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Pass the Salt
McCarthy, Mary | January 30, 1935 issue

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This article presents information about the books "Lightship," by Archie Binns; "Lost Horizon," by James Hilton; "Mary Peters," by Mary Ellen Chase; "February Hill" by Victoria Lincoln and "Shipmates," by Isabel Carter. These five neglected novels have very little in common. These are sea stories, one a tale of adventure, one a bawdy romance. These books are the work of patient craftsmen who have learned how to write a smooth, grammatical sentence, how to manipulate a conventional plot, how to make a character look vaguely like a human being. In "February Hill," Victoria Lincoln has created two characters, a wicked old woman and a wicked young child, who, while not deeply realized, are at least memorable.

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FICTION; LIGHTSHIP (Book); LOST Horizon (Book); MARY Peters (Book); SHIPMATES (Book); VOYAGES & travels
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