SUPPLY OF REVIEWS TO RUN IN ITS PAGES, FOR MY MONEY, SHE HAS DONE (AND IS DOING) A REMARKABLY FINE JOB OF KEEPING US INFORMED OF NOT ONLY THE CURRENT BOOKS, BUT ALSO THE OLDER ONES WE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED. AND NOW IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY THANKLESS JOB. OR IT WAS. THANK YOU, GENE."

D. D., NEW HAMPSHIRE

"I SEND YOU SOME NEWS CONCERNING SEXUAL LIVING IN FRANCE.

"RECENTLY A FRENCH TRIBUNAL HAS CONDEMNED TWO GIRLS BECAUSE THEY HAD FALSIFIED IDENTITY-PAPERS IN ORDER TO BE MARRIED. THEY SUCCEEDED TO DUPE THE MUNICIPAL-DOCTOR, THE MAYOR AND THE CURATE! FRENCH LAW CONDEMNS ONLY THE FALSIFICATION; IT DOES NOT CONDEMN HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MARRY TWO PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX.

"CONCERNING THIS AFFAIR, THE FRENCH PAPERS'VE WRITTEN MANY NONSENSES AND PEOPLE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE.

"FOR MY PART, IF I DON'T CONSIDER THE PROFIT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND REASONS PROHIBITING THE HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE, WHATEVER IS THE CONSICERED ASPECT: SOCIAL, SENTIMENTAL, OR SENSUAL.

"THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGED IN AN 'OPERATION VERTU': TILL NOW THIS ONE HAS CONSISTED TO MAKE SEARCHES OF POLICE IN SAINT GERMAIN DES FRES AND TO ARREST SIXTY HCMCSEXUAL MINCRS, AND ALSO TO DESTROY PUBLIC-LAVATORIES!

"I'VE OBSERVED, WHEN A FRENCH GOVERNMENT PREACHES UP VIRTUE IT IS TO CHANGE THE PEOPLE'S ATTENTION FROM A MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEM! AND THE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS ARE NUMEROUS..."

PIERRE, PARIS, FRANCE

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PAULA CHRISTIAN'S SECOND NOVEL, ANOTHER KIND OF LOVE, IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER. THE DOB BOOK SERVICE WILL PLACE IT ON ORDER AS SOON AS IT IS PUBLISHED.

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