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Show BOOKMAN'S NOTES BY AC'RELIA liKVMOV 7Jlir;iri;in, Spi'.-i'ui' Bt-iiltrh Puh-lic Puh-lic IJIjr:iry, Sii';ir Houm j We have recently received as gifts some vi-ry valuable antlj beautiful books and magazines from the collections of the following fol-lowing people: Mrs. Ethel S. Stewart, Mrs. H. B. Pecker, Dr. L. A Stevenson, Harvey Walk-ins Walk-ins and Joseph II. Parry. We are grateful to these people for the adrlitions to the library. Margaret Halsey's new book: "Color Blind," which we hope soon to have in the library, is a book about the race relations rela-tions . Marjori e K. Rawlings author of the "Yearling" says of this new book: "Miss Halsey's wit and humor and irony should do more good in revealing the hypocracy of iho situation than a dozen sermons.' "Color Blind" tell you how to face up to the problems of race relations; to solve them for yourself so you can live more comfortably and easily for having swept your mind and imagination clean of fetishes, superstitions and fears" Books To Be Released Oct 2H, 1910 NOX-FICTIOX: "Guerrilla Padre," The author Father Edward Haggcrty tells the heart warming and thrilling story of his guerrilla organiza-pines, organiza-pines, called by General Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur the "Greatest Resistance Movement of the War" "Training You To Train Your Dog" by Blanche Saunders and a preface by Walter Lippmann, is a beautifully illustrated book showing exactly how to train dogs. The whole idea of the book is that it is the owner that needs training. "The Story Of The Springfield Plan" by Clarence I. Chatio and Alice . Halligan, Springfield a typical industrial city with a high percentage of foreign-born has for five years carried on its organized effort to teach its .citizens how to live in a true democracy at peace and the program works! Not a new book, but one recently re-cently acquired by the library is Emma Goldman's the "Social "So-cial Significance Of The Modern Drama" which is composed of criticisms of plays by European authors from the standpoint of their social significance. "Trail Dust and Saddle Leather" Leath-er" is a book about cowboys written by Jo Mora who got his first spill 57 years ago. There are many illustrations by the author showing how to brand cattle, different itypes of cattle, parts of the saddle and bridle It is an interesting history of the cowboy with lots of good stories. FICTION7: "Four Men" by Paul Fox. As the title indicates this is a story about four men wjho at the time of World War I, survived the sinking of a submarine. They became friends, toept in touch with each other and after 25 years, met together. Their various va-rious experiences from 1918-1944 give a "kaleidoscopic, astringent and penetrating picture of America during that time." "With Cradle and Clock" by Knud Stowman is the story of a brilliant young doctor, who, in the early 18th century came to America to look for freedom to practice, denied to him in Europe. Eu-rope. Here in America he found ridicule and. prejurice, but he overcame them. It is a novel of love and ambition and a desire to benefit society. "Ruth Middleton," in the book with that title and written by Louis Zara, is a girl born and reared in a great middle western city. This is her story from her birth to her maturity. WESTERN: "Once In The Saddle," Clem Colt. "Sunset Rim," Bishop. MYSTERY: "Two Faced Murder," Leslie. "Once Acquitted," Long. LIBRARY HOURS: Children's Room: Monday-Friday 2-6 p.m. Saturday 10-5:30 p.m. Adult Room: Monday-Friday 2-9 p.m. Saturday 10-5:30 p.m. These Hours Are The Same Winter and Summer: No Change During Judy and August. |