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ham, hunting and fishing stories;
POT Luck" by Roland Clark, duck
hunting yarns, with charcoal and
color illustrations by the author,
and boxed, three-volume set Of
Tranquility" stories by Col. Harold
p. s. Sheldon.
Bridge and Mafh'
Bridge fans will drool, no doubt,
over Ely Culbertson's New Gold
Book" an impressive tome which
the publisher modestly admits Is the
last word on contract bridge. And
any one who thinks he might like to
learn to play chess will find "An In
vitation to Chess" by Irving Cher
nev and Kenneth Harkness, both
editors of the Chess Review, handy
and practical guide.
Mathematics, which used to be
confined vigorously to the class
room, has blossomed into popular
reading in the last few years. At
least three new books on this sub
ject are available to Christmas
shoppers.
Most provocative probably is "The
Einstein Theory of Relatively" with
the subtitle, "A Trip to the Fourth
Dimension" by Lillian r. Lieber
and illustrated by Hugh Gray Leber
in a fashion that is vaguely fourth
dimensional. On the theory that the
subject would be easier to UNDER
stand II it were presented in primer
style, the author has explained Prof.
Einstein by using short lines, as in
poetry, and frequent capital letters,
and the printer has co-operated by
setting the whole book in gargant-
uan type. A passage selected at
random will give you the general
idea:
Imagine that we have two trains,
one with a gun on the front end,
the other with a source Of sound
on the front end,
say, a whistle.
Suppose that the velocity, IT,"
The two other books are a little
less involved. "The Art of Calcula-
tion," by Henry Sticker, who gave
us Essentials of Arithmetic" is full
of exercises that win help to de-
velop shortcuts to everyday prob
lens of adding and subtracting, and
multiplying and dividing. "The River
Mathematics" by A. Hooper, is an
outline of mathematics, from algebra
to calculus, tracing the development
back~through 40 centuries.
For That Christmas Dianer
Most women who find any pleasure
in their kitchen work like to get new
cookbooks-particularly on special
lied phases of culinary craft. There
is always wide variety around, but
there are some new ones this year
that are worth looking into. Cooked
to Your Taste by Ann Williams
Heller, is collection of more than
$50 vegetable recipes. Sweets With
out Sugar" by Marion White is writ
ten especially for postwar world
that Is still short of sugar. Take
1t Easy Before Dinner" by Ruth
Langland Holdberg, lists 120 recipes
which are alleged to trim down
nerve-wracking preparations for en-
tertaining guests. How to Cook"
by Marjorie Griffin, is exactly what
it sounds like-a suitable gift for
brides. There are even two new
books on Chinese dishes: Chinese
Cookery" by M. P. Lee, and How
to Cook and Eat in Chinese" by
Buwei Yang Chao.
So there you have it. These sug-
gestions ought to be helpful, but if
you browse around little, you'll
probably discover hundreds of other
titles that will make gifts just as
appropriate as these. Whatever it Is
you're looking for, you ought to be
able to find it. And whatever books
you give, they'll probably be ap-
preciated.
Anyway, it's nice to receive book
for Christmas.