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to a larger group of readers tnan Rhodes scholars, since it provides a commentary on the, question Wbat happens to old Rhodes Scholars? "The-preparation of this bibliography has been the hobby of Dr. Barnes for several years; its appearanc,. as Of great significance in, the. hisory of the Rkhodes Schçolarships." Oddren'pS DookWeek Nov. 15 f'o 21 Time to Make Your Christmias Gift ~Slections! 1724 Orrington Avenue EVAIISTON Orrlugtom Hotel Bldg. written cluring his period as a dra- matic critic. Each brief sketch, in fancy or idea, bas its own integrîty. The papers need not be read ini their successivle order, nor ought they to be z:ead éontinuously; only what they have in co mmon is Max Beer- bohmi rather, than the, theater (or is it mor-ê-accurate to say that, Max Beerbohm'?s unity asa. per sonality is. greater than the unity of the theater «as a, what-you-wilI?) . .. Max salutes Cyrano with appropriate gusto; caus- es shocking disturbances. in theDuse' aura (pirotesting boredom); is quite. irreverent, in the présence of Sarah's. vanty and deeply appreciative of ber genius. As Paris, Max- bestows> the apple upon Sada Yacco; in bisown person he. issues terribly rigbt appraisals of. Pinero and is blrutal beyond excuse to Sir james. Bis essays on solilo quy and "sàympatby" and literary men on the stage and play-reading and the japanése. tieater's sojiurn' at Piccadilly Circus are trenchant and deft. Witb a delicate intimacy of touch he gives figures like Henry Irving and Ellen Terry and Coquelin (to namne a few) their proper literary reality. Bis personal estimate of Ib- sen is an excellant evaluation. AMERICAN, SONGS FOR CHIL- DREN. Selected by Winthrop Pal- mier. New York: The Macmnillan IR ft ro years nhave .proved tinear enduring cbarm, and now tbey are a priceý- less beritage of wbich no cbild should be cbeated. The Volume includes "The Wed- ding of. Mr.. Duck," "The Sboe- miaker,". "Yankee, Doode," "Froggie Went a-Courting," Negro spirituals, the "Creole Lullaby" and "Omahaý Love -Song.i," ' The Battle Song" and. "Cali fomnia." opens with the twenty-tarst birthday of Finc~h Wbiteoak, the day on whicb he is to inherit the hundred thousand dollars from bis magnificent grand- mother. The rest of tbe clan are put out that be sb ould hîave been'the one chosen: by ber' to receive tbeï legacy, rather than any one ofthtemselves, especially as be is under tbe suspicion of flnot being quite up- to. the Whbite- oak statfdard. Finch, of course, feels this antagonisum, and the general theme of tbé novel is. bis attempt to. be a ýWhiteoak, to win the affection of tbe others,. and to do botb tbings witbin tbe given* limits of bis, own nature. In the end we are made to feel tb-at be bas. lost. notbing import- ant by bis drawing a ittle dloser to the prescribed standards. Tbougb Finch bas the center of the novel, tbe others are ail there in ful flavor. The petulant old uncles, 'Nicho- las. and, Ernest; Renny, beadstrong and borsey, tîiular master of the bouise; Eden,> weaker than the rest suspects; the two women oi.tbe fi- ilv, Alayne and Pbeasant, foreigners to Jalna, eacb, in ber own way, suc- cumbing to the Whiteoak tradition; and over in England, Augustaý.car1ry- ing on unsentimentally-all tbese are. e xcellently sustained and de'veloped. Young Wakefield deserves a special note: be is a truly original character,. a remarkably impressive creation. These characters are managed vvith tbe skill and effectiveness of a drama- tist wbo is neyer at a loss how to get a character- on or. off tbe stage or wliat to do with bii wben he is on., The~ novel is rich ina situation, as rich as it is in character, wbich is no small, accomplishment; Miss de la Roche is a liatuiral*storv- teller, fertile i invention, possessed of -a sure toucb. Her books are al- ways ifteresting and readable, and only rarely do ber characters and iII-ý cidents lack absolute reality. "Finch's Fortune" is one of -those novelstbat give tbe impression of abundance-- lots of tbings happening, lots of peo- pIe here and there, lots of ideas-a -least, of just the sort that deligbts shoot witfl »ows anda arrows, héiv skins are tanned and painted withi dyes. It is enlivened with stories and incidentai Indiýan wisdom. There ii no better explanation of the wearing of Eagle feathers.. It. supplements. Eastman's "Indian- Boybood." -.Anne L. Whitmack,ý librarian,. Wilmette ]Public library,, LUCK OF LOWRY. By Josephine D. Bacon. Publisbed by Lotigmans.. Barbara Wyetb, daughter of theý Wyeths .of LEngland and Lowryville in the Catskills, is a typically modemr girl. Brougbt up in tbe country by an uncle, sbe was sent, wben 15, to stay, witb an aunt in New York. Mrs. Henry Wyeth lives up to al the fam- ily traditioins, and >Barbara who ap-, peared at formalIteas in spo rts clothes was decidedly out of place. After a Ï reverse of fortunes in the stock mar- ket crasb, Barbara went- to live in Yowryvillewith ber great aunt Can- dace. Here sbe found the mysterv of the Ruby necklace brotugbt from Cbina by old squire Lowry in the 17th century. . Her cousin, Wyeth Io\vry, wbo cornes from England, helps ina un- raveling tbis rnystery. Improbable situations, slight plot, good charactea-, izations. - Katherine Waller, c-bu - dren's librarian, Evanston. NORTHERN LIGHTS. By NMikkjel Fanus. Published by Longmans. The story of a polar bear whéo floats many miles on an iceberg and cornes ashore in Norway. Her cilh- bad been taken ini a tra.p, made a pet, and at last put in a zoo. It is truc to life in its pîcture of animiai tragedies. The onlv person ina the story is a seasoned trapper who bas rnany strenuous experiences in the nortb country. It is.not a boo *k wliicb wiIl be popular with a great malny cbildren, but it is recommended té tbose in tbee filth grade. - Mildred * atchelder, librarian 'of Haven school, Eva n ston. THE YOUNG LITERATI Malcolm Cowley's articles, a serieý. of five, which began in the New Re- vbionn September 17.~ arc most in -, IFounan Square ison, and, Vi rables." Tie r a copy. I ecomplete and An1 elaborate collection of war of the Giants songs actually sung by the Ameri- oy's "War and catis, British, and Australians in the ýe of Samuel war. Some have the real folk-song Hugo's "Les quality, but most are imitative and its selI at one literary up to the point of being real- lv literature. 's' id(