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George Washington
Of Mount Vernon
POTOMAC SQUIRE. By !

POTOMAC SQUIRE. By ESwyth Thane. DUEL, Sloan g.
Pearce; $685.
This pleasant book is story Of Mount Vernon rather
Than biography Of George Washington passes over
most OF the momentous events In WaShington's life
omts descriptions Of the great Of character which
this one indispensable always met successfully How
ever in the mirror Of Mount Vernon is reflected
youthful and then mddle-aged human being warm
FLOODED hosptabe really loved by his countless friends
and associates.
The reader feels he was first in the heart of his
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scribes him in 176O. "He was
turning 30 now. established,
respected. imposed upon, a
Woodworking, early-rising
landowner, q burgess, q fam
lily man although still child
less, firmly implanted in his
chosen rut, desiring nothing
more than his methodical
daily round afforded him
except more money and, of
course, more land and the
necessary people to work It,"
Or as Gilbert Stuart wrote
in 1893 "All his features were
indicative of the strongest
passions; yet like Socrates his
Judgment and self-command
made him appear q man Of
different caste in the eyes
of the world" Again we can
thank Miss Thane for the
red blood infused into the
arteries Of this greatest Of
all Americans.
-ARMISTEAD L. BOOTHE.
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Why Was This Fine Work
So Long in Translation?

THE DREAM. A novel by
Henry de Montherlant.
Translated from the
French lie Songe" by
Terence Kilmartin. Mac
milan Co.: $4.95)
'The Dream" Is the first
novel Of Henry de Monther-
liant. published In 1922, when
the author was 20 years old.
Why It has waited so long
TO be translated into English
can hardly be guessed at. for
1t Is q fine work. representa-
tive Of one Of Frances best
writer's Of the 10th century.
Alban de Bricoule Is q
young aristocrat, an intel
iectual whose life Is spent
wholly In the immediate
present and In the past Of
classic Greece. He Is inordi-
nately conscious Of the flesh
his own, that Of the god
desses OF Greek statuary. and
that Of Dominique. q physi-
cally perfect girl who Is a
champion Of the l.00O-meter
race. Alban has been q bull
fighter (like the young Mon
therlant) who Is now barred
from CONSUMPTION IN the
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Union is 224.4 megatons, or
LAG per cent, ahead of the
United States and Britain
combined In total power Of
nuclear weapons tested to
date.
Test-Ban Treaty
Mr.. Voss deals prevoyantly
with both developments in
his book, and especially the
first, for his study-made
possible by q Rein Founda-
ton research fellowship and
inspired by Stefan PosSony.
director Of the Hoover In
stitution's International Po-
litical Studies Program - is
largely devoted to the history
and results Of President Eli
Senhower's attempts to draw
KhruShchev into q test-ban
treaty.
He used essentially the
same device that President
Kennedy first tried en- Janu-
airy 26 and, undaunted by q
Soviet rebuff in the form Of
tests near Semipalatinsk on
February 2, is now giving an
other try. In short, misled
by the fact that Soviet scien-
lists had agreed with their
Western counterparts at &C.
neva in August. 1858. that
clandestine tests could be
detected and a test-ban treaty
made trustworthy by appro-
pirate international machin-
cry, President Eisenhower
called q halt to all testing
by the United States.
He expected not only that
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Which Is Sinful
IdIeness or Work?

thought for either the NOR
row or the present day. He
dislikes money, and even
when he has Q bank account
never draws upon 1t, his con-
tention being that II he is
successful In his way of life
everything win be given to
him at precisely the moment
he needs 1t. To this end he
makes and exploits q host Of
friends, to whom he returns
80 per cent Of what they be-
stow upon him. his livelihood
being . sort Of reverse in
terest.
Andre Couteaux should
not. in my opinion. have
tried to embody his philos-
ophy and paradox In q loosely
constructed and episode
novel. the incidents Of which
fall far short Of objectifying
an intellectual fantasy. Bet
ter would have been q kind Of
French essay Of Ella. for In
witty dialectic M. Couteaux
can be very amusing. Cor
nelia Otis Skinner. to cite Q
contrary opinion, says: II
found Gentleman In Watt
ing wonderfully refreshing,
deliciously outrageous and hi
lariously funny" She is for
tunate In being refreshed,
outraged and amused q trifle
more easily than ! am.
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cussed. Mr.. Deane Is pro-
fessor Of government at
Columbia and the author
Of The Political Ideas Of
Harold j. Laski."
IMAGINATIVE SMALL
GARDENS. BY Nancy
Grasby. (Hearthside;
$4.95) A specialized gar
den book for the pocket
handkerchief size garden.
POSE AND JEALOUS. BY
Phillip M. Kalavros, MD.
philosophical Library;
$3.750 A treatise on two
psychological aspects Of
the human personality.
posing and jealousy.
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GENTLEMAN IN WAITING.

