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 \nA Novel About old salem and TheseaTHE RUNNING Of THE TIDE by ESTHER F0RBES  \nCopyright 1948·Book-of-the Month Club,Ine.·385 Madison Avenuc·New York¹7,N.Y.  \n## The nproducton on the ront oDeT iTolers of The Seaby ALBRT PiNKTHAM RxDR\n\nCollcion Adison Gallery of Ameican Art,Pullips Academy,Anlover:.—Sce inside of back couer for descriptionBOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUBEDITORIAL.BoARDDorothy CanfeldClifton FadumanJohn P MarquandChrstophe MorlkyHenny Sedel Canby,Chatme*Trade Mark of the Bookcof-the-Month Club,Ine  \nThe next selco is a nch novcl about the gecacs o Amernea'searly seaport centers—about windjammers and adventurous youngmen who sailed them to fortune and glory,and made the tiny townof old Salem almost the richest seaport in the world.Miss Forbes,whose previous book about Paul Revere,a Book-of-the-Month Clubselection that set a high standard for narrative and later became aPulitzer prize-winner,\"has been able to endow a tale of New Eng-land’s most improbable and romantic period with the true humanvalues that give it present day significance.In this respect,at least,THE RuNNING OF THE TIDE finds itself,\"reports John Marquand,\"ina high place in New England fiction,along with Moby Dick,TheScarlet Letter,and The House of the Serven Gables.\"The novel is prettycertain to be one of the best-loved books of the year.  \nThe Running of the TideBY ESTHER FORBES  \nOLD SALEM.。。AND ITS YOUNG CAPTAINS  \nA full-bodied historical novel based on meticulousresearch,which \"may have many wooden ships in itbut not any wooden men and women.\"  \nA Report by John P.Marquand  \nTT IS NOw over two months since I readl the uncorrected proofs of Miss Forbes'The Running of the Tide;and,in the intervalbetween that past and this present,I musthave read ten other novels,the plots andcharacters of which have all begun toblend together in a general confused re-collection.Of them all only the peopleand events of Miss Forbes'well-rounded  \n\"He tried to put his arm about her,comforther,but she turned on him angrily,and struckhim across the face.She cried out,\"Please goaway!Please go away,Dash,and leave mealone!”  \ntale of Salem remain completely clear inmy memory.This clarity of impressionmakes me feel,as I did when I first readit,that The Running of the Tide has theelements of a very good novel indeed.And I believe that many othcr readerswill agree that it has a haunting,unfor-gettable quality—that the crowded streetsand wharves of Salem in the great days ofthe China trade becomc,through MissForbes'skill,something approximating avivid,personal experience.  \nThis is,of course,a result which every-one who writes a so-callcd historical orperiod novel passionately desires,but sel-dom succeeds in achieving.Miss Forbesis one of the very few who,without dis-torting fact,has been able to endow a taleof New England's most improbable andromantic period with true human valuesthat give it present-day significance.Inthis single respect,at least,it seems to me,The Running of the Tide finds itsclf a highplace in New England fiction,along withMoby Dick,The Scarlet Letter,and TheHouse of the Seven Gables.Without implyingthat it has the same stature--and it hasits own faults of structure—it does possessmany of the same attributcs that distin-guish these great works.  \nThe main reason that The Running ofthe Tide falls into such a distinguished,and pcrhaps such a dangerous category,is that it is not primarily a tale of cloak-  \n\"He had knotted ropes about himself and fastened the anchor chain to them.The anchorwas already balanced on the gunwale.He paused,looking at her thoughtfully.Surelyhe would not need to rope her.He could hold her in his arms.One long,last embrace ...”  \nand-sword adventure.Its background ofships and figureheads and warehouses,though described by Miss Forbes with afidelity that could make her novel a text-book of life in the Federali","cbCaioJWdDWuXn7V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioJWdDWuXn7V","pdf",3333087,32,"English","# Book-of-the-Month Club editorial selection\n## The Running of the Tide - overview\n## Critical appraisal by John P. 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