers.
(Ap '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
991
Hunt, M. L. Sibby Botherbox. (D '46)
Hunt, M. L. Young man of the house. (8
Hunt, W. B. Indiancraft. (N '42)
Huntingdon, H. E. Tune up. (Ag '42)
Kurd, K. T. The Annie Moran. TJe '42)
Kurd, E. T.* Jerry the jeep. (Ag 45)
Kurd, E. T. Speedy, the hook and ladder
truck. (N '42)
Kurd, E. T. Wreck of the Wild Wave. (N '42)
Hutton, C. Picture history of Britain. (Je
'46)
Huzarski, R. Brushland Bill. (Je '43)
Hylander, C. J. Out of doora in spring. (Ag
Hylander, C. J. Out of doors in winter. (Ap
•43)
Inchfawn, F. Who goes to the wood. (Je §43)
Isasi. M., and Denny, M. B. White stars of
freedom. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Ives, M. L. He conquered the Andes. (Je '43)
Ives, V. Russia. (Mr '44)
Ives, V. Turkey. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Jackson, C. E. Roger and the fishes. (O
'43)
Jackson, C. E. C. Round the afternoon. (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Jackson, J. Call me Charley. (D '46)
Jackson, K. and B. Farm stories. (Ap '46)
Jackson, K. and B. Rabbit who had four
lucky feet. (D *42)
Jackson, L. Petey. (N '42)
Jacobs, A. O., comp. Chinese- American song
and game book. (Ag '44)
Jacobs, E. A. Trailer trio. (Je '43)
Jacobs, H. H. By your leave, sir. (8 *43)
Jacobs, H. H. Laurel for Judy. (D '45)
Jardim, L*. Armadillo and the monkey. (Je
Jewett, E. M. Hidden treasure of Qlaston.
(N '46)
Jewett, E. M. Told on the king's highway.
Johnson. E. L. Log cabin children. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Johnson. E. M. Vengeance of the vixen. (N
'45)
Johnson, L. and J. Leaky whale. (D '46)
Johnson, M. Johnny Mouse of Corregidor. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, M. S. and H. L. Derry the wolf-
hound. (O '43)
Johnson. M. S. and H. L. Dixie Dobie. (My
'45)
Johnson, M. S. and H. L. Rex of the coast
patrol. (Ag '44)
Johnson. M. S. and H. L. Runaway puppy.
(Ap '42)
Johnson, M. 8. and H. L. Sir Lancelot and
Scamp. (O '45)
Johnson, M. 8. and H. L. Stablemates. (O
•42)
Johnson. M. S. and H. L. Vicki, a guide dog.
(Je '46)
Johnson, O. H. L. Snowball. (P '43) (1942
Johnson, >0. H. L. Tarnish. (Ap '45)
Johnson. 8. Encyclopedia for boys and girls.
(P '45) (1944 Annual)
Johnson, S. J. Cathy. (Je '46)
Johnson, 8. J. New town in Texas. (N '42)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Elec-
trical crafts. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Johnston, E. Jamie and the dump truck. (Ja
'44) (1&43 Annual)
Johnston. E. Jamie and the tired train. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Jones, E. O. Twig. (Ap '43)
Jones, J. M. O., comp. Little Child. (D '46)
Jones. J. M. O. Secrets. (N '45)
Jones, L. A. Eli Terry, clockmaker of Con-
necticut. (N '42)
Jones, M. A. Bible story of the creation. (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Jones, M. A. Tell me about Qod. (D '43)
Jones, M. A. Tell me about Jesus. (D '44 )
Jones, M. A. Tell me about the Bible. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Jordan, M. A. I won't, said the king. (D '45)
Jordan, M. A. Shoo -fly pie. (Ag '44)
Jordan, N. R. Mother Goose handicraft. (N
Judaon, C. I. Donald McKay. (D *43)
Judson. C. I. Michael's victory. (D '46)
Judson, C. I. People who work in the coun-
try and in the city. (Je '43)
Judson, C. I. People who work near our
house. (8 '42)
Judson, C. I. Petar's treasure. (D '45)
Judson, C. I. Soldier doctor. (N '42)
Judson, C. I. They came from Prance. (O
'43)
Judson, C. I. They came from Scotland. (N
Judson, C. I. They came from Sweden. (N '42)
Justus, M. Banjo Billy and Mr Bones. (Ap
'45)
Justus, M. Bluebird, fly up! (Ag '43)
Justus, M. Dixie decides. (N '42)
Justus, M. Fiddler's fair. (Ap '46)
Justus, M. Hurrah for Jerry Jake. (Ap *46)
Justus, M. Jerry Jake carries on. (Ag '44)
Justus, M. Lizzie. (Ag '44)
Justus, M. Nancy of Apple Tree Hill. (D
'42)
Justus, M. Sammy. (N '46)
Justus, M. Step Along and Jerry Jake. (O
Kalab, T. Watching for Winkie. (N '42)
Kalashnikoff, N. Jumper. (D '44)
Kalibala, E. B., and Davis, M. G. Wakaima
and the clay man. (Ag '46)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the crow. (My '43)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the promethea moth. (Je
'42)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the white- faced hornet.
(Je '44)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the wild goose. (N '46)
Kantor, M. Angleworms on toast. (£a '43)
(1942 Annual)
Karasz, M. Good housekeeping see and sew.
(O »43)
Karsavina, J. Reunion in Poland. (D '45)
Keats, M. Sancho and his stubborn mule.
(Ag *44)
Keeler, K. S. Apple rush. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Keeler, K. S. Children's zoo. (S '42)
Keeler. K. S. Dog days. (O '44)
Keeler, K. S. Spring comes to Meadow brook
farm. (Ap '46)
Kelen, L Calling Dr Owl. (6 '45)
Kelen, I. Yuesuf. the ostrich. (Je '44)
Keliher, A. V., ed. Air workers today. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Kelley, P. B. Circus holiday. (S '42)
Kelley, R. P.. ed. Junior sports anthology*
Kelly, E. P. From star to star. (D '44)
Kelly, E. P. Land of the Polish people. (N
Kelsey, A. G. Once the Hodja. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Kelsey, V. Maria Rosa. (Je '42)
Kelway, P. Otter book. (Je a'46)
Keiway, P. Squirrel book. (My '46)
Kennedy. J. W. Here is India. (D '46)
Kennell, R. E. That boy Nikolka. (Ag '45)
Kenney, A. W. and 8. C. Charles Hampton,
research chemist. (Ap '43)
Kent, L. A. He went with Magellan. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Kerr. L. N. Doctor Elizabeth. (Ap '46)
Key, F. S. Star spangled banner. (D '42)
King, D. N. Fix the toys. (N '44)
King, D. N. Help the farmer. (D '43)
King, D. N. Take the children. (D '45)
King-Hall, M. Sturdy rogue. (Je '45)
Kingman, L. Ilenka. (N '46)
Kingman, L, Pierre Pidgeon. (D '43)
Kingsbury, A. M. Adventures of Phunsi. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Riser, M. G. Sylvia sings of apples. (D *46)
Kishore, P. Towelina. (My '46)
Kissin, R. Gramp's desert chick. (O *46)
Kiviat, E. Paji. (Je '46)
KJelgaard. J. Big Red. (Ja *46) (1945 An-
nual)
Kjelgaard, J. A. Rebel siege. (D '43)
Klutch, M. S. Mr. 2 of everything. (N *46)
Knight, C. Quest of the golden condor. (Je
Knight M. Alexander's vacation. (O '43)
Knight, R. A. Brave companions. (D *45)
Knight, R. A. Valiant comrades. (Ja J44) (1943
Annual)
Knox, E. M. Flags of dawn. (Je '44)
Kohl. G. L, Picture almanac for boys and
girls. (Ap '43)
Kramer, A. It* a fun to make a book. (N '46)
Krauss. R. Carrot seed. (Ag '45)
Krauss, R. Great Duffy. (Ja *47) (1946 An-
nual)
Kredel. P., 11. Riddles around the world. (D
*45)
992
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature — Continued
Kristoftersen, E. M. Bee in her bonnet. (Je
'44)
Krumgold, J. Sweeny's adventure. (D '42)
Rummer, F. A. For flag1 and freedom. (O
•42)
Kunhardt, D. M. Once there was a little
boy. (My '46)
Lacey, M. Picture book of musical instru-
ments. (Ag '42)
Laird, R. Stuffy. (N '45)
Lamb, C. and M. A. Tales from Shakespeare.
(Ap '43)
Lambert, J. Dreams of glory. (O *42)
Lambert, J. Glory be! (Ag '43)
Lambert, J. Just Jenifer. (O '45)
Lambert, J. Up goes the curtain. (Je '46)
Lamprey, L. Building a republic. (N '42)
Lang, A. Prince Prigio. (D *42)
Lang, D. On the dark of the moon. (D '43)
Lang, D. Strawberry roan. (D '46)
Langdale, H. L. R. Jon of the Albany Belle.
(Mr '43)
Langdale, H. L. R. Mark of Seneca Basin.
(My '42)
Lansing, B. H. Ann Bartlett at Bataan. (My
'43)
Lansing, E. H. Ann Bartlett in the south
Pacific. (O '44)
Lansing, E. H. Kate Russell, wartime nurse.
(Ap '42)
Lansing, E. H. Leonardo, master of the
renaissance. (D '42)
Lansing, E. H. Nancy Naylor, air pilot. (Ag
Lansing, E, H. Nancy Naylor, captain of
flight nurses. (O '46)
Lansing, E. H. Nancy Naylor flies south. (Ja
•44) (1943 Annual)
Lansing, E. H. Nancy Naylor, flight nurse.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Lansing, M. F. Calling South America. (My
'45)
Larom, H. V. Mountain pony. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Larssen, P. Offshore gold. (Je '42)
Lasher. M. H. Logging chance. (8 '44)
Latham, B. Perrito's pup. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Lathrop, D. P. Puppies for keeps. (N '43)
Lathrop, D. P. Skittle-skattle monkey. (D *45)
Lathrop, W. Black river captive. (D '46)
Lathrop, W. Juneau, the sleigh dog. (Je '42)
Lathrop, W. Monkey ahoy! (Je *43)
Lathrop, W. Northern trail adventure. (O
Lattimore, E* F. Bayou boy. (N '46)
Lattimore, E. F. First grade. (O *44)
Lattimore, E. F. Peachblossom. (O '43)
Lattimore. IB. F. Questions of Lifu. (O '42)
Lattimore, E. F. Storm on the island. (Ap
Lau, J. S. Beggar boy of Galilee. (D '46)
Lavender, D. S. Mike Maroney, raider. (Je
Lavender, D. S. Trouble at Tamarack. (Je
'43)
Laverty, M. Gold of Glanaree. (N '45)
Lawrence, I. Gift of the golden cup. (Ag *46)
Lawson, M. A. Dragon John. (N '43)
Lawson, M. A. Sea is blue. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lawson, R. Rabbit hill. (N '44)
Layton. M. Forest ranger. (N *45)
Leaf, M. Flock of watchbirds. (N '46)
Leaf, M. Gordon the goat. (D '44 )
Leaf, M. Health can be fun. (N *43)
Leaf. M. How to behave and why. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Leaf. M. Let's do better. (N »45)
Leaf, M. 3 and 30 watchbirds. (Ap '44)
Lederer. C. B. Yanko in America. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Lee, M. H. Village of singing birds. (Je '43)
Leech. T. and CT Ha-ha farm. <Ap U5)
Leeming, J. Fun with magic. (D '43)
Leeming, J. Toy boats to make at home. (N
*46)
Lehman, D. P. Sandy, (Ap '43)
Leighton, M. C. Singing cave. (Je '45)
Leighton. M. C. Twelve bright trumpets. (F
„ '43) (1942 Annual)
Lenski, L. Animals for me. (Ap '42)
Lenski, L. Bayou Suzette. (D *43)
Lenski, L. Blue Ridge Billy. (N '46)
Lenski, U Davy's day. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Lenski, L. Let's play house. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Lenski, L. Little farm. (O '42)
Lenski, L. Little fire engine. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lenski, L. Puritan adventure. (O '44)
Lenski, L. Spring is here. (My '45)
Lenski, L. Strawberry girl, (O '45)
Lent, H. B. Ahoy, shipmate! (S '45)
Lent, H. B. Air patrol. (D '42)
Lent, H. B. Bombardier. (Je '43)
Lent. H. B. Fly it away. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Lent, H. B. PT boat. (Je '44)
Lent, H. B, Seabee. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Leskov, N. S. Steel flea. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Levy, H. Bombero. (Ap '44)
Levy, H. Burro that learned to dance. (Je
Lewis, C. A., and Cdbb, M. Circus day. (O
'45)
Lewis, E. F. When the typhoon blows. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Lewiton, M. John Philip Sousa. (Ap '44)
L'Hommedieu. D. K. Nipper the little bull
pup. (D '43)
L'Hommedieu, D. K. Robbie, the brave little
collie. (Je '46)
L'Hommedieu, D. K. Sklppy, the little Skye
terrier. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
L'Hommedieu, D. K, Tinker, the little fox
terrier. (D '42)
Lida. Cuckoo. (Je '42)
Lide, A. A., and Johansen, M. A. Mystery
of the Mahteb. (D '42)
Liger-Belair, E. Gigi and Gogo. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Lillie, A. M. Nathan, boy of Capernaum.
(My '45)
Lim, S. Folk tales from China. (S '44)
Lindman. M. J. Flicka, Ricka, Dlcka and a
little dog. (Je '46) *
Lindman, M. J. Flicka. Ricka, Dicka and
their new friend. (Ap '43)
Lippincott, J. W. Wilderness champion. (D
Lips, J. E. Tents in the wilderness. (D '42)
Litten, F. N. Airmen of the Amazon. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Litten, F. N. Kingdom of flying men. (D '46)
Litten, F. N. Rendezvous on Mindanao. (Ap
•46)
Litten, F. N. Sinister Island squadron. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Little, I. Michael Finnegan. (N '46)
Little pitchers with big ears. (D '42)
Lloyd, T. Sky highways. (Je '45)
Locklin, A. L. Tidewater tales. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Lockwood, M. Beckoning star. (Je '43)
Lockwood, M. Free river. (O *42)
Lohse. C., and Seaton, J. Mysterious con-
tinent. (D '44)
Long, L. Fuss 'n* feathers. (D *44)
Long, L. Square sails and spice islands. (N
Lorentowicz, I. What's in the trunk? (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Loring. J. West we go. (S '46
Lovelace, D. W. General Ike Eisenhower.
(D '44)
Lovelace, M. H. Betsy, in spite of herself.
(Ja »47) (1946 Annual)
Lovelace, M. H. Down town. (N '43)
Lovelace, M. H. Heaven to Betsy. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Lovelace, M. H. Over the Big Hill. (F '43)
Lovelace. M. H. and D. W. Golden wedge.
(Ag '42)
Lowe. C, B. Quicksilver Bob. (D '46)
Lownsbery, B. Marta the doll. (D '46)
Lowrey, J. S. In the morning of the world.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Lowrey, J. S. Lavender cat. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Lowrey. J. S. Tap-a-tan! (Je '42)
Lucas. B. Swamp Fox brigade. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Lucas, J. M. Fruits of the earth. (N '42)
Lucas, J, M. Indian harvest. tt> *45)
Lucas, M. S. Vast horizons. (8 '43)
Luckhardt, M. M. C. Light on our path. (F
'46) (1946 Annual)
Lynch, P. Fiddler's quest. (S '48)
Lyons, D, Golden Sovereign. (N '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
993
Lyons, J. H. Stories of our American patri-
otic songs. (D '42)
McAdoo, E. R. W. Julia and the White
House. (D *46)
McBride, M. M. Tune in for Elizabeth. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
McClintock, M. Airplanes and how they fly.
McClintock, M. Story of war weapons. (S §46)
McCloskey, R. Homer Price. (D '43)
McConnell, M. Bobo. the barrage balloon. (Ag
'43)
McCracken, H. Biggest bear on earth. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
McCracken, H. Great white buffalo. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
McCracken, H. Last of the sea otters. (O
'42)
McCracken, H. Sentinel of the snow peaks.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
McCracken, H. Son of the walrus king. (N
McCracken, R. Elegant elephant. (D '44)
McCracken, R. Gentle giraffe. (D *45)
McCulloch, R. W. Come, Jack! (Je '46)
McCullough, J. G. At our house. (D '43)
MacDonald, G. Big dog, little dog. (Ag '43)
MacDonald, G. Little lost lamb. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
MacDonald, G. Red light, green light. (N
McDonald. L. S. Bering's potlatch. (Je '44)
Macdonald. Z. K. Flower of the fortress. (Ap
'45)
Macdonald, Z. K. Two on a tow. (My *42)
McElravy, M. F. Tortilla girl. (S '46)
McEwen, J. E. Fairies of the glen. (Je '43)
McEwen, J. E. Once upon a time. (D '43)
McGavran, G. W. Mpengo of the Congo. (S
McGmley, P. Horse that lived upstairs. (D
McGinley, P. Plain princess. (D '45)
McGuire, E. Daniel Boone. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Maclntyre. E. Ambrose Kangaroo. (S '42)
Maclntyre, E. Susan who lives in Australia.
(Ap '44)
Mack, G. D. Broolin. (My '44)
MacKay, R. Just like me. (D '46)
MacKaye, D. L. and J. J. G. Twenty- fifth
mission. (D '45)
MacKaye, D. L*. and J. J. G. We of Frabo
stand. (D '44)
McKee, R. Tootka. (F »46) <1945 Annual)
McKelvey, G. D. Stories to live by. (Ag '43)
McKinley, C. Harriett. (Ap '46)
McLean. R. N. Traded twins. (S '42)
McMeekin, I. M. Journey cake. (D *42)
McMeekin, 1. M. Juba'a new moon. (D '44)
MacMillan, W. Arctic adventure. (S f45)
MacMillan, W. Dark treasure. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
McNamara, J. Extra! (Je '45)
McNeer, M. Y. Covered wagon. (O *44)
McNeer, M. Y. Gold rush. (N »44)
McNeer, M. Y. Story of California. (D *44>
McNeer. M. Y. Story of the Great Plains. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
McNeer, M. Y. Story of the southern high-
lands. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
MacNeil. M. G. Between earth and sky. (N
MacNeil. M. G. Sailor Jack. (D '42)
MacNeil, M. G. Soldier Sammy. (My '42)
McSpadden, J. W. Robin Hood and his merry
outlaws. (Mr *46)
McSwigan, M. Five on a merry-go-round.
(S '43)
McSwigan, M. Hi, Barney! (Je '46)
McSwigan, M. Snow treasure. (Ap *42)
Magoon, M. A. W. Emperor's nephew. (My
Malkus, A. S. Citadel of * hundred stairways.
(Mr '42)
Mallette, G. E. Inside out. (D '42)
Mallette, G. E. Wenderley. (Mr '44)
Mai Ion, C. H. Story of the sandman. (Ap
'46)
Maloney, T. J. Judy at the zoo. (O '45)
Maloy, L. Swift Thunder of the prairie. (O
'42)
Maloy, L. Toby's house. (N '46)
Maloy, L. Yankee sails to China. (Ap '44)
Malvern, G. Dancing star. (Ag '42)
Malvern, G. Gloria, ballet dancer. (D '46)
Malvern, O. Jonica's island. (S '46)
Malvern. G. Valiant minstrel. (D '43)
Mammen, E. W. Jim's the boy! (D *42)
Mann, M. Nathan Hale, patriot. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Marais, J. Koos, the Hottentot. (D '45)
Maril, L. Crack and crunch. (Ag '46)
Mar 11, L. Mr. Bunny paints the eggs. (Je '45)
Maril, L. Savor and flavor. (Je '44)
Maril, L. Spice and scent. (Je '43)
Marshak, I. I. How the automobile learned
to run. (D '45)
Marshak, I. I., and Segal, E. A. Ring and
a riddle. (Ag '44)
Marshall, D. Long white month. (S '42)
Marshall, R. V. None but the brave. (Je '42)
Marshall, R. V. Treasure of Shafto. (S '46)
Martin, D. B. Adventure in Tunisia. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Martin. D. B. Wonder cat. (S '42)
Martin, F. G. M. Knuckles down! (N '42)
Martin, F. G. M. No school Friday. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Mason, B. S. Book for junior woodsmen. (D
Mason, F. W. Q-boat. (S '43)
Mason, M. E. Happy Jack. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Mason. M E Little Jonathan. (N '44)
Mason, M. E. Mark Twain, boy of old
Missouri. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mason, M. E. Matilda and her family. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mason. M. E. Timothy has ideas. (Mr T4)
Mason, M. E. Young Audubon. (D *43)
Mason, V. Pilots, man your planes. (S '44)
Maurois, A. Eisenhower, the liberator. (Mr
'46)
Maurois, A. Franklin, the life of an optimist.
(Ag '45)
Maurois, A. Fr£d4ric Chopin. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Maxwell, W. Heavenly tenants. (D '46)
Mayer, E. H. Our Negro brother. (Ag '45)
Maynard. S. K. C. Rose of America. (My '44)
Mayo, W. Mozart. (Ag §45)
Mayo, W. Tchaikovsky. (Ag '45)
Mazet. H. S. Eagles in the sky. (S '46)
Meader, S. W. Jonathan goes west. (D '46)
Meader, S. W. Long trains roll. (N '44)
Meader, S. W. Sea snake. (O '43)
Meader, S. W. Shadow in the pines. (O *42)
Meader. S. W. Skippy's family. (N '45)
Meadowcroft, E. L. Abraham Lincoln. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Meadowcroft, E. L. China's story. (N '46)
Meadowcroft, E. L. Ship boy with Columbus.
(Je '42)
Meadowcroft, E. L. Silver for General Wash-
ington. (S '44)
Means, F. C. Great day in the morning. (D
'46)
Means. F. C. Moved outers. (Ap '45)
Means, F. C. Peter of the mesa. (S '44)
Means, F. C. Shadow over Wide Ruin. (Ja
*43) (1942 Annual)
Means, F. C. Tereslta of the valley. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Means. P. A, Tupak of the Incas. (My '42)
Medary, M. Buckeye boy. (O '44)
Medary, M. Store at Crisscross corners. (N
'46)
Meek, S. St P. Gustav. a son of Franz. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Meeks, E. K. Little red car. (D '45)
Meese, M. F. Mary Cars tens, M.D. (Mr '44)
Meigs, C. L. Mounted messenger. (Je '43)
Mellen, I. M. Twenty little fishes. (Je '42)
Merrill. M. Treasure cave trail. (O '43)
Merrill, M. Young Billings of Buckhorn. (O
Merwin, D. Time for Tammie. (S '46)
Metcalfe, J. M. Copper, the red metal. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Metzger. B. Picture tales from India. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Meyer, J. S. Picture book of astronomy. (Je
Milhous, K. Corporal Keeperupper. (Je '43)
Milhous, K. First Christmas crib. (D '44)
Milhous. K. Herodia, the lovely puppet. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Milhous, K. Snow over Bethlehem. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Milius, W. Here comes daddv. (D '44)
Millen, M. F. Wild West Bill rides home
(O '46)
Milter, A. D. Cinderella. (D '43)
Miller. J. Miss Lizzie. (D '43)
Miller, M. R. Along our coast. (O '42)
994
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature — Continued
Miller. W. H. Home -builders. (O '46)
Miller. W. H. Lone woodsman. (O '43)
Miner, L. S. Wild waters. (O '46)
Misch. R. J. At daddy's office. (D '46)
Mitchell, I. Beginning was a Dutchman. (Ag
'46)
Mitchell, L. S. Guess what's in the grass.
Mitchell, L. S. Red, white and blue auto. (D
'43 )
Mitchell, M. B. A. Hoosier boy, James Whit-
comb Riley. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual) ^
Molloy, A. G. Coast guard to Greenland. (My
'42)
Molloy, A. G. Decky's secret. (N '44)
Molloy, A. S. B. Bird in hand. (D *45)
Molloy, A. S. B. Shooting Star farm. (D '46)
Jdolnar, P. Blue-eyed lady. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
Monsell, H. A. Dolly Madison, Quaker girl.
Monsell, H. A. Paddy's Christmas. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Monsell, H. A. Young Stonewall, Tom Jack-
son. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Montgomery, E. R. Bonnie's baby brother and
how he grew. (N *42)
Montgomery* B. &• Story behind great in-
ventions. (Ja »45) (1944 Annual)
Montgomery, R. G. Ghost town adventure.
Montgomery, R. G. Husky, co-pilot of the
Pilgrim. (O '43)
Montgomery. R. G. Last cruise of the Jean-
nette. (S ;44)
Montgomery, R. G. Warhawk patrol. (Mr '45)
Moon, G. P. Daughter of Thunder. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Moore, C. C. Night before Christmas. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual) ,_
Morgan, A. P. First radio book for boys. (D
'42)
Morgan. H. L. Mistress of the White House.
(Je '46)
Morris, D. H. Truck that flew. (My '42)
Morrow, E. R. C. My favorite age. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual) , ^ ,
Mother Goose. Berta and Elmer Hader's
picture book of Mother Goose. (N '44)
Mother Goose. Masha's stuffed Mother Goose.
Mother Goose. Mother Goose, comp. by W.
R. Ben6t. (Mr '44)
Mother Goose. Mother Goose; seventy-seven
verses 11. by Tasha Tudor. (D '44)
Mother Goose. Mother Goose tells time. (S
'45)
Mother Goose. Old Mother Goose nursery
rhyme book. (My '44)
Mother Goose. Tall book of Mother Goose.
(D '42)
Muller, C. G., and Mazet. H. S. Tigers of the
sea (S '46)
Murphy, M. A. When Jefferson was young.
(My 43)
Murtaugh, J., ed. Wonder tales of giants and
dwarfs. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
Myhre, EJ. Hawaiian yesterdays. (Je *42)
Nast, E. R. Farm story. (N '46)
Nast, B. R. Woods story. (D '45)
Nechaev, I. Chemical elements. (N '42)
Neikirk, M. E. All about Oscar. (D '43)
Neilson, F. F. Donkey from Dorking. (My '42)
Neilson, F. F. Mocha, the DJuka. (O '43)
Neilson, F. F. J. Giant mountain. (N '46)
Nesbitt, N. S. Cobl camel. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Nesbitt, P. Nicholas Needle foot. (O '44)
Nevin, B. C. Lost children of the Shoshones.
(S '46)
Newberry, C. T. Kittens' ABC. (Ja f47)
(1946 Annual)
Newberry. C. T. MarshmaUow. (D '42)
Newberry. C. ?. Pandora. (D '44)
Newcomb, C. Larger than the sky. (F '46?
(1945 Annual)
Newcomb, C. Secret door. (D '46)
Newcomb, C. Silver saddles. (O '43)
Newcomb, C. Vagabond in velvet. (N '42)
Newcomb, E. Brave nurse. (O '45)
Newell, H. H. Cinder Ike. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Newell, H. H. Steppin and family. (My '42)
Newman, G.. and Meyer, E. P. Polly Pop-
pingay, milliner. (D *43)
Neyhart, L. A. Henry's Lincoln. (S '45)
Nicholson, S. H. Peter, the adventures of a
chorister. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Nicolay, H. Decatur of, the old navy. (Ag
'42)
Nicolay, H. MacArthur of Bataan. (D '42)
Nolan, J. C. O. Henry. (Mr '44)
Nolan, J. C. Patriot in the saddle. (O '45)
Nolan. J. C. Treason at the Point. (D '44)
Norling, J. S. and E. R. Pogo's fishing trip.
(My '43)
Norling, J. S. and E R. Pogo's letter. (N '46)
Norling, J. S. and E. R. Pogo's mining trip.
(D '46)
Norling, J. S. and E. R. Pogo's sky ride. (O
•43)
Norling, J. S. and E. R. Pogo's train ride.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
North. S. Midnight and Jeremiah. (D '43)
Norton, A. M. Sword is drawn. (My '44)
Norton, G. K. Gappy can. (Ag '46)
Norton, M. Magic bed-knob. (My '44)
Nourse, M. A., and Goetz, D. China, country
of contrasts. (D '44)
Novikoff, A. B. Climbing our family tree.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Noyes, A. Secret of Pooduck island. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Oakes, V. A. Bamboo gate. (Ag '46)
O'Faolain, E. King of the cats. (O '42)
O'Faolain, E. Miss Pennyfeather and the
pooka. (S '46)
Olds, E. Big nre. (D '45)
Olds, H. D. Jill, movie maker. (My '45)
Olds, H. D. Lark, radio singer. (O '46)
Olds, H. D. Victoria clicks! (Je '42)
O'Malley, P. War wings for Carol. (S '43)
O'Malley, P. Wider wings. (Ag '42)
Orton, H. F. Little lost pigs in town. (D '42)
Orton, H. F. Winding river. (N '44)
Osgood, H. E. K. Pam Pam. (Ag '43)
Osprood, H. E. K. Presents from Pam Pam.
(D *45)
Osgood, H. E. K. Yukon River children.
(Ag '44)
Owen, F. Morris, the midget moose. (N '45)
Owen, P., ed. Teen-age companion. (D '46)
Pace, M. M. Friend of animals. (Je »42)
Packard, V. Jerry the giraffe. (S '45)
PanneH, L , and Henry, R. Chuggety chug.
Panter-Downes. M. Watling Green. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Papashvily, G. and H. W. Yes and no stories.
(D '46)
Parker, B. M. Beyond the solar system. (Je
'42)
Parker, K. P. What and what-not. (D '44)
Parks, E. W. Long hunter. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Parton, E. House between. (Je *43)
Parton, E. Year without a summer. (D *45)
Paschal, N. Clover creek. (Je '46)
Patton, L. Little river of gold. (S '46)
Pauli. H. E. St. Nicholas' travels. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Pauli, H. E. Silent night. (D '43)
Pauli, H. E. Story of the Christmas tree.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Pauli, G. Pancakes for breakfast. (O '46)
Pauli. G. Squash for the fair. (O '43)
Paullin, E. This little boy went to kinder-
garten. (N '44)
Paulmier. H. C., and Schauffler, R. H., eds.
Pan-American day. (My '43)
Paulmier, H. C. and Schauffler. R. H., eds.
Peace days. (S '46)
Payne, E. Katy no-pocket. (O '44)
Payne, J: B. Once there was Olga. (O '44)
Pease, H. Heart of danger. (D '46)
Pease, H. Night boat. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Pease, J. V. Happy book. (S '42)
Pease, J. V. It seems like magic. (D '46)
Pease, J. V. This is the world. (D '44)
Peck. A. M. Manoel and the Morning Star.
(Je '43)
Peck, L. Don Coyote. (My '42)
Peckham, B. C. Other people's children. (Ja
43)
Peet, C. All about broadcasting. (O '42)
Peet, C. Runaway train. (My '43)
Perkins, W. L. Fannie Farmer junior cook
book. (Ja '48) (1942 Annual)
Perrault, C. French fairy tales. (D '45)
Perry, J. Chemical industry. (N '44)
Perry, J. Cotton Industry. (Ag '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
995
Perry* J. Electrical Industry. (8 '46)
Perry, J. Glass industry. (S '46)
Perry, J. Paper industry. (Ag '46)
Perry , J. Petroleum industry. (Ag '46)
Perry* J. Steel industry. (Ag '43)
Pessin, D. Aleph-bet story book. (O '46)
Petersham, M. F. and M. Rooster crows. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Phelps, E. M., ed. Book and library plays for
elementary and high school use, v2. (Ap
*42)
Phelps, F. B. Let's get to know God. (My
Phelps, M. Chia and the lambs. (S '44)
Phelps, M. Pico and the silver mountain. (Je
Philbrook, E. Far from Marlborough street.
(My '44)
Phillips, E. C. Brian's victory. (D '42)
Pinkerton, K. S. G. Farther north. (Ap '44)
Pinkerton, K. S. G. Fox island. (N '42)
Pinkerton, K. S. G. Silver strain. (N '46)
Pinkerton, K. S. G. Windigo. (O '45)
Pistorius, A. What bird is it? (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Plowhead, R. G. Mile high cabin. (Mr '46)
Plowitz, K. Mr Finny. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Politi, L. Pedro. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Pollock, K. G. Sandalio goes to town. (My '42)
Pollock, K. G. Sir Toby and the Murrays. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Pollock, K. G. Sky ride. (O '44)
Pollock. K. G. Sly Mongoose. (O '43)
Pope. E. Biggety chameleon. (S '46)
Porazinska. J. In Voytus* little house. (N
'44)
Porazinska, J. My village. (Ja »45) (1944
Annual)
Porter, E. B. W. Sandra Kendall of the 4-H.
* (Ap '43)
Porter, J. Biffy Buffalo. (O '42)
Poston, M. Li. Girl without a country. (D
Potter, B. Wag-by-Wall. (D '44)
Powers, A. Hannibal's elephants. (N '44)
Powers, S. R., and others. Adventuring In
science; bk. 1, Exploring our world. (My
'46)
Pratt, M., and others. When I grow up I'll
be a teacher. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Price. M. E. Animals marooned. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Price, O. M. Donkey for the King. (Je '45)
Proudflt, I. B. ... Pantry family. (Ag §42)
Proudflt. I. B. . . . The Sewing box family.
(Ag '42)
Puner, H. W. Daddies, what they do all day.
(S '46)
Purdy, C. L. S. Stormy victory. (Mr '43)
Pyne, M. M. Little geography of the United
States. (Ap '42)
Quigg, J. Looking for Lucky. (Je '46)
Quigg, J. Polly Peters. (D '42)
Qulnn. V. Picture map geography of Mexico,
Central America and the West Indies. (Je
'43)
Quinn, V. Picture map geography of the
Pacific islands. (D '45)
Ransome, A. Missee Lee, (My '42)
Ran some, A. Picts and the martyrs. (D *43)
Rathbone, A. D. He's in the sub-busters
now. (Ap '44)
Raymond, L. Child's story of the nativity.
(O '43)
Raymond, M. T.f and Mohr, C. O. Prairie
dog town. (Ag *42)
Raymond, M. T., and Zylstra, F. Skylark.
(Ag '42)
Reck, F. M. Varsity letter. (Ag '42)
Renick, J. L. and M. Steady; a baseball story.
(My '42)
Rentck, M. L. Champion caddy. (Je '43)
Renick, M. L. Skating today. (Ag '45)
Reno, E. W., and Weisgard, L. Pick the
vegetables. (O '44)
Reppy, N. I4ttle builders' A B C. (D '43)
Resnick, W. S. Dragonshlp. (O '42)
Rey, H, A. Anybody at home? (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Rey, H. A. Cecily G. and the 9 monkeys. (N
Rey, H. A. Christmas manger. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Rey, H. A. Elizabite. (Je '42)
Rey, H. A. How do you get there? (Ag '42)
Rey, H. A. Humpty Dumpty and other
Mother Goose songs. (Ap '44)
,
(Ap
Rifkin,
Rey, H. A. Look for the letters. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Rey, H. A. Tommy helps, too. (S '48)
Rey, H. A. We three kings. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Rey, H. A. Where's my baby? (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Rey, M. E. W. Pretzel. (D '44)
Rey, M. E. W. Spotty. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Rey, M. E. W. and H. A. Pretzel and the
puppies. (D '46)
Reyher, R. My mother is the most beautiful
woman in the world. (D '45)
Richardson, M. R. Mule skinners. (D '45)
Rickard, J. A. Old Aztec story teller. (Je '44)
Ridgway, M. V. First steps. (D '43)
Ridgway, M. V. Night-night. (S *44)
Riesenberg, F. Man on the raft. (D '45)
Riesenberg, F. Salvage. (N '42)
Rifkin, L. When I grow up I'll be a farmer.
(My *44)
Rifkin, L. When I grow up I'll be a flyer.
(Ap '43)
ifktn, L. When I grow up I'll be a nurse.
(Ap '43)
Hlggs, I. B. Little champion. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Rimmgton, C. This is the navy. (O '45)
Roan, C. M. Wings on the air. (S '44)
Robbins, G. A. High take at low tide. (My
*46)
Robinson, G. Catch a falling star. (O '42r
Robinson, G. Fox fire. (O '44)
Robinson, G. Mother Penny. (O '46)
Robinson, G. Peter Snow, surgeon. (8 '43)
Robinson, J. Things to make from odds and
ends. (O '46)
Robinson, T. P. Grey lock and the robins. (N
'46)
Robinson, T. P. Mr Red Squirrel. (N '43)
Robinson, W. W. At the seashore. (Je '42)
Robinson, W. W. Big boy. (S '44)
Rogers, F. Indigo treasure. (Ap *42)
Rogers, F., and Beard, A. Birthday of a na-
tion—July 4, 1776. (My '45)
Rogers, F., and Beard, A. Old Liberty bell.
(O '42)
Rogers, F., and Beard, A. Paul Revere. (D
•43)
Rogow, W. Let's find Skipper. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Rogow, W. Train book. (D '45)
Rohmer, A. E. Ivan, the iron horse. (N '44)
Roos, A. Man of Molokai. (Je '43)
Ross, F. X. Trail blazers of the sky. (My
'46)
Ross, M. I. Farm in the family. (My '44)
Ross, P. F. In Mexico they say. (Je '42)
Rothery, A. E. Central American roundabout.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Rothery. A. E. Scandinavian roundabout. (S
'46)
Rothery, A. E. Washington roundabout. (Je
'42)
Rounds, G. Whitey and Jinglebob. (D '46)
Rounds, G. Whitey 'a Sunday horse. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Rue, F. C. Cocoa dancer. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Rush, W. M. Rocky Mountain ranger. (N
'44)
Rush, W. M. Wheat rancher. (O '46)
Rush, W. M. Yellowstone scout. (D '45)
Ruttkay, G. Chopin. (Ag '46)
Sackett. B. Hurricane treasure. (O '45)
Sackett, B. Sponger's Jinx. (D '43)
Sage, J. Man in the manhole. (D '46)
Saint Exup6ry, A. de. Little prince. (My '43)
Sasse, A. ]3. Terry Carvel's theater caravan.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Sauer, J. L. Fog magic. (D '43)
Savage. A. H. Eben the crane. (D *44)
Savery, C. Emeralds for the king. (My '45)
Savery. C. Good ship Red Lily. (O '44)
Saville, M. Spy in the hills. (D '45)
r, R. Christmas Anna Angel. (D '44)
__ _ _ „_ ____ _„ ____
Sawyer, "R. Old" Con" and "Patrick. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Sawyer, R. This is the Christmas. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Scnmidt, S. L. Hurricane mystery. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Schneider, H. and N. How big is big? (F »47)
(1946 Annual)
Schneider, N. and H. Let's find out. (Ap
•46)
Schoenen. H. Story behind steel. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
996
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Children's literature (individual titles) — Cont.
Scholz, J. V. Batter up. (O '46)
Scholz, J. V. Goal to go. (D '45)
Scholz, J. V. Pigskin warriors. (O '44)
Scholz, J. V. Soldiers at bat. (Ja '43) (1942
Scoggin* M. C., ed. Chucklebait. (8 '45)
Scott, A. O. S. Wily woodchucks. (S '46)
Scott, S. Molly and the tool shed. (O '43)
Scott, S. Silly Billy. (N '45) ^ m
Scott. W. R. This is the milk that Jack
drank. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Seaman, L. H. Brave bantam. (S *46)
Sechrlst, B. H., ed. Merry meet again. (My
'42)
Sechrlst, B. H., ed. Thirteen ghostly yarns.
Self, M. C. Chitter Chat stories. (N '46)
Self, M. C. Ponies on parade. (Je '45)
Sellew, C. F. Adventures with the gods. (D
'45)
Selsam, M. E. Egg to chick. (S '46)
Seredy, K. Open gate. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Seth-Smith. E. K. Vagabonds all. (D '46)
Sewell, H. Birthdays for Robin. (Ap '44)
Seybert, M., and Olson, L.. M. Taffy and
Tuffy. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Seyfert. E. M. Amish moving day. (S '42)
Seymour, A. H. Galewood crossing. (D '46)
Seymour, A. H. Grandma for Christmas. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Seymour, A. H. On the edge of the fjord.
(P '45) (1944 Annual)
Seymour, F. W. S. Bird girl, Sacagawea. (D
Seymour, P. W. S. Pocahontas. (D '46)
Shackelford, J. D. My happy days. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Shapiro, I. Casey Jones and locomotive
no. 638. (Je '44)
Shapiro, I. How Old Stormalong captured
Mocha Dick. (D '42)
Shapiro. I. John Henry and the double jointed
steam-drill. (O '45)
Shapiro, I. Steamboat Bill and the captain's
top hat. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Shapiro, I. Yankee thunder. (My '44)
Shenton. E. Alphabet of the army. (Ap '44)
Shepard. B. Cat next door. (N '43)
Sherman, E. B. Flying banners. (P '43) (1942
Sherman? F. J. Admiral Wags. (S '43)
Sherwood, L,. Old Abe. (D '46)
Shields, K. Three in the Jungle. (O *44)
Shtnn, A. V. Sigurdur in Iceland. (Ap '43)
Shinn, E.. 11. Christ story. (Ap '44)
Shore, M., and Oblinger, M. M. Knight of
the wilderness. (Je '43)
Shore, M., and Oblinger, M. M. Slave who
dreamed. (Ap '45)
Shurtleff, B. L. Awol: K-9 commando. (Ag
•44)
ShurtleftT. B. L. Awol musters out. (Je '46)
Shurtleff, B. L. Short leash. (S '46)
Sickels. E. R. School bell rings. (N »42)
Siegmeister. E., ed. Work and sing. (Ag *44)
SillTman, L. Scrapper. (Je '46)
Simmons, M. I. Kay Allen on overseas mis-
sion. (Je '45)
Simmons, M. I. Sally wins her wings. (My
•43)
Simon. C. M. H. Art in the new land. (N
•45)
Simon, C. M. H. Joe Mason, apprentice to
Audubon. (N '46)
Simon. C. M, H. Lonnie's Landing:. (Ap '42}
Simon. C. M. H. Song of tomorrow. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Simon, C. M. H. Younger Brother. (O *42)
Simon, 6* Wandering beggar. (S '42)
Simon, S. Wise men of Helm. (Je '46)
Singer. C.. and Baldridge, C. Le R. Santa
Glaus comes to America. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Singh, R. L., and Lownsbery. E. Gift of the
forest. (N '42)
Skidmore. H. Hill lawyer. (N '42)
Slater. F. C. Betsy Yates: realtor. (Ag '42)
Slobodkin. L. Adventures of Arab. (D '46)
Slobodkin. L. Clear the track for Michael's
magic train. (D '45)
Slobodkin, L. Friendly animals. (D '44)
Slobodkin. L. Magic Michael. (O '44)
Smith. C. P. He's in the artillery now. (Ap
Smith, E. B. So long ago. (Je '44)
Smith, E. S.. and Hazeltine, A. I., comps.
Christmas book of legends and stories.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Smith, G. Adventures of Sir Ignatius Tip-
pitoiio. (D '45)
Smith, I. When grandma was a little girl.
(D '46)
Sondergaard, A. My first geography of the
Pacific. (D '44)
Sondergaard, A. They went exploring. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Sorenson, F. E., and Rotter, G. E. Now we
fly. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Sowers, P. A. Sons of the dragon. (Je '42)
Sowers. P. A. Swords and sails in the Phillp-
" pines. (Ag '44)
Spenser. E. Adventures of the Redcrosse
knight. (My '46)
Sperry. A. Bamboo, the grass tree. (N '42)
Sperry, A. Coconut, the wonder tree. (N '42)
Sperry. A. Hull-down for action. (D '45)
Sperry. A. Storm canvas. (S '44)
Spiegel. D. Dannv and Company 92. (N '45)
Stafford, K. Ling Tang and the lucky cricket.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Stall, D. Chukchi hunter. (D '46)
Stanger, M. A. Brand new baby. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Stark, B. S. Chancho. (D '44)
Stebbins. A. E. Small flags waving. (O '43)
Steinbeck, J. Red pony. (D '45)
Steiner, C. A B C. (D '46)
Steiner, C. Daddy comes home. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Steiner, C. Kiki and Muffy. (D '43)
Steiner, C. Sleepy quilt. (P '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Steiner, C. Surprise for Mrs Bunny. (O *45)
Steiner, C., and Burlingham, M. Climbing
book. (D '43)
Steiner, C., and Burlingham, M. Second
climbing book. (D '44)
Sterling, H. Little Choo Choo. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Sterling, H. Little Moo and the circus. (Mr
'46)
Stern, E. J. Wee Robin's Christmas song.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Sterne, E. G. Incident in Yorkville. (O '43)
Stevens, A. H. How of the helicopter. (Je
'46)
Stevens, W. O. David Glasgow Farragut. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Stevens. W. O. Drummer boy of Burma. (S
'43)
Stevenson, A. Andy Jackson, boy soldier. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Stevenson, A. Daniel Boone, boy hunter. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Stevenson, A. George Carver, boy scientist.
(D '44)
Stevenson, A. George Washington, boy lead-
er. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Stevenson, A. Paul Revere, boy of old Bos-
ton. (S '46)
Stevenson. A. Sam Houston, boy chieftain.
(Ag '44)
Stevenson, R. L. Child's garden of verses.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Stewart. A. B. Bibi, the baker's horse. (O
'42)
Stewart. A. B. Two young Corsicans. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
Stlfter, A. Rock crystal. (D r45)
Still, D. S, Sue in Tibet. (S '42)
Stillman, D. When the New Year came in
March. (My *44)
Stinetorf. L. A. Children of North Africa. (S
43)
Stinetorf. L. A. Children of South Africa.
(D '45)
Stoddard, A. G., ed. Topflight, famous Amer-
ican women. (N '46)
Stolper, J. Hippo. (N '42)
Stone, C. R. Clorinda of Cherry Lane farm.
(D '45)
Stone, C. R. Inga of Porcupine mine. (D '42)
Stone, E. Free men shall stand. (D *44)
Stone, W. S. Pepe* was the saddest bird. (D
Stone, W. S. Thunder island. (Je '42)
Stong, P. D. Censored, the goat. (D '45>
Stong. P. D. Missouri canary. (D '43)
Stong. P. D. Way down cellar. (Je '42)
Story of Gertie. (Je '46)
Strack L. H. Aluminum, a magic mineral.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
997
Strack, L. H. Magnesium: a magic mineral.
(F *44) (1943 Annual)
Streatfeild, N. Theater shoes. (D '45)
Strickland, H. H. Juggernaut of the rangers.
(N '46).
Stuart, F. P. Pledge of Piang. (D '43)
Summers, R. A. Battle of the Sierras. (Je '43)
Sutton. M. Gail Gardner wins her cap. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Sutton, M. Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone.
(O '42)
Sutton, M. Tommy True. (D '42)
Swarthout, G. Come soon, tomorrow. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Swift, H. H. Little red lighthouse and the
great gray bridge. (O '42)
Sze, M. Echo of a cry. (N '45)
Tall book of nursery tales. (My f44)
Tarrant, M. W., 11. Nursery rhyme book. (S
46)
Tarry, B. Hezekiah Horton. (N '42)
Tarry, E.t and Ets, M. H. My dog Rinty. (S
Tarshis. E. K. Look at America. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Tate, S. Fluffy. (S '43)
Tatham, C. First book of boats. (O '46)
Tatham, C. First flying book. (O f44)
Taylor, F. W. Owen of the Bluebird. (D '42)
Tazewell, C. Littlest angel. (D '46)
Teal, V. Angel child. (D '46)
Teal, V. Little woman wanted noise. (Je '43)
Teilhet, D. L. Avion my uncle flew. (S '46)
Temple, W. H. Web Adams. (My '43)
Tempski, A. von. Bright spurs. (S '46)
Tenggren, G. Story book. (O '44)
Tharp, L. H. Champlain, northwest voyager.
Tharp, L. H. Company of adventurers. (N
46)
Tharp, L. H. Down to the sea. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Theilmann, M. C. Suzy goes to Mexico. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Theiss, L. E. Tommy visits an aircraft fac-
tory. (Ap '44)
Thoburn, J., ed. Away in a manger. (N '42)
Thomas. D. Hi-Po the hippo. (O '42)
Thomas, E. Hemisphere camp. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Thompson, B. J. Oldest story. (O *43)
Thompson, M. W. Blueberry Muffin. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Thompson, M. W. Crossroads for Penelope.
(N 45)
Thompson, M. W. Pattern for Penelope. (O
'43)
Thome, D., and Mo ran, C. Chips. (S '44)
Thorne-Thomsen, G. Sky bed. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Thurber, J. Great Quillow. (D '44)
Thurber, J. Many moons. (O '43)
Tireman, L. S. Baby Jack and Jumping
Jack Rabbit. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Tireman, L. S. Cocky. (S '46)
Tireman, L. S. Hop- a- long. (Ap »46)
Tompkins, J. F. Raccoon twins. (D '42)
Tompkins, J. F. Storks fly home. (D '43)
Tousey, S. Airplane Andy. (Ap '43)
Tousey, S. Dick and the canal boat. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Tousey, S. Fred and Brown Beaver ride
the river. (Mr '45)
Tousey, S. Little Bear's pinto pony. (My
Tousey, S. Lumberjack Bill. (Je '43)
Tousey, S. Old Blue. (Ap '43)
Tousey, S. Trouble in the gulch. (S »44)
Townend. J Railroad ABC. (Mr '45)
Townsend, E. Johnny and his wonderful bed.
(Je '46)
Tracy, E. B. Paddles. (Je '42)
Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins opens the door.
(Ja (44) (1943 Annual)
Trease, Q. Cue for treason. (Je '42)
Tregarthen, E. Doll who came alive. (N '42)
Trent. R. Susan. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Tresselt, A. R. Rain drop splash. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Troy, H. Five golden wrens. (My '43)
True. B., and Henry. M. Their first igloo
on Baffin island. (O '43)
Tudor. T. Dorcas Porkus. (N '42)
Tudor. T. Linsey Woolsey. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Tudor. T. White goose. (D '43)
Tunis. J. R. All-American. (O *42)
Tunis, J. E. City tor Lincoln. (P '45)
Tunis, J. R. Keystone kids. (O '43)
Tunis, J. R. Kid comes back. (D '46)
Tunis. J. R. Rookie of the year. (My '44>
Tunis, J. R. Yea! Wildcats! (D '44)
Turner, N. B. Sycamore silver. (Ap '43)
Turner, N. B. When it rained cats and dogs.
(O '46)
Turner, T. Christmas house. (D '43)
Turpin, E. H. L. Zickle's puppy dog. (Ag
'42)
Ulrelch, N. W. All aboard, we are off. (O
•44)
Ulreich, N. W. Mitty children fix things. (Ag
'46)
Ulreich. N. W. Nura's children go visiting.
(Je '43)
Undset, S. Happy times in Norway. (D *42)
Undset, S. Sigurd and his brave companions.
(D '43)
Unwin, D. S. Cabin for Crusoe. (Ag *46)
Updegraff, F. M. Traveler's candle. (N '42)
Urbahns, E. Tangled web. (D '43)
Urmston, M. Plain clothes Patricia. (Je '44)
Urmston, M. Quite contrary. (Je '43)
Vance, M. While shepherds watched. (D '46)
Van der Haas, H. Orange on top. (My *45)
Van Loon, H. W. Adventures and escapes of
Qustavus Vasa. (N '45)
Van Loon, H. W. Life and times of Sim6n
Bolivar. (D '43)
Van Rosen, R. Baker's dozen. (My '46)
Van Stockum, H. Andries. (D '42)
Van Stockum, H. Gerrit and the organ. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Van Stockum, H. The Mitchells. (D '45)
Varble, R. M. Romance for Rosa. (D *46)
Varga, M. Carol Brant. (N '45)
Veltman, J. Syrup can. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Vinall, E. Super-market secret. (Mr '46)
Vinton, 1. Laffy of the navy salvage divers.
(N '44)
Von Hagen, C. B. Chico of the Andes. (Je
43)
Von Hagen, C. B. Forgotten flnca. (Ag '44)
Von Hagren, C. B. Pablo of Flower moun-
tain. (Je '42)
Von Hagen, V. W. South American zoo. (S
'46)
Vorse. M. E. Grubby gets clean. (Ap '43)
Wagoner. J. B. Jane Addams, little lame girl.
(Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Wagoner, J. B. Julia Ward Howe. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Wagoner, J. B. Louisa Alcott. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Waite, H. E. Butterfly takes command. (D
Waldeck, J. B. M. Little lost monkey. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Waldeck, T. J. Jamba the elephant. (N '42)
Waldeck, T. J. Lions on the hunt. (My '42)
Waldeck, T. J. Treks across the veldt. (Ag
•44)
Walden, A. E. Gateway. (N '46)
Walker. J., ed. My Bible book. (O '46)
Wallower. L. Chooky. (Je '43)
Wallower. L. Roll of drums. (O '45)
Walmsley, R. G. Little songs of the big city.
(My '42)
Walsh. M. R. Molly, the rogue. (Ag '44)
Walsh, M. R. Mullingar heifer. (My '46)
Ward, M. B. Boat children of Canton. (Ag
Ware. L. Crazy dog. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Watkin, L. E. Marty Markham. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Watklns-Pitchford, D. J. Brendon chase. (D
•45)
Watson. H. O. Shavetail Sam, U.S. army
mule. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Watson, H. O. Top Kick, U.S. army horse.
(D '42)
Watson, H. O. Trooper, U.S. army dog. (Mr
Watson, K. W., ed. Once upon a time. (Ag
Watson, K. W.. comp. Their way. (Ap '46)
Watson, V. C. Through many water*. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual)
Waugh, D. Warm earth. (Je '43)
Wayne. E. Bucky Bear. (My *44)
Webber, F. M. Peter Painter and the holi-
days. (Ag '43)
Webber, I. E. S. Travelers all. (N '44)
Webber. I. E. S. Up above and down below.
(Ap '43)
Weber. I* M. Meet the Malones. (N '43)
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Children's literature — Continued
Weber, L. M. Riding high. (8 '46)
Weil, A. Animal families. (S '46)
Weil, A. John Quincy Adams. (Mr *46)
Weil, A. Pussycat's breakfast. (P '45) (1944
Annual)
Weil, A, Very first day. (Je '46)
Weil, L. Jacoble tells the truth. (N '46)
Weisgard, L. Whose little bird am I? (O '44)
Wells, M. L., and Fox, D. Boy of the woods.
(Je '42)
Wells, P. Mr Tootwhistle's invention. (Je '42)
Wells, P. Pirate's apprentice. (D '43)
Werner, J. Child's book of Bible stories. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Weston, C. O. Bhimsa, the dancing bear. (D
'45)
Weston, M. F. Great pathfinder. (D *44)
Wheeler, O. H.M.S. Pinafore. (D '46)
Wheeler, O. Handel at the court of kings.
(Mr '44)
Wheeler, O. Ludwig Beethoven and the
chiming tower bells. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Wheeler. O. Sing for Christmas. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Wheeler, O. Sing in praise. (D '46)
Wheeler, P. Hathoo of the elephants. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
White, B. A. Lady Leatherneck. (S '45)
White, E. B. Stuart Little. (D '45)
White, B. O. Training Sylvia. (O *42)
White, B. O. When Esther was a little
girl. (Ap '44)
White. R. Lion's paw. (D '46)
White, R. M. Ollie the ostrich. (D '46)
Whitehead, R. Five and ten. (Je '43)
Whitehead, R. Peter opens the door. (N '46)
Whitney, P. A. Silver inkwell. (N '45)
Whitney, P. A. Star for Gmny. (N '42)
Whitney, P. A. Window for Julie. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Wicker, I. S. Little hunchback horse. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Widdemer, M. C. Washington Irving, boy of
old New York. (S '46)
Wiese, K. Little boy lost in Brazil. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Wiese, K. You can write Chinese. (D '45)
Wilder, L. I. These happy golden years. (My
'43)
Williams, G., il. Chicken book. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Williams, G. M. Timid Timothy. (N '44)
Williams, H. L. Kimbi, Jungle Indian. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Williams, J. Counterfeit African. (D '44)
Willis. F. Clover. (O '46)
Willson, D. Hollywood starlet. (Ag '42)
Wilson, L. Fernando Cortez. (My '42)
Wilson, W. B. Shooting Star. (Je '42)
Wilt, R. Too big feet. (Ap '46)
Wimberly. P. K. Child of Colombia, (Ap '44)
Windeatt, M. F. Warrior in white. (Mr '45)
Winston, R. A. Aircraft carrier. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Winston, R. A. Fighting squadron. (D '46)
Withers, C., comp. Counting out. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wolo. Friendship valley. (D '46)
Wolo. Secret of the ancient oak. (D '42)
Wolo. Sir Archibald. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Wolo. Tweedles be brave! (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Wonsetler, A. H. and J. C. Liberty for
Johanny. (D '43)
Wonsetler, A. H. and J. C. Me and the
general. (O '42)
Wood, E. Silver Widgeon. (D '42)
Wood, L. N. Raymond L. Ditmars. (N '44)
Wood, L. N. Walter Reed, doctor in uniform.
(S '43)
Woodall, S. L. Animal ABC. (O '46)
Woodall, S. L. Puffy goes to sea. (O '45)
Woodcock, L. P. Hiding places. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Woodcock, L. P. This is the way the ani-
mals walk. (D '46)
Woodcock, L. P. Tommy Tippett's toys. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Woodward. H. Jared's Blessing. (D '42)
Woody, R. J. Stars came down. (D '45)
Woody, R. L. J. Starlight. (O '46)
Woolley, C. I like trains. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Worth, K. New worlds for Joaie. (N '44)
Worth, K. They loved to laugh, (Je '42)
Worthington, M, Sally, army dletition. (8 '44)
Wright, A. M. R. Summer at Buckhorn. (I>
Wright, B. B. Saturday flight. (S '44)
Wright. E. B. Saturday ride. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Wright, F. F. Lucy Allen's college daze. (D
'43)
Wright, F. F. Lucy Bllen'a heyday. (D '45)
Wright, F. F. Secret of the old Sampey
place. (D '46)
Wriston, H. T. Open water. (My '42)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Aluminum.
(F '46) (1944 Annual)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Lumber.
(My '43)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Motion pic-
tures. (S '42)
Writer's program, Pennsylvania. Oil and gaa.
(D '44)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Orchards in
all seasons. (My '43J>
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Pigeons.
(My '43)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Radio.
(S '42)
Writers^ program, Pennsylvania. Television.
(S '42)
Wu Cheng -en. Adventures of Monkey. (N '44)
Wynkoop, M. L. Mac goes to school. (Ag '42>
Yates, E. Mountain born. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Yates, B. Patterns on the wall. (My '43)
Yates, B. Under the little fir, and other
stories. (O '42)
Yates, R. F. Boy and a battery. (Ap *43)
Yates, R. F. Boy and a motor. (Ap '44)
Yates, R. F. Boys' book of communications.
(I> '42)
Yaukey, G. S. China. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Yaukey, G. S. Land of the Chinese people.
(Ag '45)
Youmans, B. W. Mount Delightful. (Mr '45)
Young America's mu«ic. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Young, B. Puppet man. (D '46)
Young, S. Mayflower boy. (O '44)
Zim, H. S. Elephants. (O *46)
Zimmerman, N. Party dress. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Zimmerman, N. Sleepy forest. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Zimmerman, N. Timothy- Tick-Tock. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Zolotow, C. S. Park book. (D '44)
Mystery stories
Barbour, R. H. Mystery of the rubber boat.
(Ag '43)
Barbour, R. H. Mystery on the bayou. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Barnett, G. T. and O. B. Fire beads. (Mr
'43)
Bird, D. M. Mystery at Laughing Water.
(Ag '46)
Blyton, B. Mystery island. (Ap *45)
Carson, J. M. H. Shadow Catcher. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cavanna. B. Black spaniel mystery. (Ag '45)
Chapman, M. Mystery on the Mississippi. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Chapman, M. Secret of Wild Cat cave. (N '44)
Chapman, M, Trail beyond the Rockies. (Je
'43)
Coles, M. Great Caesar's ghost. (D '43)
Comfort, M. H. Search through pirate's alley.
(Mr '46)
Crespi, P., and Lee, J. Mystery of the Mayan
Jewels. (My '45)
Epstein, S. Stranger at the inlet. (S '46)
Bvatt, H. Mystery of the creaking windmill.
(Ap '46)
Farley, W. Larry and the undersea raider.
(Ag '42)
Farmer, W. Bicycle commandos. (D '44)
Farmer, W. Fish Hook island mystery. (D
'45)
Farmer, W. Surprise mystery. (S '43)
Garrard, P. Jenny's secret island. (Ag '43)
Girvan, H. Felicity way. (Je '42)
Girvan, H. M. Light in the mill. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Girvan, H. M. White tulip. (Ap '44)
Gowey, H. B. Room behind the mantle. (8
*45)
Honness, B. H. Great gold piece mystery. (N
Jacobs, B. A. Secret spring. (D '44)
Keating, U A. Highview mystery. (Ag '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
999
Langdale, H. L. R. Lance of Mystery hollow.
(N f45)
Lee, A. Ladder mystery. (S '42)
Lee, A. Vanishing violin. (S '43)
Lockwood, M. Lo and behold! (My '45)
Lockwood, M. Mystery at Lonesome End. (D
'46)
Mallete, G. E. Mystery in blue. (D f45)
Orton, H. F. Mystery at the old place. (F
•44) (1943 Annual)
Orton, H. F. Mystery of the secret drawer.
(O '45)
Pease, H. Thunderbolt house. (My *44)
Queen, E. Golden eagle mystery. (Ja '43
(1942 Annual)
Queen, E. Green turtle mystery. (O *44)
Queen, E. Red chipmunk mystery. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Richardson, M. R. Sophie of the Lazy B.
(F '43) "(1942 Annual)
Roberts, T. Mystery schooner. (Ja »45) (1944
Annual)
Seidlin, O., and Rypins, S. J. Green wagons.
(Je "43)
Selkirk, J. Green garnet mystery. (S '46)
Selkirk, J. Mystery of the hectic holidays.
(Mr '45)
Seymour, A. H. Tangled skein. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Taylor. M. PX. (My '43)
Tope. H. Whoa, Ginger! (Mr '46)
Turngren, A. Canyon of no sunset. (Je '42)
Urmston, M. Mystery of the old barn. (Ag
'45)
Wadsworth, L. A. Bronze arrow mystery. (Ap
'45)
Wadsworth, L. A. Disappearance of Kit
Shane. (D '42)
Wadsworth, L. A. Lost moon mystery. (Mr
•46)
Wadsworth, L. A. Masquerade mystery. (Je
•43)
Wadsworth, L. A. Mystery at White Mocca-
sins. (My '44)
Wadsworth. L. A. Shadow bird mystery.
Williams, J. Stolen oracle. (Ap f44)
Wolverton, E. T. Ghost town mystery. (Je
'46)
Wolverton, E. T. House on the desert. (S '46)
Children's literature (collective)
Association for childhood education. Liter-
ature committee. Told under the stars and
stripes. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Bennett, D. A. Golden almanac. (Je '44)
Bennett, D. A. Golden encyclopedia. CD *46)
Childcraft. (O »43)
Cook, M. B., comp. Children of the U.S.A.,
3v. (Je '46)
Modern wonder books. (Je *43)
Story parade. (My '42)
Storv parade atar book. (My '44)
World book encyclopedia. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Children's music box. Churchill, F. E. (My
'46)
Children's party book. Breen, M. J. (Ap '42)
Children's picture cookbook. Gossett, M. (D f44)
Children's plays
Brink. C. R. Caddie Woodlawn; a play. (D
'45)
Golden, S. E., ed. Plays of patriotism for
young Americans. (My '43)
Jasendorf, M. A., comp. 25 non-royalty holi-
day plavs. CAg '44)
Jagendorf, M. A., comp. Twenty-five non-
royalty plays for children. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
Mayorga, M. G., ed. World's a stage. (Ap
Phelps. E. M.. ed. Book and library plays
for elementary and high school use, v 2.
(Ap '42)
Sloane. G. L. Fun with folk tales. (N *42)
Children's poetry
Dean, A. L. Let us be merry. (Je P42)
De La Mare. W. J. Bells and grass. (Je '42)
Dwight, M. B. Winkle Boo, and other poems.
(Ap '43)
Eastwick, I. O. Fairies and suchlike. (N '46)
Farjeon, E. Cherrystones. (O *44)
Ferris, H. J., comp. Love's enchantment. (O
Fisher, A. L. That's why. (S §46)
Robinson, T. P. In and out. (O '43)
Stevenson, R. L. Child's garden of verses.
(Ap '45)
Wagstaff. B. S. Beloved Son. (Ap '45)
Worth, K. Poems for Josephine. (Ag '44)
Collections
Geismer, B. P., and Suter. A. B., comps.
Very young verses. (Ap '45)
Love, K.. I. ed. Pocketful of rhymes. (D *46)
Peirce. W.. H. Children's hour. (Mr '45)
Sechrist, E. H.. ed. Merry meet again. (My
'42)
Sechrist, E. H., ed. One thousand poems for
children. (O '46)
Children's prayers
Brown, J. P., ed. Little book of singing
graces. (D '46)
Field. R. L. Prayer for a child. (D '44)
Stearns, S., comp. Hear our prayer. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Children's questions and their implications for
planning the curriculum. Baker. E. V. (O
'45)
Children's reactions to a contemporary war
situation. Preston, R. C. (Je '42)
Children's songs
Bradford, M., comp. Keep singing, keep hum-
ming. (My '46)
Brown, J. P., ed. Little book of singing
graces. (D '46)
Caesar, I. Sing a song of friendship. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Churchill, F. E. Children's music box.
(My '46)
Foster, S. C. Songs for boys and girls. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Herbert. V. Songs for children. (Ap '44)
Long, G. E. Tiny tunes. (Ag '46)
Rey, H. A. Humpty Dumpty and other
Mother Goose songs. (Ap '44)
Smith, L. R., ed. First nursery songs. (Je
'46)
Surette, T. W.. comp. Songs from many
lands. (Mv '43)
Walmsley, R. G. Little songs of the big city.
(My '42)
Wessells, K. T. Golden song book. (S *46)
Wheeler, O. Sing Mother Goose. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Children's zoo. Keeler. K. S. (S '42)
Child's book of Bible stories. Werner, J. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Child's book of Christmas carols. Bertail, L,
ed. (D '42)
Child's book of hymns. Wyckoff, M. M., ed.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Child's garden of verses; il. by Pelagie Doane.
Stevenson, R. L. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Child's garden of verses; il. by Toni Frissell.
Stevenson, R. L. (Ap '45)
Child's good night book. Brown, M. W. (D *43)
Child's story of the nativity. Raymond, L.
(O '43)
Child's treasury of things-to-do. Horowitz, C.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Chile
Fergusson, E. Chile. (Ap '43)
Subercaseaux, B. Chile. (Je '43)
Economic conditions
Ellsworth, P. T. Chile, an economy In transi-
tion. (S '45)
Moore, R. C. Piety and poverty in Chile. (D
*46)
Politics and government
Stevenson, J. R. Chilean popular front. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Chile, an economy in transition. Ellsworth, P.
T. (S f45)
Chilean popular front. Stevenson, J. R. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Chimpanzees
Terkes, R. M. Chimpanzees. (Ag '43)
Chin-pao and the giant pandas. Chiang. T.
(Je '44)
China
China. Ministry of information. China hand-
book, 1937-1943. (Mr '44)
Chinese news service, inc. China after five
years of war. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Crow, C. China takes her place. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gould. R. C. China in the sun. (Mr '46)
MacNair, H. F., ed. China. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
China — Continued
Air force
American volunteer group
Greenlaw, O. S. Lady and the Tigers. (O
Hotz. R. B. With General Chennault. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Whelan. R. Flying Tigers. (D '42)
Biography
Clark, E. T. Chiangs of China. (O '43)
Kuo. C. Giants of China. (O '44)
La Fargue, T. E. China's first hundred. (S
'43)
Civilization
Fung, K. China. (S '43)
Lang, O. Chinese family and society. (Ag '46)
Payne, P. S. R. Forever China. (N *45)
Pratt, J. T. China and Britain. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Spencer, C. Made in China. (D *43)
Ts'ui, C. Short history of Chinese civiliza-
tion. (O '43)
White, V. Our neighbors, the Chinese. (Je
Yaukey. G. S. China. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Commerce
Abend. H. Treaty ports. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Tsang, C. China's postwar markets. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
United States
Hewes, A. D. Two oceans to Canton. (D
'44)
Constitutional history
Lacy, C. Is China a democracy? (Je '43)
Pan, W. Chinese constitution. (My '46)
Description and travel
Clayton, E. H. Heaven below. (S '44)
Cressy-Marcks, V. O. R. Journey into China.
(N '42)
Dobson, R. P. China cycle. (N '46)
Lin, Y. Vigil of a nation. (Mr '46)
Sues, ). R. Shark's fins and millet. (Mr '44)
Trigault, N. China that was. (N '42)
Economic conditions
Fong, H. D. Post-war industrialization of
China. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Freyn, H. Free China's new deal. (D '43)
MacNair, H. F.. ed. Voices from unoccupied
China. (Je '44)
Rosinger. L. K. China's crisis. (S *45)
Rowe, D. N. China among the powers. (Ap
'46)
Shih, K. China enters the machine age. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Economic policy
Sun, K. China looks forward. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Foreign relations
Abend, H. Treaty ports. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Chou, K. Winning the peace in the Pacific.
(Mr '44)
Rowe, D. N. China among the powers. (Ap
'45)
Great Britain
Chang Hsi. Chang Hsi and the treaty of
Nanking. (D '45)
United States
Dulles, F. R. China and America. (Ag '46)
Hornbeck, E. K. United States and the Far
East. (Ag '43)
History
Booker, E. L., and Potter, J. S. Flight from
China. (O '45)
Chiang, K. All we are and all we have. (My
'43)
Chiang, K. Collected wartime messages. (D
•46)
Chiang, K. Resistance and reconstruction.
(S '43)
Glick, C. Double ten. (Ap '45)
Goodrich, L. C. Short history of the Chinese
people. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Hahn, E. China to me. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hibbert, E. T. Jesuit adventure in China.
(Ap '42)
Lattimore, O. Solution in Asia. (Mr '45)
Lattimore, O. and E. H. Making of modern
China. (Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Lin. Y. Vigfl of a nation. (Mr '45)
Michael, F. Origin of Manchu rule in China.
/cs *42)
Pan, S. C. Y. China fights on. (Ag '45)
Rosinger, L. K. China's wartime politics*
1937-1944. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Seeger, E. Pageant of Chinese history. (S
Smedley, A. Battle hymn of China. (O '43)
Tong, H. K., ed. China after seven years of
war. (Ap '45)
Ts'ui, C. Short history of Chinese civiliza-
tion. (O '43)
White, T. H., and Jacoby, A. Thunder out
of China. (D '46)
Wilbur, C. M. Slavery in China during the
former Han dynasty. (D '44)
Yaukey, G. S. Land of the Chinese people.
(Ag '45)
Juvenile literature
Hahn. E. Picture story of China. (Ja '47*
(1946 Annual)
Meadowcroft, E. L. China's story. (N *46)
Nourse, M. A., and Goetz, D. China, coun-
try of contrasts. (D '44)
Politics and government
Abend, H. My life in China, 1926-1941. (D '43)
Eddy, G. S. I have seen God work in China.
(My '46)
Form an, H. Report from Red China. (Ap '45)
Lacy, C. Is China a democracy? (Je '43)
Lin, M. Chungking dialogues. (My '45)
Powell, J. B. My twenty-five years In China
(D '45)
Quigley, H. S. Far Eastern war, 1937-1941.
Rosinger, L. K. China's crisis. (S *45)
Rosinger, L. K. China's wartime politics,
1937-1944. (Ag *45) (1944 Annual)
Stein, G. Challenge of Red China. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Sun, K. China looks forward. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
White, T. H., and Jacoby, A. Thunder out
of China. (D '46)
White, V. Our neighbors, the Chinese. (Je
'46)
Relations (general) with Great Britain
Pratt, J. T. China and Britain. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Relations (general) with the
United States
Goetz. D. Dragon and the eagle. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
La Fargue, T. E. China's first hundred. (S
Religion
Yang. Y. C. China's religious heritage. (Ap
ang,
'44)
Sanitary affairs
Sze, S. China's health problems. (Ag '44)
Social conditions
MacNair, H. F., ed. Voices from unoccupied
China. (Je '44)
Social life and customs
Allman, N. F. Shanghai lawyer. (N '43)
Chao, B. Y. How to cook and eat in Chinese.
(Ag '45)
EskeTund, K. My Chinese wife. (S '45)
Espey, J. J. Minor heresies. (My '45)
Lin. Y. Golden wing. (O '45) )
Ning, Lao T'ai-t'ai. Daughter of Han. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Yang, M. Chinese village. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Yaukey, G. S. Land of the Chinese people.
(Ag '45)
Views
Buck, P. S., comp. China In black and white.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
China. Fung, K. (S '43)
China. Yaukey, G. S. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
China A to Z. Hahn, E. (D '46)
China after five years of war. Chinese news
service, inc. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1001
China after seven years of war. Tong, H. K.,
ed. (Ap '45)
China among the powers. Rowe, D. N. (Ap '45)
China and America. Dulles, F. R. (Ag '46)
China and Britain. Pratt, J. T. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
China builds for democracy. Snow. H. F.
(S '42)
China, country of contrasts. Nourse, M. A..
and Goetz, D. (D '44)
China cycle. Dobson, R. P. (N '46)
China enters the machine age. Shin, K. (Ag 45)
(1044 Annual)
China fights on. Pan, S. C. Y. (Ag '45)
China handbook, 1937-1943. China. Ministry of
information. (Mr *44)
China in black and white. Buck, P. S., com p.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
China in the sun. Gould, R. C. (Mr '46)
China looks forward. Sun, K. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
China sea
Henderson, D. M. Yankee ships in China
seas. (Ap '46)
China takes her place. Crow, C. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
China that was. Trigault, N. (N '42)
China to me. Hahn, B. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
China's crisis. Rosinger, L. K. (S '45)
China's first hundred. La Fargue, T. E. (S *43)
China's first lady. Nicolay, H. (Je '44)
China's health problems. Sze, S. (Ag '44)
China's postwar markets. Tsang, C. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
China's religious heritage. Yang, Y. C (Ap '44)
China's story. Meadowcroft, E. L. (N '46)
China's struggle for railroad development.
Chang, C. (O '44)
China's wartime politics, 1937-1944. Rosinger,
L. K. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Chinatown, U.S.A. Colman. E. (N '46)
Chinese- American song and game book. Jacobs,
A G., comp. (Ag *44>
Chinese children next door. Buck, P. S. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Chinese constitution. Pan. W. (My '46)
Chinese doll. Tucker, W. (Ja *47) (1946 Annual)
Chinese family and society. Lang, O. (Ag '46)
Chinese ghost and love stories. P'u, S. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Chinese in the United States
Colman, K. Chinatown, U.S.A. (N '46)
Glick, C. Three times I bow. (S '43)
La Fargue, T. E. China's first hundred. (S
'43)
Lowe, P. Father and Glorious Descendant.
(My '43)
Chinese industrial cooperatives
Hogg, G. A. I see a new China. (S '44)
Chinese-Japanese war, 1931-1945
Abend, H. My life in China, 1926-1941. (D
•43)
Alcott, C. D. My war with Japan. (Ag '43)
Han Suyin Destination Chungking. (My '42)
Leonard, R. I flew for China. (D '42)
Cakes, V. A. White man's folly. (Mr '43)
Chinese labor movement. Snow, H. F. (Ap '45)
Chinese language
Writing
Quong, R. Chinese wit, wisdom and written
characters. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Wiese. K. You can write Chinese. (D '45)
Chinese literature
Collections
Lin, Y., ed. Wisdom of China and India. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Chinese mind. Wang, Q. (N *46)
Chinese poetry
Ayscough, F. W., and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship. (Ap '46)
Chinese Red. Burke, R. (O '42)
Chinese room. Connell, V. (D *42)
Chinese shawl. Wentworth, P. (My *43)
Chinese village. Yang, M. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Chinese wit and humor. Kao, G., ed. (O '46)
Chinese wit, wisdom and written characters,
Quong, R. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Chipmunks
Legends and stories
Coblentz, C. C. Scatter, the chipmunk. (O
*46)
Chips. Thorne, D., and Moran, C. (S '44)
Chirlco, Giorgio de
Soby, J. T. Early Chirico. (Ap '42)
Chitter Chat stories. Self, M. C. (N '46)
Chloe Marr. Milne, A. A. (O '46)
Choice. Mills, C. (Je *43)
Choice of editions. Carlson, P. G. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Choice of Kipling's verse. Kipling, R. (N '43)
Chooky. Walfower, L. (Je '43)
Chopin, Fr£d6ric Francois
Juvenile literature
Gronowicz, A. Chopin. (D '43)
Maurois, A. Frederic Chopin. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Ruttkay, G. Chopin. (Ag '45)
Chorus for America. Bulosan, C., ed. (N '42)
Chouart, Medard, sieur des Qroseilliers. See
Des Groseilliers. M. C.
Chris. Bishop, K. (Je '46)
Christ and Christian education. Bower, W. C.
(Ag '43)
Christ and man's dilemma. Buttrick, G. A. (Je
'46)
Christ and the Spirit. Bishop, W. S. (Ap '42)
Christ at the peace table. Gllmore, A. F. (Ag
4u)
Christ in the Gospels. Rawlinson, A. E. J. (Ap
'45)
Christ of the American road. Jones. E. S. (O
Christ story. Shinn, E.. 11. (Ap '44)
Christ the Lord. Knox, J. (S '46)
Christian adult education in rural Asia and
A/rica, Sailer, T. H. P. (My '44)
Christian and the war. Morrison, C. C. (N *42)
Christian answer. Van Dusen. H. P., ed. (t>
'46)
Christian antiquities
Finegun, J. Light from the ancient past.
(My '46)
Christian approach to the Moslem. Addison, J,
T. (N '42)
Christian art and symbolism
Fortune, C. Notes on art for Catholics. (My
'45)
Morey, C. R. Early Christian art. (S '42)
Stafford, T. A. Christian symbolism in the
Evangelical churches. (Ap '43)
Watkin, E. I. Catholic art and culture. (F '46)
(1944 Annual)
Christian bases of world order. Wallace, H. A.,
and others. (Je '43)
Christian basis for the post-war world. Baker.
A. E., ed. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Christian behaviour. Lewis, C. S. (Ap '44)
Christian calendar and the Gregorian reform.
Archer, P. (S '42)
Christian church and the Soviet state. Bol-
shakoff, S. (O '42)
Christian counter-attack. Martin, H., and
others. (Ag '44)
Christian crisis. De La Bedoyere. M. (My *42)
Christian emphasis in Y.M.C.A. program. Lim-
bert, P M. (S '45)
Christian ethics
Coe, G. A. What is religion doing to our con-
sciences? (S *43)
Constantino, S. A. Amen, Amen. (Mr '44 )
Jones, E. S. Christ of the American road.
King, W. P. Motives for Christian living. (N
Knight, F. H., and Merriam, T. W. Economic
order and religion. (Mr '45)
Knudson, A. C. Principles of Christian ethics.
Lewis, C. S. Christian behaviour. (Ap '44)
McBnde, T. G. Christian ethics and econom-
ics. (N "44)
Smith, G. B. Principles of Christian living.
(O '42) ^
Titus, H. H. What is a mature moralityT
(My '43)
Christian ethics and economics. McBride, T. G.
Christian Europe today. Keller, A. (O '43)
Christian faith. FerrS, N. F. S. (Je »42)
1002
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Christian future. Rosenstock-Huessy, E. (O
'46)
Christian global strategy. Van Kirk, W, W.
Christian has wings. Sangster, W. E. (Ap '42)
Christian heritage in America. Hedley, Q. P.
(O '46)
Christian interpretation of the cabala In the
renaissance. Blau, J. L. (N '44)
Christian life
Austin, £3. M. Harvest of the spirit. (My
•43)
Brown, C. R. Dreams come true. (Je f44)
Eddy, G. S. Maker of men. (Ap '42)
Fosdick, H. E. Three meanings. (Ap '43)
Pox. E. Sparks of truth. (Ap '42)
Gilkey, J. G. How to be your best. (Ja '43)
GiikeSr. J^^^rhen life sets hard. (Ap '46)
Glover, T. R. The disciple. (Je '42)
Grant, F. C. Practice of religion. (Ap '46)
Hunter, A. A. Say yes to the light. (O '44)
Kennedy, J. W. Haven house for the once
born. (Ap '45)
Kleiser, G. Taking God into partnership. (Ag
Kopf, C. H. Personal crisis. (Ap '45)
Laubach, F. C. You are my friends. (N '42)
Lewis, C. S. Screwtape letters. (My '43 )
McGarrigle, F. J. My Father's wilL (N '44)
Magner, J. A. Personality and successful
living. (S '45)
Sperry, W. L. Those of the way. (Mr '46)
Christian literature
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Christian literature, Early
Goodspeed, E. J. History of early Christian
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Christian missions in today's world. Carver, W.
O. (N '42)
Christian pattern. Tlgner, H. S. (Je '46)
Christian philosophy of history. Case, S. J.
Christian state. Osgniach, A. J. (Ag '44)
Christian symbolism in the Evangelical
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Christian way in a modern world. Pittenger,
W. N. (S '44)
Christian world mission. Anderson, W. K., ed.
(N '46)
Christianity
Alington, C. A. Christianity in England. „ (N
Babson, R. W., and Zuver, D. D. Can these
bones live? (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Barclay, G. Bible speaks to our day. (S '45)
Battenhouse, H. M. This seed of faith. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Beaven, R. H. In Him Is life. (N '46)
Bell, B. I. Church in disrepute. (My '43)
Bell, B. I. God is not dead. (O '45)
Brown, W. A. New order in the church.
(O '43)
Buttrick, G. A. Christ and man's dilemma.
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Coe, G. A. What is religion doing to our
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Craig, C. T. One God. one world. (S '44)
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De La Bedoyere, M. No dreamers weak. (Ag
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Ferr4, N. F. S. Return to Christianity. (D
Fleming, D. J. Bringing our world together.
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Hartill, P., ed. Into the way of peace. (O *42)
Heering. G. J. Fall of Christianity. (My '44)
Hickman, F. S. Signs of promise. (S '48)
Hoof. H. T. What religion is and does. (S
Hughley. J. N. Rethinking our Christianity.
Johnston, G. Doctrine of the church in the
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Jones, P. K. Man shall know. (D '42)
Langton. E. Good and evil spirits. (D *4£)
Lewis, C. S. Beyond personality. (My '45)
Lewis, C. S. Case for Christianity. (O '43)
Macintosh, D. C. Personal religion. (D '43)
Miller. R. C. What we can believe. (Ap '42)
Miller, R. C., and Shires. H. H., eds. Chris-
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Myers, A. J. W. Religion for today. (B '42)
Newton, J. F. Where are we in religion?
(My '45)
Niebuhr, R. Nature and destiny of man, 2d
ser. (My '43)
Osborn. A. R. Christianity in peril. (O '42)
Palmer, A. W. Light of faith. (Ap '46)
Pittenger, W. N. Christian way in a modern
world. (S *44)
Plumpe, J. C. Mater ecclesia. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Raven, C. E. Good news of God. (S '44)
Raven, C. E. Lessons of the Prince of peace.
(Je '42)
Read, D. H. C. Prisoners' quest. (Je '45)
Reeve, J. J, World of energy. (My '43)
Rosenstock-Huessy, E. Christian future. (O
'46)
Sockman, R. W. Highway of God. (My '42)
Spring, H. And another thing. (Je '46)
Thomas, G. F., ed. Vitality of the Christian
tradition. (Je '44)
Tigner, H. S. Christian pattern, (Je '46)
Tigner, H. S. No sign shall be given. (S '42)
Trueblood, D. E. Predicament of modern
man. (O '44)
Van Dusen, H. P., ed. Christian answer.
(D '45)
Van Dusen, H. P. What is the church doing?
(Je '43)
Wallace, H. A., and others. Christian bases of
world order. (Je '43)
Evidences
Baillie, J. Invitation to pilgrimage. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cammaerts, E. Flower of grass. (O '45)
Lucas, E. D. Logic and reason in Christian-
ity. (O '45)
Lunn. A. H. M. Third day. (O '46)
Philosophy
Boodln. J. E. Religion of tomorrow. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Buckham, J. W. The inner world. (Ap '42)
Cailliet, E. Life of the mind. (D '42)
Case, 1 8. J. Christian philosophy of history.
Feibleman, J. Christianity, communism and
the ideal society. (S '42)
Ferre", N. F. S. Christian faith. (Je '42)
Frank, S. L. God with us. (N '46)
Hopper, S. R. Crisis of faith. (Ap f45)
Jefferson, H. B. Experience and the
Christian faith. (Ap '42)
Johnson. J. G. Highroads of the universe. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Kroner, R. Primacv of faith. (O '43)
Lyman, E. W. Religion and the issues of
life. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Mackay, J. A. Heritage and destiny. (Je '43)
Maritain, J. Ransoming the time. (Ap '42)
O'Brien, J. A. Truths men live by. (S '46)
Sayers, D. L. Mind of the Maker. (Mr '42)
Christianity. Fichter, J. H. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Christianity and civilisation. Wood, H. G. (Ag
'43)
Christianity and classical culture. Cochrane, C.
N. (D '44)
Christianity and democracy. Maritain, J. (Ag
Christianity and other religions
Heard, G. Eternal gospel. (D *46)
Storrs, C. E. Many creeds, one cross. (Ap '45)
Hellenism
Knox, W. L. Some Hellenistic elements in
primitive Christianity. (O *45)
Judaism
Asch. S. One destiny. (O '45)
Blau, J. L. Christian interpretation of the
cabala in the renaissance. (N *44)
Klausner, J. From Jesus to Paul. (S '43)
Zeitlin, S. Who crucified Jesus? (Ap '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1003
Mohammedanism
Addison, J. T. Christian approach to the
Moslem. (N '42)
Christianity and politics
Bradley, D. J. Freedom of the soul. (O '43)
Cammaerts, E. Peace that is left. (Ag '46)
Daws on, C. H. Judgment of the nations. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Marl tain, J. Christianity and democracy. (Ag
Micklem, N. Theology of politics. (My '42)
Christianity and the contemporary scene. Mil-
ler, R. C., and Shires, H. H.. eds. (Je '44)
Christianity and the cultural crisis. Kean, C.
D. (O '45)
Christianity and the family. Groves, E. R. (Ag
'42)
Christianity, communism and the ideal society.
Feibleman, J. (S '42)
Christianity in England. Alington, C. A. (N '43)
Christianity in peril. Osborn, A. R. (O '42)
Christianity in the market-place. De la
Bedoyere, M. (My '45)
Christianity rightly so called. Craig, S. O. (N
'46)
Christianity where you live. Underwood, K. W.
(O '45)
Christiansen, Frederik Mellus
Bergmann, L. N. Music master of the Middle
West. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Christine Roux. Williamson, T. R. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Christmas
Eaton, A. T., ed. Animals' Christmas. (D '44)
Merry Christmas! (Je *44)
Pauli, H. E. St. Nicholas' travels. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Smith, E. S., and Hazeltlne, A. I., comps.
Christmas book of legends and stories. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Wertsner, A. Make your own merry Christ-
mas. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Christmas Anna Angel. Sawyer, R. (D '44)
Christmas book of legends and stories. Smith,
E. S., and Hazeltine, A. I., comps. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Christmas house. Turner, T. (D '43)
Christmas in the woods. Frost, F. M. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Christmas manger. Rey, H. A. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Christmas poetry
Eaton, A. T., ed. Animals' Christmas. (D
'44)
Lohan, R., ed. Christmas tales for reading
aloud. (D '46)
Moore, C. C. Night before Christmas. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Thoburn, J., ed. Away in a manger. (N '42)
Wreath of Christmas poems. (My '43)
Christmas stories
Jones, J. M. O., comp. Little Child. (D '46)
Lohan, R., ed. Christmas tales for reading
aloud. (D '46)
Milhous, K. First Christmas crib. (D '44)
Sawyer, R. Christmas Anna Angel. (D '44)
Sawyer, R. This is the Christmas. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Stifter, A. Rock crystal. (D '45)
Turner, T. Christmas house. (D '43)
Wagenknecht, E. C., ed. Fireside book of
Christmas stories. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Christmas story. Mencken, H. L. (D '46)
Christmas tales for reading aloud. Lohan, R.,
ed. (D '46)
Christmas— this way! Beebe, C. (D '43)
Christmas whale. Duvoisin, R. A. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Christopher's wife. Shann, R. (O '46)
Chromatographlc adsorption analysis. Strain*
H. H. (O '42)
Chromatographlc analysis
Strain, H. H. Chromatographic adsorption
analysis. (O '42)
Zechmeister, L., and Cholnoky, L. Principles
and practice of chromatography. (S *42)
Chronicle of an American crusader. Mayerberg.
S. S. (My '45)
Chronicle of dawn. Sender. R. J. (Ap '44)
Chronicles of Stephen Foster's family. Morne-
weck, E. F. (N '45)
Chronological harmony of the Gospels. Hart-
degen, S. J. (Ap '43)
Chronological history of electrical development.
National electrical manufacturers associa-
tion. (O '46*
Chrysanthemum and the sword. Benedict, R.
F. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Chucklebalt. Scoggin, M. C., ed. (S '45)
Chujrgety chug. Pannell, L., and Henry, R. (N
Chukchi hunter. Stall, D. (D *46)
Chula, son of the mound builders. Bunce, W. H.
(O '42)
Chungking dialogues. Lin, M. (My »45)
Chungking diary. Eng title of: Forever China.
Payne, P. S. R. (N '46)
Chungking listening p6st. Tennien, M. A. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Church
Bowie. W. R. Which way ahead? (Je '43)
Buckner, G. W. Concerns of a world church.
(Ap '44)
Jalland, T. Q. Church and the papacy. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Pittenger, W. N. His body the church. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Church and college
Merriam, T. W\, and others. Religious coun-
seling of college students. (N *43)
Church and demobilization. Chamberlin, J. Q.
(Ap '46)
Church and education
Cassidy. F. P. Molders of the medieval mind.
(Ap '45)
Elwell, C. E. Influence of the enlightenment
on the Catholic theory of religious educa-
tion in France. (Ag '44)
Moehlman, C. H. School and church: the
American way. (Ag '44)
Sperry, W. L., ed. Religion in the post-war
world. (N '45)
Williams, J. P. New education and religion.
(My '45)
Church and labor
Oxnam, G. B. Labor and tomorrow's world.
Pope, L. Millhands and preachers. (S '42)
Church and psychotherapy. Stolz, K. R. (Ap
Church and social problems
Davies, D. R. Down peacock's feathers. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Oxnam, G. B. Preaching in a revolutionary
age. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Sheen, F. J. Seven pillars of peace. (Mr '46)
Yinger, J. M. Religion in the struggle for
power. (S '46)
Roman Catholic church
McMahon, F. E. Catholic looks at the world.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Church and state
Hutchinson. P. New Leviathan. (S '46)
Keller, A. Christian Europe today. (O '42)
Lee, U. Historic church and modern pacifism.
(Je '43)
Neill, T. P. Weapons for peace. (D '45)
Church and state in education. Bower, W. C.
(Ag '44)
Church and state in fascist Italy. Binchy, D.
A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Church and state in France
Acomb, E. M. French laic laws, (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Church and state in Germany
Herman, S. W. It's your souls we want.
(Ap '43)
Krzesinski, A. J. National cultures, Nazism
and the church. (S '45)
Church and state In Great Britain
Gloyn, C. K. Church in the social order.
(O '42)
Church and state in Italy
Binchy, D. A. Church and state in fascist
Italy. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Sharkey, D. White smoke over the Vatican.
(My '44)
Church and state In Russia
Anderson, P. B. People, church and state
in modern Russia. (Ag '44)
Bolshakort, S. Christian church and the
Soviet state. (O '42)
Church and state In the United States
Greene, E. B. ReUgUm ana the state. (A|»
1004
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Church and the liberal society. Hughes, £3. J.
(My '44 )
Church and the new order. Paton, W. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Church and the papacy, Jalland, T. G. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual) ^
Church and the returning soldier. Burkhart, B.
Church and the war. Barth, 1C (S '44)
Church architecture
Cobb, G. Old churches of London. (Ap '43)
Scotford, J. R. Church beautiful. (Je '46)
Church attendance
Montgomery, D. K. Why go to church? (Ag
Church beautiful. Scotford, J. R. (Je '46)
Church calendar
Gibson, G. M. Story of the Christian year.
(O '45)
Church college of the old South. Godbold, A.
(Je '46)
Church, continuity and unity. Burn -Murdoch,
H. (Ap *46)
Church group activities for young married
people. Gfeason, G. (Je '43)
Church history
Burn-Murdoch, H. Church, continuity and
unity. (Ap '46 )
Dunney, J. A. Church history in the light of
the saints. (F »45) (1944 Annual)
Poster, J. Then and now. (Ja '43) (1942
Gifford!aw. A. Story of the faith. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Jalland, T. G. Church and the papacy. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Johnston, G. Doctrine of the church in the
New Testament. (Ag '44)
Latourette, K. S. History of the expansion
of Christianity; v. 5, The great century
in the Americas, Australasia, and Africa.
(My '43)
Latourette, K. S. History of the expansion
of Christianity: v6. Great century in north-
ern Africa. (My '44)
Latourette, K, S. History of the expansion
of Christianity: v7. Advance through storm.
(Ag '46)
Latourelte. K. S. Unquenchable light. (My
'42)
McSorley, J. Outline history of the church
by centuries. (S '43)
Van Dusen, H. P. What is the church doing?
(Je '43)
Sources
Bettenson, H. S. ed. Documents of the Chris-
tian church. (Je '44)
Primitive and early church
Cochrane, C. N. Christianity and classical
culture. (D '44)
Craig, C. T. Beginning of Christianity. (Ap
Durant, W. J. Story of civilization; v. 3,
Caesar and Christ. (N '44)
Plumpe, J. C. Mater ecclesia. (P '45) (1944
Annual)
Church history in the light of the saints. Dun-
ney, J. A. (P »45) (1944 Annual)
Church in disrepute. Bell, B. I. (My »43)
Church in our town. Smith, R. C. (P '46) (1945
Annual)
Church in the social order. Gloyn, C. K. (O '42)
Church life in England in the thirteenth cen-
tury. Moorman, J. R. H. (D '45)
Church looks forward. Temple, W. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Church of England
Curtis, W. R. Lambeth conferences. (Je
•42)
Dowdell, V. L. Aristotle and Anglican re-
ligious thought. (S '43)
Henson, H. H. Bishoprick papers. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Temple, W. Church looks forward. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Clergy
Austen, P. W. Rectors of two Essex parishes
and their times. (S '43)
Doctrinal and controversial works
Coleman. M. E. Palth under fire. (S '42)
Government
Simpson, W. J. S. Ministry and the eucharist
(D '42)
Liturgy and ritual
Moriaon, S. English prayer books. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Church of the brethren
Bowman, R. D. Church of the brethren and
war. (Ap '45)
Ziegler, J. H. Broken cup. (Je '43)
Church peace union
Macfarland, C. S. Pioneers for peace through
religion. (S '46)
Church posters and publicity. Seay, H. H. (D
'46}
Church schools and colleges
Godbold, A. Church college of the old South.
(Je '45)
Church cervices
Dolloff, E. D. It can happen between Sundays.
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
Church unity
Broomneld, G. W. Revelation and reunion.
(N '42)
Brown, w. A. Toward a united church. (D
'46)
Burn -Murdoch, H. Church, continuity and
unity. (Ap '46)
Capozzi, P. C. One world and one God. (D
•45)
Foster, J. Then and now. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Simpson, W. J. S. Ministry and the eucharist.
(D »42)
Van Dusen, H. P. What is the church doing?
(Je '43)
Wedel, T. O. Coming great church. (Mr *46)
Church work
Brodie, W. A. Keeping your church informed.
(Ja'45) »
Burkhart, R. A. Church and the returning
soldier. (S '45)
Gleason, G. Church group activities for young
married people. (Je *43)
Church work with veterans
Chamberlin, J. G. Church and demobilization.
(Ap '46)
Wilke, H. Greet the man. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Churches
Virginia
Mason. G, C. Colonial churches of tidewater
Virginia. (S '46)
Churchill, Jennie (Jerome) (Lady Randolph
Churchill)
Kraus, R. Young Lady Randolph. (Je '43)
Churchill. Winston Leonard Spencer
Adamic, L. Dinner at the White House. (O
'46)
Davenport, J., and Murphy, C. J. V. Lives of
Winston Churchill. (S '45)
Guedalla, P. Mr Churchill. (Mr '42)
Hawthorne, H. Long adventure. (O '42)
Kraus, R. Winston Churchill in the mirror.
(D '44)
Morton, H. C. V. Atlantic meeting. (Je '43)
Nott, S. C. Young Churchill. (Mr '42)
Church's way. McMaster, V. (My '46)
Ciano, Galeazzo, conte
Ciano, G. Ciano diaries, 1939-1943. (Mr '46)
Clbola
Farnum, M. A. Seven golden cities. (N *43)
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Haskell, H. J. This was Cicero. (D '42)
Rand, E. K. Cicero in the courtroom of St
Thomas Aquinas. (N '46)
Clerpllkowski, Aritolne
Cierplikowski, A. Antoine. (Je '45)
Cinchona
Duran-Reynals, M. L. de A. Fever bark tree.
(Ag '46)
Taylor, N. Cinchona in Java. (O '45)
Cincinnati
Economic conditions
Berry, T. S. Western prices before 1861. (Ajr
Cincinnati. University
Park, C. W. Ambassador to industry. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1005
Cinder Ike. Newell, H. H. (Ja '48) (1942 An-
Cinderella. Miller, A. D. (D '43)
Cinder's secret. Britcher, P. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Cindy. Aldis, D. K. (Je '42)
Cinnamon murder. Crane, P. K. (O '46)
Circle in the water. Hull H. R. (Mr §43)
Circuit analysis of A-C power systems, v 1,
Clarke, B. (N '43)
Circuit of conquest. Morin, R. (Ag '43)
Circus
Coplan, M. F. Pink lemonade. (Je '45)
Kelley , P. B. Circus holiday. (S '42)
Circus, kills, C. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Circus day. Lewis. C. A., and Cobb, M. (O '451
Circus holiday. Kelley, P. B. (S '42)
Circus parade, Furbush, L. (Ag '42)
Citadel of a hundred stairways. Malkus. A. S.
(Mr '42)
Cities and towns
Saarinen, B. The city. (Ag '43)
Warner, W. L., and Lunt, P. S. Status sys-
tem of a modern community. (O '42)
Brazil
Kelsey. V. Brazil in capitals. (Mr '42)
Great Britain
Stephenson, P., and Pool, P. Plan for town
and country. (My '45)
Women's group on public welfare. Our towns,
a close-up. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Latin America
Vlolich, F. Cities of Latin America. (O '44)
New England
Webster, C. M. Town meeting country. (Ap
•45)
United States
Peterson, E. T., ed. Cities are abnormal. (S
•46)
Sities are abnormal. Peterson, B. T., ed. (S '46)
ities of Latin America. Violich, F. (O '44)
Citizen, plan for peace! Bush, M. E!., and
others (My '44)
Citizen 13660. Okubo, M. (N '46)
Citizen Tom Paine. Fast, H. M. (Je '43)
Citizen Toussamt. Korngold, R. (O '44)
Citizens — to arms! Eng title of: Man with the
monocle. Weston, G. (Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
Citizenship
Burdette, P. L., ed. Education for citizen
responsibilities. (O '42)
Edmonson, J. B., and Dondineau, A. Civics
in American life. (Ap '42*
Hix, H. G., and others. Towards a better
world. (N '43)
Lies E. T. How you can make democracy
work. (N '42)
Smith, T, V. Discipline for democracy. (P
'43) (1942 Annual)
Study and teaching
Mahoney, J. J. For us the living. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
United States
Cable. J. L. Loss of citizenship. (Ag '44)
Tsiang, I. Question of expatriation in America
prior to 1907. (D '43)
Citizenship. Johnson, S. P., and Alexander, W.
M. (N '44)
City. Saarinen, E. (Ag '43)
City and regional planning papers. Bettman, A.
(P '47) (1946 Annual)
City and town life
Hicks, G. Small town. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
City country ABC. Gipson, M. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
City-county consolidated. Rush, J. A. (My *42)
City development. Mumford, L. (Je *45)
City for Lincoln. Tunis, J. R. (D '45)
City in the sun. Kehoe, K. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
City is the people. Churchill, H. S. (S '45)
City lawyer. Hays, A. G. (S '42)
City of Benares (ship)
Huxley, E. J. Atlantic ordeal. (Ap *42)
City of Flint grows up. Crow, C. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
City of trembling leaves. Clark, W. V. (Je '45)
City planning
Bettman, A. City and regional planning
papers. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Churchill, H, S. City IB the people. (S '45)
Coolidge, J. P. Mill and mansion. (N '42)
Gray, G. H. Housing and citizenship. (N '46)
Gutkind, E. A. Creative demobilisation, 2r.
Hilberseimer, L. New city. (Je '45)
Justement, L. New cities for old. (Je '46)
Mumford, L. City development. (Je '45)
Rodgers, C. New York plans for the future.
(Mr '43)
Saarinen, E. The city. (Ag '43)
Sanders, S. E., and Rabuck, A. J. New city
patterns. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Sert, J. L. Can our cities survive? (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Sltte. C. Art of building cities. (O *46)
Stephenson, P., and Pool, P. Plan for town
and country. (My '45)
Violich, F. Cities of Latin America. (O *44)
Wright, F. L. When democracy builds. (My
*45)
Zucker, P., ed. New architecture and city
planning. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
City set on a hill. Van der Veldt, J. A. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Civics in American life. Edmonson, J. B.^and
Dondineau, A. (Ap '42)
Civil aviation and peace. Van Zandt, J. P. (Ap
45)
Civil engineering
Seelye, E. E. Data book for civil engineers;
v 1, Design. (P '46) (1946 Annual)
Seelye, E. E. Data book for civil engineers;
v2, Specifications and costs. (O '46)
Civil life in wartime Germany. Seydewitz, M.
(Ap '45)
Civil procedure
Pound, R. Appellate procedure in civil cases.
(Ag '42)
Civil rights
Fraenkel, O. K. Our civil liberties. (Ag '44)
Lauterpacht, H. International bill of the
rights of man. (S '45)
Schiller, A. A. Military law and defense leg-
islation. (Je '42)
Civil service
Great Britain
Dale, H. E. Higher civil service of Great
Britain. (S '42)
Kingsley, J. D. Representative bureaucracy.
(Je '45)
United States
Chapelle, G. L. M. Needed— women in gov-
ernment service. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Civil service assembly of the United States
and Canada. Committee on employee rela-
tions in the public service. Employee rela-
tions in the public service. (My *43)
Crider, J. H. Bureaucrat. (S '44)
Spero, S. D., and others, eds. Government
Jobs and how to get them. (S '45)
White, L. D., ed. Civil service in wartime.
(Ap '46)
Civilian defense
Blnger, W. D., and Railey. H. H. What
the citizen should know about civilian de-
fense. (Je '42J
Breckenridge, R. P. Modern camouflage. (D
Dupuy, R. E., and Carter, H. Civilian de-
fense of the United States. (Ap '42)
Great Britain, Ministry of information. Front
line. (Ag '43)
Leyson, B. W. Air raid safety manual. (Je
Lindsay. G. M. War on the civil and mili-
tary fronts. (O '42)
Logan, M. Home front digest. (S '42)
Mayer-Daxlanden, H. Handbook for civilian
defense. (Je '42)
New York (city). City college. Civilian de-
fense council. Handbook of civilian protec-
tion. (Ag *42)
Root. R. R. Camouflage with planting. (O '42)
Wessman, H. E., and Rose, W. A. Aerial
bombardment protection. (Ap '42)
Juvenile literature
Leaf, M. War-time handbook for youn*
, Americans. (S f42)
1006
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Civilian defense of the United States. Dupuy,
R. E., and Carter, H. (Ap '42)
Civilian health in wartime. Dieuaide, F. R.
(D '42)
Civilian morale. Society for the psychological
study of social issues. (N '42)
Civilization
Alexander, F. Our age of unreason. (N '42)
Bliven, B. Men who make the future. (Ap
Chamberlin, W. H. World's iron age. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Collingwood. R. G. New Leviathan. (O '43)
Cousins, N. Modern man is obsolete. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gollancz, V. Our threatened values. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Heard, G. Man the master. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Hertz, R. O. Man on a rock. (Je *46)
Hough, D. Darling, I am home. (D '46)
Hromadka, J. L. Doom and resurrection. (Ap
'45)
Huntington, E. Mainsprings of civilization.
Huxley, A. L. Science, liberty and peace.
Johnson, F. E., ed. World order. (Ap '46)
Johnson, T. H., ed. Men of tomorrow. (N '42)
Jordan, V. Manifesto for the atomic age. (Ap
•46)
Kilpatrick, W. H. Selfhood and civilization.
(Ag '42)
Kohn, H. World order in historical perspec-
tive (S '42)
Lindsay, A. D. Religion, science, and society
in the modern world. (Ag *43)
Malinowski, B. Freedom and civilization. (D
'44)
Nef, J. U. United States and civilization.
(Ap '42)
Pennsylvania. University. Bicentennial con-
ference. Studies in civilization. (8 '42)
Reiser, O. L. New earth and a new humanity.
(Ap '42)
Rosenstock-Huessy, E. Christian future. (O
*46)
Sigerist, H. B. Civilization and disease. (Mr
f44)
Smith, T. V. Discipline for democracy. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Sorokin, P. A. Social and cultural dynamics,
v 4. (Ag *42) (1941 Annual)
Trueblood, D. E. Predicament of modern
man. (O '44)
Waterman, L. Religion faces the world crisis.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Wells, H. G. '42 to '44. (S '44)
History
Adams, B. Law of civilization and decay.
(S '43)
Browne, L. Something went wrong. (Mr '42)
Durant, W. J. Story of civilization; v. 3,
Caesar and Christ. (N '44)
Fischer, E. Passing of the European age.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Hall, J. W., and Burke, M. Ladder of his-
tory. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Jacob, H. E. Six thousand years of bread.
(My '44)
Kahler, M Man the measure. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Kroeber, A. L. Configurations of culture
growth. (D '45)
Lucas, H. S. Short history of civilization. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Mumford, L. Condition of man. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Nehru, J. Glimpses of world history. (Ag
'42)
Paul, L. A. Annihilation of man. (Je '45)
Turner. R. E. Great cultural traditions.
(Ap *42)
Philosophy
Beard, C. A. and M. R. American spirit.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Cassirer, E. Essay on man. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Hocking, W. E. What man can make of
man. (S '42)
Northrop, F. S. C. Meeting of East and West.
Russell, L. M. R. Path to reconstruction.
(D '42)
Ulrich, R. Conditions of civilized living. (S
Civilization, Ancient
Jones, T. B. Short history of ancient civiliza-
tion. (S '42)
Civilization, Arabic
Paris, N. A., ed. Arab heritage. (Ag '44)
Hitti, P. K. Arabs. (Ag '43)
Civilization, Christian
Baillie, J. What is Christian civilization?
(My »46i
Bradley, D. J. Freedom of the soul. (O '43)
Cochrane, C. N. Christianity and classical
culture. (D '44)
Hickman, F. S. Signs of promise. (S '43)
Kean, C. D. Christianity and the cultural
crisis. (O '45)
Krzesinski, A. J. Is modern culture doomed?
(Je '42)
Laski, H. J. Faith, reason and civilization.
(Ag '44)
Latourette, K. S. Unquenchable light. (My
'42)
Marltain, J. Twilight of civilization. (Ag '43)
Noyes, A. Edge of the abyss. (D '42)
Sockman, R. W. Date with destiny. (S '44)
Thomas, G. F., ed. Vitality of the Christian
tradition. (Je '44)
Wood, H. G. Christianity and civilisation.
(Ag '43)
Civilization, Greco -Rom an
Cary, M., and Haarhoff, T. J. Life and
thought in the Greek and Roman world.
(Ag '42)
Cochrane, C. N. Christianity and classical
culture. (D '44)
Civilization, Greek
Git tier, J. B. Social thought among the early
Greeks. (Je '42)
Glover, T. R. Challenge of the Greek. (S '42)
Hamilton, E. Great age of Greek literature.
(Ap '43)
Jaeger, W. W. Paideia. (My '44)
Little, A. M. G. Myth and society in Attic
drama. (S '43)
Macarthur, J. R. Ancient Greece in modern
America. (Je '44)
Civilization, Indonesian
Bibliography
Kennedy, R. Bibliography of Indonesian
peoples and cultures. (O '46)
Civilization, Medieval
Grunebaum, G. E. von. Medieval Islam. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
O'Sullivan, J. F., and Burns, J. F. Medieval
Europe. (D '43)
Walsh, G. G. Medieval humanism. (My '42)
Civilization, Mohammedan
Grunebaum, G. E. von. Medieval Islam. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Civilization, Occidental
Brier, R. Western world. (My '46)
Flewelling, R. T. Survival of western cul-
ture. (S *43)
Von Beckerath, H. In defense of the West.
(O '43)
Civilization, Oriental
Christy, A., ed. Asian legacy and American
Civilization and disease. Sigerist, H. E. (Mr
'44)
Civilization and group relationships. Maclver,
R. M., ed. (Mr '46)
Civilization of Spain. Trend, J. B. (N *44)
Civilized diseases. Sokoloff, B. F. (Mr '45)
Claims
Wormser, R A. Collection of international
war damage claims. (O '45)
Claims to territory in international law and
relations. Hill, N. L. (Ag »45)
Claire. Samson, E. (Ag '45)
Clairvoyance
Sugrue, T. There is a river. (Ap '43)
Clara of Assist, Saint
Juvenile literature
Maynard, S. K. C. Princess Poverty. (Ap
Clarinda. Duncombe, F. (8 '44)
Clark, Daniel
Harmon, N. B. Famous case of Myra dark
Gaines. (N '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1007
Clark, Walter
Brooks, A. L. Walter Clark, fighting judge.
(My '44)
,rk GIF
Clark Glfford's body. Fearing. K. (S '42)
Clash. Eng title of: Forging of a rebel, pt 3.
Barea, A. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Clash by night. Odets, C. (My '42)
Class distinction
Davidson, H. H. Personality and economic
background. (Ja '44) (1043 Annual)
McConnell, J. W. Evolution of social classes.
(My '43)
Warner, W. L., and Lunt, P. 3. Status
system of a modern community. (O '42)
Warner, W. L.t and others, who shall be
educated? (Ag '44)
Classical education
Poerater, N., ed. Humanities after the war.
(Ag '44)
Classical republicans. Fink, Z. S. (My '46)
Classification
Books
Mann, M. Introduction to cataloguing and the
classification of books. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Law
Basset, E. Cataloging manual for law li-
braries. (Ap '43)
Political science
Glidden, S. H., and Marchus, D. G. Library
classification for public administration ma-
terials. (N '42)
Maps
Boggs, S. W., and Lewis, D. C. Classification
and cataloging of maps and atlases. (Mr
•46)
Classification and cataloging of maps and at-
lases. Boggs, S. W., and Lewis, D. C. (Mr
•46)
Classification and pay plans for libraries in
institutions of higher learning. American
library association. Board on salaries, staff,
and tenure. (Ag '44)
Clattering hoofs. Raine, W. M. (D '46)
Clay, Henry
Juvenile literature
Mayo, B. Henry Clay. (N '43)
Cleanliness and godliness. Reynolds, R. (Je '46)
Clear the track for Michael's magic train.
Slobodkin. L. (D '45)
Clear the tracks! Bromley, J. (O '43)
Clemenceau, Georges Eugene Benjamin
Bruun. G. Clemenceau. (Ag '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain,
pseud)
Clemens. C. Young Sam Clemens. (Ap '43)
Clemens, S. L. Mark Twain, business man.
(Ap '46)
DeVoto. B. A. Mark Twain at work. (S '42)
Ferguson, J. De L. Mark Twain. (Ag '43)
Pellowe, W. C. S. Mark Twain. (D '46)
Juvenile literature
Mason, M. E. Mark Twain, boy of old Mis-
souri. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Clementine. Goodin, P. (S '46)
Clementine in the kitchen. Chamberlain, S. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Clergy
Calkins, R. Romance of the ministry. (My
'44)
Dunham, C. F. Attitude of the northern
clergy toward the South. (Ap *43)
Nelson, J. O., ed. We have this ministry.
(S '46)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Howard, G. Wai kin' preacher of the Ozarks.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Tucker, L. Clerical errors. (Je '43)
United States
Religious leaders of America. (Ag '42)
Clergymen's wives
Hewitt, A. W. Shepherdess. (8 *48)
Clerical errors. Tucker. L. (Je '43)
Cleric's secret. Deeping, W. (My '44)
Cleveland plain dealer. See Plain dealer, Cleve-
land
Climate and the energy of nations. Markham,
S. F. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Climate makes the man. Mills, C. A. (N '42)
Climates of tragedy. O'Connor. W. V. (O '43)
Climatology
Blair, T. A. Climatology, general and regional.
(Je '43)
Conrad, V. Methods in climatology. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Haurwitz, B., and Austin, J. M. Climatology.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Landaberg, H. Physical climatology. (N '42)
Markham, S. F. Climate and the energy of
nations. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Trewartha, G. T. Introduction to weather
and climate. (Ag '44)
Climatology, general and regional. Blair. T. A.
(Je '43)
Climatology, Medical
Mills. C. A. Climate makes the man. (N '42)
Climbing book. Steiner, C., and Burlingham, M.
(D P43)
Climbing our family tree. Novikoff, A. B. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Climbing plants
Graves, G. Trees, shrubs and vines for the
northeastern United States. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual) *-
Clipper ship men. Laing, A. K. (D '44)
Clipper ships
Laing, A. K. Clipper ship men. (D '44)
Cloak and dagger. Ford, C., and Mac Bain, A.
(Mr '46)
Clock of history. Johnson, A. S. (Je '46)
Clock strikes twelve. Wakefteld, H R. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
dock strikes twelve. Wentworth, P. (Je '44)
Clocks and watches
Chamberlain. P. M. It's about time. (My '42)
Kelly. H. C. Practical course in horology.
(Ag '44)
Rawlings, A. L. Science of clocks and
watches. (O '44)
Repairing
Thisell, A. G. Science of watch repairing
simplified. (D '43)
Clods of southern earth. West, D. (N '46)
Clorinda of Cherry Lane farm. Stone, C. R.
(D '45)
Slosed shop. Toner. J. L. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
loth of the tempest. Patchen, K. (D '43)
Clothing and dress
Austin, R. E. Elementary costume illustra-
tion. (S '46)
Chambers, B. G. Color and design in ap-
parel. (D '42)
Girl's dally life. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hawes, E. Why is a dress? (Ap '42)
Morton. G. M. Arts of costume and personal
appearance. (S '43)
Raushenbush, W. How to dress in wartime.
m(£ '43M19i2 Annual)
Talbot, C. Complete home care of your
family wardrobe. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Repairing
Picken, M. B. Mending made easy. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Clothing trade
Seidman, J. I. Needle trades. (S *42)
Cloud and weather atlas. Grant, H. D. (D '44)
Cloud-walking. Campbell, M. (N '42)
Cloudless May. Jameson, S. (My '44)
Clouds
Gillmer, T. C., and Nietsch, H. E. Clouds,
weather and flight. (Mr '45)
Grant, H. D. Cloud and weather atlas. (D '44)
Humphreys, W. J. Fogs, clouds and aviation.
Clouds, air and wind. Sloane. E. (Ap '42)
Clouds, weather and flight. Gillmer, T. C., and
Nietsch, H. R (Mr *45)
Cloudy trophies. Winslow, A. G. (S '46)
Clover. Willis, F. (O '46)
Clover creek. Paschal, N. (Je '46)
Clowns and angels. Fowlie, W. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Club leader's handbook. Yurchak, P. P. (Ap
Club member's handbook. Mllligan, L. R. and
H. V. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Clubs
Bailard, V., and McKown, H. C. So you were
elected! (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Jones, L. C. Clubs of the Georgian rakes.
fN *42)
Milligan, L. R. and H. V. Club member's
handbook. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Yurchak, P. P. Club leader's handbook. (Ap
Clubs of the Georgian rakes. Jones, L. C.
Clue to Pascal. Cailliet, E. (My '44)
Clues to burn. Offord, L. G. (Ag '42)
Clues to ChHstabel. Fitt, M. (O '44)
Cluny Brown. Sharp, M. (S '44)
Coaching _
Winther, O. O. Via western express and
stagecoach. (O '46)
Coaching roads of old New England. Marlowe,
G. F. (Mr '45)
Coal
National research council. Committee on
chemical utilization of coal. Chemistry of
coal utilization. 2v. (O '45)
Swietoslawski, W. Coke formation * process
and the physico-chemical properties of
coals. (O f43)
Juvenile literature
Edelstadt, V. Black magic. (D '43)
Coal dust on the fiddle. Korson, G. G. (S '43)
Coal industry. Perry, J. (My '44)
Coal miners
Coleman, M. Men and coal. (D '43)
Ginzberg, E. Grass on the slag heaps. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Korson. G. G. Coal dust on the fiddle. (S '43)
Trachtenberg, A. History of legislation for
the protection of coal miners in Pennsyl-
vania. (O '42)
Coal mines and mining
Juvenile literature
Cothren. M. B. Buried treasure. (S '45)
Perry, J. Coal Industry. (My '44)
Pennsylvania
Trachtenberg, A. History of legislation for
the protection of coal miners in Pennsyl-
vania. (O '42)
Wales
Ginzberg, E. Grass on the slag heaps. (F
•44) (1943 Annual)
Coal preparation
Mitchell, D. R., ed. Coal preparation. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Coal tar products
National research council. Committee on
chemical utilization of coal. Chemistry of
coal utilization, 2v. (O '45)
Coal trade
Laws and regulations
Baker, R. H. National bituminous coal com-
mission. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Coarse Gold, Corle, E. (N '42)
Coast guard, ahoy! Harkins, P. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Coast guard to Greenland. Molioy, A. G. (My
'42)
Coastal command. Great Britain. Air ministry.
(Je f43)
Coastal command at war. Eng title of: I seek
my prey in the waters. Dudley -Gordon, T.
(Je r43)
Coasts of folly. Williams, J. (Mr '42)
Coasts, waves and weather. Stewart, J. Q.
(O '45)
Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
Cobb, E. My wayward parent. (D *45)
Cobb's cavalcade. Cobb, I. S. (S '45)
Cobi camel. Nesbitt, N. S. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Cobwebs and clues. Malan, E., and Ledig, A. K.
(F *45) (1944 Annual)
Cocannouer, Joseph A.
Cocannouer, J. A. Trampling out the vintage.
(Ap '45)
Cocks and bulls in Caracas. Bricefio, O. (My
•45)
Cocky. Tireman, L. S. (S '46)
Cocky, the little helicopter. Barrows, M. (F
'44) a943 Annual)
Cocoa dancer. Rue, F. C. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Coconut, the wonder tree. Sperry, A. (N '42V
Coe, Charles Francis
Coe, C. F. Never a dull moment. (Ag '44)
Coffee
Wlckizer, V. D. World coffee economy. (Je
'44)
Coffee cream. Overstreet, C. (N '42)
Coffin. Henry Sloane
Niebuhr, R., ed. This ministry. (O '45)
Cohan, George Michael
Morehouse, W. George M. Cohan. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Cohen, Julius Henry
Cohen, J. H. They builded better than they
knew. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Coins, Papal
Coffin, J. Coins of the popes. (N '46)
Coins of the popes. Coffin, J. (N '46)
Coke
Swietoslawski, W. Coke formation process
and the physico-chemical properties of
coals. (O '43)
Coke formation process and the physico-chem-
ical properties of coals. Swietoslawski, W.
(O '43)
Cokesbury shower book. Fite, K., and Paine,
G. C. (Ap '42)
Colcorton. Pope, E. (My '44)
Cold (disease)
Fabricant, N. D. Common cold and how to
fight it. (Mr '45)
Cold storage
Todoroff, A~ How to build and operate a
locker plant. (Ap '45)
Cold working of brass. Gibbs, L.. E. (S '46)
Coleman, Harry J.
Coleman, H. J. Give us a little smile, baby.
(S '43) »
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Sanders, C. R. Coleridge and the Broad
church movement. (Je '43)
Coleridge and the Broad church movement
Sanders, C. R. (Je '43)
Collected lyrics. Millay, E. St V. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Collected wartime messages. Chiang, K. (D '46)
Collected works of Mrs Peter Willoughby.
Plummer, M. E. (Ap *44)
Collection of international war damage claims.
Wormser, R. A. (O '45)
Collective bargaining
Baker, H., and Dahl, D. Group health insur-
ance and sickness benefit plans in collec-
tive bargaining. (Je '46)
Chamberlain, N. W. Collective bargaining
procedures. (My '45)
Dunlop, J. T. Wage determination under
trade unions. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Hill, L. H., and Hook, C. R. Management at
the bargaining table. (Ag '45)
Smith, L. J. Collective bargaining. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Williamson, S. T., and Harris, H. Trends In
collective bargaining. (My '46)
Collective bargaining contracts. Bureau of na-
tional affairs, Washington, D.C. (Je '42)
Collective bargaining procedures. Chamberlain.
N. W. (My '45)
Collective bargaining systems. Pierson, F. C.
(Je '43)
Collectivism
Belloc, H, Servile state. (D '46)
Collectivism challenges Christianity. Kaub, V.
P. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Collectors and collecting
McBride, R. M., ed. Treasury of antiques. (O
'46)
Rigby, D. and E. Lock, stock and barrel.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
College and school drama
Phelps, E. M., ed. Book and library plays
for elementary and high school use, v 2.
(Ap '42)
College and teacher education. Armstrong, W.
^ m E., and others. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
College and university library consolidations.
Lowell, M. H. (F M4) (1943 Annual)
College athletics
Pashko, S. How to make the varsity. (Ag
*46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1009
College education, Value of
Evans, D. L. Essentials of liberal education.
College physics, abridged. Perkins, H. A. (D
'43)
College professors and Instructors
Wilson. JU Academic man. (As '42)
College program in action. Columbia university.
Committee on plans. (S '46)
College verse and prose
Blackburn, W. M., ed. One and twenty. (Mr
'46)
Colleges and universities
Donham, W. B. Education for responsible
living. (Ap '45)
Eckert, R. E. Outcomes of general education.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Hawkes. H. E. and A. U R. Through a
dean's open door. (O '45)
Henderson, A. D. Vitalizing liberal educa-
tion. (Ap '44)
Institute for administrative officers of higher
institutions. Higher education in the post-
war period. (O '45)
Johnson, B. Campus versus classroom. (S '46)
Lynd, H. M. Field work in college education.
(My '46)
McVey, F. Le R. University is a place . . .
a spirit. (Mr '45)
Sig-erist, H. E. University at the crossroads.
(S '46) *
Van Doren, M. Liberal education. (D '43)
Curricula
Spafford. I. O.. and others. Building a cur-
riculum for general education. (Ap '44)
Entrance requirements
Chamberlin, C. D.. and others. Did they suc-
ceed in college? (N '42)
Fine, B. Admission to American colleges. (N
'46)
Graduate work
Hollis, E. V. Toward improving Ph.D. pro-
grams. (Ap '46)
Jones, H. M. Education and -world tragedy.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Honors courses
Aydelotte, F. Breaking the academic lock
step. (Ap '44)
Middle ages
Thorndike, L. University records and life
m the middle ages. (My *45)
United States
American council on education. Guide to col-
leges, universities, and professional schools
in the United States. (My '46)
Conn, A. E. Minerva's progress. (Ap '46)
Eisenhart, L. P. Educational process. (My
•45)
Fine, B. Democratic education. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Harral, S. Public relations for higher educa-
tion. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hornberger, T. Scientific thought in the
American colleges. (Ap '46)
Hudson, H. H. Educating liberally. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hutchins, R. M. Education for freedom. (Je
'43)
MaoKlnney, L. C., and others, eds. State
university surveys the humanities. (Mr
•46)
Ross, E. D. Democracy's college. (S '42)
Colloids
Kraemer, E. O. Scientific progress In the field
of rubber and synthetic elastomers. (O *46)
Kraemer, E. O., and others, eds. Advances
in colloid science, v 1. (D '42)
Lewis, W. K., and others. Industrial chem-
istry of colloidal and amorphous materials.
Ward,4 A. G. Colloids. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Co! man, George
Bagster-Colfins, J. F. George Colman the
younger, 1762-1836. (O .'46)
Colombia
Description and travel
Rainier, P. W. Green fire. (D *42)
History
Arclniegas, G. Knight of EH Dorado. (Je *42)
Colonel Efflngham's raid. Fleming, B. (Ap
Colonel's lady. Montgomery, H. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Colonial agents of the southern colonies. Lonn,
E. (O '45)
Colonial churches of tidewater Virginia. Mason,
G. C. (S '46)
Colonial policies in Africa. Wieschhoff, H. A.
(N '44)
Colonies
Du Bois, W. E. B. Color and democracy. (Ag
'45)
Hailey, M. H. Future of colonial peoples.
(My '44)
Holcombe, A. N. Dependent areas in the
post-war world. (My '42)
Townsend, M. E., and others. European colo-
nial expansion since 1871. (Ag '42)
Wales, H. G. Q. Years of blindness. (Je '43)
Walker, E. A. Colonies. (S '45)
Colonization
Townsend, M. E., and others. European colo-
nial expansion since 1871. (Ag '42)
Color
Birren, F. Selling with color. (O '46)
Chambers, B. G. Color and design in ap-
parel. (D '42) rr
Germaine, I. M. Handbook of color and how
to use it in your home. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Rood, R. Color and light in painting. (My *42)
Watson, E. W. Color and method in painting
as seen in the work of 12 American paint-
ers. (Je '43)
Color and conscience. Gallagher, B. G. (O '46 )
Color and democracy. Du Bois, W. E. B. (Ag
Color and design in apparel. Chambers, B. G.
(D '42)
Color and light in painting. Rood, R. (My '42)
Color and method in painting as seen in the
work of 12 American painters. Watson, E.
W. (Je '43)
Color blind. Halsey, M. (N '46)
Color, class, and personality. Sutherland, R. L»
(My '42)
Color photography
Friedman, J. S. History of color photogra-
phy. (Ap '45)
Miller, C. W. Principles of photographic re-
production. (Ap '43)
Colour scheme. Marnh, N. (S '43)
Colorado
Gold discoveries
Willison, G. F. Here they dug the gold. (O
'46)
History
Fritz, P. S. Colorado. (Ap *42)
Colorado river
Corle, E. Listen, Bright Angel. (O '46)
Waters. F. Colorado. (O '46)
Colorado River relocation center, Poston,
Arizona. See United States. War relocation
center, Poston, Arizona
Colorimeters and colorimetry
Sandell, E. B. Colorimetric determination of
traces of metals. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Columba, Saint
Poetry
Farren, R, This man was Ireland. (Ag '43)
Columbia university
Hpwson, R. His excellency, a trustee. (Ag
Columbia university. Columbia college
Columbia university. Committee on plans.
College program in action. (S '46)
Columbus, Christopher
Morison, S. E. Admiral of the ocean sea.
(Mr '42)
Fiction
Sabatini, R. Columbus. (Mr »42)
Columnists. Fisher, C. (My *44)
Combat aviation. Ayling, K. (D »43)
Combat correspondent. Lucas, J. G. (O *44)
Combat in the air, Walters, M. O., ed. (Ap '45)
Combined operations. (Je '43)
Combustion
Burk, R. B., and Grummitt, O. J.. eds.
Chemical background for engine research.
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Combustion on wheels. Conn, D. L. (D *44)
Come and get It! Martin. G. W. (Ajr M2)
Come back on Tuesday. Hunter, R. (Ap f45)
Come back to earth. Helton, R. A. (Ag '46)
Come back to Wayne county. Fetzer, H. (D
'42)
Come gentle spring. Bolster, B. (Je '42)
Come in. Frost. R. (My '43)
Come, Jack! McCulloch, R. W. (Je '46)
Come out fighting. Durant, J., and Rice, E.
(S '46)
Come over into Macedonia. Allen, H. B. (Mr
Come slowly, Eden. Ben«t, L. (O '42)
Come soon, tomorrow. Swarthout, G. (F 44)
(1943 Annual)
Come, tell me how you live. Christie, A. M.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Comedy
Seyler, A., and Haggard, S. Craft of comedy.
(Je §46)
Comenlus, Johann Amos
Spinka, M. John Amos Comenlus. (Ap '44)
Comet of 1677. Hellman, C. D. (Ja *46) (1945
Annual)
Comets
Watson, F. G. Between the planets. (Ap '42)
1577
Hellman, C. D. Comet of 1577. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Comfortization of aircraft. Arnhym, A. A. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Comic strips
Adams. J. P. Milton Can Iff. (S M6>
Sheridan, M. Comics and their creators. (Ag
'42)
Coming age of rocket power. Pendray. B. (Ag
Coming age of world control. Doman, N. (Ag
'42)
Coming air age. Cleveland, R. M., and Neville,
L. B. (Ja?45) (1944 Annual)
Coming battle of Germany. Zlff. W. B. (S '42)
Coming down the Wye. Gibbings, R. (O '43)
Coming great church. Wedel. T. O. (Mr '46)
Coming home. Cohen, L. (Je '45)
Coming, Major! Stone, E. C., and Melick, W.
(Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Coming of the Civil war. Craven, A. O. (Je
'42)
Soming showdown. Dreher, C. (My *42)
oming struggle for peace. Vlsson, A. (Ag '44)
Command at sea. Cope. H. F. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Command of the air. Douhet. G. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Commander Islands. See Kommander islands
Commandments, Ten
Klein, I. Ten commandments in a changing
world. (Je '44)
Lewis. J. Ten commandments. (Je '46)
Trueblood, D. E. Foundations for reconstruc-
tion. (Je '46)
Juvenile literature
Neilson, F. F. J. Ten commandments in to-
day's World. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Commando attack. Holman, G. (O '42)
Commandos. Arnold, E. (Je *42)
Commerce
Hlrschman, A. O. National power and the
structure of foreign trade. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Machlup, F. International trade and the
national income multiplier. (Ag '44)
Young, J. P. International economy. (Je '43)
Dictionaries
Perol Guerrero, A., comp. New technical and
commercial dictionary. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Commercial air transportation. Frederick, J. H.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Commercial and library atlas of the world. (My
Commercial correspondence
Perry, S. Let's write good letters. (D '42)
Commercial law
Dykstra, G. O. and L. G. Business law of
aviation. (O '46)
Commercial methods of analysis. Snail, F. D.,
and Bitten, F. M. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Commercial policy
Feis, H. Sinews of peace. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Hansen. A. H. America's role in the world
economy. (My '45)
Leith, C. 1C, and others. World minerals
and world peace. (8 '43)
Mallery, O. T. Economic union and durable
peace. (Ag '43)
Mason, E. S. Controlling world trade. (D '46)
Young, J. P. International economy. (Je '43)
Commercial policy in the Canadian economy.
McDiarmid, O. J. (N *46)
Commercial products
Armstrong, E. F., and Miall, L. M. Raw ma-
terials from the sea. (Ap '46)
Brady, G. S. Materials handbook. (Je '44)
Graham, B. World commodities and world
currency. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Hessel, M. S., and others. Strategic materials
in hemisphere defense. (Ap '43)
Holmes, H. N. Strategic materials and na-
tional strength. (S '42)
Lovering, T. S. Minerals in world affairs.
(S *43)
Nash, B. Developing marketable products
and their packagings. (Mr '46)
"Ward, C. A. Those raw materials. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Substitutes. See Substitute products
Commercial waxes, natural and synthetic. Ben-
nett, H., ed. (Ap '45)
Commodore. Eng title of: Commodore Horn-
blower. Forester, C. S. (Je '45)
Commodore Horn blower. Forester, C. S. (Je
'45)
Commodore Vanderbilt. Lane. W. J. (Ap f42)
Common ailments of man. Fishbetn, M.. ed.
(O *45)
Common cause. Borgese, G. A. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual) *
Common cold and how to fight it. Fabrlcant,
N. D. (Mr '45)
Common edible mushrooms. Christensen, C. M,
(Ap '43)
Common errors in English and how to avoid
them. Witherspoon, A, M. (F '44 ) (1943 An-
nual)
Common heart. Horgan, P. (D *42)
Common sense book of baby and child care
Spock, B. M. (S '46)
Common sense of the exact sciences. Clifford,
W. K. (S '46)
Commonsense religion. Alken, J. R. R. (Ag
'44)
Common sense theology of Bishop White.
White, W. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Common thread. Seide, M. (Ap '44)
Commonwealth of art. Sachs, C. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Communication. Stelg. A. (O '45)
Communication and traffic
Albert, A. L. Electrical fundamentals of
communication. (Ap '43)
Mance, H. O. International telecommunica-
tions. (N *44)
Still, A. Communication through the ages.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Waples, D., ed. Print, radio, and film in a
democracy. (My '42)
White, L., and Leigh, R. D. Peoples speak-
ing to peoples. (Je '46)
Communication circuits. Ware, L. A., and
Reed* H. R. (Je '44)
Communication through the ages. Still, A. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Communism
Feibleman, J. Christianity, communism and
the ideal society. (S '42)
Fish, H. Challenge of world communism. (O
•46)
Infield, H. F. Cooperative communities at
work. (Ap '46)
International, Third. Blueprint for world
conquest. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Kautsky, K. J. Social democracy versus com-
munism. (N '46)
Laidler, K. W. Social-economic movements.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
London, K. Backgrounds of conflict, (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Timasheff, N. S. Three worlds. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Trotsky, L. First five years of the Communist
International. (O '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1011
China
Forman, H. Report from Red China. (Ap '45)
Stein, G. Challege of Red China. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Palestine
Infield, H. F. Cooperative living in Palestine.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Russia
Barmine, A. One who survived. (8 '45)
Dallin, D. J. Real Soviet Russia. (A* '45)
(1944 Annual)
Davis, J. Behind Soviet power. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Johnson, H. Secret of Soviet strength. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Koestler, A. Yogi and the commissar. (Je '45)
Kravchenko, V. A. I chose freedom. (My '46)
Laski, H. J. Faith, reason and civilization.
MacCurdy. J. T. Germany, Russia and the
future. (Je '45)
Timasheft, N. S. Great retreat. (Ap '46)
Ward, H. F. Soviet spirit. (Ap *46)
Webb, S. and B. P. Truth about Soviet Rus-
sia. (D '42)
White, W. L. Report on the Russians. (Ap
'46)
United States
Browder, E. R. Victory — and after. (My '43)
Cannon, J. P. History of American Trot-
skyism. (S '46)
Childs, J. L., and Counts, G. S. America,
Russia, and the Communist party in the
postwar world. (My '43)
Gellermann, W. Martin Dies. (8 '44)
Communism and religion
Kaub, V. P. Collectivism challenges Chris-
tianity, (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Community hygiene. Smiley. D. F., and Gould,
A. G. (Je »42)
Community life
Alinsky. S. D. Reveille for radicals. (Mr '46)
Bingham, F. C., ed. Community life in a
democracy. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Carter, J., and Ogden, J. Small communities
in action. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Morgan, A. E. Small community. (Ap '43)
Olsen, E. G., and others. School and com-
munity. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Warner, W. L., and Lunt. P. S. Social life
of a modern community. (Mr '42)
Community life in a democracy. Bingham, F.
C.. ed. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Community music
Wilson. H. R. Lead a song! (Ag '43)
Community organization for social welfare. Mc-
Millen, W. (Ap '46)
Community workshops for teachers in the Mich-
igan community health project. Otto, H. J.
(Je '43)
Companions of the left hand. Tabor i, G. (S '46)
Company museums. Coleman, L. V. (O '43)
Company of adventurers. Tharp, L. H. (N '46)
Company she keeps. McCarthy, M. T. (Je '42)
Comparative economic systems. Blodgett, R.
H. (D '44)
Comparative study of human reproduction.
Ford. C. S. (S '46)
Compass, Qyrostatlc
Rawlings. A. L* Theory of the gyroscopic
compass and its deviations. (Ag '44)
Compass eye. Vinal, H. (O '44)
Compass of the world. Welgert, H. W., and
Stefansson, V., eds. (O '44)
Compend of Luther's theology. Luther, M. (P
'44) (1943 Annual)
Competition
Neal, A. C. Industrial concentration and
price inflexibility. (Ap '43)
Competitive debate. Musgrave, G. M. (S '45)
Compleat rancher. Bennett, R. H. (Je '46)
Complete acted play from script to final cur-
tain. Crafton, A,, and Royer, J. (8 '43)
Complete book of home canning. Taylor, D. M.
(S '43)
Complete book of sewing. Talbot. C. (Je '43)
Complete card player. Ostrow, A. A. (Ap '46)
Complete cruiser. Aymar, B. (Je '46)
Complete etchings. Goya y Lucientes, F. J. de.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Complete guide to interior decoration. House
and Garden (periodical). (Ap '43)
Complete guide to North American trees.
Curtis, C. C., and Bausor, S. C. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Complete home care of your family wardrobe.
Talbot, C. (Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Complete Jefferson. Jefferson, T. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Complete life. Erskine. J. (My '43)
Complete murder sampler. Nelson, J., ed. (D
'46)
Complete photographer. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Complete Roman drama. (D '42)
Complete ski manual. Huber, El., and Rogers,
N. G. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Completion of independence. Krout, J. A., and
Fox, D. R. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Composer and critic. Graf. M. (Ap '46)
Composite aircraft manufacture and inspection.
Michelon, L. C. (N *44)
Composition (music)
Schiliinger, J. Schillinger system of musical
composition. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Compost
Rodale. J. I. Pay dirt. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Compound for death. Disney, D. M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Comprehensive concordance to the Holy Scrip-
tures. Walker, J. B. R. (D '42)
Comprehensive small arms manual. Haveft, C.
T. (Ap '43)
Compton's pictured encyclopedia. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Compulsory arbitration of labor disputes. John-
sen, J. E.. comp. (My '45)
Conant, Roger
Shipton, C. K. Roger Conant, a founder of
Massachusetts. (Ap '45)
Concentration camps
Adams, A. E. Born free and equal. (Ap '45)
Burney, C. Dungeon democracy. (My 46)
Karst, G. M. Beasts of the earth. (Je '42)
Stein. L. I was in hell with Niemoeller.
(O {42)
Winkler, E. Four years of Nazi torture.
(Je '42>
Concentration of economic power. Lynch, D.
(S '46)
Concept of the corporation. Drucker, P. F. (Ag
'46)
Conception of authority. Benne, K. D. (O '44 )
Concerning Juvenile delinquency. Thurston, H.
W. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Concerning Mr Lincoln. Pratt, H. E., ed. (Je
Concerning the education of a prince. Sophia
Christina Charlotte, princess of Nassau -
Saarbruck. (My '42)
Concerns of a world church. Buckner, G. W.
(Ap '44)
Concert life in New York. Aldrlch, R. (Je '42)
Concerto
Veinus, A. Concerto. (My '44)
Concha's Mexican kitchen cook book. Stoker,
C. U. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Concord and liberty. Ortega y Gasset, J. (Ag
•46)
Concordance of the poetical works of Edgar
Allan Poe. Booth, B. A., and Jones, C. E.
(My '42)
Concordance to the Bible. Thompson. N. W.,
and Stock, R. (D '42)
Concordat of 1929
Binchy, D. A. Church and state in fascist
Italy. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Concrete, Reinforced
Billig, K. Pre-atressed reinforced concrete.
(Je '44)
Dunham, C. W. Theory and practice of re-
inforced concrete. (Ap '45)
Hool, G. A., and Kinne, W. S., eds. Rein-
forced concrete and masonry structures.
(Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Parker, H. E. Simplified design of reinforced
concrete. (S '43)
Peabody, D. Design of reinforced concrete
structures. (S '46)
Sutherland, H., and Reese, R. C. Introduc-
tion to reinforced concrete design. (D '43)
Concrete construction
Creager, W. P., and others. Engineering for
dams. (8 *45)
Dunham, C. W. Theory and practice of re-
inforced concrete. (Ap '45)
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Concrete construction — Continued
Hool, G. A., and Kinne, W. S., eds. Rein-
forced concrete and masonry structures.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Peabody, D. Design of reinforced concrete
structures. (S '46)
Sutherland, H., and Reese, R. C. Introduc-
tion to reinforced concrete design. (D '48)
Condemned playground. Connolly, C. (S '46)
Condensed chemical dictionary. (Ag '42)
Condensers (electricity)
Brotherton, M. Capacitors. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Georgiev, A. M. Electrolytic capacitor. (D
'45)
Condition of man. Mumford, L. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Condition red. Bell, F. J. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Conditioning exercises for girls and women.
Duggan, A. S., and others. (Ag '46)
Conditions of civilized living. Ulich, R. (S '46)
Conditions of peace. Carr, E. H. (S '42)
Conduct of life
Banning, M. C., and Culkin, M. L. Conduct
yourself accordingly. (O *44)
Bartlett. R. M. Discovery. (Ap '42)
Bro, M. H. Let's talk about you. (Je '45)
Caner, G. C. It's how you take it. (O »46)
Carr, W. Know thyself! (My '45)
Daly, M. Smarter and smoother. (My '44)
Daly, S. J. Personality plus! (N '46)
Drury, S. S. Upward way. (P '48) (1942 An-
nual)
Elmore, C. H. Quit you like men. (Ap '45)
Fosdick, H. E. On being a real person. (Ap
'43)
Girl's daily life. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Gracian y Morales, B. Art of worldly wisdom.
(Ap '43)
Greenbie, M. L. B. Art of living in wartime.
(Mr *43)
Letter to my son by a soldier's mother, (Je
'42)
Miller, J. H. Take a look at yourself. (Ag
Osgood, P. E. Say I to myself. (Ap '44)
Pitkin, W. B. Best years. (S '46)
Pollock, C. Guide posts in chaos. (Ag '42)
Rice, A. C. H. Happiness road. (S *42)
Shacter. H. S. Understanding ourselves.
(My '46)
Vigil, C. C. Fallow land. (O '46)
Weil, H. Pioneers of tomorrow. (S '45)
West, J. E. Making the most of yourself.
Weston, S. A., ed. Finding your way in life.
fJe '43)
White, S. E. Anchors to windward. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Wilson, M. How to live beyond your means.
(S '45)
Wilson, M. Woman you want to be. CS '42)
Woodward, E. S. Strictly private. (D '44)
Juvenile literature
Leaf, M. 3 and 30 watchbirds. (Ap '44)
Conduct of the Earl of Nottingham. Aiken,
W. A., ed. (Je '42)
Conduct yourself accordingly. Banning, M. C.,
and Culkin. M. L. (O '44)
Conducted tour. Halpern, A.. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Conducting (music)
Ewen,__p. Dictators of the baton. (Mr '43)
Finn, W. J. Conductor raises his baton. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Wilson, H. R. Lead a sone! (Ag '43)
Conductor raises his baton. Finn, W. J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Conductors and wiring layouts. Lincoln, E. 8.
(My '46)
Cone of silence. MacLlesh, A. F. (Mr '44)
Confederate Mississippi. Bettersworth, J. K.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Confederate states of America
Dowdey, C. Experiment in rebellion. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Patrick, R. W. Jefferson Davis and his cab-
inet. (D '44)
Ramsdell, C. W. Behind the lines in the
southern confederacy. (Ap '44)
Wiley, B. I. Plain people of the confederacy.
(Ap '44)
Army
Wiley, B. I. Life of Johnny Reb. (Ap '43)
Biography
Freeman, D. S. Lee's lieutenants, v 1. (N '42)
Freeman, D. S. Lee's lieutenants; v. 2,
Cedar mountain to Chancellorsville. (My
'43)
Freeman, D. S. Lee's lieutenants: v. 8,
Gettysburg to Appomattox, (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Conference leadership in business and Industry.
Hannaford, E. 8. (Ag '45)
Confession of an octogenarian. Jacks, L. P.
(S '42)
Confessions. Augustine, St. (N '43)
Confessions of a European intellectual. Schoen-
berner, F. (My '46)
Confessions of a story writer. Galileo, P. W.
(D '46)
Configurations of culture growth. Kroeber, A.
L. (D '45)
Conflict of laws. Rabel. E. (My '46)
Conflicts. Namier. L. B. (S '43)
Confound the wise. Galas, N. (O '42)
Confucius
Wang, G. Chinese mind. (N '46)
Confusion on the Potomac. Bargeron, C. (Ap
'42)
Congo. See Kongo
Congo song. Cloete, S. (Ap '43)
Congregational churches in the United States
Atkins, G. G., and Fagley, F. L. History of
American Congregationalism. (Ap '43)
Congress at the crossroads. Galloway, G. B.
(Ja *47) (1946 Annual)
Congress of Industrial organizations. Political
action committee
Gaer. J. First round. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Congress of Vienna. Nicjolson, H. G. (D '46)
Congresses and conventions
Pastuhov, V. D. Guide to the practice of in-
ternational conferences. (Je *46)
Conic sections
Coolidge, J. L. History of the conic sections
and quadric surfaces. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Conjuring
Leeming, J. Fun with magic. (D '43)
Learning, J. Secrets of magic. (S '46)
Mulholland, J. Art of illusion. (My '44)
Mussey. J. B. Magic. (Ap '43)
Parrish, R. H. For magicians only. (S '44)
Connecticut
Description and travel
Marlowe, G. F. Old Bay paths. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Politics and government
Lane, J. R. Political history of Connecticut
during the Civil war. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Religious history
Keller, C. R. Second great awakening in
Connecticut. (S '42)
Connecticut cookbook. Westport, Connecticut.
Woman's club. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Connecticut wits. Howard, L. (Mr '43)
Connecticut Yankee. Cross, W. L. (N '43)
Connecting ships' wiring1. Nowlin, G. A. (D *44)
Connie Mack. Lieb, F. G. (Je '45)
Connolly, James Brendan
Connolly, J. B. Sea-borne. (S '44)
Conqueror comes to tea. Lacerda, J. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Conqueror inn. Punshon, E. R. (Mr '44)
Conquest of bacteria. Taylor, F. S. (My '42)
Conquest of death. Lord, F. T. (Mr '42)
Conquest of epidemic disease. Wlnslow, C. E. A.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Conquest of North Africa, 1940-1943. Clifford,
A. G. (O '43)
Conquest of the Missouri. Hanson, J. M. (8
'46)
Conrad, Joseph
Retinger, J. H. Conrad and his contempo-
raries. (Ap '43)
Conrad and his contemporaries. Retinger, J. H.
(Ap '43)
Conrad argosy. Conrad, J. (D '42)
Conrad the clock. Barr,J. (My '45)
Conscience and society. West, R. (Je '45)
Conscientious objector and the law. Cornell,
J. D. (Ja '44) (1948 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1013
Conscientious objectors
Cornell, J. D. Conscientious objector and the
law. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Field, G. C. Pacificism and conscientious ob-
jection. (My '46)
Hershberger, G. P. War, peace and nonre-
slstance. <Je '45)
Consciousness
Garrett, E. J. L. Awareness. (Ap '44)
Conselhelro, Antonio Vicente Mendes Made),
called
Cunha, E. da. Rebellion in the backlands.
(Mr '44)
Conservation in the United States. Gustafson,
A. P., and others. (D '44)
Conservation of national resources. Renner, G.
T. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Conservation of resources
Carter. J. P. Remaking1 America. (Mr *42)
Gustafson, A. P., and others. Conservation in
the United States. (D '44)
Study and teaching
Renner, G. T. Conservation of national re-
sources. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Conserving marriage and the family. Groves,
B. R. (N '44)
Consolation
Dicks, R. L. Who is my patient? (Mr '42)
Kelly. B. M., comp. Eternal purpose. (Ag
'43)
Spell man, F. J. Risen soldier. (Je '44)
Woodbury, H., ed. Faith of man speaks. (S
'45)
Consolidated encyclopaedia. (My '42)
Conspiracy in Algiers. Gosset. R. Pierre-. (N
•45)
Conspiracy of the carpenters. Borchardt, H.
(S '43)
Conspirators. Prokosch. F. (Mr '43)
Constancia herself. Wlddemer. M. (O '45)
Constant flre. Chalmers, A. K. (My '45)
Constantino I. the Great, emperor of Rome
Holsapple, L. B. Constantino the Great. (Ap
'43)
Constellations
Barton, S. G. and W. H. Guide to the con-
stellations. (O '44)
Scott, O. B. Stars in myth and fact. (D '42)
Sidgwick, J. B. Introductory astronomy.
(B '44)
Constituent assembly for India. See Gangulee,
N. Freedom to achieve freedom. (N T43)
Constituents of wheat and wheat products.
Bailey, C. H. (O '44)
Constitution and world organization. Corwin,
E. S. (Je '44)
Constitution-making in a democracy. O'Rourke,
V. A., and Campbell, D. W. (N '43)
Constitutional and legal history of England.
Knappen, M. M. (N '42)
Constitutional thought in sixteenth-century
France. Church, W. P. (Je '42)
Constructive income taxation. Fisher, I. and
H. W. (D '42)
Consumer and opinion research. Blankenship,
A. B. (N '43)
Consumer education
Dameron, K.. ed. Consumer problems in war-
time. (Ag '44)
Heil, E. W. Consumer training. (D '43)
Mendenhall, J. E., and Harap, H., eds. Con-
sumer education. (O '43}
Rondileau, A. Education for installment buy-
ing. (My '45)
Trilling, M. B., and Williams, F. You and
your money. (N *44)
Ware, C. P. Consumer goes to war. (Ap '43 )
Wingate, I. B. and others. Know your mer-
chandise. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Consumer goes to war. Ware, C. P. (Ap '43)
Consumer instalment credit and economic
fluctuations. Haberler, G. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Consumer problems in wartime. Dameron, K.,
ed. (Ag '44)
Consumer training. Hell, B. W. (D '43)
Consumers and the market. Reid, M. G. (N '43)
Consumers in wartime. Gordon, L. J. (Je '43)
Consumption (economics)
Andres, E. M., and Cocanower. C. D. Eco-
nomics and the consumer. (Je '43)
Barger, H. Outlay and income in the United
States. (O »43)
Bush, G. L. Science education in consumer
buying. (N '42)
Dameron, 1C., ed. Consumer problems in war-
time. (Ag '44)
Floyd, O. R., and Kinney, L,. B. Using dollar*
and sense. (Je '42)
Gordon, L. J. Consumers In wartime. (Je '43>
Gordon, L. J. Economics for consumer*.
(S '45)
Hayes, H. G. Spending, saving and employ-
ment. (Ja f4G) (1945 Annual)
Norris, R. T. Theory of consumer's demand.
(Ag »42)
Wright, D. M. Creation of purchasing power.
(Ag '43)
Contact Mercury. Nason, L.. H. (Ap '46)
Contagious diseases. See Infection and infec-
• tious diseases
Contemporary America. Wish, H. (O '45)
Contemporary American painting. Encyclo-
paedia britannica. (Ag '45)
Contemporary art. Frost, R. (Ja *43) (1942 An-
nual)
Contemporary Chinese stories. Wang, C., tr.
(My '44)
Contemporary Christ. Smart, W. A. (N '42)
Contemporary criminal hygiene. Seliger, R. V.,
and others, eds. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Contemporary Europe. (S '42) *-
Contemporary foreign governments. Beukema,
H., and others. (O *46)
Contemporary Italy. Sforza, C. (Ap '44)
Contemporary psychopathology. Tomkins, S. 8.,
ed. (S '44)
Contemporary religious thought. Kepler. T. S..
comp. (Ap '42)
Contemporary shops in the United States.
Nicholson, E. (D '45)
Contemporary Spanish- American fiction. Spell,
J. R. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Contemporary Spanish poetry. Turnbull, E. L,.,
ed. & tr. (Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Contemporary thinking about Jesus. Kepler, T.
S., comp. (My '44)
Continental congress. Burnett, E. C. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Continental revue. Eng title of: Keller's con-
tinental revue. Bambrick, W. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Continent's end. Jackson, J. H., ed. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Continuous performance. Balaban. C. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Contraception and fertility in the southern,
Appalachians. Beebe, G. W. (Ap '43)
Contract bridge
Goren, C. H, Better bridge for better player*.
(Je '43)
Goren, C. H. Standard book of bidding. (Js>
'45) (1944 Annual)
Skidelsky, S. J. Why you lose at bridge. (O
Contractor's legal problems. Hayward, N. L.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Contracts
Barclay. H. W., ed. How your business can
help win the war. (My '42)
Contribution of Holland to the sciences. Bar-
nouw, A. J., and Landheer, B., eds. (Mr
Control equipment
Eckman, D. P. Principles of industrial proc-
ess control. (Ap '46)
Control exchange and the Argentine market
Salera, V. (My '42)
Control of electric motors. Harwood, P. B. (Je-
Control of Germany and Japan. Moulton, H. Q.,
and Marlio, L. (N '44)
Control of venereal disease. Vonderlehr, R. A,,
and Heller, J. R. (D '46)
Controllers for electric motors. James, H. D.,
and Markle, L. E. (O '45)
Controlling world trade. Mason, E. S. (D *46>
Convalescence
Jensen, P., and others. Medical care of the
discharged hospital patient. (F '45) (1944*
Annual)
Lariar, L. Bed and bored. (S '45)
Sprague, M. Business of getting well. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Convent boarding school. Kenny, V. A. (Mr
*45)
Conversation in London. Laird, S., and Graeb-
ner, W. (Mr '42)
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Conversation pieces. Alajalov, C. (Ja '48) (1942
Annual)
Conversations with an unrepentant liberal.
Bixler, J. 3. (Je '46)
Conversion
Daily. S. Release. (My '42)
Conveying machinery
Hetzel, P. V.. and Albright. R. K. Belt
conveyors and belt elevators. (S *42)
Hudson. W. O. Conveyors and related equip-
ment. (O '44)
Convoy. Reynolds, Q. J. (Mr '42)
Cook, Joseph
Bascom, F. G., ed. Letters of a Ticonderoga
farmer. (N '46)
Cook, William Henry
Bascom. F. Q.. ed. Letters of a Ticonderoga
farmer. (N '46)
Cook it in a casserole. Brobeck, F. R. (N '43)
Cookery
Adams. C. You'll eat it up. (S '43)
Allen, I. C. B. Double-quick cooking for part-
time homemakers. (Ag *43)
Batchelder, A. Ann Batchelder'a own cook
book. (Je '42)
Bogert% L. J. Good nutrition for everybody.
Brad?ey, A. Menu- cook-book. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Brobeck. F. R. Cook it in a casserole. (N '43)
Brobeck. F. R. Lunch box, and every kind
of sandwich. (Je '46)
Brobeck. F. R. Serve it buffet. (Ap '46)
Brody, I. On the tip of my tongue. (Ap '45)
Brown. C. L. B.. and others. Country cook-
book. (Je '44)
Callahan, G. A. California cook book. (D '46)
Carhart, A. H. Outdoorsman's cookbook. (My
'44)
Case, F. Feeding the lions. (Ag '42)
Chamberlain. S. Clementine in the kitchen.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Coffin. R. P. T. Mainstays of Maine. (O *44)
Corban, £3. B., and others. Eat to live. (Ap
'44)
De Gouy, L. P. Bread tray. (D '44)
Deute. A. H. 200 dishes for men to cook.
(My '45)
Farmer, F. M. Boston cooking-school cook
book. (F »47) (1946 Annual)
Fitzsimmons, M. 8. and C. You can cook if
you can read. (N '46)
Flexner, M. K. W. Dixie dishes. (My '42)
Good housekeeping institute. New York.
Good housekeeping cook book. (Je '42)
Griffin, M. How to cook. (Ag '46)
Halliday, B, Gv and Noble, I. T. Food chem-
istry and cookery. (8 '43)
Halliday, E. G.. and Noble. I. T. Hows and
whys of cooking. (S '46)
Harris, F. L. Victory vitamin cook book for
wartime meals. (Ag '43)
Hawkins. N. Let's cook. (N '42)
Hester, H. H. 300 sugar saving recipes. (S
Hibben, S. American regional cookery. (N
Holberg, R. L.. Take it easy before dinner. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Howard, J. G. G. Fifty years in a Maryland
kitchen. (S '44)
Kaye-Smith, S. Kitchen fugue. (O '45)
Keating, L. A. Men in aprons. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Kent. L. A. Mrs Appleyard's kitchen. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
LaPrade, M. That man in the kitchen. (8
'46)
Lothe. A. B.. and others. Best from Midwest
kitchens. (Je '46)
Lowe. B. Experimental cookery. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mills, M. Cooking on a ration. (D '43)
Murphy, M. Wartime meals. (O '42)
Mystery chef's own cook book. (8 '43)
Parrish, M. F. K. Gastronomical me. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Parrish, M. F. K. How to cook a wolf. (Ag
Rae, B. Cooking without meat. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Rawlings. M. K. Cross Creek cookery. (F *43)
Robbing, A. B. 100 meat-saving recipes. (Je
48)
Robertson, H., and others. What do we eat
now?JF '43) (1942 Annual)
Sense, El Nutrition with Sense. (Ap '46)
Shepard, K.. and Ellis, E. A. First steps in
cooking. (N '46)
Smith, A, E. B. Thrifty cooking for war-
w time. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual) ^
Smith. H. Kitchens near and far. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Tracy, M. Care and feeding of friends. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Wallace, L. H. Sea food cookery. (Je '44)
Wallace, L. H. Soups, stews and chowders.
(My '46)
Westport, Connecticut. Woman's club. Con-
necticut cookbook. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
White, C. W. How I feed my friends. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
White. M. Diet without despair. (My '43)
Wilder. W. B. Bounty of the wayside. (S '43)
Windsor, W. W. Some favorite southern
recipes. (S '42)
Juvenile literature
Gossett, M. Children's picture cookbook. (D
•44)
Perkins, W. L. Fannie Farmer junior cook
book. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Cookery (eggs)
Wallace, L. H. Egg cookery. (Je '46)
Cookery (fish). See Cookery (sea food)
Cookery (game)
Ashbrook, F. G., and Sater. E. N. Cooking
wild game. (D '46 )
Beard, J. Fowl and game cookery. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Wall, R. Fish and game cookery. (D '46)
Cookery (hors d'oeuvres)
Allen, L. G. A book of hors d'oeuvre. (Ap
•42)
Cookery (poultry) *
Beard, J. Fowl and game cookery. (Ja *46)
(1944 Annual)
Cookery (sea food)
Wall, R. Fish and game cookery. (D '45)
Cookery (soy beans)
Lager, M. M. Useful soybean. (Je '46)
Williams-Heller, A. W., and McCarthy, J.
V. Soybeans, from soup to nuts. (Ag '44)
Cookery (wine)
Hatch. E. W. American wine cook book. (My
•42)
Cookery, Chinese
Chao. B. Y. How to cook and eat in Chi-
nese. (Ag '45)
Cookery, French
Diat, L. Home cookbook. (S '46)
Cookery, Italian
Standen, N. Reminiscence and ravioli. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Cookery, Mexican
Stoker, C. U. Concha's Mexican kitchen cook
book. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Cookery. Near Eastern
Mardikian, G. Dinner at Omar Khayyam's.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Cookery, Outdoor
Fredrikson, C. L. Picnic book. (S '42)
Martin, G. W. Come and get it! (Ag '42)
Cookery for the sick
Harris, F. L., and Ridler, D. A. Food 'n'
fun for the invalid. (O '42)
Cooking on a ration. Mills, M. (D '43)
Cooking wild game. Ashbrook, F. G., and
Sater, E. N. (D '45)
Cooking without meat. Rae. B. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Cooley. Charles Horton
Jandy, E. C. Charles Horton Cooley, his life
and his social theory. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Cooperation
Bergengren, R. F. I apeak for Joe Doakes.
Carpenter, J. H. Peace through co-operation.
Bldridge, S., and others. Development of col-
lective enterprise. (Je '43)
Gallagher, P. Paddy the Cope. (My '42)
Heise, B. Effects of instruction in cooperation
on the attitudes and conduct of children.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1015
Luck, J. M. War on malnutrition and pov-
erty. (Ag *46)
Warbasse, J. P. Cooperative way. (Je '46)
Ward. L. R. Ourselves, inc. (O *45)
Ward, Li. R., ed. United for freedom. (Mr
'46)
Wieting, C. M. How to teach consumers' co-
operation. (Ap '43)
Dictionaries
Bogardus, B. S. Dictionary of cooperation.
(Ag '44)
China
Snow, H. F. China builds for democracy. (S
'42)
Nova Scotia
Ward, L. R. Nova Scotia. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
United States
Landis, B. Y. Cooperative economy. (Ag '43)
Cooperative commonwealth federation
Coldwell, M. J. W. Left turn, Canada. (Ag
'45)
Cooperative communities at work. Infield. H. P.
(Ap '45)
Cooperative economy. Landis, B. Y. (Ag *43)
Cooperative living in Palestine. Infield, H. F.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Co-operative organisations and post-war relief.
International labor office. (O '44)
Cooperative societies
Holies, J. K. People's business. (Ag '42)
International labor office. Co-operative or-
ganisations and post-war relief. (O '44)
Cooperative way. Warbasse, J. P. (Je '46)
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Kesten, H. Copernicus and his world. (Ap
•46)
Mizwa, S. P. Nicholas Copernicus. (O '43)
Reichenbach, H. From Copernicus to Ein-
stein. (S '42)
Juvenile literature
Kelly, E. P. From star to star. (D '44)
Copernicus and his world. Kesten, H. (Ap '45)
Co-pilot Trott. Bullard, M. R. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Copper
Wilklns, R. A., and Bunn, E. S. Copper and
copper base alloys. (S '43)
Juvenile literature
Me teal fe, J. M. Copper, the red metal. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Metallurgy
Newton, J., and Wilson, C. L. L. Metallurgy
of copper. (D '42)
Copper alloys
Wilkins, R. A., and Bunn, E. S. Copper and
copper base alloys. (S '43)
Copper camp. Writers' program, Montana. (O
Copper mines and mining
Barclay, R. E. Ducktown back in Raht's
time. (D '46)
Murdoch, A. Boom copper. (My '43)
Copper pot. La Farge, O. (Ag '42)
Copper, the red metal. Me teal fe. J. M. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Cojppersmlthlng
voss, L. A, " "
, „ A, Modern metalsmith. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Copta
Worrell, W. H. Short account of the Copts.
(Je '46)
Nicholson, M. Manual of copyright practice
for writers, publishers, and agents. (D '45)
Coral comes hign. Hunt, O. P. (Je '46)
Coral reefs and Islands
Bryan, E. H. American Polynesia. (My *42)
Gibbings, R. Blue angels and whales. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Coral sea, Battle of, 1942
Johnston, S. Queen of the flat-tops. (N *42)
Corinthian letters of Paul. Morgan, O. C. (N
'46)
Cornell, Katharine
Malvern, Q. Curtain going up! (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Cornell red book of marine engineering. Pater-
son, W. B., ed. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Cornell university
Becker, C. L. Cornell university: founders
and the founding. (Je *44)
Rogers, W. P. Andrew D. White and the
modern university. (S '43)
Cornell's sea packet, 1942. Williamson. W. M.,
ed. (Ap '42)
Corner of heaven. Norris. K. T. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Cornerstones. Linklater, E. (Ag '42)
Cornish, Mary
Huxley, E. J. Atlantic ordeal. (Ap '42)
Cornish tales. Lee, C. J. (S '42)
Coronado, Francisco Vazquez de. See Vazquez
de Coronado. F.
Coronal. Claudel, P. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
V^lSl IS*1CI<*. \-sldl4Ud, J. . V* »*/ V-A-v^U -f
Coroner creek. Glidden, F. D. (S '46)
roner's pidgin. Eng title of: T
swine. Allingham. M. ( Je '45)
Coroner's pidgin. Eng title of: Pearls before
Coroner's verdict: accident. Hosken, C. J. W.
(Ag '45)
Corporal Crow. Friskey, M. (Ag '44)
Corporal Keeperupper. Milhous, K. (Je '43)
Corporal punishment
Falk, H. A. Corporal punishment. (My '42)
Corporate cash balances, 1914-43. Lutz, F. A.
(F '46) (1946 Annual)
Corporate concentration and public psiicy.
Purdy, H. L., and others. (O '43)
Corporate executives' compensation. Washing-
ton. G. T. (Ag '42)
Corporation law
Cherrington, H. V. Investor and the Se-
curities act. (Ag »42)
Purdy, H. L., and others. Corporate con-
centration and public policy. (O '43)
Washington, G. T. Corporate executives' com-
pensation. (Ag '42)
Corporations
Baker, J. C. Directors and their functions.
Drucke
ker, P. F. Concept of the corporation.
(Ag '46)
Gordon, R. A. Business leadership In the
large corporation. (S '45)
Holden, P. E., and others. Top -management
organization and control. (My '42)
Leavitt. J. A. Voting trust. (Ap '42)
Directories
Business executives and corporation encyclo-
pedia. (My '45)
Finance
Chudson, W. A. Pattern of corporate financial
structure. (O '46)
Lutz, F. A. Corporate cash balances, 1914-43.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Taxation
Butters, J. K.. and Lintner, J. V. Effect of
federal taxes on growing enterprises. (Ag
*46)
Corpse awaits. Friend, O. J. (S *46)
Corpse by any other name. Walling, R. A. J.
(My '43)
Corpse came C.O.D. Starr, J. (My *44)
Corpse came calling. Dresser. D. (S '42)
Corpse de ballet. Cores. L. M. (Je '44)
Corpse on the hearth. Lang, H. (Je '46)
Corpse who wouldn't die. Doherty. B. J. (S
*45)
Corpse with the eerie eye. Walling, R. A. J.
XJe '42)
Corpse without a clue. Walling, R. A. J. (S '44)
Corpses at Indian Stones. Wylie, P. (Ap '43)
Correct exposure in photography. Morgan, w.
D., and Lester. H. M. (Mr '45)
Corrective treatment for unadjusted children.
Shoobs, N. E. (My (42)
Correlation (statistics)
Ezekiel, M. J. B. Methods of correlation
analysis. (F »48) (1942 Annual)
Correspondence, 1814-1826. Jefferson, T., and
Gilmer, F. W. (S '46)
Correspondence of a friendship. Ayscough, F.
W., and Lowell, A. (Ap '46)
Corruption (in politics)
Abrahams, L. It's all politics. (D '44)
Carman. H. J., and Luthin, R. H. Lincoln
and the patronage. (Ag '48)
Van Devander. C. W. Biff bosses. (My '44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Cortds, Hernando
Diaz del Castillo, B. Cortez and the con-
quest of Mexico by the Spaniards in 1521.
(Je '42)
Madariaga, S. de. Hernan Cortes, conqueror
of Mexico. (Ag- '42) (1941 Annual)
Wagner, H. R. Rise of Fernando Cortes. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Wilson. L. Fernando Cortez. (My '42)
Cory, Herbert Ellsworth
Cory. H. E. Emancipation of a freethinker.
(My '42)
Coslmo, Piero di. See Piero di Cosimo
Cosmic rays
Auger, P. What are cosmic rays? (Mr '45)
Cosmogony
Berman, L. Behind the universe. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Jeans, J. H. Universe around us. (N '44)
Cosmology
Laird, J. Theism and cosmology. (Ap '42)
Tillyard, B. M. W. Elizabethan world picture.
(My '44)
Cossacks
Hindus, M. G. Cossacks. (D '45)
Cost and standard of living
Fledderus, M. L., and Van Kleeck. M. Tech-
nology and livelihood. (My '44)
Floyd, O. R.. and Kinney. L. B. Using dol-
lars and sense. (Je *42)
Martin, E. W. Standard of living in 1880. (My
'43)
Germany
Oppenheimer-Bluhm, H. Standard of living
of German labor under Nazi rule. (O '43)
Costa Rica
Biesanz, J. B. and M. Costa Rican life. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Costa Rican life. Biesanz, J. B. and M. (Ag
•45) (1944 Annual)
Costume
Burris-Meyer, E. This is fashion. (S '43)
Evans, M. How to make historic American
costumes. (Ag '42)
Lester, K. M. Historic costume. (My '43)
Wilcox, R. T. Mode in costume. (Ap '43)
Costume design
Featherstone, M., and Maack, D. H. Ele-
mentary costume design. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Pepin, H. Modern pattern design. (D '42)
Williams, B. Fashion is our business. (My
'45)
Cosway, Maria (Hadfleld)
Bullock, H. D. My head and my heart. (Ja
'46) (1946 Annual)
Cottages
White, C. D. Camps and cottages. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Cotton
Juvenile literature
Perry, J. Cotton industry. (Ag '43)
Cotton goods industry
Merrill, G. R., and others. American cotton
handbook. (Je f42)
Cotton industry. Perry. J. (Ag '43)
Cotton manufacture
Hoye, J. Staple cotton fabrics. (Ja '43)
fjahne, H?1J?lCotton mill worker. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Smith, T. R. Cotton textile industry of Fall
River, Massachusetts. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
Cottonarnill worker. Lahne, H. J. (F '46) (1944
Annual)
Cotton textile industry of Fall River, Massa-
chusetts. Smith, T. R. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Coughlin, John Joseph
Wendt. L., and Kogan, H. Lords of the
Levee. (Mr '43)
Coulter, John Merle
Rodger*, A. D. John Merle Coulter, mission-
ary in science. (8 '44)
Coulton, Qeorge Gordon
Coulton, G. G. Fourscore years. (Ag '44)
Counseling
Klein, P. E., and Moffltt, R. E. Counseling
techniques in adult education. (S '46)
Counseling techniques in adult education. Klein,
P. E., and Moffltt, R. E. (S '46)
Counseling with returned servicemen. Rogers,
C. R., and Wallen, J. L. (Ap '46)
Count me among the living. Sexton, E. (Je '46)
Count on two days. Walker, M. (N '43)
Count the puppies. Dixon, J. (O '46)
Count your characters. Stein, R. E. L. (D '46)
Counterfeit African. Williams, J. (D '44)
Counterfeiting. Smith, L, D. (S '44)
Counterfeits and counterfeiting
Crump, I. Our United States secret service.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Smith, L, D. Counterfeiting. (S '44)
Counterpoint
Fux, J. J. Steps to Parnassus. (Ap '44)
Counterspy Jim. Berger, J. (O *46)
Counting out. Withers, C., comp. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Country chronicle. Petersen, H. (My '45)
Country church
Smith, R. C. Church in our town. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Country colic. Lawson, R. (My '44)
Country cookbook. Brown, C, L. B., and others.
(Je '44)
Country cured. Croy, H. (N '43)
Country flavor. Pearson, H. S. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Country heart. Dick, I. (Ap '46)
Country Jake. Driscoll, C. B. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Country life
Baker, R. S. Under my elm. (D '42)
Borland, H. G. American year. (S '46)
Brunner, E. de S. Working with rural youth.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Campbell, A. S. and H. M. Applejack for
breakfast. (Ap '46)
Campbell, M. L. English yeoman. (Ap '43)
Clark, T. D. Pills, petticoats and plows. (My
•44)
Corey, P. Buy an acre. (Je '44)
Damon, B. C. Sense of humus. (Ag '43)
Foster, E. Islanders. (Mr '46)
Lawson, R. Country colic. (My '44)
Leighton. C. V. H. Give us this day. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Offden. S. R. This country life. (S '46)
Parsons, A. B. Mountain. (Mr '44)
Pearson, H. S. Country flavor. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Petersen. H. Country chronicle. (My *45)
Pratt, W. M. Adventure in Vermont. (Ap '44)
Rich, L. D. Happy the land. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Rich, L. D. We took to the woods. (D '42)
Thompson, F. Candleford Green. (My '43)
Thompson, F. Lark Rise to Candleford. (O
'45)
Turner, W. J., ed. Panorama of rural Eng-
land. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Van de Water, F. F. Members of the family.
(N '42)
Wend, M. How to live in the country without
farming. (My '44)
West, D. Broadside to the sun. (Je '46)
Wilder, W. B. Bounty of the wayside. (S '43)
Country life in literature
Booth, E. T. God made the country. (Mr
'46)
Country mouse. Kent, L. A. (N '45)
Country neighborhood. Coatsworth, E. J. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Country of the young. Lindsay, C. (N *46)
Country planning. Oxford. University. Agricul-
tural economics research institute. (O '45)
Country poems. Coatsworth, E. J. (N '42)
Country road. Grelle, L. R. (D '45)
Country school at home and abroad. Schatz-
mann, I. E. (Ap '42)
Country-stop. Bailey, C. S. (F f43) (1942 An-
nual)
Country year. Van Doren, M. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Count/ government
Rush. J. A. City-county consolidated. (My
County library primer. Sandoe, M. W. (O '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1017
Courage
Holmes, H. W. Road to courage. (Mr '43)
Wilkinson, B. Courage for crisis. (S '43)
Courage and the glory. Floherty, J. J. (D '42)
Courage for crisis. Wilkinson, B. (S '43)
Courage stout. Raine, W. M. (My *44)
Courier to Marrakesh. Williams. V. (Ap (46)
Couriers of the sky. Bonner, M. Q. (N *44)
Course in powder metallurgy. Baeza, W. J. (S
'43)
Course of German history. Taylor. A. J. P.
(S '46)
Court of shadows. Lefflngwell, A. (My '43)
Courtney, Charles
Courtney, C. Unlocking adventure. (Ja '43 )
(1942 Annual)
Courts
Great Britain
Hanbury, H. Q. English courts of law. (Je
•45)
United States
Chamberlain, J. P., and others. Judicial func-
tion in federal administrative agencies.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Commager, H. S. Majority rule and minority
rights. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Courts and cabinets. Gooch, G. P. (Mr '46)
Courts and courtiers
Gooch, G. P. Courts and cabinets. (Mr '46)
Courts martial and courts of inquiry
Schiller, A. A. Military law and defense leg-
islation. (Je '42)
Cousin from Fiji. Lindsay, N. (My '46)
Cousin William. Lutes, D. T. (D '42)
Covenant. Sinclair, K. H. N. (O '43)
Covered bridge. Congdon, H. W. (S *46>
Covered wagon. McNeer, M. Y. (O '44)
Covering all fronts. Eng title of: Action on
all fronts. Ingersoll, R. M. (Ap '42)
Covering the Mexican front. Kirk, B. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Coverts and casts. Schaldach, W. J. (Mr '44)
Cow by the tail. Benton, J. J. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Cow country. Dale, E. E. (Ag '42)
Cowboy boots. Garst, D. S. (D '46)
Cowboy Ken. De Witt, J. (D '43)
Cowboys
Adams, R. F. Western words. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Benton. J. J. Cow by the tail. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Cook, J. H., and Driggs, H. R. Longhorn
cowboy. (Je '42)
Mora, J. J. Trail dust and saddle leather.
(As '46)
Thorp, N. H., and Clark, N. M. Pardner of
the wind. (Ag '45)
Cowdog. Andrews, N. (D ?46)
Cows
Legends and stories
Conger, E. M. Valery. (Ap '45)
Cox, James Middleton
Cox, J. M. Journey through my years. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Coyle, Mrs Kathleen
Coyle, K. Magical realm. (Mr '43)
Coyne radioman's handbook. Coyne electrical
school, Chicago. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Coyotes
Bronson, W. S. Coyotes. (N '46)
Legends and stories
Peck, L, Don Coyote. (My '42)
Cozy little farm. Bonino, L. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Crab apple jelly. O'Connor, F. (N '44)
Crack and crunch. Mar 11, L. (Ag '46)
Crack-up. Fitzgerald, F. S. K. (S '45)
Cradle will fall. Seley, S. (My (45)
Cradled in fear. Boutell, A. (D '42)
Cradled in thunder. Thorseth, M. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Craft of comedy. Seyler, A., and Haggard, S.
(Je '46)
Craft of novel writing. Burack, A. S., ed. (My
'43)
Craftsman prepares to teach. Jackey, D. F., and
Barlow, M. L. (My »44)
Cranes
Legends and stories
Savage, A. H. Eben the crane. (D '44)
Cranmer, Thomas, abp.
Willoughby. H. R. First authorized English
Bible and the Cranmer preface. (N '42)
Crater's edge. Bagnall, S. (O '46)
Crazy dog. Ware, L. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Crazy Horse (Oglala Indian)
Sandoz, M. Crazy Horse. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
Crazy like a fox. Perelman, S. J. (Ag '44)
Crazy weather. McNlchois, C. L. (Ap '44)
Creation
Ferris, T. P. This created world. (Mr '44)
Heidel, A. Babylonian genesis. (N '42)
Ley, W. Days of creation. (Ap '42)
Creation (literary, artistic, etc/)
Sachs, H. Creative unconscious. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Sayers, D. L. Mind of the Maker. (Mr '42)
Voronoff, S. From cretin to genius. (Ap '42)
Creation of purchasing power. Wright, D. M.
(Ag '43)
Creation of the rococo. Kimball, S. F. (Ap '44)
Creative crafts in wood. Dank, M. C. (Ap '46)
Creative crate craft. Champion, P. V. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Creative delivery of sermons. Kirkpatrick, R.
W. (Je '44)
Creative demobilisation, 2v. Gutkind, E. A. (S
•45)
Creative factors in scientific research. PoMer-
fleld, A. L. (Ag '42)
Creative group work on the campus. Price, L.
(Ap '42)
Creative hands. Cox, D. E., and Weismann,
B. W. (Je »46)
Creative love. Martindale, C. C. (N '46)
Creative mind. Bergson, H. L. (Mr '46)
Creative old age. De Gruchy, C. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Creative unconscious. Sachs. H. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Credit
Munson, G. B. Aladdin's lamp. (My *45)
Saulnier, R. J., and Jacoby, N. H. Accounts
receivable financing. (S '43)
Sprague, J. R. Romance of credit. (S '43)
Weissman, R. L. Small business and venture
capital. (My '45)
Creed for free men. Brown, W. A. (Mr '42)
Creeds
Moment, J. J. We believe. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Creek Indians
Debo. A. Road to disappearance. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cresap, Thomas
Bailey, K. P. Thomas Cresap. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Crescent carnival. Keyes, F. P. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Crete, Battle of, 1941
Hetherington, J. A. Airborne invasion. (S
'43)
Creuse (department), France
Mian, M. S. My country- in -law. (My '46)
Crime and criminals
Barnes, H. E.t and Teeters, N. K. New hori-
zons in criminology. (O '43)
Bonger, W. A. Race and crime. (O '43 )
Craig, R. N., and others. Mental abnormality
and crime. (Je *45)
Gillin, J. L. Criminology and penology. (N
'46)
Jackson, J. H., ed. Portable murder book.
(O '45)
Lindner, R. M. Stone walls and men. (Mr
•46)
Mencken, A., ed. By the neck. (Ag »42)
Reckless, W. C. Etiology of delinquent and
criminal behavior. (N '43)
Reik, T. Unknown murderer. (Je *45)
Roughead, W. Art of murder. (My f43)
Roughead, W. Nothing but murder. (N '46 )
Seliger, R. V., and others, eds. Contemporary
criminal hygiene. (F f47) (1946 Annual)
Taft, D. R. Criminology. (O '42)
Waite. J. B. Prevention of repeated crime.
(My *44)
Weir, E. Criminology. (Je f42)
Identification
Floherty, J. J. Inside the F. B. I. (S *48>
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Crime and criminals — Continued
New England
Dempewoln?, R. Famous old New England
murders. (S '42)
United States
Collins, F. L. F.B.I, in peace and war. (N
'43)
Crump, I. Our United States secret service.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Glueck. S. and E. T. After-conduct of dis-
charged offenders. (O '45)
Glueck, S. and E. T. Criminal careers in
retrospect. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Hynd, A. Giant killers. (S '45)
Juvenile literature
Floherty, J. J. Men against crime. (D '46)
Crime and the human mind. Abrahamsen, D.
(Ag '46) (1944 Annual) »
Crime club encore. Haycraft, H., ed. (D *42)
Crime in crystal. Campbell, H. R. (Mr '46)
Crime of imprisonment. Shaw, G. B. (Je '46)
Crime on my hands. Sanders, G. (N '44)
Crime wind. Hoi brook, M. (My '45)
Crimea conference, 1945
Dean, V. M. Four cornerstones of peace.
(Mr '46)
Criminal anthropology
Glueck, S. and E. T. Criminal careers in
retrospect. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Criminal careers in retrospect. Glueck, S. and
E. T. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Criminal Investigation
Collins, F. L. Homicide squad. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Radin, E. D. 12 against the law. (N '46)
Juvenile literature
Floherty, J. J. Men against crime. (D '46)
Criminal law
Maestro, M. T. Voltaire and Beccaria as re-
formers of criminal law. (N '42)
Perkins, R. M. Elements of police science.
(Je '43)
Criminal procedure
New York (colony)
Goebel, J., and Naughton, T. R. Law en-
forcement in colonial New York. (Mr '45)
Criminal psychology
Abrahamsen, D. Crime and the human mind.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Craig, R. N., and others. Mental abnormality
and crime. (Jet '45)
Lindner, R. M. Rebel without a cause. (S *44)
Reik, T. Unknown murderer. (Je '45)
Seligrer. R. V., and others, eds. Contemporary
criminal hygiene. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Criminal statistics
Lunden, W. A. Statistics on crime and
criminals. (Ap '43)
Criminology. Taft, D. R. (O '42)
Criminology. Weir, E. (Je '42)
Criminology and penology. Gillin, J. L. (N *46)
Crimson cat murders. Porcelain, S. E. (My
46)
Crimson feather. Mason, S. E. (Ag '45)
Crimson Friday. Disney, D. C. (Ag *43)
Crimson quirt. MacDonald, W. C. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Crimson thread. Lauferty, L. (Ap '42)
Cripps, Sir Stafford
Coupland, R. Cripps mission. (O '42)
Strauss, P. O. Cripps: advocate extraordi-
nary. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
- . advocate and rebel. Eng title of:
__ipps: advocate extraordinary. Strauss, P.
O. (Asr '43) (1942 Annual)
Cripps: advocate extraordinary. Strauss, P. O.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Cripps mission. Coupland, R. (O '42)
Crisis in heaven. Linklater, E. (Ap '45)
Crisis in the Philippines. Porter, C. L. (Ap '42)
Crisis of faith. Hopper. S. R. (Ap '46)
Crisis of the national state. Friedmann, W.
(Je '44)
Critical essays. Eng title of: Dickens, Dali &
others. Orwell, G. (Je '46)
Critical history of English poetry. Grlerson, H.
J. CL and Smith, J. C. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Criticism
Muller, H. J. Science and criticism. (Je '43)
Pepper, 8. C. Basis of criticism in the arts.
Pevre, li. M. Writers and their critics. (D
'44)
Crocheting
Techy. M. Filet crochet lace. (O f43)
Crockett, David
Fiction
Brown, D. Wave high the banner. (Je *42)
Juvenile literature
Shapiro, I. Yankee thunder. (My '44)
Cromwell, Oliver
Cromwell, O. Writings and speeches. (S '45)
Crook, George
Crook, Q. General George Crook. (My *46)
Crooked Adam. Stevenson. D. E. (D '42)
Crooked wreath. Lewis, M. C. M. (D '46)
Crooking finger. Adams, C. F. (Je '44)
Cross, Wilbur Lucius
Cross. W. L. Connecticut Yankee. (N '43)
Cross and great living. Phifer, W. E. (Je '4<0
Cross and the arrow. Maltz, A. (O '44)
Cross and the eternal order. Clark, H. W. (D
'44)
Cross Creek. Rawlings, M. K. (Ap '42)
Cross Creek cookery. Rawlings, M. K. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cross on the moon. Hewlett, J. H. (N '46)
Cross-section. Seaver, E., ed. (Ag *44)
Cross section 1945. Seaver, E., ed. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Crossroads. Verissimo, E. (Ap '43)
Crossroads for Penelope. Thompson, M. W. (N
'45)
Crossroads of two continents. Gross, F. (My
•45)
Crow on the spruce. Hall, C. (Ap '46)
Crows
Kane, H. B. Tale of the crow. (My '43)
Crows are black everywhere. Yardley, H. O.,
and Grabo, C. H. (Ap '45)
Crows can't count. Fair, A. A. (My '46)
Croy, Homer
Croy, H. Country cured. (N '43)
Croy, H. Wonderful neighbor. (D '45)
Crucifixion. Miller, M. B. (My '44)
Cruising yacht. Cooper, M. (Je '45)
Crusade. Waller, J. (S '46)
Crusade for Pan-Europe. Coudenhove-Kalergi,
Crusader* inNcrinoline, Wilson, F. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Crusades
William, abp of Tyre. History of deeds done
beyond the sea, 2v. (N '44)
Crux ansata. Wells, H. G. (F *45) (1944 An-
nual)
Cry murder. Howie, E. (D *44)
Cry wolf. Carleton, M. C. (Mr '45)
Crying at the lock. Rumsey, A. (D '44)
Cryptography
Smith, L. D. Cryptography. (Je *43)
Crystal boat. Erskine, D. (My '46)
Crystallography
Buerger, M. J. X-ray crystallography. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
.Bunn, C. W.
'46)
Chemical crystallography. (N
Wahlstrom, E. E. Optical crystallography. (D
•43)
Wells, A. F. Structural inorganic chemistry.
(O '46)
Crystallography, Mathematical
Zachariasen, W. H. Theory of X-ray diffrac-
tion in crystals. (Je '45)
Cuba
Church history
Davis, J. M. Cuban church in a sugar
economy. (S '42)
Description and travel
Harbour, T. Naturalist in Cuba. (D '45)
Clark, S. A. All the best in Cuba. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Fergusson, E. Cuba. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Cuban church in a sugar economy. Davis, J.
M. (S '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1019
Clicking stool
Spargo, J. W. Juridical folklore in England.
(S M4)
Cuckoo. Lida. (Je '42)
Cuckoo clock. Ozaki. M. K. (O '46)
Cuckoo time. Temple, R. (My '45)
Cue for murder. McCloy, H. (N '42)
Cue for treason. Trease, G. (Je '42)
Culpeper, Nicholas
Fiction
Tyrrell, M. L,. Affairs of Nicholas Culpeper.
(My '46)
Cult of equality. LrfLndry, S. O. (Je '46)
Cult of uncertainty. Kandel, I. L. (N '43)
Cultural and racial variations in patterns of
intellect. Machover, 8. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Cultural background of personality. Linton, R.
(S '45)
Culture
Brown, S. They see for themselves. (Je '45)
Feibleman, J. K. Theory of human culture.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Kilpatrlck, W. H. Selfhood and civilization.
(Ag '42)
Kroeber, A. L». Configurations of culture
growth. (D (45)
Krzesinski, A. J. Is modern culture doomed?
(Je '42)
Linton, R. Cultural background of per-
sonality. (S '45)
Malinowskl, B. Scientific theory of culture.
(D '44)
Sorokin, P. A. Social and cultural dynamics,
v 4. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Watkin, E, I. Catholic art and culture. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Cunniner fox. Brister, H. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Cup and the sword. Hobart, A. T. N. (O '42)
Cupid on the stairs. Patch, H. R. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Curate's crime. Ericson, S. A. (Je '46)
Curbing inflation through taxation. Tax in-
stitute. (My '45)
Curie, Marie (Sklodowska) (Mme Pierre Curie)
Juvenile literature
Eberle, I. Radium treasure and the Curies.
(Ap '42)
Curie, Pierre
Juvenile literature
Eberle, I. Radium treasure and the Curies.
(Ap '42)
Current abbreviations. Shankle, G. B. (Ap '46)
Current American government. Howard, L.. V.,
and Bone, H. A. (Ap '44)
Current conceptions of democracy. Beery , J. R.
(F »45) (1944 Annual)
Current events
Kinnaird, C., ed. It happened in 1945. (S
*46)
Whipple, L*. R. How to understand current
events. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Currents and eddies. Schaldach, W. J. (Mr '45)
Currents in biochemical research. Green, D. E.,
ed. (N §46)
Curriculum of democratic education. Peters,
C. C. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Curriculum principles and social trends.
Gwynn, J. M. (D '43)
Currier & Ives
Peters, H. T. Currier & Ives. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Curry, John Steuart
Scnmeckebier, L». E. John Steuart Curry's
pageant of America. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Curse of the bronze lamp. Carr, J. D. (Ag '45)
Curtain falls. Bernadotte, F. (N '45)
Curtain going up! Malvern, G. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Curtain rises. Reynolds, Q. J. (Ap *44)
Curtain up. Eng title of: Theater shoes. Streat-
feild, N. (D '45)
Curtlss, Qlenn Hammond
Hatch, A. Glenn Curtiss. (Ap *4S)
Cashing, Harvey Williams
Fulton, J. F. Harvey Gushing. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Custer, George Armstrong
Fiction
Haycox, EJ. Bugle* In the afternoon. (Mr '44)
Juvenile literature
Carat, D. S. Custer. (Ag '44)
Cut is the branch. Butler. C. E. (Je '45)
Cypress man. Beynon, J. (My '44)
Cyprian, Saint, bp of Carthage
Fichter, J. H. Saint Cecil Cyprian, early
defender of the faith. (O '42)
Czechoslovak literature
Translations Into English
Weiskopf, F. C., ed. Hundred towers (Ap '45)
Czechoslovakia
Bened, V. Vanguard of the "drang nach
Osten." (Je '44)
Foreign relations
Benefi, E. Edvard Bened in his own words.
(S '45)
History
Grant Duff, S. German protectorate. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Thomson, S. H. Czechoslovakia in European
history. (S '43)
Czechoslovakia fights back. Czechoslovakia.
Ministerstvo zahraniCnlch vSd. (Ap *44)
D day. Gunther, J. (Ap '44)
D. A. breaks a seal. Gardner, B. S. (Mr '46)
D. A. calls a turn. Gardner, E. S. (Mr '44)
D.A. cooks a goose. Gardner, E. S. (Mr '42)
D.A/s daughter. Petersen, H. (Ap '43)
Dacey Hamilton. Van Doren, D. G. (O '42)
Dachau, Germany
Karst, G. M. Beasts of the earth. (Je '42)
Dache, Lilly
Dache", L,. Talking through my hats. (Ag '46)
Daddies, what they do all day. Puner. H. W.
(S '46)
Daddy comes home. Steiner, C. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Daffodil affair. Stewart, J. I. M. (O *42)
Dahl's Boston. Dahl, F. W. (F '47) (1946 An-
DailyTife in Bible times. Bailey, A. E. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dairying
Judkins, H. F. Principles of dairying. (Je
'42)
Daisy Kenyon. Janeway, E. H. (D '45)
Dakota in the morning. Briggs, W. H. (O '42)
Dakota Indians
Hanson, J. M. Conquest of the Missouri. (S
'46)
Macgregor, G. 'Warriors without weapons.
(Ap '46)
Nelson, B. O. Land of the Dacotahs. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Daladier. Edouard
G6raud, A. Gravediggers of France. (O *44)
Dale, Katherine (Neel)
Floyd, O. B. Doctora in Mexico. (My '44)
Dall, Salvador
Dali, S. Secret life of Salvador Dali. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Soby. J. T. Salvador Dali. (My '42)
Dallas, Alexander James
Walters, R. Alexander James Dallas. (8 '44)
Damage control. Kelly, T. J. (D '44)
Damask cheek. Van Druten, J., and Morris,
L,. R. (My '43)
Damien de Veuster, Joseph (Father Damlen)
Juvenile literature
Roos, A. Man of Molokai. (Je '43)
Damned to glory. Scott, R. U <N '44)
Da m rose h, Frank Heino
Stebbins, L*. P. and R. P. Frank Damrosch.
(Ag »4k)
Damrosch, Walter Johannes
Finletter, G. D. From the top of the stairs.
(N '46)
Creager, W P., and others. Engineering for
W. M. (O *iS)
1020
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Dana, John Cotton
Hadley, C. John Cotton Dana. (O *48)
Dana family
Dana, H. W. L. Dana saga, (O '42)
Dance of the years. Eng title of: Galantrys.
Allingham. M. (N '43)
Dance on, tsigane. Bergman, C. (My '46)
Dancers
Gard, A. More ballet laughs. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Dancing
Hostetler. L. A. Walk your way to better
dancing. (S '42)
Radir, R. A. Modern dance for the youth
of America. (Mr '45)
Terry, W. Invitation to dance. (Ap '42)
Folk and national dances
Fox, G. I., and Merrill, K. G. Folk dancing in
high school and college. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Hughes, R. M. Gesture language of the
Hindu dance. (Ap '42)
History
Sachs, C. Commonwealth of art. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Dancing detective. Woolrich, C. (S '46)
Dancing saints. Leslie, A. G. (Ag '43)
Dancing star. Malvern, G. (Ag '42)
Danger in paradise. Cohen, O. R. (Ap '45)
Danger in the cards. MacDougall. M. (Ap '44)
Danger! keep out. Nichols, E. J. (Mr '43)
Danger on Old Baldy. Bell, M. E. (O '44)
Dangerous dead. Brandon, W. (Mr '43)
Dangerous ground. Wickware, F. S. (Mr *46)
Dangerous honeymoon. Kielland, A. (Ag '46)
Dangerous lady. Cohen, O. R. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Dangerous legacy. Coxe, G. H. (O '46)
Dangling man. Bellow, S. (My '44)
Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of
aeronautics, inc.
Cleveland, R. M. America fledges wings. (Je
•43)
Daniels, Bradford Kempton
Daniels, B. K. Outer edge. (O '43)
Daniels, Josephus
Daniels, J. Wilson era, years of peace, 1910-
1917. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Danny and Company 92. Spiegel, D. (N '45)
Danny Doffer. Bloch, M. H. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Danse macabre. Masereel, F. (Ap '43)
Dante Alighieri
Buxton, C. R. Prophets of heaven and hell.
(D '45)
Fiction
Schachner, N. Wanderer. (D '44)
Danube basin and the German economic
sphere. Basch, A. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Danube river
Macartney, C. A. Problems of the Danube
basin. (N '42)
Danubian countries
Basch, A. Danube basin and the German
economic sphere. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Danzig
Leonhardt, H. L,. Nazi conquest of Danzig.
(O '42)
Mason, J. B. Danzig dilemma. (S '46)
Daring riders. Barksdale, L. (D '46)
Dark continent, Sullivan, R. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Dark danger. Horler, S. (Mr '45)
Dark Darragh. Mapother, E. R. (My '43)
Dark duet. Cheyney, P. (Mr '43)
Dark glass. Charles, J. (Ag '44)
Dark hero. Cheyney, P. (N '46)
Dark kingdom. Patch en, K. (Je '42)
Dark medallion. Langley, D. (Je '45)
Dark night of the soul. Harkness, G. E. (Ag
*45)
Dark page. Fuller, S. M. (O '44)
Dark passage. Goodis, D. (D '46)
Dark prophecy. Alan, M. (N '45)
Dark rain falling. Maxwell, G. (My f43)
Dark rainbow. Butler, G. (D '45)
Dark road. Disney, D. M. (Mr '46)
Dark sails. Miller, H. T. (D '45)
Dark stain. Appel, B. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dark street. Cheyney, P. (N '44)
Dark treasure. MacMillan, W. (F '44) (194S
Annual)
Dark tunnel. Millar, K. (N '44)
Dark voyage. Addis, H. (3 '44)
Dark was the wilderness. O'Grady, P. W., and
Dunn, D. (Mr '46)
Dark wedding. Sender, R. J. (My *43)
Dark woman. Wren, P. C. (Mr '43)
Dark wood. Weston, C. G. (O '46)
Darkening hill. Eng title of: Circle in the
water. Hull, H. R. (Mr '43)
Darkening meadows. Nathan, R. (S '45)
Darker brother. Moon, B. (O *43)
Darkly the river flows. MacDonald, J. (Je '45)
Darkness and the deep. Fisher, V. (My '43)
Darkness of slumber. Kutak, R. (D '44)
Darkness over Germany. Buller, E. A. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Darlan, Francois
De Montmorency, A. Enigma of Admiral Dar-
lan. (Je »43>
Darling, I am home. Hough, D. (D '46)
Darling, this is death. Lefflngwell, A. (Je '45)
Darwin, Charles Robert
Von Hagen, V. W. South America called
them. (Mr '45)
Dash and Dart. Buff, M. M. and C. (D '42)
Dasha. Almedingen, M. E. von. (My '45)
Data book for civil engineers; v 1, Design.
Seelye, E. E. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Data book for civil engineers: v2 Specifications
and costs. Seelye, E. E. (O '46)
Data sheets. Graf, D. T. (O '44)
Date for Diane. Headley, E. (D '46)
Date with danger. Vickers, R. (O '44)
Date with destiny. Sockman, R. W. (S '44)
Daughter of Han. Ning, Lao T'ai-t'ai. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Daughter of Thunder. Moon, G. P. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Daughter of time. White, N. G. (My '42)
Daumier, Honore Victorfti
Daumier, H. V. Honore" Daumier. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
David, king of Israel
Cooper, A. D. David. (Ag '43)
Fiction
Schmitt, G. David the king. (Mr '46)
David. Cooney, C. T. (My *43)
David the king. Schmitt, G. (Mr '46)
Davis, Alexander Jackson
Newton, R. H. Town & Davis, architects.
(S '42)
Davis, Esme
Davis. E. Esm6 of Paris. (Je '44)
Davis, Jefferson
Dowdey, C. Experiment in rebellion. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Patrick, R. W. Jefferson Davis and his cab-
inet. (D '44)
Davis, Robert Hobart
Mathias, F. S. Amazing Bob Davis. (O '44)
Davy Jones, I love you. Buckley, F. R. (Je *44>
Davy's day. Lenski. L. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dawn breaks. Weiskopf, F. C. (My '42)
Dawn of liberation. Churchill, W. L. S. (S '45)
Dawn of victory. Fischer, L. (Ao '42)
Dawn over the Amazon. Beals, C. (Ag '43)
Dawn over zero. Laurence, W. L. (O '46)
Dawn's early light. Beebe, E. T. R. (Je '43)
Day and night. Livesay, D. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Day before yesterday in America. Bowden, A.
O., and others. (S '46)
Day in Manhattan. Sullivan, A. M. (Ap '42)
Day is coming. Cameron, W. (Ag '44)
Day must dawn. Turnbull, A. S. (N '42)
Day of deliverance. Benet, W. R. (O '44)
Day of fire. Bacon, L. (Ap '44)
•Day of Pads. Kertesz, A. (Ag '45)
Day of reckoning. Radin, M. (Ag '43)
Day of the conquerors. Busch, N. (Ag '46)
Day of the dead. Morgan, M. C. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Day of wrath. Child, P. (My '46)
Daybreak for our carrier. Miller, M. (Ag '44)
Daylight on Saturday. Priestley, J. B. (O '43)
Days and nights. Simonov, K. (D '45)
Days are spent. Griggs, G. P. (Je '46)
Days between. Foster, B. (Je '42)
Days beyond recall. Osborn, M. E. (D '42)
Days of creation. Ley, W* (Ap '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1021
Days of now and then. Gordon, E. S. C. G. B.
CAP '46)
Days of Ofelia. Diamant, a. (Ag '42)
Dayspring. Sylvester, H. (Ap '45)
Dazzling crystal. Schane, J. (O '46)
Dayspring. Sylvester, H. (Ap
Dazzling crystal. Schane, J. (C --,
De religione laid. Herbert of Cherbury, E. H.
(My '45)
Dead at the take-off. Dent, L. (My '46)
Dead center. Collins, M. G. (Ap '42)
Dead center. Wetherell, J. P. (My '46)
Dead Ernest. Taylor, P. A. (Je '44)
Dead ground. Clewes, H. (D '46)
Dead lie still. Stuart, W. L. (D '45)
Dead look on. Kersh, G. (My '43)
Dead man's float. Dean, A. (S '44)
Dead men do tell tales. Khun de Prorok, B.
(My '42)
d men grin. Fischer, B. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Dead of the night. Street, C. J. C. (O '42)
Dead on arrival. Bagby, G. A. (Mr '46)
Dead on the track. Street, C. J. C. (Je '43)
Dead reckoning. Walz, A. (S '43)
Dead shall be raised. Eng title of: Murder will
speak. Bellairs, G. (O '43)
Dead to rights. Allan, D. (N '46)
Dead to the world. Baker, N., and Bolton, W.
(Mr *44)
Deadlier than the male. Gunn, J. E. (Je *42)
Deadline. Lazareff, P. (AD '42)
Deadline at dawn. Woolrich. C. (Ap '44)
Deadline for destruction. Heberden, M. V. (My
'42)
Deadly Dove. King, R. (My '45)
Deadly intent. Rowe. A. V. (O '46)
Deadly percheron. Bardin, J. F. (Ag '46)
Deadly weapon. Miller, W. (Ja '47) (1946 An.
nual)
Deaf
Best, H. Deafness and the deaf in the United
States. (Ap '44)
Brown, C. A. Forty years of silence. (D *46)
Calkins, E. E. And hearing not—-. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Deafness
Best, H. Deafness and the deaf in the United
States. (Ap '44)
Brentano, L. Ways to better hearing. (Je *46)
Deans (In schools)
Hawkes, H. E. and A. L. R. Through a
,
dean's open door. (O '45)
ar baby. Saroyan, W. (D '44)
Dear dead mother-in-law. Hill, K. (Ap '44)
,
Dear dead professor. LaRoche, K. A. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Dear dollink. Gross, M. (N '45)
Dear Fatherland, rest quietly. White, M. B.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Dear Ruth. Krasna, N. (Je '45)
Dear sir; Lowell, J. (O '44)
Dear sir or madam. Lowell, J. (N '46)
Dear to this heart. LeBlanc, D. K. (O '42)
Dearest mother. Elbogen. P., ed. (Je '42)
Dearly beloved. Sylvester, H. (Ap '42)
Death
Moore, V. Ho for heaven! (Je '46)
Schllder, P. Goals and desires of man. (O '42)
Death against Venus. Leftlngwell, A. (Mr *46)
Death among doctors. Mac Queen, J. W. (Ag
•42)
Death and bitters. Christian, K. (O '43)
Death and life. D'Arcy, M. C. (D »42)
Death and the devil. Whelton, P. (O '44)
Death and to-morrow. Eng title of: Germans
came to Paris. De Polnay. P. (N '43)
Death at Ash house. Burton, M. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Death at Dakar. O'Neil, K. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Death at 7:10. Moore, H. F. S. (O '43)
Death at the Bottoms. Cunningham, A. B.
Deatheat4tne depot. Hastings, D. G. (N '44)
Death at the door. Malleson, L. B. (Ap '45)
Death at the mike. Elchler, A. (Ap '46)
Death by design. Nash, A, (Ag *44)
Death came softly. Rivett, E. C. <O '43)
Death charter. Adams, E. L. (Ag '43)
Death comes as the end. Christie, A. M. (N *44)
Death defies the doctor. Muir, D. (Ja '45) (1944
Death 'drops Delilah. Mario, Q. (S '44)
Death finds a target. Fitt, M. (My '42)
Death has a will. Long, A. R. (My '44)
Death in Ankara. Wood, C. (Ap *44)
Death in Harley street. Street. C. J. C. (N f46)
Death in the blackout. Malleson, L. B. (Ag '43)
Death in the doll's house. Lees, H., and Bach-
mann, L. P. (Ap '43)
Death in the inkwell. Farjeon. J. J. (Ap '42)
Death in the limelight. Martin, A. E. (Mr
'46)
Death in the mind. Lockridge, R., and Esta-
brooks, G. H. (O '45)
Death in the night watches. Bellairs, G. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Death invades the meeting. Street, C. J. C.
(Ap '44)
Death is like that. Adams, C. F. (N '43)
Death is my name. Wells. S. (Ap '42)
Death knell. Kendrick, B. H. (Mr '45)
Death lifts the latch. Malleson. L. B. (Mr '46)
Death like thunder. Holman, H. (Ag '42)
Death looks down. Long, A. R. (Je '46)
Death loves a shining mark. Hocking, A. (Je
'43)
Death, my darling daughters. Webb, R. W.,
and Wheeler, H. C. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Death my generation. Fyodrov, M. (N '46)
Death never weeps. Ryan, S. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Death of a busybody. Bellairs, G. (Je '43)
Death of a nobody. Romains, J. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Death of a saboteur. Footner, H. (Ap '43)
Death of a swagman. Upfield, A. W. (D '46)
Death of a tall man. Lockridge, F. L. D. and
R. (D '46) ~
Death of an angel. Rea, M. L. P. (My f 3)
Death of the moth. Woolf, V. S. (S '42)
Death of Virgil. Broch, H. (S '45)
Death on Heron's mere. Eng title of: Death
finds a target. Fitt, M. (My '42)
Death on the aisle. Lockridge, F. L. D. and
R. (Je '42)
Death on the pampas. Wood, C. (N '44)
Death paints the picture. Lariar, L. (Ag '43)
Death rides a sorrel horse. Cunningham, A. B.
Death yrides tandem. McCully, W. (D '42)
Death rings a bell. Fitzsimmone, C. (S '42)
Death sails in a high wind. Du Bois, T. M.
(N '45)
Death stalks the cobbled square. Chance, J. N.
(Je '46)
Death stalks the range. Rider, B. (O *46)
Death stops the frolic. Bellairs, G. (Mr '44)
Death stops the show. Thompson, L. S. (S '46)
Death strikes at Heron house. O'Neil, K.
(S '44)
Death takes a bow. Lockridge, F. L. D. and
R. (Je '43)
Death to the French. Eng title of: Rifleman
Dodd. Forester, C. S. (My '43)
Death valley, California
Putnam, G. P. Death valley and its country.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Death visits the apple hole. Cunningham. A. B.
(My '45)
Death walks the Dry Tortugas. Rea, M. L. P.
(S '42)
Death was our escort. Vetter, E. G. (D '44)
Death wears a scarab. Long, A. R. (Ag '43)
Death wore roses. Saxby. C. (Mr '42)
Deaths of Lora Karen. McDougald, R. (Mr '44)
Death's old sweet song. Webb, R. W., and
Wheeler, H. C. (S '46)
Debates and debating
Ewbank, H. L., and Auer, J. J. Discussion
and debate. (My '42)
Musgrave, G. M. Competitive debate. (S '45)
Phelps, E. M. University debaters' annual.
1940-41. (My '42)
Phelps, E. M., ed. University debaters' an-
nual, 1941-42. (Ap '43)
Phelps, E. M., ed. University debaters' an-
nual. 1942-43. (S '44)
Phelps, E. M., ed. university debaters' an-
nual, 1943-44. (F '46) (1944 Annual)
Deborah. Castle, M. J. (Ag '46)
Debts, Public
Moulton, H. G. New philosophy of public
debt. (S '43)
Withers, W. Public debt. (Ap '45)
Greece, Modern
Levandis, J. A. Greek foreign debt and the
great powers. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
United States
Abbott, C. C. Management of the federal
debt. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Stettinius, E. R. Lend-lease, weapon for vic-
tory. (Mr '44)
1022
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Decade of sectional controversy, 1851-1861.
Simms, H. H. (S '43)
Decalogue. See Commandments, Ten
Decatur, Stephen
Juvenile literature
Nicolay, H. Decatur of the old navy. (Ag
Decatur of the old navy. Nicolay. EL (Ag '42)
December 7, the first thirty hours. (S '42)
Decisive battles of the U.S.A. Puller, J. P. C.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Decky's secret. Molloy. A. Q. (N '44)
Declaration of Independence
Boyd, J. P.. ed. Declaration of independence.
(My '46)
Juvenile literature
Rogers, P., and Beard, A. Birthday of a na-
tion—July 4, 1776. (My '46)
Decline ^of a cotton textile city. Wolfbein, 8. L.
Decline of liberalism as an ideology. Hallowell,
J. H. (Ap '44)
Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.)
Jacobs, M. B. War gases. (N '42)
Decorating for you. Terhune, P. B. (Je '44)
Decorating the home. Lewis, E. (Je '43)
Decorating unpalnted furniture. Ornstein, J.
A. (O '46)
Decoration and ornament
Ornstein, J. A. Decorating unpainted furni-
ture. (O '46)
Dedication. Jennison, K. W., ed. (D '43)
Deed without a name. Phillpotts, E. (S '42),
Deep are the roots. D'Usseau, A., and Qow, J.
(Mr '46)
Deep delta country. Kane, H. T. (D *44)
Deep lay the dead. Davis, P. C. (N '42)
Deep river. Henkle, H. (N '44)
Deep river. Thurman, H. (O '46)
Deep six. Carse, R. <S '46)
Deep South. Davis. A. and others. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Deep valley. Totheroh, D. (S '42)
Deeper the heritage. Elwood, M. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Deer
Juvenile literature
Bronson, W. S. Horns and antlers. (My '42)
Legends and stories
Buff, M. M. and C. Dash and Dart. (D »42)
Deer on the stairs. Cooper. L. P. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Deerwander farm. Dustin, A. B. (Ag *44)
Defective in speech. Berry, M. Q., and Eisen-
Defense. Leeb^ W. J. P., ritter von. (N '43)
Defense of the western hemisphere. Kalp, E.
S., and Morgan, R. M. (Ao '42)
Defense rests. Pier son, E. M. (My '42)
Defense will not win the war. Kern an. W. P.
(Ap '42)
Sensible
Defensible spending for public schools. Burke,
A. J. (Ap '44)
Deformities
Raney, R. B., and Shanda, A. R. Primer on
the prevention of deformity in childhood.
(O '42)
Defy the tempest. Dannett, S. G. I*, and Ben-
nett, E. (S '44)
Degas, Hllaire Germain Edgar
Degas, H. G. E. Edgar Degas, by Camille
Mauclair. (Mr '46)
De- Qaullft, Charles Andre Joseph Marie. See
Gaulle, C. A. J. M. de
Degeneration
Adams, B. Law of civilization and decay.
(S '43)
De Qrasse, Francois. See Grasse-Tllly, Fran-
Coia Joseph Paul, marquis de
Degrees, Academic
Atkinson, C. Pro and con of the Ph.D. (D '46)
Atkinson, C. True confessions of a Ph.D. and
recommendations for reform. (D '45)
Epler, 8. B. Honorary degrees. (N '48)
Greene, H. W. Holders of doctorates among
American Negroes. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Hoi Ms, B. V. Toward improving Ph.D. pro-
grams. (Ap '46)
Deism
Herbert of Cherbury, B. H. De religions
laici. (My '45)
DeJong, David Cornel
DeJong, D. C. With a Dutch accent. (Mr '44)
Delano* Amasa
Connolly, J. B. Master mariner. (Ap »43)
Delarah. Brown, D. V. (S *43)
Delaware
Antiquities
Weslager, C. A. Delaware's buried past. (P
'46) (1944 Annual)
Delaware Continentals. Ward, C. L. (Ap '43)
Delaware's buried past. Weslager, C. A. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Delaware's forgotten folk. Weslager, C. A. (Ap
Delay is the song. Haas, R. (My '44)
Delegation of powers
Allen, C. K. Law and orders. (S '46)
Delicate ape. Hughes. D. B. P. (Ap '44)
Deliver me from Eva. Bailey, P. D. (My '46)
Delta wedding. Welty. E. (Uy '46)
De Marlgny, Alfred
De Marigny, A. More devil than saint. (Je
Dementia
Hoskins, R. G. Biology of schizophrenia. (O
'46)
Kasanin, J. S., ed. Language and thought in
schizophrenia. (My '45)
Dem ing, William Chapin
Spring, A. W. William Chapin Doming. (N
Demobilization of wartime economic controls.
Clark, J. M. (Ap '45)
Democratic spirit. Smith, B., ed. (N '43)
Democracy
Adams, E. T., and others. American idea.
(Je '42)
Agar, H. Time for greatness. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Agard, W. R. What democracy meant to the
Greeks. (S '42)
Alinsky, S. D. Reveille for radicals. (Mr '46)
Allen, C. K. Democracy and the individual.
(Je '44)
Ballinger, W. J. By vote of the people. (D
46)
Barker, E. Reflections on government. (Je
Becker, C. L. New liberties for old. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Beery, J. R. Current conceptions of democ-
racy. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Biddle, P. B. Democratic thinking and the
war. (My '44)
Bingham, A. M. Techniques of democracy.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Bogardus, E. S. Democracy by discussion.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Bolton, F. E., and Corbally, J. E. Educa-
tional sociology. (S '42)
Bradley, D. J. Freedom of the soul. (O '43)
Brady, R. A. Business as a system of power.
(Je '43)
Brogan, D. W. Free state. (S '45)
Brown, W. A. Creed for free men. (Mr '42)
Bryn-Jonea, D. Toward a democratic new
order. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Bryn- Jones, D. Toward a democratic new
order. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Campbell, F. S. Menace of the herd. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Coker, F. W., ed. Democracy, liberty, and
property. (N '42)
Commager, H. S. Majority rule and minority
rights. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Conant, J. B. Our fighting faith. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion. Science, philosophy and religion,
second symposium. (N '42)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
way of life. Science, philosophy ana re-
ligion; third symposium. (As '43)
Conference on the scientific spirit and demo-
cratic faith. Scientific spirit and democratic
Corey, ' L. Unfinished task. (Je '42)
Cousins, N. Good inheritance. (Ap '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1023
Cousins, N., ed. Treasury of democracy.
Flnkf Z. 8. Classical republicans. (My '46)
Flamm, L H. Economic program for a living
democracy. (Ap '43)
Friedrlch, C. J. New belief in the common
man. (S *42)
Fromm, B. Bscape from freedom. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Griffith, E. S. Modern government in action.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Guerard, A. L.. France of tomorrow. (Ag
•42)
Herridge, W. D. Which kind of revolution?
(D '43)
Hix, H. G., and others. Towards a better
world. (N '43)
Hough, L. H. Living democracy. (Ag '43)
Huszar, G. B. de. Practical applications of
democracy. (My '45)
Hutchinson. W. T., ed. Democracy and
national unity. (Je '42)
Kendall, W. John Locke and the doctrine
of majority -rule. (My '42)
Kohn, H. World order in historical perspec-
tive. (S '42)
Kummer, P. A. Torch of liberty. (Ap '42)
Laing, A. K. Way for America. (My '43)
Lasswell, H. D. Democracy through public
opinion. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Lennard, R. V. Democracy: the threatened
foundations. (My '42)
Lies, E. T. How you can make democracy
work. (N '42)
Lindsay, A. D. Modern democratic state.
Lincoln, A. Abraham Lincoln, selections from
his writings. (S '44)
London, K. Backgrounds of conflict. (Ag '46)
(1946 Annual)
McKlnley, S. B. Democracy and military
power. (Je *42)
Mahoney, J. J. For us the living. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
MaJinowskl, B. Freedom and civilization. (D
*44)
Mann, T. Order of the day. (D '42)
Marlio, L. Can democracy recover? (Je '46)
Marshall, J. Freedom to be free. (Je '43)
Merriam, C. E. On the agenda of democracy,
(Ap '42)
Merriam, C. E. Public and private govern-
ment. (Je *44)
Millspaugh, A. C,
Democracy, efficiency,
stability. (Asr '431 (1942 Annual)
Mursell, J. L. Education for American
democracy. (D '43)
Myers, H. A. Are men equal? (My *45)
Nash, J. B. Building morale. (Je '42)
Hearing, 8. Democracy is not enough. (Je '45)
Niebuhr. R. Children of light and the children
of darkness. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Padllla, E. Free men of America. (Je *43)
Paulmier, H. C., and Schauffler, R. H. De-
mocracy days. (My *42)
Perry, C. M., ed. Philosophy of American
democracy. (O '43)
Perry, R. B. Puritanism and democracy. (Mr
'45)
Raudenbush, D. W. Democratic capitalism.
(S '46)
Rayner, R. M. British democracy. (D '46)
Reiser, O. L., and Davles, B. Planetary de-
mocracy, (N *44)
Reves, B. Democratic manifesto. (N '42)
Schumpeter, J. A. Capitalism, socialism, and
democracy. (Ap '43)
Sheen, F. J. Philosophies at war. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Smith. B.. ed. Democratic spirit. (N '43)
Smith, T. V. Democratic tradition in America.
(Ag '42)
Smith, T. V. Discipline for democracy. (F
'48) (1942 Annual)
Stace. W. T. Destiny of western man. (Ap
'42)
Sterne. E. Q. We live to be free, (D '42)
Timasheff, N. S. Three worlds. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Tocqueviile, A. C. H. M. C. de. Democracy
in America. (My '45)
Wilkinson, B. Freedom's people. (O '45)
William J. Kerby foundation. Democracy. (My
Williams, J. L., and Howard. P. P. Today's
American democracy. (N '44)
Wrlghtetone, J. W.. and Campbell, D. 8.
Social studies and the American way of
life. (Je '42)
Democracy. William J. Kerby foundation. (My
'44)
Democracy against unemployment. Stead, W.
H. (My '43)
Democracy and free enterprise. Arnold, T. W.
(Je '42)
Democracy and military power. McKlnley, S.
B. (Je'42)
Democracy and national unity. Hutchinson, W.
T., ed. (Je '42)
Democracy and social policy. Walker, E. E.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Democracy and the individual. Allen, C. K.
(Je '44)
Democracy begins at home. Perry. J. (N '44)
Democracy by discussion. Bogardus, E. S. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Democracy days. Paulmier, H. C., and Schauf-
fler, R, H. (My *42)
Democracy, efficiency, stability. Millspaugh, A.
C. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Democracy in America. Tocqueville, A. C. H.
M. C. de. (My '45)
Democracy in educational administration. Mil-
ler, W. I. (D '42)
Democracy in literature
War f el, H. R., and Man waring, E. W., eds
Of the people. (S '42)
Democracy is not enough. Nearing, S. (Je '45)
Democracy, liberty, and property. Coker, F.
