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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Books in Brief
DRAMA
THE GROWTH AND STRI

THE GROWTH AND STRUC-
TURE OF ELIZABETHAN
COMEDY. BY M. c. Brad
, brook. "a Peregrine Book,
Penguin; $l.95) Muriel c.
Bradbrook, reader in Eng
lish in the University Of
Cambridge and fellow and
vice-mistress of Girton
College, has compiled this
study in which she follows
the course Of English COM
edy from its beginnings,
commenting on the plays
of Shakespeare, Jonson,
Lyle, Peele, Greene, Nashe,
Decker, Marston, Middle
ton, Day, Chapman, and
Fletcher. In addition she
discusses the significant
period Of the War Of the
Theatres (1599-1602).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
The Loners

A loner according to a
character in THE LONER by
Esther Wier (Mackay; $3.75)
is a person who thinks no
body cares for him and he
can take care Of himself with
no help from anybody. A
boy so unwanted and ne
elected that he does not even
have a name sees his only
friend killed In an accident
in the potato fields where
they have been pickers. He
wanders away and Is bone
tired and half starved when
he is found by Boss, the
woman sheepherder. She lets
him stay with her and teaches
him sheepherding. calling him
David after the David in the
Bible. He makes mistakes
but has stamina. The time
comes when he no longer
wants to be a loner. The stark
realism of this story refutes
the belief held by some that
all books for children are
about boys and girls Of the
upper middle class shown in
middle-class surroundings.
Another loner is Martin
Hastings In THE BULLY OF
BARKHAM STREET, by
Mary Stolz CHarper & Row;
$3.50. Martin tells lies. is
rude, beats up smaller boys
and is the most Objectionable
boy in the neighborhood. He
feels neglected by his busy
father and mother and no
body but his dog seems to
like him. When his dog is
taken away from him Martin
thinks he hates everybody
and acts that way. This is
more than a skin-deep por-
trayal of a mixed-up period
in a boys life. Children like
to read about bad boys even
when they reform. as Martin
does by the end of the book.
In spite Of his faults Martin
is a sympathetic character
and at times very funny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

children, and dreams. To es-
cape the irritation of a
jealous wife and a possessive
mother, he turns to drink
and q series Of mistresses. He
is censured and denoted by
the party for slapping his
wife and for a discovered
love-affair. At last he gets a
divorce. but, before he can
marry the congenial Hip
polyta, his wife, crazed with
hatred, shoots him through
the head.
Against this drab and real
istic background, Drashko
remembers, at the culmina-
ton Of every crucial expe-
rience of his commonplace
postwar life, some coruscat-
ing. maddening, horrible
event Of the war. He had
been q good Communist and
a very brave soldier. Two
Of the several episodes he is
obsessed with concern girls
in whose execution his blind
obedience to party discipline
forced him to participate.
The first girl died for the
crime Of the theft of q. cake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Born Fishermen

CAPTAIN NUNO, by L. N.
Lavolle (Lothrop. Lee g.
Shepard; $50 is about pres
ent-day life on the seacoast
Of Portugal. Nuno was
thought TO be too young TO
take his dead fathers place
as a fisherman. so his mother
gets him an indoor job. But
Nuno cannot deny the call
OF the sea. Secretly he and
his friends renovate an old
boat and go fishing. A giant
wave. a giant fish and q
sinking boat provide excite
ment in this well-written
story translated from the
French.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Christ Comes
To the Jungle
CHRTST'S WITCHDOCTOR.

CHRISTS WITCHDOCTOR.
By Homer E. Dowdy. (Har-
per & Row; $3.50
Beginning with q baby's
Dashed skull, this book traces
the Christian conversion in
the 1950s Of a young British
Guiana native named Elka.
With him as a focal point,
Mr.. Dowdy discusses the
coming of white missionaries
to a steamy village Of the
Wal Wal tribe and their
total change Of life resulting
from adoption Of Christianity.
The Transformation leaves the
loin-clothed fishermen scour-
ing the jungle themselves in
search of 'heathens.
Written with terse sim
plicity, Mr.. Dowdy's account
is Informative and interest,"
ing when it describes native
customs and life In the rain
forest; it falters as the Bible
begins to predominant.
-THADDEUS FOOTE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
India Masses
Found Hard
To Reach
THE TWISTED IMAGE. BY
Arthur Goodfriend. (St,

