STORIES FOR ALL TASTES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 85, 4 January 1941, Page 6

STORIES FOR ALL TASTES

"The Bedside Esquire,” edited by Arnold Gingrich. (Sydney, Angus and Robertson.)

“The Bedside Esquire” is a collection of stories for all tastes. It is a big assortment of the best reading that has appeared in "Esquire” and is designed for “off-and-on sampling and savouring.” The range of stories is excellent. As the editor comments, "the combination of ‘Esquire’s’ text and pictures is as surprising us would be that of the mind of Madame Curid and the body of Sally Rand.” The book contains both heavy and light material, solemn and funny, to fit every mood. It is divided into four sections to make the choice easier according to the mood —shockers, relaxers, literature, and thrillers. Even the "shockers” include stories that have since publication won their authors fame and prizes In the literarv world. The authors include Pietro di Donata, Louis Paul, Thorne Smith, Ernest Hemingway, Sean O’Faolariu, Jesse Stuart, John Steinbeck, -George Sloeorabe, Haveloqk Ellis, Andre Maurois, Vincent Sbeean, and many other famous names which alone indicate the wide field covered by the collection.