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W·ILMETTB 'LIFE August 'Z/, 1926 Iti OUr ~BOOK . ·Shop you will receiv.! prompt attention if you .desire it-if to browse among the books is your wish, you will be left to pursue your pleasure peacefullydo you want advice? It will be given you -and good advice it will bt -you may take heedtoo -· should you want to know the merits of ·a book you yourself have not read but which you plan to give as a gift. you will receive it. LISTED BELOW ARE BOOKS FOR YOUR APPROVAL ·· .~ 0 " . r;:::========ji The Best ~ellers on ·the North Shore Fictio11 1. "Sorrell an.& Son" ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warwick Deeping Z. "Show Boat" . . . . . Edna Ferber 3. "It's Not Done" .... ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William C. Bullitt 4. "Silver Spoon" .. .... .. .. .·..... ...... , . . . . . . . . . John Gals worthy S. "Beau Sabreur" .. . . P. C. Wren Sorrell and Son" is a general fa-· vorite among buyers of fiction a~d one shop reported that many of 1ts patrons were purchasing the copies of this book which they had rented. There has been a great demand for "Show Boat " one store taking so many adva~ce orders that it did not have any copies left to put on sale Friday. Since "Beau Sabreurtt has become so popular, as frequently happens in .the book world, there has been a revival of interest in Wrenn's previous book, "Beau Geste" although one large store reported that there has been a steady demand for the book since it was published. There seems to be an unusually large number of promising young novelists at this time writing with a maturity that is rather astounding, although disclosing at times evidences of their vouth. · We - wonder if there is any section of the country that is as well provided as is the north shore with book stores that have these factors which make for success in bookselling: attractive shops and displays, ample stocks of t.he most wanted books and courteous, mtelligent service. 44 IR<ewn<e~~ ©~ N<e~ · lffi<OJ©lk~ "SHow Bo.t\T"-EdJta Ferber. "Show Boat" is a beautifu11y woven literary tapestry depicting the life ·of Magnolia Ravenal, daughter of a Show Boat owner. In her latest book, Miss Ferber writes a·b out an interesting old institution the Show Boat. Many of the scene~ are laid in Ch~cago, ce~tering around old places of mterest, mcluding the Masonic Temple Roof Gard~. During the portrayal she uses the graces of old-fashioned morals, which finds it unnecessary to "call a spade a spade": thus telling the ·seamy and ugly. parts of her story in a reticent, subtle manner. The story opens with the Show Boat ploughing its way through the angry waters of the Mississippi River.. It closes with the same dramatic settmg. During the interim, the story of Magnolia Ravenal's childhood, young womanhood, marriage, and mothe~hood on th.e Show Boat; her trag1c life in Chicago; and her final reboun.d into the haven of the Show Boat, IS told in a most convincing and delightful style. The book is decidedly wor~h reading, not only on account of tts keen story interest and fine. c~aracter drawing, but ~lso because tt .IS an. absolutely true picture of the old t1me Sho~ Boat; as well. as of elem~nts of Ch1cago-life durmg the closmg years of the Nineteenth Century and up to the present time. BEssiE W. BALLARD unm111111111111111114 I . 1L ii lb> ~ & . lf y 1M <e Wf ~ (A letter from a Librarian to a Girl in Glacier National park.) Dear MarionNow that you are at Glacier and I am at home · we must still correspond. I know that you are ecstactic over the mountains and will not need any m~s sage from me to . complete your mfimte satisfaction. · you remember the letter in which 1 outlined all my vacation reading? I must confess that my plans havt~ all gone awry and that I am taki~g ~ot· -tuck with · all sorts of fascma tmg books. . Mother and 1 have been re:u'Ln~ Erskine's "Private Life of Helen ~t Troy," aloud. It has been too ddtcious we have giggled over every page. The phase "lo~e of Ji~e" ~3:s been inco~ porated into the family 1d1oms. I read an excellent essay on May Sinclair and was inveigled into reading ':The Cure of Souls." Her work always make~ a deep impression