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story of a thoroughly American
girl returning to Norway to Wis
it in the homes of her NorWeg-
ian relatives and to become ia
miliar with the country In
which her own mother and ia
ther had been born and grew
up in before they emigrated to
America. We see Norway, there
fore, through the american
eyes" of visitor who has a
tradition of love and respect
for the homeland of her par
entS.
Booker - News is My job"
It is difficult in these days to
find, even if one wished to DO
so, a book that does not deal
with the effect of wars going
on in the world at the present
time. This book, written by an
adventurous newSpaperWoman
who started her career many
years ago in China and con-
tinued it in the same country
for over eighteen years, is an
authoritative account of those
experiences. She is a faithful
friend of the land where she
has lived for so great a part OF
her life and knows how TO write
of her experiences i'm a way
which holds the unwavering at
tention of her readers.
Butler - why WARP" These
essays and addresses by the
president of Carnegie EndoW-
ment were written over a period
of two years, 1938-194O.
Lesser - "Retuugee." Here is
an account of conditions In
Nazi Germany which is so re-
strained and nsenSat1onal as
to carry conviction with 1T: 1t
is a straight forward story. The
author introduces it with this
statement, "Our little family Is
what the Nazis chose to call
'Ayran.' My husband is a tool
maker. I myself, now thirty
four years old, was a bookkeep-
err in Berlin" We who are living
in the shelter of a peaceful de-
mocracy are too apt to regard
as exaggerated and even hyster-
ical reports that reach us from
the victims of the persecution
which prevails in Nazi con-
trolled countries.
Mills - "Why Europe Fights
Here is a book that deals di-
rectly with the present world
catastrophe. Mr.. Mills has writ
ten an authoritative and STIR
ring review of the forces. and
influences which have led up
to the conflict and makes clear
the issues at stake. It gives the
essential facts and interpretS
their significance. 1t is non
technical and very readable.
Morton - "a Doctors Holiday
in Iran" It is pleasant to turn
from daily reports of destruc-
ton to the pages of this book
and read about the constructive
work being accomplished in dis
tant Iran (Persia). The author,
whose life work is also one OF
reconstruction and healing, for
she is a distinguished physician,
had access because of her pro-
fession to many institutions and
places in Iran which are closed
to the ordinary visitor, but she
also made use of every oppor-
tunity to acquaint herself with
the ordinary daily life of the
people through whose country
she was travelling. It is hearten-
ing to read how she discovered
that out of the ancient and
weary East comes a lesson In
modernism and an example OF
youth rebuilding a world"
Olson - "Scandinavia." The
struggle for Peace with "a new
chapter on the invasion. In few
parts of the world had the av-
erage man won through to so
much democratic freedom and
reasonable adjustment of social
conditions as in the countries
described in this book. The Al
cove shelf in Big Horn County
library has a few books on these
countries individually, but no
book has contained within its
covers all five countries as this
does. Necessarily the accounts
are brief, but each one has its
special interest. It Is possible
! that Iceland in view Of its Etra-