LACRETELLE, JACQUES DE. _Marie Bonifas._ (trans. from the French of La Bonifas) London & N. Y., G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1929. Classic novel of feminine variance. Exclusively lesbian characters are rare in French literature (although bisexual women are relatively common), and this was one of the best known; it follows the heroine from childhood to old age. LACY, ED. _Room to Swing._ Harper Bros. 1957, pbr Pyramid 1958. A colored detective is retained by a pair of lesbians to solve a murder; is instead accused of committing it. Good. + LANDON, MARGARET. _Never Dies the Dream._ Doubleday, 1949. An unmarried woman missionary in Siam incurs criticism and suspicion when she shows marked favor to an unfortunate American girl at the mercy of the Orient; later, when she risks her own life by isolating herself to nurse Angela through typhoid, she loses her own position. Neither the author nor the heroine of the novel admit the faintest tinge of lesbianism to the relationship, which is full of warmth and selfless sacrifice, and India angrily denies the accusation when it is made; but the high emotional intensity of the whole story bring it well within the boundaries of the field and place it high on the list. LA FARGE, CHRISTOPHER. _The Sudden Guest._ Coward-McCann, 1946. The human driftwood blown up by a hurricane includes a pair of lesbians, stirring latent memories in the novel’s heroine—an embittered, abandoned spinster. + LAPSLEY, MARY. _Parable of the Virgins._ R. R. Smith, 1931. High-keyed novel of many emotional fevers, hetero and homosexual, in a woman’s college. LAWRENCE, D. H. “The Fox”, ss in Dial Magazine 1922, also in hcr but NOT in pbr edition of _The Captain’s Doll_, Thomas Seltzer, 1923. _The Rainbow._ Modern Library 1915, 1943, pbr Avon 1959, 1960. In a long, three-generation novel of the Brangwyn family, one variant episode between young Ursula and a teacher. LAURENT-TAILHADE, MARIE LOUISE. _Courtesans, Princesses, Lesbians._ (Trans. from French by G. M. C.) Paris, Libraire Astra. Casanova-ish memoir; French pamphleteering of Pre-revolutionary days. Bitter, explicit and mildly disgusting; mentioned mostly to state emphatically that the French Libraire Astra, and the Astra’s Tower Checklist, have NO connection. LE CLERQ, JACQUES. _Show Cases._ Macy-Masius, 1928. Offbeat short stories, dealing with male and female homosexuality. LEAR-HEAP, WINIFRED. _The Shady Cloister._ Macmillan, 1950. Quiet, understated and sympathetic story of feminine relationships in a school setting—but without the melodramatic atmosphere of tragedy which usually surrounds such stories.