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THE STATE JOURNAL. LANSING. MICHIGAN. SATURDAY. JULY 18.

1931 I MUSIC NEWS 1 4 BOOKS 1 1 ART WORLD I I ZZZZZIIZZZIZZZIIZZIZZZIIIIIZZZI 5.5. Szigetis Talent Given Highest Only Books Worth More Than One Thousand Dollars Sold in Shop Line Drawing from 'Oregon Junior Guild Selection for July Possible Acclaim by Conductors Of Leading Symphony Orchestras TO REVEAL SECRET VAN IE NOW Author Tells Why Stories by 'Kachalola, or Mighty Hunter" Reveals Attitude of Dominant White Man Toward Dark Brethren A If UNCONSCIOUSLY revealing picture of the attitude of the dominant white man toward his dark-skinned brethren In the days when imperialism was in its heyday is given In "Kachalola. or Mighty Hunter," issued recently by William Mcrrow and Co. 'iWa book was written by Sidney Spencer Broomfleld. He went roving a when Queen Victoria was comparatively a young woman, and he had many adventures In Africa, India, Indo-Chlna, New Guinea and elsewhere.

He amassed a neat fortune in the ivory trade, collected skins for museums, looked for gold, faced death on Innumerable occasions and, apparently, had a swell time. The most interesting thing about the book, to me, is the way it reveals ORCHESTRAL conductors are perhaps the most severe Judges of sola Instrumentalists and the unanimous approval of an artist by celebrated conductors Is probably the highest possible endorsement Joseph Bzigetl. "Hungary's greatest violinist" who is now touring America the ffth tuna and who will open the institute concerts at Prudden auditorium November 12, has been engaged repeatedly by practically every conductor of note in the world. In the United States Szlgetl has appeared as soloist with conductor Stokowskl, Vurtwaengler, Stock, Mengelberg, Klemperer, Gabrilowltsch, Soko-loff, Bodanzky, Verbrugghen, Harmati, Reiner, Koussevitzky, and Ganz, and the mental attitude of the white men WOMAN PREACHER PRINCESS ELIZABETH SUBJECT OF NEW BOOK I who set out to plunder the uncivilized regions of the earth a generation or so ago. Broomfleld fought the natives many, many times, in many quarters of the world.

The fact that they might have been Justified in resenting his intrusion never seems to have oc-. curred to him. When they attacked him they were treacherous and murderous; when he slew them by scores. J1 and hanged their medicine men in 4 cold blood, he was simply doing his duty as a white man, to make the way safe for other white men who might come after him. The book Is literally Jammed with tales of battle, murder, and sudden death enough so to make such books as "Trader Horn" look colorless by comparison.

Lovers of adventure in the raw ought to welcome It with whoops; those who wonder whether the dark races have had a square deal at the hands of the white race will find plenty in it to provoke thought. Above is shown one of the line drawings from "The Oregon Trail," by Francis Parkman, which has been named one of the Junior Literary Guild selections for July. The drawings were done by James Daugherty. and E. W.

Nicholls, proprietors of a is for sale for less than (1,000. Thoughtful Educators Recommend Juvenile Experience Shelia Kaye-Smith Denies'11 Mew Book Is Based on Aimee McFherson's Life Sheila Kaye-Smith who has written about the life and loves of a woman preacher In her new novel, "Susan Spray," to be published by Harper Brothers, says that although she lollowea newspaper reports oi Almee Sernnle McPherson's visit to England with much interest, none of her book Is based upon the lite of the American evangelist. She has never heard Mrs. McPberson preach because she dislikes crowds and avoids them whenever possible, but she thinks that her Interest in Mrs. McPherson's career may have prompted the idea of writing about a woman preacher in her native Sussex.

After many years in London, Sheila Kaye-Smith and her husband, T. Penrose Fry, have purchased two hun dred acres of land In Sussex, not far from the town of Hastings, where she was born, and near the neighborhood where she lived as a child. They rabbits. Van Doren Terms Three Little Typists And How Tbey Grew "Go Marry," by Brendan Williams. is rather an appealing book.

It tells about three London stenographers and their inept attempts to get hold, Komehow, of free and satisfying living. They are uneducated and bold and i small boys and girls. Because his young sons are so especially absorbed in the men who are at work digging and building, the book is about Tony, the Steam Shovel Man; Dan, the Derrick Man; Pedro, the Road Builder; Rill, t.hp Trunk ririvpr nnri nthprs Vp more or less cheap, but they are very much alive and they touch the read-I cr's sympathy. I One of them, after a disillusioning effort to get rid of the shackles of con-I ventlon. returns to home and ninthpr "iT built a home there a year ago ana ent lt.l JKL iuve there all year round.