The TWISTED IMAGE. BY
Arthur Goodfriend. (St.
Martin's) $3.50
Mr.. Goodfriend writes Of
his experiences as an infor-
nation specialist in New
Delhi where he found some
Illustrations and some salts
factions but had a basic fall
ing out with his superiors
about a fundamental strategy
for American propaganda in
India. 1t was Mr.. Good
friends strong belief that,
formidable as the task was,
the United States Informa-
ton Service ought to work
closely with the 400-odd mil
lion people Of India instead
Of concentrating exclusively
on leadership groups, the So
called elite.
His superior, the country
public affairs officer. be-
lieved this to be an impossi-
BILE assignment given his
budget restrictions and
therefore wasteful. He pre-
ferred to concentrate on the
thin veneer Of educated
leaders at the top. to sell
them on United States poll
cies in the belief they would
be making the decisions i'm
portant TO Washington with
out noticeable interference
from the masses. whether or
not the Communists concen-
trated on them.
Mr.. Goodfriend was trans
ferred for bucking the party
line but did not lose his use
fulness 10 the United States
Information Agency. He Is
presently touring Africa
studying the needs Of Amer
lean propaganda programs
there and sending his reports
back to Edward r. Murrow.
USIA chief.
The USIA has found no
easy answer TO the argument
that has ragged not only in
India but In other populous,
underdeveloped countries.
Sometimes the low road.
sometimes the high road
clicks. No doubt reaching the
masses would be desirable II
possible within the strict
budgetary limits imposed by
Congress. This reviewer. Inn
pressed by the small budget
and the difficulties In reach
ing the masses in countries
like India, would opt for the
country PAO and against Mr.
Goodfriend. the while admir-
ing him for his willingness "a
go 10 the rice roots, TO get
his sportshirt sweaty and his
intestines infested 10 sell his
country 10 the little man.
EARL II. vOSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
OIden Times

A dead man in the first
chapter, a stolen crown,
fights with outlaws, escapes
from dungeons-adventure Is
piled upon adventure In
FORESTS OF ADVENTURE
by Werner F. Schmidt Uit-
tie, Brown; $3.50. It does
not matter at all that 1t is
doubtful that q boy could
escape quite so many perils.
The tale is rousing enter
tainment and is told with
verve and humor. Sure-fire
enjoyment for any age over
10.
Sixteenth-century Ireland
is the setting of THE TOWN
ACROSS THE WATER by
Madeleine Pollard (Holt,
Rinehart & Winston; $3.50.
The Mayor of the town Is in
a plot to send fishing boats
into waters where the right
to fish has always belonged
to the village. Liam and Mar
garet are the leading char
acters in a well-plotted book
not undistinguished in style.
A survivor from the Spanish
Armada helps establish the
time and gives a slIb-plot to
the story.
"You must be strong" said
Sigurd's father and taught
him TO swim by throwing
him into the water. A Vi
king boys training was more
rugged than q boys today,
Sigurd has need of strength
and stout heartedness when
he voyages from his native
Iceland TO far-away Wine
land. Though in simple
enough language TO be read
by a third-grader THE W.
KING ADVENTURE by Clyde
Robert Bulla (Crowell; $500
does not skimp in adventure
and interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
It's the Walking Tourists
Who Really See Things
TURN RIGHT AT THE
FOUNTAIN. BY George
w. Cakes. (Holt. Rine-
hart a. Winston: $3.50


FOUNTAIN. BY George
w. Cakes. (Holt. Rine-
hart g. Winston; $3.50
II Mr.. Cakes does nothing
more than get more Ameri-
cans out Of their European
tour buses and on their feet.
his new book will have served
great purpose.
This veteran traveller Ga
Atlantic croSsings) and fire.
uuent resident Of Europe has
written more than an excel
lent walking tour guide-it
is q most allurtng invitation.
In the summer Of 1862, he
spent three months visiting
the IL cities he describes 10
intimately. but his realiza-
ton that many tourists can't
devote that much time comes
through in suggestions for
the visitor who may have
only a few hours.
Mr.. cakes, q frequent con-
tributor 10 The Star, pre-
sents his suggestions more
as though he were walking
beside you - q friendlier-
than-usual guide.
He leaves the feeling that
you've been there once and
are getting q refresher stroll
that could combine the pleas
ures Of sightseeing with busi-
ness. shopping and eating,
In Rome, London and Paris,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
CECIL RHODES: The Co.