upon me, partly because of her clear cut style and pa_rtly because of her common sense reahsm, the latter appearing to be life with ~o untoward emphasis on any phase of 1t. 1 have had one sad disappointmentQuennell's book on England was tremendously fascinating, and it encouraged me to ·read the book on Roman Britain. The latter was worth while enough but it only scotched the surface an'd as a result I am disgru~tled. Do you remember the wonderful time that you, Bea and I had reading poetry? Bea was so fond of Bliss Carman and how often she would break out into "Make me over, Mother April, When the sap begins to stir!" . . . · How I miss her. And do you remember the wonderful "thrill" you used to get in reading Sara Teasdale's "Love Lvrics ?" More than one pang has gone through my heart in realizing that we ca~ never do it again. . I have gathered quantities of bonks together, and I am optimistic eno~gh to think that I am gomg to burst mto song over each one. Always, ANNEWILLIS From Double-Eagle to Red Flag By P. N. Kraunoff Duffield $7.50 Digging .for Lost African Gods By Bryn Khun de Prorok G. P. Putnam ~ Sons $6.00 "HoUNDS oF SPRING"-S.yl·via Thomp- M.P. N. .son. The first novel of a young Englishwoman, 24 years old, which is a remarkable book despite the youth of the author. The story is well knit, written with a deep seriousness. 1111111111111111111111111 Art Thru the Ages By Helen Gardier Harcourt Brace ~ Co. $4.00 Brawneyman By J amea Knopf Steven~ $2.50 Nigger Heaven By Carl Van Vecbten Knopf $2.50 Master of Microbe the Beauty Lies in The Healthy EYES It's not so much the size or color of the EYES that makes them beautiful Rather, it's the glow which radiates from them. Ur.leuiteptalways clean and healthy, EYES lack1this alluring lustre. Millions of women throughout the world promote EYE health and beauty with Murine. It cleanses EYES of irritadng par.. ticlea nnd keeps them clear and bright. Contains no belladonna. 0.... UllutrGkd IJoob on "B,. ~ or "Bye a.a-,u caN fRBB oa..,...... By Robert W. Service $2.00 Bust ~ Hopkins "KEEN DESIRE"-Frank Ball Elser. Frank Elser is a newspaper man and Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ' hi~ first novel shows decided lit~rary ability and ' nower. The ~cene is laid in Ft. Worth, Texas, and many of the characters in his book are drawn from Much interest is being shown in the re!>idents of the_ town, disguised of comparatively new "Book of the <"ourse. A thoughtful, soul searching Month Club" club. A committee compiece of work. posed of Henry Seidel Canby, Hey1111111111111111111111111 wood Braun, William Allen White, "Mtss TrvERTON GoEs OuT"-Anmr)'- Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Christommts. pher Morley select the best book for Who wrote this delightful story of the month. Teeftallow was the book '\ young girl? Many conjectures have chosen for the month of June and heen made but it is highly probable "The Saga of Billy the Kid" for July. that the author is a woman. It is an The dues are $13.50 for six months or each hook .can be paid for as it is reunusually fine book. ceived. 1111111111111111111111111 Ojtpenham ell Is it possible that old-fashioned virHuBac tue is comi~ back to the novel? Such is the opinion of Percy Hutchinson in his review . of Ernest Raymond's new two volume work. Fairy Gold By Compton MacKenzie $2.00 Doran THE GOLDEN BEAST B, E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM ·tt Ia one of che fti"J belt of hla 1111111111111111111111111 The Murine Compmy J)ept. 33, auc.,o .lflllJ!!~~.L .J J·EYES· lonaatoria."-T'hc Boston Tr~nscri,c. To the manv for whom Rebecca West's "The Judge" was an unforgetable experience. the announcement of her new novel "Sunflower" to be published this fall will be of great interest. ·Miss West is planning to visit America in Octoher. 1111111111111111111111111 ·z.oo., caH BooheYre ~ -~ LITrLE, BROWN &. CO .... ........,._, ......... ~ ~ .. .... ,..,... Magdalen King-Hall fooled us all by publishing last fall "The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion" suppo~ed to have been written about 1775. But now we retaliate by wondering why if she wrote it herself she didn't make it more clever?