Miss WvI ti5? 5 fwl Smith is busily at work In her garden SSfnh Intr JL Cat- William, once completely at home in her Lon- SSTirfStaSfrkn drawing-room, has gone com-girls, there are Big Fellow by Doro- j. hl, t.iw nmr pletely native and spends all his tune built a home there a year ago and resolved to play it safe forever more. The second gaily makes a snoot at respectability and sets out to live In what is ordinarily called sin. The third plunges into a marriage which, she reallzesl is almost certain to turn out badly. That Is the story.

Not much to it? Probably not. Yet Mr. Williams is able to make you deeply concerned over the frustrated lives of these three girls. He is able, in fact, simply by telling their story, to question the soundness of a whole form of society and a whole code of morals. Tlizse r.

girls, you feel, are headed for disaster, and they are casually and rather startlingly immoral; but they are ground down by poverty and a too-' rigid civilization, and they do not have mtlnh 1 1 a A fat rm Book Excellent Western Tale Books Based on Helen Ferris, editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild, has chosen The World They Live In" as the subject for her discussion of Juve nile books for this week. The article follows: "Many thoughtful educators recommend that the books given youngest readers those five, six and even seven and eight years of age be books about the things with which they are becoming daily acquainted in their own experience. One understanding friend of boys and girls find themselves to our own, were we suddenly to be trans planted to Mars. We would be absorbed in what we saw going on around us, we would wish to know the why and the how of the new situa tions in which we found ourselves. And what we were experiencing would be so new and strange that our imaginations would have no need for further stimulation.

It is an interesting point of view. And certain It is that small boys and girls instinctively respond to those books about which they can exclaim, "I do that too," or in which they find some of their every day questions satisfactorily answered. Such a book is "Diggers and Builders" by Henry W. Lent (Macmlllan, $2). Mr.

Lent has two small sons of his own who are absorbed in construction. They like to build things themselves. They like to watch carpenters and concrete mixers and road builders and derrick men at work. "Fortunately for them, their father once spent a college summer vacation working with a construction gang. And irom his experience and his sons' hi' terest he has written this book for HOOVER MORATORIUM LAUDED BY SIR PAISH Special Foreword Included In "The Way to Recovery," Heartily Approves Plan Anne King Teiit Story of Life ef Eldest Daughter of Duke and Dneheaa ef York Four and one-half years' experience of this life may not seem to you to be enough to Justify a biography, for what can happen in so short a time even to so important a young lady as the Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York.

But it all depends, for this particular young lady was not only the world's best-known baby in her youth, but at four and one-half years, she Is something else besides. She Is a persona Princess with a high sense of humor which frequently plays havoc with the discipline which Ood and England have decided Is a "Good Thing." It is recorded that at her first public appearance, she received her first visitor. Sir William Joysson Hicks, the home secretary, with a yawn. And four years later she said "in a clear and guileless voice" to her grandfather, the king, who went into the corridor in search of her himself ''You've forgotten to shut the door." For the Princess Elizabeth believes, says her biographer, "that the poise and polish of the agreeably mannered which she has attained by perseverance should be passed on." Life with her, says Anne Ring, who tells her story, became exciting at a very early age. When she learned to say.

her first word, which was "Mummy," she aired her accomplishment diligently, greeting all and sundry, not even making exceptions of the solemn family portraits which decorated the wall. Her name for herself was "Lilliebeth." But the duchess never varied from "Elizabeth," a name which answered for both endearment and punishment, for what Is more crushing than "Oh, Elizabeth," when In the exuberance of your high spirits you fling your gloves into the corner of the room. The Princess Elizabeth likes color, soldiers, pageants and shows, and most of all loves going to the zoo. Her early acquaintance with animals was made by looking at them In books but after she had made many trips to the zoo with her nurse and was allowed to have long and Important conversations with the creatures there she soon learned to imitate a number of ani mals noises. "It is the quaintest thing In the world," says Miss Ring, "to see her sitting on a stool at home, and producing from somewhere under her white bodice the hollow hungry bark of the sea-lions at feeding time." "Elizabeth" says her mother "is such a good companion!" And perhaps that is why she is so universally adored and why her story, so simply and charmingly told by Anne Ring, sold 80,000 copies in England.

