Variety (Sep 1934)

Tue«^y« Sepi^mlier 25, ]9.^4> LITE A T i V ' Tiwf Pf^in publication of a new fort- Fhtly nag, to be called L«tterK. Oct, 1. How It came Into. Wet lolely of ■|||l|ir».v'*f;;«l«|»;;i^, |ts readers. loiters from readers to the edi- tor of TlBMi ,li«4 b««n Incraaalner . o;|o'4iie''•ttcm-vilWi^^^ Va : < yrpblein Bome months af^o. Most - ..^ tbam tvu good to throw awiiy, ' Wt could not bo included In the ^ ^M(rtily^ «reat num- "Wuy out was to print an elpht- \ |kat,'e sui»f)lemtnt sent free to tho.se . lyho cared to ank for It. In short «rder the free list rove to neq^rly rt6,Md. Tlm« |rabliah«ir« ih- ierested and queried Bubscrlbers whether they would pay for the •: letters supplement. CSot nearly all itirtrmative answers, many even iM^ipKAtlttt iliat the 0v]li»leiM ; i^te advertising. > ••'fV"' '';/Tb^ to make the letters sti^)- IiUment a rtKul'ir muK followed, though; aubscription price as^ed ia fi)f Cdv4kt. the cost of miiittini^ ^eiM^y. Broun Loses Chief Critie " H«ywood Itroun's f»>rnier wife; ; Hulh llisN'. died In Nfw York last ■■♦ jilfecki ^ho had secured a M*:xl<?an Wrote his daily coUimh in the N. Y. World-Tolepram with Miss Ilstlc jik chief eritic. If slio liktd the column i it wouI4 . make, little dirference to ;^:;-fit*>iiiit' ^fiii(:''4liyfl^e:cls(^''^thoM^ht.' ;^ -T^^ was 'always a close iilH- ■: iHJ^© between the couple. Often 'J ahe would Fuppcst topics for his T; ;-<4l8.8ertfttlont«. TuuartLs the last i flrj^iiiB aouierht io cpnv!|f*re her thai fiiedleal aid wn.s mandatory, but, al- ' th<-UKh she hclieved in no cult, Miss •Allaif thought^Jlttfe «>r. nothlis#viiMf lUortors. ' ■ i-i'^'•j^.v'' '■ ■ ^Arthur iropkini*, nl.«o for the Sel- l yiyina t<>r a titne, but was essentinlly '.' ■iii ne\vsi»|iiw»^<>'«rt*n.\r New Pulps on Way . .^^ ' 1».'^'t*''l*liri^ 'the'^ltahd^ Jird Mapazlnos proup, has formed now ainiiato called IJcacon Afa^'a- ?r «in«'S to ppon^or a couple of nt-w ,'\3pulps. Pair ff ma^s. appearing un- .•"^ l^ie|> editorial director v'tor-group, serving in l,Jh:e \.«9in'«j ca:t>ftdiy''.tor: '.taik^^ ,'B«(!UNMf :\.|il)ag|i;;in '.addltloh.: ';;; \ ^ r A. A. Wynn iand Wairrieh Anpel ■ •(i<!inp another to their Aces strinp iVctf Action mags, this one \ye8tern ";::Jkcfif.: "^^tll b« Ji comp^nloil Mag tl^lF'/Wytliiit' ■ Ton^^i>e-; : t*ctfv© Aces. iStfT liixo have ian ; fiir-story map, but oddly cnou^'h > this on© does not carry the Aces U^^ map l.«' :^'0(i^iL '- Sky Blrcls. Wyn editing "W^tcrn Aces, iivhich botrt in irlth ■I,Kov*mbif;;'|piBi^^ ■-'^^■Hl :»ell' -for i\tC ;:|jiaO« Also Throwing Parties »^ by book publishers for kn ..