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WILMETTE LIFE April 12, 1929 I Ttl·phone lor Yocu Boob Comment on Ctirrent Books _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....;...__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...__, , criminal; His newspaper not only tells hunted about .._ and executions, about worth any scholar's or critic's adding to his library. They are not often brilliant, but there is always something of interest, and as a selected body Qf sc:;holarship they are fairly impressive. THE BLUENOSE EXPRESS. By T K. Macdonald.. Appleton. his · H' h · ts the story of !awat a, the engme which had drawn the "Bluenose Express" for many years. At the beginning of the stor~ Hiawatha is about to be sent to the scrap heap, a fate which all right-minded locomotives dread. But Hiawatha's engineer, Danny, himself on the edge of retirement, manages to save his old favorite arid converts it into a home for himseJf and his grandch.il<!ren. The book wilt appeal h_> children between the ages of six and eight, and is well written and profusely illustrated. It combines very happily the realistic and the fanciful. It is a well constructed piece of work unpretentious and straig:hforward, and it has moments of a kind of sober fancy which are very pleasing. priests and miserable doting witches, about bear baitings and cock fights, but about the plays of the week and the latest tracts . and sonnets published. The text makes excellent reading and should give the reader a better notion of the real character of the spaciOU'3 d f t El' b th · ays 0 grea tza e · STEPPING HIGH. By Gene Markey. Doubleday, Doran. 1929. This tale resembles a good musical comedy. It is not overburdene_ d with plot - it is the story of a vaudeville dancing team whose unexpected success goes to the head of the girl. There are s to c k . comedy characters-the Engli·sh butler who gets very drunk on the night of the mpst important dinner party, the bluff, amusing English lady of title, the pretty heroine who, while wrongheaded, is fundamentally sweet, the boyishly, awkward, lovable hero~ and-this is the best character in · the book-the tachrymose comedian. These people are real people, and the humor is good, attthentic, indigenou·s American humor. THE BALKAN PIVOT: YUGOSLAVIA. By Charles A. Beard and George Radin. Macmillan. In a certain little kingdom which has figured extensively in the news columns recently, fully half the population cannot read or write, but there are 220 newspapers and 300 other periodicals in the country besides 26 illustrated and comic magazines, which seems to prove that the people who can read must be very avid of information or very fond of writing. The nation has been making rapid strides in the spread of literacy, but since King Aiexander abolished the Parliament a few weeks ago .1 tid announced himself dictator a censorship of the press has been established - so the future of the country is uncertain. Mr. Beard and Mr. Radin give an interesting and up-to-date account of this little nation. I Eli:.:Ob.rl!:: d:!·. four has given us a kind of newspaper years in tate Wilmette l700 FICTION Heart of Alsace R~n~ MAGIC JOURNEYS. By . Mary Graham Bonner. Macaulay. This is a book with a purpose. Like its predecessor, "The Magic Map," it . is designed to encourage in children an interest in geography. A boy is taken on an adventurous journey tqrough the Eastern hemt·sphere, meett'ng on ht's way such wortht'es as the twt'ns, Lat1'tude and Longitude, Axis, and Equator. The text is enlivened with jingles and curiously energetic pictures. REMBRANDT'S ETCHINGSNumber twenty of the series "Masters of Etching," issued by the Studio and distributed in this country by W. E. Rudge, is devoted to Rembrandt. There are ~welve large reproductions, mostly in full size, constituting a representative selection of his work. The plates have been printed in photogravure, and while they necessarily lack brilliance of the proof from the plate, they are quite as satisfactory as could be expected. For those not able to possess the originals, or for reference, these "Masters in Etching" books will prove valuable. ESSAYS AND STUDIES. By Members of the English association. Vol. 14. Collected by H. W. Garrod. Oxford University Press. The Essays and Studies Series are largely in the field of philology, and somew:hat academic in the sense that their value is more in the way o.f specialized information than constructive criticism. This volume has more than most of the others a touch of the thesis. a ~mod example of which is D. H. 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