The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

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 LOU anxious mothers, sweet hearts, fathers, brothers, doting ulncles and aunts will get first hand account of the life of your faVcrite relative in the army in reading Mike" Marsdens book. Himself draftee before Pearl Harbor, Marsden takes you through the various phases of army life through the induction, trials, trib- ulatlons, pains and heartaches of basic training, observation of other rockies as they go through the paces, and the good, wholesome aspects of army life.
 You get the idea that you shouldn't fear for the well-being of your boy in the army; rather, he'll be a much better man for the rigors of training, the discipline handed down by qualified, brilliant and hu- man officers.
 It's honey book, one that puts you right in the same bunk with the boys, sets you to scratching imaginary mosquito bites with them, and suffering in silence with them over their foot blisters, fatigue of the march and home sickness.
 ThomaSon's book is a volumi- nous tome, at first glance, that tells some tall tales of that most romantic branch of the armed service-the Marines. But its more than $50 pages are chock full of adventure-the type of which only the Marines are capable of.
 Book takes you to China, Chile. France in the last war, Nicaragua, and lot of other places. And you'll love the character who ap- pears most often in this series of short stories-Sgt. John Houston. GREEK GALLANTRY
 The miracle of the Greeks fight against the axis and the even great CT accomplishments of the under ground army in that ancient land are thoroughly discussed in Betty Wason's book, Miracle in Hellas" {MacMillan: $2.75).
 Iris first-hand recounting of the battle of the doughty Greeks; a tale of how they vanquished the pompouS Italian army, only to be crushed, humiliated and enslaVed by a vastly superior German army.
 Miss Wason, foreign corre- spondent stationed in Greece at the time of the invasion of that country, stirs the heart of every reader with her vivid accounts of the suffering of these people un- der the heel of the aggressor. And you wonder at the efficiency of the secret organization the Athe- nians have built up that still con- tinue to provide the author with information.
 What of Crete, the Aussies and British trapped there, the faith of the people in the ultimate success of the allies? You'll get the an- swers in this one.
 ART AND SCIENCE, ETC.
 Artists, are lovers and laymen alike will appreciate a few of the finer things of life as reproduced in Rembrandt Paintings" a selection of 112 plates in rotogravure and col or by Phaidon Press: $4.50. For the art student 1t is great treatise on the technique of this old master; for the novitiate or skeptic, 1t is revelation.
 No one could capture the spirit of his times-early 17th century-like this artist. Book Is faithful re- production of his character and marvellous paintings.
 To the average man science is an enigma. Rogers D. Rusk, professor and chairman of the science depart ment at. Mount Holyoke College, has made a good attempt at clarifying X-ray, atomic energy, cosmic rays and mechanics in his Forward With Science" (Knopf: $35o).
 Want q good novel? Translation of Trans Bengtsson's Red Orm," (Scribners: $2.50D by Barrows Mus sey. is that. Hero is swashbuck- ling Dane of the days of the Vikings and his and exploits of other war riors of that day put Hitler to shame. Full of the folklore of | Thor, Wodin, and other gods, and | has a nice romance to tie in with Che blood and thunder.
 MISCELLANY
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