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The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld, translated by Louis Kronenberger. Tail feathers from man's selfesteem, neatly plucked by the 17th century cynic who observed that "we all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others."
Fire at Sea, by Thomas Gallagher. A suspenseful, factual whodunit about the burning of the cruise ship Morro Castle.
The Bridge on the Drina, by Ivo Andric. A Yugoslav author's history-haunted elegy to his native land.
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, by Simone de Beauvoir. Before Sartre and art, it was prunes and prisms, recalls the queen mother of France's intellectuals in her absorbing memoirs.
Best Sellers
FICTION
1 . Exodus, Uris ( 1)** 2. Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lawrence (2) 3. The Ugly American, Lederer and Burdick (3) 4. Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak (4) 5. Dear and Glorious Physician, Caldwell (5) 6. Celia Garth, Bristow (7) 7. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, Gallico (8) 8. The Light Infantry Ball, Basso (6) 9. Lolita, Nabokov (9) 10. The Lion, Kessel (10) NONFICTION 1. The Years with Ross, Thurber (2) 2. The Status Seekers, Packard (1) 3. Mine Enemy Grows Older, Kins (3) 4. How I Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real Estate, Nickerson (4) 5. The House of Intellect, Barzun (7) 6. Only in 4merica, Golden (51 7. My Brother Was an Only Child, Douglas (10) 8. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (6) 9. For 2d Plain, Golden 10. Steps in Time, Astaire
* All times E.D.T. ** Position on last week's list.