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| WERE YOU." ‘A novel. By Julian Green. New York, Harper, $3. ~ By ROBERT W. MINTON

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"FOR US THE LIVING." A novel. By Haakon Chévalier, New York, "Knopf, $3.50. “FOR US THE LIVING” by Haakon Chevalier starts out as a fascinating and unusual suspense novel, but the author's in-

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hanging previous tance 80 as to make. it easier for ‘ : the Western. powers. to. prevent. longing at one time Japanese encroachment on other! | Far Eastern countries. “|

East to re-establish a. position which could be almost as sundesirable

as political A population’ shrinkage, Mr. Martin believes,

solution t6 the agrarian problem left tothe Japanese, , . . It is not a problem which lends itself to solution by a directive from the occupying authorities, . :

o/that Japan is probably better off than those two other great landhungry countries, India, for in Japan an increase tn he standard of living is nat n 80 & uce for a ] A apie. 0 Produce for in/be a shame if it gets lost in the) “tthe rate of ‘growth of ‘population Weiter of books of that category; as a result of a decline in death 107 there is much more to it. rates.”

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Book Follows

ward Holstius, bleday, $3. “EVERGREEN,” Edward Holstius’ new novel, arrived early for

New York, Dou-

I believe, and the publisher put in a special plug for the book as being’ :

of writing, and it's likely to get plenty of readers. It follows the tone, If not the exact formulas, of other British novels which

. . . THERE are three major characters: Shandy, the strong silent tor of Book I; Loraine, the

arming yo daughter of ; trey Kg Mort” Follett, hearty coun- ‘ sword is protruding from poverty, and Benedict Drew, | peck, They draw the sword with. Cites Problem the talented dilettant and wastre, out Jom of bh . » A Of J | You might know Loraine would THIS IS the sort of dream-|™ | apan mary that guy, Ie part of an Te such keen aed be "THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF wise, strong, silent Shandy word “Parents who expect gratitude] JAPAN." By Edwin M. Martin. have married her, and there i are i Palo Alto, Cal, Stanford Uni-|would be.no novel. I've omitted ¢ versity Press, $3. _ |mentioning that Shandy was

wounded in World War I. He still has leg-twinges and some-

a mildly prosperous career as a London accountant. ! . ” . NOW maybe you see the picture. If you've read enough of

concepts of dis-|

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conditions in

is the “only real

“The best that can be said fis

China and

such British novels, you can pre-

rtunity fiters have. If he’d made Benediet successful and more amiable than Shandy, he, might have started a new style, For Shandy, the long-suffering male, who sees all but neither

hat. What's more, Mr. Holstius

BUT Mr. Hoistius probabiy is|

cleverer than 1 give hip credit|”

for. By Boyle's Law, (or is it|

~“wINB PRINCIPAL security| Hobson's Choice?) -& novel on Authors Trace

problem presented by Japan is in the -fleld of economic warfare; will -at Phe where an economically thriving Japan might be able, if proper safeguards were not maintained, to take advantage of present dis-

taining a patiefit, presentable, faithtul-tho -frustrated male R-squared more female readers than a novel in ’ same character is a

The gimmick, as automatic as be-bop on a juke-box, simply is this: Any ‘lonesome female who reads “Evergreen” knows immediately she’s the one who would have understood Shandy. a

"Madrone Tree" Holds the Interest

"THE MADRONE TREE." A novel. By David -Duncaf. New York; Macmillan, $3. “The Madrone Tree” by ‘David » Duncan, is one of those I-couldn’t-lay-it-down books. It

Kenneth Roberts

Autobiography Due

Kenneth Roberts, author of such historical novels as

“Northwe: * “Rabble in

Arms” and “Lydia Bailey,” has written an autobiography.

Vnder the title “I Wanted to

Write,” Mr. Roberts’ reminiscent book will be published Mar. 10, by .| Doubleday. to. the publisher, vivid portraits: of Mr. Roberts’ literary friends, including the late Booth Tarkington.

