Books, 4o0 0*n Books fb GIve aBooks té Renit 1724 Orring$on Av*. Gre. 0227 ýHOurs: 9$. 6 ýNTAL BRNAR y Keep up wsth the new books Keýp up with the moderw trend in. fiction and! non- fiction! We havé bookcs to satisfy the mot varie'! Corne and 6.f If by Edna Ferber, Time out of Minc by Rachel Field Pylon by William Faulkner A Few Foolish Onos Agobi. by Gladys ltasty Carrol A Womnan's tunmsel asa prsoailIL3, n sraiu f rom anytbing printed about bim as a person, and flot for any inducernent, he once said, could- he be: got to read. a line of his verse ini public.. His first book of verse appeared in 1896,- but recognition came to him slowly. When it came, i t came in full measure.... He was tbrice awarded the, Pulitzer prize. lie was themost ýwidely read serious, American 1p oet of our time. More than 75,000.copies were sold of. bis narrative poern, 'Tristram.' . . ..His work ranged f rom fine imaginative con- ccits, like 'Ben Jonsoi' Entertains a mail frorn Stratford'. and dryly hunior- ous. pieces like 'Miniver Cheevy' to such broodingly tragzic tales as 'Cav- cnder's Houe.' ... Witever tiýe road the poet rnay have taken-this man Who stood on high and f acedl the sky-we treasure bis I'ciîzoi that, after tinie and place are overthrown, 'God's touch will still' keep one chorci quivering' of the transcendent rnusic Which he heard andi sang to bis world."-Newz York Tites. A new poem, "King Jasper," coni- pleted by Mr. Robinson shortly be- fore bis death, will be published ýby Macmnillan in the early fal. Field Museum Tours "Egypt" at 3 p. mi. on' Monday (May 6) is the subject of the first of next weeks' guide-lecture tours M.any who read and enjc Sprigge's first novel, The Dies, will be just as pleased second one, Castie in which has a great deal of weIl as.-vitality and color. M iss mani 1 heur Although the s tory môives along for some tirn.e in rather an uninteresting sort of way i suddenly takes a spurt and'you ýàre in the -midst. of the -Span- ish. revolution, political plots, and Commutnist uprisings. The heroine isM one Catharine Marston Who cornes f rom 1 ber home in - England as the bride of Don Rarnon de Guiterrez, Who bas an.. estate in Andalusia. Catharine- was wooed and won by. Don Rarnon -in the typical romnantic manner of Spanish.loyers, but.facing ber in Andalusia was an' entirely different life f rom wbat she bad ex- pected. Instead of a luxuriois- "cas- tIe" with iter many attendants there was a dingy looking building whith suggested a fortress or even a prison, and the servants were a hancIful of dirty, slovenly peasants. And then another deep disappointment for Catharine was the great cbange that came over D~on Rarnon when he re- turned to bis borne. He was no longer the gentle; romantic lover, but rnoody, inconsiderate, and extremnely bard on the peasants. In time Cathariine learns to love the countryside and t people. As ber Spanish inioroves she is able to talk current (May) issue of ld îeus~ieumi News, the monthly bulletin published for -distribution to the 'nuseum's thous"antis of members. "EÉverywhere there is anl illogical dispos ition ýto scorn native -plants for cultivation in gardens, even when the sarne plants are highly esteerned in regions.where they are not nta.tive,"' writes Mr. Standley., "Although their beauty is not questioned, they are held unwortby of gardeni planiting ap- parently because they cati- be pro- cured at no cost. The fact is ignoàred that these, plants are, naturally, best adapted to cultivation, in the regions. in which they.are native, usually re-, quiring less care in. cultivation, tha n exot-ic species.. "With- the' wild fiowers ýobtainable around Chicago it is pos sible to make a most 'attractive garden, that will àfford an abundant display of beauti- fui flowers, fruits, or foliage through- out the growing season, or even well into the winter .. .. ..Since many* of the ornamental plants are of abundant occurrence no harmn is done by trans- planting a few, and the rarer sorts, usually may be. obtained f romn nurserymen who make a specialty of propagating them." .Mr. Standleys' article contains a list of more than 70 kinds of local plants IThrough the A ges"; ThUrsday, a general 'tour of anthropological, botarjical, geological and zoological exhibits,, and Friday, "Plants and ITheir Uses."' These tours, for which no charge is made, are conducted by, staff lecturers. They are open to aâIl museum visitors., Parties assemble inside the, north entratice. Awarded Medal ailth le ove and rect oi som 'n worshiping a goddess. Pedro is handsomne, romantic, andi is. superior to the other peasants. Catharine finally learns that he is the illegiti- mate haîf-brother of Don Rarnon'. .Events corne rapidly when the-revo- lution breakcs, and Catharine finds berseif in the midst of political plots which bring ber happiness or unhap- pin ess (whatever the reader may .ink). At nv rate. thev closte her bitiou-s garclener, he,,states. 1,tany of tbem can be seen and studied àmong th e exhibits in the hall of plant life at the museum. The museumn has publîsbed several leaflets describing and picturing the. principal wild plants of the Chicago region, under the following titles. "Spring Wild Flowers," "Spring and Early Summer Wild Flowers," "Summer Wild Flowers," "Autumn Flowers and Fruits," "Common Weeds .... ..Commoti -Tree s," and Chaudier' Founfain Square Evanton Orlagton Motel lEldi, IEvanston daughter, a tew seasons ago wrote the ie yaI3<. -.' e""' *-uu popular No Nice Girl $we<irs. The the border of China and 'Tibet, one of combination has produced a book that the world's bighest peaks outside the is not only atîthoritative and compre- Himalayas, has been seen by only a hensive - especially for the rnotorist f ew white men. The hazardous ascent driving down from Laredo, Texas-but was accomplished by the Arnerican ex- is also lively reading., pedition in 1933. 1 liçi 1 , ilisia, . ,m as ',