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VILMETTE- LIFE JuIy 19, 1934 GREZAT AD»VENTURES Sir Percy Sykes, distinguished, Eng- lish traveer, and author of books on Persia, bas. wratten A f istory of Ex- ploration Fron thé I&rlieçt Tintes 1< the Peese,,t Day. ýIt. is ýthe story of' great adventurers and their exploits, beginning with the ancient marinerà of Phoenicia and corning down tbrouglh the journeys of Alexander and Julius Caesar to those of the Vikings. Marco Polo, Diaz. Columbus, MagellIan; the IýgIish explorers in Anerica and the east, the Hollanders in Asia. Captain Cook in Australia, tbe French pioneers* in Canada, Mackenzie, L e w i s and Clark. Great stories of African ex- ploration follow and finally there are the intrepid adventurers of the Arctic, including Franklin, Nansen, Peary; andi of the Antarctic, including Ross, Scott, Shackleton, and Byrdi. Sim mer BOOK SALE General Non-Fiction 89c Long and Short Plays 49Ç Cildren!&-BooIcs 49c. Chandler 's Fountain Square, Evanston Miions, use this aid to eye becautl ýandheaIth LEi» 1 usd by =mWiofl Of ppletO keep thefr eyCS clear, buight and heaithYo zaflY have beel' usillg it fo Vt30 yearaIt relieves fohOer ycof irrtatioli. and teae,,,nI.»Oticeably en- hance theiw .parkle ~OUOWCit to your éee «o ,lalsthein daily Wjth. beliefiia Murine A ,noth' sppl cs60e ,t drug and depaIrt3Ieflt etofea. Try it 9001m' i r JIt is the. story of a* youth ini Czarist IRussia-of Bunin's own youth. although the narnes have been changed. In it* the life of the old regime cornes poignantly and wonderfullv, to life in a' narrative lilled with lovely, delicately sensuous pictures. Living in the countrýy, witb its myriad delightiul sounlds and smells, the sensitive little hero grows up sur- rounded by bis family, the family's f r i e nl d s and retainers and bis own schoolnates - a gallery of human, charming, old-fashioned people. The whole book is steeped in Russian color and feeling and ricbly pervaded by the pathos of distance. At times it is almost overpowering inii is nostalgic intenlsity. There is onlyone other wvork to which The lUe/I of Days cati be comparecl. but witbi that wvork it lias much ini comnîoni-Tolstoy's great clas- sic, C/îildhood. Boyhood and Yout/i. Alexander Nazaroif sai(I in The XNew Y ork Timtes that it "Stands even higlier than iu bisarlier %works," T/te Genit/e- Inai, From iSan Francisco anid T/e Vil- li,.fo'r uwlîîc lie wvas awar(Ied the Nobel prize. LEAVE FOR MONGOLIA D)r. Geo*rge G. Simpson of the Amner- eai Niuscun iof Natural History, re- celitly niade-thie Sharp transition froimr the wilds of Patagonia. where lie lias l)een, c0llecting, fossils of extinct mnon- sters, to the bulevards of Paris. and so(ii afterwar(ls, lie ali(l biis sister left Paris for M1oîgolia, to remain therc, uintil, Nu(veniber, ýa week*s journev by caniel-l)ack froin civilizatli. Dr. Sini)- son 's account of bis adventures as direc- tor (f the Natural History .Mn1seurn .S expedîtion to Patagoniia w-as publishiei bv 1Nacmillain last Nlav- under the tîtle.' .4ttp,îdin 'i 1 il ?»rV e I S . lAt;nin Journal. FRENCHWOMAN'S ROMANCE j Genevieve Fauconnier, wvbo has been) awarueu the covetecu French prize. 1,e SPrix Femina. for ber novel Clajude, is the sister of Henni Fauconnier. autiior *of Mlalaisie. Cla ude, the story of a Frenchwvonan's romance, will be. pub- lished by the Macmillan companv ini the early faîl. MANUSCRIPT ESCAPES FIRE Iu a tiny. cottage in the Black For- est where Helen Follett and ber daughter spent the summner, Mrs. Fol- lett recorded on ber typewniter the eventful expeniences of their recent visit to the South Sea islands and en- titled the' book Stars to Steer By. In a bad ire which demolished this cottage the orginal nianuscript of Stars to Steer By barely escaped the flames, and the pages blew aIl over the place. It took a quick-wittecl police-' A lSîvndav aftet-neou' srolli ii t1iis Pleasai ifsettinp ;was a<i pu/mar recreai- lion for Chi jagoans ueai1 a lia/f century a,-,o. Th.,linge flortil globe ze<îs typical laind.sciping lin flic, days of the /iig/i bicyvcle -and real/v long skirts. T/is 1licture is a reproduction of on, of t/he mn uy atlIractike aiii rv fiiii' ilflustrations miade byMVr.. Frederic 1. Rondi of Il '*innetka for lier /zisbaiids b'ook, "A Little Ilistorv3 of a GreatCi . man, Herr Shafer, and practically the' STUDYING JUVENILE BOOKS whole village of 'ritisce to collect the NlIrs. \larv 'leinfolr. i.1aager mn pages. Cliandler*s book- departmnent, left Kv- The very first copy of Stars çto anston Noii(av- of las.