CECAL hhODES: Inc Co
lOssus Of South Africa. BY
j. @. Lockhart and c. M.
Woodhouse. Macmillan;
$12.50.)
I had q nightmare the
other night. In it, the vast
hordes of the John Birch So
ciety and the vaster hordes
of the OAR were lined up
on a field of honor. They
were not, however, ranged in
opposition to each other.
Refereed by the ghosts Of
Col. BERTHE Mccormick and
Big Bill Thompson, they were
Just trying to see which
doughty group could Guido
the other In screams of in
dignation triggered by the
name: Cecil Rhodes" The
contest ended in an ear
shattering draw.
This terrible ordeal was
visited upon me because I
had been reading Macmil-
lan's recently published biog-
raphy Of Rhodes, written by
two Englishmen.
NlghtmarIsh Screams
Now to get back to those
screams. -.
In 1877, when he was only
"a and still q student at
oxford. Rhodes drew up q
document in which he listed
his extraordinary goals. He
had decided TO devote his
life to the achievement of
land the italics are mine):
50. The extension Of the
British role throughout the
world. especially the occupa-
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he had not a single helper.
When he joined the Nixon
encourage and implored them
to protest the failing Of the
Negro idol Martin Luther
King-he even drafted the
telegram-nothing happened.
The Kennedy brothers moved
in with their sympathy. This
act" says Mr.. Morrow stark
ly, won the election"
Mr.. Morrow informs us he
has a sense Of humor. We
must take his word for 1t.
His discreet diary, correct
and formal, is permeated
with the pious earnestness
which characterized the Ell
senhower administration. It
is valuable nonetheless for
its quiet revelations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
The Urgency
Of Guerrilla
Warfare
CONFLICT IN THE SHAD-
OWS. By James Eliot Cross.
Doubleday: S3.95.)

CONFLICT IN THE SHAD-
OWS. By James Eliot Cross.
Doubleday; $3.50
This treatise on the nature
and politics of guerrilla war
fare is particularly timely.
There has been quite q rash
Of books about instruction,
counterinsurrection and bat
ties Of irregulars against reg
ulars. Since World War II,
there have been many con-
flicts Of this kind to indicate
that world communism much
prefers to use the shadowy
attack of the guerrilla to the
nuclear, or end-of-the-world
attack.
The Communist leaders
from Moscow to Wet Nam, as
well as the Algerians, the
Cubans, the Congolese, the
Colombian bandits, the Vene-
zuelan underground and
others, employ guerrillas be-
cause 1t seems certain the
nations under attack will
counter only with conven-
tional warfare. Who is going
to use an A-bomb on a will
o'-the-wisp band Of armed
peasants?
Mr.. Cross, Of the Institute
for Defense Analysis, makes
the point that guerrilla war
fare is q safe brand of ag-
erosion when any other kind
Of war would precipitate a
devastating world conflict.
This is, refreshingly. not q
rehash of the words of Mao
Tse-tung or Che Guevara and
it contains well-thought
warnings against haymaker
retaliation that smashes the
innocent as well as the
bloody-handed.
1t may well be that Ameri-
can fighting men for the next
100 years viii fight only guer-
rilla and counterinsurrection-
airy battles as the Pentagon
well knows. Mr.. Cross words,
therefore, have urgency for
leaders and citizens alike.
JERRY OTEARY, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
A New Biography Of Cecil Rhodes

