Marion progress., 1949-01-13

DeSC Sellef or one you thlnk IS
going to be talked out"
! Our request lists are usually for
ooks that are "talked about"
Sometimes these books are widely
advertised through magazines and
newspapers. Occasionally a request
| list is formed for book that some
one has read and liked and recon-
mended to friends.
Advertising placed Norman Mail
er's "The Naked and the Dead" be-
fore the public, but in our library
it has been popule2, because of the
individual recommendations of read
ers. Not all of the comments about
the book have been favorable. Sew
eral comments have been, "It is a
terrible book" "It should not be in
public library" ''It is a shocking
story" The favorable comments
have been, "If everybody in the
world read the book, there would be
no more wars" at is one of the best
books l have read and true to army
life"
Books such as "Kissing Kin" by
Ellsworth Thane, "The Big Fisher
man" by Lloyd Douglas, Roanoke
Hundred" by Inglis Fletcher, and
"Shannono's Way" by Cronin, are
popular because readers liked the
authors other novels.
"How to Stop Worrying and Start
Living" by Dale Carnegie is our
only book of non-fiction with long
request list.
Our request lists for other "best
sellers" are short. Only one or two
requests have been made for ''Din-
ner at Antoine's" by, Keyes, ere
membrance Rock" by Sandburg, 81
Capture the Castle" by Smith, "To-
morrow Will Be Better" by Smith,
and catalina" by Vaughan.
The library appreciates the three
books given by Florence Davis:
"Without Lawful Authority' by
M Manning Coles-mystery; "The
Killer and the Slain" by Hug h
Walpole- study of the
d ual nature of man; and "Mr.
Emmanuel by Louis Golding-Story
of an old man who sets out unarmed,
against the forces of evil in the
world today, to right wrong and
restore a young boys happiness.
The popular magazines given by
Mrs. S.. C. Roberts and 'The Boys
Life" magazines given by Harry
Logan Mccall have already been
distributed to readers in the county.
Among last weeks news registra-
tions: Anne H. Baf1ew, Florence
June Black, Connie Dell Burnside,
Martha Davis, Jimmie Henderson,
Peggy Lassiter, Ruby Marlowe, Ann
Styles, Mrs. G. P. Taylor, and Karl
Maxwell Warlick, Jr.
Readers who liked Brigid Knights
book "The Valiant Lady" will want
to read her new novel, "Southern
Cross STORY of Elizabeth Hugo,
daughter Of Boer parents in South
Africa. An orphan at birth, she was
adopted by the English Shows and
brought up with their family until
she was nine years old. Then her
Boer aunt claimed her and set about
with unbending tyranny to eradicate
the British influence of the Shaws.
"The Big Book of Knitting "edited
by Isabelle Stevenson-A complete
knitting book, with chapters on
teaching children to knit.
"The Complete Book of Embroid-
cry" by Catherine Christopher
Directions, with illustrations, for
quilting, shocking, petit point, gros
point, applique, monogramming,
shadow work, and many other kinds
of embroidery.
Golden Treasury of Needlecraft'
by Isabelle Stevenson-300 things to
make, crochet, knit, sew, embroid-
cry; also directions for tatting, quilt
ing, felt-craft, applique, paper flow
ers, toy-making, dolls, and gift
wrapping.
Two books for young people will
be as popular as the several new
titles that have so quickly formed
Ilonp reouest lists.
"Gold for the Grahams" by Alice
Fuller-Story Of covered wagon days
when men and women braved the
wilderness, Indian massacres ane
starvation to seek fortunes in gole
in the Black Hills of the Dakotas.
"Snow Dog" by Jim Kjelgaard-
Born in the wilderness, the puppy
had to learn the ways of surviva
like any other wild thing, but it wa:
his own courage and intelligence
that brought him through when {
weaker dog would have perished.
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