BE

ST SE

LL

ER

LIST

T

his F

iction Ja

n,

1

Dec. W

eeks 25

on list

Week

1 T

he S

ecret of S

anta V

ittoria.

Crichton

1

1

17 2

Capable of H

onor. Drury

2

2 15

3

Valley of the D

olls. Suw

on . .

3

3

44 4

T

he Birds F

all Dow

n. West

. 4

4 11

S T

he Mask of A

pollo. Ren

ault ..

6 6

8 6

Tai-P

an. M

eet!

6

7 31

7 T

he F

ixer.

Malantutl

7

8

15 8

A D

ream of K

ings. Patrakis

9 10

9

All in the F

amily. O

'Connor

. 8

6 12

10 T

he Adventurers. R

obbins

10 10

41

General

1 E

verything but Money. L

evenson 2

2 16

2

Rush to Judgm

ent. Lane

1

1

18

3 G

ames P

eople Play. B

erne

4

3

76 4

Ho

w to

Av

oid

Pro

bate. N

osy

.

3

4 39

5 P

aper Lion. P

limpton

8

2

6

Win

ston S

. Church

ill. C

hurchill 6

9 5

7

Th

e Jury

Retu

rns. N

icer

5 8

5

8

With K

ennedy. &

linger

10

6 14

9 T

he Random

House D

ictionary of the E

nglish Language

7

5

8 10

Th

e Bo

ston

Stran

gler. F

rank .

9 '7

8

As a

naly

sla

Dosed

on

rep

orts

irons m

ore

th

an 1

25 h

ooketo

res in 0

4 U

. S. co

nonnnitien

. F

igu

res in

the rig

ht-h

an

d

cohonn

do

no

t n

ecessarily rep

reseat co

nsecu

tive ap

pea

ran

ces.

NE

W A

ND

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

D

Fiction

Fiv

e Sm

ooth

Sto

nes, b

y A

nn F

airbairn

. The sto

ry o

f a g

oo

d m

an, a N

egro

child

of th

e dep

ression

, and

w

hat h

appen

s to h

im as h

e gro

ws o

lder.

The B

eautiful Life, by E

dwin G

ilbert. A. tongue-in-cheek

glan

ce at the w

ays o

f New

York

society

in th

ese years o

f the jet ag

e.

Th

e Wo

men

With

the L

ittle Fo

x; b

y V

iolette L

edu

c. T

hree n

ovellas, o

n ch

ildhood, ag

e, death

, by th

e au

thor o

f "La B

atarde."

Waitin

g fo

r Win

ter, by Jo

hn O

'Hara. C

ollectio

n o

f sh

ort sto

ries by a m

an w

ith a p

hoto

grap

hic as w

ell as a p

honograp

hic m

emory

.

General

Diary

of an

Art D

ealer. by

Ren

e Gim

pel. F

ine p

ortraits

of an

age in

Fran

ce and A

merica as w

ell as fine

444'‘I

po

rtraits of p

eop

le in b

oth

places.

Mon C

her P

apa: F

ranklin

and th

e Lad

ies of P

aris, by

Claude-A

nne Lopez. D

elightful account of the ladies in

the life o

f a 70-y

ear-old

statesman

.

Tell M

e, Tell M

e: Gran

ite Steel an

d O

ther T

opics, b

y

Marian

ne M

oo

re. First co

llection

of p

oem

s since

1959, on a wide range of subjects.

, Miss M

ary C

assatt: Imp

ression

ist from

Pen

nsy

lvan

ia, b

y F

rederick

A. S

weet, an

d M

ary C

assatt, by

Julia

M. H

. Carso

n. T

wo

abo

ut th

e Am

erican ex

patriate

figure p

ainter an

d etch

er.

Ey LEW

IS NIC

HO

LS

Non

-Writers

Nestlin

g in

a deep

snow

drift o

f pub

lishers'

catalogues o

f books fo

r the sp

ring seaso

n w

as a catalo

gu

e sent o

ut b

y T

reffItch's B

ird an

d

Anim

al Co, In

c. Say

s you can

buy a fem

ale ele

phant, "tra

ined to

lead" (a

h, th

ere

), for

*3,500, an

d a

com

mo

n c

ob

ra fo

r $30

. Bo

th

guaran

teed h

ealthy, n

either g

uaran

teed to

write

fiction.

