davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1962-10-14

less he is plotting its repe-
tition?
Djamil tells the story Of
the Diem Sultan to Brother
Petar, and it becomes evi-
dent that while the young
nobleman is not contemplate
ing an attack on the present
Sultan, he has indeed con-
fused his own identity with
that of the early ruler in
whose life and personality
he has become completely
involved. There is, therefore.
a trace of right, or at least
accuracy, in the charges
that have brought Djamil to
the Devils Yard. Andric
shows in this major episode
of the novel, and in many
minor ones - some only
sketches OF a page or para
graph-the ambiguity, the
futility, and the irrevocabil-
ity of life. His is not a hap
py story, but it is not a NOR
bid one. Pain and defeat are
always inevitable, they are
best met without passion.
Appearance of Devils
Yard" in Washington is
timely, for its author will
lecture at the Institute Of
Contemporary Arts later this
season
Evening star., 1962-10-14

cally. The priest absolves
him of sin, because to him as
a man both the desertion and
killing are acts of a non-re-
sponsible sick individual. But
as a priest who does not re-
alize that the boy is at the
point of death he feels him
self guilty both of exceeding
his sacerdotal authority and
of hiding a deserter.
But to his surprise the boy
dies five days later. Now the
priest is faced with a new de-
cision. Can he protect the
family name and spare a
dead man scandal? He re-
solves to do both, buries the
boy in unsanctified ground,
and says nothing to the mill
tary establishment.
Thus we slowly come to ap-
preciate, during this long
flashback, the subtle rela-
tionship of reproach and re-
spect that has developed
over the years between priest
and woman, and which is
presented to the reader in the
Story's early chapters. The
tale is inconclusive, the pic
ture never finished, but a
superimposed neatness would
ruin the emotional involve
ment created by a fine minia-
ture masterpiece.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
FRruTCAKE AND ARSENIC,

BY Josephine Hemphill.
Oittle, Brown & Co.; $685.
This is q readable tale of
the work done by the Food
and Drug Administration,
the Government agency cur
rently under fire with Con-
gress.
The author goes back to
the origin Of FDA, its early
struggles and subsequent &C
complishments. The book
derives its name from an ac-
tual case handled by the
agency.
A fruit cake. baked and
sold by a Virginia house
wife, was found to be loaded
with arsenic. All Of the
cakes were almost immedi-
ately accounted for with the
exception of one somewhere
in Canada" FDA slueths
were fortunate enough to To-
cate this cake before the re-
cipients had taken q bite.
The $64 question of how ar
senic got into the flour was
never fully answered but be-
cause "of the fast work by
FDA officials, a number OF
people in Canada and the
United States lived to cele-
brate a Merry Christmas in
1929"
Evening star., 1962-10-14

shadow. Jonathan Swift, ever
railing against mankind, was
increasingly rude, to individ-
ual representatives, Samuel
johnson fought melancholy.
James McNeill Whistler's
hobby was making enemies;
w. S. Gilbert's was lawsuits.
Oscar Wilde was wretched
a good part of his life and
Hilaire Belloc suffered from
insomnia, proof of an un-
quiet nature. Beerbohm Tree
made his wife miserable.
But whether from spleen
or Joy, they all made their
contemporaries laugh, and
while their smartest remarks
have become a bit hoary with
time. they still make cheer
full reading.
Evening star., 1962-10-14

prove the theory mathemati-
clans discovered that "a
squares will suffice.
Mr.. o gilvy says that no
branch of mathematics is
quite so deceptively tricky as
probability theory, and I be-
lieve that the only man who
will not delight in the follow
ing example is he who thinks
the answer obvious: There
are three cards, with no
markings on them, alike ex-
cept for their coloring. One
is red on both sides, one is
red on one side and white on
the other, and the third is
white on both sides. After
shuffling them in a closed bag
we draw out one and lay it
on the table, no one having
had any opportunity to see
the side that is down. Sup
pose the side showing is red.
What are the chances the
other side is also red?
For me the most faScinat-
ing section of the book is
that on ambiguity and ran
domality. That Draw a
chord at random on a circle"
is in fact an ambiguous state
ment is breathtaking in its
simple proof. and should
make every user of words be
highly suspicious Of the
meaning of anything.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
New Books of the Fall Season in Brief Review

