SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE ELEVEN
Herald and News Book Reviews
Literary Highlights
POCKET BATTLESHIP, The
Story of the AdmiralScheer, (Nor
ton): The first detailed account
of the activities of the German
cruiser known as a "pocket bat
tleship" that terrorized Allied
shipping for months during the
last war.
The story is told by Its captain,
now Adin. Theodor Krancke, and
II. J. Brennecke, one of the more
popular modern German authors,
with never-before published details
of its action. There are also a num
ber of photographs.
The Scheer sailed from German
waters before Hie United States
entered the war and in one of its
biggest successes destroyed a num
ber of ships of a major convoy on
the North Atlantic. But the dam
age it inflicted was even greater
than the tonnage sunk it' im
mobilized large British naval forces
at a time when they were sorely
needed.
The Scheer was active in the
North Atlantic, in the South At
lantic where it made rendezvous
frequently with supply ships, and
had one daring foray into the In
dian Ocean before starting the
long voyage home.
Basically this is a straightfor
ward account of bow the Scheer
sank 152,000 tons of shipping be
fore it was .destroyed by Allied
bombs in its home port of Kiel.
There are a number of sly digs
at the United States for violating
its "neutrality" relaying British
surface raider warnings. And there
is a thin layer of German prop
aganda with emphasis on the kind
ness shown by Captain Krancke to
his captives. -
But it is a first-rate accormt of
warfare at sea, especially in the
description of the battle with the
1 gallant British auxiliary cruiser
I jervis Bay which went down with
all puns firinff.
A new political history of Viet
nam suggests that nationalism
may lead to the ' dissolution of
Communism in that divided coun
try. ;
THE SMALLER DRAGON by
Joseph Buttinger (Fraeger) -says
the first Chinese invaders came to
Vietnam more than 2,100 years
ago. They dominated the country
for more than 1,000 years. By
comparison, the French controlled
Vietnam for less' than a century.
Buttinger. who went to Vietnam
in 1954 for the International Res
cue Committee and became a firm
friend of the anti-Communist Viet
namese, says the country's long,
bloody history of resistance to for
eign rule offers hope for its future
unity and independence.
"Vietnam had to adapt to many
of the Chinese social and techni-
Teddy Roosevelt As
THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Vol
ume I, THE FORMATIVE
YEARS 1858-1886. By Carieton
Putnam. Scribners. 10.
The Bullochs, of Georgia, and
the Roosevelts, of New York, old
and distinguished families, were
united in 1853 with the marriage
of the Southern daughter Mittic
and the Northerner Teddy. One
son, born five years later, was
the future President Theodore.
As a boy he suffered from
gastly illnesses sick stomach, a
heart supposed not to be of the
strongest beat, and asthma, which
wore him down at home and in
Europe when be 'spent endless
nights wheezing, coughing and sit
ting up miserably in bed.
The boy fought it. He appears
to have been endowed with, or to
have whipped up, a fantastic, des
perate amount of energy. The
youth who could have been ex
pected to drop dead threatened to
exhaust relatives and friends till
indeed they dropped dead with
1
cal inventions," he writes. "How
to benefit from the more advanced
Chinese civilization without becom
ing Chinese themselves was al
ready the main question in the
life of this people when Vietnam
emerged as a separate state more
than 2,000 years ago.
it was never easy for the
smaller dragon to survive and lead
his own life, next to the bigger
dragon. Will Vietnam, after a mil
Ienium of independence from Chi
na, again become a satellite of her
gigantic neighbor to the north?"
Can Ho Chi Minh, Communist
president of North Vietnam,
change the hereditary Vietnamese
attitude toward China? the author
asks. A positive answer is sug
gested. , , .
One of the most complete books
on the booming sport of bowling
has been written by Oscar Fraley,
United Press sports columnist,
with the aid of five of the nation's
top bowling stars.
THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK
OF BOWLING (Prentice-Hall) tea
tures 400 split-second sequence
photos in which photographer
Charles Yerkow depicts the tech
niques of bowling aces Buly Vt elu,
Lee Jouglard. Ad Carlson. Dick
Weber and, in a special section for
the ladies, bylvia Wene.
