The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-31

ernment by Assassination" (Knopf: $3). Retreat to Victory" Alliance: $3), Last Train GFrom Berlin" (Knopf $2.75), and Freely to Pass" (Crowell: $3) filled in the necessary gaps.
 THE ARMY
 ..CEE HERE PRIVATE HAR-
 V GROVE (Holt: $2) gave the public a humorous view of the draftee's life through the eyes of Private Marion Hargrove, but the serious side of the war effort was covered in "The Army Means Business" (Bobbs Berrill: $2.75) and Our New Army" Oittle Brown: $1.50).
 For those who stay at home there was sound advice in "So Your Husbands Gone to War" Doubleday Doran: $2). "The Army Woman's Handbook" (Whittlesey House: $1.25) and the Army Guide for Women" Hongmans: $2.50).
 Sabotage" (Harper and Broth- CTS: $2.50) pointed out internal dangers the nation faces and Prelude to Victory" (Knopf: S2) told the nation just what victory vii cost. "The Problems of Last ing Peace" Doubleday Doran: $2) was guide for the postwar fu- ture.
 Best photos of the year were included in "U. S. Camera, 1922" (D,Hnn GlAo,a War in Our Time" Doubleday Doran: $3.70) and Shooting the Russian Front (Simon and Schu- ster: $2.75).
 SHORT STORIES
 COLLECTIONS were well in the N top bracket of the years best sellers. There was bumper crop of "Treasuries' harvested and all of them are prized additions to any library. Several were stand outs
 This Is My Best" (Dial:. $3.50) and American Harvest" Fischer: $3.50) rounded up U. s. short fic- tion in excellent fashion. "hTe Best American Short Stories of 1942' (Houghton Mifflin: $2.75) and the O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1942" Doubleday Doran: s2.50) are al- ways annual favorites.
 Treasury of the Familiar" Macmillan: $5) led all the rest in popular appeal, closely trailed by "A Treasury of Great Poems" Simon ana Schuster: $3.75). Treasury of Best Loved Hymns" (Greenberg: $2.50, "A Treasury of the Worlds Finest Folk Songs" Howell Soskin: $5) and "Humor in American Song" (Howell Sos kin: S3.7O handled the musical department adequately for most readers.
 Charles Addams' Drawn and Chartered" (Random House: $2.50) and The New Yorker Album Random House: $2) were in a class by themselves, just what the doctor ordered for laughs in wartime. WHODUNITS
 ssTHHE UNINVITED" Doubleday
 Il Doran $2,50) was the sur prise hit of the year. and chiller- thriller of exceptional quality. ''oMther finds a Body" (Simon and Schuster: $2) brought Gipsy Rose Lee back into the literary spotlight, FINEST FICTION
 ssERANZ WERFEL'S Song of
 ! Bernadette" (Viking: $3) 'Drivin Woman" Macmillan: 2.75D. '"The Rote" (Houghton Mifflin: $2.75l and Hostages" (Putnam's Sons: $2.503 jumped to best selling lists and held that status. The fiction yield catered to every taste and trying to name the top choice of the year will only lead to argu- ment.
 Many of the best known authors returned with new works. The First Lady. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the text for Frances Cooke Macgregor's pictures in This Is America" (Putnam's $3). Carl Sand burgfi continued his Civil War writ ings with "Storm Over the Land"
 Harcourt Brace: $3.50). Douglas Southal Freeman copped the biog- raphy honors with Lees Lieuten- ants (Scribners: $5) and c. s. For ester left off swashbuckling heroes to write the best child's book Poo Poo and the Dragons" hittle Brown: $l.75).
 All in all, l942 was a busy and profitable year for publishers and readtrs