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Evening star., 1962-02-04

their mutual devotion lasted
the year Of life that remained
to her. Her death in 1888, as
Mr.. Quennell observes, cut
short Hickey's youth.
The life of Hickey as a
rake Is duplicated in many
Of its characteristics in the
Auden Kallman Stravinsky
"The Rake's Progress" The
brothelS, the drink. and es-
pecially the roaring boys"
those packs Of lecherous gal
lants intent on the delights
of Venus but insisting that as
hors d'oeuvre there be a
villainous brawl among them
selves-all are painted in
bright colors in the pages of
the memoirs Of an eXem-
plary devotee. Hickey differs
from Tom Rakewell and
from the entire modern age
in that he is a complete ex-
trovert, untroubled by the
inner self, the outer cause,
the ego, guilt, or any other
manifestations Of the psyche.
When Hickey woke up sick,
dirty and robbed after a
night of debauchery, he
would vomit out Of the win
dow of his coach Ito the en-
tertainment of the passers-
by" and know that he had
been bad because his con-
science told him so. The
voice of conscience was for
Hickey as unerring, and as
matter-of-fact, as it is for a
child or fundamentalist.
4 \
Hickey's memory is abso-
lutely fantastic, If there is no
trace Of hoax in the book,
and If, as the memoirist says,
all his memoranda were de-
stroyed by a hurricane. The
details of a dinner, or Of the
ships in a harbour with the
names of their masters are
given after thirty years with
a precision that Mr.. Quen-
nell finds vindicated by the
few confirming cross-refer-
ences he has traced. The lit
erary style Of the memoirs is
excellent, and reminds the
reader of Smollett at his best.
The narrative is brisk, clear,
and entertaining; the person.
alitieS are drawn with sharp
definition and distinction;
the dialogue is fetching.
Hickey's vocabulary is large
and contains some forgotten
words unnoticed by even the
oxford English Dictionary.
Some should be revived-for
example parody, meaning
orally, as "in writing and
also parolly."
English reviewers Of the
memoirs have almost uni
versally compared Hickey
favorably with Boswell. I feel
that such praise is too much.
Hickey was perhaps as good
a writer as Boswell, but he
was not quite so interesting
a man, and his circle of
friends is today less memor-
able. Nevertheless the book
is a rediScovered masterpiece.
1t is to be regretted that Mr..
Quennell did not trouble to
provide footnotes on the
many people and places
mentioned in it, for Hickey's
life could use, on almost
every page, the calculations
and background comments
OF an eighteenth century
specialist.
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Muthemuticiuns
Are PopuIorizing
Their Science
NEW MATHEMATICAL IL

ANANN 4tAfA = AAA14V4EA = AVAIL La
BRARY: Six Titles. (Ran-
dom House; $1.95 each.)
These interesting paper
backs are encouraging ear
nests of the professional
mathematician's expressed
desire to make his science
interesting to the lay public
If not necessarily intelli-
gible. These six books are, in
a sense, popularizations-but
popularizations that assume
their readers have brains
and are prepared to use
them. They cover a range of
topics, some quite basic,
some quite advanced.
A Washington man is the
author Of one of the six
books. He is Philip ]. Davis
of the National Bureau of
Standards, and his Lore of
Large Numbers" is No. 6 in
the series. I found it one of
the most interesting for cas-
ual reading. If you wonder
what comes after trillions, or
what a 969-digit prime num-
ber looks like-or pi to 1000
decimal places - DR.. Davis
has the answer for you.
Other books in the series,
in numerical order, are:
l. Numbers: Rational and
Irrational" by Ivan Niven.
2. What Is Calculus
About? by w. w. Sawyer.
3. IAN Introduction to In
equalities," by Edwin Beck
enbach and Richard Bell
man.
4. "Geometric Inequali-
ties" by Nicholas D. Kaz-
arinoff.
5. "The Contest Problem
Book" compiled by Charles
T. Salkind.
This last will appeal to
amateur math sharks, being
a compilation of the Mathe-
matical Association Of Amer
ica's annual contests for high
school students from 1850
through 1860. Answers are
supplied in the back of the
book.
WILLIAM HINES.
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BOOKS IN REVIEW
A ProdigoI Rake
Happily Recoptured
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

