Friday, Jan. 10, 1969

A Taist of Frekles

BRITE AND FAIR by Henry A. Shute. 286 pages. Noone House. $4.50.

this is won of thowse buks witch purtens two bee the diry of a reel new england boy with speling like this, saucers is sorcers an job is gob, wile sumtimes awful is awful and sumtimes it is auful. and sometimes Henry Shute spells just like yew an mee. so yew gnow it has two bee a perfickly disengenyewus purrformince. wel awlright xcept the gokes is sumthing feerse--like piching an old lunker eal plum in the senter of the ferst Congrigasionale Chirch picknic with the wimmen timing back summersets an having spells. wonce in a wile tho, it seams funny, four xample: "July 27, 186--rany and thunderry. i always thought a girl with red hair and frekles wood taist jest like dandylions when you bite them, i meen of course bite the dandylions. i meen when you kiss the girl, i dont know, some day i am going to find out."

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