Mention

PORTAGE, WISCONSIN And Other Essays -- Zona Gale -- Knopf ($2.50). Shrewd though sympathetic sidelights on a midwest town, by the author of Miss Lulu Bett.

THE HEART OF BURROUGHS'S JOURNALS -- Edited by Clara Barrus -- Houghton Mifflin ($3.00). The daughter of Burroughs's physician and confidant chooses widely and wisely from the autobiographical notes of the great naturalist, friend of Whitman.

THE FLUTES OF SHANGHAI -- Louise Jordan Miln -- Stokes ($2.00). Exaggerated delicacy of atmosphere in a charming romance of China, old and new.