Every phase of the game is cap
tured in photo and text which,
along with tips from the bowling
stars, imply that anyone can score
over 170 consistently with the prop
er instruction and application.
The book was designed to aid the
multitude of bowlers who, with a
national average of less than 150,
are stymied by the lack of in
dividual instruction.
Current
Best Sellers
FICTION
BY LOVE POSSESSED, Cozzens.
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG,
BOYS1 Shulman.
BELOW THE SALT, Costain.
ANATOMY OF A MURDER,
Traver.
THE WHITE WITCH, Goudge.
NONFICTION
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE
DAISIES, Kerr.
BARUCH: MY OWN STORY,
KIDS. SAY THE DARNDEST
THINGS, Linkletter.
WHERE DID YOU GO? OUT,
Smith.
TO LIVE AGAIN, Marshall.
his interminable walks, his moun
tain climbing, his tireless winter
hunting and his riding on nis
ranch.
His work at law led perhaps
inevitably to Albany. While in the
Legislature, after the loss some
years before of his beloved father,
ne lost nis wue mice anu u
mother within 24 hours. This vol
ume, first of a projected four, gets
him engaged to Edith Carow and
sets hun well along on the pain to
fame.
Having no good fortume to see
papers no previous Kooseveti m
ographcr had worked with, Put
nam is extraordinarily thorough.
This is not just a complete ac
count, but super-complete. We
know-on what lawn on what slope
Teddv first walked with Alice,
what route he followed from the
Grand Central on a certain night
75 years ago; and when be sets
out. sav. to conquer the Matter-
horn, Putnam, as indefatigable as
his subject, briefs us on pre
vious climbs, the number of dead
World's Biggest Book Store
Indulges Browsing, Thievery
LONDON W In her snug office
i Charing Cross Road Christina
Foyle opened a letter and was as
tonished to read:
"I have been stealing books from
your shops since 1944. Their weight
on my conscience has become un
endurable, so I wrapped them in
bundles and deposited thorn in the
luggage department of the Char
ing Cross railway station. Enclosed
are the claim 'checks so you may
recover them. Thanks for years of
pleasant reading."
There was no signature.
The letter was an incident in a
busy day of the attractive woman
of 45 who is proprietor of the
world's biggest book store.
The stolen books were recovered
and placed where they belonged,
among the 414 million volumes
which stretch in endless shelves
in five buildings in London's Soho
district.
'A conscience fund is one of the
interesting little facets of this live
ly business," said Miss Foyle.
"Thieves don't always return
books. Some prefer to send money
to pay for them. It comes mostly
from students and brokendown
scholars poor dears. But a few
clergymen have contributed to our
conscience fund."
Miss Foyle loves books, hke a
proper florist loves a rose, bo
there is a bit of compassion m
her heart for a book thief. She
doesn't usually prosecute anyone,
unless thievery has been on a com
mercial basis.
The many hundreds of yards of
Foyle shelves are open to the wide
world, and hundreds of browsers
devote thousands of hours reading
until their arches ache.
Some of them seem to get a
liberal education on their feet
Miss Foyle said. "The other day
I was fascinated by a man labor
iously copying a musical score,
which must have cost about half
a crown (35 cents). But maybe he
didn t have half a crown.
It's all regarded indulgently by
Miss Foyle, because browsers now
may become customers later. Her
bert Morrison, former Labor for
eign secretary, said once that he
acquired much of his education in
the Foyle aisles.
The shop was established by
LORD NELSON'S FLEET
At the battle of Trafalgar in
1805, Admiral Lord Nelson's entire
command consisted of 27 British
ships, which met and defeated a
combined Spanish and French fleet
of 33 vessels.
A Fighter
the nature of difficulties before gR
oosevelt himself start atexa 35:4
Some readers may ask whether,
in the perspective of history, The
odore Roosevelt is worth this de
tail. He had a gory record as a
hunter, he certainly exaggerated
the quality of courage, and his
obsession with matters of health
and wholesomeness risked in a
sense being unhealthy and un
wholesome itself. But he became
the indestructible symbol of a ccr-,
tain valorous aspect of our Amer
ica, which he intensified more than
any other man. This shows best,
perhaps, in Putnam's anecdote of
the day Roosevelt, thrown by one
bronco after another, still reused
the friendly offer of a real cowoby
to "break" the ncx animal for him
with the remark: "Cowboy, 1 know
you con ride him; what I want to
find out is if I can ride him."
