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Show BOOKMAN'S NOTES BY AURELIA BEXXION" ' A new book at Sprague Branch, published several years ago is Margaret Armstrong's "Trelawny, a Man's Life." Edward Ed-ward Trelawny was an English sailor, whose adventurous life of sailing, fighting and revolution, revolu-tion, included a very close association as-sociation with the poets Shelley and Byron. Finally we have in book form the story of American war production, pro-duction, Donald Nelson's "Arsenal "Ar-senal of Democracy." "Qualitative Organic Microanalysis" Micro-analysis" by Frank Schneider is a new book about chemical anal-vsis. anal-vsis. The. author has written it it as an aid to those working on the determination of the composition com-position and constitution of natural na-tural products. "Now You're Talking," by Harrison M. Karr is a cleverly illustrated book on how to learn to speak. Included among the chapters on how to tell a good story, what to do about stage fright, is one on how to breathe correctly with exercises to help. "River of the Sun" is the story of the people who have lived on the Gila ' river (Hila) and the country thereabout ir, southern south-ern Arizona. It was written by Ross Calvin well-known specialist special-ist in western history. "The Devil Is a Lonely Man" (Morrison Wood) is a story of a man's fight to gain power and his use of that power. "A Star Pointed North" is the story (by Edmund Fuller) of Frederick Douglas, a Negro who was an early leader among his neODle after the Civil War. He worked as a laborer in shipyards ship-yards of the north and by the quality of his work his education educa-tion and determination gained the respect of the leaders of abolition. "The Wall Between," means a wall of entirely different former for-mer environments of Mark Gardner, pastor of a slum church and his bride Christy, accustomed ac-customed to a sheltered life. The story is of Christy's successful effort to enter into her husband' hus-band' interests and activities. WESTERN "Wolf Dog Range," Watson. DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY "Murder Must Fowl," Coxe. : Have you heard of John Stein-.becks' Stein-.becks' new book (not in the library) li-brary) "The Wayward Bus"? Bernard de Voto has written a most interesting criticism and synopsis of the book which you will want to read if you are interested in-terested in Steinbeck. Another new book worth 'reading because of former writings writ-ings is Hendrick Van' Loon's last book (not yet in the library) "Report to St, Peter" which was supposed to be autobiographical autobiographi-cal but which deals mostly with people and things. Reviewer Gerald Johnson writes that the book is in the same style as the earlier books, even though Mr. Van Leon knew he' would be knocking at St. Peter's gate just as crotchety, pig-headed, illogical, il-logical, sparkling and delightful. Sorry we have had to lose the home decoration class, but it was too big for our building. MEETINGS V. F. W. Auxiliary, March 5. |