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Evening star., 1941-01-05
By Marguerite E. Smith,
Public Library Staff.

There is always a great demand
for books in the field Of biography
at the public library, Eighth and
K streets NV, ano its branches.
1t is extremely interesting to note
that many of the recent biographies
portray American family life as it
was in the past and is today. These
books contain the same rollicking
spirit as that of the perennial favo-
rite, Life With Father" by Clar-
ence Day.
The Vanishing Virginia" by Re-
becca Yancey Williams, is an in
formal portrait of the authors
lawyer father, Cap'n Bob Yancey,
who created real problem for his
family and friends in the town OF
Lynchburg, Va. Nevertheless, this
didn't keep him from being con-
slant source Of fun and livelineSs
in the community.
Unique Character.
Joshua K. Bolles' Father Was
an Editor" another recent biog-
raphy, is a sons tribute to his father,
a successful newspaper man in a
small Connecticut town at the turn
of the century. Father proved him.
self decided individualist-violent,
gentle and lovably inconsistent
There's Henry Beetle Houghs
Country Editor" personal story
of the authors 20 years as editor
of a weekly newspaper published
in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
This book, in its portrayal of an
interesting and creative life, is a
true expression of simple Ameri-
cani5m.
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early American history, we may
expect to meet Frederic and the
Major again. in happier circum-
stances, too.
The material Of the story is all
concerned with the efforts of the
settlers to maintain their precari-
Gus safety against the Indians on
the one hand, and the British
troops on the other. For the troops
have to uphold the law, and the
law is on the side of the arms
sellers. Thus, the poor settlers are
between the devil and the sea.
There is fighting and brutality and
reveling in scenes demonstrative
of the ugliness, dirt and crudity
of frontier life.
Mr.. Swanson is obviously full of
his subject: no one can doubt his
authenticity. But, as a writer, he
suffers somewhat from this very
fullness. He has a turgid style and
a seemingly uncomfortable love of
long detailed descriptions, which
often lose their point to the reader
and aid confusion rather than
clarity. But his historical value
cannot be doubted, and those who
love fiction which is strongly rooted
in fact will find his work well worth
the reading
Evening star., 1941-01-05
The Earth Is the Lords

By Taylor CaldweH New York. Charles Scribners Sons.
the ndubtaby Mongo chief
remembered history
written
originality limiting history which
She point
Mongo horde be
manhood have been her peoccupaon writing
psychological
attempted
him himself
largely
gives picture of the Mongol future
wandering aggo-
meatn-a untnkng obednt followers
who engage in constant duelng themselves
subtle include Houn Genghis
uncle and Kokchu the priest There rva
Aaic in
mental duelng
forces human natural find their young Temun
ruthless terrible
Of world it lies before him.
It makes mixed qualities which the life sometimes
the author rather than from the intrinsic vitality her
it's realism of its presentation of the Mongol e The
however be somewhat arbitrary and
out at times hesant moderny
action Even better ordinary remarkable
concen and quite through. NC. r.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
he Literary WordRevw of Current Publications Various Fields
Beals Offers Program for
Closer Relations Between
u. S. and Its Neighbors
Plan Is Based on Economics
Beneficial to All Nations of
Western Hemisphere
By Mary-Carer Roberts,
BY Mary-Carfer Roberts.
Pon-Americo

By Carleton Beals. Houghton Mifin Co.
In this immensely informative volume offers his program
of that mucfa non-appsaring
political entity PanAmerica He reduces wholly of
Romantic talk about good neighbong
empty of all promise The Roosevelt cartel
Ppoa treaties
date our Government has done
really constructive bring
hemisphere solidarity What we should do then he
Institute economic
or exploitation by ourselves Promote the production of strategic materials
countries instead transporting
around the world as we doing Create
based actual credit
organize purchasing reduce tariffs
l tariffs and long term
discussion OF each OF these recommendations at considerable length and
indicates that the institution OF such program would involve considerable
fogaauo OF our foreign trade structure with in some the
of methods used by the oaarian states
freedom countries involved But American structure
cannot be looked for as natural growth happy accident 1t will
require elaborate long-term planning.
The book lengthy being 500 of small type Much of
need solidarity Beal
the establishment of these materials and he continues
build dnses He favor the system but feels that
rs @ t i sppa3n On df Is nor eOpe h @ e M T M W n sra ssog
allowed expend s1ooOooooo 1Oyr period sOOooOoo
declares the of
allowance would purchase but weeks supply of rubber alone
AT this he observes W would take about 80 just lay by
normal of rubber mention other costly supplies
unfortunately even Treasury
intelligent policy interest
order to & promo % 1T the M pGaGon ol maefis bad m TO pe
from Bolivia
base OF Chromium from Alaska The remainder was bought
Turkey bought from Cuba
and the future supplies from Brazil and Bolivia unn was likewise
China obviously promote our quite unenabe oriental
rather than from Bolivia The mixing up OF our echna ana
industrial policy political ndigs ndangers
any scientific drive create real national security
therefore feels that there real ground IN mutual oent ol
mere windy South American
oeves and bind our southern neghbors
emphatic in aunting the great part OF Of what has been aD
His book vigorous unbiased 1t certainly deserves reading
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Demand for Biographies
Reported by Library

