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NEW FOUR-BAY

TAVERN. excel. location in nearby
Ar. Same owner IL yrs, now
retiring. A proven money maker
Price 100000 with u cash. For
further info. call LORENE RAM
SEY REALTY, 1908 Columbia
Evening star., 1960-08-05
MOUNTAIN PROPERTY
VACATION PLACES

BETHANY BEACH, DEL. - Ocean
front; furn. l and . bedrm. apis
IA. 9-75l4, ewes. and week ends
BLUE RIDGE MTS.-Furn. house
accom- &: golf, swim, fish: avail
Aug. 7-20: SIS wk. JU. 9-9122
FOR SALE-Summer cottage, Back
Bay Beach: q rms; mr.. water
cleo: $500. UN. 7-6Oll.
Mr.. SKYLINE-Restfu retreat; COO
mtn. lodge on trout stream: pvt
pool: fully modern. OF. 4-S540
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GARAGES

GARAGE WANTED TO RENT i'm,
mediately; In northwest section
Call CO. b.7o35.
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REAL ESTATE LOANS
MOTORCYCLES

HARLEY-DAvIDSoN 1947 "74'
model. Very good condition; must
sell. $3.50. WAverly 6-15S7.
HID. 1884 IA" Recently over.
hauled. Welding OUTFIT, complete
RE. 6-7141.
TRIUMPH CUB, 200 &C: Just re-
built; S27b WA. 7-4306.
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MONEY TO LOAN
FLORIDA PROPERTY

FIRST OFFERING-For the price
Of one city lot you can own a 20
lot subdivision on high ground in
the growing )akes area close to At
lantic Ocean beaches. Phone MR..
WEIGH at ST. 3-4343; II no
answer, DI. 7-2S01.
VERO BEACH-Facing Yacht Club,
unfurn., 3 bedrms.. Va baths; S125
per mo-. RE. 5-71b6.
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TRUST NOTES FOR SALE

ALL OR PART Of S125.OOO 1st
MORTGAGE on prime recreational
property, 10eo discount plus 81
interest, 2-yr. term. INTERSTATE
MORTGAGE CO., ia. 7-5S00
FOLLOWING End TRUST NOTES
available:
So. 100, 2 yr. old note. 4Os shep-
5000. 1908 Marlboro pl. NV.
$4,000. 1900 D st. sc.
S4,950 1905 Shepherd st. NV
$1,000. 1898 Summit pl. NV;
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AVIATION
AIRPLANE-4.place stinsoI

AIRPLANE-4-place stinson. Model
los: 150-h.p. Franklin engine; q
way radio and night flying equip:
less than 800 hrs. on motor since
major overhaul; excel. condition.
$4,000, but will consider any reas.
offer. WA. 7-437S.
DON'T WAIT any longer. Prepare
for your instrument rating now.
Ground school Tues. and Thurs.
7-l0 pm. Starting August 8 end
ing Sept. Fee S25 for entire 4
week course. Conducted by FAA
rated instrument ground school
instructor.
Private pilot ground school. Mon.
Wed, and Fri, $40 pm. Start
ing August s ending Sept. l. Fee
$50 for entire 4 week course. Call
CH. S-4730 or ia. S-5373.
FALLS CHURCH AIR PARK
NOW LEASED AND OPERATED BY
Airport Management, Inc.
Developers Of Manassas Municipal
Airport. Runway lights and uni
com. available soon. Operated z
days q week. south S-9l54.
ERCOUPE 1916; low time, new L.
cense, metal wings, new paint;
Marco Omni, WIFI. transceiyer;
$500. EX. 3-5409 or FE. s.
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TRUST NOTES WANTED
REAL ESTATE WANTED

BUYING End TRUST NOTES
II. $4,000 or OIL. 2-s242
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TRUCKS FOR SALE
frAAYiAIIIEnN

CHEVROLET 81 acton panel
clean, good shape: Sa95. GEN
ERAL TRUCK SALES, NE. S-O6O5
CHEVROLET 80 panel delivery
nice, ready for work; S295, Sll
dn.. S2l mo. ROPER, LA. 6-270O
CHEVROLET nat bed for hire Ii
4-3594 or DE. 2-6277, aft. 8 pm
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Suburban Cadillac-OldS CC

1913 N. Moore, Arl.. Va. ia. 4-3251
CADILLAC 80 hardtop: aqua and
white, matching interior; all the
Cadillac plush featuress including
power steering, brakes, windows
and SWAY seat: 1900 miles. new
car warranty. Sale price. S4.9A5.
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CHEW. 80 Nomad sta. wag.: al
power, beaut. blue and white
finish, matching int: SOS down,
S41 80 per mo.
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POTOMAC. MD.

