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v w SBOOKStOj LISRARY y ads Pl Stfilonery Nothing botter- than BOOKS for the $reduaeoi Cards of Congratulation. 1724OrriglonAve. Gre. 0227 Orrington MHotel, BIdgj., Evanston Julia: Newberry's DIiaryi Bids foir to b. the Seasons Lt.rary Sensation -250 CIRANDBLER1'S . Fountain Squre Evanston under which the cham-ber works were comnposed.'Each of them, from the. early B major trio. (interestingly con- trasted wjth its. later revision) to the clarinet sonatas, is analyz-ed concisely, muscalythoroughly. While it is too much to hôpe that music-lovers might occasionally read bocks about music, it should be men- tioned that, those- who knoew only the symphonies and concertos will find this book not. only illumiinating but altogether readable. And since it pre- supposes rather than encourages "ap-: preciati.on,", it will be recognized as essential by al chamber- musicians (amateur and, professional) as well as by genuine Brabmins. Evanstonian Writes for Young Thinkers W. Ryl and Beorman of Evanston, well-known boys' worker in that sub- urb and Chicago, is one of the auth- ors cf a new book just issued by the Christopher Publisbing Hoüse enti- tled "Independent Young Thinkers." James M. Johnston is co-author with Mr. Boorman. When an Evanston High school student saw the new book recently, he remarked, "That's me! The 'introduction says, "The pres- Ilfeiiioete(l ii the pnezt Cepitury of Pro qress bIook is "Chicago's Great ('entur" by Henry Jstin Smnith of GIeucoi. Patagi n editor of the Chicago Dailv Newvs. Mr. Smith is also co-author of "Chicago: Its History and Repuitatioii." DANIEL. EOONE. Historic Adven- tures of an American Hunter among the Indians. Boston: Bookshop for !uUU peopleUpA. Early citizens protested against thcaters as "nurseries of criffe." Mosquitoes were unknqwn ini Chi- cago, acco 'rding ýto John 'Wentworth, until the ship canal was dug. When the first railroad f romn Chi-. cago was being*financeda'city bank-, er refused it ajoan of $20"«O. H ryHorner, wholesale grocer and grandfather of. the present gov- ernor,,of Illinois, wa s1 onte.of those 'burned out" in '71. In the old Exposition Building on the lake front "safety, elevators" %iere denionstrated in the late '70's., In:1879 there was.distress over.the .fact tha-t- teachers' pay was in, ar- rears. Be fore 1886 Chicago had 5,000 tele- phones in service. "XVîiidy City" was a termi invented. bv' Editor Charles A. Dana te de- scribe Chicago's braggadocio. No automobile or airpiane was exhibited at the World F'air of 1893. Edison's kinetescope was seen. Long- distance telephoning was d emon- strated. A forty-six-foot long naval gun was shown by the, Krupp Com- pany. The Ferris wheel had.an axle said te be thelargest piece of steel ever forged. In the airpiane meet of 1911, an altitude record of 11',642 feet was made. An aviator took a day te fly to Chicago from St. Louis. .Thie tallest building in Chicago i the Board of Trade, 612 feet. RUSSIA AND ASIA. By Prince A. Lobanov-Rostovsky. Macmillan..,' The author cf this volume, an as-ý sistant, professer of history in the University cf, Catifornia, at Les An- geles,. ha*s given 'us an excellen t sur-. vey cf ja vast and intricaâte field of international activity. When we, rea- lize th 'at Russia is in contact with Othr aiitrer.nfAd .,i rjom Turkev. £ W ~ S a rascally Jturfis 'u E a love story- tertainnient. delang wîýtfl early American -. ustory as seen and felt by a gifted Europeani art ist. "When as a boy (in Russia) Rojankovsky played Indian," says Esther Avenul, one cf the editors of this unique contribution te, picture books, "he was not always chief; sometimes he was a buffalo, which is an important memory for a foreign artist who would give authentic poetry te the early American story." e y, anadi1914, and AI in en- anderplatz, Be fsuiued in- the The proposalIotename the site cf A Ctntury cf Progress, Burnhamn Park a rose. in 1912 just after the death cf, the great arcbitect and city-planner. THE STORY 0F NOAH. By.Clif- ferd Webb. New York: Fredericki Warne and Company. "The Stery cf -Noah" plays. with an old theme in a thorouffhly delightful > be con-] has flot previe that, day. gether in one icn to-