The American publishers believe that book about such a simple, laughing, natural, little girl, who happens also to be a princess who may. by chance someday be queen of England, is bound to have a large audience In America, too. Miss Ring's "biography" is Illustrate ed with almost three dozen adorable photographs In rotogravure which add greatly to the charm of her story, E. P. Dutton Co.

have bound it up In lovely pastel colors, the daintiest pink and blue, and believe It has a chance to be the most popular gift book of the year. SHAW-TERRY LETTERS PUBLISHED IN FALL correspondence or ramea Autnor ana England's Greatest Actress Printed By Putnam Now I claim that no male writer born In the 19th century outside Norway or Sweden did more to knock woman off her pedestal and plant her on solid earth than writes George Bernard Shaw In his preface to Ellen Terrv and Bernard Shaw: a corres- to see, explain everything. jT "Go Marry" is unpretentious but sincere, and I enjoyed It. It is pub- I lished by Horace Llveright, Inc. Here are Miss Barbara Barnes New York book shop, where nothing NEW YORK, June 18 For days at a time It frequently Happens that not a single customer makes a purchase at a little basement bookshop on Man hattan's upper east side.

Yet business is so good that Miss Barbara Barnes and E. W. Nicholls. the proprietors, believe they see signs of returning general prosperity. For the books that they sell are priced from $1,000 upward.

You couldn't even buy a dog-eared copy of Louisa May Alcott there for less, and many of the rare volumes and maunscripu range as rugi. as each. A few run into the tens of thousands. The shop itsef resembles a cozily furnished living room, but two locked doors and iron-barred windows guard the treasures on the shelves of glass-front bookcases. The cases are packed now, with some of the volumes wedged In horizontally, for Miss Barnes and Nlcholl have had to add 100 new pieces to keep up wltn the demand.

Women Among Buyers Being the editor of a magazine for the bookseller and collector, Nicholls, an Englishman, has been in close touch with the American demand during the six years he has been in this country. It was only three months ago that he started the thousand-dollar book shop in partnership with Miss Barnes, a New York society girl who has made a study of collections. But In that time they have sold volumes to collectors, investors. book-lovers, and even millionaires who chose certain of the costly pieces because their bindings would look well on library tables. Many women are among their customers.

Both are particularly interested In Americana how, for the profession, they say, has Just begun to boost American items. "Edgar Allan Poe is the best bet," Nicholls declared, "for one reason because his earlier pamphlets were produced on his own press, with the help of a friend. "Strangely enough, neither the works of Poe nor any other American writer are being discovered In any thing like the numbers you might expect. But the fact that these finds occasionally are made only adds to the romance of book collecting. "For instance, there was the dealer who paid $150 for a number of old books.

An agent for a larger company took one look at the odd lot and offered $450. When the sale was made, be called Owen D. Young, one of the most ardent collectors In the country, and announced that he had a first edition of "The Murders In the Rue Morgue." and offered it for $25, 000. Mr. Young said he would pay $15,000.

and although I do not know the amount finally agreed upon, the book was sold. "Hawthorne. Emberton, Melville Twain and O. Henry are some of i the other American authors who are interesting collectors. In four or five years the 'Scarlet Letter' has Jumped in value from o0 to about (1.000 Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' Is valu able, and so are first editions of Emer son's Essays.

Good Copies Bare "'Tom Sawyer," If the book is In excellent condition, may bring as much as $2,000 now. On the other hand, 'Huckleberry Finn' has depre ciated In value from about $400 to $50 with newly discovered books. "These volumes, like 'Alice In which may bring from $4,000 to $5,000, are very difficult to find In good condition because, on ac count of their popularity, they usually are literally read to pieces." Of course, many of the rare books Willard Huntington Wright Arranged in Book Form In the new dollar edition of the World's Great Detective Stories com piled and edited by S. 8. Van Dine and published by Blue -Ribbon Books, the author reveals the secret of why he arranged the stories in book form originally under the name of Willard Huntington Wright.

He now says: "When, a lew years ago, I compiled this chronological anthology under the name of Willard Huntington Wright, it was known to no one, except my publishers, who was hiding behind the nom de guerre of S. S. Van Dine. "However as If to prove that everyone loves a mystery the literary cnucs began speculating on the Ident ity of Van Dine; and it was not long thereafter that they succeeded in bringing an indictment against Wil lard Huntington Wright. So accurate Wras their detective work that there was nothing for me to do but confess to the Philo Vance murders and throw myself on the mercy of the court.

"I had hoped, when I decided to take up crime in a serious way, that i could keep my Identity a secret and, as I say, it was when my dual personality was unknown that I com plied this anthology. There was delicate point of ethics Involved in my compilation of what I called the world's greatest detective stories and In the introduction I wrote for it Certainly I did not want to appear to criticize any fellow craftsmen in the field of detective fiction. But since, as Willard Huntington Wright I had been a literary critic for 15 years, I felt that I was justified in making my selections and also in writing an historical and critical Introduction to them, so loi.g as I did not identify myself with the S. S. Van Dine who had entered the field of detective fiction as a competitor.

