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Evening star., 1953-03-01
New Life Study Of Edwin Booth
Exciting as An Opening Night
Prince Of Players. Edwin Booth
BY Eleanor Ruggles. Nv. W. Norton; $780,

fathers reputation paved his
way, as it did that Of his
brothers, Junius and John. Ed
win, erratically educated, never
thought of any other career but
the theater.
After a dissolute apprentice
ship in wide-open California.
he came East. where his imita-
ton of his fathers worst
mannerisms was quickly noted.
Booth was a long time develop
ing his own quiet style with
its underlying grandeur. Only
when he emerged from the
black woe that enveloped him
upon the death of his first
wife. Mary Devlin. did he be-
gin to play with that con-
trolled intensity which reached
its pitch of expression in his
portrayal Of Hamlet" Some
of his contemporaries called it
excessively natural" but
when he played it in Germany
in English while the rest of
the cast spoke German whole
audiences and the other play
ers burst into tears.
Miss Ruggles portrays bril-
liantly the events that led up
to John Wilkes Booths assas-
sination of Lincoln-an event
that piled mountains Of
shame" on Edwin and other
members of the stricken fam.
lily. Booth, shrinking from the
obloquy which threatened to
engulf him and his profession.
almost gave up the stage. How
ever. he went on, in spite Of
further hardship. His shrew-
ish second wife died insane.
He. became old and i'll. He
died at the Players. the club
which he helped to form. mag.
netic and gentle to the last.
This biography is worthy of
him. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
The Passion by the Brook

Nathaniel Hawthorne, a dis
enchanted deSerter, wrote
about Brook farm in "The
Blithedale Romance" This
new novel by another New
Englander is not likely to re-
place it. Still, it is a gustry,
Sardonic if uneven, description
of a noble experiment which
foundered on the rocks of hu-.
man nature.
George Ripley, the founder
and guiding spirit of this
Fourierist colony where a
dedicated little band defied
competitive society by living
off the land, was a dissenting
Unitarian divine like so many
of his fellows in Boston in
1910. He was good, just and
honorable. although rather cold.
With all his virtues he was not
proof against the disturbing
influences which rippled the
bucolic calm Of the commu-
nifty. These were perSonif1ed in
the person of the mysterious
Lilli Gray, a convent-bred vo-
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the aptest quotations and a
sprightly style, she has
achieved it.
Booths greatest triumph
was as Hamlet. His perform
ance was, in the words of Julia
Ward Howe, beautiful as
dreams Of maidenhood that
doubt DEFY" In New York
in 1865 when he played the
melancholy prince for 100
nights, he was "the fashion
and the passion" His brother,
John Wilkes Booth. whose
crime almost shattered Ed
wins life, said of Edwin: HE
is is, ;, Hamlet-melancholy and
Life Was Difficult
Booth did have q hard life
for all the adulation that he
knew. He was born with a
caul. The seventh of the 10
children Of the great Shake
Spearean actor, Junius Brutus
Booth and his common-law
wife. Edwin grew up on a re-
mote Maryland farm. He
made his debut in the thea
trical world as his bibulous
fathers keeper. With his
flowing black hair, his banjo,
his long Spanish cape, the IA
year-old lad with the marvel
Gus eyes became a familiar
figure in the greenrooms of
the East Coast.
He first went on the stage at
the age Of is. Naturally his
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luptuary who has the effect Of
Eve Of the high-living. plain
living Yankees around her.
Georges wife. the cool So
phia, is tempted to Catholicism.
The young people, in spite OF
fierce chaperonage, are tempt
ed by strirrinss of the flesh.
Brook farm, suspect as an OUT
post of Rome and a haven OF
adultery, finally collapses.
Mr.. Nelson, who tries to
work in too many of the con-
temporary currents of thought
that gripped Emerson, Tho
reau and the other deep-think-
ers of the day, does justice to
the carnival spirit that occa-
sionally burst through the
primness of the group. Their
innocent merriment is charm.
ingly conveyed. He also man.
ages to include a good deal Of
information without being
heavy handed and to poke fun
at the hair-splitting colonistS
without being cruel.
M. MEG.
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Adams and much OF Ernest
Hemingway.
Mr.. Young explains why.
He avoids the jargon of psy-
choanalysiS, for which we can
be grateful, though he never
ignores the psychic as well as
the physical pattern Of the
Hemingway stories. This
generic hero is a man Of cour-
age, though he may, like the
man in 1.-THE Short Happy
Life of Francis Macomber."
have had to overcome a strong
streak of cowardice. He has a
certain code. which may not
be entirely honest. There was
the prize fighter in Fifty
Grand" who was willing to
throw a fight for $4,000 and
insisted on going through
with the arrangement. When
gamblers double-crossed him
and got his opponent to foul
him, he stood the pain bravely
and went on to foul the other
fighter and lose the bout, as
he had promised.
His Fovorite Authors
Seeking those influences
which shape every writer, how
ever original. Mr.. Young comes
up with Mark Twain and Ste
phen Crane, two of the three
American writer's whom Mr..
Hemingway finally decided he
most admired. The third was
Henry James, and it is hard,
to figure how that elegant,
subjective novelist could have
influenced the direct, hard
hitting Hemingay.
Mr.. Hemingway has said
that all modern American writ
ing stems from "Huckleberry
Finn" He might more accu-
rately have said all his writ
ing does, Mr.. Young concludes.
Perhaps his most interesting
chapter compares Huck Finn
with Nick Adams and Nick's
successors. They are, the
critics think, grownup ver-
sions Of Huck.
Mr.. Young sees Mr.. Heming-
ways most recent book, THE
Old Man and the Sea-" as "a
powerful book" and adds that
"a large part of its power is
the power Of love-" Mr.. Young
has great admiration for Mr..
Hemingway as a stylist and as
a painter of character and yet
the critic is aware that Hem
ingway's world is a narrow one,
which is real to US only in a
limited and partial way, for
he has left out of it a great
deal of what many people
would quite simply call life
It is a hell Of a world.
and we should protest it. But,
on the other hand, we should
be hard pressed to prove that
it is not the one we inhabit."
Evening star., 1953-03-01
(Holt; $3.)