POTOMAC. MD.-Acre and larger
lots, some rolling, some wooded
Falls road; $4,000; terms. Call
FE. 3-q330
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CHEV. nS BrOOkW0od 4-dOOr 6
pass; all power; Sl.395.
Station Wagon Sales
17l7 R. 7. Ave. NE, AID. 4-455C
CHEVROLET SO Bel Air 4-dr.: VS.
low. low mileage; owner left coun.
try; sacrifice Sl,6a5. JU. S-5S65
CHEV. 1859 Biscayne 2-dr.: white
81 ,695: original owner. FL. 4-463i
after 4 pm
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1860 BOYCRAFT, 5OxlO, fully
equipped: on lot. Call so. 5-l2SS.
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APPROX. 1000 sq. IT.; 1st fir,
air conditioned; all utils furn.,
incl: janitor service. $3.50 Sligo
Mill I'd, Takoma Park, Nd. /
blk. west Of New Hampshire ave,
nr D., c. line. Call JU. 9-3S11
Evening star., 1960-01-10
This Era Was
A Violent Time
THE GOLDEN LONGING

THE GOLDEN LONGING.
BY Francis Leary. (Scrtb-
ner's; $3.50
The 18th century was a
violent age in France and
England during which the
human spirit hungered for a
vision of God. This scholarly
and readable work tells in
detail the towering influences
Of the lives of Joan of Arc.
Marguerite of Anjou, who was
Queen in England, and Rich
ard the Third.
Mr.. Leary describes as few
have or could the struggle
between the houses of Lam
caster and York. He makes a
strong defense Of the talents
Of Richard, holds him blame
less for the murdered prince
lings in the Tower. The mur-
ders were unquestionably. he
says, the work of Bucking-
ham, lieutenant of Richard
yet secret ally Of Henry Tu-
dor Henry VID. The Tudors
stood to gain most by their
removal, he writes.
H. A. L.
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Real Tragedy Marks
Authors 1st Novel

says her brother wrote him:
For me, this book reveals
everything that finally drove
Eveline to her suicide; that
mania for the absolute and
for the destruction Of her
self and her loves"
The story centers around a
perverse passion which the
girl in the novel, Sylvie. had
for a teacher (not a NUM- at
the convent school which she
had attended. Sylvie is IT.
Her teacher is an older wom-
an, close to 80. While she
returns Sylvie's affection, she
at length succeeds in break
ing of their friendship and
enters the order which con-
ducts the school.
Sylvie, meanwhile. tries to
get interested in various men,
but is unable to forget
Julienne.
Eveline Mahyere does show
a compulsive, feverish skill at
narrative which makes it de-
plorable that she shut of her
life at 27. The translation
is by Antonia White.
&C, B, ],
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From the GosIight Era
To the World of Space

even witty. book. Mr.. Bur-
lingame calls it "the infor.
NAL "reminiscences Of a writ
err" But it is more than that.
1t is a soft appraisal Of the
worlds in which he has lived.
The significant quality Amer
ican society has acquired in
his life time, as Mr.. Burlin-
game sees it, is anonymity
with its loss Of rugged indi-
vidualism. AS much as he
would deplore this, the au-
thor wastes no time in sad
lamentS. One must live in
whatever world he finds him.
self; this is the lesson he
would leave,
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Keeping the U. S.
From Despotism
SHARED GOVERNMENT IN
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

SHARED GOVERNMENT IN
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
"a study of Advisory Coun-
cils). BY Joseph M. Becker,
S. ]. columbia; $3.50.
Father Becker's scholarly
study unfortunately suffers
from a restrictive title. What
he has developed here from
one small facet of Govern
ment is a treatise that goes
into the fundamentals of the
American way of life-the
need for as broad participa-
ton.
Nearly 1870 years ago Alexis
de Tocquesville wrote, as
Father Becker points out,
that government in America
would grow in size and scope
and would become more CEN
tralized. Increased participa-
ton in governmental affairs
through advisory councils and
similar organizations, pro-
vided they have strong and
Independent guidance, is one
way, the author emphasizes,
that government itself will
not become despotic.
&C. H.
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NewWoshineton
Visitors Guide in
Photos and Text

