Books reviewed

A CHILD IS BORN, THE CHRISTMAS STORY, by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. New York: Holiday House. Page B8. A GATHERING OF OLD MEN,

by Ernest J. Gaines. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Page B13. THE AMATEUR NATURALIST,

by Gerald Durrell with Lee Durrell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Page B10. AUNT NINA AND HER NEPHEWS AND NIECES,

by Franz Brandenberg and Aliki. New York: Greenwillow Books. Page B10. THE CHRISTMAS CAROL SAMPLER,

Illustrated by Margaret Cusack, musical arrangements by Kathleen Krull. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Page B8. THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR,

by Jean M. Auel. New York: Bantam. Page B3. COLLECTED POEMS 1970-1983,

by Donald Davie. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press. Page B1. THE CRYSTAL CAVE,

by Mary Stewart. New York: William Morrow & Co. Page B3. FINANCIER: THE BIOGRAPHY OF ANDRE MEYER,

by Cary Reich. New York: William Morrow & Co. Page B15. HANDMADE IN AMERICA: CONVERSATIONS WITH FOURTEEN CRAFTSMASTERS,

by Barbaralee Diamonstein. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Page B12. THE HOLLOW HILLS,

by Mary Stewart. New York: William Morrow & Co. Page B3. THE HORSE GODDESS,

by Morgan Llywelyn. New York: Pocket Books. Page B3. I READ SYMBOLS and I READ SIGNS,

by Tana Hoban. New York: Greenwillow Books. Page B10. THE LAST ENCHANTMENT,

by Mary Stewart. New York: William Morrow & Co. Page B3. LEMON SWAMP AND OTHER PLACES: A CAROLINA MEMOIR,

by Mamie Garvin Fields with Karen Fields. New York: The Free Press. Page B13. LION OF IRELAND,

by Morgan Llywelyn. New York: Berkley Books. Page B3. MERRY CHRISTMAS,

text by Robina Beckles Willson, illustrated by Satomi Ichikawa. New York: Philomel Books. Page B8. MONET,

by Robert Gordon and Andrew Forge. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Page B12. THE NAME OF THE ROSE,

by Umberto Eco. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Page B6. PETER SPIER'S CHRISTMAS!,

New York: Doubleday & Co. Page B8. THE STORY OF THE THREE WISE KINGS,

retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Page B8. TIME WILL DARKEN IT,

by William Maxwell. Boston: David R. Godine, publisher. Page B2. TROUBLE IN BUGLAND: A COLLECTION OF INSPECTOR MANTIS MYSTERIES,

by William Kotzwinkle. Illustrated by Joe Servello. Boston: David R. Godine. Page B7. THE VALLEY OF HORSES,

by Jean M. Auel. New York: Crown. Page B3. WALTZ IN MARATHON,

by Charles Dickinson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Page B4. THE WICKED DAY,

by Mary Stewart. New York: William Morrow &

Co. Page B3. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS,

pictures by Tracey Campbell Pearson. New York: Dial/Dutton. Page B8.