HOLL, pol
by scruples. There are sinister
rumors about the little town
that he is leader Of the local
Klan, which figures in a vio-
lent episode resulting in a
death. Naturally. DR.. Richard
son, a fine man, is not pleased
with his daughters escort. The
girls mother is attracted to
the young man and eventually
wins the reluctant consent of
the father to Felicia'S mar
riage. Victor himself is not
too sure he wants to marry
even the prettiest girl on the
campus, but he is aware of the
prestige marrying into the
family will give him. The
wedding takes place shortly
after his graduation.
This is mostly the story of
the months following the mar
riage, of Felicia's gradual dis
illusionment. Felicia does seem
singularly naive for the daugh-
ter of a college president,
reared on a campus, but per-
hapS there are such girls.
Victor is well developed, a per-
suasive portrait of a young
man who loves only himself
but knows how to ingratiate
himself when necessary and
undoubtedly will get along,
perhaps turn into an emigre
Southern statesman. The story
is consistently interesting.
Mrs. Burnett writes well. And
she shows promise Of still bet
ter work. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Reading and Writing
Rep. CeIIer, Old Friend Of Books
In Congress, Now Author Himself
BY Mary McGrory

Representative Celler. DEM
ocrat. Of New York. q good
friend Of books in Congress,
has written one himself.
you Never Leave Brook
lyn." q memoir of life in the
borough and the Capitol, will
be published next Wednesday,
on the 30th anniversary Of
Mr.. Celler's arrival in Con-
greSS.
The veteran legislator has
long labored in behalf Of books.
He is the author Of q partic-
ularly enlightened revision Of
the copyright law. AS q mem
Der Of the Gathings Commit
tee on Topographic Mate
rials." he wrote a lively minor
ity report which put in true
perspective the contribution
Of the pocket-size books to
American culture.
Arduous but Rewordinu
It never occurred to him to
become an author, however,
until q New York publisher,
Spotting q newspaper inter-
view with the Representative,
suggested he had a book in
him. Mr.. Celler rather dubi-
ously set to work, and found
the whole thing a very arduous
but on the whole rewarding
process.
The Representative, former
head OF the Judiciary Com
mittee, started debating his
memories to a dictaphone
about q year ago. Mrs. Bess
Dick, who was for a long time
clerk of the Judiciary Commit
tee, collated, edited and docu-
mented the work. His wife
kept prodding his memory.
Many Of his notes came from
midnight jotting. When the
Representative can't sleep he
makes notes on a bedside
memo.
Advance readers of "You
Never Leave Brooklyn" say it
shows everywhere the salu-
tary benefits of congressional
discipline. The 5-minute rule,
which keeps Congressman
from rambling on the floor,
has been reflected in the ex-
emplary brevity and concise
ness of the Representatives.
"reminiscences. Also, the un-
written law which prevents
one Representative from ques-
tioning another's motives has
carried over. Except for a
running account of his run
ming battle with ex-Repre-
sentative Rankin, who was
notoriously unsympathetic to
the claims of minorities, Mr..
Celler, a durable liberal, con-
tents himself with discussing
his own accomplishments and,
in some instances, his own
mistakes.
Eoch Chapter on Entity
With undue Difference, Mr..
Celler-thinking perhaps some
readers might not want to
read from cover to cover-has
made of each chapter an en-
tity. Thus. the whole question
Of his concern with the in
dependence of India, the
founding Of the State Of
Israeli. monopolies, the Un-
American Activities Commit
tee and so on, are covered
in self-contained sections.
The Representative has not
SO much as INDUCED himself
