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_ AMERICAN YOUTH—its aspirations, limitations - rv -is under clinical examination in two highly| adable novels just published—Willard Motley’s Knock on |’ y Door, and Taylor Caldwell’s There Was a Time. Motley combines half a dozen familiar patterns of the hardoil Chicago novel to show how Nick Romano turns to]
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Teen Book Selections
May selections of the Teen Age club A include ‘Round the''Bend,” by Ben Lucien “The Pocket Book of Science Fiction,” edited by Donald A. Wolheim; “The Adventures of Ellery by Ellery Queen; “The Pocket. Book of Humorous Verse” edited by David McCord, and “Lad, a Dog,” by Albert Payson Terhune.
Academy Elects Claudel
The distinguished author,’ Claudel, whose new book “The Na- ; | ture of Poetry,” will be published by the Philosophical Library next Sephas been elected to the French academy.
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painting at the. age Breughel's ‘ “Winter” with its contrasts, its patterns, its “wonderful vitality, anticipates the qualities you find in landscapes by the old lady from Massachusetts.
THE TERM “primitive” applied to Grandma Moses, is, of course, a technical one. It places her in the category of those naive, untutored painters whose work in recent years has become a collectors’
Tor ini his Eraduction to “Grandma Moses: American Primitive.” tompares ‘Grandma, Moses’ paintings to those of
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Ie. ccostisomily apt. : Gragima Moses, self-taught and stil
of 86, shows in her work a sense
industriously of niovement and design strongly suggestive of the great Flemish artist.
But unlike a good many so-called primitives, Grandma Moses paints no “horrors.” Even when she is most naive, she has thzt indefinable
Her story is.a well known part of recent art history. She made and sold paintings as she made and sold jams and jellies. It was strictly business, and not well paid until
mania.
BECOMING WELL known is the liberty to be in the public eye
from the Bronx to Florida. Or by accumulating a houseful of old
newspapers and: ’ Henry F. Wi Jr. has written a
vice on how to keep your name before the’ public, on the ground that this is one of the concomitants of success, g s 8 = MR. WOODS seems under the impression that anyone in an official position, or quoted in a newspaper, or in a news photo, is just busting to keep in the public eye. He praises the pushing qualities of “opportunistic persons.”
want to be well known says he; get
the long-suffering female up and fight. Use strong, expressive
words. Write letters to the editor. - If you want to spread your name and ideas you can buy lists of corporations, doctors, teachers, etc. Talk when you get a chance. Employ showmanship and stunts, Hire a good publicity man. 8 ” t J “PUBLICITY has come into its own. Editors rely on publicity material today.” They do, do they? Come into my office, Mr. Woods, and watch tons of it siphon off into my wastebasket, which is three feet high. As for people trying to become . well known, employing stunts and devices, crowding in
them are worth knowing, or worth knowing about? Mr. Woods gives much advice on how to get public notice, but little on how to avoid a fool of oneself in.public. Some of the men he lauds did just that. » » ~ HE DEVOTES some attention to the need of becoming an expert in orft’s profession, but hardly enough. He mistakes Franklin D. Roosevelt's long cigaret holder, Barney Oldfleld’s cigar and John D. Rockefeller's dimes for “bits of showmanship.” They were simply personal characteristics. I do not believe it necessary or
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Illustrate Steinbeck Novel
John Steinbeck’s novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” will appear May 26 in an illustrated, popular price edition in the Living Library of World Publishing Co. With illus trations by John Groth and an introduction by Carl Van Doren, the volume will sell at $1.
Morley Translations Due More . of’ Christopher Morley’s “Translations from the Chinese” will be available May 19 when Harcourt, Brace publishes his new collections of poems, “The Old Mandarin,” containing previously uncollected poems and illustrated by Carl Rose.
State in New Book
“Indiana Briefly” is the title of a chapter in John Gunther's forthcoming “Inside U. 8. A.” to be published May 28 by Harper's. According to the publishers, the Indiana. chapter sketches Hoosier characteristics and behavior, including political activities. _
'Octopus’ Reissued A reissue of Frank Norris’ novel, “The Octopus,” considered by some critics ‘his greatest .work, was released last Thursday by Doubleday ($3).
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PRIMITIVE "The First Skating." one of Grandma Moses’ paintings reproduced i int ijBrandma, Moses: American Primitive."
