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WILMETTE LIFE November 19, 1926 FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON BOOKS for Children HANSEL AND GRETEL By thf brothrrs Grimm ... $5.00 ONCE UPON A TIME A Book of Old Timt Fairy Talfs ............... S:~.oo THE SWISS FAMlLY ROBINSON Hutb Robinson Edition .. $2..50 THE TREASURE BOOJ( OF CHILDREN'S VERSE Arrangfd by Mabtl and Lilian Quillcr-Coucb .....·.. $:1.50 DID YOU KNOWThat James AudoborJ, author of "The Birds of America," will pub- . lish his new book irJ lhe near futuref That the author of "Thett Came Spring," John Hargru:ve, makes portraits of his characters before he writes abotlt themf That Knud Rasmussen will bring out a book ntxt year entitled "Across Arctic America" in which he will give an account of his explorations? That the annual Prize offered by lhe Poetry Society tJf South Carolina has been awarded to Ruth Mannit~g Saunders of ConJwall, England, for . her poem, "The City!" That uA Study of British GeKius/' which was writtm by Havelock Ellis over twenty years ago, is bei"!l reprinted. . William Bolitho, author of "Murder for Profit," writes from Van c 1use France, it is reported, "that he lives i~ complete solitude there and rears peacocks and white turkeys." W iillm<etttt<e ILii~Ir &rry The Laurel Br!lnch Library has received the following books for its collection : Reviiews of Ne'W lBS<mc~z "George Washington, the Image and the Man"-W. E. Woodward. W. E. Woodward has written a book on Washington which is like a good vigorous spring · cleaning. He doesn't waver with his broom before the old cherished conceptions, unless they have a solid basis in fact · out they go with the rest of the accumulated dust of the ages. The result is a refreshing clarity and brightness, even if sometimes we are forced to sneeze during the process of cleaning. Mr. Woodward has made a careful and comprehensive study of Washington and the life of colonial America before writing his book. Which gives it an air of perfect conviction, and makes for us a wide and interesting background with many facts which are not usually considered in a study of that period. For instance we have not most of us faced the true status of our colonial ancestors: "The average colonial American was a wiry farmer with an ignorant mind and a tough hide, living on an impassable road and existing on rough food, hard work and an urgent spirit of self reliance." There is a good deal that is interesting and provocative in the book and as a general study of the time it is excellent. My only criticism of it as a story of the man is that the author does not seem really to like Washington. For an entirely just picture, isn't it necessary to have, not worship surely, but honest liking? "My Mortal Enemy"-Willa Cather. Willa Cather is certainly one of the mo!it interesting and significant figures in American literature today. This becomes platitudinous. She is a writer who is not content to sit down with the good old frame before her and fit in new contents, she is an experimenter, an originator. And if in the course of her experimenting there are books that we like less than others, this is natural, and it does not detract from the interest and importance of the work. "My Mortal Enemy" I like less than most of Miss Cather's books. Com.pared inevitably because of its theme and method of presentation with "A Lost Lady," it does not stand up well~ for me, under the test. Miss Cather has reached here the summit of her striving for condensation, and I fear she has carried it too far. While it may be perfectly tempered steel, yet it is too fine a point, when it pric~s us we do not feel it. The other criticism which is most obvious is that the interpreting character instead of being one of vital in!erest as ~as Noel in "A .Lost Lady," 1s an entirely commonplace person. Therefore everything she says loses in savor. As I said before, however, this does not keep the book from being an interesting and important piece of work. -EsTH~R Achalt Barrington-Exquisite Perdita Bennett-Lord . Rain go Cather-My Mortal Enemy Duncan-Doctor Luke of the Labrador Galsworthy-The Freelands Poole-With Eastern Eyes Swinnerton-Summer Storm Widdemer-Gallant Lady . Ju-.eaile Cervantes-Don Quixote Eggleston-Jack Shelby Eggleston-Last of the Flatboats Field-Eliza and the Elves McCoy-Tale of the Good Cat Jupie! Skinner-White Leader Yonge-Dove Inn, the Eagle's. 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Stephen Graham is here on his sixth visit to America and the result of his trip probably· will be a book on New York similar to "London Nights." /~ ~ DERIC IN MESA VERDE Drric Nusb.tum ......... $1.7 5 Martha Ostenso's name means "eas- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 't ern sea" in Norwegian and should be . - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.. pronounced with the accent on the fir's t syllable. An important book I JOSHUA BARNEY Ralph D. Paine ......... $4.00 REVELRY BJ Samuel Hopldu Acla.u One of the big books of the year. A story of American politics-the easy-going Prince of Good Fellows who became also President of the United StateL THE YEAR'S BEST STORIES FOR BOYS Ralph Henry Barbour .... $1.75 The fall publishing season has about reached its fruition. Most of the entrants of the race are now entered and it remains only to be seen which of them will be those strong to whom the race is given. 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