^tttti©»^^^^^^tt t>f a new ; :.l>dit>k comrnon, ibut fiMt ';inag to -■••dbpt the practice IS Redbook, 'yihieh ^vlll tiirow a dinner at the .,AmW»^it"lor on Oct. 4 in honor of '■y'plkiiS^t lla.sty Crt.rrpll. Miss Car- toll; Aiiihoi' of 'A* the Earth Tiirnjs,' wilt have ft new iioVisi, 'A Few Fool- ,V.Jt*h <>noR,* scri.tlizoil in Redbook bo- , >glni)inff with the Novenibor number. •' Is another attempt by llodbook to . Interest book reftders. Ma^ has for . fwn^ been puibU*|iiiic: f^Il- Bodin's New Job ]Bd Bodin^ who dPhe about Inhprythlng In the literaiT Hn«' ex- cept edit a map, has now added that to Ills accomplishments. Bodin pcftinp out for a new ptiblisher, the Feature >:i;ag(;i^ine port^; i new ■■mm^ dlli«a I3i<i«' W Lucky SyMiWhis. Understood that the American Fiction <iuil<l, the orpanization of fcrlbblers, is interested In the pub- llcatlon in some fa.shion. Initial Wj>Ue Qf tho mag carries a piece by ^rjthtu* J. Iturks. one of the^TPaOlng: ■v|^a<^»v::«uh<iers. ■ -;/:'i.r;^;?-r:':-:'^;v'';. : ■■ •TelevjW^ l^Oh Utt. television t-esearelier, pft* been pathcrinp maierial for two .J»-ars, with anndi.T year's iMb.-r in iTcspoet fur what, in expected to tt* iflrst thorottphly documented .Jj*** tbe. subject. JiocH will be •WA;'^{owance of Ilif: tmifrk,] hns tof n prvtlif-red frcrtn ;.^'|l,-<jyer, ,t,hp, world., ^ , i:j-ev;i,n'f</ ie«^inin[V(t ''pn. lcl<>vl»i<;i)■.■ii't ■ MeOraw-llill thinkt that 11k list of puMicationii for the pani few years Is a perfect 'htstiiririy ' of, depression.'' „ ■' in it29 coiii^iwn*'-' *M»i>*ili*ht^il: 'Recent Economic ChunpoK' and 'New Levels in the .*^to<k Market'; ll»3<t. 'The 'VN'orhr.w He o n o m I c l>ilcrnma'; 1931. "BtiiloeB^' A*rt#r'flMid,;\'lh^^ eniiteln. incorporated'; 1{>32, 'Piaradox of Plenty' and 'Busi- ness Looks at tlie Unforeseen'; 1033. 'Whkt, Js Technocracy ?•. 'InflatlQci'' «)|«-'i0u1tltirt«' Deal LegrHlation'; 1934, 'Eeo- nomics of the Itecovery l'r<.- gram,' 'Codes. Cartels and Na- tional PlaoAlng' and 'Arner- Nat'l Pub* Re-elect Officer* KfttlbMat Fublishera Assn, eom- ptl*islng the country'.s orfanized pe- riodical publisher-'', re-elected Wil- liam B. Warner president at Itf an- nual conv^|iti9n:>t £bivwn<Ber0n- Bieliiware.'\Pa:,:''lii«|. .iit^ki^"'', ''"Wk^ntit'- Is president an^ frciftanrer 0f: th^ MrCall Co. Balance of the t.tlicers re-electtd along with W'urnerr X^^y Al- fred SK,^liayo» Cfvw#rt> |>t<Mlahlng Co , and Fi GL Cplii^ Pub- lisliiiip Co., yitjt>-presidents; F. L. Wurzliurp, Conde N;ist I'uMica- tittns, treasurer, and Boper W', Al- len, Hat Tr44« - I>it»ll«Klng;;. Co.. socretayy.,'': :.■■,■-'„■• Directors ' for the ' hetfr t©*h» 'At* H. K. Berlin, lnt< rnational Mai-a- zine Co.; St.irilt y II. I.,atsha\v. lUit- teri< k I'uJdisiiinj,' Co.; Boy K. I.ar- sen, Time*^^ .inip^iv ,Bei*jiarr Macfad- den; Maefii^ljfiiih P. E. \V;inl. F.irni .T(airnal; Fred (». l!o- hen, .Meredith l*ul'li«ati»>ns. an<l Air \>ivt Ij. C<»lei Po^u^^tft;^ INJlence Monthlyv'.'