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Evening star., 1945-11-11

Harriet Evatt (Bobbs- Merrill: so,
story of a 10-year-old boys treasure
hunt on farm in French
Canada, and Mystery of the Mayan
Jewels" by Pachita Crespi and Jes-
sica Lee (Scribner's: $1.50, in which
little Costa Rican girl learns how
dangerous it is to talk too much
For daughters sake you might try
"Valery," by Elizabeth Mallet Con-
ger OHolt: $1.5O); "Stuffy," by
Rowena Laird Morrow: $1-50), or
THE White Bunny and His Magic
Nose" by Lily Duplaix (Simon g.
Schuster: SD. The first is about
the Whipple family's efforts to in
duce their COW to get out of their
bedroom and go downstairs, where
she belongs; the second is about a
little fellow who would rather eat
than do anything else in the world,
and the third about rabbit whose
magic nose gets him into trouble.
Grownups as well as children are
likely to enjoy Stuart Little" by E.
B. White (Harper: So, an unusual
story OF an unusual mouse, with de-
lightful illustrations by Garth Will
liams. Other first-rate animal books
include "The Little Fellow" by
Diana Thorne and Marguerite Henry
winston: So, picture story of a
baby horse; Mickey, the Horse
That Volunteered" by Carl Click
(Whittlesey: S1.50, about a cavalry
horse in the days when the Indians
were whooping things up in Arizona
Necessary Nellie" by Charlotte
Baker Coward Mccain: $2), about
a little dog which can't stay adopted
unless she proves herself a neces-
sity, and otto the Beaver" by Vera
Reimuller (Ackerman: 81.
VITO Do" Books.
"How-to-do" books are usually vel.
coined by boys and girls, and gooc
ones in this field are "A Child's
Treasury of Things to Do" by Caro-.
lline Horowitz (Hart: $25o); "The
Evening star., 1945-11-11
By Philib II. Love

Most adults seem to be agreed that
a good book always makes a WORTH
while addition to the pile of gifts
under a childs Christmas tree. But,
unfortunately, there is no such
agreement as to what kind of book
is a good one. Is it book that
boys and girls ought to read, or one
that they will like to read?
Today is the best of all possible
days to try to answer that question,
because it is the beginning of Chill
dren's Book Week, for one thing
and because there are only 35 shop
ping days until Christmas, for
another.
The answer is, of course, that the
ideal children's book is one that
the average boy or girl ought to
read and will like to read.
Yes, there are such books-lots
of them.
Famous American Series.
There are, for instance, the va
rious volumes of The Childhood OF
Famous Americans Series (Bobbs-
Merrill: s1.50 each), growing list
of biographies that are as readable
as they are educational. Some OF
the more recent additions to the
list are Stephen Foster: Boy Min
strel,' by Helen Boyd Higgins;
Julia Ward Howe; Girl Of Old New
York" by Flora Warren Seymour
John Quincy Adams: Boy Patriot,
by Ann We'll, and Robert Fulton
Boy Craftsman" by Marguerite
Henry.
In the same class and Of about
equal merit are Franklin: The Life
of an Optimist," by Andre Maurois
Didier: $3.50; "Son of Thunder
Patrick Henry" by Julia M. H. Car
sons Gongmans. Green: $3.50, ano
Dom Pedro of Brazil" by Mil.
dred Criss Dodd, Mead: $3.50.
Children's Fiction.
But some young readers prefer
fiction to true life stories, and fol
them there are also some worth.
while volumes. One of the best.
think, is Mike Maroney: Raider,
by David Lavender Westminster
$2), an exciting yarn written againS
an authentic Civil War background
Other fictional works worth own
ing are Sturdy Rogue" by Magde-
len King-Hall winston: $2), the
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Public Library
CHILDRENS BOOK WEEK.
By NJ. Ethel Bnbb