earthly. Hide it from the
children.
THE SADIST. BY Glenn
Canary. Monarch; 40
cents.) A primitive m lie
dedicated to violence in
life and love. Hide this
one from the children too.
Better just hide it.
THE LOVED AND THE
LOST. BY Walker E. Blake.
Monarch; 35 cents0 A
tale of Army buddies with
a zest for high living, hard
drinking and plenty loving
in Korea and later in New
York where diSillusion-
ment destroyed their drives.
THE BOW AND THE
LANCE. BY Don Catlin.
Monarch; 35 cents.) A
tale of the Old Frontier
out West told against the
background Of the Sioux
and Cheyenne fight for sur
vival. Bang, bang-up stuff.
BEAUTIFUL BUT BAD. By
Robert Colby. Monarch;
40 cents.) Fast-moving,
suspense novel which in
cludes, kidnapping, black
mail, seduction and thun-
derous excitement. It's
loud and lusty.
BREAKTHROU GH. BY
Franklin M. Davis, jr.
Monarch; 35 cents.) A
faculty member at the
United States Army War
College here, 1t. Col. Davis,
author of three novels.
knows the story of the
Battle of the Bulge and
tells it here with terrify-
ing savvy.
THE KLAXON GIRLS. BY
Tom Rowland. Monarch;
35 cents.) Life and love-
on-wheels in the Italy of
the 1960s. You've heard
about these babes, now
read about them-but not
in Sunday school.
MARCEL PROUST: A BiOg-
raphy. BY Richard H.
Barker. (Grossett's Uni
versal Library; $2.250
CReprint.)
INDEPEND ENCE AND
AFTER. Revolution in I'm
derdeveIOped Countries. By
Richard Harris. Issued un-
der the auspices of the In
stitute of Race Relations.
(Oxford University Press;
S1.750 In this book Rich
ard Harris discusses the
anti colonial revolution
and world attitude towards
independent countries.
Evening star., 1962-10-14

the towns dead, Mariangela,
a peasant who is housekeeper
to Father Col, a priest and
who lost her two sons in the
war, tries to donate her life's
savings to the monument.
She, who had up to that point
been vehemently contempu-
tous Of patriotic rhetoric. is
the only resident Of the town
who contributes anything at
all.
Such is the setting of Giu-
seppe Dessi's novel, "The De-
serter," which last year won
a distinguished Italian liter
ary award, the Premio Ba-
gupta. The writing is spare,
even severe, the relationship
of priest to mother, to an
atheist crony, and to his own
conscience are the mot1va-
tions of the narrative.
It is known only to priest
and family that one of Mari
angela's sons was a deserter.
Suffering a raging fever, he
had in a spasm of reflex &C
ton shot his commanding Of
ficer Cor perhaps only imag-
ined he had). In the disorder
of battle he had contrived to
lose himself and find his way
back to a shepherd cottage a
few miles from his home.
There his mother brings
Father Col to minister to him
both spiritually and medi-
Evening star., 1962-10-14
STRONGER STATE GOVERNMENT
IS AIM OF GOV. HODGES BOOK

BUSINESSMAN IN THE STATEHOUSE. BY Luther H.
Hodges. (The University of North Carolina Press;
$475O
AS Governor of North Carolina Luther H. Hodges,
now Secretary Commerce became known Of the
countrys most State executives In this
book Mr. Hodges recounts the history Of his six years IN
the Capitol at Raleigh.
These lively years and Mr. Hodges, judging from
this recital, relished them Even the problems were
challenging and Mr. Hodges had more than his snare
of them First there was the school integraton battle
growing out Of the Supreme Courts historic decision
Then there distressing textile strike and then there
were ever the problems orderly and progressive admin
tration of the State Governor the task Of building
up the State economically.
Mr. Hodges, who business executive before ne
retired and became interested in politics deals frankly
with all of them the problems of political PERSONAL
ties as we'll His book Interestingly told should be must
reading for all interested in strengthening State gov
CECIL HOLLAND.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
PAPERBAcKS