For that rea son I kept the name of S. S. Van Dine from the title page and made only a very brief reference to him in the summary of names included in my introduction. "But, alas I within a year after my anthology appeared, it became known to all those who were generous and flattering enough to be Interested, that the critic and compiler of "The Great Detective Stories" waa none other than the writer of the Philo Vance detective And inasmuch as S. S.

Van Dine was very much in existence at the time "The Great Detective Stories" was pub- llshed, and Inasmuch as It was he who really made the selections for this volume, I have tiow come out frankly and placed his name on the present edition of the book. "And I want this preface which is In reality an explanation to act as my apologia to all my confreres in the detective-fiction field, for hav ing taken it upon myself to make comparisons and selections and crlti cisms of their work. In extenuation, I may add that without them with out the inspiration their work and research gave me I could not have Joined their ranks. Therefore, in ad dltion to my apology, I owe them my deepest thanks and appreciation. "I am happy to have this an thology Included in the reprints of the Blue Ribbon books.

It has already had a success far beyond my expectations and, I may add. its des serts. Perhaps that success resulted from the fact that. In my anthology, I made an approach to detective lie tlon from a little different point of view. I tried.

In my Introduction, to distinguish between the various types of "entertainment" literature, and to set the true detective story In a class by Itself, separated from the ro mantic story, the adventure story, the mystery story, and the crime story. Therefore, whatever criticism, either direct or implied, I have made of my fellow workers in the detective story field, has sprung from the attitude of the analyst rather than of the creator of fiction. 'And so, in a world wherein there is a continual clash of divergent opinions, and wherein the labels of right and wrong are constantly being in terchanged, I put forth this new edition of "The Great Detective Stories" under its true colors, and with the sincere hope that it will stimulate interest in the writers and the books mentioned and discussed." O'NEILL BIBLIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED THIS MONTH Ralph Sanborn and Barrett H. Clark have compiled a bibliography of Eugene O'Neill which has Just been published by Random House. As Mr.

Clark points out in his foreword a bibliography is a form of trib ute and this work in particular was undertaken In order to express the compiler's enthusiasm for the art of Mr. O'Neill. Besides the regular biblio graphical data, a number of poems written by Eugene O'Neill in nis youin are included with the following para graph in explanation: The reader is requested to remember that the following poems are examples of Mr. O'Neill's earliest work and that he was extremely reluctant to have them reprinted. However he has graciously given his consent In order that this record might be complete." Therefore the poems are included and belong In the book as Integral parts of a whole, the whole being the writings of Eugene O'Neill.

The vol ume Is Illustrated with many two-color reproductions of title pages and photographs of magazines and rare volumes In which O'Neill's work first appeared. Five hundred copies were printed for Random House by the Southworth Press and are now for sale at $7.50 a copy. BRENTAN0 TO ISSUE NEW LOTH EDITION Brentano's will publish a new edi tion of David Loth's biography. "The Brownings," and it will be called the Katharine Cornell edition In honor of the star and producer of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" Katharine wrote the brief foreword, and there is a picture of a scene frm the play as a frontispiece and another on the Jacket So much for the theater going literary, or rather the literary world developing theatrical leanings. now In circulation between collectors have been cataloged for some time, but others are almost constantly being discovered.

Dusty shelves and attics of old houses have yielded many a valuable find, although in many cases the original owners are unable to recognize their real value. Among modern American authors, first editions of Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser and Ernest Hemmingway are beginning to assume some value. So is Cabell. But collectors are find lng no inspiration In Nathan, Menck and the rest of their contempor- arjes Other rinmecHx Itom. m-hfeh trading more and more attention from collectors are early historical documents.

The shop has two highly-prized pieces, one a description of Virginia, dated 1620, designed as a sort of ssles pamphlet to be sent to England. The other is a petition to King George to abolish slavery In Virginia. It was signed in 1772 by Peyton Randolph. NEW BOOKS ARE ADDED AT LIBRARY SATURDAY The following books are being added to the Lansing public school library Saturday: General. 'Xittle Women." Alcott: Modern Japan and Its Problems, Allen; "Dying Alderman." Aubrey-Fletcher; Mod ern Canadian Poetry, Benson; Art lor inuaren, oerry; "Saga or tiie Desert," Bonker; "Maklnr of Willium pnn Brniisford; England's Greatest Statesman, viimviciiuii; uiick cnemes, uoates; men ana 8t ranee." Collins: Comfort; "Precaution." Cooper; 'Ways of uie nour.