in the long view or the mellow
summary. Pressed for q kind
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Such, Such Were the Joys
BY George Orwell.

by george OrWeIl. tHGTcOufl
In nine of these essays, the
late Mr.. Orwell has attacked
current misconceptions about
literature and politics and in
his usual challenging, astring-
ent and prophetic style. The
10th, which describes his
school days in what must be
one of the .meanest institutions
since "Dotheboys' Hall" is the
most memorable selection in
the book.
Nothing he has ever written
has explained Orwell better.
His dislike of cant, snobbery
and oppression rose right up
out of those grubby days when
he was bullied and driven by
a mealy-mouthed pair who
cringed to the rich boys and
beat the poor ones. 1T is
curious" he says dryly, "the
degree, I will not say of actual
hardship but of squalor and
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Contoinment or Liberation?
BY James Burnham. John Day; $780,
Reviewed BY Belmont Forie,

In this timely inquiry into
the aims Of American foreign
policy, Mr.. Burnham argues
strongly for liberation, which
he defines as a clear-cut COM
mitment by the United States
to a goal Of freedom for all
the peoples and nations now
enslaved by the RusSian-cen-
tered Soviet state system, in
cluding the Russian people.
The policy Of containment
we have followed since 1947
standing of the Soviet en-
pire by firmly bottling it up
within its present boundaries
lis a formula for Soviet vic
tory, he says. He is convinced
that if the Communists sue
ceed In consolidating what
Evening star., 1953-03-01

This is the second critical
study Of Hemingway to come
out within four months. Mr..
Young's book is even more pro-
vocative and perhaps will prove
more controversial than Carlos
Bakers Hemingway: The
Writer as Artist"
Mr.. Bakers critique, ably
thought out and written, was a
more conventional analysis Of
the novels and stories and an
attempt to assay Hemingway'S
lasting merits and the reason
for his influence on other
writer's. Mr.. Young, while he
necessarily has had to follow
much the same trails, has writ
ten a more unusual, a more
original contribution to con-
tenn porary criticism. Less
rounded and conclusive than
Mr.. Bakers treatise, Mr..
Young'S book nevertheless
strikes more directly at the
heart of his subject. Briefly
and pungently Mr.. Young has
tried to show from the con-
flicting evidence at hand what
Mr.. Hemingway actually is like
and why he writes as he does
about the persons and things
he selects.
Tracking Down His Heroes
Mr.. Young develops a generic
Hemingway hero which, the
critic feels, runs, in various
guises. throughout the novelx
lists work. There Is, Mr.. Young
says, much of Mr.. Hemingway
in this hero. though it is a mis-
take to suppose a fictional fig
ure ever is a literal transcript
ton Of the author.
While Mr.. Hemingway had
a few stories and some poems
privately printed in Europe in
the early '20s, his first book
put out by an American trade
publisher was In Our Time"
q collection of short stories.
These stories dealt largely
with the middle Michigan
woods, where the author spent
many boyhood summers. A
rather Shadowy character
named Nick Adams witnesses
the scenes in most of the
stories, though he does not al
ways have an active part in
episodes which often are vio-
lent. There is, according to
Mr.. Young's thesis, much of
Nick Adams in the Jake
Barnes of THE Sun Also
Rises" in 1t. Henry of "A
Farewell to Arms" in Harry.
the writer in the famous short
story, THE Shows of Kiliman-
jaro," and so on through Col.
Cantwell of Across the River
and Under the Trees" These
men, different as they may ap-
pear specifically, with diver
gent backgrounds and prob
lens, all retain much of Nick
Evening star., 1953-03-01

