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30 \VILMETTE LIFE June 10, 1927 BOOK SHOP FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON Telephones University 10 24 Wilmette 3700 RogKs Park 1 12 2 B .. Q..Q ..K !he Road to the Te~p]e Suun Glaapell Frederick A. Stokes Co. Mother India Katherine Mayo Harcourt, Brace ~ Co. $). 75 Chains Lesser Novels and Stories by · Boni ~ Live right Theodore Dreiset $2.50 Fear The autobiography of James Edwards. John Rathbone Oliver Macmillan $2.50 If May Sinclair can write a book like "The Allinghams" then anything is possible. When the witty. keen, subtle author .of "Anne Severn,. or "Mr. \Vaddington of \Vyck" descends to such banalities as this, we can only throw · up our hands and murmur weakly, "\Vhat next ?n G. D. Eaton, author of "BackfurIt is a book which might he a child's row," announces that he is going to idea of a noYel. First each character edit a new monthly magazine called "Plain Talk," the first number to ap- is described in terms of "light blue pear in the fall. Those who like dy- eyes," "sweet firm mouth,", "pale pink namite are warned to watch the news- cheeks." "slender and handsome." Six stands. It depends on how we get our or eight pe.rfectiY faultlrss nuppet". dynamite whether or not we like it. Then the,· engaQ'e in conversation, and more r.01;versati::>n. and still morr conver,ation. paQ'e t\YentY-six, if not ·:··--------~-·-··-··=· before, one Bv becomes a little adled by When your steamer sails, here o;;urh streams of hanal conversation _ the book you want and " ·onders ,,·hen theY will take a rest. One looks ahead. there is no On the of ·rest. They go on forrver, <'Yen to the last page. By W 1lham Wallace lrw1n T::~kin CT fl. naragranh at rnndom. the familY i.:; .:;ittin!! flhout carping heThe gay, irresistible flavor of the rausr t hr da twh tf'r ha" .i uc;t exprrssrd famous Paris quarter pervades these the novel situation of goinQ' out to whimsical sketches. Delightfully botind and illustrated it makes a ~ I Can::1rh if her fianc<' go<'.:;. 11 'Mv uncharming gift book. · _ happinr ss and your mother's doesn't rount?' ':\nt fl.rr:.lin..;t Richflrrl . T'm Stokes sz.oo sorrY. Tt's likr 'The deYil it ;,.' i '"Rut ,·ou like Richard?' 'Yes. I like .:.··-··-··-··-··-··-··-~~-.. him \rrll enough.' 'You know Daddy. hf'\ t1w onf' man in thr " ·or1cl. ThPn' i;;;n't am·hoch· rlsr You'd likr to sre n1r lllfl;n·.' 'T mYn . rtll that. I own The Great War Novel 1he's thr one man . But h r isn't going Boni & Liveright, publishers of "Poorhouse Sweeney," the sensational -in its effect rather than its ·intentaccount of life in a country poorhouse have been widely accused of trying to put over a hoax on the public, the unoffending public which has been docile for long is becoming suspicious. But this time their suspicions are cruelly unjust, it seems, for the publishers have come forward with a well substantiated official statement of its authenticity. I Reviews of Ne·w Books I - - = = - j -1 1P'@1t §liD©tt~ &tt ~ JP><O>tt 1B3@nll<elf$ "THE ALLINGHAMS"-May Sinclair. I I I I ial S_l~pe Mon~arte I I f 1 I -·-·-·-· ·:· I thflt .' There's Not a B-athing Suit in Russia Charles ~ Albert Boni "AW HELL"ito . · I Will Rogers . Clarke Venabt. 'Not Profazuty. but Phi~ By __ 1_ h~!_l:a~o _ I"'. The Glorious Adventure Richard Halliburton Bobbs-Merrill $ s. o o K~ith Prc>tu n ~ ~illyl'te~ Jep Brtce through. It vnll carry · t t of . you t hroug h t h1s p01 n s ory 1 Love, !or country and a gal, earned The Bridge to France Edward N. Hurley Lippincott $:;.oo hi hest hazard valor ami romance. · g of Your Bookseller- ~2.00 off 1n tlq· r .orJ-forql.-f' n if T C'fl ll qop i·.' ' Rut T'vr YOU t·;tn't 1:)1) it.' 'Y0 tt I ,,·oulrln'f rrn ;w~~;n . t 111\. c·xprr·s" wi c:. h\fnllir ?' 'f'm afraid T woulcl.' 'You're not thr littlr g-irl T thomrl1t , ., )11 ,,.(' rc.' ., Tt " "r luld take pages to ·lo it i1 lo...fiCI '. ()'1" r·;qJ't rJ o it in C1 111t'fl" '~Pnf fl. 1inn 1hat i" t,·pica I. . A ht flf . · · · ')ll'l t)('ts s! lllllC!" a 1>out rxnrc.; 111 r~ tll'llll' · · 1 1 1 · 11 1111011 1 ot 1 rr '" l<'tH'\'Cr t 1e1r n· .s at rae 1 ~fl'tflfY JS ~)ttllr~l.. \Vhat has_ happened ··1 \f ;1_\. Stnrla1r ts the question? . C)Untn· caTT\' , . 