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16 HAVE HOLIDAY ·GUESTS and Mrs. \Villiam H. La\ ton of 230 Laurel aYenue are entertaining members of their immediate familv at a small reunion for Christmas ~and throughout the holiday . They haYc as their hou~c gursts, their daughter, ~{ rs. \\. , F . .T rnkin~ of Columbus, Ga., their ~on-in-law and daughter, Mr. and ~frs. R. \V. Carter, a;1d their little son, of St. Helen. Mich., Mrs. Lawton's :'istn. 1'11 is~ Charlton: and 1\frs c.' D. :::-;immonds, " ·ho arc returning from the South. ~ ~1r. WILMETTE LIFE Dec ember 2~, 1926 I· cJJtill~lc iT llJ · f Boni & Liveright. publt:-;hers .. o "l~cvelry," arc gett in g good puhltctty ior th~ boo.k from the f:-~ ct t hnt a cle' llland lS bemg made tha! the hook h.e 1 \rithclrawn from circulatton hecausc. 1t 1 dares to throw a shadow 01~ thr hly \\'hite admini. tration of H arcllng. The - -· - - - . drn1and is bri11ging- fortl1. of course, Mr. and ~Irs. Georgi.! L. ~r art in of I \·rhemci1t partisans in its c~e.fence and Chicago announce the birth of a son, , j.., altogether exccllrnt publtc1ty. George L. 1\fartin, Jr., Frida.> morning I ___ December 17, at the St. F.rancis hns - ! . . . pitcrl. Mrs. Martin and her iniant 5011 :\nn Douglas Sedg-wtck wdl publish \\'ill join her family at the Ceorgr L. l t1cxt SJ~ring, ~he ~::~t ll (H'.el that she ~_fa~tin homr, 1046 Elmwond an' mte, 1~:~=- .~"n~tc;n s't\ce ,l h: T.'tttl·~' French llm--tmas dav, f0r ;ul l'XtL·tHkd sta \'. I ( .trl, "htch \\ tll IH c.tlll d rhe Old l 'oun tess." · _ ·_ 1 Jl (ID,If(ID,~lf<ID.JP)illl~ 'L ~®Wll®~~ Nee;~ ©f \Y~! nll mroce/li:tt® Ln lh R' ;p;- 'f \!l ~©©Jk~ "WJX);'JE-TTlE- PO< ll I"-.\ .. \. ::\Iilnc. 1IL·rvcy Allen's "Israfel, the Life Poe" is 3 11d Times of Edgar Allan being greeted ns I>rrhai)S the final ' " ·ord on this much discussed and vet l'lusi\·e poet. Herbert Gorman in the X. Y. Times calls it "a profound and imprcssiYc addition to national biograph~·." : · '·TJ ~fargarct Kennedy, aut hnr (11 1r l l'onstant Nymph," seem~ ~· athc·r un· · ~ nt her next (1 ectstve as t o. tl 1e t1am c t . ·. hook .. Tl;e thtrd a;1(l la~.l·~t rc.·J?OI t IS that ~t lw entltll'd hvd Sk~· at \fornlng. ';;ttl The sum of $2,000 ,,·hich The Dial a\\'ards annually to the one who has In N etv Editions rcnderrcl a service to literature and yet has not completed llis work, has Peter Pan and Wendy. 13~· Jame s ~f. narrie. The Petrr Pan ~tory fnr hcrn gi,·en to \Villi am Carlos \Villiams "littlrst people," retold by ~fay n~· a practiciilg phy~icia n in Rutherford', ren. Illns. Scribner, $1. X c\\· Jersey. --IThe Blue Fairy Books. Edited hy An. drew Lang. A new gift edition 0f fa,·orably nn of fairv d Cobh 1 · commented fi one o f tl1e· mos t !"Opttlar , _ talc 1 ·Irnn . 1 when he. \:Isk Illus _us aug ~ter s rs.t n~ye, Macrae Smith, $2.50. 