MARSTON, JOHN. _Venus With Us; a Tale of the Caesars._ N. Y. Sears, 1932. pbr Universal Pub. 1953 tct _The Private Life of Julius Caesar_. Fast, funny, risque historical novel—or romance—with approximately six historical errors per chapter, but a lot of fun nevertheless. The scenes laid in the College of Vestals are exclusively lesbian; there are both serious, emotional affairs between women, and funny light-hearted ones in the manner of King Pausole. Good of kind. + MARTIN, KENNETH. _Aubade._ London, Chapman & Hall 1957, (m). MASEFIELD, JOHN. _Multitude and Solitude._ Macmillan 1909, 1916. MASSIE, CHRIS. _The Incredible Truth._ Random, N. Y., 1958, pbr Berkley 1959. Victorian husband narrates, many years afterward, his wife’s successive attachment to two woman friends. MAUGHAM, SOMERSET. _Theatre._ Doubleday 1937, Bantam pbr tct _Woman of the World_, 1951, pbr Bantam tct _Theatre_ 1959. Theatrical novel of a worldly actress, Julia, contains brief mention of a fat, elderly lesbian admirer who finances her works; one amusing scene where Julia’s husband advises her on how to manipulate Dolly’s feelings. Smart, brittle. MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. _Paul’s Mistress._ ss in various collections including Cory, _21 Variations on a Theme_. MAYHALL, JANE. _Cousin to Human._ Harcourt, Brace 1960. Valeda, friend of the heroine, has a sad, depressing affair with an adolescent schoolgirl athlete friend, named Mildred. MEAGHER, MAUDE. _The Green Scamander._ Houghton Mifflin, 1933. A novel of the Trojan war, largely concerned with the passionate friendship between Penthesilea, co-queen with the Amazon tribe, and her co-ruler Camilla. Beautifully written, available in most medium-sized libraries. MEEKER, RICHARD. _The Better Angel._ Greenberg 1933, pbr Universal Pub. tct _Torment_ ca. 1952, (m). + MEREZOWSKII, DMITRI. (Trans. from Russian by Natalia A. Duddington) London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1925, 1926. _Birth of the Gods._ A fine novel of Crete and the bull-dancers (and perhaps the first of its kind). Dio, a strangely bisexual young girl, priestess of the Great Mother, though attracted and attractive to men, is vowed to remain a virgin in the service of the Goddess; much of the novel is devoted to her passionate friendship for her young novice, Eoia. One of Dio’s rejected lovers, believing that the “little witch” has cast a spell on Dio to prevent her loving him, plots to have Eoia killed in the ring; instead Eoia’s death nearly destroys Dio as well. _Akhnaton, King of Egypt._ (as above) London, Dent, 1927. Continues and concludes the story of Dio. MERGENDAHL, CHARLES. _The Girl Cage._ pbo Gold Medal 1953, 1959. Brief, minor lesbian episode in a novel about war widows.