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32 WILMETTE LIFE' August 16. 1929 a chapter by H. T. Cory, the American erwinecr who stopped the break-away of the Colorado River-an engineer of international reputation and author of " Imperial \"atley and Salton Sink." Comment on Current Books THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ANNOUNCES the fnllo~,·ing books among it:-; importa nt .·\ ugu:-.t puhlirat it)ll:' : ":\merican PcJ!o ... ))\· \'e,n·ll Bent. The theory and practi~e uf p:l)o h~· an authorit\· on the subje ct. The hook cnntaim 16j illustrations ni ·ponies, player:-;, team s, games and sn forth. "The Shopping Boo k." hy \\'illiam H . Bald\\'in. A \rorkahle and uniJia ~ccl guide as tn \rhat the hou =-e \\'ife :-; hn11~d =-ee k in the article ~ she i:-; buying ior her daily and . easonal need s. "Doctor F<>gg," h,· !\onnan :vr ats r,lJ. The Ein s teini~n romance of a scie ntist and a girl from a di stant planet. A n m·el w h icTi cou ld on h· h a ,.e hec n wri tten in this age and h}: ).f r. ).f atson. "H ert·dit,· and Parenthood." 1)\· Samuel C. , cl;mu ckrr. A :-;anc arid wise pn·sen tat ion of the problems of parenthood \rhic h takes into account the importance ()i inheritance. "Parnassus en Hout<:." h\' Kenneth Horan. An antho logy · of- the best poetry that has been \\'ritt<.:n about tnany iamnus spots in Europe- for the tra,·elkr\ luggage. and the table of the person who doc:-; hi:-; tra\'elling chi efly through boob. .. Full ).f easure." by Hans Otto Storlll. An intenseh· dramatic nm·e l ni the radio \\'Orld.- the almost brutish daring of its leaders, their consecration to big business, and their human fallibi lity. EXPLORATION: THE NORTHWARD COURSE OF DISCOVERY. By Vilhjalmur Sttiansson. A.).f.. LL.D .. author of "My Lifl' \vith the Eskimu," "Tht Fritncll r Arctic." ).f acmillan. \'ilhjalmm Stciansson's ne\\' hook is a chroni cle of ad,·enture and progress in th· F ar \"orth. In "The \'orthward Course of Di scoyery" he traces through 2j()() ,·eat s th e gradual ad,·ancc ()f knmdedge of the Arctic r eg-ion . under such headings as the e: Greek \ ' iL' \\'S of the ::\ature of the Arctic; The Iri sh Di~cO\·er Iceland; The Coloniza.tion or Crcenland; Summary of Arctic DisCu\·cry from Cabot to Peary; The Arctic and the Sub-Arctic as The\· Rcalh· Arc. The portion oi th ' hoo k which dcab with the Arctic of to-day ha s :-;pccial interest . ince it cmlHJdies an account of the author':-; CJ \\'11 c X)>t:d i tion s in to the :r\orth , but of equal imp ortance is his . uryey of tht.: proba ble future of the Arctic. it:-; sc icntitic problems. ib commercial dcvcl(l)Jil1Cnt. and ib relation to the \\·oriel as a \\'hole. ~ 5QVAR[.. tvAtmm~ Wilrnette J700 Books They Stooped to Folly Ellen Gfa .~gow Doubleday. Doran . . . . . . . $2.50 The Galaxy :.., usan Ertz Appleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 Roper~s Row W urwich Deeping Alfred A. 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Almost instantly the burn· ing sensation will disappear, and before long your eyes will he dear and bright again. Millions of bottles of MURINE are used each year to soothe and beautify eyes. Many persona make a practice of cleansing their eyes with it daily. A month's supply coats hut 60c, Learn ita benefits! ~r r. Stdans . on is internationally kn o\\·n a. explorer and scientist, his :-.<.