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Evening star., 1963-01-06
FOUR DURRELL
NOVELS BOUND
IN ONE VOLUME

THE ALEXANDRIA
QUARTET. BY Lawrence
Durrell. Four novels:
Justine, Nalthazar,
Mountolive and Clea, in
one volume. (E. P. Dut-
ton & Co.; $l0)
The four separately pub
lished books were intended
by Durrell to be four parts
of one novel; and it is in
this form that they are
now issued under the
Quartet" title. This edi-
ton handsomely printed in
England, is likely to be the
definitive one since the
author has gone over it
making corrections and
changes as he wished. The
result is the best form in
which to have this modern
classic. e. T.
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Outstanding Work
On African Tribe
Is RepubLished
THE LIFE OF A SOUTH

THE LIFE OF A SOUTH
AFRICAN TRIBE. BY
Henri A. Junod. 2 volumes,
boxed. University Books;
$2O0
This extraordinary book.
first published in 1914 and
revised in 1926, is now re-
published as one of the most
valuable Of the recent flood
Of works on Africa.
The author, a Swiss mis-
sionary who had lived among
the Thonga of southeast
Africa since 1889, sought to
record the social and mental
life of this single tribe be-
fore it was destroyed by Eu-
ropean influence. He sue
ceeded admirably because he
had an unusual combination
of talents such as have rarely
been focused on any native
people.
With a broad background
in linguistics. science, and
anthropology, fluent in their
language. and moved by
personal affection toward
them, he was determined to
record their life completely
honestly. however shocking
some Of 1t was to his own
moral and religious beliefs.
Where he could not bring
himself to write the details
in English, he put them into
Latin translated in this
edition..
The result is one Of the
most valuable studies we
have Of a single African
people before their culture
was modified by European
influence.
Nor is it merely descriptive.
Junod did research in old
documents and linguistic and
ethnological materials in a
thoroughly up-to-date way.
He found Portuguese records
Of the tribe in the same
area in the 10th century.
used native words for most
objects or customs not fa-
miliar TO Europeans. provid-
ing genealogies and kinship
terms in this way, and sought
to evaluate their mental life
and abilities from linguistic
analysis.
CARROLL QUIGLEY.
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Age of ChivuIY

For those who prefer the
more romantic and less bloody
English heroes, new gift edi-
tions Of THE MERRY AD-
VENTURES OF ROBIN
HOOD by Howard Pyle have
authentic a illustrations in
color by Benvenuti. KING
AR tt HUR AND HIS
KNIGHTS, retold by Emma
Sterne, is handsomely illus
trated by Gustav Tenggren
Golden Press; IS each).
Both books keep the flavor
Of the age Of chivalry In story
and pictures without losing
the modern touch.
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THE SAND PEBBLES, a no,

el by Richard McKenna.
(Harper and Row; $3.50
THE Sand Pebbles" is the
first novel Of Richard Nc
Kenna, a man who started
his writing career in 1856,
after having retired from the
Navy in 1858 with twenty-five
years Of service to his credit.
He has had stories published
in the Saturday Evening Post,
ArgoSy, and other magazines,
and the present novel has
been awarded the Harper
1868 prize, in a contest in
which Louis AuchinclosS,
Elizabeth Janeway, and
Philip Roth were judges.
Sand Pebbles" are the
crew of a United States Navy
gunboat, the San Pablo,
which in the 1920s is patrol
ling a tributary Of the Yang
TIE River to maintain the
authority of the United
States in protecting American
missionaries and business
men. To the old boat comes
a new chief engineer. to
whom his Job below decks is
everything and who does not
understand the prevalent
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DUSK AT THE MOUNTAIN.
BY Haynes johnson. (Dou-
bleday; $4.50.)

