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Evening star., 1963-05-12

class Of Tokugawa society,
a world Of wealth and power
but not official status, and
the women we see are culti-
vated courtesans. It would
be easy TO see in the modern
geisha girls their descend
ants, but I do not know
whether or not the inference
is accurate. At any rate,
Saikaku's women know ev-
erything about the art OF
love, and they tell all grace
fully. The reader will be dis
appointed II, reading Of CEN
sorship. ne expects Saikaku
10 be lurid or pornographic
he is neither.
A secondary interest In
the volume is its exemplary
artistry as q piece OF book
making. Manufactured In ia
pan, Its typography, paper,
binding. and illustrations
combine 10 make II one OF
the most beautiful books I
have seen in some time.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

His sister Alice wastes away
in unrequited love for Effing-
ham Cooper, a complacent
university don, who enter
tains a chaSte passion for
Hannah, and Intellectually
tries to kidnap her.
The patriarch of Riders,
an ancient Greek scholar,
suggests that If Hannah Is a
prisoner she is q willing one,
and that the others are all
in thrall to her plight and
her beauty. Mix calls her
our image Of the signifi-
canoe Of suffering" Marian
Taylor, the voice Of reason,
cannot be heard in the emo
tional din.
Miss Murdoch is something
Of q virtuoso. Her seascapes
are marvellous. So Is her
dialogue. But strangeness Is
piled on such strangeness,
wild shrieks are heard and
ultimately the tangle Of emo
tions is so dense that a reader
may wish that someone like a
detective In a mystery would
come forward and start q CON-
forting sentence beginning,
80 you see, the real prob
lem was =" This never
happens. Maybe Miss MUIR
doch wanted to leave all as
murky and mysterious and
violent as she found it and
suggest that life is full Of
terror and evil beneath its
surface. Her tone Is a trifle
intellectual for the horrors
she recounts.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
japanese Novel Describes
Cultivated Courtesuns

THE LIFE OF AN AMO-
ROUS WOMAN. BY Ihara
Saikaku. Edited and trans
lated by Ivan Morris. New
Directions; $500
Since World War II the
works Of the l7th-century
Japanese novelist, Ihara
Saikaku. heretofore under the
ban Of censorship. have been
republished In japan. Saikaku
is said by his present trans
lator. In a long and highly en-
gaging introduction. TO be re-
garded as one OF Japan's
greatest writers Of fiction.
Ivan Morris also identifies
him for the modern English
reader by comparing him 10
Defoe, and in my opinion the
reference is quite just and
revealing. There is the same
clarity and realism. the same
gift OF easy narration, the
same ability in capturing
character. It is remarkable
that while Defoe, the first
English novelist. was creating
a prose style in the West.
Saikaku. q contemporary but
l8 years older. was using a
style 80 startliugly similar In
the East. although the ;wo
cultures must have been quite
Independent, II not even un-
aware, OF each other.
Parts OF four different nov
els are translated in this
volume. and as Saikaku's
narration is highly episode.
there Is probably little lost
by the process OF selection.
The stories are OF the lowest
Evening star., 1963-05-12
This Takes
The Prize
For Funtusy
THE FOOLS OF TIME. BY
William z. Barrett. (Dou-
bleday; $4.50.)

"AAAuAh G' DoAAVOb' NOOu-
bleday; $4.50O
Man has always cherished
the vision that he will one
day earn the right to live
forever, in spite of his greed,
selfishness, lust for power,
and opportunism.
In the Fools of Time," an
anti-catabolic serum which
arrests the aging process is
stolen by the Soviet Union
and introduced as a political
weapon. Americans get a
chance at immortality when
DR.. David Gerson, an out
cast in scientific circles,
trusts George Donlin, COM
petent editor of the Denver
Dispatch, with the scoop that
he had developed the stolen
formula in Mexico while seek
ing a cure for cancer.
When the story breaks in
the Dispatch" Donlin dumps
the responsibility for 1t ION
the government" and goes
home to play checkers and
discuss domestic inanitieS
with his dull wife about their
two typical, confused chill
dren. Naive DR.. Gerson is
whisked to Washington
where a third-rate politician
uses the age immunization
to become a hero at the polls.
Scientific controls of the
serum are inevitably aban-
doned to the high finance of
the black market and a des-
perate humanity begins a
new cycle in the struggle for
power.
The interesting question of
whether physical immortal
ity will destroy mans drive
to create is raised but not
answered. The book moves
quickly to the conclusion
that human nature does in
deed have its weak side. Mr..
Barrett's characters are be-
lievable enough to make one
shudder at the possibility of
them going on forever.
BARBARA SIGEL.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
Other Books of the Current Week in Brief Review

ern Illinois University
Press; $1.650 A record of
Anglo = American cultural
relations which should in
terest students Of both
American and Victorian
literature. Clarence Gohdes
is professor Of English at
Duke University and editor
Of American Literature"
Evening star., 1963-05-12
Novel Is AIIegory
Of Human SUFFERING
BY MARY McGRORY
star Staff Writer

