Books: Bugaboos Laid

YOUR INCOME TAX—J. K. Lasser—Simon & Schuster ($1).

In 1935 Manhattan Publisher Richard Leo Simon bought a house from Hugh Satterlee, a tax consultant and kin to J. P. Morgan. While he was at it, smart Publisher Simon persuaded Mr. Satterlee to write a book showing people how to fill out their income tax returns. The 1936 and 1937 versions of Your Income Tax sold 80,000 copies. There was no 1938 edition. Last week Simon & Schuster came out with a brand-new edition in a glaring yellow cover bearing the wily subtitle, How to Keep it Down.

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