IMPORTANT BOOKS
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A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
And Other Stories
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By Flannery O'Connor-"Much savagery, compassion, farce,
art and truth have gone into these stories. Miss O'Connor's
characters are whole-heartedly horrible, and almost better
than life. I find it hard to think of a funnier or more
frightening writer."-Robert
Lowell
$3.50
AMERICA AT MID-CENTURY
By Andre Siegfried-In 1927 when
America Comes
of
Age
was published, H. L. Mencken, writing in
The Nation.
said,
"This book is so good that it seems almost incredible.
It
is the
most accurate, penetrating, and comprehensive treatise on the
United States ever written, whether by a native or a foreigner."
Now, Andre Siegfried reassesses the American scene in the
light of our emergence as a leading world power.
$5.75
IONIA
A
Quest
By Freya Stark-"What an enchanting travelling companion
Miss Stark is-whether illuminating family life in Smyrna,
tracing the history of Ionic columns • . • or even discussing
economics. Herodotus and Pausanias, familiar ghosts, are al–
ways at her elbow with a shrewd anecdote. . . • She will be
hard put
to
it
to
surpass the present
volume."-Times Literary
Supplement
Illustrated. $6.00
The New MODERN AMERICAN
AND MODERN BRITISH POETRY
Edited by Louis Untermeyer, Karl Shapiro, and Richard
Wilbur-A revised and shorter one-volume edition of a classic
anthology of poetry. Mr. Untermeyer has been joined by two
of America's most distinguished younger poets in selecting
the 62 poets and 700 poems contained in this new anthology.
The American section begins with Emily Dickinson and the
British with Thomas Hardy.
$5.00
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