According

the volume contains

Deutsch Book Due

A revised edition of “The Mentally Il in America,” Albert Deutsch’s history, from colonial times to the present, of the care and treatment of the victims of mental illness, will be published Feb. 14 by Columbia University Press. .

Newswoman Writes Twenty years of Washington

|| newspaper reporting have gone

into the writing of Bess Fur-

Ee rid

is a thriller in a sense, but it will

say about David Davidson's new It was some time in December, novel, “The Hour of Truth” is

exceptionally : “Wall, -the-novel-is-a_good-jobimmch—more—risks the blunders

surgeon. , Harmon is bothered by the!

says nor does anything, is old|,.

Teutons, one of the world’s chief [directional forces has been the

“THE HOUR OF TRUTH." A “novel. By David Davidson. New York, Random ‘House, $3. By HENRY BUTLER PERHAPS the best thing to

that it's wonderfully good read- ~ A critic who tries to say too

‘Hour of Truth’ Called. Vivid, Economical, Good Reading

gains strength and courage, He quickly sees that the other members of the mission are, in one way “or another, weaklings who can feel superior only in some tropical place where the destitute and starving natives live subhumanly.

He sees also the corruption in

locai government that. blocks

-at every step. The brainy,

with a few exceptions, use their

Mr. Davidson himself satirically/brains, Conquistador fashion,

describes in a piece on criticism, “The Case of the Poisoned Compliments,” in the Saturday Review of Literature for Jan. 15. High-flown comparisons -and patronizing, qualified compliments are often worse than no comment at all, Mr. Davidson says in that article. He is too men a gentleman to add that the hope of being quoted on_book-jackets may be one factor inspiring a critic's nifty phrases. -

» » ” MR. DAVIDSON'S first novel, “The Steeper Cliff,” had enthusiastic reviews. I should judge “The Hour of Truth” will likewise be praised. It has all of the compact virtues and none of the longwinded vices of first-rate fiction. If's vivid, economical, ‘intense,

The story has two main divisions: One, the battle of- the sexes; and, two, the battle for integrity and honesty in a corrupt world. William Harmon, a New York lawyer, finds himself oppressed by too much aggressive femininity in his home. His wife, Laura, had given up an architect’s career to marry him. His mother, Whose house he and Laura and the two daughters share, is a successful

masculine problem of . status, Who's boss? Who's the strofiger, he or Laura? Who should be stronger? Anxiety over little failures in his legal work combines with psychic impbtence to make unhappy “and neurotic. A chance to get away from home and en offers {itself in a “Good” Neighbor” mission to a South American pest-hole, ’ - ” ” ON THE dreadful malarial! mud-flats of Alba, Harmon re-|

English Speech “THE ENGLISH.SPEAKING PEO.

and J. H. S. Reid. New York, Knopf, $3.75.

Since the Roman empire hroke under the bludgeons of invading

spread of the English language. | Hand in hand with the language has gone the spirit of English laws and Institutions. Canadian historians Edgar W. McInnis and J. H. 8. Reid trace (this development ‘in “The Eng-lish-Speaking Peoples.” Their

PLES." By Edgar W. Mclanis| |

further to enslave the peons. Harmon’s most inspiring friend turns out to be Vicente Hidalgo, alco-/thusiasts love to term, “the writ-| holic radical who proclaims thelings about the Writings.” !

“hour of truth” in heckling the racketeering governor, and is beatén to-death by the governor's mobsters. In a clandestine affair with Ernestina : Manriquez, American-

he had temporarily" lost with Laura, . ’ » r »

fight for human justice. Like Ira

Wolfert’s Lt. Harry Brunner in

“An Act of Love,” he loses his neurotic -obsessions when he

makes a bold, self-sacrificing gesture in behalf of honesty.

