The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

MOSS POINT

Invariably when people are dis
~cussing books, new books in par
ticular, the current Book-of-the-
Month is mentioned. Realizing
that these books are always in
demand the Woman's Club pre-
scented the City Library with a
subscription to the Club and
thus through the months the Ii
brary has collected a shelf of
the most talked of current books,
which runs the gamut from fic-
ton to philosophical.
In the current selection. why
They Behave Like Russians" by
John Fischer, the author, clears
up many of the things that have
been SC disturbing to every
thoughtful American. Why are
Russians suspicious of us? Why
the Iron Curtain?" What is real
ly going on behind it? Are our
two countries bound to drift in
to an eventual war? These are
the question Mr.. Fischer presents,
to which, of course. neither he
nor anyone else knows the an
swer; but he helps us to q much
clearer understanding of them.
Three Came Home" by Agnes
Newton Keith is more than just
another story about Jap concen-
tration camps. ITO read this
book" Dorothy Garfield writes,
"is like living through an exper-
fence rather than >reading a
book II tells of an American
woman, a writer fine enough to
be recognized by even the ia
panese, who for three years was
held prisoner with her husband
and adored little boy in intern
ment camp in Burma. Freedom
comes ultimately, but not from
any individual effort; the war
is over, there are no more pris-
oners Of wal and three come
home to begin life anew.
A beautifully illustrated edi-
Khayam' is a book to be cher
ished. The exquisitely beautiful
and fanciful illustration in color
by Mahmoud Savah, a young
Persian artist, make this volume
one of unlimited enjoyment.
These unforgettable stanzas of
an eleventh century Persian Ma
thematician afford one an escape
into fantasy and remain ever pop
ular.
aurora Dawn" by Herman
Wouk, a former gag writer for
Fred Allen, is a novel which
anyone with a sense of humor
and an interest in the follies of
the American scene can not help
liking. 1t is the first account of
the only too true misdoings of
contemporary America and, if
it is written with wit and good
humor instead of as a sermon,
so much the better for the read
er.
"Balzac" bv Stefan Zweig is an
extraordinary good biography.
The book is essentially the story
of the man, his extraordinary
character, his passionate love af-
fair, each of them in itself a
romantic novel, his gigantic fol-
lies and his superhuman pow
erS.
Thunder Out of China" by
Theodore H. White and Annalee
Jacobv is a book of profound
significance, since ii is in China
that the u. S. and Russia face
each other most directly. An
other book on the ever current
Russian situation is Animal
Farm by George Orwell. He
brilliantly satirizes Soviet Rus
STA and this volume may rank
as one of the great political sa-
tires of our anxious times.
Mistress Masham's Repose'
by T. H. White is q charming
and delightful book about the
descendants of the Lilliputians.
Hayward Bus by John Stein
beck is perhaps a bit on the sor-
III S1uG, Gl6lilDGCh ftCIE GtlA lllEiE
may write too freely for the
taste Of some readers, particular
" in fsmilies where there are
"teen-aee" readers to be concern
ed about; but no one can deny
he has a definite public and af-
ter reading this book one will
never ride a bus again without
giving it a thought. A wsyward
bus goes off route in a Califor-
mia storm and when the people
separate after being marooned
one day, none can ever be the
same again.
Carl Sandburg says of the
Lincoln Reader edited by Paul
M. Angle: This is the best all
round one-volume biography of
Lincoln that can be bought, Dor
rowed or stolen"
Eric Hodgins has written an
hilariously funny account of
what happened to Mr.. and Mrs.
Blandings between the time they
decided TO buy an old farm house
and its acreage for $l1.00, and
the time when they shelled out
the last payment on the S56,263
their dream home finally cost.