<\ 'y\v:y-yi\ ■ Busy Man, ;,Hfiit, • ,^ Sole' ,flg.ur:e,.v,'witH'-'^Ji^^^ literary^ ■,ctti*e»';- 'ojg'V-'hp^Hit,?'pub- lisher 'MMS'>1liii)ii^;.iisrl»^'W^;^ North. ■ Biterary critic of th*. Chicapu Daily N$W«,v Npttb.; al»p.' pu^nUshes books tifn hW ©Wii. nhli ttmi his own pen, however. Now he's s<'l<l a novel to MacMUlan, which pives him an added distinction. There , p.re many noveUsta., whip aWi critlca, too. Many tmblkrtiet's who also write. But, so far as knuwn, North is the only novelist- .p^lsher^^erltle* ' N^^ y/li Style Ranking Goes Up Chicago Tribune syndicate has called Bettinn Bedwell to New York from Paris and will keep her in the city for a couple of months as com- niiQntil^toi^ on irtyle*. That** * new depafiure and may .Indieate a chanpc of htyl© front for the entire world. Miss Bvdwell Is the syndicate's ace style: commentator and has been ^.tatlonet) ifi Paris fon j rtnigiber of years. l«ied no'# ■eeihft'ib be that New York has moved up so much in stylo import.'incc, Miss P.edwell should split her time between Paris and -New York for more complete coveragor,- D-D Shakeup Coujile of ehanpes among depart- ment hea4a a.|^ Poubleday, Doran, If. Au iStfcvenson (rulttlhUr as hertd of tho outdoor lioek (l''iiartnient be- cause of continued ill health. Suc- cos.sor is A. Weston Smith, Jr, DQfotMy UriM «!i(t, fi ;ChU.<lren'» book iiflt«Hr» in^^^tM9<i ttif^' iXtargiim r^esser. Mi.---.s T^esscr was formerly head of publicity and promotion tor ^^J^avMiir ^ ■ ' i'yftd^eattiit, 'H^pkiHi' .iiitrlpe", - ' Capt. Roscoo Fawcett (F. I'ubll- cations) is beinp syndicated now by Bell with a 'Screen OddUles* no^velty cartoon feature. King Features vends Fcg Ikfur- my/4 'Seeln' Stars' cartoon of atm- llar character. Murray is himself actually a cartoonist; a phost sketchcr does the chorea for Faw- cett^^:^who'8,::;^h*^,W#^••||^,vv■ v''-^^^ New f&inilie ' biM>k—ptrhtij-her Anne Cohen Zaretz, who, under-the name of the Ancon Publishlnp Co., formed by the icoinblnatlon. .of her first two nanie«, plan* to lB-sii^ book^i on labor miatters. l-lrst will be * volume havlnp to do with clothtnp workers. Bonk l."? now bofn|f,,|iil'e- parod;.for^ p^blfefttloii. . s.\:';-;; "■'!•' Rush Book By Mayer's Niece M-".' ai!la> 's Is i u.'^hinu* pulM«'ntion If 'Honp of the Flesh.' by Biith C,iiti>tnir»ri>>. Daled for i^ct. 6, ' ■. ■ M, isp ;(?.^ivVritni-n^!*'.i.<'!' ft ■ fritspf'■■^f .l>'.uif* i lias,- ?Jil«'yen' 'fact«d-i«t MMr9/1iim-MiviiiA»^ Uncovering Some Oldies Bip send-off of I'aul KnpU 'h Annrican ,*^'onp,' which has m<i<l< it the first best.ael)|iiff |ipp%^ p^^^ poetiry ■••.tn' rwni'-ili^-itti^^ iet'th^': Yale University I'ress to eheckin^ off the list of its past publications. Findinp contirmed the suspicion that 'American Hong' is not Bngle't! first book et p(>etn«, as commonly supposed. Actual first was a slim