Lady of Beauty, by Kikou Yamata. An aristocratic lady of prewar Japan profiled in a novel as spare and beautiful as Fujiyama at dawn (TIME. Aug. 30).
Mussolini, by Paolo Monelli. A sharp likeness that makes the would-be Caesar look like a buffoon (TIME. Aug. 23).
The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill, by Hermann Hagedorn. A fine old romp with Teddy and all the kids (TIME, Aug. 16 ).
The Golden Horizon, edited by Cyril Connolly. A handful of nuggets from Britain's now defunct little magazine, Horizon, including some first-rate short stories and poetry (TIME, Aug. 16).
Napoleon's Letters, edited by J. M. Thomson. The...