THE COLD WAR. BY Deane
and David Heller. (Mon-
arch; so cents.) With a
foreword by Senator Joseph
s. Clark, this is a study
of the struggle for survival
between communism and
the Free World, plus a his
tory of the cold war, and
an estimate of what's in
the future.
EISENHOWER. By George
johnson. Monarch; 50
cents.) A story of his life
from farm boy to w est
Point cadet, from lieuten-
ant to general, from Chief
of Staff to President OF
the United States.
8 O s; THE WORLDS
GREAT SEA DISASTER.
BY Keith Jameson. Mon-
arch; so cents.) An account
of some of the great sea
disasters of all time-from
the sinking Of the Titanic
to the destruction OF the
Andrea Doria-stories OF
horror, despair, courage
and cowardice. A minute
by-minute account OF these
events.
THE PARTY LOVERS. BY
Philip Hadrian. (Monarch;
35 cents0 Sin and seduc-
ton in suburbia. It's
Evening star., 1962-10-14

that Robert is that not so
rare bird the humorists sell
dom mention, an Irish Puri-
tan and sometimes a bit Of
a prude.
Not for CatalOging
AS Justice William o.
Douglas suggests in a kindly
foreword to the Thompson
Myers book, it is a mistake
to catalog a Kennedy, Rob-
ert included. He is much more
than a rich mans Horatio
Alger hero and it is in part
his faults which endear him
to a surprisingly large variety
of people fully as much as
his virtues.
Attorney General at 35, his
career dedicated to public
service, he will be with us a
long time and his roots are
already deep in our politics.
Americans should know him
better.
Call this book an easy start,
The studies in depth should
be along later.
DORIS FLEESON.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
Bob Kennedy Pointed
In FIottering Prose

ROBERT F. KENNEDY: The Brother Within. BY Robert
E. Thompson and Hortense Myers. Macmillan; $4s5
and SO cents)
Every politician is perhaps entitled to wholly admir-
ing biography relieve the pain of contemporary journalism
well expressed in the remark OF President Kennedy tnat
II am reading more now and enjoying it less
The Attorney General of the United States has been
served agreeable portion in this book by two Washington
Journalists Robert E. Thompson and Horense Myers Ihey
have obviously had the cooperation of the Kennedy family
friends 1t equally clear that they were hot on the
trail Of contemporary up to the moment Macmillan
Evening star., 1962-10-14

El Of Rockaway Park, New
York, urges the need to
re-examine the teachings
of Judaism in the light
of what they may have to
offer toward a solution of
the worlds major problems.
THE ARAB WORLD. BY
Desmond Stewart and the
Editors of Life. (Time,
Inc.) The 18th in the
Life World Library Sc
ries," complete with pic
lures and text.
ISLAND IN TIME. BY Har-
old Gillian, photographs
by Philip Hyde. Foreword
by Stewart L. Udall. (The
Sierra Club; $7.50) Hand
some pictures and text on
the Point Reyes Peninsula.
THE WAITING GAME. BY
Alexander Fullerton.
(Washburn; $500 First
published in England in
1861, it is the story of a
dangerous submarine mis-
sion in World War II, based
on a personal experience of
the author.
BLITHE SPIRITS. Edited by
Dan Herr and Joel Wells.
Doubleday; $3.50 A col
lection of witty and humor-
GUS pieces of some light
hearted aspects of modern
Catholic life by rs we'll
known authors.
Evening star., 1962-10-14

is bolder and better. What
one remembers of life on the
Drina is corporeal cruelty
and torture; in the DEVILS
Yard it is the mind and the
spirit that are under duress.
Devils Yard is a prison,
a compound in Istanbul in
which criminals and suspect
ed criminals Of every cate
CORY are incarcerated until
their cases are finally deter
mined. Brother Petar, a
Bosnian monk, recounts on
his death-bed the fevered
and inchoate memories of
his own stay in the Yard,
where he was sent in a most
casual and implacable case of
mistaken identity.
Chief among the inmates
Of the prison-among the
counterfeiters, the murderers,
the blackmailers and the
faceless riff-raff-is Djamil,
a young Smyrna nobleman.
arrested because he is known
to read books, to devote
himself to the study Of the
life Of a 18th century Sultan
who was depoSed by his
brother. Why, reason the
authorities, should a man in
terest himself in history un-
Evening star., 1962-10-14
Animal Survival Plan
Is Difficult Problem
SURVIVAL OF T

