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on the manuscript.
BY way of biography. there will
be "Disturber of the Peace" an
affectionate study OF II. L.
Mencken, by William Manchester.
an editor of the Baltimore Sun.
Harper's Is also bringing out
Damned Old Crank" self
portrait of the late E. w. Scripps,
edited by his granddaughter's hus-
band, Charles McCabe.
While New Workers are still
fighting and dying to gain en-
trance to South Pacific" the
enchanted evening inspired by his
short stories, "Tales Of the South
Pacific" James Michener has been
off to the islands to take another
look. Return to Paradise" Will
come from Random early next
year.
Nobel Prize winner Bertrand
Russell has collected q number
of reflections in unpopular Es-
says" (Simon & SchusteC.
Carlo Levi, author of Christ
Stopped at Eboli," Is on hand
again, this time with "The Watch,
a story of contemporary Rome.
which Farrar, Straus. has sched-
uled for early spring.
Chief among the ex-Communiss
memoirists for the coming season
is Whitaker Chambers with THE
Witness" (Random). He will be
joined by Elizabeth Bentley COue
Of the Red") on the Devin-Adair
list and Hede Massing CDecep-
tion") from Farrar, Straus.
Alan Barth Of the Washington
Post takes q long look at the
whole question Of loyalty In The
Loyalty Of Free Men" (viking).
Books by Sinclair Lewis
And Arthur Koestler
With Ernest Hemingway Champ
stin at the box Office no matter
what the critics say about his
latest) out Of the running In 1851.
the center of the fiction stage Is
held by Sinclair Lewis and Arthur
Koestler, with any number OF
youngsters waiting in the wings.
Incidentally. the champs great
est champion. John O'Hara. has
turned to non-flction in the forth
coming observation Car.
Mr.. Lewis has sent to Random
House from Italy World So
Wide," q story Of Americans
abroad. Mr.. Koestler's The Age
Of Longing" u down for March
publication by Macmillan.
Irwin Shaw Of THE Young
Lions" fame will be represented By
Tho Troubled Air." in which he
writes with his usual feeling Of
such present-day phenomena -
Red Channels"
Several English ladies who can
always be depended upon for witty
and substantial fare have spring.
time novels. Helen Machines,
wearing the Harcourt Brace colors
for the first time Is back In above
Suspicion" trim with Neither
Five Nor Three" Enid Bagnold's
1.-The Loved and Envied." story
Of an aging beauty. comes from
Doubleday On January 2. "A
Breath of Air." a kind of contem-
porary Tempest" by Runner God
den will be the February Book-of-
the Month Club choice.
Jessamyn West. who made .
host OF fans with 1.-THE Friendly
Persuasion" has written about
love in poor farm In "The Witch
Diggers." Mary Jane Ward Of
1.-THE Snake Pit" renown will be
around this spring with "A Little
Night Music"
The first Book-o Of the-M Month
Club selection for 1851 Is River
Of the Sum-" by James Ramsey
Ullman.
Three British Favorites
You Can Count On
A trio Of British stalwarts.
Frank Swinnerton. J. B. Priestley
and James Hilton have come
through again: Swinnerton with
"A Flower for Catherine: Priest
ley with FESTIVAL at Farbridge."
and Hilton with Morning Jour-
ney." an Atlantic-Little Brown en-
try which is the Literary Guild Sc
lection for March.