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Evening star., 1963-05-26
Other Books in Brief

to nature. Numerous
sketches and photographs
supplement the text.
RIDE AMERICAN: A Prac-
tical Guide for Eastern
and Western HOrsemen.
BY Louis Taylor. Harper
q Row: $4.95J The book
covers the simple, common
problems that BATTLE the
beginner - and sometimes
the advanced rider-as
well as secrets OF skilled
riding and OF the profess
sional show horse trainer.
THE DALTON GANG: End
OF an Outlaw Era. BY
Harold Preece. (Hastings
House: $3.50 Mr.. Preece
attempts 10 present the
Dalton Gang as they really
were. doing away with the
accumulated literary un-
derbrush resulting from
Sensationalized magazine.
TV and movie treatments.
LET'S REJOIN THE HUMAN
RACE. BY Joseph II. Peck,
MD. prentice Hall:
S395) DR.. Peck, the author
OF two previous books,
"All About Men" and Life
With Women and How to
Survive It." doesn't believe
In ''retirement"-in be-
coming a member Of the
tended herd"-and tells
why.
MAN AND ENERGY. BY A.
r. Ubbelohde. "a Pelican
Original; Si.250 The au-
thor surveys the history OF
energy from ancient times
when wind and water we're
the principal sources TO
the modern era and mans
Use Of the dead" energy OF
coal, oil. and uranium.
Illustrated with many
woodcuts and drawings.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Life and Times
OF james Denny
GOD LOVES LIKE THAT.
By John Randolph Taylor.
(,Iohn Knox Press: S3.50D

BY John Randolph Taylor.
John Knox Press; $500
This is a book for scholars
that may be studied with
profit by the general reader.
1t is the life of a great Scot
tish theologian and teacher.
James Denny of Glasgow,
written with affection and
understanding by the minis
ter of the Presbyterian
Church of the Pilgrims here.
The opening chapter is a
biographical treatment of
Denny. essential If his theo-
logical views are to be ade-
quately appreciated. The re-
mainder deals with those
views in a way that even the
ordinary reader can enjoy as
we'll as understand. Taylor
writes we'll and with clarity.
assets all too frequently alb
sent in most authors of books
about theological figures.
For the person interested in
extending his knowledge of
this field. God Loves Like
That" is a book to be owned
as well as read.
-CASPAR NAMES.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Religion,
Caffeine
And Art
CALL TO COMMITMENT.

MAI PCA S ANOW, po'OO'(
The casual theatergoer in
Washington probably has
had a cup Of espresso coffee
at one time or another at
the Church of the Saviour's
most celebrated social expert
ment, The Potter"s House,
1858 Columbia road NV, an
establishment successfully
mixing caffeine, religion and
art.
But as the author quickly
points out in this history,
behind the atmosphere is a.
tiny, disciplined membership
in an unusual institution.
The Church of the Saviour
claims no denomination ard
is interracial. Its facilities
are visited constantly by
ministers of all faiths who
are fascinated by its achieve
ments in direct social action.
A New Angle
The pastor, a chaplain at
tached to the 101st Airborne
Division in World War II, is
the Rev. Gordon Cosby. He
saw action at Normandy and
Bastogne, twice won the
Bronze Star for rescuing
wounded paratroopers, and
knew what it was ito see
the church from a new van
tage point-outSide it." as
the author recounts.
Mr.. Cosby later broke
Baptist ranks to establish his
unique congregation here,
which now also operates a
175-acre retreat and summer
camp for the underprivileged
in Maryland, a Rockville
facility for "the unchurched
in suburbia" and the main
church in an old Victorian
mansion at POPS Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
The author, a church staff
member. uses language that
often seems fundamentals,
and the book suffers from an
effusive tone, but her subject
is absorbing, a beacon to all
who feel a place Of worship
should offer something more
than board meetings and
ladies' bazaars.
TRUMAN TEMPLE.
Evening star., 1963-05-26

