Recent Books

PERSIAN CONQUEROR--George S. Hellman--Dodd, Mead ($2.50). Quaint, old-fashioned romance involving Cyrus, Leah and the simple trickery by which the Babylonians were undone.

THE BEACHCOMBER--William McFee-- Donbleday, Doran ($2.50). Monolog by long-winded Chief Engineer Spenlove on the undistinguished career of Sidney Nevile, his professional and emotional difficulties.

Non-Fiction

FOR AUTHORS ONLY--Kenneth Roberts --Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Bright, superficial essays on the slim rewards of authors, the easy bewilderment of the English, as reflected in their mystery stories, the worst sides of English education, golf, dogs and diet.

THE LINCOLN LEGEND--Roy P. Easier --Houghton Mifflin ($3.50). An attempt to separate Lincoln the Man from Lincoln the Myth; interesting description of the growth and development of some of the tall tales of Lincoln's kindness and wit.

AN ATLAS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY--J. F. Horrabin -- Knopf ($1.50). Valuable handbook of maps, together with brief expositions, showing the significant changes in European boundaries from the Second to the 20th Century.

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