By Lucille Heffner
"Book love, my friends, is
your pass to the greatest, the
purest, the most perfect pleas
ure that God has prepared
for his creatures. It lasts when
all other pleasures are gone.
It will last you until your
death. It makes your hours
pleasant to you as long as you live.”
—Anthony Trollope
Friend book-worms, we have kept our promise!
The new books are here, rather were here, as you
dear readers have borrowed many of them. We
want to remind you that by placing your name on
our waiting lists any book will be held for you.
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While the autumn breezes are blowing and the
harvest chores are done, settle in the cozy chair
with a good book. We suggest THE CRUEL SEA,
a novel written by one of the best sea writers alive
today, Nicholas Monsarrat. It is a graphic and
moving novel about the experiences of the officers
and crew of a British Corvette during the entire
course of World War II. The "Compass Rose” was
largely on convoy duties. The combination of their
fights with submarines and other man-made instru
ments of destruction and the overpowering forces
of nature, produces a novel of pounding physical
excitement, love, courage and devotion. Monsar
rat himself served on a corvette and knows his
material thoroughly. THE CRUEL SEA is a splen
did piece of writing.
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Would you like to know how to cut your house
hold tasks in half and thus attain easier living?
An attractive volume crammed full of such ideas
is available in the Library. The title is GUIDE
TO EASIER LIVING by Mary and Russell
Wright. We quote from the book, "This book can
increase the enjoyment and satisfaction of life in
your home—by drastically reducing the time and
labor required in running a home.” With charts,
illustrations and checklists, it offers solutions and
practical ideas dealing with such points as:
Planning and arrangement of rooms to
their greatest efficiency.
The abolishing of fussy entertainment
of guests—thereby allowing host and
hostess to enjoy their party.
The most practical furniture for your
specific needs.
What to do about inadequate closet and
storage space.
How modern methods can come to the
rescue of the over-burdened housewife
—a series of scientifically proven labor-
saving and work-simplifying techniques.
These points and more are included in this in
teresting and helpful book.
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Now for our new books. In the novel classifica
tion we find—THE CLAYBROOKS, Edwin Hud
dleston: LUCY CARMICHAEL, Margaret Ken
nedy; CAMEO, Helen Hopping Miller; DAWN’S
EARLY LIGHT and KISSING KIN by Elswyth
Thane and APRIL SNOW by Lillian Budd.
Murder mystery fans should find plenty of keen
excitement in these recent additions: MURDER
GOES TO PRESS, Cicely Cairns; A SHROUD
FOR GRANDMA, Douglas Ashe; AN APE IN
VELVET, Rae Foley; THE BIG KILL, Mickey
Spillane and DARK DREAM by Robert Martin.
In the non-fiction group—THE FAR SIDE OF
PARADISE, Arthur Mizener; THIS IS WAR,
David D. Duncan and THE GOLDEN BOUGH
by Sir James G. Frazer.
Just a reminder that the top-notch best-sellers
of today include Frank Yerby’s A WOMAN
CALLED FANCY; THE CAINE MUTINY, Her
man Wouk; JOY STREET, Francis Parkinson
Keyes; Irvin Shaw’s THE TROUBLED AIR;
KON-TIKI, Thor Heyerdahl and RETURN TO
PARADISE by James Michener. Yes, we have
them in the Library.
KIDDY KORNER
Have you ever owned a pony? Ted and Sue,
who were twins, had never either until . . . But
let’s not tell—better than that you can read (or
have Mom or Pop read to you) THE PONY
THAT RAN AWAY. It’s about real people and
a real pony and happened on a real farm too. A
nice lady named Miss Elizabeth Lansing put the
story in a lovely red book for you and all other
boys and girls to enjoy.