Evening star., 1941-08-10
Brief Reviews
PICTURES FROM ENGLAND.

PICTURES FROM ENGLAND.
Low on the War, by David Low
(Simon e. Schuster)-A collection
of the work of the great cartoonlst,
dealing with the war and covering
the years frora 1889 to 1941. Mag
nificent.
Eternal London, by Jack Frost
Coward McCann)-Pencil sketches
Of famous and historic London
scenes, accompanied by brief ex-
planatory paragraphs. Excellent
drawing.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Psychology of Personal Adjust
ment, by Fred Mckinney John
Wiley)-A long and academic study
of applied psychology over a wide
range of modern environment.
Hardly a work for the layman.
Mind Remakes Your World,
edited by Ernest Holmes Dodd,
Mead & Coy-Thlrty-six leaders OF
the New Thought Alliance con-
tribute articles on the subject of
improving your world by applica-
ton of their faith.
The Psychology of Social Move
ments. by Hadley Cantrll Wiley
A study into the psychological rea-
sons behind new social movements,
such as the acceptance by society
of an hitherto unheard of man as
leader. Academic.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
The Coast of Maine, pictured by
Samuel Chamberlain Hastings
House Shots of picturesque Maine,
its houses. its people, its scenery, its
towns. Very fine photography.
Great River of the Mountains,
photographs and text by Cogswell
Bowen, introduction by Carl GARNER
Hastings Housel-A Photographic
Journey through the Hudson coun-
try. Fine pictures.
NOVELS.
Great Short Novels, edited by Ed
ward Weeks Doubleday, Doran)-
A collection of IL short novels, from
Lawrence Sterne TO John Stem
beck. Worth having.
Reunion in Reno, by Mary Douglas
Warren Carlton House)-Divorce
novel, with movie actresses, society
girls" and such. Commercial.
Rhapsody in Green, by Elizabeth
Carfrae CPutnam)-Novel of young
German with English sympathies
and his plight in the present war.
Commercial.
HISTORY.
Land of Sand. legends of the
North Carolina coast, by Pocahontas
Wight Edmunds; drawings by Mary
Moreiand Junkins Garrett & Mas
sic. Inc. Richmond)-This little
book is composed of six sketches of
personalities of the North Carolina
coastal country, from Virginia Dare
to the Wright brothers. 1t has few
facts, many exclamation points.
GUIDE SERIES.
/ Missouri: A Guide to the "Show
Me" State. compiled by workers of
the Writers Program of the Works
Projects Administration in Mis-
souri, tDuell Sloan g. Pearce. New
Yorkl-This newest addition to the
w. P. A. guide series describes a
typical State, neither large nor
small, West nor East, North nor
South Since Missouri has been
less written about than many other
States, there is much material in
this book which is new. There are
many photographs.
AMERICA SOUTH.
Our Latin American Neighbors, by
Philip Leonard Green CHastings)-
A brief and simply written history
OF the outlines of Latin American
development. racial. cultural and in
dustrial. Apparently for young STU
dents.
1OUIH.
Time on Their Hands, by C. Gill
bert Wrenn and D. L. Harley tAmer-
lean Council of Education)-A study
Of the use, by modern youth, of the
wealth of leisure ano recreational
possibilities to which it has access
and which has never been enjoyed
by any other generation. Depressing
BIOGRAPHY.
A Pioneer Editor i'm Early Iowa, A
Sketch of the Life of Edward Rus
sell, by his son, Charles Edward
Russell CRansdelD "A pamphlet
sized volume on the life of an anti
slavery editor in Iowa before, dur
ing and after the Civil War. Inter-
esting.
CRAFTS.
It's Fun to Make Things, by Mar
tina Parkhill and Dorothy Spaeth
(Barnes) )-Instructio in the home
manufacture of simple articles in
wood, metal, raffia, pottery and
leather, and the care Of tools. Illus
trated.