By Haynes Johnson. (Dou-
bleday; $4.50J
Walter N. Tobriner, presi-
dent of the Board of Com
missioners Of the District Of
Columbia, appeared before a
congressional committee in
vestigating crime in WASH
ington in 1861.
Crime, he said, should be
approached from two levels.
The first is the protective
level, the policeman on the
corner, the traffic patrolman
on a motorcycle. The second
is the long-term approach,
one that looks less to admin
istrative processes of detec-
ton and more to basic pre-
ventive measures.
Answers Needed
The city, he said, needed
the answers to some oues-
tions. And he asked the Con-
gressmen some Of the more
important ones:
. What is the effect Of per-
mitting many families to use
single-family dwellings where
they share common bath
room and other facilitiesP
. What Is the direct con-
nection between the influx
of new residents to the city
to the increase in crime?
. Is the school dropout
problem related to criminal
activity?
0What is the effect on
youngsters when their par
ents constantly move from
one address to another, ne
cessitating attendance at sew
eral chools during one
school year?
. Do public welfare policies
and practices as administered
in the District encourage an
influx Of people for the pur-
pose of being placed on relief
rolls or encourage residents
to remain on the rolls?
The Problem
Commissioner Tobriner,
like many another Washing
ton resident, is a man with
more questions than answers
about the city's problems.
Representative John L.
Mcmillan commented: "I
think the majority of the
people in this room, and I
am certain every men,
Der of this committee, knows
the problem that is facing
us, and 1 think they know
the reason for the majority
Of the crime in the District
of Columbia, and it does not
take any investigation to
know Just what we have to do
here to help solve this prob
lem"
Mr.. Mcmillan continued: II
was wondering If we couldn't
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use more police footmen to
solve juvenile crime here in
the District. 1t seems to me
II you had a footman with q
dog, that would be just about
all you needed for four
blocks :"
Police Chief Murray said: II
think the foot man is really
the best deterrent to crime"
The Solution
Haynes johnson, Of The
Stars staff has touched on
these problems in this new
book. He is a man with a
tremendous amount Of pa
tience to have conducted the
many d detaile d interviews
(some Of them with unwill-
ing subjects) necessary for
the scope, breadth and reality
which he has put into Dusk
at the Mountain" He writes:
Not once during three
days Of testimony did the
Congressman refer to Com
missioner Tobriner's ques-
tions, they knew the prob
lem in advance They
had the solution: More po-
licemen."
Thus does the House Dis
trict Committee, dominated
by Southern Congressman,
discharge its solemn reSpon-
sibility toward the District.
An example: In 1906, when
there were 100000 people in
Washington, there was one
juvenile judge. In 1862, when
there were 100000 people,
there was still one Juvenile
Court judge, and it took a
fight to get just two more,
even then.
This is an isolated exam
pie, to be sure. But upon
finishing Mr.. Johnson's book,
one is forced to ask: Who
runs the city of Washington,
and why is it run so badly?
Mr.. johnson makes no
great point of this, yet the
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Gordimer Novel Bores
Tragedy Of Rocism
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer
OCCASION FOR LOVING.
BY Nadine Gordimer. (The
Viking Press; So

OCCASION FOh LOVlNO.
BY Nadine Gordimer. (The
Viking Press; So
Nadine Gordimer's new
novel. is an exquisitely writ
ten. leisurely paced story of
the corroding effects of racism
on black and white alike. 1t
is subtle and so quietly stated
that a haSty reader, expect
ing the violet confrontations
of other fiction in the field,
might think that Miss Cor
diner, one Of the most gifted
of the new school Of African
writers, had no special views
at all.
But she does, although she
has chosen a most difficult
way Of expressing them. The
story Of a love affair between
a needless English girl and
an African painter. is told
obliquely, often through the
ripples in the unconscious Of
the observers.
She also takes an uncon-
scionable time about getting
to her central theme. She is
a writer who loves to linger
on poignant or Illuminating
moments, whether they di-
rectly advance her story or
not. For the first 100 pages,
the reader, while beguiled by
the beauty Of her language
and the precision Of her eye,
might wonder what indeed it
is all about.
We are introduced TO the
johannesburg household Of
the liberal, articulate Still
wells. Jessie, the sensitive,
strong minded wife, Tom,
the sweet-tempered, vague
professor husband: Morgan,
ungainly son of Jessie's first
marriage; the three little
Stilwell daughters. For rea-
sons Of both economy and
hospitality. they take in a
young couple, Ann and Boaz
Davis, who are working on a
study of African music.
Ann, arrogant in her youth
and beauty, life-loving and
life-giving, is soon drawn into
the African circle Of their
friends. Jessie discovers that
she is having an affair with
Gideon Shibalo. much. she
thinks in the manner that
her little daughters chase
fireflies. Ann is making no
political gesture; for her the
color bar does not exist. But
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SLIGHTLY Dotted

