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14. Little Novels
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THE BOOKMAN
profound an analyst of human motives and pas¬
the reasons given for following certain proce¬
sions, as all these stories show. Mr. Eric Sut¬
dures; and finally, the results achieved, whether
failures or successes.
ton is to be congratulated upon his fransia¬
This is a book which should be equally valua¬
tion, Which faithfully keeps tothe spiritof the
ble to the novice and the expert, presenting defi¬
Original.
nite results on which advertising executives can
build, instead of having to rely on theory, con¬
THE GALAXY by Susan Ertz (ApPurroN.
jecture and personal judgment.
52.50)
Miss Earz’s admirers will rejoice that she has
BOOKBINDING by William F. Matthens
broken the silence of two years and brought
(purrov. 82.75)
them a book which will certamly add to her
As A soukck of information for style and exact¬
already inftnense popularity. The Galury is the
ness, this manual is exceptionally well laid out.
life story pf Laura Deveréll, from her crefnped
The art of binding from the carly ages down
and emypon-fgrvell clfldoo iroug phe
to the present day is discussed and explained
disillusihheoler Mat inge h 6##
with unusual clarity. All the actual details of
and paibf of her ftcond love. The scene is laid
the several methods are shown. A most practical
in London, and in addition to the brilliant
handbook for the student.
psychological study of Laura, the author has
given us a no less brilliant panorama of the
SOME NOTES ON BOOKBINDING 5)
Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, with
Douglas Cockerell (oxronp. 52.50)
their changing manners and customs. There is
disappointment and tragedy in the book, but
A CoMPLETE résumé of the bookbinding art,
Miss Ertz sounds a notc of courage through¬
from the old days when books were bound by
out. Her style is a sheer delight.
hand to present-day quantity-production meth¬
ods. Aside from an accurate description of the
SPLENDOR OF GOD by Honoré Willsie Mor¬
various processes now used, there are several
row (Mokkow. 92.50)
chapters devoted to the manufacturing of paper,
paper sizes, and notes on the judging and valu¬
ADONIRAM YunsoN, the first Baptist missionary
ing of bindings by a master craftsman.
to go to Burma, arrived in Rangoon with his
lovely young bride a century ago, with hope
high and great faith in his mission. Mrs. Mor¬
Fiction
row writes herc of their spiritual and physical
hardships during their years there, describing a
good deal of Buddhist philosophy as well as the
LITTLE NOVELS hy Arthur Sehnitaler (SI-
Christian teachings. In this absorbing book she
MoN & SCHUSTER. 52.so)
has made a far more profound character study
IN THis collection of fen short stories, dealing
than that of Lincoln in With Malice Toward
with Austrian life at the end of last century,
None.
we have Schnitzler tharst fantasisand
dramatist. He is at his best in creating unusual
PLUS AND MINUS by Franz Harper (covier##
situations which devclop amsdist an atmosphere
FRIEDE. 52.50)
heavily charged with potentialities. An exam¬
ple, taken at random from the collection, is
Tuis German post-expressionistic novel of a
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The Death of a Bachelor.' A bachelor dies and
super-sophisticated European set has all the
round his bed threc of his friends read a let¬
vividness and unrcality of a drcam. It is hilled
ter left for them by the dead man. He has
with things that would bring joy to the heart
informed them that he has seduced the wife of
of a movie director—automobiles with concealed
each. The average short-story writer might have
beds, supper tables all laid, factories turning out
allowed such a theme to degenerate into mere
mechanical men at the rate of thirty a day. But
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sensationalism, but not so Schnitzler. He is too