LESBIANA

124. ALRAUNE BY HANNS HEINZ EWERS. TRANSLATED BY S. GUY ENDORE.

NEW YORK, 1929.

THE ANCIENT LEGEND OF THE MANDRAKE ROOT COME ALIVE IN A BEWITCHING BEAUTY WHO DRIVES LOVER AFTER LOVER TO DESTRUCTION. HER MYSTERIOUS APPEAL HAS EFFECT ALSO ON A PAIR OF WOMEN FRIENDS.

125. THE CENTER OF THE STAGE BY GERALD SYKES. NEW YORK. FARRAR, STRAUSS AND YOUNG, 1952.

AN ACTRESS FINDS HERSELF LOSING TO HER HUSBAND'S FINE INFLUENCE HER FRIENDS AND LOVERS, INCLUDING A LESBIAN ADMIRER. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LESBIAN SEEMS INCIDENTAL AND NOT TOO CONVINCING.

126. NOON-KISSED BY BARRY DEVLIN. MODERN PRESS, 1956.

A TRASHY LITTLE NUMBER RAMPANT WITH ALL FORMS OF VARIANT AND LESBIAN EMOTION. WRITTEN AT A RAPID PACE WITH A VERY MASCU— LINE STORY LINE. LYN HARPER, THE HEROINE, IS FAIRLY NICE BUT NOT MUCH CAN BE SAID FOR THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS. WITH THE USUAL CONCESSION TO THE CENSORS THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF THE BOOK CHANGE LYN FROM A RATHER INTENSE YOUNG LESBIAN INTO A PASSIONATELY NORMAL WOMAN.

127. SO NICE, SO WILD BY MAX DAY. STANLEY LIBRARY, 1959.

FAST PACED AND SLICKLY PLOTTED MYSTERY WITH PLENTY OF LESBIAN ACTION. PLOT REVOLVES AROUND BLACKMAIL ATTEMPTS ON A COUPLE OF NOT TOO TYPICAL LESBIAN WOMEN. FULL OF 8 KULLDUGGERY AND INEPT PSYCHOLOGY BUT A GOOD FAST MOVING WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING. (AUTHOR HAS VIVID IMAGINATION

BUT NEVER MET ANY LESBIAN YET HEARD OF BY MAN, WOMEN OR BEAST.)

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