Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Mar 1938, p. 54

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em^ m-AM - FUn.nvm. Iby(c. P.-Rr)dacanaehLhe Viking 1 Press. Ne'.Yr>rk. 1 Ofthesix books iublsbed 'since ICO SUMS CEIt» CORP. 1îa2Lr.Pe1 by the Viking Press,on 6« cba aVI. oam- sa. i Forever Ufrtvses was the choice of the CW IM S mST. **Ll« wVA11 * S-W'SAO@U f ook-of-fhe-M.onth club. another Con- aiuerc>r of 11 Seas: the Story of tfa.qél- lan wa, a Literai-v guild selection, a third The Hidden Lwneoln went into a oe FIM ARTSsecond edition ennrublication date. and a fourth I-earken Unto the' Voi.ce i-an up the Iargest advance sale. of aty bvxl< fflii ever issued the first two months of 'the T ANitG FMR year. In addition. Ferdinand. that mod- ern nonsense classic. is seçlling at the' EVM PUFJ« rate of 5.000 -copies a -week. Readers of biograiohv todav are fa- miarwt StefnZ'eig's ability and * - di*l, tn e ilil recognize. in Con queror of thé Seaç stili inither proof af the Igenius,'which, and ILVE WARE he displayed in 3 Marie Antoinette and Mary' Queen of Scotland. In the cen- joS. F KUSS -tlrv betwee 1450. and 1550, m an's horizons. were pushed back -.with. as- tomnding speed Europe suddenly be-f P . cameS conscious of the world, and out of mien. Rosli.Roch .ssft The event that served as climaxto Iumrm s *Fumitre this conquest of the earth was the first AHTIQUES AND> MODERN circumnavigation of the globe in the W.u ndFlor ovd'yea.15191522. Magl anwhose imagi- Srip CoverS dreain of his dav, who became an exile L opsad Accessorles ta pursje' it. who stormed the banrking Lampe ~,.housses of Spain ta elicit supoor. who. 9» M. b 4& v* Cicg ruled bis crew% with iron discipline andr Phnm, gmr CM«L' . - . .. LIEEÂKY SOBIbu.,'> 9OKS simple nman who ýaried greatlv and suc- ceeded in the grand nianner. A Ronsantic Ideai In the 'novel, Fôrever Ulysses, the1 liera. pursuing adventure fi-r the ' strets of Atheëns, ta -.\anhattan and. ta j »te secret places of world power, ives ùp fa the ro=nntic connotations oif bis naine,. C. P. Rodocanachi. the author, bas kiiown every notable Greek in oui- day. and parts of many of theni appear t i bis book. Fi-rn fituh e ai ofHomei'sj i bei-o. wilv captain of a faithful crew., & uompafnyiSY 4 J.N. Y. The younger generaf ion takes ifs e Lewis's satire and comedy iii the aufhor's e newest novel, The ProdiqaI Parents. the i-st of his:hooks to appear since fI Van'! 1-fappen Hlere was published in 1935. By no means as bitter. and hardlv as momenfous as ýthat timely piece of 77, ~wnting, The Prodigal Parents nonethe- legss does a very gooQd job on an urgent and pressing matter-the dominance i 'tWentieth century parents by the off- spring. In this instance the parental. roles are played by Fredcrick, William Corn- ' low, district auto sales manager in' Sachem Falls, and bis, "gocxldwife** Hazel, who prosper only fa find the pro- ceeds, of a wèll-spent lufe being sucked In his k:rt book, *'DoC tors 09 up bya couple of spongers-son How- Horse bac k,'»> Ja 1mes Tho»masý Fle.r- ard, the Greek god with no more brains Mer, 29-vear-old author, recrea tes than a' baby panda, and a daughter. the uworld o! the Thirteen States Sara. Sara goes hi-st "iradical", and and he iddIe-jVester,, ropiticr to then "arty." Bofh, every tirne. fhe portray the careers of the hila draw a breath, cast the old man plenti-. Pianeer.#Q Aeianodf ~c*_ Nothing is more juicv 'and unique than humdrum family life in the U.S.A.. ji served up a la Lewis. Dinette comedies. 'Confution Was Rampant scenes at dinner parties, and ice box anRnsofN wD a raids are shredded up appetizingly ver in Raks o NewDeaithe effluence and cross currents of do- Howý& a mutual dIsýtrus-t between mnestic emotion. The. reader goes ôn., President Roosevelt and John L. Lewis j and on, and at every fui-n ai the page plaved an important part in the Presi- seschrteiaosadcrctus dent's defeat on his court-packing bill ('lhis intimates-if flot af himself! last sumnier is revealed by Joseph AI- The choicest bit in the story, ho\-- sop. Jr.. and Turner Catledge ini their îever. is not the pillorying of, Sara and book, "The 168 Davs.'" published bv Ho{ward with the Sinclair %Nit,. but, a Doubledav, Doran. . new brand ofj Sinclairisi the~ depicting The Roosevelt -Leis, rift is relate i [(believe it or nat) of coînfortable and as part of a. lai-ger stary of hp»v the î atisfy ing dog--trat mariage-Fred, the two great pressure groups on whîch 'Mr. plumnp and commonplace. ta Hazel wl'n Roosevelt had most reason to depený_ - fulfilîs the raie of "goodwvife" quite by oÉganized labor anxd the farrners-failed inïstinct. ýVhat a relief froîn the super- hum at the crucial hour and Ief him abundance af introspective and purp<v;r-. fightdng the air for several ek be- fui fenales in modern literature! .1 fore the court bill fight was fi nallv At fifty Fred and' Hazel still. find, brought ta an end by Vice Pres ident cmlt 7netnn i n nte- Garner follawing the death of .Senatecmptecnetetiiaeanhr% Leader joseph T. Robinson. company. and had itflot been for flic inilstones around their necks (Howard, The cause of the estrangement or and Sara), their stolen matai- excursion, these two great characters in the "Sec- adetmoaeu al oErp ond ew eal"wasthe iShc-f aý_h \ould have left nothing ta bc. desired in for power in bis oWnright. accardI1n2 the way of damestic idyl.' Iand "Fun at Horne: iiow fa Indoor and Outdoor Gaies.' ..... VI "N -. * I medicine, of the new Book Brings Honor other influences in C Lee Shippey-s Great Aimerican Faily H e includes biograi brought hini ele<ctio to the Fiction coin- modem Chinese wril miiuee of the International Ma.rk Tvain 'peits -sent ta China ti *society, af which Hugli Walpole is 'oi'Nations, and a sel chai-ian. for further, study of ical nlotes on tefl s, a list of ex- xughi the League ted list of books

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