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Evening star., 1947-10-05

Starkle. w. Norton
Reviewed by TREBLE.
This biography of Rimbaud
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small edition New material has been
photography the scattered
symbolst brought to date.
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c
SUNDAY ocToBeR S. ls47.
New SheiIo oye-Smith Novel
PHcks English Pretensions
THE LARDNERS AND THE LAURELWOODS
BY sheila Kaye-smith. (Harper G. Bros; s3)

THE LARDNERS AND THE LAURELWOODS
BY Shela Kaye-Smth. fHarper & Bros; s3J
by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
The ardners good English country family mostly farmers
above least according to the
caste system which seems likely survive other cherished
institution England Laurewod middle class with
tmid to the homes the obscure titled
vacations
country home paying guests generations custom
tradition children
would together obviou difference their stations
until reminded crisis by
their elders
AS this Laurewoods descending Lardners
first time The 1886 matriarch Of
family had returned with her grandchildren for sentimental VISIT
children summoned Mother
children least
young children children played amcaby
with the Lardner children.
Diana Martin and Meg Laurewood wondered why the traditional
visits had broken off without explanation ago.
Gradually old episodes explored explaining extent
the robust and fortnight Of the two
Intellectual inclined to snobs the
considered satire and But this
implied rather than expressed
writes touch; her gifts have been
Laurewoods dy and carefully But there remains the question OF
whether they worth depicting knowing them is exactly an
enlvening experience
beside novel original and dramatic
Tamark Town. the best Of the authors early creations
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Reviewed by
THERESA CARMODY.

THERESA CARMODY.
Ann Petry created something of
furor last season with her story
of Harlem, The Street" In her
second book, Country Place." she
pointedly avoids; any reference to
the race question and turns for her
theme to a small Connecticut town
and the dilemma of good and evil.
The locale and the problems have
been covered before.
Her cast is effectively small. It
includes the young soldier who re-
turns to an unfaithful wife, patrician
old Mrs. CRANKY, and the Intellectual
middle-aged CRANKY son. Another
principal is the sons wife Lii, who
finds life barely endurable in the
CRANKY mansion under the matri-
arch's rule. These lives intertWine
with such others as those of the
malicious little taxi driver and the
local Don Juan, who serve to tie
the threads of the narrative to-
gether. 1t is story of Illustration
and turmoil resulting from human
ignorance and frailty.
AS an allegorical background for
this brooding tale, the author uses
that destructive hurricane which
swept the Eastern seaboard few
years ago.
Miss Petry has dissected small
town, finding an occasional kindly
and gentle character, but her over
all conclusion is that human nature
is a weak and wretched thing. OF
such stuff so many books have been
made. That circumstance leaves
Country Place" a well-constructed,
but not extraordinary, novel,
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Reviewed by
COURTENAY PLASKITT.

Words flow together in a LIQUID
form that makes this heroic little
story beautiful to hear. It Is a story
that is at its best when read aloud
to listeners of all ages-and is
particularly suited for Christmas
eve.
Twelve-year-old Bob, the eldest
OF six children left parentless on
Christmas eve, displays the courage
found in few of many additional
years as he sits with his brothers and
sisters in their strangely quiet home,
telling them the stories passed down
through their family for genera
tions.
On Christmas Day, Bob takes his
brothers and sisters, one by one,
to family in which he feels they
will be happy. This tragic little
procession is somehow not quite
so sad, for it is very much a part
of the real Christmas spirit.
The woodcuts by Fritz Kredel
with which it is illustrated, express
the story's warmth of sentiment
delightfully."-.
You will feel better for having
read it. It deserves a place not far
away from Dickens "A Christmas
Carol on the family bookshelf.
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THE GREAT BEYOND, by Mau-

THE GREAT BEYOND, by Mau-
rice Maeterlinck philosophical Lii
brary; So. Observations on the re-
lations of mans soul to the infinite
most of them in the form of epi-
grammatic paragraphs.
MIRRORS OF THE FIRE, BY
Bernard D. Grebanier (MoSher
Press. Poems and translation,
largely on biblical and classical
subjects.
DIVIDED INDIA, by Robert Aura
Smith (Whittlesey House; So. A
comprehensive outline of the diff
culties besetting native India.
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Reviewed by
ALLEN MOORE.

