The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-26
High|iehts from
the Latest Books

Iatr;oticaily-about the absence
Of coffee, gasoline. tires anu
numerous other war necessl.ies,
forget it. There is no shortage Oh
books-good books-to Keep
YOU entertained all winter
This time you arc finding on
YOUR hands, with no SUNDAY
motor trips, restricted enter
tainment, can be filled TO your
own advantage with a Wei.
manned reading course. Next
spring you will wonder why you
haven't tried it before. TINS WIN
ter can be your most proiitaoie
season. And put the cash you
save into stamps and bonds.
And a reminder about the
hooks After you have finlsheo
With them, ship them to some
bow in camp, or give them to the
US.O. Books for service men
are at a premium. Be sure you
do your share there too.
Here are just a few curreh'
releases which should be incluo-
ed on your winters reading
schedule.
THE ROBE-(Houghton Milf
film: S2.75) Lloyd Douglas has a
sure best seller in the story Oh
the Roman soldier who gampieo
for Christ's robe and won. Tri-
bune Marcellus was in command
of the Roman soldiers who cru
Gifted the Gallilean, and the
ystical power of The Robe
changed his entire life. Doug
las powerful story is an inspira-
ton in this troubled world, an
avenue of escape from present
day strife. This is the author 5
best.
THIS SIDE OF LAND -
Coward Mccain: $2.75) inns
is a novel fully worthy OF the
hardy Nantucket men who went
to sea to hunt whales and the
courageous Nantucket women
who WaYched them sail, know
ing that ahead lay the bearing
of these mems children and the
bitter struggle for existence.
Primarily the story of twin
sisters, Elizabeth HOLSTER
Frost's book encompasses the
full sweep of the island on
which the girls grew to woman
hood.
There is much of living and
dying-and even more of love.
This Side of Land" is an out
standing piece of work, marked
by a restraint which never al
lows its poignantly moving pas
sages to seem overdone, or It's
drama to appear forced.
G. b. S.-(Harper: $3.50) Hes
keith Pearson has found the real
Shaw. traced his long and &C
tive life from earliest days, pull
ing no punches and holding
back no facts. Shot with best
barbs of Shavian humor, this
biography is almost pure Shaw
and is completely entertaining.
G. B. S. should remind all that
actually Shaw has left a mark
in the world of ethics, political
science and the drama which
will be felt long after he is
gone.
REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
Harper: $50 An outstanding
autobiography of Andre Maui
rois, distinguished French biog-
rapher and novelist. 1t is more
the autobiography of mind
rather than a personality. The
very lack of subjectivity in
Mourois' memoirs of himself de-
tracts from the creation Of a full
likeness of the man.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR
Standardization: $2.50)
Storm Jameson rounds out her
novels on the current world cri-
sis with an engaging and pow
erful fantasy on the theme that
free men cannot be enslaved.
The scene is q remote village in
German Protectorate- five
years after the end OF the war;
the plot concerns the diabolical
plan of a German scientist to
transform free men into docile
slaves by destroying their minds,
memories and their souls.