Evening star., 1941-04-06
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

"This Finer Shadow" by Harlan
Cozad Mcintosh dial Press)-Story
OF the adventures of young sea-
man who spends a winter in a
Bowery lodging house for sailors.
John Cowper Powys, in the intro
duction, terms the author a genius,
and the book contains flights of
fine writing. The theme is homo
sexuality.
"Cheerfulness Breaks In," by
Angela Thirkell CKnopf)-Another
story of life in wartime England.
"Forsaking All Others" by Alice
Duer Miller (Simon e. SchuSter)-
Reprint of Miss Miller's verse novel,
first published in 1881. And it's still
good reading. A more recent poem
of hers, The White Cliffs" has
just gone into its 14th edition.
HOW TO
"The Writer'S Handbook" by A. S.
Burack CThe Writer)-How to be a
writer, what to write about and
where to sell it.
BE an Artist" by Marion Downer
dothrop, Lee & Shepard What
you have to learn, what you have
to do, where the jobs are and how
to get them.
TRAVEL AND PLACES.
Hawaii: A Profile" by Merle
Colby Duell, Sloan & Pearce)-A
pleasant little book of photographs
of native people and scenery.
"Farthest Westing," by Josephine
and Austin Craig Dorrance)-A
writer of school texts on the Philip
pines and his sister publish an ex-
change of letters about native peo-
pie and customs. Informal, witty
and amusing.
what to See in Washington" by
George w. Seaton prentice -HalD-
A compact guide to Washington's
show places. Would be adequate for
brief trip.
"Cannibais and Orchids" by Leona
Miller Sheridan House, The
author and her husband explored
Dutch New Guinea to film the
natives-head hunters and canni-
balls. An account of the trip, ex-
ceptionally bizarre and highly in
teresting.
New American Guide Series
compiled by the writers program
of the w. P. A-Wisconsin Duell
Sloan 81 Pearce); Colorado. Utah
Louisiana and Key West CHastings
House,.
THE SEA.
"1n Great Waters" by jeremiah
Digges (MacMillan)-A collection of
stories about the Portuguese sailors
along the Massachusetts, coast; their
exploits as whalers and fishermen
told by one who writes with undis-
guised admiration of a hardy race
of seafarers.
THE WAR.
"We Escaped" edited by William
Allan Nelson (Macmillan)-The
personal stories of II refugees who
fled Europe to America.
"The Malady and the Vision" by
T. r. Fyvel CKnopf) An attempt to
guess at the new world which must
come out of the war: The orderli-
ness of Nazi-ism without its tyran-
ries, the broad social basis of Com
munism also without tyranny. No
more capitalism. That is the
authors answer.
THE New Common Sense" by
w. F. Russell (Macmillan The
dean of Teachers College, Columbia
University, calls to Americans to
defend democracy from enemies
without and within.
"a Faith to Fight For" by
John Strachey Random House, "A
famous leftist espouseS the cause
of democracy as identified with
Great Britain in the present war
No brave new world without first
beating Hitler-that is his argu-
ment.
"War by Revolution" by Francis
Williams (Viking Press "A plan
for the revolt of the countries con-
quered by Germany in the present
war, with England aiding and foster
ing.
Canada Fights" by j. w. Dafoe
Farrar & Rinehart) The story of
Canada's war effort. Important to
Americans.
Germany Prepares for War" by
Ewald Banse (Harcourt, Brace "A
work originally published in 1882
outlining the Nazi war plan. Gen.
orally discredited then, it has proved
mainly accurate. Worth re-reading.
"An GauI Is Divided -" Anony-
NOUS. With foreword by Eliza
beth Morrow (Greystone Press).-
A small collection of letters from
occupied France. A sickening story
of loot. censorship and terrorization,
lightened by accounts of the cour-
age of the French. Unquestionably
authentic.
London Front" by F. Tennyson
Jesse and H. M. Harwood Double
day, Doran The authors, the we'll
known novelist and the equally we'll
known playwright, exchange letters
mingling comment on wartime con-
ditions with news of the theater
and London life generally. One war
book touched with humor and irony.
Worth reading.
Letters From JIM" edited with
foreword by Cecil Roberts CMac-
MILAN The well-known English
novelist publishes letters from a
young friend in the army, an Eng
hsh boy of humble parentage. Gov
ers the expeditionary force and the
retreat to Dunkirk. One more vivid
yolume.
Their Finest Hour" edited by
Allan A. Niche and Walter Graeb-
,or (Horrottrt proool Ciyfoan IN, -