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32 WILMETTE LIFE August 30, 1929 p~etty and musically gifted, who died of consumption, Joan's hard, overbearing father, and the lanky, awkward Richard. whom Joan persisted in treatinO' as · a brother, though he had propo~ed to her many times. Of course, the most interesting character was the slim Joan, with ht.:r close-croppLcl black hair and dark eyes, her manni~h collars and ties. and the tender-heartedness which cost her her happiness . The endincr of the book, in its logical futilit\·, horrible. In it, one sees all too clcarh· the ·sin of the unlit lamp, the unforgivablenes s of a wasted human life. I .. Comment on Current -Books fU\INIAJN 5QVAR[. · LVANSfON Wilmette J700 BOOKS Parna sus en Route Kenneth Horan An Evanston woman has made this enchanting collection of poems about places on the European continent. Its appul is universal. but Evanstonians especially, will take pride in possessing this delightful volume. the work of a fellowtownsman with a fine and discrim.inating t.lsre in poeuy. Macmillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 Night Club Katherine Brush Minton Balch f1 Company .. $2.00 Ex-Wife Ansnymous Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 Sacrifice Owen J ohn'Son Longman's . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 For Children some attractive new volumes that deserve permanent places in young people's libraries. Tales from Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb Illusrratcd by Arthur Rackham E. P. Dutton . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 Roses of the Winds Sonia Lustig Doubleday. Doran ....... $2.00 The Snow Queen Hans Christian Anderson Duuon ..... . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 Thr Story of the T e]ephone Harpers Susan M eritcether .... . . . . . . . . . . . $1.25 Elizabeth Morse . . . . . . . . . . , .... The Siamese Cat Duuon $2.00 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. Bv jewelled gowns, the ruffs and fans of Lewis Browne. :Macmillan. · the ladies. the elaborate costumes of The announcement that Lewis the gentlcn ~ en and the · atmosphere of Browne has \\Titten a novel will no stately con\·ersation and great dignity doubt be receiYed w.i th widespread. in- ha\·e all been i.1ithfully portrayed by a terest. An author of outstanding suc- gi itcd young artist whose illustrations cess in other fields of literature, he is for other books are already famous. it noted for his originality of thought, This gray \'Oiume with its beautiful beauty of expression. and unconven- color illustrations and many black and. tional approach. It is a safe assump- white drawings. is another proof that tion that he \\'ill do ~omething as strik- ~f iss Bianco will continue to do \\·ork . -E. C. D. ingly original in the realm of firtion of high artistic merit. as he did with religiou s history when The limited edition has special bind"CAPONSACCHI." By Arthur Goodhe wrote that wideh· read and heatedlv discussed ,·olume, · "This Believ:ng· ing. end paper, and box and is printed rich ancl Rose A. Palmer. D. Appelton on spec ial paper and signed by the \\'or Id.." and company. artist. This book is a play in three acts. pro"All Things Are : 'ossihle" tells the logue, and epilogue, hased upon Robert story of an outcast girl and of her "THE UNLlT LAMP." B,· Rad- Browning's famou s poem, "The Ring struggle for se lf-realization. lts theme is one \\"hich gin~ s irce rein to ~~ r. clyffe Hz.ll. Jonathan Cape and. Harri- and the Book." \\.alter Hampden, one of the leading actors of the day, Browne's talents as literary craftsman, son Smith. "And the sin I impute to each frus- though it was good enough to direct it and permits him to employ to the full trate ghost and play the lead, and it proved its his sense of the dramatic. Is- the unlit lamp and the ungirt worth by a long and succes. ful run in ( )t her IH)Ok s by I ,e\\'is nro\\'ne : loin." · .