RECENT & READABLE

Of Men and Mountains, by William O. Douglas. Trout-fishing and mountain-climbing in the tall Northwest, served up with a garnish of mountain-made philosophy by a U.S. Supreme Court justice (TIME, April 17).

Friar Felix at Large, by H. F. M. Prescott. The rough and rocky road to Jerusalem as traveled by 15th Century Frater Felix Fabri and described with Chaucerian zest in his own account; retold in a good night's reading by Novelist Prescott (TIME, April 10).

This Reckless Breed of Men, by Robert Glass Cleland. A lively, well-documented tribute to the bold, restless, beaver-trapping mountain men whose exploits (1820-40) helped to push the frontier across the Rocky Mountains and into the Far West. First-rate Americana (TIME, April 3).

Nothing, by Henry Green. An amusing inquiry into the paradox of solemn youth and flaming age in postwar Britain, by the author of Loving (TIME, March 27).

A Degree of Prudery, by Emily Hahn. A skillful biography of prim 18th Century British Novelist Fanny Burney, with Samuel Johnson and King George III as supporting characters (TIME, March 27).

Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England, by Robin Cruikshank. Informal chapters on the sturdy characters and irritating characteristics of Queen Victoria's energetic subjects (TIME, March 20).

The Outlander, by Germaine Guevremont. What happens when a careless, high-spirited wanderer settles down in a tiny, pious farm hamlet in Quebec. Good regional writing with nature as a major character (TIME, March 13).

The Cocktail Party, by T. S. Eliot. A brilliant verse play of worldlings and martyrs, drawing rooms and consulting rooms, Freud and faith (TIME, Jan. 30).

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