Evening star., 1939-05-07

Brief Reviews
of New Books

SWASTIKA. BY Oscar Schisgall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
A novel on the intolerance of the
Nazi regime in Germany. Well writ
ten, but by now not unusual.
CAREER BY PROXY. BY Faith
Baldwin. New York: Farrar g.
Rinehart.
Story of a rich gal who goes out
to work in order that q poor gal
shall not starve. The usual Faith
Baldwin thing.
DRUMS AT DUSK. BY Rama Bon
temps. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
Romantic novel of the slave in
surrection in st. Dominique. Pretty
good for the fambuoyant kind Of
historical tale.
DATELINE EUROPE. BY Leonard
Ross. New York: Harcourt, Brace
e. Co.
A thriller about q foreign corre-
spondent in the recent international
crises.
COMMISSAR KRILENKO. BY An
ma Kluchansky. New York: Live
right Publishing Corp.
A novel Of post-revolutionary Rus
sia.
YOU'RE THE DOCTOR. BY Victor
Heiser. New York: w. w. Norton
Co.
The author of the best-selling
American Doctors Odyssey" OF q
couple of years ago writes his pro-
gram for keeping well. Not an ordi-
nary health book by any means. but
entertaining and marked with style.
Worth going through.
The Fair City.
SAN FRANCISCO. BY Edward
Rosskam. Introduction by Will
liam Saroyan.
A book of photographs of San
Francisco's unique features, with ac-
companying text Interesting but
not outstanding as a piece of pho
tography.
INFORMATION, Please! Edited
by Dan Goldenpaul. New York:
Simon & Schuster.
A book based on the radio pro-
gram by the same name. Games
consisting of questionnaires mostly.
Good if you like that sort of thing.
Sports.
BUDGE ON TENNIS. BY J. Donald
Bulge. New York: Prentice Hall,
Inc.
A textbook on many aspects of the
game, from its basic elements to
its psychology With a biography of
the author and photographs of
action.
Not Exactly Fan Mail.
LETTERS TO STRONGHEART.
BY J. Allen Boone, New York:
Prentice Hall.
The author was friend of the
famous movie dog, now dead. Here
he writes some letters" They are
really meditations on God, man and
nature, with some travel notes
thrown in. On the serious side, dis
tinctly.
Communism.
AMERICA, LOOK AT SPAIN. BY
Merwin K. Hart. New York: p
j. Kennedy & Sons.
A warning against the Communist
menace, which the author sees as
very menacing indeed.
Pictures.
IN A BLUE MOON. BY Nell Dorr.
New York: G. p Putnam's Sons.
A book of photographs taken on
the Florida Keys-scenes and human
beings. Very romantic.
THE MINIATURE CAMERA IN
PROFESSIONAL HANDS. BY
Remie Lohse. New York: Studio
Publications.
A collection of photographs made
for professional purposes and brief
text of advice. Interesting.
The Arts.
HOW TO DRAW COMICS AND
COMMERCIAL ART. BY Gene
Byrnes. Pelham: Bridgman Pub
fishers, Inc.
A very simple. understandable
guide, consisting mostly of demon
strations and exercises, by a man
who certainly ought to know what
he is talking about.
SCULPTURE OF TODAY. Com
mentary by Stanley Casson. New
York: Studio Publications.
A book of photographs of works by
modern sculptors. Interesting.
Homes.
THE 1910 BOOK OF SMALL
HOUSES. BY the editors of the
Architectural Forum. New York:
Simon e. Schuster.
Plans. photographs, specifications,
interiors and actual costs of IA
small houses, including those recent
ly featured In Life Magazine for
families with incomes running be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Very in
teresting.
Yearb0oks.
THE 1899 BRITANNICA BOOK OF
THE YEAR. Chicago: Ency-
clopedia Britannica, Inc.
A record of the events of 1898.
Serpents.
WHAT SNAKE is THAT? BY Roger
Conant and William Bridges.
New York: D. Appleton-Cen-
tury Co.
How to identify the snakes Or
dinarily found east of the Rocky
Mountains-if you want to-!
Speaking and Writing.
DON'T SAY 1T. BY John B.
Opdycke. New York: Funk &
Wagnalls.
A cyclopedia of correct English
usage. Helpful.
FIG TION WRITIN SELF
TAUGHT. BY Arthur Sullivant
Hoffman. New. York: w. w.
Norton Co.
It cannot be done, but this is how
to do it.
A Good Trick if You Can Do 1t.
HOW TO MARRY THE PERFECT