Two other turn-of-the-
century classics, both by
Frances Hodgson Burnett,
are now available in new edi-
tioris, modern looking and
beguiling. LITTLE LORD
FAUNTLEROY, illustrated
by Harry Toothill Dutton;
$3.25), has dwindling appeal
except as a period piece. 1t
was first published within
the same twenty-year span
as TOM SAWYER and LIT
TIE WOMEN, but it lacks
the enduring realism of the
other two. THE SECRET
GARDEN fares better with
today's children, partly be-
cause its plot is less mawk-
ish and possibly because the
word secret" in any title
naturally entices the young.
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Washington Setting for Important
Study of Americas RocioI Problem

question oVerf d S many
others of which he does make
a point. His purpose, excel
lently stated and well-exe-
cuted, is to examine the lives
of some of the Negroes in
Washington.
Important Figures
From 1890, when Wash
ington had 486,869 residents
with q per cent of them
Negro, the Negro problem"
has grown steadily to $40
per cent of a total of 763,-
$50 in 1860.
Many Of these Negroes
come, uneducated and un-
prepared, from a South that
still manages to export, in
dangerously equal amounts.
people who are its greatest
problems and people who are
its greatest assets.
While Congressman weren't
looking or didn't care, they
moved into alley houses,
started doubling up in small
apartments, kept crowding
into bad schools, kept on
committing crimes only to
receive inadequate, If any,
correctional care, kept on
having illegitimate children.
kept on getting themselves on
the welfare rolls.
A Vital Study
Mr.. johnson, who used
some Of his material for a
prize-winning series of ar
ticles in The Star in 1861,
has expanded his compass
sionate and understanding
work into a book of signif-
icance. If he has trouble
talking about and with
leadership among the COL
lege generation, he makes up
for 1t with his visits to the
homes Of laborers, mothers of
illegitimate children, offices
Of Negro businessmen who
have it made and are already
forgetting what it was like
before they did.
This is not a sociological
work, nor is it, necessarily,
the work Of an advocate.
Dusk at the Mountain" is,
first of all, the work of a
reporter with a good ear, a
good understanding of his
assignment and a good COM
mand of the English Ian
guage.
For these reasons, and
many others, it is well worth
the serious attention of those
who still feel that Commis-
sioner Tobriner's questions,
and the answers to them,
matter not only to the peo-
pie of Washington but to the
entire field of race relations.
L. NJ. WRIGHT, JR.
Mr.. Wright has ,Uritten
tDidely on racial matters for
the Richmond Times-D Dis
patch and the Charlotte
Observer. He is noD city
editor OF The Observer.
Evening star., 1963-01-06