THE PRODIGAL RAKE: the Memoirs of william Hickey
Edited by Peter Quennel. E. P. Dutton g. Co.; $650)
When William Hickey died 1880 at the age of 81 he
left large veumbound manuscript book Of 742 pages
tanning the memoirs Of his life up 1870 The book passed
from hand to hand until 1918 when publication the auto
biography commenced and completed years later
four volumes The work made impression upon either
the public of letters possibly the time out Of
joint possibly the expugaons the story Of an extrover
Evening star., 1962-02-04
A DANCE TO THE MIJSI

A DANCE TO THE MUSIC
OF TIME. BY Anthony
Powell. Gittle, Brown &
Co.; $3.50
Since 1851, the English
novelist Anthony Powell has
been engaged on a many
volume work entitled "The
Music of Time" OF the
II or IL novels his pub
fishers intimate will make
up the complete story, five
have already appeared, and
the first three Of these-"A
Question Of Upbringing,"
"A Buyers Market" and
"The Acceptance World"-
have just been reprinted
under one cover as "A Dance
to the Music Of Time" Let
us begin at the beginning
and see what there is in "a
Question Of Upbringing," If
anything, that makes many
readers call the work-in-
progress a highly important
work, and compare it to
Proust.
Evelyn Waugh, for ex-
ample, says: 1T is more
realistic than "A la Re
cherche du Temps Perdu'
and much funnier." This
Judgment strikes one as a bit
odd, since "A la Recherche"
while it has passages of
humor and even hilarity, is
not a funny book at all. Can
you assever that champagne
sparkles even more than
cognac? AS for being realis-
tic, I find Mr.. Powell's people
and situations as brittle and
contr1Ved as the conceitS OF
any EliZabethan humorist;
if you want realism, turn
elsewhere, but if you like
satire, wit, and neatly
turned, highly polished arti-
flee, this book should be for
you a delight.
It is four reflections from
the early life Of the narrator
and three of his friends
in a public school like Eton,
in a college like one at Ok
ford, at the home of one of
the boys, and at a French
household that receives pay
ing guests. There is Jenkins,
the narrator, observant and
intelligent, who basks in the
Evening star., 1962-02-04
Behind the Throne

RIZPAH. BY Charles E.
Israel. (Simon & Schus-
ter; $3.50
Saul's concubine of brief
reference in the Old TeSta-
ment becomes a power be-
hind the throne in this
scholarly book. The bloody,
frustrating struggles of Alb
ner'S men seeking to secure
the nation are vividly de-
scribed. So are the devious
ways by which David moves
to power and kingShip.
H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1962-02-04
Historical Fiction

Another approach to his
tory is used by Allen P. Clark
in two new titles: GROWING
UP IN THE WILD WEST
and GROWING UP IN CO.
LON1AL AMERICA. (Sterl-
ing; $2.95 each.) These are
frankly fiction, but the fic-
tional themes are deeply
Embedded in history. They
achieve good characterize
tlon and style, so that they
appeal on both the adventure
and international levels.
Jackie Peters is a Nebraska
boy "captivated" by Grow
Indians. Ben Mason is a New
England boy who escapes
from the farm. Both books
offer individual stories, bet
ter than the series title
would indicate. The only
drawback, aside from the
title, is a squarish formal
which offers too long a type
llne-a reliability hazard,
Evening star., 1962-02-04
GENERAL
WHAT is HISTORY? f

