Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-23

usual. and their life story is well told.
II Discover the English" by Odette
Keun. is an uotspoken record of the
English by a French woman. This
book is founded on shrewd Observa-
ton and experience. 1t is quite evil
dent that this witty French woman
knows the English far better than
| they know themselves.
Among the new additions on the
| non-fiction shelf will be found a most
| noteworthy English autobiography
written by Esme Howard, Lord How
ard of Penrith, entitled, Theatre of
Life" Sir Esme Howard was a for
mer ambassador from the Court of
| st. James to this country. In this
book the Curtain rises on Greystoke
Castle where the authors happy child
hood was spent. The entire book is
an interesting and varied perform
ance of Lord Towards life of travel
and his services in the diplomatic
field Lovers of biography will find
this life of an ambassador at large
most delightful reading.
Among the new fiction there is an
other English story, Faith, Hope and
No Charity" by Margaret Lane. Lon
don's East End is the scene of this
story. Miss Lane, who knows and
loves the Cockney English folk, has
drawn a true picture Of a poor but
decent family. Ada, the daughter is
| the central figure and the portrayal
of her life proves that virtue plays
big part amid poverty.
Two volumes of short stories are
4 %ho IN 4ho
shelves. 1.-THE Bedside Book of Fa-
nous American Stories" is a piano.
rama of the American short story.
These fifty or sixty stories range from
old favorites by Washington Irving
down to those by present day writer's,
as Walla Gather, William Faulkner
and others. This will prove gem
for bedside table.
"Cosmopolitans" by w. Somerset
Vaughan is a smartly named and
brilliantly written collection of stor-
les. These stories carry one from
Vladivostok to Seville, from Thurs
day Island to Claridge's, from Capri
and Paris to Guatemala City and
Shanghai.
Secret Marriage" by Kathleen
| Norris and 1.-The A. B. G. Murders"
by Agatha Christie are new books by
popular authors.
"The Way of a Transgressor' by
Negley Farson, is an autobiography
of an international journalist. This
author tells how he has Travelled,
transgressed, observed loved, fought
and above all lived. This soldier of
fortune in his personal chronicle has
| wiz al criC ron in
forces are surging in the world today.
BEST in the Green Wood" by Fred
erick Lambeck, is a charming piece
of fiction. The story runs, that Lucille
Beaufort, widow, at the age of sixty
three has at last found for herself
life of peace on her Connecticut es-
tate, deep in the green wood. Once
year she goes to visit her sister who
is vainly trying to keep young amid
a gay young set in New York. This
is remarkable study of the tempera-
ment of two sisters and their opposed
way of living.
Another worthwhile book is School
House in the Foothills" by EnslOW
and Harlow. This is a true story of
Ella Enslow, young girl, who went
to the mountains of Tennessee to
teach school. This brave young girl
started as a teacher but developed
into a doctor, nurse, financial advis-
or and a ministering angel to the
poverty stricken mountaineers.
Devotees of the antique will well
come a new book by N. Hudson
Moore, "The Collectors Manual" This
volume is profusely illustrated and
contains authentic information about
all household effects, from tables and
sideboards to cottage ornaments.
Literary prizes are now so nurner-
Gus that some guide is needed to the
| books and authors winning them.
The Library now has Famous Lit
erary Prizes and Their Winners" by
Bessie Graham.
A most timely addition to the lib
| rary shelves is the book, "The Cross,
It's History and Symbolism" by Geo.
Willard Benson. This book is descrip-
tive of the Christian Cross the most
important symbol in the world. The
authors collection of crosses dates
from the tenth century to the nine
teenth century The art, the history,
the legends. symbolism and religious
significance of the cross are written
in q reverent spirit.