SUGGESTIONS
From Dean E. Gordon Bill'
Mathematics for the Million, by Hogben is one of the most remarkable books I have read for a long time. The book is written under the assumption that no one can understand the literature of modern problems unless he has some reasonably exact knowledge of the language of mathematics.
England's Birds, by Richmond. Delightful observations by an expert bird watcher.
Snakes and Their Ways, by Curran and Kauffeld. One of the most readable and accurate books on reptiles that the layman is apt to encounter.
Strange Sea Shells, by Verril. By "shells" the author means shell fish, and he writes very entertainingly.
Gtey of Falladon, by Trevelyan, is a splendid book. It is a happy mixture of the naturalist who didn't want to be a statesman, and of the statesman who wanted to be a naturalist.
A Case for Three Detectives, by Bruce. This is a very interesting innovation in mystery stories. Lord Peter Wimsey, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown display their ingenious wares, and the case is solved by stupid Sergeant Beef.
Dead Reckoning, by Hamilton. Concerned with plans for the successful commission of a murder or two by an egotistic, sensual dentist whose wife becomes physically incapacitated.
The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer. This is an excellent story by the author of the delightful variation MerelyMurder.
The Browser suggests:
Contact, by Charles Codman. An excellent war-time flying narrative. She Painted Her Face, by Dornford Yates. Good adventure yarn in the Graustark vein.
Letters from Iceland, by Auden and MacNeice. A unique travel book.
W. N. P. Barbellion. The Journal of aDisappointed Man. I have mentioned this book before in these columns. It is by a young scientist who knew that he must die young; poignant and unforgetable. The introduction is by H. G. Wells.
Henri Barbusse: Under Fire, well known French war book by a man who later became a Communist and who died recently in Russia.
Maurice Baring: Several titles including The Puppet Show of Memory. Major Baring was with G. H. Q. during the war, and is noted for his diminutive dramas, poetry, and so on.
Sir James Barrie: Margaret Ogilvy. This sentimental book was recently issued in radio sage Woollcott's anthology. H. E. Bates: the well known English short story writer.
T. O. Beachcroft: A Young Man in aHurry. Published here by Harpers these stories have had little circulation. They are good. Sent to Lawrence by C. J. Greenjyood of Boriswood, Ltd.
Max Beerbohm: Half a dozen of Max's witty books in Lawrence's collection.
Hillaire Belloc: The Old Road, TheCruise of the "Nona," etc. Well known essayist and Catholic historian and biographer. Writes a book every other month; recently lectured at Fordham University.
Stephen V. Ben£t: John Brown's Body, well known Civil War poem.
Stella Benson: Three books by this clever writer who died, her career unfulfilled, in China.
Grace Black: A Beggar and Other Fantasies. This book was given Lawrence by Edward Garnett, who also gave me a copy. It was published by Garnett himself in 1889, and is by his wife's sister. Most of the copies were destroyed by fire, and it is a very scarce book.
William Blake: Poetry and Prose. The Nonesuch Press one-volume edition. Contains on flyleaf lines presumably inscribed by Geoffrey Keynes, the editor:
He who bends to himself a joyDoes the winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sunrise.
This will be found on page 99 of the above edition of Blake.
Edmund Blunden: The Undertones ofWar, and several volumes of his poetry. This is one of the finest of English war books and has been mentioned here before.
Lady Anne Blunt: The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Garnett gave this to Lawrence. Wilfrid Blunt put his wife's translation into verse. A famous Arabian poem. I acquired my copy without trouble.
W. S. Blunt: The Poetical Works, MyDiaries. I have mentioned these books so often here, and in my own volume on book collecting, that I almost hesitate to mention them again. But they are so excellent, Horatio, that unashamedly I put them down. Wilfred Blunt was one of Lawrence's mentors on Arabia, and they became friends after the war. Blunt died in 1922.
George Borrow: Lavengro. A classic on gypsies, and should be in your library.
James Boswell: The Life of SamuelJohnson.
Robert Bridges: The Testament, ofBeauty: the poet laureate's swan song.
Sir Thomas Browne: Religio Medici, etc.
John Buchan: Montrose, a biography of a romantic figure of Scottish history; excellent. Given me years ago by Bishop Dallas.
Pearl Buck: The Good Earth.
Ivan Bunin: The Gentleman from SanFrancisco. This writer recently won the Nobel Prize!
Samuel Butler: The Way of All Flesh. A novel that all should have read before now.
Roy Campbell: Adamastor, The Flaming Terrapin, etc. Crisp poetry by a South African; mentioned here before.
Cellini and Cervantes. You've probably read these.
Winston Churchill: My Early Life. Contains an inscription, "To Lurens from Winston S. Churchill."
Clausewitz, C. Von: On War. See Liddell Hart's study of Lawrence's military campaigns for the significance of this volume.
Joseph Conrad: Lawrence had thirteen of Conrad's books.
A. E. Coppard: Adam and Eve andPinch Me, Clorinda Walks in Heaven. Two books of short stories which my fellow townsman Alexander Laing '25 highly recommends.
Stephen Crane: It is interesting to know that Lawrence had most of Crane's books, including the well-known Red Badge. (Tobe continued next month.)
FRIEND OF HIS FATHER Archie B. Gile '17, trustee of the Dartmouth Outing Club, and Jim Cilley wholurnbered and served as fire warden yearsago in the Dartmouth College Grant, largetract of wilderness land in northeasternNew Hampshire. The late Dr. John M.Gile 'By and Old Jim were friends in thedays when the College was engaged in extensive logging operations in the Grant.