standard-bearer Of British
imperialism and the persona
fication of manifest destiny,
he had to resign his high Of
fices after backing the i'll
advised and Ill -fated
Jameson Raid" which
brought on the Boer War.
Though dying in 1902 with
a furnished reputation, he
is deeply and universally re-
vered for the Rhodes Scholar
ships which he established in
his will.
On finishing the book, I
fell into inevitable musings
what would this tireless
empire builder think Of to-
days shrinking Britain? OF
modern Africa's travail? OF
196l's Republic Of South At
RIGA, daughter of 1905 Union
of South Africa which had
been a founder-member Of
both the League of Nations
and the U. MP OF the Re-
public's racking racial prob
lens and the worlds disap-
proval Of apartheid? What
would the man who In 1888
singlehandedly established
the giant De Beers Con-
solidated Mines think of
uranium joining diamonds
and gold as a leading South
African product7 What, in
deed, would this towering
child of the 18th century
think OF uranium itself, and
its uses, in the incredible
goth?
But this biography did not
help me get a clear picture.
I found the book too long,
too ponderous. too repeti-
tious. and (these can also
be FAULTS too scholarly and
too earnest. The portrait 1t
painted of Cecil Rhodes
struck me as being diffuse
In the colors OF life, misty
in focus. And this / regret
TO have TO say. for its 500
pages represent q monu-
mental effort.
CHARLES COOKE.
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not play on some washington
golf courses. Whenever the
self-effacing Mr., Morrow at
tended a staff social function
he noticed that many of his
colleagues looked away or
over his head. Snubs were
frequent and unmistakable
during the six-year period.
He fatty refused to be the
Presidents Negro expert"
and his work seems to have
consisted largely Of house,
keeping details interspersed
with consultations on civil
rights matters with the
Presidents adviser on minor
tiles, Max Rabb, He seems to
have been concerned with
office and parking space for
White House employees. In
the latter instance. a secre-
tary of Harold Stassen, who
was playing the dangerous
"Dump-Nixon" game. proved
particularly importunate and
daunting.
Racial Issues
Despite his worshipful ad-
miration Of President Eisen-
hover, Vice President Nixon
and Sherman Adams, Mr..
Morrow found himself In a
most painful dilemma. Racial
strife had worsened in the
aftermath Of the Supreme
Court decision on desegrega-
ton. The kidnapping Of
Emmett Till occurred in
Mississippi.
Mr.. Adams who was ex-
pected to speak to Negro
groups about their progress
under q Republican admins
tration, found himself torn
between official duty and
his personal conviction that
President Eisenhower was
lukewarm on indignation and
that the administration was
not doing nearly enough to
honor the aspirations Of his
race. Betimes, he was be-
rated by Max Rabb for the
"ingratitude" of the Negroes,
Every chance he got, he
told the Republicans they
must include Negroes in good
posts in the party organiza-
ton, give them good jobs in
the Government and speak
out on racial injustice. NO
body paid the slightest at
tention. He could not elicit
from the President even q
simple statement deploring
the Till kidnapping.
When Mr.. Morrow volun-
teered to help the Nixon
forces in the 1860 campaign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Negro Aide Is Pioneer
On White House Staff
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE. e. Frederic Morrow.
(Coward-McCann $3.50
E. Frederic Morrow was the first Negro presidential
aide in history Except for the honorhe constantly
minded himself he "a Negro poneer"-he probably
would not have especially wanted the Job
After a definite promise from Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams he had to wait almost two for desk.
1t five before he sworn in Discrimination
followed him to what he always calls his high position
He had trouble finding secretary The Vice President
could hardly believe member of the Presidents staff could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
CRITICISM
THE MAKE or THE GODS,

THE WAKE OF THE GODS.
BY H. Bruce Franklin.
stamford University Press;
$3.50 A reinterpretation
of Herman Melville's ma
jor works, which attempts
to show how his conscious
use of myths and mytho-
logical theories define large
parts of the structure and
meaning Of Mardi. Moby
Dick. Pierre, Bartleby,
Benito Cereno, The Con-
fidence Man, and Billy
Budd. Mr.. Franklin is
assistant professor Of Eng
lish at Stanford University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
GENERAL
MINING FRONTIERS OF