Children's Book Week, not June" +"
is dustin" out these days. No
vember 11-17 are Book Week dates,
but children's sections of local book
shops have been bulging and gay
since early October. Can this be
Christmas stock?
Publishers report orders heavier
than usual. New firms have organ
ized just for the production of chill
dren's books. Book stocks are bet
ter. Many books of permanent
worth, scarce for the duration, are
being displayed again, including
Brunhoff's Babar stories, Greena-
way. Caldecott, Leslie Brooke.
What is it that captivates grown
ups with children's stories? Writers,
even best-seller authors, unable to
resist, have enriched childrens liter
ature through the years, among
them James Thurber, Richard
Hughes, Rachel Field, Walter Ed
monds. Anne Parrish, John Mase-
field. Ludwig Bemelmans, Hilaire
Belloc. Carl Sandburg, Somerset
Vaughan.
About 1945 publications! Have
you seen Lois Lenski's strawberry
Girl" Irwin Shapiro's John Henry
and the Double Jointed Steam
drill" Barbara Geismer's Very
Young Verses" Walter Brooks
Freddy and the Popinjay," Eliza
beth Bakers "Stocky, Boy Of West
Texas" Kathrene Pinkerton's Win
digo," Claire Bishops Augustus,
Wilfred Bronson's Turtles" Mar.
garet Browns House of a Hundred
Windows" r ger Duvoisin's
Christmas Whale" Magdalen King.
Halls Sturdy Rogue" Helen Nico-
lays Born to Command" Han!
Andersen's ugly Duckling" with
Rojankovsky illustrations?
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Among
the Authors
Bv CAROLYN Coeeins

Carl GARNER is off to Hollywood TO
work with Walt Disney on the
American folklore for a production
Disney is planning. Mr.. Carmer's
The Jesse James of the Java Sea"
is going to be out two days after
Christmas. That is the story he
wrote about the submarine Stur-
geon, and the work of its men and
of those on the companion ships
during the early days of the Pacific
war.
Specialization is not new, One of
the stories Harnett Kane tells in his
book about the South in plantation
Parade" reveals the disappointment
of one old Louisiana family. They
hired a former slave girl, only to
discover she couldn't do a thing
When they inquired about what
work she had done on the estate the
explanation came back, We'll, her
sister used to hunt masters specs
and she used to fan flies off people.
X
An open cathedral on hill over
looking the site of Lidice, which was
destroyed so brutally by the Ger.
mans, will be made as a memoria
to the little village. The cathedra
will be a gift from the American
people to the citizens of Czecho.
slovakia. The campaign to raist
the 81 100000 necessary to carry ou
their plans is being conducted from
the Lidice headquarters at 420 Lex.
ington avenue. New York City, ant
the committee includes many dis
tinguished writer's who wish to hel,
achieve this ambition.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
One Small Voice
By Marianne OSWald. whit
tIeSeU HOHSe. S2.75)

LteS6y HOUSe, SE.f0./
Marianne Oswald is a well-known
French diseuse, popular in the
music halls of Paris and known in
many countries for her tours and
recordings. She came to the United
States in 1910 when her country was
overrun with Germans. One of her
early American engagements was at
the Library of Congress where she
sang at the invitation of the then
librarian, Mr.. MacLeish.
Her present book is the story of
her childhood and early youth. She
was born in Sarreguemines in Lor-
raine, the child of bourgeois parents
She was an unwanted second daugh-
ter in a family which ardently de-
sired a son. Furthermore she was
"a homely little girl. What she tells
us is pretty much type story of
an ugly duckling child who turned
her frustrated desire for affection
into pranks and tomboyishness, her
one satisfaction being her possession
of lovely voice. The French viii
lage background gives a different
flavor to a tale which otherwise
reads much like ''Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm"
Getting little older, Miss Oswald
lost both her parents and was sent
to an institute" in Munich. She
was not one to fit easily into a
boarding school atmosphere-there
were more pranks Then she had to
undergo a throat operation and her
voice-her joy-seemed ruined. She
conquered the injury, however, went
to Paris and there entered on what
has been triumphant career. Her
book has a great deal of conscious
charm-probably inevitable in the
work Of successful actress.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