tooner: American Art tuts Ccrtluos: Ensland of E-onir and fUnrv Curtis; Travels In Normandy, Elston; Race rsjcnoiOBT, -ann; Taming me criminal, Glllln; Ambrose Holt and Family." Glas- peH; "Dead Souls," Gogol; "Uncle Remus ana His Friends." Harris; The Washing ton Conference and After. Jane Austen, Her Life, Her Work. Her Family, i and Her Critics, Johnson: "Theater Street," Karsavina: "Captain Bcraggs," Kyne "Long Chance." Kyne "Rugged Water." Lincoln; "Adventure," London; "Hearts of Three." London; Old Age Dependency in Connecticut, Manufacturers Association of Connecticut: Trial of Scotland Yard," Martin; "Volume Two," Mayo; Development of the United States nee 1865. Mead; "Ordeal of Richard Pcverel," Meredith; Materials of Industry. Mersereau; "Lenin." Mlrsky: Outline of Art.

Orpen; "Child's Heredity," Popenoe; "Women of Trail and Wigwam." Seymour: "Morals of Tomorrow," Socle man; Old Testament Drama, Thomas: Work, Higher; "In Morocco," Wharton: An Introduction to Dutch Art. Wilenskl; Report, 1929. World Federation of Education Associations, Health Section; "A Year on the Great Barrier Reef," Yonge: Rental, "Dying Alderman. Aubrey-Fletcher; "Black Cherries." Coates; "Rich and Strange." Collins; "Apache," Comfort; "Ambrose Holt and Family," Glas-pell: Trial of Scotland Yard," Martin; i Juvenile. "Roundabout Turn," Charles "Boy Scouts' Book of Good Turn Stories," Mathlews; "Downright Dencey," Onedeker; 'Unknown to His too'." Yonge.

AUTHOR DISCOVERS 'RED PEPPER BURNS' When Grace Richmond created Red Pepper Burns, the fiery-haired doctor who has delighted over a million readers and Is again the hero of her forthcoming novel, "Red Pepper Returns" (Doubleday. Doran), she thought he was purely the Invention of her Imagination. But one day in Edinborough, she was told by the mother of Dr. William Seaman Bain-bridge, the internationally famous cancer expert, that? her son might well have served as the model for Red Pepper. Mrs.

Richmond did not know Dr. Balnbridge at that time, but met him shortly afterwards when he saved the life of her daughter who was desperately 111 and found that he was indeed the living Red Pepper of her story. in Europe he has played under the di- rectlon of Nlkisch, Mengelberg, Furt-waengler, Richard Strauss, BusonL Schneevoigt, Abendroth, Max Reger, Mollnari, Bruno Walter, Plerne, Clemens Kraus. Ysaye, Ansermet, Arbos, and many other notables of the baton. To be a good soloist with orchestra.

viollnist must be not only a tech- iinwil vi pm yww 1 1 aiauvi wn performer of steady nerves, but he must be a musician who can become, pert of the music which he la performing with a huge body of players. Szlgetl, who Is one of the most remarkable technicians of our time, has also the musical qualities which make him desirable as an orchestra soloist and which, at the same time, make him a recital artist of the highest distinction. THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO WRITE Not all authors believe in docu menting themselves as fully aa Charles H. Sherrlll. Before writing.

for Instance, his new book, "Bismarck: and Vussolinl" (Houghton Mifflin company). General Sherrlll made it point to read every book and pamphlet written In any language which might be described as "antl-Mussollnt." By way of further preparation. General Sherrlll read widely In German history, made a thorough study of Fascism, had several personal Interviews with II Duce, spent half a day with the Kaiser at Doom, visited the Bismarck country house at Shonhausen and had tea with President von Hln-denburg In the garden behind his official residence on the Wilhelmstrasse. Junior Guild automobiles. She has camped in trm mountains of California and in the Rockies, even where they stretched into the Canadian wilderness; slr.es her twelfth year she has crossed North, America many times, staying whenever she wanted to, and the more sho saw the more she determined to writs about the country.

Beginning by tell ing them to her own four children and the boys and girls who formed her classes the New York schools. Mrs. Mitchell finally gathered the stories Into book form. She is also the author of "Here and Now Primer', "The Here and Now Story Book" and "Horses Long Because the Junior Literary Guild selected "North America" the publishers were able to reducs the trade rice of the book from $4 to $3.50. Still clinging to North America as a background, the Junior Literary guild presents its youngest members with a story of the St Lawrence river country, the French village of Ta-doussac, "Gay Madelon" by Ethel Calvert Phillips, author of "The Popover Family" and "The Rag and quaintly illustrated with line drawings by Ilse Bischoff.