volume called *\Vorn Ejuih,' pub- ILshed in the Yale Series of Younper Poets. Since the volu^ne i« still In print, Yale University iN^M tiiinds to profit by it nicely, fin U come a collector'* Itetn: ' Search disclosed that the Yale Series of Younper Poeti^ Mao in- cluded the first boblt «ir iMWR^^^ Hervey Aiient 'Wiiinii^ii^^ " aold,* Allen hnVlng: bJM« best' known as ft ' poet before writinp 'Anthony Adverse.' But Yale I'ress won't benefit by that, as 'Wampum and Old GoM' to jnow put <>t print. ■VMiW#^''^Wii*,ing'--O Newest addition to the list vl book publishers la. a group calling itself '!i<li«:.14^ipli*^ft^^ mmiiishy,. Cecil it. ifurrow. ifome clTlces at ties Moines, fa., with a publication olllce in New York. Imjjrint will bea.r the New York address. > #estiifi|niilers/ have b^kr -o^ fl^^ ti^ .cfn the press, and a' iffiniber of otliei'/vcaripts In preparation. Ad MontMili bebuts A nevv monVhiy/:tol^g for advtr- ttotng pt^Pi^iictioni manilgers. art di- rectolir*. these engage!|I in alliK'd aetivltiei, called PM, has made Its app<;iranee. Kdited by I'erey S< it- lln, formerly of tho Fairchild I'ub lit'ation*, with contributing editors I{^©rbcM Ht>l|»iir,. Robert L. I.*»Ue, H» B. Ceoke and Irving Art-dit^ctor is Martin J. %Vebieir, :;"v.^/.V'. ^ ■ Chatter Staiit "^dong back in town. The Walter IJppmans to Italy . Isaac Marcos.»;on b.ack In town. Fanny Wollner will stay in I'aris. Rebecca CuphUMin livef in Chapel Hill, N. C. ■ ' - ' CfanvUle Hl<sitf/d«{ng a biog of John .Beed. Third edition for 'All the Skeletons in all the Closete.' '' •7■;r^:r^-- '■■ ^y W.;;|9..::li(<m»':''|ieW{ ntelsttEmt; 'tNulMi^ uirer^'tftt'-lfactMiilfty's^',, 'Shabby Tiger,'by Howard Spring, postponed to January, Hugh,WaIpoIe has started a new novel, 'The inauteitor." It wdn't be long betigiret. .4^k C(Cihjr>be|l'a,i>iM;k'in tdwrf: -""^^^'y c^''^' Irin:i Sl|iurifttina back front Rus- si;i, Germany and Austria. Steve Clow has set himself up as one ot those 'liierars^ revbtion ex- pert*;*;"-'-:-■■'Tv-.,'-'' *What Makf s Us Seem So Queer,' by David Sea bury, ekeddcd for Oct. 22. Frieda Lawrence will inter p. W.'e body flii^Kty In JiMeri^'^;iMr Itis wishesi Claude KeikUin Iwa eontracted Wilson Ciii^iimi'.'^'y^^^ novels. ^ ' ■'■-.v'-.. Ezra Pound doing |u»oiher:ll«^^ criticism At .hl«*«uttiftiff> retreat )n Rapatlo. ^;'' Groff Conklin has quit'3PoMbleday, Doran to Join tlie staff of fesqiiire, the map. Stuart Hawkins' 'Nq Man, Is Sin- gle* IWt i6r ISrltilih i^blidttt^^^^ by T>uckworth. James Weldon Johnson will be a puest lecturer on th e faulty o f New York. U., thiS; ywfi.y/y Elfner Rice ^tfjlnir Introduc- tion for Cene Lyow^ eilfcMSiJ^ of 'Six Soviet Plays.' / ' :, Sipmund Gottlober will publish propram magiisine for American Children's TheatN^ Faraday Keene, author of Tat- tem in Black and Red,' Is really Cora ITardy Jarrett. Hugh Walpole has started a new novel being induc^eiO' |^ib0?.t!;le- tujrt i^rlttnjr m Ihe'^iqOftti '/v ' Robert .