By John P. MdrQuand. little
BroWn; $780,
We have, in this short novel
under the guise of rather senti-
mental plot, notably subtle study
of the mentality of that normal
American boy who in the public
mind has become so much type OF
the American war hero. Beginning
with a young man who is so much
a product of Main street that he
has almost no individual identity
John P. Marquand examines the
effect of several years of active
warfare on such youths routine
and unrefiectiVe psychology. 1t is
the first time I have seen such a
study in relation to the present
war. Authors, in general, spend
themselves on portraying wars i'm
pact on the unusual soldier, the
sensitive youth, the idealistic, the
esthetic. But as such young men
are inevitably the minority there
seems to be a decided virtue in
looking, for a change, at what hap
pens to the boy who is strictly ordi-
nary.
Mr.. MaTquand gives us one 1t,
Boyden, a Navy pilot on duty in
the thickest of the Pacific fighting.
He is a citizen of East Orange, N. j.,
son of unfemarkable middle-claSs
parents just able to give him a COL
lege education. He has no particu-
lar gifts. His ideas, prior to the
war, were summed up in a deter
mination to get a good job and
conform to the mores of his class,
advancing if possible by good work
and SteadineSS. In the Pacific he
has some of wars typical expert
ences-iS lost on raft for days
after being shot down to a forced
landing, takes part in constant mis-
sions against japanese strong spots,
has his carrier nearly burned under
him. sees his friends killed and
knows that he is lucky to go on
living. Through it all, he holds by
instinct. rather than by thought,
his determination to be and act in
his accustomed way, without emo
ton or theoriZing. AS to why he is
in such horrors-as to why he is
fighting and what for-he says only
that there is no choice. It's un-
avoidable
After a couple of years of this
utterly pragmatic existence-what?
The young man no longer feels any,
thing, says Mr.. Marquand. His
capacity to feel, never very -four
ishing, has been completely smoth-
cred by its long suppression. He
has finally become the mere fight
ing machine into which, by instinct,
he has been. shaping himself.
The story is told through the COL
lapse of 1t. Boyden's marriage
When, after his long ordeal, he
learns that his wife, who represents
the typical war marriage made i'm
pulsively on short acquaintance,
has moved on to another man, he
finds himself incapable of feeling
either anger or sorrow. Its just
as though it happened to some
other kid" That is all he can say
about it.
The demonstration is made unem-
phatically. found it both wise and
Evening star., 1945-11-11
HornessingMonkind
In the Age of the
'Hurnessed Atom
MODERN MAN is OBSOLETE
By Norman Cousins. (The
Viking Press, ST.
w. H. HARRISON.


Mr.. Cousins little book, an ex-
pansion of his widely advertised
editorial from the Saturday Review
OF Literature, constitutes a powerful
appeal for the prompt formation of
a world government to harness the
passions of mankind in the age of
the harnessed atom.
The United Nations organization,
in Mr.. Cousins opinion, became
obsolete, like modern man himself,
when the "old-faShioned Rocket
Age" was brought to an end by the
terrible Hiroshima explosion last
August 6. We may try to minimize
the Importance of that event, he
says. We may try to laugh it off.
But all the manufactured calm
and scorn in the world cannot
alter" these facts: That "the
atomic bomb plus another war
equals global disaster; that a catas-
trophic crisis sis fast approaching
and may be upon us within a few
years unless we act now to avert it,;
that this crisis springs not only from
the explosive atom but from our
present inability to control inter-
national lawlessness, and that there
can be no such control without
power, that power is dangerous
without law, and that law is impos-
Sible without government"
In these grim circumstances, Mr..
Cousins would Immediately convoke
constitutional convention of the
United Nations to organize a world
government empowered to cut across
national sovereignties to preserve
peace. His proposal is essential
ly the same as the one recently
adopted by a group OF Americans,
including himself, at Dublin, N. H..
and it has the same weakness
namely, that it would scrap the
UNO even before the UNO has had
chance to serve as a foundation
for something better and would sub
stitute for it a kind of organization
men and nations obviously are not
willing to create at this time.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Cousins argues
most eloquently. 1t will not be his
fault, surely. if mankind insists on
tinkering with suicide by adherlng
to the past patterns of its history.
His warning against that is clear
and impressive. Possibly, if every
body read it and took it to heart,
there would be less reason than
there is now to contemplate the
future with a Shudder.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Plenty of Good Reading on Hand
for CHILDREN,S BOOK WEEK