W., ed. (N '42)
Democracy reborn. Wallace, H. A. (S *44)
Democracy through public opinion. Lass well,
H. D. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Democracy under pressure. Chase, S. (Mr *45)
Democracy's children. Duncan, E. M. (D '46)
Democracy's college. Ross, E. D. (3 '42)
Democratic administration. Tead. O. (Ag '46)
Democratic capitalism. Raudenbush, D. W. (S
'46)
Democratic education. Fine, B. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Democratic education in practice. Schneideman,
R. (My »46)
Democratic ideals and reality. Mackinder, H. J.
(O '42)
Democratic manifesto. Reves. E. (N '42)
Democratic-Republican societies. 1790-1800.
Link, E. P. (Ag '42)
Democratic spirit. Smith, B., ed. (N '43)
Democratic thinking and the war. Biddle, F. B.
(My '44)
Democratic tradition in America. Smith, T. V.
(Ag '42)
Demographic studies of selected areas of rapid
growth. Milbank memorial fund. (Je '45)
Demon lover. Eng title of: Ivy gripped the
steps. Bowen, E. (My '46)
Demons and dervishes. Fenner, P. R., ed. (D
'46)
Dempsey, Timothy
McAufiffe, H. J. Father Tim. (S '44)
Dengel, Anna
Burton, K. K. According to the pattern. (Ap
Dentistry
Asgis, A. J. Professional dentistry in Ameri-
can society. (Ag '42)
Denver murders. Casey, L. T,, ed. (Je '46)
Department stores
Woodhouse, C. G. Big store. (Ag '44)
Dependent areas in the post-war world. Hoi-
combe, A. N. (My '42)
Derry the wolfhound. Johnson, M. S. and H.
L. (O '43)
Descartes, Ren6
Maritain, J. Dream of Descartes. (Mr '45)
Rosenfleld. L. D. C. From beast-machine to
man-machine. (Ap '42)
Descriptive geometry. Watts, E. F.. and Rule.
J. T. (S '46)
Descriptive geometry for engineers. Bradley,
H. C., and Uhler, B. H. (Ag '44)
Desert challenge. Lillard. R. G. (N '48)
Desert conquest Hill, R. (D '43)
Desert episode. Greenfield, G. C. (O '45)
Desert island decameron. Smith, H. A., ed.
(S '45)
Desert saints. Anderson. N. (Je '42)
Desert town. Stewart, R. (Mr *46)
Desert war. Hill, R. (S '42)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Des Qrosellllers, Medard Chouart, sleur
Nute, G. L. Caesars of the wilderness. (S
'43)
Design, Industrial
Bradley, C. B. Design in the industrial arta.
(S '46)
Design and sew. Karasz, M. (D '46)
Design for America. Brameld, T. B. H. (O '46)
Design for decoration. Germaine, I. M., ed.
(O '46)
Design for power. Schuman. F. L.. (Mr '42)
Design in diamonds. Knight, K. M. (Mr '44)
Design in evil. King, R. (Ag '42 )
Design in the industrial arts. Bradley, C. B.
(S '46)
Design of democracy. Goble, G. W. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Design of machine members. Yallance, A., and
Doughtie, V. L. (Je '44)
Design of modern interiors. Ford, J. and K. M.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Design of modern steel structures. Grinter, L.
B. (Ap '42)
Design of reinforced concrete structures. Pea-
body, D. (S '46)
Desire to please. Nicolson, H. (O '43)
Desperate cure. Femsong, R. (O '46)
The desperate people. Graham, L. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Desserts
White, M. Sweets without sugar. (S '42)
De Stendhal, pseud. See Beyle, M. H.
Destination Chungking. Han Suyin. (My '42)
Destination Tokyo. Fisher. S. G. (Ap '44)
Destiny of western man. Stace, W. T. (Ap '42)
Destroyer from America. Fernald, J. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Destroyers
Shafter. R. A. Destroyers in action. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Destroyers. MacLiesh, A. F. (N *42)
Destroyers in action. Shafter, R. A. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Destroyer's war. Bng title of: Firedrake.
Divine, A. D. (Mr '43)
Detective short story. Queen, B. (Ja '42)
Detective stories (books about)
Burack, A. S., ed. Writing detective and mys-
tery fiction. (Je '45)
Haycraft, H., ed. Art of the mystery story.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Haycraft, H. Murder for pleasure. (1941, 1942
Annuals)
Rodell, M. F. Mystery fiction. (Je '43)
Bibliography
Queen, B. Detective short story. (Ja *42)
Detective stories (individual titles). See Fiction
— Mystery and detective stories
Detectives
Radin, B. D. 12 against the law. (N f46)
Detroit
Bingay, M. W. Detroit is my own home
town. (My '46)
Detroit. Baseball club (American league)
Lieb, F. G. Detroit Tigers. (N '46)
Detroit is my own home town. Bingay, M. W.
(My '46)
Detroit Tigers. Ueb, F. G. (N '46)
De Valera, Eamonn
MacManus, M. J. Earaon de Valera. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Devastator. Stringer, A. J. A. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Developing marketable products and their
packaging*. Nash, B. (Mr '46)
Developing the secondary school curriculum.
J>onard. J. P. (N '46)
Developing your executive ability. Smith, H.
(N '46) .
Development and learning. Bruce, W. F., and
Freeman, F. S. (Ag P42)
Development in adolescence. Jones, H. B.. and
others. (Je '44)
Development of collective enterprise. Eldridge,
S.. and others. (Je '43)
Development of higher education in Mexico.
Sanchez, G. I. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Development of labor relations law. McNaugh-
ton, W. U (My *42)
Development of mathematics. Bell, B. T. (Ap
*46j
Development of modern Italy. Sprigge, C. J. 8.
(Je '44)
Development of the colonial newspaper. Kobre,
Development of the labor movement In Great
Britain, France and Germany. McConagha,
W. A. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Development of the Soviet economic system.
Baykov, A. A. (My '46)
Development of two bank groups in the central
Northwest. Popple, C. S. (My '45)
Developmental reading in the high school
Bond, G. L,. and E. (Ao '42)
De Vighne, Harry Carlos
DeVighne, H. C. Time of my life. (N '42)
Devil
Rougemont, D. de. Devil's share. (Mr '45)
Devil and the deep. Dlxon. C. M. (Ap '44)
Devil and the Jews. Trachtenberg, J. (O '43)
Devil builds a chapel. Marlett, M. (My '42)
Devil in literature
North, S., and Boutell, C. B., eds. Speak of
the devil. (S '45)
Devil in the bush. Canaday, J. E. (D '45)
Devil is a lonely man. Wood, M. (N '46)
Devil is loneliness. Lobaugh, B. K. (My '46)
Devil loves me. Millar, M. (S '42)
Devil mountain. Dennison, L. R. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Devil on his trail. Hawkins, J. and W. (O '44)
Devil's behind you. Helseth, H. B. (Ag '42)
Devil's foot. Weston, C. (My '42)
Devil's share. Rougemont, D. de. (Mr '45)
Devil's steps. Upfleld, A. W. (Je '46)
Devious way. Morrison, T. (N *44)
Devotional exercises
Nygaard, N. E., ed. Strength for service to
God and country. (D '42)
Vernier, P. With the Master. (O '43)
Wilde, R. W. Beginning the day. (My '42)
Dew on Jordan. Preece, H., and Kraft, C. (Je
'46)
Dewey, George „
Healy, L. H., and Kutner, I* The admiral.
(S '44)
Dewey, John
White, M. G. Origin of Dewey's instru-
mentalism. (My '43)
Dewey, Melvil
Rider, F. Melvil Dewey. (Je *44)
Dewey, Thomas Edmund
Walker. S. Dewey. (O '44)
Dewy, dewy eyes. Rosmond, B. (S '46)
Diagnosis, Radioscopic
Hilleboe, H. E., and Morgan, R. H. Mass
radiography of the chest. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Diagnosis of our time. Mannheim, K. (Je '44)
Diagnostic and remedial teaching in secondary
schools. Blair, G. M. (N '46)
Dialectic
Marcuse, H. Reason and revolution. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Dialectic of morals. Adler^ M. J. (Ao '42)
Dialog mass. EJlard, G. CO '42)
Dialogue in the desert. Heard, G. (Ag '42)
Dialogue with death. Koestler, A. (S '42)
Dialogue with God. Doppelt. F. A. (My *44)
Diamond Jubilee history of Carthage college.
Spielman, W. C. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Diamond tools. Grodzlnski, P. (Je '45)
Diamonds
Grodzinski, P. Diamond tools. (Je '45)
McCarthy, J. R. Fire in the earth. (My '42)
Diamonds in the dumplings. Ashbrook, H. (0
'46)
Diaries
Bibliography
Matthews, W., and Pearce, R. H., comps.
American diaries. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Diaries. Tchaikovski, P. I. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
45)
Diary. Moore, N. F. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Diary. Pepys, S. (O '46)
Diary and letters [bk 2]. Gregg, J. (Ja '
(1944 Annual)
Diary of a chambermaid. Mirbeau, O. (O '46)
Diary of a kriegie. Seattle. B. W. (My »46)
Diary of a public man; ed. by F. L. Bullard
(1945. 1946)
Diary of a Washington correspondent. Law-
rence, D. (N '42)
Diary of a Williamsburff hostess. Campbell,
H. J. (S 4o)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1025
Diary of world events. Hopkins, J. A. H.,
comp. (1943, 1945)
Diaz Lozano, Argentina
Diaz Lozano, A. Enriqueta and I. (Je '44)
Dibelius, Martin
McGinley, L. J. Form- criticism of the syn-
optic healing1 narratives. (Ap '45)
Dick and the canal boat. Tousey, S. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dickens, Charles
House, A. H. Dickens world. (Mr '42)
Pope-Hennessy, U. B. Charles Dickens. (My
'46)
Dickens, Dali & others. Orwell, Q. (Je '46)
Dickens digest. Dickens, C. (Ap '43)
Dickens world. House, A. H. (Mr
'42)
Ancestors' brocades. (My
Dickinson, Emily
Bingham, M. T.
'45)
Power, M. J. In the name of the bee. (My
•44)
Fiction
Ben«t, L,. Come slowly, Eden. (O '42)
Gould, J. R. Miss Emily. (Je '46)
Dickson, Frederick Stoever
Foster, E. Islanders. (Mr '46)
Dictator and the devil. Johnson, S. (Ap '44)
Dictators
Neumann, S. Permanent revolution. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Dictators of the baton. Ewen, D. (Mr *43)
Dictionaries, Polyglot
Ahrens. L., comp. Dictionary of aeronautics.
(N '45)
Duden pictorial encyclopedia. (O '44)
Dictionary of aeronautics. Ahrens, L.., comp. (N
'45)
Dictionary of American English on historical
principles. (O '44 )
Dictionary of American painters, sculptors and
engravers. Fielding, M. (N '45)
Dictionary of American politics. Smith, E. C.,
and Zurcher, A. J., eds. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Dictionary of bio-chemistry and related sub-
jects. Malisoff, W. M., ed. (Ag '43)
Dictionary of cooperation. Bogardus, E. S. (Ag
'44)
Dictionary of education. Good, C. V., ed. (Je
'46)
Dictionary of engineering and machine shop
terms. Sandy, A. H. (Ap '45)
Dictionary of gems and gemology. Shipley, R.
M., and others. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Dictionary of organic compounds. Heilbron, I.
M., and Bunbury, H. M., eds. (Ag '45)
Dictionary of philosophy. Runes, D. D., ed.
(Ag '42)
Dictionary of science and technology in Eng-
lish-French-German-Spanish. Newmark, M.
(Ag '43)
Dictionary of sociology. Fairchild, H. P.. ed.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Dictionary of synonyms. Webster, N. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Dictionary of word origins. Shipley, J. T. (D
'46)
Dictionary of world literature. Shipley, J. T.,
ed. (S '43)
Did they succeed in college? Chamberlin, C.
D., and others. (N '42)
Diderot, Dents
Le pere de famille
Sophia Christina Charlotte, princess of Nas-
sau-Saarbruck, Concerning the education of
a prince. (My '42)
Die engineering layouts and formulas. Hinman,
C. W. (D '43)
Died in the wool. Marsh, N. (Ap '45)
Dieppe raid, 1942
Austin, A. B. We landed at dawn. (Mr '43)
Reynolds, Q. J. Dress rehearsal. (Ap '43)
Dies. Martin
Gellermann, W. Martin Dies. (S '44)
Ogden, A. R. Dies committee. (1944, 1946)
Dies (metal working)
Crane, E. V. Plastic working of metals and
non -metallic materials in presses. (Je '44)
Harvill, H. L*., and Jordan, P. R. High-pres-
sure die casting. (Ag '46)
Hinman, C. W. Die engineering layouts and
formulas. (D '43)
Walker, J., and Taylor, C. C. Simplified
punch and diemaking. (Je '46)
Dies committee. Ogden, A. R. (1944, 1946)
Diesel and gas engine power plants. Boyer,
G. C. (Je '43)
Diesel -electric plants. Kates, E. J. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Diesel engines
Boyer, G. C. Diesel and gas engine power
plants. (Je '43)
Diesel publications, inc. Diesel engines. (Je
Draney, J. Diesel locomotives: electrical
equipment. (Ap '44)
Draney, J. Diesel locomotives: mechanical
equipment. (Ap '44)
Goad, E. F. American Diesel engines. (Mr
'43)
Kates, E. J. Diesel-electric plants. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Diesel engines, Marine
Ford, L. R. Practical marine Diesel engi-
neering. (1942, 1943)
Diet
Bauer. W. W. and F. A. M. Eat what you
want! (Ap '43)
Bogert, L. J. Good nutrition for everybody.
(Ap '43)
Gladstone, S. and V. F. C. Food you eaC (Je
43)
Rose, M. D. S. Foundations of nutrition.
(Ag '44)
Selling, Li. S., and Ferraro, M. A. S. Psy-
chology of diet and nutrition. (Ap '45)
Sherman, EL C., and Lanford, C. S. Introduc-
tion to foods and nutrition. (Ag '44)
Stefansson, V. Not by bread alone. (N *46)
Stern, F. Applied dietetics. (Ag '44)
Taylor, D. Nutrition handbook. (F '43 (1942
Annual)
Diet in disease
Harris, F. L,.. and Ridler, D. A. Food 'n' fun
for the invalid. (O '42)
Stern, F. Applied dietetics. (Ag '44)
Diet without despair. White, M. (My '43)
Differential equations
Churchill, R. V. Modern operational mathe-
matics in engineering. (O '44)
Ince, ^E. L. Ordinary differential equations.
Rainville, E. D. Intermediate course in dif-
ferential equations. (My '44)
Reddick, H. W. Differential equations. (Je
43)
Differentials in internal migration. Hobbs, A. H.
(S '42)
Diffraction
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds. Major
instruments of science and their applica-
tions to chemistry. (F *46) (1945 Annual)
Zachariasen, W. H. Theory of X-ray diffrac-
tion in crystals. (Je *4B)
Diffusion
Barrer, R. M. Diffusion in and through solids.
(Je '42)
Diffusion of science. Bennett, J. L. (Ja '43)
Dig another grave. Cameron, D. C. (Je *46)
Dig me a grave. Spain, J. (D '42)
Digest of Christian thinking. Macfarland, C. S.
(Ag '42)
Digest of the divine law. Rand, H. B. (Ag '43)
Dilemma for Dax. Cumberland, M. (O *46)
Dilemma in Japan. Roth, A. (O '45)
Dilthey, Wilhelm
Hodges, H. A. Wilhelm Dilthey. (My '46)
Dim view. Heatter, B. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Di Maggie, Joseph Paul
DI Maggio, J. P. Lucky to be a Yankee. (O
Dimensions of society. Dodd, S. C. (Je '42)
Dina Cashman. Norris, K. T, (Je '42)
Dingo. I^amond, H. G. (Mr '45)
Dinner at Belmont. Crabb. A. I.. (Ao '42)
Dinner at Omar Khayyam's. Mardikian. G. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Dinner at the White House. Adamic, L. (O '46)
Dinner party. North, J. N. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Dinosaur book. Colbert, E, H. (Ag »46)
DlnosauHa
Colbert, E. H. Dinosaur book. (Ag '46)
1026
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Dinwlddle, Robert
Koontz, L. K. Robert Dlnwiddie. (S '42)
Dionyslus
Linforth, I. M. Arts of Orpheus. (S '42)
Diplomat in carpet slippers. Monaghan. J. (Je
'45)
Diplomatic correspondence of the United States,
v2. Manning, W. R., ed. (Ap '43)
Diplomatic history of the United States. Bemis,
Diplomatic honeymoon. Greig, M. (S '42)
Diplomatic memoirs
Davies. J. E. Mission to Moscow. (Mr '42)
Gade. J. A. All my born days. ( AD '42.)
Hayes, C. J. H. Wartime mission in Spain.
(D '45)
Wilson, F. M. H. Memoirs of an ex- diplomat.
(Je '45)
Diplomatic recognition of the border states.
Graham, M. W. (My '42)
Dipper full of stars. Williams, L. (O '44)
Direct- current circuits. Morecock, E. M. (D '44)
Direction finding apparatus
Bond, D. S. Radio direction finders. (O '44)
Directions in contemporary literature. Buck,
P. M. (Je '42)
Directors and their functions. Baker, J. C. (Ap
'46)
Directory of American scholars. Cattell, J., ed.
(O '43)
Dlrigo Point. Foster. E. (Mr '44)
Disabled
Rehabilitation, etc.
Barton, B. And now to live again. (D '44)
Bridges, C. D. Job placement of the physi-
cally handicapped. (O '46)
Davis, J. E, Principles and practice of re-
habilitation. (Ap '44)
Doherty, W. B., and Runes, D. D., eds. Re-
habilitation of the war injured. (D '43)
Dumas, A. Q., and Keen, Q. G. Psychiatric
primer for the veteran's family and friends.
(My '46)
England, R. Discharged. (S V44)
Foote, D. Modified activities in physical edu-
cation. (My '46)
MacDonaW, M. E. Federal grants for voca-
tional rehabilitation. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Neuschutz, L. M. Jobs for the physically
handicapped. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Sharon. H. B. It's good to be alive. (My '45)
Smith, J. H., and Rambova, N. Road back.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Sweeney, M. A. Rehabilitation. (D '46)
Yost, E. Normal lives for the disabled. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Disappearance of Kit Shane. Wadsworth, L. A.
(D '42)
Disappearing dally. Vlllard, O. G. (Je '44)
Disappearing island. Dunlop, A. M. R. (Ap '44)
Disarmament
Johnson, M. M., and Haven, C. T. For
permanent victory. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Tate, M. Disarmament illusion. (O '42)
Disasters
Kraus, H. International relief in action, 1914-
1948. (9 '44)
Sorokin, B. A. Man and society in calamity.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Discerning the signs of the times. Niebuhr, R.
(Ag '46)
Discharged. England, R. (S '44)
Disciple. Glover, T. R. (Je '42)
Disciples of Christ
Garrison, W. E. American religious move-
ment. (S '46)
Disciples pf the wise. Zeitlin, J. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Discipline for democracy. Smith, T. V. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Discontented village. Dobbs, R. (D '46)
Discourse upon the exposicion and under-
standinge of statutes with Sir Thomas
Egerton's additions. (N '42)
Discoveries (In geography)
Anthony, B. K., and Barnes, M. Explorers
all. (Je '43)
Lucas, M. 8. Vast horizons. (S '43)
Oakeshott, W. F. Founded upon the seas.
(Je '43)
Juvenile literature
Duvoisin, R. A. They put out to sea. (Mr
Sondergaard, A. They went exploring. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Discovering ourselves. Strecker, B. A., and
others. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Discovering Plato. Koyrd, A. (F r46) (1945 An-
nual)
Discovering the Boy of Nazareth. Kirkland,
W. M. (Ag '44)
Discovery. Bartlett. R. M. (Ao '42)
Discovery of Canada. Burpee, L. J. (My '46)
Discovery of freedom. Lane, R. W. (My '43)
Discovery of India. Nehru, J. (S '46)
Discovery of the elements. Weeks, M. B. (Ag
*45)
Discussion
Baker, H. V. Children's contributions in ele-
mentary school general discussion. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bogardus, E. S. Democracy by discussion.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Discussion and debate. Ewbank, H. L., and
Auer. J. J. (My '42)
Diseases
Fishbein, M., ed. Common ailments of man.
(O '45)
Causes and theories of causation
Sokoloff, B. F. Civilized diseases. (Mr '45)
Diseases, Industrial
Baetjer. A. M. Women in industry. (D '46)
Hamilton, A. Exploring the dangerous trades.
(My '43)
Hueper, W. C. Occupational tumors and al-
lied diseases. (Je '43)
Wampler. F. J.. ed. Principles and practice
of industrial medicine. (My '44)
Disinfection and disinfectants
Lucklesh, M. Applications of germicidal,
erythemal and infrared energy. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Schwarcz, L. Sanitary products. (D '43)
Disney, Walt *
Feild, R. D. Art of Walt Disney. (Ag '42)
Disorganization, personal and social. Mowrer,
E. R. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Displacement of population in Europe. Kuli-
scher, E. M. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Dissidence of dissent. Mineka, F. E. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Distributive Justice. Ryan, J. A. (Ag '42)
DItmars, Raymond Lee
Juvenile literature
Wood, L. N. Raymond L. Ditmars. (N '44)
Divided they fall. Scandrett, R. B. (My '42)
Divine-human encounter. Brunner, H. E. (My
Divine pity. Vann, G. (My '46)
Divine right of capital. Ayres, C. E. (N '46)
Diving, Submarine
Meier. F. Fathoms below. (Je '43)
Rieseberg, H. E. I dive for treasure. (Ag
Thompson, F. E. Diving, cutting and weld-
ing in underwater salvage operations. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Diving, cutting and welding in underwater
salvage operations. Thompson, F. E. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Division of labor
Pancoast, O. Occupational mobility. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Divorce
Groves, E. R. Conserving marriage and the
family. (N '44)
Mariano, J. H. Shall I get a divorce, and
how? (O '46)
Mariano, J. H. Veteran and his marriage.
(Ap »46)
Dixie decides. Justus, M. (N '42)
Dixie dishes. Flexner, M. K. W. (My '42)
Dixie Dobie. Johnson, M. S. and H. L. (My '45)
Do I wake or sleep. Bolton, I. (D '46)
Do not disturb. McCloy, H. (Je *4S)
Do you know labor? Myers, J. (S '43)
Do you know your daughter? Grossman, J. 8.
(Ap '46)
Do you know your football? Baker, L. H. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Do you want to be a nurse? Sutherland, D. Q.
(Ag »42)
Doctor Bard of Hyde Park. LangstaftT, J. B.
(Ag '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1027
Dr Christian's office. Knight, R. A., and
Hersholt, J. (O '44)
M. D. (S '43)
Dr Johnson9s waterfall. Bevington, H. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dr Kildare's search and Dr Kildare's hardest
case. Faust, P. (Mr '43)
Dr Kildare's trial. Brand, M. (N '42)
Dr Morton, pioneer in the use of ether. Baker,
R. M. (My '46)
Doctor on Elm street. Hamilton, K. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dr Parrish, resident. Thompson, S. (Mr '45)
Dr Sam: Johnson, detector. De la Torre-Bueno,
L. (N '46)
Doctor, the puppy who learned. Hoke, H. L.
Doctor to the dead. Bennett, J. (Ag '46)
Dr Whitney's secretary. Walker, D. P. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Doctora in Mexico. Floyd, O. B. (My '44)
Doctors at war. Fishbein. M., ed. (Je '45)
Doctors at work. Kellher, A. V.. ed. (Ap '42)
Doctors aweigh. Oman, C. M. (S '43)
Doctors, beware! McCully, W. (S '43)
Doctors, drugs and steel. Podolsky, E. (My '46)
Doctors East, doctors West. Hume, £3. H. (Je
'46)
Doctor's Job. Binger, C. (Ap '46)
Doctors Mayo. Clapesattle, H. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Doctors of the mind. Ray, M. B. L,. (O '42)
Doctrine of the church in the New Testament.
Johnston, G. (Ag '44)
Doctrine of the Trinity.
Hodgson, U (N *44)
Documentation
Joughin, Q. L. Basic reference forms. (Ap
'42)
Documented history of the Franciscan order.
Huber, R. M. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Documents of dying paganism. Friedlander,
P. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Documents of the Christian church. Bettenson,
H. S., ed. (Je '44)
Documents of the primitive church. Torrey,
C. C. (My '42)
Documents relating to Northwest missions.
Nute, G. K, ed. (S '43)
Dodge, Mrs Mary (Mapes)
Howard, A. B. Mary Mapes Dodge of St
Nicholas. (Ag '43)
Does your child obey? Wieman, R. H. W. (My
Dog book. Dennis, M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Dog days. Keeler, K. S. (O '44)
Dog of the desert. Idriess, I. L. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Dog of war. Downey, F. D. (D '43)
Dog that came true. Huff, D. (My '46)
Dogie boy. Heal. E. (Ap '44)
Dogs
Cook, G. E. American champions. (O '45)
Hogeboom, A. Dogs and how to draw them.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Lytle, J. H. Gun dogs afield. (My '43)
Megargee. E. Dogs. (My '43)
Peake, H. C. Practical dog breeding. (My
Suckley, M. L., and Dalgliesh, A. True story
of Faia. (Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Atkinson, M. F. How to raise your puppy.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Eberle, I. Our oldest friends. (Ap '43)
Legends and stories
Andrews. N. Cowdog. (D '46)
Bartman, M. Yank in Africa. (O *44)
sa. (O *44)
:e. (S '46)
jr. (Mr '45)
Bartman, M. Yank in France. ^ _.w
Bartman, M. Yank in Sicily. (Mr '45)
Caldwell, E. N. Alaska trail dogs. (Mr '46)
Cavanah, F. Private Pepper of Dogs for de-
fense. (Mr '44)
Cavanah, F., and Weir, R. C. Private Pepper
comes home. IAp '46)
Davison, F. D. Dusty. (O '46)
Dennis. M. Burlap. (Ag '46)
Dodge. P. P. Little dog under the wagon.
(F'47) (1946 Annual)
Downey, F. IX Dog of war. (D '43)
Folev, G. F. Slnbad of the Coast guard. (Mr
Foote, J. T. Dumb-Bell. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Goodman, J., ed. Fireside book of dog stories.
(Je '43)
Haydon, J. Every dog has its day. (My '46)
Henry, M. Boy and a dog. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
HinkJe, T. C. Blackjack, a ranch dog. (O '46)
Hinkle, T. C. Old Nick and Bob. (Ap '42)
Hoke, H. L.. Doctor, the puppy who learned.
(D '44)
Hoke, H. L. Mrs Silk. (Mr '46)
Hoke, H. L,. Shep and the baby. (D '44)
Holland, R. P. My dog I^emon. (D '45)
Idriess, I. L. Dog of the desert. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Johnson, M. S. and H. L. Rex of the coast
patrol. (Ag '44)
Johnson, M. S. and H. L. Vicki, a guide dog.
(Je '46)
KJelgaard, J. Big Red. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Knight, R. A. Brave companions. (D '45)
Lathrop, D. P. Puppies for keeps. (N '43)
IVHommedieu, D. K. Robbie, the brave little
collie. (Je '46)
L'Hommedieu, D. K. Skippy, the little Skye
terrier. (F '45) <1944 Annual)
LU>pincott, J. W. Wilderness champion. (D
McCulloch, R. W. Come, Jack! (Je '46)
Meek, S. St P. Gustav, a son of Franz. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Seybert, M., and Olson, L. M. Taffy and
Tuffy. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Sherman, F. J. Admiral Wags. (8 '43)
Shurtleff, B. L*. Awol: K-9 commando. (Ag
Shurtleff, B. L. Awol musters out. (Je '46)
Shurtleff, B. L. Short leash. (S '46)
Sousa, J. P. Psychopathic dog. (S '46)
Stieff. F. P. Unleash the dogs of war. (My
*45)
Strickland, H. H. Juggernaut of the rangers.
(N '46)
Stuart. J. Mongrel mettle. (Mr '44)
Tarry, E., and Ets, M. H. My dog Rinty. (S
'46)
Thorne, D., and Moran, C. Chips. (8 '44)
Vinton, I. Laffy of the navy salvage divers.
(N '44)
Ware, U Crazy dog. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Watson, H. O. Trooper, U.S. army dog. (Mr
Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Cook, G. E. American champions. (O '45)
Dennis. M. Dog book. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hogeboom, A. Dogs and how to draw them.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
•Worden, F. Sketch book of dogs. (D *45)
Training
Brown, W. F. How to train hunting dogs.
(Mr '43)
Hart well, D. Dogs against darkness. (N '42)
Lytle, J. H. Simple secrets of dog discipline.
(D '46)
Saunders, B. Training you to train your dog.
(S '46)
Dogs, War use of
Behan, J. M. Dogs of war. (Ap '46)
Going. C. G. Dogs at war. (D *44)
Dogs against darkness. Hartwell, D. (N '42)
Dogs and how to draw them. Hogeboom, A. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
43) (1942
Dogs at war. Going, C. G. (D '44)
Dogs of war. Behan. J. M. (Ap '46)
Dogsled apostles. Savage, A. H. (Ja '
Annual)
Dogwatch. Coffin, C. (S '44)
Doherty. Martin W.
Doherty. M. W. House on Humility street.
(Ap *43)
Doing things. Brandt, H. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
The doll, and one other. Blackwood. A. (My '46)
Doll who came alive. Tregarthen, E. (N '42)
Burt, O. W. Peter's silver dollar. <O '45)
Dollar a share. Allen, A. (S '43)
Dollar cotton. Faulkner, J. (O '42)
Dollar gold piece. Swain, V. (N '42)
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Dollt
Jordan, N. R. American dolls in uniform.
(O '42)
Dolly Madison, Quaker girl. Monsell, H. A.
Dom Pedro of Brazil. Criss, M. (Ap '45)
Domestic animals
Hogner, D. C. Farm animals. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Knapp-Fisher, H. C. Man and his creatures.
(S '42)
Perry, E. J., ed. Artificial insemination of
farm animals. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Dominic, Saint
Mandonnet, P. F. St Dominic and his work.
(D '44)
Dominicans
Mandonnet, P. F. St Dominic and his work.
(D '44)
Dominie's daughter. McCord. J. (My '43)
Dominion of the north. Creighton, D. G. (My
*44)
Don Coyote, Peck, L. (My »42)
Don Pedro and the devil. Maass, B. (My '42)
Done in oil. Leven, D. D. (Ao '42)
Done with mirrors. Hasty, J. B. (Mr *43)
Donkey cart. Bulla. C. R. (O '46)
Donkey for the King. Price, O. M, (Je '45)
Donkey from Dorking. Neilson, F. F. (My '42)
Donne, John
Moloney, M. F. John Donne. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Donner party
Fiction
Fisher. V. Mothers. (N »43)
Donovan's brain. Slodmak, K. (Ap '43)
Don't blame the generals. Moorehead, A. (Je
'43)
Don't bring that up! Broeg, B., and Burrlll, B.
(O '46)
Don't catch me. Powell, R. P. (Mr *43)
Don't count your chicks. Aulaire, I. M. d' and
B. P. d'. (D '43)
Don't look behind you! Rogers, S. (O '44)
Don't mention my name. Qoldthwaite, B. K.
to '42\
Don't open the door! Eng title of: Death lifU
the latch. Malleson, L. B. (Mr '46)
Don't run, Apple! Hawkins, Q. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Don't think it hasn't been fun. Eng title of:
Convoy. Reynolds, Q. J. (Mr '42)
Don't wait up for spring. Mergendahl, C. (N
'44)
Doolittle, James Harold
Mann, C. Lightning in the sky. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Doom and resurrection. Hromadka, J. L. (Ap
'45)
Doom in the midnight sun. Boyd, B. M. (My
'44) *
Door opens. Lothar. B. (D '45)
Doors to Jobs. Huntington, B. H. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Dorcas Porkus. Tudor, T. (N '42)
Dor6, Gustave
Lehmann-Haupt, H. Terrible Qustave Dord.
(Ap '44)
Doreen. Noble, B. (D '46)
Dorinda. Howard, B. (Je '44)
Dorr rebellion, 1842
Poetry
Scott, W. T. Sword on the table. (D '42)
Dostoevski!, Fed or Mikhaflovlch
Troyat, H. Firebrand. (D '46) _
Double agent. Teilhet, H, T. (S '45)
Double, double, toil and trouble. Feuchtwonger,
L. (Je *43)
Double-quick cooking for part-time home-
makers. Allen, I* C. B. (Ag '43)
Double take. Huggins, R. (Mr '46)
Double ten. Olick. C. (Ap '46>
Double tragedy. Crofts. F. W. (S '43)
Double wedding ring. Lawrence, J. (O '46)
Dougal's wish. Alger. L. (O '42)
Doughgirls. Fields, J. (S '43)
Douglas, Donald Wills
Cunningham, F. Sky master. (3 '43)
Douglas, Stephen Arnold
Nolan, J. C. Littlejjiant. (O §42)
Dove brings peace. Hagopian, R. (My '44)
~ ' ~ ' J. A, (8 '44)
Dover, Thomas
Fiction
Andrews, R. H. Burning gold. (S '46)
Down among the dead men. Winchell, P. (Mr
Down-Bast spirituals and others. Jackson, G.
P., ed. (S '43)
Down north. MacDonald, M. (O '44)
Down peacock's feathers. Davies, D. R. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Down the hatch. Devine, B., ed. (O »4B)
Down the stretch. Winn. M. J. (Ag »45)
Down to earth. Greenhood, D. (S '44)
Down to the sea. Tharp, L. H. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Down to the sea in Maine. Shelton, A. C.
(S 42)
Down town. Lovelace, M. H. (N '43)
Downfall. Reed, D. (My '43)
Downfall. Shneur, Z. (Ag '44)
Downhill skiing. Lang, O. (D '46)
Dowson, Ernest Christopher
Longaker, J. M. Brnest Dowson. (Ag r45)
(1944 Annual)
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Smith, E. W., ed. Profile by gaslight. (My
Parodies, travesties, etc.
Queen, B., ed. Misadventures of Sherlock
Holmes. (My '44)
Dozen and one. Tully, J. (Je '43)
Drafting the federal Constitution. Prescott, A.
T.f comp. (Ap *42)
Dragon and the eagle. Goetz, D. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Dragon fish. Buck. P. S. (N '44)
Dragon harvest. Sinclair, U. B. (Ag '45)
Dragon in the dust. Wheeler, P. (Ap '46)
Dragon John. Lawson, M. A. (N '43)
Dragon prows westward. Bunce, W. H. (N '46)
Dragon seed. Buck, P. S. (Mr '42)
Dragons on guard. Chandler, A. C. (Je *44)
Dragon's teeth. Sinclair. U. B. (Mr '42)
Dragonship. Resnick, W. S. CO '42)
I>ragonwyck. Seton, A. (Mr '44)
Drake, Sir Francis
Mason, A. E. W. Life of Francis Drake.
(My '42)
Drake's cyclopedia of painting and decorating.
Vanderwalker, F. N. (Je *45)
Drake's heating, cooking and air conditioning
handbook. Manly, H. P. (Ap '46)
Drake's refrigeration service manual. Manly,
H. P. (D '44)
Drama
Thompson, A. R. Anatomy of drama. (O '43)
Dictionaries, Indexes, etc.
Ottemiller, J. H. Index to plays in collec-
tions. (D '43)
History and criticism
Bentley, E. R. Playwright as thinker. (S
46)
Frick, C. Dramatic criticism of George Jean
Nathan. (Ap '43)
ara?vHte-Barker, H- °- Use °* the drama.
(U 45)
Nathan, G.J. Theatre book of the year, 1942-
Nathan, G. J Theatre book of the year, 1943-
1944. (N^ 44)
Nathan, G. J. Theatre book of the year, 1944-
1945. (D '45)
Peacock, R. Poet in the theatre. (N '46)
Technique
Egri, L, How to write a play. (Je '42)
Niggll, J. Pointers on play writing. (D '45)
Drama and theatre illustrated by seven mod-
ern plays. Fulton, A. R. (N '46)
Dramas
Barry, P. Without love. (O '43)
Behrman, S. N. Dunnlgan's daughter. (S '46)
Behrman, S. N. Pirate. (My '48)
Bir6, L. Gods and kings. (O '45)
<S '46)
The dove flies South.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1029
Chodorov, J., and Fields, J. Junior miss.
Cl8AiJel,4p. Three plays. (My '46>
Collis, M. Motherly and Auspicious. (My '44)
Du Maurier, D. Years between. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
D'Usneau, A., and Gow, J. Deep are the
roots. (Mr *46)
Dwiggins, W. A. Millenium 1. (Je *46)
Eckstein, G. Pet shop. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Edmonds, R. Land of cotton, and other
plays. (My *43)
Ferber, E., ana Kaufman, G. S. Land is
bright. (Ap '42)
Fields, J. Doughgirls. (S '43)
Franken, R. D. L, Outrageous fortune. (Je
*44)
Franken, R. D. Soldier's wife. (Ap '46)
•Glennon. G. Emma. (O *45)
Goggan, J. P. Hasty heart. (Je f45)
^Gordon, R. Over twenty-one. (O '44)
Gorky, M. Seven plays. (Ag '45)
Gow, J., and D'Usseau, A. Tomorrow the
world. (D '43)
Hammerstein, O. Carousel. (Ag '46)
Hammers tein, O. Oklahoma! (N '44)
Hart, M. Winged victory. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Hellman, L. Four plays. (My '42)
Hellman, L. Searching wind. (O '44)
Herbert. F. H. Kiss and tell. (Ag '44)
Holberg, L. Four plays. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Housman, L. On stage! (Je '44)
Housman, L. Palestine plays. (S '43)
Jeffers, R. Medea. (Je '46)
Kan in, G. Born yesterday. (D '46)
Kastner, G. C. Benedict Arnold. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kaufman, G. S., and Hart, M. Six plays. (O
Kingsley, S. Patriots. (S '43)
Koestler, A. Twilight bar. (O '45)
Krasna, N. Dear Ruth. (Je '45)
La Farge, C. Mesa Verde. (S *45)
Laurents, A. Home of the brave. (S '46)
Lewis, K. P. Alabama folk plays. (Ag »43)
Lindsay, H., and Grouse, R. State of the
Union. (Je '46)
Lindsay, H., and Grouse, R. Strip for action.
(Ag '43)
Linklater, E2. Crisis in heaven. (Ap '45)
MacLiesh, A. F. Destroyers. (N '42)
Menander. Two plays, tr. by G. Murray. (Ap
*46)
O' Casey. S Red roses for me. (Mr f44)
Odets, C. Clash by night. (My '42)
O'Neill, E. G. Iceman cometh. (N '46)
Osborn, P. Bell for Adano; a dramatization
of the novel. (Je '45)
Priestley, J. B. Four plays. (N '44)
Raphaelson, S. Jason. (S '42)
Reed, D. Downfall. (My '43)
Reines, B. J. For country and mankind. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Rice. E. L. Dream girl. (S '46)
Rice, E. L. New life. (Je '44)
Rodman, S. Revolutionists. (N *42)
Ryerson, F., and Clements, C. C. Harriet
(S '43)
Saroyan, W. Get away old man. (Ag '44)
Saroyan, W. Razzle-dazzle. (My '42)
Shaw, I. The assassin. (My '46)
•Shaw, I. Sons and soldiers. (Je '44)
Shelley, P. B. Stage version of Shelley's
Cenci. (O '45)
Shi els, G. Rugged path and The summit.
(D '42)
Silone, I. And he hid himself. (Je *46)
Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus. (My '42)
Steinbeck, J. Moon is down; play in two
parts. (O '42)
Taylor, G. E., and Savage, G. M. Phoenix
and the dwarfs. (O '44)
Ullman, S, S. Plays of America's explorers
and founders. (My '42)
Van Druten. J. I remember mama. (Je '45)
Van Druten, J. Voice of the turtle. (Ap '44)
Van Druten, J.. and Morris, L. R. Damask
cheek. (My '43)
Werfel, F. V. Jacobowaky and the colonel
[original play, pub., by Viking]. (3 '44)
Werfel, F. V. Jacobowsky and the colonel
[adapted by] S. N. Behrman. (8 '44)
White, J. R. Three way plays. (O '44)
Wilder, T. Skin of our teeth. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Williams, T. Glass menagerie. (O '45)
Williams, T. 27 wagons full of cotton. (Ap
*46)
Yordan, P. Anna Lucasta. (Mr '45)
Collections
America in action. (My '42)
Cartmell, V. H., and Cerf, B. A., comps.
Famous plays of crime and detection. (O
*46)
Cerf, B. A., and Cartmell, V. H., comp. S. R.
O. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual) V
Cerf, B. A., and Cartmell, V. H., comps.
Sixteen famous British plays. (My '42)
Cerf, B. A. and Cartmeff, V. H. Sixteen
famous European plays. (My '43)
Cerf, B., and Cartmell, V. H.t eds. Thirty
famous one act plays. (Ap '44)
Clark. W. S., ed. Chief patterns of world
drama. (N '46)
Fulton, A. R. Drama and theatre illustrated
by seven modern plays. (N '46)
Galbralth, E. E., ed. Plays without footlights.
(S 45)
Jagendorf, M. A., comp. 20 non-royalty mva-
tery plays. (Ag '45)
Jagendorf, M. A., comp. 20 non -royalty one-
act ghost plays. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Kozlenko, W., comp. 25 non-royalty one- act
American comedies. (S '43)
Kreymborg, A e<j. poetic drama. (A*. '42)
(1941 Annual) ^^
Ma]V\leVirSo' *ed' B,est plays of 1941-42. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
M?fit.le;i<i?o' Ae<2L *??st plays of 1M1-4S. (Ja
•44) (1943 Annual)
?d- *??* plays of
Annual)
,i: ?d* B?8t plays of
'46) (1945 Annual)
Mantle, B., ed. Best plays of 1945-46. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mantle, B., and Sherwood, G. P., eds. Best
plays of 1899-1909. (Ap '44)
' ed' Best one'act Play of
plays °*
play» <*
X v' ed< Best one-act plays of
4. (O 45)
TKa. M. G., ed. Best one-act plays of
1945. (S 46)
Mayorga. M. Q., ed. Plays of democracy. (My
Mayorga. M. G., ed. 20 non-royalty one-act
popular classics. (S '46)
Smith, B., comp. 25 non-royalty one-act plays
for all-girl casts. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Smith, B. 20 prize-winning non-royalty one-
act plays. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual) *
Three Southwest plays. (Je '42)
Dramatic criticism
Frick, C. Dramatic criticism of George Jean
Nathan, (Ap '43)
Gibbs, W. Season in the sun, and other
pleasures. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Dramatic parody by marionettes. Lindsay. F
W. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Dramatists
Peacock, R. Poet in the theatre. (N '46)
Drapery
Germaine. I. M. Handbook of drapery pat-
terns. (Je *45)
Drawing
De Tolnay, C. History and technique of old
master drawings. (Mr '44)
Fisher, L. Cartooning for fun and profit, (D
45)
L^Je°'44)P' J' Practlcal
drawing.
Instruction
Nicolaldes, K. Natural way to draw. (O '42)
Drawing people for fun. Vernam, R. (S '43)
'P" Kennlnffton' B- <Ja '«)
Drawings
A%42VAnnual?°nV6rSati0n p!eCe8* (Ja '48>
B«Li?i!' ^ [Paintings and drawings] by
Philip Hendy and kudwi* Goldaeheider.
(O 46)
drawin|r8 • • • « Windsor
1030
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Drawings — Continued
De Tolnay, C. History and technique of old
master drawings. (Mr '44)
Gard, A. Sailors in boots. (My '43)
Grosz, G. Drawings. (Mr '45)
Holme, B., ed. Master drawings. (My '44)
Leonardo da Vinci. Drawings. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci; ed. by
Goldscheider. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Masereel, F. Danse macabre. (Ap '43)
New York. Museum of modern art. Modern
drawings; ed. by Monroe Wheeler. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Parker, K. T. Drawings of Hans Holbein in
the collection ... at Windsor castle. (S '45)
Puyvelde, L. van. Dutch drawings in the col-
lection of his majesty the king at Windsor
castle. (S '44)
Raphael. Raphael's drawings, by Ulrich
Middeldorf. (My '46)
Renoir, P. A. Renoir drawings. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Suba, S.. II. Spots. (D '44)
Tchelitchew, P. Yesterday's children. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Zipprich, A. E. Freehand drafting. (D '44)
Drawn and quartered. Addams, C. (D '42)
Drawn conclusion. Barber, W. A., and Schabe-
litz, R. F. (Mr '42)
Dread Journey. Hughes, D. B. F. (O '45)
Dreadful hollow. Karlova, I. (O '42)
Dream department. Perelman. S. J. (Mr '43)
Dream girl. Rice. B. L. (S '46)
Dream mates. Frank, L. (N '46)
Dream of Descartes. Maritain, J. (Mr '45)
Dream of Philip H. Maass. B. (N '44)
Dream street. Sylvester, R. (D '46)
Dreamers. Clark, J. B. (O '45)
Dreams come true. Brown, C. R. (Je '44)
Dreams of glory. Lambert, J. (O '42)
Dresden china. Honey. W. B. (D '46)
Dresden pottery
Honey, W. B. Dresden china. (D '46)
Dress rehearsal. Reynolds, Q. J. (Ap '43)
Dress right, dress. Flint, M., ed. (D '43)
Dressmaking
Duncan, I. R. Needles and pins. (S '43)
Hall, H. Simplified home sewing. (S '43)
Karasz, M. Design and sew. (D '46)
Pepin, H. Modern pattern design. (D '42)
Spears, R. W. Better dressmaking. (Je '43)
Talbot, C. Complete book of sewing. (Je '43)
Talbot, C. Complete home care of your fam- x
ily wardrobe. (Ja »45) (1944 Annual)
Drexel institute of technology, Philadelphia
McDonald, E. D.. and Hinton, E. M. Drexel
institute of technology L 1891-1941. (N '42)
Driftwood valley. Stan well- Fletcher, T. M. C.
(O '46)
Drilling and boring machinery
Karash, J. I. Analysis of drill-jig design.
(Mr '45)
Drilling and surfacing practice. Colvln, F. H.,
and Stanley, F. A. (O '44)
Drink from the rock. Spirit (periodical). (S '44)
Drink to me only. Hueston, E. P. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Drink to the hunted. Marsh, B. (Je '45)
Drinkers of the wind. Raswan, C. R. (D '42)
Driscoll, Charles Benedict
Driscoll, C. B. Country Jake. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Driscoll, Florence
Driscoll, C. B. Kansas Irish. (Je '43)
Drives toward war. Tolman, B. C. (Je '43)
Drivin* woman. Chevalier, B. P. (S '42 )
Drug habit
Hesse, B. Narcotics and drug addiction. (O
'46)
Drug store management. Nolen, H. C., and
Maynard, H. H. (Ap '42)
Drug trade
Nolen, H. C., and Maynard, H. H. Drug store
management. (Ap '42)
Drugs
Taylor, F. S. Conquest of bacteria. (My *42)
Laws and legislation
Herrick, A. D. New drugs. (Ag *46)
Wilson, S. Food and drug regulation. (S '42)
Drummer boy of Burma. Stevens, W. O. (S
Drums of morning. Stern, p. V. (8 '43)
Drums under the windows. O'Casey, 8. (My
'46)
Drunks are square pegs. Clapp, C. (S '42)
Dry season. Cowley, M. (S '42)
Dryden, John
Russell. T. W. Voltaire, Dryden and heroic
tragedy. (S '46)
Van Doren, M. John Dryden. (Ap '46)
Drying and dehydration of foods. Von Loesecke,
H7W. (N '43)
Dublin poems. Starkey, J. (N '46)
Du Chfttelet-Lomont, Qabrlelle Emflie (Le
Tonnelier de Berteuil) marquise
Wade, I. O. Voltaire and Madame Du Chft-
telet. (Je '42)
Duchess Hotspur. Marshall, R. V. (Je '46)
Ducks
Farrington, S. K. Ducks came back. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Kortright. F. H. Ducks, geese and swans of
North America. (My '43)
Queeny, E. M. Prairie wings. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Legends and stories
Story of Gertie. (Je '46)
Ducks came back. Farrington, S. K. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Ducks unlimited
Farrington, S. K. Ducks came back. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Ducktown back in Raht's time. Barclay, R. E.
(D '46)
Dud Dean and his country. Macdougall, A. R.
(D '46)
Duden pictorial encyclopedia. (O '44)
Duel for Europe. Scott, J. (N '42)
Duel for the Northland. Singer, K. D. (S '43)
Duel in the sun. Busch, N. (Mr '44)
Duet with Nicky. Berezowsky, A. (O '43)
Duffus, Robert Luther »
Duffus, R. L. Innocents at Cedro. (Mr '44)
Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie
Lowinger, A. Methodology of Pierre Duhem.
(Je '42)
Duke, James Buchanan
Winkler, J. K. Tobacco tycoon. (N '42)
Duke. Aldington, R. (N '43)
Duke Ellington. Ulanov, B. (Mr *46)
Dulcie. Bechdolt, J. B., and Merwin, D. (My
'43)
Dulcie and her donkey. Bechdolt, J. B., and
Merwin, D. (O '44)
Dulcie sews a sampler. Bechdolt, J. E., and
Merwin, D. (D r45)
Dulles, Charles A very
Dulles, C. A. Testimonial to grace. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dumbarton Oaks. Summers, R. B. (S '45)
Dumbarton Oaks plan for international organ*
Ization. See Washington, D.C. Conversa-
tions on international organization, 1944
Dumb-Bell. Foote. J. T. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Dune boy. Teale, B. W. (N '43)
Dungeon democracy. Burney, C. (My '46)
Dunham, Donald Carl
Dunham, D. C. Envoy unextraordinary. (O
Dunkirk. Nathan. R. (S '42)
Dunn, Esther Cloudman
Dunn, E. C. Pursuit of understanding. (D
'45)
Dunnigan's daughter. Behrman, S. N. (S '46)
Dunnybrook. Carroll, G. H. (D '43)
Duodenum
Ulcers
Crohn, B. B. Understand your ulcer. (S *43)
Du Pont family
Dutton, W. S. Du Pont. (S *42)
Durable fire. Roberts, D. J. (S '45)
Durable peace. Hoffman, R. J. 8. (S *44)
Duration. Putnam, Q. P. (D '43)
Durham report. Durham, J. Q. L. (N '46)
Dury, John
Batten, J. M. John Dury. (N '44)
Dust on my heart. James, N. (S '46)
Dust tracks on a road. Hurston, Z. N. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Dusty. Davison, F. D. (O '46)
Dusty spring. Seifert, B. (D »46)
Dutch drawings in the collection of hU majes-
ty the king at Windsor castje. ~
U van. (8 ^44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1031
Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. De
Leeuw, C. (Mr '44)
Dutch Guiana. See Netherlands Guiana
Dutch in the Far East. Hyma, A. (N '42)
Dutch In the United States
DeJong, D. C. With a Dutch accent. (Mr '44)
Vlekke, B. H. M., and Beets. H. Hollanders
who helped build America. (O '43)
Dutch literature
Greshoff, J., ed. Harvest of the Lowlands.
(Ap '46)
Duty to live. Dedmon. E. (Ap '46)
Dvorak, Antonin
Robertson, A. Dvorak. (N '45)
" a dwarf. Lagerkvist, P. F.
Annual)
The dwarf. Lagerkvist, P. F. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Dwelling place. Winslow, A. G. (S '43)
Dwellings
Catlin, M. and G. Building your new house.
(S '46)
Corey, P. Build a home. (Ag *46)
Corey, P. Buy an acre. (Je '44)
Dalzell, J. R., and Townsend, G. How to re-
model a house. (Je '43)
Hawkins, J. H. Your house. (My '43)
Johns tone, B. K., and others. Building or
buying a house. (My '45)
Morris, W. Inhabitants. (N '46)
Whitman, R. B. First aid for the ailing
house. (D '42)
Dwight, Timothy
Cuningham, C. E. Timothy Dwiffht. (Ap '42)
Howard, L. Connecticut wits. (Mr '43)
Dyer, Sir Edward
Brooks, A. Will Shakspere and the Dyer's
hand. (Mr '43)
Dyes and dyeing
Leggett, W. F. Ancient and medieval dyes.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Dyess story. Dyess, W. E. (My '44)
Dynamic administration. Follett, M. P. (My
*42)
Dynamic capitalism. Hazelett, C. W. (O '43)
Dynamic meteorology. Holmboe, J., and others.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Dynamic singing. Bachner, I*. (My '45)
Dynamic world order. MacLean, D. A. (S *45)
Dynamical analogies. Olson, H. F. (D '43)
Dynamics of business. Silberling, N. J. (S '43)
Dynamics of culture change. Malinowski, B.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Dynamics of human adjustment. Symonds, P.
M. (D '46)
Dynamics of industrial democracy. Golden, C.
S.. and Ruttenberg, H. J. (Je '42)
Dynamics of literature. Starr, N. C. (Ap *46)
Dynamics of time study. Presgrave, R. (N '45)
Dynamics of vocational adjustment. Super, D.
E. (Ap »43)
Dynamite cargo. Herman, F. S. (My '43)
Dynamite Duncan, U.S.N. Gardiner, F. M. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Dynamite on our doorstep. Brown, W. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Dynamo. Flanagan, H. F. (Je '43)
Dynamo farm. Allen, A. (Je '42)
"E" company. O'Rourke, F. (O *45)
Each alone. Ball, H. (Je »42)
Eagle and the Dove. Sackville-West. V. M.
(Mr '44)
Eagle of the Gredos. Osgood, C. J. (N *42)
Eagles
Legends and stories
Sherwood, L*. Old Abe. (D '46)
Eagles fly west. Ainsworth, E. M. (N '46)
Eagles in the sky. Mazet, H. S. (S '46)
Eagles roar! Kennerly, B. (O '42)
Eakins, Thomas
McKinney, R. J. Thomas Eakins. (My '43)
Earliest English poetry. Kennedy, C. W.
Earliest Gospel. Grant, F. C. (Ap '44)
Early American-Australian relations. Green-
wood, G. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Early American wooden ware and other kitchen
utensils. Gould, M. E. (N '42)
Early cartography of the Pacific. Wroth, L*.
C. (S '45)
Early Chirico. Soby, J. T. (At) '42)
Early Christian art. Morey, C. R. (S '42)
Early morning murder. Eng title of: Accidents
do happen. Burton, M. (Mr '46)
Early Pythagorean politics in practice and
theory. Minar, E. L. (Ag '43)
Early stockaded settlements in the Governador,
New Mexico. Hall. E. T. (Ap '45)
Early summer. Corbett, E. F. (N '42)
Earth
Whipple, F. L. Earth, moon and planets. (Je
'42)
Earth and high heaven. Graham, G. (N '44)
Earth and man. Davis, D/JJ. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual) *^
Earth and the stars. Abbot, C. G. (D '46)
Earth could be fair. Van Paassen, P. (Je '46)
Earth is red. Livingstone, C. R. (My '46)
Earth might be fair. Emrich. R. S. (Mr '45)
Earth, moon and planets. Whipple. F. L. (Je
'42)
Earthbound China. Fei, H., and Chang, T. (D
'45)
Earthquakes
Byerly, P. Seismology. (D '42)
Earth's adventures. Fenton. C. I*. (Ap '4*)
Ease era. Mall on, P. R. (D *45)
East (Far East)
Carpenter, F. Pacific. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Emerson, R. Government and nationalism in
southeast Asia. (S '42)
Gayn, M. J. Journey from the East. (My '44)
Hudson, G. F., and Rajchman, M. Atlas of
Far Eastern politics. (Ag '42)
Lasker, B. Peoples of southeast Asia. (Ap
Nelson, M. F. Korea and the old orders In
eastern Asia. (S '45)
Panikkar, K. M. Future of south-east Asia.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Description and travel
Randau, C., and Zugsmith. L. Setting sun of
Japan. (Ap *42)
Economic conditions
Gull, E. M. British economic interests in the
Far East. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
History
L»atourette, K. S. Short history of the Far
East. (Ag '46)
Qulgley, H. S. Far Eastern war, 1937-1941.
(S '42)
Industries and resources
Mitchell, K. L. Industrialization of the west-
ern Pacific. (Ag '42) .
Thompson, W. S. Population and peace in
the Pacific. (My '46)
Relations (general) with United States
Christy, A., ed. Asian legacy and American
life. (Ag '45)
East (Near East)
Ben-Horin, E. Middle East. (O '43)
Bowman, H. E. Middle-East window. (S '42)
Ireland. P. W.t ed. Near East. (Je '43)
Stark, F. M. Arab island. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Social life and customs
Van Ess, J. Meet the Arab. (D »43)
East by southwest. LA Farge, C. (S *44)
East coast corvette. Monsarrat, N. (N '43)
East India company (English)
Wilbur, M. K. E. East India company and
the British empire in the Far East. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
East Indies
Kennedy. R. Ageless Indies. (S '42)
Vlekke, B. H. M. Nusantara. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Vlekke, B. H. M. Story of the Dutch Bast
Indies. (O '46)
Description and travel
Clune. F. Isles of Spice. (My '42)
East of Bridgewater. Batchelder. A. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bast of Farewell. Hunt, R. (O '42)
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But of Malta, w«at of Sues. Ritchie, U A. D.
(S '44}
Bast of midnight. Roaaire, F. (Je '4$)
Bast river. Asch, S. (D f46)
Easter
Juvenile literature
Harper, W., ed. Easter chimes. (My '42)
Easter chimes. Harper W., ed. (My ?42>
Eastern, Europe and the United States. HanC, J.
Eastern Europe between the wars, 1918-1941.
Seton-Watson, H. (N '45)
Eastern question (Balkan)
Archer, I* Balkan Journal. (My '44)
Newman, B. Balkan background. (Mr *45)
Patmore, D. Balkan correspondent. (Ag '42)
Rupp, G. H. Wavering friendship. (Ap '43)
Eastern question (Far East)
Abend. H. Pacific charter. (Mr '43)
Abend, H. Ramparts of the Pacific. (Je '42)
Bisson, T. A. America's Far Eastern policy.
(Mr '45)
Buck, P. S. American unity and Asia. (S '42)
Buck, P. S. 'What America means to me.
(S '43)
Chou, K. Winning the peace in the Pacific.
(Mr '44)
Dulles, F. R. China and America. (Ag '46)
Emerson. R. Government and nationalism in
southeast Asia. (S '42)
Falk. E. A. From Perry to Pearl harbor.
(Mr '43)
Fleisher, W. What to do with Japan. (Ap '45)
Greenbie, S. Asia unbound. (N '43)
Gunther, J. Inside Asia. (Je '42)
Harcourt- Smith, S. Fire in the Pacific. (S
'42)
Harrington, F. H. God, mammon, and the
Japanese. (My '44)
Hornbeck, S. K. United States and the Far
East. (Ag '43)
Howard, H. P. America's role in Asia. (Ag
'43)
Hudson, G. F., and Rajchman, M. Atlas of
Far Eastern politics. (Ag '42)
Lattimore, O. America and Asia. (D '43)
Lattimore, O. Solution in Asia. (Mr '45)
Morin, R. Circuit of conquest. (Ag '43)
Morrison, I. Our Japanese foe. (Ap '44)
Newman, J. Goodbye Japan. (Je '42)
Oakes, V. A. White man's folly. (Mr '43)
Peffer, N. Basis for peace in the Far East.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Quigley, H. S. Far Eastern war. 1937-1941.
(S '42)
Randaii, C., and Zug-smith, L. Setting sun of
Romulo," C. P. Mother America. (D '43)
Shridharani, K. J. Warning to the West. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Tanaka, G. Japan's dream of world empire.
(Ap '42)
Taylor, G. E.
(My '42)
America in the new Pacific.
Viton, A. American empire In Asia? (O '43)
Wales, H. G. Q. Years of blindness. (Je '43)
Zabrlskie^ E_ H. American-Russian rivalry
In the Far East. (My *46)
Eastern question (Near East)
Bing, E. J. World of the Arabs. (My '44)
Ireland, P. W., ed. Near East. (Je '43)
Puryear, V. J. France and the Levant from
the Bourbon restoration to the peace of
Kutiah. (Ap '43)
Eastern shore, Maryland
Footner, H. Rivers of the Eastern shore. (D
•44)
Eastern workingmen and national land policy.
Zahler, H. S. (Ap '42)
Eastward in Eden. Laforest-Divonne, P., de.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Eat to live. Corban, E. B., and others. (Ap '44)
Eat well for less money. Maddox, G. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Eat what you want! Bauer, W. W. and P.
A. M. (Ap '43)
Eaton. William
Wright, L. B., and MacLeod, J. H. First
Americans in North Africa. (N '45)
Fiction
Case, J. Y. Written in sand/ (Mr '45)
Eben the crane. Savage, A. H. (D '44)
Ebulliometric measurements. Swietoslawskl, W.
(O '45)
Echo of a bomb. Siller, V. (Mr '43>
Echo of a cry. Sze, M. (N '45)
Eckel, Mrs Elsa (St John)
Fiction
Bonn, J. L. And down the days. (My '42)
Eclipse. Moorehead, A. (My '46)
Eclipse of a mind. Graves, A. (N '42)
Economic analysis and problems. Cronin, J. F.
(My '46)
Economic analysis and public policy. Bowman,
M. J.. and Bach. G. L,. (O '43)
Economic and social council. See United na-
tions (organization). Economic and social
council
Economic aspects of Argentine federalism, 1820-
1852. Burgin, M. (D '46)
Economic basis of politics. Heard, C. A. (N '45)
Economic conditions
Arndt, H. W. Economic lessons of the nine-
teen-thirties. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Clark, C. Economics of 1960. (S *43)
Daniel, H. North America, wheel of the fu-
ture. (My '42)
Dreher. C. Coming showdown. (My '42)
Garrett, G. Time is born. (Je *44)
Mantoux, E. Carthaginian peace, (N '46)
Marx, W. J. Twilight of capitalism and the
war. (Ap '43)
Paul. L. A. Annihilation of man. (Je '45)
Pegg, C. H.f and others. American society
and the changing world. (Ag '42)
Polanyi, 1C Great transformation. (My '44)
Ryan, J. A. IMstributive justice. (Ag '42)
Staley, E. World economic development. (Ap
'45)
Stolper, G. This age of fable. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Economic consequence's of the second World
war. Lorwin, L. L. (Mr '42)
Economic control of the motion picture indus-
try. Huettig, M. D. (O '44)
Economic democracy and private enterprise.
O'ShauKhnessy. M. J. (O '45)
Economic demography of eastern and southern
Europe. Moore, W. E. (Je '46)
Economic development in Europe. Day, C. (F
M3) (1942 Annual)
Economic development in S.E. Europe. Eco-
nomic research group. (Ap '46)
Economic development of French Indo-China*
Robequain, C. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Economic development of the American nation.
McGrane, R. C. (O '42)
Economic development of the Middle East.
Bonne, A. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Economic development of the Netherlands
Indies Broek, J. O. M. (O '42)
Economic effects of advertising. Borden. N. H.
(My '42)
Economic efficiency and social welfare. Macfle,
A. U (Ap '44)
Economic fluctuations in the United States.
Frickey, E. (N '43)
Economic freedom. Noyes, C. E. (Je *43)
Economic freedom for the West. Berce, W. (S
'46)
Economic geography. Ostrolenk, B. (S '42)
Economic history of Athens under Roman dom-
ination. Day. J. (O '42)
Economic history of England. Dietz, F. C. (Je
•43)
Economic history of Europe, 1760-1939. Bogart,
E. L. (O '42)
Economic history of Liberia. Brown, G. W.
(Ag »42) (1941 Annual)
Economic history of the American people. Bo-
gart, E. L, (Je '43)
Economic history of the Indiana oolitic lime-
stone industry. Batchelor, J. A. (D '46)
Economic lessons of the nineteen- thirties.
Arndt, H. W. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Economic mind in American civilization, 2v.
Dorfman, J. (Mr *46)
Economic mineral deposits. Bateman, A. M.
(Ap '43)
Economic novel in America. Taylor, W. F. (Ag
42)
Economic order and religion. Knight, F. H.,
and Merriam. T. W. (Mr »45)
Economic planning. Baldwin, C. D. (D '43)
Economic policy
Arndt, H. w. Economic lessons of the nine-
teen-thirties. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1033
Ayres, C. B. Divine right of capital. (N '46)
Baldwin, C. D. Economic planning. (D '43)
Becker. C. L». How new will the better world
be? (Ap '44)
Boulding, K. E. Economics of peace. (Ap *45)
Bowman, M. J., and Bach, G. L. Economic
analysis and public policy. (O '43)
Buchanan, N. S. International Investment
and domestic welfare. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Condi iff e. J. B. Agenda for a postwar world.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Copland, D. B. Road to high employment. (S
'46)
Corey, U Unfinished task. (Je '42)
Drucker, P. F. Future of industrial man.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Dunn, A. Arithmetic or revolution. (8 '44)
Finer, H. Road to reaction. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Fiske, E. R. Fiske plan for free enterprise
and post-war employment. (Ap '45)
Olenday, R. Q. Future of economic society.
(My '45)
Qutkind, E. A. Creative demobilisation, 2v.
(S '45)
Hansen, A. H. America's role in the world
economy. (My '45)
Harris, S. E., ed. Postwar economic prob-
lems. (Ag '43)
Hayek. F. A. Road to serfdom. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Herridge, W. D. Which kind of revolution?
(D '43)
Hirschman, A. O. National power and the
structure of foreign trade. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Kingsley, J. D., and Petegorsky, D. W.
Strategy for democracv. (Ao '42)
Landauer, K. Theory of national economic
planning. (My '44)
Lessor, D. Private monopoly. (D '45)
Lerner, A. P. Economics of control. (O '44)
Lorwin, L. L*. Postwar plans of the United
nations. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Lorwin, L. L. Time for planning. (My '46)
Nourse, E. O. Price making in a democracy.
(Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Paterson, I. B. God of the machine. (Je '43)
Polanyl. M. Full employment and free trade.
(Je "46)
Posnack, E. R. 21st century looks back. (O
'46)
Sargeaunt, H. A., and Wells, G. H. Grand
strategy. (Ag '4^2) (1941 Annual)
Soule, G. H. Strength of nations. (My '42)
Stead, W. H. Democracy against unemploy-
ment. (My '43)
Walker, B. R. From economic theory to
policy. (My '44)
Wootton, B. F. A. Freedom under planning.
(Af? '46) (1945 Annual)
Wright, D. M. Creation of purchasing power.
(Ag '43)
Young, G. Federalism and freedom. (S '42)
Young, J. P International economy. (Je '43)
Economic problems of Latin America. Harris.
S. E., ed. (Mr '45)
Economic problems of war. Steiner, G. A., ed.
(D '42)
Economic problems of war and its aftermath.
Wright, C. W., ed. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Economic program for a living democracy
Flamm, I. H. (Ap »43)
Economic progress and social security. Fisher,
A. G. B. (Ag '46)
Economic reconstruction. Harris. S. E. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Economic reconstruction in Yugoslavia. Radin,
G. (N '46)
Economic reconstruction of Lithuania after
1918. Simutis, A. (O '42)
Economic stagnation or progress. Swanson, E.
W., and Schmidt, E. P. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Economic thought of Woodrow Wilson. Dia-
mond, W. (6 '44)
Economic union and durable peace. Mallery, O.
T. (Ag '43)
Economics
Abbott, L. D., ed. Masterworks of econom-
ics. (Ag '46)
Adriance, R. I. Using the wealth of the
world. (Je '44*
Andrea, E. M., and Cocanower, C. D. Eco-
nomics and the consumer. (Je '43)
Ayres, C. B. Theory of economic progress.
Blodgett, R. H. Comparative economic sys-
tems. (D '44)
Bohlman, H. w. and M. E. M. Our economic
problems. (N '42)
Bouldlng, K. E. Economics of peace. (Ap '46)
Bowman, M. J*. and Bach, G. L. Economic
analysis and jpublic policy. (O *43)
Brown, H. G. Basic principles of economics
and their significance for public policy. (F
'43) (1942 Annualf
Clark, F. G., and Rimanoczy, R. S. How we
live. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Cronin, J. F. Economic analysis and prob-
lems. (My '46)
Edie, Li. D. Economics: principles and prob-
lems. (S '43)
Fisher, A. G. B. Economic progress and
social security. (Ag '46)
Gambs, J. S. Beyond supply and demand. (N
'46)
Glenday, R. G. Future of economic society.
(My '45)
Graham, F. D. Social goals and economic In-
stitutions. (S '42)
Hazelett, C. W. Dynamic capitalism. (O *43)
Hazlitt, H. Economics in one lesson. (O *46)
Hicks, J. R.. and Hart, A. G. Social frame-
work of the American economy. (Mp- '46)
Jordan. V. Manifesto for the atomic age.
(Ap {46)
Knight, F. H., and Merriam. T. W. Eco-
nomic order and religion. (Mr '45)
Lerner, A. P. Economics of control. (O '44)
Loeb. H. Full production without war. (O
'46)
Macne, A. L. Economic efficiency and social
welfare. (Ag '44)
Mayer, J. Social science principles in the
light of scientific method. (Ao '42)
Normano, J. F. Spirit of American economics.
(O '43)
Owen, W. V. Labor-management economics.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Patterson, S. H., and others. American eco-
nomic problems. (Ag '42)
Pennsylvania. University. Bicentennial con-
ference. Studies in economics and industrial
relations. (S '42)
Robinson, J. M. Essay on Marxian eco-
nomics. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Silberling, N. J. Dynamics of business. (S
'48)
Silberner, E. Problem of war in nineteenth
century economic thought. (O *46)
Smith, A. H. Economics for our times. (Ap
'46)
Spengler, J. J. French predecessors of Mal-
thus. (My '43)
Stark, W. Ideal foundations of economic
thought. (S '44)
Stigler. G. J. Theory of competitive price.
(S *43)
Swanson, E. W., and Schmidt, E. P. Eco-
nomic stagnation or progress. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sweezy, P. M. Theory of capitalist develop-
ment. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Terborgh, G. W. Bogey of economic matur-
ity. (N '45)
Von Neumann, J., and Morgenstern. O. The-
ory of games and economic behavior. (Je
*45)
Walker. E. R. From economic theory to
policy. (My '44)
History
Heimann, E. History of economic doctrines.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Normano, J. F. Spirit of Russian economics.
(Mr '45)
Polanyi, K. Great transformation. (My *44)
Stark, W. History of economics in its rela-
tion to social development. (Ag '45)
Stigler, G. J. Production and distribution
theories. (Ap '42)
Study snd teaching
Gavian, R. W. Education for economic compe-
tence in grades I to VI. (O '42)
O'Connor. M. J. L. Origins of academic eco-
nomics in the United States. (O '44)
Economics, Mathematical
Davis, H. T. Analysis of economic time
series. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
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StOQoomlca and problems of labor. Taft, P. (D
43)
Economics and the consumer. Andres. E. 1C.,
and Cocanower, C. D. (Je '43)
Economics for consumers. Gordon, L. J. (8 '45)
Economics for our times. Smith. A. H. (Ap '46)
Elconomics in one lesson. Hazlitt, H. (O '46)
Economics in uniform. Lauterbach, A. T. (Je
•43)
Economics of American industry. Alderfer, E.
B., and Michl, H. E. (N '43)
Economics of control. Lerner. A. P. (O '44)
Economics of demobilization. Howenstine, E. J.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Economics of military occupation. Bloch. H. 8.,
and Hoselitz, B. F. (My '44)
Economics of 1960. Clark, C. (S '48)
Economics of peace. Boulding, K. El (Ap '45)
Economics of public utility regulation. Barnes,
I. R. (P '48) (1942 Annual)
Economics of social security. Harris. S. E.
(Je '42)
Economics of total war. Spiegel. H. W. (My
'42)
Economics of war. Mendershausen, H. (Ag '43)
Economics: principles and problems. Edie, I*
D. (S '43)
Economist (periodical)
Economist (periodical). Economist. 1843-1948.
(O '45)
Economy loading of power plants and electric
systems. Steinberg. M. J.. and Smith. T.
H. (Je '43)
Ecuador
Franklin, A. B. Ecuador. (Ag '43)
Eddie and the archangel Mike. Beneileld, B.
Edge oFf darkness. Woods. W. H. (My '42)
Edge of the abyss. Noyes. A. (D '42)
Edge of the sword. Pozner. V. (Je '42)
Edge worth de Firmont, Henry Essex
Woodgate, M. V. Abb4 Edgeworth. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Edible wild plants of eastern North America.
Fernald. M. U. and Kinsey. A. C. (Ap '44)
Editing small newspapers. Rae, W. (Je '43)
Editor accepts. Silvers, E. R. (My '43)
Editorial^ problem in Shakespeare, Greg, W. W.
Educating America's children. Adams, F. O.
(N '46)
Educating for industry. Patterson, W. F., and
Hedges, M. H. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Educating liberally. Hudson, H. H. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Education
American council of learned societies. Liberal
education re-examined. (N '43)
Bolton, F. E., and Corbaliy, J. E. Educational
sociology. (S '42)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
way of life. Approaches to national unity.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Dewey. J. Problems of men. (Je '46)
Dunn. E. C. Pursuit of understanding. (D '45)
Hagstotz, H. B. Educational theories of John
Ruskin. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hardie. C. D. Truth and fallacy In educa-
tional theory. (S '42)
Hook, 8. Education for modern man. (My
•46)
Johnson, A. S. Clock of history. (Je '46)
Joint commission of the Council for educa-
tion in world citizenship and the London
international assembly. Education and the
United nations. (D '43)
Kotschnijr, W. M. Slaves need no leaders.
(Mr '43)
Leonard, J. P.. and Eurich, A. C.. eds.
Evaluation of modern education. (Je '42)
Mannheim, K. Diagnosis of our time. (Je '44)
Maritain, J. Education at the crossroads.
(O f43)
National education association of the United
States. Department of supervisors and di-
rectors of instruction. Americans all. (Ag
Reeves. F. W. Education for today and to-
morrow. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Sargent. P. E. War and education. (N '43)
Schneideman, R. Democratic education in
practice. (My '46)
Smith, 8., and others. Education and society.
(Ap '43)
Sophia Christina Charlotte, princess of Nas-
sau-Saarbruck. Concerning the education
of a prince. (My '42)
Alms and objectives
Adams, F. G. Educating America's children.
(N »46)
Brown, S. They see for themselves. (Je '45)
, . .
Chatto, C. I., and Halligan, A. L. Story of
Springfield plan. (O '45)
the
.
Conference on the scientific spirit and the
democratic faith. Authoritarian attempt to
capture education. (S '45)
DuBois, R. D. Build together Americans. (8
'46)
Eckert, R. E, Outcomes of general education.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Evans, D. L. Essentials of liberal education.
(3 '42)
Foster. R, G., and Wilson, P. P. Women
after college. (S '42)
Harvard university. Committee on the objec-
tives of a general education in a free so-
ciety. General education in a free society.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Hudson, H. H. Educating liberally. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Knight, E. W. Progress and educational
perspective. (D '42)
Livingstone, R. W. Education for a world
adrift. (Je '43)
Livingstone, R. W. On education. (Ag '44)
Livingstone. R. W. Plato and modern edu-
cation. (Ap '45)
Mumford, L. Values for survival. (My '46)
Mursell. J. L. Education for American
democracy. (D *43)
Reeves, F. W., ed. Education for rural
America. (Ap '46)
Stoddard, G. D. Frontiers in education. (Ap
'46)
Thayer. V. T. American education under fire.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Wise. J. W. Springfleld plan. (S '46)
Bibliography
Alexander, C. How to locate educational in-
formation and data. (Ap '42)
Curricula
Doane, D. C, Needs of youth. (Je *42)
Giles, H. H., and others. Exploring the cur-
riculum. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Gwynn, J. M. Curriculum principles and so-
cial trends. (D '43)
Miel, A. Changing the curriculum. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
, National commission on cooperative curric-
ulum planning. Subject fields in general
education. (My '42)
Peters, C. C. Curriculum of democratic edu-
cation. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Good. C. V., ed. Dictionary of education. (J«
'46)
Rivlin, H. N., and Schueler, H., eds. En-
cyclopedia of modern education. (O '44)
Experimental methods
Berkson, I. B. Education faces the future.
(S '43)
Brown, S. They see for themselves. (Je *45)
De Lima, A., and others. Little red school
house. (Mr '42)
MacConnell, C. M., and others. New schools
for a new culture. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Mallon, P. R. Ease era. (D '45)
Finance
See School finance
History
Ulich, R. History of educational thought.
(My '46)
Philosophy
Berkson. L B. Education faces the future.
(S '43)
Clayton, A. S. Emergent mind and education.
(O '44)
Meiklejohn, A. Education between two
worlds. "(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Ortega y Gasset, J. Mission of the university.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Redden, J. D., and Ryan. F. A« Catholic
philosophy of education, fra '43) (1942 An-
nual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1035
Ulich, (R. History of educational thought.
Van Doren, M. Liberal education. (D '43)
Statistic*
Edwards. A. L. Statistical analysis for stu-
dents in psychology and education. (D '46)
Africa
De Marco, B. R. Italianization of African
natives. (N '43)
Asia
Furnivall, J. S. Educational progress in
southeast Asia. (N '43)
China
Buck. P. 8. Tell the people. (My '46)
East (Near East)
Bowman, H. E. Middle-East window. (S '42)
Germany
Engelmann, S. C. German education and
re-education. (Mr *46)
Richter, W. Re-educating Germany. (Mr '45)
Great Britain
Burton, H. M. Education of the country-
man. (O *44)
Dent. H. C. Education in transition. (S '44)
Evennett, H. O. Catholic schools of England
and Wales. (S '45)
Livingstone, R. W. Education for a world
adrift. (Je '43)
Greece
Jaeger, W. W. Paideia. (My '44)
Hawaiian islands
American council on education. Hawaiian
schools. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mexico
Dunne, P. M. Pioneer Jesuits in northern
Mexico. (My '45)
Sanchez, G. I. Development of higher educa-
tion in Mexico. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Michigan
Otto. H. J. Community workshops for teach-
ers in the Michigan community health proj-
ect. (Je '43)
New England
Jackson, S. L. America's struggle for free
schools. (My '42)
New Jersey
Burr, N. R. Education in New Jersey, 1630-
1871. (S '42)
New York (state)
Jackson. S. L. America's struggle for free
schools. (My '42)
Palestine
Nardi, N. Education in Palestine. (My '46)
South
Godbold, A. Church college of the old South.
(Je '45)
Ivey, J. E, Channeling research into educa-
tion. (My '45)
Ryan, W. C., ed. Secondary education in the
^ South. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bwint, JL. H. Northern teacher in the South.
(Je '42)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Chat to, C. I., and Halligan, A. L, Story of
^ the Springfield plan. (O '45)
Wise, J. W. Springfield plan. (S '45)
United States
Adams.( J. T. Frontiers of American culture.
Ashburn. P. D. Primer for parents. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Benedict, A. E. Progress to freedom. (My '42)
California. University. Education and soci-
^ ety. (Ap *46)
Conference on the scientific spirit and the
democratic faith. Authoritarian attempt to
^ capture education. (S '45)
Counts, O. S. Education and the promise of
America. (8 *46)
Doane, D. C. Needs of youth. (Je '42)
Educational policies commission. Education
for all American youth. (S '45)
Edwards, N., ed. Education in a democracy.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Elaenhart, L. P. Educational process. (My
Evenden, E. S. Teacher education in a de-
mocracy at war. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Harvard university. Committee on the objec-
tives of a general education in a free so-
ciety. General education in a free society.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Hill, A. T., ed. Campus and classroom. (Ap
'43)
Kandel, I. L. Cult of uncertainty. (N »43)
Knight, E. W. Progress and educational
perspective. (D '42)
Mursell, J. L. Education for American
democracy. (D '43)
Myer, W. E., and Cross, C. Education for
democratic survival. (My '43)
Redden, J. D., and Ryan, F. A. Freedom
through education. (D '44)
Ross, E. D. Democracy's college. (S '42)
Stanford university. School of education. Edu-
cation in wartime and after. (N *43)
Syrkin, M. Your school, your children. (O
Thayer, V. T. American education under
flre. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Valentine, P. F., ed. Twentieth century edu-
cation. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Vickery, W. E., and Cole, S. G. Intercul-
tural education in American schools. (Ag
'43)
Warner, W. L., and others. Who shall be
educated? (Ag '44)
Wrinkle, W. L., and Gilchrist, R. S. Sec-
ondary education for American democracy.
(N '42)
Education, Elementary
Brooks, B. M., and Brown, H. A. Music edu-
cation in the elementary school. (D *46)
Elsbree, W. S. Pupil progress in the ele-
mentary school. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Curricula
Baker, E. V. Children's questions and their
implications for planning the curriculum.
(O '45)
Education, Higher
Atkinson, C. True confessions of a Ph.D. and
recommendations for reform. (D *45)
Barzun. J. Teacher in America. (Mr '46)
Chamberlin, C. D., and others. Did they suc-
ceed in college? (N '42)
Donhani, W. B. Education for responsible
living. (Ap '46)
Fine, B. Democratic education. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Flexner, A. Daniel Colt Oilman. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Foerster, N., ed. Humanities after the war.
(Ag '44)
Foster, R. G., and Wilson. P. P. Women after
college. (S '42)
Henderson, A. D. Vitalizing liberal education.
(Ap '44)
Hudson, H. H. Educating liberally. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hutchins, R. M. Education for freedom. (Je
'43)
Institute for administrative officers of high-
er institutions. Higher education in the
postwar period. (O '45)
Jones, H. M. Education and world tragedy.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
McVey, F. L*e R. University Is a place . . .
a spirit. (Mr '45)
Miller, J H., and Brooks, D. V. N. Role of
higher education in war and after. (O '44)
MilleU, F. B. Rebirth of liberal education.
(Mr '45)
Nash, A. S. University and the modern
world. (My '44)
Ortega y Gasset, J. Mission of the university.
(Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Pace, C. R. They went to college. (D '42)
Sanchez, G. I. Development of higher educa-
tion in Mexico. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Education, Humanistic
Foerster. N. Humanities and the common
man. (My '46)
1036
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Education! Secondary
Alkin, W. M. Story of the eight-year study.
(My '42)
Afthburn. F. D. Primer for parent*. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Blair, G. M. Diagnostic and remedial teaching
in secondary schools. (N '46)
Bond. G. L. and E. Developmental reading in
the high school. (Ap '42)
Chamberlin, C. D., and others. Did they suc-
ceed in college? (N '42)
Doane, D. C. Ttfeeds of youth. {Je '42)
Goetting, M. L. Teaching in the secondary
school. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement
and evaluation in the secondary school.
(Ag '43)
Haig, G. C. High schools for tomorrow. (N
'46)
Kefauver, G. N,, and Hand, H. C. Appraising
guidance in secondary schools. (AD '42)
Koos, L. V. Integrating high school and col-
lege (S '46)
MacConnell. C. M., and others. New schools
for a new culture. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Ryan. W. C., ed. Secondary education in
the South. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Wrinkle, W. L,., and Gilchrist, R. S. Sec-
ondary education for American democracy.
(N '42)
Curricula
Giles. H. H., and others. Exploring the
curriculum. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Leonard, J. P. Developing the secondary
school curriculum. (N *46)
Education and health of the partially seeing
child. Hathaway, W. P. (S '44)
Education and society. California. University.
(Ap '45)
Education and society. Smith, S., and others.
(Ap '43)
Education and state
Bolt on, F. E.. and Corbally, J. E. Educational
sociology. (S '42)
Todd. L. P. Wartime relations of the federal
government and the public schools. (Ap '46)
Education and the promise of America. Counts,
G. S. (S '45)
Education and United nations. Joint commis-
sion of the Council for education in world
citizenship and the London international
assembly. (D '43)
Education and world tragedy. Jones, H. M.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Education at the crossroads. Maritain, J. (O
'43)
Education between two worlds. Meiklejohn, A.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Education faces the future. Berkson, I. B. (S
•43)
Education for a world adrift. Livingstone, R.
Education for all American youth. Education-
al policies commission. (S '45)
Education for American democracy. Mursell,
J. L. (D f43)
Education for citizen responsibilities. Burdette.
F. L.. ed. (O '42)
Education for democratic survival. Myer,
W. E.. and Cross. C. (My '43)
Education for economic competence in grades
I to VI. Gaviun. R. W. (O '42)
Education for freedom. Hutchlns, R. M. (Je
Education for installment buying. Rondileau. A.
(My '45)
Education for modern man. Hook. S. (My '46)
Education for responsible living. Don horn, W.
B. (Ap '45)
Education for rural America. Reeves. F. W..
ed. (Ap'46)
Education for today and tomorrow. Reeves, F.
W. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Education In a democracy. Edwards, N.f ed.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Education ^in New Jersey. 1630-1871. Burr. N.
Education in Palestine. Nardi. N. (My '46)
Education in transition. Dent. H. C. (8 '44)
Education in wartime and after. Stanford uni-
versity. School of education. (N '43)
Education of a correspondent. Matthews, H. L.
(Ag '46)
Education of adults
Adams, J. T. Frontiers of American culture.
(Af ;44)
Pleach, R. Marks of readable style. (My '44)
Klein, P. E., and Moffltt, R, E. Counseling
techniques in adult education. (S '46)
Kotinsky, R. Elementary education of adults.
(My '42)
Sailer. T. H, P. Christian adult education in
rural Asia and Africa, (My '44)
Widutis, F. B., and Kahn. S. S. Here's how
it's done. (O '46)
Education of children
Adams, F. G. Educating America's children.
(N '46)
Baker, H. J. Introduction to exceptional chil-
dren. (My '44)
Baker, H. V. Children's contributions in ele-
mentary school general discussion. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Cole. L. W. Elementary school subjects. (N
'46)
Duff, A. Bequest of wings. (My '44)
Gavian, R. w. Education for economic com-
petence in grades I to VI. (O '42)
Gordon, D. L. All children listen. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement and
evaluation In the elementary school. (Je
'42)
Hathaway, W. P. Education and health of
the partially seeing child. (S '44)
Landreth, C., and Read, K. H. Education
of the young child. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Lane, R. H. Principal in the modern elemen-
tary school. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
La Salle, D. Guidance of children through
physical education. (N *46)
Leonard, E. M., and others. Child at home
and school. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Perry, R. D. Children need adults. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Powers, M. Book of little crafts. (D '42)
Saucier, W. A. Theory and practice in the
elementary school. (My '42)
Stevenson, E. Honfe and family life educa-
tion in elementary schools. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Street, R. F. Children in a world of con-
flict. (My '42)
Education of nurses. Stewart, I. M. (Ap '44)
Education of T. C. Mits. Lleber, L. R. (My
Education of the countryman. Burton, H. M.
(O '44)
Education of the young child. Landreth, C.,
and Read, K. H. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Education of women
Foster, R. G., and Wilson. P. P. Women
after college. (S '42)
Education of workers
Schwarztrauber, K. E. Workers' education.
(D '43)
Educational guidance
Howard, L. S. Road ahead. (My '42)
Educational g*uide in air transportation. Hinkel,
R. E., and Baron, L. (D '44)
Educational inbreeding:. Snyder, H. E. (O '44)
Educational measurement and evaluation.
Remmers, H. H., and Gage, N. L. (N '43)
Educational measurements
Remmers, H. H., and Gage, N. L. Educa-
tional measurement and evaluation. (N '43)
Educational motion pictures and libraries. Mc-
Donald, G. D. (My '42)
Educational opportunities for veterans. Brown,
F. J. (N '46)
Educational process. Eisenhart, L. P. (My *45>
Educational progress in southeast Asia. Furni-
vall, J. ST (N '43)
Educational psychology
Biber, B., and others. Child life in school.
(Mr '43)
Bruce, W. F., and Freeman, F. S. Develop-
ment and learning. (Ag '42)
Munro, R. L. Teaching the individual. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Murphy, L. B., and Ladd, H A. Emotional
factors in learning. (Mr '45)
Starch, D.. and others. PsychoIoKV in educa-
tion. (Ap '42)
Educational publicity. Fine, B. (Je '43)
Educational research
Alexander, C. How to locate educational in-
formation and data. (Ap *42)
Ivey, 3. Hi. Channeling research into educa-
tion. (My »4«)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1037
Educational sociology
Bolton, F. E., and Corbaliy, J. E. Educa-
tional sociology. (S '42)
Burgess, E. w., and others. Environment
and education. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
RouCek, J. S., and others. Sociological founda-
tions of education. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Educational surveys
Brameld, T. B. H. Minority problems In the
public schools. (O '46)
Educational theories of John Ruskin. Hagstotz,
H. B. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Educators
Directories
Cattell, J., ed. Directory of American schol-
ars. (O '43)
Educators guide to free films. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Educators index of free materials. (Je '43)
Edward Zoltan. Freund. P. (N '46)
Edward's fancy. Dickens, M. (Mr '44)
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo — and Still-Mo. Camp-
bell. S. A. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Effect of federal taxes on growing: enterprises.
Butters, J. PC., and Lintner, J. V. (Ag '46)
Effect of smallpox on the destiny of the Amer-
indian. Stearn, E. A. W. and A. E. (D '46)
Effective foremanslup. Maynard. H. B., and
others, eds. (Ap '42)
Effective personal letters. Butterfleld, W. H.
(D '45)
Effects of instruction in cooperation on the at-
titudes and conduct of children. Heise, B.
(N '42)
Effelli. Austin, M. (Mr '42)
Efficiency, Industrial
Anderson. A. G., and others. Industrial man-
agement. (My '43)
Connelly, J. R. Technique of production
processes. (O '43)
Culliton, J. W. Make or buy. (D '43)
Heyel, C.. ed. Foreman's handbook. (My '43)
Muther, R. Production-line technique. (S '45)
Rautenstrauch, VV. Principles of modern in-
dustrial organization. (Ap r44)
Roethlisberger, F. J. Management and morale.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Smith, M. Handbook of industrial psychol-
ogy. (Ag '45)
Spriegel, W. R., and Schulz, E. Elements
of supervision. (My (43)
Egbert and his marvelous adventures. Gilbert,
P. T. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
The egg and I. MacDonald, B. (N '45)
Egg cookery. Wallace, L. H. (Je '45)
Egg to chick. Selsam, M. E. (S '46)
Egypt
Civilization
aianville, S. R. K., ed. Legacy of Egypt.
(Mr '43)
Steindorit, G., and Seele. K. C. When Egypt
ruled the East. (Ap '42)
Description and travel
Golding, U In the steps of Moses. (N *43)
Raswan, C. R. Drinkers of the wind. (D '42)
History
Steindorff, G. Egypt. (Je '44)
Steindorff, G., and Seele. K. C. When Egypt
ruled the East. (Ap '42)
Egyptian nights. Eng title of: Bimbashi Baruk
of Egypt. Rohmer, S. (My '44)
Eight hours from England. Quayle, A. (Je '46)
Eight million. Berger, M. (Ag '42)
Eight points of post-war world reorganization,
Johnsen, J. E.. comp. (S '42)
Eighteen poems. Boyd, J. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Eighteenth century
Essays on the eighteenth century; presented
to David Nichol Smith. (Je '46)
Eighteenth century piety. Clarke, B. K. L. (Ap
*45)
84th infantry division in the battle of Germany.
Draper, T. (O '46)
83 days; the survival of Seaman Izzi. Murphy,
M. (O '43)
Einstein, Albert
Marianoff, D., and Wayne, P. Einstein. (S
Retahenbach, H. From Copernicus to Ein-
stein (S '42)
Einstein theory of relativity. Lieber, L. R. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Butcher, H. C. My three years with Eisen-
hower. (Je '46)
Davis, K. S. Soldier of democracy. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hatch, A. General Ike. (D '44)
Lovelace, D. W. General Ike Eisenhower.
(D '44)
McKeogh, M. J., and Lock ridge, E. Sgt.
Mickey and General Ike. (S '46)
Maurois, A. Eisenhower, the liberator. (Mr
*46)
Miller, F. T. Eisenhower, man and soldier.
Nicolay, H. Born to command. (Je '45)
Eisenhower's own story of the war. Eisenhow-
er, D. D. (O '46)
Eisenschiml, Otto
Eisenschiml, O. Without fame. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Elastic and creep properties of filamentous
materials and other high polymers. Leader-
man, H. (Ag '44)
Elastic energy theory. Van Den Broek, J. A.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Elasticity
Sokolnikoft, I. S. and Specht, R. D. Mathe-
matical theory of elasticity. (Ja '47)^(1946
Annual)
Van Den Broek, J. A. Elastic energy theory.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Elbow room. Gogarty, O. St J. (My '42)
Election law
Albright, S. D. American ballot. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Elections
United States
Gosnell. H. F. Grass roots politics. (Ap '43)
Electric apparatus and appliances
Gay. C. M., and Fawcett, C. D. Mechani-
cal and electrical equipment for buildings.
(Je '45)
Kottke. F. J. Electrical technology and the
public interest. (D '44)
Electric batteries
Lincoln, E. S. Primary and storage batteries.
(Je '46)
Juvenile literature
Yates. R. F. Boy and a battery. (Ap '43)
Electric circuits
Almstead, F. E., and Tuthill, F. R. L>.
Radio materiel guide. (N '43)
Bode, H. W. Network analysis and feedback
amplifier design. (F *46) (1945 Annual)
Clarke, E. Circuit analysis of A-C power
systems, v 1. (N '43)
Frank, E. Pulsed linear networks. (Ap *46)
Jordan, E. C., and others. Fundamentals of
radio. (D '42)
Kerchner, R. M., and Corcoran, Q. F. Al-
ternating-current circuits. (F *44) (1943 An-
nual)
Knight, A. R., and Fett, G. H. Introduction
to circuit analysis. (O '43)
Morecock, E. M. Alternating- current circuits.
(Ag '43)
Morecock, E. M. Direct- current circuits. (D
Pender, H., and Warren, S. R. Electric cir-
cuits and fields. (Ap '44)
Reich, H. J. Principles of electron tubes.
(S '42)
Reich, H. J. Theory and applications of elec-
tron tubes. (Ap '45)
Van Giesen, D. W. Electrical drafting applied
to circuits and wiring. (My '45)
Ware, L. A., and Reed, H. R. Communica-
tion circuits. (Je '44)
Mechanical analogies
Olson, H. F. Dynamical analogies. (D '43)
Electric circuits and fields. Pender. H., and
Warren, S. R. (Ap '44)
Electric colls
Dwight, H. B. Electrical coils and conductors.
(O '45)
Electric communication
Schulz. E. H., and Anderson, L. T. Experi-
ments in electronics and communication en-
gineering (O '43)
1038
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Electric conductors
Lincoln, E. S. Conductors and wiring lay-
outs. (My '46)
Electric controllers
Harwood, P. B. Control of electric motors.
James, H. D., and Markle, L. B. Controllers
for electric motors. (O '45)
Rosenberg; R. Electric motor repair. (D f46)
Shoults, D. R., and Rife, C. J Electric
motors in industry* (D '^2)
Electric current rectifiers
Cobine, J. D. Gaseous conductors. (Je '42)
Electric currents
Morecock, E. M. Direct -current circuits. (D
•44)
Smith, L. R. Elementary applied electricity.
(Ja f44) (1943 Annual)
Electric currents, Alternating
Bishop, C. C. Alternating- currents for tech-
nical students. (S '43)
Clarke. E. Circuit analysis of A-C power
systems, v 1. (N '43)
Kerchner, R. M.t and Corcoran, Q. P. Alter-
nating-current circuits. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Electric discharges
Lewis, W. B. Electrical counting. (Ag '43)
Electric discharges through gases
Cobine, J. D. Gaseous conductors. (Je '42)
Korff, S. A. Electron and nuclear counters.
(O '46)
Electric engineering
Beauchamp. W. L., and May field, J. C.
Basic electricity. (S '43)
Benjamin, T. D. Fundamentals of electricity.
(S '43)
Blalock, G. C. Elements of electrical circuits
and machinery. (D '43)
Boast, W. B. Illumination engineering. (D
Cooke. N. M.. and Orleans, J. B. Mathe-
matics essential to electricity and radio.
(D '43)
Cornetet, W. H.. and Fox. D. W. Principles
of electricity. (Je '43)
Dull, C. E., and I del son, M. N. Fundamentals
of electricity. (Je '43)
Feirer, J. L.. and Williams, R. O. Basic
electricity. (Je '43)
Fitzgerald, A. E. Basic electrical engineer-
ing. (Ap *46)
Gay, C. M., and Fawcett, C. D. Mechani-
cal and electrical equipment for buildings.
(Je '45)
Heine, G. M., and Dunlap, C. H. How to
read electrical blueprints. (S '42)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Elec-
trical crafts. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Kimberly, E. B. Electrical engineering. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
King, R. W. P. Electromagnetic engineering,
v 1. (D '46)
Lunt, J. R., and Wyman, W. T. Electricity
for everyone. (Ap *43)
Lush, C. K., and Engle, G. E. Indus t rial -arU
electricity. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
McDougal, W. L., and others. Fundamentals
of electricity, for those preparing for war
service. (Je '43)
MacLaren, M. Rise of the electrical industry
during the nineteenth century. (O '43)
Moyer, J. A., and Wostrel, J. F. Industrial
electricity and wiring. (Ag '43)
Newman, Q. B. Marine electric power. (1943,
1945)
Pender, H., and Warren, S. R. Electric cir-
cuits and fields. (Ap '44)
Perry, B. C., and Schafebook, H. V. Funda-
mental Jobs in electricity. (Je '43)
Rinde, C. A. Electricity and its application
to civilian and military life. (F *44) (1043
Annual)
Shea, W. C. Pre- service course in electricity,
(Je *43)
Slurzberg, M., and Osterheld, W. Electrical
essentials of radio. (O '44)
Smith. P. de W. Modern marine electricity.
(Je 42)
Strong, E. M. Electrical engineering. (Ag *44)
0' J" Introduction to Practical radio.
Examinations, questions, etc*
Anderson, E. P. Audete questions and an-
swers for electricians examinations for all
grades. (D '45)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Standard handbook for electrical engineers.
(Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Perry, J. Electrical industry. (S '45)
Electric filters
Brillouin, L. Wave propagation in periodic
structures. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Electric furnaces
Lincoln, E, S. Industrial electric heating and
electrical furnaces. (N '46)
Paschkis, V. A. Industrial electric furnaces
and appliances. (O '45)
Electric generators
Newman, L. E., ed. Modern turbines. (Je
§44)
Electric heating
Lincoln, E. S. Industrial electric heating and
electrical furnaces. (N *46)
Electric Industries
Lincoln, E. S. Industrial-commercial elec-
trical reference. (O '43)
MacLaren, M. Rise of the ^electrical industry
during the nineteenth century. (O '43)
Electric lamps
Lincoln, E. S. Industrial electric lamps and
lighting. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Electric lighting
Kraehenbuehl, J. O. Electrical illumination.
(D '42)
Lincoln, E. S. Industrial electric lamps and
lighting. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Miller, H. A. Luminous tube lighting. (O '4$)
Electric lighting, Fluorescent
Amick. C. L. Fluorescent lighting manual.
(S '42)
Atkinson, A. D. S. Fluorescent lighting. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Electric lines
De Weese. F. C. Transmission lines. (Ap '46)
Kurtz, E. B. Lineman's handbook. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Ware, L. A., and Reed, H. R. Communica-
tion circuits. (Je '44)
Electric machinery
Sah, P. Fundamentals of alternating- cur rent
machines. (O '46)
Electric meters
Spencer, J. Maintenance and servicing of
electrical instruments. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Electric motor repair. Rosenberg, R. (D *46)
Electric motors
Harwood, P. B. Control of electric motors*
(Je '44)
Rosenberg, R. Electric motor repair. (D '46>
Shoults, D. R., and Rife, C. J. Electric
motors in industry. (D *42)
Juvenile literature
Yates, R. F. Boy and a motor. (Ap '44)
Electric motors, Induction
Braymer, D. H., and Roe, A. C. Repair-shop
diagrams and connecting tables for lap-
wound induction motors. (Je *46)
Electric motors in industry. Shoults, D. R.,
and Rife, C. J. (D '42)
Electric plants
Boyer, G. C. Diesel and gas engine power
plants. (Je '43)
Kates, E. J. Diesel-electric plants. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Steinberg, M. J., and Smith, T. H. Economy
loading of power plants and electric sys-
tems. (Je '43)
Electric power
Crary, S. B. Power system stability. (O '45)
Samuels, M. M. Power unleashed. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Tarboux, J. G. Introduction to electric power
systems. (O '44)
Twentieth century fund, incorporated. Power
industry and the public interest. (Ag '44)
Electric relays
Packard, C. A. Relay engineering. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1039
Electric spark
Loeb, L. B., and Meek, J. M. Mechanism of
the electric spark. (Je '42)
Electric switch gear
Chute, O. M. Electronics in industry. (O
'46)
Electric transformers
Massachusetts institute of technology. De-
partment of electrical engineering-. Magnetic
circuits and transformers. (O '43)
Electric transmission
S el gin, P. J. Electrical transmission in steady
state. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Tarboux, J. O. Introduction to electric power
systems. (O '44)
Electric waves
Brainerd, J. G., and others, eds. Ultra- high-
frequency techniques. (Je '43)
Brillouin, I*. Wave propagation in periodic
structures. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ramo, S., and Whinnery, J. R. Fields and
waves in modern radio. (N '44 )
Ramo. S. Introduction to microwaves. (O *45)
Sarbacher, R. I., and Edson, W. A. Hyper
and ultrahigh frequency engineering. (N
Schelkunoff, 8. A. Electromagnetic waves.
(3 '43)
Skilling, H. H. Fundamentals of electric
waves. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Electric welding
Brooking. w7 J. Arc welding, engineering
and production control. (Je '45)
Chute, G. M. Electronic control of resistance
welding. (O '43)
Coen, M. J. Ship welding handbook. (N '43)
Grover, La M., comp. Manual of design for
arc welded steel structures. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
James F. Lincoln arc welding foundation.
Maintenance arc welding. (N '44)
Kerwin, H. Arc and acetylene welding. (D
Rice, W., and others. Fundamentals of elec-
tric welding. (Je '43)
Rossi, B. E. Welding and its application. (Je
*42)
Sacks, R. J. Theory and practice of arc weld-
ing. (As '44)
Electric wiring
Heine, G. M.. and Dunlap, C. H. How to read
electrical blueprints. (S '42)
Lincoln, E. S. Conductors and wiring lay-
outs. (My '46)
Lincoln, E. S. Industrial electric wiring.
(My '46)
Mover, J. A., and Wostrel, J. F. Industrial
electricity and wiring. (Ae '43)
Scull, J. E. Ship wiring. (D '43)
Van Giesen, D. W. Electrical drafting applied
to circuits and wiring. (My *45)
Electric wiring. Interior
Nowlln, G. A. Connecting ships' wiring. (D
Whitehorne, E., ed. Electrical wiring spec!'
fications. (Je '42)
Electrical and radio dictionary. Dunlap, C. H.,
and Hahn, E. R., eds. (S '43)
Electrical coils and conductors. Dwight, H. B.
(O '45)
Electrical counting. Lewis, W. B. (Ag '43)
Electrical crafts. Johnson, W. H., and New-
kirk, L. V. (F '44J (1943 Annual)
Electrical drafting applied to circuits and wir-
ing. Van Giesen, D. W. (My '45)
Electrical engineering. Kimberly. E. E. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Electrical engineering fundamentals. Corcoran,
G. F.. and Kurtz, E. B. (An '42>
Electrical essentials in marine service. See
Dodds, J. M. Marine electricians' library,
v 1. (fr '46) (1945 Annual)
Electrical essentials of radio. Slurzberg, M.,
and Osterheld, W. (O *44)
IBlectrical fundamentals of communication.
Albert, A. L. (Ap '43)
Electrical illumination. Kraehenbuehl, J. O,
(D '42)
Electrical industry. Perry. J. (S *45)
Electrical power sources in marine service.
See Dodds, J. M. Marine electricians' li-
brary, v 2. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
XUectrical power uses in marine service. See
Dodds, J. M. Marine electricians' library,
v 3. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Electrical technology and the public interest.
Kottke, F. J. (D '44)
Electrical transmission in steady state. Selgin,
P. J. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Electrical wiring specifications. Whitehorne,
E., ed. (Je *42)
Electricity
Albert, A. L. Electrical fundamentals of
communication. (Ap '43)
Beauchamp, W. L., and Mayfleld, J. C. Basic
electricity. (S '43)
Benjamin, T. D. Fundamentals of electricity.
(S '43)
Chalmers, B., and Quarrell, A. G. Physical
examination of metals, v2. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Corcoran, G. F., and Kurtz, E. B. Electrical
engineering fundamentals. (Ao '42)
Cornetet, W. H., and Fox, D. W. Principles
of electricity. (Je '43)
Dull, C. E., and Idelson, M. N. Fundamentals
of electricity. (Je '43)
Feirer, J. L., and Williams, R. O. Basic
electricity. JJe '43)
Hausmann, E. Elements of electricity. (My
*43)
Hector, L. G., and others. Electronic physics.
(N '43)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk. L. V. Funda-
mentals of electricity. (S '43)
Jones, E. W. Fundamentals of applied elec-
tricity. (Je '43)
Kelly, H. C. Textbook in electricity and
magnetism. (Je *42)
Lunt. J. R., and Wyman, W. T. Electricity
for everyone. (Ap *43)
McDougal, W. L., and others. Fundamentals
of electricity, for those preparing for war
service. (Je *43)
Miller, F. R. Fundamentals of electricity.
(Ag '43)
Morgan, A. P. First principles of radio com-
munications. (S '43)
Morgan, A. P. Getting acquainted with elec-
tricity. (S »42)
Rinde, C. A. Electricity and its application
to civilian and military life. (F r44) (1943
Annual)
Shea, W. C. Pre-service course in electricity.
(Je '43)
Slurzberg, M., and Osterheld, W. Electrical
essentials of radio. (O '44)
Timbie, W. H. Basic electricity for com-
munications. (S '43)
Dictionaries
Dunlap, C. H., and Hahn. E. R.. eds. Elec-
trical and radio dictionary. (S '43)
History
National electrical manufacturers association.
Chronological history of electrical develop-
ment. (O '46)
Still, A. Soul of amber. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Electricity and its application to civilian and
military life. Rinde, C. A. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Electricity for everyone. Lunt. J. R., and
Wyman, W. T. (Ap '43)
Electricity in aeronautics
Mat son. R. Aircraft electrical engineering.
Electricity In agriculture
Muller, F. W. Public rural electrification. (D
•44)
Electricity on ships
Dodds, J. M. Marine' electricians' library.
(F *46) (1945 Annual)
Le Count, S. N., and Duaenbery, H. S. Prac-
tical marine electricity. (D '45)
Nowlln, G. A. Connecting ships' wiring. (D
Scull, J. B. Ship wiring. (D '43)
Smith, P. de W. Modern marine electricity.
(Je '42)
Electrochemical analysis
Kolthoff, I. M.. and Laitinen. H. A. pH and
electro titrattons. (O '42)
Electrochem Istry
Abramson. H. A., and others. Electrophoresls
of proteins and the chemistry of cell sur-
faces. (Je '43)
Glass tone, S. Introduction to electrochem-
istry, (b »42)
Koehler, W. A. Applications. (Je '44)
1040
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Electrolytes
Harned, H. S., and Owen. B. B. Physical
chemistry of electrolytic solutions. (Ap '44)
Electrolytic capacitor. Georgiev, A. M. (D '46)
Electromagnetic engineering, v 1. King, R. W.
P. (DU5)
Electromagnetic waves. Schelkunoft, 8. A. (S
Electromagnetiam
Corcoran, Q. P., and Kurtz, E. B. Electrical
engineering fundamentals. (Ap '42)
King. R. W. P. Electromagnetic engineering,
v 1. (D '45)
Ramo, S., and Whinnery, J. R. Fields and
waves in modern radio. (N '44)
Electron and nuclear counters. Korff, S. A.
(O '46)
Electron microscope
Burton, K. F,, and Kohl, W. H. Electron
microscope. (1942, 1946)
Hawley, Q. O. Seeing the invisible. (Mr '45)
Zworykin, V. K., and others. Electron optics
and the electron microscope. (My '46)
Electron -optics. Hatschek, P. (Je '44)
Electron optics and the electron microscope.
Zworykin. V. K., and others. (My *46)
Electronic control of resistance welding. Chute.
G. M. (O '43)
Electronic engineering master index. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Electronic equipment and accessories. Walker,
R. C. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Electronic interpretations of organic chemistry.
Remick. A. E. (D '43)
Electronic physics. Hector. L. G., and others.
(N '43)
Electronic theory of acids and bases. Luder,
W. P.. and Zuffanti, S. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Electronics
Caveriy, D. P. Primer of electronics. (Je '44)
Chute, G. M. Electronics in industry. (O '46)
Cockrell, W. D. Industrial electronic con-
trol. (S '44)
Electronics (periodical). Electronics for en-
gineers. (My '46)
Grimes, D. Meet the electron. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Hector. L. G., and others. Electronic physics.
(N '43)
Hudson, R. G. Introduction to electronics.
(Je '45)
Kloeffler, R. G. Principles of electronics. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Massachusetts institute of technology. De-
partment of electrical engineering. Ap-
plied electronics. (Je '43)
Mi 11 man, J., and Seely. S. Electronics. (Je
'42)
Mills. J. Electronics. (O '44)
MUller, R. H., and others. Experimental
electronics. (Je '43)
Remick, A. E. Electronic interpretations of
organic chemistry. (E> *43)
Schulz, E. H.f and Anderson. L. T. Experi-
ments in electronics and communication
engineering. (O *43)
Stokley, J. Electrons in action. (Ap '46)
Terman, F. E. Radio engineer's handbook.
Walker. R. C. Electronic equipment and ac-
cessories. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Williams, H. L. Fundamentals of electronics
and their applications in modern life. (My
Yates, R. F. Fun with electrons. (F '4 6)
(1945 Annual)
Yates, R. F. Super-electricity. (D '42)
Yates, R. F. Working electron. (S '46)
Bibliography
Electronic engineering master index. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dictionaries
Cooke, N. M., and Markus. J. Electronics
dictionary. (Mr '46)
Juvenile literature
Bendick, J. Electronics for boys and girls.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Periodicals
Indexes
E1?#r?nic engineering master Index. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Electronics. Millman, J., and Seely. S. (Je '42}
Electronics dictionary. Cooke, N. M. and
Markus. J. (Mr '46)
Electronics for boys and girls. Bendick, J. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual) , M
Electronics for engineers. Electronics (period-
ical). (My '46)
Electronics in industry. Chute. G. M. (O '48)
Electrons §4WX
Shannon, J. I. Amazing electron. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual) ,A
Stokley. J. Electrons in action. (Ap '46)
Electrophoresis of proteins and the chemistry
of cell surfaces. Abramson, H. A., and
others. (Je '43)
Electroplating
Glass tone, S. Fundamentals of electrochem-
istry and electrodeposition. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Rosslyn, J. Electro- plat ing and anodising.
(S '42)
Young, C. B. F. Chemistry for electroplate™.
(O ^45)
Electro- plat ing and anodising. Rosslyn. J. (S
Elegant elephant. McCracken, R. (D '44)
Elegant Journey. Selby, J. (D '44)
Elementary applied aerodynamics. Hemke, P.
E. (Ag '46)
Elementary applied electricity. Smith, L. R. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Elementary avigation. Moore, L. E. (Ag '43)
Elementary costume design. Featherstone, M.,
and Maack, D. H. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Elementary costume illustration. Austin, R. E.
(S '46)
Elementary education of adults. Kolinsky, R.
(My '42)
Elementary mathematics for the machine
trades. Weir, J. J. (S '43)
Elementary mechanics of fluids. Rouse, H. (My
'46)
Elementary metallurgy. Frier. W. T. (Mr '43)
Elementary meteorology. Finch, V. C., and
others. (Je '43)
Elementary physical chemistry. Rarrdall, M.,
and Young, L. E. (Ag '43)
Elementary plane surveying. Davis, R. E. (My
Elementary rivet theory. Blommel, W. R., and
others. (Je '44)
Elementary school subjects. Cole, L.. W. (N '46)
Elementary social statistics. McCormick, T. C.
(Je '42)
Elementary statistical methods. Neiswanger,
W. A. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Elementary statistical methods. Walker, H. M.
(D '43)
Elementary statistics. Levy, H., and Preidel,
E. E. (N '45)
Elementary statistics and applications. Smith,
J. G.. and Duncan, A. J. (Ap '45)
Elementary statistics, with general applica-
tions. Blair, M. M. (D '44)
Elementary structural analysis and design.
Grinter, L. E. (Je '43)
Elementary surveying, v 1. Rayner, W. H. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Elementary topography and map reading.
Groitzer, S. L. (Ap *44)
Elementary wave mechanics. Heitler, W. (D '46)
Elements of administration. Urwick, L. (Ap
*46)
Elements of t aerial photogrammetry. Church,
Elements of aerofoil and airscrew theory.
Glauert, H. (Ag '43)
Elements of aeronautics. Pope, P., and Otis,
A. S. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Elements of ammunition. Ohart, T. C. (O '46)
Elements of astronomy. Fath. E. A. (Ag *45)
Elements of automotive mechanics. Heitner,
J., and others. (Ap '43)
Elements of electrical circuits and machinery.
Blalock, G. C. (D '43)
Elements of electricity. Hausmann, B. (My f 43)
Elements of food biochemistry. Peterson, W.
H., and others. (8 '43)
Elements of heat transfer and Insulation. Jakob,
^ M., and Hawkins, G. A. (D '42)
Elements of machines. Verwiebe. F. L., and
others. (Ap '43)
Elements of mechanical vibration. Freberg,
C. R., and Kemler, E. N. (D '48)
Elements of mechanics. Ley eon, B. W. (Je '44)
^•m«nt« of mineralogy. Wlnchell. A. N, (Ap
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1041
Elements of physical chemistry. Gladstone, S.
Elements of police science. Perkins, R. M.
(Je '43)
Elements of radio. Hellman, C. I. (My '43)
Elements of radio. Marcus, A. and W. (Je
'43)
Elements of shop drawing. Willoughby, O. A.,
and Lappinen, M. (D '43)
Elements of supervision. Spriegel, W. R., and
Schulz, E. (My '43)
Elements of topographic drawing. Sloane, R,
C., and Montz, J. M. (Ap '44)
Elephants
Orr, O. Here come the elephants. (O '43)
Richards, R. Life with Alice. (Je '44)
Juvenile literature
Zim, H. S. Elephants. (O '46)
Legends and stories
Waldeck, T. J. Jamba the elephant. (N '42)
Wheeler, P. Hathoo of the elephants. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Elephants. Zim, H. S. (O '46)
Eleven came back. Seeley, M. (Ap *43)
Eleven Lady-lyrics. Chavez. A. (My '46)
Eleven poems on the same theme. Warren,
R. P. (Je '42)
Eleven religions and their proverbial lore.
Champion, 8. G., comp. (O '.45)
Eliot, Thomas Stearns
Four quartets
Preston, R. 'Four quartets' rehearsed. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Elizabeth, queen of England
Belloc, H. Elizabeth: creature of circum-
stance. (S '42)
Sitwell, E. Fanfare for Elizabeth. (S '46)
Waldman, M. Elizabeth and Leicester. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Fiction
Irwin, M. E. F. Young Bess. (Ap '46)
Elizabeth and Leicester. Waldman, M. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Elizabeth is missing. De La Torre-Bueno, L.
(Je '45)
Elizabethan and Jacobean. Wilson, F. P. (Je
'46)
Elizabethan commentary. Eng title of: Eliza-
beth: creature of circumstance. Belloc, H.
(S '42)
Elizabethan world picture. Tlllyard, E. M. W.
(My '44)
Elizabeth's army. Cruickshank. C. G. (S *46)
Elizabite. Key, H. A. (Je '42)
Ellington, Duke
Ulanov, B. Duke Ellington. (Mr '46)
Elmer Squee. Brooks, R. L. (Je '42)
Elocution
Lowrey, S., and Johnson. G. E. Interpreta-
tive reading. (Ap '43)
Roberts, H. De W., and others. Airlanes to
English. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Eloges. Leger, A. S.-L. (My '44)
Emancipation of a freethinker. Cory. H. E.
(My '42)
Embargo
Atwater. E. American regulation of arms ex-
ports. (N '42)
Embarrassment of riches. Fischer, M. (Ap '44)
Embers. Baker, F. (Ap '46)
Embezzled heaven. Bus Fekete. L.. and Fay,
M. H. (Ap *45)
Embroidery
Lent, D. G. Needle point as a hobby. (Ag
'42)
Theslger. E. Adventures in embroidery. (N
Embryology
Corner, G. W. Ourselves unborn. (N '44)
Needham, J. Biochemistry and morpho-
genesis (Ap *43)
Juvenile literature
Selsam, M. E. Egg to chick. (3 '46)
Embryology, Human
Gesell, A. L., and Amatruda, C. 8. HJm bry-
ology of behavior. (Ap *45)
Emerald mines and mining
^Rainier, P. W. Green flre. (D '42)
Emeralds for the king. Savery, C. (My »4«)
Emergence of an American art. Mellquist, J.
(Je '42)
Emergency exit. Wilson, R. M. (My '44)
Emergency rescue committee
Fry, V. Surrender on demand. (My *4B)
Emergent mind and education. Clayton, A. 8.
(O ?44)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Hoeltje, H. H. Sheltering tree. (D '43)
Emigration and immigration
Forsyth, W. D. Myth of open spaces. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Eminent domain
Gordon, W. C. Expropriation of foreign
owned property in Mexico. (O *42)
Person, H. S. Mexican oil. (My '43)
Emma. Glennon. G. (O *45)
Emotional factors in learning. Murphy, L. B.,
and Ladd, H. A. (Mr '45)
Emotional problems of living. English, O. S.,
and Pearson, G. H. J. (D '45)
Emperor's nephew. Magoon, M. A. W. (My *42)
Emperor's physician. Perkins, J. R. (S '44)
Emperor's snuff -box. Carr, J. D. (D '42)
Empire. Fischer, L. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Empire and the sea. Pratt. F. (Je *46)
Empire of the air. Joseph son. M. (My '44)
Empirical equations and nomography. Davis,
D. S. (Je '43)
Empirical philosophies of religion. Martin, J. A.
(D '46)
Employee counseling. Cantor. N. F. (Ag '45)
Employee relations in the public service. Civil
service assembly of the United States and
Canada. Committee on employee relations
in the public service. (My '43)
Employees, Training of
Dodd, A. E., and Rice, J. O.. eds. How to
train workers for war industries. (Ap '43)
Dougherty, N. F. Occupational planning for
tomorrow. (Ap '45)
Morgan, H. K. Industrial training and test-
ing. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Schaefer, V. G. Job instruction. (Je '43)
Starr, R. B., ed. Foremanship training. (O
'43)
Employees' magazines
Bentley, G. Row to edit an employee publi-
cation. (My '44)
Biklen. P. F., and Breth, R. D. Successful
employee publication. (My '46)
Employees' representation In management
Bureau of national affairs, Washington, D.C.
Collective bargaining contracts. (Je *42)
Employment agencies
Huntington, E. H. Doors to jobs. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Employment in manufacturing, 1899-1939
Fabricant, S. (S *43)
Employment management
Alford, L. P., and Bangs, J. R.. eds. Produc-
tion handbook. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Amiss. J. M.. and Button, T. C. Industrial
supervisor. (Mr '46)
Aspley, J. C., and Whitmore, E., eds. Hand-
book of industrial relations. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Beaumont, H. Psychology of personnel. (Ap
*46)
Cantor, N. F. Employee counseling. (Ag '45)
Chase, S.. and Tyler, M. Men at work. (Ag
Chicago University. Graduate library school.
Library institute. Personnel administration
in libraries. (D '46)
Evans. J. J. Program for personnel admin*
istration. (Ap '46)
Froman, L. A., and Mason, S. B. Industrial
supervision. (My '43)
Gardner, B. B. Human relations in industry.
(My '46)
Halsey, G. D. Making and using industrial
service ratings. (My '45)
Halsey, G. D. Supervising people. (Mr *46)
Hoslett, S. D., ed. Human factors in man-
agement. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Kalsem, P. J. Practical supervision. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Lewisohn, S. A. Human leadership in In-
dustry. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
McMurry, R. N. Handling personality adjust-
ment in industry. (Ap '44)
Morgan, H. K. Industrial training and test-
in jr. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
1042
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Employment management — Continued
Niles, f H. E. and M. C. H. Office supervisor.
Riegel, J. W. Management, labor and tech-
nological change. (N '43)
Roethlisberger, F. J. Management and morale.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Rosenstein, J. L. Scientific selection of sales-
men. (Ap *46)
Schultz, R. S. Wartime supervision of work-
(Ap '43)
•>. C. C. Foreman's place in management.
ers.
Smith
_ ______________ .
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Smith, (M. Handbook of industrial psychology.
Smythe, D. M. Careers in personnel work.
Spriegel. W. R., and Schulz, B, dements of
supervision. (My '43)
Stowers, H. Management can be human. (Je
'46)
Tiffin, J. Industrial psychology. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Walters. J. E. Personnel relations. (3 '45)
Ward, R* H. Personnel program of Jack &
Heintz. (O '46)
Willkie. H. F. A rebel yells. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Wolff. J. I* Production conference. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Woodward, I*. E., and Rennle, T. A. C. Jobs
and the man. (Je '46)
Employment problems of college students.
Newman, S. C. (Je '42)
Emulsion technology. International society of
leather trades' chemists. British section.
(Ag '44)
Emulsions
Bennett. H. Practical emulsions. (O *43)
Clayton, W. Theory of emulsions and their
technical treatment. (Ag '43)
International society of leather trades'
chemists. British section. Emulsion technol-
ogy. (Ag '44)
Sutheim, G. M. Introduction to emulsions. (O
'46)
Encyclopedia Americana, v 30. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Encyclopaedia britannica world atlas. (My '48)
Encyclopedia for boys and girls. Johnson, S.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Encyclopedia of American politics. Mitchell,
E. V. (Ja '47) (1046 Annual)
Encyclopedia of Bible life. Miller, M. S. and
J. I* (Ap '45)
Encyclopedia of chemical reactions. Jacobson,
C. A., ed. (Je M6)
Encyclopedia of child guidance. Winn, R. B.,
ed. (Je '44)
Encyclopedia of fruits, berries and nuts. Wil-
kinson. A. E. (Je '45)
Encyclopedia of hydrocarbon compounds. Fara-
day, J. E., comp. (N '46)
Encyclopedia of modern education. Rivlln, H.
N., and Schueler. H.. ed*. (O '44)
Encyclopedia of religion. Ferm, V. T. A., ed.
(Je '46)
Encyclopedia of sports. Menke, F. G. (N '44)
Encvctopedia of substitutes and synthetics.
Schoengold, M. D., ed. (O '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Encyclopedia of the Negro. Du Bois, W. B.
B., and Johnson, G. B., eds. (Je '45)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
American educator encyclopedia. (O '43)
Britannica junior. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Canadian pictorial library* (Ag '42)
Comptonrs pictured encyclopedia. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Consolidated encyclopaedia. (My »42)
Copeland, L., ed. Handy encyclopedia of use-
ful information. (Ap '46)
Encyclopedia Americana. (1943, 1946)
Encyclopaedia britannica; a new survey of
universal knowledge. (Je '46)
Home university encyclopedia. (O *44)
Kohl, G. L». Picture almanac for boys and
girls. (Ap '43) .
Lincoln library of essential information. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Modern concise encyclopedia. (My '42)
National encyclopedia; editor-in-chief, Henry
Suzzalo. (My '45)
Nelson's encyclopedia, unabridged. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
New Modem encyclopedia. (F '44) (1942 An-
nual)
New standard encyclopedia of universal
knowledge. (My '45)
Standard American encyclopedia. (My '42)
Stimpson, G. W. Book about a thousand
things. (Ag '46)
Volume library. (N r45)
Wier, A. E. Thesaurus of the arts. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
World book encyclopedia. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Juvenile literature
Bennett. D. A. Golden encyclopedia. (D '46)
Johnson. S. Encyclopedia for boys and girls.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
End in Africa. Moorehead, A. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
End of all men. Ramuz, C. F. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
End of an author. Eng title of; Death in the
inkwell. Farjeon, J. J. (Ao *42)
End of reckoning. Covert, A. I*. (S '42)
Endf of the beginning. Churchill, W. L* S. (8
End of the trail. Field, P. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
End of track. Mason, V. (S '43)
End over end. Gidding. N. (N '46)
Endeavour of Jean Fernel. Sherrington, C. 8.
(N '46)
Endless horizons. Bush, V. (My '46)
Endowments
Harrison, S. M., and Andrews, F. E. Amer-
ican foundations for social welfare. (Ag '46)
Endure no longer. Albrand, M. (My '44)
Enduring riches. Flint. M. (D '42)
Endymion in England. LeComte, E. S. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Enemies' fighting ships. Launer, J. (My '44)
Enemies in Icy strait. Bell, M. E. (N '45)
Enemy brothers. Savery» C. (O '43 )
Enemy in sight! Rogers,* S. R. H. (Je '43)
Enemy outpost. Chllders, J. 8. (O '42)
Enemy sea. Polonsky, A. (Ag '43)
Enemy unseen. Crofts. F. W. (My *45)
Engine lathe. Stieri, E. (O »44)
Engine lathe operations. Whipple, G. G., and
Raudek. A. C. (O '43)
Engine that lost its whistle. Cross, G. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Engineer at law. McCullough, C. B. and J. R.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Engineer in society. Mills, J. (My '46)
Engineering
Cell, J. w. Engineering problems illustrat-
ing mathematics. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Engineering preview. (S *45)
Johnson. W. C. Mathematical and physical
principles of engineering analysis. (I> '44)
Keller, E. G. Mathematics of modern engi-
neering, v 2. (Je *43)
Rhodes. F. H. Technical report writing. (S
•42)
Sypherd, W. O., and others. Engineers'
manual of English. (Ag '44)
Contracts and specifications
Abbett, R. W. Engineering contracts and
specifications. (Ap '45)
Dictionaries
Jones, F D.. ed. Engineering encyclopedia.
(My '42)
Robb. L. A. Engineer's dictionary. (My '44)
Sandy. A. H. Dictionary of engineering and
machine shop terms. (Ap '45)
History
Tupholme, C. H. S. Twentieth century en-
gineering. (D *44)
Study and teaching
Williams, C. C. Building an engineering ca-
reer. (Ag '46)
Tables, calculation*, etc.
Mackey. C. O. Graphical solutions. (O '44)
Page, E. L. Technidata hand book. (Ja '$3)
(1942 Annual)
Engineering alloys. Woldman, N, E., and
Metzler, H. J. (Ap '46)
Engineering as a profession
Carlisle, N. V. Tour career in engineering.
Engineering contracts and specifications. Ab-
bett, R. W. (Ap '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1043
Engineering drawing. Sahag, L. M. (Ap '43)
Engineering drawing, practice and theory.
Carter. I. N.. and Thompson. H, L. (S '43)
Engineering encyclopedia. Jones, F. D., ed.
(My *4z)
Engineering for dams. Creager, W. P.. and
others. (S '45)
Engineering inspection practice. King, A. T.
(O '44)
Engineering Instruments
Smith, E. S. Automatic control engineering.
(D '44)
Engineering law
McCullough, C. 6. and J. R. Engineer at
law. <Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Engineering mathematics. Sohon, EL (Mr '45)
Engineering mechanics. Fair man, S., and Cut-
shall, C. S. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Engineering mechanics. Low, B. B. (Je '43)
Engineering mechanics.- Singer. F. L. (N '43)
Engineering problems illustrating mathematics.
Cell, J. W. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Engineering surveys. Rubey. H., and others.
(My '42)
Engineering tools and processes. Hesse, H. C.
(Je '42)
Engineering trigonometry. Pease, E. M. J.,
and Wadsworth, G. P. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Engineers
Borth. C. Masters of mass production. (Ag
Mclver, M. E.. and others, eds. Technolo-
gists' stake in the Wagner act. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Mills, J. Engineer in society. (My '46)
Engineer's dictionary. Robb, I* A. (My '44)
Engineers in battle. Thompson, P. W. (Je *43)
Engineer's manual of English. Sypherd, W. O.,
and others/ (Ag *44)
Engines
Hobbs, G. M., and others. Fundamentals of
machines, for those preparing for war serv-
ice. (Ag '43)
Morgan, A. P. Boys' book of engines, motors
and turbines. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
England
Civilization
Maillaud, P. English way. (S '46)
Street, A. Land of the English people. (S '46)
Description and travel
Crankshaw, M. England I cannot forget. (O
Dobie, J. F. Texan in England. (Je '45)
Hawthorne, N. English notebooks. (Ag '42)
Morton, H. C. V. I saw two Englands. (Ap
'43)
Street, A. Land of the English people. (S '46)
Turner, W. J., ed. Panorama of rural Eng-
land. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Economic conditions
De Schweinitz, K. England's road to social
security. (O '43)
Moral conditions
Jones, L. C. Clubs of the Georgian rakes.
(N '42)
Social life and customs
Allen, R. J. Life in eighteenth century Eng-
land. (S '42)
Jones, L. C. Clubs of the Georgian rakes. (N
'42)
Kronenberger, L. Kings and desperate men.
(My '42)
Moore, J. C. Fair field. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Quinlan, M. J. Victorian prelude. (My '42)
Rose; W. Good neighbours. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Thompson, F. Candleford Green. (My '43)
Thompson, F. Lark Rise to Candleford. (O
England and the Continent in the eighth cen-
tury. Levison, W. (N '46)
England I cannot forget. Crankshaw, M. (O
England in the eighteen -eighties. Lynd, H. M.
CAp '46)
England's road to social security. De Schwein-
itz. K. (O '43)
English courts of law. Hanbury, H. G. (Je
'45)
English dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson.
Starnes. De W. T., and Noyes, G. E. (N *46)
English domestic life during the last 200 yean.
Strong, L. A. G., comp. (8 '43)
English domestic or homiletlc tragedy, 1(75
to 1642. Adams, H. H. (Ag '44)
English drama
Clark, E. G. Ralegh and Marlowe. (My '42)
Gardiner, H. C. Mysteries' end. (Ag '46)
Collections
Cerf, B. A., and Cartmell, V. H., comps.
Sixteen famous British plays. (My '42)
Galbraith, E. E., ed. Plays without footlights.
(S '45)
History and criticism
Adams. H. H. English domestic or homiletic
tragedy, 1575 to 1642. (Ag '44)
Boas, F. S. Introduction to Stuart drama.
(N '46)
Clarkson, P. S., and Warren, C. T. Law of
property in Shakespeare and the Eliza-
bethan drama. (Ag '43)
Fulton. A. R. Drama and theatre illustrated
by seven modern plays. (N '46)
Parrott. T. M., and Ball. R. H. Short view
of Elizabethan drama. (Ag '43)
English fiction ~"
Frierson, W. C. English novel In transition.
(S '42)
Collections
Strong, L. A. G.. comp. English domestic life
during the last 200 years. (S '43)
History and criticism
Wagenknecht, E. C. Cavalcade of the Eng-
lish novel. (S *43)
English -French and French-English technical
dictionary. Cusset, F. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
English language
Knickerbocker, W. S.. ed. Twentieth century
English. (S »46)
Mencken. H. L. American language. (O *45)
Composition and exercises
Flesch, R. F. Art of plain talk. (Mr '46)
Nurnberg, M. W. What's the good word?
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Dialects
Hermann, L. and M. 8. Manual of foreign
dialects for radio, stage and screen. (S '44)
Wentworth, H. American dialect dictionary.
(N '45) (1944 Annual)
Dictionaries
Dictionary of American English on historical
principles. (O '44)
Hill, R. H., comp. Jarrold's dictionary of dif-
ficult words. (My '46)
Johnson, S. Young Americans' dictionary.
Jones, D. English pronouncing dictionary.
(Ag '45)
Ogden, C. K., ed. General Basic English dic-
tionary. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Webster's Universities dictionary of the Eng-
lish language. (My '42)
Errors — Use of words
Nurnberg, M. W. What's the good word?
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Opdycke, J. B. Say what you mean. (Ag *44)
Partridge, E. Usage and abusage. (Ap '43 )
Wither spoon, A. M. Common errors in Eng-
lish and how to avoid them. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Etymology
Hart, A., and Lejeune, F. A. Latin key to
better English. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Shipley, J. T. Dictionary of word origins. (D
Glossaries* vocabularies, etc.
Walpole, E. W. Golden dictionary. (Mr '45)
Grammar
Opdycke, J. B. Say what you mean. (Ag '44)
Idioms
Nurnberg, M. W. What's the good word?
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
1044
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
English language- — Continued
Pronunciation
Greet, W. a War words. (My '43)
Greet! W. C. World words. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Jones, t D. English pronouncing dictionary.
Kenyan* *J. S., and Knott. T. A., eds.
Pronouncing dictionary of American Eng-
Nationa) broadcasting company. NBC hand-
book of pronunciation. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Rhetoric
See Rhetoric
Rime
Wood, C. Unabridged rhyming dictionary. (S
'43)
Semantics
Hayakawa, S. I. Language in action. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Slang
Adams, R. P.* Western words. (P '45) (1944
Annual)
Berrey, L. V., and Van den Bark, M. Ameri-
can thesaurus of slang. (Ao '42 )
Colby. E. Army talk. <Ap '42)
Colcord, J. C. Sea language comes ashore.
(Mr »46)
Columbia broadcasting system. Radio alpha-
bet. (S '46)
Hamann, P. Air words. (S f46)
Study and teaching
Mclntosh. J. R. Learning by exposure to
wrong forms in grammar and spelling.
(Ap '45)
Synonyms
Berrey, L. V , and Van den Bark, M. Ameri-
can thesaurus of slang. (Ao '42)
Webster, N. Dictionary of synonyms. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Terms and phrases
Taylor, A. M.t comp. Language of World war
n. (Mr '45)
Textbooks for foreigners
Whyte, J. American words and ways. (8 '43)
Words
Brown, I. J. C. Word in your ear, and Just
another word. (O *45)
English literary criticism. Atkins, J. W. H.
(O '44)
English literature
Jackson, E. Faith and flre within us. (D '44)
Collections
Jameson, S., ed. London calling. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Lady's pleasure. (Ag '46)
Maugham, W. S., ed. Introduction to modern
English and American literature. (Ag '43)
Watkins-Pitchford, D. J., comp. Fisherman's
bedside book. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
History and criticism
Atkins, J. W. H. English literary criticism'.
Carver, a Alms for oblivion. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Connolly, C. Condemned playground. (S *46)
Entwistle, W. J., and Gillett, E, W. Liter-
ature of England. (S '43)
Essays on the eighteenth century; presented
to David Nichol Smith. (Je *46)
Gaunt, W. Aesthetic adventure. (Je '45)
Moody. W. V., and Lovett. R. If. History
of English literature. (S '43)
Reilly, J. J. Of books and men. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Rowse, A. L. English spirit. (Mr '45)
Schilling, B. N. Human dignity and the
great Victorians. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Stpll, E. E. Prom Shakespeare to Joyce. (Mr
Sypher, P. W. Guinea's captive kings. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Tillotson, Q. Essays in criticism and re-
search. (S '42)
Tillyard, E. M. W. Elizabethan world picture.
(My '44)
Turner, W. J., ed. Romance of English lit-
erature. (Ap '46)
White, H. C. Social criticism in popular
religious literature of the sixteenth century.
Wilson, P. P. Elizabethan and Jacobean. (Je
'46)
Study and teaching
Herzberg, M. J., ed. Radio and English teach-
ing. (Ap '42)
English notebooks. Hawthorne, N. (Ag '42)
English novel in transition. Frierson, W. C. (S
'42)
English people. Brogan, D. W. (Je *43)
English poetry
Bibliography
Brown, C. P., and Robbins, R. H. Index of
Middle English verse. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Collections ,
Adams, P. P., ed. Innocent merriment. (N
Aubin, R. A., ed. London in flames, London
in glory. (Ag '43)
Ben-6t, W. R., and Aiken, C. P., eds. An-
thology of famous English and American
poetry. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Clark, T. C., comp. Poems for life. (Ap '42)
Clark, T. C., comp. 300 favorite poems. (Ag
'46)
Ferris, H. J., comp. Love's enchantment. (O
Gregory, H., ed. Triumph of life. (N '43)
Hayes, J. M., ed. In praise of nuns. (D '42)
Kieran, J., comp. Poems I remember. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Ledward, P., and Strang, C., eds. Poems of
this war. (D '42)
McClure, J. P., ed. Stag's hornbook. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
McCord, D. T. W., ed. What cheer. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Moult, T., ed. Best poems of 1941. (S '42)
Moult, T., ed. Best poems of 1942. (S '43)
Moult, T.r ed. Best poems of 1943. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Poems from the desert. (O '44)
Russell, P. A., ed. Pack up your troubles.
(N '42)
Sanders. G. D., and Nelson, J. H., eds. Chief
modern poets of England and America.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Sheed. P. J., comp. Poetry and life. (Ap '43)
Untermeyer, L., ed. Treasury of great poems,
English and American. (N '42)
Wavell, A. P. W., comp. Other men's flowers.
(Je '45)
Williams. O., ed. Little treasury of modern
poetry. (S '46)
Williams, O., ed. New poems. (1942, 1943, 1944)
Williams, O., ed. War poets. (S '45)
History and criticism
Beach, J. W. Romantic view of poetry. (Ap
'45)
Chambers, E. K. Sheaf of studies. (Mr '43)
Dixon, W. M. Apology for the arts. (Ap '45)
Pairchild. H. N. Religious trends in English
poetry. v2. (Ap '43)
Gaunt, W. Pre-Raphaelite tragedy. (S '42)
Gregory. H. Shield of Achilles. (My '44)
Grierson, H. J. C., and Smith, J. C. Critical
history of English poetry. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Hungerford, E. B. Shores of darkness. (N '42)
Knight, G. W. Starlit dome. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Nicolson, M. H. Newton demands the muse.
(N '46)
Willey, B. Seventeenth century background.
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
English pottery and china. SemplU, C. A. (S
'45)
English prayer books. Morison, S. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
English pronouncing dictionary. Jones, D. (Ag
*45)
English social history. Trevelyan, Q. M. (Ap
English -Spanish and Spanish-English diction-
ary of aviation terms. Klein Seralles, J.
(N '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1045
English-Spanish comprehensive technical dic-
tionary of aircraft, automobile, radio, tele-
vision* (My '42)
English spirit. Bowse, A. L. (Mr '46)
English translations from the Spanish, 1484-
1943. Pane, R. U. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
English way. Maillaud, P. (S '46)
English yeoman. Campbell, M. L. (Ap f43)
Englishman and his history. Butlerfleld, H.
(P '46) (1944 Annual)
Engravers, American
Zigrosser, C. Artist In America. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Engraving
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Graphic
arts. (S '42)
Engravings
Kollwitz, K. S. Kaethe Kollwitz. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Enigma of Admiral Darlan. De Montmorency,
A. (Je '43)
Enjoy your house plants. Jenkins, D. H., and
Wilson, H. V. (O '44)
Enjoyment of art in America. Shoolman, R.
L., and Slatkin, C. E. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Enjoyment of science. Leonard, J. N. (Ap '42)
Enjoyment of the arts. Schoen, M., ed. (N
'44)
Enlightenment
Whitaker, A. P., ed. Latin America and
the enlightenment. (Je '42)
Enough and to spare. Mather, K. F. (N '44)
Enrichment of life. Elbin, P. N. (N '46)
Enriqueta and I. Diaz Lozano, A. (Je '44)
Enter a murderer. Marsh, N. (S '42)
Enterprise (airplane carrier)
Burns, E. Then there was one. (Je '44)
Enters, Angna
Enters, A. Silly girl. (Ap '44)
Entertaining
Bell, L. P. Parties in wartime. (Je '43)
File, K., and Paine, Q. C. The Cokesbury
shower book. (Ap '42)
Geister, E. Keep them laughing. (D '44)
Geister, E. New ice-breakers. (S '42)
Wood, M. Parties on a shoestring (Ap '42 )
Woodward, E. S. Let's have a party. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Entertainments
Soifer, M. K. Firelight entertainments. (N
'44)
Environment and education. Burgess, E. W.,
and others. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Envoy unextraordinary. Dunham, D. C. (O '44)
Enzyme technology. Tauber, H. (Ap '44)
Enzymes
Advances in enzymology and related subjects,
v 1. (Ap '42)
Anderson, J. A., ed. Enzymes and their role
in wheat technology. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Sumner, J. B.r and Somers, G. F. Chemistry
and methods of enzymes. (Je '44)
Tauber, H. Enzyme technology. (Ap '44)
Enzymes and their role in wheat techology.
Anderson, J. A., ed. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ephrata community
Klein, W. C. Johann Conrad Beissel. (Ap
•42)
Epic of Latin America. Crow. J. A. (S '46)
Epic of Latin American literature. Torres-
Rioseco, A. (N '42)
Epic poetry
Bowra, C. M. From Virgil to Milton. (Mr '46)
Epidemics
Hill, J. H. Silent enemies. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Simmons, J. S., and others. Global epidemiol-
ogy. (Je '45)
Winslow, C. E. A. Conquest of epidemic dis-
ease. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Epigrams
Fuller, E., ed. Thesaurus of epigrams. (Mr
Epilepsy
Temkin, O. Falling sickness. (Je '46)
Epitaph for Europe. Eng title of: Wreath for
Europa. Tabor, P. (S '42)
Epitaph for lemmings. Gibbs, H. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Epitaph for Lydia. Rath, V. (Ap '42)
Epstein, Jacob
Black, R. Art of Jacob Epstein. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Equality
Myers, H. A. Are men equal? (My '45)
Equations
Davis, D. S. Empirical equations and no-
mography. (Je '43)
Equilibrium and kinetics of gas reactions.
Pease, R. N. (D '42)
Equinox. Seager, A, (S *43)
Erie, Lake
Hatcher, H. H. Lake Erie. (O *46)
Erie railroad company
Hungerford, E. Men of Erie. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Eritrea
Longrigg, S. H. Short history of Eritrea. (O
'46)
Ernst, Anna Catharlna (Antes)
Fries, A. L. Road to Salem. (My '44)
Ernst, Morris Leopold
Ernst, M. L. Best la yet ... (My '45)
Erosion
Bennett, H. H., and Pryor, W. C. This land
we defend. (N '42)
Shepard, W. Food or famine. (Ag '46) (W5
Annual)
Errores philosophorum. Giles of Rome. (S *46)
Errors, Popular
Evans, B. Natural history of nonsense. (N
'46)
Errors, Scientific
Evans, B. Natural history of nonsense. (N
*46)
Errors, Theory of
Deming, W. E. Statistical adjustment of data.
(Ag ^44)
Eruptive rocks. Shand, S. J. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Escape from Arnhem. Heaps, L. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Escape from freedom. Fromm, B. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Escape from Java. Van der Grift, C., and
Lansing, E. H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Escape from Konigatein. (S '44)
Escape from the Balkans. Padev. M. (O '43)
Escape in passion. Romains, J. (O '46)
Escape in vain. Simenon. G. (Mr '44)
Escape the night. Eberhart, M. G. (Je '44)
Escape the thunder. Coleman, W. I*. (S '44)
Escape via Berlin. Aguirre, J. A. de. (D '44)
Escape while I can. Marlett, M. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Eskelund, Karl
Eskelund. K. My Chinese wife. (S '45)
Eskimo hunter. Hayes. F. S. (N '45)
Eskimo summer. Leechman, J. D. (O '46)
Eskimos
Brower, C. D., and others. Fifty years below
zero. (N '42)
Campbell, B. D. Where the high winds blow.
(Je '46)
Leechman, J. D. Eskimo summer. (O '48)
Stefansson. V. Friendly Arctic. (S '43)
Tranter, G. J. Plowing the Arctic. (Je '46*
Juvenile literature
Bowden, A. O.. and others. Day before yes-
terday in America. (S *46)
Alaska
Brevig, T. L. Apaurak in Alaska. (My '46)
Hrdlicka, A. Alaska diary. 1926-1931. (S '43)
Esm$ of Paris. Davis, E. (Je '44)
Especially Babe. Annett, R. R. (S '42)
Especially spaniels. Taber, G. B. (D '45)
Esperanto
Dubin. J. W. Green star. (Ap '45)
Espey, John Jtnklns
Espey, J. J. Minor heresies. (My '46)
Essay on man. Cassirer, B. (Ja '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Essay on Marxian economics. Robinson, J. M.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Essay on rime. Shapiro, K. J. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Essay on the psychology of invention in the
mathematical field. Hadamard. J. 8.
1046
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Essay*
Beltoc, H. Places. (Ap '42)
Borland, H. G. American year. (S '46)
Brown, J. M, Seeing things. (N '46)
Butler, N. M. World today. (O '46)
Cairns, W. T. Religion of Dr Johnson. (N r46)
Brskine, J. Complete life. (My '43)
Ferril, T. H. I hate Thursday. (D '46)
Gill, £3. It all goes together. (Ag '44)
Green, P. Hawthorn tree. (Ap '44)
Gross, R. H., ed. Century of the Catholic
essay. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hall, J. N. Under a thatched roof. (Ja M3)
(1942 Annual)
Hambidge, G. Prime of life. (Mr '42)
House, R. B. Miss Sue and the sheriff. (Mr
'42)
Johnson, A. S. Clock of history. (Je '46)
Johnson, T. H.. ed. Return to freedom. (O
KJatzkin, J. In praise of wisdom. (D '43)
Leacock, S. B. Last leaves. (N '46)
Ludwig, B. Of life and love. (Ag »45)
Miller, H. Sunday after the war. (D '44)
Orcutt, W. D. Prom my library walls. (N '45)
Orwell, G. Dickens, Dali & others. (Je '46)
Pease, A. S. Sequestered vales of life. (N *46)
Pegler, W. George Spelvin, American and
fireside chats. (O '42)
Shaw, G. B. Everybody's political what's
what. (N '44)
Unamuno y Jugo, M. de. Perplexities and
paradoxes. (F *46) (1945 Annual)
Vigil, C. C. Fallow land. (O »46)
Wallace, A. Leaves of healing. (D '42)
Warner, F. L. Inner springs. (O '42)
White, E. B. One man's meat. (1942, 1944)
White, S. E. Speaking for myself. (S '43)
Woolf, V. S. Death of the moth. (S '42)
Essays in American economic history. Redlich,
F. (Ap '45)
Essays in criticism and research. Tillotson, G.
(S '42)
Essays in musical analysis; chamber music.
Tovey, D. F. (Mr '45)
Essays in the history of the American Negro.
Aptheker, H. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Essays in Thomism. Brennan, R. E., ed. (Je
'43)
Essays on antisemitism. Conference on Jewish
relations. (My '42)
Essays on Catholic education in the United
States. Deferrari, R. J., ed. (N '42)
Essays on government. Barker, E. <Ag 46)
Essays on the Greek romances. Haight, B. H.
(O »43)
Essential mathematics for skilled workers.
Keal. H. M.. and Leonard, C. J. (Ap '43)
Essentials of aerial surveying and photo inter-
pretation. Abrams, T. (O '44)
Essentials of astronomy. Duncan, J. C. (N '42)
Essentials of drafting. Svensen, C. L. (8 '43)
Essentials of industrial health. Sappington, C.
O. (O '43)
Essentials of liberal education. Evans, D. L.
(S '42)
Essentials of nursing. Young, H., and others.
Essentials of nutrition. Sherman, H. C., and
Lanford, C. S. (Ag *43)
Essentials of parliamentary procedure. Moore,
Z. S. and J. B. (Ap '45)
Essentials of precision inspection. Mollard, W.
(My '44)
Essex (aircraft carrier)
Markey, M. Well done! (D '45)
Establishment of constitutional government in
Bulgaria. Black, C. E. (Je '44)
Establishment of constitutional government
in Newfoundland. McLintock, A. H. (My
'42)
Esters
Post. H. W. Chemistry of the aliphatic
orthoesters. (N '43)
esthetics
Ducasse, C. J. Art, the critics, and you. (My
'45)
Guggenheimer, R. H. Sight and insight. (N
Heyl. B. C. New bearings in esthetics. (S
Kallen, H. M. Art and freedom. (Ap '43)
Lundholm, H. Aesthetic sentiment. (My '42)
McMahon, A. P. Preface to an American phi-
% losophy of art. (My '46)
Morris, B. Aesthetic process, (Ag '44)
Nahm, M. C. Aesthetic experience and it*
presuppositions. (S '46)
Pearson, R. M. Experiencing American pic-
tures. (My '43)
Pepper, S. C. Basis of criticism in the arts.
Rood, R. Color and light in painting. (My '42)
Sachs, H. Creative unconscious. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Schoen, M., ed. Enjoyment of the arts. (N
Shoemaker, F. Aesthetic experience and the
humanities. (S '43)
Taubes, F. You don't know what you like. (N
•42)
m cetera. Kirby, U P. (Ag '44)
Etchers, American
Zigrosser, C. Artist in America. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Etching
Pyle, C. Etching principles and methods. (My
•42)
Etchings
Goya y Lucientes, F. J. de. Complete etch-
ings. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Eternal city. Holisher. D. (Je '44)
Eternal gospel. Heard, G. (D '46)
Eternal mountain. Covert, A. L. (8 '44)
Eternal purpose. Kelly. B. M., comp. (Ag *43)
Ethics
Adler. M. J. Dialectic of morals. (Ap »42)
Eby, L. S. Quest for moral law. (O '44)
Flttgel. J. C. Man, morals and society. (D '45)
Lanz, H. In quest of morals. (Ag *42)
Selsam, H. Socialism and ethics. (O '43)
Stevenson, C. L. Ethics and language. (Ag
•45)
Titus, H. H. What is a mature morality T
(My »43)
Tsanoff, R. A. Moral ideals of our civilization.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual*,
Waterman, L. Religion faces the world crisis.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Leaf, M. Flock of watch birds. (N '46)
Leaf, M. How to behave and why. (F "47)
(1946 Annual)
Ethics, Evolutionary
Quillian, W. F. Moral theory of evolutionary
naturalism. (N '45)
Ethics and language. Stevenson, C. L. (Ag
'45)
Ethiopia
Khun de Prorok, B. Dead men do tell tales.
(My '42)
Sanceau, E. Land of Prester John. (Je '44)
Ethnology
Africa
Malinowski, B. Dynamics of culture change.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Alor (island)
Du Bois, C. A. People of Alor. (A« '45) (1944
Annual)
East Indies
Bibliography
Kennedy, R. Bibliography of Indonesian
peoples and cultures. (O '46)
Malay archipelago
Cole, F. C. Peoples of Malaysia. (N '46)
New Guinea
Crockett, C. D. House in the rain forest.
(Ap '42)
Russia
Lamont, C. Peoples of the Soviet Union. (Ap
'46)
Ethnopsychology
Efron. D. Gesture and environment. (Je '42)
Kardiner, A., and others. Psychological fron-
tiers of society. (S '45)
Etiology of delinquent and criminal behavior.
Reckless, W. C. (N '43)
Etiquet
Allen. B., and Briggs, M. P. If you please!
Bailey, N. B. The table graces. (Ap '42)
Banning, M. C., and Culkin. M. L. Conduct
yourself accordingly. (O '44)
Betz, B. Your manners are showing. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1047
Collins, C. R. Army woman's handbook. <N
Daly. M. Smarter and smoother. (My M4)
Harriman, Q. C. Book of etiquette. (Ap '43*
McCrady, M. E. F., and Wheeler, B. Manners
for moderns. (Je '42)
Pye, A. E., and Shea, N. B. Navy wife. (Je
Washington, G. Rules of civility and decent
behaviour in company and conversation. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Wilson, M. Woman you want to be. (S '42)
Bibliography
Schlesinger, A. M. Learning* how to behave.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Eucharist. Mauriac, F. (My '44)
Eugenie, consort of Napoleon III, emperor of
the French
Barschak, B. Innocent empress. (S '43)
Eulogy of judges. Calamandrei, P. (Ap '43)
Europe
Boundaries
Fitzgerald, W. New Europe. (N '46)
Van Valkenburg, 3. Peace atlas of Europe.
(Je '46)
Civilization
Boak, A. E. R., and others. Growth of Euro-
pean civilization. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Contemporary Europe. (S '42)
Fischer. B. Passing of the European age.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Tschan, F. J., and others. Western civiliza-
tion. (My '43)
Commercial policy
Basch, A. Price for peace. (Je '45)
Description and travel
Belloc. H. Places. (Ap '42)
Busch, N. F. Lost continent? (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Hiett, H. No matter where. (My '44)
Penrose, B. Urbane travelers, 1691-1635. (8
'42)
Rajchman. M. Europe. (D (44)
Skinner, C. O., and Kimbrough, E. Our hearts
were young and gay. (D *42)
Tabor, P. Wreath for Europa. (S '42)
Economic conditions
Basch, A. Danube basin and the German
economic sphere. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Bogart, E. L. Economic history of Europe,
1760-1939. (O '42)
Day, C. Economic development in Europe. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Einzig, P. Appeasement: before, during and
after the war. (Ag '42)
Moore, W. E. Economic demography of east-
ern and southern Europe. (Je '46)
Economic policy
Basch, A. Price for peace. (Je '46)
History
Benns, F. L. Europe since 1914 and its world
setting. (N '46)
Boak, A. E. R., and others. Growth of Euro-
pean civilization. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Bruun, G. Europe in evolution. (Ap '46)
Bryant, A. Years of endurance, 1793-1802. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Bryant, A. Years of victory. 1802*1812. (O
Chambers, F. P. and others. This age of
conflict. (S '43)
Contemporary Europe. (S '42)
Ferrero, G. Principles of power. (O '42)
Gershoy, 1*. From despotism to revolution.
(3 '44
lille
Gillespie, J. E., and Netboy, A. Europe in
perspective. (Ap '43)
Hall, W. P. World wars and revolutions. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Hanc, J. Tornado across eastern Europe.
(Ap '42)
Hayes, C. J. H. Generation of materialism,
1871-1900. (Ai '42) (1941 Annual)
Ludwig, E. Mediterranean, saga of a sea.
Mackinnon, J. History of modern liberty, v 4.
(F '44) h943 Annual)
Newman, B. New Europe. (S *43)
O'Sullivan, J. F., and Burns, J. F. Medieval
Europe. (D '43)
Rayner, R. M. Twenty years' truce, 1919-1939.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Seton-Watson, H. Eastern Europe between
the wars. (N '45) _
Tschan, F. J., and others. Western civiliza-
tion. (My '43)
Juvenile literature
Riker, T. W. Story of modern Europe. (N
'42)
Kings and rulers
Gooch. G. P. Courts and cabinets. (Mr '46>
Parsons. J. S. Royalty in the nineteenth cen-
tury. (8 '43)
Maps
Rajchman, M. Europe. (D '44)
Politics
Askew, W. C. Europe and Italy's acquisition
of Libya. (S '43)
Benes, E. Edvard Benei in his own words.
(S '46)
Bojano, F. In the wake of the goose-step.
(S '46)
Busch, N. F. Lost continent? (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Butler, H. B. Lost peace. (My *42)
Carr, E. H. Conditions of peace. (S '42)
Colton, E. T. Toward the understanding of
Europe. (Ap '46)
Conn, S. Gibraltar in British diplomacy in the
eighteenth century. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Contemporary Europe. (8 '42)
Coudenhove-Kalergi, R. N. Crusade for Pan-
Europe. (N '43)
Duggan._S. P. H. Professor at large. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Einzig, P. Appeasement: before, during and
"ter the war. (Ag '42)
grerald, W. New Europe. (N '46)
:h, G. P. Studies in diplomacy ax
and states-
after thejwar.
Fitzgrer
Gooch, _. _ .
craft. (N '42)
Gugrard, A. L. Europe free and united. (My
Gudrard, A. JU France of tomorrow. (Ag
'42)
Hanc, J. Tornado across eastern Europe.
(Ap '42)
Hayes, C. J. H. Generation of materialism,
1871-1900. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Hoffman, R. J. 8. Great republic. (Je '42)
Javsicas, G. Shortage of victory. (Mr '43)
Jordan, W. M. Great Britain. France and
the German problem, 1918-1939. (Ag '44)
Lanux, P. C. de. European manifesto. (S '46)
Lee, D. E. Ten years. (Je '42)
Macartney, C. A. Problems of the Danube
basin. (N '42)
Marriott. J. A. R. Federalism and the prob-
lem of the small state. (Ag '44)
Newman, B. New Europe. (S '43)
Nicolson, H. G. Congress of Vienna. (D '46)
PoznaAski, C. Rights of nations. (S '45)
Schwarzschild, L. World in trance. (D '42)
Scott, J. Duel for Europe. (N '42)
Scott, J. Europe in revolution. (D *45)
Seton-Watson, H. Eastern Europe between
the wars. (N '45)
Steel, J. Future of Europe. (My '46)
Stolper, G. This age of fable. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Sturmthal, A. F. Tragedy of European labor,
1918-1939. (Je '43)
Tabor. P. Wreath for Europa. (S '42)
Tabouls, G. R. They called me Cassandra.
(Ap '42)
Whi taker, J. T. We cannot escape history.
(Ap '43)
Population
Kulischer, E. M. Displacement of population
in Europe. (Ag *44) (1943 Annual)
Moore. W. E. Economic demography of east-
ern and southern Europe. (Je 46)
Princeton university. Office of population re-
search. Future population or Europe and
the Soviet Union. (N *44)
Schechtman, J. B. European population trans-
fers. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Relations (general) with United States
Hanc, J. Eastern Europe and the United
States. (D '43)
Europe. Rajchman, M. (D '44)
1048
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Europe and Italy's acquisition of Libya.
Askew, W. C. (S '43)
Europe free and united. Gudrard, A. I* (My
Europe in evolution. Bruun, O. (Ap *46)
Europe In perspective. Gillespie, J. E., and
Netboy. A. (Ap MS)
Europe in revolt. Kraus, R. (S ,'42)
Europe in revolution. Scott, J. (D '45)
Europe now. Kaltenborn, H. V. (My '45)
Europe, Russia, and the future. Cole, Q. D. H.
(N '42)
Europe since 1914 and its world setting:. Benns,
P. L. (N *45)
European colonial expansion since 1871. Town-
send, M. E., and others. (Ag '42)
European manifesto. I^anux, P. C. de. (8 '45)
European population transfers. Schechtman, J.
B. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
European powers and South-east Africa. Jack-
son, M^ V. (Ap '43)
European war. 1914-1918
. W. C. World since 1914. (N »43)
Aerial operations
Michaelis, R. From bird eagre to battle
plane. (My '45)
Paust, G. H., and Lancelot. M. Fighting:
wings. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Armistice*
Maurice, F. B. Armistices of 1918. (Ag '44)
Rudin, H. R. Armistice, 1918. (D '44)
Shartle, S. G. Spa, Versailles, Munich. (Ap
'42)
Atrocities
Read, J. M. Atrocity propaganda, 1914-1919.
(Ag *42) (1941 Annual)
Biography
Bullard, R. I* Fighting generals. (8 '46)
Blockades
Bane. S. L.. and Lutz. R, H.. eds. Blockade
of Germany after the armistice. 1918-1919.
(O '43)
Causes
Zilliacus. K. Mirror of the past. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Censorship
Mock. J. R. Censorship 1917. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Economic aspects
Adams, G. P. Wartime price control. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Baruch, B. M. American industry in the
war. (Ap »42)
Steiner, G. A., ed. Economic problems of war.
(D '42)
Education and the war
Todd, L. P. Wartime relations of the federal
government and the public schools. (Ap '46)
Food question
Bane. S. L., and Lutz. R. H., eds. Blockade
of Germany after the armistice, 1918-1919.
Dickson, M. R. Food front in World war I.
(My '45)
Mullendore. W. C. History of the United
States Food administration 1917-1919. (Je
•42)
Hospitals, charities, etc.
Bane, S. L*., and Lutz, R. H., eds. Organiza-
tion of American relief in Europe, 1918-
Wilson. F. M. In the margins of chaos. (Ap
Influence and results
Schwarzschild, I*. World in trance. (D '42)
Jews
Zhabotlnsktt, V. E. Story of the Jewish
legion. (My '46)
Medical and sanitary affairs
Bayne, J. B. Bugs and bullets. (O '44)
Peace
Addams. J. Peace and bread In time of war.
Buriingame, R., and Stevens, A. Victory
without peace. (Ap '44)
Forster, K. Failures of peace. (My '42)
Hoover. H. O. America's first crusade. (Mr
lAon, M. How many world wars? (N '42)
Mackinder, H. J. Democratic ideals and
reality. (O '42)
Personal narratives, American
Kindall, S. G. American soldiers hi Siberia.
(D '46)
Personal narratives, Australian
Healy, T. More lives than one. (Ag '44)
Personal narratives, German
Rommel, £1 Infantry attacks. (Mr '45)
Propaganda
Read, J. M. Atrocity propaganda, 1914-J919.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Secret service
Hall. W. R., and Peaslee, A. J. Three wars
with Germany. (S '44)
Territorial questions
Bonsai. S. Suitors and suppliants. (Ag '46)
Mason, J. B. Danzig dilemma. (S '46)
Germany
Bane, S. L., and Lutz, R. H., eds. Blockade
of Germany after the armistice, 1918-1919.
(O '43)
Hungary
Deak, F. Hungary at the Paris peace con-
ference. (My '43)
Indiana
Cummins, C. C. Indiana public opinion and
the World war. 1914-1917. (N '46)
Serbia
Adams, J. C. Flight in winter. (Ap '42)
United States
Bailey, T. A. Policy of the United States
toward the neutrals. 1917-1918. (Je '43)
Bailey, T. A. Woodrow Wilson and the lost
peace. (8 '44)
Daniels, J. Wilson era, years of war and
after. 1917-1923. (Ag '46)
Hall, W. R., and Peaslee, A. J. Three wars
with Germany. (S '44)
European war, 1939 -. See World war, 1939-
European witness. Spender, S. (Ja '47) (1946
IDurope's children. Bonney, T. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Eustace, Cecil John
Eustace, C. J. House of bread. (D '43)
Evaluation and investigation in home econom-
ics. Brown, C. M. (Ap *42)
Evaluation and revision of the library school
curriculum. Wight, E. A. (N '45)
Evaluation in teacher education. Troyer, M. E.,
and Pace, C. R. (My '45)
Evaluation of modern education. Leonard, J. P.,
and Eurich, A. C., eds. (Je '42)
Evaluation of teacher merit in city school
systems. Reavis, W. C., and Cooper. D. H.
(Ag '45)
Evangelicalism
Macintosh, D. C. Personal religion. (D '43)
Evangelicals, revolutionists and idealists. Me-
Conneil, F. J. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Evans, Daniel
Calkins, R., ed. Daniel Evans. (My '45)
Eve of St Mark Anderson, M. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Evelyn and the fish. Chrestien, F. H. (Je '45)
Even bishops die. Saxby, C. (S '42)
Even Jericho. Hall. W. (D '44)
Even my own brother. Burgan, J. (O '42)
Ehrenings with music. Skolsky, S. (O '44)
Event in eternity. Scherer, P. E. (Ap '46)
Ever after. Beebe, B. t. R. (N '45)
Ever New EngJendT Chamberlain, S. (Ag '45)
Evergreen house. Hauck, L. P. (My '48)
Every dog has its day. Haydon, J. (My '46)
Everybody eats. Green, M. M. (D '46)
Everybody has a house. Green, M. M. (Ag '44)
Everybody makes mistakes. Marble, M. S. (Ag
'46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1049
Everybody's political what's what. Shaw, G, B.
Everybody's weather. Gaer, J. (S '44)
Everyday automobile repairs. Crouse, W. H.
(O M6)
Everyday birds. Allen, G. E. (Je '43)
Everyday nursing for the everyday home. Nor-
lin, E. E., and Donaldson, B. M. (My '42)
Everyday things in American life. Langdon,
W. C. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Everything is quite all right. Wilcox, W. (N
Everything rustles. Walker, M. (S '45)
Eve's second apple. Dogbolt, B. (N '46)
Eve's stepchildren. Jones, L. N., ed. (My '42)
Evidence, Circumstantial
Reik, T. Unknown murderer. (Je *45)
Evidence of things seen. Daly, E. (S '43)
Evidence unseen. Davis, L. R. (Je '45)
Evil. See Good and evil
Evil, Non-resistance to
Gregg, R. B. Power of non-violence. (D '46)
Evil star. Adams, C. F. (My '44)
Evolution
Berman, L. Behind the universe. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hofstadter, R. Social Darwinism in American
thought. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Howells, W. W. Mankind so far. (My '44)
Huxley, J. S. Evolution, the modern syn-
thesis. (My '43)
Ley, W. Days of creation. (Ap '42)
Simpson. G. G. Tempo and mode in evolution.
(Ag '45)
Weidenreich, F. Apes, giants and man. (N
'46)
Juvenile literature
Novikoff, A. B. Climbing our family tree.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Evolution of modern Latin America. Hum-
phreys, R. A. (D '46)
Evolution of social classes. McOonnell, J. W.
(My '43)
Evolution of the Dutch nation. Vlekke, B. H.
M. (S *45)
Evolution of The Faerie Queene. Bennett, J.
W. (S '43)
Evolution, the modern synthesis. Huxley, J. 8.
(My '43)
Examinations
Brereton, J. L, Case for examinations. (Je
'44)
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement and
evaluation in the elementary school. (Je
•42)
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement and
evaluation in the secondary school. (Ag
•43)
McKown, H. C. How to pass a written exami-
nation. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Excavations (archeology)
Christie, A. M. Come, tell me how you live.
(Ja *47) (1946 Annual)
Excess baggage. St John, B. U. (Je '43)
Excess profits tax
Bickford, H. C. Excess profits tax relief. (My
Curran, K. J. Excess profits taxation. (My
Giliim, M. H. Incidence of excess profits
taxation. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hicks, J. R., and others. Taxation of war
wealth. (My '42)
Exchange
Halm, G. International monetary cooperation.
(Je '45)
Exchange ship. Hill, M. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Exciting adventures of Waldo. Burton, E. and
Excuse me, Mrs Meigs. Corbett, E. F. (Ap
Excuse my dust. Partridge, B. (O '43)
Executive ability
Glee ton, G. 17., and Mason, C. W. Executive
ability. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Smith, R. Developing your executive ability.
Starch, D. How to develop your executive
ability. (Ag '44)
Executive in action. Dimock, M. E. (Ag '46)
(1945)
Executive power
Allen, C. K. Law and orders. (S '46)
Executives
Dimock, M. E. Executive in action. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Exercise
Duggan, A. S., and others. Conditioning exer-
cises for girls and women. (Ag '46)
Kiphuth, R. J. H. How to be fit. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Nye, D. Lady be flt! (D '42)
Rathbone, J. L. Relaxation. (Ag *44)
Steincrohn, P. J. You don't have to exercise!
(N '42)
Exile in the stars. Donohue, J. J. (My '46)
Exiled pilgrim. Hubben, W. (N '43)
Exiles
Ludwig, E., and Kranz, H. B., eds. Torch
of freedom. (N '43>
Exile's daughter. Taukey, G. 3. (O '44)
Exit screaming. Stevens, F. M. R. (Ag '42)
Expatriation
Cable, J. L. Loss of citizenship. (Ag '44)
Tsiang, I. Question of expatriation in Amer-
ica prior to 1907. (D '43)
Expectantly yours. Castallo, M. A., and Walz,
Experience "'
Hough, L. H. Meaning of human experience.
(Ap '46)
Experience and the Christian faith. Jefferson.
H. B. (Ap '42)
Experience worketh hope. Gossip, A. J. (O *45)
Experiences in homemaking. Laitem, H. H.,
and Miller, F. S. (Je *42)
Experiencing American pictures. Pearson, R. M.
(My '43)
Experiment E. Szalet, L. (Ap '46)
Experiment in Germany. Padover, S. K. (My
46)
Experiment in rebellion. Dowdey, C. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Experiment perilous. Carpenter, M. (My '43)
Experimental cookery. Lowe, B. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Experimental electronics. Mttller. R. H., and
others. (Je '43)
Experimental physical chemistry. Palmer, W.
G. (O '42)
Experimental plastics and synthetic resins.
D'Alelio, G. F. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Experimental sociology. Greenwood, E. (8 '45)
Experimental spectroscopy. Sawyer, R. A. (S
Experiments in electronics and communication
engineering. Schulz, E. H., and Anderson,
L. T. (O '43)
Expert in murder. Heberden, M. V. (S *45)
Exploration in reading patterns. Strong, R. M.
*(My '43)
Explorers
Anthony, B. K., and Barnes. M. Explorers
all. (Je '43)
Lohse, C., and Seaton, J. Mysterious conti-
nent. CD '44)
Lucas, M. S. Vast horizons. (S '43)
Juvenile literature
Duvolsin, R. A. They put out to sea. (Mr
Explorers all. Anthony, B. K., and Barnes, M.
(Je '43)
Exploring Journalism. Wolseley, R. E., and
Campbell. L. R. (N '43)
Exploring our world. See Powers, S. R., and
others. Adventuring in science. (My *46)
Exploring the curriculum. Giles, H. H., and
others. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Exploring the dangerous trades. Hamilton, A.
(My '43)
Exploring the graphic arts. Marinaccio, A.,
and Osborn, B. N. (Je '43)
Exploring the little rivers of New Jersey.
Cawley. J. S. and M. (Ap '43)
Exploring the wartime morale of high -school
youth. Cronbach, L. J. (N '43)
Exploring tomorrow's agriculture. Baton, J.
W. (S *43)
Exploring we would go* Gattl, E. M. W. (Je
Explosion. Wallace, F. (My '43)
explosions
Robinson, C. S. Explosions. (8 '44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Bebie, J. Manual of explosives, military
pyrotechnics, and chemical warfare agents,
(Je '43)
Davis, T. L. Chemistry of powder and ex-
plosives, v 2. (Ag '43)
Meyer, M. Science of explosives. (Ap '44)
Olsen, A. L., and Greene, J. W. Laboratory
manual of explosive chemistry. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Expression of personality. Wolff, W. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Expropriation of foreign owner property in
Mexico. Gordon, W. C. (O '42)
Extension of university teaching. Creese, „ .
(My '42)
Extra! McNamara, J. (Je '45)
Extrusion (metals)
Pearson, C. E. Extrusion of metals. (O '44)
Extrusion of metals. Pearson, C. EL (O '44)
Eye
Fox. S. A. Your eyes. (O '44)
Accommodation and refraction
Huxley, A. L. Art of seeing. (D '42)
Care and hygiene
Fox, S. A. Your eyes. (O '44)
Gerling, C. J. Sight saver. (N '43)
Resnick, L,. Eye hazards in industry. (Je
•42)
Diseases and defects
Huxley, A. L. Art of seeing. (D '42)
Kuhn, H. S. Industrial ophthalmology. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Schwartz, L.. H. Your eyes have told me. (S
'45)
Eye and the finger. Wandrel, D. (O '44)
Eye for a tooth. Mercer, C. W (Ap '44)
An eye for an eye. Bayer, O. W. (Ag '45)
Eye hazards in industry. Resnick, L. (Je '42)
Ezra and me. Taber, H. P. (S '43)
F.B.I, in peace and war. Collins, F. L. (N *4S)
Fables
Aesop. Fables. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Fables. Saroyan, W. (Ap '42)
Fabre, Jean Henri Caslmir
Juvenile literature
Eberle, I. Wide fields. (D '43)
Fabulous empire. Gipson, F. (N '46)
Fabulous life of Sarah Bern hard t. Verneuil, L*.
(D *42)
Fabulous people. Hubner. R. N. (S '42)
Brophy, J. Human face. (D '46)
Face in the aspic. Mario, T. (Ap '44)
Face of South America. Rich, J. L,. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Face of the war. 1931-1942. Cuff, S. H. (O '42)
Face of things. Ritner, A. K. G. (My '44)
Faces in a dusty picture. Kersh. G. (Mr '46)
Facing the stars. Crowell, G. N. (Ag '42)
Fact and fancy in the T.N.E.C. monograph*.
Scoviile, J., and Sargent, N. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Fact and fiction in modern science. Gill, H. V.
(N '45)
Holzinger. K. J., and Harman, H. H. Factor
analysis. (O '42)
Factories
Protection
Farran, H. D. Industrial guard's manual.
(Je '43)
Factors related to children's participation in
certain types of home activity. Luecke, E.
L. (My '42)
Factory and trade waste
Eldridge, E. F. Industrial waste treatment
practice. (Je '42)
Factory Inspection
Djang, T. K. Factory inspection in Great
Britain. (O '42)
Factory management
Amiss, J. M., and Button, T. C. Industrial
supervisor. (Mr '45)
Anderson, A. G., and others. Industrial man-
agement. (My '43)
Berg-hell, A. B. Production engineering in the
aircraft industry. (Ap '45)
Connelly, J. R. Technique of production proc-
esses. (O '43)
Fern, G. H. Training for supervision in in-
dustry. (Je '46)
Froman, L. A., and Mason, S. B. Industrial
supervision. (My '43)
Gardner, B. B. Human relations in industry.
(My *46)
Heyel, C., ed. Foreman's handbook. (My '43)
Juran, J. M. Management of Inspection and
quality control. (Ag '45)
Koepke, C. A. Plant production control. (My
•42)
Maynard. H. B., and others, eds. Effective
foreman ship. (Ap '42)
Maynard, H. B., and Stegemerten, G. J.
Guide to methods improvement. (My '44)
Muther. R. Production -line technique. (S '45)
National foreman's institute. Foreman's man-
agement conference manuals. (O '43)
Rautenstrauch, W. Principles of modern in-
dustrial organization. (Ap '44)
Riegel, J. W. Management, labor and tech-
nological change. (N '43)
Facts are. Seldea. G. (S '43)
Facts of life. Goodman, P. (S '45)
Fading trails. United States. National park
service. (N '42)
Failures of peace. Forster, K. (My '42)
Fair fantastic Paris. Ettlinger. H. (O '44)
Fair field. Moore, J. C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Fair is our land. Chamberlain, S., ed. (S '42)
Fair is the morning. Erdman, L. G. (D '45)
Fair stood the wind for France. Bates. H. E.
(Je '44)
Fair woman. Vaughan, H. (Mr '42)
FairclouQh, Henry Rushton
Fairclough, H. R. Warming both hands. (N
'42)
Fairfax, Beatrice. See Manning, Marie
Fairies and suchlike. Eastwick, I. O. (N '46)
Fairies of the glen. McEwen, J. E. (Je '43)
Fairy tales
Afanas'ev, A. N. Russian fairy tales. (D '45)
Andersen, H. C. Fairy tales; tr. by Jean
Hersholt. (My '44)
Andersen, H. C. Fairy tales; il. by Taeha
Tudor. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Arabian nights entertainments. Arabian
nights; collected and ed. by Andrew Lang.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Bleecker, M. N., comp. Big music. (Ap '46)
Cockrell, M. B. Shadow castle. (O '45)
Fenner, P. R., comp. Adventure, rare and
magical. (D '46)
Fenner, P. R., ed. Demons and dervishes. (D
'46)
Fenner, P. R. Giants and witches and a
drag-on or two. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fenner, P. R.. ed. Princesses and peasant
boys. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Gale, L., ed. Favorite bedtime stories. (Ja
'44) e*943 Annual)
Gale, L., ed. Favorite nursery stories. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gibson. K., ed. Tenggren tell -it- again book.
(N '42)
Grimm, J. L,. K. and W. K. Fairy tales,
complete edition; il. by Joseph Scharl. (D
Grimm, J. L». K. and W. K. Hansel and
Gretel. (D '44)
Grimm, J. L.. K. and W. K. Three gay tales
from Grimm. (D '43)
Murtaugh, J., ed. Wonder tales of giants
and dwarfs. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Perrault, C. French fairy tales. (D »4E)
Fairy tales from the Balkans. Haallp, J. (Mr
*46)
Faith
Cammaerts, E. Upon this rock. (S '43)
Chalmers, A. K. Constant fire. (My '45)
Ferr£, N. F. S. Faith and reason. (O '46)
Kroner, R. Primacy of faith. (O '43)
Faith and fire within us. Jackson, E. (D '44)
Faith and nurture. Smith, H. S. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Faith and reason. Ferr4. N. F. S. (O '46)
Faith cure
Stplz, K. R. Church and psychotherapy. (Ap
44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1051
Faith of a liberal. Cohen, M. B.(Ap '46>
Faith of a Protestant Easton, W. B. (My '46)
Faith of an unrepentant liberal. Davies, A. P.
(O '46)
Faith of man speaks. Woodbury, H.. ed. (8
Faith of our children. Jones, M. A. (Ag '43)
Faith of our fighter*. Nance. EL. C.. ed. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual) „ „
Faith, reason and civilization. Loski, H. J.
Faith^fhe root. Fleury, B. F. (Je '42)
Faith to free the people. Belfragre, C. (N *44)
Faith under nre. Coleman, M. E. (S '42)
Faked passport*. Wheatley, D. (My '43)
Falange. Chase, A. (S *43)
Falcon of Brie the Red. CoblenU, C. C. (N '4*)
Fall guy. Barry, J. (My '46)
Fall guy for murder. Goldman, I*. (Mr '43)
Fall of Christianity. Heering, G. J. (My '44)
Fall of Paris. Erenburg, I. G. (Je '43)
Fall of the curtain. Eng title of: Curtain falls.
Bernadotte, F. (N *46)
Fall of the Napoleonic kingdom of Italy (1814).
Rath, R. J. (N '42)
Fall of the old colonial system. Schuyler, R. U
(S '46)
Fall of valor. Jackson. C. R. (N '46)
Fall River, Massachusetts
Smith. T. R. Cotton textile industry of Fall
River, Massachusetts. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Fallen angel. Holland, M. (Je '45)
Fallen sparrow. Hughes, D. B. F. (O '42)
Falling sickness. Temkin, O. (Je '46)
Falling through space. Hillary, R. (Mr '42)
Fallow land. Vigil, C. C. (O '46)
Falmouth, Massachusetts _
Faught, M. C. Falmouth, Massachusetts. (O
'45)
False alarm. Long, M. (Je '43)
Familiar animals and how to draw them. Hoge-
boom, A. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Families in trouble. Koos, E. U (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Arli&, A. H. Family relationships. (Je '42)
Becker, H., and Hill, R. I*, eds. Marriage
and the family. (Ap '43)
Bernard, J. S. American family behavior.
/ a '42^
Bossard, J. H. S., and Boll, E. S. Family
situations. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Burgess. E. W., and Locke. H. J. Family,
from institution to companionship. (Ag '46)
Cavan. R. S. Family. (Ap *43)
Drummond, L. W. Youth and instruction in
marriage and family living. (Je '43)
Ellenwood, J. L. It runs in the family. (Ag
'42)
Elmer, M. C. Sociology of the family. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Folsom, J. K. Family and democratic society.
(Ag '43)
Foster, R. G. Marriage and family relation-
ships. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Goldstein, S. Is. Marriage and family counsel-
ing. (Ag '46)
Groves, E. R. Christianity and the family.
(Ag '42)
Groves, G. H. Marriage and family life.
(Ag '42)
Gruenberg, S. M., ed. Family in a world at
war. (S '42)
Koos, E. L. Families in trouble. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Lang, O. Chinese family and society. (Ag '46)
Myrdal, A. R. Nation and family. (Ap '42)
Nash. E. M. With this ring. (D '42)
Pearse, I. H., and Crocker, L. H. Peckham
experiment. (Ap '46)
Richardson, H. B. Patients have families.
(My *45)
Schmiedeler, E. Marriage and the family. (N
46)
Taft, J., ed. Functional approach to family
case work. (S '46)
Wood, U F., and Mullen, J. W., eds. What
the American family faces. (Ap '44)
Religious life
Groves, E. R. Christianity and the family.
(Ag '42)
Family album. Rothery, A. E. (My '42)
Family and democratic society. Folsom, J. K.
(Ag '43)
lleson. U B. (O '42)
street. Taber, G. B. (Je '46)
Family circle. Merriam, E. (D '46)
Family, from institution to companionship.
Burgess, E. W., and Locke. H. jT(A* »46)
Family history. Canby, H. S. (N '46)
Family honeymoon. Croy. H. (S '42)
Family in a world at war. Gruenberg, S. M.,
ed. (S '42)
Family man. MfrtH'
Family on Maple BU.OCI. J.«M^I, \». a
Family on the hill. Flack, A. (My '46)
Family relationships. Arlitt, A. H. (Je '42)
Family situations. Bossard. J. H. S., and Boll,
E. S. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Family tree. Maple, F. (Je '45)
Family way. Brinig, M. (My '42)
Famous American athletes of today; eighth
series. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Famous American composers. Overmyer, G. (8
Famous authors for boys and girls. Coffman,
R. P., and Goodman, N. G. (8 '43)
Famous case of Myra Clark Gaines. Harmon,
N. B. (N *46)
Famous in their twenties. Himber, C. (S '42)
Famous leaders of industry. Moore, J. A. (F
'46) (iy46 Annual)
Famous New England lighthouses. Snow, E. R.
(Mr '46)
Famous old New England murders. Dempe-
woltt, R. (S *42)
Famous pianists, for boys and girls. Burch, G.
Famous pioneers for young people. Coffman,
R. P.. and Goodman. N. G. (Ap '46)
Famous plays of crime and detection. Cartmell,
V. H., and Cerf, B. A., comps. (O *46)
Famous violinists for young people. Burch, G.
Fanatic of Fez. Heberden. M. V. (Ag '43)
The fancy. fing title of: Edward's fancy.
Dickens, M. (Mr '44)
Fanfare for Elizabeth. Sitwell, E. (S '46)
Fannie Farmer Junior cook book. Perkins, W.
L.. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Fantastic interim. Robinson, H. M. (My '43)
Fantastic memories. Sandoz, M. T. (Ap '46)
Fantastic summer. Eng title of: Unforeseen.
Macardle, D. (Ag '46)
Far away music. Meeker. A. (D '46)
Far blue horizons. Howard, M. (My *42)
Far Eastern war, 1937-1941. Quigley. H. S. (S
'42 )
Far from Mariborough street. Philbrook, B.
(My '44)
Far from the land. Monahan, J. (N '45)
Far north country. Williamson, T. R. (My '44)
Far on the ringing plains. Rodger, G. (Mr '44)
Far shore. Miller, M. (My '46)
Farewell my heart. Molnar, F. (Ag '45)
Farewell, my son. Grossberg, E. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Farewell, pretty ladies. Massie, C. (Mr '42)
Farewell to Salonica. Sclaky, L. (N '46)
Farewell to Tharrus. Maclean, C. M. (Je '44)
Farewell to the admiral. Cheyney, P. (Je
43)
Farm animals. Hogner, D. C. (Ja *45) (1946
Annual)
Farm bloc. McCune. W. (S *43)
Farm for fortune and vice verse. Haystead,
L. (Ap '42)
Farm in the family. Ross, M. L (My '44)
Farm life
Bromfleld. L. Pleasant Valley. (My '45)
Daniels, B. K. Outer edge. (O '43)
Gould, J. Farmer takes a wife. (D '45)
Haystead. U Meet the farmers. (My '44)
Ladd, C. E., and Eastman, E. R. Growing
up in the horse and buggy days. (Mr MS)
Lyon,( M. And green grass grows all around.
Lyon, M. Fresh from the hills. (Ja *46) (1945
Annual)
McDonald, A. Old McDonald had a farm. (Ap
MacDonald, B. The egg and I. (N '45)
Pearson, H. S. Success on the small farm.
(My '46)
Farm management
Johnson. S. E., and others. Managing a farm,
(My '46)
Farm on the veldt. Eng title of: No brighter
dawn. Jervis, V. M. S. (Je '43)
Farm ownership, tenancy, and land use in a
Nebraska community. Diller, R. (Ap '42)
Farm primer. Teller, W. M. (S »42)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Farm produce fn ttn^
Black, J. D. Parity, parity, parity. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Van Dersal, W. R. American land. (O '4S)
Farm stories. Jackson, K. and B. (Ap '46)
Farm story. Nast, E. R. (N '46)
Farm tenancy
Raper, A. F. Tenants of the Almighty. (S
Fanner and the rest of us. Moore, A, (My '45)
Farmer citizen at war. Tolley. H. R, (Ap '48)
Farmer takes a wife. Gould, J. (D '45)
Farmers
Hay stead, L. Meet the farmers. (My *44)
Farmer's girl. Hariand. K. M. (8 '42)
Farmer's last frontier. Shannon, F. A. (O '45)
Farmers of the world. Brunner, E. de S., and
others, eds. (N '45) w „ >--%
Farming for security. Duryee, W. B. (My '43)
Farms
Greenberg, D. B., and Corbin. C. So you're
going to buy a farm. (Ag '44)
Farms and farmers. Clark, W. H. (Ap *46)
Faro's daughter. Heyer, O. (Je '42)
Farr, Florence (Mrs Edward Emery)
Bax, C., ed. Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw,
W. B. Yeats; letters. (Ap '42)
Farragut, David Glasgow
Lewis. C. L. David Glasgow Farragut, v2.
(N ;43)
Juvenile literature
Stevens, W. O. David Glasgow Farragut. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Farther north. Pinkerton, K. S. G. (Ap '44)
Fascism
Flynn, J. T. As we go marching. (Mr '44)
Herridge, W. D. Which kind of revolution?
(D '43)
Kotschnig, W. M. Slaves need no leaders.
(Mr '43)
London, K. Backgrounds of conflict. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Reich, W. Mass psychology of fascism. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Timasheff, N. S. Three worlds. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Warburg, J. P. Foreign policy begins at
home. (Ag *45) (1944 Annual)
Argentina
Bradford, S. E. Battle for Buenos Aires. (Je
'43)
Latin America
Chase. A. Falange. (S '43)
South America
Fernandez Artucio. H. Nazi underground in
South America. (Ap '42)
Sharp, R. H. South America uncensored. (S
*45)
United States
Derounian, A. Plotters. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Derounian, A. Under cover. (S '43)
Hoke, H. R. Black mail. (O '44)
Hoke, H. R. It's a secret. (Mr '46)
Pilier, E. A. Time bomb. (O '45)
St George, M. J., and Dennis, L. Trial on
trial. (O '46)
Fashion
Burris-Meyer, E. This is fashion. (S '43)
Williams, B. Fashion is our business. (My
'46)
Fashion is our business. Williams. B. My '45)
Fast by the road. Moody, J. (My '42)
Fast Sooner hound. Bontemps, A. W.f and
Conroy, J. (D '42)
Faster, faster. Horn, E. N. (Ap '46)
Fat baron. Boutell, C. B. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Fatal purchase. Rowe, A. V. (Je '45)
Fate and freedom. Frank, J. (Ag '45)
Fates are laughing. Crozier. W. P. (Ag '46)
Father and Glorious Descendant. Lowe, P.
Father Brown omnibus. Chesterton, O. K. (My
Father Meany and the Fighting 69th. Jenkins,
B. A. (O *44)
Father Tim. McAuliATe. H. J. (S '44)
Fathers of the church
Casfiav. F. p. Molders of the medieval mind.
(Ap 45}
Fathoms below, Meier, F. (Je '43)
Fathoms deep. Dawson, M. (O '43)
Fatigue
National research council. Committee on
work in industry. Fatigue of workers. (Je
Rathbone, J. L. Relaxation. (Ag '44)
Fatigue of workers. National research council.
Committee on work in industry. (Je 42)
Fats and oils. Kirschenbauer, H. G. (F '46)
(1944 Annual)
Faultless shore. Weismiller, E. R. (F *47) (1946
Annual) _
Fauns, satyrs and a few sages. Grebanier, B.
D. N. (Ap '46)
Favored nation clause
Davis, H. O. America's trade equality policy.
(N '42)
Favorite American plays of the nineteenth
century. Clark, B. H, ed. (N '43)
Favorite bedtime stories. Gale, L., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Favorite nursery stories. Gale, L., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Favorite stories old and new. Gruenberg, S. M.,
ed. (Mr '43)
Favorite tales of long ago. See note under Gale,
L., ed. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dollard, J. Victory over fear. (N '42)
Fear and Miss Betony. Bowers, D. (Mr '42)
Fear conies to Chalfont. Crofts, F. W. (S '42)
Fear for Miss Betony. Eng title of: Fear and
Miss Betony. Bowers, D. (Mr '42)
Fear makers. Tellhet, D. L. (S '45)
Fear no more. Edgley, L. (N *46)
Fear not, little flock. Zimpfer, G. (S '42)
Fear stalks the village. White, E. L. (Ap '42)
Fearful passage. Branson, H. C. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Fearful pleasures. Copparc^ A. E. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Feather merchants. Shulman, M. (Je '44)
Fecundity
Beebe, G. W. Contraception and fertility in
the southern Appalachians. (Ap '43)
Kiser, C. V. Group differences in urban fer-
tility. (Je '43)
Federal aid and public assistance in Illinois.
Miles, A. P. (My '42)
Federal budget system in operation. Naylor,
E. E. (S '42)
Federal cooperation with the states under the
commerce clause. Kallenbach, J. E. (O '42)
Federal estate and gift taxation. Paul, R. E.
(Je '42)
Federal finance in peace and war. Shirras, G.
F. (D '45)
Federal finances in the coming decade. Shoup,
C. S. (Ap '42)
Federal government
Pound, R., and others. Federalism as a demo-
cratic process. (D '42)
Rougemont, D. de., and Muret, C. Heart
of Europe. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Wheare, K. C. Federal government. (N '46)
Federal grants for vocational rehabilitation.
MacDonald, M. E. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Federal power commission and state utility
regulation. Baum, R. D. (S '43)
Federal price control. Johnson, J. E., comp.
(My '42)
Federal regulation of labor unions. Garland,
J. V., comp. (My '42)
Federal reserve bank of Cleveland
Blaser, A. F. Federal reserve bank of Cleve-
land. (S '43)
Federalism and freedom. Young, G. (S '42)
Federalism and regionalism in Germany.
Brecht, A. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Federalism and the problem of the small
state. Marriott, J. A. R. (Ag '44)
Federalism as a democratic process. Pound.
R., and others. (D '42)
Federation. Eaton, H. O.. and others. (Ap '44)
Federation of Protestant welfare agencies, In-
corpora ted, New York
Stidley, L. A. Sectarian welfare federation
among Protestants. (My '46)
Feed water purification
Ryan, W. J. Water treatment and purifica-
tion. (O '46)
Feeding* babies and their families. Monsch, H.,
and Harper, M. K. (N '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1053
Feeding our armed forces. Hoffman, E. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Feeding the lions. Case, F. (Ag '42)
Feeling no pain. Hoff, S. (D ;44)
Fees, Professional
Friedman, M., and Kuznets, S. 3. Income
from independent professional practice. (O
'46)
Felicity way. Qirvan, H. (Je '42)
Fellow of infinite jest. Yoseloff, T. (N '46)
Female of the species. Queen, E., ed. (S '43)
Feminine faces. Chappell, C. G. (D '42)
Fencing
Breckinridge, S, D. and S. D., Jr. Sword
Nadt,y'A. ^n fencing. (Ag '43)
Ferdinand V, king of Spain
Fiction
Kesten, H. Ferdinand and Isabella. (D '46)
Fergusson. Harvey
Fergusson, H. Home in the West. (Mr '45)
Fermentation
Tauber, H. Enzyme technology. (Ap '44)
Fernel, Jean
Sherrington, C. S. Endeavour of Jean Fernel.
Ferrous metallurgy. Teichert, E. J. (Je '44)
Ferrous production metallurgy. Bray, J, L.
(Mr '43)
Ferry, Jules Francois Camllle
Power, T. F. Jules Ferry and the renaissance
of French imperialism. (My '45)
Fervent years. Clurman. H. (Ag '45)
Festivals
DuBois, R. D. Get together Americans. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gibson, G. M. Story of the Christian year. (O
'45)
The fetch. Eng title of: The spectral bride.
Shearing, J. (S '42)
Feudalism
Painter, S. Studies in the history of the
English feudal barony. (My '44)
Poole. A. Li. Obligations of society in the
XII and XIII centuries. (O '46)
Fever bark tree. Duran-Reynals, M. L. de A.
(Ag '46)
Few brass tacks. Bromfleld, L. (S '46)
Few happy ones. Van der Veer, J. (O '43)
Fiber to fabric. Potter, M. D. (O '45)
Ficlno, Marsilio
Kristeller, P. O. Philosophy of Marsilio Fici-
no. (S '43)
Fiction (books about)
Bibliography
Carpenter, H. M. Gateways to American his-
tory. (Ap '43)
Fiction catalog, 1941. (My '43)
History and criticism
Haines, H. E. What's in a novel. (S '42)
Haycraft, H., ed. Art of the mystery story.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Haycraft, H. Murder for pleasure. (1941, 1942)
Technique
Burack, A. S. ed. Craft of novel writing.
(My '43)
Burack, A. S., ed. Writing detective and
mystery fiction. (Je '45)
Derleth, A. W. Writing fiction. (S '46)
Glasgow, E. A. G. Certain measure. (N '43)
Rodell, M. F. Mystery fiction. (Je '43)
Fiction (classified according to subject)
Abolition movement
Stern, P. V. Drums of morning. (S '42)
Acadlans
Eaton, E. S. M. Sea is so wide. (Ap *43)
Actors and actresses
Coxhead, N. Though they go wandering. (My
Davenport. G. L. Return engagement. (O '46)
Davis, F. Quicksilver. (O '42)
Derleth. A. W. Sweet Genevieve. (Ag '42)
Marshall, BJ. Upstart. (My '45)
Perkins, J. R. Antloch actress. (Ap '46)
Adolescence
Aldis, D. K. Poor Susan. (D '42)
Amrine, M. All sons must say goodbye. (O
Cesbron, G. Innocents of Paris. (S '46)
Chambers, M. C. M. Two eagles. (Ap '44)
Childs, M. W. Cabin. (Ag '44)
Clark, W. V. City of trembling leaves. (Je
•45)
Clewes, W. Sweet river in the morning. (N
*46)
Cronin, A, J. Green years. (D '44)
Daly, M. Seventeenth summer. (Je '42)
Duncan, J. B. Heather heritage. (Mr '43)
Fetzer, H. Come back to Wayne county.
(D '42)
Feuchtwanger, L. Simone. (S '44)
Field, H. Stormy present. (S '42)
Gardner, M. Mom counted six. (Je '44)
Godden, R. The river. (N '46)
Goodin, P. Clementine. (S '46)
Herbert, F. H. Meet Corliss Archer. (Ag '44)
Hutchinson, A. S.-M. It happened like this.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, J. W. Wildwood. (Mr '46)
Karig, W. Lower than angels. (Mr '45)
Kehoe, W. J. Sweep of dusk. (Ag S6)
Kroll, H. H. Waters over the dam. (My §44)
Laverty, M. Never no more. (Ap '42)
L/Engle, M. Small rain. (Ap '45) *"
Macardle. D. Summer in April. (S '46)
McCormick, R. de F. Little coquette. (S *44)
McCullers, C. S. Member of the wedding. (J«
*46)
McNichols, C. L. Crazy weather. (Ap *44)
Marsh, E. Drink to the hunted. (Je '45)
Marshall, J. Presently tomorrow. (S *46)
Maxwell, W. Folded leaf. (My '45)
Osborn, M. E. Days beyond recall. (D '42)
Robinson, O. Triumvirate. (N '43)
Rosalre. F. East of midnight. (Je '45)
Rosenfeld, I. Passage from home. (Je *46)
Saroyan, W. Human comedy. (Ap *43)
Scott, J. Charity ball. (S '46)
Simmons, H. Lark. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Tamas, I. Students of Spalato. (My '44)
Treynor, B. She ate her cake. (Je '46)
Wadelton, T. D. Silver buckles on his knee.
(S *45)
Warrick, L. S. Yesterday's children. (Je '43)
Weidman, J. Lights around the shore. (Je
Welch, D. In youth is pleasure. (My '46)
White, V. Peter Domanig. ( Je '44)
Adventure
Buchan, J. Adventurers all. (O '42)
Burke, R. Barbary freight. (Ag '43)
Charteris. L. Saint goes West. (Ag '42)
Costain, T. B. For my great folly. (S '42)
Delehanty, E. Arise from sleep. (My '42)
De Voto. B. A. Woman in the picture. (Ap
Douglas, D. Haunted harbor. (S '43)
Drago, H. S. River of gold. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Fischer, M. Embarrassment of riches. (Ap
Frisbie, R. D. Amaru. (Ag '45)
Garth, D. Manila masquerade. (Ag '42)
Garth. D. Thunderbird. (Je '42)
Gill, T. Jungle harvest. (My '43)
Gill, T. North to danger. (D '42)
Oilman, LaS. Golden horde. (N '42)
Hughes, D. B. F. Fallen sparrow. (O '42)
Hughes. D. B. F. Johnnie. (S '44)
Maclnnes, H. While still we live. (My §44)
Marshall. E. Great Smith. (My f43)
Myers. J. M. Out on any limb. (S '42)
Powell, R. P. All over but the shooting.
(Ag '44)
Powers, T. Virgin with butterflies. (Ag '45)
Roark, G. Wake of the Red Witch. (My *46)
Rohmer, S. Bimbashi BarQk of Egypt. (My
Shay, E. F., and Smith, K. Private adven-
ture of Captain Shaw. (Mr '45)
Teilhet, H. T. The assassins. (S '46)
Worts, G. F. Overboard. (Je '43)
Wren. P. C. Dark woman. (Mr »43)
Wright, M. E. Begun in laughter. (O '42)
Tates, M. T. Murder by the yard. (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
Advertising
Haberman, H. L. How about tomorrow morn-
ing? (Je '45)
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Fiction— Advertising: — Continued
Leokum, A. Please send me. absolutely
free. . . (O '46)
Wakeman, F. Hucksters. (A* '46)
Airplane accidents
Parrott, K. U. T. Storm at dusk. (My '43)
Allegories
Goodman, P. Grand_piano. (O '42)
Higginbotham. R. E. Wine for my brothers.
(S'46)
. Morgan, J. History of the kingdom of
Basaruah. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Orwell, a. Animal farm. (O '46)
Stauffer, D. A. Saint and the hunchback.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Americanization
D'Agostino, G. Hills beyond Manhattan.
(Mr '42)
Kerr, A. B. Strangers no longer. (O '43 )
Americans abroad
Green, A. Just before dawn. (Ap '43)
Americans in Brazil
White, Li. T. Look away, look away. (Mr '44)
Americans In England
Allen, J. We always come back. (D '45)
Gabriel, G. W. Love from London. (S '46)
Amnesia
Love letters. (N '44)
R. H. Identity unknown. (S '45)
R. Dark continent. (F '44) (1943
Massie, C.
- Newman,
Sullivan,
Annual)
Baker, F.
Benefleld,
(Mr '43)
Coyle. K.
Mail/, E.
(N '46)
Salten. F.
Salten, F.
Angels
Sweet chariot. (Ap '43)
B. Eddie and the archangel Mike.
Animal stories
Major, and the others. (D '42)
L., ed. Treasury of animal stories.
Forest world. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Good comrades. (Ap '42)
Bears
Montgomery, B. G. Big Brownie. (Je '44)
Bulls
Lamond, H. G. Brindle Royalist. (Ap '46)
Cats
Coyle, K. Josephine. (Je '42)
Smith. H. A. Rhubarb. (O '46)
Zistel, E., comp. Treasury of cat stories.
(My '44)
Dog*
Bell, V. Two of a kind. (Mr '43)
Brown, B. All dogs go to heaven. (Je '44)
Chamberlain, G. A. Bride of Bridal Hill. (D
'42)
Davison, F. D. Dusty. (O '46)
Foote. J. T. Dumb-Bell. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Goodman, J., ed. Fireside book of dog
stories. (Je '43)
Holland, R. P. My dog. Lemon. (D '45)
Idriess, I. L. Dog of the desert. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Lamond, H. G. Dingo. (Mr '45)
O'Brien, J. S. Return of Silver Chief. (Ap
Shurtleff, B. L. Short leash. (8 '45)
Stlett. F. P. Unleash the dogs of war. (My
*45)
Horses
Horse and his shadow. (S '43)
, G. A. Phantom filly. (Mr '42)
ed. Great horse stories. (S '46)
D. War horse. (Je '42)
R. View from a window. (Ag
Amorim, E.
Chamberlain
Cooper, P.,
Downey, F.
Howard, F.
'42)
Lamond, H.
McMeekin,
tteinbeck, J
ture-Vasa,
(D '46)
Sture-Vasa, M. A. Thunderhead. (N »S4)
Mules
Chamberlain. G. A. Scudda-hoo! scudda-hayl
(Mr '46)
Downey, F. D. Army mule. (Ap *46)
Stern, D. Francis. (D '46)
Antique shops
Holton. B. A. Silver crescent. (My '44)
Archeology
Wolf, V. Spell of Egypt. (Ap '43)
Architects
D'Agostino. G. Hills beyond Manhattan.
(Mr '42)
Rand. A. Fountainhead. (Je '43)
. G. Kilgour's mare. (N '43)
C. Red Raskall. (N *43)
Red pony. (D '45)
M. A. Green grass of Wyoming.
Armenians In the United States
Hagopian, R. Dove brings peace. (My '44)
Saroyan, W. Fables. (Ap '42)
Army life
Aldrich, B. S. Lieutenant's lady. (O '42)
Morris, T. No bidding place. (Ag '45)
Seifert. E. Army doctor. (Ap '42)
Wadelton, T. D. Array brat (My *43>
Warren, C. M. Only the valiant. (Ap '43)
Artists
Carrick, G. Susan to you. (S '43)
Danz, L. It is still the morning. (N '43 )
Davenport, G. L. Return engagement. (O '46)
Havill, E. Tell it to the laughing stars. (My
Sedgwick, F. M. Rim. (Je '45)
Van de Water, F. F. Fool's errand. (Ag '45)
White. C. W. In the blazing light. (Ap '46)
Zola, E. Masterpiece. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Atomic ^energy
Frank, P. Mr Adam. (N »46)
Authors
Chapman, H. W. I will be good. (Mr '46)
Dark, E. O. Little company. (Je '45)
Groseclose. E. E. The fired rake. (Mr '42)
Parrott, K. U. T. One more such victory.
(Ag '42)
Powell, D. A time to be born. (O '42)
Smith, E. F. Caravan. (S *43)
White, N. G. Daughter of time. (My '42)
Automobile industry
Horan, K. O* Bashful woman. (O '44)
MacGlashan, K. Horseless buggy. (D '42)
Aviation
Collison, T., ed. This winged world. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Gilpatric, G. Flying stories. (My '46)
Lindbergh, A. S. M. Steep ascent. (Ap '44)
O'Malley, P. Airline girl. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Parrott, K. U. T. Heaven's not far away.
(N '42)
Aviators
Aldridge, J. Signed with their honour. (S
'42)
Bates, H. E. There's something in the air.
(Je '43)
Brennan, D. Never so young again. (Ap '46)
Claymore, T. Flare path. (N '42)
Falk. O. Thunder birds. (S '42>
Gann, E. K. Blaze of noon. (N '46)
Gann, E. K. Island in the sky. (S '44)
Hewes, J V. High courts of heaven. (Mr '43)
Hurst. J. S. Then gilded dust. (My '43)
Kark. L. Red rain. (Mr '46)
Norway, N. S. Pastoral. (O '44)
Redding, J. M.t and Smith, T. Wake of glory.
(N '45)
Shann, R. Air force girl. (Je '42)
Skidmore, H. D. Valley of the sky. (S '44)
Uhse, B. Lieutenant Bertram. (S *44)
Banks and banking
Bell, T. There comes a time. (O '46)
Downing, J. H. Harvest is late. (Mr '44)
Basques in the United States
Colton, N. Rivers are frozen. (Ap '42)
Beauty, Personal
Chase, I. In bed we cry. (D '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1055
Biblical etorie*
your Kin.. (O -46)
Bekessy, E., and Hemberger, A. Barabbas.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Douglas, L. C. Robe. (N '42)
Eberle. O. Charioteer. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Frost. E. H. Mary and the spinners. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Graves, R. King Jesus. (N '46)
Hardy , W. G. All the trumpets sounded. (3
'42)
Heard, G. Gospel according to Gamaliel. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Holmes, J. H. Second Christmas. (D '43)
Komroff, M. In the years of our Lord. (My
'42)
Loewenstein, H. Lance of Longinus. (Mr '46)
Mann, T. Joseph the provider. (S '44)
Murphy, E. F. Road from Olivet. (S '46)
Murphy. E. F. Scarlet lily. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Perkins, J. R. Emperor's physician. (8 '44)
Robey, J. B. Innovator. (Mr '45)
Schmitt, G. David the king. (Mr '46)
Sutphen, W. G. van T. I. Nathanael, knew
Jesus. (Ap '42)
Wilson, D. C. The brother. (Je '44)
Wilson, D. C. Herdsman. (D '46)
Biographical novels
Altoeld, John Peter
Fast, H. M. The American. (S '46)
Anne of Cleves
Barnes, M. C. My Lady of Cleves. (Mr '46)
Baldwin IV
Kossak-Szczucka, Z. Leper king. (S '45)
Baranov, Aleksandr Andre evich
McNeilly, M. M. Heaven is too high. (My
'44)
Bernadette Soubirous, Saint
Werfel, F. V. Song of Bernadette. (Je '42)
Bonaparte, Maria Letizia (Ramolino)
Coryn, M. Good-bye, my son. (Mr '43)
Borghese, Maria Paolina (Bonaparte)
principessa
Maass, E. Imperial Venus. (Je '46)
Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th earl of
Irwln, M. E. F. Gay Galliard. (Mr '42)
Boulanger, Georges Ernest
Jean Marie
Gorman, H. S. Bravo general. (Mr '42)
Bowie, James
Barrett, M. Tempered blade. (My '46)
Brannant Samuel
Scott, R. L. H. Samuel Brannan and the
golden fleece. (Ag '44)
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea)
Chalmers, H. West of the setting sun. (Ap
Brent, Margaret
Grant, D. F. Margaret Brent, adventurer. (D
•44)
Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron,
6th baron
Landau, M. A. For thee the best. (D '45)
Casanova de Seingalt, Giacoma
Girolamo
Aldington, R. Romance of Casanova. (S '46)
Charles V, emperor of the Holy
Roman empire
Zara, L. Against this rock. (O '43)
Crockett, David
Brown, D. Wave high the banner. (Je '42)
Culpeper, Nicholas
Tyrrell, M. L. Affairs of Nicholas Culpeper.
(My '46)
Ouster, George Armstrong
Haycox, El Bugles in the afternoon. (Mr '44)
Dante AUghieri
Schachner, N. Wanderer. (D '44)
David, king of Israel
Schmitt, G. David the king. (Mr '46)
Dickinson, Emily
Ben4t. L. Come slowly, Eden. (O '42)
Gould, J. R. Miss Emily. (Je '46)
Douglass, Frederick
Fuller, E. Star pointed north. (D '46)
Eckel, Mrs Blsa (at John)
Bonn, J. L. And down the days. (My '42)
Elizabeth, queen of England
Irwin, M. E. F. Young Bess. (Ap '45)
Ferdinand V, king of Spain
Kesten, H. Ferdinand and Isabella. (D '46)
Flinders, Matthew
Hill, E. My love must wait. (Mr '44)
Frtmont, Jessie (Benton)
Stone, I. Immortal wife. (N '44)
Gaines, Myra (Clark) Whitney
Kane, H. T. New Orleans woman. (D '46)
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose 3*
White, C. W. In the blazing light (Ap '46)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Seifert, S. Captain Grant. (Je '46)
Hamilton, Emma, lady
Field, B. Bride of glory. (Ap '42)
Isabel I, queen of Spain
Kesten, H. Ferdinand and Isabella. (D '46)
Josephine, consort of Napoleon 1,
emperor of the French
Coryn, M. Marriage of Josephine. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Josephus, Flavius
Feuchtwanger, L. Josephus and the emperor.
(Ap '42)
Lafarge, Mme Marie Fortunte
(Cappelle) Pouch-
Ixmg, G. M. V. C. Lady and the arsenic.
(Mr '44)
Lincoln, Mrs Mary (Todd)
Colver. A. Mr Lincoln's wife. (Je '43)
Lincoln, Thomas
Longstreth, T. M. Tad Lincoln. (S *4)
Lisa, Manuel
Seifert, S. Those who go against the cur-
cent. (N '43)
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Maugham, W. S. Then and now. (Ag '46)
Mansfield, Katherine
White, N. G. Daughter of time. (My '42)
Mary Magdalen, Saint
Murphy, E. F. Road from Olivet. (S *46)
Murphy, E. F. Scarlet lily. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Mary Stuart, queen of Scots
Irwin, M. E. F. Gay Galliard. (Mr *42)
AfiZton, John
Fuller, B. John Milton. (D '44)
Graves, R. Wife to Mr Milton. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Morton, William Thomas Green
Baker, R. M. Dr Morton, pioneer in the use
of ether. (My '46)
MO 36 9
Hardy, W. G. All the trumpets sounded. (S
'42)
Mann. T. Tables of the law. (S '45)
Murrell, John A.
Kroll, H. H. Rogues' company. (Ja *44) (1948
Annual)
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Napoleon I, emperor of the French
Coryn, M. Good-bye, my son. (Mr '43)
Gibbs, W, Tell your sons. (D '46)
Paine, Thomas
Fast, H. M. Citizen Tom Paine. (Je '43)
Philip II, king of Spain
O'Brien, K. For one sweet grape. (Ag '46)
Poe, Edgar Allan
Williams, C. Raven. (As '44)
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergieevich
Lambert, L. Pushkin, poet and lover. (8 '46)
Richard I, king of England
Barnes, M. C. Passionate brood. (Ag '45)
Robeson, Paul
Miers, E. 8. Big Ben. (My '42)
Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
Coryn, M. Incorruptible. (O '43)
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul
Harsanyi, Z. Ix>ver of life. (Ap '42)
Sacagawea
Emmons, D. F. G. Sacajawea of the
Shoshones. (N '43)
Smith, John
Marshall, B. Great Smith. (My '43)
Swift, Jonathan
Clewes, W. Violent friends. (Mr '46)
Thoreau, Henry David
Longstreth, T. M. Two rivers meet in Con-
cord. (My '46)
Ttsu-hsi, empress dowager of China
Hunter, B. M. Manchu empress. (Ag '45)
Villont Francois
Deutsch, B. Rogue's legacy. (Ap '42)
Washington, George
Fast, H. M. Unvanauished. (Ag '42)
Yell, Archibald
Wilson, C. M. Man's reach. (S '44)
Zenger, John Peter
Cooper, K. Anna Zenger. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Blind
Kendrick, B. H. Lights out. (D '45)
Boarding houses
West. B. Animal fair. (O '46)
Boxing
Bee Fiction— Prize fighting
Boys
Freeman, M. J. Bitter honey. (Mr '42)
Teilhet, D. L. Trouble is my master. (My
'42)
Townsend, T. Gabriel and the angels. (Ag
'42)
See also Fiction— Children, Stories about
Brothers
Clarke. I. C. Welcome. (N '43)
Col well, M. Wind off the water.
De Vries, P. Handsome heart.
Gibbons, R. F. Bright is the morning. (N" '43)
Gilligan, E. I name thee Mara. (D U6)
Gunn, N. M. Key of the chest. (8 '46)
MacDonald, J. Darkly the river flows. (Je
r. (Ag '45)
t. (S*'43/
Robinson, M. L. Island noon. (Ap '42)
Savery, C. Enemy brothers. (O
Slaughter, F. G. Air surgeon.
. p
brothers. (O '43)
(S '43)
Brothers and sisters
Doner, M. F. Blue river. (S '46)
Business
Evens, E. Rise of Daniel Cavour. (Ap *42)
Palmer, W. B. 273 Maple avenue. (8 *44)
Business depression
Kerr. S. Michael's girl. (Ap '42)
Careers for women
See Fiction — Marriage versus a career;
Women in business
Cathedral towns
Wilson, M. B. Canon Brett. (Mr '42)
Character studies
Allen, W. E. Rogue elephant. (D '46)
Allingham, M. Gaiantrys. (N '43)
Almedingen, M. E. von. Frossia. (My '44)
Babson, N. L. Look down from heaven. (O
'42>
Baldwin, F. Change of heart. (N '44)
Baldwin, F. Woman on her way. (N '46)
Barber, E. M. O. Wall between. (N '46)
Barrett, R. B. Truant. (O '44)
Baume, F. E. Yankee woman. (Ap '45)
Baur. B. This is goodbye. (Je '46)
Beck, W. Final score. (O '44)
Beffel, E. Hero of Antietam. (S '43)
Bellamann, H. Floods of spring. (Je '42)
Bellamann, H. Victoria Grandolet. (Mr '44)
Bentley, B. Hedge against the sun. (N '43)
Bolton, I. Do I wake or sleep. (D '46)
Borst, B. Nearer the earth. (S '42)
Bottome, P. Survival. (O *43)
Boulton, A. Road is before us. (N '44)
Brace, E. Buried stream. (My '46)
Brandon, M. Nonce. (Mr '44)
Bristow, G. Tomorrow is forever. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bromfield, L. Mrs Parklngton. (Mr '43)
Bromfleld, L. What became of Anna Bolton.
(My '44)
Brooks. A. Hang my heart. (S '42)
Brooks, R. Brick foxhole. (Je '45)
Brush, K. I. Boy frorn Maine. (Ag '42)
Busch, N. They dream of home. (D '44)
Butler, G. Dark rainbow. (D '45)
Cal dwell, E. House in the uplands. (Je '46)
Cameron, O. The antagonists. (N '46)
Campbell, W. E. M. Looking-glass. (Mr '43)
Camus, A. The stranger. (My *46)
Capek, K. Cheat. (Ag '42)
Castle, M. J. Deborah. (Ag '46)
Chase, E. H. Anna Luhanna. (Ap '46)
Chevalier, E. P. Drivin' woman. (S '42)
Chidester, A. No longer fugitive. (O '43)
Clark, E. Bitter box. (My f46)
Coates, R. M. Bitter season. (N '46)
Collins, N. Quiet lady. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Corns took, H. T. vWindy Corners. (Je '42)
Cooper, L. F. Deer on the stairs. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Corbett, E. F. Red-haired lady. (Ag '45)
Covert, A. L. End of reckoning. (S '42)
Crane, C. Mother and son. (Mr '46)
Creed, V. Voyage of the heart. (D '42)
Croome, H. M. S. O western wind. (Ap '44)
Danz, L. It is still the morning. (N '43)
Dark, E. O. Little company. (Je '45)
Davenport, M. Valley of decision. (N '42)
Davis, C. B. Follow the leader. (S '42)
Davis, C. B. Stars incline. (Mr '46)
De Ford, M. A. Shaken with the wind. (S '42)
De Polnay, P. Two mirrors. (Ap '46)
Dowries, A. M. Heartwood. (O '45)
Erskine, J. Voyage of Captain Bart. (Je '43)
Evens, E. S. Rise of Daniel Cavour. (Ap
Farrell, J. T. Bernard Clare. (Je '46)
Feiner, R. Young woman of Europe. (Ja '43)
(194rf Annual)
Field, R. L. And now tomorrow. (Je '42)
Flavin. M. Journey in the dark. (N '43)
Flint, M. Enduring riches. (D '42)
Ford, E. Amy Ferraby*s daughter. (Ap '44;
Foster. M. House above the river. (N '46)
Fox, P. H. Four men. (Je *46)
Franken, R. D. L. Young Claudia. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Gibbons, S. Gentle powers. (D '46)
Gibbs. S. You don't belong here. (A* '43)
Gibson, J. Joshua Beene and God. (N '46)
Gl asp ell. S. Judd Rankln's daughter. (D '46)
Glaspell, S. Norma Ashe. (N '42)
Gorky, M. Orphan Paul. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Govan, C. N. Jennifer's house. (Ap '45)
Greer, G. The aristocrat. (S '46)
Gresham. W. L. Nightmare alley. (O '46)
Grossbergr, E. Farewell, my son. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1057
Gunn, N. M. Man goes alone. (Ag '44)
Haberman, H. L. How about tomorrow
morning? (Je '45)
Hackett, F. Senator's last night. (S *43)
Hahn, E. Mr Pan. (Je *42)
Hanna, F. N. Possess me not. (Ag '46)
Hardwick. B. Ghostly lover. (My '45)
Harnden, R. P. Bright star or dark. (D '45)
Hawkins, J. and W. Devil on his trail. (O '44)
Haydn, H. C. By nature free. (My '43) ,
Helseth, H. E. Devil's behind you. (Ag '42)
Hichens, H. 8. Young Mrs. Brand. (D '44)
Hicks. G. Behold trouble. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Hilton, J. So well remembered. (S '45)
Horan, K. O. I give thee back. (Mr '42)
Horgan, P. Common heart. (D '42)
Homer, J. M. Wind and the rain. (Je '43)
Hostovsky, E. Seven times the leading man.
(O '45)
Hough, H. B. All things are yours. (O '42)
Hough. H. B. Roosters crow in town. (My
Howe, H. H. Whole heart. (Mr '43)
Hueston, E. P. This one kindness. (Ag *42)
Huie, W. B. Mud on the stars. (Ag '42)
Hull. H. R. Hawk's flight. (My '46)
Huntington, H. Remember Matt Boyer. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Hurst, F. Hallelujah. (Mr '44)
Hutchlnson, A. S.-M. It happened like this.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hutchinson, R. C. Interim. (My *45)
Isherwood, C. Prater Violet. (D '45)
Jameson, S. Journal of Mary Hervey Russell.
