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John Henry Wrcnn, = further In
quiry into the guilt Of certain
18TH Century Forgers.
Edited By Fannie Z. Ratch ford.
(Knopt. $780,
Reviewed by
FREDERICK r. GOFF,
Actins Chief. rare Books Division. Library
Ten years ago the book world was
excited by the appearance of John
Carter and Graham Pollard's An
Enquiry Into the Nature OF Ger
tain Nineteenth Century Pamph-
lets. In this investigation the au-
thors proved that some so 18th CEN
tury pamphlets, presumably first
editions Of the works of the Brown
ings, Ruskin, Arnold, Tennyson.
Swinburne and others, were either
out and out forgeries or highly
suspicious publications. For years
these pamphlets had been appear
ing in the auction rooms with in
creasing frequency and selling at
rather considerable prices. Some
of these had been under suspicion
for long time, but it remained for
Carter and Pollard to prove, beyond
any reasonable doubt, their un-
authorized and counterfeit nature.
Wise Remains Silent.
BY implication they indicated as
the perpetrator of the fraud the
late Thomas j. Wise, the eminent
and distinguished bibliophile and
photographer and creator of the
great Ashley Library, now in the
British Museum. Wise prepared to
defend himself against the serious
charges laid at his doorstep, but
no defense was ever published and
his silence was tantamount to a
confession of guilt. He died in 1887,
much discredited man.
With frank and almost merci-
less style Miss Ratchford, librarian
of the Wrenn Library at the Uni
versity of Texas, has continued the
investigation and through new evi-
dence not only has strengthened
the case against Wise, but has seri-
ously implicated Sir Edmund Cosse
and Harry Buxton Forman for au-
thenticating some of the forgeries,
especially the "1841" reading edi-
ton of the Sonnets of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning. She is much
less kind. to the latter two gentle
men than her predecessors in the
investigation. Certainly their asso-
citation with some of the Wise
forgeries cannot be satisfactorily
explained, and while it is true tha,
when both of their libraries were
sold their copies Of the forgeries &C.
counted for several thousand dollar.
of the totals. the case against them
somehow does not seem as convinc.
ing as Miss Ratchford would like
us to believe. She also is convinced
and here the evidence is more di-
rect, that Herbert E. Gorfin, the
prime distributor of the forgerics
was less innocent of the fraud thar
previously believed.
Damaging Evidence.
One piece of particularly damag-
ing new evidence in the case against
Wise is the letter which Frederick
Page, friend of Wise, wrote to hi,
erstwhile colleague after the pub
lication of the charges. He was
prepared to defend Wise, but after
an interview with the joint au.
thors Of the inquiry decided that
any defense was impossible. Ac.
cordingly he wrote the letter which
the author quotes. In it he wrote
you must now realize that Garter
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the rapid progress toward indus
trialiZation In Brazil has been
helped by the Good Nighbor policy
and is paying this country suhstan-
tial benefits.
How About Mexico, by Elizabeth
Parks Bright. Chapman & Grimes.)
A tourists book about Mexico, chat
tily written.
Mexico, by Sidney A. Clark. (Dodd-
Mead.) A discussion Of Mexico, In
the light OF past history and pres
ent potentiAlities. InteroGting.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Best Sellers
FICTION.

Az L 4S2Ns
The Green Years, by A. j..
Cronin.
Forever Amber, by Kathleen
Winsor.
Earth and High Heaven, by
Gwethalyn Graham.
Green Dolphin Street, by
Elizabeth Goudge.
The Robe, by Lloyd c.
Douglas.
NONFICTION.
Brave Men, by Ernie Pyle.
The Time for Decision, by
Sumner Welles.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
Lees Lieutenants, Vol. III, by
Douglas Southall Freeman.
Anna and the King of Siam,
by Margaret Landon.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
THE WAR

