By Lucille Heffner
"A man ought to read just
as inclination leads him, for
what he reads as a task will
do him little good.”—Bos
well.
We have so many wonder
ful new books this month, we
shall only list them with a
short description of each.
The leading book this year has been OUT OF
THIS WORLD, Across The Himalayas Into For
bidden Tibet as written by Lowell Thomas, Jr.
This lively, timely and vital travel book is the
most fascinating adventure of our time.
THE CONQUERER by John Tebbel is a novel
of the Mohawk Valley of New York at the time
of the French and Indian War, based upon the
life of Sir William Johnson, famous friend of the
Indians. Here is history and exciting adventure,
laced with passionate romance, set in a primitive
background of savage Indian country and peopled
with picturesque and colorful characters.
* * * *
For an intriguing novel of mystery and suspense,
we recommend BIG SHOT by Lawrence Treat.
The fascinating story of Mitch, a cop, who after
learning the ropes, looked around for a little extra
cash to pad his slender salary and found himself
in a tangle of complications-
homicide.
-including a case of
Filled with excitement and sure to be widely
read is NEITHER FIVE NOR THREE by Helen
Maclnnes. The plot concerns communistic infil
tration into the magazine, theatrical, book fields,
etc., in the United States today and the undercover
organization formed to combat it. The characters
are excellent—with a lively romance—a girl mag
azine editor discovers that her fiance is engaged
in communistic activity. You will remember Miss
Maclnnes for the best seller, ABOVE SUSPICION.
KIDDY KORNER
How did men travel before airplanes, steam
boats, automobiles and locomotives were invented?
How could they read and write before there was
an alphabet.^ How did they learn the news with
no newspapers, no radio, no printed books? These
and many other questions you may have asked.
The answers are contained in THE FIRST GREAT
INVENTIONS in gaily colored pictures and
'reason-why’ answers. You will want to read and
re-read it.
We have a bxand-new fairy tale book for you.
This one is chock-full of Irish fairy tales. Some
of the titles are, THE EMERALD RING, THE
CAPTIVE PRINCESS, THE MAGIC BOTTLES
and EAGLE AND ANGEL. Wouldn’t you like to
read it?
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