WHAT is HISTORY? BY
Edward Hallett Carr.
(Knopf: $500 Professor
Carr Of Trinity College
seeks to reconcile the doc
trine Of progress with the
present state of the world.
RAINBOW IN THE ROCK.
BY Irwin T. Sanders. (Har-
ward; $7.500 The land and
the people of rural Greece
is the subject of this new
study.
EMERGENT AMERICANS:
A report on Crossroads
Africa" BY Harold R.
Isaacs. (John Day; $500
A description Of the pri-
vately financed forerunner
OF the Peace Corps.
1862 WORLD ALMANAC
AND BOOK OF FACTS.
Edited by Harry Hansen.
New York World-Tele-
gram and The Sun; $2.)
1862 NATIONAL CATHOLIC
ALMANAC. Edited by Fell
cia A. Foy, o. F. M. (St.
Anthony's Guild, Distrib-
uted by Doubleday; $2.950
Up to date Catholic facts
and information in one
volume.
HAS MAN A FUTURE? BY
Bertrand Russell. (Simon
& Schuster; 49, Lord Rus
sell presents an exam
nation Of the causes of to-
days world crisis and a
plan for attaining and
securing a stable and
peaceful world. (ReprintO
COMMON SENSE ABOUT
PSYCHOANALYSIS. BY
Rudolph Wittenberp
Doubleday; $685. In this
book, DR.. Wittenberg, dis
turbed by the many mis-
conceptions and confusionS
about psychoanalysis at
tempts to explain and an
Evening star., 1962-02-04
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
History Marches on in Bright
Pages of Chi|dren's Books

age in overcoming physical
weaknesses.
Theodore RooSevelt'S life
was full of flamboyant ad-
venture as we'll as social
issues. Roosevelt once said:
Il put myself in the way of
things happening, and they
happened" Miss Cavanah
has no difficulty in making
this image appealing and in
teresting to the younger
reader.
Evening star., 1962-02-04
Astronuut

What about that other man
OF courage, the astronautp
From headlines and the TV
screen, children turn to
books for more substantial
Interpretation. The following
are all geared to answer such
persistent questions as: How
Is an astronaut trainedP
What does he eat? What
does he wear? What are the
safety controls? What will
happen next?
THE ASTRONAUTS, PIO-
NEERS IN SPACE. By the
editors of Life. Golden
PresS.)
CEIN YOUR FU-
TURE. By Leo Schneider.
(Harcourt; $3.75.)
PIONEERING IN SPACE.
BY Walter B. Hendrickson,
(Bobbs, Merrill.)
ALIVE IN SPACE. BY Rob-
ert Wells. Little, Brown:
$3.75.D
A ME RICA'S FIRST
5 PA c CE MAN. BY Jewel
Spangler SmauS. Double
day; $2.50.)
NAVIGATION IN THE
JET AGE. By Robert Wells.
Dodd. Mead; So
Evening star., 1962-02-04
PAPERBAcKS
DECISIVE BATTLES O

DECISIVE BATTLES OF
THE CIVIL WAR. BY 1t.
Col. Joseph B. Mitchell.
CA Premier Book, Fawcett;
rs cents.) OF particular
Importance to the modern
reader is the fact that bat
ties and campaigns have
been mapped on present
day highway maps which
show the old roads of the
period and the new roads
of today. (Reprint.0
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF
u. S. GRANT. INTRODUCE
ton by Philip Van Doren
Stern GA Premier Book,
Fawcett; rs cents.) A mod
ern abridgement.
THE CONFEDERATE RAID
Err ALABAMA. BY Her
Commander Admiral Ra-
Evening star., 1962-02-04
Familiar Names