my Life to the Destroyers." by
Capt L. A. Abercrombie and Fletcher
Pratt. (Holt) The captain of a
destroyer which was through the
Pacific war from the start on tells
the story of his kind of ship through
we'll known writer on naval af-
fairs. Fine record.
"The Murmur of Wings" bv Leon
ard Dubkin. (Whittlesey House, }
A newspaperman and publicity ex-
ecutive tells of his lifelong interest
in birds. An exceptional story.
POLITICS
"It's All Politics." by Lewis
Abrahams. (Curl) A New York
lawyer and student of political ma
chinery writes of the crookedness
which, he feels, is "a threat to the
democratic way of life"
The History of the New Deal" by
Basil Rauch. (Creative Age.) A
reasonably objective history of the
various programs, measures and OBJ
jectives which, summed up, make up
the New Deal. The author is a
young instructor in Barnard Col
lege.
ANTIQUES
Primer of American Antiques" ;"
by Carl w. Drepperd. Doubleday.
Doran.) A practical handbook for
the amateur. Well illustrated.
"The Pacific World" edited by
Fairfield Osburn. Norton) A hand
book to the islands of the Pacific,
their climates, peoples, culture, his
tory, flora, fauna and much else.
Convenient.
MUSIC.
Esquire's Jazz Book, edited by Paul
Edouard Miller with introduction
by Arnold Gingrich. (Smith g. Dur
rell0 An up-to-date survey of the
field of jazz music and musicians.
A lot of information.
Music for the Man Who Enjoys
Hamlet" by B. H. Habbin. CKnopf.)
A curious and interesting volume
dedicated to an effort to make lovers
OF literature conversant with music.
May strain a point, but is full of
good stuff.
Palestrina Savior Of Church Mu-
sic, by Charles Angoff. (Bernard
Ackerman) A brief biography of
the great composer and a survey of
his work.
The Unashamed Accompanist, by
Gerald Moore Macnailan) A pro-
fessional accompanist offers sugges-
tions on the training of those who
would accompany.
Tales From the Vienna Woods, by
David Even CHolt) A short biog-
raphy of Johann Strauss, including
a complete opus list.
HEALTH.
Diet Does 1t, by Gaylord Hauser
fCoward-McC Cann) How to estab-
lish and maintain health by the
proper diet.
To Live in Health, by r. Will Bur-
nett tDuell, Sloan & Pearce)-Com-
mon-sense health measures as to
building up resistance and avoiding
communicable diseases and 50 on.
POEMS.
Nobody Lives Forever, by w. r.
Burnett. Knopf.) The author Of
Little Caesar" does another.
The Book Of New Poems 1914, ed
tied by Oscar williams (Howel Sos
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his political ca
reer. Here he
writes a book of
personal MEM
o r / e S. Begin
ming with the
days when the
city a We n u e S
W ere pl a n k
roads, when the
prairies ca m e
into what Is now
the heart OF the
town and Mrs.
OLeary's COW
had OF even
been born. he
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N O W Belle S
tale is checked
by a n intelli-
gence officer of
the last war, Col.
Louis A. Sigaud,
author of the
present volume.
He was cited for
C o u n t e r espio-
mage work in
France in 1913.
A spy catcher of
one war might
be expected to
catch a spy of
the war preced-
ing - but Col
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Growing Up With
CHICAGO

By Carter H. Harrison. (Sey-
mour. $780,
Carter H. Harrison, five times
Mayor of Chicago and son of a
father who was Mayor before him,
has already written an account of
Evening star., 1944-12-24
The Magic Year
By Joachim Mas. Translated
from the German By Erikd M.
Meyer. FISCHER. $2.75.)

MEDSt. tr tSCfteE. S<./0.1
Joachim Maas Is q German refu-
gee novelist at present a lecturer on
German literature at Mount Holy
oke College. He was q successful
writer in his native land in the pre-
Hitler period; this is his first novel
to be published In the United States.
It is clearly photographed.
It tells Of the boyhood OF a son
of prosperous family Of Hamburg,
Mr.. Mas native city. For the most
part it consists In impressions,
memories of scenes about the town
and events such as are important in
the life Of any child anywhere =
fairs, Christmases, a burglary, a
punishment at school. It is sensi-
lively written and has a good deal Of
charm. It's significance will lie in
precisely that-it is delicate evoca-
ton Of childhood in general authen-
tically marked with the properties
of childhood In q particular place.
Beyond .that it does not 60, or at
tempt to 60. It can be recommend
ed to those who want q rest from
the repeHtons of the present scene.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

Shon beneath the photograph of the Nauys famous
bomber the SB2c Heldiue these sketches of Washington
uho haze prominent roles in the Pacific battle story
taken from the book "Heduer Squadron by Olds
They from lett Capt Thomas Jeter comn,odore)
81 Franklin street. Hyattsuille Md It. T. George Gibbs
3150 Tennyson street, It. Condr James E. Vose h 217
Forest drive, Falls Church, Va.
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Reviewed by JAY CARMODY.