©rll!fAii%-^'t»>ii»;-f^^ philosophy, science and rt>isttiogy.;i has turned out his first novef. ■ Sip Spaeth back from a two-week cruifie to Bermuda. Fifth <?ditl6n for his 'Art of Enjoying Music* Sec ond e dititonn ^o r * S W e et T . a ml.' 'None But th# Brave,' ^fhe Barter r..T<ly' and The Long Day Closes.' M.inu8crliPt. of: Thomas Wolfe's new wovtl, 'Of Tittif» and th« Rlver;r lYi tho hanil,^ of Serilmer typesetters. When I bury Jt>hn.'^on .«;oId his first novel to a m.np f<.r serializa- tion, two<:h9.pters wcfe inadvertent- ly emirti<# ir^m the ictipt. But the puMlsher never khew It, nor did J« hnson until nffrr the cem- plet© ftory w.ia puMi'-hed. Miss- ing chOI't^'rH we|*t Into the ,sfor>r iirheh n ■ '^tm .ii^i^-' '^ ■ hoftk] forfo/ jBest Sellers Best Sellers tor the week ending Oct. tt^ a^ reported by thr •S< U»-d tl't K«.8e' >>.:V:l;r«. t..*^^^^^^ . By Stark Yjining •Lrfimb itt:Hie-:''By*ioni'"'(ti2;:5*)>::-.»-v^ 'C'^y Csi;ijiiitue::Miliet 'Maiden Toyai^eVii2>oi ....... By Kitthjksiin Nnirih •Anthony Adverse* (|3.^) , . ;. • • • • By Hei^Vey AUen *Arip«'intnient in SamarraM4^2i|'l^)^>V»>>vV«.>>^ .lolm (Vjljuji .'Lightship' .. ...» . .'. .. . • ..... .V..By Aiihi* B'••»"•' v.v' :'-JNor»-Fiction , '■ .■'/■'■^■S", V.-.'-:' •While -Rolhe-BuniB'-' '(Irwl''.'i;-.'iv^;v.'. .\ V.B3^-Ali*iftii^4^--:# •Stars Fell on Ahi».;iina' (f.l.PO) I'y Cail <'..,iner '100,000,000 Guinea Tips' ($2,0U) i y Aitliur. KuH* t and F Sehlink •Life Begins at Forty' (tl.i«): ^yi*v«v^^^ P- Pitkin •English Journey* ($i3.00) .V.-,,.. i. S^^iylji*,*':;., -By J, prieetley; •|>^ijl|)skyf':,f|il.7^->„,r» .;.,.>:<...>■>.'..,■.■.*;. w:.vvyf(i'i'* .'.y^t'■$Ampit^-0i} Broadway, the HiiNt Way Now and then a book corties alont' that's' sc^ diffcreiU *|t 'defie* tlf^ fication. K*br exan^ple, '^olte^^^ tnan's •Tender Cheeks' (Coviei. Kriede, |2.&0) is liot exactly lU tien n<)r yet wholly factual. llfs a series of, ke©n studies 5>f a certain class - of '^roikd'V^.ay :|M!t^j^e(i;i>*S|;;*h© 'seein' ^io.. jwiisVl b»t;l-J^W'''"IpM^ ^'t'W know. , - v ■ ■■; ^' Kaufm.-tn's iMittk Is the unv^irhiKh- ed .. story . of a coutJle; of thestv Bwnfuniiy they work out their problems—when they cease to \<( interesting th<' story .stops. Author has given a picture vivid in its drab recital of ,tb0, Jives of the hundreds who hang itl^fiir tliiet^i^eftl Brp^il- way hopinp for anythinp frOnri-Js good job to a cup of coffee. ' . It's ffilthful and stark picture re* nitn4ii!4l.