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W~LMETrE LIFE· March 4, 1927 DO YOU KNO\llThat Will Durant, author of one of the best sellers of the year, "The History of Philosophy," is lecturing in Chicago this week? Review1 of Ne~ IBcckz "King Goshawk and the Birds"-Eimar O'Duffy. . NEW BOOKS Austen-Sense and Sensibility. Burt-Delectable Mountains. Chamberlain-Silver Cord. Kaye-Smith-Spell Land. Mcintyre-Shot Tower. Pertwec-Rivers to Cross. · General Lit~rature Hoover-American Individualism. Martin-Behavior of c row d s. Archbald-Four Hour Day in Coal. Thrasher-The Ga.ng. Sanderson of Oundle. Downs-Elements of Costume De sign . Curtin-Seneca Indi-an Myths .. Galdos~Dona Perfecta (Spamsh) Fuller-Solving Sewage Problems. . Todoroff-\iV hat Is \Vhat in Groccne !'. Walker-Story of Steel. Scholes-Everybody's Guide to Radio Music. Nicholson-Appleton Book of Short Plays. · Mumford- Golden Day. ~Veaver-More in America. Maseficld-Reynard the Fox. Straho_.:_Geography. Williamson-Lure of Vienna. Gibbons-Ports of France. Janvier-1 n Old New York. ·Stewart- Letters of a \Voman Homt . steader. lvlathcws- Rook s of Missionary Hcroe~ Biography Brown-My Heresy. Bliss-Heart of Emerson's J ournab. Sparks-Life of George Washington . Prottt- Life of George \\ estinghouq·_ History Gibbons-Europe of Our Day. Davis-Europe Since · Waterloo. Hazen-Fifty Years of Europe. Catlin- North American Indian s. Laut-Coquest of.thc Great North\\· c .~t . Sparks-?\1en \\ ho }.·l ake the ~atit.lJL FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON Telephones University 1024 Wilmette 3700 Rogers Park 112 2 That there is not a white character in the booh, " Black April," by Julia Peterkin? That the degree of Doctor of Philosophy has been conferred upon Rex Beach bcJ his alma mater, Rollins College? That Harper Brothers are issuing "Pleasure of Life Series," the first two having_ been written by Hugh Walpole and J. B. Priestly, ·both of whic..!.J are worth while books? BOOKS Forever Free: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln Honore Willsie Morrow Morrow $2.50 Two more outlines mak~ their appearance . this spring-11 Thc Outline of Sanity" by Gilbert Chesterton, in which he deplore s our modern way of liv·ing: and "An Outline History of China," by Hall and Gowen. 1 -Ioughton 1vf.ifTlin Co. anounces i.hat· the~' haYe mad~ arrangements for the publication of Senator Beveridge's li fc of T:incoln on \vhich he has been known to be at \York for a long time. The fi,rst volume '" ill probably come ont in the fal! of 1928. There were 6,883 books pub li shed publishin~· houses i!l America Ev . . r~·onc had better get busy i [ hl' \\'ish ...·s to b e able to discuss 1nodern literalurc. The Ponson Case Freeman Wills Croft~ Albert t1 Charles Boni $2.00 Tin Wedding M atgaret Leech Boni 8 Livcrighr $2.00 One Cr.ystal and a Mother Ellen DuPois Taylor Harper 8 Brothers $::.>..00 by 173 in l92o. Trumps: A Collection of Short Stories by Noted Authors Pu.t nam $2.00 I 630 DAVIS ST. Univ. 123 The Perennial Bachelor Grosset ~ ~__,....,........a--s Out Next Week! ~ I Anne Parrisl1 Dunlap $1.00 The Divine Lady Grosset ~ E. Barringtot:J Dunlap $1.00 The Green Bay Tree Louis Bromfield Grosset ~ Dunlap $1.00 THE RETURN OF SNOWSHOE AL "Goshawk the Wheat King and Guzzelinda hi~ . Queen, sitting up in the royal bed in the Palace of Manhattan held conversation thus . . . . . " The upshot of the convers. a tion being that when Goshawk had wooed Guzzelinda and she had bemoaned the fact, as they listened to the song of a nightingale, that there we.re so many birds in the world whose song she could never hear, he had said, "When I have come into my kingdom you shal~ have all the song birds in the world for your very mvn." Now that his wife reminds him of the promise and since he has become the riche st man in the world, Goshawk is determined that it sh~ll be carried out without delay. So he sends his minions far and wide ove,r the e'arth to capture all the song birds. There is certain philosophe~ living at this tim.e in Dublin who is so enraged at tlus heartlessness that he goes to tbe land of spirits in . search. o.