The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-11-03
News Of Books

No SIX American Heritage Pub
fishing Co New York. I'D pp.
x2s5
This number marks the fourth
anniversary Of American Heritage.
The print order for this issue was
10 0oo an increase Of 81 900 over
q year ago The increase in circul.
alton was vel deserved
This Issue includes an article
on the slave trade carried on be-
tween Africa and other countries
Of the West during the mid 18th
censury- Although The United
States had declared slave trade
70 he piracy SUb)ect 10 capital
punishment, Southern Influence in
Congress saw that the navy did
little 10 enforce the law.
Tragedy q; Dedham" tells the
story of me Sacco-N anzet.i trial.
winch began as q simple murder
lrlal and ended as one Of the most
famous t-lais in American History
4 Southern Artist on the Civil
Var IS reproduction Of rare
an.i-l ni0n cartoons by Baltimore
ar;lst named Adalbert Johann yo-
ick He thought al Northern
troops we're rapacious looters and
al soulnerners paragons of pat
Ti0.ssr and virtue. The commeu-
.e-y IS written ~ Bruce Cation
Tins column. nOw being publish
ed II the Chapel Hill Weekly for
ihe third year has been carrying
news On American Heritage since
the column sas started II is al.
ways pleasure to Srite about
such q delightful publication
FOR THE LIFE or ME By Rob
ert BriscDe with Alden Hatch Lit.
lie Brovn L CO Boston $40 PIP
$50
When Robert Bricoe vas elected
70 the chief post ID Tie government
o' Dublin. the fact that he was
-ne flrgt Jewish Lord Mayor in
.ha. cays history made news
around the world Actually MS
election was the elimination Of q
life spen IL the service Of his
country
From TIE Easter uprising
through the Terror. the ferocltles
oi the Black and Tans. the con
tFoversial treaty w.th England and
.be tragic civil var. Briscoe had
fought for Irelands S independence
At times the Lord Mayor had been
q gunrunDef for ireland and q
smuggler for the Jews fleeing
from European FascIsn.
Mr. BriScoe story is one of
years that were filled with hard.
ship, bloodshed. courage and be
cause he is both Irish and Jewish.
. rich VEN 81 Laughter
THE BULL OF HINOS. BY Leon
ard Cottrell Rlnehart L CO. New
York 234 pp 81 50
Tbs work explores the most
reHSote beginnings Of the Mediter-
rsnean civilization that became
classical Greece Around the 70
mantle quests Of Heinrich Schlie-
mann and Sir Arthur Evans MIR
Cottrel) has woven an account
oi his oma pilgrimage 70 THIS anci.
6ot land in which our western
@0rid IS rooted
For the expert and scholar there
are supplementary appendices with
tables and charts, but for the
general reader-WhoSe book this
ls-the greatest satisfaction viii
come from the knowledge that
Homer S kings and heroes were
almost certainly living beings .
The book is well illustrated with
numerous photographs Of the dis
cogeries in this ancient land This
column, few months ago carried
information on Lost Cities Mr..
Cotuell's last book before the pub
llcation Of this yolumEe
ENCORE. A COOKBOOK or THE
FAVORITE DISHES or THE
WORLDS MOST FAMOUS MUsI-
CLANS Compiled by the Women's
Association Of the Minneapolis
symphony Orchestra. Random
House New York. $40 PIP. $3.95.
This is q cookbook Of the worlds
most famous musicians. Here is
The prize recipes Of such artists
as James Melton, Eugene Orman-
dy, Gladys Swarthout. Rudolph
serkin, Yehudi Menuhin, Lily Pons
and dozens OF others The work
contains over 800 recipes Of every
description and each has been
tested by the Minneapolis Home
Economies Association. The aver
age amateur chef will find many
recipes Of which he has never
heard but will want TO try. Pic
lures and brief biographical sket-
cbes are carried in the volume