-^f prct^^^^^^ t>?eisei- would have h.nd a lot ef Women in it. •Tender Chetks* is .a novel; if it Is a novel, without a heroine. kaufman Is a Viwirrt inugfe and knows nil sides of Bro.idway. It m.ay not, probably it will not, woi k into the best seller^ class; but it will likely cau«e much connmeiit. ^ Atery^a Short fttorlee - Whit llurnett and Martha Foley have r mad© such a splendid job of i^t^ryi; the monthly mag, that there 1b BO Io*Hfer needed any contnieyit on it. NOw they bring oiit a^bok of short stories from it, their sec- ond this year, this time from eon- tribs to the American edition. Pub- llehed by Vanguard .($2.60) lit what hitir' become iitandatd Story form. Thlrib^bur yarns in this collec- tion, 4nd Included are some of the very finest short story writers of the /World. List of nuinieq alone oughi to thake it tmpressts^e tnate- rlal, to say tho least. Amonp the American scribblers Inehuled are I'cter Neapoe, AVilliam Faulkner, Gertrude Stein. , Bool^. alsp has - a .story■;.-"by'.";-Ivan" -fiiiiiliii- -■•la«fc-';-year'8 Russian Nobel prize winner, and a CheckhoV piece, which Burnett dup up somewhere and which wa-s never preyioyslj,' published |in Enj^lish. ■•«»at«lilf»»:'ti-prei«'-. ■ 'The I'resldent Vanishes' (Farrar & Binehart; |2), is, of course, Irn- m«!(liately recognizable as a stunt book. But it's a swell aturtt, It makes exciting light heading; holds more than pnssinp pener.al int< r« st, and is novel. It ought to make an interesting fi% w^^ Walter Wan- gS^ Wliio owns the rights^ i^te through screening it. Book is pl.aced at si.ni«- mythical time In the futiare, Whole world Is at Wair iihd the TT* #^ too, expected to get into it. Fceilng Is ten."'e. Th(! pray .shirts are sweeplnp the C S. Biot.s everywhere. I'resident is to make a speech announcing his views ott; the subject. Half hour before the speech ho disappears—kidnaped. Who kidnapped him, how and why are t ho-:-''ji^i|i<(i^ ,jSng1«l,.:,,;clpvfrtjp b^kndiod^."",''.''^- ., \-::'-:y''. o'-'';' There is not a better spinner Of circus yarn^ than Cot^ijtney Ryley . ifu ,, 'i t.H»w$'''Mi¥' ' iOt' ii '' ' ' ' !n;»iMi, long service with Barnurn I'.ailey and Sells-Floto, when the • bitter was under Bonfils' management. His Old Mom stories have vairiously ap- peared In all the leading smnoth (i-ipfr map.s. Now he has diflly wov«n thetn Into a conneete^ talc' thkt gives istill naoiTi^ kick to the Various shorts- •Boss mpbittVtt' (T-iltWi: |Jl'6wil AS Co., ?.;) is sf uii Ihitip tvipry cir<'Ut: fXi.n shouNl r,e««lj i v,i n. it, h^ b^tts pre- .yliiulsi-j^;-teif»4^1fiif';**^ \iyiii' uiipd, ■ .•*«>kl^if^ii;:■-■:^ ■ Jo.Johhson*s/Firetv J osi phi be Johnson ie b.trely 23j: She'# nrritleiai: a fe,# pMbiish^d aiiort storfed, 'Unit etherWis© is unknown Now her first novel, •Nt w in No- vember' (Simon At Schustoi; Is published and it iii a book tha^^ Imniedi.