1929, but the rger-than-life
plausibility and perfection Of
his narrative make the read
er wonder, now and then, if
he is not in the realms of art
rather than of reality. The
incident that is the culmi-
mating point of his recreation
Of three young writer's in
Paris was recounted quite
differently by Robert Meal
mon in his memoirs pub
lished last year. Credibility,
in my opinion. lies with Mr..
Callaghan.
In 1923, when Callaghan
was 20, he was a reporter on
the Toronto Star where he
became a friend of Ernest
Hemingway, and where, un-
der the influence Of his ad-
miration for the author Of
Three Stories and Ten
Poems," Scott Fitzgerald and
Sherwood Anderson, he
worked hard to learn the
writer's trade. When Hem
ingway went to Paris, Callag-
han sent him stories which
the older man showed to
Partisan publishers, including
McAlmon. Before long CAL
laghan was in print, and
breath -takingly soon he was
in the office of Maxwell
Perkins, walking out of it a
very young author with a
novel accepted by Scribners.
Callaghan married and in
1929 moved to Paris. Heming-
way was there, and also Fitz-
gerald, whom Callaghan at
that time did not know per-
Sonally, but who had, along
with Hemingway, praised the
younger writer and helped
him in his precocious and
extraordinarily successful ca
reer. Hemingway, to be
sure, had found fault with
one Callaghan story concern
ing a prizefighter, saying
that a man should not write
about what he does not know.
At once he set about ascer-
tanning what Callahan did
know about prizefighting,
and discovered. in a series of
bouts in the American Club
gym, that the young Canadian
was a better man than he.
That summer Callaghan
became a close friend of Fitz-
gerald. Diffident, unhappy,
frustrated, worried about Eel
da, whose mental illness he
saw before it was evident
to others, Fitzgerald was as
different from Hemingway as
two successful authors could
be. Also, while jealousy and
antagonism contrived per-
versely to bind Hemingway to
Callaghan, the author of
THE Sun Also Rises" had
little sympathy for, or inter-
est in, the artistically CALLED
writer Of Tender Is the
Night" He avoided him, cut
ting Fitzgerald away from a
Evening star., 1963-01-06

and Grandfather Frog are
talking beasts with whom the
smallest children quickly
identity tn e m selves. The
Golden Anniversary edition
of MOTHER WEST WINDS
CHILDREN by Thornton w.
Burgess has nine full-color
paintings by Harrison Cady
and many of the original
line drawings little, Brown;
$3.50.
FuiY Tales
After a brief period Of dis
repute, fairy tales have
proved that they can COM
pete with adventure, science.
and even with comic books.
Their lusty vigor and humor
rises above changing times.
Some Of the most colorful
editions are in big flats"
which are awkward to shelve
but which offer magnificent
artwork and are well suited
to read and show" sessions
with a small group Of listen
ers. Especially recommended
is one gay and cheerful gem
from 1861, SEVEN SIMEONS
by Boris Artzyb a n eff
(Viking; $500 and several
others from 1862 lists:
THE KING OF THE GOLD
EN- RIVER by John Ruskin.
Illustrated by Sandro Nardini
Macmillan; $1.95).
THE LION AND THE CAR
PENTER and other Tales
from the Arabian Nights
(spicy, rioting and romantic)
retold by Jean Stafford and
illustrated by Nardini Mac
milan; $1.95.
THE LIGHT PRINCESS by
George Macdonald. Illus
trated by william Pene du
Bois. (Crowell; S3.65O
Evening star., 1963-01-06

pervades the whole state
ment: a concern for man is
everywhere evident. Even this
reviewer, who does not fol-
low Barth at every turn. finds
his understanding of his own
work enriched and ennobled.
and his spirit encouraged by
this newest book from the
most influential Protestant
theologian Of the day. Any
one even a little interested in
serious Christian writing will
be both profited and moved
by reading II.
CHARLES p. PRICE
Mr.. Price is associate pro-
lessor OF systematic theol-
oov In the Protestant Epis-
copdl Theological Seminary
at Alexandria.
Evening star., 1963-01-06

are quick reviews Of the es-
sential elements for those
who are a little weak in the
fundamental skills.
UNDER THE SEA WIND. BY
Rachel Carson. CA Signet
Science Library Book; so
cents0 Miss Carson, au-
thor Of the current best
seller Silent Spring" pre-
sents in this book a vivid
picture Of the ocean life.
(Reprint.)
YOU LEARN BY LIVING. BY
Eleanor Roosevelt. "a DOL
phin Book; 95 cents.) A
reprint Of the book in
which Mrs. Roosevelt sets
down her basic philosophy
Of life.
R&a
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. BY
Anthony Nutting. "a Sig
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TO BE REVIEWED