Another unique character is found
in Hartzell Spence's "One Foot IN
Heaven; the Life Of a Practical
Parson." Here is an intimate and
amusing portrait of the authors
father, a Methodist minister in
Iowa. The purchase Of this title
has been announced by Jack l..
Warner, vice president in charge
of production at Warner Brothers.
To the list of contemporary
American humorists should be added
the name of Ruth McKenney. In
MY Sister Eileen" and The Nc
Kenneys Garry On" she delights
her reader with the excessively
funny experiences of her own family
circle.
A real gem in the realm of re-
cent biography is Audubon S
America: The Narrative and Ex-
periences of John James Audubon. "
This beautifully illustrated book
brings together the scattered writ
ings Of this most appreciative
American. It's an enthusiastic &C
count of the life and customs of
large sections of North America in
the period between 1903 and l849.
For the reader who enjoys an
interesting personal record, the fol-
lowing titles are available: Trail
of an Artist-Naturalist; the Auto
biography of Ernest Thompson
Seton" Hugh Young; a Surgeons s
Autobiography" Yankee Skipper; !;
the Life Story Of Joseph A. Gainard,
Captain of the City Of Flint" and
MY Shadow in the SUM-" by
Frances Davis, a young American
woman whose experiences as a war
correspondent in Spain provides
fascinating reading.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
mentation, and 1t seemed end
less, ="

mentation, and it seemed end
less. ="
Some idea Of the quality of "The
Pilgrim Hawk" may be had from
this statement. 1t is, as said, a short
novel, but there has been put a great
complexity of ideas into its brief
span. 1t is the story of a single
episode which occupies only a part
of an afternoon; the event is treated
as the subject Of philosophical con-
temptation, however, and its impli-
cations are shown to be wide and
profound.
The theme is the contrast between
the wild natural human passion of
love and the domesticated, ordered
convention of marriage. A middle
aged couple drop in for a short visit
to a French household in which the
narrator is guest. They are Irish,
wealthy and fashionable. From
their conversation it is evident that
they spend their lives in travel and
sports. The wife carries ons her
wrist a falcon, "the pilgrim hawk, "
and is obviously profoundly at
tached to the bird. The husband
hates the creature, and, becoming
intoxicated, tries to loose it and
drive it away. The psychological
implication is that the hawk repre-
sents love untamed, a part of the
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Brief Reviews
Guide Books.
Guide Books.
SO YOU'RE GOING SOUTH. By
Clara E. Laughlin. Boston: Lit

Guide Books.
SO YOU'RE GOING SOUTH. By
Clara E. Laughlin. Boston: Lit
tie, BrOUn & Co.
This is a compact guide book to
five South Atlantic States-Virginia
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. 1t is illus
trated with photographs. Miss
Laughlin already is known as a
competent, entertaining guide. The
volume is we'll made, big print and
light in weight. 1t should prove
useful.
PENNSYLVANIA: 4 GUIDE TO
THE KEYSTONE STATE. By
,Uorkers OF the Uriters' program,
of the Works Projects Admins
tration. Ne1D York: oxford Uni
DerSity Press.
This big, complete guide to one OF
our largest and most important
States is another in the American
Guide Series of the w. P. A. 1t is
built along the conventional lines
of these guides and is copiously il
lustrated with photographs. Phila-
delphia is included, but in abbrevi-
ated form, because it has had a
book of its own in the same series.
SAN FRANCISCO: A GUIDE TO
THE BAY AND ITS CITIES. By
uorkers of the Uriters' program,
OF the Works Projects Admins
tration. Ne1O York: Hastings
House.
The w. P A. series continues with
this study of San Francisco. The
city is described, past and present, in
considerable detail. Photographs.
One More Recipe.
CHART FOR HAPPINESS. BY Hor-
nell Hart. NelD York: Macmillan.
How to be a success and all that.
Harmless.
TOWARD A SOLUTION. By Israel
Goldstein. NeW York: G. P.
PutnGm's Sons.
Essays on Jewish life today.
Authoritative.
Humor.
MR.. SMITH AND MR.. SCHMIDT.
By Ben Martin. NeU York: Van-
guard Press.
A little fable in pictures, compar-
ing humorously the manners Of
democracy and those of the Nazis.
Housing.
HOUSING FOR DEFENSE. NeU
York: T1Uentieth Century Fund
A study of the role of housing in
Americas defense plans and pro-
gram for procedure. Technical.
Foreign Affairs.
AMERICAS DILEMMA. By Norman
Angel. NeD York: Harper.
The well-known English pacifist
argos against Americas isolationism
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Behind the Nozi Front
By John McCutcheon


