Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-31
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Nezv Years Reading

Christmas is over now, and those
readers who have been too busy to
read for the last week or two will
be eager TO investigate the new books
that have been coming into the
library. They offer wide variety
to suit many tastes. Besides eighteen
new novels, there are number oil
Interesting new non-fiction titles.
Foremost among them is Treasury
of the Worlds Great Letters, edited
by Lincoln Schuster. The introduce
ton reads, Letters make the most
interesting reading in the world
especially other peoples. Each letter
prefaced by biographical prelude
giving the significant and dramatic
facts about the person who wrote it
and the persons to whom it was ad'-
dressed"
In the first letter written in 334
B. c., Alexander the Great and King
Darius III exchange defiance for
the mastery OF the world. In the last
Thomas Mann indicts the Hitler Re-
gime for its secret and open crimes,
in letter to the Dean OF the Philo-
Isophical Faculty of the University OF
Bonn.
MAKE Bright the Arrows, 1910
Notebooks" by Edna st. Vincent Mil
lay, is a collection of poems that
deal with themes which vitality con-
Germ every American and the cause
of democracy throughout the world.
The title is derived from verse in
Jeremiah, make bright the arrows;
gather the shields: the Lord hath
raised up the spirit of the kings OF
the Medes'.
"The Wave of the Future, Con-
fession of Faith" the latest book b.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, popular
author of North of the Orient and
Listen! the Wind"
The Face is Familiar" is the Sc
lected verse Of Ogden Nash, some
times called "America's light-heart-
ed laureate. Writing of him in the
Saturday Review of Literature"
William Rose Benet says, THE great
thing about Ogden Nash is that he
doesn't really compare with any
one. He puts down most anything
that comes into his head, most OF
which is extremely funny and about
as good a picture of his life and
times as others have spent volumes
on"
practical Farming for Beginners
by H. A. Highstone is manual of
farming practice. Step-by-Step guild
ance toward livelihood on the land
is given, describing in realistic de-
tail every essential factor for which
provision must be made.
Carpentry books are much in de-
mand at the library now due to the
government projects being erected
in the state. The library has just
received a practical little book on
the subject from The Manual Arts
Press by Ira Samuel. Griffith.
"WindoWs on the World, by Ken
NTH Gould, is the dramatic story
of the world to-day, how it works
in business, politics, economics and
international affairs. The author tells
now things like stock exchanges,
unions, diplomacy, the New Deal
unite to shape the world we live
in. This story is challenge to every
one, for the better they understand
the world, its ills and the various
ideas for improving it, the greater
are our chances for happiness.
These Men l Knew, by Rosita
Forbes, writer and traveller, gives
the authors impressions OF men and
women she has met or interviewed
within the last few years. Among
them are Hitler, Goering, Stain and
Mussolini. Quick pen pictures, flashes
Iof conversation, inconsequential
comment unexpected revelations
tell us more than all the speeches
and dispatches.
THE McKenneys Carry On, by
Ruth McKenney, continues the heady
goings-on of Ruth and Eileen's
family which many readers enjoyed
in My Sister Eileen.
The following books of fiction are
new in the library: "Sapphira and
the Slave Girl by Villa Gather;
"Ox-bow Incident" by Walter Van
Tilburg Clark; "Intrude no More,
by Virginia Creed; Medical Center,
by Faith Baldwin; Invitation to
Llve", by Lloyd C. Douglas; "Give
Me Liberty, by John Erskin; "Clau-
dia and David, by Rose Franken;
"The Secret Front, by Paul Calico;
sergeant Lambs America" by Rob