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" The Slender Siiiging Tree," a book *of bier delightful poems. This collection bas appeared sep- arately in, many newspapers and magazines, -and. Henry' Goddard Leacb, editor of The Forum is. among. those who are especially cn- tbusiastic about Mrs. Love's work., Fivé poetry prizes bave been award- ed to Mrs. Love, amongtbem be,- inig the Ernest Hartsock Memorial1 prize.. Dodd Mead and coinpany, wvho Will puhlisb "The Siender Singing Tree" are also. interested in Mrs. LoQve's second book, which is now in the making. Studiîes,,in Sirtua lism THE TEACHING 0OF PLATONIUS. By Harriet, H. Dallas. The Macoy, Publisliing Çompany. R 7cie 'd by Jeans Fox .Mrs. Harriet H. Dallas, 655 Sheri- dan road, Winnetka, Wbo lbas been, living'this winter in Newv York City, last fail had publishied in New York "Tbe Teaching of Platonius,» unusual studies in spiritualîsin. The book carrnes an introduction1 by Frederick Bligli Bond, the authorA of a number of books of psychic lit- erature. Mrs. Dallas, a cultured and ilitelli- WAGNER'S OPERAS Siîîce the first, production- in Vienna seventy-five years ago-no fewer'than 3,074 performances of bis works bave been given at the Vienna Opera House, now called tbe State Opera House, up to about tbe middle, of February. tumes, "Tannbauser" 476, "The Mas- tersingers" 388, "The Flying Dutch- mian" 368, "Tbe Valkyrie" 277, "Tris- tan and Isolde" 204, "Siegfried" 195, -Goterdmmerng"179, "Rhinegol" 176, "Reinzi" 109,'and "Parsifal," pro- ' cluced in Vienna for the flrst tume ini 1914 (when the rights of production becanie independent of Bayreuth) 3, ~alone indicate "The Teacbin'g of- Pla- tonius" is something more than mere ON A MANNE FARM superstition or fancies of a vivid -As the Eartb Turns," tbe storv of imagination. Mark Shaw's famuly on a Maine farm, In the first place, a re!igious fervor from winter to winter of one -eet burns throughout the small gold and fui year, will be publisbed by Mac- black bound volume. Inu theseconid millan on May 2. place, the purpose of the book-the Gladys Hasty Carroîl, the. author, searclh for greater assurance, w'- spent hier childhood on ber grand- dom and comfort with which. to meet father's farm near South Berwick, life-is serious. Aftçr explaining in Maine, and sbe shows in this novel Part I the imechanics of establishinîw i-.t n p Somne of the Winl.r's l.ading $1Ieach 2 for $1 3 for $1 (Used Copîea) Our Sales Ar. Your Profit 1724 ORRINGTON .AVENUË Orrlngton Hotei ldg., Eva&nsfon, INDIJSTIRY *uu step in esta'blishing spiritual com-little re-al-meaning eèxcept - jmunication. .1 effort of a sensitive Sc For those wbo can. give. over reason 1 toward a bettrlf. strainiSg Ld.ZI«ber pi sr iniig ,olutlonsg of1 tflong the Young mn Ferrnany. TheY under- lins and flnd, ln her i. a very tan'gible ln- Rezdwed by Louise Lachuer 'ilelene," the latest novel by Vicki Baum, bas been called the "An n Vic- kers» of Gerinany. But that -is bh too much and too littie to say of it. Helene W'illfuer, the central char- acter of this novel, represents the genération that bas grown ip 'in Ger- many during and, after the war and wbose ambitions and problems are the restzlt of the confusion and be- wildering readjustmnents, which fol- lo.wed the war * She, is a graduate student in cheniistry at one of Ger-ý nlany's large unliversities. Hlaving barely enough money to coniplete. ber course, she devotes aillber tume *and energy. to studying for- a degree, knowing tbat any'sort of security'for" tbe future depends on her ability to takeup a career. This may be ar to grasp at first but when one real- izes.tbat there are, in Germany, eigbt women to one man, one can under- stand that security tbrougb marriage can flot be coiunted on! 'And these statistics also, help to explain the mioral stand1ards of modern Germany. There is an intensity about tbese students, as regards both their work ,and their pleasure, that cornes of a realization of the pressing necessitY for -achievement and tbe attendant, clearth of time and opportunitv for .a carefree enjoyment of life. There. fe soxue, gi course, wbo cannot stand tbe gaif, for whom tbe obstacles are. 0oo great; others wbose cou rageous Philosophy of life carnies theni througb to ultimate .happiness. Hclene Willfuer belongs to the latter group. Her acid-stained. fingers, ber palor bhat comes of endless studying, b'er habby slnock-all these give bier the .ppgarance of a sexless "grind." But it is soon evident that. she possessesî te charni and -emotional deptb of. a Warnm-hearted w-oman and, in -a'ddi- ion, a" courage, and far-sightedl'lel;, liat i -s an inspiration. And bie Ca- acity for pleasure is as great as lier, apacity for work. Witb the abilitv :o.make the most, of a holiday that sa cbaracteristic peculiar to the' ýermans, she and ber fellow stu- lents spend well-earned hours clunb- g the 'neighboing hills, batbing ni ie sniall, suni-lit lake, and canoeing mi tbe river. AÀthurJ. Todd. Author of Thoorios' of Social Progress r$3 .75 CIIANDLEJR7S Fouonfein Square Evanston