It will be published by the Houghton Mifflin company. It Is the story of a small girl's visit to Quebec and the beautiful country crossed by the St. Lawrence and th Saguenay rivers and It tells of the old Indian chapel, the home spun blankets woven by the inhabitants during tha long winter months, the songs and dances of the black-haired children and Madelon herself, with her scarlet cane fluttering. The book Is the re sult of the author's visit to the narrow crooked old streets of Quebec whero babies still are rocked to sleep In ancient' wooden cradles. MORLEY BOOK IS DIET FOR PLASTIC SURGERY.

"John Mistletoe Is an excellent aid to plastic surgery," says a young engineer who is taking Christopher Morley's autobiography as steady treatment while convalescing in a southern hospital "Until a few days ago," he writes, "I have been quite pleasanty existing on the rather curious diet of alternate doses of whiskey, morphine and John Mistletoe. aiThe reason for tills peculiar condition Is that we are trying to refashion a face out of odd chunks of leg and the whole tedious process Is very lnap- propriately named plastic surgery. Sj lar as I can Judge, it is Just plain old mallet and chisel work." MISSISSIPPI COAST IS SETTING OF NOVEL! "Audacious Fool." by Taylor Bynum (Morrow) Is the story of a girl whom wealth could not spoil, and a handsome man who had an audacious sense of humor but no ambition. Ic was down on the lazy Mississippi coast, they found each other Lisa in her yacht and Roony In his catboat. They played together on that tropical shore until Lisa found herself too dangerously in love with this man who seemed nothing more than a charming ne'er-do-well.

Then she went away. And Roony disappeared front his usual haunts. There is excitement and heartbreak before the course of true love runs smooth. Relics from the days of the Vikings have been found in Prussia. They Lansing 'she leaves shortly for a summer in As soon as he learned that President, Horrors of French War Prison Camp "Prisoner Halm." by Karl Wilke.

is the story of what happened to a German soldier who was captured by the French In the summer of 1918. Cast in the form of a novel. It represents, the author says, what actually happened to him. To call It a shocker Is putting things very mildly. Prisoners of war seldom have things very easy; but the Germans described by Herr Wilke were treated with an inhumanity that is almost beyond belief.

The worst of the fables about Andersorivllle prison of Civil war days are more than matched here. One grows sick at this recital of stupid cruelty. Whether these stories are authentic or not I do not know. They are incredible or would be. If we did not know how war can bring out the very basest elements in the human race yet they have the ring of truth.

Certainly "Prisoner Halm" adds to the mass of war literature a chapter which no one who wants to know the full ugliness of war can afford to overlook. The book Is published by the Bobbs-Merrill company. Brief Reviews of Recent Mysteriea Recent murder mysteries Include the following "Maiice Aforethought," by Francis lies (Harpers; $2). A murder yarn told from the point of view of the murderer, for a change and a stimulating change it is, too. "Murder by Formula," by J.

H. Wallls (Dutton; $2). The friends of a novelist give him a formula for a murder story then, naturally enough, somebody uses the formula to kill the novelist and there are more killings to follow. A good bariier. Carolyn Wells (Crime Club: tl).

Who sent the old gent the boxed-up skelc ton and then got Into his locked library and shot him? A swell plot tangled up hi some atrocious writing. "The race In the Abyss." by A. Merritt. Wild and weird goings on high In the Andes, with a bunch of sub-human monsters to complicate things. Plenty exciting but leave your critical faculties fit home.

The new edition of Francis Park-man's classic, "The Oregon Illustrated with over 100 spirited drawings by James Daugherty, has been chosen as one of the four July selections of the Junior Literary guild though it will be published by Farrar and Rinehart as an adult book. Already a wide Interest in the book is reported among libraries. Mark Van Doren, essayist and poet has written the Introduction in which he calls the book one of the best ever written about the west For three generations this adventure of life beyond the Mississippi before the gold rush of 1B49 has been recognized as one of the most important books ever written about America. To satisfy an intellectual curiosity about the Indian, Parkman, a young Harvard man In poor health, willingly endured thirst and fever and rigorous Journeys under broiling suns to undertake "a tour of curiosity and amusement to the Rocky mountains," as the author himself writes. This new and, according to critics, most beautiful edition of Parkman's work Is printed on cream colored paper with end paper and title page drawings, with chapter heads and tailpieces, with full page black and white pictures and half page inserts scattered among the type In Daugherty's bold, colorful style.

