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BOOK &R.NTERS Bottafiction &",and .-ficti SOCIAL STATIONERS Boa".d . Poma pmu 1724 ORRINCTON AVENUE Orritou Hôtel EhIg. !r y LS y 0 e D s leaders in north shore, book stüres and rentai libraries.. .As a book club selection, "The Fountain" was destined to be read at once by a large public. But its suc- cess was not. limited to *the selection as a club book.. Sirice then unstinted praise and recommeéndation -hij ve placed it. in the, lead in varionis parts of the country. The book is a quiet éne and witbont fanfare presents an interesting story, interestingly told.. Lewis Alison, had always secretly balked at the fate that had forced him to lead an active life. Couse- quently, whben be fonnd himfself en ronte to -imiprisonment in a. Dutch fort, in 1915, althougb regretting Fis uselessuess to bis country, be consid- cred the imprisoument as the firsi break life had given bimi and.his de- sire' for the contemplative lifie. A nioving lovestory makes the, plot of the book. Have bou Read These? he biograpby, belles lettres, or fiction bae nvrosprso the Unite( to hic heturs is enhe retes States this 'year. Louisa Alcott wai somnething eniinently wortb reading. born November 29, 1832, in Germaný His- latest book, "'Family Circle," is onPa an important contribution to the con-OWlPa temporary fiction of any country. Her father, Amos Bronson Alcott Tbe plot is nlot an unusual onie, but a ýman of unusual culture but ai M. Maurois presents it with a dignity impractical dreamer, moved bis. fam- of style, an incisive nnderstanding of îly te Boston two years. afte her human *nature, and a, deep wisdom. birth and, in 1840 settled in Concord, 'lLittie Wo'r, e ôtnedvl Particularly reniarkable is bis appre- oe, e os oe o ciation of the difficulties of.childhood, une, was written. when the family -as welI as tbe joys. Hie touches the lived in the Orchard bouse, wbicb bas mainspring'of a child's emotions and, since been restored.and is now pre- writes. of it with a ftting simplicity. served as a memorial to Miss Alcott. Just as unerring is bis understanding Tbe, salé' of "Little Womnen" bas of 'adolescence -and of the signifi- been phenomenaàl. With tbe expira- cance of this period to later life. tion of.tbe 56 years of copyright.pro- Denise Herpain is the central figure ýtection,, the book. may be legally of the story; she enters it as a very printed without royalty payments, se lIittle girl and leaves it a middle-aged tbat during the. last. few .years a doz- woman . Her earliest memories, are en editions at varrous prices have seeing ber mother in the company of been available. Little, Brown & coin- a man wbo was not ber father. She pan y, tbe autborized publishers, wbc is puzzled by tbis but realizes, with still pay, royalties .to the autbor's the. ,uncanny intuition of a cbild, that beirs, report the sale of over 1,570,00C ber fatber's bappiness'As in -some way copie s. in the United States alone. burt by tbis conduct. ' Gradually, as "'Little Men" bhas, sold 918,000 copies she grows o.1der, she grasps the ex- in, the authorized editions, and the tent of ber motber's infidelity and shie sale of ail bier books in this country despises bier for it. Her wbole lii e in autborized editions totals 5,665,000. and ber personality are tainted by it Perbaps one of the chief. reasons and sbe feels berself to be "differ- for their continued popnlarity, as ex- enit."ý After a cbildbood tbrongli plained by tbe Springfield Republican,. vwbich- ran this undercurrent of is that the spirit of thé autbor coin- unbuppiness, she rebelliously de- binied the sentimental viewpoint of mands a chance to be bappy. This the ladies of tbe '60's and tbe love of she takes in the form of a lover. independence that exists ini women The quest for a meaning to her if e today. leads bier into marriage and, later on, _________ to another lover,.tbus completing the family. cirçie. In the end tbere is a Colonial A merica reconciliation between mother and Authentic scenes from six cities of ,daughter ~which seemns almost to, bave Colonial Amierica are evoked and been predestined. blended into a colorful background In addition to bis great psychologi- for the new bistorical novel by Maud cal insight, M. Maurois- bias an apti- Hart Lovelace which the Johin Day tude for description that is énor- company will publisb in August. .lI mnously satisfying. His words bring "The, Charming Sally," ber fourtfi to life the small French seaside re-~ book, Mrs. Lovelace tells of the ad- sorts, the provincial cities, and those, ventures' of. the Hallam Company of parts of Paris whicb students at -the Co medians,: the first regularly organ-ý Sorbonne- frequent. And the life 11. ized -company of players ever to yien- these small towns is drawn with- a ture ont of- London's security to the' syrnpathiy and feeling that must be. American continent. The time is accurate. There is much meat ini this about 1752. The central story deals. long ~ ~ ~ _ noe;'tke ro"n pitlof with the troubled love of an actress view it is an excellent addition1t t0 of the company and a yonng Phila- wor.ks of'.an- author who needed rno ,h, i ;kt T'n,,.; nlr.- its col- Years by Frederik Lewis The. Young Mrs. M.igs, by Eliza- beth Corbett. edition will De publisi and Brothers on Augu is said to be a brul scciety and miarriage. - ----LIITED ED~ITION ýe" by E. M. A limited ecition of -1,000 copies. of choice of tbe "Sons," by Pearl S. B ' ck, author of a. The trade the Pulitzer prize novel, "The Good dl by Harper Earth," will be publislied on Septen-. 10. The book ber 24 by the John Day company, nt satire of two days before the publication off the trade edition. Undertow, by A. Hamiltonl Gibbs. One of the seasou's best. A young English schoolmaster decides be- tween two vastly different womeu. What Men Live by, by Ernest Dim- net. Fundarnentals considered %vith the delightful grace of Frenich COi- versation at its best. Little Girl Lost,, by Temple, Bailevl. Araminta struggles to climb down from ber pedestal and obtainlve uxot worship. A Womau off the Shee,. by Don *Byrne. Twelve short 'stories, including the *most liked tales by this master of romance. Robberi' Roost, by Zane Grey. Utahu ini the '70's, with all the love, hor ror, and thrill that Grey's readers will *like, Five Fatal Word&, by Edw.in Balmer and Philip Wylie. ,A1 mysterv. flot a detective story, andplenty' inter- esting. Neysa Saya: Be Fit, Not Fit. A ntseful book on reducing, giving> coniplete diets and exercises; to be followed. Many new and int.resting NOVELSv r.eas.d tkis month ini our 'Book Departrnenf FouM&WS«pmI sj 'i