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Today's probable starters are: Jim Bacon, Mug Mugaseth, Austin Flagg, Wister Wood, and Captain Sam Hoar...
...Architects (of which he is not a member): their 16th Gold Medal Award in 42 years. Apparently, it had not been unanimous. Blurted the Westchester (N.Y.) chapter: "His achievements do not entitle him to join the company of such men as McKim [Boston Public Library], Post [Wisconsin State Capitol], Bacon [Lincoln Memorial], Goodhue [Nebraska State Capitol], Cret [Washington's Federal Reserve Building], and Sullivan [Chicago's Stock Exchange...
...first novel, Martha Bacon has given this theme a modern twist. While Henry James sometimes saw American innocence as a fresh and gracious stimulant to overcultivated Europe, kiss Bacon deals with a situation in which the irresponsibility of Americans causes a tragedy for Europeans...
...Miss Bacon's implication seems to be that Frances and the other Merediths have cheated Spinelli out of the one gesture that might have lent dignity to his life; and that when the innocence of people like the Merediths is compounded with irresponsibility it becomes the equivalent of guilt...
These implications are capably handled by Miss Bacon, but they are often too heavy a burden for the frail frame of her novel. Still, as a first novel, A Star Called Wormwood is a notable performance...