Milford chronicle., 1940-11-29
A TALK RECENTLY
DELIVERED AT THE
CENTURY CLUB BY
MISS EDITH SIMPSON

it seems fitting to mention a few q
the splendid new ones recently add
ed to the Milford Free Public Ii
brary. books that should AFFORD hour
of enjoyment, inspiration, and en-
tertainment.
The Atlantic $4,000 prize novel /
"The Family" by Dina FederoYa,
story laid in China during the Jap
anese invasion of 1887. The famill
is White Russian exiles in Tientsin
consisting of Granny, Mother, anG
three children, who run a boarding
house and open their doors and theil
hearts to a strange collection oi
bOarders AS the family widena its
circle, each member grows stronger
em0tionally and in spirit, until. when
war and separation cloud their lives
they have found a faith that sustains
them when they need it most.
A novel depicting the humorous
and pleasant side of existence is
Mrs. MiniVer," by Jan StFuther.
beyond Tears" by Irmgard Lit
ten, is a true story of a mothers
fight to free her son from a German
concentration camp. Her son. Hans
Litten,. was a Berlin lawyer whose
clientele consisted mainly of the
poor and the defenders of the poor
The night of the first Reichstag fire
he was arrested and although no
charge was ever brought against
him, he spent the rest of his life in
concentration camps. 1t is a reveal
ing description of a mothers various
attempts to get her son released, and
her dialogues with the GestapO Off
Gals.
Frances Parkinson Keyes has writ
ten another popular novel, Field
ing's Folly Virginia, Vermont,
Hawaii and Singapore form the
background.
THE Best Plays of 1939-1940" by
Burns Mantel, contains ten out
standing Broadway plays, along with
biographical and critical informa-
tion about the theatre itself.
THE Faith We Live" by Albert
Edward Day. Mr.. Day in brief and
simple paragraphs interprets vary
ing portraits of God as men have
apprehended His character, and he
clearly and distinctly challenges eV-
cry reader to bring the resources of
GOD to bear upon all the problems of
life.
To visit England is for the pres
ent denied, but to read Cecil Rob
crts' And So To Bath" is a means
Of making that visit in the company
of one who knows it intimately and
can write of it with charm and al
fectiOn. He escorts us along the
famous old road that takes one out
of London and so to Bath, with its
ancient inns. thatched villages, slow
streams, garden-like country side,
and the figures that have peOpled ii
through centuries of storm and
peace.
Fer good, light entertainment THE
Happy Highway" by Francis Brett
Young, and another that a wide
range of readers may enjoy is Land
fall' by Nevil Shute, a Channel !
story.
"fdle Men, Idle Money, How to
Put Them Both to Work." by Stuart
Chase, is a guide through the new |
economic world which has closed in |
upon us since 1929.
The staff correspondent of the
New York Times. master journal
list, Robert C. Smith, has written
Our Future in Asia" realistic.
timely account of our present state
in the Far East and the steps we
can take for insuring it,
Ann Morrow Lindbergh's book,
The Wave of the Future" is her
heartfelt confession of faith for our
future.
Another humorous novel for all
NhO enjoyed the delightful woman
# eighty, young Mrs. Meigs," by !
Elizabeth COrbett, is Mr.. and Mrs
Ieigs.'
Two timely books are Jefferson {
he Forgotten Man." by Petengill,
nd why England Slept" by John
son of cur ambassador 10
Britain
A book that will appeal to wide q
ange of ages and tastes is MY Life 4
n a Man-Made Jungle" by Belle h
Senchly, the only woman director in +
he world, the director of the fa-
lous geological gardens in San Di- Il
go, Ca4if. Her experiences and t
tories of the animals make most &
reading.
Joseph C. Lincoln in out of the
g" gives that salty Cape Cod at
iosphere, quaint characters and
musing dialect that make his nov
is popular.
Andre MaurOis has written "The u
ragedy of France" an eyewitness 9
ccount from personal experience of q
with Churchill. Cham y
erlain, Reynaud and Others-a dTa- "
latie first-hand story of the rapid ~
of an empire which al
ear ago was deemed to be one of
ie strongest on the earth. Mr.. Maui !
1is served in the first World War Il
) we'll as the second, and when he 1
as demobilized last July, he came &
America on the ship bringing the 81
.fugee children. In the heat of the Il
lnmer, for three weeks, working
ghteen hours a day, he wrote this s.. 81
,ok, in order that America might II
I've the true picture. III
The Literary Guilds selection for
is month is Born in Paradise" by W.
rhine van Tempski, the autobiO- II
Apply of a girl who grew upon one en-
the great ranches of the Hawai-
n Islands. She was captured the III
credible beauty of the Islands and ~
creates the vigorous and free ~
nch life she knew in her Paradise. MI
Possibly the four novels most pa
,pular in the library the past
1nths have been Quietly My Cap Ju
in Waits" by Eaton; This Side ne
Glory" by Bristow, the author ef