Robert Payne puts everything in
this story of "a hours in Chungking
in May of 1939 Opium smuggling,
adultery, murder, japanese air
raids, the dirt and filth of China,
the poetry of China, old mandarins,
young officials, coolies, robber
barons, western profiteer, his mis-
tress, his son by former mistress,
all these have been tossed into
the pot to produce a concoction
which will revolt you at times, but
which also at times gives you an
insight into a China not often writ
ten about. Mr.. Payne loves to play
with words and ideas and if some
times the words are too gaudy and
the ideas not thoroughly digested
it is probably because the author
is so busy writing so many books,
novels, poetry and works on con-
temporary Asiatic politics that he
needs must put down the first thing
that comes to mind.
The old minister tells his son, the
young official, that "a bear cough
ing at the North Pole stirs the
sands of the Sahara" John Dome
said, mo man is an island" and
Never ask for whom the bell tolls
-. :" and Hemingway wrote much
better book. The story framework
on which Mr.. Payne erects his
philosophy of modern China is too
fragile, there are too many loose
ends. But If you have a spare
couple Of hours you will not be
entirely unrewarded. You will learn
about a side of China the Kuomin-
tang would rather see kept dark
and you will be given a few thoughts
about modern life and ancient
PHILOSOPHERS which may startle you.
And what more do you want for
$275?
DESIGN FOR AGGRESSION. by
Peter de Mendelssohn. Harper &
Bros.) The inside story of Hitler's
war plans by a correspondent for
the New Statesman and the Nation.
RHYMES OF THE TIMES, by J.
Farley Ragland. (Wendell Mallett)
Vigorously rhythmic verse by a
Negro poet. A good deal of it on
race themes.
FANNIE ENGLE'S COOK BOOK.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce, $250) More
than 1,500 recipes.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

debt to the illustrator" writes Miss
Latimer "the illustrator in turn is
indebted to the child. Walter
Cranes words written in 1896 are
even truer today: 'Childrens books
and so-called children's books hold
a peculiar position. They are at
tractive to designers of an imagina-
tive tendency, for in a sober and
matter of fact age they afford per-
haps the only outlet for unrestricted
flights of fancy open to the mod
ern illustrator, who likes to revolt
against the despotism of facts"
nv McG
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who Is director OF work with Chill
dren in the Washington Public
Library. The volume is literally
illustrated with charming examples
from every kind of book for young
people from an 18th century
pocket book to the latest Bemel-
mans whimsey. AS Miss Latimer
points out in her preface, most of
the great Illustrators in England
and America illustrated children's
books at one time or another. so
there are great names here affixed
to charming pictures.
"While the children owe a great
Evening star., 1947-10-05
They Dared to Die
For freedom
A LOG OF THE VINCENNES
BY 1t. Donald Hugh Doris and
others. (Standard; So
Reviewed by
EDWARD A. GREENE.

EDWARD A. GREENE.
The material for this book was
taken from the personal notes of
the late 1t. Donald H. Doris and,
with the aid of his father, J. T.
Doris, was compiled and "Dedi-
Gated to the sacred memory of the
officers and men of the U. S. S.
Vincennes who, in the language of
their great Commander, in Chief,
Dared to die that freedom might
live and grow and increase its bless
ings.'"
The course of this ship is traced
from its prewar patrols in the At
lantic to the night it met its death,
in the first battle of Savo Island. at
the hands of an enemy 1t could not
see. You will recall this ship was
sunk, along with the United States
cruisers Astoria and Quincy and the
Australian cruiser Canberra in this
campaign, which marked the first
setback for American seapower in
the early fight for Guadalcanal.
This is the battle from which 1t.
Doris and more than three hundred
shipmates did not return.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

There is one thing in particular
the general reader may learn from
Late City Edition" and that is why
newspapermen and women seem a
class apart. It's in every line OF the
book-that fact that each man, as
he describes his job, reveals that its
really more than a job; it's point
of view, a religion, philosophy, a
life in itself.
Evening star., 1947-10-05
SwoshbuckIinq
Scotch Adviser
Of Black King
DRUMS OF DESTINY