s3.75.)
Reviewed by JAY CARMODY.
The Messrs. Cert and Cartmeu
have forestalled any criticism of
their selection Of the plays which
make up this anthology by fitting
them more snugly into the title than
any collection of "best" plays ever
published. Artistic merit, much less
"bestness" from a literary stand
point is not involved.
IS. R. O." offers the plays of the
peoples choice, the dramas that
here lived the longest and earned
the most money. Critical criteria,
which the public has way of max
ing look very silly from time to time,
never figured in the calculations of
the compilers. These IA plays are
the corn and the hokum of nearly a
century of theater, from Uncle
Toms Cabin" through oklahoma!
and If an artistic waif such as the
latter appears among them, it got
there by the sweat of the ticket SELL
er's brow, not the genius of its au-
thor.
Students of the theater will find
1t an interesting compendium re-
f1ecting public taste which can be
almost as elated by an "Abie's Irish
Rose" as by Life With Father" :"
both of which are included in the
volume.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
S. R. 0.
standing Room OnIy):

By Bennett Cert and Van H.
Cartmell. Doubleday, Doran.
S3.75.)
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Reviewing | he New Books
The Years Ten
Best Books
By Mary-Carfer Roberts

Dv MMp.O 0TIeI AOOeSS
What are the years 40 best
books?
The question would be easier to
answer if there were an ironclad
definition of best" Best for kill
Ing time, or best, for feeding the
soul2 Best for reading yourself to
sleep. best for providing you with
information, best for keeping up
with the neighbors? There are
plenty of categories, all quite legiti-
mate. You could even set yourself
to picking the 10 best bad books,
If you wanted to.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

Nobody Lives Forever, by w. r.
Burnett. Rnopfo The author Of
Little Caesar" does another.
The Book Of New Poems 1914, ed
tied BY Oscar williams (Howel. Sos
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

man, fresh from a farm, or an Of
flee desk, rarely hates the unseen
enemy he is sent forth to meet
. but ask that same man how
he feels when he has seen a bud
dy fall beside him Those of
us who are not touched deeply in
our personal lives by what is TAX
ing place, are the onlookers at a
great drama being played upon the
stage of the world . Ask the
mother or father who has lost a
son how they feel toward the enc
my Hatred is, in our present
stage of civilization, an almost au-
tomato result of deep and person
sonal hurt . Many thousands
are experiencing that result today.
Many thousands more will expert
ence it before the war is over. 1t
is their reactions, as a whole, that
will determine the future course of
the world.
We are still gripped by the
old law of ian eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth, but we
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

In the magazine section of its
Sunday morning paper, Main Street
read in large black letters on its
front page, Must We Hate The
Enemy?" There followed articles
by two writer's presenting opposite
views, headed by the newspaper
statement, "Only In A Democracy
Could A Page Like This Be Pub
lished." Boiled down, the OPP
posing ideas were this, Hate has
been tried again and again in the
worlds affairs-and it has always
failed. In the limited areas where
good will has been tried out, it has
always succeeded. 1t is our only
hope" The writer of opposing
views states with equal conviction,
I'VE hate our enemies because they
endanger everything that is good
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

and decent How else would a ma
ton, except of milk sops, be ex-
pected to feel toward the enemy?"
The surprising thing about it IS,
that the statement of both writer's
is true One, of the present
the other of the future Even
the worlds greatest teacher felt
righteous indignation" when he
beat the money lenders from the
temple with whip cords-and yet
his every admonition was to "love
one another"
When a crisis must be faced
there can be no swerving. 1t is
not there that the danger
Iies-but on the road ahead,
that leads to the goal toward
which humanity is struggling
:. On this road, there can be
no hatred.
At present, the man on Mair
Street and his family find them
selves in the position of a house
hold suddenly attacked by savage!
Each able bodied man spring:
for his rifle, while his wife stand!
undaunted beside him, reloadint
the smoking guns . Only the
children and the aged take no par
in the struggle that ensues
red mist fills the air and neithEr
the man, nor his wife, have tim,
to think Afterwards, perhap.
but not while the home is en-
dangered.
Hatred is born of personal hur
not what we read, or hear, or are
told. Those things are as if the!
did not happen to us The
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

are aware that above this,
stands the law of forgiveness
If, in thinking of our enc
mics, we could recall the
greatest wrong humanity has
ever inflicted-and its answer,
spoken from the cross, "Fath-
er forgive them, for they know
not what they do" we will
have gone long step forward
on the road we must travel to-
ward a world of peace and
good will.
Whether this will be attained in
q century, or ten thousand centur-
les hence, depends upon man him.
self-but it is the goal toward
which we are travelling That
the views of both sides can be pub
licly discussed is a healthy sigr
. Each man will decide the
matter for himself-yet the weigh
of each decision will be felt in the
balance of the world.
This will be our last talk on
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

friends in Long Beach and San
Diego. Leonard Burtcher, who
accompanied them to the coast. re-
mained to attend summer school.
He is staying in Long Beach with
his sister and husband, Captain
and Mrs. Roberts.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
Coolidge Locals