AMERICAS NATIONAL
CAPITAL: A Guide in Pic
lures and Text. by E. John
Long doubleday; $3.50 is
described in the title. And
yet 1t is a far better book,
in its array of splendid pho
tographs and its terse and
accurate text, than most
books Of its kind.
Washington" Mr.. Long
points out in an introduc-
tion, Gin its rapid develop
ment into a center Of world
power, is not a copy of any
other world capital. From
the beginning. it was a
planned, made-to-order seat
of government set up with
its own small Federal dis
trict, although the metro
politan city has long since
bulged out Of the District
Of Columbia"
Mr.. Long, who saw long
service in the naval reserve
as a historian and IN other
capacities and became a cap
tain, is widely known here.
He has been on the editorial
and executive staff of the
National Geographic Maga-
zine. For some years he has
been a free-lance writer, and
at present he lives in Florida.
&C. B. j.
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OurConeress
Made Clear

Diosdado M. Yap has out
the new edition of his de-
flnitive book Of information,
KNOW YOUR CONGRESS.
Capital Publishers; $2.) This
edition covers the second ses-
sion Of the present 86th Con-
greSs, now in session. There
are pictures of all members
Of Congress, their commit
tee assignments and other
pertinent data about them.
The book also contains ex-
cerpts from the Constitu-
ton defining the duties Of
Congress and explaining the
divergent duties assigned to
the lawmakers, the executive
branch Of our Government
and the judiciary. There are
many scenes and charts re-
produced &C. B. j.
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The Oregon Country's
Wild Bitter Story

the vague claims Of Russia
south to Spanish America,
east to the Rocky Mountains,
west to the mouth Of the Co.
lumbia. What nation would
claim this vast domain?
Mrs. Whitman and Mrs.
Henry Spalding were the
first white women to traverse
the Snake River Valley, cross
the Blue Mountains, and look
upon the vast valley of the
Columbia. All their wild, bit-
ter story is here, stark, in.
spired, victorious In defeat.
In Statuary Hall
oregon is represented
among Capitol Hill statuary
by two statues, one Of the
pioneer Fort Vancouver trad
ers DR.. John Mclaughlin
and the other Of Jason Lee,
the Methodist, first mission
airy to be sent to the Flat
heads who had asked for the
Bible and "the black robes"
The State of Washington Is
represented by the statue Of
the martyred Whitman by
Award Fairbanks.
Strangely, little instruction
ever reached the Flatheads.
Lee worked 600 miles to the
west where there were few
Indians indeed, founded Will
lamette University. The
Spaldings worked among the
proud Nez Perce at Lapwai.
The Whitmans built their
doomed mission among the
ungrateful, ugly Cayuse.
HENRY A. LYON.
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lished by W. w. Norton &
Co.
AS Of the last checkup the
book editors copy is the only
one thus far accounted for.
At least the two publishers,
the bindery and any number
Of executives firmly hope so.
What the Sellers Say
None had a suitable ex-
planation as to how the
scholarly treatise on the
Greeks could have found its
way into The Scene"
Washington booksellers
have received proper copies
Of THE Greek Way" Said
one. referring to the wrong
cover for the right book and
vice versa:
Wouldn't 1t have been de-
lightful the other way?"
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is carefully wrought. The
metaphors and SMILES are
simply stunning. She speaks
Of "a trance Of regret" of
"a licking flame Of a glance"
Of a character whose "slen-
dernesS was the leanness Of
cured meat"
Miss Gordimer is of the
new school Of short story
writer's. That is to say that
the events she records take
place in the consciousness OF
her characters rather than in
time and space. Many of her
stories build up to a moment
Of shaming self-knowledge
or guilty recognition. Many
OF her characters are isolated
by Ill luck, or uglineSs or
pride or passion. The Night
the Favorite Came Home" is
merely a vignette Of a tense
woman archaeologist who
panics when she is bookless
after leaving a party of gay,
vulgar South Africans cele-
brating their victory in a
horse race. THE Gentle
Art" an account Of a croco-
die hunt, is really a charac-
ter study Of a superb and
gentle hunter. a silly city
woman who goes on an ex-
pedition with him and his
constant, warm-hearted wife.
SOmber Wisdom
Miss Gordimer's is the
tragic, or at least ironic, view
Of life. In her somber wis
dom there is little place for
humor and none at all for
the Saroyan idea of life as
stuffed with wonderful
people doing marvellous
things. Even in a story of
children. Little Willie" there
Is no laughter. A rich little
girl becomes the object of
alteration on the part Of a
slum boy who spends all his
money to send her a gala
box Of chocolate when she
goes on a trip. when she
peeled the gold paper off the
first chocolate and put 1T in
her mouth, the cherry in
side was the fruit of knowl-
edge on her tongue"
"A Style of Her Own" tells
of a proud old lady whose
impeccable disdain was forged
during a terrible night when
she discovers that her lech-
erous husband is having an
affair with the only woman
she dares let into her house,
a plain. pale old maid. Fri
days Footprint" tells of a
good = natured widow, pro-
prietor of a hotel in the bush.
who marries her husbands
Evening star., 1960-01-10