Book for Junior Woodsmen," by
Bernard S. Mason BARNES: So !:
Adventure in Radio" by Margaret
Cuthbert (Howell, Soskin: $3.50,
and ARTS and Crafts for Children, "
by Chuck Thorndike .(Thorndike /:
81. The last should be of particular
interest here, as it contains direc-
tions for drawing and making cut
outs of the Capitol, White House,
Lincoln Memorial and other Wash
ington structures.
For toddlers who like books to
play with, rather than to read,
these are recommended: The
Circus" by Garth B. Follett and
Evening star., 1945-11-11
A Nation of Nations

By Louis Adamic. (Harper'S,
$780,
Had Louis Adamic not prefaced
this book by the claim that it con-
stitutes revision of American his
tory, there would be little to say
about it beyond mere description
1t consists of brief resume of the
histories in the United States of a
number of groups of people who
are, like all peoples here, of foreign
origin, with listing of the out
standing citizens of each group and
a mention of their achievements.
Thus, in dealing with Italians, Mr..
Adamic tells us that Columbus dis
covered America and that Arturo
Toscannini today is one of our
greatest musical figures. Similarly,
with the Spanish, he writes that
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida
and that Senator Chavez is a fine
statesman. This is not to say that
he skips from the past to the pres
ent with just such a degree of
abruptness. AS stated, he gives us
a brief history of the progress of
each group in the different parts
of the country in which its men,
bers have settled in any number.
But, as far as his facts go, they
are not much more in the category
of revelation than those mentioned
above. They are mainly in the
category of commonplace knowl-
edge. Certainly, on a factual basis
alone, his book does not constitute
a revision of American history
Further, when he charges that a
revision of our history is made es-
sential by reason of an Anglo-Saxon
conspiracy to suppress the fact that
members of other races than the
English have contributed to Amer
ica's growth, the average reader
will find it difficult to agree. 1t is
very doubtful that there is a school
child today who does not know
about Carl Schurz, or that Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt was descend
ed from the Dutch who settled ir
New York, or that Delaware was
first colonized by the Swedes anc
later by the French Du Points.
My own elementary education, tt
inject the personal note, was &C.
quired in red schoolhouse in ar
Appalachian village of Anglo-Saxor
inhabitants, and none of thest
facts were concealed from me, no.
we're tIley represented to me a!
likely to be deleterious to my late,
100 per cent Americanism. BY tn,
age of 8. I knew that freedom
shrieked when Kosciusko fell
also knew that the Red Coats wer'
our hereditary enemies.
Subsequently, in a congregations
college in an Ohio town original,
settled by New England veteran
of the Revolution, I was taught, il
Prof. Archibald Hulbert's Histor
TX, how various European stock
contributed to Americas expansion
westward and how Jewish financier
helped the Revolution.
So can see merit in Mr.. Adam
les book, but only on the groun
that it is always a good thing t
keep facts on the record. ! canno
see it as a. project likely to startl
any American of any racial back
ground with its news value. Insc
far as it deals with prejudice,
would add, it seems entirely OF
jective. AS Mr.. Adarnic brings ou
there are few groups who hay
suffered seriously on that score es
cept the Negroes who have SUI
fered a great deal.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Richard Wright Stresses Realism in
DEALING With Fictionoi Negro Types

