LESBIANA

131.

THE THIRD SEX BY ARTEMIS SMITH. BEACON BOOKS, BEACON BOOKS, 1959 (B268).

THE AUTHOR OF "ODD GIRL" (THE LADDER, JUNE 1959) HERE PRESENTS HER SECOND NOVEL ON LESBIANISM. VIEWS ON THE FIRST

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NOVEL WERE MIXED. I PERSONALLY LIKE IT AND FEEL IT A BETTER BOOK THAN "ODD GIRL".

JOAN, YOUNG SEMI-RE-

IN SOME ASPECTS THE PLOT IS SIMILAR. PRESSED LESBIAN, IS SHOWN GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS THROES OF ATTAINING LOVE AND MATURITY. HER VARIOUS ATTACHMENTS AND HER FINAL LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITS PROMISE OF PERMANENCE ARE EXCELLENTLY HANDLED. FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO THE STATURE OF THIS PAPERBACK ARE THE WELL DRAWN MINIATURE PORTRAITS OF VARIOUS MALE AND FEMALE HOMOSEXUALS. THERE IS A NICELY TOSSED AND LIGHTLY SEASONED SALAD OF CLEAR HOMOSEXUAL PHILOSOPHY INCLUDED WHICH SHOULD SERVE THE CAUSE WELL IN THE HANDS OF OUTSIDE READERS.

BLUNTLY, THIS REVIEWER HOPES ARTEMIS SMITH CAN BREAK AWAY FROM THE LIMITING ASPECTS THE PAPERBACK MARKET DEMANDS. DESPITE THE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF EDITORIAL BLUE PENCIL, THIS IS VERY WELL WRITTEN.

132. I WILL NOT SERVE BY EVALINE MAHYERE. E.P. DUTTON & CO., Inc., 1959-60. 300 FOURTH AVE., NEW YORK 10, N.Y., $3.00.

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SYLVIE, AGE 17, PRECOCIOUS NON-CONFORMING DAUGHTER OF UPPERMIDDLE CLASS FRENCH PARENTS, IS THE HEROINE OF THIS MOVING NOVEL. HER BRIEF LIFE HAS BEEN PUNCTUATED WITH TURMOIL, FIRST EXPELLED FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL, THEN FROM A CATHOLIC CONVENT OVER HER LOVE FOR A 25-YEAR-OLD NOVITIATE, JULIENNE, IN SPITE OF HER VOWS, JULIENNE LOVES SYLVIE IN RETURN, BUT SHE REFUSES TO GIVE UP HER CALLING. SYLVIE'S OLDER, BEATNIK-TYPE FRIEND, CLAUDE, SYMPATHETICALLY TRIES TO SAVE HER FROM HERSELF. WHEN HE CHIDES HER FOR NOT MARRYING AND