The following books will be re-
viewed on the editorial poee Of
The Stor this week:
MONDAY - The coIiForniu
Troll" BY George R. Stewort. me-
Grow -HilD.
WEoNESDAY-"cyeIone Gerry"
BY corlston BsGls. tchilton.l
FRlDAY-"Prvoey: The Right to
Be Let Alone" by Morris L. Ernst
and Alon U. Schwartz. (MoemiIlon.l
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Bedtime Fuvorites

The bedtime stories of
Thornton Burgess were
standard read-aloud favor
ties more than so years
ago. Reading them again
now, it is easy to understand
their perennial, unsophisti-
Gated appeal. Each story has
the barebones structure Of a
folk tale or animal fable and
the brevity and rhythm so
important for reading aloud.
Not only that. Reddy Fox
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Old Fovorites Get
New Lease on Life
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Contributing Writer

Old favortes like TOM SAWYER and REBECCA OF
SUNNYBROOK FARM, not to forget older folk tales
have taken lease Of life with the aid Of attractive
print and better bookmakng The tremendous demand for
chdrens books has stimulated growing revival Of classics
along with the large number of brandnew titles 1t takes
lot Of books to add to the $68 million worth Of chrens
books sold in This recent tally for books costing
81 and includes only those publishers reporting.
Chidren's books nudgng the figure of S87 million
Evening star., 1963-01-06
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Is This in the Realm
Of Art or Reality?
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic
THAT SUMMER IN
McCann; So

THAT SUMNER IN PARIS, by Morley Callaghan Coward
McCann; $5)
In 1860 Edmund Wilson in the New Yorker that
Morley Caaghan the most unjusty neglected novelist
in the English language . a writer whose work NAV be
mentioned without absurdty in association with Chekhovs
and Turgenevs"
Mr.. Caaghans latest book is not novel, but it might
well be- There is nothing about his technique suggest
that he is not reporting faithfully his adventures Paris
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Poperboeks

THE BIG CON. BY David W.
Maurer. "a Signet Book;
so cents.) Originally pub
lished in 1910, this is q
revised and updated edi-
ton Of the inside story Of
the confidence men-"the
elite Of the underworld"
DR.. Maurer is professor Of
English at the University
Of Louisville.
MATHEMATICS FOR EV-
ERYDAY USE. BY william
l.. Schaaf. "a Dolphin Ref
erence Book; $l.45) Re-
vised and updated, william
l.. Schaaf. professor Of ed
ucation at Brooklyn Col
lege, presents a simple ac-
count of the arithmetic,
algebra and geometry used
in everyday life. Included
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Other Books of the Week in Brief

net Book; rs centsO Mr..
Nutting, British Foreign
Minister during the Suez
crisis, U. N. delegate, and a
correspondent on Middle
and Near Eastern affairs
for the British press, is
author of this biography of
T. E. Lawrence.
80
THE NEGRO VOTES. BY
Charles Akin. chandler:
$2.500 Full texts of the
most important decisions of
the Supreme Court on var
ious aspects Of Negro vot-
ing constitute the bulk OF
the volume. Charles Akin
has taught constitutional
law at the University OF
California. Berkeley, since
1929.
ssa
THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR.
A SociOlOgiSt's Inquiry. BY
Gerhard Lenski. "a Dou-
bleday Anchor Book;
$l.45) A study OF the ex-
tent to which religion af-
fects the daily activitie. OF
Protestants. Catholics and
Jews. based on the respon-
ses OF some 900 residents
Of Detroit. Mich. TO a de-
tailed inquiry by the De-
partment OF Sociology at
the University Of Michi-
gan.
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Access to Genius

