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...primarily for literary specialists. But it is of interest to anybody who has ever enjoyed Huckleberry Finn. For these three essays are a continuation of Bernard DeVoto's self-imposed literary ordeal-the critical reconstruction of Mark Twain. The first is about Tom Sawyer, and includes the shaky sketch-Mark Twain's first try at fiction -from which it grew. The second is about Huckleberry Finn, and DeVoto prints several revealing pages of Mark Twain's notes for it. The third tells, briefly, of the years of all-but-annihilating personal crisis which Mark Twain managed...
...important French position, forced a whole French brigade to retire. (Reward: Pour le Mérite, highest Prussian military decoration.) In 1917 Rommel distinguished himself against the Italians at the Isonzo. Recently the Germans, with characteristic tact, reminded their World War II allies by stating, in a radio sketch of his life, that Rommel "captured 9,000 Italian troops in less than half an hour...
...important French position, forced a whole French brigade to retire. (Reward: Pour le Mérite, highest Prussian military decoration.) In 1917 Rommel distinguished himself against the Italians at the Isonzo. Recently the Germans, with characteristic tact, reminded their World War II allies by stating, in a radio sketch of his life, that Rommel "captured 9,000 Italian troops in less than half an hour...
Heading the group of stories is Cecil Schneer's "Two Episodes," a pair of sharply drawn sketches of individuals in crisis. The first, dealing with the bombing of an Hawaiian volcano, has a more unique interest than its commoner companion piece, but both display mature style and original talent of which the reader may hope to see more. Norman Mailer's "Maybe Next Year" is in the nature of an experiment in objective subjectivity. Told through the mouth of a small child, this tale of a split home remains brutally objective and its technique is never really in keeping with...
...pressagents triumphed in announcing this week's Tallulah Bankhead sketch on the Philip Morris show (Tuesday 8 p.m. E.W.T.). Tempestuous Tallulah had selected a little play called The Road to Jericho, author: Elmer Davis. In no mood to publicize CBS's Newsstar Davis, who shines just as brightly without Miss Bankhead's aid, the NBC boys hid Mr. Davis' light. Read the announcement: "The Road to Jericho, by E. Davis...