-t week for Nuw Steer By' was inscri 'bed bv MIrs. Fol- Yr.where sue \will eîno]l in .the leut for Herr Shafer, wvho saved. lier sIiiIiiir scli<><ml sesion at Culuilbîai book. ilnli-ersit%- to furtiier lier 5tud(if 't jve- îîile books. NIrs. lBeini folir, %\- i ,hii> TIBBETT IN NEW OPERA Henry Chuester. Tr acy is librettist of the newv Johmn Seynmour opera, lInt/e! Pas/'a's. Garden,, to be presented at the Nietropotitani next seasoîî with 1,aw- rence iibbett in the leadiig noie. -XIr. Tracy, is the autimor of Tozeards t/uc Open, . ln.q/is/i. as Experience and .4 nziei,-an i a, ra/ist, aIllîrnblisbied l)y E P. Dutton and companv. He wvas Lorn iiiniarsovan, Turkey. the son of pioneer missiofiaries (lus father \vas Charles Cbapiiî Tracy, founder o'f Aiuîatolia College). He wvas a bo -. iood friend, ini 'I'rkev, of H. C. [)wight, froni whîose book, Stanuboîgl \rigits, the story of the opera is takeu. Hle is a graduate of Oherlin College. After a uuber of adventures ini living which included a ranch in Montana, hie now writes and teaçhes at home not far fromn Hollywood. LIBRARY FOR T. B. M. D. Appletofi-Century company recent- Iy announced a unique publishing ven- ture, which wilI be inaugurated July 27, and- known as The Tired Business Man's Library of Adventure, Detec- tive and Mystery Novels. These will iniclude fifteen brand-new books de- signed to prôvide relaxation and en- tertainment for the tbousands of busi- neÉs and prof essional. men of the Country wbo welcome first-class reading of this type. Annouincement of the titles in the set will, be made in the ýnear future. beenl devoting mluciliof lier tillUe tm' a 5til(lV' of tlîis field durinig the last ie\N years. vill take côurscý, In ll flicth Iibrary school and teaclier< ' oe.~ i Colum-bia. She ill return t', KV;ijst' ni the latter part of Augiust. lcn l 'Ix w~ill resunie lier duties at lalr. BETH: A SHEEP'DOG, by I-'in- est Lewis, witb a frontispiece. -1 I um- plore every member of the Book So- ciety to beg, borrow, steal or buv Betlh.' To buy it, of course, is the best.' Do zîot allow the advancing flood of new books to drown this one. This book will be your friend for life." Hugh Walpole (Book So- ciety News) CHOICE LYRICS The chîoicest lyrics of Cliton ilScol- lard have been selected l)y Jessie B. Rittenhouse (Mrs. ' Scollard), for a volume entitled T/he Sinin iiileti. nrs. Scollard bas included ini the book a deliglîtful sketch of the poet's lift and some account of luis metbods (if work. ATTENDS CONVENTION Dr. Thelma Mancinelli of 1010 Sheridan noad, Wilmette, attendeci the national convention of optonie- trists lield in Toronto, Canada, last week. During the closing banquet she wvas the dinner partiuer of Dr. William Fe inbloom 0, New York, who is -famouüs for bis recent inven- tion, of a new magnified* spectacle. Dr. Mancinell'i took bier state boardl examinations a year ago iast Julie after studying at the Northern 1Ill- nois College of Optometry, and inow lias an office in Chiicago. Mrs. George Z. Hosack of PittS- burgh is visiting bier daughter anid family, the M. A..-Follanisbees, 2831 Blackhawk road' Mrs. Follanlsbee's niece, Sally Parish of Pittsb)urgh. is al. o .gue zi. IlCOMMENT, on, BOOKS and -AUTHORS I Czarist uasia I Washington Park j.t/w Late Eighties I THE WELL 0F DAYS. By Ivan ________________________ Bunin. Awarded Nobel Prize for Lîterature in 1933. The new oe by- the 1933 Nobel . ~ x ' prize winnei-the first Russiani to be ~ 4 Z Y4 awarded this greatest of ail literary ~t honors. X 1 9- ý fý 1 b july 19, 1934' WILL;M.9,TTEý- LIFIE