1.-The Uncle Remus stories OF Joel
Chandler Harris fall somewhat into
the folklore class" he continued,
"but even there I stamp my foot
down when possible.
Realistic handling of the Negro
character is more frequent among
the modern writer's now-Erskine
Caldwell in his "Kneel to the Rising
Sun" treating him as member of
the working class and Lillian Smith
in Strange Fruit" reporting real
istically conditions as they are
among others.
Concerning Strange Fruit Mr..
Wright is enthusiastic.
/~~~x;~,,nl -, Dono r-7A
Evening star., 1945-11-11

NAT DlSteihOrSt
(Wilcox 81 Fol-
lett: 81, and
Let's Have a
Farm" Let s
Have a Parade"
and Lets Have
a Store" by JEFF
frey Vic t or,
Veronica Reed
and Frances
Wells Capitol:
81 EACH. The
first is a pull
out" panorama
of a circus, the
others contain
the makirpc of
Evening star., 1945-11-11

adventures OF an
English boy of
the late 18th
century; T h e
Singing Cave"
by M a r g a r e t
L e / g h t o n
(Houghton, Milf
lin: So. fast
moving tale of
life on a dude
r a n c h: The
Mystery of the
yry;-l3fJ - t.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Germonys Downfall
As Witnessed by
Count Bernodotte
THE CURTAIN FALLS
BIZ Count Folke Bernddotte
(Knopf, NeD York; ST.
reviewed Dy
HARRY LEVER.

(Knopf, Ne,p York; ST.
Reviewed by
HARRY LEVER.
In the middle of February, Count
Folke Bernadotte set out from
Sweden for Germany to try to
establish contact with Heinrich
Himmler and induce him to allow
all Danes and Norwegians in Ger
man concentration camps to be
transported to Sweden until the end
of the war.
But as the world now knows, this
project, which originally had a
purely humanitarian character, in
stead developed into a political one
of great Importance when, long past
the 18th hour, the Swedish noble
man was asked to convey via his
government Himmler's offer of sur
render to the western powers
The book contains an account OF
what really happened among Hitler's
closest associates in the final days
as disclosed to Count Bernadotte by
Brigadefuhrer Walter Schellenberg
chief of the German Information
Service. This account is probably
the first eyewitness description ol
the desperate intrigues surrounding
Hitler ever given by an individua
who participated in them.
His work is horrifying because il
discloses much of the meanness
cowardice and pathological brutal.
ity which characterized the top Naz
leaders during Germany's deatf
struggle. 1t is also edifying because
1t shows that the forces of mercy
and humanity were able to perform
good work even in the crumblins
stage of a regime of violence.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Best Sellers
WIDE

-NATION-WIDE-'
[According to Publishers Weekly
FICTION.
1st-The Black Rose, Thomas B.
Costain.
2d-The White Tower, James Ram
sey Ullman.
3d-Cass Timberlane, Sinclair Lewis.
4th-So Well Remembered, James
5th-The Peacock Sheds His Tail,
Alice Tisdale Hobart.
NoNFICTIoN.
1st-Up Front. Bill Mauldin.
2d-Brave Men, Ernie Pyle.
3d-Pleasant Valley, Louis Brom-
4th-Try and stop Me, Bennett Cert.
5th-Gen. MarshaIl's Report.
IN WASHINGTON
FICTION.
1st-The Black Rose, Thomas 3.
Costain.
3d-se Well Remembered, James
4th-The Gauntlet, James Street.
5th-The Peacock Sheds, His Tail,
Alice Tisdale Hobart.
NoNFICTIoN.
1st-Gen. Marshall's Report, George
2d-risssant sa,s Valley Louis Brom-
sd-Modsrn Man Is Obsolete. Nor
man Cousins.
4th-Black Boy, Richard Wright.
5th-Atomic Energy for Military Pur-
poses, Henry D. Smyth.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
The Egg and |