Hyp

nosis

The clien

ts of atto

rney

F

. Lee B

ailey seem

ben

t on fillin

g th

e booksh

elves. A

couple o

f w

eeks ag

o, th

ere came o

ut a b

oo

k called

"En

-dure and C

onquer," Dr. S

am S

heppard's account of th

e 12 y

ears which

preced

ed h

is recent ac-

quittal o

n th

e charg

e of m

urd

ering h

is first w

ife. Now

, from

a firm k

now

n as P

ow

er Pub-

lishers in

Irvin

gto

n, N

. J., there arriv

es a wo

rk

entitled

"Get S

lim an

d S

tay S

lim w

ith H

yp

-nosis." T

he au

thor o

f this is D

r. Carl A

. Cop-

polino, lately acquitted of strangling a neighbor, L

ieut. C

ol, W

illiam E

. Farb

er, but cu

rrently

u

nd

er ind

ictmen

t on

a charg

e of m

urd

ering

his

first wife in

Flo

rida. T

he latter b

ook is n

ot a

qu

ickie, w

as vn

itten o

ver a y

ear ago

. Harry

A

rens, th

e head

of P

ow

er Publish

ers, met D

r. C

op

po

lino

som

e e

igh

t mo

nth

s ag

o, a

sked

w

heth

er he h

ad, m

aybe, a b

ook. D

r. C. said

he lead

two—

one o

n th

innin

g b

y h

ypnosis, th

e oth

er on h

ow

to sto

p sm

okin

g b

y d

itto. P

ow

er, w

hich

publish

es work

s on h

ypnosis, d

eclined

th

e secon

d, accep

ted th

e first, did

som

e wo

rk

on

it and

the b

oo

k w

as ready

at abo

ut th

e time

the ju

ry re

turn

ed. It's to

o e

arly

to te

ll yet

abo

ut sales.

Of T

ravel

This Is th

e tim

e o

f year w

hen a

student's

fancy

turn

s to trav

el abro

ad, an

d it can

't be

said h

e'll get n

o ad

vice. T

he H

arvard

Stu

den

t A

gen

cies has ju

st bro

ught o

ut th

e 1987 ed

ition

of "L

et's Go

: Th

e Stu

den

t Guid

e To

Eu

rop

e,"

this w

ritten b

y an

d fo

r studen

ts. In a m

onth

o

r two

. Sim

on

& S

ch

uste

r will b

ring

ou

t "W

here th

e Fun Is A

Pan

Am

Young T

ravel-

ers Guid

e," written

by stu

den

ts. And late th

is m

onth

, Arth

ur F

rom

mer, In

c., will b

ring o

ut

a so

rt of e

lder sta

tesm

an a

mong b

ooks o

n

bu

dg

etin

g tra

vel, "E

uro

pe o

n $

5 a

Day

," w

ritten b

y A

rthur F

rom

mer. T

his la

st isn'

necessarily

desig

ned

for stu

den

ts, but is h

lghl

regard

ed b

y th

em—

plu

s the y

ou

ng

In h

eart an

light o

f purse.

The n

ew ed

ition o

f "Euro

pe o

n $

5 a

Da

is the te

nth

, and, sin

ce th

ere

were

175,

copies so

ld o

f the n

inth

, is a very

pro

fitab

cashing-in of what began as a hobby. M

r. Fro

mer started

out as a law

yer (Y

ale Law

, '53

wen

t into

milita

ry se

rvic

e, tra

vele

d a

bo

E

uro

pe w

hile th

erein, d

ecided

on a little g

uid

e-

boo

k fo

r his frien

ds. H

is friends lik

ed it, so

he

decid

ed o

n a co

mm

ercial prin

ting, an

d th

is was

liked

also. In

'63, h

e aban

doned

law in

ord

er to

beco

me a fu

ll-time p

ub

lisher, an

d "E

uro

pe o

n

$5 a Day" now

has over a dozen companions—

"Mex

ico o

n $

5 a D

ay," "Th

e Carib

bean

on

$5

an

d $

10

a Day

," etc. No

te that $

10

figu

re. Th

e co

min

g ed

ition

of "E

uro

pe" m

ay b

e the last at

just $

5 a

day, fo

r as y

ou'v

e g

ath

ere

d fro

m

readin

g, w

atchin

g T

V o

r even

bu

yin

g cig

a-rettes, p

rices aren't w

hat th

ey w

ere. Alth

ough

a nu

mb

er of o

thers w

rite the co

mp

anio

n v

ol-

um

es, the p

ub

lisher, h

imself, d

oes "E

uro

pe."