1 1ted her 111 her villa 111 Italy. "Ftllmg lOO s. · Seeds" is the title of the hook and the The Princess and Curdie; the Prinauthor is Mrs. Frank Chap111:111. cess and the Goblin. By Georg-e MacDonald. Two famous favorites appear in new editions illustratrcl by Elizabeth MacKinstry. Doublrday. $2 ea. Tales of Laughter. By K.ate Dm1~1as vVip;gin and Nora A.r chtbald Sm1th. A favorite collection of tales for children makes its holiday bo;" in .a colorful new dress. Illus. by Eltzabrth MacKinstry. Doubleday, $2. L Children's Favorites If YOU haYc a child around to serve as a -possible excuse for reading "\Vinnic-the-Pooh" aloud. clo so, if not do so anYwaY. It is one of those delightftil rhilclrrn's hook:' \Yhich like all children\ cb:;~ic::; arc a:' interesting to gro\\'nups. ~fr. A. A. 1filnc who \Yas ~prnding l1i::; time. " ·e ha\·e heard. ,niting cllildrcn's text bn0ks ~ncl sudclenlv came upnn a gnld mine and incifientalh· g-ayc nnl' t·· children in "\Vhcn \\\ \\\·re Ycr~· Young," has l1acl the gnn<l iortlllll' to iolln\\' it tip " ·ith annthcr :1-; irrt' :-.i;-;tihlc. Tthtl·ad 0f n·r~c t hi-; hnt ,k i-; in prn"e hut ). f i In<":-; p r 1., t' i" a .; d l' lc rt a hll· p r n s c a;-; his n·rs<.' ic; Ycr-..e . \\"inn il' -t IlL'- Pn cd1 i" a It' rl cl ~ · h r a r. l\·r11:tp..; tlH· cln<· \\·ho \\·a..; thinking- of rl'cluring in "\\"hen \\\· \YcrL' \~er~' Young-." .\ny\,·a~· hC" hn:; 110t dCltH' -.n arcording- tn \fr. Shepherd' .. delight iul pirt'l11'l'S. and i..; mort'O\'t'r (lit his ()\\'11 aclmi:-si0n "a hrar of Yrr~· little hr ;tid." Bnt tl1i" dol' .. nn t klTJl t 1 11' !J ( II l k (l j S tn !' i l' S :l h ()II j ~ i Ill j 1' I 1\ l\ h l' i ll L! pnivr t tr.riL'" fnr rllildr l' ll. 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(I til' s.1 11 d Biography Drink \\atn \lr. \.'h :trk-. · I \fll l' ';] ll· :tcl Hcl l·t'r -.. tlll J ·: \'{ 'l'\ ] Ho C )\' , 1\ jl\' l\i-.1 111 ·Il l' ~p ; t n i..:.l , .\ ltlt' r1c; tn I~( ' Jlll h 1 ir .. ... ~lwnynod J\. nd<·r~on. 1\ N eH' Book Club .\ n() t 11 n h o (1], r lui> 11 ;t . . r c 1111 c in t o exi'-tl'tlcc - tlw Literary Guile} of Amer ica. J\. Year's s.ub . . cr.iption ($1R l l'n titll·~ the- subscriber tn recei,·c h\·l·lnbo(,b during the ~·cnr. fiction and nonfiction. '"hirh will he sclrctccl h~· a cotnmittl-e of \\'hich Carl Van Doren is rh:-~irmnn. 1fannscripts of hooks \\·ill hl' :-;uhmitted hY authors and puhli. -,her:-; and the the ·oi the material \Yill be paid for outright rather than on a rm·all\- ha.:;i". 'I he book will he is . ucd prior to thL regular trade edition which i..; anothC'r cli!Terencc hct:-..,·cen this plan and that Cli the B(l(,k oi the ~fnn 1 h club. Meddlesome Matty. By J anc and A.nn Taylor. A new and most. a~tracttve ed.i tion of amusing. moralistiC verse written over a hundred yea.rs · ago for yonthful transgressors. Illustrated by \\'yndh:1m Paynr. Viking Pr., $l.75 A Right Merry Christmas and a Bright Happy New Year "'"""'"'"'""""D'ARWIN""'"""""'"'~ _ _ _ Gamaliel Bradford The life story of the gentle, tolrrant, and lovable man who "made hell a laughing-stock and heaven a ·dream," who shifted the attitude of science and overturned the whole \Yorld of t ... thought. $3.50. . · Houghton Mifflin Co. - "Tar, a 1\IicJ,yest Childhood" is an ()ther autohiog-r:1phical non~! of Shcr\\'ood Anderson. Sherwood Anderson i..; one of those literary artists most hl'nt upon imbosoming himself, giving the vcn- essence