THE UNICORN. BY Iris Murdoch CThe viking Press $500
Iris Murdoch the strange and brilliant English novelist
has now given kind Of estentiaist version Of Jane
Eyre"
Her heroine governess. nice unloved Marian Taylor
whose pupil turns out to be Hannah the golden
eyed slightly daft beauty who is the lady Of glorious forbid
ding Gaze Castle and also it seems its prisoner.
Miss Murdoch tells the story of Marian with great dag
ze Of language and IDEAS symbolism and allegory and
wealth Of complex Hannah is expiang
Evening star., 1963-05-12

for q seven-year-old crime.
1t is q chilling story on the
human level and an allegory
about human suffering, guilt,
the love Of the prisoner for
its shackles and the pre-
sumption Of people who at
tempt to take on themselves
the suffering Of others.
Old Crime
Hannah is expiating for
a crime seven years old. She
pushed her husband over q
cliff after he discovered her
in bed with her lover, Pip
LeJour from the neighboring
castle, Riders.
Since then she has been
virtually shut UP in her
gorgeous seaside domain.
Her principal jailer is Gerald
Scottow. an ominously COM
manding figure. Gerald is q
homosexual. He and Hannah's
page boy, Jam esie Ever
creech, are lovers. The clerk,
Denis Nolan, one Of the local
fairy people," cuts Hannah's
hair and puts on her shoes.
The page boys elder sister
Vilet is a creepy old woman
who makes Marian's flesh
crawl with her professions Of
love.
Willing Prisoner
At Riders next door, things
are no better. Pip. the lost
lover, endlessly PAGES the
battlements looking for Han
nah through his field glasses.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
The Brogonzus of Brazil
An OH-Beut Delight

wildly penetrating eye Of Miss
Brahms. And II ever q crew
of historical characters lent
themselves to q Brahms-eye
view Of history, it is the
royal Portuguese who beat 1t
out Of Europe Just in time
to avoid a meeting with q
Napoleonic army, and set up
housekeeping in the colonies.
If this sort Of thing is
not your cup of tea, it will
leave you colder than yes
terday's stale crumpets. II it
is your brand, you will find
1t an off-beat delight.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

believed him to be Quet-
zalcoatl. their fair, beard
ed god. Plenty of illustra-
tions.
THE CALL OF THE MAN
EATER. BY Kenneth An
derson. "a Chiffon Book;
$3.75) For those who ap-
preciate the excitement
and mystery Of jungle life
here is a collection Of true
tales Of animal life In the
wilds Of India.
AN ALBUM OF NEW METH
ERLAND. BY Maude Es-
ther billiard. (Twayne:
500 This album, hand
somely illustrated and
highly informative, Is q
history Of the Dutch set
Elements which stretched
from Long Island south TO
Delaware and far UP the
Hudson River. Miss Dill
lard has included pictures
Evening star., 1963-05-12

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Evening star., 1963-05-12
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Letters Reveal
The Strange Story
Of Byron's Wife
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

LORD BYRONS WIFE By Malcolm Elwin Harcourt, Brace
g. World $8.75)
In 1919 Byron wrote his estranged wife concerning his
autobiography 12000word book he intended for postum
publication: II could wish to readand mark
parts that do not appear to coincide with the truth The
truth have always statedbut there are two ways OF look
ing at it-and your way may not be mine seeing this
detect what is false what is charged
do so-your mark shall not be erased"
1t must have been iron-wled denuncaton, but Lady
Byron declined to see the manuscript although she
Evening star., 1963-05-12
Good Standing
THE MARQUIS. By 10,