BY Peter Bourne. (G. p. Put
nan's Sons; 49,
Reviewed by
FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS.
This latest entry in the parade OF
historical novels tells the story of a
Scottish-born doctor and his part in
the bloody-and frequently great
pageant of the black nation of
Haiti.
Duncan Stewart is Scottish waif
who becomes a London medical stu
dent and a dandy and then fees,
leaving a faithless friend dead upon
a tavern floor and leaving, also, the
tickle girl to whom he was engaged.
In Haiti his vow to treat all In
need of his services wins him the
gratitude and friend-',ip of the
Negroes. Chief amo- them are
two men who started lie as salves:
Toussaint L'Ouverture, one-time
coachman who led the fight to free
the slaves, and Henry Christophe,
waiter and hotel Keeper, who be-
came king.
In place of the prim Margaret of
London there enters Phebe, mu-
latto of rare beauty and savage pas
sions and with a calculating eye
fixed on the luxuries she Graves and
the safety of her creamy skin.
An Amazing Story. =
The story of the revolt OF. the
slaves and their fight for freedom
is an amazing one. Brutal, yes, but
with brutality matched by that of
the French leaders, Leclerc and
Rochambeau, sent by Napoleon to
reconquer the country.
The story has been told before by
John w. Vandercook, whose BLACK
Majesty" was published about 20
years ago. Readers of Mr.. Bourne's
novel will be reminded of that
earlier, more compact and some1
times more dramatic account but
without Mr.. Bourne's romantic
embellishments.
Mr.. Bourne draws a colorful pic
ture of King Henry holding court
at his palace of Sans Souci, guarded
oy his "Bonbons" and surrounded
by his courtiers, including the Count
of Limonade and the Duke of
Marmelade, titles adopted from
place names given by the French.
Duncan Stewart was Henry's physi-
clan and sometimes his adviser.
A Monument to Vanity.
Henry directed some of these
riches and untold labor into the
building of his citadel. La Ferriere,
atop an almost inaccessible noun
tain. It's great thick walls rose
140 feet. Started as a bastion
against possible French attack 1t
became monument to Henry's
vanity, led to revolt and to the
Negro kings suicide.
Mr.. Bourne has amassed tre-
mendous amount of information on
the scene and its people, Had he
restrained his Baedeker impulse just
a little his narrative would move
faster.
One other criticism seems justified.
The picture he draws of the French
planters with their mulatto mis-
tresses leaves out the solid element
whose households were directed by
French women who exemplif1ed the
virtues of wives and mothers of
France itself. Many Of those fam
lilies fled from the slave uprisings
to become substantial additions to
our own country.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

Charles Morgan. erlQge, the lone-
ly giant of industry, we'd at least be
interested to, see. Mr.. Morgan's
handling of the battle between these
two men is mastery. Though they
engage in no fisticuffs, the climactic
scene in the Kennel room in
Rodds club in London is as exciting
as an actual duel.
THE Judges Story" is based on
two quotations. One, from Brown
ing's "Paracelsus. ;. There is an
inmost center in us all, where truth
abides in fulness. :" The other,
from "The Merchant of Venice" -.
Thou torturest me, Tabul; it was
my turquoise; I had it of Leah when
I was a bachelor; I would not have
given it for wilderness Of
monkeys"
Quotable Phrases.
interviewer with the story of Gas
kony's Turquoise" is that of his
beautiful ward, Vivien, and her hus-
band, Henry; and Severidge's de-
signs on each of them. Their con-
versations are packed with quotable
phrases and springboard ideas for
your own future discussions.
But this is not heavy, wordy writ
ing. The short scene where Cockney
housekeeper. Mrs. Clutterbuck, per-
suades the Judge to 60 out to dinner
with his brother Dick presents
Gaskony's way of living, the rela-
tionship of the brothers and the
little tyranny of servants. Or Sew
eridge's brief review of his evening
ENGAGEMENTS including :. twenty
minutes for personal letters: One, to
his sister about her tiresome boy -
deftly explains him.
Englishman Charles Morgan, who
wrote the best-sellers, 'The Voyage"
"Ihe Fountain" and "Sparken-
broke" must have said again the
Judges prayer, God, make me fit
to write" 1.-THE Judges Story Is
proof.
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the Empire State
Building, h o "
girl reporters get
themselves con-
sidered more re-
porter than girl,
why reWrite men
hate to write oil
p a riots and
monkeys, how a
managing editor
really does more
than his young
son may think
when he says his
f a t h er doesn't
work, "he just
ta1ks tn neNp1e "
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l IL 3 y IL e e II ".
THE j u d G e S
S tory" is like
that.
The interest
in the charac-
tiers and plot is
so compelling,
however, t h a t
you are unable
to resist reading
faster and faster.
Judge Gaskony
himself is a per-
son we'd like to
know. And his
antithesis, Sev-
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"Faiy Tales From the Arabian Nights" J. D. Batten
Illustrators OF Children Books, 7844- 7945