faces than some now show
ing in the publishing busi-
ness.
To The Star shortly be-
fore Christmas came what
appeared to be THE Scene"
a first novel by Clarence L.
Cooper. jr., which the dust
jacket described as "explo-
sive." 1t sweeps bare the
labyrinth Of pushers and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with
raw brutality, always with
compassion"
Far From the Scene
The handsome hard-cover
says this book is THE
Scene"
But inside, cover to cover,
is an updating reprint of
Edith Hamilton's longtime
best seller, now under the
title, The Greek Way" pub
Evening star., 1960-01-10
HuII-MiIIs
MurderGets
New Setting
THE CRIME, BY stephe

THE CRIME, by Stephen
Longstreet. (Simon and
Schuster; $3.750
What newspapers Of the
1s20's called THE Crime of
the Century" is moved
forward in time and changed
locale but its basic facts are
preserved in all their baffling
and lurid detail. This is the
Hall Mills murder - the
shooting and mutilation of a
pastor and his choir singing
paramour that shook a New
Jersey town and probably
would be equally shocking
even today.
The author covered the
trial as a youth, but this is
no ordinary fact-crime story.
Instead, it is a penetrating
psychological study Of the
effects on justice Of the
social and political power Of
the defendants.
Here is the story Of a
prosecutor as much as the
story Of q crime. He tried
a case he wasn't sure Of, with
witnesses he couldn't rely on
and the town against him.
But he tried. In a sense,
justice triumphed. Therein,
lies the impact and vigor Of
this substantial novel.
MIRIAM OTTENBERG,
Evening star., 1960-01-10
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Stan Writer

1 HAVE KNOWN MANY
WORLDS. BY Roger Bur
-lingame. doubleday g.
Co.; $4,500
The worlds Of Roger Bur-
lingame, the distinguished
social critic and historian.
range from the gas light era
to the age Of space. In all Of
them he has lived richly and
fully as befitting an educated
man always seeking educa-
ton. OF them all, except one,
he has written with under
standing, compassion and the
gentle humor characteristic
Of him.
His literary career began
with his graduation from
Harvard in 1916. He worked
with Scribner's where his
father was a longtime editor,
served as a machine gun Of
ficer in World War I, lived
abroad for many years and
finally came home to write
about the machine society in
a way no one had written
about it before.
A Soft Appraisal
AS with many Of us,
Mr.. Burlingame acknowledges
that the world of space is
one that he cannot know. He
knows it is different from
all the rest but what will
come Of it the author does
not even venture a guess.
This is a thoughtful, wise,
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Bringing Best Literature and Music
To Mass Audience Is Novel Theme

