Evening star., 1946-03-24
Book Reviews
in Brief
NOVELS.

Woman in the White House, by
Herbert Shapiro. (Tech Books J
Novel based on the rise of a woman
to the presidency. Trite.
Shadow on the Trail, by Zane
Grey. Harpero Typical old Grey
thriller -gold-hearted bandit pro-
tecting beautiful lady from enemies
who have designs on her property.
Contact Mercury, by Leonard H.
Mason. doubleday Novel OF es-
pionage and counterespionage in
the Paris of the last days of the war.
The author served in the OSS.
Panama Passage, by Donald Barr
Chidsey. Doubleday Love, romance
and intrigue of pretty much the
routine variety against a back
ground of Panama in the days when
the Canal was building.
Bachelors Are Made, by Eleanor
Arnett Nash. {Appleton Century,
Novel OF a charming young man
who just couldn't bring himself to
get married
MYSTERIES.
There Are 13, by Francis Beeding.
(Harper) Thriller on British es-
pionage in France during the time
of the Vichy government
The Innocent Mrs. Duff, by Elisa
beth Sanxay Holding. (Simon g.
Schuster) A novel of crime and
punishment, rather than crime and
detection, or, that is, novel in
which there Is crime with the
emphasis put on the psychology of
the characters rather than the solu-
ton. Wealthy middle-aged man
gets rid OF young. innocent wife. The
story is we'll handled.
Somewhere in the House, by Eliza
beth DAILY. Rinehart) One of those
old New York families in which an
odd will holds group of odd people
together. Murder breaks out and
Henry Gamadge comes to the rescue.
HEALTH.
Mastering Your Nerves, by Larry
Freeman and Edith NJ. Stern.
{Harper.) A work on nervous con-
troll designed for the sufferer from
the modern pace.
HISTORY.
The Story Of the Jewish Legion,
by Vladimir JabotinSky. (Ackerman.)
History of the Jewish military unit
which was known as the Legion and
which fought for the Allied cause
in the First World War.
TEETH.
You Can Be Happy With Dental
Plates, by Max M. Schwartz, DDS.
Embassy Publishing Coz A book of
instructions to the wearers of arti-
fetal teeth.
POETRY.
Release the Lark, by John Black
Fine Editions Press Smooth, &C
complished verse on somewhat trite
themes.
The Last Poems of Philip Freneau,
edited by Lewis Leary (RutgersD
A volume which ought to be i'm
interesting to the lover of
early American favors. The hith-
erto uncollected last poems of Philip
Freneau, the popular poet of the
Revolutionary era. are presented
through his biographer, Lewis Leary
author of That Rascal Freneau."
They are not important literature,
but are historically valuable.
This Is My America, selected and
by Kenton Kilmer. (Wash-
ington PoSt) A collection of the
poems which have appeared on the
editorial page of the Washington
Post since 1910.
AVIATION.
Aviation, by H. E. Wimperis.
(Home University Library.) A little
volume on the history and present
state of aviation. One of the Home
Library series.
KNOWLEDGE.
The Handy Encyclopedia of Use
full Information, edited by Lewis
New Home Library.)
A very convenient volume of handy
facts about the Nation. the nations,
the home, the arts and literature.
LABOR.
The Truth About Unions, by Leo|
Huberman. Pamphlet Press AL
defense of labor unions with ad-
of the recent bad practices
which have brought unions into ill
favor