Brace; $780,
neglect, that was taken for
granted in the upper-clasS
schools of that period" This
is documented in impressive
fashion.
Beyond that, the book con-
tains Orwell's structures against
"nationalism" - which can be
religious as well as political
in his view-the distortions
written about the Spanish Civil
War, the true measure Of
Henry Miller and England, her
virtues and faults.
Mr.. Orwell was. of course.
one Of the most politically
sophisticated men of this gem
Grafton. Nineteen Eighty
Four" proved that. Everything
he knew he learned the hard
way. From the essays on his
school days the process began
early and cruelty.
IN. Meg.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
The CoIditz Story
BY P. r. Reid. (Ltppincott;; $685.
Reviewed by Richard FrykIund

This is the story of the in
credibly ingenious attempts by
allied soldiers to escape from
Germany's World War II "es-
cape proof" prison: Colditz
Castle. The author, P. r.
Reid, was a British of1lcer and
a prisoner of war at Colditz.
Appointed escape officer" by
the prisoners, he planned
many escape attempts and
then got away himself. Mr..
Reid is as excellent a story
teller as he was a tunnel dig
ger.
The most troublesome pris-
oners of war were sent to the
castle. Almost all had previous
escapes to their credit. BY
bringing these men to Colditz,
however, the methodical Ger
mans had assembled perhaps
the greatest group Of escape
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DStt ~ VOiSu
secular private schools. He
does not question the loyalty
or proficiency Of private
schools.
He contends fundamentally
that the public "comprehen-
sive high school with a COM
mon core of studies and diff
ferentiated special programs
for the gifted student" must be
preserved, defended and inn
proved. He views that school
as the most fitting and effec-
tive avenue for the education
of youth and the strengthen
ing Of the American demo-
cratic tradition.
Development Of this thesis
covers a wide range. It an
alyzes and compares educa-
tional procedures at the Sec
ondary. college and university
levels in the United States and
in several nations Of the Brit
ish Commonwealth. It offers
numerous suggestions for revi-
sion or expansion of educa-
tional methods and organiza-
tion in, this country.
The book is neither brief
nor sketchy. despite its only
81 pages Of formal text. It
has as many pages Of illumi-
nating-and sometimes con-
troversial - comments and
charts in foQtnotes.
DR.. Conant does not profess
to have originated the prob
lens or issues he discusses.
He simply suggests some po-
sible approaches and solutions.
However open to argument, his
opinions merit study. not solely
by schoolmen but by others
eager to work out and safe.
guard proper and firmly rooted
educational opportunity for Ill
Americans.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

mastery over its materials.
It deals with an unusual
sort of campus romance and
its aftermath. Felicia is the
17-year-old daughter Of Henry
Richardson, president Of a
small but well-regarded South
ern college. She is terrifically
(there is hardly any other
term) in love with Victor
Cardwell, a senior student, an
excl Of 27-a New Yorker,
sophisticated, assured. Victor
is on the make, hoping to lift
himself somehow out OF the
senteel poverty to which he
and his mother, a music teach
er, a deserted wife, have been
consigned. He is not inhibited
Evening star., 1953-03-01

artists ever put into one
prison.
Having plenty Of time, a
great deal Of cleverness and q
devil-may-care attitude. the
prisoners honeycombed the old
castle with tunnels and trap
doors and many men squirmed
or dashed their way to free
dom.
Some of their ideas. Mr..
Reid said, came from World
War I escape books they had
read in their youth. Perhaps
this book will help some future
POWs. If any find themselves
in Colditz, here's a tip: Some
where still inside the walls OF
the castle is a hidden glider,
built but not used. It's there
for the next prisoner who
wants to take of from one Of
the castle towers and soar to
freedom.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