in to observe and comment.
Also the expert on public
opinion analysis is making
surveys to find out how the
story in its various forms
will get across when the
artists responsible are not re-
quired to trim their material
to suit such media as best
seller lists, movies and TV,
but rather the media are sup
posed to be tailored to the
original scripts.
Satire or BurleSque
The main trouble with this
novel is that Harvey Swados
could not seem to decide
whether he was writing q
realistic satire or a bur-
lesque. 1t is written in q
serious vein. not lightly at
all. and yet we find charac-
terS with farcical names. The
famous movie and stage di-
rector is named Bedlam. The
personnel director is Mrs.
Gravamen, the publicity di-
rector Jake Blotch. But when
a congressional committee
finally decides to investigate
Harmoney Farm because it
is a tax-free artistic enter
prise, we come to worse. The
chairman Of the subcommit-
ee is named Roap. while its
counsel iS-actually, Hang
man.
The main developments Of
the narrative are not over
drawn at all - they could
easily have happened. But
to encounter such names and
a congressional committee
which, aside from its absurd
nomenclature, is straight out
Of the broadest farce, with
out a breath of life. is to be
utterly confused. The author
comes perilously close to
destroying his own excellent
story.
Why did he shape such
fine characterizations as Pet
ersen, his beauteous wife
Juno, the novelist, the COM
poser. the manufacturer Of
women's intimate articles
and the public opinion expert
only to bring out, in the
closing scenes. an array Of
flimsy caricatures?
&C. B. ].
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Laws of Chance
And Probability
Set Our Course
HOW TO TAKE A CHANCE.

BY Darrell Huff and Irving
Gels. Morton; $2.95D
The theory of probability
states that II a monkey keeps
banging at the keys Of a type
writer, he would be able to
turn out a Shakespearean
play in a million years.
How to Take a Chance"
is a book on Just this theory
Of probability as applied not
to monkeys but to human
beings.
Sometimes taking a chance
can mean all the difference
between success and failure.
There is food for thought
in the Shakespearean die
tum: There is a tide in the
affairs Of men. Which
taken at the flood, leads on
to good fortune"
But what if the chance
is wrongly taken? The au-
thors seek to teach you how
just such a wrong chance
can be avoided. They right
fully contend that the prob
ability theory is the under
pinning Of the modern
world. and that current re-
search in both physical and
social sciences cannot be
understood without it. To-
days politics, tomorrow's
weather, and next weeks
satellite all depends upon it.
BY ignoring, or failing to
grasp, the laws of chance,
we hurt ourselves in many
ways, like, for instance, we
buy insurance we don't need
and then fail to insure the
risks we should.
The book attempts to pre-
vent the reader from mot
looking" before "leaping."
The authors have been fairly
successful in their tackling
Of this novel subject.
-MOHAMMED A. RAUF, Jr.
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Other Books of the Week in Brief

land. CBantam; 50c0 Win
ner Of the Prix Concourt
in the original French.
Now appearing in a motion
picture starring Gina Lol-
lobrigida.
THE COMIC TRADITION
IN AMERICA. BY Kenneth
S. Lynn. Doubleday,
$1.45D An anthology of
American humor.
PAINTING AND REALITY.
BY Etienne ellison. (Meri-
dian. $1.550 The A. w.
Mellon lectures on fine
arts.
JOHN DEWEY: DICTION-
AIRY OF EDUCATION.
Edited by Ralph B. Winn.
Philosophical. $3.75.
THE BEGINNING ANTIQUE
COLLECTORS HAND
BOOK. BY Ann Kilborn
Cole. mckay, $4.95). Guide
to 1000 items to collect.
BOSTON. Walter Muir
Whitehill. (Belknap, $4.95).
A Typographical history.
THE ART OF JAZZ. Edited
by Martin T. Williams.
(Oxford, So. Essays on
the nature and develop
ment of jazz.
UNDERSTANDING SUR
gerry. Edited by DR.. Rob-
ert E. Rothenberg. Pocket
Book; $50c) Answers to
the most-frequently-asked
questions of patients on
the eve Of an operation.
THE WAY OF ZEN. BY
Alan w. Watts. Mentor;
50c.l A comprehensive ex-
planation of Zen Buddhism,
a philosophy Of serenity.
YOU AND THE UNIVERSE.
BY N. ]. Berrill. (Premier
Books; 50c.) How science
and religion converge in
Evening star., 1960-01-10

