Books: Kravnik Capers

DOWN COME THE TREES — Anthony Thorne—Doubleday, Dor an ($2.50).

Anthony Thorne looks not unlike Richard Halliburton, and both have the endearing faculty of telling tall tales. Last week Author Thome's third book made the resemblance seem even stronger. Though he has not yet taken the royal road to the ladies-lecture platform, Anthony Thorne is obviously hoping for Hollywood. Down Come the Trees is too improbable a yarn to impress even a hot-weather reader, but its cinematic possibilities are patent. The crudely-drawn celluloid silhouettes in his latest story can be seen through at a...

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