exposition of the times they
recall, and also the material
for the literary criticism that
runs through the entire
novel. Fyodor, the poet. is
asked by the mother of a
schoolmate who has COM
mitted suicide to write a
memorial of him; he refuses,
but eventually does write a
biography of a relative, a IA
nous novelist and critic. The
incident allows Nabokov to
enjoy a sensation to which he
returns in Pale Fire"-the
fantasy of imagining yourself
in association with a person
you have been near in the past
but have become conscious Of
only much later, as for ex-
ample a best friend unknown
to you when in college with
you, taking the same courses.
Fyodor paints a full-scale
portrait of his father, a
nobleman whose life is spent
exploring Central Asia gath
ering one of the worlds great
est collections of butterflies.
The passion Of lepidoptera is
transmitted to Fyodor him.
self. and also a passion for
composing chess problems.
THE Gift" is assured of at
least partial immortality, for
the pages that vivify the
spirit of chess are the best
ever written on the subject,
and will grace anthologies
forevermore.
Nabokov remarks that the
heroine Of "The Gift" is not
the girl Zina Mertz (alas, say
I, for she is bewitching), but
Russian Literature. The CEN
tral part Of the novel Is Fyo-
doris biography of Cherny-
shevski, probably a man Of
Nabokov's imagination. but
possibly a real man, for the
original publisher Of the Rus
sian version refused to print
this part of THE Gift" say
ing that it is unworthy of any
talent Ito lampoon a man
whose works and sufferings
have given sustenance to mil
lions Of Russian intellectu-
ais" THE Gift" was orig
inally written solely for Rus
sian intellectuals in exile, and
certainly a great deal of the
alluSion and the point of Fyo-
doris criticism Of Russia
through a multiplicity of her
writer's must be lost for the
English reader, at least for
me. Nevertheless. even with
out the background, even if
it be the summoning of the
ghost of a quite imaginary
literature, Fyodor's tour de
force, so sinuous, dense and
precise, grips even the unin-
formed reader as though he
were the wedding guest.
"The Gift" lacks the unity
Of Lolita" and "Pale Fire"
but 1t has the same sensuous
appeal, it is as good a book
as either. There may be three
or four contemporary novels
by three or four writer's as
brilliant as those Of Nabokov,
but no other modern novelist
can boast of an oeuUre so
extensive and Of such quality.
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fervent and less argumenti-
tive in developing his thesis.
RumbIes
After wading through the
professors heavy-h a n d e d
prose. 1t comes as a relief
to turn to Mr.. Buckley's
provocative "Rumbles Left
and Right" The young
author needs no credentials
to establish his place in the
conservative movement. He
has understanding. wit and
a sense of proportion which
too many polemicists seem to
lack.
Some Of Mr.. Buckley's es-
says have appeared before in
magazines. But they are well
worth reading again. whether
they are dealing with WASH
ington's well-known lawyer,
Edward Bennett williams. or
Murray Kempton, the New
York columnist.
Far Right
Something quite different
is THE Far Right" This is
strictly a reporting Job and
an excellent one too. The
authors have given a lucid
account OF the organizations
and men involved in the far
right movement. some OF
them well-known. as the
Birch Society, and some not
so well-known.
One does not euuate the
conservative movement, as
represented by Senator Gold
water, with the far right
and crackpots whose extreme
views have given the move
ment an unpleasant aura.
But the far right is some-
thing conservatives as we'll
as liberals will have TO con-
tend with. In this connection
one might well ponder some
OF the closing words OF Mr..
Janson and Mr.. Eisman:
IF the John Birch Society
had the power TO make It's
policies those OF the Nation,
II would be more effectively
subversive than the Commu-
mist Party, because the United
States soon would be
strangled both economically
and politically. and would
indeed be ripe for the Com
munist takeover. But the far
right is destined eventually
TO founder, as the far left
has. on the rock OF reason
and public discourse
CECIL HOLLAND.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
STAINS FOREIGN POL.