. Mrs. c. j. Yates and daughter
Miss Betty Yates, returned Friday
from California, where they spent
a month visiting relatives and
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

o Mr.. and Mrs. Mart B. Riggs and
family stopped over Wednesday en-
route from Ell Centro to Ohio to
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

Main Street for the summer, but
instead of adios we will say
hasta la vista.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

visit his sister, Mrs. w. G. Knight
and family. They also visited his
sister. Mrs. G. A. Whitlow and
family in Florence. Mr.. Riggs is a
field engineer for the Goodrich
Company.
. Mr.. and Mrs. George Hodges
and son Paul, Tucson, spent Fri
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hodges
and family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

And here are s MORE reasons for
buying EXTRA Bonds in the 5fh!
!. War Bonds are the best, the
sofesi investment in the world!
z. War Bonds return you 81 for
every So in 10 years.
3. War Bonds help keep prices
down.
4. War Bonds will help win the
Peoee by increasing purchasing
power offer the war.
5. War Bonds mean education
for your children, security for
you, funds for retirement.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
the E1ah Na> loan D0ve enaS 0A% @!/

AMERICANS!
You in the factories. You in the Offices
You on the farms. You in the homes.
You cannot you must not-fail to
get behind your fighting man in this
supreme, heroic hour.
He knows what's abead
Bloody, bitter fighting superhuman
toll hardship. pain. perhaps death
He's facing it. He'll keep on facing it,
as long as there's breath in his body and
blood in his veins.
But he wants to know wbats behind
bim
And you have only fen days left to
give him the answer
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

That answer will be written in the final
figures on the Fifth War Loan Drive.
For this is the crucial, the all-impor-
tant Drive. Never has the need for War
Bond buying been SO great.
To make the Drive a success, you
and everyone else-mut buy at least twies
as many Bonds as you bought in the last
drive.
If you haven't yet bought your full
share, DO IT NOW! The time is short
Make YOUR supreme effort in HIS SUI
preme hour!
Remember soldier, jour soldier, is
waiting for his answer What will it be
-. from yoa?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03
NEWS OF GIRLS
All CLUBS

The Laytonsville All Club was
entertained by Miss Dorothy White
on January 20. Their local leader,
Mrs. Edwin Fry, was in charge.
The president, Marjory Fry, was
suffering from loss of voice and
asked the vice-president, Marie
Whitley, to preside. They consid-
cred their program for 1874 and
decided to carry on the foods prep
aration program, climaxing it with
a low-cost luncheon to be served
in the Home Demonstration office
when they have completed their
project. Miss Nancy Stephenson,
a former club member, and her
mother, Mrs. Guy Stephenson,
were guests Of TIE group. Miss
Turner presented the various new
units the club might consider for
the year and showed them the
carefully planned wardrobe that
she has been carrying around to
all her All clubs and adult clubs,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03
WOMEN'S CLUB
CHATTER
BUY A BOMBER CAMPAIGN

BUY A BOMBER CAMPAIGN
The Maryland Federation of
Women's Clubs continues to head
the list of States in the sale of
bonds in the "Buy a Bomber Cam
paign." AS of January / the lead
ing States were Maryland, $3.50,
900; Indiana, 5000, 100, and Flor
ida, $3,874,032. 1t will continue
through the Fourth War Loan
drive.
CHEVY CHASE
The Chevy Chase Women's Club
reported ten new members during
December, the resignation of nine
and the loss of another by death.
Receipts for $14,770 were handed
in as final result of the Bomber
campaign. The club will sell stamps
and bonds at each meeting during
the Fourth War Loan drive.
NEWCOMbE CLUB
The Newcombe Club will hold its
business meeting tomorrow Fri
day. at the home of Mrs. Philip
Schaefer in Bethesda. The club is
planning a benefit and party for
the Social Service Fund of the
Suburban Hospital on February IL
in the Battery Park clubhouse.
Mrs. Harry Porter is chairman of
arrangements.
BETHESDA CLUB
The Bethesda Club is planning a
Wasnington's Birthday Ball On
February 10. plans for which were
made at luncheon given last
Thursday by Mrs. James M. Ham
mand, president of the club.
KENSINGTON WOMAN'S CLUB
The Woman's Club of Kensing-
ton met Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. ]. Steady Elms.
KENSINGTON COMMUNITY
CLUB
The Woman's Community Club is
scheduled to meet on February Ia
with presentation by the Educa-
ton Chairman and songs by school
children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03
Chevy Chase d. A. R.
Met Wednesday

