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3 >, - . , . : : . ; T | . Y ; Erskine Caldwell Heads N for. His Yul Si 3 rskine Caldwell Heads North for. His Vultures. = = A LAMP FOR NIGHTFALL. A sufficient to know that A LAMP|tive stock—the Robinsons, the Still, he realizes that the New: novel. By Erskine Caldwell, Bos- FOR NIGHTFALL is authentic Frosts, the Emersons and other England stock is on the downs ton, Little, Brown, $3. {Caldwell: which means an ofténjonce “first names” — is peteringigrade and allows his daughter to. : \exciting, frequently hilarious and{out and new blood, French Cana- marry a French Canadian. A Mery Raiquel) herewith dots %a/niways interesting plece of work dians, Swedes and Fins are tak-| All in all, something you should

easterners of Maine as he did for, th a bit of serious intent dis-/ing over, moving on to the aban- enjoy reading and if you don't bes

cernible between the lines. doned farms, becoming fruitful for =. dhe sharecroppers of the! gerore Mr. Caldwell, a Souther- and multiplying.. 8 leve that Ole Debill Sex rears his

Lat the critics with: reputatie her, Siaovired that vultures were La Thtde Emerson, who had a beautiful head back in the hinter > putations|frollicking in the magnolias, New|show place of a farm before he : ’ to uphold decide whether Mr: England was his locale in several/sold his livestock for $200,000, and o Baise, Het . pis % Caldwell is laughing again with|stories. 80 the pendulum has banking every cent of same, hates| "o" Jour frakine hr his characters, or at them, swung and he's back again, in(all “foreigners” — even applying ®¢y knows no Mason and Dixon

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The Crystal Palace - Was Symbol of Peace

THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN. A novel. By Howard Spring. New York, Harper, $3.95.

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By HENRY BUTLER Howard Spring's newest novel, THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN, is a superb achievement. Author of MY SON, MY SON! and FAME IS THE SPUR, among other books, Mr. Spring carries on the

nearly a century (she lived to

be a very old and very lonely woman), is the story of British society in the same period. It's a story of change, shock, bereave-

ment, the winning and losing of| |

love, war and the slow dis-

integration of a world.

But for the general reader it is Clearwater, Mai

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great tradition With a fine sense of climax, OPEN MONDAY NIGHT—9:30 A. M. to 9 P . M. of the Englis of the episode and the remark . novel. : that will sum up an entire situa- | THE HOUSES | tion, Mr. Spring unfolds, through | IN BETWEEN | Sarah's words, the concurrent !

has structure and content. It has, one might say, the academic or conservative virtues of fiction too often forgotten nowadays by precocious young novelists. | Mr. Spring’s title comes from| a line in a now-forgotten popular | London song of a century ago, which opined that “you could see the Crystal Palace, if it weren't for the houses in between.” To Sarah Rainborough Undridge, narrator of the story, the Crystal Palace is a symbol of a vanished dream. As a 3-year-old child, Sarah was taken by her parents to see the opening of the Crystal Palace in 1851. Speeches were! made about peace on earth. Joseph Paxton’s gleaming fan-| tasy in glass and iron seemed then the externalization of an ideal. War would cease. But it’s no time at all before the Crimean War breaks out, and no time after that before armless, legless veterans beg for alms in St. James Park. Sarah’s life story, which spans

Mr. Spring

story of several wealthy families, some of them representative of the lesser aristocracy. His characters move about between London, Cornwall with most of the London and. Cornwall. Mr. Spring has the very great gift of making background and mise-en-scene almost tangible. He manages also an amazing decrescendo in enthusiasm from the earlier part to the later part of Sarah's narrative. Sarah gains immeasurably in experience, in-

action in

{sight and wisdom. Through her

own disappointments and heartbreaks, she loses a lot in feeling. The book becomes steadily more elegiac as it_ progresses. But perhaps the book's greatest merit is Mr. Spring's unfailing

|ability to manage narrative. He

can tell a story as few writers can. He takes the reader right inside the book, with the result that THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN is a genuine literary experience. _ Sometimes it's painful, but it’s the stuff of life, and it's the kind of book that leaves the reader enriched.

and France,|

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writers have contri by Joseph Henry Jackson,

GLACIER PARK—"Here is the ultimate rampart of our wilderness—Ilofty, rugged, crested with forest, starred with alpine

That is Donald Culross Peattie's description of Glacier

50 in full color. appearing in THE GLORY OF OUR WEST (Doubleday, Jos. Various photographers and 35. well-known ted to the volume, which has an introduction |

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VISA TO MOSCOW. By Michael Gordey. New York, Knopf, $4.50.