Mark Van Doren says In his preface that the "pictures contain In themselves all that is necessary to remind us of one who knew prairies and the mountains before irresistible commonplace subdued them' For many years "The Oregon has been Daugherty's favorite book and one which he hoped some day to illustrate. He has drawn pictures of lusty pioneer men and hardy women, rough trappers, hunters, and soldiers, of challenging buffalo, of proud Indians, against a background of rugged mountain passes. The book Is the selection for girls of 12 to 16. For older boys the Junior Literary guiia nas collected lour of the famous novels of Jules Verne, published In a single volume under the title of "The Omnibus Jules Verne" by the J. Lipplncott company.

It contains "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the "Around the World In Eighty uays -me Blockade Runners' and From the Earth to the Moon and Trip Around Recently Christopher! Morley wrote "The next omnibus vol-1 ume that we should like to see would be Jules It Is Interesting to note that the grandson of Jules Verne. Jean Jules Verne of Rouen, France, will be one of the crew to make the submarine trip to the north pole with Sir Hubert Wilklns. Another children's epic of American life is offered In "North by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, for boys and girls of 9, 10, and 11 and published by the Macmlllan company. It Is lavishly Illustrated by Kurt Wiese whose drawings were such an important part of "Bambl" and "The Adventure of With a continent as her hero Mrs. Mitchell tells the story of the great eastern harbors, the western ocean shores, the prairies, the mountains, the roadways, houses, animals and plants.

The book Is made up of a series of short stories, each of them laid in a different part of North America. Mrs. Mitchell herself Is Intimately acquainted with every corner of the country she writes about. She has traveled from the Golden Gate to Manhattan, from the forests around Hoover had recommended a year mnrarm nn SSnn.i tions. Sir George Palsh sent by radio to his publishers a special foreward to be Included in his book "The Way to Recovery," which Putnam's published on July 10.

In It he expresses hearty approval of the President's plan, but gives the following warning: "It should, however, be clearly understood tnat this Is only the first of many steps which need to be taken to adjust the situation. Indeed, were no further steps to be taken, the position of Europe, of the United States, and of the world in general would be even graver at the end of 12 months than it is at present. A still greater amount of credit would have been created which the nations would be unable to honor." Sir George Palsh, who was Lloyd George's financial adviser during the war and Is now governor of the London school of economics, recently returned to England from a visit to America, during which he conferred jt; 'r children with a mechanical turn; "Lit tle Machinery" by Mary Liddcll (Doubleday, Doran). an amusing and original picture book of machinery; or "Playing Airplane" by John F. McNa-mara (Macmlllan), an excellent "how book for small boys." If you have any problems concerning your child's readfiig Miss Ferris will be glad to help you.

Address her care of The State Journal. LATEST CLEUGH NOVEL AVAILABLE IN ENGLAND "Enchanting Clementina" (Houghton Mifflin Company), the new novel by Sophia Cleugh, has recently been Issued In England by Hodder and Stoughton, with a gay jacket and frontispiece by Gladys Peto. Three of Mrs. Cleugh's earlier novels, "Spring," "A Common Cheat," and "Ernestine Sophie" are now available in England In popular editions. Mrs.

Cleugh's next story, which Houghton Mifflin Company have just accepted for publication, will be in the nature of a sequel to "Matilda, Governess of the English" and will follow the fortunes of the Westmalnham family, culminating In the love afalr of Lord George English, one of Matilda's pupils. The action takes place in the year, 1876, on the Isle of Wight, favorite resort of Queen Victoria. Although Mrs. Cleugh has wintered on the Island, I 4 6 7 French Revolution, a sequel to creates a set of characters, he does not soon forget them. Only death can put an end to their exploits, and even then they canont be casually put aside.

One admirer has recently re ferred to Mrs. Cleugh work as i delicate "For SaEa to Porcelain. NEW DELAFIELD BOOK BASED ON OWN LIFE E. M. Delafleld says that while her new book, "The Diary of a Provincial Lady," Is not an autobiography, the facts are based upon her own life in her country home In Devonshire.

She says the life outlined In her book is the way hundreds of English worn en are living today. She says that for many years she herself lived Just such a life with no breaks at all, but In i-MATit ninnthi Viae talran fir. work for "Time and Tide" a weekly review run entirely by women. She Is married and has two children. DISTRIBUTE FIRST EDITION OF HUXLEY Another first edition distributed this month by Random House Is Aldous Huxley's "Music at Night and Other Essays." Some of the essays included are, "Art and the Obvious," "Tragedy and the Whole Truth," "Foreheads Villainous Low." "Select- e( Snobberries," and "The Beauty In- ography by Pynson Printers for the Fountain Press.

