Evening star., 1942-02-01
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

Desperate Angel, by Helen Top
ping Miller (Appleton-Century)-
Story Of four sisters, their love
affairs. Trade fiction.
Sugar In the Gourd. by Evelyn
Hanna Outton) Story Of mild girl
who loses her sweetheart to bold
siren and then gets him back. Back
ground Of Georgia peach country.
Average.
Sheriff Olson, by M. G. Chute
(Appleton- Century little
story about a country sherin-en-
tirely unpretentious.
Corn in Egypt, by Warwick Deep
ing Knopf-Story of city man who
goes back to the soil. Typical
Deeping.
Try to Forget Me. by Virginia
Nielsen doubleday, Doran)-Story
of boy and girl affair which con-
tinued after boy and girl got slightly
older. Trade fiction, sentimental.
Touchdown, by Adelaide C. Row.
ell (DuttoneStory of an athelete
who gets infantile paralysis and
demonstrates his grit. Sentimental.
Patriotism, by Clarence E. Votaw
Dorrance) IS Story of Civil War
presented through a schoolgirls
diary. Ingenious.
HISTORY.
Northern Editorials on Secession,
compiled by Howard Cecil Perkins
(Appleton- Century, - Almost 500
editorials on every phase of the
Civil War. A useful historical ref
erence in two volumes.
When Egypt Ruled the East, by
George Steindorff and Keith C.
Seele Chicago University Press
A summing up of the knowledge
gained from the excavations of the
past 20 years. Valuable.
Jews In . Gentle World, by
Isacque Graeber and Steuart Hen
derson Britt, in cooperation with
l6 other writers Macmillan "A
factual survey of the problem Of
anti-Semitism, showing among other
material the extent of Jewish own
ership of industry and business.
Valuable.
A Treasury of Democracy, edited
by Norman Cousins (Coward-Mc-
CannD-A collection of statements
on freedom. from Homer to the
present.
HUMOR.
Many Happy Returns! by Groucho
Marx (Simon & Schuster)-Cracks
about the income tax, some funny
and some not.
How to Do Practically Anything,
by jack Goodman and Alan Green
(Simon & Schuster) Funny stuff
about how to get on-burlesque of
the usual success text.
Accustomed as I Am, by John
Mason Brown Norton)-A funny
report on lecturing by one who has
lectured.
MIR. Limpet, by Theodore Pratt
CKnopf)-An extravaganza telling
how a mild, f1ish-faced man turned
into a secret naval weapon. Really
entertaining.
What Bliss Is This, by Ruth Had
ley CMarshall jones' Book Of
funny pictures showing the events
leading up to wedding.
SPORTS.
Fresh Water Fishing, by Myrin E..
Shoemaker doubleday, Doran)-A
manual on fishing technique, illus
trated by 18 plates of fish in color
THE NEGRO.
An Apprisal of the Negro in Colo
NAL South Carolina, by Frank j.
Klingberg ASSOCIATED Publishers
A historical study. Informative.
ETIQUETTE.
Manners for Moderns, by Mar
jorie Ellis McCrady and Blanche
Wheeler Dutton)-Useful informa-
ton.
PLACES.
South America, with Central
America and Mexico, by j. B. Trend
(Oxford University Press)-One Of
the World Today series. small VOL
umes giving history and forecasts
of the future. Excellent.
INDIANS.
The Puebl0s, by Laura Gilpin
(Hastings House)-A book of photo
graphs of Pueblo Indians and the
country in which they live. with a
running text. Some pictures very
fine.
GUIDES.
Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner
State, compiled by Workers Of the
Writer'S Program Of the Works
Projects Administration in Okla
homa university Of Oklahoma
Press)-This last in the series Of
State guides of the w. P. A. follows
the usual form. Photographs and
maps.
THE ARTS.
The South In Architecture, by
Lewis Mumford Harcourt, Brace)-|
A thoughtful, If short, study Of the
principles and intellectual influence
of Southern architecture, with spe-
cial chapters on Thomas Jefferson
and Henry Hobson Richardson. This
book originated as lectures at the
Alabama State College. Mr.. Num-
ford is the leading commentator in
present-day architectural criticism.
SUCCESS.
Making the Most Of Your Per-
sonality, by Winifred v. Richmond
Farrar b Rinehart)-The usual d.
rectionS for putting VOLT best foot