He m

akes se

vera

l trips th

ere

per y

ear, h

as

thousan

ds o

f peo

ple w

ho w

rite in w

ith su

gges-

tions=

and, in

short, h

e is leavin

g a b

all. Foot-

note: In

the m

iddle o

f galley

pro

of co

rrections,

he h

ad to

fly to

F

loren

ce to see w

hat effect

the flo

ods h

ad o

n th

e chap

ter about th

at city.

Favorites

The L

ondon p

apers h

ave a p

leasant h

abit o

f ask

ing

vario

us w

riters at end

of y

ear to say

w

hat th

ey m

ost e

njo

yed

readin

g. H

ere

are

so

me o

f the rep

lies record

ed b

y T

he O

bserv

er: W

. H. A

uden favored Lorenz's "O

n Aggression,"

Fred

erick H

eer's "The In

tellectual H

istory

of

Euro

pe," a

nd Ilsa

Bare

a'a

"Vie

nna." M

ary

M

cCarth

y fav

ored

"Priso

n N

otes" b

y B

arbara

Dem

ing a

nd "A

House

in O

rder" b

y N

igel

Den

nis. A

rthur K

oestler lik

ed o

ur o

wn "P

apa

Hem

ing

way

" by

A. E

. Ho

tchn

er. In fictio

n,

John W

ain

gave a

vote to

Christin

a Stead

's recen

tly rep

rinted

"The M

an W

ho Loved C

hil-dren

." Both

Kin

gsley

Ands an

d Jo

hn O

sborn

e cast a v

ote fo

r, among o

ther b

ooks, Jo

hn B

etje-m

an's "H

igh

and

Lo

w."

Ad

d C

oth

ics

Last w

eek th

ere was a n

ote h

ere abo

ut th

e various pseudonym

s used by Michael A

vallone in

writin

g g

oth

ic rom

ances. T

his w

eek let th

ere be a n

ote ab

out th

e iden

tity o

f Victo

ria Holt,

a tow

ering fig

ure o

f the g

oth

ics ("Brid

e of

Pen

do

rric," "Mistress o

f Melly

n"). F

or a lo

ng

tim

e, she w

as rum

ored

to b

e just an

oth

er nam

e fo

r Dap

hn

e Du

Man

ner, also

a tow

ering

figu

re, not o

nly

for g

oth

ics. Not so

. "Contem

porary

A

uth

ors," seek

ing a b

iograp

hy o

f Victo

ria Holt

for In

clusio

n in

a new

editio

n, fin

ally track

ed

her down as one of the pen nam

es used by Mrs.

Elean

or H

ibb

ert, a British

auth

or. S

aid M

iss D

u M

aurier, ab

out th

e end o

f the ru

mor, "w

ish

yo

u w

ou

ld sq

uash

it."

Pu

blish

ers' Ro

w

Late th

is mo

nth

, Pren

tice-Hall w

ill pu

blish

the 65th volum

e in Sts T

wentieth C

entury View

s S

eries—"F

aulk

ner," a co

llection o

f critical es-say

s edited

by

Ro

bert P

enn

Warren

. All th

e o

ther b

oo

ks in

the series are 1

92

pag

es; this

on

e will b

e 81

1. T

he series w

as beg

un

in 1

96

2,

with a volum

e on Cam

us, and its over-all editor is M

aynard Mack, professor of E

nglish at Yale.

. . Ded

ication o

f "Dow

n to

the S

ea in S

ubs,"

by

Ch

arles A. L

ock

wo

od

, vice-ad

miral U

.S.N

., retired

—"T

his b

oo

k Is resp

ectfully

and

affec- tionately dedicated to

big,

A

dm

ir Cheste

rv.W

r57ith

e P

acific

and

s I. Lock

wood in

our h

om

e." The b

ook

com

es from

No

rton

late this m

on

th.. . . D

ell has ju

st bro

ught o

ut a p

aperb

ack, "W

hitew

ash:

Th

e Rep

ort o

n th

e Warren

Rep

ort," b

y H

arold

W

eisberg

. In an

intro

du

ction

, the au

tho

r says

it was o

ffered to

63

Un

ited S

tates pu

blish

ers o

ver a 1

4-m

on

th p

eriod

, and

to 1

1 p

ublish

ers in

8 o

ther co

un

tries.... Ch

ristop

her Ish

erwo

od

has a new

novel coming from

Sim

on & S

chuster in

April. It is called

"A. M

eeting b

y th

e Riv

er," an

d Is th

e story

of tw

o b

roth

ers, one a b

ook

ublisher.

IN A

ND

OU

T O

F B

OO

KS

8 T

HE

NE

W Y

OR

K T

IME

S B

OO

K R

EV

IEW