The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-19

IN "CroSs Creek" (Scribners) Mar Il jorie Kinnan Rawlings tells the story of her life in the hammock land of Florida.
 The book is full of humor and pathos; the description of the scen- cry, with its orange groves and wild swamp life, the perfection of the authors characterization of the few black and white families of the Creek. makes 1t book of universal appeal.
 From old black Martha, who SCOUTS old English Sheffield along with the cooking pots and pans; from 'Geechee, "wild-looking as some fresh-caught African slave";; and from George, who dot Vic- tWola an twenty-five wecords," to Moe, who didn't "know what's cold out rations and whats fancy fix in's," the characters come into their own.
 There are no false standards in that country by which to judge peo- pie, for they are stripped of all pretense by the lives they lead.
 She is equally at home with "toady-frogs, lizards, antSeS, and varmints," and the book, a series of incidens, charactertzations and de- scription, becomes a narrative of unequalled charm and human in- terest.
 TIME only will evaluate the place l of Cordell Hull in the history of the United States, but Harold B. Hinton,s biography of the Secre- tary of State will make good source material for the researchers of the future.
 Titled "Cordell Hull" and pub- nshed by Doubleday, Doran, the vol ume brings President Roosevelt's Secretary of State up to that dra- matic December afternoon when he lashed with angry words the Japa- nese peace envoys who went to see him even as their country attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippines.
 Hinton is a friend of Hull, has known him through newspaper con- tacts in the state department and writes as native of Hull's Tennes- see.
 Hull came to Congress from a Tennessee judgeship and still is known in his native hills as judge. In Congress he became a tax and tariff expert. He wrote the original income tax law during the Wilson administration. While perfecting himself in tariff he laid the foun- dation for his reciprocal trade trea- ties, which he carried out in his first years as Secretary of State. WHILE Sir Hubert wilkins, based w in Alaska, conducted search for the missing Russian trans-polar fiiers through the winter of 1937-38 he used the opportunity to engage in an experiment of mental tele- pathy with Harold Sherman.
 These two well-knOwn men write about the results of their experi- ment in Thoughts Through Space" Creative Age).
 It is the most convincing demon stration of the power to attune minds to a channel and thought cast" that has come to the atten- ton of this reviewer.
 Sherman, in New York without mechanical means of communica- ton with wilkins, scored an almost unbelievable number of "hits" in his tri-weekly receptions" of Wilkins mental broadcasts. Of course, there were trnisses." too. but these are not emphasized.
 Facts and conclusions of the ex- pertinent are authenticated by sev- eral public figures, including Regt- nald Iversen of the New York Times and pr. Henry s. w. Hardwicke ot the Psychic Research Society of New York.
 The Arctic adventure phase ot their book is interesting in spots, but enforced idlenesS due to bad weather. mechanical and other diff faculties caused by ice and Sub-zero temperatures are responsible Tor dull moments.
 JULES ROMANS is a clever writ 1 y CT and 'The New Day" (KnopO ! tenth book in his Men of Good Will I series, is entertaining reading.
 1t is entertaining despite a feel ing of impatience that is recurrent with the realization that the world I is embroiled in another war, that France has fallen, and that Ro- mains is still writing about an in- terlude in the recovery from war that ended almost . quarter Of 9 century ago.