AMOS 'N' ANDY HUMOR WILL APPEAR IN BOOK Amos Andy, who have become familiar to millions on the radio, have finally put their wit and humor Into a book which Richard R. Smith, will publish early this fall. Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden (the real Amos and the real Andy) In "Here They Are! Amos n' Andy," have put their Inimitable dialogue into printed form for the first time.

A folk-lore saga in itself, this book has more of America in it than most of the literature that is being written today. with high governmental officials andm London and visits town for several had numerous conversations with fi- dava one a month tn rurrv on hw ponaence. which a. P. Putnam Sons(W in4 nkti.hinn i- fh.

I because the market has been flooded are nancial leaders both here and In Canada. His statements were quoted widely in the press and inspired a number of editorials in leading papers. In 1927 George published "The Road to Prosperity," in which he clearly predicted the present worldwide financial depression unless the corrective measures he then suggested were adopted. It is therefore somewhat in the role of prophet that he now offers the Way to Recovery, the purpose of which Is, in his own words, "to indicate the measures which need to be taken in order that the nations may overcome their present difficulties and that their progress In the future may be even more rapid and 'Mexican Maze' Has Many Such Illustrations by Diego Rivera I 'GOD IN STRAW PEN' BOOK LEAGUE CHOICE The August choice of' the Book CI League of America is "God In the more continuous than have everldustry." Five hundred copies will be hitherto been practicable." distributed in America and 300 copies (chosen at random) will be distrfo- THRFF ARTKTC ARC luted In England. Each copy is num- "lntc I Id I Ant Ibered, and signed by the author.

Tvn- pu. ra J0? Plcre he calls the trade union view of marriage, wherein the unmarried woman who Is not celibate is boycotted by society. But If Shaw has knocked woman off her pedestal, he has scarcely succeeded In the specific case of Ellen Terry according to Christopher St. John, who Is the editor of the Shaw-Terry letters. Miss St.

Johns writes In her Introductory note: "If It seems Improbable that a famous actress should come through such a revelation with a character that would do credit to a a saint. I can only say that she does so on her account and not through any contrivance on mine." Miss St John knew Ellen Terry well In manv different a.oects. As the closest friend of Edith Craig. Ellen Terry's daughter, she had a place In the family circle. She worked with Miss Terry on the latter' memoirs, which were published In 1908.

She was a member of the company Ellen Terry engaged when her long partnership with Henry Irving came to an end. Miss St John was therefore the logical choice to edit the letter which na.ised between Bernard Shaw and England's greatest actress. nesday afternoon at 2:30. The first of the speakers will be Walter MUlls. young newspaper man and author of "The Martial Spirit." a study of the Spanish-American war.

recently selected by the Guild. Other speakers will be anounced later. Selma Robinson, publicity director of the Literary Guild, will Introduce each speaker with a "profile" or character sketch of him. Straw Pen. by John Fort.

The bock will be published on July 24 by Dodd it company and will be sent to the subscribers of the book league together with Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo. It is particularly interesting to note that "God In the Straw Fen," which Is a story dealing with Methodist revivalism In Georgia In the early part of the 19th century, was submitted by the publishers be- fore the manuscript was even com- plete, and it was enthusiastically ac-9. claimed by the board of editors Im Panama to the bleak north country date back from the 9th to 11th cen-on foot, on horse. In trains and in jury. ALSfl KNOWN nllTHnRC; An three of the artists who illustrated the current Junior Literary Guild selections are blessed with versatility.

Jlmmie Daugherty, whose vigorous drawings have made "The Oregon Trail" one of the most striking' books of the summer, writes poetry and is planning to publish a volume of his verse soon: Eric Berry, the dark-eyed, handsome illustrator of "The Box of Daylight" has written several books for children and adolescent girls, and Kurt Wiese, whose beautiful drawings are an inteeral part of "North America" by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; is himself the au thor of "Ella, the Eelephant" "Karoo, the Kangaroo" and other juvenile books. mediately, and chosen as soon as the entire manuscript was In. GUILD WILL SPONSOR RADIO TALK SERIES Beginning August 19. the Literary Guild will sponsor a aeries of radio talks to be presented over Station WJZ and allied stations of the Uooal Broadcasting system, on Wed- Michigan State Institute of Muc and Allied Arts A non-profit corporation for the advancement of the cultural interest of this community Here la shown one of the 75 drawings by Diego Rivera for "Mexican Maze" a new book by Carletoq Beals which J. B.

Llpptncott company has published. The book waa a recent selection of the Book Leagua of America. E. Lansing.