011 'nld rou -E~TIIER Gom.n. ,,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx· Contract Bridge Milton C. Work Winston $1.50 Surprise Package Here's a chance to obtain five books for the price of one. · Books are wrapped in a · package. You choose a package knowing that you will get good, recent fiction but not what the titles will be. Lenz on Contract Bridge Simon a Schuster $I. 50 Eleanor of Aquitaine Cbarle1 B. Reed Druid Press $1.50 Stationery or Correspondence Cards. Tinted Highland Linen with Brilliantly-colored tnnlopt linings FIVE BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE $2 S 1 box. LMd'·a --Boolu, 8tationtry, Gifta Fir~t Floor Jwt lnaide the W11t Davia Street Come in and get a surprise package today. Theae books are excellent for summer reading. Phone Univ. 630 Davia Street Door 123 ····>···~············ There is no doubt that t)ie average divinity has a firm belief in the efficacy of repetition and the propagator oi the one time famous "Simon Called Peter" has evidently carried this belief into his literarv endeavors. "Ann Decides" by Robert- Keable, is so nearly a duplicate of his former work that it will only be readable to those wlw enjoy reading best sellers a second time .... I have always .PreferreJ that mv friends list my numerous flaws, rather than either of my virtue~. to the sundry persons to whom I shall eventually be introduced. All of which is apropos my reactions to "Mr. Fortune's Maggot," by Sylvia Townsencl Warner. The volume is essentiall~· readable and \veil constructed, so that I am under the impn~ssion that I expected too much from the advance notices of friends who were inclinl'd to be rather delirious over the laugh provoking powers of the book. ~f y failing for Donald Ogden Ste\\·art i~h humor maY have dulled 111\' finer :'cnsibilities h~tt I find Mr. Fo"rtune's ptr verse impul se (explained) rather tno English. The much advertised . en..,t· of the ridiculous is discernible but in the lexicon of my preferences lud icrou s is th e more vnonomous \\'ith humor . ... T ha\·c jt;st fini shed read ing Samuel Butler's "Counsels of 1mperfect iOt1, ·· that mo:-;t concise and comprchrn . i\·e :-,tatement of mocl·:·n thought. an<! fi ntl in my mind the \\ i~ h for a c::ms tnictionist. to counteract th ese rabid \ftnrkcn csc . . . . "Ph-a-eel to \f eet You" pro\'Cs to he a 111··-t engaging hrid for th e nnnnalry <>I itls ani t ,. wher<'in Christnphtr ).1 Mk~· thumh-, · a ,·no"t impertinent nose at th~· Amrrican tcnclrnc\· to meclcll c \Yi th foreign politics. S~1rh a lan~c maj<·r i!' of ·contcmp0rary a uth ors in·l that 1:11 have a "mi~~ion" and \Yith corruga~td brow s an d a noble light in their r( ~lln·1i \' r c" <'. "c ek to c: clu cat c ;:1 n d up 1i it and <t'i sillnsion I hat po< 11' \\'llrnl. t 11,. average An1erican. Aftl'r t he nH·nt;tl galumphing of these litl'r flr~· clrl(lhoppers. \fr . ~forlcy, that ~(lp hi stic;tt ecl Peter P an. is a. a bn:tzc irom tlw sea. It is a pleasure. to come in cOiltact '"ith an author " ·ho annihilate..; his enemY so cheerfulh· . . . . Tl ha.., recentlY come to my att~ntion that Dr. \,eorg~ A. Dorsey, th e author of "\Yh~· \Ve Beha\'e Like Human Beings," \\' ;ts at one time an in structor in Yari rl th majors. the librarian, and the man \rhn said the blessing at a ,girl's collt:gL' . Add Origin of the Species-! ha\'e rt mental picture of the growing be\Yildermen t that resulted in the weight~· treatise explaining whr ,,.e hehavc like human beings . . . . If you enjoy :\. A. Milne, I suggest that you borrO\\', or if neces sary, buy a copy of "Everything and Anything" by Dorothy :\1dis. It is a volume of charmingly written children's verse that shows a great deal of promise in the author .. . . .. Your Cuckoo Sings hy Kind" h~· Valentine Dohree is a typical Knopf publication. vcr~· welt written, cle\'(·r terminology, and with a keen insight into child psychology. HO\·\·ever-m~· best enemv or my worst friend would never accuse me of being conservati,·e but, whether it was the matter or the manner of some incidents related, various passages of the book left me di 'P"ttsted. There still remains a few realities which would be better left unhonored anr:l unsung. B. B.