“ Mr. Davidson makes you sée and share all this experiénce.

please eve

3t Trip to Russia

E. E. Cummings, experimentalist in verse and. prose, someIS years ago wrote "Eimi," a keen and highly personal record of a 193] trip to Russia. The 1933 edition, now a collector's item, long has been out of print. William Sloane. ‘Associates «will release a new edition of the re-

_markable book Monday ($5).

book is a carefully constructed

of the considerablé portion of humanity that speaks English. {In their foreword the authors) hint that such a is forthcoming.

The plot may be rather thin, i

{but the author has a way with|

characterization which keeps interest at a high pitch. The story involves the local superstitions of a small town, a murder, another death and the routing of all evil influences. The use of hypnosis;is handled with almost textbook thoroughness.

Novel Galled

Drama of Loyalties “The Moment of Truth,” Storm Jamegon's new novel, which Macmillan will publish Feb. 21, is described as a drama .of loyalties. According to the publisher, “the action takes place at a bleak isolated airfield where 12 people await a plane that can carry only five to safety.”

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MOST IMPORTANT in Har-| mon’s acquiring mature wisdom of the fine Sheri is his forgetting himself in allem,” but beca:

“The Hour of Truth” could be a magnificent movie, but I hate to think of what Hellywood, with its supine policy of trying to Opinion, I must admit that I yoie and offend no one, would-do with such a story. the - - 1

.{he solves the problem mainly by {common police work. The tale, though, is excellent, and Holmes.

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ne of Best Holmes Tales "THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE." By A. Conan Doyle. Introduction by Chistopher Morley. New York, the Baker Street Irregulars, Inc. $2.50. i By J. N. WILLIAMSON longer be. able to scribble delighted words of praise over the appearance of a new volume of| original Sherlock Holmes tales, | {since the man “who signed his; {name to all-of said tales has been dead for nearly, 19 years, “The| next best thing is a good variant edition, or what Holmes ped

{The Blue Carbuncle,” one of] the best Holmes stories and| therefore one of the best short: efforts In literature, originally| appeared in the old Strand Mag-| azine, 'way back in 1802, and is

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college-educated wife of a wealthy, published separately for the frst] lecherous landowner, Harmon re-|time from what editor Edgar W,! gains the confidence in himself|Smith’ calls “the bolstering com-

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pany” of fellow-tales. / t This volume could be guaran-| {teed to warm the hearts-of all you who read, not only because ian -*“‘prob-| t famed novel-| ist, Christopher” “ Morley’s -superb| introduction?” and Mr. Smith's interesting" “A

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smany who read his statement)

that this story is “a far better) work of art than the immortal! Christmas Carol.” While a re-| viewer isn’t -intended to give his

agree with Mr. Morley, who is president of thie Baker Street ars—those happy souls {who like to escape occasionally into the foggy, beloved Sher lockland. i

Mr. Morley also

“The Blue Carbuncle” is “a |

Christmas ‘story without slush,” and everyone will agree: with] that. This tale concerns a battered black hat and a Christmas| goose with a gem-—hence “The! Blue Carbuncle”—in its crop. | Holmes performs some of his marvelous deductive feats, al{though it. must be admitted that

and Dr. Watson are the usual wonderful detectival duo.

{volume is excellent, being illus-

strated by Sidney Paget and de-| I+:

signed by a -Sherlockian. haven't seen the $2.50 trade edition which non-Sherlockians are offered, in the hopes of making them Sherlockians, but the $5 limited edition is magnificent allaround.

‘Reveals Catholic View The Newman Press will publish lon Feb..15 “Two in One Flesh,” (by the Rev. E. C. Messenger, a | three-volume explanation of the [Catholic doctrine on sex and |marriage, which doctrine the publisher says has been greatly misunderstood.

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Hoosier authof of "It Gives Me Great Pleasure” (Dodd, Mead), will be in L, 8. Ayres’ bookstore next Tusiday to autograph copies of her book,

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TEA AND CRUMPETS— String orchestra plays classical and symphonic music . , . WISH 4:00 p. m. TWENTY QUESTIONS — The Marquess of Milford-Haven joins

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The story of those five years

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