Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Sep 1926, p. 30

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WJLMETTE LIFE September 10, 1926 ,-------~~~~~-~~::::::::::::::~::::::::::::::::::=======---------------------·------ NEW BOOKS 'vhose merits you should. kno,v. Far Above Rubies Agnes Sligh Turnbull Revell Sl.OO Heart stories of bible women, romances of far away days which makes fresh and vivid literature. Portia Marries Jeanette Phillips Gibbs Little Brown The Jane man vrho ~ Co. $2.00 story of the marriage of Thorndike, successful wolawyer to Tommy Kent loved her. Jig Saw Eden Phillpotts Macmillan Sl.OO A mystery story! A miser living alone in a room built like a safe, with walls and ceiling lined with steel plate is found dead on the floor with a dagger is his back I FAIRY TALES Little Man With One Shoe . . . . . Bailey 1. "Royal Road to Romance" 'l'ortoi:;e and the Geese . . . . . . . . ~utton Scottish Fairy nook . . . . . . . . . . Gne?'SOn . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Halliburton "The Story of Philosophy"-Will Car~'an Tales ...... · · ·.· · · · · · · · · Ha11[f 2. 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Bm·TJo1tr · mterestmg and to many It will be pre- Spirit of. the School ........ · · Bm·bo~r Although the novel ts the most popu-,1 ferred to the average novel of today. When Ltghthouses Are Dark · · · · · B 1 .'ll tar form of literature, during the sum- V\'ill Durant has succeeded admirably Boys' Own Bookk off CAdvenfiturers . ;.1~e,l."et'tl · ]] h · · . . . Boys' Own Boo o amp 1rC's . . . "' · .r mer mont h s especta y, yet. t ere a~e m makmg thts subJect comprehcnst- Tom Sawyer Abroad .......... Clemens a dozen or more recent history, plu- hie to the layman and it will undoubt- Last of the Flatboats . . . . . . 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Other recent books that Christ." Blackbird, Buc.caneer .. · · .. · · · · . ~ain~. are gaining in popularitv are 14 The :Mi1111111111111111111111111111 Great Locornotn·f> C;hase · · · · · · Pttttnf.!e' , · . . Fortune of tht- Ind1es . . . . . . . . . . Przce cro b e H unters by De Krmf, the b10"Our Time:-;"-~fark SulliYan. Bob Graham at Sea ......... . R('i.·w11bn·r1 graphy of Henry Ford, which is very Sahara Huntf'rs . . . . . . . . . Rol~-lVhcez~,. popular among men readers. 41 T he ~f ark Sulli,·an reviews men £ash- on tlw Owrland Stage . . . . . . . . . . Sa~m magnificent Idler" (Walt \Vhitman's ions and the events of the peri~d from Blazed Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whtte biography by Rogers and Barton's the lat e nineties up to the present time. BOOKS OF TRAVEL AND HISTORY · "The Man Nobody Knows" and "The Keady two hundred illustrations pre- \Vlwn T was a C:irl in Fran<'(' ... 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PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM · ·It Is one of the . . , best of hll loqstoriea."-11aa BoJton Tr~ I Shor~ Turns Barry Benefield $2.00 The Century Co. SHOT TOWERS By John T. Mcintyre A good book well illustrated \ .Ve have ~nmething to live for aitcr all. 44 Thc Priyate Life of Helen nf Troy" is in the process of dramatization. Tt will be produced by \Vinthrop Ames and the part of Helen will he taken hy Ethel Barrymore. · ·111 1111111 11111111111111111 ... Fourteen stories I A gorgeous variety representing the choicest of this fine artist's work. It is a story packed with humour, color, courage. You will like it! ] oseph C. Lincoln has published a new nonl, "The Big ~f ogul." 1t has been said th at Mr. Lincoln is the one author in America \\'hose public l1as steadily increased with everv one oi his books. · 11111111111111111111111111 Far End May Sinclair Stokes Publishers Macmillan Christopher Vivart, novelist and his sister Cecily loved Far End, their home. in the country, and when Hilda Courtney married Chris and came to live there, she 'oved it too. Then tragedy entered and Chris and Hilda grew to hate the place-but the rest we'll leave for you! Announcing the 5th Season in Wilmette of the Van-Pelt Studios of Expression, Acting and Social Culture Classes for Beginners I Barrington must neither Jeep nor eat. \Vhil e the ink on her Yerv ]atest novel, .. The Exquisite Perdita," i's not yet dry, her publishers announce that they have received the manuscript of another, "The Laughing Queen,·· whose subject is C1eopatra, and that there is another one to come, ··The Great Thunderer," dealing with l\apoleon. tt D.·;&J,~;-., E. to the 'I raitor!" ·· RECITALS- TEAS- PROGRAMS The Big Mogul Joseph C. Lincoln , Clade. ;ouna tfltck :tat/e. c~ack came the 'Jf th6 uatchman's Fall term beginning Saturday, September 18th S2.oo D. Appleton ~ Co. Registration Saturday, September II th Then hn fiOtee, 'A fratttJt has been catight death to the trattor. " Anne . knew tl was David. 'Dea, Goa---, ' but read He was the "Big Mogul" of the county. Real drama is here in the UJ!folding of the \!vents ;vhich shake his secure position in the community. Classes held in Pilgrim Hall of the Congregational Church, Wilmette and Lake Ave., Tel. Wit. 1204 BLACK HU~TER ~ B) James Oliver Curwood $2.00 Wherevet Books Are Sold The Cosmopolitan Book Corporation

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