Of precis OF what 80 years in
practical politics has added
up to. he said the other day
that the rewards of congress
sional life in terms Of human
services ultimately outbal-
anced the Illustration, and
that a saying Of Disraeli has
helped him through some Of
the bad days.
Ever be armed with the
breastplate Of good temper"
The Wonderful World
"The Wonderful World Of
Books" was launched at a
reception given for some
leading citizens Of that world
at the Library of Congress
last Wednesday. Albert Stef-
ferud, editor Of the book:
Luther Evans, librarian Of
Congress: Douglas Black,
president Of Doubleday &
Co. and Of the American Book
Publishers Council, and Victor
Weybright, president of the
New American Library, were
on hand, not to mention such
congressional well-wishers as
Senator Green, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island: Senator Hill,
Democrat, Of Alabama. and
Representative Boiling, Demo-
crat. of Missouri.
"The Wonderful World" is q
distinctively Washington prof.
ect, having got its start at q
Department of Agriculture
Rural Reading Conference
held here in September, 1851.
The subsequent preparation
was undertaken on their own
time. as a labor of love, by a
number of Government en-
ployes, editors and writer's.
The book was published last
Wednesday simultaneously in
a pocket-sized edition by the
New American Library and in
a hard = cover edition by
Houghton, Mifflin Co. In both
cases it is a non-profit venture.
Its purpose is simply to
make readers out of more peo-
pie.
Or, in the words of the
legend on its cover: with it's
help you can win greater sue
cess and happiness, benefit
from the treasures of the
worlds wisdom and knowledge,
explore fascinating realms Of
adventure and entertainment
and make valued new friends
:. all through the magic Of
reading"
That may sound like a large
order, but to bookworms, not
at all inflated.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Poetry Lovers

The biggest crowd In the
two-year history of the Library
of Congress poetry reading Sc
ries turned out Washington'S
Birthday night to hear Frederic
March and his wife, Florence
Eldredge read selections from
Robinson, Frost and Whitman.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

they have already conquered.
their complete world conquest
is certain.
Mr.. Burnham, a veteran
anti-C Communist long critical
of American policy, seems to
have won his argument against
containment even before his
book reached print. Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Secretary
Of State Dulles have made it
clear that they, too, are for
liberation, or at least the hope
of liberation. Burdened with
practical problems Of politics.
foreign and domestic. they may
not move as far or as fast
as Mr.. Burnham would like.
but certainly they are headed
In his direction.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Father Merton

Harcourt, Brace, publishers
Of the eloquent Trappist,
Thomas Merton. report that
they are beseiged with requests
for his appearance at literary
teas, autographing parties and
occasions of q like nature.
When told that Father Merton
is not permitted. through his
VOWS, to speak, they invariably
reply they think it would be
enough just to have him sit
there.
The same publishers also re-
port the good news that Carl
Sandburg. after long years of
demurring, has settled down
to the task of distilling into
one volume the choicest mate
rial of his Six-volume life Of
Lincoln.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

a d v a n C e
o v e r "A
Woman in
Possession"
alth o u gh
t h a t W a 8
q sensitive
study Of a
domestic di-
lennna. The
n e W novel
is a more
consist e n t
perform
a n c e {; 1t
s h o W S a
O re a t e r
Evening star., 1953-03-01

m a K s an
enthralli n 9
story of the
life Of our
greatest ac-
tor. S he
has no par
ticular the
cries about
him. What
she as
sought is q
S p e q k ing
lik e n e SIS,
and through
the liveliest
a n e c d otes
Evening star., 1953-03-01

Eleanor Ruggles presents
Edwin Booth in a biography
that has all the excitement of
a great opening night. She
Evening star., 1953-03-01
This Heart, This Hunter
BY Halle southgate Burnett

Again, in her second novel,
Mrs. Burnett writes of a
troubled marriage. But This
Heart, This Hunter" marks an
Evening star., 1953-03-01
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Reviewed by Robert K Welsh
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Books in Review
Mr.. Young, Literary Detective, Finds
New Clues to the Real Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
BY Philip Young. (Rinehart: $3J
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

'1e"11ISWUY
BY Philip Young. (Rinehdrt;; $3.)