The Reader's Corner
Book reviews from the City Li
brary, by Addie May Nixon, li
brarian.
Many a Voyage by Loula Grace
Erdman.
One of the chapters in Senator
and President-elect John F. Ken
nedy's book "Profiles of Courage"
is devoted to Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was the man
who cast the deciding vote that
saved president Andrew Johnson
from impeachment. He was one of
the most interesting and amazing
men of our country.
Mrs. Erdman's book is a bio
graphical novel about the life of
Fannie Ross, the wife of Edmund
Ross. Mrs. Erdman is the author
of several well known fiction
books, one of which is the prize
novel, "The Years of the Locust."
In this new, fine novel, she han
dles this historical subject in a
most sympathetic and interesting
manner. Fannie Ross marries Ed
mund in the year 1848 when ex
citing things were happening in
the United Slates. Edmund was a
newspaper man, and a man of
strong convictions, so he early es
poused the cause of the slave.
Fannie once shielded a family of
escaping slaves.
Few women have ever had to
summon up such devotion, trust,
courage, and adaptability. Her life
was a series of movies with much
of it being spent in "bleeding
Kansas." The years during which
this remarkable life was lived
were from 1848 to 1889; some of
the most trying years of Amer
ica's past, and Edmund Ross had
a part in all the happenings. He
helped frame the constitution of
Kansas. He served as major in
the Union Army during the Civil
War.
He was senator from Kansas,
and still later, governor of New
Mexico. Through all this his cou
rageous wife stood by him. This
book is assuredly Fannie's story,
but it will excite your interest
in this greaf man of our past.
Mrs. Erdman's telling of the story
is artfully done, and will leave
you, as it did me, busy looking
up more material on this idealis
tic good man.
New Books at the City Library.
I Swear and Vow by Stefan
Olivier.
It seems lately as though an
interesting novel is hard to find.
This small book holds your in
terest and is quickly read. It is
about two doctors in a West Ger
man hospital. Dr. William Feld
husen is appointed head physician
in this hospilal. He had a fine
genllc manner, but cannot oper
ate. Hans Neugebauer, senior
physician, an excellent surgeon,
has the struggle of his life watch
ing trie other doctor mangle pa
tients. This is the story and the
outcome of their struggles.
Gillian by Frank Yerby.
Frank Yerby's novels really
need no reviewing, they are al
ways so popular. This one is about
a fascinating ruthless woman
named Gillian. This book is laid
in the South during the tumul
tuous days of the industrial revo
lution.
Who Is My Neighbor by Esther
Pike.
This book is edited by the
wife of Bishop Pike of California,
and she has been active in social
relations work for some years
Fourteen prominent men and
women tell us that some of us
do not recognize our neighbors
and explain how they have found
their neighbors, and what can be
done to help them. A practical
book on helping unfortunate peo
ple.
Murder at the White Tulip by
Diane Cole.
There are so many readers of
mystery stories that I always like
to include one in these lists of
books. The mystery enthusiast will
know we are adding new titles to
our collection. This one is good
to pass an evening. with.
A Sense of Values by Sloan
Wilson.
This is the author of the best
seller "The Man in the Grey Flan
nel Suit." The sub-title is "The
drama of a success story and a
marriage." It is a record of one
New Art Books Rate Interest
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Art lovers Who, for lack of
opportunity to visit museums in
Paris, London, Florence, Venice,
Rome, New York, Washington,
San Francisco and other great
centers, must look at painting
and sculpture second hand that
is, in reproduction have never
had such a fine choice of pic
ture books as the publishers offer
this fall.
They arc convenient books for
Christmas, even though to be sure
they are, as books go, expensive.
Yet they are more than handy
answers to gift problems; these
are artistic treasures in their own
right, and though you may buy
superb facsimile of 39 reproduc
tions from a sketchbook dated
1955 5fi. The author is Georges
Boudaille.
There's a second admirable Pic
asso: "Picasso in Antibes," text
by Dor de la Souchere and Mal i
aniie Greenwood photographs of
both the Mediterranean setting
and the art objects. It's a hand
some Pantheon book ($20).
From the New York Graphic
Society comes "Masterpieces of
Greek Art" ($12,50) with 112-color
plates by Raymond V. Schoder
and text conveniently placed on
facing pages. Among other out
standing volumes are:
The Rococo Age. By Arno
v Cftpir
" if araj tmh at op henry moore
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the -famed Mourlot printing house
is a guarantee of quality.
The Drawings of Jean Dubuffet,
By Daniel Colder, translated from
French by Cecily Mackworth. Bra-
ziller. $15. Contains 100 drawings
The Artist In His Studio. Text
and photos by Alexander Liber-
man, foreword by James Thrall
Soby. Studio-Viking. $17.50. Short
biographies in word and picture.
Claude Monet. By William C,
Seitz, Abrams. $15. About 50 color
plates, 75 black-and-whites.
Art Treasures of the Louvre,
By Rene Huyghe. Abrams. $17.50.
The publisher labels it a "port
able Louvre."
Crete and Mycenae. Text by
Spyridon Marinates, photos by
Max Hirmer. Abrams. $25. The
421 illustrations show sites as
well as treasures.
The History of Surrealist Paint
ing. By Marcel Jean. Translated
from French by Simon Watson
Taylor. Grove. $17.50. Fascinat
ing account, with first-rate illus
trations, of the tantalizing mod
ernist school.
The Florence I Love. Photos by
Robert Deseliarnes, introduction
by Paul Morand. Text by Carlo
Coccioli. Tudor. $7.95. A hymn
to the city and its priceless ait
and monuments.
W. G. Rogers
man's life and trie Influence of
it on others. Since it is also a
record of a struggle through the
last forty years. Many a person
will find pieces of their own life
and experience in it. This book
will probably be very popular.
Pit Fall in August by Howard
Roman.
This is a Harper novel of sus
pense. It is the account of a young
man who took a summer job in
the home of two elderly ladies
throughout the summer. He
learned of a secret that was mak
ing them all unhappy. There is
lots of suspense and your interest
is held until the last.
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whole year around.
Furthermore, they become con
stantly more reliable, and only
a careless and indifferent pub
lisherand where can you find
one? whether he prints in Eur
ope or this country turns out a
product that fails to do justice
to the original. Ten years ago,
I took an occasional volume of
reproductions with me to the Met
ropolitan Museum or the Museum
of Modern Art here to check color
against paintings right on the
walls. That is no longer neces
sary, least of all with books of
the superlative quality found in
the list below.
A typical example is "Picasso's
Sketchbook," released in early
fall by Harry N. Abrams ($".
In a limited edition of 800 copies
allotted to this country, it's a
Sehoenberger and Halldor Soeh
ner, with the collaboration of The
odor Mueller. McGraw-Hill. $23.50.
A composite of 18th Century cul
ture. The Art of Henry Moore. By
Will Grohman. Abrams. $15. With
12 color plates among 209 illus
trations. A sculptor first known
widely here for his London un
derground drawings in wartime.
The Paintings of Fragonard. By
Georges Wildcnstein. Phaidon
Doublcdny. $25. With 16 plates in
color and scores in black and
white. A work of exhaustive schol
arship. Ihe Lithographs of Chagall. In
troduction by Marc Chagall, notes
and catalogue by Fernand Mour
lot. translated from French By
Maria Jolas. George Braziller.
$22.50. There are 237 reproduc
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