NelO York. Dodd, Mead & Co.
In this lively narrative, a CORE
Spondent of the Chicago Tribune
tells of his life in Germany since
the declaration of World War II. 1t
is a horrlfying tale of starvation,
oppression, brutalities and the de-
hberate destruction of all those i'm
pulses which the race has learned
to hold good. Mr.. McCutcheon is a
young fellow and still so full of the
wonder of simply seeing that he does
not stop often to comment. He
rushes along instead, pouncing
brightly from one atrocity to an
other, and the result is that his
book has something of the effect
OF neWSreel of shocking scenes
rapidly run off. To read it is to
hold on to your chair. 1t is as bad
an account of Hitlerism as the re-
viewer has yet read, and she has
not seen any to date which she
would call downright good.
Specifically, Mr.. McCutcheon des-
cribes Poland, as he saw it during
the last days of the German attack
and afterWard, and Czecho- -Slovakia
after that country had enjoyed a
period of Nazi strangulation. His
chapter heads will give reader an
idea of what he has to tell-"Plunder
and Desolation," Eyewitness Bru-
talityl" Speeches, Battles and
Ruins'-these are some of them. All
the horrors which have been re-
ported in the press-the mass mur-
ders of civilians. the starvation of
refugees, the senSeleSs attacks on
beautiful or valuable buildings, the
studied savagery of the Nazi horde
toward the defeated populations
all these he confirms as the COM
monplace of German victory. There
is only one heartening thing in the
book, as the receiver sees it, and
that is the news that the Germans
themselves are hungry, that food
conditions throughout the Reich
are extremely bad and that the
proud Nordics are finding diet of
guns without butter trif1e hard to
take down. Even so, says Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon, it is the civilians who
suffer; the army contrives to be
adequately fed, though the families
of the soldiers suffer and die of
malnutrition.
The book is, of course, only one
more document. Everything which
has been written on the subject
so far has had substantially the
same story to tell. This volume has
the value of being an eyewitness
account. 1t tells such details as
the censor would not let CORE
spondents put into their dispatches.
1t is horrible reading, but it ought
to be read, just the same.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Curiouser and Curiouser
BIZ Dorothy Rice Sims.

og oOi OtftS AttSS oIbeo' ''S"
York: Simon e. SchuSter.
The author of this book is the
wife of Hai Sims, the bridge player.
In her own right. she has had an
interesting career. She was an
ardent motorcyclist when women
devotees Of that sport were few
and far between; she was the first
woman to get an amateur pilots
license in this country; she studied
sculpture, and painting under emf
nent teachers at home and abroad;
she has travelled widely. known
many people, and she invented that
quantity which weighs SO heavily
in our society today-psychic
bridge. Here she undertakes to
tell her life story. One can only
say that it is unfortunate that a
lady with so much to say has been
more interested in playing the
literary smarty than in dealing
honestly with her material. But
that is the sad fact. Mrs. Sims,
whatever she may be in life, is, in
her book, a perpetual shower off
Evening star., 1941-01-05

woman's character, and that the
man, longing for placid domesticity,
wants to destroy the disturbing ele-
ment in his marriage. The treat
ment of the theme is such as to
indicate that the conflict will be an
endless one.
The story is told slowly in pellucid
prose which creates an atmosphere
of still wonder. The beauty in hu-
man emotion, even in sordid emotion
is given its fullest value, and the
single small episode is somehow
made a fragment of universally
The book does not indicate much as
to its authors future, after his long
silence, but it does make clear that
he has lost nothing. One hopes that
this is not the last one hears Of
him.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
The Brewers Big Horses
Bu Mildred Walker