\"' e\\' York cit,·. The idea was that of "Stranger· Than Fiction." :\ :-.hort The Statue and the Bust-Browning. Ro se :\. Pah;1er, and it wa s Arthur hi:-;t()ry ni thl' Jl'\rs irnm earliest tillll'S This quotation at the beginning of Goodrich \Yho worked it up int o its to the pn:sent day. Raclclyffe Hall's "The Cnlit Lamp" is nresent form. " This Believing \\'oriel." "That ~fan J lcine ." A bit)gTaphy. an apt . unnnan- of the book as a whole . · ~~ r. Goodrich. a scholar of note. lit(\\.ith the ct)llahoratiun of El sa A :ter the succes s of ~[iss Hall's novel. erally steeped himself in Browning, ·"The \\'ell nf Loneliness," the firm of reading and re-reading many times "The \ \" t·ih 1.) "The Graphic Bible." . l;rtl l11 ·Cenesis fpnatlwn Cape took over from another Ring and the Book." Then he protn HeHlatitm in animated llletps and puhli . her the earlier nnvels she had cluced this work, which has in it many \\'ritten . Among them ,,·as "The Cnlit o f Browning's lines. and is so ·w ell clone charts. Lamp." In this book, the theme close- that it is practically impossible e\·en THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFAN- h' re se mble . that of "The \\'ell of for the mn st expert to distingui ;; h beTA. Bv Oscar \\'i lcle. Illustrated f.oneline s ·" in that frustration i the tween them. The play is \~Titten in hy Pam.da Biancu. ~[a cmi llan . somber and depressing note of both. hlank Yer.e. the very c:sence of The charm and dclicac\' oi Oscar Joan Ogden. the heroine of "The BrmYning. \ \ "ilde\ f amnus tale oi the Spanish l. nlit Lamp." was caught and crushed Although BrO\\·ning \\'r Otc many court in the days oi Philip \" is not between the conflicting desires of the nlays. anrl \\·as. with the exception of easy to interpret in i1lustrati<)ll. Pam- two pcopl \\·ho lm·e d her best and for Shakespeare. the most dramatic poet in ela l3ia nco's <Ira \\'i ng·s seem t n us p:u. \\.hom she had. the greatest aff cction Fnglis h Iiterature, none n i his plays ticularh- f1tting- 'ior this tale of the and admiration. One of these persons t: Yer had great success on the . stage, . 1 ·. ' · " ·as ht:r mother. a little chwe of a and fin~dh· 1 1tt e pnnn·'\s and th~..· cl\\·ari. Tht: ~tiff · he abandoned hi :-; career as ;================~! \r<·man. " ·hose \·cry helplcssnes thre\\' a play\\Tight. It has often been said the burden oi the household on Joan. that Browning im·ented more plot, and who. hy her gentle and nagging than an\· other \\Titer in histon·: and insist<..'llCl'. kept her talented dau·rhter one of .the 1110\'ing picture mag.natc·s i rom lu:r c ho-,en work. The oth e; \\'a said, ·· R()bert n rO\\·n ing is t h c grca test I·:Jizahcth. her goYemcss. slender, writer ior the mo\·ics who n ·cr li\'cd." lnn:ly and completely wrapped. up in The possibilities ni a dramatic n:rsic.n IH·r Yt)ttng and brilliant pupil. These oi thi:-. murder trial were p erceiYed by t\\·u· strong f(1rrL·s struggled inr )nan's J~o~e Pahner. graspecl instantly by' liie. and the nwthrr \\' O il nut 1)\· her \\-a ltn Hampden, and Lrought to :tppeal thrl1ttgh pity. Elizab r th,' dis- .ir·titiun a:- pot:tic drama ]>,· Arthur cnuragt.'d and heartsick. !tit. marrying (~l)(Hlrich. ft i:' an intense!~· cxcitin~ the l.lrnthn <,~ l~iL·hard Benson. \\·hn i and d(·eply afTL·cting jJlay. and. accord,,·as tn 1(1\'l' \nth Jt)an. ing tn \\"illiatll Lynn Phelps, the Ji r:-.t :\nwng the interesting and \\Til- y·n!ld tnn<lcrn English drama in \"C'r~e. dra\\'n char:tctl'r:-. in this hcautiiulh·- -E. C. D. \\Titten no\·e I m .: re Joan's sister. ~l iliy. 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