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Show Brief Reviews of New Books at S. H Library The novel "The Violent Friends" by Winston Clewes is based on the life of Jonathan Swift when he was dean of St. Patricks, Dublin. It is the story of the strangest love stories in history. Faith Baldwin lias added another an-other to her long list of books this one titled "Arizona Star." In her usual style, the author portrays very human people in her very human way showing their problems and their solutions solu-tions in this present generation. Chuck Stanley's "Knight of the Cimarron" fills this week's allotment of western books and Hugh Holman's "Trout in the Milk," a Sheriff Mccready detective de-tective story, is the mystery on the new list. For these who have caught the Pioneer spirit, some folios of pioneer scenes' costumes, and people have been prepared and are ready for use. For those who have enough energy these hot days 'to enjoy a good laugh, Juliet Lowell's "Dear Sir" will be an inspiration. It isn't a new book but is popular popu-lar at the library. Another laugh is Sophie Tucker's Tuck-er's autobiography "Some of These Days." It is the story of one of America's best loved entertainers en-tertainers a success story of a girl born in Russia, brought to America as a baby, and who rose from a singing waitress to the Ziegfeld Follies. "Russia Is No Riddle," by Edmund Ed-mund Stevens, is another popular pop-ular number. The author of this book who married a Russian girl, has just returned from- a tour of the battlefields of Europe Eu-rope and he tells of the effect .of the war on the Russian people. peo-ple. The book includes the background of American-Soviet relations. It is a timely book that will help readers to understand under-stand more fully this important subject. Another bit of humorous reading is John J. Espey's "Minor "Min-or Heresies" just going into circulation cir-culation here. Mary Pickford's book "Why Not Try God?" is on our list ot books not a new book but now in its fourteenth printing. |