(Mr '45)
Jameson, S. Other side. (Ap '46)
Janeway, E. H. Daisy Kenyon. (D '45)
Kahler, W. Giant dwarf. (N '42)
Kapstein, I. J. Something of a hero. (Ag '42)
Kaup. E. D. Seed of the Puritan. (Ap '44)
Kehoe, W. J. Straw wife. (Ja »47) (1946
Annual)
Kintziger, L. J. Bay Mild. (O '45)
La Farge, C. Sudden guest. (O '46)
Lane. M. Walk Into my parlor. (Mr '42)
Langley, D. Wait for Mrs Willard. (My '44)
La Penta, H. Piccola. (Ag '45)
Lawrence, C. A. Narrowing wind. (D '44)
Lehmann, R. Ballad and the source. (Ap '45)
Leiker, S. Three witnesses. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
L'Engle, M. lisa. (My '46)
Leslie, A. G. Dancing saints. (Ag '43)
Lewis. O. Uncertain journey. (O '45)
Lincoln, V. E. Wind at my back. (D '46)
Llewellyn, R. None but the lonely heart.
(O '43)
Lofts, N. R. Brittle glass. (Mr '43)
Lofts, N. R. jassy. (Ag '45)
Lofts. N. R. To see a fine lady. (S '46)
Lover id ge, G. No one's kindness. (Ag '45)
McCormtck, J. November storm. (Ap '43)
MacDuffie, L. Stone in the rain. (Mr '46)
McKee, R. E. Storm Point. (D '42)
Mackenzie, C. Again to the North. (Ap '46)
Mackenzie, C. North wind of love. (O »45)
McLean, S. R. Moment of time. (My '45)
MacLeish, A. F. Cone of silence. (Mr '44)
McQuarrie, L. M. Half-angel. (Ap '46)
Mai le son, L. B. Family man. (O '42)
Mally, E. L. Mocking bird is singing. (My
Mann, H. Little superman. (N '45)
Marks, P. Full flood. (O '42)
Marquand, J. P. B. F.'s daughter. (D '46)
Marquand, J. P. So little time. (S *43)
Maugham, W. S. Razor's edge. (My '44)
Mauriac, F. Woman of the Pharisees. (N »46)
Maxwell, W. Folded leaf. (My '45)
Meyer, G. E. Magic circle. (My *44)
Mills. C. Choice. (Je '43)
Milne, A. A. Chloe Marr. (O '46)
Mitchell. S. V. No second spring. (My '42)
Mitford, N. Pursuit of love. (Ag *46)
Molloy, R. Uneasy spring. (D '46)
Morris, J. K. Women, inc. (N '46)
Morris, W. Man who was there. (D '45)
Nash. B. A. Bachelors are made. (Ap *46)
Nash, E. A. Footnote to life. (N '44)
Ogilvie, E. High tide at noon. (My '44)
Plummer, M. E. Collected works of Mrs Peter
Willoughby. (Ap '44)
Pope, E, Colcorton. (My *44)
Potts, J. Someone to remember. (My '43)
Powell, D. A time to be born. (O '42)
Power-O'Malley, R. Mrs Casaatt'ft children.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Raynolds, R. May Bretton. (Ag '44)
Rice, E. Mirror, mirror. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Ritner, A. K. G. Face of things. (My *44)
Roberts, D. J. Durable fire. (8 '45)
Roberts, D. J. Man of Malice Landing. (S '43;
Robertson, C. N. Salute to the hero. (Ap
•42)
Rogers, S. Flora Shawn. (My '42)
Remains, J. Work and play. (Mr '44)
Ronald, J. Old soldiers never die. (Ag '42)
Ross, L. B. Stranger. (N '42)
Schmitt, G. Gates of Aulis. (Je '42)
Sedges, J. Townsman. (Je '45)
Selby, J. Starbuck. (S '43)
Sharp, M. Britannia Mews. (Ag '46)
Sharp, M. Cluny Brown. (S '44)
Sinclair, U. B. Wide is the gate. (Mr '43)
Slaughter, F. G. Air surgeon. (S '43)
Smith, B. Tree grows in Brooklyn. (S *43)
Smith, R. M. Human image. (Je '45)
Southard, R. No sad songs for me. (Mr '44)
Stafford, J. Boston adventure. (O '44)
Stewart, C. P. Her husband's house. (A
Stoddart, D. Prelude to night. (S '45)
Stokes, H. W. Frog face. (Je '46)
Sullivan, R. World of Idella May. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Swinnerton, F. A. Thankless child. (D '42)
Swinnerton, F. A. Woman in sunshine. (Ap
'45)
Tarkington, B. Image of Josephine. (Ap '45)
Tarkington, $. Kate Fennigate. (Je '43)
Taylor, E. At 'Mrs. Lippincote's. (My '46)
Thompson J. M. Now and on earth. (Je '42)
Todrin, B. Out of these roots. (N '44)
Valentine, E. No mortal flre. (Ag '44)
Van de Water, F. F. Fool's errand. (Ag '45)
Van Doren, D. G. Dacey Hamilton. (O '42)
Voynich, E. L. B. Put off thy shoes. (Je
Walpole, H. The killer and the slain. (Je '42)
Walworth, D. Nicodemus. (Ap '46)
Warren, R. P. At heaven's gate. (S '43)
Webster, B. Mrs. Heriofs house. (Je '45)
Wells, H. G. You can't be too careful. (Je
'42)
West. E. Animal fair. (O '45)
Westmacott, M. Absent in the spring. (O '44)
Weston, C. Devil's foot. (My '42)
White. N. G. Brook Willow. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Wickenden, D. Wayfarers. (S *45)
Wickes. F. G. Receive the gale. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Winslow, A. G. Cloudy trophies. (S '46)
Winwar, F. Sentimentalist. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Wolff, M. M. Night shift. (D '42)
Wood. M. Devil is a lonely man. (N '46)
Yarborough, C. A. Insurgent summer. (Je *44)
Yates, E. Wind of spring. (Ap '45)
Children, Stories about
Alexander, E. This is my son. (N '43)
Benson, S. Meet me in St. Louis. (Ag »42)
Best. H. Young*un. (N '44)
Blankfort, M. Widow-makers. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Brinig, M. You and I. (D *45)
Burnett, W., ed. Time to be young. (My '45)
Cooney, C. T. David. (My »43)
Corbett, E. F. Kimball collection. (Ap *42)
Croy, H. Family honeymoon. (S *42)
Freeman, M. J. Bitter honey. (Mr '42)
Gardner, M. Mom counted six. (Je '44)
Gilbert. S. Landslide. (Mr '44)
Godden, R. Breakfast with the Nikolides.
(Mr '42)
Harris, B. K. Sage quarter. (My '45)
Hartley. L. P. West window. (O '45)
Humphreys, J. R. Vandameer'a road. (Mr
*46)
Karig, W. L^wer than angels. (Mr '45)
La Penta, H. Piccola. (Ag '45)
Linklater, E, Wind on the moon. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Maclean, C. M. Seven for Cordelia, (Mr '42)
Melancon, A. Carl. (D '44)
Morley, C. D. Thorofare. (D '42)
Nakos, L. Children's inferno. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Neumann, D. Now that A p Hi's there. (My
*45)
Noble, B. Doreen. (D '46)
1058
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction — Children, Stories about — Continued
Norway, N. S. Pied Piper. (Mr »42)
Obermeyer, R. Golden apples of the sun. (Mr
Pratt, T. Valley boy. (Ap '46)
Richter, C, Tacey Cromwell. (D '42)
Ronald, J. Old soldiers never die. (Ag '42)
Sale, E. Recitation from memory. (O '43)
Seley, S. Cradle will fall. (My '45)
Suckow, R. New Hope. (Ap '42)
Sullivan, R. Summer after summer. (N *42)
Wilder, M. A. B. Since you went away. . .
(S '43)
Chinese-Japanese war
See Fiction— Historical novels— Chinese-
Japanese war
Christianity
Perkins, J. R. Antioch actress. (Ap '46)
Christmas stories
Borden, L. P. Shining tree. (Ja r43) (1942
Annual)
Mencken, H. L. Christmas story. (D '46)
Circus life
Bambrick, W. Keller's continental revue.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Liebovitz, D. Canvas sky. (My '46)
McMeekin. C. Black moon. (8 '45)
Powers, T. Sheba on trampled grass. (Ap
> City life
Raynolds, R. Obscure enemy. (S '45)
Civilization
Frank, P. Mr Adam. (N '46)
Clairvoyance
Feuchtwanger, L. Double, double, toil and
trouble. (Je »43)
Lane. M. Walk into my parlor. (Mr '42)
Clergy
Abbott, J. L. D. Yours for the asking. (Mr
'43)
Barber, B. M. O. Wall between. (N '46)
Comstock. H. T. S. Terry. (O '43)
Deeping, W. Cleric's secret. (My '44)
Goulding, P. So long as we love. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Haystead, L. Preacher's kid. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Lee, M. Invisible sun. (O '46)
McCord, J. Dominie's daughter. (My '43)
Etreet, J. H. The gauntlet. (N '46)
uckow, R. New Hope. (Ap *42)
Taylor, K. Until that day. (O '42)
Wilson. M. B. Canon Brett. (Mr '42)
Clock and watch making
Allis, M. All in good time. (My '44)
Coal mines and mining
Hanlin. T. Yesterday will return. (N '46)
Coast guard
Know! ton, E. R. Beach patrol. (O '43)
College life
See Fiction — School and college life
Communism
Blonkfort, M. Time to live. (My '43)
Orwell, Q. Animal farm. (O '46)
Communistic communities
Hedden, W. T. Wives of High Pasture. (3
Truax, R. Qreen ia the golden tree. (My '43)
Concentration camps
Segfcers, A. Seventh cross. (O '42)
Conscientious objector* to war
Carfrae. E. Lonely road. (S '42)
Convent life
Hard, M. 3. This is Kate. (S '44)
Kenny, V. A. Convent boarding school. (Mr
*45)
Williaraaon, T. R. Christine Roux. (Ja '4«>
(1945 Annual)
Wise, E. V. Mary darlin'. (O '43)
Cookery
Jones, I. High bonnet. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Copper mines and mining
Du Maurier, D. Hungry Hill. (Ag '43)
Corruption in politics
Cain. J. M. Love's lovely counterfeit. (N '42)
Cotton industry
Faulkner, J. Dollar cotton. (O '42)
Country club life
Idell, A. E. Stag night. (My '46)
Country life
Boyn ton -Hamilton, M. K. On winter's traces.
(N '45)
Childs, M. W. Cabin. (Ag '44)
Downes, A. M. Heartwood. (O '45)
Partridge, B. January thaw. (O '45)
Saltzman, E. Stuart's hill. (Je '45)
Courage
Southard, R. No sad songs for me. (Mr '44)
Cowboys
Eastern, R. O. Happy man. (Ap '43)
— ' ' ' y. (Ap "
42)
James, W. American cowboy.
Crete, Battle of, 1941
Roberts, C. Labyrinth. (Je '44)
Crime and criminals
Algren, N. Never come morning. (My '42)
Audemars, P. Hercule and the gods. (O '46)
Burnett, W. R. Nobody lives forever. (Mr
Burnett, W. R. Quick brown fox. (Mr »42)
Chandler, R. Red wind. (Je '46)
Clewes, W. Sweet rivpr in the morning. (N
'46)
Cooper, C. R. Action in diamonds. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Davis, C. B. Rebellion of Leo McGuire. (S
§44)
Forbes, M. Hollow triumph. (O '46)
Hughes, D. B. F. Ride the pink horse. (D '46)
Llewellyn, R. None but the lonely heart.
(O '43)
Long, G. M. V. C. Spectral bride. (S '42)
Mainwaring, D. Build my gallows high. (My
'46)
Odium, J. Night and no moon. (Je '42)
Queen, E.. ed. Rogues' gallery. (N '45)
Roeburt, J. Jigger Moran. (Ag '44)
Savory, G. Hughie Roddis. (My '42)
Sender. R. J. Dark wedding. (My '43)
Simenon. G. On the danger line. (S '44)
Totheroh, D. Deep valley. (S *42)
Treynor, B. She ate her cake. (Je '46)
Wiener, W. Four boys and a gun. (My '44)
Woolrich, C. After-dinner story. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Young, F. B. Man about the house. (S '42)
Czechs in the United States
Feld, R. C. Sophie Halenczik, American.
(Je '43)
Dairying
Greene, J. B. Not in our stars. (O '45)
Dancers
Howard. M. Tomorrow's hero. (S '42)
Keen, R. She shall have music. (Je '46)
Peat tie, L. R. Ring finger. (Ap '43)
Death
Wylie, P. Night unto night (O '44)
Department stores
Halper, A. Little people. (N '42)
Desert Islands
Faure, R. C. Spear in the sand. (N '46)
Desert life
Robertson, W. Oasis. (O '44)
Detective stories
See Fiction— Mystery and detective
stories
Dlariee (etorle* In diary form)
Field, H. Stormy present. (S '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1059
Divorce
Coxhead, N. Heart has reasons. (S '46)
Doctors
See Fiction — Physicians
Dressmaking
Chase, I. I love Miss Tilli Bean. (Mr '46)
Drunkards
Adams, P. On such as we. (My '44)
Bishop, J. Glass crutch. (D '46)
Hueston, B. P. Drink to me only. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Jackson, C. R. Lost weekend. (Mr '44)
Paul, L. Breakdown. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Shipman, N., and Worcester, Q. S. Perchance
to dream. (D '46)
Taintor, E. September remember. (Je '46)
Dutch in the United States
White, Q. A. Free as the wind. (My '42)
Dwarfs
Lagerkvlst, P. F. The dwarf. (Ja '46) (1046
Annual)
Erie canal
Adams, S. H. Canal town. (My '44)
European war, 1914-1918
Davis. C. B. Follow the leader. (S '42)
Dos Passos. J. R. First encounter. (N *46)
Downey, F. D. War horse. (Je '42)
Hutter, C. On some fair mornings (N '46)
Shneur, Z. Downfall. (Ag '44)
European war, 1939-
8ee Fiction— World war. 1939-
Experimental forms
De Vries, P. Angels can't do better. (O '44)
Goodman, P. State of nature. (3 '46)
Nin, A. This hunger. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pat chen, K. Memoirs of a shy pornographer.
(N »46)
Fables
Kafka, F. Metamorphosis. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Factories
Perventsev. A. A. Ordeal. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Priestley, J. B. Daylight on Saturday. (O
•43)
Family chronicles
Beebe, B. T. R. Ever after. (N '45)
Boecop-Malye, M. T. C. King tree. (Mr f44)
Bromfleld, L. Mrs Parkington. (Mr '43)
Caldwell, J. T. Final hour. (My '44)
Caldwell, J. T. This side of innocence. (My
'46)
Caldwell, J. T. Turnbulls. (O '43)
Castle, M. J. Deborah. (As '46)
Crichton, K. S. Proud people. (Ap '44)
Davenport, M. Valley of decision. (N »42)
De La Roche, M. Building of Jain a. (N '44)
De La Roche, M. Return to Jalna. (D '46)
Douglas- Irvine, H. Torchlight procession.
(My '46)
Dreiser, T. The bulwark. (Ap '46)
Du Maurier, D. Hungry hill. (Ag '43)
Edginton, M. Winds of desire. (S f46)
Emerson, E. H. Good crop. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Ferber, E, Great son. (Mr '45)
Frank, W. D.. Island in the Atlantic. (O '46)
Franzero. C. M. House of Mrs Caroline. (D
Freund, P. Edward Zoltan. (N '46)
Furaas. M. Serpent's tooth. (Ap '46)
Godden, R. Take three tenses. (Ap '45)
Hobart, A. T. N. Cup and the sword. (O '42)
Holt, I. Aunt Jessie. (Ap '42)
Holton, B. A. Time and the hour. (S '46)
Horan, K. O. Bashful woman. (O '44)
Hummel, G. F. Joshua Moore, American.
(Je '43)
Kaye-Smith, S. Tambourine, trumpet and
drum. (O *43)
Kenyon, T. Pendulum. (Je '42)
Keyes, F. P. Crescent carnival. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Keyes, F. P. W. River road. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Lancaster, G. B. Grand parade. (Ja '44) (1942
Annual)
Lavin, M. House in Clewe street. (Je '46)
Longstreet, S. Land I live. (Ap '48)
Lothar, E. Angel with the trumpet. (My '44)
McNaughton, M. Four great oaks. (S '46)
Main, M. F. Memory and desire. (D '46)
Maple, F. Family tree. (Je '45)
Matschat, C. H. Tavern in the town. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Meisenhelder. R. God bless our aunts. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Miller, M. B. In the days of thy youth. (O
'43)
Mitchell, S. V. No second spring. (My '42)
Parrott, K. U. T. Nothin* ever ends. (S '42)
Peech. S. D. Children's children. (N '45)
Pine, H. Waltz is over. (Ap '43)
Powell, D. My home is far away. (D '44)
Reed, D. Yeoman's progress. (Ap '46)
Ritner, A. K. G. Shelter without walls. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Sale, E. My mother bids me bind my hair.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Selby, J. Elegant journey. CD '44)
Sinclair, K. H. N. Covenant. (O *43)
Stan dish, R. Three bamboos. (D '42)
Stern, G. B. Young matriarch. (N '42)
Stevenson, D. E. Celia's house. (Ap '43)
Steward, A. S. Take nothing for your jour-
ney. (N '43)
Taylor, R. Chicken every Sunday. (My *4t)
Taylor, R. Ridin' the rainbow. (D '44)
Waugh, E. Brideshead revisited. (Mr '46)
Whipple, D. They were sisters. (Je '44)
White, G. A. Free as the wind. (My '42)
Yenni, J. T. House for the sparrow. (Mr
•42)
Family life
Aydelotte, D. Measure of a man. (S '42)
Ball, H. Each alone. (Je '42)
Bell, T. Till I come back to you. (Ag '43)
Bellamann, H. Victoria Grandolet. (Mr M4)
Benson, S. Meet me in St. Louis. (Ag '42)
Blake, D. It's all in the family. (Ap '48)
Brinig, M. Family way. (My *42)
Bruce. E. Call her Rosie. (N '42)
Chamberlain, G. A. Knoll island. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Chidester, A. No longer fugitive. (O *43)
dark, V. Horn of plenty. (O '46)
Colver, A. M. R. Merrivales. (S f43)
Cooney, C. T. David. (My '4S)
Corbett, E. F. Early summer. (N *42)
Corbett, E. F. Kimball collection. (Ap f42)
Coxhead, N. Though they go wandering. (My
•45)
De Sherbinin, B. Bindweed. (My '42)
Duffus. R. L. Victory on West hill. (S '42)
Farnham, M. H. Toflivers. (N '44)
Fitzgerald, B. We are besieged. (O '46)
Flack. A Family on the hill. (My '45)
Forbes, K. Mama's bank account. (My '43)
Franken, R. D. L. Young Claudia. (Ja *47>
(1946 Annual)
Gardner, M. Mom counted six. (Je *44)
Glemser. B. Love for each other. (S '46)
Greene, W. What they don't know. (S *44)
Harris, B. K. Janey Jeems. (O *46)
Heyer, G. Penhallow. (S '«>
Hillyer. L. Time remembered. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Holmes, M. World by the tail. (Je f43)
Hueston, E. P. Mother went mad on Monday.
(O '44)
Hueston, E. P. No shortage of men. (O *46)
Hunter, R. It fell upon a day. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Well, A E. Bridge to Brooklyn. (D '44)
Innis, M. E. Q. Stand on a rainbow. (Je *44)
Kahn, J. To meet Miss Long. (My '43)
Kapelner. A. Lonely boy blues. (O '44)
Kuhn. R. 34 Charlton. (Je '46)
LeBlanc, D. K. Dear to this heart. (O *42)
Lee, C. P. High noon. (D '43)
Lewis, J. Against a darkening sky. (Mr '43)
Lieferant, H. and S. S. They always com*
home. (Ap '42)
Lutes, D. T. Cousin William, (D '42)
McVicker, D. A. Queen was in the kitchen.
(My '44)
Malleson, L. B. Family man. (O '42)
Maurois. A. Time for silence. {Ap »42)
Mayo, E. R. Loom of the land. (N '46)
Meeker, A. Far away music. (D *45)
Miller. N. Moth of time. (Ag MS)
Moser, E. Wedding day. (My '44)
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Fiction—Family lite — Continued
Nolan, J. C. Gather ye rosebuds. (Je '46)
Palmer, W. B. 272 Maple avenue. (S *44)
Panetta, G. We ride a white donkey. (O '44)
Parmenter. C. W. Golden ajre. (O '42)
Pinckney, J. Three o'clock dinner. (N '45)
Rijppergrer, H. S. Bretons of Elm street. (Je
Ripperger, H. S. 112 Elm street. (Je *43)
Rives, F. You can't stop living. (My '46)
Runbeck, M. L. Time for each other. (S *44)
Sale, E. Recitation from memory. (O 43)
Samson, B. Claire. (Ag '46)
Saroyan, W. Human comedy. (Ap '48)
Sarton. M. Bridge of years. (My '46)
Scott, N. A. Sisters Livingston. (Ag '46)
Stern, G. B. Reasonable shores. (Ag '46)
Stevenson, D. E. Four Graces. (Je '46)
Sullivan, R. Summer after summer. (N *42)
Surdez, G. Homeland. (S '46)
Taber, G. B. Family on Maple street. (Je *46)
Taber, G. B. Give us this day. (S '44)
Thorpe, B. D. Reunion on Strawberry hill.
Turner, L. L. Bugles in her heart. (Ap '45)
Valentine, E. No mortal flre. (Ag '44)
Wickenden, D. Wayfarers. (S '46)
Wilder, M. A. B. Since you went away. . .
(S '43)
Winther, S. K. Beyond the garden gate.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Wolff, M, M. Night shift. (D '42)
Zara, L. Ruth Middleton. (S '46)
Fantasies
Angoff. C. Adventures in heaven. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Baker, F. Embers. (Ap '46)
Baker, F. Mr Alienby loses the way. (Ag '45)
Baker, F. Sweet chariot. (Ap *43)
Bemelmans, L. Blue Danube. (My '45)
Benefleld, B. Eddie and the archangel Mike.
(Mr '43)
Beymer, W. G. 12:20 P.M. (D '44)
Bond, N. S. Mr Mergenthwirker's lobblies.
(N '46)
Boyden, P. C. Pink egg. (My '42)
Burnett, W., ed. Two bottles of relish. (Je
'43)
Cabell, J. B. There were two pirates. (O *46)
Dreifuss, J. Furlough from heaven. (Ap '46)
Fearing, K. Clark Gifford's body. (S '42)
Ford, C. H., ed. Night with Jupiter. (F »46)
(1945 Annual)
Frings, K. H. God's front porch. (Ap '44)
Gilbert, S. Landslide. (Mr '44)
Henriques, R. D. Q. Home fires burning. (S
'46)
Horn, E. N. Faster, faster. (Ap '46)
Jameson, S. Then we shall hear singing. (N
•42)
Jones, G. P. and C. B. Peabody's mermaid.
(My '46)
Laforest-Divonne, P., de. Eastward in Eden.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Lawson, R. Mr Wilmer. (Je '45)
Lewis, C. S. Out of the silent planet. (N '43)
Lewis. C. S. Perelandra. (My '44)
Lewis. C. S. That hideous strength. (Je '46)
Linklater, E. Wind on the moon. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
McHugh, V. I am thinking of my darling.
(S '43)
Malet, O. My bird sings. (D '46)
Margolies, J. A., ed. Strange and fantastic
stories. (D '46)
Matson, N. H. Bats in the belfry. (Je '43)
Mendelssohn, P. Fortress in the skies. (O
•43)
Nathan, R. But gently day. (O f43)
Nordhoff, C. B., and Hall, J. N. High Bar-
baree. (N '46)
Obermeyer, R. Golden apples of the sun. (Mr
Pratt, F., and De Camp, L. 8. Land of un-
reason. (S '42)
Robinson. H. M. Perfect round. (N '45)
Sackville-West, V, M. Grand canyon. (N '42)
Saint Exup6ry, A. de. Little prince. (My '4S>
Shattuck, R. Half-haunted saloon. (My '45)
Stern, P. v., ed. Moonlight traveler. (Ag
Thurber, J. White deer. (N f4B)
Vautfhan. H. Fair woman. (Mr '42)
Welty, B. Robber bridegroom. (N '42)
Werfel, F. V. Star of the unborn. (Mr '48)
White, E. B. Stuart Little. (D '46)
White, T. H. Mistress Mas ham's repose. (N
'46)
White, W. C. Pale blonde of Sands street.
(Ap '46)
Young, M. Trial of Adolf Hitler. (My '44)
Farm life
Bellamann, H. Floods of spring. (Je '42)
Bolster, E. Come gentle spring. (Je '42)
Colver, A. M. R. Fourways. (O *44)
Corey, P. Acres of Antaeus. (O '46)
Dorrance, W. A. Sundowners. (S '42)
Downing. J. H. Harvest is late. (Mr '44)
Fetzer, H. Come back to Wayne county. (D
'42)
Field, B. Outside leaf. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hayes, C. E. Four winds. (Ja '43 (1942 An-
nual)
Jackson, D. D. Archer Pilgrim. (Je '42)
Person, W. T. No land is free. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sinclair. J. L. In time of harvest. (O '43)
fmith, L. C. No better land. (S '46)
tringer, A. J. A. Intruders in Eden. (Je '42)
Wellman. P. T. Bowl of brass. (My '44)
Wendt. L. Bright tomorrow. (Je '45)
Wilgus, A. Tad Potter. (S '42)
Williams, B. A. It's a free country. (S '45)
Fascism
Appel, B. Dark stain. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Browne, L. See what JL mean? (N '43)
Chase, A. Five arrowafWO '44)
Henriques, R. D. Q. H&tf*; fires burning. (S
*45)
Shedd, M. C. Inherit the earth. (D '44)
Taddei, E. Sowing of the seed. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Teilhet, D. L. Fear makers. (S '45)
Fathers and daughters
Deeping, W. Slade. (S '43)
Hunter, R. It fell upon a day. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual) *
Marquand, J. P. B. F.'s daughter. (D *46)
Scott, N. A. Sisters Livingston. (Ag '46)
Seager. A. Equinox. (S '43)
Swinnerton, F. A. Thankless child. (D '42)
Fathers and sons
Bonner, C. Ambition. (D '46)
Hutchens. J. Timothy Larkin. (Ap *42)
Kantor, M. Happy land. (Mr '43)
Williams, B. A. Time of peace. (D '42)
Feuds
Kroll. H. H. Their ancient grudge. (O *46)
Finns in the United States
Bab.son, N. L. Look down from heaven. (O
Fishermen
Col well, M. Wind off the water. (Ag '45)
Fishing
Goodspeed, C. E., comp. Treasury of fishing
stories. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Holland, R. P. Now listen, warden. (S '46)
Knight, J. A. Ol' Bill, and other stories.
(Ap '43)
Macdougall, A. R. Dud Dean and his country.
Mitchell, E. V., comp. Great fishing stories.
(S '46)
Ransom. E. I. Fishing's Just luck (My '46)
Wylie, P. Fish and tin fish. (Mr '44)
Forests and forestry
Flint, E. C. Pine tree shield. (Ag '43)
Wright, H. B. Man who went away. (O '42)
French Canadians In the
United States
Archambault, A. A. Mill village. (D '43)
French In the United States
DVAgostino, G. Hills beyond Manhattan. (Mr
Friends, Society of
Chase, I. I love Miss Till! Bean. (Mr »46)
Dreiser, T. The bulwark. (Ap '46)
Emerson, E. H. Good crop. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Kirkbrlde, R. De L. Winds, blow gently. (Ap
45)
West, J. Friendly persuasion. (D '40)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1061
Frontier and pioneer life
Aldrich, B. S. Lieutenant's lady. (O '42)
Alvea. J. Huldah. (8 '42)
Best, H. Young'un. (N '44)
Briggs, W. H. Dakota in the morning. (O
Brinig, M. Gambler takes a wife. (Ag '43)
Brown, D. Wave high the banner. (Je '42)
Busch, N. Duel in the sun. (Mr '44)
Campbell, Q. M. G. Thorn-apple tre*. (Mr '43)
Covert, A. L. End of reckoning. (S '42)
Daniels, H. M. Muller hill. (N '43)
Dick, 1. Wild orchard. (Mr '45)
Dowdey, C. Tidewater. (O '43)
Evans, A. R. All in a twilight. (Mr '44)
Fast, H. M. Patrick Henry and the frigate's
keel. (My '45)
Fletcher, I. C. Men of Albemarle. (N *42)
French, M. P. Boughs bend over. (Ap '44)
Gordon, V. A man should rejoice. (Je '44)
Kelland. C. B. Sugarfoot. (N '42)
Ostenso, M. O river, remember! (O '43)
Page, E. Wilderness adventure. (Ag '46)
Pettlbone, A. Johnny Painter. (D '44)
Pettibone, A. Light down, stranger. (S '42)
Richter, 6. Fields. (My '46)
Ross, L. B. Stranger. (N '42)
Schachner, N. Sun shines west. (N '43)
Schrag, O. Locusts. (D '43)
Sedges, J. Townsman. (Je '45)
Steele, W. D. That girl from Memphis. (Ag
•45)
Turnbull, A. S. Day must dawn. (N '42)
Van Every. D. Westward the river. (S '45)
Wilson, C. M. Man's reach. (S '44)
Fur trade
Best, H. Young'un. (N '44)
Future, Stories of the
Ardrey, R. Worlds beginning. (O '44)
Beals, C. Dawn over the Amazon. (Ag '43)
Healy, R. J., and McComas,, J. F., eds.
Adventures in time and space. (O '46)
Hughes, D. B. F. Delicate ape. (Ap »44)
Lessner, E. C. Phantom victory. (N '44)
Morton, H. C. V. I, James Blunt. (S '42)
Radin, M. Day of reckoning. (Ag '43)
Future life (after death)
Angoff, C. Adventures in heaven. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
See also Fiction — Reincarnation
Gambling
Burnett. W. R. Tomorrow's another day.
(D '45)
Heth, E. H. Any number can play. (N '45)
Heyer, G. Faro's daughter. (Je '42)
Hobson, W. All summer long. (O '45)
Gangsters
Cain. J. M. Love's lovely counterfeit. (N '42)
Wolfert, I. Tucker's people. (Je '43 >
Germans in Pennsylvania
Caldwell, J. T. Strong city. (My '42)
Richter, C. Free man. (S '43)
Germans In the United States
Pine, H. Waltz is over. (Ap '43)
Todd, H. Roots of the tree. (N '44)
Valentine, E. No mortal fire. (Ag '44)
Ghost stories
Clewes, W. Sweet river in the morning. (N
'46)
Cross, J. K. Other passenger. (S '46)
Derleth, A. W., ed. Who knocks? (My '46)
Le Fanu, J. S. Green tea. (F *46) (1945
Annual)
Leslie, J. A. C. Ghost and Mrs Muir. (N '45)
Margolies, J. A., ed. Strange and fantastic
stories. (D '46)
Rothery, A. E. Balm of Gllead. (S '46)
Sechrist, E. H.. ed. Thirteen ghostly yarns.
(S '42)
Stern. P. V., ed. Midnight reader. (My '42)
Wakefleld, H. R. Clock strikes twelve. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wise, H. A., and Fraser, P. M., eds. Great
tales of terror and the supernatural. (Ag
Gipsies
Bergman, C. Dance on, tsigane. (My '46)
FOldes, J. Golden earrings. (My '46)
Obermeyer, R. Golden apples of the sun, (Mr
Smith, E. F. Caravan. (S *43)
Smith, E. F. Magic lantern. (My f45)
Gold mines and mining
Botsford, H. V. Ashes of gold. (Je '42)
Corle, E. Coarse Gold. (N '42)
Golf
Gallico, P. W. Golf is a friendly game. (O
'42)
Gothic romances
Peake, M. L. Titus Groan. (D '46)
Grandmothers
Laverty, M. Never no more. (Ap '42)
Grasshopper plagues
Schrag, O. Locusts. (D '43)
Greeks in the United States
Grossberg, E. Farewell, my son. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Vardoulakis, M. Gold in the streets. (D '45)
Guerrillas
Caldwell, E. All night long. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Fabricius, J. W. Night over Java. (Ap '46)
Heredity and environment **""
Widdemer, M. Constancia herself. (O '45)
Historical novels
Costain, T. B. Black rose. (O '46)
Judah, C. B. Tom Bone. (Ag '44)
America — Discovery and exploration period
Hersch, V. D. Seven cities of gold. (N '46)
Maass, E. Don Pedro and the devil. (My
'42)
Austria
Lothar, E. Angel with the trumpet. (My '44)
Brazil
White, L. T. Look away, look away. (Mr '44)
California
Ainsworth, E. W. Eagles fly west. (N *46)
Shaftel, G. A. Golden shore. (Ag '43)
Strabel. T. Storm to the South. (S '44)
Canada
French, M. P. Boughs bend over. (Ap '44)
Lancaster, B. Bright to the wanderer. (Je
•42)
Lancaster, G. B. Grand parade. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
O'Grady, P. W., and Dunn, D. Dark was the
wilderness. (Mr '46)
Sullivan, A. Three came to Ville Marie. (Mr
'43)
Canada (Montreal)
Elwood. M. Deeper the heritage. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Elwood, M. Heritage of the river. (S '45)
Chile
Teilhet. D. L. Retreat from the Dolphin. (D
•43)
China
Hughes, P. Challenge at Changsha. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hurst, J. S. Then gilded dust. (My '43)
Lane, K. W. Winter Cherry. (N '44)
Chinese -Japanese war
Buck, P. S. Dragon seed. (Mr '42)
Chiang, Y. Men of the Burma road. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Hsiao, C. Village in August. (Je '42)
Lin, A. Flame from the rock. (Ja '44) (194?
Annual)
Lin, A. War tide. (D '43)
Smith, B. Arms are fair. (S '43)
Connecticut
Miers, E. S. Valley in arms. (Je '43)
Cortica
Eaton, £2. 8. M. In what torn ship. (8 '44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction — Historical novels — Continued
Crete
Aldridge, J. Sea Eagle. (Mr '44)
Roberta, C. Labyrinth. (Je '44)
Crusades
Kossak-Szczucka, Z. Blessed are the meek.
(Ap '44)
Denmark
Freuchen, P. White man. (D '46)
Egypt
Mann. T. Joseph the provider. (S '44)
Newcomb, R. T. Janissa. (N '43)
England
Andrews, R. H. Burning gold. (S '46)
Barnes, M. C. My Lady of Cleves. (Mr '46)
Barnes, M. C. Passionate brood. (As '46)
Costain, T. B. For my great folly. (3 '42)
Dakers, E. K. Madame Geneva. (D '46)
Daly, R. W. Soldier of the sea. (O '42)
Dane. C. He brings great news. (O '46)
Du Maurier, D. King's general. (Mr '46)
Farnol, J. King liveth. (Je '44)
Graves, R. Wife to Mr Milton. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Heyer, Q. Friday's child. (Mr '46)
Irwin, M. EX F. Young Bess. (Ap '46)
Lofts, N. R. To see a nne lady. (S '46)
Marshall. E. Upstart. (My '45)
Morley, I. We stood for freedom. (Mr '42)
Pilgrim, D. Grand design. (O '43)
Pilgrim, D. No common glory. (My *42)
Reznikoff, C. Lionhearted. (N '44)
Strode-Jackson, M. B. S. Tansy Taniard. (N
•46)
Voynich, B. L. B. Put off thy shoes. (Je
*46)
Walpole, H. Katherine Christian. (Ag '43)
Winsor, K. Forever Amber. (N '44)
Europe
Landau, M. A. For thee the best. (D '46)
Zara, L. Against this rook. (O '43)
France
Caldwell, J. T. Arm and the darkness. (Ap
•43)
Collins, N. Quiet lady. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual) •
Coryn, M. Good-bye, my son. (Mr '43)
Coryn, M. Incorruptible. (O '43)
Coryn. M. Marriage of Josephine. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Gorman, H. S. Brave general. (Mr '42)
Guinagh, K. Search for glory. (O *46)
Lewis, J. Wife of Martin Guerre. (My '42)
Neumann, A. Friends of the people. (Je '42)
Shay. B. F., and Smith, K. Private adven-
ture of Captain Shaw. (Mr *46)
Wilkins. W. V. Being met together. (O '44)
Georgia
Henkle, H. Deep river. (N '44)
Miller. H. T. Dark sails. (D '46)
Germany
Peech, S. D. Children's children. (N '46)
Germany — Naei movement
Dodd, M. E. Sowing the wind. (O '46)
Kern an, T. D. Now with the morning star.
(N '44)
Sinclair, U. B. Dragon's teeth. (Mr '42)
Taylor, K. Until that day. (O '42)
Greece
Graves, R. Hercules, my shipmate. (N *46>
Landau, M. A. For thee the best. (D '45)
Ireland
Clewes. W. Violent friends. (Mr '46)
Powers, A. Gallant years. (Je '46)
Italy
Gay. L. Unspeakables. (N *46)
Green, A. Lady in the mask. (Ap '42)
Lagerkvist. P. F. The dwarf. (Ja '46) (1046
Annual)
Jameson's raid, 1895-1896
Sinclair, K. H. N-W. Westward the sun.
(Ap '42)
Jerusalem
Koftsak-Szcsucka, Z. Leper king. (8 *46)
Maryland
Grant, D. F. Margaret Brent, adventurer. (D
Massachusetts
Cochran. H. Silver shoals. (D '46)
Degenhard, W. Regulators. (Je '43)
Massachusetts (Salem)
Dodge, C. W. In Adam's fall. (D '46)
Mexico
Hays, H. R. Takers of the city. (Je '46)
Madariaga, S. de. Heart of Jade. (My '44)
Niles, B. R. Passengers to Mexico. (My '43>
Shellabarger, S. Captain from Castile. (Mr
•45)
Wellman, P. I. Angel with spurs. (Je '42)
Missouri
Kroll. H. H. Fury in the earth. (Ap '46)
Missouri river
Seifert, S. Those who go against the current
(N '43)
Napoleonic era
Gibbs, W. Tell your sons. (D '46)
Graefenberg, R. G. Lustre in the sky. (Je
*46)
Maass. E. Imperial Venus. (Je '46)
Napoleonic warm
Costain. T. B. Ride with me. (O '44)
Daly, R. W. Soldier of the sea. (O '42)
Forester. C. S. Commodore Hornblower. (Je
•45)
Forester, C. S. Lord Hornblower. (O '46)
New York (state)
Best, H. Younjr'un. (N *44)
Phillips, A. Forever possess. (Mr '46)
Nova Sootia
Raddall, T. H. His Majesty's Yankees. (D
•42)
Raddall, T. H. Roger Sudden. (My '45)
Palestine
Bauer. F. A. M. Behold your King. (O '46>
Hartley, J. M. The way. (N '44)
Panama
Cochran, H. Windward passage. (Je '42)
Peninsular war, 1807-1814
Forester, C. S. Rifleman Dodd, and The gun.
(My '43)
Peru
Strabel, T. Storm to the south. (S '44)
Prussia
Sabatini, R. Birth of mischief. (O '45)
Rome (empire)
Crozier, W. P. Fates are laughing. (Ag '45)
Feuchtwanger, L. Josephus and the emperor.
(Ap '42)
Perkins, J. R. Antioch actress. (Ap '46)
Russia
Almedingen, M. E. von. Frossia. (My '44)
McNeiUy, M. M. Heaven is too high. (My
'44)
Tolstoi. A. N. Road to Calvary. (Ag '46)
Scotland
Irwin, M. E. F. Gay Galliard. (Mr '42)
Westcott, J. V. Border lord. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
South Africa
Sinclair. K. H. N. Covenant. (O '43)
South America
Williams, J. Coasts of folly. (Mr '42)
South Carolina
Sims, M. M. Beyond surrender. (D '42)
Spain
Hunt. F. Royal twilight. (N '46)
Maass, E. Don Pedro and the devil. (My '42)
O'Brien, K. For one sweet grape. (Ag *46)
Osgood, C. J. Eagle of the Gredos. (N '42)
Osgood,
Sabatini,
R. Columbus. (Mr '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1063
Spanish civil war, 1936-19*9
O'Malley, M. D. S. Frontier passage. (O '42)
Toynbee, P. Barricades. (S '44)
Uhse, B. Lieutenant Bertram. (S '44)
Tasmania
Dick, I. Wild orchard. (Mr §45)
Texas
Baker, K. W. Star of the wilderness. (Je '42)
Barrett. M. Sun in their eyes. (N '44)
Foreman, L. L. Road to San Jacinto. (My
Turkey
Brown, D. V. Delarah. (S '43)
United States
Baume, P. EJ. Yankee woman. (Ap '45)
Downey, P. I>. Army mule. (Ap *46)
Haycox, E. Bugles in the afternoon. (Mr '44)
Hummel, Q. P. Joshua Moore, American. (Je
'43)
Mason, V., ed. Fighting American. (S '43)
Peattie, D. C. Forward the nation. (Je '42)
Fennel 1, J. S. History of Rome Hanks. (S '44)
Roberts, K. L. Kenneth Roberts reader.
(D '45)
Stowman. K. With cradle and clock. (My
Van Every. D. Westward the river. (8 '45)
Wilkins, W. V. Being met together. (O '44)
United States — Colonial period
Allen, H. Bedford village. (Ap *44)
Allen. H. Forest and the fort. (My '43)
Cabell, J. B. First gentleman of America
(Mr »42)
Cannon, L. Look to the mountain. (Ag '42)
Cooper, K. Anna Zenger. (Ja '47) (194f
Annual)
Fletcher, I. C. Lusty wind for Carolina. (N
Grant, D. F. Night of decision. (Ja '47'
(1946 Annual)
Kenyon, T. Golden feather. (Ag '43)
Marsh. G. T Ask no quarter. (Mv '45 )
Singmaster, E. High wind rising. (D '42)
United States — Bacon's rebellion
Schachner, N. King's passenger. (Je '42)
Scruggs, P. L. Man cannot tell. (Ap '42)
United States — King Philip's war
Schofield, W. Q. Ashes in the wilderness. (O
'42)
United States — French and Indian war
Frey, R. F. Red morning. (S *46)
Jennings, J. E. Gentleman ranker. (O '42)
Page, E. Wilderness adventure (Ag *46)
United States — Revolution
Beebe, E. T. R. Dawn's early light. (Je *43)
Boyce, B. Perilous night. (Mr '42)
Bryson, J. G. Valiant libertine. (Je '42)
Dodge, C. W. Weathercock. (N '42)
Fast, H. M. Patrick Henry and the frigate's
keel. (Mv MR)
Fast, H. M. Unvanquished. (Ag *42)
Fletcher, I. C. Toil of the brave. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Geasner, R. Treason. (Je '44)
Jacobs, H. H. Storm against the wind. (My
Jennings, J. Shadow and the glory. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Lancaster, B. Trumpet to arms. (Ag '44)
Mason, V. Rivers of glory. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Raddall, T. H. His Majesty's Yankees. (D
'42)
Richter, C. Free man. (S '43)
SafTord, H. B. Tory tavern. (S '42)
Turnbull, A. S. Day must dawn. (N '42)
Wiener, W. Morning in America. (D '42)
United States (1783-1865)
Sperry, A. No brighter glory. (O '42)
United States — Constitutional
period, 1789-1809
Ball, Z. Pull down to New Orleans. (D '46)
Carmen C. L. Genesee fever. (Mr *4i)
Daniels, H. M. Mulier hill. (N '43)
David, B. J. As runs the glass. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Mudgett, H. P. Seas stand watch. (Ap '44)
Pridgen, T. West goes the road. (S '44)
Shepard, O. and W. Holdfast Gaines. (D '46)
Tomkinson, G. Welcome wilderness. (N '46)
United States — Nineteenth century
Allis, M. Splendor stays. (D '42)
Jennings, J. E. Salem frigate. (O '46)
Wilson, C. M. Man's reach. (S '44)
United States — Tripolitan war, 1801-1809
Case, J. T. Written in sand. (Mr '45)
United States — War of 181*
Lane, C. D. Fleet in the forest. (D '43)
United States — 1815-1
Adams, S. H. Canal town. (My '44)
Caldwell, J. T. Wide house. (My '45)
Fisher, V. Mothers. (N '43)
Fuller, E. Star pointed north. (D '46)
Robertson, C. N. Fire bell in the night. (My
44)
Schachner, N. Sun shines west. (N '43)
Sublette, C. M.. and Kroll, H. H. Perilous
journey. (Ap ;43)
Williams, M. F. Fortune, smile once more!
(D '46)
United States— Black Hawk war, 18$t
Fuller. I. Shining trail. (Ag '43) _
United State*— War with Mexico
Gorman. H. S. Wine of San Lorenzo. (Je
•45)
United States — Civil war
Beebe, E. T. R. Yankee stranger. (O '44)
Bennett. J. H. van S. So shall they reap.
(Mr '44)
Crabb, A. L. Dinner at Belmont. (Ap *42)
Crabb, A. L. Lodging at the Saint Cloud.
(My '46)
Dowdey, C. Where my love sleeps. (D '46)
Ferrell, E. and M. Full of thy riches. (Je '44)
Hutchens, J. Timothy Larkin. (Ap »42)
Lowden. L. Proving ground. (My '46)
Miller, H. T. Shod with flame. (D '46)
Roberts, W. A. Brave Mardi Gras. (Ap '46)
Robertson, C. N. Salute to the hero* (Ap '42)
Robertson, C. N. Unterrifled. (Ag '46)
Slaughter, F. G. In a dark garden. (N '46)
Stern, P. V. Drums of morning. (S '42)
Street. J. H. By valour and arms. CO '44)
Street, J. H. Tap roots. (S '42)
Votaw, C. E. Patriotism. (My '42)
United States — Reconstruction
period, 1865
Crabb, A. L. Supper at the Maxwell house.
(S '43)
Fast. H. M. Freedom road. (O '44)
Kenyon. T. Black dawn. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Ogley, D. C., and Cleland, M. G. Iron land.
(O '46)
Sims, M. M. Beyond surrender. (D '42)
Young, G. R. Iron rainbow. (D '42)
Yugoslavia
Heydenau, F. Wrath of the eagles. (Ag '43)
Horror stories
Bailey, P. D. Deliver me from Eva. (My '46)
Carpenter, M. Experiment perilous. (My '43)
Cross. J. K. Other passenger. (S '46)
Derleth, A. W., ed. Sleep no more. (O '44)
Karloff. B.. ed. And the darkness falls. (Je
Long. G. M. V. C. Spectral bride. (S '42)
Lovecraft, H. P., and Derleth. A. W. Lurker
at the threshold. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Margolies, J. A., ed. Strange and fantastic
stories. (D '46)
Rice, C. Telefair. (Ap '42)
Rouech*. B. Black weather. (3 '45)
Siodmak, K. Donovan's brain. (Ap '43)
Stout. R.. and Greenfield. L.. eds. Rue
Morgue, no. 1. (Ap '46)
Walpole, H. The killer and the slain. (Je '42)
Wandrei, D. Bye and the finger. (O '44)
Wise. H. A., and Fraser. P. M.. eds. Great
tales of terror and the supernatural. (Ag
Horse racing
Chamberlain, G. A. Phantom filly. (Mr »42)
Phillips. A. Victory in the dust. (My '42)
1064
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Fiction — Continued
Horse shows
Longstreet, S. Stallion road. (Je '45)
Hospitals and sanatorlums
Arey. J. S. Night duty. (My '43)
Ashton, H. Yeoman's hospital. (Mr '45)
Bellah, J. W. Ward twenty. (Mr '46)
Carter, H. D. Night of flame. (A* '42)
Feikema, P. P. Boy almighty. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Hinea, D. P. No wind of healing. (Je '46)
Meese. M. P. Mary Carstens, M.D. (Mr '44)
Seifert, E. Surgeon in charge. (O '42)
Hotels, taverns, etc.
Smith, R. M. Hotel on the lake. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Walden. D. Season. (Ag '42)
Webster, B. Magic water. (Je '42)
Humor
Allan, Q. Boys! himself. (My '46)
Benefield, B. Eddie and the archangel Mike.
(Mr '43)
Bezzerides, A. I. There is a happy land. (Je
•42)
Caldwell, E. Tragic ground. (N '44)
Chase, I. I love Miss Tilli Bean. (Mr '46)
Colby, S. B. Scholar and the sprout. (O *46)
Croy. H. Family honeymoon. (S '42)
Eisenberg, P. My Uncle Newt. (D '42)
Germann, R. P. Jitter run. (Mr '44)
Gilpatric, G. Mr Glencannon ignores the war.
(O '44)
Gobdln, P. Clementine. (S '46)
Hsiung, S. Bridge of heaven. (S '43)
lama, J, Prophet by experience. (Ap *43)
Jones, G. P. and C. B. Peabody's mermaid.
(My '46)
Kelland. C. B. Archibald the Great. (Je *43)
Kent, L. A. Country mouse. (N '45)
Knight, E. Sam Small flies again. (Ap '42 )
Lardner, R. W. Portable Ring Lardner. (N
•46)
LasswQll, M. High time. (N '44)
Lasswell, M. Suds in your eye. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Lawson. R. Mr Wilmer. (Je '45)
Leacock, S. B. Happy stories just to laugh
at. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Lederer. V. Married at leisure. (N '44)
Marquis, D. Best of Don Marquis. (N '46 )
Molnar, P. Captain of St Margaret's. (Ap '45)
Morris, W. My Uncle Dudley. (My '42)
Munchausen. Adventures of Baron Munchau-
sen. (D '44)
Panetta. G. We ride a white donkey. (O '44)
Partridge, B. January thaw. (O *45)
Powers, T. Virgin with butterflies. (A* '45)
Rabinowitz, S. The old country. (S '46)
Roark, E. Memphis bragabouts. (F '46 (1945
Annual)
Rorlck, I. S. Outside Eden. (Ja *46) (1945
Annual)
Runyon. D. In our town. (Je *46)
Self. M. C. Those Smith kids. (O '44)
Shulman, M. Barefoot boy with cheek. (Je
'43)
Smith, H. A., ed. Desert island decameron.
(S '45)
Smith, T. Thorne Smith three-bagger. (My
Temple, R. Cuckoo time. (My '45)
Upson. W. H. Botts in war, Botts in peace.
(O '44)
Upson, W. H. Keep *em crawling. (Mr '43)
Van Duyn. J. H. D. I married them. (Je
*45)
Walker, M. Count on two days. (N '43)
Walker. ML Everything rustles. (3 '46)
Wilder. R. Mr G. strings along. (My '44)
Wodehouse, P. G. Joy In the morning. (O
*46)
Wodehouse. P. G, Money in the bank. (Mr
Hungarians in the United States
Weldman, J. Lights around the shore. (Je
Hunting
Clark, R. Pot luck. (S '45)
Holland. R. P. Now listen, warden. (S '46)
K*Apt;4S)' A. or Bill, and other itorie*.
Macdougall, A. R. Dud Dean and his country.
Ransom, E. I. Fishing's Just luck. (My '45)
Imaginary wars and battles
Beals, C. Dawn over the Amazon. (Ag '43)
Frost, F. M. Village of glass. (S '42)
Lull, R. Call to battle. (Mr '43)
Sackville-West, V. M. Grand canyon. (N '42)
Immortality
Burnet, D. The pool. (S '46)
Indian tales and legends
Barbeau, C. M. Mountain Cloud. (O '44)
Indians of Mexico
Botsford, H. V. Ashes of gold. (Je '42)
Indians of North America
Cabell, J. B. First gentleman of America.
(Mr '42)
Chalmers, H. West to the setting sun. (Ap
Emmons, D. P. G. Sacajawea of the
Shoshones. (N '43)
Foreman, L. L. Renegade. (Ag '42)
McNichols, C. L. Crazy weather. (Ap '44)
O'Grady, P. W., and Dunn, D. Dark was the
wilderness. (Mr '46)
Turnbull, A. S. Day must dawn. (N '42)
Waters, F. Man who killed the deer. (Ag '42)
Wars
Parkhill, F. Troopers west. (Mr '45)
Warren, C. M. Only the valiant. (Ap *43)
Infantile paralysis
Belm, L. L. Triumph clear. (Je '46)
Insane asylums
Brown, C. Brainstorm. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Delehanty, E. Year one. (Je '46)
Frank, L. Dream mates. (N '46)
Philtine, E. C. They walk in darkness, (Je
*45)
Ward, M. J. Snake pit. (My '46)
Insanity
Brown, C. Brainstorm. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Du Maurier. A. Treveryan. (N '42)
Edmonds, H. W. Asylum piece (O '46)
Farkas, A. A. Borrowed night. (D '44)
Massie, C. Green circle. (Ap '43)
Reisner, M. Mirror of delusion. (Je '46)
Sexton, E. Count me among the living. (Je
'46)
Wolfson, V. Lonely steeple. (N '45)
Intermingled lives
Boulton, A. Road is before us. (N '44)
DeJong, D. C. Benefit Street. (N '42)
Fox. P. H. Four men. (Je '46)
Halper. A. Little people. (N '42)
Kersh, G. Weak and the strong. (D '46)
Lewis, C. Pathfinders. (Je *44)
Osborne, L. P. They change their skies. (Je
•45)
Verissimo, E. Rest is siience. (S '46)
International Intrigue
Albrand, M. Remembered anger. (Mr '46)
Bayne. S. Agent extraordinary. (S '42)
Blankfort, M. Widow-makers. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Burke, R. Frightened pigeon. (Je '44)
Chambers. W. Action at world's end. (My
'45)
Chase, A. Five arrows. (O *44)
Ferguson, J. A. Terror on the island. (My '42)
Prankau, G. Air ministry, room 28. (Mr '42)
Heberden, M. V. Fanatic of Fez. (Ag '43)
Hughes, D. B. F. Delicate ape. (Ap '44)
I am Saxon Ashe, Author of. Saxon Ashe,
secret agent. (My '42)
Kielland, A. Dangerous honeymoon. (Ag '46)
Knight, K. M. Trademark of a traitor. (Ag
Lefflngwell, A. Last secret. (Mr '44)
Maclnnes, H. Assignment in Brittany. (S
'42)
Marmiand, J. P. Last laugh, Mr. Moto. (Mr
Mason, V, Oriental division, G-2. (S '42)
Mason, V. Saigon singer. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1065
Oppenheim, E. P. Secret service omnibus,
number one. (S '46)
Schmidt, J. N. Inch of time. (Mr *44)
Sinclair, U. B. Dragon harvest. (Ag '45)
Sinclair, U. B. World to win. (Ag '46)
Tolman, H. Hero by proxy. <S '42)
Wheatley, D. Faked passports. (My *4S)
Wood. C. Death In Ankara. (Ai> '44)
Yardley, H. O.t and Grabo, C. H. Crows are
black everywhere. (Ap r45)
Inter-racial marriages
Marsh, E. Drink to the hunted. (Je '45)
Wernher, H. My Indian family. (S '45)
Interplanetary adventures
Cross, J. K. Angry planet. (D '46)
Lewis, C. S. Out of the silent planet. (N
'43)
Lewis, C. S. Perelandra. (My '44)
Interracial marriages
Graham, G. Earth and high heaven. (N '44 )
Sapieha, V. P. R. Beyond this shore. (Ap '42)
Irish in the United States
Dunphy, J. John Fury. (D '46)
Murphy, C. F. Glittering hill. (N '44)
Reese, J. H. Sheehan's mill. (N '43)
Italians in the United States
De Capite, M. Maria. (Mr '43)
De Capite, M. No bright banner. (O *44)
Mangione, J. Mount Allegro. (Mr '43)
Pagano. J. Golden wedding. (My *43)
Panetta. G. We ride a white donkey. (O *44)
Japanese in the United States
Kehoe, K. City in the sun. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Jazz music
Cuthbert, C. Robbed heart. (D '45)
Jazz orchestras
Willis, G. Tangleweed. (O '43 )
Jesuits
O'Grady, P. W., and Dunn, D. Dark was the
wilderness. (Mr '46)
Jews* and Jewish life
Asch. S. Children of Abraham. (My '42)
Asch, S. East river. (D '46)
Bright, R. Intruders. (Ap '46)
Buber, M. For the sake of heaven. (N '45)
Child, P. Day of wrath. (My '46)
Feuchtwanger, L. Josephus and the emperor.
(Ap '42)
Frank, B. One fair daughter. (N '43)
Golding, L. Glory of Elsie Silver. (My '46)
Hutter, C. Outnumbered. (Ap '44)
Koestler, A. Thieves in the night. (D '46)
Lewisohn, L. Renegade. (Ap r42)
Lipton, L. Brother, the laugh is bitter. (Je
•42)
Lister, S. By the waters of Babylon. (O '45)
Miller, A. Focus. (D '45)
Morgenstern, S. Son of the lost son. (My '46)
Rabinowitz. S. The old country. (S *46)
Reznikon?, C. Lionhearted. (N '44)
Rosenfeld, I. Passage from home. (Je '46)
Seid, R. Wasteland. (Mr '46)
Seide, M. Common thread. (Ap '44)
Shneur, Z. Song of the Dnieper. (O '46)
Singer, J. F. G. This festive season. (D f43)
Wallis, J. H. Niece of Abraham Pein. (Ap
•43)
Jews In Germany
Lewisohn. L. Breathe upon these. (Ap '44)
Jews In the United States
Browne, L. See what I mean? (N '43)
Journalism
Cooper. K. Anna Zenger. (Ja *47) (1946 An-
nual)
Spring. H. Hard F&cta. (O '44)
Journalists
Aldridge, J. Of many men. (Mr *46)
Bugbee, E. Peggy covers the clipper. (Ap '42)
Davis. C. B. Stars incline. (Mr r46)
Duranty, W. Search for a key. (Ap '43)
Gibbs, P. H. Interpreter. (3 *43)
Hutchison, B. Hallow men. (N *44)
St John, R. It's always tomorrow. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Sedgwick. A. C. Tell Sparta. (Ap '45)
Juvenile delinquency
Clewes, W. Sweet river in the morning. (N
*46)
Labor and laboring classes
Archambault, A. A. Mill village, (D '43)
Cook, F. F. Mrs. Palmer's Honey. (Mr '4«)
Dwoskin, C. Shadow over the land. (N '46)
Field, B. Piper Tompkins. (Mr '46)
Greene, J. E. Not In our stars. (O '45)
McKenney, R. Jake Home. (Ap '43)
Norris. C. G. Flint. (Mr '44)
Sherman, R. W. Other Mahoney. (Je '44)
Swarthout, G. F. Willow Run. (S '43)
Tillett, D. S. Angry dust. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
rates, B. Wind of spring. (Ap '45)
Labor unions
Bell, T. There comes a time. (O '46)
Hayes, D. Who walk with the earth. (My '45)
Law and lawyers
Cozzens, J. G. Just and the unjust. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Gross, F. L. What is the verdict? (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kane, H. T. New Orleans woman. (D *46)
Longstreet, S. Gay sisters. (Mr '42)
Train, A. C. Mr Tutt finds a way. (Ap '45)
Train, A. C. Yankee lawyer. (O *43)
Winwar, F. Sentimentalist. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Legendary history
Petit Marfan, M. La Quintrala. (N '42)
Legends and folk tales
Anderson, L. M., and Mary Catherine, Sister.
Flight and the song. (S '46)
Arabian nights entertainments. Arabian
nights; collected and ed. by Andrew Lang.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Mary Catherine, Sister. Once in Cornwall.
(Ap '44)
Przerwa-Tetmajer. K. Tales of the Tatraa.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Leprosy
Tempski. A. von. Thunder in heaven. (N '42)
Letters (stories in letter form)
Halsey, M. Some of my best friends are
soldiers. (N '44)
Shea, M. M. Gals they left behind. (O '44)
Sohn, M. Your loving mother. (Ap '44)
Tucker, W. Chinese doll. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Wilder, M. A. B. Since you went away. . .
(S '43)
Lighthouses
Robertson, W. South from yesterday. (Je '43)
Locality
Africa
Burman, B. L. Rooster crows for day. (O
'45)
Cloete, S. Congo song. (Ap '43)
Segre. A. Mahogany. (Ap '44)
Simenon, G. Tropic moon. (Mr '43)
Africa, North
De Jong, D. And the field is the world. (N
'45)
Heym, S. Of smiling peace. (N '44)
Home. M. House of shade. (N '42)
Slaughter, F. G. Battle surgeon. (Ap '44)
Alabama
Bell, V. Two of a kind. (Mr *43)
Campbell, W. E. M. Looking-glass. (Mr '43)
Coleman, W. L. Escape the thunder. (S '44)
Gibbons. R. F. Bright is the morning. (N *«)
Kroll. H. H. Waters over the dam. (My «44)
Alaska
Beach, R. E. World in his arms. (O '46)
Darling, B. B. No boundary line. (Ag '42)
Gabriel, G. W. I got a country. (O *44)
Hall. W. Even Jericho. (D '44)
Hixon, A. T. Canol. (S '46)
McNeilly, M. M. Heaven is too high. (My *44)
Wllloughby, F. B. Golden totem. (Ap NI5) «
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Fiction — Locality — Continued
Albania
Bridge, A. Singing waters. (A* '46)
Qua vie, A. Eight hours from England. (Je
Aleutian Islands
Jonas, C. Beachhead on the wind. (O '45)
Algeria (Algiers)
Camus, A. The stranger. (My '46)
Arabia
Newby, P. H. Journey to the interior. (N '46)
Arctic regions
Kaverin, V. A. Two captains. <Je *42)
Argentina
De Polnay, P. Two mirrors. (Ap '46)
De Sherbinin. B. Bindweed. (My '42)
De Sherbinin. B. By bread alone. (Mr '45)
Main. M. F. Memory and desire. (D '45)
Maliea, E. Bay of silence. (Ap '44)
Arizona
Baldwin. F. Arizona star. (My '45)
Falk. O. Thunder birds. (S '42)
Heal, E. This very sun. (D '44)
Kelland, C. B. Archibald the Great. (Je '43)
Kelland, C. B. Land of the Torreones. (Ap
'46)
Kelland, C. B. Sugarfoot. (N '42)
McNichols. C. L. Crazy weather. (Ap '44)
Richter, C. Tacey Cromwell. (D '42)
Sackville-West, V. M. Grand canyon. (N '42)
Steele, W. D. That girl from Memphis. (Ag
'45)
Taylor, R. Chicken every Sunday. (My '43)
Taylor, R. Ridin' the rainbow. (D '44)
Arkansas
Gilmore, C. Bright enchantment. (My '43)
Medearls. M. Big Doc's girl. (O '42>
Person, W, T. No land is free. (F *47) (1946
Annual)
Randall, J. Traveler's end. (O '43)
Australia
Cormack, M. Road to Down under. (Ag '44)
Dark. E. O. Little company. (Je '45)
Davlson, F. D. Dusty. (O '46)
Grey. Z. Wilderness trek. (S '44)
Herbert, X. Capricorn I a. (Je *43)
Lamond, H. G. Brindle Royalist. (Ap '46)
Lamond, H. G. Kilgour's mare. (N '43)
Laneley, JE. Not yet the moon. (Je '46)
Lindsay. N. Cousin from Fiji. (My '46)
Stead, C. For love alone. (N '44)
Tennaot, K. Lost Haven (My '46)
Tennant, K. Ride on, stranger. (S '43)
Tennant, K. Time enough later. (Mr '43)
Trist, M. Sun on the hills. (My '46)
Australia (Queensland)
Lamond, H. G. Dingo. (Mr '45)
Austria
Frank, B. One fair daughter. (N '43)
Hutter, C. Outnumbered. lAp '44)
Maclnnes, H. Horizon. (Je U6)
Mercer, C. W. Eye for a tooth. (Ap '44)
Morgenstern. S. Son of the lost son. (My *46)
Austria (Vienna)
Baum, V. Marion alive. (Mr '42)
Baum. V. Onoe In Vienna. . . (Mr *4K*
Freeman, J. Never call retreat. (Ap '43)
Sapieha, V. P. R. Beyond this shore. (Ap *42)
White. V. Peter Domanig. (Je '44)
Belgium
Roberts, K. Private report. (S '43>
Sarton. M. Bridge of years. (My '46)
Wiikins, W. V. Seven Tempest. (Mr '42)
Bermuda
Garth, D. Bermuda calling. (S '44)
Power-O'Malley, R. Mrs Cassatt's children.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Bolivia
Costa du Rels, A. Bewitched lands. (N '46)
Benin islands
Standish, R. Bonin. (Mr '44)
Braxil
Amado, J. Violent land. (Ag '45)
Carneiro. C. J. Bonfire. (S '44)
Escragnolle Taunay, A. de. Inocftncia. (Ap
'45)
Lefto. S. White shore of Olinda. (O '43)
Verissimo, E. Crossroads. (Ap '43)
Verissimo, E. Rest is silence. (S '46)
Burma
Black, D. Sun is near. (S '43)
Buck. P. S. Promise. (D '43)
California
Booth, E. With sirens screaming. (O '45)
Burke, R. Reluctant hussy. (O '46)
Burnett, W. R. Romelle. (N '46)
Camp, W. M. Skip to my Lou. (O *45)
Chambers, W. Invasion! (Je '43)
Drago, H. S. River of gold. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Easton, R. O. Happy man. (Ap '43)
Fenton, F. Place in the sun. (S '42)
Greenhood, D. The hill. (My »43)
Hauck, L. P. Gardenias for Sue. (Je '42)
Hobart. A. T. N. Cup and the sword. (O '42)
Howard, F. R. View from a window. (Ag '42)
Jones, I. Vineyard. (D '42)
Lewis, J. Against a darkening sky. (Mr '43)
Longstreet, S. Stallion road. (Je '45)
McKee, R. E. Storm Point. (D '42)
Marks, P. Full flood. (O '42)
Moody, A. H Sleep in the sun. (Mv '46)
Norris, K. T. Apple for Eve. (N '42)
Norris, K. T. Corner of hefcven. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Norris, K. T. Dina Cashman. (Je '42)
Pagano, J. Golden wedding. (My '43)
Pratt, T. Valley boy. fAp *46)
Robertson, W. Oasis. (O '44)
Ross, L. B. Blaze Allan. (D '44)
Ross, L. B. Stranger. (N '42)
Saroyan, W. Human comedy. (Ap '43)
Simmons, H. Lark. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Steinbeck. J. Cannery row. (Mr '45)
Totheroh, D. Deep valley. (S '42)
White, S. E. Stampede. (Mr. '42)
Wilde. T. Red turban. (O '43)
Wilhelm, G. Time between. (Ap '43)
Wright, H. B. Man who went away. (O '42)
California (Hollywood)
Bristow, G. Tomorrow is forever. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Kerr, S. Love story incidental. (Je '46)
Lederer, V. Married at leisure. (N '44)
Pollak, J. S. Golden egg. (N '46)
Pratt. T. Miss Dilly says no. (Ap '46>
Wilder, M. A. B. Hurry up and wait. (Mr
*4fi)
Willson, D. Hollywood starlet. (Ag '42)
California (Los Angeles)
Child. N. If I come home. (D '43)
Grayson. C. Angel town. (S '46)
Kirkbride, R. de L. Broken melody. (N '42)
California (San Diego)
Thompson, J. M. Now and on earth. (Je '42)
California (San Francisco)
Atherton, G. F. H. Horn of life. (N '42)
Beach, R. E. World in his arms. (O '46)
Busch, N. Day of the conquerors. (Ag '46)
Forbes, K. Mama's bank account. (My '43)
Lewis, O. T remember Christine. (My '42)
Mitchell, R. C. They shall come again. (Je
Norris, C. G. Fiint. (Mr '44)
Scott, R. L. H. Samuel Brannan and the
golden fleece. (Ag '44)
Wakeman. F. Shore leave. (Ap '44)
Williams, M. F. Fortune, smile once more!
(D '46)
Canada
Barbeau, C. M. Mountain Cloud. (O '44)
Campbell, G. M. G. Thorn-apple tree. (Mr '43)
Childers. J. S. Enemy outpost. (O '42)
De La Roche, M. Return to Jain a. (D '46)
Duncan, J. B. Heather heritage. (Mr *43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1067
Evans. A. R. All in a twilight. (Mr '44)
Gill, T. North to danger. (D '42)
Hard, M. S. This is Kate. (S '44)
Hendryx, J. B. New rivers calling. (O '43)
Hixon, A. T. Canol. (S '46)
Innis, M. E. Q. Stand on a rainbow. (Je '44)
MacLennan, H. Two solitudes. (Mr '45)
Parrott, K. U. T. Storm at dusk. (My *48)
Sallans, G. H. Little man. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Stringer, A. J. A. Intruders in Eden. (Je '42)
Canada (northwestern)
Hendrvx, J. B. Strange doings on Halfaday
creek. (Mr '43)
O'Brien, J. S. Return of Silver Chief. (Ap
White, A. L. W. Tomorrow is another day.
(My '42)
Canada (British Columbia)
Hutchison, B. Hollow men. (N '44)
Canada (Halifax)
Disney, D. C. The 17th letter. (Mr '45)
Canada (Montreal)
Be res ford -Ho we, C. Unreasoning heart. (My
'46)
Oraham, G. Earth and high heaven. (N '44)
. Canada (New Brunswick)
Tomkinson, G. Her own people. (D '45)
Canada (Nova Bootia)
Harris, C. One braver thing. (O '42)
Lancaster, G. B. Grand parade. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Canada (Ontario)
Campbell, G. M. G. Higher hill. (Je '45)
De La Roche, M. Building of Jain a. (N '44)
Manners, D. J. Under running laughter.
(Mr '43)
Canada (Toronto)
MacDonald, J. Darkly the river flows. (Je '45)
Carolina*
Abrahams, W. Interval In Carolina. (O '45)
Burt, K. N. Captain Millett's island. (S '44)
Central America
Gill, T. Jungle harvest. (My '43)
Shedd, M. Hurricane caye. (Je '42)
Shedd, M. C. Inherit the earth. (D '44)
Ceylon
Spittel, R. L. Savage sanctuary. (Je '42)
Channel islands
Goudge, E. Green Dolphin street. (O '44)
Chile
Petit Marfan, M. La Quintrala. (N '42)
China
Buck, P. S. Pavilion of women. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Buck, P. S. Promise. (D '43)
Chiang, Y. Men of the Burma road. (F '44)
(1943 Annual).
Dekobra, M. Shanghai honeymoon. (D '46)
Hahn, E. Mr Pan. (Je '42)
Hsiung. S. Bridge or heaven. (S '43)
Hughes, P. Challenge at Changsha. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hunter. B. M. Manchu empress. (Ag '45)
Kuo, C. Westward to Chungking. (O '44)
Lane, K. W. Peony. (My '46)
Lane, K. W. Three blossoms of Chang-an.
(O '46)
Lin. A. Flame from the rock. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Lin, A. Golden coin. (My '46)
Lin, A. War tide. (D '43)
Mackay, M. M. Great lady. (S '46)
Payne, P. S. R. Torrents of spring. (Je *46)
Riasanovsky, A. F. P. Children. (My »42)
Rogers, L. South of heaven. (D '46)
Schmidt. J. N. Inch of time. (Mr '44)
Schoyer, P. Foreigners. (Ap '42)
Shu, C. Rickshaw boy. (S '45)
Standish, R. Small general. (N '46)
Teilhet, H. T. The assassins. (3 '46)
p tfce
Wimsatt, Q. B. Lady like the moon. (D '46)
Yardley, H. O.. and Grabo, C. H. Crows are
black everywhere. (Ap '45)
Colombia
Erskine, J. Voyage of Captain Bart. (Je '43)
Colorado
Pagano, J. Golden wedding. (My '43)
Pratt. T. Thunder mountain. (My '44)
Colorado (Denver)
Block, L. Wild calendar. (Mr '46)
Cowdin, E. All we have built. (My »48)
Connecticut
Allis. M. All in good time. (My '44)
Allls, M. Charity Strong. (N '45)
Archambault, A. A. Mill village. (D '43)
Barber, E. M. O. Wall between. (N '46)
Brown, S. Burning wheel. (N '42)
Cooper, L F. Lighted box. (Ap '42)
Dwoskln, C. Shadow over the land. (N '46)
Field. B. Outside leaf. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hull. H. R. Hawk's flight. (My '46)
Partridge, B. January thaw. (O '45>
Taber. G. B. Give us this day. (S '44)
Czechoslovakia
Holm, G. This was Lidice. (O '43) -
Lothar, E. Beneath another sun. (Mr '43)
Pen, J. You can't do that to Svoboda. (My
Wechsberg. J. Homecoming. (S '46)
Weiskopf, F. C. Firing squad. (S '44)
Czechoslovakia (Prague)
Heym. S. Hostages. (N '42)
Hostovsky, E. Seven times the leading man.
(O *45)
Weiskopf, F. C. Twilight on the Danube.
(Mr '46)
Dakota*
Briggs. W. H. Dakota in the morning. (O
Castle, M. J. Deborah. (Ag '46)
Wendt, L. Bright tomorrow. (Je '45)
Denmark
Blicher, S. S. Twelve stories. (Ap '46)
Diebold, J. O. H. Mandrake root. (O '46)
Ecuador
Caldwell, C. C. Speak the sin softly. (O '46)
Gil Gilbert, E. Our daily bread. (8 *43)
Egypt
Howard. M. Far blue horizons. (My US)
SteegmUller, F. States of grace. (My *46)
Wolf, V. Spell of Egypt. (Ap '43)
* England
Balchin, N. Small back room. (Mr '45)
Baur. B. White Queen. (O '42)
Black, D. My love belongs to me. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Bottome, P. Survival. (O '43)
Butler, G. Dark rainbow. (D '45)
Carfrae, E. Tomorrow sometimes comes. (Mr
'45)
Cheyney, P. Stars are dark. (N *43)
Coles. M. Without lawful authority. (S *48)
Collins. N. Quiet lady. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Dickens. M. Edward's fancy. (Mr '44)
Gibbs, P. H. Battle within. (Mr *45)
Glbbs. P. H. Long alert. (My *42)
Howard, M. Gay is life. (S '43)
Isherwood, C. Memorial. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Kaye- Smith. S. Tambourine, trumpet and
drum. (O '43)
Mason, A. E. W. Musk and amber. (S '42)
Myers. E. Well full of leaves. (Je '44)
Myers. J. M. Out on any limb. (S '42)
Pakington, H. Our Aunt Auda. (Ap *42)
Priestley, J. B. Three men in new suits. (8
•45)
Renault. M. Middle mist. (Mr '45)
Ronald. J. Night is ending. (Je '44)
Savery. C. Enemy brothers. (O 43)
Seymour, B. K. S. Happy ever after. (My
Stephenson, G. Melody in darkness. (My »4S)
Strong, L. A. G.. pomp. English domestic
life during the last 800 years. (0 f4l>
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction — Locality — England — Continued
Waugh, E. Brideshead revisited. (Mr '46)
Waugh, J2. Put out more flags. (Je '42)
Wilkins. W. V. Seven Tempest. (Mr '42)
Tales, B. Wind of spring, (Ap '45)
England (provincial and rural)
Allen, W. B. Rogue elephant. (D '46)
Allingham, M. Galantrys. (N '43)
Ashton, H. Joanna, (O *44) ^^ t^v
Ashton, H. Yeoman's hospital. (Mr 45)
Baker, F. Full score. (My '42)
Black, D. Shadows under the stars. (Ag '45)
Cameron, W. Day is coming. (Ag '44)
Carfrae, B. Autumn glory. (S '42)
Carfrae, B. We who wait. (S '43)
Clements, B. H. Cherry harvest. (My '44)
Deeping, W. Cleric's secret. (My '44)
De La Pasture, E. B. M. Late and soon.
Divine, A. D. Tunnel from Calais. (Mr '43)
Bdginton, M. Winds of desire. (S '46)
Gibbons, S. Bachelor. (O '44)
Goudge, B. Castle on the hill. (Je '42)
Horner, J. M. Wind and the rain. (Je '43)
Hutchinson, A. S.-M. It happened like this.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
King-Hall, M. Life and death of the wicked
Lady Skelton. (My '46)
Lehmann, R. Ballad and the source. (Ap *45)
Leslie, J. A. C. Ghost and Mrs Muir. (N (45)
Lofts, N. R. Brittle glass. (Mr '43)
Lofts, N. R. Golden Fleece. (Mr »44)
Lofts, N. R. Jassy. (Ag '45)
Malleson, L. B. Home is the heart (Ap '42)
Neilson, F. Garden of Doctor Persuasion. (Je
'43)
Neumann, R. Mr Tibbs passes through. (Mr
'43)
Norway. N. S. Pastoral. (O '44)
Paktngton, H. Aston Kings. (Ag '46)
Pedler, M. B. Then came the test. (Ag '42)
Phelan, J. L. Moon in the river. (My M6)
Priestley, J. B. Black-out in Gretley. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Rees. R. F. Again we dream. (Je '43)
Ronald. J. Old soldiers never die. (Ag '42)
Savory. G. Hughie Roddis. (My '42)
Seymour, B. K. S. Return journey. (Mr '43)
Shann, R. Christopher's wife. (O '46)
Sharp. M. Cluny Brown. (S '44)
Smith, E. F. Caravan. (S '43)
Stern, G. B. Reasonable shores. (Ag '46)
Stevenson, D. E. Four Graces. (Je '46)
Stevenson, D. E. Two Mrs Abbotts. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Taylor, £. At Mrs Lippincote's. (My '46)
Thlelens, G. O. Moon lies fair. (Je '42)
Thirkeil, A. M. Growing up. (Mr '44)
Thirkell, A. M. Headmistress. (Mr *46)
ThirkeJl, A. M. Marling Hall. (N '42)
Thirkell, A. M. Miss Bunting. (Mr '46)
Thirkell, A. M. Northbridge rectory. (Mr '42)
Welch. D. In youth is pleasure. (My '46)
Whipple, D. They were sisters. (Je '44)
Wodehouse, P. G. Joy in the morning. (O '46)
Young, F. B. Man about the house. (S '42)
England (Cambridge)
Douglas-Irvine, H. 77 Willow road. (Je '45)
England (Cornwall)
Du Maurier, A. Treveryan. (N '42)
Du Maurier, D. Frenchman's creek. (Mr '42)
Farnol, J. Valley of night. (N '42)
Ferguson, M. Sign of the ram. (Ap f45)
Heyer, C. Penhallow. (S '43)
Lee. C. J. Cornish tales. (S '42)
Rowse. A. L. West-country Atories. (Mr '46)
Sherriff. R. C. Chedworth. (N *44)
Voynich, B. L. B. Put off thy shoes. (Je '45)
England (Cumberland)
Hutchinson. R. C. Interim. (My '45)
Nicholson, N. Fire of the Lord. (S *46)
England (Devonshire)
Anderson, L. M., and Mary Catherine, Sister.
Flight and the song. (S '46)
Macardle, D. Uninvited. (S '42)
Pedler, M. B. No gifts from chance. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Smith, E. F. Magic lantern. (My '45)
England (Kent)
Johnson, P. H. Winter quarters. (Ag '44)
England (London)
Arey, J. S. Night duty. (My '43)
Cameron, W. Day is coming. (Ag '44)
Campbell, A. O. Ringed with fire. (S '42)
Cheyney, P. Sinister errand. (O '46)
Dakers, B. K. Madame Geneva. (D '46)
Dale, C. Least of these. (O '44)
Fielding, A. M. Mayfair sauatters. (My '46)
Gibbons, S. Gentle powers. (D '46)
Glemser, B. Love for each other. (S '46)
Godden, R. Take three tenses. (Ap '45)
Greene, G. Ministry of fear. (Je '43)
Greenwood, R. Squad goes out. (Je '43)
Hewitt, K. D. Mice are not amused. (Ag '43)
Heyer. G. Faro's daughter. (Je '42)
Johnson, P. H. Trojan brothers. (Ag '45)
Kent. M. Island of the innocent. (O '45)
Kersh, G. Night and the city. (My '46)
Lane, M. Walk into my parlor. (Mr '42)
Leslie, D. O. House in the dust. (Ap '42)
Llewellyn, R. None but the lonely heart.
(O '43)
Marshall, R. V. Duchess Hotspur. (Je '46)
Marshall. R. V, Kitty. (D '43)
Moore, R. A. Listening world. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Sadleir. M. Forlorn sunset. (D '46)
Sharp, M. Britannia Mews. (Ag '46)
Sheldon, J. P. Miss Bronska. (Mr '42)
Sherman, R. Unready heart. (S '44)
Stead, C. For love alone. (N ^44)
Steen, M. Bell Timson. (S '46)
England (Manchester)
Spring, H. Hard Facts. (O '44)
England (Oxford)
Neumann, D. Now that April's there. (My
'45)
England (Shropshire)
Pargeter, B. People of my own. (Mr '42)
England (Surrey)
Deeping, W. Impudence of youth. (N '46)
England (Sussex)
Kaye-Smith, S. Secret son. (Mr '42)
England (Warwickshire)
Voynich, B. L. B. Put oft thy shoes. (Je '45)
England (Yorkshire)
Bentley, P. E. Rise of Henry Morcar. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Priestley, J. B. Bright day. (N '46)
Europe
MacLiesh, A. F. Cone of silence. (Mr '44)
Florida
Baker, C. H. Blood of the Lamb. (My '46)
Baldwin, F. Blue Horizons. (Mr '42)
Chambers, W. Amigo. (Mr '42)
Cooper, C. R. Action in diamonds. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Page, C. Resort hotel. (N '42)
Pope, E. Colcorton. (My '44)
Pratt. T. Barefoot mailman. (S '43)
Thielen, B. Lost men. (Je '46)
Von Hesse, M. F. Inherit the wind. . . (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Wilder, R. Flamingo road. (Je '42)
France
Al brand, M. Remembered anger. (Mr '46)
Bates, H. B. Fair stood the wind for France.
(Je '44)
Seeding, F. There are thirteen. (Ap '46)
Bernanos, G. Joy. (N '46)
Boyle, K. Frenchman must die. (My '46)
Burke, R, Frightened pigeon. (Je '44)
Collins, N. Quiet lady. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Comfort, A. Power house. (Ap '45)
Foster, B. Days between. (Je '42)
Green, A. Just before dawn. (Ap '43)
Guerard. A. J. Maquisard. (N '45)
Habe, H. Kathrine. (O '43)
Hillyer, R. S. My heart for hostage. (N '42)
Hoff, R. Silver answer. (Ag '45)
James, S, Man of Brittany. (Mr '46)
Jameson. S. Cloudless May. (My '44)
Jameson, S. Other aide. (Ap '46)
Lewisohn, L. Renegade. (Ap '42)
Long. G. M. V. C. Lady and the arsenic. (Mr
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1069
Longatreet, Q. Sound of an American. (N '42)
McCormick, R. de F. Little coquette. (8 '44)
McCormick, R. D. Rustle of petticoats. (D
'46)
Maclnnes, H. Assignment in Brittany. - (8
'42)
Malaquais, J. Men from nowhere. (Ap '43)
Malet, O. My bird sings. (D '46)
Mauriac, F. Woman of the Pharisees. (N '46)
Maurois, A. Woman without love. (N '46)
Mendelssohn, P. Fortress in the skies. (O
•43)
Meyneng, M. B. Broken arc* (Ap '44)
Nason, L. H. Contact Mercury. (Ap '
Prokosch, F. Age of thunder. (Ap '45)
Remains, J. Escape in passion. (O , '46)
Remains, J. Seventh of October. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Remains, J. Wind is rising. (N '45)
Romdins, J. Work and play. . (Mr *44)
Samson, B. Claire. (Ag '45)
Serge, V. Long dusk. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Sinclair, U. B. Dragon harvest. (Ag '45)
Surdez. G. Homeland. (S '46)
Wheatley, D. V for vengeance. (O '42)
Zola. E. Masterpiece. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
France ("provincial and rural)
Giono, J. Blue boy. (Ap *46)
Kent. M. Mass of Brother Michel. (Je '42)
Lloyd, A. B. This was their land. (O '43)
Maurois, A. Time for silence. (Ap '42)
Poncins, G. de M. Home is the hunter. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Stewart, C. P. So thick the fog:. (O '44
France (Marseilles)
Seghers, A. Transit (Je '44)
France (Normandy)
Sawdon, B. M. Son of Normandy. (S '45)
France (Paris)
Audemars, P. Hercule and the gods. (O '46)
Bromfleld, L. Until the day break. (Je '42)
Cesbron, G. Innocents of Paris. (S *46)
Coyle, K. Josephine. (Je '42)
Coyle. K. To hold against famine. (Mr *42)
Erenburg, I. G. Fall of Paris. (Je '43)
Glemser, B. Love for each other. (S '46)
Landau. M. A. Fifth seal. (My '43)
Marshall, B. Yellow tapers for Paris. (O '46)
Maugham, W. S. Razor's edge. (My '44)
Remarque, B. M, Arch of triumph. (Mr *46)
Shay, E. F., and Smith, K. Private adven-
ture of Captain Shaw. (Mr '45)
Wallenstein, M. H. Red canvas. (My '46)
France (Pyrenees)
Mercer, C. W. House that Berry built. (Mr
'46)
France (Riviera)
Simenon, G. Blind alley. (N *46)
Yorck, R. L. Sixty to go. (Ap '44)
Georgia
Caldwell, E. Georgia boy. (Je '43)
Caldwell, E. Tragic ground. (N '44)
Cheney, B. River rogue. (S '42)
Fleming, B. Colonel Efftngham's raid. (Ap
43)
Hanna, E. Sugar in the gourd. (Mr '42)
Hewlett, J. H. Cross on the moon. (N '46)
Lee. M. Invisible sun. (O '46)
McCullers, C. S. Member of the wedding1. (Je
'46)
Miller. C. P. Lebanon. (S '44)
Mills, C. Choice. (Je '43)
Smith. L. Strange fruit. (Ap '44)
Steedman, M. But you'll be back. (S '42)
Georgia (Atlanta)
Peeples, El A. Swing low. (Ap '45)
Germany
Albrand. M. Endure no longer. (My '44)
Bemelmans, L. Blue Danube. (My '45)
Child, P. Day of wrath. (My '46)
JDodd, M. B. Sowing the wind. (O *46)_
Feuchtwanger, L. Double, double* toil and
trouble. (Je '43)
Hoellering, F. Furlough. (O '44)
Jameson, S. Other tide. (Ap '46)
Kesten, H. Twins of Nuremberg, (Je '46)
Maass, J. Magic year. (Ja '45) ?1944 Annual)
Malta, A. Cross and the arrow. (O '44)
Mann, H. Little superman. (N '45)
Mann, H. Small town tyrant. (Je '44)
Marsh, E. Drink to the hunted. (Je '45)
Neumann, A. Six of them. (S '45)
Roane, M. *Years before the flood. (Je '45)
Seghers, A. Seventh cross. (O '42)
Towner. W. Liberators. (N '46)
Yorck, R. L. Lili Marlene. (N '45)
Germany (Berlin)
Baum, V. Hotel Berlin '43. (My '44)
Great Lakes region
Doner, M. F. Glass mountain. (O '42)
McCormick, J. November storm. (Ap '43)
Great Plains region
Annett, R. R. Especially Babe. (S '42)
Greece
Lodwick, J. Aegean adventure. (My '46)
Nakos, L. Children's inferno. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Reisner, M. Mirror of delusion. (Je '46)
Wheatley, D. Sword of fate. (S '44)
Greece (Athens)
Wescott, G. Apartment in Athens. (Mr '45)
Greenland
Freuchen, P. White man. (D '46)
Haiti
Thoby-Marcelin, P., and Marcelin, P. Beast
of the Haitian hills. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Thoby-Marcelin, P., and Marcelin, P. Canape-
Vert. (Mr '44)
Hawaiian Islands
MacKay, M. M. For all men born. (Ap '43)
Mackay, M. M. Homeward the heart. (Je
'44)
Tempski, A. von. Thunder in heaven. (N '42)
Worts, G. F. Overboard. (Je '43)
Hawaiian islands (Honolulu)
Loring, E. B. Bright skies. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Holland
See Fiction — Locality — Netherlands
Honduras
Osborne, L. P. They change their skies. (Je
'45)
Hungary
Szekely, J. Temptation. (D *46)
Iceland
Laxness, H. K. Independent people. (S *46)
Idaho
Bolster, E. Come gentle spring. (Je '42)
Brink, C. R. Buffalo coat. (D '44)
Illinois
Aydelotte, D. Measure of a man. (S *42)
Corbett. E. F. Golden grain, (j^ '43)
Emerson, E. H. Good crop. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Sorensen, V. E. Little lower than the angels.
(Je '42)
Sparks, D. Nothing as before. (My *44)
Illinois (Chicago)
Algren, N. Never come morning. (My '42)
Farreli, J. T. My days of anger. (N '43)
Halper, A. Little people. (N '42)
Holt, I. Aunt Jessie. (Ap '42)
Jaynes, C. These are the times. (My '44)
Lawrence, C. A. Narrowing wind. (D '44)
Meeker, A. Far away music. (D '46)
Phillip, Q. M. We who died last night. (My
Raymond, C. S. Honorable John Hale. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Roberts. B. K. Little hell— big heaven. (O
India
'Godden, R. Breakfast with the NJkolides.
(Mr '43)
Godden, R. The river. (N *46)
Hinkson, P. Golden rose. (O '44)
Hi tree, J. G. Rulers' morning, and other
stories. (Ap '46)
Mason, P. Call the next witness. (Ap '46)
Maugham, W. S. Razor's edge. (My '44)
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Wernher, H. Land and the well. (N »46)
Wernher, H. My Indian family. (8 '46)
Weston.C. Q. Indigo. (N '43)
Wren, P. C. Dark woman. (Mr '43)
Indiana
Goodln. P. Clementine. (S '46)
Nolan, J. C. Gather ye rosebuds. (Je '48)
Robinson, O. Triumvirate. (N '43)
West, J. Friendly persuasion. (D *46)
Indiana (Gary)
Nichols, E. J. Hunky Johnny. (8 *46)
Indo-China, French
Makhali-Phal. Young concubine. (My (42)
Iowa
Corey, P. Acres of Antaeus. (O '46)
Ford, fe. Amy Ferraby's daughter. (Ap '44)
Hicks, C. Little lion. (S '46)
Jackson, D. D. Archer Pilgrim. (Je '42)
Saltzman, E. Stuart's hill. (Je '45)
Stong, P. D. One destiny. (D '42)
Ireland
Du Maurler, D. Hungry Hill. (Ag '43)
Gilbert, S. Landslide. (Mr »44)
Harnden, R. P. Bright star or dark. (D '45)
Hoagland, K. Fiddler in the sky. (Je '44)
Laverty, M. Never no more. (Ap §42)
Laverty, M. Touched by the thorn. (N *43)
Lav in, M. House In Clewe street. (Je *45)
Lavin, M. Tales from Bective bridge. (Ag
'42)
Mapother, E. R. Dark Darragh. (My '43)
O'Brien, K. Last of summer. (My '43)
O'Connor. F. Crab apple jelly. (N '44)
O'Flaherty, L. Land. (Je '46)
Phelan. J. L. Banshee harvest. (Mr '45)
Purcell, P. Hanrahan's daughter. (Ap *44)
Purcell, P. Quiet man. (S '46)
Robertson. R A. Signpost. (Mr '44)
Rooney. P. Captain Boycott. (O '46)
Ireland (Dublin}
Fitzgerald, B, We are besieged. (O '46)
Redd in. K. S. Young man with a dream.
Strong, L. A. G. The bay. (Mr *42)
Italy
Albrand, M. Without orders. (S '43)
Arnold. E. Tomorrow will sing. (Mr '45)
Clark, J. B. Dreamers. (O '45;
Curinga, N. V. Italian tragedy. (My '45)
Delehanty. E. Arise from sleep. (My '42)
Fran zero, C. M. House of Mrs Caroline. (D
'43)
Harper, F. Night climb. (F *47) (1946 An-
nual)
Jovine, F. Seeds in the wind. (D '46)
La Penta, H. Piccola. (Ag '45) ,<A^
Linklater, E. Private Angelo. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Mason, A. E. W. Musk and amber. (S '42)
Mills. C. Choice. (Je '43)
Silone, I. Seed beneath the snow. (S '42)
Stewart, C. P. Her husband's house. (Ap '46)
Taborl, G. Companions of the left hand. (3
Taddei. E. Pine tree and the mole. (S '45)
Taddei, E. Sowing of the seed. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Young, F. B. Man about the house. (S *42)
Italy (Rome)
Hayes, A. All thy conquests. (D '46)
Jamaica
Clarke, I. C. Welcome. (N '43)
Japan
Hubner. R. N. Fabulous people. (S '42)
Standlsh, R. Three bamboos. (D '42)
Java
Fabricius. J. W. Night over Java. (Ap '46)
Kansas
Amrine, M. All sons must say goodbye. (O
Bretherton, V. R. Rock and the wind. (My
Hauck, L. P. Evergreen house. (My *4J)
Hayes, C. E. Four winds. (Ja '43) (1943
Annual)
Schachner, N. Sun shines west. (N '43)
Schrag. O. Locusts. (D '43)
Sedges, J. Townsman. (Je '45)
Swain, V. Dollar gold piece. (N '42)
Wellman, P. 1. Bowl of brass. (My '44)
Kentucky
Abbott, J. L. D. Youra for the asking. (Mr
'43)
Alves. J. Huldah. (S '42)
Campbell, M. Cloud -walking. (N '43)
Chevalier. E. P. Drivin' woman. (S '42)
Kroil, H. H. Their ancient grudge. (O '46)
Litsey, S. There was a lady. (O r45)
Morton. J. Blackbirds on the lawn. (Je '44)
Steward, A. S. Take nothing for your jour-
ney. (N '43)
Stuart, J. Foretaste of glory. (Ap '46)
Stuart, J. Tales from the Plum Grove hills.
(D '46)
Libya
Home, M. Attack in the desert. (Mr '42)
Long I aland
Carousso, D. Open then the door. (Mr *42)
Greene. W. What they don't know. (8 '44)
Whiting, H. Listeners. (Mr '43)
Louisiana
Basso, H. Sun in Capricorn. (O '42)
Bellamann. H. Victoria Grandolet. (Mr *44)
Carter, H. Winds of fear. (N '44)
Keyes, F. P. W. River road. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Matthews, H. River-bottom boy. (N *42)
Miller. H. T. Wild lilac. (Mr '43)
Yerby. F. Foxes of Harrow. (Mr '46)
Louisiana (New Orleans)
Keyes, F. P. Crescent carnival. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
King, M. P. Those other people. (Mr '46)
La Farge, O. Copper pot. (Ag '42)
Mally, E. L. Mocking bird is singing. (My
Margulies. L., and Merwin, S. Flags were
three. (My '45)
Ripley, C. Mississippi belle. (Ap *42)
Roberts, W. A. Brave Mardi Gras. (Ap '46)
Roberts, W. A. Royal street. (N '44)
Madagascar
Livingstone, C. R. Earth Is red. (My '46)
Maine
Carroll, G. H. Dunnybrook. (D '43)
Carroll. G. H. Head of the line. (Ap '42)
Chase. V. American house. (Mr '44)
Colwell, M. Wind oft the water. (Ag '46)
Davenport, G. L. Return engagement. (O '46)
David, E. J. As runs the glass. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Flint, M. Enduring riches. (D '42)
Foster, E. Dirigo Point. (Mr '44)
Hall, C. Crow on the spruce. (Ap '46)
Hallet. R. M. Foothold of earth. (D *44)
Macdougall, A. R. Dud Dean and his coun-
try. (D '46)
Mclntire, M. P. Carey Brown. (Je '42)
Mayo, E. R. Loom of the land. (N '46)
Mayo, JB. R. Turn home. (Ap '45)
Moore. R. Spoon ban die. (Ag '46)
Moore, R. Weir. (Ap '43)
Ogilvie, E. High tide at noon. (My '44)
Ogilvie, E. Storm tide. (O '45)
Robinson, M. L. Island noon. (Ap '42)
Shea, M. M. Gals they left behind. (6 '44)
Smith, R. M. Hotel on the lake. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Tibbott, F. M. Simon Hastings. (8 '42)
Weston, C. Devil's foot. (My »42)
Williams, B. A. Leave her to heaven. (Ag
Maryland
Alexander, H. M. Selina. (Je '42)
Bailey, T Pink camellia. (S '42)
Bledsoe. W. Fiddle Lonjrspay. (Ag »42)
Kerr. S. J«nny Devlin. {Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Sylvester. H. , Dearly t beloved. (Ap »4»)
Wright, M. B. Angel without wing*. (8 '43)
Maryland (Baltimore)
Tucker. A. Man Miss Susie loved. (D '41)
Wise, E. V Light of stars. (D '46)
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Massachusetts
Babson, N. L. Look down from heaven. (O
•42)
Colver, A. M. R. Fourways. (O *44)
Holton. E. A. Silver crescent. (My '44)
McLean. S. R. Moment of time. (My '46)
Parrott. K. U- T. Nothing ever ends. (3 '42)
Vardoulakis, M. Gold in the streets. (D '46)
Massachusetts (Boston)
Doner, M. F. O distant star! (Mr '44)
Groseclose. E. E. The fired rake. (Mr '42)
Osborne, L. P. Through purple glass. (O '46)
Williams. B. A. Time of peace. (D '42)
Massachusetts (Cambridge)
Howe. H. H. We happy few* (S '46)
Massachusetts (Cape Cod)
Basset t. S. W. Anchorage. (Ag '43)
Bassett, S. W. The beacon. (S '46)
Basse tt. S. W. Heart's haven. (S *44)
Bassett. S. W. Sea magic. (S '42)
Bassett, S. W. Silver Moon cottage. (O '45)
Holton. E. A. All sails set. (Je '42)
Holton. E. A. For those in peril. (Je '43)
Holton. E. A. Time and the hour. (S '46)
Lincoln, J. C. Bradshaws of Harniss. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Maier. W. Spring flight. (Ap '43)
Nathan. R. Sea-gull cry. (S '42)
Rothery, A. E. Balm of Gilead. (S '46)
Shay. E. P.. and Smith. K. Private adventure
of Captain Shaw. (Mr '45)
Wolfson. V. Lonely steeple. (N '45)
Massachusetts (Concord)
Longstreth. T. M. Two rivers meet in Con-
cord. (My '46)
Massachusetts (Martha'* Vineyard)
Wylie, I. A. R. Ho, the fair wind. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Massachusetts (Nantucket)
Bruff, N. Manatee. (N '45)
Frost. E. H. This side of land. (O '42)
Mexico
Baker. C. House of the Roses. (O '42)
Botsford, H, V. Ashes of gold. (Je '42)
Chambers. M. C. M. Two eagles. (Ap '44)
Fernandez de Lizard!. J. J. Itching parrot.
(Ap '42)
Helm, M. Matter of love. (D '46)
Hobart. A. T. N. Peacock sheds his tail. (O
•45)
Magdaleno. M. Sunburst. '(Mr '44)
Men6ndez, M. A. Nayar. (Mr *42)
Niggli. J. Mexican village. (N '45)
Schiller, Z. L. Mexican time. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Michigan
Bane>. S. V. Latchstring out. (My '44)
Doner. M. F. Blue river. (S '46)
Doner, M. F. O distant star! (Mr '44)
Fleury, B. F. Faith the root. (Je '42)
Koran. K. O. Bashful woman. (O *44)
Horan. K. O. 1 give thee back. (Mr '42)
Moore. J. E. Indian Paul. (O (45)
White. G. A. Free as the wind\ (My '42)
Wolff, M. M. Night shift. (D '42)
Michigan (Detroit)
LebedeK. V. Heart returneth. (My '43)
Miller, N. Moth of time. (Ag '46)
Minnesota
Chidester, A. Long year. (Ap '46)
Chidester. A. No longer fugitive. (O '43)
Chute. M. G. Sheriff Olson. (Ap '42)
Lewis. S. Cass Timberlane. (N *45)
Lundeberg, O. K. The song of Alno. (Ap '42 )
Ogley, D. C., and Cle'and, M. G. Iron land.
Ostenso, M. O river, remember 1 (O *43)
Stong, P. D. Iron Mountain. (Mr J42)
Wetherell, J. P. But that was yesterday.
Wetherell. J. P. Dead center. (My '46)
Wise, B. V. Mary darlin'. (O '43)
Mississippi
Faulkner, J. Dollar cotton. (O '42)
Galther, F. O. J. Red cock crows. (Je '44)
Kroll. H. H. Rider on the bronze horse. (S '42)
LeBlanc. D. K. Dear to this heart. (O '42)
Overs tree t, C. Coffee cream. (N '42)
Richards, R. W. I can lick seven. (S *42)
Russell, W. Robert Cain. (D '42)
Street, J. H. Tap roots. (S '42)
Sumner. C. R. Quality. (N '46)
Welty. E. Delta wedding. (My '46)
Welty. E. Wide net. (O '43)
Mississippi river
Branch, H., and Waters, F. River Lady. (Ap
Hamilton, H. River song. (Ap '45)
Mississippi valley
Sublette, C. M., and Kroll, H. H. Perilous
journey. (Ap *43)
Missouri
Bellamann, H. Floods of spring. (Je '42)
Dor ranee. W. A. Sundowners. (S '42)
Grinstead. F. High road. (Mr '45)
Harlin, A. R. For here Is my fortune. (D '46)
Hutchens. J. Timothy Larkin. (Ap *42)
Langley. D. Dark medallion. (Je '45)
Street, J. H. The gauntlet. (N '46)
Missouri (Oxark mountain*)
Camp. W. M. Skip to my Lou. (O '45) ~-
Missouri (8t Louis}
Benson. S. Meet me in St. Louis. (Ag '42)
Cook. F. F. Mrs. Palmer's Honey. (Mr '46)
Montana
Brinig, M. Gambler takes a wife. (Ag '43)
Savage, T. The pass. (My '44)
Walker. M. Winter wheat. (Mr '44)
Montana (Butte)
Murphy, C. F. Glittering hill. (N '44)
Nebraska
Reese. J. H. Sheehan's mill. (N '43)
Thompson, J. M. Heed the thunder. (Ap '46)
Netherlands
Albrand. M. No surrender. (N *42)
I am Saxon Ashe, Author of. Saxon Ashe.
secret agent. (My '42)
Jong, A. Af. de. Platter. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Leiker. S. Three witnesses. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Netherlands Indie*
Boecop-Mayle, M. T. C. barones van. Roots.
(S '&)
Nevada
Cain. J. M. Past all dishonor. (Ag '46)
Corle. E. Coarse Gold. (N '42)
Nevada (Reno)
Clark. W. V. City of trembling leaves. (Je
'45)
New England
Adams, F. R. When I come back. (Je '441
Driscoll. P. F. My Felicia. (N *45)
Field, R. L. And now tomorrow. (Je '42)
Frost, F. M. Village of glass. (S '42)
Goulding. P. So long as we love. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Gu4rard. A. J. Hunted. (Mr '44)
Hicks. G. Only one storm. (My '42)
Hough. H. B. Roosters crow in town. (My
Janeway, E. Walsh girls. (N '43)
Kelland. C. B. Heart on her sleeve. (My '44)
La Penta. H. Piccola. (Ag '45)
Miller. M. B. In the days of thy youth.
<O '43)
Sen rag, O. Sons of the morning. (D '45 )
Wylle. I. A. R. Keeper of the flame. (Je *42)
New Hampshire
Cannon. L. Look to the mountain. (Ag '42)
Hamilton, K. Doctor on Elm street. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Hayes, M. Homer's hill. (Ap '44)
Keyes. F. P. W. Also the hills. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Wallis, J. H. Niece of Abraham Pein. (Ap
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New Jersey
Chamberlain, Q. A. Scudda-hoo! scudda-hay!
(Mr '46)
Colver, A. M. R. Homecoming. (F '46) (1945
. Tomorrow fair. (Mr '43)
Sturges-Jones, M. In wedlock wake. (O '46)
New Mexico
Bright. R. Life and death of little Jo, (Mr
Crichton. K. S. Proud people. (Ap '44)
Foster. J. O. In the night did I sing. (Mr
Hughes, D. B. F. Ride the pink horse. (D
*46)
Martin, C. Hills of home. (Ja *44) (1943 An-
nual)
Seton, A. Turquoise. (Mr '46)
Sinclair. J. L. In time of harvest. (O '43)
Sylvester. H. Dayspring. (Ap '46)
New York (city)
Allis. M. Charity Strong. (N '46)
Appel. B. Dark stain. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Asch, S. East river. (D '46)
Barnard, J. L. Land of promise. (O '42)
Bolton, I. Do I wake or sleep. (D '46)
Brandel, M. Rain before seven. (O '46)
Bromfleld, L. Mrs Parkington. (Mr '43)
Chase, I. In bed we cry. (D '43)
Colton, N. Rivers are frozen. (Ap '42)
Corbett, B. F. Red-haired lady. (Ag '45)
Dixon, C. M. Devil and the deep. (Ap '44)
Edmonds, W. D. Young Ames. (Mr '42)
Farrell, J. T. Bernard Clare. (Je '46)
Fearing. K. Big clock. (N '46)
Fisher. S. G. Winter kill. (Ap '46)
Frank, W. D. Island in the Atlantic. (O '46)
Freund, P. Edward Zoltan. (N '46)
Gibbs. S. You don't belong here. (Ag *43)
Goldsmith, M. M. Shadows at noon. (S '43)
Hal per. A. Only an inch from glory. (N *43)
Harriman. J. Magnate. (O '46)
Hatch, E. Words and music. (Mr **3)
Haydn. H. C. Manhattan furlough. (My '45)
Hurst. F. Lonely parade. (Mr '42)
Kahler, W. Giant dwarf. (N '42)
Kahn, J. Open house. (Ag '46)
Kahn, J. To meet Miss Long. (My '43)
Karney, J. Ragged edge. (Ap '46)
Kelland, C. B. Alias Jane Smith. (Mr '45)
Kuhn, R. 34 Charlton. (Je '45)
Larsson, O. Ships in the river. (My '46)
Lefflngwell, A. Court of shadows. (My '43)
Lieferant, H. and S. S. Heavenly harmony.
(O '42)
McHugh, V. I am thinking of my darling.
Molloy, B. Uneasy spring. (D '46)
Ostenso. M. Love passed this way (Ap *42)
Panetta. G. We ride a white donkey. (O '44)
Parsons, A. B. I know what I'd do. (Je '46)
Powell, P. A time to be born. (O '42)
Prokosch, F. Idols of the cave. (N '46)
Roeburt. J. Jigger Moran. (Ag '44)
Rosmond, B. Dewy, dewy eyes. (S '46)
Ross. I. Isle of escape. (O '42)
Saxton. M. Year of August. (Mr "43)
Seton, A. Dragonwyck. (Mr *44)
Seton, A. Turquoise. (Mr '46)
Shaw. I. Welcome to the city. (Mr *42)
Singer, J. F. G. This festive season. (D '43)
Stead, C. Letty Fox, her luck. (N '46)
Stoddart. D. Prelude to night. (S '45)
Stowman, K. With cradle and clock. (My
'46)
Todrin, B. Paradise walk. (Ja '47) (1946
Van Doren, D. G. Dacey Hamilton. (O '42)
Van Doren. M. Tilda. (Ap '43)
Walworth. D. Nicodemus. (Ap '46)
Wolfert, I. Tucker's _people. (Je *48)
Worthington, M. M. House on the park. (N
•46)
New York (oity) (Bronx)
Manoff, A. Telegram from heaven. (O '42)
New York (city) (Brooklyn)
Bell, T. Till I come back to you. (Ag '43)
Benefteld, B. Eddie and the archangel Mike.
(Mr '43)
Bonner, C. Ambition. (D '46)
Idell, A. B, Bridge to Brooklyn. (D '44) > '
Seid, R. Wasteland. (Mr '46)
. Seid*, M. Common thread. (Ap *44)
Smith, *B. Tree grows In Brooklyn. (S '43)
Todrin. B. Out of these roots. <N '44)
Todrin, B. Paradise walk. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
New York (oity) (East Side)
Kandel, A. Stones begin to dance. (O '42)
New York (oity) (Harlem)
Cuthbert, C. Robbed heart. (D '45)
Offord, C. R. White face. (Je '43)
Petry, A. L. The, street. (Mr '46)
New York (oity) (Staten Island)
Karig, W. Lower than angels. (Mr '45)
New York (at ate)
Boyce, B. Perilous night. (Mr '42)
Caldwell, J. T. This side of innocence. (My
'46)
Caldwell, J. T. Wide house. (My '45) ,
Carmer, C. L. Genesee fever. (Mr '42)
Clark, V. Horn of plenty. (O '45)
D'Agostlno, G. Hills beyond Manhattan. (Mr
•42)
Flack. A. Family on the hill. (My '45)
Havill, E. Low road. (Mr '44)
Hedden, W. T. Wives of High Pasture. (8
Hicks. C. Little lion. (S '46)
Osborn, M. B. Days beyond recall. (D '42)
Rowe, F. Chapin sisters. (D '45)
Seton, A. Dragonwyck. (Mr '44)
Sherman, R. W. Other Mahoney. (Je *44)
Truax, R. Green is the golden tree. (My '43)
Walden. D. Season. (Ag '42)
New York (state) ( Syracuse)
Robertson, C. N. Fire bell in the night. (My
New ^Zealand
Goudge, B. Green Dolphin street. (O '44)
North Carolina
Dodge, C. W. Weathercock. (N »42)
Fast, H. M. Freedom road. (O '44)
Fletcher, I. C. Men of Albemarle. (N '42)
Green, P. Salvation on a string. (D *46)
Harris, B. K. Janey Jeems. (O '46)
Harris, B. K. Sage quarter. (My '45)
Harris, B. K. Sweet Beulah land. (Ap '43)
MacDuffie, L. Stone in the rain. (Mr '46)
Wilder, R. Written on the wind. (Mr '46)
v Norway
Arnold, E. Commandos. (Je *42)
Kieliand, A. Shape of danger. (Mr *45)
Woods, W. H. Edge of darkness. (My '42)
Nova Scotia
Eaton. E. S. M. Sea is so wide. (Ap '43)
Raddall, T. H. Pride's Fancy. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Oklahoma
Covert, A. L. End of reckoning. (S '42)
Kantor, M. Gentle Annie. (8 '42)
Martin, H. Send them summer. (Je '46)
Oregon
Br ether ton, V. R. Rock and the wind. (My
'42)
Winther, S. K. Beyond the garden gate. (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Oregon (Portland)
Haycox, B. Long storm. (S '46)
Palestine
Koestler. A. Thieves in the night. (D '46)
Perkins, J. R. Emperor's physician. (S '44)
Panama oanal
Chidsey, D. B. Panama passage. (Ap '46)
Patagonia
De Polnay, P. Two mirrors. (Ap '46)
Pennsylvania
Buck, P. S. Portrait of a marriage. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Caldwell, J. T. Final hour. (My '44)
Howard, B. M. Before the sun goes down.
(Mr *46)
Janney, R. Miracle of the bell*. (O '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1073
Jordan. M. A. Apple in the attic. (O '42)
Meisenhelder, R. God bless our aunts. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Schmitt, G. Gates of Aulis. (Je '42)
Singmaster. B. High wind rising. (D '42)
/Turnbull, A. S. Day must dawn. (N '42)
Webster, B. Magic water. (Je '42)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) , /
Burt. M. S. Along these streets. (Mr '42)
Idell, A. B. Centennial summer. (S *43)
Teilhet, D. L. Trouble is my master. (My '42)
Whitney, J. P. Judith. (D '43)
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
Cohen, L. Coming home. (Je '45)
Davenport, M. Valley of decision. (N ;42)
Hubbard, L. Rivers to the sea. (Je '42)
Peru
Alegrla, C. Golden serpent. (N '43)
Philippine Islands
March, A. Quit for the next. (My '45)
Philippine Islands (Manila)
Mydans, S. S. Open city. (Mr '45)
Poland
Buber, M. For the sake of heaven. (N '45)
Frank. B. One fair daughter, (N '43)>
Gronowicz, A. Four from the old town/' (D
'44)
Hutter, C. On some fair morning. (N '46)
Kuncewiczowa, M. 8. The stranger. (S '45)
Maolnnes, H. While still we live. (My '44)
Sapieha, V. P. R. Beyond this shore. (Ap '42)
Portugal (Lisbon)
Brennan, F. H. Memo to a firing squad. (Mr
'43)
Prokosch, F. Conspirators. (Mr '43)
Puerto Rico
Conrad, B. Caribbean conspiracy. (O *42)
Rhode Island
La Farge, C. Sudden guest. .(O '4$)
Rhode Island (Newport)
Marsh, G. T. Ask no quarter. (My '45)
Rhode Island (Providence)
DeJong, D. C. Benefit Street. (N '42)
McSorley, B, Our own kind. (Ag '46)
Russia
Abrahams, D. C., and Skidelsky, S. J. Six
curtains for Natasha. (O '46)
Aleksander, I. Running tide. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Almedingen, M, B. von. Dasha. (My *45)
Almedingen, M. B. von. Frossia. (My '44)
Caldwell, B. All night long. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual) -
Carr. R. S. Bells of Saint Ivan's. (Je '44)
Gorky. M. Orphan Paul. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Grossman, V. No beautiful nights. (Ag '44)
Hughes, P. Retreat from Rbstov. (O *43)
Leonov, L. M. Chariot of wrath. (N '46)
Perventsev, A, A. Ordeal. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Rablnowitz, S. The old country; '-(8^46) ^
Shneur, Z. Song of the Dnieper/' (O '45)
Skarfatma, L. Tamara. (Mr '42) "
Strong, A. L. Wild river. (D '43)
Van Doren, M. Night of the -'summer solstice.
(O '43)
Sahara desert
Hichena, R. 8. New way of life. (Ap '42)
Santo Domingo :
Magaret, H. Who walk in pride. (My '46^
Raddall, T. H. Pride's Fancy. (F '47) (1JM6
Annual) ...
Scotland
Brskine, p. Crystal boat. (My. '46)
£unn, N. M. Key of the .chest. _(S "J
Maclean, C. M. Farewell to Thai-rus. (Je '44)
Maclean, C. M. Seven for Cordelia, (Mr '42)
Maclean, C. M. Tharrus three. (S '43)
Marshall, B, World, the flesh and Father
Smith. (S '45)
Stevenson, D. B. Cella's house. (Ap '43)
Stevenson, D. B. Listening valley. (O '44)
Stevenson, D. B. Spring magic. (Mr '42)
Walsh, M. Spanish lady. (O '43)
Scotland (Edinburgh)
Cleaton, I. Outsider. (Mr '44)
Douglas -Irvine, H. Torchlight procession.
(My '46)
Siberia
Leonov, L. M. Road to the ocean. (D '44)
Sicily
Hersey, J. R. Bell for Adano. (Mr '44)
South Africa
Sinclair, K. H. N-W. Westward the sun.
(Ap '42)
South Africa (Rhodesia)
Jervis, V. M. S. Flowering harvest. (My *42)
Jervis, V. M. S. No brighter dawn. (Je *43)
South America ^
Armytage, F. Sebastian. (N '46)
Beals, C. pawn over the Amazon. (Ag '43)
Chase. A. Five arrows. (O *44)
De Sherbiniiv $, Challenged land. (Mr '46)
Gill. T. No 4 Plac$ for, women. (Je '46)
Gill. T. Wildcat 13. (Ap '42)
Holbrook, M. Crime wind. (My '45)
Schrott, B. Heaven Is for the angels. (Ap
South Carolina
Boyn ton -Hamilton, M. K. On winter's traces.
(N *45)
Kirkbride, R. De L. Winds, blow gently. (Ap
'45)
Murray, C. S. Here come Joe Mungin. (Mr
Puckette, C. C. Old Mitt laughs last. (My
Weld. J. Sabbath has no end. (Ap *42)
South Carolina (Charleston)
Molloy. R. Pride's way. (Je '45)
Pinckney, J. Three o'clock dinner. (N '46)
South Dakota
Downing, J. H. Harvest is late. (Mr '44)
South Sea islands
•Douglas* IX Haunted harbor. (S '43 )
. 3>u Maurfer, A. Lawrence Vane. (Je '46)
Hall, J. N. Lost island. (Ag '44)
Hubler, R. Q. I've got mine. (My *46)
La Farge. C. Bast by southwest. (S '44)
South seas
Flynn, E. Showdown. (Ap '46)
Friable, R. D. Amaru. (Ag '46)
Nordhoff, C. B., and Hall, J. N. High Bar-
baree. (N '45)
Roark, G. Wake of the Red Witch. (My »46)
Scanneil, F. P. In line of duty. (Ap M6)
Schenck, B. Lean with the wind. (N '45)
.. N. M. Man goe* alone. (Ag '4*)
, N. M. Silver darlings. (S '46
uan, N. M. Young Art and ' ~
Silver darlings. (S '46)
~s- Hector. (Mr
Hanlln. T. Once in every lifetime. (N '46)
Hanlln, T. Yesterday win return. (N '46)
Spain
Laverty, M. No more than human. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Osgdod, C. J. Eagle of the Gredos. (N *42)
Sender, R. J. Chronicle of dawn. (Ap '44)
Smith, B. F. Caravan. (S *43)
White, C. W. In the blazing light. (Ap *46)
Spain (Madrid)
Alarcon, P. A. de. Scandal. (Ag '45)
* ' Sumatra
Boecop-Malye, M. T. C. Kins tree. (Mr *44)
Sweden
GeiJerstam, R. A. Three wives. (Je '42)
Moberg, V. Ride this night! (Je '43)
.Morris, B. My darling from the lions. (Ag
'43)
Morris, B. Three who loved. (Mr '45)
Switzerland
Boyle, K. Avalanche. (Mr '44)
Surdez, G. Homeland. (S '46)
Ullman, J. R. White tower. (O *45)
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Fiction — Locality — Continued
Tasmania
Dick, I. Country heart. (Ap '46)
Tennessee
Barnes, C. D. Time lay asleep. (D *46)
Crabb, , A. L. Breakfast at the Hermitage.
Crabb, A. L*. Dinner at Belmont. (Ap '42)
Crabb, A. L. Lodging: at the Saint Cloud.
(My '46)
Dowdey. C. Tidewater. (O '43)
Gordon, C. Women on the porch. (Je *44)
Miller, H. T. Shod with name. (D '46)
Tennessee (Memphis)
Ripley, C. Mississippi belle. (Ap *42)
Tennessee (Nashville)
Crabb, A. L. Supper at the Maxwell house.
(S '43)
Texas
Dawson, C. She came to the valley. (N '43)
Gibson, J. Joshua Beene and God. (N '46)
Goodwyn, F. Magic of Limping John. (S '44)
Mally. E. L. Mocking bird is singing. (My
Perry. G. S. Hackberry cavalier. (Mr '44)
Stilwell, H. Border city. (Je '45)
Taylor, R. M. Saddle and the plow. (N '42)
Turkey (Constantinople)
Gunther. J. Troubled midnight. (Mr '45)
Tyrol
Lothar, E2. Beneath another sun. (Mr '43)
United States
Van Gelder, R. and D. S., eds. American
legend. (S *46)
United States (middlewestem)
Beck. W. Final score. (O '44)
Chid eater, A. Young Pandora. (S '42)
Dale, V. Honeyfogling time. (Ap '46)
Derleth, A. W. Shield of the valiant. (D '45)
Derleth, A. W. Sweet Genevieve. (Ag '42)
Feikema, F. F. Golden bowl. (N '44)
Flavin. M. Journey in the dark. (N f48)
Furnas, M. Serpent's tooth. (Ap '46)
Hauck. L. P. Cary Fordyce. (S '43)
Humphreys, J. R. Vandameer's road. (Mr
*46)
Kapstein, I. J. Something of a hero. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Lobaugh, E. K. Devil is loneliness. (My '46)
Marquiss, W. Brutus was an honorable man.
(My '46)
Powell, D. My home is far away. (D '44)
Reyher, F. I heard them sing. (My *46)
Suckow. R. New Hope. (Ap '42)
Todd. H. Roots of the tree. (N '44)
Walli*. J. H. Synthetic philanthropist. (S '43)
Williams. B. A. It's a free country. (8 '45)
Willis, G. Tangleweed. (O '43)
Zara. L. Ruth Middleton. (S '46)
United States (northwestern)
Aldrich, B. 8. Lieutenant's lady. (O *42)
Blnns, A. Timber beast. (Je '44)
Case, R. O. White victory. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Gardner, M. Mom counted six. (Je '44)
Haig-Brown, R. L. H. Timber. (Ap '42)
Hawkins, J. and W. Broken river. (Ap *44)
Jones, N. Still to the West. (My *46)
Stegner, W. Big Rock Candy mountain. (O
*43)
United States (southern)
Byrd. 8. Hurry home to my heart (D '45)
CAldwell. B. House in the uplands. (Je *46)
Cook. E. B. These are my Jewels. (D '46)
Creekmore. H. Fingers of night. (Je '46)
Cunningham. A. B. Strait is the gate. (Mr
'46)
Doughty, L. S. Music is gone. (My '45)
Edmunds. M. Time's laughter in their ears.
(S '46)
Faulkner. W. Portable Faulkner. (S '46)
Germann, R. F. Jitter run. (Mr '44)
Govan. C. N. Jennifer's house. (Ap '45)
Ingram, B. If passion flies. (N *45)
Joseph, D. Straw in the south wind. (My '46)
*, M. lisa. (My *46)
McCoy, J. P. Swing the big-eyed rabbit. (Mr
Nisbet, A. Send me an angel. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Ramsey, R. Fire in summer. (Ap '42)
Strauss, T. Moonrise. (N '46) „ „„
Stuart, J. Taps for Private Tussie. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Warren, R. P. All the king's me"n. (O '46)
Warren, R. P. At heaven?s gate. (S '43)
United States (southwestern)
Busch, N. Duel in the sun. (Mr '44)
Greer, G. The aristocrat. (8 '46)
Horgan, P. Common heart. (D '42)
Houston. N. Great promise. (My '46)
Lauritzen. J. Arrows into the sun (Mr *43)
Stewart, R. Desert town. (Mr '46)
Warren, C. M. Only the valiant. (Ap '43)
United States (western)
Adams.. S.H. Harvey girls. (N '42)
Bechdolt, F. R. Hills of fear. (My *43)
Bishop, C. K. Sunset rim. (D '46)
Brand, M. Sllvertip. (Mr '42)
Brand, M. Silvertip's strike. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Cameron, O. The antagonists. (N '46)
Douglas, T. W. Border range. (Ap '42)
Drago, H. S. Brave in the saddle. (O *43)
Drago, H. S. Buckskin empire. (My '42)
Drago, H. S. Iron bronc. (My '45)
Drago, H. S. Busted range. (Ap '44)
Drago, H. S. My gun is my law. (Mr '43)
Drago, H. S. Pardners of the Badlands. (N
'42)
Drago, H. S. Stagecoach kingdom. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Elston, A. V. Guns on the Cimarron. (8 '43)
Ernenwein, L. C. Rio renegade. (My *46)
Faust, F. Silvertip's, trap. (S '43)
Field, P. End of the trail. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Field, P. Fight for Powder valley! (Ag '42)
Field, P. Law man of Powder valley. (D '42)
Field, P. Powder Valley pay-off. (My '42)
Field, P. Powder Valley slowdown. (Ap '46)
Field, P. Powder Valley vengeance. (My '43)
Field. P. Smoking iron. (Mr '44)
Field, P. Trail south from Powder Valley.
(My '42)
Foreman, L. L. Renegade. (Ag '42)
Foster, B. Man tracks. (Ag %43)
Foster, B. Maverick. (Ag '42)
Foster, B. Winter quarters. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Glidden, F. D. And the wind blows free. (Ag
•45)
Glidden, F. D. Coroner creek. (S '46)
Glidden, F. P. Ramrod. (N '43)
Glidden, F. D. Ride the man down. (Mr '43)
Glidden. J. H. Long ride. (N '42)
Glidden, J. H. Trail boss. (My *43)
Gooden, A. H. Guns on the high mesa. (My
Gooden, A. H. Roaring River range. (My '42)
Gooden. A. H. Valley of dry bones. (My '45)
Gregory. J. Border line. (My '42)
Gregory. J. Lonely trail. (Ag *43)
Gregory. J. Man from Painted Rock. (O
Gregory. J. Man from Texas. (D *42)
Gregory, J. Two in the wilderness. (O '42)
Grey, Z. Majesty's rancho. (N '42)
O«y. Z. Shadow on the trail. (Ap '46)
Grinstead. J. E. The killers of Green's Cove.
(Ap '425
Gruber. F. Gunsight. (N '42)
Halleran. E. E. Prairie guns. (Mr '45)
Halleran, E. E. Shadow of the badlands.
(My '46)
Hankins. R. M. Lonesome River Justice. (My
Haycox, E. Action by night. (My '43)
Haycox, E. Alder Gulch. (My '42)
Haycox, E. Canyon passage. (Ap '45)
Haycox, E. Wild bunch. (D '43)
Hendryx. J. B. Gold and guns on Halfaday
creek. (Ar '42)
Kent, W. H. B. Range rider. (8 '43)
Kent, W. H. B. Tenderfoot. (N '42)
Lavender, D. 8. Andy Clayboume. (D '46)
LeMay. A. Useless cowboy. (N *43)
MacDonald, W. C. Boomtown buccaneers. (D
MacDonald, W. C. Crimson quirt. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 19424946
1075
MacDonald. W. C. Rebel ranger. (A* '43)
MacDonald. W. C. Riddle of Ramrod Ridge.
Ma£5on4aVd, W. C. Shadow rider. (Mr '42)
MacDonald, W. C. Wheels in the dust. (Ag
'46)
Mann, E. B. Gunsmoke trail. (Ag '42)
Mason, V. End of track. (8 '43)
Maule, H. E., ed. Great tales of the Amer-
ican West. (S *45)
Nye. N. C. Blood of kings. (My '46)
Nye, N. C. Breed of the chaparral. (Je '46)
Nye, N. C. Gunfighter breed. (My '42)
Nye, N. C. Salt River ranny. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Nye, N. C. Wild Horse Shorty. (My '45)
Raine, W. M. Clattering hoofs. (D '46)
Raine, W. M. Courage stout. (My '44)
Raine, W. M. Damyank. (O '42)
Raine. W. M. Hell and high water. (My '43)
Raine, W. M. Justice deferred. (Je '42)
Raine, W. M. Who wants to live forever? (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Rider, B. Death stalks the range. (O V45)
Robertson, F. C. Lost range. (O '46)
Robertson, F. C. Grizzly meadows. (Ag '43)
Robertson, F. C. Noose hangs high. (My '45)
Robertson, F. C. Round-up in the river. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Seltzer, C. A, So long, sucker. (Ap '41)
Shappiro, H. Texan. (S '46)
Short, U Sunset graze. (N '42)
ow, C. H. Rebel of Ronde valley. (D '43)
Tompkins, W, A. Border bonanza. (Ag '43)
Tuttle, W. C. Hidden blood. (Je '43)
Tuttle, W. C. Mystery of the red triangle.
(Ap '42)
Tuttle, W. C. Trouble trailer. (D *46)
Tuttle, W. C. Valley of vanishing herds. (N
'42)
Young, G. R. Iron rainbow. (D '42)
Young, G. R. Tall in the saddle. (My '43)
Uruguay
Amorim, E. Horse and his shadow. (8 '43)
Utah
Pagano. J. Golden wedding. (My '43)
Vermont
Downes, A. M. Heartwood. (O '45)
Duffus. R. U Victory on West hill. (S '42)
Garth, D. Thunderbfrd. (Je '42)
Hoi ton, E. A. Romantic detour. (Mr '43)
Kent, L. A. Country mouse. (N '45)
Van de Water, F. F. Fool's errand. (Ag '45)
Van de Water, F. F. Mrs Applegate's affair.
(Je '44)
Van de Water, F. F. Sooner to sleep. (Mr
'46)
Virginia
Bayliss. M. F. The Bolinvars. (Je '44)
Beverley-Glddlngs, A. R. Broad margin. (O
*46)
Beverley-Giddings, A. R. Larrish Hundred.
(Ap '42)
Dowdey, C. Where my love sleeps. (D '45)
Eaton, E. S. M. Sea is so wide. (Ap '43)
Foster, M. House above the river. (N U6)
Gogarty, O. S. Mr. Petunia. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Jacobs, H. H. Storm against the wind. (My
Ken yon, T. Golden feather. (Ag '43)
McMeekin, C. Red Raskall. (N '43)
Matschat, C. H. Tavern in the town. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Monsell. H. A. In her own hands. (N *48)
Weaver, J. D. Wind before rain. (My '42)
Virginia (W4Uiam*l>ur0)
Beebe. E. T. R. Dawn's early light. (Je '43)
Wales
Davies. R. Black Venus. (Mr *46)
Lewis, E. Captain's wife. (N *43)
Vaughan, H. Pardon and peace. (Mr '43)
Washington, D.O.
Baldwin. F. Washington, USA. (Ap '43)
Brooks, R. Brick foxhole. (Je '45)
Hackett, F, Senator's last night. (S '48)
Houston, N. Great promise. (My '46)
Nichols, M. G. Passing dream. (Ap '41)
Putnam, G. P. Duration. (D '43)
Washington (state)
Johnson, D. M. Beulah Bunny tells all. (O
Pettibone, A. Light down, stranger. (S '42)
Wetherell, J. P. Shut the door behind you. (O
Washington (state) (Seattle)
Ferber, B. Great son. (Mr '45)
Washington (state) (Taooma)
Sale, E. My mother bids me bind my hair.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Sale, E. Recitation from memory. (O '43)
West Indies
Cochran, H. Captain Ebony. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Garth. D. Thunderbird. (Je '42)
Gellhorn, M. E. Liana. (Mr '44)
Sender, R. J. Dark wedding. (My '43)
West Virginia
Ferrell, B. and M. Full of thy riches. (Je
Field, H. Stormy present. (3 '42)
Kroll, H. H. Their ancient grudge. (O '46)
Wisconsin
Corbett, E. F. Lady with parasol. (J* '47)
(1946 Annual)
Daly, M. Seventeenth summer. (Je '42)
Derleth, A. W. Shadow of night. (N '43)
Du Jardin, R. N. Brief glory. (D '44)
Smith, U C. No better land. (S '46)
Wyoming
Sture-Vasa, M. A. Green grass of Wyoming.
(D '46)
Yugoslavia
Tamas, I. Sergeant Nikola. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Tamas, I. Students of Spalato. (My '44)
Love stories
Abrahams, W. Interval in Carolina. (O *45)
Adams, S. H. Tarn bay gold. (D '42)
Alexander. H. M. Selina. (Je *42)
Allen, S. E. Not hers alone. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Ashley. E. Girl in overalls. (O '43) '
Bailey, T. Pink camellia. (S '42)
Bailey, T. Red truit. (Mr '45)
Baldwin. F. Blue Horizons. (Mr '42)
Baldwin, F. Job for Jenny. (N '45)
Baldwin, F. You can't escape. (O '43)
Bassett, S. W. Anchorage. (Ag '43)
Bassett. S. W. Heart's haven. (S '44)
Bassett, S. W. Sea magic. (S '42)
Bassett, S. W. Silver Moon cottage. (O '45)
Baume, F. E. I'll always be with you. (N '46)
Beebe, E. T. R. From this day forward. (My
Benefteld. B. Eddie and the archangel Mike.
(Mr '43)
Berlin, E. M. Land I have chosen. (S '44)
Black, D. My love belongs to me. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Book of Ariel. (Je '42)
Brier, R. Last boat from Beyrouth. (Je '43)
Carfrae, E. Penny wise. (Mr '46)
Carson. R. Bride saw red. (Mr '43)
Cockrell. M. B. Lillian Harley. (O '43) •
Cockrell, M. B. Yesterday's madness. (My
Colver, A. M. R. Forever is so long:. (Je '42)
Corliss, A. S. Say good-bye to Katharine.
(Mr '43)
Cornwell D. They dare not go a-hunting. (N
Covert. A. L. Eternal mountain. (S '44)
Dale, V. Honey f ogling time. (Ap '46)
Daly, M. Seventeenth summer. (Je '42)
Darling, E. B. No boundary line. (Ag '42)
Davis. L. R. Sea between. (My '45)
Deeping. W. Reprieve. (S '46)
Du Jardin, R. N. Tomorrow will be fair.
(D '46)
Duley, M. Novelty on earth. (Je '42)
Edginton, M. Stolen honeymoon. (Ag '43)
Erskine. J. Voyage of Captain Bart.. (Je '43)
Escragnolle Taunay, A. de. Inocftncla. (Ap
Bstes, H. W. Inconstant flame. (O '45)
Foster. B. Dirigo Point. (Mr '44)
Frank, L. Dream mates. (N '46)
1076
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction — Love stories — Continued
Gilmore, C. Bright enchantment. (My '43)
Grapewin, C. E. Meg Randall. (D '42)
Greig, M. .Diplomatic honeymoon. (3 '42)
Greig, M. Girl from nowhere. (Je '42)
Harre, T. 12., comp. Bedside treasury of love.
(O '45)
Hauck, L. P. Gardenias for Sue. (Je '42)
Hill, G. L. Girl of the woods. (My '42)
Hill. G. L. Street of the city. (D '42)
gillyer, R. S. My heart for hostage. (N '42)
olton, E. A. AH sails set. (Je '42)
Hoi ton, E. A. For those in peril. (Je '43)
Holton, E. A. Romantic detour. (Mr '43)
Holton. E. A. Silver crescent. (My *44)
Howard, M. Tomorrow's hero. (S '42)
Inglis-Jones, E. Loving heart. (Ap '42)
Jordan. B. G. Miss Warren's son. fs '46)
Kauftmann, S. This time forever. (My *45)
Kerr, S. Jenny Devlin. (Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
Lambert, R. When next we meet. (Ag '42)
Landi. E. Pear tree. (My '45)
Loring, B. B, Beyond the sound of guns. (D
Loring. B. B. Bright skies. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Loring, B. B. When hearts are light again.
(O r43)
McCord, J. Walls of Jericho. (Ap '42)
McFee, W. Ship to shore. (O '44)
McMeekin. C. Welcome soldier! (Ap '42)
Margetson, B. B. Many are the hearts. (O
•46)
Matschat, C. H. Tavern in the town. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Meyneng, M. B. Broken arc. (Ap '44)
Miller, H. T. Hunter's moon. (S '43)
Miller. H. T, Sheridan road. (S '42)
Miller. H. T. Wild lilac. (Mr '43)
Molnar, F. Farewell my heart. (Ag '45)
Morris, B. Three who loved. (Mr *45)
Nichols, M. G. For love's sake only. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Nichols. M. G. Portrait of love. (Je *44)
Norris. K. T. Apple for Eve. (N '42) '
Norris, K. T. Burned fingers. (Mr '45)
Norris, K. T. Corner of heaven. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Norris, K. T. Dina Cashman. (Je *42)
O'Brien, K. Last of summer. (My '43)
Ostenso, M. Love passed this way. (Ap '42)
Page. C, Resort hotel. (N '42)
Parrott, K. U. T. Heaven's not far away.
Parsons, P. W. My love is young. (Ag '45)
Pedler. M. B. No gifts from chance. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pedler. M. B. Then came the test. (Ag f42)
Roberts, C. One small candle. (S '42)
Sawdon, B. M. Son of Normandy. (S '45)
Schiller, Z. L. Mexican time. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Scott, W. M. W. Happiness round the corner.
(Ap '42}
leif
Seifert, B. Orchard hill. (N '45)
Seifert, E. Surgeon in charge. (O '42)
Seton, A. Turquoise. (Mr '46)
Shann, R. Air force girl. (Je '42)
Shann, R. Airman's wife. (D '44)
Shann, R. I'll never forget you. (D '45)
Shipman, N. Call back yesterday. (S '45)
Stead, C.. and Blech. W. J.. eds. Modern
, women in love. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Stevenson, D. B. Spring magic. (Mr *42)
Stone, G. Z. Winter meeting. (Mr '46)
Stringer. A. J. A. Devastator. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Taber, G. B. Give me the stars. (F- *46)
(1946 Annual)
Thompson, S. Dr Parrish, resident. (Mr '45)
Thompson. S. Love leaves no choice. (S '48)
Van Doren, M. Tilda. (Ap '43)
Vaughan, H. Pardon and peace. (Mr *43)
Wet her ell, J. P. Shut the door behind you.
(O '44)
Widdemer, M. Angela comes home* (N '42)
Lumber Industry
Binns, A. Timber beast. (Je '44)
Cheney, B. River rogue. (S '42)
Haig-Brown, R. L. H. Timber. (Ap '42)
Hawkins, J. and W. Broken river. (Ap '44)
Manners, D. J. Tinder running laughter. (Mr
TIbbott, F. M. Simon Hastings. (S '421
Lynching
Moore, J. B. Indian Paul. (O '45)
Magic
Zolotow, M. Great Balsamo. (D '46)
Maquis
Albrand, M. Remembered anger. (Mr '46)
Guerard, A. J. MaQUisard. (N '45)
Marine corps
Thomason, J. W. — And a few marines. (Je
'43)
Marriage problems
Allen, S. B. Not hers alone. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Arthur, P. Paying guest. (Mr '46)
Barber, E. M. O. Wall between. (N »46)
Barnard, J. L. Land of promise. (O *42)
Block, L. Wild calendar. (Mr '46)
Bolster, B. Come gentle spring. (Je '42)
Brush, K. I. This man and this woman. (N
•44)
Buck, P. S. Portrait of a marriage. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Busch, N. Day of the conquerors. (Ag '46)
Carfrae, B. Autumn glory. (S '42)
Carfrae, B. Tomorrow sometimes comes. (Mr
•45)
Carousso, D. Open then the door. (Mr '42)
Castle, M. New' winds are blowing. (N '46)
Child, N* If I come home. (D '43)
Colby, F. S. Apple must be bitten. (Ap '44)
Colver, A. M. R. Fourways. (O '44)
Connell, V. Chinese room. (D '42)
Cooper, L. F, Lighted box. (Ao '42)
Corbett, B. F. Excuse me, Mrs Meigs. (Ap
•48)
Corliss, A. S. Borrowed husband. (Je '43)
Cowdin, E. All we have built. (My '43)
Cunningham, A. B. Strait is the gate. (Mr
•46) »
Davies, R. Black Venus. (Mr '46)
Doner, M. F. Blue river. (S '46)
Du Jardin, R. N. Brief glory. (D '44)
Flint, M. Enduring riches. (D '42)
Foster, M. House above the river. (N '46)
Franken, R. D. L. Another Claudia. (Je '43)
Geijerstam, R. A. Three wives. (Je ?42)
Gordon, C. Women on the porch. (Je '44)
Halsted. W. Tomorrow fair. (Mr '43)
Hines, D. P. No wind of healing. (Je '46)
Hull, H. R. Circle in the water. (Mr '43)
Hull. H. R. Hawk's flight. (My '46)
Hume. D. M. This right I claim. (Ag '42)
Iverson. A. Gifts of love. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Janeway, E. H. Daisy Kenyon. (D '45)
Klempner, J. Letter to five wives. (Ap '46)
Lane, M. Where Helen lies. (N '44)
Langley, D. Wait for Mrs Willard. (My '44)
Lawrence, J. Double wedding ring. (O *46)
Lawrence, J. There is today. (N '42)
Lees, H. Till the boys come home. (O 44)
Lewis, S. Cass Timberlane. (N '45)
Marks, P. Shade of Sycamore. (Mr *44)
MarQiiand, j. p. Repent in haste. (D '45)
Moore, I. It's time to say goodbye. (My '44)
Moore, I. Other woman. (Je '42)
Nichols, M. G. Always with me. (My '45)
Nichols, M. G. Passing dream. (Ap '43)
Norris, K. T. Mink coat. (N '46)
Reasoner, H. Tell me about women. (Ag '46)
Shipman, N. Long road. (F '46) (194& An-
nual)
Shipman. N. No secret can be told. (S '46)
Smith, R. Aluminum heart. (My '46)
Sturges-Jones, M. In wedlock wake. (O '46)
Sturgis, R. Half-past yesterday. (S '45)
Sullivan, R. World of Idella May. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Van Ness, L. Again in October. (Ap '44)
Wallenstein, M. H. Red canvas. (My '46)
Wetherell, J. P. But that was yesterday. (Mr
*43)
Wetherell, J. P. Dead center. (My'46)
Whitcomb, C. Malfreys. (Je '44)
Marriage versus a career
Baldwin, F. He married a doctor. (Ap '44)
Carrlck. G. Susan to you. (8 '43)
Coxhead, N. Though they go wandering. (My
45) '
Holmes, M. World by the tail. (Je *43)
Parrott. KL. U. T. One more such vict<MPy»
Willock. R. Bring back the spring. (Ap '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1077
Merchant marine
Dixon, C. M. Devil and the deep. (Ap '44)
Mexicans in the United States
Bright, R. Life and death of little Jo. (Mr
'44)
Goodwyn, F. Magic of Limping John. (S '44)
Moody, A. B. Sleep in the sun. (My *45)
Stilwell. H. Border city. (Je '45)
Middle age
Lawrence, J. Double wedding ring. (O '46)
Migrant labor
Camp. W. M. Skip to my Lou. (O '45)
Mines and mining
Corle, E. Coarse Gold. (N '42)
Stong, P. D. Iron Mountain. (Mr '42)
Wallace, F. Explosion. (My *43)
Miscegenation
Du Maurier, A. Lawrence Vane. (Je '46)
Gellhorn, M. EX Liana. (Mr '44)
Herbert, X. Capricornia. (Je '43)
Pope, E. Colcorton. (My '44)
Smith, L. Strange fruit. (Ap '44)
Missionaries
Groseclose, E. E. The firedrake. (Mr '42)
Rogers, L. South of heaven. (D '46)
Monks
Kernan, T. D. Now with the morning star.
(N '44)
Mormons and Mormonism
Hinckley, H. Mountains are mine. (D '46 )
Pryor, E. And never yield. (Je '42)
Scowcroft, R. P. Children of the covenant.
(O '45 )
Sorensen, V. E. Little lower than the angels.
(Je '42)
Sorensen, V. E. On this star. (Je '46)
Motherhood
Forbes, K. Mama's bank account. (My *43)
Power-O'Malley, R. Mrs Cassatt's children.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Slade, C. B. Lilly Crackell. (Ag *43)
Mothers and daughters
Abbott, J. L. D. Mary Patten's daughters.
(Ag '45)
Baldwin, F. Change of heart. (N »44)
Barnes, C. D. Time lay asleep. (D '46)
Gilpatrick, N. Broken pitcher. (Ap '45)
Hayes. D. Mrs Heaton's daughter. (D '43)
Steen, M. Bell Timson. (S '46)
Mothers and sons
Adams, P. On such as we. (My *44)
Carson, R. Bride saw red. (Mr *43)
Charles, J. Son and stranger. (Ap *45)
Crane, C. Mother and son. (Mr '46)
Mountain white* (South)
Campbell, M. Cloud -walking. (N »42)
Field. H. Stormy present. (S '42)
Stuart, J. Taps for Private Tussie. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mountaineering
Harper, F, Night climb. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
UHman, J. R. White tower. (O '45)
Moving pictures
Isherwood, C. Prater Violet. (D »46)
Pollak, J, S. Golden egg. (N '46)
Temple, R. Cuckoo time. (My *45)
Murder stories
Armstrong, C. Unsuspected. (Mr '46)
Beynon, J. Cypress man. (My '44)
Butler. G. Mad with much heart. (O '46)
Caspary, V. Stranger than truth. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Cockrell, M. B. Something between. (Ag '46)
Dishey, D. M. Dark road. (Mr »46)
Fast. 3. Bright face of danger. (N *46)
Fearing. K. Big clock. (N '46)
Hays, H. R. Lie down in darkness. (O '44)
Hays, H. R. Stranger on the highway. (Je
•w/
Henderson. D. L. Mr Bowling- buy* a news-
paper. (Mr '44)
Heyer, G. Penhallow. (S *43)
Jackson, J. H., ed. Portable murder book.
Lee, M. V. Passport to oblivion. (D '45)
Long, G. M. V. C. Airing in a closed carriage.
(Je '43)
Long, G. M. V. C, Spectral bride. (8 »42)
Massfe, C. Farewell, pretty ladles. (Mr '4*)
Massie, C. Green circle. (Ap '43)
Moore, H. F. S. Shed a bitter tear. (S '44)
Mystery writers of America, inc. Murder
cavalcade. (O f46)
Nelson, J., ed. Complete murder sampler.
(D '46)
Perdue, V. He fell down dead. (O '43)
Schofleld, W. G. Cat in the convoy. (S '46)
Simenon, G. Affairs of destiny. (D '44)
Simenon, G. Blind alley. (N '46)
Simenon, G. Escape in vain. (Mr '44)
Simenon, G. Tropic moon. (Mr '43)
Sparks, D. Nothing as before. (My *44)
Stout, R., and Greenfield, L., eds. Rue
Morgue, no.l. (Ap '46)
Strauss, T. Moonrise. (D '46)
Wallis, J. H. Once off guard, (Ap '42)
Walpoie. H. The killer and the slain. (Je '42)
Weston, G. Poldrate street. (Je '44)
Murder trials
Long, G. M. V. C. Lady and the arsenic.
(Mr '44)
Woodruff, P. Call the next witness. (Ap *46)
Musicians
Baker. F. Full score. (My *42)
Clark, W. V. City of trembling leaves. (Je
Kirkbrlde, R. de L. Broken melody. (N '42)
L'Engle, M. Small rain. (Ap '46)
Lieferant, H. and S. S. Heavenly harmony.
(O '42)
Selby, J. Starbuck. (S '43)
Willis, G. W. Wild faun. (Ag '45)
Mystery and detective stories
Abbey. K. And let the coffin pass. (My '42)
Abbey. K. Beyond the dark. (Ap '44)
Acre, S. Yellpwjovercoat._(D '42)
Adams, C. F. Crooking finger. (Je '44)
Adams, C. F. Death is like that. (N '43)
Adams, C. F. Evil star. (My '44)
Adams, C. F. Private eye. (O '42)
Adams, C. F. Up jumped the devil. (Je '43)
Adams. C. F. What price murder. (Ag '42)
Addis, H. Dark voyage. (S '44)
Addis, H. Night over the wood. (Ap '43)
Alan, M. Dark prophecy. (N '45)
Alan, M. Rue the day. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Albrand. M. Without orders. (S '43)
Allan, D. Born to be murdered. (Je '45)
Allan, D. Dead to rights. (N '46)
Allan, F. K. First come, first kill. (S »46)
Allingham. M. Pearls before swine. (Je '45>
Archer, R. Case of the vanishing women.
(O '42)
Armstrong, C. Case of the weird sisters. (Mr
*43)
Armstrong, C. Innocent flower. (Ap '45)
Armstrong, C. Lay on Mac Duff! (Ap '42)
Ash brook, H. Diamonds in the dumplings. (O
*46)
Ayery, A. A. Anything for a quiet life. (Je
Avery, R. Murder on the downbeat. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Bachmann. L. P. Kiss of death. (O *46)
Bagby, G. A. Dead on arrival. (Mr '46)
Bagby. G. A. Murder calling 50. (S '42)
Bagby, G. A. Original carcase. (D '46)
Bailey, H. C. The apprehensive dog. (Ap '42)
Bailey. H. C. Cat's whisker. (D '44)
Bailey, H. C. Life sentence. (D '46)
Bailey. H. C, Meet Mr Fortune. (Ag '42)
Bailey. H. C. Mr Fortune finds a pig. (My
Bailey. H. C. Nobody's vineyard. (O *42)
Bailey. H. C. Queen of spades. (Mr '44)
Bailey, H. C. Wrong man. (O '46)
Baker, C. House of the Roses. (O '42)
Baker, N.. and Bolton, W. Dead to the world.
(Mr *44)
Ballard, W, T. Murder can't stop. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Ballard. W. T. Say yea to murder. (N *4*)
1078
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction— Mystery and detective stories — Cont.
Barber, W. A., and SchabeliU, R. F. Prawn
conclusion. (Mr '42)
Barber, W. A., and Schabelitz, R. F. Murder
enters the picture. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Barber, W. A., and Schabelitz, R. F. Noose
is drawn. (N '46)
Bardin, J. F. Deadly percheron. (Ag '46)
Barrett. M. Murder at Belle Camille. (O (43)
Harrington, H. Knight missing. (Ap '45)
Barry, J. Fall guy. (My '45)
Barry, J. Lady of night. (Mr '44)
Barry, J. Leopard cat's cradle. (N '42 )
Barry, J. Pay-off. (3 '43)
Barry, J. Third degree. (Ja '44) (1843 An-
nual)
Bayer, O. W. An eye for an eye. (Ag '45)
Bayer. O. W. No little enemy. (My '44)
Bayer, O. W. Paper chase. (Ag '43)
Bellairs, G. Calamity at Harwood. (8 '45)
Bellairs, G. Death in the night watches.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Bellairs, G. Death of a busybody. (Je '43)
Bellairs, G. Death stops the frolic. (Mr '44)
Bellairs, G. Murder of a quack. (O '44)
Bellairs, G. Murder will speak. (O '43)
Bennett, M. Time to change hats. (Je '46)
Bentley, J. Mr Marlow takes to rye. (Ap '42)
Bishop, C. K. Sunset rim. (D '46)
Bishop, M. G. Widening stain. (Mr '42)
Black, T. B. 3-13 murders. (D '46)
Black, T. B. Whitebird murders. (Ap '46)
Blizard, M. Late lamented lady. (S '46)
Bloch, B. The Bach festival murders. (Ap '42)
Bogart, W. Murder is forgetful. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Bogart, W. Queen City murder case. (Je '46)
Boniface, M. Venom in Eden. (O *42)
Boniface. M. Wings of death. (Je '46)
Bonner. M. Last twist of the knife. (S '46)
Bonner, M. Shapes that creep. (Mr '46)
Booth, C. G. Mr Angel comes aboard. (Je
Bosworth. A. R. Full crash dive. (Mr f42)
Boutell, A. Cradled in fear. (D '42)
Bo wen, R. S. Make mine murder. (D '46)
Bowers, D. Fear and Miss Betony. (Mr '42)
Boyd, B. M. Doom in the midnight sun. (My
'44)
Boyd. E. M. Murder breaks trail. (S '43)
Boyd. B. M. Murder wears mukluks. (My '461
Boyers. B. White mazurka. (S '46)
Boyers, B. and A. Murder by proxy. (S '45)
Brackett. L. No good from a corpse. (Ap
*44)
Bramhali, M. Button, button. (S '44)
Bramhall. M. Murder solves a problem. (Mr
'44)
Bramhall, M. Tragedy in blue. (Ag '45)
Brandon. W. Dangerous dead. (Mr '43)
Branson, H. C. Case of the giant-killer. (Ap
'44)
Branson, H. C. Fearful passage. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Branson. H. C. Pricking thumb. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Bronson, F. W. Uncas island murders. (S '42)
Brown, D. F. Grimm death. (Je '46)
Brown, G. Murder in plain sight. (Ag '45)
Brown. Z. J. All for the love of a lady. (My
'44)
Brown. Z. J. Honolulu story. (Ag '46)
Brown, Z. J. Murder in the O.P.M. (S '42)
Brown, Z. J. Murder with southern hos-
pitality. (Mr '42)
Brown, Z. J. Philadelphia murder story. (Ap
Brown. Z. J. Siren in the night. (Mr '43)
Burgess, G. Ladies in boxes. (Je '42)
Burke, N. Shivering bough. (O '42)
Burke. R. Chinese Red. (O '42)
Burke. R. Fourth star. (N '46)
Burke, R. Here lies the body. (Mr '42)
Burks, A. L. Tight rope. (S '46)
Burns, M. L. Murder at Crawford notch. (My
'44)
Burton, M. Accidents do happen. (Mr '46)
Burton, M. Deatl) at Ash house. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Burton. M. Not a leg to stand on. (8 '45)
Burton. M. Shadow on the cliff. (Je '44)
Burton. M. Who killed the doctor? (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Butler, G. Kiss the blood off my hands. (Ap
€6l
Cameron, D. C. Dig another grave. (Je '46)
Campbell, A. O. No light came on. (My '45)
Campbell. A. O. With bated breath. (S '46)
Campbell, H. R. Crime in crystal. (Mr '46)
Campbell, H. R. Magic makes murder. (My
Campbell, M. B. Scandal has two faces. (N
'43)
Canaday, J. B. Devil in the bush. (D '46)
Carleton, M. C. Cry wolf. (Mr '45)
Carpenter, M. Experiment perilous. (My '43)
Carr, J. D. Curse of the bronze lamp. (Ag
'45)
Carr, J. D. Emperor's snuff-box. ^(D '42)
Carr. J. D. Gilded man. (Ag '42)
Carr. J. D. He who whispers. (My '46)
Carr, J. D. He wouldn't kill Patience. (Mr
'44)
Carr, J. D. My late wives. (D '46)
Carr. J. D. She died a lady. (Mr '43)
Carr, J. D. Till death do us part. (O '44)
Carter, F. W. Old Mrs. Camelot. (N '44)
Caspary, V. Bedelia. (S '45)
Caspary, V. Laura. (Mr '43)
Chamberlain, B. Appointment in Manila. (N
*45)
Chamberlain, G. A. Red house. (Je '45)
Chambers, W. Bring me another murder.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Chance, J. N. Death stalks the cobbled
square. (Je '46)
Chandler, R High window. (S '42)
Chandler, R. Lady in the lake. (D '43)
Chandler, R. Spanish blood. (O '46)
Charteris, L. Saint sees it through. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Charteris, L. Saint steps in. (N '43)
Chase, A. M. Peril at the spy nest. (Mr '43)
Chesterton, G. K. Father Brown omnibus
(My '45)
Cheyney, P. Dark duet. (Mr '43)
Cheyney. P. Farewell to the admiral. (Je '43)
Cheyney, P. I'll say she does! (Ap '46)
Cheyney, P. They never say when. (Mr '45)
Cheyney, P. You can't .keep the change. (Mr
•44)
Childerness. G. Murder in false face. (Je '43
Childerness, G. Too many murderers. (Ag '4
Christian, K. Death and bitters. (O T43)
,3)
'44)
Christie, A. M. The body in the library. (Ap
Christie, A. M. Death comes as the end. (N
'44)
Christie, A. M. The Hollow. (N '46)
Christie, A. M. Moving finger. (N '42)
Christie, A. M. Murder in retrospect. (Ag
*42)
Christie, A. M. Remembered death. (Mr *45)
Christie, A. M. Towards zero. (Ag '44)
Christie, A. M. Triple threat. (S '43)
Chute, V. Flight of an angel. (Ap '46)
Clark. A. A. G. Tragedy at law. (O '43)
Clark, D. Focus on murder. (Ap '43)
Clark, D. Narrow cell. (My '44)
Clark, M. B. Model corpse. (My '42)
Clements, B. H. Perhaps a little danger.
(S '42)
Clift, D. H. Spy in the room. (N '44)
Coffin, C. Dogwatch. (S '44)
Cohen, O. R. Danger in paradise. (Ap '45)
Cohen, O. R. Dangerous lady. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Cohen, O. R. Love has no alibi. (Mr '46)
Cohen, O. R. Romance in the first degree.
(Ag '44)
Cohen, O. R. Sound of revelry. (O '43)
Cole, G. D. H. and M. I. P. Knife In the
dark. (My '42)
Cole, G. D. H. and M. I. P. Toper's end. (N
•42)
Coles, M. Green hazard. (Mr '45)
Coles, M. They tell no tales. (Mr '42)
Collins, M. G. Dead center. (An '42)
Collins, M. G. Only the good. (O '42)
Collins. M. G. Sister of Cain. (N '43)
Colter, £3. Gull cove murders. (Je '44)
Connell. V. Chinese room. (D '42)
Cooke, D. C., ed. Best detective stories of
the year, 1945. (D '46)
Cooper, C. R. Action in diamonds. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cores, L. M. Corpse de ballet. (Je '44)
Cores, L. M. Let's kill George. (Je '46)
Cores, L. M. Painted for the kill. (Ag '43)
Cowan. S. Bitter justice. (My '43)
Coxe, G. H. Alias the dead. (Mr '43)
Coxe, G. H. Assignment In Guiana. (My '42)
Coxe, G. H. Charred witness. (N '42)
Coxe, G. H, Dangerous legacy. (O '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1079
Coxe. G. H. Groom lay dead. (A* '44)
Coxe, G. H. Jade Venus. (Mr '45)
Coxe, G. H. Murder for two. (Ag '43)
Coxe, G. H. Murder in Havana. (N '43)
Coxe, G. H. Silent are the dead. (Mr *42)
Coxe. G. H. Woman at bay. (D '46)
Coxe, K. B. Murder most foul. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Crane, P. K. Amethyst spectacles. (O '44)
Crane, F. K. Applegreen cat. (Mr '44)
Crane, F. K. Cinnamon murder. (O *46)
Crane, F. K. Golden box. (Je '42)
Crane, F. K. Indigo necklace. (Ap '45)
Crane, F. K. Pink umbrella. (S '43)
Crane. F. K. Shocking pink hat. (Mr '46)
Crane, F. K. Yellow violet. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Crockett, J. Lullaby with lugers. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Crofts, F. W. Double tragedy. (S '43)
Crofts. F. W. Enemy unseen. (My '46)
Crofts, F. W. Fear comes to Chalfont. (8 '42)
Cumberland, M. Dilemma for Dax. (O '46)
Cumberland, M. Knife will fall. (S '44)
Cumberland, M. Steps in the dark. (My '45)
Cunningham, A. B. Affair at the boat land-
ing. (Mr '43)
Cunningham, A. B. Bancock murder case.
(N '42J>
Cunningham, A. B. Cane-patch mystery. (O
Cunningham, A. B. Death at the Bottoms.
(Je '42)
Cunningham, A. B. Death rides a sorrel
horse. (My '46)
Cunningham, A. B. Death visits the apple
hole. (My '45)
Cunningham, A. B. Great Yant mystery. (S
43)
Cunningham, A. B. Murder before midnight.
(O '46)
Cunningham, A. B. One man must die. (D
'46)
Cuppy, W. J.. ed. Murder without tears. (S
'46)
Curzon, C. Body In the barrage balloon. (S '42)
Curzon, C. Case of the eighteenth ostrich.
(Ap '44)
Dale, V. Nan Thursday. (My '44)
Daly, E. Any shape or form. (Je '46)
Daly, E. Arrow pointing nowhere. (Mr '44)
Daly, E. Book of the dead. (S '44)
Daly. E. Evidence of things seen. (S '43)
Daly. E. House without the door. (S '42)
Daly, E. Nothing can rescue me. (Mr '43)
Daly. E. Somewhere in the house. (Ap '46)
Daly, E. Wrong way down. (N '46)
Darner, A., and Scott, J. D. Too lively to
live. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Daniels, N. A. Mausoleum key. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual) l '
Dannett, S. G. L., and Bennett, E. Defy the
tempest. (S '44)
Darby, R. Beauty sleep. (My '42)
Darby, R. Murder with orange blossoms. (S
43)
Davis, F. C. Deep lay the dead. (N '42)
Davis, F. C. Let the skeletons rattle. (Mr
Davis, L. R. Barren heritage. (Ap '46)
Davis, N. Mouse in the mountain. (Mr '43)
Davis, N.« Sally's in the alley. (O '43)
Dawson. C. B. Remind me to forget. (My '42)
Dean, A. Call me Pandora. (Mr '46)
Dean. A. Chanticleer's muffled crow. (O '45)
Dean, A. Dead man's float. (S '44)
Dean, A. Wrap it up. (N '46)
Dean. E. Murder a mile high. (My '44)
Dean. R. G. Layoff. (Mr '42)
Dean. R. G. On ice. (S '42)
De la Torre-Bueno, L. Dr Sam: Johnson,
detector. (N '46)
Dell. A. Johnny on the spot. (Je '43 )
Dent. L,. Dead at the take-off. (My '46)
Dent, L. Lady to kill. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Derleth, A. W. In re: Sherlock Holmes. (Ja
'46) (1946 Annual)
Derleth, A. W. Mischief In the lane. (S '44)
Derleth, A. W. No future for Luana. (My
*46)
Derleth, A. W. Seven who waited. (Mr '43)
Dewey. T. B. As good as dead. (D '46)
Dewey, T. B. Hue and cry. (D '44)
Diamond, F. Murder in five columns. (F '46)
(1944 Annual)
Diamond. F. Murder rides a rocket, (O '46)
Disney, D. C. Crimson Friday. (Ag '43)
Disney, D. C. The 17th letter. (Mr '46)
Disney, D. C., and Perry, G. S. Thirty day*
hath September. (D '42)
Disney. D. M. Compound for death. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Disney, D. M. Murder on a tangent. (My '46)
Disney, D. M. Who rides a tiger. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Dodge, D. Bullets for the bridegroom. (O V44)
Dodge, D. Shear the black sheep. (S '42)
Doherty, E. J. Corpse who wouldn't die. (8
*46)
Donnel, C. P. Murder-go-round. (S '46)
Dougall, B. Singing corpse. (Mr '43)
Douglas, D. Haunted harbor. (S '43)
Dow, J. Little boy laughed. (S '46)
Doyle, A. C. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Wat-
son. (My '44>
Dresser, D. Blood on Biscayne bay. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Dresser, D. Blood on the black market. (Ag
43)
Dresser, D. Corpse came calling. (8 '42)
Dresser, D. Marked for murder. (D '46)
Dresser, D. Michael Shayne takes over. (N
Dresser. D. Michael Shayne's long chance.
(Mr *44)
Dresser, D. Murder and the married virgin.
Dresser, D. Murder is my business. {Ag '46)
Dresser, D. Murder wears a mummer's
mask. (Ap '43)
DuBois, T. M. Body goes round and round.
(My '42)_
Du Bois, T. M. Case of the perfumed mouse.
(O '44)
Du Bois, T. M. Death sails in a high wind.
(N '46)
Du Bois, T. M. Murder strikes an atomic
unit. (My '46)
Du Bois, T. M. Wild duck murders. (D '43)
Dudley, D., and Sheridan, J. What dark
secret. (Je '43)
Duncan, D. Shade of time. (D *46)
Eberhart, M. G. Escape the night. (Je '44)
Eberhart, M. G. Five passengers from Lisbon.
(Ag '46)
Eberhart, M. G. Man next door. (Je '43)
Eberhart. M. G. Unidentified woman. (D »43)
Eberhart, M. G. White dress. (N '46)
Eberhart. M. G. Wings of fear. (Mr '46)
Eberhart, M. G. Wolf in man's clothing. (D
'42)
Eby, L.. and Fleming, J. C. Blood runs cold.
(S 46)
Eby. L., and Fleming. J. C. Case of the
malevolent twin. (Mr *46)
Echard. M. Before I wake. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Echard. M. If this be treason. (N '44)
Edgley, L. Fear no more. (N '46)
Eichler, A. Death at the mike. (Ap '46)
Eichler. A. Murder in the radio department.
(D 43)
Eisinger, J. Walls came tumbling down. (Jm
'44) (1943 Annual)
Eliery Queen's mystery magazine. To the
queen's taste. (O '46)
Endore, G. Methinks the lady. (D '46)
Ericson, S. A. Curate's crime. (Je '46)
Eustis, H. Horizontal man. (My »46)
Evans, J. Halo in blood. (Ag *46)
Fair, A. A. Bats fly at dusk. (N '42)
Fair, A. A. Cats prowl at night. (O '43)
Fair. A. A. Crows can't count. (My '46)
Fair, A. A. Give 'em the ax. (O '44)
Fair, A. A. Owl» don't blink. (S '42)
Farjeon. J. J. Death in the inkwell. (Ap '42)
Farjeon, J. J. Greenmask. (Je '44)
Farjeon, J. J. Judge sums up. (S *42)
Farleon, J. J. Murder at a police station.
(Ap 43)
Farnol, J. Valley of night. (N '42)
Fast, J. Bright face of danger. (N '46)
Fast. J. Watchful at night. (N '46)
Faust. F. Dr Kildare's search and Dr Kil-
dare's hardest case. (Mr '43)
Fenisong, R. Butler died in Brooklyn.
43)
Fenisong. R. Desperate cure. (O '46)
Fenisong. R. Jenny kissed me. (My '44)
Fenisong, R. Lost Caesar. (O *46)
, R. Murder needs a faoe. (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
Fenisong, R. Murder needs a name. (Je »42)
1080
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction-— Mystery and detective stories — Oont.
Fenisong, R. Murder runs a fever. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Fenwick, B. P. Inconvenient corpse. (P *44)
(1943 Annual)
Fenwick, E. P. Murder in haste. (S '44)
Fenwick, B. P. Two names for death. (My
Ferguson, M. Sign of the ram. (Ap '46)
Ferrars, E. Cheat the hangman. (Ag '46)
Ferrars, E, I, said the fly. (S '45)
Ferrars. E. Neck in a noose. (Ap '43)
Ferrars, E. Shape of a stain. (S '42)
Field, M. Blood on her shoe. (Je '42)
Field, P. End of the trail. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Fifth mystery book. (Mr '44)
Finnegan, R. Lying- ladies. (Ap '46)
Fischer, B. Dead men grin. (Ja r46) (1945 An-
nual)
Fischer, B. Hornets' nest. (Ap '44)
Fischer, B. Pigskin bag. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Fischer, B. Quoth the raven. (N '44)
Fischer. B. Spider Lily. (O '46)
Fitt, M. Clues to Christabel. (O '44)
Fitt, M. Death finds a target. (My '42)
Fitzsimmons, C. Death rings a bell. (S '42)
Fitzsimmons, C. Tied for murder. (S '43)
Fleming, R. Night freight murders. (My '42)
Footner, H. Death of a saboteur. (Ap '43)
Footner, H. House with the blue door. (N
Footner, H. Orchids to murder. (Ap *45)
Footner, H. Unneutral murder. (S *44)
Forester, C. S. Payment deferred. (Mr '42)
Fourth mystery book. (D *42)
Fouts, E. L. Fish for murder. (My '44)
Fouts, E. L. Needle's eye. (D '44)
Francis, W. Bury me not. (Mr '43)
Francis, W. Kill or cure. (O '42)
Francis, W. Rough on rats. (Ao '42)
Frankau, Q. Air ministry, room 28. (Mr '42)
Freeman, R. A. Unconscious witness. (Ap
•42)
Friend, O. J. Corpse awaits. (S '46)
Fuller, S. M. Dark page. (O '44)
Fuller, T. This is murder, Mr Jones. (Ap '43)
Furman, A. L., ed. Second mystery com-
panion. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Furman, A. L., ed. Third mystery com-
panion. (N '45)
Gaines, A. Omit flowers, please. (D '46)
Qaines. A. The voodoo eroat. <At> '42)
Gardiner, D. Beer for Psyche. (S *46)
Gardner, C. T. Bones don't lie. (Ja '
(1946 Annual)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the backward mule.
(O '46)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the black-eyed
blonde. (D '44)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the borrowed brunette.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the buried clock. (Je
'43)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the careless kitten.
(O '42)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the crooked candle.
Gardner, E. S. Case of the drowning duck.
(Je '42)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the drowsy mosquito.
(O '43)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the golddigger's purse.
(Je '45)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the half-wakened
wife. (N '45)
Gardner, E. S. Case of the smoking chimney.
(Mr »43)
Gardner, E. S. D. A. breaks a seal. (Mr '46)
Gardner, B. S. D. A. calls a turn. (Mr '44)
Gardner, E. S. D.A. cooks a goose. (Mr
Gearon, J. Velvet well. (O '46)
Giles. G. E. Target for murder. (A* »43)
GHdden, J. H. Gunsmoke grace. (S *4J)
.Goldman, L. Fall guy for murder. (Mr '43)
Goldman, L. Tiger by the tail. (8 '46)
Goldman. R. I* Murder behind the mike.
(Mr '44)
Goldstone, L. A. H as in hunted. (O '46)
Goldstone, L. A. Leather man. (D '44)
Goldstone, L. A. O a* in omen, (S '43)
Goldstone, L. A. V as in victim. (D '45)
Goldthwaite, B. K. Cat and mouse. OP '46)
Goldthwaite, B, K. Don't mention my nam«.
47)
Goldthwaite, E. K. Scarecrow. (A* '46)
Goldthwaite, E. K. You did it. (Je '43)
Goodis, D. Dark passage. (D '46)
Gordon, M. Little man who wasn't there. (Je
Grafton, C. W. Rat began to gnaw the rope.
(Ag '43)
Grafton, C. W. Rope began to hang the
butcher. (Ap '44)
Gregg, C. F. 2 died at 3. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Grey, R. Puzzle in porcelain. (D '45)
Gruber, F, Buffalo box. (O '42)
Gruber, F. Gift horse. (N '42)
Gruber, F. Mighty blockhead. (An '42)
Gruber, F. Silver Tombstone. (D '45)
Gunn, J E. Deadlier than the male. (Je '42)
Guthrie, A. B. Murders at Moon Dance. (Je
'43)
Halleran, E. E. Thirteen toy pistols. (N '45)
Hammett, D. Complete Dashiell Hammett. (S
'42)
Hanson. V. Mystery for Mary. (Ag *42)
Harnan, T. Signal for danger. (Ag '46)
Hastings, D. G Death at the depot. (N '44)
Hawkins, D. Headsman's holiday. (N '46)
Hawkins. D. Walls of silence. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Haycraft, H., ed. Crime club encore. (D '42)
Hays, H. R. Stranger on the highway. (Je
'43)
Hays, S. B. Go down, death. (S *46)
Head. M. Smell of money. (Mr '43)
Heard, G. Great fog. (O '44)
Heard, G. Murder by reflection. (N '42)
Heard, G. Reply paid. (Ap '42)
Heberden, M. V. Deadline for destruction.
(My '42)
Heberden, M. V. Expert in murder. (8 '46)
Heberden, M. V. Murder cancels all debts.
(My '46)
Heberden. M. V. Murder follows Desmond
Shannon. (My '42)
Heberden, M. V. Murder goes astray. (S
Heberden, M. V. Murder makes a racket.
(D '42)
Heberden, M. V. Murder of a stuffed shirt.
(N '44)
Heberden, M. V. Pursuit in Peru. (S *46)
Heberden, M. V. Secret of the SPA. (Je '44)
Heberden, M. V. To what dread end. (Mr
•44)
Heberden, M. V. Vicious pattern. (D '45)
Hecht, B. I hate actors! (O '44)
Hendryx, J. B. Skullduggery on Halfaday
creek. (Je *46)
Hill, K. Owe for equity. (N '45)
Hill, K. Dear dead mother-in-law. (Ap '44)
Hilliard, A. R. Outlaw island. (N '42)
Hirsch, L. Murder steals the show. (My '46)
Hitchens, D. B. Bring the bride a shroud.
(N '45)
Hitchens, D. B. Cat wears a noose. (My '44)
Hitchens, D. B. Cat's claw. (O '43)
Hitchens, D. B, Cats don't need coffins. (S
'46)
Hitchens, D. B. Cats don't smile. (Ap '45)
Hitchens, D. B. Catspaw for murder. (My
•43)
Hocking, A. Death loves a shining mark. (Je
'43)
Hocking, A. Poison is a bitter brew. (My '42)
Holbrook, M. Wanted: a murderess. (O '43)
Holding, E. S. Innocent Mrs Duff. (Mr '46)
Holding, E. S. Kill Joy. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Holding, E. S. Lady killer. (Je '42)
Holding, E. S. Net of cobwebs. (Mr '45)
Holding, E. S. Old battle-ax. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Holland, M. Fallen angel. (Je '45)
Holland, M. Glass heart. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Holman, H. Death like thunder. (Ag '42)
Holman, H. Slay the murderer. (Mr '46)
Holman, H. Trout in the milk. (Ag '45)
Holman, H. Up this crooked way. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Holt, A. Bier for a hussy. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Hopkins, S. Murder by inches. (Ap '43)
Hopkins, S. Parchment key. (My '44)
Hosken, C. J. W. Coroner's verdict: accident*
(Ag '45)
Hoster, G. Goodbye, dear Elizabeth. (O '43)
Hoater, Ck Trial by murder. (Je '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1081
Howes, R. Caae of the copy-book killing. (8
'45)
Howie, E. Band played murder. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Howie, E. Cry murder. (D '44)
Howie, E. Murder at Stone house. (My *42)
Howie, E. Murder's so permanent. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Howie, E. No face to murder. (Mr *46)
Huggins, R. Double take. (Mr "46)
Hughes, D. B. F. Delicate ape. (Ap *44)
Hugrhes, D. B. F. Dread Journey. (O '45)
Hughes, D. B. F. Fallen sparrow. (O '42)
Hughes. D. B. F. Omnibus of terror. (Mr
'43)
Hull, E. T. Murder lays a golden egg. (My
Hurley, Q, Have you seen this man? (N '44)
Irving, A. Bitter ending. (Ag '46)
Irwin, I. H. Women swore revenge. (N '46)
Jenkins, W. F. Man who feared. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Jenkins, W. F. Murder of the U.S.A. (N '46)
Jones. I. Albatross murders. (AD '42)
Jordan. E. Q. Herself. (My '43)
Kagey, R. Ambush house. (My '43)
Kantor, M. Gentle Annie. (S '42)
Karlova, I. Dreadful hollow. (O '42)
Kaufman, W. I hate blondes. (Je '46)
Kayser, R. Red rods. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Keeler% H. S. Bottle with the srreen wax seal.
KeitS, D? Matter of accent. (Mr '43)
Kelsey, V. Bride dined alone. (O '43)
Kelsey. V. Satan has six fingers. (Mr
'43)
Kelsey, V. Whisper murder! (Ap '46)
Kendall, C. Black seven. (Je '46)
Kendrick, B. H. Blind man's bluff. (Mr '43)
Kendrick, B. H. Death knell. (Mr '45)
Kendrick, B. H. Out of control. (O '46)
King, R. Case of the dowager's etchings.
(Je '44)
King, R. Deadly Dove. (My '45)
King, R. Design in evil. (Ag '42)
King, R. Museum piece no. 13. (N '46)
King. R. Variety of weapons. (S '43)
Knight, C. Affair of the corpse escort. (S
'46)
Knight. C. Affair of the dead stranger. (D
Knight. C. Affair of the fainting butler. (N
•43)
Knight, C. Affair of the jade monkey. (My
Knight, C. Affair of the splintered heart.
Knight, K. M. Bells for the dead. (D '42)
Knight, K. M. Design in diamonds. (Mr '44)
Knight, K. M. Port of seven strangers. (N
Knight, K. M. Stream sinister. (Ap '45)
Knight, K. M. Terror by twilight. (S '42)
Knight, K. M. Trouble at Turkey hill. (My
'46)
Knotts, R. And the deep blue sea. (Je '44)
Koehler, R. P. Murder expert. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Koehler, R. P. Some try murder. (N '43)
Kootz, S. M. Puzzle in paint. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Kootz, S. M. Puzzle in petticoats. (S '44)
Kurnitz, H. Shadowy third. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Kutak, R. Darkness of slumber. (D '44)
Kuttner, H. Brass ring. (N '46)
Kyd, T. Blood is a beggar. (Je '46)
Lake, J. B. Triple cross. (My *46)
Lakin, R. Body fell on Berlin. (S '43)
Lang, H. Corpse on the hearth. (Je '46)
Lanham, E. M. Slug it slay. (D *46)
Lariar, L. Death paints the picture. (Ag '43)
Lariar, L. Girl with the frightened eyes. (N
'45)
Lariar, L. He died laughing. (S '43)
Lariar, L. Man with the lumpy nose. (My
LaRoche, K. A. Dear dead professor. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Lauferty, L. Crimson thread. (Ap '42 )
Lauferty, L. Hungry house. (Agr '43 >
Lawrence, H. Blood upon the snow. (3 *44)
Lawrence, H. Pavilion. (Mr '46)
Lawrence, H. Time to die. (Mr '45)
Layhew, J. R for murder. (N '46)
Lee, G. R Mother finds a body. (N '42)
Lee, M. V., and Saundera, 0. C. Measured
for murder. (Ap '44)
Lee, M. V. Model is murdered. (O '42)
Lees, H.. and Bachmann, L. P. Death in
the doll's house. (Ap '43)
Leffingwell, A. Case of Caroline Animus. (N
'46)
Lefflngwell, A, Death against Venus. (Mr
'46)
Leffingwell, A. Frightened man. (Ag '42)
Lemmon, L. C. This deadly dark. (N *46)
Leslie, J. Two faced murder. (Je '46)
Lewis, L. Birthday murder. (Ap '45)
Lewis, L. Juliet dies twice. (Ap '43)
Lewis, L. Meat for murder. (D '43)
Lewis, L. Murder among friends. (S '42)
Lewis, M. C. M. Crooked wreath. (D '46)
Lewis, M. C. M. Green for danger. (O '44)
Lewis, M. C. M. Heads you lose. (Ap '42)
Liebeler, J. M. You, the jury. (O '44)
Little, C. and G. Black eye. (D '45)
Little. C. and G. Black honeymoon. (Mr '44)
Little, C. and G. Black rustle. (Ag §43)
Little, C. and G. Black stocking. (O '46)
Little, C. and G. Black thumb. (N '42)
Little. C. and G. Great black Kanba. (D '44)
Litvinova, I. Moscow mystery. (My '43)
Lobaugh. E. K. Shadows in succession. (O
'46)
Lobaugrh, E. K. She never reached the top.
(O '45)
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Death of a tall
man. (D '46) ^
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Death on the
aisle. (Je '42)
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Death takes a
bow. (Je '43)
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Hanged for a
sheep. (N '42)
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Killing the goose.
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Murder within
murder. (Mr '46)
Lockridge, F. L. D. and R. Payoff for the
banker. (My '45)
Lofts, N. R. Golden Fleece. (Mr *44)
Logan, C. C. and M. One of these seven. (O
•46)
Lombard, N. Grinning pig. (O '43)
Long, A. R. Death has a will. (My '44)
Long, A. R. Death looks down. (Je '45)
Long, A. R. Death wears a scarab. (Ag '43)
Long, A. R. Once acquitted. (My '46)
Long, A. R. Symphony in murder. (S '44)
Long, A. R. Triple cross murders. (D *43)
Lone. G. M. V. C. Lady and the arsenic.
(Mr '44)
Long, M. Bury the hatchet (Je '44)
Long, M. False alarm. (Je *43)
Long, M. Short shrift. (Ag '45)
Long, M. Vicious circle. (Je '42)
Lord, G. Murder, plain and fancy. (Mr *43)
Lord, G. Murder with love. (D '43)
Lord, G. She never grew old. (S *42)
Lyon. D. It's my own funeral. (Ap '44)
McCloy, H. Do not disturb. (Je '43)
McCloy, H. Cue for murdpr. (N '42)
McCloy, H. Goblin market. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
McCloy, H. One that got away. (D '45)
McCloy. H. Panic. (N '44)
McCloy, H. Who's calling? (My '42)
McCully, W. Blood on Nassau's moon. (Ap
'45)
McCully, W. Death rides tandem. (D '42)
McCully. W. Doctors, beware! (S '43)
McDermid. F. Ghost wanted. (Je '43)
McDougald, R. Deaths of Lora Karen. (Mr
McDougald, R. Purgatory street, (D *46)
McDougald, R. Whistling legs. (N '45)
Mace, M. Blondes don't cry. (My '45)
Mace, M. Headlong for murder. (My '43)
Mace, M. Motto for murder. (O *43)
MacKinnon, A. Money on the black. (Mr *46)
MacQueen. J. W. Death among doctors.
(Ag '42)
Magoon, C. I smell the devil. (D f43)
Mainwaring, D. Build my gallows high. (My
'46)
Mainwaring, D. Hill of the terrified monk.
(S *43)
Mainwaring', D. Six silver handles. (Ag '44)
Mainwaring, D. Street of the crying woman.
(S *42)
Mai an, E., and Ledig, A. K. Cobwebs and
clues. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Malleson, L. B. Black stage. (P '47)
1082
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction— Mystery and detective stories — Cent.
Malleson, L. B. Death at the door. (Ap '45)
Malleson. L. B. Death in the blackout. (Ag
'43)
Malleson, L. B. Death lifts the latch. (Mr
•46)
Malleson, L. B. Mystery in the woodshed.
(Ag '42)
Malleson, L. B. Scarlet button. (N '46)
Malleson, L. B. Spy for Mr Crook. (Mr *44)
Malleson, L. B. Thirty days to live. (D '44)
Malleson, L. B. Woman in red. (N '43)
Malmar, M. Never say die. (Ag '43)
Manners, D. X. Memory of a scream. (N '46)
Mannon, M. M. Here lies blood. (Je '42)
Mannon. M. M. Murder on the program. (My
Marble, M. S. Everybody makes mistakes.
(Ag '46)
Mario, Q. Death drops Delilah. (S '44)
Mario, Q. Murder meets Mephisto. (Mr '42)
Marion, E. Keys to the house. (My *44)
Marks, P. Knave of diamonds. (S '43)
Marlett, M. Another day toward dying. (Mr
43)
Marlett, M. Devil builds a chapel. (My '42)
Marlett, M. Escape while I can. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Marsh, N. Colour scheme. (S '43)
Marsh, N. Died in the wool. (Ap '45)
Marsh, N. Enter a murderer. (S '42)
Marsh, N. Man lay dead. (Mr '42)
Martin, A. E. Death in the limelight. (Mr
'46)
Martin, A. B. Outsiders. (Ap '45)
Martin, A. E. Sinners never die. (O '44)
Marting, R. L. Breathe no more, my lady.
(D '46)
Mason, A. E. W. House in Lordship lane.
(My '46)
Mason, S. E. Crimson feather. (Ag '45)
Mason, S. E. House that hate built. (S '44)
Mason, S. E. Murder rents a room. (O '43)
Mason, V. Saigon singer. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Matschat, C. H. Murder at the Black Crook.
(Je '43)
Maurice, A. B. Riddle of the Rovers. (Mr
•42)
Mechem, P. And not for love. (D *42)
Mercer. C. W. House that Berry built. (Mr
•46)
Merwin, S. Knife in my back. (Mv '45)
Merwin, S. Matter of policy. (D '46)
Merwin, S. Message from a corpse. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Michel, M. S. Psychiatric murders. (Ap '46)
Michel. M. S. Sweet murder. (S '43)
Michel. M. S. X-ray murders. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Millar, K. Dark tunnel. (N '44)
Millar, K. Trouble follows me. (O '46)
Millar, M. Devil loves me. (S '42)
'Millar, M. Fire will freeze. (My '44)
Millar. M. Iron gates. (My '45)
Millar. M. Wall of eyes. (O '43)
Millar, M. Weak-eved bat. (Ap '42)
Miller, W. Deadly weapon. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Millhauser. B. Whatever goes up. (Ag '45)
Mitchell, Q. When last I died. (My '42)
Montgomery. R. B. Holy disorders. (My *46)
Montgomery, R. B. Moving toyshop. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Montgomery, R. B. Obsequies at Oxford (Ap
Moore, H. F. S. Death at 7:10. (O '43)
Moore. H. F. S. Murder goes rolling along.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Moore. H. F. S. Shed a bitter tear. (S '44)
Morgan, M. C. Day of the dead. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Morley, C. D., ed. Murder with a difference.
(D '46)
Morse. F. V. Black eagles are flying. (S *4S)
Mortimer, P. If a body kill a body. (Mr '46)
Muir, D. Death defies the doctor. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Mullen, C. Thereby hangs a corpse. (O '46)
Mystery writers of America, inc. Murder
cavalcade. (O '46)
Nash, A. Cabbages and crime. (S '45)
Nash, A. Death by design. (Ag '44)
Nash, A. Said with flowers. (Je '43)
Nash, A. Unhappy rendezvous. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Nelms, H. Rim of the pit. (S '44)
Neville, M. Lena hates men. (Je '43)
Nolan, J. C. Final appearance. (My '43)
Nolan, J. C. I can't die here. (O '45) §JBX
Notley, J. F. Murder has an echo. (Ap *45)
Odium, J. Mirabilis diamond. (N '46)
Odium, J. Morgue is always open. (Je '44)
Oellrichs, I. And die she did. (Ap '45)
Offord, L. G. Clues to burn. (Ag '42)
Offord, L. Q. Glass mask. (O '44)
Offord, L. G. Skeleton key. (S '43)
Olsen, D. B. Alarm of the black cat, (Mr
O'Neil, K. Death strikes at Heron house. (S
O'Neil, K. Ninth floor. (O '43)
Oppenheim, E. P. Man who changes his plea.
(Je '42)
Oppenheim, E. P. Mr Mirakel. (N '43)
Oursler, F. The shudders. (Mr '43)
Oursler, W. C. Folio on Florence White. (S
Ozaki, M. K. Cuckoo clock. (O '46)
Parmer, C. B. Murder at the Kentucky Derby.
(O '42)
Paul, E. H. I'll hate myself in the morning.
(Mr '45)
Pelligrin, F. E. Hangman's hill. (Je '46)
Pentecost, H. I'll sing at vour funeral. (Ap
'42)
People, G. C. Race with the sun. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Perdue, V. Alarum and excursion. (O '44)
Perdue, V. Case of the foster father. (O *42)
Petersen, H. D.A.'s daughter. (Ap '43)
Petersen, H. Murder R. F. D. (Ao '42)
Petersen, H. Old bones. (D M3)
Philips. J. P. Brass chills. (My '43)
Philips, J. P. Fourteenth trump. (N '42)
Phillips, J. A. Case of the shivering chorus
girls. (Je '42)
Phillpotts, E. Deed without a name. (S '42)
Phillpotts, E. Flower °f the SOdB«
Phillpotts, E. They were seven. (S
Pierson, E. M. Defense rests. (My '42)
Player, R. Ingenious Mr Stone. (Je '46)
Plum, M. State department cat. (Mr '45)
Plum, M. Susanna, don't you cry! (Ap '46)
Popkin, Z. No crime for a lady. (O '42)
Popkin, Z. So much blood. (Ag '44)
Porcelain, S. E. Crimson cat murders. (My
•46)
Postgate, R. W. Somebody at the door. (Je
'43)
Powell^ R. P. All over but the shooting.
Poweil, R. P. Don't catch me. (Mr *43)
Powell, R. P. Lay that pistol down. (Ag '45)
Powell, R. P. Shoot if you must. (S '46)
Propper, M. M. Blood transfusion murders.
(8*43)
Punshon, E. R. Conqueror inn. (Mr '44)
Punshon, E. R. Night's cloak. (Ag *44)
Punshon, E. R. Secrets can't be kept. (Mr
'46)
Punshon, E. R. There's a reason for every-
Purtelf,' J. To a blindfold lady. (S '42)
Queen, E. Calamity town. (My '42)
Queen, E., ed. Female of the species. (S '43)
Queen, E., ed. Misadventures of Sherlock
Holmes. (My P44)
8ueen, E. Murder is a fox. (Je '45)
ueen, E., ed. Queen's awards, 1946. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
. (S '4
is '4
'45)
)ueen. E., ed/ Rogues' gallery. (N '45)
5 ueen, E., ed. Sporting blood. (D '42)
3ueen, E. There was an old woman. (My *43)
Raison, M. M. Gay mortician. (S '46)
Raison, M. M. Nobody loves a dead n
'46) (1945 Annual)
16)
ndt
man. (Ja
Randaii," C.,~~ajicf~Zugsmith, L. Visitor. (Mr
'44)
Rath, V. Epitaph for Lydia. (AD '42)
Rath. V. Posted for murder. (O '42)
Rawlings, F. Lisping man. (D *42)
Rawson, C. No cofnn for the corpse. (S '42)
Raymond, R. Blondes' requiem. (Ag '46)
Rea, M. L. P. Blackout at rehearsal. (O '43)
Rea, M. L. P. Death of an angel. (My '43)
Rea, M. L. P. Death walks the Dry Tortugas.
(S '42)
Reed. W. Marked for murder. (Ao '42) , v
Reeves, R. Cellini Smith : detective. (Je '43)
Reilly, H. K. Murder on Angler's island. (Je
Reilly. H. K. Name your poison. (8 '42)
Reilly, H. K. Opening door. (Mr '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1083
Reisner, M. House of cobwebs. (My '44)
Reisner, M. Shadows on the wall. (S '43)
Rice, C. Big midget murders. (Ag '42) t
Rice, C. Having wonderful crime. (My '43)
Rice, C. Home sweet homicide. (Mr '44)
Rice, C. Jethro Hammer. (S '44)
Rice, C. Lucky stiff. (My '46)
Rice, C. Murder through the looking glass.
(Mr *43)
Rice, C. Sunday Pigeon murders. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Rice, C. Telefair. (Ap '42) T fj JV
Rice, C. Thursday turkey murders. (Ja 44)
(1943 Annual)
Rice. C. To catch a thief. (Je '43)
Rinehart, M. R. Haunted lady. (Je '42)
Rinehart, M. R. Yellow room. (D '45S
Rivett, E. C. Checkmate to murder. (O '44)
Rivett, B. C. Death came softly. (O '43) _v
Rivett, E. C. Fire in the Thatch. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Rivett, B. C. Murder by matchllght. (Mr '46)
Roden, H. W. One angel less. (My '45)
Roden, H. W. Too busy to die. (O '44)
Roden, H. W. Wake for a lady. (S *46)
Roden, H. W. You only hang once. (Mr '44)
Roeburt, J. There are dead men in Manhat-
tan. (Ap 146)
Rogers, J. T. Red right hand. (Je '45)
Rogers, S. Don't look behind you I (O *44)
Rogers, S. You leave me cold! (N '46)
Rogers, S. You'll be sorry! (O '45)
Rolfe, E., and Fuller, L. Glass room. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Roos, K. Frightened stiff. (N '42)
Roos, K. Sailor, take warning! (Mr '44)
Roos, K. There was a crooked man. (My *45)
Ross, Z. H. Three down vulnerable, (O '46)
Rowe, A. V. Deadly intent. (O '46)
Rowe, A. V. Fatal purchase. (Je '45)
Rowe, A. V. little dog barked. (Ap '42)
Rowe, A. V. Too much poison. (D '44)
Rowe. A. V. Up to the hilt. (Ja »46) (1945
Annual)
Russell, C. M. Bad neighbor murder. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Russell, C. M. Message of the mute dog.
(Mr *42)
Russell, C. M. Murder steps in. (D '42)
Russell, C. M. No time for crime. (My '45)
Rutland, H. Blue murder. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Rutledge, N. Beware the hoot owl. (My '44)
Rutledge, N. Blood on the cat. (Ap '46)
Ryan, J. Man who asked why. (D '45)
Ryan, S. Death never weeps. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sage, D. Moon was red. (My '44)
Sale, R. Benefit performance. (Je '46)
Sale, R. Lazarus #7. (Ap '42)
Sale, R. Passing strange. (S '42)
Sampson, R. H. And death came too. (Mr
'43)
Sampson, R. H. Unfortunate murderer. (Ap
'42)
Sanders, G. Crime on my hands. (N '44)
Sanders, G. Stranger at home. (O '46)
Sanders, M. K., and Edelstein, M. S. Bride
laughed once. (S '43)
Sarsfield, M. Green December fills the grave-
yard. (N '46)
Saxby. C. Death wore roses. (Mr '42)
Saxby, C. Even bishops die. (S '42)
Scherf, M. Owl in the cellar. (O '45)
Scherf, M. They came to kill. (S '42)
Schmidt, J. N. Murder, chop chop. (Mr '42)
Scott, D. Beckoning shadow. (Ag '46)
Scott, D. Murder makes a villain. (Mr '44)
Scott, R. T. M. Agony column murders. (N
'46)
Seeley, M. Eleven came back. (Ap '43)
Seifert, A. Three blind mice. (Ao '42)
Seifert. B. Certain Doctor French. (My *43)
Shane, S. Baby in the ash can. (Mr '44)
Shane, S. Lady in a million. (S *43)
Shane, S. Lady in a wedding dress. (Ap '43)
Shane. S. Lady in danger. (Ap '42 )
Shattuck, R. Said the spider to the fly. (Je
Shriber, I. S. Body for Bill. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Shriber, I. S. Invitation to murder. (D '43)
Shrlber, I. S. Last straw. (N '46)
Shriber, I. S. Pattern for murder. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Siller, V. Echo of a bomb. (Mr '43)
Siller, V. Good night, ladies. (O '43)
Siller, V. One alone. (N '46)
Siller, V. Somber memory. (N '46)
Simenon, G. Malgret and M. Labb*. (8 '42)
Spain, J. Dig me a grave. (D '42)
Stafford, M. X marks the dot. (D '43)
Stark, M. Run for your life! (N '46)
Starr. J. Corpse came C.O.D. (My '44)
Starr, J. Three short biers. (My '45)
Starrett, V. Case book of Jimmy Lavender.
(S '44)
Starrett, V. Murder in Peking. (Ap »46)
Stein, A. M. And high water. (O '46)
Stein, A. M. Case of the absent-minded pro-
fessor. (Ap '43)
Stein, A. M. Only the guilty. (Ap '42)
Sterling. S. Five alarm funeral. (An '42)
Stevens, F. M. R. Exit screaming. (Ag '42)
Stevens, F. M. R. Hangman's tie. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Stevens, F. M. R. Midsummer nightmare. (S
*45)
Stevens, F. M. R. Murder In tow. (Ap '43)
ttevens, F. M. R. Rumor hath It. (D '46)
tewart, A. W. Jack-in-the-box. (Mr '44)
Stewart, A. W. No past is dead. (Ag '42)
Stewart, J. I. M. Appleby's end. (Mr M5)
Stewart, J. I. M. Daffodil affair. (O '42)
Stewart, J. I. M. Unsuspected chasm. (Ap
*46)
Stewart, J. I. M. Weight of evidence. (O
43)
Stewart, J. I. M. What happened at Hazel-
wood. (D '46)
Stokes, M. L. Green for a grave. (D '46)
Stone, E. M. Poison, poker and pistols. (N
*46)
Stout. R. Black orchids. (Je '42)
Stout, R. Not quite dead enough. (O '44)
Stout, R. Silent speaker. (D '46)
Stout, R., and Greenfield, L., eds. Rue
Morgue, no. 1. (Ap '46)
Street, C. J, C. Dead of the night. (O '42)
Street, C. J. C. Dead on the track. (Je '43)
Street, C. J. C. Death in Harley street. (N
'46)
Street, C. J. C. Death invades the meeting.
(Ap '44)
Street, C. J. C. Fourth bomb. (Mr »42)
Street, C. J. C. Men die at Cyprus lodge.
(Ag '44)
Street, C. J. C. Secret of the lake house.
(Mr '46)
Street, C. J. C. Shadow of a crime. (S '46)
Street, C. J. C. Too many suspects. (Ap '45)
Strobel. M. Ice before killing. (N '43)
Strobel, M. Kiss and kill. (S '46) -
Strong, L. A. G. All fall down. (O '44)
Strong, L. A. G. Murder plays an ugly scene.
Stuart, V L. Dead He still. (D '45)
Talbot, H. Hangman's Handyman. (O '42)
Taylor, P. A. Asey Mayo trio. (O '46)
Taylor, P. A. Dead Ernest. (Je '44)
Taylor, P. A. File for record. (Ap '43)
Taylor, P. A. Going, going, gone. (D '43)
Taylor, P. A. Proof of the pudding. (Ag '45)
Taylor, P. A. Punch with care. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Taylor. P. A. Six iron spiders. (Ag '42)
Taylor, P. A. Three plots for Asey Mayo.
(D '42)
Teague, R.
T. M. and W. D. You can't
ignore murder. (Ag '42)
Terrall, R. They dealin death. (Je '43)
Thayer, L. Accessory after the fact. (My '43)
Thayer, L. Accident, manslaughter or
murder? (Ag '45)
Thayer, L. Five bullets. (N '44)
Thayer, L. Hair's breadth. (Mr '46)
Thayer, L. Hanging's too good. (N '43)
Thayer, L. Jaws of death. (Ja *47) (1946
Annual)
Thayer, L. Murder is out. (Ao *42)
Thayer, L. Murder on location. (8 '42)
Thayer. L. Plain case of murder. (Ap *44)
Thomas, C. Prominent among the mourners.
(D '46)
Thompson. L. S. Death stops the show. (S
'46)
Three star mystery book. (D M2)
Tillett, D. S. Look your last (D '43)
Torrey, W. Midsummer night's murder. (My
'42)
Treat, L. H as In hangman. (O '42)
Truesdell, J. Morgue the merrier. (Ag *45)
1084
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction—Mystery and detective stories — Con*.
Tucker, W. Chinese doll. (Ja r47) (1946
Annual)
Tuttle, W. C. Mystery of the red triangle.
(Ap '42)
Upfleld, A. W. Death of a swagman. (D '45)
Upfleld, A. W. Devil's steps. (Je *46)
Upfl-eld. A. W. Murder down under. (Mr '43>
Upfleld, A. W. Mystery of Swordflsh reef.
(D '43)
Upfleld. A. W. No footprints in the bush. (N
'44)
Upfleld. A. W. Winds of evil. (Ap '44)
U£ field, A. W. Wings above the claypan. (je
Yenning, M. Man who slept all day. (S '42)
Vickers, R. Date with danger. (O '44)
Vickers, R, Four past four. (N '46)
Volk, a. Meeting by moonlight. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Wahl, A. B. H. Handsome, but dead. (O '42)
Walling, R. A. J. Corpse by any other name.
(My '43)
Walling, R. A. J. Corpse with the eerie eye.
(Je '42)
Walling, R. A, J. Corpse without a clue.
Wallis, R. O. S. Blood from a stone. (My
•45)
Wallis, R. O. S. No bones about it. (S '44)
Wallis, R. O. S. Too many bones. (O '43)
Walsh, M. Nine strings to your bow. (N '45)
Walz, A. Dead reckoning. (S *43)
Walz, A. King is dead on Queen street. (O
Walz, A. Rope of sand. (N '44)
Warren, J. She fell among actors. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Warren, ,J. R. ATS mystery. (Ag *44)
Warren, J. R. Magpie murder. (Mr '42)
Webb, J. F. No match for murder. (Ap *42)
Webb. R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Death, my
darling daughters. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Webb, R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Death's old
sweet song. (S '46)
Webb, R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Puzzle for
fiends. (S '46)
Webb, R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Puzzle for
Webb, R.'w., and Wheeler, H. C. Puzzle for
wantons. (O '45)
Webb, R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Scarlet
circle. (Je '43)
Webb, R. W., and Wheeler, H. C. Yellow
taxi. (Je '42)
Wellard, J. H. Snake in the grass. (O '42)
Wells, A. M. Murderer's choice. (S '43)
Wells, A. M. Went for murder. (S '42)
Wells. C. Murder will in. (Ag '42)
Wells, C. Who killed Caldwell? (Ao '42)
Wells. S. Death is my name. (An '42)
Wentworth, P. Chinese shawl. (My '43)
Wentworth, P. Clock strikes twelve. (Je '44)
Wentworth, P. Key. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Wentworth. P. Miss Silver deals with death.
(D '43)
Wentworth, P. Pilgrim's Rest. (Ag '46)
Wentworth, P. She came back. (F^46) (1946
Annual)
Wentworth, P. Silence in court. (Ag '46)
Weston, G. Hidden portal. (S '46)
Whelton, P. Call the lady indiscreet. (Ap '46)
Whelton, P. Death and the devil. (O '44)
(Ap '42)
. (S '42)
ere. (N
, . .
White, E. L. Fear stalks the village. (A
h
, . . .
White. E. L. Her heart in her throat.
White, E. L. Man who was not there.
White, W. A. P. Case of the seven sneezes.
(Je '42)
Wliite, W. A. P.. ed. Great American detec-
tive stories. (N '45)
White, W. A. P. Rocket to the morgue. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Whitney. P. A. Red is for murder. (D '43)
Wlckware, F. S. Dangerous ground. (Mr '46)
Wilde. P. Tinsley's bones. (S '42)
Wilson, D. Make with the brains, Pierre. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Wilson, M. Footsteps behind her. (Mr '42)
Wilson. M. A. Panic-stricken. (Ag *46)
Wilson, M. A. Stalk the hunter. (N '43)
Wilson, P. W. Black tarn. (Ag »45)
"Wilson, P. W. Bride's castle. (S '44)
Wilson, P. W. Old mill. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Wilson, R. M. Emergency exit. (My '44)
Winchell, P. Down among the dead men.
(Mr '43)
Winchell, P. Where there's smoke. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wolffe. K. Attic room. (Ja '43) (1943 An-
nual)
Wood, C. Death on the pampas. (N '44)
Woodward, H. R. Money to burn. (Je '45)
Woolrich, C. Black alibi. (My '42)
Woolrich, C. Black angel. (Mr U3)
Woolrich, C. Black path of fear. (Ag '44)
WooJrich, C. Dancing detective. (S T46)
Woolrich, C. Deadline at dawn. (Ap '44)
Woolrich, C. I wouldn't be in your shoes.
(Je '43)
Woolrich, C. Night has a thousand eyes.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Woolrich, C. Phantom lady. (S '42)
Worts, G. F. Five who vanished. (Ap '45)
Worts, G. F. Overboard. (Je '43)
Wylie, P. Corpses at Indian Stones. (Ap '43)
Yates, M. T. Murder by the yard. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Yates, M. T., and Bramlette, P. Widow'*
walk. (S *45)
Navaho Indians
Lauritzen, J. Arrows into the sun. (Mr '43)
Naval life
Sobolev, L. S. Soul of the sea. (Je '46)
Negro life
Col em an, L. Escape the thunder. (S '44)
Henderson, G. W. Jule. (N '46)
Matthews, H. River-bottom boy. (N '42)
Miers. E. S. Big Ben. (My '42)
Moon, B. Darker brother. (O '43)
Murray, C. S. Here come Joe Mungin. (Mr
Nisbet, A. Send me an angel. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Petry. A. L,. The street. (Mr '46)
Negro problem
Appel, B. Dark stain. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Bright, R. Intruders. (Ap '46)
Carter, H. Winds of fear. (N '44)
Cook, F. F. Mrs. Palmer's Honey. (Mr *46)
Cuthbert, C. Robbed heart. (D '45)
Edmunds, M. Time's laughter in their ears.
(S '46)
Fast, H. M. Freedom road. (O '44)
Fuller, E. Star pointed north. (D '46)
Harris, M. Trumpet to the world. (My '46)
Himes, C. B. If he hollers let him go. (D »45)
Hyland, J. A. The dove flies South. (S »44)
Joseph, D. Straw in the south wind. (My '46)
Kimbrough, E. Night fire. (N '46)
Lucas. C. Flour is dusty. (Ap '44)
Offord, C. R. White face. (Je '43)
Peeples, B. A. Swing low. (Ap *45)
Russell. W. Robert Cain. (D '42)
Sumner, C. R. Quality. (N '46)
Weld, J. Sabbath has no end. (Ap '42)
Negro stories
Puckette, C. C. Old Mitt laughs last. (My
Newspaper life
Harrington, J. Scandal rag. (O '42)
Stilwell, H. Border city. (Je '46)
See wlso Fiction — Journalism; Journalists
Northwest mounted police
Disney, D. C. The 17th letter. (Mr '46)
O'Brien, J. S. Return of Silver Chief. (Ap
Norwegians In the United States
Thorseth. M. Cradled in thunder. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Novels in pictures
Masereel, F. Danse macabre. (Ap '43)
Novels In verse
Bowman, P. Beach red. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Kan tor, M. Glory for me. (D '45)
Nurses and nursing
Baldwin, F. Breath of life. (Ag '42)
Carter. H. D. Night of flame. (Ag '42)
Conrad, B. Girl with a golden bar. (Ag »44)
Deming, D. Ginger Lee: war nurse. (Ap *42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1085
Gardner, M. S. Katharine Kent. (8 '46)
Gardner, M. S. So build we. (D *42)
Hancock, L. A. West End nurse. (Mr f43)
Lansing, E. H. Nancy Naylor, flight nurse.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Marshall, M. M. Arms and the girl. (Je '42)
Taber, G. B. Nurse in blue. (My '44)
Wise. B. V. Mary darlin'. (O '43)
Wright, M. E. Angel without wings. (S '43)
Office workers
Smith, H. H. Nine to five. (My '44)
OH Industry
Nichols, B. J. Danger! keep out. (Mr '43)
Old age
Corbett, B. F. Bxcuse me, Mrs Meigs. (Ap
'43)
Friedlander, M. Yellow leaf. (N '46)
Opera singers
Baum, V. Once in Vienna. . . (Mr '45)
Orphans
Kuszxnaul, R. Nobody's children. (D *42)
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Bmmons, D. F. G. Sacajawea of the
Shoshones. (N '43)
Fisher, V. Mothers. (N '43)
Greve, A. W. Shadow on the plains. (Mr 45)
Terreil, J. U. Plume rouge. (S '42)
Painters
La Farge, O. Copper pot. (Ag '42)
Peasant life
Laxness, H. K. Independent people. (S '46)
Loos, M., and Duranty, W. Return to the
vineyard. (Mr '45)
Magdaleno, M. Sunburst. (Mr '44)
Petroleum industry and trade
Gill, T. Wildcat 13. (Ap '42)
Philosophical novels
Bagnall, S. Crater's edge. (O '46)
Broch, H. Death of Virgil. (S '45)
Huxley, A. L. Time must have a stop. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Lindbergh, A. S. M. Steep ascent. (Ap '44)
Martens, D. Abrupt self. (D '46)
Remains, J. Death of a nobody. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Ullman, J. R. White tower. (O '45)
Wylie, P. Night unto night. (O '44)
Physicians
Adams, S. H. Canal town. (My '44)
Arey, J. S. There was no yesterday. (Ap '44)
Baldwin, F. Breath of life. (Ag '42)
Baldwin, F. He married a doctor. (Ap '44)
Brand. M. Dr Kildare's trial. (N '42)
Brink, C. R. Buffalo coat. (D '44)
Carter, H. D. Night of flame. (Ag '42)
Doughty, L. S. Music is gone. (My '46)
Fabrlcant, N. D., and Werner, H., comps.
Treasury of doctor stories. (N '46)
Faust. F. Dr Kildare's search and Dr
Kildare's hardest case. (Mr '43)
Hamilton, K. Doctor on Elm street. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Hart, A. Dr Finlay sees it through. (Ag '42)
Ho r gran, P. Common heart. (D '42) ,
Jaynes, C. These are the times. (My '44)
Knight, R. A., and Hersholt, J. Dr Chris-
tian's office. (O '44)
Medearis, M. Big Doc's girl. (O '42)
Meeae, M. F. Mary Cars tens, M.D. (Mr '44)
Seifert, B. Army doctor. (Ap '42)
Seifert, E. Certain Doctor French. (My '43)
Seifert. EJ. Old Doc. (Je '46)
Seifert, E. Surgeon in charge. (O *42)
Seletz, J. Hope deferred. (Je '43)
Slaughter, F. G. Air surgeon. (S *43)
Slaughter, F. G. Battle surgeon. (Ap '44)
Slaughter. F. G. In a dark garden. (N '46)
Slaughter, F. G. Spencer Brade, M.D. (My
*42)
Slaughter. F. G. Touch of glory. (My '46)
Stpwman, K. With cradle and clock. (My
Walker, D. P. Dr Whitney's secretary. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
Weld. J. Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. (My '48)
Picaresque novels
Ferndndez de Lizardi. J. J. Itching parrot.
Langley, E. Not yet the moon. (Je '46)
Moore, W. Breathe the air again. (Mr '42)
Stead. C. Letty Fox, her luck. (N f46)
Stephenson, G. Melody in darkness. (My '43)
Pirates
Andrews, R. H. Burning gold. (S '45)
Gabell. J. B. There were two pirates. (O '46)
Cochran, H. Windward passage. (Je '42)
Costain, T. B. For my great folly. (S '42)
Du Maurler. D. Frenchman's creek. (Mr '42)
Plantation life
Sims, M. M. Beyond surrender. (D '42)
Weld, J. Sabbath has no end. (Ap '42)
Yerby, F. Foxes of Harrow. (Mr '46)
Poles in the United States
Castle, W., and Joseph, R. Hero's oak. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Politics
Basso, H. Sun in Capricorn. (O *42)
Borchardt, H. Conspiracy of the carpenters.
(S '43)
Cohen, L. Coming home. (Je '45)
Dooley, R. B. Less than the angels. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual) ~~
Dos Passos, J. R. Number one. (Ap '43)
Fast, H. M. The American. (S '46)
Fleming, B. Colonel Efflngham's raid. (Ap
'43)
Jordan, E. G. Young John takes over. (Ag
Kaup, B. D. Seed of the Puritan. (Ap *44)
Langley, A. L. Lion is in the streets. (Je '45)
Lipton. L. In secret battle. (D '44)
Raymond, C. S. Honorable John Hale. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Sims, M. M. Beyond surrender. (D *42)
Sinclair. U. B. Presidential agent. (Ag '44)
Warren, R. P. All the king's men. (O *46)
Wilder, R. Flamingo road. (Je '42)
Poor
Algren, N. Never come morning. (My *42)
Bezzerides, A. I. There is a happy land. (Je
'42)
Curinga, N. V. Italian tragedy. (My '45)
Flack. A. Family on the hill. (My '45)
Gorky, M. Orphan Paul. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Mclntire, M. P. Carey Brown. (Je '42)
McSorley, E. Our own kind. (Ag '46)
Slade, C. B. Lilly Crackell. (Ag '43)
Slade, C. B. Margaret. (Je '46)
Smith. B. Tree grows in Brooklyn. (S *43)
Szekely, J. Temptation. (D '46)
Wernher, H. Land and the well. (N '46)
Prehistoric times
Fisher. V. Darkness and the deep. (My '4S)
Fisher. V. Golden rooms. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Fisher, V. Intimations of Eve. (My '46)
Prison life
Booth, E. With sirens screaming. (O *45)
Gidding. N. End over end. (N '46)
Prisons and prisoners
Escape from Kftnigstein. (S '44)
Prize fighting
Kamey, J. There goes Shorty Higgins. (Ap
Naidish, T. Watch out for Willie Carter. (S
Proletarian novels
Tully. J. Biddy Brogan's boy. (My '42)
Prostitution
Algren, N. Never come morning. (My '42)
Protestant Episcopal church
McMaster, V. Church's way. (My '46)
Pseudo- history and biography
Molnar, F. Captain of St Margaret's. (Ap '46)
Train, A. C. Yankee lawyer. (O *4S)
Psychic phenomena
Hichens, R. S. Woman in the house. (Ja *46)
(1946 Annual)
1086
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction — Psychic phenomena — Continued
MacardJe, D. Unforeseen. (Ag '46)
Macardle, D. Uninvited. (S '42)
Woolrich, C. Night has a thousand eyes. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Psychoanalysis
Bottome, P. Survival. (O *43)
Psychological novels
Balchin, N. Mine own executioner. (N »46)
Baum, V. Mortgage on life. (N '46)
Bellow, S. Dangling man. (My '44)
Beynon, J. Cypress man. (My *44)
Boley, J. The restless. (O *46)
Boulton, A. Road is before us. (N '44)
Boutell, A. Cradled in fear. (D '42)
Bowles. J. A. Two serious ladies. (Je *43)
Brier. R. Last boat from Beyrouth. (Je '43)
Brittain, V. M. Account rendered. (D §44)
Butler. G. Mad with much heart. (O '46)
Campbell, W. B. M. Looking-glass. (Mr '43)
Carpenter. M. Experiment perilous. (My '43)
Caspary. V. Stranger than truth. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Charles, J. Dark glass. (Ag '44)
Charles. J. Son and stranger. (Ap '45)
Cowdin. E. All we have built. (My *43)
Cowlin, D. Winter solstice. (S '43)
Crane, C. Mother and son. (Mr '46)
Davis. K. S. In the forests of the night. (Ap
De Vries. P. Handsome heart. (S V43)
Donath, S. F. Lord is a man of war. (Ap '44)
Douglas-Irvine, H. 77 Willow road. (Je '45)
Duncan, D. Remember the shadows. (Je '44)
Edginton, M. Winds of desire. (S '46)
Endore, O. Methinks the lady. (D *45)
Eustis, H. Horizontal man. (My '46)
Farkas, A. A. Borrowed night. (D '44)
Fast. J. Bright face of danger. (N '46)
Fenton, F. What way my Journey lies. (Je
'46)
Ferguson. M. Sign of the ram. (Ap '45)
Gilpatrick, N. Broken pitcher. (Ap '45)
Golding, L. No news from Helen. (D '43)
Gordon. C. Women on the porch. (Je '44)
Gu6rard, A. J. Hunted. (Mr '44)
Hamilton. P. Hangover square. (Mr *42)
Hayes, D. Mrs Heaton's daughter. (D '43)
Hays, H. R. Lie down in darkness. (O '44)
Hays. H. R. Stranger on the highway. (Je
•43)
Heal, E. This very sun. (D '44)
Heyer. G. Penhallow. (S '43)
Hoff, R. Silver answer. (Ag '45)
Holding, E. S. Net of cobwebs. (Mr '45)
Holmes. O. W. Psychiatric novels. (Je '44)
Hostovsk?. E. Hideout. (Mr '45)
Hull, H. R. Circle in the water. (Mr '43)
Jackson, C. R. Fall of valor. (N '46)
Jackson, C. R. Lost weekend. (Mr '44)
Janeway, E. Walsh girls. (N '43)
Johnson. J. W. Wildwood. (Mr '46)
Johnson. P. H. Trojan brothers. (Ag '45)
King, R. Museum piece no. 13. (N '46)
Koestler, A. Arrival and departure. (D '43)
Kuncewiczowa. M. S. The stranger. (3 '45)
Lehmann. R. Ballad and the source. (Ap '45>
McCarthy, M. T. Company she keeps. (Je '42)
MacDonald, J. Darkly the river flows. (Je '46)
MacLiesh, A. F. Cone of silence. (Mr '44)
Maier, H. Undertow. (D '45)
Marion, E. Keys to the house. (My *44)
Marshall, J. Presently tomorrow. (S '46)
Massle. C. Farewell, pretty ladies. (Mr r42)
Massie, C. Green circle. (Ap '43)
Massie, C. Love letters. (N r44)
Maurois. A. Woman without love. (N '45)
Millar, M. Iron gates. (My '45)
Modell. M. Sound of years. (Je '46)
Myers, H. Well full of leaves. (Je '44)
Nin, A. Winter of artifice. (Ja '43) (1942
O'Farrell. W. Repeat performance. (D '42)
Parrish, A. Poor child. (Mr *45)
Ramos, G. Anguish. (My '46)
Ramsey, R. Fire in summer. (Aw '42)
Reisner, M. House of cobwebs. (My '44)
Renault, M. Middle mist. (Mr '45)
Rogers, S. Flora Shawn. (My '42)
Rosaire, F. East of midnight. (Je '45)
Roueche, B. Black weather. (8 '45)
Rumsey. A. Crying at the lock. (D '44)
Savory. G. Hughie Roddis. (My '42)
Schane, J. Dazzling crystal. (O '46)
Seid, R. Wasteland. (Mr '46)
Sender, R. J. Dark wedding. (My *4S)
Sexton, E. Count me among the living. (Je
Seymour, B. K. S. Return Journey. (Mr '43)
Simenon, G. Affairs of destiny. (D '44)
Simenon, G. Escape In vain. (Mr '44)
Simenon, G. Man who watched the trains go
by. (Je '46)
Simenon, G. On the danger line. (S '44)
Simenon, G. Shadow falls. (O '45)
Simenon, G. Tropic moon. (Mr '43)
Smith, R. A. Sun dial. (Ag '42)
Smith. R. P. Because of my love. (Ap '46)
Smith. R. P. Journey. (O '43)
Stead, C. For love alone. (N '44)
Steinbeck, J. Moon is down (Ao '42)
Stone. G. Z. Reprisal. (D '42)
Stone, G. Z. Winter meeting. (Mr '46)
Strauss, T. Mo on rise. (D '46)
Swinnerton, F. A. Thankless child. (D '42)
Tabori, G. Beneath the stone. (O '45)
Vidal. G. Williwaw. (S '46)
Wallace, F. Explosion. (My '43)
Wallis, J. H. Once off *uardv (Ap '42)
Walpole, H. The killer and the slain. (Je '42)
Ward, M. J. Snake pit. (My '46)
Warren, C. M. Only the valiant. (Ap '43)
Weidman. J. Lights around the shore. (Je
*43)
Westmacott, M. Absent in the spring. (O '44)
Weston, C. G. Dark wood. (O r46)
White, F. Bloodroots in the wake of circum-
stance. (N *43)
Whiting, H. Listeners. (Mr '43)
Wilhelm. G. Never let me go. (Ap '45)
Williams, B. A. Leave her to heaven. (Ag
Wilson, M. A. None so blind. (D '45)
Zweig, S. Royal game. (My '44)
Publishers and publishing
Morris, J. K. Women, inc. (N '46)
Quakers
See Fiction — Friends, Society of
Race problems
Appel, B. Dark stain. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Halsey, M. Some of my best friends are sol-
diers. (N '44)
Lawrence, J. Let us consider one another. (Je
'45)
Sanford, J. B. People from heaven. (D '43)
Stilwell, H. Border city. (Je '45)
Radio
Farrlngton, F. Big noise. (S '46)
Hamilton, H. River song. (Ap '45)
Morris. H. Tuckers tune in. (S '43)
Smith. C. P. Turn of the dial. (Mr '43)
Wakeman, F. Hucksters. (Ag '46)
Railroads
Bedwell, H. Boomer. (S '42)
Donovan, F. P., and Henry. R. S., eds. Head-
lights and markers. (Ap '46)
Leonov, L. M. Road to the ocean. (D '44)
Young. Q. R. Iron rainbow. (D '42)
Ranch life
Amorlm, E. Horse and his shadow. (S '43)
Walker, M. Winter wheat. (Mr '44)
Reconstruction (1939- )
Loos, M., and Duranty. W. Return to the
vineyard. (Mr '45)
Towner, W. Liberators. (N '46)
Refugees
Albrand, M. None shall know. (Ag '46)
Bodley, R. V. C. Gay deserters. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Croome, H. M. S. O western wind. (Ap '44)
De Jong, D. And the field la the world. (N
45)
Donath, S. F. Lord is a man of war. (Ap
Foster, E. Days between. (Je '42)
Harris, C. One braver thing. (O '42)
Heilbut. I. Birds of passage. (N '43)
Hobson, L. Z. Trespassers. (O *43)
Hostovsk?, E. Hideout. (Mr '45)
Hughes D. B. F. Blackbirder. (O *43)
Lewisohn, L. Breathe upon these. (Ap '44)
LytUe, J. You are France, Lisette. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Morris, I. V. Liberty street. (Mr '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1087
Nathan, R. Sea-gull cry. (8 '42)
Neumann, R. Inquest. (Ag *45) ^f
Neumann, R. Mr Tibbs passes through. (Mr
'43)
Osborne, L. P. They change their skies. (Je
'45)
Pick, R. Terhoven file. (O '44)
Riasanovsky. A. F. P. Children. (My '42)
Seghers, A. Transit. (Je '44)
Sheldon. J. P. Miss Bronska. (Mr '42)
White, L. T. Look away, look away. (Mr '44)
Young, M. Trial of Adolf Hitler. (My '44)
Refugees, Child
Davis, J. Sun climbs slow. (Ao '42)
Maclean, C. M. Seven for Cordelia. (Mr '42
Norway. N. S. Pied Piper. (Mr '42)
Reincarnation
Deeping, W. I live again. (O '42)
Religion
Burnet. D. The question. (N '45)
Van Keuren, F. Open door. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Religious psychology
Bernanos, Q. Joy. (N '46)
Creekmore, H. Fingers of night. (Je '46)
Hutter. C. Outnumbered. (Ap *44)
Jordan. M. V. Now and forever. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Mann. T. Joseph the provider. (S '44)
Mauriac. F. Woman of the Pharisees. (N '46)
Reed. T. Catalyst. (D '42)
Sylvester, H. Dayspring. (Ap '45)
Walworth, D. Nicodemus. (Ap '46)
Williamson, T. R. Christine Roux. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Restaurants, lunch-rooms, etc.