Compiled by Bertha Mahoney Louise Payson Latme and
Beulah Folnsbee. THE Book Inc; S15J
history illustrations
for children makes available educators and collectors much
outstanding
among special articles
history attractive kind
biographies illustrators
photography compiled Latmer
Evening star., 1947-10-05
SAMBUBIA

SAMBUBIA
BY Page Cooper. (The Caribbean
LIBRARY. $2.75.)
A lively and informal study of the
Dominican Republic, which has an
exciting history and bright future,
according to an author who sub
scribed Fundamentally to the place
and the people.
Evening star., 1947-10-05
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS
BY Solomon Grayzel. (Je1Dish
Publication Society,"; $780,

BY Solomon GrayZel. 1JetDtSh
Publication Society; $780,
A comprehensive, authoritative
and interesting account Of the Jew
ish people and their wanderings
from the Babylonian exile to the
end of World War II, with special
emphasis on their life in the United
States. Nearly $50 illustrations, in
cluding "a maps, are scattered
through the 1886 pages. Though pre-
sented as popular history" it is
more likely to interest students than
the general public-which is a shame.
p. II. l.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

LIT. Jones, an eminent arcQeOl-
ogist, entymologist and ethnologist,
has discovered the power of ZotZ,
through an ancient rune sent him by
a friend in service. That he possesses
the fatal gift is revealed to him in a
flash of lightning which also places
on his sofa voluptuous and naked
young woman. He is Mortified to
discover that by pointing a finger
he can stun any living thing; by
pointing and saying "Zotz" he can
kill. After few finger exercises on
a moth, a squirrel and a mad dog,
he resolves to offer his lethal
technique to his country, hoping to
be utilized as a cannon or a sniper.
He writes to the President, asking
for an interview, an incredibly naive
procedure he realizes, after a few
turns on the bureaucratic merry-go-
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Here's q Novel
To Linger Over,
To Suvor Fully
THE JUDGES STORY
BY Charles Morgan. (The Mac
milan Co., S3.)
Reviewed by
CATHERINE D. HILL.

Only occasionally do you open a
book and find you want to read very
slowly. Each sentence is so enjoy
able that you hate to think of reach
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ever faster in the revolving door
of bureaucracy until a weird and
wonderful climax which sends him
plummeting into the Potomac. 1t is
all very hilarious, to be sure, but
the moral is plain. If you have any
thing to tell the Government keep
your mouth shut. Or, to put 1t
another way, if you must tangle with
bureaucrats don't scruple about using
any supernatural powers you may
possess. Zotz your way through
the chain of command If need be.
What is zotz? Is it push or pull?
That is a question which will be
argued in Government bureaus for
months to come. Capt. Karig, who
has presented himself as that rarest
of creatures, a public servant who
is available to the public, will prob
ably be willing to act as referee in
such discussions. Or, perhaps, he
would just like to drop the whole
thing. After all he has had his re-
venge if any one believes his de-
lirious little story. It's not hard.
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lust to Prove That Anything Could Happen
In Wartime Washington, and Usually Did
BY Walter Karig. (Rhinehart & Co.; s2.75J
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY

