THE GATES OF AULIS—Gladys Schmitt—Dial ($2.75). In this first novel, with great seriousness and intensity, Miss Schmitt makes a try at a genuine U.S. tragedy. Too few U.S. writers try that, and almost ...

Dana Michelle Schmitt and Richard James Peo, both of Altoona, are engaged to be married. Miss Schmitt is the daughter of John and Bobbi Schmitt of Ashville. She is a 2000 graduate of Altoona Area High ...

Pete was in third grade and he couldn’t read. It hurt when other kids called him “dummy” and shoved him down on the playground. It wasn’t much better in the classroom. Miss Schmitt was a charming ...

DAVID THE KING—Gladys Schmitt—Dial ($3). David the King, a full-bodied (631-page) retelling of the great Biblical story by the author of The Gates of Aulis (TIME, June 15,1942), is the March choice of ...