By Mildred Walker. New York: Harcourt, Brace G. Co.
Today quite commonplace for
tary clerk to head large organization to
talents whatever of Not
in the 8os and s In those days essentially
doing dreaming of into
to living.
Mildred Walker author of "Fweed Light
Wife
the Bolster charming daughter Of wealthy
Middle Western family In her most towns of those days.
the established families splendid isolation
community while
the other
little girl ride
brewery which passed back and forth by her home Little did
hen 1882 what prominent those horses
with assels their would her life To they shaped
her destiny would be putting mildly.
the John Henke Brewing of
wled modern remember
physician
from study n Europe,
with married him. thus starting
fight social intolerance fight that previously had been going
in Despite position parents
had social toward the people who lived
other side of the tracks"
The plot cend around the which Sara eventually
directing head thing with scrubbed
floors polished which breathed smell
yeast and Miss Walker inspiring
whose efforts against the wishes and peudces her family
provided
This novel quite entertaining from finish, and the
viewer recommends it unhesitatingly. ROBERT ERWIN
Evening star., 1941-01-05
The PiIqrim Hawk
By GlenaUay WeStcott. NeW
York. HQrDer q, Bros.

York: Harper & Bros.
This short novel is GlenWay West
colts first fiction to be published in
10 years. He was one of the most
promising young men of the 20s
crop. as readers will remember.
With his novel The Grandmothers"
he took the Harper Prize. and his
short stories were beloved by makers
of anthologies decade ago. For
long time, however, he has been alb
sent from the American publishing
scene In a statement accompany
ing the present tale he gives his
reasons for that absence, as follows:
Il have not published a volume of
fiction since 1923, and this long lapse
was not caused by any misfortune or
by idleneSs. l wrote necessarily;
nothing worth publishing, nothing
really readable. l did not feel that
l had less talent than before, only l
had no idea how to narrate, or had
too many ideas at once. Youthful
promise apparently had turned into
a more and more complex expert
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Author Attempts to Throw
More Creditable Light on
Washington's Associates
Bernhard Knollenberg Says
They Have Been Maligned
By Writers of History
Woshinqton and the Revolution

o: The @ 5 OF M ss s5e m S
excellent general and bme character which American history holds
admiration Knolenbeg Of
m d has s m & at the m of % other G s ne
Gen Greene and those members the Continental Congress accord
Washington and thvart T his military pa Mr. knene takes up
times ssss y ea'h h m @ d ano @ @ be @ med
through the in order that Washington might shine in our history as
OF Gen Gates he that blame has been T4uy cast upon him
Gs @ M v i % 0 ne w g 9fe OF f h a0a
Gates the time of Washngons delayed rg
n e v so aa pa mason @ was M OPea engage & IN ne
this the caat Washington had materially weak
end his the aid he had Gates and that returned the
troop; promptly on receiving M request for them The defeat
Washingon Washington alone his interpretation
sponsbe.
s,'::: s.':s Sisss1s Ss; 4, a'sasa ssssa.s a's to
He also takes the view held by historians that the aid of
hdence Wahingtons ability brought Knoen-
points by John fitzpatrick in
i long washington
had him that had leader real
American continent at the time Of the alliance and washington except
for brief visit Barbados youth outside of it, The
evidence that Gates victory the deciding factor is the other hand
0 Rs sGs. that es was s se
generals behavior the blame the the battle
He also charge sometimes the
terms of Bgone surrender badly concluded He that
Gates advantage Boyne only and that he had
Surrender Was that the Bh Should be sent back England M
failure
impossible the latter for having dhonoed that promise In all these
however, KnoQenberg
shine with cleaning honor generally reported
haous protesting against the violation OF the OF the
According present findings quite
different thing Congress made
England he because the members able
the British
America the
Washington
congressional position and expressly warned against allowing the prisoners
to go without assurance against their return
Green
Orders Washington.
Knorenberg
unjust blamed for the fall of Washington
Washngons orders he Washington after the
blame his subordiaes shoulders
volume indeed he charges Washington with this kind of dngenuous
conduct.
supposed
by
in his Knolenbg
of
Mr. Knolenbg the marquis
forward evidence however that Washington himself took
the plot seriously worked himself fine Of
his authority quick shift blame from himself highly susceptible
altogether Washingons
The objection which will readers mind however
is that his select these has Of
unchaengd
which this selection hardly make obec
on Yet the thought must readers mind occasionally least
historians several should
completely
their trained professional abilities discover the TRUTH
but be trfe accept Knolenbergs
the historical fraternity criticisms Washington from
reaching Hughes with reservations
that he himself writes without the slightest bias NC r.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Test Tubes and Droqon Scales
By DR.. G.. C. Basil. Chicago

