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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday december 7, 1946 Page 21 consummate journalism Hiroshima. By John Hersey. The i Ryerson press Toronto up. 118. Seventeen months ago in a world tired and at War. The worst destruction of Man s contriving was loosed upon Hiro Shima. On that Day the first atom bomb was dropped and from it death and sickness mushroomed 90 aspects of the life and works of George Bernard Shaw edited by s. Winsten h. G. Weils Huxley Priestley Masefield and Many other leading con temporary authors scientists and playwrights contributed to this outstand ing work honouring the 90th birthday anniversary of one of the world s greatest literary figures. With 43 illustrations two in color. At dept. Stores Progress books out and Over that whole City. John Hersey in this Brief Book tells How this terror affected six citizens who. Through Accident and great Fortune lived through it and survived. These a clerk a seam stress a minister a physician a priest and a Young surgeon. Herr sey follows through that hell. Their actions and their thoughts he describes in language so simple that their tenseness and their tra Gedy become immediate and our own. There is restraint in this and dignity. It is without doubt one of the great pieces of this War. This work of consummate journalism was published first in the new Corker. To set it apart with the respect its due. That Magazine of wit and sophistication sus Pended its humor and its jokes to a on Cusk front lit a Kat u 1ve-. Religion in the tenements East River by Sholem Asch Toronto Thomas. Allen co. Sholem. Asch the greatest living yiddish writer of our times has turned from non fiction religious writing to fiction. Nevertheless his fiction is redolent devote one document. Whole Issue to this with religion but excludes narrow so great was the Impact of this re porting that newspaper and radio soon spread it across America. Now it is Here published. It is a Book to read and think Long upon. L. N. H. I different i hate thursday by Thomas Hornsby Ferril 233pp Toronto the Musson Book company. F you think the title of the Book is unusual you will undoubtedly be stunned by the contents. But if you like your Reading on the different Side the Surprise will be a pleasant one. Actually this is a series of articles written by or. Ferril for his newspaper the Moun Tain Herald and topped by some delicious and delightful sketches the can choose at random. It does t matter where your interest May Ferri misses very Little. His amusing and Brilliant comments on everything from the atomic bomb and rattle snakes to passover and the rus. Sians Are a sure cure for whatever May ail you. Don t miss v. N. Underground to Palestine by i. F. Stone Albekt Einstein says like a genuine artist i. F. Stone has described what he saw and lived through. Everyone who wishes to form an Independent opinion about the burning questions of International politics should read this Book this is the Story of How the Havanah jewish underground movement is taking the jews of Europe to Palestine. Stone famed pm reporter reports it As he saw it. There were times when he wondered if he would get Back to Tell it at leading booksellers Progress books ritualism and exudes the spiritual Story of Man s search for god. Throughout the Book breathes tire character of the Man who writes Nan whose love for human rights and Justice transcends All forms of religion whose passion ate Zeal Burns mightily. His novels must thereby bring a message and All men can profit thereby. Or. Asch s writings Are Awe inspired and to the Reader it is but faintly Given to realize Wii at a great moral Isit. The Man Sholeen Asch is. Eminent critics times past have held that Asch while magnificent and fascinating in his scholarship has Little gift for characterization. This is definitely belied in his novel East his characters Are vital people with whom the Reader is always in sym Pathy. And when the Book is Laid aside they do not fade easily from the mind. Asch is a crusader. His sincerity brings with it passion and Noble Ness mind. And East River while depicting the Severance of the Young jew from his orthodox the author at the same time has a Well rounded theme in his passionate denouncement of the slave shop methods in the Gar ments Trade before unionism had made its Way to Correct the evil that behind closed doors and into the night exploited the aged and child labour to. Further its River is primarily the Story of the Davidowsky family on the East Side of new York on the East River before the encroachment of new York s palatial apartment blocks. Strongest of the charac ters is Moshe Davidowsky. The whose religion was his bread and whose almost saintly character battled with modernism which gave to him a Gentile Daugh Ter in Law and grandson. The Davidowsky were an impoverished family whose life was kept together by what livelihood the father could wrest from his Small grocery. His generosity in giving credit to his customers made life even More difficult for the family and Irving the younger son hounded by poverty resolved to