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34 WILMETTE LIFE July 19, 1929 ing wife. The!:le and many other cha~ acters come alive in the pag~s of t?ts admirably contrived story, m whtch -we see the naive innocence of Ruth BO\vtnan's youth ' ripen into the broader outlook born of experienc~. Comment on Current Books . STEICHEN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Carl Sandburg. Harcnurt. Brace ancl company. l·:cl\\·ard J. Steichen i~· callecl the \\ 'orld\ Gn·atest Ph l)tographer l>y Carl Sanclhurg and the se repr n <luction ~ of - ~1 r. Stei~·hen's chief "·orks. amazing in treat ment. \·i ~ i o n. g·r :t~p. and crait sman ~hip. completely cxcmpliiy \\'hat 111' ·dentist artistic tcndcncit" haYc mea nt ior the art of plwtography. But ~fr.. ~teirl,cn is more th~n a photo. !.!,"rapl,er. and ~1 r. San<lhur~ in hi" ],ing-r;lphy 11as pnrtr;tycd ottl' nf the mn..;t \"l' r::-.a till' and man~·-~ idl'd men l"li ou r time- the naturali ~t atHI platlt -hrL'l'(kr. thL· di..;tingui::-.hed painta. tltL· rreatnr tli .; ilk dc~ign..;. the chid 11 i thl· Pht,tngra pl.ic Scrti·'n .,i the .\ . E. F. \rhn:-;e heroic ,,·ork at the frtlllt ca rnecl him the Ll'git~n Pi ll t\lltlr. th e irit1HI oi l~ t1t lin. ~h:t\\' , Cll1'1 1:-acltll';\ ))unran. a nd ~he phntt,gr: tpll l'l' 11i J. 1'. \L lrL',;tll , ~r .. Fk ~llt()ra I )11:-i l', ( :v11 c Tunth \·, Tack lk tllJl:-it'\·, and 1n:tn~· 111her g.litt~:;ing ligun·:- of nur. rotltl'lllp()ran- \\"t)rltl. The 1Hitlk l'llll ta ith i()rt _ \'· L·i:_;ht phllltlgT:tplt~ n·J·rt·dtll'l'(l by tht· 1--:Pud-..vn prtWt'S:-i. ~1 r. Stcirltt·n Ct"lt h itkr-- tltt"L' t lw fi>tt'S t rl'pr:Hittrtitl!h ()i plttl\ti!.!, T;qd1 y he ha s ' l'l'll. TIDE HOUSE. \1 au d Caldwell Pl·rry. llarcourt. Brace. and company. ~L~tth\'w Culick gTL'\\' np ,,·ith the gaunt yt1lll1g tidl' -lanrl tt1\\"11 oi . \r .~· yll in the Pacific \'"1)rth\\'cst . Thl' "tln of a scala \Yag. lw \Yas hi111 se If hut a shifty pagan. filltd with an uncertain. unreliahk ~tfl.'ll .!. .'; th \\·hich <ln·\\· him into l;tngcr and ~Cl'llling dcieat . It ;tttractL' d t h L' t h r L' c \\' n m en \\" ho i nti u e n c nl h i s li I~·: ~1 rs . ~I a lion·, a11 La~tcmer. cool. hrittll·. attr~trtivc. the \\'iie oi one nf the ( )Jympian~ _ ,rhn had founded thl' town 1that he loved; Kittie, the a<hcnturcss to ..,,·hom he ,,·as so yery passio nately attenti,·e- e\'rn after his marriage; ;~nd elemental Bruna. playmate of, boyhone!. \Yhn :'l' in~i~tcnce finally captured hin1. J ~ut more important than these \\'as the Inn; he hac! for his t o\\'11, his :\rgyll·. ,,·hich he ah,·ays desired to rule like an nld O lympian. Thi s . ingle idea, this r!ri,·ing force that Tide Hou se symholize s, torm ents him at last to a st r~e. crooked victMy. The hnnk is not only the :-;tory of :\Iatth<'\\"s unceasing struggle; it mirrors al"n the g·iga ntic acti,·ity of the \'ortlnrc~t. and !.!;ins a picture of the rug~cd pioneer c-nttntry grn\\'ing rivilizcd. --THEN I SAW THE CONGO. C.rare.J Flandrau. Harc ourt. nracc and compan~·, .. Th'NTAIN .SQVARL · t:VANSTON Wiln1ette J700 The Intelligent Man's Guide to Marriage an.d Celibacy Bobbs-M~rrill Juanita Tanner . . . . . . . . . . $3.50 Six Mrs. Grcencs Lorna Rea Harper ~ Brothers ..... . $2 . 