To twist the usual cliche,
many names and faces of the
past are familiar but what do
we really know of the man
behind the face? A new BIZ
ography by Nardi Reeder
Campion provides a splendid
closeup of PATRICK HEN
RY, FIREBRAND OF THE
r. UTION little,
Brown. $3.75.) Good readers
of ten and up will enjoy dis
covering that Patrick Henry
was much more than a gold
en-tongued orator" who pro-
vided so many fighting words.
Mrs. Campion has a golden
Evening star., 1962-02-04
From a Psychiotrist's S
Private Notebook
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING. BY Dorothy Baker
Houghton-Miffln $4O
Dorothy Bakers new novel is the story of an unusual
triangle Inc principals are CaSsandra Edwards her
sister Judith and Judths fance graduate medical student
named John Thomas Finch
Cassandra speaks first Out of the side of her mouth she
tells us what we need to know about her. That she grad
uate student at Berkeley wreched without her twin that
she is psychoanays that set her teeth on edge She
Evening star., 1962-02-04
swer many questions about
what it can and cannot do.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCE-
DURE. BY Warren Leh-
man. CA Tudor Text,
Doubleday; $4.95D A COM
plete course in parliament
tary procedure.
DANIEL MORGAN: Revolu-
tiOnary Rifleman. BY Don
Higginbotham. university
of North Carolina; So A
biography of this colorful
Revolutionary leader whose
military career was cli-
NAKED by his command of
the Americans at the Bat
tie of the Cowpens.
ANATOMY OF THE FU-
TURE. BY Roderick Seiden-
berg. University of North
Carolina; $500 The
author of Prehistoric Man
now sees the individual
finally disappearing in a
society increasingly mas
sified."
HREE GIONS OF
PRIMITIVE ART. BY Hal
lam L. Movius, jr., S. Koo-
ijman and George Kubler.
(Museum of Primitive Art;
$500 These three papers
were given in the second
lecture series of the Mu-
scum of Primitive Art.
THE RIVER OF LIFE: The
Story of Mans Blood from
Magic to Science. BY Ber-
nard Seeman. CW. w. Nor
ton & Co.; $4.50O This
traces the development of
mans knowledge to the
blood, and discusses the in
teraction of man and his
environment.
Evening star., 1962-02-04
FICTION

THE SOUTHERN BLADE.
By Nelson and Shirley
Wexford. Morrow; $3.5OO
A historical novel of the
Civil War on the Western
frontier. The husband and
Evening star., 1962-02-04
TO BE REVIEWED

The following books will be re-
viewed on the editorioI pose Of
The Stor this week:
Mondoy "Froneis Porkmon," I"
by Howard Doughty. (MoemiIIon.D
Wednesdey-"The Toproot Of
Soviet Society,"" by Nicholas
Vokor. (Horper.)
Fridoy-Dorwin ond the Noked
Lody: Diseursive Essays on Biology
ond Art" by Alex Comfort. BRO
ziller.)
Evening star., 1962-02-04

tongue herself in describing
the life and times of Patrick
Henry. She writes: The Hen
rvs had eleven children. Ten
of them were plain, honest
sparrows; but one, for some
unfathonable reason, was an
eagle.
1t is a notable biography,
for its scintillating portrait
of a brilliant ugly duckling,"
and for the way she also
brings into focus the fire
brands relationship with his
socially superior contempo-
raries, Washington and JET
ferSon.
Evening star., 1962-02-04

rake robbed the writing Of its
appeal. Now Peter Quennell,
who has spent many OF. the
happiest moments of his Gre
ative life in 18th century
England, has re-edited the
book in a greatly shortened
form (but still the text is
nearly a quarter million
words and the result may
well be a permanent addition
to the very best Of the litera-
ture of the period.
William Hickey was the
son Of a well-to-do lawyer.
Handsome, energetic, and
virile, he at an early age fell
into a life of debauchery as
easily and as gracefully as
a talented contemporary
might have become a mem
ber Of the House of Lords, a
clergyman in the Church of
England, or an officer in the
English army. Women and
wine (but not strong drink
were the warp and woof of
his existence, and upon oc-
casion he was not averSe
to theft, even of securities
Of his own fathers firm, but
he points out that he never
knew the vice of gaming, ex-
cept in the form of tennis
and billiards. Once, indeed,
he cleverly ascertained which
Of his companions of a heavy
drinking bout had robbed his
pockets when he was IN a
stupor by asking what he
had been doing before he
passed out. Upon being told
that he was gambling with
cards, he suspected his
friend Of lying and of pock-
et-picking-both correct as
Sumptions.
Despairing Of making a
conve n tionally respect
able man Of his son. Hickey'S
father sent the 20-year-old
boy to India to become an
officer in the East India
Company's armed forces. The
trip produced many adven-
lures but no vocation, and
soon Hickey was back in Eng
land and devoted to the spor-
tive life. Eventually he did
settle in Calcutta where, by
the time he retired in Buck
inghamshire in 1908. He had
made for himself a consider
able fortune in the practice
of law.
Mr.. Quennell arbitrarily
limits the present volume to
Hickey's early years, break
ing off the narrative in 1893,
when the picturesque hero
was "a. Hickey's numberless
women were from two classes
the courtesan, the profess
sional beauty, often talented,
refine ed 'and stimulating,
and the common whore, loud,
vulgar and dirty, whom we
recognize from her portraits
by Hogarth, Fielding and
Smollett. That he often pre-
ferred the latter to the for
n1er Hickey himself notes
with a touch Of amazement,
and only once in his entire
life does the reader find him
interested in a respectable
girl. His great and lasting
love was Charlotte, a courte-
san he offered to marry, but
who refused, although she &C
cepted the name of Mrs.
Hickey" She did not want to
be a burden to him if he
should cease to love her, but
Evening star., 1962-02-04
Lesson in COURAGE

