'vew is gigto be a weiÏrd, - --a wmni tl i er biography, Even1those. left-wing rsi. adane urie, by lber daughiter, Eve, weeso annoyed by the Cit'cnserva- wbicb. Doubieday. Doranî publish, No- tive stand wilI bave to admit that Mr. vember 26. Hfillyer fi-a sound propht.Here is the story of a great woman, * who in ber liftetime won fame and I ~jozor and wvbo 'dki not know how to UNUSUAL GIF? DEAS FOR CHRISTMAS Picturui uae Gr..ig erd PICTRE FRAMING P.linfings Reulomd Freamos Rsp.lr.d lie be famous.: The world' ktnows that she was a great scientist, but until Eve Curie undertook to. write this, story of ber mother's life, few realîzeil wbat a great woman Madame Curie was, apart from ber achievements in science. In this book sbe emerges as a devoted 'wift and tender mother, whose ambitions wee not for. fame or mnney,, but simply to take care of those she Ioved and to coninue, to the extent of ber strength, ber work in science and develop ber discoveries so0 tbey could he of the greates& vaue w * aaakùnd, FConstance Cassasdyv; (Mrs. Wil- liam R. Cassadi'), 843 Cherry street. Winnetka.- is thr. author of "T/his Magie Dustt," the nM'eI brou ght oult dais foli by Bobbs-ý Mlerrili eompany. She is also knoup for ber enalaztide articles, for set'- cral ehildren's books, ansd a liùiJît î:ovel "h.ven imI, aughtert" in» which. --rhe- en/ha o rated 'a'ith Rith Card-. tcvell. The.author was boni ist Pittsburgh and educated ini New York and Chi- uri uLFIoI1tnu noI sUIryappeare(I ii, the Atlantic. Monthly i. April, 1935, and she bas since written for the Amer.: can Mercury, Coroniet,. and the I bmrt- Blook. lier publisbed work also includles a. book of cbildren's verses. KitcI,i Magîc, for children. publislied by Farrar & Rinehart, and 1Eveaiinj' agith ter, a light novel written in .olIahrýra- tion with Ruth Cardwell. Thais Magic Dust is the stürv of a> girl brought up by ber aunt and uncle. because lier fatber's marriage was a failure and her mother had eglected ber training. Katharine, the child, was thin, plain and an. individùaIist. while Isobel, the aunt, was a sbelte-red. refined woman intent upon* tnouldiiig ber niece into a mnodel of propriéety )i m utwo uvergent cliar- e clash of personalities 'or years and, as forecast iniing, Ieads at Iast to ai 0s cbildhood fis well and Lwn and will be a source nît and pleasure to those p lu the early 1900's atid 1724 OMrlM. E vans*.Gi. Madame realthv wo tnat of AU n U.ea.t.d Close 'S The outset of the novel moves with a smooth directness, but as Katharine g rows aider andliLi. hêmç wh,..,iii- icago.