SURVIVAL OF THE FREE:
The Last StrOngholds Of
Wild Animal Life. Edited
by DR.. Wolfgang Engel-
hardt, translated from the
German by John Coombs,
with a foreword by Sir
Julian Huxley. &c. P.
Putnam's Sons; $685.
Here is a book that should
be read by anyone who is
concerned about the sorry
plight of the animals that
co-inhabit this world with
us-a book to be read and
passed on to less concerned
friends. Survival of the
Free" covers the world situa-
ton as no other book I have
read. DR.. Englehardt has
gathered together short ar
ticles by acknowledged ex-
perts in the conservation
field dealing with the ma
tional park systems and
game reserves throughout
the world. In particular the
book treats Of the national
park systems, their strengths
and their weaknesses.
Survival Of the Free" is
divided into four sections.
There are 122 pages Of very
fine photographs of animals,
and a short paragraph OF
description of each of the
animals shown. These brief
notes contain an amazing
amount of factual informa-
ton, which in my prejudiced
line of thinking I believe
everybody should know.
Elk and Moose
The casual reader should
be warned that the Euro
peans refer to the American
elk as the wapiti, and to
what we call moose as elk. l
agree that the American elk
should be called wapiti, but
I still maintain that the
American moose is a moose.
DR.. Engelhardt gives the
South American condor credit
for being the largest living
bird of prey, while other
experts contend that the
California condor is slightly
larger. These are minor
points, however, and do not
detract from the value of the
book:
Following the unusually
fine pictures, there is a series
of short articles on Expert
ences in National Parks and
Nature Protection Areas"
These give us a look at the
lives and problems of the ad-
ministrators.
Evening star., 1962-10-14


clergyman, whom the author
judges to be one of the three
greatest wits in England
wilde and Shaw are the
others) was a joy-spreader
Of the first order, combin-
ing a great heart with a
glorious sense of humor.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
enjoyed his own life, while
Frightening others. Although
improvident, bibulous and
promiscuous, he relished his
existence as playwright, poll
tician, orator courtier and
wit. G. K. Chesterton, Dis
raeli and Max Beerbohm
took pleasure in their ability
to give others pleasure. Ber-
nard Shaw had good time,
too.
With others, malice cast a
Evening star., 1962-10-14
Book Explains How
FDA Saves Lives

Miss Hemphill traces the
life of the agency from the
days DR.. Harvey w. Wiley
first took the oath of office
in 1883 as chief Of the
Chemistry Division of the
Department of Agriculture
down to the revision Of the
old Caustic Poison Act of
1927, passed by Congress in
1860 and which became fully
effective in February, 1862.
1.-THE story of the FDA is
of course q story without
end. Even before this book
is off the press the FDA will
be coping with emergencies
unforeseen at present; work.
ing on problems that will
stem from exciting new de-
velopments. :" says the
author in her closing chap
ter, 1.-THE Years Ahead"
It's highly unlikely she
could foresee the current up
heaval fired by Senator Hum
phrey's accusations or the
obligations which the new
law passed by the 87th Con-
gress will impose upon the
FDA.
Miss Hemphill is a mem
ber of the Women's National
Press Club and a former
staff member Of the FDA.
VIOLET FAULKNER.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
GENERAL
THE CATHOLIC REFOR-