·,·eral expeditions to the Arctic ha,·THE MURALS OF' DIEGO RIing add e d great ly to our kno\\'ledge oi VERA. Hy Ernestine EYans. Hare urt, the \'orth. Drace. For three years a steady stream of THE LIFE OF GEORGECHAFFEY. painters, students, ancl tra n ·lcr:-; ha s By ]. A. Alexander. ).f acmillan. been visiting ).lcxico City to pay homGeorge Chaffey \\'as one of the age to one of the great painters of master irrigation engineers of \\'est- the modern times, and to se.e the fresern America - Founder of the Eti\Yan- coes that portray the life of the Mexida and Ontario colonies in Cali iornia. can people. on the walls of the Ministry .-\s pre~idcnt and manager oi the Cali- of Education and of the ~ational iornia Dn·e lopnH: nt Company. he built Academy at Chapingo. The present the canal from the Culnraclo Ri,·er to \'Olume reproduces upwards of a hunthe desert in the face of superhuman dred of the murals, details from mam' difficultie s. and irrigated the Imperial of them, and numb ~ rs of the example-s \'aJie,·. which he named. In later from the painter's sketch hooks, and ' ~·c ars". a:-; president of the \Vhitti er work in other media than fresco. Er\\"ater Cr·mpany. he brought water to nestine Evans has written a preface the La Habra \" allev which now con- that is an informal account of Rivera's taim :-.umc of the h-ighest priced hor:.. life and de,·clopment as Mexican t icult ural land in the · \\'Orld. In the painter and revolutionist. One of the e<.rly eigh ti es he CJrganized the Los slogans of the Huerta administration .'\ ng-eks Electric Lig·ht Company, mak- \Yhen it was faced with destruction ing- that cit~ · the lirst in America, if was "Erase the \\'ails" and one can nc·t in the world. to he lighted exclu- understand irom these reproductions siH·h· IJ,. l'll'ctririt\·. He \\'as the first the emotions that Rivera's work has man in · \\'e sttrn Amenca to fdc on aroused in the hearts of his own people . muunt<~in ~treams for hydro-electric This book will give to th e re st of JHl\\'l'r. ~lr. Chafft\' was also the' fottnd- the world some conception of his tr t1i :-.cien tifi c irrigation 1n Austria, greatness. The Fine Arts Medal for ancl th e co lonie s of ).1 ildura and H.~n 1929 of the American Institute of marck arc :-- till used a:-; the object les- :\rchitects was given to RiHra in April, :-.o ns itlr :\u~tralian irri~ration sntems. 1929. the second time the award has Thi:-. ,,·ork gi\·es the numan-intert.':-it been made abroad. :-.idl' ui the rCimance oi irrigation in Calii(lrJ.Jia ancl Australia. It has an inCONTRACT BRIDGE OF 1930. trudul'tt·n· chapter JJ,· Dr. J-:1\\·l)()d E~izaheth Clark Honlcn a ncl ~frs. Pres~ l t.· a c I. l' o mm i s s ion e r o i t h c l' 11 i t ~.· rl cntt \\"arren. Harcourt. Brace . :-:,tatt.·~ Bureau ni Herlamatinn . ~implicit_,. oi instruction plus accur\\·a--hington. D. C.. fort .. ~r ly chai rm a11 ac\· ni knowledt.?:c distinguishes thi:-; Clln1i thL· ~tate \\-ater Commissi( n of \ ' ir- trihuti(lJl ]Jy these two experienced toria, :\t'l stralia, ancl author <Jt "lrriga - teacher:-; \\·hn are' \\·icleh· known in tinn Institution:-.." de .. one (lithe 1.heir field. The at1tho rs · gi\'e in th e mll·ld's authorities on irrigation . .-\l so open ing chapter for beginners the es~cnt ial difference between "Contract" and "Auction," and in exp laining these di fferenccs. qiYe the player the necessan· inundation tn read \\'ith interest the inllowin cr material. All th e essentials ni hiddtng and play are told fulh·. Prrhaps the out stan ding feature is th e suh-di\·i:-; inn int o opening bidding, deiensi\'C bidding, slam bidding, etc .. plus the tables \Yhich made the book in \·aluahle a. a guide ancl reference. (Continued on Page J.+) EDDY AND EDOUARD. D,· tlte Barone ss Von H utten. Doubleday, Dnran. 1929. 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