Evening star., 1940-01-14
Brief Reviews
Of New Books

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THE SACRAMENTO. BY Julian
Dana. New York: Farrar g.
Rinehart.
The story of the Sacramento River
from the times of the Spanish
padres down to the present. A
rousing tale. One of Farrar &
Rinehart's Rivers of America" Sc
ries.
REG MANNING'S CARTOON
GUIDE OF CALIFORNIA. New
York: j. j. Augustin Co.
A new volume Of Mr. Manning's
amusing, handy and useful series of
State guides. Illustrated, of course,
by his own sketches. Should be
helpful.
A CAPE COD SKETCH BOOK. BY
Jack Frost. New York: Coward,
McCann & Co.
Close to 100 drawings of charac-
teristic cape scenes with descriptive
texts long enough to contain the
pertinent details. Very attractive.
Westerns.
DEATH RIDES THE DESERT. BY
Amos Moore. New York: Ives
Washburn.
Beautiful girl trying to make good
in the desert while wicked old man
tries to thWart her. The matter is
solved by a handsome and appar-
emily invulnerable hero.
SHEEPMAN'S GOLD. BY Robert
Ames Bennet New York: Ives
Washburn.
The old feud between the cattle
men and the sheepmen Love inter-
est running across the feud pattern.
The usual.
Healing.
MIND EXPLORERS. BY John K.
/ Winkler. New York: Reynal &
Hitchcock.
The history of mental healing
from the phrenologists to Freud.
Highly interesting.
MEDICAL MUSSOLINI. BY Morris
A. Bealle. Washington: Colum-
bia Publishing Co.
The editor of Plain Talk here
charges that the "drugless doctor"
in this country is up against med
ical dictatorship" The Journal of
the American Medical Association
calls it "scandalous book"
Two Lumps-And More.
KING CAME. BY John w. Wander
cook. New York: Harper & Bros.
The history of the Hawaiian su-
gar industry, an amazing tale full
of unsuspected color and pictur-
esqueness.
Success Text.
TIME OUT TO LIVE. BY William
West Tomlinson With an intro
duction by Connie Mack. New
York: G. P. Putnams Sons.
1nspirational talks on making a
practical philosophy for working
and making good. If you like them!
Curiosity.
THE INVISIBLE WORLD. BY
Robert Hunter West. Athens:
University of Georgia Press.
A study of pneumatology in Eliza
bethan drama And that means a
study of the part played by spirits
in the various plays. Should be
interesting work of reference.
Novels.
LOST SUNRISE. BY Kathleen Nor
ris. New York: Doubleday Doran
& Co. Mrs. Norris.
FOLLY ISLAND. BY Warwick
Deeping. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf. Mr.. Deeping.
MEDICO OF THE VALLEY. BY
Joan Hamilton-Stockford. Phila-
delphia: Dorrance & Co.
Novel by woman about bachelor
country doctor. The most fatal
combination in the world
ARCHANGEL HOUSE. BY Esther
Morgan Mccullough. New York:
Gotham House.
Mystic love story. Sentimental.
THE RAINBOW IN THE VALLEY.
BY James Greed Meredith. Dub
lin: Browne & Nolan, Ltd.
One of those things about a group
OF scientists in strange valley in
the interior of China. The unex-
pected happens-and all that. Not
particularly we'll done.
MAN PROPOSES BY Henry B.
Russell. New York: Fleming H.
ReVell Co.
Religious novel. Heavy.
OUT OF THE DUST. BY Charles
Francis Stocking. Chicago: The
Maestro Co.
Story of the suffering of the Jews
under Naziism. Not particularly
we'll written.
ACROSS THE DARK RIVER. BY
Peter Mendelssohn. New York
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Story of the sufferings of enight-