The following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion :
STREETS OF NIGHTJohn Dos Passos Doran ($2.00). Three friends instead of three soldiers Nancibel the violinist, Fanshawe the overcultivated instructor who would rather have books than life, Wenny the graduate-student, simplest of the three, youth unable to bear disillusionmentthree people afraid to live Laodiceans all. Wenny loved Nancibel, but he didn't have the courage of his conviction; Nancibel loved Wenny, but she didn't dare believe it. So the...