_Young Man with A Horn._ Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1938, pbr Signet 1953. Very minor lesbian incident in a jazz novel. + BALDWIN, JAMES. _Giovanni’s Room._ Dial 1956, pbr Signet 1959, (m). An American boy in Paris fights against his affair with a young Italian, Giovanni; his fear and resistance to this relationship leads to separation, tragedy and their separate destruction. A powerful, tender and tragic book. BALDWIN, MONICA. _The Called and the Chosen._ Farrar, Straus _&_ Cudahy, N. Y., 1957, pbr Signet 1958. A good study of repression and frustration in convent life, containing passim the story of Sister Helena, novice-mistress; although her behavior was strictly correct even for a nun, she once inspired such violent passions in her juniors that she was removed from this office. The heroine refers to Sister Helena, after her death, as “the one human being I ever loved”. BALZAC, HONORÉ DE. _Cousin Bette._ Classic; many standard editions and translations. The story of a neurotic spinster’s half-realised passion for a woman friend. _The Girl with the Golden Eyes._ Many standard editions and translations, including pbr Avon Books 1957, (trans. Ernest Dowson.) Shocker of the 19th century, dealing with the passion of the Chevalier de Marsay for a strange, unspoilt girl, Paquita—who is virtually enslaved to a sinister lesbian Countess. _Seraphita._ London, J.W. Dent & Sons, 1897; also as above. A romance of an angelic hermaphrodite. All of these are classics of world literature, as well as the literature of variance, and are apt to be available even in small libraries. + BANNON, ANN. _Odd Girl Out._ pbo, Gold Medal, 1957, 1960. _I am a Woman._ pbo, Gold Medal, 1959. _Women in the Shadows._ pbo, Gold Medal, 1959.