Fiction: Recent Books: Apr. 27, 1936

STRANGE GLORY—L. H. Myers—Earcourt, Brace ($2). Tragic triangle story of the deep South, by an author whose trilogy (The Root and the Flower) was called "ultra-Proustian."

MORNING OF LIFE—Kristmann Gudmundsson—Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Hardbitten, cold-climated tale of love, hate and a tough winter; by an Icelandic author who has been translated into a dozen languages.

THE EARLIEST DREAMS—Nancy Hale— Scribner ($2.50). Fifteen short stories in minor key by a writer especially adept in dealing with feminine emotions. Author Hale writes with keen perception; at times, as in the title story, reaches a...

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