Another champion of
change, Theodore Roosevelt,
is expertly portrayed for
younger children by Frances
Cavanah in ADVENTURE IN
COURAGE (Rand, McNally.
$2.95.) Her emphasis is on
RooSevelt's youth and on the
development of moral cour-
Evening star., 1962-02-04

IIISCIIU6U OH CIlG ARCHIVES
Building: What Is past is
prologue.
In her biographies Of Bow
ditch, Maury and Cyrus
Field, Jean Lee Latham DEM
onStrated that the fictional
approach does not need to
distort the central image.
Her success started a trend.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
SPORT FISH DIRECTOR PREDICTS
 EXCELLENT SPORT FISHING IN 1862

Excellent sport fishing con ditions will prevail throughout Alaska during 1862, forecasts Alex McRea, director, sport sish division. Alaska Depart ment of Fish and Game.
 Angling pressure on sport fish has increased rapidly in Alaska, MeRae said. The sale of 46.000 licenses in 1860 was upped to 55,000 in 1861.
 In a brief resume of the sport fishing potential by ma or areas, the South Central Alaska area, concerning the upper Gulf of Alaska (Prince William Sound. Cook InleD and Bristol Bay drainages. Here the saltwater fishery e ters about the king, silver and en occasions. the pink sal mon. Increased interest is de- FeiePing on the abundant bot tom fish species in saltwater. Salmon fishing in freshwater IS extremely popular. Rain
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
hi-School Hi.Lites
By Mary Johnson

All classes at Palmer High School are preparing acts for a talent show to be held April 6 in Central gym. Each class will have l5 minutes of the talent hour, which may be fill ed by any tape of talent.
 A prize of $50 will be given by the student council, show sponsors, to the winning class. Five unbiased adults will form the judging panel.
 The Western Alaska Student Councils Conference will be held March 30 and 31 at West Anchorage High School. The purpose of the conference is to promote better relations be- tween the schools of Alaska and to exchange ideas and goals.
 Nine students and one spon- sor will drive to Anchorage. arriving approximately at 800 am. Friday morning. They will return after the general assem- bly, is concluded Saturday. The theme of this years conference
 
 is Responsibilities of Student Leadership"
 On March 2 and 23 the Western Teachers Conference was held in Fairbanks. Several teachers from the Palmer School attended The purpose of the conference was to i'm prove teaching methods and te exchange ideas and study new concepts in teaching and edu- cation.
 Several members of the high school band and chorus attend ed the conference.
 Next week will be Senior Week at Palmer High School. Each day the seniors will dress in an unusual manner. The dress to be worn on each day has not yet been chosen.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