MINING FRONTIERS OF
THE FAR WEST. By Rod
man w. Paul. (Holt, Rine-
hart & Winston; So This
account Of the mining
frontiers Of the Far West
is richly illustrated with
maps. photographs and
engravings. Mr.. Paul is
professor of history at the
California Institute of
Technology.
HOW TO BE. ACCEPTED BY
THE COLLEGE OF YOUR
CHOICE: 1963-1964 Edi-
ton. BY DR.. Benjamin Fine.
(Channel Press; $4.95.O A
revised, new edition Of the
best-seller in that field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
To Be Reviewed

The following books will be
reviewed on the editorial pogs Of
The Stor- this week:
MoNDAY-"Deoth Of Re-
public" by John Dickinson. Edited
with an introduction by George
Lee Hoskins. tMoemilIon.l
WEDNESDAY - THE Soviet
Fomily." by David and Vera Mace.
lDOubledoy.)
FRlDAY-"By Quentin Reynolds"
by Quentin Reynolds. (MeGrow-
Hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
French-Cunudiun

Sometimes the hero In a
story about a boy who makes
peace between quarreling
elders is too much like Little
Lord Fauntleroy. But jean
Claude in JEAN-CLAUDE'S
ISLAND by Natalie Savage
Carlson (Harper a. Row:
$500 Is no paragon but a
human and sometimes
naughty little boy. Naturally
he is upset when his grand
father and his father fall
out because his father has
forsaken old ways and has
bought a tractor. Jean-Claude
does not set things right in
the way he intends but all
ends well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Boy Heroes in Books
Follow q New Trend
BY HAZEL WILSON
Star Special Writer

Boy of books by modern authors have long
way Frank Meriwel Tom Swift and the cardboard
characters in books by Henty and Horato Ager Today
stories often condensation Of real life One Of the nice
things about boys books is that they much enjoyed by
girls as by boys.
PITCHER AND by Stephen Cole (FarTar, Straus & Co.;
$295 shows the authors knowledge Of boys and Of
boarding school life. From being to be stuck with
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ne offers a wide choice OF
tours. The other cities are
oxford. Cambridge. Edin-
burgh. Copenhagen. Amster-
dam, Bruges, Florence, Ven
ice. Vienna, Munich and
Geneva.
Even II you can't turn
right at all those fountains,
the book is entertaining and
instructive--a most Thoughts
full gift for those who can.
CHARLES YARBROUGH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Washington Authors
Sell to Disney

Walt Disney Productions
has just bought the movie
rights to RUN, LIGHT
BUCK, RUN! mckay; So.
a juvenile by two authors in
the Washington area, Bur-
delta and James Ralph
johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
An English CunuI

Mark missed his uncle's
canal boat but Is allowed to
travel along the canal ON an
other canal boat. VIII he
catch up with his uncle's
boat? Where will he find a
suitable home for his pet
sparrow? Ann Molloy in
A PROPER PLACE FOR
CHIP Hastings House;
$3.25) packs considerable
atmosphere Of the English
countryside into a picture
storybook for the 7-to-l0-
year-olds. There ere gay
illustrations by Anthony
Maitland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

Pitcher as a roommate. Robby
gradually discovers the new
boys worthwhile qualities
and they become close friends.
Readers Of 10 and up will
enjoy the flashes Of humor
and the feeling Of reality
about the book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

ton by British settlers Of the
entire continent Of Africa,
the Holy Land. the valley of
the Euphrates the whole
Of South America, the islands
of the Pacific, the Malay
Archipelago, the seaboard of
China and Japan, and the
ultimate recovery OF the
United States OF America as
an integral part OF the Brit
iSh Empire"
Well-(tDotDU--as things
turned out, the great English
diamond millionaire didn't
even achieve the relatively
more modest goal he later set
for himself: "A British At
RIGA from the Cape to Cairo"
But If ever a man, left his
mark on a continent, Rhodes
did.
Colossus
He didn't merely think big.
To a degree greater than
any other man in history.
with the possible exception
of Cassius Clay, Cecil Rhodes
had the capacity to think
colossal.
He scared high, fell low,
and posthumously scare d
again.
Though born in modest
circumstances, he became
one of the worlds richest
men and, at IS. Prime Min
lister of the Cape Colony.
Though plagued by Ill health.
he lived with gusto and
quenchless spirit. Thoug h
praised and pursued by
women, he remained impla-
cably a bachelor. Though