STALIN'S FOREIGN POL
ICY REAPPRAISED. BY
Marshall D. Shulman.
Harvard University Press;
$6.50.)
Despite the impressive
number Of books published
about the Soviet Union, we
have had precious few So
phisticated studies about re-
cent Soviet foreign policy.
Mr.. Shulman's long-awaited
one on the years l949-l952
helps fill this gap admirably.
Formerly special assistant
to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, Mr.. Shulman has
taught at Harvard and pres
emily is a full professor at
the Fletcher School Of Law
and Diplomacy. His speciality
is Soviet foreign policy, and
he brings to his writing a
keen ability to unravel the
complexities of Soviet policy.
Stalin's Last Years
This book is a reap
praisal" of the final years of
Stains rule. AS Mr.. Shulman
emphasizes. it is an attempt
to destroy the cliche of those
years, encouraged in part by
the present Soviet leader
ships anti-Stalinism. The
usual Interpretation of these
crucial years is that Stain
as a hostile, paranoic deSpot
had brought the world close
to war. and at the same time
had ignored the true military
balance of power.
Mr.. Shulman, analyzing a
Evening star., 1963-05-26

style than the previous works
of the father.
Still going it largely alone,
Mr.. Cation also has off the
presses the second volume of
his three-part Centennial
History of the Civil War"
Entitled TERRIBLE SWIFT
SWORD Doubleday: $3.50,
1t takes the Centennial His
tory from H Henry-DonelSon
and Shiloh, through the
Shenandoah. the Peninsula
and Second Bull Run, to An
tietam and the Emancipation
Proclamation. The author is
at his literate best here, and
this, supported by the me-
ticulous research of E. B.
Long and staff, gives current
Civil War writing its most eff
fective team.
Mr.. Cations magic name
lends a needless touch of
STABILITY TO a rare personal
account, JOHN RANSOM'S
DIARY CEriksson; $3.50, re-
published for the first time
In 80 years. This is a Yankee
prisoners account of his stay
amid the horrors Of the An
dersonville prison pen. How
Brigade Quartermaster RAN
som. 9tn Michigan Cavalry,
could keep his sanity, much
less maintain a diary, is
amazing in itself. Perhaps he
just loved to write: Another
lead pencil wore down to less
than an inch in length, and
must skirmish around for
another one.
Among other noteworthy
releases Of recent vintage:
A BANNER IN THE HILLS
by George E. Moore Apple
ton-Century- -Crofts; So is a
fine one-volume history Of
Western Virginia. its back
ground, its secession from the
secession movement and birth
as a State. its role in the
war.
NINE MEN IN GRAY by
Charles l.. Dufour Double
day; $4.95) recapitulates the
lives Of nine lesser-known
figures OF the Confederacy,
interesting individuals whose
important roles have been
eclipsed by the big military
and civilian brass. Among
them are harmless looking
Artillerist Willie Pegram,
Propagandist Henry Hotze
and Pat Cleburne. one OF the
fightingest field generals OF
all time.
THE STONEWALL BRI-
GADE by James /. Robert
son, jr.. louisiana State Uni
versity; So is a solid portrait
OF the outfit that Stonewall
jackson made famous, and
vice versa, from Its most
fearsome days as Rebel foot
cavalry" 10 It's ultimate pitt
ful end In the closing slaugh-
ferrous year Of the war. The
author is executive director
OF the National Civil War
Centennial Commission here.
JOHN w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Bright Gem Of q Book
Is Authors First
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer


INSIDE DAISY CLOVER BY Gavin Lambert Cviking; $45O0
Gavin Lamberts first novel is a hard bright little gem
Of book, and you'll another thing about
a child star after you've read it.
Daisy Clover is true original something in the man
of j. D. Salngers unorgettabe Holden Caufed This
is her diary which she rightly calls he longest suicide
in the world" 1t is also devastating panorama of Holly
wood opuent squaor and poignant closeup of fetch
ing juvenile delinquent.
Daisy is discovered in trailer camp at Playa Del Ray.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Earlier Nobokov
From the Russian
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