GENTLEMAN IN WAITING.
A novel by Andre Couteaux.
Translated from the
French I'm Monsieur de
Compagnie" by Edward
Hyams. (Houghton Mif-
film; $3.50
Work was created by God
as q punishment for Adam
after the fall. That 1t Is an
evil in Gods eyes Is tacitiy
recognized by many religions.
each Of which makes its day
of God q day Of rest. Christ
is at his most eloquent in
speaking Of the idle lilies Of
the field and the birds Of the
air. Work. therefore, is anita
gonistic to the human condi-
ton; when the hero Of Gen
tleman in Waiting" at last
becomes the leader Of q re-
ligion exceeded in size only
by Roman Catholicism, the
Pope requests him not to
spread the practice Of con-
traception. He agrees, If the
Pope viii strike sloth from the
list Of deadly sins. The Pope
declines.
Tony has been brought up
to believe that the life Of
absolute idleness Is the one
true way. not only for the
individual but for society. He
works hard to achieve his
ideal Of taking absolutely no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

army by illness. Knowing
that he can find repose only
in action. he volunteers. The
scene Of the novel Is the
Western front In France dur
ing the summer Of 1918.
On the surface q war story,
the book owes It's trenchancy
to the contrast Of the three
emotional inducements Of
Alban-his carnal satisfac-
ton with his matchmaking
and voluptuous mistress.
Douce, his infatuation with
the cool, marmoreal Domi-
nique and his friendship and
soldierly comradeship with
Prinet. q schoolfellow he dis
covers Is fighting with him
ct the front.
His love for Dominique
evaporates when he sees that
she expects her romantic
passion for him 10 be re-
turned IN kind: he cannot
stand q relationship In which
the girl Is dependent upon
him. His friendship with
Prinet, the most thoroughly
explored complication Of the
novel, Is based on the need
the simple and straightfor-
ward man has for q guide and
q bulwark. Alban shoots Pri-
nets barking dog, afraid that
II may attract enemy air.
craft; the break with Prinet
this action causes Is made
permanent the next day by
Prinet's death under fire. and
Alban never RECEIVERS.
Montherlant Ia q master
craftsman both in his pic
lures Of the three leading
characters and IN the almost
tangible presence Of his bat
tie scenes. ''The Dream" Is
the third volume OF Monther-
lant's works published my
Macmillan during the last
two years (the others are
THE Bachelors" and "Se-
lected Essays"); we hope II Is
one OF q complete edition.
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low-key titles. Among the
Dahlias" is the story of a
man confronted at ten PAGES
by an escaped lion. The
Wall" is the story Of a fright
full buzz-bomb incident" In
wartime London, ending hap
PLY for two of its three char
acters, tragically for the third
man. "a Game Of Billiards"
is the story of a mailman.
Have I no debts, you ask,
to set against these credits?
A book critic, you say, should
criticize?
All right. william SAMSON
is sometimes verbose, some
times self-conscious. some
times word drunk, sometimes
image-drunk. But so. some
times and in the same Sc
quence, were Thomas Mann,
Joris Karl Huysmans. Thomas
Wolfe, and Stephen Crane.
I couldn't care less.
How often do we meet up,
these days, with an author
who can portray three dogs
in furious combat with q
squad of waving flags:
Three Dogs of Siena" who,
at the story's climax, stand
astounded Literally as
founded? An author who, as
in "A Country Walk" can
make a main, participating
character out Of the weather?
An author who can write five
gripping, uncannily percep-
tive pages. as in "Eventide,"
about a man ordering q beer
producing a minor MASTER,
piece equal, in this genre, to
Katherine Mansfield's THE
Fly" (about a fly who fell in
an tnkwelD and Chekhov's
THE Artist" about q man
who cut a hole in the ice)?
In sum, how often do we
meet up, these days, with an
author who is truly outstand-
ing, truly versatile. truly rum
bustious?
CHARLES COOKE.
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AFTER THE FINE Wealth

cents.O The first Of seven
volumes in the Readings
in the History Of Mankind"
series. this is a collection
Of articles by prominent
world scholars in which
they discuss the Develop
ment Of science in ancient
and modern times. Pub
lished simultaneously Is
Volume II. THE NINE
TENTH CENTURY
WORLD. From the French
Revolution 10 the rise Of
impressionistic art. schol-
ars describe the generative
forces OF this turbulent
century: Its social. cul-
tural. and scientific devel-
opments and their world
wide impact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Ian Fleming Finds
A Lost Book
BY DAY THORPE
star Book Critic

