The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-24
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If the Nov. / mailing deadline
is closing in on you and you still
haven't found the right gift for
that boy in foreign service, send
book. When you put a book
in the mail, you are guaranteeing
pleasure not only for the lad who
will receive it, but also for all his
buddies. One book may 60 the
rounds of an entire battalion,
and that is really spreading out
your Christmas JOY.
Don't confine your book gifts
to Christmas. Send a book to a
soldier or a sailor whenever you
can. Books, wrapped individu-
ally, comply with all postal re-
strictions, and can be mailed un-
der the low book rate. The av-
erage book will cost you about 6
cents postage.
Current releases supply an ex-
cellent selection for gifts for
men in service. Books on the
war are intentionally omitted.
SHORT STORIES TOP LIST
Collections of short stories
lead the list. A short story can
fill in an empty hour or a
dreary day. This Is My Best"
dial: $500, presents the work
of SO living American authors.
Whit Burnett has collected $50
stories, essays, poems and pro-
files, each selected by the author
as his finest product.
American Harvest FISCHER:
S3.5O) contains the cream OF
American literature in the per-
iod from 1920 to 1910. All the
big names" of fiction and fact
are here with carefully selected
stories, articles and verse. THE
Worlds Great Short Stories
world: 49c) offers "a great tales
by authors of all nations.
AROUND THE WORLD
American troops are guarding
the four corners of the globe.
Regardless of where your SOL
der friend may be stationed.
YOU can find a book that will
give him the background and
some of the romance of the coun-
try.
For those in the Egyptian
Near East zone there is Emil
Ludwig's THE Mediterranean
(Whittlesey House $3.75). the
story of the inland sea from
Pericles to Mussolini. The Med
itcrranean has been the center OF
the greater part of our civiliza.
ton, the source of culture and
religion. Ludwig's history COW
ers all the important facts and
individuals, the rise and fall OF
empires, in a brilliant and entire
ly readable volume.
The long Alaskan nights may
seem shorter If the Lord OF Al
aska" Viking: $3 is handy.
This is the story of Andrevich
Baranov, leader of Russia's col
ony in Arctic America. 1t is a
vigorous man-sized yarn, with
plenty of adventure.
my Father in China" Gar
rar and Rinehart: $3) is not only
an exceptionally fine biography
of William Burke. Methodist
missionary, but Is the story of
China, too. in q period of srup-
tive growth. The Soong family
mime. Chang Kai-shek is one of
the daughters) plays an import
ant part in the story.
Ernestine Hill writes a most
readable. however feminine, &C
count of the people. animals and
country down under" in Aus
tralian Frontier" doubleday
Doran: $500.
HISTORICAL FICTION
There is an inspiration for
every fighting American in the
stories of the early struggles of
this nation. Inevitably, he must
realize that these principles OF
freedom which were fighting for
In the 18th century are still
worth preserving in 1912. These
historical move s are recon-
mended. :,
Look TO the M u n n
Holt: $2.75) by LeGrand Can
non is set in pre- Revolutionary
New Hampshire, details the
courage and love of two young
Americans who were willing TO
fight for personal liberty. OF
such pioneer stock was q nation
built In greatness.