Evening star., 1941-10-05
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

NOVELS.
These Are My People, by Ruth
Burr Sanborn (CroWelD - Senti-
mental tale about a very noble doc
tor who loses a rich fiancee because
he is so devoted to his profession.
Women's magazine fiction.
The Street Has Changed, by Eliz-
abeth DAILY CFarrar & RineharD-I
One of those stories about a group
Of families living in the same block
in New York City. For a change,
the scene is in prosperous neigh
borhood. A sufficiently entertaining
novel.
Strictly Dingdong, by Richard
English Doubleday. DolanD - An
other novel about swing musicians
A trade article.
Never Come Back, by John MAR
Little, Brown)-A novel of a SIN
lister political group and a young
man who comes in conflict with
same. The main part of the book
is the closing-in of the sinister ones
on the young man and his plot to
escape their lethal intentions. Good
thriller.
Angel Casey. by Charles Bonner
CKnop0 - Sentimental story about
woman's life-a young first mar
riage. period Of devotion to children,
a second love. Women's magazine
fiction
Painted Buttes, by Arthur Henry
Gooden Barb Books - Typical
cowboy thriller.
There Goes Iona Henry. by Polan
Banks Morrow One more story
about the ambitious girl from across
the tracks. Trade article
Swift Are the Shadows. by Giu-
seppe di Gioia Pyramidl-Novelo of
a mans persecution by Fascists.
Routine performance.
Dona Iona. by Blanche c. Grant
Funk Historical novel with set
ting in New Mexico in the DAYS of
Kit Carson. Routine performance.
Ariadne Spinning, by Eleanor
Green Doubleday. Doran) - Novel
of American small town told through
the mind of a superior woman. Good
performance.
Halloween. by Leslie Burgess Put
NAM A grim. gloomy business
about storedup emotions in an an
cient Scottish tower. UnConsciously
funny
Between Two Autumns. by Percy
Marks CReynal & Hitchcock)-Im-
possible sort of tale about a man of
fatal charm who, with the best in
tentionS. breaks all hearts within
seeing distance Setting is a mod
ern American family where the hero
stays year. Forced entertainment.
The Unknown Garden. by Rupert
Holloway CBobbs-M -MerrilD - This is
supposed to be a love story based
on the findings of science. with
never a word of the Freudian lingo"
Too many characters and too much
naturalization make it rather con-
fusing.
MYSTERIES.
Bodies Are Where You Find Them.
by Brett Halliday oHolt-Miami
murder. with election frauds. phoney
sanitariums and corpses of young
women strewn all over the place.
The trick is to attach one of these
corpses to an innocent man. who
naturally tries to evade the honor
A strictly trade performance.
The Power House, by John Buchan
1 (Houghton, Miff1in) One of the late
Lord TweedSmuir' early mysteries.
first published in 1916 and out of
print for a long time, reprinted here
for fans 1t deals with an interna-
tional European conspiracy which.
in a way. seems to foreShadow the
rise of totalitarianism. The detec-
tive is Sir Edward Leithen, familiar
to Buchan readers. An excellent
story and timely revival.
Murder a la Mode, by Eleanore
Kelly Sellars CDodd. Mead)-Crime
story in a great modern department
store, its atmosphere arising from
/ store characters and talk. Other
wise, not an unusual performance
This-Is Murder, by Cortland
Fitzsimmonds and Gerald Adams
(Stokes)-This is the murder that
| happens on the yacht. where no.
body can leave and no stranger
could have come IN. Scene is Cata-
lima Island. and characters include
beautiful movie actress. In short,
a natural.
TRAVEL.
Hawaii. L. S. A., by Bob Davis and
George T. Armitage tStokes The
famous rowing reporter, with little
assistance from Mr.. Armitage. re-
ports on his recent trip to Hawaii.
If you like it.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Pursuit of Destiny, by Muriel
Bruce Hasbrouck Dutton)-a sort
of astrology up-to-date. The re-
viewer believes that playing a plain
hunch is maybe safer
Your Personality, by Virginia Case
(Macmillan)-A study of the con-
trast between the extravert and in
trovert types. If you care for labels.
Let's Talk About You, by Mar
garet Hadley Station CHarbinger)-
A success and self f-help text. The
reviewer believes that maybe as
trology is better, after all.