Gordey explains he was greatly surprised that he, a Russian who

ily when he was seven years old,

He Looked Over Moscow

was brought to Paris by his fam-|outside world. He believes that

being a native,~he talked like one — in cafes and theaters “clammed up” as soon as they noted his foreign clothing. The author sees in Russia's lower standard of living the barrier to communication with the

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- was granted a visa to visit Russia been raised to a point equal, or : s | for two months. He adds that the|almost so, to that of the democra- ° . | West Ta eo newspaper for which he is foreign cles, then Russians will be al- ; J correspondent, the France-Soir, is/lowed to travel abroad and more ) Co " E . ; 1 S ’ neither pro nor anti-Russia. visitors will be admitted to the wl Ee Fyn S t L I am convinced that Gordey iscountry. .In the meanwhile the — . WO rn 0 in ; ea doing his utmost to be fair in his masters in the Kremlin will do . Se 3-Piece BEDROOM SUITE PISTOL PETE. By Frank Eaton. sissy stuff out of the entire Holly-|admits he was never allowed to fayoraie Comparison, : a {wood -put .|Spend any time a Russ s is a most interesting and, ; ’ Boston, Little, Brown, $4. Fo ae opm So Sate. family, or talk with any of the informative book based on ar-| © Fi . A Oo | 00 Frank (“Pistgl Pete”) Eaton, Blhia story with bots plstals. I run-of-the-mill citizens, or. visit|ticles published in the France- rey nis} ee n y ASS riotoardn figliting peace of-| ry pistols, I say, any public institution without a Soir.—C.V.L. , Pp 8, gun g pea {for publication, that I believe guide. He was allowed, however, ALL SOLID WwOoOoDSs excellent construction all ficer of the old Indian Territory, avery word of it. . {to attend sessions of the court Willki ' L § y se dividitals in his ninety-first year is a black-| But things have come to a fine|*here the “little people” airea VYIUKIE® § Lite drawers center-guided, have fully enameled interndivi : their grievances, mostly based on] THE LIFE OF i i in si Sy smith and a deputy sheriff in pass when a reviewer must either|disputes arising from crowded WILLKIE, by Joseph Burnes of pr Mirrored double dresser, full or twin size bed, participa- Perkins; Okla. He still carries his|swallow wild tales like Pete’s or housing conditions. the editorial staff of Simon & -drawer chest. : : | s pistol with 11 notches in the get filled full of lead. He found the Russians with Schuster, will be published by| business, handle and keeps it loaded. “I'd =C.V.L. |whom he attempted to talk— that firm in the fall. | n because rather'have a pocket full of rocks| /~ - £ than an empty gun,” Pistol Pete your lam. tells his cronies in Perkins, bigosh. Double dresser, 48" wide, veniences, Pistol Pete, with the co-opera- ; beveled mirror, 38x32" tion of his “friend and partner,” ¢ ; | physical Eva Gillhouse, herewith presents his autobography, shot by shot, nd future and it proves exciting and often : hilarious reading. And Pistol Pete > | rh rcs Tn ASR THE NATION'S |,

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this. “It’s just the way I told it to her (Eva Gillhouse]—it's all true —and I'll back her with both;

guns.” : Pistol Pete was 8 years old in| 1868 when his-father, a vigilante in Kansas, was shot to death by six men, four Campseys and two Ferbers. Mose Bearman, a neighbor, said to Pete, “My boy, may an old man’s curse rest on you if | you do not try to avenge the death of your father.” Pete, while still in his teens, killed five of the slayers of his father. No.'s 4 and 5 were Jim| and Jonce Campsey. When he cornered the two dastards, Pistol Pete says he yelled, “The game is up. Frank Eaton is going to] %ill you both. Fill your hands.” Even at his advanced age, Pistol

Pete regrets that he was unable to kill the sixth man, who, un- and year-after-year fortunately, was killed in a poker fo game ‘the night before Pistol Pete continuing care arrived

“Ain't that hell?” Pete Temarked at the time. “Here I rode 500 miles for my man and someone beat me to him.” But Pistol Pete went to the funeral. | Pistol Pete's life story makes

Sales High ~

Agnes de Mille’s autobiography,

DANCE TO THE PIPER, published last Jan. 7 by Little, Brown and reviewed on The Times Book Page Jan. 13, has been a consistently big seller, according to Publishers’ Weekly. With more than 20,000 copies. in print, a fourth printing has been ordered.

A new book on Southern homes, WHITE COLUMNS IN GEORGIA, by Medora Field Perkerson, will be published in May by Rinehart. It is to have 70 pages of illustrations and a deal of material from old diaries and letters dating from the antebellum period. :

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