Adams, S. H. Harvey girls. (N *42)
Rivers
Guy, E. Heaven is a suns wept hill. (O '43)
Rogues and vagabonds
See Fiction — Picaresque novels
Roman Catholic faith
Buchanan, R. This bread. (O '45)
Clarke, I. C. Subject to authority. (Je '46)
Clarke. I. C. Welcome. (N '43)
Qable, M., ed. Our Father's house. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Kenny, V. A. Convent boarding school. (Mr
'45)
Kent. M. Mass of Brother Michel. (Je '42)
Waugh. E. Brideshead revisited. (Mr '46)
Roman Catholic priests
Caldwell, C. C. Speak the sin softly. (O '46)
Fleury, B. F. Faith the root. (Je '42)
Hoff, R. Silver answer. (Ag '45)
Marshall. B. World, the flesh and Father
Smith. (S '45)
Sylvester. H. Dearly beloved. (An '42 )
Wise. E. V. Light of stars. (D »46)
Romance
Costain. T. B. Black rose. (O '45)
Du Maurier. D. Frenchman's creek. (Mr '42)
Erskine. D. Crystal boat. (My '46)
green. A- Lady in the mask (Ao '42)
Marshall. R. V. Duchess Hotspur. (Je '46)
Raddall, T. H. Pride's Fancy. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Smith. B. F. Man In grey. (Mr '42)
Strode -Jackson, M. B. S. Tansy Tanlard. (N
'45)
Royal Canadian mounted police
See Fiction—Northwest mounted police
Rubber
Baum. V. Weeping wood. (N '43>
Gill, T. No place for women. (Je '46)
Rural fife
Sedges. J. Townsman. (Je '45)
Russians In the United States
Lebedeff, V. Heart returneth. (My *43)
Sabotage
Bayer, O. W. No little enemy. (My '44)
Heberden, M. V. Stolen squadron. (Ja '4$)
(1042 Annual)
Kagey, R. Impostor. (S '42)
Kelland, C. B. Heart on her sleeve. (My '44)
Loring, E. B. When hearts are light again.
(O T43)
Miller, H. T. Sheridan road. (S '42)
Torrey. W. Night attack. (O *48)
Weston, G. Man with the monocle. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Satire
Bemelmans, L. Now I lay me down to sleep.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Brinig, M. Family way. (My '42)
Chapman, H. W. I will be good. (Mr '46)
DeJong, D. C. Somewhat angels. (D '46)
De Polnay, P. Magnificent idiot. (N '42)
De Vries, P. Handsome heart. (S '43)
Dogbolt, B. Eve's second apple. (N '46)
Fleming, B. Colonel Efflngham's raid. (Ap
Frank, P. Mr Adam. (N '46)
Gibbons. S. Bachelor. (O '44)
Hecht, B. I hate actors! (O '44)
Hob son, W. All summer long. (O '45)
Horn, E. N. Faster, faster. (Ap '46)
Hough, D. Camelephamoose. (Q '46)
Kahler, W. Giant dwarf. (N '42)
Kahler, W. Portrait in laughter. (N '46)
Lewis. S. Gideon Planish. (My '43)
Orwell. G. Animal farm. (O '46)
Patch, H. R. Cupid on the stairs. TF '43)
(1942 Annual)
Patchen, K. Memoirs of a shy pornographer.
Plagemann, B. All for the best. (S '46)
Powell. D. A time to be born. (O '42)
Pratt, F., and De Camp, L. S. Land of un-
reason. (S '42)
Pratt. T. Mr Limpet. (Mr '42)
Sharp, M. Cluny Brown. (S '44)
Shulman, M. Barefoot boy with cheek. (Je
Shulman, M. Feather merchants. (Je '44)
Shulman. M. Zebra derby. (Mr '46)
Smith. H. A. Rhubarb. (O '46)
Sohn, M. Your loving mother. (Ap '44)
Stavis, B. Chain of command. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Stead. C. Letty Fox, her luck. (N '46)
SteegmUHer, F. States of grace. (My '46)
Stern. D. Francis. (D '46)
Tashlin, F. Bear that wasn't. (Mr '46)
Wakeman, F. Hucksters. (Ag '46)
Weidman, J. Too early to tell. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Wilson, E. Memoirs of Hecate county. (Ap
'46)
School and college life
Champagne, M. M. G. Cauliflower heart. (Ap
Corrigan, B. Voyage of discovery. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Crawford. P. Last semester. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Farrell, J. T. My days of anger. (N »48)
Gessner, R. Youth is the time. (Je '45)
McCoy, J. P. Swing the big- eyed rabbit. (Mr
Miers, E. S. Big Ben. (My '42)
Miers. E. S. Ivy years. (S '45)
Parsons, P. W. My love is young. (Ag *45)
Person, W. T. Abner Jarvis. (Je '43)
Reck, F. M. Varsity letter. (Ag '42)
Shulman. M. Barefoot boy with cheek. (Je
Taber, G. B. Heart has April too. (Mr '45)
Wetherell. J. P. But that was yesterday.
(Mr '43)
Science
Conklin, G., ed. Best of science fiction. (Ap
'46)
Wollheim, D. A., ed. Portable novels of sci-
ence. (D '45)
Sea stories
Aleksander, I. Running tide. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Bosworth, A. R. Full crash dive. (Mr *4t)
Brier. R. Last boat from Beyrouth. (Je *4S)
Buckley, F. R. Davy Jones. I love you. (Je
Cochran, H. Silver shoals. (D '45)
Cochran, H. Windward passage. (Je '42)
Conrad, J. Conrad argosy. (D '42)
David, E. J. As runs the glass. (Ja '44) (1*43
Annual)
1088
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Fiction — Sea stories — Continued
Dorling. H. T. White ensigns. (My '43)
Fernald. J. Destroyer from America. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Forester, C. S. Commodore Hornblower. (Je
'45)
Forester, C. S. Lord Hornblower. (O '46)
Forester, C. S. Ship. (Je '43)
French, J. L., ed. Great sea stories. (D '43)
gilligan, B. Gaunt Woman. (Mr '43)
illigan, EJ. I name thee Mara. (D '46)
Gilligan, E. Ringed horizon. (N '43)
Gilligan, B. Voyage of the Golden Hind. (Ap
•46)
Griggs, G. P. Days are spent. (Je '46)
Hawkins, J. and W. Devil on his trail. (O
•44)
Heggen, T. Mister Roberts. (O '46)
Higginbotham, R. E. Wine -for my brothers.
Hunt, H. East of Farewell. (O *42)
Jennings, J. E. Salem frigate. (O '46)
Laing, A. K. Sea Witch. (Ja '46) (1944 An-
nuai)
Laskier, F. Log book. (O '43)
Marmur, J. Sea duty. (N §44)
Nordhoff. C. B., and Hall, J. N. Men without
country. (Ag '42)
Norway, N. S. Most secret. (N '45)
Polonsky, A. Enemy sea. (Ag '43)
Roark, G. Wake of the Red Witch. (My '46)
Smith. R. A. Sun dial. (Ag '42)
Vidal, G. Williwaw. (S '46)
White, L. T. Look away, look away. (Mr '44)
Wichelns, L. Masterson. (My '43)
Wilson, S. Voyage to somewhere. (D *46)
Secret service
Albrand, M. None shall know. (Ag '45)
Creasey, J. Legion of the lost. (DT44)
Servants
McVicker, D. A. Queen was in the kitchen.
(My '44)
Mirbeau, O. Diary of a chambermaid. (O '46)
Wilcox. W. Everything is quite all right. (N
'45)
Sex problems
Baker, D. D. Trio. (S §43)
Cloete. S. Congo song. (Ap '43)
Connell. V. Chinese room. (D '42)
Maurois, A. Woman without love. (N '45)
Shakers
Leslie, A. G. Dancing saints. (Ag '43)
Shipbuilding
Groseclose, E. E. The flredrake. (Mr '42)
Hawkins. J. and W. Pilebuck. (Ag '43)
Shipwrecks
McMeekin, C. Red Raskall. (N '43)
Short stories
Allan, G. Boysi himself. (My *46)
Angoff, C. Adventures in heaven. (F '46)
(1946 Annual)
Asch, S. Children of Abraham. (My '42)
Baldwin, F. Washington, USA. (Ap '43)
Barrows, M., and Eaton, G., comps. Box
office. (D '43)
Bates, H. E. There's something in the air.
(Je '43)
Bates, R. The undiscoverables. (AD '42)
Baum, V. Weeping wood. (N f43)
Becker, B., and Linscott, R. N., eds. Bed-
side book of famous French stories. (Ja
•46) (1945 Annual)
Bedside tales. (Ap '46)
Bene*t, S. V. Last circle. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nuai)
Ben£t, S. V. Selected works. (Ag '42)
Benet, S. V. Twenty- flve short stories. (Ja
•44) (1943 Annual)
Benson, S. Women and children first. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Blicher. S. S. Twelve stories. (Ap '46)
Blixen, K. D. Winter's tales. (Je M3)
Bloch, R. Opener of the way. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Bond, N. S. Mr Mergenthwirker's lobblies.
(N »46)
Bowen, E. Ivy gripped the steps. (My '46)
Boyle, K. Thirty stories. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nuai)
Bromfleld, L. World we live in. (N '44)
Burnett, W., ed. Seas of God. (My '44)
Burnett, W., ed. Time to be young. (My '45)
Burnett, W., ed. Two bottles of relish. (Je
'43)
Caldwell, E. Georgia boy. (Je '43)
Caldwell, E. Stories. (O '44)
Campbell, W. E. M. Trial balance. (N '46)
Carroll, G. H. Head of the line. (Ap '42)
Cerf, B. A., ed. Modern American short sto-
ries. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Chandler, R. Spanish blood. (O '46)
Cheever, J. Way some people live. (Ap '43)
Chesterton, G. K. Father Brown omnibus.
(My '46)
Christie. A. M. Triple threat. (S '43)
Chute, B. J. Shift to the right. (N '44)
Chute. M. G. Sheriff Olson. (Ao '42)
Coates, R. M. All the year round. (D '43)
Cobb, I. S. Cobb's cavalcade. (S '46)
Collier. J. Touch of nutmeg. (Mr '44)
Collison, T., ed. This winged world. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Conklin, G., ed. Best of science fiction. (Ap
*46)
Cooper, L. F. Love and admiration. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Cooper, P.. ed. Great horse stories. (S '46)
Coppard, A. E. Fearful pleasures. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Cross, J. K Other passenger. (S '46)
Cuppy, W. J., ed. Murder without tears. (S
*46)
Curtin. M. A. M., comp. Pilgrims all. (D '43)
Dahl, R. Over to you. (Mr '46)
Davies, R. Trip to London. (N '46)
DeJong, D. C. Snow-on-the-mountain. (D
'46)
De la Torre- Bueno, L. Dr Sam: Johnson,
detector. (N '46)
Derleth, A. W. In re: Sherlock Holmes. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Derleth, A. W., ed. Sleep no more. (O '44)
Derleth, A. W., ed. Who knocks? (My '46)
Donovan, F. P., and Henry, R. S., eds. Head-
lights and markers. (Ap '46)
Eldridge, P. Men and women. (S '46)
Ellery Queen's mystery magazine. To the
queen's taste. (O '46)
Enright, E. Borrowed summer. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Fabricant, N. D., and Werner, H.. comps.
Treasury of doctor stories. (N '46)
Farrell, J. T. $1,000 a week. (My '42)
Farrell, J. T. To whom it may concern.
(Ag '44)
Farrell, J. T. When boyhood dreams come
true. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Fast, H. M. Patrick Henry and the frigate's
keel. (My '45)
Faulkner, W. Go down, Moses. (Je '42)
Faulkner, W. Portable Faulkner. (S '46)
Feldkarap, F., ed. Mixture for men. (N '46)
Feuchtwanger, L, Stories from far and near.
(Ja »46) (1945 Annual)
Field and stream (periodical). Reader. (O
'46)
Fischer, M., and Humphries, R., eda. Pause
to wonder. (Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Fitzgerald F. S. K. Portable F. Scott Fitz-
gerald. (N '45)
Fleming, P. Story to tell. (My '42)
Flores, A., and Poore, D., eds. Fiesta In
November. (S '42)
Folev, M., ed. Best American short stories,
1943, (O '43)
Poley, M., ^ed. Best American short stories,
Foley,' M., ed. Best American short stories,
1945. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
*¥*&' J£:*SP;J5f£t Amerlca* short stories,
1946, (F *47) (1946 Annual)
Foote, J. T. Dumb-Bell. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Ford, C. H., ed. Night with Jupiter. (F '46)
Frank, B. Magician, and other stories. (D
46)
Freund, P. Three exotic tales. (S '45)
Freund, P. Young Greek and the Creole.^ (N
A: ,\ companion. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual).
Furman, A. L., ed. Second armchair com-
panion. (N '46)
Gable, M., ed. Our Father's house. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
* W* Confesil*onB of a stopy writer,
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1089
Galileo, P. W. Golf Is a friendly game. (O
*42)
Garth, D. Manila masquerade. (Ag *42)
Gilpatric, Q. Flying stories. (My '46)
Goodman, J., ed. Fireside book of dog stories.
(Je '43)
Goodman, P. Facts of life. (S '45)
Goodspeed, C. E., comp. Treasury of fishing
stories. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Gordon. C. Forest of the South. (N '45)
Goudge, E. Reader. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Gray son, C., ed. Half-a-hundred. (Ag '45)
Green, P. Salvation on a string. (D '46)
Gross, F. L. What is the verdict? (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Hahn, B. Mr Pan. (Je '42)
Hale, N. Between the dark and the daylight.
(Je *43)
Harper's bazaar. It's a woman's world. (My
Harre", T. E., comp. Bedside treasury of love.
(O '45)
Hawthorne, N. Short stories. (Ag '46)
Healy, R. J., and McComas, J. F., eds. Ad-
ventures in time and space. (O '46)
Heard. G. Great fog. (O '44)
Hecht. B. Collected stories. (Ag '45)
Helm, M. Matter of love. (D *46)
Hemingway, E. Hemingway; ed. by Malcolm
Cowley. (N '44)
Hi tree, jJ. G. Rulers' morning, and other
stories. (Ap '46)
Hoffmann, E. T. A. Tales of Hoffmann. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Holmes, W. J. Rendezvous. (Mr '42)
Horizon (periodical). Horizon stories; ed. by
Cyril Connolly. (My '46)
James, H. Representative selections. (N '42)
James, H. Short stories . . . sel. and ed. by
Clifton Fadiman. (N '45)
James, H. Stories of writers and artists. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Kafka, F. Great wall of China. (D '46)
Kantor, M. Author's choice. (N '44)
Karloff, B., ed. And the darkness falls. (Je
Karloff, B., ed. Tales of terror. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Kelley, R. F., ed. Sportsman's anthology.
Kerr, A. B. Strangers no longer. (O *43)
Kesten, H., ed. Blue flower. (Ja '47 (1946 An-
nual)
Knight, E. Sam Small flies again. (Ap '42)
Knight, J. A. Ol' Bill, and other stories.
(Ap '43)
Komroff, M. All in our day. (N »42)
La Farge, C. East by southwest. (S '44)
Lardner, R. W. Portable Ring Lardner. (N
'46)
Lavin, M. Tales from Bective bridge. (Ag
'42)
Leacock, S. B. Happy stories just to laugh
at. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Lee, C. J. Cornish tales. (S '42)
Le Fanu. J. S. Green tea. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Lewis, A. Last inspection. (S '43)
Lewis, J. Good-bye, son. (My *46)
Lewis, W., ed. Fighting words. (S '44)
Lincoln, V. E. Grandmother and the comet.
(S '44)
Long, F. B. Hounds of Tindalos. (My '46)
Lowndes. M. A. B. What of the night? (My
*43)
Macdougall, A. R. Dud Dean and his coun-
try. (D '46)
McLaughlln, R. Short wait between trains.
(N »45)
McNulty, J. L. Third avenue, New York.
(Ag '46)
Margolies, J. A., ed. Strange and fantastic
stories. (D '46)
Mariella, Sister, comp. Great modern Cath-
olic short stories. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Marmur, J. Sea duty. (N '44)
Marquis, D. Best of Don Marquis. (N '46)
Maule, H. E,, ed. Great tales of the Amer-
ican West. (S '45)
Miller, A. D. Hit and run. (Mr '43)
Mitchell, E, V., comp. Great fishing stories.
Morris, B. Three who loved. (Mr »45)
Mystery writers of America, inc. Murder
cavalcade. (O '46)
Nakos, L. Children's inferno. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Nelson, J., ed. Complete murder sampler. (D
'46)
Newhouse, E. Iron chain. (Ja *47) (1946 An-
nual)
Nichols, B. Men do not weep. (Ag '42)
Norris, K. T. Over at the Crowleys'. (N '46)
O. Henry memorial award. Prize stories of
1942. (D '42)
O. Henry memorial award. Prize stories of
1943. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
O. Henry memorial award. Prize stories of
1944. (N '44)
O. Henry memorial award. Prize stories of
1945. (O '45)
O. Henry memorial award. Prize stories of
1946. (O '46)
O'Connor, F. Crab apple jelly. (N '44)
O'Hara, J. Here's O'Hara. (Je '46)
O'Hara, J. Pipe night. (Ap '45)
Owen, F., ed. Bedside bonanza. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Papashvily, G. and H. W. Yes and no
stories. (D '46)
Parker, J. R. Pleasure was mine. (D '46)
Parsons, E. Afternoon. (O '46)
Perry. G. S. Hackberry cavalier. (Mr '44)
Poe, E. A. Complete poems and stories, ed.
by A. H. Quinn, 2v. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Poe, E. A. Edgar Allan Poe; sel. and ed.
by P. V. Stern. (N '45) ~"
Porter, K. A. Leaning tower. (O '44)
Queen, E., ed. Female of the species. (S '43)
Queen, E., ed. Queen's awards, 1946. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Queen, E., ed. Rogues' gallery. (N '45)
Queen, E., ed. Sporting blood. (D '42)
Rabinowitz, S. The old country. (S '46)
Ransom, E. I. Fishing's Just luck. (My '46)
Reck. F. M. Varsity letter. (Ag '42)
Riesenberg, F. Phantom freighter. (S '44)
Rinehart, M. R. Alibi for Isabel. (S '44)
Rohmer, S. Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt. (My
Rorick, I. S. Outside Eden. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Runyon, D. Runyon a la carte. (S '44)
Sandoz, M. Y. Fantastic memories. (Ap '45)
Sansom, W. Fireman Flower. (My '46)
Saroyan, W. Dear baby. (D '44)
Saroyan, W. Fables. (Ao '42)
Saturday Evening Post. Post stories of 1941.
(Ag '42)
Saturday evening post (periodical). Post
stories 1942-1945. (S '46)
Seaver, E., ed. Cross section 1945. (Ja f46)
(1945 Annual)
Seide, M. Common thread. (Ap *44)
Shaw, I. Act of faith. (O '46)
Shaw, I. Welcome to the city. (Mr '42)
Smith, H. A., ed. Desert island decameron.
(S '45)
Sobolev, L. S. Soul of the sea. (Je '46)
Starrett, V.f ed. World's great spy stories.
(N '44)
Steegmttller, F. French follies, and other
follies. (N '46)
Steele, W. D. Best stories. (S '46)
Stern, P. V., ed. Moonlight traveler. (Ag
*43)
Stout, R., and Greenfield, L., eds. Rue
Morgrue, no. 1. (Ap *46)
Street, J. H. Short stories. (Ag '45)
Strode, H., ed. Spring harvest. (Ag '44)
Strode, J., ed. Social insight through short
stories. (N *46)
Stuart, J. Tales from the Plum Grove hills.
(D '46)
Tabor, P. They came to London. (Mr *44)
Thayer. T. 33 sardonics I can't forget. (S '46)
Thomas, D. Selected writings. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Thomason, J, W. — And a few marines. (Je
•43)
Train, A. C. Mr Tutt finds a way. (Ap '45)
Upson, W. H. Botts in war, Botts in peace.
(O '44)
Valtin, J. Bend in the river. (My '42)
Van Doren, M. Night of the summer solstice*
(O '43)
Wagenknecht, E. C., ed. Fireside book of
Christmas stories. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Wakefleld, H. R. Clock strikes twelve. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wandrei, D. Eye and the finger. (O '44)
1090
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction— Short stories — Continued
Wang, ^C.. tr. Contemporary Chinese stories.
Wang. C.. tr. Traditional Chinese tales. (My
'44f
Warfel. H. R.t and Orians, Gi H., eds.
American local-color stories (S '42)
Warner, S. T. Garland of straw. (O *43)
Watts, S. Pale horse. (Ag '43)
Welch, D. Mr. Digby. (Je '45)
Welty. E. Wide net. (O '43)
White. W. A. P.. ed. Great American detec-
tive stories. (N '45)
Whitehead, H. S. Jumbee, and other uncanny
tales. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Whitehead, H. S. West India lights. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wilson, E. Memoirs of Hecate county. (Ap
'46)
Winslow. A. G. Winter in Geneva. (Ap '45)
Wise. H. A.t and Fraser, P. M.. eds. Great
tales of terror and the supernatural. (Ag
'44)
Wolfe, T. Portable Thomas Wolfe. (N '46)
Woolf, V. S. Haunted house. (Ap M4)
Woolrich, C. After-dinner story. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Wren. P. C. Odd—but even so. (S '42)
Wylie, P. Fish and tin flsh. (Mr '44)
Yarmolinsky. A., ed. Treasury of great Rus-
sian short stories. (Ap '44)
Zistel, E., ed. Golden book of cat stories.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Zistel, E.. comp. Treasury of cat stories. (My
'44)
Showboats
Derleth. A. W. Sweet Genevieve. (Ag '42)
Singers
Allis, M. Charity Strong. (N '46) A^
Hough, H. B. All things are yours. (O '42)
Mason. A. E. W. Musk and amber. (S '42)
Mlers, E. S. Big Ben. (My '42)
Sisters
Hanna, B. Sugar in the gourd. (Mr '42)
Harris, B. K. Sage quarter. (My '45)
Hauck, L. P. Cary Fordyce. (S »43)
Holton, E. A. For those in peril. (Je *43)
Howard, M. Gay is life. (S '43)
Ingram, B. If passion flies. (N '45)
Janeway. E. Walsh girls. (N '43)
Kaye-Smith, S. Tambourine, trumpet and
drum. (O '43)
Longstreet. S. Gay sisters. (Mr *42)
Marlett, M. Tomorrow will be Monday. (O
•46)
Matschat, C. H. Tavern In the town. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Miller. H. T. Spotlight. (My '46)
Molloy, R. Pride's way. (Je '46)
Morris. E. My darling from the lions. (Ag
'43)
Patterson, N. When the lights go up again.
(S *43)
Proctor. E. E. Turning leaves. (D '42)
Renault, M. Middle mist. (Mr *45)
Rowe, F. Chapin sisters. (D *46)
Stevenson, D. E. Listening valley. (O '44)
Whipple, D. They were sisters. (Je '44)
Worthington, M. M. House on tho park. (N
*46)
Young. F. B. Man about the house. (S '42)
Skating
Thomas, K. C. Portrait of Laurel. (N '43)
Slave trade
Cochran, H. Captain Ebony. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Slavery
Fuller, E. Star pointed north. (D '46)
Gaither. F. O. J. Red cock crows. (Je '44)
Henkle, H. Deep river. (N '44)
Magaret, H. Who walk in pride. (My *46)
a+AM. T» tr T\m«w*« +L* •***»*•*»(•»«• sa *4ft\
Stern, P. V. Drums of morning. (8
Weld, J. Sabbath has no end. (AD '42)
Slovenes In the United States
Nichols. £3. J. Hunky Johnny. (S '45))
Small town life
Brink, C. R. Buffalo coat. (D '44)
Carson. J. M. H. Challenge to Marion. (N
'43)
Chides ter, A. Young Pandora. (S '42 )
Cockrell. M. B. Something between. (A* '46)
Colwell. M. Wind off the water. (Ag '45)
Davis. C. B. Follow the leader. (S '42)
Derleth, A. W. Shield of the valiant. (D '45)
Downing, J. H. Harvest is late. (Mr '44)
Farnham, M. H. Tollivers. (N '44)
Freeman, M. J. Bitter honey. (Mr '42)
Hallet, R. M. Foothold of earth. (D '44)
Hays, H. R. Stranger on the highway. (Je
43)
Kehoe, W. J. Straw wife. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Litsey. S. There was a lady. (O '45)
Morris. H. Tuckers tune in. (S '43)
Parsons, A. B. I know what I'd do. (Je '46)
Peattle. M. R. Return. (Mr '44)
Rice. J. Windmill circle. (Ag '43)
Roberts, E. K. That Hagen girl. (D '46)
Russell. W. Robert Cain. (D '42)
Savory, G. Hughie Roddls. (My '42)
Seifert. E. Certain Doctor French. (My '43)
Seifert. E. Dusty spring. (D '46)
Sparks. D. Nothing as before. (My *44)
Suckow. R. New Hope. (Ap '42)
Wallace. E. T. Bar ing ton. (S '45)
Social conditions and problems
Appel, B. Dark stain. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Ardrey, R. World's beginning. (O '44)
Baur, B. White Queen. (O '42) .
Blankfort, M. Time to live. (My '43)
Browne, L. See what I mean? (N '43)
Burgan. J. Even my own brother. (O '42)
Cal dwell, E. House in the uplands. (Je '46)
Caldwell, E. Tragic ground. (N '44)
Cameron, W. Day is coming. (Ag '44)
Creekmore, H. Fingers of night. (Je '46)
Faulkner, W. Portable Faulkner. (S *46)
Gil Gilbert. E. Our daily bread. (S '43)
Kirkbrlde. R. De L,. Winds, blow gently. (Ap
'45)
Llewellyn, R. None but? the lonely heart. (O
*43)
Man off, A. Telegram from heaven. (O '42)
Matthews. H. River- bottom boy. (N '42)
Miers. E. S. Grass roots. (Je '44)
Priestley, J. B. Three men in new suits. (S
'45)
Richter. C. Tacey Cromwell. (D '42)
Roberts, B. K. Little hell— big heaven. (O '42)
Remains, J. Work and play. (Mr '44)
Sadleir, M. Forlorn sunset. (D '46)
Saxton. A. P. Grand Crossing. (S *43)
Shaw, G. B. Selected novels. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sinclair. U. B. Wide is the *ate. (Mr '43)
Slade, C. B. Lilly Crackell. (Ag '43)
Slade, C. B. Margaret. (Je '46)
Spring. H. Hard Facts. (O '44)
Stein. G. Brewsle and Willie. (S '46)
Steinbeck, J. Cannery row. (Mr '45)
Steinbeck. J. Steinbeck: [selections!. (N f43)
Strode, J.. ed. Social insight through short
stories. (N '46)
Wall Is. J. H. Niece of Abraham Pein. (Ap
'43)
Social life and customs
Alarcon, P. A. de. Scandal. (Ag '45)
Reed, D. Yeoman's progress. (Ap *46)
Sharp, M. Britannia Mews. (Ag '46)
Social work
Slade. C. B. Margaret. (Je '46)
Socialism
Cameron, W. Day is coming. (Ag '44)
Soldiers
Abrahams. W. Interval in Carolina. (O '45)
Brooks, R. Brick foxhole. (Je '45)
Frankau. C. World without end. (Ap f43)
Newman, R. H. Identity unknown. (S '45)
Popkin, Z. Journey home. (S '45)
Waller. L. Three day pass. (N '45)
Spies
Adams, E. L. Death charter. (Ag '43)
Albrand. M. Without orders. (S '43)
Ambler. E. Intrigue. (Ap '43)
Baker. C. House of the. Roses. (O /_42)
an.
Bottom*. P. 'Life line7"(Ap~v4e)
Boyle, K. Avalanche. (Mr '44)
Seeding,
Bayne, S, Agent extraordinary. _ _r
S, F. There are thirteen. (Ap '
r- ^ T^f^e disguises, (Ag '&)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1091
Brennan, F. H. Memo to a firing squad. (Mr
•43)
Brogan. D. W. Stop on the green light.
(Je '42)
Hurt. K. N. Captain Millett's island. (8 *44)
Campbell, A. O. Ringed with fire. (8 *42)
Chambers, W. Action at world's end. (My
'45)
Charteris, L. Saint on guard. (Ap '44)
Cheyney, P. Dark hero. (N '46)
Cheyney. P. Dark street. (N *44)
Cheyney, P. Sinister errand. (O '45)
Cheyney. P. Stars are dark. (N '43)
Childers, J. S. Enemy outpost. (O '42)
Cloete, S. Congo song. (Ap '43)
Coffin, C. Dogwatch. (S '44)
[les, M. Filth man, (Mr '4
~. They tell no tales. (Mr *42)
VUIVB, M. Without lawful authority. (S '43)
Conrad, B. Caribbean conspiracy. (O '42)
Davis, L. R. Evidence unseen. (Je '45)
De Voto, B. A. Advance agent. (Mr '42)
Disney, D. C. The 17th letter. (Mr U5)
Divine, A. D. Tunnel from Calais. (Mr '43)
Donnel, C. P. Murder-go-round. (S '45)
Garth, D. Bermuda calling. (S '44)
Gibbs. H. Epitaph for lemmings. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Greene. G. Ministry of fear. (Je '43)
Groom, A. J. P. Mohune's nine lives. (Mr
Gunther. J. Troubled midnight. (Mr '45)
Hall, W. Even Jericho. (D '44)
Hardt. M. Stranger and afraid. (Ag '43)
Heberden, M. V. Fanatic of Fez. (Ag '43)
Hewitt, K. D. Mice are not amused. (Ag
Heym, S. Of smiling peace. (N '44)
Holbrook, M. Crime wind. (My '46)
Molton, E. A. All sails set. (Je '42)
orler, S. Dark danger. (Mr *45)
Hughes, D. B. F. Fallen sparrow. (O '42)
I am Saxon Ashe, Author of. Saxon Ashe,
secret agent. (My '42)
Kagey, R. Impostor. (S *42)
King, M. W. Flood tide and stars. (Ja '43)
(1942 annual)
Knight. K. M. Intrigue for empire. (S '44)
Lee, M. V. Passport to oblivion. (D '45)
Lemngwell, A. Court of shadows. (My '43)
Lemngwell, A. Darling, this is death. (Je '45)
Lockridge, R., and E 3 tab rooks, G. H. Death
in the mind. (O *45)
Maclnnes. H. Assignment in Brittany. (8 '42)
Maclnnes, H. While still we live. (My '44)
Mar qu and, J. P. Last laugh. Mr. Moto. (Mr
Miller, H. T. Sheridan road. (8 '42)
Nason. L. H. Contact Mercury. (Ap '46)
O'Neil, K. Death at Dakar. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Plum, M. State department cat. (Mr '45)
Powell. R. P. All over but the shooting.
(Ag '44)
Priestley, J. B. Black-out in Gretley. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Prokosch, F. Conspirators. (Mr '43)
Riesenberg. F. Phantom freighter. (S '44)
Riess, C. High stakes. (8 '42)
Roberts, K. Center of the web. (Je '42)
Rohmer, M. Seven sins. (N '43)
Ross, I. Isle of escape. (O '42)
Saxton, M. Year of August. (Mr *43>
Schofleld, W. G. Cat in the convoy. (S '46)
Spinell!, M. Assignment without glory. (Mr
'45)
Starrett, V., ed. World's great spy stories.
Stevenson, D. E. Crooked Adam. (D '42)
Styles, S. Traitor's mountain. (O '46)
Swiggett. H. Most secret, most immediate.
(Ap »44)
Teilhet, D. Le O. Odd man pays. (Je '44)
Teilhet. H. T. Double agent/Ts '45)
Three famous spy novels. (8 '42)
Wentworth, P. Pursuit of a parcel. (Je '42)
Weston, G. Man with the monocle. XJa '44)
(1943 Annual)
Wheatley. D. Black baroness. (Je '42)
Wheatley, D. Scarlet impostor. (Mr '42)
Wheatley. D. Sword of fate. (S '44)
Wheatley, D. V for vengeance. (O '42)
Williams, V. Courier to Marrakesh. (Ap '46)
Wilson, M. A. Stalk the hunter. (N §4J)
Worts, G. F. Overboard. (Je '43)
Yardley, H. O., and Grabo, C. H. Crows are
black everywhere. (Ap *45)
Yates, M. T. Murder by the yard. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Yorck, R. L. Sixty to go. (Ap '44)
Sports
Chute, B. J. Shift to the right. (N '44)
Kelley, R. F., ed. Sportsman's anthology.
Queen. E.. ed. Sporting blood. (D '42)
Ransom, E. I. Fishing's just luck. (My '45)
Reck. F. M. Varsity letter. (Ag '42)
Stage coach lines
Harper. R. S. Road to Baltimore. (8 '42)
Steamboats
Hubbard, L. Rivers to the sea. (Je '42)
Steel Industry
Caldwell, J. T. Strong city. (My *42)
Davenport, M. Valley of decision. (N '42)
Storms
La Farge. C. Sudden guest. (O '46)
Submarines
Bosworth, A. R. Full crash dive. (Mr '42)
Dawson. M. Fathoms deep. (O '43)
Fisher. S. G. Destination Tokyo. (Ap *S4)
Holmes, W. J. Rendezvous. (Mr '42)
Supernatural phenomena
Black wood, A. The doll, and one other. (My
Bloch, R. Opener of the way. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Coppard, A. B. Fearful pleasures. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Fischer. M., and Humphries. R.. eds. Pause
to wonder. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Heard. G. Great fog. (O '44)
Hodgson. W. H. House on the borderland.
(N '46)
Howard, R. E. Skull-face, and others, (tf '46)
Karloff, B.. ed. And the darkness falls. (Je
*46)
Long, F. B. Hounds of Tindalos. (My '46)
Long, G. M. V. C. Spectral bride. (S '42)
Wadelton, M. J. M. Sarah Mandrake. (My
*46)
Wadelton. T. D. Silver buckles on his knee.
(S '45)
Wagenknecht, E. C., ed. Six novels of the
supernatural. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Whitehead, H. S. Jumbee. and other uncanny
tales. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Whitehead, H. S. West India lights. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wise, H. A, and Fraser, P. M., eds. Great
tales of terror and the supernatural. (Ag
Surgeons
Fab ri cant, N. D., and Werner, H., comps.
Treasury of doctor stories. (N '46)
Surrealist novels
Dali. S. Hidden faces. (Ag '44)
Swedes In the United States
Ban4r. S. V. Latchstring out. (My '44)
Syphilis
Roland, M. Single pilgrim. (My '46)
Teachers
Johnson. D. M. Beulah Bunny tells all. (O
Mann, H. Small town tyrant. (Je '44)
Rives, F. Friday, thank God! (My *43>
Sylvin, F. Rusty carrousel. (O '43)
Temperance and intemperance
Davis. K. S. In the forests of the night. <Ap
Tennessee Valley authority
Buckles. B. Valley of power. (N '45)
Tennis
Barrett, R. B. Truant. (O '44)
Textile Industry
Field, R. L. And now tomorrow. (Je *4|)
1092
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fiction— Continued
Theater and stage life
Abrahams, D. C., and Skidelsky. S. J. Six
curtains for Natasha. (O *46)
Davis. F. Quicksilver. (O *42)
Gruen, M. B. Moonset. (Ag '43)
Hayes, D. Mrs Heaton's daughter. (D '43)
Johnson, P. H. Trojan brothers. (A* »45)
Sylvester, R. Dream street. (D '46)
Thompson, S. Love leaves no choice. (S 43)
Thieves
Henderson, D. L. Voice like velvet. (My *46)
Tobacco
Chevalier, B. P. Drivin' woman. (S '42)
Field, B. Outside leaf. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Translated stories
Bohemian
Sapek, K. Cheat. (Agr '42)
Hostovsky, B. The hideout. (Mr '45)
Hostovsky. E. Seven times the leading man.
(O '45)
Chinese
P'u, S. Chinese ghost and love stories. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Shu. C. Rickshaw boy. (S '45)
Wang, C.. tr. Contemporary Chinese stories.
Wang, C.. tr. Traditional Chinese tales. (My
•44)
Wu Ch'$ng-en. Monkey. (Ap f43)
Danish
Bllcher. S. S. Twelve stories. (Ap *46)
Jensen, J. V. Long Journey. (My '45)
Lindemann, K. House with the green tree.
(S '44)
Dutch
De Jong, D. And the field is the world. (N
Jong, A. M. de. Platter. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Leiker, S. Three witnesses. (Ja §47) (1946 An-
nual)
French
Becker, B., and Linscott, R. N., eds. Bedside
book of famous French stories. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Bernanos, G. Joy. (N '46)
Bruller. J. Silence of the sea. (Ap '44)
Cesbron, O. Innocents of Paris. (S '46)
Coster, C. T. H. de. Glorious adventures of
Tyl Ulenspiegl. (D '43)
Dumas, A. Journal of Madame Giovanni. (Mr
EUat, H. Arena of love. (Ag '44)
Giono, J. Blue boy. (Ap '46)
Lambert. L. Pushkin, poet and lover. (S '46)
Malaquais. J. Men from nowhere. (Ap '43)
Mauriac, F. Woman of the Pharisees. (N *46)
Maurois, A. Time for silence. (Ap *42)
Maurois, A. Woman without love. (N '45)
Mirbeau, O. Diary of a chambermaid. (O '46)
Neumann, A. Friends of the people. (Je '42)
Ramuz, C. F. End of all men. (F '45) (1944
Remains, J. Death of a nobody. (F f45) (1944
Annual)
Remains, J. Escape in passion. (O '46)
Remains, J. New dav. (An '42)
Remains, J. Seventh of October. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Romains. J. Wind is rising. (N '45)
Remains, J. Work and play. (Mr '44)
Serge, V. Long dusk. ( Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Simenon, G. Affairs of destiny. (D '44)
Simenon, G. Escape in vain. (Mr '44)
Simenon, G. Havoc by accident. (Je '43)
Simenon. G. On the danger line. (S '44)
Simenon, G. Tropic moon. (Mr *43)
Thoby-Marcelin, P., and Marcelin, P. Canape*-
Vert. (Mr '44)
Zola, B. Masterpiece. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
German
Borchardt, H. Conspiracy of the carpenters.
(S '43)
Buber, M. For the sake of heaven. (N '45)
Feuchtwanger, L. Double, double, toil and
trouble. (Je '43)
Feuchtwanger, L. Siraone. (8 *44)
Feuchtwanger, L. Stories from far and near.
(Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Frank, B. One fair daughter. (N '43)
Frank, L. Dream mates. (N '46)
Habe. H. Kathrin*. (O '43)
Heilbut, I. Birds of passage. (N '43)
Hoffmann, E. T. A. Tales of Hoffmann. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Holm, G. This was Lidice. (O '43)
Kesten, H. Twins of Nuremberg. (Je '46)
Lothar, B. Beneath another sun. (Mr '43)
Lothar, B. Prisoner. (Je '45)
Mann, H. Little superman. (N '45)
Mann, H. Small town tyrant. (Je '44)
Mann, T. Joseph the provider. (S '44)
Mann, T. Tables of the law. (S '45)
Morgenstern, S. Son of the lost son. (My '46)
Munchausen. Adventures of Baron Mun-
chausen. (D '44)
Neumann, A. Six of them. (S '45)
Remarque, B. M. Arch of triumph. (Mr '46)
Seghers, A. Transit. (Je '44)
Uhse, B. Lieutenant Bertram. (S *44)
Weiskopf, F. C. Dawn breaks. (My '42)
Weiskopf, F. C. Firing squad. (S '44)
Hungarian
Harsanyi. Z. Lover of life. (Ap '42)
Molnar, F. Captain of St Margaret's. (A
Molnar, F. Farewell my heart. (Ag '45)
Ap '45)
Szekely, J. Temptation. (D '46)
Tamas, I. Students of Spalato. (My '44)
Icelandic
Laxness, H. K. Independent people. (S '46)
Italian
Silone, I. Seed beneath the snow. (8 '42)
Taddei, E. Sowing of the seed. (F »47) (1946
Annual)
Norwegian
Kielland, A. Dangerous honeymoon. (Ag '46)
Kielland, A. Shape of danger. (Mr '45)
Polish
Gronowicz, A. Four from the old town. (D
'44)
Kossak-Szczucka, Z. Leper king. (S '45)
Kuncewiczowa, M. S. The stranger. (S '45)
Przerwa-TetmaJer, K. Tales of the Tatras.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Portuguese
Amado, J. Violent land. (Ag '45)
Carneiro, C. J. Bonfire. (S '44)
Bscragmolle Taunay, A. de. Inocdncia. (Ap
'45)
Ramos, G. Anguish. (My '46)
Verlssimo, E. Crossroads. (Ap '43)
Verissimo, E. Rest is silence. (S '46)
Russian
Aleksander, I. Running tide. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Dostoevskn, F. M. Short novels. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Erenburg, I. G. Fall of Paris. (Je '43)
Gorky, M. Orphan Paul. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Grossman, V. No beautiful nights. (Ag '44)
Kaverin, V. A. Two captains. (Je '42)
Landau, M. A. Fifth seal. (My '43)
Leonov, L. M. Chariot of wrath. (N '46>
Leonov, L. M. Road to the ocean. (D '44)
Simonov, K. Days and nights. (D '45)
Sobolev, L. S. Soul of the sea. (Je '46)
Tolstoi, A. N. Road to Calvary. (Ag '46)
Tolstoi, L. N. Short novels. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Tolstoi, L. N. What men live by. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Van Doren, M. Night of the summer solstice.
Wasilewska, W. Rainbow. (My '44)
Yarmolinsky, A., ed. Treasury of great Rus-
sian short stories. (Ap '44)
Spanish
Alarcon, P. A. de. Scandal. (Ag '45)
Alegria, C. Golden serpent. (N '43)
Amorim, E. Horse and his shadow, (S '43)
Costa du Rels, A. Bewitched lands. (N '45)
Fernandez de Lizardi, J. J. Itching parrot.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1093
Flores, A., and Poore. D., ads. Fiesta in
November. (8 '42)
Oil Gilbert, H. Our daily bread. (8 *43>
Magdaleno, M. Sunburst. (Mr '44)
Mallea, E. Bay of silence. (Ap *44)
Sender, R. J. Chronicle of dawn. (Ap *44)
Sender, R. J. Dark wedding. (My *43)
Swedish
Bengrtsson. F. Q. Red Orm. (My '43)
Geijerstam, R. A. Three wives. (Je '42)
Goran sson-LJungman, K. Shining sea. (Ag
'43)
Lagerkvist, P. F. The dwarf. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Moberg, V. Ride this night! (Je '43)
Yiddish
Asch, S. Children of Abraham. (My '42)
Rabinowitz, S. The old country. (S '46)
Travel
Bemelmans, L. Now I lay me down to sleep.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Burman, B. L. Rooster crows for day. (O
Weidman, J. Lights around the shore. (Je
*43)
Treasure trove
Cochran, H. Silver shoals. (D '45)
Roark, G. Wake of the Red Witch. (My '46)
Trials
Cozzens, J. G. Just and the unjust. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Long, G. M. V. C. Airing in a closed car-
riage. (Je '43)
Radin, M. Day of reckoning. (Ag '43)
Wallis, J. H. Niece of Abraham Pein. (Ap
•43)
Tuberculosis
Feikema. F. F. Boy almighty. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Hines, D. P. No wind of healing. (Je '46)
Robertson, W. Oasis. (O '44)
Utopias
Werfel, F. V. Star of the unborn. (Mr f46)
Wright, A. T. Islandia. (My '42)
Veterans
Beverley-Giddings. A. R. Broad margin. (O
*45)
Colver, A. M. R. Homecoming. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Delehanty, E. Year one. (Je '46)
Dwoskin, C. Shadow over the land. (N '46)
Fen ton, F. What way my Journey lies. (Je
Ferris, B. R. Restless road. (N '46)
Henriques, R. D. Q. Home fires burning. (S
f45)
Heyliger, W. Home is a one-way street. (D
'45)
Hough, D. Camelephamoose. (O '46)
Hueston, E. P. Please, no paregoric! (O '46)
Parsons, A. B. I know what I'd do. (Je '46)
Priestley, J. B. Three men in new suits. (S
'46)
Robinson, H. M. Perfect round. (N '45)
Schrag. O. Sons of the morning. (D *45)
Sims, M. M. Storm before daybreak. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Sturgis, R. Hidden season. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Thielen, B. Lost men. (Je '46)
Underwood, C. And the hunter home. (Ap
'46)
Vikings
Bengtsson, F. G. Red Orm. (My '43)
Voodoolsm
Thoby-Marcelin, P., and Marcelin, P. Beast
of the Haitian hills. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Voyages and travels
Dumas, A. Journal of Madame Giovanni. (Mr
Van Every, D. Westward the river. (8 '46)
Voyages around the world
Creed, V. Voyage of the heart. (D '42)
War
Brlttain, V. M. Account rendered. (D '44)
Burnet, D. The question. (N '45)
Hemingway, E., ed. Men at war. (D '42)
Raynolds, R. Obscure enemy. (S '45)
Steinbeck, J. Moon is down. (Ap '42)
Warner, R. Return of the traveller. (Je '44)
White, M. If we should fail. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Wealth
Longstreet, S. Gay sisters. (Mr '42)
Weird stories
Sandoz, M. Y. The maze. (D '46)
Western stories
See Fiction— Locality— United States
(western)
Whaling
Griffin, H. F. Paradise street. (Je '43)
Widows
Cushman, C. F. Young widow. (My '42)
Jaynes, C. Instruct my sorrows. (Ap '42)
Wine and wine making
Hobart, A. T. N. Cup and the sword. (O '42)
Jones, I. Vineyard. (D '42)
Wit and humor
See Fiction-Humor; Satire
Witchcraft
Dodge, C. W. In Adam's fall. (D '46)
Hunt, B. Sea change. (O '46)
Women
Baldwin, F. Five women in three novels.
Buck, P. S. Pavilion of women. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Hale, N. Prodigal women. (O '42)
Harper's bazaar. It's a woman's world. (My
Hurst, F. Lonely parade. (Mr '42)
Kenyon, T. Pendulum. (Je '42)
Lyttle, J. Today the sun rises. (N *42)
Morris, J. K. Women, inc. (N '46)
Nin, A. Ladders to fire. (D '46)
Richter, C. Tacey Cromwell. (D f42)
Women in business
Chase. I. In bed we cry. (D '43)
Chidester. A. Long year. (Ap '46)
Lofts, N. R. Brittle glass. (Mr *43)
Monsell, H. A. In her own hands. (N '43)
Women in industry
Baur, B. This is goodbye. (Je '46)
Kelland, C. B. Heart on her sleeve. (My
Trask, M. B. Hit the rivet, sister. (D '43)
Women's army corps
Stansbury, J. Bars on her shoulders. (O '43)
World war, 1939-1945
Abzug, M. Spearhead. (N '46)
Adams, F. R. When I come back. (Je *44)
Aistrop, J. C. R. Backstage with Joe. (D
*46)
Albrand, M. No surrender. (N '42)
Albrand, M. Without orders. (S '43)
Aldridge, J. Of many men. (Mr '46)
Aldridge, J. Sea Eagle. (Mr '44)
Aldridge, J. Signed with their honour. (S '42)
Aleksander, I. Running tide. (Ja '44) (1948
Annual)
Allen. J. We always come back. (D '45)
Arey, J. S. Night duty. (My '43)
Arnold, B. Commandos. (Je '42)
Arnold, E. Tomorrow will sing. (Mr '45)
Ashton, H. Joanna. (O '44)
Balchin, N. Small back room. (Mr '45)
Balderston, J. L. Chicago blueprint. (N *43)
Bates, H. E. Fair stood the wind for France,
(Je '44)
Bates, H. E. There's something in the air.
(Je '43)
Baum, V. Hotel Berlin '43. (My *44)
Baur. B. This is goodbye. (Je '46)
Seeding, F. There are thirteen. (Ap »46>
Seeding. F. Twelve disguises. (Ag T42)
Black, 1). My love belongs to me* (Ja "4S>
(1942 Annual)
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Fiction— World war, 1939-1945— Continued
Black, D. Shadows under the stars. (Ag '45)
Blankfort, M. Time to live. (My '43)
Bottome, P. Life line. (Ap '46)
Bottome, P. Survival. (O '43)
Bower, B. E. T. Miss Ranskill cornea home.
(S '46)
Bowman, P. Beach red. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Boyle, K. Avalanche. (Mr '44)
Boyle, K. Primer for combat. (D '42)
Brennan, D. Never so young again. (Ap '46)
Brennan, F. H. Memo to a firing: squad.
(Mr '43)
Brier, R. Last boat from Beyrouth. (Je '43)
Brophy, J. Immortal sergeant. (Ag '42)
Brophy, J. Spearhead. (Je '43)
Brophy, J. Target island. (S '44)
Brown. H. P. M. Walk in the sun. (S '44)
Bruller, J. Silence of the sea. (Ap '44)
Buck. P. S. Promise. (D '43)
Buckley, P. R. Davy Jones, I love you. (Je
Burke, R. Frightened pigeon. (Je '44)
Burt, K. N. Captain Millett's island. (S '4
Busch, N. They dream of home. (D '44)
Byrd, S. Hurry home to my heart. (D '45)
Caldwell, E. All night long. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Camp, W. M. Retreat, hell! (D '43)
Campbell, A. O. Ringed with fire. (S '42)
Carfrae, E. Lonely road. (S *42)
Carfrae, E. Tomorrow sometimes comes. (Mr
'45)
Carfrae, E. We who wait. (S '43)
Carr. R. S. Bells of Saint Ivan's. (Je '44)
Carse, R. Deep six. (S *46)
Carse, R. Unconquered. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Chambers, W. Invasion! (Je '43)
Chambliss, W. C. Boomerang. (S '44)
Cheyney, P. Dark street. (N '44)
Cheyney. P. Sinister errand. (O '45)
Childers, J. S. Enemy outpost. (O '42)
Clark. J. B. Dreamers. (O '45)
Claymore. T. Flare path. (N '42)
Clements, E. H. Cherry harvest. (My '44)
Clewes, H. Dead ground. (D '46)
Coates, R. M. Bitter season. (N '46)
Coles, M. This fortress. (O '42)
Colver, A. M. R. Fourways. (O '44)
Comfort, A. Power house. (Ap '45)
Constantino, S. A. Tale of the twain. (N '46)
Coyle, K; To hold against famine. (Mr '42)
Creasey, J. Legion of the lost. (D '44)
Dahl, B. Over to you. (Mr *46)
Dawson, M. Fathoms deep. (O '43)
Dedmon, E. Duty to live. (Ap '46)
Dickens, M. Edward's fancy. (Mr '44)
Divine, A, D. Tunnel from Calais. (Mr '43)
Dodd, M. E. Sowing the wind. (O '45)
Donath, S. F. Lord is a man of war. (Ap
Dorllng, H. T. White ensigns. (My '43)
Downey, F. D. Jezebel the Jeep. (Ag '44)
Dunsany, E. J. M. D. P. Guerrilla. (O '44)
Elford, O. Men in black. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Erenburg, I. G. Fall of Paris. (Je '43)
Ertz, S. Anger in the sky. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Escape from Kttnigstein. (S '44)
Farkas, A. A. Borrowed night. (D '44)
Ferguson, J. A. Terror on th«r island. (My
Femald, J. Destroyer from America. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Feuchtwanger. L. Simone. (S '44)
Fielding, A. M. May fair squatters. (My '46)
Fisher, S. G. Destination Tokyo. (Ap '44)
F51des, J. Golden earrings. (My '46)
Forester, C. S. Ship. (Je *43)
Frankau, G. Air ministry, room 28. (Mr f42)
Furman, A. L. Air force surgeon. (My '44)
Gabriel, G. W. I got a country. (O '44)
Garth, D. Bermuda calling. (S '44)
Garth, D. Thunderbird. (Je '42)
Gibbs, P. H. Battle within. (Mr '45)
Gibbs, P. H. Interpreter. (8 '43)
Gibbs. P. H. Long alert. (My '42)
Gibbs, P. H. Through the storm. (My '46)
Gidding, N. End over end. (N '46)
Gilllgan. E. Gaunt Woman. (Mr '48)
Gilpatric, G. Action in the North Atlantic,
G. Mr Glencannon ignores the war.
Golding, L. Glory of Elsie Silver. (My '46)
Golding, L. No news from Helen. (D ?43)
Goudge, E. Castle on the hill. (Je '42)
Green, A. Just before dawn. (Ap '43)
Greene, G. Ministry of fear. (Je '43)
Greenfield, G. C. Desert episode. (O '45)
Greenwood, R. Squad goes out. (Je '43)
Griggs, G. P. Days are spent. (Je '46)
Gronowicz, A. Four from the old town. (D
Groom, A. J. P. Mohune's nine lives. (Mr
'44)
Grossman, V. No beautiful nights. (Ag '44)
Guerard, A. J. Maquisard. (N '45)
Gunther, J. Troubled midnight. (Mr '45)
Hackf or th- Jones, G. Torpedo! (Je '43)
Hall, J. N. Lost island. (Ag '44)
Hardt, M. Stranger and afraid. (Ag '43)
Harper, F. Night climb. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Hauck, L. P. Evergreen house. (My '43)
Hawkins, J. and W. Devil on his trail. (O '44)
, . . .
Hayes, A. All thy conquests. (D '46)
Heatter, B. Dim view. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hendryx, J. B. New rivers calling. (O '43)
, . . .
Henriques, R. D. Q. Voice of the trumpet.
(Ap *43)
Hewes, J. V. High courts of heaven. (Mr '43)
Heydenau, F. Wrath of the eagles. (Ag
Heym, S. Hostages. (N '42)
Heym, S. Of smiling peace. (N '44)
Higginbotham, R. E. Wine for my brothers.
(S '46)
Hoellering, F. Furlough. (O '44)
Holm. G. This was Lidice. (O '43)
Holmes, W. J. Open fire! (S »42)
Home. M. Attack in the desert. (Mr '42)
Home, M. House of shade. (N '42)
Hostovsky, K. Hideout. (Mr '45)
Hubler. R. G. I've got mine. (My '46)
Hughes, P. Retreat frpm Rostov. (O '43)
Hunt. H. East of Farewell. (O '42)
Hunt, H. Limit of darkness. (Je '44)
I am Saxon Ashe. Author of. Saxon Ashe.
secret agent. (My '42)
Idriess. I. L. Dog of the desert. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Innes, H. Attack alarm. (AD '42)
James, S. Man of Brittany. (Mr '46)
Jameson, S. Cloudless May. (My 444)
Jameson, S. Fort. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Jameson, S. Journal of Mary Hervey Russell.
(Mr '45)
Johnson, P. H. Winter quarters. (Ag '44)
Jonas, C. Beachhead on the wind. (O '45)
Kagey, R. Impostor. (S '42)
Kark, L. Red rain. (Mr '46)
Kaye- Smith, S. Tambourine, trumpet and
drum. CO '43)
Kersh, G. Dead look on. (My '43)
Kersh, G. Faces in a dusty picture. (Mr '45)
Kersh, G. Sergeant Nelson of the Guards.
(My '45)
Kessel, J. Army of shadows. (S '44)
Keyes, F. P. W. Also the hills. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Kielland, A. Dangerous honeymoon. (Ag '46)
Kielland, A. Shape of danger. (Mr '45)
Koestier, A. Arrival and departure. (D '43)
La Farge, C. East by southwest. (S '44)
Lawrence, J. Tower of steel. (D '43)
Lees, H. Till the boys come home. (O '44)
' Lefflngwell, A. Court of shadows. (My '43)
Leonov, L. M. Chariot of wrath. (N '46)
Lewis, A. Last inspection. (S '43)
Lewis, C. Pathfinders. (Je '44)
Lewis, W., ed. Fighting words. (S '44)
Lewisohn, L. Breathe upon these. (Ap '44)
Linklater, E. Private Angelo. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lipton, L. In secret battle. (D '44)
Lloyd, A. E. This was their land. (O »43)
Lodwick, J. Aegean adventure. (My '46)
Lodwick, J. Running to paradise. (My '43)
Longstreet, S. Sound of an American. (N '42)
Loos, M., and Duranty, W. Return to the
vineyard. (Mr '46)
Lothar. E. Prisoner. (Je '45)
Lowndes, M. A. B. What of the night? (My
43)
Lowrv, R. J. Casualty^ (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
LyAy?i £• Y°V are ^ance, Lisette. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Maclnnes, H. Assignment in Brittany. (S '42)
H. Horizon. (Je '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1095
Maclnnes, H. While still we live. (My '44)
Mackay, M. M. For all men born. (Ap '43)
Mackay, M. M. Homeward the heart. (Je '44)
Maclean, C. -M. Tharrus three. (S '43)
Maclean, G. M. Seven for Cordelia. (Mr '42)
Malaparte, C. Kaputt. (D '46)
Malleson, L. B. Home is the heart. (Ap '42)
Maltz, A. Cross and the arrow. (O '44)
March, A. Quit for the next. (My '45)
Marshall, B. Yellow tapers for Paris. (O '46)
Maugham, W. S. Hour before the dawn. (Ag
'42)
Mergendahl, C. H. His days are as grass.
(My '46)
Miller, M. Island 49. (A* '46)
Mitchell, R. C. They shall come again. (Je
Monsarrat, N. Leave cancelled. (N '45)
Moore, I. It's time to say goodbye. (My '44)
Mydans, S. S. Open city. (Mr T46)
Nablo, J. B. Long November. (Mr '46)
Nakos, L. Children's inferno. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Nordhoff, C. B., and Hall, J. N. Men without
country. (Ag *42)
Norway. N. S. Most secret. (N '45)
Norway. N. S. Pastoral. (O '44)
Norway. N. S. Pied Piper. (Mr '42)
O'Rourke, F. "E" company. (O '46)
Paul, L. This is my brother. (D '43)
Pedler, M. B. No gifts from chance. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Perventsev. A. A. Ordeal. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Polonsky, A. Enemy sea. (Ag '43)
Pozner, V. Edge of the sword. (Je '42)
Pozner, V. First harvest. (My '43)
Pratt, T. Mr Winkle *oes to war (Ap '43>
Priestley, J. B. Black-out in Gretley. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Priestley, J. B. Daylight on Saturday. (O *43)
Prokosch, F. Age of thunder. (Ap '45)
Prokosch, F. Conspirators. (Mr '43)
Putnam, G. P. Duration. (D '43)
Quayle, A. Eight hours from England. (Je
'46)
Randall, J. Traveler's End. (O '43)
Raymond, E. Last to rest. (Mr '42)
Redding, J. M., and Smith, T. Wake of glory.
(N '45)
Remarque, E. M. Arch of triumph. (Mr '46)
Riesenberg, F. Phantom freighter. (S '44)
Roberts, C. Labyrinth. (Je '44)
Roberts, K. Center of the web. (Je '42)
Roberts, K. Private report. (S '43)
Robertson, E. A. Signpost. (Mr '44)
Rohmer, S. Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt. (My
•44)
Roland, M. Single pilgrim. (My '46)
Ronald, J. Old soldiers never die. (Ag '42)
Rose, D. F. Mr Wicker's war. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Ross, I. Isle of escape. (O '42)
St John, R. It's always tomorrow. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Saroyan, W. Adventures of Wesley Jackson.
(Ag '46)
Savery, C. Enemy brothers. (O *43)
Scannell, F. P. In line of duty. (Ap '46)
Sedgwlck, A. C. Tell Sparta. (Ap '46)
Seghers, A. Seventh cross (O '42)
Seghers, A. Transit. (Je '44)
Sender, R. J. Chronicle of dawn. (Ap »44)
Serge, V. Long dusk. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Shann, R. Air force girl. (Je '42)
Shaw, I. Act of faith, (p '46)
Sheldon, J. P. Miss Bronska. (Mr '42)
Sherman, R. Unready heart. (S '44)
Sherriff, R. C. Chedworth. (N '44)
Shurtleff, B. L. Short leash. (S '45)
Simonov, K. Days and nights. (D *45)
Sinclair, U. B. Dragon harvest. (Ag '45)
Sinclair. U. B. World to win. (Ag '46)
Skidmore, H. D. Valley of the sky. (S f44)
Slaughter, F. G. Battle surgeon. (Ap '44)
Stern, D. Francis. (D »46)
Stern, G. B. Reasonable shores. (Ag '46)
Stevenson, JX E. _ Crooked Adam. (D '42)
Stevenson, D. B. Spring magic. (Mr %42) "
. P. So thick the fog. (O '44)
Stewart,
Tamas, I. Sergeant Nikola. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Thielens, G. O. Moon lies fair. (Je '42)
Thirkell, A. M. Headmistress. (Mr '45)
Thirkell, A. M. Northbridge rectory. (Mr '42)
Tregaskis, R. W. Stronger than fear. (Ag
'45)
Trist, M. L. Sun on the hills. (My '46)
Upson, W. H. Keep 'em crawling. (Mr '43)
Van Doren, M. Night of the summer solstice.
(O '43)
Wadelton, T. D. Silver buckles on his knee.
(S '45)
Wakeman, F. Shore leave. (Ap '44)
Wallace, K. Rice in the wind. (My '43)
Wallenstein, M. H. Red canvas. (My '46)
Wasilewska, W. Rainbow. (My *44)
Waugh. E. Put out more flags. (Je *42)
Weidman, J. Too early to tell. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Weiskopf, F. C. Dawn breaks. (My '42)
Weiskopf, F. C. Firing squad. (S '44)
Wescott, G. Apartment in Athens. (Mr '45)
Wheatley, D. Black baroness. (Je '42)
Wheatley, D. Faked passports. (My '43)
Wheatley, D. Scarlet Impostor. (Mr '42)
Wheatley. D. Sword of fate. (S '44)
Wheatley, D. V for vengeance. (O '42)
Wilder. M. A. B. Since you went away. . .
(S '43)
Wilhelm, G. Time between. (Ap '43)
William, P. Affair at Abu Mina. (O '4*)
Williams, V. Courier to Marrakesh. (Ap '46)
Wilson, S. Voyage to somewhere. (D '46)
Woods, W. H. Edge of darkness. (My *42)
Wylie, P. Other horseman. (S '42)
Yorck, R. L. Sixty to go. (Ap '44)
Young, M. Trial of Adolf Hitler. (My '44)
Writers
See Fiction — Authors; Journalists
Young people
Lindsay, C. Country of the young. (N '46)
Manoff, A. Telegram from heaven. (O '42)
Roberts, E. K. Little hell— big heaven. (O
'42)
Rowell, A. C. Touchdown. (My *42)
$ee tilso Fiction — Adolescence
Zionism
Lewisohn, L. Breathe upon these. (Ap '44)
Fiction catalog. 1941. (My '43)
Fiddle Longspay. Bledsoe. W. (Ag '42)
Fiddler in the sky. Hoagland. K. (Je '44)
Fiddler's fair. Justus. M. (Ap '46),
Fiddler's folly and encores. Schauffler, R. H.
(Ap '43)
dler's
oivwan, \s. jr. ou INJCK in« _
Stone, G. Z. Reprisal. (D '42)
Stong, P. D. One destiny. (D '42)
Styles, S. Traitor's mountain. (O '46)
Tabor, P. They came to London. (Mr '44)
Tabori, G. Beneath the stone. (O '45)
Taborl, G. Companions of the left hand. (S
Fiddler's quest. Lynch, P. (S '43)
Field book of eastern birds. Hausman, L. A.
(S '46)
Field book of snakes of the United States and
Canada. Schmidt, K. P., and Davia, D. D.
(Mr *42)
Field geology. Lahee, F. H. (Ao '42)
Field of social work. Fink, A. E. (N '42)
Field work in college education. Lynd, H. M.
(My '46)
Fields. Richter, C. (My '46)
Fields and waves in modern radio. Ramo, S.,
and Whinnery, J. R. (N '44)
Fiesta in November. Flores, A., and Poore, D.,
eds. (S '42)
Fifteen decisive battles of the world. Creasy.
E. S. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fifteen Greek plays. Cooper, L., ed. (S '43)
Fifth man. Coles, M. (Mr '46)
Fifth mystery book. (Mr '44)
Fifth seal. Landau, M. A. (My '43)
Fifty- two days. Chaplin. W. W. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
55 poems. Zukofsky, L. (My '42)
Fifty years below zero. Brower, C. D.. and
others. (N '42)
Fifty years in ^a Maryland kitchen. Howard,
Fifty* years of best sellers, 1895-1946. Hackett.
A. P. (S '45)
Fifty years of public life. Roper, D. C., and
Lovette, F. H. (Ap '42)
Fight for air power. Huie, W. B. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Fight for New Guinea. Robinson, P. (S '43)
Fight for Powder valley! Field, P. (Ag '42)
Fight of the Norwegian church against
Nazism. Hoye, B., and Ager, T. M. (My
1096
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fighter facts and fallacies. Lee, J. O. (Je MS)
Fighters for freedom. Read, H. E. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Fighters up. Friedheim, E., and Taylor, S. W.
(Ap f45)
Fighting Dan of the Long: frifles. Dean, S. W.
(My '43)
Fighting: divisions. Kahn, E. J., and McLemore,
H. (Mr '46)
Fighting flre. Leyson, B. (D '43 )
Fighting fitness. Crampton» C. W. (Ap '44)
Fighting fleets. Rimington, C. (1942, 1943, 1944)
Fighting French. Aghlon, R. (Ag '43)
Fighting generals. Bullard. R. L. (S '45)
Fighting Jew. Nunberg. R. (O *45)
Fighting liberal. Norris, O. W. (Je '45)
Fightin' oil. Ickes, H. L. (S *43)
Fighting planes of the world. Law, B. A. (D
*42)
Fightingf ships of the U.S.A. Blakeslee, V. F.
Fighting South. Graves, J. T. (Je *43)
Fighting squadron. Winston, R. A. (D '46)
Fighting the devil with the marines. Tower, H.
Fighting wings. Paust, Q. H., and Lancelot, M.
(F M6) (1944 Annual)
Fighting words, Lewis, W.. ed. (S »44)
Fightinrest ship. Morris, C. G.. and Cave, H. B.
(Ag '44)
Figure drawing
vernam, R. Drawing people for fun. (S *43)
Fiji islands
Coulter, J. W. Fiji, little India of the Pacific.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
File for record. Taylor, P. A. (Ap '43)
Filet crochet lace. Techy, M. (O '43)
Filibusters
Warren, H. G. Sword was their passport.
(S '43)
Fillppo Neri, Saint
Maynard, T, Mystic in motley. (Ag '46)
Film sense. Eteenshtein, S. M. (S '42)
Filters and filtration
Dickey, G. D** and Bryden, C. L. Theory and
practice Of filtration. (O '46)
Final appearance. Nolan, J. C. (My '43)
Final hour. Cal dwell, J. T. (My '44)
Final score. Beck, W. (O '44)
Finance
Shirras, G. F. Federal finance in peace and
war. (D *45)
Tax institute. Wartime problems of state and
local finance. (O '43)
Williams, JP. H. Postwar monetary plans. (O
Young, J. P. International economy. (Je '43)
China
Tamagna, F. M. Banking and finance in
China. (Je '43)
France
Beik, P. H. Judgment of the old regime. (Ap
Germany
Nathan, O. Nazi war finance and banking.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Great Britain
Barna, T. Redistribution of incomes through
public finance in 1937. (O '46)
Morton, W. A. British finance, 1930-1940.
(Ag '44)
Greece, Modern
Levandis, J. A. Greek foreign debt and the
great powers. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Minnesota
Short, L. M., and Tiller, C. W. Minnesota
commission of administration and finance,
1925-1939. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
South
Martin, J. W. Southern state and local fi-
nance trends and the war. (Ag '46)
United Statts
Chase, S. Where's the money coming from*
(Ja '44) (1948 Annual)
Crum, W. L., and others. Fiscal planning
for total war. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Fellner, W. J. Treatise on war inflation. (Je
Fine, S. M. Public spending and postwar eco-
nomic policy. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Groves, H. M. Financing government. (Je
*46)
Hansen, A. H., and Perloff, H. S. State and
local finance in the national economy.
(S '44)
Harris. S. E. Economics of social security.
(Je 42)
Hart, A. G., and Allen, E. D. Paying for de-
fense. (My '42)
Kimmel, L. H., and others. Postwar fiscal
requirements. (D '45)
Lutz, H. L. Guideposts to a free economy.
(F '46) (1946 Annual)
Marsh, D. B. Taxes without tears? (Ag '45)
Moulton, H. G. New philosophy of public
debt. (S '43)
Naylor, E. E. Federal budget system in opera-
tion. (S '42)
Shaw, E. R. National debt and our future.
(Je '46)
Shoup, C. S.
Federal finances in the coming
decade. (Ap '42)
Taus, E. R. Central banking functions of the
United States treasury. (D *44)
Tax institute. Financing the war. (Ag '42)
Voorhis, H. J. Out of debt, out of danger. (S
'43)
Wilmerding, L. Spending power. (S '44)
Withers, W. Public debt. (Ap *45)
Finance, Personal
Ashman, H. E. Your legal and business
matters and how to take care of them
(N '42)
Collins, C. R. Army woman's handbook. (N
•42)
Jordan, D. F., and Willett, E. F. Spend
wisely and grow rich. (Ja *46) (1945 An-
nual)
Wormser, R. A. Personal estate planning in
a changing world. (Je '43)
Financial accounting. May, G. O. (Ag '44)
Financing American prosperity. Twentieth
century fund, inc. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Financing full employment. Wernette, J. P. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Financing government. Groves, H. M. (Je '46)
Financing the war. Tax institute. (Ag '42)
Finding your way in life. Weston, S. A., ed. (Je
'43)
Finger prints
Bridges, B. C. Practical fingerprinting. (Je
'42)
Fingers of night. Creekmore, H. (Je '46)
Finishing materials
Wampler, R. H. Modern organic finishes. (O
Finishing metal products. Simonds, H. R., and
Bregman, A. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Finland
Foreign relations
Russia
Finland. Ministeriet fo*r utrikesarendena. Fin-
land reveals her secret documents on So-
viet policy. (D '42)
Finletter, Mrs Gretchen (Damrosch)
Finletter, G. D. From the top of the stairs.
(N *46)
Fire and Ice. Thompson, L. R. (N *42)
Fire beads. Barnett. G, T. and O. E. (Mr '43)
Firef bell in the night. Robertson, C. N. (My
Fire extinction
Leyson, B. W. Fighting fire, (D '43)
McCarthy, J. J. Science of fighting flre. (Ap
Juvenile literature
Olds, E. Big fire. (D '45)
Fire in summer. Ramsey, R. (Ap '42)
Fire in the earth. McCarthy, J. R. (My »42)
in the Pacific. Harcourt-Smith, S. (S '42)
in the Thatch. Rivett, E. C. (F '47) (1946
Fire
Fire
Annual)
Fire of the Lord. Nicholson. N. XS '46)
Fire will freeze. Millar, M. (Uy '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1097
Firearms
Balleisen, C. E. Principles of firearms. (S
'45)
Castles, W. T., and Kimball. V. P. Firearms
and their use. (Ap f43)
Chapel. C. B. Gun care and repair. (Je '43)
Haven, C. T. Comprehensive small arms
* ' " '43)
Muzzle flashes. (F '45) (1944
manual. (Ap '43)
enz, B. C. "
Annual)
Lenz,
Robinson, C. S. Thermodynamics of firearms.
(O '43)
Juvenile literature
McCHntock, M. Story of war weapons. (S
'45)
Firearms, Automatic
Johnson, M. M., and Haven. C. T. Automatic
arms. (Ap '42J
Johnson, M. M., and Haven, C. T. Auto-
matic weapons of the world. (Ag '46)
Firearms and their use. Castles, W. T., and
KimbaH, V. F. (Ap '43>
Firebrand. Troyat, H. (D '46)
Firedrake (destroyer;
Divine. A. D. Firedrake. (Mr M3)
The flredrake. Oroseclose, B. E. (Mr '42)
Firelight entertainments. Soifer, M. K. (N '44)
Fireman Flower. Sansom, W. (My '45)
Firemen
Ley son, B. W. Fighting fire. (D '43)
Fireside book of Christmas stories. Wagen-
knecht, E. C., ed. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Fireside book of dog stories. Goodman, J., ed.
(Je '43)
Fireworks
Bebie, J. Manual of explosives, military
pyrotechnics, and chemical warfare agents.
(Je '43)
Davis, T. L. Chemistry of powder and ex-
plosives, v 2. (Ag '43)
Weingart. G. W. Pyrotechnics. (Ap '44)
Firing squad. Weiskopf, P. C. (S '44)
First aid for the ailing house. Whitman, R. B.
(D '42)
First aid in Illness and Injury
Armstrong, D. B., and Hallock, G. T. What
to do till the doctor comes. (S '43)
Brookes, V. J., and Alyea, H. N. Poisons,
their properties, chemical identification,
symptoms, and emergency treatments. (Je
•46)
Fishbein, M., and Irwin, L. W. Health and
first aid. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Graham, S. A., and O'Roke, E. C. On your
own. (S '43)
Olson, L. M. Prevention, first aid and emer-
gencies. (D '46)
Wenger, H. L,., and Sense, E. First aid
primer. (S '42)
Wheeler, W. L. Medical care of merchant
seamen. (O '45)
Juvenile literature
Gould. D. Very first aid. (Je '42)
First aid primer. Wenger, H. L., and Sense, E.
(S '42)
First American gentleman. Eng title of: First
gentleman of America. Cabell, J. B. (Mr
42)
First Americans in North Africa. Wright, L.
B., and MacLeod, J. H. (N '45)
First authorized English Bible and the Cranmer
preface. Willoughby, H. R. (N '42)
First book of boats. Tatham, C. (O '45)
First century of flight in America. Milbank, J.
(Je '43)
First Christmas. Glover, F. R. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
First Christmas crib. Milhous, K. (D '44)
First come, first kill. Allan. F. 1C (S '45)
First course in psychology. Woodworth, R. S.
^ and Sheehan, M. R. (Ap '44)
First encounter. Dos Passos, J. R. (N '45)
First five years of the Communist International.
^ Trotsky. L. (O '46)
First fleet. Ingraham, R. (My '44)
First flying book. Tatham, C. (O '44)
First freedom. Ernst, M. L. (Ap '46)
First gentleman of America. Cabell, J. B. (Mr
First grade. Lattimore, B. P. (O '44)
Firat harvest. Pozner, V. (My '43)
First Lincoln campaign. Luthin, R. H. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
First nursery songs. Smith, L. R., ed. (Je *46)
First of the many. McCrary, J. R., and Scher-
man, D. E. (D '44)
First principles of radio communications. Mor-
gan, A. P. (S '43)
First radio book for boys. Morgan. A. P. (D
'42)
First reader for antique collectors. Drepperd,
C W (S *46)
First round. Gaer. J. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
First sports reader. Esquire (periodical). (Je
'45)
First steps. Ridgway, M. V. (D *43)
First steps in cooking. Shepard. K., and Ellis,
E. A. (N '46)
First Thanksgiving. Barksdale. L. (D '42)
First the flower, then the fruit. Lucas. J. M.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
First whisper of "The wind in the willows."
Grahame, K. (Ap '45)
"First with the most" Forrest. Henry, R. S.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
First woman doctor. Baker, R. (My '44)
Fiscal planning for total war. Crum, W. L.,
and others. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Fish and game cookery. Wall. R. (D '45)
Fish and tin fish. Wylie, P. (Mr '44)
Fish for murder. Fouts, E. L. (My '44)
Fish Hook island mystery. Farmer, W. (D '45)
Fisher, Frederick Bohn, bp.
Fisher. W. B. H. Frederick Bohn Fisher.
world citizen. (My '44)
Fisher, Sir William Wordsworth
James, W. M. Admiral Sir William Fisher.
(Mr '45)
Fisheries
Pacific coast
Wick, C. I. Ocean harvest. (Ja *47) (1946 An-
nual)
Fisherman's bedside book. Watkins-Pitchford.
D. J., comp. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Fishermen
Firth, R. W. Malay fishermen. (N '46)
Fishermen four. Cave, H. B. (N '42)
Fishery law and legislation
Leonard, L. L. International regulation of
fisheries. (N '45)
Riesenfeld. S. A. Protection of coastal
fisheries under international law. (Je '43 )
Tomasevich, J. International agreements on
conservation of marine resources. (Je '44)
Fishes
Boardman. E. T. Guide to higher aquarium
animals. (My '45)
Gibbings, R. Blue angels and whales. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Nichols, J. T. Representative North American
fresh -water fishes. (S '42)
Shoemaker, M. E Fresh water fishing. (Ap
'42)
Juvenile literature
Mellen, I. M. Twenty little fishes. (Je '42)
Mississippi valley
Eddy, S., and Surber, T. Northern fishes.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
North America
LaMonte, F. R. North American game fishes.
(F '46) (1946 Annual)
Pacific ocean
Nichols, J. T., and Bart sen, P. Fishes and
shells of the Pacific world. (Je *46)
Fishing
Anderson, L. A. Hunting, fishing, and camp-
ing. (O '45)
Buckingham. N. Game bag. (Ap '46)
Parson, N. Going fishing. (N '43)
Field and stream (periodical) Reader. (O
'46)
Haig-Brown, R. L. H. River never sleeps.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hall, H. M. Full creel. (Ag .„
Holland, R. P. Good shot! (D *46)
Outdoor life (periodical). Anthology of fishing
adventures. (O '46)
Schaldach, W. J. Coverts and casts. (Mr '44)
Schaldach, W. J. Currents and eddies. (Mr
•45)
Shoemaker, M. K. Fresh water fishing1. (Ap
Smith, O. W. Musings of an angler. (S '42)
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Fishing — Continued
Watkins-Pitchford, D. J., comp. Fisherman's
bedside book. (F »47) (1946 Annual)
Webster, H. T. To hell with fishing. (My
•46)
Implements and appliances
Major, H. Sure you can fish! (S '43)
Tapply, H. G. Tackle tinkering. (S "46)
Juvenile literature
Darling, F. F. Seasons and the fisherman. (Je
'42)
Alaska
Wolfe. A. In Alaskan waters. (S '42)
Malay peninsula
Firth, R. W. Malay fishermen. (N '46)
Ontario
Robins, J. D. Incomplete anglers. (Ag '44)
Fishing's Just luck. Ransom, B. I. (My '45)
Fiske plan for free enterprise and post-war
employment. Fiske, B. R. (Ap '45)
Fitch, John
Flexner, J. T. Steamboats come true. (O '44)
Fithian, Philip Vickers
Fithian, P. V. Journal and letters. (S '43)
Fitting habitation. Rothery, A. E. (Ap '44)
Fitzhugh, George
Wish, H. George Fitzhugh. (Mr '44)
Five Acre hill. Corey, P. (O '46)
Five alarm funeral. Sterling, S. (Ap '42)
Five and ten. Whitehead, R. (Je '43)
Five arrows. Chase, A. (O '44)
Five books of Mosea. Allis, O. T. (O '43)
Five bullets. Thayer, L. (N '44)
Five gold( sovereigns. Choate, F., and Curtis, E.
Five golden wrens. Troy, H. (My '43)
600 postwar Jobs for men. Vocational guidance
research. (Ja '46) (1945) Annual)
500 years of art and illustration. Simon, H.
Five million patients. Freeman, A. W. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Five on a merry-go-round. McSwigan, M. (S
•43)
Five passengers from Lisbon. Eberhart, M. G.
Five( rivers? Nicholson, N. (N '45)
5,000 miles towards Tokyo. Wertenbaker, G. P.
(Mr '46)
6000 Quotations for all occasions. Henry, L. C.,
ed. (Ag '45)
Five who vanished. Worts, G. F. (Ap '45)
Five women in three novels. Baldwin, F. (O '42)
Five-year peace plan. Bing, E. J. (S '43)
Five young American poets; second ser. (Ap
•42)
Five young American poets, third series, 1944.
(D '44)
Fix the toys. King, D. N. (N '44)
Flag of the United States. Quaife, M. M. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Flagg, James Montgomery
Flagg, J. M. Roses and buckshot. (N '46)
Flags
Smith, C. H., and Taylor, G. R. Flags of all
nations. (Je '46)
United States
Quaife, M. M. Flag of the United States. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Flags of all nations. Smith, C. H., and Taylor,
G. R. (Je '46)
Flags of dawn. Knox, B. M. (Je '44)
Flags were three. Margulies, L., and Merwin,
S. (My '45)
Flame from the rock. Lin, A. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Flamingo road. Wilder R. (Je *42)
Flanders
Elst, J. V. Last flowering of the middle ages.
(Mr '45)
Flare path. Claymore, T. (N '42)
Flashes along the Burma road. Marshall, H.
I. (My '46)
Flavor. Crocker, B. C. (S '46)
Flavoring essences
Crocker, B. C. Flavor. (S '45)
Fleet against Japan. Pratt, F. (Je '46)
Fleet in the forest. Lane, C. D. (D '43)
Flick, Lawrence Francis
Flick, B. M. B. Beloved crusader. (Ap '45)
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and a little dog. Lindman,
M. J. (Je »46)
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and their new friend.
Lindman, M. J. (Ap '43)
Flight
Mises, R. von, and others. Theory of flight.
(Je '45)
Queeny, E. M. Prairie wings. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Flight. Wright, B. A. and others. (Je '42)
Flight above cloud. Pudney, J. (Ag '44)
Flight; aircraft engines. Runs, R. F. (Je '42)
Flight and the song. Anderson, L. M., and
Mary Catherine, Sister. (S '46)
Flight from China. Booker, B. L., and Potter,
J. S. (O '45)
Flight from terror. Strasser, O., and Stern,
M. (Ap '43)
Flight in winter. Adams, J. C. (Ap '42)
Blight into darkness. Gustafson, R. (Ag '46)
(1944 Annual)
Flight of an angel. Chute, V. (Ap '46)
Flight to Arras. Saint Exup4ry, A. de. (Mr '42)
Flight to England. Wylle. I. A. R. (Ap '43)
Flight to everywhere. West, L. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Flight to freedom. Padowicz, B. (Je '42)
Flights to glory. Purcell, J. F. (My '44)
Flinders, Matthew
Fiction
Hill, E. My love must wait. (Mr '44)
Flint, Michigan
Crow, C. City of Flint grows up. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Flint. Norris. C. G. (Mr '44)
Flip and the cows. Dennis, W. (D '42)
Flock of watchbirds. Leaf, M. (N '46)
Flood tide and stars. King, M. W. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Floods of spring. Bellamann, H. (Je '42)
Floor of the ocean. Daly, R. A. (D '43)
Flora Shawn. Rogers, S. (My '42)
Floral decoration
Dunlop. H. P. Let's arrange flowers. (S '43)
Florestan. Schauffler, R. H. (O '45)
Floriculture
Jenkins, D. H. Annual flowers. (S '45)
Lawrence, E. Southern garden. (N '42)
Wilkinson, A. E. Flower encyclopedia and
gardener's guide. (Ag '43 )
Florida
Barbour, T. That vanishing Eden. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Dickinson, J. Journal. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Kennedy, S. Palmetto country. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
History
Bickel, K. A. Mangrove coast. (Je '42)
Cabell, J. B., and Hanna, A. J. St Johns.
(O '43)
Martin, S. W. Florida during the territorial
days. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Patrick, R. W. Florida under five flags. (My
'46)
Florida during the territorial days. Martin, S.
W. (Ja »46) (1945 Annual)
Florida under five flags. Patrick, R. W. (My
'46)
Flour
Anderson, J. A., ed. Enzymes and their role
in wheat technology. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Flour is dusty. Lucas. C. (Ap '44)
Flower drum. Chen, C. Y. and S. (Mr '44)
Flower encyclopedia and gardener's guide. Wil-
kinson, A. E. (Ag '43)_
Flower of evil. Morgan, B. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Flower of grass. Cammaerts, E. (O '45)
Flower of the fortress. Macdonald, Z. K. (Ap
'45)
Flower of the god«. Phillpotts, B. (S '43)
Flowering dusk. Young, B. (S '46)
Flowering harvest. Jervis, V. M. S. (My *4J)
Flowering ^ of Byron's genius. Trueblood, P.
Flowering of the rod. Doolittle, H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Flowering tree. Houselander, F. C. (D '46)
Flowering veld. En* title of: Flowering harvest.
Jervis, V. M. S. (My '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1099
Flowers
Brimble. L*. J. F. Flowers in Britain. (O
'45)
Foley, D. J. Garden flowers in color. (S *44)
Freund, G. L*. P. American garden flowers.
(Ap '43)
Mansfield, T. C. Border in colour. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Flowers in Britain. Brimble, L*. J. F. (O '45)
Flowing gold. Floherty, J. J. (My '46)
Fluffy. Tate, S. (S '43)
Fluid mechanics. Binder, R. C. (D '43)
Fluorescence
De Ment, J. A. Fluorescent chemicals. (S '42)
De Ment, J. A. Fluorochemlstry. (Mr '46)
Fluorescent chemicals. De Ment, J. A. (S '42)
Fluorescent lighting. Atkinson, A. D. S. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Fluorescent lighting manual. Amick, C. L. (S
'42)
Fluorochemistry. De Ment, J. A. (Mr '46)
Flush production. Forbes, G. (Ap '43)
Fly casting
Knight, J. A. Modern fly casting. (S '42)
Osten, E. Tournament fly and bait-casting. (N
•46)
Fly it away. Lent, H. B. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Flying banners. Sherman. B. B. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Flying crusader. Eng title of: Mitchell, pio-
neer of air power. Levine, I. D. (Ap '43)
Flying death. Gill, R. C. (S '42)
Flying fortress. Collison. T. (S '43)
Flying furies. Ayling, K. (Mr '43)
Flying guns. Dickinson, C. E., and Sparkes, B.
(D '42)
Flying health. Kafka, M. M. (S '43)
Flying horses. Hamlin, J. H. (N '42)
Flying house. Carroll, R. R. and L. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Flying leathernecks. Hubler, R. G., and De-
Chant, J. A. (D '44)
Flying men and medicine. Barr, E. O. (Je *43)
Flying power. Hylander, C. J. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Flying squadrons. Johnston, S. P. (S '42)
Flying stories. Gilpatric. G. (My '46)
Flying Tigers. Whelan, R (D '42)
Fo'castle waltz. Slobodkin, L. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Foch, Ferdinand
L6on, M. How many world wars? (N '42 )
Focus. Miller, A. (D '45)
Focus on learning. Hoban, C. F. (N '42)
Focus on murder. Clark, D. (Ap '43)
Foe we face. Huss, P. J. (Je '42)
Fog
Humphreys. W. J. Fogs, clouds and aviation.
(D '43)
Fog magic. Sauer, J. L.. (D '43)
Fogbound. Daniel, H. (N f43)
Fogs, clouds and aviation. Humphreys, W. J.
(D '43)
Folded leaf. Maxwell, W. (My '45)
Folding father. Hauser, H. (Je '42)
Folgore da San Qlmlgnano
Aldington, R. Wreath for San Gemlgnano.
(Mr '46)
Folio on Florence White. Oursler, W. C. (S '42)
Folk art
Pennsylvania
Kauffman, H. J. Pennsylvania Dutch Amer-
ican folk art. (N '46)
Lichten, F. M. Folk art of rural Pennsyl-
vania. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Robacker, E. F. Pennsylvania Dutch stuff.
(F »45) (1944 Annual)
Folk dancing in high school and college. Fox,
G. I., and Merrill, K. G. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Folk music .
Bayard, S. P., ed. Hill country tunes. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Folk songs
Deutsch, L.., ed. Treasury of the world's flne«t
folk song. (N »42)
Siegmeister, B., ed. Work and sing. (Ag- '44)
United States. Work projects administration.
New Mexico. Spanish -American song ana
game book. (S '42)
Folk tonga, American
Carmer, C. L. America sings. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Col em an, S. N. B., and Bregman, A. Songs of
American folks. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Downes, O., and Siegmeister, E.. comps.
Treasury of American song. (Ag '43)
Jackson, G. P., ed. Down-East spirituals and
others. (S '43)
Jackson, G. P. White and Negro spirituals.
(Je '44)
Korson, G. G. Coal dust on the fiddle. (S '43)
Loesser, A. Humor in American song. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Wheeler. M. Steamboat! n' days. (Ag '46)
(1944 Annual)
Folk songs. Chinese
Jacobs, A. G., comp. Chinese- American song
and game book. (Ag '44)
Folk tale, fiction and saga in the Homeric
epics. Carpenter, R. (N '46)
Folk tales from China. Ldm, S. (S '44)
Folk tales from Scotland. Galloway, P. F. W. S.
(Mr '45)
Folklore
Bleecker, M. N., comp. Big music. (Ap '46)
Brown, A. C. L. Origin of the Grail legend.
(D '43)
Carpenter, R. Folk tale fiction and saga in
the Homeric epics. (N *46)
Balkan states
Haslip, J. Fairy tales from the Balkans. (Mr
'45)
Channel islands
Campbell, A. S. Wizard and his magic pow-
der. (Je '45)
Charleston, South Carolina
Bennett, J. Doctor to the dead. (Ag '46)
England
Spargo, J. W. Juridical folklore in England.
(S »44)
India
Metzger, B. Picture tales from India. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Latin America
Henius, F., comp. and tr. Stories from the
Americas. (O '44)
Louisiana
Writers' program Louisiana. Gumbo ya-ya.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
New England
Dorson, R. M. Jonathan draws the long bow.
(O '46)
North Carolina
Chase, R., ed. Jack tales. (S '43)
Writers' program, North Carolina. Bundle of
troubles. (Mr '44)
Pennsylvania
Korson, G. G. Coal dust on the fiddle. (S *4S)
Poland
Simon, S. Wise men of Helm. (Je '46)
* Puerto Rico
BelprS, P. Tiger and the rabbit. (Ap '46)
Russia
Afanas'ev, A. N. Russian fairy tales. (D *45)
Scotland
Galloway, P. F. W. S. Folk tales from Scot-
land. (Mr '45)
South Africa
Marais, J. Koos, the Hottentot. (D '45)
United States
Botkin, B. A., ed. Treasury of American folk-
lore. (Je '44)
Carmer. C. L. America sings. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Shapiro, I. John Henry and the double jointed
steam-drill. (O '45)
Folklore, African
Graham, L». B. How God fix Jonah. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Kalibala, E. B., and Davis, M. G. Wakaima
and the clay man. (Ag '46)
Folklore, Armenian
Khatchatrianz, I. Armenian folk tales. (D
'46)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Folklore, Eskimo
Gillham. C. B. Beyond the Clapping moun-
tains. (Je '43)
Folklore, Jewish
Simon, S. Wise men of Helm. (Je '46)
Folklore, Negro ,_ ,
Botkin, B. A., ed. Lay my burden down.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Folklore, Norse ^ e §J_
Undset, S., ed. True and untrue. (D '45)
Folklore, Russian
Gottschalk, F. Runaway soldier. (N '46)
Food for postwar Europe. Bennett, M. K. (F
Food for the world. Schultz, T. W., ed. (Je '45)
Food front in World war I, Diokson, M. R.
(My '45)
Food garden. Blair, E. (My '42)
Food law and legislation
Herrick, A. D. Food regulation and compli-
ance. (Je '45)
Wilson, S. Food and drug regulation. (S '42)
Food 'n' fun for the invalid. Harris, F. L., and
Ridler, D. A. (O '42)
Food or famine. Shepard, W. (Ag *46) (1945
Annual)
Folks do get born. Campbell, M. (Ag '46) Annual)
Follow the leader. Davis, C. B.(S '42) Food poisoning
Following Abraham Lincoln. Wall, B. (S 43) Dack, Q. M. Food poisoning. (Ag '43)
Food Food processing. Duncan, A. O. (S '43)
Following
Food
Bradley, A. V. Tables of food values. (F *43)
(1942 Annual) ,^
Duncan, A. O. Food processing. (S '43)
Glass tone, S. and V. F. C. Food you eat. (Jo
f43)
Graubard, M. A. Man's food its rhyme or
reason. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Macy, I. G., and Williams. H. H. Hidden
hunger. (S '46)
Maddox, G. Eat well for less money. (F '43)
(1942 Annual) ^ ,
Murphy, M. Wartime meals. (O '42)
Pfaffmann, M., and Stern, F. How to teach
nutrition to children. (Je '43)
Reid, M. G. Food for people. (O *43)
Sherman, H. C., and Lanford, C. S. Introduc-
tion to foods and nutrition. (Ag '44)
Taylor. C. M. Food values in shares and
weignts. (O '42)
TodorofC, A. Food buyer's information book.
(O '46)
Von Loesecke, H. W. Outlines of food tech-
nology. (O *42)
Analysis
Halliday, B. G., and Noble, I. T. Food chem-
istry and cookery. (S '43)
Jacobs, M. B., ed. Chemistry and technology
of food and food products, v 1. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Jacobs, M. B., ed. Chemistry and technology
of food and food products, v2. (My *45)
Peterson, W, H., and others. Blements of
food biochemistry. (S '43)
Sherman, H. C. Chemistry of food and nutri-
tion. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Triebold, H. O. Quantitative analysis, with
applications to agricultural and food prod-
ucts. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Waisman, H. A., and Elvehjem. C. A. Vita-
min content of meat. (My '42)
Winton, A. L. and K. G. B. Analysis of foods.
(O '45)
Bacteriology
Tanner, F. W. Microbiology of foods. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Bberle, I. Basketful. (Je '46)
Food, Dried
Von Loesecke, H. W. Drying and dehydration
of foods. (N '43)
Food, Frozen
Carlton, H. Frozen food industry- (Ap *42)
Pierce. A. L. Quick freezing. (Ag '45)
Sparkes, B. Zero storage in your home. (O
*44)
Todoroff, A. How to build and operate a
locker plant. (Ap '45)
Tressler, D. K., and Evers, C. F. Freezing
preservation of foods. (My '43)
Food. Pearson, F. A., and Paarlberg, D. (My
•44)
Food; a weapon for victory. Fowler, B. B.
(O f42)
Food and drug regulation. Wilson, S. (S '42)
Food and farming in post-war Europe. La-
martine Yates, P., and Warriner. D. (N
•43)
Food buyer's information book. Todoroff, A.
(O '46)
Food ch<
Food chemistry and cookery. Halliday, E. O.,
and Noble. I. T. (S '43)
Food "crisis." Hendrickson, R. F. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Food enough. Black, J. D. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Food for people. Reid, M. 3. (O '43)
Food regulation and compliance. Herrick, A. D.
(Je ?45)
Food resources of Africa. Githens, T. S., and
Wood, C. B. (Je '44)
Food supply
Black, J. D. Food enough. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Brandt, K. Reconstruction of world agricul-
ture. (My '45)
Fowler, B. B. Food; a weapon for victory. (O
'42)
Pearson, F. A., and Harper, F. A. World's
hunger. (Je '46)
Prentice, B. P. Food, war and the future.
(Ag '44)
Schultz, T. W., ed. Food for the world. (Je
'45)
Africa
Githens, T. S.. and Wood, C. B. Food re-
sources of Africa. (Je '44)
Europe
Bennett, M. K. Food for postwar Europe.
(F '45) (1944 Annital)
United States
Hendrickson, R. F. Food "crisis." (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Pearson, F. A., and Paarlberg, D. Food. (My
Reid, M. G. Food for people. (O '43)
Food values in shares and weights. Taylor,
C. M. (O '42)
Food, war and the future. Prentice, E. P.
(Ag '44)
Food you eat. Glasstone, S. and V. F. C. (Je
•43)
Fool's errand. Van de Water, F. F. (Ag *45)
Football
Baker, L. H. Do you know your football?
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Baker, L. H. Football: facts and figures. (Mr
'46)
Sampson, A. Football coach. (D '46)
Ward, A. Frank Leahy and the fighting
Irish. (Ap '45)
Juvenile literature
Fishel, R. M.. and Smith, W. W. Terry and
Bunky play football. (D '45)
Football coach. Sampson, A. (D '46)
Football: facts and figures. Baker, L. H. (Mr
•46)
Foothold of earth. Hallet, R. M. (D »44)
Footloose fiddler. Miller. H., and Cooper. P.
(Ag '45)
Footnote to life. Nash, B. A. (N '44)
Footprints. See Tracking and trailing
Footsteps behind her. Wilson, M. (Mr '42)
For all mankind. Blum, L. (O '46)
For all men born. Mackay, M. M. (Ap '43)
For country and mankind. Reines, B. J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
For flag and freedom. Kummer, F. A. (O '42)
For here is my fortune. Harlin, 'A. R. (D '46)
For Hilaire Belloc. Woodruff. D., ed. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
For love alone. Stead, C. (N '44)
For love of country. Harper, W., comp. (O '42)
For love's sake only. Nichols, M. G. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
For magician* only. Parrish, R. H. (S '44)
For my great folly. Costain, T. B. (S '42)
For my people. Walker, M. (D '42)
For one sweet grape. O'Brien, K. (Ag '46)
For permanent victory. Johnson, M. M.. and
Haven, C. T. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
For the good of all. Tucker, 0. M. (O '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1101
For the sake of heaven. Buber, M. (N '46)
For the time being. Auden, W. H. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
For thee the best. Landau, M. A. (D '45)
For this we fought. Chase, S. (N '46)
For those in peril. Holton, E. A. (Je '43)
For us the living. Mahoney, J. J. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
For we have this treasure. Scherer, P. B. (N
For your freedom and ours. Kridl, M.. and
others, eds. (S '43)
Forbes, Robert Bennet
Connolly, J. B. Canton captain. (Mr '42)
Forbes, Rosita (Torr)
Forbes, R. T. Appointment with destiny. (Je
'46)
Forbes, R. T. Gypsy in the sun. (N '44)
Force and energy
Dull, C. B., and Newlin, I. Q. Fundamentals
of machines. (Je *43) ^ ^r
Force and freedom. Burckhardt, J. C. (My
'43)
Forces that shape our future. Eagleton. C.
(D '45)
Ford, Henry
Simonds, W. A. Henry Ford. (My '43)
Ford, John '
Sensabaugh, O. F. Tragic muse of John Ford.
Ag '45) .
eig
Foreign affairs bibliography. Woolbert, R. G.,
comp. (S '45)
Foreign devil. Bnders, G. B. (S '42)
Foreign exchange
Salera, V. Exchange control and the Argen-
tine market. (My '42)
Foreign influences in American life. Bowers,
D, F., ed. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Foreign languages and cultures in American
education. Kaulfers, W. V., and others,
eds. (Ap '43)
Foreign maps. Olson. B. C., and Whitmarsh,
Foreign policy begins at home. Warburg, J. P.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Foreigners. Schoyer, P. (Ap '42)
Foreman's handbook. Heyel, C., ed. (My '43)
Foreman's management conference manuals.
National foremen's institute. (O '43)
Foreman's place in management. Smith, C. C.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Foremanship and safety. MacMillan, C. M. (Ap
'43)
Foremanship training. Starr, R. B., ed. (O '43)
Foremen
Fern, G. H. Training for supervision in in-
dustry. (Je '46)
Gardiner, G. L. When foreman and steward
bargain. (My »46)
Halsey, G. D. Supervising people. (Mr '46)
Heyel, C., ed. Foreman's handbook. (My '43)
Kalsem, P. J. Practical supervision. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
MacMillan, C. M. Foremanship and safety.
(Ap '43)
Maynard, H. B., and others, eds. Effective
foremanship. (Ap '42)
National foremen's institute. Foreman's man-
agement conference manuals. (O '43)
Schultz, R. S. Wartime supervision of work-
ers. (Ap '43)
Smith, C. C. Foreman's place in manage-
ment. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Starr, R. B., ed. Foremanship training. (O
'43)
Wolflf. J. L. Production conference. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Forest and the fort. Allen, H. (My *43)
Forest fires
Holbrook, S. H. Burning an empire. (D '43)
Forest of the South. Gordon, C. (N '45)
Forest products
Glesinger, E. Nazis in the woodpile. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Forest ranger. Layton, M. (N '46)
Forest world. Salten, F. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Forests and forestry
Hawley, R. C. Practice of silviculture. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Chapman, D. H >*asons and the woodman.
(Je '42)
United States
Boerker, R. H. D. Behold our green man-
sions. (S '45)
Bruere, M. S. B. Your forests. (Ag '45)
Foretaste of glory. Stuart, J. (Ap '46)
Forever Amber. Winsor, K. (N '44)
Forever China. Payne. P. S. R. (N '45)
Forever growing. Green, P. (S '46)
Forever is so long. Colver, A. M. R. (Je *42)
Forever possess. Phillips, A. (Mr '46)
Forever young. Williams, B. C. (My '43)
Forge. Eng title of: Forging of a rebel, pt 1.
Barea. A. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Forgery
Osjborn, A. S. Questioned document prob-
lems. (S '45)
Forget your age! Steincrohn, P. J. (Je '46)
Forgetful elephant. Greene, J. (O '45)
Forging of a rebel. Barea, A. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Forgotten ally. Van Paassen, P. (D '43)
Forgotten battlefield. Wierzynski, K. (N '44)
Forgotten flnca. Von Hagen, C. I. B. (Ag '44)
Forgotten front. Lear, J. (Mr *43)
Forgotten Hume. Mossner, E. C. (My '43)
Forlorn sunset. Sadleir, M. (D '46)
Form -criticism of the synoptic healing narra-
tives. McGinley, L. J. (Ap '45)
Formaldehyde
Walker, J. F. Formaldehyde. (Ag '45)
Forming tools. See Machine tools
Formosa
Grajdanzev. A. J. Formosa today. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Formulas for stress and strain. Roark, R. J.
(D '43)
Forrest, Nathan Bedford
Henry, R. S. "First with the most" Forrest.
(Ag f45) (1944 Annual)
Forster, Edward Morgan
Trilling. L,. E. M. Forster. (S f43)
Fort. Jameson, S. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Fortress. Haines, D. H. (Je '45)
Fortress in the skies. Mendelssohn, P. (O '43)
Fortress islands of the Pacific. Hobbs. W. H.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Fortress of freedom. Salamanca. L. (Je '42)
Fortune, smile once more! Williams, M. F. (D
'46)
Fortunes of Falstaff. Wilson, J. D. (Je *44)
48 million tons to Eisenhower. Leigh, R. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
'42 to '44. Wells, H. G. (S '44)
Forty years of silence. Brown, C. A. (D '46)
Forums (discussion and debate)
Ewbank, H. L., and Auer. J. J. Discuseion
and debate. (My '42)
Forward, Commandos! Bianco, M. W. (N '44)
Forward observer. Westrate, E. V. (My '44)
Forward the nation. Peattie, D. C. (Je '42)
Forward to the land. Peterson, E. T. (Ag *42)
Forward with science. Rusk, R. D. (Je^43)
Fosdick, Charles Austin. See Castlemon, H.,
pseud.
Foster, Stephen Collins*
Morneweck, E. F. Chronicles of Stephen Fos-
ter's family. (N '45)
Foster home care for mental patients. Crutch-
er, H. B. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Foundation of phenomenology. Farber, M.
(S *44)
Foundations
Chellis, R. D. Pile-driving handbook. (S '44)
Hool, G. A. and Kinne, W. S. eds. Foun-
dations, abutments, and footings. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Foundations, Charitable and educational
Harrison, S. M., and Andrews, F. E. Ameri-
can foundations for social welfare. (Ag
46)
Foundations and the future of International law.
Winfield, P. H. (S '42)
Foundations for a science of personality. Ang-
yal, A. (An '42)
Foundations for living. Silver, F., and Ryan,
M. G. (O *43)
Foundations for reconstruction. Trueblood, D.
E. (Je '46)
Foundations of American civilization. Savelle,
M. (O §43)
Foundations of modern world society. Mander,
L. A. (Ap '42)
1102
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Foundations of national power. Sprout, H. H.
and M. T., eds. (Ap^46)
Foundations of nutrition. Rose, M. D. S. (A*
Foundations of reading instruction. Betts, E. A.
(S '46)
Founded upon the seas. Oakeshott, W. F. (Je
'43)
Foundry practice
Malleable founders' society. American malle-
able iron. (N '45)
Fountain of life. Eng title of: Creative love.
Martindale. C. C. (N '46)
Fountainhead. Rand, A. (Je '43)
Four airplanes. Baruch, D. W, (My '42)
Four boys and a gun. Wiener. W. (My *44)
Four cornerstones of peace. Dean. V. M. (Mr
'46)
Four essays on Gulliver's travels. Case. A. B.
(Je '46)
Four fears. Thomas, E. D. (N '44)
Four freedoms and God. Poteat, E. M. (O '43)
Four friends. Hoffmann, E. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Four from the old town. Gronowicz, A. (D '44)
Four Gospels. Chapman, J. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Four Graces. Stevenson, D. E. (Je '46)
Four great oaks. McNaughton, M. (S '46)
400 salads. Cowles, F. A., and Harris, F. I*
(Ag '44)
Four Jills in a jeep. Landis, C. (Ap '44)
Four men. Fox, P. H. (Je '46)
Four past four. Vlckers, R. (N '45)
Four plays. Hellman, L.. (My '42)
Four plays. Holberg, L. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Four plays. Priestley, J. B. (N '44)
Four- ply yarn. Eng title of: Shadow on the
cliff. Burton, M. (Je '44)
Four portraits. Eng title of: Profane virtues.
Quennell, P. C. (S '45)
Four quartets. Eliot, T. S. (Je f43)
'Four quartets' rehearsed. Preston, R. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Four- Story Mistake. Enright. E. (D '42)
4000 years of television. Hubbell, R. W. (N '42)
Four winds. Hayes, C, E. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Four years. Van Sinderen, A, (My '44)
Four years of Nazi torture. Winkler, E. (Je '42)
Fourier's series
Manley, R. G. Waveform analysis. (Ap '46)
Fourscore years. Coulton, G. G. (Ag '44)
14000 gear ratios. Page, R. M. (Je '43)
Fourteenth amendment and the Negro since
1920. Nelson, B. H. (D '46)
Fourteenth trump. Philips, J. P. (N '42)
Fourth bomb. Street, C. J. C. (Mr '42)
Fourth decade. Rosten, N. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Fourth gospel in the early church. Sanders,
J. N. (O '43)
Fourth mystery book. (D *42)
Fourth star. Burke, R. (N '46)
Fourways. Colver, A. M. R. (O '44)
Fowl and game cookery. Beard, J. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Fowler, Gene
Fowler, G. Solo in tom-toms. (My '46)
Fox fire. Robinson, G. (O *44)
Fox island. Pinkerton. K. S. G. (N '42)
Foxes of Harrow. Yerby, F. (Mr *46)
Fragonard drawings for Ariosto. Fragonard, J.
H. (Ag '46)
Fragrance, philosophies, and conversations of a
year. Ragon, H. L. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Framework of battle. Burr, J. G. (D '43)
France, Anatole
Axelrad, J. Anatole France. (O '44)
France
Maillaud, P. France. (My '43)
Church history
Civilization
Gilliam, F. E. France (N '45)
Colonies
Gipson, L. H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 6. (D *42)
Gipson, U H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 6. (Ap '46)
U6vy. R. French interests and policies in the
Far East. (My '42)
Power, T. F. Jules Ferry and the renais-
sance of French imperialism. (My '45)
Roberts, W, A. French in the West Indies.
(My '42)
Stern, ^J. French colonies, past and future.
Weat Indies
Crouse, N. M. French struggle for the West
Indies. (My '44)
Commerce
Levant
Puryear. V. J. France and the Levant from
the Bourbon restoration to the peace of
Kutiah. (Ap '43)
Constitutional history
Church. W. F. Constitutional thought in six-
teenth-century France. (Je '42)
Description and travel
Spender, S. European witness. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Economic policy
Belk, P. H. Judgment of the old regime. (Ap
Cole, C; W. French mercantilism, 1683-1700.
Golob, E. O. MSline tariff. (My f46)
Foreign relations
Cameron, E. R. Prologue to appeasement. (F
43) (1942 Annual)
Jordan, W. M. Great Britain, France and the
German problem, 1918-1939. (Ag '44)
Puryear, V. J. France and the Levant from
the Bourbon restoration to the peace of
Kutiah. (Ap '43)
Simon, Y. Road to Vichy, 1918-1938. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Werth, A. Twilight of France, 1933-1940. (N
Great Britain
Royal institute of international affairs.
France and Britain. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Free French movement
Aghion, R. Fighting French. (Ag '43)
Burman. B. L.. Miracle on the Congo. (S '42)
Davis, H. Half past when. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Gaulle, C. A. J. M. de. Speeches (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
History
Feraand-Laurent, C. J. Gallic charter.
Gudrard, A. L,. France. (Ap '46-)
Marriott, J. A. R. Short history of France
(My '44)
Munro, K. France yesterday and today. (Ag
46)
Revolution
Bryant A. Years of endurance, 1793-1802.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Palmer, R. R. Twelve who ruled. (Ag »42)
(1941 Annual)
Sirich, J. B. Revolutionary committees in
the departments of France, 1793-1794. (S
43)
Thompson, J. M. French revolution. (My '45)
Revolution — Historiography
Farmer, P. France reviews its revolutionary
origins. (Ag '44) ^
Consulate and empire, 1799-1815
Bryant, A, Years of victory. 1802-1812. (O
Second empire, 1859-1870
Gulrard, A. L. Napoleon III. (S '43)
German occupation, 1940-194S
Cot. P. Triumph of treason. (My '44)
De Polnay, P. Germans came to Paris. (N
43)
Odic, C. J. Stepchildren of France. (N *45)
Porter, R. P. Uncensored France. (As; *42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1103
History, Military
Parker, H. T. Three Napoleonic battles. (S
'44) ^
Politics and government
Acomb, £3. M. French laic laws. (Ag '42 )
(1941 Annual)
Blum, L. For all mankind. (O '46)
Cot. P. Triumph of treason. (My '44)
Fernand-Laurent, C. J. Gallic charter. (S
'44)
Jacques. French soldier speaks. (Ag *42)
Kerillis, H. de. I accuse De Gaulle. (Ap '46)
Lazareff, P. Deadline. (Ap '42)
Lorraine, J. Behind the battle of France.
(Je '44)
Marchal, L. Vichy; two years of deception.
(Mr '43)
Micaud, C. A. French Right and Nazi Ger-
many. (Ap '44)
Paul, E. H. Last time I saw Paris. (My '42)
Simon, Y. March to liberation. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Simon, Y. Road to Vichy, 1918-1938. (1942,
1943)
Tabouis, G. R. They called me Cassandra.
Torres, H. Campaign of treachery. (O P42)
Werth, A. Twilight of France, 1933-1940. (N
'42)
Winter, G. This is not the end of France.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wright, G. Raymond Poincard and the French
presidency. (S '43 )
Relations (general) with East (Far East)
L6vy, R- French interests and policies in the
Far East. (My '42)
Religion
Iswolsky, H. Light before dusk. (Je *42)
France. Comit6 de salut public
Palmer, R. R. Twelve who ruled. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
France. Gilliam. F. E. (N '45)
France. Maillaud, P. (My '43)
France and Britain. Royal institute of interna-
tional affairs. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
France and the Levant from the Bourbon
restoration to the peace of Kutiah. Pur-
year, V. J. (Ap '43)
France in sunshine and shadow. Batcheller,
T. B. (N '44)
France of tomorrow. Gu6rard, A. L. (Ag '42)
France reviews its revolutionary origins. Farm-
er, P. (Ag '44)
France yesterday and today. Munro, K. (Ag
'46)
Francis. Stern, D. (D *46)
Francis of Assist, Saint
Petry, R. C. Francis of Assist, apostle of
poverty. (Ag '42)
Schimberg, A. P. Larks of Umbria. (My '43)
Fiction
Kossak-Szczucka, Z. Blessed are the meek.
(Ap '44)
Juvenile literature
Maynard, S. K. C. Princess Poverty. (Ap *42)
Milhous, 1C First Christmas crib. (D '44)
Franciscans
History
Huber, R. M. Documented history of the
Franciscan order. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Franciscans. Third order
Hennrlch, K. J. Better life. (F '14) (1943
Annual)
Franco's black Spain. Qulntanilla, L. (Je '46)
Frank Leahy and the lighting Irish. Ward, A.
(Ap '45)
Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin, B. Autobiographical writings. (D
'45)
Franklin institute. Meet Dr Franklin. (O '44)
Juvenile literature
Maurois, A. Franklin, the life of an opti-
mist. (Agr '45)
Franklin street. Goodman, P. (Ap '41)
Frazer, 81 r James George
Malinowski, B. Scientific theory of culture.
(D '44)
Fred and Brown Beaver ride the river. Tousey,
S. (Mr '45)
Freddy and Mr Camphor. Brooks, W. R. (N '44)
Freddy and the perilous adventure. Brooks,
W. R. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Freddy and the popinjay. Brooks, W. R. (D '46)
Freddy, the Pied piper. Brooks, W. R. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia
Colby, E. Masters of mobile warfare. (O '43)
Gaxotte, P. Frederick the Great. (My '42)
Fiotion
Sabatini, R. Birth of mischief. (O '45)
Frederick William I, king of Prussia
Brgang, R. R. Potsdam ftthrer. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Free and inexpensive educational materials.
(Je '43)
Free as the wind. White, G. A. (My '42)
Free China's new deal. Freyn, H. (D '43)
Free enterprise. Duryee, M. B. (Ap '44)
Free lance photography. Godsey, T. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Free man. Richter, C. (S '43)
Free men are fighting. Gramling, O. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Free men of America. Padilla, B. (Je '43)
Free men shall stand. Stone, E. (D M4)
Free minds. Knickerbocker, F. W. C. (N '43)
Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860.
Franklin, J. P. (S *43)
Free Negro labor and property holding in
Virginia, 1830-1860. Jackson, L. P. (Ap '43)
Free river. Lock wood, M. (O '42)
Free speech in the United States. Chafee, Z.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Free state. Brogan, D. W. (S '45)
Free thought
Post, A. Popular freethought in America.
1825-1850. (Ag '43)
Warren, S. American freethought, 1860-1914.
(Ap '44)
Free trade and protection
Tenenbaum, E. A. National socialism vs. in-
ternational capitalism. (Je '43)
Tucker, G. M. For the good of all. (O '44)
Free will and determinism
Berdfkev, N. A. Slavery and freedom. (O *44)
Frank, J. Fate and freedom. (Ag '46)
Free world theatre. Oboler, A., and Longstreet,
S., eds. (O '44)
Freedmen
Jackson, L. P. Free Negro labor and prop-
erty holding in Virginia, 1830-1860. (Ap '43)
Freedom and civilization. Malinowski, B. (O
'44)
Freedom and responsibility in the American
way of life. Becker, C. L. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Freedom for Italy! Nicotri, G. and F. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Freedom forgotten and remembered. Kuhn, H.
(Ag '43) ^^-
Freedom from fear. Pink, L. H. (O '44)
Freedom is more than a word. Field, M. (My
'45)
Freedom of the soul. Bradley, D. J. (O '43)
Freedom road. Fast, H. M. (O '44)
Freedom through education. Redden, J. D.,
and Ryan, F. A. (D '44)
Freedom through education. Redden, J. D.. and
Ryan, F. A. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Freedom to be free. Marshall. J. (Je '43)
Freedom under planning. Wootton, B. F. A.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Freedom's farm. Case, J. Y. (O '46)
Freedom's ferment. Tyler, A. F. (Ap *44)
Freedom's flag. Holland, R. S. (S '43)
Freedom's people. Wilkinson, B. (O '46)
Freehand drafting. Zipprich, A. E, (D '44)
Freely to pass. Beattie, E. W. (D *42)
Freeman, Allen Weir
Freeman, A. W. Five million patients. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Freezing preservation of foods. Treasler, D. K.,
and Evers, C. F. (My '43)
Freighter holiday. Orr, F. (S '42)
Fremont, Jessie (Benton)
Fiction
Stone, I. Immortal wife. (N '44)
FreVnont, John Charles
Scherer. J. A. B. Thirty -first star. (O '42)
1104
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
French activities in California. Nasatir, A. P.
(Ja f46) (1945 Annual)
French Canada, Ryerson, S. B. (N '44)
French Canada in transition. Hughes, B. C.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
French-Canadian outlook. Wade, M. (O §46)
French Canadians
Hughes, E. C. French Canada in transition.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Ryerson, S. B. French Canada. (N *44)
Wade, M. French-Canadian outlook. (O '46)
French. Canadians in New England
Ducharme, J. Shadows of the trees. (Je '43)
French colonies, past and future. Stern, J.
(Ap '44)
French drama
Lancaster, H. C. Sunset. (S '46)
French drawings ... at Windsor castle. Blunt,
French Vfairy tales. Perrault, C. (D '45)
French fiction
History and criticism
Maurois, A. Seven faces of love. (Mr '44)
French follies, and other follies. Steegmuller,
F. (N '46)
French Guiana
Smith, N. Black Martinique, red Guiana.
(My '42)
French impressionists and their contemporaries
represented in American collections. (N '44 )
French in California
Nasatir, A. P. French activities in Califor-
nia. (Ja »46) (1945 Annual)
French In the West Indies
Grouse, N. M. French struggle for the West
Indies. (My '44)
Roberts, W. A. French in the West Indies.
(My '42)
French interests and policies in the Far East.
Frerf^aichawJr Acomb. E. M. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
French literature
History and criticism
Fowlie, W. Clowns and angels. (F *44) (1943
Annual)
Oide. A. P. G. Imaginary interviews. (N '44)
Lemaltre, G. E. From cubism to surrealism
in French literature. (My '42)
Rosenfield, L. D. C. From beast-machine to
man -machine. (Ap '42)
Saintsbury, G. E. B. French literature and
its masters. (Mr '46)
French literature (Old French)
Translations into English
Lancaster C. M., tr. Saints and sinners in
old romance. (Ap *43)
French literature and its masters. Saintsbury*
G. B. B. (Mr '46)
French mercantilism, 1683-1700. Cole, C. W.
(My '44)
French officer's diary. Barlone, D. (Ap *43)
French predecessors of Malthus. Spengler, J. J.
(My '43)
French railroads and the state. Doukas, K. A.
(S '46)
French revolution. Thompson, J. M. (My '45)
French Right and Nazi Germany. Micaud, C.
A. (Ap '44)
French soldier speaks. Jacques. (Ag *42)
French struggle for the West Indies. Crouse,
N. M. (My '44)
Frenchman must die. Boyle, K. (My '46)
Frenchman's creek. Du Maurier, D. (Mr *42)
Frenzied prince. -Colum, P. (D '43)
Frequency modulation. Hund, A. (Je '43 )
Fresh from the hills. Lyon, M. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Fresh-water basa. Bergman, R. (S '42)
Fresh water fishing. Shoemaker. M. B. (Ap '42)
Freud. Sigmund
Brill, A. A. Freud's contribution to psychiatry.
Dalbiez, R. Psychoanalytical method and the
doctrine of Freud. (Je '42)
Hoffman, F. J. Freudianism and the literary
mind. (O '45)
Sachs, H. Freud; master and friend. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Freudianism and the literary mind. Hoffman,
F. J. (O '45)
Freud's contribution to psychiatry. Brill, A. A.
(N '44)
Frick collection. New York
D wight, H. G., and Frankfurter, A. M. Art
parade. (O '43)
Friday, thank God! Rives, F. (My '43)
Friday's child. Heyer, G. (Mr '46)
Friend in court. Kelley. C. M. (Je '42)
Friend of animals. Pace, M. M. (Je '42)
Friendly animals. Slobodkin, L. (D '44)
Friendly Arctic. Stefansson, V. (S '43)
Friendly library. Briggs, B. M. (S '42)
Friendly mountains. Peattie, R., ed. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Friendly persuasion. West, J. (D *45)
Friendly young ladies. Eng title of: Middle
mist. Renault, M. (Mr '45)
Friends, Society of
Curtis, A. L. Quakers take stock. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kirby. E. W. George Keith. (Je '42)
Russell, B. History of Quakerism. (Ag '42)
Whitney, J. P. John Woolman. (Je '42)
Friends of the people. Neumann, A. (Je '42)
Friendship magic. Brown, J. P. (S '45)
Friendship valley. Wolo. (D '46)
Frightened man. Lefflngwell, A. (Ag '42)
Frightened pigeon. Burke, R. (Je '44)
Frightened stiff. Roos, K. (N '42)
Friable, Robert Dean
Frisbie, R. D. Island of Desire. (S '44)
Frog face. Stokes, H. W. (Je '46)
From a political diary. Margolin, A. D. (S '46)
From ambush to zig-zag. Sturm, A. (D '42)
From art to theatre. Kernodle, G. R. (D '44)
From barter to slavery. Marchant, A. N. De
A. (Ap '43)
From beast-machine tg man-machine. Rosen-
fleld, L. D. C. (Ap '42)
From bird cage to battle plane. Michaelis, R.
(My '43)
From Copernicus to Binstein. Reichenbach, H.
(S '42)
From cowhides to golden fleece. Underbill, R.
L. (D '46)
From cretin to genius. Voronoff, S. (Ap '42)
From cubism to surrealism in French litera-
ture. Lemaltre, G. E. (My '42)
From democracy to Nazism. Heberle, R. (S
'45)
From despotism to revolution. Gershoy, L.
(S '44)
From economic theory to policy. Walker. E. R.
(Mv »44)
From fact to fiction. Smith, E. W., and Bailey,
R. (Ap '46)
From hell to breakfast. Olsson, C. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
From infancy through childhood. Sauer, L. W.
(S '42)
From Jesus to Paul. Klausner, J. (S '43)
From madrigal to modern music. Moore, D. S.
(My '42)
From Max Weber: essays in sociology. Weber,
M. (D '46)
From my library walls. Orcutt, W. D. (N '45)
From Omaha to Okinawa. Huie, W. B. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
From Perry to Pearl harbor. Falk, E. A. (Mr
•43)
From relief to social security. Abbott, G. (Ap
•42)
From scenes like these. Wallace, E. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
From science to God. Schmidt, K. (S '44)
From script to print. Chaytor, H. J. (Ag '45)
From sea to shining sea. Dyett, J. G. (Je *43)
From Shakespeare to Joyce. Stoll, B. E. (Mr
From star to star. Kelly, B. P. (D '44)
From the banks of the Volga. Roskln, A. (Je
*46)
From the ground up. Ford, C., and MacBain,
A. (Je *43)
From the journal of Zadoc Long. Long, Z. (N
43)
From the land of silent people. St John, R.
(Mr '42)
From the top of the stairs. Finletter, G. D. (N
•46)
From the Volga to the Yukon. Henderson, D.
M. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
From this day forward. Beebe, E. T. R. (My
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1105
From trail dust to star dust. Starr, E. A. (Je
From Tripoli to Marrakesh. Elderkin, K. D. M.
(My '45)
From victory to peace. Hutchinson, P. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
From Virgil to Milton. Bowra, C. M. (Mr '46)
From wilderness to empire. Cleland. R. G.
(My '44)
Front line. Great Britain. Ministry of informa-
tion. (Ag '43)
Frontier and pioneer life
Campbell, W. S. Jim Bridger. (N '46)
Draper, M. H Though long the trail. (S '46)
Havighurst, W. Upper Mississippi. (Je '44)
Juvenile literature
McNcer, M. Y. Story of the Great Plains. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Alaska
Brower, C. D., and others. Fifty years below
zero. (N '42)
Denison, M. Klondike Mike. (My '43)
Arizona
Sonnichsen, C. L. Billy King's Tombstone.
(Ag '42)
California
Bruff, J. G. Gold rush. (D '44)
Chalfant, W. A. Tales of the pioneers. (My
'43)
Colorado
Wlllison, G. F. Here they dug the gold. (O
'46V
Idaho
Anderson, N. M. Swede homestead. (D '42)
Davis, N. P. Stump ranch pioneer. (N f42)
Kansas
Clarke, C. F. To form a more perfect union.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Missouri
Williamson, H. P. South of the middle border.
(N '46)
Montana
Alderson, N. T. Bride goes west. (Ag *42)
Northwest
Heiirv R. C. High border country. (Ag '42)
Southwest
Kupper, W. Golden hoof. (Je *45)
Texas
Hamner, L. V. Short grass and longhorns.
(S '43)
McCarty. J L, Maverick town. (O '46)
Rister, C. C. Robert E. Lee in Texas. (Ag
*4G)
White. O P. Texas. (N '45)
United States
Howard, R. W. Two billion acre farm. (Mr
'45)
Ross, N. W. Westward the women. (N '44)
Washington (state)
Binns, A. Roaring land. (Je '42)
West
Ben ton, J. J. Cow by the tail. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
DeVoto, B. A. Year of decision, 1846. (Ap
*43)
Gray, A. A. Men who built the West. (O
Sykes, G. Westerly trend. (Je '45)
Frontier by air. Hager, A. R. (D '42)
Frontier on the Potomac. Daniels, J. (D '46)
Frontier passage. O'Malley, M. D. S. (O '42)
Frontiers in education. Stoddard, G. D. (Ap
'46)
Frontiers of American culture. Adams, J. T.
(Ag '44)
Frossia. Almedingen, M. EJ. von. (My '44)
Frost, Robert
Thompson, L. R. Fire and ice, (N *42)
Froth estate. Mackey, J. (Ag '46)
Frozen food industry. Carlton, H. (Ap '42)
Fruit
Lucas, J. M. First the flower, then the fruit.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Lucas, J. M. Fruits of the earth. (N '42)
Fruit culture
Hedrick, U. P. Fruits for the home garden
(N '44)
Wilkinson, A. E. Encyclopedia of fruits, ber-
ries and nuts. (Je '45)
Juvenile literature
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Orchards ID
all seasons. (My '43)
Fruits for the home garden. Hedrick, U. P.
(N '44)
Fruits of fascism. Matthews, H. L. (N »43)
Fruits of the earth. Lucas, J. M. (N '42)
Der Fuehrer. Heiden, K. (Mr '44)
Fuel
Sterner, K. Fuels and fuel burners. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Fugue in time. Eng title of: Take three tenses.
Godden, R. (Ap '45)
Full crash dive. Bosworth, A. R. (Mr '42)
Full creel. Hall, H. M. (Ag '46)
Full employment and free trade. Polanyi, M.
(Je '46)
Full employment in a free society. Beveridge,
W. H. (Mr '45)
Full flood. Marks, P. (O '42)
Full of thy riches. Ferrell. E. and M. (Je '44)
Full production without war. Loeb, H. (O '46)
Full score. Baker, F. (My '42)
Fuller, Margaret. See Ossoli, S. M. F. d*
Fulton, Robert
Flexner, J. T. Steamboats come true. (O *44)
Fiction
Lowe, C. B. Quicksilver Bob. (D '46)
Wilkins, W. V. Being met together. (O '44)
Juvenile literature
Henry, M. Robert Fulton. (D '45)
Fun for boys and girls. Cleveland, R. (F *43)
(1942 Annual)
Fun on horseback. Self, M. C. (My '45)
Fun with cards. Adams, D. (S '43 )
Fun with chemistry. Freeman, M. B. and I. M.
(D '44)
Fun with clay. Leeming, J. (N '44)
Fun with electrons. Yates, R. F. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Fun with figures. Freeman, M. B. and I. M.
(N '46)
Fun with folk tales. Sloane, G. L. (N '42)
Fun with magic. Leemingr, J. (D '43)
Fun with plastics. Leeming, J. (D '46)
Fun with puzzles. Leeming, J. (Ap '46)
Fun with science. Freeman, M. and I. M. (My
'43)
Fun with wood. Leeming, J. (O '42)
Fun with your child. Mapes, M. A. (Mr '44)
Fun with your microscope. Yates, R. F. (Je
'43)
Functional approach to family case work.
Taft, J., ed, (S '45)
Fundamental jobs in electricity. Perry, E. C.,
and Schafebook. H. V. (Je '43)
Fundamental organic chemistry. Degering. E.
F., and others. (Je '43)
Fundamental physics. Taylor, L. W. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Fundamental principles and processes of phar-
macy. Burl age, H. M., and others. (Ap '45)
Fundamental principles of mathematical statis-
tics. Wolfenden. H. H. (D '42)
Fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Prutton, C. F., and Maron, S H. (Mr '45)
Fundamental radio experiments. Higgy, R. C.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fundamental shop training, for those preparing
for war service. Shu man, J. T., and others.
(Je '43)
Fundamental theory of servomechanisms. Mac-
Coll, L. A. (Ap '46)
Fundamentals for the aircraft mechanic.
Markley, J. M. (Ap '44)
Fundamentals of alternating- current machines.
Sah. P. (O '46)
Fundamentals of applied electricity. Jones. E.
W. (Je '43)
Fundamentals of chemistry and their applica-
tions in modern life. Offner, M. M. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Fundamentals of electric waves. Skilling, H,
H. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
1106
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Fundamentals of electric welding. Rice, W.,
and others. (Je *43) _
Fundamentals of electricity. Benjamin, T. D.
(S '43)
nda
Fundamentals of electricity. Dull, C. E., and
Idelson. M. N. (Je '43) w
Fundamentals of electricity. Johnson, W. H.,
and Newkirk, L. V. (S '43)
Fundamentals of electricity. Miller, F. R. (Ag
'43)
Fundamentals of electricity, for those prepar-
ing for war service. McDougal. W. L., and
others. (Je '43)
Fundamentals of electrochemistry and electro-
deposition. Glasstone, S. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Fundamentals of electronics and their applica-
tions in modern life. Williams, H. £. (My
'46)
Fundamentals of engineering drawing. Lu-
sadder, W. J. (S '43)
Fundamentals of immunology. Boyd, W. C.
(Ag '43).
tidamen
Fundamentals of indeterminate structures.
Plummer, F. I-. (O '44)
Fundamentals of machines. Clark, J. A., and
others. (S '43)
Fundamental* or machines. Dull, C. E., and
Newlin. I. G. (Je '43)
Fundamentals of machines. Joseph, A. (Je '43)
Fundamentals of machines, for those prepar-
ing for war service. Hobbs, G. M., and
others. (Ag '43)
Fundamentals of mechanical inspection for
trainees and junior inspectors. Jenkins, R.
(Je '44)
Fundamentals of optical engineering. Jacobs,
D. H. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fundamentals of physics. Semat, H. (O '45)
Fundamentals of physics and their applications
in modern life. Dees, B. C. (Ag *45)
Fundamentals of physiology. Tokay, E. (Ag
Fundamentals of psychiatry. Strecker, E. A.
(.Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Fundamentals of radio. Jordan. E. C., and
others. (D '42)
Fundamentals of radio and how they are ap-
plied. Williams, H. L. (Ag '46) (1045 An-
nual)
Fundamentals of radio communications. Frey,
A. R. (Je '44)
Fundamentals of radio for those preparing for
war service. Gorder, L. O., and others.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Fundamentals of shopwork. Johnson, W. H.,
and Newkirk, U V, (My '43)
Fundamentals of shopwork. Owens, A. A., and
others. (Ag '43)
Fundamentals of shopwork. Swartz, D. J., and
others. (D '43)
Fundamentals of social psychology. Bogardus,
E. S. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Fundamentals or social science. Merrill, F. E.,
ed. (D '46)
Fundamentals of soil science. Millar, C. E.,
and Turk, L. M. (S '43)
Fundamentals of stress analysis, v 1. Deyar-
mond, A., and Arslan, A. (D '43)
Fundamentals of telephony. Albert, A. L. (Ap
'44)
Fundamentals of thermodynamics. Adams, A.
S., and Hilding, Q. D. (O *45)
Fundamentals of vacuum tubes. Eastman, A.
V. (S '42)
Fungi
Smith, G. Introduction to industrial mycol-
ogy. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Fungicides
Frear, D. E. H. Chemistry of insecticides and
fungicides. (Je '43)
Horsfall. J. G. Fungicides and their action.
(Je '46)
Funny business. Saturday evening post (peri-
odical). (N '45)
Fur trade
Swenson. O. Northwest of the world. (My
•44)
Furlough. Hoellering, F. (O '44)
Furlough from heaven. Dreifuss, J. (Ap '46)
Furnaces
Steiner, K. Fuels and fuel burners. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Furniture
Champion, P. V. Creative crate craft. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Downer, M. My room is my hobby. (Ja '48)
(1942 Annual)
Lewis, E. Decorating the home. (Je '43)
Lush, C. K. It's fun to build modern furni-
ture. (S '42)
Miller, G. Furniture for your home. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Ornstein, J. A. Decorating unpainted furni-
ture. (D '46)
Raeth. G. A. Master homecraft projects.
(Ap '43)
Furniture for your home. Miller, G. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Fury in the earth. Kroll, H. H. (Ap '45)
Fuss 'n' feathers. Long. L. (D '44)
Fussbunny. Evera, H. and A. (S '44)
Future economic policy of the United States.
Brown, W. A. (Je '44)
Future (for preventive medicine. Stieglitz, E. J.
Future Germany. Minshall, T. H. (N '44)
Future in perspective. Neumann, S. (S '46)
Future life
Ellis. E. We knew these men. (Mr '42)
Future of British farming. Menzies-Kitchin,
A. W. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Future of colonial peoples. Hailey. M. H. (My
Future of economic society. Glenday, R. G.
(My '45)
Future of Europe. Steel. J. (My '45)
Future of government in the United States.
White, U D., ed. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Future of India. Moon, P. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Future of industrial man. Drucker, P. F. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Future of Japan. Johnstone, W. C. (Ag '45)
Future of south-east Asia. Panlkkar, K. M.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Future of television. Dunlap, O. E. (D '42)
Future of the colonies. Huxley, J. S., and
Deane, P. (D '45) ••
Future population of Europe and the Soviet
Union. Princeton university. Office of popu-
lation research. (N '44)
Fyodrov, Michael
Fyodrov, M. Death my generation. (N '46)
G — for Genevieve. Herbert, J. M. (Ag '44)
G.B.S. Pearson, H. (N »42)
UI had fun. Schacht, A. (O '45)
G I Joe. Breger, D. (My '45)
G. I. jungle. Kahn, E. J. (O '43)
G.I. laughs. Hersey. H. B., ed. (Ap '44)
G.I. Nightingale. Archard, T. (Je '46)
G. I. songs. Palmer, E. A., ed. (S '44)
Gabriel and the angels. Townsend, T. (Ag
'42)
Gabriel Churchkitten. Austin, M. (O '42)
Qade, John Allyne
Gade, J. A. All my born days. (Ap '42)
Gages
Colvin, F. H. Gages and their use in inspec-
tion. (S '42)
Donaldson, C., and LeCain, G. H. Tool de-
sign. (Je '43)
Hawthorne, K. C. How to get ahead in a de-
fense plant. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Gages and their use in inspection. Colvin, F.
H. (S '42)
Gail Gardner wins her cap. Sutton, M. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gailhac, Pierre Jean Antoine
Magaret, H. Gailhac of B^ziers. (F »47) (1946
Annual)
Gaines, Myra (Clark) Whitney
Harmon, N. B. Famous case of Myra Clark
Gaines. (N '46)
Fiction
Kane, H. T. New Orleans woman. (D '46)
Qaisbergr Frederick William
Gaisberg, F. W. Music goes round. (Ja '43X
(1942 Annual)
Galantrys. Allingham, M. (N »43)
Galaxies. Shapley, H. (Ap '44)
Galewood crossing. Seymour, A. H. (D '45)
Gallagher, Patrick
Gallagher. P. Paddy the Cope. (My '42)
Gallant years. Powers, A. (Je '46)
Gallery of great paintings. Crane, A., ed. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Galll da Btblena family
Mayor, A. H. Bibiena family. (Ap '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1107
GalN-Curct, Amelita
Le Massena, C. E. Galli-Curci's life of song.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Gallic charter. Fernand-Laurent, C. J. (S '44)
Qallltzln, Demetrius Augustine
Sargent, D. Mitri. (3 '46)
Gals they left behind. Shea, M. M. (O '44)
Gamaliel
Fiction
Heard, G. Gospel according to Gamaliel. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Gambler takes a wife. Brinig, M. (Ag '43)
Gamblers with fate. Allan, D. (Ap r46)
Gambling
MacDougall, M. Danger in the cards. (Ap
Game and game birds
Heilner, V. Our American game birds. (Ap
Holland, R. P. Shotgunnlng in the lowlands.
(My '45)
Game bag. Buckingham, N. (Ap '46)
Game book. Mulac, M. E. (S '46)
Game protection
Tansley, A. G. Our heritage of wild nature.
(S '46)
United States. National park service. Fading
trails. (N *42)
GameUn. Maurice Gustavo
GSraud, A. Gravediggers of France. (O '44)
Games
Breen, M. J. The children's party book. (Ap
Cleveland, R. Pastime book for boys and
girls. (S '46)
Fisher, H. S. Good time at your picnic. (D '42)
Foote, D. Modified activities in physical edu-
cation. (My f46)
Geister, E. New ice-breakers. (S '42)
Jacobs, A. G., comp. Chinese- American song
and game book. (Ag '44)
Kraitchik, M. Mathematical recreations. (F
•42) (1942 Annual)
Leeming, J. Games to make and play at
home. (My '44)
Millen, N., comp. Children's games from
many lands. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Morehead, A. H. Modern Hoyle. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Mulac, M E. Game book. (S '46)
Pashko, S. American boy's omnibus. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Tunis, J. R. Lawn games. (S '43)
United States. Work projects administra-
tion, New Mexico. Spanish -American song
and game book. (S '42)
Von Neumann, J., and Morgenstern, O. The-
ory of games and economic behavior. (Je
Woodward, E. S. Let's have a party. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Games to make and play at home. Leeming, J.
(My '44)
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
Fischer. L. Week with Gandhi. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Gregg, R. B. Power of non-violence. (D '45)
Raman. T. A. What does Gandhi want?
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Shridharani, K. J. Mahatma and the world.
(Ag '46)
Gangs
Whyte, W. F. Street corner society. (Ap *44)
Garcia Lorca, Federlco
Honig, E. Garcia Lorca. (My '44)
Garden. Sackville-West, V. M. (O *46)
Garden book. Jefferson, T. (My '45)
Garden easily J Morse, H. K. (Je '42)
Garden flowers in color. Foley, D. J. (8 *44)
Garden for you. O'Donnell. T. C.. ed. (S '46)
Garden is political. Brinnin, J. M. (Je '42)
Garden islands of the great East. Fairchild, D.
G. (N 43)
Garden of Doctor Persuasion. Neilson, F. (Je
43)
Gardener's almanac. Farrington, E. I. (F f46)
(1945 Annual)
Gardener's bug book. Westcott, C. (N '46)
Gardenias for Sue. Hauck, L. P. (Je '42)
Gardening
Cross, R. Wake up and warden! (S '42)
Harrington, E. I. Gardener's almanac. (F
•46) (1945 Annual)
Gomez, N. Your garden in the city. (Ap '42)
Jefferson, T. Garden book. (My '45)
Lawrence, E. Southern garden. (N '42)
Morse, H. K. Garden easily! (Je '42)
O'Donnell, T. C., ed. Garden for you. (S '46)
Rockwell, F. P., ed. 10,000 garden questions
answered by 15 experts. (Ag '44)
Wilkinson, A. E. Flower encyclopedia and
gardener's guide. (Ag '43)
Williams, T. A. Old Dirt Dobber's garden
book. (Je '43)
Dictionaries
Bailey, L. H. and E. Z., comps. Hortus
second. (Ag '42)
Seymour, E. L. D., ed. New garden encyclo-
pedia. (Ag '42)
Juvenile literature
Gould, D. Very first garden. (Je *43)
Gardening for pood eating. Fox, H. M. (Je '43)
Gardening — without bunk. Boal, S. J. (S '42)
Gardens
Gomez, N. Your garden in the city. (Ap '42)
Symington, E. H. J. By light of sun. (Ap
'42)
China
Powell. F. L. In the Chinese garden. (S '43)
Gardens for victory. Putnam, J.-Mr~C., and
Cosper. L. C. (Ap '42)
Gardner Rea's sideshow. Rea, G. (D *45)
GarfJeld, Sidney Roy
DeKruif, P. H. Kaiser wakes the doctors.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Baker, N. B. Garibaldi. (D '44)
Juvenile literature
Burton. J. Garibaldi, knight of liberty. (N
45)
Garland of straw. Warner, S. T. (O '43)
Garment of God. Merriam, J. C. (My '43)
Gas analysis & testing of gaseous material.
Altieri, V. J. (Je '46)
Gas and oil engines
Boyer. G. C.p Diesel and gas engine power
Jennings, B. H., and Obert. E. F. Internal
combustion engines. (O '44)
Maleev, V. L. Internal -combustion engines.
(Ap *46)
Poison, .T. A. Internal combustion engines.
(Ap '43)
Ignition devices
Morgan, J. D. Principles of ignition. (S *4S)
Gas chemists' book of standards for light oils
and light oil products. Altieri. V. J. (N '43)
Gas chemists' manual of dry box purification
of gas. Sell. G. E. (Je '44)
Gas in light alloys. Eastwood, LaV. W. (O
'46)
Gas manufacture and works
Seil. G. E. Gas chemists' manual of dry box
purification of gas. (Je '44)
Gas turbines
Sawyer. R. T. Modern gas turbine. (My '45)
Smith, G. G. Gas turbines and Jet propulsion
for aircraft. (O *44)
Gas warfare. Waitt, A. H. (O '42)
Gascoigne, George
Prouty. C. T. George Gascoigne, Elizabethan
courtier, soldier, and poet. (N *42)
Gaseous conductors. Cobine, J. D. (Je '42)
Gases
Brunauer, S. Adsorption of gases and vapors.
V 1. (N 43)
Pease, R. N. Equilibrium and kinetics of gas
reactions. (D 742)
Analysis
Altieri, V. J. Gas analysis & testing of gas-
eous material. (Je '46)
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Henderson. Y., and Haggard. H. W. Noxious
gases. <Je '43)
Jacobs. M. B. War gases. (N '42)
Gashouse gang and a couple of other guys
Stockton, J. R. (Je »45)
Gasoline
Van Winkle. M. Aviation gasoline manufac-
ture. (Ap *44)
Gasoline Jockey. Heyliger. W. (S *42)
1108
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Gaspar, Jose
Fiction
Cabell, J. B. There were two pirates. (O '46)
Gaston county. North Carolina
Pope, L. Millhands and preachers. (S '42)
Gastronomical me. Parrish. M. F. K. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Gastronomy
Parrish, M. P. K. Here let us feast. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wright, R. L. Bed-book of eating and drink-
ing. (A* '43)
Gates of Aulis. Schmitt, G. (Je '42)
Gateway. Walden, A. E. (N »46)
Gateway to Asia: Sinkiang. Norins, M. R.
(S '44)
Gateways to American history. Carpenter, H.
M. (Ap f43)
Gateways to readable books. Strang, R. M.,
and others. (O '44)
Gather ye rosebuds. Nolan, J. C. (Je '46)
Gauchos
Nichols, M. W. Gaucho. (Ap '43)
Gaudalupe, Nostra senhora de
Eliot, E. A. C. Roses for Mexico. (O '46)
Gauging public opinion. Cantril, H. (My '44)
Gaulle, Charles Andre" Joseph Marie de
Barres, P. Charles de Gaulle. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual )
Kerillis. H. de. I accuse De Gaulle. (Ap '46)
Riveloup, A. Truth about De Gaulle. (S '44)
Gaunt Woman. Gilligan, B. (Mr '43)
The gauntlet. Street, J. H. (N '45)
Gauntlet to overlord. Munro, R. (O '46)
Gautama the enlightened. Masefleld, J. (Ap
'42)
Gay deserters. Bodley, R. V. C. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Gay design. De Leeuw. A. L. (D *42)
Gay Galliard. Irwin, M. B. F. (Mr '42)
Gay illiterate. Parsons, L. O. (Mr '44)
Gay is life. Howard, M. (S '43)
Gay mortician. Raison, M. M (S *46)
Gay sisters. Longstreet, S. (Mr '42)
Gayn, Mark J.
Gayn, M. J. Journey from the East. (My
'44)
Gearing
Owen, W. M. Spur gearing. (D '43)
Tables, calculations, etc.
Page, R. M. 14000 gear ratios. (Je '43)
Geddes, Sir Patrick
Boardman, P, L. Patrick Geddes. (N '44)
Geese
Kortright, P. H. Ducks, geese and swans of
North America. (My '43)
Legends and stories
Kane, H. B. Tale of the wild goose. (N '46)
Gehrip, Lou
Graham, F. Lou Gehrig, a quiet hero. (My
'42)
Gelger-MUIIer counters
Korff, S. A. Electron and nuclear counters.
(O '46)
Geissmar, Berta
Geissmar, B. Two worlds of music. (D '46)
Gelatin
Smith, P. I. Glue and gelatine. (D '43)
Gems
Webster, R. Introductory gemology. (My '46)
Dictionaries
Shipley, R. M., and others. Dictionary of
gems and gemology. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
General Basic English dictionary. Ogden, C.
K., ed. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
General biology and philosophy of organism.
Lillie, R. S. (O '46)
General chemistry. Demtng, H. G. (Je '44)
General chemistry. Timm. J. A. (D '44)
General education in a rree society. Harvard
university. Committee on the objectives of
a general education in a free society. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
General Ike. Hatch. A. (D '44)
General inorganic chemistry. Sneed, M. C., and
Maynard, J. L. (S '43)
General Marshall's report. United States. Army.
Chief of staff. (N r45)
General metallography. Dowdell, R. L., and
others. (Ag '43)
General meteorology. Byers, H. R. (O *44)
General motors corporation
Adams, J. T. Big business in a democracy
(O '46)
Drucker, P. F. Concept of the corporation.
(Ag '46)
General physics. Blackwood, O. H. (Ja f44)
(1943 Annual)
General theory of law and state. Kelsen, H.
(Je '46)
General trade mathematics. Van Leuven, E. P.
(D '42)
General Wainwright's story. Wainwright, J. M.
(My '46)
General woodworking. Johnson, W. H. and
Newkirk, L. V. (O '46)
Generals
Bullard, R. L. Fighting generals. (S '45)
De Weerd, H. A. Great soldiers of World war
II. (Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Generals and the admirals. (Je '45)
Goebel, D. B. and J. Generals in the White
House. (Mr '45)
Hart, W. E. Hitler's generals. (Je '44)
These are the generals. (N '43)
Generals and geographers. Weigert, H. W. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Generals and the admirals. (Je '45)
Generals in the White House. Goebel, D. B.
and J. (Mr '45)
Generation of materialism, 1871-1900. Hayes,
C. J. H. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Generation of vipers. Wylie, P. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Generation risen. Masefleld, J. (Ag '43)
Genes and the man. Glass, H. B. (D '43)
Genesee fever. Tarmer, C. L. (Mr '42)
Genesis, bk 1. Schwartz, D. (S '43)
Genetics »
Haldane, J. B. S. New paths in genetics.
(My '42)
Genius
Einstein, A. Greatness in music. (Mr '42)
Voronoff. S. From cretin to genius. (Ap '42 >
Genius of public worship. Heimsath, C. H. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Gentle Annie. Kantor. M. (S '42)
Gentle giraffe. McCracken, R. (D '45)
Gentle powers. Gibbons, S. (D '46)
Gentleman from Massachusetts: Henry Cabot
Lodge. Schriftgiesser, K. (O '44)
Gentleman ranker. Jennings, J. E. (O '42)
Gentleman says it's pixies. Rea, G. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gentlemen of Japan. Haven, V. S. (N '44)
Gentlemen talk of peace. Ziff, W. B. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gentz, Friedrlch von
Mann, G. Secretary of Europe. (Je '46)
Geodesy
Sharp, H. O. Geodetic control surveys. (S
'43)
Geography
Calahan, H. A. Geography for grown-ups. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Case, E. C., and Bergsmark, D. R. Modern
world geography. (Je '44)
Davis, D. H. Earth and man. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Hankins, G. C. Our global world. (D '44)
Horrabin, J. F. Outline of political geog-
raphy. (F »43) (1942 Annual)
Key to the universe. (Je *44)
Lawrence, C. H., ed. New world horizons.
(N *42)
Mackinder, H. J. Democratic ideals and re-
ality. (O '42)
Packard, L. O., and others. Our air-age
world. (N »44)
Raisz, E. J. Atlas of global geography. (Ag
Renner, G. T , ed. Global geography. (S »44)
Renner, G. T. Human geography in the air
age, (Ap '43)
Silber, F. Geography. (Je '43)
Spykman, N. J. Geography of the peace.
(My '44)
Van Cleef, B. Geography for the business-
man. (Ap '44)
Juvenile literature
Lloyd, T. Sky highways. (Je '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1109
Geography, Commercial
Ostrplenk. B. Economic geography. (S '42)
Geography for grown-ups. Calahan, H. A. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Geography for the businessman. Van Cleef, E.
(Ap '44)
Geography of Latin America. Carlson, F. A.
(D '43)
Geography of the peace. Spykman, N. J. (My
Geography of world air transport. Van Zandt,
J. P. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Geologists
Fen ton, C. L. and M. A. Story of the great
geologists. (S '45)
Geology
Billings, M. P. Structural geology. (S '43)
Engeln, O. D. Geomorphology. (My '43)
Hinds, N. E. A. Geomorphology. (S '43)
Holmes, A. Principles of physical geology.
(O '45)
Lahee, F. H. Field geology. (AD '42)
Seward, A. C. Geology for everyman. (Je '44)
Field work
Forrester, J. D. Principles of fleld and min-
ing geology. (N '46)
History
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Story of the great
geologists. (S '45)
Juvenile literature
Edelstadt, V. Oceans in the sky. (Je '4C)
Fenton, C. L. Earth's adventures. (Ap '43)
Maps
Eardley, A. J. Aerial photographs. (Ap '43)
North America
Hussey, R. C. Historical geology. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
United States
Schuchert, C. Stratigraphy of the eastern
and central United States. (Je '43)
Shuler, E. W. Rocks and rivers. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Geology, Economic
Bateman, A. M. Economic mineral deposits.
(Ap '4$)
Forrester, J. D. Principles of fleld and min-
ing geology. (N '46)
Lovering, T. S. Minerals in world affairs.
(S '43)
Geology for everyman. Seward, A. C. (Je *44)
Geometry
Ivins, W. M. Art and geometry. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Geometry, Analytic
Liming, R. A. Practical analytic geometry
with applications to aircraft. (Ag '44)
Smith, E. S., and others. Analytic geometry.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Geometry, Descriptive
Bradley, H. C., and Uhler, E. H. Descriptive
geometry for engineers. (Ag '44)
Watts, E. F., and Rule, J. T. Descriptive
geometry. (S '46)
Geometry, Solid
Kern, W. F., and Bland, J. R. Geometry
with military and naval applications. (Ap
Geometry with military and naval application.
Kern, W. F., and Bland, J. R. (Ap '44)
Geomorphology. Engeln, O. D. (My '43)
Geomorphology. Hinds, N. E. A. (S '43)
Geophysics
Shuler, E. W. Rocks and rivers. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Geopolitics
Dorpalen, A, World of General Haushofer.
(F '43> (1942 Annual)
Fifleld, R. H., and Pearcy, G. E. Geopolitics
in principle and practice. (S '44)
Gyorgy, A. Geopolitics. (N ^44)
Mattern, J. Geopolitik. (D '42)
Strausz-Hupe*, R. Geopolitics. (S '42)
Weigert, H. W. Generals and geographers.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Weigert, H. W., and Stefansson, V., eds.
Compass of the world (O '44)
Whittlesey, D. S., and others. German strat-
egy of world conquest. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Geopolitics. Strausz-Hupe", R. (S '42)
Geopolitics in principle and practice. Fifleld,
R. H., and Pearcy, G. E. (S '44)
Geopolitik. Mattern, J. (D '42)
George, Lake
Van de Water, F. F. Lake Champlain and
Lake George. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
George Spelvin, American and fireside chata
Pegler, W. (O '42)
Georgetown, D.C.
Historic houses, etc.
Davis, D., and others. Georgetown houses of
the federal period, Washington, D.C. (Ap
'45)
Georgia
Kennedy, S. Palmetto country. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Steed, H. A. Georgia. (Je '42)
Politics and government
Arnall, E. G. Shore dimly seen. (D '46)
Social life and customs
Powell, A. G. I can go home again. (F '44-
(1943 Annual)
Georgia boy. Caidwell, E. (Je '43)
Georgian London. Summerson, J. N. (D '46)
Georgie. Bright, R. (O '44)
Geraniums
Wilson, H. V. Geraniums. (N '46)
German air force. Lee, A. (Ag '46)
German air weapon, 1870-1914. Cuneo, J. R. See
Cuneo, J. R. Winged Mars, v 1
German army. Rosmski, H. (Je *44)
German delegation at the Paris peace con-
ference Luckau, A. M. (Ap '42)
German education and re-education. Engel-
manri, S. C. (Mr '46)
German fiction
History and criticism
Wagman, F. H. Magic and natural science in
German baroque literature. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
German literature
Liptzin, S. Germany's stepchildren. (Ap '45)
Collections
Crippen, H. R., ed. Germany. (Je '44)
History and criticism
Lange, V. Modern German literature. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
German new order in Poland. Eng title of:
Black book of Poland. Poland. Ministerstwo
informacji. (O '42)
German people. Lowie, R. H. (Je '46)
German people. Valentin, V. (S *46)
German protectorate. Grant Duff, S. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
German psychological warfare. Farago, L., and
Gittler, L. F., eds. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
German radio propaganda. Kris, E., and Speier,
H. (S '44)
German record. Ebenstein, W. (Ag '45)
German strategy of world conquest. Whit-
tlesey, D. S., and others. (F '43) (1942)
Annual)
German talks back. Hauser, H. (O '45)
Germans and the Jews. Bienenfeld, F. R. (N
'44)
Germans came to Paris. De Polnay, P. (N '43)
Germans in Argentina
Bradford, S. E. Battle for Buenos Aires. (Je
'43)
Germans in history. Loewenstein, H. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Germans In Italy
K.. S. Agent in Italy. (My '42)
Germans In Pennsylvania
Robacker, E. F. Pennsylvania Dutch stuff.
(F '45)^ (1944 Annual)
Wood, R., ed. Pennsylvania Germans. (Ag
Juvenile literature
Hark, A. Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
(A* *43)
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Germans in South America
Arciniegas, O. Germans in the conquest of
America. (O '43)
Fernandez Artucio, H. Nazi underground in
South America. (Ap '42)
Germans in the United Stated
BischofT, R. F. Nazi conquest through Ger-
man culture. (Ag '43)
Germany
Croce, B. Germany and Europe. (8 '44)
Army
jSee Germany, Army
Biography
Graefenberg, R. G. Meet Mr Blank. (N '43)
Rauschning, H. Men of chaos. (O '42>
Church history
Herman. S. W. Rebirth of the German
church. (N '46)
Civilization
Brickner, R. M. Is Germany incurable? (Je
'43)
Chandler. A. R. Rosenberg's Nazi myth. (Ap
'46)
Lowie, R. H. German people. (Je '46)
Winkler, P. Thousand-year conspiracy. (Ap
'43)
Claims
Goldschmidt, S. Legal claims against Ger-
many. (S '45)
Commercial policy
Tenenbaum. E. A. National socialism vs. in-
ternational capitalism. (Je '43)
Description and travel
Buller, E. A. Darkness over Germany. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual)
Spender, S. European witness. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Economic conditions
Deuel, W. R. People under Hitler. (Mr '42)
Frank, K. B. WU1 Germany crack? (Ag '42)
Qerschenkron, A. Bread and democracy in
Germany. (My '44)
Moulton, H. G.. and Marlio, L. Control of
Germany and Japan. (N '44)
Economic policy
Basch. A. Danube basin and the German
economic sphere. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Borkin, J., and Welsh, C. A. Germany's
master plan. (Mr '43)
Glesinger, E. Nazis in the woodpile. (Ja f43)
(1942 Annual) M ,
Kuczynski, J. Germany: economic and la-
bour conditions under fascism. (Je '45)
Miller, D. P. Via diplomatic pouch. (Ag *44)
Munk, F. Legacy of Nazism. (S '43)
Nathan, O., and Fried, M. Nazi economic
system. (S '44)
Foreign relations
Einzig, P. Appeasement: before, during and
after the war. (Ag '42)
Grossman, V. Pan-Germanic web. (N '46)
Hanc, J. Tornado across eastern Europe. (Ap
Jordan, W. M. Great Britain, France and the
German problem, 1918-1939. (Ag '44)
Schwarz, P. This man Ribbentrop. (O '43)
Vansittart, R. G. V. Lessons of my life. (N
'43)
Whittlesey, D. S., and others. German strat-
egy of world conquest. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Poland
Mason, J. B. Danzig dilemma. (S '46)
Russia
Scott, J. Duel for Europe. (N '42)
History
Brecht, A. Prelude to silence. (S '44)
Eisler, G., and others. Lesson of Germany.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Fraser, L. M. Germany between two wars
(Mr '45)
Halperin, S. W. Germany tried democracy
(/e '46)
Hermens, F. A. Tyrants' war and the peo-
ples' peace. (O '44)
Javsicas, G. Shortage of victory* (Mr '43)
Loewenstem, H. Germans in history. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Pol. H. Hidden enemy. (O '43)
Rudin, H. R. Armistice, 1918. (D '44)
Shuster, G. N., and BergstF&sser, A. Ger-
many. (S *44)
Steinberg, S. H. Short history of Germany.
(Je '45)
Taylor, A. J. P. Course of German history.
(S '46)
Valentin, V. German people. (S '46)
Historiography
Engel-Janosi, F. Growth of German histori-
cism. (D '45)
Allied occupation, 1918-1930
Fraenkel, E. Military occupation and the rule
of law. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Morgan, J. H. Assize of arms. (N *46)
Allied occupation, 19+5-
Bach, J. S. America's Germany. (Ap '46)
Knauth, P. Germany in defeat. (Je '46)
Spender, S. European witness. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
White, M. B. Dear Fatherland, rest quietly.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
History, Military
Riesa, C. Self -betrayed. (D '42)
Industries and resources
Borkin, J., and Welsh, C. A. Germany's
master plan. (Mr '43)
Intellectual life
Schoenberner, F. Confessions of a European
intellectual. (My ;46)
Navy
See Germany. Navy
Nazi movement
Abrahamsen, D. Men, mind, and power. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Bernadotte, F. Curtain falls. (N '45)
Bischoff, R. F. Nazi conquest through Ger-
man culture. (Ag '43)
Buller, E. A. Darkness over Germany. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Butler, R. D'O. Roots of national socialism.
(My '42)
Deuel, W. R. People under Hitler. (Mr '42)
Ebenstein. W. Nazi state. (Mr '43)
Eisler, G., and others. Lesson of Germany.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Hauser, H. Time was. (Mr '42)
Heiden, K. Der Fuehrer. (Mr '44)
Hitler, A. Hitler's words. (S '44)
Hitler, A. Speeches, April 1922-August 1939.
(Ag '43)
HUBS, P. J. Foe we face. (Je '42)
Jackh, E. War for man's soul. (D '43)
Jansen, J. B., and Weyl. S. Silent war.
(Mr '43)
Koch-Weser, E. F. L. Hitler and beyond.
(Ag '45)
Kuczynski, J. Germany: economic and la-
bour conditions under fascism. (Je '45)
Kuhn, H. Freedom forgotten and remembered.
(Ag '43)
Lochner. L. P. What about Germany? (D '48)
MacCurdy, J. T. Germany, Russia and the
future. (Je '45)
Mann, T. Order of the day. (D '42)
Mlses, L. von. Omnipotent government. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Neumann. F. Z. Behemoth. (1942, 1945)
Oechsner, F. C,, and others. This Is the
enemy. (D '42)
Rauschning:, A. S. No retreat. (Je '42)
Rauschning, H. Men of chaos. (O '42)
Riess, C. Nazis go underground. (S '44)
Strasser, O., and Stern, M. Flight from
terror. (Ap '43)
Tell, R., ed. Nazi guide to Nazism. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Tenenbaum, E. A. National socialism vs. in-
ternational capitalism. (Je '43)
Thompson, D. Listen. Hans. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Wonkier, P. Thousand-year conspiracy. (Ap
*43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1111
Drama
Brecht, B. Private life of the master race.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Politics and government
Brecht, A. Federalism and regionalism in
Germany. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Butler, R. D'O. Roots of national socialism.
(My '42)
Crippen, H. R., ed. Germany. (Je *44)
Ebenstein, W. German record. (Ag '45)
Frank, K. B. Germany after Hitler. (Mr '44)
Fromm, B. Blood and banquets. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Heberle, R. From democracy to Nazism. (S
'45)
Jewish Black book committee. Black book.
(Ag '46)
Jordan, M. Beyond all fronts. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Loewenstein, H. On borrowed peace. (D '42)
Minshall. T. H. Future Germany. (N '44)
Neumann, F. L. Behemoth. (1942, 1945)
Schultz, S. L. Germany will try it again. (Mr
'44)
Seger, G. H., and Marck, S. K. Germany: to
be or not to be? (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Smith, H. K. Last train from Berlin. (S '42)
Tosevic, D. J. Not Nazis but Germans. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Whittlesey, D. S., and others. Germany
strategy of world conquest. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Relations (general) with United States
Reimann, G. Patents for Hitler (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Religion
Carmer, C. L.. ed. War against God, (N '43)
Herman, S. W. It's your souls we want.
(Ap *43)
Martin, H., and others. Christian counter-
attack. (Ag '44)
Social conditions
Deuel, W. R. People under Hitler. (Mr *42)
Grein, L. Peace and bread. (N '42)
Russell, W. Berlin embassy. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Thompson, D. Listen. Hans. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Social life and customs
Fromm, B. Blood and banquets. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hauser, H. Time was. (Mr '42)
Germany. Pihl. G. T. (S '44)
Germany, a winter's tale. 1844. Heine, H. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Germany after Hitler. Frank, K. B. (Mr '44)
Germany and Europe. Croce, B. (S '44)
Germany. Army
Fried. H. E. Guilt of the German army. (O
Hart, W. E. Hitler's generals. (Je '44)
Lessner. E. C. Blitzkrieg and bluff. (My *44)
Rosinski, H. German army. (Je '44)
Officers
Riess. C. Self-betrayed. (D '42)
Germany between two wars. Fraser, L. M. (Mr
Germany in defeat. Knauth, P. (Je '46)
Germany is our problem. Morgenthau, H. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Germany. Luftwaffe
Hermann, H. Luftwaffe. (Ag '43)
Lee, A. German air force. (Ag '46)
Germany. Navy
Launer, J. Enemies' fighting ships. (My '44)
Germany, Russia and the future. MacCurdy,
^ J. T. (Je '46)
Germany: to be or not to be? Seger, G. H.,
and Marck, S. K. (Ag *44) (1943 Annual)
Germany tried democracy. Halperln, S. W. (Je
*46)
Germany will try it again. Schultz, S. L. (Mr
Germany's master plan. Borkin, J., and Welsh,
C. A. (Mr '48)
Germany's stepchildren. Liptzln, S. (Ap *45)
Gerrlt and the organ. Van Stockum, H. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gershwin, George
Ewen, D. Story of George Gershwin. (O 43)
Gestalt (psychology)
Leeper, R. Lewin's topological and vector
psychology. (Ag *44)
Wertheimer, M. Productive thinking. (My
•46)
Gesture
Efron, D. Gesture and environment. (Je '42>
Hughes, R. M. Gesture language of the-
Hindu dance. (Ap '42)
Gesture and environment. Efron, D. (Je '42)
Gesture language of the Hindu dance. Hughes*
R. M (Ap '42)
Get a kick out of living. Panzer, M. (Je '45)
Get away old man. Saroyan, W. (Ag '44)
Get in there and paint. Alger, J. (O '46)
Get thee behind me. Spence, H. (O *42)
Get together Americans. DuBols, R. D. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Getting a Job in advertising. Woolf. J. D. (Je
'46)
Getting acquainted with chemistry. Morgan,
A. P. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Getting acquainted with electricity. Morgan, A.
T> fo *42^
Getting acquainted with Jewish neighbors.
Eakin, M. O. M. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Getting down to cases. Holman. C. T. (Je '42)
Getting into foreign trade. Van Cleef, J0. (N
'46)
Getting them into the blue. Gann, E. K. (S
•42)
Getting U S into war. Sargent, P. E. (My '42)
Ghost and Mrs Muir. Leslie, J. A. C. (N '45)
Ghost stories of old New Orleans. De Lavigne,
J. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ghost talks. Michelson, C. (Je '44)
Ghost town adventure. Montgomery, R. G. (S
Ghost town mystery. Wolverton, E. T. (Je '46)
Ghost wanted. McDermid. F. (Je *43)
Ghostlv lover. Hardwick, E. (My »45)
Ghosts
Clarke, I C. G. Men who wouldn't stay dead.
(N '45)
Halifax, C. L. W. Lord Halifax's ghost book.
(S V44)
Stevens, W. O. Unbidden guests. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Giant dwarf. Kahler, W. (N '42)
Giant killers. Hynd. A. (S '45)
Giant mountain. Neilson, F. F. J. (N '46)
Giant weapon. Winters, T. (S '44)
Giants and witches and a dragon or two. Fen-
ner. P. R. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Giants prone. Poole. E. (Ap '43)
Giants in dressing gowns. Arnold, J. B. (O *42)
Giants of China, Kuo, C. (O '44)
Gibbon, Edward
Quennell, P. C. Profane virtue*. (S '46)
Gibbons* James, cardinal
Juvenile literature
Newcomb, C. Larger than the sky. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gibbs, Archie
Gibbs, A. U-boat prisoner. (S '43)
Gibbs, Josiah Willard
Rukeyser. M. Willard Gibbs. (Ag *43) (1942
Annual)
Gibraltar
Conn, S. Gibraltar in British diplomacy in
the eighteenth century. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Gibran, Kahlil
Young, B. This man from Lebanon. (Mr *4B)
Gid Granger. Davis, R. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
GIde, Andre Paul Gulllaume
Mann, K. Andre" Gide and the crisis of mod-
ern thought. (Je '43)
Gideon Planish. Lewis, S. (My '43)
Gift horse. Gruber. F. (N '42)
Gift of the earth. Crespi, P. (D »46)
Gift of the forest. Singh, R. LM and Lownsbery,
E. (N »42)
Gift of the golden cup. Lawrence, I. (Ag '46)
Gift of tongues. Schlauch, M. (Je '42)
Gift tax
Paul, R. E. Federal estate and gift taxa-
tion. (Je '42)
Gifts of love. Iverson, A. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
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Gigi. Foster, E. (D '43)
Gigi and Gogo. Liger-Belair, E. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Gigi in America. Poster, E. (Je '46)
Qila valley
Calvin, R. River of the sun. (Je '46)
Gilbert and Sullivan songs for young people.
Gilbert, W. S. (S *46)
Gilded man. Carr, J. D. (Ag '42)
Oilman, Daniel Colt
Flexner, A. Daniel Coit Oilman. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Oilmen, Francis Walker
Jefferson, T., and Gilmer, F. W. Corre-
spondence, 1814-1826. (S '46)
Gin and bitters Eng title of: Madame Geneva.
Dakers, E. K. (D '46)
Ginger Lee: war nurse. Demingr, D. (Ap '42)
Giolitti, Giovanni
Salomone, A. W. Italian democracy in the
making. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Giovanni da Capistrano, Saint
Hofer, J, St John Capistran, reformer. (F
•44) (1943 Annual)
Oirard, Stephen
Wildes, H. E. Lonely Midas. (D '43)
Giraud, Henri Honore
Price, G. W. Giraud and the African scene.
(Je f44)
Girdler, Tom Mercer
Girdler, T. M. Boot straps. (N *43)
Girl from nowhere. Greig, M. (Je '42)
Girl in overalls. Ashley, E. (O '43)
Girl mechanic's manual. Brimm, D. J., and
Scheifele, E, (Ap '44)
Girl of the woods. Hill. G. L. (My '42)
Girl with a golden bar. Conrad, B. (Ag '44)
Girl with a pay check. Maule, F. (Ap '42)
Girl with the frightened eyes. Larlar, L. (N '45)
Girl without a country. Poston, M. L. (D '44)
Girls
Abel, T. M., and Kinder, E. F. Subnormal
adolescent girl. (Ap '43)
Bro, M. H. Let's talk about you. (Je '45)
Girl's daily life. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Grossman, J. S. Do you know your daughter?
(Ap '45)
Woodward, E. S. St ictly private. (D '44)
Girls at work in aviation. Chapelle. G. L. M.
(Mr '44)
Girl's place in life and how to find it. Faust,
J. F., ed. (Je '42)
Girl's treasury of things- to-do. Horowitz, C.
(Ag '46)
Gist of mathematics. Moore, J. H.. and Mira,
J. A. (S *43)
Give 'em the ax. Fair, A. A. (O '44)
Give him to the angels. Fair, J. R. (O '46)
Give Joan a sword. Mary Th£rese, Sister. (S
Give me liberty. Hawthorne, H. (Ag f45)
Give me the stars. Taber, G. B. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Give us a little smile, baby. Coleman, H. J.
(S *43)
Give us this day. Leighton, G. V. H. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Give MB this day. Taber, G. B. (S '44)
Glamorous Dolly Madison. Desmond, A. C. (Je
'46)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Ceramic
arts. (Je '43)
Molloy, E.. ed. Windows and window glazing.
(Je '43)
Glass blowing and working
Heldman, J. D. Techniques of glass manipu-
lation. (S '46)
Wright, R. H. Manual of laboratory glass-
blowing. (D '43)
Glass crutch. Bishop, J. (D '45)
Glass heart. Holland, M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Glass house of prejudice. Baruch, D. W. (N
'46)
Glass industry. Perry, T. (S '46)
Glass manufacture and trade
Juvenile literature
Perry, J. Glass Industry. (S '45)
Glass mask. Offord,L. Q. (O f44)
Glass menagerie. Williams, T. (O '45)
Glass mountain. Doner, M. F. (O '42)
Glass room. Rolfe, E., and Fuller, L. (Ja *47)
1946 Annual)
Glazes
Koenig, J. H.. and Earhart, W. H. Literature
abstracts of ceramic glazes. (Je '43)
Gliders (aeronautics)
Stieri, E. Gliders and glider training. (Ap
Gliding and soaring
Andrews, J. P. Gliding and soaring. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Horsley, T. Soaring flight. (D '46)
McDonald, E. F. Youth must fly. (Je §42)
Stieri, E. Gliders and glider training. (Ap
Glimpses into child life. Zeligs, R. (Ap '43)
Glimpses of world history. Nehru, J. (Ag '42)
Glittering hill. Murphy, C. F. (N '44)
Global epidemiology. Simmons, J. S., and
others. (Je '45)
Global geography. Renner, G. T., ed. (S '44)
Global politics. Fitzgibbon, R. H.. ed. (S '44)
Global war. Mowrer, E, A., and Rajchman, M.
(S *42)
Globe playhouse. Adams, J. C. (S '42)
Globes
Fisher, I., and Miller, O. M. World maps and
globes. (S '44)
Gloria, ballet dancer. Malvern, G. (D '46)
Glorious adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegl. Coster,
C. T. H. de. (D '43)
Glorious company. Northcott, W. C. (O '45)
Glory be! Lambert, J. (Ag '43)
Glory for me. Kantor, M. (D '45)
Glory, hallelujah! Bakeless, K. L. (Mr '45)
Glory of Elsie Silver. Golding. L. (My '46)
Glory of God. Harkness, G. E. (S '44)
Glossary of shipbuilding and outfitting terms.
Eddmgton, W. J. (Ag '43)
Gloucester Joe. Crane, A. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Gloves
Collins, C. C. Love of a glove. (O '45)
Glowing lily. Markowa, E. (O '45)
Glue
Perry, T. D. Modern wood adhesives. (S '44)
Smith, P J. Glue and gelatine. (D '43)
Glycerin
Lefflngwell, G., and Lesser, M. A. Glycerin.
(Ap '46)
Go down, death. Hays, S. B. (S '46)
Go down, Moses. Faulkner, W. (Je '42)
Goal to go. Scholz, J. V. (D '45)
Goals and desires of man. Schilder, P. (O '42)
Goals for America. Chase, S. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Goat afloat. Friskey, M. (D '42)
Gobi desert
Cable, M., and French, F. L. Gobi desert.
(Ag '44)
Goblin market. McCloy, H. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
God
Eddy, G. S. Man discovers God. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Ely, S. L. Religious availability of White-
head's God. (D '42)
Farmer, H. H. Towards belief in God. (Je
'43)
Ferris, T. P. This created world. (Mr '44)
Garrigou-Lagrange, R. One God. (O '43)
Hocking, W. E. Science and the idea of God.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Joad, C. E. M. God and evil. (Je '43)
Kroner, R. How do we know God? (S '43)
Laird, J. Mind and deity. (D '44)
Laird, J. Theism and cosmology. (Ap '42)
Lewis. C. S. Beyond personality. (My '45)
Mackay. J. A. Heritage and destiny. (Je »43)
Rice. M. S. My Father's world. (D '43)
Sayers, D. L. Mind of the Maker. (Mr '42)
Scares, T. G. Growing concept of God in the
Bible. (D '43)
Juvenile literature
Jones, M. A. Tell me about God. (D '43)
God and evil. Joad, C. B. M. (Je '43)
God and the atom. Knox, R. A. (Mr '46)
God and these times. Chidley, H. J. (N '44)
God bless our aunts. Meisenhelder, R. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
God is my co-pilot. Scott, R. L. (S '43)
God is not dead. Bell, B. I. (O '45)
God made the country. Booth, E. T. (Mr '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
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God, mammon, and the Japanese. Harrington,
God of the machine. Paterson, I. B. (Je '43)
God will help you. Gilkey, J. Q. (D '43)
God with us. Frank, S. L. (N '46)
Gods and heroes. Schwab, G. B. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Gods and kings. Bir6, L. (O '45)
God's Englishman. Baldwin, L. D. (Mr '44)
God's first children. Salminen, E. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
God's front porch. Frings, K. H. (Ap '44)
God's protective providence. See Journal. Dick-
inson, J. (D '45)
Goebbels experiment. Sing-ton, D., and Weiden-
feid, A. (Ag '43)
Goethals, George Washington
Juvenile literature
Fast, H. M. Goethals and the Panama canal.
(Ag '42)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Buxton, C. R. Prophets of heaven and hell.
(D '45)
Cassirer, E. Rousseau, Kant, Goethe. (S '45)
Hungerford, E. B. Shores of darkness. (N
'42)
Trevelyan, H. Goethe and the Greeks. (Je
'42)
Goethe and the Greeks. Trevelya.n, H. (Je '42)
Gogol, Nikolai Vasll'evich
Nabokov, V. V. Nikolai Gogol. (O '44)
Going fishing. Farson, N. (N '43)
Going, going, gone. Taylor, P. A. (D '43)
Going into business for yourself. Rost, O. F.
(Mr '46)
Going on sixteen. Cavanna, B. (Ag '46)
Gold
Hobbs, F. Gold, the real ruler of the world.
Gold and guns on Halfaday creek. Hendryx,
J. B. (Ag »42)
Gold and the gold standard. Kemmerer, EJ. W.
(Ap '45)
Gold as money
Kemmerer, E. W. Gold and the gold stand-
ard. (Ap *45)
Gold in Mosquito creek. Dickson, H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Gold in the streets. Vardoulakis, M. (D '45)
Gold mines and mining
Dennison, L. R. Caroni gold. (Ag '43)
Storm, B. Thunder gods gold. (Ap '46)
Gold of Glanaree. Laverty. M. (N '45)
Gold rush. Bruflf, J. G. (D f44)
Gold rush. McNeer. M. Y. (N '44)
Gold, the real ruler of the world. Hobbs, F.
(N '44)
Goldberger, Joseph
Parsons, R. P. Trail to light. (Ag '43)
Golden age. Parmenter, C. W. (O *42)
Golden age of colonial culture. Wertenbaker.
T. J. (D '42)
Golden almanac. Bennett, D. A. (Je '44)
Golden apples of the sun. Obeirpeyer, R. (Mr
Golden book of cat stories. Zistel, E., ed. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Golden book of Catholic poetry. Noyes, A., ed.
(S '46)
Golden book of prayers. Aldrlch, D. B., and
Stevens, W. O., eds. (Ap '42)
Golden bowl. Feikema, F. F. (N '44)
Golden box. Crane, F. K. (Je '42)
Golden carpet. De Chair, S. S. (N '45)
Golden coin. Lin, A. (My '46)
Golden dictionary Wafpole, E W. (Mr '45)
Golden eagle mystery. Queen, E. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Golden earrings. F51des, J. (My '46)
Golden egg. Pollak, J. S. (N '46)
Golden encyclopedia. Bennett, D. A (D '46)
Golden feather. Ken yon, T. (Ag '43 )
Golden fleece. Call, H. F. (O '42)
Golden fleece. Eng title of: Hercules, my ship-
mate. Graves. R. (N '45)
Golden Fleece. Lofts, N. R. (Mr '44)
Golden flood. Asbury, H. (My '42)
Golden Gate country. Atherton, a. F. H. (Ap
'45)
Golden grain. Corbett, E. F. (N '43>
Golden hair. Arason, S. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Golden hoof. Kupper, W. (Je '45)
Golden horde. Oilman, La S. (N '42)
Golden Kate. Bohanon, P. (D '43)
Golden Lady. Brown, E. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Golden mirror. Zaturenska, M. A. (O '44)
Golden rooms. Fisher, V. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Golden rose. Hinkson, P. (O '44)
Golden serpent. Alegrla, C. (N »43)
Golden shore. Shaftel, G. A. (Ag '43)
Golden song book. Wessells, K. T. (S '45)
Golden Sovereign. Lyons, D. (N '46)
Golden summer. Alger, L. (Je '42)
Golden totem. Willoughby, F. B. (Ap *45)
Golden treasury of chess. Wellmutn, F. J.,
comp. (S '43)
Go J den wedding. Pagano, J. (My '43)
Golden wedge. Lovelace, M. H. and D. W.
(Ag '42)
Golden wing. Lin, Y. (O '45)
Golden words of Moses. Follin, M. D. (O '46)
Golf
Hattstrom, H. A. Golf after forty. (Ap '46)
Jones, E., and Brown, I. Swinging into golf.
Nelson. B. Winning golf. (S '46)
Snead, S. How to play golf. (My '46)
Golf after forty. Hattstrom, H. A. (Ap *46)
Golf is a friendly game. Gallico, P. W. (O '42)
Golitsyn, Dmitril Dmltrlevlch. See Gallitzin,
D. A.
Gone away with O'Malley. Knott, M. O., and
Cooper, P. (D '44)
Good and evil
Joad, C. E. M. God and evil. (Je '43)
Lewis, C. S. Great divorce. (Ap '46)
Lewis, C. S. Problem of pain. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Maritain, J. St Thomas and the problem of
evil. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Rougemont, D. de. Devil's share. (Mr '45)
Good and evil spirits. Lang ton, E. (D '42)
Good-by to G.I. Droke, M. (N '45)
Goodbye, dear Elizabeth. Hoster, G. (O '43 )
Goodbye Japan. Newman, J. (Je '42)
Good-bye, Mr. Chippendale. Robsjohn-Gibbings,
T. H. (My '44)
Good-bye, my son. Coryn, M. (Mr '43)
Good-bye, proud world. Bailey, M. E. (My
*45)
Good-bye, son. Lewis, J. (My '46)
Good comrades. Salten, F. (Ap *42)
Good crop. Emerson, E. H. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Good fight. Quezon, M. L. (Ag '46)
Good housekeeping cookbook. Good housekeep-
ing institute, New York. (Je '42)
Good housekeeping see and sew. Karasz, M.
(O '43)
Good inheritance. Cousins, N. (Ap *42)
Good intentions. Nash, O. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Good -luck horse. Chan, C. (D '43)
Good neighbors. Herring, H. C. (Ag *42) (1941
Annual)
Good neighbours. Rose, W. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Good news of God. Raven. C. E. (S '44)
Good night, ladies. Siller. V. (O '43)
Good night, sweet prince. Fowler, G. (Mr '44)
Good nutrition for everybody. Bogrert, L. J.
(Ap »43)
Good ship Red Lily. Savery, C. (O '44)
Good shot! Holland, R. P. (D '46)
Good time at your picnic. Fisher, H. S. (D '42)
Good troupers all. Malvern. G. (N '45)
Goodspeed parallel New Testament. Bible. New
Testament. (O '43)
Gordon, Mrs Elizabeth Southall (Clarke) Gor-
don Biddle
Gordon, E. S. C. G. B. Days of now and
then. (Ap '46)
Gordon, George Stuart
Gordon, G. S. Letters, 1902-1942. (S '44)
Gordon, M. C. B. Life of George S. Gordon.
(Je '46)
Gordon the goat. Leaf, M. (D '44)
Gore and glory. Crawford, W. (S '44)
Gorgas, William Crawford
Juvenile literature
Judson, C. I. Soldier doctor. (N '42)
Gorillas
Hoyt. A, M. D, Toto and I. (My '42)
Legends and stories
Johnson, O. H. L. Snowball. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
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Gorlnchen, Netherlands
Van Paassen. P. Earth could be fair. (Je '46)
Gorky, Maxim, pseud. (Alexel Maxlmovlch
Pyeshkoff)
Roskin, A. I. Prom the banks of the Volga.
(Je '46)
Juvenile literature
Acker, H. Three boys of old Russia. (Ag '44)
Gospel. Ramakrishna. (Je '43)
Gospel according to Gamaliel. Heard, G. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Gould, Ralph Ernest
Gould, R. B. Yankee storekeeper. (My '46)
Gould family
Snow, A. N. and H. N. Story of Helen Gould.
(O '43)
Governing of men. Leigh ton, A. H. (S '45)
Government against the people. Brynes. A.
(My *46)
Government and business tomorrow. Rich berg,
D. R. (S '43)
Government and labor in early America. Mor-
ris, R. B. (Je '46)
Government and nationalism in southeast
Asia. Emerson. R. (S '42)
Government and politics in the United States.
Zink, H. (D '42)
Government assistance in eighteenth -century
Prance. McCloy, S. T. (S '46)
Government, business and values. Ruml. B. (S
'43)
Government by assassination. Byas, H. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Government control in war. Hankey, M. P. A.
H. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Government in public health. Mustard. H. S.
(Ap '46)
Government Jobs and how to fret them. Spero,
S. D., and others, eds. (S '45)
Government of Prench North Africa. Liebesny,
H. J. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Government of labor relations in Sweden. Rob-
bins, J. J. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Government of the Argentine republic, Mac-
donald. A. F (S '42)
Government of the people. Brogan, D. W. (N
Government ownership
Gordon. M. How to tell progress from re-
action. (N '44)
United States
Eldridge, S/, and others. Development of col-
lective enterprise. (Je *43)
Government policy toward commercial aviation.
Goodman, G. (My *45)
Government publications
American library association. Committee on
public documents. Public documents and
World war TI. (S '43)
Government statistics for business use. Hauser,
P. M., and Leonard. W. R., eds. CO '46)
Governmental adjustment of labor disputes.
Kaltenborn, H. S. (Ap '44)
Governors
United States
Macmillan, M. B. War governors in the
American revolution. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Goya y Luclentet, Francisco Jos* de
Gudiol, J. Goya. (S "42)
Fiction
White, C. W. In the blazing: light. (Ap '46)
Grace (at meals)
Brown, J. P., ed. Little book of singing graces.
(D '46)
Gracious Majesty. Housman, L. (Je '42)
Grady, Henry Woodfln
Nixon, R. B. Henry W. Grady, spokesman of
the new South. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Graham, Mentor
Duncan, K., and Nickols, D. F. Mentor
Graham. (Ja »45) (1944 Annual)
Qrahame, Kenneth
Grahame. K. First whisper of "The wind in
the willows." (Ap '45)
Grail
Brown, A. C. L. Origin of the Grail legend.
Grain
Farnsworth, H. C., and Timoshenko, V. P.
World grain review and outlook, 1945. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Grammar of motives. Burke, K. (Ap '46)
Gramophone shop encyclopedia of recorded
music. Gramophone shop, inc. (D '42)
Gramp's desert chick. Kissin, R. (O '46)
Grand canyon
Corle, B. Listen, Bright Angel. (O '46)
Grand canyon. Sackville-West, V. M. (N '42)
Grand Central terminal, New York
Marshall, D. Grand Central. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Grand Crossing. Saxton, A. P. (S '43)
Grand design. Pilgrim, D. (O '43)
Grand parade. Lancaster, G. B. (Ja '44) (194&
Annual)
Grand piano. Goodman, P. (O *42)
Grand seigneur. Gross, F. (S '43)
Grand strategy. Sargeaunt, H. A., and Wells,
G. H. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Grandfather objects. Wilder, W. B. (S '46)
Grandma for Christmas. Seymour, A. H. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Grandma Moses. Moses. A. M. R. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Grandmother and the comet. Lincoln, V. ID.
(S '44)
Grandmother drives south. Henley, C. M. J.
(Ag '43)
Granite harbor. Bird, D. M. (N '44)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Brooks, W. E. Grant of Appomattox. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Drama
Green, H. Triumph; Grant's final victory.
(S '42)
Fiction
Seifert, S. Captain Grant. (Je '46)
Grant of Appomattox. Brooks, W. E. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Grapes
Hedrick, U. P. Grapes and wines from home
vineyards. (N '45)
Wagner, P. M. Wine-grower's guide. (N '46)
Grapes and wines from home vineyards. Hed-
rick, U. P. (N »45)
Graphic arts
Marinaccio, A., and Osborn, B. N. Exploring
the graphic arts. (Je '43)
Graphic arts. Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk,
L. V. (S '42)
Graphic methods
Hall, R. O. Handbook of tabular presentation.
(Ap f44)
Mackey, C. O. Graphical solutions. (O '44)
Graphic world history. Evans, J. C., and San-
kowsky, S. H, (D '42)
Graphical constructions for vacuum tube cir-
cuits. Preisman, A. (Je '44)
Graphical solutions. Mackey, C. O. (O '44)
Grass on the slag heaps. Ginzberg, E. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Grass roots. Miers, E. S. (Je *44)
Grass roots politics. Gosnell, H. P. (Ap '43)
Grasse-Tilly, Francois Joseph Paul, marquis de
Lewis, C. L. Admiral de Grasse and American
independence. (O '45)
Grasshopper book. Bronson, W. S. (O '43)
Grasshoppers. See Locusts
Gravediggers of France. G£raud, A. (O '44)
Gray. Asa
Rodgers, A. D. American botany. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Great adventure of living. Rhoades, W. (My
'42)
Great age of Greek literature. Hamilton, ID.
(Ap '43)
Great American customer. Crow, C. (D *43)
Great American detective stories. White, W.
A. P.. ed. (N '46)
Great American Negroes. Richardson, B. A.
(D '45)
Great American paintings from Smibert to
Bellows. Walker, J., and James, M., eds.
(Mr '44)
Great American short novels. Phillips, W., ed.
(Ag '46)
Great answer. Runbeck, M. L. (My '44)
Great Balsamo. Zolotow, M. (D '46)
Great Black Kanba. Little. C. and G. (D '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1115
Great Blasket Island
Flower, R. Western island. (O '46)
Great Britain. Inter-departmental committee on
social Insurance and allied services
Scheu, P. J. British labor and the Beveridge
plan. (S '43)
Great Britain. Parliament
Ross, J. F. S. Parliamentary representation.
(N '44)
Witmer, H. E. Property qualifications of
members of Parliament. (D '43)
Great Britain. Parliament (buildings)
Wild, H. Houses of Parliament. (O '46)
Great Britain
Britain in pictures. (O '43)
Florence, F. S., ed. Only an ocean between,
3v in 1. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Church history
Alington, C. A. Christianity in England. (N
43)
Moorman, J. R. H. Church life in England
in the thirteenth century. (D '45)
Plum, H. G. Restoration puritanism. (Ag *44)
White, H. C. Social criticism in popular re-
ligious literature of the sixteenth century.
(Ag '44)
Civilization
Baldwin, L. D. God's Englishman. (Mr '44)
Barker, E. Britain and the British people.
(My '43)
Bevington, M. M. Saturday review, 1855-
1868. (My '42)
British life and thought. (An '42)
Brogan, D. W. English people. (Je »43)
Reckitt, M. B., and Casserley, J. V. L. Voca-
tion of England. (Ag '42)
Bibliography
Great Britain. British council. British
civilization and institutions. (O '46)
Colonies, dominions, etc.
Britain in pictures. (O '43)
Clarke, M. P. Parliamentary privilege in the
American colonies. (Ap *44)
Durham, J. G. L. Durham report. (N '46)
Elton, G. E. Imperial commonwealth. (S '46)
Gipson, Li. H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 5. (D '42)
<3ipson, Li. H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 6. (Ap '46)
Grigg, E. W. M. British Commonwealth.
(Ag '44)
Huxley, J. S., and Deane, P. Future of the
colonies. (D '45)
Johnson, C. British West Florida, 1763-1783
(D '43)
Knaplund, P. British empire, 1815-1939. (Ap
Mair, L. P. Welfare in the British colonies.
(S '45)
Mills. L. A. British rule in eastern Asia.
(S '42)
Schuyler. R. L. Fall of the old colonial sys-
tem. (S '45)
SImnett, W. E. British colonial empire. (Ag
•43) (1942 Annual)
Turner, W. G., ed. Pictorial guide to many
lands. (My '44)
Walker, E. A. British empire. (O '43)
Wright, L. B. Religion and empire. (O '43)
Administration
Lonn. E. Colonial agents of the southern
colonies. (O '45)
Africa
Hinden, R. Plan for Africa. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Australia
Fitspatrick, B. British empire in Australia.
(S '42)
India
Amery. L. C. M. S. India and freedom. (O '43)
Coupland, R. Indian problem. (O '44)
Fischer, L. Empire. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Mitchell, K. L.. India without fable. (O '42)
Nigeria
Cook, A. N. British enterprise in Nigeria.
(Ag '43)
North America
Lonn, E. Colonial agents of the southern
colonies. (O '45)
Commerce
Kahn, A. E. Great Britain In the world econ-
omy. (My '46)
United States
Kreider, C. J. Anglo-American trade agree-
ment. (S '43)
Commercial policy
Hutchison, K. Rival partners. (Mr '46)
Lowe, M. ID. British tariff movement. (N *42)
Schuyler, R. L. Fall of the old colonial sys-
tem. (S '45)
Constitutional history
Knappen, M. M. Constitutional and legal
history of England. (N '42)
Sources
Haller, W., and Davies, G., eds. Leveller
tracts. (My '46)
Wolfe, D. M., ed. Leveller manifestoes of
the Puritan revolution. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Court and courtiers
Sitwell. E. Fanfare for Elizabeth. (S *46)
Defenses
Hankey, M. P. A. H. Government control in
war. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Description and travel
GIbbings, R. Coming down the Wye. (O '43)
Ward, A. C. Literary Journey through war-
time Britain. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Webster, C. L. Mr W. & I. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Wedgwood, C. V. Battlefields in Britain.
(My '45)
Economic conditions
Bevin, E. Balance sheet of the future. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Bowley. A. L., ed. Studies in the national
income, 1924-1938. (N »43)
Dietz, F. C. Economic history of England.
(Je '43)
Hutchison, K. Rival partners. (Mr *46)
Economic policy
Belloc, H. Servile state. (D '46)
Beveridge, W. H. Full employment in a free
society (Mr '45)
Foster, H. W., and Bacon, E. V. Wealth for
welfare. (Ag '44)
Glenday. R. G. Future of economic society.
(My '45)
Hutt, W. H. Plan for reconstruction. (N
'45)
Kahn, A. E. Great Britain in the world
economy. (My '46)
Madge. C. Industry after the war. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Morrison, H. S. Prospects and policies. (Ag
Murphy, M. E. British war economy, 1939-
1943. (S '43)
Soule. G. H. America's stake in Britain's
future. (N '45)
Emigration and Immigration
Forsyth, W. D. Myth of open spaces. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Foreign policy
Grigg, E. W. M. British Commonwealth. (Ag
Foreign relations
Carr, E. H. Conditions of peace. (S '42)
Conn, S. Gibraltar in British diplomacy in
the eighteenth century. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Corbett, P. E. Britain: partner for peace.
(My '46)
Dallin. D. J. The big three. (S '45)
Jordan, W. M. Great Britain, France and
the German problem, 1918-1939. (Ag '44)
Langford. R. V. British foreign policy. (Je
*43)
China
Chang Hsi. Chang HsI and the treaty of
Nanking. (D '45)
1116
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Great Britain — Foreign relations — Continued
Moat (Far East)
Hubbard, G. B. British Far Eastern policy.
(Ag '44)
France
Royal institute of international affairs. France
and Britain. (F '46) (1945 annual)
Turkey
Bailey, F. E. British policy and the Turkish
reform movement. (S '43)
United States
Brebner, J. B. North Atlantic triangle. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Brinton, C. C. United States and Britain.
(Ag '4G) (1946 Annual)
Davis, F. Atlantic system. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Lothian, P. H. K. American speeches. (Ap
MacCormac, J. America and world mastery.
(Ap '42)
History
Brebner, J. B., and Kevins, A. Making of
modern Britain. (Ag '43)
Elton, Q. E. Imperial commonwealth. (S '46)
Klingberg, F. J. Main currents in English
history. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Klingberg, F. J., and Hustvedt, S. B., eds.
Warning drum. (Ap '45)
Mowat, R. B., and Slosson, P. W. History
of the English- speaking peoples. (Ap '43 )
Rowse, A. L. English spirit. (Mr '45)
Rowse, A. L. Spirit of English history. (N
*45)
Trevelyan. O. M. English social history. (Ap
'43)
Williamson, J. A. Ocean in English history.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Brown, B. C., and Arbuthnot, H. Story of
England. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hutton, C. Picture history of Britain. (Je '46)
Poetry
Young, F. B. Island. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1069
S ten ton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England. (Ag
8th century
Levlson, W. England and the Continent in
the eighth century. (N '46)
Henry VIII, 1509-1547
Sitwell. E. Fanfare for Elizabeth. (S '46)
Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Belloc, H. Elizabeth: creature of circum-
stance. (S '42)
Oakeshott, W. F. Founded upon the seas.
(Je '43)
Stuarts, 1603-1714
Mackinnon, J. History of modern liberty, v 4.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Stuarts f 1603-1714 — Sources
D'Ewes, 8. Journal. (Mr '43)
Puritan revolution, 164*- 1660
Hexter, J. H. Reign of King Pym. (My '42)
Jordan, W. K. Men of substance. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
1689-1714
Aiken, W. A., ed. Conduct of the Earl of
Nottingham. (Je '42)
18th century
Gipson, Li. H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 5. (D '42)
Qipson, L. H. British empire before the
American revolution, v 6. (Ap '46)
1769-1820
Bryant, A. Years of endurance, 1793-1802.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Bryant. A. Years of victory. 1802-1812. (O '46)
Lenanton, C. M. A. O. Napoleon at the Chan-
nel. (S '42)
Pratt, F. Empire and the sea. (Je '46)
History, Military
Keyes, R. J. B. Amphibious warfare and
combined operations. (S '43)
History, Naval
Masters, D. Up periscope. (Ag '43)
Oakeshott, W. R Founded upon the seas.
(Je '43)
Pratt, F. Empire and the sea. (Je '4 6)
Industries and resources
Dietz, F. C. Economic history of England.
Ord, L. C. Secrets of industry. (S '45)
Williams, E. Capitalism and slavery. (Ap '45)
Peerage
Painter, S. Studies in the history of the
English feudal barony. (My '44)
Politics and government
Barker, BJ. Britain and the British people.
(My '43)
Butterfleld, H. Englishman and his history.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Henderson, A. J. London and the national
government. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Kingsley, J. D. Representative bureaucracy.
(Je '45)
Lennard, R. V. Democracy: the threatened
foundations. (My '42)
Maillaud, P. English way. (S '46)
Painter, S. Studies in the history of the Eng-
lish feudal barony. (My '44)
Plum, H. G. Restoration puritanism. (Agr '44)
Rayner, R. M. British democracy. (D '46)
Shaw. G. B. Everybody's political what's
what. (N '44)
Wedgwood of Barlaston, J, C. W. Testament
to democracy. (Ap '44)
Relations (general) with China
Pratt, J. T. China a*d Britain. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Relations (general) with Greece
Casson, S. Greece and Britain. (S '44)
Relations (general) with Russia
Crankshaw, E. Russia and Britain. (S '44)
Relations (general) with the East
(Far East)
Gull, E. M. British economic interests in the
Far East. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Relations (general) with United States
Brinton, C. C. United States and Britain.
(Agr '46) (1945 Annual)
Gibbs, P. H., ed. Bridging the Atlantic. (My
Gordon, G. S. Anglo-American literary re-
lations. (Mr '43)
Soule, G. H. America's stake in Britain's
future. (N '45)
Weber, C. J. Hardy in America. (N '46)
Religion
Hough, L. H. Living democracy. (Ag '43)
Reckitt, M. B., and Casserley, J. V. L. Voca-
tion of England. (Ag '42)
Social conditions
Beveridge, W. H. Pillars of security. (O '43)
Lynd, H. M. England in the eighteen -
eighties. (Ap '45)
Poole, A. L. Obligations of society in the
XII and XIII centuries. (O '46)
Trevelyan, G. M. English social history. (Ap
'43)
White, H. C. Social criticism in popular re-
ligious literature of the sixteenth century.
(Ag *44)
Women's group on public welfare. Our towns,
a close-up. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Social life and customs
Campbell, M. L. English yeoman. (Ap '43)
Great Britain. Army
History
Cruickshank, C. G. Elizabeth's army. (S '46)
Great Britain, Army. Jewish legion
Zhabotmskil, V. E. Story of the Jewish le-
gion. (My *46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1117
Great Britain. Commandos
Combined operations. (Je '43)
Hoi man, G. Commando attack. (O 42)
Great Britain, France and the German prob-
lem, 1918-1939. Jordan, W. M. (Ag '44)
Great Britain. Navy
History
James, W. M. Admiral Sir William Fisher.
(Mr '45)
Great Britain. Royal air force
Hillary, R. Falling through space. (Mr '42)
Kennington, B. Drawing the R.A.F. (Ja '43)
Londonderry! C. S. H. V.-T.-S. Wings of
destiny. (S '43)
Michaelis, R. From bird cage to battle plane.
(My '43)
Rothenetein, W., and Cecil, D. Men of the
R.A.F. (S '42)
Great Britain. Royal air force. Coastal com-
mand
Dudley-Gordon. T. I seek my prey in the wa-
ters. (Je '43)
Great Britain. Air Ministry. Coastal com-
mand. (Je '43)
Great Britain. Royal air force. 71 (Eagfe)
squadron
Childers, J. S. War Eagles. (Je '43)
Kennerly, B. Eagles roar! (O '42)
Great Britain. Royal air force. Squadron 303
Fiedler, A Squadron 303. (Ap '43)
Great Britain, France and the German prob-
lem, 1918-1939. Jordan, W. M. (Ag '44)
Great Britain in the world economy. Kahn,
A. E. (My '46)
Great Caesar's ghost. Coles, M. (D '43)
Great century in northern Africa and Asia. See
Latourette, K. S. History of the expansion
of Christianity. v6. (My '44)
Great challenge. Fischer, L. (N '46)
Great Chicago fire. Angle, P. M., ed. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Great companions, v2. Leavens, R. F. and M.
A., comps. (Je '42)
Great conspiracy. Sayers, M., and Kahn, A. E.
(Mr *46)
Great cultural traditions. Tuyier, R. E. (Ap
Great day in the morning. Means, F. C. (D '46)
Great decision. Shotwell, J. T. (S '44)
Great demobilization. Paxson, F. L. (S '42)
Great dilemma of world organization. Rider, F.
(N f46)
Great divorce. Lewis, C. S. (Ap '46)
Great Duffy. Krauss, R. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Great fishing stories. Mitchell, E. V., comp.
(S '46)
Great fog. Heard, G. (O '44)
Great globe itself. Bullitt, W. C. (S '46)
Great gold piece mystery. Honness, E. H. (N
•44)
Great horse stories. Cooper, P., ed. (S '46)
Great lady. Mackay, M. M. (S f46)
Great Lakes
Hatcher, H. H. Great Lakes. (D *44)
Havighurst, W. Long ships passing. (S '42)
Juvenile literature
Gilchrist, M. E. Story of the Great Lakes. (O
•42)
Great learning. Hughes, E. R., ed. (My '43)
Great men and women of Poland. Mizwa, S. P..
ed. (Ap '42)
Great modern Catholic short stories. Mariella,
Sister, comp. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Great offensive. Werner, M. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Great O'Neill. O'Faolain, S. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Great Pacific victory. Cant. G. (Mr '46)
Great Pacific war. Bywater, H. C. (Mr '42)
Great pathfinder. Weston, M. P. (D *44)
Great patriotic war of the Soviet Union. Stalin,
I. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Great prisoners. Abramowitz, L, ed. (My '46)
Great promise. Houston, N. (My '46)
Great Quillow. Thurber, J. (D '44)
Great religions of the modern world. Jurji, E.
J., ed. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Great republic. Hoffman, R. J. S. (Je *42)
Great retreat. Tlmasheff, N. S. (Ap '46)
Great sea stories. French, J. L., ed. (D '43)
Great ship, and Rabelais replies. Linklater. E.
(Ap '46)
Great Smith. Marshall. B. (My '43)
Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge. Peattle,
R., ed. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Great Smoky mountains
Peattie, R., ed. Great Smokies and the Blue
Ridge. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Great soldiers of World war II. De Weerd, H.
A. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Great son. Ferber. E. (Mr '45)
Great stories from great lives. Prochnow, H.
V.. ed. (Ag '44)
Great tales of terror and the supernatural.
Wise, H. A., and Fraser, P. M., eds. (Ag
Great tales of the American West. Maule, H.
E., ed. (S '45)
Great teachers. Peterson. H., ed. (O '46)
Great time to be alive. Fosdick, H. E. (D '44)
Great transformation. Polanyi. K. (My '44)
Great wall of China. Kafka, F. (D '46)
Great war for the empire. See Gipson, L. H.
British empire before the American revolu-
tion, v 6. (Ap '46)
Great white buffalo. McCracken, H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Great White Hills of New Hampshire. Poole, B.
(S '46)
Great women of the Bible. Macartney, C. E. N.
(N '42)
Great writers as interpreters of religion. Mims,
E. (D '45) ~
Great Yant mystery. Cunningham, A. B. (S
'43)
Greater good neighbor policy. Barclay, W. C.
(S '45)
Greatest eye In the world. Collins, A. F. (My
43)
Greatest people in the world. Eng title of:
There's something in the air. Bates, H. E,
(Je '43)
Greatness in music. Einstein, A. (Mr '42)
Greb, Harry
Fair, J. R. Give him to the angels. (O '46)
Greece
Antiquities
McDonald, W. A. Political meeting places of
the Greeks. (Ag '44)
Civilization
Cousins. N. Good Inheritance (Ap '42)
Glover, T. R. Springs of Hellas. (Ap '46)
History
Godolphin, F. R. B., ed. Greek historians.
(Ag '42)
Pearson, L. Local historians of Attica. (S
•43)
Powell, D. Remember Greece. (O *43)
Politics and government
Agard, W. R. What democracy meant to the
Greeks. (S '42)
Greek political experience. (Ag '42)
McDonald. W. A. Political meeting places
of the Greeks. (Ag »44)
Relations (general) with Great Britain
Casson, S. Greece and Britain. (S *44)
Greece, Modern
Gomme, A. W. Greece. (My '46)
Foreign relations
Italy
Greece. Hypourgeion to"n exOterikOn. Greek
white book. (F »44) (1943 Annual)
History
Gibberd. K., comp. Greece, (My '45)
Levandis, J. A. Greek foreign debt and the
great powers. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Social life and customs
Gray, P. S. People of Poros. (N '42)
Greece against the Axis. Casson. S. (N '43)
Greece and Britain. Casson, S. (S '44)
Greek drama
History and criticism
Harsh, P. W. Handbook of classical drama.
(Mr '45)
Little, A. M. O. Myth and society in Attic
drama. (S '43)
Prentice, W. K. Those ancient dramas called
tragedies. (S '43)
1118
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Greek drama — Continued
Translations Into English
Cooper. L., ed. Fifteen Greek plays. (S '43)
Grene, D., tr. Three Greek tragedies in trans-
lation. (D '42)
Greek fiction
History and criticism
Haight, E. H. Essays on the Greek romances.
(O '43)
Haight, E. H. More essays on Greek ro-
mances. (S '45)
Greek foreign debt and the great powers. Le-
vandis, J. A. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Greek foundations of traditional logic. Kapp,
E. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Greek historians. Godolphin, F. R. B., ed. (Ag
*42)
Greek literature
Jaeger. W. W. Paldeia. (My »44)
History and criticism
Greene, W. C. Moira. (N '44)
Hamilton, E. Great age of Greek literature.
(Ap '43)
Translations Into English
Oates, W. J., and Murphy, C. T., eds. Greek
literature in translation. (Je '44)
Whall. A. L.. ed. Greek reader. (S '43)
Greek literature in translation. Oates. W. J..
and Murphy. C. T., eds. (Je '44)
Greek miracle. Lavra, 8. (N '43)
Greek poetry
Translations into English
Anthologia graeca. More poems from the
Palatine anthology. (O '42)
Greek political experience. (Ag '42)
Greek reader. Whall, A. L., ed. (S '43)
Greek revival architecture in America. H ami in,
T. F. (Mr '44)
Greek white book. Greece. Hypourgeion tOn
ex6terik6n. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Greeley, Horace
Stoddard, H. L.. Horace Greeley. (D '46)
Green, Julian
Green. J. Memories of happy days. (D '42)
Green armor. White, O. (Ap '45)
Green cargoes. Dorrance, A. (Ag '46)
Green circle. Massie, C. (Ap '43)
Green cockade. Allen, M. P. (D '42)
Green continent. Arciniegas, G.. ed. (O '44)
Green December Alls the graveyard. Sarsfield.
M. (N »46)
Green Dolphin street. Goudge. E. (O '44)
Green earth. Rlckett, H. W. (S '43)
Green field for courage. Cooney. C. T. (O '42)
Green fire. Rainier, P. W. (D '42)
Green for a grave. Stokes, M. JL. (D '46)
Green for danger. Lewis, M. C. M. (O '44)
Green garnet mystery. Selkirk, J. (S '46)
Green grass of Wyoming. Sture-Vasa, M. A.
(D '46)
Green hazard. Coles, M. (Mr '45)
Green is the golden tree. Truax, R. (My '43)
Green Mountain boy. Dean, L. W. (Ap '44)
Green Mountain verse. Pierce. E. H. C., and
Flanders, H. H., eds. (N *43)
Green orb. Eng title of: Green circle. Massie,
C. (Ap »43)
Green Peace. Hayes, M. (D '45)
Green star. Dubin, J. W. (Ap '45)
Green tea. Le Fanu, J. S. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Green turtle mystery. Queen, E. (O '44)
Green vistas. Coblentz, S. A. (O '44)
Green wagons. Seidlin, O., and Rypins, S. J.
(Je '43)
Green years. Cronln, A. J. (D '44)
Greenaway, Kate
Juvenile literature
Newcomb, C. Secret door. (D '46)
Greene county, Georgia
Raper, A. F. Tenants of the Almighty. <Q '43)
Greenhorns in blue pastures. Cox. H. R. W.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Greenland
Stefansson, V. Greenland. (D '42)
Description and travel
Carpenter, F. Canada and her northern neigh-
bors. (D '46)
Greenmask. Farjeon, J. J. (Je '44)
Greenslet, Ferris
Greenslet, F. Under the bridge. (D '43)
Greet the man. Wilke, H. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Gregg, Joel ah
Gregg, J. Diary and letters [bk2]. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gregorio and the white llama. Bonn on, L. (D
*44)
Grellet, Stephen
Comfort, W. W. Stephen Grellet. (S '42)
Gremlins. Dahl, R. (Ag '43)
Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason
Juvenile literature
Fox, G. M. Sir Wilfred Grenfell. (D '42)
Greylock and the robins. Robinson, T. P. (N
'46)
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Juvenile literature
Day, L. A. Grieg. (Ag '46)
Deucher, S. Edvard Grieg. (D '46)
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson
Maisel, E. M. Charles T. Griffes. (N '43)
Grim reapers. Johnston, S. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Grimm death. Brown, D. F. (Je '46)
Grinning pig. Lombard, N. (O '43)
Grist mill. Long, H. (Ag '46)
Grizzly meadows. Robertson, F. C. (Ag '43)
Grocery kitty. Hoke, H. L. (Je '46)
Grocery mouse. Clymer, E. L*. (Ag '45)
Groom lay dead. Coxe, G. H. (Ag '44)
Grooves of change. Samuel. H. L. S. (Ap '46)
Grosz, George
Grosz, G. Little yes and a big no. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Grotlus, Hugo <
Gerbrandy, P. S. National and international
stability. (My '45)
Grounds for living. Farnham, R. B., and Ing-
ham, V., eds. (Je '46)
Group activities in college and secondary
school. Strang, R. M. (Ap '42)
Group differences in urban fertility. Kiser,
C. V. (Je '43)
Group experience. Baxter, B., and Cassidy. R.
F. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Group health insurance and sickness benefit
plans in collective bargaining. Baker, H.,
and Dahl, D. (Je '46)
Group relations and group antagonisms. Mac-
Iver, R. M., ed. (Ag '44)
Group theatre
Clurman, H. Fervent years. (Ag *45)
Group work
Baxter, B., and Cassidy, R, F. Group experi-
ence. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
DuVall, E. W. Personality and social group
work. (N »43)
Price, L. Creative group work on the cam-
pus. (Ap '42)
Groups (sociology)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
way of life. Approaches to national unity.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Groups, Continuous
Chevalley, C. Theory of Lie groups. 1. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Grouse
Foster, W. H. New England grouse shooting.
Hall, H. M. Ruffed grouse. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Grow your own vegetables. Dempsey. P. W.
(My '42)
Growing concept of God in the Bible. Scares,
T. G. (D '43)
Growing up. Thirkell, A. M. (Mr '44)
Growing up in the horse and buggy days.
Ladd, C. E., and Eastman, E. R. (Mr '43)
Growth
Brody, S. Bioenergetics and growth. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Dearborn, W. F., and Rothney, J. W. M.
Predicting the child's development. (O '42)
Pry or, H. B. As the child grows. (A* '44)
Thompson. D. W. On growth and form. (S
43)
Growth of American constitutional law. Wright,
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1119
Growth of American nationality, 1492-1866.
Wellborn, F. W. (N '43)
Growth of American republic. Morison, B. E.,
and Commager, H. S. (N '43) ^
Growth of American thought. Curti, M. E. (Ag
•44) (1943 Annual) „ , M
Growth of constitutional power in the United
States. Swisher, C. B. (Ap '46)
Growth of European civilization. Book. A. E.
R., and others. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Growth of German historicism. Engel-J&nosi,
F. (D *45)
Growth of the American economy. William-
eon, H. F., ed. (Je '44)
Growth of the Red army. White, D. F. (Ap
'44)
Grubby gets clean. Vorse, M. E. (Ap '43)
Guadalcanal diary. Tregaskis, R. W. (Mr '43)
Thompson, L. M. Guam and its people. (Ag
'42)
Guaranteed annual wages. Chernick, J. J.,
and Hellickson, G. C. (Ag '45)
Crosby, E. O. Memoirs. (Je '46)
Guerre, Mme Bertrande (de Rols).
Fiction
Lewis. J. Wife of Martin Guerre. (My '42)
Guerrilla. Dunsany, B. J. M. D. P. (O '44)
Guerrilla^ padre in Mindanao. Haggerty, J. E.
Guerrilla wife. Spencer, L. R. (O '45)
Guerrillas _
Smith, D. M., and Carnes, C. American
guerrilla fighting behind the enemy lines.
(My '44)
Guess, George (Sequoya) (Cherokee Indian)
Juvenile literature
Coblentz, C. C. Sequoya. (D '46)
Guess what's in the grass. Mitchell, L. S. (D
•45)
Guggenheim, Marguerite
Guggenheim, M. Out of this century. (My
'46)
Guiccioli, Teresa (Gamba) contessa
Gray, A. K. Teresa. (N '45)
Guidance and personnel services in education.
Reed, A. Y. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Guidance of children through physical educa-
tion. La Salle, D. (N '46)
Guidance of learning activities. Burton, W. H.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Guidance practices at work. Erickson, C. E.,
and Happ, M. C. (N '46)
Guide for church school teachers. Miller, R. C.
(D '43)
Guide for the bedevilled. Hecht. B. (My '44)
Guide for the study of American social prob-
lems. American social problems study com-
mittee. (Je '43)
Guide on alcoholism for social workers. Seliger,
R. V., and Cranford, V. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Guide posts in chaos. Pollock, C. (Ag '42)
Guide to bird watching. Hickey, J. J. (D *43)
Guide to cathode ray patterns. Bly, M. C.
(Ag '43)
Guide to colleges, universities, and professional
schools in the United States. American
council on education. (My '46)
Guide to higher aquarium animals. Boardman,
E. T. (My '45)
Guide to life and literature of the Southwest.
Dobie, J. F. (S '43)
Guide to materials bearing on cultural rela-
tions in New Mexico. Saunders, L., comp.
(My '46)
Guide to methods improvement. Maynard. H.
B., and Stegemerten, G. J. (My '44)
Guide to model aircraft. Cooke, D. C., ed. (Mr
•46)
Guide to naval aviation. Elton, W. W., and
others. (Je '44)
Guide to naval strategy. Brodie, B. (D '44)
Guide to public affairs organizations. Read, C.
R., and Marble, S. D. (N '46)
Guide to public opinion polls. Gallup, G. H.