THE CATHOLIC REFOR-
NATION. BY Henri Dan
iel-Rops. Translated by
John Warrington. Dent
Dutton; $10) The fifth
volume Of M. Daniel-Dops'
"Histoire de l'Eglise du
Christ" and it covers the
period 1500-1622.
DOCUMENTS ON AMERI-
CAN FOREIGN RELA-
TIONS 1861. Edited by
Richard P. Stebbins with
the assistance of Elaine P.
Adam. (Harper & Row;
$685. Presents in conven-
lent reference form the
outstanding documentary
materials pertaining to
Americas world relations
during the decisive year in
our national history.
MANAGEMENT, MEN AND
VALUES. BY Abraham T.
Collier. (Harper & Row;
So This book illuminates
the faces of management
and the relationship Of hu-
man values to business
profits.
LIVING ONE DAY AT A
TIME. By Samuel List.
philosophical Library;
$3.50.) It's purpose is to
help the reader evaluate
his present situation and
to show him how to formu-
late his own philosophy OF
life.
THE COLD WAR RETRO
SPECT AND PROSPECT.
BY Frederick L. Schuman.
Louisiana State Univer-
sity; $500 An appraisal
of American and Russian
policies since World War II.
RTERMOUNTAIN RAIL
ROADS. Standard and
Narrow Gauge. BY Mer-
rill D. Beal. (Caxton; So
The Utah and Northern
Gauge and other Idaho
and Montana railroads.
THE IRISH HORSE. Off
cial Publication Of The
Bloodstock Breeders and
Horse Owners Association
of Ireland. q poundsO
THE GREAT IRON TRAIL.
BY Robert West Howard.
putnam; $500 The
story of the first trans
continental railroad.
THE ROOT AND THE
BRANCH. BY Robert Cor
dis. university Of Chi
cago; $3.50 Robert Cor
dis, rabbi of Temple Beth
Evening star., 1962-10-14
EquoI Time Granted
To Love and Politics

all the way with Mr.. Knopf
in his enthusiasm, one must
admit to a certain sluggish
charm in this tale of Brazil
ian love and politics circa
1925. Both activities are car
ried out by the local citizenry
in the same fortnight man
ner. Gabriela herself, a girl
of boundless good will to-
wards all mankind, is an ap-
pealing heroine, about as
uncomplicated as a fictional
girl can be these days. Her
romance with Nacib, the SIM
ple-hearted owner of the
Vesuvius Bar, undergoes a
series of triumphs and re-
verses that would have de-
feated any non-Latin author.
But it emerges as a sparkling
facet in the multi-faced
manifestations of love.
RUTH HUME.
Evening star., 1962-10-14

There is q pafClcularly IlIle
vignette by M. H. Cowie, Di-
rector of the Kenya National
Parks, on the poaching prob
lem. In Tanganyika alone
some $4,000 wild animals are
legally taken each year.
while 10000 are taken by
poachers. Ia,
The third section Of the
book includes some we'll
written and stimulating ar
ticles on conservation. THE
Example of America" by DR.. 8
o. Kraus pays tribute to the
work of the U. S. National
Park Service.
The last section of the book
is devoted to a list and very
brief description of some Of
the worlds national parks
and important nature protec-
ton areas. Maps show their
location.
Special Articles
The book is decidedly worth
while and should be in the
library o: every nature lover
and all those concerned with
conservation of wild animals.
It is worth it's price, however.
for the photographs, and for
two articles in particular.
One is 1.-The Future Of AMI
mails" by DR.. Heinz Heck, di-
rector of the Munich Zoo,
who traces the history of
mans relations with animals
from antiquity until now. DIR.
Heck is not only an eminent
zoo director, but he is also a
clear and concise writer. For
tunately the translation, by
John Coombs, is very good, as
it is throughout the volume,
and nothing of his meaning
is lost.
The second article that I
consider outstanding is by DR..
B. Grzimek. director of the
Frankfort Zoo and a world
renowned conServationist.
Many readers will remember
his two m otion pictures:
"Serengeti Shall Not Die" and
mo Room on the Ark" He
is also the author of several
books on African wildlife.
From his vast experience he
writes of the position of the
African national parks today
with a clear-headed reason
ableness that shows his deep
love and understanding of
both the animals and the
native population.
The problems of animals
surviving in the free in face
of the increased needs of hu-
mans are not simple. They
are complex, inteftwiEed with
politics, religion. land use, the
hunger of humans and the
ldiosyncrscies and peculiari-
ties of the animals. There is
no easy solution, but if the
animals are to survive the So
luton nlusg be sought by the
leaders CT all nations. AMI
mails are the common heri-
tage of mankind, and to-
gether mankind must protect
its fellow creatures.
THEODORE H. REED
Director National zoological Park.
Evening star., 1962-10-14
1T. Cliff TAKES
DEEPFREEZE-LAND
OFF THE ICE
OUR WORLD IN ANT
ARTICA. BY 1t. ii. g.

