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WILMETTE LtFE July 13, 1928 moon, decides she m~st ,have him. Soames, sure that nothing is too good for her, tries to save her from ·ruin even though, in. the end, it costs him his life. Mr. Galsworthy has, as we have already said, that power of making his characters, his scenes, come to life. It is clear · from his use of dialogue that he is a great dramatist, things hap_pen when his characters speak, you are moved and excited, the paseant, even as if you were seeing it on the stage, passes before your eyes. It is platitudinous to say that Mr. Galsworthy is a great novelist, we know that he represents perhaps the highest degree of technical skill that we have in novel writing to~ay. · l Esther Gould's Book· Corner RMMIN lQVAR[. · [VANSJ'ON T ekphone and mail otdeta filled: T tlephones: UDiYeraity liM Ro.era Park 1122 Wilmette 3700 BOOKS The Swan Song John Gtdawotthg "The last of the Forsyte Saga. Like the White Monkey and The Silver Spoon, its surface sparkles with satire upon the mann en and morals of our day, but its depths are those of the sympathetic irony of one who perceives the sad weaknesses and tragic situation of man in the modun world." Scribner .·.·..·..······ $2.50 The Age o'f Reason Philip Gibb1 As intense and stimulating a romance as enr bas bun written. Doubleday,· Doran ~ Co. · . $2.00 ·-----------------------------" with . sorrow that we read the last JUST PARAGRAPHS Perhaps the news that Struthers page, it .must have been with sorrow s Burt has left the east for a summer that he put down his pen. He ha, on his Wyoming ranch means that created a family that is real, that we will be having another book of walks and talks and has its being e robustl,y than many. people whotn the West from him as delectable as mor. we know in the flesh. He has that his "Delectable Mountains." An addition to the little handbook magic' touch which makes people series published about our great citie5, come alive. In this "Swan · Song" Mr. Gals"Chicago in Seven Days," i_s a book that we who live in it three hundred worthy does not fall into the error and sixty-five would do well to peruse. which was his in his last books, that ] ohn Drury has told about the things of le~ti~ his marvellous skill outthat one should see and makes you weigh, hi~ subject matter. When one feel that you live in quite a remark- becomes very skillful it is difficult able place ~fter all- a feeling new to not to exercise skill for its own sake, the inferiority complexed ~fiddle as men used to spend infinite patience engraving the Lord'~ prayer on the West. head of a pin. So Mr. Galsworthy in "The White . Monkey" and "The SilGOODBYE TO SOAMES ver Spoon" was falling into the error of sp~nding his talent on trivial sub"SWAN SONG" jects. But in this book which cl9ses the e'poch of the Forsytes he has By John Galaworthy dealt _with firmer stuff: There is poig-:Charlea Scribner'· Son1 ancy in the story of Fleur, spoiled Mr. Galsworthy has sung it at last, child Qf old Soames Forsyte. Although the Swan SQng of the Forsytes. It is Fleur as a character has far less reality tha.r1 Soames, yet we care for her because of liis feeling. Fleur, truly the flower of that proud race, pampered, headstrong, beautiful, craving always the thing that is just beyond her reach, is a true epitome, too, of much of her generation. At the time of the General Strike in England she rises out of herself, does some fine work and gains some much coveted praise, but when the Strike is over, she falls back into the old vacuous way of living. Then there comes b~ck to England her cousin, Jon, her first and only real love. And Fleur, unaccustomed to deny herself anything, not even the TO AMUSE "DEBONAIR" By G. B. Stem Alfred A. Knopf G. B. Stern is out to amuse in "Debonair." And at times she makes a success of it. There are spots in the book of pretty good re_~ding, then there are others \\ ~ich are fairly dull. "D e b o n a i r" is C:L~ ultra-modern young woman, one of ~hose whose beauty is scarcely believablt.. . and who because of it can do with impunity the most outrageous things. "Debonair" has a mother, the firmly possessive kind, who tries to rule her daughter and almost ends by ruining her. But her daughter comes blythely through at last and marries the rich man who is the only one that could afford her. Miss Stern has, as well as the firm touch of "The Matriarch," the lighter touch of "Thuoderstorm" in "Debonair." These books are written frankly to amuse and because of the zest and vigour and sincerity behind them, they do. The Racket Bartlett M cCormuk George G. Nathan says of this play. "There bas never been a drama that bas got so close to genuine American newspapumen and genuine American Cops, as The Racket." Samuel Frtncb ·..······· $1.50 LORELEI TELLS THE WORLD Anita Loos' new book, "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes," has caused a "continuous grin from ·coast to coast" as one reviewer put it. Ten other countries will be sharing in the hilarity soon, for plans are under way for translations in Denmark and Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Holland and Hungary. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat Ernr~t Bramab A saga of the suave, witty Chinese philosopher, Kai Lung. Doubleday, Doran ~ Co. . . $2.50 Tbe Most Early to Bed Wood Kabler Knopf ···.··.......... $2.50 Ve·sadle Musioal lnsu-ument In tbe Wo·ld . It combines the Orthophonic Victrola with the Electrola a n d t b e w o r 1 d's finest Radiola Superheterodyne may be played at a whisper or with sufficient volume to flood an · auditorium. The cabinet is of Italian Renaissance style in subdued walnut. 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In September he returns to his work as research anthropologist at Fisk university. PUT NOVELS INTO BRAILLE The American Foundation for the Blind, with the permission of Boni & Liveright, the publishers, will put into Braille two of Rose Macaulay;s novels, "Told By An Idiot" and "Dangerous Ages." Miss Macaulay's new novel, "Daisy and Daphne," is already in its fifth edition. Pencil Bridge ltffrty Mott Smith With an introduction by Sidney S. Lenz. Putnam a Sons ·..··.. S1.go Jack Kelso Edgu Mtuten A dramatic poem by the author of Spoon River Anthology. The drift of American lift from 1 8) 1 to the prestnt time. Appleton ········.···. $2.50 ut North Shore Talking Machine Co. 7 1 2 Church Street EVANSTON HITTING CLOSE "Will you kindly send a copy of 'What a Young Wife,' by Frances New.man," ~ead. a letter received by Bom & Ltvenght. The publishers sent Miss Newman's new book "Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers." ' LORD'S-BOOK& Open Evening· Filat Floor-D·via Str~tt IJRIJVL r.oRYouR . EYEs Sl_UDIES ABROAD Saxe Commins, author of "Psychology: A Simplification," in collaboration with Loyd Coleman, recently sailed for a . yea~ of travel and study abroad. Hts ~tfe, .w~o is Dorothy Berliner, the concert ptantst, accompanied him.