Draw some fish in the net

Press, 18 February 1986, Page 10

Draw some fish in the net

The Doom of the Gods (Oxford Myths and Legends). By Michael Harrison, illustrated by Tudor Humphries. Oxford University Press. A retelling of the Norse myths, these are the stories of the Norse gods and goddesses, their adventures, their battles, their enchantments. The “Doom of the Gods” is designed to appeal to younger readers, but may be a trifle horrific — both in tale and illustration — for the very young. There are magical stories of Loki, the gods’ companion, Sleipnir, the eightlegged horse; just one — and not the strangest, either — of Loki’s children, of Asgard, the land they all inhabit.

There are tales of Thor the Thunderer, of his wife, Sif, to name a few.

The stories and illustrations are bound to fascinate.—Rosemary Brader. Clementina, by Eileen Dunlop, Oxford University Press. It could and should have been a perfect holiday for Daisy and Bridget. A month in a plush chalet, with the loch beside them, riding and golfing faclli-

ties nearby. Bridget had talked her mother into taking the place, part of a "time-sharing” holiday deal. But the month at Benalmond Forest Park entailed time-sharing in a completely different sense for Daisy, Bridget, and Clementina, the 16-year-old orphan whom Bridget’s mother invited to come along. The events of that summer were a weird replay of events that had already happened only 200 years before. And they ended in tragedy, as Daisy began to understand they would, despite her efforts to change the end' of the “replay.” A rather riveting tale, easy to read. It should appeal to young teen-age girls.—Rosemary Brader.