The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-12

Yutang interprets China from the
inside, honestly, with critical and
historical prospective. AT no time in
the history of Sino-American rela-
tions has true and deep under
standing of China's land and people
historical background and present
problems, been more imperitavely
required. Ten years ago Lin Yu-
tang was writing his first book,
my Country and My People" now
a classic. He said that his recent
journey to China was in effect a re-
checking of the findings in that
book and has confirmed them. He
now writes in much the same vein,
of the new and exciting, and of the
old and inspiring that he has seen
and heard and felt on his wartime
journey. He is confident of ultimate
victory and the emergence of China
as a great democratic power.
Papa Was A Preacher, by Alyene
Porter, is irresistibly human and
gay from the first chapter to the
last. 1t is a personal, intimate pic
ture of life in an American parson-
age of not so long ago, revealing,
perhaps, for the things it omits than
for those it includes. Glowing al
ways with the love that unites
God-loving and God-fearing par
ents, it nevertheless overflows with
the rollicking, merry pranks of their
eight youngsters. You will enjoy
this book as story well told. You
will revel in its happy reminis-
cences and chuckle with glee over
the piquant illustrations which
catch so delightfully."- the spirit of
the book.
Understanding The Young Child,
by William E. Blatz, one of the
worlds leading authorities in the
field of Child Study was written to
help parents, teachers and social
service workers to understand the
young people in their charge. A
world at war has particular cause
to be concerned with the problem of
the growing child. Children, no less
than adults, are confronted by the
uncertainties of changing world,
and the manner in which they be-
come adapted to their society is the
measure of their happiness and sue
cess in life.
In Strange Fruit, Lillian Smith
has written a novel that has aroused
much discussion. She faces courage
ously an explosive problem which
we must ultimately solve not only
in the South, but in all places where
one race dominates another. She
tells compassionate story of two
races, White and Negro, rooted in
a common earth, straining toward
a common happiness, yet in con-
slant conflict with each other. The
reader will be caught up at once
in swift and engrossing narrative
about people whose innermost
secrets form the structure and pat
tern of life in small Southern
town. Such is the authority, con-
viction and literary skill with
which Lillian Smith tells her story,
that we will come to know the
South and to understand its people
more thoroughly and sympathetic
ally than ever before.
The Chiffon Scarf, by Mignon
Eberhart, is mystery story that
will hold your attention to the very
last word of the very last para
graph. Mrs. Eberhart creates here
an atmosphere tense and electric
with the quality of eeriness for
which her novels are famous. A
test flight to determine the value of
of new airplane engine results in
two apparently accidental deaths,
but when the fateful chiffon scarf
is found knotted around the throat
of third victim, there can be no
doubt that murder stalks the comp
any gathered together at P. H.
Sloan's grim house party. Only
after another murder does Sloan
discover the significance of the chif-
fon scarf and the identity of the
criminal.
Yankee Stranger, by Elswyth
Thane Beebe, is a story of the Civil
War, A Yankee comes to Williams
burg in the tense autumn days of
1860 and red-haired Eden Day falls
head over heels in love with him.
The scene moves from Williams
burg to Richmond, to Washington
and back again, during those dread
full years between Fort Sumpter
and Appomattox. In addition to
the fictitious characters, Jeb Stuart
and General Lee, Pickett and
Stonewall Jackson are seen through
the eyes of the men who followed