How would you like to have a piece of cake cut from one that will be 22 feet tall and 60 feet in diameter? Such thing will be possible for those at- tending the Seattle Worlds Fair. The huge cake has been prepared by five students of the Edison Technical School bakery and pastry class, under the direction of Don Duncan, instructor.
 One of the five students who have been working on the cake since December is Roger Brag- CT of Palmer who recently completed his course of study at Edison. As members of the
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

food and restaurant class Brag- CT, Bob Synder, Stella Owga, Maybell Butler, and Dorothy Cook have created a cake which required some $500 pounds of sugar for icing alone.
 The giant cake, from which pieces will be sold during the Fair, is hexigon in shape, with each of the bottom panels mea- surfing 10 feet. The three-layer cake will include reproduc- tions of Mt. Renier and Paul Bunyon. The latter two section have been created of royal icing which is composed of egg whites and sugar. The C & H Sugar Company donat- ed the sugar which was used in the icing. Gallons of Rich ards and Holland food coloring were used to add color to the mountain which is three and one half feet all and will re- volve, and for six-foot Paul Bunyon's brilliant clothes. In addition to the figure and mountain, the cake will con- tain some 10000 roses fashion ed in multi-colored garlands which are draped between cake layers; hundreds of pine cones, apples, apple blossoms, and on each panel there will be off cial seals from all 50 states of the nation. The flowers have been made from gum paste, also edible, Brager said.
 To assure purchasers of edi- ble cake, the students used a white fruit cake recipe. A miniature of the cake was re- gently made and sent to Wash ington, D. c. where it was the center of attraction at the Wo- mems Press Conference held in that city.
 Brager plans to spend the summer in the valley area and will resume his hotel manage ment studies in California in the fall on a scholarship which he received earlier this year.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
Palmer Team Takes Top Tourney Spot

Individual miniature gold basketballs were presented members of the Palmer Blue team, first place winners of the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. Palmer defeated Kenai 51-49 in the finals. The team also received a trophy, as did the second place team, Kenai Kardinals. The Palmer White team, which placed third by defeating Wasilla, 50-45, also received a trophy.
 The tournament was consid- cred very successful venture and it is hoped that a smiliar tournament will be run next year at which time it is hoped that the Anchorage East and West teams will participate al ong with the other schools who took part this year.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
Patient List

HoSpitalized at Valley Pres hyterian Hospital this week are Mrs. David Ingalls, and infant son, Nada Newby, George Me Feeley, Glen Vickaryous, Geo. rge Bellafontaine. Albert Will Hams, Goldie Wharton, Frank Gc.obafIalo. Mary Ann John son. Mark Moss. Charles Balm, Betty Tucker. Cora Granger. Vialo Meehan, Robert Burn ham. John Summervllle, anc Charles (Montana Red) Shy.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

bow, Dolly Warden. lake trout and gravling fishing in the lakes and streams is excellent Numerous modern accommo- dations are available in these areas, McRae pointed out.
 In addition numberous stocked lakes are available along the Seward and Glenn highways and along secondary dirt roads in the area.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

Dates for the Bible School of the First Baptist Church of Palmer were set for June 4-15 at a meet:ng held here on March 25, 1t was announced this week. Classes will be held from g am. until noon Monday through Friday. Special de partment5 for children between the ages of three and t6 years will he set up. The school will include instruction in march ing, Bible study, memory work,
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
First Baptist Church Makes Plans For Annual Summer Bible School

written work, singing, and hand crafts.
 The Bible School clinic of the church was conducted March 25 by Bob Patterson superintendent of the Week Day and Vacation Bible School Expansion, Baptist Sunday School Board The clinic wa held for members of the facultv of the Bible School and other interested persons.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

There's nothing wrong in taking advice from your friends, but risk very little on the fellow who has nothing to lose.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
DADS HELPERS

Father is never too old to learn-and usually it's his sons think they can teach him.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29
'CUZ WE'RE SPECIALISTS

*Matanuska Maid FRESH MILK is special because ifs produced by Alaska's dairy specialists oo9s of fhe dairy farmers in Alaska produce Matanuska Maid FRESH Mil1 and proeessed by specialists bring you all inc good taste and goodness that fresh milk can
 give you
The frontiersman., 1962-03-29

Hope for the best-then roll ID your sleeves and work for #
The Adak sun., 1962-01-15
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