The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-29

Now Tomorrow" Macmillan: $2.75)
may lack the brilliance Of "All This
and Heaven, Too" but 1t is writ
ten with the skill wich made her
famous. It is the story Of a woman
poorly adjusted to her New Eng
land family, and how she sought re-
lease in love. The failing Of this
love, and the processes and people
who helped her regain life, complete
the story.
A first novel OF unusual distinc-
ton Is 1.-THE Company She Keeps"
(Simon and Schuster: $3.50, by
Mary Mccarthy, less a novel than
a series Of portraits of a woman
who may or may not have known
what she wanted. Five chapters
portray her as she sees herself and
Is seen by others. The last flood
lights the heroine In her entirety
after an unnecessary divorce, a
shoddy job and other loves.
II you have Tory in your
kitchen, give her or him q copy Of
How to Cook O Wolf" (Duell, Sloan
g. Pearce: $3.50, by M. F. K. Fisher.
He or she will boil and there's a
chapter on how to boil water. If
there was ever an unorthodox cook
book, this is 1t. In the first place,
anybody who likes to eat should en-
Joy reading It, for 1t has more wise
'yisecrackS than there are kinds Of
hash. Miss Fisher holds that cooks
should balance the day, not each
meal, so let them eat starches-all
they want-for breakfast, meat and
more meat for lunch, and gentle
gorge Of salads and dessert at night.
She also tells what and how to eat
In an air raid shelter.
BLIND COURAGE
Here Is the autobiography Of a
blind man. That isn't so unusual,
but this blind man didn't lose his
sense Of humor or courage or good
sense while losing his sight. He is
Karsten Ohnstad, and his 1.-THE
World at My Finger Tips" (Bobbs-
Merrill: So Is as entertaining and
fine a book as you are likely to
read this year.
Blind at IS, ohnstad went to
college where he dated, went to
shows, Joined three clubs, amazed
his roommates at his card playing
ability and made good grades. He
couldn't get O. leave from his job
to write this book, but the pub
fishers were so impressed they
advanced him money. They made
no mistake.
Unwilling to add Just another
travel book to that overcrowde ed
shelf, Rose and Bob Brown take
their readers on genuinely excit-
ing voyage in Amazing Amazon"
(Modern Age: $3). Everybody knows
the Amazon Is the worlds greatest
river, but the Browns prove 1t. You
can see animals, plants and people
of the Amazon In this book which
geography textbook writer's would
do well to emulate.
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
Kentuckians will weep no more,
unless they are far from the blue
grass, when they read "Weep No
More My Lady" (Whittlesey House:
$3.50, and citizens of other states
should find reason to cheer. The
author, Alvin e. Harlow, takes his
Kentucky straight and 1t is plenty
potent.
Horses and hunting, legends and
liars, feuds and fights are mixed
into literary mint julep which
makes this volume a mark at
which future chroniclers of their
states must aim.
Hal Steed hits that bull's-eye
with Georgia: Unfinished State"
(Knopf: $3.50, entertaining as
Brooklyn ball game and quite in
formative for those who believe
Scarlet O'Hara was the Peach
Tree states most famous citizen.
Some Of the best chapters are on
the real Tobacco Road citizens,
and the gallus-snapping Georgia
governor, Gene Talmadge.