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Each year the book whicb bas re- ceived the award wvi11 be translated inte French .and published unde.r the supervision1 of the Frenchi Comiîttee Femina in Paris. Mada'me Jeanne Dauban, wbo is now 'in this country, bas been commissioned to ôrganize, the American Committee which will ,select ,every year the books proposed for this ýprize. Theý American Com- mittee is well under wray with Edna' St. Vincent Millay as President and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow as -vice- president. Mme Dauban, who sper- petual secretary, bas formed an or- ganizing group to assistber. It in1- cludes Irita Van. Doren', editor of Books, the. Herald Tribune' literarv- review; Dorotby Canfield, Fisher, novelist; Amy Loveman,1 managing editor. of the Saturday Review. of Literatute; Katherine White, man a g- ing editor of Tbe Newý Yorker, and Mary Rogs, assoite editor of The Survey. The Comnmittee wiIl be ulider the high patronage of. Ambassador Paul1 Claudel of France. A parallel Com-1 rittee for the "Prix Femina Anglais" was formed in England ini 1920 to, select Engl,,ish works and inicludes Lady Northcliff e, Lady Gregory. La.dy Russell, and Rebecca WVest. BROWNIE. By George Gissing. New York: Columbia University Press. a- .precarious living for- the term . of bis residence in Chicago by writihg stories for the Chicago Tribune's Sat- urday supplement and other Chicago newspapers. Four of these "buriedj stories", were printed bv Covici in 1924, edited by Christopher Hagerup Now seven more stories. discovered. in the files of Chicago nexspapers of the late 'seventies by George Ev- erett Hastings and Thomnas 'Ollive Mabbott, with introdluctions by theni ince for the consi re and beautiful Nîchoh Sof Colum ation .a ci cen cesv will be "Acrossi Biisy Years.:" tii.Jhow the1 preserved Planned and strove to trious'tiat i- Il surrouindings, of 'for- South Ameri tlore,. he includes bits perate frorn 1diaries-and he shows lie completed deni tradition is finelv be produced, ay, vear. 3 IN z W 8LUA Y is reported sa indus- ri le recently went ta presumably to rec- oducing "Cavalcade," new play which is ta London later in the enafire during its recent ci vil war. The hero ILong after me. The» L1 u'ould kide of the' story is Ko-sen, a young secuire Chinese boy, who during a severe IVI4'ere inv green arbor shades nie frorn llness is dedicated to the Temple by. 1 thed sk%- h how bird and bee .and but- bis parents, w * eleve h t hi And watcact will cause their son s recovery. fe fyKo-sen is healecj but is very unhappy Cazelîveingb vey lowrylue.in the temple. Later bie and a friend,. F'ah-Ii,' run a wa y and join the révolu- And, as 1 rested, perha.ps a friend ort*onary army under the laesi tu'o, of Sun Yat-Sen. Inithe first battie Loyers, of floeers, iwotid corne, and î'e that is foughit Fah-li is wotinded and ulould wa~lk istae to an, A nerican hospital1, Aboutny littie garden paths, and, talk where he'dies.sooni after. 0f eoc fu dys henai th wold Heart'hroken over the loss*of bis çeenied trite. eK This inay be mny last day for alil 1 comrade K-sen returns home but lot.for long. The doctorand nurses knomo at the hospital had given. him a new, rf*'hýat a tenmptation iust te spend itt 1.understanding of life. Th1le fact that> -Ahe HggisonSpier.they had been':so kind to stranigers The above poem, written by Mrs. V. and that.the nurses did flot bind their K. Spicer of Kenilworth, appears oni own feet as, the Chinese, girls do -were the ,cover of the May issue of "Garden amnazing things,in heselvs u o Glories.-" Mr.s.: Spicer's poemi, "Spok- sen. The boy a0an s toi suer en in, the Rain," won, first prize, in stitions and blind beliefs of h is this year'r, poetry contest-sponsored by people. whom ýhe compares w*ith the the Tenth District,' Illinois Federation ,White" doctor and nurses.. He de- of Women's clubs. . cides, to leave home and study at the. Amercanliospital to be a doctor, iii PRIZE FOR COVER DESIGN wbichi capacity he feels he may best A $250 prize for the best cover de- serve his countryr. sign -for the George Washingtoni Chinese youth are beginning to be Memorial Edition of Gould's History conscious of the difference betveen. of Free Masonry has just been an- their country and other nations,'and nounced by Charles Scribner's Sons. like Ko-sen they are mockingý the This worký, whicb bhas been extensively old traditions, customs, and religion, a4Idedto. and revised, is a world bis-Ms.Bcinbrhamgnane tory of masonry that,.has special bis- describes this strife betwcen -thie tories of masonry in each state and Chinese Yothl and the 01(1er genür-- territory of the 'United States. The tion. editorial 'work is being directed by Mr.' The boo-Kk as planned about t%\( * Melvin, Jôhnson of Boston. years ago by the Missionary Educa- Ail sketches niust be subtnittedb- tion Movenient as one of its series foreSepembe 15 Th judes illof books on China sclheduled to ap- be four of America's outstanding art-,.îp oer ti rng. M rs. Backtre- 1 ists and illustrators - Charles Dana, r itnec e rt asor1o Gibson, N. C. XVyeth, Howard Claand- ""s among yonng peopfle. ii.. th1e 1er Christy and Harrison. Fishier. Fuit chuce.We h aucit~a information about. the coverý design, received, however, it.cvas, evident award may be obtained by writing l hts. a rttnasoy hc the Art Department, Charles *Scrib- al« uhmc hotrta e tiers Sons,. 597 Fifth aveniue, New other novels, would interest' a iyide York, . Y. 1audience outside the field of mis.sioi York N. . Istudy classes. AUTOR UBITSBOO ITh~e story is simply but vividiv .AUTOR UBMIS BOK writte.n. Of course it stands no'corn- .Mr. Màcrae of Dutton's bas been parison with "The Good Earth," bu-, explaining that though Van, Wyck it doeshave its nwn intiviual terits. *(Useul tapies) Bauy theun by the dozein at tbb-Jow pri'e 174ORRINGToN AVENUE Orrington 1Hotel Bldg., EI'ANSTON HigliScIiool > MEÉMORY' E YE