Evening star., 1937-10-23
ARTIST STUDIES ARTS FIELD
Current Books Reveal Some Personalities Among Writers and
Inspire Comment Matters of Style and
f Technoue-Current War Histories.

The book is finely and literally IL
lustrated with reproductions of Mr..
Bentons work
LOST HERITAGE. BY Bruno Frank.
Translated from the German by
Cyrus Brooks. New York: Viking
Press
THIS Is a sad little novel about the
intolerance and unreason of the
Nazi regime in Germany. 1t Is the
story of a young prince who comes
OF age during the early years of Nazi
ascendancy. who Is made candidate
for the German throne by party OF
rcvalists whose attempt at revolution
comes to nothing, and who, in his
consequent exile, broods bitterly over
/ the fate to which his beloved Father
| land has come. The theme seems to
| be no more than An exposition of the
brutal aims of the Nazi party as this
! author sees them-the stamping out
of German science and culture, the
/ death of German art, learning and
morals at the hands of fanaticism,
| ignorance and perversion. 1t is A
gloomy tale naturally.
Among the considerable number OF
works on the same subject this must
be rated as one of the best from the
literary STANDPOINT; too often these
demonstrations OF political problems
have been too frankly attacks: they
have lacked any convincing human
quality as the result of their authors
pre- occupation with issues. Herr
Frank does not commit this error.
He is completely bitter, but he con-
trives to put his bitterness into his
characters. without making stuffed
figures of them: they live. although
they are minor men and women.
Beyond this, however, the reviewer
sees nothing in the work to COM
mend 1t particularly to readers at
tention.
PENAMEXICO! BY Carveth Wells.
New York: Robert M. Mcbride &
Co.
THOSE who enjoy Mr.. Wells travel
DOOkS f1uSJ nave IDlS OIlf-1Ils ht-
count of journeyings in the Canal
Zone and Mexico. 1t is AS good As
any of the authors past works and
about as good as any of the multitude
OF books on Mexico which have been
poured out in the past few seasons.
except, OF course. Max Miller's "Mexi-
co Around Me-" which. uniquely in
this number, achieved individual
quality. Mr. Wells is whimsical.
chatty and intimate. He explains at
some length how Cortes conquered
Mexico from the Aztecs. so II you are
/ back on your history you can brush
up here with minimum of pain.
He went to the San Bias Islands,
where some very special Indians make
| their home. and he made number
of little animal friends in the PAN
| aman Jungle His book is illus
trated with photographs and-really
is quite readable.
| VOLUNTEER IN SPAIN. BY John
Sommerfield. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
THIS is another of those books
written by young men who go on
record as hating war and then incon-
! tinently rush off to fight in Spain,
giving as their reason that this partic-
ular war justif1es their participation.
Some of these youths have laid them
selves open to the suspicion that, find
ing an opening into the field of
literature difficult. they have simply
used the Spanish conflict for book
material; more than one of them has
made his period of service suspicious
! lv brief and. returning home after
! the short interlude as soldier, has
brought with him a note book sus-
piciously full Others of the group
/ have not been able to convince the
present reviewer that, their protesta-
tions of hatred of war notwithstand-
/ ing, the natural love Of young men for
/ an adventurous existence has had
! something to do with their high
minded determination to stop the
| spread of Fascism. Anyway. there
| has been a noticeable number of
mainly by youthful writer's
| The present work has a good literary
| quality, but otherwise bears much the
earmarks of its predecessors. Its
! author protests his hate of war. but
glorifies the fighting of the side which
has his sympathy He was in the
battles around Madrid and gives the
! +a1 1f hNr
rors. He explains his withdrawal
from the International Brigade by
/ saying that he was reported dead
/ in England and wished to return and
| refute the rumor. Thereafter, he
wrote his book.
/ There is no reason 10 feel that his
/ picture OF life behind the lines in
modern warfare is not reasonably ac-
curate. A composite of all these works
would no doubt be an enlightening
survey.
YOUR CLOTHES AND YOUR PER-
SONALITY. BY Mildred Graves
Ryan. New York: D. Appleton
Century Co.
IBERALLY Illustrated with photo
graphs and sketches this volume
by the co-author OF Your Home and
Family" puts the secret of charm
! ing personality on strictly practical
basis She believes sincerely in the
old saying that Clothes make the
woman" and proceeds to turn out
a book that should help feminine
readers to make the most OF their
individual charms.
Written with A delightful informali-
ty, this guide to the expression of in
nate beauty contains many clever
and easily followed ideas. The au-
thor lays emphasis on the proper
selection Of clothes to fit the per-
sonality of the individual; she ex-
plains the principles and psychology
OF color and design. There is also
sound shopping advice to be found
in these pages, and number of pic
lures showing the proper costume for