(S *44)
Guide to recorded music. Kolodin, I. (Mr '42)
Guide to the constellations. Barton, 8. G. and
W. H. (O §44)
Guide to the manuscript collections in the
Library, by Howard H. Peckham. Michi-
gan. University. William L. Clements li-
brary of American history. (Ap '43)
Guide to the practice of international confer-
ences. Pastuhov, V. D. (Je '46)
Guide to the Soviet Union. Mandel, W. (D '46)
Guideposts to a free economy. Lutz, H. L. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Guiding the normal child. Bowley, A. H. (O '44)
Guilt and redemption. Sherrlll, L. J. (O '46)
Guilt of the German army. Fried, H. E. (O '42)
Guinea's captive kings. Sypher. F. W. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Gulf stream
Juvenile literature
Brindze, R. Gulf stream. (Ag '46)
Gull cove murders. Colter, E. (Je '44)
Gulliver joins the army. Dalgliesh, A. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Gumbo ya-ya. Writers' program, Louisiana.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Gums and resins
Chatfleld. H. W. Varnish constituents. (Ap
'46)
Man tell, C. L., and others. Technology of
natural resins. (S '42)
Gums and resins, Synthetic
D'Alelio, G. F. Experimental plastics and
synthetic resins. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Morrell, R. S., ed. Synthetic resins and allied
plastics. (Ag '44)
Powers, P. O. Synthetic resins and rubbers.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Gun care and repair. Chapel, C. E. (Je '43)
Gun dogs afield. Lytle, J. H. (My '43)
Gunflghter breed. Nye, N. C. (My '42)
Gunner and the Dumbo. Follett, D. W. (N
'45)
Gunners get glory. Berry, R. B. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Guns for Tito. Huot, L. (Ap '45)
Guns on the Cimarron. Elston, A. V. (S *43)
Guns on the high mesa. Gooden, A. H. (My
Guns over Champlaln. Dean, L. W. (Je '46)
Gunsight. Gruber, F. (N '42)
Gunsmithing
Chapel, C. E. Gun care and repair. (Je ''43)
Lenz. E. C. Muzzle flashes. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Gunsmith's boy. Best, H. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Gunsmoke graze. Glidden, J. H. (S '42)
Gunsmoke trail. Mann, E. B. (Ag »42)
Gustaf I Vasa, king of Sweden
Juvenile literature
Van Loon, H. W. Adventures and escapes
of Gustavus Vasa. (N '45)
Gustav, a son of Franz. Meek, S. St P. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Guthrie, Woody
Guthrie. W. Bound for glory. (Ap *43)
Guys on the ground. Friendly, A. (3 '44)
Gynecology
Davis, M. Woman's medical problems. (My
'46)
Gypsy in the sun. Forbes, R. T. (N '44)
H as in hangman. Treat, L. (O *42)
H as in hunted. Go Ids tone, L. A. (O '46)
H.M. corvette. Monsarrat, N. (Mr *43)
H.M.S. Pinafore. Wheeler. O. (D '46)
HSC high-speed brake equipment. Drennan, C.
Ha! ha! among the trumpets. Lewis, A. (N '45)
Ha-ha farm. Leech, T. and C. (Ap '45)
Hackberry cavalier. Perry, G. S. (Mr '44)
Hadow, Grace Eleanor
Deneke, H. Grace Hadow. (O '46)
Hague. Permanent court of International
justice. See Permanent court of interna-
tional Justice
1120
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Hahn, Emily
Hahn, E. China to me. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Hahn, E. Hong Kong holiday. (S *46)
Hahncmann, Samuel
Gumpert, M. Hahnemann, the adventurous
career of a medical rebel. (D '45)
Hail to the Jeep. Wells, A. W. (N '46)
Hair dressing
Wilcox, R. T. Mode in hats and headdress.
Hair's breadth. Thayer, L. (Mr '46)
Haiti
History
Korngold, R. Citizen Toussaint. (O '44)
Lieyburn. J. G. Haitian people. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Social conditions
Leyburn, J. G. Haitian people. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Hale, Nathan
Juvenile literature
Hogeboom, A., and Ware, J. F. One life
to lose. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Mann. M. Nathan Hale, patriot. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Half a hemisphere. Goetz, D. (My '43)
Half -a- hundred. Grayson, C., ed. (Ag *45)
Half a world away. Long, P. (S '43)
Half-angel. McQuarrle, L. M. (Ap '46)
Half-haunted saloon. Shattuck, R. (My '45)
Half past when. Davis. H. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Half-past yesterday. Sturgis, R. (8 '45)
Hall, James
Flanagan, J. T. James Hall, literary pioneer
of the Ohio valley. (Mr '43)
Hallelujah. Hurst, F. (Mr '44)
Halloween
Big book of Halloween entertainments. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Halo in blood. Evans, J. (Ag '46)
Halsey, William Frederick
Jordan. R. B. Born to fight. (N '46)
Hamilton, Alexander
Caldwell, L. K. Administrative theories of
Hamilton and Jefferson. (Ap '45)
Schachner, N. Alexander Hamilton. (Ag '46)
Hamilton, Alice
Hamilton, A. Exploring the dangerous trades.
(Jtfy »4$)
Hamilton, Edward T.
Vetter, EX G. Death was our escort. (D '44)
Hamilton, Emma, lady
Fiction
Field, B. Bride of glory. (Ap '42)
Hammett, Samuel Adams
Hoole, W. S. Sam Slick in Texas. (N '45)
Hammond, William Gardiner
Hammond, W. G. Remembrance of Amherst.
(N '46)
Hammond's comparative wall atlas. Hammond,
C. S., and company. (N '43)
Hammond's new world loose-leaf atlas serv-
ice. Hammond, O. S. and company. (Je '44)
Hammond's universal world atlas. Hammond,
C. S.. and company. (N '43)
Han Suyin
Han Suyin. Destination Chungking. (My '42)
Hancock, John
Baxter. W. T. House of Hancock. (S '45)
Hancock, Thomas
Baxter. W. T. House of Hancock. (S '45)
Handbook for civilian defense. Mayer-Dax-
landen, H. (Je '42)
Handbook for clubwomen. Munro, I. B. and
W. M. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Handbook for home mechanics. O'Hare, E. (D
43)
Handbook for nurse'? aides. Orbison. K. B. T.
Handbook for prospectors and operators of
small mines. Von Bemewitz, M. W. (O '43)
Handbook for shipwrights. Garyantes. H. F.
(Mr *45)
Handbook of accounting methods. Lasser, J.
K.. ed. (Ap '44)
Handbook of air navigation, yanderkloot, W. J.
Handbook of airplane maintenance and opera-
tion. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Handbook of applied hydraulics. Davis, C. V.,
ed. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Handbook of brick masonry construction.
Mulligan, J. A. (Ap '43)
Handbook of chemistry. Lange, N. A., and
Forker, G. M., eds. (Ag '44)
Handbook of civilian protection. New York
(city). City college. Civilian defense coun-
cil. (Ag '42)
Handbook of classical drama. Harsh, P. W.
(Mr '45)
Handbook of color and how to use it in your
home. Germaine, I. M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Handbook of drapery patterns. Germaine, I. M.
(Je '45)
Handbook of Hispanic source materials and
research organizations in the United
States. Hilton, R.. ed. (Ap '43)
Handbook of industrial psychology. Smith, M.
Handbook of industrial relations. Aspley, J. C.,
and Whitmore, E., eds. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Handbook of international organizations in the
Americas. Carnegie endowment for interna-
tional peace. Division of international law.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Handbook of knots. Graumont, R. (Mr '46)
Handbook of labor unions. Peterson, F. (Je '44)
Handbook of lizards. Smith, H. M. (D '46)
Handbook of mechanical design. Nordenholt,
G. F., and others. (D '42)
Handbook of medical library practice. Medical
library association. (D '40)
Handbook of meteorology. Berry, F. A., and
others, eds. (Ap '46)
Handbook of nonferrous metallurgy. Liddell, D.
M., ed. (Ap '46)
Handbook of psychiatry. Lichtenstein, P. M.,
and Small, S. M. ,(O '43)
Handbook of salamanders. Bishop, S. C. (Ap
'44)
Handbook of scientific and technical societies
and institutions of the United States and
Canada. National research council. (F
•43) (1942 Annual)
Handbook of tabular presentation. Hall. R. O.
(Ap '44)
Handbook of war production. Boyan, E. A.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Handbook on designing for quantity produc-
tion. Chase, H., ed. (Je '44)
Handbook on plastics. Simonds, H. R., and
Ellis, C. (O '43)
Handel, Georg Friedrich
Weinstock, H. Handel. (N '46)
Juvenile literature
Wheeler, O. Handel at the court of kings.
(Mr '44)
Handel at the court of kings. Wheeler, O. (Mr
'44)
Handicraft
Boy's fun book. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Burbank, N. L., and Mitchell, E. M., comps.
Shopcrafter's handbook. (D '42)
Cleveland, R. Fun for boys and girls. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cleveland, R. Pastime book for boys and girls.
(S '46)
Cleveland, R. Stay-at-home book for boys
and girls. (Je '44)
Cox, D. E., and Weismann, B. W. Creative
hands. (Je '45)
Dank, M. C. Creative crafts In wood. (Ap '46)
Haas. L. J. Practical occupational therapy
for the mentally and nervously ill. (Ap '45)
Horowitz, C. Boy's treasury of things-to-do.
(Je '46)
Horowitz, C. Child's treasury of things- to- do.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Horowitz, C. Girl's treasury of things-to-do.
(Ag '46)
Horowitz, C. Little girl's treasury of things-
to-do. (Ag '46)
Horowitz, C. Young boy's treasury of things-
to-do. (Ag '46)
Hunt, W. B. Indiancraft. (N '42)
Ickis, M. Arts and crafts. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Ickis, M. Pastimes for the patient. (Ag '45)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Funda-
mentals of shopwork. (My '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1121
Jordan, N. R. Mother Goose handicraft. (N
'45)
Lee, T. What to do now. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Lockrey, A. J. Plastics in the school and
home workshop. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Maney,f S., ed. It's fun to make it yourself.
Powers, M. Book of little crafts. (D '42)
Radtke, O. A. Keene cement craft. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Robinson, J. Things to make from odds and
ends. (O '45)
Showalter, H. P. Small creations for your
tools. (Je '43)
Spears, R. W. Make and remodel home fur-
nishings. (S '44)
Sprague, C. How to make it book of crafts.
(Je '42)
Tuomey, D. Home mechanic. (Je '43)
Wakefleld, L. S. 101 home furnishings. (Ag
'42)
White, W.* C. Made in the USSR. (D '44)
Zarchy, H. Let's make more things. (My '43)
Indexes
Lovell, B. C., and Hall, R. M., comps. Index
to handicrafts, modelmaking, and work-
shop projects. (Ag '43)
Handkerchief holdiay. Hess, F. (N *42)
Handling personality adjustment in industry.
McMurry, R. N. (Ap '44)
Handsome, but dead. Wahl, A. E. H. (O '42)
Handsome heart. De Vries, P. (S '43)
Handweaver's pattern book. Davison, M. P.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Handy encyclopedia of useful information.
Copeland, L., ed. (Ap '46)
Hang my heart. Brooks, A. (S '42)
Hanged for a sheep. Lockridge, F. L. (N '42)
Hanging
Mencken, A., ed. By the neck. (Ag '42)
Hanging's too good. Thayer, L. (N '43)
Hangman's Handyman. Talbot, H. (O *42)
Hangman's hill. Pelligrin, F. E. (Je '46)
Hangman's tie. Stevens, F. M. R. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Hangover square. Hamilton, P. (Mr '42)
Hannibal's elephants. Powers, A. (N '44)
Hanrahan's daughter. Purcell, P. (Ap '44)
Hansel and Gretel. Grimm, J. L. K. and W. K.
(D '44)
Happiest man. Borgenicht, L. (Ap '43)
Happiness
Wilson, M. How to live beyond your means.
(S '45)
Happiness road. Rice, A. C. H. (S '42)
Happiness round the corner. Scott, W. M. W.
(Ap '42)
Happy birthday, Judy! Becker, C. (My '42)
Happy book. Pease, J. V. (S '42)
Happy ever after. Seymour, B. K. S. (My *42)
Happy hippopotamus. Heyneman, A., and Kap-
pel, H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Happy Jack. Mason, M. E. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Happy land. Kantor. M. (Mr '43)
Happy landings. Herzberg, M. J., and others.
(Ap '43)
Happy man. Easton, R. O. (Ap '43)
Happy profession. Sedgrwick, E. (N *46)
Happy stories Just to laugh at. Leacock, S. B.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Happy the land. Rich, L. D. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Happy time. Fontaine, R. L. (S '46)
Happy times in Norway. Undset, S. (D '42)
Happy tramp. Denison. M. G. (S '42)
Happy world. Carbery, M. T. E.-F. (My '42)
Hapsburg, House of
Harding, B. L,. Lost waltz. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Harbors
China
Abend, H. Treaty ports. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Hard Facts. Spring, H. (O '44)
Hardey, Mary Aloysla
Williams, M. A. Second sowing. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hardness
Williams, S. R. Hardness and hardness
measurements. (Ag '43)
Hardy, Thomas
Blunden, E. C. Thomas Hardy. (Ap '43)
Cecil, D. Hardy, the novelist. (O '46)
Clemens, C. My chat with Thomas Hardy
(Je '44)
Weber, C. J. Hardy in America. (N '46)
Harlem, New York (city)
Ottley, R. New world a-coming. (S '43)
Harmon, Thomas Dudley
Harmon, T. D. Pilots also pray. (D '44)
Harmonic analysis
Maniey, R. G. Waveform analysis. (Ap *46)
Harmonists
Duss, J. S. Harmonists. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Harps in the wind. Eng title of: Woman in the
house. Hichens, R. S. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Harriet. Ryerson, F., and Clements, C. C. (S
'43)
Harriett. McKinley, C. (Ap '46)
Harris, Thomas Lake
Schneider, H. W., and Law ton, G. Prophet
and a pilgrim. (Je '43)
Harris, William Torrey
Leidecker, K. F. Yankee teacher. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Harte, Bret
Juvenile literature •*
Harlow, A. F. Bret Harte of the Old West.
(Ag *43)
Harvard co-operative society
Gras, N. S. B. Harvard co-operative society
past and present, 1882-1942. (S '43)
Harvard dictionary of music. Apol, W. (N '45)
(1944 Annual)
Harvard university
Chamberlain, S. Historic Cambridge in four
seasons. (Ap '43)
Harvest in the desert. Samuel, M. (S '44)
Harvest is late. Downing, J. H. (Mr '44)
Harvest of my years. Pollock, C. (Ap '43)
Harvest of the Hudson. Best, A. C. (N '45)
Harvest of the Lowlands. Greshoflf, J., ed. (Ap
Harvest of the spirit. Austin, B. M. (My *43)
Harvey girls. Adams, S. H. (N '42)
Hasta la vista. Reynolds, M. (S '46)
Hasty, John Eugene
Hasty, J. E. Bone with mirrors. (Mr '43)
Hasty heart. Goggan, J. P. (Je '45)
Hatha yoga. Bernard, T. (O '44)
Hathaway, Anne. See Shakespeare, A. H.
Hathaway, Katharine (Butler)
Hathaway, K. B. Journals and letters of the
little locksmith. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hathaway, K. B. Little locksmith. (N '43)
Hathoo of the elephants. Wheeler, P. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hats
Wilcox, R. T. Mode in hats and headdress.
(S '46)
Haunted harbor. Douglas. D. (S *43)
Haunted house. Woolf, V. (Ap '44)
Haunted lady. Rinehart, M. R. (Je '42)
Hauser, Kaspar
Singh, J. A. L., and Zing?, R. M. Wolf -chil-
dren and Feral man. (My '43)
Haushofer, Karl
Dorpalen, A. World of General Haushofer.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Have come, am here. Villa, J. G. (N '42)
Have you seen this man? Hurley. G. (N '44)
Have you seen Tom Thumb? Hunt, M. L. (D
•42)
Haven house for the once born. Kennedy, J. W.
(Ap *46)
Having wonderful crime. Rice, C. (My '48)
Havoc by accident. Simenon, G. (Je '43)
Hawaiian Islands
Fergusson. E. Our Hawaii. (Ap '42)
MacDonald. A. W. Revolt in paradise. (O '44)
MacLeod, A. S. Spirit of Hawaii, before and
after Pearl Harbor. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
Porteus, S. D. Calabashes and kings. (Ag
•40) (1945 Annual)
Foreign relations
United States
Stevens, S. K. American expansion In
Hawaii. (Je '46)
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Hawaiian Island* — Continued
History
Bradley. H, W. American frontier in Hawaii.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Porteus, S. D. Calabashes and kings. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Stevens, S. K. American expansion in
Hawaii: (Je '46)
Hawaiian schools. American council on educa-
tion. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hawaiian types. Inn. H. (S '45)
Hawaiian yesterdays. Myhre, B3. (Je '42)
Hawk's flight. Hull, H. R. (My '46)
Hawk's way. Olson, T. (My '42)
Hawthorn tree. Green. P. (Ap '44)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hall, L. S. Hawthorne. (S '44)
Schubert. L. Hawthorne, the artist. (S '44)
Hay fever
Sterling. A. P. Know your hay fever. (My
Wodehouse, R. P. Hayfever plants. (D '45)
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Gfeiringer, K. Haydn. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hayek, Friedrich August von
Finer, H. Road to reaction. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Hayes, Roland
Helm, M. Angel Mo' and her son. Roland
Hayes. (D '42)
Hayne, Paul Hamilton
Taylor, B., and Hayne, P. H. Correspondence.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hays, Arthur Qarfleld
Hays, A. G. City lawyer. (S '42)
Hays, Will H.
Moley, R. Hays office. (Ag '45)
Hazlitt, William
Maclean* C. M. Born under Saturn. (My '44)
He brings great news. Dane. C. (O '45)
He came by night. Eng title of: Death at the
door. Malleson, L. B. (Ap '45)
He conquered the Andes. Ives, M. L. (Je '43)
He died laughing. Lariar, L. (S '43)
He fell down dead. Perdue, V. (O '43)
He married a doctor. Baldwin, F. (Ap *44)
He wanted to sleep in the Kremlin. Schacher.
CL (O '42)
He went with Magellan. Kent. L. A. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
He who whispers. Carr, J. D. (My '46)
He wouldn't be king. Baker, N. B. (Mr '42)
He wouldn't kill Patience. Carr, J. D. (Mr '44)
Head hunting in the Solomon islands around
the Coral sea. Mytinger, C. (Ja '43) (1943
Annual)
Head of the line. Carroll, G. H. (Ap '42)
Headlights and markers. Donovan, F. P.. and
Henry, R. S.. eds. (Ap *46)
Headlong for murder. Mace. M. (My *43)
Headmistress. Thirkell, A. M. (Mr '45)
Headquarters Budapest. Parker, R. B. (S '44)
Heads up— heels down. Anderson, C. W. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Heads you lose. Lewis, M. C. M. (Ap *42)
Headsman's holiday. Hawkins, D. (N '46)
Headwear workers. Green, C. H. (Je '45)
Healing of the waters. Wilder, A. N. (Ag '43)
Health and first aid. Fishbein, M., and Irwin,
L. W. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Health and hygiene. Ackerman, L. (3 '44)
Health can be fun. Leaf, M. (N '43)
Health counseling for girls. Leonard, M. L. (O
Health education in rural schools and com-
munities. Lamkin, N. B, (N '46)
Health for the having. Emerson. W. R. P. (Ap
Health recovery in Europe. MacNalty, A. S.,
and Mellor, W. F. (S '46)
Healthy babies are happy babies. Kenyon, J.
H. (S '43)
Healy, Tim
Healy, T. More lives than one, (Ag '44)
Hear our prayer. Stearns, S.. comp. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
o, L. Ways to better hearing. (Je '46)
Hearing
Brentan
Hearn, Lafcadio
McWilliams, V. S. Lafcadio Hearn. (My '46)
Heart
Diseases
Steincrohn, P. J. Heart disease is curable.
(Ag '43)
Heart has April too. Taber, G. B. (Mr '45)
Heart has reasons. Coxhead, N. (S '46)
Heart of danger. Pease, H. (D '46)
Heart of Europe. Mann, K., and Kesten, H.,
eds. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Heart of Europe. Rougemont, D. de., and
Muret, C. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Heart of Jade. Madariaga, S. de. (My '44)
Heart of man. Vann, G. (D '45)
Heart of New Hampshire. Weygandt. C. (S '44)
Heart on her sleeve. Kelland. C. B. (My '44)
Heart returneth. Lebedeff. V. (My *43)
Hearthstone in the wilderness. Best, A. C. (Ag
Heart's haven. Bassett, S. W. (S '44)
Heartwood. Dowries, A. M. (O '45)
Heat
Bailey. N. P. Principles of heat engineering.
(Je *43j
Cork, J. M. Heat. (Je '48)
Smith, L. R. Applied mechanics and heat.
(Ag *43)
Zemansky, M. W. Heat and thermodynamics.
(Je '44)
Transmission
Jakob, M.. and Hawkins, G. A. Elements of
heat transfer and insulation. (D '42)
McAdams, W. H. Heat transmission. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Heat and thermodynamics. Zemansky, M. W.
(Je '44)
Heat engines
Allen, J. R., and Bursley, J. A. Heat engines.
Grundy, R. H. Theory and practice of heat
engines. (S '43)
Wrangham. D. A. Theory and practice of
heat engines. (Je '43)
Heat transmission. McAdams, W. H. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Heat treatment of metals. Winning, J. (N
'43)
Heathen days. Mencken. H. L. (Ap '43)
Heather heritage. Duncan, J. B. (Mr '43)
Heating
Manly, H. P. Drake's heating, cooking and
air conditioning handbook. (Ap '46)
Heating of steel. Mawhinney, M. H. (Ap *46)
Heaven below. Clayton, E. H. (S '44)
Heaven is a sunswept hill. Guy, E. (O *43)
Heaven is for the angels. Schrott, E. (Ap '44)
Heaven is too high. McNeilly, M. M. (My
Heaven to Betsy. Lovelace, M, H. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Heavenly harmony. Lieferant, H. and S. S.
(O '42)
Heavenly tenants. Maxwell, W. (D '46)
Heaven's not far away. Parrott, K. U. T. (N
'42)
Hebrew literature
Collections
Browne, L., ed. Wisdom of Israel. (S '45)
Hecker, Isaac Thomas
Burton, K. K. Celestial homespun. (My '43)
Hedge, Frederic Henry
Wells, R. V. Three Christian transcenden-
talists. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Hedge against the sun. Bentley, B. (N '43)
Hedwig, Saint
Markowa. E. Glowing lily. (O '46)
Heed the thunder. Thompson, J. M. (Ap '46)
Hegel, Georg Wllhelm Friedrich
Marcuse, H. Reason and revolution. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Myers, H. A. Spinoza-Hegel paradox. (Ap '45)
Heine, Heinrlch
Wormley, S. L. Heine in England. (Ag '43 )
Heinrlch, prince of Prussia. See Henry* prince
of Prussia
Heinzen, Karl Peter
Wittke, C. F. Against the current. (Mr »45)
Helena (cruiser)
Morris, C. G. and Cave. H. B. Fightm'eat
ship. (Ag '44)
Helical milling. Felker, C. A., and Paine, H.
"W". (Ag 43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1123
Helicopters
Francis, D, E. Story of the helicopter. (S '46)
Gregory, H. F. Anything a horse can do. (O
'44)
Macauley, O. B. F. Helicopters are coming.
Morr?s, C. L. Pioneering the helicopter. (Mr
*45)
Nikolsky, A. A. Notes on helicopter design
theory. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Stevens, A. H. How of the helicopter. (Je
•46)
keUesom, W. H. Helium. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
e« high water. Raine, W. M. (My '43)
Helldiver squadron. Olds, R. (F '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Knox?ITW. L». Some Hellenistic elements in
primitive Christianity. (O '45)
Trevelyan, H. Goethe and the Greeks. (Je
Hell'o,2man. Patton, K. L. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hell's ramparts^ fell. Skinner, C. R.. and Cole,
Helmetf ' anof^ipttick. Haskell, R. G. (My '44)
Helmont, Jean Baptiste van
Pagel, W. Religious and philosophical aspects
of van Helmont's science and medicine. (D
Help the farmer. King, D. N. (D '43)
Helping teachers understand children. Ameri-
can council on education. Commission on
teacher education. (Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Hemisphere camp. Thomas, B. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Henley, William Ernest
Buckley, J. H. William Ernest Henley. (D
'45)
Henry, prince of Prussia
Easum, C. V. Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of Frederick the Great. (Ap f43)
Henry, Caleb Sprague
Wells, R. V. Three Christian transcenden-
talists. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Henry, O., pseud. See Porter, W. S.
Henry, Patrick
Juvenile literature
Carson, J. M. H. Son of thunder. (D '45)
Hawthorne, H. Give me liberty. (Ag '46)
Stephenson, D. D. M. Patrick, son of
thunder. (Ap '42)
Henry's Lincoln. Neyhart. L. A. (S '45)
Henson, Herbert Hensley
Hen son, H. H. Retrospect of an unimportant
life, v 2. (Ag '44)
Henson, Josiah
Gysin, B. To master— a long goodnight. (D
'46)
Her heart in her throat. 'White. E. t». (S '42)
Her husband's house. Stewart. C. P. (Ap '46)
Her own people. Tomkinson. G. (D '45)
Herbert, Victor
Juvenile literature
Purdy, C I* S. Victor Herbert, American
music-master. (Ap '45)
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st
baron
Herbert of Cherbury, E. H. De religion* laid.
(My '45)
Clarkson, R, E. Herbs, their culture and
Parry," J^W. Spice handbook. (D '46)
Juvenile literature
Maril, Li. Spice and scent. (Je '43)
Herbs, their culture and uses. Clarkson, R. E.
Hercule and the gods. Audemars. P. (O '46)
Hercules, my shipmate. Graves. R. (N '45)
Herdsman. Wilson, D. C. (D '46)
Here come Joe Mungin. Murray, C. 3. (Mr '42)
Here come the elephants. Orr, G. (O '43)
Here come the marines! Griffin, A, R. (Mr '43)
Here comes daddy. Mllius, W. (I> '44)
Here cornea Kristie. Brock, B. L. (O '42)
Here comes Pete. Clymer, E. (My '44)
Here comes tomorrow. Zelomek, A. W. (F '46)
(1944 Annual)
Here comes tomorrow. Zelomek, A. W. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Here I stand. Beecher, J. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Here is Africa. Gatti, E. M. W. and A. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Here is Alaska. Stefansson, E. (Mr '43)
Here is India. Kennedy, J. W. (D '45)
Here is your war. Pyle. E. T. (N '43)
Here let us feast. Parrish, M. F. K. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Here lies blood. Mannon. M. M. (Je '42)
Here lies the body. Burke, R. (Mr '42)
Here they dug the gold. Willison, G. F. (O '46)
Heredity
Dahlberg, G. Race, reason and rubbish. (Ag
•43) (1942 Annual)
Glass, H. B. Genes and the man. (D '43)
Huntington, E. Mainsprings of civilization.
(Ag '45)
Lysenko, T. D. Heredity and variability. (My
*46)
Wood worth. R. S. Heredity and environment.
(My '42)
Heredity, food, and environment in the nutri-
tion of infants and children. Scott, G. D.
(N '42)
Here's a Penny. Haywood, C. (O *44)
Here's how it's done. Widutis, F. B., and
Kahn, S. S. (O '46)
Here's how to fly. Paust. G. H. (D '44)
Here's O'Hara. O'Hara, J. (Je '46)
Heritage and destiny. Mackay, J. A. (Je '43)
Heritage of flre. Wagner, F., and Cooper, P.
(D '45)
Heritage of Spain. Adams, N. B. (Ap '44)
Heritage of symbolism. Bowra. C. M. (S *43)
Heritage of the navy. Martin, H. P. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Heritage of the river. Elwood. M. (S '45)
Hero by proxy. Tolman, H. (S '42)
Hero in history. Hook, S. (Je '43)
Hero of Antietam. Beffel, E. (S '43)
Herodia, the lovely puppet. Milhous, K. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Heroes
Bentley. E. R. Century of hero-worship. (N
Hook, S. Hero in history. (Je '43)
Thomas, L,. J. These men shall never die. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Wells, L,. Salute to valor. (My '4S)
Heroes I have known. Eastman, M. (Je '42)
Heroes in plenty. Du Bois, T. M. (D *45)
Heroes of the Atlantic. Halstead. I. (Ap '42)
Heroes of the Pacific. Shane, T. (Je *44)
Heroines of the sky. Adams, J., and others.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hero's oak. Castle, W., and Joseph. R. (F '46>
(1945 Annual)
Herrmann, Lazar
Herrmann, L. Today we are brothers. (Je
•42)
Herself. Jordan, E. G. (My '43)
He's in submarines now. Felsen, Q. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
He's in the Armored force now. McGhee, A. F.
(Ag '43)
He's in the artillery now. Smith, C. P. (Aj>
He's in the cavalry now. Ramey, R. S. (S '44)
He's In the Coast guard now. Felsen, G. (S '43)
He's in the destroyers now. Exton, W. (My
He's in the engineers now. Mann, C. (S '43)
He's in the Marine corps now. Israels, J. (N
•43)
He's in the merchant marine now. Douglas, J.
S.. and Salz, A. (O '43)
He's in the paratroops now. Rathbone, A. D.
(Je '43)
He's in the Signal corps now. Mann, C. (O *43)
He's in the sub-busters now. Rathbone, A. D.
Heterocyclic compounds
Morton, A. A. Chemistry of heterocyclic
compounds. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hewitt, Edward Rlngwood
Hewitt, E. R. Those were the days. (Ja *44>
(1943 Annual)
Heyday of a wizard. Burton, J. (My '44)
Heydays and holidays. Harris, L. (Ag '46)
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Heyer, John Christian Frederick
Bachmann, E. T. They called him father.
(Mr '43)
Hezeklah Horton. Tarry, E. (N '42)
Hi, Barney! McSwigan, M. (Je '46)
Hi Guy, the Cinderella horse. Brown, P. (D
'44)
Hickory Umb. Hubbard, M. A. (N '42)
Hidden blood. Tuttle. W. C. (Je '43)
Hidden Civil war. Gray, W. (O '42)
Hidden enemy. Pol, H. (O '43)
Hidden faces. Dali, S. (Ag '44)
Hidden hunger. Macy, I. G., and Williams, H.
H. (S '45)
Hidden portal. Weston, G. (S '46)
Hidden season. Sturgis. R. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Hidden son. En* title of: Secret son. Kaye-
Smith, S. (Mr '42)
Hidden treasure of Giaston. Jewett, E. M. (N
'46)
Hideout. Hostovsky. E. (Mr '45)
Hiding places. Woodcock, L. P. (Ja f44) (1943
Annual)
High Barbaree. Nordhoff, C. B., and Hall, J.
N. (N '45)
High bonnet. Jones, I. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
High border country. Henry, R. C. (Ag '42)
High courts of heaven. Hewes, J. V. (Mr '43)
High-frequency induction heating. Curtis, F.
W. (Ap '45)
High frequency thermionic tubes. Harvey, A.
P. (S '43)
High journey. Putnam, C. (Je f45)
High noon. Lee, C. P. (D '43)
High pavement. Eng title of: Old Mrs Came-
lot. Carter, P. W. (N '44)
High polymeric reactions. Mark, H. F.. and
Raft, R. A. V. (Je '42)
High prairie. Havighurst, W., and Boyd, M. M.
High-pressure die casting. Harvill, H. L., and
Jordan, P. R. (Ag '46)
High road. Grinstead, P. (Mr '45)
High schools
Germane. C. E. and E. G. Personnel work in
high schools. (Je '42)
Curricula
Belting, P. E. and N. M. Modern high school
curriculum. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Ix>ng, C. D. School-leaving youth and em-
ployment. (Je '42)
High schools for tomorrow. Haig, G. C. (N '46)
High stakes. Riess, C. (S '42)
High take at low tide. Robbins. G. A. (My '46)
High tide at noon. Ogilvie. E. (My '44)
High time. Lasswell, M. (N '44)
High vacuum technique. Yarwood, J. (O '46)
High water in Arkansas. Finger, C. J. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
High wind rising. Singmaster, E. (D '42)
High window. Chandler, R. (S *42)
Highball. Beebe, L. M. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Higher civil service of Great Britain. Dale,
H. E. (S '42)
Higher education in the postwar period. Insti-
tute for administrative officers of higher
institutions. (O '45)
Higher hill. Campbell, G. M. G. (Je '45)
Highlights in the history of American mass
production. Bramson. R. T. (Ap '48)
Highroads of the universe. Johnson, J. G. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Highview mystery. Keating, L. A. (Ag '44)
Highway economics. Tucker, H., and Leager,
M. C. (D '42)
Highway engineering
Hewes, L. I. American highway practice.
(My '42)*
Tucker, H., and Leager, M. C. Highway
economics. (D '42)
Highway of God. Sockman, R. W. (My '42)
Highway to Alaska. Lank*. H. C. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Highway to heaven. Matschat, C. H. (Ag '42)
Highway to Tokyo. Rosenfarb, J. (O '43)
Highway transportation
Hill, S. E. Teamsters and transportation.
(Ag '42)
Hiker's handbook. Leechman, J. D, (Je '44)
Hiking, camping and mountaineering. Geist,
R. C. (Je M3)
The hill. Greenhood, D. (My '43)
Hill country tunes. Bayard* S. P., ed. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hill lawyer. Skidmore, H. (N '42)
Hill of little miracles. Angelo, V. (O '42)
Hill^ of the terrified monk. Main waring, D. (S
Hills beyond Manhattan. D'Agostino, G. (Mr '42)
Hills of fear. Bechdolt, F. R. (My '43)
Hills of home. Martin, C. (Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
Hindu psychology. Akhilananda. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Hingham, Massachusetts
Roosevelt, E. R. This is America. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hi-Po the hippo. Thomas, D. (O §42)
Hippo. Stolper. J. (N '42)
Hippocrates
Bdelstein, L. Hifcpocratic oath. (D '44)
Hippocratic medicine. Heidel. W. A. (Ap '42)
Hlppocratic oath. Edelstein, L. (D '44)
Hlrohito, emperor of Japan
Price, W. De M. Japan and the Son of
Heaven. (N '45)
Hiroshima. Hersey, J. R. (D '46)
His body the church. Pittenger, W. N. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
His days are as grass. Mergendahl, C. H. (My
'46)
His excellency, a trustee. Howson, R. (Ag '46)
His Majesty's Yankees. Raddall, T. H. (D '42)
His speeches and writings; ed. by R. P. Basler.
Lincoln, A. (N '46)
Hispanic American essays. Wilgus, A. C., ed.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Historians
Schmitt, B. E., ed. Some historians or
modern Europe. (Ap '42)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc
Coulton, G. G. Fourscore years. (Ag '44)
Historic Cambridge in four seasons. Chamber-
lain. S. (Ap '43) »
Historic church and modern pacifism. Lee, U.
(Je '43)
Historic costume. Lester, K. M. (My '43)
Historic mission of Jesus. Cadoux. C. J, (O '43)
Historical anthology of music. Davison, A. T.,
and Apel, W. (N '46)
Historical atlas of the United States. Lord,
C. L. and E. S. H. (Agr »45) (1944 Annual)
Historical change. Einstein, L. D. (My '46)
Historical commentary on Thucydides, v 1.
Gomme. A, W. (S *45)
Historical geology. Hussey, R. C. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Historical societies
Dunlap, L. W. American historical societies.
(D '44)
Histories and historians of Hispanic America.
Wilgus, A. C. (Ap '43)
History
Burckhardt. J. C. Force and freedom. (My
*43)
Fuller, J. F. C. Armament and history. (N
*45)
Woodruff, D., ed. For Hilaire Belloc. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Historiography
Collingwood, R. G. Idea of history. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Engel-Janosi, F. Growth of German his-
torlcism. (D '45)
Frank, J. Fate and freedom. (Ag '45)
Gottschalk, L. R., and others. Use of per-
sonal documents in history, anthropology
and sociology. (O '46)
Hulrne, E. M. History and its neighbors. (O
Kent. S. Writing history. (Je '42)
Social science research council. Committee on
historiography. Theory and practice in his-
torical study. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Thompson, J. W,, and Holm, B. J. History of
historical writing. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Methodology
Bodin, J. Method for the easy comprehension
of history. (S '45)
Philosophy
Adams, B. Law of civilization and decay.
(S 43)
Case, S. J. Christian philosophy of history.
(IV 43)
Collingwood, R. G. Idea of history. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1125
Einstein, L. D. Historical change. (My '46)
Fleming, D. J. Bringing our world together.
Frank, J. Fate and freedom. (Ag '45)
Hook, S. Hero in history. (Je '43)
Paul, L. A. Annihilation of man. (Je '45)
Sorokln, P. A. Social and cultural dynamics,
v 4. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Strayer, J. R., ed. Interpretation of history.
(Je '43)
Study and teaching
Bodin, J. Method for the easy comprehension
of history. (S f45)
History, Ancient
Godolphin, F. R. B., ed. Greek historians.
(Ag '42)
Turner, R. E. Great cultural traditions. (Ap
•42)
History, Modern
Browne, L. Something went wrong. (Mr *42)
Chambers, F. P., and others. This age of
conflict. (S '43)
Langsam, W. C. World since 1914. (N '43)
Namier, L. B. Conflicts. (S f43)
Neumann, S. Future in perspective, (S '46)
Soward, F. H. Twenty- five troubled years,
1918-1943. (S '44)
Welles, S., ed. Intelligent American's guide
to the peace. (Mr '45)
History, Universal
Boak, A. E. R., and others. World history.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Evans, J. C., and Sankowsky, S. H. Graphic
world history. (D '42)
Kahler, E. Man the measure. (A& '44) (1943
Annual)
Key to the universe. (Je '44)
Nehru, J. Glimpses of world history. (Ag
Voices of history, 1944-45. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Watts, F., and Leigh ton, B. B., eds. Voices
of history, 1942-43. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Watts, F., ed. Voices of history, 1941-1944.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Foster, G. S. Abraham Lincoln's world. (N
Hartman, G. Builders of the old world. (My
'46)
Nehru, J. Glimpses of world history. (Ag
•42)
Pictorial works
Fish, H. D. Pegs of history. (N *43)
History and its neighbors. Hulme. E. M. (O '42)
History and technique of old master drawings.
De Tolnay, C. (Mr '44)
History in the writing. Carroll. Ck. ed. (S '45)
History of American Congregationalism. Atkins,
G. G., and Fagley, F. L. (Ap '43)
History of American philosophy. Schneider, H.
W. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
History of American poetry. Gregory, H., and
Zaturenska, M. A. (D '46)
History of American Trotskyism. Cannon, J. P.
(S '45)
History of color photography. Friedman, J. S.
(Ap '45)
History of deeds done beyond the sea. 2v.
William, abp of Tyre. (N '44)
History of economic doctrines. Heimann, E.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
History of economics in its relation to social
development. Stark, W. (Ag *45)
History of educational thought. Ulich, R. (My
•46)
History of historical writing. Thompson, J. W.,
and Holm, B. J. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
History of impressionism. Rewald, J. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
History of Latin America for schools. Inman,
S. G.. and Cos tan e da, C. E. (O '44)
History of medical psychology. Zilboorg, G.,
and Henry. G. W. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
History of medicine. Guthrie, D. J. (S *46)
History of modern liberty, v 4. Mackinnon, J,
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
History of music in performance. Dorian, F.
(Ap '43)
History of Phi beta kappa. Voorhees, O. M.
(S '46)
History of philosophy. Fuller, B. A. G. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
History of photography. Bder, J. M. (8 *45)
History of public assistance in Chicago, 1833
to 1893. Brown, J. (My '42)
History of Rome Hanks. Pennell, J. 8. (8 '44)
History of Rome to 565 A.D. Boak, A. B. R.
(Ag '44)
History of rubber regulation, 1934-1943* Inter-
national rubber regulation committee. (8
'45)
History of science and its relations with phi-
losophy and religion. Dampier, W. C. D.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
History of Seattle stock companies from their
beginnings to 1934. Rohrer, M. K. (O '46)
History of social thought. Furfey. P. H. (Mr
History of surgical anesthesia. Keys, T. B. (D
'45)
History of the conic sections and quadric sur-
faces. Coolidge, J. L. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
History of the Dominican liturgy. Bonniwell,
W. R. (Ap '45)
History of the expansion of Christianity; v. 5f
The great century in the Americas,
Australasia, and Africa. Latourette, K. 8.
(My '43)
History of the expansion of Christianity: v6,
Great century in northern Africa* La-
tourette, K. S. (My '44)
History of the expansion of Christianity: v7,
Advance through storm. Latourette, K, S.
(Ag '45)
History of the Iowa state college of agricul-
ture and mechanic arts. Ross, B. D. (Je
'43)
History of the kingdom of Basaruah. Morgan,
J. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
History of the modern American Navy. Mitchell.
D. W. (S '46)
History of the new deal, 1933-1938. Rauch, B.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
History of the Roman world. Salmon, B. T.
(S '45)
History of the Social -democratic party of Mil-
waukee. Wachman, M. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
History of the Y.M.C. A. -church relations in
the United States. Wiley, S. W. (Ag '45)
History of Unitarianism. Wilbur, E. M. (O '45)
History of western philosophy. Russell, B. R.
(Ag »46) (1945 Annual)
History of World war II. Miller. F. T. (D '45)
Hit and run. Miller, A. D. (Mr '43)
Hit the rivet, sister. Trask, M. B. (D '43)
Hitler, Adolf
Heiden. K. Der Fuehrer. (Mr '44)
Koch-Weser, B. F. L. Hitler and beyond. (Ag
*45)
Wagrner, L. Hitler, man of strife. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Cartoons, satire, etc.
Klein, A. M. Hitleriad. (N '44)
Drama
Reed, D. Downfall. (My MS)
Fiction
Beymer. W. G. 12:20 P.M. CD '44)
Radin. M. Day of reckoning. (Ag '43)
Young, M. Trial of Adolf Hitler. (My '44)
Hitleriad. Klein. A. M. (N '44)
Hitler's generals. Hart, W. E. (Je '44)
Hitler's professors. Weinreich, M. (S *46)
Hitler's Reich and Churchill's Britain. Eng
title of: Conversation in London. Laird, S.,
and Graebner. W. (Mr '42)
Hitler's words. Hitler, A. (S '44)
Ho for heaven! Moore. V. (Je '46)
Ho, the fair wind. Wylie, I. A. R. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hobbes, Thomas
Leviathan
Collingwood, R. G. New Leviathan. (O '43)
Hobbles
Gray, M., and Urban, R. C. Bright idea book.
(S '42)
Mathiews, F. K., ed. Boy scouts book of
hobbies for fathers and sons. (Ag '42)
Thomas, W. S. Amateur scientist. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hobson, Mary (Qulnn)
Draper, M. H. Though long the trail. (S '46)
Hogarth, William
Klingender. F. D., ed. Hogarth and English
caricature. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
1126
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Hoisting machinery
Hetzel, F. V., and Albright. R. K. Belt con-
veyors and belt elevators. (S '42)
Hudson, W. Q. Conveyors and related equip-
ment. (O '44)
Holbein, Hans, the younger
Parker, K. T. Drawings of Hans Holbein in
the collection ... at Windsor castle. (S
Hold your man! Dense!, V. (O '45)
Holders of doctorates among American Negroes.
Greene. H. W. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Holdfast Gainee. Shepard, O. and W. (D '46)
Holding companies
Barnes, I. R. Economics of public utility
regulation. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Harris, L. Heydays and holidays. (Ag '46)
Hazeltine, M. E. Anniversaries and holidays.
(Mr '45)
Jagendorf, M. A., comp. 26 non-royalty holi-
day plays. (Ag »44)
Paulmier, H. C., and Schauffler, R. H. De-
mocracy days. (My '42)
Holidays and every days. Brown, E. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hollanders who helped build America. Vlekke,
B. H. MU and Beets, H. (O '43)
~ Hollow. Christie, A. M. (N '46)
men. Hutchison, B. (N '44)
triumph. Forbes, M. (O '46)
Hollywood, California
Kimbrough, E. We followed our hearts to
Hollywood. (D '43)
Rosten, L. C. Hollywood. (Ag '42) (1941 An-
nual)
Hollywood hallucination. Tyler, P. (Je '44)
Hollywood starlet. Willson, D. (Ag '42)
Holm, John Cecil
Holm, J. C. Sunday best. (Je '42)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935
Biddle. F. B. Mr Justice Holmes. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Bowen, C. S. D. Yankee from Olympus. (My
'44)
Holmes, O. W. Touched with flre. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Holme* family
Bowen* C. S. D. Yankee from Olympus. (My
•44)
Holton, Edith Austin
Holton, B. A. Yankees were like this. (O '44)
Holy communion. Lee son, S. (Je '43)
Holy disorders. Montgomery, R. B. (My '46)
Holy Spirit
Bishop, W. S. Christ and the Spirit. (Ap '42)
Home, Daniel Dunglas
Burton, J. Heyday of a wizard. (My '44)
Stevenson, E. Home and family life education
in elementary schools. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Home away from home. Carson, J. M. H. (Q
'46)
Home book of quotations, classical and modern.
Stevenson, B. E., ed. (Ag '45)
Home-builders. Miller, W. H. (O '46)
Home canning for victory. Pierce, A. L., ed.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Home canning made easy. Williams, M. J.
(Ag '44)
Home cookbook. Diat, L. (S '46)
Home economics
Adams, C. Run of the house. (Ag '42)
Cushman. E. M. Management in homes. (D
'46)
De Both, J. M. Modern household encyclo-
pedia. (S '46)
Howe, E. Household hints for homemakers.
(My '43)
Laitem, H. H., and Miller, F. S. Experiences
in homemaking. (Je '42)
Marvin, L. Housekeeping made easy. (O '43)
Mezerik, A. G. Care and repair of buidings
and equipment. (Ag '44)
Price, L., and Bonnet, H. How to manage
without a maid. (My '42)
Silver, F., and Ryan, M. G. Foundations for
living. (O '43)
Study and teaching
Brown, C. M. Evaluation and investigation in
home economics. (Ap '42)
Henne. F., and Pritchard, 1C. Librarian and
the teacher of home economics. (S U6)
Home economic* as a profession
Maule, F. Careers for the home economist.
(My '43)
Home economics extension work
McKimmon, J. S. When we're green we grow.
(Ap '45)
Home fires burning. Henriques, R. D. Q. (S
'46)
Home front. Hinshaw, D. (3 '43)
Home front digest. Logan, M. (S '42)
Home front memo. Sandburg, C. (O '43)
Home health and nursing. Long, A. I. (S '43)
Home in the West. Fergus son, H. (Mr '46)
Home is a one-way street. Heyliger, W. (D
'45)
Home is the heart. Malleson, L. B. (Ap '42)
Home is the hunter. Poncins, G. de M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Home mechanic. Tuomey, D. (Je f43)
Home mechanic's handbook. (D '45)
Home of the brave. Lau rents, A. (S '46)
Home ownership: is it sound? Dean, J. P. (My
'45)
Home sweet homicide. Rice, C. (Mr '44)
Home to India. Rama Rau, S. (Je '45)
Home university encyclopedia. (O '44)
Home vegetable gardening. Nissley, C. H. (My
'42)
Home veterinarian's handbook. Baker. B. T.
(S '43)
Homecoming. Colver, A. M. R. (F '46) (194S
Annual)
Homecoming. Wechsberg. J. (S *46)
Homeland. Surdez, G. (S '4 6)
Homer
Carpenter, R. Folk tale, fiction and saga in
the Homeric epics. (N '46)
Homer, Winslow
Goodrich, L. American watercolor and Wins-
low Homer. (My '46)
Goodrich, L. Winslow Homer. (N »44)
Watson, F. Winslow Homer. (My '43)
Homer Price. McCloskey, R. (D '43)
Homer's hill. Hayes, M. (Ap '44)
Homeward the heart. Mackay, M. M. (Je '44>
Homicide squad. Collins. F. L. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Homiletlcal illustrations
Stidger, W. Le R. Sermon nuggets in stories.
Honeyfogling time. Dale, V. (Ap '46)
Hong Kong
Mills, L. A. British rule in eastern Asia.
(S '42)
Siege, 1941
Brown, W. Hong Kong aftermath. (S '43)
Dew, G. Prisoner of the Japs. (Ag '43)
Proulx, B. A. Underground from Hongkong.
Hong Kong aftermath. Brown, W. (S '43)
Hong Kong holiday. Hahn, B. (S '46)
Honolulu
Gessler, C. F. Tropic landfall. (Mr '42>
Honolulu story. Brown, Z. J. (Ag '46)
Honorable John Hale. Raymond, C. S. (F '47>
(1946 Annual)
Honorable titan. Johnson, G. W. (O '46)
Honorary degrees. Epler, S. E. (N '43)
Hood, Thomas
Hood, T. Letters. (O '45)
Hooker, Joseph
Hebert, W. H. Fighting Joe Hooker. (D '44)
Hooker, Rufus W.
Hooker, R. W. Ship's doctor. (Ap '43)
Hooker's holiday. Bronson, W. S. (N '44)
Hoosier boy, James Whitcomb Riley. Mitchell,.
M. B. A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hop-a~long. Ti reman, L. S. (Ap '45)
Hope deferred. Seletz, J. (Je '43)
Hope for immortality. Perry, R. B. (S '46)
Hope Hacienda. Baker, C. (Ag '42)
Hop! Indians
Talayesva, D. C. Sun chief. (Je '42)
Thompson, L. M., and Joseph, A. Hop! way.
(Ap '45)
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Kenyon review (periodical). Gerard Manley
Hopkins. (Ap '46)
Pick, J. Gerard Manley Hopkins. (A* '43)
Ruggles, E. Gerard Manley Hopkins. (8 '44)
Horace (Quintus Horatlus Flaccus)
Wilkinson, L. P. Horace and his lyric poetry*
(D '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1127
Horizon. Maclnnes, H. (Je '46)
Horizon stories; ed. by Cyril Connolly. Horizon
(periodical). (My '46)
Horizontal man. Eustis, H. (My '46)
Hormones
Corner, Q. W. Hormones in human reproduc-
tion. (D '43)
Morton, R. A. Application of absorption
spectra to the study of vitamins, hormones
and coenzymes. (D '43)
Vitamins and hormones, v 1. (Je '44)
Hormones in human reproduction. Corner, Q.
W. (D '43)
•Horn, Tom
Monaghan, J. Last of the bad men. (S '46)
Horn of life. Atherton, G. P. H. (N '42)
Horn of plenty. Clark, V. (O '45)
Hornbooks
Folmsbee, B. Little history of the horn-book.
(D '42)
Horned pigeon. Millar, Q. R. (Ag '46)
Horned snake medicine. Bunce, W. H. (N '45)
Hornet (aircraft carrier)
Griffin, A. R. Ship to remember. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hornets. See 'Wasps
Hornets' nest. Fischer, B. (Ap '44)
Horns and antlers. Bronson. W. S. (My '42)
Horse. Brown, P. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Horse and his shadow. Amorim, E. (S '43)
Horse breeding
Underwood, T. R., ed. Thoroughbred racing
and breeding. (Mr '46)
Horse for Christmas. Bedier, M. J. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Horse in Greek art. Markman. S. D. (S '44)
Horse racing
Anderson, C. W. Touch of greatness. (D '45)
Underwood, T. R., ed. Thoroughbred racing
and breeding. (Mr '46)
Winn, M. J. Down the stretch. (Ag *45)
Horse sense in American humor. Blair, W.
(S '42)
Horse that lived upstairs. McGinley, P. (D
•44)
Horseless buggy. MacGlashan, K. (D '42)
Horseman's encyclopedia. Self, M. C. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Horsemanship
Anderson, C. W. Heads up — heels down. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Self, M. C. Fun on horseback. (My '45)
Self, M. C. Teaching the young to ride. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Horses
Anderson, C. W. Thoroughbreds. (N *42)
Anderson, C. W. Touch of greatness. (D *46)
Brown, P. Horse. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Hogner, D. C. Our American horse. (S '44)
Knott, M. O., and Cooper, P. Gone away with
O'Malley. (D '44)
Rooks. C. F. Light horses. (S '46)
Self, M. C. Horseman's encyclopedia. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Self, M. C. Horses. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wyman. W. D. Wild horse of the West. (My
'45)
Juvenile literature
Crowell, P. Beau Dare. (S '46)
Eberle, I. Our oldest friends. (Ap '43)
Legends and stories
Brown, B. Golden Lady. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Brown, M. W. Horses. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Brown, P. Hi Guy, the Cinderella horse. (D
Cooper. P., ed. Great horse stories. (S *46)
Garbutt. KL K. Michael, the colt. (Je '43)
Garrard, P. Running away with Nebby. (Ap
*45)
Glick. C. Mickey, the horse that volunteered.
(My '45)
Henry, M. Justin Morgan had a horse. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Henry, M. Little fellow. (Je '45)
Holt. S. Wild palomino. (S '46)
Johnson, M. S. and H. L. Dixie Dobie. (My
'45)
KalashnikofC, N. Jumper. (D '44)
Lang, D. Strawberry roan. (D *46)
Larom, H. V. Mountain pony. (Ja »47) (194fi
Annual)
Lyons, D. Golden sovereign. (N '46)
Self. M. C., ed. Treasury of horse stories.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Watson, H. O. Top Kick, U.S. army horse.
(D '42)
Woody, R. L. J. Starlight. (O '46)
Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Brown, P. Horse. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
Horses in art
Markman, S. D. Horse in Greek art. (S '44)
Hortus second. Bailey, L. H. and E. Z,, comps.
(Ag »42)
Hosh-ki, the Navajo. Hayes. F. S. (O '43)
Hospital in modern society. Bachmeyer, A. C.,
and Hartman, G. G. F., eds. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Hospital libraries
Jones, P., comp. One thousand books for
hospital libraries. (My '45)
Mason, M. F. Patients' library. (S '48)
Hospitals
Bachmeyer, A. C.. and Hartman, G. G. F.,
eds. Hospital in modern society. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Management and regulations
Southmayd, H. J., and Smith, G. Small com-
munity hospitals. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
United States
Stern, B. J. Medical services by government.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Hostages. Heym. S. (N '42)
Hotel Bemelmans. Bemelmans, L. (O '46)
Hotel Berlin '43. Baum, V. (My '44)
Hotel on the lake. Smith, R. M. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Hotels, taverns, etc.
Bemelmans, L. Hotel Bemelmans. (O *46)
Hounds of Tindalos. Long, F. B. (My '46)
Hour before the dawn. Maugham, W. S. (Ag
Hour of triumph. Eliot, G. F. (My '44)
Housatonic. Puritan river. Smith, C. P. (S '46)
Housatonic river
Smith, C. P. Housatonic, Puritan river. (S
'46)
The house. Allee, M. H. (D '44)
House above the river. Foster, M. (N '46)
House between. Parton, E. (Je f43)
House Committee on foreign affairs. Westphal,
A. C. F. (N '42)
House construction details. Burbank, N. L.,
comp. (Je '42)
House decoration
Cooper, D. Inside your home. (D *46)
Downer, M. My room is my hobby. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Ford, J. and K. M. Design of modern in-
teriors. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Germaine, I. M.f ed. Design for decoration.
(O '46)
Germaine, I. M. Handbook of color and how
to use it in your home. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Germaine, I. M. Handbook of drapery pat-
terns. (Je '45)
Gillies, M. D. All about modern decorating.
(Je '43)
Hardy. K. Beauty treatments for the home.
(S '42)
Hillyer, E. Mademoiselle's home planning
scrapbook. (O '46)
House and Garden (periodical). Complete
guide to interior decoration. (Ap '43)
Lewis, E. Decorating the home. (Je '43)
Miller, G. Furniture for your home. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Picken, M. B. Sewing for the home. (O '46)
RobsJohn-Gibbings, T. H. Good-bye, Mr.
Chippendale. (My '44)
Spears, R. W. Make and remodel home fur-
nishings. (S '44)
Terhune, F. B. Decorating for you. (Je *44)
Vanderwalker, F. N. Drake's cyclopedia of
painting and decorating. (Je '45)
Wakefleld, L. S. 101 home furnishings. (Ag
'42)
House dividing. Baringer, W. E. (O '45)
House for the sparrow. Yenni, J. T. (Mr *41)
House in Bali. McPhee, C. (N '46)
House in Clewe street. Lav in, M. (Je *45)
House in Lordship lane. Mason, A. E. W. (My
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House in the dust. Leslie, D. O. (Ap '42)
House in the rain forest. Crockett, C. D. (Ap
'42)
House in the uplands. Caldweil, E. (Je *46)
House near Paris. Tartiere, D., and Werner,
M. R. (Mr '46) f w
House of a hundred windows. Brown, M. W.
House of bread. Eustace, C, J. (D '43 )
House of cobwebs. Reisner, M. (My '44)
House of Europe. Mowrer, P. S. (N *46>
House of friendship. Buchanan, R. (3 '46)
House of Hancock. Baxter. W. T. (S '46)
House of Macmillan. Morgan, C. (A? *44)
House of Mrs Caroline. Pranzero, C. M. (D
'43)
House of shade. Home. M. (N '42)
House-of-the-month book of small houses.
Group, H. E., ed. (My '46)
House of the Roses. Baker, C. (O '42)
House on Humility street. Doherty, M. W.
(Ap '43)
House on the borderland. Hodgson, W. H. (N
'46)
House on the desert. Wolverton, E. T. (S '4 6)
House on the park. Worthington, M. M. (N '46)
House plants
Jenkins, D. H., and Wilson, H. V. Enjoy
your house plants. (O '44)
Post. K. Plants and flowers in the home. (S
'44)
House that Berry built. Mercer, C. W. (Mr '46)
House that hate built. Mason, S. E. (S '44)
House that ran away. Friskey, M. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
House with the blue door. Footner, H. (N '42)
House with the green tree. Lindemann, K. (S
'44)
House without the door. Daly, E. (S *42)
Houseboat summer. Coatsworth, E. J. (Je '42)
Household hints for homemakers. Howe, E.
(My '43)
Household in Athens. Eng title of: Apartment
in Athens. Wescott, G. (Mr '45)
Household mechanics. Bedell, E. L., and Gard-
ner, E. G. (Ag '45)
Housekeeping made easy. Marvin, L. (O '43)
Houses for homemakers. Wills, R. B. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Houses of old Richmond. Scott. M. W. (D '42)
Houses of Parliament. Wild. H. (O '46)
Housing
Dean, J. P. Home ownership: is it sound?
(My '45)
Gray, G. H. Housing and citizenship. (N '46)
Lasch, R. Breaking the building blockade.
(My »46)
Rosenman, D. R. Million homes a year. (Je
*46)
Straus, N. Seven myths of housing. (Mr '44)
Twentieth century fund, inc. Housing com-
mittee. American housing, problems and
prospects. JS '44)
Violich, F. Cities of Lrfitln America, (O '44)
Zucker, P., ed. New architecture and city
planning. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Great Britain
Madge, J. Rehousing of Britain. (D '45)
Los Angeles
Hanson, E., and Beckett, P. Los Angeles. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
United States
American public health association. Housing
for health. (N '42)
Schaffter. D. State housing agencies. (D '42)
Housing and citizenship. Gray, G. H. (N '46)
Housing for health. American public health
association. (N '42)
Housman, Alfred Edward
Richards, G. Housman, 1897-1936. (My '42)
Houston, Samuel
Juvenile literature
Stevenson, A. Sam Houston, boy chieftain.
How a baby grows. Geaell, A. L. (D '45)
How a plane Bie* Hall. C. G. (My '4$)
How about tomorrow morning? Haberman, H.
L. (Je '46)
How advertising is written—and why. Miller,
G. L. (Ag 45)
How big is big? Schneider, tt. and N. (F *4?)
(1946 Annual)
How collective bargaining works. Twentieth
century fund, inc. Labor committee. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
How dear to my heart. Kimbrough, E. (D
How do we know God? Kroner, R. (S '43)
How do you get there? Rey, H. A. (Ag '42)
How God fix Jonah. Graham, L. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
How I feed my friends. White, C. W. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
How Japan plans to win. Matsuo, K. (Je '42)
How Jesus dealt with men. Calkins, R. (Ap
How man became a giant. Marshak, I. I., and
Segal, E. (Mr '42)
How many? Flory, J. (N '44)
How many world wars? L£on, M. (N '42)
How Nazi Germany has controlled business.
Hamburger, L. (Je '44)
How new will the better world be? Becker, C.
L,. (Ap '44)
How of the helicopter. Stevens, A. H. (Je '46)
How Old Stormalong captured Mocha Dick.
Shapiro, I. (D '42)
How our army grew wings. Chandler, C. de
F., and Lahm, F. P. (S '43)
How planes are made. Chapel le, G. L. M. (D
'45)
How planes fly. Carlisle, N. V., ed. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
How planes get there. Chapelle, G. L. M. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
How the army fights. Limpus, L. M. (S '43)
How the automobile learned to run. Marshak,
I. I. (D '45)
How the Pilgrims came to Plymouth. Hall-
Quest, O. W. (O *46)
How to abandon ship. Richards, P. M., and
Banigan, J. J. (D '42)
How to audition for radio. Cott. T. (S '46)
How to be a civilian. Thompson, M. (Mr '46)
How to be a newspaperman. MacNeil, N. (Je
'43)
How to be attractive. Bennett, J. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
How to be fit. Kiphuth, R. J. H. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
How to be poor. Fay. F. (D '45)
How to be your best. Gilkey, J. C. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
How to behave and why. Leaf, M. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
How to build and operate a locker plant.
Todoroff, A. (Ap '45)
How to choose, plan and build your own house.
Koues, H. (Ap '46)
How to conduct army correspondence. Coleron,
H. C., and Burt, F. A. (N '43)
How to cook. Griffin, M. (Ag '45)
How to cook a wolf. Parrish, M. F. K. (Ag
'42)
How to cook and eat in Chinese. Chao, B. Y.
(Ag '45)
How to develop profitable ideas. Reiss, O. F.
How to develop your executive ability. Starch,
D. (Ag »44)
How to do aircraft sheetmetal work. Norcross,
C., and Quinn, J. D. (S '42)
How to do practically anything. Goodman, J.,
and Green, A. B. (Mr '42)
How to draw animated cartoons. Epstein, A.
(My '46)
How to dress in wartime. Raushenbush, W.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
How to edit an employee publication. Bentley,
G. (My '44)
How to end the German menace. (O '44)
How to establish and operate a retail store.
Robinson, O. P., and Haas, K. B. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
How to get ahead in a defense plant. Haw-
thorne, K. C. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
How to get along in the army. Old Sarge. (Je
'42)
How to get into politics. Carlson, O., and Blake,
A. (F '47) (1946 Anuual)
How to grow food for your family. Ogden, S. R.
(My '42)
How to grow old disgracefully. Anthony, N.
(My '?6)
How to keep your family healthy. Look (peri-
odical). (S '46)
How to know the mosses. Conard, H. S. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1129
How to like an Englishman. Thompson, C. V.
R. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
How to live beyond your means. WiUon, M.
(S '45)
How to live in the country without farming.
Wend. M. (My '44)
How to live in the tropics. Hunt, V. L». F.
/a '44\
How to five on a hunch. Sims, D. R. (My '44)
How to locate educational information and
data. Alexander, C. (Ap '42)
How to make historic American costumes.
Evans, M. (Ag '42)
How to make it book of crafts. Sprague, C.
(Je '42)
How to make money in real estate. McMichael,
S. L. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
How to make the varsity. Pashko, S. (Ag '46)
How to manage without a maid. Price, L>., and
Bonnet. H. (My '42)
How to navigate today. Hart, M. R. (My '43)
How to operate a lathe. Shu man, J. T., and
Bardo, L,. H. (D '44)
How to organize and manage a small business.
Black, N. H. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
How to pass a written examination. McKown,
H. C. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
How to pass radio license examinations. Drew,
C. E. (O '44)
How to pick a mate. Adams, C. R., and
Packard, V. O. (O '46)
How to plan a house. Townsend, G., and Dal-
zell, J. R. (Ap (43)
How to play golf. Snead, S. (My '46)
How to prepare for military fitness. D'Eliscu,
F. (Ag '43)
How to raise your puppy. Atkinson, M. F. (F
f45) (1944 Annual)
How to read a page. Richards, I. A. (Je '42)
How to read better and faster. Lewis, N. (Mr
'45)
How to read electrical blueprints. Heine, G. M.,
and Dunlap, C. H. (S '42)
How to read in science and technology. How-
land, H. P., and others. (N '43)
How to read military maps. Peattie, R. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
How to read statistics. Butsch, R. L. C. (N
•46)
How to read the Bible. Goodspeed, E. J. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
How to remodel a house. Dalzell, J. R., and
Townsend, G. (Je '43)
How to retire and like it. Kaign, R. P. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
How to run a sales meeting. Hegarty, E. J. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
How to solve chess problems. Howard, K. S.
(My '46)
How to solve it. P61ya. G. (S '45)
How to speak in public. Wright, C. W. (Ap
How to start your own business. Kay, E. W.,
and Shaw, W. F. (Ja *46) (1945 Annual)
How to survive on land and sea. United States.
Office of naval operations. Aviation training
division. (O '44)
How to teach children music. Stinson, E. L.
(Ap '42)
How to teach children to know music. Barbour,
H. B.. and Freeman, W. S. (Ja »43) (1942
Annual)
How to teach consumers' cooperation. Wieting,
C. M. (Ap '43)
How to teach nutrition to children. Pfaffmann,
M., and Stern, F. (Je '43)
How to tell progress from reaction. Gordon, M.
(N «44)
How to think about war and peace. Adler, M. J.
(Mr »44>
How to think of Christ. Brown, W. A. (My '45)
How to train hunting dogs. Brown, W. F.
(Mr '43)
How to train workers for war Industries. Dodd,
A. E., and Rice, J. O., eds. (Ap *43)
How to treat the Germans. Ludwig, E. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
How to understand current events. Whipple,
I* R. (Ag *42) (1941 Annual)
How to use letters in college public relations.
Butterfleld, W. H. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
How to win the peace. Hambro. C. J. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
How to write. Leacock, S. B. (Mr '43)
How to write a play. Egrl, L. (Je *42)
How to write for television. Allan, D. (Ap '46)
How to write letters that get jobs. Mason, R.
B. (Ap '46)
How war came. Davis, F., and Lindley, E. K.
(O '42)
How we live. Clark, F. G., and Rimanoczy, R.
S. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
How you can help other people. Shoemaker,
S. M. (Ap *46)
How you can make democracy work. Lies,
E. T. (N '42)
How your business can help win the war.
Barclay, H. W., ed. (My M2)
Howard, Guy
Howard, G. Walkin* preacher of the Ozarks.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Howard university, Washington, D.C.
Dyson, W. Howard university. (Ap *43)
Howe, Mrs Julia (Ward)
Battle hymn of the republic
Bakeless, K. L. Glory, hallelujah! (Mr '46)
Juvenile literature
Tharp, L». H. Sounding trumpet. (Je *44)
Wagoner, J. B. Julia Ward Howe. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hows and whys of cooking. Halliday, E. G.. and
Noble, I. T. (S '46)
How's Inky? Campbell, S. A. (D '43)
Hsuan-tsang
Fiction
Wu Ch'fing-en. Monkey. (Ap '43)
Hsueh T'Ao. See Hung Tu
Hubben, William
Hubben, W. Exiled pilgrim. (N '43)
Hucksters. Wakeman, F. (Ag '46)
Hudson Bay express. Davis, R. (F *43) (1942
Annual)
Hudson frontier. Best, A. C. (N '42)
Hudson's Bay company
Juvenile literature
Tharp, L.. H. Company of adventurers. (N
'46)
Hue and cry. Dewey, T. B. (D '44)
Hughes, Mrs Lora (Wood)
Hughes, L. W. No time for tears. (Ap '46)
Hughie Roddis. Savory, G. (My '42)
Hugo, Victor Marie, comte
Grant. E. M. Career of Victor Hugo. (8 '45)
Josephson, M. Victor Hugo. (N '42)
Huguenots
Zott, O. Huguenots. (Je '42)
Hui-lan-Koo. Koo, H. O. (N '43)
Huldah. Alves, J. (S '42)
Hull, Corded
Hinton. H. B. Cordell Hull. (Mr '42)
Hull-down for action. Sperry, A. (D '45)
Hulls (naval architecture)
Lord, L. Naval architecture of planing hulls.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Human comedy. Saroyan, W. (Ap '43)
Human dignity and the great Victorians. Schil-
ling, B. N. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Human face. Brophy, J. (D *46)
Human factors in management. Hoslett, S. D..
ed. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Human figure In art
Richter, G. M. A. and I. A. Kouroi. (N '43)
Human frontier. Williams, R. J. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Human geography in the air age. Renner. G
T. (Ap ?43)
Human hand. Wolff, C. (Je '43)
Human image. Smith, R. M. (Je '45)
Human leadership in industry. Lrewisohn, S.
A. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Human life of Jesus. Erskine, J. (N '45)
Human nature. Venable, V. (Je '45)
Human nature and enduring peace. Society for
the psychological study of social issues. (N
Human nature in the making. Schoen, M. (Mr
'46)
Human relations in industry. Gardner, B. B.
(My '46)
Humanism
Jaeger, W. W. Humanism and theology. (D
'43)
Walsh, G. G, Medieval humanism. (My '42)
1130
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Humanism — Continued
20th century
Maritain, J. Twilight of civilization. (Ag
'43)
Muller, H. J. Science and criticism. (Je '43)
Reiser, O. L. New earth and a new human-
ity. (Ap f42)
Reiser, O. L., and Davies, B. Planetary
democracy. (N '44)
Stalnaker, L. W. Humanism and human dig-
nity. (O '45)
Humanism and human dignity. Stalnaker, L.
W. (O '45)
Humanism and theology. Jaeger, W. W. (D
•43)
Humanities
Foerster, N,, ed. Humanities after the war.
(Ag '44)
MacKinney, L. C., and others, eds. State uni-
versity surveys the humanities. (Mr '46)
Humanities after the war. Foerster, N.f ed.
(Ag '44)
Humanities and the common man. Foerster, N.
(My '46)
Humboldt, Alexander, freiherr von
Von Hagen. V. W. South America called
them. (Mr '45)
Humboldt river
Morgan, D. L. The Humboldt. (Ag '43)
Hume, David
Mossner, £}. C. Forgotten Hume. (My *43)
Hume, Edward Hicks
Hume, E. H. Doctors East, doctors A/Vest.
(Je '46)
Humiliation with honor. Brittain, V. M. (Ag
'43)
Humor
Adams, F. P.. ed. Innocent merriment. (N
•42)
Allen, E. F., ed. Modern humor for effective
speaking. (O '45)
Andrieux, R. Tux 'n tails. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Beck, F. K. Second carrot from the end. (Ap
'46)
Beebe, L.. M. Snoot if you must. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Bemelmans, L. I love you, I love you, I love
you. (O '42)
Benchley, R. C. Benchley beside himself.
(.A.K '43)
Benchley, R. C. Inside Benchley. (My '42)
Bishop, M. Spilt milk. (S '42)
Bishop, M. G., ed. Treasury of British humor.
(Ja '43) (1942 Anuual)
Blair. W. Horse sense in American humor. (S
'42)
Brown, J. M. Accustomed as I am. (Mr *42)
Brown, J. M. Insides out. (D '42) ,„..„,
Cerf, B. A., ed. Anything for a laugh. (F '47)
Cerf, B. IA.?aed. Laughing stock. (N '45)
Cerf, B. A., comp. Try and stop me. (D *44)
Clemens, S. L. Letters of Quintus Curtius
Snodgrass. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Clemens, S. L. Portable Mark Twain. (S *46)
Cooper, N. Q. It's 'ard to go wrong in the
cactus. (S '43)
Fay, F. How to be poor. (D *45)
Ford, E. H. My home town. (F '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Ford, E. H., and others, comps. Can you top
this? (Mr '46)
Gaver, J., and Stanley, D., eds. There's
laughter in the air! (Ag '45)
Goodman, J., and Green, A. B. How to do
practically anything. (Mr '42)
Gross, M. Dear dollink. (N '45)
Heimer, M. L. World ends at Hoboken. (N
Herzberg, M. J., and Mones, L., comps.
Humor of America. (Je '46)
Hope, B. So this is peace. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Kao, G., ed. Chinese wit and humor. (O *46)
Larlar, L., ed. Army fun book. (S '43)
Leacock, S. B. Last leaves. (N '45)
Leacock, S. B. Leacock roundabout. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Leacock, S. B. My remarkable uncle. (Ap
Leon, B. Two girls on a ladder. (O '44)
Maloney. R. It's still Maloney. (Mr '46)
Mario. T. Face in the aspic. (Ap '44)
Marx, G. Many happy returns. (Mr '42)
Masterson, J. R. Tall tales of Arkansaw. (Ag
•43)
Nathan, G. J. Beware of parents. (My *43)
Perelman, S. J. Crazy like a fox. (Ag '44)
Perelman, S. J. Dream department. (Mr '43)
Perelman, S. J. Keep it crisp. (O '46)
Phelan, P, J., ed. With a merry heart. (Ag
43)
Pollock, L. Stork bites man. (Ap '46)
Rabelais, F. Portable Rabelais. (S '46)
Saturday Evening Post (periodical). Post
scripts. (F »44) (1943 Annual)
Sims, D. R. How to live on a hunch. (My
Smith, E. B. Best I know. (Ap '42)
Smith, H. A. Lost in the horse latitudes. (D
'44)
Sousa, J. P. My family right or wrong. (N
'43)
Sousa, J. P. Psychopathic dog. (S '46)
Spa! ding, C. F., and Carney, O. Love at first
flight. (S '43)
Sturm, A. From ambush to zig-zag. (D '42)
Sullivan, F. Rock in every snowball. (O '46)
Taber, H. P. Ezra and me. (S '43)
Taylor, F, C. My tale is twisted! (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Taylor, F. C. You wouldn't know me from
Adam. (Je »44)
Taylor, H. C. Private Doakes and me! (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Thompson, M. Joe, the wounded tennis
player. (Ap '45)
Thurber. J. My world — and welcome to it.
(D '42)
Thurber, J. Thurber carnival. (Mr '45)
Untermeyer, L., ed. Treasury of laughter. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
WHson, ID. I am gazing Into my 8-ball. (Ap
45)
Wilson, E. Pikes peek or bust. (D '46)
»
Juvenile literature
American Girl magazine. Lots of laughs. (O
•42)
Humor, Pictorial
Arno, P. Man in the shower. (N *44)
Coe, R. Little scouts in action. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Collier's, the national weekly. Stop or I'll
scream! (N '45)
Craven, T., ed. Cartoon cavalcade. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dahl, F. W. What! more Dahl? (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Day, R. All out for the sack race! (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Freeman, D. It shouldn't happen — . (S '45)
Goldberg, R. L. Plan for the post-war world.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Hoff, S. Feeling no pain. (D *44)
Johnson, C. Barnaby. (N '43)
Leisk, D. J. Barnaby and Mr O'Malley. (O
'44)
New Yorker (periodical). War album. (D '42)
Partch, V. F. It's hot in here. (Ag '44)
Partch, V. F. Water on the brain. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Petty, M. This Petty pace. (D '45)
Price, G. Is it anyone we know? (D '44)
Price, G. It's smart to be people. (Ap '43)
Price, G. Who's in charge here? (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Rea, G. Gardner Rea's sideshow. (D '45)
Rea, G. Gentleman says it's pixies. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Reyher, R., ed. Stork run. (Ag '44)
Reynolds, L. I feel like a cad. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Richter, M. This one's on me. (N *45)
Saturday evening post (periodical). Funny
business. (N '45)
Saturday evening post (periodical). Laugh it
off. (N '44)
Steig, W. All embarrassed. (S '44)
Steig, W. Lonely ones. (Ap '43)
Steig, W. Persistent faces. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Steig, W. Small fry. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Taylor, R. D. Better Taylors. (D '44)
Thurber, J. Men, women and dogs. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Webster, H. T. To hell with fishing. (My '46)
Webster, H. T. Webster unabridged. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1131
Williams. G., ed. It's a funny world. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Williams, J. R. Born thirty years too soon.
(D '45)
Williams, J. R. Out our way. (N '43)
Williams, J. R. Why mothers get gray. (Ag
'45)
Humor in American song. Lioesser, A. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Humor of America. Herzberg, M. J., and
Mones, L., com pa. (Je '46)
Humors and Shakespeare's characters. Draper,
J. W. (N '45)
Humphreys, David
Howard, L. Connecticut wits. (Mr *43)
Humpty Dumpty and other Mother Goose songs.
Key, H. A. (Ap '44)
Hunan harvest. Maguire, T. (S '46)
Hundred dresses. Estes, E. (D '44)
Hundred towers. Weiskopf, F. C., ed. (Ap '45)
Hundred years of medicine. Haagensen, C. D.,
and Lloyd, W. B. B. (N '43)
Hundreds and hundreds of pancakes. Chalmers,
A. (D '42)
Hung Tu
Wimsatt, G. B. Well of fragrant waters. (Ap
*46)
Hungary
Foreign relations
Deak, F. Hungary at the Paris peace con-
ference. (My '43)
History
Kosary, D. G. A history of Hungary. (Ap '42)
Politics and government
Vambery, R. Hungary to be or not to be. (O
'46)
Hungary at the Paris peace conference. Deak,
F. (My '43)
Hungary to be or not to be. Vambery, R. (O
•46)
Hungry Hill. Du Maurier, D. (Ag '43)
Hungry house. Lauferty, L. (Ag '43)
Hunky Johnny. Nichols, B. J. (§ f45)
Hunt, Dame Agnes Gwendoline
Hunt, A. G. This is my life. (D '42)
Hunted. Gu6rard, A. J. (Mr '44)
Hunter, Ruth
Hunter, R. Come back on Tuesday. (Ap '45)
Hunterdon county, New Jersey
Schmidt, H. G. Rural Hunterdon. (Mr '46)
Hunter's moon. Miller, H. T. (S '43)
Hunting
Anderson, L. A. Hunting, fishing, and camp-
ing. (O '45)
Buckingham, N. Game bag. (Ap '46)
^Buckingham, N. Tattered coat. (Je *45)
Field and stream (periodical). Reader. (O
Hagie, C. E. American rifle for hunting and
target shooting. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Holland, R. P. Good shot! (D '46)
Knapp-Fisher, H. C. Man and his creatures.
(S 42)
Lytle. J. H. Gun dogs afield. (My '43)
Outdoor life (periodical). Anthology of hunt-
ing adventures. (S '46)
Robinson, B. C. Woodland, field and water-
fowl hunting. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Schaldach, W. J. Coverts and casts. (Mr '44)
Zern, E. G. To hell with hunting. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Africa
Waldeck, T. J. Treks across the veldt. (Ag
Africa, East
Siedentopf, A. R. Last stronghold of big
game. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
New England
Foster, W. H. New England grouse shoot-
ing. (Je '43)
New Mexico
Barker, E. S. When the dogs bark treed (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Siberia
Swenson, O. Northwest of the world, (My '44)
United States
Kennedy, B, I/ady and the lions. (D *42)
West
Stevens, M. F. S. Meet Mr Grizzly. (Je *44)
Hunting, fishing and camping. Anderson, JU A.
(O 45)
Hunting of the silver fleece. Martin, F. (N '46)
Hurdy-gurdy holiday. Gale, L. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Hurok, Solomon
Hurok, S. Impresario. (Ag '46)
Huron, Lake
Landon, F. Lake Huron. (My '44)
Hurrah for Jerry Jake. Justus, M. (Ap f46)
Hurricane caye. Shedd. M. (Je '42)
Hurricane mystery. Schmidt, S. L. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Hurricane treasure. Sackett, B. (O '45)
Hurry home to my heart. Byrd, S. (D '45)
Hurry up and wait. Wilder. M. A. B. (Mr '46)
Hurry up, please, its time. Hawes, E. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Hurston, Zora Neale
Hurston, Z. N. Dust tracks on a road. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Hus, Jan
Spinka, M. John Hus and the Czech reform.
(Ap '42)
Husky, co-pilot of the Pilgrim. Montgomery.
R. G. (O '43)
Husserl, Edmund
Farber, M. Foundation of phenomeriblogy.
(S '44)
Welch, E. P. Philosophy of Edmund Husserl.
(Ag '42)
Hutchinson family
Jordan, P. D. Singin' Yankees. (S '46)
Hutheesing, Krishna (Nehru)
Hutheesing, K. N. With no regrets. (O '45)
Hydraulic engineering
Addison, H. Treatise on applied hydraulics
(Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
Davis, C. V., ed. Handbook of applied hy-
draulics. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Hydraulic machinery
Addison, H. Treatise on applied hydraulics.
(Agr '46) (1945 Annual)
Hydraulics
Binder, R. C. Fluid mechanics. (D '43)
Creager. W. P., and others. Engineering for
dams. (S '45)
Graham, F. D. Audels pumps, hydraulics, air
compressors. (Ap *44)
Thompson, J. E., and Campbell, R. B. Man-
ual for aircraft hydraulics. (D '42)
Woodward, S. M., and Posey, C. J. Hydraulics
of steady flow in open channels. (S '42)
Hydraulics of steady flow in open channels.
Woodward, S. M.f and Posey, C. J. (S '42)
Hydrocarbons
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt. O. J., eds.
Chemical background for engine research.
Egloff, G. Physical constants of hydrocar-
bons, v3: Mononuclear aromatic hydrocar-
bons. (Je '46)
Egloff, G., and others. Isomerization of pure
hydrocarbons. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Faraday, J. E., comp. Encyclopedia of hy-
drocarbon compounds. (N '46)
Hydrodynamics
Rouse, H. Elementary mechanics of fluids.
(My '46)
Hydrogen ion concentration
Kolthoff. I. M., and Laitinen, H. A. pH and
electro titrations. (O *42)
Hydrogen sulflde
Sell. G. E. Gas chemists' manual of dry box
purification of gas. (Je '44)
Hygiene
Ackerman, U Health and hygiene. (S '44)
Diehl, H. S. Textbook of healthful living. (N
45)
Dieuaide, F. R. Civilian health in wartime:
Emerson. W. R. P. Health for the having.
Fishbein, M., and Irwin, L. W. Health and
first aid. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Funk, J. C. Stay young and live! (Ag '43)
Girl's daily life. (Ja '45X (1944 AnnualT
Graham. S. A., and O'Roke, E. C. On your
own. (S 48)
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Hygiene — Continued
Hickman, C. P. Physiological hygiene. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, H. J. Invitation to health. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Long, A. I. Home health and nursing. (S
Look (periodical). How to keep your family
healthy. (S '46)
Red cross. United States. American national
Red cross. American Red cross textbook on
Red cross home nursingr. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
Steincrohn, P. J. Forget your age! (Je '45)
History
Stern, B. J. Society and medical progress.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Leaf. M. Health can be fun. (N '43)
Pfaffmann, M., and Stern, F. How to teach
nutrition to children. (Je *43)
Study and teaching
Lamkin, N. B. Health education in rural
schools and communities. (N '46)
Lang ton, C. V. Orientation in school health.
(Ap '42)
Leonard, M. L. Health counseling for girls.
(O '44)
Strang, R. M., and Smiley, D. F. The role
of the teacher in health education. (Ap '42)
Hygiene, Industrial
Qafafer, W. M., ed. Manual of industrial
hygiene and medical service in war indus-
tries. (N »43)
Kuhn, H. S. Industrial ophthalmology. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Sappington, C. O. Essentials of industrial
health. (O '43)
Wampler, F. J., ed. Principles and practice
of industrial medicine. (My '44)
Hygiene, Public. See Public health
Hymns
Jackson, G. P.. ed. Down-East spirituals and
others. (S '43)
MHligan, H. V., ed. Best loved hymns and
prayers of the American people. (Ap '43 )
Poling. D. A., comp. Treasury of best-loved
hymns. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Wheeler, O. Sing in praise. (D '46)
Hyper and ultrahigh frequency engineering.
Sarbacher, R. I., and Edson, W. A. (N
'43)
Hypnotism
Estabrooks. O. H. Hypnotism. fS '43)
Lindner, R. M. Rebel without a cause. (S
'44)
Salter, A. What Is hypnosis? (S '44)
I accuse De Gaulle. Kerillis, H. de. (Ap '46)
I am gazing into my 8-ball. Wilson. E. (Ap '45)
I am thinking of my darling. McHugh, V. (S
I ask you, ladies and gentlemen. Surmelian, L.
Z. (Ag '45)
I become a ranger. Dean, L. W. (My '45)
I came out of the eighteenth century. Rice,
J. A. (D '42)
I can go home again. Powell, A. G. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
I can lick seven. Richards, R. W. (S *42)
I can't dte here. Nolan, J. C. (O '45)
I chose freedom. Kravchenko, V. A. (My *46)
I dive for treasure. Rleseberg, H. E. (Ag '42)
I dream of the day. Milne. C. (O '45)
I escaped from Hong Kong. Marsman, J. H.
(S '42)
I feel like a cad. Reynolds, L. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
I flew for China. Leonard, R. (D '42)
I give thee back. Horan, K. O. (Mr '42)
I got a country. Gabriel, G. W. (O '44)
I had a penny. Chalmers, A. (N '44)
I hate actors! Hecht, B. (O '44)
I hate blondes. Kaufman, W. (Je '46)
I hate Thursday. Ferril, T. H. (D '46)
I have just begun to light. ESlsberg, B. (Je
I have seen God work in China. Eddy, G. 3.
(My '45)
I hear the people singing. Whitman, W. (O
'46)
I heard the Anzacs singing. Macpherson, M. L.
(Ag '42)
I heard them sing. Reyher, F. (My '46)
I, James Blunt. Morton. H. C. V. (S '42)
I, Jones, soldier. Schull, J. I. (Ag '45)
I know Tunisia. Martin. D. B. (O '43)
I know what I'd do. Parsons, A. B. (Je *46)
I lied to live. Janta-Polczynski, A. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
I like trains Woolley, C. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
I live again. Deeping, W. (O '42)
I lived with L*atin Americans. Strohm, J. L.
(Mr '44)
I love books. Snider, J. D. (S '44)
I love Miss Tilli Bean. Chase, I. (Mr '46)
I love you, I love you, I love you. Bemelmans,
L. (O '42)
I married them. Van Duyn, J. H. D. (Je '45)
I meet such people! Williams, G., ed. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
I name thee Mara. Gilligan, E. (D '46)
I, Kathanael, knew Jesus. Sutphen, W. G. van
T. (Ap '42)
I never left home. Hope, B. (S '44)
I remember Christine. Lewis, O. (My '42)
I remember, I remember. Maurois, A. (N '42)
I remember mama. Van Druten, J. (Je '45)
I retire to Cape Cod. Tarbell, A. W. (N '44)
I, said the fly. Ferrars, E. (8 '45)
I saw the fall of the Philippines. Romulo, C.
P. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
I saw the new Poland. Strong, A. L. (Mr '46)
I saw the Russian people. "Winter, E. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
I saw two Englands. Morton, H. C. V. (Ap '43)
I see a new China. Hogg, G. A. (S '44)
I see the Philippines rise. Romulo, C. P. (Je
'46) »
I seek my prey in the waters. Dudley -Gordon,
T. (Je '43)
I served on Bataan. Redmond, J. (Ap '43)
I sing America. Lambert, C. B. (Ap '42)
I smell the devil. Magoon, C. (D '43)
I speak for Joe Doakes. Bergengren. R. F. (Ap
'45)
I spy. Beistle, A. S. (O '44)
I, too, have lived in Arcadia. Lowndes, M. A.
B. (Mr '42)
I too, Nicodemus. Bok, C. (N '46)
I took a war Job. Von Mlkios, J. (S '43)
I took the sky road. Miller, N. M. (O '45)
I want to fly. Brenner, A. (Ag *44)
I wanted to see. Dahl, B. M. (Ap *44)
I was in hell with Niemoeller. Stein, L. (O '42)
I was on Corregidor. Willoughby, A. (Ag '43)
I went into the country. Roskolenko, Hu (Ap
'42)
I went to the Soviet Arctic. Gruber, R. (D '44)
I who should command all. Tyler. A. J. (O '42)
I will be good. Chapman, H. W. (Mr '46)
I wish I'd written that. Woods, E. J., ed. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
I won't, said the king. Jordan, M. A. (D '45)
I wouldn't be in your shoes. Woolrich, C. (Je
'43)
I write from Washington. Childs, M. W. (N
•42)
Ibsen, Henrlk
Jorgenson, T. Henrik Ibsen. (Mr '46)
Ice before killing. Strobel, M. (N '43)
Icelandic and Old Norse poetry
Hollander, L. M.r ed. and tr. Skalds. (D '45)
Icelandic literature, Modern
Translations Into English
Beck, R., ed. Icelandic poems and stories.
(Je '43)
Iceman cometh. O'Neill, E. G. (N '46)
Ickes, Harold Le Ctalr
Ickes, H. L. Autobiography of a curmudgeon.
Idea of Christ in the Gospels. Santayana, G.
(Mv '46)
Idea of history. Collingwood, R. G. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Idea of nationalism. Kohn, H. (Je *44)
Idea of progress In America, 1815-1860. Ekirch,
A. A. (Je »45)
Ideal foundations of economic thought. Stark.
W. (S '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1133
Idealism
Bingham, A. M. Practice of idealism. (My
'44)
Harris, P. P. Neo-idealist political theory.
(My '46)
Lrfiird, J. Mind and deity. (D »44)
Idealism in literature
Stovall, P. American idealism. (My '43)
Ideas have legs. Howard, P. (N '46)
Ideas in America. Jones, H. M. (S '44)
Identification of molecular spectra. Pearse, R.
W. B., and Gaydon, A. G. (Je '42)
Identity unknown. Newman, R. H. (8 '45)
Idiom of poetry. Pottle, F. A. (Je '42)
Idols of the cave. Prokosch, F. (N '46)
If a body kill a body. Mortimer, P. (Mr '46)
If he hollers let him go. Himes, C. B. (D '45)
If I come home. Child, N. (D '43)
If I were young. Chappell, C. G. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
If men want peace. Harrison, J. B., and oth-
ers, eds. (My '46)
If men were angels. Frank, J. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
If passion flies. Ingram, B. (N *45)
If the prospect pleases. Haystead, L,. (Ag '46)
If there is time. Planner, H. (O '42)
If they don't come back. Prichard, H. A. (S
•43)
If this be treason. Bchard, M. (N '44)
If we should fail. White, M. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
If you ask me. Roosevelt, E. R. (Ap '46)
If you please! Allen, B., and Briggs, M. P.
(O '42)
If you want to build a house. Mock, E. B. (Ag
'46)
Igor's summer. Beim, L. L. and J. (Je '44)
Ilenka. Kingman, L,. (N '46)
Iliad; tr. by Smith and Miller. Homer. (N '44)
I'll always be with you. Baume. F. E. (N '46)
111 fares the land. Me Williams. C. (Ap '42)
I'll hate myself in the morning. Paul, E. H.
(Mr *46)
I'll never forget you. Shann, R. (D '45)
I'll never let you go. Eng title of: I'll never
forget you. Shann, R. (D '45)
I'll say she does! Cheyney. P. (Ap '46)
I'll sing at your funeral. Pentecost, H. (Ap '42)
Illinois
Masters, E. L. Sangamon. (Ag '42)
Illiteracy
Laubach, F. C. Silent billion speak. (N '43)
Illumination engineering. Boast, W B. (D '42)
Illustrated aviation dictionary. Jordanoff, A.
(Ap *43)
Illustrated aviation encyclopedia. Aviation re-
search associates, incorporated. (O '44)
Illustrated encyclopedia of American birds.
Hausnmn, L*. A. (Je '44)
Illustrated outline of weather science. Barber,
C. W. (Je '43)
Illustrated technical dictionary. Newmark, M
(Je '44)
Illustration of books
Simon, H. 500 years of art and illustration.
(N '42)
Illustrators
Simon, H. 500 years of art and illustration.
(N '42)
Illustrious dunderheads Stout, R., ed. (N '42)
lisa. L'Enple. M. (My '46)
Tmagre of Josephine. Tarkington, B. (Ap '45)
Imaginary conversations
Bixler, J. S. Conversations with an unre-
pentant liberal. (Je '46)
Linklater, E. Great ship, and Rabelais re-
plies. (Ap '45)
Imaginary interviews. Gide, A. P. G.- (N *44)
Imaginary wars and battles
Bywater, H. C. Great Pacific war. (Mr '42)
Immortal sergeant. Brophy, J. (A* '42)
Immortal village. Peattie, D. C. (S '45)
Immortal wife. Stone, I. (N '44)
Immortality
P'Arcy, M. C. Death and life. CD M2)
Lord, P. T. Conquest of death. (Mr '42)
Perry, R. B. Hope for immortality. (S '46)
Prichard, H. A. If they don't come back. (S
Stevens, W. O. Beyond the sunset. (D '44)
Immunity
Bovd. W. C. Fundamentals of immunology.
(A* '48)
Impact of federal taxes. Magill. R. P. (Mr '43)
Impact of the war on America. Cornell uni-
versity. (Je '43)
Imperial commonwealth. Elton, G. E. (S *46)
Imperial federation
Knaplund, P. British empire, 1816-1939. (Ap
Simnett. W. E. British colonial empire. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Imperial Venus. Maass, E. (Je '46)
Imperialism
Kohn, H. World order in historical perspec-
tive. (S '42)
Townsend, M. E., and others. European colo-
nial expansion since 1871. (Ag '42)
Imposter. Kagey, R. (S '42)
Impregnation, Artificial
Perry, E. J., ed. Artificial insemination of
farm animals. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Impresario. Hurok, S. (Ag '46)
Impressionism (art)
French impressionists and their contempo-
raries represented in American collections.
(N »44)
Lemattre, G. E. From cubism to surrealism in
French literature. (My *42)
Rewald, J. History of impressionism. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Impressions of English literature. Eng title of:
Romance of English literature. Turner.
W. J., ed. (Ap '46)
Improvement of teacher education. American
council on education. Commission on teacher
education. (D '46)
Imps and angels. Gilbert, J. (N '46)
Impudence of youth. Deeping, W. (N '46)
Impulse to dominate. Harding, D. C. W. (O '42)
In a dark garden. Slaughter. F. G. (N '46)
In Adam's fall. Dodge, C. W. (D '46)
In Alaskan waters. Wolfe, A. (S '42)
In and out. Robinson, T. P. (O '43)
In bed we cry. Chase, I. (D '43)
In commemoration of William James. James,
W. (Ap '43))
In defense of the West. Von Beckerath, H. (O
'43)
In her own hands. Monsell, H. A. (N '43)
In Him is life. Beaven, R. H. (N '46)
In line of duty. Scannell, P. P (Ap '46)
In Mexico they say. Ross, P. F. (Je »42)
In no strange land. Burton, K. K. (Je *42)
In our town. Runyon, D. (Je '46)
In peace Japan breeds war. Eckstein, G. (Ap
43)
In praise of nuns. Hayes, J. M., ed. (D '42)
In praise of wisdom. Klatzkin, J. (D '43)
In quest of a kingdom. Weatherhead, L. D.
(My '44)
In quest of foster parents. Hutchinson, D. C.
H. (S '43)
In quest of morals. L,anz, H. (Ag '42)
In re: Sherlock Holmes. Derleth, A. W. (Ja
'46) (1045 Annual)
In search of maturity. KUnkel, F. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
In search of myself. Natonek, H. (D '43)
In search of the regional balance of America.
Odum. H. W., and Jocher, K. C., eds. (S
'46)
In search of two characters. Baynes. D. J. (O
*46)
In secret battle. Lipton, L. (D '44)
In spite of all. Wallace. A. (S '45)
In the army now. Gach, G. (Ap '43)
In the beginning was the light. Brazdova, A. P.
(N '42)
In the blazing light. White, C. W. (Ap '46)
In the Chinese garden. Powell, F. L. (S '43)
In the days of thy youth. Miller. M. B. (O '43)
In the doctor's office. Parsons, E. J. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
In the first watch. McFee. W. (S *46)
In the forest. Ets, M, H. (N '44)
In the forests of the night. Davis, K. S. (Ap
In the forests of the night. Riddell, J. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
In the high Yemen. Scott. H. (Je »43)
In the margins of chaos. Wilson. P. M. (Ap
'45)
In the morning of the world. Lowrey, J. S.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
In the name of sanity. Swing, R. (Ap '46)
In the name of the bee. Power. M. J. (My '44)
In the nature of materials. Hitchcock, H. R.
(S '42)
1134
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
In the night did I sing. Foster. J. O. (Mr '42)
In the same boat. Barne, K, (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
In the service with Uncle Sam. Kalp. E. S. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
In the shadow of the cross. Stamm, F, K.
(Mr '42)
In the steps of Moses. Golding, L. (N '43)
In the wake of the goose-step. Bojano, F. (S
In the years of our Lord. Komroff, M. (My
In this generation. Braiated, R. E. W. (N '42)
In this our day. Pierce, E. L. (Ja *45) (1944
Annual)
In time and eternity. Glatzer, N. N., ed. (F
f47) (1946 Annual)
In time of harvest. Sinclair, J. L. (O '43)
In Voytus' little house. Porazinska, J. (N '44)
In wedlock wake. Sturges-Jones, M. (O '46)
In what torn ship. Eaton. E. S. M. (S '44)
In youth is pleasure. Welch, D. (My *46)
Incarnation
Athanasius, St. Incarnation of the Word of
God. (My '46)
Solov'ev, V. S. lectures on godmanhood.
(D '46)
Incarnation of the Word of Qod. Athanasius,
St. (My *46)
Incendiary warfare. Fisher, G. J. B. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Inch of time. Schmidt, J. N. (Mr '44)
Incidence of excess profits taxation. Gillim, M.
H. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Incident in Yorkvilie. Sterne, E. G. (O '43)
Income
Ayres. C. E. Divine right of capital (N '46)
Barger, H. Outlay and income in the United
States. (O '43)
Bowley, A. L., ed. Studies in the national in-
come, 1924-1938. (N '43)
Howenstine. E. J,, ed. Post-war markets. (N
'45)
Kuznets. S. S., and others. National income
and its composition. (Ag *42)
Machlup, F. International trade and the
national income multiplier. (Ag '44)
Slichter, S. H. Present savings and postwar
markets. (O '44)
Wallace, H. A. Sixty million Jobs. (O '45)
Great Britain
Barna, T. Redistribution of incomes through
public finance in 1937. (O *46)
United States
Friedman, M., and Kuznets, S. S. Income
from independent professional practice. (O
'46)
Income tax
United States
Blakely, R. G., and Johnson, V. State income
taxes. (S '43)
Fisher, I. and H. W. Constructive income
taxation. (D '42)
Magill, R. F. Impact of federal taxes. (Mr
Incomplete anglers. Robins, J. D. (Ag '44)
Inconstant flame. Estes, H. W. (O '43)
Inconvenient corpse. Fenwick, E. P. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Incorruptible. Coryn, M. (O '43)
Independence for India? Johnsen. J. E., comp.
(S '43)
Independent people. Laxness, H. K. (S '46)
Independent regulatory commissions. Cushman,
R. E. (Ap »42)
Independent Vermont. Thompson. C. M. (Mr '42)
Index fossils of North America. Shimer, H.
W., and Shrook, R. R. (D '44)
Index of mathematical tables. Fletcher. A., and
others. (N *46)
Index of Middle English verse. Brown, C. F.,
and Bobbins, R. H. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Index to handicrafts, mod el making, and work-
shop projects. Lovell, E. C., and Hall, R.
M., comps. (Ag '43)
Index to indexes. Ireland, N. O. (My '43)
Index to plays in collections. Ottemiller, J. H.
(B '43)
Indexes
Bibliography
Ireland, K. O. Index to indexes. (My *4S)
Indexing (machine shop practice)
Felker, C. A., and Paine, H. W. Helical
milling. (Ag '43)
Felker, C. A,, and Paine, H. W. Milling-
machine indexing. (Ag '42)
India
Branson, C. British soldier in India. (Mr '46)
Collia, M. Land of the great image. (S '43)
Hartog, M. H. K. India in outline. (S '44)
Hoyland, J. S. Indian crisis. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Moraes, F. R., and Stimson, R. Introduction
to India. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Muir, P. This is India. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Raman, T. A. Report on India. (D '43)
Rosinger, L. K. Restless India. (Ag '46)
Wheeler, P. India against the storm. (Mr
'44)
Civilization
Nehru, J. Discovery of India. (S '46)
Nichols, B. Verdict on India. (D '44)
Yaukey, G. S. Made in India. (Je '46)
Zimmer, H. R. Myths and symbols in Indian
art and civilization. (O '46) ^
Constitutional history
De Montmorency, G. F. Indian states and
Indian federation. (Ag '42)
Description and travel
Godden, R. Thus far and no further. (Je '46)
Nichols, B. Verdict on India. (D '44)
Economic conditions
Masani, M. R. Our India. (S '42)
Moon, P. Future of India. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
History
Diver, M. M. Royal India. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Goshal, K. People of India. (Ag '44)
Nehru, J. Discovery of India. (S '46)
Thompson, E. J, Making of the Indian
princes. (Ag '44)
Wilbur, M. K. E. East India company and the
British empire in the Far East. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Yeats-Brown, F. C. C. Pageant of India. (N
'42)
History, Naval
Panikkar, K. M. India and the Indian ocean.
(N '46)
industries and resources
Masani, M. R. Our India. (S '42)
Juvenile literature
Boulter, H. W. India. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Kennedy, J. W. Here is India. (D '45)
Modak, M. R. Land and the people of India.
Kings and rulers
Diver, M. M. Royal India. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Thompson, E. J* Making of the Indian
princes. (Ag '44)
Nationality
Anand, M. R. Letters on India. (Ju '43)
Politics and government
Amery, L,. C. M. S. India and freedom. (O '43)
Anand, M. R. Letters on India. (Je '43)
Barton, W. India's fateful hour. (N '43)
Brailsford, H. N. Subject India. (N '43)
Coalman, J. India. (Je '44)
Coupland, R. Cripps mission. (O '42)
Coupiand, R. India: a restatement. (N '46)
Coupland, R. Indian problem. (O '44)
De Montmorency, G. F. Indian states and
Indian federation. (Ag '42)
Diver, M. M. Royal India. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Duffett, W. E., and others, comps. India
today. (S '42)
Dutt, R. P. Problem of India. (O '43)
Fischer, L. Empire. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Gandhi, M. K. My appeal to the British. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Gangulee, N. Freedom to achieve freedom.
Goshal, K. People of India. (Ag '44)
Gunther. F. F. Revolution in India* (S '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1135
Hutheesing, K. N. With no regrets. (O '45)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Independence for India?
(S '43)
MacKenzie, D. India's problem can be solved.
(O '43)
Mitchell. K. L. India without fable. (O '42)
Moon, P. Future of India. (P '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Moon, P. Strangers in India. (My '46)
Moorehead, A. Don't blame the generals.
(Je '43)
Nehru, J. Unity of India. (Ap '43)
Parkin, G. R. India today. (O '46)
Raman, T. A. What does Gandhi want?
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Schuster, G. E., and Wint, G. India and
democracy. (My '42)
Shridharani, K. J. Mahatma and the world.
(Ag '46)
Wheeler, P. India against the storm. (Mr
Population
Chandrasekhar, S. India's population. (N '46)
Social conditions
Emerson, G. Voiceless India. (3 '44)
Loeffler, R. W., comp. Our country is India.
(S '46)
Muehl, J. P. American sahib. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Social life and customs
Emerson, G. Voiceless India. (S '44)
Enders, G. B. Foreign devil. (S '42)
Ishvani. Brocaded sari. (O '46)
Keenan, J. L. Steel man in India. (D '43)
Rama Rau, S. Home to India. (Je '45)
India. Boulter, H. W. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
India. Coatman, J. (Je '44)
India: a restatement. Coupland, R. (N '46)
India against the storm. Wheeler, P. (Mr '44)
India and democracy. Schuster, G. E., and
Wint, G. (My '42) .
India and freedom. Amery, L. C. M. S. (O '43)
India and the Indian ocean. Panikkar, K. M.
(N '45)
India in outline. Hartog, M. H. K. (S '44)
India today. Duffett, W. E., and others, comps.
(S '42)
India today. Parkin, G. R. (O '46)
India without fable. Mitchell, K. L. (O J42)
Indian chief. Lockwood. M. (Je '43)
Indian crisis. Hoyland, J, S. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Indian experiences. Smith, De C. (My '43)
Indian-fighting army. Downey, F. D. (Ag *42)
(1941 Annual)
Indian harvest. Lucas, J. M. (D '45)
Indian in American life. Lindquist, G. E. E.,
and others. (Je '44)
Indian paint. Balch, G. (N '42)
Indian Paul. Moore, J. E. (O *45)
Indian problem. Coupland, R. (O '44)
Indian states and Indian federation. De Mont-
morency, G. F. (Ag '42)
Indiana company, 1763-1798. Lewis, G. E. (My
'42)
Indiana grant
Lewis, G. E. Indiana company, 1763-1798. (My
'42)
Indiana public opinion and the World war,
1914-1917. Cummins, C. C. (N '46)
Indiana university
Crawford. M. M. Student folkways and spend-
ing at Indiana university, 1940-1941. (N '43)
Indiancraft. Hunt, W. B. (N '42)
Indians
Antiquities
Kelemen, P. Medieval American art. (Ag
'43)
Art
Kelemen, P. Medieval American art. (Ag
'48)
Juvenile literature
Bowden, A. O., and others. Day before yes-
terday in America. (S '46)
Literature
Astrov, M. L. T. K., ed. Winged serpent.
(P *47) (1946 Annual)
Indians abroad, 1493-1938. Foreman, C. T. (P
'44) (1943 Annual)
Indians are people, too. Bronson, R. M. (O '44)
Indians of Mexico
Diamant, G. Days of Ofelia. (Ag »42)
Indians of North America
Bronson, R. M. Indians are people, too. (O
Foreman, C. T. Indians abroad, 1493-1938.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
La Farge, O., ed. Changing Indian. (O '42)
Lindquist, G. E. E., and others. Indian in
American life. (Je '44)
Smith, De C. Indian experiences. (My '43)
Antiquities
McGregor, J. C. Southwestern archaeology.
(Je '42)
Art
Hunt. W. B. Indiancraft. (N '42)
Costume and adornment
Mason, B. S. Book of Indian-crafts and cos-
tumes. (D '46)
Culture
McGregor, J. C. Southwestern archaeology.
(Je '42)
Opler, M. E. Apache life-way. (Je '42)
Pettitt, G. A. Primitive education in North
America. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Diseases
Stearn, E. A. W. and A. E. Effect of small-
pox on the destiny of the Amerindian. (D
'46)
Drama
Radin, P. Road of life and death. (My '46)
Education
Pettitt, G. A. Primitive education in North
America. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Government relations
Foreman, G. Last trek of the Indians. (My
•46)
La Farge, O., ed. Changing Indian. (O '42)
Priest, L. B. Uncle Sam's stepchildren. (Je
'42)
Starkey, M. L. Cherokee nation. (D *46)
Legends
Peck, L. Don Coyote. (My '42)
Wallace, P. A. W. White roots of peace. (S
'46)
Missions
Bischoff, W. N. Jesuits in old Oregon. (D
'45)
Religion and mythology
Oakes, M. Where the two came to their
father. (Je '44)
Radin. P., ed. and tr. Road of life and death.
(My '46)
Wars
Crook, G. General George Crook. (My '46)
Cruse, T. Apache days and after. (Mr *42)
Downey, F. D. Indian -fighting army. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Rister, C. C. Border command. (Je '44)
Sandoz, M. Crazy Horse. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Alaska
Hrdlicka, A. Alaska diary, 1926-1931. (S '43)
British Columbia
Carr, M. E. Klee Wyck. (Ag *42)
Delaware
Weslager, C. A. Delaware's buried past. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Florida
Dickinson, J. Journal. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
New Mexico
Hall, E. T. Early stockaded settlements in
the Governador, New Mexico. (Ap *45)
Bibloigraphy
Saunders, L., comp. Guide to materials bear-
Ing on cultural relations in New Mexico.
(My *45)
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Indians of North America — Continued
West
Burbank, E. A. Bur bank among: the Indians.
(Mr '45)
Indians of South America
Preyre, G. Masters and the slaves. (N '46)
Moennich, M. L. Pioneering: for Christ Jn
Xingu jungles. (S '42)
Radin, P. Indians of South America. (Je '42)
Legends
Lovelace, M. H. and D. W. Golden wedge.
fAg '42)
Brazil
Marchant, A. N. De A. From barter to
slavery. (Ap *43)
British Guiana
Waldeck. J. M. Jungle Journey. (S '46)
Peru
Harkness, R. Pangoan diary. (Ag '42)
India's fateful hour. Barton. W. (N '43)
India's population. Chandrasekhar. S. (N '46)
India's problem can be solved. MacKenzie, D.
(O '43)
Indie literature
Collections
Lin. Y., ed. Wisdom of China and India. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Indigo. Weston. C. G. (N '43)
Indigo necklace. Crane. F. K (Ap '45)
Indigo treasure. Rogers, F. (Ap *42)
Individualism
Flewelllng, R. T. Survival of western cul-
ture. (S '43)
Lane. R. W. Discovery of freedom. (My *43)
Stace, W. T. Destiny of western man. (Ap
'42)
Individuality
Kilpatrick, W. H. Selfhood and civilization
<Att '42)
Indo-Chlna, French
LeVy, R- French interests and policies in the
Far East. (My '42)
Robequain. C. Economic development of
French Indo-China. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Indoor noisy book. Brown, M. W. (D '42)
Inductance^,
Grover, F. W. Inductance calculations. (Ja
*47) (194$ Annual)
Induction heating
Curtis, F. W. High-frequency Induction heat-
ing. (Ap '45)
Industrial accident prevention. Helnrich, H. W.
(Je '42)
Industrial accounting. Specthrie, S. W. (Ag
'42)
Industrial arts
Bedell. B. L., and Gardner, E. G. Household
mechanics. (Ag '45)
Fledde>us, M. L., and Van Kleeck, M. Tech-
nology and livelihood. (My *44)
Garrett. E. J. L., and Lamarque, A. Man —
the maker. (D '46)
Schaaf. W. L., ed. Practical outline of
mechanical trades for home study. (Ap
•43)
History
Bramson, R. T. Highlights in the history of
American mass production. (Ap '46)
Study and teaching
Jackey. D. F., and Barlow, M. L. Craftsman
prepares to teach, (My '44)
Industrial -arts electricity. Lush, C. K., and
Engle. G. E. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Industrial camouflage manual. Wlttmann, K.
F., and others. (O '42)
Industrial carbon. Mantell. C. L. (N '46)
Industrial chemistry. Read. W. T. (Ap *44)
Industrial chemistry. Riegel, E. R. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Industrial chemistry of colloidal and amorphous
materials. Lewis, W. K., and others. (8
•42)
Industrial -commercial electrical reference. Lin-
coln. E. 8. (O '431
Industrial concentration and price inflexibility.
Neal. A. C. (Ap '43)
Industrial electric furnaces and appliance*.
PaschkU, V. A. (O '45)
Industrial electric heating and electrical fur-
naces. Lincoln, E. S. (N '46)
Industrial electric lamps and lighting. Lincoln,
E. S. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Industrial electric wiring. Lincoln, E. S. (My
•46)
Industrial electricity and wiring. 3d ed. Moyer,
J. A., and Wostrel, J. F. (Ag '43)
Industrial electronic control. Cockerel!, W. D.
(S '44)
Industrial guard's manual. Farren, H. D. (Je
'43)
Industrial inspection and assembly. Whit-
tington, E. N. (My '43)
Industrial inspection methods. Michelon, L. C.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Industrial instruments for measurement and
control. Rhodes, T. J. (My '42)
Industrial life insurance in the United States.
Davis, M. E. (Mr '45)
Industrial management
Bethel, L. L., and others. Industrial organiza-
tion and management. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Knowles, A. S., and Thomson, R. D. Indus-
trial management. (My '44)
Urwick, L. Elements of administration. (Ap
'45)
Wiren, A. R., and Heyel, C. Practical man-
asrement research. (S *46)
Industrial management. Anderson. A. Q., and
others. (My '43)
Industrial mobilization (for war)
Bisson, T. A. Japan's war economy. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Boyan, E. A. Handbook of war production.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Corey, H. Army means business. (N '42)
Corson, J. J. Manpower for victory. (Je '43)
Davis, S. C, Your career in defense. (My '42)
Nelson, D. M. Arsenal of democracy. (O '46)
Rtryker, P. Arms and the aftermath. (Mr '42)
Industrial oil and fat products. Bailey, A. R.
(D *45)
Industrial ophthalmology. Kuhn, H. S. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Industrial organization and management.
Bethel, L. L., and others. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Industrial plastics. Simonds. H. R. (O '45)
Industrial production illustration for students,
draftsmen and illustrators. Hoelscher, R.
P.. and others. (S '43)
Industrial psychology. Tiffin, J. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Industrial purchasing. Cady, E. L. (S *45)
Industrial radiology. St John, A., and Isen-
burger, H. R. (Ag '43)
Industrial radiology and related phenomena.
Muncheryan, H. M. (Je '44)
Industrial relations
Abernethy, B. R. Liberty concepts in labor
relations. (S '43)
"Aspley, J. C., and Whitmore, E., eds. Hand-
book of industrial relations. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Cantor, N, F. Employee counseling. (Ag '45)
Gardiner, G. L. When foreman and steward
bargain. (My *46)
Gregory, C. O. Labor and the law. (N '46)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Compulsory arbitration
of labor disputes. (My '45)
Levenstein, A. Labor today and tomorrow.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Lewisohn, S. A. Human leadership in in-
dustry. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Mclver, M. E., and others, eds. Technolo-
gists' stake in the Wagner act. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Millholland R. Pay day. (My »46)
Mooney, P. Profitable labor relations and
how to develop them. (Je '46)
Moore, W. E. Industrial relations and the
social order. (S '46)
Ward, R. H. Personnel program of Jack &
Heintz. (O '46)
Wolff. J. L. Production conference. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Industrial relations and the social order. Moore,
W. E. (S '46)
Industrial research
Bichowsky, F. R. Industrial research. (Ap
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1137
Kottke. P. J. Electrical technology and the
public Interest. (D '44)
Lent, C. P. Rocket research. (Ap '45)
St John, A.f and Isenburger, H. R. Industrial
radiology. (Ag *43)
Industrial research service's conversion factors
and tables. Zimmerman, O. T.t and Lavine,
I. (O '45)
Industrial research service's handbook of ma-
terial trade names. Zimmerman, O. T., and
Lavine, I. (N '46)
Industrial safety. Blake, R. P., ed. (N '43)
Industrial supervision. Fro man, L. A., and
Mason, S. B. (My '43)
Industrial supervisor. Amiss, J. M., and But-
ton. T. C. (Mr '45)
Industrial training and testing. Morgan, H. K.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Industrial waste treatment practice. Eldridge,
E. F. (Je '42)
Industrialization of the western Pacific. Mitch-
ell, K. L. (Ag '42)
Industry
Anshen, M. L. Introduction to business. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Willkie, H. F. A rebel yells. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Organization, control, etc.
Alford, L.. P., and Bangs, J. R., eds. Produc-
tion handbook. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Brady. R. A. Business as a system of power.
(Mr '43)
Follett, M. P. Dynamic administration. (My
'42)
Gardner, B. B. Human relations in industry.
(My »46)
Cordon, R. A. Business leadership in the
large corporation. (S '45)
Hempel, E. H. Top-management planning.
(P '46) (1945 Annual)
Holden, P. E., and others. Top-management
organization and control. (My '42)
Ord, L. C. Secrets of industry. (S '45)
Rautenstrauch, W. Principles of modern in-
dustrial organization. (Ap '44)
Post-war organization
Kaplan, A. D. H. Liquidation of war produc-
tion. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Madge, C. Industry after the war. (P '44)
(1943 Annual)
Industry after the war. Madge, C. (P *44) (1943
Annual)
industry and state
Drucker, P. P. Future of industrial man.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Flamm, I. H. Economic program for a living
democracy. (Ap '43)
Goble, G. W. Design of democracy. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
•Groves, H. M. Production, jobs and taxes,
(S '44)
Madge, C. Industry after the war. (P '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mises, It. von. Bureaucracy. (N *44)
Monsees, C. H. Indus try- government co-
operation. (Je '45)
•Queeny, B. M. Spirit of enterprise. (S '43)
Richberg, D. R. Government and business
tomorrow. (S *43)
Ruml, B. Government, business and values.
(S ;43)
Twentieth century fund, incorporated. Power
industry and the public interest. (Ag '44)
Whittlesey, C. R. National interest and in-
ternational cartels. (S '46)
Wriston, H. M. Challenge to freedom. (S '43)
Germany
Hamburger, L. How Nazi Germany has con-
trolled business. (Je '44)
United States
Boy an, E. A. Handbook of war production.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Clark. J. M. Demobilization of wartime eco-
nomic controls. (Ap '45)
Crowther, S. Time to inquire. (Ap *43)
Twlss, B. R. Lawyers and the Constitution.
(Ja '43) U942 Annual)
Indus try- government cooperation. Monsees, C.
H. (Je '46)
Industry in America. Seaver, C. H. (Je f46)
Industry in Latin America. Wythe, O. (Mr '46)
Industry-ordnance team. Campbell, L. H. (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Infant and child in the culture of today. Gesell,
A., and others. (My '43)
Infantile paralysis
Berg, R. H. Challenge of polio. (O '46)
Kenny, E., and Ostenso, M. And they shall
walk. (O '43)
Pohl, J. P. M,, and Kenny, E. Kenny con-
cept of infantile paralysis and its treat-
ment. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Bibliography
National foundation for infantile paralysis.
Bibliography of infantile paralysis. (P '47)
(1946 Annual)
Infantry
McKinley, S. B. Democracy and military
power. (Je '42)
Infantry attacks. Rommel, E. (Mr '45)
Infantry drill and tactics
Rommel, E. Infantry attacks. (Mr '45)
Infants
Fishback, M. Look who's a mother! (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gesell. A. L. How a baby grows. (D '45)
Gesell, A. L., and Amatruda, C. S. Embry-
ology of behavior. (Ap '45) „
Gesell, A., and others. Infant and child in
the culture of today. (My '43)
Ribble, M. A. Rights of infants. (Ag '44)
Care and hygiene
Applebaum, S. B. Baby, a mother's manual.
(N '46)
Bundesen, H. N. Baby manual. (O '44)
Carrington, W. J. Safe convoy. (N *44)
Castallo, M. A., and Walz, A. Expectantly
yours. (Je '44)
Garland, J. Youngest of the family. (Ag '44)
Glemser, L. C. Your flrst baby! (Ag '43)
Godwin, E. Life with baby. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Kenyon, J. H. Healthy babies are happy
babies. (S '43)
Sauer, L. W. Prom infancy through child-
hood. (S '42)
Spock, B. M. Common sense book of baby
and child care. (S '46)
Whipple, D. V. Our American babies. (N '44)
Juvenile literature
Montgomery, E. R. Bonnie's baby brother
and how he grew. (N *42)
Peller, L. E., and Mumford, S. W. Our new
baby. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Clothing
Hardy, K. Sewing for the baby. (O '44)
Diseases
Abt. I. A. Baby doctor. (Ap '44)
Nutrition
Garland, J. Youngest of the family. (Ag '44)
Glemser, L. C. Your flrst baby! (Ag '43)
Scott. G. D. Heredity, food, and environment
in the nutrition of infants and children.
Senn, M. J, E., and Newill. P. K. All about
feeding children. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Infants without families. Burlingham, D. T ,
and Freud, A. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Infection and infectious diseases
Bauer, W. W. Contagious diseases. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Birkeland, J. M. Microbiology and man.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Burnet, P. M. Virus as organism. (Ap '46)
Hill, J. H. Silent enemies. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Urban, J. Behavior changes resulting from
a study of communicable diseases. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Infinite man. Gard, H. V, (Ap *42)
Inflation (finance)
Baxter. W. J. No inflation coming! (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Committee for economic development. Jobs
and markets. (Ag *46)
Fellner, W. J. Treatise on war inflation.
(Je *43)
Harris, S. E. Inflation and the American
economy. (Ap '46)
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I nflation — Finance — Continued
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Wage stabilization and
inflation. (Ag '44)
Katona, G. War without inflation. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Kemmerer, B. W. A B C of inflation. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Shoup, C. S., and others. Taxing to prevent
inflation. (My '44)
Tax institute. Curbing inflation through tax-
ation. (My '46)
Inflation and the American economy. Harris,
S. E. (Ap '46)
Influence of the enlightenment on the Catholic
theory of religious education in France.
Elwell, C. B. (Ag '44)
Information tests
Hanson, J., and Pack, R. M. Quiz book of
the seven arts. (F *47) (1946 Annual)
Infrared and raman spectra of polyatomic
molecules. Herzberg, G. (O '45)
Infra-red rays
Luckiesh, M. Applications of germicidal,
erythemal and infrared energy. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Infrared spectroscopy. Barnes, R. B., and
others. (Ag '44)
Infra-red spectrum. See Spectrum, Infra-red
Inga of Porcupine mine. Stone, C. R. (D '42)
Ingenious Mr Stone. Player, R. (Je '46)
Inhabitants. Morris, W. (N '46)
Inherit the earth. Shedd, M. C. (S '44)
Inherit the wind. . . Von Hesse, M. F. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Inheritance and succession
Wormser, R. A. Personal estate planning in
a changing world. (Je '43)
Inheritance tax
Paul, R. E. Federal estate and gift taxation.
(Je »42)
Initiate the heart. Maura, Sister. (S '46)
Injunction. Ferrini, V. (S '43)
Inland navigation
Mance, H. O. International river and canal
transport. (D *45)
United States
Havighurst, W. Long ships passing. (S '42)
Inner laws of society. Sturzo, L. (S *46)
Inner springs. Warner, F. L. (O '42)
Inner victory. Park, C. B. (S '46)
Inner world. Buckham. J. W. (Ap '42)
Innocent empress. Barschak, E. (S '43)
Innocent flower. Armstrong, C. (Ap '45)
Innocent merriment. Adams. F. P.. ed. (N '42)
Innocent Mrs Duff. Holding. E. S. (Mr *46)
Innocent wayfaring. Chute, M. G. (S *43>
Innocents at Cedro. Duffus, R. L (Mr '44)
Innocents of Paris. Cesbron. G. (S '46)
Innovator. Robey, J. B. (Mr *45)
Inocencia. Escragnolle Taunay, A. de. (Ap '45)
Inorganic chemical technology. Badger, W. L.,
and Baker. B. M. (Ap '42)
Inorganic chemistry. Bphraim. F. (Ag '44)
Inquest. Neumann, R. (Ag '45)
Insane
Care and treatment
American psychiatric association. One hun-
dred years of American psychiatry. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Crutcher, H. B. Foster home care for men-
tal patients. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Haas, L». J. Practical occupational therapy
for the mentally and nervously ill. (Ap '45)
Jaffary. S. K. Mentally ill and public pro-
vision for their care in Illinois. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Stern, E. M., and Hamilton, 8. W. Mental
illness. (Ap '43)
Insanity
Graves, A. Eclipse of a mind. (N '42)
Insect dietary. Brues, C. T. (S '46)
Insect invaders. Standen, A. (Ap '43)
Insect microbiology. Steinhaus, E. A. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Insecticides
Frear, D. E H. Chemistry of insecticides
and fungicides. (Je '43)
Schwarcz, L. Sanitary products. (D '43)
Insects
Brues, C. T. Insect dietary. (S '46)
Curran, C. H. Insects of the Pacific world.
(Mr '46)
Teale, B. W. Near horizons. (D '42)
Juvenile literature
Gaul, A. T. Picture book of insects. (Je
'43)
Parker, B. M. Insects and their ways. (My
'42)
Insects. Injurious and beneficial
Standen. A. Insect invaders. (Ap '43)
Westcott, C. Gardener's bug book. (N '46)
Insects and their ways. Parker, B. M. (My
'42)
Insects of the Pacific world. Curran, C. H. (Mr
'46)
Inside Asia. Gunther, J. (Je '42)
Inside Benchley. Benchley, R. C. (My '42)
Inside out. Mallette, G. E (D '42)
Inside Rome with the Germans. Scrivener, J,
(O '45)
Inside the F. B. I. Floherty, J. J. (S '43)
Inside the vacuum tube. Rider, J. F. (Ap '46)
Inside your home. Cooper, D. (D '46)
Insides out. Brown. J. M. (D '42)
Insteht and personality adjustment. Benedek,
T. F. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Insignia
Bunkley, J. W. Military and naval recognition
book. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Insignia of the services. Brown, P. (O '43)
Instalment plan
Haberler, G. Consumer instalment credit and
economic fluctuations. (Ja '43) C1942 An-
nual)
Rondileau, A. Education for installment buy-
in*:. (My '45)
Instinct
Menninger, K. A. and J. L. Love against
hate. (Ja '43) (194£ Annual)
Institution management
Tead, O. Democratic administration. (As '46)
Institutions serving children. Hopkirk, H. W.
Instruct my sorrows. Jaynes, C. (Ap '42)
Instrument flying and radio navigation. Red-
fleld, H. L. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Insulation (heat)
Close, P D. Building- insulation. (1942, 1046)
Insurance, Health
Baker, H., and Dahl, D. Group health insur-
ance and sickness benefit plans in collective
bargaining. (Je '46)
Levy, H. National health insurance. (S *45)
Insurance, Hospitalization
Richardson, J. T. Origin and development of
group hospitalization in the United States.
(O '46)
Insurance, Industrial
Davis, M. B. Industrial life insurance in the
United States. (Mr »45)
Insurance, Life
Davis, M. B. Industrial life Insurance in the
United States. (Mr '45)
McCahan, D., ed. Life insurance. (Ag '44)
Smedley, D. O., and Robinson, L. Careers for
women in real estate and in life insurance.
(F *47) (1946 Annual)
Stalson, J. O. Marketing life insurance. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Insurance, Social
Cassidy, H. M. Social security and recon-
struction in Canada. (S '43)
Meriam, L. Relief and social security. (D '46)
Parker, J. S. Social security reserves. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Pink, L. H. Freedom from fear. (O '44)
Williams, G. R. Price of social security.
Insurance, State and compulsory
Beveridge. W. H. Pillars of security. (O '43>
Beyeridge, W. H. Social insurance and al-
lied services. (Ap '43)
Cohen, W. J., ed. War and post-war social
security. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Harris, S. E. Economics of social security.
(Je 42)
La.mte. F. Britain's way to social security.
(N 46)
Insurance, Unemployment
pr°-
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1139
Insurance as interstate commerce. Sawyer. E.
W. (O '46)
Insurance company of North America
James, M. Biography of a business. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Insurance law
Sawyer, E. W. Insurance as interstate com-
merce. (O '46)
Insurgent summer. Yarborough, C. A. (Je '44)
Integrating high school and college. Koos, L.
V. (S '46)
Intellect
Stoddard, G. D. Meaning of intelligence. (N
'43)
Intellectual America. Cargill, O. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Intellectual cooperation
Duggan, S. P. H. Professor at large. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Kandel, I. L. Intellectual cooperation. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
ell-
Intelligence and its deviations. Sherman, M.
(Ag »46)
elligent
Intelligent American's guide to the peace.
Welles, S., ed. (Mr '45)
Intention of Jesus. Bowman, J. W. (Ag *44)
Inter- American affairs, 1941. Whitaker, A. P.,
ed. (Ap '43)
Inter- American conference on problems of war
and peace, Mexico, 1945
Dean, V. M. Four cornerstones of peace. (Mr
•46)
Inter- American solidarity. Laves, W. H. C., ed.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Interamerican statistical yearbook, 1940-1941.
(N '43)
Inter-American system, a Canadian view.
Humphrey, J. T. P. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Intercultural education
Brameld, T. B. H. Minority problems in the
public schools. (O '46)
Duncan. E, M. Democracy's children. (D '45)
Vickery, W. E., and Cole, S. G. Intercul-
tural education in American schools. (Ag
'43)
Inter-democracy federal union (proposed)
WofCord. H. It's up to us. (S '46)
Interest (psychology)
Baker. E. V. Children's questions and their
implications for planning the curriculum. (O
'45)
Strong, E. K. Vocational interests of men and
women. (Ag *44)
Interests of the United States as a world power.
Shepardson, W. H. (Je '42)
Interim. Hutchtnson, R. C. (My '45)
Interludes
Loomis, R. S., and Wells, H. W., eds. Rep-
resentative medieval and Tudor plays.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Intermediate aerodynamics. Truitt. R. W. (Mr
'45)
Intermediate course in differential equations.
Rainville, E. D. (My '44)
Internal administration of an international sec-
retariat. Purves, C. (Ag '46)
Internal combustion engines. Jennings, B. H.,
and Obert, E. F. (O T44)
Internal -combustion engines. Maleev, V. L.
(Ap '46)
Internal combustion engines. Poison, J. A. (Ap
'43)
Internal revenue
Blakey, R. G. and G. M. C. Sales taxes and
other excises. (Ag '46)
International, Third
Trotsky, L. First five years of the Communist
International. (O '46)
Internationa] agreements on conservation of
marine resources. Tomasevich, J. (Je '44)
International air transport. Mance, H. O. (Ap
'45)
International air transport and national policy.
Lrissitzyn, O. J. (N '42)
International airways. Worthington, A., comp.
(D '45)
International bearings of American policy.
Shaw, A. (Ag '44)
International bill of the rights of man. Lauter-
pacht, H. (S '45)
International cartels. Hexner, E., and Walters,
A. (Je '46)
International cooperation
Adler, M. J. How to think about war and
peace. (Mr '44)
Aiguy, J. S. Permanent world peace. (Je
•43)
Alsberg, H. G. Let's talk about the peace.
Angell, N. Let the people know. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Anshen. R. N., ed. Beyond victory. (D '43)
Ball, M. M. Problem of inter-American or-
ganization. (Je '45)
Bartlett, R. J. League to enforce peace. (S
Bergengren, R. F. I speak for Joe Doakes.
(Ap '45)
Beveridge, W. H. Price of peace. (3 '46)
Bonnet, H. Outlines of the future. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Borden, W. L. There will be no time. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Brown, H. S. Must destruction be our
destiny? (S '46)
Bush, M. E., and others. Citizen, plan for
peace! (My '44)
Butler, N. M. Liberty—equality— fraternity.
(Je »42)
Carnegie endowment for international peace.
Division of international law. Handbook of
international organizations in the Americas.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Carr, E. H. Nationalism and after. (N '45)
Corbett, P. E. Post-war worlds. (Ap *42)
Cousins, N. Modern man is obsolete. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Culbertson, E. Summary of the world federa-
tion plan. (Je '43)
Culbertson, E. Total peace. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Davis, H. E., ed. Pioneers in world order.
(Ap '45)
Doman, N. Coming age of world control.
(Ag »42)
Dunn, A. Arithmetic or revolution. (S '44)
Eagleton. C. Forces that shape our future.
(D '45)
Eliot, G. F. Strength we need. (D '46)
Fike, L. R. No nation alone. (O '44)
Fitzgibbon, R. H., ed. Global politics. (S '44)
Fox, W. T. R. Super-powers. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Freud, A. World without nations. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annnal)
Friedmann, W. Crisis of the national state.
(Je '44)
Gill, C. A. World republic. (N '44)
Hambro. C. J. How to win the peace. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Harley, J. E. Woodrow Wilson still lives.
(O r44)
Harris, H. W. Problems of the peace. (Je
'45)
Harrison J. B., and others, eds. If men want
peace. (My '46)
Hoifman, R. J. S. Great republic. (Je '42)
Hoover, H. C., and Gibson, H. Problems of
lasting peace. (Ag '42)
Huszar, G. B. de, ed. New perspectives on
peace. (D '44)
Institute on world organization. World or-
ganization. (Je '43)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. World peace plans. (N
•43)
Johnson, F. E.. ed. World order. (Ap '46)
Joint commission of the council for educa-
tion in world citizenship and the London
international assembly. Education and the
United nations. (D '43)
Kelsen. H. Law and peace in international
relations. (N '42)
Kelsen, H. Peace through law. (D '44)
Kingsley, J. D., and Petegorsky, D. W.
Strategy for democracy. (Ap '42)
Lanux, P. C. de. European manifesto. (S *45)
League of nations. Report on the work of the
League during the war. (N '46)
Mander, L. A. Foundations of modern world
society. (Ap '42)
Marlio, L. Can democracy recover? (Je '46)
Millspaugh, A. C. Peace plans and American
choices. (Ap '43 )
Morgenthau, H. J., ed. Peace, security and
the United nations. (Ap '46)
Muzumdar, H. T. United nations of the
world. (N '42)
Nash, P. C. Adventure in world order. (8 *44)
Newfang. O. World government. (Je *43)
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I nternationa I cooperation — Continued
Oakeley, H. D. Should nations survive? (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Peaslee. A. J. Permanent United nations. (Ap
Perry, R. B. One world in the making. (D '45-)
Pink, L. H. Freedom from fear. (O §44)
Ranshofen-Wertheimer, E. F. Victory is not
enough. (A* '43) (1942 Annual)
Reiser, O. L., and Davies, B. Planetary
democracy. (N '44)
Rider, F. Great dilemma of world organiza-
tion. (N '46)
Robinson, H., and others. Toward interna-
tional organization. (S '42)
Sadler, w. 8. Prescription for permanent
peace. (N '44)
Savord, R., comp. American agencies in-
terested in international affairs. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Shotwell, J. T. Great decision. (S '44)
Stewart, M. S. Building for peace at home
and abroad. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Stowe, L. While time remains. (O '46)
Straight, M. W. Make this the last war.
(Mr '43)
Sturzo, L. Nationalism and internationalism.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Swing, R. In the name of sanity. (Ap '46)
White, E. B. Wild flag. (D '46)
World citizens association. World's destiny
and the United States. (My '42)
Wynner, E., and Lloyd, G. Searchlight on
peace plans. (Ag *44)
Ziff, W. B. Two worlds. (S '46)
International courts
Hudson, M. O. International tribunals. (Ap
'45)
International cyclopedia of music and musi-
cians, ed. by O. Thompson. (F *45) (1944
Annual)
International economic law of belligerent oc-
cupation. Feilchenfeld, E. H. (Ag '43)
International economy. Young, J. P. (Je '43)
International federation
Eaton, H. O., and others. Federation. (Ap
Gross, F. Crossroads of two continents. (My
'45)
Hoover, H. C., and Gibson, H. Basis of last-
ing peace. (Je '45)
Marriott, J. A. R. Federalism and the prob-
lem of the small state. (Ag '44 )
Owen, R. B, Look forward, warrior. (My
'43)
Summers, R. E., comp. Dumbarton Oaks. (S
'46 )
Young. G. Federalism and freedom. (S '42)
International investment and domestic welfare.
Buchanan, N. S. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
International labor conventions. Dillon, C. H.
(N '42)
International labour movement. Price, J. (Ag
'46)
International ladles' garment workers' union
Pesotta, R. Bread upon the waters. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Stolberg, B. Tailor's progress. (Ag *44)
International law, private
Nussbaum, A. Principles of private inter-
national law. (O '43)
Rabel, E. Conflict of laws. (My '46)
Wolff, M. Private international law. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
International law and relations
Bernays. E. L. Take your place at the peace
table. (My '45)
Brierly, J. L. Outlook for international law.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Bullitt, W. C. Great globe itself. (S '46)
Corbett, P. B. Post-war worlds. (Ap »42)
Curtis, L. World war: its cause and cure.
(N '45)
Feilchenfeld, E. H. International economic
law of belligerent occupation. (Ag '43)
Flory, W. EJ. S. Prisoners of war. (Je '42)
Freeman, H. A., ed. Peace is the victory.
(O '44)
Garner, J. W, Studies in government and
international law. (Je '44)
Hemleben, S. J. Plans for world peace
through six centuries. (Mr '43)
International law of the future. (O '46)
Johnson, M. M., and Haven, C. T. For
permanent victory. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Kalijarvi, T. and others. Modern world poll*
tics. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Kelsen, H. Law and peace in international
relations. (N '42)
Kelsen, H. Peace through law. (D '44)
Langsam, W. C. World since 1914. (N '43)
Lauterpacht, H. International bill of the
rights of man. (S '45)
Mander, L. A. Foundations of modern world
society. (Ap '42)
Mattern, J. Geopolitik. (D '42)
Morgenthau, H. J., ed. Peace, security and
the United nations. (Ap '46)
Morgenthau, H. J. Scientific man vs. power
politics. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Pastuhov, V. D. Guide to the practice of in-
ternational conferences. (Je 46)
Raeburn, B., ed. Treasury for the free world.
(Mr '46)
Rauschning, H. Time of delirium. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Reves. E. Democratic manifesto. (N '42)
Schwarzschild, L. Primer of the coming
world. (S '44)
Sereni, A. P. Italian conception of interna-
tional law. (Je '44)
Strausz-Hup6, R. Geopolitics. (S '42)
Van Zandt, J. P. Civil aviation and peace.
Win field, P. H. Foundations and the future
of international law. (S '42)
Wormser, R. A. Collection of international
war damage claims. (O '45)
Bibliography
Woolbert, R. G., comp. Foreign affairs bib-
liography. (S *45)
International law of the future. (O '46)
International law of the sea. Higgins, A. P.,
and Colombos, C. J. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
International monetary cooperation. Halm, G.
(Je '45) *
International motion picture almanac, 1942-43.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
International police. See Police, International
International police force. Johnsen, J. E.,
comp. (O '44)
international protection of wild life. Hayden,
S. S. (Je '43)
International regulation of fisheries. Leonard,
L. L. (N '45)
International relief in action, 1914-1943. Kraus
H (S *44)
International rivalry in the Pacific islands,
1800-1875. Brookes, J. I. (Ag '42)
International river and canal transport.
Mance, H. O. (D '45)
International secretariat. Ranshofen-Werthelm-
er, E. F. (Ap '46)
International steel cartel, Hexner, E. (Ag '43)
International telecommunications. Mance, H. O.
(N '44)
International trade and domestic employment.
Hoover, C. B. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
International trade and the national income
multiplier. Machlup, F. (Ag '44)
International tribunals. Hudson, M. O. (Ap '45)
Interpretation of history. Strayer, J. R,. ed.
(Je '43)
Interpretative reading. Lowrey. S., and John-
son. G. E. (Ap '43)
Interpreter. Gibbs. P. H. (S '43)
Interstate commerce
Kallenbach, J. E. Federal cooperation with
the states under the commerce clause. (O
'42)
Tax institute. Tax barriers to trade. (My
'42)
Interval in Carolina. Abrahams, W. (O '45)
Intervention
Loewensteln, K. Political reconstruction. (Ap
'46)
Intervention at Archangel. Strakhovsky, L. I.
(My '44)
Intimate memories of Lincoln. Wilson, R. R.,
ed. (O '46)
Intimate Virginiana. Maury, A. F. M., ed. (N
'42)
Intimations of Eve. Fisher, V. (My '46)
Into Slam. Smith, N., and Clark, T. B. (S *46)
Into the ark. Hartwell. M. (N '45)
Into the Jaws of death. Stern, M. (Je '44)
Into the valley. Hersey. J. R. (Mr '43)
Into the way of peace. Hartill, P., ed. (O '42)
Intolerance. See Toleration
Intrigue. Ambler, E. (Ap '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1141
Intrigue for empire. Knight, K. M. (S '44)
Introducing Africa. Welle, C. (Mr '44)
Introducing Australia. G rat tan. C. H. (Mr '42)
Introduction to algebraic theories. Albert, A. A.
(Ap '42)
Introduction to atomic physics. Semat, H. (O
'46)
Introduction to cataloging and the classification
of books. Mann, M. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Introduction to circuit analysis. Knight, A. R.,
and Fett, G. H. (O '43)
Introduction to electric power systems. Tar-
boux, J, G. (O '44)
Introduction to electronics. Hudson, R. G. (Je
'46)
Introduction to emulsions. Sutheim, G. M. (O
'46)
Introduction to exceptional children. Baker, H.
J. (My '44)
Introduction to foods and nutrition. Sherman,
H. C., and Lanford. C. S. (Ag '44)
Introduction to group therapy. Slav son, S. R.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Introduction to India. Moraes, F. R., and Stim-
son, R. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Introduction to industrial chemistry. Frier. W.
T.. and Holler. A. C. (Ap '46)
Introduction to industrial mycology. Smith, G.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Introduction to magnesium and its alloys. Alice,
J. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Introduction to microwaves. Ramo, S. (O *46)
Introduction to modern English and American
literature. Maugham, W. S., ed. (Ag '43)
Introduction to modern philosophy in six phil-
osophical problems. Castell, A. (D '43)
Introduction to naval architecture. Comstock,
J. P. (O '44)
Introduction to navigation and nautical as-
tronomy. Shute, w. G., and others. (Je
Introduction to philosophy. Sinclair, W. A. (Ap
•45)
Introduction to physical anthropology. Ashley-
Montagu, M. F. (My '46)
Introduction to practical radio. Tucker, D. J.
(O '45)
Introduction to quantitative analysis. Arenson,
S. B., and Rieveschl, G. (Mr '46)
Introduction to reference work. Hutchins, M.
(D '44)
Introduction to steel shipbuilding. Baker. E.
(Ap '44)
Introduction to Stuart dramd. Boas, F. S. (N
'46)
Introduction to the study of eclipsing vari-
ables. Kopal, Z. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Introduction to weather and climate. Trewar-
tha, G. T. (Ag '44)
Introduction to X-ray metallography. Taylor,
A. (Ag '46)
Introductory astronomy. Sidgwick, J. B. (D '44)
Introductory gemology. Webster, R. (My '46)
Introductory general chemistry. Brinkley, S. R.
(Ag '45)
Introductory shopwork. Jones, M. M., and
Axelrod. A. (O '43)
Intruders. Bright, R. (Ap '46)
Intruders in Eden. Stringer, A. J. A. (Je '42)
Invasion! Chambers, W. (Je '43)
Invasion! Wertenbaker, C. (O '44)
Invasion diary. Tregaskis, R. W. (O '44)
Invasion Journal. Tobin, R. L. (N '44)
Invasion of Germany. Riess, C. (N '43)
Inventing for fun and profit. Collins, A. F. (Ap
Inventions
Bichowsky, F. R. Industrial research. (Ap
•43)
Carlisle, N. V., and Latham, F. B. Miracles
ahead! (Je *44)
Collins. A. F. Inventing for fun and profit.
(Ap *44)
Cooley. D. Q. Your world tomorrow. (Je *44)
Garrett, E. J. L., and Lamarque, A. Man — the
maker. (D '46)
Hadamard, J. S. Essay on the psychology of
invention in the mathematical field. (Ag
'45)
Hayes, J. B. R. Nature of paten table inven-
tion, (Ag '46)
Kaempffert, W. B. Science today and to-
morrow. (Je *45)
Manchester, H. New world of machines. (My
•45)
Relss, O. F. How to develop profitable ideas.
<S '45)
Juvenile literature
Montgomery, E. R. Story behind great inven-*
tions. (Ja '46) (1944 Annnal)
Inventories
Devine, C. T. Inventory valuation and peri*
odic income. (F *43) (1942 Annual)
Inventors
Patterson, J. C. America's greatest inventors,
(S '43)
Inventory valuation and periodic income. De-
vine, C. T. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Invertebrates, Fossil
Shimer, H. W., and Shrock, R. R. Index fos-
sils of North America. (D '44)
Investigating municipal administration. Seid-
man, H. (Je '42 )
Investment and business cycles. Angell, J. W«
(Ap '42)
Investments
Angell, J. W. Investment and business cycles.
(Ap '42)
Dowrie, G. W., and Fuller, D. R. Investments.
(My '42)
Jordan, D. F., and Willett, E. F. Spend
wisely and grow rich. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Slichter, S. H. Present savings and postwar
markets. (O '44)
Sloan, L. H. Post-war savings and invest-
ments. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Terborgh, G. W. Bogey of economic matur-
ity. (N '45)
Investments, Foreign
Buchanan, N. S. International investment and
domestic welfare. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Fels, H. Sinews of peace. (Ag '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Investor and the Securities act. Cherrington,
H. V. (Ag '42)
Invifeibli* <*un. Lee, M. (O '46)
Invisible world. Carrington, H. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Invitation to chess. Chernev, I., and Harkness,
K. (Je '45)
Invitation to dance. Terryi W. (Ap f42)
Invitation to health. Johnson, H. J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Invitation to murder. Shriber, L. S. (D '43)
Invitation to pilgrimage. Baillie, J. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Invitation to worship. Reid, A. C. (S '42)
lonlzation of gases
Cobine, J. D. Gaseous conductors. (Je '42)
Ions
Lewis. W. B. Electrical counting. (Ag *43)
Iowa
Public lands
Lokken, R. L. Iowa public land disposal. (Ap
Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanic
arts, Ames
Ross, E. D. History of the Iowa state col-
lege of agriculture and mechanic arts. (Je
43)
Iowa. University. Psychological laboratory
Seashore, C. E. Pioneering in psychology.
(Je 43)
Ipat'ev, Vladimir Nikolacvich
Ipat'ev, V. N. Life of a chemist. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Iran. See Persia
Ireland
Antiquities
Movlus, H. L. Irish stone age. (S *43)
Description and travel
Gibbings, R. Lovely is the Lee. (O '46)
History
Ireland, T- Ireland, past and present (Ap
Mansergh, N. Ireland in the age of reform
and revolution. (My '42)
Nicolson, H. G. Desire to please. (O '43)
Ireland in the age of reform and revolution.
Mansergh, N. (My '42)
Ireland, past and present. Ireland, T. (Ap '42)
Irish In Boston
Handlin, O. Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1866*
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Irish in the United States
Driscoll, C. B. Country Jake. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Driscoll, C. B. Kansas Irish. (Je '43)
Irish literature
Collections
Russell. D., ed. Portable Irish reader. (S '46)
Irish poetry
History and criticism
Alspach, R. K. Irish poetry from the English
invasion to 1798. (My '44)
Irish stone age. Movius, H. L. (S '43)
Iron
Metallurgy
Bray, J. L. Ferrous production metallurgy.
(Mr '43)
Teichert, E. J. Ferrous metallurgy. (Je '44)
Iron bronc. Drago, H. S. (My r45)
Iron chain. Newhouse, E. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Iron gates. Millar, M. (My '45)
Iron industry and trade
May, E. C. PrincJpio to Wheeling. (My »45)
Iron land. Ogley, D. C., and Cleland, M. G.
(O '46)
Iron Mountain. Stong, P. D. (Mr '42)
Iron out of Calvary. Hall, W. P. (O '46)
Iron pioneer. Evans, H. O. (D '42)
Iron rainbow. Young, Q. R. (D '42)
Iroquois Indians
Wallace, P. A. W. White roots of peace. (S
'46)
Irving, Frederick Carpenter
Irving, F. C. Safe deliverance. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Irving, Washington
Juvenile literature
Ben6t. L. Washington Irving, explorer of
American legend. (D '44)
Widdemer, M. C. Washington Irving, boy of
old New York. (S '46)
Irwin, William Henry
Irwin, W. H. Making of a reporter. (D '42)
Is China a democracy? Lacy, C. (Je '43)
Is Germany incurable? Brickner, R. M. (Je
'43)
Is it anyone we know? Price, G. (D '44)
Is modern culture doomed? Krzesinski, A. J.
(Je '42)
Isabel I, queen of Spain
Fiction
Kesten, H. Ferdinand and Isabella. (D '46)
Ishvani (Mrs Edwin Hamilton)
Ishvani. Brocaded sari. (O '46)
The island. Merillat, H. L. (D '44)
Island. Young, F. B. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Island boy. Holdridge, E. H. (Ag '42)
Island 49. Miller, M. (Ag '45)
Island in the Atlantic. Frank, W. D. (O '46)
Island in the sky. Gann, E. K. (S '44)
Island noon. Robinson, M. L. (Ap '42)
Island of adventure. Eng title of: Mystery is-
land. Blyton. E. (Ap '45)
Island of Desire. Friable, R. D. (S '44)
Island of the innocent. Kent, M. (O '45)
Island on the beam. Blackstock, J. (Ag '44)
Islander (sampan)
Gessler, C. F. Leaning wind. (F '44) (1943
Annual )
Islanders. Foster, E. (Mr *46)
Islandia. Wright, A. T. (My '42)
Islands of the East Indies. Daniel, H. (O '44)
Islands of the Pacific
Brookes, J. I. International rivalry in the
Pacific islands, 1800-1875. (Ag '42)
Daniel, H. Islands of the Pacific. (Ag '43 )
Emanuel, C. Southwest Pacific sketchbook.
(Mr '46)
Follett, H. T. Ocean outposts. (Je '42)
Hobbs, W. H. Fortress islands of the Pacific.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Keesing, F. M. Native peoples of the Pacific
world. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Osborn, F.. ed. Pacific world. (S '44)
Price, W. D. Japan's islands of mystery. (My
Quinn, V. Picture map geography of the
Pacific islands. (D '45)
Islands of the Pacific. Daniel, H. (Ag '43)
Islands on guard. Follett, H. T. (Ag '43)
Isle of escape. Ross, I. (O '42)
Isles of Spice. Clune, F. (My '42)
Isomerism
Eg-loff, G., and others. Isomerization of pure
hydrocarbons. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Isotopes
Aston, F. W. Mass spectra and isotopes. (Ag
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds.
Advances in nuclear chemistry and theo-
retical organic chemistry. (D '45)
Iswolsky, Helene
Iswolsky, H. Light before dusk. (Je '42)
It all goes together. Gill, E. (Ag '44)
It all happened once before. Smith, R. L. (D
It can be done this time. Palmer, F. (O '44)
It can happen between Sundays. Dolloif, E. D.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
It can't happen here again. Bailey, F. (Mr '45)
It fell upon a day. Hunter, R. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
It happened in 1945. Kinnaird, C., ed. (S '46)
It happened in Taos. Reid, J. T. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
It happened like this. Hutchinson, A. S.-M.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
It is dark underground. Loo Pin-fei. (Ag '46)
It is still the morning. Danz, L. (N '43)
It runs in the family. Ellen wood, J. L. (Ag
'42)
It seems like magic. Pease, J. V. (D '46)
It shouldn't happen — . Freeman, D. (S '45)
It was not my own idea. Pierce, R. (D '44)
It works like this. Leyson. B. W. (Ap '42)
Italian conception of international law. Sereni,
A. P. (Je '44)
Italian democracy in the making. Salomon e,
A. W. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Italian or American? Child, I. L. (D '43)
Italian tragedy. Curinga, N. V. (My '45)
Italianization of African natives. De Marco,
R. R. (N '43)
Italians in the United States
Child, I. L. Italian or American? (D '43)
Tait, J. W. Some aspects of the effect of the
dominant American culture upon children
of Italian-born parents. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Whyte, W. F. Street corner society. (Ap '44)
Italy
Civilization
Sforza, C. Contemporary Italy. (Ap *44)
Sforza, C. Real Italians. (Ag '42)
Colonies
De Marco, R. R. Italianization of African
natives. (N '43)
Description and travel
Gatti, A. Mediterranean spotlights. (D '44)
Fascist movement
K.. S. Agent in Italy. (My '42)
Matthews, H. L. Fruits of fascism. (N '43)
Serner, G. Twilight of the gladiators. (S '44)
Foreign relations
Ciano, G. Ciano diaries, 1939-1943. (Mr '46)
Sereni, A. P. Italian conception of interna-
tional law. (Je '44)
Greece
Greece. Hypourgeion ton exOrterikSn. Greek
white book. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
History
Rath, R. J. Fall of the Napoleonic kingdom
of Italy (1814). (N '42)
Sforza, C. Contemporary Italy. (Ap '44)
Sprigge, C. J. 8. Development of modern
Italy. (Je '44)
Politics and government
Massock, R. G. Italy from within. (Mr '43)
Nicotri, G. and F. Freedom for Italy! (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Packard, R. and E. Balcony empire. (D '42)
Salomone, A. W. Italian democracy in the
making. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Salvemini, G., and LaPiana, Q. What to do
with Italy. (O '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1143
SerenI, A. P. Italian conception of interna-
tional law. (Je '44)
Sforza, C. Contemporary Italy. (Ap '44)
Sprigge. C. J. S. Development of modern
Italy, (Je '44)
Sturzo, L. Italy and the coming world. (N
•45)
Social conditions
Martin, A. W. O. von. Sociology of the ren-
aissance. (Ap '45)
Sheedy, A. T. Bartolus on social conditions
in the fourteenth century. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Social life and customs
Standen, N. Reminiscence and ravioli. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Italy and the coming world. Sturzo, L. (N '45)
Italy and the new world order. Eng title of:
Italy and the coming world. Sturzo, L. (N
'45)
Italy from within. Massock, R. O. (Mr *43)
Itching parrot. Fernandez de Lizardi, J. J. (Ap
It's a cinch, Private Finch! Brown. H (Ap '43)
It's a free country. Williams, B. A. (S '45)
It's a funny world. Williams, G., ed. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual) m ^
It's a long way to heaven. Dean. A. (Mr '46)
It's a secret. Hoke, H. R. (Mr '46)
It's a wise parent. Smart, M. S. and R. C. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
It's a woman's world. Harper's bazaar. (My
*44)
It's about time. Chamberlain, P. M. (My '42)
It's all In the family. Blake, D. (Ap '43)
It's all politics. Abrahams. L. (D '44)
It's always tomorrow. St John, R. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
It's an old New England custom. Mitchell, E.
V. (N '46)
It's 'ard to go wrong In the cactus. Cooper,
N. G. (S '43)
It's 'ard to go wrong In the suburbs. Eng title
of: It's ard to go wrong in the cactus.
Cooper, N. G. (S P43)
It's fun to build modern furniture. Lush, C.
K. (S '42)
It's fun to make a book. Kramer, A. (N '46)
It's fun to make a hat. Garnell, H. (Ap '45)
It's fun to make It yourself. Maney, S., ed
(Ap '45)
It's good to be alive. Sharon. H. B. (My '45)
It's hot in here. Partch, V. F. (Ag '44)
It's how you take it Caner, G. C. (O '46)
It's my own funeral. Lyon, D. (Ap *44)
It's smart to be people. Price. G. (Ap '43)
It's still Maloney. Maloney, R. (Mr '46)
It's time to say goodbye. Moore, I. (My '44 )
It's tomorrow out here. Miller, M. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
It's up to us. Wofford. H. (S '46)
It's your future, make the most of it! Panzer,
M. (O '43)
It's your souls we want. Herman, S. W. (Ap
'43)
Ivan, the iron horse. Rohmer. A. E. (N '44)
I've come a long way. Kuo, C. (Je '42)
I've got mine. Hubler, R. G. (My '46)
I've had it. Lay, B. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Ivy gripped the steps. Bowen, E. (My '46)
Ivy years. Miers. E. S. (S '45)
two Jima, Battle of, 1945
Henri, R. Iwo Jima. (S '45)
Henri, R.. and others. U.S. marines on Iwo
Jima. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Izzf, Basil Dominic
Murphy, M. 83 days; the survival of Seaman
Izzi. (O '43)
J. B. Yeats letters to his son. Yeats, J. B. (N
'46)
Jack and Heintz, incorporated
Ward, R. H. Personnel program of Jack &
Heintz. (O '46)
Jack Horner, and Song of sixpence. Barto. E.
N. (D '43)
Jack-in-the-box. Stewart, A. W. (Mr '44)
Jack tales. Chase, R., ed. (S '43)
Jackhammer. Hewes, A. D. (O *42)
Jacks. Lawrence Pearsall
Jacks, L. P. Confession of an octogenarian.
(S '42)
Jackson, Andrew
Schlesinger, A. M. Age of Jackson. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Nolan, J. C. Patriot in the saddle. (O '45)
Stevenson, A. Andy Jackson, boy soldier.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan
Juvenile literature
Monsell, H. A. Young Stonewall, Tom Jack-
son. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Jackson, Walter Clinton
North Carolina. University. Woman's col-
lege, Greensboro. Walter Clinton Jackson
essays. (Je *43)
Jacoble tells the truth. Weil, L. (N '46)
Jacobowsky and the colonel [original play,
pub. by Viking). Werfel, F. V. (S '44)
Jacobowsky and the colonel [adapted by] S.
N. Behrman. Werfel, F. V. (S '44)
Jacob's ladder. Kingdon. F. (Ag '43)
JacovlefC and other artists. Birnbaum, M. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Jacqueline Pascal and her brother. Eng title
of: Pascal and his sister Jacqueline, •wood-
gate. M. V. (Mr '46)
Jade Venus. Coxe. G. H. (Mr '46)
Jails. Robinson, L. N. (Je '44)
Jake Home. McKenney. R. (Ap '43)
Jam yesterday. Cannell, K. B. E. (N '45)
Jamba the elephant. Waldeck, T. J. (N '42)
James, brother of the Lord
Fiction
Wilson. D. C. The brother. (Je '44)
James, Henry
Dupee, F. W., ed. Question of Henry James.
(D '45)
Matthiessen, F. O. Henry James: the major
phase. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Bibliography
James, H. Representative selections. (N *42)
James, Marquis
James, M. Cherokee strip. (O *45)
James, William
In^ commemoration of William James. (Ap
*43)
Otto, M. C., and others. William James, the
man and the thinker. (Je '43)
James river, Virginia
Niles, B. R. The James. (Je '45)
Jamie and the dump truck. Johnston, E. (Ta
'44) (1943 Annual)
Jamie and the tired train. Johnston, E (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Jane's All the world's aircraft, 1941. (O *42)
Janey Jeems. Harris, B. K. (O '46)
Janey's shoes. Credle, E. (S '45)
Janissa. Newcomb, R. T. (N '43)
January thaw. Partridge, B. (O '45)
Japan
Alcott, C. D. My war with Japan. (Ag
43)
Brines, R. Until they eat stones. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Byas, H. Government by assassination. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Byas, H. Japanese enemy, his power and his
vulnerability. (Ap '42)
Goette, J. A, Japan fights for Asia. (O '43)
Grew, J. C. Report from Tokyo. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Haring, D. G., ed. Japan's prospect. (S '46)
Morris, J. Traveller from Tokyo. (S '44)
Morrison, I. Our Japanese foe. (Ap '44)
Price, W. De M. Japan rides the tiger. (S '42)
Randau, C., and Zugsmith, L. Setting sun of
Japan. (Ap '42)
Tolischus, O. D. Tokyo record. (Mr '43)
Army
See Japan. Army
Civilization
Benedict, R. F. Chrysanthemum and the
sword. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Eckstein, G. In peace Japan breeds war.
1144
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Japan — Civilization — Continued
Embree, J. F. Japanese nation. (S '45)
Haring, D. G. Blood on the Rising Sun.
(Ag '43)
Lamott. W. C. Nippon. (Ag *44)
Price, W. DeM. Japan and the Son of
Heaven. (N '45)
Price, W. D. Key to Japan. (Mr '46)
Colonies
Price, W. D. Japan's islands of mystery. (My
'44)
Defenses
Kiralfy, A. Victory in the Pacific. (Je '42)
Description and travel
McCauley, ID. Y. With Perry in Japan. (My
'43)
Mears, H. Year of the wild boar. (S f42)
Patric, J. Why Japan was strong. (S *43)
Trewartha, O. T. Japan. (My '45)
Economic conditions
Mitchell, K. L. Japan's industrial strength.
(Ap »42)
Moulton, H. G., and Marlio, L. Control of
Germany and Japan. (N '44)
Smith, G. H., and others. Japan. (Je '44)
Economic policy
Bisson, T. A. Japan's war economy. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Johns tone. W. C. Future of Japan. (Ag *45)
Foreign policy
Timperley, H. J. Japan: a world problem. (Je
*42)
Tollschus, O. D., comp. Through Japanese
eyes. (My '46)
Foreign relations
Fleisher, W. Volcanic isle. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Greenbie. S. Asia unbound. (N '43)
Hall, J. W. Behind the face of Japan. (D
'42)
Haven, V. S. Gentlemen of Japan. (N '44)
Newman, J. Goodbye Japan. (Je '42)
Pan, S. C. Y. China fights on. (Ag '45)
Price, W. De M. Japan rides the tiger. (S '42)
Quigley, H. S. Far Eastern war, 1937-1941.
Tanaka, G. Japan's dream of world empire.
(Ap '42)
Wheeler, P. Dragon in the dust. (Ap '46)
Netherlands Indie*
Mock, H. J. van. Netherlands Indies and
Japan. (S '44)
Russia
Hindus, M. G. Russia and Japan. (Je '42)
United States
Fleisher, W. Our enemy Japan. (My '42)
Grew, J. C. Ten years in Japan. (Je '44)
, Hornbeck, S. K. united States and the Far
Bast. (Ag '43)
Matsuo, K. How Japan plans to win. (Je
Moore, F. With Japan's leaders. (S '42)
History
Hall, J. W. Behind the face of Japan. (D
Harcourt- Smith, S. Fire in the Pacific. (S '42)
Newman, J. Goodbye Japan. (Je '42)
Sansom, G. B. Japan. (Je '44)
Allied occupation, 1945-
Lacerda, J. Conqueror comes to tea. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
History, Naval
Falk, E. A. From Perry to Pearl Harbor.
(Mr '43)
Industries and resources
Cams, C. D., and McNlchols, C. I* Japan.
(Je '44)
Mitchell. K. L. Japan's industrial strength.
(Ap '42)
Nationalism and nationality
Hoi torn, D. C. Modern Japan and Shinto
nationalism. (Ap '43)
Navy
See Japan. Navy
Politics and government
Ballou, R. O. Shinto. (D '45)
Fleisher, W. ' Volcanic isle. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Grew, J. C. Ten years in Japan. (Je '44)
Haring. D. G. Blood on the Rising Sun.
Haven, V. S. Gentleman of Japan. (N *44)
Johnstone, W. C. Future of Japan. (Ag '45)
Maki, J. M. Japanese militarism. (Je '45)
Newman, J. Goodbye Japan. (Je '42)
Roth, A. Dilemma in Japan. (O *45)
Tolischus, O. D., comp. Through Japanese
eyes. (My '45)
Wheeler, P. Dragon in the dust. (Ap '46)
Relations (general) with
United States
Walworth, A. C Black ships off Japan. (My
'46)
Religion
Ballou, R. O. Shinto. (D '45)
Holtom, D. C. Modern Japan and Shinto
Nationalism. (Ap '43)
Social life and customs
Bache, C. Paradox isle. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Steiner, J. F. Behind the Japanese mask.
(Ap '43)
Japan. Cams, C. D., and McNichols, C. L.
(Je '44)
Japan. Sansom, G. B. (Je »44)
Japan: a world problem. Timperley, H. J. (Je
'42)
Japan and the opium menace. Merrill, F. T.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Japan and the Son of Heaven. Price, W. DeM.
(N '45)
Japan. Army
Lory, H. Japan's military masters. (Ag '43)
Japan fights for Asia. Goette. J. A. (O '43)
Japan. Navy
By water, H. C. Great Pacific war. (Mr '42)
Launer, J. Enemies' fighting ships. (My *44)
Japan rides the tiger. Price, W. De M. (S '42)
Japanese enemy, his power and his vulner-
ability. Byas. H. (Ap '42)
Japanese frenzy. Eng title of: Fire in the
Pacific. Harcourt-Smith, S. (S '42)
Japanese in Korea
Harrington, F. H. God, mammon, and the
Japanese. (My '44)
Japanese in Manchuria
Pernikoff. O. A. J. Bushido, the anatomy
of terror. (Je '43)
Japanese in South America
Normano, J. F., and Gerbi, A. Japanese
in South America. (Ag '43)
Japanese In the United States
Adams, A. E. Born free and equal. (Ap '45)
Hynd. A. Betrayal from the East. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
La Violet te, F. E. Americans of Japanese
ancestry. (O '46)
Leigh ton, A. H. Governing of men. (S '45)
McWilliams, C. Prejudice. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Martin, R. G. Boy from Nebraska. (D '46)
Matsumoto, T., and Lerrteo, M. O. Brother
is a stranger. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Okubo. M. Citizen 13660. (N '46)
Japanese militarism. Maki, J. M. (Je '45)
Japanese nation. Embree, J. F. (S '45)
Japan's dream of world empire. Tanaka, G.
(Ap '42)
Japan's industrial strength. Mitchell, K. L.
(Ap '42)
Japan's islands of mystery. Price. W. D. (My
Japan's military masters. Lory, H. (Ag '43)
Japan's prospect. Haring, D. G., ed. (S *46)
Japan's secret weapon. Newman, B. M.
(N '44)
Japan's war economy. Bisson, T. A. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Jared's Blessing. Woodward. H. (D '42)
Jarrold's dictionary of difficult words. Hill,
R. H., comp. (My *46)
Jason. Raphael son, S. (S '42)
Jassy. Lofts, N. R. (Ag '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1145
Jaures, Jean Leon
Jackson, J. H. Jean Jaures. (Ag '44)
Jaws of death. Thayer, L. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Jazz. Goffln, R. (Ap '44)
Jazz book. Esquire (periodical). (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Jazz music
Blesh, R. Shining trumpets. (D '46)
Esquire (periodical). Jazz book. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Goffln, R. Jazz. (Ap '44)
Mezzrow, M., and Wolfe, B. Really the blue*.
(D '46)
Panasstt, H. Real jazz. (My '43)
Smith, C. E.f and others. Jazz record book.
(Je '42)
Jeanne d'Arc, Saint
Riggs, T. L. Saving angel. (S '44)
Jeeps and jests. Bairnsfather, B. (S '43)
Jefferson, Joseph
Juvenile literature
Malvern. G. Good troupers all. (N *45)
Jefferson, Thomas
Bowers, C. G. Youngr Jefferson. (Ap '45)
Browne, C. A. Thomas Jefferson and the
scientific trends of his time. (N '45)
Bullock, H. D. My head and my heart. (Ja
•46) (1945 Annual)
Caldwell, L. K. Administrative theories of
Hamilton and Jefferson. (Ap '45)
Dumbauld, E. Thomas Jefferson, American
tourist. (S '46)
Hutchins, F. and C, Thomas Jefferson. (O
'46)
Jefferson, T. Jefferson himself. (As '43)
(1942 Annual)
Jefferson, T., and Gilmer, F. W. Corre-
spondence. 1814-1826. (S '46)
Kim ball, M. G. Jefferson, the road to glory,
1743 to 1776. (My '43)
Koch, A. Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Mott, F. L. Jefferson and the press. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Padover, S. K. Jefferson. (My *42)
Thomas, E. D. Thomas Jefferson, world
citizen. (Ag '42)
Van Loon, H. W. Thomas Jefferson. (My '43)
Drama
Kingsley, S. Patriots. (S '43)
Juvenile literature
Daugherty, S. V. Way of an eagle. (Mr '42)
Davis, B. E. Young Tom Jefferson's ad-
venture chest. (Ap '43 )
Murphy. M. A. When Jefferson was young.
(My '43)
Jefferson and the press. Mott. F. L. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. Patrick, R. W.
(D '44)
Jefferson himself. Jefferson. T. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Jefferson, the road to glory, 1743 to 1776. Kim-
ball, M. G. (My '43)
Jehovah's witnesses
Stroup, H. H. Jehovah's witnesses. (O '45)
Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone. Sutton, M.
(O »42)
Jennifer's house. Go van, C. N. (Ap '45)
Jenny Devlin. Kerr, S. (Ja '«) (1943 Annual)
Jenny kissed me. Fenisong. R. (My '44)
Jenny, the bus that nobody loved. Dolbier, M.
(N '44)
Jenny's secret Island. Garrad, P. (Ag '43)
Jerry Foster, salesman. Ferris, ET E. (A.g
Jerry goes fishing. Battle, F. (My '43)
Jerry Jake carries on. Justus, M. (Ag '44)
Jerry the giraffe. Packard, V. (S '46)
Jerry the jeep. Hurd, E. T. (Ajg *45)
Jersey genesis. Beck, H. C. (S '45)
Jervis Bay, and other poems. Thwaites, M.
(Ap '43)
Jesse James of the Java sea. Carmer, C. L.
(Mr '46)
Jessel, George Albert
Jessel. G. A. So help me. (Je '43)
Jesuit adventure In China. Hibbert, B. T. (Ap
'42)
Jesuits
Harney, M. P. Jesuits in history. (My '42)
Education
Dunne, P. M. Pioneer Jesuits in northern
Mexico. (My '45)
Jesuits in China
Hibbert, E. T. Jesuit adventure in China.
(Ap '42)
Jesuits in history. Harney, M. P. (My '42)
Jesuits in Mexico
Dunne, P. M. Pioneer Jesuits in northern
Mexico. (My '45)
Jesuits in old Oregon. Bischoff, W. N. (D '45)
Jesuits in the Northwest
Bischoff, W. N. Jesuits in old Oregon. (D
'45)
Jesus Christ
Calkins, H. How Jesus dealt with men. (Ap
'42)
Eddy, G. S. Portrait of Jesus. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Horton, W. M. Our eternal contemporary.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Kepler, T. S., comp. Contemporary thinking
about Jesus. (My '44)
Laubach, F. C. You are my friends. (N '42)
Smart, W. A. Contemporary Christ. (N '42)
Underbill, B. Light of Christ. (O '46)
Woods, R. L... ed. Behold the Man^*(Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Art
Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Jesus the
Christ. (My '46)
Crite, A. R. Were you there when they
crucified my Lord? (D '44)
Biography
Bible. New Testament. Gospels. One story.
(D '43)
Cutler, E. They told about Jesus. (D '44)
Erskine, J. Human life of Jesus. (N *45)
Kirkland, W. M. Man of the hour. (N '42)
Lowrie. W. Short story of Jesus. (Ap *44)
Olmstead. A. T. E. Jesus in the light of his-
tory. (S '42)
Birth
Juvenile literature
Glover, F. R. First Christmas. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Jones, J. M. O.. comp. Little Child. (D '46)
Raymond, L. Child's story of the nativity. (O
•43)
Character
Eddy, G. S. Maker of men. (Ap '42)
Robinson, B. W. Jesus in action. (Je '42)
Childhood
Kirkland, W. M. Discovering the Boy of Naz-
areth. (Ag '44)
Crucifixion
Crite, A. R. Were you there when they cru-
cified my Lord? (D '44)
Spellman. F. J. Risen soldier. (Je '44)
Zeitlin, S. Who crucified Jesus? (Ap '43)
Poetry
Miller, M. B. Crucifixion. (My »44)
Example
Kirkland, W. M. Of the imitation of Christ
today. (S '46)
Fiction
Bauer, F. A. M. Behold your King. (O '45)
Bekessy, E., and Hemberger, A. Barabbas.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Douglas, L. C. Robe. (N '42)
Graves, R. King Jesus. (N '46)
Heard, G. Gospel according to Gamaliel. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Holmes. J. H. Second Christmas. (D '43)
Komroff. M. In the years of our Lord. (My
'42)
Loewenstein, H. Child and the emperor.
(My '45)
Loewenstein, H. Lance of Longinus. (Mr '46)
Perkins, J. R. Emperor's physician. (S *44)
Robey, J. B. Innovator. (Mr '45)
Sutphen, W. G. van T. I, Nathanael, knew
Jesus. (Ap '42)
1146
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Jesus Christ — Continued
Friends and associates
Poteat, E. M. These shared His power. (My
'42)
Juvenile literature
Beebe, C. Story of Jesus for boys and girls.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Bible. New Testament. Jesus' story. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Bible. New Testament. Story of Jesus. (Ap
'45)
Fahs% S. B. L.. Jesus, the carpenter's son.
Jones, M. A. Tell me about Jesus. (D '44)
Kunhardt, D. M. Once there was a little boy.
(My '46)
Jesus, the carpenter'* son. Fans, 8. B. I* (8
'45)
Jesus the Christ. Bible. New Testament. Oos-
Jesus,
Shinn, B., 11. Christ story. (Ap '44)
Vance, M. While shepherds watched. (D '46)
Legends
Fox, F. M. Legends of the Christ child.
(Agr '42)
Messiahship
Hebert, A. G, Throne of David. (My '42)
Rawlinson, A. B. J. Christ in the Gospels.
(Ap '45)
Mystical body
Pittenger, W. N. His body the church. (Ja
'47) (1046 Annual)
Nativity
See Jesus Christ — Birth
Parables
See Parables
Passion
Martfndale, C. C. Creative love. (N '46)
Strodach. P. Z. Were you there? (Je *43)
Weatherhead, L». D. Personalities of the pas-
sion. (Mr '43)
Person and offices
Bishop, W. S. Christ and the Spirit. (Ap '42)
Bowman, J. W. Intention of Jesus. (Ag *44)
Brown, W. A. How to think of Christ. (My
'45)
Cadoux, C. J. Historic mission of Jesus. (O
'43)
Heard, a. Dialogue in the desert. (Ag '42)
Knox, J. Christ the Lord. (S '46)
McDowell, B. A. Son of man and suffering
servant. (S *45)
Russell, W. H. Jesus, the divine teacher. (Mr
'45)
Santayana, G. Idea of Christ in the Gospels
(My '46)
Sharman, H. B. Son of man. (My '44)
Poetry
Wagstaff. B. S. Beloved Son. (Ap '45)
Teaching
Andrews, C. F. Sermon on the Mount. (N
'42)
Clark, G. Way, the truth and the life. (Ag
'46)
Curtis, W. A. Jesus Christ the teacher. (Ag
'44)
Gilmore, A. F. Christ at the peace table.
Giordani, I. Social message of Jesus. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Robinson, B. W. Jesus in action. (Je '42)
Russell, W. H. Jesus, the divine teacher. (Mr
•45)
Stamm, F. K. In the shadow of the cross
(Mr '42)
Stamm, F. K. Seeing the multitudes. (S '43)
Jesus Christ in literature
Wagenknecht, B, C.. ed. Story of Jesus In
the world's literature. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Jesus Christ the teacher. Curtis, W. A. (Ag
*44)
Jesus in action. Robinson, B. W. (Je *42)
Jesus in the light of history. Olmstead, A. T.
E. (S '42)
Jesus' own words. Bible. New Testament. (Ag
•43)
Jesus shows the way. Crawford, B. D., ed. (D
'45)
Jesus' story. Bible. New Testament. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
pels. (My '45)
is, the dlvf
'45)
ivine teacher. Russell, W. H. (Mr
Jesus, the man of prayer. Strong, J. H. (S '46)
Jet propulsion
Zim, H. S. Rockets and Jets. (My '45)
Jethro Hammer. Rice, C. (S '44)
Jew in our day. Frank, W. D. (O '44)
Jewelry
Haas, L. J. Art metal work and Jewelry* (D
'45)
Jewish agricultural society
Davidson, G. Our Jewish farmers and the
story of the Jewish agricultural society.
(Je '43)
Jewish community. Baron, 8. W. (O '43)
Jewish dilemma. Berger, E. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Jewish life in South America. Cohen, J. X.
(My '42)
Jewish literature
Liptzin, S. Germany's stepchildren. (Ap *45)
Marx, A. Studies in Jewish history and book-
lore. (Ap '45)
Collections
Browne, L., ed. Wisdom of Israel. (S '45)
Glatzer, N. N., ed. In time and eternity. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
Jewish pioneers and patriots. Friedman, L.
M. (Je '43)
Jewish population studies. Robison, S. M., and
Starr, J., eds. (S '43)
Jewish refugee. Tartakower, A., and Gross -
mann, K. R. (Ap '45)
Jews
Baron, J. L., ed. Stars and sand. (O '43)
Bakin. M. O. M. (Jetting- acquainted with
Jewish neighbors. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Frank, W. D. Jew in our day. (O *44)
Bibliography
Baron, S. W. Jewish community. (O '43)
Biography
Schwarz, L. W., ed. Memoirs of my people.
(Mr '43)
Civilization
Heller, B. Odyssey of a faith. (N '42)
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Universal Jewish encyclopedia. (My '45)
History
Blbogen, I. Century of Jewish life. (N '44)
Marx, A. Studies in Jewish history and
booklore. (Ap '45)
'Smith, R. L. It all happened once before. (D
Wallis, L. Bible is human. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
History, Military
Nunberg, R. Fighting Jew. (O '45)
Juvenile literature
Alofsin, D. Stream of Jewish life. (My '44)
Fast, H. M. Romance of a people. (Mr '42)
Fast, H. M. and B. Picture-book history of
the Jews. (S '42)
Liturgy and ritual
Freehof, S. B. Small sanctuary. (O '43)
Persecutions
Jewish Black book committee. Black book.
(Ag '46)
rrachter ~
Trachtenberg, J. Devil and the Jews. (O '48)
Weinreich, M. Hitler's professors. (S }46)
Political and social conditions
Asch, S. One destiny. (O '45)
Baron, S. W. Jewish community. (O '43)
Berger, R Jewish dilemma. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Cohen, A. E. All God's children. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Cohen, H. Panorama of prejudice. (S '46)
Conference on Jewish relations. Essays on
antisemitism. (My '42)
Dushaw, A. I. Anti-Semitism. (O '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1147
Edelbaum, M. Way to freedom. (My '45)
Feibelman, J. B. Social and economic study
of the New Orleans Jewish community. (S
'42)
Fineberg, S. A. Overcoming anti-Semitism.
(Je '43)
Fox, Q. G. American Jew speaks. (N '46)
Frankenstein, B. Justice for my people. (Ap
'45)
Gittelsohn, R. B. Modern Jewish problems.
(My '44)
Gottschalk, M., and Duker, A. G. Jews in
the post-war world. (Je '45)
&raeber, I., and Britt, S. H., eds. Jews in a
gentile world. (Ap '42)
Hecht. B. Guide for the bedevilled. (My '44)
Livingston, S. Must men hate? (S '44)
Steinberg, M. Partisan guide to the Jewish
problem. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Trachtenberg, J. Devil and the Jews. (O '43)
Wechsler, I. S. Neurologist's point of view.
(Ap '45)
Zhabotinskil, V. E. War and the Jew. (Je
'43)
Religion
Agus.f J. B. Modern philosophies of Judaism.
Cohen,42A. E. All God's children. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Heller, B. Odyssey of a faith. (N '42)
Isserman, F. M. This is Judaism. (Ap '45)
Klausner, J. From Jesus to Paul. (S '43)
Langton, B. Good and evil spirits. (D '42)
Wrieht. G. B. Challenge of Israel's faith. (S
Zeitlin, J. Disciples of the wise. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Zeitlin, S. Who crucified Jesus? (Ap '43)
Social life and customs
Chagall, B. Burning lights. (D '46)
Jews as farmers
Davidson, Q. Our Jewish farmers and the
story of the Jewish agricultural society.
(Je '43)
Jews as soldiers
Nunberg, R. Fighting Jew. (O '45)
Jews fight too! Davis, M. (N '45)
Jews in a gentile world. Graebor, I., and Britt,
S. H., eds. (Ap '42)
Jews in art
Landsberger, F. Rembrandt, the Jews and the
Bible. (N '46)
Jews In Czechoslovakia
Jacoby, G. Racial state. (Je '45)
Jews in Europe
Tartakower. A., and Grossmann, K. R. Jew-
ish refugee. (Ap '45)
Warhaftig, Z. Relief and rehabilitation. (N
'45)
Jews in Germany
Bienenfeld, F. R. Germans and the Jews.
(N '44)
Goldschmidt, S. Legal claims against Ger-
many. (S '45)
Jews In Great Britain
Roth, C. History of the Jews in England. (S
•42)
Jews In New Orleans
Feibelman, J. B. Social and economic study
of the New Orleans Jewish community.
(S '42)
Jews in New York (city)
Grinstein, H. B. Rise of the Jewish commun-
ity of New York. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Jews in Palestine
Hanna, P. L. British policy in Palestine.
(Je '43)
Mosenson, M. Letters from the desert. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Samuel, M. Harvest in the desert. (S '44)
Ziflf, W. B. Rape of Palestine. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Jews In Poland
Berg, M. Warsaw ghetto. (Mr '45)
Black book of Polish Jewry. (Mr '44)
Folkmann, A. Promise Hitler kept. (S *45)
Jews in Russia
Qreenberg, L. Jews in Russia; v. 1, The
struggle for emancipation. (Mr *46)
Jews In South America
Cohen, J. X. Jewish life in South America.
(My '42)
Jews In Spain
Neuman, A. A. Jews in Spain. (Ag '48)
(1942 Annual)
Jews in the post-war world. Gottschalk, M..
and Duker, A. G. (Je '45)
Jews in the United States
Fox, G. G. American Jew speaks. (N *46)
Frank, W. D. Jew in our day. (O '44)
Friedman, L. M. Jewish pioneers and patriots.
(Je '43)
Janowsky, O. I., ed. American Jew. (Ag *43)
(1942 Annual)
Robison, S. M., and Starr, J., eds. Jewish
population studies. (S '43)
Jews In Warsaw
Szoszkies, H. J. No traveler returns. (Ap '45)
Jezebel the jeep. Downey, F. D. (Ag '44)
Jigger Moran. Roeburt, J. (Ag '44)
Jigs and fixtures
Karash, J. I. Analysis of drill-jig design. (Mr
'45)
Jill, movie maker. Olds, H, D. (My '45)
Jim Crow joins up. Wilson, R. D. (Ap *46)
Jim, Jock and Jumbo. Boh man, N. (O '46)
Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo
Arciniegas, G. Knight of El Dorado. (Je '42)
Jim's the boy! Mammen. E. W. (D *42)
Jitter run. Germann, R. F. (Mr '44)
Joan chooses occupational therapy. Cobb, M.
R., and Hudson, H. (F '45) (1944>5&nnual)
Joanna. Ashton, H. (O '44)
Joanna at Llttlefold. Eng title of: Joanna.
Ashton, H. (O '44)
Job analysis
Amiss, J. M., and Sherman, E. New careers
in industry. (My '46)
Barnes, R. M. Work methods manual. (Je
'44)
Ells, R. W. Salary and wage administration.
(Je '46)
Fryklund, V. C. Trade and job analysis. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gray, R. D. Systematic wage administration
in the southern California aircraft indus-
try. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Lytle, C. W. Job evaluation methods. (Je '46)
Shartle, C. L. Occupational information. (Ag
'46)
Stigers, M. F., and Reed, E. G. Theory and
practice of job rating. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Job evaluation methods. Lytle, C. W. (Je '46)
Job for Jenny. Baldwin, F. (N '45)
Job guide. Kasper. S. H., ed. (Je '46)
Job instruction. Schaefer. V. G. (Je '43)
Job placement of the physically handicapped.
Bridges, C. D. (O *46)
Jobie. Garrett, H. (O *42)
Jobs ahead! Cleveland, R. M., and Latham,
F. B. (Je '46)
Jobs and markets. Committee for economic de-
velopment. (Ag '46)
Jobs and the man. Woodward, L. E., and Ren-
nie, T. A. C. (Je '46)
Jobs for the physically handicapped. Neu-
schutz, L. M. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Jobs for today's youth. Nail, T. O., and Davis,
B. H. (My '42)
Joe Foss, flying marine. Foss, J. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Joe, the wounded tennis player. Thompson, M.
(Ap '45)
John of the Cross, Saint (Juan de Yeppea)
George, R. E. G. Carmelite and poet. (Je
'44)
Peers, E. A. Spirit of flame. (Mr *44)
John Crerar library, Chicago
John Crerar library, Chicago. John Crerar
library, 1895-1944. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
John Fury. Dunphy, J. (D '46)
John Henry
Shapiro, I. John Henry and the double jointed
steam-drill. (O '45)
John Masiat
Juvenile literature
Wlndeatt, M. F. Warrior in white. (Mr f45)
John the Great. Chidsey. D. B. (O *42)
Johnnie. Hughes, D. B. F. (S '44)
Johnny and his wonderful bed. Townsend, E.
(Je '46)
Johnny and his mule. Credle, B. (D '46)
Johnny and the monarch. Friskey, M. R. (S
'46)
Johnny Chinook. Gard, R. E. (Ap '46)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Johnny Cottontail. Priskey, M. R. (S '46)
Johnny Jump Up. Hooper, J. (Je '42)
Johnny Mouse of Corregidor, Johnson, M.
(Ja f43) (1942 Annual)
Johnny on the spot. Dell, A. (Je '43)
Johnny Painter. Pettibone, A. (D '44)
Johnny Tremain. Forbes, E. (D '43)
Johns Hopkins university
.Jlexner, A. Daniel Coit Oilman. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Johnson, Surges
Johnson, B. As much as I dare. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Johnson, Esther
Davis, H. J. Stella. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, Henry
Johnson, H. Other side of Main street. (Ap
'43)
Johnson, John Graver
Winkelman, B. F. John O. Johnson. (S '42)
Johnson, Samuel
Bronson, B. H. Johnson Agonistes, and other
essays. (N '46)
Cairns, W. T. Religion of Dr Johnson. (N '46)
Krutch. J. W. Samuel Johnson. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Fiction
De la Torre-Bueno, L. Dr Sam: Johnson, de-
tector. (N '46)
Johnson Agonistes, and other essays. Bronson,
B. H. (N '46)
Johnston, William Preston
Shaw, A. M. William Preston Johnston. (S
M3)
Jon of the Albany Belle. Langdale, H. L. R.
(Mr '43)
Jonathan draws the long bow. Dorson, R. M.
(O '46)
Jonathan goes west. Meader, S. W. (D '46)
Jonathan's doorstep. FernaJd, H. C. (O '43)
Jones* John Paul
Lorenz. L*. John Paul Jones. (S '43)
Juvenile literature
Ellsberg-, E. I have just begun to fight. (Je
•42)
Jones, Paul
Melish, J. H, Paul Jones, minister of recon-
ciliation. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Jones Very, Bbierson's brave saint. Bartlett,
W. I. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Jonica's island. Malvern, G. (S *46)
Jonson. Ben
Bentley, Q. E. Shakespeare and Jonson. (My
'45)
Johnston, G. B. Ben Jonson, poet. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Jordan river
Glueck, N. River Jordan. (Je '46)
Jorge's journey. Desmond, A. C. (Je '42)
Jory's Cove. Bice. C. (Ap '42)
Joseph, the patriarch
Fiction
Mann. T. Joseph the provider. (S '44)
Joseph, Nez Perc6 Chief
Howard, H. A., and McGrath, D. L. Wai-
chief Joseph. (Je '42)
Joseph the provider. Mann, T. (S '44)
Josephine, consort of Napoleon I, emperor of
the French
Fiction
Coryn, M. Marriage of Josephine. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Josephine. Coyle, K. (Je '42)
Josephus, Flavius
Fiction
Feuchtwanger, L. Josephus and the emperor.
(Ap '42)
Josephus and the emperor. Feuchtwanger, L.
(Ap '42)
Joshua
MacVeagh, R., and Costain, T. B. Joshua.
Joshua Beene and God. Gibson, J. (N '46)
Joshua Moore, American. Hummel, G. F. (Je
'43)
Journal. Norwood, R. (D '46)
Journal and letters. Flthian, P. V. (S '43)
Journal for Josephine. Nathan, R. (Mr '48)
Journal from my cell. Pury. R. de. (D '46)
Journal of a southern student. Patterson, G. J.
(S '45)
Journal of Madame Giovanni. Dumas, A. (Mr
'44)
Journal of Mary Hervey Russell. Jameson, 8.
(Mr '45)
Journalism
Elfenbein, J. Business journalism. (Je '46)
Kobre, S. Development of the colonial news-
paper. (N '44)
MacNeil, N. How to be a newspaperman. (Je
•43)
Mott, F. L. Jefferson and the press. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mott, F. L., ed. Journalism in wartime. (O
'44)
New York times. Newspaper, its making and
its meaning. (Ag *46) (1945 Annual)
Newsmen's holiday. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Rae, W. Editing small newspapers. (Je '43)
Waples, D., ed. Print, radio, and film in a
democracy. (My '42)
Wolseley, R. E.. and Campbell, L. R. Ex-
ploring journalism. (N '43)
Juvenile literature
Burt, O. W. Peter's story goes to press. (Ap
Journalism, Pictorial
Mich, D. D., and Eberman, E. Technique of
the picture story. (My *46)
Journalism in wartime. Mott. F. L., ed. (O '44)
Journalists
Bulman, D., ed. Molders of opinion. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Fisher. C. Columnists. (My '44)
McNamara, J. Extra! (Je '45)
Oestreicher, J. C. World is their beat. (F '46)
(1945 Annual) »
Saturday Evening Post (periodical). Post
biographies of famous journalists. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Abend, H. My life in China, 1926-1941. (D '43)
Beattie, E. W. Freely to pass. (D '42)
Bmgray, M. W. Detroit is my own home town.
(My '46)
Bojano, F. In the wake of the goose-step. (S
'45)
Booker, E. L.., and Potter, J. S. Flight from
China. (O '45)
Casey, R. J. Such interesting people. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Gayn, M. J. Journey from the East. (My '44)
Gervasi, F. War has seven faces. (Je '42)
Hiett, H. No matter where. (My '44)
Irwin, W. H. Making of a reporter. (D '42)
Jordan, M. Beyond all fronts. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Koenigsberg, M. King news. (My '42)
Look (periodical). My favorite war story.
(D '45)
Mackey, J. Froth estate. (Ag '46)
Manning, M. Ladies now and then. (Je '44)
Matthews, H. L. Education of a correspond-
ent. (Ag '46)
Mowrer, P. S. House of Europe. (N '45)
Oakes, V. A. White man's folly. (Mr '43)
Packard, R. and E. Balcony empire. (D '42)
Parsons, L. O. Gay illiterate. (Mr '44)
Powell, J. B. My twenty- five years in China.
(D '45)
Reynolds, Q. J. Convoy. (Mr '42)
Reynolds, Q. J. Only the stars are neutral.
(Ag '4^)
Riess, C., ed. They were there. (S '44)
Schulman, S. Where's Sammy? (D '43)
Sedgwick, E. Happy profession. (N '46)
Sevareid, E. Not so wild a dream. <N '46)
Sheean, V. Between the thunder and the
sun. (Ap '43)
Smith, A. M. Thank you, Mr President. (N
46}
Smith, H. A. Life in a putty knife factory.
(Ap '43)
Smith, H. A. Lost in the horse latitudes.
Stewart. K. N. News is what we make it.
Tabouis, G. R. They called me Cassandra.
(Ap '42)
Thompson. H. M. Leg man. (Mr '48)
Ybarra, T. R. Young man of the world. (D
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1149
Journals. Newcomb, C. K. (My '46)
Journals and letters of the little locksmith.
Hathaway, K. B. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Journey. Smith, R. P. (O '43) , §^v
Journey among warriors. Curie. B. (Je '43)
Journey cake. McMeekin, I. M. (D '42)
Journey down a blind alley. Borden, M. (N 46)
Journey from the Bast. Gayn, M. J. (My '44)
Journey home. Eng title of: Home fires burn-
ing. Henriques, R. D. Q. (S '45)
Journey home. Popkin, Z. (S 45)
Journey in the dark. Flavin, M. (N *43)
Journey into America. Peattie. D. C. (N *43)
Journey^ into China. Cressy-Marcks, V. O. R.
Journey into the fog. Goodhue, C. (Mr '44)
Journey into war. MacVano, J. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Journey through chaos. Alexandrov, V. (S '45)
Journey through chaos. Meyer, A. E. B. (O *44)
Journey through my years. Cox, J. M. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Journey to the interior. Newby, P. H. (N '46)
Journey to work. Liepmann, K. K. (S *44)
Journey underground. Prosser, D. Q. (D '45)
Joy. Bernanos, G. (N '46)
Joy in the morning. Wodehouse, P. G. (O *46)
Joyce, James
Campbell, J., and Robinson, H. M. Skeleton
key to Finnegans wake. (S '44)
Levin, H. James Joyce. (Ap '42)
Juan de Yeppes. See John of the Cross, Saint
Juarez, Benlto Pablo
Juvenile literature
Baker, N. B. Juarez, hero of Mexico. (D '42)
Juba's new moon. McMeekin, I. M. (D '44)
Judd Rankin's daughter. Glaspell, S. (D '45)
Judge sums up. Farjeon, J. J. (S '42)
Judges
Calamandrei, P. Eulogy of judges. (Ap '43)
Haynes. B. Selection and tenure of judges.
(N '45)
Judgment (logic)
Gall, M. Judicial decision and practical judg-
ment. (N '46)
Judgment of the nations. Dawson, C. H. (Ag
743) (1942 Annual)
Judgment of the old regime. Belk, P. H. (Ap
45)
Judicial decision and practical judgment. Gall,
M. (N '46)
Judicial function in federal administrative
agencies. Chamberlain, J. P., and others.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Judith. Whitney, J. P. (D »43)
Judy at the zoo. Maloney, T. J. (O '45)
Judy goes sailing. Becker. C. (N '43)
Judy's farm visit. Becker, C. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Juggernaut of the rangers. Strickland, H. H.
(N '46)
Jule. Henderson. G. W. (N *46)
Julia and the White House. McAdoo, E. R. \V.
(D '46)
Juliet dies twice. Lewis, L. (Ap '43>
Jumbee, and other uncanny tales. Whitehead,
H. S. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Jumbo Sambo. Bannerman, H. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
Jump lively, Jeff! Darby, A. C. (D *42)
Jumper. Kalashnikoff. N. (D '44)
Juneau, the sleigh dog. Lathrop, W. (Je '42)
Jung, Carl Gustav
Jacobi, J. Psychology of Jung. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Jungle animals. Buck, F., and Fraser, F. L.
(Mr '46)
Jungle boy. Carveth, L. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Jungle harvest. Gill, T. (My '48)
Jungle highway. Felsen, G. (Je '42)
Jungle Journey Waldeck, J M. (S '46)
Jungle people. Henry, J. (O '42)
Junior air raid wardens. Bechdolt, J. B. (D
*42)
Junior book of camping and woodcraft. Mason,
B. S. (8 43)
Junior colleges
Kpos, L. V. Integrating high school and col-
lege. (S '46)
Sexson, J. A. and Harbeson, J. W. New
American college. (My '46)
Junior high school education. Smith. M. M.,
and others. (Je '43)
Junior high schools
Smith, M. M., and others. Junior high school
education. (Je '43)
Junior miss. Chodorov, J., and Fields. J. (My
'42)
Junior model planes. Powell, J. D. (N '45)
Junior sports anthology. Kelley, R. F., ed. (O
'45)
Junker in the Prussian administration under
William II. Muncy. L. W. (Je '45)
Junker menace. Martin. F. (S '45)
Juridical folklore in England. Spargo, J. W.
(S '44)
Jurisprudence
Bent ham, J. Limits of jurisprudence defined.
(D '45)
Gurvich, G. D. Sociology of law. (Je *42)
Just and the unjust. Cozzens, J. G. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Just before dawn. Green, A. (Ap '43)
Just Jenifer. Lambert. J. (O '45)
Just like a woman! Kidd, E. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Just like me. MacKay. R. (D '46)
Just Mary stories. Grannan. M. E. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Justice
Brunner, H. E. Justice and the social order.
(Ap '46)
Stapleton, L. Justice and world society. (8
Justice, Administration of
Frank, J. If men were angels. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Pound. R. Administrative law. (O '43)
Confederate States of America
Robinson, W. M. Justice in grey. (Ap *42)
Justice and the social order. Brunner, H. E.
(Ap '46)
Justice and world society. Stapleton, L (S '44)
Justice deferred. Raine, W. M. (Je '42)
Justice for my people. Frankenstein, B. (Ap
•46)
Justice in grey. Robinson. W. M. (Ap '42)
Justice in transportation. Wiprud. A. C. (O '46)
Justin Morgan had a horse. Henry, M. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Juvenile courts
Kelley, C. M. Friend in court. (Je '42)
Juvenile delinquency
Carr-Saunders, A. M., and others. Young
offenders. (Je '43)
Crow, L D. and A. V. Our teen-age boys
and girls. (Ap '46)
Kelley, C. M. Friend in court. (Je '42)
Kvaraceus. W. C. Juvenile delinquency and
the school. (Ap '46)
Mallon, P. R. Ease era. (D '45)
Porterfteld, A. L. Youth in trouble. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Shanas. E., and Dunning, C. E. Recreation
and delinquency. (N '43)
Shaw, C. R., and McKay, H. D. JUvenile
delinquencv and urban areas. (Ap *43)
Thurston, H. W. Concerning juvenile de-
linquencv. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Juvenile delinquency and the school. Kvara-
ceus, W. C. (Ap '46)
Juvenile delinquency and urban areas. Shaw.
C R.. and McKay, H. D. (Ap '43)
Kafka, Franz
Flores, A., ed. Kafka problem. (D '46)
Kaingangue Indians
Henry, J. Jungle people. (O '42)
Kaiser, Henry J.
DeKruif, P. H. Kaiser wakes the doctors.
(O »43)
Kamala, the wolf girl
Singh. J. A. L.. and Zing*. R. M. Wolf-
children and Feral man. (My '43)
K'ang Hsi, emperor of China
Hibbert, E. T. Jesuit adventure in China.
(Ap '42)
Kansas
MaJIn, J. C. John Brown and the legend of
fifty-six. (8 *43)
Kansas Irish. Driscoll, C. B. (Je *43)
1150
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Kant, Immanuel
Cassirer, E. Rousseau, Kant, Goethe. (S '45)
Kaputt. Malaparte, C. (D '46)
Kate Fennigate. Tarkington, B. (Je '43)
Kate Russell, wartime nurse. Lansing, E. H.
(Ap '42)
Katharine Kent. Gardner, M. S. (S '46)
Katherine Christian. Walpole, H. (Ag '43)
Kathrine. Habe, H. (O '43)
Katrina. Gleitsmann, H. (D '45)
Katy and the big snow. Burton, V. L. (Ja
*44) (1943 Annual)
Katy no-pocket. Payne, B. (O '44)
Kay Allen on overseas mission. Simmons, M.
I. <Je '46)
Kaye-Smith, Sheila (Mrs Penrose Fry)
Kaye-Smith, S. Kitchen fugue. (O '45)
Kean, Charles John
Kean, C. J. and E. T. Letters . . . relating
to their American tours [ed] by W. G. B.
Carson. (Ap '46)
Kean, Ellen (Tree)
Kean, C. J. and E. T. Letters . . . relating
to their American tours [ed] by W. G. B.
Carson. (Ap '46)
Keats, John
Bate, W. J. Stylistic development of Keats
(D '46)
Birkenhead, S. B. S. Against oblivion. (S '44)
Caldwell, J. R. John Keats' fancy. (Je '46)
Ford, G. H. Keats and the Victorians. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Rollins, H. E. Keats' reputation in America
to 1848. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Williams, B. C. Forever voung. (My '43)
Keats and the Victorians. Ford, G. H. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Keats' reputation in America to 1848. Rollins,
H. E. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Kechua Indians
Parsons, E. W. C. Peguche. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Keenan, John L.
Keenan, J. L. Steel man in India. (D '43)
Keene cement craft. Radtke, O. A. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Keep it crisp. Perelman, S. J. (O '46)
Keep my flag flying. Carroll, M. T. (D '45)
Keep singing, keep humming. Bradford, M.,
comp. (My '46)
Keep the jpeace through air power. Michie, A.
Keep^'em crawling. Upson, W. H. (Mr '43)
Keep them human. Dixon, C. M, (Ja '43)
Keep themnilaughing. Geister, E. (D '44)
Keep your head down. Bernstein, W. S. (Je
'45)
Keeper of the flame. Wylie, I. A. R. (Je '42)
Keeping your church informed. Brodie, W. A.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Keith, George
Kirby, E. W. George Keith. (Je '42)
Keller's continental revue. Barnbrick, W. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Kellogg treaty. See Pact of Paris, 1928
Kellyhorns. Cooney, B. (S '42)
Kelsen, Hans
Ebenstein, W. Pure theory of law. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Kemble, John Philip
Baker, H. C. John Philip Kemble. (Je '42)
Kempe, Margery
Kempe, M. B. Book of Margery Kempe. (O
•44)
Kendall, George Wilkins
Copeland, F. Kendall of the Picayune. (Ag
•43)
Kendall, Messmore
Kendall, M. Never let weather interfere. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Kenna, Michael
Wendt, L., and Kogan, H. Lords of the
Levee. (Mr '43)
Kenneth Roberts reader. Roberts, K. L. (D '45)
Kenny, Elizabeth
Kenny, E., and Ostenso, M. And they shall
walk. (O *48)
Kenny concept of infantile paralysis and its
treatment. Pohl, J, F. M., and Kenny, E.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Kenton, Simon
Juvenile literature
Clark, T. D. Simon Kenton, Kentucky scout.
(Je '43)
Kentucky
Beers, H. W., ed. Kentucky. (Ap »46)
Harlow, A. F. Weep no more, my lady. (Ag
•42)
History
Clark, T. D. The Kentucky. (Mr '42)
Social life and customs
Day, J. F. Bloody ground. (Ap '42)
The Kentucky. Clark, T. D. (Mr '42)
Kentucky poor law. Sunley, E. M. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Kentucky river
Clark. T. D. The Kentucky. (Mr '42)
Kentucky state budget system. Martin, J. W.,
and Briscoe, V. (O '46)
Kentucky. University
McVey, F. Le R. University is a place ... a
spirit. (Mr '45
Keokuk, Sauk chief
Lockwood, M. Indian chief. (Je '43)
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Murdoch, A. Boom copper. (My '43)
Key, Francis Scott
Juvenile literature
Holland, R. S. Freedom's flag. (S '43 >
Key. Wentworth, P. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Key of the chest. Gunn, N. M. (S '46)
Key to Japan. Price, W. D. (Mr '46)
Key to the universe. (Je '44)
Key to weaving. Black, M. E. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual) „
Keynes, John Maynard Keynes, 1st baron
Mantoux, E. Carthaginian peace. (N '46)
Marget, A. W. Theory of prices, v2. (My '43)
Swanson, E. W., and Schmidt, E. P. Eco-
nomic stagnation or progress. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Keys to the house. Marion, E. (My *44)
Keystone kids. Tunis. J. R. (O '43)
Khaizuran
Abbott, N. Two queens of Baghdad. (N '46)
Khaki is more than a color. Marsden, M. H. E.
(Je '43)
Kickapoo Indian trails. Hoad, L. G. (My '46)
Kickapoo Indians
Juvenile literature
Hoad, L. G. Kickapoo Indian trails. (My '45)
Kid comes back. Tunis. J. R. (D '46)
Kids out our way. Williams, J. R. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye
Lowrie, W. Short life of Kierkegaard. (Ap
•43)
Swenson, D. F. Something about Kierkegaard.
(My '42)
Kikl and Muffy. Steiner, C. (D '43)
Kilgour's mare. Lamond, H. G. (N '43)
Kill joy. Holding, E. S. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Kill or cure. Francis, W. (O '42)
Killer and the slain. Walpole, H. (Je '42)
Killers all! Gattl. A. (S '43)
Killers of Green's Cove. Grinstead, J. E. (Ap
*42)
Killing of the peace. Cranston, A. M. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Killing the goose. Lockrldge, F. L. D. and R.
(Mr '44)
Kimball collection. Corbett. E. F. (Ao '42)
Kimbi, Jungle Indian. Williams, H. L. (F *43)
(1942 Annual)
Kindness
Cleghoro, 3. N. Seamless robe. (S '45)
King, William Aurellus
Sonnichsen, C. L. Billy King's Tombstone.
(Ag '42)
King, William Lyon Mackenzie
Ludwig, E. Mackenzie King. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual
King is dead on Queen street. Walz, A. (O '45)
King Jesus. Graves, R. (N '46)
King liveth. Farnol, J. ( Je *44)
King news. Koenigsberg, M. (My '42)
King of the cats. O'Faofilin, B. (O '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1151
King tree. Boecop-Malye. M. T. C. (Mr '44)
Kingdom of flying1 men. Litten, F. N. (D '46)
Kingdom of God
Cadoux, C. J. Historic mission of Jesus. (O
'43)
Rand, H. B. Digest of the divine iaw. (Ag
'43)
Sharman, H. B. Son of man. (My '44)
Weatherhead, L. D. In quest of a kingdom.
Kingdom of the rocks. Saint ExupeYy, C. de.
(P '47) (1946 Annual)
Kingdon, Frank
Kingdon, F. Jacob's ladder. (Ag '43)
Kings and desperate men. Kronenberger, L.
King's general. Du Maurier, D. (Mr *46)
King's passenger. Schachner, N. (Je '42)
Klowa Indians
Marriott, A. L. Ten grandmothers. (Mr '45)
Kipling, Rudyard
Brown. H. Rudyard Kipling. (Mr '46)
Carpenter, L. R. Rudyard Kipling, a friendly
profile. (S '43)
Juvenile literature
Braddy, N. Rudyard Kipling, son of empire.
(Ag '42)
Kiss and kill. Strobel, M. (S '46)
Kiss and tell. Herbert, F. H. (Ag '44)
Kiss of death. Bachmann, L. P. (O '46)
Kiss the blood off my hands. Butler. Q. (Ap
•46)
Kit Carson, boy trapper. Stevenson. A. (D '45)
Kitchen fugue. Kaye-Smith. S. (O '45)
Kitchens near and far. Smith, H. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Kitchen utensils
Gould, M. E. Early American wooden ware
and other kitchen utensils. (N '42)
Kitten stand. Coatsworth, E. J. (Ap '46)
Kittens' ABC. Newberry, C. T. (Ja '47) (194G
Annual)
Kitten's tale. Chalmers, A. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Kitty. Marshall, R. V. (D '43)
Kitty come down. Bacon, F. E. A. (Je '44 )
Klee Wyck. Carr, M. E. (Ag '42)
Klondike Mike. Denison, M. (My '43)
Knapp, Seaman Asahel
Bailey, J. C. Seaman A. Knapp. (O '45)
Knave of diamonds. Marks, P. (S '43)
Knife in my back. Merwin, S. (My '45)
Knife in the dark. Cole, G. D. H. and M. I. P.
(My '42)
Knife will fall. Cumberland, M. (S '44)
Knight missing. Barrington, H. (Ap *45)
Knight of El Dorado. Arciniegas, G. (Je *42)
Knight of the revolution. Dean, S. W. CAp '42)
Knight of the wilderness. Shore, M., and
Oblinger, M. M. (Je '43)
Knight there was. England, M. (N '45)
Knights of the cape. Palma. R. (S '45)
Knitting
Thomas, M. H. Book of knitting patterns.
(My '45)
Knoll island. Chamberlain, G. A. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Knots and rope. Davis, P., and Van de Water,
M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Knots and splices
Ashley, C. W. Ashley book of knots. (S *44)
Davis, F., and Van de Water, M. Knots and
rope. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Graumont, R. Handbook of knots. (Mr '46)
Graumont, R., and Hensel, J. Splicing wire
and fiber rope. (Je '45)
Kennedy, W. J. Pre-service course in shop
practice. (Je *43)
Knott, Middleton O'Maltey
Knott, M. O., and Cooper, P. Gone away with
O'Malley. (D '44)
Knotted string. Brearley, H. (Ag '42)
Know thyself] Carr. W. (My '45)
Know your cat. Hickey, J. H., and Beach, P.
A. (Ag '46)
Know your hay fever. Sperling. A. P. (My
Know your merchandise. Wingate, I. B., and
others. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Know your navy now! Ford, F. A. (S '43)
Knowing the weather, kongstreth, T. M. (D
'43)
Knowledge, Theory of
Burke, K. Grammar of motives. (Ap '46)
Negley, G. Organization of knowledge. (Je
'42)
Ramsperger, A. G. Philosophies of science.
(O '42)
Knox, John Clark
Knox, J. C. Order in the court. (Je *43)
Knuckles down! Martin, F. G. M. (N '42)
Knudson, Albert Cornelius
Brightman, E. S., ed. Personal ism in theol-
ogy. (D '44)
Koenigsberg, Moses
Koenigsberg, M. King news. (My '42)
Kollwitz, Kaethe (Schmidt)
Kollwitz, K. S. Kaethe Kollwitz. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Kommander islands
Hrdli£ka, A. Aleutian and Commander is-
lands and their inhabitants. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Kongo. Belgian
Gatti, E. M. W. Exploring we would go. (Je
Latouche, J. T. Congo. (S '45)
Koo, Hui-lan (Oei)
Koo, H. O. Hui-lan-Koo. (N '43)
Koos, the Hottentot. Marais, J. (D '45)
Korea »-
Grajdanzev, A. J. Modern Korea. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Oliver, R. T. Korea. (N f44)
Foreign relations
Harrington, F. H. God, mammon, and the
Japanese. (My '44)
Nelson, M. F. Korea and the old orders in
eastern Asia. (S '45)
Korea and the old orders in eastern Asia. Nel-
son, M. F. (S '45)
Kouroi. Richter, G. M. A. and I. A. (N '43)
Krazy Kat. Herriman, G. (D '46)
Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus
Cloete, S. Against these three. (S '45)
Kulturkampf
Kolbeck, Sister Orestes. American opinion on
the kulturkampf. (N '43)
Kuo, Helena
Kuo, C. I've come a long way. (Je '42)
Kurokl, Ben
Martin, R. G. Boy from Nebraska. (D '46)
Kurtz, Frank Allen
Kurtz, M. R. My rival, the sky. (Ag '45)
Kwakiutl Indians
Novell, C. J. Smoke from their fires. (My
•42)
Kwoma tribe
Whiting, J. W. M. Becoming a Kwoma. (O
'42)
La Quintrala. Petit Marfan, M. (N '42)
Labor (obstetrics)
Read, G. D. Childbirth without fear. (My
Labor and laboring classes
Duggins, G. H., and Eastwood, F. R. Plan-
ning industrial recreation. (Je '42)
Gordon, M. How to tell progress from re-
action. (N '44)
McConagha, W. A. Development of the labor
movement in Great Britain, France and
Germany. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Myers, J. Do you know labor? (S *43)
Oxnam, G. B. Labor and tomorrow's world.
(D *45)
Taft, P. Economics and problems of labor
(D '43)
Education
See Education of workers
Statistics
Special libraries association. Social science
group. Source list of selected labor statis-
tics. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Transportation
Liiepmann, K. K. Journey to work. (S '44)
1152
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Labor and laboring classes — Continued
Africa
Noon. J. A. Labor problems of Africa. (J«
'46)
California
Huntingdon. E. H. Doors to Jobs. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
China
Shih, K. China enters the machine age. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Snow, H. F. Chinese labor movement. (Ap
'45)
England
De Schweinitz, K. England's road to social
security. (O '43)
Europe
Sturmthal, A. F. Tragedy of European labor,
1918-1939. (Je '43)
Germany
Kuczynski, J. Germany: economic and la-
bour conditions under fascism. (Je '45)
Oppenheimer-Bluhm, H. Standard of living
of German labor under Nazi rule. (O '43)
Great Britain
Bevin, E. Balance sheet of the future. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Kuczynski, J. Labour conditions in Great
Britain. (Ag '46)
Scheu, F. J. British labor and the Beveridge
plan. (S '43)
New Haven
McConnell, J. W. Evolution of social classes.
(My '43)
New York (state)
Hurwitz, H. L. Theodore Roosevelt and labor
in New York state. (Je '44)
Philippine Islands
Kurihara, K. K. Labor in the Philippine
economy. (S '46)
Poland
Gross, F. Polish worker. (S '46)
Russia
Hubbard, L. E. Soviet labour and industry.
(S *4JO
Shanghai
Hinder, E. M. Life and labour in Shanghai.
(N '44)
South Africa
Tinley, J. M. Native labor problem of South
Africa. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
United States
Anderson, H. D., and Davidson, P. E. Ameri-
can job trends. (My '42)
Bureau of national affairs. Washington, D.C.
Collective bargaining contracts. (Je '42)
Fa bn cant, 8. Employment in manufactur-
ing, 1899-1939. (S '43)
Fitzpatrick, B. H. Understanding labor. (F
'46) (1946 Annual)
Golden, C. S.. and Ruttenberg, H. J. Dynam-
ics of industrial democracy. (Je '42)
Hawes, E. Hurry up, please, its time. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Lahne. H. J. Cotton mill worker. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Levenstein, A. Labor today and tomorrow.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Morris, R. B. Government and labor in early
America. (Je '46)
Northrup, H. R. Organized labor and the
Negro. (My '44)
Patterson, S. H. Social aspects of industry.
(O '44)
Pesotta, R. Bread upon the waters. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Twentieth century fund, inc. Labor commit-
tee. How collective bargaining works.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Walters, J. E. Personnel relations. (S '45)
Woytinsky, W. S. Three aspects of labor
dynamics. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Zahler, H. S. Eastern workingmen and na-
tional land policy. (AD '42)
Labor and the law. Gregory, C. O. (N '46)
Labor and tomorrow's world. Oxnam, G. B. (D
'45)
Labor baron. Wechsler, J. A. (S '44)
Labour conditions in Great Britain. Kuczynski,
J. (Ag '46)
Labor contract
Bureau of national affairs, Washington, D.C.
Collective bargaining contracts. (Je '42)
Me Naught on, W. L. Development of labor
relations law. (My '42)
Norgren, P. H. Swedish collective bargaining
system. (Ap '42)
Pierson, F. C. Collective bargaining systems.
(Je '43)
Robbins, J. J. Government of labor relations
in Sweden. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Twentieth century fund, inc. Labor com-
mittee. How collective bargaining works.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Labor courts
Braun, K. Settlement of Industrial disputes.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Labor in America. Faulkner, H. U., and Starr,
M. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Labor in the Philippine economy. Kurihara,
K. K. (S '46)
Labor laws and legislation
Eby, H. O. Labor relations act in the courts.
(Je '43)
Gregory, C. O. Labor and the law. (N '46)
Lorch. A. Trends in European social legisla-
tion between the two world wars. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Metz, H. W. Labor policy of the federal gov-
ernment. (Je '46)
Teller, L. Labor policy for America. (O '46)
Pennsylvania
Trachtenberg, A. History of legislation for
the protection ef coal miners in Pennsyl-
vania. (O '42)
Sweden
Norgren, P. H. Swedish collective bargaining
system. (Ap '42)
Robbins, J. J. Government of labor relation**
in Sweden. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
United States
Abernethy, B. R. Liberty concepts in labor
relations. (S '43)
Garland, J. V., comp. Federal regulation of
labor unions. (My '42)
Mclver, M. E., and others, eds. Technolo-
gists' stake in the Wagner act. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
McNaughton, W. L. Development of labor
relations law. (My '42)
Labor laws and legislation, International
Dillon, C. H. International labor conventions.
(N '42)
Labor lawyer. Waldman, L. (O '44)
Labor-management economics. Owen, W. V.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Labor policy for America. Teller, L. (O '46)
Labor policy of the federal government. Metz.
H. W. (Je '46)
Labor problems of Africa. Noon. J. A. (Je '45)
Labor relations act in the courts. Eby, H. O.
(Je '43)
Labor supply
Williams, G. R. Price of social security.
(N '44)
United States
Lester, R. A. Providing for unemployed
workers In the transition. (My '46)
Labor today and tomorrow. Levenstein, A. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Labor turnover
Myers, C. A., and Maclaurin, W. R. Move-
ment of factory workers. (S '44)
Woytinsky, W. S. Three aspects of labor
dynamics. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Laboratory manual for chemical and bacterial
analysis of water and sewage. Theroux, F.
R., and others. (N '43)
Laboratory manual of explosive chemistry.
Olsen, A. L., and Greene, J. W. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Laboratory manual of spot tests. Feigl, F. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual)
Labor's voice in the cabinet. Lombard!, J. (My
•43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1153
Labrador
Leech man, J. D. Eskimo summer. (O '46)
Merrick, E. Northern nurse. (Ap '42)
Labyrinth. Roberts. C. (Je '44)
La Cloche, James de
Fiction
Pilgrim, D. Grand design. (O '43)
Pilgrim, D. No common glory. (My '42)
La Condamine, Charles Marie de
Von Hagen. V. W. South America called
them. (Mr '45)
Lacquer and lacquering
Gardner, H. A., and Sward, G. G. Physical
and chemical examination of paints, var-
nishes, lacquers and colors. (N 46)
Ladder mystery. Lee, A. (S '42)
Ladder of history. Hall, J. W., and Burke, M.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Ladder of progress in Palestine. McCown, C.
C. (N '43)
Ladders to flre. Nin, A. (D '46)
Ladies in boxes. Burgess, G. (Je '42)
Ladies now and then. Manning, M. (Je '44)
Lady and the arsenic. Long, G. M. V. C. (Mr
'44)
Lady and the lions. Kennedy, B. (D *42)
Lady and the Tigers. Greenlaw, O. S. (O '48)
Lady be fit! Nye, D. (D '42)
Lady in a million. Shane, S. (S '43)
Lady in a wedding dress. Shane, S. (Ap '43)
Lady in danger. Shane, S. (Ap '42)
Lady in no. 4. Eng title of: Coroner's verdict:
accident. Hosken, C. J. W.- (Ag '45)
Lady in the lake. Chandler, R. (D '43)
Lady in the mask. Green, A. (Ap '42)
Lady in waiting. Gallagher, R. (S '43)
Lady killer. Holding, B. S. (Je '42)
Lady Leatherneck. White, B. A. (S '45)
Lady like the moon. Wimsatt, G. B. (D '45)
Lady means business. Buchanan, A. (Mr '43)
Lady of ni*ht. Barry. J. (Mr *44)
Lady Sarah Lennox. Curtis, B. R. (Ap *46)
Lady to kill. Dent, L. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Lady with parasol. Corbett, E. P. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lady's pleasure. (Ag '46)
Lafarge, Mme Marie Fortunee (Cappelle) Pouch
Fiction
Long, G. M. V. C. Lady and the arsenic. (Mr
'44)
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert
du Metier, marquis de
Gottschalk, L. R. LaFayette and the close of
the American revolution. (Je '42)
LafCy of the navy salvage divers. Vinton, I.
(N '44)
La Follette, Robert Marion
Lovejoy, A. F. La Follette and the establish-
ment of the direct primary in Wisconsin.
(Je '42)
Lainez, Diego
Fichter, J. H. James Laynez, Jesuit. (S '44)
Laissez faire
Twiss, B. R. Lawyers and the Constitution.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lake Champlain and Lake George. Van de
Water, F. F. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Lake Erie. Hatcher, H. H. (O '45)
Lake guns of Seneca and Cayuga. Drummond,
A. M., and Gard, R. B., eds. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Lake Huron. Landon, F. (My '44)
Lake Michigan. Quaife, M. M. (O '44)
Lake Ontario, Pound. A. (Ag '45)
Lake Pontchartrain. Roberts, W. A. (D '46)
Lake Superior. Nute. G. L. (S '44)
Lamb. Charles
Anthony, K. S. The Lambs. (Ap '45)
Howe, W. D. Charles Lamb and his friends.