Mrs. Arthur C. Houghton, State
Chairman of National Defense for
the District Of Columbia OAR.
societies, was the honor guest and
speaker of the afternoon at a meet
ing of the Chevy Chase Chapter Of
the OAR. on Wednesday after
noon, Jan. 26, at the home of Mrs.
Fenner D. Powell, with Mrs. James
Dement, as assistant hostess. Mrs.
Frank P. Wilcox was in charge of
the program, "Women in War
Work." stressing the fact that all
women can do something to help
the war. She told how much col
lecting books and magazines for
the soldiers did for the morale of
the boys, saving kitchen fats, writ
ing cheerful letters to relatives and
friends in the service, the making
of Buddy Bags for the hospitals
blood plasma, salvaging news
papers, tin cans, ETC., saving case
line and electric lights and buying
as many bonds as possible help in
national defense. Then, too, she
told of all the work to be done for
Red Cross, USO and other agencies.
In the absence of the regent, Miss
Byrd Belt, the first vice-regent,
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson, presided.
Mrs. Walter B. McEachern, chair
man of Historical Research, urged
the members to send in their pres
ent records to her and also the
names of their families in the serv-
ice at the present time.
The February meeting will be
held on Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. %, at the home of Mrs. Ross
J. Rudd, with Mrs. Lindley M. Muir
ray as assistant hostess. Mrs. Wal
ter B. McEachern will be in charge
of the program, "Glimpses Into
History"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03
SOUR BEEF

pounds beef, chuck or rump
Salt and pepper
1 onion, sliced
3 bay leaves
teaspoon peppercorns
Vinegar and water
" cup sugar
n cup raisins
A to 6 gingersnaps
1 cup thick sour cream
Rub meat with salt and pep
per. Place in deep earthen dish
with onion, bay leaves and pep
percorns. Heat enough water and
vinegar to cover equal parts if
vinegar is strong); add n cup
sugar. Pour while hot over meat.
Cover and keep in a cool place for
8 to A days. Remove meat from
liquid anr brown in hot oven (450
FL 20 minutes. Add / cup spiced
liquid, cover and cook in a slow
oven 600 FL 8 hours or until
tender. Add more of the vinegar
during the cooking if necessary.
Remove the meat, slice for serving
and keep hot. Strain the liquid
skim off fat. Melt remaining sugar
w cup in skillet, add strained
liquid gradually, then raisins and
gingersnaps. Cook until thickened
and smooth; add sour cream and
when hot pour over meat. Serves
10.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03

was not born yesterday for he
looked up with a grin, skipped over
the net and ran down the street
barking defiance at the catchers
who were very quiet and good ma
tured about it.
"How do you know he does not
belong there?" we asked, as they
chased him into yard and around
a house, "Does not matter if he
does, lady" replied one of the men,
che was loose on the street which
is not allowed" but to the dog il
was only an amusing chase and he
know all the good hiding places,
and as far as we know he is still
running around Garrett Park.
Americanism: Businessmen yell
ing about heavy taxes after his
corporation has enjoyed the best
year in the history.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-03
ODDS AND ENDS

Note to girls--Dick Henry Aldrich"
Jones is thrilled, but also embarrassed.
BY all those letters junior misses have
been sending him, sealed pith pink inn
pressions Of their lips ;. Latest addi-
zion to The "SilUer TheGfeT" is Mad
eieine Lee, lOhOm you used to hear as
Amos m Andy's" Miss Blue When
Jan PIERCE Of Great Moments in Mu-
sic" lets go soifh the full pot0eT Of his
lungs, listeners fully expect the studio
salls 20 be blasted apart :. Hal Roach,
former United Artists producer. has
been promoted from major TO lieu
tenant colonel in the U. 5. arDay.