BOOKS IN BRIEF
Books In Brief THE COMPLETE JEFFERSON, edited by Saul K. Padover. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. $5. If it weren't for its price, this admirable collection of Jefferson's writings—complete except for his...
...it's worth buying and keeping—or giving to your friends...
...A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, by Betty Smith...
...Betty Smith's heart-warming novel of Francie Nolan's growing up in Brooklyn deserves its place on the nation's best seller lists...
...Harper...
...In a handy collection of official public documents, the expressed war and peace aims of the various members of the United Nations are reprinted...
...You won't forget the amazing Aunt Sissy (who was widowed, divorced, remarried, and pregnant in just 10 days), or thwarted Uncle Willie, or the tin can bank, or the family life of the penniless Nolans...
...A useful reference book...
...There's never time for her convincing realism to become sordid or depressing...
...2.75...
...Padover, who is Assistant Secretary of the Interior, has ably arranged the material for easy reference, and the publishers spared no effort to make the 1,300 pages a delight...
...Full of vitality, humor, and human dignity, the book ia most of 'all a tender and understanding portrait of a yearning, imaginative girl...
...It's a wonderful story...
...The British get the most space of all, including many pages devoted to official British declarations on India and the full text of the Cripps proposal...
...there's too much going on among the Irish relatives...
...Edited by Louise W. Holborn...
...WAR AND PEACE AIMS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Sept...
...If it weren't for its price, this admirable collection of Jefferson's writings—complete except for his letters—would be ideal...
...1, 1939-Dec...
...World Peace Foundation, Boston...
...31, 1942...
...2.50...
Vol. 7 • December 1943 • No. 52