(Ap '44)
Lamb, Mary Ann
Anthony, K. S. The Lambs. (Ap '45)
Lambeth conferences
Curtis, W. R. Lambeth conferences. (Je '42)
Lament for the chieftains. Bacon, M. (Ja '43)
. (1942 Annual)
Lamont, Thomas William
Lament, T. W. My boyhood in a parsonage.
Lamps of liberty. Pellowe, W. C. S. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Lance of Longinus. Loewenstein, H. (Mr '46)
Lance of Mystery hollow. Langdale, H. L. R.
(N '45)
Land. O'Flaherty, L. (Je '46)
Land and people of Brazil. Brown, R. J. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Land and the people of India. Modak, M. R.
(N '45)
Land and the well. Wernher, H. (N '46)
Land divided. Mack, G. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Land-grant colleges
Ross, E. D. Democracy's college. (S '42)
Land hunger. Rister, C. C. (Mr '43)
Land I have chosen. Berlin. E. (S '44)
Land I live. Longstreet, S. (Ap '43)
Land is bright. Ferber, E., and Kaufman, G. S.
(Ap '42)
Land of cotton, and other plays. Edmonds, R.
(My '43)
Land of enchantment. Haig, G. C. (Je '46)
Land of Prester John. Sanceau, E. (Je *44)
Land of promise. Barnard, J. L. (O *42)
Land of promise. Havighurst, W. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Land of suspense. Berggrav, E. J. (N '43)
Land of the Chinese people. Yaukey, G. S.
(Ag '45)
Land of the Dacotahs. Nelson, B. O. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Land of the English people. Street, A. (S *46)
Land of the free. Hockett, H. C., an<LSchles-
inger, A. M. (N '44)
Land of the great image. Collis, M. (S '43)
Land of the Lost. Hewson. I. M. (Ag '45)
Land of the Polish people. Kelly. E. P. (N '43)
Land of the Russian people. Nazaroff, A. I.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Land of the Torreones. Kelland, C. B. (Ap *46)
Land of unlikeness. Lowell, R. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Land of unreason. Pratt, F., and De Camp,
L. S. (S '42)
Land of William of Orange. Barnouw, A. J.
(Je »44)
Land renewed. Van Dersal, W. R., and Gra-
ham. E. H. (Je '46)
Land tenure
Tucker, G. M. For the good of all. (O '44)
Nebraska
Diller, R. Farm ownership, tenancy, and land
use in a Nebraska community. (Ap '42)
New York (state)
Ellis, D. M. Landlords and farmers in the
Hudson-Mohawk region. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Tennessee
Clark, B. H. Tennessee yeomen. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
United States
Zahler, H. S. Eastern workingmen and na-
tional land policy. (Ap '42)
Land title origins. Chandler, A. N. (S '46)
Land titles
United States
Chandler, A. N. Land title origins. (S '46)
Land utilization
Graham, E. H. Natural principles of land
use. (Ag '44)
Pelzer, K. J. Pioneer settlement in the Asi-
atic tropics. (D '45)
Van Dersal, W. R. American land. (O '48)
Land we live on. Fenton, C. L. and M. A. (S
'44)
Land where time stands still. Miller, M. (My
'43)
Land workers. Masefteld, J. (Ap '43)
Landing operations. Vagts, A. (D '46)
Landlords and farmers in the Hudson -Mohawk
region. Ellis, D. M. (Ja "47) (1946 Annual)
Lands and peoples. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Lands away. Marlatt, B. B. (F '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Landscape gardening
Chase, I. W. U. Horace Walpole: gardenist.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Farnham, R. H., and Ingham, V., eds.
Grounds for living. (Je '46)
O'Donnell. T. C., ed. Garden for you. (S '46)
Root, R. R. Camouflage with planting. (O *42>
Steck, H. W. Right in your own backyard.
(N '42)
Landslide. Gilbert, S. (Mr '44)
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Language and languages
Bodmer, P. Loom of language. (Ap '44)
Casslrer. E. Language and myth. (Mr '46)
Chadwick, H. M. Nationalities of Europe and
the growth of national ideologies. (S '46)
Kasanin. J. S., ed. Language and thought in
schizophrenia. (My '45)
Pei, M. A. Languages for war and peace.
(My '44)
Schlauch, M. Gift of tongues. (Je '42)
Stevenson, C. L. Ethics and language. (Ag
'45)
Study and teaching
Kaulfers, W. V., and others, eds. Foreign
languages and cultures in American educa-
tion. (Ap '43)
Language and myth. Casslrer, E. (Mr '46)
Language and thought in schizophrenia. Kasa-
nin. J. S., ed. (My '45)
Language in action. Hayakawa, S. I. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Language of poetry. Tate. A., ed. (My '42)
Language of vision. Kepes, Q. (Ag '45)
Language of World war II. Taylor, A. M.,
comp. (Mr '45)
Languages, Modern
Study and teaching
Huse, H. R. Reading and speaking foreign
languages. (O *46)
Languages and press of Africa. MacDougald, D.
(N '44)
Languages for war and peace. Pei, M. A. (My
'44)
Lao TzQ
Maurer, H Old Fellow. (Je *43)
Laplace transformation
Churchill, R. V. Modern operational mathe-
matics in engineering. (O *44)
Larger than the sky. Newcomb, C. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Lark. Simmons, H. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lark, radio singer. Olds, H. D. (O '46)
Lark Rise to Candleford. Thompson, F. (O '45)
Larkin, Thomas Oliver
Underhill, R. L. From cowhides to golden
fleece. (D '46)
Larks of Umbria. Schtmberg, A. P. (My '43)
Larrish Hundred. Beverley-Giddmgs, A. K. (Ap
•42)
Larry and the undersea raider. Farley, W. (Ag
'42)
Larry Scott of the Sun. Ford, E. (S '45)
Last boat from Beyrouth. Brier, R. (Je '43)
Last chapter. Pyle, E. T. (Ag *46)
Last circle. Ben4t, S. V. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Last cruise of the Jeannette. Montgomery, R.
G. (S '44)
Last days of Sevastopol. Voitekhov, B. I. (Je
'43)
Last enemy. Eng title of: Falling through
space. Hillary, R. H. (Mr '42)
Last flight from Singapore. Donahue, A. G.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Last flowering of the middle ages. Elst, J. V.
(Mr '45)
Last inspection. Lewis, A. (S '43)
Last laugh, Mr. Moto. Marquand, J. P. (Mr '42)
Last leaves. Leacock, S. B. (N '45)
Last man. Kees, W. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Last man comes home. Longstreet, S. (D '42)
Last man off "Wake island. Bayler, W. L. J.
(Je '43)
Last mountains. Case, R. O. and V. (N '45)
Last of summer. O'Brien. K. (My '43)
Last of the bad men. Monaghan, J. (S '46)
Last of the cocked hats. Styron, A. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Last of the Logan. Coffin, R. (My '42)
Last of the sea otters. McCracken, H. (O '42 )
Last phase. Mlllis, W. (Je '46)
Last poems. Branch, A. H. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Last poems of Elinor Wylie. Wylie, E. H. (Ap
Last secret. Leffingwell. A. (Mr *44)
Last semester. Crawford, P. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Last straw. Shriber, I. S. (N '46)
Last stronghold of big game. Siedentopf, A. R. *
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Last time I saw Paris. Paul, E. H. (My '42)
Last time I saw them. Ford, C., and MacBain,
A. (Je '46)
Last to rest. Raymond, E. (Mr '42)
Last train from Berlin. Smith, H. K. (S '42)
Last trek of the Indians. Foreman, G. (My '46)
Last twist of the knife. Bonner, M. (S '46)
Last voyage of the Quien Sabe. Skattebol, L,
(O '44)
Last years of Henry Timrod. Hubbell, J. B.,
ed. (Je '42)
Latchstring out. Bane>, S. V. (My '44)
Late and soon. De La Pasture, E. E. M. (Ag
'43)
Late lamented lady. Blizard, M. (S '46)
Late lark singing. Daly, T. A. (My '46)
Lathe operations. King, L. E. (Je '44)
Lathes
Burghardt, H. D. Machine tool operation.
(Ap '42)
King, L. E. Lathe operations. (Je '44)
Shuman, J. T., and Bardo, L. H. How to
operate a lathe. (D '44)
Stieri. E. Engine lathe. (O '44)
• Whipple, G. G., and Baudek, A. C. Engine
lathe operations. (O '43)
Latin America
Arciniegas, G., ed. Green continent. (O '44)
Beals, C. Rio Grande to Cape Horn. (O '43)
Carlson, F. A. Geography of Latin America.
(D '43)
Cutright, P., and others. Latin America. (S
'44)
Downes, J. E., and others. Latin America and
hemisphere solidarity. (N '43)
Herring, H. C. Good neighbors. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Tnman, S. G. Latin America. (Ap '43)
James, P. E. Latin America. (My '42)
New world guides to the Latin American re-
publics, v 1. (Je '43)
New world guides to the Latin American re-
publics. v2. (O '43)
Schurz, W. L. Latfn America. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
South American handbook, 1945 (Je *46)
Trend, J. B. South America, with Mexico and
Central America (Ap '42>
United States. Office of the coordinator of
inter-American affairs. Our American
neighbors. (Je '45)
Wilgus, A. C., ed. Hispanic American es-
says. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Biography
Davis, H. E. Makers of democracy in Latin
America. (D '45)
Stewart, W., and Peterson, H. F. Builders
of Latin America. (Ap '42)
Civilization
Crawford, W. R. Century of Latin-American
thought. (N '44)
Crow. J A Epic of Latin America. (S '46)
Diffle, B. W. Latin -American civilization. (Je
'46)
Henriquez Urena, P. Literary currents in
Hispanic America. (S '45)
Hilton, R., ed. Handbook of Hispanic source
materials and research organizations in the
United States. (Ap '43)
Privitera J. F. Latin American front. (My
'46)
Study and teaching
American council on education. Committee
on the study of teaching: materials on inter-
American subjects. Latin America in school
and college teaching materials. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Commerce
Hancock, R. Opportunities in Latin America.
(Ag '46)
Olson, P. R.t and Hickman, C. A. Pan Amer-
ican economics. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Description and travel
Bullot, I. Air travel guide to Latin America.
(N 46)
Platt, R. S. Latin America, countrysides and
united regions. (Mr '43)
Reynolds, M. Hasta la vista. (S '46)
Rippy, tJ. F., and Perrigo, L. Latin America.
Severin. K. and Sorsby, L. To the south. (D
Strohrn^, J. L. I lived with Latin Americans.
Tomlinson, E. Other Americana. (S '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
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Economic conditions
Harris, S. E., ed. Economic problems of
Latin America. (Mr '45)
Olson, P. R., and Hickman, C. A. Pan Amer-
ican economics. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Privitera, J. F. Latin American front. (My
'46)
Rippy, J. F. Latin America and the indus-
trial age. (S '44)
Soule, G. H., and others. Latin America in
the future world. (Mr '46)
Foreign relations
Quintanilla, L. A Latin American speaks.
(Mr '43)
East (Far East)
Bradley, A. Trans-Pacific relations of Latin
America. (O '42)
United States
Bemis, S. F. Latin American policy of the
United States. (Je '43)
Callcott, W. H. Caribbean policy of the
United States, 1890-1920. (Ap '43)
Herring1, H. C. America and the Americas.
(D '44)
Sands, W. F., and Lalley, J. M. Our Jungle
diplomacy. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Stuart, G. H. Latin America and the United
States. (Ap '44)
Whi taker, A. P. United States and the inde-
pendence of Latin America, 1800-1830. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
History
Crow, J. A Epic of Latin America. (S '46)
Diffle, B. W. Latin-American civilization. (Je
'46)
Goetz, D. Half a hemisphere. (My '43)
Humphreys, R. A. Evolution of modern Latin
America. (D '46)
Inman, S. G., and Castafieda, C. E. History
of Latin America for schools. (O '44)
Munro, D. G. Latin American republics. (O
*42)
Rippy, J. F., and Perrigo, L. Latin America.
(Mr '46)
Robertson, W. S. History of the Latin- Ameri-
can nations. (N '43)
Shippen, K. B. New found world. (Ag *45)
Stewart, W., and Peterson. H. F. Builders
of Latin America. (Ap '42)
Whi taker, A. P. United States and the in-
dependence of Latin America, 1800-1830.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Bibliography
Wilgus, A. C. Histories and historians of
Hispanic America. (Ap '43)
Study and teaching
American council on education. Committee
on the study of teaching materials on inter-
American subjects. Latin America in school
and college teaching materials. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Industries and resources
Hancock, R. Opportunities Jn Latin America.
(Ag '46)
Rippy, J. F. Latin America and the indus-
trial age. (S '44)
Wythe, G. Industry in Latin America. (Mr
'46)
Intellectual life
Crawford, W. R. Century of Latin -American
thought. (N '44)
Whitaker, A. P., ed. Latin America and the
enlightenment, (Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Brown, H. M.. and Bailey, H. M. Our Latin
American neighbors. (D *44)
Busoni, R. Mexico and the Inca lands. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
West, W. Our good neighbors in Latin
America. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Politics
Privitera, J. F. Latin American front. (My
'46)
Relations (general) with Canada
Humphrey, J. T. P. Inter-American sys-
tem, a Canadian view. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Relations (general) with United States
Barclay, W. C. Greater good neighbor policy.
(S *45)
Green, P. L. Pan American progress. (O *42)
Reynolds, T. H., ed. Progress of Pan Ameri-
canism. (D '43)
WTiite, J. W. Our good neighbor hurdle. (O
Religion
Barclay, W. C. Greater good neighbor policy.
(S '45)
Latin America. Cutright, P., and others. (S '44)
Latin America. Rippy, J. F., and Perrlgo, L.
(Mr '45)
Latin America and hemisphere solidarity.
Downes, J. E., and others. (N '43)
Latin America and the enlightenment. Whitaker,
A. P., ed. (Je '42)
Latin America and the industrial age. Rippy,
J. F. (S '44)
Latin America and the United States. Stuart,
G. H. (Ap '44)
Latin America, countrysides and united re-
gions. Platt, R. S. (Mr *43)
Latin America in school and college teaching
materials. American council on education.
Committee on the study of teaching ma-
terials on inter- American subjects. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Latin America m the future world. Soule, G.
H., and others. (Mr '45) ^
Latin -American civilization. DifRe, B. W. (Je
'46)
Latin American front. Privitera, i. F. (My *46)
Latin American policy of the United States.
Bemis, S. F. (Je '43)
Latin American republics. Munro, D. G. (O '42)
Latin American speaks. Quintanilla, L. (Mr
'43)
Latin drama
History and criticism
Harsh, P. W. Handbook of classical drama.
(Mr '45)
Translations into English
Complete Roman drama. (D '42)
Latin key to better English. Hart, A., and
Lejeune, F. A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Latin literature
Translations into English
Guinagh, K., and Dorjahn, A. P., eds. Latin
literature m translation. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Latin literature in translation. Guinagh, K.
and Dorjahn, A. P., eds. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Latvia
Foreign relations
Graham, M. W. Diplomatic recognition of the
border states. (My '42)
Lauder, Sir Harry
Juvenile literature
Malvern, G. Valiant minstrel. (D '43)
Laugh it off. Saturday evening post (periodi-
cal). (N '44)
Laughing stock. Cerf, B. A., ed. (N '45)
Laughter of my father. Bulosan, C. (My *44)
Laughter on the hill. Parton, M. (Je '45)
Laundry
Ahern. E. New washday. (S '44)
Laura. Caspary. V. (Mr '43)
Laurel for Judy. Jacobs, H. H. (D '45)
Lautaro, Araucanlan chief
Juvenile literature
Alegria, F. Lautaro. (D '44)
Laval, Pierre
G&raud, A. Gravediggers of France. (O *44)
Lavender cat. Lowrey, J. S. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Law
Discourse upon the exposicion and under -
standinge of statutes with Sir Thomas
Berer ton's additions. (N '42)
Holmes, O. W. Mind and faith of Justice
Holmes. (Je '43)
Pound, R. Task of law. (O '44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Law — Continued
Compends
Kling. S. O. Your legal rights. (S '46)
History and criticism
Seagle. W. Quest for law. (Ag f42) (1941 An-
nual)
Philosophy
Boor s tin, D. J. Mysterious science of the law.
Ebenstein, W. Pure theory of law. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gurvich, G. D. Sociology of law. (Je '42 )
Hamburger, M. Awakening of Western le-
gal thought. (Ap '43)
K el sen, H. General theory of law and state.
(Je '46)
Northwestern university. Julius Rosenthal
foundation for general law. My philosophy
of law. (Ag '42)
Pound. R. Social control through law. (O '42)
Schlesinger, R. Soviet legal theory. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Stapleton, L. Justice and world society. (S
West, R. Conscience and society. (Je '45)
Study and teaching
Schweinburg, E. F. Law training in con-
tinental Europe. (S '46)
Vanderbilt, A. T., ed. Studying law. (Ag *46)
Germany
Xisch, G. Sachsenspiegel and Bible. (S '42)
Great Britain
Boorstin, D. J. Mysterious science of the law.
Knappen, M. M. Constitutional and legal his*
tory of England. (N '42)
McNair, A. D. Legal effects of war. (My '46)
Russia
Schlesinger, R. Soviet legal theory. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
United States
Ashmun, H. E. Your legal and business
matters and how to take care of them. (N
•42)
Brand, N. F.» and Ingram, V. M. Pastor's
legal adviser. (N '42)
McCullough, C. B. and J. R. Engineer at
law. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Law, Primitive
Llewellyn, K. N., and Hoebel, E. A. Cheyenne
way. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Law and liability in pupil transportation.
Punke. H. H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Law and orders. Allen, C. K. (S '46)
Law and peace in international relations.
Kelsen, H. (N '42)
Law as a profession
Vanderbilt, A. T., ed. Studying law. (Ag '46)
Law enforcement in colonial New York. Goe-
bel, J., and Naught on, T. R. (Mr '45)
Law man of Powder valley. Field. P. (D '42)
Law of civilization and decay. Adams, B. (S
'43)
Law of property in Shakespeare and the Eliza-
bethan drama. Clarkson, P. S., and War-
ren, C. T. (Ag '43)
Law training in continental Europe. Schwein-
burg. E. F. (S '46)
Lawful action of state military forces. Beck-
with, E. R., and others. (S '44)
Lawn games. Tunis, J. R. (S '43)
Lawrence, Gertrude
Lawrence, G. A star danced. (S '45)
Lawrence, William, bp.
Sherrill. H. K. William Lawrence. (My '43)
Lawrence Vane. Du Maurier, A. (Je '46)
Law/era
Calamandrei, P. Eulogy of judges. (Ap '43)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Allman. N. F. Shanghai lawyer. (N '43)
Bok, C. I too, Nicodemus. (N r46)
Cohen, J. H. They builded better than they
knew. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ernst. M. L. Best to yet ... (My '45)
Hays. A. a. City lawyer. (S '42)
Knox, J. C. Order in the court. (Je '43 )
Voelker, J. D. Troubleshooter. (Ap '43)
Welling, R. W. G. As the twig is bent.
(D '42)
Wellman, F. L. Success in court. (Ap '42)
Lawyers and the Constitution. Twiss, B. R.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lay my burden down. Botkin, B. A., ed. (Ag
•46) (1945 Annual)
Lay on Mac Duff! Armstrong, C. (Ap '42)
Lay that pistol down. Powell, R. P. (Ag '45)
Layman looks at the Bible. Starr, H. (N '46)
Layman's guide to naval strategy. Brodie, B.
(O '42)
Layman's guide to naval strategy. 3d ed. See
Brodie, B. Guide to naval strategy. (D '44)
Laynez, James. See Lainez, Diego
Layoff. Dean, R. G. (Mr '42)
Lays ot tne new land. Simon, C. M. H. (My
'43)
Lazarus #7. Sale, R. (Ap '42)
Leacock, Stephen Butler
Leacock, S. B. Boy I left behind me. (Mr '46>
Leacock roundabout, Leacock, S. B. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Lead a song! Wilson, H. R. (Ag '43)
Lead poisoning
Cantarow, A., and Trumper, M. Lead poi-
soning. (My '45)
Leadership
Bailard, V., and McKown, H. C. So you
were elected! (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Baxter, B., and Cassidy, R. F. Group ex-
perience. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Cope, H. F. Command at sea. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Copeland, N. Psychology and the soldier.
(S '43)
Follett, M. P. Dynamic administration. (My
'42)
Hannaford, E. S. Conference leadership in
business and industry. (Ag '46)
Laird, D. A. and E. C. L. Technique of
building personal leadership. (O '44)
Pennington, L. A., and others. Psychology
of military leadership. (Ag '43)
Reed, P. B. Personal leadership for combat
officers. (O '43)
Leadership and isolation. Jennings, H. H. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
League of frightened Philistines. Far r ell, J. T.
(Ag '45)
League of nations
Alguy, J. S. Permanent world peace. (Je '43)
Azcarate y F16rezt P. de. League of nations
and national minorities. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Bonsai, S. Unfinished business. (Mr '44)
Butler, H. B. Lost peace. (My '42)
Cranston, A. M. Killing of the peace. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Daniels, J. Wilson era, years of war and
after, 1917-1923. (Ag '46)
Davis, H. E., ed. Pioneers in world order.
(Ap '45)
Institute on world organization. World or-
ganization. (Je '43)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Reconstituting the
League of nations. (Mr '44)
Mackinder, H. J. Democratic ideals and re-
ality. (O '42)
Robinson, J., and others. Were the minorities
treaties a failure? (F '44) (1943 Annual)
World citizens association. World's destiny
and the United States. (My '42)
Zilliacus, K. Mirror of the past. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
League of nations. Secretariat
Purves, C. Internal administration of an in-
ternational secretariat. (Ag '46)
Ranshofen-Werthelmer, E. F. International
secretariat. (Ap '46)
League of nations and national minorities.
Azcarate y F16rez, P. de. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
League to enforce peace
Bar tie tt. R. J. League to enforce peace. (S
Leahy, Frank William
Ward, A. Frank Leahy and the fighting Irish.
(Ap '46)
Leaky whale. Johnson, L. and J. (D '46)
Lean with the wind. Schenck, E. (N '45)
Leaning tower. Porter. K. A. (O '44)
Leaning wind. Gessler, C. F. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Learn and live. Olson, C. M., and Fletcher,
N. D. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1157
Learned institutions and societies
National research council. Handbook of sci-
entific and technical societies and institu-
tions of the United States and Canada. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
.Learning, Psychology of
Bergen, C. M. Some sources of children's
science information. (N '43)
Bruce, W. P., and Freeman, P. S. Develop-
ment and learning. (Ag '42)
Burton, W. H. Guidance of learning activi-
ties. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Mclntosh, J. R. Learning by exposure to
wrong forms in grammar and spelling. (Ap
*45)
Murphy, L. B., and Ladd, H. A. Emotional
factors in learning. (Mr '45)
Urban, J. Behavior changes resulting from
a study of communicable diseases. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Learning and scholarship
Germany
Weinreich, M. Hitler's professors. (S '46)
Learning and teaching in the practice of social
work. Reynolds, B. C. IF '43) (1942 Annual)
Learning Basic English. Richards, I. A., and
Gibson, C. (O '45)
Learning by exposure to wrong forms In gram-
mar and spelling. Mclntosh, J. R. (Ap '45)
Learning how to behave. Schlesinger, A. M.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Learning to care for children. Bradbury, D. B.,
and Amldon, E. P. (O '43)
Least of these. Dale, C. (O '44)
Least squares
Deming, W. E. Statistical adjustment of
data. (Ag '44)
Leather
Orthmann, A. C. Tanning processes. (D '45)
Smith, P. I. Principles and processes of light
leather manufacture. (D '43)
Wilson, J. A. Modern practice in leather man-
ufacture. (Ap '42)
Leather industry and trade
McLaughlin, G. D., and Theis, E. R. Chem-
istry of leather manufacture. (D '45)
Leather man. Goldstone, L. A. (D '44)
Leather Pants. Hess, F. f Ap '42)
Leathernecks. Boswell, R. (N '43)
Leathernecks come through. Willard, W. W.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Leave cancelled. Monsarrat, N. (N '45)
Leave her to heaven. Williams. B. A. (Ag '44)
Leaves from an old Washington diary, 1864-
1863 Lomax, E. V. L. (D '43)
Leaves of healing. Wallace, A. (D '42)
Lebanon
Houram, A. H. Syria and Lebanon. (N '46)
Lebanon. Miller, C. P. (S '44)
Lectures and lecturing
Brown, J. M, Accustomed as I am. (Mr '42)
Popular educator library. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Lectures on godmanhood. Solov'ev. V. S. (D
'45)
Lectures on psychoanalytic psychiatry. Brill,
A. A. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Lectures on the inorganic nutrition of plants.
Hoagland, D. R. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Ledyard, John
Augur, H. Passage to glory. (Mr *46)
Lee, Charles
Fiction
Wiener, W. Morning in America. (D '42)
Lee, Jennie (Mrs Aneurln Sevan)
Lee, J. This great Journey. (O '42)
Lee. Robert Edward
Rister, C. C. Robert B. Lee in Texas. (Ag '46)
Lee river
Gibbings, R. Lovely is the Lee. (O '45)
Lee's lieutenants, v 1. Freeman, D. 3. (N '42)
Lee's lieutenants; v. 2, Cedar mountain to
Chancellorsville. Freeman, D. S. (My '43)
Lee's lieutenants; v. 3, Gettysburg to Appo-
, mattox. Freeman, D. S. (A* '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Left hand, right hand! Sitwell, O. (Ag *45)
(1944 Annual)
Left turn, Canada. Coldwell. at J. W. (Ag '45)
Leg man. Thompson, E. M. (Mr *43)
LM.gr
of Egypt. Glanville, S, R. K., ed. (Mr
Legacy of Nazism. Munk, F. (S '43)
Legacy of the liberal spirit. Bratton, P. G.
(F '44) (1943 Annual) »
Legal claims against Germany. Goldschmldt,
S. (S '45)
Legal control of the press. Thayer, P. (BCy
*45)
Legal effects of war. McNair, A. D. (My '45)
Legal phases of construction contracts. Werbin,
I. V. (O '46)
Legend of a musical city. Graf, M. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Legend of the Latin Quarter. Moss, A., and
Marvel, B. (Ja *47) (1946 Annual)
Legends
Frost, P. M., ed. Legends of the United
nations. (N '43)
Alberta
Gard, R. E. Johnny Chinook. (Ap *46)
Charleston, South Carolina
Bennett, J. Doctor to the dead. (Ag '46)
Ireland
Colum, P. Frenzied prince. (D '43)
Mexico
Campbell, C. Star mountain. (O '46)
Davis, E. A. Of the night wind's teRing. (O
'46)
New Orleans
De Lavigne, J. Ghost stories of old New
Orleans. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Peru
Palma. R. Knights of the cape. (S '45)
Poland
Gorska, H. Prince Godfrey. (D '46)
United States
Blair, W. Tall tale America. (N '44)
Legends, Polynesian
Stone, W. S. Ship of flame. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Legends of the Christ child. Fox. P. M. (Ag
'42)
Legends of the United nations. Frost, F. M.,
ed. (N '43)
Legends that libel Lincoln. Lewis, M. S. (D
•46)
Legion of the lost. Creasey. J. (D '44)
Legislative bodies
Clarke, M. P. Parliamentary privilege In the
American colonies. (Ap '44)
Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of
Waldman, M. Elizabeth and Leicester. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Leif Ericsson
Goodwin. W. B. The truth about Leif Erics-
son. (Ap '42)
Lelghton, Ann
Leighton. A. While we are absent. (Je '43)
Leisure
Jones, A. M. Leisure time education. (S '46)
Lena hates men. Neville, M. (Je '43)
Lend-lease, weapon for victory. Stettiniua.
E. R. (Mr '44)
Lenin, Nikolai
Liberman, S. I. Building Lenin's Russia. (N
'46)
Moscow. Instltut Marksa-Engel'sa-Lenlna.
Vladimir I. Lenin. (Ap '44)
Juvenile literature
Baker. N. B. Lenin. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Leningrad
Siege, 1941-1944
Skomorovsky, B. A., and Morris. E. G. Siege
of Leningrad. (Mr '44)
Werth, A. Leningrad. (N '44)
Lennox, Lady Sarah. See Napier. S. L. B.
Twyman, P. Prism and lens making. (D '43)
Leonardo da Vinci
Douglas, R. L. Leonardo da Vinci. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci; ed. by
Goldscheider. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
47)
Leonardo da Vinci — Continued
Juvenile literature
Cottier. J. Man with wings. (My '42)
Lansing, E. C. H. Leonardo, master of the
renaissance. (D '42)
Leonowena, Mrs Anna Harrietts (Crawford)
Landon. M. D. M. Anna and the King of
Siam. (S '44)
Leopard cat's cradle. Barry. J. (N *42)
Leper king. Kossak-Szczucka, 25. (S '45)
Less than the angels. Dooley, R. B. (Ja '
(1946 Annual)
Lesson of Germany. Eisler, G., and others. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Lessons of my life. Vansittart. R. G. V. (N '43)
Lessons of the Prince of peace. Raven, C. B.
(Je f42)
Let the coyotes howl. Bogan, S. D. (Ap '46)
Let the people know. Angell, N. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Let the skeletons rattle. Davis. F. C. (Mr '44)
Let us be merry. Dean, A. L. (Je f42)
Let us consider one another. Lawrence, J. (Je
'45)
Let's all grow vegetables. Keen, G. G., and
Hutchins, A. E. (S *44)
Let's arrange flowers. Dunlop, H. P. (S '43)
Let's build. Crocker, C. H. (My '44)
Let's cook. Hawkins, N. (N '42)
Let's do better. Leaf, M. (N '45)
Let's find out. Schneider. N. and H. (Ap '46)
Let's flnd Skipper. Rogow, W. (P '45) (1944
Annual)
Let's fly to Bermuda. Barrows, M. (F '43) (1942
Let's get to know God. Phelps, F. B. (My '46)
Let's have a party. Woodward, E. S. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Let's kill George. Cores, L. M. (Je '46)
Let's make more things. Zarchy, H. (My '43)
Let's make plans. Downs. E. (F '43) (1942 An-
Let'sUplay house. Lenski, L. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Let's talk about the peace. Alsberg, H. G.
(N '45)
Let's talk about you. Bro, M. H. (Je *45)
Let's talk it over! Aries. L. P. (My '42)
Let's think about our religion. Eakin, F., and
Moody, M. O. (N '44)
Let's visit Mexico. Steel. B. (O '46)
Let's write good letters. Perry, S. (D *42)
Letter from America. Bulosan, C. (N '42)
Letter from New Guinea. Haugland, V. (Ag
'43)
Letter to five wives. Klempner, J. (Ap *46)
Letter to Great Britain from Switzerland. Eng
title of: This Christian cause. Barth, K.
(My '42)
Letter to my son by a soldier's mother. (Je
'42)
Letter writing
Butterneld, W. H. Effective personal letters. c
(D '45)
Butterneld, W. H. How to use letters in
college public relations. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Reeder, G. A. Letter writing In wartime.
(0*43)
Lettering
Field, W. B. Introduction to architectural
drawing. (Ag '43)
Goudy. F. w. Alphabet, and elements of
lettering. (Ag '42)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Modern
drafting. (My '44)
Elbogen, P., ed. Dearest mother. (Je '42)
Lowell, J. Dear sir or madam. (N *46)
Maule, H. E.. ed. Book of war letters. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Wise. J. W.. ed. Verv truly ours. (D '43)
Letters. Mendelssohn- Bar tholdy, F. (Ag '45)
Letters. Underbill, B. (Ap '44)
Letters. Woollcott, A. (S '44)
Letters and private papers, v 1-2. Thackeray,
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Letters and private papers, v3-4. Thackeray,
W, M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Letters from England, summer 1942. Banning,
M. C. (Ap '43)
Letters from the Argentine. Herron, F. (O '43)
Letters from the desert. Mosenson, M. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Letters home. Curtiss, M. S. K., ed. (Ag '44)
Letters, 1902-1942. Gordon, G. 8. (S '44)
Letters of a Ticonderoga farmer. Baacom, F.
Letters of' composers. Norman, G., and Shrifte,
M. L.. eds. (S '46)
Letters of Harry Arthur Dade of Kew, Sur-
rey, England, to his refugee son. Dade, H.
A. (F '43) (1942 Annual) ^
Letters of Quintus Curtius Snodgrass. Clemens.
S. L. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry
Wrenn. Wise, T. J. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Letters on India. Anand, M. R. (Je '43)
Letters . . . relating to their American tours
[ed] by W. G. B. Carson. Kean, C. J. and
E. T. (Ap '46)
Letters to a soldier. Seaton. G. W. (My *42)
Letters to his mother. Wolfe, T. (Je '43)
Letters to his son Lucien. Pissarro, C. J. (S
'44)
Letters to Kermit from Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, T. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Letty Fox, her luck. Stead, C. (N '46)
Levant
Dennen, L. Trouble zone. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Commerce
France
Puryear, V. J. France and the Levant from
the Bourbon restoration to the peace of
Kutiah. (Ap '43)
Economic conditions
Bonne, A. Economic development of the
Middle East. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Level land. De Jong, D. (D '43)
Leveller manifestoes of the Puritan revolution.
Wolfe, D. M.. ed. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Leveller tracts. Haller, W., and Davies, G., eds.
(My '45)
Levellers
Haller, W.. and Davies, G., eds. Leveller
tracts. (My '45)
Wolfe, D. M., ed. Leveller manifestoes of
the Puritan revolution. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Leviathan in crisis. Browne, W. R., ed. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Levinson, Salmon Oliver
Stoner, J. E. S. O. Levinson and the Pact
of Paris. (S '43)
Lewln, Kurt
Leeper, R. Le win's topological and vector
psychology. (Ag '44)
Lewis, John Llewellyn
Wechsler. J. A. Labor baron. (S '44)
Lewis and Clark expedition
Juvenile literature
Hawthorne, H. Westward the course. (N *46)
Lexicography
Starnes, De W. T., and Noyes, G. E. English
dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson. (N
'46)
Lexington (airplane carrier)
Johnston, S. Queen of the flat-tops. (N '42)
Leyte calling. St John, J. F. (Mr '45)
Liana. Gellhom, M. E). (Mr '44)
Liberal education. Van Doren, M. (D *43)
Liberal education re-examined. American coun-
cil of learned societies. (N '43)
Liberal mind of John Morley. Staebler, W. I.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Liberal theology. Roberts, D. E., and Van
Dusen, H. P., eds. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Liberal tradition. Orton, W. A. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Liberalism
Bixler, J. S. Conversations > with an unre-
pentant liberal. (Je '46)
Bratton, F. G. Legacy of the liberal spirit.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Cohen, M. R. Faith of a liberal. (Ap '46)
Hallowell, J. H. Decline of liberalism as an
ideology. (Ap '44)
Hughes, E. J. Church and the liberal so-
ciety. (My '44)
Orton, W. A. Liberal tradition. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Liberalism (religion)
Horton, W. M. Theology in transition. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
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Roberts, D. E., and Van Dusen. H. P., eds.
Liberal theology. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Sanders, C. R. Coleridge and the Broad
church movement. (Je '43)
Smith, H. S. Faith and nurture. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Williams, D. D. Andover liberals. (Ap '42)
Liberation—Russian style. Eng title of: Con-
ducted tour. Halpern, A. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Liberators. Towner, W. (N '46)
Liberators and heroes of Mexico and Central
America. Lansing, M. F. (Ap '42)
Liberia
Furbay, E. J. D. Top hats and tom-toms. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Hay man, A. I., and Preece. H. Lighting up
Liberia. (Ap '43)
Economic conditions
Brown, Q. W. Economic history of Liberia.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Liberties and communities in medieval Eng-
land. Cam, H. M. (S '45)
Liberty
Abernethy, B. R. Liberty concepts in labor
relations. (S '43)
Anspacher, L. K. Story of liberty. (My '45)
Aries, L. P. Let's talk it over! (My '42)
Berd&ev, N. A. Slavery and freedom. (O '44)
Bernanos, G. Plea for liberty. (Ag '44)
Brogan, D. W. Free state. (S '45)
Butler, N. M. Liberty — equality — fraternity.
(Je '42)
Carlyle, A. J. Political liberty. (Ap '42)
Coker, F. W., ed. Democracy, liberty, and
property. (N '42)
Conference on the scientific spirit and demo-
cratic faith. Scientific spirit and democratic
faith. (N '44)
Field, M. Freedom is more than a word.
(My '45)
Fraenkel, O. K. Our civil liberties. (Ag '44)
Fromm, E. Escape from freedom. (Ag *42)
(1941 Annual)
Gurvitch, G. D. Bill of social rights. (S '46)
La Boe"tie, E. de. Anti-dictator. (D '42)
Lane, R. W. Discovery of freedom. (My '43)
Lauterpacht, H. International bill of the
rights of man. (S '45)
Mackinnon, J. History of modern liberty, v 4.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Malinowski, B. Freedom and civilization. (D
'44)
Maritain, J. Rights of man and natural law.
(S '43)
Molendyk, C. A., and Edwards, B. C., eds.
Thus be it ever. (Ap '43)
Perry, C. M., ed. Philosophy of American
democracy. (O '43)
Poteat, E. M. Four freedoms and God. (O '43)
Read, H. E. Fighters for freedom. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Redden, J. D., and Ryan, F. A. Freedom
through education. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Safeguarding civil liberty today, lectures by
Carl L. Becker [and others]. (Ag '45)
Wallace, H. A. Price of free world victory.
(O '42)
Poetry
Benet. W. R., and Cousins, N., eds. Poetry
of freedom. (Ag '45)
Liberty and learning. Bunting. D. E. (F '43)
•(1942 Annual)
Liberty bell
Rogers, F., and Beard, A. Old Liberty bell.
Liberty concepts Inx labor relations. Abernethy,
B. R. (S '43)
Liberty, employment and no more wars. Quinn,
Liberty— equality — fraternity. Butler, N. M, (Je
Liberty for Johanny. Wonsetler, A. H. and
J. C. (D (43)
Liberty of speech
Bunting, D. E. Liberty and learning. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Chafee, Z. Free speech in the United States.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Ernst, M. L. First freedom. (Ap '46)
Liberty of the press
Craig, A. Above all liberties. (O f42)
Ernst, M. L. First freedom. (Ap '46)
Field, M. Freedom is more than a word. (My
•45)
Liberty street. Morris. I. V. (Mr '44)
Librarian and his committee. Savage, E. A.
(S '43)
Librarian and the teacher of home economics.
Henne, F., and Pritchard, M. (S '45)
Librarian and the teacher of music. Bohman,
E. L., and Dillon, J. K. (Ap '43)
Librarian and the teacher of science. Siebens,
C. R. P., and Bartlett, W. L. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Librarians
Who's who in library service. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Salaries, pensions, etc.
American library association. Board on sal-
aries, staff, and tenure. Classification and
pay plans for libraries in institutions of
higher learning. (Ag *44)
Libraries
American library association. Committee on
post-war planning. Post-war standards for
public libraries. (Je '44)
Butler, P., ed. Books and libraries in war-
time. (Ap '46)
Rossell, B. S. Public libraries in the life
of the nation. (S '43)
Wilson, L. R. Library planning. (My '45)
r»v
Instruction In use
Flexner, J. M. Making books work. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Reference department
Chicago. University. Graduate library school.
Library institute. Reference function of the
library. (Je '43)
Hutchins, M. Introduction to reference work.
(D '44)
New York (city)
Downs, R. B. Resources of New York city
libraries. (D '42)
Northwest, Pacific
Van Male, J. Resources of Pacific Northwest
libraries. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
South
Gleason, E. V. A. Southern Negro and the
public library. (Ap '42 )
United States
Manley, M. C. Public library service to busi-
ness. (Je '43)
Libraries, Children's
Fenner. P, R. Our library. (My '42)
Lucas, M. R. Organization and administration
of library service to children. (Ap '42)
Power, E. L. Work with children in public
libraries. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Libraries, County
Sandoe. M. W. County library primer. (O '42)
Libraries, University and college
American library association. Board on sal-
aries, stan!, and tenure. Classification and
pay plans for libraries in institutions of
higher learning. (Ag '44)
Barcus, T. R. Carnegie corporation and col-
lege libraries. (Ag '44)
Lowell, M. H. College and university library
consolidations. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
Lyle, G. R., and others. Administration of
the college library. (Mr '45)
Wilson, L. R., and Tauber, M. F. Univer-
sity library. (O '45)
Libraries and Negroes
Gleason, E. V. A. Southern Negro and the
public library. (Ap '42)
Libraries and readers
Caraovsky, L., and Martin, L. A., eds. Li-
brary in the community. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Toser, M. A. Library manual. (S *45)
Libraries and state
Joeckel, C. B., ed. Library extension. (Ap
Library administration
Chicago University. Graduate library school.
Library institute. Personnel administration
in libraries. (D '46)
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Library administration — Continued
Lyle. G. R., and others. Administration of
the college library. (Mr *45)
McDiarmid. E. W. and J. Administration of
the American public library. (Je '44)
Savage, B. A. Librarian and his committee.
(S '43)
Library architecture
Schunk, R. J. pointers for public library
building planners. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Library classification for public administration
materials. Glidden, 3. H., and Marchus,
D. G. (N '42)
Library cooperation
Lowell, M. H. College and university library
consolidations. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Library extension
Joeckel, C. B., ed. Library extension. (Ap
Stanford, E. B. Library extension under the
WPA. (S '44)
Library finance
Wight, EL A. Public library finance and ac-
counting. (Mv '44)
Library in the community. Carnovsky, L., and
Martin, L. A., eds. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Library taws and legislation
Foutts, J. C., ed. American library laws. (My
'44)
Library manual. Toser, M. A. (S '45)
Library planning. Wilson. L. R. (My '45)
Library resources of the University of North
Carolina. Rush, C. E., ed. (Je »46)
Library schools and training
Metcalf. K. De W.. and others. Program of
instruction in library schools. (S '44)
Reece, E. J. Programs for library schools.
(Je »44)
Wheeler, J. L. Progress and problems in
education for librarianshlp. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Wight, E. A. Evaluation and revision of the
library school curriculum. (N *45)
Library science
Davis. W. L. Pictorial library primer. (N '44)
Moshier. L. M.. and LeFevre, H. S. Small
public library. (O '42)
Rider, F. Scholar and the future of the re-
search library. (O '44)
Toser. M. A. Library manual. (S '45)
Dictionaries, vocabularies, etc.
Tomlinson, L. E. Library science glossary.
Juvenile literature
Brigga, E. M. Friendly library. (S '42)
Library science glossary. Tomlinson, L. E. (N
Library service to business. Manley, M. C. (Ag
*46)
Libya
Askew. W. C. Europe and Italy's acquisition
of Libya. (S '43)
Lidice, Czechoslovakia
Millay, E. St V. Murder of Lidice. (D '42)
Lie down in darkness. Hays, H. R. (O '44)
Lied, Jonas
Lied, J. Prospector in Siberia. (D '45)
Lieutenant Bertram. Uhse. B. (S '44)
Lieutenant's lady. Aldrich, B. $. (O '42)
Life
Berman, L. Behind the universe. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Heermance, E. L. Time stream. (S '42)
Hough, L. H. Patterns of the mind. (6 '42)
Mfcrris, C. W. Paths of life. (S '42)
Newton. J. F. Live, love and learn. (Ap '44)
Rhoades, W. Great adventure of living. (My
Schllder, P. Goals and desires of man. (O
Smith, T.fV. Philosophic way of life in Am«r-
Wilson, G. A. Reckoning with life. (F '48)
(1942 Annual)
Life (biology)
Glass, H. B. Genes and the man. (D '43)
SchrMinger B. What is life? (S '45)
Life and culture of Poland. Lednlckl, W.
Life and death of little Jo. Bright, R. (Mr '44)
Life and labour in Shanghai. Hinder, IB. M.
Life(Iand4>thought in the Greek and Roman
world. Cary, M., and Haarhoff, T. J. (A«
'42)
Life in a putty knife factory. Smith, H. A. (Ap
Life in eighteenth century England. Allen, R.
J. (S '42)
Life in unoccupied Prance. Lytton, N. S. (S
'43)
Life insurance. McCahan, D., ed. (Ag '44)
Life is too short. Wellman, F. G. (N '43)
Life line. Bottome. P. (Ap '46)
Life line to a promised land. Hirschmann, I. A.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Life of a chemist. Ipat'ev, V. N. (F '47) (194&
Annual)
Life of forms in art. Focillon, H. (O '42)
Life of Johnny Reb. Wiley, B. 1. (Ap '43)
Life of the heart. Winwar, F. (D '45)
Life of the mind. Cailliet, E. (D '42)
Life out there. Bartek, J. F., and Pardue. A.
(Ag '43)
Life saving
Richards, P. M., and Banigan, J. J. How
to abandon ship. (D '42)
Life-saving apparatus
Redifer, A. E. Lifeboat manual. (Je '44>
Life sentence. Bailey, H. C. (D '46)
Life together. Hope, W. (D '43)
Life through the ages. Knight, C. R. (Ap '46)
Life with Alice. Richards, R. (Je '44)
Life with baby. Godwin, E, (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Life with father and mother. Day, C. S. (O '43)
Lifeboat manual. Redifer, A. E. (Je '44)
Lifeboats
Redifer. A. E. Lifeboat manual. (Je '44)
Lifeline. Carse, R. (Mr '44)
Lifelines of victory. Harris, M. G. (O '42)
Life's unanswered questions. Phillips, H. C.
(S '44)
Light
Bowen, E. J. Chemical aspects of light. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Hector, L. G., and others. Electronic physics.
Luckiesh, M. Light, vision and seeing. (D '44>
Rood, R. Color and light in painting. (My *42>
Light before dusk. Iswolsky, H. (Je '42)
Light down, stranger. Pettibone, A. (S '42)
Light from the ancient past. Finegan, J, (My
'46)
Light horses. Rooks, C. F. (S '46)
Light in the mill. Girvan, H. M. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Light in the window. Walters. J. (S '43)
Light of Christ. Underbill, E. (O '45)
Light of faith. Palmer, A. W. (Ap '46)
Light of stars. Wise, E. V. (D '46)
Light on our path. Luckhardt, M. M. C. (F '46>
(1945 Annual)
Light, vision and seeing. Luckiesh, M. (D '44)
Lighted box. Cooper, L. F. (Ap '42)
Lighthouses
Floherty. J. J. Sentries of the sea. (S '42)
Snow, E. R. Famous New England light-
houses. (Mr '46)
Lighting
Boast, W. B. Illumination engineering. (D
'42)
Luckiesh, M. Light, vision and seeing. (D
•44)
Lighting up Liberia. Hay man, A. I., and
i, C. (Ja '44) (1948
Annual)
Lightning on ice. Harkins, P. (D '46)
Lightning strikes once. Allan, D. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Lights around the shore. Weidman, J. (Je '43)
Lights in the valley. Bodenheim, M. (Ag '42)
Lights out. Kendrick, B. H. (D '45)
floherty, J. J. Sentries of the sea. (S '42)
Like the root. Zabriskie, G. (O '45)
Llli Marlene. Yorck, R. L. (N '46)
Lillian Harley. Cockrell. M. B. (O '43)
Lilly Crackell. Slade, C. B. (Ag '43)
Limestone
Batchelor, JT. A. Economic history of the
Indiana oolitic limestone industry. CD '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1161
Limit of darkness. Hunt, H. (Je '44)
Limits of Jurisprudence defined. Bentham, J.
(D '45)
Lincoln, Abraham
Baringer, W. B. House dividing. (O '45)
Bullard, F. L. Abraham Lincoln and the
widow Bixby. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Carman, H. J., and Luthin, R. H. Lincoln
and the patronage. (Ag '43)
Carruthers, O. Lincoln's other Mary. (O '46)
Hart. H. D. Lincoln, the man of the ages. (O
'45)
Hendrick, B. J. Lincoln's war cabinet. (D
'46)
Kincaid, R. L. Joshua Fry Speed, Abraham
Lincoln's most intimate friend. (N '43)
Lewis, M. S. Legends that libel Lincoln. (D
'46)
Lincoln, A. Mr Lincoln's funnybone. (Ap '42)
Lorant, S. Lincoln. (A* '42) (1941 Annual)
Luthin, R. H. First Lincoln campaign. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Milton, Q. F. Abraham Lincoln and the fifth
column. (N '42)
Monaghan. J. Diplomat in carpet slippers.
(Je '45)
Nolan, J. C. Little giant. (O '42)
Potter, D. M. Lincoln and his party in the
secession crisis. (O '42)
Pratt, H. £3., ed. Concerning Mr Lincoln. (Je
'44)
Pratt, H. B. Personal finances of Abraham
Lincoln. (Ajr '43)
Randall, J. G. Lincoln and the South. (Je
'46>
Randall, J. Q. Lincoln, the president. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Renne, L. O. Lincoln and the land of the
Sangamon. (N '46)
Shutes, M. H. Lincoln and California. (Ag
Tilley, J. S. Lincoln takes command. (Je
'42)
Wall, B. Following Abraham Lincoln. (S '43)
Washington, J. B. They knew Lincoln. (Mr
•42)
Williams, T. H. Lincoln and the radicals.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Wilson, R. R.. ed. Intimate memories of Lin-
coln. (O '45)
Wilson, R. R., ed. Lincoln among his friends.
(O '42)
Bibliography
Angle, P. M. Shelf of Lincoln books. (O '46)
Monaghan, J., comp. Lincoln bibliography.
1839-1939. (Ag '45)
Juvenile literature
Bailey, B. F. Abe Lincoln's other mother.
(Ap '42)
Cormack. M. Recruit for Abe Lincoln. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Daugherty, J. H. Abraham Lincoln. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Foster, G. S. Abraham Lincoln's world.
(N '44)
Meadowcroft, E. L. Abraham Lincoln. (F *43)
, L. A. Henry's Lincoln. (S '46)
Poetry
Brinnin, J. M. Lincoln lyrics. (My '43)
Clark, T. C. Lincoln: flfty poems. (Ap '44)
Portraits
Lorant, S. Lincoln. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Meserve, F. H., and Sandburg, C. Photo-
graphs of Abraham Lincoln. (Mr '44)
Lincoln, Mrs Mary (Todd)
Fiction
Colver, A. Mr Lincoln's wife. (Je '43)
Lincoln, Mrs Sarah (Bush) Johnston
Juvenile literature
Bailey, B. F. Abe Lincoln's other mother.
(Ap '42)
Lincoln, Thomas
Fiction
Longstreth, T. M. Tad Lincoln. (8 '44)
Juvenile literature
Friskey, M. Tad Lincoln and the green um-
brella. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Lincoln ^ among his friends. Wilson, R. R., ed.
Lincoln and California. Shutes, M. H. (Ag
Lincoln and his party in the secession crisis.
Potter. D. M. (O '42)
Lincoln and the land of the Sangamon. Renne,
L. O. (N '46)
Lincoln and the patronage. Carman, H. J.,
and Luthin, R. H. (Ag M3)
Lincoln and the radicals. Williams, T. H. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Lincoln and the South. Randall, J. G. (Je '46)
Lincoln bibliography, 1839-1939. Monaghan, J.,
comp. (Ag '45)
Lincoln electric company
Lincoln, J. F. Lincoln's incentive system. (Je
Lincoln: flfty poems. Clark, T. C. (Ap '44)
Lincoln library of essential information. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Lincoln lyrics. Brinnin, J. M. (My '43)
Lincoln takes command. Tilley, J. 3. (Je '42)
Lincoln, the man of the ages. Hart, H. D. (O
Lincoln's daughters of mercy. Qreenbie, M. L.
B. (Je '44)
Lincoln's incentive system. Lincoln, J. F. (Je
'46>
Lincoln's other Mary. Carruthers, O. (O '46)
Lincoln's war cabinet. Hendrick, B. J. ® '46)
Linda Marsh. De Leeuw, A. L. (D '43)
Linehan, John
Talbot, B. W. B. And that's no lie. (My '46)
Lineman's handbook. Kurtz, B. B. (F '44 )
(1943 Annual)
Lines for the canonization of Pedro Domeca.
Smith, G. S. (My '44)
Ling Tang and the lucky cricket. Stafford, K.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Linoleum block printing
Watson, B. W., and Kent, N.. eds. Relief
print. (Ap *46)
Linsey Woolsey. Tudor, T. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Lion is in the streets. Langley, A. L. (Je '45)
Lion rampant. Jong, L. de, and Stoppelman,
J. W. F. (Mr '44)
Lioness of the seas. Bng title of: Action at sea.
Johnston. G. H. (Mr '42)
Lionhearted. Reznikoff, C. (N *44)
Lions
Legends and stories
Johnson, O. H. L. Tarnish. (Ap '45)
Waldeck, T. J. Lions on the hunt. (My '42)
Lions on the hunt. Waldeck, T. J. (My '42)
Lion's paw. White. R. (D '46)
Lipoids
Bloor, W. R. Biochemistry of the fatty acids
and their compounds. (N '43)
Liquidation of war production. Kaplan, A. D.
H. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Liquids
Swietoslawski, W. Ebul Home trie measure-
ments. (O '46)
Lisa, Manuel
Fiction
Seifert, S. Those who go against the cur-
rent. (N *43)
Lisping man. Rawlings, F. (D '42)
Listen, Bright Angel. Corle, B. (O '46)
Listen for the laughter. Thompson, E. (Ap '42)
Listen, Germany! Mann, T. (Mr '43)
Listen, Hans. Thompson, D. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Listen Hitler! Hogan, I. (Ag '43)
Listen to the mocking words. Ewen, D., comp.
(Ag '46)
Listeners. Whiting, H. (Mr '43)
Listening post. Morgan, T. B. (My '44)
Listening to music creatively. Stringham, E, J.
(S '46)
Listening to the orchestra. Barne, K. (My '46)
Listening valley. Stevenson, D. E. (O '44)
Listening world. Moore, R. A. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lister, Joseph
Truax, R. Joseph Lister. (D '44)
Litany for All souls. Price. L. (Ag '45)
Literary criticism
Atkins. J. W. H. English literary criticism.
(O §44)
1162
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Literary criticism — Continued .
Drewry, J. E. Book reviewing. (Mr *46)
Hall. V. Renaissance literary criticism. (My
'46)
Starr. N. C. Dynamics of literature. (Ap '46)
Literary currents in Hispanic America.
Henriqiiez Urena, P. (S '45)
Literary England. Scherman, D. BL (Mr '44)
Literary fallacy. De Voto, B. A. (My '44)
Literary forgeries and mystifications m
Wise, T. J. letters of Thomas J. Wise to
John Henry Wrenn. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Literary journey through wartime Britain.
Ward, A. C. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Literary landmarks
Great Britain
Scherman, D. B. Literary England. (Mr '44)
Ward, A. C. Literary Journey through war-
time Britain. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Literary market place, 1943. (Ag '43)
Literary study and the scholarly profession.
Craig, H. (A* '45)
Altrocchl, R. Sleuthing- in the stacks. (8 *44)
Buck, P. M. Directions in contemporary lit-
erature. (Je '42)
Farrell, J. T. League of frightened Philistines.
Knickerbocker, W. S., ed. Twentieth century
Marlatt? *B. B. Lands away. (F *45) (1944
Starr, N. C. Dynamics of literature. (Ap '46)
Van Doren, M., ed. New Invitation to learn-
ing. (O '42)
Collections
Abramowitss, I., ed. Great prisoners. (My '46)
Adams, J. D., ed. Treasure chest. (Mr '46)
Curtis, C. P., and Greenslet, F., eds. Practi-
cal collator. (N '45)
De la Mare, W. J., ed. Love. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Kronen-berger, L., ed. Pleasure of their com-
pany. (N '46)
Kronenberger, L.. ed. Reader's companion.
(Je '45)
Leavens, R. F. and M. A., comps. Great com-
panions, v2. (Je '42)
Lee, C., ed. Twin bedside anthology, 2v.
(D *46)
Mann. K., and Kesten, H.. eds. Heart of
Europe. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Molendyk, C. A., and Edwards, B. C., eds.
Thus be It ever. (Ap '43)
North, S., and Boutell, C. B., eds. Speak
of die devil. (S '45)
Parrish, M. F. K. Here let us feast. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Partisan review (periodical). Partisan reader.
(N '46)
Paulmier, H. C., and Schauffler, R. H., eds.
Pan-American day. (My '43)
Readers club. New York. Three readers. (S
•43)
Self, M. C., ed. Treasury of horse stories.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Vogue (periodical). Vogue's first reader.
(My '43>
Woods, B. J., ed. I wish I'd written that.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Woods, R. L., ed. Treasury of the familiar.
(Ap '43)
Dictionaries, Indexes, etc.
Shipley, J. T., ed. Dictionary of world lit-
erature. (S '43)
History snd criticism
Dixon, W. M. Apology for the arts. (Ap f45)
Donohue. J. J. Theory of literary kinds. (S
Hoffman, F. J. Freudianism and the Uterary
mind. (O '45)
Morgan, C. Reflections in a mirror. (My *45)
Schucking, L. L. Sociology of literary taste.
Van Doren. M. Private reader. (Ap '42)
Philosophy
Pollock, T. C, Nature of literature. <N '48)
Schucking. L. L. Sociology of literary taste.
(Mr 46)
Study and teaching
Craig, H. Literary study and the scholarly
profession. {Ag '45) ,..,-.
Raushenbush, EJ. Literature for individual
education. IF '43) (1942 Annual)
Shoemaker, F. Aesthetic experience and the
humanities. (S '43)
Llterature> Comparative
Brown, A. C. L. Origin of the Grail legend.
Gaunt, W. Aesthetic adventure. (Je '45)
Qohdes. C. L. F. American literature in nine-
teenth-century England. (Ag '44)
LeComte, E, S. Endymion In England. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Lund, N. W. Chiasmus in the New Testa-
ment. (8 '42)
Russell, T. W. Voltaire, Dryden and heroic
tragedy. (S '46)
Stevenson, D. L. Love-game comedy. (N '46)
Wormley, S. L. Heine in England. (As '43)
Literature, Medieval
Chaytor, H. J. From script to print. (A* '45)
Bibliography
Farrar, C. P., and Evans, A. P. Bibliography
of English translations from medieval
sources. (D '46)
Literature, Modern
Slochower, H. No voice is wholly lost, (Ag
'45)
Literature abstracts of ceramic glazes. Koenig,
J. H.. and Earhart. W. H. (Je '43)
Literature and life in America. Miles, D. H.,
and Pooley, R. C.. eds. (S '43)
Literature for individual education. Raushen-
bush, E. (F '43) (1942 Annual
Literature of England. Entwistle, W. J., and
Gillett, E. W. (S '43)
Lithographers »
Zigrosser, O. Artist in America. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Lithographs
Daumier, H. V. Honors' Daumier. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Daumier, H, V., II. Married life. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Peters, H. T. Currier & Ives. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Lithuania
Economic conditions
Simutis, A. Economic reconstruction of Lith-
uania after 1913. (O '42)
History
Chase, T. G. Story of Lithuania. (N '46)
LittJe angel. Dalgliesh, A. (D '43)
Little anthology of Canadian poets. Qustafson,
R.. ed. (Ap '44)
Little Bear island. Clymer, E. L. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Little Bear's pinto pony. Tousey. S. (My '44)
Little boat boy. Both well, J. (N '45)
Little book of. colors. Fish, H. D. (D '44)
Little book of singing graces. Brown, J. P.,
ed. (D '46)
Little-Boy-Dance. De Huff, E. W. (D '46)
Little boy laughed. Dow, J. (S '45)
Little boy lost in Brazil. Wiese, K. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Little boy who did not know why. Eisner,
H. O. (D '46)
Little builders' ABC. Reppy, N. (D '43)
Little carousel. Brown, M. (D '46)
Little cat lost. Garner, E. (D '43)
Little champion. Riggs, I. B. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Little chicken. Brown, M. W. (Ap '44)
Little Child. Jones. J. M. O., comp. (D '46)
Little China. Brodrick, A. H. (Mr '43)
Little Choc Choo. Sterling, H. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Little company. ' Dark, E. O. ( Je '45)
Little coquette. McCormick, R. de F. (S '44)
Little dog barked. Rowe, A. (Ap '42)
Little dog under the wagon. Dodge, P. P.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Little farm. Lenski, L. (O '42)
Little fellow. Henry, M. (Je *45)
Little fire engine. Lenski, L. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Little fisherman, Brown, M. W. (D '45)
Little friend, little friend. Jarrell. R. (F '46)
Little fur famfly. Brown, M. W. (P '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1163
Little geography of th« United State*. Pyne, Living letters from American history. Boy kin,
Little giant. De Quincey, A. (D '46)
Little giant. Nolan. J. O. (O '42)
Little girl's treasury of things- to-do. Horowitz,
C. (Ag '46)
Little green car. Emerson, C. D. (D '46)
Little half-giant. Eng title of: Little giant.
De Quincey, A. (D '46)
Little hell— big heaven. Roberts, E. K. (O '42)
Little history of the horn -book. Folinsbee, B.
(D '42)
Little house. Burton, V. L. (D '42)
Little hunchback horse. Wicker. I. S. (F '43)
Uttfe'lJfdan^^rown, M. W. (Ja '47) (1946
Llttlen?eep. Corey, P. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Little Jonathan. Mason, M. E. (N '44)
Little lion. Hicks, C. (S '46)
Little locksmith. Hathaway. K. B. (N '43)
Little lost lamb. MacDonald, G. (Ja '46) (194&
Annual)
Little lost monkey. Waldeck, J. B. M. (P '43)
(1942 Annual)
ttle
Little lost pigs in town. Orton, H. F. (D '42)
Ltttie lower than the angels. Sorensen. V. - K.
(Je '42)
Little magazine. Hoffman, P. J.. and others*
(S '46)
Little magic horse. Ershov, P. P. (Mr *43)
Little man. Sallans. G. H. (P '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Little man who wasn't there. Gordon, M. (Je
Little Moo and the circus. Sterling, H. (Mr '46)
Little Navajo bluebird. Clark, A. N. (My '43)
Little people. Halper, A. (N '42)
Little people in a big country. Cohn, N. (My
Little pitchers with big ears. (D *42)
Little president. Calhoun. D. G. (S *46)
Little prince. Saint Exupery, A. de. (My '43)
Little red car. Meeks, E. K. (D *45)
Little red engine gets a name. Denney, D. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Little red hen. Fish, H. D. (Ag '45)
Little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge.
Swift, H. H. (O '42)
Little red school house. De Lima. A., and
others. (Mr *42)
Little river of gold. Patton, L. (S '46)
Little scouts in action. Coe, R. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Little songs of the big city. Walmsley, R. G.
(My '42)
Little stone house. Hader, B! H. and E. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Little stray dog. DeJong, M. (S '43)
Little superman. Mann, H. (N '45)
Little Thunder. Burrowes. E. (S '45)
Little treasury of modern poetry. Williams. O..
ed. (S '46)
Little Troll. Michaelis, K. (D '46)
Little woman wanted noise. Teal, V. (Je '43)
Little wonder. Bainbridge, J. (Ag *46)
Little yes and a big no. Grosz, G. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Llttlefleld, George Washington
Haley, J. E. George W. Littlefleld, Texan.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Littlest angel. Tazewell, C. (D '46)
Littlest reindeer. De Witt, J. (O '46)
Liturgies
Applegarth, M. T. Bound In the bundle of
life. (Ap '42)
Palmer. A. W., ed, Aids to worship. (N *44)
Liturgy and personality. Hildebrand, D. von.
(Je »43)
Lltvtnov, Maksim
Pope. A. U. Maxim Litvinoff. (N '43)
Live dangerously. Eng title of: Shape of
danger. Klelland, A. (Mr *45)
Live, love and learn. Newton, J. F. (Ap *44)
Live stock
Chapman, P. W. Victory barnyard. (N '43 )
Lives around us. Devoe, A. (O '42 )
Lives of the artists. Vasari, G. (O '46)
Lives of Winston Churchill. Davenport, J.. and
Murphy, C. J. V. (8 '45)
Living abundantly. Page. K.. ed. (O '44)
Living biocraDhies. Schnlttkind, H. T. and
Living biographies of American statesmen.
v Schnittklnd, H. T. and D. A. (D '42)
Living democracy. Hough, L. H. (Ag '43)
Living mathematics reviewed. Sommers, H. H.
(O '44)
Living musicians. Ewen, D., ed. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Living thoughts of Clausewitz. Clausewitz, K.,
von. (Je f43)
Living together. Tubbs. E. V. (N '42)
Living upstairs. Meehan, F. (S '42)
Living with children. Cnittenden, G. E. (Mr
•45)
Living zestfully. Chappell, C. G. (Ag '44)
Lizards
Smith, H. M. Handbook of lizards. (D '46)
Lizzie. Justus, M. (Ag '44)
Lo and behold! Lockwood. M. (My '45)
Lobbying
Key, V. O. Politics, parties and pressure
groups. (O '42)
Lobengula, king of the Matabele
Cloete. S. Against these three. (S '45)
Local government
Jones, V. Metropolitan government. (S '42)
Great Britain
Cam, H. M. Liberties and communities in
medieval England. (S '45)
Local historians of Attica. Pearson, L^.(S '43)
Local measures. Miles, J. (S '46)
Lock, stock and barrel. Rigby, D. and E. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Locke, John
Kendall. W. John Locke and the doctrine of
majority-rule. (My '42)
Locks and keys
Courtney, C. Unlocking adventure. (Ja
'43^ (1942 Annual)
Locomotives
Johnson, R. P. Steam locomotive. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Locusts
Juvenile literature
Bronson, W. S. Grasshopper book. (O '43)
Locusts. Schrag, O. (D '43)
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Schriftgiesser, K. Gentleman from Massa-
chusetts: Henry Cabot Lodge. (O '44)
Lodging at the Saint Cloud. Crabb, A. L. (My
*46)
Log book. Laskier, F. (O '43)
Log cabin children. Johnson, E. L. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Log cabins
Meinecke, C. E. Your cabin in the woods.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Log of a sea captain's daughter. Snow, A. R.
(N «44)
Logger's odyssey. Nord, S. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Logging chance. Lasher, M. H. (S '44)
Logic
Cohen, M. R. Preface to logic. (Mr '45)
Kapp, E. Greek foundations of traditional
logic. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Robinson. R. Plato's earlier dialectic. (S '42)
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Carnap, R. Introduction to semantics. (S '42)
Logic and reason in Christianity. Lucas. E. D.
(O '45)
Logic of belief. Trueblood, D. E. (Ag '42)
Loisy, Alfred Firmin
Petre. M. D. M. Alfred Loisy. (N '44)
Lokoshl learns to hunt seals. Creekmore, R.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
London, Jack
Juvenile literature
Garst, D. S. Jack London, magnet for ad-
venture. (D '44)
London
Churches
Cobb. G. Old Churches of London. (Ap '43)
Description
Jones, S. R. London triumphant, (Ag *43)
Fire, 1666
Poetry
Aubin, R. A., ed. London in flames, London
tn glory. (A* '43)
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London — Continued
Politics and government
Henderson, A. J. London and the national
government. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Socfal Ufa and customs
Marshall. P. London West. (Ag *46)
Southworth, J. G. Vauxhall gardens. (My
'42)
London and the national government. Hender-
son, A. J. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
London calling. Jameson, S., ed. (F '43) (1942
London in flames, London in Glory. Aubln.
R. A., ed. (Ag '43)
London missionary society jwv
Northcott. W. C. Glorious company. (O '45)
London triumphant. Jones, S. R. (Ag '43)
London. Vauxhall gardens
Southworth. J. G. Vauxhall gardens. (My
London West. Marshall, F. (Ag '45)
Lone boy. Hubbard, M. A. (N '43)
Lone Journey. Eaton, J. (N *44)
Lone woodsman. Miller, W. H. (O '43)
Lonely apples. Phillips. G. S. (Je '43)
Lonely boy blues. Kapelner, A. (O '44)
Lonely Midas. Wildes, H. B. (D '43)
Lonely ones. Steig, W. (Ap '43)
Lonely parade. Hurst, F. (Mr '42)
Lonely road. Carfrae. B. (S '42)
Lonely steeple. Wolfson, V. (N '45)
Lonely trail. Gregory. J. (Ag '43)
Lonesome River Justice. Hankins, R. M. (My
'43)
Long, Zadoc
Long% Z. From the Journal of Zadoc Long.
Long adventure. Hawthorne, H. (O '42)
Long alert. Gibbs, P. H. (My '42)
Long and the short and the tall. Josephy,
A. M. (My '46)
Long Balkan night. White, L. (Ap '44)
Long dusk. Serge, V. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Long hunter. Parks, E. W. (F '43) (1942 An-
Long journey. Jensen, J. V. (My '45)
Long, long ago. Woollcott, A. (D '43)
Long November. Nabio, J. B. (Mr '46)
Long pull from Stavanger. Osland, B. (Ja '
(1945 Annual)
Long-range flight. Me In tosh, C. H. (O '44)
Long ride. Glidden. J. H. (N '42)
Long toad. Shipman, N. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Long ships passing. Havighurst, W. (S '42)
Long storm. Haycox, E. (S '46)
Long trains roll. Header, S. W. (N '44)
Long view. Taggard, G. (Ag '42)
Long way from Boston. O'Shea, B. (Ja '47)
Long way home. Lampell, M. (My '46)
Long were the nights. Cave, H. B. (D '43)
Long white month. Marshall, D. (S '42)
Long year. Chidester, A. (Ap '46)
Longevity
Bogomoletz, A. A. Prolongation of life. (S
'46)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Osoorn, C. S. and S. B. Schoolcraft, Long-
fellow, Hiawatha. (My '43)
Longhorn cowboy. Cook, J. H., and Driggs,
H. R. (Je '42)
Lonnie's Landing. Simon, C. M. H. (Ap '42)
Look at America. Look (periodical). (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Look at America. Tarshis, B. K. (Ja '43)
Look at thenworld. Harrison, R. B. (S '44)
Look away, look away. White, L. T. (Mr '44)
Look down from heaven. Bab son, N. L. (O '42)
Look for the letters. Rey, H. A. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Look forward, warrior. Owen, R. B. (My '43)
Look out yonder. Angelo, V. (D '43)
Look to the frontiers. Peattie. R. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Look to the mountain. Cannon, L. (Ag '42)
Look who's a mother! Fishback, M. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Look your last. Tlllett, D. S. (D '43)
Looking ahead fifty years. Babson, R. W. (My
Lookin' eastward. Clare, T. H. (Je '45)
Looking for a bluebird. Wechsberg, J. (Mr '45)
Looking for Lucky. Qulgg. J. (Je '46)
46)
Looking-glass. Campbell, W. B. M. (Mr '43)
Loom of language. Bodmer, F. (Ap '44)
Loom of the land. Mayo, E. R. (N '46)
Loomis, Frederick Morris
Loomis, F. M. Bond between us. (Je '42)
Lord Halifax's ghost book. Halifax, C. L. W,
(S '44)
Lord Hornblower. Forester, C. S. (O '46)
Lord Is a man of war. Don at h, S. F. (Ap '44)
Lord of Alaska. Chevigny, H. (N '42)
Lord of London. Burlingame, C. (D '44)
Lord Weary's castle. Lowell, R. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Lords of the Levee. Wendt, L., and Kogan, H.
(Mr '43)
Lord's prayer
Sikorsky, I. I. Message of the Lord's prayer,
(My '42)
Tittle, E. F. Lord's prayer. (Ap '42)
Lord's supper
Bell, B. I. Altar and the world. (My '44)
Freeman, "E. S. Lord's supper in Protestant-
ism. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Leeson, S. Holy communion. (Je *43)
Simpson, W. J. S. Ministry and the eucharist.
(15 '42)
Los Angeles
Hanson, B., and Beckett, P. Los Angeles. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Los Angeles. Farmers public market
Beck, F. K. Second carrot from the end. (Ap
*46)
Loss of citizenship. Cable, J. L. (Ag '44)
Lost Americans. Hibben, F. C. (Ag '46)
Lost Caesar. Fenisong, R. (O '45)
Lost children of the Shoshones. Nevin, E. C.
(S '46)
Lost chords. Gilbert, D. (N '42)
Lost continent? Busch, N. F. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual) »
Lost Haven. Tennant, K. (My '46)
Lost hole of Bingoola. Harris, L. G. and W. K.
(D »42)
Lost in the horse latitudes. Smith, H. A. (D
'44)
Lost Island. Hall, J. N. (Ag '44)
Lost landscape. Welles, W. (Mr '46)
Lost men. Thielen, B. (Je '46)
Lost men of American history. Holbrook, S. H.
(D '46)
Lost moon mystery. Wadsworth, L. A. (Mr
*46)
Lost peace. Butler, H. B. (My '42)
Lost range. Robertson, F. C. (O '46)
Lost treasures of Europe. La Farge, H., ed.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Lost waltz. Harding, B. L. (Ja '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Lost war. Kato, M. (N '46)
Lost weekend. Jackson. C. R. (Mr '44)
Lost woods. Teale, E. W. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Lots of laughs. American Girl magazine. (O
Lot's wife. Eastman. M. (D '42)
Loud speaking apparatus
Benson, B. E. Music and sound systems in
industry. (N '45)
Lough Derg. Devlin, D. (S '46)
Louis, Joe
Miller, M. Joe Louis: American. (D '45)
Louisiana
Kane, H. T. Deep delta country. (D '44)
Description and travel
Kane, H. T. Bayous of Louisiana. (N '43)
Economic conditions
Kammer. E. J. Socio-economic survey of the
marshdwellers of four southeastern Louisi-
ana parishes. (My '42)
History
Bragg, f J. D. Louisiana in the confederacy.
Kane, H. T. Plantation parade. (D '45)
Roberts, W. A. Lake Pontchartrain. (D '46)
Social life and customs
Kane, H. T. Plantation parade. (D '45)
Writers' program, Louisiana. Gumbo ya-ya.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Louisiana in the confederacy. Bragg, J. D. (Ap
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1165
Louisville, Kentucky
McMeekin, I. M. Louisville, the gateway city.
(S '46)
Lourdes
Sharkey, D. C. After Bernadette. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Love
Cohn. D. L. Love in America. <Je '43)
Ludwiif, E. Of life and love. (Ag '45)
Maurofs, A. Seven faces of love. (Mr '44)
Menninger, K. A. and J. L. Love against
hate. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Reik, T. Psychologist looks at love. (N '44)
Reik, T. Psychology of sex relations. (O '45)
Stevenson, D. L. Love-game comedy. (N *46)
Love (theology)
Martindale, C. C. Creative love. (N '46)
Love. De la Mare, W. J., ed. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Love against hate. Menninger, K. A. and
J. L. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Love and admiration. Cooper, L. F. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Love and peace. Eng title of: Torrents of
spring. Payne, P. S. R. (Je '46)
Love at first flight. Spalding. C. F., and
Carney, O. (S '43)
Love for each other. Qlemser, B. (S '46)
Love from London. Gabriel, O. W. (S '46)
Love-game comedy. Stevenson, D. L. (N '46)
Love has no alibi. Cohen. O. R. (Mr '46)
Love in America. Cohn, D. L. (Je '43)
Love leaves no choice. Thompson, S. (S '43)
Love letter from an impossible land. Meredith,
W. M. (Mv *44)
Love letters. Massie, C. (N '44)
Love of a glove. Collins, C. C. (O '45)
Love passed this way. Ostenso, M, (Ap '42)
Love poetry
De la Mare, W. J., ed. Love. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Mathers. E. P., tr. Love songs of Asia. (Je
'46)
Love songs of Asia. Mathers, E. P., tr. (Je '46)
Love story incidental Kerr, S. (Je '46)
Lovely is the Lee. Gibbings, R. (O '45)
Lover of life. Harsanyi, Z. (Ap '42)
Loverldge, Arthur
Loveridge, A. Many happy days I've
squandered. (S '44)
Love's enchantment. Ferris, H. J., comp.
(O '44)
Love's lovely counterfeit. Cain, J. M. (N '42)
Loving heart. Inglis-Jones, E. (Ap '42)
Low road. Havill, E. (Mr '44)
Lowe, Fat Yuen
Lowe, P. Father and Glorious Descendant.
(My '43)
Lowe, Frank Melville
Lowe, F. M. Warrior lawyer. (Ap '43)
Lowell, Amy
Ayscough, F. W., and Lowell, A. Correspond-
ence of a friendship. (Ap '46)
Lowell, James Russell
Beatty, R. C. James Russell Lowell. (O '42 )
Lowell family
Qreenslet, F. Lowells and their seven worlds.
(O '46)
Lowell, Massachusetts
Coolidge, J. P. Mill and mansion. (N '42)
Lower deck. Davies, J. (O '45)
Lower Mississippi. Carter, H. (D '42)
Lower Piedmont country. Nixon, H. C. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Lower than angels. Karig, W. (Mr '45)
Lowering the voting age. Johnsen, J. E., comp.
Lowndes,4 Marie Adelaide (Belloc)
Lowndes, M. A. B. Where love and friendship
dwelt. (O '43)
Lubricants and cutting oils for machine tools.
Forbes. W. G. (Ap '44)
Lubrication. Norton, A. H, (O '43)
Lubrication and lubricants
Burk, R. 13., and Grummitt, O. J., eds.
Chemical background for engine research.
(N '43)
Forbes, W. G. Lubricants and cutting oils
for machine tools. (Ap '44)
Forbes, W. G. Lubrication of industrial and
marine machinery. (Ap *44)
Norton, A. H). Lubrication. (O '48)
Lubrication of industrial and marine machin-
ery. Forbes, W. G. (Ap '44)
Luce, Mrs Clare (Boot he). See Boo the, C.
Lucky stiff. Rice, C. (My '45)
Lucky to be a Yankee. Di Maggio, J. P. (O '46)
Lucullus, Lucius Llclnius
Drama
Brecht, B. Trial of Lucullus. (S '43)
Lucy Ellen's college daze. Wright, F. F. (D
•43)
Lucy Ellen's heyday. Wright, F. F. (D '45)
Ludwig Beethoven and the chiming tower bells.
Wheeler, O. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Luftwaffe. Hermann, H. (Ag '43 )
Lull. Miller, M. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Lullaby: why the pussy-cat washes himself ao
often. Bernhard, J. B. (S '44)
Lullaby with lugers. Crockett, J. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Lumber
Juvenile literature
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Lumber.
(My '43)
Lumber and labor. Jensen, V. H. (Ap '45)
Lumber trade
Calvin, D. D. Saga of the St Lawrence. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Horn, S. F. This fascinating lumber business.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Lumbering
Horn, S. F. This fascinating lumber busi-
ness. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Jensen, V. H. Lumber and labor. (Ap '45)
Mason, B. S. Book for Junior woodsmen. (D
'45)
Lumberjack Bill. Tousey, S. (Je '43)
Luminescence
Prinffsheim, P., and Vopel, M. Luminescence
of liquids and solids. (My '44)
Luminous tube lighting. Miller, H. A. (O *46)
Lunch box, and every kind of sandwich. Bro-
beck, F. R. (Je '46)
Lure of Montreal. Percival. W. P. (S '46)
Lurker at the threshold. Lovecraft, H. P., and
Derleth, A. W. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Lustre in the sky. uraefenberg, R. G. (Je '46)
Lusty wind for Carolina. Fletcher, I. C. (N '44)
Luther Burbank. Howard, W. L. (N '46)
Lutheran church
Doctrinal and controversial works
Luther, M. Compend of Luther's theology. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Lutheran church in South America
Trexler, S. G. A pastor wings over South
America. (Ao '42)
Lutle. Austin, M. (O '44)
Lydenberg, Harry Miller
Bookmen's holiday. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Lying ladies. Finnegan, R. (Ap '46)
Lyman, Eugene William
Roberts, D. E., and Van Dusen, H. P., eds.
Liberal theology. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st
earl of (Owen Meredith, pseud)
Harlan, A. B. Owen Meredith. (Ap '46)
Ma Wei slope. Eng title of: Winter Cherry.
Lane, K. W. (N '44)
Mac goes to school. Wynkoop, M. L. (Ag *42)
MacArthur, Douglas
Hersey, J. R. Men on Bataan. (Je '42)
Hunt. F. MacArthur and the war against
Japan. (O '44)
Miller, F. T. General Douglas MacArthur,
fighter for freedom. (My *42)
Juvenile literature
Nicolay, H. MacArthur of Bataan. (D '42)
MacArthur and the war against Japan. Hunt,
F. (O '44)
MacArthur on war. MacArthur. D. (3 *42)
Macbeth production. Maseneld, J. (Mr '46)
McCarthy, Charles
Fitzpatrick, E. A. McCarthy of Wisconsin.
(My '44)
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Macedonia , ,
Allan. H. B. Come over into Macedonia. (Mr
•44)
McClallart, George Brinton
EJckenrode. H. J., and Conrad B. George B.
McClellan, the man who saved the union.
(A* '42) (1941 Annual)
McFee, William ^ ^
McFee. W. In the first watch. (S '46)
McQUUctiddy, Cornelius
Ueb. P. G. Connie Mack. (Je '45)
McQraw, John Joseph
Graham, F. McGraw of the Giants. (Je '44)
McGraw of the Giants. Graham, F. (Je '44)
Machlavelll, Niccolo
Olschki, L. Machlavelll the scientist. (S '45)
Fiction
Maugham, W. S. Then and now. (Ag *46)
Machlavelli the scientist. Olschki, L. (S '45)
Machiavellians, defenders of freedom. Burn-
ham, J. (Je '43)
Machine design. Hyland, P. H., and Kommers,
Machine* designers' guide. Najder, K. W. (O
Machine drawing. Svensen. C. L*. (8 '45)
Machine guns
Johnson, M. M. Rifles and machine guns.
Machine shop mathematics. Axelrod, A. (D '42)
Machine shop practice
Amiss, J. M., and others. Shop mathematics
and shop theory. (Ag '43)
Axelrod, A. Machine shop mathematics. (D
•42)
Barn well, G. W., ed. New encyclopedia of
machine shop practice. (Ap '42)
Begeman, M. L. Manufacturing processes. (S
'42)
Benedict, O. Manual of machine shop prac-
tice. (Mr '45)
Boston, O. W. Metal processing. (Ap '42)
Brimm, D. J., and Scheifele, E. Girl mechan-
ic's manual. (Ap '44)
Burghardt, H. D. Machine tool operation.
(Ap *42)
Burn ham, R. W. Mathematics for ma-
chinists. <S '43)
Colvin, F. H., and Stanley, F. A. Standard
and emergency shop methods. (D '45)
Dick. A. A. Shop mathematics. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Dwight, C. Reading blueprints in the ma-
chine Industrie*. (N '43)
Herb. C. O. Machine tools at work. (Ap *43)
Jones, K. M., and Axelrod, A. Introductory
shopwork. (O '48)
Keal, H. M., and Leonard, C. J. Essential
mathematics for skilled workers. (Ap '43)
Kennedy, W. J. Pre-service course in shop
practice. (Je '43)
Knight, R. B. Machine shop projects for
trade, vocational, and high school shops. (D
lAidwig, O. A. Metalwork, technology and
practice. (S '43)
McMackin. F. J.. and Shaver. J. H. Mathe-
matics of the shops. (O '42)
Owens, A. A., and others. Fundamentals
Schaaf, W. L. Mathematics for mechanics.
(Je '43)
Shuman, J. T., and others. Fundamental shop
training, for those preparing for war serv-
ice. (Je '43)
Shuman. J. T., and others. Machine shop
work. (S '42)
Wolfe. J. H., and others. Simplified indus-
trial mathematics. (Je '43)
Yates, R. F. Young men and machines. (Ag
'44)
Dictionaries
Sandy. A. H. Dictionary of engineering and
machine shop terms. (Ap '45)
Juvenile literature
Keliher, A. V.. ed. Machinists at work. (Ap
•42)
Machine shop projects for trade, vocational,
and high school shops. Knight, R. B. (D
'43)
Machine shop theory and practice. Wagener,
A. M., and Arthur, H. R. (Je '42)
Machine shop work. Shuman, J. T., and others.
Machine
Stierl, IP. Engine lathe. (O '44)
Swartz, D. T.. and others. Fundame;
ntals of
ivrcuuB, JLS. «f.. t»itu
shopwork. (D '43)
Turner, W. P., and Owen, H. F. Machine-
tool work. (Je '46)
Wagener. A. M., and Arthur, H. R. Machine
shop theory and practice. (Je *42)
Weir, J. J. Elementary mathematics for the
machine trades. (S '43)
Whittington, EJ. K. Industrial inspection and
assembly. (My '43)
Wicks. E. C.. and other*, ffhopwork. (My '48)
Wilking. 3. V., and Cushman. D. J. Test
yourself for a war job. (F '44) (1943 An-
Willoughby. a. A., and Lapplnen, M. Ele-
ments of shop drawing. (D '43)
hlne tool guide. Plumrldge, T. C., and
others. (D '45)
Machine tool operation. Burghardt. H. D. (Ap
Machine tool primer. Herbert D. Hall founda-
tion. (D *43)
Machine-tool work. Turner. W. P., and Owen,
H. F. (Je '46)
Machine tools
Bloom, R. R. Principles of tool engineering.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Boston, O. W. Metal processing. (Ap '42)
Brimm, D. J.. and Scheifele, E. Girl mechan-
ic's manual. (Ap '44)
Cole, C. B. Tool design. (Ag '42)
Colvin, F. H.. and Stanley, F. A. Drilling
and surfacing practice. (O *44)
Donaldson, C., and LeCain, G. H. Tool de-
sign. (Je '43)
Frey, C. J. and Kogut, S. S. Metal forming
by flexible tools. (Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
Herb, C. O. Machine tools at work. (Ap '43)
Herbert D. Hall foundation. Machine tool
primer. (D *43)
Hesse, H. C. Engineering tools and processes.
(Je '42i
Molloy, E., ed. Automatics in engineering
production. (S '43)
Nolan, R. R. Machine tools in aircraft pro-
duction. (Ap '42)
Plumridge, T. C., and others. Machine tool
guide. (D '45)
Turner, W. P., and Owen, H. F. Machine-
tool work. (Je '46)
Wagener, A. M., and Arthur, H. R. Machine
shop theory and practice. (Je '42)
Machine tools at work. Herb. C. O. (Ap '43)
Machine tools in aircraft production. Nolan.
R. R. (Ap '42)
Machinery
Boston, O. W. Metal processing:. (Ap '42)
Bull, C. E., and Newfin, I. G. Fundamentals
of machines. (Je '43)
Joseph, A. Fundamentals of machines. (Je
Lebowitz, S. H. Pre-service course in machine
science. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Ley son, B. W. Elements of mechanics. (Je
Marx, W. J. Mechanization and culture. (Ag
Prageman. I. H. Mechanism. (Je *43)
Verwiebe, F. L., and others. Elements of ma-
chines. (Ap '43)
Yates. R. F. Young men and machines. (Ag
Design
Chase, H., ed. Handbook on designing for
Quantity production. (Je '44)
Hyland, P. H., and Kommers, J. B. Machine
design. (Ag '43)
NsJder. K. W. Machine designers' guide. (O
Nordenholt, G. F., and others. Handbook of
mechanical design. (D '42)
Vallance. A., and Doughtle. V. U Design
of machine members. (Je '44)
Drawing
Svensen, C. U Machine drawing. (S '49)
Treacy, J. Production illustration. (Ap »40)
Inspection
Jenkins, R. Fundamentals of mechanical in-
•pection for trainee* and junior inspectors.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1167
Michelon. L. C. Industrial inspection meth-
ods. (P '43) 7l942 Annual)
Mollard, W. Essentials of precision inspec-
tion. (My '44)
Juvenile literature
Dunn, M. I*, and Morrisett, U N. Machines
for America. (A* '44)
Maintenance and repair
James F. Lincoln arc welding foundation
Maintenances arc welding. (N M4)
Machinery, Automatic
Molloy, E., ed. Automatics in engineering
production. (3 '43)
Machinery. Kinematics of
Clark, J. A., and others. Fundamentals of
machines. (S '43)
Lebowitz, S. H. Pre-service course in machine
science. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Machinery In industry
Riegel, J. W. Management, labor and tech-
nological change. (N '43)
Machinery's handbook for machine shop and
drafting* room. Machinery (periodical). (My
Machines for America. Dunn, M. I*, and Mor-
risett, L*. N. (Ag '44)
Machinists' and draftsmen's handbook. Wag-
ener, A. M., and Arthur, H. R. (D '45)
Machinists at work. Keliher, A. V.. ed. (Ap
Mack, Connie. See McGillicuddy, C.
McKay, Donald
Juvenile literature
Judson, C. I. Donald McKay. (D '43)
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander
Juvenile literature
Shore. M., and Oblinger, M. M. Knight of the
wilderness. (Je '43)
Mackenzie territory
Ferguson, C. J. Mink, Mary and me. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
McLaren, Agnes
Burton, K. K. According to the pattern. (Ap
McMaster, John Bach
Goldman, E. F. John Bach McMaster. (Je
'43)
Macmillan, firm, publishers, London
Morgan, C. House of Macmillan. (Ag '44)
McSorley's wonderful saloon. Mitchell. J. (S
Macy, R.H., and company, New York
Hower, R. M. History of Macy's of New
York. (S '43)
Mad^ forties. Adams, O. K., and Hutter, E. (D
Mad with much heart. Butler. O. (O '46)
Madagascar
James, S. South of the Congo. (Mr '43)
Madam chairman, members and guests. Pef-
fer, H. H. (My f42)
Madame Geneva. Dakers. E. K. (D '46)
Made in Canada. Bonner. M. G. (N '43)
Made in China. Spencer, C. (D '43)
Made in India. Taukey, G. S. (Je '46)
Made in the USSR. White, W. C. (D '44)
Madeleine takes command. Brill. E. C. (D '46)
Mademoiselle's home planning scrapbook.
Hillyer, E. (O '46)
Madison, Dorothy (Payne) Todd
Juvenile literature
Davis, B. E. Scotchtown tale. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Desmond, A. C. Glamorous Dolly Madison.
(Je '46)
Monsell, K. A. Dolly Madison, Quaker girl.
Morgan. H. L. Mistress of the White House.
(Je •&>
Magazines for school libraries. Martin. L. K
(S '46)
Magee, John Qfllesple
Hagedorn, H. Sunward I've climbed. (N *42)
Magellan, Ferdinand
Juvenile literature
Kent. L. A. We went with Magellan. (Ja '44)
Maqendle. Francois
Olmsted, J. M. D. Francois Magendie. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Maggie no doubt. Wadelton, M. J. M. (D '43)
Maglo
Castiglioni, A. Adventures of the mind. (Je
Magic. Musaey, J. B. (Ap '43)
Magic and natural science in German baroque
literature. Wagman, F. H. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Magic bed-knob. Norton, M. (My '44)
Magic circle. Meyer, G. E. (My '44)
Magic flute. Mozart, J. C. W. A. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Magic in literature
wagman, F. H. Magic and natural science
in German baroque literature. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Magic lantern. Smith, E. F. (My '45)
Magic makes murder. Campbell, H. R. (My
'43)
Magic Michael. Slobodkin, L. (O '44)
Magic monkey. Chan, P. and C. (O '44)
Magic of Lumping John. Goodwyn, F. (S '44)
Magic of numbers. Bell, E. T. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Magic powder. Hadley, E. J. (Je '45)
Magic shop. Dolbier, M. (S '46)
Magic water. Webster, B. (Je '42) ""
Magic year. Maass, J. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Magical melons. Brink, C. R. (D '44)
Magical realm. Coyle. K. (Mr *43)
Magician, and other stories. Frank, B. (D '46)
Magnate. Harriman, J. (O '46)
Magnesium
AH co, J. Introduction to magnesium and its
alloys. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pannell, E. V. Magnesium, its production and
use. (N '44)
Juvenile literature
Strack, L. H. Magnesium: a magic mineral.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Magnesium alloys
Alico, J. Introduction to magnesium and its
alloys. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Magnetic circuits and transformers. Massachu-
setts institute of technology. Department of
electrical engineering. (O ?43)
Magnetism
Kelly. H. C. Textbook in electricity and mag-
netism. (Je '42)
Massachusetts institute of technology. De-
partment of electrical engineering. Magnetic
circuits and transformers. (O '43)
Still, A. Soul of lodestone. (O '46)
Magnetochemistry
Selwood, P. W. Magnetochemistry. (Je '44)
Magnificent idiot. De Pol nay, P. (N '42)
Magnitogorsk. Russia
Scott. J. Behind the Urals. (Ag '43) (1943
Annual)
Magpie murder. Warren, J. R. (Mr '42)
Magulre, William Augustus
Maguire, W. A. Captain wears a cross. (Ja
T4) (1943 Annual)
Maguire, W. A. Rig for church. (S '42)
Mahatma and the world. Shridharani, K. J.
(Ag '46)
Mahler, Qustav
Mahler, A. M. S. Gustav Mahler. (Je '46)
Mahogany. Segre, A. (Ap '44)
Mahoney, Michael Ambrose
Denison, M. Klondike Mike. fMy '43)
Maiden voyage. Welch, D. (Ap *46)
Maigret and M. Labbe. Simenon. G. (S '42)
Main currents in American history. Gabriel.
R. H. (Ag '43)
Main currents in English history. Klingberg,
F. J. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Main street's new neighbors. Whiteleather, M.
K. (Je '45)
Foster, E. Islanders. (Mr '46)
Roberts, K. 1* Trending into Maine. (8 *44)
Description and travel
Bradshaw. M. J. Nature of Maine. (Mr '45)
Hamlin, H. Nine mile bridge. (Je '45)
Rich, L. D. Happy the land. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Rich, L. b. We took to the woods. (D '41)
Richmond. B. Winter harbor. (O '43)
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M a I ne — Continued
Social life and customs
Coatsworth, E. J. Country neighborhood. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual . Av
Coffin, R. P. T. Book of uncles. (D '42)
Coffin, R. P. T. Mainstays of Maine. (O '44)
Graham, E. M. Maine charm string. (S '46)
Graham. B3. M. Our way down Bast. (O '43)
Richmond, B. Right as rain. (D '46)
Views
Jennison, K. W. Maine Idea. (Je '43)
Shelton, A. C. Down to the sea in Maine.
(S '42)
Maine charm string. Graham, E. M. (S '46)
Maine idea. Jennison, K. W. (Je '43)
Mainsprings of civilization. Huntington, E.
Mainstays of Maine. Coffin, R. P. T. (O '44)
Mainstream. Basso, H. (D '43)
Maintenance and servicing of electrical instru-
ments. Spencer, J. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Maintenance arc welding. James F. Lincoln arc
welding foundation. (N '44}
Majesty's rancho. Gray, 2. (N '42)
Major, and the others. Coyle, K. (D '42)
Major instruments of science and their applica-
tions to chemistry. Burk, R. E., and Grum-
mitt, O. J., eds. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Major trends in American church history. Cur-
ran, F. X. (S '46)
Majority rule and minority rights. Commager,
H. S. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Majors, Alexander
Hawthorne, H. Ox- team miracle. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Make and remodel home furnishings. Spears, R.
«r /« »^4\
Make "mine murder. Bowen, R. S. (D '46)
Make or buy. Culliton, J. W. (D '43)
Make the most of your life. Lurton, D. E. (D
'45)
Make this the last war. Straight, M. W. (Mr
•43)
Make way for a sailor! Benjamin, N. G. (Ag
*46)
Make with the brains, Pierre. Wilson, D. (Ja
•47) (1946 Annual)
Make your own merry Christmas. Wertsner,
A. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Maker of men. Eddy, G. S. (Ap '42)
Makers of democracy in Latin America. Davis,
H. E. (D '45)
Makers of destruction. Eng title of: Men of
chaos. Rauschning, H. (O '42)
Makers of modern strategy. Earle, E. M., and
others, eds. (D '43)
Making and using industrial service ratings.
Halsey, O. D. (My '45)
Making books work. Flexner, J. M. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Making of a reporter. Irwin, W. H. (D '42)
Making of America. War services program,
Pennsylvania. (Ap '43)
Making of modern Britain. Brebner, J. B.,
and Kevins, A. (Ag '43)
Making of modern China. Lattimore, O. and
£3. H. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Making of modern Holland. Barnouw, A. J.
Making of modern New Guinea. Reed, 8. W.
f
(O f43)
aking
Making of the Indian princes. Thompson, E. J.
(Ag '44)
Making of tomorrow. De Roussy de Sales,
R. J. J. P. (My '42)
Making patent drawings. Radzinaky, H. (S '45)
Making the goods we need. Hanna, P. R., and
others. (My '44)
Making the most of your personality. Rich-
mond. W. V. (Ap '42)
Making the most of yourself. West, J. E. (Ap
Making the movies. Bendick, J. (D '45)
Malaria
Barber. M. A. Malariologlst in many lands.
(8 '46)
<Duran-Reynals, M. L. de A. Fever bark tree.
Taylor. N. Cinchona in Java. (O '45)
Malay archipelago
Cole. F. C. Peoples of Malaysia. (N '45)
Daniel, H. Islands of the East Indies. (O '44)
Malay fishermen. Firth, R. W. (N *46)
. British rule In extern A-la.
Thompson, V. M. Postmortem on Malaya.
Male hormone. De Kruif, P. H. (Je '45)
Malfreys. Whltcomb, C. (Je f44)
Malta epic. Bfeith, J. H. (D '43)
Malta magnificent. Gerard, F. (N '43)
Malta spitfire. Beurllng, O. P., and Roberts, L,.
Malta story. Coffin, H. M. (S '4S)
Malvern, 1941. Church of England. Archbishop
of York's conference, Malvern, 1941. (P '43)
(1942 Annual) ^ ,m, ,._.
Mama's bank account. Forbes, K. (My '43)
Mammals , ,_
Cahalane, V. H. Meeting the mammals. (S
'43)
Carter, T. D., and others. Mammals of the
Pacific world. (Ag '46)
Hamilton, W. J. Mammals of eastern United
States. (S '43)
Zim, H. S. Mice, men, and elephants. (My
•42)
Juvenile literature
Hogner, D. C. Animal book. (Je '42)
Mammals of eastern United States. Hamilton,
W. J. (S '43)
Mammals of the Pacific world. Carter, T. D.,
and others. (Ag *45)
Man
Herman, L. Behind the universe. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Conklin, E. G. Man, real and ideal. (N '43)
Corner, G. W. Ourselves unborn. (N '44)
Emrich, R. S. Earth might be fair. (Mr '45)
Ferris, T. P. This created world. (Mr '44)
Gard, H. V. Infinite man. (Ap '42)
Guyer, M. F. Speaking of man. (Ap *43)
Heermance, E. L. Time stream. (S '42)
Hocking, W. E. What man can make of man.
(S '42)
Kahler, E. Man the measure. (Ag f44) (1943
Annual)
Kahn, F. Man in structure and function.
(My *43)
Linton, R., ed. Science of man In the world
crisis. (Mr '45)
Niebuhr. R. Nature and destiny of man, 2d
ser. (My '43)
Wells, H. G. '42 to '44. (S '44)
Williams, R. J. Human frontier. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Constitution
Heath, C. W., and others. What people are.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hooton, E. A. Young man, you are normal.
(S '45)
Influence of environment
Burgess, E. W., and others. Environment
and education. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Huntington, E. Mainsprings of civilization.
(Ag '45)
Mills, C. A. Climate makes the man. (N '42)
Woodworth, R. S. Heredity and environment.
(My '42)
Origin
Andrews, R. C. Meet your ancestors. (D *46)
Howells, W. W. Mankind so far. (My '44)
Weidenreich, F. Apes, giants and man. (N
•46)
White, A. T. Men before Adam. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Man (theology)
Harkness, G. E. Dark night of the soul. (Ag
*45)
Vann, G. Heart of man. (D '45}
Man, Prehistoric
Andrews, R. C. Meet your ancestors. (D '45)
Hibben, F. C. Lost Americans. (Ag '46)
Murray, R. w. Man's unknown ancestors.
White, A. T. Men before Adam. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Marshak, I. I., and Segal, E. How man be-
came a giant. (Mr '42)
Man about the house. Young, p. B. (S '42)
Man against pain. Raper, H. R. (tf '45)
Man against time. I^eonard, W. B. (P '46)
Avt*M««k1\ *
Annual)
(1945
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1169
Man: an autobiography. Stewart. O. B. (8 '46)
Man and a school. Doggett, I*. L,. (» '43)
Man and his creatures. Knapp-Fisher, H. C.
Man and his works. Thorndike, E. L. (D '43)
Man and resources in the middle Rio Grande
valley. Harper, A. G., and others. (N '43)
Man and shadow. Kreymborg, A. (O '46)
Man and society. Bryson, G. B. (Ag '46) (1946
Annual)
Man and society in calamity. Sorokin, P. A.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Man and society in the New Testament. Scott,
B. F. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Man behind the flight. Jordanoff, A. (Ap '43)
Man cannot tell. Scruggs. P. L,. (Ap '42)
Man discovers God. Eddy, G. S. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Man-eaters of Kumaon. Corbett, J. E. (My '46)
Man from Kansas. Hinshaw, D. (D '45)
Man from Limehouse. Clemens, C. (D '46)
Man from Missouri. Clemens, C. (N '45)
Mail from Painted Rock. Gregory, J. (O '43)
Man from Texas. Gregory, J. (D '42)
Man from the Balkans. Glocar, E. (N '42)
Man goes alone. Gunn, N. M. (Ag '44)
Man in grey. Smith, E. F. (Mr '42)
Man in structure and function. Kahn, F.
(My '43)
Man in the air. Zim, H. S. (Ja *44) (1943 An-
nual)
Man in the divided sea. Merton, T. (D '46)
Man in the manhole. Sage, J. (D '46)
Man in the shower. Arno, P. (N '44)
Man is a weaver. Baity, E. C. (Ap '42)
Man lay dead. Marsh, N. (Mr '42)
Man Miss Susie loved. Tucker, A. (D '42)
Man, morals and society. Flttgel, J. C. (D '45)
Man next door. Eberhart, M. G. (Je '43)
Man of Alaska. Jenkins, T. (Mr '44)
Man of Brittany. James, S. (Mr '46)
Man of Malice Landing. Roberts, D. J. (S '43)
Man of Molokai. Roos, A. (Je '43)
Man of the hour. Klrkland, W. M. (N »42)
Man o' War (race horse)
Anderson, C. W. Big Red. (D '43)
Man on a rock. Hertz, R. O. (Je '46)
Man on the raft. Riesenberg, F. (D '45)
Man. real and ideal. Conklin, E. G. (N '43)
Man shall know. Jones, P. K. (D '42)
Man should rejoice. Gordon, V. (Je '44)
Man — the maker. Garrett, E. J. L.., and La-
marque, A. (D '46)
Man the master. Heard, G. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Man the measure. Kahler, E. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Man tracks. Foster, B. (Ag '43)
Man who asked why. Ryan, J. (D '45)
Man who changed his plea. Oppenheim, E. P.
(Je '42)
Man who dared to care. Carroll, M. T. (D '42)
Man who feared. Jenkins, W. F. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Man who killed the deer. Waters, F. (Ag '42)
Man who lost his head. Bishop, C. H. (D '42)
Man who loved lions. Eng title of: Man who
was not there. White, E. L. (N '43)
Man who made news. Carlson, O. (D '42)
Man who slept all day. Yenning, M. (8 '42)
Man who sold Louisiana. Lyon, E. W. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Man who was not there. White, E. L. (N *43)
Man who was there. Morris, W. (D '45)
Man who watched the trains go by. Simenon,
G. (Je '46)
Man who went away. Wright, H. B. (O '42)
Man with the lumpy nose. Lariar, L. (My '44)
Man with the monocle. Weston, G. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Man with wings. Cottier, J. (My '42)
Management and morale. Roethlisberger, F. J.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Management at the bargaining table. Hill, L.
fir, and Hook, C. R. (Ag '45)
Management can be human. Stowers, H. (Je
'46)
Management in homes. Cushman, E. M. (D '45)
Management in Russian industry and agri-
culture. Blenstock, G., and others. (Ag
•44) ^*
Management, labor and technological change.
Rfe*el, J. W. (N '43)
Management of inspection and quality control.
Juran, J. M. (Ag '45)
Management of the federal debt. Abbott, C. C.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Management of your government. Smith, H. D.
(Mr '46)
Managing a farm. Johnson, 3. E., and others.
(My '46)
Managing your mind. Kraines, S. H., and Thet-
ford, E. S. (S '43)
Manatee. Bruff, N. (N '45)
Manchu empress. Hunter, B. M. (Ag '45)
Manchuria
Tanaka, G. Japan's dream of world empire.
(Ap '42)
Manchus
Michael, F. Origin of Manchu rule in China.
(S '42)
Mandate from the people. Bruner, J. S. (S '44)
Mandates
Logan, R. W. Senate and the Versailles man-
date system. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Mandatory governments
Hoicombe. A. N. Dependent areas in the
post-war world. (My '42)
Ziff, W. B. Rape of Palestine. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Mandrake root. Diebold, J. O. H. (O '46)
Mangrove coast. Bickel, K. A. (Je '42)
Manhattan furlough. Haydn, H. C. (My '45)
Manifesto for the atomic age. Jordan, V. (Ap
'46)
Manila masquerade. Garth, D. (Ag '42)
Mankind so far. Howells, W. W. (My *^4)
Mann, Klaus
Mann. K. Turning point. (N '42)
Mann, Thomas
Brennan, J. G. Thomas Mann's world. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Manners and customs
Verrill, A. H. Strange customs, manners and
beliefs. (S '46)
Manners for moderns. McCrady, M. E. F., and
Wheeler, B. (Je '42)
Manning, Marie (Beatrice Fairfax, pseud)
Manning, M. Ladies now and then. (Je '44)
Manoel and the Morning Star. Peck, A. M.
(Je '43)
Manpower for victory. Corson, J. J. (Je '43)
Manpower in marketing. Benge, E. J. (Je '45)
Manrique. Sebastiao
Collis, M. Land of the great image. (S '43)
Man's fight to fly. Heinmufler, J. P.V. (O '44)
Man's food, its rhyme or reason. Graubard.
M. A. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Man's most dangerous myth. Ashley-Montagu,
M. F. (1942, 1943, 1945)
Man's physical universe. Bawden, A. T. (O '43 )
Man's poor relations. Hooton, E. A. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Man's quest for salvation. Braden, C. S. (Ap
'42)
Man's reach. Wilson, C. M. (S '44)
Man's unknown ancestors. Murray, R. W. (Ag
Man's way. Cobb, H. V. (O '42)
Mansfield, Katherlne
Fiction
White, N. G. Daughter of time. (My '42)
Mansions of Virginia. Waterman, T. T. (Je '46)
Manual for aircraft hydraulics. Thompson, J.
E., and Campbell, R. B. (D '42)
Manual for analyzing and selecting textbooks.
Clement, J. A. (N '42)
Manual for aviation cadets. Hoyt, J. R. (O *43)_
Manual for instruction In military maps and
aerial photographs. Maclean, N. F.. and
Olson, E. C. (O '43)
Manual for water plant operators. Hirsch, A.
A. (Je '46)
Manual of airbrush technique. Tobias, J. C.
(S '42)
Manual of aircraft layout. Faltus, R., and
Steinmetz, C. W. (Je '45)
Manual of aircraft materials and manufactur-
ing processes. Wells, T. A. (Ap '43)
Manual of aircraft production. De Selm, B. H..
ed. (Ap '44)
Manual of aircraft riveting. Roth, M. O. (Ap
Manual of -blueprint reading. Svensen, C. L.,
and Street, W. E. (Mr '45)
Manual of celestial navigation. Ageton, A. A.
(D '42)
Manual of child psychology. Carmlchael, L..
ed. (D '46)
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Manual of copyright Practice for writer*, pub-
lisher*, and agents. Nicholson, M. (D '45)
Manual of design for arc welded steel struc-
tures. Orover, La M., comp. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
nual of explosives, military pyrotechnics,
and chemical warfare agents. Bebie, J. (Je
Manual of foreign dialects for radio, stage
and screen. Herman, K and M. 8. (8 '44)
Manual of home vegetable gardening. Coulter*
F. C. (8 '42)
Manual of industrial hygiene and medical serv-
ice in war industries. Gafafer, W. M., ed.
(N '43)
Manual of laboratory glass-blowing. Wright,
R. H. (D '43)
Manual of machine shop practice. Benedict, O.
(Mr '45)
Manual of mechanical movements. Clark, W.
M., ed. (N '43)
Manual of photogrammetry. American society
of photogrammetry. (Mr '45)
Manual ,of ship construction. Manning, Q. C.
Manual of the aspergilli. Thorn, C., and Raper,
K. B. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Manuel, Gordon
Reynolds, Q. J. 70,000 to 1. (8 *46)
Manuel's kite string. Austin, M. (My '43)
Manufactures
Hawthorne, K. C. How to get ahead in a
defense plant. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Hanna, P. R., and others. Making the goods
we need. (My '44)
Manufacturing processes. Begeman. M. L.
Manuscripts
Michigan. University. William L. Clements
library of American history. Guide to the
manuscript collections in the Library, by
Howard H. Peckham. (Ap '43)
Many a watchful night. Brown, J. M. (D '44)
Many are the hearts. Markets on, E. B. (O '46i
Many creeds, one cross. Stores, C. E. (Ap *45)
Many happy days I've squandered. Laveridge,
A. (8 r44)
Many happy returns. Marx. G. (Mr '42)
Many long years ago. Nash, O. (N '45)
Many moons. Thurber, J. (O '43)
Maoris
Zimmerman, J. L. Where the people sing. (D
Map and aerial photograph reading, complete.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Map interpretation with military applications.
Putnam, W. C. (Je '43)
Map of my country. Holmes, J. A. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Map reading and avigation. Field, R. M., and
Stetson, H. T. (Ap *43)
Maps
D'Agapeyeff, A., and Hadfleld, E. C. R.
Maps. (Ap '44)
Field. R. M., and Stetson, H. T. Map read-
ing and avigation. (Ap '43)
Fisher, L, and Miller, O. M. World maps and
globes. (8 '44)
Flexner, W. W., and Walker, O. L. Military
and naval maps and grids. (Je '43)
Greenhood, D. Down to earth. (8 '44)
Greitzer, 8. L. Elementary topography and
map reading. (Ap '44)
Olson, E. C., and Whltmarsh, A. Foreign
maps. (D '44)
Putnam, W. C. Map interpretation with mili-
tary applications. (Je '43}
Serial map service, v 1. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Serial map service atlas. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Maps, Early
wroth. L C. Early cartography of the Pacific.
\0 %9/
Maps, Military
Lobeck, A. K., and Tellington. W. J. Mili-
tary maps and air photographs. (Je '44)
Maclean, N. F., and Olson. B. C. Manual for
instruction in military maps and aerial pho*
tographs. (O *4t>
Map and aerial photograph reading, complete.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Musham, H. A. Technique of the terrain. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Peattie, R. How to read military maps. (F
Mam!?! S^UU^of^Waiting in the night. Mil-
lar, G. R. (Mr '46)
Maquisard. Guerard, A. J. (N '46)
Marble, Alice
Marble, A. Road to Wimbledon. (O '46)
Marblehead (cruiser)'
Perry. G. 8., and Lelghton, Isabel. Where
away. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
March into tomorrow. Considine, J. J. (8 '42)
March of medicine, 1942. New York academy
of medicine. (8 '43)
March to liberation. Simon, T. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Marches (music)
Allen, W. D. Our marching civilization. (Ag
Marching blacks. Powell, A. C. (Mr '46)
Marching home. Hart, R, (My '44)
Marching to Jerusalem. Holberg, R L*. (D '43)
Marclon, of Sinope
Knox, J. Marcion and the New Testament.
Marco Polo's precursors. Olschki, L. (Ap '44)
Marconi, Gugllelmo, marchese
Coe, D. Marconi, pioneer of radio. (8 '43)
Marcos de Nlza
Far num. M. A. Seven golden cities. (N '43)
Margaret. Slade, C. B. (Je *46)
Margaret Brent, adventurer. Grant, D. F. (P
'44)
Marginalia. Lovecraf t, H. P. (Ap '45)
Maria. De Capite, M. (Mr '43)
Maria Lulsa de Orleans, consort of Carlos II,
king of Spain
Fiction
Hunt, F. Royal twilight. (N '46)
Maria Rosa. Kelsey, "V*. (Je '42)
Marine and air navigation. Stewart, J. Q., and
Pierce, N. L. (O '44)
Marine biology
ZoBell, C. E. Marine microbiology. (N '46)
Marine corps reader. Met calf, C. H., ed. (S '44)
Marine electric power. Newman, Q. B. (1943,
1945)
Marine electricians' library. Dodds, J. M. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Marine engine and flre room guide. Jacobs, R.
H., and Cady, E. L. (Je '43)
Marine engineering
Anderson, E. P. Audels marine engineer
handy book. (S '44)
Dinger, H. C., comp. Questions and answers
for marine engineers. (S '43)
Ford, L. R. Practical marine Diesel engineer-
ing. (1942, 1943)
Hase, V. E.. and Allen, R. W. Marine pipe-
fitting. (O *44)
Jacobs, R. H., and Cady. E. L.. Marine en-
gine and flre room guide. (Je *43)
Labberton, J. M. Marine engineering. (S '43)
Labberton, J. M., ed. Marine engineers' hand-
book. (Ap '46)
Osbourne, A., and others, eds. Modern marine
engineer's manual. (Ag *43)
Paterson, W. B., ed. Cornell red book of
marine engineering. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Marine engines
Dinger, H. C.. comp. Questions and answers
for marine engineers. (8 '43)
Marine fauna
Beebe, W. Book of bays. (Ap '42)
Stommel, H. M. Science of the seven seas.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Freund. G. P. Wonders of the sea, (Ap '42)
Guberlet, M. L. Seashore parade. (F '44)
'^43 Annual)
r, M. R. Along our coast. (O '42)
Marine flora
Juvenile literature
Freund, G. P. Wonders of the sea. (Ap '42)
Marine microbiology. ZoBell, C. E. (N '46)
Martae^lpeftttin* Hase, V. BL, and Allen,
Marine piping handbook for designers*fltters-
operators. Goehring, E. P. (Ap '44)
Marine .radio manual. Strlchartz, M. H., ed.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1171
Marines at war. Crane. A., ed. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Marines in review. Carlisle, N. V. (Ap '44)
Marion, Francis
Juvenile literature
Dean. S. W. Knight of the revolution. (Ap
Marlon alive. Baum. V. (Mr '42)
Marionettes
Green, D. S. Masks and puppets. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Lindsay, F. W. Dramatic parody by marion-
ettes. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Maritaln, Jacques
Maritain, R. We have been friends together.
(Mr '42)
Maritain. Raissa (Mme Jacques Maritaln)
Maritain, R. Adventures in grace. (8 '45)
Maritime law
Higgins, A. P., and Colombos, C. J. Interna-
tional law of the sea. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Marja Ludwlka, queen consort of John II
Casimir. king of Poland
Batcheller, T. B. Soul of a queen. (My '44)
Mark of Seneca Basin. Langdale, H. L. R. (My
Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. Weld, J. (My '43)
Mark Twain. Pellowe, W. C. S. (D '45)
Mark Twain at work. DeVoto. B. A. (8 '42)
Mark Twain, boy of old Missouri. Mason. M. E.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mark Twain, business man. Clemens, S. L.
(Ap '46)
Marked for murder. Dresser, D. (D '45)
Marked for murder. Reed, W. (Ap '42)
Market surveys
Blankenship, A. B. Consumer and opinion re-
search. (N '43)
. Marketing
Engle, N. H.. ed. Marketing in the West.
(F *47) (1946 Annual)
Nash, B. Developing marketable products and
their packagings. (Mr '46)
Reid, M. G. Consumers and the market. (N
'43)
Vaughan, F. L. Marketing. (Ag '42)
Juvenile literature
Hanna, P. R., and Krug, E. A. Marketing
things we use. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Marketing in the West. Engle, N. H., ed. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Marketing life insurance. Stalson, J. O. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Marketing the things we use. Hanna. P. R.,
and Krug. E. A. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Marks of readable style. Flesch, R. (My '44)
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of
Colby, E. Masters of mobile warfare. (O '43)
Marling Hall. Thirkell. A. M. (N '42)
Marlowe, Christopher
Bakeless, J. E. Tragicall history of Christo-
pher Marlowe. (Ag *43) (1943 Annual)
Battenhouse, R. W. Marlowe's Tamburlaine.
Clark, E. G. Ralegh and Marlowe. (My '42)
Kocher. P. H. Christopher Marlowe. (8 '46)
Norman, C. Muses' darling. (N »46)
Marriage
Adams, C. R., and Packard, V. O. How to
pick a mate. (O '46)
Alsop, G. F., and McBride, M. F. Arms and
the girl. (A '43)
Alsop, G. F.. and McBride. M. F. She's off
to marriage. (O '42)
Arlitt, A. H. *>mily relationships. (Je '42)
Becker, H., and Hill, R L.. eds. Marriage
and the family. (Ap '43)
Bowman, H. A. Marriage for moderns. (My
Conn, D. I* Love in America. (Je '43)
Dreikurs, R. Challenge of marriage. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Drummond, L. W. Youth and instruction In
marriage and family living. (Je '43)
Duvall, E, R. M,, and Hill. R. U When you
business of living
marry. (Ap '46)
Fishman. N. Marriage, this
together. (F '47)Tl946 Ar
Foleom, J. 1C
ciety. <Ag *4S)
7)l946 Annual)
Family and democratic so-
Foster, R. O. Marriage and family relation-
ships. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Goldstein, 8. E. Marriage and family coun-
seling. (Ag '45)
Goldstein. 8. B. Meaning of marriage and
foundations pf the family. (Je *43)
Groves. E. R,. and others. Sex fulfillment in
Groves,8^.' &. Marriage and family life. (Ag
'42)
Hildebrand, D. von. Marriage. (Ag '42)
Hope, W. Life together. (D '43)
Jordan, H. M., ed. You and marriage. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mariano, J. H. Veteran and his marriage.
Nash! E. M. With this ring. (D '42)
Overton, G. S. Marriage in war and peace.
(S '45)
Ray, R. Marriage is a serious business. (Ap
Rice, T. B. Sex, marriage and family. (D
'46)
Rock wood, L. T. D., and Ford, M. E. N.
Youth, marriage, and parenthood. (F '47)
Schmiedeler, E. Marriage and the family. (N
'46)
Wood, L,. F., and Mullen. J. W.. eds. What
the American family faces. (Ap '44)
Marriage and family counseling. Goldstein, 8.
E. (Ag '45)
Marriage and family life. Groves. G. H. (Ag
'42)
Marriage and family relationships. Foster, R. G.
(F M6) (1945 Annual)
Marriage and the family. Becker, H.. and Hill.
R. L., eds. (Ap '43)
Marriage and the family. Schmiedeler, E. (N
*46)
Marriage for moderns. Bowman, H. A. (My
Marriage in war and peace. Overton. G. 8. (S
•45)
Marriage is a serious business. Ray, R. (Ap '44)
Marriage law
Fishman, N. Marriage, this business of living
tog-ether. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Fishman, N. Married woman's bill of right*.
Marriage of Josephine. Coryn, M. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Marriage, this business of living together.
Fishman, N. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Married at leisure. Lederer, V. (N '44)
Married life. Daumier, H. V.. il. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Married woman's bill of rights. Fishman. N.
(O '43)
Mars' butterfly. Pleasants. H. (Ap '42)
Marsh, Grant Prince
Hanson. J. M. Conquest of the Missouri. (S
'46)
Marsh, James
Wells, R. V. Three Christian transcenden-
talista. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Marshall, George Catlett
Marshall, K. T. Together. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Marshes
Johnson, D. W. Origin of the Carolina bays.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Marshmallow. Newberry, C. T. (D *42)
Marta of Muscovy. Stong. P. D. (8 *45)
Marta the doll. Lownsbery, E. (D '46)
Martha Washington doll book. Bernstein, A. F.
(Mr '46)
Martinique
Smith, N. Black Martinique, red Guiana.
(My '42)
Martinu, Bohuslav
Safranek, M. Bohuslav Martinu. (O '44)
Marty Markham. Watkin, L. E. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Marx, Karl
Robinson, J. M. Essay on Marxian econom-
ics. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Sweezy, P. M. Theory of capitalist develop*
ment (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Mary, Virgin
Houselander, F. C. Reed of God. (Ag '44)
Fiction
Frost. E. H. Mary and the spinners. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
1172
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Mary Magdalen, Saint
Fiction
Murphy, E. F. Road from Olivet. (S '46)
Murphy, B. F. Scarlet lily. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Mary Stuart, queen of Scots
Fiction
Irwin, M. E. F. Gay Galhard. (Mr '42)
Mary and the spinners. Frost, E. H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mary Bray, fashion designer. Gallagher, L. B.
(O '45)
Mary Cars tens, M.D. Meese, M. F. (Mr '44)
Mary Celeste (brig)
Bryan, G. S. Mystery ship. (My '42)
Fay. C. E. Mary Celeste. (O '42)
Mary darlin'. Wise, E. V. (O '43)
Mary Jo and little Liu. Ageton, A. A. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Mary Patten's daughters. Abbott, J. L. D. (Ag
•45)
Mary Foppins opens the door. Travers, P. L.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Maryland
Description and travel
Footner, H. Maryland main and the Eastern
shore. (My '42)
History
Bailey, K. P. Thomas Cresap. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Crowl, P. A. Maryland during and after the
revolution. (Je '44)
Politics and government
Crowl, P. A. Maryland during and after the
revolution. (Je '44)
Maryland during and after the revolution.
Crowl, P. A. (Je '44)
Maryland main and the Eastern shore. Foot-
ner, H. (My '42)
Marymount college, Tarrytown, New York
Burton, K. K. Mother Butler of Marymount.
(O »44)
Masaryk, TomS* Garrigue
Seton- Watson, K. W. Masaryk in England.
(Je *43)
Masefield. John
Masefteld, J. New chum. (My '45)
Masha's stuffed Mother Goose. Mother Goose.
(S '46)
Maslas, John. See John Masias
Masked murder. Eng title of: Dark prophec*1
Alan, M. (N '45)
Masks
Benda, W. T. Masks. (My '45)
Green, D. S. Masks and puppets. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Mason, Joseph
Juvenile literature
Simon, C. M. H. Joe Mason, apprentice to
Audubon. (N '46)
Mason, Lowell
Rich, A. L. Lowell Mason. (N '46)
Masque of reason. Frost, R. (Ap *45)
Masquerade mystery. Wadsworth, L. A. (Je
•43)
Mass. See Roman Catholic church — Eucharist
Mass education movement
Buck, P. S. Tell the people. (My '45)
Mass of Brother Michel. Kent, M. (Je '42)
Mass psychology of fascism. Reich, W. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mass radiography of the chest. Hilleboe, H. B.,
and Morgan, R. H. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Mass spectra and isotopes. Aston, F. W. (Ag
•43)
Massachusetts
Description and travel
Marlowe, G. F. Old Bay paths. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
History
Colonial period
Andrews, M. P. Soul of a nation. (O '43)
Willison, G. F. Saints and strangers. (S '46)
Politics and government
Colonial period
Brennan, E. E Plural office-holding In Mas-
sachusetts. (Ap '46)
Social life and customs
Holton, E. A. Yankees were like this. (O §44)
Massachusetts general hospital, Boston
Emerson, H. Baker memorial. (Je '42)
Master drawings. Holme, B , ed. (My '44)
Master homecraft projects. Raeth, G. A. (Ap
'43)
Master mariner. Connolly, J. B. (Ap '43)
Master mariner of Maine. Ranlett, C. E. (F
•43) (1942 Annual)
Mastering your neives. Freeman, G. L., and
Stern, E. M. (My '46)
Masterpiece Zola, E. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Masterpieces of painting. Cairns, H., and Walk-
er, J., eds. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Mastei pieces of Persian art. Pope, A U. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Masters and the slaves. Freyre, G. (N '46)
Masters of mass production. Borth, C. (Ag '45)
Masters of mobile warfare. Colby, E. (O '43)
Masterson. Wichelns, L. (My '43)
Masterworks of economics. Abbott, L. D., ed.
(Ag '46)
Masterworks of philosophy. Frost, S. E., ed.
(N '46)
Mater ecclesia. Plumpe, J. C. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Materia medica, Vegetable
Allport, N. L. Chemistry and pharmacy of
vegetable drugs. (Je '45)
Material handling
Potts, M. W. Materials-handling equipment.
(O '46)
Stocker, H. E. Materials handling. (S '43)
Materialism
Krzesifiski, A. J. Is modern culture doomed?
(Je '42)
Rosenfleld, L. D. C. From beast-machine to
man-machine (Ap '42)
Tute, R. C. After materialism — what? (S *45)
Materials and methods for vocational training.
Hill, W. E., and Ewing, C. H. (Ag '42)
Materials and methods of architectural con-
struction. Gay, C. M., and Parker, H. E.
(D '43)
Materials and processes. Young, J. F., ed. (Je
'44)
Materials handbook. Brady, G. S. (Je '44)
Materials handling. Stocker, H. E. (S '43)
Materials-handling equipment. Potts, M. W. (O
•46)
Materials of construction. Fryklund, V. C.,
and Sechrest, C. H. (O '43)
Materials testing. Gilkey, H. J., and others.
(Je '42)
Maternal overprotection. Levy, D. M. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Mathematical aids for engineers. Dull, JR. W.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mathematical and physical principles of engi-
neering analysis. Johnson, w. C. (D '44)
Mathematical physics
Lindsay, R. B. Introduction to physical sta-
tistics. (Je '42)
Mathematical recreations
Freeman, M. B. and I. M. Fun with figures.
(N '46)
Kraitchik, M. Mathematical recreations. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Northrop, E. P. Riddles in mathematics. (Je
Mathematical statistics
Levy, H , and Preidel, E. B. Elementary
statistics. (N '45)
Mathematical theory of elasticity. Sokolnikoff,
I. S. and Specht, R. D. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Mathematics
Allen, E. B., and others. Vital mathematics.
(Je '44)
Amiss, J. M., and others. Shop mathematics
and shop theory. (Ag '43)
Andres, P. G., and others. Basic mathe-
matics for engineers. (Je '44)
Axelrod, A. Machine shop mathematics. (D
42)
Ayres, F. Basic mathematical for aviation.
(O '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1173
Bliss, G. A. Mathematics for exterior ballis-
tics. (Je '44)
Bradley, A. D. Mathematics of air and
marine navigation. (My '43)
Buchan, A. F., and Borthwfck, R. Aviation
mathematics. (Ap '43)
Buell, C. E. Mathematics for the sheet metal
worker in general and aircraft shops. (S
'43)
Burnham, R. W. Mathematics for machinists.
(S '43)
Cell, J. "W. Engineering: problems illustrating
mathematics. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Cooke, N. M., and Orleans, J. B. Mathematics
essential to electricity and radio. (D '43)
Corrington, M. S. Applied mathematics for
technical students. (S '43)
Courant, R., and Robbms, H. E. What is
mathematics? (My '42)
Daus, P. H., and others. Basic mathematics
for war and industry. (My '44)
Dick, A. A. Shop mathematics. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Dimick, C. E., and Kurd, C. C. Mathematics
for mariners. (Ag '44)
Downer, A. E. Practical mathematics of avia-
tion. (D '43)
Dull, R. W. Mathematical aids for engineers.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Eddy, W. C., and others. Wartime refresher
in fundamental mathematics. (Ap '43)
Griffiths, H. Mathematics for aircraft engine
mechanics. (O '44)
Grossnickle, F. E., and others. Practice in
essential mathematics. (Ag *43)
Hadamard, J. S. Essay on the psychology of
invention in the mathematical field. (Ag
'45)
Hanson, P. P. Military applications of mathe-
matics (Je '44)
Harper, H. D. Printing shop mathematics.
(S '43)
Hooper, A. Mathematics refresher. (D '42)
Hooper, A. River mathematics. (D '45)
Hyatt, D., and Dodson, B. M. Mathematics
for navigators. (Ag '44)
Johnson, W. C. Mathematical and physical
principles of engineering analysis. (D '44)
Keal, H. M., and Leonard, C. J. Essential
mathematics for skilled workers. (Ap '43)
Keller, E. G. Mathematics of modern engi-
neering, v 2. (Je '43)
Kokomoor, F. W. Mathematics in human
affairs. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Lieber, L.. R Education of T. C. Mits. (My
'44)
McMackin, F. J., and Shaver, J. H. Mathe-
matics of the shops. (O '42)
Margenau, H., and Murphy, Q. M. Mathe-
matics of physics and chemistry. (O '43)
Mathematics for pilots. (Je '43)
Mernman, G. M. To discover mathematics.
(D '42)
Miller, D. D. Popular mathematics. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Moore, J. H., and Mira, J. A. Gist of mathe-
matics. (S '43)
Moss, L. Q. Practical mathematics for ship-
fitters. (Je '42)
Naidich. J. Mathematics for the aviation
trades. (S '42)
Naidich, J Mathematics of flight. (D '43)
Newsom, C. V., and Larsen, H. D. Basic
mathematics for pilots and flight crews.
(Je '43)
P61ya, G. How to solve it. (S '45)
Rappolt, F. A. Simplified mathematics and
how to use the slide rule. (Ag '44)
Robinson, P. H. Aircrews' book of practical
mathematics. (Je '43)
Schaaf, W. L. Mathematics for everyday use.
(Je '43)
Schaaf, W. L/. Mathematics for mechanics.
(Je '43)
Smith, C. E. Applied mathematics for radio
and communication engineers. (D '45)
Sohon, H. Engineering mathematics. (Mr
'45)
Sommers, H. H. Living mathematics re-
viewed. (O '44)
Van Leuven, E. P. General trade mathe-
matics. (D '42)
Walling, S. A., and Hill, J. C. Aircraft
mathematics. (N '43)
Wang, T. J. Mathematics of radio communi-
cations. (My '44)
Weir, J. J. Elementary mathematics for the
machine trades. (S '43)
Wolfe, J. H., and others. Simplified industrial
mathematics. (Je '43)
Dictionaries
James, G. and R. C., eds. Mathematics dic-
tionary. (1942, 1943)
History
Bell, E. T. Development of mathematics. (Ap
'46)
Bell, E. T. Magic of numbers. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Hooper, A. River mathematics. (D '45)
Philosophy
Bell, E. T. Magic of numbers. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Clifford, W. K. Common sense of the exact
sciences. (S '46)
Problems, exercises, etc.
Lapp, C. J., and others. Mathematics for
the emergency. (S '43)
Study and teaching
Howard, H. Mathematics teachers' views on
certain issues in the teaching of mathe-
matics. (Ap '42)
Tables, formulae, etc.
Lange, N. A., and Forker, G. M., eds. Hand-
book of chemistry. (Ag '44)
Indexes
Fletcher, A., and others. Index of mathe-
matical tables. (N '46)
Mathematics dictionary. James, G. and R. C.,
eds (1942, 1943)
Mathematics for aircraft engine mechanica.
Griffiths, H. (O '44)
Mathematics for exterior ballistics. Bliss, G.
A. (Je '44)
Mathematics for mariners. Dimick, C. E., and
Hurd, C. C. (Ag '44)
Mathematics for navigators. Hyatt, D., and
Dodson, B. M. (Ag '44)
Mathematics for the aviation trades. Naidich,
J. (S '42)
Mathematics in human affairs. Kokomoor, F.
W. (Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Mathematics of finance. Harper, F. S. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mathematics of radio communications. Wang,
T. J (My '44)
Mathematics of the shops. McMackin, F. J.,
and Shaver. J. H. (O '42)
Mathematics refresher. Hooper, A. (D '42)
Mathematics teachers' views on certain issues
in the teaching of mathematics. Howard,
H. (Ap '42)
Mathew, Theobald
Rogers, P. Father Theobald Mathew. (Je '45)
Ma thews, John Joseph
Mathews, J. J. Talking to the moon. (S '45)
Matilda and her family. Mason, M. E. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Matrices
Albert, A. A. Introduction to algebraic theo-
ries. (Ap '42)
Matsumoto, Toru
Matsumoto, T., and Lerrigo, M. O. Brother
is a stranger. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Matter, energy and radiation. Dunning, J. R.,
and Paxton, H. C. (Je '42)
Matter of accent. Keith. D (Mr '43)
Matter of love. Helm, M. (D '46)
Matter of policy. Merwin, S. (D '46)
Matthew, the young king. Goldszmit, H. (My
'45)
Matto Grosso, Brazil (state)
Moennich, M. L*. Pioneering1 for Christ in
Xlngu Jungles. (S '42)
Maundy Thursday
Mauriac, F. Eucharist. (My '44)
Maurois, Andre
Maurois, A. I remember, I remember. (N *42>
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
Hawthorne, H. Matthew Fontaine Maury. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Maury family
Maury, A. F. M., ed. Intimate Vlrginiana. (N
'42)
1174
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Mausoleum key. Daniels, N. A. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Maverick. Foster. B. (A* '42)
Maverick town. McCarty, J. L. (O '46)
Maximilian, emperor of Mexico
Hyde, H. M. Mexican empire. (O '46)
Fiotlon
Niles, B. R. Passengers to Mexico. (My '43)
Maxim*
Franklin, B. Poor Richard cornea to life.
May Bretton. Raynolds, R. (Ag '44)
May I keep dogs? Barne. K. <S '42)
Mayakovsky and his poetry. Maiakovskii, V. V.
<N »46)
Parley, 8. G. Ancient Maya. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Von Hagen, V. W. Aztec and Maya paper-
makers. (O '45)
Mayerberg, Samuel Spier Davis, D. J., and Goen, C. H. Al
Mayerberg, S. 8. Chronicle of an American mechanical drawing. (Je '45)
crusader. (My '45) Giachino, J. W.. and Sonsmith, H. A.
crusader. (My *45)
Mayfair squatters. Fielding, A. M. (My '46)
Mayflower boy. Young, S. (O '44)
Mayling Soong Chiang. Hull, H. R. (N '43)
Mayo, Charles Horace
Clapesattle. H. Doctors Mayo. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Regli, A. C. Mayos. (S *42)
Mayo, William James
Clapesattle, H. Doctors Mayo. (Ag *42) (1941
Annual)
Regli, A. C. Mayos. (S '42)
Mayo, William Worrall
Clapesattle, H. Doctors Mayo. (Ag *42) (1941
Annual)
Regli. A. C. Mayos. (S '42)
The maze. Sandoz, M. Y. (D '46)
Mazzef, Filippo
Mazzei. P. Memoirs of the life and peregrina-
tions of the Florentine, Philip Mazzei. (O
•42)
Me and the general. Wonsetler, A, H. and J. C.
(O '42)
Mead, George Herbert
Clayton, A. 8. Emergent mind and educa-
tion. (O '44)
A meal in itself. Mabon, M. F. (Ap '46)
Meaning (psychology)
Richards, I. A. How to read a page. (Je '42)
Stevenson, C. L. Ethics and language. (Ag
'46)
Meaning f of human experience. Hough, L. H.
Meaning of intelligence. Stoddard, O. D. (N
•43)
Meaning of marriage and foundations of the
family. Goldstein, S. E. (Je '43)
Meaning of relativity. Einstein, A. (8 '46)
Meany. Stephen J.
Jenkins, B. A. Father Meany and the Fight-
ing 69th. (O '44)
Measure of a man. Aydelotte, D. (8 '42)
Measured for murder. Lee, M. V., and Saunders,
C. C. (Ap '44)
Measurement and evaluation in the elementary
school. Greene, H. A. and others. (Je '42)
Measurement and evaluation in the secondary
school. Greene, H. A., and others. (Ag
43)
Measurements of human behavior. Greene, E.
B. (Ag '42)
Measuring business cycles. Burns, A. F., and
Mitchell, W. C. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Measuring Instruments
Felker, C. A. Measuring instruments. (D '48)
Jenkins, R. Fundamentals of mechanical in-
spection for trainees and junior inspectors.
(Je '44)
King, A. T. Engineering inspection practice.
(O '44)
Mo! lard. W. Essentials of precision inspec-
tion. (My '44)
Rhodes. T. J. Industrial instruments for
measurement and control. (My '42)
Stieri, B. Engine lathe. (O '44)
Toliver, R. R. Care and use of hand tools.
(Je '45)
Iclilink, P. J.. and Phillip*. M. C. Meat three
times a day. (Ap *4I)
Stefansson, V. Not by bread alone. (N '46)
Waisroan, H. A, and Elvehjem, C. A. Vita*
min content of meat. (My '42)
Bacteriology
Jensen. L. B. Microbiology of meats. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Meat for murder. Lewis, L». (D '43)
Meat three times a day. Schlink, F. J.. and
Phillips, M. C. (Ap '46)
Mechanical and electrical equipment for build-
ings. Gay, C. M., and Fawcett, C. D. (Je
Mechanical drawing
Babbitt, A. B., and Swartz, D. J. Mechanical
drawing. (Je '43)
Berg, E. Mechanical drawing. (O '43)
Bush, G. F. Reading engineering drawings.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual}
Carter, 1. N., and Thompson, H. I* En-
gineering drawing, practice and theory. (S
*43)
Davis, D. J., and Goen, C. H. Aircraft
mechan
Giachino, J. W.. and Sonsmith, H. A. Air-
plane drawing. (Ap '42)
Hoelscher, R. P., and others. Industrial pro-
duction illustration for students, draftsmen
and illustrators. (8 '43)
Johnson. W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Modern
drafting. (My '44)
Kenison, E., and McKinney, J. Mechanical
drawing. (Ap '43)
Luzadder, w. J. Fundamentals of engineer-
ing drawing. (S '43)
Meadowcroft. N. Aircraft detail drafting.
(Ap '43)
Nelson, W. Airplane lofting. (A* *42)
Radzinsky. H. Making patent drawings. (S
Sahag, L*. M. Engineering drawing. (Ap '43)
Svensen, C. L. Essentials of drafting. (S '43)
Tharratt, G. Aircraft production illustration.
(Ag '44)
Thayer, H. R. Blue print reading and sketch-
ing. (Je '42)
Turner, W. w. Basic problems in engineer-
ing drawing. (O *43)
Mechanical engineering
Cornetet, W. H., and Fox, D. W. Applied
fundamentals of machines. (O '45)
Hesse, H. C. Engineering tools and processes.
(Je '42)
Hesse, H. C., and Rush ton, J. H. Process
equipment design. (My '45)
Low, B. B. Engineering mechanics. (Je *43)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Machinery (periodical). Machinery's hand-
book for machine shop and drafting:- room.
(My '44)
Marks. L*. S.. ed. Mechanical engineers'
handbook. (My '42)
Nordenholt, G. F., and others. Handbook of
mechanical design. (D '42)
Wagener, A. M., and Arthur, H. R. Machin-
ists' and draftsmen's handbook. (D '45)
Mechanical engineers' handbook. Marks, L. S.,
ed. (My *42)
Mechanical movements
Clark. W. M., ed. Manual of mechanical
movements. (N *43)
Mechanical physics. Dingle, H. (Ag '43)
Mechanical springs. Wahl, A. M. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Mechanical vibrations. Bernhard, R. K. (S '43)
Mechanics
Maurer, E. R., and others. Mechanics for en-
gineers. (Ap '46)
Synge, J. L. and Griffith, B. A. Principle*
of mechanics. (D '42)
Electric analogies
Olson, H. F. Dynamical analogies. (D '43)
Mechanics, Analytic
Chambers. 8. D., and Faires. V. M. Analytic
mechanics. (N '43)
Mechanics, Applied
Bernhard, R. K. Mechanical vibrations. (S
Biehler, R. M* Applied mechanics. (Je '43)
Fairrnan, 8., and Cutshall, C. S. Engineering
mechanics. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Leyson, B. W. Elements of mechanic*. (Je
44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE iNbfiX 1942-1946
1175
Low, B. B. Engineering mechanics. (Je '43)
Singer, F. L. Engineering mechanics. (N '43 )
Smith. L. R. Applied mechanics and heat.
(Ag '43)
Mechanics, Statistical
Glass tone, S. Theoretical chemistry. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Mechanics for engineers. Maurer, E. R., and
others. (Ap '46)
Mechanism. Prageman. I. H. (Je '43)
Mechanism of the electric spark. lx>eb. L*. B..
and Meek. J. M. (Je '42)
Mechanization, Military
Fuller. J. F. C. Armored warfare* (N '43)
Lindsay, O. M. War on the civil and mili-
tary fronts. (O '42)
McQhee. A. F. He's in the Armored force
now. (Ag '43)
Raborg. P. C. Mechanized might. (Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Conger, £3. M. American tanks and tank
destroyers. (O '44)
Mechanization and culture. Marx, W. J. (Ag
•42)
Mechanized might. Raborg, P. C. (Je '42)
Mecklin. John Moffatt
Mecklin, J. M. My quest for freedom. (Ag
'45)
Medal of honor
Recke, F, M. Beyond the call of duty. (D
Medals
Toy n bee, J. M. C. Roman medallions. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Medals for marines. Boswell, R. E. (O '45)
Medea. Jefters, R. (Je '46)
Mediaeval art. Morey, C. R. (Ap '43)
Medical care of merchant seamen. Wheeler, W
L. (O '45)
Medical care of the discharged hospital pa-
tient. Jensen. F., and others. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Medical economics
Goldmann. F. Public medical care. (S '45 )
Jensen, F., and others. Medical care of the
discharged hospital patient. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Stern, B. J. Medical services by government.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Medical education
Allen, R. B. Medical education and the chang-
ing order. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Norwood, W. F. Medical education in the
United States before the Civil war. (D '44)
Medical libraries
Medical library association. Handbook of
medical library practice. (D '43)
Medical research
Cannon, W. B. Way of an investigator. (S
*45)
Medical service
Anderson. D., and Baylous, M. When doctors
are rationed. (Mr r43)
Atkinson. E. M. Behind the mask of medicine.
(Mr '42)
Goldmann. F. Public medical care. (S '45)
Medical service, Industrial. See Medicine, In-
dustrial
Medical services by government. Stern, B. J.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Medical social work
Gunn. S. M., and Platt, P. S. Voluntary
health agencies. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Richardson, H. B. Patients have families.
(My '45)
Medicine
Montgomery, E. R. Story behind great med-
ical discoveries. (D '45)
Podolsky, E. Doctors, drugs and steel. (My
*46)
Taylor, F. S. Conquest of bacteria. (My
Ward, H., ed, New worlds in medicine. (O
Addresses, essays, lectures
New York academy of medicine. March of
medicine. 1942. (S '43)
Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
O'Brien, H. V. Memories of a guinea pig.
(J* »48> (1*42 Annual)
Bibliography
Hawkins, R. R., ed. Scientific, medical, and
technical books. (Ag '46)
Medical library association. Handbook of
medical library practice. (D '43)
Biography
Who's important in medicine. (Je '46)
History
Atkinson, E. M. Behind the mask of medicine.
(Mr '42)
Clark-Kennedy, A. E. Art of medicine in
relation to the progress of thought. (N '45)
Clendenlng, L., ed. Source book of medical
history. (N *42)
Guthrie, D. J. History of medicine. (S '46)
Haagensen, C. D., and Lloyd, W. E. B. Hun-
dred years of medicine. (N '43)
Heidel. W. A. Hippocratic medicine. (Ap
Sigerist. H. K. Civilization and disease. (Mr
'44)
Stern. B. J. Society and medical progress.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Wilson, C. M. Ambassadors in white. (A*
'42)
Wilson. N. W., and Weisman, S. A. Modern
medicine. (S '42)
Winslow, C. E. A. Conquest of epidemic
disease. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual) -
Juvenile literature
Keliher, A. V., ed. Doctors at work. (Ap '42)
Practice
Blnger, C, A. L. Doctor's Job. (Ap »46)
Stern. B. J. American medical practice ID
the perspectives of a century (Ap '45)
Study and teaching
Allen, R. B. Medical education and the
changing order. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Ham, A. W., and Salter, M. D. Doctor in the
making. (S '43)
Sigerist. H. E. University at the crossroads.
(S '46)
China
Hume, E. H. Doctors East, doctors West.
(Je '46)
United States
Pickard, M. E., and Buley, R. C. Midwest
pioneer. (S '45)
Medicine, Ancient
Edelstein, L. Hippocratic oath. (D '44V
Medicine, Clerical
Hiltner, S. Religion and health. (My '43)
Medicine, Industrial
DeKruif, P. H. Kaiser wakes the doctors.
(O *43)
Stern, B. J. Medicine in industry. (S '46)
Medicine, Magic, mystic and spagiric
Castiglioni, A. Adventures of the mind. (Je
'46)
Medicine. Military
Darnall, J. R., and Cooper, V. I. What the
citizen should know about wartime medi-
cine. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Fishbein, M., ed. Doctors at war. (Je '45)
Griffin, A. R. Out of carnage. (O '45)
Hume, E. JS2. Victories of army medicine.
(Ag *43)
Maisel, A. Q. Miracles of military medicine.
(Mr '43)
Maisel, A. Q. Wounded get back. (Je »44)
Taliaferro, W. H., ed. Medicine and the war.
(Ap '44)
Medicine, Naval
Wheeler, W. L. Medical care of merchant
seamen. (O '45)
Wheeler, W. L. Shipboard medical practice.
(N »4S)
Medicine. Popular
Fishbein, M. Popular medical encyclopedia.
(N '46)
Look (periodical). How to keep your family
diseases. (Mr '45)
Medicine, Preventive
Ackerman, L. Health and hygiene. (S '44)
Smillie, W. O. Preventive medicine and pub-
lic health. (S '46)
Stieglitz. E. J. Future for preventive medi-
cine. (3 '46)
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Medicine, State
Stern, B. J. Medical services by government.
(P »47) (1946 Annual)
Medicine and religion
Hiltner, S. Religion and health. (My '43)
Wise. C. A. Religion in illness and health.
(S '42)
Medicine and the war. Taliaferro, W. H., ed.
(Ap '44)
Medicine in industry. Stern, B. J. (S '46)
Medieval American art. Kelemen, P. (Ak '43)
Medieval Europe. O'Sullivan, J. P., and Burns,
J. F. (D '43)
Medieval humanism. Walsh, G. G. (My '42)
Medieval Islam. Grunebaum, G. E. von. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mediterranean assignment. McMillan. R.
(O '43)
Mediterranean front. Moorehead, A. (Ap '42)
Mediterranean, saga of a sea. Ludwig, E. (O
'42)
Mediterranean sea
Gatti, A. Mediterranean spotlights. (D *44)
Laidwig, E. Mediterranean, saga of a sea.
(O '42)
Moran, C. Sea of memories. (Ap '42)
Mediterranean spotlights. Gattl. A. (D '44)
Mediterranean sweep. Thruelsen, R.f and Ar-
nold, E. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Meet Amos and Hosea. Wolfe. R. E. (Ag '45)
Meet Corliss Archer. Herbert, F. H. (Ag '44)
Meet Dr Franklin. Franklin institute. (O ^44)
Meet me in St Ixmis. Benson, S. (Ag '42)
Meet Mr Blank. Graefenberg, R. G. (N '43)
Meet Mr Fortune. Bailey, H. C. (Ag '42)
Meet Mr Griz2ly. Stevens, M. F. S. (Je '44)
Meet the Arab. Van Ess, J. (D '43)
Meet the electron. Grimes, D. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Meet the farmers. Haystead, I* (My '44)
Meet the Malones. Weber, L,. M. (N '43)
Meet your allies in war and peace. Balint, N.
G., ed (S '44)
Meet your ancestors. Andrews, R. C. (D '45)
Meet your Congress. Flynn, J. T. (N *44)
Meeting by moonlight. Volk, G. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Meeting of East and West. Northrop, F. S. C.
(S '46)
Meeting the mammals. Cahalane, V. H. (S *43)
Meg Randall. Grape win, C. E. (D '42)
Melggs, Henry
Stewart, W. Henry Meiggs. (O '46)
Meister Eckhart. Eckhart, M. (Ap '42)
Melancholy
Evans, B.. and Mohr, G. J. Psychiatry of
Robert Burton. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Melendy, Peter
Wright, L. M. Peter Melendy. (Ap '44)
Melindy's medal. Faulkner, G., and Becker, J.
(Ag '45)
M411ne tariff. Golob. E. O. (My '45)
Melody in darkness. Stephenson, G. (My '43)
Melville, Herman
Braswell. W. Melville's religious thought.
(My '44)
Sedgwick, W. E. Herman Melville. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Member of the wedding. McCullers, C. S. (Je
•46)
Members of the family. Van de Water, F. F.
(N '42)
Memo to a firing squad. Brennan, F. H. (Mr
Memoir of Walter Reed. Truby, A. E. (D '43)
Memoirs. Eng title of: Grooves of change. Sam-
uel, H. L. S. (Ap '46)
Memoirs of a shy pornographer. Patchen, K.
Memoirs of a superfluous man. Nock, A. J.
(O '43)
Memoirs of a volunteer. Beatty, J. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Memoirs of an epicurean. Sedgwick, H. D.
(Je '42)
Memoirs of an ex- diplomat. Wilson, F. M. H.
(Je '45)
Memoirs of Hecate county, Wilson, EJ. (Ap '46)
Memoirs of my people. Schwarz, I* W., edu
'
(Mr '43)
Memoirs of the life and peregrinations of the
Florentine, Philip Mazzel. Mazzei, P. (O
Memorial. Isherwood, C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Memories and opinion. Taft. H. D. (Je '42)
Memories and opinions. Quiller-Couch, A. T.
(Ag '45)
Memories of a guinea pig. O'Brien, H. V. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Memories of an old-time tar heel. Battle, K. P.
(D '45)
Memories of happy days. Green, J. (D '42)
Memory and desire. Main, M. F. (D '45)
Memory of a scream. Manners, D. X. (N '46)
Memphis bragabouts. Roark, E. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Men against crime. Floherty, J. J. (D '46)
Men and coal. Coleman, M. (D '43)
Men and ideas. Lin, M. (Je '43)
Men and movements in the American Episcopal
church. Chorley, E. C. (S '46)
Men and power. Taylor, H. J. (S *46)
Men and saints. P4guy, C. P. (D '44)
Men and women. Eldridge, P. (S '46)
Men and women who make music. Ewen, D.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Men at war. Hemingway, E., ed. (D '42)
Men at work. Chase, S., and Tyler, M. (Ag '45)
Men before Adam. White, A. T. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Men behind the war. Steel, J. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Men die at Cyprus lodge. Street, C. J. C. (Ag
Men do not weep. Nichols, B. (Ag '42)
Men from Java. Eng title of: Men from no-
where. Malaquais, J. (Ap '43)
Men from nowhere. Malaquais, J. (Ap '43)
Men in aprons. Keating, L,. A. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Men in black. Elford, O. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Men in motion. Taylor, H. J. (Ag '43)
Men, mind, and power. Abrahamsen, D. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Men, mirrors, and stars. Pendray, E. (D '46)
Men of Albemarle. Fletcher, I. C. (N '42)
Men of chaos. Rauschning, H. (O *42)
Men of Erie. Hungerford, E. (F '47) (1946 An-
Men of liberty. Fritchman, S. H. (S '44)
Men of Mary knoll. Keller, J. G., and Berger,
M. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Men of Mexico. Magner, J. A. (Ja '43) (1942
Men of popular music. Ewen, D. (Ja '45) (1944
Men of science in America. JafCe, B. (O '44)
Men of substance. Jordan, W. K. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Men of the Burma road. Chiang, Y. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Men of the R.A.F. Rothenstein, W., and Cecil,
Men^/fhe^ulu sea. Follett, H. T. (Mr '46)
Men of tomorrow. Johnson, T. H., ed. (N '42)
Men on Bataan. Hersey, J. R. (Je '42)
Men that wouldn't stay dead. Eng title of:
Men who wouldn't stay dead. Clarke, I. C.
G. (N '45)
Men under stress. Grlnker, R. R.. and Spiegel,
J. P. (D '45)
Men who built the West. Gray, A. A. (O '45)
Men who have walked with God. Cheney, S. W.
(N '45)
Men who make the future. Bliven, B. (Ap '42)
Men who wouldn't stay dead. Clarke, I. C. G.
(N '45)
Men without country. Nordhoff, C. B., and
Hall, J. N. (Ag '42)
Men without guns. Mackenzie, D. (Mr '46)
Men, women and dogs. Thurber. J. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Menace of the herd. Campbell, F. S. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mencken, Henry Louis
Mencken, H. L. Heathen days. (Ap '43)
Mended citadel. Eng title of: Again we dream.
Rees, R. F. (Je '43)
Mendelssohn -Bartholdy, Felix
Juvenile literature
Humphreys, D. On wings of song. (Je '44)
Mending made easy. Picken, M. B. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Menlndez de Avlles, Pedro
Fiction
Cabell, J. B. First gentleman of America. (Mr
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1177
Hershberger, Q. P. War, peace, and non-
resistance. (Je '45) fft
Horsch, J. Mennonitea In Europe. (S '43)
Smith. C. H. Story of the Mennonites. (S '42)
Mental abnormality, and crime. Craig, R. N.,
and others. (Je '45)
Kaplan!* O. J., ed. Mental disorders in later
life. (P '46) (1945 Annual) „ w „ * ,
Stern, E. M,, and Hamilton, S. W. Mental
Mental disorders in later life. Kaplan, O. J., ed.
(P f46) (1945 Annual)
Mental growth of children from two to fourteen
years. Goodenough, F. L., and Maurer,
K. M. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mental health in college. Pry, C. C.. and
Rostow, E. G. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Mental hygiene
Bills, A. G. Psychology of efficiency. (P '44)
Caner, G. C. It's how you take it. (O '46)
Clarke, E. K. Mental hygiene for community
Crow]8 if* D. and A. V. Mental hygiene in
school and home life. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Davis, J. E. Principles and practice of reha-
bilitation. (Ap '44)
Fenton, N. Mental hygiene in school practice.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Fink, D. H. Release from nervous tension.
(S '43)
Fry C. C., and Rostow, E. G. Mental health
in college. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Hiltner, S. Religion and health. (My '43)
Jackson, A. S. Answer is ... your nerves.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Klein, D. B. Mental hygiene. (S '44)
Kupper, H. I. Back to life. (Ja '46) (1945
Lawt"n, G., ed. New goals for old age. (Mr
Mackintosh, J. M. War and mental health in
England. (Ag '44) , ^
Moore, T. V. Personal mental hygiene. (D
'45)
Podolsky, E. Stop worrying and get well.
Preston, G. H. Substance of mental health.
(O '43) -
Rathbone, J. L. Relaxation. (Ag '44)
Ribble, M. A. Rights of infants. (Ag '44)
Strecker, E. A., and others. Discovering our-
selves. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Walters. J. Light in the window. (S '43)
Mental hygiene for community nursing. Clarke,
E. K. (N '42)
Mental hygiene in school and home life. Crow,
L. D. and A. V. (F f44) (1943 Annual)
Mental hygiene in school practice. Fenton, N.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Mental illness. Stern, E. M.. and Hamilton,
S. W. (Ap '43)
Mental tests
Goodenough, F. L., and Maurer, K. M. Mental
growth of children from two to fourteen
years. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Greene, E. B. Measurements of human be-
havior. (Ag '42)
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement and
evaluation in the elementary school. (Je
Greene, H. A., and others. Measurement
and evaluation in the secondary school.
(Af? '43)
Machover, S. Cultural and racial variations
in patterns of intellect. (P '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Stoddard, G. D. Meaning of intelligence. (N
'43)
Traxler, A. E. Techniques of guidance. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Wilking, S. V., and Cushman, D. J. Test
yourself for a war Job. (P '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Mentally ill and public provision for their care
in Illinois. Jaffary, S. K. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Menu-cook-book. Bradley, A. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Menus
Adams, C. You'll eat it up. (S '43)
Bradley, A. Menu- cook-book. (Ja '45 (1944
Annual)
Brobeck, F. R. Serve it buffet. (Ap '45)
Maddox, G. Eat well for less money. (F '43)
Senle? B^N&rition with Sense. (Ap '45>
Tracy, M. Care and feeding of friends. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
Wood, M. Parties on a shoestring. (Ap '42)
Mercantile buildings
Nicholson, B. Contemporary shops in the
United States. (D '45)
Mercantile system
Buck, P. W. Politics of mercantilism. (Ag
'42)
Cole, C. W. French mercantilism, 1683-1700.
(My '44)
Scnuyler, R. L. Fall of the old colonial sys-
tem. (S '45)
Merchant fleets. Rimington, C. (Je '44)
Merchant marine
Merchant ships, 1942. (Je '43)
Rimington, C. Merchant fleets. (Je '44)
Juvenile literature
Lent, H. B. Ahoy, shipmate I (8 '45)
Great Britain
Armstrong, W. Battle of the oceans. (Ag '44)
Halstead, I. Heroes of the Atlantic. (Ap '42)
Hodson, J. L». British merchantmen at war.
(O '46)
Howe, L. Merchant service to-day. (J«? '43)
(1942 Annual)
Laskier, F. My name is Frank. (Mr '42)
Rogers, S. R. H. Enemy in sight! (Je '43)
United States
Albion, R. G., and Pope, J. B. Sea lanes in
wartime. (Mr '43)
Anderson, R. E. Merchant marine and world
frontiers. (S '45)
Corse. R. Ldfeline. (Mr '44)
Carse, R. There go the ships. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Childs, J. F. Navy gun crew. (Ap '44)
Denison. A. C. America's maritime history.
(Ag "44)
Douglas, J. S., and Salz, A. He's in the
merchant marine now. (O '43)
Ploherty. J. J. Youth and the sea. (My '42)
Gibbs, A. U-boat prisoner. (S '43)
Herman, F. Dynamite cargo. (My '43)
Hutchins, J. G. B. American maritime in-
dustries and public policy. (My *42)
Klitgaard, K. Oil and deep water. (N '45)
McCoy, S. D. Nor death dismay. (O '44)
Palmer, M. B. We fight with merchant ships.
(My '43)
Rathbone. A. D. Shall we scrap our merchant
marine? ( Je '45)
Merchant marine and world frontiers. An-
derson, R. E. (S '45)
Merchant of alphabets. Orcutt, R. (Ag *45)
Merchant seaman talks. Eng title of: My name
is Frank. Laskier, F. (Mr '42)
Merchant service to-day. Howe, L. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Merchant ships, 1942. (Je '43)
Mercy in hell. Geer, A. (S '43)
Meredith, Owen, pseud. See Lytton, E. R. B.-L..
Mergenthaler linotype company
Orcutt, R. Merchant of alphabets. (Ag '45)
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt. Langer, R.
G. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Merrlam, Charles Edward
White, L. D.. ed. Future of government in
the United States. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Merrick, Kate (Austen) (Mrs Elliott Merrick)
Merrick, E. Northern nurse. (Ap *42)
Merri voles. Colver, A. M. R. (S *43)
Merry adventures of Robin Hood. Pyle. H. (P
'47) (1946 Annual)
Merry adventures of Till Eulenspiegel. Eulen-
spiejrel. (Je '44)
Merry Christmas! (Je '44)
Merry Christmas, Judy! Becker, C. (Ja '42)
Merry meet again. Sechrist, E. H.. ed. (My
Merry shipwreck. Duplaix, G. (Je *42)
Mernrlegs, the rocking pony. Brown, P, ^(Ap
Mesa Verde. La Parge. C. (S '45>
Mesomerlsm
Wheland, G. W. Theory of resonance and
its application to organic chemistry. (Mr
1178
BOOK REVIEW WGESt
Message from a corpse. Merwin, S. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Message of the Lord's prayer. Sikorsky, I. I.
(My *42)
Message of the mute dog. Russell, C. M. (Mr
Message of the New Testament. Hunter, A. M.
(Ag '45)
Messenger. Bodley. R. V. C. (My '46)
Messiah
Wallis. W. D. Messiahs. (O '43)
Metabolism
Brody, S. Bioenergetics and growth. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Metal crafts. Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk,
L. V. (O '42)
Metal cutting
Giachino, J. W. Oxy-acetylene welding and
cutting. (Ap »43)
Rossi. B. E. Welding and its application. (Je
'42)
Bibliography
Boston. O. W. Bibliography on cutting of
metals. (Ap '46)
Metal forming by flexible tools. Frey, C. J.,
and Kogut, S. 8. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Metal processing. Boston, O. W. (Ap '42)
Metal work
Becker, W. J. Metal working made easy.
(S '42)
Begeman, M. L. Manufacturing processes.
(S '42)
Crane, B. V. Plastic working of metals and
non-metallic materials in presses. (Je '44)
De Vette. W. A., and Kellogg, D. B. Blue-
print reading for the metal trades. (Je '43)
Feirer, J. L. Modern metalcraft. (O -46)
Frey, C. J., and Kogut, S. S. Metal form-
ing by flexible tools. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Giachino, J. W., and Feirer, J. L». Basic
bench-metal practice and precision measur-
ing. (Je '43)
Oibbs, L». B. Cold working of brass. (S '46)
Haas, L. J. Art metal work and jewelry. CD
'45)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L». V. Fun-
damentals of shopwork. (My *43)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Metal
crafts. (O '42)
LiUdwig. O. A. Metalwork, technology and
practice. (S '43)
Voss, L. A. Modern metalsmith. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Young, J. F., ed. Materials and processes.
(Je '44)
Metallic soaps
Elliott, S. B. Alkaline-earth and heavy-metal
soaps. (N '46)
Metallography
Barrett, C. S. Structure of metals. (D *43)
Chalmers, B., and Quarrell. A. G. Physical
examination of metals. v2. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Dowdell, R. Li., and others. General metallog-
raphy. (Ag '43)
Frier, W. T. Elementary metallurgy. (Mr '43)
Kehl, G. L. Principles of metallographic
laboratory practice. (Je '43)
Malleable founders' society. American malle-
able iron. (N '45)
Taylor. A. Introduction to X-ray metal-
lography. (As '46)
Metallography of aluminum alloys. Mondolfo,
L. F. (F »44) (1943 Annual)
Metallurgical problems. Butts, A. (S '43)
Metallurgy
Biringucci, V. Pirotechnia, (Je '43)
Brings, C. W. Metallurgy of steel castings.
Butts. A. Metallurgical problems. (S '43)
Coonan, F. Lu Principles of physical metal-
lurgy. (F '44) (194ST Annuaft
Frier, W. T. Elementary metallurgy. (Mr '43)
Johnson, C. G. Metallurgy. (D '42)
Liddell. D. M.. ed. Handbook of nonferrous
metallurgy. 2v. (Ap '46)
Merlub-Sobei, M. Metals and alloys diction*
ary. (Ap '45)
Metallurgy of copper. Newton, J., and Wilson,
C. L. L. CD '42)
Metallurgy of quality steels. Parker, C. M.
Metallurgy of steel castings. Briggs, C. W. (O
•46)
Elberfeld, J. Strength and properties of m*>
terials. (D '42)
Merlub-Sobel. M. Metals and alloys diction-
ary. (Ap '46)
Seitz, F. Physics of metals. (D '43)
Twyman, F. Spectrochemlcal analysis of
metals and alloys. (My '42)
Young, J. F., ed. Materials and processes.
(Je '44)
Analysis
Sandell, E. B. Color imetrlc.de termination of
traces of metals. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Bibliography
American society for metals. A.S.M. review
of metal literature v 1. (Ag '46)
Finishing
Coler, M. A. Aircraft engine and metal
finishes. (D '42)
Simonds, H. R., and Bregman, A. Finishing
metal products. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Tables, calculations, etc.
Hoyt, S. L. Metals and alloys data book.
(D '43)
Testing
Williams, S. R, Hardness and hardness meas-
urements. (Ag '43)
Zmeskal, O. Radioeraphlc inspection of
metals. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Metals, Powdered
Bae*za, W. J. Course in powder metallurgy.
(S '43)
Skaupy, F. Principles of powder metallurgy.
(O '44)
Metals and alloys data book. Hoyt, S. L». (D
'43)
Metals and alloys dictionary. Merlub-Sobel, M.
(Ap '46) ^
Metalwork. See Metal work
Metalworking made easy. Becker. W. J. (S '42)
Metamorphosis. Kafka, F. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Metaphysics
Brunton. P. Wisdom of the overself. (S '44)
Emmet, D. M. Nature of metaphysical think-
ing. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Pepper, S. C. World hypotheses. (N '42)
Meteorites
Watson. F. G. Between the planets. (Ap '42)
Meteorological optics
Middleton, W. E. K. Visibility in meteorology.
(O '42)
Meteorology
Barber, C. W. Illustrated outline of weather
science. (Je '43)
Berry, F. A., and others, eds. Handbook of
meteorology. (Ap '46)
Blair, T. A. Weather elements. (Ap '43)
Brands, G. J. Meteorology, a practical course
in weather. (Je '45)
Brunt, D. Weather study. (Ap '43)
Byers, H. R. General meteorology. (O '44)
Dorm, W. L. Meteorology with marine ap-
plications. (O '46)
Finch, V. C., and others. Elementary me-
teorology. (Je '43)
Hewson, E. W., and Longley. R. W. Meteor-
ology, theoretical and applied. (Je '44)
Holmboe, J., and others. Dynamic meteor-
ology. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Humphreys, W. J. Ways of the weather.
(Ap '43)
Kendrew, W. G. Weather. (Ap »43)
Kraght, F. E. Meteorology for ship and
aircraft operation. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Sloane, E. Clouds, air and wind. (Ap '42)
Spitz, A. N. Start in meteorology. (Ap '48)
Stewart. J. Q. Coasts, waves and weather.
(O '4ft
Stommel, H. M. Science of the seven seas.
(Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Wenstrom, W. H. Weather and the ocean
of air. (Ap '42)
Tates, R. F, Weather for a hobby. (S '46)
Juvenile literature
EdelBtadt, V. Oceans in the sky. (Je '46)
Meteorology* a practical course in weather.
Brands, G. J. (Je '46)
Meteorology for ship and aircraft operation*
Kraght, P. BJ. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1179
«? '4
Meteorology in aeronautics
Aerology for pilots. (D »43)
Byers, H. R. General meteorology.
Chapin, M. K. Why men can fly. U
Gillmer, T. C., and Nietach, H. E.
weather and flight. (Mr '46)
Halpine, C. G. Pilot's meteorology. (Je '42)
Kendrew, W. G. Weather. (Ap '43)
Kraght, P. E. Meteorology for ship and air-
craft operation. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Sloane, E. Clouds, air and wind. (Ap '42)
Vetter, E. G. Visibility unlimited. (F '43)
Wright, B?UA. and others. Flight. (Je '42)
Meteorology, theoretical and applied. Hewson,
E. W., and Longley, R. WT (Je *44)
Meteorology with marine applications. Donn,
W. L. (O *46)
Watson, F. G. Between the planets (Ap '42)
Methinks the lady. Endore, G. (D '45)
Method for the easy comprehension of history.
Bodin, J. (S '45)
Methodist church In Florida
Thrift, C. T. Trail of the Florida circuit
rider. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Methodology
Ducasse, C. J. Philosophy as a science. (Je
•42)
Lowlnger, A. Methodology of Pierre Duhem.
Negley, G. Organization of knowledge. (Je
Methodology of Pierre Duhem. Lowinger, A.
(Je '42)
Methodology of the social sciences. Kaufmann,
F. (D '44)
Methods in climatology. Conrad, V. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Methods of advanced calculus. Franklin, P. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Methods of correlation analysis. Ezekiel, M. J.
B. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Methods of vocational guidance. Forrester, G
(Ap '45)
Metropolitan government. Jones, V. (S '42)
Mexican empire. Hyde, H. M. (O '46)
Mexican gold trail. Evans, G. W. B. (F »46)
(1945 Annual)
Mexican heritage. Hoyningen-Huene, G., 11.
(D '46)
Mexican literature
Gonzalez Pefia, C. History of Mexican litera-
Mexican oil/ Person, H. S. (My '43)
Mexican time. Schiller, Z. L. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Mexican village. Niggli, J. (N '45)
Mexicans in California
Tuck. R. D. Not with the flst. (D '46)
Mexicans In New Mexico
Bibliography
Saunders, L., comp. Guide to materials bear-
on cultural relations in New Mexico.
ing <
(My
'46)
Mexico
Wilson, C. M. Middle America. (Je '44)
Biography
Lansing. M. F. Liberators and heroes of
Mexico and Central America. (Ap '42)
Magner. J. A. Men of Mexico. (Ja r43) (1942
Annual)
Description and travel
Clark, S. A. Mexico. (O '44)
Evans, G. W. B. Mexican gold trail. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gregg, J. Diary and letters [bk2J. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Henle, F. Mexico. (8 '45)
James. N. Dust on my heart. (8 '46)
Mathias, F. 8. Amazing Bob Davis. (O '44)
Rosa, G. Mexico speaks. (My '44)
Steel, B. Let's visit Mexico. (O '46)
Toor. F. New guide to Mexico. (8 '45)
Foreign relations
Kirk, B. Covering the Mexican front. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Unite* State*
Person, H. S. Mexican oil. (My *43)
History
Diaz del Castillo, B. Cortez and the conquest
of Mexico by the Spaniards in 1621. (Je
'42)
Madariaga. 8. de. Hernan CortSs, conqueror
of Mexico. (As '42) (1941 Annual)
Magner, J. A. Men of Mexico. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Strode, H. Timeless Mexico. (N '44)
Conquest, 1519-1S40
Wagner, H. R. Rise of Fernando Cort6s. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Ware of independence, 18 10-18 tl
Warren, H. G. Sword was their passport. (S
Revolution, 1910-
Brenner, A. Wind that swept Mexico. (Ag
•43)
Juvenile literature
Quinn, V. Picture map geography of Mexico,
Central America and the West Indies.
(Je '43)
Politics and government
Kirk, B. Covering the Mexican front. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Social life and customs
Chandos, D. Village in the sun. (N '45)
Diamant. G. Days of Ofelia. (Ag '42)
Views
Hoyningen-Huene, G.. 11. Mexican heritage.
(D '46)
Mexico. Clark, S. A. (D '44)
Mexico and the Inca lands. Busoni, K. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Mexico south. Covarrubias, M. (D '46)
Mexico speaks. Rosa, G. (My '44}
Mezzrow, Milton
Mezzrow, M., and Wolfe, B. Really the blues.
(D '46)
Miaskovsky, Nicolai Yokovlevich
Ikonnikov, A. A. Myaskovsky. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Mice are not amused. Hewitt, K. D. (Ag
43)
Mice, men, and elephants. Zim, H. S. (My '42)
Michael and the captain. Holberg, R. L. (D
'44)
Michael Angelo Mouse. Evans, K. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Michael Finnegan. Little, I. (N '46)
Michael Shayne takes over. Dresser, D. (N '42)
Michael Shayne's long chance. Dresser, D. (Mr
'44)
Michael, the colt. Garbutt, K. K. (Je '43)
Michaelis, Karln
Michaelis, K. Little Troll. (D '46)
Michael's girl. Kerr, S. (Ap '42)
Michael's victory. Judson, C. I. (D '46)
Michelangelo Buonarratl
De Tolnay, C. Sistlne ceiling. (Ap '46)
De Tolnay, C. Youth of Michelangelo. (Ag
44)
Lerman, L. Michelangelo. (D '42)
Michigan
Martin, J. B. Call it North country. (Je '44)
Michigan, Lake
QuaJfe, M. M. Lake Michigan. (O '44)
Michigan community health project
Otto, H. J. Community workshops for teach-
ers in the Michigan community health proj-
ect. (Je '43)
Michigan highway finance. Ford, R. S., and
Bacon, M. A. (S '44)
Mickey, the horse that volunteered. Glick, C.
(My '45)
Microbes of merit. Rahn, O. (Mr '46)
Microbes that cripple. Turner, T. A. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Microbial antagonisms and antibiotic sub-
stances. Waksman. S. A. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Microbiology and man. Birkeland, J. M. (F '43 )
(1942 Annual)
Microbiology of foods. Tanner, F. W. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Microbiology of meats. Jensen, L, B. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
1180
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Microchemlstry
Benedetti-Pfchler, A. A. Introduction to the
microtechnique of inorganic analysis. (D
Dobbins, J. T. Semi-micro qualitative analy-
sis. (D '43)
Schneider, F. L. Qualitative organic micro-
analysis, (p '46)
Microfilming. De Sola, R. (S '44)
Microfilms
De Sola, R. Microfilming. (S '44)
Fussier, H. H. Photographic reproduction for
libraries. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Micromeritics. Dalla Valle, J. M. (Ag '43)
Micro-organisms
Birkeland, J. M. Microbiology and man. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Steinhaus, B. A. Insect microbiology. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Tanner, F. w. Microbiology of foods. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Waksman, S. A. Microbial antagonisms and
antibiotic substances. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Micro-organisms* Pathogenic
Birkeland, J. M. Microbiology and man. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Turner, T. A. Microbes that cripple. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Microphotography
Allen, R. M. F*
«.»^»*. *„. «*. Photo -micrography. (Je '42)
De Sola, R. Microfilming. (S '44)
Fussier, H. H. Photographic reproduction for
libraries. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Rider, F. Scholar and the future of the re-
search library. (O '44)
Microscope and its use. Munoz, F. J.. and
Charipper. H. A. (O '43)
Microscope and microscopy
-. Corrington, J. D. Working with the micro-
scope. (Ag '42)
Muftoz, F. J., and Charipper, H. A. Micro-
scope and its use. (O '43)
Yates, R. F. Fun with your microscope. (Je
*43)
Mid-century. Frost, F. M. (O '46)
Mid country. Wimberly, L. C., ed. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Middle age
Stieglitz, E. J. Second forty years. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Middle ages
O'SulUvan, J. F.. and Burns, J. F. Medieval
Europe. (D '43)
Middle America. Wilson, C. M. (Je '44)
Middle East. Ben-Horin, E. (O '43)
Middle East diary. Coward, N. P. (D '44)
Middle-East window. Bowman, H. E. (S '42)
Middle kingdom. Morley, C. D. (N '44)
Middle mist. Renault, M. (Mr '45)
Middle Moffat. Estes, E. (O '42)
Middle span. Santayana, G. (My '45)
Midnight and Jeremiah. North, S. (D '43)
Midnight cry. Nichol, F. D. (Je '45)
Midnight house. Eng title of: Her heart in her
throat. White, B; L. (S '42)
Midnight reader. Stern, P. V., ed. (My '42)
Midsummer nightmare. Stevens, F. M. R. (S
*45)
Midsummer night's murder. Torrey, W. (My
'42)
Midway Island, Battle of, 1942
Coale, G. B. Victory at Midway. (My '44)
Midwest at noon. Hutton, G. (My '46)
Midwest pioneer. Pickard, M. E., and Buley,
R. C. (S '45)
Mighty blockhead. Gruber. F. (Ap '42)
Mighty hunter. Hader, B. H. and E. (D '43)
Migration, Internal
Bon temps, A. W., and Conroy, J. They seek
a city. (A? '45)
Collins. H. H. America's own refugees. (Ag
*42) (1941 Annual)
Hobba, A. H. Differentials in internal mi-
gration. (S '42)
Lasker, B. Asia on the move. (Ap '45)
Schechtman, J. B. European population trans-
fers. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Migration of workers
Collins, H. H. America's own refugees. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
McWUliams. C. Ill fares the land, (Ap '42)
Schwartz, H. Seasonal farm labor in the
United States. (O '46)
Mihallovic, Draza
% Martin, D. Ally betrayed. (D '46)
Mike Maroney. raider. Lavender. D. S. (Je '46)
Mikes don't bite. Sioussat, H. /. (Ap »43)
Mile high cabin. Plowhead, R. G. (Mr '46)
Miledi. Eng title of: Bride of glory. Field, B.
(Ap '42)
Militarism
Fried, H. E. Guilt of the German army. (O
Maki, J. M. Japanese militarism. (Je '46)
Morgan, J. H. Assize of arms. (N ^46)
Military and naval maps and grids. Flexner. W.
W., and Walker, G. L. (Je '43)
Military and naval recognition book. Bunkley,
J. W. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Military applications of mathematics. Hanson,
P. P. (Je '44)
Military art and science
Borden, W. L. There will be no time. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Clarkson, J. D., and Cochran. T. C., eds.
War as a social institution. (Ap '42)
Clausewitz, K. von. Living thoughts of Clau-
sewitz. (Je '43)
Clausewitz, K. von. On war. (N '43)
Clausewitz, K. von. Principles of war. (D '42)
Fuller, J. F. C. Armored warfare. (N '43)
Hanson, P. P. Military applications of mathe-
matics. (Je '44)
Infantry journal, incorporated. Reader. (N
43)
Kirk, G. L., and Stebbins, R. P., eds. War and
national policy. (S '42)
Limpus, L. M. How the army fights. (S '43)
Lindsay, G. M. War on the civil and military
fronts. (O '42)
MacArthur, D. MacArthur on war. (S '42)
McKinley, S. B. Democracy and military
power. (Je '42) .
Marshall, G. C. Selected speeches and state-
ments. (O '45)
Montross, L. War through the ages. (D '44)
Newman, J. R. Tools of war. (My '42)
Nickerson, H. Arms and policy. (F '46) (194?
Annual)
Portway, D. Military science to-day. (Ap '42)
Sun Tzu. Art of war. (My '45)
Vilfroy, D. War in the west, (Je '43)
Wintrlngham, T. H. Story of weapons and
tactics. (My '43)
Wright, Q. Study of war. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Dictionaries
Colby, E. Army talk. (AD '42)
Pratt, F. What the citizen should know about
modern war. (Je '42)
Military biography
Earle, E. M., and others, eds. Makers of
modern strategy. (D '43)
Military engineering
Leyson, B. W. Army engineers in review.
(Ap *43)
Mann, C. He's in the engineers now. (S '43)
Thompson, P. W. Engineers in battle. (Je
*43)
Military geography
Van Valkenburg, S., ed. America at war.
(My '43)
Military history
Fuller, J. F. C. Armament and history. (N
Montross, L. War through the ages. (D '44)
Military law
Beckwith, E. R., and others. Lawful action
of state military forces. (S '44)
Glenn, G. Army and the law. (Ap '44)
Schiller, A. A. Military law and defense legis-
lation. (Je '42)
Military maps and air photographs. Lobeck,
A. K., and Tellington; W. J. (Je '44)
Military occupation
Bloch, H. S.. and Hoselltz, B. F. Economics
of military occupation. (My '44)
Feilchenfeld, E. H. International economic
law of belligerent occupation. (Ag '43)
Fraenkel, E. Military occupation and the rule
of law. (Ag '45) #944 Annual)
Ward. R. S. Asia for the Asiatics? (S '45)
Military occupation and the rule of law.
Fraenkel, fi. (A* '45) (1944 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1181
Military posts
Sullivan, C. J.. comp. Army posts and towns.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual) ,4^
Military science to-day. Portway, D. (Ap '42)
Military service. Compulsory
Fitzpatrick, B. A. Universal military train-
ing. (O f45)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Peacetime conscrip-
tion. (D '45)
Military ski manual. Harper, F. (Ag '43)
Milk industry. Bartlett, R. W. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Bartlett VR. W. Milk industry. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
MBok,WByj. and P. F. Milky way. (My '42)
Mill, John Stuart
Bibliography
Mill, J. S. Bibliography of This] published
writings. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Mill and mansion. Coolldge, J. P. (N '42)
Mill talk and other poems. Jennings, L. N. (N
•42)
Mill village. Archambault, A. A. (D '43)
Millennium 1. Dwiggins, W. A. (Je '45)
Miller, Alice (Duer)
Miller, H. W. All our lives. (Ag '45)
Miller, William
Nichol, F. D. Midnight cry. (Je '45)
Miller, Zachary Taylor
Gipson, F. Fabulous empire. (N '46)
Miller family
Qipson, F. Fabulous empire. (N *46)
Millhands and preachers. Pope, L. (S '42)
Millinerv
Garnell, H. It's fun to make a hat. (Ap '45)
Milling-machine indexing. Felker, C. A., and
Paine, H. W. (Ag '42)
Milling machinery
Colvin, F. H. Running a milling machine.
(Ag '42)
Felker, C. A., and Paine, H. W. Helical
FeUcer,nSC. A., and Paine, H. W. Milling-
machine indexing. (Ag '42)
Million homes a year. Rosenman, D. R. (Je '45)
Million-miler. Tunis, J. R. (Ag §42)
Millstream. Lawrence, R. (N '45)
Milly and her dogs. Barksdale, L. (Je '42)
Milton, John
Barker, A. B. Milton and the Puritan dilem-
ma. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Bowra. C. M. From Virgil to Milton. (Mr '46)
Buxton, C. R. Prophets of heaven and hell.
(D '45)
Kelley, M. W. This great argument. (O *42)
Ross, M. M. Milton's royalism. (D '44)
Fiction
Fuller, E. John Milton. (D '44)
Graves. R. Wife to Mr. Milton. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Paradise lost
Bush, D. Paradise lost in our time. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Lewis, C. S. Preface to Paradise lost. (Ap
'43)
Milton and the Puritan dilemma. Barker, A. E.
(F »44) (1943 Annual)
Milton's royalism. Ross, M. M. (D '44)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Politics and government
Wachman, M. History of the Social-demo-
cratic party of Milwaukee. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Mind. Schilder, P. (3 '43)
Mind and body •
Podolsky, E. Stop worrying and get well.
Mind and death of a genius. Abrahams en, D. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
Mind and deity. Laird, J. (D '44)
Mind and faith of Justice Holmes. Holmes. O.
W. (Je *43)
Mind, medicine and man. Zllboorg, O. (Je '43)
Mind of a poet. Havens, R. D. (My '42)
Mind of the Maker. Sayers, D. L. (Mr '42)
Mind's geography. Zabriskie, G. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Mine own executioner. Balchin, N. (N '46)
Mineral industries
Rickard, T. A. Romance of mining. (Je (45)
Mineral oils
Altieri, V. J. Gas chemists' book of standards
for light oils and light oil products. (N
Mineral resources of Africa. Postel, A. W. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Mineralogy
Dana, J. D. System of mineralogy. (D '44)
George, R. D. Minerals and rocks. (D '44)
Winchell, A. N. Elements of mineralogy. (Ap
'43)
Zim, H. S., and Cooper, E. K. Minerals. (Mr
'44)
Minerals and rocks. George, R. D. (D '44)
Minerals in nutrition. Wirtschafter, Z. T. (O
'42)
Minerals in the body
Davis, A. Vitality through planned nutrition.
(My '43)
Pattee, A. F. Vitamins and minerals for
everyone. (Ap '42)
Wirtschafter, Z. T. Minerals in nutrition. (O
'42)
Minerals in world affairs. Levering, T. S. (S
•43)
Minerals of might. Hotchkiss, W. O. (O '45)
Minerva's progress. Cohn, A. E. (Ap '46)
Mines and mineral resources **"
Hotchkiss, W. O. Minerals of might. (O '45)
Leith, C. K., and others. World minerals and
world peace. (S '43)
Africa
Postel, A. W. Mineral resources of Africa.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
United States
Roberts, W. A. State taxation of metallic de-
posits. (O '45)
Mingled chime. Beecham, T. (Je '43)
Miniature history of the war. Etisor, R. C. K.
(Ap '45)
Mining engineering
Barger, H., and Schurr, S. H. Mining in-
dustries, 1899-1939. (D '44)
Forrester, J. D. Principles of field and mining
geology. (N »46)
Peele, R., and Church, J. A., eds. Mining
engineers' handbook. (Ap '42)
Mining industries, 1899-1939. Barger, H., and
Schurr, S. H. (D '44)
Mining industry and finance
Barger, H., and Schurr, S. H. Mining in-
dustries, 1899-1939. (D '44)
Minister teaches religion. Lindhorst, F. A. (My
'46) »
Ministry and the eucharist. Simpson, W. J. 8.
(D '42)
Ministry of fear. Greene, G. (Je '43)
Mink coat. Norris, K. T. (N '46)
Mink, Mary and me. Ferguson, C. J. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Minnesota. Commission of administration and
finance
Short, L. M., and Tiller, C. W. Minnesota
commission of administration and finance,
1925-1939. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Minnesota
Gray, J. Pine, stream and prairie. (My '45)
Jaques, F. P. Snowshoe country. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Le Sueur, M. North star country. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Writer's program. Minnesota Arrowhead coun-
try. (Ap '42)
Minnesota. University. General college
Eckert, R. E. Outcomes of general education.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Spafford, I. O., and others. Building a cur-
riculum for general education. (Ap '44)
Williams, C. D. T. These we teach. (Ap ',44)
Minor heresies. Espey, J. J. (My '45)
Minorities
Azcarate y Fldrez, P. de. League of na-
tions and national minorities. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Baruch, D. W. Glass house of prejudice. (N
Brown, F. J.. and RouCek, J. S., eds. One
, x* . «J», oai
.America. (Je '45)
y, E. L. Problems in prejudice. (N '46)
Hartley,
1182
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Minorities — Continued
Herri£k. A., and Askwith, H.f eds. This way
to un/ty. (My '46)
Janowsky, O. I. Nationalities and national
minorities. (Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Locke, A. Le R., ed. When peoples meet.
(My '42)
Maclver, R. M., ed. Civilization and group
relationships. (Mr '46)
Maclver, R. M.t ed. Group relations and
group antagonisms. (Ag '44)
McWilfiams, C. Brothers under the skin. (Je
•43)
Robinson, J., and others. Were the minorities
treaties a failure? (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Schechtman, J. B. European population
transfers. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Stegner, W. One nation. (N '45)
Warner, W. L.. and Srole, L. Social systems
of American ethnic groups. (O '45)
Minority problems in the public schools.
Brameld, T. B. H. (O '46)
Minute of prayer. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Mirabilis diamond. Odium, J. (N '45)
Miracle in Hellas. Wason, E. (Je '43)
Miracle, morality and mystery plays
Cummings, E. E. Santa Claus. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Gardiner, H. C. Mysteries' end. (Ag '46)
Loomis, R. S., and Wells, H. W., eds. Repre-
sentative medieval and Tudor plays. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Miracle of America. Maurois, A. (8 '44)
Miracle of the bells. Janney, R. (O '46)
Miracle on the Congo. Burman, B. L. (8 '42)
Miracle- stories of the Gospels. Richardson, A.
(Je '42)
Miracles
Richardson, A. Miracle-stories of the Gospels.
(Je '42)
Miracles ahead! Carlisle, N. V., and Latham,
F. B. (Je '44)
Miracles from microbes. Epstein, S., and Wil-
liams, B. (N '46)
Miracles of military medicine. Maisel, A. Q.
(Mr '43)
Mir6, Joan
Sweeney, J. J., ed. Joan Miro. (My '42)
Mirror for Americans. Brown, R. H. (N '43)
Mirror, mirror. Rice, E. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mirror of Baudelaire. Baudelaire, C. P. (My
'43)
Mirror of delusion. Reisner, M. (Je '46)
Mirror of the past. Zilliacus, K. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Mirrors of the fire. Grebanier, B. D. N. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Queen, E.,
ed. (My '44)
Miscellany. Kafka, F. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Mischief in Fez. Hoffmann, B. (Je '43)
Mischief in the lane. Derleth, A. W. (S '44>
Miss Bronska. Sheldon, J. P. (Mr '42)
Miss Bunting. Thirkell, A. M. (Mr '46)
Miss Dilly says no. Pratt. T. (Ap '45)
Miss Emily. Gould, J. R. (Je '46)
Miss Hickory. Bailey, C. S. (D '46)
Miss Lizzie. Miller, J. (D '43)
Miss Milverton. Eng title of: Poison is a bitter
brew. Hocking, A. (My '42)
Miss Pennyfeather and the pooka. O'Faolain, E.
(S '46)
Miss Ranskill comes home. Bower, B. B. T.
Miss(SSilver deals with death. Wentworth, P.
(D '43)
Miss Sue and the sheriff. House, R. B. (Mr '42)
Miss Warren's son. Jordan. E. G. (8 '45)
Missee Lee. Ransome. A. (My '42)
Mission beyond darkness. Bryan, J., and Reed,
P. (Ag '45)
Mission for Samaritans. Dengel. A. (Je '46)
Mission of the university. Ortega y Gasset, J.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Mission to Moscow. Davies. J. E. (Mr '42)
Missionaries
Eddy, G. S. Pathfinders of the world mis-
sionary crusade. (D '45)
Erdman, M. H., ed. Answering distant calls.
(Ap '43)
Keller, J. G.. and Berger, M. Men of Mary-
knoll. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wright, L. B. Religion and empire. (O '43)
Missionary doctor. Cushman, M. F. (D '44)
Missionary message of the Bible. Love. J. P,
(My 42)
MAbS?rty, J. Outline of missions. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Anderson, W. K., ed. Christian world mis-
sion. (N '46)
Carver, W. O. Christian missions in today's
world. (N *42)
Davis, J. M. New buildings on old founda-
tions. (N '46)
Eddy. G. S. Pathfinders of the world mis-
sionary crusade. (D '45)
Latourette, K. S. History of the expansion of
Christianity; v. 6, The great century in
the Americas, Australasia, and Africa. (My
Latourette, K. S. History of the expansion of
Christianity: v6, Great century in northern
Africa. (My '44)
Latourette, K. 3. History of the expansion of
Christianity: v7, Advance through storm.
(Ag '45)
Leber, C. T. Unconquerable. (Ag »43)
Love, J. P. Missionary message of the Bible.
(My '42)
Sailer, T. H. P. Christian adult education in
rural Asia and Africa. (My »44)
Smith, R. L. Revolution in Christian missions.
(My *42)
Soper, E. D. Philosophy of the Christian
world mission. (S '43)
Van Kirk, W. W. Christian global strategy.
(Je '46)
Warburton, S. R. These things will last.
(S '44)
Africa
Baker, H. E. More about Africa. (D '45)
Alaska
Savage, A. H. Dogsled apostles. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Angola
Cushman, M. F. Missionary doctor. (D '44)
Asia, Southeast
Mathews. B. J. Unfolding drama in southeast
Asia. (Je *45)
Brazil
Moennich, M. L. Pioneering for Christ in
Xingu jungles. (S '42)
Burma
Marshall, H. I. Flashes along the Burma
road. (My '46)
Central America
Morgan, C. M. Rim of the Caribbean. (O V42)
China
Burke, J. C. My father in China. (N »42)
Clayton, E. H. Heaven below. (8 '44)
Eddy. G. S. I have seen God work in China.
(My '45)
Espey, J. J. Minor heresies. (My '45)
Maguire, T. Hunan harvest. (S '46)
Tennien, M. A. Chungking listening post. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Cuba
Davis, J. M. Cuban church In a sugar econ-
omy. (S '42)
East (Far East)
Considlne, J. J. March Into tomorrow. (S '42)
Ethiopia
Lambie. T. A. Boot and saddle in Africa.
India
Loefller, R. W., comp. Our country is India.
(S '46)
Islands of the Pacific
Van Dusen, H. P. They found the church
there. (S '45)
•
Latin America
Rycroft, W. 8. On this foundation. (O '42)
Northwest
Bischoff, w. N. Jesuits in old Oregon* (D
Nute, G. L., ed. Documents relating to
Northwest missions. (S '43)
Oceania
Mattiews, B. J. Unfolding drama in southeast
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1183
Philippine Islands
Leubach, P. C. Silent billion speak. (N *4S)
West Indies
Morgan, C. M. Rim of the Caribbean. (O '42)
Missions, Medical
Dengel, A. Mission for Samaritans. (Je '46)
Lambie. T. A. Boot and saddle in Africa.
(O '4^
Seagrave, G. S. Burma surgeon. (S '43)
Seaffrave, O. 3. Burma surgeon returns. (Ap
Mississippi
Bettersworth, J. K. Confederate Mississippi.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Weaver. H. Mississippi farmers. (O '46)
Mississippi belle. Ripley, C. (Ap '42)
Mississippi farmers. Weaver, H. (O '46)
Mississippi river
Carter, H. Lower Mississippi. (D '42)
Hereford, R. A. Old Man River. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mississippi valley
Carter. H. Lower Mississippi. (D '42)
Havighurst, W. Upper Mississippi. (Je '44)
Hutton, G. Midwest at noon. (My '46)
Missouri
Biography
Broadfoot, L. L. Pioneers of the Ozarks. (F
'46) (1944 Annual)
Social life and customs
Lyon, M. And green grass grows all around.
(N '42)
Lyon, M. Fresh from the hills. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Missouri canary. Stong, P. D. (D '43)
Missouri river
Campbell, W. S. The Missouri. (Mr '45)
Hanson, J. M. Conquest of the Missouri. (8
'46)
Missouri valley
Nelson, B. O. Land of the Dacotahs. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mr Adam. Frank, P. (N »46)
Mr. Allenby loses the way. Baker, F. (Ag '46)
Mr Angel comes aboard. Booth. C. G. (Je *44)
Mr Bowling buys a newspaper. Henderson,
D. L. (Mr '44)
Mr Bump* and his monkey. De La Mare, W. J.
Mr. Bunny paints the eggs. Mar II, L. (Je '45)
Mr. Digby. Welch, D. (Je *45) '
Mr Finny. Plowitz, K. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Mr Fortune flnds a pig. Bailey, H. C. (My '43)
Mr G. strings along. Wilder, R. (My '44)
Mr GUencannon ignores the war. Gilpatric, G.
Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. Eng title of: Cleric's
secret. Deeping, W. (My '44)
Mr Jelly's business. Eng title of: Murder down
under. Upfleld, A. W. (Mr '43)
Mr Justice Holmes. Biddle, F, B. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mr Limpet. Pratt. T. (Mr f42)
Mr Lincoln's camera man. Meredith, R, (Mr
46)
Mr Lincoln's funnybone. Lincoln. A. (Ap '42)
Mr Lincoln's wife. Colver, A. (Je '43)
Mr Marlow takes to rye. Bentley, J. (An '42)
Mr iMergenthwirker's lobblies. Bond, N. B. (N
Mr M3 Irakel. Oppenheim. E. P. (N »43)
D (On'46MF * ^ th6 ***' Kmerson' C*
gr
null)1111** C*0|r<"*y* °- S' (F '46>
Mr Jlu^ aP<* the llttle fi^een tree. Gilbert, H.
to Red sWnrel. Robinson. T. P. (N -43)
Mister Roberts. Heggen, T. (O '48)
Mr Roosevelt. Mackenzie, C. (My '44)
£ SSfrWi K!*?arouna- 3arry- *• H-
Mr Tlbbs passes through. Neumann, R, (Mr
Mr Tompkins explores the atom. Gamow, G.
Mr W. & I. Webster, C. L. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Mr Wicker's war. Rose, D. F. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Mr Wilmer. Lawson, R. (Je '45)
Mr Winkle goes to war. Pratt, T. (Ap '43)
Mr Wren's house. Brock, B. L. (My '44)
Mr Zenith and other poems. Doro, E. (S '43)
Mrs Applegate's affair. Van de Water, F. F.
(Je '44)
Mrs Appleyard's kitchen. Kent, L. A. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mrs Caliper's house. Cooke, M., and others. (D
'43)
Mrs Cassatt's children. Power-O'Malley, R. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Mrs England goes on living. Blackwood, F. (My
'43)
Mrs Heaton's daughter. Hayes. D. (D '43)
Mrs. Heriot's house. Webster, B. (Je '45)
Mrs, Mallard's ducklings. Delafleld, C. B. (N
Mistress Masham's repose. White, T. H. (N
§46)
Mistress of the White House. Morgan, H. L.
(Je '46)
Mrs Palmer's Honey. Cook, F. F. (Mr '46)
Mrs Parkington. Bromfleld, L. (Mr '43)
Mrs Silk. Hoke, H. L. (Mr '46)
Mitchell, William
Gauvreau, E. H., and Cohen, L. Billy Mitchell.
(O '42)
Levine, I. D. Mitchell: pioneer of air power.
(Ap *43)
The Mitchells. Van Stockum, H. (D '46)
Mitri. Sargent, D. (S '45)
Mitty children nx things. Ulreich. N. W. (Ag
*46)
Mixture for men. Feldkamp, F., ed. (N '46)
Mob 3. Parsons, R. P. (Ap r45)
Mobilizing for abundance. Nathan, R. R. (Ap
Mocha, the DJuka. Neil son, F. F. (O *43)
Mocking bird is singing. Mally, E. L. (My '44)
Mode in costume. Wilcox, R. T. (Ap '43)
Mode in hats and headdress. Wilcox, R. T.
(S '46)
Model aircraft handbook. Winter, W. J. (Ap
'42)
Model child. Hall, M. (F »46) (1946 Annual)
Model corpse. Clark, M. B. (My '42)
Model is murdered. Lee, M. V. (O '42)
Model planes for beginners. Gilmore, H. H. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Model railroad engineering. Marshall, D. (S '42)
Modeling
Leeming, J. Fun with clay. (N f44)
Silvercruys, S. Primer of sculpture. (Ag '42)
Moderate fable. Young, M. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Modern airfield, planning and concealment. De
Longe, M. E. (My '44)
Modern American short stories. Cerf, B. A., ed
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Modern attack on tuberculosis. Chadwick, H.
p., and Pope, A. S. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Modern battle. Thompson, P. W. (Ap '42)
Modern biography. Hyde, M. A., ed. (My '46)
Modern bird study. Griscom, L. (S '45)
Modern bread from the viewpoint of nutrition.
Sherman, H. C., and Pearson, C. S. (Ag
42)
Modern Burma. Christian, J. L, (8 '42)
Modern camouflage. Breckenridge, R. P. (D
Modern chemistry. Berry, A. J. (S '46)
Modern composers for boys and Kirls. Burch, G.
(Ap '42)
Modern concise encyclopedia, (My '42)
Modern dance for the youth of America. Radir,
R. A. (Mr '45)
Modern democratic state. Lindsay, A. D. (Ag
Modern dilemma in art Belmont, I. J. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Modern drafting. Johnson, W. H., and New-
Modern ' drawings; ed. by Monroe Wheeler.
New York. Museum of modern art. (F *46)
(1944 Annual)
Modern engineering. Eng title of: Twentieth
century engineering. Tupholme, C. H, &
'optwhistle's imrentlon. Wells, P. (Je »42)
Tutt flnds a way. Train. A. C. (A* XB) '
* of everything. Klutch, M. S. (N *4«)
Modern fly OMtln*. Knight, J. A. (8 *4S)
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Modern foreign policy for the United States.
Modern gas 'turbine. Sawyer, R. T. (My *45)
Modern German literature. Lange, V. (F '46)
(1945 Annual) .
Modern government In action. Griffith, E. S.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Modern high school curriculum. Belting, P. E.
and N. M. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Modern household encyclopedia, De Both, J. M
(S '46)
Modern Hoyle. Morehead, A. H. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Modern humor for effective speaking. Allen,
E. P., ed. (O '45)
Modern Japan and Shinto nationalism. Holtom.
D. C. (Ap '43)
Modern Jewish preaching. Freehof, S. B. (S
'42)
Modern Jewish problems. Gittelsohn, R. B. (My
'44)
Modern Korea. Grajdanzev, A. J. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Modern man is obsolete. Cousins, N. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Modern marine electricity. Smith, P. de W.
(Je '42)
Modern marine engineer's manual. Osbourne,
A., and others, eds. (Ag '43)
Modern medicine. Wilson, N. W., and Weis-
man, S. A. (S '42)
Modern metalcraft. Feirer, J. L. (O *46)
Modern metalsmith. Voss, L. A. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Modern music. Graf, M. (D '46)
Modern Negro art. Porter, J. A. (D '43)
Modern operational mathematics in engineer-
ing. Churchill, R. V. (O '44)
Modern organic finishes. Wampler, R. H. (O
'46)
Modern pattern design. Pepln, H. (D '42)
Modern philosophies of Judaism. Agus, J. B. (N
Modern plastics. Barron, H. (Ap '46)
Modern plywood. Perry, T. D. (My '42)
Modern political philosophies. Wasserman, L.
(O 'A)
Modern poultry farming. Hurd, L. M. (Je '44)
Modern practical accounting; elementary. Sa-
liers, B. A. (N '46)
Modern practice in leather manufacture. Wil-
son, J. A. (Ap '42)
Modern prison system of India. Barker, F. A.
(O '45)
Modern pulp and paper making. With am, G. 8.
(Ag '42)
Modern radio. Tyler, K. S. (N '44)
Modern Russian history. Kornilov, A. A. (S
Modern sanitary engineering. Mitchell, G. E.
(D '42)
Modern science in our environment. Dull, C.
E., and others. (Ap '43)
Modern synthetic rubbers. Barron, H. (Je '44)
Modern timber design. Hansen, H. J. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Modern trends in child psychiatry. Lewis, N. D.
C., and Pacella, B. L., eds. (O '46)
Modern turbines. Newman, L. E., ed. (Je '44)
Modern warfare. Sikorski, W. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Modern ways with children. Hurlock, E. B.
(Ap '44)
Modern women in love. Stead, C., and Blech,
W. J., eds. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Modern women poets of Spanish America.
Rosenbaum, S. C. (O '46)
Modern wonder book of the air. Carlisle, N. V.,
and others. (P '46) (1945 Annual)
Modern wonder book of trains and railroad-
ing. Carlisle, N. V. (O '46)
Modern wonder books. (Je '43)
Modern wood adhesive*. Perry, T. D. (S '44)
Modern world geography. Case, B. C.. and
Bergsmark, D. R. (Je '44)
Modern world politics. Kalijarvi, T., and
others. (1942, 1946)
Modernism
Van Til, C. New modernism. (O '48)
Modernistic chip carving. Mankln, V. J, (My
Modified activities in physical education. Foote,
D. (My '46)
Mohammed
Bengalee, M. R. Life of Muhammad. (N '42)
Bodley, R. V. C. Messenger. (My '46)
Mohammedan empire
Hitti, P. K. Arabs. (Ag '43)
Mohammedanism
Bing, E. J. World of th« Arabs. (My '44)
Grunebaum, G. E. von. Medieval Islam. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Mohune's nine lives. Groom, A. J. P. (Mr '44)
Moira. Greene, W. C. (N '44)
Holders of opinion. Bulman, D., ed. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Molders of the medieval mind. Cassidy, F. P.
(Ap '45)
Molds (botany)
Smith, G. Introduction to industrial mycology.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Molds (for plastics)
Du Bois, J. H.. and Pribble, W. I. Plastics
mold engineering. (Ap '46)
Thayer, G. B. Plastics molds. (O '45)
Molecules
Herzberg, G. Infrared and raman spectra of
polyatomic molecules. (O '45)
Pearse, R. W. B., and Gaydon, A. G. Iden-
tification of molecular spectra. (Je '42)
MoJIusks
Nichols, J. T., and Bartsch, P. Fishes and
shells of the Pacific world. (Je '46)
Molly and the tool shed. Scott. S. (O '43)
Molly, the rogue. Walsh, M. R. (Ag '44)
Mom counted six. Gardner, M. (Je '44)
Moment of time. McLean, S. R. (My '45)
Moment of truth. Sweeny, C. (Je '43)
Monastery. Majdalany, F. (N '46)
Monetary reform movements. Reeve, J. E. (Ap
'44)
Money
Graham, B. World commodities and world
currency. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Halm, G. International monetary cooperation.
(Je '45)
Hobbs, P. Gold, the" real ruler of the world.
(N '44)
Marget, A. W. Theory of prices, v2. (My *43)
Niebyl, K. H. Studies in the classical theories
of money. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Williams, J. H. Postwar monetary plans.
(O '44)
History
Floherty, J. J. Money-go-round. (S '44)
Juvenile literature
Foster, C. J. This rich world. (Je '43)
United States
Munson, G. B. Aladdin's lamp. (My '45)
Reeve, J. E. Monetary reform movements.
(Ap '44)
Money- go- round. Floherty, J. J. (S '44)
Money in the bank. Wodehouse. P. G. (Mr *42)
Money on the black. MacKinnon, A. (Mr '46)
Money to burn. Woodward, H. R. (Je *45)
Mongkut, king of Slam
Landon, M. D. M. Anna and the King of
Siam. (S '44)
Mongol Buriat republic. See Buriat Mongolia
Mongolia
Cable, M., and French, F. L. Gobi desert.
(Ag '44)
Mongrel mettle. Stuart. J. (Mr '44)
Monkey. Wu Ch'6ng-6n. (Ap '43)
Monkey ahoy! Lathrop, W. (Je '43)
Monkey twins. Hogran, I. (Mr '43)
Monkey with a notion. Blough, G. O. (D '46)
Monkeyface. Evers, H. and A. (S '46)
Monkeys
Legends and stories
Blough, G. O. Monkey with a notion. (D '46)
Bronson, W. S. Hooker's holiday. (N '44)
Chan. P. and C. Magic monkey. (O '44)
Waldeck, J. B. M. Little lost monkey. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Wu Chdng-dn. Adventures of Monkey. (N '44)
Monopolies
Kottke, F. J. Electrical technology and the
public interest. (D '44)
Lasser, D. Private monopoly. (D '46)
Levy, H. Retail trade associations. (S '45)
Lynch, D. Concentration of economic power.
(S 46)
Monroe, Jamet
Cresson, W. P. James Monroe. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Styron, A. Last of the cocked hata. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1185
Monroe doctrine
Whitaker, A. P. United States and the in-
dependence of Latin America, 1800-1830.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Howard, J, K. Montana. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Howard, J. K., ed. Montana margins. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Monte Cassino (Benedictine monastery)
Siege, 1944
Majdalany, F. Monastery. (N '46)
Montgolfier, Jacques fitlenne
Anderson, L. Bag of smoke. (N '42)
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel
Anderson, L. Bag of smoke. (N '42)
Montgomery. Sir Bernard Law
Larson, M. G. Field Marshal Bernard L.
Montgomery. (O '45)
Monthly repository (periodical)
Mineka, F. E. Dissidence of dissent. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Montreal
Leacock, S. B. Montreal: seaport and city.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Percival, W. P. Lure of Montreal. (S '46)
Moody. John
Moody, J. Fast by the road. (My '42)
Moon
Fisher, G. C. Story of the moon. (Mr *43)
Whipple, F. L. Earth, moon and planets.
(Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Cothren, M. B. This is the moon. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Moon in the river. Phelan, J. L. (My '46)
Moon is down. Steinbeck, J. (Ap '42)
Moon is down; play in two parts. Steinbeck, J.
(O '42)
Moon lies fair. Thielens, G. O. (Je '42)
Moon was red. Sage, D. (My *44)
Moonlight traveler. Stern, P. V., ed. (Ag '43)
Moonrise. Strauss, T. (N '46)
Moonset. Gruen, M. E. (Ag '43)
Moore, George Edward
Schilpp, P. A., ed. Philosophy of G. E. Moore.
(My '43)
Moore, Grace
Moore, G. You're only human once. (Ap '44)
Moral conquest of Germany. Ludwig, E. (Je
*45)
Moral ideals of our civilization. Tsanoff, B. A.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Moral theory of evolutionary naturalism. Quil-
lian, W. F. (N '45)
Morale
Bowman, A. Morale of the American revolu-
tionary army. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Copeland, N. Psychology and the soldier.
Cronbacn, L. J. Exploring the wartime
morale of high-school youth. (N *43)
Farago, L., and Gittler, L. F., eds. German
psychological warfare. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Holmes, H. W. Road to courage. (Mr '43)
Logan, M. Home front digest. (S '42)
MacCurdy, J. T. Structure of morale. (N '43)
Nash, J. B. Building morale. (Je '42)
Pardue, A. Your morale and how to build it.
(S '42)
Society for the psychological study of social
issues. Civilian morale. (N '42)
Morale of the American revolutionary army.
Bowman, A. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Moran, Edward Joseph
Morris, F. D. Pick out the biggest (O '43)
More about Africa. Baker, H. E. (D '45)
More ballet laughs. Gard, A. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
More by Corwin, Corwin, N. L. (My '44)
More day to dawn. Lee, H. (Ag '42)
More devil than saint. De Marlgny, A. (Je '46)
More essays on Greek romances. Halght, E. H.
(S '46)
More lives than one. Healy, T. (Ag '44)
More lives than one. Skidmore, H. D. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
More poems from the Palatine anthology. An-
thologia graeca. (O '42)
More stories of famous operas. Newman, B.
(Je '43)
More than singing. Lehman n, L. (Ap '46)
More than you promise. Smallzried, K. A., and
Roberts. D. J. (D '42)
More was lost. Pergnyi, E. S. S. (Ap '46)
Morgan, Daniel
Juvenile literature
Dean, S. W. Fighting Dan of the Long Rifles.
(My '43)
Morgan, Sir Henry
Fiction
Cochran, H. Windward passage. (Je '42)
Morgan, John Hunt
Holland, C. F. Morgan and his raiders. (Ja
'43 (1942 Annual)
Morgue is always open. Odium, J. (Je '44)
Morgue the merrier. Truesdell, J. (Ag '45)
Morley of Blackburn, John Morley, 1st vis-
count
Knickerbocker, F. W. C. Free minds. (N '43)
Staebler, W. I. Liberal mind of John Morley.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Morley's variety. Morley, C. D. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Mormon country. Stegner. W. (N '42)
Mormon recreation in theory and practice. Skid-
more, R. A. (S '42) ,if
Mormons and Mormonlsm
Anderson, N. Desert saints. (Je '42)
Brodie, F. M. No man knows my history.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Curtis, B. S. Sacred Scriptures and religious
philosophy (N '42)
Skidmore, R. A. Mormon recreation in theory
and practice. (S *42)
Stegner, W. Mormon country. (N '42)
Whipple, M. This is the place: Utah. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Morning in America. Wiener, W. (D *42)
Morning in Iowa. Nathan, R. (My '44)
Moros
Follett, H. T. Men of the Sulu sea. (Mr '46)
Morosco, Oliver
Morosco, O. Life of Oliver Morosco. (O '44)
Morphology
Needham, J. Biochemistry and morpho-
genesis. (Ap '43)
Morris, Lloyd R.
Morris, L. R. Threshold in the sun. (S '43)
Morris, Walter Rlpton
Morris, W. R. American in search of a way.
(D '42)
Morris, William
Grennan, M. R. William Morris. (Ap *46)
Fiction
Cameron, W. Day is coming. (Ag '44)
Morris, the midget moose. Owen, F. (N '45)
Morse, Edward Sylvester
Wayman, D. G. Edward Sylvester Morse. (D
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
Mabee, C. American Leonardo. (Mr '43)
Mortgage on life. Baum, V. (N '46)
Morton, Julius Sterling
Olson, J. C. J. Sterling Morton. (Je »43)
Morton, William Thomas Green
Fiction
Baker, R. M. Dr Morton, pioneer in the use
of ether. (My '46)
Mosby, John Singleton
Jones, V. C. Ranger Mosby. (O '44)
Moscow dateline, 1941-1943. Cassidy, H. C.
(Ag '43)
Moscow mystery. Litvinova, I. (My *43)
Moscow under Are. Eng title of: All-out on
the road to Smolensk. Caldwell, E. (Ap
'42)
Moscow war diary. Werth, A. (My '42)
Moses
Golding, L. In the steps of Moses. (N '43)
Fiction
Hardy, W. G. All the trumpets sounded. (S
Mann, T. Tables of the law. (8 *46)
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Juvenile literature
Flight, J. W., and Fans, S. B. L. Moses,
Egyptian prince, nomad sheikh, lawgiver.
(Ap '43)
Mosquitoes
Headiee, T. J. Mosquitoes of New Jersey
and their control. (8 '46)
Conard, H. S. How to know the mosses. (Ja
'46) (1946 Annual)
Most secret. Norway, N. S. (N '45)
Most secret, most immediate. Swiggett, H. (Ap
*44)
Moth of time. Miller, N. (Ag '46)
Mother America. Romulo, C. P. (D '43)
Mother and son. Crane, C. (Mr '46)
Mother Butler of Marymount. Burton, K. K.
(O '44)
Mother finds a body. L.ee. Q. R. (N '42)
Mother Goose; comp. by W. R. Ben6t. (Mr '44)
Mother Goose handicraft. Jordan, N. R. (N '45)
Mother Goose; seventy-seven, verses, il. by
Tasha Tudor. (D '44)
Mother Goose tells time. Mother Goose. (S '46)
Mother Penny. Robinson. G. (O *46)
Mother Russia. Hindus, M. G. (Ag '43)
Mother went mad on Monday. Hueston, E. P.
(O '44)
Mother wore tights. Young, M. B. (N '44)
Motherly and Auspicious. Collis, M. (My '44)
Mothers
Oxnam, G. B. Behold thy mother. (Ag '44)
Mothers. Fisher, V. (N '43)
Moths
Kane, H. B. Tale of the promethea moth.
(Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Matschat, C. H. American butterflies and
moths. (Ag '42)
Motion
Dull, R. W. Mathematical aids for engineers.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Skemp, J. B. Theory of motion in Plato's
later dialogues. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Motion picture products and distributors of
America, incorporated
Moley, R. Hays office. (Ag '46)
Motion pictures. Writer's program, Pennsyl-
vania. (S '42)
Motion study
Bailey, N. B* Motion study for the supervisor.
(My '43)
Barnes, R. M. Work methods manual. (Je
Morrow, R. L. Time study and motion econ-
omy. (Je '46)
Motives for Christian living. King, W. P. (N
*42)
Motor boats
Lord, L. Naval architecture of planing hulls.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Motor trucks
Barger, C. G. Automotive mechanics. (My
*4o)
Hill, S. £3. Teamsters and transportation.
(Ag *42)
Motor (periodical). Truck repair manual, 1943.
(Je '43)
Wells, A. W. Hail to the jeep. (N *46)
Motors
Morgan, A. P. Boys' book of engines, motors
and turbines. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Motto for murder. Mace, M. (O '43)
Mottoes
Shankle, G. E. American mottoes and slo-
gans. (Ap '42)
Mount, William Sidney
Cowdrey, B., and Williams. H. W. William
Sidney Mount. (Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Mount Allegro. Mangione. J. (Mr '43)
Mount Delightful. Toumans, E. W. (Mr '46)
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Haig, G. O. Land of enchantment. (Je '46)
Mountain. Parsons, A. B. (Mr '44)
Mountain book. Beaty, J. Y. (Ja '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Mountain born. Yates, B. (Ja '44) (1048 An-
nual)
, Mountain Cloud. Barbeau, C. M. (O '44)
Mountain pony. Larom, H. V. (Ja '47) (1946
untain pony.
Annual)
Mountain whites (South) _ _
Broadfoot, I* I* Pioneers of the Ozarks. (F
•46) (1944 Annual)
Day, J. F. Bloody ground. (Ap '42)
McNeer, M. Y. Story of the southern high-
lands. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Thomas, J. B. Blue Ridge country. (Ap '42)
Mountaineering
Geist, R. C. Hiking, camping and moun-
taineering. (Je '43)
Hazard, J. T. Pacific crest trails from Alaska
to Cape Horn. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Henderson, K. A., ed. American Alpine club's
handbook of American mountaineering, (Ag
'42)
Hunt, R. A. White Mountain holidays. (Ap
'42)
Mountains
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Mountains. (N '42)
Peattle, R., ed. Friendly mountains. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Peattie, R., ed. Pacific coast ranges. (S '46)
Juvenile literature
Beaty, J. Y. Mountain book. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Elms, F. R. Mountains of the world. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Pacific coast
Hazard, J. T. Pacific crest trails from Alaska
to Cape Horn. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Mountains are mine. Hinckley, H. (N '46)
Mountains of the world. Elms, F. R. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Mountains wait. Broch, T. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Mounted messenger. Meigs, C. L. (Je '43)
Mouse in the mountain. Davis, N. (Mr '43)
Movable and long -span steel bridges. Hool, G.
A., and Kinne, WVS., eds. (O '44)
Moved outers. Means, F. C. (Ap '46)
Movement of factory workers. Myers, C. A..
and Maclaurin, W. R. (S '44)
Movie lot to beachhead. Look (periodical).
(My '46)
Moving ahead on your job. Calhoon, R. P.
(Mr '46)
Moving finger. Christie, A. M. (N '42)
Moving picture cartoons
Epstein, A. How to draw animated cartoons.
(My f46)
Feild, R. D. Art of Walt Disney. (Ag '42)
Moving picture industry
Ernst, M. L>. First freedom. (Ap '46)
Huettig, M. D. Economic control of the mo-
tion picture industry. (O *44)
Moley, R. Hayes office. (Ag '46)
Moving picture plays
Gassner, J., and Nichols, D., eds. Best film
plays of 1943-1944. (Ag '45J>
Gassner, J., and Nichols, D., eds. Twenty
best film plays. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Hellman, I* North Star. (Mr '44)
Vale, E. Technique of screenplay writing.
(Ap '45)
Moving pictures
BenoH-L-6vy, J. A* Art of the motion picture.
(O '46)
Kim b rough, E. .We followed our hearts to
Hollywood. (D '43)
Look (periodical). Movie lot to beachhead.
(My *46)
Parsons, L O. Gay Illiterate. (Mr '44)
Paul, E. H. With a Hays nonny nonny. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Rosten, L». C. Hollywood. (Ag '42) (1941 An-
nual)
Tyler, P. Hollywood hallucination. (Je '44)
Van Doren. M. Private reader. (Ap '42)
Waples, D., ed. Print, radio, and film in a
democracy. (My '42)
Catalogs
Weaver, G. G., comp. Bibliography of motion
pictures for vocational and technical schools.