But whatever you think of Roo
sevelt, you have no doubt about
Putnam: he is a major biographer.
This sort of achievement wins the
coveted literary prizes.
iMiss
Foylc's father, William, in
1904, and enjoyed a fabulous
growth.
At the age of 18, while he was a
clerk in a barrister's office, he
looked at some text books with
which he was finished and decided
they were frozen assets. He sold
them with surprising ease, and
CHRISTINA FOYLE. pro
prietor of the world's big
gest book store.
if? Ill
Wit And Wisdom Abound
In A New Boole Of Proverbs
ST. LOUIS-(UP) - Take one
part of the language of the Testa
ments; add another part of Amer
ican slang. Mix well, and you get
some modern proverbs from Mrs.
Agnes Dodd Richards, America s
newest sage at the age of 84.
Mrs. Richards is the author of
a book of proverbs "Take Heed My
Children" (Vintage Press).
Instead of being flushed with
success at becoming an authoress,
she now is worried about what her
friends will tli ink of her words of
wisdom.
'They probably will say I'm
very foolish," she said.
But her editors have told her
the younger generation will go
for such advice as. lis true,
my daughter, the early bird doth
get the worm. But abide thy
time, for yea, thou mightest hook
a sucker.
Another example: "When thy
spouse doth annoy thee with
ceaseless chatter, listen not, my
brother. But murmur behind thy
morning paper, yea, my be
loved,' so she will not suspect thy
perfidy.
Mrs. Richards, a grandmother of
five, said she didn t have much
trouble picking up slang exprcs
sions but the "thec's and thou's
were difficult."
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looked around for other volumes.
One book led to another, and many
millions passed through his hands
in the next four decades.
Thirteen years ago, at the age of
60, he withdrew from active man
agement of the business. He ac
quired historic Bocleigh Abbey in
Essex and made it his home. Now
he comes in about once a week to
see how things arc going.
If it s a book, old or new, it s
Miss Foyle's business. One of her
special little problems now is to
decide what to uo with 400 volumes
which are separate printings of
Oliver Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wake
field." "One of our friends collected Vi
cars, hunting them down with
great industry in every part of the
world." Miss Foyle said. "Fat and
thin books, big and tiny but all
the same story. Now he is tired of
it and here is his hobby, covering
one of my tables.
Miss Foyle has about 500 em
ployes and one of their jobs, in
a room big as a gymnasium, is
to deal with the 30,000 letters re
ceived daily. A post office spokes
man said recently that Foyle s gets
more letters than any organization
in London except the football pools.
The books go out to every nation
and Miss Foyle has just returned
from Japan to investigate a big,
new demand for technical works,
some of which she buys in the
United States.
She divided her book Into two
sections: "Signposts for Sons and
"Dieuims for Daughters.
To the men, Mrs. Richards says,
Be thou hard-boiled. Fool thy
brother but never thyself.
She advised women. When thy
lord goeth astray, my daughter.
tars avail not nor vain pleadings
But prepare a roast with the trim
mings thereof and a slice of pie,
Verily these turn the trick.
She started compiling her prov
erbs more than 10 years ago. As
she thought of one, she would
scribble it on a scrap of paper and
put it in her desk. This winter, at
the urging of her two sons and a
daughter, she submitted the col
lection to the publisher.
"This book is hardly a high-class
classic," said Mrs. Richards, 'but
I do think it's fun."
Readers will find such other
proverbs as:
"Be wise, my daughter. She who
is gay oft reeeivest favors but the
shy young damsel doth get the
ring." Or: "Pride not thyself on
thy virtues, O thou of many
years. In thy youth thou has
necked in the buggy and sipped
from the jug . . . and awakened
with a headache. Therefore chide
not thy son for his evil ways but
remember thine own youth."
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