THE MARQUIS. By Joan
Sanders. (Houghton Mif-
film; $4.950
Montespan, the book title
hero, finds a way to place
the Sun King Of France
under obligation, thus assur-
ing himself and kin perpetual
good standing in the king
dom, provided he keeps him
self at some distance from
the court. To tell forthrightly
what this claim was would be
a betrayal of the books cli-
max and ruin the story. It
can be said that Montespan's
wife is witty and charming.
How else could she have
pleased the King?
Joan Sanders brings to this
work the same scholarship
and perception noted In al
Petite" her biography of
Louise de la Valliere.
H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
Takes sWrongTur
On Freedom Trail

erroneous because he fails
to see that the roots of pre-
destination" are Greek and
that this was rejected IN
medieval times by all Or
thodox Christians (including
the two Greek influenced an
cient Christians he names).
Hebrew Influence
Much of Mr.. Muller's diff
Guilty rests on his neglect OF
the Hebrew influence Gas
contrasted with the Creek in
Christianity, which strength
ened freedom by its empha-
sis on such factors as the
importance Of time and
change, Of the individual,
and Of the individuals free
dom and responsibility Gall
factors which were belittled
in the most influential Greek
thinkers).
Mr.. Muller fails to see that
much Of freedom has risen
from the appeal Of pluralism
against unity land especially
uniformity and that the
great Greek contribution
here was the effort to reach
a social consensus by discus
sion in the market place. He
also misses the medieval con-
tributions to freedom from
the periods emphasis on
procedural matters Cor on
methods in generaD rather
than on goals. Most Of our
human freedom today rests
on legal and constitutional
emphasis on procedures Of
this type including rule Of
law. separation of powers,
and methods of trial, all Of
which are medieval rather
than ancient or modern.
Legal Changes
The role played by legal
changes is largely missing in
this history of human free
dom. The rediscovery Of clas-
sical antiquity in the West,
especially the revival of Ro-
man law and of its totali-
tartan sovereign state, during
the late medieval and Rem
aissance period, brought q
new strength to deSpotism in
the West from its assaults on
pluralism Especially on all
autonomous organizations, in
cluding religion). These as
saults, to this day, are ham,
pered by pluralisms and pro-
cedural techniques Of medie-
val origin.
Does Mr.. Muller know that
the Tudor Court Of Star
Chamber used Roman law
and procedures and was es-
tablished by the same dy-
nasty which sought, by en-
dowing regiuS professorships
at oxford and Cambridge,
to replace the common law
with the more despotic Ro-
man law, as was occurring
contemporaneously in Ger
many? Or, knowing this. does
Mr.. Muller see its signifi-
canoe?
CARROLL QUIGLEY.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

other and in his delay In ac-
cepting her and her family's
invitation to visit their coun-
try estate.
Finally there is an en-
gagement, and after four
months malingering on By
ron's part, the marriage.
What happened during the
next twelve months. until
Annabella left the Byrons'
residence with her newborn
infant, never again to set
eyes on her husband, will
never be precisely known.
Annabella went to her fam
lily home, and after writing
two loving and conjugal let
terS to Byron, suddenly de-
clared that he had thrown
her out Of their house. She
demanded a separation. It
was at this time, in prepara-
ton for possible legal pro-
ceedings, that Anna bella
wrote the first of her fan
tastic accounts of the year of
her marriage. She accused
Byron, or imputed to him, a
whole nightmare Of evil-in-
cest with Augusta under the
couples own roof, homosexu-
ality, murder, bigamy, insan-
ity, and extreme mental,
though not corporeal, cruelty.
The charges were not made
known to the bewildered
Byron, whom we now see at
his best, with great nobility
countering the scandal Of the
separation, and with appeal
ing manliness trying vainly to
win back his wife. Their
married life had not been an
ideal one. Byron lived half
in fiction-he wanted q wom-
an like his sister who would
laugh with him, listen to him,
forget what he said and
love him. He got instead a
wife determined to remodel
him to her own measure.
But every indication, in par
ticular the correspondence
during the separation pro-
ceedings, makes 1t hard to
accept the picture Of q wan
tonly degraded marriage An
nabella would have us see.
At last Byron gave up, and
signing the separation papers
left England at once, not to
return during the last eight
years Of his life. During the
separation proceedings he
had written three poems, and
four months later was to
write a fourth, which are
necessary adjuncts to his
tory. The Milbanke family
thought it highly unseemly
for Byron to circulate the
tender love poem Fare Thee
Well" written for Annabella.
at a time when it could create
sympathy for Byron. Ger
tainly the poem on Mrs. Cler-
mont, Annabella'S maid and
former governess. is the most
vicious and venomous diatribe
ever written by a gentleman
about a menial-Byron be-
lieved that Mrs. Clermont-
Honest, honest Iago"-had
poisoned Annabella's mind
against him. Lines on Hear
ing That Lady Byron Was
ILL.," too long to quote here,
is a picture Of his wife con-
firmed in every particular by
the papers she herself saved
for posterity.
Mr.. Elwin's book is about
three-fourths letters. 1t is
remarkable how articulately
and stylishly all the disparate
characters in the story could
write. But the time was be-
fore the telephone, that de-
spoiler of the letter writer.
that enemy Of tomorrow's
biographer.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