ALL NIGHT AT MIR. STANYHURSTS. novel by Hugh
Edwards. with introduction by Ian Fleming. CThe
Macmillan Co.; $500
Although probably the best way to review this book would
be to recommend that be read and let at that
slccumb TO professional garrulity and say more The
trouble that is all too to fault the novel, and diff
cult to put ones finger just what Is the mysterious and
exotic that Individually fascinating Is not odd to
find Ian Fleming and Max Beerbohm. both enthusiastic
admirers Of the book In the literary bed its counter
pulled against general public apahec to what
is obviously outstanding adventure story that It bought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Events Make Test-Bon
Volume Very Timely
NUCLEAR AMBUSH:
(Regnery; $6.50)
L-Ban Tran. Ry Earl b. Voss,

NUCLEAR AMBUSH: The Test-Ban Trap BY Earl H. voSs
Oegnery; $6.50)
Two events Of the past few days combined to give
extraordinary topcaity to this book by Earl Voss who
the State Department for The Star that makes
its debut local bookstas today and nationally June 49,
One President Kennedy's announcement Monday
that-as part Of Anglo-American effort to draw
Moscow into a dependable test-ban agreement-he has
again stopped aboveground tests by the United States
The other report by the Federal Radiation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

war and needs often put his
finances In a deplorable state.
He made tremendous eco
nomic sacrifices for his coun-
try, groused q little bit, but
took them in his stride. He
disliked sitting for portraits
or busts though he made
Peale enjoy himself while he
himself enjoyed Houdon and
neither he nor Gilbert Stuart
enjoyed each other - which
may explain the vacuity in
some of Stuart's paintings.
Like an ordinary man, WASH
ington served as secretary to
his wife. He saw both the
moral and economic faults of
slavery. Fortunately for pos
terity, he kept q meticulous
diary from January /, 1850 to
December IS, 1899. Just a few
days before his death. Luckily
also, he wrote great quanti-
ties of long letters although
it is most unfortunate that
Mrs. Washington burned all
of his personal letters to her
so that only two are extant.
Perhaps this disaster explains
the difficulty in depicting
Washington completely as a
regular man with blood In
his veins instead Of water.
A Family Man
In writing her story Of q
manse, Miss Thane has given
us q delightful picture Of a
man for whom we can feel
real affection. AS she de-
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only $500 copies during the
four years following its origi-
nal appearance in 1888.
When IAN Night at Mr..
Stanyhurst's" was first pub
lished It won ecstatic reviews
and, since then, q place in
the memory Of Mr.. Fleming
as his favorite lost" novel;
it is through his instigation
that the book now appears
in America for the first time.
It has been republished in
England in 1897 and (for the
armed forces) in 1943.
The first half Of the book
sets the stage for the telling
Of the tale which is the Sec
ond half. M. Stanyhurst, SO,
wealthy, a Londoner. lecher-
Gus, sadistic, goes home one
afternoon to tell his beautiful
mistress that the Able
Jacotot will dine with them
that evening. The name of
the mistress is Lucy; she pre-
fers to be called Blanche
fleur. Mr.. Stanyhurst speaks
to the Able of the ship
BlGnchetleur, overdue in port,
on which Stanyhurst has a
fabulous and mystical canopy
he has stolen. The Able re-
ports that the BlGnchefleur
has foundered, that all its
cargo is lost, and that all
passengers and crew, one
man excepted, are dead. This
man. q cabin steward, is in
London, In fact, will soon
meet the Able outside Stany-
bursts door. Stanyhurst asks
the man in to tell the story
Of the BIGnchejleur.
The narrative prose so far
has been q sort Of over
wrought dollhouse baroque.
There is a dreadful Frenchi-
fled English, for example:
'"The upward glance, and wry
warning, in Cluny Stany-
bursts expression, advised
the girl to be discreet in q
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Everymon's
Handbook
Spending
HOW TO SPEND MONEY.
BY Walter Drummond.
Regency Books; SO cents)