THE GIFT. novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Translated
The Russian by Michael Scammell with the collaboration
Of the author. &C. P. Putnams Sons; $3.50
MY personal the that wrote books the that
loved words color mental fireworks Russia chocolate and
zna" this IT." otherwise Vladimir Nabokov, Russian
eigre in Berlin wrote The Gift" in l9351937 He to
write books in the Russian language and turning
to English to establish reputation Of the sub
est and most original styists of time and novelist
Of extraordinary variety and virtuosity.
The Gift" although quarter-century old is not
experimental work by author learning his trade. 1t
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Soviet Foreign Policy
Is Given New Study

mass Of sources, shows that
on the contrary, Soviet for
eign policy. then as now, was
marked by fluctuations Of
hard" and soft" poses to-
ward the West; that peace
full coexistence," so much Mr..
Khrushchev's trademark, was
developed to a high degree
by Stain.
Peaceful COexistence
Soviet military and diplo-
matte planners are no less
realistic than their Western
counterparts, he points out.
When they feel the military
balance is against them, they
retreat peaceful coexist-
ence"-and do not halt de-
velopment of weapons.
Using the French Commu-
mist Party as an example,
Mr.. Shulman points to the
brilliant use made by Com
munists of peace offenSives,
an effort to slow down
Western military develop
ment by political means.
Mr.. Shulman lends little
support to those who would
seek a stable peace by being
overly conciliatory to the
Russians. Using past prac-
tice as an example, Mr.. Shul-
man concludes that only q
hard posture by the West
can keep the peace. THE So
Wet leadership" he says, has
made clear its belief that su-
perior weight in the balance
Of power represents the ulti-
mate sanction in interna-
tional politics"
BERNARD GWERTZMAN.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
MY LIFE AND FORTUNES.
BY j. Paul Getty. CDuell,
Sloan a. Pearce; $3.50

BY j. Paul Getty. (Duell,
Sloan 81 Pearce; $3.50
This was not intended to
resemble MY Life and Hard
Times" by the late James
Thurber. Yet while reading
the former, I was plagued by
occasional weird sensations
that I was reading the latter.
Actually. Mr.. Getty's opus
is a remarkable, and prob
ably a unique, book. I don't
recall any book Of similar
frankness. clarity. and gusto
having been written by any
other financial Big Time
Operator-as, to name a few
at random, Hetty Green,
John D., Carnegie, Hearst,
the Nizam of Hyderabad,
Samuel insult, or Croesus.
The publishers call Mr..
Getty's book "The Autobiog-
raphy Of One Of the Worlds
Richest Men," but any nor
mally greedy reader hopes
that It's message will turn
out to be: "How You Too
Can Ploy a $500 Oklahoma
Oil Lease Into a $l,000,000,-
600 Fortune in Less Than
Half a Century"
Black Gold
Mr.. Getty's gold is black
gold - petroleum. that is.
Alas, he doesn't tell us how
to get rich quick-or how to
get rich at all-but he has
written his super-saga with
appropriately oily smooth
ness. and with more humili-
ty and humor than one might
expect from a Millionaire.
The books conscious hui
NOR is good. Its uncon-
Sciously Thurberian, or Perel-
manesque, touches are even
better. One of the best Of
these comes early. Another
comes toward the end.
First, we meet our hero in
1914 at the age of 81 In the
Oklahoma oil fields. He is
romantically depicted as "a
wildcat operator prospecting
fruitlesSly." A few pages lat
er, however, we find that this
touching Alger image is
somewhat tarnished: The
pitiful, fruitlessly prospecting
wildcatter turns out to be the
son of an oil millionaire, a
stockholder in his fathers
wells, and, education-wise, a
product Of the Harvard Mill
tary Academy, the Universi-
ty of California, the Univer-
Evening star., 1963-05-26
VERTICAL AND HORIZON