of l1is subjecti've expl'rienrc to the world. Tn "Tar." he has told the storv of. his childhood in a sin1ple straightforward way \\·hich i;-; Yery charming. He creates a child's world from a child's viewpoint. As you read. your own stature shrinks to that of a three Year old and You arc looking up, not ~ut, at thr pl;cnomcnon of the world. A11 engine attached to a train is a ".rrrcat terrifying thing," adults arc tall, strange people \rho do inexplic able things from unknmYn motive . . cYerything- and evcrybod~, is a mysteri nu~ and potentiall~' hn,tilr fnrcr. ":\[(lRE ~ITL'ES"-Ilarry . DTD YOl- K~O\\·_:_ K,·mp. _ ~ § on Life." has \nitten \\·hat might he Hnrn· Krm'1, author of "Tramping That "?'hr· Rnnl~ of the J HOllilz" St'fcctrd for ,Vm·rnzhcr is l?olllantic ( 'nmcdimis ?" That the 'll'nrd ({ Pcf>.\'s." part n.f thr title', "Jlcj>ys DiarJ" is f'rn1/0IIIlt'Nf " J'cf's ?" That Sinclair J.r<cris' nr.rt IW<'d, ,7l·hich 7.\.'ill l·c /'llbfishcd in the Sf1'inq and is abnut wr c·;·aJzgclist, ·will bi! called ({T:llllcr Gantry?" That 'tire Dial m.r..rard of $2.000 for 1925 was 1·ccriz·rd by lVi!liam · Carlos TT'i!!ia111s .' T/10t ((Thf Great Gatsb.v" lzas bren translated into tltc French .Q That TVi/liam Dana Orc11tt supaviscd tlze ma!~ing of the boo!..: "lsrafel: Tlzc l..i.fc allll Ti111cs nf nd(}a~: .·llh·n Poe', 7.chich tool.: til(' aut'hor sc·zrcn ·years to H·ritc .9 g storv of his life. Tt is § § ~ - ~llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll l llllllllllllllllllllllllt: l ~ An immediate hit! Ballard's Book Shop · Village Theatre Bldg. MISSISSIPPI STEAM BOATIN' By Herbert and Edward Quick Here is the story of a great ;:,mashing, splendid epoch in the building of America. Destined to become a classic. Fully Illustrated, $3.00 Henry Holt & Co. N.Y. termed a sequel since it is a fttrthrr :-~ qon· of the Years after he went to ':\' C'\,. , ., ork and in point of mileage cnnrccl. "set tlrd down." His tramps werr no"· from the rooms of "The Diminu ti\·l Club." ~e lect clttb of Radicals. nn r a {a mmis saloon which faccrl \Va ::;hinp:ton Arch. to tl1e ap;,.rtments 0f his Bohrmi:1n ancl Rndic:1l frirncls :11Hl hack t0 his room some\\·here in Bnliemia. Those wcr.e tltc re<ll cla~·s of "The \~illage" when ~·otl gnt it stra ig·ht undilutrd hy tourists and swcrt littl e home girls from Kan:':lS. Thrsr people liYed ;,.~ Bohemians not hecatt~r it wa:; the thing to do. So in it..; QcnuinellL':-;:; ").f Me ~fi!es" is ref rrs l1in.t?:. it ..;ccm~ to rrrnrcl an era '"hich h:-~s pa;-;sed a\Yay. Thr genuinl·nc-,..; 0i thr tale exten d. to the author. too: hr is able to tell thr truth about himsL'If as fe\\' men can. Jlc clor . n't rationali1.r in writing as he confesses he often clid in lifr. He tells us how thing-s said from jealousy, perhaps, he rrctendcd to himself and others at the time, '"ere from conviction. ~{any of hi~~ n:marks sound like ourselves at our worst moments of self analysis. Harry Kemp is a poet. But we sec him rathe.r as an attractive, fooli sh, proud and vain young vagabond who can tell an in tcresting yarn. His so ttl of a poet he keeps to himself. -EsTHER GotrLD