Evening star., 1937-09-25
Brief Reviews of Books

rapport If democracy and
peace are to be preserved. Suficiently
convincing.
Doctors and Health.
THE HUMAN BODY. BY Logan
Clendenning. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf
work, enlarged, rewritten and cor
rected. Even better than before, and
you remember how it used to be.
CONDITION SATISFACTORY. BY
Sander Puder. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf.
An account of what goes on while
the patient is under the anesthetic,
and also before and after. A new book
on operations, in short. Interesting.
Religion.
BEYOND DILEMMAS. Edited by S.
B. Laughlin. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott Co.
A group of Quakers express their
views of life in IL essays. An excellent
work.
BIBLE PROBLEMS SOLVED. BY
George H. Gudebrod. New York:
G. B. Putnam Sons.
Questions as to the Interpretation
of certain obscure passages of the
Bible answered in accordance with
the authors views. which seem TO
have won the approval of number
of ministers and churchmen.
Automobiles.
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S BOOK
OF FAMOUS MOTORISTS. New
York: Hillman Curl
The famous racers personal remi-
niscences of men great in the de-
velopment of the motor Should be
interesting to all who are concerned
with the subject.
Ships.
GALES, ICE AND MEN. BY Frank
Wead New York: Dodd. Mead
e. Co.
The biography of the Bear. the ia
nous barkentine which began as A
Newfoundland sealer, went to the
Arctic to rescue the Greeley expedi-
ton and finally carried the Byrd ex-
pedition to the great ice barrier of
.he Antarctic. Highly interesting.
Pictures.
MORNING, NOON, NIGHT. BY Sam
uel Bernard Schaeffer. New York:
knight Publications.
A large volume Of photographs
showing human figures in the poses
of everyday modern life. Designed,
says the foreword, to help the COM
mercial artist, fine artist or photog-
rapher whose work may require a
knowledge of the human figure dur
ing daily activities"
DOGS AT PLAY. BY Paul Hubner.
New York: E. P. Dutton Co.
A small book of dog photographs.
Amusing.
Short Stories.
THE SHORT STORIES OF KATH-
ERNIE MANSFIELD. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf
The complete collection. In one
volume.
Casual Novels.
ARMED WITH LIGHT. BY Margaret
Lee Crofts. Garden City, Double
day, Doran & Co.
The triangle given its individualiz-
ing twist by the circumstance that
one OF the two men in the woman's
life (as the saying goes) is dead.
Otherwise usual.
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY BY Rowland
Walker. Philadelphia: John c.
Winton.
Rich man turns bus driver and gets
INTO complications. Very light.
AND POINTS BEYOND. BY Percy
Marks. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Co.
The earnest Mr.. Marks writes an
other profound work about a man in
search Of reality-or possibly his soul.
1t will not ignite the cosmos.
BACK TO THE STONE AGE BY
Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzana:
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Well, what do you think?
HEARTWOOD. BY Tom Gill. New
York: Farrar e. Rinehart.
Thriller about love and intrigues in
the tropics Magazine serial stuff.
MANY PEOPLE PRIZE IT. BY j. c.
Furnas. New York: William Nor
row.
Story OF rich man and his con-
fusion Obviously made to ft the
market
RUN FAR, RUN FAST. BY Lawrence
Goldstone New York: Greystone
Press.
Triangle against Spanish back
ground. Evidently meant to be ro-
mantle.
RADIUM BY Rudolf Brunngraber.
New York. Random House.
A story Of the search for the fabu-
lous element when it was still news.
Good.
COW THIEF TRAIL. BY Bennett
Foster. New York: William Nor
row.
Western stuff.
SIX-GyN CYCLONE. BY Amos
Moore. New York: Ives Wash
burn.
Western stuff.
CROSSED TRAILS. BY Robert Ames
Bennett. New York: Ives Wash
burn.
Western stuff.
CALAMITY JANE OF DEADWOOD
GULCH. BY Ethel Hueston In
dianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co.
Yet another romance about the
Legendary gun girl