Story of Grandma Moses Related in Book sHer. Own Autobiography
"GRANDMAR MOSES: AMERICAN LE Forty Paintings ts and Grandma & Sui Seomf eld. Belt La Kati. Xo York,
NOW SHE is famous, still painting pictures on order, but getting something like fair remuneration. She is one of the most amazing
{examples in our. history of an ar-
tist who, by painstaking experiment and completely unorthodox procedures, has achieved fine, enduring results. Otto Kallir’'s book, besides the 40
handsome illustrations, contains Grandma Moses’ autobiography, reproduced in her own handwriting with her highly individual spelling. She has always shown the keen zest for life, people and scenery that is evident in her painting. In an era when so many artists and writers are obsessed with their neuroses, it is refreshing to read the story of a healthy, vigorous, enthusiastic personality like Grandma Moses.
Thinking Expert Gives Some Tips
"THE 12 RULES FOR STRAIGHT THINKING." By William J. Reilly. New York, Harper, $2.
HERE, says William J. Reilly, expert on thinking, are some of the ways we delude ourselves: We tell an anecdote to illustrate a point, and then assume that it is a typical incident, whereas it may be unique. We take a trip, talk with a few people, and then give our views of “conditions” in Europe or the Middle West on the basis of this limited ur. We “jump to general conclusions on the basis of evidence that is fragmentary and incomplete. Some one has said that the narrower the mind, the broader the statement.” William J. Reilly has made a! specialty of teaching straight think- |
new book, “The Twelve Rules for Straight Thinking,” is an expansion of what he has been writing since 1935. He has found executives who didn’t know who consumed their products, and advertisers who didn’t know why they used certain advertising media. He believes in the necessity of evidence and proof, and declares
without inquiry can be called a prejudice and should be challenged. “To keep our mind hospitable to new evidence is to maintain an intelligent ignorance.” But he does not advocate indecision. He urges Presise information to facilitate the ecision—both in buying goods and declaring wars. A useful work. H H)
Further Books Out On Stars of Ballet
Henry Holt & Co., publishers of “Ni ,” announce two more forthcoming books on the ballet, “Isadora Duncan,” and “Pavlova.” All three volumes have special Jacket designs by Edgar Bohlman, painted of ballet sfibjects for many years, who is currently having a one-man show at the Ferargil galleries in New York.
‘Champagne Cholly'
“Champagne Cholly,” by Eve Brown, reviewed in The Times Book Page for April 26 and published by Dutton, is one of the condensations in the May Omnibook. Other books condensed in the current abridgment magazine are “Dulcimer Street,” by Norman Collins; “The Strange Alliance,” by John R. Deane, and “The Thresher,” by Herbert Krause.
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8 2 .» “LAUGHING INTO GLORY” by Hodge Mcllvain Eagleson presents a series of rollicking episodes in the life of a young Methodist minister. The parson reforms the town drunk and wins the allegiance of a gang of rowdy boys by. teaching them to box. By dint of hard work and unfailing good humor, the small town preacher “makes friends and influences people” for the Lord. Ministers and their families will find familiar characters and situations here. And there is no doubt in the reader's mind that the Rev. Mr, Eagleson had a very gay time writing his book.
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“THE ROAD OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL." By Alvin F. Harlow. New York, Creative Age Press, $4.
‘The TIME is ripe for someone fo say a good word about the railroads.
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Farrar, Straus Publish New Anthology Series
Farrar, Straus announce for publication a series of anthologies of regional material under the general title, “City and Country Readers.” Among the first volumes will be “The Boston Reader,” edited by Robert L. Linscott; “The New York Reader,” edited by Richard H. Rovere; “The New Orleans Reader,” edited by Etolia Basso; “The Buckeye Country Reader,” edited by Harlan ~Hatcher, and “The Blue Grass Country Reader,” edited by Thomas D. Clark. "
Conductor's Restraints Removed By Court
The appellate division of the su~ preme court has just removed the last of a series of restraints obtained by Serge Koussevitzky against Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc., pub« lishers of Moses Smith's unauthorized blography of the Boston conductor. According to the publishers, this was the final step in a series of legal moves by Koussevitzky to prevent the distribution of the book. .
Tells Story of Arctic “Raw North,” by Charles E. Gillham, an account of a man’s experiences in the Arctic circle, will be published May 18 by A. S. Barnes & Co. For 11 years biologist for the department of the interior in the Northwest territory, Mr. Gillham writes of a trip from Alberta north to the frozen wastes and back through Alaska.”
Covers Mexican Life “A Treasury of Mexican Folkways,” by Frances Toor, is announced for May 21 publication by Crown Publishers.
comforts of early rallroad travel. The numerous illustrations, many from contemporary publications like Harper's Weekly, recall a vanished era of experiment mechanical crudity.
» - » WITH PRESENT-DAY railroad comfort taken for granted, and with passengers chafing at railroad “slowness,” th# Harlow history is a reminder of amazing progress.
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