RECENT & READABLE

The Colditz Story, by P. R. Reid. Prisoners v. prisonkeepers, and how a handful of Allied officers proved the formidable Nazi fortress of Colditz not escape-proof after all (TIME, Feb. 23).

Out of Red China, by Liu Shaw-tong. A straight and human account of life under Mao Tse-tung's new order, by a young Chinese who took a close look, then ran for his life (TIME, Feb. 9).

The Little Madeleine, by Mrs. Robert Henrey. Recollections of a girlhood in Paris during the early part of the century; a fine mixture of gentleness and Gallic realism (TIME, Feb. 9).

The Mongol Empire, by Michael Prawdin. First U.S. publication of a classic history of Genghis Khan and his successors; originally (1938) published in German ("TIME, Feb. 9).

The White Rabbit, by Bruce Marshall. The incredible-but-true story of Yeo Thomas, the Molyneux couturier who turned British agent, became a leader of the French Resistance (TIME, Feb. 2).

The Little Emperors, by Alfred Duggan. An engagingly sardonic story of a 5th century Roman bureaucrat doomed to watch from the bogs of Britain the decline & fall of the Roman Empire (TIME, Jan. 26).

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