^'teiy akyi^ckef ;}ilRr ^^^^ at'y impdrtftncC-e.'' '■^ "y ''''' 'Now in Novt'tnber' is a iiuict, subdued book ii^bout life f>n a mid- Western. farB*.::^;^^ not unlike iseverai other rnore fa*: mdus female writers, stjch as KAth- erine Mansfield or Kriiily Fu kinson, but in the alfnost Greek fury with , which It ViiitW^ dcnoiiment It c outranks Bucl)(^;|<^lttg. It to fln« prose, but ea»^ riding, Not foi^ films.- ^- ■ -■. ■'V,-','. ;llibbing Fascism., Hur6 to nnd'Pi^tand > iiisl' Him': 'Font.imara' (Smith A Haas; %2 'M)), by Ipnatic Silone, managed to keep from beinp published In the II. h'>. before this. B's an Italian satire which has alre«dy, been pubiished In 14 oth er world spots and is likel y to po on'Tfcing translated for f;ome"tTrae to c««rne. It's abf.ut as fine n siitlre as recent years have evolved. It's about fascism, basically, but so true and honest, «o well dcawin fr<an character-jfraUrtlw^i^w will live. Michael Wharf made u ^-ood col- loquial tranalatioi^ It's not foir. V Rambling Bitsic British humor difleiw.ma- terially from that o f the S t ate s, and when a book makes its chlet appoi^l. on unfamiliar types and, spice it with unfamU^U- huiidM)r/ttl* result Is pretty flat. 'ller Nam© Was Tokio' (I'^arrar St", Bine hart; |2) to the work ot Charles tittryd-Jones, a rambling diffoso story about the I^riti.sh country- side, populated by exiles from I>on> don rather tha^ ftjji-httntinp^ squires and ,li.a|-d riding Woirnen. BrJek juid rather salty in spots, but in general a wordy story about nothinp in par- ticular that winds up with everyr. thing in tlie air. -^p* top ijlctati^ a nd •.jti©t:1^tar tiut gene^; riM*rifc7;','V; Not much plot in pK portion to " the wordfige in 'I^uminoua Isle' (Farrar A Rlfi^lvart, $2.66) by ioilot Bliss. It's a slowly p.iccd, leisurely told story of an Knplish pirl on a West Indian Island, r'resurnat)ly Ja- maica. Starts, with her babyhood and strolls along to her €ngag«« rnent. Finely written, with gor- peous coloring, but too deliberate for the averape modern dtty .i**dfrtf'i who seek awift acllon. Biit it** a treat to thoiee who Ilk© liter.'iture and are interested in the black and white question of t»»«i BHtisii .«olonjri'-,, ■.^•■•■'^'^■■"-■•:Vv.' i ; JlWritinB For the run Of It : ''iJi^M^iikiX'Roy',.'Coheii-:, %i 't^'imUm'- M. ibtiii of th^^ of the hanie nnag cotitributors, be b.^H also managed to turn out forty or Afty novels. In tho quiet of his Bii'* it iHii g tmi i i;, Al i afea w in, )ioirie< he h ii s written some i)?ays ihlso, and some film i^cripts from time to time. name in, tii evi^i^ sense of the "wiHt* ; ing,,ta'nie,'ft|jna'^e.-, ■B,ut:i>is\fci^ ■' <Ibn*t,-«ell ■Wcn,.'v*ry"-f>ttrn.; ^ ' ■'"■>':,",;;■; (.'tihen's nrwt.'t Ktoiy, "ivanslcnf Lrfidy* (Appleton-rCentury,, »^>> tin okflty j^t^rn rf iJjfo In a' sinali .Sdutherh city that doenn't iHetondv- to be Uteraturei I ut poc^tl ltph|ir;: i eAping. It oufclit ti lu.-i uc .in in^