and her only son for the
priceless treasures housed
in their ancient home.
GENERAL
FAIR GODS AND STONE
FACES: Ancient Seafarers
and the New Worlds Most
Intriguing Riddle. BY Con-
stance Irwin. (St. Mar
tins; $7.50.) This piece
Of archaeological detective
work sets forth q new the
ory on the origin Of Mexi-
can and Central and South
American civilizations. It
Is Mrs. Twins belief that
far before Columbus and
even before the vikings that
the Phoenicians sailed to
the Americas. This, Of
course. could account for
the royal welcome given to
Cortes In 1919 by Monte
yuma and the Indians, who
Evening star., 1963-05-12
No CASTANET,

NO CASTANETS. BY Caryl
Brahms. IN milan;
$4.95.)
Do you look back nostal-
gically to the days when
Caryl Brahms and the late
s. j. Simon were turning
out such deathless items as
six Curtains for Stroganova"
and Bullets at the Ballet?
If so you will greet the pres
ent offering with shrieks
of Joy. mo Castanets" is q
novel about the Braganzas
of Brazil, viewed through the
Evening star., 1963-05-12
FICTION
PRIZE STORIES 1863.

PRIZE STORIES 1868: The
o. Henry Awards. Edited
and with an introduction by
Richard Poirier. Double
day; $3.50 This Is the
43d volume Of short stories
in the o. Henry series. The
winner of the 1868 compe-
tition is Flannery O'Con-
nor's Everything That
Rises Must Converge" Sec
ond prize has been awarded
to "The Snake" by Erwin
D. Krause, and third to
Thalia Selz for The Edu-
cation Of q Queen" There
are II other stories by such
authors as William Sa-
royan, Jessamyn West and
Ellen Douglas.
THE DARK MOUNTAINS.
BY William H offm a n.
doubleday: $4.95) A novel
about the strong-willed
owner OF q coal mining
company and his fierce
struggle TO keep the labor
unions out Of his mines. set
in the early goth century.
-
-Four books by Henry James
have been added TO the PEN
gum American Classics"
series.
SELECTED SHORT STO-
RIES. (65 cents) These
stories provide a good in
PRODUCTION TO James work.
Included are DAISY Miller"
THE Real Thing" THE
Last Of the Valerii." and
THE Lesson Of the Master"
WASHINGTON SQUARE. t65
cents.) One Of James early
novels, the book deals with
the plight Of an innocent
heiress deceived by the
charm OF a worthless suitor.
THE PORTRAIT OF ALADY.
tsl.45) This poignant story
OF a wealthy American girl
In Europe is regarded as
one Of James finest books.
THE sPOHs OF PoYNToN.
t65 centsJ The dramatic
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Evening star., 1963-05-12
TO BE REVIEWED

The following books will be
reviewed on the editoriol poss Of
The Stor this week:
MoNDAY-"How Dry We Were"
BY Henry Lee. Prentice -Holl.)
WEDNESDAY - Handbook Of
intelligence and GusTriIlo Worfore,"
by Alexander orlov. University Of
Michigan Press.)
FRlDAY-"Scienes and History"
BY Ernest cuneO. (Dusl Sloan &
PeoFce.)
Evening star., 1963-05-12