Outstanding among the
new editions Of classics are
the landmarks in literature
selected by Macmillan for a
new formal and new illustra-
tions. Clifton Fadiman has
written "afterwords" for each
book, in which he chats coz
lily with the young reader
about the books meaning. His
philosophy is that children
have as much right Of access
to genius as to swimming
pools and hot lunches.
OF THE ADVENTURES OF
TOM SAWYER Macmillan;
$2.95), Fadiman says: THE
conflict in Tom between how
he should behave and how
he'd like to behave is what
gives this book wisdom and
long life" In a companion
edition, REBECCA OF SUN
NYBROOK FARM continues
to appeal to one generation
of children after another, be-
cause Rebecca is Just natu-
rally livelier and funnier
than other children.
Evening star., 1963-01-06

worth of adult books sold for
the same period. Let the peo-
pie who think children don't
read ponder these statistics!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-02
Smallpox
IsoIutes Tourists

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 2
(AP) Two hundred foreign
tourists started 81 days of
isolation yesterday inside Com
munist Hungary-quarantined
in Budapest's Royal Hotel
because of a suspected case of
smallpox. Some hated it; others
were delighted.
The quarantine penned in
Americans, British, West Ger
mans, East Germans and
others. Their expenses were
being paid by the Hungarian
government.
The case of suspected small
pox was detected in one of the
hotels employees.
Naturally, nobody is very
happy to be locked into the
hotel for three weeks. But what
can you do?" said Kenneth
Keller, a United States diplo-
mat from Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
He said in a telephone con-
versation from the hotel to
Vienna that about 10 other
Americans were there but he
had not met them yet.
THE food is excellent, we
receive first class service and
the hotel is comfortable and
rather big, so we have some
space to move around" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-02
Dodd Sees EASING
Of Southerners'
Rights Opposition
BY vne Associated Fress

Senator Dodd, Democrat,
OF Connecticut, says he thinks
he can see some softening of
Southern Senator's resistance
to at least some forms of Civil
rights legislation.
Asked in a tapped radio
television interview Metro
politan Eroadcasting-Opinion
in the CapitaD whether he
sees any change in adamant
Southern opposition to the
pending administration pro-
gram on civil rights, he
answered:
Eyes, / think I do discern
some softening. This is mostly
out Of private conversations.
You will understand when
say I don't want to identify
any individuals. But l have
reason to belives that there
has been some softening "
Despite this, Senator Dodd
made clear his belief that
Southern Senators will mount
a vigorous and efficient fill
buster TO block a vote on the
legislation. But, he said, -
believe the Senate will vote
cloture" and cut off the debate
after 1t has gone on for rather
q long time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-02
0utIookGood,
Mexicans Told

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2 (AP)
President Adolfo Lopez Ma
teos gave Mexicans a glittering
report of progress and promise
in his annual state-of-the-
union message yesterday. He
said Mexico could no longer
remain isolated but must play
an increasingly important role
in world affairs.
The Nation is politically and
economically stable, with in
duStry booming and prospects
good for further economic prog
ress, he said.
In international affairs, Mex
ico'S voice will be heard more
and more, the President said.
He added these reports of &C
compliShment:
Mexico was among the first
to demand removal of Soviet
nuclear missiles from Cuba and
voted in favor of the use of
armed force there, if necessary,
during the Cuban crisis of last
october.
Mexico saw a danger to
world peace in Red Chinese
attacks on India along the
Himalayan border and mes
saged Prime Minister Nehru its
concern.
Mexico pioneered in pro-
posals to make Latin America
a denuclearized zone.
Mexico praised the East-West
treaty to ban nuclear testing
everywhere but underground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-02

Professional dancer Marie Cart
nell says, you could almost
call it the st. Vitus Dance"
One main step is known as
the Philip. In this step. the
dancer clasps his hand behind
his back and walks just as
Prince Philip does when he is
following the Queen on public
occasions.