of' Maitkind by Hesketh Pearson is being publislied on January 29, the two hundreth ýaiIniversary of, Paine's birth. Albert Payson Terbune is the country's most successfuil writer of dog stories, and is the author of a group of highly popular mysteries. In Unseen Mr. Terhune bas writtent an adventure story in which- Thor, a giant collie, is an active participant in the plot. Hesketh Pearson, author of Tom Faine, Friend of ManJind, says of Paine: "I have been, jnterested in Thomas Paine ever since I read 'The Rights of Man" at the age of Richard Carver Wood, N. Y. C. eighte en. I thin k him one of the Walter D. Edutonds is the author greatest men and one of the noblest of "Drums A long the Mohawk". ehratesin tistory. JHe t3tiht the eikd)yLfrMrwnad English the principles of freedom and~ hie taught the Americans how to. be coîipafty.of Boston. The book has free. Here are a few of the things aPPeared repeatedly oit best seller for which the United States must lists for mionths. Its reception has be frevr grtefl t hismemfY: been exceeded since its publication "He christened the country, being only by thte Yecord of "Gone With the first to cail it 'the United States thte Wind.» of America'. "He .helped Jefferson to draft the Srio eae Ir 1Declaration of, Independence. S - r eatsStr of foreign pub lishers. Its Hungariafl author wins. a cashi prize' of approx-. imately $19,000.. Four thousands dollarsý was Pa id ýJohn T. M4Clntyre for bis book, "Steps Going1 Down,"l the all- Amercan rizewinner in the contest. reviewed on this,.page, Novernber 27. "The Stret of the> )ishing Ca t"' is a, good nover.. a worthwh ,ile. book, but'nOt the stirrîng, superb. pierce of fiction 'such a contest would lead onie to anticipate. Or maybe it is, and the element Of greatness bas been lost ini translation.- Because of its i"ternational ýaspects. almost mor e than anyth ing else, the book bas appa rently been singled out for, the first place ini the contest. The story, lays bare the beart, exposes the tern- ai homesickness and the uncommor tra- ,gedi*s. andI. problems of ex iles who are forced to, or foreigners ivho choose to live outside of their native countr.y. Jolan rF5ldes is a 1-ungarian wormat who spent part of lier life in Pars, and ber novel draws. in large measure. qualities of honestv and clarity froin autobiographical soturces,. Anna Bar- baras, her Hungarian lieroine. lives in Paris, in the Hungarian quarter, with ber father, mother and y&u"tger brother 'The Late I "T-he War of Independence was entitlec won 'with the .pen of Paine and the Priboy,i sword of Washington'. lished' on ",His pam~phlet 'The Crisis', read to. Novikc the troops by order of tesh ingto, t Ca turnied the tide of the war and lu-' he bas t spir ed the victories of Trenton anîd perhs 1a Princetonl. pIsonthé '"BR negotiatifl2 a loan with Louis he gathý p '*.JIy oi ou i: *111 born" si [the great battie or two. iot only what he si.1 the experienced but soli, be three young people rea'ch ýble. age, racial differences out obstacles in their love. in mnigration no eilidren are liq the author and adds, "One ut up their tents on foreizn others? They. slowly vani'4i no trace." ind r~rance have been called. 'iography,. on the prep ubication of which m~ort on dollars were spent. lection at the jHis book is ýa Iamateur.home. etôr. ýquarium. is an indiex to nirst unes wn'cn is cfor the valuable for the person who knows. loves the poems. 1v.titt ACOUSTICON "eI only heairflngaid with the Flree Lifetiue Ra er v i ce Qar*te. LIBUART gtatien.ry I