By Belly WdcDOndId. IT. P.
Lippincott, S2.75.J
Reviewed by
MARTHA LEWIS.
Life on wilderness chicken
ranch may seem like heaven to a
few weary city dwellers who would
like to get away from it all. But
it wasn't heaven to Betty Macdonald,
a city-raised girl herself who moved
Evening star., 1945-11-11

a miniature farm, parade and store.
Old Standbys.
Always, of course, there are such
old standbys as "Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
(Whittlesey: s125), and "Hansel and
Gretel," by Jacob and william
Grimm (Simon g. Schuster:: 25c).
But no child's library is well
rounded unless it contains a reason
able number of religious volumes.
This year, happily. has produced
three excellent ones-"Tlhe Story of
Jesus for Boys and Girls" by Cath
crime and Robb Beebe Bruce: So !;
Nathan: Boy of Capernaum, by
Amy Morris Little (Dutton: s250),
and "A Donkey for the King" by
Olive Price tWhittlesey: $175).
Last Leaves
By Stephen Leacock. (Dodd
Mead G. Co.: s2.50.)
Reviewed by
CARTER DAWSON.
This is Stephen Leacock's last
book 1t is clever, witty and full
Of chuckles.
The articles and essays, compiled
by his niece, Barbara Nimmo, were
written by Mr.. Leacock during the
year before his death in March, 1914
He covers every subject from Izaak
Walton's theory on how to pre-
serve maggots for fish bait, to how
we can beat initiation.
Nor are women excluded. There:
the topic. Are Witty Women At
tractive to Men?" Mr.. Leacock says
no and backs up this statemen,
with a laughable explanation.
Generals I Have Trained" ane
Living With Murder" are among
the authors most humorous. An,
one who has read detective storie.
or followed crimes in the newspaper
will find he has felt and acted II
the same way as the author de-
scribes in the chapter. He will alst
find himself laughing out aloud.
Last Leaves" however, is no
wholly a blithe thing. There's "Ar
Apology for the British Empire
and Britain and Canada: Oh
Phases and New in which the au
thor takes a heavy subject, shake
the weight out, and leaves a light
interesting vein. 1t makes one wisl
Mr.. Leacock had written all tn,
history books.
/ His writings are up to date. Ever
atoms are present.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
THE STORY OF
nnlerirun
nViutiun

lt%rttes ard Illustrated ~ J,m Eay
Military and civil aviation IN the
United States. beautifully portrayed BY
an author-artist with over 30 years
experience in fying. More than $50
hne illustrations in black and white
and full color. S7.so
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Ages II ond Up
THE MODERN
lla-''. = u O n der
e Book nf
th e mir,

BY Norman Carlisle, Reginald ClepeLan6
and Jonatkan Wood Complete. spIen.
didly-i illustrated story OF aviation for the
air minded modern boy. Over 500
pages OF authentic, fascinating facts.
$3.50
Evening star., 1945-11-11
BOOKS FOR (7J!l'|5ilE|3;&]

BgBianca Brad51ry Hi4stratedbyDtaa4
iborne and Connie Moran A Charming
picture book story for Yide-eyed
beginning.to.readers About an alIey
CAT who. found his way to the right
side OF the tracks, 500
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Effect of the War
On the Average
American Youth
REPENT IN HASTE

By John P. MdrQuand. little,
BroUn; $780,
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Storm runUus

Written dnd illustrated b. Armstrosf
Sberry, Sea battles. duels. and the RUTH
less demands of sailors calling in
1872 pack this story with excitement.
$50
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Last Leaves
Reviewed by
CARTER DAWSON

By Stephen Leacock. (Dod
Mead & Co.: $780,
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

In this war you have read OF oom.
phorous gals who have glamph and
glamorous DANES who have oomph.
That's for the suburban trade. You
cannot win a war by turning the In.
telligence Department into a Bureau
Of Lonely Hearts.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

The truth is that Mata was vulgar
twitcher TO exotic music and as allur.
ing as a fly in a damp sugar bowl.
She had a skin that qualified her as
a model in tannery. She had reached
that stage where she used Salome's
Seven Veils as shower curtains.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

The consensus of conjecture is al.
ways fractional. We inhale our visu.
alization Of the skirmish spy from
Hollywood -on.the-Sprocket. Our mem.
ory of Mata Hari is the styled pan
OF Creta Carbo striding forth on
facial stampede with the expression
at parade rest.