was then engaged IN Cne Work
Of the last A years of her
life-the collection Of every
docum e mt with even the
slightest bearing on her one
year of married life with the
poet. She did take steps to
prevent eventual publication
of the autobiography, and
did nothing to keep 1t from
the flames (unread by the
five people who destroyed it,,
but the loss Of the book, while
it may have saved her repu-
tation, must have conflicted
with her collectors instinct.
For while her enormous COL
lection Of several thousand
items concerning her life
with Byron was assembled as
an act Of self-justification,
Lady Byron apparently did
not tamper with the evidence,
keeping everything pertinent,
whether favorable to her or
not. At least. Malcolm Elwin,
custodian Of the so-called
Lovelace Papers, and author
of Lord Byron's Wife," the
most detailed account Of
Byron's marriage yet to ap-
pear, does not say that his
source material shows evi-
dence Of pre-selection.
The great collection Of let
ters and other documents
concerning the Byron family
has always been in the hands
Of the poets descendants, but
only recently have scholars
been allowed its unrestricted
use. If other aspects OF the
poets life are as fascinating
as this single year, the pub
lie can anticipate a series of
inimitable books, for Byron
always meets or exceeds his
nominal reputation as the
romantic hero, lover, adven-
turer, mystery, a little mad,
a little bad, always the great
gentleman, always intensely
byronic.
The only child of middle
aged parents, Annabella Mil
banke grew up q spoiled
young woman, self-centered,
prudish, and patronizing. She
was capable and intelligent,
very religious, very correct,
but unimaginative and hu-
morleSs. Byron had seen her
only q few times when, in
1912, she 20, he "a, he pro-
posed marriage-not in per-
person. curiously enough,
through Annabella's aunt,
Lady Melbourne, q fixer wit
tily flattered by her enemies
who called her "la MarQuise
de Merteuil." Annabella
turned him down, saying her
heart was already engaged.
Byron took the rejection
cheerfully. perhaps with re-
lief. for his desire to marry
was sporadic and scarcely
overwhelming at best. 1t was
probably prompted by the
difficult position his genuine
passion for his half-sister,
Augusta, put him in-a rela-
tionship which Annabella
later claimed was incestuous,
but which even today so
qualified q student Of Byron
as Peter Quennell believes
was innocent.
Annabella almost i'm
mediately regretted her de-
cision, for the opportunity to
help. to remake, to reform
so glamorous, famous, and
romantic a Don Juan as
Byron could not be neglected.
She began a long exchange
Of letters through which we
can see her wooing Byron,
at first demurely and with
restraint, finally almost fran
tically. Byron is comic in the
tenacity with which he sticks
to her ill-advised statement
that she is engaged to an
Evening star., 1963-05-12
CHRIST AND APOLLO. By

CHRIST AND APOLLO. BY
William F. Lynch, 8. j. "a
Mentor-Omega Book; rs
cents) An investigation OF
the role that theology plays
in the works OF great
writer's. from the Greek
dramatists, Dante. and
Shakespeare TO Proust,
Greene, Camus, and o'Neil.
Father Lynch lectures on
the relation between phi
losophy and the literary
imagination In the Honors
Program at Georgetown
University.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
PAPERBAcKS

THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND THE zoo STORY.
BY Edward Albee. "a Sig
net Book; so cents.) Two
plays by the author Of the
current Broadway hit
who's Afraid Of Virginia
Woolf2" (Reprint)
KING JOHN. BY william
Shakespeare. DELL; 35
centsO Latest addition TO
the Laurie Shakespeare"
series.
PIGEON FEATHERS: And
Other Stories. BY John
Updike. "a Crest Book: so
centsD The national best
seller. by the author OF
Rabbit, Run" now In a
paperback edition.
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF
IVAN DENISOvICH. BY
Alex q der Solzhenitsyn.
Translated by Thomas P.
Whitney. "a Crest Book:
SO cents,) A reprint edi-
ton OF the current best
selling novel OF life In
Stalin's dread slave-labor
camps.
THE CONFESSIONS OF ST.
AUGUSTINE. Translated
by Rex Warner. "a Men
tor-omega Book; rs
cents) The classic Spir-
itual autobiography OF the
man who journeyed from
sin 70 sainthood.
AMERICAN LITERATURE
IN NINETEENTH CEN
TURY ENGLAND. BY
Clarence Gohdes. (South-
Evening star., 1963-05-12
BUTTERMILK ROAD. BY
Thomas Turner. (McGraw-
Hill; S5.50.)

InOmaS turner. (McGraWs
Hill; $500
If you have ever yearned
to read a book about q proxy
fight in a small Southern
towel company, this Is for
you. Well, somebody has to
make towels. and apparently
this is the sort Of thing that
happens In the process.)
What spices this particu-
lar battle Of the ballots is
the fact that our hero, Adam
Salter. Is secretly trying to
get control of the voting
stock for rich old DR.. Garth,
while simultaneously wooing
his slightly beaddled daugh-
ter Josephine. AS Josephine
has a former lover with an
irate wife. and as the local
citizenry clings to It's proxies
like Louisiana leeches,
Evening star., 1963-05-12
No One Throws in Towel
By Proxy in This Fight

Adams life becomes mighty
complicated. It somehow all
turns out to be more enter
tanning than seems feasible.
RUTH HUME.