By DR.. G. C. Basil Chicago: John C. Winston Co.
praciced
nearly physicians
praciced world
practitioners of these interesting
This the crop, written China
is perhaps among the most interesting of the lot
Basil hospital China primarily
adventure His youthful spirit interest in the and
colaboraor
China picturesque
the reader it,
incidents described the
hospital
accord undergo treatment which would enable him play like
other children the
his fifth WIFE fortunately it, the Lin
explaining
r. TAYNTON.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Today and Forever

81
unpublished short stories modern Chi
BUCKS unqueo
the subject but judged simply as stores thel
theses ratner
spcnc one
to snow
the main they
that surprisingly SICK and
shallow
mentioned exceptions to this rather de-
other The Angel
and emotion which go neyono mere
touched with real tenderness ana
feared hat
has dealt in types rather
than tell would seem TO be more
Evening star., 1941-01-05
The Giant Joshua
By Maurine Whipple.

BU
things about this from the TACT
of of its publishers annually given
Mormons in the days
poygamy the other that it belongs schoo OF ncSo
birth all its physical details the
sometimes called the novel OF one ol ese
of course more or less grows out OF e ot rol ~
Wpple and the institution OF pogamy or
plurality she calls it, from the point OF view OF the Mormon women M h
whole and only duty 1t was SO sh tes IT, 10 pear w
rather beNldering frequency A
chapters likely to get the sensation OF penog
busy maternity Ward or even slce sls or
cannot report the NUMBER OF
accouchemens which are joyouy recorded simply because somewhere
in the midd o book, just lost count
effort to present living account OF MOT
family and community life tells Its e toug ne sos %
with the oVerpoweng name Oh ma m css
of middeaged pillar OF the at VINO reoicS
beautyloving fond OF youthful pleasures ADRIAN wears LUZ
of wife snores ana
felicity Clornda Agatha Uhough ne mao
sweetheart before she married h recon
always able to uphold this high oa pu sh
middle has the reward OF seeing Aplah tel an
another girl to wife ana reegae her 10 Virtual
This not very lovely story it justice, with good deal
pauby The point which Miss Whppe mas 10 MAKE aI Inc m
accepted their lives
household OF women and tells us that there was oCeless
harreak the but she also presents WIN ra
conviction faith which sustained the sufferers And she makes e
faith genuine, too; cannot doubt it,
Coinda Agathas existence unhappy for such reasons mace even
conditions
painted For her husbands household sent from Salt Lake CITY
Brother Brigham found colony in territory and by ths
journey Indian raids life in
bab grasshopper plaques foods doughs and similar
united
essentials before Individual happiness she seems to
and hope better life in finally the
which poygamy outawd have an
ent of law she
tells their of martrdom and further
strengthened in their sense Of righteousness by it. ~
unovey picture but it is still entirely credible
one-if you for the obstetrical school Of writing
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Best Sellers

Best Sellers
The following list of best sellers compiled weekly
formation obtained in Washington by The Star
Boston, Chicago and San Francisco
Alliance:
FICTION.
"FOr Whom the Bell Tolls (Scrbner),
"Sapphra and the Slave Girl" by Villa
solver Wiswel" by Kenneth Roberts Doubleday Doran)
"NIrs. Mniver," by Jan Sruther Harcourt Brace.
"Raleighs Eden," by Ingl Fletcher (Bobbs- -MerrlD.
NONFICTION,
Treasury of the Worlds Greatest Letters edited Lincoln
Schuster (Smon & Schuster).
"The Vanishing virgnan," by Rebecca Yancey Williams
Duon).
"White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller Coward -McCann
Readers Digest Reader" collection
Doran).
Bright Arrows by ST. Vincent May (Harper
Evening star., 1941-01-05

She prefers a poor joke to a good
pen. The result is trite, tiresome
volume of overworked wisecracks.
The reviewer will let it go at that.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
The Silent Drum
,op Mem York. F0rrnr e. Riuphnrf

BIZ Neil H S1panson York Farrar G. Rinehart.
historical novels Western
interval between the French Indian War and
character in the earlier novel, THE Judas
which
settlers who objected narrowing series adventures
white cvil
adopted the Shawnee
through the forest find
completely dsgusted with his own people ant
he has been beended by MAJ
whose effort is to stop the
peacefully and who to prison for his pains Obviously
carried and since Mr. swan
son has signed contract with publishers write 80 volumes