VEN AAOhL AND hOhlLON :
tai. BY Lillian Ross. ISL
mon & Schuster; $4,000
Lillian Ross debut in fic-
tion is a series Of caricatures
OF New York Jewish society
loosely strung together to
make a novel. The first Of
three principal personages is
Spencer Fifield, a successful
doctor with social preten-
sions, sheathed in unimpreg-
nable stupidity. living the
role created for him by his
psychoanalyst, DR.. Blauber-
man. Slightly more intelli-
gent than Spencer, DR.. Blau-
herman is a somewhat less
attractive character than his
patient. for between fawn-
ing and threat he contrives
TO advance himself at the
expense Of his patients both
when they are horizontal on
his couch and vertical In the
artificial society in which
almost everybody in the book
moves. The foil OF Spencer
and Blauberman is Annie, a
waitress in an espresso cafe,
good-hearted, In love with a
Jazz musician. and a SYM
pathetic friend OF Spencer.
DR.. Blauberman contin-
ually tells Spencer that he
should have involvement
with a woman" and Spencer
does his best. quite oblivious
TO the fact that Annie has
no trace Of emotional inter-
est In him. The farcical cli-
max Of the book comes when
Spencer. engaged 10 another
woman, parrots the words
taught him by DR.. Blauber-
man, and informs, assures,
and treasures the astonished
Annie that they must part
without recriminations."
that all is over between them.
Annie cannot believe that
Spencer does not know that
there had never been any
thing between them.
Her publishers assert that
Miss Ross says things about
the practice OF medicine that
have never been said before,
and introduces some fresh
air and fun into the hermeti-
cally sealed chamber OF psy-
choanalysis." / find II diff
Evening star., 1963-05-26
DO YOU KNOW
YOUR RIGHTS?

HAT ARE HUMAN
RIGHTS? BY Maurice
Cranston. Preface by
Reinhold Niebuhr. (Basic
Books; $3.60.) A study Of
the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which
was first adopted in 1948
by the Human Rights
Com mission of the
United atoms. Mr..
Cranston is lecturer in
political science at the
London School Of Eco
nomicS.
Evening star., 1963-05-26

is as sure, deft, dense as
Lolita" or pale Fire" and
1t is astonishing that. de-
pending on the illnesses Of
word-play as it does, 1t is so
successful in translation. I
suppose that most Russian
readers would suspect that
the book defies translation,
but Michael Scammell and
the author, even when they
are forced to explain mean
ings and significances Of
Russian words, invariably
avoid awkardness. The pri-
mary delight in the book
arises from the way things
are said; the sentences never
sound like translation.
4 = -
1.-THE street, rose at a
barely perceptible angle, be-
ginning with a post office and
ending with a church, like an
epistolary novel. :" God,
how I hate all this-the
things in shop windows, the
obtuse face Of merchandise,
and. above all, the cere-
monial Of transaction, the
exchange Of cloying compli-
ments before and after! And
those lowered laShes CT mod
est price the nobility Of
the discount the altruism
Of advertisements all Of
this nasty imitation of good.
which has a strange way Of
drawing in good people. :"
He was blind like Milton,
deaf like Beethoven, and a
blockhead to boot. A bliSsful
incapacity for observation
(and hence complete unin-
formedness about the world
and a complete inability to
put a name to anything) Is a
quality quite frequently met
with among the average Rus
sian literati, as II a benefi-
cent fate were at work re-
fusing the blessing of sensory
cognition to the untalented
so that they will not wan
tonly mess up the material. It
happens, Of course, that such
a benighted person has some
little lamp of his own glim-
mering inside him-not to
speak Of those known in
stances in which, through the
caprice Of resourceful nature
that loves startling adjust
ments and subStitutions, such
an inner light is astonishing
ly bright -en enough to make
the envy of the ruddiest
talent. But even Dostoevsky
always brings to mind some
how a room in which a lamp
burns during the day." The
examples I cite are not pur-
pie passages-they show the
texture Of every page.
While reading the first
chapter, one experiences a
feeling Of dejG uu, and realizes
that the technique is that of
Nabokov's last novel, Pale
Fire" A young Russian ex-
patriate, living in Berlin in
the l920s. publishes a book
Of so poems Of IL lines
each. They are scenes from
childhood, and. quoted whole
or In part In the text, they
form the basis for extended
Evening star., 1963-05-26
GENERAL
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
THRnITGH THE VEAQ

