Books: RECENT & READABLE, Jun. 25, 1951

A Soldier's Story, by Omar N. Bradley. The top U.S. military man tells how the war in Western Europe was fought and won (TIME, June 18).

The Age of Elegance, by Arthur Bryant. Third volume of a brilliant historical trilogy on England during the Napoleonic era (TIME, June 11).

The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers. A novelette, half a dozen short stories and three novels in an impressive omnibus (TIME, June 4).

Invitation to Moscow, by Z. Stypulkowski. Gripping personal history by a leader of the Polish underground who refused to "confess" despite 70 days & nights of Soviet-style interrogation (TIME,...

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