OUR WORLD IN ANT
ARTICA. BY 1t. ii. g.
A. Denis Cliff, USNR.
(Rand McNally; $7.500
1t. Cliff, a young naval
reservist now on active duty
at the Naval Institute in
Annapolis, went to Ant
arctica in the closing
months of 1860 as a mem
ber of the "Deepfreeze"
task force. Like so many
others who have visited the
white continent, he got
hooked on ice, and will
never be the same again.
This reviewer happens to
be a fellow addict who ac-
quired the Antarctica habit
at the same time as 1t.
Cliff. The reviewer found
"Our World in Antarctica"
to be as satisfying a fix as
any ice-hound has had in
many a year.
"Our World" is primarily
q picture book-186 photo
graphs (Some in color on
160 pages. 1t also contains
about $4,000 words of text
organized in seven chapters.
Perusal of "Our World"
gives the casual reader as
good a quick look at Ant
arctica as he is likely to
get anywhere.
AS a naval officer, 1t.
Cliff perhaps understand
ably devotes five chapters
to operations and only one
to science. This is a bit
of an underemphaSis Of
science, which is Americas S
basic reason for being in
the Antarctic.
WHIJAM HINES
Evening star., 1962-10-14
READING AND WRITING
Some English Wits
Can Be Really Funny
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. c.
October II, 1852
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

LIVES OF THE WITS. BY Heskeh Pearson (Harper Row.
$3.50
Hesketh Pearson crafty man. has reasoned tnat hVes
of IA amusing Engshmen would make amusing reaolng 80
does Lives of the Wits is an entertaining volume
which of its subjects the
treatment readers who wish more detailed lntormao
Mr. Pearson already written separate biographies OF nine
of his IA . a.. ,
The power to other laugh the headest ana
most delicious authority Several of Mr. Pearsons suoec
thornphu their domination. sydney Smith, the
Evening star., 1962-10-14

r
answers, gradually broaden
ing its horizons" it is perhaps
not appreciated by the aver
age man that the specific
science of mathematics is by
no means q completed and
perfect subject. There are
many mathematical concepts
which must be either true or
false, but which man has not
yet been able to prove one or
the other. Mathematicians
throughout the centuries have
thereby been goaded to
unremitting and highly in
genious effort, for nothing
excites a mathematician as
violently as uncertainty, no
matter how unimportant the
problem may seem.
Fermat's last theorum Chat
there is no integral solution
for the equation "a to the n
plus b to the n equals C to the
n" when n is greater than 2,
although there is an infinite
number of solutions when n
is o is the most famous OF
all unsolved problems, but
there are many more. Mr..
Ogilvy lists and comments on
a great many of them, and
the value of his remarks for
the non-specialist IS the sense
of wonder they excite. How
can one actually measure the
surface of a sphere-actually
measure it, not merely apply
the well-known formula?
Mr.. Ogilvy gives the neat
formula for the direction Of a
pursuing ship to intercept its
quarry, both boats travelling
at a constant speed in a con-
slant direction, and then re-
marks, to the amazement OF
the uninitiated. who imagines
that naval gunnery and inter-
planetary flight must have
solved such problems, that
there is no known formula
when the curvature OF the
earth is taken into conSidera-
ton.
Sometimes the search for
proof of a theory leads to its
disproof. 1t was long imag-
ined, but never proved. that a
square could not be con-
structed Of smaller unequal
squares, but in attempting to