(Ag '43)
History
Taylor, D., and others. Pictorial history of
the movies. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Bendick, J. Making the movies. (D '46)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Motion pic-
tures. (S '41)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDE* 1942-1946
1187
Yearbooks
International motion picture almanac, 1942-43.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Moving pictures. Talking
Eisenshtein. S. M. Film sense. (S *42)
Thrasher, F. M., ed. Okay for sound. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Moving pictures in education
American council on education. Committee
on motion pictures in education. Selected
educational motion pictures. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
Benolt-LeVy, J. A. Art of the motion pic-
Educators guide to free films. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Fern. Q. H., and Robbing, E. B. Teaching
with films. (Ap '46)
Hoban. C. F. Focus on learning. (N '42)
McDonald, G. D. Educational motion pictures
and libraries. (My '42)
Weaver. G. G., comp. Bibliography of motion
pictures for vocational and technical
schools. (Ag *43)
Moving toyshop. Montgomery, R. B. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Ama-
deus
Einstein, A. Mozart. (Mr '45)
Juvenile literature
Mayo, W. Mozart. (Ag '45)
Mpengo of the Congo. McGavran, G. W. (S
'45)
Mud on the stars. Huie. W B. (Ag »42)
Mudhen. Allen. M. P. (N '45)
Muggins. Bradbury, B. (S '44)
Mulr, John
Wolfe, L,. M. Son of the wilderness. (S '45)
Mule skinners. Richardson. M. R. (D '46)
Mules
Legends and stories
Watson, H. O. Shavetail Sam, U.S. army
mule. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Muller hill. Daniels, H. M. (N '43)
Mullica river
Beck, H. C. Jersey genesis. (S '45)
Mullingar heifer. Walsh, M. R. (My '46)
Municipal and rural sanitation. Ehlers, V. M.,
and Steel. E. W. (Ap '44)
Municipal finance
Martin. J. W. Southern state and local fi-
nance trends and the war. (Ag '46)
Municipal government
Jones. V. Metropolitan government. (S '42)
Rush. J. A. City-county consolidated. (My
Municipal research
Gill, N. N. Municipal research bureaus. (Mr
•45)
Munitions
Newman. J. R. Tools of war. (My '42 )
Munitions Industry
At water, E. American regulation of arms
exports. (N »42)
StryKer, P. Arms and the aftermath. (Mr '42)
Mural painting and decoration
Chariot, J. Chariot mural in Georgia. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Murat, Achilla, prince
Hanna, A. J. Prince in their midst. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Murder
Casey, L. T., ed. Denver murders. (Je '46)
Collins, F. L. Homicide squad. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Collins, T., ed. New York murders. (D '44)
Cuppy, W. J., ed. Murder without tears. (S
Dempewolff, R. Famous old New England
murders. (S '42)
Jackson, J. H., ed. Portable murder book.
(O '46)
Radin, E. D. 12 against the law. (N '46)
Roughead, W. Art of murder. (My '43)
Houghead, W. Nothing but murder. (N *46)
Wright, S. P.. ed. Chicago murders. (Ag '45)
Murder a mile high. Dean, E. (My '44)
Murder among friends. Lewis, U (8 '42)
Murder and the married virgin. Dresser, D. (N
Murder at a police station. Farjeon, J. J. (Ap
Murder at Belle Camilla. Barrett, M. (O '43)
Murder at Crawford notch. Burns, M. L. (My
Murder at Stone house. Howie. E. (My '42)
Murder at the Black Crook. Matschat, C. H.
(Je '43)
Murder at the Kentucky Derby. Farmer, C. B.
(O *42)
Murder before midnight. Cunningham, A. B.
(O '45)
Murder behind the mike. Goldman, R. L. (Mr
*42)
Murder breaks trail. Boyd, E. M. (S '43)
Murder by inches. Hopkins, S. (Ap *43)
Murder by matchlJght. Rivett, E. C. (Mr '46)
Murder by nail. Eng tile of: Valley of night.
Farnol, J. (N '42)
Murder by proxy. Boyers. B. and A. (S '46)
Murder by reflection. Heard, G. (N '42)
Murder by the yard. Yates, M. T. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Murder calling 60. Bagby, G. A. (S '42)
Murder cancels all debts. Heberden. M. V. (My
'46)
Murder can't stop. Ballard, W. T. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Murder cavalcade. Mystery writers of America.
inc. (O '46)
Murder, chop chop. Schmidt, J. N. (Mr '42)
Murder down under. Upfleld, A. W. (Mr '43)
Murder enters the picture. Barber, W. A., and
Schabelitz, R. F. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Murder expert. Koehler, R. P. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Murder follows Desmond Shannon. Heberden,
M V. (My '42)
Murder for pleasure. Haycraft, H. (1941. 1942
Annuals)
Murder for the millions. Owen, F.. ed. (Je *46)
Murder for two. Coxe, G. H. (Ag '43)
Murder-go-round. Donnel, C. P. (S '46)
Murder goes astray. Heberden. M. V. (S '43)
Murder goes rolling along. Moore. H. F. S. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Murder has an echo. Notley, J. F. (Ap '45)
Murder in false face. Childerness, G. (Je *43)
Murder in five columns. Diamond, F. (F *46)
(1944 Annual)
Murder in haste. Fenwick, E. P. (S *44)
Murder in ' Havana. Coxe, G. H. (N '43)
Murder in November. Eng- title of: Rue the day.
Alan, M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Murder in Peking. Starrett, V. (Ap '46)
Murder in plain sight. Brown, G. (Ag '45)
Murder in retrospect. Christie. A. M. (Ag '42)
Murder in the O.P.M. Brown. Z. J. (S '42)
Murder in the radio department, Eichler, A.
(D '43)
Murder in tow. Stevens. F. M. R. (Ap '43)
Murder is forgetful. Bogart, W. (F *45) (1944
Annual)
Murder is my business. Dresser, D. (Ag '45)
Murder is out. Thayer, L. (Ap '42)
Murder lavs a golden egg. Hull. E. T. (My '44)
Murder, M.D. Eng title of: Who killed the
doctor? Burton. M. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Murder makes a racket. Heberden, M. V. (D
Murder makes a villain. Scott, D. (Mr '44)
Murder meets Mephisto. Mario. Q. (Mr '42)
Murder most foul. Coxe, K. B. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Murder needs a face. Fenisong, R. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Murder needs a name. Fenisong. R. (Je '42)
Murder of a quack. Bellairs. G. (O '44)
Murder of a stuffed shirt Heberden, M. V. (N
•44)
Murder of Lidice. Millay. E. St V. (D »42)
Murder of the U.S.A. Jenkins, W. F. (N '46)
Murder on a tangent. Disney, D. M. (My '45)
Murder on Angler's island. Reilly, H. K. (Je
'46)
Murder on location. Thayer, L. (S '42)
Murder on the downbeat. Avery* R. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Murder on the program. Mann on, M. M. (My
Murder, plain and fancy. Lord, G. (Mr '43)
Murder plays an ugly scene. Strong, L. A. Q.
(O '45)
Murder R. F. D. Petersen. j£ (Ao '42)
Murder rents a room. Mason, 3. B. (O *43)
Murder rides a rocket. Diamond. F. (O '46)
1188
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Murder runs a fever. Fenisong, R. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Murder solves a problem. Bramhall, M. (Mr
Murder steals the show. Hirsch, L. (My '46)
Murder steps In. Russeir, C. M. (D '42)
Murder strikes an atomic unit. Du Bois, T. M.
(My '46)
Murder through the looking: glass. Rice, C. (Mr
Murder wears a mummer's mask. Dresser, D.
Murder wears mukluks. Boyd, E. M. (My '46)
Murder will in. Wells, C. (Ag '42)
Murder will speak. Bellairs, G. (O '43)
Murder with a difference. Morley. C. D., ed.
(D '46)
Murder with love. Lord, O. (D '43)
Murder with orange blossoms. Darby, R. (S '43)
Murder with southern hospitality. Brown, Z.
(Mr '42)
Murder within murder. Lockridge, P. L. D.
and R. (Mr '46)
Murder without tears. Cuppy, W. J., ed. (S
'46)
Murderer's choice. Wells, A. Ml JS '43)
Murder's a swine. Eng title of: Grinning pig.
Murderer is a fox. Queen, E. (Je '45)
" • • ' "^ "s, A. M. (S '45
ng *
Lombard. N. (O '43)
Murders at Moon Dance. Guthrie, A. B. (Je '43)
Murder's so permanent. Howie, B. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Murger, Henri
Moss, A., and Marvel, E. Legend of the Latin
quarter. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Murmur of wings. Dubkin, L. (Ja *45) (1944
Annual)
Murray, John
Skinner, C. R., and Cole, A. S. Hell's ram-
parts fell. (My '42)
Murreli, John A.
Fiction
Kroll, H. H. Rogues' company. (Ja »44) (1943
Annual)
Muses' darling. Norman, C. (N '46)
Museum piece no. 13. King, R. (N '46)
Museums
Coleman. L. V. Company museums. (O '43)
Taylor, F. H. Babel's tower. (Ag '45)
Museums and schools
Powel, L. B. Art museum comes to the school.
(S '44)
Mushrooms
Christensen, C. M. Common edible mush-
rooms. (Ap '43)
Music
Erskine, J. What is music? (D '44)
Hendelson, W., and Zucker, P., eds. Music
lovers' almanac. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Schnabel, A. Music and the line of most
resistance. (Ag '42)
Schumann, R. A. On music and musicians. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Simon, R. E., ed. Be your own music critic.
(Ag '42)
Taubman. H. H. Music on my beat. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Tovey, D. F. Musical articles from the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica. (Mr '45)
Young America's music. (F *44) (1943 An-
nual)
Acoustics and physics
Bartholomew, W. T. Acoustics of music. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Analysis, interpretation, appreciation
Barbour, H. B.t and Freeman, W. S. How to
teach children to know music. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Burk, C., and others. America's musical
heritage. (N '43)
Dorian, F. History of music in performance.
(Ap '43)
Downes, E. Adventures in symphonic music.
(S '44)
Ewen, D. Music for the millions. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Haggin. B. H. Music for the man who en-
T joys "Hamlet." (D '44)
Howard, J. T. This modern music. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Kolodin, I. Guide to recorded music. (Mr
McKinney, H. D., and Anderson, W. R. Chal-
lenge of listening. (Je '43)
Siegmeister. E., ed. Music lover's handbook.
Skolsky, S. Evenings with music. (O '44)
Spaeth, S. G. At home with music. (Ja *46)
(1945 Annual)
Stokowski, L. Music for all of us. (O '43)
Stringham, E. J. Listening to music cre-
atively. (S '46)
Thomson, V. Musical scene. (My '45)
Welch, R. D. Appreciation of music. (S '45)
Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
Ewen, D., comp. Listen to the mocking
words. (Ag '46)
Schauffler. R. H. Fiddler's folly and encores.
(Ap '43)
Bibliography
Gramophone shop, inc. Gramophone shop en-
cyclopedia of recorded music. (D *42)
Collections
Davison, A. T., and Apel, W. Historical an-
thology of music. (N '46)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Apel. W. Harvard dictionary of music. (N
'45) (1944 Annual)
International cyclopedia of music and musi-
cians, ed. by O. Thompson. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Examinations, questions, etc.
Cott, T. Victor book of musical fun. (S '45)
History and criticism
Barne, K Listening to the orchestra. (My
'46)
Davison, A. T., and Apel, W. Historical an-
thology of music. (N '46)
Dorian, F. History jof music in performance.
(Ap '43)
Graf, M. Modern music. (D *46)
Howard, J. T. Our American music. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Lang, P. H. Music in western civilization.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Moore, D. S. From madrigal to modern mu-
sic. (My '42)
Prunieres, H. New history of music. (My '43)
Sachs, C. Commonwealth of art. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sachs, C. Rise of music in the ancient world.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Salazar, A. Music in our time. (N '46)
instruction and study
Barbour, H. B., and Freeman, W. S. How
to teach children to know music. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Barnett, D. They shall have music. (D *45)
Bohman, E. L,, and Dillon, J. K. Librarian
and the teacher of music. (Ap '43)
Buck, P. C. Psychology for musicians. (N
Mursell, J. L. Music in American schols. (N
'43)
Stinson, E. L. How to teach children music.
(Ap '42)
Philosophy and esthetics
Einstein, A. Greatness in music. (Mr '42)
Schoen, M. Understanding of music. (D *45)
Psychology
Buck, P. C. Psychology for musicians. (N
Schoen, M. Understanding of music. (D '45)
Theory
Katz, A. T. Challenge to musical tradition.
(D 45)
Ball
McPhee, C. House in Bali. (N '46)
Boston
Tohnson. H. B. ( Musical interlude! in Boston,
England
Geissmar, B. Two worlds of music. (D '46)
France
Schrade, L. Beethoven in France. (F »44)
(1943 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1189
Germany
Geissmar, B. Two worlds of music. (D '46)
New York (city)
Aldrich. R, Concert life in New York. (Je '42)
Thomson, V. Musical scene. (My '46)
Spain
Chase, G. Music of Spain. (Ag '42) (1941 An-
nual)
United States
Burk, C., and others. America's musical
heritage. (N '43)
Ewen, D. Music comes to America. (Ap *42)
Marks. E. B. They all had glamour. (Je '44)
Bibliography
Sonneck, O. G. T. Bibliography of early
secular American music. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Vienna
Graf, M. Legend of a musical city. (Ag '46)
(1946 Annual)
Music, Latin American
Slonimsky, N. Music of Latin America. (N
'45)
Music, Popular
Ewen. D. Men of popular music. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Gilbert, D. Lost chords. (N '42)
Music, Primitive
Sachs, C. Rise of music in the ancient world.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Music and colors
Belmont. I. J. Modern dilemma in art. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Music and society
Allen, W. D. Our marching civilization. (Ag
'44)
Music and sound systems in industry. Benson,
B. E. (N '45)
Music and the line of most resistance.
Schnabel, A. (Ag '42)
Music as a profession
Johnson, H. Your career in music. (N '44)
Music comes to America. Ewen. D. (Ap *42)
Music education in the elementary school.
Brooks, B. M., and Brown, H. A. (D '46)
Music for all of us. Stokowski, L. (O '43)
Music for the general college student. Jeff era,
E. V. (N '44)
Music for the man who enjoys "Hamlet."
Haggin, B. H. (D '44)
Music for the millions. Ewen. D. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Music goes round. Gaisberg, P. W. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
sic in
Music in American schools. Mursell, J. L. (N
'43)
Music In colleges and universities
Jeffers, E. V. Music for the general college
student. (N '44)
Music in industry
Benson. B. E. Music and sound systems in
industry. (N '45)
Music in our time. Salazar, A. (N f46)
Music in radio broadcasting. Chase, G., ed. (P
•47) (1946 Annual)
Music in western civilization. Lang, P. H.
{Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Music is gone. Doughty. L. S. (My '45)
Music lovers' almanac. Hendelson, w., and
Zucker, P., eds. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Music lover's handbook. Siegmeister, E., ed.
(N '43)
Music makers. Coblentz. S. A., com p. (Mr '46)
Music master of the Middle West. Bergmann,
L.. N. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Music of Latin America. Slonimsky, N. (N '46)
Music of Spain. Chase, G. (Ag »42) (1941 An-
nual)
Music of Tchaikovsky. Abraham, G. E. H., ed.
(D '46)
sic on
Music on my beat. Taubman, H. H. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Musical accompaniment
Moore, G. Unashamed accompanist. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Musical articles from the Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica. Tovey, D. P. (Mr '45)
Musical comedies
Librettos
Perelman, S. J,, and Nash, O. One touch of
Venus. (Ap '44)
Musical criticism
Graf, M. Composer and critic. (Ap '46)
Musical form
Moore, D. S. From madrigal to modern mu-
sic. (My '42)
Musical instruments
Geiringer, K. Musical instruments. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Simon, R. E., ed. Be your own music critic.
(Ag *42)
Juvenile literature
Huntington, H. E. Tune up. (Ag *42)
Lacey, M. Picture book of musical instru-
ments. (Ag '42)
Musical interludes in Boston, 1795-1830. John-
son, H. E. (N '43)
Musical scene. Thomson. V. (My '46)
Musicians
Barne, K. Listening to the orchestra. (My
'46)
Einstein, A. Greatness in music. (Mr '42)
Esquire (periodical). Jazz book. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Ewen, D, ed. Book of modern composers. (D
•42)
Ewen, D. Dictators of the baton. (Mr '43)
Ewen, D., ed. Living musicians. (P '44) (1943
Annual)
Ewen, D. Men and women who make music.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Ewen, D. Music for the millions. ( Ja ^45)
(1944 Annual)
Graf. M. Modern music. (D *46)
Hendelson, W., and Zucker, P., eds. Music
lovers' almanac. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
International cyclopedia of music and musi-
cians, ed. by O. Thompson. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Leonard, R. A. Stream of music. (P '44)
(1943 Annual)
Schnabel, A. Music and the line of most re-
sistance. (Ag '42)
Schumann, R. A. On music and musicians.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Taubman, H. H. Music on my beat. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Antheil, G. Bad boy of music. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Beecham, T. Mingled chime. (Je '43)
Finletter, G. D. From the top of the stairs.
(N '46)
Gaisberg, F. W. Music goes round (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Geissmar, B. Two worlds of music. (D '46)
McPhee, C. House in Bali. (N '46)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, P. Letters. (A* '46)
Mezzrow, M., and Wolfe, B. Really the blues.
(D '46)
Miller, H., and Cooper, P. Footloose fiddler.
(Ag '45)
Norman, G., and Shrifte, M. L., eds. Letters
of composers. (S '46)
Rimskll-Korsakov, N. A. My musical life.
Spal&ng, A. Rise to follow. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Tchaikovski, P. I. Diaries. (Ag '46) (1946
Annual)
Verdi, G. Verdi, the man in his letters. (Je
'42)
Walska, G. Always room at the top. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Walter, B. Theme and variations. (O '46)
Wechsberg, J. Looking for a bluebird. (Mr
•45)
Juvenile literature
Burch, G. Modern composers for boys and
girls. (Ap '42)
Musicians, American
Ewen, D., ed. Living musicians. (P '44) (1943
Annual)
Ewen. D. Men of popular music. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Overmyer, G. Famous American composers.
Musings of an angler. Smith. O. W. (8 '42)
Musk and amber. Mason, A. E. W. (S '42)
Muskrats
Legends and stories
Gall. A. C., and Crew. F. H. Splasher. (F
'46) (1946 Annual)
1190
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Mussolini, Benlto
Matthews, H. L. Fruits of fascism. (N '43)
Must destruction be our destiny? Brown, H. 8.
fS *4fi)
Must men hate? Livingston, S. (3 '44)
Must we fight Russia? Culbertson, E. (Je '46)
Mustang. Hinkle. T. C. (S '42)
Mutiny in January. Van Doren, C. C. (My f43)
Mutual life insurance company of New York
dough, S. B. Century of American life in-
surance. (P *47) (1946 Annual)
Muzzle flashes. Lenz, E. C. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
My adventures in Zufli. Gushing, P. H. (O '42)
My Africa. Ojlke, M. (Mr '46)
My American adventure. Barschak, E. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
My animal babies. Benchley. B. J. (Je '45)
My appeal to the British. Gandhi, M. K. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
My Aunt Louisa and Woodrow Wilson. Elliott,
M. R. A. (D '44)
My Bible book. Walker, J., ed. (O '46)
My bird sings. Malet, O. (D '46)
My boyhood in a parsonage. Lament, T. W. (N
'46)
My brother Americans. Romulo, C. P. (Ag '45)
My caravan of years. Stone, G. T. (O '45)
My chat with Thomas Hardy. Clemens, C. (Je
My Chinese wife. Eskelund, K. (S '45)
My^ country. Davenport, R. W. (Ag '46) (1944
My country-in-law. Mian, M. S. (My '46)
My country school diary. Weber, J. (My *46)
My darling from the lions. Morris, E. (Ag '43)
My days of anger. Parrell, J. T. (N '43)
My dog. Lemon. Holland. R. P. (D '45)
My dog Rinty. Tarry, E., and Ets, M. H. (S
'46)
My eyes have a cold nose. Chevigny, H. (D '46)
My family right or wrong. Sousa, J. P. (N '43)
My father in China. Burke, J. C. (N '42)
My father who is on earth. Wright, J. L. (My
'46)
My Father's will. McGarrigle, P. J. (N '44)
My Father's world. Rice, M. S. (D '43)
My favorite age. Morrow, E. R. C. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
My favorite v assassin. Herald, G. W. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
My g favorite war story. Look (periodical). (D
My Felicia. Driscoll. P. F. (N '45)
My fighting congregation. Taggart, W. C., and
CrQss, C. (Ja ^44) (l943 Annual)
My first geography of the Americas. Sonder-
gaard, A. (O '42)
My first geography of the Pacific. Sondergaard,
A. (D '44)
My friends, the apes. Benchley, B. J. (S '49)
My greatest day in baseball. Carmichael. J. P.,
ed. (Ap '46)
My gun is my law. Drago. H. S. (Mr '43)
My happy days. Shackelford, J. D. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
My head and my heart. Bullock, H. D. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
My heart for hostage. Hi liver, R. 8. (N *42)
My home is far away. Powell, D. (D '44)
My home town. Ford, E. H. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
My India, My West. En* title of: Warning to
the West. Shridharani, K. J. (Ja '43)
My Indian family. Wernher, H. (S '45)
My Lady of Cleves. Barnes. M. C. (Mr '46)
My late wives, Carr, J. D. (D '46)
My life in China, 1§26-1941. Abend, H. (D '43)
My life to the destroyers. Abercrombie, L. A.,
and Pratt, F. (Mr '45)
My life with the enemy. Argall, P. (Ap '44)
My lives in Russia. Fischer, B. M. (Je '44)
My love belongs to me. Black, D. (Ja '43) (1942
My love is young. Parsons, P. W. (Ag '45)
My love must wait. Hill, k (Mr '44)
My mother bids me bind my hair. Sale, ID. (Ja
•46) (1944 Annual)
My mother is the most beautiful woman in the
world. Reyher, R. (D '45)
My ^musical life. RimskH-Korsakov. N. A. (Ap
My name is Frank. Laskier, F. (Mr '42)
My native land. Adamic, L». (D '48)
My one contribution to chess. Morley, F. V.
(Ap 46)
My philosophy of law. Northwestern univer-
sity. Julius Rosen thai foundation for gen-
eral law. (Ag '42)
My quest for freedom. Mecklin, J. M. (Ag '46)
My remarkable uncle. Leacock. S. B. (Ap '42)
My revolutionary years. Wei, Y. C. {Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
My rival, the sky. Kurtz, M. R. (A? '45)
My room is my hobby. Downer, M. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
My San Francisco. Atherton. G. F. H. (D '46)
'46)
My tale is twisted! Taylor, F. C. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
My talon in your heart. Bruff, N. (Ap '46)
My three years with Eisenhower. Butcher, H.
C. (Je '46)
My twenty-five years in China. Powell, J. B.
(D '45)
My Uncle Dudley. Morris. W. (My '42)
My Uncle Newt. Eisenberg, F. (D *42)
My unconsidered Judgment. Busch, N. (S *44)
My village. Porazlnska, J. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
My war with Japan. Alcott. C. D. (Ag '43)
My wayward parent. Cobb, E. (D '45)
My ^ world— and welcome to it. Thurber, J. (D
My Yankee mother. French, H. E. (My '42)
My Yankee Paris. French, H. E. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
My young life. Temple, 3. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich. See Miaskov-
shire. (S '46)
Mynahs
Wells, Z. R. and C. Raffles. (S '45)
Mysteries, Religious
Linforth, I. M. Arts of Orpheus. (S '42)
Mysteries' end. Gardiner, H. C. (Ag '46)
Mysterious continent. Lohse, C., and Seaton,
J. (D '44)
Mysterious science of the law. Boorstin, D. J.
(Ap '42)
Mystery at Laughing Water. Bird. D. M. (Ag
'46)
Mystery at Lonesome End. Lock wood, M. (D
Mystery at the old place. Orton, H. F. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mystery at White Moccasins. Wadsworth, L.
A. (My '44)
Mystery at Yogo creek. Barnett, G. T. and O.
E. (Ap '44)
Mystery chef's own cook book. (S '43)
Mystery companion. Furman, A. L., ed. (Ja
*44) (1943 Annual)
Mystery fiction. Rodeil, M. F. (Je '43)
Mystery for Mary. Hanson, V. (Ag '42)
Mystery in blue. Mallette, G. E, (D '46)
Mystery in the woodshed. Malleson, L. B. (Ag
'42)
Mystery island. Blyton, E. (Ap '46)
Mystery of iniquity. Furfey, P. H. (Je '45)
Mystery of Swordfish reef. Upfleld, A. W. (D
•43)
Mystery of the creaking windmill. Evatt, H.
(Ap '46)
Mystery of the hectic holidays. Selkirk, J. (Mr
'45)
Mystery of the Mahteb. Lide. A. A., and
Johansen, M. A. (D '42)
Mystery of the Mayan Jewels. Crespi, P., and
Lee, J. (My *45)
Mystery of the old barn. Urmston, M. (Ag '45)
Mystery of the red triangle. Tuttle. W. C. (Ap
Mystery of the rubber boat. Barbour, R. H.
(Ag '43)
Mystery or the secret drawer. Orton, H. F
(O '45)
Mystery on the bayou. Barbour, R. H. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mystery on the Mississippi. Chapman, M. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Mystery schooner. Roberts, T. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Mystery ship. Bryan, G. S. (My '42)
Mystic in motley. Maynard, T. (Ag '46)
Mysticism
Cheney, S. fW, Men who have walked with
Eckhart Meister. Meister Bckhart. (Ap »4t)
Reinhold, H. A., ed. Soul afire. (Je '45)
Underhiil, E. Collected papers. (S '46)
Myth and society in Attic <Jrama, Little, A.
M. G. (8 '48)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1191
Myth of open apace* Forsyth, W. D. (J* '44)
Myth of the Negro past. Herskovlts, M. J. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Myth of the state. Cassirer, B. (0 '46)
. T. Book of myths. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Caasirer, B. Language and myth. (Mr '46)
Hamilton, E. Mythology. (Je f42) * ^
Hungerford, B. B. Shores of darkness. (N
Scott, O. B. Stars in myth and fact. (D '42)
Juvenile literature
Sellew, C. F. Adventures with the gods. (D
•45)
Mythology, Classical
Schwab, G. B. Gods and heroes. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Lowrey. J. 8. In the morning of the world.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Mythology, Indlc
Zimmer, H. R. Myths and symbols in Indian
art and civilization. (O '46)
Mythology In literature
LeComte, E. S. Endymion in England. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Little, A. M. a. Myth and society in Attio
drama. (S *4J )
Myths and symbols in Indian art and civiliza-
tion. Zimmer, H. R. (O '46)
NBC handbook of pronunciation. National
broadcasting company. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Naked city. Fellig, A. (S '45)
Name that animal. Driver, E. C. (S '42)
Name your poison. Reilly, H. K. (8 '42)
Nameless. Williams, L. J. (My '43)
Names, Geographical
Greet, W. C. War words. (My '43)
Greet, W. C. World words. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Stewart. G. R. Names on the land. (My '45)
Names, personal
Adamic, L. What's your name? (O '42)
Greet, W. C. War words. (My '43)
Greet, W. C. World words. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Wells, E. Treasury of names. (Ag '46)
Names on the land. Stewart, G. R. (My '45)
Nan Thursday. Dale. V. (My §44)
Nancy and Jane. Alexander, F. B. (My '45)
Nancy Naylor, air pilot. Lansing, E. H. (Ag
'42)
Nancy Naylor, captain of flight nurses
Lansing, E. C. H. (O '46)
Nancy Nayior flies south. Lansing, E. H. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Nancy Naylor, flight nurse. Lansing, E. H.
(Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Nancy of Apple Tree Hill. Justus, M. (D '42)
Nanticoke Indians
Weslager, C. A. Delaware's forgotten folk.
<Ap%4)
Napier. Lady Sarah (Lennox) Bunbury
Curtis, E. R. Lady Sarah Lennox. (Ap '46)
Napoleon I, emperor of the French
Baynes. D. J. In search of two characters.
(O '46)
Colby, E. Masters of mobile warfare. (O
Parker, H. T. Three Napoleonic battles. (S
Wilkins, W. V. Being met together. (O '44)
Fiction
Gibbs, W. Tell your sons. (D '46)
Napoleon III. empercr of the French
.
, A. L. Napoleon in. (S '43)
at the Channel. Lenanton, C. M.
(S '42)
Napoleonic ware
O.
I&jngberg, F. J., and Hustvedt, 8. B., eda.
Warning ' "~ "*"
Naming drum. (Ap '45)
Lenanton. C. M. A. O. Napoleon at the
Channel. (S '42)
Tarle, E. V. Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
(Ap '42)
Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Tarle, R. V.
Nappy chooses a pet. Hogan, I. (My '46)
Nappy planted a garden. Hogan, I. (Je '44)
Nappy wanted a dog. Hogan, I. (O '42)
Narcotics
Hesse, E. Narcotics and drug addiction. (O
'46)
Spillard, W. J. Needle in a haystack. (D *46)
Narcotics and drug addiction. Hesse, E. (O '46)
Narizona's holiday. Burbank, A., and New-
comb, C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Narrow cell. Clark, D. (My '44)
Narrow street. Eng title of: Last time I saw
Paris. Paul, E. H. (My '42)
Narrowing wind. Lawrence. C. A. (D '44)
Natalie Maisie and Pavilastukay. Masefleld, J.
(S '42)
Nathan. George Jean
Prick, C. Dramatic criticism of George Jean
Nathan. (Ap '43)
Nathan, Robert
Nathan. R. Journal for Josephine. (Mr '43)
Nathan, boy of Capernaum. Lillie, A. M. (My
'45)
Nathanael, Saint, apostle ^
Fiction
Sutphen, W. G. van T. I. Nathanael. knew
Jesus. (Ap '42)
Nathan's dark house. Bourgeois, F. (Je '43)
Nation and family. Myrdal. A. R. (Ap '42)
Nation of nations. Adamic, L. (D '45)
National and international stability. Gerbrandy,
P. S. (My '45)
National archives of Latin America. Hill, R. R.,
ed. (N '46)
National banks
United States
Peach, W. N. Security affiliates of national
banks. (Je '42)
National bituminous coal commission. Baker,
R. H. (F *43) (1942 Annual)
National cash register company
Marcosson, I. F. Wherever men trade. (Je
'46)
National characteristics
Suhr, E. G. Two currents in the thought
stream of Europe. (D '43)
National characteristics, American
Adams, J. T. American. (Ag '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Aries, L. P. Let's talk it over! (My '42)
Barschak. E. My American adventure. (Ag
•46) (1946 Annual)
Basso, H. Mainstream. (D '43)
Brogan, D. W. American character. (N '44)
Cohn, D. L. Love in America. (Je '43)
Goris, J. A. Strangers should not whisper.
(Mr '45)
Mead, M. And keep your powder dry. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
National characteristics, Argentine
Herron, F. Letters from the Argentine.
National characteristics, Canadian
Hutchison, B. Unknown country. (Mr '42)
Sandwell, B. K. Canadian peoples. (N '42)
National characteristics, English
Baldwin, L, D. God's Englishman. (Mr '44)
Brogan, D. W. English people. (Je '43)
Dobie, J. F. Texan in England. (Je '45)
Maillaud, P. English way. (S '46)
Thompson, C. V. R. How to like an English-
man. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
National characteristics, French
Jacques. French soldier speaks. (Ag '42)
National characteristics, German
Abrahamsen, D. Men. mind, and power. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Anspacher, L. K. Story of liberty. (My '45)
BIschonT, R. F. Nazi conquest through Ger-
man culture. (Ag '43)
Brickner, R. M. Is Germany incurable? (Je
43) ^^
Coole. W. W., and Potter, M. F., eds. Thus
speaks Germany. (Mr '42)
1192
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
National characteristics, German — Continued
Crippen, H. R., ed. Germany. (Je '44)
Croce, B. Germany and Europe. (S '44)
Hauser, H. German talks back. (6 '45)
Jackh, E. War for man's soul. (D '43)
Lowie, R. H. German people. (Je '46)
Ludwig. B. How to treat the Germans. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Martin, F. Junker menace. (3 '45)
Padover, S. K. Experiment in Germany. (My
Thompson, D. Listen, Hans. (Ag *43) (1942
Annual)
Tosevic, D. J. Not Nazis but Germans. (F
•45) (1944 Annual)
Vansittart, R. G, V. Lessons of my life. (N
'43)
National characteristics, Italian
Sforza, C. Real Italians. (Ag '42)
National characteristics, Japanese
Benedict, R. F. Chrysanthemum and the
sword. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Eckstein, G. In peace Japan breeds war. (Ap
43)
Hall, J. W. Behind the face of Japan. (D
'42)
Lamott, W. C. Nippon. (A* »44)
PernikofT, O. A. J. Busnido, the anatomy of
terror. (Je '43)
Steiner, J. F. Behind the Japanese mask.
(Ap '43)
National characteristics, Scottish
Notestein, W. Scot in history. (D '46)
National consciousness. Sulzbach, W. (Je '43)
National cultures, Nazism and the church.
Krzesmski, A. J. (S '45)
National cyclopaedia of American biography,
V27-30. (Je '46)
National cyclopaedia of American biography:
Indexes. (Je '46)
National debt and our future. Shaw, E. R. (Je
'46)
National health agencies. Gavins, H. M. (D '45)
National health insurance. Levy, H, (S '45)
National income and its composition. Kuznets,
S. S., and others. (Ag '42)
National Interest end international cartels.
Whittlesey, C. R. (S '46)
National labor union
Todes, C. William H. Sylvls and the National
labor union. (O '42)
National nutrition. Fishbein, M. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
National parks and reserves
United States
Albright, H. M., and Taylor, F. J. Oh,
ranger! (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
National power and the structure of foreign
trade. Hirschman, A. O. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
National self-determination. Cobban, A. (D
'45)
National socialism, international capitalism.
Tenenbaum, E. A. (Je '43)
National songs, American
Hart, W. J. Stories of our national songs.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual) A
Lyons, J. H. Stories of our American patri-
otic song's. (D '42)
Nationalism and after. Carr, B. H. (N '45)
Nationalism and internationalism. Sturzo, L.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Nationalism and nationality
Carr, E. H. Nationalism and after. (N '45)
Chadwlck, H. M. Nationalities of Europe
and the growth of national ideologies. (8
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion In their relation to the democratic
way of life. Approaches to national unity.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Emerson, R. Government and nationalism in
southeast Asia. (S '42)
Freud, A. World without nations. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Friedmann, W. Crisis of the national state.
G1U,6C. A. World republic. (N '44)
Hertz, F. O. Nationality in history and poli-
tics. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Ingrim, R. After Hitler Stalin? (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Janowsky, O. I. Nationalities and national
minorities. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Kohn, H. Idea of nationalism. (Je '44)
Kohn, H. Prophets and peoples. (My '46)
Kohn, H. World order in historical perspec-
Oakeley, H. D. Should nations survive? (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Sturzo, L. Nationalism and internationalism.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Sulzbach, W. National consciousness. (Je '43)
Nationalism and religion
Krzesiflski, A. J. National cultures, Nazism
and the church. (S '45)
Nationalities and national minorities. Janow-
sky, O. I. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Nationalities of Europe and the growth of na-
tional ideologies. Chadwick, H. M. (S '46)
Nationality in history and politics. Hertz, F. O.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Native labor problem of South Africa. Tinley,
J. M. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Native peoples of the Faciflc world. Keesing,
F. M. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Natonek, Hans
Natonek, H. In search of myself. (D '43)
Natural and synthetic high polymers. Meyer,
K. H. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Natural development of the child. Eng title of:
Guiding the normal child. Bowley, A. H.
(O '44)
Natural history
Beebe, W.. ed. Book of naturalists. (Ja »45)
(1944 Annual)
filler, ~ - "
Fuller, R. T. Now that we have to walk.
(Ap '43)
Ley, W. Days of creation. (Ap '42)
Rag-on, H. L. Fragrance, philosophies, and
conversations of a year. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Teale, E. W. Byways to adventure. (Ag '42)
Juvenile literature
Fenton, C. L. Aldng nature's highway. (Ap
*43)
Hylander, C. J. Out of doors in autumn. (D
*42)
Hylander, C. J. Out of doors in spring. (Ag
'42)
Hylander, C. J. Out of doors in summer. (S
^42)
Hylander, C. J. Out of doors in winter. (Ap
T43)
Waugh, D. Warm earth. (Je '43)
Alberta, Canada
Wood, K. Three mile bend. (F »46) (1945
Annual)
British Columbia
Stan well -Fletcher, T. M. C. Driftwood valley.
(O '46)
Canada
McCowan, D. Outdoors with a camera in
Canada. (Ag '46)
Cuba
Barbour, T. Naturalist in Cuba. (D '45)
Florida
Barbour, T. That vanishing Eden. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Great Britain
Tansley, A. G. Our heritage of wild nature.
Rocky mountains
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Mountains. (N '42)
Sierra Nevada mountains
(Ag
Natural history museums
Barbour, T. Naturalist's scrapbook. (Je '46)
Natural history of nonsense. Evans, B. (N '46)
Natural history with a camera. Brownell, L.
Natural law
Maritain, J. Rights of man and natural law.
(S 43)
Stapleton, L. Justice and world society. (S
Natural principles of land use. Graham, EX H.
Natural resources
Galloway, O. B.. ed. Planning for America.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1193
Harper, A. G., and others. Man and resources
in the middle Rio Grande valley. (N '43)
Lieber, R. America's natural wealth. (My
'43)
Mather, K. F. Enough and to spare. (N '44)
Canada
Newton-White, B. Canadian restoration. (My
'46)
China
Rowe, D. N. China among: the powers. (Ap
•45)
Russia
Cressey, G. B. Basis of Soviet strength. (S
•45)
Natural way to draw. Nicolafdes, K. (O '42)
Naturalism
Krikorian, Y. H., ed. Naturalism and the hu-
man spirit. (O '44)
Quillian, W. F. Moral theory of evolutionary
naturalism. (N '45)
Naturalism and the human spirit. Krikorian,
Y. H., ed. (O '44)
Naturalist at large. Barbour. T. (N »43)
Naturalist In Cuba. Barbour, T. (D '45)
Naturalists
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Barbour, T. Naturalist at large. (N '43)
Barbour, T. Naturalist's scrapbook. (Je '46)
Loveridge, A. Many happy days I've
squandered. (S '44)
Teale, B. W. Dune boy. (N '43)
Naturalist's scrapbook. Barbour, T. (Je '46)
Naturalization
United States
Tsiang, I. Question of expatriation in America
prior to 1907. (D '43)
Nature
Albright, H. M,, and Taylor, F. J. Oh,
ranger! (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Hopkins, G. M. Selections from [his] note-
books. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Merriam, J. C. Garment of God. (My '43)
Rice, M. S. My Father's world. (D '43)
Teale, E. W. Lost woods. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Nature and destiny of man, 2d ser. Niebuhr,
R. (My '43)
Nature and origins of scientism. Wellmuth, J.
J. (Je '45)
Nature and treatment of mental disorders.
Moore, T. V. (My '44)
Nature and values. Brightman, E. S. (My *46)
Nature In poetry
Coatsworth, E. J. Country poems. (N '42)
Nature of explanation. Craik, K. J. W. (Je
'44)
Nature of literature. Pollock, T. C. (N '42)
Nature of Maine. Bradshaw, M. J. (Mr *45)
Nature of metaphysical thinking. Emmet, D.
M. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Nature of patentable invention. Hayes, J. E.
R. (Ag '46)
Nature of poetry. Stauffer, D. A. (Je '46)
Nature of the beast. Noble, R. C. (My '45)
Nature of thermodynamics. Bridgman, P. W.
(Ag '42)
Nature photography
Brown ell, L. W. Natural history with a
camera. (Ap '43)
McCowan, D. Outdoors with a camera in
Canada. (Ag '46)
Nautical astronomy
Ageton, A. A. Manual of celestial navigation.
Brouwer, D., and others. Spherographical
navigation. (My '44)
Shute, W. G., and others. Introduction to
navigation and nautical astronomy. (Je
'44)
Nautical mathematics, and Marine navigation.
Walling, S. A., and others. (Mr '45)
Navaho door. Leigh ton, A. H. and D. C. (S '44)
Navaho Indians
Adair, J. Navajo and Pueblo silversmiths.
(N '44)
Halle, B. Origin legend of the Navaho flint-
way. (S *43)
Hannum, A. P. Spin a silver dollar. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Leighton, A. H. and D. C. Navaho door.
(I '44)
a, R., and Pepperburg, R. L.. eds. War-
ps of the world. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
ngton, C. Fighting fleets. (N *44)
Oakes, M. Where the two came to their
father. (Je '44)
Navaho language
Halle, B. Origin legend of the Navaho flint-
way. (S '43)
Naval architecture
Comstock, J. P. Introduction to naval archi-
tecture. (1942, 1944)
Liljegren, C. O. Naval architecture as art
and science. (O '43)
Manning, G. C. Basic design of ships. (Je
Manning, G. C. Manual of ship construction.
(Je '43)
Naval architecture as art and science. Lilje-
gren, C. O. (O '43>
Naval architecture of planing hulls. Lord, L.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Naval art and science
Brodie, B. Guide to naval strategy. (D *44)
Brodie, B. Layman's guide to naval strategy.
(O '42)
Pratt, F. What the citizen should know about
modern war. (Je '42)
Dictionaries
Colcord, J. C. Sea language comes ashore.
(Mr '45)
Naval history
Stevens, W. O., and Westcott, A. F. -His-
tory of sea power. (Ap '43)
Naval hygiene
Wheeler, W. L. Medical care of merchant
seamen. (O '45)
Naval log. Thompson, W. K., and Stone, G.
W. (O '45)
Naval officer's guide. Ageton, A. A. (My '43)
Naval reserve guide. Forster, G. F., and Cady,
E. L. (Ap '43)
Navies
Kafka, R., and Pep
RimingtL ... _. _ ., „ ,_. .
Navies in exile. Divine, A. D. (O '44)
Navigation
Ageton, A. A. Manual of celestial navigation.
(D '42)
Aymar, B. Complete cruiser. (Je '46)
Bok, B. J., and Wright. F. W. Basic marine
navigation. (O '44)
Bradley, A. D. Mathematics of air and
marine navigation. (My '43)
Cugle, C. H. Practical navigation. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Dimick, C. E., and Hurd, C. C. Mathematics
for mariners. (Ag '44)
Favill, J. Primer of celestial navigation.
(O 43)
Gatty, H. Raft book. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Hart, M. R. How to navigate today. (My
'43)
Hyatt, D., and Dodson, B. M. Mathematics
for navigators. (Ag '44)
Kells, L. M., and others. Navigation. (Je »44)
Kells, L. M., and others. Piloting and
maneuvering of ships. (S *43)
Lane, C. D. Boatman's manual. (My '43)
Mixter, G. W. Primer of navigation. (My '44)
Norby, H. Questions and answers for deck
officers. (S '44)
Plummer. C. J. Ship handling In narrow
channels. (O '45)
RabI, S. S. Star atlas and navigation en-
cyclopedia. (O '46)
Richards, P. M., and Banlgan, J. J. How to
abandon ship. (D '42)
Rider, P. R., and Hutchinson. C. A. Naviga-
tional trigonometry. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Shute, W. G., and others. Introduction to
navigation and nautical astronomy. (Je
Stewart, J. Q. Coasts, waves and weather.
(O '45)
Stewart, J. Q., and Pierce, N. L. Marine and
air navigation. (O '44)
Walling, S. A., and others. Nautical mathe-
matics, and Marine navigation. (Mr '45)
Navigation (aeronautics)
Air navigation. (S '43)
Aircraft navigation. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Benham, H. E. Aerial navigation. (Ap *4«)
Blackburn, E. F. Basic air navigation. (Je
Brouwer, D., and others. SpherographicaJ
navigation. (My '44)
1194
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Navigation (aeronautics) — Continued f^MA
Debenham, P. Aatrographics. (Ja '48) (1942
.. and Stetson. H. T. Map read-
ing and navigation. (Ap '43)
HadTngham, R. Astronomical air navigation.
Ham?lton. B. R. Air navigation. (Je '43)
Kingsland, J. C., and Seager. D. W. Navi-
gation. (O '43)
Lamb, S. G., and Jordan, H. T. Air naviga-
tion for beginners. (Je '43)
Lyon, T. C. Aerial navigation. (S *43)
,McIntosh, C, H. Radio navigation for pilots.
(Je '43)
Moore, L. B. Elementary avigation. (Ag '43 )
Naidich, J. Air navigation made easy. (D
Redpath, P. H., and Coburn, J. M. Air trans-
port navigation. (S '43) m^ ,
Stewart, J. Q., and Pierce, N. L. Marine and
air navigation. (O '44)
Surgeoner, D. H. Navigation and meteorology.
(S '43)
Vanderkloot, W. J. Handbook of air naviga-
tion. (D *44)
Vetter. B. G. Visibility unlimited. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Weems, P. V. H. Air navigation. (Je '43)
Wylie, C. C. Astronomy, maps and weather.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Zim. H. S. Air navigation. (My '43)
Zweng, C. A. and A. C. Airline transport
pilot rating. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Navigation and meteorology. Surgeoner, D. H.
Navigational trigonometry. Rider. P. R., and
Hutchinson, C. A. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual]
Navy at war. Baldwin, H. W. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Navy diver. Felsen, G. (D '42)
Navy gun crew. Childs, J. F. (Ap '44)
Navy has wings. Pratt, F. (Ap '43)
Navy hunts the CGR 3070. Thompson, L*. R.
(Mr '44)
Navy in the sky. Elton, W. W. (My '44)
Navy nurse. Cooper, P. (Mr '46)
Navy reader. Fetridge, W. H., ed. (S '43)
Navy shipboard administration. Cope, H. F.,
ed. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Navy wife. Pye, A. E., and Shea. N. B. (Je
'42)
Navy wings. Miller, H. B. (D '42)
Navy woman's handbook. Collins, C. R. (Ap
U3)
Navy yearbook. Andrews. P., and Engel, L.,
eds. (S '44)
Navy's war. Pratt, F. (S '44)
Nayar. Menendez, M. A. (Mr '42)
Nazi conquest of Danzig. Leonnardt. H. L. (O
•42)
Nazi conquest through German culture. Bisch-
off, R. F. (Ag '43)
Nazi economic system. Nathan, O. (S '44)
Nazi guide to Nazism. Tell. R.. ed. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Nazi state. Ebenstein, W. (Mr '43)
Nazi underground in South America. Fernandez
Artucio, H. (Ap '42)
Nazi war finance and banking. Nathan, O. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Nazis go underground. Riess, C. (S *44)
Nazis in the woodpile. Glesinger, E. (Ja '43)
Near* East.nnireland, P. W.. ed. (Je '43)
Near horizons. Teale, E. W. (JD '42)
Nearer the earth. Borst, B. (S *42)
Necessary Nellie. Baker. C. (D '46)
Neck in a noose. Ferrars. E. (Ap '43)
Ned Ward of Grubstreet. Troyer, H. W. (My
•46)
Needed—women in aviation. Chapelle, G. L. M.
(Ag '42)
Needed— women in government service. Cha-
pelle, G. I* M. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Needle in a haystack. Spillard, W. J. (D '45)
Needle point as a hobby. Lent, D. G. (Ag '42)
Needle to the North. Twomey, A. C., and
Herrtck, N. (Je '42)
Heedle trades. Seidman, J. I. (8 '42)
Needles and pins. Duncan, I. R. (8 '43)
Needle's eye. Fouts, B. L. (D '44)
Needs of youth, Doane, D. C. (Je '42)
Negro and the post-war world. Logan, R. W.
(O *46)
Negro caravan. Brown, S. A., and others, eda.
Negro federal government worker. Hayes, L.
J. W. (Je '42)
Negro in American life. Becker, J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Negro in colonial New England, 1620-1776.
Greene. L. J. (Ag '43) ^ ^
Negro in the armed forces. Schoenfeld, S. J.
(S '45)
Negro labor. Weaver, R. C. (Ap '46)
Negro literature
Collections
Brown, S. A., and others, eds. Negro cara-
van. (My *42)
Negro midwives
Campbell, M, Folks do get born. (Ag *46)
Negro race
Herskovits, M. J. Myth of the Negro past.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Negro songs
Crite. A. R. Were you there when they
crucified my Lord? (D '44)
Handy. W. C., ed. Unsung Americans sung.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Loesser. A. Humor in American song. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Parrish. L. A. Slave songs of the Georgia Sea
islands. (S '42)
Trent-Johns, A. Play songs of the deep
South. (Ap '45)
Wheeler, M. Steamboatin' days. (Ag *45) (1944
Annual)
Negro spirituals
Jackson, G. P. White and Negro spirituals.
(Je '44)
Thurman, H. Deep river. (O '46)
Negro, too, in American history. Eppse, M. R.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Negroes
Aptheker, H. American Negro slave revolts.
(Ap '44)
Aptheker, H. Essays in the history of the
American Negro. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Becker, J. Negro in American life. (F '45)
(1944 Annual?
Bon temps, A. W., and Conroy, J. They seek
a city. (Ag '45)
Embree, E. R. American Negroes. (O '42)
Embree, E. R. Brown Americans. (D '43)
Eppse, M. R. Negro, too, in American history.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Gallagher. B. G. Color and conscience. (O '46)
Halsey, M. Color blind. (N '46)
Hurston. Z. N. Dust tracks on a road. (Ja
•43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, C. S. Patterns of Negro segrega-
tion. (Ap '43)
Johnson, C. S., and others. To stem this tide.
(Ap '44)
Klineberg, O., ed. Characteristics of the
American Negro. (Ap '44)
La Farge, J. Race question and the Negro.
(N *43)
Landry, S. O. Cult of equality. (Je '46)
Logan. R. W. Negro and the post-war world.
(O '46)
Logan, R. W.. ed. What the Negro wants.
(Ag '46) (19*4 Annual)
Logan, S. Negro's faith in America. (S '46)
Moon, B., ed. Primer for white folk*. (S '45)
Myrdal, G., and others. American dilemma.
(Mr '44)
Odum, H. W. Race and rumors of race. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Powell, A. C. Marching blacks. (Mr '46)
Powell, A. C. Riots and ruins. (S '45)
Redding. J. S. No day of triumph. (N '42)
Smith, R. White man's burden. (Je '46)
Sylvester, H. Dearly beloved. (Ap *42>
Walker, A. K. Tuskegee and the black belt.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
White. W. F. Rising wind. (Ap '46)
Bibliography
Du Bois. W. E. B., and Johnson, G. B., eds.
Encyclopedia of the Negro. (Je '45)
Biography
Bontemps, A. W. We have tomorrow. (N '45)
Embree, E. R. 13 against the odds. (Mr '44)
Lotz, p. H., ed. Rising above color. (Ap '44)
Richardson, B. A. Great American Negroes.
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1195
Civil rights
Nelson. B. H. Fourteenth amendment and the
Negro since 1920. (D '46)
Economic conditions
Jackson, L. P. Free Negro labor and property
holding in Virginia. 1830-1860. (Ap MS)
Sterner. R. M. E., and others. Negro's share.
Education
Daniel, W. Q. Reading interests and needs
of Negro college freshmen regarding social
science materials. (D '43)
Greene. H. W. Holders of doctorates among
American Negroes. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Swlnt, L. H. Northern teacher in the South.
(Je '42)
Employment
Hayes, L. J. W. Negro federal government
worker. (Je '42)
Jackson, L. P. Free Negro labor and prop-
ertv holding in Virginia. 1830-1860. (Ap '43)
Northrup, H. R. Organized labor and th«
Negro. (My '44)
Weaver, R. C. Negro labor. (Ap '46)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Du Bois, W. E. B., and Johnson, G. B. eds.
Encyclopedia of the Negro. (Je '45)
Juvenile literature
Mayer, E. H. Our Negro brother. (Ag '45)
Moral and social conditions
Davis. A. and others. Deep South. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Sutherland, R. L. Color, class, and personal-
ity. (My '42)
Religion
Fauset. A. H. Black gods of the metropolis.
(Je '44)
McKinney, R. I. Religion in higher education
among Negroes. (OT45)
Social life and customs
Juvenile literature
Shackelford. J. D. My happy days. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Chicago
Drake, S., and Cay ton, H. R. Black metrop-
olis. (Ag »46) (1945 Annual)
Detroit
Lee, A. M., and Humphrey. N. D. Race riot.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
District of Columbia
Washington, J. E. They knew Lincoln. (Mr
New England
Greene, L. J. Negro in colonial New Eng-
land, 1620-1776. (Ag '43)
New York (city)
Ottley, R. New world a-coming. (S '43)
North Carolina
Franklin, J. P. Free Negro in North Carolina,
1790-1860. (S '43)
South Carolina
Klingberg, F. J. Appraisal of the Negro in
colonial South Carolina. (Je '42)
Virginia
Jackson. L. P. Free Negro labor and prop-
erty holding in Virginia, 1830-1860. (Ap '43)
Negroes as soldiers
Schoenfeld, S. J. Negro in the armed forces.
(S '46)
Negroes In Brazil
Freyre, G. Masters and the slaves. (N '46)
Pierson, D. Negroes in Brazil. (N '42)
Negro's faith in America. Logan, S. (S '46)
Negro's share. Sterner. R. M. E., and others.
(S •'48)
Nehru. Krishna. See Hutheesing, K. N.
Neo;idealist political theory. Harris. F. P. (My
Neosho, Missouri, under the impact of army
camp construction. Kohler, L. T. (8 '46)
. H. Old John Neptune. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Mori, Saint Fillppo. See Filippo, Neri. Saint
Nervous system
Diseases
Jackson, A. S. Answer is ... your nerves.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mathews, A. G. Take it easy. (D '46)
Hygiene
Freeman. G. L., and Stern, E. M. Mastering
your nerves. (My '46)
Mathews, A. G. Take it easy. (D '46)
Net impressions. Keller, A. G. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Net of cobwebs. Holding, B. S. (Mr *46)
Netherlands
Landheer. B., ed. Netherlands. (Ap '44)
Colonies
Hyma, A. Dutch in the Far Bast. (N '42)
History
Barnouw, A. J. Making of modern Holland*
(N '44)
Riemens, H. Netherlands. (Je '44)
Vlekke. B. H. M. Evolution of the Dutch na-
tion. (S '46)
German occupation, 1940-1946
Jong. L. de, and Stoppelman, J. W. F. Lion
rampant. (Mr '44)
Meerloo, A. M. Total war and the human
mind. (O '46)
Intellectual life
Barnouw, A. J., and Landheer, B.. eds. Con-
tribution of Holland to the sciences. (Mr
'44)
Juvenile literature
Barnouw, A. J. Land of William of Orange.
(Je '44)
De Jong. D. Picture story of Holland. (D '46)
Relations (general) with
United States
Vlekke. B. H. M. Netherlands and the United
States. (My '46)
Netherlands America. Hiss. P. H. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Netherlands and the United States. Vlekke. B.
H. M. (My '46)
Netherlands Guiana
Hiss. P. H. Netherlands America. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Netherlands Indies
Honig, P., and Verdoorn, F., eds. Science
and scientists in the Netherlands Indies.
(My '46)
Hyma, A. Dutch in the Far East (N '42)
Vlekke, B. H. M. Nusantara. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Vlekke, B. H. M. Story of the Dutch Bast
Indies. (O '46)
Description and travel
Falrchild, D. G. Garden islands of the great
East. (N '43)
Economic conditions
Boeke, J. H. Structure of Netherlands Indian
economy. (D '42)
Broek, J. O. M. Economic development of
the Netherlands Indies. (O '42)
Emerson, R. Netherlands Indies and the
United States. (D '42)
Foreign relations
Japan
Mook, H. J. van. Netherlands Indies and
Japan. (S '44)
Juvenile literature
De Leeuw. C. Dutch Bast Indies and the
Philippines. (Mr '44)
Netherlands Indies and Japan. Mook. H. J.
van. (S '44)
Netherlands Indies and the United States.
Emerson, R. (D '42)
Netherlands New Guinea
Crockett. C. D. House in the rain forest.
11%
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Network analysis and feedback amplifier de-
sign. Bode, H. W. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Neurologist's point of view. Wechsier, I. S.
(Ap '45)
Neuroses
Bisch, L. B. Your nerves. (My '46)
English, O. S., and Pearson, G. H. J. Emo-
tional problems of living. (D '45)
Fenichel, O. Psychoanalytic theory of neu-
rosis. (My '46)
Gillespie, R. D. Psychological effects of war
on citizen and soldier. (My '42)
Homey, K. Our inner conflicts. (N '46)
Kraines, S. H. Therapy of the neuroses and
psychoses. (Ag '42) ,»,,-*
Strecker, B. A. Their mothers' sons. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wechsier, I. S. Neurologist's point of view.
(Ap '46)
Neuroses, Traumatic
Kardiner, A. Traumatic neuroses of war. (Ag
•42)
. A. Policy of the United States
the neutrals, 1917-1918. (Je '43)
Clark son, J. D., and Cochran. T. C., eds.
War as a social institution. (Ap '42)
Liflard, R. G. Desert challenge. (N '42)
Morgan, D. L,. The Humboldt. (Ag '43)
Never a dull moment. Coe, C. F. (Ag '44)
Never call retreat. Freeman, J. (Ap *43)
Never come morning. Algren, N. (My '42)
Never let me go. Wilhelra. G. (Ap '46)
Never let weather interfere. Kendall, M. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Never no more. Laverty, M. (Ap *42)
Never say die. Malmar, M. (Ag '43)
Never so young again. Brennan, D. (Ap '4$)
Never surrender. Fitzgerald, B. (N '43)
Never whistle in a dressing room. Zolotow, M.
Nevertheless. Moore, M. (N '44)
New alphabet of aviation. Shenton, B. (Ja '43)
New American college. Sexson, J. A., and Har-
beson, J. W. (My '46)
New and selected poems. Schauffler, R. H. (My
New approach to philosophy. Rice, C. Y.
(O '43)
New architecture and city planning. Zucker,
P., ed. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
New bearings in esthetics. Heyl, B. C. (S *44)
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Wolfbein, S. L. Decline of a cotton textile
city. (N.'44)
New belief in the common man. Friedrich, C,
J. (S *42)
New Broome experiment. Epstein, S., and Wil-
liams, B. (D '44)
New buildings on old foundations. Davis, J. M.
(N '46)
New careers in industry. Amiss, J. M., and
Sherman, E. (My '46)
New chum. Masefleld, J. (My '46)
New cities for old. Justement, L. (Je '46)
New city. Hiiberseimen L. (Je '46)
New city patterns. Sanders, S. B., and Rabuck,
A. J. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
New constitution now. Hazlitt, H. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
New Covenant, commonly called the New
Testament of our lord and savior Jesus
Christ. Bible. New Testament. (Mr '46)
New crops for the New World. Wilson, C. M.,
ed. (O '45)
New day. Remains, J. (Ap '42)
New deal: will It survive the war? Atkinson, C.
New dictionary of quotations on historical
principles from ancient and modern sources.
Mencken, H. L.( ed. (Je '42)
New directions in psychology. Lowy, S. (D '45)
New drugs. Herrick, A. D. (Ag '46)
New earth and a new humanity. Reiser, O. L.
(Ap '42 )
New economic warfare. Basch, A. (Ap *42)
New education and religion. Williams, J, P,
(My '45)
New encyclopedia of machine shop practice.
Barnwell, G. W., ed. (Ap '42)
New encyclopedia of modern sewing. Dickson.
S., and Blondin, F., eds. (O '43)
NMusley!aj. B. Old New England. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Description and travel
Marlowe, G. F. Coaching roads of old New
England. (Mr '46)
History
Howe, H. F. Prologue to New England. (My
•43)
Webster, C. M. Town meeting country* (Ap
Colonial period
Greene, L. J. Negro in colonial New England,
1620-1776. (Ag?43)
Social life and customs
Mitchell. E. V. It's an old New England cus-
tom. (N '46)
Morgan, E. S. Puritan family. (D '44)
Views
Chamberlain, S. Ever New England. (Ag '45)
New England earth. Stanford, D. (Je '42)
New England grouse shooting. Foster, W. H.
(Je '43)
New essentials of upholstery. Bast, H. (Ag '46)
New Europe. Fitzgerald, W. (N '46)
New Europe. Newman, B. (S '43)
New eyes for invisibles. Jones, R. M. (Je '43)
New firms and free enterprise. Oxenfeldt, A. R.
(Ag '44)
New found world. Shippen, K. B. (Ag '45)
New frontiers in American painting. Kootz,
S. M. (Ag '43)
New frontiers in Asia. Jante, P. J. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
New garden encyclopedia. Seymour, E. L*. D.,
ed. (Ag '42)
New g-oals for old age* Lawton. G., ed. (Mr '44)
New guide to Mexico. Toor, F. (S '46)
New Guinea
Description and travel
Haugland, V. Letter from New Guinea. (Ag
•43)
Mytinger, C. Head hunting in the Solomon
islands around the Coral sea. (Ja '43) (1942
Mytinger, C. New Guinea headhunt. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Ripley, S. D. Trail of the money bird. (Ag
•43) (1942 Annual)
Native races
Hogbin, H. J. P. Peoples of the southwest
Pacific. (D '46)
New Guinea (territory)
Reed, S. W. Making of modern New Guinea.
(O '43)
New Guinea headhunt. Mytinger, C. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
New Hampshire
Poole, E. Great White Hills of New Hamp-
sky, N. Y.
History
Saltonstall, W. G. Ports of Piscataqua. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Social life and customs
Weygandt, C. Heart of New Hampshire. (S
'44)
Views
Jennison, K. W. New Hampshire. (O '44)
New Hampshire. Jennison, K. W. (O '44)
New Hampshire borns a town. Rawson, M. N,
(My '42)
New Harmony, Indiana
Young, M. Angel in the forest. (My '46)
New Haven
Social conditions
McConnell, J. W. Evolution of social classes.
(My '43)
New history of music. Prunteres, H. (My *43)
New homes for today. Williams, P. R. (S '46)
New Hope. Suckow, R. (Ap '42)
New horizons. Gill, F. C. (8 '42)
New horizons in criminology. Barnes, H. E.,
and Teeters, N. K* (O *43)
New horizons in public administration. (N '46)
New ice-breakers. Geister, E. (8 '42)
New Invitation to learning. Van Doren, M., ed,
(O '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1197
New Jersey
Cawley, J. 3. and M. Exploring the little
rivers of New Jersey. (Ap '43)
Wildes, H. E. Twin rivers: the Raritan and
the Passaic. (Ap '43)
Social life and customs
Beck, H. O. Jersey genesis. (S '45)
New Leviathan. Collingwood, R. G. (O '43)
New Leviathan. Hutchinson, P. (S '46)
New liberties for old. Becker, C. L. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
New life. Rice, E. L. (Je '44)
New Mexico
Antiquities
Bogan, S. D. Let the coyotes howl. (Ap '46)
Hall, E. T. Early stockaded settlements In
the Governador, New Mexico. (Ap '46)
Bibliography
Saunders, L., comp. Guide to materials bear-
ing on cultural relations in New Mexico.
(My '46)
New modernism. Van Til, C. (O '46)
New order in Poland. Segal, S. (Je *42)
New order in the church. Brown, W. A. (O '43)
New Orleans
Sinclair, H. Port of New Orleans. (S '42)
Description
Cohn, D. L. New Orleans and its living past.
(My '42)
Historic houses, etc.
Cohn, D. L. New Orleans and its living past.
(My '42)
Social life and customs
Tallant, R. Voodoo in New Orleans. (Ap '46)
New Orleans (cruiser)
Forgy, H. M. And pass the ammunition. (Ag
New Orleans and its living past. Cohn, D. L.
(My '42)
New Orleans woman. Kane, H. T. <D *46)
New paths in genetics. Haldane, J. B. S. (My
'42)
New perspectives on peace. Huszar, G. B. de,
ed. (D '44)
New pet. Flack, M. (O '43)
New philosophy of public debt. Moulton, H. G.
(S *43)
New plastics. Simonds, H. R., and others. (O
'45)
New poems. Coleridge, H. (D '42)
New poems. Thomas, D. (O '43)
New poems: 1942. Williams, O., ed. (Je '42)
New poems, 11)43 Williams, O., ed. (O '43)
New poems, 1944. Williams, O., ed. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
New Poland. Brant, I. (Je '46)
New rivers calling. Hendryx, J. B. (O '43)
New Sad Sack. Baker, G. (S '46)
New schools for a new culture. MacConnell, C.
M., and others. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
New science of surgery. Slaughter, P. G. (N
'46)
New standard encyclopedia of universal knowl*
edge. (My '45)
New sun. Yashima, T. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
New technical and commercial dictionary.
Perol Guerrero, A., comp. (P '44) (1943
Annual)
New Testament commentary from the Aramaic
and the ancient eastern customs. Lamsa,
G. M. (Ag '46)
New Testament life and literature. Riddle, D.
W.. and Hutson, H. H. (O '46)
New Testament of our lord and savior Jesus
Christ. Bible. New Testament. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
New Testament studies. Booth, E. P., ed. (N
'42)
New thought
Long, C. S. You. (Je '44)
New town in Texas. Johnson, S. J. (N '42)
New Treasury of war poetry. Clarke, G. H.,
ed. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
New United States. Robinson, E. E. (D '46)
New veteran. Bolte, C. G. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
New viewpoints on the Spanish colonisation of
America. Zavala. S. A. (S '43)
New washday. Ahern, E. (S '44)
New way of life. Hichens, R. S. (Ap '42)
New winds are blowing. Castle, M. (N '46)
New wings for women. Knapp, S. E. (N '46)
New World. Lorant, S., ed. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
New world a-coming. Ottley. R. (S '43)
New world guides to the Latin American re-
publics, v 1. (Je '43)
New world guides to the Latin American re-
publics, v 2. (O '43)
New world horizons. Lawrence, C. H.. ed. (N
New world is born. Levinthal. I H. (N '43)
New world of machines. Manchester, H. (My
'45)
New worlds for Tosie. Worth. K. (N '44)
New worlds in medicine. Ward. H., ed. (O '46)
New worlds to live. Kiely, M. F.t comp. (Je
'46)
New York (city). Fire department
Leyson. B. W. Fighting fire. (D '43)
New York (city). Investigation, Department of
Seidman, H. Investigating municipal admin-
istration. (Je '42)
New York (city)
Berger, M. Eight million. (Ag '42)
Biography
Liebling, A. J. The telephone booth Indian.
(Mr '42)
Charities
Stidley, L. A. Sectarian welfare federation
among Protestants. (My '45)
Description
Loud, R. M,, and Wales, A. A. New York!
New York! (Ag '46)
Monaghan, P., and Lowenthal, M. This was
New York. (Je '43)
Strunsky, S. No mean city. (O '44)
Police
Collins. F. L. Homicide squad. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Politics and government
Rodgers, C. New York plans for the future.
(Mr '43)
Seidman, H. Investigating municipal admin-
istration. (Je '42)
Poor
Koos, E. L. Families in trouble. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Public works
Rodgers, C. New York plans for the future
(Mr '43)
Social life and customs
Beebe, L. M. Snoot if you must. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Day, C. S. Life with father and mother.
(O '43)
Fellig, A. Naked city. (S '45)
Fellig, A. Weegee's people. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Monaghan, P., and Lowenthal, M. This was
New York. (Je '43)
Natonek, H. In search of myself. (D '43)
Odell, G. C. D. Annals of the New York
stage, v 13. (N '42)
Odell. G. C. D. Annals of the New York
stage; v 14. (Ag '45)
Strunsky, S. No mean city. (O '44)
Zolotow, M. Never whistle in a dressing
room. (My '44)
Views
Feininger, A. New York. (Ap '46)
New York (city). Little red school house, Inc.
De Lima, A., and others. Little red school
house. (Mr »42)
New York (state). Constitution
O'Rourke, V. A., and Campbell, D. W. Con-
stitution-making in a democracy. (N '43)
New York (state)
History
Colonial period
Raesly, E. L. Portrait of New Netherland-
(Ag '46)
Social conditions
Schneider, D. M., and Deutsch. S. History o!
public welfare in New York state, v 2
(Ap '42)
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
New York (state) — Continued
Social life and customs
Ladd. C. E.. and Eastman, E. R. Growing
up In the horse and buggy days. (Mr '43)
New York city building control, 1800-1941.
Comer. J. P. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
New York murders. Collins, T., ed. (D »44)
New York! New York! Loud, R. M., and Wales,
A. A. (Ag '46) M „
New York plans for the future. Rodgers, C.
(Mr '43)
New York stock exchange
Shultz, B. E. Securities market and how it
works. (Ag '42)
New York times
New York times. Newspaper, its making
and its meaning. (Ag ^46) (1945 Annual)
New York Yankees
Graham, F. New York Yankees. (Je '43)
New York zoological society. Department of
tropical research. 38th expedition
Beebe, W. Book of bays. (Ap '42)
New Zealand
Nash, W. New Zealand. (D '43)
Soljak. P. L. New Zealand, Pacific pioneer
Wood, F. L. W. Understanding New Zealand
(Je '44)
Description and travel
Macpherson, M. L*. I heard the Anzacs sing-
ing. (Ag '42)
Zimmerman, J. L». Where the people sing. (D
'46)
Juvenile literature
Henry, M\ New Zealand in story and pictures
(D '46)
New Zealand, Pacific pioneer. Soljak, P. L. (O
'46)
Newcomb, Charles King
Newcomb, C. K. Journals; ed. by J. K. John-
son. (My '46)
Newfoundland
Constitutional history
McLintock, A. H. Establishment of constitu-
tional government In Newfoundland. (My
•42)
Description and travel
Carpenter, F. Canada and her northern neigh-
bors. (D '46)
Newman, Henry
Clarke. E. K. L. Eighteenth century piety.
(Ap '46)
Newman. John Henry, cardinal
Benard. EL D. Preface to Newman's theology.
(S '45)
Harrold, C. F. John Henry Newman. (Ag '46)
(1946 Annual)
Houghton, W. R. Art of Newman's Apologia.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Moody, J. John Henry Newman. (Ag '46)
(1946 Annual)
Newman treasury. Newman, J. H. (Ag '43)
Newport, Rhode Island
Elliott. M. H. This was my Newport. (F '46)
(1944 Annual)
Newport, Rhode Island. Old stone mill
Means, P. A. Newport tower. (Ag '42)
Newport tower. Means, P. A. (Ag '42)
News agencies
Cooper, K. Barriers down. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
News from north of the Nile. Harris, P. (8 '46)
News is a weapon. Gordon, M. (D *42)
Newts is what we make it. Stewart, K. N. (S
News3of the 46th. Robinson. D. (Ag '44)
News of the nation. Hoffman, S. (Ap '44)
News of the phoenix. Smith, A. J. M. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
Newsboys
Burroughs, H. B. Boys in men's shoes. (My
Newsmen's holiday. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Newspaper and society. Bird, O. U. and Mer-
^ win, F. B., eda. f Ag '42)
Newspaper, its making and 1U meaning. New
York times. (Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Kobre, S. Development of the colonial news-
paper. (N '44)
MacDougald, D. Languages and press of
Africa. (N '44) , ^
Rae, W. Editing small newspapers. (Je '45)
VI I lard, O. O. Disappearing daily. (Je '44)
Whipple, Lu R. How to understand current
events. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Newton, Sir Isaac
Nicolson, M. H. Newton demands the muse.
(N '46)
Newton, Joseph Fort
Newton. J. F. River of years. (My '46)
Newton demands the muse. Nicolson, M. H. (N
'46)
Next horizon. Eng title of: Yeoman's progress.
Reed, D. (Ap *46)
Next move is. ... Cordingly, E. G. R. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Ney, Ellsabet
Fortune, J., and Burton, J. Ellsabet Ney.
(My '43)
Nez Perce" Indians
Wars, 1877
Howard, H. A., and McGrath, D. L.. War
chief Joseph. (Je '42)
Nicholas, Saint, bp of Myra
Juvenile literature
Pauli, H. E. St. Nicholas' travels. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Nicholas Needlefoot. Nesbitt, P. (O '44)
Nick and Nan in Yucatan. Crane. A. (D '46)
Nicodemus. Walworth, D. (Ap '46)
Nicodemua and the goose. Hogan, I. (My '46)
Nicodemus helps Uncie Sam. Hogan. 1. (S '43)
Ntcodemus runs away/ Hogan, 1. (Ap '42)
Niece of Abraham Pein. Wallis, J. H. (Ap '43)
Niemoller, Martin
Stein, L. I was In hell with Niemoeller. (O
'42)
Nietzsche, Frledrich Wllhelm
Bentley, E. R. Century of hero-worship. (N
44)
Nigeria
Cook, A. N. British enterprise in Nigeria.
(Ag '43)
Night and day. Brown. M. W. (N »42)
Night and no moon. Odium, J. (Je '42)
Night and the city. Kersh, G. (My '46)
Night attack. Torrey, W. (O '43)
Night before Christmas. Moore, C. C. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Night boat. Pease, H. (Ja '43} (1942 Annual)
Night climb. Harper, F. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Night duty. Arey, J. S. (My '43)
Night fire. Kimb rough, E. (N '46)
Night freight murders. Fleming. R. (My '42)
Night has a thousand eyes. Woolrlch, C. (Ja
'46) (1946 Annual)
Night is ending. Ronald, J. (Je '44)
Night-night. Rldgway, M. V. (S '44)
Night of decision. Grant, D. F. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Night of flame. Carter, H. D. (Ag '42)
Night of the summer solstice. Van Doren, M.
(O '43)
Night over Java. Fabriclus, J. W. (Ap '46)
Night over the wood. Addis, H. (Ap '43)
Night shift. Wolff, M. M. (D '42)
Night unto night. Wylie, P. (O '44)
Night with Jupiter. Ford, C. H., ed. (F '46)
(1946 Annual)
Night-work. Eng title of: Night duty. Arey, J.
S. (My '43)
Night work. Pratt, F. (Mr '46)
De
Nightmare alley. Gresham, W. L». (O *46)
Night's cloak. Punshon, k R. (Ag '44)
Nikkernik, Nakkernak and Nokkernok.
Jong, D. (D '42)
Niko's mountains. Gleitsmann, H. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Nine cry-baby dolls. Bernhard, J. B. (Je '46)
Nine days murder. Eng title of: Money on
the black. MacKinnon, A. (Mr '46)
Nine lives with grandfather. Longatreet, S. (Ap
Nine mile bridge. HamHn, H. (Je '46)
Nine itringa to your bow. Walsh, M. (N M6)
Nine to flve. Smith, H. H. (My '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1199
Nineteenth century Readers' guide to periodical
literature. (Ag '45)
Nino, Lao T'al-t'a!
Ning, Lao T'ai-t'ai. Daughter of Han. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Ninth floor. O'Neil, K. (O '43)
Nipper the little bull pup. L'Hommedieu, D. K.
(D '43)
Nippon. Lamott, W. C. (Ag '44)
Nitrogen compounds
Degering, E. P., and others. Outline of or-
ganic nitrogen compounds. (1942, 1946)
No arch, no triumph. Brinnin. J. M. (Ap *45)
No beautiful nights. Grossman, V. (Ag '44)
No better land. Smith, U C. (8 '46)
No bones about it. Wallis, R. O. 8. (S '44)
No boundary. Marshall, L. G. (O '43)
No boundary line. Darling, E. B. (Ag '42)
No bright banner. De CapTte, M. (O '44)
No brighter dawn. Jervis. V. M. S. (Je '43)
No brighter glory. Sperry, A. (O '42)
No coffin for the corpse. Rawson, C. (S '42)
No common glory. Pilgrim, D. (My '42)
No crime for a lady. Popkin, Z. (O '42)
No day of triumph. Redding, J. S. (N '42)
No dreamers weak. De La Bedoyere, M. (Ag
'46)
No face to murder. Howie, B, (Mr '46)
No footprints in the bush. Upfield, A. W. (N
'44)
No future for Luana. Derleth. A. W. (My '45)
No gifts from chance. Pedler, M. B. (Ja '46)
(1944 Annual)
No good from a corpse. Brackett, L. (Ap '44)
No greater love. Spellman, F. J. (3 '45)
No greener meadows. Yoseloff, M. (O '46)
No hiding place. Morris, T. (Ag '45)
No hiding place. Seabrook, W. B. (D '42)
No inflation coming! Baxter, W. J. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
No kiddin'! Bairnsfather. B. (My '45)
No land is free. Person, W. T. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
No light came on. Campbell, A. O. (My '45)
No limits but the sky. Kidder, M. B. B. (S '42)
No little enemy. Bayer, O. W. (My '44)
No longer fugitive. Chidester. A. (O '43)
No man knows my history. Brodie, F. M. (Ja
'46) (1946 Annual)
No match for murder. Webb. J. F. (An '42)
No matter where. Hiett, H. (My *44)
No mean city. Strunsky, S. (O '44)
No more a stranger. Fisher, A. B. (My *46)
No more than human. Laverty, M. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
No mortal flre. Valentine, E. (Ag '44)
No murder. Eng title of: The apprehensive dog.
Bailey, H. C. (Ap '42)
No nation alone. Fike, L. R. (O '44)
No news from Helen. Golding, L*. (D *43>
No one's kindness. Loveridge, G. (Ag '45)
No passport for Paris. Moats, A. L. (Ag '45)
No past is dead. Stewart. A. W. (Ag '42)
No place for women. Gill, T. (Je '46)
No quarter. Simonov, K. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
No rain from these clouds. Porter. K. W. (S
'46)
No retreat. Rauschning, A. S. (Je '42)
No road back. Mehring, W. (N '44)
No room. Dobbs, R. (N '44)
No royal road. Taylor. R. B. (S '43)
No sad songs for me. Southard. R. (Mr '44)
No school Friday. Martin, F. G. M. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
No second spring. Mitchell. S. V. (My '42)
No secret can be told. Shipman, N. (S '46)
No shortage of men. Hueston. B. P. (O '45)
No sign shall be given. Tigner, H. S. (8 '42)
No surrender. Albrand, M. (N '42)
No time for crime. Russell, C. M. (My *45)
No time for silence. Lombroso, S. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
No time for tears. Hughes, L. W. (Ap *46)
No traveler returns. Szoszkies. H. J. (Ap '45)
No tumult, no shouting. Thorburn, L. L. and
D. (Mr '45)
No voice ia wholly lost. Slochower, H. (Ag '45)
No wind of healing. Hines, D. P. (Je '46)
No woman's world. Carpenter, I. (0 '46)
Noah's shoes. Fleischer, M. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
Bvlanoff, M. Nobel— prize donor. (Ap '44)
Pauli. H. E. Alfred Nobel: dynamite king-
architect of peace. (Ja '48) (1948 Annual)
Nobel — prize donor. Evlanoff, M. (Ap '44)
Noble voice. Van Dorn, M. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Nobody lives forever. Burnett. W R. (Mr '44)
Nobody loves a dead man. Raison, M. M. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Nobody's children. Kuszmaul, R. (D '42)
Nobody's doll. De Leeuw, A. L. (Ag '46)
Nobody's vineyard. Bailey, H. C. (O '42)
Nock, Albert Jay
Nock, A. J. Memoirs of a superfluous man.
(O '43)
Nods and becks. Adams, F. P. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Noisy bird book. Brown. M. W. (Ap '43)
Nomenclature of naval vessels. (Ap '43)
Nomography (mathematics)
Davis. D. S. Chemical engineering nomo-
graphs. (O '44)
Davis, D. S. Empirical equations and nomo-
graphy. (Je '4 3)
Kraitchik, M. Alignment charts, construc-
tion and use. (Ag '45)
Nonce. Brandon. M. (Mr '44)
None but a mule. Woollcott, B. (N *44)
None but the brave. Marshall, R. V. (Je '42)
None but the lonely heart. Llewellyn. R.
(O '43)
None more courageous. Holbrook. S. H. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual) ^
None shall know. Albrand, M. (Ag *45)
None so blind. Wilson. M. A. (D '45)
Noose hangs high. Robertson. F. C. (My '45)
Noose is drawn. Barber, W. A., and Schabelitz,
R. F. (N '45)
Nor any victory. Brock, R. (Ja '43) '1942 An-
nual)
Nor death dismay. McCoy, S. D. (O *44)
Nor iron bars a cage. Aston, W. H. (Je '46)
Nord, Sverre
Nord, S. Logger's odyssey. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Nordau, Max Simon
Nordau, A. D. and M. Max Nordau. (O '43)
Norma Ashe. Glaspell. S. (N '42)
Normal lives for the disabled. Tost, E. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Norman, Montagu
Hargrave, j. Montagu Norman. (Ap *42)
Norris, Frank
Marchand, E. L. Frank Norris. (D »42)
Norris, George William
Norris, G. W. Fighting liberal. (Je '45)
North Africa. Brodrick, A. H. (Mr '43)
North Africa speaks. Rosa. G. (S '46)
North America
Description and travel
White. C. L., and Foscue, B. J. Regional
geography of Anglo-America. (Ag '44)
Economic conditions
Daniel, H. North America, wheel of the fu-
ture. (My *42)
North American college, Rome
Doherty. M. W. House on Humility street.
North American game fishes. LaMonte. F. R.
(F '46) (1946 Annual)
North and South. Bishop. E. (N '46)
North Atlantic patrol. Coale. G. B. (S *42)
North Atlantic triangle. Brebner. J. B. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
North Carolina
Biography
Henderson, A. North Carolina, the Old North
state and the new. (Je *42)
History
Henderson. A. North Carolina, the Old North
state and the new. (Je '42)
North Carolina, the Old North state and the
new. Henderson, A. (Je '42)
North Carolina. University
MacKlnney, L. C., and others, eds. State
university surveys the humanities. (Mr
North Carolina. University. Library
Rush. C. E., ed. Library resource* of the
University of North Carolina. (Je '46)
North, East, South. West. Lee, C., ed. (D '45)
North Fork. Gates, D. (D '45)
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North Salem, New York ^ ,,_,,_ ^ ,
North Salem, New York. Central high school.
When our town was young. (N *4B)
North Star. Hellrnan, L. (Mr '44)
North star country. Le Sueur, M. (Ja '46) (1945
Northnto danger. Gill, T. (D '42)
North wind of love. Mackenzie, C. (p '45)
North wind of love, v 2. Eng title of: Again
to the North. Mackenzie, C. (Ap '46*
North window. Flexner, H. (My '43)
Northbrldge rectory. Thirkell, A. M. (Mr *42)
Northern editorials on secession. Perkins,
Northern" fishes. Eddy, S., and Surber, T.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Northern nurse. Merrick. E. (Ap 42)
Northern stranger. Kemp, L. (O 46)
Northern teacher in the South. Swint, L. H.
Northern trail adventure. Lathrop, W. (O *44)
Henry, R. C. High border country. (Ag '42)
History
Hanson, J. M. Conquest of the Missouri* (S
'46)
Northwest, Canadian
Downes, P. a. Sleeping island. (Je *43)
Finnie, R. Canada moves north. (Je '42)
Griffin, H. Alaska and the Canadian North-
west. (Ap '44)
MacDonald. M. Down north. (O '44)
Northwest, Old
Havighurst, W. Land of promise. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Northwest, Pacific IAA^
Blankenship, R. And there were men. (S 42)
Freeman, O. W., and Martin, H. H., eds.
Pacific Northwest. (S '42)
Howay, F. W., and others. British Columbia
and the United States (Ap '43)
Northwest of the world. Swenson, O. (My '44)
Northwest passage
Tranter, G. J. Plowing the Arctic. (Je '46)
Norway
Church history
Hoye, B., and Ager, T. M. Fight of the
Norwegian church against Nazism. (My
•43)
Description and travel
Berggrav, E. J. Land of suspense. (N '43)
Rotnery, A. E. Scandinavian roundabout. (S
History
Koht, H., and Skard. S. Voice of Norway.
(Je '44)
German occupation, 1940-
IDye, B., and Ager. T. M. Fight of the Noi
wegian church against Nazism. (My '43)
Politics and government
Koht, H. Norway, neutral and invaded. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Koht, H., and Skard, S. Voice of Norway.
(Je '44)
Social life and customs
Undset, S. Happy times in Norway. (D '42)
Norway and the war. Curtis, M., ed. (8 '42)
Norway, neutral and invaded. Koht, H. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Norwegian literature
History and criticism
Koht, H., and Skard, S. Voice of Norway.
(Je '44)
Norwegian poetry
Translations Into English
Stork, C. W., tr. Anthology of Norwegian
lyrics. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Norwegians in Chicago
Osland, B. Long pull from Stavanger. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Nose* Accessory sinuses of
Grove, R. C. Sinus. (Ap '42)
Not a leg to stand on. Burton. M. (S '45)
Not by bread alone. Dun, A. (Ap '42)
Not by bread alone. Stefansson, V. (N '46)
Not even death. Maynard, T. (S '42)
Not hers alone. Allen. S. B. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Not in our stars. Greene, J. B. (O '45)
Not-Mrs-Murphy. Gordon, P. (D '42)
Not Nazis but Germans. Tosevic, D. J. (F '46)
(1944 Annual) ^ §JJV
Not quite dead enough. Stout, R. (O '44)
Not so wild a dream. Sevareid, E. (N '46)
Not with the fist. Tuck, R. D. (D '46)
Not yet the moon. Langley, E. (Je '46)
Notable women of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia
sesquicentennial celebration. Committee of
Note-9bobks^f4n}ight. Wilson, E. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Notes on art for Catholics. Fortune, C. (My '45)
Notes on helicopter design theory. Nikolsky,
A. A. (Ja »45) (1944 Annual)
Notes toward a supreme fiction. Stevens, W.
(Je '43)
Nothing as before. Sparks, D. (My '44)
Nothing but murder. Roughead, W. ^N '46)
Nothing can rescue me. Daly, j£. (Mr '43)
Nothing ever ends. Parrot t, K. U. T. (S '42)
Nothing is a wonderful thing. Wolfert, H. X.
H. (D '46)
Nothing to fear. Roosevelt, F. D. (D '46)
Notre Dame. University
Ward, A. Frank Leahy and the fighting
Irish. (Ap '45)
Nova Scotia
Duncan, D. Bluenose. (S '42)
Ward. L. R. Nova Scotia. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Novelists
Geismar, M. D. Writers in crisis. (S '42)
Novelty on earth. Duley, M. (Je '42)
November storm. McCormick, J. (Ap *43)
Now and forever. Jordan, M. V. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Now and on earth. Thompson. J. M. (Je '42)
Now daddy's in the army. Carr, D.. and Par-
rott, 1. J. (N '44)
Now 1 lay mev down to sleep. Bemelmans, L.
(Ag '44) (1&43 Annual)
Now is the moment. Rugg, H. O. (Ag '43)
Now listen, warden. Holland, R. P. (S '46)
Now that April's there. Neumann, D. (My '45)
Now that we have to walk. Fuller, R. T. (Ap
'43)
Now to live! Sockman, R. W. (O *46)
Now we fly. Sorenson, F. E., and Rotter, G. B.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Now with the morning star. Kernan, T. D.
(N '44)
Nowhere was somewhere. Morgan, A. B. (O
•46)
Noxious gases. Henderson, Y., and Haggard,
H. W. (Je '43)
Nuclear physics
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds. Ad-
vances in nuclear chemistry and theoretical
organic chemistry. (D '45)
Poilard, B. C., and Davidson, W. L. Applied
nuclear physics. (Je '43)
Potter, R. D. Atomic revolution. (S '46)
Stranathan, J. D. Particles of modern physics.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Number one. Dos Passos, J. R. (Ap '43)
Numbers. Theory of
Bell, B. T. Magic of numbers. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 16th cent
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, A. Power within us.
(Ag '44)
Nuns
Poetry
Hayes, J.' M., ed. In praise of nuns. (D '42)
Nura's children go visiting. Ulreich, N. W.
(Je '43)
Nuremberg trial and aggressive war. Glueck, S.
(O '46)
Nurse! Bberle, I. (Ag '44)
Nurse in blue. Taber, G. B. (My '44)
Nursery rhyme book. Tarrant, M. W., 11. (S
'46)
Nursery schools
National commission for young children.
Children's centers. (Ap '43)
Nurses and nursing
Clarke. B. K. Mental hygiene for community
nursing. (N f42)
Dickens, M. One pair of feet. (S '42)
Dicks, R. L. Who is my patient? (Mr '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1201
Grant. A. H. Nursing (Ja '43) (1942 An-
Hughes, L. W. No time for tears. <Ap '46)
Long, A. I. Home health and nursing. (S '43)
Merrick. B. Northern nurse. (Ap '42)
Norlin, E. E., and Donaldson. B. M. Every-
day nursing for the everyday home. (My
'42)
Olson, L. M. Prevention, first aid and emer-
gencies. (D '46)
Orbison, K. B. T. Handbook for nurse's
aides. (S '43)
Parsons, E, J. In the doctor's office. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Red cross. United States. American national
Red cross. American Red cross textbook on
Red cross home nursing. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Sutherland, D. Q. Do you want to be a
nurse? (Ag '42)
Young, H., and others. Essentials of nursing.
(N '42)
Juvenile literature
Eberle, I. Nurse! (Ag '44)
Newcomb, E. Brave nurse. (O '45)
Rifkin, L. When I grow up, I'll be a nurse.
(Ap '43)
Study and teaching
Stewart, I. M. Education of nurses. (Ap '44)
Nurses and nursing, Industrial
McGrath, B. J. Nursing in commerce and in-
dustry. (O '46)
Nurses and nursing, Public health
Wales, M. Public health nurse In action. (My
'42)
Nurses in action. Flikke, J. O. (My '43)
Nursing. Grant, A. H. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Nursing in commerce and Industry. McGrath,
B J. (O '46)
Nusantara. Vlekke, B. H. M. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Nutrition
Bauer, W. W. and P. A. M. Eat what you
want! (Ap '43)
Bogert, L. J. Good nutrition for everybody.
(Ap '43)
Bradley, A. V. Tables of food values. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Davis, A. Vitality through planned nutrition.
(My '43)
Duncan, A. O. Food processing. (S '43)
Fishbein, M. National nutrition. (P '44) (1943
Annual)
Glasstone, S. and V. F. C. Food you eat. (Je
'43)
Graubard, M. A. Man's food, its rhyme or
reason. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Luck, J. M. War on malnutrition and
poverty. (Ag '46)
Macy, I. G.. and Williams, H. H. Hidden
hunger. (S '45)
Maddox, G. Eat well for less money. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Monsch, H., and Harper, M. K. Feeding
babies and their families. (N '43)
Peterson, W. H., and others. Elements of
food biochemistry. (S '43)
Rose, M. D. S. Foundations of nutrition.
(Ag '44)
Selling, L. S., and Perarro, M. A. S. Psychol-
ogy of diet and nutrition. (Ap '45)
Sense, E. Nutrition with Sense. (Ap '45)
Sherman, H. C. Chemistry of food and nutri-
tion. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Sherman, H. C. Science of nutrition. (S '43)
Sherman, H. C., and Lanford, C. S. Essen-
tials of nutrition. (Ag '43)
Sherman, H. C., and Lanford, C. S. Introduc-
tion to foods and nutrition. (Ag '44)
Sherman, H. C., and Pearson, C. S. Modern
bread from the viewpoint of nutrition.
(Ag '42)
Taylor, C. M. Pood values in shares and
weights. (O '42)
Taylor, D. Nutrition handbook. (P '43) (1942
Annual)
Wirtschafter, Z. T. Minerals in nutrition. (O
'42)
Nutrition handbook. Taylor, D. (P '43) (1942
Annual)
Nutrition with Sense. Sense, E. (Ap '46)
Nuts
Wilkinson, A. E. Encyclopedia of fruits, ber-
ries and nuts. (Je '46)
Juvenile literature
Maril, L. Crack and crunch. (Ag '45)
Nyanga's two villages. Booth, E. R. (S '45)
O as in omen. Goldstone, L. A. (S *43)
O distant star! Doner, M. F. (Mr '44)
O. Henry. Nolan, J. C. (Mr '44)
O.P. market. Adams, S., comp. (Ap '44)
O river, remember! Ostenso, M. (O *43)
O western wind. Croome, H. M. S. (Ap '44)
Oasis. Robertson, W. (O '44)
O'Banion. Ansel
Glick, C. Double ten. (Ap '45)
O'Bannon (destroyer)
Horan, J. D. Action tonight. (S '45)
Obedience
Wleman, R. H. W. Does your child obey?
(My '43)
Oberlin college
Fletcher, R. S. History of Oberlin college. (N
•43)
Obligations of society in the XII and XIII
centuries. Poole. A. L. (O '46)
Oboler omnibus. Oboler, A. (O '45) *"
O'Brien, Fitz- James
Wolle, F. Fitz-James O'Brien. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Obscure enemy. Raynolds, R. (S '46)
Obsequies at Oxford. Montgomery, R. B.
'45)
(Ap
Obstetrics
Irving. F. C. Safe deliverance. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Loomis. F. M. Bond between us. (Je '42)
Rosenberg, B. D. Special delivery. (Ap '45)
O'Casey, Sean
O'Casey. S. Drums under the windows. (My
'46)
O'Casey. S. Pictures in the hallway. (Ap '42)
Occult sciences
Castiglioni, A. Adventures of the mind. (Je
'46)
Occupational accident prevention. Judson, H.
H., and Brown, J. M. (Mr '45)
Occupational information. Shartle, C. L. (Ag
Occupational instruction. Bollinger, E. W., and
Weaver, G. G. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Occupational mobility. Pancoast, O. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Occupational planning for tomorrow. Dough-
erty, N. F. (Ap '45)
Occupational therapy
Haas, L. J. Practical occupational therapy
for the mentally and nervously ill. (Ap
*45)
Hudson, H., and Fish, M. Occupational
therapy in the treatment of the tuberculous
patient. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Occupational therapy in the treatment of the
tuberculous patient. Hudson, H., and Fish,
M. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Occupational tumors and allied diseases.
Hueper. W. C. (Je '43)
Occupations
Anderson, H. D., and Davidson, P. E. Ameri-
can job trends. (My *42)
Barrett, T. Your Job and American victory.
(O »42)
Brewer, J. M., and Landy. E. Occupations
today. (Ap '44)
Campbell, W. G., and Bedford, J. H. You and
your future job. (N '44)
Carlisle, N. V. Wartime opportunities for
men. (D '43)
Cleveland. R. M., and Latham, F. B. Jobs
ahead! (Je '46)
Davis, S. C. Your career in defense. (My *42)
Faust. J. P., ed. Girl's place in life and how
to find it. (Je '42)
Huff, D. and P. M. N. Twenty careers of
tomorrow. (Je '45)
Kasper, S. H., ed. Job guide. (Je '46)
Kitson, H. D.. and Lingenfelter. M. R. Vo-
cations for boys. (Je '42)
Kuhns, W, R., and others, eds. Return of
opportunity. (Mr '44)
Lehman, M., and Yarmon, M. Opportunities
in the armed forces. (Ap *43)
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Oceu pa 1 1 on* — Continued
JUeyson; B. W. Careers in the steel industry.
N*Ul,gT. O., and Davis. B. H. Jobs for to-
day's youth. (My '42) , .,
Neuschutz, L. M. Jobs for, the physically
handicapped. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Newman, S. C. Employment problems of
college students. (Je '42)
Pancoast, O. Occupational mobility. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual) _ .
Schnapper, M. B. Career opportunities. (D '45)
Shartle, C. L.. Occupational information. (Ag
'46)
Smythe, D. M. Careers in personnel work.
Spiegler, S. Your life's work. (O *44)
Super. D. E. Dynamics of vocational ad-
justment. (Ap '43)
Vocational guidance research. 500 postwar
jobs for men. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Woodhouse, C. Q. Bigr store. (As '44)
Wren, H. A. Vocational aspiration levels of
adults. (P '43) (1942 Annual)
Bibliography
Forrester, O. Occupations. (Je '46)
Diseases and hygiene
See Diseases, Industrial; 'Hygiene, Industrial
Occupations. Forrester, Q. (Je '46)
Occupations today. Brewer, J. M., and Landy,
B. (Ap '44)
Ocean
Armstrong-, E. F., and Mial), L,. M. Raw ma-
terials from the sea. (Ap *46)
Stewart, J. Q. Coasts, waves and weather.
(O '45)
Stommel, H. M. Science of the seven seas.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Sverdrup. H. U. Oceanography for meteorolo-
gists. (D '43)
Sverdrup. H. U., and others. Oceans. (My
'43)
Juvenile literature
Beaty, J. Y. Ocean book. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Ocean book. Beaty, J. Y. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Ocean bottom
Daly, R. A. Floor of the ocean. (D '43)
Ocean harvest. Wick, C. I. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Ocean in English history. Williamson, J. A.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Ocean outposts. Follett, H. T. (Je *42)
Oceania
Abend, H. Ramparts of the Pacific. (Je '42)
Follett. H. T. Ocean outposts. (Je '42)
Lohse, C., and Seaton, J. Mysterious con-
tinent. (D »44)
McGuire, P. Westward the course! (Mr '42)
Juvenile literature
Borden, C. A. Oceania, (F »46) (1945 Annual)
Yearbooks
Pacific islands handbook. 1944; ed. by R. W.
Robson. (Je '45)
Oceania, Borden, C. A. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Oceanography for meteorologists. Sverdrup,
H. U, (D '43)
Oceans. Sverdrup, H. U., and others. (My
'43)
Oceans in the sky. Edelstadt, V. (Je '46)
Ochs, Adolph Simon
Johnson, O. W. Honorable titan. (O '46)
Odd—but even so. Wren, P. C. (S f42)
Odd byways in American history. Warren. C.
(My '42)
Odd man pays. Teilhet, D. Le O. (Je '44)
O'Donnell, James
Hpran, K. O. Papa went to Congress. (Mr
Odyssey of a faith. Heller. B. (N '42)
Odyssey through hell. Davies. R. A. (N '46)
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. (My '42)
Of books and men. Reilly. J. J. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Of life and love. Ludwig, E. (Ag *45)
Of making many books. Burl in game, R. (D '46)
Of many men. Aldrldge, J. (Mr '46)
Of men and battle. WUcox. R. <N '44)
Of smiling peace. Heym, S. (N '44}
Of the imitation of Christ today. Kirkland, W.
H/f fSl *4fi}
Of the night wind's telling. Davis, B. A. (O
'46)
Of the people. Warfel. H. R., and Manwaring,
B. W., eds. (S '42)
Off mike. Lawrence, J.. ed. (Mr '46)
Off to a good start. Black, I. S. (N '46)
Office management ^f
Glaser, C. Administrative procedure. (My '42)
Niles, H. B. and M. C. H. Office supervisor.
Strieker, A. H. Seven steps toward simpli-
fied office procedures. (Ap '44)
Office supervisor. Niles, H. B. and M. C. H.
Official guide to the Array air forces: AAF.
United States, Army air forces, , (S '44)
Officially dead. Smith, C. D. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Offshore gold. Larssen, P. (Je '42)
Oqlala Indians
Sandoz. M. Crazy Horse. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Oglethorpe, James Edward
Juvenile literature
Carroll, M. T. Man who dared to care. (D
•42)
Oh, ranger! Albright, H. M., and Taylor, F.
J. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ohio Wesleyan university
Hubbart, H. C. Ohio Wesleyan's first hundred
years. (My '44)
Ohnstad. Karsten
Ohnstad, K. World at my finger tips. (Ag
'42)
Oil and deep water. Klitgaard, K. (N '46)
Oil and gas. Writer's program, Pennsylvania.
Oil, blood and sand. Baker, R. L. (O '42)
Oil burner service manual. Stelner, K., and
Ravnsbeck. F. (S f42)
Oil burners
Steiner, K., and Ravnsbeck, F. Oil burner
service manual. (S '42)
Oil in the earth. Pratt. W. E. (D *42)
Oils and fats
Bailey, A. B. Industrial oil and fat products.
(D '45)
Chatfleld, H. W. Varnish constituents. (Ap
'45)
Jamieson, G. S. Vegetable fats and oils. (Ap
Kirschenbauer, H. Q. Fats and oils. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Okay for sound. Thrasher, F. M., ed. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Oklahoma
Description and travel
Writers program. Oklahoma; a guide to the
Sooner state. (Ap '42)
History
Debo, A. Prairie city. (Je '44)
Foreman. O. History of Oklahoma. (S '42)
Rister, C. C. Land hunger. (Mr '43)
Social life and customs
McDonald, A. Old McDonald had a farm. (Ap
'42)
Oklahoma! Hammerstein, O. (N '44)
Ol' Bill, and other stories. Knight, J. A. (Ap '43)
Old Abe. Sherwood, L. (D '46)
Old age
De Gruchy, C. Creative old age. (F '47) (1946
Annual) v
Qumpert, M. You are younger than you think.
(O '44)
Kaplan, O. J., ed. Mental disorders in later
life. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Lawton, G., ed. New goals for old age. (Mr
Pitkin. W. B. Best years. (S '46)
Simmons, L. W. Hole of the aged in primi-
tive society. (Mr '46)
fUeincrohn. P. J. Forget your age! (Je '46)
Stleglitz, B. J. Second forty years. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Old age pensions
Parker, J. S. Social security reserves. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1203
Old American houses and how to restore them.
Williams, H. L. and O. K. (P '47) (1946
Annual)
Old Aztec story teller. Rickard, J. A. (Je *44)
Old battle-ax. Holding, E. S. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Old Bay paths. Marlowe, G. P. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Old Blue. Tousey, S. (Ap '43)
Old bones. Petersen, H. (D '43)
Old caboose. De Witt, E. F. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Old California trail. Altrocchi, J. C. (My '45)
Old churches of London. Cobb, O. (Ap '43)
Old Con and Patrick. Sawyer, R. (F M7) (1946
Annual)
The old country. Rabinowltz. S. (S '46)
Old Dirt Dobber's garden book. Williams. T.
A. (Je '43)
Old Doc. Seifert, E. (Je '46)
Old Dutch houses of Brooklyn. Dilliard, M. E.
(D '45)
Old Fellow. Maurer, H. (Je '43)
Old house at Duck Light cove. Hill, M. B. (D
'46)
Old John Neptune. Eckstorm. F. H. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Old Leather face of the Flying Tigers. Ayllng,
K. (3 '46)
Old Liberty bell. Rogers, F., and Beard, A.
(O '42)
Old McDonald had a farm. McDonald, A. (Ap
•42)
Old Man River. Hereford, R. A. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Old master. Kraus, R. (Je '44)
Old mill. Wilson, P. W. (Ja f47) (1946 Annual)
Old Mrs. Camelot. Carter, F. W. (N '44)
Old Mitt laughs last. Puckette. C. C. (My '44)
Old Mother Goose nursery rhyme book. Mother
Goose. (My '44)
Old Nameless. Shalett, S. (Ag '43)
Old New England. Mussey, J. B. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Old Nick and Bob. Hinkle, T. C. (Ap '42)
Old Phoebe. Cobb, M. (N '46)
Old principles and the new order. McNabb,
V. J. (My '43)
Old rough and ready. McKinley, S. B., and
Bent, S. (S '46)
Old soldiers never die. Ronald, J. (Ag '42)
Old South. Wertenbaker. T. J. (Je *42)
Old stock company school of acting. Mammen,
E. W. (Ap '46)
Old Thad Stevens. Current. R. N. (Ap *43)
Old Vermont houses. Congdon, H. W. (D '46)
Old Wolf. Dean, L. W. (D '42)
Old World Wisconsin. Holmes, F. L. (O '44)
Oldest story. Thompson, B. J. (O '43)
Ollphant, Laurence
Schneider, H. W., and Lawton, G. Prophet
and a pilgrim. (Je '43)
Oliver, Henry William
Evans, H. O. Iron pioneer. (D '42)
Ollie the ostrich. White, R. M. (D '46)
Omit flowers, please. Gaines, A. (D '46)
Omnibus. Feeney. L. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Omnibus of terror. Hughes* D. B. F. (Mr '43)
Omnipotent government. Mises, L. von (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
On a note of triumph. Corwin, N. L. (Je '46)
On beginning from within. Steere, D. V. (My
On ^belng a real person. Fosdick, H. 13. (Ap
On being an architect. Leecaze, W. H. (A£
'42)
On being fit to live with. Fosdick, H. E, (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
On borrowed peace. Loewenstein. H. CD '42)
On Canadian poetry. Brown, E. K. (Je '44)
On education. Livingstone, R. W. (A* '44)
On fencing. Nadi, A. (Ag '43)
On growth and form. Thompson. D. W. (8 '48)
On fee, Dean. R. O. (S '42)
On living in a revolution. Huxley, J. S. (Ag
*44)
On music and musicians. Schumann, R. A.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
On my own. Pitkin, W. B. (8 '44)
On native grounds. Kazin, A. (D '42)
On second thought. Gray, J. (D '46)
On some fair morning. Hutter, C. (N '46)
On stage! Houanmn, L. (Je '44)
On such a* we. Adams, P. (My '44)
On the agenda of democracy. Merriam, C. E.
(Ap '42)
On the danger line. Simenon, G. (S '44)
On the dark of the moon. Lang, D. (D '43)
On the edge of evening. Weygandt, C. (My '46)
On the edge of the fjord. Seymour, A. H. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
On the gathering of a library. Smith, H. H.
(O '43)
On the nature of value. Konvltz. M. R. (S '46)
On the tip of my tongue. Brody, I. (Ap '45)
On this foundation. Rycroft, W. S. (O '42)
On this star. Sorensen, V. E. (Je '46)
On to westward. Sherrod, R. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
On war. Clausewitz, K. von. (N '43)
On wings of healing. Doberstein, J. W., comp.
(S '42)
On wings of song. Humphreys. D. (Je *44)
On winter's traces. Boy n ton -Hamilton, M. K.
(N '45)
On your own. Graham, S. A., and O'Roke, B.
C. (S '43)
On Zionism. Brandeis, L. D. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Once acquitted. Long. A. R. (My '46)
Once in Cornwall. Mary Catherine, Sister. (Ap
'44)
Once in every lifetime. Hanlin, T. (N '45)
Once in Vienna. . . Baum, V. (Mr '45) ^
Once off guard. Wallis, J. H. (Ap '42)
Once the Hodja. Kelsey. A. G. (Ja "44) (1943
Annual)
Once there was a little boy. Kunhardt, D. M.
(My *46)
Once there was Olga. Payne. J. B. (O '44)
Once upon a time. McEwen, J. E. (D '43)
Once upon a time. Watson, K. W., ed. (Ag
'42)
One alone. Siller. V. (N '46)
One America. Brown, F. J., and RouCek, J. S.,
eds. (Je '45)
One and twenty. Blackburn. W. M., ed. (Mr
•46)
One angel less. Roden, H. W. (My '45)
1-B soldier. Jones, J. (Je '44)
One braver thing. Harris, C. (O '42)
One continent redeemed. Ramsey, G. H. (D '43)
One damn thing after another. Treanor, T. C.
(S *44)
One day on Beetle Rock. Carrighar, S. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
One destiny. Asch. S. (O '45)
One destiny. Stong. P. D. (D '42)
One dozen roses. Rose, C. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
One fair daughter. Frank, B. (N *43)
One God. Fitch. F. M. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
One God. Garrigou- Lag-range. R. (O '43)
One God, one world. Craig. C. T. (S '44)
One humanity. Kershner, H. E. (D '43)
101 home furnishings. Wake field, L. S. (Ag
•42)
101 ranch, Oklahoma
Gipson, F. Fabulous empire. (N '46)
112 Elm street. Ripperger, H. S. (Je '43)
One hundred cases for survival after death.
Baird, A. T., ed. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
One^ hundred great years. Dabney, T. B. (3
100 f meat-saving recipes. Robbins, A. B. (Je
43)
100 poems. Thompson, E. J. (My '45)
100 puzzles. Filipiak, A. S. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
One hundred years of American psychiatry.
American psychiatric association. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
One kind of religion. Wodehouse, H. (D '45)
One life to lose. Hogeboom, A., and Ware,
J. F. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
One-man air force. Gentile, D. S. (S '44)
One man must die. Cunningham, A. B. (D '46)
One man's meat. White. E. B. (1942, 1944)
One man's war. Kelly, C. B. (O '44)
One man's West. Lavender, D. S. (My '43)
One more such victory. Farrott, K. U. T,
One'natloa.* Stegner, W. (N '45)
One nation indivisible. Norrie, K. T. (N '42)
One of our pilots is safe. Simpson, W. (8 '43)
On«f of these seven. Logan, C. C. and M. (O
One— one— one, Bng title of: Torpedo! Hack*
forth-Jones, G. (Je '43)
One pair of feet. Dickens. M. (8 '42)
One small candle. Roberts. C. (S '49)
1204
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
One small voice. Oswald, M. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
One story. Bible. New Testament. Gospels. (D
*48)
One that got away. McCloy, H. (D '45)
One thousand books for hospital libraries.
Jones, P., comp. (My '45)
$1,000 a week. Farrell, J T. (My '42)
One thousand poems for children. Sechrist, E.
H., ed. (O '46)
1x1. Cummings, B. B. (My '44)
One touch of Venus. Perelman, S. J., and
Nash, O. (Ap '44)
One whirl. Baron, S. S. (Ap '44)
One who survived. Barmine, A. (S '45)
One Wordsworth. Burton, M. E. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
One world. Willkle, W. L. (My '43)
One world and one God. Capozzi, F. C. CD '45)
One world in the making. Perry, R. B. (D *45)
One world or none. Masters, D,, and Way, K.,
eds. (Ap '46)
O'Neill, Hugh, 2d earl of Tyrone. See Tyrone,
Hugh O'Neill, 2d earl of
Only an inch from glory. Halper, A. (N '43)
Only an ocean between, 3v in 1. Florence,
P. S., ed. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Only ghosts can live. Eng title of: P. O. W.
Morgan, G. (N '46)
Only one storm. Hicks, G. (My '42)
Only the good. Collins, M. G. (O '42)
Only the guilty. Stein, A. M. (Ap '42)
Only the stars are neutral. Reynolds, Q. J.
(Ag '42)
Only the valiant. Warren, C. M. (Ap »43)
Only the years. Lechlitner, R. N. (Ap '45)
Ontario
I^andon, F. Western Ontario and the Amer-
ican frontier. (O '42)
Ontario. Lake
Pound, A. Lake Ontario. (Ag '45)
Ontology
Renard, H. Philosophy of being. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Santayana, G. Realms of being. (S '42)
Schelling, F. W. J. von. Ages of the world.
Onwards to victory. Churchill, W. L. S. (S '44)
Open city. Mydans. S. S. (Mr '46)
Open door. Van Keuren, F. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Open door to chemistry. Horning, J. L., and
McGinnis, G. C. (My '46)
Open fire. Holmes, W. J. (S *42)
Open gate. Seredy, K. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Open house. Kahn, J. (Ag '46)
Open then the door. Carou&so, D. (Mr '42)
Open water. Wriston. H. T. (My '42)
Open windows. Bowen, L. H. D. (N '46)
Opener of the way. Bloch, R. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Opening door. Reilly, H. K. (Mr '44)
Opera
History
Brockway, W.. and Weinstock, H. Opera.
(Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Loewenberg, A., comp. Annals of opera, (S
'43)
Stories, plots, etc.
Dike, H. Stories from the great Metro-
politan operas. (Ap '43)
Mozart, J. C. W. A. Magic flute. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Musorgskii, M. P. Boris Godunoff. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Newman, B. More stories of famous operas.
Simon, H. W., ed.
(D '46)
Operas
Librettos
Hammers tein, O. Carmen Jones* (Mr '45)
Operation of aircraft engines. (Ag '43)
Operettas
Wheeler, O. H.M.S. Pinafore. (D '46)
Opinion conflict and school support. Rope. F
T. (Ap '42)
Opium trade
Merrill, F. T. Japan and the opium menace.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Oppede, Trance
/S1^1!?^!?' c- de- Kingdom of the rocks.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Treasury of grand opera.
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips
Oppenheim, B. P. The pool of memory. (Ap
Opportunities in Latin America. Hancock, R.
(Ag '46)
Opportunities in radio. Ranson, J.. and Pack,
R. (N 46)
Opportunities in the armed forces. Lehman,
M., and Yarmon, M. (Ap '43)
Opportunity in Alaska. Sundborg, G. (D '45)
Optical crystallography. Wahlstrom, B- B. (D
*43)
Optical instruments
Brown, B. B. Optical instruments. (D '46)
Gibb, T. R. P. Optical methods of chemical
analysis. (Ap '43)
Jacobs, D. H. Fundamentals of optical engi-
neering. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Optical methods of chemical analysis. Glbb,
T. R. P. (Ap »43)
Optics
Jacobs, D. H. Fundamentals of optical engi-
neering. (F »44) (1943 Annual)
Optics, Electronic
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds. Major
instruments of science and their applica-
tions to chemistry. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Hatschek, P. Electron-optics. (Je '44)
Zworykin, V. K., and others. Electron optlca
and the electron microscope. (My '46)
Optics, Physical
Wahlstrom, E. B. Optical crystallography. (D
43)
Orange on top. Van der Haas, H. (My '45)
Oratory
Weaver, A. T., and Borchers, G. L. Speech.
Orcharl ht&. Seifert, B. (N '45)
Orchards in all seas oh s. Writers' program,
Pennsylvania, (My *43)
Orchestras
Barne, K. Listening to the orchestra. (My
46)
Eberle, I. Bands play on. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Orchids to murder. Footner, H. (Ap '45)
Orcutt, Reginald
Orcutt, R. Merchant of alphabets. (Ag '45)
Ordeal. Perventsev, A. A. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
Ordeal by battle. Falls, C. B. (Mr '44)
Ordeal by music. Nettel, R. (O '46)
Ordeal of Sergeant Smoot. Paul, L. (S '43)
Order in the court. Knox, J. C. (Je '43)
Order of the day. Mann. T. (D '42)
Ordinary differential equations. Ince, B. L. (N
Ordinary people. Eng title of: People of my
own. Pargeter, B. (Mr '42)
Ordnance
Ley, W. Shells and shooting. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Juvenile literature
McCiintock, M. Story of war weapons. (S
46)
Ore deposits
Bateman. A. M. Economic mineral deposits.
Newhouse, W. H., ed. Ore deposits as re-
lated to structural features. (Je '43)
Organic analytical reagents. Yoe, J. H., and
^ Sarver. L. A. (Ag '42)
Organic chemistry. Caldwell, W. T. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Organic chemistry. Fieser, L. F. and M. A. P.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Organic chemistry. Fuson, R. C., and Snyder,
H. R. (Je 43)
Organic chemistry. Gilman, H., and others,
eds. (Ag '43)
Organic chemistry of sulfur. Suter, C. M. (Je
44)
Organic chemistry simplified. Macy, R. (N '43)
Organic preparations. Weygand, C. (My »46)
Organic reactions, v2. (O '44)
Organic reagents for organic analysis. Hopkin
^ & Williams, ltd., London. (N '46)
Organic reagents in inorganic analysis. Von
Organization and administration of library
service to children. Lucas, M. R. (Ap '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1205
Organization of American relief In Europe,
1918-1919. Bane, S. L., and Lutz, R. H., eds.
(My '44)
Organization of knowledge. Negley, G. (Je '42)
Organized labor. Millls, H. A., and Montgom-
ery, R. E. (D '45)
Organized labor and the Negro. Northrup, H.
R. (My '44)
Oriental division, G-2. Mason, V. (S '42)
Orientation in school health. Langton, C. V.
(Ap '42)
Orlgen (Orlgenes Adamantfus)
Cadiou, R. Origen, his life at Alexandria.
(N '44)
Origin and development of group hospitaliza-
tion in the United States. Richardson, J.
T. (O '46)
Origin legend of the Navaho flintway. Haile, B.
(S '43)
Origin of Dewey's instrumentalism. White, M.
G. (My '43)
Origin of Manchu rule in China. Michael, F.
<S '4_2)
gin o"
Origin of the Carolina bays. Johnson, D. W.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Origin of the Grail legend. Brown, A. C. L. (D
'43)
Original carcase. Bagby, G. A. (D '46)
Origins and background of the second World
war. Haines, C. G., and Hoffman. R. J. S.
<Ag '43)
gins of
Origins of academic economics in the United
States. O'Connor, M. J. L. (O '44)
Origins of American sociology. Bernard, L. L.
and J. S. (N '43)
Origins of inter- American interest. Bernstein,
H. (My '45)
Origins of modern sculpture. Valentiner, W. R.
(Je '46)
Origins of Prussianism. Treitschke, H. G., von.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Origins of the American revolution. Miller, J. C.
(S '43)
Orlando, the marmalade cat; a trip abroad.
Hale, K. (D '46)
Ornamental American shrubs. Van Dersal,
W. R. (D '42)
Orphan Paul. Gorky, M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Orpheus
Linforth, I. M. Arts of Orpheus. (S '42)
Orthodox Eastern church, Russian
Casey, R. P. Religion in Russia. (My '46)
Orthopedia
Raney, R. B., and Shands, A. R. Primer on
the prevention of deformity in childhood.
(O '42)
Osborn, Vera (Maynard)
Osborn, V. M. There were two of us. (N '44)
Oscar of the Waldorf. Schriftgiesser, K. (D '43)
Oscillators
Brainerd, J. G.. and others, eds. Ultra-high-
frequency techniques. (Je *43)
Osland, Birger
Osland, B. Long pull from Stavanger. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Ossoll, Sarah Margaret (Fuller) marchesa d'
Stern. M. B. Life of Margaret Fuller. (Mr
*42)
Ostriches
Legends and stories
Kelen, I. Yussuf, the ostrich. (Je '44)
Oswald. Marianne
Oswald, M. One small voice. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Oswald's pet dragon. Glick. C. (N '43)
Othello's occupation. Eng title of: Murder plays
an ugly scene. Strong, L. A. G. ( O '45)
Other Americans. Tomlinson, E. (8 '43)
Other horseman. Wylie. P. (S *42)
Other Mahoney. Sherman, R. W. (Je '44)
Other men's flowers. Wavell, A. P. W., comp.
(Je '45)
Other passenger. Cross, J. K. (S '46)
Other peopleTs children. Peckham, B. C. (Je
43)
Other side. Jameson, S. (Ap '46)
Other side of Main street. Johnson, H. (Ap '43)
Other, woman. Moore, I. (Je '42)
Otter book. Kelway, P. (Je '46)
Ottera
Legends and stories
Kelway, P. Otter book. (Je '46 X
Our age of unreason. Alexander, F. (N '42)
Our air-age world. Packard, L. O. (N '44)
Our American babies. Whipple, D. V. (N »44)
Our American game birds. Heilner, V. (Ap '42)
Our American horse. Hogner, D. C. (S 44)
Our American music. Howard, J. T. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Our American neighbors. United States. Office
of the coordinator of inter- American affairs.
(Je '45)
Our army at war. (N '44)
Our army today. Banning, K. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Our Aunt Auda. Pakington, H. (Ap '42)
Our changing society. Landis, P. H. (Je '42)
Our children face war. Wolf, A. W. M. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Our civil liberties. Fraenkel, O. K. (Ag '44)
Ourf Coast guard academy. Hughes, R. (Ag
Our country is India. Loeffler, R. W., comp
(S '46)
Our country's story. Cavanah, F. (Mr '46)
Our daily bread. Gil Gilbert, E. (S '43)
Our economic problems. Bohlman, H. W. and
M. E. M. (N '42)
Our enemy Japan. Fleisher, W. (My '42)
Our eternal contemporary. Horton, W. M. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Our Father's house. Gable, M. ed. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Our fighting faith. Conant, J. B. (Jar '43)
(1942 Annual)
Our fighting ships. Katz, M. D., and others.
(Ag '42)
Our flying navy. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Our global world. Hankins, G. C. (D '44)
Our good neighbor hurdle. White, J. W.
(O '43)
Our good neighbors in Latin America. West.
W. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Our good neighbors in Soviet Russia. West,
W., and Mitchell, J. P. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Our Hawaii. Fergusson, E. (Ap '42)
Our hearts were young and gay. Skinner, C. O.,
and Kimbrough, E. (D '42)
Our heritage. Bloom, S. (N '44)
Our heritage of wild nature. Tansley, A. G.
(S '45)
Our hidden front. Oilman, W. (Ag '44)
Our India. Masani, M. R. (S '42)
Our inner conflicts. Horney, K. (N *45)
Our Japanese foe. Morrison, I. (Ap '44)
Our Jewish farmers and the story of the
Jewish agricultural society. Davidson, G.
Our Jungle diplomacy. Sands, W. F., and Lai-
ley, J. M. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Our lady peace and other war poems. Van
Doren, M. (N '42)
Our landed heritage. Robbins, R. M, (My '42)
Our Latin American neighbors. Brown, H. M.,
and Bailey, H. M. (D '44)
Our library. Fenner.P. R. (My '42)
Our living world. Fenton, C. L. (O '43)
Our marching civilization. Allen, W. D. (Ag
'44)
Our marines. Crump, I. (My *44)
Our Miss Boo. Runbeck. M. L. (Ap '42)
Our navy, a fighting team. Taussig, J. K., and
Cope, H. F. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Our Negro brother. Mayer, B. H. (Ag '45)
Our neighbors, the Chinese. White, V. (Je '46)
Our new army. Andrews, M. (N '42)
Our new baby. Peller, L. E., and Mumford, S.
W. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Our oil resources. Fanning, L. M., ed. (My *46>
Our oldest friends, Eberle, I. (Ap '43)
Our own kind. McSorley, E. (Ag *46)
Our republic. Forman, S. E. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Our roving Bible. Nelson, L. E. (Ap '46)
Our settlement with Germany. Brallsford, H. N.
(O '44)
Our share of night. Middleton, D. (D '46)
Our side is ri*ht. Perry, R. B. (N '42)
Our soldiers speak. Matthews, W., and Wecter,
D. (Ap '43)
Our son, Pablo. Gordon, A. J. and D. F. (O
'46)
Our teen-age boys and girls. Crow. L. 0. and
A. V. (Ap '46)
Our threatened values. Gollancz, V. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Our towns, a close-up. Women's group on pub-
lic welfare. (F *44) (1943 Annual)
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Our United States, how it grew. Elms, F. R.
(My '43) ^
Our United States secret service. Crump. I.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Our way down Bast. Graham, E. M. (O '43)
Our young folks. Fisher. D. F. C, , (N '43)
Ourselves, inc. Ward, I* R. (O '46)
Ourselves unborn. Corner, O. W. (N *44)
Out in the boondocks. Koran, J. D.. and
Frank, G., eds. (O '43)
Out of a handkerchief. Jacobs. F. E. (S '42)
Out of carnage. Qriffln, A. R. (O '45)
Out of control. Kendrick, B. H. (O '46)
Out of darkness. Holmes, J. H. (Je '4~'
Out ( of debt, out of danger. Voorhis.
Out of doors in autumn. Hylander, C. J. (D
• *42)
Out of doors in spring. Hylander, C. J. (Ag
Out of doors in summer. Hylander, C. J.
to}
•45)
•42)
s. H. J. (S
(8 '42)
Out of doors in winter. Hylander, C. J. (A]
Out of my mind. Brush, K. I. (N '43)
Out of the blitz. Hopwood, P. O. S. (Ag '42)
Out of the blue. Wilder. K. (Mr '43)
Out of the clouds. Kazmayer, R. (Ap '44)
Out of the hell-box. Tucker, I. S. (Ap '46)
Out of the jewel. Humphries. R. (Ap '42)
Out of the kitchen— into the war. Anthony,
S. B. (Ap '44)
Out § of the Midwest. Frederick, J. T., ed. (My
Out of the silent planet. Lewis, C. S. (N '43)
Out of these roots. Todrin, B. (N '44)
Out of this century. Guggenheim, M. (My '46)
Out of this nettle, danger. Dodds, H. W. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Out of uniform. Bowker, B. C. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Out on a limb. Baker, fc. M. (D '46)
Out on a limbo. MacMurray. C. (S '44)
Out on any limb.
Out our way. W _. — _,- .
Outcomes of general education. Eckert, R. E.
(F f44) (1943 Annual)
Outdoor life
Graham, S. A., and O'Roke. B. C. On your
own. (S '43)
Jaeger, E. Wildwood wisdom. (Mr '45)
Lawson, V. E. Ranger -commando Junior. (O
Meinecke, C. E. Your cabin in the woods.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Outdoors with a camera in Canada. McCowan,
D. (Ag '46)
Outdoorsman's cookbook. Carhart, A. H. (My
•44)
mbo. MacMurray. C. (S '44)
limb. Myers, J. M. (S '42)
,y. Williams, J. R. XN '43)
general education. Eckert, R.
Outer edge. Daniels. B. K. (O '43)
Outlaw island. Milliard, A. R. (N '42)
Outlay and income in the United States.
Barger. H. (O '43)
Outline history of Spanish American literature.
Institute interoacional de literatura ibero-
americana. (My '42)
Outline history of the church by centuries.
McSorley, J. (S '43)
Outline of missions. Aberly, J. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Outline of organic nitrogen compounds. Deger-
ing, E. F., and others. (1942, 1946)
Outline of political geography. Horrabin. J. F.
<F '43) (1942 Annual)
Outline of the amino acids and proteins.
Sahyun, M., ed. (Ap '45)
Outlines of food technology. Von Loesecke, H.
W. (O '42)
Outlines of physical chemistry. Getman, F. H.
Outlines of Russian culture. Milfukov. P. N. (Je
'42)
Outlines of the future. Bonnet. H. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Outlook for international law. Brierly, J. I* (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Outnumbered. Hutter. C. (Ap '44)
Outpost. Gibson, W. W. (O '45)
Outrageous fortune. Franken, R. D. I* (Je '44)
Outside Eden. Rorick, 1. 8. (Ja *46) (1945 An-
nual)
Outside leaf. Field, B. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Outsider. Eng title of: The stranger. Camus,
A. (My '46)
Outsider. Cleaton, I. (Mr '44)
Outsiders. Martin, A. B. (Ap '45)
Outwitting the hazards. Bacon, F. L. (Ag '42)
Outworn business idols. Conant, W. H. (Ap
'42)
Over at the Crowleys*. Norrls, K. T. (N '46)
Over the Big Hill. Lovelace, M. H. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Over the sea the sky. Poteat, E. M. (S '46)
Over to you. Dahl, R. (Mr '46)
Over twenty-one. Gordon, R. (O '44)
Overboard. Worts, G. F. (Je '43)
Overcoming anti-Semitism. Fineberg, S. A.
(Je '43)
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Altrocchi, J. C. Old California trail. (My '45)
Bruff. J. G. Gold rush. (D '44)
Driggs, H. R. Westward America. (Ap '42)
Evans, G. W. B. Mexican gold trail. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Geiger, V., and Bryarly, W. Trail to Califor-
nia. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pad en, I. D. wake of the prairie schooner.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Overturned lake. Ford, C. H. (Je *42)
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Frankel, H. F. Ovid. (N »45)
Owen of the Bluebird. Taylor. F. W. (D '42)
Owl in the cellar. Scherf, M. (O '45)
Owls don't blink. Fair. A. A. (S '42)
Ox- team miracle. Hawthorne, H. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Oxford companion to American literature.
Hart, J. D. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Oxford dictionary of quotations. (Ag '42)
Oxford group
Howard, P. Ideas have legs. (N '46)
Oxy-acetylene handbook. Linde air products
company. (D '44)
Oxyacetylene welding and cutting
Giachino, J. W. Oxy-acetylene welding and
cutting:. (Ap '43)
Kerwin, H. Arc and acetylene welding. (D
Linde air products cdmpany. Oxy-acetylene
handbook. (D '44)
Ozark mountains
Broadfoot, Li. L». Pioneers of the Ozorks. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Lyon, M, And green grass grows all around.
Lyon, M. Fresh from the hills. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
P. O. W. Morgan, G. (N '45)
PT boat. Lent, H. B. (Je '44)
PX. Taylor, M. (My f43)
P-zoo. Hamilton. EJ. (N '45)
Pablo of Flower mountain. Von Hagen, C. B.
(Je '42)
Paccioli, Luca
Taylor, R. B. No royal road. (S '43)
Pacelli, Eugenlo. See Pius XII
Pacific. Carpenter, F. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Pacific battle line. Hailey, F. B. (O '44)
Pacific blackout. Raleigh, J. M. (My '43)
Pacific charter. Abend, H. (Mr '43)
Pacific coast
Description and travel
Peattie, R., ed. Pacific coast ranges. (S '46)
Pacific coast ranges. Peattie, R., ed. (S '46)
Pacific crest trails from Alaska to Cape Horn.
Hazard, J. T. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Pacific is my beat. Wheeler. K. (D '43)
Pacific Islands handbook, 1944; ed. by R. W.
Robson. (Je '45)
Pacific Northwest. Freeman. O. W.( and Mar-
tin, H. H. eds. (S '42)
Pacific ocean
Bartek, J. F.. and Pardue, A. Life out
there. (Ag '43)
Carpenter, F. Pacific. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Mears, E. G. Pacific ocean handbook. (O '44)
Osborn. F., ed. Pacific world. (S '44)
Rtckenbacker, B. V. Seven came through.
Trumbull, R. The raft. (S '42)
Whittaker. J. C. We thought we heard the
Ms sing. (My '43)
cartography of the Pa-
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
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Juvenile literature
Sondergaara, A. My first geography of the
Pacific. (D '44)
Pacific ocean handbook. Hears, B. O. (O '44)
Pacilic partner. Johnston, G. H. (Mr '44)
Pacific victory, 1945. Driscoll, J. (O '44)
Pacific world. Osborn, P., ed. (S '44)
Pacifism and conscientious objection. Field,
G. C. (My '46)
Pack up your troubles. Russell. F. A., ed. (N
'42)
Pact of Paris, 1928
Stoner, J. B. S. O. Levlnson and the Pact
of Paris. (S '43)
Paddle-wheel days in California. MacMullen, J.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Paddles. Tracy, E. B. (Je '42)
Paddy the Cope. Gallagher, P. (My '42)
Paddy's Christmas. Monsell, H. A. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Paderewskl, Ignacy Jan
Juvenile literature
Gronowicz, A. Paderewski, (Je '43)
Padre views South America. Dunne. P. M. (Ag
'45)
Paganini, Niccolo
Juvenile literature
Day, L. A. Paganini. (Ag '46)
Pageant of Canadian history. Peck, A. M. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Pageant of Chinese history. Seeger, E. (S '44)
Pageant of India. Yeats-Brown, F. C. C. (N
'42)
Pageant of life. Thomas. L. J. (Ap '42)
Pageant of old Scandinavia. Leach. H. G.. ed.
(O '46)
Pageant of romance. Thomas, L. J. and F. R.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Pageant of South American history. Peck,
A. M. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Pageant of the popes. Farrow. J. (D '42)
Paideia. Jaeger. W. W. (My '44)
Pain
Lewis, C. S. Problem of pain. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Paine, Thomas
Paine, T. Complete writings; ed. by Philip
S. Foner. (F '46) (1946 Annual)
Paine, T. Selected work, (Ap *46)
Woodward, W. E. Tom Paine. (S '46)
Fiction
Fast, H. M. Citizen Tom Paine. (Je '43)
Paint
Gardner, H. A., and Sward, G. G. Physical
and chemical examination of paints, var-
nishes, lacquers and colors. (N '46)
Mattiello, J. J.. ed. Protective and decora-
tive coatings, vl-2. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Mattiello, J. J., ed. Protective and decorative
coatings, v 3. (D '43)
Mattiello, J. J., ed. Protective and decora-
tive coatings: v. 4, Special studies. (Je '44)
Mattiello, J. J., ea. Protective and decorative
coatings: v. 5. (N '46)
Toch, M. Paint, paintings and restoration.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Paint, paintings and restoration. Toch, M. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Painted for the kill. Cores, L. M. (Ag '43)
Painters
Cheney, S. W. Story of modern art. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Craven. T. Story of painting. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Frost, R. Contemporary art. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Venturi, L. Painting and painters. (My '45)
Ward, A. C. Seven painters. (N '46)
Painters, American
Encyclopaedia brltannica. Contemporary
American painting. (Ag '46)
Janis, S. They taught themselves. (Ap '42)
Magazine of art. Painters and sculptors of
modern America, (My '43)
Sears, C. E. Some American primitives. (Ap
'42)
Watson, E. W. Color and method in paint-
ing as seen in the work of 12 American
painters. (Je '43)
Watson, E. W., and Kent, N., eda. Water-
color demonstrated. (Mr '46)
Painters, Italian
Gregory, P. When painting was in glory,
^ iflo-lfcO. (Ag '42)
Painters and sculptors of modern America-
Magazine of art. (My '43)
PaintePs coach. Bischoff, I. (F '44) (1948 An-
nual)
Painting
Alger, J. Get in there and paint. (O '46)
Cheney, S. W. Story of modern art. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Frost, R. Contemporary art. (Ja *43) (1942
Annual)
Rood, R. Color and light in painting. (My '42)
Taubes, F. You don't know what you like.
Watson, B. W. Color and method in paint-
ing as seen in the work of 12 American
painters. (Je '43)
History
Craven, T. Story of painting. (Ja -'44) (1943
Annual)
Robb. D. M., and Garrison, J. J. Art in the
western world. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Italy
Gregory, P. When painting was in glory*
1280-1580. (Ag '42)
United States
Janis, 3. Abstract and surrealist art in
America. (Mr '45)
Painting, American
Janis, S. They taught themselves. (Ap '42)
Kootz, S. M. New frontiers in American
painting. (Ag '43)
Lipman, J. H. American primitive paint-
ing. (Ag '42)
Painting, Industrial
Vanderwalker. F. N. Drake's cyclopedia of
painting ana decorating. (Je '45)
Painting, Renaissance
Gregory, P. When painting was in glory.
1280-1580. (Ac *42)
Painting and painters. Venturi. L. (My '45)
Paintings
Cairns, H., and Walker, J., eds. Masterpieces
of painting. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Crane, A., ed. Gallery of great paintings. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Frost, R. Contemporary art. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Klce, P. Paul Klec; paintings, watercolors,
1913-1939. (Je '42)
Yenturi, L. Painting and painters. (My '45)
Conservation and restoration
Toch, M. Paint, paintings and restoration. (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Brown, M. W. House of a hundred windows.
(Ag '45)
Gibson, K. Pictures to grow up with. (Je '42)
Paintings, American
Cassatt, M. Mary Cassatt. by Margaret
Breuning. (Ja *46) (1945 Annual)
Crane, A., ed. Portrait of America, (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Encyclopaedia britannica. Contemporary
American painting. (Ag '46)
Kootz, S. M. New frontiers in American
painting. (Ag '43)
Moses, A. M. R. Grandma Moses. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
New York. Museum of modern art. Amer-
cans, 1942. (Ag '42)
Walker, J.. and James, M., eds. Great Amer-
ican paintings from Smibert to Bellows.
(Mr '44)
Weber. M. Max Weber. (N '46)
Paintings, Canadian
Buchanan, D. W., ed. Canadian painters. (D
Paintings, Dutch
Hals. F. Paintings. (My '42)
Rembrandt Hermanszoon van Rljn. Selected
paintings. (S '43)
Paintings, English
John. A. E. Augustus John. (Mr '45)
Paintings, Flemish
Eist, J. V. Last flowering of the middle
ages. (Mr '46)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Paintings, French
Degas, H. G. B. Edgar Degas, by Camilla
Mauciair. (Mr '46)
French impressionists and their contempo-
raries represented In American collections.
(N '44)
New York. Museum of modern art. Georges
Rouault. (N '45)
Rouault, G. Georges Rouault, by Edward
Alden Jewell. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Paintings, Italian
Bellini, G. [Paintings and drawings] by
Philip Hendy and Ludwig Goldscheider. (O
'46)
Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci; ed.
by Goldscheider. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Raphael. [Paintings and drawings]. (Ag '42)
Paintings, Russian
Rubissow, H., ed. Art of Russia. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Paintings-, Spanish
Picasso, P. Picasso: fifty years of his art. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Velazquez, D. R. de S y. Velazquez. (Ag *44)
Pair skating and dancing on ice. Dench, R., and
Stewart,, R. (N '43)
Paji. Kiviat, E. (Je '46)
Pale blonde of Sands street. White, W. C. (Ap
'46)
Pale horse. Watts, S. (Ag '43)
Paleontology
Ley, W. Days of creation. (Ap '42)
Shimer, H. W., and Shrock, R. R. Index
fossils of North America. (D '44)
Juvenile literature
Knight, C. R. Life through the ages. (Ap (46)
Novikoff, A. B. Climbing our family tree. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Smith, E. B. So long ago. (Je '44)
North America
Hussey, R. C. Historical geology. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Palestine
Antiquities
McCown, C. C. Ladder of progress In Pales-
tine. (N '43)
Description and travel
Glueck, N. River Jordan. (Je '46)
Economic conditions
Lowdermilk, W. C. Palestine. (My '44)
Nathan, R. R., and others. Palestine: prob-
lem and promise. (Je '46)
History
Hanna, P. L. British policy in Palestine. (Je
•43)
Jewish-Arab problem
Gervasi, F. To whom Palestine? (Ap '46)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. Palestine. (Ag '46)
Van Paassen, P. Forgotten ally. (D '43)
Ziff, W. B. Rape of Palestine. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Politics and government
Lindsley, L. S. War is people. (Ap '43)
Ziff, W. B. Rape of Palestine. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Social life and customs
Bailey, A. E. Daily life in Bible times. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Palestine. Johnsen, J. E., comp. (Ag '46)
Palestine. Lowdermilk, W. C. (My '44)
Palestine plays. Housman, L. (S '43)
Palestine: problem and promise. Nathan, R.
R., and others. (Je *46)
Palettrina, Giovanni Battista Pierluigl da
Angoff, C. Palestrlna, savior of church
music. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Palmetto country. Kennedy, S. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Palmistry
Wolff, C. Human hand. (Je '43)
Pam Pam. Osgood, H. E. K. (Ag '43)
Pamphleteer monthly. (Je '43)
Pamphlets
Bibliography
Educators index of free materials. (Je '43)
Free and inexpensive educational materials.
(Je '43)
Pamphleteer monthly. (Je '43)
Practical index system. (Je '43)
Vertical file service catalog. (Je '43)
Mack* G. Land divided. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Padelford, N. J. Panama canal in peace and
war. (Ap '42)
Juvenile literature
Fast, H. M. Goethals and the Panama canal.
(Ag '42)
Panama canal in peace and war. Padelford.
N. J. (Ap '42)
Panama passage. Chidsey, D. B. (Ap '46)
Pan American airways, incorporated
Josephson, M. Empire of the air. (My '44)
Pan-American day. Paulmier, H. C., and
Schauffler. R. H., eds. (My '43)
Pan American economics. Olson, P. R., and
Hickman, C. A. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Pan American progress. Green, P. L. (O '42)
Pan American yearbook. (Ag '46)
Pan Americanism
Ball, M. M. Problem of inter-American or-
ganization. (Je '45)
Downes, J. E., and others. Latin America
and hemisphere solidarity. (N '43)
Green, P. L. Pan American progress. (O '42)
Paulmier, H. C., and Schauffler, R. H. eds.
Pan-American day. (My '43)
Prewett, V. Americas and tomorrow. (Ap '44)
Whitaker, A. P., ed. Inter- American affairs,
1941. (Ap '43)
Pancakes for breakfast. Paull, G. (O '46)
Pandora. Newberry, C. T. (D '44)
Paneuropa-union
Coudenhove-Kalergi, R. N. Crusade for Pan-
Europe. (N '43)
Pangermanism »
Coole, W. W., and Potter, M. F., eds. Thus
speaks Germany. (Mr '42)
Grossman, V. Pan-Germanic web. (N '46)
Pol, H. Hidden enemy. (O '43)
Schultz, S. L. Germany will try it again. (Mr
'44)
Winkler, P. Thousand-year conspiracy. (Ap
•43)
Pangoan diary. Harkness, R. (Ag '42)
Panic. McCloy, H. (N '44)
Panic of 1857. Van Vleck, G. W. (D '43)
Panic-stricken. Wilson, M. A. (Ag '46)
Panics
Van Vleck. G. W. Panic of 1857. (D '43)
Panorama of prejudice. Cohen, H. (S '45)
Panorama of rural England. Turner, W. J., ed,
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Pan Pacific relations
Bradley, A. Trans-Pacific relations of Latin
America. (O '42)
Falk, E. A. From Perry to Pearl harbor. (Mr
•43)
Institute of Pacific relations. Security in the
Pacific. (S '45)
Bibliography
Bradley, A. Trans-Pacific relations of Latin
America. (O '42)
Pantry family. Proudflt, I. B. (Ag '42)
Paoli, Pasquale
Fiction
Eaton, E. S. M. In what torn ship. (S '44)
Papa was a preacher. Porter, A. (O '44)
Papa went to Congress. Horan, K. O. (Mr
'46)
Papacy
Jalland, T. G. Church and the papacy. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Paper chase. Bayer, O. W. (Ag '43)
Paper industry. Perry, J. (Ag '46)
Paper making and trade
Hunter, D. Papermaking. (Ap '43)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Graphic
arts. (S '42)
Von Hagen, V. W. Aztec and Maya paper-
makers. (O '46)
Witham, G. S. Modern pulp and paper mak-
ing. (Ag '42)
Juvenile literature
Norling, J. S. and E. R. Pogo's letter, (N '46)
Perry, J. Paper industry. (Ag '46) .
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1209
Paper work
Newkirk, L. V., and Zutter, L. You can
make it. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Parables
Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Parables told
to the people by Jesus of Nazareth. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Parachute technician. Zweng, C. A. (D '45)
Parachute to Berlin. Bennett, L. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Parachute troops
Ayling, K. They fly to fight. (Ag '44)
Miksche, F. O. Paratroops. (Ap '43)
Parachutes
Zim, H. S. Parachutes. (O '42)
Zweng, O. A. Parachute technician. (D '45)
Paradise, John
Shepperson, A. B. John Paradise and Lucy
Ludwell of London and Williamsburg. (Ap
Paradise, Lucy (Ludwell)
Shepperson, A. B. John Paradise and Lucy
Ludwell of London and Williamsburg. (Ap
'43)
Paradise lost in our time. Bush, D. (Ja '4$)
(1945 Annual)
Paradise street. Griffin, H. F. (Je '43)
Paradise walk. Todrin, B. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Paradox isle. Bache, C. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Paragraphs on printing. Rogers, B. (O '43)
Paralysis, Anterior spinal. See Infantile paraly-
sis
Parasites
Insects
Steinhaus, E. A. Insect microbiology. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Paratroops. Miksche, F. O. (Ap '43)
Parchment key. Hopkins, S. (My '44)
Pardner of the wind. Thorp, N. H., and Clark,
N. M. (Ag '45)
Pardners of the Badlands. Drago, H. S. (N
•42)
Pardon and peace. Vaughan, H. (Mr '43)
Parent and child
Baruch, D. W. Primer for and about parents:
Parents can be people. (D '44)
Strecker, B. A. Their mothers' sons. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wolf, A. W. M. Our children face war.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Parent- teacher organization. National congress
of parents and teachers. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Parents' and teachers1 associations
National congress of parents and teachers.
Parent- teacher organization. (Ja '46) (1944
Annual)
Parents can be people. See Baruch, D. W.
Primer for and about parents. (D '44)
Paris
Description
Ettlinger. H. Fair fantastic Paris. (O '44)
Social life and customs
French, H. E. My Yankee Paris. (F '46)
(1946 Annual)
Paul. E. H. Last time I saw Paris. (My '42)
Thomas, H. F., ed. Paris we remember.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Views
Kertesz, A. Day of Paris. (Ag '45)
Paris. Notre Dame (cathedral)
Anderson, R. G. Biography of a cathedral.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Paris- underground. Shiber, E. (O '43)
Paris we remember. Thomas, D. F., ed. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Parity, parity, parity. Black, J. D. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Park book. Zolotow, C. S. (D '44)
Parker, Henry
Jordan, W. K. Men of substance. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Parker, Horatio William
Semler, I. P., and Underwood, P. Horatio
Parker. (Ag '42)
Parkman, Francis
Wade, M. Francis Parkman, heroic historian.
(D '42)
Parliamentary practice
Moore, Z. 8. and J. B. Essentials of parlia-
mentary procedure. (Ap '45)
Parliamentary privilege in the American
colonies. Clarke, M. P. (Ap '44)
Parliamentary representation. Ross, J. F. S.
(N '44)
Parody
Lindsay, F. W. Dramatic parody by mari-
onettes. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Parrish, Mrs Mary Frances (Kennedy)
Parrish, M. F. K. Gastronomical me. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Parsons, Charles
Ingham, T. Rendezvous by submarine. (N '45)
Parsons, Louella (Oettinger) (Mrs H. W.
Martin)
Parsons, L. O. Gay illiterate. (Mr '44)
Part of a lifetime. Simonson, L. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Particles
Dalla Valle, J. M. Micromeritics. (Ag '43)
Particles of modern physics. Stranathan, J. D.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Parties in wartime. Bell, L. P. (Je '43)
Parties on a shoestring. Wood, M. (Ap '42)
Partisan guide to the Jewish problem. Stein-
berg, M. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Partisan reader. Partisan review (periodical).
Partner in three worlds. Duncan, D. (N '44)
Partridge, Bellamy
Partridge, B. Excuse my dust. (O *43)
Parts of a world. Stevens, W. (O '42)
Parts of planes. Aviation research associates,
incorporated. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Party dress. Zimmerman, N. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Party government. Schattschneider, E. E. (Ag
'42)
Party line. Baker, L. (Ap '45)
Pascal, Blaise
Cailliet, E. Clue to Pascal. (My '44)
Cailliet, E. Pascal, genius in the light of
Scripture. (N '45)
Woodgate, M. V. Pascal and his sister
Jacqueline. (Mr '46)
Pascal, Jacqueline
Woodgrate, M. V. Pascal and his sister
Jacqueline. (Mr '46)
Pascal, genius in the light of Scripture. Cail-
liet, E. (N '45)
The pass. Savage, T. (My '44)
Passage from home. Rosenfeld, I. (Je '46)
Passage to glory. Augur, H. (Mr '46)
Passaic, New Jersey. Children's bureau
Kvaraceus, W. C. Juvenile delinquency and
the school. (Ap '46)
Passaic river
Wildes, H. E. Twin rivers: the Raritan and
the Passaic. (Ap '43)
Passengers to Mexico. Niles, B. R. (My '43)
Passing dream. Nichols, M. O. (Ap '43)
Passing of the European age. Fischer, E. (Ag
•44) (1943 Annual)
Passing strange. Sale, R. (S '42)
Passionate brood. Barnes, M. C. (Ag '46)
Passport to adventure. Cotlow, L. N. (Ap *42)
Passport to oblivion. Lee, M. V. (D '45)
Passport to the war. Kunitz. S. J. (My '44)
Passport to treason. Hynd, A. (Je '43)
Past all dishonor. Cain, J. M. (Ag '46)
Past imperfect. Chase, I. (Ap '42)
Pastel drawing
Davis, G. R. Pastel painting. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Pastel painting. Davis. G. R. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Pastime book for boys and girls. Cleveland. R.
(S '46)
Pastimes for the patient. Ickis, M. (Ag '45)
A pastor wings over South America. Trexler,
Pastoral.' Norway, N. S. (O '44)
Pastoral work
Calkins, R. Romance of the ministry. (My
Conkling, W. E. Priesthood in action. (Ap
'46)
Dicks, R. L. Pastoral work and personal
counseling. (My '45)
Holman, C. T. Getting down to cases. (Je
'42)
1210
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Pastoral work — Continued
Lindhorst, F. A. Minister teaches religion.
(My '46)
Pleune, P. H. Some to be pastors. (Ag '44)
Powell, S. W. Where are the people? (My
•43)
Shoemaker, S. M. How you can help other
people. (Ap '46)
Pastoral work and personal counseling-. Dicks,
R. L, (My '45)
Pastor's legal adviser. Brand, N. P., and In-
gram, V. M. (N '42)
Pastor's voice Brooks. W. H. (N »46)
Patchwork quilt. De Leeuw, A. L. (D '43)
Patent law for chemists, engineers and stu-
dents. Biesterfeld. C. H. (D '43)
Patent laws and legislation
Bennett, W. B. American patent system. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Biesterfeld, C. H. Patent law for chemists,
engineers and students. (D *43)
Hayes, J. ES. R. Nature of patentable inven-
tion, (Ag '46)
Kottke, F. J. Electrical technology and the
public interest. (D '44)
Patents
Bennett, W. B. American patent system. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Folk, G. E. Patents and Industrial progress.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Kottke. F. J. Electrical technology and the
public Interest. (D '44)
Reimann, G. Patents for Hitler. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Patents and industrial progress. Folk, G. E.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Patents for Hitler. Reimann, G. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Paterson, New Jersey
Poetry
Williams, W. C. Paterson. (N '46)
Path to perfection. Sangster, W. E. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Path to reconstruction. Russell, L. M. R. (D
'42)
Pathfinders. Lewis. C. (Je '44)
Pathfinders of the world missionary crusade.
Eddy, G. S. (D *46)
Pathology
Sigerist. H. E. Civilization and disease. (Mr
'44)
Pathology, Cellular
Dubos, R. J. Bacterial cell in its relation to
problems of virulence, immunity and chem-
otherapy. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Paths of life. Morris, C. W. (S '42)
Patients have families. Richardson. H. B. (My
•45)
Patients' library. Mason, M. F. (1943, 1945)
Patrick Henrv and the frigate's keel. Fast, H.
M. (My '45)
Patrick, son of thunder. Stephenson, D. D. M.
(Ap '42)
Patriot in the saddle. Nolan. J. C. (O '45)
Patriotic plays
Golden, S. E. ed. Plays of patriotism for
young Americans. (My '43)
Patriotism
Curti, M. E. Roots of American loyalty. (Je
'46)
Patriotism Votaw, C. E. (My '42)
Patriots. Klngsley, S. (S *43)
Patsv succeeds in advertising. Grumbine, E. E.
(My '45)
Pattern for a railroad for tomorrow. Hunger-
ford, E. (S *46)
Pattern for murder. Shriber, I. S. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pattern for Penelope. Thompson, M. W. (O
Pattern making
Hall, t J. R. Practical wood patternmaking.
McCaslin. H. J. Wood patternmaking. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Pattern of corporate financial structure. Chud-
son. W. A. (O '46)
Pattern of Soviet power. Snow, EJ. (S '45)
Patterns and principles of Spanish art. Hagen,
O. P. L. (Ag '43)
Patterns^ of Negro segregation. Johnson* C. S.
Patterns of the mind. Hough, I*. H. (O '42)
Patterns on the wall. Yates, B. (My '43)
Patterson, Giles J.
Patterson. G* J. Journal of a southern stu-
dent. (S '46)
Patterson, John Henry
Mar cos son, I. F. Wherever men trade. (Je
'46)
Patton, George Smith
Mellor, W. B. Patton, fighting man. (Mr
Wallace. B. G. Patton and his Third army.
(S '46)
Wellard, J. H. General George S. Patton, Jr.
Patton and his Third army. Wallace, B. G. (S
'46)
Paul, Saint
Giordani, J. St Paul, apostle and martyr. (S
'46)
Hawkins, R M. Recovery of the historical
Paul. (My '44)
Holzner, J. Paul of Tarsus. (S §44)
Klausner. J. From Jesus to Paul. (S '43)
Quimby, C. W. Paul for everyone. (Ap '46)
Rail, H. F. According to Paul. (Ap '45)
Rolston, H. Social message of the Apostle
Paul. (S '42)
Fiction
Asch, S. Apostle. (O *43)
Paul Bunyan of the Great Lakes. Newton, S.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Paul for everyone. Quimby, C. W. (Ap '45)
Paul of Tarsus. Holzner, J. (S '44)
Pause to wonder. Fischer, M., and Humphries,
R., eds. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Pavilion. Lawrence, H. (Mr '46)
Pavilion of women. Buck, P. S. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Pavlova, Anna »
Malvern, G. Dancing star. (Ag '42)
Pay day. Millholland, R. (My '46)
Pay dirt. Rodale, J. I. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Paying for defense. Hart, A. G., and Allen, E.
D. (My '42)
Paying guest. Arthur, P. (Mr '46)
Payment deferred. Forester, C. S. (Mr '42)
Payne, David Lewis
Rister, C. C. Land hunger. (Mr '43)
Pay-off. Barry, J. (S '43)
Payoff for the banker. Lockridge, F. L. D. and
R. (My '46)
Peabody, Endicott
Ashburn, F. D. Peabody of Groton. (D '44)
Peabody 's mermaid. Jones, G. P. and C. B.
(My '46)
Peace
Addams. J. Peace and bread in time of war.
(Je '45)
Adler, M. J. How to think about war and
peace. (Mr '44)
Alguy, J. S. Permanent world peace. (Je '43)
Bernays, E. L. Take your place at the peace
table. (My '45)
Brittain, V. M, Humiliation with honor. (Ag
'43)
Browder, E. R. Teheran. (O '44)
Brown, P. M. Science of peace. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Brynes, A. Revolution comes of age. (My '44)
Cammaerts, E. Peace that is left. (Ag '46)
Comenius, J. A. Angel of peace. (D '45)
Conference on science, philosophy and religion
in their relation to the democratic way of
life. Approaches to world peace. (Ag '46)
(1944 Annual)
Cousins, N. Modern man is obsolete. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Einzig. P. Appeasement: before, during and
after the war. (Ag '42)
Field, G. C. Pacifism and conscientious ob-
jection. (My '46)
Freeman, H. A., ed. Peace is the victory.
(O '44)
Gill, C. A. World republic. (N '44)
Gonella. G. World to reconstruct. (S '44)
Gregg, R. B. Power of non-violence. (D '46)
Harding. D. C. W. Impulse to dominate. (O
Harrison, J. B.. and others, eds. If men want
peace. (My '46)
Hartill, P., ed. Into the way of peace. (O '42)
Hemleben, S. J. Plan* for world peace
through six centuries. (Mr '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1211
Herahberger. O. F. War, peace, and non-
resistance. (Je *46)
Hoffman, R. J. S. Great republic. (Je '42)
Hoover. H. C., and Gibson, H. Basis of last-
ing: peace. (Je '45)
Hoover, H. C., and Gibson, H. Problems
of lasting peace. (Ag '42)
Huszar, G. B. def ea. New perspectives on
peace. (D '44)
Kelsen, H. Law and peace in international
relations. (N '42) ,,,%
Kelsen, H, Peace through law. (D *44)
Macfarland, C. S. Pioneers for peace through
religion. (S '46)
May, M. A. ( Social psychology of war and
Molyneux, M. Peace now and forever. (O '42)
Neill. T. P. Weapons for peace. (D f46)
Paulmier, H. C. and Schauffler, R. H., eds.
Rauschning, H. Time of delirium. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Reves, B. Anatomy of peace. (Ag '45)
Roman Catholic church. Pope. Principles for
Sheen, F. J. Seven pillars of peace. (Mr '46)
Swing. R. In the name of sanity. (Ap '46)
Voorhfs, H. J. Beyond victory. (Je r44)
Wriston, H. M. Strategy of peace. (Ag '45)
Wynner, E., and Lloyd. G. Searchlight on
peace plans. (Ag '44)
Peace and bread. Grein. L. (N '42)
Peace and bread in time of war. Addams, J.
(Je '45)
Peace and reconstruction. O'Shaughnessy, M.
J. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Peace atlas of Europe. Van Valkenburg, S. (Je
'46)
Peace by power. Gelber, L. M. (Je '42)
Peace conference, 1919
Bailey, T. A. Woodrow Wilson and the lost
peace. (S '44)
Bonsai, S. Suitors and suppliants. (Ag '46)
Bonsai, S. Unfinished business. (Mr '44)
Luckau, A. M. The German delegation at the
Paris peace conference. (Ap '42)
Mars ton, F. S. Peace conference of 1919. (D
*45)
Peace days. Paulmier, H. C., and Schauffler, R.
H., eds. (S '46)
Peace is the victory* Freeman, H. A., ed. (O
Peace now and forever. Molyneux, M. (O »42)
Peace of mind. Liebman, J. L. (My '46)
Peace plans and American choices. Millspaugh,
Peace', plenty and petroleum. Brooks, B. T. (S
Peace, security and the United nations. Mor-
genthau. H. J., ed. (Ap '46)
Peace that is left. Cammaerts, E. (Ag '46)
Peace that was left. Eng title of: Peace that
is left. Cammaerts, E. (Ag '46)
Peace through co-operation. Carpenter, J. H.
Peace through law. Kelsen, H. (D '44)
Peace treaties, 1919
McCallum, R. B. Public opinion and the last
peace. (My '45)
Mantoux, E. Carthaginian peace. (N '46)
Peace we fight for. Motherwell, H. (Ap '43)
Peacetime conscription. Johnsen, J. E., comp.
(D '46)
Peachblossom. Lattlmore, E. F. (O '43)
Peacock sheds his tail. Hobart, A. T. N. (O
•45)
Pear tree. Landl, E. (My '45)
Pearl harbor, Battle of, 1941
Clark, T. B. Remember Pearl harbor! (My
'42)
Pearl harbour. Eng title of: Remember Pearl
harbor. Clark, T. B. (My '42)
Pearls before swine. Alllngham, M. (Je '45)
Pearls of Ferrara. Holmann, M. (O '43)
Peasantry
Malay peninsula
Firth, R. W. Malay fishermen. (N '46)
Peckham experiment. Pearse, I. H., and Crock-
er, L. H. (Ap '46)
Pecock, Reginald
Green, VT H. H. Bishop Reginald Pecock,
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Peddler's clock. Hunt, M. L. (Ag '43)
Pedie and the twins. Bryant, B. M. (My '43)
Pedro II, emperor of Brazil
Juvenile literature
Brown, R. J. American emperor. (D '45)
Crlss, M. Dom Pedro of Brazil. (Ap '45)
Pedro. Politi, L. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Peewee the mousedeer. De Leeuw, H. (S '43)
Peggy covers the clipper. Bugbee, E. (Ap '42)
Peggy goes overseas. Bugbee, E. (Mr '46)
Pegs of history. Fish, H. D. (N '43)
Pejuche, Ecuador
Parsons. E. W. C. Peguche. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Peirce, Waldo
Varga, M. Waldo Peirce. (Ag '42)
Pemberton, John Clifford
Pemberton, J, C. Pemberton, defender ot
Vicksburg. (My '42)
Pendulum. Kenyon, T. (Je '42)
Penhallow. Heyer, G. (S '43)
Penicillin
Herrell, W. E. Penicillin and other antibiotic
agents. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Kolmer, J. A. Penicillin therapy. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Ratcliff, J. D. Yellow magic. (Ap '45)
Sokoloff, B. F. Story of penicillin. (My '45*
Penicillin and other antibiotic agents. Herreli
W. E. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Penicillin therapy. Kolmer. J. A. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Penn, William
Comfort, W. W. William Penn. (My '44)
Pennsylvania
Biography
Philadelphia sesquicentennial celebration.
Committee of 1926. Notable women of
Pennsylvania. (Ag '42)
Description and travel
Weygandt, C. Plenty of Pennsylvania. (N
•42)
History
Writers' program. Pennsylvania cavalcade.
(N '42)
Social life and customs
Weygandt, C. Plenty of Pennsylvania. (N
Pennsylvania cavalcade. Writers' program. (N
Pennsylvania Dutch American folk art. Kauft-
man, H. J. (N '46)
Pennsylvania Dutch stuff. Robacker, E. F. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Pennsylvania German literature
Robacker, E. F. Pennsylvania German liter-
ature. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Pennsylvania Germans. Wood, R., ed. (Ag '42)
Penny. Chanslor, T. (O '44)
Penny and Pam, nurse and cadet. Deming, D.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Penny and Peter. Haywood. C. (D '46)
Penny and the white horse. Bianco, M. W.,
and Collison, M. (D '42)
Penny Marsh and Ginger Lee, wartime nurses.
Deming, D. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Penny wise. Carfrae, E. (Mr *46)
Penobscot bay
Haig, G. C. Land of enchantment. (Je '46)
Penobscot Indians
Eckstorm, F. H. Old John Neptune. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Pensions, Military
Collins, C. R. Army woman's handbook. (N
Penthouse in Bogota. Paxton, V. M. (My '43)
Peony. Lane. K. W. (My '46)
People and, books. Link, H. C., and Hopf, H.
A. (Je *46)
People behave like ballads. Coffin, R. P. T.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
People, church and state in modern Russia.
Anderson. P. B. (Ag '44)
People from heaven. Sanford, J. B. (D '43)
People immortal. BJng title of: No beautiful
nights. Grossman, V. (Ag '44)
People in quandaries. Johnson, W. (S '46)
People look at radio. Laxarsfeld, P. F. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
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People of Alor. Du Bois, C. A. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
People of India. Goshal, K. (Ag '44)
People of my own. Pargeter, E. (Mr *42)
People of Poros. Gray, P. S. (N '42)
People on our side. Snow, E. (O '44)
People under Hitler. Deuel, W. R. (Mr »42)
People upstairs. CotS, P. N. (D '46)
People wno work in the country and in the
city. Judson, C. I. (Je '43)
People who work near our house. Judson, C.
I. (S »42)
People's business. Bolles. J, K. (Ag '42)
People's choice. Lazarsfeld, P. F., and others.
(Ap '45)
Peoples of Malaysia. Cole, F. C. (N '45)
Peoples of southeast Asia. Lasker, B. (Ap '44)
Peoples of the southwest Pacific. Hogbin, H.
I. P. (D '46)
Peoples of the Soviet Union. Lamont, C. (Ap
46)
Peoples of the USSR. Strong, A. L. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
People's peace, by representatives of the
United nations. (S '43)
Peoples speaking to peoples. White, L., and
Leigh, R. D. (Je '46)
People's world. Melvin, A. G. (Ag '44)
Pep6 was the saddest bird. Stone, W. S. (D
Pepita Bonita. Crane, A. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Peplto at Capistrano. Costantino, J. and J.
(Ap '44)
Pepper, George Wharton
Pepper, G. W. Philadelphia lawyer. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Peptides
Cohn, B. J., and Edsall, J. T. Proteins, amino
acids and peptides as ions and dipolar ions.
(D '43)
Pepys, Samuel
Pepys, S. Diary. (O '46)
Perception
Russell, B. R. Physics and experience. (Je
'46)
Schilder, P. Mind. (S '43)
Perchance to dream. Shipman, N., and Worces-
ter, G. S. (D '46)
Percy letters. Percy, T. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Perelandra. Lewis, C. S. (My '44)
Perennial. Gogarty, O. St J. (Ap '45)
Perennial philosophy. Huxley, A. L. (N '45)
Perennials
Wilson, H. V. Perennials preferred. (S '46)
Perenyi, Eleanor Spencer (Stone)
Perenyi, B. S. S. More was lost. (Ap '46)
Perfect round. Robinson, H. M. (N '45)
Perfection
Sangster, W. E. Path to perfection. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Perfumery
Sagarin, E. Science and art of perfumery.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Perhaps a little danger. Clements, E. H. (S '42)
Peril at the spy nest. Chase, A. M. (Mr '43)
Perilous balance. Stein, A. S. (Ag '46)
Perilous flght. Swanson, N. H. (F r46) (1945
Annual)
Perilous Journey. Sublette, C. M., and Kroll,
H. H. (Ap '43)
Perilous night. Boyce, B. (Mr '42)
Perils in Provence. Pratt, T. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Periodicals
Hoffman, F. J., and others. Little magazine.
(S '46)
Bibliography
Martin, L. K. Magazines for school libraries.
(S '46)
Indexes
Nineteenth century Readers' guide to peri-
odical literature. (Ag '45)
Perkins, Jacob
Bathe, G. and D. Jacob Perkins. (O '44)
Permanent court of International Justice
court*' (M ^45}UnIted States and tbe w<>ri<l
Hudson, M. O. Permanent court of interna-
tional Justice, 1020-1942. (S '43)
V J. Permanent United nations.
Permanent international armistice commission
Shartle, S. G. Spa, Versailles, Munich. (Ap
'42)
Permanent revolution. Neumann, S. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Permanent United nations. Peaslee, A. J. (Ap
*43)
Permanent world peace. Alguy, J. S. (Je '43)
Perplexities and paradoxes. Unamuno y Jugo,
M. de. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Perrlto's pup. Latham, B. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
Walworth, A. C. Black ships off Japan. (My
'46)
Juvenile literature
Long, L. Square sails and spice islands. (N
ong,
'45)
Perry, Oliver Hazard
Juvenile literature
Fen ton, A. H. Oliver Hazard Perry. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Long, L. Square sails and spice islands. (N
'45)
Persecution
Myers, G. History of bigotry In the United
States. (S '43)
Persia
Haas, W. S. Iran. (Mr '46)
Description and travel
Sayre, J. Persian Gulf command. (O '45)
Economic policy
Millspaugh, A. C. Americans in Persia. (D '46)
Foreign relations
Millspaugh, A. C. Americans in Persia. (D '46)
Persian Gulf command* Sayre, J. (O '45)
Persistent faces. Steig, W. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Person in the body. Hinsie, L. E. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Person, place and thing. Shapiro, K. J. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Personal crisis. Kopf, C. H. (Ap '45)
Personal estate planning in a changing world.
Wormser, R. A. (Je '43)
Personal finances of Abraham Lincoln. Pratt,
H. E. (Ag '43)
Personal leadership for combat officers. Reed.
P. B. (O '43)
Personal mental hygiene. Moore, T. V. (D '45)
Personal problems and morale. Geisel, J. B.
(D '43)
Personal recollections. Pratt, J. B. (Je '42)
Personal religion. Macintosh, D. C. (D '43)
Personallsm
Brightman, E. S. Nature and values. (My '46)
Brightman. E. S., ed. Personalism in theol-
ogy. (D '44)
Personalities behind the Psalms, Whyte, R. B.
(S '42)
Personalities of the passion. Weatherhead, L.
D. (Mr '43)
Personality
Angyal, A. Foundations for a science of per-
sonality. (Ap '42)
Carr, W. Know thyself! (My '46)
Daly, S. J. Personality plus! (N *46)
Davidson, H. H. Personality and economic
background. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Dengel, V. Hold your man! (O '45)
Dickerson, R. E. Understanding myself. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Du Vail, E. W. Personality and social group
work. (N 43)
English, O. S., and Pearson, G. H. J. Emo-
tional problems of living. (D '45)
Fosdick, H. E. On being a real person.
CAP 43)
Hijdebrand, D. von. Liturgy and personality.
(Je *43)
Hunt, J. M., ed Personality and the behavior
disorders. (O '44)
J6??I?B!N S«^H'A I*a*»«Mp and isolation.
(Ag M4) (1943 Annual)
IHein.DB Mental hygiene. (3 '44)
KunkeL F. In search of maturity. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Llnj£n' &.£illtural background of
..lux. <s •«,.
person-
Burton, D. B. Make the most of your life. (D
4o)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1213
Manner, J. A. Personality and successful liv-
ing. (S '46)
Schoen, M. Human nature in the making.
(Mr '46)
Strecker, E. A. Their mothers' sons. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Sutherland, R. L. Color, class, and per-
sonality. (My '42)
Wise, C. A. Religion in illness and health.
(S '42)
Wolff, W. Expression of personality. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Woodward. E. S. Strictly private. (D *44)
Personality, Disorders of
Bisch, L. E. Your nerves. (My '46)
Bowlby. J. Personality and mental illness. (O
•42)
Dumas, A. 0., and Keen, G. G. Psychiatric
primer for the veteran's family and friends.
(My '46)
Fry, C. C., and Rostow, E. G. Mental health
in college. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, W. People in Quandaries. (S '46)
Lindner, R. M. Rebel without a cause. (S '44)
MoMurry, R. N. Handling personality adjust-
ment in industry. (Ap T44)
Personality and economic background. David-
son, H. H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Personality and English in technical personnel.
McDonald, P. B. (O '46>
Personality and mental illness. Bowlby, J. (O
'42)
Personality and social change. Newcomb, T. M.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Personality and social group work. Du 'Vail. E.
W. (N '43)
Personality and successful living. Magner, J.
Personality and the behavior disorders. Hunt,
J. M., ed. (O '44)
Personality plus! Daly, S. J. (N '46)
Personality tests
Beck, S. J. Rorschach's test. (N '44)
Personality unlimited. Dengel, V. (N '43)
Personnel administration in libraries. Chicago
University. Graduate library School. Li-
brary institute. (D '46)
Personnel program of Jack & Heintz. Ward, R.
H. (O '46)
Personnel relations. Walters, J. E. (S '45)
Personnel service in education
Erickson, C. E.r and Happ, M. C. Guidance
practices at work. (N '46)
Germane, C. E. and E. G. Personnel work
in high schools. (Je '42)
Jones, A. J. Principles of guidance. (3 '45)
Kefauver. G. N., and Hand, H. C. Appraising
guidance in secondary schools. (Ap '42)
Klein, P. E., and Moffitt, R. E. Counseling
techniques in adult education. (S '46)
Newman, S. C. Employment problems of col-
lege students. (Je '42)
Reed, A. Y. Guidance and personnel services
in education. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Strang, R. M., and Hatcher, O. L. Child
development and guidance in rural schools.
(O '43)
Traxler, A. E. Techniques of guidance. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Wilson, F. M. Procedures in evaluating a
guidance program. (D '46)
Wrenn, C. G., and Bell, R. Student personnel
problems. (My '42)
Personnel work in high schools. Germane, C.
E. and E. G. (Je '42)
Persons and places. Santayana, G. (Mr *44)
Persons and places, v2. See Middle span. San-
tayana, G. (My '45)
Perspective
Ivins, W. M. Art and geometry. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Kepes, G. Language of vision. (Ag '45)
Lawson. P. J. Practical perspective drawing.
(Je '44)
Treacy, J. Production illustration. (Ap »46)
Persuasion (rhetoric)
Miller, C. R. Process of persuasion. (Ap *46)
Peru
Description and travel
Harkness, R. Pangoan diary. (Ag '42)
Kidder. M. B. B. No limits but the sky.
Lear, J. Forgotten front. (Mr '43)
History
Birney, H. Brothers of doom. (Je '42)
Palma, R. Knights of the cape. (S '45)
Pest control in the home garden. Pyenson, L.
(My '45)
Pet shop. Eckstein, G. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pet show. Beebe. C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Retain, Henri Philippe Benonl Omer
Planner, J. Pgtain: the old man of France. (S
G6raud, A. Gravediggers of France. (O '44)
Guedalla, P. Two marshals: Bazaine, F6tam.
(S '43)
Martel, F. Petaln. (N '43)
Petar's treasure. Judson, C. I. (D '45)
Peter Domanig. White. V. (Je '44)
Peter I, the Great, emperor of Russia
Juvenile literature
Baker, N. B. Peter the Great. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Peter In Sweden. Armfleld, C. S. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Peter of the mesa. Means, F. C. (S '44)
Peter on the Min. Clark, D. (Je '42)
Peter "PT". Culbertson, M. H. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Peter opens the door. Whitehead. R. (N '46)
Peter Painter and the holidays. Webber, F. M.
(Ag '43) -
Peter Piper's pickled peppers. Hunt, M. L.
(Ap '42)
Peter Snow, surgeon. Robinson, G. (S *43)
Peter, the adventures of a chorister. Nicholson,
S. H. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Peter the Great. Baker. N. B. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Peters, Richard
Cummings, H. M. Richard Peters. (O '44)
Peter's story goes to press. Burt, O. W. (Ap
•44)
Petey. Jackson. L. (N '42)
Petroleum
Brooks, B. T. Peace, plenty and petroleum.
(S '44)
Fuchs, W. M. When the oil wells run dry.
(N '46)
Jones, P. J. Petroleum production, v 1: Me-
chanics of production. (Je '46)
Kalichevsky, V. A. Amazing petroleum in-
dustry. (Je '43)
Kalichevsky, V. A., and Stagner, B. A. Chem-
ical refining of petroleum. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Petroleum educational institute, Los Angeles.
Simplified petroleum chemistry and physics.
(Je '44)
Sachanen, A. N. Chemical constituents of
petroleum. (I> '45)
Tait, S. W. Wildcatters. (Ap '46)
Geology
Pratt, W. E. Oil in the earth. (D '42)
Juvenile literature
Writer's program, Pennsylvania. Oil and gas.
Mexico
Person, H. S. Mexican oil. (My '43)
Pennsylvania
Botsford. H. Valley of oil. (D '46)
United States
Fanning, L. M.. ed. Our oil resources. (My
*46)
Petroleum industry. Perry, J. (Ag '46)
Petroleum industry and trade
Asbury, H. Golden flood. (My '42)
Floherty. J. J. Flowing gold. (My *46)
Forbes, G. Flush production. (Ap '43)
Fuchs, W. M. When the oil wells run dry. (N
'46)
Ickes, H. L. Fightln* oil. (S '43)
Leven, D. D. Done in oil. (Ap *42)
Nelson, W. L. Petroleum refinery engineer-
ing. (S *42)
Pratt, W. B. Oil in the earth. (D '42)
Juvenile literature
Perry, J. Petroleum industry. (Ag '46)
Petroleum production. T 1: Mechanics of pro-
duction. Jones, P. J. (Je '46)
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Petroleum refinery engineering. Nelson, W. I*
(S '42)
Petroleum refining
Bell, H. S. American petroleum refining.
(Mr '46)
Petrova, Olga
Petrova, O. Butter with my bread. (N '42)
Pets
Ditmars, R. I* Twenty little peta from every-
where. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Petticoat vagabond In Ainu land and up and
down eastern Asia. James, N. (My *42)
pH and electro tit rations. Kolthoff, I. M., and
Laitinen, H. A. (O '42)
Phantom filly. Chamberlain, G. A. (Mr '42)
Phantom freighter. Riesenber** F. (8 '44)
Phantom lady. Woolrich, C. (S '42)
Phantom victory. Lessner, E. C. (N '44)
Pharmacological basis of therapeutics. Good-
man. L.. S., and Oilman, A. (Ap '42)
Pharmacology
Goodman, L,. S., and Oilman. A. Pharmaco-
logical basis of therapeutics. (Ap '42)
Pharmacy
Burlage, H. M., and others. Fundamental
principles and processes of pharmacy. (Ap
Phase rule and equilibrium
Masing, O. Ternary systems. (Ap '45)
Purdon, F. P.. and Slater, V. W, Aqueous
solution and the phase diagrams. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Pheasant hunting. Hightower. J. (N '46)
Pheasants
Hightower. J. Pheasant hunting. (N '46)
Phenomenology
Farber, M. Foundation of phenomenology. (S
Welch, E. P. Philosophy of Edmund Hus-
serl. (Ag '42)
Phi beta kappa
Voorhees, O. M. History of Phi beta kappa.
(S '46)
Philadelphia
Bridenbaugh, C. and J. H. Rebels and gentle-
men. (NT '42)
Burt. M. S. Philadelphia. (Ap '45)
Philadelphia lawyer. Pepper. O. W. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Philadelphia murder story. Brown, Z. J. (Ap
'45)
Philately. See Postage stamps
Philharmonic-symphony society of New York
Erskine. J. Philharmonic-symphony society
of New York. (Mr '43)
Philip llr king of Spain
Maass. E. Dream of Philip II. (N '44)
Fiction
O'Brien. K. For one sweet grape. (Ag '46)
Philippine islands
ulosan, C. Laughter of my fathi . , _.„
Marquardt, F. S. Before Bataan and after.
Bulosan, C. Laughter of my father. (My '44)
(S '43)
Porter. C. L. Crisis in the Philippines. (Ap
'42)
Church history
Cornish, L. C. Philippines calling. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Description and travel
Cornish, L. C. Philippines calling. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Fail-child, D. O. Oarden islands of the great
East. (N '43)
Foreign relations
Hayden, J. R. The Philippines. (Mr '42)
History
Forbes. W. C. Philippine Islands. (Ag '46)
Quezon, M. Lr. Good fight. (Ag '46)
Juvenile literature
De Lteeuw, C. Dutch East Indies and the
Philippines. (Mr *44)
Politics and government
Abaya, H. J. Betrayal in the Philippines.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Forbes, W. C. Philippine Islands. (Ag '46)
Hayden, J. R. The Philippine*. (Mr '42)
Romulo, C. P. Mother America. (D '43)
Social conditions
Hayden, J. R. The Philippines. (Mr '42)
Social life and customs
Follett. H. T. Men of the Suiu sea. (Mr '46)
Philippine poetry (English)
Bulosan, C., ed. Chorus for America. (N '42)
The Philippines. Hayden. J. R. (Mr '42)
Philippines calling. Cornish. L. C. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Phillips, Margaret Mann
Phillips, M. M. Within the city wall. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Philology
Bodmer, F. Loom of language. (Ap '44)
Philosophers
Slochower, H. No voice is wholly lost. (Ag
'45)
Philosophers, Medieval
Carre. M. H. Realists and nominalists. (D '46)
Philosophers, Scottish
Bryson. G. E. Man and society. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Philosophic foundations of quantum mechan-
ics. Reichenbach, H. (S ^45)
Philosophic way of life in America. Smith, T.
V. (O '43)
Philosophical essays in honor of Edgar Arthur
Singer. Clarke, F. P., and Nahm, M. C.,
eds. (Ja *44) (1943 Annual)
Philosophical understanding and religious truth.
Frank, E (Je '45)
Philosophies at war. Sheen, F. J. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Philosophies of science. Ramsperger, A. O. (O
'42
Philosophy
Bergson, H. I*. Creative mind. (Mr '46)
Bixler, J. S. Conversations with an unre-
petant liberal. (Je '46)
Clarke, F. P., and Nahm, M. C., eds. Phil-
osophical essays in honor of Edgar Arthur
Singer. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Cobb. H. V. Man's way. (O '42)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
way of life. Approaches to world peace. (Ag
'45) (1944 Annual)
Craik, K. J. W. Nature of explanation. (Je
Dampier, W. C. D. History of science and its
relations with philosophy and religion. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Dewey, J. Problems of men. (Je '46)
Ducasse, C. J. Philosophy as a science.
(Je »4i)
Frost, 8. E., ed. Masterworks of philosophy.
(N '46)
Oamett. C. B. Quest for wisdom. (N '42)
Oiles of Rome. Errores philosophorum. (S
46)
Jeans, J. H. Physics and philosophy. (Ap
L*anger, S. K. K. Philosophy in a new key.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
McWilHams, J. A. Philosophy for the mil-
lions. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Maritain, J. Ransoming the time. (Ap '42)
Mead, H. Types and problems of philosophy.
(O '46)
Moore. C. A., ed. Philosophy — East and West.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Ortega y Gasset, J. Concord and liberty. (Ag
Parkes. H. B. Pragmatic test. (S '42)
Rice. C. ?. New approach to philosophy. (O
Santayana, G. Realms of being. (S '42)
Sinclair. W. A. Introduction to philosophy.
(Ap '45)
Smith. T. V. Philosophic way of life in
America. (O '43)
Dictionaries
Runes., D. D.. ed. Dictionary of philosophy.
History
Dampier, W. C. D. Shorter history of science.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Fuller, B. A. G. History of philosophy. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Martin, S. B., and others. History of phi-
losophy. (My *42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1215
Russell, B. R. History of western philosophy.
(Ag '46) (1946 Annual)
Suhr, £3. Q. Two currents in the thought
stream of Europe. (D '43)
Study and teaching
American philosophical association. Commis-
sion on the function of philosophy in liberal
education. Philosophy in American educa-
tion. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Philosophy, American
James, W. As William James said. (8 '42)
Schneider, H. W. History of American philos-
ophy. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Sheldon, W. H. America's progressive phi-
losophy. (Ap '43)
Philosophy, Ancient
Greene, W. C. Moira. (N '44)
Hamburger, M. Awakening of Western le-
gal thought. (Ap '43)
Kapp, E. Greek foundations of traditional
logic. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Philosophy. Chinese
Hughes, E. R., ed. Great learning. (My '43)
Lao Tzu. Way of life. (Ag '46) (1944 Annual)
Lin, Y. Between tears and laughter. (S '43)
Wang, G. Chinese mind. (N '46)
Philosophy, English
Harris, F. P. Neo-idealist political theory.
(My '45)
Philosophy, French
Rosentteld, L, D. C. Prom beast-machine
to man-machine. (Ap '42)
Philosophy, German
Butler, R. D'O. Roots of national socialism.
(My »42)
Philosophy, Greek. See Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy, Hindu
Akhilananda. Hindu psychology. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Philosophy, Indlc
Kamakrishna. Gospel. (Je '43)
Philosophy, Jewish
Agus, t J. B. Modern philosophies of Judaism.
Philosophy, Modern
Castell, A. Introduction to modern philosophy
in six philosophical problems. (D '43)
Runes, D. D., ed. Twentieth century phi-
losophy. (N '43)
Slochower, H. No voice is wholly lost. (Ag
*45)
Willey, B. Seventeenth century background.
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
Philosophy, Oriental
Lin, Y., ed. Wisdom of China and India,
(P '43) (1942 Annual)
Philosophy. Russian
Somerville, J. Soviet philosophy. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Philosophy and religion
Perre, N. F. S. Faith and reason. (O '46)
Prank, E. Philosophical understanding and
religious truth. (Je '45)
Philosophy as a science. Ducasse, C. J. (Je '42)
Philosophy — East and West. Moore, C. A., ed.
(P '45) (1944 Annual)
Philosophy for the millions. McWilHams. J.
A. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Philosophy in a new key. Langer, S. K. K.
(Ja *43) (1942 Annual)
Philosophy in American education. American
philosophical association. Commission on
the function of philosophy in liberal educa-
tion. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Schilpp,
P. A., ed. (My '42)
Philosophy of American democracy. Perry, C.
M.. ed. (O '43)
Philosophy of American history. Zucker, M. (Je
Philosophy of being. Renard, H. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Philosophy of Bertrand Russell. Schilpp, P.
A., ed. (N '44)
Philosophy of business. Lodge. R. C. (O *46)
Philosophy of Edmund Husserl. Welch. B. P.
(Ag '42) •
Philosophy of Edward Bellamy. Morgan, A. E.
Philosophy of G. E. Moore. Schilpp, P. A., ed.
(My '43)
Philosophy of Marsilio Ficino. Kristeller, P.
O. (S '43)
Philosophy of nature
Kelsen, H. Society and nature. (Ag '44)
Philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas. Meyer. H.
(Ap '45)
Philosophy of scientific investigation. Arthus,
M. (S '44)
Philosophy of the Christian world mission.
Soper, E. D. (S '43)
Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Koch, A. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Phlps, Sir William
Rleseberg. H. E. Treasure hunter. (Mr '46)
Fiction
Cochran, H. Silver shoals. (D '45)
Phoenix and the dwarfs. Taylor, G. E., and
Savage, G. M. (O '44)
Phoenix and the tortoise. Rexroth, K. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Phonograph
Gaisberg. F. W. Music goes round. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Phonograph records
Gramophone shop, inc. Gramophone shop en-
cyclopedia of recorded music. (D '42)
Kolodin, I. Guide to recorded music. (Mr
'42)
FanassiS. H. Real jazz. (My '43) -~
Smith, C. E., and others. Jazz record book.
(Je »42)
Photoelastlclty
Frocht, M. M. Photoelasticity, v 1. (Ap '42)
Photogrammetry. Sharp, H. O. (S '43)
Photographers
Schulman, S. Where's Sammy? (D '43)
Photographer's rule book. June. L. (Ap '42)
Photographic books
Adams, A. E. Born free and equal. (Ap '45)
Feininger, A. New York. (Ap '46)
Fellig, A. Naked city. (S '45)
Fellig, A. Weegee's people. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Fung. K. China. (S *43)
Gilpin, L. Pueblos; a camera chronicle. (Ap
'42)
Jennison, K. W., ed. Dedication. (D '43)
Kane, H. B. Tale of the promethea moth.
(Je '42)
Kertesz. A. Day of Paris. (Ag '46)
Peet, C. Runaway train. (My '43)
Rlmington, C. This is the navy. (O '45)
Shackelford. J. D. My happy days. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Stefansson, E. Here is Alaska. (Mr '43)
Stevenson, R. L. Child's garden of verses.
(Ap '45)
Photographic reproduction of libraries. Fuss-
ier, H. H. (Ja '43)
Photographic surveying
American society of photogrammetry. Manual
of photogrammetry. (Mr *45)
Church, E. F. Elements of aerial photogram-
metry. (N '44)
Sharp, H. O. Photogrammetry. (S '43)
Smith. H. T. U. Aerial photographs and
their applications. (O '43)
Talley, B. B., and Robbins. P. H. Photo-
graphic surveying. (Ag '46)
Photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Meserve, F.
H., and Sandburg, C. (Mr '44)
Photography
Blair, J. M. Practical and theoretical pho-
tography. (Ag '45)
Complete photographer. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Johnson. W. H.. and Newkirk. L. V. Graphic
arts. (S '42)
June, L. Photographer's rule book. (Ap *42)
Mees, C. E. K. Theory of photographic pro-
cess. (Ap '43 )
Miller, C. W. Principles of photographic
reproduction. (Ap '43)
MHIer, T. H., and Bmmmitt, W. This is
(F '44) (1943
u.mvr, *.. **.» en i vi j^i uiiiiutvi
feblette, C. B. Photography.
Neblette,
Annual)
Roebuck, J. R., and Staehle, H. C. Photog-
raphy. (My »42)
Wulft, L. Sports photography. (Ap '43)
Apparatus and supplies
Bagley, J. W. Aerophotography and aero-
surveying. (Je *42)
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Photofl ra phy — Continued
Exposure
Morgan, W. D., and Lester, H. M. Correct
exposure in photography. (Mr '45)
History
Eder. J. M. History of photography. (S '45)
Yearbooks
U.S.A. at war. U.S. camera, 1944. (P f44)
(1943 Annual)
U.S.A. at war; U.S. camera, 1945. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Photography, Aerial
Abrams, T. Essentials of aerial surveying
and photo interpretation. (O '44)
Bagley, J. W. Aerophotography and aero-
surveying. (Je '42)
Church, EL F. Elements of aerial photo gram-
me try. (N '44)
Eardley, A. J. Aerial photographs. (Ap '43)
Lobeck, A. K., and Tellington, W. J. Military
maps and air photographs. (Je '44)
Maclean, N. F., and Olson, E. C. Manual
for instruction in military maps and aerial
photographs. (O '43)
Map and aerial photograph reading, com-
plete. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Putnam, W. C. Map interpretation with
military applications. (Je '43)
Sharp, H. O. Photogrammetry. (S '43)
Smith, H. T. U. Aerial photographs and
their applications. (O *43)
Photography, Artistic
Inn, H. Hawaiian types. (S '46)
Photography. Commercial
Coleman, H. J. Give us a little smile, baby.
(S '43)
Qodsey, T. Free lance photography. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Photography of animals
Doyle, R. J. Tuffy. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Holland, R. P. Good shot! (D '46)
Riddell, J. In the forests of the night. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Photography of birds
Kane. H. B. Tale of the crow. (My '43)
Photography of children
Montgomery, B. R. Bonnie's baby brother
and how he grew. (N '42)
Photomicrography
Allen, R. M. Photo- micrography. (Je '42)
Shillaber, C. P. Photomicrography in theory
and practice. (N '44)
Photosynthesis
Rabinowitch, E. I. Photosynthesis and related
processes, v 1. (D '45)
Physical and chemical examination of paints,
varnishes, lacquers and colors. Gardner. H.
A., and Sward, G. G. (N '46)
Physical and chemical methods of sugar analy-
sis. Browne, C. A., and Zerban, F. W. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Physical biochemistry. Bull, H. B. (Ap *44)
Physical chemistry. Gucker, F. T., and Mel-
drum, W. B. (D '42)
Physical chemistry for colleges. Millard, E. B.
(D '46)
Physical chemistry for premedlcal students.
Amsden, J. P. (S '46)
Physical chemistry of cells and tissues. Htfber,
R. (D '46)
Physical chemistry of electrolytic solutions.
Harned, H. S., and Owen, B. B. (Ap '44)
Physical climatology. Landsberg, H. (N '42)
Physical conditioning. Stafford, G. T., and
Duncan, R. O. (Ap '43)
Physical constants of hydrocarbons, v3: Mono-
nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Egloff, G.
(Je '46)
Physical education and training
Craine, H. C. Teaching athletic skills in
physical education. (Ap '43)
Crampton, C. W. Fighting fitness. (Ap '44)
D'Eliscu, F. How to prepare for military
fitness. (Ag '43)
Foote, D. Modified activities in physical edu-
cation. (My '46)
Lawson, V. B. Ranger-commando Junior. (O
44)
Miller, B. W.. and others. Physical fitness for
boys. (My '44)
Schwendener, N. History of physical educa-
tion in the United States. (Ap '43)
Stafford, G. T., and Duncan, R. O. Physical
conditioning. (Ap '43)
Physical examination of metals, v2. Chalmers,
B., and Quarrell, A. G. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Physical fitness for boys. Miller, B. W., and
others. (My '44)
Physical geography
Engeln, O. D. Geomorphology. (My '43)
Hinds, N. E. A. Geomorphology. (S '43)
Putnam, W. C. Map interpretation with
military applications. (Je '43)
Stewart, J. Q. Coasts, waves and weather.
(O '45)
Juvenile literature
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Land we live on.
(S '44)
Russia
Gregory, J. S., and Shave, D. W. U.S.S.R.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
South Carolina
Johnson, D. W. Origin of the Carolina bays.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
United States
Muelder, H. R., and Delo, D. M. Years of this
land. (Ag '43)
Physical methods of organic chemistry, 2v.
Weissberger, A., ed. (Mr '46)
Physical science. Ehret, W. F., ed. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Physical sciences. See Cable, E. J. and others.
Science in a changing world. (Ag '46)
Physicians
Binger, C. A. L.* Doctor's Job. (Ap '45)
Who's important in medicine. (Je '46)
Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Abt, I. A. Baby doctor. (Ap '44)
Barker, L. F. Time and the physician. (My
'42)
Bayne, J. B. Bugs and bullets. (O '44)
DeVighne, H. C. Time of my life. (N '42)
Freeman, A. W. Five million patients. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Hamilton, A. Exploring the dangerous trades.
(My '43)
Hume, E. H. Doctors East, doctors West. (Je
'46)
Irving, F. C. Safe deliverance. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Loomis, F. M. Bond between us. (Je '42)
Physics
Blackwood, O. H. General physics. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Burns, E. E., and others. Physics. (Ap '44)
Cheronis, N. D., and others. Study of the
physical world. (D '43)
Dees, B. C. Fundamentals of physics and
their applications in modern life. (Ag '45)
Dingle, H. Mechanical physics. (Ag '43)
Dingle, H. Sub-atomic physics. (Ja *44) (1943
Annual)
Dunning, J. R., and Paxton, H. Cl Matter,
energy and radiation. (Je '42)
Fletcher, G. L.. and others. Unified physics.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hausmann, E., and Slack, E. P. Physics. (O
Hobbs, G. M., and others. Fundamentals of
machines, for those preparing for war serv-
ice. (Ag '43)
Jordan, P. Physics of the 20th century. (N
Knapp. E. J. Basic physics for pilots and
flight crews. (Ag '43)
Lemon, H. B., and Ference. M. Analytical ex-
perimental physics. (3 '43)
Lindsay, R. B. Student's handbook of ele-
mentary physics. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Luhr, O. Physics tells why. (O '43)
Margenau, H., and Murphy, G. M. Mathe-
matics of physics and chemistry. (O '43)
Meyer, J. S. ABC of physics. (Ap »45)
Perkins, H. A. College physics, abridged. (D
Physics manual for pilots. (S '43)
Rusk, R. D. Forward with science. (Je '43)
Russell, B. K. Physics and experience. (Je
46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1217
Saunders, F. A. Survey of physics for college
students. (N '43) ,^ .^
Sears. P. W. Principles of physics I. (D '44)
Sears, P. W. Principles of physics II: elec-
tricity and magnetism. (P '47) (1946 An-
Sears. P. W. Principles of physics III. (Ap
Semat, H. Fundamentals of physics. CO '45)
Semat, H. Introduction to atomic physics. (O
'46)
Swann, W. P. G.. and Freeman, I. M. Physics.
Taylor, L. W. Fundamental physics. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Verwiebe, F. L,., and others. Elements of
machines. (Ap '43) .JWV
White, M. W.. ed. Practical physics. (N '43)
History
Reichenbach. H. Prom Copernicus to Einstein.
(S '42)
Juvenile literature
Freeman, M. and I. M. Fun with science.
(My *43)
Schneider, N. and H. Let's find out. (Ap '46)
Methodology
Lindsay, R. B. Introduction to physical sta-
tistics. (Je '42)
Philosophy
Jeans, J. H. Physics and philosophy. (Ap
'43)
Lowmger, A. Methodology of Pierre Duhem.
Reichenbach, H. Philosophic foundations of
Quantum mechanics. (S '46)
Russell, B. R. Physics and experience. (Je
•46)
Tables, etc.
Zimmerman. O. T., and Lavine, I. Indus-
trial research service's conversion factors
and tables. (O '45)
Physics and experience. Russell, B. R. (Je '46)
Physics and philosophy. Jeans, J. H. (Ap '43)
Physics manual for pilots. (S '43)
Physics of blown sand and desert dunes. Bag-
nold, R. A. (Mr '43)
Physics of flight. Land6, A. (Je '46)
Physics of metals. Seitz, F. (D '43)
Physics of the 20th century. Jordan, p. (N *44)
Physics tells why. Lulir, O. (O *43)
Physiognomy
Brophy, J. Human face. (D '46)
Physiological chemistry
Httber, R. Physical chemistry of cells and
tissues. (D '46JL
Mitchell, P. H. Textbook of biochemistry. (O
'46)
Physiological hygiene. Hickman, C. P. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Physiology
Hickman, C. P. Physiological hygiene.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Tokay, E. Fundamentals of physiology. (Ag
'44)
Pianists
Juvenile literature
Burch, a. Famous pianists* for boys and
girls. (O *44)
Piano
Instruction and study
Cooke, C. Playing the piano for pleasure.
(Mr '42)
Piasts of Poland. Gronowicz, A. (Ag *46) (1945
Annual)
Picasso, Pablo (Pablo Buys)
Picasso, P. Picasso: fifty years of his art.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Piccola. La Penta, H. (Ag '46)
Pick out the biggest. Morris, F. D. (O '43)
Pick the vegetables. Reno, E. W., and Wela-
gard, L. (O '44)
Pickens, Fort
Tilley, J. S. Lincoln takes command. (Je
'42)
Picnic book. Fredrlkson, C. L. (S '42)
Picnics
Fisher, H. S. Good time at your picnic. (D
Fredrikson, C. L. Picnic book. (S '42)
Pico and the silver mountain. Phelps, M. (Je
*43)
Pictorial guide to many lands. Turner, W. J.,
ed. (My '44)
Pictorial history of the movies. Taylor, D., and
others. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Pictorial history of the second World war. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Pictorial history of the war. Hutchinson, W.,
ed. (O '44)
Pictorial library primer. Davis, W. L. (N '44)
Picts and the martyrs. Ransome, A. (D '43)
Picture almanac for boys and girls. Kohl, G.
L. (Ap '43)
Picture-book history of the Jews. Fast. H. M.
and B. (S '42)
Picture book of astronomy. Meyer, J. S. (Je
*45)
Picture book of insects. Gaul, A. T. (Je '43)
Picture book of musical instruments. Lacey, M.
(Ag '42)
Picture history of Britain. Hutton, C. (Je '46)
Picture history of Russia. Martin, J. S., ed.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Picture map geography of Canada and Alaska.
Quinn, V. (Je '44)
Picture map geography of Mexico, Central
America and the West Indies. Quinn, V.
(Je '43)
Picture map geography of the Pacific islands.
Quinn, V. (D '46)
Picture story of China. Hahn, E. (Ja r47)
(1946 Annual)
Picture story of Holland. De Jong, D. (D *46)
Picture tales from India. Metzger, B. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Pictures
Pearson, R. M. Experiencing American pic-
tures. (My »43)
Pictures by Pete. Huff, D. (Je '44)
Pictures in the hallway. O'Casey, S. (Ap '42)
Pictures to grow up with. Gibson, K. (Je
•42)
Pied Piper. Norway. N. S. (Mr »42)
Piero di Cosimo
Douglas, R. L. Piero di Cosimo. (S '46)
Pierre keeps watch. Gleitsmann, H. (S '44)
Pierre Pidgeon. Kingman. L. (D '43)
Piers
Lederer, E. H. Port terminal operation. (Ap
'45)
Pierson, Mrs Louise John (Randall)
Pierson, L. J. R. Roughly speaking. (Ag '43)
Piety and intellect at Amherst college. Le Due,
T. H. A. (N '46)
Piety and poverty in Chile. More, R. C. (D '46)
Piezoelectricity. Cady, W. G. (6 '46>
Pigeon heroes. Cothren, M. B. (Je '44)
Pigeons
Bonner, M. G. Couriers of the sky. (N '44)
Juvenile literature
Cothren, M. B. Pigeon heroes. (Je '44)
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Pigeons.
(My '43)
Pigments
Mayer, F. Chemistry of natural coloring
matters. (Ag '43)
Zechmeister, L., and Cholnoky, L. Principles
and practice of chromatography. (S '42)
Pigskin bag. Fischer, B. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Pigskin warriors. Scholz. J. V. (O '44)
Pikes peek or bust. Wilson, E. (D '46)
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean Francois
Fiction
Guinagh, K. Search for glory. (O '46)
Pilebuck. Hawkins, J. and W. (Ag '43)
Pile-driving handbook. Chellis, R. D. (S '44)
Piles and pile driving
Chellis, R. D. Pile-driving handbook. (S '44)
Pilgrim fathers
WiUison, G. F. Saints and strangers. (S '45)
Juvenile literature
Hall -Quest, O. W. How the Pilgrims came to
Plymouth. (O '46)
Pilgrims all. Curtin. M. A. M., comp. (D '43)
Pilgrim's Rest. Wentworth, P. XAff *46)
Pillars of security. Beveri4ge, W. H. (O '43)
Pillars of the church. Maynard, T. (D '45)
Pills, petticoats and plows. Clark, T. D. (My
44)
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Piloting: and maneuvering of ships. Kells, U
M.. and others. (3 '43)
Pilotin* comes natural. Way, F. (Je '43)
Pilots all. Felsen, a. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Pilots also pray. Harmon, • T. D. (D f44)
Pilots and pilotage
Kelts, L. M.. and others. Navigation. (Je '44)
Kells, L. M.( and others. Piloting and
maneuvering of ships. (S '43)
Pilots, man your planes. Mason, V. (S *44)
Pilot's meteorology. Halpine, C. G. (Je f42)
Norwood. G. Pindar. (Ap '46)
Pine, stream and prairie. Gray, J. (My *4B)
Pine tree and the mole. Taddei, E. (S '45)
Pine tree shield. Flint. E. C. (Ag '43)
Pink camellia. Bailey, T. (S *42)
Pink egg. Boyden, P. C. (My »42)
Pink lemonade. Coplan, M. F. (Je '45)
Pink umbrella. Crane, F. K. (S '43)
Pioneer art in America. Bailey, C. S. (D '44)
Pioneer Jesuits in northern Mexico. Dunne, P.
M. (My (45)
Pioneer settlement in the Asiatic tropics.
Pelzer, K. J. (D '45)
Pioneer to the past. Breasted, C. (My *43)
Pioneering a people's theatre. Henderson, A.,
ed. (Ag '46)
Pioneering for Christ in Xingu jungles. Moen-
nich, M. L. (S '42)
Pioneering in penology. Sellin, J. T. (Je '45)
Pioneering in psychology. Seashore, C. B. (Je
43)
Pioneering the helicopter. Morris, C. L. (Mr
•45)
Pioneers
Coffman. R. P., and Goodman, N. G. Famous
pioneers for young people. (Ap '46 )
Pioneers for peace through religion. Macfarland,
C. S. (S '46)
Pioneers in world order. Davis, H. E., ed. (Ap
•45)
Pioneers! O pioneers! Saunders, H. A. S. (S
'44)
Pioneers of the Ozarks. Broadfoot, L. L. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Pioneers of tomorrow. Weil. H. (S '45)
Pfozzi, Mrs Hester Lynch (Salusbury) Thrale
Piozzi, H. L. S. T. Thraliana. (D '42)
Pipe
Crocker, 8. Piping handbook. (O '45)
Pipe fitting
Crocker, S. Piping handbook. (O '45)
Goehring, E. P. Marine piping handbook for
designers-fltters-operators. (Ap '44)
Hase, V. B., and Allen, R. W. Marine pipe-
fitting. (O '44)
Miller, L. A. Plumbing and pipe- fitting layout
Job sheets. (D '43) ,
Pipe night. O'Hara, J. (Ap '45)
Pipeline to battle. Rainier, P. W. (Mr '44)
Piper Tom pk ins. Field. B (Mr *46>
Piper's son. Barto. B. N. (O '42)
Piping handbook. Crocker. S. (O '45)
Pirate. Behrman, S. N. (My '43)
Pirate's apprentice. Wells. P. (D '43)
Pirates of Icy strait. Bell, M. E. (6 '43)
Pirotechnia. Biringucci, V. (Je '43)
Piscataqua river
Sal tons tall. W. Q. Ports of Piscataqua. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Pissarro, Camllle Jacob
Pissarro, C. J. Letters to his son Luclen. (S
'44)
Pistol and revolver shooting. Roper, W. F. (N
Pistols
Roper, W. F. Pistol and revolver shooting.
Pitchfork Ben TiUman. Simklns, F. B. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pitklrt. Walter Bough ton
Pitkin, W. B. On my own. (S '44)
Pito's house. Bryan, C.. and Madden, M. B.
(My *43)
Fitter patter. Banich. D. W. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Pius XII (Eugenio Paeeli!) pope
Cianfarra, C. M. Vatican and the war. (Ap
Gonella, G. World to reconstruct. (9 '44)
Doyle, C. H. Life of Pope Pius XH. (Ag '45)
Naughton, J. W. Pius XII on world problems.
Shar£ey. D. White smoke over the Vatican.
Pius 2ul on world problems. Naughton, J. W.
(Ap '44)
zarOf Francisco, marquis
Birney, H. Brothers of doom. (Je '42)
Place in the sun. Fenton, F. (S '42)
Place of little birds. Bng title of: Attack in
the desert. Home, M. (Mr '42)
Place of oral reading in the school program.
Hyatt, A. V. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Place where thou standest. Scherer, P. B.
Places. Belloc, H. (Ap »42)
Plain case of murder. Thayer, L. (Ap '44)
Plain-chant for America. Chapin, K. G. (Mr
Plain clothes Patricia. Urmston. M. (Je '44)
Plain dealer, Cleveland
Shaw. A. H. Plain dealer. (Mr *42)
Plain man looks at the cross. Weatherhead,
L. D. (My '45)
Plain people of the confederacy. Wiley, B. I.
(Ap '44)
Plain princess. McGinley, P. (D '45)
Plain words about venereal disease. Parran, T.,
and Vonderlehr, R. A. (Ag '42) (1941 An-
nual)
Plainville, U.S.A. Withers, C. (My '45)
Plan for Africa. Hinden, R. (F '44) (1948 An-
nual)
Plan for reconstruction. Hutt, W. H. (N '45)
Plan for the post-war world. Goldberg, R. L.
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Plan for town and country. Stephenson, P., and
Pool, P. (My '45)
Plane and spherical trigonometry. Nelson, A.
L., and Foliey, K. W. (D '43)
Plane trigonometry made plain. Carson, A. B.
(Je '43) „
Planes in action. Chapelie, G. L. M. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Planetary democracy. Reiser, O. L., and Davies
B. (N '44)
Planets
Whipple, F. L. Earth, moon and planets. (Je
Planing machines
Colvin, F. H. Planing, shaping and slotting.
(Ag '44)
ning, i
Planing, shaping and slotting. Colvin, F. H.
(Ag '44)
Planning for America. Galloway, G. B., ed. (Ag
'42) (1941 Annual)
Planning for jobs. Fitch, L. C., and Taylor,
H., eds. (Ag '46)
Planning for the South. Van Sickle, J. V. (My
Planning Industrial recreation. Duggins. G. H.,
and Eastwood. F. R. (Je »42)
Planning to build. Creighton, T. H. (Je '45)
Planning your home for better living. Dunham,
C. W., and Thalberg, M. D. (D '45)
Planning your home wisely! Wills, R. B. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Plans for a post-war world. Johnsen, J. B.,
comp. (F f43) (1942 Annual)
Plans for world peace through six centuries.
Hemleben, S. J. (Mr '43)
Plant breeding
Beaty, J. Y. Luther Burbank, plant magician.
(S '43)
Plant Introduction
Fairchild, D. G. Garden islands of the great
East. (N '43)
Plant life of the Pacific world. Merrill, B. D,
(D '45)
Plant lore
Quinn, V. Vegetables in the garden and
their legends. (Ag '42)
Plant production control. Koepke, C. A. (My
Plantation life
Alls ton, R. F. W. South Carolina rice planta-
tion. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Byrd, W. Secret diary of William Byrd of
Westover. v 2. <Ap '43)
Kane, H. T. Plantation parade. (D '45)
Plantation parade. Kane. H. T. (D '45)
Plants
Chemical analysis
Piper, C. S. Soil and plant analysis. (My '45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1219
Schopfer, W. H. Plants and vitamins. (A*
Geographical distribution
Dorrance, A. Green cargoes. (As *46)
Migration
Wilson, C .M., ed. New crops for the New
World. (O '46)
Nutrition
Hoagland, D. R. Lectures on the inorganic
nutrition of plants. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Plants, Edible
Fernald. M. L., and Kinsey. A. C. Edible
wild plants of eastern North America. (Ap
Plants and flowers in the home. Post, K. (S
'44)
Plants and plant science in Latin America.
Verdoorn, P., ed. (N '45)
Plants and vitamins. Schopfer. W. H. (A* '44)
Plants we eat and wear. Joques, H. E. (N
*43)
Plastic horizons. Weil. B. H., and Anhorn. V.
J. (S '44)
Plastic materials
Dearie, D. A. Plastic molding. (Je '42)
Du Bois, J. H. Plastics. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Learning, J. Pun with plastics. (D '46)
Lougee. E. F. Plastics from farm and forest.
Mansperger, D. E,, and Pepper, C. W. Plas-
tics, problems and processes. (S '43)
Morrell, R. S., ed. Synthetic resins and al-
lied plastics. (Ag '44)
Sasso, J. Plastics for industrial use. (D '42)
Thayer, G. B. Plastics mold designing. (Ag
'42)
Plastic molding. Dearie, D. A. (Je '42)
Plastic molding and plant management. Dearie,
D. A. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Plastic working of metals and non- metallic
materials in presses. Crane, E. V. (Je '44)
Plastics
Barren, H. Modern plastics. (Ap '46)
D'Alelio, Q. F. Experimental plastics and
synthetic resins. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Dearie, D. A. Plastic molding and plant man-
agement. (Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
DuBois, J. H. Plastics. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Fleck, H. R. Plastics, scientific and technolog-
ical (Je '46)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk. L. V. Ceramic
arts. (Je '43)
Ley eon, B. W. Plastics in the world of to-
morrow. (O '44)
Lockrey. A. J. Plastics in the school and
home workshop. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mason, J. P., and Manning, J. F. Technology
of plastics and resins. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Sasso, J., and Brown, M. A. Plastics in prac-
tice. (S '46)
Simonds, H. R. Industrial plastics. (O '46)
Simonds, H. R.. and Ellis, C. Handbook on
plastics. (O '43)
Simonds, H. R., and others* New plastics.
(O '46)
Thayer, Q. B. Plastics molds. (O '45)
Weil, B. H., and Anhorn, V. J. Plastic
horizons. (S '44)
Wolfe, B. Plastics. (D »46)
Young, J. F., ed. Materials and processes.
Plastics. Du Bois, J. H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Plastics for industrial use. Sasso, J. (D '42)
Plastics from farm and forest. Lougee, E. F.
(Je '43)
Plastics in the school and home workshop.
Lockrey, A. J. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Plastics in the world of tomorrow. Leyson, B.
W. (O »44)
Plastics Industry
Barren, H. Modern plastics. (Ap '46)
Leyson, B. W. Plastics in the world of to-
morrow, (O '44)
Sasso, J., and Brown, M. A. Plastics in prac-
tice. (8 *46)
Simonds. H. R. Industrial plastics. (O '46)
Plastics in practice. Sasso, J., and Brown, M.
A. (S '46)
Plastics mold designing. Thayer, Q. B. (As
Plastics mold engineering, I
Pribble, W. 1 (Ap ^46)
Du Bois, J* H., and
Plastics molds. Thayer, O. B. (O '46)
Plastics, problems and processes. Mansperger,
D. E., and Pepper. C. W. (S '43)
Plastics, scientific and technological. Fleck, H.
R. (Je '46)
Plato
Cherniss, H. F. Aristotle's criticism of Plato
and the Academy, v 1, (D '46 )
Hoerber, R. G. Theme of Plato's Republic.
(F '46) (1944 Annual)
Koyr$, A, Discovering Plato. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Livingstone, R. W. Plato and modern edu-
cation. (Ap '46)
Robinson, R. Plato's earlier dialectic. (S '42)
Skemp, J. B. Theory of motion In Plato s
later dialogues. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Wild, J. D. Plato's theory of man. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Plato and modern education. Livingstone, R.
W. (Ap '45)
Plato's earlier dialectic. Robinson, R. (3 '42)
Plato's theory of man. Wild, J. D. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Platter. Jong, A. M. de. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Play
Garrison, C. Q., and Sheehy, B. D. At home
with children. (Je '43)
Mapes, M. A. Fun with your child. (Mr **44)
Play centers for school children. Franklin, A.,
and Benedict, A. E. (Mr '44)
Play party book. Durlacher, E. (Ap '46)
Play schools
Franklin, A., and Benedict, A. E. Play cen-
ters for school children. (Mr *44)
Lambert. C. B. School's out. (D '44)
Play songs of the deep South. Trent-Johns, A.
(Ap *45)
Playing the piano for pleasure. Cooke, C. (Mr
•42)
Plays for Americans. Oboler, A. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Plays of America's explorers and founders.
Ullman, 8. S. (My '42)
Plays of democracy. Mayorga, M. G., ed. (My
'44)
Plays of patriotism for young Americans. Gol-
den, S. E., ed. (My '43)
Plays without footlights. Galbraith, E. B., ed
(S '46)
Playwright as thinker. Bentley, E. R. (S '46)
Plea for liberty. Bernanos, G. (Ag '44)
Pleasant Valley. Bromrleld, L. (My '45)
Please, no paregoric! Hues ton, E. P. (O '46)
Please send me, absolutely free. . . Leokum,
A. (O '46)
Pleasure of their company. Kronenberger, L.,
ed. (N '46)
Pleasure was mine. Parker, J. R. (D '46)
Pleasures of sailing. San ford, A. B. (Je '43)
Pledge of Piang. Stuart, F. P. (D '43)
Pledges (law)
Warren, B. H. Rights of margin customers.
(My *42)
Plenty of Pennsylvania. Weygandt. C. (N '42)
Plenty of people. Thompson. W. S. (Je *44>
Plight of man and the power of God. Lloyd-
Jones, D. M. (My '43)
Plot against the peace. Sayers, M,, and Kahn,
A. E. (My '45)
Plotters. Derounian, A. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Ploughman of the moon. Service, R. W. (N '45)
Plow Penny mystery. Davis, L. R. (Ja *43)
(1942 Annual)
Plowing
Faulkner, E. H. Plowman's folly. (S '43)
Plowing the Arctic. Tranter, G. J. (Je '46)
Plowman's folly. Faulkner, E. H. (S '43)
Plumbing
Miller, L. A. Plumbing and pipe- fitting lay-
out job sheets. (D '43)
Plum, S. M. Plumbing practice and design,
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Plume rouge. Terrell, J. U. (S '42)
Plural office-holding In Massachusetts. Bren-
nan, E. E. (Ap *46)
Plywood
Perry, T. D. Modern plywood. (My *42)
Wood, A. D., and Linn, T. Q. Plywoods.
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Pocahontas
Juvenile literature
Aulaire, I. M. d' and B. P. Pocahontas. (D
'46)
Crias, M. Pocahontas, young American
princess. (Ag '43)
Seymour, F. W. S. Pocahontas. (D *46)
Pocahontas. Aulaire, I. M. d' and E. P. (D
'46)
Pocketful of pebbles. Maxtone Graham, J. A.
Pocketful of rhymes. Love, K. I. ed. (D '46)
Poe, Edgar Allan
Concordances
Booth, B. A., and Jones, C. B. Concordance
of the poetical works of Bdgar Allan Po»
(My »42)
Fiction
Williams. C. Raven. (Ag '44)
Poems for a son with wings. Coffin, R. P. T.
Poems for Josephine. Worth, K. (Ag '44)
Poems for life. Clark. T. C.. comp. (Ap '42)
Poems for painters. Ford, C. H. (O '46)
Poems from the desert. (O '44)
Poems I remember. Kieran, J. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Poems of the New World. Noyes, A. (Ap '43)
Poems of this war. Ledward, P., and Strang,
C., eds. (D '42)
Poet in blue minor. Schwartz, S. S. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Poet in the theatre. Peacock, R. (N '46)
Poet to poet.f Peterson, H.. and Lynch, W. B.,
Poetic 'drama. Kreymborg, A., ed. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
^Shapiro, K. J. Essay on rime. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
CBowrat C. M, Heritage of symbolism. (S '43)
Coffin, R. P. T. Substance that is poetry.
(D '42)
Cooper, C. W. Preface to poetry. (D '46)
Daniels, B. R. K. Art of reading poetry. (Ag
'42)
Maritain, J. Art and poetry. (N »43)
Osgood, C. G. Poetry as a means of grace.
Pottfi, 4F? A. Idiom of poetry. (Je '42)
Tate, A,, ed. Language of poetry. (My '42)
Collections
Bene*t. W. R., and Cousins, N., eds. Poetry
of freedom. (Ag '45)
Cooper, C. W. Preface to poetry. (D '46)
Davidman, J., ed. Songs and battle cries of
a world at war; war poems of the United
nations. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Eberhart, R., and Rodman, S., eds. War and
the poet. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Tolas, B., fd. and tr. Vertical. (My »42)
Peterson, H., and Lynch, W. S. eds. Poet
to poet. (Ax »45>
Sechrist, E. H., ed. One thousand poems for
children. (O '46)
Thoburn. J.. ed. Away in a manger. (N '42)
Wreath of Christmas poems. (My '43)
History and criticism
Beach, J. W. Romantic view of poetry. (Ap
'45)
Van Doren, M. Noble voice. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Poetry (Individual authors)
Aiken, C. P. Browns tone eclogues, and other
poems. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Aiken, C. P. Soldier. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Albert!. R. Selected poems. (Ap '45)
Aragon. L. Aragon, poet of the French re-
sistance. (Ag M6) (1945 Annual)
Armour, R. W. Yours for the asking. (D '42)
Ascoli, A. M. M. P. G. C. Poems. (Mr '42)
Auden, W. H. Collected poetry. (My '45)
Auden. W. H. For the time being. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Auslander, J. Unconquerable*. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Bacon, L. Day of fire. (Ap '44)
Bacon, M. Lament for the chieftains. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Balabanova. A. Tears. (N '43)
Barker. G. Sacred and secular elegies. (As
'44) (1943 Annual)
Barney, D. Selected poems, old and new.
BatcSelder, A. East of Bridgewater. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Baudelaire, C. P. Mirror of Baudelaire. (My
•43)
Beecher, J. Here I stand. (F '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Benet, S. V. Last circle. (Ja '47) (1946 An-
nual)
BeneX S. V. Selected works. (Ag '42}
Ben6t, W. R. Day of deliverance. (6 »44)
Benton, W. This is my beloved. (Ap '43)
Bergman, A. F. They look like men. (Ap '45)
Berryman, J. Poems. (N *42)
Bevlngton, H. Dr Johnson's waterfall. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
Bishop, B. North and South. (N '46)
Black, J. Release the lark. (Ag '46)
Blackmur, R. P. Second world, (S '42)
Blake, W. Portable Blake. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Blunden. B. C. Shells by a stream. (N '45)
Bodenheim, M. Lights in the valley. (Ag '42)
Bodenheim, M. Selected poems. (D '46)
Bogan, L. Poems and new poems. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Boggs, T. Arenas. (S '43)
Borland, H. G. America is Americans. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Bowman. P. Beach red. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Boyd, J. Eighteen poems. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Boyle, K. American citizen. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Branch, A. H. Last poems. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Brinnin, J. M. Garden is political. (Je '42 )
Brinnin, J. M. Lincoln lyrics. (My '43)
Brinnin, J. M. No arch, no triumph. (Ap '45)
Bronte*, E. J. Complete poems. (Ap '42)
Brooks. G. Street in Bronzeville. (N '45)
Brooks. W. H. Pastor's voice. (N '45)
Brown, H. P, M. Violent. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Bruff, N. My talon in your heart. (Ap '46)
Bullett, G. W. Winter solstice. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Bui os an, C. Letter from America. (N '42)
Bulosan. C. Voice of Bataan. (Ap '44)
Burt, M. S. War songs. (Ja *43) (1942 An-
nual)
Campbell, R. B. Task. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Carmer, C. L. Taps Is not enough. (S '45)
Carrera Andrade, J. Secret country. (N '46)
Case, J. Y. Freedom's farm. (O '46)
Chapln, K. G. Plain -chant for America. (Mr
Chavez, A. Eleven Lady-lyrics. (My '46)
Chubb, T. C. Time to speak. (N '43)
Clapp, F. M. Against a background on Are.
