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* is going to bc a best-seller to people who enjoy *etravagantIy f unny things even when they don!; quit. ste), within the, limis of propriety. >nan«menrts. f a. Provincial up wnnith t.enny Llînsmore, radio announcer fromn the New York studios of - the Empire Broadcasting Systeni, and a friend, Helen DeMar, radio artist, are mysteriously' murdered in the latter'% apartment Other deaths follow. in. quick succession, as. weiU a s the *kidnapping of , Lois, Nielsoni.ý the girl with Whom Danny McGlone is in love., The mystery uniwinds Iogicatly with I àl explanationsý in due time. The -author. bas been . director or, Nft-W. Cincinnati;, and, is' probably l)est known as director of the March of Time proôgram. ,He bIas heen a lumberjack-in California,, à,sc'hooi teacher in Indiana., and a'sailor or. the north Atlantic. His wife is: Mar- jorie Garrigue, thepianist. ELBENEZER WALKS WITH GOD. By George Baker Macmillan' Someéthing like this tale, bas been written by H. G. Wells in "*Christina 'Alberta's Father." Mr. Baker starts, out very aniusitigly but Èeases to be funny as he progresses. Hîs cbarac- ters go fromn the sublime to the ridic- ulous.' The book, however, is more of a fantasy or an allegory, than a> novel, An old grey-haired couple, Ebené-. zer Walker, and bis wife, Elizabeth, wbo bave neyer had any children 01 their own, adopt their month-old great nephew. Later, Ebenezer suf- fers .a stroke of paralysis which leaves bim mentally deranged.. Her Ci Iancl s conidition, tlxînks that lie is a blasp)hemeér in the . sight of God. .There follows no end of domestic wrangliing and emotional interpIay. The- fact that Mr. Baker lias made bis hiero so completely insane to the reader 'weakens the entire themne ol the story1---ýwlich is, if aniother Christ child should appear on earth, whol would recognize hlmii? The storv would have been so much more ef-, fective if Ebenezersinsanity hiad AbeenIi eft an open -question. to the :ontrast that she draws between the i'nw.reor Od. merits of Elizabeth and the faults of - 'Maria. Horace Walpole appears: fre- terial for a novel. E. Barrington bas quently ini the novel, and mucli is mnanaged to create a certain amount nmade ofbis Strawberry Hill. of suspense and bas buit Up a, mod- Tbough-tbe' rise. of the Gunningsý erately effective historical ýback- dries îîot . provide the most usable'nia- g îro.unc. -11 - ý11c -,tluquu 8is n arG ni con-I versation and the tone is. informai and not too heavily weighted with detail. While inspirational in pur- Pose, the book is flot sentimental or too moral. In. no way particularly orgnalit is interesting'and obvious- lgenuine, and should be a welcomne addition t o_ the older juvenile library. DéLeIamiartir-i-ersonaLq.' De la Roche-F-Ineh% Fortune. Hensha.w-Tlger Bayou. Jacobs--Snüg'Harliour. James-Blg Enough. 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Chammdl< IFountalmn Square Evans~on Goëd Books der up the sick Amuse the traveler Brighten duli hours Select yeur C'hristmas cards eqrly and sape the discui! 1724 Orrington Avenue Evanston Oi-rilam otel Bldg. I recital in Evanston on Tuesday, Octo- ber 27, at 8:30 in the 4a'ven school auditorium. This will corne as good news to the hnlndreds of bis North Shore dévo- tees who have been wvaiting for, bis local reappearance. He has been de- clinîing dates for years due to press- ure of bis var;ied work and this lis the one opportunity of hearing' Mr. Sarett for an indefiniite period .o corne. Few poets have had, soÔ unique and înteresting a background to inspire tbem for their work. as Mr. Sarett, and from this wealth of material hv bas won- for, hurself meiited distinic- tion ini American. literat-ure.. Harrict Monroe. says, "be lias the experience and chara.cter-ýequipment -to inspire poenis expressive of the particular kinid of. heroic spirit which, is build- i ng the future A nerica while nations. are 1ainifulIy.diggiî.g tlieir wav out of the past." Mr. Sarett's boo0k "Slow Srnoke- won the prize awarded by the Poetrv Society of America for the best vol- Ume of poetry published in 1925.> Mr. Sarett is being sponsored b% the Chicago Alumnae chapter of Zeta. Phi Eta,, National Professional Speech Arts fraternity which two. years ago was, responsible for the ap- pearance of Ednia St. Vincent Milla%. Tickets Will he on sale October 19 at Chandler's, Tommy Airth's,,Nortb- western Co-op), and the School of Speech in Evanston. DECATUR. By 1-rvilng Anthony. Scribner's. grandson of a lieutenant in the French navy and son of a captain of privateers in the Revolution. 15 03Wi of the nxost brilliant figures-,iii Amer- ican naval history., The sea was lis life. Hie was. a midsiipman at inne- tteti, and a lieutenant.at twent.Fo seventeen Ye ars b is foot liard li toucbed shore and When,. in 1815. lie' went to Washington to serve on the Board of Naval. Commissioners lie had but, three short 'years to live. Irvini Anthonv. author of Feveral highly praised booK-s ro the sea and seainen, lia written a 'vivid and