The evidence isn't all pretty generally
Washington
where anything could and probably did That's why Walter
bureaucracy
funnier, isn't really fantastic
Capt Karg Navy public relations officer learned undoubtedly
the that channels
we'll himself at
extravaganza plausible
introducing ncontrovey
and q from
The Futily Of Bucking High
The hero of this and furious fable fuy of buckng
high brass John Semitic
St. ude Seminary (EpcopaD, reasonable tries
his Government reasonable
the attempt All that makes John badng different
the ordinary citizen that he bit
owledge
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sprinkling of anecdotes. AS a conse-
quence, the book is readable from
the standpoint of the most general
interest.
In Late City Edition you find
out how a newspaper covers such
stories as the bomber crashing into
Evening star., 1947-10-05
ANews Staff Talks Shop and Tells How
The Great American Daily Is Produced
LATE CITY EDITION

TLATE CITY
Joseph Herzberg members of the New York Herald
Tribune staff. Henry Holt & Co.; 49,
Reviewed by
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Verbal Fireworks,
Undigested Ideas

THE BEAR COUGHS AT THE
NORTH POLE
BY Robert Payne. (Dodd, Mead
& Co.; $2.75J
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Shining Sadness
.OfChristmos Eve

THE DAY THEY GAVE .
BABIES AWAY
BY Dale Eunson. (Farrar, Straus;
S2.)
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Gloom and MISERY
Cloud This Image
OF Country Life

COUNTRY PLACE
BY Ann Petry. (Houghton, Nit
fin; $2.75.J
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Revised Edition of the Storkie Biography
Of Rimboud, Bright Star of Symbolism
ARTHUR RIMBAUD

ARTHUR RIMBAUD
BY Enrid Starkie. Nv. w. Norton & Co., Inc; $5J
Reviewed by EDWIN TRIBBLE.
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Tbe Sunday $ta>'
Weekly Book Survey

The Sunday Star has arranged NTH some OF
the leading booksellers of Washington and
suburban areas to report each ,Deek the books
Which sell best as guide to Dl,at Washington
is reading. title must be named by at least
four stores to appear on this chart.
This report is for the week ending October 3
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Survey of the Present Philippines Plight
Continued Need of u. S. Aid
rHE PHuJPPINE STORY

THE PHILIPPINE STORY
BY David Bernstein. (Farrar, StrauS $3.75J
Reviewed by NICHOLAS RADFORD.
Evening star., 1947-12-29
JET Planes 10 Stage
Alaskan Maneuyers
By the Associoted Press

The Air Force has put an entire
let fighter squadron into Alaska
for the first mass tactical opera
ton" of the high speed warplanes
in the Arctic outpost.
1t announced today that the 94th
Squadron of P-80-B fighters had
arrived at Ladd Field, near Fair
banks, to begin six months training
operations. A fighter squadron usu-
ally is composed of about "a aircraft.
The assignment of the Gath for
the long training period in the Arc
tic apparently is in line with the
Air Force program of combining
training with garrisoning of the
strategic northern defense area.
BY rotating crews and alrplanes
in units of squadrons on training
assignments in the north, the Air
Force is able to maintain an interim
defense system, pending the time
when the permanent organization
reaches its full (but unannounced)
strength in Alaska. For the last
wear B-29 units as we'll as fighter
squadrons have been given training
assignment in Alaska.
Because the planes will encounter
temperatures ranging down to IS
degrees below zero. they have been
given special "winterization" treat
ment.
Evening star., 1947-12-29
Wayne Coy Sworn In
As Chairman Of FEC
By the Associated Press

Wayne Coy, former Indiana news
paper publisher and one-time spe-
cial assistant to President Roose-
welt, was sworn in today as chair
man of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission.
The craftsmanship has been
vacant since November /, when
Charles r. Denny resigned to be-
come vice president and general
counsel for the National Broadcast
ing Co.
Mr.. Coy has been associated with
the washington Post since 1874 and
has been director of its radio sta
tions, WINK and WINX-FM.
His appointment to the FEC was
recess one, meaning 1t was made
while Congress was in recess. After
Congress meets. it will have to be
submitted to the Senate. If the
Senate disapproves, Mr.. Coy can no
longer serve.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
told reporters over the weekend
that he was mot favorably i'm
pressed" with President Trumans S
selection of Mr.. Coy. He said the
Republican Policy Committee will
discuss the appointment at meet
ing early in January.
Mr.. Coy was sworn in by Miss
Pansy Wilk-hire, assistant to the
commissions personnel director, at
a ceremony in the commission
offices.
Russia has reduced retail prices
of perfumery and cosmetics.