Recent Books

Non-Fiction

UNDER GREEN APPLE BOUGHS--Lucile Grebenc--Doubleday, Doran ($2).

Defeated after a long struggle to find a job in Manhattan, Author Grebenc retreated to her dilapidated week-end cottage in Connecticut, sent for U. S. Bureau of Agriculture pamphlets, began scientifically to cultivate her small vegetable garden. At the end of summer she had a renovated dwelling, a cellar full of food preserved for winter, $7.15 in cash. Under Green Apple Boughs is how she did it.

SOUTHERN CROSSING -- Philip Rigg -- Dutton ($2.50).

The youthful commander of a small sailing yacht describes his adventures on a six-months voyage from Greece to Florida.

Murders

MURDER OF A MATRIARCH--Hugh Austin--Crime Club ($2).

Slaughter of an old harridan, with half a dozen heirs as suspects, recounted by a specialist who prefers straightforward, foolproof solution to thrilling situations, novel characterization.

TURQUOISE HAZARD--Alfred Betts Caldwell--Crime Club ($2).

Striving vainly to achieve a tone of gay sophistication, Author Caldwell succeeds only in belaboring the reader with a yarn undistinguished in conception, inept in execution.

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