climb out of it. Sagacious beyond his years he Earry proved his adaptability at making Money with which he hoped to bring comforts and Succour to Nathan the older brother who had been stricken with polio while yet a youth. Nath an was his father s Joy in that his religious Fervour matched that of his father with the difference that orthodoxy with him meant not a thing though his deep respect for Moshe Davidowsky s orthodoxy was Ever present. While the Davidowsky family play the leading roles in was River we Are a Varie coloured Bevy of East Side s charac ters from Harry Greenstock who was a Lover of pigeons and a minor Power in tammany to sch Mulevitch who insisted on a neighbourhood synagogue despite its Cost to his neighbor so that his poultry business could flourish. Then there is the lovable Heimo by the first Moderator by the first Moderator the vicarious life. By Kev. George c. I Dyrcon. Up 187. Oxford University press Toronto. A anything from the pen of or. Pidgeon. A minister so Gener ally esteemed that he was entertaining Madeleine takes command by Ethel c. Brill Toronto the embassy Book company. 0 be of the Best known women in Canadian history made Leine de Vercheres has intrigued both adults and children. The Story of How she and her two defended their Home against a band of indians is almost legendary now but in still makes for excellent Reading. Ethel c. Brill has handled her subject admirably. She writes Well and fortunately makes no attempt to unduly glorify her heroine. There Are some excellent illustrations by Bruce Adams which add interest and color to the already entertaining Book. A . Three great gift Book made first Moderator of the newly founded United Church of Canada commands attention. The doctor defines the vicarious lift As the lift which is Given up 1o others and which finds itself in what they become thereby. The Root principle of the vicarious life is. He says the acceptance of responsibility for the welfare of one s world. One of the most interesting Chap ters in or. Pidgeon s Book is the tragedy of Judas Iscariot. Judas Iscariot is the most familiar and most crowning example of the Man whose. Life is the direct opposite to the perfect vicarious life As patterned by Christ who Wiks in All aspects the Way. The truth and the life. They Judas and the master were absolutely opposed to each other in purpose method spirit. It was the hard practical main against the greatest of All idealists it was the Man who lives for today against the divine being who serves the the betrayal of our lord by Judas is thus not Only thrilling and veritable gospel but resolves itself naturally into a Par parable As it might be phrased of the in vicarious Man an allegory bodied Forth in Stark truth for the contemplation of the generations since its enactment. . Witz the socialist on East. 4st.li Street. There is Rachel who thought that her Beauty of person would Lead her Down the Primrose path to love and wealth. There is Mary the Little Irish Catholic whose pity and love for Nathan first introduced her to the Davidowsky family and whose utter fineness of mind and love for the old grocer Man enables her to con form to jewish ritualism on their beloved holy Days. She was a Shiksa and a Goy in that jewish household and Many were the mental Battles that the pious jew Moshe Davidowsky fought with himself Over her presence in his orthodox Home but in the end the greatness of his character and his intense love for Mankind whether jew or Gentile guided his actions. In Nathan whose infirmities were a frightful Handicap we wit Ness strength of character unsure Faith in god led him to Battle even his Only brother a powerful manufacturer in the Needle Trade. Intellectually one feels that Nathan is what the author is him Man of deep thinking Cap Able of great sacrifice for a cause to write in the Way Asch Doe s to reveal a love of Mankind re Jar less of the sects and schisms the author of a novel Fike East River must of necessity be a com passionate Lover of Mankind. His eloquence brings a message to All who partake of his manna. A. N. H. No. 1 Best seller Barabbas the Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney the Ideal christinas gift the nation s Best seller Miracle of the Bells is the history of the Devotion of one Man to a Hollywood urls Aown j the startling sequence of events started by the pealing of the Bells As told by author Russell Janney makes this Tingi highly readable fic Tion anyone Ivhon has enjoyed Reading the Robe Emery Bekessy and Andreas Hemberger a novel of the times of Jesus in a beautifully transparent and simple style completely free of the pseudo biblical mannerisms that have revitalized so Many of the gospel stories the style fits both modern temper and the timeless theme. The Story has been told with a skill that is simply breath taking. I dare predict a tremendous popularity for this Duym of Scribner a Bookstore. Translated from the German 6v Richard and Clara Winston. Thunder out of China will her Taiala enjoy the Miracle of the put this no 1 Best seller on your gift list of must books. 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