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
THROUGH THE YEAR.
BY Patricia Easterbrook
Roberts. Viking; $3.50
This book is planned so
that in any month of the
year you can get quick
information about the
flowers that are likely TO
be available from the flo-
rist or in the garden. There
are several suggestions for
arrangements suitable to
the season. In addition.
there are lists Of attractive
flower combinations. ideas
for holidays. anniversaries.
Evening star., 1963-05-26

and special occasions, notes
on table settings, and gen.
eral' instructions on the
creation of flower arrange
ments. Handsomely illus
trated.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Everyday Issues
THE INEVITABLE EN-


COUNTER. BY Edward L.
r. Elson. (Eerdmans Pub
fishing Co.; $2.25D
The minister Of National
Presbyterian Church is an
eloquent preacher whose SER
mons hit hard at everyday
issues. The nine sermons
chosen here are classic ex-
amples Of how a preacher,
nurtured in a conservative
environment but having ex-
tensive graduate work at a
liberal university, presents
timely messages on the time
less gospel. &C. N.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
New Books 7 race Trend
Tonight of Center
THE CONSERVATIVE Al

THE CONSERVATIVE Az
FIRMATION. BY Will
moore Kendall. Henry
Regnery Co.; $3.50
RUMBLES LEFT AND
RIGHT. BY william F.
Buckley. jr. &C. P. Put
nam's Sons; $4.95)
THE FAR RIGHT. BY
Donald Janson and Bern
ard Eisman. (McGraw-
Hill Book Co.; $3.50
The conservative move
ment. whatever its strength.
is demanding an increasing
amount of attention. One
does not have to rely on Sem
ator Goldwater OF Arizona,
the apostle Of conservatism.
to learn that something right
of center. for some reason.
has a wide appeal in these
troublesome times. There Is
a constant flow of books on
the subject by its articulate
champions as well as by its
critics.
The three books Of recent
issue that are under discus
sion in this review give a sort
Of composite picture OF the
movement. The fact that
they are considered together
does not proclaim any SINH
larity except in subject mat
ter.
Conservative Move
The conservative move
ment is not a matter OF po-
litical parties or even of Just
politics itself. II is a way Of
life involving economics and
social questions and anyone
who has any doubts on this
score should take the time
for a thoughtful reading OF
DR.. Kendall's THE Conserva-
tive Affirmation"
In scholarly fashion DR..
Kendall undertakes 10 define
the basis OF American con-
servatism as against the pre-
vailing liberal thought. The
result is a disputatious eval-
uation OF a philosophy based
upon the original intention
OF the Founding Fathers and
that. as the author sees II.
OF the liberals under the in
fluence OF the European
egalitarian movement OF the
last century.
DR.. Kendall writes from de-
tailed research. One can only
wish that his writing was less
turgid. that he was more
Evening star., 1963-05-26
NATURE, ART AND FLOW
ER ARRANGEMENT. BY

Emma Hodkinson Cyphers.
CHearthside; $4.95.) An
other book OF flower ar
rangements? Yes, but this
is not a "how-to-do-it"
book, rather. 1t is a guide
for people who want TO
understand the relationship
Of floral art to the other
visual arts. and OF all art
Evening star., 1963-01-08
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FARM AND ACREAGE in Prince
Georges County. All cash IL neces-
sary. FREDRIC B. LAUTERBACH,
Realtor, 935-6622, 935-5522.
PRIVATE PARTY has cash for lot
and lots. Any loo. in NV. d. c.
and Montgomery Co. OIL. 6-5232.
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TO build on, in or near Washing
ton. ia. 9-65l6 after z pm.
TO I2 OR MORE LOTS with
water and sewer in P. @. County
or D. c. Mr.. MILLER, Ii. 7-210J
or IA. 0-SSb3.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
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