The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-21
Notes From
Bacon Library
MORE GIFT BOOKS

IL JAlC DOOh yOu pan 10 Give do
a gift must be narrative, and you
don't want it conferred on the pres
ent war, why not consider one about
the worlds adventurous yesterdays?
There are several such books you
will not only enjoy reading, but will
be glad to own. Many of those, too,
center about war but perhaps the
distance of those past struggles will
make them remote enough not to
disturb your peace of mind.
RIDE WITH ME by Thomas B.
Costain and BEING MET To-
GETHER by William v. wilkins
both take place during the turbu-
lent period Of the Napoleonic Wars.
RIDE. WITH ME- Is a rousing and
entertaining tale Of England and
the continent. If you like your her
Dimes beautiful and your heroes
dauntless Franks pursuit Of Cab
rielle through the corridors Of his
tory" will delight you.
Adventure, suspense and romance
color BEING MET TOGETHER,
written by the author of that 1887
best seller, AND SO-VICTORIA. A
vengeful, British-hating grand
mother goads the young American
hero into becoming an agent for
Napoleon and-but the story is long
and well worth reading for your
self.
James Street, whose o PROM
ISED LAND and TAP ROOTS you
remember, in his new novel, BY
VALOUR AND ARMS, tells
graphic and engrossing tale of the
South in the early days Of the Civil
War.
Concerned with the period imme-
diately following our Civil War is
Howard Fasts FREEDOM ROAD.
Book Week says of it, Freedom
Road is the kind of book that
makes you angry and makes you
think; and 1t Is about q current,
pressing problem, despite its histor-
ical theme"
Perhaps you, too, are exhilirated
by a significant and thought-pro-
voking idea well expressed. If you
are, you will, despite the violence
of your emotional reaction, be glad
you read FREEDOM ROAD. I was.
And if you give or receive it for
a gift it will stand on the shelf as
a constant challenge to all snug
ness and complacency.
Elizabeth Goudge's GREEN DOL
PHIN STREET, which won the
MGM SIPS, 900 award is, indeed, as
May Lamberton Becker so neatly
says, "a right romantic tale, set In
strange places, not without violence,
crowded with real people, and NOV
ing from scene to scene through |
evocations of loneliness explicit as
stage directions" Seemed In the
Channel Islands and New Zealand,
this narrative tells the story Of Will
liam who loved Marguerite but mis-
takenly and tragically proposed to
and married her sister, Marianne.
Their subsequent adventures and
the part destiny plays in resolving |
this conflict is, practically written
in technicolor"
For the young person there is
that saga Of the early fur-trading |
days on Lake Champlain, soon af-
ter the Revolutionary War, YOUNG
'UN by Herbert Best. Historically |
sound, this entertaining and men,
orable book is a bright patchwork
of frontier life"
For the music lover we'd like TO
recommend two books well worth
owning. ADVENTURES IN SYM
PHONIC MUSIC by Edward Downes
includes the analysis of over 200
musical compositions as well as in
teresting anecdotes about the COM
posers' lives and information about
the development of the symphonic
form. MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS
by David Even, Americas leading
musical reference authority, includes
in one volume short biographies Of
composers and artists, discussion of
symphony and song, opera plots,
recommended recordings and much
additional musical information.
Valuable for the busy housewife
who wants to save time, work,
money and material there Is Con-
stance Talbot's YOUR FAMILY
WARDROBE. 1t not only gives you
all the hints on complete care Of
the family's wardrobe; 1t also in
cludes suggestions on care Of rub
Der, leather. upholstery. rugs and
accessories.
II these books still do not include
the one you want to give this
Christmas perhaps the librsry's list
of gift book suggestions has the
very book you want. Try it apd
seeI
YOU'D BE SURPRISED!
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