FALSE COIN. BY Harvey
Swados. atlantic Little
Brown; 81
This is a decidedly inter-
esting novel about an expert
mental project in bringing
"the best" literature and
music to a mass audience.
At the pilot" project,
known as Harmoney Farm,
named for Harmon, the rich
man who is putting up most
of the money. a Sheaf Of
talent is engaged to turn out
an initial sample product in
all the forms readily as
similable by the public-as a
novel, a stage play. an opera,
q movie, for televiSion and
records. The same story Is
to be processed in all these
ways.
The writer engaged for the
first experiment is Monk
Mallory, a novelist highly re-
garded by critics, but who
has never reached q large
public. His novel is to be
adapted by Rex Rector. an
alcoholic and greatly gifted
Negro composer, who is tor
mented with a compulsive
deviation; a famous director.
his wife, a movie star. These
are necessary executives and
q board Of directors including
o manufacturer Of women's
hygienic products, a special
assistant to the Secretary Of
State. a scientist who special
ICES in sampling public opin-
ion, a woman who publishes
women's magazines.
The Story
The story is told by Ben
Warder, a middle = q ged
sound engineer, who is en-
gagged as broadcasting and
recording expert.
The idea is to give the
artists complete freedom, to
key the public taste up to
them rather than have them
write or compose down to it.
How this ideal works out
Is something else again.
Ben finds Petersen. the
general manager, a dedicat-
ed but dictatorial man. He
and Petersen's wife prompt
" fall In love, but that has
little to do with Ben's final
establishment with the pilot
project on . farm hardly
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modern-day adventure into

modern-day adventure into
space.
WHAT YOU CAN EARN IN
ESQ DIFFER ENT CA.
REERS. BY the Career
Research Associates. (Chil-
ton; $2.95 clothbound,
$3.50 paperboundO
THE MEANING OF MEAN
ING. BY C. K. Ogden and
I. A. Richards. (Harcourt,
Brace; $2.25) On the in
fluence Of language upon
thought.
VASARI: LIVES OF THE
MOST EMINENT PAINT
ERS, SCULPTORS AND
ARCHITECTS. Edited by
Robert N. Linscott. Mod
ern Library: $1.65O
Abridged edition Of the Sc
lected writings of the
Italian Renaissance art
critic.
THE WORDS GREAT OP-
ERAS. BY John TaSker
Howard. CRandom; $r.65)
More than 200 Of the
worlds famous operas in
Guiding Menotti, Barber,
Britten and Moore.
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Missing CoIonists
ENOUGH GOOD MEN. BY

ENOUGH GOOD MEN. BY
Charles Mercer. putnam;
$4.95)
The title means there
were barely enough patriots
to bring of the Revolution,
that the great majority of
the colonists were selfishly
Indifferent whether the gen.
eral and his bedraggled army
won or lost. In this down.
to-earth story fictional peo-
pie come alive and shout:
Listen to us. This is how
it was" H. A. L.
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brother and finds out her
passion for him is not only
unrequited but deSpised.
In South Africa
Miss Gordimer's insight is
equal to her style. But some
Of her plots are not equal to
the weight Of her talent. All
but one Of the stories are set
in South Africa. While none
Of them deal specifically with
racial tensions, THE Bride
groom" deals with great
subtlety with the relations
between black and white.
Evening star., 1960-01-10
THE GREAT COMMAND. B,

THE GREAT COMMAND. By
Nard Jones. Uittle, Brown
g. Co.; S5.)
Marcus and NarciSsa Whit
man died to fulfill Christ's
Injunction to spread the gos-
pei. At Waiilatpu after II
short years, DR.. Whitman
died for his faith, victim CT
tomahawk and rifle. Narcissa
was killed by an Indian rife
man. Others died. too. at
the place of the Rye Grass
along the Walla Walla, as
renegade Cayuse Indians
struck.
1t was revenge for fancied
wrongs, that slaughter i'll
1847. Did not the doctor plan
their deaths as he spread an
epidemic of measles, the In
dams asked themselves. Was
he not scheming to give their
lands to settlers pressing
westward. Whitman, the doc
tor, surely was to blame-it
mattered not that mission
white children died too.
A Great Work
But this climax, intensely
dramatic, is not what makes
this book a great work on the
Oregon country. 1t is the
skillful telling, in depth. of
the collective story of all the
pioneers.
Just as few today under
stand the zeal Of the evan
gelical movement in the
States from 1920 to 1850, few
realized then as now the
vastness of Oregon: North to