Show new books reviewed by harry grace good books are uke treasured friends SCANDAL IN THE CHANCERY by diplomat ap pp chuckle provoking adventures of red headed dennis tyler in his mission of delicacy he is dispatched by the secretary of state to europe in an effort to have his friend ned saylor return the cash of the franco amerl can friendship fund and to dispose ot mile desbrosses of the follies bergere I 1 dont know who diplomat may be but be knows his washington his paris and the intricacies of state department red tape the tale Is handled in a rollicking lighthearted and sophisticated spirit FOUR HANDSOME by R baptist ap pp 2 00 when a certain ship ot the early portuguese pioneers wae feeling her way down the african coast during the golden age of eastern exploration she took aboard four young regresses neg they were to be well tended and adorned says a chronicle of the time and then set ashore at tour points ot the uncharted coast as emissaries ot trade and the cross beneath the tragedy which befell these women lies something of the whole tragedy brought to black womanhood by the first impact of white civilization with savage africa the book will be in fo resting to those who enjoy specula alve thinking DONA BARBARA by romulo galle goa ap pp 2 50 heres an epic of the south amerl can plains it portrays the stark law of might as we know it in our own early west of the fight tor alon against the tropical jungle fevers and floods of the indians belief in witchcraft where fathers sell their half breed daughters against this background Is laid the story of dona barbara a beautiful and attractive daughter of a white alverman rl verman and an indian squaw and of her rise to power over the superstitious geons peons along the upper reaches of the araica arauca river A WHITE BIRD FLYING by bess streeter AlS ap pp 2 00 another delightful story of prairie lite by the author of A lantern in her hand it Is americana in the second and third generations from the pioneers in one of the great prairie states laura deals ambition Is to write and her mother has Influent lil folks back east but ambition Is one thing and love another she finds her career and her man in the home town founded by her sturdy grandfather to me this Is a different novel its as clean as the wind swept sunlit prairie YOO HOO prosperity by eddie cantor and david freedman 56 ap pp there comes a time in matters of mournful event where the situation borders on the ludicrous that time Is about ripe in this period of depres slon which everyone seems to be en eddie cantors timely hilarious economic treatise brings the laugh through the sour wrinkles As he says many businesses are better off than ever take red ink tor instance who use it or as in his own case he writes before the crash I 1 had a million dollars a house three cars and lour daughters now all ive got left Is five daughters do you want any of these or any other current books simply phone or write the office of this paper we will have C 0 D parcel post direct to you plus regular post office fees postage prepaid |