£ an avenger. He persuades the spmt of the great Cuchu1ain to come back with him to right this wrong. Now the expe.riences of this great hero on earth are many and astonishing, though he finally depart=- without accomplishing his mis sion, only promising that his son shall collle after him and see what he can do. The book is a delightfully witty satire on civilization, the picture being our civilization one hundred y e a r s hence. Fantastic, brilliant, fanciful as it is, there is plenty in it to give food ior sober thought. An evid~nt~y stupid Englishman has just written an unwieldy volume, "The Babbit \ Van:en," in which he tells America in a mannc.r to make her hate him, a 11 the things \\'hich are wrong with her machine-made civilization. 1\o\\'. as a matter of fact America is told so often by her own sons what is wrong with it that she is not likely. to listen to a foreigner unless he can make the story interesting. So let the Englishman take I e s s o n s from the Irishman and dip his · pen in bright co~ors rather than vit,riol, and perhaps he will get on better. In any case Eimar O'Duffy should find a hearing for as many books as he can write in th e vein of '"King Goshawk." a HE ngland" Is New Book Discussed at Meeting "England," the recently pub~ished book by Dean lnge, was discussed at lengt.h by Miss Eleanor Pe.rkins oi Evanston, Fri9ay, February 25, at the home of Mrs. Frederick \V . Hill of 690 Bluff strectb Glencoe, before a group of young married women of Glencoe, · who meet twice a month. Gloomy and pessimistic as "England" is, Miss Perkins found a real picturt, unbiased and vigorou _, of the England of today, in Mr. lnge's frank discussion. He feels that in the back of every Englishman's mind is a fear of Unite.d States, a fear that some day, in the future, thi s country wi~l annex Canada. In the back of every ·Englishtnan's mind, this fe~r is plantedr and it flavors his attitude and life. Mr. Inge also dwells on English traits, speech and habits. Study of the Greek language from early childhood through manhood leads to the speaking of pure English, unadulterated by slang. The pity of England, according to the author, !s the fact that Eng~and i& no longer supreme in power, no longer the leading country. America holds the place formerly held by England, and the tenacity with which England holds on tQ the last, is pathetic. To "leave a good taste" in the minds of the group, Miss Perkins put aside the more gloomy "England" for a chapter or two in WiH Rogers' "Letters of a Self-made Diplomat." The next meeting of the club will be held F ,r iday, March 11, at 2 o'clock, in the home of Mrs. Maurice H. Karker of 604 Greenleaf avenue, Glencoe. Miss Perkins thus far has not announced the name of the book to be taken up. Michael Sadleir's "T rollope, A Commentary' is having a fine r eception on Pound Papers Full stocks of the standard Eaton, Crane 8 Pike paptrs. Deckle Vellum, 8 sc lb. Envtlopes, 4 oc package. Tweed, 55c package. lb. Envelope's, 35c Orders now being received. Snowshoe AI, the cut-up of ·the "line," brings out another book as funny as his "b c d t i m e stories." A New Craze! Highland Linen, 70c lb. Flat or Folded Sheets, Envelopes :z.sc and 45c. Kara Linen, soc lb. Envelopes, 25c. Louisine, 4 sc lb. Envelopes, 2oc. ASK ME ANOTHER both sides of the Atlantic. 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