00 BARBARIAN STORIES. Xaomi Harcourt, Brace and colllpany. , . ·\\' ith 'The Conquered Mrs on established her self as the hf'..;t · · ' nrical noveli st now writing."-The \'"ew Statesman (London). The bar· harians who figure in these stories are Britons of earliest times, ,,·ilcl, fierce \\'cis h of centuries ago. conquering Romans. tall and mighty Gauls. 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He \\·a -. .rnast through the Bt·lgi:tn Cnng·,1 <tnd Prinrc lbmcscs. ~on of tlll' Sun. the Tanganyika to the Indian Ocean . Pu..;h- Cnnqunnr t"Jf C11sh . PriL· st ()f l~a. He inl! 11p the Congo in a ri,·er-hllat: hl'c;llnc a mirarle \\'Orker. makt-r ni trampitlg hy safari thrnngh the pygmy .~nds. la\Ygiver. warrior. pr111r c anrl ft)l'l':-it..;: slwntin g rapid ~ itt long dug·out \\·andner. l-k freed the l't1~lan: d J c,,... canoe~ manned hy fmty paddlers: mo- irntn mi strahlc poverty. and gan · them toring oYer the big . :. :·amc n·ldh nf East a king-dom nn eartb. It i:-; this great Africa - ~he s;m· hal f-ri \·i lizc d to\\'11 character that Lenora E des depict~. natin's and their Bl'lg-ian ruler~: the Her n·r :-;ion oi Egypt of the capti,·ity 1rild tribe~ nf pygmic-. and rannihals; has thl~ force nf actual experienc ·. ~he elcpha11t iarm~ and hig gatnc: and of describes the <'vil little room at the special moment. vi ~ itl· d the ~I anghetus. hack of the buildings of th e College oi the ntn:-t highh· cultttrl'd and ka..;t Prit. ts; the huts \\"here the slave wnm ktt 0\\"11 ~ayage::; ~-~i the Cnngo. Th~ il- l'n hat(h out silkworms by the warmth lu~tratiuns in thL' ht)Ok arc from the of their bodies; the spring ni g ht in mm·ing pictttrl' S taken on the trip by an ~I iclian when ~~ n='t=' found hi ~ bride by l'xpcrienred cameraman. If ytl\1 think the sound of her shephcrd's -pipe: the that "darkest Airica" is really dark. plague~ \Yhich fell hmrihly on l·:gypt; that the lkl!..:ians arc ogres \\'hn chop the \\'and<:'rin g- in the dese rt; th.e cro s)!T h:wck that all p~· gmic:-. are :-;a\'ages ~ing of the Red Sea: the murtlltlrin~ and -- htH)t JHliSlllled arro\\'..;, that \\·ild and defection of the tribes. But "Shep;wima)..; an· dan ~T r o u-, and that killin ~'; herd of Israel" is not onh· a drama from them is gtlnd ~pnrhmanship-then read the past . : it is a story sy;nholic of c,·cry t hi::-. htH1k age. The crowd ni figures mm·ing about the palaces nf Egypt. cr ~l\ding· A GEM OF EARTH. ~larjnrio m·e r the desert. cast ~hado\\'s that \\·e Bo · 1~h . ll~trc(lurt. 1\race and company. recognize. because they are :mr own. 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