BY Walter Drummond.
Regency Books; SO cents.)
Mr.. Drummond's first sug-
gestions on how to spend
money cover the delicate and
complex subject of dining
out" He points out to his
reader that sophisticated
knowledge of what to eat and
drink will greatly spare the
emotions of the m aitres
d'hotels and walters who will
serve him. For example, after
absorbing the authors details
Of fastidious punctilio, the
reader will be properly NOR
titled If he has q guest who
prefers a martini-or let us
say three martins - before
dinner. It Just is not done,
and the reader has been
given fair warning that the
waiter will become very snob-
bish. But you know and I
know that soon the guest
won't care whether he has
red or white wine with his
Tendrons de Veau Bourgeoise.
The book seems to be
aimed unabashedly at the
nouveau richie, for the au-
thor, IN his first line, refers
to his readers new afflu-
ence."
After touching on the de-
lights, and the protocol, of
wines, Mr.. Drummond takes
his reader travelling. first ex-
horting him not to be like
the chipmunk who never VEN
lures more than "a hundred
yards from his burrow."
So the reader is tempted to
put the book down, and travel
a couple of times around the
world-secure in the knowl-
edge that he will do every
thing right. Nor will this
book let him down when he
returns to his burrow. He
learns, to his Joy, that living
at home is no disgrace. for
Mr.. Drummond has an artful
hatful Of ideas on ways in
which the reader can dimin-
ish his new affluence by in
vesting it, building a new
house, filling 1t with art
treasures, etc.
If you are interested In do
it-yourself hedonism, this
book Is q fast-reading guide
ANNE COOKE.
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choice Of ballads. Meeting
this look, Lucy tilted the
curls, pursed the mouth, mar
rowed the eyes and wrin-
killed. the pretty nose In TAX
ing impudence: then moved,
in the whispering, lovely
dress, to the spinet. A piece
of music was placed in readi-
ness. :" Or: Nor could he
catch what Lucy had whis-
pered. Lucy had whispered,
low, and strange, and veno-
nous. and utterly unchaste,
the beautiful and dreadful
words; and had laughed in a
soft pleasure. Her glee was
shocking"
The last half Of the novel,
the sailors story. is quite diff
ferent In style. The speech is
colorful, but I doubt that it
is a genuine nautical jargon;
1t Is probably Edwards own
invention. The publishers
are mystifying in dating, on
the jacket, the story specifi-
cally in 1888; the whole novel
seems timeless-if anything,
quasi Victorian.
The sailor tells his story Of
two voyages, shipwreck, ami
hilation. There Is q young
child he loves as father and
brother whose name is
Blanchefleur, but who wants
to be called Lucy; there is
nally the story Is at loose
ends. and its interrela-
loose ends. and its interrela-
ton with the four humans at
Mr.. Stanyhurst's is implied or
suggested. but never ex-
planned.
"All Night at Mr.. Stany-
bursts" is enigmatic and
elusive. but one feels that 1t
has some special Wilderness
all its own. Ian Fleming in
discovering q lost book has
found q good one.
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GENERAL
MAN AND TECHNIQUEs: A

MAN AND TECHNIQUEs: A
Contribution TO q PhilOs-
Ophy Of Life. BY Oswald
Spengler. Translated from
the German by Charles
Francis Atkinson. (Knopf;
$500 Based on an address
delivered in 1891, this short
book presents q concise
summary Of Spengler's
philosophical speculations.
(Reprint.)
CLASSICS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE. Edited by Jo-
seph 8. Roucek. (Philo-
sophical Library; So A
survey Of the great and In
famous political ideas Of
history as reflected in the
writings OF the worlds
foremost political think
ers. Mr.. Roucek Is profess
sor Of political science at
the University Of Bridge
port.
THE HOUR OF DECISION.
BY Oswald Spengler. Trans
lated from the German by
Charles Francis Atkinson.
Knopf: So Another re-
issue by the author Of THE
Decline OF the West"
EXPLORERS OF THE INFI-
MITE: Shapers Of Science
Fiction. BY Sam Moskowitz.
world Publishing Co., So
An appraisal OF a score OF
the great science fiction
writer's from Cyrano de
Bergerac 10 Philip Wylie.
THE POLITICAL AND So
CIAL IDEAS OF ST.
AUGUSTINE. BY Herbert
A. Deane. columbia Uni
versity Press: s7.509 The
most important passages
from all Of ST. Augustine's
writings In which human
nature. the social order.
and the nature and func-
tons Of the state are dis
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PAPERBAcKS