(Ag »44)
Clark, L. S. Star for beacon. (Ap '42)
Clark, T. C. Lincoln: fifty poems. (Ap *44)
Claudel, P. Coronal. (F f44) (1943 Annual)
Coatsworth. B. J. Country poems. (N '42)
Coblentz. S. A. Green vistas. (O '44)
Coffin, R. P. T. People behave like ballads.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Coffin, R. P. T. Poems for a son with wings.
(Je '45)
Coffin, R. P. T. Primer for America. (Ag *43)
Coffin, R. P. T. There will be bread and love.
(My '42)
Coleridge, H. New poems. (D '42)
Comfort, A. Song of Lazarus. (D '45)
Cowley, M. Dry season. (S '42)
Creekmore, H. Stone ants. (Ag '44)
Crowell, G. N. Between eternities. (My '45)
Crowell, G. N. Facing the stars. (Ag '42)
Cummings, B. E. 1 x 1. (My '44)
Daly, J. J. Poems, 1923-1943. (Mr '44)
Daly, T. A. Late lark singing. (My '46)
Davenport, R. W. My country. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Davis. H. L. Proud riders. (Je '42)
Day-Lewis, C. Short is the time. (S »45)
DeJong, D. C. Across the board. (Je '43)
De La Mare, W. J. Burning-glass. (D '45)
Derleth, A. W. And you, Thoreau! (S '45)
Derleth, A. W. Rind of earth. (Je '43)
Derleth, A. W. Selected poems. (My '45)
Deutsch, B. Take them, stranger. (N '44)
Devlin, D. Lough Derg. (S '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1221
Dickinson. E. Bolts of melody. (My '46)
Dodson, O. Powerful Ion* ladder. (N '46)
Donohue, J. J Exile in the stars. (My '46)
Doolittle, H. Flowering of the rod. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Doolittle, H, Tribute to the angels. (D '45)
Doolittle, H. Walls do not fall. (N '44)
Doro, B. Mr Zenith and other poems. (S '48)
Dow, D. Time and love. (O '42)
Duryee, M. B. Free enterprise. (Ap '44)
Eastman, M. Lot's wife. (D '42)
Eaton, C. E. Bright plain. (S '43)
Eberhart, R. Poems. (Ap '46)
Eberhart, R. Song and idea. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Eden, H. P. Poems and verses. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Ekvall, R. B. Tibetan voices. (S '46)
Eliot, T. S. Four quartets. (Je '43)
Engle, P. American child. (N '46)
Engle, P. West of midnight. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Ercilla y ZftfUga, A. de. Araucantad. (Ap '46)
Farren, R. Rime, gentlemen, please. (N '45)
Farren, R. This man was Ireland. (Ag '43)
Fearing, K. Afternoon of a pawnbroker. (O
'43)
Fenton, E. B. Soldiers and strangers. (Ag '45)
Ferril, T. H. Trial by time. (My '44)
Ferrini, V. Injunction. (S '43)
Ficke, A. D. Tumultuous shore. (Je *42)
Finley, J. H. Poems. (Ap '42)
Fisher, A. L. That's why. (S '40)
Fitzgerald, R Wreath for the sea. (My '44)
Flanner, H. If there is time. (O *42)
Fletcher, J. G. Burning mountain. (S '46)
Flexner, H. North window. (My *43)
Ford, C. H. Overturned lake. (Je '42)
Ford, C. H. Poems for painters. (O '45)
Francis, R. Sound I listened for. (S '44)
Freneau, P. M. Last poems. (Je '46)
Frost, F. M. Christmas in the woods. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Frost, F. M. Mid-century. (O '46)
Frost, R. Come in. (My '43)
Frost, R. Masque of reason. (Ap *45)
Frost, R. Witness tree. (Je '42)
George, S. A. Poems. (My '43)
Ghiselin, B. Against the circle. (My '46)
Gibson, W. W. Alert. (My '42)
Gibson, W. W. Challenge. (Je '43)
Gibson, W. W. Outpost. (O '45)
Gogarty, O. St J. Elbow room. (My '42)
Gogarty, O. St J. Perennial. (Ap '45)
Goodman. P. Stop-light. (Je '42)
Gordon, D. A. Statement. (D '44)
Graves, R. Poems, 1938-1945. (Ag '46)
Grebanier, B. D. N. Fauns, satyrs and a tevt
sages. (Ap '46)
Grebanier, B. D. N. Mirrors of the fire. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
Grelle, L. R. Country road. (D '45)
Guerard, A. J. Robert Bridges. (My '42)
Guiterman. A. Brave laughter. (N '43)
Gustafson, R. Flight into darkness. (Ag '45)
(1944 Annual)
Haas, R. Delay is the song. (My '44)
Haberly, L. Silent fame. (O '45)
Hagedom, H. Bomb that fell on America.
Hartley, M. Selected poems. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Hayes, A. Big time. (Je '44)
Hearst, J. Sun at noon. (Ag *44)
Heine, H. Germany, a winter's tale, 1844.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Heiner, J. M. Beckoning paths. (N »44)
Helton, R. A. Come back to earth. (Ag '46)
Henrich, E. Quiet center. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Holden, R. P. Selected poems. (D '46)
Httlderlin, J. C. F. Some poems. (S '43)
Holland, R. E. Song of Tekakwitha. (My »43)
Holmes, J. A. Map of my country. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Homer. Iliad; tr. by Smith and Miller. (N
Houselander, F. C. Flowering tree. (D *45)
Hughes, L. Shakespeare in Harlem. (My '42)
Humphries, R. Out of the Jewel. (Ap '42)
Humphries, R. Summer landscape. (N '44)
Ingalls, J. Tahl. (A* '45)
Jackson, A. P. Behold the Jew. (O '44)
Jarrell, R. Blood for a stranger. (N '42)
Jarrell, R. Little friend, little friend. (F
'46) (1946 Annual)
a
g, H. Grist mill. (A* '46 )
e, A. W. P. Star and the leaf. (Ag '46)
ell, R. Land of unllkeness. (Ja '45) (194
Jeff era, R. Be angry at the sun. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Jennings, L. N. Mill talk and other poems.
(N '42)
Johnson, S. Dictator and the devil. (Ap '44)
Jus tern a, W. Private papers. (Je '44)
Kan tor, M. Glory for me. (D '45)
Kees, W. Last man. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Kemp, L. Northern stranger. (O '46)
Kendon, F. Time piece. (Ap *46)
Kipling, R. Choice of Kipling's verse. (N '43)
Klein, A. M, Hitleriad. (N '44)
Klein, A. M. Poems. (Je '45)
Knowles, S. Birth of Venus. (N '45)
Kreymborg, A. Man and shadow. (O '46)
Kreyrnborg, A. Selected poems. (My *45)
Kunitz, S. J. Passport to the war. (My '44)
Lalng, D. B. Birth is farewell. (N '44)
Lanier, S. Centennial edition. (N '46)
Lawrence, R. Millstream. (N '45)
Lechlitner, R. N. Only the years. (Ap '45)
Lee, H. More day to dawn. (Ag '42)
Leger, A. S.-L. Eloges. (My '44)
Leonard, W. E. Man against time. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Lewis, A. Ha! ha! among the trumpets. (N
Lewis, A. Raiders' dawn. (S '43)
Link. C. C. W. There is still time. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Livesay, D. Day and night. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Long, H. Grist mill. (
Love, A. W. P. Star a .
Lowell, R. Land of unllkeness. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Lowell, R. Lord Weary's castle. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Lynd, S, D. Collected poems. (N '45)
McGinley, P. Stones from a glass house. (F
•47) (1946 Annual)
Maclntyre, C. F. Black bull. (Ja »43)
(1942 Annual)
Macleod, N. We thank you all the time. (Ap
'42)
MacNelce, L. Springboard. (S '45)
McNeill. L. Time is our house. (S '43)
Maiakovskii, V. V. Mayakovsky and his
poetry. (N '46)
Manifold, J. Selected verse. (O '46)
Marquis, D. Best of Don Marquis. (N '46)
Marshall, L. G. No boundary. (O '43)
Mary Therese, Sister. Give Joan a sword.
(S '44)
Masefleld, J. Gautama the enlightened. (Ap
'42)
Masefleld, J. Land workers. (Ap *43)
Masefleld, J. Natalie Maisie and Pavilaatu-
kay. (S '42)
Masefleld, J. Wonderings. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Maura, Sister. Initiate the heart. (S '46)
Maxwell, G. Dark rain falling. (My '43)
Maynard. T. Not even death. (S *42)
Mears, A. M. Brief enterprise. (Ap '46)
Melville, H. Selected poems. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Meredith, W. M. Love letter from an impos-
sible land. (My '44)
Merriam, E. Family circle. (D '46)
Merton, T. Man in the divided sea. (D '46)
Merton, T. Thirty poems. (Mr '45)
Meynell, F. Seventeen poems. (N *45)
Miles, J. Local measures. (S '46)
Millay, E. St V. Collected lyrics. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Millay, E. St V. Murder of Lidice. (D '42)
Miller, A. D. Cinderella. (D '43)
Miller, M. B. Crucifixion. (My r44)
Mills, C. Circus. (Ja *45) (1944 Annual)
Monahan, J. Far from the land. (N '45)
Moore, M. Nevertheless. (N '44)
Morley, C. D, Middle kingdom. (N '44)
Morrison, T. Devious way. (N '44)
Morse, S. F. Time of year. (S *44)
Morton, D. Poems, 1920-1945. (D '45)
Munson, I. N. Surgeon's hands. (Ap '45)
Nash, O. Good intentions. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Nash, O. Many long years ago. (N *45)
Nathan, R. Darkening meadows. (S '45)
Nathan, R. Dunkirk. (S '42)
Nathan, R. Morning in Iowa. (My '44)
Nicholson, N. Five rivers. (N '45)
Norman, C. Savage century. (Je *42)
Norman. C. Soldier's diary. (N '44)
Norris, K. T. One nation indivisible. (N '42)
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Poetry (individual author*) — Continued
North. J. N. Dinner party. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Noyea, A. Poema of the New World. (Ap '43)
Olson. T. Hawk's way. (My '42)
Patchen, K. Cloth of the tempest. (D '43)
Patchen, K. Dark kingdom. (Je '42)
Patchen, K, Teeth of the lion. (8 *43)
Patton, K. L. Hello, man. (F '46)
y 0. P. Basic verities. (My *43)
P«guy, C. P. Men and aainta. (D r44)
Percy, W. A. Collected poems. (O '43)
Petrarch, F. Sonnets and songs. (D '46)
Phillips, G. S. Lonely apples. (Je '43)
Pierce, E. L. In this our day. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Pipes, J. Ziba. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Fitter, R. Bridge. (Ap '46)
Poe, E). A. Complete poems and stories, ed.
by A. H. Quinn, 2v. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Porter, K. W. No rain from these clouds. (S
'46)
Poteat, E. M. Over the sea the sky. (S '46)
Pratt, E. J. Brtbeuf and his brethren. (Ag
'43)
Pratt, B. J. Collected poems. (Je '48)
Prince, F. T. Poems. (S '42)
Pudney, J. Flight above cloud. (Ag '44)
Quinn, J. R. Beyond this wall. (O '42)
Ransom, J. C. Selected poems. (S '46)
Rawley, C. Selected poems. (Je '42)
Read, fa. B. World within a war. (Ap '45)
Reece, B. H. Ballad of the bones. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Rexroth, K, Phoenix and the tortoise. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Rilke. R. M. Poema. (My '43)
Rllke, R. M. Poema from the Book of hours,
Das Stundenbuch. (My '42)
Rilke, R. M. Sonnets to Orpheus. (S '42)
Rilke, R. M. Thirty-one poems. (D '46)
Rimbaud, J. N, A. Prose poems. (My '44)
Rodgers, W. R. Awake! (My '42)
Roditi, B. Prison within prison. (O *42)
Rogers, V. H. Bathsheba. (Je '42)
Rosenberg, H. Trance above the streets. (N
Roskolenko, H. I went into the country. (Ap
Rosten, N. Big road. (S '46)
Rosten, N. Fourth decade. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Rukeyser, M. Beast in view. (O '44)
Sackville-West, V. M. Garden. (O '46)
Schaulfler, R. H. New and selected poems.
Schull, J.
(Ja
Schull, J. I, Jones, soldier. (Ag '45)
Schwartz, D. Genesis, bk 1. (S '43)
Schwartz, S. S. Poet in blue minor.
'43) (1042 Annual)
Schwartz, S. 8. Preface to maturity. (S '45)
Scott, W. T. Sword on the table. (D '42)
Scott, W. T. To marry strangers. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Scott, W. T. Wind the clock. (My '42)
Scruggs, A. M. Ritual for myself. (Ap '42)
Serraillier, I. Weaver birda. (O '45)
Shank. J. B. Poema. (Ap '45)
Shapiro, K. J. Essay on rime. (Ag '46) (1945
Annual)
Shapiro, K. J. Person, place and thing.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Shapiro, K. J. V-Ietter. (N »44)
Simonson, L. Untended grove. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sitwell, E. Street songs. (Ag '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Sloan e, M. H. Strong cables rising. (N '42)
Smith, A. J. M. News of the phoenix. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Smith, G. S. Lines for the canonization of
Pedro Domecq. (My '44)
Spain, R. L. Rock and cumulus. (Je '43)
Spellman, F. J. Prayers and poems. (Je '46)
Spencer, T. Act of life. (Je '44)
Spender, S. Ruins and visions. (O '42)
Speyer, L. von S. Slow wall. (Je '46)
Stanford, D. New England earth. (Je '42)
Starkey, J. Dublin poems. (N '46)
Starrett, V. Autolycus in limbo. (My '43)
Stauffer, D. A. Nature of poetry. (Je '46)
Steig, A. Communication. (O '45)
Stein, A. S. Perilous balance. (Ag '46)
Stevens, W. Notes toward a supreme fiction.
(Je '43)
Stevens. W. Parts of * world. (O '4a>
Stuart, J. Album of destiny. (O '44)
Sullivan, A. M. Day in Manhattan. (Ap '42)
Taggard, O. Long yiew. (Ag »42)
Taggard, G. Slow music. (D '46)
Tate, A. Winter sea. (Ap '45)
Tennyson, A. T. Selection from [his] poems,
ed. by W. H. Auden. (D '44)
Thomas, D. New poems. (O *43)
Thomas, D. Selected writings. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Thompson, D. Poems. (Mr '44)
Thompson, E. J. 100 poems. (My '45)
Thoreau, H. D. Collected poems. (N '43)
Thwaites, M. Jervis Bay, and other poems.
(Ap '43)
Todrin. B. At the gates. (Ja '46) (1944 An-
nual)
Tolson, M. B. Rendezvous with America. (D
'44)
Treece, H. Collected poems. (O '46)
Van Doren, M. Country year. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Van Doren, M. Our lady peace and other war
poems. (N '42)
Van Doren, M. Seven sleepers. (My '44)
Vazakas, B. Transfigured night. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Villa, J. G. Have come, am here. (N '42)
Vinal, H. Compass eye. (O '44)
Walker, M. For my people. (D '42)
Waller. J. Crusade. (S '46)
Warren, R. P. Eleven poems on the same
theme. (Je '42)
Warren, R. P. Selected poems, 1923-1943. (My
'44)
Weismiller, E. R. Faultless shore. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Welles. W. Shape of memory. (Ap '44)
Welshlmer, H. Shining rain. (My '43)
Werfel, F. V. Poems. (Mr '46)
West, D. Clods of southern earth. (N '46)
Westerfleld, H. Soldier words. (D '46)
Whitman, w. I hear the people singing. (O
'46)
Whitman, W. Walt Whitman; sel. and notes
by Mark Van Doren. (S '45)
Wilder, A. N. Healing of the waters. (Ag '43)
Wilkinson, B. American reasons. (Je '43)
Williams, L. J. Nameless. (My '43)
Williams, O. That's all that matters. (S '46)
Williams, W. C. Paterson. (N '46)
Williams, W. C. The wedge. (Ap '45)
Wilson, E. Note-books of night. (F »43) (1942
Annual)
Wilson, S. K. Blind dawn. (Je '43)
Winters, Y. Giant weapon. (S '44)
Wolfe, T. A stone, a leaf, a door. (N '45)
Wolfert, H. X. H. Nothing is a wonderful
thing. (D '46)
Wordsworth, W. Wordsworth anthology. (Mr
'46)
Wylie, E. H. Last poems of Elinor Wylie.
(Ap '43)
Young, F. B. Island. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Young, M. Moderate fable. (Ja '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Zabriskie, G. Like the root. (O '45)
Zabriskie, G. Mind's geography. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Zaturenska, M. A. Golden mirror. (O '44)
Zinsser, H. Spring, summer, and autumn.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Zukofsky, L. 55 poems. (My '42)
Poetry and life. Sheed, F. J., comp. (Ap '43)
Poetry as a means of grace. Osgood, O. G. (Ap
'42)
Poetry of freedom. Benlt, W. R., and Cousins,
N., eds. (Ag '45)
Poets
Peterson, H., and Lynch, W. S., eda. Poet to
poet. (Ag '45)
Who's who in poetry in America. (N '45)
Poets, Spanish American
Rosen baum, S. C. Modern women poets of
Spanish America. (O '46)
Pogo's fishing trip. Norling, J. and B. R. (My
43)
Pogo's letter. Norling, J. S. and E. R. (N '46)
Pogo's mining trip. Norling, J. S. (D '45)
Pogo's sky ride. Norling, J. and B. R. (O '43)
Pogo's train ride. Norling, J. S. and E. R.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Polncarl, Raymond
Wright. G. Raymond Poincard and the French
presidency. (S '43)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1223
Pointers for public library building planners.
Schunk, R. J. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pointers on playwriting. Niggii, J. (D '45)
Pointers on radio writing. Niggii, J. (S '46)
Poison is a bitter brew. HockFng. A. (My M2)
Poison, poker and pistols. Stone, E. M. (N '46)
Poisons
Brookes, V. J., and Alyea, H. N. Poisons,
their properties, chemical identification,
symptoms, and emergency treatments. (Je
'46)
Goodman, L. S., and Oilman, A. Pharmaco-
logical basts of therapeutics. (Ap *42)
Jacobs, M. B. Analytical chemistry of indus-
trial poisons, hazards and solvents, (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Poisons, their properties, chemical identifica-
tion, symptoms, and emergency treatments.
Brookes. V. J., and Alyea, H. N. (Je *48)
Pokey bear. Evers, H. and A. (Je '42)
Poland
Biography
Mizwa, S. P., ed. Great men and women of
Poland. (Ap '42)
Civilization
Kridl, M., and others, eds. For your freedom
and ours. (S *43)
Lednicki, W. Life and culture of Poland. (N
Schmitt. B. B., ed. Poland. (Ap '45)
Description and travel
Strong, A. L. I saw the new Poland. _(Mr
•46)
Foreign relations
Germany
Mason, J. B. Danzig dilemma. (S '46)
Russia
Cardwell, A. S. Poland and Russia. (S '44)
Konovalov, S., ed. Russo- Polish relations. (O
'45)
Shotwell, J. T., and Laserson, M. M. Poland
and Russia, 1919-1945. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
History
Brant, I. New Poland. (Je '46)
Gronowicz, A. Piasts of Poland. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Halecki, O. History of Poland, f Ap '43)
Schmitt, B. E., ed. Poland. (Ap '45)
Sources
Kridi, M.. and others, eds. For your free-
dom and ours. (S '43)
German occupation, 19S9-1945
Berg, M. Warsaw ghetto. (Mr »45)
Black book of Polish Jewry. (Mr '44)
Karski, J. Story of a secret state. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Orska. I. Silent is the Vistula. (Ag '46)
Poland. Ministerstwo informacji. Black book
of Poland. (O '42)
Segal, S. New order in Poland. (Je '42*
Strzetelski, S. Where the storm broke. (Mr
'43)
Szoszkies, H. J. No traveler returns. (Ap
'46)
Warfleld, H. and G. Call us to witness. (S
'45)
Juvenile literature
Kelly. B. P. Land of the Polish people. (N
'43)
Politics and government
Strong, A. L. I saw the new Poland. (Mr
46)
Social conditions
Gross, F. Polish worker. (S *45)
Social life and customs
Adams, D. We stood alone. (O '44)
Poland. Schmitt. B. E., ed. (Ap *45)
Poland and Russia. Cardwell. A. S. (S '44)
Poland and Russia, 1919-1945. Shotwell, J. T..
and Laserson, M. M. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Poland fights back. Pruszynski, K. (N '44)
Polarograph and polarograptiy
Kolthofr, I. M.. and Lingane, J. J. Polarog-
P0ku38*y*street. Western, G. (J*e '44)
Police
Brynes, A. Government against the people.
(My '46)
Perkins, R. M. Elements of police science.
(Je '43)
Police, international
John sen, J. E., comp. International police
force. (O '44)
Michie, A, A. Keep the peace through air
power. (S '44)
Police, Private
Farren, H. D. Industrial guard's manual.
(Je *43)
Policy of the United States toward the neu-
trals. 1917-1918. Bailey, T. A. (Je '43)
Poling, Clark Vandersall
Poling, D. A. Your daddy did not die. (O '44)
Poliomyelitis. See Infantile paralysis
Polish literature
Lednicki, W. Life and culture of Poland. (N
•44)
Polish worker. Gross, F. (S '45)
Political action committee. See Congress of
industrial organizations. Political action
committee
Political characters of Shakespeare. Palmer, J.
L. (N '46)
Political clubs
Link, E. P. Democratic-Republican societies,
1790-1800. (Ag '42)
Political economy of population. Mukerjee, R.
(N '43)
Political handbook for women. Garrette, B. (S
Political history of Connecticut during the Civil
war. Lane, J. R. (F *43) (1942 Annual)
Political liberty. Carlyle, A. J. (Ap '42)
Political meeting places of the Greeks. McDon-
ald, W. A. (Ag '44)
Political parties
Germany
Heberle, R. From democracy to Nazism. (S
'45)
United States
Binkley. W. E. American political parties.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Cousens, T. W. Politics and political organ-
izations in America. (Mr '43)
Key. V. O. Politics, parties and pressure
groups. (O '42)
Lazarsfeld, P. F., and others. People's
choice. (Ap '45)
Schattschneider, E. E. Party government.
(Ag '42)
Willkie, W. L. An American program. (N
Political reconstruction. Loewensteln, K, (Ap
Political science
Barker, E. Essays on government. (Ag *46)
Beard, C. A. Economic basis of politics. (N
'45)
Benne, K. D. Conception of authority. (O *44)
Beukema, H., and others. Contemporary for-
eign governments. (O *46)
Blngham, A. M. Techniques of democracy
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Brynes, A. Government against the people.
(My '46)
Burckhardt, J. C. Force and freedom. (My
Burnham, J. Machiavellians, defenders of
freedom. (Je '43) *
Caldwell. L. K. Administrative theories of
Hamilton and Jefferson. (Ap '45)
Colllngwood. R. G. New Leviathan. (O '43)
Croce, B. Politics and morals. (Ap '45)
Friedrich. C. J. New belief in the common
man. (S '42)
Garner, J. W. Studies in government and
international law. (Je '44)
Gerbrandy, P. S. National and International
stability. (My '45)
Glaser, C. Administrative procedure. (My
'42)
Griffith, E. S. Modern government in action.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Harris. F. P. Neo- idealist political theory.
(My '45)
Horrabin, J, F. Outline of political geography.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Hudson, W. S. John Ponet. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
1224
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Political science — Continued
Johnson. A. 8. Clock of history. (Je '46)
La Bertie, B. de. Anti-dictator. (D '42)
Loewenstein, K. Political reconstruction. (Ap
•40)
Merriam, C. t B. Public and private govern-
Merriam, C. E. Systematic politics. (Ag '46)
Mlnar, E. L. Early Pythagorean politics in
practice and theory. (Ag '43)
Mises, L. von. Bureaucracy. (N '44)
Morgenthau, H. J. Scientific man vs. power
politics. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Mumford, L. Values for survival. (My '46)
Oakeshott, M. J. Social and political doctrines
of contemporary Europe. (S '43)
Orton, W. A. Liberal tradition. (Ag '46) (1945
Osgnlach, A. J. Christian state. (Ag '44)
Paine, T. Representative selections. (D '44)
Paterson, I. B. God of the machine. (Je '43)
Pennsylvania. University. Bicentennial con-
ference. Studies in political science and so-
ciology. (S '42)
Plato. Republic. (Je '42)
Plato. Republic; tr. by F. M. Cornford. (Ap
Reves, B. Democratic manifesto. (N '42)
Rou£ek, J. S., ed. Twentieth century political
thought. (S '46)
Shaw, G. B. Everybody's political what's
Wasserman, L. Modern political philosophies.
(O '44)
History
Agard, W. R. What democracy meant to the
Greeks. (S '42)
Carlyle, A. J. Political liberty. (Ap »42)
Coomaraswamy, A. K. Spiritual authority
and temporal power in the Indian theory
of government. (Ap '43)
Fink, Z. S. Classical republicans. (My '46)
Greek political experience. (Ag f42)
Lin. M. Men and ideas. (Je '43)
McKinley, S. B. Democracy and military
power. (Je *42)
Politics, Practical
Abrahams, L. It's all politics. (D '44)
Anderson, H. D., and Davidson, P. E. Ballots
and the democratic class struggle. (Ag '43)
Carlson, O.. and Blake, A. How to get into
politics. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Cousens, T. W. Politics and political organ-
izations In America. (Mr '43)
Key, V. O. Politics, parties and pressure
groups. (O '42)
Torrey, V. You and your Congress. (Ap '44)
Politics and morals. Croce, B. (Ap '45)
Politics and political organizations in America.
Cousens, T. W. (Mr '43)
Politics of mercantilism. Buck, P. W. (Ag '42)
Politics of this war. Harvey, R. F. (My '43)
Politics, parties and pressure groups. Key, V.
O. (O '42)
Polk county, Tennessee
Barclay, R. E. Ducktown back in Raht's
time. (D '46)
Polkadot of the Flying M ranch. Davisson, E.
D. (S '43)
Poll tax
Tennessee
Perryt J. Democracy begins at home. (N '44)
Pollock, Charming
Pollock, C. Harvest of my years. (Ap '43)
Polly Peters. Quigg, J. (D '42)
Polly Poppingay, milliner. Newman, G., and
Meyer, E. P. (D '43)
Polo, Marco
Hart, H. H. Venetian adventurer. (My '42)
Polymers and polymerization
Burk, R. E., and Grummitt, O. J., eds.
Chemistry of large molecules. (D '43)
Mark, H. P., and Raff, R. A. V. High
polymeric reactions. (Je '42)
Meyer, K. H. Natural and synthetic high
polymers. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Polynesia
Bryan, E. H. American Polynesia. (My '42)
Ponet, John, bp.
Hudson, W. S. John Ponet. (F '43) (1948 An-
nual)
Ponies
Legends and stories
Self, M. C. Ponies on parade. (Je '45)
Ponies on parade. Self, M. C. (Je '45)
Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick
Ponsonby. A. A. W. H, P. Henry Ponsonby.
(D '43)
Pontchartrain, Lake
Roberts, W. A. Lake Pontchartrain. (D '46)
Poo- Poo and the dragons. Forester, C. S. (O
'42)
The pool. Bumet, D. (S '45) tjox
Pool of memory. Oppenheim, B. P. (Ap '42)
Poor child. Parrish, A. (Mr '46)
Poor laws
Kentucky
Sunley, B. M. Kentucky poor law. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Poor man's doctor. Tryon, L. R. (8 '45)
Poor Richard comes to life. Franklin, B. (Ag
'42)
Poor Susan. Aldis, D. K. (D '42)
Pop Warner's book for boys. Warner, G. S.,
and Wright, L. (Ap '43)
Popes
Farrow, J. Pageant of the popes. (D *42)
Temporal power
Morgan, T. B. Listening post. (My '44)
Popes' new order. Hughes, P., ed. (Ap '44)
Poppadilly. Chalmers, A. (D '45)
Popular freethought in America, 1825-1850.
Post, A. (Ag '43)
Popular mathematics. Miller, D. D. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Popular medical encyclopedia. Fishbein, M. (N
'46)
Popular tools and materials. Johnson, W. H.,
and Fenn, I. M. (Ap '45)
Population
Burch, G. I., and Pendell, E. Population
roads to peace or war. (D '45)
Forsyth, W. D. Myth of open spaces. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Landis, P. H. Population problems. (Ap '44)
Milbank memorial fund. Demographic studies
of selected areas of rapid growth. (Je '45)
Mukerjee, R. Political economy of population.
(N '43)
Spengler, J. J. French predecessors of Mai-
thus. (My '43)
Thompson, W. S. Plenty of people. (Je '44)
Thompson, W. S. Population and peace in
the Pacific. (My f46)
Thompson, W. S. Population problems. (N
Weigert, H. W., and Stefansson, V., eds.
Compass of the world. (O '44)
Population and peace in the Pacific. Thomp-
son, W. S. (My '46)
Population problems. Landis, P. H. (Ap '44)
Population problems. Thompson, W. S. (N '43)
Population roads to peace or war. Burch, G.
I., and Pendell, E. (D '45)
Populist movement in the United States.
Rochester, A. (S '44)
Populist party
Rochester, A. • Populist movement in the
United States. (8 '44)
Poros (island)
Gray, P. S. People of Poros. (N '42)
Porosity
Eastwood, La V. W, Gas in light alloys. (O
'46)
Port of New Orleans. Sinclair. H. (S '42)
Port of New York authority
Bard, E. W. Port of New York authority.
(Ag »43)
Port of seven strangers. Knight, K. M. (N *46)
Port terminal operation. Lederer, B. H. (Ap
*45)
Portable Blake. Blake, W. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Portable Emerson. Emerson, R. W. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Portable F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, F. S.
K. (N '45)
Portable Faulkner. Faulkner, W. (S '46)
Portable Irish reader. Russell, D., ed. (S '46)
Portable Mark Twain. Clemens, S. L. (S '46)
Portable murder book. Jackson, J. H,. ed. (O
Portable novels of science. Wollheim, D. A., ed.
(D 45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1225
Portable Oscar Wilde. Wilde. O. (My '46)
Portable Rabelais. Rabelais, P. (S '46)
Portable Ring Lardner. Lardner, R. W. (N '46)
Portable Thomas Wolfe. Wolfe, T. (N '46)
Portable Woollcott. Woollcott, A. (Je '46)
Porter, Martha Byrd (Sprulll)
Porter, M. B. Straight down a crooked lane.
(O '45)
Porter, William Sydney
Juvenile literature
Nolan, J. C. O. Henry. (Mr '44)
Portrait in laughter. Kahler, W. (N '46)
Portrait of a marriage. Buck, P. S. (Ja '46>
(1945 Annual) ^ „ .,„,
Portrait of America. Crane, A., ed. (P '46)
(1945 Annual)
Portrait of Elmbury. Eng title of: Fair field.
Moore, J. C. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Portrait of Jesus. Eddy, G. S. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Portrait of Laurel. Thomas, K. C. (N '43)
Portrait of love. Nichols, M. a. (Je '44)
Portrait of New Netherland. Raesly, E. L. (Ag
'46)
Portrait of Shelley. White, N. I. (Ap »45)
Portrait painters, British
Russell, J. British portrait painters. (My *45)
Portraits
Sears, C. E. Some American primitives. (Ap
•42)
Portraits of our presidents. Pach. A. (My *43)
Ports of British Columbia. Rothery, A. E. (S
'43)
Ports of Piscataqua. Saltonstall, W. G. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Portugal
Civilization
Hilton, R., ed. Handbook of Hispanic source
materials and research organizations in
the United States. (Ap '43)
Description and travel
Colman, E. Portugal, wharf of Europe. (N
Portugal in quest of Prester John. Eng title
of: Land of Prester John. Sanceau, E. (Je
•44)
Portugal, wharf of Europe. Colman, E. (N '44)
Portuguese American poetry
Collections
Fitts, D., ed. Anthology of contemporary
Latin American poetry. (Mr '43)
Portuguese in Brazil
Marchant, A. N. De A. From barter to
slavery. (Ap *43)
Portuguese In Ethiopia
Sanceau, E. Land of Prester John. (Je *44)
Positivism
Marcuse. H. Reason and revolution. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Possess me not. Hanna, F. N. (Ag '46)
Possum Trot. Nixon, H. C. (Ap '42)
Post biographies of famous Journalists. Satur-
day Evening Post (periodical). (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Post scripts. Saturday Evening Post (period-
ical). (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Post stories of 1941. Saturday Evening Post.
(Ag '42)
Post stories 1942-1945. Saturday evening post
(periodical). (S '46)
Postage stamps
Masters, R. V. Stampography. (My *46)
Postal service
United States
Fowler, D. G. Cabinet politician. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Posted for murder. Rath, V. (O '42 )
Poster design. Biegeleisen, J. I. (S '46)
Posters
Biegeleisen, J. I. Poster design. (S '46)
Postmortem on Malaya. Thompson, V. M. (Mr
*43)
Poston, Arizona. Colorado River relocation
center. See United States. War relocation
Center, Poston, Arizona
Postwar economic problems. Harris, S. E., ed.
(Ag '43)
Postwar fiscal requirements. Klmmel, L. H.,
and others. (D '46)
Post-war industrialization of China. Fong.
H. D. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Post-war Jobs. Poynter, N. P. and H., eds. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Post-war markets. Howenstine, E. J.. ed. (N
'45)
Postwar monetary plans. Williams, J. H (O
'44)
Postwar planning in the United States. Gallo-
way, G. B. (Je '42)
Postwar planning in the United States. Twen-
tieth century fund, inc. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Postwar plans of the United nations. Lorwin,
L. L. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Post-war savings and investments. Sloan, L.
H. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Post-war standards for public libraries. Ameri-
can library association. Committee on post-
war planning. (Je '44)
Postwar taxation and economic progress.
Groves, H. M. (O '46)
Postwar wage stabilization. Johnsen, J. B.,
comp. (S '45)
Postwar world, by Hastings Eells [and others].
(Ag '45)
Post-war worlds. Corbett. P. B. (Ap *42)
Pot luck. Clark. R. (S '45)
Potash in North America. Turrentine, J. W.
(S '43)
Potash industry and trade
Turrentine, J. W. Potash in North America.
(S '43) ~"
Potsdam fUhrer. Ergang, R. R. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
Potter, Beatrix
Lane. M. Tale of Beatrix Potter. (D '46)
Pottery
Cox, W. E. Book of pottery and porcelain.
(Je *45)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Ceramic
arts. (Je '43)
Leeming, J. Fun with clay. (N '44)
Radtke, O. A. Keene cement craft. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Sempill, C. A. English pottery and china. (S
'45)
Poultry
Chapman, P. W. Chicken raising made easy.
(Ap '44)
Chapman, P. W. Victory barnyard. (N '43)
Hurd, L. M. Modern poultry farming. (Je '44)
Jones, R. E. Basic chicken guide for the
small flock owner. (D '44)
Taylor, J. C. Backyard poultry keeping. (S
Powder Valley pay-off. Field. P. (My '42)
Powder Valley showdown. Field, P. (Ap *46)
Powder Valley vengeance. Field, P. (My *43)
Power (mechanics)
Juvenile literature
Dunn, M. L., and Morrlsett, L. N. Power for
America. (Ag '44)
Power and flight. Jordanoff, A. (My '44)
Power for America. Dunn, M. L., and Mor-
risett, L. N. (Ag '44)
Power house. Comfort, A. (Ap '45)
Power in the Pacific. New York. Museum of
modern art. (S '45)
Power industry and the public interest. Twen-
tieth century fund, incorporated. (Ag '44)
Power of non-violence. Gregg, R. B. (D '45)
Power plants
Skrotzki, B. G. A., and Vopat, W. A. Ap-
plied energy conversion. (Mr *46)
Power system stability. Crary. S. B. (O '45)
Power unleashed. Samuels, M. M. (F *44)
(1943 Annual)
Power within us. Nt&nez Cabeza de Vaca, A.
(Ag '44)
Powerful long ladder. Dodson, O. (N '46)
Practical aircraft sheet-metal work. Prazer,
R. H., and Berthiaume, O. (S '42)
Practical analytic geometry with applications
to aircraft. Liming. R. A. (Ag *44)
Practical and theoretical photography. Blair,
J. M. (Ag '45)
Practical application of aluminium bronze.
Meigh, C. H. (Ag '42)
Practical applications of democracy. Huszar,
G. B. de. (My '45)
Practical book of oriental rugs. Lewis, G. G.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
1226
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Practical cogltator. Curtis, C. P., and Greens-
let, F., eds. (N '45) ,_ _ A
Practical construction of warships. Newton,
Practical] course in horology. Kelly. H. C.
Practical design of t welded steel structures.
Practical dog breeding. Peake, H. C. (My *46)
Practical emulsions. Bennett, H. (O '43) ^
Practical farming for the South. Bullock, B. F.
Practical fingerprinting. Bridges, B. C. (Je
'42)
Practical guide to successful farming. More-
land. w. S.. ed. (S '43) .,_
Practical index system. (Je '43) ^
nent research. Wiren. A. R..
engineering. Ford, L.
Practical management re
and Heyel. C. (S '46)
Practical marine Diesel
R. (1942, 1943) ^T
Practical marine electricity. Le Count, S. N.,
and Dusenbery, H. S. (D '45)
Practical marksmanship. Johnson, M. M. (O
'45)
Practical mathematics for shipfltters. Moss, L.
Q. (Je *42)
Practical mathematics of aviation. Downer.
A. E. (D '43)
Practical navigation. Cugle, C. H. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Practical occupational therapy for the mentally
and nervously ill. Haas, L. J. (Ap '45)
Practical outline of mechanical trades for
home study. Schaaf, W. L.. ed. (Ap '43)
Practical perspective drawing. Lawson, P. J.
Practical physics. White, M. W., ed. (N '43)
Practical psychology. See Woodworth, R. S.,
and Sheehan, M. R. First course in psy-
chology. (Ap '44)
Practical radio communication. Nilson, A. R.,
and Hornung. J. L. (D *43)
Practical radio for war training. Beitman, M.
N ( Je '44)
Practical supervision. Kaisem, P. J. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Practical wood patternmaking. Hall, J. R. (S
'43)
Practice in essential mathematics. Grossnickle,
F. E.. and others. (Ag '43)
Practice of idealism. Bingham, .A. M. (My '44)
Practice of printing. Polk, R. W. (F '46) (1945
Practice of religion. Grant. F. C. (Ap '46)
Practice of silviculture. Hawley, R. C. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Pragmatic test. Parkes.H. B. (S '42)
Prairie Chautauqua. Fargo, L. F. (Ja 44)
(1943 Annual)
Prairie city. Debo. A. (Je '44)
Prairie dog town. Raymond, M. T., and Mohr,
C. O. (Ag '42)
^., / M. T., and Mohr, C. O. Prairie
Pi-air?? guns.' Halleran. B. B. (Mr '45)
Prairie schooner caravan. Prairie schooner. (Ja
3. M. (F '47) (1946 An-
E. I. (S '42)
I. (D '45)
J. B. Personal recollections. (Je '42)
PButtrick. G. A. Prayer. (Ap '42)
~ "BS, P. Prayer for all men. (S '42)
>elt, F, A. Dialogue with God. (My '44)
jftoii. B. Root and flower of prayer. (My
Heard, G. Preface to prayer. (Ag '44)
Jenklns,_p. T. Prayer and the service of God.
_ _ Speaking of how to pray. (Ap
*45)
Strong, J. H. Jesus, the man of prayer. (S
Prayer and tha service of God. Jenkins, D. T.
Praye? b£?k interleaves Ladd,W. P. (Ap *42)
Prayer for a child. Field, R. I* <*>'*»
Prayer for all men. Charles. P. (8 1 '42)
Prayer for little things. Farjeon, B. (Je '45)
Prayer poems. Armstrong. O. V. and H.,
eomps. (Ap '43)
Prayers
Aldrich, D. B., and Stevens, W. O., eds.
Golden book of prayers. (Ap '42)
Dicks, R. L. Thy health shall spring forth.
(My *46)
Farjeon, B. Prayer for little things. (Je '45)
Fleming, D. J., ed. World at one in prayer.
(S '42)
Fox, S. F., comp. Chain of prayer across
the ages. JMy '43)
Harkness, G. B. Glory of God. (S '44)
Hayward, P. R. Young People's prayers. (Ap
Larsson, R. B., ed. Saints at prayer. (O '42)
Milligan, H. V., ed. Best loved hymns and
prayers of the American people. (Ap '43
Minute of prayer. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Sperry, W. L., ed. Prayers for private de-
^ votfons in war-time. (S '43)
Stroup, H. H., comp. Symphony of prayer. (D
Suter, J. W. Prayers of the spirit. (My '44)
Prayers and poems. Spellman, F. J. (Je *46)
Prayers for private devotions in war-time.
Sperry, W. L.. ed. (S '43)
Prayers of the spirit. Suter. J. W. (My '44)
Preacher looks at war. Poling, D. A. (O '48)
Preacher's kid. Haystead, L. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Preacher's voice. Craig, W. C., and Sokolow-
sky, R. R. (8 f45)
Preschlna
Allen, A. Art of preaching. (S '43)
Booth, J. N. Quest for preaching power. (Je
Craig, W. C., and Sokolowsky, R. R. Preach-
er's voice. (S '46)
Farmer, H. H. Servant of the Word. (D »42)
Freehof, S. B. Modern Jewish preaching. (S
Kirkpatrick, R. W. Creative delivery of
sermons. (Je *44)
Levy, B. M. Preaching in the first half cen-
tury of New England history. (Je '46)
Macartney. C. E. N. Six kings of the Ameri-
can pulpit. (Je '43)
Noyes, M. P. Preaching the word of God.
(O '43)
Oxnam, G. B. Preaching in a revolutionary
age. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Poteat, G. we preach not ourselves. (F '45)
(1944 Annual)
Scherer, P. B. For we have this treasure. (N
f44)
Sockman, R. W. Highway of God. (My '42)
Preaching from the prophets. Tates, K. M.
(Ap *43)
Preaching in a revolutionary age. Oxnam, G.
B. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Preaching in the first half century of New
England history. Levy, B. M. (Je '46)
Preaching the word of God. Noyes, M. P. (O
*43)
Preaching values in the Bible. Roach, C. C. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Precocity. See Children, Gifted
Predicament of modern man. Trueblood, D. B.
(O '44)
Predicting the child's development. Dearborn,
W. F., and Rothney, J. W. M. (O '42)
Preface to an American philosophy of art. Mc-
Mahon, A. P. (My '46)
Preface to logic. Cohen. M. R. (Mr '45)
Preface to maturity. Schwartz, S. S. (S '45)
Preface to Newman's theology. Benard, B. D.
(S '45)
Preface to Paradise lost. Liewis, C. S. (Ap '43)
Preface to peace. Callender, H. (Ap '44)
Preface to poetry. Cooper, C. W. (D *46)
Preface to prayer. Heard, G. (Ag '44)
Prefaces to peace. (S *43)
Bundesen, H. N. Baby manual. (O '44)
Carrinfrton, W. J. Safe convoy. (N '44)
Castalh), M. A., and Waix, A. Expectantly
Pregnancy
Bundesen, _..
Carrin&ton, W. J. Safe convoy.
-Jastalio, M. A., ' — '
yours. (Je '44)
Gallagher, R. Lady in waiting. (S '43)
Read, G. D. Childbirth without fear. (My
Prehistoric cave paintings. Raphael, M. (Je '46)
Prejudice. McWllliams, C. (Ag '45) (1944 An-
Prekaska's wife. Wheaton, H. (Ag '46)
Prelude to David. Bng title of: Many are the
hearts. Margetson, B. B. (O '46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1227
Prelude to invasion. United States. War de-
partment. (N '44)
Prelude to night. Stoddart D. (0 '45)
Prelude to silence. Brecht, A. (8 '44)
Prelude to victory. Reston, J. B. (S '42)
Prentice, William Kelly
Greek political experience. (Ag '42)
Prentiss, Seargent Smith
Dickey, P. C. Seargent S. Prentiss. (D '46)
Pre-Raphaelite tragedy. Gaunt, W, (S '42)
Preraphaelltlsm
Gaunt, W. Pre-Raphaelite tragedy. (S '42)
prescription for permanent peace. Sadler, W. S.
(N '44)
Present savings and postwar markets. Sllchter,
S. H. (O 744)
Presently tomorrow. Marshall. J. (S '46)
Presents from Pam Pam. Osgood, H. B. K,
(D '45)
Pre-service course in automotive mechanics.
Frost. J. V. (Je '43)
Pre-service course in electricity. Shea, W. C.
(Je '43)
Pre-service course in machine science. Le-
bowitz, S. H. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Pre-service course in shop practice. Kennedy,
W. J. (Je '43)
Presidency and the crisis. Koenig, L. W. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual)
Presidential agent. Sinclair, U. B. (Ag '44)
Presidential campaign and election of 1892.
Knoles. G. H. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Presidential campaign funds. Overacker, L.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Presidents (United States)
Goebel, D. B. and J. Generals in the White
House. (Mr '45)
Starling, E3. W. Starling of the White House.
(Ap '46)
Election
Lazarsfeld, P. F.. and others. People's choice.
(Ap '45)
Luthin. R. H. First Lincoln campaign. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Juvenile literature
Graham. A. P. Thirty-one roads to the White
House. (N '44)
Portraits
Pach. A. Portraits of our presidents. (My '43)
Powers and duties
Koenig, L. W. Presidency and the crisis. (Ja
•45) (1944 Annual) t , .ft
Milton, Q. F. Use of presidential power, 1789-
Rich4, 'B. M. Presidents and civil disorder.
(My '42)
Terms of office
Stein, C. W. Third-term tradition. (S '43)
Presidents and civil disorder, Rich, B. M. (My
•42)
Press
Germany
Ullstein. H. Rise and fall of the house of
Ullstein. (Ap '43)
United States
Bird, G. L., and Merwin, F. E., eds. News-
paper and society. (Ag '42)
Kobre, S. Development of the colonial news-
Seldes,rG. Facts are. (S '43)
rThayen F. Legal control of the press. (My
'45)
Press tools, See Machine tools
Pressing machinery t , .
Hinman. C. W. Die engineering layouts and
formulas. (D '43)
PrSanceftu°. E. Land of Prester John. (Je '44)
Pre-streased reinforced concrete. Billig, K. (Je
Pretorlan prefect from Commodus to Diocletian.
Prevention of repeated crime. Wane, J. B. (My
Preventhre medicine and public health. Smlllle.
Preview of history. Swing, R. G. (O '43)
Price, Thomas Frederick
Murrett. J. C. Tar heel apostle. (N '44)
Price and related controls In the United States.
Harris. S. JB. fN '45)
Price control. Kjellstrom, B. T. H., and others,
\Je 43)
Price control In the war economy. Hirsch. J.
Price for peace. Basch. A. (Je '45)
Price making in a democracy. Nourse. B. G.
(Ag »45) (1944 Annual)
PHceof free world victory. Wallace. H. A.
Price of liberty. Pezas, M. (Ap *45)
Price of peace. Beveridge, W. H. (8 '46)
Price of social security. Williams. G. R. (N
44)
Prices
A<??J?fl'/,2;o P; w*ftlm« Price control. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Baxter. ^W. J. No inflation coming! (F '45)
Berry, T. S. Western prices before 1861. (Ap
'k
'"
Hirsch, J. Price control in the war economy.
(Je 43)
Johnsen. J. E., comp. Federal price control.
(My *42)
K?n?Jne/,er'« E- w- A B C of inflation. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Kjellstrom. B. T. H.. and others. Price
control. (Je f43)
of
. M. B. W. and
Prevention, first aid and emergencies. Olson,
L. M. (D '46)
Marget. A. W. Theory of prices, v*. (My *4«)
Neal. A. C. Industrial concentration and
price inflexibility. (Ap »43)
Nourse, E. G. Price making in a democracy.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Schulu, T, W. Redirecting farm policy. (0
43)
Shepherd. G. S. Agricultural price control.
(Ag *46)
Stigler. G. J. Theory of competitive price. (S
Summers. R. B.. comp. Wages and prices.
Pricking thumb. Branson, H. C. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Pride's Fancy. Raddall. T. H. (F *47) (1946
Annual)
Pride's way. Molloy, R. (Je MB)
Priestess of the occult. Williams, G. L. M.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Priesthood In action. Conkling, W. B. (Ap '46)
Primacy of faith. Kroner. R. (O '43)
Primaries
Lovejoy. A. F. La Follette and the establish-
ment of the direct primary in Wisconsin.
(Je '42)
Primary and storage batteries. Lincoln, B. 8.
(Je '46)
Primate*
Hooton, B. A. Man's poor relations. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Prime of life. Hambidge. Q. (Mr *42)
Primer for America. Coffin. R. P. T. (Ag '43)
Primer for and about parents: Parents can be
people. Baruch, D. W. (D *44)
Primer for combat. Boyle, K, (D '42)
Primer for parents. Ashburn. F. D. (Ja *44)
(1943 Annual)
Primer for readers. Tenney, B, A, and Wardle.
R. M. (F '44) (1943 Annual!
Primer for star-gazers. Neely, H. M. (O *46)
Primer for teachers. Slattery, M. (Ja '41)
Prtmer42fotnwhtte folks. Moon, B.. *& (8 '«)
Primer of American antiques. Drepperd. C. W,
(Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Primer of celestial navigation. Favill, J. (O
Primer of electronics. Caverly, D, P. (J« *44)
Primer of navigation. Mixter, G. W, (My *44)
. , . ,
Primer of sculpture. Sllvercruys. S, (Asr *42)
Primer of the coming world. Schwarmichlld,
(S f44)
1228
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Primer on the prevention of deformity in child-
hood. Raney, R. B., and Shands, A. R.
(O '42)
Primitive education in North America. Pettitt,
G. A. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Primrose day. Haywood, C. (Ap '42)
Primrose league
Robb, J. H. Primrose league, 1883-1906. (D
•42)
Prince Godfrey. Gorska, H. (D '46)
Prince in their midst. Hanna, A. J. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Prince Prigio. Lang, A. (D '42)
Princess (aircraft carrier)
McCracken, K. D. Baby Hat-top. (S '44)
Princess Poverty. Maynard, S. K. C. (Ap '42)
erincesses and peasant boys. Fenner, P. R.,
ed. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Princeton university. Listening center
Childs, H. L., and Whit ton, J. B., eds. Propa-
ganda by short wave. (N '42)
Princeton verse between two wars. Tate, A.,
ed. (S '42)
Principal in the modern elementary school.
Lane, R. H. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Prlncipio to Wheeling. May, E. C. (My '45)
Principles and practice of chromatography.
Zechmeister, L., and Cholnoky. L. (S '42)
Principles and practice of industrial medicine.
Wampler, F. J., ed. (My '44)
Principles and practice of radio servicing.
Hicks, H. J. (S '43)
Principles and practice of rehabilitation. Davis,
J. E>. (Ap '44)"
Principles and practice of surveying; v 1, Ele-
mentary surveying. Breed, C. B., and
Hosmer, G. L. (Ag '45)
Principles and processes of light leather manu-
facture. Smith, P. I. (I> '43)
Principles for peace. Roman Catholic church.
Pope. (N '43)
Principles of aeronautical radio engineering.
Sandretto. P. C. (My '43)
Principles of anthropology. Chappie, E. D. and
C6on, C. S. (Je *42)
Principles of behavior. Hull, C. L. (Ag '44)
Principles of Christian ethics. Knudson, A. C.
(Ap '44)
Principles of Christian living. Smith, G. B. (O
'42)
Principles Of dairying. Judkins, H. F. (Je '42)
Principles of democratic supervision. Rorer,
J. A* (D '42)
Principles of dynamic psychiatry. Masserman,
JT. H-T (N *46)
Principles of electricity. Cornetet, W. H., and
Fox, D. W. (Je '43)
Principles of electron tubes. Reich, H. J. (S '42)
Principles of electronics. Kloeffler, R. G. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Principles of field and mining geology. For-
rester, J. D. (N *46)
Principles of firearms. Ballelsen, C. E. (S '45)
Principles of flying. (Je *43)
Principles of guidance. Jones, A. J. (S '45)
Principles of neat engineering. Bailey, N. P.
(Je '43)
Principles of ignition. Morgan, J. D. (S '43)
Principles of industrial process control. Eck-
man, D. P. (Ap '46)
Principles of mechanics. Synge, J. L., and
Griffith, B. A. (D '42)
Principles of metallographic laboratory prac-
tice. Kehl, G. L. (Je '43)
Principles of modern industrial organization.
Rautenstrauch, W. (Ap '44)
Principles of photographic reproduction. Mil-
ler, C. W. (Ap '43)
Principles of physical geology. Holmes, A. (O
'45)
Principles of physical metallurgy. Coonan, F.
L. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Principles of physics I. Sears, F. W. (D '44)
Principles of physics II: electricity and magne-
tism. Sears, F. W. (F »47) (1946 Annual)
Principles of physics in. Sears, F. W. (Ap *46)
Principles of powder metallurgy. Skaupy, F.
(O '44)
Principles of power. Ferrero, G. (O *42)
Principles of private international law. Nuss-
baum, A. (O '43>
Principles of radio. Henney, K. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Principles of radio. Henney, K. (D '45)
Principles of radio for operators. Atherton, R.
(Ap *4«)
Principles of systematic psychology. Griffith,
C. R. (My '44)
Principles of tool engineering. Bloom, R. R.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Principles of war. Clausewitz, K. von. (D '42)
Print, radio, and film in a democracy, Waples,
D.. ed. (My '42)
Printing
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Winship, G. P. Cambridge press. (Mr '46)
Printing, Practical
Hague, C. W. Printing for the schools. (Ap
Harper, H. D. Printing shop mathematics.
(S '43)
Johnson, W. H., and Newkirk, L. V. Graphic
arts. (S '42)
Polk, R. W. Practice of printing. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Rogers, B. Paragraphs on printing. (O '43)
Style manuals
New York (city). Public library. Style manu-
al for preparation of catalogue copy. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Printing for the schools. Hague, C. W. (Ap
'44)
Printing shop mathematics. Harper, H. D. (S
Printing trade
Loft, J. Printing trades. CD '44)
Printing trades. Loft, J. (D '44)
Prism and lens making. Twyman, F. (D '43)
Prisms
Twyman, F. Prism and lens making. (D '43)
Prison within prison. Roditi, E. (O '42)
Prisoner. Lothar, E. (Je '45)
Prisoner of the Japs. Dew, G. (Ag '43)
Prisoners of hope. Brooks, H. L. (My *42)
Prisoners of war
Flory, W. E. S. Prisoners of war. (Je '42)
Prisoners' quest. Read, D. H. C. (Je '45)
Prisons
Abramowitz, I., ed. Great prisoners. (My '46)
Barnes, H. E., and Teeters, N. K. New
horizons in criminology. (O '43)
Gillin, J. L. Criminology and penology. (N
'46)
Lindner, R. M. Stone walls and men. (Mr
•46)
Robinson, L. N. Jails. (Je '44)
Sellin, J. T. Pioneering in penology. (Je *45)
Shaw, G. B. Crime of imprisonment. (Je '46)
Teeters, N. K. World penal systems. (My
'45)
India
Barker, F. A. Modern prison system of India.
(O '45)
Japan
Tashima, T. New sun. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Pritchett, Henry Smith
Flexner, A. Henry S. Pritchett. (My '44)
Private adventure of Captain Shaw. Shay, E.
F., and Smith, K. (Mr *45)
Private Angelo. Linklater, E. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Private Breger in Britain. Eng title of: Private
Breger's war. Breger, D. (My '44)
Private Breger's war. Breger, D. (My '44)
Private Doakes and me I Taylor, H. C. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Private eye. Adams, C. F. (O '42)
Private international law. Wolff, M. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Private life of the master race. Brecht, B. (Ja
'46) (1944 Annual)
Private monopoly. Lasser, D. (D '45)
Private papers. Justema, W. (Je '44 )
Private Pepper comes home. Cavanah, F., and
Weir. R. C. (Ap '46)
Private Pepper of Dogs for defense. Cavanah,
F. (Mr '44)
Private^ Purkey in love and war. Phillips, H. I.
(S 42)
Private Purkey' s private peace. Phillips, H, I.
(Je '45)
Private reader. Van Doren, M. (Ap '42)
Private report. Roberts, K. (S '43)
Prize stories of 1943. O. Henry memorial
award. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Prize stories of 1944. O. Henry memorial award.
Prize stories of 1945. O. Henry memorial
award. (O *45)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1229
Prize stories of 1946. O. Henry memorial
award. (O '46)
Pro and con of the Ph.D. Atkinson, C. (D '45)
Probation and parole in theory and practice.
Pigeon, H. D. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Probation system
Pigeon, H. D. Probation and parole in theory
and practice. (P '44) (1943 Annual)
Probing our prejudices. Powdermaker, H. (N
Problem of Ezekiel. Irwin, W. A. (My '44)
Problem of India. Dutt, R. P. (O '43)
Problem of inter-American organization. Ball,
M. M. (Je *45)
Problem of pain. Lrfjwis, C. S. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Problem of war in nineteenth century economic
thought. Silberner, E. (O '46)
Problems in prejudice. Hartley, E. L. (N '46)
Problems of a changing social order. Gillette,
J. M., and Reinhardt, J. M. (Je '43)
Problems of lasting peace. Hoover, H., and
Gibson, H. (Ag '42)
Problems of men. Dewey, J. (Je '46)
Problems of New Testament translation. Good-
speed, E. J. (Ag '45)
Problems of post-war reconstruction. Jordan,
H. P., ed. (D '42)
Problems of the countryside. Orwin, C. S. (My
'46)
Problems of the Danube basin. Macartney, C. A.
(N '42)
Problems of the peace. Harris, H. W. (Je '45)
Problems *of the postwar world. McCormick,
T. C., ed. (S '46)
Procedures in evaluating a guidance program.
Wilson, P. M. (D '46)
Proceed without delay. St George, T. R. (S
'45)
Process equipment design. Hesse, H. C., and
Rushton, J. H. (My '45)
Process of persuasion. Miller, C. R. (Ap '46)
Process practices in the aircraft industry.
Klein, P. D. (Ap '43)
Proclaim liberty! Seldes, G. V. (S '42)
Proctor, Frederick Freeman
Marston, W. M., and Feller, J. H. F. F,
Proctor, vaudeville pioneer. (Ap '44)
Prodigal genius. O'Neill, J. J. (D '44)
Prodigal women. Hale, N. (O '42)
Produce trade
Taylor, H. C. and A. D. World trade in agri-
cultural products. (S '43)
Production and distribution theories. Stigler,
G. J. (Ap '42)
Production conference. Wolff, J. Li. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Production engineering in the aircraft industry*
Berghell. A. B. (Ap '45)
Production handbook. Alford, L. P., and
Bangs, J. R., eds. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Production illustration. Treacy, J. (Ap *46)
Production, Jobs and taxes. Groves, H. M.
(S '44)
Production -line technique. Muther, R. (S '45)
Productive thinking. Wertheimer, M. (My '46)
Profane virtues. Quennell. P. C. (S '45)
Profession, Choice of
Barrett, T. Your Job and American victory.
(O '42)
Brewer, J. M., and Landy, B. Occupations
today. (Ap '44)
Broadley, M. E. Square pegs in square
holes. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Faust, J. F.. ed. Girl's place in life and
how to find it. (Je '42)
Kitson, H. D., and Lingenfelter, M. R, Voca-
tions for boys. (Je '42)
Logie. I. M. R., ed. Careers in the making.
(S '43)
Nail, T. O., and Davis, B. H. Jobs for to-
day's youth. (My '42)
Pollack, P. Careers in science. (Ag '45)
Spiegler, S. Your life's work. (O '44)
Steefe, E. M. Careers for girls in science
and engineering. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Super, D. E. Dynamics of vocational adjust-
ment. (Ap '43)
Professional dentistry in American society.
Asgis, A. J. (Ag »42)
Professional education
American council on education. Guide to col-
leges, universities, and professional schools
in the United States. (My '46)
Professor at large. Duggan, 3. P. H. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Professor Skinner alias Montagu Norman. Eng
title of: Montagu Norman. Hargrave, J.
(Ap '42)
Profile by gaslight. Smith, E. W., ed. (My
Profitable labor relations and how to develop
them. Mooney, P. (Je '46)
Program for personnel administration. Evans,
J. J. (Ap '46)
Program of instruction In library schools. Met-
calf, K. De W., and others. (S '44)
Programs for library schools. Reece, E. J. (Je
'44)
Progress
Carlisle, N. V., and Latham, F. B. Miracles
ahead! (Je '44)
Cooley, D. G. Your world tomorrow. (Je '44)
Fisher, A. G. B. Economic progress and social
security. (Ag '46)
Knight, E. W. Progress and educational
perspective. (D *42)
Rochester, A. Capitalism and progress. (N
'45)
Progress and educational perspective. Knight,
E. W. (D '42)
Progress and problems in education for librar-
ianship. Wheeler, J. L. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Progress of Pan Americanism. Reynolds, T. H.,
ed. (D '43)
Progress of science, 1942. Grolier society.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Progress to freedom. Benedict, A. E. (My '42)
Progressive movement in Vermont. Flint, W.
A. (Ap '42)
Progressive party
Mowry, G. E. Theodore Roosevelt and the
Progressive movement. (Je *46)
Prohibited books
Craig, A. Above all liberties. (O '42)
Projectiles
Ley, W. Shells and shooting. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Projectiles, Incendiary
Fisher, G. J. B. Incendiary warfare. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Prokofieff, Serge
Nestyev, I. V. Sergei Prokofiev. (Ag '46 )
Prologue to appeasement. Cameron, E. R. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Prologue to New England. Howe, H. F. (My
Prolongation of life. Bogomoletz. A. A. (S '46)
Prominent among the mourners. Thomas. C. (D
•46)
Promise. Buck. P. S. (D *43)
Promise Hitler kept. Folkmann, A. (8 *45)
Promised land. Holbrook, S. H., ed. (N »45)
Pronouncing dictionary of American English.
Kenyon, J. S., and Knott. T. A., eds. (N
Proof4>of the pudding. Taylor, P. A. (A* f45)
Propaganda
Munson, G. B., ed. 12 decisive battles of the
mind. (Ap '42)
Ogden, A. R. Dies committee. (1944, 1946)
Seldes, G. Facts are. (S '43)
Stout, R., ed. Illustrious dunderheads. (N '42)
Waples, D., ed. Print, radio, and film In a
democracy. (My *42)
Warburg. J. P. Unwritten treaty. (Mr '46)
Bibliography
Smith, B. L., and others. Propaganda, com-
munication, and public opinion. (My '46)
Propaganda, British
Sargent, P. E. (Setting U S into war. (My
Propaganda, German
Bischoff, R. F. Nazi conquest through Ger-
man culture. (Ag '43)
Bornstein. J., and Milton, P. R. Action against
the enemy's mind. (D '42)
Derounian, A. Under cover. (S *43)
Ettlinger, H. Axis on the air. (N '43)
Farago, L., and Gittler, L.. F., eds. German
psychological warfare. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Fernandez Artucio, H. Nazi underground in
South America. (Ap '42)
Fraser, L,. M. Germany between two ware*
(Mr '46)
Hoke, H. R. Black mail. (O '44)
Hoke, H. R. It's a secret (Mr '46)
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Propaganda, German — Continued
Kris, B.. and Speler. H. German radio prop-
aganda. (S '44)
Sayers, M., and Kahn, A. E. Plot against
Sfngton?1!)?,' andyWeidenfeld, A. Goebbels ex-
periment. (Ag '43) ^^ §jnv
Torres, H. Campaign of treachery. (O '42)
Propaganda, Italian
Tories, H. Campaign of treachery. (O'42)
Propaganda by short wave. Childs, H. L,, and
^Tiitton, J. B., eds. (N '42)
Propaganda, communication, and public opin-
ion. Smith, B. L., and others. (My '46)
Propelleri, Aerial
Falk. K. H. Aircraft propeller handbook. (S
•43i
Glauert, H. Elements of aerofoil and airscrew
Nelson^'w. *C. Airplane propeller principles.
(Je '44)
Property
Clark son, P. S., and Warren, C. T. Law of
property in Shakespeare and the Eliza-
bethan drama. (Ag '43)
Coker, F. W., ed. Democracy, liberty, and
property. (N '42)
Property qualifications of members of Parlia-
ment. Witmer, H. E. (D '43)
Prophecies . f. .._.
Cournos, J., ed. Book of prophecy. (Ap *42)
Prophet and a pilgrim. Schneider, H. W., and
Lawton. G. (Je '43) ,^x
Prophet by experience. lams, J. (Ap '43)
"rates* K. M. Preaching from the prophets
Prophets and peoples. Kohn, H. (My '46)
Prophets of heaven and hell. Buxton, C. R.
(D '45)
Prose poems. Rimbaud, J. N. A. (My '44)
Von* Bernewitz, M. W. Handbook for pros-
pectors and operators of small mines. (O
r43)
Prospector in Siberia. Lied, J. (D '45)
Prospects and policies. Morrison. H. S. (Ag
'44)
Prosper! tor. Shields, M., and Woodward, D. B.
(Ag *ii)
Protect yourself. Mendell. B. I. (S '44)
Protection of coastal fisheries under interna-
tional law. Riesenfeld, S. A. (Je '43)
Protective and decorative coatings, v 1-2.
Mattiello, J. J., ed. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Protective and decorative coatings, v 3. Mat-
tiello, J. J.. ed. (D '43)
Protective and decorative coatings: v. 4, Spe-
cial studies. Mattiello, J. J., ed. (Je »44)
Protective and decorative coatings: v.5. Mat-
tfello, J. J., ed. (N '46)
Proteins
Abramson, H. A., and others. Electrophoresis
of proteins and the chemistry of cell sur-
faces. (Je '43)
Anson, M. L., and Edsall. J. T.. eds. Ad-
vances In protein chemistry, v 1. (My '45)
Block, R. J., and Boiling. D. Amino acid
composition of proteins and foods. (O *45)
Cohn, E. J.. and Edsall, J. T. Proteins, amino
acids and pep tides as ions and dipolar ions.
Sahyun, M.. ed. Outline of the amino adds
and proteins. (Ap '45)
Schmidt, C. L. A., ed. Addendum to The
chemistry of the amino acids and proteins.
Proteins, amino acids and peptides as ions and
dipolar ions. Cohn. E. J., and Edsall, J. T.
(D '43)
Protestant churches
Latfn America
Rycroft, W. S. On this foundation. (O '42)
United States
Abell, A. I. Urban impact on American
protestantism. (O '44)
Protestant Episcopal church in the U.S.A.
Chorley, E. C. Men and movements in the
American Episcopal church. (S *46)
White, W. Common sense theology of Bishop
White. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Catholic movement
DeMille, G. E. Catholic movement in the
American Episcopal church. (Ap '42)
Protestantism
Easton, W. B. Faith of a Protestant (My
'46)
Protocols of the wise men of Zion
Curtiss, J. S. Appraisal of the Protocols of
Zion. (S '42)
Proud lady. Crownfield, G. (N '42)
Proud people. Crichton, K. S. (Ap '44)
Proud riders. Davis. H. L. (Je '42)
Provence. Parlement
Belk, P. H. Judgment of the old regime.
(Ap '45)
Proverbs
Davidoft, H., ed. World treasury of proverbs
from twenty-five languages. (S '46)
Providence and government of Qod
Gilkey, J. G. God will help you. (D *43)
Lewis, C. S. Problem of pain. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Providing for unemployed workers in the tran-
sition. Lester, R. A. (My '45)
Provlncetown, Massachusetts
Vorse, M. M. H. Time and the town. (S '42)
Proving ground. Lowden, L. (My '46)
Prussia
Brecht, A. Federalism and regionalism in
Germany. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual),
Nobility
Martin, F. Junker menace. (S '45)
Politics and government
Muqcy, L. W. Junker in the Prussian admin-
istration under William II. (Je '45)
Prussia. Army „
Shanahan, W. O. Prussian military reforms.
(D '46)
Prussian military reforms. Shanahan, W. O.
(D '46)
Psychiatric murders. Michel, M. S. (Ap '46)
Psychiatric novels. Holmes, O. W. (Je '44)
Psychiatric primer for the veteran's family and
friends. Dumas, A. G., and Keen, G. G.
(My '46)
Psychiatry and the war. Sladen, F. J., eft. ^
Psychiatry for social workers. Lowrey, L. G.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Psychiatry in modern warfare. Strecker, E. A.,
and Appel, K. E. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Psychiatry of Robert Burton. Evans, B.. and
Mohr, G. J. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Psychical research
Baird, A. T., ed. One hundred cases for sur-
vival after death. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Carrington, H. Invisible world. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Garrett, EL J. L. Awareness. (Aj> '44)
Psychoanalysis
Alexander, F., and others. Psychoanalytic
therapy. (D '46)
Brill, A. A. Freud's contribution to psychia-
try. (N '44)
Brill, A. A. Lectures on psychoanalytic psychi-
atry. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Dalbiez, R. Psychoanalytical method and the
doctrine of Freud. (Je '42)
Fenichel, O Psychoanalytic theory of neu-
rosis. (My '46)
Fltigel, J. C. Man, morals and society. (D
Hinsie, L. E. Person In the body. (F *46)
(1945 Annual)
Hoffman, F. J. Freudlanism and the literary
mind. (O '45)
Horney, K.. ed. Are you considering psycho-
analysis? (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Horney, K. Self-analysis. (Ag '42)
Leyine, M. Psychotherapy In medical prac-
tice. (My 48)
Lindner. R. M. Rebel without * cause. (S '44)
Lorand, A. S., ed. Psychoanalysis today. (8
Lowy, S. New directions in psychology. (D
Sachs. H. Creative unconscious. (F *44) (1948
Annual)
Schilder, P. Goals and desires of man. (O '42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1231
Psychoanalysis today. Lorand, A. 8., ed. (S
Psychoanalytic theory of neurosis. Fenlchel, O.
(My '46)
Psychoanalytic therapy. Alexander F., and
others. (D '46)
Psychoanalytical method and the doctrine of
Freud. Dalbiez. R. (Je '42)
Psychological effects of war on citizen and sol-
dier. Glllespie, R. D. (My '42)
Psychological frontiers of society. Kardiner, A.,
and others. (S '45)
Psychological warfare
National research council. Committee on a
textbook of military psychology. Psy-
chology for the armed services. (O '45)
Warburg, J. P. Unwritten treaty. (Mr '46)
Psychologist looks at love. Reik, T. (N '44)
Psychology
Akhilananda. Hindu psychology. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Alexander, F. Our age of unreason. (N '42)
Blackburn, J. M. Psychology and the social
pattern. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Cole, L. W. Attaining maturity. (S *44)
Griffith, C. R. Principles of systematic psy-
chology. (My '44)
Hadamard, J. 8. Essay on the psychology of
invention in the mathematical field. (Ag
'45)
Harriman, P. L,., and others, eds. Twentieth
century psychology. (S '46)
Hunt, J. M.. ed. Personality and the be-
havior disorders. (O '44)
Jacobi, J. Psychology of Jung. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Deeper, R. Le win's topological and vector
psychology. (Ag '44)
Sargent, S. S. Basic teachings of the great
psychologists. (Ag '44)
Sherman. M. Intelligence and its deviations,
(Ag '46)
Sperling, A. P. Psychology for the millions.
(O '46)
Strecker, E. A., and others. Discovering our-
selves. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Symonds, P. M. Dynamics of human adjust-
ment. (D '46)
Thomdike, E. L. Man and his works. (D '43)
Woodworth, R. S., and Sheehan, M. R. First
course in psychology. (Ap '44)
Bibliography
Hawes, M. E3. What to read on psychology.
(N '42)
Methodology
Allport, G. W. Use of personal documents
in psychological science. (N '42)
Psychology. Applied
Benge, E. J. You— triumphant! (N '46)
Bisch, L. E. Your nerves. (My '46)
Bradley, D. J. Your problem— can it be
solved? (Je '45)
Buck, P. C. Psychology for musicians. (N
Burnett, V. E. You and your public. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Caner, G. C. It's how you take it. (O '46)
Cantor, N. F. Employee counseling. (Ag '45)
Clawson, J. Psychology in action. (F *47)
(1946 Annual)
Cobeland, N. Psychology and the soldier.
(S '43)
Dickerson, R. E. Understanding myself. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Farago, L»., and Gittler, L. F., eds. German
psychological warfare. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Geisel, J. B. Personal problems and morale.
(D '43)
Gilkey, J G. How to be your best. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Hepner, H. w. Psychology applied to life
and work. (Ag '42)
Hogue, H. G. Bringing up ourselves. (F '44)
(I94i Annual)
Kraines, S. H., and Thetford, B. S. Manag-
ing your mind. (8 '43)
Klinkel, F. In search of maturity. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Laird, D. A. and E. C. I* Technique of build-
ing personal leadership. (O '44)
Langer, W. C. Psychology and human living.
' "e J. u Feace of mind. (My '46)
Lurton, D. E. Make the most of your life.
(D '45)
Miller, C. R. Process of persuasion. (Ap *46)
Miller. J. H. Take a look at yourself. (Ag
Mowrer, E. R. Disorganization, personal and
social. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
National research council. Committee on a
textbook of military psychology. Psychology
for the armed services. (O '46)
Panzer, M. Get a kick out of living. (Je '45)
Selling:, L. S., and Ferraro, M. A. 8. Psy-
chology of diet and nutrition. (Ap '46)
Shacter, H. S. Understanding ourselves. (My
'46)
Smith, M. Handbook of industrial psychology.
(Ag '45)
Steiner, L. R. Where do people take their
troubles? (O '46)
Strode, J. and P. R. Social skills in case
work. (Ag '43)
Tiffin, J. Industrial psychology. (F '44) (1943
Annual)
Weston, S. A., ed. Finding your way in life.
(Je '43)
White, W. Psychology in living. (O '44)
Williams, R. J. Human frontier. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Wilson, M. How to live beyond your means.
(S '45)
Psychology, Comparative _
Armstrong, E. A. Bird display. (F '43) (1942
Annual)
Noble, R. C. Nature of the beast. (My *45)
Psychology, Pathological
American psychiatric association. One hun-
dred years of American psychiatry. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Bowlby, J. Personality and mental illness.
(O '42)
Brickner, R. M. Is Germany incurable? (Je
'43)
Brill, A. A. Lectures on psychoanalytic psy-
chiatry. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Cobb, S. Borderlands of psychiatry. (F f*4)
(1943 Annual)
English, O. S., and Pearson, G. H. J. Emo-
tional problems of living. (D '45)
Fink, D. H. Release from nervous tension.
(S '43)
Grinker, R. R., and Spiegel, J. P. Men under
stress. (D '45)
Hinsie, L. E. Person in the body. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Hunt, J. M., ed. Personality and the be-
havior disorders. (O '44)
Johnson, W. People in quandaries. (S '46)
Kraines, S. H. Therapy of the neuroses and
psychoses. (Ag '42)
Levine, M. Psychotherapy in medical prac-
tice. (My '43)
Lichtenstein. P. M., and Small, S. M. Hand-
book of psychiatry. (O '43)
Lowrey, Li. G. Psychiatry for social workers.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Masserman, J. H. Principles of dynamic psy-
chiatry. (N f46)
Moore, T. V. Nature and treatment of mental
disorders. (My '44)
Ray, M. B. L. Doctors of the mind. (O '42)
Rees, J. R. Shaping of psychiatry by war.
(My »45)
Schilder, P. Mind. (S *43)
Sladen, F. J., ed. Psychiatry and the war.
(N '44)
Strecker. E. A. Fundamentals of psychiatry.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Strecker, E. A., and Appel. K. E. Psychiatry
in modern warfare. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Strecker, E. A., and others. Discovering our-
selves. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Tomkins, 8. 8., ed. Contemporary psycho-
pathology. (S '44)
Wechsler, I. S. Neurologist's point of view.
(Ap §45)
Wise, C. A. Religion in illness and health.
(S '42)
Zilboorg, G. Mind, medicine and man, (Je
'43)
Zilboorg, G., and Henry, G. W. History of
medical psychology. (Ag *42) (1941 Annual)
Psychology, Physiological
Roberts, W. H. Psychology you can use. (Ag
43)
Scheinfeld, A. Women and men* (X> *44)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Psychology, Physiological — Continued
Seashore, C. E. Pioneering in psychology.
Tolman. E. C. Drives toward war. (Je '43)
Psychology, Religious
Holman, C. T. Getting down to cases. (Je
•42)
Hughes, T. H. Psychology and religious truth.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Johnson, P. E. Psychology of religion. (D
*46)
'Stolz, K. R. Church and psychotherapy. (Ap
'44)
Vann, O. Heart of man. (D '45)
Psychology and human living. Langer, W, C.
Psychology and religious truth. Hughes, T. H.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Psychology and the social pattern. Blackburn,
J. M. (Ja *46) (1945 Annual)
Psychology and the soldier. Copeland, N. (S
M3)
Psychology applied to life and work. Hepner,
H. W. (Ag '42)
Psychology for musicians. Buck, P. C. (N
Psychology for the armed services. National
research council. Committee on a textbook
of military psychology. (O '46)
Psychology for the millions. Sperling, A. P.
(O '46)
Psychology in action. Clawson, J. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Psychology in education. Starch, D.. and
others. (Ap '42)
Psychology In living. White, W. (O '44)
Psychology of adolescence. Cole. L. W. (S '42)
Psychology of adolescence. Garrison, K. C. (D
'46)
Psychology of diet and nutrition. Selling, L. S.,
and Ferraro, M. A. S. (Ap '46)
Psychology of efficiency. Bills, A. G. (P *44)
(1943 Annual)
Psychology of Jung. Jacobi, J. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Psychology of military leadership. Pennington,
L». A,, and others. (Ag '43)
Psychology of personnel. Beaumont, H. (Ap
*46)
Psychology of religion. Johnson, P. E. (D '45)
Psychology of sex relations. Relk, T. (O '46)
Psychology of women. Deutsch, H. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Psychology of women, v2: Motherhood. Deutsch.
H. (S '46)
Psychology you can use. Roberts, W. H. (Ag
'43)
Psychopathic dog. Sousa, J. P. (S *46)
Psychotherapy
Alexander, P., and others. Psychoanalytic
therapy. (D '46)
Barton, B. And now to live again. (D '44)
Levine, M. Psychotherapy in medical prac-
tice. (My '43)
Slavson, S. R. Introduction to group therapy.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Stplz, K. R. Church and psychotherapy. (Ap
Psychotherapy in medical practice. Levine, M.
(My '43)
Psychotherapy with children. Allen, F. H. (My
*43)
Public administration
New horizons in public administration. (N
•46)
Public and private government. Merriam, C. E.
(Je '44)
Public control of labor relations. Bowman, D.
b<X <F '4SLI1M2 Annual)
Public debt. Withers, W. (Ap '46)
Public documents and World war II. American
library association. Committee on public
documents. (S '43)
Public health
DJeuaide, F. R. Civilian health in wartime.
(D '42)
Ehlera, V. M., and Steel, E. W. Municipal
and rural sanitation. (Ap '44)
Freeman, A. W. Five million patients. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Qoldmann, F. Public medical care. (S '45)
Grant, A. H. Nursing. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mustard, H. S. Government in public health.
(Ap '46)
gmiley, D. F., and Gould, A. 0. Community
(Je H3>
Smillie, W. G. Preventive medicine and pub-
lic health. (S '46)
China
Sze, S. China's health problems. (Ag '44)
Europe
MacNalty, A. S.. and Mellor, W. P. Health
recovery in Europe. (S '46)
Georgia
Campbell, M. Folks do get born. (Ag '46)
London
Pearse, I. H., and Crocker, L. H. Peckham
experiment. (Ap '46)
United States
American public health association. Housing
for health. (N '42)
Cavins, H. M. National health agencies. (D
'45)
Public health nurse in action. Wales, M. (My
•42)
Public journal. Lerner, M. (My '45)
Public libraries in the life of the nation. Ros-
sell, B. S. (S '43)
Public library finance and accounting. Wight,
E. A. (My '44)
Public library service to business. Manley, M.
C. (Je '43)
Public medical care. Goldmann, F. (S '45)
Public men in and out of office. Salter, J. T.,
ed. (Je '46)
Public opinion
Bernays, E. L. Take your place at the peace
table. (My '45)
Blankenship, A. B. Consumer and opinion
research. (N '43)
Cantril, H. Gauging public opinion. (My *44)
Priedrich, C. J. New belief in the common
man. (S '42) *
Lrasswell, H. D. Democracy through public
opinion. (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Rope, F. T. Opinion conflict and school sup-
port. (Ap '42)
Bibliography
Smith, B. L., and others. Propaganda, com-
munication, and public opinion. (My '46)
France
Micaud, C. A. French Right and Nazi Ger-
many. ('Ap '44)
Great Britain
Bevington, M. M. Saturday review, 1856-
1868. (My '42)
McCallum, R. B. Public opinion and the last
peace. (My '45)
Indiana
Cummins, C. C. Indiana public opinion and
the World war, 1914-1917. (N '46)
United States
Brunei*, J. S. Mandate from the people. (S
Gibbs, P. H. America speaks. (Ag »42)
Kolbeck, Sister Orestes. American opinion on
the kulturkampf. (N '43)
Lrovenstein, M. American opinion of Soviet
Russia. (Je '42)
Lydgate. W. A. What America thinks. (N
Perkins, H. C., ed. Northern editorials on
secession. (N '42)
Waples, D., ed. Print, radio, and film in a
democracy, (My '42)
Public opinion and the last peace. McCallum,
R. B. (My '45)
Public opinion polls
Gallup. G. H. Guide to public opinion polls.
(S M4)
Public papers and addresses [second admin-
istration]. United States. President, 1933-
(F. D. Roosevelt). (Ag '42) (1941 Annual)
Public relations. Reck, W. E. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Public relations for higher education. Harral,
S. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Public relations, principles and procedures.
Sills, T. R. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Public rural electrification. Muller, F. W. (P
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1233
Public school broadcasting to the classroom.
Atkinson, C. (O '42)
Public schools
Pennsylvania
Mort, P. R., and Cornell, F. G. American
schools in transition. (D '42)
United States
Fisk, R. S. Pilblic understanding of what
good schools can do. (Ja '46) (1946 Annual)
Jackson, S. L. America's struggle for free
schools. (My '42)
Syrkin, M. Your school, your children. (O '44)
Public schools (endowed)
Hughes, D. W. Public schools and the fu-
ture. (S '42)
Public speaker's treasure chest. Prochnow, H.
V. (S '42)
Public speaking
Hoffman, W. Q. Speaker's notebook. (Je '43)
Prochnow, H. V. Public speaker's treasure
Reager,* R. C. You can talk well. (O *46)
Wright, C. W. How to speak in public. (Ap
Public spending and postwar economic policy.
Fine, S. M. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Public trusteeship. Heaney. N. S. (N '43)
Public understanding of what good schools can
do. Fisk, R. S. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Public utilities
United States
Barnes, I. R. Economics of public utility
regulation. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Baum, R. D. Federal power commission and
state utility regulation. (S '43)
Public worship
Coffin, H. S. Public worship of God. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Heimsath, C. H. Genius of public worship.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Montgomery, D. K. Why go to church? (Ag
'45)
Publicity
Baus, H. M. Publicity. (S '42)
Broughton, A. Careers in public relations.
(Je '43)
Burnett, V. E. You and your public. (F *44)
( 194:< Annual)
Fine, B. Educational publicity. (Je '43)
Fisk, R. S. Public understanding of what good
schools can do. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Ilarral, S. Public relations for higher edu-
cation. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Levy^ H. P. Building a popular movement.
Levy, H. P. Study in public relations. (S '43)
Loizeaux, M. D. Publicity primer. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Reck, W. E. Public relations. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Sills, T. R.f and Lesly, P. Public relations,
principles and procedures. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Publicity, primer. Loizeaux, M. D. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Publishers and publishing
Bowker lectures on book publishing. (Je '44)
Burlingame, R. Of making many books. (D
'46)
Hackett, A. P. Fifty years of best sellers,
1895-1945. (S '45)
Pratt, J. B. Personal recollections. fJe *42)
Putnam, G. P. Wide margins. <Je '42)
Directories
Literary market place, 1943. (Ag '43)
PUckler-Muskau, Hermann Ludwlg Helnrlch,
ftirst von
Gross, F. Grand seigneur. (S '43)
Pueblo Indians
Gllpin, L. Pueblos; a camera chronicle. (Ap
Art
•\dalr, J. Navajo and Pueblo silversmiths. (N
'44)
Puerto Rico
Brown, W. Dynamite on our doorstep. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Puffy goes to sea. Woodall, S. L,. (O '46)
Putaski, Casimlr
Manning, C. A. Soldier of liberty. (Mr '46)
Pull down to New Orleans. Ball, Z. (D *46)
Pullman strike. Lindsey, A. (My '43)
Pulmonary tuberculosis in the adult. Pinner,
M. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Pulsed linear networks. Frank, E. (Ap '46)
Pumas
Kennedy, B. Lady and the lions. (D '42)
Pumping machinery
Addison, H. Treatise on applied hydraulics.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Church, A. H. Centrifugal pumps and
blowers. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Graham, F. D. Audels pumps, hydraulics, air
compressors. (Ap '44)
Punch. Feuillet, O. (S '46)
Punch in, Susie! Giles, N. (O '43)
Punch with care. Taylor, P. A. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Pup Himself. Dennis, M. (D '43)
Pupil progress in the elementary school. Els-
bree, W. S. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Puppet man. Young, B. (D '46)
Puppies for keeps. Lathrop, D. P. (N *43)
Puppy for keeps. Hawkins, Q. (D *43)
Puppy stakes. Cavanna, B. (8 '44)
Pure theory of capital. Hayek, F. A. von. (My
'42)
Pure theory of law. Ebenstein, W. (Ja '46) (1946
Annual)
Purgatory street. McDougald, R. (D '46)
Puritan adventure. Lenski, L. (O '44>~
Puritan family. Morgan, E. S. (D '44)
Puritanism and democracy. Perry, R. B. (Mr
, '45)
Puritans
Levy, B. M. Preaching in the first half cen-
tury of New England history. (Je '46)
Morgan, E. S. Puritan family. (D '44)
Perry, R. B. Puritanism and democracy. (Mr
•45)
Plum, H. G. Restoration puritanism. (Ag '44)
Purser's progress. O'Reilly, T. (Ag '44)
Pursuit in Peru. Heberden. M. V. (S '46)
Pursuit of a parcel. Wentworth, P. (Je *42)
Pursuit of love. Mitford, N. (Ag '46)
Pursuit of understanding. Dunn, E. C. (D '45)
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergieevich
Fiction
Lambert, L. Pushkin, poet and lover. (S *46)
Pussycat's breakfast. Weil, A. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Put off thy shoes. Voynlch, E. L. B. (Je '45)
Put out more flags. Waugh, E. (Je '42)
Put out the light. Ens title of: Silence of the
sea. Bruller, J. (Ap '44)
Putnam, George Palmer
Putnam, G. P. Wide margins. (Je *42)
Putnam, Israel
Juvenile literature
Dean, L. W. Old Wolf. (D '42)
Puzzle for fiends. Webb. R. W.. and Wheeler,
H. C. (S '46)
Puzzle for puppets. Webb, R. W.. and Wheeler,
H. C. (D '44)
Puzzle for wantons. Webb, R. W., and
Wheeler. H. C. (O f45)
Puzzle in paint. Kootz, S. M. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Puzzle in petticoats. Kootz, S. M. (S '44)
Puzzle in porcelain. Grey, R. (D '45)
Puzzles
Filipiak, A. S. 100 puzzles. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Lariar, L. Bed and bored. (S '46)
Leeming, J. Fun with puzzles. (Ap '46)
Leopold, J. At ease! (Ap '44)
Proskauer, J. J. Puzzles for everyone. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Puzzles for everyon^ Proskauer. J. J. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Pyeshkoff, Alexei Maximovich. See Gorky, M.,
pseud.
Pyle, Ernest Taylor
Miller, L. G. Ernie Pyle album. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Pym, John
Hexter, J. H. Reign of King Pym. (My '42)
Pyro- and piezoelectricity
Cady, W. G. Piezoelectricity. (O '46)
Heising, R. A., ed. Quarts crystals for elec-
trical circuits. (O *46)
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Pyrometers and pyrometry
Wood,.W. P., and Cork, J. M. Pyrometry.
Pyrotechnics. Weingart, G, W. (Ap '44)
Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
Minar. B. L. Early Pythagorean politics in
practice and theory. (Ag 43)
Q-boat. Mason, F. W. (S '43)
Quacks and quackery
Steiner, L. R. Where do people take their
troubles. (O '46)
Quadrics
Coolidge, J. L. History of the conic sections
and Quadric surfaces. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Quakers take stock. Curtis, A. L. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Qualitative organic microanalysis. Schneider.
P. L. (O '4?)
Quality. Sumner, C. R. (N '46)
Quantitative analysis. Booth, H. S., and
Damerell, V. R. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Quantitative analysis, with applications to
agricultural and food products. Triebold,
H. O. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Quantitative chemical methods for engineering
students. Smith, O. M., and Sheerar, L. F.
(O '44)
Quantity theory of money
Niebyl, K. H. Studies in the classical theories
of money. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Quantum chemistry. Byring, H.t and others,
Quantum theory
Eyring, H., and others. Quantum chemistry.
Glass tone, S. Theoretical chemistry. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Reichenbach, H. Philosophic foundations of
quantum mechanics. (3 '46)
Quartz
Heising, R. A., ed. Quartz crystals for elec-
trical circuits. (O '46)
Quartz crystals for electrical circuits. Heising,
R. A., ed. (O '46)
Quebec (city)
History
De la Roche, M. Quebec. (S '44)
Quebec (province)
Hughes, E. C. French Canada in transition.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Ryerson, S. B. French Canada. (N '44)
History
Wade, M. French -Canadian outlook. (O '46)
Quebec. De la Roche, M. (8 '44)
Quebec to Carolina in 1785-1786. Hunter, R. (S
Queen City murder case. Bogart, W. (Je '46)
Queen of spades. Bailey, H. C. (Mr '44)
Queen of the flat-tops. Johnston, S. (N '42)
Queen was in the kitchen. McVicker, D. A. (My
'44)
Queen's awards. 1946. Queen, K., ed. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Queens die proudly. White, W. L. (Ag *43)
Quest for law. Seagle, W. (Ag '42) (1941 An-
nual)
Quest for moral law. Bby, L. S. (O '44)
Quest for preaching power. Booth, J. N. (Je
§uest for wisdom. Garnett, C. B. (N '42)
uest of the golden condor. Knight, C. (Je *46>
he question. Burnet, D. (N '45)
Question of expatriation in America prior to
Question of Henry James. Dupee, F. W., ed.
(D '46)
Questioned document problems. Osborn, A. 8.
(8 '46)
Questions and answers for deck officers. Norby,
H. (S '44)
Questions and answers for marine engineers.
Dinger. H. C.. comp. (8 '43) i
Questions of Lifu. Lattimore, E. 'F. (O '42)
Quezon, Manuel Luis
Quezon, M. L. Good fight. (Ag '46)
Quick brown fox. Burnett, W. R. (Mr *42)
uick construction. Siegele, H. H. (D '45)
Juick freezing. Pierce, A. L, (Ag '45)
Quicksilver. Davis, F. (O '42)
Quicksilver Bob. Lowe. C. B. (D '46)
3uiet center. Henrich, E. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
iuiet lady. Collins, N. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Suiet man. Purcell, P. (S '46)
Suiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas
Quiller- Couch, A. T. Mempries and opinions.
(Ag '46)
Quinine
Duran-Reynals, M. L. de A. Fever bark tree.
La Quintrala. Petit Marfan, M. (N '42)
Quit for the next. March, A. (My U6)
Quit you like men. Blmore, C. H, (Ap '45)
Quite contrary. Urmston, M. (Je '43)
Quiz book of the seven arts. Ranson, J., and
Pack, R. M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Quotations
Davidoff, H., ed. World treasury of proverbs
from twenty-five languages (S '46)
Henry, L. C., ed. 6000 quotations for all occa-
sions. (Ag '45)
Lawson. R. Watchwords of liberty. (S '43)
Mencken, H. L., ed. New dictionary of quota-
tions on historical principles from ancient
and modern sources. (Je *42)
Oxford dictionary of quotations. (Ag '42)
Prochnow, H. V. Public speaker's treasure
chest. (S '42)
Stevenson, B. E., ed. Home book of quota-
tions, classical and modern. (Ag '45)
Woods, H. F. American sayings. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Quoth the raven. Fischer, B. (N '44)
$ for murder. Layhew, J. (N '46)
Rabbis
Zeitlin, J. Disciples of the wise. (F '46) (1946
Annual)
Rabbit-go-lucky. Cote, P. N. (D '44)
Rabbit hill. Lawson, R. (N '44)
Rabbit who had four lucky feet. Jackson, K.
and B. (D '42)
Rabinowltz. Shalom (Shalom Aleichem, pseud)
Samuel, M. World of Sholom Aleichem. (Ap
'43)
Raccoon twins. Hogan, I. (O '46)
Raccoon twins. Tompklns, J. F. (D *42)
Raccoons
Legends and stories
Lang, D. On the dark of the moon. (D '43)
Race
Ashley-Montagu, M. F. Man's most dangerous
myth. (1942, 1943, 1945)
Bonger, W. A. Race and crime. (O '43)
Chandler, A. R. Rosenberg's Nazi myth. (Ap
*46)
Race and crime. Bonger, W. A. (O *43)
Race and democratic society. Boas, F. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Race and nation in the United States. Benians,
E. A. (Ag '46)
Race and rumors of race. Odum, H. W. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Race: nation: person. (S '44)
Race problems
Ashley-Montagu, M. F. Man's most dangerous
myth. (1942, 1943, 1945)
Boas, F. Race and democratic society. (Ag
•46) (1946 Annual)
Buck, P. S. What America mean* to me.
(S 43)
Du Bois, W. B. B. Color and democracy. (Ag
45)
Gallagher, B. O. Color and conscience. (O '46)
Hartley, E. L. Problems in prejudice. (N »46)
Huszar, O. B. de. comp. Anatomy of racial
intolerance. (S '46)
Laidler, H. W., ed. Role of the races In our
future civilization. (Je '43)
Landry. 8. O. Cult of equality. (Je '46)
Leiper, H. S. Blind spots. (F *46) (1944 An-
nual)
Linton, R., ed. Science of man In the world
crisis. (Mr '46)
Locke, A. Le R.. ed. When peoples meet.
(My 42)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1235
McWilllams, C. Brothers under the skin.
Race: nation: person. (& *44)
Race question and the Negro. La Farge. J.
Race, reason and rubbish. Dahlberg, G. (Ag
'43) (1942 Annual)
Race riot. Lee, A, M., and Humphrey, N. D.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Race with the sun. People, G. C. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Juvenile literature
Gronowicz, A. Sergei Rachmaninoff. (D '46)
Racial state. Jacoby, G. (Je '45)
Radar
Dunlap, O. E. Radar. (Ap '46)
Radiant life. Jones. R. M. (Ag '44)
Radiation
Bowen, E. J. Chemical aspects of light. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
De Ment, J. A. Fluorochemistry. (Mr '46)
Luckiesh, M. Applications of germicidal,
erythema! and infrared energy. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Stranathan, J. D. Particles of modern physics.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Radicals and radicalism
Alinsky. S. D. Reveille for radicals. (Mr *46)
Radio
Almstead, F. E., and others. Radio. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Almstead, F. E.. and Tuthill, F. R. L. Radio
materiel guide. (N '43)
Atherton. R. Principles of radio for operators.
(Ap '46)
Beitman, M. N. Practical radio for war train-
ing. (Je '44)
Boltz, C. L. Basic radio. (Je '44)
Brainerd, J. G., and others, eds. Ultra-high-
frequency techniques. (Je '43)
Coe. D. Marconi, pioneer of radio. (S '43)
Cooke, N. M., and Orleans, J. B. Mathe-
matics essential to electricity and radio.
(D '43)
Drew, C. E. How to pass radio license
examinations. (O '44)
Frey, A* R. Fundamentals of radio communi-
cations. (Je '44)
Gorder, L. O., and others. Fundamentals of
radio for those preparing for war service.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Hellman, C. I. Elements of radio. (My '43)
Henney, K. Principles of radio. (1942, 1945)
Hicks, H. J. Principles and practice of radio
servicing. (S '43)
Higgy, R. C. Fundamental radio experiments.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Jordan, E. C., and others. Fundamentals of
radio. (D '42)
King, R. W. P. Electromagnetic engineering,
v 1. (D '45)
Landry. R. J. Who. what, why is radio?
(S fii)
Lazarsfeld, P. F., and Stan ton, F. N., eds.
Radio research. 1941. (Ap '42)
Lazarsfeld, P. F., and Stan ton, F. N., eds.
Radio research, 1942-1943. (Ag '44)
Marcus, A. and W. Elements of radio. (Je
Morgan. A. P. First principles of radio com-
munications. (S '43)
Nilson, A. R.. and Hornung, J. L. Practical
radio communication. (D 43)
Ramo. S., and Whinnery, J. R. Fields and
waves in modern radio. (N '44)
Reck, F. M. Radio from start to finish. (Ap
Slurzberg, M.. and Osterheld, W. Electrical
essentials of radio. (O '44)
Suifern, M. G. Basic radio principles. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Terman, F. E. Radio engineer's handbook.
(O '43)
Timbie, W. H. Basic electricity for commu-
nications. (S '43)
• Tucker, D. J. Introduction to practical
radio. (O '46)
Tyler, K. S. Modern radio. (N '44)
Wang, T. J. Mathematics of radio communi-
cations. (My '441
Williams, H. L. Fundamentals of radio and
how they are applied. (Ag '46) (1946 An-
nual)
Williams, R. B.. and Scarlott, C. A. Radio— I.
(Je 43)
Biography
Bulman, D.. ed. Molders of opinion. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Gaver, J.. and Stanley. D.f eds. There's
laughter in the air! (Ag '45)
Dictionaries
Columbia broadcasting system. Radio alpha-
bet. (S '46)
Dunlap, C. H., and Hahn, E. R., eds. Elec-
trical and radio dictionary. (S '43)
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Coyne electrical school, Chicago. Coyne radio-
man's handbook. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
History
Dunlap. O. E. Radio's 100 men of science. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
McNicol, D. Radio's conquest of space. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
Installation on ships
Strichartz, M. H., ed. Marine radio manual.
Juvenile literature
Morgan, A. P. First radio book for boys. (D
Writers' program, Pennsylvania. Radio. (S
'42)
Yates; R. F. Boys' book of communications.
Laws and regulation
Robinson. T. P. Radio networks and the
federal government. (3 '43)
Short wave
Emery, W. L. Ultra- high -frequency radio en-
gineering. (D '44)
Kiver, M. S. U H F radio simplified. (O '45)
Ladner, A. W., and Stoner, C. R. Short wave
wireless communication. (Ap '44)
Young, V. J. Understanding microwaves. (N
Radio advertising
Sandage. C. H. Radio advertising for retail-
ers. (S '45)
Radio alphabet. Columbia broadcasting system.
Radio and English teaching. Herzberg. M. J..
ed. (Ap '42)
Radio and music
Chase, G., ed. Music in radio broadcasting.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Radio and the school. Woelfel, N., and Tyler.
I. K.. eds. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Radio apparatus
Testing
Turner, R. P. Radio test instruments. (My
*46)
Radio audience measurement. Chappell, M. N.,
and Hooper. C. E. (Ap '46)
Radio authorship
Lawrence, J.. ed. Off mike. (Mr f45)
Niggli, J. Pointers on radio writing. (S '46)
Roberta. H. De W., and others. Airlanes to
English. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Radio broadcasting
Chappell. M. NT, and Hooper, C. E. Radio
audience measurement. (Ap '45)
Chase, F. S. Sound and fury. (Je '42)
Childs, H. L., and Whitton, J. B., eds. Propa-
ganda by short wave. (N '42)
Columbia broadcasting system. Radio alpha-
bet. (S '46)
Cott, T. How to audition for radio. (S '46)
Crews, A. R. Radio production directing.
(Ap 45)
Ernst, M. L. First freedom. (Ap '46)
Floherty, J. J. Behind the microphone. (D
Landry, R. J. This fascinating radio busi-
ness. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Landry, R. J. Who. what, why is radio? (S
Lansing, M. F. Calling South America. (My
^azarsf eldr P. F. People look at radio. (F '47)
Lazarsfeld, P. F., and Stanton, F. N.. eds.
Radio research, 1*41. (Ap *42)
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Radio broadcasting — Continued
Lazarsfeld, P. F.. and Stanton, F. N., eds.
Radio research, 1942-1943. (Ag '44)
Lent. H. B. This is your announcer. (Ap '46)
National broadcasting company. NBC hand-
book of pronunciation. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Peet, C. All about broadcasting. (O '42)
Hanson. J., and Pack, R. Opportunities in
radio. (N '46)
Robinson, T. P. Radio networks and the
federal government. (S '43)
Rolo, C J. Radio goes to war. (Ap '42)
Seldes. G. Facts are. (S '43)
Siepmann, C. A. Radio's second chance. (My
Sill, J. Radio station. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Sioussat, H. J. Mikes don't bite. (Ap '43)
"Waller, J. C. Radio, the fifth estate. (N *46)
Waples. D., ed. Print, radio, and film in a
democracy. (My *42)
Wylie, M., ed. Best broadcasts of 1940-41
(Ap '43)
Sound effects
Creamer, J., and Hoffman, W. B. Radio sound
effects. (S '46)
War use
Dryer, S. IJ. Radio in wartime. (Ja. '43)
(1942 Annual)
Radio direction finders. Bond, D. S (O '44)
Radio drama in action. Barnouw, E., ed. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Radio entertainments. See Radio programs
Sarbacher, R. I., and Edson, W. A. Hyper
and ultrahigh frequency engineering. (N
Radio engineer's handbook. Terman, F. E.
(O '43)
Radio entertainments. See Radio programs
Radio frequency modulation
Hund, A. Frequency modulation. (Je '43)
Radio from start to finish. Reck, F. M. (Ap
'43)
Radio goes to war. Rolo, C. J. (Ap '42)
Radio In aeronautics
Mclntosh, C. H. Radio navigation for pilots.
Redfteld. H. L. Instrument flying and radio
navigation. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Roberts, H. W. Aviation radio. (Je '45)
tto, P. C. Principles of aeronautical
engineering. (My '43)
Radio in education
Atkinson, C. Public school broadcasting to
the classroom. (O *42)
Gordon, D. L. All children listen. (Ja »43)
(1942 Annual)
Herzberg, M. J., ed. Radio and English
teaching. (Ap '42)
Lazarsfeld, P. F.. and Stanton. F. N.. eds.
Radio research. 1941. (Ap '42)
Lazarsfeld, P. F., and Stanton, F. N., eds.
Radio research. 1942-1943. (Ag '44)
Levenson, W. B. Teaching through radio.
(O '45)
Wisconsin research project in school broad-
casting. Radio in the classroom. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Woelfel, N., and Tyler, I. K., eds. Radio and
the school. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Bibliography
Cooper, I. M. Bibliography on educational
broadcasting. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Radio in propaganda
Kris, B., and Speier, H. German radio propa-
ganda. (S '44)
Radio in the classroom. Wisconsin research
project in school broadcasting. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Radio in wartime. Dryer, S. H. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Radio materiel guide. Almstead, F. E., and
Tuthill, F. R. L. (N '43)
Radio measurements
Turner, R. P, Radio test instruments. (My
'46)
Radio navigation for pilots. Mclntosh, C. H.
(Je '43)
Radio networks and the federal government.
Robinson, T. P. (S '43)
Radio plays
Bacher, W. A., ed. Treasury star parade.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Barnouw, E., ed. Radio drama in action. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Benet, S. V. We stand united. (Ap '45)
Brecht, B. Trial of Lucullus. (3 '43)
Corwin, N. L. More by Corwin. (My '44)
Corwin. N. L. Thirteen by Corwin. (Mr '42)
Dane, C. The saviours. (S '42)
Lam pell, M. Long way home. (My '46)
MacLeish, A. American story. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Oboler, A. Oboler omnibus. (O '45)
Oboler, A. Plays for Americans. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Oboler, A. This freedom. (My '42)
Oboler, A., and Longstreet. S., eds. Free
world theatre. (O '44)
Weiser, N. S., ed. Writer's radio theatre,
1941. (My '43)
Wylie, M., ed. Best broadcasts of 1940-41.
(Ap »43)
Radio production directing. Crews, A. R. (Ap
•45)
Radio programs
Corwin, N. L. On a note of triumph. (Je '45)
Cuthbert, M. R., ed. Adventure in radio. (D
'45)
Gaver, J., and Stanley, D., eds. There's
laughter in the air! (Ag '45)
Van Doren. M., ed. New Invitation to learn-
ing. (O '42)
Radio receiver design, pt 1. Sturley, K. R. (Je
•44)
Radio receivers
Ghirardi, A. A. Radio troubleshooter's hand-
book. (1942, 1943)
Sturley, K. R. Radio receiver design, pt 1.
(Je '44)
Zepler. E. E. Technique of radio design. (Je
Radio research, 1941. Lazarsfeld. P.- F., and
Stanton, F. N , eds. JAp '42)
Radio research, 1942-1943. Lazarsfeld, P. F.,
and Stanton, F. N., eds. (Ag '44)
Radio sermons
Clements, B. Speaking in parables. (S '43)
Radio sound effects. Creamer, J., and Hoffman,
W. B. (S '46)
Radio station. Sill, J. (F '47) (194G Annual)
Radio telephone
Freedman, S. Two-way radio. (O '46)
Radio test instruments. Turner, R. P. (My *46)
Radio, the fifth estate. Waller, J. C. (N '46)
Radio troubleshooter's handbook. Ghirardi, A.
A. (1942, 1D43)
Radioactivity
De Ment, J. A., and Dake, H. C. Uranium and
atomic power. (Ja *46) (1945 Annual)
Shannon, J I. Amazing electron. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Radiographic inspection of metals. Zmeskal, O.
(F '44) (1943 Annual)
Radiography
American society for testing materials. Sym-
posium on radiography. (D '43)
Hilleboe, H. E., and Morgan, R. H. Mass ra-
diography of the chest. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
St John, A., and Isenburger, H. R. Indus-
trial radiology. (Ag '43)
Zmeskal, O. Radiographic inspection of
metals. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Radio's conquest of space. McNicol, D. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Radio's 100 men of science. Dunlap, O. E. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Radio's second chance. Siepmann, C. A. (My
*46)
Radiotherapy
Hart, A. These mysterious rays. (Je '43)
Radisson, Pierre Esprit
Nute, G. L. Caesars of the wilderness. (S '43)
Radium
Juvenile literature
Eberle, I. Radium treasure and the Curies.
(Ap '42)
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford
Hahn, E. Raffles of Singapore. (D '46)
Raffles. Wells, Z. R. and C. (8 '45)
Raffles of Singapore. Hahn, E. (D '46)
The raft. Trumbull. R. (S '42)
Raft, and Socrates asks why. Llnklater, E.
(Je '43)
Raft book. Gatty, H. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1237
Ragged edge. Karney, J. (Ap '46)
Rags' day. Hoke, H. L. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Raht, Julius Eckhardt
Barclay, R. E. Ducktown back in Raht's
time. (D '46)
Raiders' dawn. Lewis, A. (S '43)
Railroad ABC. Townend, J. (Mr '46)
Railroad avenue. Hubbard, P. H. (N '45)
Railroad for tomorrow, 1960. See Hungerford.
E. Pattern for a railroad for tomorrow. (S
•46)
Railroad land grants
Overton, R. C. Burlington west. (Ag '42)
Railroading from the head end. Farrington,
S. K. (My '43)
Railroading from the rear end. Farrington, S.
K. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Railroads
Bromley, J. Clear the tracks! (O '43)
Carlisle, N. V. Modern wonder book of
trains and railroading. (O '46)
Henry, R. S. This fascinating railroad busi-
ness. (Je '42)
Curves and turnouts
Kurtz, C. M. Track and turnout engineering.
(O '45)
Models
Marshall. D. Model railroad engineering. (S
•42)
Trainmen's manuals
Forman. H. W. Rights of trains. (Ap '46)
Trains
Beebe, L. M. Highball. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Beebe, L. M. Trains in transition. (Mr '42)
China
Chang, C. China's struggle for railroad de-
velopment. (O '44)
France
Doukas, K. A. French railroads and the state.
(S '46)
New England
Harlow, A. F. Steelways of New England.
(Mr '46)
United States
Beebe, L. M. Highball. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Farrington, S. K:. Railroading from the head
end. (My »43)
Farrington. S. K. Railroading from the rear
end. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Farrington, S. K. Railroads at war. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Hubbard, F. H. Railroad avenue. (N *45)
Hungrerford, E. Pattern for a railroad for
tomorrow (S '46)
Johnson, E. R. Railroads and public welfare.
(D '44)
Robertson, A. T. Slow train to yesterday. (O
•45)
Van Metre. T. W. Trains, tracks, and travel.
(1944, 1946)
Railroads and public welfare. Johnson, E. R.
(D '44)
Railroads and state
Johnson, E. R. Railroads and public welfare.
(D '44)
Railroads at war. Farrington, S. K. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Rain before seven. Brandel, M. (O '45)
Ram drop splash. Tresselt, A. R. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Rainbow. Wasilewska. W. (My '44)
Rainbow's end. Hader. B. H. and E. (D '45)
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Clark, E. G. Ralegh and Marlowe. (My '42)
Rampant refugee. Carlisle. K. 8. (Mr '46)
Ramparts of the Pacific. Abend, H. (Je '42)
Ramrod. Qlidden, F. D. (N '43)
Ranch life
Bennett R. H. Compleat rancher. (Je '46)
Call, H. F. Qolden fleece. (O *42)
Hammer, L. V. Short grass and longhorns.
(S '43)
Lavender, D. 8. One man's West. (My '43)
Swift, K. Who could ask for anything more?
(O '43)
Thorp, N. H., and Clark, N. M. Pardner of
the wind. (Ag '45)
Van der Veer, J. Few happy ones. (O '43)
Randolph family
Eckenrode, H. J. Randolphs. (D '46)
Randolph field, Texas. See United States. Ait
corps basic flying school, Randolph field,
Texas. (S '42)
Range rider. Kent, W. H. B. (S '43)
Ranger-commando Junior. Laws on, V. E. (O
'44)
Ranger Mosby. Jones, V. C. (O '44)
Ransoming the time. Maritain, J. (Ap *42)
Rape of Palestine. Ziff, W. B. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Raphael (Raffaelo Sanzio D'Urbino)
Raphael. [Paintings and drawings; introd.
by W. E. Suida]. (Ag '42)
Raphael. Raphael's drawings, by Ulrich
Middledorf. (My '46)
Rare hooked rugs. Kent, W. W. (Ap '42)
Raritan river
Wildes, H. E. Twin rivers: the Raritan and
the Pas sale. (Ap '43)
Rat began to gnaw the rope. Grafton. C. W.
(Ag'43)
Rathina. Cregan, M. (D '42)
Rationalism
Murphy, A. E. Uses of reason. (Ag '44) (1943
Annual)
Rationed rubber and what to do about it,
Haynes, W., and Hauser, E. A. (S '42)
Rauschenbusch, Walter
Bodein, V. P. Social gospel of Walter Rausch-
enbusch and its relation to religious educa-
tion. (D '45)
Sharpe, D. R. Walter Rauschenbusch. (Je
'42)
Raven. Williams, C. (Ag '44)
Raw material. La Farge, O. (S '45)
Raw materials from the sea. Armstrong, E. F.,
and Miall, L. M. (Ap '46)
Rawlings, Mrs Marjorle (Kinnan)
Rawlings, M. K. Cross Creek. (Ap '42)
Razor's edge. Maugham, W. S. (My '44)
Razzle-dazzle. Saroyan, W. (My '42)
Read 'em and weep. Spaeth, S. G. (F '46)
(1945 Annual)
Readability of certain type sizes and forms in
sight-saving classes. McNally, H. J. (Je
Reader. Goudge, E. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Reader. Infantry Journal, incorporated. (N *43)
Reader over your shoulder. Graves, R., and
Hodge, A. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Readers
Indexes
Rue, E., comp. Subject index to books for
primary grades. (My '43)
Reader's companion. Kronenberger, L., ed. (Je
•45)
Reader's digest
Bainbridge. J. Little wonder. (Ag '46)
Reader's Shakespeare. Deutsch, B. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Readiness is all. Eng title of: Days are spent.
Griggs, G. P. (Je '46)
Reading
Belts, E. A. Foundations of reading instruc-
tion. (S *46)
Bond, G. L. and E. Developmental reading
in the high school. (Ap '42)
Daniels, E. R. K. Art of reading poetry. (Ag
Dolch, E. W. Teaching primary reading.
(My '42)
Flesch, R. Marks of readable style. (My '44)
Hyatt, A. V. Place of oral reading in the
school program. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Lewis, N. How to read better and faster.
(Mr '45)
Luckiesh. M., and Moss, F. K. Reading as a
visual task. (Je '43)
McNally, H. J. Readability of certain type
sizes and forms in sight-saving classes. (Je
Richards, I. A. How to read a page. (Je '42)
Robinson, H. M. Why pupils fail In reading.
(Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Schutt, W. E. Reading for self -education. (N
'46)
Tenney, E. A., and Wardle, R. M. Primer
for readers. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Reading (elementary)
Bond, G. L. and R. Teaching the child to.
read. (Ag '44)
1238
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Reading aircraft blueprint*. Goff, F. X*, and
Novak. L. R, (O MS)
Reading and speaking foreign languages. Huse,
H. R. (O '46)
Reading as a visual task. Luckiesh, M., and
Moss, F. K. (Je '43)
Reading blueprints in the machine industries.
Dwlght. C. (N '43)
Reading engineering drawings. Bush, O. F.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Reading for an air age. Merriam, H. G., and
others, eds. (My '44)
Reading for self -education. Schutt, W. E. (N
Reading interests and needs of Negro college
freshmen regarding social science materials.
Daniel, W. G. (D *43)
Reagent chemicals and standards. Rosin, J. (D
Real estate business
Harkness, M. G. Brook of our own. (D '45 )
McMichael, S. L. How to make money in
real estate. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Smedley, D. O., and Robinson, L. Careers for
women in real estate and in life insurance.
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Real F.D.R. Klnnaird, C., ed. (Mr '46)
Real Italians. Sforza, C. (Ag '42)
Real jazz. Panassi*, H. (My '43)
Real property
Dumke, G. S. Boom of the eighties in south-
ern California. (Je '45)
Real Soviet Russia. Dallin, D. J. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Realistic philosophy of religion. Garnett, A. C.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Realists and nominalists. Carre*, M. H. (D '46)
Reality
Murphy, A. E. Uses of reason. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Renard, H. Philosophy of being. (Ja »45)
(1944 Annual)
Really the blues. Mezzrow. M., and Wolfe,
B. (D '46)
Realms of being. Santayana, G. (S '42)
Reason
Cam§, M. H. Realists and nominalists. (D '46)
Ferrt. N. F. S. Faith and reason. (O '46)
Murphy, A. E. Uses of reason. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Reason and revolution. Marcuse, H. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Reasonable shores. Stern, G. B. (Ag '46)
Reasoning
Burke, K. Grammar of motives. (Ap '46)
Rebel of Ronde valley. Snow. C. H. (D '43)
Rebel ranger. MacDonald, W. C. (Ag '43)
Rebel siege. Kjelgaard, J. A. (D '43)
Rebel without a cause. Lindner, R. M. (S '44)
A refcel yells. Willkte, H. F. (Ja *47) (1946
1 Annual)
Rebellion in the backlands. Cunha, E. da. (Mr
Rebellion of Leo McGuire. Davis, C. B. (8 '44)
Rebels and gentlemen. Bridenbaugh, C. and
J* H. (N '42 )
Rebirth in liberty. Lips, E. (Ag '42)
Rebirth of liberal education. Millett, F. B.
(Mr *45)
Rebirth ^ of the German church. Herman, S. W.
Rebuilding of Italy. Macartney, M. H. H. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Rebuilding our world. Sperry. W. L. (My '44)
Receive the gale. Wickes, F. G. (Ja '47) (1946
Annual)
Recidivists
Waite. ^J. B. Prevention of repeated crime.
Reciprocal trade agreements program. Pear-
son. J. C. (8 '43)
Reel proof ty
Pearson, J. C., Reciprocal trade agreements
RecUatfonfrom memory. Sale, B. (O '43)
Reckoning with life. Wilson, G. A. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Reconstruction
Swint, L. H. Northern teacher In the South.
(Je »42)
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Bane, S. L., and Lutz, R. H., eds. Organiza-
tion of American relief in Europe, 1918-
1919. (My '44)
Davis, H. B.. ed. Pioneers in world order.
(Ap *45)
Hoover, H. C. America's first crusade. (Mr
Kraus, H. International relief in action, 1914*
1943. (S '44)
Wilson, F. M. In the margins of chaos. (Ap
Germany
Mantoux, E. Carthaginian peace. (N '46)
United States
Mock, J. R., and Thurber, E. W. Report on
demobilization. (Ap '44)
Reconstruction (1939-)
Abend, H. Pacific charter. (Mr '43)
Abend, H. Reconquest. (O *46)
Alguy, J. S. Permanent world peace. (Je '43)
Alsberg, H. G. Let's talk about the peace.
(N '45)
America and the new world, by Norman
Angell and others. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Anshen, R. N., ed. Beyond victory. (D '43)
Bain, L. B. Chaos or peace. (F *44) (1943
Annual)
Baker, A. E., ed. Christian basis for the
post-war world. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Earth, K. Church and the war. (S '44)
Becker, C. L. How new will the better world
be? (Ap *44)
Bing, E. J. Five-year peace plan. (S '43)
Bonnet, H. Outlines of the future. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual) »
Borgese, G. A. Common cause. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Brandt, K. Reconstruction of world agricul-
ture. (My '46)
Brant, I. Road to peace and freedom. (Ja
'44) (1943 Annual)
Bruner, J. S. Mandate from the people.
(S *44)
Buchanan. N. S. International investment
and domestic welfare. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Buck, P. S. What America means to me.
(S '43)
Bush, M. E., and others. Citizen, plan for
peace! (My '44)
Canadian institute on public affairs. United
nations today and tomorrow. (N '44)
Chase, S. Goals for America. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
we are,travelling. (My ;42)
hevalier. S. War's end and after. \« «j
ilds, J. L.. and Counts, G. S. America,
Russia, and the Communist party in the
postwar world. (My '43)
Cljnchy, E. R., ed. World we want to live
in. (My '42)
Committee for economic development. Jobs
and markets. (Ag »46)
Condliffe, J. B. Agenda for a postwar world.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
yay >?L lj J«» Approaches to world peace.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Corbett, P. B. Post-war worlds. (Ap '42)
Cousins. N. Good inheritance. (Ap '42)
Culbertson. E. Summary of the world fed-
eration plan. (Je '43)
Culbertson, B. Total peace. (Ja '44) (194S
Annual)
of *"• n*tlon'- <A*
• netae- dan*er- <*
. N. Coming age of world control. (Ag
Bhowdown. (My '42)
Recognition {international law)
Graham, M. W. Diplomatic recognition of the
^ border states. (My *42)
Reconquest. Abend, H. (O *4«)
HeconaUtuting the League of nations. Johasen,
J. £}., comp, (Mr 44)
.A/io9 A
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Dunn, A. Arithmetic or revolution. (8 '44)
, . on.
S!?zl8u.F- ^ J"* win tne I*""*? (Je '43)
FltzRfbbon, R. H. ed. Global politics. (S '44)
Fowler, B. B. Food; a weapon for victory. (0
^^ ** Super'»°weil»' <A« **•> dW*
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1239
Gelber, L. M. Peace by power. (Je '42)
Gibbs, P. H., ed. Bridging the Atlantic. (My
Gollancz, V. Our threatened values. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Gonella, G. World to reconstruct. (8 '44)
Hand, J. Eastern Europe and the United
States. (D '43)
Harris, S. E., ed. Postwar economic prob-
lems. (Ag '43)
Holmes, J. H. Out of darkness. (Je '42)
Hutchinson, P. From victory to peace. (F
'44) (1948 Annual)
John a en, J. E., comp. Eight points of post-
war world reorganization. (S '42)
John sen, J. E., comp. Plans for a post-war
world. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Johnsen, J. E., comp. World peace plans.
Johnson, F. E., ed. Religion and the world
order. (Je '44)
Johnson, F. E., ed. World order. (Ap '46)
Joint commission of the Council for educa-
tion in world citizenship and the London
international assembly. Education and the
United nations. (D '43)
Jordan, H. P., ed. Problems of post-war re-
construction. (D '42)
Kazmayer, R. Out of the clouds. (Ap '44)
Kingsley, J. D., and Petegorsky, D. W.
Strategy for democracy. (Ap '42)
Kotschmg, W. M. Slaves need no leaders.
(Mr '43)
Kuhns, w. R., and others, eds. Return of
opportunity. (Mr '44)
Laski, H. J. Reflections on the revolution of
our time. (Ag '43)
League of nations. Economic, financial and
transit department. Transition from war to
peace economy. (My *44)
Loewenstein, K. Political reconstruction. (Ap
•46)
Lor win, L. L. Economic consequences of the
second World war. (Mr '42)
Lorwln, L. L. Postwar plans of the United
nations. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
McConnell, F. J., and others. Basis for the
peace to come. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
McCormick, T. C., ed. Problems of the post-
war world. (S '45)
Maclver, R. M. Towards an abiding peace.
(S '43)
MacLean, D. A. Dynamic world order. (8
MacNeil, N. American peace. (D '44)
Madge, C. Industry after the war. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Marriott, J. A. R. Federalism and the prob-
lem of the small state. (Ag '44)
Miller, H. H. Yours for tomorrow. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Mlllspaugh, A. C. Peace plans and Ameri-
can choices. (Ap *43)
Morrell. S. Spheres of influence. (O '46)
Motherwell, H. Peace we fight for. (Ap '43)
Mum ford, L. Values for survival. (My '46)
Muzumdar, H. T. United nations of the world.
(N '42)
Myer. W. E., and Cross, C. Education for
democratic survival. (My US)
Newfang, O. World government. (Je '43)
Noyes, C. E. Economic freedom. (Je '43)
O'Shaughnessy, M. J. Peace and reconstruc-
tion. (Ag_'44) (1943 Annual)
Owen, R. B. Look forward, warrior. (My '48)
Parkes, H. B. World after war. (Ap '43)
Peaslee, A. J. Permanent United nations.
(Ap '43)
People's peace, by representatives of the
United nations. (S '43)
Postwar world, by Hastings Bells [and
others!. (Ag '45)
Poznanakl. C. Rights of nations. (8 '45)
Prefaces to peace. (S '43)
Quinn, T. K. Liberty, employment and no
more wars. (Ag '44)
Raeburn, B., ed. Treasury for the free
world. (Mr '46)
Ranshofen-Wertheimer, E. F. Victory is not
enough. (Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
SchwarBschlld. L. Primer of the coming
world. (8 '44)
Shotwell, J. T. Great decision. (8 '44)
Silberman, D. United Europe— or else! (Ag
Smuts, J. C. Toward a better world. (Mr '44)
Society for the psychological study of social
issues. Human nature and enduring peace.
Sockman, R. W. Date with destiny. (8 '44)
Stewart, M. S. Building for peace at home
and abroad. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Stowe, L. While time remains. (O '46)
Trueblood, D. E. Predicament of modern
man. (O '44)
Voorhis, H. J. Beyond victory. (Je '44)
Wallace. H. A. Century of the common man.
(S '43)
Warbasse. J. P. Cooperative way. (Je '46)
Welles. S. Time for decision. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Toung, G. Federalism and freedom, (8 '42)
Religious aspects
Trueblood, D. E. Foundations for reconstruc-
tion. (Je '46)
Africa
Orizu, A. A. N. Without bitterness. (N '44)
Asia
Jaffe, P. J. New frontiers in Asia. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Canada
Brady, A., and Scott, F. R., eds. Canada
after the war. (F '45) (1944 Annual) ^
Newton-White, E. Canadian restoration. (My
'45)
China
Fong, H. D. Post-war industrialization of
China. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Pan, S. C. Y. China fights on. (Ag '46)
Sun, K. China looks forward. (Ag '46) (1944
Annual)
Taang, C. China's postwar markets. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
East (Far East)
Chou, K. Winning the peace in the Pacific.
(Mr '44)
Institute of Pacific relations. Security in the
Pacific. (S *45)
Peffer, N. Basis for peace in the Far East.
(Ag *43) (1942 Annual)
Europe
Baach, A. Price for peace. (Je '45)
Gue>ard, A. L*. Europe free and united. (My
'45)
Lanux, P. C. de. European manifesto. (8 '45)
MacNalty, A. 8., and Mel lor, W. F. Health
recovery in Europe. (S '46)
Scott, J. Europe in revolution. (D *45)
Steel. J. Future of Europe. (My '45)
France
Blum, L. For all mankind. (O '46)
Germany
Brailsford, H. N. Our settlement with Ger-
many. (O *44)
Frank. K. B. Germany after Hitler. (Mr '44)
Gerschenkron, A. Bread and democracy in
Germany. (My '44)
Graefenberg, R. G. Meet Mr Blank. (N *43)
Mauser, H. German talks back. (O '45)
How to end the German menace. (O *44)
Koch-Weser, E. F. U Hitler and beyond. (Ag
'45)
Lorimer. E. O. What the German needs.
(Ag •&)
Ludwig, E. How to treat the Germans. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Ludwtg, E. Moral conquest of Germany. (Je
Martin, F. Junker menace. (8 '45)
Minshall, T. H. Future Germany. (N '44)
Morgenthau, H. Germany is our problem.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Nizer, L. What to do with Germany. (Mr '44)
Richter. W. Re-educating Germany. (Mr '45)
Seger, G. H., and Marck. 8. K. Germany: to
be or not to be? (Ag ;44) (1943 Annual)
Wtakler, P. Thousand-year conspiracy. (Ap
Great Britain
Davison, R. C. Remobilisation for peace. (My
*45)
Hutt. W. H. Plan for reconstruction. (N *4€)
Morrison, H. S. Proapecta - " ' "
'44)
and policies. (Ag
1240
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Reconstruction — Continued
India
Moon, P. Future of India. (F '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Italy
Macartney, M. H. H. Rebuilding- of Italy. (Ja
•46) (1945 Annual)
Salvemini, G., and LaPiana. Q. What to do
with Italy. (O '43)
Sturzo, L. Italy and the coming: world. (N
'45)
Japan
Fleiaher, W. What to do with Japan. (Ap
'46)
Johnstone, W. C. Future of Japan. (Ag '45)
Lamott, W. C. Nippon. (Ag '44)
Noble, H. J. What It takes to rule Japan.
(Je '46)
Roth, A. Dilemma in Japan. (O '45)
Jews
Gottschaik, M.f and Duker, A. Q. Jews In
the post-war world. (Je '45)
Levant
Bonne, A. Economic development of the Mid-
dle East. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Netherlands
Vlekke, B. H. M. Netherlands and the United
States. (My '46)
Netherlands Indies
Emerson, R. Netherlands Indies and the
United States. (D '42)
Poland
Brant, I. New Poland. (Je '46)
Russia
American Russian institute. U.S.S.R. in re-
construction. (Je '45)
Dallin, D. J. Russia and postwar Europe.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Salisbury, H. Russia on the way. (S '46)
United States
Baruch, B. M.. and Hancock, J. M. Text
of official report: War and postwar ad-
justment policies. (Ag '44)
Bliven, B., and Mezerik, A. G., eds. What
the informed citizen needs to know. (D '45)
Bowies, C. Tomorrow without fear. (Ag '46)
Chase, S. For this we fought. (N *46)
Clark, J. M. Demobilization of wartime eco-
nomic controls. (Ap '45)
Galloway, G. B. Postwar planning in the
United States. (Je '42)
Harris, S. E., ed. Economic reconstruction.
(F '46) (1945 Annual)
Howenatine, E. J. Economics of demobiliza-
tion. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Kaplan, A. D. H. Liquidation of war produc-
tion. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Lester, R. A. Providing for unemployed
workers in the transition. (My '45)
Mock, J. R., and Thurber, B. W. Report on
demobilization. (Ap '44)
Nathan, R. R. Mobilizing for abundance. (Ap
Poynter, N. P. and H., eds. Post-war Jobs.
(Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Hugg, H. O. Now is the moment. (Ag '43)
Thomas, E. D. Four fears. (N '44)
Twentieth century fund, inc. Financing
American prosperity. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Twentieth century fund, inc. Postwar plan-
ning in the United States. (F '45) (1944
Annual)
Yugoslavia
Radin. G. Economic reconstruction in Yugo-
slavia. (N '46)
Reconstruction of world agriculture. Brandt,
K. (My '45)
Recovery of the historical Paul. Hawkins,
R. M. (My '44)
Recovery of vapors. Robinson, C. S. (D '42)
Recreation
Jones, A. M. Leisure time education. (S '46)
Snana*, E.. and Dunning, C. B. Recreation
and delinquency. (N '48)
Skidmore, R. A. Mormon recreation in theory
and practice. (S '42)
Slavson, S. R. Recreation and the total per-
sonality. (N '46)
Recreation and the total personality. Slavson,
Recruit for Abe Lincoln. Cormack, M. (F '43)
(1942 Annual)
Rectors of two Essex parishes and their times.
Austen, F. W. (S '43)
Red army. Berchin, M., and Ben-Horin, E.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Red canvas. Wallenstein, M. H. (My '46)
Red chipmunk mystery. Queen, E. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Red cock crows. Gaither, F. O. J. (Je '44)
Red fruit. Bailey, T. (Mr '46)
Red-haired lady. Corbett, B. F. (Ag '45)
Red heritage. Allen, M. P. (O '46)
Red hills and cotton. Robertson, B. (S '42)
Red house. Chamberlain, G. A. (Je '45)
Red is for murder. Whitney, P. A. (D '43)
Red light, green light. MacDonald, G. (N '44)
Red mittens. Bannon, L. (My '46)
Red morning. Frey, R. F. (S '46)
Red Orm. Bengtsson, F. G. (My '43)
Red pony. Steinbeck, J. (D '45)
Red prelude. Footman, D. (Je 45)
Red rain. Kark, L. (Mr '46)
Red Raskall. McMeekin, C. (N '43)
Red right hand. Rogers, J. T. (Je '45)
Red River valley
Pritchett, J. P. Red River valley. (Ap '43)
Red rods. Kayser, R. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Red roses for me. O' Casey, S. (Mr '44)
Red silk pantalettes. Harper, M. R. B. (N *46)
Red tractor. Corey, P. (N '44)
Red turban. Wilde, I. (O '43)
Red, white and blue auto/ Mitchell, L. S. (D
'43)
Red wind. Chandler, R. (Je '46)
Redemption
Robinson, H. W. Redemption and revelation
in the actuality of history. (Je '43)
Redirecting farm policy. Schultz, T. W. (O
'43)
Rediscovering South America. Franck, H. A.
(Ap '43)
Redistribution of incomes through public fi-
nance in 1937. Barna, T. (O *46)
Reed, Walter
Truby, A. E. Memoir of Walter Reed. (D '43)
Juvenile literature
Wood, L. N. Walter Reed, doctor in uni-
form. (S '43)
Reed & Barton, Taunton. Massachusetts
Gibb. G. S. Whitesmiths of Taunton. (S '44)
Reed and the rock. Maynard, T. (S '42)
Reed of God. Houselander, F. C. (Ag '44)
Re-educating Germany. Richter, W. (Mr '46)
Reference books
Hutchins, M. Introduction to reference work.
(D '44)
Toser, M. A. Library manual. (S '45)
Bibliography
Graham, B. Bookman's manual. (Ag *42)
Hirshberg, H. S. Subject guide to reference
books. (D '42)
Reference function of the library. Chicago,
University. Graduate library school. Li-
brary institute. (Je '43)
Reflections in a mirror. Morgan, C. (My *45)
Reflections on government. Barker, E. (Je '43)
Reflections on History. Bng title of: Force and
freedom. Burckhardt, J. C. (My '48)
Reflections on the revolution of our time.
Laski, H. J. (Ag '43)
Reformation
Belloc, H. Elizabeth: creature of circum-
stance. (S '42)
Refractories. Norton, F. H. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Refractory materials
Norton. F. H. Refractories. (F '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Refrigeration and air conditioning engineering.
Raber, B. F., and Hutchinson, F. W. (Je
•45)
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
Anderson, E. P. Audels refrigeration and
air conditioning guide. (F '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Jennings, B. H., and Lewis, S. R. Air con-
ditioning and refrigeration. (O '44)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1241
Manly, H. P. Drake's refrigeration service
manual. (D '44)
Pierce, A. U Quick freezing (Ag '45)
Raber, B. P., and Hutchinson, P. W. Refrig-
e ration and air conditioning: engineering.
(Je '45)
Venemann, H. Q. Refrigeration theory and
applications. (Ap '43)
Refugees
Rauschning, A. S. No retreat. (Je '42)
Refugees, Jewish
Tartakower, A., and Grossman, K. R. Jewish
refugee. (Ap '46)
Refugees, Political
Palencia, I. de. Smouldering freedom. (O '45)
Refuse and refuse disposal
American public works association. Commit-
tee on refuse collection and disposal. Refuse
collection practice. (Je f42)
Regional geography of Anglo-America. White,
C. L., and Foscue, E. J. (Ag '44)
Regional planning
Bettman, A. City and regional planning
papers. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Chase, S., and Tyler, M. Men at work. (Ag
Escritt, L. B. Regional planning. (Ag '44)
Finer, H. T.V.A: lessons for international
application. (Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Gutkind, E. A. Creative demobilisation. 2v.
(S '45)
Kizer, B. H. U.S. -Canadian Northwest. (My
Oxford. University. Agricultural economics
research institute. Country planning. (O
'45)
Stephenson, F., and Pool, P. Plan for town
and country. (My *45)
Van Sickle, J. V. Planning for the South.
(My '44)
Regional planning. Escritt, L. B. (Ag '44)
Regional United States. Logasa, H., comp.
(S '42)
Regionalism
United States
Mezerik, A. G. Revolt of the South and West.
(S '46)
Odum, H. W., and Jocher, K. C., eds. In
search of the regional balance of America.
(S '46)
Regions of Germany. Dickinson, R. E. (Ap '46 )
Regulation of stock exchange members. Vernon,
R. (My '42)
Regulators. Degenhard, W. (Je '43)
Regulatory administration. Graham, G. A.,
and Reining, H., eds. (Ja *44) (1943 An-
nual)
Rehabilitation
Waite, J. B. Prevention of repeated crime.
(My »44)
Rehabilitation. Sweeney, M. A. (D '46)
Rehabilitation of the tuberculous. Pattison, H.
A. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Rehabilitation of the war injured. Doherty, W.
B., and Runes, D. D., eds. (D '43)
Rehousing of Britain. Madge, J. (D *45)
Reign of King Pym. Hexter, J. H. (My '42)
Reinforced concrete and masonry structures.
Hopl, G A., and Kinne, W. S., eds. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Relativity
Lanz, H. In quest of morals. (Ag '42)
Relativity (physics)
Bergmann, P. G. Introduction to the theory
of relativity. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Einstein, A. Meaning of relativity. (S f45)
Lieber, L. R. Einstein theory of relativity (F
'46) (1945 Annual)
Reichenbach. H. Prom Copernicus to Ein-
stein. (S '42)
Relaxation. Rathbone, J. L. (Ag '44)
Relay engineering. Packard, C. A. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Release. Daily, S. (My '42)
Release from nervous tension. Pink, D. H. (S
*43)
Release the lark. Black, J. (Ag '46)
Relevance of the Bible. Rowley, H. H. (P '45)
(1944 Annual)
Relevance of the prophets. Scott, R. B. Y. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
Relief and rehabilitation. Warhaftig, Z. (N »45)
Relief and social security. Meriam, L. (D '46)
Relief practice in a family agency. Community
service society of N.Y. Family service. (N
'43)
Relief print. Watson. E. W., and Kent, N., eds.
(Ap '46)
Religion
Conference on science, philosophy and re-
ligion in their relation to the democratic
way of life. Approaches to world peace.
(Ag '45) (1944 Annual)
Conference on the scientific spirit and demo-
cratic faith. Scientific spirit and democratic
faith. (N '44)
Garnett, A. C. Realistic philosophy of re-
ligion. (F *43) (1942 Annual)
Houf, H. T. What religion is and doen. (S
'45)
Hughes, T. H. Psychology and religious truth.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Mencken, H. L. Treatise on the gods. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Murray, G. Stoic, Christian and humanist.
Waterman, L. Religion faces the world crisis.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Werfel, F. V. Between heaven and earth. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Perm, V. T. A., ed. Encyclopedia of religion.
(Je '46)
Philosophy
Fechner, G. T. Religion of a scientist. (S '46)
Heard, G. Eternal gospel. (D '46)
Huxley, A. L. Perennial philosophy. (N '45)
Kroner, R. How do we know God? (S '43)
Martin, J. A. Empirical philosophies of re-
ligion. (D '46)
Nevms, W. N. Religion as experience and
Schmidt. K? Prom science to God. (S '44)
Trueblood, D. E. Logic of belief. (Ag '42)
Tsanoff. R. A. Religious crossroads. (N '42)
Wodehouse, H. One kind of religion. (D *45)
Religion and education. See Sperry, W. L., ed.
Religion in the post-war world, v4. (N '46)
Religion and empire. Wright. L. B. (O *43)
Religion and health. Hiltner, S. (My '43)
Religion and literature
Mims, E. Great writers as interpreters of
religion. (D '45)
Religion and our divided denominations. See
Sperry, W. L., ed. Religion in the post-war
world, v 1. (N '45)
Religion and our racial tensions. See Sperry,
W. L., ed. Religion in the post-war world,
v3. (N '45)
Religion and science
FerrS, N. P. S. Faith and reason. (O '46)
Hocking, W. E. Science and the idea of God.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Knox, R. A. God and the atom. (Mr '46)
Lindsay, A. D. Religion, science, and society
in the modern world. (Ag '43)
Needham. J. Time: the refreshing river. (O
'43)
O'Brien, J. A. Truths men live by. (S '46)
Raven, C. E. Science, religion, and the fu-
ture. (S '43)
Reeve, J. J. World of energy. (My '43)
Tute, R. C. After materialism— -what T (S *45)
Religion and sociology
Johnson, F. E., ea. Religion and the world
order. (Je '44)
Wach, J. Sociology of religion. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Yinger, J. M. Religion in the struggle for
power. (S '46)
Religion and the issues of life. Lyman, E. W.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Religion and the present crisis. Knox. J., ed.
(Ag '42)
Religion and the state. Greene, E. B. (Ap '42)
Religion and the world of tomorrow. Van Kirk,
W. W. (Ap '42)
Religion and the world order. Johnson, P. E,,
ed. (Je '44)
Religion as experience and truth. Neviua, W.
N. (Ap '42)
Religion races the world crisis. Waterman. L.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Religion for today. Myers, A. J. W. (S '42)
Religion in America. Sperry, W. I* (Ag '46)
Religion in colonial America. Sweet, W. W. (N
•42)
1242
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Religion in higher education among Negroes.
McKinney, R, I. (O '45)
Religion in illness and health. Wise, C. A. (S
•42)
Religion in literature
Adams, H. H. English domestic or homiletlc
tragedy. 1575 to 1642. (Ag '44)
Battenhouse, R. W. Marlowe's Tamburlaine.
(S '42)
Braswell, W. Melville's religious thought.
(My '44)
Fair-child, H. N. Religious trends in English
poetry, v2. (Ap '43)
Religion in Russia. Casey, R. P. (My '46)
Religion in Soviet Russia, 1917-1942. Timasheff,
N. S. (D '42)
Religion in the post-war world, 4v. Sperry, W.
L., ed. (N '45)
Religion in the struggle for power. Yinger, J. M.
(S '46)
Religion of a scientist. Fechner, G. T. (S *46)
Religion of Dr Johnson. Cairns, W. T. (N '46)
Religion of soldier and sailor. See Sperry, W.
L., ed. Religion in the post-war world.
v2. (N '45)
Religion of tomorrow. Boodin, J. ID. (Ag '44)
(1943 Annual)
Religion, science, and society in the modern
world. Lindsay, A. D. (Ag '43)
Religions
Ballou. R. O., ed. World Bible. (Ag '44)
Champion, S. G., comp. Eleven religions and
their proverbial lore. (O *45)
Hawkridge. E. Wisdom tree. (D '45)
Jurji, E. J., ed. Great religions of the mod-
ern world. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Storrs, C. E. Many creeds, one cross. (Ap
'45)
Examinations, questions, etc.
Hall, F. F. Your faith and your neighbor's.
(Je '46)
Religions (proposed, universal, etc.)
Aiken, J. R. R. Common sense religion. (Ag
Religious and philosophical aspects of van
Helmont's science and medicine. Pagel, W.
(D '44)
Religious availability of Whltehead's God. Ely,
S. L. (D '42)
Religious counseling of college students. Mer-
riam, T. W., and others. (N '43)
Religious crossroads. Tsanoff, R. A. (N '42)
Religious drama
Gardiner, H. C. Mysteries' end. (Ag '46)
Religious education
Bower, W. C. Christ and Christian education.
(Ag '43)
Bower, W. C. Church and state in educa-
tion. (Ag *44)
Elwell, C. E. Influence of the enlightenment
on the Catholic theory of religious educa-
tion in France. (Ag '44)
Hauser, C. A. Teaching religion in the pub-
lic school. (Je '42)
Jones, M. A. Faith of our children. (Ag '43)
Lindhorst, F. A. Minister teaches religion.
(My '46)
Miller, R. C. Guide for church school teachers.
(D '43)
Moody, M. O., and Eakin, F. Your child's
religion. (D '42)
Myers, A. J. W. Religion for today. (S '42)
Sherrill, L. J. Rise of Christian education.
(Ag '44)
Slattery. M. Primer for teachers. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Smith, H. S. Faith and nurture. (Ag '42)
(1941 Annual)
Sperry, W. L., ed. Religion in the post-war
Williams. J. P. New education and religion.
(My '45)
Textbooks
Phelps, F. B. Let's get to know God. (My
45)
Religious leaders of America. (Ag '42)
Religious liberty
Bates, M. S. Religious liberty. (O '45)
Greene. E. B. Reliidon and the state. (Ap »42)
H™*'' 1**™* Uber* m latin
Arica'(Ap .
Myers, G. History of bigotry in the United
states. (S 43)
Religious liberty. Bates, M. S. (O '45)
Religious liberty in Latin America? Howard,
G. P. (Ap '45)
Religious literature
Collections
Huxley, A. L. Perennial philosophy. (N '45)
Kepler, T. S., comp. Contemporary religious
thought. (Ap '42)
Smith. R. P., ed. Tree of life. (Ap '43)
Religious poetry
Armstrong. 0. V. and H., comps. Prayer
poems. (An '43)
Brooks, W. H. Pastor's voice, (N '45)
Bibliography
Brown, C. F., and Robbins, R. H. Index of
Middle English verse, (tf '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Religious thought
Hromadka, J. L. Doom and resurrection.
(Ap '45)
McConnell, F. J. Evangelicals, revolutionists
and idealists. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Macfarland, C. S. Digest of Christian think-
ing. (Ag '42)
Macfarland, C. S. Survey of religious litera-
ture. (Ag '44)
White, H. C. Social criticism in popular re-
ligious literature of the sixteenth century.
(Ag '44)
Willey, B. Seventeenth century background.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Woodruff, D., ed. For Hilaire Belloc. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Religious trends in English poetry, v2. Fair-
child, H. N. (Ap '43)
Reluctant hussy. Burke, R. (O '46)
Remaking America. Carter, J. F. (Mr '42)
Rembrandt Hermanazoon van Riln
Landsberger. F. Remorandt, the Jews and
the Bible. (N '46)
Rembrandt, the Jews and the Bible. Lands-
berger, F. (N '46i
Remember Greece. Powell, D. (O *43)
Remember Matt Boyer. Huntington, H. (Ja '45)
(1944 Annual)
Remember Pearl harbor! Clark. T. B. (My *42)
Remember the shadows. Duncan. D. (Je 44)
Remembered anger. Albrand, M. (Mr '46)
Remembered death. Christie. A. M. (Mr '46)
Remembrance of Amherst. Hammond, W. G.
Remind me to forget. Daw son. C. B. (My '42)
Reminiscence and ravioli. Standen, N. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Reminiscences. Gorky. M. (8 '46)
Remobilisation for peace. Davlson, R. C. (My
'45)
Renaissance
Battenhouse, R. W. Marlowe's Tamburlaine.
(S '42) ,
Benesch, O. Art of the renaissance in north-
ern Europe. (Je '46)
Martin, A. W. O. von. Sociology of the
renaissance. (Ap '46)
Italy
Taylor, R. E. No royal road. (S '43)
Renaissance guides to books. Taylor, A. (O '46)
Renaissance in the north. Allen, W. G. (N '46)
Renaissance literary criticism. Hall, V. (My
46)
Render unto Caesar. (Je '44)
Rendezvous. Holmes, W. J. (Mr *43)
Rendezvous by submarine. Ingham, T. (N '45)
Rendezvous on Mindanao. Linen, F. N. (Ap
46)
Rendezvous with America. Tolson, M. B. (D
Rendezvous with destin>. Roosevelt, F. D.
Rendezvous with Rommel. Eng title of: Medi-
terranean assignment. Macmillan, R. (O '43)
Renegade. Foreman, L. L. (Ag *42)
Renegade. Lewisohn, L. (Ap '42)
Renoir, Pierre Augutte
Renoir, P. A. Renoir drawings. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Renunciation of war treaty. See Pact of ParU,
is and connecting tables
Repair-shop
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1243
RJ§awkln»,_J. H. Your house. (My *43)
O'Hare, E. Handbook for home mechanics. (D
*43)
Riis, R. Wv and Patrlc, J. Repairmen will
get you if you don't watch out. (Ag '42)
Tuomey, D. Home mechanic. (Je '43)
Whitman, R. B. Firat aid for the ailing house.
(D '42)
Repairmen will get you if you don't watch out.
Riis, R. W., and Patric, J. (Ag '42)
Repeat performance. O'Farrell, W. (D '42)
Repent in haste. Marquand, J. P. (D V45)
Reply paid. Heard, O. (Ap '42)
Report from red China. Forman, H. (Ap *45)
Report from Tokyo. Grew, J. C. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Report on demobilization. Mock, J. R., and
Thurber. E. W. (Ap '44)
Report on India. Raman. T. A. (D '43)
Report on North Africa. Crawford, K. a. (N
Report on the constitutional problem in India
submitted to the warden and fellows of
Nuffleld college, Oxford. Eng title of: In-
dian problem. Coupland, R. (O '44)
Report on the international control of atomic
energy. United States. State, Department
of. Committee on atomic energy. (Ag '46)
Report on the Russians. White, W. L. (Ap
•45)
Report on the work of the League during the
war. League of nations. (N '46)
Reporters and reporting
McNamara, J. Extra! (Je '46)
Williams, W., and Narvigr, W. van. Secret
sources. (S '43)
Reports
Preparation
Joughin, Q. L*. Basic reference forms. (Ap
•42)
Kent, S. Writing history. (Je "42)
Rhodes, F. H. Technical report writing. (S
'42)
Representative American speeches: 1942-1943.
Baird, A. C., ed. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Representative American speeches: 1943-1944.
Baird, A. C., ed. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Representative American speeches: 1944-1945.
Baird, A. C., ed. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Representative American speeches, 1945-46.
Baird. A. C.. ed. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Representative bureaucracy. Kingsley, J. D.
(Je '45)
Representative government and representation
Allen, C, K. Democracy and the individual.
(Je '44)
Barker, E. Reflections on government. (Je
Ross, ^J. F. S. Parliamentary representation.
Representative medieval and Tudor plays.
Loomis, R. S., and Wells, H. W., eds. ( Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Representative North American fresh-water
fishes. Nichols, J. T. (S '42)
Representative selections. James, H. (N '42)
Representative selections. Paine. T. (D '44)
Reprieve. Deeping, W. (S *45)
Reprisal. Stone, G. Z. (D '42)
Reproduction
Corner, Q. W. Hormones in human reproduc-
tion. (D '43)
Ford. C. S. Comparative study of human re-
production. (S T46)
Reptiles
Boardman, E. T. Guide to higher aquarium
animals. (My '45)
Loveridge, A. Reptiles of the Pacific world.
(D '45)
Morris, P. A. They hop and crawl. (N '44)
Reptiles, Fossil
Colbert, E. H. Dinosaur book. (Ag '46)
Reptiles of the Pacific world. Ixxveridge, A.
Republic. Beard. C. A. (Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Republic . . . Basic English. Plato, jf Je '42)
Republic; tr. by F. M. Cornford. Plato. (Ap
Republic of the United States. Nichols, J. P.
and R. F. (F »43) (1942 Annual)
Republican party
Potter. D. M. Lincoln and his party in the
secession crisis, (O *4*)
Requisition in France and Italy. Wise. M. K.
(O '44)
Requisitions. Military
Wise, M. K. Requisition in France and Italy.
(O '44)
Research
Baker, J. R. Science and the planned state.
(D '45)
Pollack, P. Careers in science. (Ag '46)
Bibliography
Buros, O. K., ed. Second yearbook of re-
search and statistical methodology. (Ag
'42)
Research, Industrial. See Industrial research
Resinous products
Mason, J. P., and Manning, J. F. Technology
of plastics and resins. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
Resistance and reconstruction. Chiang, K. (S
•43)
Resort hotel. Page, C. (N '42)
Resources of New York city libraries. Downs,
R. B. (D '42)
Resources of Pacific Northwest libraries. Van
Male, J. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Respectfully yours, Annie. (Mr '42)
Rest
Steincrohn, P. J. You don't have to exercise!
(N '42)
Rest is silence. Verissimo. E. (S '46)
Rest of your life. Cherne, L». M. (Ag '44)
The restless. Boley, J. (O *46)
Restless India. Rosinger, L. K. (Ag '46)
Restless road. Ferris, B. R. (N '46)
Restoration puritanism. Plum, H. G. (Ag '44)
Restraint of trade
Arnold, T. W. Democracy and free enter-
prise. (Je '42)
Resuscitation
Flagg, P. J. Art of resuscitation. (Ap '45)
Retail sales workers. Keliher, A. V., ed. (Ap
•42)
Retail trade
Chisholm, R. F. Your own store and how to
run it. (Mr *46)
Clark, T. D. Pills, petticoats and plows. (My
'44)
Greenberg, D. B., and Schindall. H. Small
store and independence. (O '45)
Kay, E. W., and Shaw, W. F. How to start
your own business. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Levy, H. Retail trade associations. (S '46)
McFerran, D. Careers in retailing for young
women. (My '43)
Nolen, H. C., and Maynard, H. H. Drug store
management. (Ap '42)
Reid, M. G. Consumers and the market. (N
Robinson. O. P., and Haas, K. B. How to
establish and operate a retail store. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Rost, O. F. Going into business for your-
self. (Mr '46)
Sandage, C. H. Radio advertising for retail-
ers. (S '45)
Wingate, I. B. Textile fabrics and their
selection. (Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Keliher. A. V., ed. Retail sales workers. (Ap
Retail trade associations. Levy, H. (S '45)
Rethinking our Christianity. Hughley, J. N.
(Je 43)
Retina
Polyak, S. Retina. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
Retirement (from work)
Kaign. R. P. How to retire and like it. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Retreat from Rostov. Hughes, P. (O *43)
Retreat from the Dolphin. Teilhet, D. L. (D
43)
Retreat, helU Camp, W. M. (D *43)
Retreat in the East. Eng title of: Action in
the Bast. Gallagher, O'D. (S *42)
Retreat to victory. Michie, A. A. (S '42)
Retreat with Stifoell. Belden. J. (Ap '43 )
Retreats (religious)
Underbill. B. Light of Christ. (O '45)
Retrievers
Brown, W. F. Retriever gun dogs. (D f45)
1244
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Retrospect of an unimportant life, r 2. Hen-
son, H. H. (Ag '44)
Retrospect of western travel. Martineau, H.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Return. Peattie, M. H. (Mr '44)
Return engagement. Davenport, G. L. (O '46)
Return journey. Seymour, B. K. 8. (Mr '43))
Return of opportunity. Kuhns, W. R., and
others, eds. (Mr '44)
Return of Sandypaws. Forster-Knight, M. (F
'43) (1942 Annual)
Return of Silver Chief. O'Brien, J. S. (Ap '44)
Return of the traveller. Warner, R. (Je '44)
Return to Christianity. Ferre, N. F. S. (D '43)
Return to freedom. Johnson, T. H., ed. (O '44)
Return to happiness. Eng title of: Prospector
in Siberia. Lied. J. (D '45)
Return to Jalna. De La Roche, M. (D '46)
Return to the future. Undset, S. (Mr '42)
Return to the vineyard. Loos, M., and Duranty,
W. (Mr '46)
Reuben and his red wheelbarrow. Dalgliesh, A.
(Ap '46)
Reunion in Poland. Karsavina. J. (D '45)
Reunion on Strawberry hill. Thorpe, B. D. (Ap
'44)
Reveille. Henderson, D. M., and others, eds.
(D *43)
Reveille for radicals. Alinsky, S. D. (Mr *46)
Revelation
Robinson, H. W. Redemption and revelation
in the actuality of history. (Je '43)
Rylaarsdam, J. C. Revelation in Jewish wis-
dom literature. (N '46)
Revelation and reunion. Broomfield, Q. W. (N
'42)
Revelation in Jewish wisdom literature. Ry-
laarsdam, J. C. (N '46)
Revelation of childbirth. Eng title of: Child-
birth without fear. Read, G. D. (My '44)
Revere, Paul
Forbes, E. Paul Revere and the world he
lived In. (Ag »42)
Juvenile literature
Forbes, E. America's Paul Revere. (D '46)
Rogers, F., and Beard, A. Paul Revere. (D
'43)
Stevenson, A. Paul Revere, boy of old Boston.
(S '46)
Review index. (My '45)
Revivals
Sweet, W. W. Revivalism in America. (S '44)
Revolt in paradise. MacDonald, A. W. (O '44)
Revolt of the South and West. Mezerik, A. G.
(S '46)
Revolution comes of age. Brynes, A. (My '44)
Revolution in Christian missions. Smith, R. L.
(My *42)
Revolution in India. Gunther, F. F. (S '44)
Revolutionary committees in the departments
of France, 1793-1794. Sirich. J. B. (S *43)
Revolutionary generation, 1763-1790. Greene, E.
B. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Revolutionists. Rodman, S. (N '42)
Revolutions
Ferrero. G. Principles of power. (O '42)
Laskf, H. J. Reflections on the revolution of
our time. (Ag '43)
Rich, B. M. Presidents and civil disorder.
(My '42)
Treviranus. G. R. Revolutions In Russia. (Je
'44)
Revolvers
Roper; W. F. Pistol and revolver shooting.
Reward for Brownie. Hogner, D. C. (N '44)
Rewinding data for direct -current armatures.
Van Brunt, G. A., and Roe, A. C. CD '43)
Rex of the coast patrol. Johnson, M. S. and
H. L. (Ag '44)
Rcynaud, Paul
Ge'raud, A. Gravediggers of France. (O '44)
Reynolds, Quentin James
Rechnitzer. F. E. War correspondent. (O '43)
Reynolds, Q. J. Convoy. (Mr '42)
Rhees, Rush
Slater, J. R. Rhees of Rochester. (Je '46)
Rheology
Reiner, M. Ten lectures on theoretical rheol-
ogy. (Ag '44)
Scott Blair, G. W. Survey of general and
applied rheolopy, (O '44)
Rhetoric
Graves, R., and Hodge, A. Reader over your
shoulder. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Leacock, S. B. How to write. (Mr '43)
Sypherd, W. O., and others. Engineer's man-
ual of English. (Ag '44)
Thomas, C. S. Your mastery of English. (Ag
'42)
Rhodes, Cecil John
Cloete, S. Against these three. (S '45)
Rhodes scholarships
Aydelotte, F. American Rhodes scholarships.
(O '46)
Rhubarb. Smith. H. A. (O »46)
Rhymes about the city. Chute, M. G. (O '46)
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
Schwarz, P. This man Ribbentrop. (O *43)
A ribbon and a star. Monks, J. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Rice, John Andrew
Rice, J. A. I came out of the eighteenth
century. (D '42)
Rice and rice culture
Allston, R. F. W. South Carolina rice planta-
tion. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Wickizer, V. D., and Bennett, M. K. Rice
economy of monsoon Asia. (Ag '42)
Rice in the wind Wallace, K. (My '43)
Richardson, 1 1 iff David
Wolfert, I. American guerrilla in the Philip-
pines. (My '45)
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal,
due de
Fiction
Caldwell, J. T. Arm and the darkness. (Ap
•43)
Richmond. Virginia
Bill, A. H. Beleaguered city. (Mr '46)
Historic houses, etc.
Scott, M. W. Houses of old Richmond. (D
'42)
Rlckenbacker, Edward Vernon
Adamson, H. C. Eddie Rickenbacker. (Mr *46)
Rickshaw boy. Shu, C. (S '45)
Riddle-de-quiz. Fisher. H. S., comp. (Ap '45)
Riddle of cancer. Oberling, C. (My '44)
Riddle of Ramrod Ridge. MacDonald, W. C.
(Ag '42)
die of Ui
Riddle of the Rovers. Maurice, A. B. (Mr »42)
Riddle of the State department. Bendiner, R.
(O '42)
Riddles
Fisher, H. S., comp. Riddle-de-quiz. (Ap '45)
Riddles around the world. Kredel, F., U. (D '45)
Riddles in mathematics. Northrop, E. P. (Je
'44)
Ride on, stranger. Tennant, K. (S '43)
Ride the man down. Glidden, F. D. (Mr '43)
Ride the pink horse. Hughes, D. B. F. (D '46)
Ride this night! Moberg, V. (Je '43)
Ride with me. Costain, T. B. (O '44)
Rider on the bronze horse. Kroll, H. H. (S *42)
Riders of the Gabilans. Dean, G. M. (D '44)
Riding High. Weber, L. M. (S '46)
Riding on air. Hamburg, M. C., and Beddow,
F. A. (S '44)
Ridin' the rainbow. Taylor, R. (D '44)
Riegcr, Jan, pseud.
Duncan, D. Partner in three worlds. (N '44)
Rifleman Dodd, and The gun. Forester, C. S.
(My '43)
Rifles
Hagie, C. E. American rifle for hunting and
target shooting. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Johnson, M. M. Rifles and machine guns.
(N '44)
Smith. W. O. Sharps rifle. (D '43)
Rifles and machine guns. Johnson, M. M. (N
Rig for church. Maguire, W. A. (S '42)
Rig for depth charges! Hazlett. E. E. (D '45)
Right as rain. Robinson, B. N. (D *46)
Right book for the right child. American li-
brary association. Committee on library
work with children. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Right in your own backyard. Steck, H. W. (N
Rights of infants. Ribble, M. A. (Ag '44)
Rights of man and natural law. Marital n, J,
(S '43)
Rights of margin customers. Warren, E. H.
(My '42)
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Rights of nation*. Poznaftftld, C. (S '45)
Rights of trains. Forman, H. W. (Ap *4«)
Riley, James Whitcomb
Juvenile literature
Mitchell, M. B. A. Hoosier boy, James Whit-
comb Riley. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rilke, R. M. Letters, 1892-1910. <O '45)
Rim. Sedgwick, P. M. (Je '45)
Rim of the Caribbean. Morgan, C. M. (O *42)
Rim of the pit. Nelms, H. (S '44)
Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur
Powlie, W. Rimbaud. (O '46)
Rimbaud, J. N. A. Season in hell. (Mr '46)
Rime, gentlemen, please. Farren, R. (N 45)
Rimskll-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreevich
Rimskll-Korsakov, N. A. My musical life.
Rind o? earth. Derleth. A. W. (Je '43)
Ring and a riddle. Marshak, I. I., and Segal,
E. A. (Ag '44) t t,ox
Ring finger. Peattie, L. R. (Ap '43)
Ringed horizon. Gilligan, B. (N '43)
Ringed with flre. Campbell. A. O. (S '42)
McCarthy, J. R. Rings through the ages. (F
•46) (1945 Annual) ^ ^ tji^
Rio Grande to Cape Horn. Beals, C. (O *43)
Rio Grande valley
Harper, A. G., and others. Man and re-
sources in the middle Rio Grande valley. (N
'43)
Rio renegade. Ernenwein, L. C. (My '46)
Powell, A. C. Riots and ruins. (S '45)
Rich, B. M. Presidents and civil disorder.
Riots and ruins. Powell A. C. (S '46)
Kip tide of aggression. Mowrer, L». T. (Ja '43)
Rise and fa^fof the house of Ullstein. Ullstein,
H. (Ap '43)
Rise of f American economic life. Bining, A. C.
RJsef of Christian education. Sherrill, L». J. (Ag
Rise of Daniel Cavour. Evens, E. S. (Ap '42)
Rise of Fernando Cortes. Wagner, H. R. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Rise of Henry Morcar. Bentley, P. E. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual) ^
Rise of music in the ancient world. Sachs. C.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Rise of our free nation. McGuire, E., and Port-
wood, T. B. (My '43)
Rise of Richard. Alton, M. (D '43)
Rise of the electrical industry during the nine-
teenth century. MacLaren, M. (O '43)
Rise of the Jewish community of New York.
Grinstein, H. B. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Rise to follow. Spalding, A. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Risen soldier. Spellman, F. J. (Je '44)
Rising above color. Lotz, P. H., ed. (Ap '44)
Rising crescent. Jackh. E. (S '44)
Rising wind. White, W. F. (Ap '45)
Rittenhouse, David
Ford, E. David Rittenhouse. (N '46)
Ritual for myself. Scruggs, A. M. (Ap '42)
Rival partners. Hutchison. K. (Mr '46)
The river. Godden, R. (N '46)
River book. Beaty, J. Y. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
River-bottom boy. Matthews, H. (N '42)
River boy of Kashmir. Bothwell. J. (N '46)
River Jordan. Glueck, N. (Je '46)
River L«ady. Branch, H., and Waters, F. (Ap
'42)
River mathematics. Hooper, A. (D '46)
River never sleeps. Haig-Brown, R. L>. H. (F
'47) (1946 Annual)
River of gold. Drago, H. S. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
River of the sun. Calvin, R. (Je '46)
River of years. Newton. J. F. (My '46)
River road. Keyes, F. P. W. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
River rogue. Cheney, B. (S '42)
River song. Hamilton, H. (Ap '46 )
Rivers
Juvenile literature
Beaty, J. Y. River book. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
California
MacMullen, J. Paddle-wheel days in Califor-
nia. (Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Maryland
Footner, H. Rivers of the Eastern shore.
(D '44)
New Jersey
Cawley, J. S. and M. Exploring the little
rivers of New Jersey. (Ap *43)
Rivers are frozen. Colton, N. (Ap '42)
Rivers of glory. Mason, V. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Rivers of the Eastern shore. Footner, H. (D
'44)
Rivers to the sea. Hubbard, L. (Je '42)
Rivets
Blommel, W. R., and others. Elementary
rivet theory. (Je '44)
Lear, E. B.. and Dillon, J. E. Aircraft rivet-
ing. (O '42)
Roth, M. G. Manual of aircraft riveting. (Ap
Rfzk, Salom
Rizk, S. Syrian Yankee. (Mr '43)
Road ahead. Howard, L,. S. (My '42)
Road back. Smith, J. H., and Rambova, N. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Road back to Paris. Liebling, A. J. (Mr '44) "
Road from Olivet. Murphy, E. F. (S '46)
Road I know. White, S. E. (My '42)
Road is before us. Boulton, A. (N '44)
Road of life and death. Radin, P.. ed. and tr.
(My '46)
Road to Alaska. Coe, D. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Road to Baltimore. Harper, R. S. (S '42)
Road to Calvary. Tolstoi, A. N. (Ag '46)
Road to courage. Holmes, H. W. (Mr '43)
Road to disappearance. Debo, A. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Road to Down under. Cormack, M. (Ag '44)
Road to foreign policy. Gibson, H. (S '44)
Road to fulfillment. Rush, B. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Road to high employment. Copland, D. B.
(S '46)
Road to peace and freedom. Brant, T. (Ja '44)
(1943 Annual)
Road to reaction. Finer, H. (Ag '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Road to Salem. Fries, A. D. (My '44)
Road to San Jacinto. Foreman, L. L,. (My '43)
Road to serfdom. Hayek, F. A. (Ag '45) (1944
Annual)
Road to Teheran. Dulles, F. R. (Ap '44)
Road to the ocean. Leonov. L. M. (D '44)
Road to Tunis. Divine. A. D. (Mr '44)
Road to Vichy, 1918-1938. Simon, Y. (1942, 1943)
Road to victory. Spellman, F. J. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Road to Wimbledon. Marble, A. (O '46)
Road we are travelling. Chase, S. (My '42)
Roads
Dearing, C. L. American highway policy. (Je
Hewes, L». I. American highway practice.
(My '42)
Tucker, H., and Leager. M. C. Highway eco-
nomics. (D '42)
Michigan
Ford, R. S., and Bacon, M. A. Michigan high-
way finance. (S '44)
New England
Marlowe, G. F. Coaching roads of old New
England. (Mr '45)
Roaring land. Binns, A. (Je '42)
Roaring River range. Gooden, A. H. (My '42)
Robbed heart. Cuthbert, C. (D »45>
Robber bridegroom. Welty, E. (N *42)
Robbie, the brave little collie. I/Hommedieu,
D. K. (Je '46)
Robe. Douglas, L. C. (N '42)
Robert Cain. Russell, W. (D '42)
Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas
Pomeroy, E. M. Sir Charles G. D. Roberts.
(O *43)
Robertson, Archibald Thomas
Gill, E. A. T. Robertson. (My '43)
Robertson, James Alexander
Wilgus. A. C., ed. Hispanic American es-
says. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
1246
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Robeson, Paul
Fiction
Miers, B. S. Big: Ben. (My '42)
Juvenile literature
Graham, S. Paul Robeson. (S '46)
Robespierre, Maxlmlllen Marie Isidore de
Fiction
Coryn. M. Incorruptible. (O *43)
Robin Hood
McSpadden, J. W. Robin Hood and his merry
outlaws. (Mr '46)
Pyle, H. Merry adventures of Robin Hood
(F '47) (1946 Annual)
Robinson, Boardman
Christ-Janer, A. W. Boardman Robinson. (B
•46)
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
Bates, B. W. Edwin Arlington Robinson and
his manuscripts. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Robinson, Henry - fj<^
Jordan, W. K. Men of substance. (A* '43)
(1942 Annual)
Robinson, lone
Robinson, L Wall to- paint on. (Ap *46)
Robinson Crusoe, USN. Tweed, O. R. (My '45)
Rochester, New York
McKelvey. ^B. Rochester: the water-power
Rock and cumulus. Spain, R. L. (Je *43)
Rock and the wind. Bretherton, V. R. (My
Rock Crystal. Stifter, A. (D '45)
Rock drawings and paintings
Raphael, M. Prehistoric cave paintings. (Je
•46)
Rock gardens
Mansfield, T. C. Alpines in colour and cul-
tivation. (Ap '43)
Rock in every snowball. Sullivan, P. (O *46)
Rocket research. Lent, C. P. (Ap '45)
Rocket to the morgue. White. W. A. P. (Ja
'43) (1942 Annual)
Rockets (aeronautics)
Goddard, R. H. Rockets. (N '46)
Lent, C. P. Rocket research. (Ap '45)
Ley, W. Rockets. (Je '44)
Murphy, A. L. Rockets, dynamators, jet
motors. (D '45)
Pendray, B. Coming age of rocket power. (Ag
Zim, H. S. Rockets and Jets. (My '45)
Rockets. Goddard, R. H. (N '46)
Rockets and jets. Zim, H. S. (My '45)
Rockets, dynamators, jet motors. Murphy, A.
L. (D '45)
Rocks
George, R. D. Minerals and rocks. (D '44)
Rocks, Igneous
Shand, 3. J. Eruptive rocks. (Ja '45) (1944
Annual)
Rocks and rivers. Shuler, E. W. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Rocky Mountain ranger. Rush, W. M. (N '44)
Rocky Mountain reader. West, R. B., ed. (Ag
46)
Rocky mountains
Atwood, W. W. Rocky mountains. (D '46)
Fenton, C. L. and M. A. Mountains. (N '42)
West. R. B.. ed. Rocky Mountain reader. (Ag
'46)
Roddy meets the circus. Hill, M. B. (O '44)
Rodin, Augusts
Rilke, R. M. Rodin. (D '45)
Rodin, A. Auguste Rodin, by P. R. Adams.
(Mr '46)
Rodney, George Brydges
Rodney, G. B. As a cavalryman remembers.
Roebling, John Augustus
Steinman, D. B. Builders of the bridge. (My
Roebling, Washington Augustus
Steinman, D. B. Builders of the bridge. (My
Roentgen, W 1 1 helm Conrad. See Rttntgen, W. C.
Roger and the fishes. Jackson. C. B. (O '43)
Roger Sudden. RaddaJl,JT. H. (My '46)
Rogue elephant. Allen, W. B. (D '46)
Rogues' company. Kroll. H. H. (Ja '44) (194*
Annual)
Rogues' gallery. Queen, B., ed. (N '45)
Rogue's legacy. Deutsch, B. (Ap '42)
Role of higher education in war and after.
Miller, J. H.f and Brooke, D. V. N. (O '44)
Role of the aged in primitive society. Sim-
mons. L. W. (Mr '46)
Role of the races in our future civilization.
Laidler, H. W., ed. (Je '43)
Role of the Supreme court in American gov-
ernment and politics. Haines, C. G. (O '44)
Role of the teacher in health education. Strang,
R. M., and Smiley, D. P. (Ap '42)
Roll of drums. Waliower, L. (O '45)
Rolling Stone. Stone, P. A. (Ap '45)
Roman Catholic authors
Romig, W., ed. Book of Catholic authors. (Ja
*43) (1942 Annual)
Roman Catholic church
De La Bedoyere, M. Christian crisis. (My
'42)
Dunney, J. A. Church history in the light
of the saints. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Hughes, P., ed. Popes' new order. (Ap *44)
Marl tain. J. Ransoming the time. (Ap '42)
Wells, H. G. Crux ansata. (P '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Biography
Maynard, T. Pillars of the church. (D '45)
Converts
Burton, K. K. In no strange land. (Je '42)
Cory, H. E. Emancipation of a freethinker.
(My '42)
Dulles, C. A. Testimonial to grace. (Ja *47)
(1946 Annual)
Eustace, C. J. House of bread. (D '43)
Maritain, R. Adventures in grace. (S '45)
Moody, J. Fast by the road. (My '42)
Doctrinal and controversial works
Brunini, J. G. Whereon to stand. (D '46)
Fichter. J. H. Christianity. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Howes, J, Slow dawning. (P '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Hughea, B. J. Church and the liberal so-
cfetv. (My '44)
Woodlock, T. P. Catholic pattern. (Ag '42)
Education
Redden, J. D., and Ryan. P. A. Catholic
philosophy of education. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Wolff, M. E. Addressed to youth. (D '44)
Eucharist
Bllard, G. Dialog mass. (O '42)
Mauriac. P. Eucharist. (My '44)
History
McSorley, J. Outline history of the church
by centuries. (B '43)
Watkin, B. I. Catholic art and culture. (P
'45) (1944 Annual)
Liturgy and ritual
Hildebrand, D. von. Liturgy and personality.
(Je 43)
Watkin, B. I. Praise of glory. (S '42)
Dominiooxi.
Bonnlwell, W. R. History of the Dominican
liturgy. (Ap '45)
Missions
Considine, J. J.. and Kernan, T. D. Across the
world. (N '42)
Dengel, A. Mission for Samaritans. (Je '46)
Edwards, B. J. These two hands. (Ap »43)
Maguire, T. Hunan harvest. (S '46)
Ro/12!l«r'AT* 1i?n decad*« °* alms. (Ja '4S)
(1942 Annual)
Savage, A. H. Dogsled apostles. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Tennlen, M. A. Chungking listening post. (Ja,
to) (1945 Annual)
Relations (diplomatic)
Morgan, T. B. Listening post. (My '44)
Roman Catholic church In Chile
Moore, R. C. Piety and poverty in Chile. (D
46)
Roman Catholic church In France
Acpmb, B. M. French laic laws. (Ag '42) (1941
Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1247
Roman Catholic church In Croat Britain
O'Connor. J. J. Catholic revival in England.
Education
Evennett, H. O. Catholic schools of England
and Wales. (3 '45)
Roman Catholic church in Italy
Binchy, D. A. Church and state in fascist
Italy. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Roman Catholic church In New England
Lord, R. H., and others. History of the arch-
diocese of Boston. (D '44)
Roman Catholic church In South Dakota
Duratschek, M. C. Beginnings of Catholicism
in South Dakota, (Je '44)
Roman Catholic church In the United States
Roemer, T. Ten decades of alms. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Biography
Burton. K. K. In no strange la'nd. (Je '42)
Education
Deferrari, R. J., ed. Essays on Catholic edu-
cation in the United States. (N '42)
Moehlman, C. H. School and church: the
American way. (Ag '44)
Roman Catholic literature
Woodruff, D., ed. For Hilaire Bolloc. (Ja '43)
(1942 Annual)
Bibliography
Kiely, M. P., comp. New worlds to live. (Je
'46)
Romig, W., ed. Book of Catholic authors
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Collections
Gross, R. H., ed. Century of the Catholic es-
say. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Mariella, Sister, comp. Great modern Cath-
olic short stories. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Phelan, P. J.f ed. With a merry heart. (Ag
'43)
Shuster, G. N., ed. World's great Catholic
literature. (P *43) (1942 Annual)
History and criticism
Brown, S. J. M., and McDermott, T. Survey
of Catholic literature. (O '45)
Roman Catholic poetry
Collections
Noyes, A., ed. Golden book of Catholic poet-
ry. (S '46)
Sheed, P. J., comp. Poetry and life. (Ap '43)
Spirit (periodical). Drink from the rock. (S
Roman Catholics In France
Iswolsky, H. Light before dusk. (Je '42)
Roman imperial navy. 31 B.C.-A.D. 324. Starr,
C. G. (S »42>
Roman medallions. Toynbee, J. M. C. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Roman towns. Nash, B. (S '44)
Romance for Rosa. Varble, R. M. (D '46)
Romance in the first degree. Cohen, O. R.
(Ag '44)
Romance of a people. Fast, H. M. (Mr '42)
Romance of Casanova. Aldington, R. (S '46)
Romance of credit. Sprague, J. R. (S '43)
Romance of English literature. Turner. W. J..
ed. (Ap *46)
Romance of mining. Rickard, T. A. (Je '45)
Romance of the ministry. Calkins, R. (My '44)
Romances
Lancaster, C. M., tr. Saints and sinners in
old romance. (Ap '43)
Romantic detour. Holton, E. A. (Mr '43)
Romantic view of poetry. Beach, J, W. (Ap
*45)
Romanticism
Barzun, J. Romanticism and the modern ego.
(D '43)
Beach, J. W. Romantic view of poetry. (Ap
f45)
Rome
Antiquities
Nash, E. Roman towns. (8 '44)
Civilization
Glover. T. JR. Spring* of Hellas. (Ap '46)
Rand, B. K. Building of eternal Rome. (Ag
History
Boak, A. B. R. History of Rome to 565 A.D.
(Ag '44)
Durant, W. J. Story of civilization; v. 2,
Caesar and Christ. (N '44)
Rand, E. K. Building of eternal Rome. (Ag
43)
Salmon, E. T. History of the Roman world.
(S '45)
Empire
Smith, C. E. Tiberius and the Roman em-
pire. (N '43)
History, Naval
Starr, C. G. Roman imperial navy, 31 B.C.-
A.D. 324. (S '42)
Navy
Starr, C. G. Roman imperial navy, 31 B.C.-
A.D. 324. (S '42)
Politics and government
Howe, L. L. Pretorian prefect from Corn-
modus to Diocletian. (N *43)
Rome (city)
Description
Holisher, D. Eternal city. (Je '44)
Romelle. Burnett, W. R. (N '46) ^
Rommany luck. Gordon, P. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Ronsard, Pierre de
Lewis, D. B. W. Ronsard. (O '44)
Rdntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
Glasser, O. Dr W. C. Rttntgen. (Ag *46)
Rony, George
Rony, G. This, too, shall pass away. (Je '45)
Rookie of the year. Tunis, J. R. (My '44)
Room behind the mantle. Gowey. H. E. (S '45)
Room for the night. Leader. P. (Je '46)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Adamic, L. Dinner at the White House. (O
•46)*
Beard, C. A. American foreign policy In the
making, 1932-1940. (O '46)
Busch, N. P. What manner of man? (S '44)
Ezickson, A. J., ed. Roosevelt album. (N '46)
Geddes, D. P., ed. Franklin Delano Roose-
velt. (Ap '46)
Kingdon, F. That man in the White House.
(My »44)
Kinnaird, C.. ed. Real F.D.R. (Mr '46)
Koenig, L. W. Presidency and the crisis. (Ja
'45) (1944 Annual)
Mclntire, R. T. White House physician. (D
'46)
Mackenzie, C. Mr Roosevelt. (My '44)
Morton. H. C. V. Atlantic meeting. (Je '43)
Perkins, F. Roosevelt I knew. (D '46)
Roosevelt, E. As he saw it. (N '46)
Smith, A. M. Thank you, Mr President (N
'46)
Suckley. M. L., and Dalgliesh, A. True storv
of Fala. (Je '42)
Juvenile literature
Kleeman, R. S. H. Young Franklin Roosevelt.
(O '46)
Roosevelt, Kermit
Roosevelt, T. Letters to Kermit from
Theodore Roosevelt. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Harlow, A. F. Theodore Roosevelt, strenuous
American. (O '43)
Hurwitz, H. L. Theodore Roosevelt and labor
in New York state. (Je '44)
Mowry, G. E. Theodore Roosevelt and the
Progressive movement. (Je *46)
O'Gara, G. C. Theodore Roosevelt and the
rise of the modern navy. (O *43)
Roosevelt, T. Letters to Kermit from
Theodore Roosevelt (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Roosevelt album. Ezickson, A. J.. ed. (N '46)
Roosevelt family
Schrlftglesser, K. Amazing Roosevelt family.
(Je *42)
Roosevelt I knew. Perkins, F. (D '46)
Roosevelt's foreign policy, 1933-1941. United
States. President, 1933- (F. D. Roosevelt).
(Ap '43)
Rooster club. Angelo, V. (D '44)
Rooster crows. Petersham, M. F. and H. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Rooster crows for day. Burman, B. L. (O '45)
1248
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Roosters crow in town. Hough. H. B. (My
»45)
Koot and flower of prayer. Hazel ton, B. (My
'43)
Roots. Boecop-Malye, M. T. C. barones van.
(S '42)
Roots in the earth. Waring, P. A., and Teller,
W. M. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Roots of American culture. Rourke, C. M. (S 42)
Roots of American loyalty. Curti, M. E. (Je
'46)
Roou of Bergson's philosophy. Scharfstein, B.
Roots of national socialism. Butler, R. D'O.
(My '42)
Roots of the tree. Todd. H. (N '44)
Rope began to hang the butcher. Grafton,
C. W, (Ap »44)
Rope of sand. Walz, A. (N '44)
Roper, Daniel Calhoun
Roper, D. C., and Lovette, F. H. Fifty years
of public life. (Ap '42)
Rorschach, Hermann
Beck, S. J. Rorschach' s test. (N '44)
Rosch6. Louis
Hereford, R. A. Old Man River. (Ag '43)
(1942 Annual)
Rose of America. Maynard, S. K. C. (My '44)
Rose of Lima, Saint
Juvenile literature
Maynard. S. K. C. Rose of America. (My '44)
Rose Timson. Eng title of: Bell Timson. Steen,
M. (S '46)
Rosebud. Bemelmans, L. (D '42)
Rosenberg, Alfred
Chandler, A. R. Rosenberg's Nazi myth. (Ap
'46)
Roses
Mansfield, T. C. Roses in colour and cultiva-
tion. (Je '44)
Roses and buckshot. Flagg, J. M. (N '46)
Roses for Mexico. Eliot, E. A. C. (O '46)
Roses in colour and cultivation. Mansfield,
T. C. (Je »44)
Ross, David Edward
Kelly. F. C. David Ross. (S *46)
Rothery, Agnes Edwards
Rothery, A. E. Fitting habitation. (Ap '44)
Rothery family
Rothery. A. E. Family album. (My '42)
Rouault, Georges
New York. Museum of modern art. Georges
Rouault. (N '45)
Rouault. G. Georges Rouault, by Edward
Alden Jewell. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Rough on rats. Francis, W. (Ap '42)
Roughly speaking. Pierson, L. J. R. (Ag '43)
Roumania. See Rumania
'Round and 'round horse. Gury, J. (D '43)
Round Robin, Davis, L. R. (My '43)
Round the afternoon. Jackson, C. E. C. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Round trip to Russia. Graebner, W. (My '43)
Round-up in the river. Robertson. F. C. (Ja
'46) (1945 Annual)
Roundup time. Perry, G. S., ed. (N '43)
Rousseau, Henry
Rich, D. C. Henri Rousseau. (Je '42)
Rousseau, Jean Baptlste
Grubbs, H. A. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, his
life and works. (S '42)
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Cassirer, E. Rousseau, Kant, Goethe. (8 '45)
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton
Nicolson, H. G. Desire to please. (O '43)
Rowe, Peter Trimble
Jenkins, T. Man of Alaska. (Mr '44)
Royal game. Zweig, 3. (My '44)
Royal India, Diver, M. M. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
Royal street. Roberts, W. A. (N '44)
Royal twilight. Hunt, F. (N '46)
Royalty in the nineteenth century. Parsons,
J. S. (S '43)
Rubber
Haynes, W., and Hauser, B. A. Rationed
rubber and what to do about it. (S '42)
Kraemer, E. O. Scientific progress in the fleld
of rubber and synthetic elastomers. (O '46)
Rubber in engineering. (N '46)
Wilson, C. M. Trees and test tubes. (Je '43)
Rubber, Artificial
Barron, H. Modern synthetic rubbers. (Je
Kraemer, E. O. Scientific progress in the fleld
of rubber and synthetic elastomers. (O '46)
Powers, P. O. Synthetic resins and rubbers.
(Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Talalay, A., and Magat, M. Synthetic rubber
from alcohol. (S '45)
Rubber in engineering. (N '46)
Rubber industry
International rubber regulation committee.
History of rubber regulation, 1934-1943. (S
'45)
Knorr, K. E. World rubber and its regula-
tion. (Je '46)
Roberts, H. S. Rubber workers. (Je '44)
Rubber workers. Roberts. H. S. (Je '44)
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul
Fiction
Harsanyi. Z. Lover of life. (Ap '42)
Rue Morgue, no. 1. Stout, R., and Greenfield,
L., eds. (Ap '46)
Rue the day. Alan. M. (F '47) (1946 Annual)
Ruffed grouse. Hall, H. M. (F '47) (1946 An-
nual)
Rufus M. Estes, E. (O '43)
Hugged path and The summit. Shiels, G. (D
•42)
Rugmaking craft. Allen, E. L. (Je '46)
Rugs
Allen, E. L. Rugmaking craft. (Je '46)
Kent, W. W. Hare hooked rugs. (Ap '42)
Rugs, Oriental
Lewis, G. G. Practical book of oriental
rugrs. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
Ruins and visions. Soender. S. (O '42)
Rulers' morning, and other stories. Hitrec, J.
G. (Ap '46) .
Rules of civility and decent behaviour In com-
pany and conversation. Washington, G.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Rumania
History
Kormos, C. Rumania. (My '45)
Politics and government
Graefenberg, R. G. Athene palace. (Mr '42)
Rumble of a distant drum. Akeley, M. L. J. (F
•47) (1940 Annual)
Rumor hath it. Stevens, F. M. R. (D '45)
Run for your life! Stark, M. (N '46)
Hun of the house. Adams, C. (Ag '42)
Runaway bunny. Brown, M. W. (My '42)
Runaway puppy. Johnson, M. S. and H. L.
(Ap *42)
Runaway shuttle train. Fuller. M. (My '46)
Runaway soldier. Gottschalk, F. (N '46)
Runaway train. Peet, C. (My '43)
Running a milling machine. Colvin, F. H. (Ag
'42)
Running away with Nebby. Garrard, t. (Ap
'45)
Running the country. Chrlstensen, A. N., and
Kirkpatrick, E. M., eds. (D '46)
Running tide. Aleksander, I. (Ja '44) (1943 An-
nual)
Running to paradise. Lodwick, J. (My '43)
Runway to the sun. Scott, R. L. (O '45)
Runyon a la carte, Runyon, D. (S '44)
Rural America today. Works, G. A., and Les-
ser. S. O. (O '42)
Rural Hunterdon. Schmidt, H. G. (Mr »46)
Rural public welfare. Browning, G. A. (My '42)
Rural schools
Burton, H. M. Education of the countryman.
(O '44)
Lamkin, N. B. Health education in rural
schools and communities. (N '46)
Reeves. F. W., ed. Education for rural Amer-
ica. (Ap '46)
Schatzmann. I. E. Country school at home
and abroad. (Ap '42)
Strang, R. M., and Hatcher, O. L. Child de-
velopment and guidance in rural schools. (O
Weber, J. My country school diary. (My '46)
Wofford, K. V. Teaching in small schools. (O
'46)
Works, G. A., and Lesser, S. O. Rural Amer-
ica today. (O '42)
Rural sociology and rural social organization.
Sanderson, E. D. (F '43) (1942 Annual)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1249
Rush, Richard
Powell, J. H. Richard Rush, Republican
diplomat. (D '43)
Ruskin, John
Hagstotz, H. B. Educational theories of John
Ruskin. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Russell. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3d
earl
Dewey, J., and Kallen, H. M., eds. The
Bertrand Russell case. (Ap '42)
Schilpp, P. A., ed. Philosophy of Bertrand
Russell. (N '44)
H?ndus, M. G. Mother Russia. (Ag §43)
Mandel, W. Guide to the Soviet Union. (D
'46)
Pares, B. Russia and the peace. (S '44)
Salisbury, H. Russia on the way. (S '46)
Strong:, A. L. Peoples of the USSR. (Ja *45)
(1944 Annual)
Ward, H. F. Soviet spirit. (Ap '45)
West, W., and Mitchell, J. P. Our good neigh-
bors in Soviet Russia. (Ja '46) (1945 An-
nual)
Army
See Russia. Army
Church history
Bolshakoft, S. Christian church and the
Soviet state. (O '42)
Casey, R. P. Religion in Russia. (My '46)
Civilization
Mikhallov, N. N. Russian story. (D '45)
Milfukov, P. N. Outlines of Russian culture.
(Je '42)
Sorokin, P. A. Russia and the United States.
(Mr '44)
Commerce
United States
Heymann, H. We can do business with Rus-
sia. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Defenses
Zacharoff, L,. We made a mistake — Hitler.
(My '42)
Description and travel
Graebner, W. Round trip to Russia. (My '43)
Gruber, R. I went to the Soviet Arctic. (D
•44)
Halpern, A. Conducted tour. (F '46) (1945
Annual)
Lauterbach, R. E. These are the Russians.
(Je '45)
Nazaroff, A. I. Land of the Russian people.
(P '45) (1944 Annual)
Stevens, E. Russia is no riddle. (Ap '45)
White, W. L*. Report on the Russians. (Ap
*45)
Economic conditions
Baykov, A. A. Development of the Soviet
economic system. (My *46)
Cressey, G. B. Basis of Soviet strength. (S
'45)
Dobb, M. H. Soviet economy and the war.
(P '44) (1943 Annual)
Gregory, J. S., and Shave, D. W. U.S.S.R.
(P '47) (1946 Annual)
ttJgov, A. Russia's economic front for war
and peace. (My '42)
Johnson, H. Secret of Soviet strength. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Scott, J. Behind the Urals. (Ag '43) (1942
Annual)
Williams, A. R. Russians. (Mr *43)
Economic policy
American Russian institute. U.S.S.R. in re-
construction. (Je '45 )
Baykov, A. A. Development of the Soviet
economic system. (My '46)
Bergs on, A. Structure of Soviet wages. (Je
Bienstock, G., and others. Management in
Russian industry and agriculture. (Ag '44)
Dobb, M. H. Soviet planning and labor
in peace and war. (Ag '44)
fCrgov, A. Russia's economic front for war
and peace. (My '42)
Liiberman, S. I. Building Lenin's Russia. (N
•45)
Lovenstein, M. American opinion of Soviet
Russia. (Je *4?)
Normano, J. P. Spirit of Russian economics.
(Mr '45)
Foreign policy
Dallin, D. J. Russia and postwar Europe.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Dallin, D. J. Soviet Russia's foreign policy.
(Ag '43) (1942 Annual)
Joesten, J. What Russia wants. (Ap '44)
Foreign relations
Bullitt, W. C. Great globe itself. (S '46)
Dallin, D. J. The big three. (S '45)
Fischer, L. Great challenge. (N '46)
Laser son, M. M. Russia and the western
world. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Marks. S. J. Bear that walks like a man. (My
'43)
Moorad, G. Behind the iron curtain. (D '46)
Sayers, M., and Kahn. A. E. Great
conspiracy. (Mr '46)
Schuman, F. L. Soviet politics at home and
abroad. (Mr '46)
Snow, E. Pattern of Soviet power. (S '45)
Stalin, I. Great patriotic war of the Soviet
Union. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Stevens, E. Russia is no riddle. (Ap '45)
Yakhontoff, V. A. USSR foreign policy. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Austria <*••
Rupp, G. H. Wavering friendship. (Ap *43)
East (Far East)
Moore. H. L. Soviet Far Eastern policy. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Finland
Finland. Ministeriet fo> utrikesarendena. Pin-
land reveals her secret documents on Soviet
policy. (D '42)
Germany
Scott, J. Duel for Europe. (N '42)
Japan
Hindus, M. G. Russia and Japan. (Je '42)
Poland
Cardwell, A. S. Poland and Russia, (S '44)
Konovalov, S., ed. Russo-Polish relations. (O
'45)
Shotwell, J. T., and Laserson, M. M. Poland
and Russia, 1919-1945. (Ja '46) (1946 An-
nual)
United States
Childs, J. L,., and Counts, G. S. America,
Russia, and the Communist party in the
postwar world. (My '43)
Davies, J. E. Mission to Moscow. (Mr '42)
Dulles, F. R. Road to Teheran. (Ap '44)
Fisher, H. H. America and Russia in the
world community. (S '46)
Margolin, A. D. From a political diary. (S
'46)
Zabriskie, E. H. American-Russian rivalry
in the Far East. (My '46)
History
Duranty, W. USSR. (My '44)
Harper, S. N. Russia I believe in. (3 '45)
Hyde, N. V. and F. Russia, then and always.
S '44)
Kerner, R. J. Urge to the sea. (S '42)
Kornilov. A. A. Modern Russian history. (S
*43)
Laserson, M. M. Russia and the western
world. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Mikhallov, N. N. Russian story. (D '45)
Nazaroff, A. I. Land of the Russian people.
(F '45) (1944 Annual)
Pares, B. History of Russia. (Ja *45) (1944
Annual)
Sumner, B. H. Short history of Russia. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Treviranus, G. R. Revolutions In Russia. (Je
Vernadskii, G. V. Ancient Russia. (O '43)
Vernadsky, G. History of Russia. (S '44)
Pictorial* works
Martin, J. S., ed. Picture history of Russia.
(Ja §46) (1945 Annual)
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BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Rut si a— History — Continued
Revolution, 1917-
Dallin, D. J. Real Soviet Russia. (A* '45)
(1944 Annual)
Strakhovsky, 1^. I. Intervention at Archangel.
(My *44)
Treviranus, G. R. Revolutions In Russia. (Je
'44)
Allied intervention, 1918-18*0
Kindall, S. Q. American soldiers in Siberia.
(D '45)
History, Military
Basseches, N. Unknown army. (Ag '43)
Kournakoff, S. N. Russia's fighting forces.
Parry* A. Russian cavalcade. (Mr '44)
White, D. P. Growth of the Red army. (Ap
'44)
Industries and resources
Hubbard, I*. E, Soviet labour and industry.
Juvenile literature
Brskine, D. Russia's story. (Ag *46)
Ives, V. Russia, (Mr '44)
Politics and government
Barmine, A. One who survived. (S '45)
Chamberlin, W. H. Russian enigma. (D '43)
Davis, J. Behind Soviet power. (Ja '47)
Fischer, B^M. My lives in Russia. (Je '44)
Koestier, A. Yogi and the commissar. (Je '46)
Kravchenko, V. A. I chose freedom. (My »46)
Moorad, Q. Behind the iron curtain. (D '46)
Sayers, M., and Kahn, A. B. Great
conspiracy. (Mr '46)
Schuman, P. L. Soviet politics at home and
abroad (Mr '46)
Webb, S. and B. P. Truth about Soviet
Russia. (D '42)
Williams, A. R. Russians. (Mr '43)
Population
Princeton university. Office of population re-
search. Future population of Europe and
the Soviet Union. (N '44)
Relations (general) with Great Britain
Crankshaw, E. Russia and Britain. (S '44)
Relations (general) with the United States
Lovenstein. M. American opinion of Soviet
Sorokin/P. A. Russia and the United States.
(Mr '44)
Wallace, H. A. Soviet Asia mission. (S '46)
Religion
Anderson, P. B. People, church and state
in modern Russia. (Ag '44)
swolsky, H. Soul of Ri
nual)
ussia. (F '44) (1943 An-
Russia and postwar Europe. Dallin, D. J.
(Ag '44) (1943 Annual)
Russia and the peace. Pares, B. (3 '44) _ A
Russia and the United States. Sorokin, P. A.
Russia and the western world. Laserson, M. M.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Russia. Army
Basseches, N. Unknown army. (A& '43)
Berchin, M., and Ben-Horln, K Red army.
(Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Kerr, W. B. Russian army. (Mr '44)
Kournakoff, S. N. Russia's fighting forces.
Marks, S. J. Bear that walks like a man. (My
'43)
White, D. F. Growth of the Red army. (Ap
'44)
Russia at war. Bng title of: Tempering of Rus-
sia. Bhrenburg, I. G. (O '44)
Russia fights. Brown, J. B. (S '43)
Russia I believe in. Harper. &. N. (8 '45)
Russia is no riddle. Stevens, B. (Ap '45)
Russia on the way. Salisbury. H. (S '46)
Russia, then and always. Hyde, N. V. and F.
(S '44)
Russian army. Kerr, W. B. (Mr '44)
Russian drama
Collections
Dana, H. W. L., ed. Seven Soviet plays.
(Mr '46)
Russian cavalcade. Parry, A. (Mr '44)
Russian enigma. Chamberlin, W. H. (D '43)
Russian fairy tales. Af anas' ev, A. N. (D '45)
Russian glory. Bng title of: Russian story.
MikhaTlov, N. N. (D '45)
Russian literature
Collections
Cournos, J., ed. Treasury of Russian life and
humor. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
Guerney, B. G., ed. Treasury of Russian lit-
erature. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Russian poetry
Kaun, A. S. Soviet poets and poetry. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
Russian story. Mikhallov. N. N. (D '45)
Russian year. Pruszynski, K. (Ag '44)
Russians. Williams, A. R. (Mr '43)
Russians don't surrender. Poliakov, A. (S '42)
Russians in the United States
Papashvily, G. and H. W. Anything can hap-
pen. (Mr »45)
Russia's economic front for war and peace.
ItJgov, A. (My '42)
Russia's fighting forces. Kournakoff, S. N. (S
Russia's story. Brskine, D. (Ag '46)
Russo-Finnlsh war, 1939-1940
Finland. Minister-let f#r utrikesarendena. Fin-
land reveals her secret documents on Soviet
Timasheff, N. S. Religion in Soviet Russia,
1917-1942. (D '42)
Social conditions
Fischer. B. M. My lives in Russia. (Je '44)
Johnson, H. Secret of Soviet strength. (F
'44) (1943 Annual)
Winter, E. I saw the Russian people. (Ag '46)
(1945 Annual)
Social life and customs
Buck, P. S. Talk about Russia with Masha
Scott. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
White, W. C. Made in the USSR. (D '44)
Winter, E. I saw the Russian people. (Ag
'46) (1945 Annual)
Territorial expansion
Henderson, D. M. From the Volga to the
Yukon. (F '46) (1944 Annual)
Russia, Asiatic
Davies, R. A., and Steiger, A. J. Soviet Asia.
Mandel, W. Soviet Far Bast and central
Asia. (My '44)
Wallace, H. A. Soviet Asia mission. (S '46)
Russia. Ives, V. (Mr '44)
Russia and Britain, Crankshaw, EL (S '44)
Ruasia and Japan. Hindus, M. O. (Je '42)
Russia and postwar Europe. Dallin, D. J. (Ja
'44) (1943Annual)
policy. (D »42)
Vinston, ~ •
Winston, R. A. Aces wild. (Ap '42)
Russo -Polish relations. Konovalov, S., ed. (O
*45)
Rustle of petticoats. McCormick, R. D. (D
'46)
Rusty carrousel. Sylvln, F. (O '43)
Ruth Middleton. Zara, L. (S '46)
Rutledge, John
Barry, R. H. Mr Rutledge of South Caro-
lina. (F »43) (1942 Annual)
Ruy Barbosa. Turner, C. W. (Ja f46) (1945
Annual)
S. O. Devinson and the Pact of Paris. Stoner,
J. E. (S 43)
SOS radio patrol. Heyliger. W. (My '42)
S. R. O. Cerf, B. A., and Cartmell. V. H., comp.
(Ja '46) (1944 Annual)
Sabbath
MiHjpam, A. B. Sabbath, the day of delight.
Sabbath has no end. Weld, J. (Ap '42)
Sabbath, the day of delight. Millgram, A. 5.
(My 46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1251
Sabotage
Hall, W. R., and Peaslee, A. J. Three wars
with Germany. (S '44)
gynd, A. Passport to treason. (Je *43)
win, W. H. and Johnson, T. M. What you
should know about spies and saboteurs.
Matthews. B. F. Specter of sabotage. (My
*42)
Sayers, M., and Kahn, A. HJ. Sabotage! (N
Sabotage! Sayers, M., and Kahn, A. B. (N '42)
Sacagawea
Fiction
Emmons, D. F. Q. Sacajawea of the
Shoshones. (N '48)
Peattie, D. C. Forward the nation. (Je f42)
Juvenile literature
Nevin, E. C. Lost children of the Shoshones.
(S '46)
Seymour, F. W. S. Bird girl, Sacagawea. (D
Sachsenspiegel
Kisch, Q. Sachsenspiegel and Bible. (S '42)
Sacred and secular elegies. Barker, G. (Ag
'44) (1943 Annual)
Sacred books
Ballou, R. O., ed. World Bible. (A? '44)
Sacred Scriptures and religious philosophy.
Curtis, B. S. (N '42)
Sad farm bell. Bruce, M. O. C. K. (Ja '44) (1943
Annual)
Sad Sack. Baker, G. (O '44)
Saddle and the plow. Taylor, R. M. (N '42)
Saddlebags for suitcases. Bosanquet, M. (O '42 )
Safe convoy. Carrington, W. J, (N '44)
Safe deliverance. Irving, F. C. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Safeguarding civil liberty today, lectures by
Carl L. Becker [and others]. (Ag '45)
Safety after solo. Hoyt. J. R. (O '44)
Safety appliances
MacMillan, C. M. For em an ship and safety.
(Ap '43)
Saga of San Demetrio. Jesse, F. T. (Mr '43)
Saga of the St Lawrence. Calvin, D. D. (Ja '46)
(1945 Annual)
Sage quarter. Harris, B. K. (My '45)
Sahara
Bodley, R. V. C. Wind in the Sahara, (Ag
Said the spider to the fly. Shattuck, R. (Je
Said with flowers. Nash, A. (Je '43)
Saigon singer. Mason, V. (Ja '47) (1946 Annual)
Sailing
Stanford, A. B. Pleasures of sailing. (Je '43)
Sailing to the sun. Bloomfield, H. (N *42)
Sailor Jack. MacNeil, M. G. (D '42)
Sailor, take warning! Roos, K. (Mr '44)
Sailors in boots. Gard, A. (My '43)
Sailors of fortune. Mackenzie, C. (Ag '44)
Saint and the hunchback. Stauffer, D. A. (Ja
'47) (1946 Annual)
St Augustine's episcopate. Simpson, W. J. S.
(Ag '45)
St Clalr, Arthur
Wilson, F. B. Arthur St Clair. (Ap '45)
St Denis (abbey)
Crosby, S. M. Abbey of St Denis, 475-1122.
(F *44) (1943 Annual)
Suffer, Abbot of St. Denis. Abbot Suger on
the abbey church of St. Denis. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Saint goes West. Charteris, L. (Ag '42)
St John Capistran, reformer. Hofer, J. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
St Johns river
Cabell, J. B., and Hanna, A. J. St Johns.
(O '43)
St Lawrence river
Beston, H. St Lawrence. (Ja '43) (1942 An-
nual)
St Louis. Baseball club (National league)
Lieb. F. G. St Louis Cardinals. (O '44)
Stockton, J. R. Gashouse gang and a couple
of other guys. (Je '45)
St Nicholas (magazine)
Howard. A. B. Mary Mapes Dodge of St
Nicholas. (Ag '43)
St. Nicholas' travels. Pauli, H. B. (Ja '46) (1945
Annual)
Saint on guard. Charteris, L. (Ap *44)
St Paul, Minnesota
Sickels, A. L. Around the world in St. Paul
(Ag ;46) (1946 Annual)
St Paul, apostle and martyr. Giordan I, I. (S
*46)
St Paul's Epistle to the Epheslans. Synge, F.
C. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
St Roch (schooner)
Tranter, G. J. Plowing the Arctic. (Je '46)
Saint sees it through. Charteris, L. (Ja '46)
(1946 Annual)
Saint steps in. Charteris. L. <N »43)
Saint Teresa of Avila, Walsh, W. T. (Ag '44)
Saint Thomas and analogy. Phelan, G. B. (Je
St Thomas and the problem of evil. Maritain, J.
(F '43) (1942 Annual)
Saints
Dunney, J. A. Church history in the light of
the saints. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
FUlop- Miller. R. Saints that moved the world.
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Monro, M. T. Book of unlikely saints. (N '43)
Monro, M. T. Seeking for trouble. (Ag '42)
Saints and sinners in old romance. Lancaster,
C. M., tr. (Ap '43)
Saints and strangers. Wlllison, G. F. (8 '45)
Saints at prayer. Larsson, R. B.. ed. (O '42)
Saints that moved the world. Fttlop-Miller, Rr
(Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Salads
Cowles, F. A., and Harris, F. L. 400 salads.
(Ag '44)
Salamanders
Bishop, S. C. Handbook of salamanders. (Ap
'44)
Salary and wage administration. Ells, R. W.
(Je '46)
Salem frigate. Jennings, J. E. (O '46)
Sales management
Benge, E. J. Manpower in marketing. (Je '45)
La Clave, F. Basic problems of sales man-
agement. (S '45)
Sales tax
Blakey. R. G. and G. M. C. Sales taxes and
other excises. (Ag '46)
Tax institute. Tax barriers to trade. (My
'42)
Sales taxes and other excises. Blakey, R. G.
and G. M. C. (Ag '46)
Salesmanship
Hegarty, E. J. Building a sales training plan.
(Ap '46)
Hegarty, E. J. How to run a sales meeting
(Ja '45) (1944 Annual)
Simmons, H. Successful selling for the new
day. (F '46) (1944 Annual)
Salesmen
Osborne, D. R. Salesmen for tomorrow. (D
'45)
Rosenstein, J. L. Scientific selection of sales*
men. (Ap '45)
Juvenile literature
Keliher, A. V., ed. Retail sales workers.
(Ap '42)
Salinas river
Fisher, A. B. The Salinas. (Mr '45)
Sally, army dietitian. Worthington, M. (S '44)
Sally wins her wings. Simmons, M. I. (My '43)
Sally's in the alley. Davis, N. (O '43)
Salmon, Lucky Maynard
Brown, L. F. Apostle of democracy. (Ag '43)
Salonica
Sciaky, L. Farewell to Salonica, (N '46)
Salsette discovers America. Remains, J. (My
'42)
Salt mines and castles. Howe, T. C. (Ja '47)
(1946 Annual)
Salt River ranny. Nye, N. C. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Salute me! Bristol, G. T. (S '48)
Salute to the hero. Robertson, C. N. (Ap '42)
Salute to valor. Wells, L. (My '43)
Salvage
Ellsberg, E. Under the Red Sea sun. (D '46)
Meier. F. Fathoms below. (Je '43)
Rieseberg. H. E. Treasure hunter. (Mr '46)
Thompson, F. B. Diving, cutting and weld-
ing in underwater salvage operations. (F
'45) (1944 Annual)
1252
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST 1946
Salvation
Braden, C. S. Man's quest for salvation. (Ap
'42)
Lloyd-Jones, D. M. Plight of man and the
power of God. (My '43)
Sherrill. L. J. Guilt and redemption. (O '46)
Salvation on a string. Green, P. (D '46)
Sam Houston, boy chieftain. Stevenson, A. (Ag
*44)
Sam Slick in Texas. Hoole, W. S. (N '46)
Sam Small flies again. Knight. E. (Ap '42)
Sammi's army. Cook. H. (Ag '43)
Sammy. Justus, M. (N *46)
*<3iappen, M. N., and Hooper. C. E. Radio
audience measurement. (Ap '45)
Dodge, H. F., and Romig, H. G. Sampling
inspection tables. (Ag '45)
Sampling (statistics)
Smith, J. G., and Duncan, A. J. Sampling
statistics and applications. (S '46)
Sampling inspection tables. Dodge, H. F., and
Romig, H. G. (Ag '45)
Sampling statistics and applications. Smith,
J. G., and Duncan, A. J. (S '46)
Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st viscount
Samuel. H. L. S. Grooves of change. (Ap '46)
Samuel Brannan and the golden fleece. Scott,
R. L. H. (Ag '44)
San Antonio, Texas
Description
Wertenbaker, G. P. San Antonio, city in the
sun. (Je '46)
Soncho and his stubborn mule. Keats, M. (Ag
'44)
Sand. George
Winwar, F. Life of the heart. (D '45)
Sand dunes
Bagnold, R. A. Physics of blown sand and
desert dunes. (Mr '43)
Sand for the sandmen. De Jong, D. (S '46)
Sandalio goes to town. Pollock, K. G. (My '42)
San Demetrlo (tanker)
Jesse, F. T. Saga of San Demetrio. (Mr '43)
Sandra Kendall of the 4-H. Porter, E. B. W.
(Ap '43)
Sandwiches
Brobeck, F. R. Lunch box, and every kind
of sandwich. (Je '46)
Sandy. Gray, E. J. (My *45)
Sandy. Lehman, D. P. (Ap '43)
Sandy and the Indians. Friskey, M. R. (My
Sandy of San Francisco. Cavanah, F. (Ap '46)
San Francisco
Biography
DeFord, M. A. They were San Franciscans.
(Ap '42)
History
Atherton, G. F. H. Golden Gate country.
(Ap *46)
Atherton, G. F. H. My San Francisco. (D
'46)
Kahn, E. M. Cable car days in San Fran-
cisco. (Mr '45)
Social life and customs
Parton. M. Laughter on the hill. (Je '45)
Sangamon river
Masters. E. L. Sangamon. (Ag '42)
San Qcmlgnano
Aldington, R. Wreath for San Gemignano.
(Mr '46)
Sanitary engineering
Ehlera, V. M., and Steel, E. W. Municipal
and rural sanitation. (Ap '44)
Mitchell, G. E. Modern sanitary engineering.
(D f42)
Pay row, H. G. Sanitary engineering. (Ap '42)
Theroux, F. R., and others. Laboratory man-
ual for chemical and bacterial analysis of
water and sewage. (N '43)
Sanitary products. Schwarcz, L. (D *43)
Sanitation
Ehlers, V. M., and Steel, E. W. Municipal
and rural sanitation. (Ap '44)
Sanitation, Household
Gay, C. M., and Fawcett, C. D. Mechanical
and electrical equipment for buildings. (Je
'46)
Reynolds, R. Cleanliness and godliness. (Je
'46)
Sank same. Mellor, W. B. (D '44)
San Martin, Jos6 de
Harrison, M. H. Captain of the Andes. (My
•43)
Rojas, R. San Martin. (My '45)
Juvenile literature
Ives, M. L. He conquered the Andes. (Je
'43)
Santa Claus. Cummings, E. E. (F '47) (1946
Annual)
Santa Claus comes to America. Singer, C., and
Baldridge, C. Le R. (Ja '43) (1942 Annual)
Santa Fe. Marshall, J. L. (Ag '46)
Santa Fe railroad. See Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad
Santa Fe trail
Look (periodical). Santa Fe trail. (F '47)
(1946 Annual)
Santayana, George
Santayana, G. Middle span. (My '45>
Santayana, G. Persons and places. (Mr *44)
Sarah and I. Brockway, S. (N '44)
Sarah Lawrence college, Bronxville, New York
Lynd, H. M. Field work in college education.
(My '46)
Sarah Mandrake. Wadelton. M. J. M. (My '46)
Sasha and the samover. Beim, L. L. and J.
(N '44)
Sassoon, Siegfried
Sassoon, S. Siegfried's journey, 1916-1920.
(Ap '46)
Sassoon, S. Weald of youth. (D '42)
Satan has six fingers. Kelsey, V. (Mr '43 )
Satire
Brant, S. Ship of fools. (S '44)
Calhoun, D. G. Little president. (S '46)
Campbell, O. J. Shakespeare's satire. (Ag '43)
Joad, C. E. M. Adventures of the young
soldier in search of the better world. (N
Johnson, E., ed. Treasury of satire. (O *45)
Lewis, C. S. Sjcrewtape letters. (My '43)
Saturday and Sunday lessons from Luke in
the Greek Gospel lectionary. Metzger, B. M.
(D '44)
Saturday flight. Wright, E. B. (S '44)
Saturday review, 1855-1868. Bevington, M. M.
(My '42)
Saturday review of politics, literature, science
and art (periodical)
Bevington, M. M. Saturday review, 1855-1868.
(My '42)
Saturday ride. Wright, E. B. (Ja '43) (1942
Annual)
Sauces
Owen, J. Le P. Book of sauces. (Ap '42)
Savage century. Norman, C. (Je '42)
Savage sanctuary. Spittel, R. L. (Je '42)
Saving and thrift
Brlndze, R. Stretching your dollar in war-
time. (Je '42)
Hayes, H. G. Spending, saving and employ-
ment. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Jordan, D. F., and Willett, E. F. Spend
wisely and grow rich. (Ja '46) (1945 Annual)
Madge, C. War-time pattern of saving and
spending. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Terborgh, G. W. Bogey of economic maturity
Wormser, R. A. Personal estate planning In
a changing world. (Je '43)
Saving angel. Rijggs, T. L. (S '44)
Saviours. Dane, C. (S '42)
Savor and flavor. Maril, L. (Je '44)
Saxon Ashe, secret agent. I am Saxon Ashe,
Author of. (My '42)
Say good-bye to Katharine. Corliss, A. S. (Mr
44)
Say I to myself. Osgood, P. E. (Ap '44)
Say what you mean. Opdycke, J. B. (Ag '
Say yes to murder. Ballard, W. T. (N •«)
Say yes to the light. Hunter, A. A. (O '44)
_ „ _ T, A. J\.»
Scandal. Alarcon, P. A. de. (Ag '45]
Scandal has two faces. Campbell, M. E. (N '43)
(1943 Annual)
Scandal rag. Harrington, J. (O '42)
Scandalous adventures of Reynard, the fox.
Owens, H. J. (Ag '45)
Scandinavia
Hovde, B. J. Scandinavian countries. (Mr
46)
SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 1942-1946
1253
Scandinavian drama
Translations Into English
Scandinavian plays of the twentieth century,
lst-2d ser. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
Scandinavian literature
Collections
Leach, H. G., ed. Pageant of old Scandinavia.
(O *46)
History and criticism
Allen, W. G. Renaissance in the north. (N
'46)
Scandinavian plays of the twentieth century,
lst-2d ser. (P '45) (1944 Annual)
Scandinavian roundabout. Rothery, A. E. (S
'46)
Scarecrow. Goldthwaite, B. K. (Ag '46)
Scarlet button. Malleson, L. B. (N '45)
Scarlet circle. Webb, R. W.t and Wheeler, H.
C. (Je '43)
Scarlet impostor. Wheatley, D. (Mr *42)
Scarlet lily. Murphy, B. P. (P '45) (1944 An-
nual)
Scarlet tree. Sitwell, O. (Ag '46)
Scatter, the chipmunk. Coblentz. C. C. (O '46)
Scene in passing. Eng title of: Mr Tibbs passes
through. Neumann, R. (Mr '43)
Schenker, Heinrich
Katz, A. T. Challenge to musical tradition.
(D '45)
Schillinger system of musical composition.
Schillinger, J. (P '47) (1946 Annual)
Schliemann's first visit to America. Schliemann,
H. (N *43)
Schmidt, Wilhelm
Sieber, S. A. M., and Mueller. F. H. Social
life of primitive man. (Ag f42) (1941 An-
nual)
Schneider, Herman
Park, C. W. Ambassador to industry. (Ja '44)
Schoenberner, Franz
Schoenberner, F. Confessions of a European
intellectual. (My '46)
Scholar and the future of the research library.
Rider, F. (O '44)
Scholar and the sprout. Colby, S. B. (O '46)
Scholars
Directories
Cat tell, J., ed. Directory of American
scholars. (O '43)
Scholasticism
Brennan, R. E., ed. Essays in Thomism. (Je
*43)
Cassidy, F. P. Molders of the medieval mind.
(Ap '45)
School administration and organization
Brameld, T. B. H. Minority problems in the
public schools. (O '46)
Miller, W. I. Democracy in educational ad-
ministration. (D '42)
Mort, P. R., and Cornell, F. G. American
schools in transition. (D '42)
Reavis, W. C., and Judd, C. H. Teacher and
educational administration. (O '42)
School and church: the American way. Moehl-
man, C. H. (Ag '44)
School and community. Olsen, E. G., and
others. (F '46) (1945 Annual)
School bell rings. Sickels, B. R. (N '42)
School children
Transportation
Punke, H. H. Law and liability in pupil
transportation. (Ja '44) (1943 Annual)
School finance
Burke, A. J. Defensible spending for public
schools. (Ap *44)
Norton, J. K., and Lawler, E. S. Unfinished
business in American education. (S '46)
Rope, E. T. Opinion conflict and school sup-
port. (Ap '42)
School hygiene
Lang ton, C. V. Orientation in school health.
Nyswander, D. B. Solving school health prob-
lems. (O f42)
School in the sky. Carroll, R. R~ and L*. (Je
'45)
School- leaving youth and employment. Long,
C. D. (Je '42)
School libraries
Bohman, B. L., and Dillon, J. K. Librarian
and the teacher of music. (Ap '43)
Fargo, L. F. Activity book no. 2; library
projects for children and young people. (O
Fenner, P. R. Our library. (My '42)
School libraries (high school)
Heaps, W. A. Book selection for secondary
school libraries. (O '43)
Henne, F., and Pritchard, M. Librarian and
the teacher of home economics. (S '45)
Joint committee of the American library asso-
ciation, National education association and
National council of teachers of English.
Basic book collection for high schools. (Ag
Martin, L. K. Magazines for school libraries.
(S '46)
Siebens, C. R. P., and Bartlett, W. L. Li-
brarian and the teacher of science. (F '44)
(1943 Annual)
School management
American council on education. Commission
on teacher education. Helping teachers un-
derstand children. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
School music
Brooks, B. M., and Brown, H. A. Music edu-
cation in the elementary school. (D '46)
School of the citizen sailor. Bolander, L. H.,
and others. (D '43)
School of the citizen soldier. Griffin, R. A., ed.
(O '42)
School superintendents and principals
Lane, R. H. Principal in the modern elemen-
tary school. (F '45) (1944 Annual)
School supervision and supervisors
Rorer, J. A. Principles of democratic super-
vision. (D '42)
School verse and prose
Gould, K. M., and Coyne, J., eds. Young
voices. (Ag '46) (1945 Annual)
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Osborn, C. S. and S. B. Schoolcraft, Long-
fellow, Hiawatha. (My '43)
Schools
Olsen, E. G., and others. School and com-
munity. (F »46) (1945 Annual)
School's out. Lambert, C. B. (D *44)
Schubert, Franz Peter
Hutchings, A. J. B. Schubert. (N '45)
Schulman, Samuel
Schulman, S. Where's Sammy? (D '43)
Schumann, Robert Alexander
Schauffler, R. H. Florestan. (O *45)
Schweitzer, Albert
Roback, A. A., and others, eds. Albert
Schweitzer jubilee book. (O '46)
Russell, L. M. R. Path to reconstruction. (D
•42)
Seaver, G. Albert Schweitzer. (F *47) (1946
Annual)
Sciaky, Leon
Sciaky, L. Farewell to Salon ica. (N f46)
Science
Allen, J. S.. and others. Atoms, rocks and
galaxies. (D '43)
American association of scientific workers.
Boston- Cambridge branch. Science from
shipboard. (F '44) (1943 Annual)
Anshen, R. N.. ed. Science and man. (Je '42)
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