PAPERBAcKS
LA SALE AND THE DIS
COVERY OF THE GREAT
WEST. BY Francis Park
man. "a Signet Classic,
New American Library; rs
cents) Originally published
in 1869, this is the Amer
lean classic about the dis
covery Of the Mississippi
and the settlement Of
Louisiana.
THE COMMON PURSUIT.
BY F. r. Leavis. "a PEREZ
CRIME Book: $3.50 A coll
lection Of essays ranging in
subject from Shakespeare
TO Auden. from Bunyan to
E. M. Forster. (Reprint.)
MARGARET FULLER: Amer
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with an introduction by
Perry Miller. "a Double
day Anchor Original:
$l.45O A selection from
her writings and CORES
pondence.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF
ARISTOTLE. A new selec-
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and commentary by Rem
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translations by j. L. Greed
and A. E. Wardman. "a
Mentor Book. New Ameri-
can Library; o5 cents.) A
complete panorama OF the
Greek Philosophers think
ing. Included in the vol
ume are sections OF Aris-
totle's Metaphysics"
ply Sizes" Psychology"
Ethics" Politics" and
"Poetics."
THE EVOL UTION OF
SCIENCE. Edited by Guy
S. Metraux and Francois
crouzet. "a Mentor Book,
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FOR AND AGAINST
THE FUNNIES
THE FUNNIES: An
Ar.aarican Ihinrn Edited

THE FUNNIES: An
American Idiom. Edited
by David Manning White
and Robert H. Abel. Gree
Press Of Glencoe; $7.50)
This book Is not q history
Of the comics. which has
been traced in at least two
other volumes: rather, II
Is Q study of their role In
American culture. A score
Of sociologists, psycholo-
gists, educators, writers and
cartoonists examine the
"funnies" from every con-
ceivable angle and either
find fault with them or else
praise them. Which group
you agree with viii no
doubt depend on whether
you like comics or loathe
them.
Along with the criticism
and praise there are also q
short story by Haywood
Broun and q poem provid-
ing examples Of some OF
the more unusual influ-
ences Of the comics. Walt
Kelly. creator OF Pogo"
writes In defense Of the
funnies and is given ef-
fective support by AL Capp
OF "L1 Abner" fame and
Allen Saunders, who does
the scripts for Mary
Worth" and "Steve Roper"
And there Is q section on
the place OF children In
comics.
The book Is illustrated
with examples Of the comic
strip art from the old
Buster Brown" 10 current
favorites.
PHILIP II. LOVE.
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Red Plot and
Counterpart
InGuutemuIo
MY WAR WITH COMNTU.

MY WAR WITH CONMU-
NISM. BY Miguel Ydigoras
Fuentes, with Mario Ro-
senthal. prentice Hall;
$50
1t is apt comment on the
volatile nature Of Latin
American politics that Guat-
emalan President Miguel
Ydigoras was deposed Just
two months before publica-
ton Of this book describing
his 20-year personal feud
with communism.
He lost, not to the Com
munists, but to his own de-
tense minister, after an I'M
successful attempt to stop the
return Of an exiled political
opponent.
Gen. Ydigoras credits his
governments longevity to his
success in withstanding eff
forts to have him assume
sweeping emergency powers.
In the end, however, he sped
his own downfall by declar-
ing martial law to keep out
ex-President Juan Jose Are
valo, whom he identifies as
pro- Communist.
In Ydigoras' five years as
President the Communists
tried to force him into q die
tatorial stance by invasion.
insurgency and terrorism.
Well-Tneaning anti ommu-
mist friends advised him on
several occasions to declare
martial law for the public
safety. But, save for the time
a terrorist bomb injured a
score Of children at a theater
matinee, he refused.
Ydigoras we Gathered q
steady influx Of arms and
revolutionary agents from
Cuba and q rebellion within
his air force. His police once
uncovered six boxes Of hand
grenades struggled from Cuba
in cans Of shredded cocoa
nut"
The 67-year-old former
foreign service officer nearly
completed his constitutional
six-year term, which itself
would have been something
Of q coup In politically I'M
stable Guatemala. But, on
March 80 of this year, De-
tense Minister Enrique Per-
rata Azurdia deposed the
President at gunpoint and
deported him and his family
to Nicaragua.
The most poignant part of
this book Is contained In a
foreword added by Ydigoras
after his downfall. The Mic
aragua prologue accuses Per-
rata Of deposing Ydigoras to
cover UP his own failure In
preventing Arevalo's re-entry
into Guatemala despite the
state Of siege.
Ydigoras says Perralta, also
q strong anti : Communist,
acted out of fear for his own
political future. The exile
claims he still holds the pres
idency and blames Perralta
for suppresSing emergent
democracy in Guatemala.
The vivid account Of Ydi-
goras' constant struggle to
preserve his government is
well spiced with excerpts from
Guatemalan embassy and in
telligence service reports. But
the real value Of the book
comes from Ydigoras' person.
al observations. Not more
than q handful Of Latin
Americans have been as
closely at grip with Commu-
mist subversion.
WALTER WURFEL.